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MARION. N C, FRIDAY, DECKMBER 4. 1896.
Price $1 Per Year, in Advance.
Mrs. Colonel Clitheroe.
GS. COLONEL
Clitheroe." And
with the utterance
of those words the
Lrown eyes seemed
to langh at their own
n, &fl f V rellection in the rnir-
' v- ror. and as tho nret
tily curved lips parted they showed
t!..i perfect teeth. "Do I look it,
.'..ha? Do I? For I m intensely
mjxi.-iis uh to tho effect which I shall
1 r mIuco ou your 'riends and neigh
tT Tho ny-haired handsome husband
. "L LuheuJ with u erailo.
"llurlly, I iiai afraid Hose. Acasa
hi b .rvcr would bo more likely to
t : .i you wcro a young lady spend-
i ', ; tho hull lays with tier grandfather.
1 '..i-tutiutcly, however, the residents in
i:, r i art know who you are. I ex-
I t they will muster pretty strong at
( . lro'.i this morning to get a good
i .i e ,.t you.
K..S'j Clitheroe took Lcr husband's
i-.rv they pus-sod through the gato
u i . ofthj I'riory. The Colonel had
;:.J,i-r;led the properly from an uncle,
i, l Imi before his marriage
' It looks more luxtronly to! take
M:'.r anii, Joliu, eho eat 1, laughing
lliUth'jii her moo 1 changed, and tsho
looked ;;rive, adding:
"1 ii really lcel nervous. I don't
w ait tin .ie people who have known
vi u u'l your lifo to suy I am too young
!f.;d i o 0: l ly, aud too altogether un
worthy t bo your wife! Do you
think they will be prejudiced against
iii'i by my uppeuranco? I choso a
liiit t and this long sealskin coat be
e.i i.e th'-y ia:iko mo older thun a hat
III) 1 J U'liet. "
"I'ou't be anxious, child." and tho
(.!onel pressed the hand which rested
e.. Lis arm. ':Uuless people aro hope
1 . fctupid and short-sighted they
i.-.i-t see at a glunco that you are the
: io ,t charming of young women and I
u.i tao most fortunuto of men, and
bl.'ssed altogetuer beyond my deserts.
1! it whatever thoy think, and what
i -r they say, the fact remains that
w are entirely satisfied with each
id her."
"i nw more than EatisGod," and
K .iho fponO emphatically. "J often
wonder why Kuch happiness should
c.i:ne to me when so many women aro
Miserably married."
K whs rather a romantic little story,
ai things gc in thoso prosaic times,
t!mt jtory of how lloso Dysart became
Mrn. Colonel Clithcroo when she was
eights. on nul ho was forty-six.
I'.oUks declared that she had been is
h'vo with him nil her life. Certainly
bt two years old eho had been in the
Liitiit of assuring him, "Ilosie'll marry
v"U when sho's big," whereupon he
always answered, "All right, littlo wo
tun, I'll wait for you."
The child'd passionato devotion to
tli.' hiiudsomo ofliccr was quite an
fttuuetr.eut to her parents. 13ut when
Lis re'gimcut was ordered off to India,
un I they tu.v tho littlo face grow white
en 1 thin, and heard her heartbroken
Fobs, they laughed no louger. Even
inter nlio ceased to cry for "llosie's
C l. iiel," sho never forgot him.
Th.t pretty baby had grown to a tall,
fh'.u ;;irl of thirteen when these two
'riends met again. 13y that time Hose
Jty urt was a pupil at a email and se
lect boarding school in tho environs of
l'uris, imd on one of the frequent
vi.-its which her father and mother
Iid to their darling, thoy came, by
chtiiioe, across Colonel Clitheroe, who
ul-o v is spending a fow days in tho
pHV Citnit.d.
"ilow is Uosie? lias sho foi gotten
mo-" wi re among his first questions.
Mr Dysart laughed.
"ilose is at school at Ifeuilly. Come
ith us this afternoon, and then judge
f' r vo:irself whether you havo been
h r:;otten. "
l l.e yirl had not grow n stiff and shy.
B -e whs immeusely delighted to 6oe
ii r friend again, and she told him bo.
Ho joked her about her baby over
tures lowiird him; he reminded her of
l.ow she wo-ild drag a footstool across
t'- room, and by its aid climb to his
k'ioo, mid lmy her small hands with
h - h iir on tho pretest of making him
'i-v i' id tidy."
'1 have sjiown gray tince those
i-a . , ' he s iid w ith a half sigh. Where-
Miss Hoso declared that ehe
;:r ;iy hair best.
h seemed to please tho other ;
.-eized in a moment on each
s meaning, they appeared to di
i h other's thonghts.
