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Ono ol'dic Forgotten 1<S|>1n<>(Ios
of ( lie inite War.
Sunuuer of 1804! But, though
the skies were blue uml cloudless
and the earth radiant in her robe of
.i, with llowors beautiful and
fragrant on her bosom, the hearts of
men and women were heavy and sorrowful,
for the rolling smoke of cannon
hid the verv heavens and stains
redder than, the liokT poppies dyed
the grass, while the rattle of musketry
and the tread of marching
men drowned the songs of the birds
and the sound of weeping startled
tliein into silence. The fair hills of
Virginia looked down on carnage
aiuP<ights too pitiful to name, and
her rivers ran red with the blood of
many a gallant soldier for whom a
gray-haired motlur or a tender wife
and little children wept in their far
Nothirn home or mourned beneath
the sunny skies of Dixie.
Hut nestling close to the rugged
fcidc of the mountain, like a sparrow's
nest under the grim buttresses
of some old castle, the little village
of Cloverside heard only from
afar those dreadful sounds that told
of death and sorrow. Sometimes a
newly-raised regiment, marching
down to join the forces at Richmond,
would go by gay in uniform and
fluttering Hags?alas, alas! how soon
to hay? their bravery torn by shot
and dimmed with bloody dew.
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nrav ua>uiniui'9 wuill
by watched with frantic euvy by
two big eyes like twin wood violets
from the window of a pretty white
house that stood half way up the
mountain, and was the home of one
fair, gentle lady to whom Manassas
had meant widowhood. These pret
ty, wistful eyes were the baby's,
whose heart swelled at martial music
until it grew too much for a
four-year-old to stand, and so he declared
his fixed and desperate resolution
to become "a soldier too."
Mamma caught the tiny form with
the eager face to her breast, thinking
of other mothers whose sons had
once boon innocent little children,
too, and who now, perhaps, lay on
sonic battlefield with their faces
turned upward to the sky, and a bullet
in the quiet hearts. And her own
eyes were dim for a soldier who
marched away one bright spring day
to return 110 more to that loving
household on the mountain.
lint the baby was firm, so mamma
fashioned a uniform for her warrior,
with glittering buttons and a
colonel's star and grandma, 011 condition
that it be not removed from
the scabbard lent a "really" sword,
' which had been to Mexico with
grandpa when he went long ago with
Gcnoral Taylor. A drum of Aunt
Diecy's own loving manufacture,
and presented with her black face
gleaming with satisfaction, and a
big hat contributed by Sister Lizzie,
yho cheerfully turned her own and
only Gainsborough, which, with its
curling feather, hud been the pride
of her heart, into a cavalryman's
dashing chapeau, completed the
equipment of the bold soldier.
He was not a very terrifying object
though for his eyes were blue
and innocent and his hair fell curling
in long bright strands from under
his big hat, while his mouth was
like a rosebud trying to frown fiercely
and his chubby hands were only
just able to drag the heavy sword in
a very unmflitary fashion after him.
So all the long, bright summer the
baby played at war and drilled the
maple trees on the lawn with great
severity and diligence until if they
wore not ready to march away and
strike a blow for their country it
was not the fault of their gallant
little copmandcr. He patrolled the
A ian .. i
j/iciiJiaco iiwu laitui u i buiiuiiui aim
gave l?is admiring women folks his
frequent and solemn promise to
stand by and protect them should
occasion arise.
Andsuro enough, dark and gloomy
on the page of the future was writ0/
ton the coming of an hour when
Clovoraide was to he the scene of the
meeting of two Hostile forces. Not
vory large ones, to he sure, only two
skirmishing parties, but led by desperate
men and composed of ot hers
sworn to vengeance for personal
wrongs suffered at foenien's hands.
This hour panic just Mj the summer
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| lay a dying, beautiful beyond telling
even in her decay, for nature
crowned the passing season's brow
with her choicest glories to hide, as
it were, its fading.
