The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, August 09, 1883, Image 1
flk ' T'E TO rOLITI(t 7 IoNALI Y, EDI)UC IIA)N ANDTO T"E UENELRAL INTEltE?I OF TilE UNH I Y
By D P BRADLEY & Co. PICKENS, S,S- OL. X . NO 4.
GiN .RAt 14EWS.
AN Ohio capitalist wishes to start a
rolling mill in Atlanta, Ga., and has been
in correspondence with Mr. Nat. Haven,
'of that city, in regard to the matter.
TttE cotton worm is reported in a ntnm
1 ber of places in Wilkinson county, Miss,
and it is fenred will do the crop much
damage.
THmE inspector ht New York siozed
30,000 wateri'lons, shipped from Savan
nah. Thy fruit was said to be rotten
and ur;iit for use.
T iml Coalburg Coal and Laku Compa
ity, of Alalbaia, own 1.,000 acres coal
lands. The company has alread, l(tt
operations, aiid is getting out :i00 tons
of coal a day, and will inerease the out
plt as fast as polsile.
'Trll nilitary telegraph lines have been
sold at Sau Antonio. Seven hundred
and thirty-five miles of line were sold,
realizing a tital amount of $71,44,50.
The Erie Telephone Company was the
principal purchaser.
A NUMBR of citizens of Oxford, Miss.,
have engaged in the buuiis of buying
and shipp ing eatilc. The cattle are
shipped to Arklmias, 'l'exas and Missou
ri. Tl (3 heisiness seems very prolitabtle,
amil shllumld e11oira:;e stock raising.
A (1ENTt.l(MAN living ini i)lnr n has
patented a process for naking sugar
and syrup from eansava, and, after ex
perimenit. Wyritei; thait he hasg no d1ouh1
that cassava clitivation will, in a few
years, bv the most proftl111)le enploy
<nent if the people of that State.
tIREAT exeitenent prevails in jmeuel
Ark., over the discovery of a gtnl niiie
a few miles west of that plm'e, which as
says $10.23 in silver mund $11.03 in gold
per ton. It is thought the ore extends
all along the divide between Red an(1
WVhito rivers. It. erops out att Saledo,
Grenblrier and near lBnck Horn.
R. W. HIAR1i':ON, of Melrose, is the
'loney farmer O f lo("kingliham Co., Va.
This veia' from 150 hives he will senere
ia (rop of over 2,000 pounds (of honey, for
wlich he will ge't about $1.0. This
besides the increiise of his hees, which
w%ill he fully ei,-hty hives, thus tlding
to hbi ''working" cip)ital.
Ai-rEl: sliooting at it eiglt or nine
time1s, 'Mr. WN. Ht. ].ielmirdsonl finllyi
killed with the ninth shot, a few days
ago, :t milk-wIhite deer in the forests
near ]ighee, Ala. '1hte negroes think
that white deer are akin to witches, anid
are )1'la ily delighted that on1e of then
has I,(-ei lA low. Two more of them
have bee('n seen recently in the forests of
Wa18b'ng1tonl co,unts .
AnOr-.1) Gainesville, Fin., the raising
and shipping of the tur)ine squash aits
b)ecomte ini1 inlustrV. .11 1inds a ready
sale at, Boston, and is utsetd thlmostt (xth
sively for unaking pies. lin shape it re
semllIes a tirlbine wheel, whence it takes
its nitimie. It has the col(ar c:f ia ptuwmpkinl
and lcolks like It ke"rshitw, but is finer
and has morit delicate flavor. The
vinles h ear heavily, and conitinume 1hearin1g
ntil ala uit the first of August. TIhe
p4rices vary fronm $4.50 to S% per barrel.
Tm-: four Wing damns att the "UpJper.
Flats" of the Sava nnah river have been
comlIeted. fThe (ffeet of these wo)rks
uiOs the e'liiel is already lpercepOtible,
unmd it is the oIpinlion of the engineers
that there will he~ within a short time a
dephth of twenlty-two feet o,f water itt this
ploinit, an inacase of1 six feet. The e t..
struictionj of the wing dambhs at te "'Cabi
b age TI.rees,"'ci or "Lower Flats," li s 1ben
('onnniioed, and it is 'xlpecte.d the work
will 140 finiishied in two4 mn ths.
CAP'ITAAlAN (l an.) Advoca(tp. The in1
growmgi (rop, part.~ iularly enttoni, which
i 5Ishedd ing in Homie places4 andtt rust ing
inl others. It is feared the little (ottont
the rain leaven will be0 finished hv the
(materpillaris, alt hmough this destructive
insect ha~s no t. appeIared in this vicinity
as yet. Caune is not lookinig as well as
we would like to see it, thme (continuiedl
rains 1beinug anyvth ing 1but favorabl 4e to
its grow1th, while the grass ini 51me1 lai
(ees 5 i alamt to teke compu1llete~ possessioni
of the canie fields.
A fnAIu.: miinig (nterprise oIf North
vmrn Ahulaama is the Lady' l10nsley Miiing
and Manufacturing Company. Its in
'orpjorators are c'hielly Menmphiis genitIe
fimn, anid it is nlamed in honor of a Mm
phIia latdy, who)( met ia tratgi deaith last
year on a Nash ville street in at runaway
ucccide'nt. These5 genit lemten with the
as5sistanice o f atgent s, h ave quiietly beenu
buiyinig lands alonig the pr1ojected
BmirmAiham anid NorthIiwest erni railro ad
until they are' now ini pessessioni of '75,
000) acres of the finest miineral lands in
North Alabamia. -Miing opleriLis
have atlready cohmlmencedt.
LAS-r week in the niorthern piart of
Henry counllity, Tennu. , while sm iO14 4y
were in a mill pond3( belonging to Mmr
H ays, t hey wvere making such at distuirb.
aniee that IInys (lame out aid (ilom.l
theim (ut (If the lpondS. A lboy named('(
Ruif. McC( oniunell too4(k ai pistol from his
lbrothier's p4ocket anid shot Hays, killing
him imstantly. Both hoys st.artedl off oni
a runt over the hills, and abolut a mile
front the scenle of the iiiirderi Ruf. sud_1
den'ly stoppe ~d 443al fell (deadl. No nmarks
or bruises were funda on his body. It is
thought thliat his dentih occu'4 rred fromfl
ftrighit and exhaustionm,the daiy 1be(inug very
'warm.
