The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of the County.
Vol. XX. { <Tr«*rV»<cr.) GASTONIA, N. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 18«0.
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DEWEY’S GREAT OYATIOH.
New York Aglow—The City Gaily Attired—Bunting
by the Hundreds of fliles—A Million People There to
Participate In the Celebration, Which Begins
With the Great Naval Parade To-day—In
spiring Scenes on and About the Olympia.
New York, Sept. 38. — Now York !■
gorgeously decked lo-d*y In I ere or of
Lbs gallant Bailor wbo le waulug at linr
gata. Had an uoeao ol color swept
through Ike oilr, lla sbbiug lids could
oOt bare stained (be sliest* more bril
liantly. Hunticd* of miles of red,
white and blue lain ling cover the uolile
faoadea of Broadway and Fifth avenue,
and a million fi«gs flutter over llte
town. Not even the eburehte have es
caped the universal decoraHnos. Tne
door* and gothic windows of Old Trin
ity oo lower Broadway «re gracefully
draped with the ustluual colors, and
In ancient Trinity graveyard tbe tomb
of tbe gallant sailor, who, dying. Is
sued the command not to give up ttie
ablp. lit* shrouded lu the silken folds
of tie flag for which lie died. A mll
llor visitors arc line to partlolpite In
the, riouscelebraiion. Kvery road la
pouring In n steady stream until Ilia
ft reels are crowded niorulngand olgbt.
tha surface and elevated car* are filled
to overflowing and the hotel corridors
are jammed with visitors. The gaily
appareled soldier or mauy 'lairs, who
ars to taka part In the land pa rad■ on
Saturday, began trooping la to day and
there was no boar when uniformed
men were not moving la some quarter
of the city to tbe siuud of fife and
drams sag liorus. Sailors sod marina*
ashore from the big fighting midilne*
helped to swell the crowd Iroopiog in
all dtraotiooa. Uniformed memuers of
the staff* of lbs arriving (iuvsrnur*
were everywhere.
T«a TWO DATS C KLBDIIATION.
Tbs Smugs iseutt for the two days’
cslebratloo are OJmplncd. The great
Madison Square m -deled after Ib-i
triumphal arch of Titus and upon
which the must famous sculptor* of
America have lavUbrd thsir gvmuv U
practically (tctgtied and elands a su
perb tribute to the nslluo's hero It
•s mors beautifa) than tbe aich In
Rome.
A OREAT CEUSIt AIKIARD THE OLY*C
m.
To day the floaUllu ley quietly at
anchor of Tompklotville, a lowering
spectacle of uavel might aod power to
tbe teua of thousand* who tailed down
Iu toga. In yaclita aud In steamer* to
ace the ships. Tba crush to get aboard
the Olympia never abated fur a min
ute, and, as great indulgence aiukown
by Admiral Drwey, a goodly portion of
llioaa who beaelgrd tbs gangways got
aboard. At limes the ship *aa fairly
overrun. These crowd* and Hie official
visits the admiral recalved scarcely
gave bltn aud bis officer* time to
breathe. The Jackies to-day got tbe
medal* which Cong rest voted them,
aud proudly displayed them to Hie vis
itors until Jaffrtee, the pugilist, cam*
aboard. Jaek lores a lighter, and while
the big slugger was aboird, tba tars
were obvious to all else.
OKWEY’8 riQtlTUiU OAFTAINB CALL.
Owing to tha stream of official vlil
tors, the roar of salotes continued ah
moat without Interruption all day.
Major Nelson A. Miles, at the I wad of
the Washington committee, called to
submit the programme for tba twerp
lino at the nallooal eapllol. and Major
General MerrlU and lilt staff, stiff with
gold braid, came ovsr front Governor's
Island to officially welcome Admiral
Dawey, in tbe name of tbe army. They
were received with all tbe honors be
Attlag thalr rank, but the cllonxx was
uot reached until Governor Huuswvwlt,
of New York, came down the bay In
Urn afternoon on tbe yacht Wild Dock.
He was accompanied by General Fran
cis w. Greene, aooae officers of the New
York Navel MallUa and several of
Dewey's captains at Maollna, inatnd
lo* . ®!rw. of tha Baltimore;
Captain Wood, of tba Petrel; Captain
Niff0*- Uw Beaton: aod t'wptalo
Walker, of Ur* Concord. Wbon they
got aboard Admiral Dawey took thaw
over tba ship, aud the sight of the
lighting captains eat tbe tare mad with
delight. Nothing could restrain their
enthusiasm, and round after round of
obaars greeted tlw appearance of Lhasa
officer*. .
ouvriikor nooeavsir roknrrALU
ran mayor
Governor ttooarrak waa Aaalatanl
Secretary of tbe Navy when Dawvy
was anil to tba oommaod of tha Aetatie
squadron, and Uaotral Green, who
•erred In tba Phllipdtnes, la a pannoal
frteod of tba admiral, ot many years
standing. Tba tight of tha captain*
wbo war* with him durlag tba streaa of
that hot day In Maolta Biy. waa good
for tba admiral’* aye*, to that altogetb
rr Admiral Otway aeamad to enjoy
tbit ofllatal vlalt mot* thao any ha baa
received. The local municipal author
lliaa are aomewbai piqued because Oov
eroor Uooaevrlt extended the formal
welcome of tba Hlata to the admiral
before the mayor bad an opportunity
to offer hie olllela] fretting on behalf
of tba olty. This ceremony will occur
to morrow.
