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.z' Hiy w1 1 IP 1 1 ftX it y i it i it r it i it i n I it i it i h i ill ii i hi - jUIS Taper is 44 Years OldJ CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896. VOLUME XUFtfUMBER 2273 Professional "Jr. GfciO. W. GRAHAM, Oilloo 7 West Trade St. Practi'.-i! limited to Eye, Ear, Nos- and Throat. Apr 3, 1996 D a. E. P. KEERA.NS, Dentist, 04; .c7 West Trade St., Charlotte N.C 'ov 2, 1394 H1 itornev ana counsellor at jjaw nflirc N"s and 16 Law Building. U ' July 6, 181)5: AsBORNE, MAXWELL & W KEEK ANS, Auorneys at Law, Oiiicu-" 1 and 3 Law Building. H N- PHARR, Attorney at Law, OlYi::o No. 14 Law Building. LaRKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Otlice No. 12 Law Building. C D RS. M. A & C. A. BLAND Dentists. No. 21 North Try on St. Charlotte, N. C. T)R. W. H. WAKEFIELD Will be in bis otiiee at uuu mortit Tryon street, during December, except on Wednesday and Thursday of each week. His practice is limit ed to Kye, Ear, Nose and Throat. )RS. 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When Tom returrel in the fall of bis Jun l r year, ho took a boy from bomo with him. The boy that went along was a iai lean, lank, country look ing boywith a brilliant min i. The boy was very green. lis had not been away from home much. So he wa uud r Tom's care. Theb ys that kn ew T n wtieeciry Icr the freshman, fir they knew that he would bo carrud through. 1 be second night alter tbe two boys had arrived and taken room- in the college building, Tom decided to have s tae lun at the expense of ihe new ld About 12 o'clock when all was beginning to be quiet and Tom and his room mate bad re irod,"ihe sound t-f footsteps were beard in the distance. They camo nearer ana nearer. J be new comer lay panting by Tom's side tor ho had heard so much of the '"mollies." Tom had prepared him to expect almost -nuyihin . The hcund came to the foot of tho stairs that led up to loins room It hushed for a few minutes. All was still as death. But ith a dash the crowd came rushing up the steps. At 1 m s door the crowd stopped and gently tapped. Tom never moved. Ihe tapping came again, but to no avail. The latch tinned and the freshman's eyes fl j w i o open. He wa scared al most to death. In stepped a ghostlike figure robed in a long white gown. One alter another cma in till the room seemed almost lull. All wer- dressed in the same manner. Not face could bo soon. In the bunoh was a t II fellow with a well devel- pid body. II said: "sniff, I smell i Iit-su-van. lOffl appeared to oe sound asl-ep. 1 netall tellownor- i? u-jd: ' Freshman get up from there." . No quicker than said, the scared boy sprang out of the bad, with eyes spread wido oppn. "Uanct here for tnese moUies.'said tho tall mar. Tom was in the bed ready to burst with laughter as his poor-fnghened room-mate began to tear up splintors with his bare feet as he danced. After he had hit about a dozen licks he . was com manded to stop Then the tall raol lie ordered him to speak for the the crowd. He obeyed and gnve the crowd a few lir.es in a trembling tone Then a 1'hw swipes with the b acking brush finished the obedient trexhman for that night. Ihe crowd moved out and Tom groaned as if wking from a deep sleep. Mis room mate was searching in vain for some water to wah his face. He found that the water had all been poured out by the visitors. Tom saw mm and asked in a serious tone: "What in the world is the matter Joh?" John ropliod: lta crowd of tellows in white gowns blacked me. Tom rolled out of the bed laughing. Hj was tickled to deaeh. From that night on Tom gave that boy a hard time under the pretence of taking srood care of him. A few Dights after the blacking the crew had piid its most s? eking respects to John, T. m ask him i', he would not i ,-j . . I iikt to go and steal somo apples John was rigtit in for it. He know ihat all college boys plucked apples fresh from tho trees. Iu the c od hat n;ght was J hn, Tom aud an other boy. Tom had all prepared. The three apple thieves made their way across a freshly -plow ed field, across a rock wall and into an orchard in the back lot of one ol the citizens of the town. Tom said tust betore reaching mem, -xoys .his is a lutla dangerouf-; the old oian M. may shoot at us tonight. i So we must be mtgnty quiet, kj i arriving under the trees, loaded with tine winter app es, the boys began to fill their sacks. They were pro grossing, whe : "bang bang," went a pistol. Ihe fellow that was with John and lom tell and criod; O ! I'm fho?! ' Tom wheeled and run like wild and beckoned for John o follow. G?er f -nces, biiars and -uilie- the bys went. JLn lost his hat early7 in the chsr; but he did not stop to ret it. In tbt race Tnn dodged him. It was 3 o'clock next m rmng before J hn got back to his r o n. He