(onouA seems1 to 14( pre-eilImo1t]y'
thme pilace oif uniue exlerimeil 'fi
uimpter Riepulicanm tells the story (If a
young man down nlear' the river who was
(41be marrtied (4n L cer'ita1in n(ighit. Fe
hmad seen and loved the girl and( was8 to
a'ushmful to do( the - cour1tinmg so it hnad to
be done b y p4roxy. Th2le (lay hmad arrivedl
the ginests assembledd, the license pr1o
euiretd, the par'on1 (4n hand and tue brie
reedy, buit the youthful groomi did n,t
turni up. TheIi friend who had done13 the
cohurt.ing went11 out, and., after looking
aroundrl found honi siting (41 i..:-.. in
110rie trough. On nleking hiiit t"y \v kh
did nott go to the h()1i13 to b)' ltinnri-i J
he satid' "t)h, I e'n't go titr atild tihald
iofore flieht folk.), '' "Ob y0t, you en;
everybldy in 111m it lnarried but y->ur
girl. Utime on." "Ol't her to coin oWt
doorr and we'll nlal1"V iiltMl tihe shed,
but let tho ol lolks stay in the house."
The friend went back, got the girl and
parson out without exciting tautp)icion,
and they were mlarriel. 1'he co inlpn.y
Waited two or three hotuis, aldt, 1) b1eing
invited to tIp}))t+r, \vere introduced to
the hride and groom. They becamet so
indignant that. all left without partaking
of the sipper.
TlEnr is a god (1v-,tl of complaint
along the line of the Mobile and Ohio
1'ilroad in Alabama about the de)redn
tions committed on the laind1* helongitig
to the road. Mr. tminei, President of
the Dannuer Land and Lunber Company
ltmys he found lnmdreds of people depre
dating on the lands, esp1ecially in the w.y
of getting turpentie and usin. The
p1eo1)le who do the aettal work of cutting
the tinber belong to a 111ss of poor and
ignorant men, who are encouraged by
men of means an(] reSpeahibility. ''For
iustaneo, p)'t"ions of t'ans have built
tlr)entine stilll at p)oilts tnear the 11ds
which were the property of the railroad
compnly---landls w\"hieh are now in our
posses*iol-1nd would thent give out
that they would huy crude turpentine
w\-hen b 1rouglt to them. They wouhl it
the sn11111 tule furnish these ml O l1rs
with provisions, totols, ete., shlow( 1hem1
the railroad lands, and induce thelm to
work on them and brillg the pr"oduce to
Ihel.' T'lhose woit) have 1been engaged
ill these tralsaetionls are to be proselen
ted, an1d a copnluly 1111 l enl organized
for the puri" >se o)f induclling plarties to
move their mills there from the East anld
West and tsaw up the tiinher.
EDITOlIA I. NO'l'ES.
1'T is claimed that '.10 per cent of the
10,001 felons )ardoned by the evor dul
r"ing c"or"onatiOn1 week h1mw found their
way 'Iac'l; to prison again, and a'e ready'
for another coronation.
'Tu11 jury ill the case of Treasurer Polk
brought ill a verdict of guilty of embnez
zlement, fi\ing the penllty lit inprisoll
mneutt. in the pellite'lltiarv for 20 years,
aid illplsing at fine to the full umtount of
the embehZZlem1enlt.
Ax argunttt, used in England against
the elfran11chisemrent of womnu is the
1oIwer it would th row into the hands of
the clergy. "The vaat mahfijor"ity of their
weaker sisters," it is urged, "wionhl un
doub tedly have recurs"e to their palntorsi,
not only for gho st.ly cinun("l and advice,
bunt for p)olitic"al p rineip les. "
'11: sup1reme court of .11diana h;1ts de
cided, in reviewing the l roceeditg;t in a
nuirlder t'ase, that, the 'r"e fact if a m1an
having read ne\"sp1a1111" acolnlts of a
erimue, and having anl op inionl ther"efrom,
bult mne whicb eould1 be reinloved h v the
ev''idence, does not render him incomp e
tent to serve 1on jurVies.
ur.nII is satid to be0 anl unlolIlly large
numblller (If younlg inten Ilnlong the mtemn
1h018 elect oif the forty-eight congress,
electedl tol conbgress since'i ti' he wlpt Ilt of
tihe federal conmsti tut ion wasohn111 Rani
doh, of Virginima. H is tello w-cit izetns,
their repIresentativ'e to) con)1gress at thte
ijuivenle age of 22 yeanrs.
A Mother's Dlesperate Act.
IB EILLvS 1HER1 TwO ollr,IDItS AND
IIERS8ELF.
.Te details (If an insane woman's ter
ribIle crime are given in an.1 Ohim papler:
A farmer named Robert J. McMillan
cam111 to Ohio several weeks ago with his
family, consistinlg (of a wife anld two
smlall ch ildren, from GI arlal, \Varrenm
colunlty, Pa., and settled in them townt of
Lindenville, in Ashtabulla county. His
wife, a w<>mtan about forty yeaurs of age,
lhas been in failing hmealthl for some time
pasit, and wvithm the last week has beent
tho victim (of s1)ells of inlsanity, whichi
aLt time1(s111 has 8assimed violent fornils
HoverIal tinmes alte has1 Iiade desperaO1to
aittempts to take her own life, but w1's
IullMuecessfuil. Sheo ha<l1 'ieli ini b etter
hieailth thtan usual for the 11ast few dalys,
and1( Mondiay morning McfMi1llan left thl
twvo children in her ebalrge and1( at arIted
toI work in the ne1ighboilrhlood. It was
niot long after his departure thtat his~
wife beenme suddenmly insan e, and while
the oldest chlild1, a gi of eight yearts,
wals ini the front roomn tile w~oman11 picked1
11y1her baby b oty, a ged( two years, and
jsiimg (lit mIo thle yard proere:ded to all
thi well on the Ipr mises, and11 after k iss
ng and emb racinlg lbhe child threw him
into the wvell, which is forty-five feet
deep and1( !onltaints tenl feet of water.
