Newspapers / Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.) / Nov. 22, 1893, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
v I VOL. XL Autumn. The dying leaves fall fast ; Chestnut, willow, oak art bew, All brown and withered lie Now swirling in the cutting blast, Now sodden under foot they teaoh That one and all must die. This autumn of the year - , Comes sadly home to my poor heart. Whose youthful hopes are fled, The darkening days are drear, . V s Each love once mine t see depart As withered leaves and dead. But is it all decay? . All present loss no gain remote? Monotony of pain? Ah, no ! I hear a lay The robin singshow sweet the note, A pure unearthly strain. And of all flowers the first Beneath these leaves in spring shall blow Sweet violets blue and white, So all lost loves bhall burst In springlike beauty, summer glow, In heaven upon our sight. Macmillan. The Answered Prayer, 1 BT M. CADT. A little old French woman told the following story to the travellers who had been investigating the ruins and the chateau and "doing" the little French town, as tourists always must, who obey Murray. "My son, J ean Baptiste, never will believe it. Ah, they are such skeptics, these men ! "There in the churches we pray for them. There the sailor's wife kneels to ask for a good wind for her hus band's ship. There the soldier's sweet heart pours forth her prayer, and im plores the saints to ward bullet and sword point from her lover's heart. There I used to go, hoping that Jesus would not forget me and my Ansel; .and he died in his bed, and was not smothered and crushed in the black mine, as so many are my man Ansel, Jean Baptiste's father. "Jean was allj hadin thatold time long ago. He was young, strong, beautiful, when the hour came and he became a conscript. Ah, shall I ever forget the day? We were all upon the green, in the midst of the village all who had sons and brothers and husbands and lovers, and some who had none, for the sakes of those who had, or for curiosity how do I know which? And the great gendarme turned the wheel, and the blindfold boy drew the names and numbers, and my Jean was one of the unlucky ones--he our only child. Had I been a widow then, they, could not have taken him ; but I still had Ansel. And we all three knew that no substitute was:to be had by us, for we had been unlucky and had no savingSj and 't is not to be expected that a man will risk life and limb fora trifle.. "Only a mother could have had a hope under such circumstances, but, you see, I could not give my Jean Baptiste to the cruel war without a struggle. " " 'You should be glad that your brave son has a chance to do what he can for France and. for .his emperor,', said the officer with the fur cap and epaulets, touching me on the shoulder, as I sat weeping and wringing my, hands. But I pushed him away an grily., " 'What is the emperor, whom I have never seen, to me? And why should I love France more than my own child?' I cried. "And then a neighbor added: " 'Bah! He will return with epau lets and a sword perhaps, and you will be very proud of him." - Don't cry. " 'They come back often without epaulets, do they" not?' I said, and my heart was bitter as gall. 'Generally they do not come at all. If they do, it is oftenest on crutches, or blind like poor Pierre Latour. They shall not have my boy !' ' "And home I went like a mad wo man. And I would have sold all I had to have raised the money, if it would have brought . it. But we are only tenants, and our cow was poor md old; and I had no fine clothes, md only two golden earrings for jew elry. Poor . Ansel just earnt enough to live on. And what could we do? "I went to my brother at talk ing all the way there and back. He could not help us. I went to my old mistress's house, where I had lived as a dairy maid before I married Ansel. Alas, she was dead I - "In a week the soldiers would march ft way, my Jean Baptiste with