TUB NAVAl. PAbAltR TO DAY,
Wblla much powder wan flung luto
smoke down the bay tivday, much
more Will be burned to morrow during
I ho great naval parade un the Iludaen
river. The atari;* parade, nalcva It la
marred by bud waalher. which iha lo
eat fcrecaater uofortonata predict a. la
rxpratad to rcllpea all pew tout water
uageaata on tbla tide of tlm world.
The parade will move at 1 o’clock In
four d I v laloris. Klrat will corn- the
warship*, beaded by the Ulyaipia and
flanked ow atttwr atda by Ue torpedo
buete. They will be felloeed try a fleet
of white reran oe cotter*, ffotlowlag
them win be the ateean yachts Ik dou
ble oolumn, lad by tba Ooraalr, Ow
flagship of lbo Now York Yacht Oak.
To Sir Thotnai TAplon's Erin baa beta
accorded tbe tumor of beading Uie
starboard column Ibis dtvlaioo.
There will be 187 yacht* In line. The
tbe third division will consist of lbs
merchant marine ate mere, and an
Indiscriminate (last of tuga, bargee sod
uaatlacbed vessel* will brlog up tlie
roar.
MINK XII.Ki or knit's.
It Is expected that lha line nt ship*
will Iw blue mllee long and that half
a million peophi will b* afloat. The pa
rede with Uie Olympia In the van. will
move np the north river In Ute stake
luat, t*t. Marla, au old practice ship
of tlie n«vv, which la moored nppual **
tbe Grant lumisoluem, m Blvemde
I'arlt. After rounding lire tlnkehoal
the Olympia will come to anchor be
low two be-iutiful (list* representing
peace and victory, mid **»ch wi.r»lilp
In its turn will drop In below the flag
ship. The uatlouaf axial? of il giia*
will bo Qred in honor of the hero of
Appom*tun. The torpedo boats and
reeenna natters will anchor opposite
tha line of warahipa under tha bluff,
and helween lbase lwo line* the civil
urn or tbe parade will pats lu review,
hear Admiral Huwlson has gracefully
yielded the prvaedenee to Hear Admi
ral Sampson In Uin matter of ships’
divtilou. Tha commauder of the South
Atlantic station will simply tw present
xa a tprelalor and bring up the end of
the line with tbe Cnlcaio. IWr Ad
mirul Saaspaou will follow the Olympia
in New York, bat will dy the red Hag
while Uowlaoo (line the blue.
hvchytrino rxigrau am
To-morr iw eight ihc grandest lllu
tnloallm and Ore work* diaplayed In tbe
history of the city will occur. To-night
there wet a preliminary Illumination
of rare beauty. All Uie bulldinga ou
tha water front were lighted up. Oa
Uie Brooklyn bridge, la letter* of Are
thirty feet high, dashed the words,
‘•Wetoome Dawey.” whila aunuilane
ouaty from tha abore of tbe Sett nod
North rivers. Staten nod Governor's
Islands, red Are gloved end sputtered,
tending up fantastic cloud* of aeunke.
turning lbs calm water Into a aea of
lurid dame sod transforming tbe craft
in tbe harbor Into red epeetres.
* >Hrni> r»i »ewkv.
OMBBuwhsr Hair* rmwa II la with
hmiu'i IwlM-ka
•M«l,
New York, dept. Ifl—Commander
Urorge \V. Baird, wbo sailed w'th Far
rag.it sod Doway tn Uw Writ Gulf
dqoadron, lu 18*>1, on visiting the
Olympia to-day, unrolled a package
which he had carefully gearded all the
way tn the alnp, and displaying a faded
blue ad ml ral'4 endtga. a poo which were
stltcued four white stars, he said to
Admiral Dewey: “Admiral, I wish to
present to yon tha first admiral’s flag
ever 'brokeo oof In the navy of this
oouotry. The grand old admiral whose
name and memory all ao reverf, drat
hoisted this ensign upon the good ship
Hartford, before New Orleans, and af
terwards upon the Franklin; and since
It came dowa I raw that masthead It
baa never been whipped by tha wind
or worn by tba element*. Yon, the
worthy successor of that great admiral,
whose taotloi yon ao suaeeaefully fol
lowed a abort wbUa ago. I deem tbs
proper person for Farragul’a mantle to
fall upon."
