The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, April 26, 1883, Image 1
I)EVOTED TO 1'OLI'ICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO TUE GENEI IL INTEREST OF TIE COUNTRY.
B y D. F. BRADLEY & CO. PICK ENS, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1883. VOL. XII. NO. 3
GENERAL NEWS.
Tie females outnumber the males in
Alabama by 17,247.
There are cvcr 1CO vaiietles of timber
lh"Murray county, Ga.
There are 60,000 orange trces at B 'y
St. Louis, Mississippi.
There will soon be three cotton-seed
mills in and around Cheraw, Ala.,
From one acre of long staple cotton in
Rankin county, Mississippl, Mr. W.
Waddell realized $260.
Tihe Pen. Hilt residence in Athens,
Ga., which some time since Eold ror $6,
000, is now held at $12,000.
A young ladv near Bainbridga, On.,
has about four acres in onions and ex.
pect.h: to realize $1,600 on the crop.
The number of bearing orange treEs k
on ,ialifax river, Fla., is estimated at.
300,0( 0, New groves are being planted
all the time. -
A bill withdrawing all public lands
in the State from sale or lease for two
years is to be ihtroduced into the Texas
L^gidature.
The Key West sponge fleet, number- 1
ing 70 vessels and about G00 men, is out e
on a ci uise. A large catch of sponge
bringA about $SC0,0(I0 into that, city.
The entire police force of Birming- i
ham, A il., have demandcd higher wages, C
and refu cd to work. They are being li
paid $60 per month in city script, dis- o
counted twenty per cent. h
Al most , i t iii sight of the Court
house at Monticello, Fla., there are 300
acres of watermelons and 90 acres in
potatoes. These crors are estimated to
bring the producers 120,000.
The Nath Cmoilina State P((d o e
Agriculture have decided to make a full
dhsp1 Iy of State produets at the fair of
the 'ew En11land lechanic's Institute,
at Boston, in Septcmbr iext. An aml-i
ple appropriation will be made to secure t
an admirable display.
The Charleston News and Courier
states that South Carolina phosphates
are in d(mnand in alost every market., I
and South Carolina fertilizers are pro
nounced by progressive farmers to be
the cheapest and at the same time the a
mn-sat val uable commercial manures that a
can be used in the c'ultivation of our
various crops. More than $3,000,000 are
invested in the manufacture of fertil
izers in that State, and a very large cap.
ital is also employed in the mining of
phosphate rock.
The great bulk of the jugware used in
the South is manufactured above Ath.
ens, where clay especially adapted to
this purpose is found. It is taken from
the banks of btrcams and all the work
done by hand. A man can manufacture t
about 100 gallons a day, but a one-leged u
jug-maker in Jackron county easily put 1
up 200 gallons. 'The clay is first ground,
every !r'op carefuilly weighed, when the
vessels atre formed around a revolving
wheel turned by the foot. T1hey are
then baked in furnaces and1 g'azed with
glas!. They sell for about four cents a
gallon at the works.
The story is told that some distance
down the Georgia railroad, niot far from
.Augusta, a case was before a .Justice,
andl an Auigusta lawyer was one of the
attorneys emp)loyed. The lawyer, hav
ing all the facts nd the law that hee
desiredI in the case, made little or no la
argument before the .Just ice, but to his
utter astonishment the caee was decided(
against him. After court was over thez
lawyer went to the Justice nrivately and
asked him how in the name of commens
sense he could (decidle that case as lie
(lid. He sim ply replied :'" Well now,
sir, we .Justices know a great dceal more
about these cases tlian is ever brought
up before the court.
Montgomery, Ala., hats the following
manufaetoriea now in operation :Two
oil mills, onel flouring miilI, (onc cotton
mill, two planinig mills, four grist muil Is
two ice manufactories, two candy man
uifactories, two sodawater manufactories,
two carriage muanuifactorics, one furni
ture manufactory, one hiroom mainufac
tory, one tinware manu factory, on
clotliiung uninuufactm'y, one wvagon imian
ufauctory, one cigar manut~factory, one
fertilizer works, onie iron works, two
marble works, two rail roadl machine
shops, one railroadl ear wvork 3, one gin
andmachine works, one cotton comphress,
one oil refi nery, two i roin foundries,
four printing houses, foumr brick yards.
The above makes a total o~f 44 establlish
ments in operation, which is a fair ex
hibit for a cit.y comparatively unknown
as a manufactu rilng poinut.
There is talk in Georgia (If purch ising
Liberty Hall, Alexanider Stephen's late
resideince, b)y volu nt ary contribttions,
and retain ini it the fatmouis rolling chair
ando other relics, ima:k ing it a peculiar
pilgrim shrine for the peol of the
State, especially the young men. It is
also Suggested that the State employ
some famous se'ilptor toI make a statue
of the late governor, seated in a roller
chair, for Gecorgi.'s contribution to the
Nationol Capitol.
It Was Hungry.
A fair young mo(thecr, with a crying
habio in huer aims, sat ini a Western stage
coach. On the opposite seat was a prom
ned: politician of engaging manners.
By aind by ho said: "'Let imo hold your
hiaby. Pvhiaps I can soothe liim.'" ''Oh,
no0; 1 am snuch obiliged; you couldnt
help mne ay," was the answer. ''But,"
lie persisted, '"you had het ter let m e
try." ''You1 are very kind; butt I know
y'ou coln't biel: mex, for h1o is hungry,''
replied tIh lushing 'uother.
