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VOL. I. NO. 22.
GOLDSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 3, 1888.
Subscription, SI. 00 Per Year.
i GERTIE'S WEE GARDEX.
' From Good Words.
Cortii garden in, like herself, small!
. But its flower. are coloivd with heaven's owt
7 : dye?;
& the il!wlr(-fs tlj.it over it fall
ire tenderly bhod frum a mother's dirr
ti
tle kingcup an 1 daisy grow starry in Bpriug
i CrocnneK creamy
. And violet. dreamy;
"jen heart'a-ease I nr-ed and my bosom wil
- bleed,
Illy to that gir.len, rap fairest Ardeiinc
. I alwayw sr.-.'cee.l
If I pi nek hut a wcel,
.'. For I gather "Xepeuthc from Gertie's wei
"jr.irchn.
-Gertie's garden i:t, like herself, fair!
In summer a blossoming paradit-c;
And the delicate air th.it goes murmuring
'.there
Is toll n- the suuvl -i niufuvi-'s Fad sighs.
-There a drooping red rsc iu the eventide
v glows,
Ya'e-!il-i v:i grant,
An 1 f.i!!yfj.ve:-s fragrant;
.nd ere I that way forget f nd!y to stray,
..Somehow my tft heart must ui-cadfmb,
I Iiarden,
J Tor each leisure day
s i'h her playmates I pay
rioiicidtural visits to G or tie's wee garden.
icrtiu's gc.rden K lil
In autumn anions
All green leaf and
t.-.hersclf, sweet !
:d as Arahy's Isle?;
ilj-.Y.-r from head to tha
- feet,
G.Mel with sunshine a mother's war
snules!
The gi.rdt;ii's her era lie w; :!i coverlet over,
A smooth enid!-' bed
P I'or the dj r lit.il !;ead,
nd should you disturb it I never could par
a don.
1 Tread softly uronn.l, f jr my heart's under
j ground;
$ More tenderly tread
f There t'ltin llobin the red,
V'li n ver you venture near Gertie's wee
'"1'J1-
Jfi'tie's g-mlen i, like herself, hid! -
I With down th.it h s fallen from snowy-white
..lit a mother still comes" leafless w inter amid,
When 11 bin lira triplets all lonelily sings,
fliere a deathless seed lies that in fhjwer shall
i r0:
I Thong'.i marked by in label
The Sower is able
To set his invisible nurse'ets abloom,
t Ho carefully watched where an angel is war
den. $ Through n:y tears that would come,
J It looked much like a tomb,
Till niv little boy christt n. d it "'Gertie's we 8
Garden."
G;:o;:nr. JIili..
I A PAIR OF WEDDINGS.
V eosi: TrucY cook::.
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say s '
Grandma
Pino looked
sharply over
her specta
cles at p;vt
ty Nanny
Cam pbcU,
Avho sttt at
rirm.
l -
;or leet o:i
-fash-';cric-
?$& ket," tho
blaze of tiro
EjSfV o p c n ii r e
tgw playing on
2v .s'VfW- her bri-'ht.
r blushing
. j face, and
lending a, rteliv slia le of pold to tlio
3 crown of 11 ally hair that hid her white
forehead.
Xanny hal eomo up to Traverse te
rsj-end Thanksgiving with Iter grand pa
, rents. She came the day before, bui
1 r f-ither and mother eosil.l not leave
'till the next morning. !r. Campbell
v.i too b.iy a man to spare more than
a day from his praetiee, ami Nanr.y was
1X id to eome alone, for she had a great
; j)ie.:o of news to tell grandma. Yes,
i with a deeper glow than the lire light on
i her drooping fae-e, she imparted the won-
derfal inter Ugem;e that .she was engaged
f to Jae'k Xorto i, and was going to be
? married tn Christinas. Xow grandma
wtis not nally mueh surprised, for Jack
Norton was the son of i)r. Campbell's
oldest and best friend, and the children
- had known each other always, (irand-
ma, with the forejnstnig wisdom of old
lrt lies, had prophesied to herscdf thio rs
sult years ago, yet she thought tho was
surprised to lind her jiropheey fulfilled.
Perhaps it never would have been had
Nanny arid Ja-.dc lived next door to eae!i
i tther alwavs; luit when thev Avere vet
; children Mr. Xorton Jin. I left Rid, 'eiield
and gone to Uoston to live. AudJaek,
J m ireover, had b;e:isent to Clernuinyfor
liis preparatory sin li"s, and to England
' fur his e dlegitite education, so he was as
i good as a stranger when he came home
I to share his father's business; and when
I lie saw pretty Nanny, who had blop.somed
5 trom a plain, angular little girl into "a
lovely young woman, lie fell in love with
' her after the good old fashion, and sire
returned his passion with all the faith
i. and fervor of a girl's first serious aii'ec
tion. They had been engaged several months
r but Nanny had not announced tho fact
Z to any but her father and mother. She
. "was both shy and cautious, so slio Avait---
fd to tell grandma until the wedding
i day was seh
v CJrandraa was ready with congratula
' tions, yet, as she drew tho fair young
j head clown to her kaea and stroked the
bi ight hair Avith tremulous lingers, she
sighed, for she liad lived too long neit to
dread life for the child she loved so well.