Tbls lUg was made by finariermas
l*r. Knowles out of a blue “number”
Bag, when Karra gut was Drat made rear
admiral. Tba white stars ware sewed
on It. When Fsrragot was mads ao
admiral two more white atari ware
•awed on It. Fsrvagul flew this flag
oa the Hanford at New Orleans, sod
afterward la tha Mediterranean.
Admiral Dewey was deeply affected
and tears were In hie eyes aa he gated
at iba souvenir. It was several mo
menu before be canid And his voice.
Finally Ire said: “I’ll fly it; I’D fly it at
tha masthead; I’ll fly It la the parade;
I'll fly It always, and—and—waen 1
strike my admiral's dag—this will be
the flag I shall alrlke.”
run iM mow impraaeiva K«M
that liaa occurred on tba Olympiaatoaa
bcr arrival la part and for aume time
do one apoka. Tha alleooe war broken
bf Dnaroy who called hia Cbloeae stew
ard and intend a eaaa of champagne.
Tha Waablagtonlana revalued on
board chatting a lib the admiral for an
boor. A portion of tha aoiovltlen
left for Waahlogton at 3 JO o’cluek.
■m aorajo r» mawptwt gataa
Tba wijraapla to ba Meat la Uaa Weave
Jfnvjr YnH.
Waahlogton, Sept. 38 —Ueoretary
1-org to-day replied to the appboelbm
of the clltaaaa of Norfolk and viclolty
to taava Ilia Olympt t s**ul to llaiaploa
Hnada, In eompaoy with tba North At
lantic aqHadron, declining the aaoeitoa
of tha proposition.
Tha Olympia la to g> out of eoramle
•lon at tha Boston navy yard, *i that
tba people of Boat an olli harm an op
portunity taj aaa tha famous graft,
though II mav not ba with tba great
admiral aboard, a* be la likely to bo
detaokel In tho oouree of a few Jaya.
llelag actually already detached from
tha commaod of tba Aalatte atatlon, be
la in faet scarcely In nee 1 of an order
of Aetaohfaenl. aad aa»y leave for bla
home In Vermont at bla own pleasure
It la believed be will avail IrlmseU at
that privilege Immediately after Me
visit lo Wasblagtoo neat week.
a rarraar rat warrt.
Tael re staaNred r I' ap t a ar o»e « aaeal
«N" Vl»*t ia# Warahlpe—k WuOee
fal Trlbate eflMg.
Now York, Sept. 38 —Twelve kan
dred Wrong, the People's Choral Ualoa,
led by Frank Daturuaeh, paid • tribute
of eoof to-atgbt to tbe tea-heroes.
Abaot ae.eti hundred of tbs aiogers
were women. In the steamer Warwick
they left the pier at Batsman stiaal at
7:40 a. Hi- xnd 40 minute* lotar lb*
,Warwioa lay tu 60 yards from tbe atom
of ilia Olvmpin. "My Country 'Tie of
Thee,” woe tbe Bret number and as
loon as It we* over the Jock lea and o!D
c«r* expressed tlu-lr appreciation by
three hearty cheers aud a tiger.
Then the flashlights played and
ebowed the admiral's flag kt tike tout
head. Three cheers arose from the
Warwick, and then tbe 1.900 singers
broke forth Into tbe stirring strain*,
"dee tbe Conquering Hero Comet."
The bind of the Olympia played the
"Star Bpangled Banner” and tbe band
oo tbe Wxrwlcli Joined in, and the
Olympia's helped Ibe rUltcr* to Oil the
night with the magnificent chorus.
“Three ctwar* fur Dewey I” tome one
oo the Wnrwlekealled, >oos roar waul
up from the dim dark Hoe along the
rail of the Olympia u well aa from the
excuratou boat. The uuion next tang
Ibe “Hallelujah." olturus from Limn
del’* "Ueaalah," ns tbe Warwick drew
away, but the anxiety at tbe singer* to
crowd tbe bow and try to gat a glimpse
or llie admiral cut the singing eliort.
Further away th« Warwick draw up,
end the singer* united In tha hoe mu
sic uT “Usnof Harlech." That waa
well under way when the nnUoual col
or* were run up un the stern of the
Olympia, and with a searchlight full
un Old Glory It wa« graorfully dipped
by way or salute and ibauks. "Tha
Star Bpangtsd Banner" again rang out
la swelling chorus and lliat was tbe
slugs re* guod-algui to the greet ad
miral.
Than liar Admiral Sara peon'a alitp,
the New York. Wai lougbl out. while
along the line wanlilpa. a karting
W|H| U>a Olympia, rad uod white signal
l(«ht* winked bniily paaing Ibe word
In give lbs choral uoio>' a Oiling re
ception. libl, whatever tits aigual*.
the Now York’s crew goto Uie aiogrra
a warm welcome u they approached
singing “The Battle llymo of Ibe Re
public.”
