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PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. OUR MOTTO:. DIEUET MON DROIT THE LEDGER Pt'BLUHUa CCHP1HT. VOL. XI. WINDSOR, BEE TIE COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APEIL 18, 1894. NO. 36 A Little Song,. A little cot in a little spot With a little heaven has sent ; A little way from, that cot each day; A song to sing and a word to say ; A little winter, a little May, And a heart content content ! A little wife and a little Hie In love and duty spent ; A song and sigh a3 the years go by ; A grave, perhaps where the violets lie ; But a heaven on earth and a heaven on high, And a heart content content ! - Atlantic Constitution. MY WEDDING-RING. BY AMY KANDOLPH. Sharp and clear came the sound of the postman's whistle, cutting the frigid winter air like a knife-blade. I started up from the sofa, where I had been dreaming over the morning pa per, with the cheery crackle of the an thracite lire close beside me, and the scent of my morning coffee streaming gratefully up from the chased silver equipage on the little round table. (The bachelor's mode of life is not altogether without its disadvantages, after all.) "Mrs. Metcalfe," I called out, put ting my head over the stair-rail (which hadn't been dusted that morning; boarding-house stair-rails never do get dusted until noon, if you have ever observed it), "is there anything for me? An ominous silence. 1 knew as well as if I was on the spot that the land ' lady's daughter was reading my pos tal cards, holding my letters up between her eye and the light, and indulging in other proceedings pecu liar to the genus "landlady's daugh ter." "I say," I reiterated, throwing a little spice of exasperation into my ac cent, "Is there anything for me?" "Coming sir! Coming!" and Miss Melinda Metcalfe shuffled upstairs with my correspondence on a japanned tray. "Is there any news?" said I, sarcas tically, as I took my letter, my two postal cards and my newspaper. "Sir?" said Miss Melinda. "I didn't know but that you were opening my mail," said I, blandly. "Oh, sir, I shouldn't think of such a thing!" And Miss Melinda went down stairs tossing her head like an enraged Shet land pony. One card from my tailor, to notify me of his change of business resi dence ; one from Louis Durande, to tell me tha he could not keep a cer tain sleighing engagement with me on the boulevard, and a letter from Percy Wyncote, who had warmed his" slip persRat the same college fire with me, thirty years ago. "Dear Beltou," so his epistle ran, "I claim your congratulations. I am to be married next week to the sweet est girl the sun ever shone on. There's surprise number one for you. And I wish you'd go to Goldluck & Glitter man's and get the wedding ring : size inclosed on a bit of paper. There's surprise number two. Seriously old fellow, it will be doing me a great favor, for business matters here are complicated in such a way that I can not hope to get down to New York a day before the event. And, of course, I knr v that I can trust your taste and judgment equally with my own. Have the words "Helen, 1894," engraved on the inside, and please send by ex press withotit delay. "Ever yours faithfully, "Percy Wyncote. "P. S. She is an angel! "P. P. S. She has eyes exactly like that famous print of the 'Beat rice Cenci' by Guido, that you see in 5 all the shop windows." "Well," said I to myself, laying down my old chums rapturous letter, neres a pretty commission tor a bachelor. An angel, is she? ; I don't believe she's any more angelic than Pauline Brookes. But every man thinks his own goose a swan. I pity the poor fellow, I'm sure ; he's clearly in a state of glamour that makes him see everything coleur de rose. " But I'm not one to desert a friend at t pinch I'll buy his miserable wedding ring with all the pleasure in life." So l locked my desk, put on my seal - trimmed overcoat and went straightway to Goldluck & Glitter- man's. " Jouet was behind the counter. knew Junee. i -a&d bought a gold bracelet of him to settle a philopena present with Pauline Brookes, six months ago. Jones was a dapper lit tle fellow, with a stiffly-waxed mus tache, a cameo scarf-pin and hair be dewed with some ambrosial perfume or other. "Wedding-rings, if you please," I said I, plunging in medias res, with out loss of time. 'Here's the size," producing my slip of paper. "Any inscription, sir ?" questioned Jones, assuming so preternaturally knowing an aspect that I could cheer fully have pitched him in among the plated-ware in the big glass show-case behind him. "Helen," said I, brusquely, "1894." "H'Emma, sir?" Jones put his hand back of his ear. "Helen!" I bawled out, painfully conscious that the eves of three trettv "A, I girls, who were looking at turquois lockets at a counter beyond, were upon me. "Very pretty name," simpered Jones, as he wrote down the order, "Any particular style, sir, ?" "Simple and solid," said I; "that's all," "Yes, sir. It shall be attended to at once," said Jones. "Shall I send it to your residence, or " "I'll call for it to-morrow," said I. 