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- - w"v AyOy- RED 'SPRINGS"fi0MET. EQUAi AND XXACT JUSTICE TO ALL. 1 X VOL. I. NO. 17. RED SPRINGS, N. CM THURSDAY. JUNE 30, 1892, II. W. TS. IX. Mavnaae)r V. If A It i X. 12 i ilia U r II .TLi r ountijr, of 'Jf h va'. extent, era bri'.es i dirnstirv range truly exceptional. Is rort'nea-tem Minneaoti the annuel at-erane temperature i thtrte-six degrees; li Florid it i M-venty-eix decrees. 5h.opkee-.ers in Italy are teady to trnV American to remarkable extent, am the Boston Tran'cript. 'I can't affd to buy that," said New England traveler to au importunate curio dealer in Rome, adding, "I haven't money enough this side the Atlantic. ' "Mon eieur will pay for it the. neit time he roraeyo. Italy," replied the man, with the foreigner' calm trust in the. wealth and the traveling propensity of Ameri can. . AH that cover Egypt with fertile f eM. h nne. in everywhere by sterile wete. i the t iimnt which the Athara (tver, the Nile's great tributary, bring fro-i rieh K!n(i l the. mountains of 4r.yinia a-id spread over the Nil vV!y. It hi hee.,i maintained by ir Sim iel Hiker that if the Soudanese 5n!yCTvw th"ir piver it would not be SiTi nlf t 'live t'n Athsr from it fhml ail dry up it wefera in the f lert, t ir.iia Kypt i.nto a .m-i "v I lem--" li'x" tie urroioding lvafe. .'itin f'oimnV "ring f ence" about hi ti preiervet in New lltnpanire it l-venty eiht mil lon,, arj I It cost I0''J a ir.ile. Far ore I penoia receive pei n s-i vi t- drive tlirou rrUe park. Mr. Crbin hi printed card conferring thi privilege, and the regulation for viv.tori ar elihorate, state the Ban Franr.ic .Kiaminer. ' No fireum are permitted ro visitor, and at the same tim all peron entering tje park ire' warned to beware of the wiM revt that aboun i within therintj feace. Trartlern in the region, on iniuirini for the owner of thti or that piute of land, are me' vitb tho ifereutypi l aaiver, "Corbin'i." Through the hjorom propiandi of Caonel ( hirtes'.f. Murphy, special ajeot In Europe of fh L'nited Stata Arical tural Department for the Introduction of fadtan corn a a fool supply, Germany h rlcTQlope) I j(reit iatereit ia tho cereal. At a meeting of the AuoclatJan of German Bkeri in Berlin a report trft read on th u-e of r.o'a i;. r' . iti.io wii recommended m st fid taplc. Thi may mean heavy ierund for Arn-ricn corn in Germany. The German Govern ' mtnt ia putting u a c in mill plant, an I i it ia pror ahl- fh rrn ' will i n . adjDpted foi line in ! G.-rnn army. The Fiupern tike ijre t inferior in thi- quiltion, an I one sf i- rlr' Ioive taked by 'iif.mei furp!iv ' hw r h eaten at the royal liomi m miller are already rd-ri'i; nnllui; ni i--imery to grind corn m aii'icipti -i nl the de rnaod for ruci.l. t a It eem that i.i Corsica you aerure your peronal aafety by keeping a bandit. , In an article in thj National ttview lil Tnoirtpv)n ctpliini th it thi tar of ip vtin a bandit U not without ita r uijenation. ttn lit are a hidden power in the intry. They control the petty el-ti n, th-y m-naee thoie wh are hostile M th'jir n wi fne i I. Tnu, hil th etin',e of rt ) of then i !! danger to lt- au'irity, it i n e-nll advantage t a t'irican to be rr late I to a bin lit. Y i iprt, yoj py, pr. . t the biadit, an I in reura h pla-"e hiun at your dt,val. It it n-i r kSm jj of ervicf. "He ha a ban dit in ht rvire'' i a ninuM etpret i-n. Are toi in debtf The bandit wi'-l .j ii i ymi time. Are v ' i dipjtiog the wnerhi( f p'pelyf T i btndit will ihor your opp:ent h i wronjf. Hive t u land or, which he,'r I tre pal Ml will keep them off. Acor ling to , St. Loui deciaion, t ored by the ft iton Traa rip, the fealii of ele, -tncity i a rniademeaa-ir in tbe eye of the la. A hardware da!er with o je knowledge of alectri c.ty place i a fine wire aero. the connec tion to hi meter, ar.d caitcd it to reenter in a certain time about 33') am pr ea than wa actually uaed. When b'o iht to trial hta lawyer interpoaed the ineni "i def.-nce tuaf. a at' common ' e'ectncity mi irKtuwa, an I could r "t under the ro le b suade a lubject o' larceny, and a no statutory lawhal ben T1'ed m4iuk: " a fclojror miademeaa ftr t9 jtea! e'crtri -tr. fr the teasoo tbat i'l chara-tfr -.a nj! known, aud tbat it wai rjot m'ljct to aporttion a peraoo l rrprty, hi clie.it could not be con dieted of larceny. It ww, however, nwo hy the pnvecution that gu, alao uiknop nt i ommon law. wa neverthe 'a a omethin whof larray wa recog- tiired by the law ai a misdemeanor, av'hta he attorney fur the defence inUr Td the i ea that the act in question fraud or deception instead of a '"'Caoy, the judje took advantage of the Sliasourt itatute which makes fraud pair, pvtrated