!.:i'l (wiuo again," eaid Colouei
r o, when the visitors' hour was
.id study must begin. "I see
:i and I shall bo excellent
.-, us we were eleven years ftgo.'
vevor, ho made no pecond visit
"pensionnat" at Keuilly-sur-
1..1
t.
; . 11 is old uncle's illnc?a recalled
1 1 lenly to England, and Koso
-)js;r: was a finished young lady ftnd
ou; t be introduced into society
r she had tho pleasure of meet-
r ( olonel again.
j eiil's faco was not strictly
' but it wai a charming face;
iiamensaly admired, both by
'1 women. And there must bo
hiuj lovable as well as lovely in
i 1 vly of seventeen, when those
vu Eex express sincere admir
"i 1 can praise her whole-heart-
Xi
' ivy other parents, Mr. and
irt seemed to regard their
r a littlo more than a child.
irccly realized that others
t differently.
' urse, like other girls, E030
into society," they said, "but
it may be years and - years
h ive to p:irt with her.".
i: y were quite delighted that
' I refuse her lirst .three of-
U:r..
It was in the spring, and just before
ner eighteenth birthday, that the Dv
earts left their pretty Sa-sex home
ior a lurnished house in Eaton nlace.
which they had hired for the season
at a somewhat exorbitant rent.
To the great joy of Rose, Colonel
Clitheroe was one of the first callers,
lie also was" in town for two or three
moutbs, having, durinor the predion
year, buried his old uncle, and in
herited the property.
"My dear follow," said Mr. Dysart
to him, with the familiarity of &
of long standing, "you really ought
not io remain unmarried. Try and re
member tLat you are deprivintr some
woman of an excellent house, and a
etiu more excellent husband I A man
in the pri no of life well off. aarul
looking, retired from the army
wuero ues me mnarance?
"3imply in this," replied the
Colonel, "l Lave never been in love;
and I should be afraid to marry now
thai I am pa it the ago for the tender
passion. You seo there is no 'three
years eysto n iz- matrimony. It has
to oo till death us do part.
Mr. Dysart laughod.
"You must not be allowed to remain
ft bachelor, my doar Clitheroe. I shall
look round for some nioe woman of
nvo-and-thu ty, and try mv 'Drentioe
hand at match making.
o; dont you eret married.
Colonel," exclaimed Rose, who was io
the room. "I liko you beet as you
are. Indued, I think changes are al
most always disagreeable. It is
pleasanter for things to go on pretty
much the 6ame. I mean to remaia
single all my life so a3 never to have
to loavo father and mother."
"Yon will be reconciled to leave us
when tho right man and right mo
ment arrive, said Airs. Dysart. "You
may not think so now, girls never do
before they are really in love. But
in all probability the time will come
when, of your own wish and will, yon
will go away from ua."
Eoso shook her head.
"I can't think 6o, mother. How
ever, let us talk of some more inter
esting subject of my being presented,
lor instance. Can you picture mo.
Colonel, miking my courtesy and
kissing tho hand of royalty? I hope
I shan't turn awkward and shy At the
last moment. I ouarht not. for as a
littlo girl with a counterpane in plaoe
of a train, I have practiced my man
ners over and over again.
Thoy all laughed.
"No, I scarcely think you will be
say, said Colonel Ulitheroe. 'Be
sides, tho moment makes the man,
they eay so, of course, it makes tho
woman.
Tho important day came. Eose
Dysart was simply yet elegantly
dressed, and her fresh young faoe
won its fair share of notice as she
waited among tho croird of debu
tantes. Then followed six weeks of gayety ;
concerts, opera, dances, garden par
ties, riding in the Row ; nevertheless,
the girl was glad when her father de
cided to return to tho country before
midsummer.
Colonel Clitheroe was to be ono of
tho after season guests at the Dysarts'
country house; he followed them
within a fortnight, of tho departure
from Eton place.
Was anything troubling him? Was
he unwell 1 Those were the questions
thoy asked him, for he did not seem
so cheerful as usual, and he was apt to
drop into nts of musing, so that even
the voice of Eoso made him start as
one does who returns suddenly from
tho laud of dreams to reality.
The fact was that he had promised
to execute a commission which was
distasteful to him.
"Colonel," a bright faced guards
man bad said to him one day, "I'll
tell you a secret. I am in love with
Eoso Dysart, and I shall never oare for
another crirl. .Now, you and mv father
were boys together, and you are the
oldest friend I possess in all the world.
Say a good word for me, will you?
She thinks yon infallible npon every
point ; she has told mo herself that
there is no one like you.
Colonel Clitheroe worked vigorous
ly at a tuft of grass with the toe of hie
boot for somo moments before answer
ing. "Have you spoken for yourself? ce
suddenly inquired.
"JSot in plain word?, ivery tima i
try, and get round to tho point, there
seems a difficulty; but I would try my
luck again and agaia if I thought I
might wiu Rose in the end. Speak up
for me, won't you, Colonel?"