'Pardon me, Mr. Belton," cried old Mr. Glitterman, who had heard a portion of our colloquy, "but if it wouldn't be taking a liberty to inquire whether you intend to keep house or board" "What?" ejaculated I. "To keep house or board?" reiter ated Mr. Glitterman. "Because in the former case we should esteem it a favor to supply the silver and table ware." I muttered some not particularly complimentary answer and went out of the store, closing the door behind me with some emphasis. "Going to be married, eh, old chap?" said Sniffins, familiarly thrust- ing his elbow into my side,as I strolled into DelmoniCO S for my lunch that day "No !" said I, taking up the carte. L "Oh, come, don't deny the soft im peachment," said Sniffins with a wink. "What has put such an idea as that into your head?" demanded I, some what indignantly. "Name of Helen," said Sniffins, with an idiotic giggle. "Waiter, a pate de foie eras here! Let's drink her health, Belton, when " At this stage I pretended to see someone who I knew at an opposite table, and bolted across the room. - I nrvroRH thfi room. I Uia iur. oessup was trotting up Broadway as i. came out, with a brown silk umbrella under his arm. "Eh?" said Mr. Jessup, turning upon me the moony glare of two spec tacled eyes. What s this l near aDout you, my dear young friend? Accept my con- gratulations ! Matrimony is always blessed estate, and " "Oh, yes, I don't doubt it, sir," hurriedly interrupted, "hut a there's some mistake about it" "Miss What did you say," said old Mr. Jessup, beamingly. "Call around this evening and tell us all about it, there's a good fellow. I haven't time to listen just' now !" I could have torn my hair with rage. Mr. Jessup was Pauline Brookes's uncle and guardian, and I knew that my cake in that direction would be all dough, if once the fatal story of the wedding-ring got to Pauline's ears. I hurried up Broadway mentally gnashing my teeth, and in my im petuous haste, had nearly stumbled over Pauline herself, just coming out of a florists, with a tiny boutonniere of English violets in her hand. ' 'Pauline ! " cried 1 rapturously. But Pauline drew back, the least little distance in the world, thereby put ting an invisible barrier between us, that froze me like an icicle. "Dear me, Mr. Belton, is it you? said Pauline. "I congratulate you, I am sure 1" "Upon what?" I demanded, grow ing desperate. "Upon your approaching mar nage I" said Pauline, with a smile like auroral licrhts hovermg over a snow bank. "But I'm not going to be married,' protested I. "Oh, excuse me, prayl Gentlemen do aut uiuauy buy wsdeuag nags without a purpose," interposed Paul ine. "Only I should think you might hare paid such old friends as we are the compliment of some slight inti mation of you impending marriage.' "Pauline, "said I "Hiss Brookes hear me? There is only one woman in the world I would care to-marry, and she stands before me now?" Pauline's lips quivered the tears sprinkled into her eyes. "Mr. Belton," said she, "you may regard all this as a very good joke, but surely, surely, it is not necessary to add any more insult to it" "Do you mean that you don't be lieve me?" "How can I believe you?" retorted she. Drivtm to a Rnrt of frenzv. I dracr- god Wyncote's letter from my pockets. "Pauline," said I, "read that, and you have a ready, solution of tho mys tery of the wedding-ring." Her face cleared up as she glanced over the contents of poor Wyncote's ecstatic missive. "Poor fellow!" said she, "He's very much in love, isn't he?" "Not half as much as I am," said L And then in the smilax-bordered shad ow of the florist's window, I pressed my suit: "Dear Pauline, let mo order another wedding-ring?" "For whom?" demanded my lady love. "For you. I have loved you this long time, but I never had courage to avow my love before, dear Pauline." "Hush!" said Pauline. "We mustn't stand talking here." "I won't stir a step until you answer me!" "What shall I say?" hesitated Paul ine. "Say yes!" I ordered the duplicate wedding- ring that very night. Pauline said it was too soon, but 1 quoted tne ancient proverb, "Delays are dangerous. I And we are to be married in a month. And if it hadn't been for the provi- I dential interposition of Wyncote's wodding-ring, I might still have been .Vo.;,, V,-;V f on iinoVnri I rroTKsal. "Blessed be weddincr- - incs!" sav I. fNewYork Ledeer. As From His Cyclone Pit. It was