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^ NO, 23. = rBDorcas Caledon, K HEIRESS OF CALED05 ESIGHTS. K ATJT03I0GRAPHY. PC? FLOKEXCE E. DIAMOND. ? - CHAPTER YTL TSs, then, -was the end of all my foolish dreais of Oliver Dudley! the end of the firnvjtrue friendship I had felt so sure wouli spring up between us on his return! Hadlp not promised me to be my friend? A . W>f + h?>+ tvoc lAnrr o crr\ *hr? n-ivl fArcAt I ten as now, and ay cheeks burned as I remembered my eager welcome and his chill* ingrtply. Sitfcg thus in the dark I could hear the sounipf music and mirth from the drawingroomvhere, I had no doubt, the family and | theirguests were assembled. This did not add tomy peace of mind, you may be sure. Presently Maggie burst into the room in Iter usnal impusive fashion. ' TY3&t, miss, sitting in the dark?'' she cried- "Why, whatever is the matter, dear she continued, lighting the lamp and noticing my wet, tangled hair and disordered appearance. "Ncfcing at all," I answered, sullenly. "I wea? out for a walk and got wet." "TTsE, well, that's too bad!" said goodnatured Maggie, seating herself on the edge of theted, as she often did, for a friendly chat "Ohf shebegaa. "it's fine times they're havin'in the parlors this evening. There's more company come. That young gent that ras here once afore, though I don't suppose you remember it, you were such a little cinck then. YTell, he is been travelin' in farrin parts and now he is come back. They say he is no end of rich, and ilisa Irma, it's plain to see, is mighty anxious to look fine in his eyes; and she does look fine, dear, though I hate to say it, she is such a hatefulpiece; but she is just lovely in her pink velvet with such lace and diamonds glittering all over her. And ilr. I>udley, y so Norah says, brought her a jewel case,the most beautiful thing you ever see,*'went ?r on Maggie. ''But you don't seem to care for hearin' it, Jliss Dorrie. Are ye ailin' or any thing?" ' No, Haggle." I answered, drearily, "but my head acnes and I m going to bed soon. Don't mind .me at supper, I do not want ~ any." And Maggie, seeing tbiat I did not care for her presence, finally left me alone. Then my anger olazed forth. Before*3Iaggie's ea, trance J had been trying in a blind way to <- find sow; excuse for Sir. Dudley's cool and indifferent welcome to me, and I was ready . to believe he had not been intentionally un kind, only a little vexed at my act of disobedience. But now I was satisfied, I said. All mypriae rose in arms at the thought that I should crave his friendship, which he withheld. He had come. Yes?and I fairly laughed in my bitter self-scorning ? my friend,'my king, my ideal hero had come. He had treated me kindly; yes, kindly as ho would have treated a beggar in the street whohadasked him forapCnny. He saved virm froai drrrK-ninfr. snid mv conscience. As i . he would have saved a dog, I answered, bitterly. Bis presents, his smiles, were for Irma Barrett, beautiful, rich, golden-haired Irma Barrett, the heiress of Caiedon .Heights. Preposterous then that a beggarly dependent should aspire to the friend * ship or regard of one so far above her. I fairly loathed myself for having ever ? loved or trusted him. Why did I love cr trust anyone? Surely no one had ever returned ny love. Was I not a wretched ffflmrTirn* from rr.y hi . *>?, a Cast-ofC Waif whom Tft r.ng , > ov..i. , tv. ^ "jstrange^ said, that when one s own parents forsake them that others should not feel any great interest or love for them. No * it was n<3s but it made, my bitter lot none the easier to bear, to know this. I sat up and wrung my hands in rage and hate to. wardevoy on?. I hated the parents who had cast ae off, I said. I hated the low "bred sennits I had been compelled to as1 sociate \eh when my spirit told me I was fitted or bora for better company: But above a2 I hated Mrs. Clayton and her daughter who, I always imagined, in a vague wr, stood between me and a better lot. Gradu?y my anger subsided, and I became caker; but a resolve had formed itself in remind, and that was that I would no longerremain a dependent at Caledon; I , ' could certainly earn my living, now I was nearly fifteen years of age. I would try, j any wayany thing was better than living here, I aid. I would go at once, I would not waitto be banished to the dull farmhouse asl knew I should be. In my feverish eagerness I arose and gathered together toy few belongings, tied ? them iia bundle and then sat down to write asote to Mr. Dudley, thanking him / for his rnely aid the evening before, but telling Jim nothing of my intended depart? - i. - "" ^1 tuajso and gits oxe loxg, last look.7* * are. ffis note I laid on the littlo dressing f table, Were Maggie would be sure to see jfe it what he came to my room in the momjlsolcft the bit of gold given mo MtabfcOlJS* Dufilev so Ion? before, and which. Br, had been the most precious thing >rld to me. But I did not value it . Bras no longer my friend; but my Hied with a dull, hard ache as I <w - Btrinket in my hand, and then let it HH Hide the letter, mute token of a disBromise, I thought, drearily. crept to bed and lay half waking HfflHHBping until the first gray streaks cf Hgan, to lighten the east. Then I donned my hat and sacquc, and, ; taJ my bxmdle, stole noislessly as a I along the hail and out at a side enB te I unfastened the door and gained the H gsis, through which I sped and reached f unseen by the watch-dog that I *v * ?" 3 v fjistcncd. 6" icaruu. me . ? "Managed to crecp through the bars 1 E.en I stood upon, the highway. 1 r and gave one long, last look at the ' ' - had known for five long weary I " i which I presumed I was leaving massive tpile of masonry it "was, out dimly in the gray light. How id it seem to stare at me with its dowed eyes, as if scorning the aix -who stood alone in the dusty ng up at it with mixed feelings of egret. But it had been naught to aateful prison house, I said, as I vay. Why should I regret leaving rudged on, little dreaming how I j ^rin enter the gates of Caledon >r what a strange, new life lay bai ition was to go to the city, and ike all people, especially young ant ones, imagined I could find ~ 1?' * +AM rr>?