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THE DANB VOLUME 111. THE REPORTER. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT PEPPER & SONS, RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year, payable in advance, Six Months, RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square (ten lines or less) 1 time, SIOO For each additional insertion, - 50 Contracts for longer time or more spaes ean tx made in proportion to the above rates. Transient advertisers will be expected to Wmit according to these rates at the time they send their frvors. Local Notices will be charged 50 per cent, higher thaa above rales. Business Cards will be inserted at Ten Pol- I art per annum. J. W. RANDOLPH * EN6LIB I, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFAOTBRERS. 131R Main rtrcet, Richmond. A Urge Slock LAW BOOKS aiwayt on nol-6m hand. •. F. DAT, AT.BBRT JOIBS. DAY & JONEB, Manufacturers of BADDLBRY, HARNESS, COLLARB, TRUNKS. #c. No. 336 W. Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md. nal-ly W: k. TUCK.KR, H. O. SMITH B. B. BPRAGINB. TUCKER, SMITH & CO., Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS; SHOES; HATS AND CAPS ISO Baltimore street Baltimore, Md. 01-ljr. WILLIAM DBVKIEB, WILLIAM R. DKVRIKB, CHRISTIAN DBVBIKS, of 8., SOLOMON KIM MILL. WILLIAM DEVRIKS & CO., Importers and Jobbers of FM-eigß and Domestic Dry Goods ami Holloas, >ll West Baltimore Street, (between Howard and Liberty,) BALTIHOKE. B. F. KINQ WITH JOHNSON, SUTTON k CO., DRY GOODS. v«a. 32s and 328 Baltimore street; N. B. cor ner Howard, BALTIMORE MD T. W 4OHMHON, J. I. ft. CBAUBK, »01-ljr K. H. BUTTON, a. J-JOHNSON. JNO. W. HOLLAND with T. A. BRYAN k CO., •aafcctureri of FRENCH *o4 AMERICAN CANDIES, in every rariety, and wholesale dealer? in FRO ITS, NUTS, CANNED GOODS, CI GARS, #c. S3} kn d 341 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. $0- Orders from Merchants solicited. ELUART, WITZ & *"O., mporters tod Wholesale Dealers in NOTIONS, HOSIERY; GLOVES; WHITE AND PANCY GOODS No. 5 Hanover street; Baltimore, ltd. Ml; B. H. MARTINDALK, with WM. J. C. DULANY k CO. Statioiers' awl Booksellers' Ware- hense. SCHOOL BOOKS A BPKCIALTT. Stationer; of all kinds. Wrapping Paper, Twines, Bonnet Boards, Paper Blinds. S3* W. BALTIMORE ST., BALTIMORE, MD. M. S. ROBERTSON, WITH Watkins Si(ottrelL Importers and Jobbers of HARDWARE, CCTLRRY, #o., SADDLERY GOODS, BOLTING CLOTH, GUM PACKING AND BELTING, ISOT Main Street, Richmond, Va E. M. WILSON, 0rN.0., WITH B. W. POWERS * CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGIBTB, •ad dealers in Paints, Oils, Dyes, Varnishes, Preach Window Gla««, Ac., IT*. ISO* Main St., Biohmond, Va. Fr*prUktrt Aromatic Permian Bitten $ Com pound Syrwp Tolm and Wild Cktrry. B. J. k R. B. BEST, HENRY 80SNEB0RR t CO., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. 90 Hanover Street, (between German and Lombard Streets,) BALTIMORE, MD. ■ . lOMWCBOM, ♦My WILSON, BURNS k CO., WHOLESALE OBOCSRB AND COMMIS SION MERCHANTS. So 8 Howard street, corner of Lombard; BALTIMORE. We keep eomtantly oa hand a Urn tad veil assorted stack of Groceries suitable for Southern sad Westers trade. We (elicit coa •igumeoU of Country Produce—mch M Cot ton; Feathers; Ginseng; Beeswax; Wool; Dried Fruit; Fan; Skins, etc. Our facilities for do ing business are such as to warrant quick sales Mi prosspt returns. All orders will hare oar prompt attention. 43-1/. WAVES* WAKEMCBE, DAN VILLI, VA., Tor the Bale of Leer Tobacco. OCR ACCOMMODATIONS are unsurpass ed. Business promptly and accurately transacted. fm- Guarantee the BIOBSST market price W. P. GRAVES. March l!-»f LAUCH HKIMER, MAMN ft CO., Wkeiesale CMklers, No. 311 West Baltimore street, BALTIMORE, MD. Jaae It—6m THIS XaOBT BANK NOTE. "Jama*," a*id Mrs. Garret, while ait ting it breakfast one morning, "I don't like that new girl. I have my suspi cion! about her." "About Ann 1" returned Mr. Garret I in surprise. "Why, it's only a few days •go that I beard you boasting to Mrs. Brenner you had the best eook in New York." $1 0 • I 00 "So she is s good eook. I don't ex peot to get such another for twioe the wsges. It is not about her work—she does sll that well —but I'?e no trust in her." "What has *he dooe t" "What baa aha done?" echoed the My, aomewhai sharply. of ooana, or #'d won send her £tekiog ! Bat she's shy, and secret, and won't tell me anythiug about herself; abd hu ri dionlons airs about sleeping alone, and won't even allow Amanda inside her bed. room door. There's something wrong, depend upon it, or she would not be here for snoh low wages." ' If that's a fault against her you can raise them," suggested Mr. Garret. "There, James, you may as well go to your office, if that's all you have to say," eried the lady of the house. "But mark my words, before