"I'm kinder pleased' she confided
i to grandpa, in that "grand committee
t oft wo" Avhieh married eople hold on
I matters that intenst them or their
, neighbors, "and I'm kinder distressed
too. I don't like his hem' a lawyer; 't
. never seemed as though 'twa3 a reliable
: husiness, nor one thet a real lionest,
. etraightforrard man conld f oiler."
"Vell," said gi-andpa thoughtfully,
v!U've got to tae tkiuos ly and large,
t Eiviry by and large. The's some hiu'
in all business. You don't sell all "the
I v -'V HI
big p'tatoes nor all the sound apples in
the same barrel of y.n're a farmer, nor
you don't tell a man how old your
critters be not to a day. you s'pose
Tatnm sells his dry-goods an' groceries
on the square always? Don't we get
poor drug for high prices down to
Divan's? An' come to line it doVn,
Parson Pitch ?r don't Avrite a fcrmon
every week, now I tell ye. Tin-re's
suthin' bad to everything; 'tain't a
heaven on earth down to JJo.iting, no
more'n 'tis here to Traverse."
"Well, I don't know as 'tis," replied
grandma, Avith a sigh; "bat anyhow I
wish 't she Avasu't goin' to be nnu-ried in
December."
And Avhile Nanny Avns bustling round
in the kitchen the next morning, stir.' iti.q
cold milk i-Jio the Indian pud. ling that
to-day had the peat oven to itself," bast
ing the huge turkey in the roaster, garn
ishing the tongues, keeping an yo on
the chicken pie that st od en a tripod in
the chimney- corner to keep ib hot after
it had been drawn from th.-i a foresaid
oven, doing lo: gikadn.a nil tin: lit
tle odds and ends that are so much work
for old people and so little for younq
ones, grandma Avas revohing in her
mind certain good councils for the girl,
which might or might nr;fc bo accepted
andate.i upon; for gramlma hadV.d
fashioned ideas, ttko spoko at last, hoi
fingers meanwhile busy paring potatoes
for the pot thru stood bubbling to receive
them:
"oo you're going to be married Christ
mas Day, be you, Nanny '."
"No, d.ar Christinas rive."
"oeeni--! pretty cold time for a Aved
uiuV stud grandma, taking up anollui
0'LiitO.
"VtV.l. yes. J.i.-k Avoul l not wait till
June, Avhen I Ava tiled to Itave i! ; he said
he never behoved in long ena foments.
And motlier t inks jast so; that is,Avhere
people it ive known each otlier aslotig as
Jack and I have."
"i.-oiti' to be married in church, 3
b'pose r
"Oh., yes; and then a reception. Now
y.u atnl gran Ipa mast como do'.vu; I
Avant yott to promise."
""We're n'most too old and rheumat
icky, Nanny, t-j g junk' tin' round in
midwitt'r."
"No, yon "re not not a bit of it. The
cars are waiiti. a i l r.iotlicr '11 have a tire
in yuir room; and it's yoing to bo -.ueh
a pietty Avei.iiiig .' Six lrilesmnils,
granny, all of ihem pretty girls, too, in
low dresses of !a . -e and piuk satin, v. it Si
roses and short veils of tijiie. They'll
iool: just lovely. And Dj. A.iatlts you
remesuber llvm-ett Adams, v.ho studied
Avitli falher lie's to b-j best mtiu."
"Laud!" ejacul:;td grandma. "I
should think Jack would bo tho best
man a n on -st "e n."
"Wei!," 1-mgh d Nanny, Avith a blush
that would have been the precise tint for
her bridemaids drossess, "I think he is:
but that isn't what 1 key call him."
"And what is 'low' dresses;" carried
grandma.
"Oh, lowoie.-ked, and with no sh ves;
just a strap across thd shoulder, vou
know.
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"So iiiwh for Join f;V.-t.f..''
"'Good gracious !'' oS(slainif--l th.o old
ladv, looking over Iter sp ct;tcles Avitli a
glare of lion-.
Avas 'low' ! I
"I should think that
dial low, too. They'd
oucrhf. to bo 'bhani(l t their
K-
"V!iy, gran', it's th-' f.tshion."
"I don't care nothingab .at that, child,
it ain't decent, nor it ain't ju-etry. Who
Avants to see them girls' bones and
girls in these days haven't got much
liiore'ii skin and bones. oLi.hbe tho
yeutr.g doctor may like stt-dyiu' of "em,
and seein' liow the j itits Avork: but I
sliould ratlr r b. a d"ad skeleton than e,
live ot:e, if I was a-goin' to be tta died by
a young doctor."