The New York’s searchlights were
turned on I lie sin gun, and they cheered
lor Ksmpaou and wero answered with
cheer* l>y the crew. Tbao somebody
on the Warwick celled out, "Three
cheers for Admiral Schley]” and tbo
answering stiont wit fully a loud a
that wbtoh went before. Then fol
lowed Ibe “Hymn of Thank*.’’ “lialle
i«h llymu," "America,” uod "The
Slur Spangled Banner.”
Rear Admiral Howltou’a flagship,
tbe Ctitcagn, way next visited. Th*
anchor watch only Was on deck, hut
they worked lire searchlights bravely,
sod their signal light* did • lot of
winking, presumably rrportlng Ibe
singers on band and well, the singers
cheered Ibe admiral. Tb* Warwick
started back to Manhattan at 10:50
o’clock.
•aalksra Trwapa AreJrrS.
Now York, Sept. 28.—Tbe out-of
town National Guards and ntber sol
dier organizations which are to take
part io (Saturday’s parade, will arrive
Id greater numbers to-morrow. Few
of them (mm lb* other (Mata are ar
riving exactly on schedule time, borne
of them are ahead of it. The Way
crosa Rida*, tbe Brunswick It'rlee, Sa
vannah Cadets, all of Georgia, and all
com pan la of National Guardsmen
fioaa Atlauta, Oa., arrived on a special
train to-oigbt ovat the Pennsylvania.
They are quartered Id tbe Fourteenth
.-_-a, compos
ing the battalion sent oy South Caroli
na, ar* made up or lb* Washington
Light Infantry, of Charleston; tbe
Genoao Fuslleers, of Charleston, Cap
tain Schroder; Uie Sumter Guards,
Captain Keith; the Sumter Light In
fantry, Captain Lee; the Greenvlll*
Light Infantry, of Graravilln, Lieuten
ant Davit; tlie Smyth RIAaa, of Felznr.
Captain Weal; and the Richlaod Vol
unteers. of Rlchlasd. Captain Kirk
land. They are quartered at No. 80
Bast Fourth atraet.
Four rooipaotf a or the First Georgia
Hvgiment arrived In Jersey OUy from
Atlanta to night at 1025, and marched
on board on annex Unit, which took
•them to Brooklyn, where they will be
quartered la one of lbs armories.
•wwey Fan (It* Teak May a* Fee
New York. Admiral Daw
ev ha already expressed some donut
that be will he able to go tbrooght thv
dutla attendant on Me reception, with
out an Bering extraordinary, fatigue.
Tbe roe tine of Uie admiral’* move
ment* for Uw two day* of the oelebra
Uoo haa (*•« Axed. U will occupy at
least 12 boon of Friday and 16 hours
of Saturday.
On Friday, at 11 o’Mook, on board
the Olympia. Admiral Dewey will re
oalva tba mayor and U>e reception com
mrttaa. Somewhat later, about noon,
ho will rat am Urn call, going aboard
the Sei-Uy Uook, at anchor war tire
Olympia. At 1 o*olook, na tba Olym
pia, leading the naval parade, bn will
marl Ik a proeaaaloa to tba aUkeboat
oppnnlte (liuat'a tomb anchored oppo
plte Una Hundred anil Sixth etraet.
At a o'clock It U uprated tba rev law
will begin. U will feet Uwee nr three
and • half hour* Ha gill dine, ae
curd I ox to u rearrangement*, whore ho
may aao lit, probably aboard the Olym
pia. I hough GO alula have opened their
d«--r* to him. la tho uvoaing, the
mayor'* boat will b* placed at bit Ola
poeul for the reviowhig of the Illumi
nated city. He haa d-ctded to eleap an
the Olympia.
ru« Wmlbw In a*u Tark TMi a«n.
tag.
New York, Sapt. JXt -At 1 o'clock
Ikla (Friday) morning Dm kky >a per
faotly elver and there la leta wind than
on ye at er day. Tha alghal nervtoa p»..
dicta ahoweie tbla afternoon and to
night and fair and cooler weather
to-morrow with brink wlade. The
abowria thla afternoon will not l«
b**vy or long continued, and will not
Id tartar* with tha naval parade.
A company h*a been organitrd lo
build a gdno.Ottj ootteo mill In Dur
ham
j BILL GETS MANY LETTERS.
AND HAS TO HATE KELP IN AH
8WSBIHG THEM.
I« ■■all •» Waaaitaa-lan awl Olrta
Kewwtara Beak KaaaMff. awl Bill
T»k« PlHHrfln Wrlilnjr UUan.
IMII Arp IB AiUoti OonatUuUun.
