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A HEROINE IN RAGS.
Jacueline Dubois was not French,
though her name would seem to indi
cate that such was the case. She was
an Am?rican working girl of mixed pa
rentage, her father being of French ex
traction and her mother a true born
American.
She had neither beauty nor education
to assist her to gain a livelihood ; hence
alie was obliged to toil daily in an im
mense factory, along with at least a hun
dred other uuforlunate girls and women.
The factory was ruttjing buzzing
away in tho midst yt one of the busiest
ports of a great city. It had been there
for year?, and its tall, grimy brick walls
stood like a spectre amid the busy marts
of trade which surrounded it.
The office of this fuctory was upon the
ground floor, easy of access, and u model
of case, elegance and comfort. The
owner was very robu9t, fat in opulence,
a prominent member of the town churchi
a man whose name wus frequently seen
iu the daily papers headiug some sub
scription for the support of foreign mis
sions with a liberal donation It was a
good advertisement. lie liked it; it
paid well.
This good man's factory room, where
bis hundred female slaves toiled through
the week to fatten bis already adipose
purse, did not possess a seat, except the
few boxes the girls had begged from the
store room to receive their weary bodios
alter their limbs bad given out and re
fused longer to support them
These girls worked from seven o'clock
in the morning until six at night for—
how much 1 Not enough to buy food
proper for their sustenance, not enough
to keep blood in their veins and strength
in their muscles. It is the bitter truth,
as uiatiy know too well, that the majority
of th se workers receive ouly from two
to three dollars per wet k, or less than
fifty cents pofcday.
Then, bunging over them like a Dam
ooletiau sword, is the docking system,
which cats into their wages like a hun
gry rat into tbe malt. Theso hard
working souls have made the opulent
proprietor, who now can scarcely spare
ao hour a day to business, as his time is
entirely taken up by drives, clubs, pub
lic gatherings, and other pleasures.
In this den—yes, den ! —that is the
right word. What better name for a
place where-young girls are taught that
the r time is almost worthless, and learn
the usclessntss of honest effort. In this
den Jucuelino Dubois labored.
She was u very earnest worker, and
wonderfully adept, consequently she was
ooe of those who received three dollars
per week. She was generous to a fault,
and frequently divided the scauty lun
cheon she had provided with a fellow
worker less fortunate than herself Thus
she made friends and thus sho made en
emies, for the envious and small'souled
cannot call generosity friend.
"That Jac. Dubois is terribly stuck
up for a* bomely a girl as she is."
Hut blessed is a plain, honest faco to
a girl in these circumstances, as it kevps
her from temptations and uiiseiies.
Jac Dubois, as they called her, had a
larger soul and a more intrepid spirit
than all the envious lot put together.
It was a bright, sunshiny day in May,
almost tbe first bright day for a week wo
had experienced It cheered the beans
of the girls, and incited them to re
newed efforts. Jao. Dubois had worked
hard all tho forenoon, but she was not
tired, she was happy.
She hud been tinging as she worked,
singing snatches of Mission Sohool mel
ody, which harmonized stiangely with
the whirl of the maohiuery.
The reason she was BO happy was bo
causeHier mind was so filled with tbe
image of a young and handsome man.
Sho had mot Georgo Dunham a few
evenings before at a- friend's. He w«s
a young oarpenter, and a bard working
man. They had sinoe been walking to
gether, and he had asked her if be
might linger near the factory after work
ing hours and walk with her homeward.
It was two long miles from the factory
to Jao.'s home ; but the poor have to
live where the rent, is cheap, and many
have a groater distance than this to
walk after their day's work.
It was the hour of coon. Jac. had
eaten her luncheon and made known her
determination of going down on the
street to get a breath of fresh air.
Several girls offered to accompany her,
BURY, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1878.
DA
a * that quite'A number were in the par
ty that strolled down tha sunny street to
a busy thoroughfare below. As they
nested the crossing quite a -crowd met
them, surging both ways. A few of tbe
girls stopped on the corner to ogle a
party of tin ehanics, who Bat with tin
pails between their blueoverulled legs,
eating the cold bite which nature de
manded.
Three girls attempted to cross the
street. One of .them was Jac Dubois.
Comiog toward tbem from the other side
was a nurse and ohild, about four years
old. As the nurse endeavors to pull the
little one along it stumbles and falls, the
little woman relaxes her hold upon the
suiull white arm, and springs forward to
avoid the approach of an express wagon.
The ohild kuows not its danger, but
the bystanders see it. The nurse and
several women :-oream, but no one tries
to save it. The burly driver strives in
vain to obeck the restive horses Almost
miraculously they step over the little
creature lying so helplessly there, with
out oven abraiifing the skin.