"ilrandnin, I do think you dread
ful; why, Alice Rrooks has got a neck
like a baby's; and Rosina Jjeavitt's is
lovi ly, too, if slieis a liitle dtrrk.
"Vdl, anj'way, I call it cruelty to an
invds to hev them girls go oat, ia that
condition of a cold Aviniers's night into a
big draughty church, lie you goiug
'low,' lo-.'
"Oh, no' Ifs not the fashion for
brides. J'm goin' to have Avhite saiin,
liigli to th tliro.it an 1 down to the
wrists, Avith beautiful Lice all about
"
"I tcaess your a wouldn't let you go
any other way," dryly remarked grand
ma.
"I guess he'd have to if it Avas the
fashion," pouted Nanny.
"Well, fools ain't iifl dead yet," re
terted grandmn, Avitli sotun severity.
"When I was married 'twas daylight,
and to home. Kben anr me Avas goin'
down to Roston for a spell; ho was in old
Silas Ranker's store then. I had on a
dirk blue cloth habit with frogs outo
it, and a big leghorn bonnet Avith a
white feather, real long and curly, an"
some red roses under the front on't.
"l'was warm an' sensible for a long ride
in September, an' oar folks thought I
looked consider'ble well."
Tho old ladv's keen dark eves and
delicate anuiline profiL
lili'io profile, though the
waved nair was now snow wnrte, ami iiie
small mouth had lo.t its color and ftill-
ne-ss, made Nairn v acquiesce in
' 'our
folks' " verdict.
"I guess you looked
Grandma; but "
just lovely,
"Say! here's the doctor!" screamed
Thankful Rangs, avIio was setting the
table for dinner, and Nanny's speech
never av:is finished, for she and grand
ma rushed out to meet tiro Avoleonie
gu-st.
Two hours after, Avl.en the dinner had
been discussed and the guests were pick
ing out their Avahmts and butternuts, the
never failing last coarse at Traverse for
a Thanksgiving dinner, Mrs. Campbell
said suddenly:
"Oh, Nanny! I quite forgot. Ilere'o
a little note that came for you after you '
left." J i
Nanny took the envelope, and after the i
fashion of women eyed it on the outside,
turned it over and examined the seal,
and then re-turned it and inspecteel
again tho direction and the postmark. I
"Seems to mo it would bo a quicker
way to find out who wrote it if you open
ed it," remarked Dr. Campbell.
Nanny laughed, anel broke the seal.
"Oil, dear!" she said, after running
through the brief missive1. "Isn't this
provoking! It is Alida Van Alstyne.
Just hear:
" 'My Dear Navvy. T havn nnlv
found out to-day that your "maids" in- j
tenet to Avear low dresses. I never have
given in to that style yet, but if I could
sacrifice what you would call my preju
dices and I call my principles on any
occasion, or for any one, it Avould bo
now for you. However. I haAO a
threatening cold, which I must nurse,
and perhaps you will remember that I had
ivi.eumonia last winter, so that I cannot,
lor my health's sake, Aver.r anything but
a high-necked and long-sloped dress.
Now I shall not feel at all nggreived if
you drop me from the company of bride
mrd ls on this account; but I Avant you
to lot me know ju&t as soon as possible,
so that I may or may not engage Mad
ame Delano.
" Tours loA'ingly,
" 'Alida Van Alsttxe.
"Isn't it too bal V exclaimed Nanny,
as she laiel down tho note.
"Too good to bo true," groAvled the
doctor.
"What shall I do?" asked Nanny,
looking id)out her in a sort of mild des
pair. "She's my intimate friend, and
Avas going to be first bridesmaid; she's
such a nice contrast to me, and I'm so
fond of her And she sent me the love
liest present I've had such a set of pale
pink coral and pearls ! Oh dear !"
"I should think she'd got some sense,"
put in gr and na. "I don't see why you
want to make your weddin a killiu' bus
iness to all them poor young creturs."
"That's just it, mother," said the doc
tor, putting down the apple ho was quar
tering. " L.ih t winter there Avas just such
another Avedling in December. All
those girls had to ride a mile to the cs
try of St. Paul's; form there, nnd tramn
round t the fre-ut door of the church;
drop their wraps ofi' tit the door, where
the C' id wind struck their bare chests
and shoulders; stand twenty minutes at
the altar; ri le back thnt mile; and stand
up all the evening at a reception so
crowded that tho Avindows hail to be
dropped from the top to prevent asphy
xia; and then at midnight drive back to
their homes, the thermometer being six
below zero. There were six bridemaids
there; two had pneumonia within the
Aveek; one had acute bronchitis; another
tonsilitis; the other two, being tough or
case-hardened, escaped Avith seAore colds.
So much for low dresses at a church
wedding!"
"Nanny wasn't one of 'em?" asked
gra n d m t , a nx ion sly.