"If n favorable moment comes, oui
don't see what my recommendation
can do for you."
"ilasn't Ehe known you all her life,
and doesn't she think you worth any
number of young xeuows put to
gether?" said Eawdon. "Tho chief
subject of conversation when we danco
or when wo sit out together seems to
be tho perfections of Colonel Clith-
d I've had to tell her all 1
could think of about yon when t he reg
iment was out in Iudia. After ex
hausting fact?, I try fiction, seeing
that it is the only way to win a smile,"
and the young fellow laughed.
The Jqray-hftired n.an of eix-and-forty
wa3 thinking over this conversa
tion as the train carried him down to
Sticcpy ? hnthe thonffht of it even more
as soon as Rose, in her bright young
beautv, stood betore mm.
Ilarrv Rawdon was a good fellow
enough", but not good enough for the
Dvsarts' daughter? "Who, indeed,
would be worthy of such a wife?
"Nevertheless," reSected the Col
onel, "I knew his father when we were
Kntra of. school. I must do ray
best for Harry, and one of these days
I will sound Rose on the subject, and
get an idea of the state of her heart.
"I must have been a positive nuis
eance to you, wasn't I, Colonel?"
Rose said ono day as they paced bide
by. aide tho terraced walk, while wait
ing the summons to breakfast. "I
know I was always running after you,
yet you never seemed cross and
bored."
"I should think not. indeed," and
the Colonel laughed. "Your advances
were so flattering. I could not reckon
up the times you assured me your in
tention to marry me when you grew
big enough. Ah, child," and now a
eigh followed tho smile, "1 suppose
one of these days I shall stand among
your wedding guests and 1 don't
think I shall enjoy that ceremony one
bit."
"You will never be a guest," and
now Rose colored, yet held out her
hand as bravely as when she was a
child. "Colonel ! I am going to do
something dreadful, I suppose. Please
never tell any one; and please say
no' if you would rather give that
answer. But I am big encagh now,
and I tell you exactly what I did when
I was two years old : 'I'll marry you
or I shall certainly never marry any
one. "
And in that moment Colonel
Clitheroe know that though his hair
was plentifully streaked with gray,
and though his face had lines on it
which nothing but the passage of years
can trace, ho loved Rose Dysart as a
man loves only once in a lifetime.
It was only when ho told Mr. and
Mrs. Dysart of his good fortune that
he remembered Harry Rawdon's com
mission. "Never mind 1" said Rose. "Your
recommendation of him as a husband
would not have been of tho slightest
use. I have loved you first and last
and always ever sinoe I was two."
That is how there came to be a
young, bright girl who, bearing the
title of Mrs. Colonel Clitheroe, walked
by the side of her elderly husband one
sunny Sunday to the accompaniment
of the church bells. Snow in his hair
summer in her face, yet they were
nappy, with a happiness which is tho
portion of very few of the men and
women whom the world considers well
matohed. Household Words.
Fresh Air for the Brain.
Inasmuch as nature's vital processes
are not haphazard, but are exact
chemical relations, tho importance of
the proper ventilation of school build
ings cannot be overrated. In just the
same manner as a candlo burns less
brightly in impoverished air, so also
does mental activity decrease. This
statement is substantiated by experi
ment. According to "Heating and
Ventilating," somo English students
on sanitation declare that the produc
tive wort of scholars in badly-venti
lated buildings falls twenty per cent.
below the work of tho same children
in well-ventilated schoolrooms, and
reports of as great as twenty per cent,
gain from this cause have been made
m tho schools of Chicago. Another
instance is found in the case of a well-
known school which, when mo red into
new, light and airy quarter? , is re
ported to have made a gain of from
nftecn to twenty per oent. m yearly
work accomplished. The several
divisions of the pension bureau of the
United States Gevernment were at ono
time located in as many detached and
scattered buildings in Washington.
They are now quartered in one large,
roomy, well-lighted and well-aired
building. Under tho old conditions
about 18,000 davs of labor per year
were lost to tho Government through
illness in the clerical force of that ono
department. Under tho improved
conditions now existing and, notwith
standing an increased force of em
ployes, but about 10,000 days are lost
through illness, a gain of 8000 work
ing days, or twenty-seven years, to
say nothing of the corresponding in
crease in the working capacity of tho
entire clerical force. 'St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Artificial Camphor.