you go, I'll find Ann Walker out before long." Mr. Garret sighed as he arose to de part. He well knew that remonetranoe would avail nothing, for Mrs. Garret's prejudices were as the laws of the Medes and Persians, that ehangeth not, so he took himself off without another word. "Amanda !" eried the lady, when left ajpne, "bring Horaoe up." In response to this summons a large, slatternly girl of eleven or twelve made her appearance from the basement, with a little boy in her arms, who made a snatch at an egg stand aud knocked it oo the floor in passing the table. "Yon awkward, careless gypsy 1" eried Mrs Garret, with great spirit, "that's the second thing youv'e broken this morning. Who do you think is going to pay for all you destroy J Come here, Horaoe, love, and have a nioe piece of toast. What's Ann doing, Amanda f" "She's dressing the turkey, mnm." "Did she soour the front step* this moroiog 7" "Yes, mum ; she got up at five o'clock to do it." "Go and tell her I expeot her to wash the -drawing-room windows before the dinner hour." "Upon my word," mattered Mrs Gar ret, resentfully, as Amanda retired to earry her message, "I'll pull her pride down for her a bit. Must wssh the steps at five in the morning forsooth lest folks see her at all. I'll take that all out of her." In a few minutes Ann oame up to clear the dishes off. She was tall and well proportioned, about twenty years of age, her face pale, refined in features, not handaome, but singularly intelligent and earnest in expression. She looked a little anxious and troub led as she noiselessly arranged the room, and when she was ready to go, she said, in a very soft voioe : "May I ask a favor, ma'am, that the oleaning of the front windows be put off till early in the morniog ?" "No," answered her mistress, ourtly, "I want it done now." "I don't wish to be seen by passers by," she urged, almost pleadingly. "It is of importance for me not to be seen by—by some one who might know me." "You will obey my orders, girl, or leave the house 1" returned Mrs. Gar ret, beginning to quiver with temper. The servant coartesied, and withdrew. Id a few minutes sbe was at the windows but in a olose sun-bonnet, to Mrs Gar ret's unspeakable disgust. "I think I oan see through my lady," was her inward comment. "She's tome jail bird the detectives are after. I'll lay a trap for her, and if ahe is not caught in it, my penetration isn't worth ■och." B. BLIMLINK. Rising from the Mwiog machine, on which she had been busily dramming in Muter Horace's behalf while her brain as bnsilj revolved, she unlocked her deck, took from it a twenty.dollar note, carefully marked the number, and, aa if by accident, dropped it under the edge of the table. Then she eat and basted some more work, making enough rub bish about the floor to insure the ser vant's having to ase her dust-pan before dinner. By the time this wrg aooooi- DANBURY, N. C pliehed she disci the machine in sa to grief togethe innocent to the o. and then picking up her Mattered shuttle and reels, she called Aon ap rtairs to pat the parlor to rights, and left the room, taking Uoraoe with her. When Mr. Oarret oame home to din ner he saw bj his wife's portentioua face that something dreadful bad ooeurred. "James," said she, solemnly, "I have found that girl out in theft." "Who? Amanda?" "Pshaw 1 no. Your 'superior girl,' Ann. Bhe has just helped herself to twenty dollars, of mine." _ _ "Good gracious 1" eried Mr. Garret, pausing in the act of carving the tarkej. "Yes; it was a twenty dollar note which—ahem—happened to fall oat of my desk on the floor this aforeooon I was busy with Horaoe and so—ahem— forgot to piok it op before I left the room. When I came down to dinner I instantly missed it, and the abandoned oreatare actually eaid she might have swept it into the dust-pan and burnt it Fortunately I have the number of it, and after dinner you must go immedi ately and fetch a polioeman." Bewildered, though far from con vinced by the proofs of Ann'a guilt which his spouse cited, Mr. Garret suf fered himself to be sent off on his er rand of justioe, and soon returned in company with a detective, armed with a warrant, and Ann was imperatively rung up, while Amanda was ordered to re* main, that she might take a warning from the event to take plaee. "Ann," said her master, feeling very small, "Mrs. Garret misses some money, atd this man has come to—" "Find it, my diar," subjoined the officer, who had been regarding her with undisguised interest. "So if you will hand over the keys of your kit we'll pro oeed to business, instanter. "And," said Mrs. Garret, sternly, "if the stolen property is found in your pos session, you wiii go to prnon, miss—that you shall." Ann's white fabe slowly kindled with a scorching red ; her large, dark eyes dilated