with a view to theft a felony, Od e K.5I at 85000. TBS OIRL WHO LOVED BUT 8X Ha, ha!" aai4 CrnM TzziM, and b Unxbd la gboailitb )rie; "I'n making lor, to a dozen firta, bat boo I ball nrry me; f tigb to tbia and lie to them and fall npoa my Irneee, Aa I tiet their rmtMBC bearta aboot pterin ly it I feo' And tbe parlor rWk Ft OB. tKk. lork, Aod tbe gaabjcht AieWerM low. a h aitiK eat and bld bia hat for tbe Kir) tbit oTer bin ao. and when hi frizzle! Her r-M ifM bair an paintM Ler faded ! Wbe ii a a ti.ion freh and tair, with comely, i hiM-lik Kra'"e,. ' I'oor. Hiiiiei-tiDg aoni:" tbongbt be; "eb IimI- fir earn that I flit on frm hud' to ud aa dee tbe carele, l-itirfl ." And th perlr rlo-k Aii'l th" fraelight flickered low. J,e 1-)how planned i hold th band o lh- ill who ord him eo. Anl wtien tbe r-p-per time arrived bfellnpn bi" iieeii. -Ant f. he w ihed to emphau he'd jne ber hand a jneee; I here vi n- "ne per hi tale ta hear, ao ba t'ld br i lua love. i fmei and pure ind rntD the etari that hine alMive. And the parl- i i-o k Hef on. Ii-k. t'wk. And the CllKh flickered low. At wiiti nt-tle art he won tb heart of th irirj m h. r, o t im ao. and the londer. trti.tfnl miiden. he he l'ithed a Knle nah Tor ahe knew cb wr.rd ip rlarly caught tn her aofa phonTtph. And when he lneed t--fore hr eh a battoo genfl? preened , And ber pheorphi' umMi .in ailenee did tbe ret. And the parlor lo:k flet on, tr-k. tork. And tbe gieligfct flKkered low. And n tw,K emiled, did tbe gmlele?! h'ld -the trirl who lo-ed him ee. The e'Hd ert remd. ind bv and by he tired of ber b?r. Ti hn that the reniinled him tbe atira till hcne love And into the eonrtatbe phonegrapb and tbe photographs were) btvagbt, And the gay joaPK-min threw op tbe iponge, for be b w tblt be vaa eangbt. And the parlor clock r iat on. tick, totk, And the gaiHght flickered low, And th- pnet all came and he gave hti name ti the girl who loved im 10. j- Tcnnd Floating. BR0W(f 0? itEVADA. "Who thnt Koinp into Scrimmape'?'' laid th' -'nirir jwrtner of Hard.-f rabble it Co. to onr of his peneral Mlesmen. ' Imi t that Mrown of Nevada?" The yr-neral alernan jumpeJ and opened ide hi eve, as he alwar did when Mr. Hird" rabble railed hi attention to anr thinir,"and ronrentrafrd all his tnerm rn i iiir of fecd mat tail- vani.-hinu lnt tin- jM.rfnU nf the rival johljp(r-h'oix- opoit-. U Krariou.:" he Mid. 'I'm afraiil it i Brown of Nevada." That' the -ond time today he' ifonc into S rimmage'!.," Mid Mr. Hard w rabble. ' -? uwt look up Pillikin. wih yu, nud -"nd him Info my offire." The trcneral aaleaman went in acarYh o Pillikin. ifh a p- utiar 'misery lov- onipan" e predion, and found him looking pitu.v into the face of a Texiis man who wanted hi pw a nim-ty da. twt lve per ct-nt. lowrr than the rot of iniK.Hation, and Ihr privilt-e of M iiilin biM k. at the firm eat wne. iMinn- pmiN tliHt WMiitrl to takr on trial. Tin- Tcxa man had baited ot Pillikin to flu- vi-re of di.pmtion. ;uid nnlkd out of. the torr nith lh- p--inj; mnark th.it In "d look in apiin. Km n tbt- ul of th- f-nrrnl -oili vn,,,!, anl J- n ri,. thI tiling thin kind of a aoul i not madr of wax- melted at the bacard iau'' of Pillikin whrn h- lld him that Mr. llanlrrabble wanted to r him in th- ofti-1 . Vt to ave hi-, life hs couldn't h-lp ;iddin. Pillikin n-nt dejeitell to oIt the Mimmona, that llanUi r-ilddc hail juv srrn Broun of Nraad-i iroinc into S rtmmnirrV. The C neral - ilinan had mi often felt thil rt of iron enter hi own il that be. couldn't blp aitjn t prolx1 ttber Pillikin I" dtathly al- ' Hnmr. of Wtada." .ud be in a hoarse v hij r 'into n rinimaje' "" ' It nia Im onla to look around." .eii the c n-rL -lm.P. a little h- krd that I'illikin tok it .pnte . banl. --ah gra ion, man. Mm'u rf to he prearm for th thincv " 'Tw had totnanyof thmUtl." td Pillikin I never bad mh Ii In. k in m bf - hac had tbi- .rwn Brown of .xida i- onr of the no n ) thought I ! 1 il uon. I'r lw i lkin f-r him .alt ilm," o y,u'f -lipi--. up with Rr..n, hjV ou'" nrhi the senior nomlti a 'T Pillikin n.ilkrd int. lh oftS.r ' It 4p-nr me. Phillikin. tbat oi oin thr ittf aim .u ii. 4. w .n. Io on do xi MipitM- we an in thi ort of thin If aoi an' d.lwt tr th.m thi oi bad lttrr not n'm1 t the -toie at all lUd draw aur kelara and -fa at home. Are' aoii aware tHl thi i the bti a- n. th hcrt rt'l whn are upMl to r o"l' II you'll take a memorandum of thin fa-t. it ma h p yon a little when jou ee ih t men a Brown 4 Nevada ffoiog inti STimr.if;eV But the fact is. mr an' Manic Brwn He want a live man U dal e ith. not a wooden one." A hot flame leaped into the hazard face of Pillikin. "See here. Mr Hardcrahb!f." he Mid 'if you're not Mtitjed. tell