The baby's maple squad had put
oft its dress of riflemen's green and
stood bright and ruddy in artillery
scarlet, while banners of many-lined
leaves and vines swung lightly from
the mountain side. Close to the
( pretty singing brook that wound its
silver ribbon about the foot of the
grim old mountain were planted one
day dreadful, wide-mouthed cannon
? with a horrid threat in each dark
j
throat?blots in the peaceful scene,
and a hundred or more of stern-voiced
glooniv-eyed men stood behind
them waiting ft*' tin; foe, who was
coming presently down the road.
The sun rose higher and higher,
veiling his face from what was to
come in a purple haze, when tramp,'
tramp came the advancing enemy, j
marching down to what each man
knew would iu all probability he a
battle unto death, for in order to
pass, it was necessary to take the
battery that held the narrow road,
i Kaeh party reserved its lire bv or
,
dor, and only the tread of feet, the j
gleam of fixed bayonets and a low (
growling of commands from an oil)
cor here and there betruyed the errand
of these invaders, of that <|uiot
spot. Hut as the two lines of set,
defiant faces glared into each other,
i something happened. Out from the
1 sumach bushes on the side of the
road marched a tiny figure, bravely
dragging after it through the dust a
sword. The big hat with its Haunting
feather had fallen over one blue'
eye, but the other glanced joyously
from one hodv of soldiers to the oth
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j er. He marched with great digni
ty down between the two lines and
I paused about to speak, when forward
| ran every man from* both sides and ;
closed upon him.
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mil imi. no liarm was meaiii, i<?i
the baby form ami little face had
i awakened tender memories of stu b
j another at home, as of one's own j
j happy childhood, in every breast,
and with a common impulse to
snatch him from his perilous place,
each bounded forward, forward,
fearful lest the other side open fire
and a shot pierce that tiny soldier's
' uniform. But the crowd of mingled
bluo and gray clad men gave
back quickly, when a flying figure,
with gay turban all awry and cheoki
ed dress, sailing in its self created
breeze, dashed in its midst.
"Gimme that child here," cried
Aunt Dicey hysterically. "Tu'n
round here, my angel pettikins, an'
let yo' mammy see if dese here
scamps done hu't my sugar lump."
She examined the child carefully
j and then, holding him while that
j valiant warrior wept loudly and bitterly,
harangued the soldiers.
"You's a pretty lot, aint.yer now?
, Comin' here git ting up a fuss right
'fo' 'spec-table people, till I deolar'
dis yer baby had ter come to shame
you. It's low horned, dat's w'at'tis,
an'it's me, Aunt Dicey, w'at tells
i you so, right in yo'inipident faces.
| CTar out of here now, an' jus' take
dis f'uin me?ef you'd n hurt a hair
of dis hero baby's head, 'twouldn'ta
been his fight no mo'. You'd a had
' me to settle with, an' I tells yer,
men, I'd a tore de las' one of you
f'arly in two and dat's de tree wif de
! bark on it. Now I'm gwine take
dis chile home to his nia, an' you
jus' better pick up your weppins and,
go 'long an' tend to yo' business.
Gimme dat sword here!" And oft
went the heroic old woman with heist
niggling, shrieking charge followed
by shouts of ungovernable laughwhich,
however, won no notice from
the disdainful Aunt Dicey.
The soldiers then stood looking
wistfully at each oilier, and glancing
with eyes filled with dew that
took nothing from their manhood
at the hig hat which had fallen
off and been forgotten during (he i
owner's late unfair contest with liisi
| dusky conqueror and now lay in the (
dust. Vory reverently a soldier in l<
gray raised it up and held it,
while another in blue stuck the <
loosened feather hack in place. The
two bands then formed in silence, i
and with no longer any desire for 1
battle marched away in oppqsito dl- <
reotions, but erq^lie orders to n^pvo I
1 wore given a'wkitC'haired colonel I
m1
"lie True to ) c
XXNWAY, 8. C.
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stopped forward and raised his shabby
cap. He only said, with one
hand pointing to heaven, while the
others listened with drooped heads:
"Hoys, something comes hack to
inc to-day that 1 heard long years
ago at my own good mother's knee,
something that ends with 'And a
little child shall lead them.' "? II'/'//io
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7'inws.
A ItOOK THl'ST.
No More Cheap I * n 1?1 ieat ions tor
the (ienerat Header,
Simitar Budget.
