The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 26, 1888, Image 1
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VOLUME II. '
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[ Decoration day was tirst established in (
the the south, ami on the 26th of April f
18C><>, the ladies of Colvunbus, Miss., in a
noble spirit of tenderness and hope for the <
renewed uuion, strewed Mowers upon the ,
\ gravt s of b >lh Federals and Confederates, j
This act elicited the following pocin:|
?
By tin* How of Uio inland river
Whence the lice's of war have fled J
Where tin* blab > of crave quiver .
Asleep are the r? nk - of Mie dead.
Under the sodden dew, I
Waitin ' tli judgement day,
Under the one tin* blue,
Under th other the gray I
These in the rollings of glory,
Those in the gloom oi defeat, ]
All with the battle blood go:*y
In the dusk of eternity meet. '
Under the sod and the dew,
Wailing the ju 'cement din
x Under the lieu 1 t e Blue, '
Under the wp'ow the gray. (
From the silence of soi rowful hours i
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with Mowers
Alike for the friend and the foe. i
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the judgement day,
Under 1h?* roses the Blue,
Under the lillies the gray.
So with an equal splendor I
The morning sun rays fall,
With a touch impartially tender
On the blossoms blooming for all. I
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgement (lay,
Broidered with gold the Blue, s
.Mellowed with gold the may.
(
S , when the summer ealleth
On forest and Held of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth ?.
The cooling drip ol the rain. ,
Under tin* sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgement day, c
Wet with tin- rain the Blue,
Wet with the*rain ihe gray. '
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
>+ The generous deed was done; <
In the storm <>1 the years tluu aiv inning (
No braver battle was won.
Under the sod and the dew, j !'
.Waiting the judgment day, . s
Under the blossoms the blue.
Under the garlands the (Jray. s
No more shall tin- war cry sever. '
Or the winding rivers be red; ?
They banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead
Under the sod and the dew, t
Waiting the judgement day,
? Love and tears for the Blue, I [
Tears and love for the (Jray.
uuamis mii.ks fkkncii.
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FI.()KA >1ACIMJNLAXI).
j
riglit.sl, lsss, tiy Funk .V Wngnulls.
In tho winter of 187U I started to
follow the line of (ioneral Green's ^
famous ' retreat8 before Cornwnllisl
" | >
from the Catawba to the Dan,!
in 1 >S1 : but soon turned eastward to
t
Fayettovillo, North Carolina, where
1 arrived toward sunset on a mild *
g
January day. In the evening 1 called
u[?on Mrs. Mel.?---, a sprightly
Scotch woman and a widow, eightyg
seven years of age. She was tho
"oldest inhabitant" in all the region.
She had boon brought from Scotland
when six; was an infant. I was told
that she well remembered the nota- f
bio Flora .McDonald when that lady
was a resident of North Carolina.
She received me verv kindly, and''
j . ' , I
soemod to ho pleased to be <juestinned
about tho famous heroine of
the Hebrides. *
"I was a giri or louriocu, saiu i
Sirs. MoL "when Flora ami herj(
husband caino, to Cross Creek [an r
old name of Fayettoville.] She was '
then about forty years 'of age, not 1
very tall, but a very handsome and 1
very dignified woman, with fair com- j 51
plexion, sparkling blue eves, tlicf (
finest teeth 1 ever saw, and hair near- '
ly covered with a fine lach cap and 1
slightly streaked with white, as she *
had endured much trouble. IIor(
voice was sweet music," continued | s
Mrs. McL ."and oh, how the j s
poor and tin? church missed her, I
^ when she went home, after oxperi-j*
eneinir much trouble here. She was' 1
often at mv mother's house when she i '
first came, and I almost worshiped r
her because of hor beauty and good-. '
ness." i t"Is
her dwelling-place here vet 51
standing?" 1 inquired. ir
"No; it was partly burned in aj
groat fire hero about twenty yeArs] <
ago. As you j>ass from the market- j c
house to the court-house von may!4
see thojruins of it near the creek." i
The old lady then stepped to a 1
quaint looking chest of drawers, and
taking out a dingy letter written by i
Flora to Mrs l.cl. -?'s older sister, j
then a maiden of twenty, handed it \
to m read. It was a brief note, but \
an exceedingly interesting one, as it t
was in the bold hanhwriting of the a
heroine of Skye. I was permitted to a
mako a copy of it and a tracing of't
Flora's signature. Iloro is a copy:!,,
Feb. 1 1770. ! y
"Dear Mngyie: Allan leaves to- r
morrow to join l^onald's standard at
Cross Creek, an1 l^shall be alone wi' '
ray three bairns. Canna ye com' an' '
stay wi* mo awhile? There aro
fc.v*-'- "
4-...