Hut see: the lovely little head with
its clustering curls is directly in the
oourse of the heavily tired wheel No
one can grasp the infant, and no one
stirs. What an instant, what a terrible
suspense, when the frightened bystand
ers expect to hear in an instant the
cracking bones of the child's head.
Stay 1 One hand does strive to grasp
the infant and faili. What can she do
—a slight girl ? "What is Jac Dubois
doing?" springs into th« braius of her
oouipaninnB.
lteadily (he girl saw that nothing
eould save the child's life but a sacrifice,
and the sacrifice —which caoin, God
knows, from a pure heart—was made
Her slender foot was placed firmly
before the ponderous wheel, when she
grasped the spokes and pushed with all
her strength to change its coarse. It
turned from its former track just suffi
cicnt to avoid' the infunt's hesd ; 'lut in
its revolution it mashed poor Jacueline's
foot out of all shape.
The child was quickly picked up by
one of the bystander* and brushed off
by the frightened nurse, who tried to
quell its Bobs, while her own tears were
chasing each other down her cheeks.
The inanimate form of our poor heroine
was laid upon the broad flagging of the
sidewalk. She had fainted.
"Brave girl! Who is she?" said a
benevolent old gentleman who bad just
approached, attempting at the Barne time
to ohafe some life into her hands.
"Only Jao. Dubois," answered one of
her former companions, who was already
surmising what change her absence from
the factory would occasion iu her par
ticular work, and hoping to step into her
place.
"Jac. Dubois? Oh, Heaven! it it
Jac ?" cried one of the young carpen
ters, his pail being flung from him into
the street, and he bending down and
looking iu4o the young girl's face.
"You know her, then questioned
the old gentleman.
"Yes, sir, I do ?"
"Will you care for her ? She should
have immediate attention. You ought
to take her to the nearest surgeon."
"She shall have it, sir I will do so.
Ed"—to a workman—"get a carriage
for me."
"She is a noble girl," said the old gen
tleman, looking down at her. "Who is
she—where does she live ? I should
like to call upon her
"Jacqueline Dubois, No. 920 Spring
street. Will you help me put her into
the carriage ?"
Various offers wero made to pat the
maimed girl into the vehicle. It was
successfully accomplished, and the car
riage rolled away to obtain medical aid
for the sufl'erer.
Tbo spectators dispersed, the girls re
turned to complete their day's work. The
old gentleman steps up to the nurse, who
was kneeling in a doorway, still brushing
the particles of dust from the child'*
dress. lie had only seen the crippled
gill, and beheld her heroic action from a
distance.
'My good woman, who is this .
What! Agnes—Oraoie !"
"Ob, Mr. Laflin, yon won't discharge
me, will you 7 The baby is safe and
sound, and I'll buy her a new frook. I
eouldu't help it, sir—indeed, indeed,
in "
"Papa, papa !"
Mr Laflin took his baby in his arm*,
j and kissing her dear little face, turned
1 from the nurse without a word, and
! gazed in the direetion'of the rapidly
j disappearing vehicle, until the largo
| tears gathered iu bis tyes and rolled
dow? his checks.
"N»ble girl! noble girl! her foot for
1 uiy child's life 1 Hut she shall not suf
fer if money can repair the damage."
Hyroc Laflin was very rich.
"Jacueline l)..bois, No. 920 Spring
i street" Tho old gentleman put it down
! in hijMiote-book as he called a carriuge
|to ta%e the careless nur s e and his only,
| his . Ltling child. Gracie, to their rnag-
I niftPpphotue As he pressed her to his
i bos m Iter life sceuitd doubly dear as he
thought of the recent danger and her
uarrow escape.
* * . * * *
Jacueline Dubois lies in the only bed
i room fin the first flour of her humble
home. The injured foot has been prop
i erly cared lor, but the physioiuu gave
j little encouragement to her ever walk
ing upon it again without the aui of a
crutch. «
Hy her side is the young and pleasant
faced oarpenter, George Dunham He
! is holding her hand.
"George, where its mother ?"
"Gone to have your father come home
from his work."
J "It is too bad," she momed. "Father
will lose a day, aud you will lose a day,
and I—oh, I can never walk again."
"Never mind, dear, don't cry. If you
will only let George Dunham provide a
home for you, you will never want while
he has strength."
"Oh, George, arc you in earnest—or
do you say this out of pity ? The doo
tor says lam never to use my foot.
What would you do with a crippled
wife?' and the poor, suffering girl es
sayed a laugh, which only ended in a
sob of anguish.
"Yes, indeed, Jac., I do want you.
llow can I help loving you, knowing as
I (V whatljJou dill to-day ?"
' Ob, I couldn't help that "
"No, indeed, a heroic action is the
first impulse of a brave heart."
Knock ! Knock !
"See who it is, George."