?>\Vhut is the price of this?" asked
a Uml'ii f reporter of Mr. \\\ K. Har
rigan in IV*rev's yesterday.
"Thirty cents," replied that <4* 11t
leinan.
"Hooks tntist lie get tin"; scarce;
you sold the same last winter for HI
cents. How is that !""
"Oh, that was before the'book
trust' was formed."
"The 'book trust!' what is that ?"
"Yon did not know that a hook
trust had been formed!'' I'll tell von
about it then. M r. .John \Y. Hovel I,
a ] >n 1 ?1 is her of cheap books, hv.s
bought out all the cheap 'libraries,'
and raised the price, lie said, and
very truly, that it was getting so
that there was no money in cheap
books for anybydy, and he has cornered
the market and raised the price,
and we'll get no more cheap books.
The extravagant rumors that have
been published from time to time in
the daily press of the country, to the
effect that a general syndicate would
purchase all thy books in the conntry,
has frequently been ridiculed by
the publishers, but .Mr. Hovel 1 has*
taken a long step in that direction.
Happily it stops within legitimate
bounds, and while checking illegiti
mate, will not prevent legitimate
competition. It is undoubtedly true
that the 'cut-throat'competition in
'clival) l'? 111ns' and 'nnets' has ivsii 11
od iii deteriorating quality as well as
in breaking prices, while the bookseller
lias been confused and loaded
down with an infinite inn If iplicit C
of rival editions. Sonic end had to
conic to this; whether this combination
is the right end will be determined
by Mr. Lovell's management
of the great establishment he will
now control.
'' Mr. Lovell, at the expense of so
many millions as would make your
head swim to tell you of, has bought
out, lock, stock and barrel, the plates,
manuscripts, stock of books, and everything
else of Hurst it Co., the
Worthington company, \V\ L. Allison,
The Alden Hook Co., Pollard it
Moss, Prank F. Lovell and (!. \V
Dillingham, of New York; the Allien
Hook Co., Fster it Lauriat and
DcWolfe, Fisk it Co., of Boston;
Donahue, Henneburg it Co., and
Bel ford Clarke it Co., of Chicago,
and J. B. Lippincott it Co., of Phil*
adelphia, and the ]>lates and stocks
of the paper-covered series of Oeorge
Munro, Norman L. Muuro, and the
National Publishing Co., of New (
York. These, if you will look over (
them carefully, you will see are ,
nearly all of the cheap publishing,
houses in the country.
" See that stack of books? They '
were all bought from .John \V. Lov- t f
ell under the new arrangement, and '
they cost nearly twice as much. lie.
has on hand mijlions of books which i
were formally sold at 15 and 20 cents
and is keeping his prices stiff at an j
advanced ligure. lie must be hacked
up by some very wealthy men or
lie could never maintain his stiff upper
lip.
"Thero are still publishers who arc ^
outside of this arrangement, and they
will furnish a cheek on Mr. Lovell |
should he advance his ju ices too far. (
ft is very highly probable that the '
juice of these hook will he advanced
to 50 cents."
liig I iifliieiico oj'n llog.
Washington, April 2L?(loner-.]
al Mcrritt was informed by t he War
Department to-day that he might /
commence the transfer of the head- j
quarters of the Department of Mis- ,
souri from Fort Leavenworth to St '
Louis on May 1st instead of June 1st, *
the date originally set. This change 1
of date is made ostensibly for the j
purpose of escaping the hot weather, <
hut to those familiar with the way I
things are going at Fort Leaven- (
worth the desire for an earlier trans- 1
for is thought to he due to the in- j
creasing friction between (loneral |
Merritt, the department comnian
ilor, and Colonel ^feCook, the post '
commander.
