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VOL. II. LINCOLNTON, . N. C, FRIDAY, NOV. 30,1888, NO. 3D
f ofirti.
XUE oais WHO NTA1S Arr
Tbe wheel of the woitd go round and
round,
la tli e dress ot the busy throng,
Morn with iu matin uielody
And night with its vesper on? ;
The tides are out aud the tides are in ,
Like tie turn in its ebb and flow,
fr there's alwar oiie to s-ty at home
Wtere tLere u one to go.
Abroad ub tie high way's noisy track
There is rush of hurrying feet,
Tie spark: fly out from the wheels of time,
To brighten the bitter and swest;
JBwt apart fn.m tbe beaten road and path,
"Where the pulse of earth runs slow,
There id always one to tt&y at home
Where there w one to go.
Ovr and over goodbyes are said,
In testa that die with the day,
When eyes are wet that caunot forget,
Acd smiles have faded away ;
Smiles that are worn as ever a grave
Flowers will blonsom and blow ;
I or there's always one to stay at home
Where there is oae to go.
Always one for the little tasks
Of a day that is sever done ;
Always one to sit down at sight
And watch with the et&rs alone.
And he who fight on the world's broad
field,
"With banner, and blast and drum,
Little dreams of a battle gained
By the or,e who stayed at home.
THE EDUCATION OF
GIRLS-
By Dr. Edward W. Jenkg.
It Is often said that American
women are not as healthy as Em-op.
an women. It cau scarcely be de
nied that the average staudard of
health among the women of our
country is far below what it Las
been iu the past'. In other words,
there has been a . deterioration ot
their physical health. This condit
ion is not confided to the wealthy
or ultra fashionable, but is found
among all classes. Nervous, hyster
ical school girls with flabby muscles
are as apt to be found in the me.
Chauies cottage as in the million
aire's mansion. If our American
women have depreciated it is not in
beauty, but in physical strength
and power ot endurance.
It is also frequently remarked
that Ainer can families are smaller
than are the families of other coun
tries. It id related that on a cer
tain festive occasion where some of
these topics had been discussed, after
the la lies had beea toasted in ele
gant speeches, a certain physician
proposed tbe following sentiment:
"Long life to our grandmothers who
are rapidly becoming extinct and
are probably the last this country
will ever see.
Thete is involved iu thu semi
humorous sentiment a hint at a con
dition of things in our country
worthy of serious thought. The
smallness of American families and
the fact that some are fast becom
ing extinct, while the rapid increase
of population is chiefly due to for
eign immigration and the prolificacy
of the multitude who come from
other countries to this for homes, is
a matter of no small degree of in
terest. From time immemorial the wise
have ever paid a tribute of grati
tude and affection to the mothetsof
the people, for it is the mothers who
give character to a nation. If they
have' a heritage ot wealth, wis
dom and good morals to bequeath
to their children then are these
blessed among the nations of the
earth. The fundamental nrincibles
of human action which are to guide
one in after life the child learns at
the mother's knee. The impressi
bility of the child-mind was never
more clearly pointed out than by a
learned and zealous Jesuit who once
showed Mi belief in the tenacity of
early impressions when he said to
one of another faith, "Give me the
training of a child till he is 7 years
old and I will give him to you af
terwards.'' In yiew ot these things are we
no: best serving the future genera
tion by inquiring of what material
are the future mothers made f ON
iver Wendell Holmes has quaintly
suggested that we might be differ
ent if we could have had the educa
tiou of our grandmothers. At pres
ent we .tn m to bo denied that priv
ilege, but we cau du tbe nxt best
thiug, mworl, educate the grand
mother of posterity.
By education 1 do not designate
oulv mental training by study, which
is its most commonly accepted
meaning, but I use it in its broadest
signification: The drawing oat of
all the powers of the human being,
moral, intellectual ar?d physical.
The parents, teachers and preach i
ers have usually shown themselves
capable of eariug. for tbe flit-t two,
but who iaterea's himself for the
last T Who troubles himself about
tbe body except to doe it when it
is ill or dres it becomingly when it
is well f
From the time Eve left tbe gar
den to begin her worldly career un
til tbe millennium shall appear there
have been and will be numerous
ailments, whose coming neither the
devices of man nor the provisions
of nature can avert. Unfortunately
these do not constitute the sole
field, as they ought to do, in which
the physician must exercise his art.