roe ao. but keep a civil toniic in a our head I don't allow anv man to rpeak in that war te B." "Tou don't. ehT roared Mr. Hard scrabble. But Pillikin had tnroed Mjaou hit heel and walked out of the office, more dead than alive. The flame hao died u on his cheek and left then paler tfcxa befort. EQf lest trecablerf neath him a he walked on out of thai tVre. The gcoerd aaleamaa who hid 'elivere-d ths mesge from Hardscrabbl I .marked to another jreneral salesman that '-poor Pillikin mtiit hare caught It pretty haol: he ?ermed ,11 broke up." Poor Pillikin walked on to tjie ferry e ith hi- h-ad in a whirl of disappoint toert, hario. fear and doubt. Ilia re- Sir to the inior member would un "ubtedlv loe him hi ituation. as they a-rnjM tw plad to get rid of him now that ji valuable trade ma falling off. If hi rould have held on to Brown of laevada. ill would have leen well; and without Brown of Nevada what would he -ha) worth tlehere.' How could be sup port hi wife and children, and his wife'l aid owed fcitrr and her little nor, aiaking nine in all, upon anv salary that fce could Ret without tbe trade of Brown f Nevalf He was already in debt, and nine of the hill mul hv M ttlen at once; li account wa overdrawn at the store It made him shudder to think of it. The, flin of the feTTTUaat wma stifling. In ipite of the lowering clouds and piercing r.inu, he male hi way out on the lor a.ird deck, and as he saw the black wave of the Kat Hivcr nurging aaint :he slimv tdea of the toat, bemasatrong a tf mjfd to do away with all further trouhb for a fwrty railed Pillikin. H'hilr the temptation HiIei him, the diain raftclf and newalwy cries were lenrd on the Brooklyn aide, the, Nt in n i pod "p'ain-t the dock, the crowd jtufhl him alon, and he found. hime (hlding hi" homeward way. Iferouldnt Var ttie fepreiiig infliHTireof thahore :ar. m he tnidd along on foot, a fierce March eleet beginning to beat upon the )olv hiuh hat be owned in the world. It ran iiitrlv impovihle to buv another. iit Pillikin didn't tare. He probably a-ouldn't need a high" hat in the menial mploament he would le compelled to e-cept when he wa kicked out of Hard rrabble A Co.', and had lot the trad f Brown of Nevada. When he at latt cached home his fingers were m numb nth cold h could hrdk get the key id ihe door, but thi didn't matter in the tas-t, teveral younu and energJ4 partus rau to kt him in; hts plump, netty little w ife took his coat and kisaed Jim. his still plumper and prettier Mter n-law took hi hat and cane and kis.aed lim . a half doen roy children put up ieir mouths to he i8en The dining room was w arm and cozy : there were hti :rnir and tlippers waiting hiro by the ;pennie;an lnvinag meai was wasucj As unctuous odors in the halls below. 'My love,'' j-aid his wife, ''how lata rou nrc . " "Mr df-ar.'' Midiis wife stiter, "wa vcre afraid you'd gone off with some f those homd customers. You know cou expected Brown of Nevada'' "Jo, dtar, Jo my husband, my love, ny darling what i the matter? $eor Jo pillikin kid unk into a chair, jt his head upon a table and burt into Itwa.wcak and unmanly, jjerhapsj Mit he h.id eaten nothing since breakfast, 5fd been badgered and worried, and on ii fret all clay ; the March wind had pierced to the marrow- of hi bone. To ind all thi love anl cheer and comfort iwaiting him. to remember how he had ftrillfd them all in hi talk with Hard KiabMc. how he had been tempted to Iro n them all in his cowardice while on the ferry-boat, and, above all, fot ris we t sister in law to pelt him with ie crushing name of Brow n of Nevada, '.he author of all hi.- misery -it wa too inn h for poor Jo Pillikin. He wept. not It a woman whose tearconole and com lirt a they flow, but a a strong man acep when the fird keenneva i added !o the agony of despair. Pretty Mr. Pillikin irof down on het I ik-, od wept on hi- hou!der, her i;tcr cried uiam hi- other houldcr. and 111 the little Pillikin. M-t up a how I. none f tbm knowing in the lca-f what 5iey wire crying alut nivc jor Jo, t ho' teat- reaped to flow alien he found iow contagion they wrriv In th inidt of all thi- upro.ir a mao noiinfed the sfofip and rang the Im; tut it wh- Bridget' Ihv out. and in all n'i di-trc-, nn' of the Pillikin l ard the Im II. Pillikin hud in hit i.it;ition b-ft th-lor j.-r. and nod i;id thought to hnt if. s tb- trangci ixlkid inl the little reception rxni, lpin ih.at he woulil -ii b.ae an oj loitunity of tonkin? hiuwlf known iVhen all thi- Minu fell un hi- ar.l. aa-annoyc and -hK kcl. and -caiccl? tm w what to o Through a crcaicr in In- I.ir lli.