"And your answer is—"
"I love you 1"
In a few inouients George returned,
bearing iu his hand a letter addressed
to Jao.
"Head it to me, Qfeorge," nho said, as
she closed her eyes and set her teetb,de
termined to endure an excratiating pain
without a cry.
CITY, May 5, 1877.
MissDi'BOlK: Enclosed I send you
my check for $l,OOO. This is but an
installment ot what I iuteud you shall
have. My daughter's life is dearer to
me than all uiy weilth. This you pre
served by tho sacrifice of all your future
prospects, and weeks and months of pain
I will callsoou and make your acquaint
ance ; but I cannot hesitate an iustant
in giving you a substantial token of uiy
obligation. My dear girl, a thankful
father blesses you BYRON LAFUN.
'•George, all this for me ?" queried the
bewildered girl, eyeing the check. "I'll
give it to father, so he can pay off the
mortgage. George, lam glad I did it."
"1 know you are, dear. Jao., we will
forget what we Baid a few moments ago."
"What for, George ?" she asked, pa
thetically.
will DOW be amply provided
for."
"No, George, not wholly provided for,
unless I have you to share it."
Outdone by a Boy.
A lad in Boston, rather small for his
years, works in an office as errand boy
for four gentlemen who do business
there. One day the gentlemen were
chaffing biui a little about being so
small, and said to him :
"You never will amount to much .
»
you never can do rnuoh business—you
are too small."
The little fellow looked at thea.
"Well," said he, "as Btnall as I am, I
can do something which none ot you
four men can do."
"Ah, what is that ?" said they.
"I don't know as I ought to tell you,"
he replied. Hut thc^were anxious to
know, and urged him to tell what he
could do that none of them were able
to do.
"Tcan keep from nttaring !* said the
little fellow. Thore were souie bfushes
on four manly faces, and there seemed
to be very little anxiety for further in
formation on the point.
Anecdotes of Victor Emanuel.
The memory of King Yiotor Etnan
uel will become associated in tbe mind
of posterity with the thousand little
traits of good temper and good humor,
oi persoual tact and keen sagacity, with
which it was associated in the minds of
his own contemporaries. Of the anec
dotes -illustrating his ready tact, one or
two known aB quite authentic may be
given.
When the conflict between Church
and State iu Piedmont was at its height
a deputation of noble ladies Irotu Cham
ber)- waited on the King, imploring hiui
tn evoke the decree by which the Nuns
of the Sacred Heart were expelled lroui
their city. T >ey saw no prospect, such
was the declaration niude by them to
the King, of haviug their daughters
piopt-riy educated if the pijusMstcrhood
shoul 1 be removed. The king heard
theui very attentively, and at the close
of their appeal most courteously replied:
*i believe you are mistaken. I know
that there are at this moment in the
town of Chnmhery many ladies much
better qualified to educate your children
than the S.ators of the Sacred Heart.'
Ttiu ladies looked surprised, exchanged
inquiriug glances with each other, until
at last one of them, addressing the king,
begged him to point out the pious teach
ers, of whuse existence they were ignor
ant. "The piou« teachers," replied the
king, bowing mure courteously thau be
loie, ''are yourselves; your daughters
can hare no persons better qualified to
superintend their education than their
own mothers." The lu-liesuf Cbambery
offered no further remarks, but left the
royal presence chamber in silence.
An equally characteristic trait was
furnished when, after the annexation of
Tuscany, he visited l'isa for the first
time. On driving to the Cathedral,
where an immense crowd had gathered
to welcome him, he found the great gates
closed by order of the reactionary arch
bishop, Cardinal CofSi. * After a delay
of one or two minutes it was found that
a small side entrance had been loft open,
and the king proceeded towards the door.
Hut the crowd of l'isans resented the
insult offered to the king, broke out into
indignant and even menacing cries
against the cardinal.archbisliop. Victor
Emmanuel waving his hand from the
top of the steps, told them to be culm,
exclaiming at tho same time, in a good
humored tone—"lt's ail right His
Eminence is only teaching as a practical
instance the great truth that it is by the
narrow gate we have a chauceof getting
to Heaven."
A Passionate Temper.
A merchant in London had a dispute
with a Quaker, respecting the settlement
of an account. The merchant was de
mined to bring the question into court,
a proceeding which the Quaker earnest
ly deprecated, using every argument in
his power to convince the merchant of
his error ; but the latter was inflexible.
Desirous to make a last effort, the Qua
ker called at his house one morniog, and
inquired of tho servant if hi-j master
was at homo. The merchant hearing
the inquiry and knowing the voice, called
aloud from the top of the stair 6 :
"Tell that rascal that lam not at
home."
The Quaker, looking up toward him,
calmly said :
"Well, friend; God put thee in a bet
ter mind."