\ v.*
"3E TETJE
XOHTOX. I'M It or.
<i. lt< Xri 1: IMlliitHhof. (
roublesome times ahead. I ween.lt
Joel will keep the right. 1 hope a'' 0
)ur ain i' tho right, prays yourj
ruide friend, Fi.oka M acdon land." j
"You see," said Mrs. MoL , ?
'she wrote her name Flon She al- !
........ .i:.i 'ft... i ?. . . -a . s
vays uiii. i lie u'ucr was wnueji ai
lor now house i\t Cameron Hill, near|(
Ik- Barbaeee Church, where the| .
*00.'1 MCampbell preached us often ,
is possible. Flora was a pious mom* .
>er of the Barb'aeuo conirrooation."
. fi
" Then she did not live here lontr?"
. . h b
I saie.
"No; she soon moved to Cameron J
lill. about twenty miles north of
o - :0
icre.
On the dav when that note was
written the royal Governor of North ^
..'urolina issued a proclamation cal- '
hi' unoa all friends of Jthe Kino to
fi
i.isemble with arms at Cross Creek
md join his standard. The Machinable
wore all staunch loyalists,
riiey had boon loyal to tlio Stuarts,
iow they were loyal to the House of
ifanover. Tho troubles of Flora in
si
North Carolina now b>gnn. Her
nisband and others, to the number
>f about fifteen hundred, mostly
,, si
Scotchmen, readily obeyed the call
>f tho Governor.
"Flora came with her friends," |
laid Mrs. McL? . "1 romem-j
>6r seeing her riding along the lino ^
ui a large white horse and encour<1
i?nn?r her countrymen to be faithful
r\ o J
0 the King. Why, she looked likei
1 queen. Hut she went no further
hau here, and when they marched ^
iway she returned to her home. ! .
* ' 'l
me dined with u-, and tire next day .
lister Mamne went out to Harberue
nr.. a
o stay awhile with .Mrs. .Maediuahl,
is she had desired." .
i d
Nearly a month afterward these f(
;coteh loyalists were routed, dis- \
icrsed, and prisoners or killed inj ,j
>attIo at Moore's Creek 1 iridic. ; jj
flora's husband was anionic the ((
prisoners and was sent to Halifax (|
ail. lie was soon afterward relens- '
id on parolo, when he left North t(
'arolina with his family for Scot- e
and in a British war-shop. On tho!..
vay tho vessel was attached by a j,
French cruiser, when the courage of | j,
he Knglish seaman and marines np- (j
jeared to desert them, and capture I p
ieomed inevitable. They were about j
o surrender when Flora appeared i ,,
>n dock, and by words and deeds so
itiinulated their spirits that they beat x
>tT *V? enemy and tho Mjicdonnls j p
vore landed sa'elv on their native j,
loil of the Isle of Skyo. During the J |,
ingagement Flora was severely v
.vour. led in the hand. She remark- , p
id, when speaking of her peculiar a
iituation, "I have hazarded my life 1 ].