-l -ti:itet the re epti't Votii the dining r''in. b- -aw Jo pillikin titfiii by the fable, hi- had Ixiwed in hi- hand-. pretty jounvf women iri- d in -on -oft. WHrni. rrav material irbbiii on n of hi- -houhb r-. and a till youtier and prftir woman dre-e! n bla k bbin n the othr -h'uldrr. ind around the ro.m. all about the flnoi nd th" chair, were innnmerahle ehil Jrrn.all how liny at the top of their lunc. Pillikin ha-tily drial hi- teur and com ri -! in- featurt-. and It-an to Mottia i-faniiU. !! took m of the orifta somen on uni- kn, . the tb-r on tht th r, and n e aa Ii of hi- ten rin r- U ih' ttun brl. hu-hir and waxinc theni into aim. 'Thte. there. " -a M I .!. ln't ra i , npre. I m hearth lrul- tha aorrwl aou -.. But I uldn't help it. I ! I le tter nw . hut I wa- never e -in pl te broken up in my life. hm't mind t Hir? you tb.it I haae dn a tra imprudent ihin It ha- weihei like a mountain of e,d njwn my bart 1 i.nine. Iut I f-l mi iura u- nw that I know nu vr me ,wr!. tC'ih t ?bar th burden But I riiM t haa kpt m tmpr A ma fi;;ht t think of hi- famila when hi rtuatou l at Make, and ii wa- emticl to make Hard- ralJde l.. hateartde cemy be earrr hal i Brw n d Ncada info - nmnae A C o '.'' Both the aitfl'O -rfarted apd tutneo pale "h. Sue!" faltcied th wife to het iter " Brow of Nela . ' Oh. Kate-" ael the yui; wH"w o the wife -'into tvrimmage A: C'o a!" "Brow n of Ne da "' they repeated t pether. shaking thir head.- mournfully. "Ye. Brown of Nevada!" repeated Jo, Jbo shaking hLa head mournfully, but eeling con-ocd. in tpite of hdmaelf. with his family's appreciation of the disaster that had befallen him. This was t ha? drop that overflowed the bitterness cf my eup Rrwn ha a'ways heen my bet raid It w a p!eaitre to aell to Brown. Most of thse mo veoJd k9 flea for ha hide. Bat there is nothing titan about Ilrowa. .- I ' 'There 'a somethlaf verr mean in hit toinc to Scrinunage's.n said Mr,PilHWo, I call it a very dbhonorable action.'1 aid the widow. No," said Pillikin, "not dishonorable, a Knf f emtlatt Cat aw if Ka eaainf JB. sai I a B,' VS a a as wm a a avea aasa w utirrd with mr. he might have bought lis gewwl from some1, other concern, and ot gone over to Scriramse'a right before uardjicrabble eves. Here something Jike a diMlat cough a heard. TtieT all looked a c wind, but fought it mutt be one of the children. 'it was like flinging a rag in the fare tf a mad hall. continued Jo. "Hard, rabble wa white with rage and didn't tnow what he said. I'm sorrv now I ali , owed myeelf to reply as I did. But il a as a bitter blow to me to know thai brown of Nevada, of all men in the tradej iould But I tell you there's aomej ody in Ihe other roorn.H Poor Jo turned xileaowin. 'i'm afraid it's Brown witrj hat bill; I told him to call around. I an t iiv him now ; it's imtioe-ible. Bu ."II hae to hee him, I t-uppuM" No," id hi siatff-indaw, springing o her feel; "111 mt W I'll tell hlnj Mu're not well, that jou can't see any Kly." "That a goM girl," said Pilli tin with a Mgh of rehff. "tay that 111 all around next wesk! Heaven know then I can ay him now; but say that fll call around. The voung w idow went around through Jie hall into the reception room, and, fciund the re a young man of tine propor tion and frank, plea-ant countenance, ho immed lately Iwgan to apologize. "J rant: the Iwdl. ' he said, "but no. khI hen I me. and hnnini? the ux't ,jar I to.k the lilierty of walking in .'ro exceedingly mmtv to le the cau-e of sir tronhle. if voifi; first tell Mr. Pillikin that ray name is Brown, he'l pie, the nature of mv errand." "We all know a our errand," said the tidow. "My poor dear brother-lndaw rue ed it right awav. About the firsl )f the month there are m many people omintf here upon the same errand ! And ,'ve got splendid idea what to d nth them. My brother-in law is such a lear good fellow, he's alwavs robbing iimf If to help other, he's given me a tome and my little orphan ooy a home, nd no wouder he can t pav his bills 8ut I've got a piano and etool. and lots f muic, and a cover that I've embroi lercd with my own hands, and thesa oust be worth eomething considerable."' ' Something xery comiderable," mM Jic itrancer, looking at thevounc widoW tarnestlv. "And I'm going to make the piano and Itool and music and embroidered cover ro as far as they w ill with ray brother-in-aw't bill. Now, I'll give you the first thancc. Where is your Mil? What is ihe amount?" The young man reddened, bit his lips, smiled. "There is some mistake," h aid. 