The merchant, struck afterwards with
tbe meekness of the reply, and having
more deliberately investigated the mat
ter, became convinced that the Quaker
was right, and after acknowledging his
error, he said :
"I'have one question to ask you—
how were you able, with such patience,
on various occasions, to bear my abuse?"
"Friend," replied the Quaker, "I will
tell thee; 1 was naturally a? hot and vi
olent as thou art. I knew that to in
dulge this temper was sinful; and I
found that it was imprudent. I observed
that men in a passion always speak loud ;
and I thought if I could control my
voioe, I should repress my passion. I
have therefore made it a rule not to suf
fer my voice to rise above a certain key;
and by careful obrervanoc of this rule,
with the blessing of God, entirely mas
tered uty natural temper "
The Quaker reasoned philosophically,
and the merchant, as every one else may
do, benefited by his e*nmple
NUMBER 1
A Haunted Rock. , , U(J
There is in (he'wostrm part of Hamp- :i
shire county, Mass , a large rock, lyfog '
close by the side of the highway, which '
fur half a dozen years past has been a '
terror nut only to evil-doers, bat to many
"if the good people living in the vicinity. 7
Strange noises have heard and '
strange sights seen there occasiobaMy ;
during ali this period of time, Keoent--"
ly, however, the unknown has made lit
tle or no demonstration, until a few
nights since, as a young man was pass
ing by the rock at abo it eleven o'ulock,
there was the appearance of a man
standing directly in front of him, and
at the same time making threatening and
belligere'nt gestures. The young man,
thinking it some one attempting to
pass off some trick upon bim, crossed
the street in order to pass him; but as
he crossed, so did the figure, and as he
walked forward the figure did the same
—sometimes farther from bim and some
times nearer to him, and sometimes by
his side. At oqe time he attempted to
grasp it with his hand, but in an instant
the figure was five or six feet beyond bis
reach. This Strang and silent oompan- '
ion kept bim company for about fifty
rods, and then suddenly "vanished into
thin air." The moon was shining
brightly at 'he time, and the person who
saw it could not have been deceived, and
besides, he is a sober, cool-headed young
man, and not easily frightened. We
tell the slory as it was told to us, merely
remarking that tuose who know the
young man best agree that he could have
no motive to perpetrato a hoax, nor is it
easy to Bee how a hcax was perpetrated
ou him.— Springfield. Union.
Why It Pays to Read.
One's physical frame—his body—his
hands—is only a machine. It is the
mind, controlling and directing that ma
ohine, that gives it power and efficiency.
The succcssfjl use of the body depends
wholly thetmnd—nponSts efblflry
tj direct well. If one tics his arm in a
sling it becomes weak, and finally pow
erless. Keep it in active exercise, and
it acquires vigor and strength, and is
disciplined to use this strength as de
sired. Just so one's mind; by active
exercise in thinking, planning, studying,
observing, acquires vigdr, strength, pow
er of concentration and direction.—
Plainly, then, the man who exercises his
mind in reading and thinking, gives it
increased power and efficiency, and
greater ability to direct the efforts of his
physical frame—his work—to better re
sults, than he can who merely uses his
muscles If a man reads a book or pa
per, even one he knows to be erroneous,
it helps him by the effort to combat the
errors. Of ail men, the farmer, the cul
tivator, needs to read more and think
more—to strengthen bis reasoning poflr- 1
ers, so that they may help out and make
more effective, more profitable, his hard
toil. There can be no doubt that the
farmer who supplies himself with the
reading the most of other men's experi
ences and thoughts, will, in the end, if
not at once, be the most successful.
Language of the Hair,
All of our features have their lan
guage—eyes, nose and mouth. And now
some one discovers that even the hair
has its own indications.
Straight, lank strihgy looking hair in
dicates weakness and cowardice
Curly hair denotes a quick tempter.
Frizzy hair, set on one's head as if each
individual hair was ready to fight its
neighbor, denotes coarseness
Blacl. hair indicates persistent resolu
tion in accomplishing an object, also a
strong predisposition to revenge wrong
and insults, real or fancied.
Brown hair denotes fondness for life,
a friendly disposition, ambition, earnest
ness of purpose, capacity for business,
reliability in friendship, in proportion as
ibe hair is fine.
Very fine h iir indicates an even dis
position, readiness to forgive, with a de«
siru for happiness of others
Persots with fine light brown or au
burn hair, inclined to curl or friz, also
quick tempered, and arc-, given to resent
ment and revenge.
Light bro*n hair, inclined to redness,
with a freckled skin, is a certain indica
tion of deceit, treachery, and a disposi
tion to do something mean by a friend
who can no longer be used to advantage.
All Of which may be news to fortuno
tellers. ' '