>< th for the House of Stuart and the ' ,
i r
louse of Hanover, and I do not see |
hat I am a great gainer by it." lFlora
Macdonald was tho mother it
?f five sons and two daughters. She
etained inuoh of her beauty and all d
?f her loveliness of character and dig- 1'
nty until the last. She was always tl
nodest, always kind, always sweet r<
ind benevolent in disposition. Slio d
lied early in March, 1 <90, and was I t<
mried in tho ccmoterv at Kilinnir, in tl
he Islo of Skyo. 11 or shroud, as >
-he, had requested long before her u
loath, was in ado of the sheets on ^
vhich tho Young Pretender, whom
he helped to escape to France, re- tl
josed at the house of her kinsman, m
he Laird of Kingsburgh, on tho a
light before he sailed for the conti- 'c
iciit. Two years later the remains ! si
>f her husband were laid by her side. I s1
Phoir resting place was covered'with j
rreensward for eighty years. In 1871 tl
i beautiful monuinent was erected d
>ver thorn. p
"W hen the news of Flora Maclonald's
death came to the Barba- It
:uo correlation," said Mrs. MoT. b
;a solemn funeral service was held
11 tho church, when the Rev. Dr. b
lull preached a sermon." tl
The venerable ladyeattempted to, d
ell the story of Flora's exploit which I ^
nado her famous, but her narrative '
vas so mixed and meager that itjf*
vas unsatisfactory. 1 will endeavor "
o give the narrative as concisely a1
ml clearly as possible irom the best r?
uthorities, prefacing the story with tl1
he remark that I regard my person* ci
.1 interview with one who had con- tr
ersed with t.ho heroine as a memo* h<
Able privilege. I gratefully press- ni
id the hand of the old lady when F y
>ade her good-by. a
Tho "Young Pretender," as Prince w
TO -sroor33 WCEO .
CONWAY,
'harles Kdward Stuart of .lame 1 1 , r
f Kn^land, was called, Imd landed t
\ Scotland to attempt the recovery | (
f the British throne, from which his i
Tandfathor had been driven nearly t
ixty years before, lie drew hosts
f adherents around him. lie fouoht t
ifittlnu witli tin* livli )?iif wtm I
na'lv beaten at Cullodrn. I lis f<?l- 1 :i
)\v(.ts won* dispersed ami bo was t
?r livo months a fugitive, limited s
rout mountain ami jrlon, from cra^r I
o cave, among the highlands of 1
Scotland. lie at length found a ti
idino- nlacr* on the Isle of I ist, one ' <'
f the Hebrides, and a friend in | t
,nird Macdonald. t
To the house of this Laird came i *
is young kinswoman Flora, in June. I 1
-n r i L
i hi, beautiful and romantic gi^^B
resit from seliool at hkhnohi^M^K||&gg||
isit her relatives. The
warming with soldiers m^HKhBMhb|
lie Prince, at fhe heatl
Mora's stepfather.
mild not much
iters. I aid v M aedoi>
eived a plan for hisesca^B V*; .
o assistant willing to
H]uenees. Flora houV^ra^raffiraSg
ml became deeply
ad seen the Prince
>1 lowers rode in1
"Will you undertake
Mince. Flora?'' asked
onaur.
"I will," was the pr'ott^gB^^^KgMSj
She joined in the^UHBIBfiS
uprise k i^WtoPMjHj
laeiloiialU. I' lorn
it stepfather
dand, with Neil aiid three
boat's crow, ami i :< . v I
tout Irish woman, whon ho | to11 L
oil to have engaged as a scan trc *
>r her mother in the |j-i< < f Skve.
Betsy Burke was the Prince in ^
isiruise. On u brijlit afleinoon the j 1
ttle party embarked from I ist. A '
M'rilie storm burst upon them thn' ''
ight, but they readied Skyo i11 O
nfety the next morning. Confron- 1
ad by soldiers on shore, they rowed c
astward and landed near the home ]
f Sir Alexander Maedonnhl. Leav- n
i<f the Prince anion'c the rocks, i e
0
lora tfcilil her secret, to Lady Mac- J
oald, who entertained them all for i v
be 11i^rht.