'isn't jour name Brown, and haven't ou come to collect a hill? "I haie not come to collect a oill. My lame i Brown, but I don't think it is th wme Brown. There arc a great many Brown. If vou will tell vour brother n-law that I am Brown of Nevada " "Uh: gasped the widow;' and lor a noment Brow n of Nevada thought fhs va coinir to faint. He sprang to sr ide to save her from falling, but she re iovrrcd herself, and her breath and coloi ame agnin. She clasped her hands and ooked at the young man with ber whole oiil in her eyes. "Brown of Nevada! ihe rejeated--"Brown of Nevada! Oh, ny gracious !" "Ye. I hurried over here to correct an trror that had reached your lrrother-in w ear. I didn't go into Scrimmage "i lo bny good; it wa only to meet friend." "Only to meet a friend," repeated, th idow, still deaouring him with hei arge, hoft. pathetic eyes; "and you di? vt buy your goods at Scrimmage's V "t 'ertainly not. I shall buy my goodi )f xour brother in-law, a I alwavs do.' "A you always do!" repeated tbt a idow . tears aprinjjing to her eyes, bea vely face -ufTu-cd with a sort of rap hire "that rcnlly cmbarraaeed Brown. "Of :oure! A- yon a! way do! And vox ire really Brown of Nevada!" And here i-he !ejran to pace the floorj feepini; her eye still fa-tened upon tbt foiing merchant. "I am really Brown of Nevada." "Dear me! In't it wonderful Strang -perfectly splendid? You'll stay jud I ninute. won't vou? while I go and tel lo." "I'll -lay .here any cjuantity.of min it'-." and out glided the young widow, caving Brown in a deliious a dae m the wa- heraelf. "Jo. Jo," iaid the widow to her bro Jier-in law, rai-ing his dejected head, ind shaking him en rgetically by th ihouldtr; "Kate, mv iter. mv deal mr". prepare voursclt-es. Iont let it ome on you too -nddenlv." "tiox heaven." ml por Pillikin, - . . a .a a eaping to ni- leer; -anil nas nappeneu IVhat i it nw :' t' it's nt th- Mr Hran with ths sill. Jo." ' ,ho i i ? U'hat i it? Mi-fortunea ea r twe abme. I'm prepared for any- tin." c "t" itV oh. -to. -it's Brown of Nevada'" -iw heaxen-!" .-aid Jo. ringiig to be dor "And be flidn't bv hi gewL of - nnimae . went tnere t meet a ireni. ifl he will buy hi- cl of yon. as ht ilwaa b." said the voung widow, tn i re- ervlo that at lat reach, a shrill treble ; but Jo wa alreadv ringing th land of Brown "Apatt fr"i the faet that you have t goe bark "n nve. Brown.'' said poo filhkin. i don't mind telling yon that four pre ne i a reprieve frm all sorti f mi-epe; lit bw the de'tre dfl VOd ind me out ?" "Vhv. oae .f aour neral sale-met -er thee - I fonrt hi- name - told me fi aod HardTabWe had some words ibout ma ging toJ-erimmage's. He said f ou w eTe so rut up about it. and didn't ippear to be well when you left the store, to I thought I'd take a cab and corse ver. It wa a ulcnt night that is, lot a verj pUa-ant night: bat I hadn't anything to do, but. hang h. I wanted to jeme. and I am g!al I did ! "So atr I. Brow Ood ble you, so im I! Then oor Pillikin, relieved of he htirdea do-ibt acl vretcheloeea tat had oppressed ten. and hariag thera t eforc him as hit voluntary fa tha epresentative cf worahlpful amoBt of ride poor Pillikin gather together his pattered dignity and self-esteetr and egan to discuss matters of busineafa with I serene and serious enthusiasm tat be apoka the happinesa of the ocraiv. As for Brown of Jferada, he c-juldn't teep his mind upon what Pilliktn waa laying, he was so taken up with tr rut iag of draperr outside. . The two little women wereeflying tround downstairs in the kitfhe, and i pe Lairs in the dining-room. Th chil Iren had their bread and milk, an ! were sashed and put to bed; the widof flew town to the kitchen and made sane lit le dishes, all in the twinkling of in eye, heir culinary perfection consisting in the apidity with which they were jot to (ether, and clapped upon the rjurnb raiter, and hoisted to her sister n the liniag-room above, who whisketfr them tpon the table, and what with th hte aad happineaw and unexpectednesy of it tIL, when they rang the bell and fcivited he gentlemen out to aupper, there ouldo't possibly be two prettier c3 mora rjgaging women in the universe; eand a aore apjietizlng meal Brown "of erada leyer saw nor tasted. ' j; From pitying Jo Pillikin, he Ixan to nvy him. , How hollow and col and altogether unsatisfactory was thej'life of i bachelor 1 particularly out in'Nerada. The March wind still rorew aod lowled, and the March sleet atifj U-at ipon the Pillikin window-pane, and Vthing would do but Brown of J;evada liust stay all night. " ji He knew that it mud lw th widow's oom that he slept in (aa indeeI r wa. i at little woman ana ner orpivjn toy rrowding in with the little Piltkin, ind Brown of Nevada went all ground idmiring the pretty knick-knaclr. and rorsted work of the fair widow's hand-, je went to sleep and dreaoiefj that Pillikin waa so afeeed in pecunuer difti ulties that the widow found trat the iano and ttooI andrau.ic, and ev-n the tobroidered cover, were only, rop