with deep horror; her lipe grew pale; her breath seemod to leave her in a gasp. "You accuse me—of theft ?" she fal tered. Mr. Garret silently pat her into • ohair She looked uif theahoek would strike her dead. "Do you deny," demanded Mrs. Qar ret, none the lees spitefully for this at tention, "that you picked up that twenty dollar bill that was dropped on the carpet, just on this spot, this forenoon t Haven't you got it in your pocket, or trunk, or hidden about your bed room at this mo- meat 7 Go on with the searoh, Mr. Of fioer; she is determined not to oonfees. It was a national bank bill for twenty dollars, numbered 108,843 " "Seems to me I've seen your faoe be fore this, my gal," muttered the offioer, confidentially. "You'll please fork over the keys of yonr kit, youtig woman." With trembling hands Ann waved him off, and untied a ribbon from about her neck, on whioh a small key was sus- pended. As she gave it to him a sort of sob ginning of a confession of guilt, and shook her, and large tears rushed in a said: torrent down her oheeks. Ivjfes, AM,' very sadly, but kindly. "I'll show the way," said the mistress not what 1 seem,' pursued of the house, sure by theee signs of sor- Miss Arnim, in an agitated manner row that the note was about to b« dis- "Yon may have beard of, aii months covered. "James, keep yoar eye on the ago, General Arnim's daughter, who dis nnprincipled wreteh, for there's no know- appeared'— ing what she may do." "Heavens I' mattered Mr. Garret. Arrived at Ann's miserable bedroom, He now feared poor Ann was insane, the officer first eoolly rifled the pockets "My father,' continued Miss Arnim, of all the dresses to b« found banging up, and not finding what he sought, dragged the single trunk oat under the skylight and unlocked it. Very neatly arranged were poor Ann Walker's simple belongings. Some daintily frilled andetotothtng, smelling of lavender; her modest Sunday apparel folded by itself in silver paper; n box of plsin linen collars aod cuffs, one or two books of snoh unexpected titles ss "Longfellow's Hyperion," "The Holy Grail," by Tennyson, and some of Mad ame Michelet's in ths original French; and a beautiful mother of-pearl desk in the very bottom with the initials "A. W. A." in a silver monogram on the top. "Now I'm blessed if this ain't a pretty kit for a servant girl," remarked the de teotive, taking out the deek and prooeect- URY .• vercd little Horaoe tad 'tag to Dry it •h danger of ooming ■» "A 4 wholesale .bit, first driving that Garret, duping tber side of the room, think that I ha' pen with bis pen knife robber," groaned Mrs her bandit; "and to i harbored"— "Hallo," cried the detective, opening the lid, and taking out a silver photo graph case, richly chased, and garnished with an elaborate monogram, ''Who is this 1" Opening the case, they saw two cartel — one of a majestic looking military man, apparently about sixty, the other of • young girl, elad in silk and richest laoe | whose face bore the exact similitude of Aao Walker's. •if jy a light breaking all over his face, and astonishment preventing further ar- tioolatiuu Taking a greasy pocket book out of his breast pocket he opened it, and drew forth a photograph, which was Aon Walker's vignette. "Them two's the same gal," said he eagerly. "Yea," answered the lady, with a glance. "I thought I bad spotted that gal the minute I set eyes oo her," cried the man, excitedly; "and to think of me finding her After all, aod three of us bunting for her these six months ! I'm a made man. Won't the General plank down the thousand pounds reward T Hoorar!" "What do you mean T" asked Mrs Garret. She thought she had sheltered a very great criminal indeed. "What do I mean ?' grinned the de tective. "Why, that you've made the orkardest mistake, madam, yoa ever made in your life. You've beard of General Arnim as lives ia the marble palaee up the Hudson 7' "Of eourse I have—indeed, have some acquaintance with him' "Or would give the universe to serape one,' she might with (rath have added. "That's unlucky—for you,' observed the officer, with an obvious absence of sym ( p*thy ; "for you see this here eook 'as you've accused ot stealing is Bis oaiy daughter and heiress'— "What V Mrs. Garret sat down on a broken backed ohair, with a faee as pale as a ghost. To think that her penetration should have served her so ill as to suffer her to insult this lady—this daughter af one of the grandest magnates in society "How, in Heaven's name, ean 1 apol ogise for my mistake V she gasped "I'll die of shame outright!' "Meantime we haven't found the bank-note,' obeerved the officer, with some malice pretense. "Shall I go on with the search V "No, DO 1 For gracious' sake leave me 1 Let me think I' groaned our lady friend, in real anguiah of mind. So the offioer went