On the follow ino- mornin?r Flora i<
ccompaniad the Prince to Portee. 1 u
i;ie iiad conducted him as lu r sor- ^
ant through crowds of soldiers and eoplo
who were eagerly seeking'
im, for a reward of !.?">(),()()() had j
eon offered for his arrest. A small!
essel was a Portee ready to convey ''
,
bo fugitive out upon the free ocean '
nd bear him to the friendly coast of (
ranee. Sue hade him adieu. The ?
rince kissed her and said, f
"(. ntie, f lithful maiden, I enterlin
the hope that we shall yet meet; j
1 the royal palace. '
Thev never mot again. Neil Mae 0
onald accompanied the Prince to t
'ranee, where ho married and set- ?
led at Sancerre, the place of long 1
3sidenco of some of the Clan Maconald
who accompanied King James (
) the continent. Ilis son, born \ f
bore four years before the birth of '
c
s'apolcon Bonaparte, became that
rent military leader, the eminent ^
Inishal Macdonsld. r
Flora's complicity in the .escape of n
ho Prince became known, and she '
ms taken to London with Maodon- '
Id of Kingsburg, and others, and t
astinto the Tower as a prisoner of j ii
tate, when George II asked' her J
tern Iy,
"How could you dare to succor j
lie enemy of my crown and king- ,,
om?" She replied, with sweet sim- t
lieity, * I *
"It was iyo more than J would
ave done for your Majesty had you
eon in his place/'
Her romantic story touched the
est hearts of England with sympa- ?
iy and admiration. It was so evi- ; d
" |
cut tjiat Flora was not a partisan of .
K5 Young Pretender nor of his reginus
faith, and that she had acted ,,
oin the generous and benevolent, it
npulsos of a woman's heart, that she ?
ltd Iter kindred were pardoned and
doused. The house wherein she v
irried a few days afterward was j w
rowded with the nobility and gfln- I
y'of both sexes, who congratulated "
or upon her freedom and poured if'
toney into her lap. The extreme j
outh and radiant beauty captivated ^
II hearts. A chaise and four horses |>
'ere provided by Lady Primrose to h
%
' I " . .
M.
A.-JSTID TOUPw WOR:
S. (?? Till HSDAV, A
'uiivcv her buck to her homo; ami so'
bo fair young j_rii-1 who wont to Lon- j
Ion to bo hanged as a felon, returned 1
n state, followed by the blessings of
housunds.
F >ur years after her release Flora
narried Allan .Macdonahl, the sen of
aiird of Kinifsbur?rh, and not loiio
. M
ifterward she became the mistress of
1
ho mansion wherein Frinco Charles
icpi III lilt' ISIO Ol Ol\\0 OII UlO llluliV
>ofore liis escape to sea. There in ^
"i 75] she entortai ed Dr. .'ohn.son
iikI his ; diadow, lioswell, ami allow,
i I <
ul them to occupy the bed in wlueli I
lie Prince slept. Although she hail j J
hen been a wife more than twenty { (
ears and the mother of several
I
mildren, l)r. .Lohnson si Hike of her
|^^beantiful woman, of pleasine
elegant behavior. Her
ihen in embarrassed eir- (
Ht |fc&l ''"'v contemplated
'" countrymen, who
' lar<re numbers to i
> Tliitln r thev went .
led to I bid the eon- (
we have observed, .
Mf I ' " * ' v-'-- I .1 - D- I .
agjl^gpBw8^>-iiie- Mulling I 'ruin ! t
H |k i n (i'-ar^chnvii 5Bb9R^P's
will remember read- |
columns brief account
B'r
"thorn capitalists I lie ! j
of a substitute
i no 115:i J tin;-; fit n rushes
>t<>\\!) *>iT the lowlune < the sen-,
| ;i
mast i.i 1!ii ' ( onnt v. Samples of
his na; .rai product were sent l?v
I *4
dr. M. I'.. IVaser ton mmtleman in j
n
s'ew Jersey, who has succeeded in!.
imUit'Lr from the lion* a rcmnrkablv
inndsomo j>i??eoof matting. Its llexhility
is far superior to that of the
?rilinary straw matting and it is
(aimed to be equally superior in
mint of durability. A sample of the ^
natt.iii<r has been sent to Kraser for
xamination, and, judging from itsij
ppearanco, it seems likolv that it
11 # * 2)
rill meet with a ready sale.