them, and J MNpsoRfl Ledger. AR PER YEAR, INVARIABLE IN ADVANCE. OUR. MOITO,: DIEU ET MON DROIT ' 1 : : wrists . Tur trnrrn nrRiiruik . . . . ; - . fc.WUh.Jt I uuuintiu kuarll WINDSOR, I should see his sunny face no more. unless I could in some way gain the money with which to pay the substi tute. I had wicked feelings enough; maoame, 1 can tell, you. I did not feel that God was kind to me, as I had always felt before. I cannot tell von how I felt,-for it is wicked to say any suca words, but m the midst of my despair I met Father TJlric. " 'You- were not at church last Sun day, dame, he said. : " 'No sir, said I. VI have so much on my mind ' that I forget everything else. Jean Baptiste is,conscripted, and we have no money to pay for a substi tute.' " 'Is that any reason why you should not remember heaven?' said Father Ulric. 'Surely God may well forget us if we forget Him.' " 'And though I did not feel as though I cared what Father Ulric said just then, I remembered his words when I was alone, in the dead of the night, and also that I had not prayed that Jean Baptiste might be spared to me; and I felt as though if I prayed heartily and from my soul, an answer might come, and I felt comforted. And next morning I dressed myself in my very best, and went across the meadows to the church,- and then I knelt down and tried to remember the good words I had been wont to say. But I could not recall one, and I was forced to use my own poor language, and to say just this no more : " 'Heavenly Father, who knowest what a mother's love is, let me keep Jean Baptiate from the cruel war.' "I said it over, and over again. There was no one near but one lady in deep mourning, and I could not see her face. She knelt also, and counted her beads. And all was still as death only now and then I heard my own voice, as though it were another's. And something seemed to say that my prayers would be answered. And I arose comforted, and I went out into the church-yard, full of moss-grown stones, and walked there for a while. And the lady in mourning came out also, and laid a wreath of immortelles upon a soldier's grave, and kissed the stone, on which a sword was carved and his name, and went away. And I went home also, and my heart was at rest. And all day I watched and waited for some strange answer to my prayer, but none came. And I was sad of heart, again when the twilight fell, and it was time to milk the cow. I took my pail and went to find her. She had strayed into a meadow hard by, and was cropping the sere autumn grass. I knelt down there to milk her, and my poor pail would not be full, I knew. It was another sign of our great poverty. I got my quart or so, and set it down and leaned against the fence and wept. And I said : " 'There is nothing to hope for, and prayers do no good. Jean must go to the war, and his mother's eyes shall never see him again.' "And my eyes were covered with my apron, when a hand as soft as silk touched mine, and a voice oh, so sweet and heavenly said isof tly : " 'No, dame, he shall not go. Hold your apron. This will keep him with you.' ; "And I looked up, and there stood a lady. Her face was so beautiful that it frightened me. And the sun was set, and the moon was up, and its whiteness fell over her. About her neck she wore a black cross, and gold en hair rippled down over her fore head: She was like the Madonna in the picture in our church. I could" not stir.. "I could not speak. She smiled upon me. '"Hold your 'apron, dame,' she said. ' j: "And I had just strength enough to do it. And then a shower'of gold and silver trickled into it. " And again she said: ; " 'Your Jean Baptiste need not go,' and was gone herself like a vision. "And saved he was. God be praised for it! "Never but once after that did I see a face like that I saw that night. - It was when Madame La Fontaine the widow of the ; brave soldier, whose tombstone with the sword upon it stands in our own ; graveyard, lay in her coffin, and we poor people went to look at her. ,. Her hair fell over her forehead in just "such yellow ripples, and her f aca was just ' as white 4 and sweet. And my Jean Baptiste be lieves that she knelt near me in the c&urcb and heard my prayer, and be BEETLE COUNTY, ing a charitable lady, and tender to all soldiers'- wives and . mnitiem brought me the money with her own hands. 