in he bu kct ; so. in her warm gervroMty he threw herself in, and stood jpn the iano to be raffled off by the orfditcrs ind friends of Pillikin. Brown Fthrew louble fixes every time, and hsTl just nade arrangements to have tljie ?ridow ind piano and stool and musie ande cover hipped out to Nevada with the jst of Via goodi when the breakfast bell'r; rang. ?e awoke, and blushed to And; what ibeurdities a man will dreamt and flushed (till more when the iofinno nt eyts of the widow met hi owQi over he potatoes, and the muffins, - ajd the cram bled eggs, and the multitude of rood things which he fouud ouCafter rard she had made with het own fiands. Her orphan boy was a nice little (;llow, aid would make a .splendid marg some lay if he could be taken where th?-e was oom to grow. v But who can picture the pride of Pilli tin when he walked into tho store Ihe next morning arm in trnv with Brown of Nevada! Mr. Hfrl!trabbl r a just bullying one of the .'hcjd of itoek, and catching a glimpse Af.thj touching spectacle of amitv between PiV ikin and Brown of Nevada, he uhod forward, wih tender hospitality hIaccd tn affectionate hand upon the hoinder of ach, and thus lovingly linked together, Je three walked clown the store. And the saying i whatever. yriuOlream ji a strange bed i sure totometrij; and I shouldn't wonder if, when Brow went sack to Nevada, he'd take al those things he won at that imaginary, yaffle ill except the piano and stool andsmu-ic tnd embroidered cover. The t)r dear tittle widow declares she will leiveMo the foung Pillikin. Mrs. Prank MeCeuthv. . t lie Had Been In Prlsen. A raw wa on trial in aJeytiKky Nmrtroom. An old man of rti-what iisreputable apticarame had JJi-f, given tmjwrtant te-timny and the liwyn hoe cwiiM- suffeml ny In- stateCmeni rtrove in evrrv way to cunfu-e atjil tnp him but in vain. The w itne k li hi Morv and 1 h1 not lose hi Icituh r. in nite of the irritating manner iiArwhi' h Ihe cn-rxamination wa c-ondu". Finallv. in the hoiw f breaking dow i the credibility of the witne. fhelawyr it a aenture a-ked : "1 " Have you ever leeii in priti -V " I have," replied the witiic . m " Ah! " eaclaimed the attorneyfrw iih a' Iriuronhant glance at the Vltf "' "I thought a much. May I1 inquire how long yo wrre there?" , v i "Two acar and three nnfhf. an- wered the witness ouierlv. wtli letnnnet fhat was interpreted by'Jhe law'aer.av in dicatiog chagrin at an nneprctel- -a poeure. Indecl, said the o!igritci uwaer. feeling his ta-e already wn. "That waa a heavy sentence. I tm-t the VifT 1 will note- the aignirVwncw of th",lt. Now, sir. veil the jurv where vou were confined." "In Andervnville," replied the old mm ia ran. cirawing nunseii up proeny. There wa a moment f -ilence.vihe ajnira bokel at ea' h oth'V aol then the jourt roorn rang with cheer- which th srt ofheera were powcrle to ho k lad in whieh some of the jurv joined The to jnui-itive lawyer hanlly aited to hear the a-erdiVt again-t him. -Youth's Companion. Moped Jat la Time. At th- Kureka min ttlijo Trih. an autrian. was returning from work at the Tn." The trail wa narrow, the mun 'ain pHe teep. and a hard cm-t wa -n fhe snow.' Stepping oitkide the tjth rerxich fell and Iwgan liding down th' frightful de-rent head firt The cru-t waa txh that it wa imp-ibe for tb. ran to make such an impeeie in rt a- wcwild enable him to -fop and ft gain hi feet. Final la. rearlv l.Vt fet fr.-m the rathi he Mnnk a pne l-i-h. atvl gra-p rag the limb. bhi bin.-elf till hi- ctb i anions cam to hi relief. FiodiogTrr rich's leg broken aNjve the knee, th .rinrpanioa broke the crust on the snow. Bade a level plaee for the injured man l) rest, and went after aid. A lot tn am came to the resraie, carried Terxkt o his cabin, aad called Dr. Kent, who art the man's leg. The escape from death a as Terv narrow, as only a short di anct beiow where ihe man atopid b arecip ire, over which he would hive gvne tad been killed had tbe huab not stopped tlidetctsL Scant skirts art obaoleta' now. The fashionable veil covers maay blemiihes. Stripes bas almost snperde1 pUidi ia all fabrics. The very latest Parisian fancy la tbt Greek bonnet. Parasol are gamy', misty, mysterious dreamt of beauty. ; Mrs. Andrew Carnegie ia aa expert amateur photographer. 'Mannish" girls who affect the single eyeglass are increasing. The throe-come red hata may be said to hart made a fashionable hit. The Wat tea u coat la one of the most grsccful wraps of the season. Rainbow ribboa will IllumiaaU the fashionable horixon all summer. The Legislature of Kentucky has made Mrs. Mary Kuasell Day Bute Librarian. Itoaa Boo hour hts refused $60,000 for The Threabinj Floor," her new paint-' ing. J ; Long itreamers fiorn the back of th new hats are not necessarily "beat) -catch era. Sandal wool fan, that were fsthlooa bte years ao, are to be revived this sea ion. j Classic stylei ate naually affected by girlt with an aoti-Veffu figure and stub nose Pointed trimningst simulate a corse let decortte numerous waists of preaaot tyle. The newest imported itreet gowai axi not" made with the ilreeti weeping kirta. . Many wsoi'.