Tun dutty of bleinig chieerful, says ia
contemplorairy, is one V. ich is at all
times binding upon01 us. We have no
right to be morose or auliec, or accuis.
toim ourselves to look oni tihe dark side
of +hings. No senlse cd tuo s'oemnity
and importance of life can eX('Itn u' or
giving way to a~ sour pa~d ippppy $Au.)
pam
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
THE largest vessel in the Engliih navy
ost ,a million and a quarter to build,
nd nearly a thousand dollars a day to
eep them at sea afterward.
ENGLISH railroads have paid, since
876, over $5,000,000 in damages for
ersonal injuries to passengers. In 1876,
1,435,000 were paid in this way.
THE estimated expenses of the Gov
rnment for 1881 are placed at $340,280,
62. The amount of import duties is
stimated at $235,000,000, and of inter
al revenue at $145,000,000.
liss MARY A. H. GAY, who was prom
iently instrumental in establishing the
fonfoderate Soldiers' Cemetery at Frank
u, Tenn., has now undertaken the task
f raising money for a monument to the
to Senator Hill, of Georgia.
THE charge for third class passengers
or mile on the railways of India has
een reduced to about one-half *ent.
'lie result has been a large increase in
rafflc, the poorer classes availing them
elves more generally of the railways.
NEw Yonn CITY has 2,000 rag-pickers,
rhose collections are valued at $750,000
er year, while the handcarts engaged in
ie same business gather $3,000,000
'orth. The entire rag tradeof the comi
y reaches about $30,000,000 annually.
CHILDREN born before the marriage of
ieir parents can not inherit property
uloss by will, according to a statute ex
ting in New York. A different law
revails in Pennsylvania, where the sub
quent marriage of their parents legiti
iatizes the children.
Ir Is estimated that the wheat crop of
1e present year in the United States
ill fall below that of 1882 by at least
D,000,000 bushels. Much of the wheat.
iroughout the Northwest and 'West is
)ported to be winter killed by the ex
eptionally cold wesilter.
WILLIAM P. ALLEN and 1iorace L.
ones, of Caribou, Mo, have bousit
0,000 acres of land in Aroostook Coun.
y, in that State. This land will be set
led by immigrants from Sweden, and a
ow town will be organized that will
robably be named Stockholm.
THE Treasury )epartment has mado
ontracts for the establishment of cattle
tuarantine stations at Baltirnore, Boston,
ortland, and New York. It is the pur
tose of the department to put a thorough
ystem of cattle qunrantine into opera.
ion at the earliest practicale day.
P1ILADEI1r[IA is rejoicing im the suc
essful opening of the cable motor rail
ray, a substitute for the horso railway,
nd regarded as a much more agreeable
ubstitute than the elevated road. The
able runs at the rate of seven miles per
our.
AT a wood cutting contest in McKean
ounty, Pa., a few days ago, two wVomen
von the first prize for croenit sawing,
he contestants working in pairs. It
vomon really desire to competo withl
nen in industrial pursuits, here is a fihel
hey may occupy, aiid no maii will mnolct
hem.
INvEsTroATIoN shows that in Utah thle
AIormon Cliurch has 120,000 miemb ers,
n the Western States and Territories
thout 80,000, andl in the San<hvichI
[slandis about 7,000. It has about ninety
Thurcs in Great Britain, and Ite do.
somination is one of the largest ini the
southern part of Wales.
Da. E. 1I. SIIow wALTEII, of Mobile,
Ala., has presented to the Ulniv r.sity of
Alabama his collection of fossils and
aiarine fresh-.water shells, embracing
noro than one hundred thousand speci.
miens, together with a fine liha!ry of
icientiflo works. It is saidl to be one of
the best collections in the United States.
JIoun G. WairrTmn thinks that ihn
ald Indiani policy of reservationu is no
longer available. " The Western tidle oh
immigration," he writes, ''is everywhere
sweeping over the lines. What is neced.
ed,''hle adds, "'is that not 'nly the Indian
schools should 1h0 more lberally sup.
ported, butt that new ones should be
opened without delay. 'Tho matter does5
not admit of procrastination."
IN CUTTING away the knolls abhouit the
old fort at Lake George, N. Y., to obtain
earth and gravel for repairing the rail.
roaai embankment, the workmen lately
dug into what was doubtless at oue timei
the military burial ground. Seven skel
etons were exhumed, nearly all of whicb
bear the markA of battle. One skull has
a bullet-hole in the forehead, and when
tIhe sand wvas shaken from it out dropped
the flattened bullet.
DUn. YOUNG, in his work on "Madaria
andl its Effects," says: "When the
poison of malaria exists in the humani
body in a hidden form, it will exei/e andi
complicate any disease to which the
body may ho diU)spos. It becomes a
great danger when complicated with
local affections of the lungs, heart, liver,
and kidneys. The liver should pass out
two and one-half pounds of hile daily.
'The kidneys also relieve the system of a
proportionate amount of polaon.
Lrrz, tho composer, has been supposed
to entertain the same enmity for the Jews
that was evinced by Wagner, hut in a
letter just published in a Hungarian
case, and says that Meyerbeer, Heine,
and other Jews were long his personal
friends. He also speaks of various
services that he rendered to meritorious
Jewish artists, and of aid that he gave
numerous Jewish benovolontinstitutions
in different countries during his long
public career.