had heen dodging about in the woods. When ih truth was known the boys who lul the stealing, the one that fell like sh )l. and Tom, bad got ten together ard proceeded to eb8S John in a qi et way for several hours. They kept him surrouded in the pines. Hut when h arrived at his room ho found Tom there, apparrndy fast asleep Next morn uig ev rybody but Tom knew the I ke. JiiVer boy he met had some- hmg to fay-about a boy being -h t. John was afraid to ask any questions. Hi would not ask Tom, even. John was a peculiar fellow. II was bright in books but dull in th practical things of life. He would tot take a hint, nor would he learn from experience. At heart he was a good, moral, religious boy, but now and then he thought it best to become wild to suit a certain crowd. Ha would talk big about drinking 'intH the I'q'ir cme and then he would be gone. Ha was a brave boy till the timo came to fight then be - HIS Rtnitnrama. . v a aj -m x -a. uui was away somewhere. He was a well raised boy f-ying to play the wild boy. Consequedtly he was al ways ready to join the boys in a ''lit tle fun " Tom made his life desper ate. The time passed on and Tom got his sheep tkin. He had a hard time getting through, his money gave out. Bat he was a good schem er when u come to making money to meet his ob igations. When his class graduated, he did too. When commencemdnt was over he had to borrow money to get off with. He had many friends in the little col lege village and f -und no trouble in securing tho desirtd amount. At once he went to bis home in the country and there spent about ten days. During the spiing term ofhisju -Dior year he wrote Sillie a note ask ing her if she would cone joid with him She wrote him from her home in the country that she would with pleasure. Tom was elected. From that day on he was faithlul to Sallie. Every week brought him a letter from the girl that had so won his aucc ions, lom was anx ious to see her during his vacation in the tuinmer, but iu order to make some mouey he went to a place tar away from his hom-i and missed Ber ing her till the summer after be graduated. Ten days alter he grad uated he went straight way to see her. Fate was against him. She I had gone away ihe day before. Nothing could stop him. Ha board- eu me train anu went wnere sue was visiting. She was glad to see htm. lis had written her some love letters and she had made fun of him Bn his bstifulnets was over and his love for Sillie made him cqnal to anything He asked her when he met her on the door steps if he could have a short talk with her, and che granted if Tom went right to bus mess. Hi told her that he loved her and would like to know if she i bought she could ever return it. It was sudden to her and she iaugt -ed at him. But whtnsho saw that Tom was in dead earnest t-ho ceased iaugbing and toid him to call again. ll-d Went again and went soon and still she laughed at him. When they parted that day -Tom was gloomy and despondent. Life to him was no longer pleasant but a drudge. When his hopes of gaining the girl that he bad so dearly loved and lived for had fl..d, he became desperate. Bit S ilLe gave him one more chance. She appointed the time to meet and then she w..uld be prepared to say yes or no. lom w anled the day to come and he didn't want it to come. He was anxious to hear the anower, yet, he feared it. Daring vacation he secured some luera'isre work He suddenly sprung into prominence and the people in his neighborhood began to recog n'ze and upprreiite hiB ability. He cared not for that, to him money and fime meant nothing. IIj was confident of bis success except with the blonde-Oiaired girl. He feared nothing else. The appointed day came and he cille l on her. lis was afraid to ask her what she had dt not cided on. FuiaIljT he did, and she told him that cbe did not and oould love him. It was a sad day for Tom. As they sat on a bench in the green jrass by a b ibling spring, he grew jQ aud nis ntjart seemed crushed . . i . But he soon recovered and told her that, to hiiiyt meanteverythiug She seemed sd, but would not retract. It was over; Tom was troubled in deed. In a few days he took the train and went far away to a distant town. All was sad to him. The futuro had nothing in store lor him, n Dre8ern mood. But before or)g the cloud passed away and he made up his mind to make a man of himself and remember that bailie I had done til that she could. She had told him tho truth as she bought. Tom's mind was made up and he never expected to see her again. For 3 weeks he did not write to her. S;,me time afier Tom had left borne he was suddenly call ed back. Oje day while walking across tho fttreet in the little town near h.s home he met Sallie face to face. Sue reached oat her hand and greeted Tom with a smile. She said: "I'm so glad to ee you, when