Thte chIildl sanuk in131111ditely antd was
drownIed. The womnan then returned to
liihe house and1 tking the little girl bmy
i111and led 11er tot the well anid puIsheid
her into tihe open'ing. A nelightbor, whol
was1 watching her' queor action, hurried
intt o lhe yard and endeavored to rescue
the girl, btut was un Isnecess(8ful. Int the
lmeanItime Mrs*. Me' .'d im returned to
house18 anld swalbm sUilleveral ounces oft
b iedbuig pison1). Sin waso int aL dying
"4nd(itionu whmen founid ands hier recoIvery
in impossiblle.
BEPORE yoR criticise a nei ghtbr to.
keeping a dog, ermaide.r how ~ifl1 cult it
ito loe 0110 whIen you want to get rid
.1 DEAEA 0P f4'JkEi. '
Ib R-A- ()e
" i dr'eam of the'e b
When evehning shadows on the streamlet play; I
Whot softly fades tho golden light of da4; w
Whbn thb sWet inobb gli'd'es slowly on her way
Then, love, I dream of thee. la
" I dream of thee IiI
With anxious longing and with timid fear;
Yet with sweet pain in every '.tarting tear; cl
Thou couldat not be hidti loved, tidr le less (ear. il
'Fht, li e, I dream of thee." Si
A LESSON IN LOVE-MAKING. t
'4
"I must ik Y+otts Mish tilted, 'or ,
an1 eCkplanation of this strange affair," i
said Judge Bryant. "The letter here k
referred to was probably received and it
answered during my temporary absence y
from home three months agd. Yott gave a
me an neUatto 1e)ort of all other letters |
received and answered; but with regard |
to tihe one from Mr. Fahnestock, and1 41
.which must have been of a very singular
character, nothing was said to me. Why c,
are you silent ?" he dontitlued, with some
severity, as the girl sat with her eyes ;,
bent upon the floor, and her cheeks suf- fi
fused with a painf ul flush. "Have you I
no answer to make, nir do you desire me k
to take for- granted that you have be
trayed a trust in which you have hit"h
erto been so faithful, and have placed
me in this awkward and embarrassing
position ?"
"I have, Judge Bryant, coiunite
Iywhat now seems to ilm a very serious
mistake," said Mildred, in a tremulous I
tone. "I never before imagined that it
was possible for me to (1o anything so
it terly foolish and inptiudent. I would
have given it year's salary to have got e
the letter out of the post-oflice an hour oa
after it. was sent there. I did not con
sult Mrs. Bryant, but wrote and dis- v
patched the letter on the impulse of the
mo,(ment. Some spirit of misch icf see1tned ft
'o take pohsessioln e'f te, and would not
let me go Until the unwise act was com
mtitted.
"'Did you preserve Mr. Fahnestock's
'"tter ?' asked the judg.'. .
"Yes, sir. I have it among tny pri
rm(te papers.'
"And a copy of the answer you sent
ain in my name ?" continued the judge, a
.ternly. ''And which, from the way he tl
refers to it, you must have known I It
would on no necottnt have written ?" 1
"I have the phonographic notes of my
reply," said Mildred, again dropping her Ie
eyes to the floor, and looking as if she "f
would be glad to sink through it.
''Well, well,'' said the judge, smiling. I
'There is something of the 'little
la'chet' principle albout. you after all.
Will you show me the letter, and then
read your answer ?"
"If I must," said Mildred. "But it
will be a relief to me if you will allow ''
me to copy my notes. and excuse my m
presence w'hile you are reading them.'" 3
''Very well," said the judge, gazing f
rather more leniently at the pretty cul- alc
prit.. it
Mildred bowed and withdrew from A
the room, and half an hour later re- I
turned, placing in the judge's hands two
papers, the first of which he opened and ii
read as follows:
"BRAVERI DAM, COLO. ?l
"Mr DEAR JUDn(l BRYANT;-I have .
t)ee9lhere about ten years, as you will
r,emmber, tluring which tine I have
se'ver found leisure or opportunity to
return to the States.. The few hundred
dollars I brought with me enabled me to
locate and retain some valuable tracts of
land, the titles to which are noW eon.
tirned in mne. I have now about seven "
thoausand acres, grazing and wheat lands.
A surveyed railroad, which will soon he Ia
ini process of construction, erosses partt
of my property, making a valuable addi-t
tin to it. I have abiouit tw.enty emi..i
grant famlilies 011 myl placte, and1( inve '
heen sending large 1numier4.1s of cattle to
Topeka; altogether, my affaiirs are in a
very pr'osper'ous con<hliion. I have a '
nlice lit tle hious , wel bI~iut , andI comn-t
fortably furnishedl.
"'A very agreeable picture, you may,t
say; and yet aifter aIll, my life is not a |4
happy on .'lhs,my dear jodge, i' ty|
thirty-fifth bithay an mceert ;
ing it by wvritinlg this let ter' to you. liut
whlat I have already told you is of muchel I
less importance to me than wihat I am"
about to menltionl; and, as an old and
true friend, you will know ho0w to appre
eia te my feelings. The1 plin truth is, I
want a wife. My life lwre is lonely anld 2
desolate. To-he-siure. thiere are alny
inlmblher of men anli womenl arounid me,
inl the capacity of tenants and employees;
bult there is nt one amon41g t hem whom
F (canl look upo(n1 as$ a compI11anion1 and1
'riend14 I am cram ped ill here, to leave
andI go East, even for a short trip. seemls
scatrelhy plossile; anid if I should1( do so,
where 1i to 1(ook for a wife ? My old( .
fr'indshlips are all broken upi, and I haveb
kept 111 1no corresponldene with anyn
la -y since I came here. lBut y'ou anId
your' wife have an extensive circle of
n10 1<:intances. 01an you not dlirec t 1m14 I
t4o someI one0 who would forego 'onivenl
tionaIl formalities, and conlsenlt to ('(ome4
(lit and1 mee'ft me at the nlearest railroad
4tation, whlera.wo would he4 married if I
dheemed he(r a suit aile per-sonl ? Ot hier
wiVse T would( pay her expense5s back. It
"I .he a pleoiaant trlip, nd( her ohbject inll
eenml i need b101le known to 1101o buit onr1
selves. P'les let mne know if y'ou cand
thmklI of anly desirable young lady who14 i
would consent to aln arrangemenit of thlis
sort, and1 I will send( you a cheque 5u1lt
int to4 cove'r any incid(enmtal expese
she4 mIay imulr mn coing.