Owing to the widespread use of
camphor in tho arts and in medicine,
its increasing scarcity and expensive
ness have raised the problem of artifi
cial cultivation. There are a number
of trees, zn&ny of them widely sepa
rated In genus, order, or species, from
which camphor is obtained. Tho tree,
however, which produoes most of the
camphor of commerce is a member of
the laurel family, belonging to the
same genus as tho cinnamon treo. This
tree attains enormous size, lhe bulk
of the camphor imported into Europe
comes from Japan and Formosa, and
a email amount from China, although
the trees are very abundant in the lat
ter country, ana the wood is much
used. Every part of the tree is said
to be useful, even the fruit being em-
51oyed in the preparation of tallow,
ho statement that tho large use of
smokeless powder is responsible for
the high price of camphor is denied
by Sir Frederick Abel, who says that,
while camphor was much used in the
manufacture of smokeless powder in
the early days, it was soon shown to
have serious practical disadvantages,
and its use has been to a large extent
discontinued. It is, however, used for
the oonversion of collodion cotton in
to celluloid, and, in combination with
various ill-smelling compounds, is tht
basis of most moth powders. In a re
cently published aooount of the com
mercial and scientific value of this
tree, Dr. E. Grassmann urges the im
portance of increasing the plantations
to the greatest possible extent, and the
placing of some restriction on xue
wanton destruction of tho trees.
Popular Science Monthly.
Attempt to Steal a Crocoaile.
An offpmnt was made recently to
steal one of the crocodiles in the Jar-
din des Plantes, in Tans. The keepers
were awakened by the roars of tho
saurian, and on investigating the cause
fnnn.l twn men and a woman endeavor
ing to raise the animal over the rail
ings. Ono man was in9ide tne railing
nraa Tiracticallv at the mercy of
the animal. He was rescued with
difficulty and put under arrest, but hia
confederates escaped.
A Sure-Thiug Bet. ,
Dick Golden, at Keith's, says an
T-;ahmn ones bet ten cents he could
eat more oysters than a dealer could
open. After swallowing ninety oi in?
bivalves, Pat laid a dime on the couufr
cr and said: "Bedad. you've won. 1
can't eat any more." New York
Journal.
RILL ARP'S LETTER.
MEETS AN OLD FRIEND WHO RE
CALLS THE DIM PAST.
Phllosophor Tends tbe Flowers and
Sweeps the Walk.
Now that the elections are all over,
let us wash our hands and turn over a
new leaf. It is a curious paradox that
as a general rule a man can't be elected
until he first falls from grace. Poli
tics makes a strange mixture of Cal
vinism and Arminianism. But I reckon
we will all survive onr disappointments
and, as Dr. Miller used to Bay, learn
to 6pell tho word acquiesce. He al
ways pronounced it with the first e
long like it wasacquieece. This seems
to be the young men's era and I reckon
they can rnn the machine, but I must
pay that it has been a long time since
I have had my choice in anything out
side of home. I am doing reasonably
well under my own vine and fig tree,
where I am elected all the time. The
fact is, I never fall from grace inside
of my own premises, though sometimes
things are not calm and serene even
there.
I worked hard yesterday clearing up
the flower garden and got in quite a
sweat of perspiration. The leaves
from our big trees had blown all over
the beds and the chrysanthemums had
fallen down and had to be staked up
and tied and the old canna stocks had
to be cut down and removed. By the
time I had got everything in good or
der and the leaves all burned and the
walks raked out I thought it was about
time to receive some praise from some
body, for I had observed that Mrs.
Arp was sewing by the open window
and occasionally gave me an uxorial
glance. And so I sat down on the
iron ceat and mopped the honest dew
from my aged forehead. Suddenly
she drew near the window and re
marked: "I wish you could just see Mrs.
Crawford's front yard and flower gar
den ; they are as clean as a parlor. I
was there yesterday at the meeting of
the aid society and everything was
lovely. Mr. Crawford certainly knows
how to keep a place in order."
Well, that disturbed my tranquility
a little and I was about to say maybe
you had better get him to come np
hero and fix this one, but I dident.
But Iwasent serene at all and ventured
to remark that Mr. Crawford dident
do it, for he had to weigh cotton all
day and I reckon it was Mrs Craw
ford's work. I paused for a reply,
but 6he resumed her needle and thread
and I sat and ruminated. When I
came to dinner I continued my broken
remarks and said that Mr. Crawford
dident have four acres of big oak
trees to litter up his little front yard and
I thought that a carpet of rich brown
haves wasent an unsightly thing no
how. She asked me to send down my
plate for some chicken. After another
panso I remarked that I had long
since found out that wc couldcnt have
every good thing in one place. We
couldent have a beautiful grove and a
fine flower garden near it for flowers
won't grow under shade. Those beau
tiful roses that Mrs. Laramore sent
mo havo the sunshine all tho day.
"Let me help you to do one of these
poached eggp," sho said.
"But I reckon," said I, as I handed
my plate, "Mrs. Crawford had things
fixed up extra fine because tho aid so
ciety was coming."