The physical degeneraoy of girls of
the latter part ot tbe nineteenth
century has proved a fruitful sonrce
of unnecessary material for the phy
sician of the preeent aud the future.
This deterioration is charged by
some to climate ; by others to the
modes of li7ing ; but many with
preconoeived ideas on the subject,
ideas which prevailed in earlier
liuiea concerning the proper amount
of mental traiuing of girls, hold
that any attempt at special devel
opment of the intellectual powers is
gained only at the expense of the
physical. Ir. is true that this latter
outcome is a possibility but it is
not a eertaiuty or even a probabilb
ty. Education itself is not in my
opiuion the cause. I am a firm be
tiever iu the healthfulness of prop
erly directed intellectual labor. The
revered Dr. Tappan asserted that
"brain work is good for the health."
Wherein, we may then ask, is the
education of girls in a degree re
sponsible for physical degeneracy?
The task of replying to this inter
rogatory is nowifie difficult.
The intellectual portion of the
being hag been educated while the
physical portion has been neglected
It is not study psrse th-t distorts
and destroys, but a disregard of tbe
laws of health aud development, a
neglect to supply sufiicieut oxygen
to the blood by fresh air, and to
produce that regular nietaphormo
sis of tissue the constant change
of the old for the new which ouly
goes on propei ly under the stimu
lus ot periodical rigorous use of the
muscles and by tbe assistance of
good food and sufficient sleep. By
ttoe violation of tbe laws under
which the growing girl best attains
the normal development of maturity
and maintains a healthy organiza
tion, a condition of physical or even
mental vuloei ability is engendered
which renders tbe body a prey to
every external disturbing influence
and causes it to succumb sooner or
later to the ever besieging ills which
a healthy pbyBique ought and could
hold at bay.
Dr. Nathan Allen read a paper at
the meeting of the American Insti
tute of 1379 on tbe "Educatiou of
Qirls Connected with growth and
Development," in which be depre
cated "tbe high pressure of educa
tional influence'' as being the cause
of physical degeneration of Ameri
can girls. While I do not stand
with him on tbeground he has tak
en iu this matter, nevertheless I
agree with him when he says : aIn
no part of female education is there
so much need of reform as in that
of physical culture." The remark
bas been made, "Educate a woman
and you educate a race." The say
ing is full of meaning and capable
of different interpretations: Its
meaning or application most depend
upon the term educate bow and in
what way it U done. This "educat
ing" should have reference to the
future as well as the present, to the
body as well as the mind, for the
highest development of brain and
nerve tissue alone will never go far
toward educating a race in fact,
it will cause it to run out.
The beautiful thittpa ot life aie j low buin;. w rutin', b if.t-re-td in the
One factor in tbt great whole which ! R ation of ur girh. As physicians we
ban for it objeet the uplifting ofbar.e K1" iutrM io
.' . . . . training.
humanity. Bat hemi ses his mark
widely who seeks to substitute this
part for the whole. ; A grouping to
gether of stately pd'ars, finely
wrought cornices and rare mural
ornanifnfatlons would lesult In a
rnieerablo architectural failuie, as
far a the use or comfort could af
ford. But let these adorinents be a
part of a structure coropased of sob
id foundations, htm walls and a
substantial roof, and they are no
longer a faUure,but serve their high
est purpose in affording comfort and
giving pleasure, so it is with accom
plishments which are the' outer
adornments of the mind and bo ly.
They are a beneficial ornament in a
girbs education if they are not pre
vented in their nre. But if they are
substituted for sound mental train
ing, moral teaching and physical
culture, they fail to meet their pur
pose. Accomplishments adorn most
wbem a woman bas an educated
intellect and a healthy, welldevel
oped body.
Many girls have both accomplsh
ments and learning, but no know!
edge of themselves or the laws for
the preservation of health. In con
sequence of the ignorance of parents
and their dangbters the nerve force
of the latter is often deflected into
wrong channels at a time when it
is needed to sustain and further the
process of normal growth and de
velopment. The attainment of certain accom
plishments is considered by many
to be a proper occupation for a por
tion of the time which a girl em
ploys in obtaining an education.
Within certain limits this is true,
but when longhcurs are devoted to
fine needlework, amateur painting,
piano practice, eto , without inter
vals of change of work or outdoor
exercise, these limits are far over
reached and the results are Ire
quently deplorable.