are you coming to see rarf You must come soon, I wish to talk to you. Tom was surprised, but did no stop. But later in the day he saw her again and ak d her if she meant it, h"i) s'e said the wished to talk to b'ra. Sae told him that she did They made an engagement and both seemed delighted. continued next week. the oracle of cookery. Sirs Rorer on the "Diet for the Sick-" Mrs. II rcr's subject yesterday af ernon, "Diet For the S ck," natur ally attracted a large number ot trained nurs-s via gc 1 1 sis ihH ii 4 ii h I number of anxious bouse keeper-, w ho drank in eagerly every word which fell from the tips of the mod ern oracle ot cockery. The adapt ability of certain foods for certain diseases was the firsi subject takes up. 'Remedial rela tions of food to disease is a subject to which to little attention is gtven by diet makers. In the hoe pi al as well as in the home, a unitorm diet lor a!l patients is tb rule and not the exception. A common diet tor healthy people even is not to be recommended, while for the sick there should be as many distinct diets as there are d seases or even palieDts. . - 'The nurse should rememaer that aH starchy foods must be thoroughly cooked to be easily digested, while food containing albumen is lees troublesome when underdone. There is a general impression that beef ex tract is noarshiug in its self, but such is not the cuse; it consists merely of the s.imulative proper ties ot meat, and should be admmis tered as a stimulent and not as a food. Bef tea, however, can be giv en in- touch larger quantities than beef extract, btexuse- it is diluted, but it, too, is a stimulent, and uot a food." Here is Mrs. Hold's recipe for he preparation of beof tea which does not lose one drop of nourish ment in the process of making. Chop one pound of lean beef very fine, add to it a pint of cold water, soak two hours, and stand over the fire till it reaches 1C5 Fahrenheit. Strain through a colander. Ada the white of one egg, slightly beat er; put back over the fire just one moment, straiu again through cheese cloth. Season with salt and put at once in a cool place. 1 diets of bird was the firnt prac tical dem mstration in tho afternoon esson. While dwelling upon its merits Mrs. Rorer singed a small bird, removed its intestines through an opening under the breastbone, sponge aud wiped it dry and then removed the fidets with a ehrp' knife, CDoking according to the fol owing recipe. Ramose the breasts from the birds, carefully place them in a baking pan, put a little stock in pan, dust lightly with salt and peper and cook quickly m a hot oven for fifteen minutes. Serve on and a square of toasted bread with sauce from the pan poured around. Calf s-foot jelly was the next item on the list and woiie preparing it Mrs. Rorer expatiated on the value of gelatine as & medium for convey ing other substances into the stom ach. "While gelatine is a nutritious article of diet its f od value is not j Infinitely known. By physicians i s regarded as a lubricator of the human machinery and a- a preven tative of wear of tissue. It is iu valaablt- as a means oi in'r ducng milk or other Blim ilents into the stomach without ihe knowledge of tb.-? patient. We all k iow that in telligently administered fod often acts where medicine has' failed and nurse who understands th art of teeding is valuable to the physi cians. For call's-foot jelly: Four calve's feet, six quarts of co!d water, juice of four lemons, t'o inches of stick cinnamon, one pound of white sug- ar,juice of two oranges, whites ot Z eggs; clean, wash and scrub 'the calves' feet in cold water. Put them n a soup kettle with the s x quarts of cold water and simmer slowly for eight hours.- It should be reduced to two quarts. Strain into erthen bowl aud stand away until next day. In the morning remove sll the fat from surface and sediment from bot torn of jelly. Putin a kettle and stand over fire: add cinnamon, sug ar, lemon, orange juice, whites of the eggs, slightly beaten and the shells crushed. Mix all together and boil bard, without stirring, for 20 minutes. Now throw in a gill of cold water; let it come again to a boil, then stand on side of range and keep closely covered for a halt hour. Dip a fl innel jelly bag into boiling water and hang over a bowl. Pour joily into a bag and drip slowly. Turn into mouids and stand in a cold dace, lf'wiueis used half a pint of sherry may be added before pouring into " olds. The dainty serving of invalid's food was also strongly insisted upon bv the lecturer. "The method of serving an invalid's food is not the least important item in the duty of the n..rse. The meal, however slight, ehould be dressed in daintiest form an served as attractively as possi ble. A s;ck person's eye is the sen tinel of the mouth, acid must be ca tered to accordingly. A