> of ajment. jH-aggiu miu witu ? R < oe of hors who earned good wages as B . rsery girl, and a certain cousin who ? JCthing at all to do but attend one little I >, or child rather, and received the ? of two dollars a week and beard, beI L?any her mistress' cast-og gyI i mcnts, which, Maggie declared, were as good as new. Hearing this, I did not doubt but I should soon find a place where my services would be gratefully received. I did not stop to think that these people would be very likely to inquire from whence I came and what recommendation I had. But I was very ignorant of the world, the reader must remember, having never been outside the gates of Caledon, scarcely, nor into a town or village of any sort, since I was ten years old. Think of this, you children, to whom a journey of hundreds of miles is never thought of except as a trilling occurrence. I had with me a small sum of money which I had saved by doing odd jobs for the serv ants at Caledon; yet the whole sum did not exceed two dollars. But I was free, I said, as I walked on; better starve in freedom than live in bondage. ? < I I had calculated that the distance to the 1 ' city could not be over five miles, but in my ; | confusion I must have taken a longer route, ; for I walked briskly nearly the whole forenoon, and still I saw no sign that I was * nearing it. The road, too, grew narrow, ; and had an untraveled look that alarmed ec. I was faint and thirsty, too, from hav- ' ing traveled so far, but I disliked to stop at any of tho farm-houses I passed, for people, though kind-hearted in the main, would be apt to look with suspicion on a stranger plodding alone on the public highway. ' But toward noon, unable to endure longer ! the pangs of hunger and thirst-, I stopped at a small house on the edge of a field where a . woman was drawing water from a well, and timidly asked for a drink, and to stop and rest for a little while. She sourly complied with my request, glancing suspiciously at j my bundle the while. I entered the house and sank down on the Chair she pushed toward me, almost too tired 1 to do more than breathe. She was prcpar- * gig dinner, and the smell of tho victuals J made me ravenous. I had not tasted, food i since dinner the previous day, and it was small wonder I was faint and hungry. I ? could not starve, and I asked the woman for ? breakfast. She had not spoken since I had j entered the house, evidently being in a fit ( of sulks about something. She spoke now, ( though, wondering viciously what I was 3 tramping about the country asking breakfast at this hoar for. I did not answer her, and she, seeing how pale and wan I looked, perhaps reiented, for she placed some vie- 1 uals and a glass of milk on the table, and < bade me sit up and eat I did so, and hav- f ing finished I offered the woman a bit of *< silver in payment, half hoping she would not take it; but inthis I was mistaken, her small ( gray eyes glittered as she clutched it eager- t Iv, and she asked, quickly: : "Ye've plenty of this I suppose, girl?" at j the same time laying her large hand on my t shoulder. ? " Only a very little," I answered steadily, 1 though my heart beat nearly to suffocation r so frightened was I, for I judged from the " woman's looks she would not hesitate to do ^ me an injury. But at that instant a horse- ' man passed, seeing which I grasped my ? bundle and lied hastily down the road be- 1 hind him, only too glad to escape my vicious- 1 looking hostess, but greatly refreshed by i the nourishment I had taken. i I had intended to have made some in- s quirics in regard to the road I must take to { reach Bultimore; but in my fright I had forgotten it. So I wandered on, only pausing i to rest a short time in a wooded dell where x ?? ? j #*4. f i ? f-x "TC'VZ PLEKTT CP THIS, I SUPPOSE?" ? : i a cool spring bubbled up; I refreshed my- * self with a drink of the clear, sparkling I water. and then took up my walk again. f But toward evening, being certain I must 1 have lost my way entirely, I determined to t ------? -- -Prt^rv> V?/\^>c?rk fVtot c+rinri fx lUC^Uiru clo ii jL.ci.1 t^uv <7 www. ? short distance from the road among a clamp of old trees. A large colored woman, with a rod ban- * dana tied over her head, was sweeping 1 the leaves from the walks as I came up. 1 She paused when she saw me, and rested 1 her hands on her hips, while a look of won- I der crept over her black face. I timidly in- J quired the distance to B. I "Law bress ye, honey, yer on de wrong ] t.Tr-V>Tr "R-l'l. SUXC CHUJI) b?ltj Ui i'w.U. * * AiJ' ^ timore is clean twenty mile from here; ye's ( comin' away from dar, chile." I lookc-d at the woman in blank amaze- ? laent; then, sinking down on a seat, near, I , burst into tears, quite overcome by this revelation and feeling heartsick and forlorn indeed. ' ? "Oh! sho now, oto't cry honey,1' said the < sable dame, kindly. "Ye's clean tuckered 1 oufc, I can see. Now just come in de houso I and rest a bit." * J Her kind words encouragcd me some. what, and I arose and followed her into the [ house. She led me into the ample kitchen ? where t&e floor shone with [cleanliness and ^ vrher? the bright rows of tins gleamed in ( he san that slanted across the room. A c black girl was busy preserving some kind oJ * fruit over the stove and a large Newfound- i land dog lay stretched before the fire. t "Dinah," said the old woman addressing the girl, '-(lis pore chile is done lost her way an'is clean tuckered out. She's gwineto . Baltimore, but I tole her she's on the wrong 2 track; it's clean twenty miles there, hain't < it? Yo take olf your bonnet and rest here, ( chile," pointing to a settee in ihe corner. ] I did so, but, though I only intended to j rest a few moments, sleep overpowered me ] and I knew nothing more uniil I was awak- ( ened by voices near me and sprang up to < ;?7 - ] | 1 wm- mu, ! : /-v ?-* "-- ?- - ' .5 -**?~-r ? - "LAW ERSS3 YE, EOXET." find the lamplight illuminating the great kitchen and to find that I had slept for hours. Ttie negroes laughed at my bewildered looks, but Aunt Chloe said, kindly: '"Yo; is so urea, ncucv, wo jw. better sleep and rest tore till morning. Ye can stay well nufif." I was glad to accept their hospitality, for I shuddered to think what might have befallen me had I fallen asleep on the lonely roadside. During the evening I learned that the master and mistress were absent, and only thg three n&s???? ? charge of the house,, and plantation, which I judged to be a very rich one from its appearance. In the morning I again started on my way. Kind Aunt Chloe provided me with a lunch and a multitude of directions, besides many kind wishes, and I left the old c. mature as I had found her busily sweeping the walks. I took the road she designated, but before long I began to feel so tired and exhausted I was forced to rest; yet all day I toiled on, but, as I could see, I was no nearer the longed-for goal than before. I began to feel that I had made a mistake in leaving home, after all. It was better than tramping aeross the country half starved and looked upon with suspicion by every one. Toward evening I passed many farmhniKPi. but I da.rc-d not enter for fear of the Serce dogs that barked, savagely inside the rards. So, worn out, at length I sought a dump of bushes growing by the roadside, and here I passed the night. I slept soundly, iespite the cold