A system of culture physical car
ried out with regularity, ehould oc
cupy a defined position in every
gill's education. In school a certain
fraction of (be working hours should
be allotted to tbe daily practice of
calisthenics. Iu time ot war th
flagging footsteps of weary and dis
couraged soldiers can always be
quickened by the enlivening strains
of some martial air; and I dou't
doubt that the monotonous move
ments of gymnastic exercises would
be performed briskly aud cheerfully
if done in time to music.
Out of school in vacations and
when school days are over, a little
time should be given te out-of-door
exercise, such as walking, or riding,
etc. Open air sports should be en
couiaged and when fashion shall
pronounce a more decided judg
ment in their favor there is no
doubt that they will become popular.
In the long lists of both summer
and wiuter sports, as rowing, horse
back ridiug, lawn tennis, archery,
skating, coastiug, etc., there will be
some one or more that will please
tbe individual tasts of all. There is
an in-door exercise which deserves
to be popular because it not only
developed the muscles, but because
it gives to the body in its move
ments extreme suppleness and
grace this is fencing.
It is not my purpose to do more
at this time than direct yoor atten
tion to this important topic; neither
will I enter in any discussion concerning
the suhiect of a Girl's mental training. In
times past there was great diversity of'
opinion in this matter, both among educa
tors and the general public, but of late
years greater unanimity on the subject
seems to prevail. Formerly it was held
that sex was tbe chief limitation of high
intellectual acquirement. But theories
must ever yield' to facts, and the facts
brought forth by this generation have
proved otherwise
The elements wbieh influence the extent
of education are mental capacity, inclina
tion and health. These are the attributes
of Jadividual and not cf one gex. We no
longer educate one person after one method
because he ig a boy, and another person
after another ay-item because khe is a girl.
But wa train each with some reference to
his or her ability and natural tendencies.
If these differ then some lines in their edu
cation must diverge ; if they are the same
then the mental training of each may be
the same both in kind and extent.
1 As love?3 of our country and of our fel-
fraining
Tbe profusion has, in times past, been
called upon to trfat diseases rath-r than to
prevent them, but prophylactic measures
are daily reiving wider attention, and
here m presented a probata, in preyentioa
width ought to engage tbe serious atten
tion of every member of this Ffwiety My
learned friend, Dr. Emn ct. ot New York,
said: "As a profession we shall bejadged
derelict if we do not instruct the masses ia
regard to these matters, and in the proper
mode cf educating the women of the com
ing generation "
The Money Power
tics
la Poll
Louisville Courier Journal.
Thoughtful men and bouest men
of all parties are appalled at the
money power iu presidential con
tests. It is confessed tbat 'the
corrupt ase of money at elections
constitute!) the most serious dan
ger now menacing the republic.
And y-t what are we doing what i
anyone doing to cut this cancer
oat and so save tbe life of the na
tion? It is known that Mr. Harrison
was elected President by the use of
money it is known that Col. W. W.
Dudley was seleoted by him as his
special representative on tbe Re
publican campaign committee and
that Dudley was detected iu one of
the vilest attempts to debauch tbe
ballot box that "has ever been con
ceived it is known tbat the protect
ed manufactuers of Philadelphia
contributed 500,000 to the Ptepubli
can corruption fund and that Man
ager Quay expended3,000,000 upon
the election ai d it is known tbat
wherever there was a doubtful vot
er there the Republican eagles
gathered together.
In tbe face of all tbistand in spite
of all this here comes Dewitt Tab.
mage tbe great Brooklyn preacher,
expressing giatinda to God, because
foiooth Mr. Harrison "bas daily
prayers in his house" and "with a
Christian professor in the White
House I am confident that the .na
tion will be in safe hands and that
tbe government will be pioperly
administered." Aud. again corrrts
the Rev. Dr. David Swing of Chi
cago with the declaration that "po
litical truth and personal worth
have triumphed.'1 Is it auy won
der that men will sell their votes;
that there ia no such thing as a free
ballot and fair count that the bum
mer strikers and floiters control
tbe election w hen the very priests
in the temple teach the people by
their ready aquieeouce in the re
suit of elections tbat tbe end j unti
tles the ineaus f What wonder is
it that the people of Israel fell
down and worshipped the golden
calf when iu tbe broad light of tbe
Christian eiviization ot this day we
find Christian teachers announcing
the doctrine in effect that because a
candidate says his prayers it does
not matter much by what means
he bus beeu elected and tbat the
country is safe in auy event! Out
upon such a spirit of surrender aud
sacraflce to tbe men and the party
that control the ballot-box.