down stairs with a very different manner from that in wbioh he bad ascended. Meanwhile the following interview bad taken plaee between the master of the house and the aooused. "Sir," said the latter, as soon as they were alone, "I think you have the feel ings of a gentleman. Farther conceal ment is useless, and before I leave tbia bouse I owe you an eiplanatioo." Mr. Garret thought this was the be- "wiabed mo to marry a gentleman who was in every way repugnant to me—l having already given my heart to an other whose want ->f fortune was his only fault. I would not disobey ay father by following the dictates of my heart, yet how eoitid I go throngh the daily sorrow of thwarting his expressed wishes 1 I resolved to escape from both temptations for a time, and I oould think of no way in which I oould more se eurely hide myself than by going into servioe as a menial. I confided my story to the good managress of the Domestic'a Training Institution, who was a friend of mine, and through her influence I eame here with the determination of do ing my duty as conscientiously as it was possible. Yon have seen the result, Mr. Garret.' , REPORTER. NOVEMBE Then the pair bad a fine surprise, 7, 1878. She buret into tears, though her eyes flashed through them with proud indig nation. By this time the earnestness of her manner and the calm refinement of her language had oarried the conviction of tru'h to the heart of her listener. He gated at ber in amazement and distress, while a flood of shame dyed his brow. The deteotive now entered, and with a deeply respectful obeisanee to the woman whom he bad treated so inso lently ten minutes ago, said : "Please to accept my humble service, Miss Arnim, and to pardon my mistake. What can I do fir you, Miss?' Bring mo a cab, if you please,' said Miss Aruiin. Then turning to her for mer master, she said, pleadingly : "Let nie ask, as s particular favor, sir, that I may be permitted to go with out meeting Mrs. Garret again. I can imagine now,' she added, with a tremb ling voice, "what innocent and friendless girls feel wheu they are wrongfully SUB peeled.' Little more remaius to be said. The youop lady had her wish, and returned to the house of her father without an other encounter with her amiable mis •reus; and so overjoyed wag the old Gen eral to receive back her whom he had bitterly mourned as lost by his own oru elty, that her engagement to Mr. Mel ville was immediately afterward arranged with mueb rejoioing. Little Master Horaoe proved, some weeks afterward, to be the real eause of the disappearance of that bank note. It was found stuffed into the cavity under tile shuttle of the sewing machine Death of a Little Child. When I stand by the grave of a little ehild I can see clearly the beauty in that fable of Adam's life when he had been driven from Paradise and was earning his bread in tbe sweat of his face. Raphael and Israel, the two angels who were stationed as sentinels at the gate of the empty Kden, talked to each other muoh of Adam and Eve, and watched with pitying eyee their toil and suffering. The punishment seemed ter rible to the compassionate angeV, as they saw our first parents at their unwonted toil among the thorns and briers, and then looked baek upon the quiet loveli ness of the lost Paradise. And many an hour did the angels spend in prayer to Allah that he would sweeten tbe toil of the man and the sorrows of the woman. The day came when her first born son lay io the arms of the happy Eve, and Adam watched the babe with gladsome eyes. Allah had answered the prayer of his compassionate angels. Now, for the first time sinoe the fiery sword was set at the gate of Eden, Eve sang as she went about her work, and Adam labored with brisk cheerfulness, and hurried home joyfully at sunset to gase upon the budding beauties of his babe. The ehild grew in loveliness; day by day his fond parents, and the angels scarcely less fend, saw him develop new traits of in terest to their observing eyes. He was so bright and beautiful—a revelation of an entirely new ereatiob—the best of all the creatures Allah had made. On the day when he took his first steps, orowing ia baby glee, while he tottered from his mother's to his father's outstretched hands, Eve said softly—"Paradise bad BO joy equal to this," and Adam an swered reverently, "How merciful is God." • Bat there came a day when Raphael aod Israel were recalled from their posi tion aa sentinels, leaving only the Sery sword to guard the lost Eden. But in stead of mounting in joy to their places among their fellow-angela, they went with reluctant flight, looking back longingly to earth and listening to the prattle of the obild standing by his mother's knee Their fellow-angels saw a shadow over the brightness of their beauty, and no tioed that often thay stood with silent harps, aa if listening to eatch a far-off aound Till at last Allah aaked Raphael what had brought a dimness over his radiance, and the angel answered— "Why m earth given a joy that ia on known to heaven ? Grant, moot merci ful One, that ohildren may come to gladden our livea by tbeir beauty aod loveliness. Adam in hi* sin ia more blessed thsn we in onr holiness.' And Allah answered : "It is not meant that fallen man should be happier than holy spirits. In a few years that ohild they love so dearly may wring the hearts of Ti!