"No, she Avent to the wedding, but by
vigorous researches into the possibilities
of fashion I discovered that young avo
mcn do sometimes wear Avhat they call
V-shaped necks to their dresses a fash
ie"n that only exposes the most sensitive
part of their lungs both in front and at
tho back. However, Madame Delano,
the autocrat of our city dress-makers, is
a patient of mine, and I held counsel
Avith her; so Mistress Nan went to that
party in a very pretty as well as a re
spectable gown, for I had Malame 'fill
in,' as she called it, that absurd piece-of-pie-shaped
neck Avith thick satin coa--ered
Avith costly lace: ami there were ac
tual sleeves to the gown, short, to be
sure, but long kill gloves met them, so
my daughter's person was not on exhibi
tion like Rarnum's 'hit lady that night,
and she Avas consoled for being decent
and warm against her Avill by the expen
sive lace anel some neAv bracelets."
"Oh, papa !" exclaimed Nan.
"That is just so, my dear; and Avhen
you came home did net you firnl a cup
of hot broth waiting for you ? and a fire
in A'our room ? Who do vou think or
dered that ?"
Nan looked at her father w ith dimmed
eyes, and blew a kiss at him across the
table. She just began to realize the care
that ha 1 surrounded her all her days.
3 Jut she must answer that note.
"What shall I say to Alida, mamma?"
Mrs. Campbell Avas a quiet, sAveet,
motherly Avoma:i;but, more sympathetic
than the doctor, she better understood
how powerful fashion is with girls how
few have strength of character to Avith
stand its stringent if absurd demands.
"I don't think you can drop her,
Nanny,"' she said. "I think that would
be unkind and needless. She is to be
first bridesmaid, and therefore stand
next to you; and as j ou are to wear a
high dress, Iters will Lot be as conspicu
ous as if she were among the others. I
agrou entirely Avith your father, and I
um glad it was not your suggestion that
the re it should wear low dresses."
So the matter was settled, and in duo
time the wedding came oil. It was a
pretty wedding, as Nanny had assured
grandma it would be; but the old people
of Traverse did not come down for it;tho
snow lay deep over all the country, tho
ihermometer sank to depths unusalevsn
in Xew llugland, and keen Aviiiels swept
across the shining drifts that seemed to
pierce the heaviest clothing.
"We kve ye just as much, dear," saiel
grandma, "as though we como to si
you married; but we're ohl folks, and
ttii weather is considerable coldfer any
body to be out in, and he is threatened
some with sciaticky, so we dursen't risk
it. So wo send you a little matter to
buy a weddin' present with, bein' your
ill the gran'chil.l we've got, and do ye
get somethin' real useful or comfortable
with it for ter remember your very lov
ing grandpa and grandma."
A check for live hundred dollar3 fell
from the letter.
"Oh," exclaimed Nanny. "Now I can
have a seal-skin! I dieln't want to ask
father for it."
While the bridal procession A'as form
ing I am afraid even at the altar; cer
tainly at the after recption the "l:est
man" Avas observed by a disinterested
spectator to turn his eyes Aery often up
on Alida Van Alstyne. No Avomler; she
was a very lovely girl, and to-night was
at her best; the delicate rose satin that
rdothed her stately lithe figure up to her
throat and down to her wrists shone
like a pale sunset through the filmy lace
that Avas draped over it and caught with
blush-roses; where the lace crossed her
bosom in soft folds from either shoulder
a bunch of tha same roses nestled, and
the frill of rich lace that 6tood up about
her throat was held iu place apparency
by a collar of silver filigree, fine as frost I
work, clasped by a rose of pink coral in i
Avhose heart sparkled a diamond dev. - !
drop; the short veil that rested on her
coronet of dark hair was held by a 1030 ;
and its bud; the Avhole dress was exqui- j
site. Anel best of all, a warm natural ;
color lit her line face, and she looked as !
she felt, comfortable ami at ease
But the others poor souls, how could 1
cessant little cough that made Dr.!
Campbell knit his forehead and stir un-1
easily in his seat, for ha knew the girl J
had a sad inheritance of blood; her
mother came of a consumptie family. I
Dr. Everett Adams did not forget'his j
admiration for the "first bridesmaid'
when the wetldmg was over. He le-
came more
and more deAoted, anel the '
next beptember societv m IS was
pleaseel but not surprised to hoar his en- j
gagemeni to aiiss an iYisiyne an
nounced. By a rather o Id coincidence
their -wedding, too, was fixeel for Christ
mas Eve. Alida Van Alstyne was very
AvealtliA', if she Avas very sensible, Site
had as many "maids"' attend her as
Nanny Campbell, and she gave them !
their dresses. They were of rose Mitin, I
too, but made high in the neck and long-'
i ' ..1 i ;?.m 1..,,.
