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ID) -fm PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, INVARIABLE IN ADVANCE. OUR MOTTO:. DIEU ET MON DROIT! THE LED GOT rilSUSHG CCt'.rA'iT. VOL. XII. WIKDSOE, BEETIE COUNTY, NC.V WEDNESD A.Y, OCTOBER 31, 189-1. 2TO. 12. TYlicn the TTind BIotvs. Oh, the dancing of the leaves, . When the wind blows ! And the rushing noise ol trees, Shouting, shrieking on the leas, Like the sound of seething seas, "When the wind blows ! Ohthe bending of the boughs, When the wind blo ws ! The moan- and the quiver Of reeds along the river ' , That sink, and rise, and shiver : When the wind blows ! : , Oh, the shifting of the clouds, - : When the wind blow3 ! Bailing swiftly on between The wide blue world and the green, Throwing shadows o'er the sheen, When the wind blows ! Oh, the drifting of the snow, When the wind blows ! Showing in the cold moonlight Fallen trees hidden under white, Like great ghosts in bed at night, When the wind blows ! Oh, the comfort of the fire, ' When the wind blows ! To hear the song and the chat Of the kettle and the cat, And the cricket on the mat, When the wind blows ! Guy Roselyn. TEAOED BY A BUTTON. ''Of course you know why I came J chair. About the height of the knee When I "was on the detective force by the "way, my name is Jack Hind son, at your service I had a case on my hands that baffled me. Iw anted to 'get on, for I was at that time en gaged to Kitty Pease, and she had said that though she was very fond of me she did not. mean, to marry me un til I had enough to marry on, which I should have as soon as I had found out the party who committed a cer tain murder. - : '. . Mrs. Jeffries, a rich, -miserly sort of old lady, had been found dead in her bed, murdered by some one. No one knew who it was. : " - Everybody was under suspicion a man servant who-had been dismissed weeks before ; ? a dissipated nephew who had quarrelled with her ; a ped dler ; a man who had mended the roof. But it seemed likely that no one would be actually proved guilty. To be sure, the nephew ' would come in for her property, being her only relative, but though he had been to the door that evening he had been seen to go away again, and the ser vant had to call for help before the bedroom door could.be broken in. ' The only clue that I had was a bit of black cloth clutched' tight in the dead woman's hand a find bit of old black broadcloth torn in quite a sin gular shape. We hid the fact that this had been found from the news paper men, and I was looking for the coat it had been pulled off of. That would be my chance. The dismissed servant was a waiter, but I bribed myself into a chance of y seeing his black coat off duty, and it had not been torn or patched. I huut up the nephew's boarding-house and got into his room under pretense of having been sent from the telegraph office to see the wires, but his clothes were all of thick, coarse cloth. I talked these things all over to Kitty, and she Bet her wits to work to help me. She asked me to let her go r to the old lady's house and show her the room she slept in, and she went out on the ro6f, as I had done many a time, and went along first in one direction and then in another, looking at all the scuttle doors, '.until I thought she would go off into the street, but she stopped, at the last ; of the row and beckoned me' I hurried up. v CJose to the scuttle door lay a little black button. "This belongs to the garment the bit of cloth came - from," she said. "There are blacks 'and blacks, u. This is a button that matches that black. Not a blue black, nor a brownish black, nor:a foxy black, but a black - that is almost invisible green. Do . you know No. 100?" - J ' "It's a - very respectable first-class boarding house,". said I. - "Will they take ladies?" she asked. "If they are well introduced." ; "I shall go there to board." Next day I got card from her she nadn't been in" the habit of having cards 7with that address on it. I call ed.' She came down to see me in-- her best black,silk, with her - bonnet ; and mantilla on. 1 There was an old lady in the room. ' She introduced ' me to her and then said she was ready. I.' t6ok