''Very truly youirs,
-'EDaAR .FAHNE(sTOoK.
. There wvas a lannor-ous twVinklle iln thle
judg.''s eye as lie laid down the letter,
and1( thieni took up1 thie copy of Mildred1'.
replly:
"'Mu. FAHINE5TOK:-I have yours (ot
11".' I,thi instiat, and can only say tlln
it illus.trates to an1 extraor'dinlary d'egee
tile demiorahiziog effiets oIf long and ex
('lusive aIssociatioln with tIle lower or'der.,
oIf hum11anlit.y. I am gbl to hear oIf yonil
prosIperity, but regret to Sen thatt you4i
haive forlgot tEln 01' ouitgro vIn tile g'sond
I4lSens and1 r'fefoment of earlier yea's,
atnd do' n.ot app)lear to have the slightest '
applreciationu of what is due to the lady'
whom you woiuld desire to make your
wife. i you 11ad a thous1and( dollars at
stake, or a lot of cattle to inspect before
buying I venltuml to say yo u ul A i
>n way Id come East, and refinain
ng enough to attent to that business;
it the selection and wooing of a tvife,
^ing a tatter of mino- itqipurittnoe; fbu
oild fain delegsate Il i t1hput*:
"''There are any niimoer of woi-lv
(lies to whom, under proper coinlitions,
would gladly introduco you, and I have'
SdIoubt you might find li rttifactive
>mpn)ion. Btitt tna3 lady Wil) is fit to
iter inltl de biartat,+ elailoi hta an
tnitivo perception of' the deaistc co,it
deration and gallantry du6 . .1er sex,
hieli would lead her to repel witL seorn,
not a'soliteo abtliorrences the sugges
"1 of tt iig olit to fueet it ttttigel-, to
. Itklitl at iud lisjeetld likc a bale of
iodls sent on nj>probatioil, id roturned
not dteeied satisfactory. I do not
now any lady whose feelings I would
sult, by it liroposition of that sort.
int!e that stetits to be the extent of your
)preciation iif 1he necessaty and indis
en1lsab)le premliinaries of marriage, I
ottil suggest that. you remain a bache
>r, and continue to cultivate the ae
unintanent of ti& ias by Whcin you are
rroituded,
"I would ho pleased to hear from you
t regard to any matter of lhusines or
iindship; but j"on Will ollie tlt hv
Over again alluding to the subject of th'e
ter now before me.
"Yours truly,
" A. F. BnYAN'r, per AI."
While tho judge is reading this cautiec
)istle, We will thtow in a few explana
>ry remiarks concerning the parties here
Iroduced.
Edgar Fahnestoek had been for many
ears a frie:.d of Jittdge tlrynnt, who
iew and esteemed his father. He was
fine-looking man, had been well edu
ited, and, for a time, studied law; but,
I the death of his father and second
arriage of his mother, he had taken
s little patrimony and struck oil' to the
'est, where lie had been very success
I. Absorbed in his efforts to aceumu
te a fortune, and isolated from the
lvantages of metropolitan life, he had
emed, for a time, to forget or lose
ght of some of the social amenities and
epuirements of life in its more refined
i cuturetd phases.
Mildred Allen had been employed for
veral years by Judge Bryant as %In
nanuensis, having fitted herself fo)
at position by.nequtiring a tho)rongh
)owledge of phionographiy, after leavintg
hool. She was now about twent v.
ree years of age, of a resolute. inle
1ilent disposition, and yet gay and iull
life, and with a keen sense of hunior.
'ing an orphan, she resided in the
dgt's ftunily mnd, having found her
oroughly reliable, lie had intrusted her
itli oieniig his letters. and in some
ses even answering them on her own
slponsihility.
The letter in question had been thus
ened and read by Mildred, and, in a
oment of womanly pif it the lack of
ntinent displayetj I ihe p)ropOsitioen,
rther stimulated b)y the imlmise of ia
ep, lurking miselief, inherent and
reditary in the mind of every woman,
e had felt like giving the writer what
c had termed a lesson in I))ve-making,
pposiing that it vould efleetually end
e ma:ter.
Buit the effect prodclied was exactly
>iosite to the one she hid expected.
Mr. Fah nestoek hail replied it once,
4 reseiitiment, however, being ehiefly
io to the fact tlatt the reply to a letter
Iiicl he had intended to ie strietly ce n
lential had been seni through an
namiensis, who nust, therefore have
town its conitenits.
'T1 he receipt of tIat letter was the flrst
Iinmtionl J idge Iryant ha<1t of the
nding of the form)er one; for Mildred
d felt too deely1v chagriied at her
ouighiess awd il.pruiidenit aet to irefer
it, more-i (sn-iially ias she (lid not
ippose it wouihil ever h e nieessitry to do
[Inving thIished the lotters, the judg.
iiedi a bill on his dlesk, and in afw
iimites Nhidred eiiterid, tryiing to con.
ol the toripidat ion that poisse'ssiid her.
"WVell, Milred, I have read both let.
rs,"' saidl thin jun dge, tin!ig to looi k
iave, lint with imich less suecss thIs
me, for hiis own sense of humiior hadii
eni keenly oucheid.
''A iid what is my sentencee, Hir?"'askedI
um culprit. "DJo youi wishx miy servicesI
a longer?"
"'Nit such services as you have now
[in rend(erinig," wais the ulightly sair
istic reply. "But, as this is your ti rst
'lense, I am disposeid to bie lenient.
o expilanationi must, however, I.
Iered to Mr. IFahniistoick, and Ilmn
tuthi is always the best. iapoiliogy.'"
"O)h, ,J uge Bryaiit'!" exclatimed Mil
red, with linciIreaising triepiidation. "'Y1 i
di nta expuise my identity in this uin
'ituniala tuir! What do you expect
"I will niit iisk youx to reveahl your
are u itteni a goodi maniy let teri uni'
iy icitationii, you may now take down i
* l'. PAiusNs-rio(t. I5q.: Si r -,Tuiig
ryanit has shiiin mieil yoor letter tii hiim.