Tun English rate of telegraphing is to be
lowered to sixpenee for an ordinary mnes
sage, any distance. The motion u -
ing the reduction advigable was Qanied
against the wishes of the government, but
time will undoubtedly make-manifest its
wisdom. Cheap telegraphing is a neces
sity. The English Covernmont is coim
pelled to meet this need by arbitrary
reductions. In this country the domand
is likely to b answered by ingenious in
v'entions, which of themselves work arev
olution in methods of transmission and
expenses of operating. Where improve.
ments are desired in order to cheapen the
cost of a system an ounce of private en
terpr;so is worth a ton of government
inertia.
Dn. Wr. JAMES, of Harvard Univer
sity, has made some experiments to test
the modern theory of the semi circular
canals of the ear, instead of being con
nected with the sense of hearing. serve
to convey the feeling of the movemein
of the head through space, which, when
intensified, becomes dizziness. He sub
jected deaf mutes to rapidl whirling. Of
518, 186 were wholly incapable of being
made dizzy, 131 wers mado dizzy in a
very slight degree, and 199 were nor
mally, and in a fer cases abnormally,
sensitive. Of 200 stu<teuis a,,l instruc
tors, but a single one proved exempt
from vertigo. These results sened to
Dr. James to support the theor' which
was the object of his inquiry.
WHEN the new electric lights :n the
Big Mountain colliery, near Shenanaoah,
were first put in operation a few dys
ago, seven dazed and dazzled mules,
which for. five years had seen no brighter
luminary than lanterns, turned tail and
fled into the depths of tho mine. The
workmen tell interesting tories about
the habits of colliery mulus, their tough
ness, their contentment, and their totel
depravity. Several months ago the
lower levels in the largest colliery at St.
Clair were flooded, work was stopped,
and all the mules were hoisted to the
surface. More than a dozen of them
had passed eleven continuous years in
the mine, and had apparently forgott,n
that there was a world of grass and sun
shine, for when they were turned out to
pasture they huddled together in evideni
alarm, and for a whole day did nothing
but gaze on earth and sky. The prob
ability is, that they were at first blinded
by the glare-a common experience with
their kindred under similar circum
stances. Just as they were beginning
to enjoy their now life work was resumed
in the mines, and they went lback to
their old home in the darkness.
A Knotty Problem.
It was a severe retort; and yet a mer
ited reproof for a piece of uncalled-for
nsperity and unkindness, if not of down
right indcecencV.
They were in the small cabin of a river
ferryh'out. Two young ladies sat, to
gethier, one (if whom had jusit had an
ambl.rotype l iken ess, or miniatur e, of
herisclf taken, whlich ishe was exhiiting
to her compilanion . Shei was an ordinary
appi ng girl--shte of the ambrotype
--with one0 (exceptionl: slit had a very
large nlose--an enormitous nose for such a
face.
Oni the seat oppisite sat a middle-aged,
fat herly-loolintg nit. to who m an qam -
t)rif//pe was somt1(hingl( now. IIlis garbt
indl generial illearanceIi(t htispoke it inan
of thle ruiral (listrmi t. As thle owner of
the picture i was aboutt to puit it a way,
this inan iiput ou t is hanud, anud asked if
lioi migt~l het permilittedl to look at " that
(re pict ori?
Th'le girl looktd at. him indignantly.
"Whtat is my p ictur tio ynu?" she re
tort ed, an grily. " duist you mind your
own business !
F'or a mom en t the manH was as one
thiunderst rick; the in lie seemed lhurt,
and pined;til and, Iinially hiis honest face
wits staimpedi with disgust.
A fter a ftme lie cauighit tie gaze '4f lie
dam nsel fixed upo imin as thouighi half
ashiamietd of hetrself; but Ishe wouhill ntot
. break the silen ce. HeI, litowever, ven
tuired:
part ieu litr reaison foru wantfing fto see thIiat
er-e ptit tir o' v-ourn."'
"Wel," siiilted the girl, with a de
terminted ellbrt to mintint lier assiimned
d igi tyt, "'whait mtighlt flitit particuliar
reason have lIppci ?'
."a -it ighit a' 1heen a good many
thiogs; but realy I was tiur't uts tto see
how in thie wtorlti the n11in 'at maido thie
icetuur ever .contrnivetd to get that nose oin
to so small a ptlato !
A t that moment the 1boat touched thle
lauding, aiid the coiunt rynmatn picked iup
his bundle, 1howetd politely at thle (chik -
iigf, Ju iv'ering daml,I an mi o ived oin.
The lEind Father.
A omn wentii to ai doct on antI loltd him:
"Dototr t hire is utomtethlingi thle mtit
ter w'ithI my brnain. A ftei- anyi seve-e
mtental exert ion I huavo hieadav.-h. What
it thi r'eimedy fo r it?"
"Te biest remedy isi to get yourself
elgeted to thm Leogislaturie, wh'eie you
will have no occas ion Io thinktl "
The ptatienit repliedi if it wasn't for the
sake of hii chiiIldren lie would make the
experiment. He ditdn't want them to
go through life with a itigmna attachied
--A one-logged anti one-aimed col
ored, man, who supports himself b)y
driving a cart, doine all his woi-k a.s
qluickly and thioroughl?y as any teamster
wit hi the full complemont of limbs, is
nted by the Camden (N. J.) Daily
Posi as one of tho most remlarkabIle moni
ithn nty.
TILE ALL-GOLDEN. a
r. 11)
Through every hnppy line I sing'
1 feet tho tonic of the spring.