It. in not generally known outside j
of official circles that a small mem* j
her of the canine family is the <1 i- >
rect cause of the removal c*f these ,1
headquarters from one city to anoth- f
w, although it was stated at the j
time the change was decided upon )
lligt the strained relations between ; I
/i\. ?\ A\ .4.1 if
ntr Word, )'oitr II or A' and )\
, THURSDAY,
the oHioers named made such a course
necessary. The original trouble was
brought about in this way: When
Lieutenant A. M. Fuller. Second cavalry,
went on duty at Fort Leavenworth
last winter he took with him
a valuable dog, which was the pride'
of his master and a great pet with
tin" family. lie was not familiar
with the regulation at the post prohibiting
unmuzzled dogs from running
at large upon the reservation,'
hut was very soon forcibly reminded 1
of it by the report of a gun and a
most painful yelp from his pet. A
sergeant at the post, who did know
the regulations, was lvsnonsibls fur
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the "removal," ami Lieutenant Fuller,
finding it out, wauled togive that
sergeant a dose of tliesaiue medicine.
The sergeant reported to the post
commander that his life had heen
threatened, and here commenced the
official correspondence, resulting tin- '
ally in the removal of the department
hoKd<|imrtcrs. Charges were
preferred against Lieutenant Fuller
for disobeying the post regulations
and for threatening the sergeant.
Colonel MeCook forwarded them to
t lie departnient commander, w ith the
recommendation that a court he ordered.
(ieneral Meritt returned the
papers, declining to grant there-,
(piest on tin* ground that the action
of the sergeant in killing the dog |
was unjustified because the object of
the order was well understood to be ,
for the purpose of preventing the
promiscuous running around of unmuzzled
dogs during the heated period
when there is liability of danger
from hydrophobia.
Colonel McCook made an appeal,
from this decision, and the papers)
passed into the hands of the division
commander, (ieneral Crook, who, |
knowing Hint matters wore not running
snioothlv between (ieiicral
.Merrill and Colonel McCook, and
desiring to seen re that peace essential
to the proper administration of
military affairs, forwarded the cor- !
respondenco to Washington, with
the recommendation that Ceneral
Merrill's headquarters be changed,
which was finally agreed upon.
fifty Thousand Dollars.
Cotton Plant.
The farmers' Alliance Kxclmngo
of South Carolina has been in operation
two months and a half, and has
done a Imsinucss in that tinieaggre-j
gatihgjiftt/ thouxuml 'loHum. This
is a moderately good beginning when all
the obstacles and drawbacks and
hindrances with which the enterprise
has had to contend are taken ,
into consideration, but it is but a
tithe of what it should have been
had all the counties used the Kxchange
as liberally as a few have <
done, notably Greenville and Pickens, i
The agents in these two counties '
have been especially diligent, and as1
i consequence their orders have been ,(
more frequent and larger than from 1
finy others, and,'of course, the bene- ]
tits accruing to those whom they!
serve have been corresponding larger. .
The brethren in all the ernmi!< *
should patronize the Exchange when '
ever practicable. It will save them
many dollars, directly and indirect- i
J
'y. ,
The articles ordered through the
Exchange embrace a great variety Hour,
coffee, sugar, molasses, Imcon, '
gritrf, lard, carriages, buggies, carts, I
wagons, hoes, plows, sewing machines, i
stoves, and many other things of like }
[diameter and prices are now being
sought for agricultural machinery
>f a heavy character, such as thresh- 1
3rs, gins, engines, ?!tc., on which 1
large discounts are usually allowed',
wholesale dealers. When it is re I
niemhered that the business of tlie
Exchange is conducted on the no,
?ro//t si/.-ifr/a, it will be readily seen ; I
that large savings can he effected by (
buying all kinds of farm supplies ,
ind machinery through this channel.
J'he commissions charged are barely
mtjiciont to cover the current ex- (
[lenses of the office, and preclude the i
possibility of the accumulation of!
profits for tin- benefit of any person '
?r persona, Tlio farmers of the State
liavo never had such an opportunity
if uo/tll 1*1 (owiil j A t xif 1i/i1/io?i1a itr.i aali '
ft ovviu 111^ fa\r\r\rn CI I H |M 1UUO j
is is offered l?y the Kxohango, and
ive are persuaded that as soon as they
hilly realize this fact they will make 1
>ett.er use of the institution. 1
All the Manager asks is that the11
irethren will stand hy him in his'
ifforts to make the institution a sue- .
;ess. It belongs to the order and ho
s but the servant of the brethren,. 1
He is giving his whole time to the i
vork and labors day and night. Ho j
s meeting with opposition from one t
tide and another, and all kinds of (
nethods are resorted to to bring both ' .
he Exchange and himself into dis epute
with the members of the Al- N
ianco. But this \vas expected in tlie i
nur ('oitnfft/."