wind and the hard couch. But in the morning I felt so stiff and lame I could hardly rise, but I made my way out, and, going to a house, I procured a bite of breakfast, and then though sca~r \j able to crawl, I .feebly pushed on, scar ^3 knowing ivhere or what direction I was taking. , [to be coxtixubd] CLEVELAND AND HILL. some Political Gossip as to Whom the Democrats Will Nominate?Tlie Two Are Very Frit ndly?Cleveland Sure to Win. (From the Washington Sunday Gazette.) It is an open secret among shrewd Democratic politicians, among those who inow what is going on in the innermost iircle, that David Bennet, Hill, Governor of the State of New York, is a canlidate for the Democratic nomination :or the Presidency. That is an assured ract. Governor Hill in rnanv respects is a strong man. He has made a good record is Governor, and during his two terms lot a single blemish, either personally >r officially has been fastened on his jharacter. He will leave the executive nansion at Albany with clean hands and mblemished reputation. The Governor las had the dispensing of a good deal of patronage during his two terms, and, of ionrse, he has' not appointed to office my one not friendly' to him and his jause. These things make him strong. Again, let it be remembeied that Gov-? irnor David B. Hill is known all over he country. When Cleveland was lominated for President he sprang into prominence. He had been associated with !i. .i. 3 _ _ l i. : xl mat wonuerim man in auministeriug tut: iffairs of the State, and Governor Cleveand's election made him Governor. Chen he was elected by. the people, vhich again brought him prominently before the public eye and was taken as showing that the people were satisfied vith the way he had governed. As New fork had ghe:: one Governor to become i President it was not a great stretch of imagination to picture the Empire State igain sacrificing her chief magistrate so ;Lat the Nation might have a ruler, prodded the present incumbent of the tVhite House did not seek a re-election. U1 these circumstances combined to leep Governor Hill's name prominently before the public. GOVERNOR HILL AND PROTECTION*. Governor Hill's position is a peculiar >ne. It is well known that many of the protection Democrats?and, although 2ie-jsiraigh.tout JL/emocratic organs de lare there are none such, they exist ia 10 small numbers?do not like the President because of his tariff views and hat they listened to his message with imazement and anger. Governor Hill, >n the other hand, is a protection Demosrat and he is the candidate of that wing :f the Democratic party that believes in naintaining the present tariff as a part >f onr present political system. Then, again, the impression has gone orth that the Governor is a spoils poliician; that if he had his own way he vould disregard the spirit of civil service eforra and appointments would be made imply on the ground of political fitness md the services to be rewarded. And n addition to this, those people who vant a change, not on high mors! pround, but because of some small or onfiiArl r>prrlf?r?7. nr havp flocked to lis standard because he appears to be -he strongest candidate.CAN HE SUCCEED? Can he succeed? Can he get the lomination? Those are the questions o bo answered, and from my personal knowledge of the way sentiment is runling I unhesitatingly say he cannot. 1.1 do not believe there is a man in the Democratic party who can get the nornilation away from Grover Cleveland. Jnless he does something most unheard >f, or unless one of those absolutely unixpected events which sometimes tran;pire happens, the President, in my jpinion, is as sure of a renomination as le can be sure of anything. The Kill boom is in the hands of very ihrewd men, who are playing a very sareful game. Li the first place it will lot do for them to any way cause dismion in the Democratic party in the state of -New York, as such a course vould certainly mean Democratic defeat. Che Hill men cannot afford to do that md rather than take any chances they vould do whatever they could to elect Cleveland. But if Cleveland could not ;ecure the necessary votes in the conrention the Hill men would come to the 'rout and ask the Cleveland supporters ;o cast their strength for their candidate. THEY ARE STILL FKIENDS. Prom what I have written above the mpression may be gathered that Governor Hill is not friendly to the PresiIcnt, and that the former is se:i:ng up pins to undermine his strength. My iniormation on the subject does not lead ne to believe that that impression is TVva s\( offline T z^xx^vu* jlxw o- iua?iuu yjx aiicuio a. c^jjlx ;old is about this: Governor Hill -would ike to be the Democratic candidate for ;he Presidency, as what American citizcn would not? However, he realizes that it the present time the President is the strongest man in liis party and that he fcias the "call" on the nomination. In the convention it will take a two-thirds rote to nominate. Can Cleveland get that vote on the first ballot? The Hill men say that he cannot, that the delegates who are opposed to him and those who go there to cast a complimentary vote for their local favorites will form a sufficient number to prevent that. If he cannot get the nomination on the first or second ballot ha stands no fnrfher chance, as the opposition to him will continue to grow. It will be the field against Grover Clevelar and when the President's managers se. ilist he cannot be nominated they will look round to see who is the next strongest man. Hill's friends will be there in force and the question to be decided by the Cleveland men is shall Hill or an outsider be nominated? For many reasons they will prefer Hill, the word will go down the OleAeland line to nominate Hill, and Hill will be the nominee of the convention. NO PLOTS FOB CO^TJEm-iOXS. It will be seen then that the Governor and the President are not plotting against each other. Each will give loyal support to the other according to the way in ttiucu circumstances snape xuemselves. Up to a certain limit Gov. Hill will support the President, but wlien it \ ' becomes certain that the Cleveland sun has set the Hill constellation will ascend into sight. Governor Hili will never have such another chance as this. He is now prominently before the people, and has all the prestige which two terms as Governor Las given him. Suppose he should run again and again be elected, he could add j very little to his reputation, while there j is always the danger of his doiDg some- j thing which may without a moment's J warning utterly rain his future political j career. '1'lien tlie longer lie remains in ofiice the more danger he runs of making enemies among his political adherents; he cannot distribute all the political patronage that they thinly themselves