the hint.. We Vent out together. , . here, " - she said. 1 Tm spending all my salary and wearing my best clothes, but I've found something out already. Mrs. Jeffries's nephew calls here some times.1 He calls on a young widow who has the upper front room. He has been .engaged to her for some time." - . - . : She paused a long time and then said: "He was here the night of the murder." : " v ; : "Well," I said, "has she let him out upon the roof?" . ' " .... ' "I wish you wouldn't ask me any questions," said Kitty, "I shall know before long. When I send for you come at once. Will you let me have that bit of cloth?" ' 'It's more precious than diamonds,." I said. ' . Her answer was: "Yes, I know it.". She put it into ; her ' pocketbook. "I have changed my room," she remarked. "I'm next to her. There is a locked door between us. That is all. And I have made a peephole." "You are a born detective, but as this widow is respectable you can't watch young Jeffries that way." "Yesterday," she said without an swering me, "Jeffries called. I saw him coming up the street and hid be-" hind a screen in the parlor, I should have pretended to bo asleep in a chair LADIES' DEPARTMENT 1 it there had I been seen, but no one found me out. She came to him, and he talked like an innocent man. . " 'The poor old woman has done me a great injury by getting herself murdered,' he said. "I believe I'm suspected, because I shall profit by her death. Why, what do they take me for? I wonder who killed her? They say nothing was gone.' " 'Whoever it was, you ought to be thankful that the crabbed creature is dead,' she said. 'Some common burglar of course. She'd scream and shriek if she saw one at her jewel-case and get herself killed. ' .., " 'Well, poor old woman,. I'd have been his death if I had been near,' Jeffries said. 'She wasn't half bad. She never made a will and left things away from me, as she might, after I told her IM never cringe to her for her favor. Hang it, I wish I wasn't her heir! People will suspect me secretly perhaps. I can provo I wasn't inside the house that night, but you know how the papers t&lked. Poor Bitzner, the roofer, came to me and cried over what they said about him. Kill Aunt Jessy! Why, good Lord!' ; " You used to call her Aunt Jeze- bel, said tne wiaow. Mrs. Mull is her name. . " 'Yes I'm sorry I did, but she had a temper,' said Mr. Jeffries.'- Tve a mind not o take the money.' a piece was torn away and a button gone. ' "Hush!" shejiaid. "We don't knoj who may be listening. "Make no sound." ". Then she took the bit of cloth from her pocket, fitted it to the rent and laid the button on it . -' 'The piece of cloth found in dead Mrs. Jeffries's hand came from this garment," was her remark. 'Yes,'i I said,., "she must have dis guised him in it. But why " v "Goosey !" said Kitty. "Mr. Jeff ries could not get into this. Mrs. Mull wore it herself. Mrs. Mull kill-" ed old- Mis. Jeffries. The nephew knows nothing about it guesses noth ing. This wicked woman wanted to marry him when he had" inherited the estate. She has done it I watched her through the peephole I had made. I saw her writhe in agony, and with out speaking a word," wring her hands and tear her 'hair. It was an awtul sight, but I knew -it was a guilty con science that moved her. There you have it all in your own hands now. I'll go and tell Mrs. Q - that I have news which must take me away, pay her my board and go with you in tho cab." I left her at her own door. Mrs. Mull was arrested at the station on her return, and it was all as Kitty said. She made full confession. She had concieved the idea of murdering the old woman that her nephew might get the money, and she had hoped tho poor roof-mender would bo charged with the crime. She was a fiend in female form, but the thought that I had driven a wom an to the gallows haunted me and sickened me of the detective business, which I left verysoon. Kitty and I are keeping a little ho tel now and prospering 'very well. London Tit Bits. "S... A FIN-DE-SEECLE HEROINE. 