recipe for milk jolly, another elicate food containing gelatine, was also given. C ver hilt a box of gelatine with a quarter of a cup of cold water, soak half an hour. Put a pint of milk into a double boiler. When hot add gelatine, alf a cup of sugar; take from the fire and t rain. When cold but not thick, add (our tablespoontuls of sherry, turn into moulds and stand aside. WHAT IS WOMAN'S CHARMING AGE ? View of Various Men Good Words for er at Sixteen and Sixty Years. Ne v York Sun. I was certainly a strange mneci for them to fall on. Every in a l, of ihem was past m'ddie life except two, ar.d they had been allowed to join the mystic circle of seven as a great tavor. Uue oi these two was vrxy ) 0 ung, beicgj st out or college. It was his trial beat in business r.he other man was a Yale man ot 83, was about 30 and had seen a good deal of the world. -The sight hadu t spped hie boytsb j y usnes", however, and after all ue was very youg too. The seven alwayr u icbed together, and ot this par ticular day tb-y lingered even long er than u-ual over their cuffje anu cigars It was because th- nextdav wa Thanksgiving, and a hoi day i about as demoral zing o the o deci feilow on 'change as it is toib j aver age schoo'boy. '.Society isn't what it used to be," -aid a handsome, robust nu ol 60 as he twit-ted his white moustache A woiao ia never admitt-d to be an Id woman in New Yoik society now, W ny, 3U years ago 1 a been married 10 years then, mind you a girl was a gir', and a woman a ma tron; the line of demarkalion was as rigidiv.diawn as that between the old woman and the new woman to-dav.- Then 2.3 or 24 was considered an advanced age at which to become engiged, and the woman who had reached the age of 30 and was still unmarried was thought of spoken of as an old maid, and through sheer force of circumstances became very old niiidish in her ways. A girl of 20 was c nidered a full grown wo man. To day she is looked upon as a mere chit, and woman of 30 is net yet i n her pVlhi"ei 1 he fact that a woman is, grjfcf bVfore she is ei -gaged is a fact not even commented upon, it so frequently is the ca-o. This is decidedly a change lor tho better. ,It was the essence of cruelt v to expert a woman of 30 or 40 io be cbeerlu'ly laid away on the tho t Such a thing wouldn't bd tolerated for an instant in these days. We are moe reasonable, more humane. Why, a' woman ol 50 is young tome now." "Gad P exclaimed tho you h fresh from college, "she isn't to me." "It's altogether owing to one6 viex-poin old chap," said the other young fellow patronizingly. "You possibly think a girl of 21 quite ma ture now. Just wait ' ill you get my age. loc old tellows smiled. ' And all this talk about woman age i ads to a very old but an al ways intererting question," cut in a jolly man of at least 50, who did not look hrs age by 10 years. ".Lay it on the table, blurted out the man next to him. "At what age is a woman most fascinating?'' he j srkei out, with emphasis on the verb. Sixteen," yelled one. "Twenty, another.'4 "Thirty," chortled three while the sixth shouted ' forty," and the seventh and oldest man held his ground that 50 was the age for him. ".Let. the kid have bis say first shouted the oldest man, beating on the table with his fist for silence. 'That's a go," contented the half dzen. Wbar, fige has most charms lor you kid ?" asked one, addiessing the youngster. Inirty, he answered without hesitation. Give me a woman of at least 30. School girls don'i interest me a mu.uie. i nomas U triyle sa s something about putting boys un der barrels and keeping them then- until they are 2D. 1 guo-stbe old chap didn't kno-v much ab ut girls or he wi u!d have included them, too. Really; a woman has no inter est for me whatever under that age. Mindand body are undeveloped and her cbai acter untoi med She t bii kn ot nothing but herself, her looks and beaux; of dances, dinners, after noon teas and theatre parties. Great btro, those things, to me. Now, 1 met a woman ot about 30 last year at the junior promenade " .'That'll do," interrupted the con firmed old bachelor of the pirty, as he made several dives at the feet, of the others with his own. "You know we settled the other day that we weren't going to hear any more about your junior promenade last year. Besides, boy, how do you know when a woman is at a fasci nating age when she in'k? Every young fellow has to go through the stage ot falling in love with some woman "years older that himself. Thai's the rEason you do not care for women under 30. As for me, give me a girl from 16 to 18. She is spontaneous 'h her actions, arid this precious quality prevents her from ever being wicked She does not ne-d repose of manner that you other men find so fascinating in older women. She has nothing to conceal. I know not what philoso pher has said, iO!d women are nev-. er lacking,' but he spoke the unvar- uished truth. 