'As for Father Ulric, he tells me that, since it is God who answers prayers whatever the instrument, I need not trouble myself, but only re member that He can help me always, if it be His wilL The Ledger. - Poverty In India. ' - Poverty is the most striking fact in India. In the streets of the cities the rich are rarer than in the streets of East London. In the country the villages consist of huts of almost uni form smallness, and the fields are worked by farmers, most of whom are to poor to do anything but scratch the land. In one city we went from house to house among the poor. A common friend gained us a welcome and we were everywhere received with cour tesy. One house which we visited was entered directly from the street. There was neither flooring, fireplace, windows nor furniture. A few embers were burning on the mud floor, on which only is it lawful for a pious per son to eat, and a few pots were stand ing against the walls, with, if I remem ber rightly, one chest. It was u holiday morning, and the family which in India may include grandfather, sons, - daughters-in-law and grandchildren, was gathered. xhe men had slept in the open warm air, and had come in to be served by the women -with the -morning meal of a few ounces of grain and butter. After the usual courtesies, and when we had told them about ourselves, the talk went thus: "What is your trade?" "Shoemakers." "What can each worker earn?" 'About five rupees a month." "What rent do you pay?" "Eight rupees a month." From which answer wo gathered that not even a paternal government nor a system of land naturalization can prevent the growth of landlordism. The ground in this case probably be longed to the State, and had been let to some individual at a yearly rent. subject to reversion af terthirty years ; but the land had then been let and sublet till the rent paid by the tenant far exceeded that received by the Government. In another house, or rather shed, lived a mill hand and his family. He too, was preparing to enjoy a holiday in "singing" and "seeing the lights." which on that night, in honor of the new year, would be placed in every window of the city. His earnings were ten rupees a month. Out of the margin, that is, out of about seventy five cents a week he would have to support a large family and save enough to enable him in a few years to return and get land in his own village. Fort nightly Beview. Greatly Encouraged. The men who prosper in this world are the men who mind their own busi ness, and keep on minding it. An ex change furnishes an example : '"Tatoes!" cried a colored pedler in Richmond. "Hush dat racket. You distract de whole neighborhood!" responded a colored woman from a doorway. "You kin hear me, kin you?" "Hear you? I can here you a mile." "Tanks ! Tse hollerin to be heard. 'Tatoes!' Youth's Companion. A Great Success. Briggs "Do you always call on Miss Twilling in the same suit?" Griggs "Yes; I want to show her father I am economical." Briggs "I guess you have suc ceeded. He told me the other day that you were the meanest man he ever saw." Clothier and Furnisher. Hard Luck. Interested Passenger (on shipboard) "For a man who has never been to sea before you seem to have got the theory of navigation down pretty fine." x The , Other Passenger, (suddenly growing pale) ' Yes, but : I'm afraid I'm not going to keep it down!" Chicago Tribune. It is estimated that the coal mines already developed contain enough coal to supply the world for a thousand years to come. CM