a tempestuous night on the Atlantic, and the great steamer with' its precious freight of human lives was tossed about like a cockleshell. Tho tremendous waves hurled themselves against the walls of steel and dashing in impotent fury over the decks, shook tho leviathan from bowsprit to rudder post No one was visible about the I Lr. oTcpntcnrh nfihAiMnopiR. x , a e -a. 1 I sny compenuu iu iwo mo eiorm, nuu they were in imminent danger every moment The passengers, in mortal terror, were huddled together iri the cabin below. Just as a frightful I blast had almost thrown the Bhip on I i her beam ends, tho officer of, the deck I saw a passenger stick his f rowzlcd I hcad up through a hatchway. "Get back there," yelled theofflccr. "Say, Cap," came an answering yell "is the roof gone yet?" "No; get back there." "Have any oi tho walls give in yet?" "No ; get back, I tell you." "Has the old woman or children been blowed out of tho second-story window yet?" "Get back, I tell you ; no." "None of the' neighbors been blowed in through the shed roof yet?" "No , no ; I tell you get back down that hatchway, you blamed fool," and the officer started for the passenger. " 'Tain't so bad as I thought it was," came a final yell, and the pas senger dodged into tho depths below and disappeared. ."Well, who in thunder was that?" asked the officer of tho pursuer, who stood by. . . "He's all right," howled the pur- ser ; "he comes xrom tne cycione dcii in Kansas." Detroit Free Press. . A Bejevf elled Herring. Mrs. Harriet Cpndit a colored wo man of State street bought some her rings the other day, and upon clean ing one of them she found embedded parallel with the backbone a gold bar evidently belonging to a lady.'s pin. It is set with a moonstone about one- half inch long in the centre and ' at each end a large pearl about tho size around of a lead pencil. It is valued by a local jeweller at about $40t Hartford Poit LADIES' DEPARTMENT BELTS ARZ OUT. The broad and wrinkled belts and the general ehort-waisted look of things has gono out, and there is worn instead the dainty narrow girdle of twisted velvet or a band of ribbon ; it is often fastened with a tiny jewelled buckle or a pretty knot of ribbon from which the long floating ends fall to the bottom of the' skirt New York Journal. DAXQEB3 OT AXMOXIA. Somebody is always saying to "put a few drops of ammonia in the water in which you bathe." If you want to get old and yellow and wrinkled, fol- low that plan. Ammonia is fino for household cleaning but never was meant to be used on tho flesh. Sal 1- V T t - J I ter than cither, but, of course, costs more, n you want to see now am- mm I mania treats things, put a few drops on a cioin ana ruu a paintca noor. it will take tho paint off in an instant ought to teach sensible women Al i. :i mi a l 1 lV l skin liable to crack. rWashmgton Star. A 6EASOX OF RIBB05S. There is to be a season of ribbons when warmer weather comes, and moire ribbons will be the choice when winter furs and oher heavy trimmings are laid aside. Plain moire ribbons, especially black, from four to eight inches wide, are good investments at the present moment, as they aro to serve not only on bonnets and hats but for neck scarfs, with the huge in- croyablo bow at the throat, and also as bolts, sashes and collars on light I cotton orcsses or zeynyr or Dsusto in I pink, mauve and green shades, and on the pretty lutestring and taffeta silks. Chine' flowers of natural colors and bright dashes on white lutestring grounds are in other new ribbons for Knnnxd n1 rrnvn 4rimminra anrl those of satin and velvet will still trive character to tho very licht colors thst promise to be popular. New York Advertiser. A BOTSIi DUMTT. When the German Emperor was last in England an order was sent to a well-known firm of modelers in Lon don for a model to be msde of the k Empress figure, with movable arms I complete, tho upper part to be mado of papier mache, the lower part below it,a..;.Hiir.(AiMUwi.ut.rir;-rP.rnA. ,uw .,.M.-.v.vB.,-.-.....u.v , m . ! wonc auis uniquo xao simuo oi ner Majesty is to be used as a substitute on all occasions when tho Empress cannot be personally present For instance, all dresses are to bo tried on her second self. When they are sent from tho dressmaker finished her Majesty will inspect and criticise them from every point of view, and pro- I nounce on their suitability to tho fig- urc, and so on in fact, neoherdrcMcs as others see them. This double is also to be used for decorating evening dresses with flowers, etc, and taking creases out of trunk-crushed gowns. The model is made liko a telescope, ono part to fold inside the other, so as to take up little moro spaco when travel- ing than a bonnet box. St Louis Bepublic. a rnxiRiE