MAY I, 1K<)().
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beginning ami causes no surprise.
Only let tin' brethren investigate
every insinuation or rumor or charge
made against the otlicers of the K\ehange
with a view of injuring them
before they are believed, and there
will he no reason for <|Ucstioning
their fidelity. The business of the
Kxchange is too closely scrutinized
and its funds too closely guarded to
admit of am crookedness w hatever.
The institution is now passing
through an experience which those
of other States have had, and all
that is needed to ensure a triumph
as complete ami grand as that enjov
f,A n%. n.? Wv..i,.'. 'c
? ?i .<1 viii i 4 w iiiui^vv? in i v:niirwv,
(leorgia, North Carolina ami the
other State* is confidence ami |>at
ronage. These the enemies of the
Alliance ami it> methods are seeking
to destroy, and it rests with the
hrothcrhood todetermine with what
success.
The elTect of the Kxchange in
bringing prices of all farm supplies
down to legitimate figures in those
sections where active agents have
been employed has been marked and
salutary, and in this way I he imfirrct
benefits of the institution hn\e been
(piito as great if not really much
greater than the direct benefits
Where the price list of the Kxchangc,
which is corrected weekly, has been
distributed, it has had the effect of
reducing the prices of such goods as
are piloted in it to the minimum. It
has given the members of the
order information which the\ have
have hithertoo been unable to secure
and in proportion as they have become
informed as to the wholesale
cost of goods they use they have
been enabled to overcome extortion-!
ate prices. It is a mighty lever in
the hands of the farmer, and by it
he is levelling and regulating things
which heretofore he has not been
able to touch at all.
Let the brethren rally to the support
of their Kxchangc. It is a
necesity of t he t inies.
\\ lien (tirls arc I'bigagcd.
You have a little band around the
third finger of your left hand in
which is set-a liir<|uuis, ami when it
\> jif |>111 mere voli remciulM-r I hat
tlio Hindu Haiti: 'Hie who hatha
tunpiois liul li n friend," Now, I lull's
wluit you have in the man you lowliest,
and whose wife vou are going
to heeonie?a flieud. lie is your
sweetheart, your lover it is true, hut
hecjiu.se to you his heart seems hest
worth having1, his love, the richest
gift you can possess, you will not
vulgarize, as many girls do, the tie
that hinds you. It is true you go
with alone to hear some wonderful
music, or look at stone line pictures,
hut I hope it is not true that when
you are at a party, or in your own
homo, you two pair olf and make
yourselves the objects for silly ( hatter
and idiotic jesting.
He can love you with his whole
heart, hut he must not make you an
jbject of ridicule. He can think
you the most unselfish girl in tinworld,
hut lie must not show his
jw u selfishness l>v expecting you to
levotc your evenings exclusively to
liiiu, ignoring those who are at home.
Let him come in and he one of them.
There's a dear live minutes w hen Injun
kiss you on the lips that lie
knows are only the gates to sweet,
pure speech, and w hen he can w hisper
the lovely nothings that mean so
lunch to you both. Then, too, don't
let him feel that he must give up all
his friends for you; don't accept valuable
presents from him, and don't
issumc an air of proprietorship w ith
him. 'Tell him nothing about your
family affairs, for the secrets of the
household do not even belong to the
man you are going to marry. Huard
yourself in word and in deed; hold
his luvo ill Um host way possible; tie
it firmly to you with the blue ribbon
>f hope, and never let it bo eaten
iway by that little fox who destroys
lo many loving ties and w ho is calli(l
familiarity.? A'/'f/cs //cm* ,fnur*
k//,
(tending the Scriptures.
Wo do not believe that enough
prominence is given to the reading',
)f the Bible in public worship. In
leed many good people regard that!
lortion of the service which is devo-!
ed to the liiblo as a sort of neccsu'Y
evil. It is wonderful to ^tto Mow ,
urge a portion, of the average eon'rogation
pays no attention w hile tha
vord of God is being read to them.