1 ley neip lit were pmcucu wuu com; Thft T Aiinnmpnt Associ .thm nt ! 1" 'e 1,1 , an.i w
tneu -cheeks .colorless .their pretty noses, Ilirl.moIKl hi;s r,K.,ivt.tl -n forwarded ! cd. There ii
could not smother with her utmost I lt? uhitc an'1 ( ,lulel "" of L . ' i,Ul foUml 11 1
efforts and her lace handkerchief tho in- Cljmitv "rs- ' t-e of these applic
t -Ii -i t 1 ii -t t -x. ued at .j0.( Mo.
mod with white fur, a broad bana of it j
edging the short full skirts; poke boa- j It is stated that ifgoliatlons : re going
nets of the same satin Avrcathod Avitli " between the East Tennessee and
short white ostrich tips, and bunches of : Ceyrgi 1 Air bine and the Norfolk and
white roses on the left shoulder, com- j Western Itoad looking to a combination,
pleted the charming and warm costume. which will br ing all the cotton handled
Not one among tho pretty group had by the former road next season to Nor
evei looked so pretty or been more com-' folk instead of West Point, where it is
fortable. And the bihlo was lovelier
than ever in her close robe of spotless
satin, Avith no sparkle of joAvel or glitter
of gold about her, but profus white
roses garlanding from throat to hem Iter
long dress, and a crown of them fasten
ing the veil of Mechlin that was all tho
drapery that fell over the soliel moon
light folels of her train.
Mrs. Jask Norton looked on from a
chancel pew, and thinking of hev own
wedding, gave a silent sigh to px)r llo
sina Leavitt, sleeping in her southern
grave. The troublesome little cough
had done its Avork. She ha 1 taken cold
in the church, and gone to death so fast
no human power could stay her steeps.
"Do you know what first 'fixed my
young affections on you, as the novelists
"As lie sat with his 6-idt'."
co- AIM.,?" ncl..,.l TA A.lnmc !.. c, f
duj, .lima. u.iatvi a'l. .xvi. ..xio, . iiu r.. u i
with his bride on the Avails of the ohl t
fort at St. Augustine two weeks after
their wedding.
"I suppose it Avas my beauty," she an
SAverecl, with a look and laugh cf coquet
tish mischief, for Everett Adams had al
ways said that he never could or would
marry any woman merely for her geod
looks.
"No, indeed, madams?. Though I
don't deny the self-evident fact of your
ladyship's loveliness. But tho first
thing that attracted me was your sen
sible and comfortable dress at Mrs. Nor
ton's Avedelinpr. If the other brides
maids had only known how pinched and
forlorn they looked, ho w little those bare
arms and necks were admired by the
spectators, it would have taught them
some things. But you were blooming
and radiant, and your dress far hand
somer than theirs. I could not have
fallen in love Avith a red nose and pale
cheeks, I admit."
Alida laughed and the doctor kissed
her. There was only a sea-gull to bo
shocked. Harper' I h tzar.
A Woman':; Tantalizing Dream.
A party of gentlemen were seated in a
cozy parlor iu Minneapolis the other
evening, when the conversation turned
upon the personal dangers they had in
curred. Several stories were told Avith
varying degrees of modesty and brava
do, when tho demure and pretty wife of
the host claimed attention. "My expe
rience," she said, "was only a dream,
yet I think you Avill agree with me that,
from a woman's standpoint, the situa
tion was more thrilling than any you
have experienced.
"I dreamed that I Avas taking a sleigh
ride, unaccompanied. I Avas driving
tlown Park avenue at a rapid rate, when
my horse, taking fright at some object
by the roadside, bolted and ran. At the
same instant I discovered a mouse in the
bottom of the sleigh. I have a mortal
terror of all manner of rodents, as have
most women. The horse was running
so fast that I dareel not leap out, and it
was all I could elo to keep him in the
road. The mouse came nearer. I was
too much frightened to scream. I
thought I shonlel elie. The mouse came
neariir still. I could stand it no longer,
so I awoke. Now it is all over perhaps
it is woman's curiosity I have often
wished I had remained asleep a little
while longer, just to see how the adven
ture would have turned out. It Avas one
of the feAv disappointments of my life
that I didn't."
And the men never said a word.
A Timber Ship.
The Quebec Ch ron icl? says : Now, I Avant
to tell you with regarel to a ship built at
St. Patrick's Hole, which Avas 15,000
tons, all of solid square timber. She
had seven masts, anil she went safe to
England. It was to save duty she was
built. At the time it was 12V or 7i
cents per fcot duty. Her name Avas the
Christopher Columbus. I saw her on
the stocks. There was alsojtyiother not
quite so large. Her name was Baron
lienfeAv. She neAer wa3 heard from.
She was also built at St. Patrick's Hole.
Any of the old irilots "will certify this,
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
THE SOTJTHEHN STATES.
Newt C'oiip.'trJ bjrLAVirt? anil Alail From
All Tin t of Dixie.
nnmlipr rif fie- 1 ree in Vlnrhbi ;rr '
ratting on the cist crop of fis for Insw. i
The Norfolk and ( stern Koad is to
he double-tracked from Uoanake, Va., to
New liner in order to accommodate the i
increasing trade.