The day is like an old-timo face
That. gleauns across som grassy place
An old-time face-an old-time chun,
Who rises from the grave to come
And lure me back along tho ways
Of Time's all-golden yesterdays.
sweet. Day I to thus remind mhe of I
rho truant boy I used to love
To set, once more, his finger tips
Against the blossom of his lips,
And pipe for me the signal known
fy none1 but he and I alonel
F see, across the schol-rnom floor
'lie, t<hadow of the opnl door,
Anl dancing dust. and aunshine bilent
lainting the way the miorning went,
A_nd beckoning my thoughts afar
Where reeds and running watt:rs are;
Whero ambercolored havns glass
l'he half-drowned weedi and wisps of grass;
Where sprawliniz frogs, in loveless key,
Sing on and on incessantly.
A Rainst the dim wood's green expanse
The cattail tilts its tufted lance,
While on its tip-one might (leelare
The white "snake-fee<ler" blossome<l thorol j
11i.
I eatch my breath, as children do
in wNoodland< swings, When life is new,
And nil the bltoo<l is warn as wine
Anl It ogles It hil a tang divino.
My soul soars ux the atmosphere
And sings aloud where God can hear,
A a all my bwing leans intent.
'lo mark his sinlling wonierment.
O, graclons dream and gracious time,
And gracious theme, and gracious rhyie
'hen burls of Spring begrin to blow
In blossoms that we used to know
A nd lure us back along the ways
Of Tirne's all-golden yestrrtdaysI
-Jn mcs 'hitcolb RIleyj, in lmdiianapo!is Jour
M14Y LOVE STORY.
Are there no underwriters for human1111 ]
holesY for the itost, precious of interests is
there no insurance?"
I had been telpted all day, tem itedl
by fate and t he devil. All stmmer lon g
I had been trying to clasp hands for a
life jotirney with a man I did not love;
a man noble of soul and born to the
purple, who set. tipl high lineage against
my poor gifts of beaity and song. lie
threw some love into the scales, too, hut I,
God help me, had none to give in retr I1n.
I had bartered erewhile Imy whole pos
sessions for a few gl:uces of a dark,
dark eye, and my note had gone to pro
test.
Could I, could I? It kept following
me about with fateful persistency, foi
to-night. I was to give my answer to mi
highl-born lover.
I tried to look things in the face, to
count the cost.
Money was a goo.d thino; it insured
one warmth in wimnter :d cr'lic"ious coal
ness in sumnmer, and prettiness and
daintiness, and the entr:tnce into (ood
society. Yes, money was a good t Ilinig,
azndl po)sition :and power, aInd houses
and lands. So fart, giod; but my soul
lungered and thirsted for a love ('I11m
mensurate with Iny own, which this
man, who ollfered me purple and 1.4hl(,
had it. TIot. in his power to givi, or, let
me qualify that, had it not inl his natur
to give.
The stars came out golden and soft,
and tho fragrant, suinliner dusk crept
around me wheire I sat inhaling tile scnt
of the roses. Ambition adll love tor"
my heart by turn, and we:ariness, too,
put in a pool'1itiful plea, for I was o
tired, so fired.
It was a brilliant fulttre that llegiald
D)acr'e otlfered mie, wheein'ii toil :014
weaintiess couii ndiever' comie. I tl hought
of the purp'Jle andi fine linien; the liix
daily life patssedl in r'eviewv befor'e iie -
tat. of comipanion to1 a haughty, hiine
lady, and a sin<rer' in a faishtioniablle
chu trch, amtong i?shioniablde saintl s andt
s imi(ers. I begani to (eroon over' t lie ol
sai te:
andu gall,
Witlt . illhar andi' reredos(l, withI gargole and111(
grolin,
Theii peiteiit-s' dlresses are sealsk in and tiablle,
iut. surely it Lucife fl''ying froml Hadeils,
Couldt gauze ait tis crowd, wlih its paiiers
nil piiaits.
He wotuld saiy, oo0k ing roun d at the lords and11
the ladies,
'O where is All Sinners, if' t his is Allt
Saints?' "
T had entetred tupon thIiis life ftrom an
tinloved atnd un loving htome, a home
doled ot to ime by thei t.ardy just ice of
a grand-ttncle wh1olihad robbed mc of' my
in heritance. I thought at first I mnight
find the satngreal somewhere in thiis
new country, which seemed so fair, bit
alas! I had tiot even hieaird the swish
oft wings.
I thotighit (of it aill* thle fever andI thle
frt; thle pettyv jars; the inistunde4rst andii
ings; the pain of iflncmprehlensionii; the
uniguteirdoned' toil; the laggring touirs;
the awful paulstes.
Th'is~ ori mnarriauge; tis or' marr'iage.
It. seemoed wtrit ten like a lali(ard' otn
earthI atnd sky. It seleed blound liko
phyl aeteiry upon01 thle brows (of t he ple(
ple' as the4y passedl to andil fro; atnd soon1
the word miariage lost aill ittsri igii -
(cance for' m', as wor'ds do afteir oft re
pea ting D~Iid it mean m iisery oir hiappi
114>s, bliSs otr woe? TIhis imariaige
tI. V rung its c'haniges throutghi my bria in
was it God-appointed? Did it imeaii
Gosd' blessing ot' IIis cturse?
Yout know I dlidi not love t his mni:i
who offeredl me r'est from my laboirs.
I1e had not p ower to evoke one t hrill at
his call. Buit then'1 love is onily one1
ireasoni wh'y one shtouild marry a' man..
T here might be love and plenty of
money, and1( vet one go htingry aill one'sI
life. I have known such thiings.