It I* a hopeful sign that *0 may of
Ue yoong girls nod boy* have a tblrot
for knowledge. Tba youth's depart
ment In the uewipayeta and magazine*
la growing Into Importance . end their
leltera to the editors betoken atndluua
mlndt Tbe art or letter writing ia It
eeir oot oaly a* aenompHibawnt, but a
good part of a puliahed education.
r.'Uera Indicate obaraoler aud good
letter* requlru thought. Tbe letter*
or uouabl* men and women ere tbe
beet patt of tbalr biographies They
are an Index to Urn heel, tba emotions,
the dlpositioD. Tima waa wbco but
few could write alL, and tba opeuleg of
tbe mail In a country town was a small
affair. I know from ax pert Doe tor.
wbeu I waa lu my teens my father was
the postmaster nod I had tbe wore to
do. There are now at least ten letter*
per capita to where there was one In
those days. One great drawback no
letter writing ttieu waa the anal uf
postage. A Tetter tea pi toe within
the Htate 12J eenla aud the postage
had to b* paid by tbs person receiving
It. and If ft waa a poor teller be fell
like be was Cheated Many a Mlei
was banded back to me with sue ■ e
remark aa ■•Well, I reckon It’s from
Dlek Jones, oysr In Arkawaaw, aud I
halu't got the quarter. Joel put It
beek till I corns agio.”
** inn wu*7 UUWaUKJl LU HH'
•wer alt the letters I rvoalv*. Uy wile
and daughter* help to keep up lli« oor
roepuedtoee with lira far-away boys
ami ether kind red, but good frleud*
who write kind Utter* to me m*«t be
aiMWrred is prison. Such letter* are •
pleaaure and a cimfort.
Then, tb*rc are many letter* asking
for charity or a HltU help for ( church
that only remind me how poor I am.
But then latter* from inquiring
mind* wbo are Id pursuit of knowledge
and perpiexod about lire mysteries of
□store always interest me sad I bare
to pretvod to be a wise mao whether I
am or uot.
Now, here la ou< from a pretty school
girl In her teens. I know that (be Is
pretty, because su* write* s prsttv let
ter and there I* not s Mot oraotrniuiw
or a misspelled word. She wants to
know where tbs day begins sod why,
and where the navigator* first Bud a
change. O course that is worth know
ing. *nd 1 suppose that very ftw out
side of colleges and the continental
travelers and the ira-farlng mao under
stand It.
Wrl) my dear girl, the day begins
wbera mau begun—to the garden of
Ktlen. If Hue Creator bad oliorsn New
York or CbarUiton for lb*l garden,
tiie day would have begun over lie's on
this coslioeot and extended westward
to California, aa the tbs people multi
plied and carried it there. Of clone
the day kept lie name and Its date
around, and east of Hslentlns aa far aa
llm sen, but westward the tide of em
pire lakes its way and ao did the tide
of time. Columboe brought the day
with blm to Mils cootlnout. From our
•astern coast lbs people took It to Cal
ifornia. and from liters the mission
aries look It to Uis Sandwich Islands,
and It continued to follow tba sun un
til the navigators got around to Bom
bay sod Ilong Koog and Cairo aod
found they bad lost a day aod It was
Monday Instead of Sunday. And time•
Wbo sal led eastward and travslorl
against the sue found that limy had
gained a day and II wn Saturday in
stead of Hunday.
Bat it U not so oow, for there la au
international Hoe In mid-ocean— a
muodean that baa l>eeu established by
Ilia nont power* and iiooeptod by (be
navigator* of all nations M the change
of date lloe. Tbl* line In lfH* degrees
west or Qreenwlob aod runs from New
Zealand north to Bering •trails and
goes nut far from Barrios It la lust
bait way around the world from Lou
don uod Is called the Antlpjdo of
Greenwich. It Is 1,300 mile* west of
tlrwntl and 3,8110 wwt of Ban Francis
00. This Hue is cbacked-marked on
the sp-to data map* sad Sunday Vs
printed on the welt elds and Monday
«o the cast. Navigators tell by their
log books and compass whim they bava
revoked it. and Um eapUlo or the
mat# an noun oaa It with graat otrv
mouy : "Bet the day clock back twen
ty four hoars. We bave crossed the
lias."
r or many ytttra our American rail
paye, <i limy prami'd lheir way from
the Atlantia to the TeclOe found the
queattvu of time very eoafuaiug, and
hesoe by eooaant of action they eatab
liuhrd four diriaiuna of railroad time
aod Marked loDgtltudlual hues l/KJO
mllea apart to Indicate thorn. Wi»u
tba train croaaaa one Of tbaaa lioea tbe
paaaenpaia aet tbelr watcbaa back or
forward Joat ooa door, for lha aun
more* or aaeina to mare Joat 1,000
mllea an hour. Theta kloadaan Hue#
divide time Into eietern. oantra), mono
tala and Paeldc, aad ibay para through
Mew York ally, 8t Loot*. Drove-- and
Oeraoo City, aad tbarafora whan It la
U o'olvok la Maw York oily it |a only
• o'clock in Oullforola. Tba railroad
corn pan lea. Uowerar, could not eat
tbalr Hrtea In taro 10 aull theae moir
deaae aad beoea tbalr railroad time la
a ng a ig crooked Una to at tbalr ter
Mlnal potuta, but It approxluuiaa tha
mondenn.