I'he Morristown (N. .1.) DemocratBanner
published the following
. . r Ml
uteresting1 communication from 1
Vashinefton in reference to the pat-!.
i r i ll
lit i;i>uru mi nit* 1U'N\
Washington', I). C. Mch. 21, 1888! [
Wi/ifni's fiim/iti".
j ii
A patent lias recently been issued j
iere which is of so much importance 1
hat a brief description of it will, I
hink, interest your readers. I refer j I
o a patent for manufacturing of floor |(
flatting, similar to that now imported i j
rom China, but of finer quality, j j
tronger,, more pliable and better
evture. This malting is woven on |*
ootvis, while that from China is mado! <
>y hand. There has never been anvK
if this ^natting made before now in . ^
ho United States, all of it conies : j
rom China. Therefore this will be i
n entire new industry, and a large 11
me. The matting is made from i a
ushes that grow abundantly in South ^
Carolina. A company is now being j
orined in Now York for its inanu-1
acture, and they have already purhased
a large tract of land, up-1 ?
cards of 3,000 acres in Georgetown1
bounty, S. (which is covered with ,
ushes from which the matting is j
manufactured. The factory will be
oca ted on Winyah Bay, directly 1
pen to the ocean. As this matting n
h better and can be made cheaper
han that we now import from China, s
t bids fair to become one of our im
4 4 * | A ' I 1 A - I t
unumi luuusines. j unuersuuiu
lint the company proposes to also jc
iftve j fart Ty somewhere in Now u
ersev, and utilize the rushes that '|
tow oti 'he salt meadows. Some of; j
he stoe!; of this company held l>v
lorris (,'< 1111v residents (r'toi'i/c <J
>irn !. ifj i
- e
die Visit of tlie Water Worm.
Almost the entire surface of tin?
.'ater in the two docks of Aooointnoiltion
wli:i"f *.vns novurAil mi Tlinru. >
ay mormiiir with roinarkublo look- ..
11"' worms, tho liko of which have ,
r y t1
over boon seen there before. They
re described us many-legged, vary- r
ig in length from one to throe inch- h
s, and of a red color, deepening to
rown at the tail. Unfortunately |
ono of them woro secured for the in J.
estimation of the Klliott Society, and
hat they are still remains a mystery. (J
.ater in the day the strango marine j
forty-loos" disappeared.'?Char/eno,
'WortJ. . (]
L
A devoted swain declares that he t
i so fond of his girl that he has robed
the skin from his noso by kissing 0
er shadow on the wall. - 11
!?: -STOTXIR. COT
PRIL 26, 1888.
A SIIAHIiY TKI( K.
ity Boys "\Y"!i<? Subsequently l ntlhl
It*
A deaf old mini, wearing shabby
lothes ami riding in a market wa^j>11,
was slowly toilino uj? a loiio hill i
ivith a load of potatoes, drawn by a
I I x . - i
uh?r, oonv norso. .Near tmo loot <>l
?
he !i!l stood 1110 schoolhouse. around
vhicli the hoys wore playing. As
lie old limn passed, one of them said:
''Lot's go and raise the end hoard
>f that old in. n's wagon and let thej
totatoos drop out. Won't :l he jolv
to see him stare when lie gets to
hi* too of the hill and finds them
jono?"
"All right," says one and another;
'let's go."