I had tr'ied to make my life st raight
and fair. I had tr'ied( to keep ele'an
hands and a11 pure heairt; trnild God
whlo kn:lows the secrets; of all hlearts5,
knows this-to light dlespair'.
" * eA 41ng. greenl days,
WVorn hare of gras's and siuishine; long (enIm
nighiti
From which the silkent leeps were fretted
out
fle witness for me."
We see t.hbrough shiadowus till our life
long'. We come into this wor'ld with
out our being giveu a ch'oiee as to our
advent,and go out of-it intbe camne man
ner.
Weo have ntot becui. consulted as to(
birth or'death. Mor'e and more thu prayver|
Lof Eniotua haunta me. "Lead me. 7enu
ud Destiny, whithersoever I am ap- M.
ointed to go; I will follow withourt 1'
'vering; even thouglh I turn coward
nd shrink, I shall have to follow all
he same."
Should I marry Mr. 1)aere? Was he
good parti? as the world said. Too
00d for me, as my lady elegantly
hrased it.
I had been horn into the world amid
erce throes of ment'tal anguisi. My al
nother's heart was rent. with the grat fa
ain of my father's sudden death- -- (
rowned oilf the Cornish coast, for I was or
orn at sea. She lived until I was ten tr
'ears old, a life of sorrow, antl pover"ty, al
nd renunciation. Then she died, leav- 0l
ng me to the care of a compassionate Sc
vorid and my uncle. Of him I have of
iready spok'en.
My lilte dragged on wit Ii clotggeil
vheels. I was alwavs at war with
i1y surroundings. T'1hougi too proud to i
xpress it, I had never realized my o
leal of womnulhood, or in any way V,.
rowi u) to lly aspirat ions and1 di('eaI1.
f I had grown at all it. ha(1 been in
hrough pain and repression -a fatal 1
hing always for a warm-hearted, "I
"arne-itwOmn .
My uncle, Edward Earle, 1ha(1 pro
ured me the friendship (?) of the la<ty
nt whose house I had passed a I 'velve
niont.h-t-Mrs. Lt,lien Grangr, a distant t
1ou1sin of his own. I was an llsalaried N
overne'ss or '"ominli1on, mur reiote
Musinshtip becing alwiays m:ade availabi
by my uncle. '1t wa iduing' my r' i- ul
lene. with that. lady that my fate came r(
to me. A young nephew of AiMr's. (;ran
er's came to the hall. iIe was ai ar- g<
tist. young and haidsome, an fresh m
from at four years' sojourn in Role. is
I leed not weary you with the pro
ogue or the epilogue of our love, for ej
vords are so pool' to express til he:rt's I(
.itterance. O golden (ihlys! O tender, lo
)assionate nights! O prin'ely ieart,
,ome back to me!
Alan Leighton was the last n o)' a w
:igh-born family, a4 11' 11'use of the \
>luie blood--the united blood( of a1It i he
lIowards-- flowing in his veins. 1r i's. 1)
3ranger interposed her liat aga'mst n ur o i
ove, dreading, doubtless, the 1(bteian n1
ldmixture of mine. i
It is a pity that blo l d Ies no1 :il avs ii
elI. It. was an inglorious Ilillnlph t" 1h
ie-yet still a triumph - to iare my it
white arms to the shoulltr iulringI ou' s
ala nights-to whiclih Iy voice was al- sI
ways illvited--contr"asting their satiny ei
,moothnless:and perfect conltour wit h t he l
lean, brown appendlages Mrs. Graiigr ' .
folded over her :ristoeratie heart. u
lhit, a cloud (trept into the sky, an11
its shadow fell across our path.
Alan was calh'd s'tienly i)y tele,-r:n l
to Enghlald, whr hl '!is graund ol tt-I. -
laly dlying. W\e hadl but. a1 mn,, t for t'
our farewells, for Alan's heart. wyas rent It
with sorrow, and 1 helped to expedite
his (lepartlure. 11
Bhut one letter ever. reacehed me. HIis
father was dead, and lie was Sir Alin
114( W.
"\Mv PiE("rors Ilrr.EN: My fatther, mhoin I
loved anl re4 pete4l above all nlent, liel ves- I
tertin.v. I ne"tt not tell .o3 how <leroh1 te we n
feel, Itinc how then li:lit Ft"cnis to hinve tti("l out
01 every nook and1 corner. M v dear tnot he-r i
p roslrlttetl with the blow which hits 1tken
at' the lover o' hotr youith, andl I 4111l not,
I>- 14ll' to ttun to vou for onIe weeks. An
44o(ne our betlothat'a, tlearest, to ly stnit 11n<4
uncle, wich, you ki>w, was tiv intention the
v ery night I wns enlletl awaty. lie troe to In,
Iny arling I1(1(11, as I S1h111l he trute to you.
(;ootl-flight, <1e1ar 1ove. 1 14111l write 4 !("Irlth 1
is i;oon ts mny muother antl I hnvre nuit uretl our
11n111 ior her ontely f't 4ur. (iool-nig'ht, uoo)I
ght. Mity 1ling'ls gulitde you. ltntI Innty hI:,
,oo<l Fa t her fol abhout you illis evet-htsting
1rmn. Your lie ' d 1a11 4 l iover,
"Al AN IN:1.ieoN."