womax. When the Duval family entered tho Territory the daughter was but a yesr old; now she is twenty. By tho good graces of the Indians hcr parents coming from Missouri, wcro allowed to settlo'on Sawleg Creek, and havo made their home in the land of the redskin since. . Mr. Duval started in 1875 with twenty-fivo cattle. They have increased to over 500 and make Minnie is a large herd to care for. the only child, and thongh so young, is her father's chief assistant Sbo does not simply take the cattle to tho range and leave them there, but re mains with them all after the herd as well dsy, looking SS COUld Q cowboy. ner duties frequently tske her a score or more miles from home, as tho cattlo must be kept moving to feed welL Often some of the cattle becomo mired in the mud along creeks where they grsre, or where they wsde in to drink. Then comes the hsrdet part of the work. With true cowboy skill tht throwi tht lariat ovtr tit sltndtr aoua, or waamng aoua, ae n is ome- pUco with oXhtT cboys and times called, is much nicer thsn am- made a good record. In Issao-throw-monia, and is cheaper. Borax is bet- inr-w th wildcat of .tr branching horns, while the mother end of the long but phenomenally strong Jswhide rope is fattened to the saddle Then a steady poll on tho part of her pony draws the imprisoned animal to a place of safety on dry ground. She has a large herd for one person to handle, bat with tho audi lance of two well-trained cattle dogs she does it welL While on tho range she dreaatstia true cowboy fashion wide brimrae! white felt hat, long gauntlet gloves a lariat coiled about tho saddle command a rctolvcr at her belt and ride the wildest bronco with thorough ase. When off duty sho is a modest, unas suming young lady, tho last one that would bo suspected of such masculine accomplishments. At tho annual round-up sho has, dar ing tho past two seasons, taken her turned loose and trosded into forr bv w WW matado methods. ahehaebeld herown. VM Tcn handsome ssddle Uat fjU1 bj hcr njL9caUao competitors M a tatimonUltrtWTntinaldxiritT md -Yin rSL Loai- Globc-Dcmo- rssxnox xottjl The Charlotte Cor day fichu of soft laco or chiffon is worn crossed) in front and tied at the back. A anowlcaf having the snow tint true to nature in enamel is one of .the fsTorite pint of the day. The rsge for black and white is as grest as ever, and tho most striking of stripes and plaids are seen on the street. Geranium red is ono of tho new colors which no ono but a brunette with a pale olive complexion should attempt Stylish bonnets hsTo a broad, low bow in the back. RuiMdan bonnets sra in velvet beautifully embroidered in silver and gold. Berthas made to fatten in the back, and finished all around with critp lit tle frills, are quaint and at tho same youthful looking. Corn-colored flowered moire makes np into an elegant tea gown with chif fon plaiting in old rose huts and old rose-tinted velvet Bed serge, camera hair or sacking d reuses are combined with black wat ered silk and trimmed with many rows of very narrow jet gimp. Cheviot cloth, diagonal and camel's hair aro the materials of which the . ... ..... i spring coals are xaAUioneu ; rne xronu ftntj Qftca eatjro gmcnt aro lined with silk. Thero is a great tendency to make bodice with vest of accordion-plated silk, which are wide at the neck and narrowed to a point at the waist with wido rovers turned back on each side. Murderous looking daggers and acimitcr with hilta sparklicg with gems impale the lace at the throat aro stuck through hats or run through tho Puycho knot at the back of tho head. Some new brooches aro of tingle Urge stones, ruby, amcthy it topai or emerald, set in gold, cut in rach fine denigns that it gites out almost as many Hashes of light as ssssll dls monds. A woman whose neck is thin should never try anything but tho square cor sage. The generously proportioned look best in the V style or the oval. Only perfectly proportioned shoulJers should be bared. Moire aaahes are seen on debutantes gowns. Tho liberty silk sashes sre also worn, being tied in empire fashion high up under the arms and spread out in a butterfly bow, at the back, the long ends falling to the hem of the gown. The bow knot it tho latest thing ia hair dressing; it it set up high on top of the head and stuck through with a I tortoise shell dagger ; tho front hair I U kCU IUIVWUai UUUOi IHuJUU and brought rather low down on tho forehead. Black and dark bine ehslUe with - . white or gay colored flowers make ex I tremely serviceable drensrs for moan- I tain or seajiide wear. Thee rrrtty gowns rcplac the India tilks sad urn moro appropriate for certain occ tioni, tuch ss alUrnoona at heat, . ITEWSY QLEAKDTGS. 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