Thla U not all that could liu * rluan
about 11 Be aod where lha day baglna.
but It la auougb to aiUefy tbe ach-xtl
klrlt a in? boy a. and eepeelally the pret
ty gill who wr'lea me fr-xu Moitte.
In Ibeae daya of taltatrepli and ow-o
ouldro It aetata vary fon -y lu ua eater
ane that Whao a meaaege l« aenl froM
Loudon It gala kero two ur three hour*
bafara It atari t, aad If wa aand a trie
gtaa to rlea Praadoeo today at aeon
It gate there at Bine o'cloek trite Morn
ing Tba battle nf Mantle waa fnuelit
on Sunday morning, but tba nuwa of It
oneee on Saturday night before. How
■a that f I
E liar Po« wrote a pretty little atory
ealtod “Three Sunday* In n Weak." lo
wbloli ba told ahuut a yoong man who
waa adopted and reared by a rich oM
bachelor nod* who had beao a aaa cap
talo, and bow tbe uld sailor waa to
laava hi* urpbaw a Urge »n If ha ba
bared lo suit him. Ttia old man waa
cooirary and the yoong man was awful
uocaay for faar ba would 4a aometbtog
to dlaplaaa* him. At last ha fall tu
lore, of oouraa, with a very poor bat •
pretty girl earned Kate. They kept
lltalr lore a secret aod lived oo it for
aboot a year and thought tbe old captain
didn't know It bat ba did a? tba deter
mined to gat married a van tbo’ It
aliould uiska tba old man mad and he
aliould turn them out of doors and not
Wave them anything whan be died. So
oa Sunday morning Jack took Kata by
tba hand aod boldly they want Into the
old mao’* presanoa aad told him all
about It, aod that they had come far
hi* consent and for him to Us tba day
wbr.» they should ba turned. Tba
oM fallow waa really glad of it. for he
liked tba girl, but b* oouldn't help ba
ll* contrary aodao ha Mattered around
and pretended to ba vary aad. and
dually wound up by saying: “Yea,
ya*. you may gat married, and I’ll aay
when—yaa when. Well you may gat
married when there ara three Sundays
lu a weak. Yaa, than and not before.
This was nwfal und lb* aad young
couple were about to leave when there
was a knock at the door. When it waa I
opened two tailors, a** captains, tea,
cam* rnahiag la and arts*) the old
man'* baud* and bugged him, and, all
three *1 jolly, for they ware old chums
and bad nut aeea saoh utbar for a yaar. 1
Tbv old unci* introduced than to tbe
youot mao and Kate aad arid torn*
thing nice about them If* soon
brought out soma liar old ifaderta and
mid-everybody Ukj a drink. After
while Captain Pratt said : Well, uow
I remember tba last time we ware to.
gather ws had a royal game of card*.
Suppoe* we have another game as a re
minder."
” Jj, uo,” Slid the old ancle. “Gool
friends, you forget that this l» Sunday,
sod true Englnbman never trier cards
on Sunday.” ••Sunday, Indeed,” ex- I
eUlmrd Oipuiu Prut. “It is Monday
Ysjterday we* Sunday, end I bsd
prayer* on board atrip as I always do.”
Captain Smithson lir this time was ex
ciicol and exclaiai-td ; *• Why yau are
both crasy. Today Is Saturday and to
morrow will b* Sunday. Dido’t l
make my * si lur> scrub ship this morn
lug lot fora sunrise as w* cam* into
port, and don’t wa always eorub ship
0,1 Saturday. IVhat era you thinking
about.”
Tboa tbi old unole laughed and
chuckled aiiddiocrd around lb* room
lu great glea. for bis wiu* wis doing
work.
“8audsy—Sunday 1" be exjUim *d.
“Pratt lay* fist yesterday wa* Huuday
Smithson tweara Uiat tomorrow will
be'Suadsy, end [ swear that today la
Sunday. Hat list bu! I s-w bow H la
Pratt sailed west from Lvndii-i end
SmitlHoa sailed east uad bivs iisi
amuoil tbe world in opposite dir-clUms
and I base stayed at home Truce Sco
days la a work, by Jupiter. Her*.
Jaek. you you ig dog. go after tbs
prvociMr and yon aa l K tie get m irried
to-day. for It will be * long time before
three Sundays corns together again.” ‘
I haven’t told Ilia story as Pus t >14
It. but that Is lb o gist of It,
•ksl sts Users* monitor ts.