I Isw<rl to one reiiceiv<d il om him, as
i siipiisiid, buit whlichl was writ ten lby
owhi4i. .I imn simpjly his aimau
id ac4ted oni my iiwii respo1sibiit.y,
r whlilh Ii no1w feel I owe( you aii apol
Sin whait ami I toi sign ?"' asked Mil
red, look ing up withI in creasing con.
,uimply~ sign 'Autmannuenisis,'" siid the
Ax youir hianidwritiing is rathei
mii and iol for a1 lady, he- will lie ap)t
I bink lthe u riter is a gentlemnti."'
"Aiid I ami aufraiid you ought to addJ
!.t miy 'onducit wais hioldl for a lady,'
"Ohl, weill," said the judgi, "'we will
I i Isty anty moie oii thatl headlI just no4w.
rii tihis btergo andi tll ius oiwn story.
he letter wats printly dV~ispatc'hed,
i'l iI a few daiys thi judigie was ini ri
i1.t of aniothier cinniunlientioni firom tIe
lilng. miani, wtihi cauisedl hiimi to laugh
m - hleaitily thin ver
- I v )iJconiii," l-'ahnuestock begin,
I have, or I t hinik I have, madiie' a <hs
.l y since wr i i tilng my(scond litter t<
ii, 'whichl lhis servedl to present thii
iatter in a imch less ohbjectainabhit
liht. Y our answer, however, is -n.
irely satisfaetory, excep1t lin one pomilt.
i,hen I riciivd th Ii it<r it wicli I
'i ,i. .- , tinak iof the poissibiility ot
tbeing anrtten by a lady, But, when
at college I hadtcl soitto skill fi detteeting
handlwriting, atnd having been bxanininig
tha letter inore carefullV,, I rtI satisfiecl Tih
that ydui' ainanuensis Is a lady, rind I i
usped, a 'otung laly. i suspect; mnore
over, from the lililant freshness of thie I
elpistle, that the lady is still 'in triaiden the
meditation. fancy free.' and furthermore, ftW
I he very ole wit oin I wollt select flar . is.
wife. I hatbe resolved, tt Any rtte, to esctI
0o1ne ddwn itiad mahe her aitalle, co
tnd, if correct in my lattet cofijeetnra. CI
to make a practicalVapplication Of the CII
lesson in love-making which s11e so prt
kindl. sent fne. But if she should be init
married-*itieli i feel vety iutwilling to pns
Ruppose-I will endeavor td profit by stii
her counsels in addressing some young; th
laudy to whom she may be willing to tai
diaeet me. I Would, hUetPr, be bettet tlu"
Pleased to be informed at once upolt ailt
thut, to m11e, most important point. Il sit
the lady is uunmarried, please telegraplth ftin
the one word, 'silgle,' and as soon1 as I t w
receive it I will start for the Eatst, (ilu
"Very truly and thankfully, tiht
"EDoAU FAl1NEsroeK." Oil
After indulging In it second hearty kii
laugh, Judge Bryant suinlinoied Mildred, ent
iad without a word placed ftle letter in .ii
ier hands, She read it through in si- to
tilnce, then looked up with glowing an
-hcelks.. eot
'teally, Judge, the matter appears to 1il
he growing worso insteaid of better. " she c+r
fatltered, "I feel as if I had comlpro- I
mised myself dreatdftilly. I had not the Wil
remotest idea, in writing that letter, of thi
doing anything that would evenl lolaok inl
like ofTring mysr/f as a candidate for <ti
moatrimoniti otio'," til,
"It was, to-he-satre, a very iniselliev- t li+
itns trick," said the judge, who, b eingl iaut
something of a matel-maker, began f, ga1
enjoy the situationl imenusely. "1r I. ill
Fahnestock is a very worthy gentleinan, stal
and 1 do not believe you could have , e"
better husban id. He co1"unlitted a blun gal
dtr, to-he-sure, in his attempt at love- sid
mauaking, and you answered1 him, per- at
11ps, somewhat as 1 would have done. 1imi
But you comllittel another lumder in Ar
Iting so on your own responsibility, and ann
tot showing me or Mr-s. Iryatnt, the let- fi'
ter. So you are at pair itf culprits. At
ill events, you are ifn a r.;lpe now, and ali
I do not see ally way -:,f it except. to h>i
let. Mr. Fahlnestiiek c'01::t atnd see yon." h ai
It was with teelings ttf min"gledtlui- i
"sit' aind elarra.ssnnaat I hot Mildirid 1ilt
Ivaited the coinling of her i n:tior, b6-iml lau
obliged, meaunwhile, t(o stulanit Itt conisi,1 Ye
ile good-iatured raillery fr~tn tte juy 1il
and his wife, who declared it their i1pio t
ion that she laad designs upon that ymiw; w
m11ani from the first, and congratatt . to
taer upon her prospective isuccess. oI
A few weeks had lpassed, when a rias tih:
was heard one afternootl at the door 'i h
the judge's residence, and a few mimte:. 1
later Mildred, seated in her room, wit h rei
criluson checks and a beating heart., re- (1'.
ceived a summons to come down to the I
parlor. With tremibling steps sh 1a
ileyed, and, entering the apartment, fil
found the judge conversing with a tall, hli
latlldsolmei man, with the hold, free air tll
of Western life pervading his manner. -11
An tber. iu 1
From the Builder.