"It is going to meet here next week,"
my wife remarked in a modifying tone
of voice. "Won't you have a glass of
buttermilk; it is fresh and good."
And so I gave it up, and after dinner
sho came out and was quite profuse in
her admiration, for tho knows that it
takes lots of encouragement to keep
me at work. I'll keep on cleaning up
until that aid society comes and goes.
I'll watch the leaves as they fall and
catch 'em in my hat. I'll sweep and
sandpaper evt ry walk and then Mrs.
Crawford can go home and praise mo
to Mr. Crawford and put him in pouts.
I'm going to put out two more rows of
strawberry plants today, for ehe hinted
that we had hardly enough. I heard
her tell the girls that sho was ashamed
of that old patched-up carpet in the
dining room, for it had been down for
four winters, and she wished she did
have a largo rug to put under the ta
ble. I'll surprise her with one some of
theso days when I sell my gold mine. It
will sell now, I reckon, since McKinley
was elected, for there is gold in it. It
was the only thing I had that Sherman's
bnmmere cUdn'c pick up and carry off.
I traveled the other diy with an old
soldier from Atlanta to Cartersville.
He cjiildn't find a scat, and looked
troubled as he toted his old valiso up
and down tho aisle. So I pulled his
coattail and made him sit down by me.
lie looked thankful and in reply to my
inquiry, said he was going to Calhoun,
and from there to his son-in-law's in
the country, a couple of miles ; said La
wanted to see Sally and her children
mighty bad.
"3ally is a powerful good woman,"
said he, "and she has a good, indus
trious husband, and they are gittin
along mighty well considerin. My
old woman died eight years ago, and
I'm so lonesome at home that I go
about and about and stay with our
married children. That's all that an
old man can do for comfort."
This old veteran was nearing his
four score and was still quite alivo and
lively. He followed old Joe Johnston
all the way down from Chicamauga
&nd had never been over the ground
since. How the old man's eyes bright
ened as I pointed out Kennesaw
mountain, though he said he marched
on tho other side, toward New Hope
church.
"We had a hard fi-jht over there,"
he said, "aDd we evi'astingly salivated
'em, aj the boys said. We kept old
Sherrcan powerful busy burying of
his dead."
I pointed out Lost mountain, and
when we reached the station that they
used to call Big Shanty, the old man
stretched np another inch and point
ing his trembling hand, said : "Right
over there is the spring where I used
to fill my old canteen. Yes, I would
be glad to stop long enough to walk
over there and take one more drink of
that water. We licked them yankees
all arcund here, but there was too
many of 'tm too many. TK'j V
come up out of the yearth like locusts
in Egypt."
The old man was familiar with every
place we passed, and talked fast and
eagerly. When he told me he was
from old Gwinnett and had a farm on
Yaller river, I was drawn closer to
him and asked him about the Craigs
and Yaughans and the old Moses Lid
dell place and Shoal creek and Mont
gomery's mill pond and Fairvicw
church and the oJd manual labor
school. The old man looked at me
again and again with a bewildered cu
riosity and finally ventured to ask
what mout my name be.
"Did you know the Alexanders and
Stricklauda and Nathan Hutchins?"
said I.
"Ob. yes, I knowed Dr. Alexander
and all his boyp, and all the Strick
lands from eld Milza down, and I
knowed the Hatchinses. I come down
to Atlanta with Fits Hutchins this
morning. He's our judge, you know,
and he's a good friend of mine. I
knowed all the boys. Clarence ain't
fur from i.e.
"What mout von? name be?" said
he.
"Did jou know an old man in Law
renceville named Asa Smith?" said I.
"Why, of course I did; everybody
knowed him. I traded in his store
for years. He moved away to Floyd
county just before the war. Did you
ever live in Lawrenceville?"
"Do you remember a littla dark
skin, black-eyed girl who used to ride
horseback up that road? She was Fitz
Hutchins' sister."
"Why, of course I do. Everybody
knew her. She used to go to the old
judge'd farm on the river, 12 miles
from town and go alone, and she went
in a hurry and come back with a bag
of apples or peaches hanging to the
born of her saddle. She married old
Asa Smith's son. if I don't mistake. I
think Fitz told me that. I was think
ing that maybe you were him, but
then you are loo old a men, I reckon."
"My friend," said I, "you forget
that it has been over fifty years since
you saw that little girl; yes, she is
my wife and is not a little girl any
more."
"Well, well, shore enuf," said be,
with a melancholly tone; "I do for
git I'm always forgittin'. An you
are old Asa's son. Well, well ; 1 used
to trade with you and your pa and the
Stricklands. Well, well; I am so glad
I come across you."
The whistles blowed and the bell
rang and I gave the old man a warm
shake of the hand and said, "Good
by God bless you." Bill Abp in At
lanta Constitution.
DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW,
Remarkable Feat of a Kansas City
Woman Oat on a Promenade
Residents of that portion of Kansas
City near the cable railway power
house were treated to a rare Burprls3
the other day. A woman returning
from market with
a beefsteak in one
hand and carrying
a large parasol in
the other was seen
passing slowly
along tbe sidewalk,
gazing Intently at a
passing cable car.
The next Instant
the woman was
gone only tli o par
asol remained on
the sidewalk. Even
the brown paper
just isefore. pac-Kage or peer
steak was missing. The thing was
marvelous enough to step the cable car,
from which passengers, meri, women
r.:i;l children, clabbered down and ran
to tho spot where the small woman had
lost leenF9cn. Other people came and
the crowd s;)n grew to more than 10C
astonished people.
When t!:a black parasol was raised
it was found to have covered an open
manhole In the sidewalk. Twelve feet
below, on a pile of freshly purchased
coal, was the small woman on her
knees, one hand still clasping the pack
age or beefsteak
and the other Im
ploringly stretched
-upward for help.
Her hat was awry
and her face was
streaked with soot
A man brought a
ladder, upon which
the small woman
climbed to the side
walk. She was fu
rious. She shook
her fist at the store- jcst after.
keeper who owned the manhole and
threatened him with dire vengeance.
The crowd sympathized with her and
said it was a shame that peaceable citi
zens could not walk along the streets
without danger of breaking their necks
because of other people's carelessness.
The woman was not hurt beyond an
abrasion on one of her elbows. She
had fallen down the hole straight as a
plummet To a friend she acknowl
edged afterward that curiosity was the
cause of her tumble. She was gazing
at the passing cable car just to see if
she knew anyone on it
Hcrfdom in Siam.
Forfdom Is universal In Slam, with
tho result thafa man Is quite uncer
tain when he may call his time and nl
labor his own. For so many months
in the year he Is bound to serve h!s
chief, and at any time he may be called
on for "special King's service." For
insun -e, when a Prince Is or. his trav
els, every district through which li?
pa es is called upon to supply him
wl ': -y and transport If news comr?
thr : ' Triaee or high official !s travel
ing, is not uncommoj for owners
ot it.; to request a European subject
r-o temporary chare of them,
: they themselves disappear into
ihe jungle. Elephants can always bo
taken for lhe King's service.
The late Frof. Fowler, the eminent
phrenologist used to say that te gen
erally found that those people who pos
sessed good bumps rarely questioned
the genuineness of the science of phre
nology, while those whose cranial de
velopment was defective usually de
nounced the whole business as a bum
bug. There is a great deal of human
nature here, and we suppose the most
ardent disciple of phrenology will al
low that human nature is something
that nrprtnna nil thp r-ianfpg
If we were a 1fy,
i.u a tandem than
we would rather
zo to heaven.
Hi
s Outlined by Gen. Grosveror, of
Ohio, in an Interview.
h'E IS NEAR TO WM. M'KINLtY.
Tbe Closeness of Tbelr Relations
Gives Added Importance to Ills Ob
jections to the Dingier Bill--Eztr
Sessloo Talk.
The Commercial-Tribune, of Clnclcoatl,
j O., prints a long article signed ty General
j Grosvenor, Congressman from the Eleventh
j Ohio district, la which be outlines bis views
as to tbe policy of the Itcputdican party.
lie says in tbe outset that he expresses bis
own views and docs cot undertake to com
mit or represent any other member of tbe
party than himself. Furthermore, he docs
not even consent to Mud himself to theso
views should the majority of bis Republican
ftocintes on the Ways and Means committee
il!ut from tbem. llnsays;
"The question of the hour, it soems to me,
so far as it relates to economic legislation, is,
'Ought tbe Fifty-fourth Congress in Its clos
ing session to pass tbe Diugley bill, or should
that measure be allowed to perish aud the
republican party move forward to the dis
charge of the high duty imposed upon it ty
tho result of the last election V ' "
In these questions Oeneral Grosvenor takes
the position that although it might be well if
the Dingley bill could be passed for tempo
rary relief and be followed immediately after
the fourth of March in an extra session of
Congress by the passage of a proper per
manent measure, yet the passage of that ten
tative bill binder and obstruct the passage of
a proper measure, and therefore should not
be attempted. He criticises the DingW-y bill
for proposing ad valorem duties, wliR-h have
proven a standing invitation to defraud tbe
govornraent. This was one great defect oi
the Wilson bill and it should be remedied in
future legislation.