Askrvino OUsoo.
Now that Dreyfua boa h.-en pardoned
a correspondent asks wbat it was nil
about. He knows that a ate ret dossier
out a prominent flguro In the osie, but
doesn’t know wbat a aeoret doeafsr la
ne inspect that it waa some sort of la
fornai machine, but wlabea to know tbe
truth The CYtfirn la fortunately able
to supply tills demand fur truth. How
nr* got at the fasts need not be told,
but the feet atrsa brlnw ore attested
by nlee French g.-uertls Tn* oo itent*
of tbe secret dustier sre as followa :
A bootjack ai*d by Jalius Caesar
while be wis writing fils sohool history
of lbs Gallic war,
Tbe left hind foot of Balaam’* use.
A Was poker chip found In Dreyfus’
desk drawer.
A Bepablioan editorial siyiug tbtv
blmutallkim la a di-ad Issue.
A $10 Ounfederatc note.
A bssby-blus skirt waist worn by
Richard Harding Divis et the Betti* of
8setingo.
A boooh of Mr*. I.soglry'a marriage
oerllSeats*
A Nineveh brick wearing too* of
Cbauacey Dspsw’s new Joke*
rice* of bark from William Waldorf
AJtor’a family Ires.
The urack In tba old Liberty ball.
Pull deck of Sunday scbuol tickets
won from Waoamsker by Ussy.
rinse 01 i«o»r traut nntid In Ujta
1’oul'i wliiakar’a
Mark Hanna'i official guld* to tba
Amerluti ballot boa.
Plena of flint oklpped from MjKid
Ioj’i eonacteooe.
A muaUrd tand containing faraMied
l pan ami 11 for Mark Hanna'a amil.
Banobof wblaktrt from Algar'aeo
tulnoad baaf.
Otla’ viotoclouo bine pencil.
A oopjr of • Tba Aatrltu Htatea
rnaa’a Complete Prevaricator." by
Mr. William McKlolay.
Tba Dcok'a lataat aong • "I’m Dad
ar than I avar waa B»fora.”
Thl* tee ret dnaaler abowa that Drry
f<u waa gallty of aoanUlag and that
a peraon named Peareow abowld ba al
lowed to break Into Coat wan,
ICow Yon Praaa.
'*• Who waa llMgraataatflaanelar a ear
known V’
"Httah; two*waa ba floatad ble Block
whan tka aorbl wee In llqaldalloa."
"I wlabto tba
manufacturer* of CbaaaWrlata'a OoHc,
Cbotara and Diarrfcnmt Raioadr, f..r
Haring pat en Urn market auoti a woa
derial medic lea," nay* W. W. Martin
Rill, d Be*tenul. Texaa. Time* nr*
meet lhaaeinde of nanUnra wboe*
children hate been anted Irons aitaoki
of dyeanteay and obotara lofauinn who
mnal alao MM thankful. It In fat ala
by J. It. Deny A Company, Itruggtntn.
TO NT TIP SOUTHERN (ILLS
i mHUBoiumiinm
ObarioHo Otemr.
Bdtlmora, Sw*. Mt-Tta mmfm
Urtri* JUatrd of tkla waofc aoaooooea
tba onaulattioa la Yaw York of a
•judicata at apt wi at aoaa of tba
laatfiof oaptUtatt aad baakan at that
dt; In caaaaatha wttb RaaflM
lac Baatbara biokars. to nn‘in til
oootWna a large aaabar at tulhira
ootton aiUa. Tho tjaillavt ptaana
to parahaaa oatrlgbt aad sap aaab far
good Boataara aottaa taflla, tbaa ta
aoaMoe tbaat with a vtatr la datiat
lag tbatr trad• to tba alawai. c*vtac
bgwdiBatta nUoq ta tba apbalMta« of
lavllkttto?? Utabawaftaavafar
tod tkcaa have now anda a mtcaat
with Mr. Cbariaa E. Flint of Sfav
York, aod bit aaiaatatao, rapraMaUac
tba baaaiaat laatioial lataraMa of that
oitp< wbo bora agraad to faroNb all tba
capital Beaded foe tMa aadartaklog.
Tkla son tract provide* that tho optica
•Hall ba dtpoaiuted with aaa of tho
larcott and ttroapaat traat raatpaaln
la Xaw York. Tba mdlttit baa
»maad that It will pap all oaah tar Ua
ttoek af aacb nUla aa art tabao. Tba
aaaltb aad boalnaaa ffinnwittaat at
Braaob * Oospaav, wbo tapaMat tba
BouUwra aod of tbit work, aad tba
wraith and poaltiou of Mr. PI tat aad
lilt Xaw York ataoetsbta, It la aadt ta
•ay. loaare toccaat, even rioald tba
uadartakiac araatoally n|irnwil $50,
000.000 U *100,000.000 of capital a* U
uow naaclrd.