Wilev Ilobbs, colored, who is said to 1
k, wanted 'in (Joorgia for murder, and '
for uhom a reward of 000 was offered,
... f.:irifr(i lin, ,h,v l.t week "t T.-.r-
v , (,'ir ,.,, I
The Jasper Centennial committe have
invited the President and Mrs. Cleveland
to visit Savannah on February 22.
Mrs. Cleveland will be asked to
he monument.
unveil
j
At Mobile, Ala., the Courthouse of
Mobile Comity av;is destroyed by fire.
A defective flue set lire te the roof, and
" 1 v
save the rccor
the Haines spend siowly and gave time to
i he building was vtu-
now carried. '
The Itev. Dr. W. Ik Shaw, the Baptist !
minister of Johnston S. ( .. who Aveat
crazy over the doctrine of sane lifiratioii,
ami who attempted to commit suicide a
few days ugo by cutting his throat avhs
lodged iu the bmatic asylum in Cohim
i 1 S. C.
Charley Taylor, colored, shot and kill
ed Will Banks, colored, one week ago on
Captain Tom Wilcox's place near Crisp,
(la. It was windy unprovoked. Cap
tain Wilcox arrested the murderer and
lie was lodged in jail the next day in Ir
Avinville. A Cre at Tarboro, N. C, burned the
jtiil of Edgecombe county. Several pris
oners Avere in the building. All avcic
safely rescued. The firemen's hall and
two or three private residences Avcre
burned. There vsas no insurance on any
of the property destroyed.
In Terrell County On., there lives a
j man, avuo, 11 not the oldest in (.corgia,
is tne oiliest man in souuiavcsi Georgia.
His manic is James Kilpatriek. and his
age is 1(7 years. He is still in perfect
health and able to Avalk villi as much
agility as many aviio are thirty years his
junior, bidding fair to score a century.
All the prisoners, nine in number, iu
the jail of Brazos county, Texas, made
their escape by burrowing unde r the wall.
One of them surrendered after a feAv
hours, saying it Avas so cold he couldn't
stand it ia the woods. Among the es
caped prisoners are the three men who
robbed the pnstedllce at Millican. for
whom the sheriff offers a reward of
. j (JOO
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North. East nnd West.
The striking cigarmakers in New York
now number twelve hundred.
Fire at Newark, Ohio, c ;tu d a loss f
Sb 10. 000.
The Buffalo Bubber Com puny, of Buf
falo, N. Y., (ieorge I). H.irr, proprietor,
has failed.
At Susepiehanna, Pa., lire destroyed
two hotels, five residences and a bur-mess
block. Loss Sd'.O.OOO.
An explosion occurred in No. ."" j it of
Wellington colliery, at Victoria, B. C,
by which upward of fifty lives were fust.
Win. 11. Ilodgers, green goods opera
tor, was arrested in New York for swind
ling farmer Asbury II. Pci kiits. of Lan
caster, S. C.
Two passenger cms on the Salem. N.
Y., branch of the Delaware and Hudson
Bailroad went ove r an embankment and
turned oa'ct three times. Sixteen passen
gers were injured, four of them fatally.
A Pottsville, Pa., dispatch says that
' t,H nJltK'rs J01.nl """oe nay issuci
a long a.idrcss in rcpiy 10 1 icmuciu v or
bin's manifesto.
A fire in Montreal destroyed a coffee
mill and several other buildings. The
fire department was powerless in conse
quence of the freezing of the hose. Loss
200,000.
At Allentown, Pa., the thread mill of
the Barbour Thread Company, contain
ing 4, ''00 bales of Irish flax, was damag
ed by fire to the amount of $:'(, 000 on
the mill and machinery, and SH.I.OOO on
the flax.
The Milwaukee, YVis, brewers have no
tified their 3,000 employees that on Jan
uary 2" every member of Brewer's Union
No. ft in their employ Avill bodischarged
unk'ss consenting to leave that organiza
tion. The residence of Frank Smith was
burned at Lima, Ohio, and before the in
mates, a1io were sleeping, coukl be
awakened, the entire structure was envel
oped in flames. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and
their five children Avere burned to death
before assistance could reach them.
James E. Nolen was hanged at Cam
bridge jail. Boston, Mass., for the mur
der of George A. Cod ma 11. his employer,
a milk man, January -1, lsT.
A Sliiht Chancre.
Postmaster Crittenden, of Greenville, .
8. C, has received notice from Wash-
ington that the name of Ins postomce
-will be changed to Greenville, instead c f
Greenville Courthouse, at the end of the
quarter March 31st. This change was
made by request of prominent business
meii. who arc trying to have the free de
livery system.
Beavers are. fount! in considerable
iiuml.ers on Pocky Creek and other small
st earns near Macon, Ga., and local
trappers are making snug sums by cap
turing them. An average skin brings
) $2.50 in the Macon market.