These hoys soon caught up with
he wagon, quietly raised tho end>oard
and the potatoes lropped rap*
dlv out and were scattered alone1 the
lusty road. The last hell rung, and
J r"> '
n a minute minute the scholars were
itting quietly in their seats. I)elavng
the opening exercise, the tench*
t said:
"As 1 came into^lu* school house
saw an old man picking up pota- j
oes from the dusty road. 1 want
o tell you something ahout him. At
? O
he beginning of the civil war he
ind his only son, a young man of
ivoul . < i. i. I * I
..v nu uiiw, *7uiiBiuu m iin* anilv j
md fought i*.i many battles until at
iettysburg he was wounded and liis
on killed. It was six months before
IO CO uId ! eavetbo hospital to come
lome, and vhnt ii suffered in trying
o live and 'et wi ll cannot be told,
bnee tli . ne ' hn> had many
iches and pains, and it has boon
cry hard lor iiim to earn enoufdi to
J n
u|)j)ort his wife and himself. lie is
ery lame, and has to move slowly;
t wHl take him a long time to pick
tp !)is potatoes. People say that ho
lever did a mean thing in his life,
aid ho is the kindest man 1 know."
At the point one of the three boys
aised his hand and said lie would
iko to go out and help he old man
>iek up his potatoes. The other two
>oys (juieklv raised their hands, too,
aid offered to go. The teacher
ooked pleased, and gave Miom pernission,
then the school wont on
piietly with it's afternoon work.
It was a hot day early in Septem?er,
very dry and dusty, and the sun
mired down upon the three boys as
hey hurried up the bill to the old
nan, who was leaning with one
land upon the wagon-box to rest.
"Mister." said ore of the bovs, as
J '
ic step;eu bravely up, "we have
lone a mean thiiur. nod w<> nm veil
ii1 ?_c to say so. Wo lifted the end>oard
of your Wilson to ltd tlio pota008
drop out. Now, if you will sit
lowu in the shade of that tree, wo
vill pick up all your potatoes for
on." The old man laid his trcm>ling
hand upon the head of the boy,
ind looking from one to the other,
laid: "Well! well! my dear boys,
,'ou have done a bravo tiling/. Never
>e ashamed to toll the truth or eoness
a fan t. I will gladly sit down
md rest, for 1 am very tired."
The boys then took the horse and |
vagon and spent a good hour of j
lard work in uridaing a mischief that
ook them only a fe.v minutes to plan I
md carry out.
When the boys returned to the
chool the teaclu r said nothing to
hem; everything went on as tuual,
inly there seemed to be an unoomno'n
thoughtfulness and attention.
IMie pupils had learned a life-long
osson. Its valie. consisted in the
ibjept Iqik ; . of thfee boys willingly
loing wha* t! oy could to repair the
vil eiVect o." a inei ti action.
"Foul Dishonoring Word.*'
Tito tYrifln iont Coi/rit r. referrinir
o recent decisions of tho supreme
onrt of the United States, tending
owards a fuller recognition of state
r>
ights, uses the following remarkable
anguage:
"They offer a guarantee of the
icrpetuation of free ins itutions of
tates indestructiblo with a Union inlissoluble
-and for this the peoples J
if tho states which were once in ro- 1
tellion are as anxious, for themselves i
nd for their children, as tho peoples
if any other states in the galaxy of
overeign common wealths."
No self-respecting Southern man j
an advisedly use tho word "Kobel- j
ion" in referring to the Secession ofi
TlbTTZES-SrV*
\ !N?r Annum. Jthe
Southern States, and no Democratic
newspaper of Charleston should
dure use the opprobious term. If
the war of Secession was a "ICobellion"
against legitimate authority
then wore llobert 10. I.oe, "Stonewall'
Jackson and Jefferson Davis
arc!) traitors, and not as wo have been
taught to believe, the noblest advocates
of oonstitutional liberty the
world has overseen.
\\ nr<lu uro 1 M ??'! 1
.. va%w HIV DiUU 1/11111^*1 |
Webster, and wo understand tlio
dreadful import of tliat fact romom-!
berinjr tho false inferences drawn by
the Websters, and Storvs and Mobleys
of the North from the three lit
tie words, which introduce the eon
stitution of the 1 nitod States; "W e,
the people. ( xfon 11 ?>> /</.