Danger of Spontaneous Com
l un tion From Water-packed
Cotton.
Wilmington Star, 1-lth.
There was, very nearly, a case of
spontaneous combustion at tbe
Champion Cotton Press on yester
day. A bale of cotton marked "Am
from Oiive iu a lot of seventeen
bal6,was sampled by ibe exporters,
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Sou, and
found to be water-packed and dam
aged, and wan so bot inside as to be
unbearable to the hand. The bale
was opened and the cotton inside
was found to be partly caked, offen
sive in smell and steaming hot. Had
this bale been compicssed aud
stowed away in one of tbe steamers
now loading here, there is hardly a
doubt that it would have resulted
in spontaneous conbastion and the
probable loss of the entire cargo by
fire. : Any person who thus fraudu
lently packs cotton should be appre
hended and severely punished. Some
of tbe mysterlaus cotton 'tires on
board ships at sea may be attributed
to this cause.
imooKs' tsiMEcrrio bet.
A Farc-e-
By Luke Miarue
Ftodj Dctrr.it Free Vrnt.
Sivne: 'City ot Detioir.
Time: Before arid after election
dy, 1888.
Dramatic pevong:
Johu Brooks. Merchant, who
believes in Thrill Reform
: Sarueel Rivers.' Manufacturer,
Uho wants Protective
James Saltcreek. Stook Broker,
friend of Brooks, wbo doesn't give
a hduz bow it goes.
Estelle Lakeside. Prohibitionist,
with whom both Brooks and Rivers
are iu love
I.
KOOMS OF Tilt D1STEOIT CLUB.
SaUcreek "Hello, Bio-.ks, old
man, what's the matter f You look
as if the election bad occurred and
had gone the wrong wa.".
Brooks-Ob, ihe election's all
right."
Saltcreek "Then what's wrong?"'
Brooks" Well, I don't mind telh
ing you in confidence. Coaieaudeit
down iu this corner where I can
talk quietly. The truth is it's get
ting pretty uncomfortable for me up
at Xo. 678."
Slforeek-"Wbat! has Miss Lake
side refused you !"
Rrooks "Well, not exactly, but
I imagine it's coming to that. You
see the old man gets pretty hot as
election day approaches. He knows
1 in a Democrat and I expect he'll
order me out the bouee befoie long."
Saltcreek "Why, what- does it
matter to him ? He's a Prohibition
ist. His party bas no chance.''
Brooks "I know if, but
tbat
spemsto make him all the more
disagreeable."
Saltcreek "Welbthere's one con
solation. He'll be iuat aa nHv to
j O J
Rivere.'
Brooks "Logically, he ouyht to
bo, bat he isn't. To tell ou tbe
troth, I believe Rivers poses a sort
ot prohibitionist himself up at 673.
I hate to say it, even of my rival
but I think the red-hotness of Riv
ers' Republicanism cools somewhat
when he talks to old Lakeside. Then,
you see, the old man himself was a
Republican once, and the result of
it all is tbat Rivers has it all bis
own way up there just now, and I'm
out of it. '
Qaltereek "Ami how about Miss
Lakeside herself f"
Brooks "Oh, she's a strong Pro
hibitionist. Actually believes tbe
prty has a show. I with this
wretched election was two years off
It came on at the wrong time juit
as I was getting along so nicely,
too."
Enter Rivers.
Rivers "Hello, Brocks, I've been
looking for you. Want to bet T I
can't get any takers."
Brooks "I guess yon can get
plenty of takers, Mr. Rivers."
Rivers "No, I can't. It's not a
money bet, eol can't get any one to
take me up. Say, I'll bet with you
if you dare. If Cleveland wins I'll
wheel you in a wheelbarrow from
the'postofflce to your own door. If
Harrison wins yon wheel me.
Brooks "You're right in not call
ing tbat a money bet. It's a fool
bet."
Rivers Well, you dasn't take it."
Saltcreek- (aside to Brooks)
"Take his bet, old man."
Brooks "I'll take you, although
it seems an idiotic tbing to do."
The bet is booked and signed by
both parties j
SCENE II.
JEFFEESON AVENUE.