Two years lun dIraggd their slow
Iengt h a.lon g since 1i1:h t letter :.11', "Imd
I had never heardi from Alan, though i
raving his presee as the J)iiomer"
raves the sunshiie. I had writte himi
41nt'e, and4( I h1:441 reetted4 that11:. "'1 Ie
was4 so<m4 t4o be w4'bled to an) : ar1 '
handi(som11e dang21l,"'Il Mrs. Gran:44-4r
ret:14! aoud froman open (4let 1411r1 iln 1er1'
1pri4or 14) his5 visit to the) 14ill,'" etc4., 4etc. r
Ilomv 1 re4gr'ettled I had44 wrVit 441,thou41gh1
the wordtj'(s h:441 heen few''., in4'ee l akinlg
if hei h4:141 heen' t'na:bled t) pro'ure'4 m14 0i
:'ortIn boo4 44k w..e h4:141 m1:44l4 ment'ion1) of
to geth1441, :4114 1the tilme wa.:s 144or''e thani a
year1 a4go when0l 1 h4:441 the4 right. thus4 toa
address him41). AndI now''.! O) pitiful
Chriist ! :mother('1 w..oman11 wavs to bIe his
wift', and4 no0w 1 mu1st, never''1 tink oIf j
I 44the. lays, or the'(4( l re:nns, or1 loo)k J
into0 1his dar4k ('y(s, (4r feel' hiis k isse's
upon01 )ny unlkissedi lips! Nev'er1! and4( 1
mligh4t live liftyv ye'ar's.
All.! ( th pity of1' ) it, ou1.t. of 1 all thi
w.orbl's m)illionl po)ssib)ilitie I 1 a 1 only4144
the ebance('4 of two (' it'i er to wed H4'4r4
14a1d I)aer'e, a man'41 (ob4 enoughL~l t) b)e my
hauItghty womn.lll 1 h4:1)! dec'(ided' upon
necpt''I ing Mr'. Iere('4. 1The tl i io of
barely 13 tw'.o lines I h41 4:)' 4-! i'e'w.n
tihel]eaveso(f a book it. was : his n)ightly'
h1im1 so true44, so noble14. I h:oI (ald im
warmll1i dus4k on1114r thest:-'
"I w..ill 1not sol 111hy11 puph with11 my
dutst,"' 1 h4:44 l)Lhi )'pe in4) 1 14)':)ri.
"' N~or breae:11414' my p'i'in on1 \ 'a'.n
grlass." "* * *'4 wn b>nt h
st'a 1(o listenI to1 its .4ulb- ro r;4) hear1 it
fatces dead44 4ur444r its wav:es;~' 44f ''b :4 1 4)
jew..els lyinlg o)n green4 I bd of mo)11)): of
arlgosi's gone144 dow1 n), t11 h 4 wai1 44f ho444n 1
miser'4y their 4' equiern444. 1I tried4 to'ri
nwm'Ili>)r'l' 4411 s11', so) that4 10nin4 ighi not4)
see1in such1 a grea'4t thling :ainid4 a1 worbl) 4f
sobiniig and14 tears. It,'44 was agood) thiing
to1 tinuk of thle 4ufferiin4gs of tothes and'.41
try' to ignlori' your4 0own;44 a good iin..
hut , my44 m114i'er! Ite 1i4 r of44 4 the1 girl
Tis gir wa1 some5)414twhat1 of a geniu41)s,
(of SOnJg and4 she: was1 hal4:l ome)1), too),r
men41 said4. Arii. s'mt h:id 'w'o ('bances4'' inll
thet workl1(, :4nd4 * she 1h:441 had money)4
t'nou1gh4 to ha:''. ut ilized1 hier gift of son))).
11441 sh14 44101 544i4ired her soul, for' a4ll
1he1 beaulty 3'414( gifts; 1(ad4 been( fal se 1o4)
hetrs~elf, to Go<l: and1 hutmanit y'; false,
too4, to Reginaild I)aecre, for 51he kep)t lier
love for' Alan! loc4ked4 iln 1her heart'I
"I have stoh l my soul for' 1houses and4
"I have sold miyself w.it hi open eyest1,"
she said, ''knowingly, with malTlie(o pre
pen'lse. I hav~e no one in blame. Thait
Alan forgot~ his vows did1 tot mailke it
right that I should forswear myself."
B3ut the sea, with its fuss anid fret,
anad mumrdah 4a igb..ad
iter seemed wooing mo thitlherward.
to chimes of our quaint old church,
tying an old song, caused a choke in
y' throat. I would go and invoke
and airs from the organ, and mayhap
hould forget the sea s roar11.
It was my wont to go there to prac
e, and I knew the service woul(t not
held for a hilf hour. The lights
1're turned down to a semi-darkness,
d the old texton, With whom 1 ^.las a
vorite, had left the key inl the door
r m1e. The mloonl shone across the
ganl keys tand aeross my face; ainl the
illing folds of my white dress looked
most. ghastly in itK li(rht. ) quaint
d church! O tluaint O id chimes! Too
onl I would be far awav from you,
ri hle sa to my suitor's lordly home,
rrinvithl me) a heavit'r he'rt. thanl
y ye'ar; shIoultl w\arrant.
luit it was too late to look back; and
e fauilt was mine. I had ruined uy
Iln life, and must pay the price. Be
tuse I had hen forhidden the desire
mine eyes, I had sealed lay fate. I
idl bound my hands, and hid intoned
hiebe (:ry's wailing vords:
have turne<l from the good giftsThy boulnty
supplietI me,
;entise of the 0110 which Thy wisdoml deuled
1110:
lave tandaged Inine eyes-yea, 1mne own
hands have bound ine;
l1\o tnlado me a darkness whot light, wis
arounnd ruo.