- t^nick
\\ i t \N i ?? ?.
N ears arjo into a wholsale crocery
r"? *> ?
store in I tost on walked a tall, muscular
looking man, evidently a fresh
coiner from some backwoods town'in ,
Maine or New Hampshire Accosting
the lirst person he met, who!
happened to be the merchant himself j
he asked, "You don't want to hire a i
man in your store, do von V'
4 Well," said the merchant, 441
don't know. What Van you do?"
"Do?" said the man; 411 rather
jniess I can turn my hands into ill- i
most anythinQf. W hat do von want
done i
44\\rell, if I were to hire a man, it!
would lie one that could lift well
a strong, wirv fellow, one, for in* I
stance, that could shoulder a sack of;
eolTotj like that yonder, and carry it
across the store am' never lay it;
down." |
44There, now, captain," said the)
countryman, "that i just. mo. I can
lift anything I hitch to; you can't
suit me better. What will you oive|
a man that will suit you?"
"I'll tell you," said the merchant,
'If you will shoulder this sack of c<>f
fee and carry it across the store twice
and never lay it down, 1 will hire
you a year at a hundred dollars a :
month."
ul 1 " ....;> .1 . 1
i mm-, r>ii111 inn stranger; and ov
this time every clerk in tin? store
had gathered around and waited to J
join in tlio laugh against tho man.
who walked njt to tho sack, threw it j
over his shoulder with perfect ease,
as it was fiot extremely heavy, and,
walki with it twice across the store,,
went quietly to a largo hook, whi I: !
was fastened to the wall, and hang- i
inir it up, turned around to the stir* J
prised merchant and said:
"There, now, it may hang there
till doomsday; I shall never lay it
down. What shall 1 go about, mis- j
ter? .Just give me plonty to do and '
a hundred dollars a month, and it's ,
all right."
The clerks broke* into a lau<di, anil j
r"> '
the merchant, discomfited, yet satislied,
kept his agreement. To-day |
that backwoodsman is the senior
partner in the lirin and worth a million
dollars.
An Oriental Legend.
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UK V KZUA I ft A AC.
Among some old manuscripts ot
his family, tlie writer had found the
following extract, made by one of
his ancestors. Tho legend has fre
quently been quoted I?v others in
various forms. Tim quaint ami different
rendering of it, in this instance,
induces the writer to give
his translation of the same: "When I
Noah was planting the vineyard,
Satan asked him, 'What good will it
do?' 'dt will make glad the heart j
of man,' says the patriarch. 'Lot
me go into partnership with thee,"
savs the Adversary. 'And what i
rood will that do?' asks Noah. 'I I
will cause the wine to strengthen
(lit., to harden) man's heart,' answers
the Kvil One. Not discerning the
suhtility of the expression, Noah accepted
the offer. Satan brought
four animals as his share in the business,
a sheep, a lion, an ape, and a
sow. Killing those, he let their
blood run into the roots of the vine.
What is this for?' cried Noah. Says
the enemv: 'These are the four
stages a drunkard shall have to pass
through. By taking a little, he becomes
.is simple,as a sheep, allowing!
everybody to shear him. A little
more, he imagines himself a lion,
none so violent as he. A little more,
he becomes a monkey, jumping and
dancing, and imitating all foolishness.
And a little more, he is turned into
a sow that walloweth in the mire,
forfeiting the good both of this world
jiikI tlint vvliint it ......... " v
w. ft iiivii in ?v VUillQi - ? .
V. 'rimes.
A Nogro Mayor.
Wiikati-.vxi), Cai?, April 18.
K. P. Duplex, a colored Republican,!
was elected n ivbr to day, lie is the
first colored man honored with such
a position on the Pacific coas^.J
Progress and Poverty: Wosern
man- -Oh, you folks are too slow.
Why don't you build up towns the
way wo do?
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MMBER ilSome
Sinurt Tliiny...
Sold n<raiii second hand goods.