'NMarguerito McDonald, a nineteen-year-old girh who was given the posi tion of fetation ogont at Warrior Run, Penn., on the Lehigh Valley road, when her. brother vacated it "a year t m m m a .a ago, nnds nerseil a neroino in tho Wilkesbarro district By her quick witte&action she prevented a Ecrious collision between passenger trains. New York World. ' But tho sex is not as ahccpUh n was. and notwithstanding tLo ofUcIal stamp put upon tho bandeau an I tho bugle, tho woman of tho world will study her glaj before adopting cither. New York Tckgr&n. A CHIP OP THE OLD BLOCS. Mrs. Lease, tho Kansas Populist, has a eleven-year-old daughter who shows strong points of rescmblanco to her mother. Tho other d?y she as sembled a crowd of schoolboys, and delivered them a lecturo on manners and morals. At tho conclusion of her remarks sho told them that sho merit to rin for tho presidency ono of these days, and sho hoped that thoy would all vote for her. New Orleans Pica- yune. MILLINEnY AXD MELAXCIXOLIA. What the lugubrious lady with .the Ions faco wants on her head is a cherry or Burgundy red velvet bonnet, and sho ought to havo it, too, for tho sako of tho community. A man milliner of Xcw York recommends it for con stitutional melancholia. Tho rich, whclesomo color has tho vital force that cheers old eyes and attracts young onca It is suitable .to all ages and tasiiiox sorts. Tho struggle to make ponicrs a rcc cc&s still continues. Tho Bourdon laces for this tcifoa are in deep Vandjke design. New crojc-finished wooU ore im ported for autumn and' tsiatir Uilor gowns. New millinery garniture thow beau tiful effects In shaded grcca and iri descent beads. Combs of tbo broad, high, oU-fh-ioncd shape, made of ivory and mother of pearl, aro be in?, worn with old- fashioned gowns. White bengalino will be much cscd this winter for bridal govns- All corded effcets will bo fashionable, and heavy laces will be craplojcd in trimming. Tho long discarded bracelet it la favor. In its intimato personality of association it Is ouly secondary to tho riog, and . a centimcnt raatt always cling to this ornament ( So mo of tho goods for gcuniso cold weather wear aro flceee-wovca, and a ttarrn and durable as Waver cloth, yet extremely aoftand pliabla an J of tLo finest quality and purest dye Tho blouse, tUo L.lou an4 tuo pea JkTk tat f.r nU ran tx iNa r:crl la Ilsjtt Tea f.:rr!a L.cp trz? U vrry Urrw Csotaa t njf.it tiro s ? tzzl tc!a 7s a i ttllr? twa ta l- Wrtt. Tat C!:!)CUuic2:'a:: cpt-ami. troa. Tra trokra, Aimnt for a ?rl9 rdlxa H'- Taa Tts-irj TtvXz..l It ta ksowtaw 13 twp U;;:r oil c! JLUit. Sorra PitoTa wit t,-v t-':j dflciiit3.oUt3 L.rt2j la aJ ft i.-rr;. Tsa xt!c fy!?! vauv tit rr.n?; ctzi. lUrrxrl rc.'i t tt rna ar r::v tilt jeir ta It aal Aioaiti woointxa !:t .- t:- rilltM, bot3T tbifC Nrw f3rt!:ra!la r Is V ?rlt ta everv tmc. and ia as brromincr ta blondes and brunettes as red lips. Jet still remain in Uxor; perbars -.i will rciira through tho winter. Tbo open jacket ia improved by th l&ro Ostrich tip:, birds, ornaments and ribbons aro introduced to make tho cheerful red bonnet inconspicuous. St. Lcuis Star Saying. Then I shan't take you, said Mrs. Mull. 'Such an idiot ! I should be ashamed of you.' "See here!" Kitty handed mean address on a piece' of paper. It was Mrs. Preston Mull, at ascertain num ber, Chestnut street. It Ss her mother-in-law. Can you send our Mrs. Mull Eliza Mull a telegram saying, 'Come at once to this ad dress?' " she asked. "I can, " said L "Do it," said she. "No, I don't ask me. I am helping you. I have my r I took her homo and telegraphed to the widow, and I waited and watched. I saw her get into a carriage and go away. I followed and saw her take the train. If Kitty wanted her out of the way she was safe. . . A few hours afterwarcf I received a note : : "Disguise yourself as an old woman and come here at once. Come in a cab. Wear a thick black veil. Send up word that you are my Aunt Agnes. Lose no time." -' ... I lost none. As I went slowly, up the 'stairs with my black veil down. I could hear my heartbeat. : Kitty open ed the door, called out "Why, aunty, dear !" and shut it. ' . "I have opened the door between my room and Mrs.. Mull's," she said. "I - have found something. ' I can't appear in this matter. - You must see for yourself." - : She led me into the., handsome