Miss Estelle Lakeside "What a
lovely evening it i?, isn't it ?:'
Saltcreek ""ea, for this time of
year, it ia rather nice- Stii), we've
had such a bad summer tbat tbe
year really owes us some good
weather."
Estelle Ab, here is my street.
U.a so much obliged to you for es
corting me home I've enjoyed the
walk veiy much, indeed. u
Saltcreek (evidently anxious to
detain her.) "I hope you were not
very much disappointed about the
way the election went, Misa Lake
side r
EtHI -I appointed ! Well, jdeed. You must make oue allow.
I should ay, I Mr. Brooks auce for election tcitemeut, you
siid that General Vk bad noikuow."
chm-ctt and we almost qaarrrled Kitelte "I think Mr. Utoaks
ovr ir : loit' (-4 sivh) be was, might bave. taken som ie public
n&',r-r ! ay of feeing him bonnr.7'
Sl(-ri-k- -"Poor Hiok. He aUj battcieek Mj dear Miss Lake
wax h stands in his own bgbt." Jside what cxild te do wirb a mn
E fellr "VV-y, what do you thu- jin that condition ? When a man
m-AU ?" .wants to go through the sUeeta
Siltererk "Well, you kuow, hcV baieheaded, 'vin Uo American
eo truthful. That's oue of the great Jri-sgs above him and ahoutiog bio
faults I have with Brooks. He will 'self speechless, what's to be done
tell the trnih." jwUhhimT Bivoks did not want to
Estelle (looking at tbe pavement ; call a p itrol wagon and have the
and then lookiug up at SltcreeU) thing in tbe papers next day."
"I think that's not a verv badi Estelle ithonohtfuiu-r anh.
fault, do you ?"
Saltcreek "Well,! don't suppose
it's eriminaf but it's very injudicious
sometimes. Now, some men n.igbt
have perhaps thought they would
wiu your favor more by pretending
tbat the Prohibitiou party bad a
chance."
Estelle (quickly) "Wi.y, did you
know that Mr. Riv " (uhe..kiug
herself aud vluhing)--"Oh, yes, I
suppose they would. Well, I muet
bid you good night. "
Salfcieek (aside) "Why in tbuu
der don't tbaj show come along")
"Oh, liy the way Miss Lakeside
do you know that I mean well, I
was g.'ing to say that I had take i
more interest in prohibitiou this
campaign than ever befoie!"
Etelle "Have you really, Mr.
Saltcreek ?I m so lad to hear ibat."
Saltcreek (eagerlj) "Yes. I
think I never quit.? understood the
aims of ibe party before. S mething
Brooks said oue night, set m: think
ing. I imagine it was that be
tbat you, perhaps, had be n talking
atout it to him."
Estelle (wiih disdain) "Oh, Mr.
Brooks is 'oo staunch a Democrat
to hutitrtally does not matter.'"
Saltcreek (earnestly) "But it
does matter, Miss L keside, I assure
you. I thir.k there is no question
that is iiauht that pieseuts ltsen
nothing at tbe preeeut day which,
you kuow, I tbiuk it is the question
of tbe future I do indeed. It must
be n.tt sooner or later. ' With
rising euthusiasm. "It is no use.
It is useless for us to eIoe our eyes
to the momeutousnesH of the great
issue that" (mops his brow) "that
tbat forces itself to tbe frnut';
Aside. "1 hank Hcayeu. Here they
come."
Ei'eii- "Why, 1 had no idea, Mr.
Saliuitck, that you telt so strongly
oo the cutijtct
Saltcreek "Oh, I do I do, iu
deed. Hello ! What's this coming up
the street? Surely tbe processions'
are over, now tbat tbe voteis count'
ed."
Estelle "Ob, I'm tired of pro
cessions. I must go home. '
Saltcieek "Let's see what tbe
hubbub is about.'
An excited crowd mostly of boot
blacks and newsboys are seen com
ing up tbe street. A mau in a wheel
barrow with his. hat beside him,
seems iu a jubilaut stateof bilaiiU.
He waves a couple of Amerio u
flags above bis disheveled hrad and M, r, . . . . . . . '
. . . , . j Mr. Brooks Yuu shouldn't feel 80
is sboutmg iu a cracked voice, as L - a i a-
0 t "tatf niiVn fwer- on a tlantinn U lift
hoarse as a crow's: "Hurrah fort. . . . -
. ,, i knows but four years from now tb
Harrison." Brooks, wilb stern aud t ,,
,awc' " , luc,cc"' Brook-"You know what Imean,
light shines wb.tely, is pushing tbe 1, , f Dq '
AArM I fn aA n MTsVl.i ft i- A tlnnlMt. 1
wheelbarrow in a determined, lol;d
maimer.