TVEIXNESD AY, LADIES DEPARTMENT. noxzraoos coun.Es wxl xitcoto. The latest English fad 'in honor moons is for the bride'and groom to dress aa nearly alike as possible. In me present state of the fashion it is iasy to accomplish an almost Dromio Jike ' aimUarity. Two costume W been': .particularly affected. One is of wmxe nannei, wita donble-brcstd coat, lert open to display a shirt of Dine linen, with butterfly tie and "cummabang" of black silk. With this is worn a white straw hat The other is of. dark blue serge, with a red necktie, brown suede cloves, and walk ing sticks exactly alike. New York sun. Errrcrs or color. Bright colors make a woman look young; wnite makes her look biV plump and dean ; Mack makes her iook sum, sad, heavy, old and doleful. Men tand '.children are attracted by women in bright, light dresses; men are captivated by flowers, laces, rib bons and feathers, and under their po etio. influence naughty boys and girls become good and obedient Men respect and shrink from crape and mourning stuffs. A woman with a baby in arms and a woman in mourning always get a seat in a crowded car. Women who can wear white never stay unmarried. When a widow of tho world wants a new name she wears cream-colored silk, merino or batiste. New York World. A WOXDXMTL CTT. The South Kensington Mascara" in London has secured tho famous car pet from the mosque at Ardebil, which is said to be the finest thing of its kind in the world. It measures thirty-four feet six icchrs ia breadth. TheflnMsc-itsaaxtara may bo gathered from tho sat that there are 380 (hand-tied) knot to the square inch, which gites 33,000,000 knota in the whole carrot The design con sista of a largo central medallion in paleyellow, surrounded by cartouches of various colors, symmetrically dis posed on a dark bine ground, cover ed with floral tracery. Each of the corners is filled with a section of a large medallion similar to the one in the center, surrounded by cartouches. The large border is composed of lone and circular panels alternating with lobed outline on a brown ground cov ered with panel work. At the top of the carpet is a panel, which boars an inscription, of which the following is a translation: "I have no refuge in the world other than thy threshold. My head has no protection other than this porch way. The work of the slave of the Holy Place, Maksoud of Kaa- han, in the year 942," (A. D. 15351. This wonderful carpet and remarkable work of art owing to its enormous size, fineness of texture, beauty of color and splendor of design, must prove of the greatest valuo to carret manufacturers and art amateurs. It is especially interesting in connection with the history of Persian carpets. as the inscription furnishes a clew for fixing the date and locality of tho manufacture of examples of a similar una. WOMEN I IfONXT HATTERS. Miss Amy Elizabeth Bell ia a little English woman who has made a suc cess of stockbroking. In a recent talk to women she said : "I want to make women understand their money matters and take a pleas ure in dealing with them. After all, is money such a sordid consideration? May not it make all the difference to a hard working woman when she reaches middle life, whethea she has or has not , those few hundreds? As a whole I find women are delightful clients, sensible, punctual and courteous; but of course there are exceptions; some are at once both cautious and reckless. They are reckless in taking what I term 'dinner table service.' They meet a gentle man at dinner an entire stranger who tells them that some mine or an other is doing wonderfullywelh Forth with they put their money down that mine, and probably never see it again. But they will prefer to risk a large amount on their own ret ponaibility, rather than pay the stockbroker's fee. There they become extremely econo mical. Then they dillydally over trifles. They will let a good invest ment escape them if the dividends are paid in January and July, whea they NOVEMBER 22. 