-n of the perioJ now look like Cainese pagolat automUically pro pelled. Some of tho new hats threaten to make the wearers look like proverbial perfect frighti." l Watches worn on .the brent of the bodice it a fathion the funeral of whieh is near at hand. ' ' Mackiitoab.es are so han laosn that no wotcaa will care to g in when it 'simply pun." Girl who wear shoes t an ill for tbeir feet att duUajuiiUel by th. hospital limp.", ' Toey call tha girl .of the period it bar oloaial a'i" roQfoui hit a "far olutionar dr V. ' 1tiiT)'U Pink popples aid cultivate I oats are aanounced to be the favorite London Uble decoratiop tiiii setstn. Mrs. Lynn L:.ntin, the popular Eig liih novelist, at one tin) wr ite leading e iiUrials for several 61 the Liadon uews paper. Mrbcal men rue t re nnk that tier is j'ut a little uomeut ab-)'tl all'ths talk or orange bsin g')l f r ths ow pleaion. It is said that Tuikish woan attain their plunpoeu of tijure t pies ling to tbeir lords by eating b -Iter Harare 1 with rose leavei. . Mrs. Harrison hai a psaaion for orchids, an 1 the White House ia decorated with them. Mrs. Clcrelaoi'a farorita flower waa the pansy. The Uoiversity ofj Peaatylvanis hit taken a noteworthy step brwirl ia et tblihiag a daparlmiut for w,.nsa, wita eight enloa-al fcliowthtpi. Mrs. HanaaS .j Hajte, of Ilona Hea ls. N. Y., now ia har ninetieth year, attendel tlie first Wonen'a Ughtt Cj ventionheld at S?ac Fall. From Piria cones the rum r that shorter !eevea arn to be worn in da) 'drees, floiheI with fl jwiog mfflra oi lace and shorter fkirts are ma le fur walk- ln gowns. Tost oacefan h b:uty, thaCuateis of Caatilione, is still living in Pari, but In the greatest secliilo3, bavio etila I ' herself fro n the worH as shr: be,a lo grow less lovel. j ITats msde of lace f plaited very full over the cr j n an I brji,aad e le i with smll flowers or petaW overlappina;, are. iretty. The trimoiiog is of fliwers, ace fans aod ribbon. Commissioner Oochterlooy, of the Swedish Sslvatioo Army, baa arrival ia New York, accompanied by her eljutant aod staff officers, consiitlogof eight cap. tains, who art all wohQ. Fashions every day favor the slia, tall figure more an J morvVaalit will sooa be well-nigh iajoaaibla for tbe reey short or stout wearer .t- be faahianabty aod yet beoniniy attire!. A Boston dry g-ods house list eataV lubvd a free gynsiiu a for the use of its woeo employes aal a Near York hnse has a suite of cluS r--ni muatwael for the beuelt of t'a wojif it e -a ploys. Elss Ehelon hsa'paaael a s jccesful exammatio'j aa1 haa.heea almitte-J to the bir ia e1?3. Aft'n'ladet etai s tbat she is t'-je first ; See lis1! laiy whi has prepare! beraelf foe tat practice of law. It is eavrirain-'to notica thtt the strra'uit (4 bati are gra 1 Tally wmdia; the,ulve careui jjij ansa! trie Bscs. It is u lahioa ui. t.t tje-a oa. twice aol evsa three .times roainl rae throat. j Tbe old faa'iiooel se i disphanoar lawns sal raualim are betag revivad. They come m the daintiest possible jpat terna and are bein used by leadinf mod if tea fjr some of t their m?at modish coat ones. 1 ' ' foe eaiazeaent fieg gives by the Omre Leoeia-a t lll. de Rotbaclild Is oeap-ee-l of a a jpery largs dua1 sol roby plir-rdta tjaatia. pammoi the sur.at u t-.e ejdvt of gjjIJ, aal two nal:er dia-a-al aus acai basais thau ' Miss flattie Crawford, who Ursa near X herd sea, Ohio, hai her oars pierced for tbe purpose c? adoratng herself with ear rings. Shortly afterward her far com menced to swell. The awslliny con. tinned until her head aad eatlre baty became Of aa Im -ease alia. Queen Margaret of Italy is fa-r, fit and forty, aad juat such a woman as Byron described as hts ideal of a lorable woman, fthe ia oae of the mast lesraei aad popular ladiee ia thecuatry, aaj one who would bare bee a aa ornameat to her aei ia as waU of life. A commodious fire-proof balUtflghas been aeacted ia Rirlato atraet, New York City, by srealtay woaia to be need aa lcdgiag bouse fee women. For fifteen ceete a comfortable bed eaa be obtaiaed. Tbe are coavawiaaosa fof washtaf aad troadag la tbe buUdlag. Fastooaed trieim!it abotil the foot of sklrta are rarf sttuactivw whass they firsl come from the snodiataa, tm aO tort of garnitore gtta oat of order aaaiee ot looks more bedregged when it la out ef order. Let those wbo hare thia kind of Calsh lot it tbt foot of iktrta im to U that the stitches which hold it la place are kept firmly fastened. Aats aa4 Their (Jseer VTais. A recent lectunr on ants aad their ways described those of ftoulh America, who build immense strui lures aad pro. vide space for the storage of grata. Wood aots, inhabiting hard wood tret I, divide their house Into forty compart meats. , Noticieg the mining anU, the lecturer laid much might be Irarned from their daaaly habits aad their woadetfol sanitary arraogemeata. 