Estelle (with dilated eyes, grasps
Saltcreek:' s arm and gasps) "Tell
me tell me, Mr. Saltcreek, what is
the meaning of this V
Saltcreek (with a deep sigh)
"Don't, don't a-k me, MissLakeside."
Estelle-"ButI insist on knowing."
Siltcreek "Come I I .wisb
you bad not seen poor Rivers. Don't
be alarmed, Mies Lakeside let me
see yon to your door."
Esteile "Come then."
They walk iu silence up tbe side
street to No. 673.
Estelle "Now, Mr. Saltcre. k, tell
me the truth. How long bave you
known tbat that wretched man was;
a diunkard Y'
Saltcreek (unbluhingly) "Real -
ly, Miss Lakeside, you mut nor.J EtH (6rmly) "No one slau
take what yon bav eeu to-n'ght 'dered him, John. What I know I
as a criterion ot Mr. R,vei con- !8a" wilb m B.ut 'n J?"
x j i . not matter. Mr. Rivers is nothing
duct. Indeed, you must not. And s to 0, be JoLll f,.
don't be alarmed. Mr. Brooks wi'l Brooks (tervently ) "We", I
see him safely home. He will, in' should hope not."
pose not. Please, Mr. Saltcreek, do
not tell either of them that I "saw
them to-night. Will you promise?"
Saltcreek "Certainly, I'fl- doc
mention it. If I were you I would
say nothing to Brooks. I. would
pam him If he kuow you knew of hia
goodness. Then he might try to
shield Rivers in some wy nd to Bo
truthful a man aBiooks that would
ue very embariHasing."
Estelle UI shall certainly not
meution the episode. I wish 1 could
forget it myseli. Good nijihr, Mr.
Saltcreek.'
Saltcieek "(iood-nigbt, Miss
Lakeside."
SCENE III.
The parloK at 078. ?
Es'elle "Well, Mr. Brook, have
you become quite recousiled to the
result of the content."
Brooks "Candily, uo, nies Lake
side, 1 have not. Still there's noth.
ing to be dou, I supposf, bat grin
and bear it.;
Estelle" Well, you have a com
panion in misery. My candidate
did not win either. Mr. Rivers
seems to be tbe ouly oue of u-s three
to be congratulated."
Brooks (eavng-ly) "Ob, Rivers''
(checks himself) "Ye, I suppose
so. I g4w Rivers turn down this
s'reet and btlf exf ected to find lim
here I walked down a c'oupln of
blocks and tteu returned. I thought
tbat well as far as l' know I
had perhaps a- much a right here
as he bas. If I am wrong I am
ready to go."
Estelle (innocently) -Wont vou
ait down, Mr. Books. It is tire
some to talk standing."
Brooks (sitting down) "So Rivs
ers didn't call?"
Estelle "Well I believehe came
to tbe door but unfortunately I wag
not jit borne."
Broofcs "Ob, you just come in
then."
Estelle "No I've been ia all af
ternoon." Brooks(bewildereJ) "I thought
you were not at borne when "
Estelle "No I didn't say it. The
servant said so to Mr. Rivera."
Brooks (brightPn:nsj) And aid
ate you at home now Mis 4 Lake
aide?" -
E-telle "Very much so, indeed,
Mr. Brooks.
Brooks (with vivacity) "And
mav m-yIhope "
object to my calling yoo Estelle"
Estelle "I don't thinkl do, John,
I am not a Prohibitionist in that
respect.".
Unreported interval of fifteen
minutes.
Estelle "Indeed, John although
yoo little suspect it, I know ho;v
noble you bave been in your treat
ment of Mr. Rivers.1'
Brooks " Ay treatment of Mr.
Rivers?"
Etelle "Ob I kuowU about it.
j although be always pretended while
!he wag here tbat he never drank a
drop.
Brooks "Really, Estelle why,
somebody has been slandering Mr.
t: i i . i r j .
ixiverr. uwuuueuj &nuw, x auu w
i like him, bot be is not a drunk-
'ard."