entitled to, and the consequences will be disoilecti ->n among the very men whose friendship is most desirable. On the other hand, should he run again and be defeated the result would be simply disastrous, and if at the end of his ter^ 'he retires to private life, so fast dr' men grow in this country that in four years he may drop entirely out of sight. It would seem, then, with him that it is either now or never, and the Governor's friends realize that fact very thoroughly. WHO TOL IX BE? As it now looks to me, I shou1,1 say that Grover Cleveland is still king .ee in the Democratic hive. The President has lost none of his popularity and he is as strong with the Independents of New iorK ana iuassacuusetts uj iiu evci ?as. i The Independent vote will be as necessary to elect the Democratic nominee in 1888 as it was in 1S84, and for that reason, as much as anything else, I look to oort & nATYin^ffli.lV. OCC UJ.VTU Viwrwuiivt vuv J-' W? w-w-w standard-bearer next November. St. Geobge. -no -qa? NEGRO MILLIONAIRES. Six Colored Texas Men IVlio Have Each JnheriteddSight Million Dollars. (Trr.ni the Galvoston News ) When the New York papers, a few days ago, referred to X. W. Cooney as being the wealthiest colored man in Texas, they had evidently not heard of the Lincoln family now residing in Dallas, six children in all who have come into possession of $4S,000,000 giving ! them the snug little fortune of $8,000,000 apiece. One of the heirs of this immense property is at present in Galveston. A News reporter looked him up, as much out of curiosity to see a negro possessed of such enormous wealth as in search of an item. The following^ item | from a paper published in Paris, Texas, ' in connection with the information that one of the heirs was in the city, is that which directed the reporter in-the search. The Lincoln heirs (colored), living in Dallas, who, a year or so ago became the wealthiest colored people in America, have recently come in possession of all their property. The amount due them 1 was on depo&it in the bank of England, and aggregated the enormous sum of ( $18,000,00(1 Forty-eight million doi- 1 lars! This has just been divided among the heirs?Abraham, Ed, Burr, Mat, ' Fannie and Luln?each having recently received $8,000,000. Eight million dol- : lars! The party in Galveston bears the illus- ; trious cognomcn of Abraham Lincoln. He was traced to a colored boarding house on Twenty-eighlL street, between Postofiice and Church, but not being : found in he courteously responded to the >7ews man to call at the olfiee, which he did last night, coming in as meekly as though he wanted* to borrow ?1, in- ' stead of owning 38,000,000. Abraham is : A ft*\v\ovArtf]rr -n/^ JLLiaiJ, uuu VIVA w years of age, of a saddle-colored complexion, and evidently a man of more than the average intelligence of his racc. He has credentials, printed letter heads, etc., wherein ho is styled Governor Abraham Lincoln, showing him to be manager of the estate. When asked by what means such enor- 5 mons wealth had been acquired by his family, he replied that it was an inheritance from his grandmother. Fanny Ellis was a Mexican woman, and some forty years ago her husband acquired immense wealth in speculation in Mexico 1 mining claims, which was deposited in 1 the bank of England. Preceding the ' late civil war tliey bought and sold : slaves, and among one of their purciiases from a slave trader was the father of the 1 six cnuuren wno recently came into tne . possession of tlie ?18,000,000. The father married the daughter of his mistress, ' by whom he was set free, and the six : children, being the direct issue of that marriage, establish the chain of direct inheritance. Some litigation was neccs sary in establishing their claim, and it was only a few days ago they acquired the actual possession of their fabulous inheritance. : Abraham Lincoln is here, as he says, with a view of probably locating in Galveston. When asked if he had matured any : plans for investing this vast estate, he' : replied that they had decided to invert it all on January 1 in United btates bonds. The interest on the bond& he said, will give them more than enough 1 to live on, with a good speculation without touching the principal. It is also a sale investment, and carries with it an immunity from taxation. The Gro\v:b of tlie fc?ouT!i. The Chattanooga Tradmnan lias com piled statistics from the ofliciai reports showing the growth of cotton and wool manufactures in the Southern States in the past seven years. The increase in mills in the South, during that period was tJo, or 51 percent.; of spindles G54.02G, or 11G per cent.; of looms 15,734, or 25) per cent. The increase iu each of the Southern States separately in the past seven years, as compiled by the Tradesman, was as follows: Alabama?Mills increased 18 per cent., spindles SI per cent., looms To par cent, Georgia?Mills 37 per cent., spindles 00 per cent., looms 81 per cent. Mississippi?Mills 25 per cent., spindles 155 per cent., looms 109 per cent. Maryland?Mills 1G per cent., spindles 05 per cent., looms 14 per cent.North Carolina-?Mills G1 percent, spindies 139 per cent., looms 220 per cent. South Carolina?Mills 1U7 per cent., largest per cent, of increase, spindles 181 per cent., looms 95 per cent. Tennesso-. ?Mills 75 per cent., spindles 188 per cent., the largest increase; looms 185 per cent. Virginia?Mills 50 per cent., spindles 35 per cent., looms 27 per cent. North Carolina has today 80 cotton mills, against 49.in 1870: Tennessee 28 against 10 in 1880: Georgia 55 against 40 in 1880: Virginia 12 against 8 in 18S0; Alabama 19 against 10 in 1880; Arkansas added one mill since iSSO; Kentucky 1, Lousiana 1,. Mississippi 2, Maryland 3. The total number of mills in the South today is 249, and the consumption of raw cotton in 18S0 and 1S87 was 401,452 bales against 010,00-; m iDo-i una lioo. Breach cf promise suits arc now callcd "white mailing attacks." '*If women" arc not good enough to belong to the 3Iaso::s," said a fair one. with pouting lips, the other day, '"will you please tell us why?" "My dear, that is the very trouble. You are too good. The necessity for your membership does not exist, ilasonry was founded to make the men better, and the Lord knows they ; need it/' ) \ V i ^UNITED AFTER :?IA>"Y YE A lis. A "Wedding Delayed Because the Groom was Wrongfully Convicted of Murder. A special dispatch from St. Joseph (Mo.) says: A reckling of more interest than is usually attached to events where the1 parties are so little known occurred to-day' about four miles west of St. Joseph. The contracting parties are W. H. Potter, living near Denver, Col., and Mrs. Julia Ciiunrn, who for a few years past has nude her home with her brother, Henry Withers, in Doniphan county, Kansas. Both