''he eomma1ionest inlpure kinls of aaalber ha
aIe tasel to uakea varnisha, aid tie dI(i- th
miaiil for the lila ie v.l11ahtile kanls, w\hieh aci
tre emtploy-ed for necklaeis, pipe tnt,tuth- sa
piet"e5, and othear latn1ctses. is si lIh ts to)
mtiake itn tlabetr whw11)4' a souilre of" great si;
watielth. 'l'he lirgest I1anr>se:a a amber or
it'sisits Ire fountd l the ; l;lti" shores \1
if Northe:astern l'ruassiIa. ''e'e alcoat it
"ighty ttons a ya'ier Iare at p"-sit t:
lug up, an11d theI supp1 lly appears rac- -tnt
lially inexhatstilI-. Stilli. the begin- Is
Iling of the centu"r it is eAtl1u1lated thait et
iver , ,00t0tt taons f imve, bIen poduced I
there, amial if flhe produiciitionl, asM smieai li
Slauit peiodtaa, cannott, it ix icalculhatedI, have~i r.a
the saiille-st heads upl to bloicks aof lnaly th
Ioiisl inl weaight. Th'e largest1 piiili v
i-va-a disco ve'reda weigl- thairate a-aa aai a Is
hailf poundsiaI, and ix nlow ini thei Hii'ni ii
Miaaer-al ('ablineat in 1a-arliaa. Aaaiuber~ aisb
meniit ioned byv liiamer, wtho spieaks af it ifil
tax baeinig esa-teemedi'a of esi al valu wt ~ ith ta h
gaibl. It is the' fiossil rasia pniei byai inai
uphwairds aif six kindas of coiferjtous trel s IiiS 4
itf ire' hisari t 3ine. Twi iof theisie faa-is, till
if whlich immaen-aa foraeasts coa vrd iraItlm So
proved-a toa bii nly riebaiedi to the exist- uti
ing. Weymoaauthl painei aiai thei lalr aia-ir .i
aa-e-. Wailhi thai w'od oiil f th Itrelaes ro t taed to
tawayi thai resian whai-hb i-xaadal traiia themai
fossil niahear. Theii risian aiazied iiit of thi art
stiema af theii tari-i as well as aoit af athela- lf
rooi ts, mal was ala-llositedl a-va-auially ian ali
iaummenlsa qjauantitih s in thei soil. Ina siomei "I
a it w t i- iicils aoi fla- amberl iaa hits o i ftaw tat
wood iand baar ik iif thai trei-as tare I featal is:
iambeiddiid,l tand throuiagh thais luiky ai-i- lii
)aa ex!~amining thit wood wal ith thai maiacro- hii
iuiipe it is tat onice tlapilarn that thei tr-e-as lil
wi-rl, tax int inuted-al bolve, cloaselyv ralthdi w<
i tml ur aimod-rn 'yoniferae, 1bult were*t noit a-i
hls alutelyI' idenlaical with an i oV f thi ix- tat
Sting speiaeas. A gesx i a fthe whle reh- wa'
-I ii no coveredaa lay thai itastearn parit lit hil
aanbera-produatiaing ftre-es. Th'le ituluastr Wv '
,f tlamber- digginag in one ofi very grait hi
mporaatance-a fill Prusslita, tandi if ix e;,li-a- ta
aed thatt thae mnlha- adistric-t of that
-aunaatry still conlltain at 1 qattity' whliah,
,t tal aiveragie cosat of five shaillinags paar
pam iaai, is waorth >aa lass thanai .L25t),- 'A
"'I'r is remarkale," says the Norris- It
to)wn /J/crad, "' how rapidly some neOws- ii
papear mien atccuinulate wealthI. Ma-. .Jay Tj
( 'onhll has beeni a nkewsp)Lae protaprietori i
i,nly a fewv years, alnd is nowi~ aboult to te
-aetiroe with a fortune of $l100,000,000. ia
ITo e-videntdly colnduceted buasineiss onl a w
eash basis, aand r-fua-id faa give $500 li
worath of aidvertisemeint faor 860( andl take :,a
Iis pay in liver and hunag renotavators."' h
C'aAul.v, TrnE thiree-yar->ihl oIf thea
.iaanihihl, staiod :an tatha-ative tam ita ter
- t- idh ooka-r. on wvhile gr~iaihat was p ar
a poitttes fair dinnaear. P'resenttly she
mlea sign of disc-ontinuaing fh workll I
wha sintgle poItatii lift lIpealedl tand
ununa ihied. Thela liftt' fallow raleaed~
i!to the panil, took it in his chubbay hianad,
al turlillig lais lIriglit eyes in an ap
pelinear~ glance to grandmaa's face, ex
chlimed-a: "'1Take 'im c'oes off and give
'im haff too.'
- tl
(1A1M11N(: liY TIIE SEA.
TIlet'r'" lIngnilint I.nir nlI ,ng
lranch", atndl .mine of 1IlK ('onilnstant,.
CI irax- N1,.
1cfc r"(" I wt'1t to b"edl I drl'oIId1 ilto
I'eninlvli1' chihl -11u1s(', within ia
rods oft' the West 1a11 ilotel, which '
he It''(st ;und omp leteht gambhlilig
tblilnnent lin this contry,N. write a1 H;
reaI4(nidentt It. Iug [iranttcIi to the Il
eiIIuniti Enteuirer. It wasl originally e
unll erllainl's e(inge, 1li the plresent
p riet(1r, Phil lI)fly, (if 1'hilalpl hia, !I
(l" ia !1rg(' itthtlition11 t11 it <11ring the tl
t spring. il t1 t1ert is o1,w at gtiiilinig p1
e1( loll 1 11 otlung e"tPinl (l(lnii1 inlg with c(
1111iil hlibllin~g, n1 hib is 1 11111b1ie 1e,
11t11 inl1 semlli-hi-tel. ouvii enter" 41
Sughih at gait' tillllr" he:uttifl' lam1pi+,
1, seeing nobodi(y, wa;Ilk -igh t up1 the(
l(^ ofI thitl h1Irg( ilut" ("ittage, attul
1 fncing y)ti it s"iglt" stan; eigitrs I1re
-uly-ti\'e i'nits, butit of 4h. v\ert best
dlity. Then yt I pa;1ss 1to tho' right It
-14i14 a r11 t (1f 11r1inkin -room - 1 44, 14n4d s('(' ->
younr ef1t 1114' etu-g1lias and(l si4)n l-p. l)
Is o1 the e('HtaaI1n1111t, a111 pa'tinigf a4I it
rhtin yom et)lme right int4 flit' alle d e b
I'. It is re'10l yt 1a'ullllil 1o1, hardlyI
be, mallh4d1 utside' of a pa:tla'. '111t14c
WIW) (1etlg a1t1 al1114 11 11(r 1'11 (" t
moeeted( by at lI.g cortrritlr, thc' whole
Iit(l andl varIis;hedl ill the Hamne gel
I stylo.