\ brother was at one tin\o reading
i
he Bible in the church ami. found
-hat the people, were very inattentive.,
lie stopped and said, <4My friends,
vhen I picjvchx you can liaton to me j
>r not, us you chooac, and icconling <
to inv own estimate ?f tin- performance.
I would not Maine you if you
refused to hour hut at this time
I am reading (Jod's Word. Ii comes
from IIim direct ami it is your duty
to hoar and heed." Wc have stniotimes
thought howt vcr, that the indifference
to the reading <d* t heSeriptares
in I ho average congregation w a
was due largely to the preacher, who
r i iii ?
I ill IS l?> 1UUKC I lit' l'l'IKHHi I II I : Sl | II;'. .
You cannot blame the people if you
mumble your words; if you travel
over pages with ;i rare horse speed;
if you rotul in u mere p? rf mi ctory
manner; if I he Word doe.- not enter
your own heart and express itself
through your lips. Kwry pro;ichor
ought to road ;md pray over the por
(ion of Scripture which he proposes
to read in public, before the people.
The occasional interjection of re
marks pertinent and instructive will
help the matter. Spurgeon is pe*
ciallv loud of and gifted in doing
v o ^ i
this. It has been suggested that wo
haw a reading of the Seriptni
fore and after the sermon. We do
not know how this would work, hut
there are some good thing - to he aid
in favor of it. But w hut< ver mas he
t he plan adopt ed. elevate 11 oil's W oril
in the heart and minds of the people
I >o not let t hem get an idea that the
sermon is the great thing in the service
and that overs thing else is .subordinate.
('ftilrr'l Ihiftf!.-'.
A Novel Advertisement.
The following -tors, ss liieh hanever
before appeared in print, i- 1
told mIhiim llii, i./liloi- ..i' .M...
Atuino's most prominent dailies:
When a small bov, his fa(!i< r. now
<?no of tlx* most prominent men in
tin* Slat,, was I lion running a print - '
i11olli? < ami publishing u weekls
paper in one of 11 1 I: rgesl towns in
Kcnncbco County. One tiny the a * I vanoo
agent of a show came along
ami ordered some posters printed upon
cot I on cloth. Mis order was fill
otl, hut for some reason lie neglected
to call for them, and the\ wore thus
left on t lie pi inter's hands. The
printer's wife ran across them, and
as cloth was then high, she took tin
cloth home and used it to line a
pair of pants She was then m iking
for the editor above mentioned, and
then a bov ahout ten years of a^'.
As the months rolled by the pan
taloous grew threadbare, and at
school one day he iiccidcntall\ tore,
the.seat out, leaving about one foot
. . t
of lining exposed to view: This in
itself, would have made the bovs '
smile, hut they laughed till the
tears came when t hev observed the
following words stand out boldly upon
the lining in large type:
<kMoors open tit V:'JO. performance
begins tit H."
It is needless to state the boy was
sent home to his mother in tears.
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l-Yloti \Yor>li i |o
The charm which the horrible
scous to possess for some women is
hard to understand, for it i.-> indeed
a mystery to all; hut the grim and
grotesque are said to have a fascination
for certain minds, that an irresistibly
attracted by it. Thus we'
Hoe lovely women, in whose pure
minds no evil thoughts have place,
clamoring for entrance at tin- doors
of crowded court rooms, and pelting
red-handed murderers with roses; or ,
stealing like pale ghosts to their
guarded cells and blowing kisses to
them through the bars!
Hut that is as nothing to the
lengths some women go in this insane
felon worship. Yesterday a
dispatvh from V ermont told n- of a
woman who went to the penitential;,
and married the murderer of her husband.
The iron bars divided them,
but the Ceremony was performed and
the woman went on her way rejoic
ing. 'I he man is a prisoner for life,
and she will only be allowed to see
lii in I u if 11 v I'M r
He for her ma i ria to the man
lu* mu!?I iv??. sh< h i I r< fused his
*tiU and act him adrift. i>ut he
shlvs her husband and catena - }k,
heart!
It is a <|iu'or world, and sunn of
itic woni' n contribute a lib . ul share
>f <|tieerness towards nia'.;iny it so. AtluHtii
( .