1 bey are never lack ing in society, and one gets very tired of an thing that one has too much of. - It's the style to consider a woman of 30 young, I know, but she isn't, a I the same. Age can t be reckoned by years,' but by knowl edge, and the woman of 3l) to-day knows too much for mo. She is continually suppressing her emo tions and this makes her unnatural and k--eps her from rt ally enj ying Bnything. On the other hand; the girl of 16 or 18 lets go herself, and enjoj s every thing from a glass of ice-cream soda to an assembly ball, aud doesu't care who kbows it. She warms one's heart and makes one live over again the d-iys of one vouih. Even 20 years aro eirls ol this age were looked upon as wo min, and were allowed to go intc nocieiy. Now they are made to wear short dresses, wear the r hair in braidf, and keep up etair with a governess while their mammas, and and grandmothers, too, for that matter, and their old-maid aunts, who have proved hard stock in the market, 'come down to entertain you VVbt-D I do talk to these people 1 feel like a foss l but when I can get a sweet sixtocner under my wing at a matinee or fuotball game, I foi tot my 45 ytars and really eij ytd myself Boch and nonsense exelafmed tie mxt fo the youngest mn. A woman under 20 i all ffitrirle. and fnm that age to 25 sh-'s all gaoble After she has s er.t a quarter of con'ury here, if h has a good mind p enty ot tae and really kind b a-t, i-h -t, i-he btir if is to be . . if lm is as uiy as sin. Th-n ht is mere iutere:ed sUe is in beself. or eb in you than has ' he go .d. 8-jrise to makt- it look that way, und nhe pretends that she'd rather h.-a you ta'.k than talk herself. She .io. en't grow hysterical over mountain-, much less mole bid", and h-r raar.'uer is amiable, even if she i mad enough to poutd you int mincemeat. - She htudies to p!ta-e you io email things; in other wurdo, she caters to year small idioyncr cies, and that's a winner. We can forgive a man for diffe iog with us iu a matter of much importance, but in the blue things ot life, never, What girl under 25 i going to take the trouble to please you? Noue They are too busy pleasing them- clve up to that age. And the beautiful thing about the woman of 30, the most enchanting, bewitch ing thing about hr is that all the tima she makes you think that she ia pleasing yon, I'll be darned if she isn i pleasing herself to a T. You know it when ycu got alone by yourself and kick yourself for being the victim of her genius, but the mnut.e you are at her side you for get it." "Bully for you, shouted tho old est man. ".Now you ought to know how it is, because you go out more than any f us, and it's natural for you to think that a woman at the age oi 30 is most fascinating because that's good form, but for my part give me a woman of 50. Lo k at the women with world-wide reputa tions, wno have captured and held the manly heart long after she has passed that age. H len of Troy eloped at 40. CI jpatra first won the love ot a stony at the age of 80, but hei charm of mind and manner! and figure did not reach their as cendancy until 10 years after that time. Then there is Ninon de I'En- clos, who is described as being mar. vellously beautiful at 73, and Anne of Austria at 38 was considered to be the most beautiful woman in all Europe. Louis XIV. espousi d La Maiotenon when she was 43 and simply irrecistible; M'lle. Mars was in the zenith of her charms at the age of 45 Really, I c mid go on in definitely, and if 1 started on the women between 40 and say 70 in gieater New Yoik society . to-day who are more fascinating tban they tverdaiedbe under that age I'd have to have a better talking power behind me than that possessed by William J. Uryan. ' 1 agree with you, said the filth eldest. "I used to man, the next think the women of sixteen most fascinating and pretty noon I found them very tiresome. Then I was mad over women several years old er than myseli. After 1 began to get along a little in years myself I didn't like them any more, and took io the poung ones again. That was when 1 reached the confirmed old bachelor stage:" with a sly wink at the old bachelor himself, "but after I married a woman just five years my junior, I was no longer at sea. I knew, and still know that a wo man is most fafC nating after she ha reached her full maturity, but until she is nearer 40 than 30." "No, no." objected the only two who had remained silent. "And why not, pray?" asked the two old men in startled choru. "Because," spoke up one, "haven't you noticed that women begin to get either too stout or too thin when the" attain two-score yean-? A id a woman cannot bo at her best, Bhe cannot be thoroughly or entirely fascinating when pounds of flesh, either too many or too few, take away from her charm I'll allow that many of the plainest-featured women are the most enchanting, but thoy begin to lose ground after they pass 30. I once asked a dis tinguished lady-killer in 1 aris at what age a woman was considered most fascinating by the Beau Brum mel of the world aud he answered, 'Thirty. This is not only true of French women, be ad ed, 'but also holds good of the women in Eaglish, Italian, Spanish and American so ciety, and he know, for he a tried a hand with them all. "The thirties have it," sang out the Yale man of '88, and he arose from the table and lighted a cigar ette. "That's what the majority seem to think," said the two old men, good-naturedly. 