£ [LOWERS COLLECTION NUMBER 22. those parents in untold anguish, for siA is stamped upon his nature, innooent and pure though he. seem. Bat heaven shall have all the beauty and joy of the chil dren without the after stain. You may go among the sons of men and gather the brightest and fairest of their little ones, ere their souls are blackened by sin, aod bring them here to increase the happiness of heaven " Ever since that day the angels have availed themselves of Allah's permis sion. They come to earth and take fro« us our brightest and fairest children, in their fresh young inooceboe, and bear tbem away to gladden heaven itself. And no longer im there a shadow over the radienoe of Raphael and Israel as they listen to the fresh young voioes, and watch the bright young faces, of eaith born ohildren taken away in their purity. Such is the fable, and thus it explains why so many ohildren are taken in their infancy from the loving arms of parents —and to the aching hearts whioh are left mourning for their dear ones, comes the aseuranoe which comforted the sor rowing king—"l shall go to him, but be shall not return to me." Crime's Carnival The criminal record for the country during the put mouth is sad and sick ening. The wholesale lynching in Indi ana is oot surpassed by any Bulgarian atrocities. Soft-headed judges, soft hearted juries, weak attorneys, unscru pulous Governors have had muoh to df with making the administration of jw tiee a farce in the eyes of those who despise laws that interfere with the in dulgence of their own brutal passions. Besides these, there are ministers and lecturers holding forth to applauding crowds that human nature is to grand and beautiful to be punished in bell by an angry God. These men make tri umphal pilgrimages, winning shouts of approval from thousands of guilty eoa* science# that are temporarily relieved by this moral poisun. When justioe is • ■MM* L. MU luaustltjf u liragllHlWl 111 applauded, we may expect a harvest of orime that will make men wonder wheth er the bow of promise is a blessing. Material Effects of the Fever. The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal of a late date says : It ia estimated that the aotaal material loss to the region of oouotry aooarged by the yellow fever thus far, ia not leas than 1200,000,000,' and this is, doubtless, a very low esti mate. Splendid stands of cotton will b* lost for want of hands to pick it, while the oeaaation of business in cities and towns, and on the railroads and rivers, has occasioned enormous losses, which oanoot now be computed. Beyond ex pression, this haa been a terrible year for the people of the lower Mississippi valley. B>tne people talk in a melan choly way, and express the Relief that the South «ill be utterly, irremediably ruined. That ia an impossibility. The South has been swept by the flood, pes tilence and the sword, yet has she oome up out of the depths with a firm ete£ and a hopeful heart. Temporarily crushed the South may be, but destroy ed never. There is reason to rejoice that the yellow fever has spread so little east from the Mississippi. It is leaving a broad, black mark from Cairo to the galf. It is a terrible mark, to be aura. It is a trail marked by graves. Yet, out of the depths of this woe those com munities will oome with renewed strength. If H were otherwise, we might indeed abandon hope for the South. The peo ple have too mueh at stake, and tbi business of the va'ley is too graat. • Its demands will speedily set all the ml chinery of trade io motion again. Ttrt heart only aches ia contemplation of tto weeks of death tad misery Which mast slaps* before this plague storm's horrors will vanish. Mary Haley, a supposed widow, Wtl killed in Steubenville, Ohio, bj a rail road aocidebt. Her baby was left to the eare of her brother, who sued the railroad ia iu behalf, securing a verdict of $5,000. Soon • husband turned up to claim the custody of the ohild and the money Afterward another husband came, with an insurance policy of $5,000 in bis favor on ber life. Both men had parted from her yearn before, but were ready to profit by her Jeath. Three things to love—Courage, gen tleness, an 1 affectum.
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