I'ho man who wages not is better
than a hotter.
"Small potations produce small
potatoes/' is an anarchist motto.
Many a homely, unattractive girl
gets a husband on account of her
pflr value.
it is wild that tho poet (joetho's
dentil was hastened by his hearing
an American pronounce his name.
When is a theater manager like a
dog?
Answer When he lies about his
house.
A man down in ()ldtown, Me.,
never ate an oyster, and yet he has
attended church fairs regularly all
his life.
Involution? Tight boots make a
corn, corn makes whisky, whisky
makes a man tight in his boots.
Daly's Theater is showing "The
I {a:I road of love. ' I *ussenjjors change
cars at Chicago on that road.
()nf' of the western ranches is
owned and managed bv a woman.
She is probably, tho cow belle of the
west.
No, of course we don't want our
wheal receipts to fall oil". Don't
amount to much, but kind o goes
against ihe grain.
Knghir.d pays ^lo,000.000 a year
for imported eons. Neither the un
nor tho hen seems to "set" on IJritisli
territory.
An all-round wag has placed the
following placard over his coal bin:
"Not to i>t> used except in case of
tiro.' I lie cook's relatives are in
consternation.
An exchange speaks of "Death's
Fatal Work.' \\ hen death tackles
a job liis work is Generally fatal.
1'liere may be oxeep*- >t-. i?ut they
are not on record.
"What two rivers in New Kngland
ask and answer a question?'* I loo- t
sic and 1 'assninsic.
Sensational Suicide ot a Society
Young N\ o pi a ii.
Washington, April I'd. Itessio
I lillyar, daughter of .1 udge 1 lillyar,
who created a sensation here recently
by jilting a son of Comptroller
Trenholtii and eloping with tirussio
Dnlkey, conin.itte 1 suicide this morning
with lioison. Several days ago
n i w' r>
she took poison, but was saved by
prompt treatment. She was still very
sick and her mother was sent for yesterday.
The girl seemed to have a
horror iSf meeting iier mother and
this morning took a second and fatal
dose.
Miss Hillyar, it will bo remembered,
was engaged to a son of Comptroller
( ? Currency Tronholm, and on
the eve of tin; marriage with him
eloped to Haltimoro with tirussio
Bulkoy, a young bank clerk. After
the marriage she returned to her
homo, and owing to the opposition of
her parents did not see her husband
for some days. Final!via meeting
was had, and through the intervention
of Senator Stewart, a friend of
the family, they assumed marital relations.
Within a fortnight, however,
she left her husband and returned
to her father's home, where she lias
since been, both parties declining ab- .
solutoly to snoak or reason.
No ollicial investigation of the suicide
lias been made, and there are no
new developments up to this hour.
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Aii Intei'iiatioual Burst.
Ni:\v Youk, April Id.?The suspension
of the American Exchange
in Europe, limited, was reported today,
ami William C. Boone, treasurer
of the company, was appointed receiver
by Judoe T.acorn bo. The
liabilities are about *1,000,000. The
company was formed in 1880, under
the English limited liability law,
with an authorized capital of *5,000,000,
of which <780,000 was paid in,
and succeeded to the business of II.
E. (iillijr & Co, which had been csL
l * 1 ^ .
luuiismid in io?o, paying 9oott,UUu
in stock for tho purchase. llonry
F. < i ii Ii!? remninod as vice president
and manager. Tho .! >n. Joseph P.
Ilawley was president.
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Trick of n Telephone {<'''!
The voung man had boon trying
to toll lior iiow madly he loved her
for over an hour, hut. couldn't pluck
up tho courage.
"Fxcuso mo a moment, .Mr. Featherly,"
she said, "I think 1 hear a ring
at the telephone," and in her queenly
way she swept into an adjoining
room.
Presently she returned and then
his mad passion found a voice.
"1 am sorry, Mr. Featherly," she
said, "to cause you pain, hut 1 am
already engaged. Mr. Sampson,
learning that you wore hero, has
urged his suit through the telephone."'
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