Another reason for the defeat of tbe Pcg
ley till is that it does not meet the require
ments of the bt. Louis platform as a protec
tive measure.
lie gays every Republican member of tbe
Ways and Means Committee has been re
elected and these members "during tho time
which is to elapse bctweea tbe tlrst Monday
in December and tho fourth day of March,
can formulate a tariff bill, prodicted upon the
principles of the McKinley law, with schedules
adapted to existing condition", perfected and
all ready for passage within ten days after tbe
meeting of ao extra session of Congress, an t
then it there is patriotism and Republicanism
enough In tbe Senate It can be passed Into a
law and be ready for enforcement by the llrst
of May."
Ou the other band let tbe Dlngley law be
passed, founded, as it is, upon e rors that are
oiganicand incurable. Then let it run till De
cember. lH'Jl, and let Congress organize, ap
point committees, encounter the delays of
the boliJays, uttack a mags of Incidental leg
islation and set about framing a permanent
tariff. In that case it would do well If it got
an untried measure through by September,
1896, in the midst of a campaign for Congress.
Meanwhile the country would bo flooded
with foreign importations, to tbe injury of
home industries, the reduction of revenue
and a long train o! consequent evils.
From General Grosvenor's relations to
President-elect McKinley It Is generally be
lieved that their views on thia matter very
nearly coincide.
II A K HO It 1 M I'KOV K M K IS.
Indications That the Convention at
Tampa Will He a Success.
The indications arc that the South Atlantic
and Gulf States harbor and improvement con
vention to meet In Tampa, Fla., Jau. 20, 1VJ7,
will be one of the most notable and important
vents of the South for many years. Tho call
is attracting a great deal of attention through
out the country, the comments of tho press
beinir largely favorable to the proposition. It
Is believed that all of the Southern Stales will
Vj reprcocnted and bv tK'lr l?Hdug public
and business men. aud it is also believed that
most of tbe Eastern, Northern and Western
States will be represented.
An invitation has been extend. mJ to President-elect
McKinley and it is believed V. ho
will accept, f be probability that he will bo
in Thomasvillo during tbe month of January
adit's much to the couddei ce and hope that
ho can be induced to visit Tampa on thin oc
casion. It Is probable that a special com
mittee of Tampa's prominent citizens will
add weight to Governor Mitchell's invitation
by a personal visit to the rroeident-elect
when be comes to Thomasviile.
It is also hoped that President Cleveland,
with members of his cabinet may be Induced
to attend the convention in response to a
cordial invitation already extended. This
important work so auspiciously beguu by
Governor Mitchell will have the hearty co
operation of Governor Bloxham. That Tam
pa will be prepared to entertain this conven
tion in a manner befitting the importance A
the occasion with credit to herself , us well ns
to the State and South generally, goes with
out saying.
Secretary Cooper of the Tampa board o'
trade baa been notified by the governors ol
several States that delegates to the conven
tion havo been appointed.
MI7LKS FOR CUBA.
Live Stock Being Bought In Western
Cities for Use In Wcyler'sNext Cam
paign. The local members of the Cuba Libre So
ciety claim that the Spanish government has
representatives in St. Louis, who are buying
live stock and ammunition to be used in tho
war in Cuba. Thirty car-loads of fine
horses and mules have been shipped South in
one train. It is claimed that the whole lot
will be sent to Havana and placed at tho dis
posal of General Weyler. They were pur
chased in small lots at the National stock
yards and kept In a special pen until the
train load was Completed. The traders at
the stock yards assert that there is a briak
demand for high class cavalry horses aud
army mules.
Agents of the Spani-h government have
also made large purchases of mules in the
Kansas City market, the last one from
SpnrksBros.. with orders to get them to Ntw
Orleans as quickly as possible. The firm has
arranged to send 275 of the animals and will
6end tbe others as the government makes
requisition for them. It Is understood that
tbe animals are to bo used in transporting
supplies for the Spanish soldiers in tbe cam
paign that is to be at once undertaken by
General Weyler against the insurgents.
SELECTING A CABINET.
Major McKinley Is Aided by the
j Orange.
' At Canton, O., last week Major McKinley
' listened to a formal request for r'-cognition
' by appointment to tho Cabinet A commit
tee of the National Grange, an organization
of farmer with a membership of 2o0,000,
urged Major MeKmy to appoint J. II. Brig
' ham, of Ohio, Secretary of Agriculture. The
' committee consisted of O. H. Ilale, of New
j York. Geo. B. Hortop, of Michigan, W. W.
j Miller, secretary of the OLio State board of
i agriculture, and Aaron Jones, of Indiana, the
latter oi wnom actea as spokesman, -nr.
Jones said:
"We feel that the vast agricultural inter
ests of the country ought to be recognized by
the appointment of a practical farmer to tho
position of secretary of agriculture. Col.
Brigham, whom we recomuend, is a success
ful farmer, a strong man of affaire, a good
writer, and a good Republican. Ho has been
for some years chairman of National Grange
and he is favorably and widely known. V e
are not satisfied with the course of the pres
ent administration toward tbe farmers We
hope the Republican party will rive us not
odI a representative in the cabinet, but fan
and generoos treatment in its tariff bill."