fuagnlific'en11t chtandleliei 411l exeHSiVe
h light, give the sp leno 'r (if dlay to
I room ln. The ('1nret Hees1H to 1e made(('
wVI1Ves (of (111k rid, 1411e1 is of the liinest.
tity. Inl the (rridlor Ire' mtost 1p1-111)
1i clhairs 1 11141 vliais of silk, Iandel in
ilnic"h(s andu atleoVus are large birdsM
I nq1111tie iin1 maru"shi emb1)lem11s. The
ubliniig 4 411 go 11i n as uietly as if
i- irobltlemtil in ('g1i''etry aI b111('ing t
ved(1 by ft(ur or five difieretl cla$seH, t
1h armudil its tal1'. 'T'here 11e two o
11t of 1o111'ttt' t ing ((n ait o1IposHite 1v
ei of t1he 1o1; IIU'o is blein1g 11ea'Ilt
Al 11144e, and11 suomle oith'r gamne not,
hell lttid'114'11 ti( iH in at fouIrti 'oiner.
nund tlc' tablle"r art, plenltifill ehairs,
I itt eah table are' t1hee or f4' ll 11r)
Hi((lmts -worlking the g:lut'. 1
I'he chief interest is coneitrated'(
liut llr. W\'icrish(oiflir, the eeleb rated1
.ker 21441 Willi-stneet ei'railtr1, h11o 4
beh11t11' flu1irst ranitk f1r seve41' l ye'ar"ts i
(I' i ll t1 i H;t,t'i1'ilou try4aag io s a d st'( g
14. lit" cm111e here from ( lermanituy, au(1
a11t (o11untenanlce s:tmewt"hatt aristoc"ratie, I
HIr(w. - ,%(t 4li fre him Ire stacked p1)
'l If ivory 4hips, 1t whlite one rep1
entill 1'I11un the g '1y ones five, tel,
rtnty 411r 111o'e 14111l11 each. 14e seems
phay inl 1 lcertaili t,ysteunantit- w:7tv lne
the linies of the ro(ul'ette figulres r'atherv
tin upon0 lheH1p1t org roup. lIe is here
14s ve4 ry'',' n li 1t, I 11441 t1411, 141441 wtingII
1<>s(4 ahlit. *1,0(). Strilige is the
niik mllay seeun to yoIi, 1 11aVe 11
tlht 111at this (it"cupar, tion is a relief to
m1ind ifler tlw day's 1111 I hPr in thleeily, 4
t as c11ibi1ren 1t 21t of 1scho ol and1
we to tlheir ttoyH. To a man 1 of that 1
Ill it $1,(1111) glilning ill the evenling is i
4ut the 41414ae 214, at ielny.ate poker t
mle inl prtivatc 1faunilil"H.
UI roulette ((nie unm turn-us the hall a11 111
Mml att each side i(f himn pa;ys the( E:
Iyers or ra-lcks up1) th1' chipls for. the F
nkll. I 1uppse tlut on the light of f
:3t 1 .July there w'er' thirtly to fifty c
rsons at ti4' ihnt' hIyiiig ill this c
Dhaily is 21 b;lrge 144244, s1h(1Ving the r
114s ill tim e. 14e is a111(ut fIrtc-eis1hl.
fifty yiars((hl. Ilis pa:lr4ner, (Chirh-s 1
alsh, ((I New '1,rk, is ill the neig;hburr
(I f,''. IlI'ty: huis wl hite ha(ir an keen f
ze1 1e, mind is u1- t h le besl ps4te14
-ii al6(lit N14w Y(rk; on; ev"rythling. I <
I1 41r. W\'lsh aIll, til- 1en' 11talgel, -1
-.'i'e sai 1h t-re wld b1111h 1'
we4known1 jew4lry store142411 lll ill false'
11:141 av have in-r' cent, in4 41 r<11det 4te,44 4ia
r4444' forn14' 444 er21''4 cent.4n f41144, atog 1 -11
xs re so qit.kly coxn ~t)lo. The' halis
ich,' 124 1prom 't assistants'4 $44414 wll pay'
'iI ch4eek 14s 114444slt b i inu4f$ II42)
no144 :141 ir theJl but441 $h-4',i' $2 on- 14'
1414 l 1 "14ow much11$ di l thisaditon
I 'hd14y say1~ ti ost 11144,'014('41.4 lieie
Iit 4h'e ('nn i In-r produced111 such114'I 441.
ni14l do44 1it1 well.x 1"Y)24, se, said Ih',
4ight, 44141 a444 veyihdIiJ ih-4unes ier
A-e a night row <buirk mA fiorid-o
41e of14 thi ki41- was nded nial thao itr
4411 lfin 2 us ~.I isf 4'Intrelil e< fnmr
41I he'1 1144om14(lated. wi thfi' any1 ployh.
Its, or1he an ha24(XtliC4l a 12( game uprxat
fii 4' ls ond hrty, lIard i up tos
24 minors,'1' hpop characters, Vor kpro
40sinarls from4 komin in." lIn t 44
''m opig t e afe containing14 af 4for-44
neuth 1 a441 goy as kerfec asu nthoug i
r(l(heen' nhile ori.ginall4(11y 14or1 the~ lck.
44. illan walm 44( cnitd,' alis pr8xof
40rs k ut of curie444(4it hoged im to
11 them how ag h eo the oy. "oth-o
bo rie t ho key. C41lran wamit,was
('m8 t c rr 44i i.4t lyoueanr $7whenO( J
a oin thomer b ril. Onofuha
'
WIT AND WISDO.
A TIN PAN carelessly hung on bed..
om door is said to be the best burglar
[arm yet invented, with the single ex.
aption of a colicky baby.
A oAss is on record where a barber and
is victim were both happy. The for
ier talked on without interruption and
to latter was deaf.-7bledo American.
" PosroNxo on account of the
other," as the timid city man said
hen he didn't go through a sheep pas
ire with a belligerent ram holding the
rt.-Drummer.
IT is asserted that Vassar girls have
-sorted to anti-fat to prevent obesity,
id have thus become Vassar lean. The
retch who created this joke is beyond
to reach of the authorities.