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As you h-orn, teach; as yon .. t,
L*i w; as you ivee.ive, ?1 ?it
SfHtrt/eoji.
NO. X'LTI. 4
Ni:\V YOKK IjHTTHIC.
* ^
(lingular < 'orrespnndenco.)
April 21, 1800.
The Stewart Mansion on 5th Avenue
and :Uth street will lie ready for
o<oupaiK v by the Manluitten Club
early in May. The house has been
thoroughlyeleancdand will undoubted!)
present a fresh ami attractive
appearance when the doors are finally
thrown open foi the members of
this swell club, who will then have
the finest club house in the country,
f not in the world. In fact, it is
icaivr lilo a palace than anything
elsi, end all its furnishing and appoiniin
nts are in keeping with that
id".i. I ??r the present the art galI
! rv will be used as a dining-room.
I 'I'l | 1 ? I . 1 " ? < . !
i uf ruin tviic11ell win uc downstairs
as pre\iouslv, I>111 it will bo much
larger than before, and may finally
ho removed to the roof. It is worthy
of note that when the club takes
posses-ion next month, there will bo
left but one building in this city
bearing the name of Stewart?the
old down town building at the corner
of Chambers street. The irony
of fate could not ho better illustrated
than in thisca of the merchant
prince Stewart, His great hu.-incss
hoii.*e is divided into numerous firms
of different name-, his magnificent
women's holed has long since lost its
original character and name, his
man-ion is now a club-house, and
his o-lato has passed to one who was
neither a namesake nor even a relative.
Who will regret that in all
this there is no encouraging ray for
one whose ambition is toamas- a fortune
of untold millions?
I N'CKKASI NO I WOi: I'.\ ( I UT1KS.
The fifth A venue .stage Company
has been granted permission to ex- *
tend its lint- to Desbrosscs street ferry,
so that pa.-engers can hereafter
ride directly from the IViiihvIvania
landing to nearly all the big hotels
in the city. This will be a great
convenience to travelers, as there
will be no ( hanging of cars for uptown
and no double fare, as at present.
Of coinse the stages do not
lide over the rough pavements as
Hitoulhh as, the oars run, hut. they
arc not at all unpleasant, after one
i u ed to tlirin. The fact that they
are mostly patronized by the wealthy
>ho\vs that old time methods are not
to be despised even in these days of
steam and electricity. When the
horse eai> were put on llroadway it
was Thought \re had seen the last of
the stages, lint it was not so. Their
absence was short, and in spite of
the oars, the. wejje welcomed hack
again, running for a good distance
f 1 r*> o
over their old route. The company
has jiM asked for the privilege to
inerea-o the fare to ten cents but
has been refused.
\ Uo|-K!N'i; Til Ul.rt' CONVENTION*.
A convention composed of delegate;;
from a large number of working
girls'associations t hroughout the
country was in session last week at
I lie Metropolitan . Opera House.
Many papers of an important nature
ami of special interest to the girls
were read, and there is no doubt that
tin* convention will be productive of
much good to the thousands of women
who have to toil for a living and
whose numbers are growing every
day. No elas-; of people is deserving
of more active as is lance than the
working girls whos remuneration
O O
and opportunity > for employment
and advancement are always far bolow
those of thcoth r sex. It is
gratifying to s. e tItem taking such
an important step towards their own
condition. This was the first convention
of the kind ever held,-and it s
was decided to form 'a national organization.
M r:y people habitually endur? a
feeling of lassitude, because they
think they have to. If they would
take Mr. ,1. 11. Mol .eaoV Sarsnparilla
this fueling of weariness would givo
pi not* to vigor'und \itality. For salo
by Fr. li. Norton.
({oil give- men wisdom as ho gives
(hem gold. Ilis treasure house is
not llio mint hut the mine.
\ i liniiovnt is in hotter repute or
in''!? e id iv known than Dr. i. II.
Mid.' in's V V.inio Mil Liniment.
It is a wonderful remedy. Kor m'o
l>\ I ^r. H- Norton.
-V*
The m ?st popular liniment, is the
old i ''ia'do, Dr. ,i. II. Mil.ean's
Vnlivuih: till I .oiinn-nf. Lor sale hy