4 VV ait till the young idiots get to be my age, ' remarked the confirmed old bachelor, in a half savage, half good-humored voice, "and then they'll see how their hearts "Will warm to the fascinations of the six teeners Thirte inrlftpfl Hlimnh I'' he grunted, as he rushed out, j , - . 1 THIRD LINK IN'A ROMANCE. A Love Story of Three Generations Ago anil Its IJenoament The Reparation a Heart-Uroken Lover Slakes in Ills Will. Written for the Observer. One day last spring while the writer was passing through a beautiful little village in the eastern part of this State, he saw on a lawn a pretty, brown-eyed Southern girl. It was a loveiy morn ins in May. and she went tnpping 11 " " - - ar rrsa the crassv lawn in front of an old but picturesque residence. My eyes were so fixed that without Teing aware of what was going on, I stood staring j at the girl in her rustic simplicity. That was the last I saw oi her aurmg my stay in the little town. But never can I dismiss the scene from my mind. It was a beautiful picture. The large, two-story house, which time had cov ererl with moss, and its altogether ante- seems: witnin itseir. 11 wa surrouuu ed with a beautiful yard, covered "wun blue grass and beset with magnificent, La.ll shade trees. Here and tnere a flower peeped out of the green grass. In the trees a chorus - of birds were s.nging tneir morning songa. nere me feirl in a becoming summer dress ana sun-bonnet, that blended well with the bright, clear morning, flitted about. ticking the wiid flowers that grew lux uriantiv in the spacious garden. She was rather small, but perfect in figure. tier hair was between a black and an auburn, and her eyes were sparkling brown: they were bright and indica tive of much shrewdness. At firpt sight she was not handsome, but her beaut arrew on one. The longer you beheld her the prettier she became. In a few weeks I was passing this little country town again. As the train drew neai the Ktation. on looking out, I saw the same girl waiting to tate the train. She was attended by a handsom. old gen licman. with flowing white locks. He seemed a Southerner of the old school and nf the most gallant type. HU evorr move was graceful. I sat with pleasant anticipation. the arrival of the girl wht v.aA marie foich a lasting Impression or. me some weeks before. She entered xne car and took & seat not far from where I was sitting. I could not con trol my eyes. They surveyed her from head to foot. She then impressed me i &a being very beautiful, and above all ---- uwob Buiuugiy wieuurent ai me same time she boarded the .a i . ... irajn, a young man sot aboard and took a seat some distance In front of acr. xi e aia not seem to be acquaint ed with her. After the train had rone a few miles and I had satisfied my hun- t,ry eyes, a went to the young- man. who was from the same town, and took a seat by his side. On entering Into conversation with' him, I found that he was a. man of bright mind and fluent in conversation. On being asked if he Knew me young lady behind him, he "That girl Is a link In a most romantic siory. -xne romance relates chiefly to her mother and grandmother. I not personally acquainted with her, but I know the story that Is connected with ine iamuy. in ionaon about 60 years ago two young reitows fell in love with the same girl. She was beautiful and pop ular; in truth, she was the belle of her section or tne big city. Her parents were wealthy and she wu th nniv child. She never knew what it was to want. Her heart's desire she enjoyed to the fullest extent. But with all this she was still the pure, sweet girt that common sense will always make. She was endowed with a brilliant mind and a most affectionate heart, and inatend of wasting her time with foolish things, she devoted herself to studv and eif- culture. She Judged DeoDle not bv their pocket-book, or clothes, but bv their actual worth. Nobody enjoyed pleasant company better than did she. A friend might be the son of a millionaire or the son of a pauper she cared not of what degree, but only that he were a gen tleman. The two young men whom she had Infatuated were of