1803. wish to retire them in April and Oc tober. On the whole, I eertaialy find that the rich women undsrstand their financial aCaira better than the poor. But this ignorance It Tery general. Many women are quit a toaUhed whea I explain buaineaa details to thexa and A, 'Bat is that really all?' Ho many women you ace, are not allowed to haTe the command of their capiul. But in this, aa la other way, I rtjoic to see that women are daily becomixj more independent a wo noaricxxTrtttsT. The name of a California woman ia now added to the list of ancroafa feminine horticultoruta. This one U Mrs. Henry Brroillhet Bhe is the widow of a San Frncix banker who gave up his entire fortune on the fail are of his bank. At his death hia wife set to work to supply flowers to the San Franciaco maxkeU, and she now owns 140 acres of fine land, all nnder cultivation. Seven acres are la orchard, and there is aaixaraenje vio let bed twenty acre ia extent There are aevea acres of chryaantheoaraa; rosea, lilies and other flowers divide a good many more acre between thrta. Two thouaand eucalyptus trees and three thousand pine, aequois and oth er t rees are very profitable, the branch es and leaves serving for dccoralio&a. Everyday daring their respective ecaaons 8,000 chrywuithf taami, 0,000 bunches of violets and 800 to 1.000 Dachcase de Brabant rosea are shipped to the city. Unndrcda of other flow- era, of court, go with them ia fra grant company, but the specialties are violets at $2.50 per do re a baache. and chrysanthemums at from one to five cents apiece Last aeasoa there were 18,000 chrysaathemura rlaata ia bloom, including 275 of the finest Japanese varieties. Whea Mr. Bar- roillhet was shilling 2,000 Iroache of violeU daily, the-had only a five-acre bed. btnee then, she has ealarced it by fifteen acres, to that the number of bunches will bo quadrupled. This flower plantation ia said to be a per fect Eden. The proprietress person ally attends to every detail of irfia- t on, cultivation, gathering, packia? and ahipping. Her success deaoa atrates what a plucky and intelligent woman caa do, when thrown oa her own resources. Kcw York Commer cial Advertiser. , ra&mox xottx. Beaded hand-bags are la style agaia. Tight shoes, gloves and comta are very bad form. Ornamental buttons are caed oa many of the flno fall frocks. A crepon dress trimmed with bands of yellow leghorn Is aa importatioa from Pans. Bibboa-rua tablecloths have tad theirdsy, and the pink and yellow ts are out of date. White linen handkerchiefs, hem stitched and bearing a monogram ia white, are the nicest Unmarried girls should not wear tea gowns at home. This garment is ex- datively for matrons. Psyche knots surrounded by a rib bon filled with a rosette bow resting on top is a chic morning coiiTare. Leather belts are fastened with su perbly carved silver buckles, lorenge shaped, and as wide as aa envelope. Baches and boss of white satin eJd with black lace and laid ia triple box plaits aro the ploa ultra of elegance. One of the swell silversmiths has dainty pocket flsaka ia re poo and handsomely mounted revoltcr for feminine use. The systematic girl of society keeps account of her expenditures in a Hes sian leather book which has her mon ogram in gold upon the cover. Some of the gold hairpins wora every day by fortunate womea cost C0. The ornamented tops are raad of fohrteen-karat gold, hand carved. "Cocked hats are the extreme mode. The three favorites are the "Adslr!," the "Nspolcon," and the "Citoyea," made of velvet black astia or felt and worn across the head. Serges are yielding thrir popularity to hopsacking and basket-weaving. These woolen tta!T are forty -six inches wide and sell at 81.50. They are ser viceable and very ttyliih. ISO. 15, LTWSY GLEAITEiGS. Tn cess rrvl k lp CsoLAva ts iXH V slrfTrtc. T Vica tuIss ef s s2tr AaT.tr U ers 0.123. Tsssa an !Lia