>w I ('ry by the wayside. 0 Lord, that I might
rece"ive bac'k niy sight."
"'rectavi," I eled, and my head sank
ton the organ and tears stained the
(1 roses at iy throat.
"llelen!" and my head was lifted
'itly and Alan IeiAghton'a tender eves
et mine. ''Alan!'' was all my aston
hmiient could utter.
" My girl, you have su lT''erld," lie
at'ullate(, ini a tone of e'xquisite ten
'l'tess. " lIh(''n, Iy' first anil on.v
ve, litmw wo la:ve 1 In \ wrontret, I
ily l'earn'd. an hour e'fllre I em
lrkett, Ilhat \*tlt \\ti't 1itl. the f:tlstm
t u: Voilt ll:t l ti' - 1 1:1 I n ill:ii- t .
rs. iranger r wr'"tlt' n1' t tiht't'n
Ithl s :t_'t that youi hi:ltl 'marr11ildl M r.
l ar: 1 left wil1 lill fi . ('llh:.' A
h t'<p -t I -t'i , w't'ith' iut u:i' f w i" i
tur l el nt . w la ' tiy tl ail I r l l t 1
el'iveni ylouri, letdh tiuen lilom fr
it l'( 'i' l \"'iIl ls t oi, :ilt 1'tltl ftill
)uIbt. I left Eiir.i, n tilnd ' 1 tf i '. :tii
ar te'('ll (1in thl wu ig "\herI si:e', finli
l: no rest. for my he:rt on sea or
I0>r1. IIi'ltn, I stitl'-rt'd as fewv mn
ltl'r f bevlln gou, nii d hilll:ut he
ltnse of yo1ur appa1;rti fa l.enwu. Illut.
ciod otil v watil my wvhoitl life' he
uti- of i w unt's untrut h, so I ( 1t
1) the broken tur'aeats and tried not to
Itk back. It, was hv ehane Ii.met,
l'rlall Nt!lit, :lld in the idst of
ut1al vconideinc' ie t in :lfo ais ' why
ha14 ileer reti iled to Alieri'a :llI(
>1 the beautifull liit'l l Pretni , woi)
ad (e'tlin (led aill suitors, :lnt l as still
itwed . I ll'h'n, I bah:trktnd that aftei
ten, atltI i m ht-' t', hie r to Iui h:rt.
i roil li larlil. \\ i vhe ill wve ho
a1retii't, sv 'et
" arrietl! Ala , 1111 ll ( the ( alry
"'gsntll,'('i r teul illg tN it'i, I wit'hdrew
lyself fromi his armus, andl allost unl
(mseioutsly m ry lis ftoanw' thillvors:
I hal died for is h st"ar to ndsow
ott h t loved nt . hlo shull turu on ilyt?
I earo not itc iove come or go
Now, though your love seek mnin' for lutte,
I is old ittna."'
'Too late! I1e1n, my'( only ove, ex..
lil your illeanlin , for td i'.s sake d'
I'enl ealne a br"oketl, li.jointetl taltl
f ml strrov tanll telmptation when I
eat of I hil ihaiinsoii and high-f-htrn
ride; Of ly e rariness ol f the hiall; of
rlls. (iranigt'r; of myself, of MrI1. 1)at
rei's eonlistai wvo iil , atl tl l last of thi
itIle nIot o l t hll is night, t, tt Ii i
the leaves of his book, makin
liin's coming fitori'I too late for Ily
Ra~idi''li hoflali aon lhe roa(1dand
At ouiiy ''lover 1am il n siht.l oi ur
"ved!il an,"y dandh myiih wordsWi'm'
hiirandy fast. ife it leri'
"EingCaeo ins linveai tlan,
ilg'ard the hr, Ms Grnger, hck
y'i the wstr lowor ll to 1( the all 5.
auron their a n hn wO, Anlan!!"tl10
"ly idateninititem brih tsarang!
Cut hroked from- ais clasp anditt lsped
oce half that the roses' fe fro myf
L.o eevgraced asornbush,ordil that
air, uloose fwrm -ia fraseinto hei
uprv! erieve:t i Itr oi
tan hidbu it m of o,ff,o
--A great modiste issued the fo .
ing dirootions for wearing a new stylE
of head-gear: "With this bonnet the
mouth is worn slightly open."
-A writer on subjects of solenco says
that as a fertilizer an inch of bone is
worth an inch of roses. One shad ought
9 produce a mile of bloom.-N. F.
Herald. - ,.
- A Hartford architect says "the b4sf
fire-escape is a cop head." We'd like
to see that architect letting himself
down frQu aysixth story window on a
cool head.-Boston Post.
-"Otway, a ramatlo poet of the
first-class:. pe bed with hunger."
What became of the third glass poetsi
Otway's day is not btated, but they
were probably fired from a mortar
against a stone wall.-Norristown
Herald. -
-A soyen.year-o dor, with the pun
ster's nmrk on h lrow, at didner,
asked his mother what was in a Jar on
the table. ."ikojdes, zny s.e," was the
reply. "Then, niammia, please pickle
little one out for i4," came with stun
ning force from the child, and the
mother f 11 over a chair and fainted.
Detroit wee Press.
-If you want to find a logician, go
to your tailor. The other day one of
these fractions of the human family was
overheard to remark : "I never ask a
gentleman for money." "But suppose
he doesn't pay you then?" Well, if he
doesn't pay me within a reasonable
time, I conclude he is not a gentleman
-and then I ask him."-The Judge.