8obm klaJi of aata do not keep cows, but life eitirely on grain. Mr. Plonket gave tome facta about their interesting harvestisg owra none stated that they planted and cut livated a kind t grasi cilled ant rice and were so alvincrd ioflrnittUoathtt malting was understood by thaou Thaa thera are auahraom-growiaf aata whe cultivate fungus, aad others aelo who nee umbrellas. Berersi spec iea make rails on the black aats, tiMbe-nof their larras and oOmprl tbe poor blsck aota to be their alares. Ia the burring of their dead aatsfehow wonderful In telligence, haviaf cemeters. aa I even Imry their slavea ia a diSereat plaea rora their matters, and art quite up in Mineral iagesntry. Ia onitudoa, Ihe ecturer said that moeh could le lara-1 'torn aal life, ia their woaierful govera ' neat, sanitary arran it aienU, emma irotherhool, nurainj ant care o tSe toung, temteran''e si 1 love of fieh air. -New York Hun. Hew Tepsli Ii Vtf nrti , While I have always bsd eva2it as to the nature and propetwee of ejM Ihi:aeid a wUmt P Town, '! aevvr .fiUj HLtitl. I.s Ihe eritable pftiuct of the aai-ral Stomach until recsatly. During a vidt ; to New York I saw the prooessol miau fscturing in a factory tbat has the oldest method of ptepiring the article that ever entered ihe human mind. Briefly stated, a ou bct of paTeetlj healthy hoga are fattened fcr roaiket, aad for thitty sit houra before Villi f ilepridel of a I foa!, not evee allas1a cirnp of water. Thea tbe trvuf h fio a which they ate socuttomed fo eat Is fit erel with srong wire nettjeg and the most apjeiting slope end ho dsl'.cs eiei, siaoklng hot, are poured into the triwjrh. The fuTee ascend with Vets ,ful fragrance t the poeclae svjsttH, the hogs all rua to tbe trough and staa 1 over it, ravenous with hunger, suealln and fighting with each tbe or a chance te get at the food. The Iron Betting pre. rots them tailing tbe food, aa 1 while they era still thinking abaaat the matter tbey are killed, and tbeir atomacbe being takeo out are found perfectly full of gas trie juice, fron which, pe pal a la we jered. The prorea was q'it a revela . liua lo roe.H hi. Iuia lUpubWc. I Illlilax Mrrc I Swee,, ri. In luliata ritiea tbe eailng of atrseti It sold (0 the highest hi ide, Bt a pibll"? auctiou. Tbe bidder uti i'ii t vtry 41 aerde of atreet in charge of one taaa witii a hand' art, who If kept fjtistaatly at work from sunriae to eunaet aad in tbe twilight. At intervale large carta go around aod retejte the ccoteati cf the handcarts. Ihe dirt la fakea to a fae tory, where it la pressed into blocks of about a cublic yard ia dieasioa. These are place! on the market aod ar sold for lertillaing jurposcs. Saa rttdco Chronicle. Kalalag Call aal De;i.'' Ia Northern mythology the cat is sup posed to Laveireat lflfloer.ee on the weather, end Cogliah sailers aCt aay "The t Laa a cale of wind in her tail, wLen she is uQuua!Iy frisky. Witchae that rode upon the storms were tboqjbt - to assueae the shape of cats; sad fa the Hart Mou aulas tbe stormy north west wind ia called the cat's nose. The dog is the ilgnsl of wind, like tbe we!f,both of whieh animals were aten!snU upon Odia. the storm-god of the Northmen. The cat, therefore aymbolliee the dowa pcurieg rai 1. aol tie dug is the strong (, uU of wind that sec -mpe ay a rain storm. Hen ,t "rafai3 rate aad dogs' tec sos a heavy tain with wlod. Ccar.er Jcirnal . A Hta fatn U T arasIiT. A Deer-UU man bti s ewriosily la fte ahape of aa egg whica had o esp-Uke eacraaceace, which, beiaf Ufted bowed a full lixed rraeUrry beaa be taeea the cap of the ihelt aad tha Uaef liaieg saembraaa of thai ef. 1 Ha waaU tokoow how it got there, aad If aay one ever saw the hie. It ta a aoeel jay to raise beaas, at least, -llaagof (iXe.) Commercl. . . aasM . efVei tree ef the fletrae fe -oilv ievepe the feet that the aa e -a originally Ueroa, after the b:ri o- ,tt ti'te. Jvt aa, it leclsJaael. If tai kialrad oamas were a.'u U inlaai of atartlar, aaother t4r4. i
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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June 30, 1892, edition 1
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