Slajor McKinley promised to car' fuily con
sider the suggestions of the eommittetand its
' member departed in excellent eplrtU.
ra care of the pennies, and scine
; t,0dy else will take care of tbe dollars
fur you. . .
QUEEN VICTORIA'S COACHMAN.
He Is a Man of Importance About the
Koyal Uoosobold.
Queen Victoria's personal coachman,
who drives her at Windsor, Balmoral
and Osborne, and who likewise accom
panies her during her annual visits to
the continent, is an elderly man of the
name of Thomas Sands, and is a great
favorite of her majesty, in whose serv
ice he has been very long indeed. The
queen is exceedingly kind and consid
erate to him and greets him always
with a friendly "Hood day." Frequent
ly when the drives are long the queon
canses the carriage to be stopiu-d and
the tea equipage, which she generally
carries about with her. to be extracted
from the rumble. Tea Is thereupon
brewed by means of a spirit lamp, and
in partaking of this gentle stimulant
with her ladies In attendance, tho
queen does not forget her coachman.
THOMAS SAX IS.
but invariably makes a point of pour
ing out a cup for him, too.
.On one occasion, when her daughter,
the widowed empress of OVrmany, wan
with her and attempted to pour out
the tea for the coachman, the queen
took the cup away from her under the
pretext that she did not know "how
Thomas liked to have his tea sugared
and creamed," and fixed It for him
herself. Thomas is very fond of re
lating this story as an illustration of
his mistress' kindness and considera
tion for her old servants, lloth he
and tho state coachman are decorated
with the silver medal conferred upon
them by the queen on thp occasion of
her jubilee, and they weir it on the
left breast on the oat of livery.
There Is an excellent prospect of the
rentfwal of the business of grave-robbing
in Atlanta. An old law of tins
State of Georgia permitted the mediral
colleges to claim the 1 todies of paupers
for purposes of dissection, and for years
these were found adequate. Hut a few
years ago alleged reformers conceived
the idea that this disposition of the re
mains of the poor and friendless was
barbarous, and the Legislature was In
duced to repeal the law. As a result
the medical colleges find themselves
6hortof cad.ivers, and will 1m compelled
to dismiss their classes unless means
are found by which the want may be
supplied. These means, without doubt,
will incline in the direction of graw
robbery, and thus the foolish sentiment
that revolts at a jerfect!y legitimate
disposition of tho Imdies of unclaimed
and fiieiidless paupers .viil iead to the
desecration of the tombs.
TIh? Philadelphia Ledger sagely says:
"Never argue; if any person differs
from you bow and turn tho conversa
tion." The seeker after financial In
formation nowadays will have to keep
ducking pretty lively if lie lives up to
that advice.
rpna ohio k:v::;i aso cn.tc.
SAMUEL HUNT, Agct for rurch'.ra
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fcLLLPINf CAP. fir.hVICE.
Trains Nu8.ll and 12, Pullinrin nW'-yin
ear., hetwueu Hot Hprlng, A.'-boville, Wash
ington and Ji-wy City, and lelwecu Oreena
boro and Kiclimuiid.
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wish trains N'if. 15 and 10 carrying thrjiih
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nuJ Ju'-lf cii in both (ilr'x'llona wlthnut
hang" via K: artatiburg, Cvlucihl.i and the
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RANCHERIA INDIAN.
A Native of C"ooi-iiicnto In the fJold
UnUh Country.
The ;in oinpanyiiig Illustration is of
"Ii-k," a well known full-Lbr-ided
Fr-.ii' Indian, who U in.ikiiitf money
tit the r.tii'-herla known n Picayune,
i-ix miles from 'lold ;ub !i. at gold min
ing. He bus d'H'-overed many ';mN"
j-V;.'-'- i.V'
, i.: o: i.'Tt nativi ..
tr.-. !i !:! -.:i; l-r.il'!e wealth. lie
s tic f.i'Ii' r i f a h.Ki'Uome Ail.iieJ
(:." 1. It v..is will, gi-'-.it (llMi'-iilty
a I ; i g.i; !i t 1U: atid Ids eh':M w.n
t.e-t:r.-d, :m rhc: Ju lian are vi ry s;ti;.ei
"f a eirrifra.
Tlir l'.by'm Picture.
1 -1 am tired to death," dcelared Mrs.
Maironlv as sh'-' reached home fro:n
down town the other even'ri,.'.
I -What's tiit- matterV" ni'i d her hus-
I itnl.
'.'.een h.ivinsr baby's picture tam.
Thev l.ive a way of taking them iii
1 k:. ;;''M.f ;ms!y i:'w. ye. a I::iiw."
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