the parties are of middle age, and bad not seen one another for years until a few months ago. Wfrm they were children they went to school together in Carroll county, Kentucky, and when Potter was a young man of twenty-one years_and came West he was betrothed _to Julia Withers, who was the belle of the neighbprbood. Potter went first to Kansas, and then to the mountains, returning to visit his old home twice in five years. Ou the last visit it was agreed that the marriage should take place the following spring, by which time he hoped to have enJr^hjnone;'to make his home what he thought it should be. He returned Wc&? and was not- heard from for years. Hope one who had known him in the mountains happened to pass through his;Kentucky home and circulated the story of his death, founded upon a rumor as it afterward appeared. His sweetheart mourned him as dead, and in two years wedded a rival, with whom she lived happily'for about eight years. Her husband died in 1885, when she came to Doniphan county to make her home with her brother, having no nearer relatives in Kentucky. Her husband left her a considerable fortune, and as her forty years sat lightly upon her she soon became the ccntre of an admiring circle of friends. A few months ago Potter came through St. Joseph, quite accidentally, on his way to Chicago. He met Withers at the Union depot, and, what is most singular, the men knew each other. Explanations followed, and Potter was driven to the pleasant country home of the Withers family. He met his sweetheart of early days, and the old love, which had not ceased to .burn in their hearts fciirougii iujjy yva.it;, auuii iuhuu i.otn | felt. The courtship was commenced where it had been broken off, and the two were married, leaving this evening for Mr. Potter's home, near Denver. The strange part of the story is yet to come. Putter, while working in the mines, bad been accused of murdering his partner. Not being able to establish his innocence at the trial, he was convicted, and the sentence commuted to imprisonment for life, several good reasons 'appearing for this. Too proud to inform his sweetheart or famiiy of his disgrace, he did not write any letters home about it. The story of the crime Sid not reach them. The murder was committed in a new claim wliich Potter and his partner had just began to work [a New Mexico, and it was not known bere what part of the East he had come from. After he had been in prison nearly five years a man who was to be hanged made a concession clearly estaolifhing Potter's innocence, and lie was released. He vent at once to Ghent, Kyr,-4>:a? foojid his intended bride was another's. Without making himself known he left the place and amasccd a considerable fortune by speculation. He was on his way to Chicago to dispose of some property when he accidently met his old schoolmate, Henry Withers, in St. Joseph. A BIT OF TKOPIC SCENEIIY. Morii)tain and Forest iu Hie Nicaragnan Isthmus. (From the New Yo:k HeraUl letter.) Passing out of the mouth of the San Juan, the main stream is reached where Hift waters nf the Oano do Animas. Often Lng to the southward, sparkle ami skimmer in the morning sun, while dense masses of dark mango trees, interspersed with scarlet passion ilowers, follow the serpentine windings of the river as if cut Eind trained by the hand of man. On either s?e of the entrance wild tamarinda, the noblest trees in a Micaraguan forest, form giant portals to the lands of earthquakes and volcanoes. As we ascend the river ana the forests become denser and darker countless parasites entwine themselves in the most intricate and fantastic manner around the topmost branches of the highest trees and are lost in mystifying knots near the water's edge. " Beneath their bright and pretty leaves can be seen the withered branches of the dead trees, which they clasp in an embrace as fatal as it is fond, for the parasite loves "not wisely, but too well." Skirting close to the bank, where the feathery plumes of the white crane wave in the balmy air we escape the full strength of the current and realize to the fullest cur early dreams of a rich tropical vegetation. On the boughs of tall laurel trees, which form a kind of canopy over the river, white and bJaek faced monkeys coolly sit and survey us; while birds of rare and exquisite plain-, age, whose wild, liquid 'notes are the birthrights of a tropical forest, regard us with condor and awe. Xow a huge alligator, basking in the sunshine, oilers a large but invulnerable target to the riHe, and the paddle wheel startles a raanati or*river cow resting quietly in the mud. The foliage becomes denser. Long tendrils dip their thirsty stems into the sluggish water, forming an impassable network. Just as you begin to wonder how it is possible to continue the journey, a sudden bend shows the broad expanse of the river, with low sacaii grass on either side. Choked with Molt'/ii "NTJnr>frr?or nl/1 T7r.]*^r>W?r<Tv*r of Heading, Pa., is slowly starving from a peculiar cause. Less than two mont hs ago bo was married to a worthy young woman of that city.. He went to Philadelphia, where he obtained work in a stove foundry. While engaged in carrying a ladle tilled with molten iron some one dropped a picce of cold iron in the fluid. An explosion followed. Ilollenberger was in such a position that a quantity of red-hot iron entered his mouth and slid down his. tiiroat and tbcre it cooled oil and now remains in a fixed position, near the entrance to the stomach. He is unable to eat any food. He has been kept alive by artificial means, but is slowly and surely starving to death. When in good health he weighed 140 pounds. lie has now Leui reduced to (5-> pounds and is literally nothing but skin and bones. His appeals for food arc hrurtrending, but he is unable to get anything down his throat beyond a certain point. His bride of a few weeks is faithfully attending to liis wants.?Philadelphia Time*. A contemporary thinks the time is coming when a man can sit in a watch-tower ia a city, and by simply closing an electric circuit by a caramon telegraphic instrument in front of him. kill an entire army approaching from any direction. It will not be necessary for many approaching armies to be killed in this way before war wiil become so unpopular everywhere that it will be discontinued by common consent. It is estimated that 100,0C0 tens of ice j will be cut on the Penobscot this season. > ' MOULTOXS DEATH HURTS SHERMAN. A Chapter of Secret Political History? How Garfield Won. (From the New York cun.) The deatli of Colonel Monlton, John Sherman's brother-in-law, makes fresh a chapter of political incidents that has never yet seen the light of day, and remains for the future political historian to put upon a printed page. Said a