high-toned families. Both were worthy, both were wealthy, and both were devoted to her. n.ach was anxious to win her heart. One was a rising young merchant in London and the other was a rising young lawyer. Both had been going to see her for many years. Each had una ner or his love for her. To the one she said: 'I love you as a friend, but not as a girl would love a man she would marry. It Is truly sad for me to tell you the truth, but the truth ia best under the circumstances. Never could love you enough to marry you.' "After this candid answer, the young man knew he need not hope. He knew the girl well and that what she said she meant. Then he asked her if he might be as a brother to her. She answered him, 'Yes.' Never again did he ask her to marry him. To the other young man she gave her heart and hand. They were hap pily married. Her husband was a dashing young business man with le gions of friends and plenty of money. His young friend, the lawyer, too, was prosperous young fellow, wealthy and popular. So it was for the sake of love that she chose the one and not the I other. I "Time nasaed on and th vnnnsr law. I ver was a freouent visitor n the hnmo I of the happy couple. The three were I uevuwa inenas. Aiier s wnue a mue girl was born into the family, and she I was the image of her mother. As she I grew, she became more beautiful. The I Hrtlo srtf-1 presents and frequently took her to I nae. ie roomea at tne nome or tne family. One bright afternoon, when the little girl was about five years old, he took her to ride, as was his custom. He did not return. Night began to ap proach, and still they did not return. The mother became alarmed about her little girl. The darkness of night came and still they were missing. The moth er grew very much excited and sent for her husband. "When he came he enter ed the room of the young lawyer and found a note that said: 'Dear Madam: When you find this note your child and myself will have I ooarueu a snip anu Baaieu lur auiwioi. T J i. J W . .awi ' The parents were wild with anger I and anguish. Telegrams were sent about the country and cablegrams to America, but all in vain. The child was lost and no trace was to be found. Her parents were determined to find her If money and work would accompnsn it. Dava and months nasaed and not a word was heard. The father sold out I America In search of the lost child. One nis ousineas in uonuuu uiu uwre iv day while crossing a street in New York city he saw a little girl with pret ty black hair in danger or being run down by a carriage. He ran and picked her up in his arms, and to hs great sur prise and profound deugnt ne rouna her to be his own little girl, who had been lost for three years. He ran at once witn ner to nis wire, wno wa stopping at a hotel. Once more they were made happy. The man who had stolen her suspected something and fled from the city. The little girl, then about eight years old, told the story of her life for the past three years. She had been treated well. From New York city this famuy or three came to North Carolina. This was before the war. In one of the eastern counties he purchased a large plantation, and there his daughter grew to womanhood and married a prosperous young farmer. About the time she was grown her mother re ceived a letter from the young lawyer who had stolen her away. In it he asked to be forgiven for his rash deed. saying that he wrote as he was on nis dying bed. In the letter was a check for $10,000 for the girl. True, dui saa. was the story of the poor fellow's life, Rut the last will that he made was in the behalf of the girl, whose mother he had loved In vain. Now the girl whom you see In this car Is a daughter of the stolen girl and granddaughter of the pretty London I irlrl of man v years eo. a i . i . Mi Mere nir young incuu uu . had to leave me. The girl that I saw moving atout tne villae-e lawn ia in the world alone. Bhe in fatherless and motherless ana wun out brother or sister. All her relatives in England. - Her father had no kinsfolk in this country except mother are and father, and they are dead. ne is wealthy and pretty. The oia, gray haired gentleman who saw her on at the station that morning is the only one that she has claims upon. He and nis wife have adonted her. She Is as pretty and bright as her i , . , - i ,, Minr granamoiner "L" . 