LAD!ES' C3L'Ja:i.
XV si tn M.wts a Corporation.
1 e g.iarat. er companies who make
tit : r bu-ii ess to insure the h- nesty of
p'o-es rce.uhc from the insured an
!: .-t ' n v r 7 similar to tint 11 cd by
ins.trn ce couipuuhs. It c r ii f aiiis a
Pnat ni,:J 'lotions re.atmg to ones
11 en must oc sinciiy
a your.g lady in St.
.ecessuy to fit! out
at ions in o.der to re
tain l;cr position. She answered all the
questions correctly until fche came to the
one: What ii your age?"' Hesitating
a moment the wrote in reply:
""Irrelevant, immaterial, and
dent." St. Paul Glo?t.
impu-
A Rriele's Rody Guard.
In an old church in Gothland, in
Sweden, a pile of lances is preserved.
I T.'i'h of Ihp InnfAj ! fit tod in lintel A
, . .. . . ,' ,
torch, and it is fatel tae weapons were
used at ore t'me to give light and protcc
to.i to marriage parties on the Avay to
church, the ceremony taking place at
night, as a precaution against the bride
I ing taken away by some Eochinvar !
who claimed a better right to hr thai
the duly lecognized suitor. A recent
writer, describing a marriage in Khur
disinn, say3 l:e saw a young man cairy
ing off his bride, surrounded by a body
guirel of some twenty or thirty men.
These men were supposed to be protect
ing the happy couple from a party of
1 voung Avonicn, who nulled pieces of
earth and taniboos at the proccssiou, and
made show of rescuing the bride. As
soon, hoAvcver,as the bridegroom reached
his own vil'age with his charge the as
sailants ran home screaming and laugh
iag. Among ourselves tho term "best
m in " is said to b? a survival of the time
v.hcn the bride-groom had to get strong
hands to aid h'm in securing the object
of his affections. There is probably also
a furviutd of the assaults that Avere then
1.1; deon marii:i :e parties in the s-howers
f rice and old slippers bestowed so
freely on the r.ewly wedded.
Lady I.cllairs's Advice to Girls.
WHAT TO AA'OID.
A loud, weak, affected, winning,
harsh or shrill tone of voice.
Extravagances iti conversation such
phrases :ia "Awfully this," "Beastly
that,'' "loads of time," "Don't you
ki.ow,"' "ilute," for "dislike,"' etc.
Suddjn exclamations of annoyance,
s r;e: c and joy often dangerously ap-jtoe-ii'ng
to "fcmi'e snaring" as
"Ihdlier!" "Gracious!" "llo.v jolly !"'
Yawping when listming to anyone.
Talking 011 family matters, even to
bescm fihnds.
.'.tempting any vocal or instrumental
piece of music that you cannot execute
avi th ca-e.
j Crossing a our letters.
j Making a sharp, short no I with the
i head, intended to do duty as a bow.
WHAT TO CI I.TIVATE.
An unatTccteel, low, distinct, silver
toned voice.
The art of pleasing those around you
and seeming pleased with them and all
th may do for you.
The charm of mairing little sacrifices
quite naturally, as if of no account to
yourself.
The habit of makiiig allowances for
tho opinions, feelings or prejudices of
ethers.
An erect carriage that is, a sound
heely.
A good memory for faces, and facts :
connected Avith them thus avoiding
giving offence through not recognizing
or bowing to people, or saying to them
what had best been left unsaid.
"he art of listening without impa
tience to p.-osy talkers, and smiling at
the twice-told tale or foke.
Syria's Beautiful Slares.
There are grand women in Arabia;
women of ability, keen insight and Avon
derful capabilities. The duties of the
wife cf a Syrian to-day are as follows :
She brings all the water for family use
from a distant well. This is aecom
pl'shcd by filing immense jars and
bringing them upon her head. She rises
early and goes to the hand-mill of the
viilng? carrying corn, enough of which
for the day's bicad riie grinds by a slow,
laborious process. This she carries home
and cooks iu an oven, which is made ia
the earth. It is a round hole, lined with
oval and flat stones, and heated by a fire
buiit in it. When the bread is mixed
J with Avi'er anel a little salt she removes
1 the &skes and plasters pats of dough
ag-tin-t the hot stones to cook. Could
anything be more crude?
She cares for her children usually a
larga family and does all the rough
work at intervals, Avhile the husband
calmly smokes his "argelle" orsitscross
lcged upon his divan or housetop in con-
Making Themselves Old.
Shakespeare make. Ca sar say that cow
ards die many times before their deaths.
And so they do. And t o do thousands
up-n thousand" of persons a1io grur.t
their lives away. They make them-selve ;
old with imagined aches and paxs and
anticipated distreise-. It i not good to
give way to megrims. Anticipation
brings the misery that it looks for. If
we think we are hick Ave shall be sick. If
ve anticipate deiTe.tucle it willruato
meetui.