From each Informallsa aa Um Jtow
ftcbrtit' Record liu gathered, thU »U1
rsprsaaet ana of the largest isdestrtal
operations orgaaiEsd to tha country,
and by for Um largest seer eadsrtshsa
In tha South. Such a combination,
wiilla In as way Interfering with Isde
predeet mills whose stockholders da
ootcanto Mil, will hare saiMaat
eapllsl to push this industry to tha ut
most extant and to materially aid ia
making Um Sooth take lU righUal
piece la the textile manufacturing Is
tereat nt Um world. Lad nit rial mills,
•specially Um smaller owes are hamp
ered In trying to ornate a foreign mar
kftfsrtUelr goods; and ttowever, eel
ueMa their stock may bs intrirsiosliy.
It Is not rsgerdd a* good eoUetsrel
outside of Utolr own aalcbborlMod aad
thsra the supply of m-rary is often too
limited for m free iMs In securing losoe;
but lilseumbtsaU m will lues tbe cep
lul sad ability to put its prod not wall
the open markets of tbs world, aad tha
stock will be listed in Xew York aad
dMVlMffl,
The Incoming to Um B-rntb of the
millions of Northern capital for tbs
pore bees of these propertMS will tore
mom for other local enterprises s east
amount of toes! money iaeaated la
Uism mills, which mesas, tHereford, s
prsotlosl addition In cash to Um active
dulls! of tbs South.
It is understood Uist tha mills will,
In most oases, probably bs ran by the
same men who now control them, bod
by opersUog a odor one general man
agement. theta will be a great dsorasaa
In tbe cost of manufacturing aad mar
keting goods. Coos Id stable progress
bis already twee made la seeitrlag op
tions on mills; swougfa, it is said, to m
onre the orgsuixstteu of a vary lares
oompsuy asd oil of tbs capital needed ,
!****» ™»ob may be required, hag, It1
It stated, been guaranteed. It la ae
deratood that tble csmblnaUoa, beaked
by vest cipiul, will not only pinrtiere
■}“•••• •« profitable operation. bat
Will buy M«uy new mills, aad thus
push to tha Btmost exteat the UuUle
develepmeat of the South materially
aiding la glrlag Uie Booth It rightful
poatUea ns the dominating cotton maa
ufootailog centre of tbo world.
lteporis to tbe Jfantrfeciorrr*’ Record
from a large oaMbar of (tooUism bank
ers, ee to the eoudiUons of tmsinres
sod Um ootlook for Uts fut ute. are si
■east unanimous la staling that tha
ooodlUoaa wars aayar more favorable,
that Industrial Interests are pasted to
Um aiasnat. nod that while the foemM
low prlee of ootton baa bad to soomex
tent a depressing Influence oa ootton
pUntera.lt baa at Um same lime to
countfcd a dlfgnMcatioa of agrtaal
tare. Una making tha death mere aolf
supportiag, and tint with tha reoeet
adreaea to the price of onttoa the out
look far the fsneers is mack asore
cheering.
ntMMrwMiqr.
-A moat waadorfat mrp" write* •
Mtttepoodtat Ute London 3<mw.
hjto lately oaoght by ■ hatha* at
Grlty Sofaoat la Uw moat of th* aa
dent eaatla of Granga la Rl* Tba Ate
wolgted Ofteaa pouada, aad M teak
thraa mao to hM him, Oe bit donal
I* «• » dim plato with tba date
1770.*’
On Uw 10lh ad Dtoambor, 1897, Bar.
H. A, Paoaboo, paato* M. B. Cbrnrob.
Booth Pi- Ptowaat, W. ▼*, rootrao
lad a tame ooM wblah wm atteodad
fwm tba bvRlaalnf bp rtelaat ooogh
tag. Ha tap*: “Aitov raaarUag to a
numbar of aa oattad tpaoOat,' aaaaUa
kept la tba hooaa, to na i—r ti. I
pu rebated a batUa ad CbawbarUlo't
Oaa|h Baoady. whltb aatad tlka a
ebar*. I mote ohaaefolly re on m mood
II U> tbo puMt.“ Poe a»te bp j. B.
Carry A Oowpaoy, Dramnau.
^HwSmaaSS™
“A atU-opanlutr tad eteoiag ambeallt
btt btaa Itrtotod.’’
< That* t* mwd. What Uw world
wtaiobaa aaabraka Uwt win ltd lit
•rap baek burnt tew Mteta.**
wrt-MtrewnMt mt.
Ttbt Laxtlltt Brama (Jala!to TteMt.
All dragxkata refaad Uw mmwp If It
(tilt to oora. Ha. Tba gaaal— baa
L. B. Q. aa oaek UWot
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