erwsai srtos ta C t2 i Rtsfwt, JUiv&oo It gotzs t trr to tcmrsr tT"V rxo.o-0 ta tzrr. cfcmaj far ?w Tort v"4to ct U:. Tlursxxx U tU-7 ar srtrij ararj-J tV Kss -v-iiy cf fKizxK trcret to ti ckNMrrs,s;ct ta FVrj. ITss. Am Iltrsrt rnczir J ta Orl Esxrt>os. Kaml. si its art of 1 :. Tsa rw-eUj- eswJ tri t ta It- r.ULUV h4 Uh ymf S'S pxta iy lr prtnu mS&c aa4 lit a -it-Jk. Tss rcli r:tstnx Urr I ajrs fc-:ko o ta trm sa4 iJ'rrxa Cocr:x, Ir l ira. Or Its tara of t.Cm.G'O.'XQ ct Cks-ViJji fss lUa,, l.a:Ojt3.au3 rela cs-ii. Tss l!btrrp74 lrr Onrr.sUl---a la i m. 9t. Loct Lm Jcif soli nxojm tTttt;. rmr tm per cs. te&j at par ta tt Lr ki csxte Tss Ptwx CUabe ef Oocusr- txs iNtt lira. Ivr to tsG.lct:?. TtU U aaU U NtU Zrtt wsasa wV is bta J"t to a-a RTTtrns cf rb tt mr eie 2 EroaraV. Oa., Uuaf It jaartry asoes: wis m au?r f cr tlm as g-rmx as thai aisocx c4crl pmc;i. Watts rTtnzs ?rae ?CcW, ms Coeatr, irxnaU-.l wsa U wtr as,J frt-J tw UiJL LUo tr 1!t. StJ-eijar t-ct rrfsjws t trfsu-a Wiaa.ar ca lis sxTta4 19 ctra br SuO aers cf Lis lm taaJ. X IIatz unx (lfaaML) wmeM chajt a caa w ta fc-al t ?a a y a.rixrs ef & frt-a acaartveta fcJ b-aeua. lUfjnat tl civ dro railixl fcZtt ct lltf UiWs e-lr-de&iaor. a aiar urai3a itu tvr awailatwaa ta taa 8 tvclL iaea a&4 pall tr lis od cf Ui era poclaC PEOHEiEItT PI0PLE. . lrttrsisn ea lbs tu- reps ta Lcruira. Tss Uvs cf I!.rjr Lwr cea IoViTrxi U MeAeij at I j:.cro a pv. pBaasw CaT. f Tr. taa SaC; OariJ4 io tarcoa caAiUa J.:c r:-- f tvra Oiixrsftta. et iu tIia aa4 mzxxxiit tmZ ta ti. Vaa, Carr. rla-w ef tl CbJ, h srJat to tzjU tr fstsra loss la Ti jr;rrtj ef HaiUs r7xlria wia ta m: eaa f uprvu pJs r cir a f f a Uf . Ts trr. V. . H fX D.. cf Ctz.rf.tfX taa j-tn ewltrsl ti tlirta aaairrrMrr ef Lis crliaetsa as a rltL . CsAKr, tLs cr says ISae aa Com act ttr a;ra4 c."!rr as aa TOTtcm yrmt ri Uss arai stVt araa. i Warrta ta vas la laf U li A&rtruaArca data rraas TrZ.21, xam twS f Cctrtrxa. It & Lurrxs, fiuvcf tbsta! Sifarj Uksstr, tba po-. a frw sfas ml Ka. Ga. !! aras a Uvyv ai2 calst&t ta IM iroUmtiL. rtxzptT WoostcvT. ef lLa Kfwn SOlt9rt inX II Cllaax rslrasanj as OCt Cf Vt JXBXT UZ iTK Csasx&rrs it Jco, t!u CixUi fcr. Is mtj mn oil. cnt ef tta pr:i f1rj IJ.C03 fa eW4i4 arti.Va. Tss Sanaa ef Ttttrj U a csaoxilfc? era t& ctt ct eamara, !! ta tca c L'y exarS ta eualur .; t7t its r-K it:; aaf a? ta tmrtj SO' cf aa ws.m a4 lliia Tssrm Sfrt. jf Wia, ai, ia t&er Vm tv tj!nvtfcaa aay hr ct tbs rrtaif cf Waas etX! o. tawrss !t paraat Jc-r of tustor. U aa la-tvaA psajev as wa. aa4 aJ-a aa4 hr lt-t tul a turrrj Vir wa lrf ar ta llx oi. THE LABOR YTQELD. rocLm tas 3(4 e&ica fra.Ta. Jr assjiffys ZttJtiA conaa tiailaa. Caicaco t?cxU TS.Ci!0 tXTml Ua, Osaaa, 5ftw. Las a ei?v-l UiWi' a.i Xrw Tcss Las emv :3 later cvrJHa tlrrf.f Luirs&af Laa4s tU fena a JCatiriAl aaoiT Las a Wmxa's Tr lUirroa, Cctia.. Las 414 ari.-a e--v pratra t acaj a tjrtv T tjurr. Cai.-rrU. Las T "t lyyp yv4ra. Ksnr jrovl cuaca'arf sra rss;4s 3 COI ?trw XcittTK JcurT(XO.at4 wcttwrs Lsr tattrcx cxt xyi pr ewet. Tss Tall rjr Ff.tswn TaJra tu da!i "CO to U: fcrrit?. ftuip Ui a tak c-rryj. y rHrel t '-"T"- 1 1 Las 1 l.T.COJ oa A7-X EiTTitus fralarna pty c-tt t:ir:3 ptrssccta ta a&i dt-zj t-K A rrrrwraa fra Lat paiJ a.1 vvrs te:rcvart?f wuiieis 4sr.zx tt sensrT. Astazf AS dU-xats ssy a-'Trs t ti- vc mzioa cf rutnuat arrrtm la Par teii luar. A vpsii s(rt!c ta a walUsx 4lr'a ertrl La.. UaX aa-esjVyyt 'AiTTtixra frca ui tar VT,t arv twriix 19 iSjC rtjj. " Ir-ati4.nU. cl'rrr w.:i alj V : ail ittvii a Ctr? r'Jmjn,.; fliiftrr ta Citra r.--ra frr-rs tiity -t C t csco:a aJkZ f-t tlsjAtm. Witt t5 rrm! Allrf. r--. l.tr 1 rxZ l. !tu-a cf Tr-y. JC. T.. r;t:'r fi j ti. tt.y rrs;ly tr 11 "i o ? ao f-r. crj, aa-4 py Ml r ft. r. nxjr Tab LTlxaTVra e f :rt' ja ec-isir'.ra. Is X :ra tA-'ca ail :
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 22, 1893, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75