Republican politician yesterday: "Monltoa was a man of great decision and sagacity, ~ ?Cnn 01 rl 1 vr <>rinnlpi1 in iZJLLU. V UiiiL ;o oc-v**j ^*T ~ ?the outset, of iiis Presidential canvass by his death. Moulton was really the unV/it ting cause of Garfield's nomination in 1880. He was the one connecting link between the plot that had been going on in Garfield's favor and the opportunity in the Chicago Convention which comj|Jetely upset ail combinations and recrystalized the strength of the Anti-Grant men around one standardbearer* Early in May of 1880 John Sherman, then secretary of the treasury in Hayes Cabinet, made a little Saturday visit to Philadelphia, ostensibly to loot: over the customhouse, but really to set up his political boom. One of the features of the visit was a ride down the Schuylkill in company with a number of prominent Phikdelphians, among them Wharton Barker and his garrulous sire. Old Barker happened to sit at Sherman's left hand, and, hanging his- tongue in j the middle as the boat pushed out- from the wharf, the benevolent old gentleman kept it wagging at both ends until she bumped the pier again on her return. " 'Mr. Sherman, I should like to sec you President,' said old Barber, 'but my son Whartqn thinks Jim Garfield is the best man we can pat tip. so aoes Wayne MaeYeagh.' "At tiiis time Garfield's name had not been mentioned by anybody in any quarter, publicly, in connection with the Presidency. He was ti)e leader of Lis party in the House, and had before him the prospect of becoming Speaker, if he chose to accept the place. Perhaps if it had not been for old Barker's remark he would Lave been Speaker instead of Keifer in the Forty-seventh Congress. What old man Barker said set John Sherman to thinking and he had several consultations with his brother-in-law, llouiton, about it. Feelers were put out around Garfield, but he could not be caught. He denied uniformly that he had ever thought of becoming a candidate, and the only thing he said that 1 * V JL 3 V ..J. 1 -UZr. COUiG ue COIliirueu liiio a Leunjai ui juia am'oition was a remark that he made on one occasion as he dismissed the subject, 'Oh, there's time enough for that by and by.' When Sherman wanted to have Garfield himself make his nomination speech for himself (Sherman) before sajing a word to Garfield he talked it over with Mouiton. " 'Oh, yes; have Garfield by all means,'" said Mculton. 'If he ha3 any designs on his own account it will tie 'him up beautifully.' "So Sherman asked Garfield to make the nominating speech. Garfield, in turn, was wary about accepting. He had by tliis time become a little set up by the suggestions of a number of marplots, and began to think he might be a dark horse in the convention. Ho told his friends that Sherman had asked him to make the nominating speech, and he had taken a little time to consider the m'attcr. ~Xo is cmsinccssa-.y to mention with whom Garfield finally consulted, ii.. ~ 2 tr-* ? ,.i j i UilL tilU UU.Y1WK5 VTU JillCSA1 ttiiU iZ\Jeept. Make your speech, and we will see to the risk.' That was the first small cloud en John Sherman's horizon, then no bigger than a man's hat, bat destined in a short month to swell into a whirlwind ot defeat. Garfield accepted it, and in time no fact will be more certain in history than that the famous opening sentence of his speech was entirely a matter of prearrangement. History may be ransacked for a finer dovetail of cunning with cunning than Garfield's speech and the work of his friends in the galleries of the convention hall. " *Who shall be your candidate?' said Garfield with his first breath as he stood before that great mass of men, and then the galleries answered, shouting back as with the roar of the sea: 'Garfield! Garfield!' "The scene can never be forgotten. It was as.if a child had touched the electric button that should hurl the world into chaos again. All that Gar field said was that simple little sentence, 'Who shall be toot candidate?' and thousands of men took it up as the signal of his consent and connivance in the plot to make himself that candidate. If it bad not been for Colonel Moulton's unlucky advice to John Sherman, Garfie'.d could not have touched the electric button that convulsed the convention and threw into chaos the several factions that stood opposed like strong armies on the battle field." MAKING 12 SHIRTS FOK 7 CEXTS. And Even Then Dorah Fislimaa lias to Sue for Her Money Hrfore Getting It. (From the New York Sun) Dorah Fishman. a seamstress of about 2.1 Years of aire, residing af 242 Monroe street, complained to Justice Henry M. Goldiogle irt the Fifth District Court yesterday afternoon that her employer, Leon Yettligg, a shirt manufacturer of 212 Monroe street, owed her $6 for making shirts. She Las worked for the manufacturer for t:i_rht months, she said, making shirts for 7 cents a dozen, and he owes her a balance of $6, for which she asked his Honor to award her judgment. Dorah's father, Solomon Fishman, who is about 50 years of age," also performed work for the defendant at the same low rate of wages, and he also had a claim for ?2.UG against the mauufecturtr. Yeitling, who was dressed warmly and iooked as if he enjoyed life, said lie-" did not recognize the girl m tne transaction at all; that 1ns dealings were only with her father, to whom he admitted owing the money, lie has about nine machines running in his shop, and the work is distributed among the different operators, each having a separate part of the shirt to make. He said Dorah was only helping her father, who was to pay her. "Do you mean to tell this Co^ri that this poor girl was to be paid by her father when hi- was only receiving 7 cents a dozen?" indignantly asked Law> er Hirshfield, who advocated Dorah'o claim. "Yes," meekly responded the witness. Yotlling brought several of his emj plovces to swear that the seamstress I never worked for him, but was simply | helping her father. They so testified, I but .Judge (jroidtogie believed tns prc: ponderancc of evidence was in Dorah'.s favor aL d rendered judgment against the shirt manufacturer for the ?6 with $G eosts. In tiie father's cr.sc for $2.06 Yettling admitted judgment without coming to trial. "I never saw anything in the wr-y of wood as large a> the tr-.