room and went to a wardrobe. There, from beneath other .dresses, she drew a plainly cut, coat,' or : redingote, of thin black; cloth, with many buttons down the front, and. spread it on a How They Tell Time In Xepanl, There are no publio schools in Ne paul. The sons of princes and nobles even our young king, while ho is yet only a boy are taught at home by tho guru, or nousenoid priest, wno is sup posed to be also a pundit,orvery learn ed man. Later, the young men of rank are sent to Patna, Benares or Calcutta, where they learn to sxeak English and to wear English clothes, and to tell the time of day by an English clock ; for in Nepaul time is measured by means of a copper vessel, with a small hole in the bottom, set afloat on a tank or pool. Sixty times a day this kettle fills and sinks, and every time it sinks a gong is struck ; so that the day is divided into sixty "gongs" or "bells" as sailors reckon time aboard ship. Tho poor Bhooitya, shepherds, or tho Ne war women who make pottery in tho fields, say that the day is begun when they can count the tiles on the roof of a of a house, or when they can see tho hair on tho back of a man's hand by holding it up against the light. St. Nicholas. mOORESSIVE SCOTCH WOMXX. The degrees of bachelor of medicine and of master in surgery havo this year, for the first timo in tho history of tho Scottish universities, been con ferred on women.- Ono of theso young women, who ranked third in a class of sixty-ono members, stood first in her class in zoology, practical chem istry, anatomy, history, physiology, surgery, medicine, pathology, and midwifery. Her clinical work was dono in th3 Royal Hospital for Sick Children and in the Royal Infirmary. Tho other young woman who received a degrco, and who has douo excellent j work during her seven years collcgo . . course, will oc; as medical assistant to her father, who is a Glasgow phy sician. New York Post, buttons of ivory or of brown ahcL Jet black quill feathers cove red with jet powder, and black loca fan pleat ing and loops glittering with jet spangles, aro styles of trim, ruin j ranch used on tonnes and turban for " tho falL rinrnage decorated with jet is fa.h ionablo in qailk and wias where tho outline aru marked with a jot frostis,; or tho cellaold pans-a cover tho cen tre, one-half or tho cntiro fc2 of tho ornament For decorating Landiarae evenis- gowns of brocvlo or ahot ti!k Is tha new velours pcluchc, a deep-piVl vel vet, which proraia:a to ba largely 3k4 this winter. It oi icars ia all the evening ahades. Iilon) waUts of tccordiaapUUd chiffjn over Uff-.;ta or ahot a -3 rah ;ll aro offered by tho importer. They aro raado with foil cIKw aicevrs nnd havo trcttv b:!t of watered ribban. A 'drca4 improver it aomcthic.'j very nice to have. It ta a j:ncwlit new idea. It is mads of th- irry a i.o:o.co3. tDrrrta 8:ra fa Ers-i j Kt barrel L23 rvoccjUicTt M tV r:i ! t.X Corrrs ta rrarrt 1-km l'ir t -a -rr ksra fa Tm,isl t?;? c! XZX.'O) LcsUrroll.t-2. Avrv eUaS erl'V ct lirs cf u:d ta 21 Tc;. tliJ, at lUrt i:;4 Tcia-, aJ:r tc:j ta T?.co3 till j-c.tr. Tsa Cts ir t tilled cm Twa S-ffctifra tt::s. wf; it t t tn C'J- ta I ; 7. wL4 UrvTtt GcTtaxrr eft-tv!t ar UrTx.'r rr- Taa xr iv 'r rz?i:zr e? V tleo-ai!rT txr ttJ I-"- ta w '.ti Urrual2 j J rrwtux t jcii. IlilTJUr iti ra?il mcTZt ta tt OoirrTtcr wa.t rons to tv l-rj- tafw TaKlrva T-rtf Onr-iiwlra 1m ttJar;3-tia ta crtlam met Z yc twsx. H U tt?l ltrv r&.i sjj l tt- Awtc: cm La 2Crw Yo Cy ta crtc waa il jm-t aai wJ sa fxss 13 t-kr tt cpit la i- rr. 7 - i-:rr:-t;ia ur tit ;rcii rj itflrrsLi eihrixos in rASino:.. Men aro fond of saying that car rings aro a relic of barbarism, and (k far no women has seriously disputed the statement; nevertheless they havo I lightest hair cloth. been recalled from their state of in- pound and docs away.wiih the rued of nocuous desuetude, and onca more heavy skirts keeping the dress ta tho jeweller has tho fashionable dame I proper line. does tot wcih by the car. Buyers aro taken into the trying-on room to get the effect on artificial light. There is a maid servant and toilet requisites for a coiffure, 'for only a vulgarian ever wears jewels in daylight with a