-A man drank some Bowery whisky
in Now York last wo9k, and turned in
eight fire alarms before he recovered.
In one fire-box he left a note asking the
fire department to put out the comet.
No villain ould have successfully
played it on our firemen. Not because
our police are too vigilant to allow it,
but simply because Laramie has no fire
alarm boxes.-Laramie Boomerang.
-"low can I leave you, my darllgP"
murmured a Toledo lover in tones of
(i4tressing tenderness, as lie observed
both hands of the clock ap proach a per
pendicular on the dial. "Well, John,"
responded the girl with wicked inno
cence, "you can take your ahoice. If
you go through the hall you will be
liable to wake up father, and if you
leave by way of the back shed you'll be
likely to wake up the dog."-Exchange.
-A Chicago paper says that a printer
in that city has been cured by prayer.
It does not say what the printer was
cured of. If he was cured of extracting
the word in a paragraph on which a
joke hinges, and substitutj a word of
his own "to make sense," a he puts it,
we will indorso the prayer cure, and
give it a five-inch eleetro ad. free, one
year, top column, next to reading mat
ter. All omissions and wrong insertions
to be imado good at end of contract.
Te.xrs Sijzings.
-The only way to deal with a .iar is
to beat him at his own gan. What
started this item was reading about an
American who had been to Europe, and
who was telling a friend who knew he wps
a liar, about his trip across the Atlantic,
and how, on the 25th of the month,
"they encountered a swarm of locusts,
and the locusts carried every stitch of
canvas off the ship." The listener
looked t houghtfully a moment, and then
he said hesitatingly: "Yes; I guess we
met the same swarm of locusts the next
day', the 26th. Every locust had on a
palir of canvas pants" The first liar
wont around the corner and kicked hum
asif.--PecW-s Sum.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
STMnNINE, when administered. in
heavy doses to maninals, ac:., accord
ing to M. ihet, nets pairtly like chloral
andl partly likco en rare.
I'r is estimatedl from observations on
the shiadows o,f .Jupiiter's mlotmai thatit thme
umIfosphlero of that planet is from three
to nino miles deep,.
'J'rrs preseniee cf iodine ini Curacoa
gnianmo lias been p)roved by H. Steffers.
When a mass of gnano was subjected to
a heat from 110 degrees to 120) degrees
C,,the soluble vapors of iodine were given
ofi.
TmomrhNv ar-e by no means confined to
pork. Two Froneh soldiers (died lately
oif trichinosis contracted by eating the
flesh of geese. Dr. Gilendenning has do
tecte-d the danige-rns parasites ini a p)ike
caught niear Ost(ond.
WrEuN bars of a magnetic nature aro
or'mpressed, twisted (or stretelhed, they
h'o a tendeney, says M. Ader, to re
sume their primutive molecular disposi
tion when they are subjected to the ac
tion of magnetizing current.
iram German African Society lhas at
Ipresent six dIifferent expeditions tramvel -
ing through Central Afinca. Tho money
for theso expeditions is ob)tained from
the German Government, or through
private subscript ions. Dr. Nachtigatt is
the President of the Society.
A. W. STEnANS, son1 of the late Presi
dent Stearns of Amherst College, has
gone to Labrador, wher-e he will pass thoe
winter in scientific r-esear-ch, a.wl( in col
lect ing zoological, botanical and geologi
cal specimens for Amherst College and for
severa limulseumlis.
Anowd MNAYER hcsdiscovered that oxy..
Igen line n direct influence upon fermen
"oj,. When potassium-hydrogen tar
trate wa.s added to a strong syrupi con
aimning yeast, the cells of the yeast grew~
tapuimlly and thew fer-mentation was easily
reco mi shied.
Tm'nI committee app)oinmted by the
Fr'nencah Gioverunent lumw recommended
that the prize of $10,000 he awarded to
P'rofessr G-( raham Becll for hi5 invention
of thle telephone, and that a prize of $-..
(l00t ha given to Mr. G4ramnmo for his mag
neto electr-ic macline.
Puioi-. (O. N. 11o0n, of Columbia Col
lege, contelmi t hat theories of Br-ucko
andl Aubnmst fail to account for the(
phe-nonnna ohbsem-vedl wheni while light
15 mrixed with color-ed light. And Pro
fessor Rood himself is a yet unable to
advauneo a p,lausibjle explanation of the
ob)servedl facts.
A Fnmursonn seicimist states that on
one occasion, at the biegininmg of a vio
lent snow-storm lhe sawv small tufts of
light at tihe ends of the steel ribs of his
umbrella, anid heard at tIhe same time a
sor tof imunning somnl. When helbrought
his hanid near one0 of the luminous points
he rteceivedl a slight shock, andl( thielighmts
then disappearedl. This electrical die
play is rather exceptional.
P'nenr-rxTen silica attracts and fixes
aniline colors, turkoy red much b)ettor on
foaris than silcious ininusorial earth, but
argues a writer in R~icmann's .Farber
ie/un.g in opposition to Engel, these
proper-tics of silica cannot be duo to
ca-pillanrity because, of the two substances,
the influsorial earth canm only be said to
possess capillarity.
--The Boston Trarscriptsa musical
critic oharacteri-zes Mr. Mass' an
playing as "ominently muaicianly.v* I
isorrowingtully to see tIle EngIl s a
gmug majrat.dly