'bvb. I ana gay in jonuun w 7i " I owns thousands or acres or. ana n fill mind. And ene s tanas xo-aay a tvne of the nurest. sweetest and most accomplished Southern girl. She loves the South and ner nauve ciaie. In the words of the poet: She was n phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon mrsight; A lovely apparition, sent Tn he a moment's ornament! Her eyes as stars of twilight fair. Like twilight, too, ner ausay luur; But all things else about ner orawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn A dancing shape, an Image gay. To haunt, to startle, and waylay." H. ili. UHIAfli. C ASTORIA Tor Infant and Children. TJsedlln Germaay. (jors Grease has been ased in Germ J f..r thousands of vra for KheumatMn, vnrlcr; at.ra.ioa braises, etc . and four d 1 1 he the moat re iabie remedv knows. Al ways 1 1 under guarantee ir it does y u to end Uk- it back to your dro?gis! ai d ret vnnr monrV. aiane oniy vv vj- Greaie Liniment Co., Greensboro, j.a Aprtu-iy Absolutely Puvom A cream of tartar baking powder. Biga- et of all in leverinx strength. Latest United States Government Food Retort KOYAI BAKING l OWDEB COMPANY, New York. THE MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY. The Best and Latest I-nprovfd Machin ery sod expert operatives enables as to do tie BEST Work at the CHEAPEST Prices Country work promptly attended to Come to s -e us on Church street, near the Court House. - Model Ptkam Laundrt Church KntertainmenU. There is do more timely article among the many excellent contribn tions to the forum for December than that io which liny. William Bay ard Hale discusses modern ohunh entertainments. The list be fives of shows of ones tionabteand outrageous character - - - - - which have given in the Uniud States during the present year for tbe benefit of churches and under the auspice' and direction of pastors ana- church members indicates a r cklessnesn in the pursuit of such objec's and a lamentable degrada Mnn nt tKt a in manxr Rnmmnnitlai , . J uai Buuws six. sucu cuantcier many which Dr. Hale mentions and ritnr hAi ihnnM hn net rrtnicari nr ., tJ- v , , . , . n tolerated in any Christian OOmmanity is Strange; that- they ODUrCD people IS aimoBl increuiDie. After referring to a disgustin array ot suiy pmormances an oatch peony schemes, Dr. Hale comes to tbe cmsx ot these abutes as follow: "This is possibly funny; but for monumental God leanness made en durable by no savng grace of hu raor, for si main imbecility, for su preme and inimitable folly unraarr ed by tbe slightest faggestion either. ttF return nn dei piicv nr i.rdinxrv Hrtll. " J " J rerpeci, ior giuve.nng unBentr- inu depraved vulgarity the Trilby party, otherwise 'be toot social oth erwise ankle auction, stands at the bead of tbe church enteiiatnroenU of the year. While others are 1 1 u ing along the weary plat: 8 of the unimaginative nd tbe ordinary, the Methodist Epi-copal rburoh of Suffern, JS. Y., and St. JihV Pro testant Episcopal church of New B'Unswiik M. J., with unblanched cheek and durities9ee have sta'ed tbe Alpine heights of deathless nbame. I have receiv d from all parts of tbe country marked copies ot newspapers reptnirg these event; ome ot tbt papers bearing the request, 'rieaee give this ycur attention.' I am very willing io do so, but I regret tbe inadquacy of my vocabulary, and I retrain from I any further attempt to characterize tbe performance. .In tbe lnlby social, ss given by the Suffer n Meth odist Episcopal Epjsorth Jjesgue and the New Brunswick P. E. Olive Brat cb Society, the joung ladies of the chureh display their feet, let us say, and be polite behind a cur. tain, which is lifed to a height de scribed as tantalizing. Men in front of the curtain view what is display ed of one female after another, and I then bid the privilege of tsking her to sapper, ihe charm ot tbe scbsme is the ease with wbtcb it lecds it self to the worse than dubious; and I hsye do doubt that tbe press ao counts &f the scenes which attended I the bidding are, in both cases, high ly colored, tb mb tbe most literal truth would eerUioly be exciting enough. The Boston Sunday Jour nal illustrated one of tbeie events with a half-page picture: tbe New I Yoik Herald cave it a two-nolimn I o ' lUQItllt Or: tbe SCCOmDanVinir Fet- i - r, ' ter-press an;i ib-rrptti -ftrb1Wb"t d in otber papers, describe a show wfaicbb, io a respectable community 'under other than ecclesiastical man agement, might have bad difficulty with tbe police." We are proud of tbe fact tbat in tbe entire list which Dr. Ha'e pre sents not a single church of any de nomination to any Southern State is mentiored. This is a rpecies of enterprise which tbe people of the South have shown no disposition to adopt and which they will not toler ate. ' Church entertainments are fre quent io our cities and town, but while some of tbem may not be oi a erf high intellectual order, they are uerer absolutely sdly and never indecent. Dr. Hale has spt ken words of just condemnation against the execra ble taste and lax morality of church entertainments which have proved popu'tr sod profitable in some Northern and Western communi ties. OADTOILTA. lis i
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 10, 1896, edition 1
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