bonnot. Fruit Eating to Cure All Ills. A new society of cranks has been started by a former lieutenant in tho Trays of hoops, pendants, screw soli- ioors $a front. Very beautiful earfa twoyards Ion and half a yard wida are uado of heavy battered-colored net, tho ends hcaTily fiaUbsd with lc J dcijn. These scarfs aro p . J frosi front to back, crossed thcra and tied w;th lon German army," says the Medical Rec ord. "His name is Boeter. He is the leader of a new 'ism,' and as . such sailed recently from San Francisco to Honolulu. The 'Fruitarians' is tho name of the new society he represents, and their belief or rather notion ia that modern civilization is full of van ities and strange notions, and greatly needs reforming. The members cat nothing but ripe fruit, eschew cooked food of any kind, and drink only wa ter. They are to live in hut3, bare of the comforts of civilization, and go naked. Ex-Lieut Boeter intends to buy a largo tract of land in the Sand wich Islands, or, perhaps, a , small island outright, for the purpose of founding a colony. . He Could Not Fall Slowly. Fond Parent Goodness, how you look, child. You are soaked. Frankie -Please, pa, I fell into the canal. -':: ' ; Fond Parent "What, with your new trousers on? Frankie I didn't have time, pa, to to take 'em oft Boston Homo Jour nal. : "- " ' j " - ' ' - The first muffs were mado , for the use of doctors to keep their fingers warm, that they might accurately feel J the pulso of their "patients. ' : taires and car bobs aro bronght forth for inspection, and if nothing in tho collection pleases, tho lady, her meas ure is taken, tdones aro selected, fin ished designs aro submitted and the ornaments mado to order. For moro than two thousand years the earring has fluctuated with tho tide of fashion. At ono timo tho ear hoops wcro two inches in diameter, and only forty years ago our swooning, light headed lochrymoso mothers woro pendant ornaments as long as their tatting shuttles. Thoso who could not afford solid gold wero content with "loaded" earrings, and it was not un til tho car lobes gavo out that tho fash ion, for which Eugenie was responsi ble, changed. So wise a lady oa tho Qnecn of England adopted tho wag ging bugles. But this is not tho point. Earrings are in fashion again, and it remains to bo seen whether or not they will be tho style. If the bandeaux take and they havo taken in Paris tho earrings will bo indispensable .to tho broad or moon-faced women who adopt tho coiffure. -Parting tho hair and then drawing it down to or over tho cars has tho effect, as every lady knows, of widening tho face, which is not tho beet view of an ugly face. By orna menting tho cars the effect may lc softened or tho attention distracted. i There is a return ta soft. camel hair, a delightful fabric that wa displaced by tho atilfcr cloths preferred by tailor. Tti is now made very fleecy, and ometinss with the pilo flattened la what is called the India finih. Tho bustle effect ia tho latest novelty ia new gowns. Tho back is formed by foar box plaits which aro vn to stiff cap piece. Thco cap aro of tho material lined with hor&chair, and set out straight from the wabt. Tho capn aro finished with a cord and the box plait bang from tho outer edt. " Velvet sleeves, with corslet to nt:h. aro worn with plain cloth or silk waiat- and richly plaided or striped gooda continue to bs employed for guimpc and slecvca, Stylih bcao drc&sea aro still mado Ion,?, bat net long enough to bo called trained. whilo full trains are only worn with the most elaborate toilet's. There aro any number of new fancy velvets ia watirc l, ehckel, and mir oir effects to be ued for triaaruinr or pnrls of tho sirt and bodice. An other iirttr fauna lor accessories m an nrnisrcd sit;?n in libl tint, over laid with a ncUlito wcato of blaek a5 1 gold. , IlMalj emplojcd for cntiro dresses with black eatia or velvet gr n it urea. F0!ICE!T PEOPLE Hto.-. .... Zzw tiiia oirra rrrsra wrt:rt ta rc;-a-rl:x- GsaaaAi. VrtxAW rrw. f tt t-r ties Af-j", U a.s tzi:f-:t jmrt e TTaxiiW tT4trxr JLrrca ti -pfr?e.j wt:a liz: tcirt j 19 exti aj3 I t,to?.i:i3 yw'j Lirrv Tmricx. i v-f. 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