THE WATCH.
A lady who had been abroad was de
scribing some of the sights of her trip to
her friends.
"But what pleased me most of any
thing," she continued, "was the Sjtras
burg clock."
"Oh, Iioav I should love to seo it,"
gushetl a sweet companion. "I am so
interested in such foreign tdqhts. And
did you see tho Watch on the Khinef '
Troy Press.
EMPHASIS.
"I neAor saw anything in the way of
wood as largo as tho trees iu tho Yose
mite," said Filip.
"No," snapped Mme. Fflip, "you nev
er saAv anything iu the way of wood any
way."
It was her stress on the "saw" that
maele Filip look uncomfortable. fting
hamton IlepuWtcan.
OX A STRING.
Omaha Wife What under the sun
are you doing 1
llYtsband Trying to tie this string
around my finger.
"Why, I did not ask yon to do any
errand."
"No; this string 13 to remind me that
I have nothing to remember to-day."
Omaha World.
NOT EXOfGII.
A little loy ami his sister came hom
from the closing exercises at one of the
public schools the other day. The cer
tificates for regular attendance and good
conduct had been distributee! and the
girl Avas the proud recipient of one of
them, but her brother had failed to
qualify.
"Dhln't you get a certificate, Tom
my i" their mother a&keel.
"No'm,' was the lvply, "but I would
have got one if there had been enough
to go round." Toronto (il'bc.
A hofkless case.
Omaha Man (in Halt Lake hotel, to
newfound friend) What? Not going
yet, I hope. It's only half-past 8.
New Found Friend 1 must. I would
catch the old Harry if I didn't get homo
before 9.
'Oh, come, now, lx? a man. Stand up
for vour rights. Catch mo going homo
tilflfeellike it."
"Yes, but you have only one wife to
fight." Omaha World.
A KANSAS ZEPHYR.
"There's quite a bre-ozo sprung up
within the last half Lour,'- said a Kan
sas man as ho came into the house.
"The roof has gone off the Court House
and the Episcopal's steeple has just now
rolled by. "
"Has Dave Johnson's anvil blown out
J of his shop yet and tumbled past.'" said
nis wne.
"No; nor there hasn't a drop of water
blown out of our hcav fifty foot well yet,
cither." .
"That's just tho Avay it is," con inued
his Avife, "and I'll never take any more
stock in the prophecies of the Western
Bureau. Here for the last forty-eight
hours it has been predicting high wind
for to-elay, nnd after all it is compara
tively calm. Mary Jane, go right ahead
and hang out the washing while I rig up
the baby and take him out and give
hini a little airing." Chicago Tribune,
ItABOR ITS OWX KEWAKD.
Zeko (breaking wood) My mainmv
Pbs me a Vanj every day fer choppm
tU.- KUUU.
Abe (enviously) Am elat so? An' wot
do yo' buy will dat cent.'
Zeke Oh, I doan buy nothiu', causo
mammy am savin' cm for me to buy
new axe when dis heah one gets play eel
out."
BREAKFAST PKEFAKATIOX.
Old man (calling down the stairs to
daughter) Clara !
Daughter Y"c-s, papa?
Old Man Ask that young man in tho
parlor -which he prefers for breakfast,
milk rolls or Yienna bread .
lISri.EASED.
Teacher I am A ery much displeased
with you and to-morrow I'll punish you
severely if you don't keep so quiet that
you can hear a mouse squeak.
Small Boy (with uplifted hand)
Teacher, may I bring tho mouse ?
Ttxas Sifting.
IiEXDIXO.
Wife (to unhappy husband) I would
not worry, John ; it doesn't do any good
to borrow trouble.
Husband Borrow trouble? Great
Scott, my dear. I aintborrovvin' trouble;
I've got it to lend.
THE TOASTS WERE SOGER.
Club man (Avhd was out of town the
lay Ix'fore) Ah, Jones, me boy, Avere
I there many toasts drunk at the banquet
rast rngnt f
Jones (slightly rocky) No, but every
boely else was. Wellington Critic.
COXTIDEXCE.
"Do you believe in a future state,
sirj" inquired the long-haired passen
ger solemnly, as the gentleman returned
' the lottle to his valise.
"Y'esh (hie), sir,'
live in Dakota."
was the reply: "I
STEALIXG.
If a gentleman holds his lighted cigar
iK'hind him while in conversation and
1 newsboy steps up and puts his mouth
rn the end of the cigar and commences
smoking it, and the gentleman lets go in
surprise, leaving the cigar in the boy's
tnouth, has the boy stolen the cigar?
A IXGICAIi ANSWER.
Wife (who prides herself on being sen
sible) John, do you notice how easy
litting my new shoes are i
Husband Yes.
Wife Well, do you know why I get
my shoes so large ?
Husband (just a trifle nonplussed)
Er no, my dear, unless it is because
fou have large feet. Epoch,