-es of the Yosemile," said Fflip. "Xo," sn-ippcu 31 me. FSip. "You never saw anytiring in the way of wood anyway." It was her stress on the "saw ' tuiii mauc x mp iocs uncoinioruio-e. BILL NYE AND THE PRESIDENT. The Great Author Highly Pleased YFith Mr. Cleveland's Simplicity. i Washington, January 31.?President i Cleveland to-day received two distin( gnished guests at the White House?Bill Nye and Charles Dickens. They were introduced to the President by Major J. B. Pond. President Cleveland accorded them a private interview in the Red Room. At its close he personally escorted his callers all through the Exp^?nf;vA TYfanHinTL exDlaininsr the different rooms and giving a succinct history of each. Bill Nye's modesty shone on the occasion' as conspicuously as his bald head. He was delighted with ?the reception. In speaking of it afterwards he said: "I was never more agfeeably disappointed in any one man than I was with Mr. Cleveland. He is truly a fine man. What surprised me above all things was his thorough simplicity, unaifectednesa and frankness. For a man holding his position he is astonishingly ingenuous, it is seldom that I rub my knees against greatness, and I have seen so little \>f fit'in/irc in tf +V?Of vixu vtvuxi. a^u uuc gicau a-*, aw uumv I was at a'ioss to tsik "to the President in that free aiid easy way that I desired and that he would have appreciated. I found to-day the truth of the remark made by some great man in the hazy past that the man who can say-a smart thing to-day cannot say a smart thing to-morrow. After I left the President there were a great many smart things flooding my mind, as it were. If I could only have thought of them at the proper time I know the President and myself would have had a pleasanter time. Lut for the moment I was tongue tied." Others who were present, however, tell a different tale. They say that William captivated the President at the outset by his quaint witticisms, and that the interview was prolonged by Mr. Cleveland the more to enjoy Bill's original remarks. AN ENGLISH OPINION. The United States to be the Leader in Arts and Everything; .Else. (From the New York Herald.) Prof. Hubert Herkomer, had :i distinguished audience this evening at the Royal Institution in Albermarle s;treet, London, to hear what he had to say about his visit to th9 United States. He, ImcAvpr -arivanned little that had not been said or written heretofore. -He laid particular emphasis upon what he called the "pronounced individualism of Americans as compared with Europeans." He was impressed with their keen, nervous tc-mperament, keen intelligence and their ambition to excel. "There must be," he said, "something in the air to induce this very pronounced difference of character. Indeed, I noticed that Englishmen residing in New York became quicker and thought more rapidly and accomplished more than when living in England." He specially dwelt upon "ctie American skill in physiognomy." Speaking of social matters,* he commented upon the fact that "a stranger did not seem to be tested, but was either welcomed everywhere immediately or else was not welcomed at alL Wliat. mnaf. irrmrARSAn Pmf. TTp.rkomfVr : ? -: was the surprising j/togress in architecture. Comparing thslie^-with thecomparatively old,.he says: "The best; types of arehiteciure in. the Oid World are accepted and are really the best found in America. In the ipaaking.of national art architecture comes first m consequence., next sculpture, then painting. "In the schools of art to-day the best productions are by American students. They do not come to Great Britain, though, but visit France and Italy." Prof. Herkomer concluded by averring that America would become the leader of art in the nations, as of nearly everything else. The word "nearly" seemed to secure the Professor his applause, for the audience did not altogether relish his his encomiums. REGLLATOlio L> COLLE I O.V. The L'stawfu) Destruction of a Crotmroadx Barroom. Walter boko. January 27.?The flagrant violation of the law in Colleton county as regards the illicit barrooms which can be found in almost any corner of tbe county, is a subject of general comment, and public sentiment, as on all such subject, is much divided. An effort was made during the last session of the Legislature io allow a license s}stem, but the Ilepicsenti lives were equally <livided, and the bill went by for nothing. 2u>w, the evil h:>s not been abated, and the small sized crossroads barrooms are growing in number and iiUL ii U'UL ux xcvcuuv; miu WUUty collers. To some communities the system as it now stands is exceeding odious, and here is the way li-ey abate the nuisance over in St. George's Parish, Cjlleton County. Mr. G. Albert Beach, of St. Bartholomew's Parish, opened across the Edisto river ia St. George's Parish, sometime in December last, a flourishing little t>?r on the roadside. The proprietor was immediately seived with the notice anonymously that it would be best for him to close by January 1. To thn. no attention was paid, and the roadside "resort'' continued to flourish until exterminated by a band of masked regulators on lust Monday night. Mr. Beach says that about 11 o'clock at li^ht about twenty men well disguised came up to his bar and three of the num ber seized the clcrk, G. W. Shaw, and forcibly carried him a hundred yards of[ and detained him uulil the band limshed their unlawful act of destruction. The regulators then took the law in fueir nvvn h.inris dwstrovinsr his United States license and br oking in the heads of two barrels and three kegs of whisky, teariog oil the sides and front of the building. As a reward Tor their unlawful exertions they carried off about two quaris of whisky each. Tiiey did not confiue their deprcda tlons alone to the liquor, but also -carried away a box of cigars, a pistol and a fine umbrella. This rook place in the same neighbor hood that was visited by a similar band who cut up a corn field last year. In a" nrobabiiitv these regulators are the same band, and" believe alike in free cows and free whisky. York'? ?3?.0C0 Blaze. York, Pa., January 29.?The large building occupied by ihe York Daily Publisbiug Company as a printing office, D. H. Welsh, clotliier, and 11. F. Polack, jeweler, w:is burned this morning at an early hour. The lire is bulieved to have been of incendiary origin, and when discovered had made considerable headway ia one of the lower rooms of the printing office. The extreme cold weather interfered materially with the efforts to subdue the flames and the lire burned with stubbornness until the entire building was gutted ercoapt the jewelry store, involving a loss of $50,000, partially covered by insurance. The Dally will be issued tomorrow morning from the press and type of the Age. Eminent stations make great men more great and little ones less. In is cowardice to wish It get rid of everything which we do not like. Sickness and sorrow only exist to further man's education in this world. They will not be neefled in the future. INDUSTRIAL TRAISIXG. Kow Young Men May Learn Something Besides Wbat is Taught in Books. (From the Columbia Daily Record.) Mr. Benjamin E. Stuart, of Charleston, a gentleman of long experience as a teacher, publishes a card in ye News and Courier, in which he announces