HEAnD IN THE suburbs: " Are you go.
g to keep your brickyard running this
Maon ?" " No, I think I'll put a bay
indlow in the kiln and advertise for
immer boarders."
So:rit of the Eastern papers are dis
ssing the important question whether
dudh+" is pronounced in one or two
ylables. Out West it is generally pro
omnced darn fool.-Burlingten Hawk
yc.
" Yr., us was in hero night before
nt. le just come in and registered on
to towel and went west." This was a
olite way of saying a railroad man had
>m1o in and washed his face.
A lo(KFOnD, Ala., girl gets up in her
cep and goes out in her hack yard and
tops wood. According to a local paper
ir father regrets her somnambulism,
ut he nlways leaves the ax handy.
DON'' YoU think I have a good face
>r the stage?" asked a lady with histri
Ite aspirations. " I don't know about
to stage," replied her gallant compan
mn, " but you have a lovely face for a
uss."
IF AT.L the force expended in thiscoun
iy by city sportsmen in bagging a sin
le duck were properly applied to a hoe
andle, it would put a forty acre patch
i excellent condition. But it would not
e sport, you know.
" I doN'T like to have my husband
hew tobacco," remarked a young mar
ied lady, "lbut I put up with it., for the
ti foil is just too handy for anything
it doing up my front crimps."-Colum
uia Mpcctator.
" Turmu," EXcr,A1nD Mrs. Nikelpla t e,
vho alTects the antique, ''there is a vaso
hat is very od I" "I can see that by
he dust on it," was the innocent reply
f Mrs. Plainly, as she drew an arabesque
pith her finger on the vase.
WIEN WE WEnE ton years old we used
think, while gazing in the window of
candy-store, how much we would like
Swo rk in such a place. Now we are
Teceted with a similar feeling while gaz
ig in the window of a bank.
CONCILIATION.-Ono of the aets of con
iliation which it is said will mark the
omling coronation of the Czar will he an
diet granting complete toleration to tho
)hld lelievers, as the dissenters from the
stillislcd Church are called.
T:Acnn : " Wit Y, how at upid you ;.ro
n b," sure I Can't multiply 88 by 24. I'll
mger that Charles can do it in less than
( time.'' Pupil: " I shouldn't be sur
ritsed. They say that fools multiply
cry rapidly now-a-days. "- Univcrsily
're.a .
A Rogue and Ills Captors.
Some of the city dletectives entertain
ed express thie belief that the bogus
'Lord Ashburton," lately arrested in
4.Y. city for passing forged Bank of Lou
Ion circular notes, was pardloned out of
he California State Prison through the
niluenice of piersons who wish hiim to
'work" a similar scheme on a large
cale. 'This would senm an incredible
uggestioni if it wvere unot for the fact that
romn the timle thle fellow tled from N. Y.
ity after robbing Kilpatrick, the jow
11er, lie was repeatedly used for such
mtrposes by the We'stern detectives whio
apltuired him. At St. Louis they madle
im give up everyt hiing valuable ho had,
mt ret urnevd h im t he lhogus circular notes
mdl gave himt tickets to D)envor. They
ollo'wed himi there, anid when ho had
randlulenitly ob tainied- $5,000 from one
>f thle baniks in that. city, re-arrested him,
unsde hiim surrender the~ goodi greenblacks,
11nd hurried him oil' to San Francisco
with the had money.
At~ that pilac lhe deposmited $20,000 of
m'renlar inoties as mairgiin ini a stock oper
Lt ion, anid the detect vis waited forsome1(
tie for him to real iz/e on t his invest
niei, intenidinmg tom grahl all again. But
ofore lhe coulld11, binin a Set tlemient the
>aink ofliers were apprised of his charatc
er andu they retaiiined his stock na
ecurity. lie was iarrestedt and sent to
>risonm for five years, and the dletectives
Fere thus foiled. Hie was pardoned
ftAr four y ears and catmo directly to
few York, where lhe was arrested, bit
uIs he<;ni again quiietlhy released, ntobody
*ppearm'ig to prosecute hint. rThe sus
>ieionls of the dieteetives may be idle,
mt it is well entough for the banks to be
carned against the fellow-Ne'w York
A Costly Canal.
While Mr. De TJ('5seps is gradually re
lueimg, ont papemr, the prosp)ective cost
if the. P ananma Coonil, greatly to the comn
ort oif thle stockholers, the Colombian
['reaLsury D)epartmntit inotities the conm
>any that, it iitust pay the cost of main
ainiig 2,000 or 3,000 Colombhian troops
in the Isthmtus, so as to keep order.
L'he Minister of the Treasury estimates
hat the expeiise will bo about half a
nillion a year, or seven million in the
otuirteent years granmt ed for comp~letinig the
'oiitract; aitd possibily, he adds, the cost
may reach ten or ilve millions. It is
certinily true that conist ant andti fierce
rioiting hiet.w(een the~ Jamaaican and1 Car
thiagi nian lab oretrs hias been reptorted
along the line oif the canal, during which
a score of the former have perished. The
empiloyees go armed; and as there is
plen ty of liquor in circulation, and a force
of eight thousand meni to conitrol, iclud
intg odds and ends fronm all p)arts of the
worlid, there is iio doubht that the Govern
menit has a diflienit task. Still, even
before the ennmal was started, the Istn
inus was niot the most tranquil part of
the repuldic, and the stockholders must
no(w lock rather ruerily at the prospect
of substantiaelly suippoitinig the standing
armiy of Colombliat for the ntext twelve or
fourteen years. Un iperhiaps they should
thiniik themselves fortuntato that some
reasont is mnot foundii for their shoulder
ing also the uiaval eixpenses0 of Colombia.
Tim D)oo Smow.-Theo New York Dog
Show~ was one of the most successful af
rirs, oif the kind ever given. '"A fine lot
if doigs with less trash than ever be.
lore," said the jutdge. The most he
wilerinig competition was in bird dogs,
thiere bewig nto less than 149 English set
kier, 56 Gordon setters, 97 Irish setters,
iitd 112 pointers. Thte display of St.
Berntards and mu utiffs was large and fine
na wna also the pnns