his "strong desire to be elected to the Legislature from Charleston, upon the next regular Democratic ticket5' Mr. Stuart disclaims any special desire for 'the five j-n J--!? r,,.. uu:iiiri> it ua?jr ui iui ljllc will make as an intelligent and efficient member," though he has "no doubt of that" The ground of his aspirations, he states in the proposition, ' that South Carolina and the entire South needs several hundred industrial boarding schools for students from fifteen to eighteen years of age, in which the instruction shall be of the first order, and the labor of* the students will be so managed and applied for several hours daily, as to secure them their entire maintenance, the?r food and clothing and books and furniture, while they are improving their health and pursuing their studies during the spring season of early youth." These schools "should be feeders to our universities," as Prof. E. Means Davis has so admirably suggested. They should yield "remunerative revenue, to be obtained by methods of labor already fully understood and proved efficient, should a?one be aimed at, as the object of the work." Mr. Stuart thinks that ample oVnnU Ko maAa f<vr fliA indns. ?71 KJ Y OJ-V/CU.W4. Kf\J UiMv;v *VA ?^w r-r trial education of the regro, and says that "if the Legislature will pledge an appropriation conditioned upon ^?50,000 being raicsd outside of the appropriation for such a school for negroes, he wiU undertake in person to obtain the money." He concludes by promising that* "if the citizens of Charleston will elect him, on the distinct issue oa which he desires to be a candidate, the attention of th<? entire State and of the manager? of our educational system will be directed to this matter." Without passing upon Mr. Stuaifc's particular claims to the place he seeks, and without undertaking to determine how fir he might be able to impress his views upon the Legislature and upon "the entire State," it is plain. that the subject he mentions is one of great importance to the people of South Carolina. Nobody can question the need of industrial training in this State. The tendency of our youth has for the past twenty years been more end more away from tne very departmeLts of labor which would be features of the course of training in the schools which Mr. Stuart, in common with numerous other cdu1 J ? ~ carors, uesires wj see ceiauusucu, ^uu? has been a constant reduction of the avenues throngh which a young man might seek competence and independence, if not wealth and ease. The workshop, in every department of labor, seems to have become so distasteful as to be thought well-nigh dishonorable. It . is perhaps more due to this sentiment than to the absence of opportunities that so fetf of our young men have received anv special training for any department of human labor. They quit the farm to ba clerks or to find.some employment more congenial or, what is more to the -. point, less uncertain to yield an income. It is for this class per baps more than for any other that industrial training is needed?though, in all our towns, ttiere are young nifcn who are frittering away their time as clerks or salesmen at beggarly salaries, with little prospect of anything higher or bjttjr in the future. If more of these persons cou'd be induced to learn trades, it would be infinitely bettor for them, and the good effects would soon be felt in the communities in which they live. To establish separate industrial schools must be the work of time. We need an expedient whereby to meet present necessities. There are opportunities now waiting, which our young men ought to be induced to employ. In every important town in South Carolina there is at least one printing office. Here is an opcoitunity to learn a trade which prom. ises constant and remunerative employment to competent persons. Few deserving printers 'remain Jong out of work, bo with other trades?woodworking, shoemaking, black*mithing, the machinist's trade, and perhaps others. Why neglect these opportunities, on the plea of waiting for industrial schools? The answer, we fear, must be found in the notion, ever too prevalent in the South, that manual labor, however skilful, however fruitful of good to society, is in some sense degrading, Whether or not degrading in itself?and of course it is not?every man may, if he will, lift his calling up to the plane he himself deserve to occupyBut it will of cc-.rse be urged that we must have industrial schools, in order tbat industrial training may be accompanied with- studies such as will make the artisan intelligent as well as skilfuL. This is quite true. Ignorance and skill are of course incompatible. Fortunately <1^ en<TOrpsfad IS Teadilv Sclva lilt? VJ4XJUivuitj ^ ble in most sections of the State. The free schools?more especially the graded schools already established in various parks of the State?afford ample facilities for just such education as ought to precede the learning oi a trade. Let the boy finish his course at a good high school, then take his trade under some competent mechanic; and he -will leave the workshop quite as well equipped as the graduate of an industrial school. It might even be practicable, though perhaps not especially desirable, to combine the gradual acquirement of a trade with the taking of a special couise of study at school. Industrial schools are ue questionably most excellent means of training the co-itematift and well-directed JUUCU fcv K J labor. They ought to be established. But we ought not to await the accomplishment of this object, meanwhile neglecting opportunities already at hand. If those who have the guidance, not to say control, of the youth of the State will open their eyes to the need of more mechanics?intelligent white mechanics ?and will brush away what may remain of the effete notion that manual labor, being inconsistent with gentiHty, must needs afiecfc a man's social standing, we may ere long hope to see some of llie fruits which are promised from the establishment of industrial schools and colleges. A Horrible Occurrence. The family of a farmer named Doyle, onnsisiinir of father, mother, an imbecile son and three daughters, inhabiting an isolated house near Killarney, became insane Sunday evening from the effects of eating poisonous foods. During the night tliev fought one another like wild beasts, tearing their clothing and cutting their flesh hoiribly. The son was found dead in the pigsty next morning, his body nearly naked and his face entirely eaten away by the pigs, while the others were discovered in a seminude state, still fighting in the house. They were removed to au asylum, where they were pronounced incurably insane. Tue t'ather, it is thought, will die from the S-IieClS Oi Iil5> | Responsible .for bad fits-Ready-made clothiers. A