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XX.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 25, 1880. NUMBKIH^^ * *
EVENING ON THE TANK. |
XVbe 11 deepening twilight hides the landsgspo
dint,
And lestful sounds proclaim tlio closo of day.
Home from the fields the farmerdrives his team.
And counts his finished labors by the way. I
Behind him, on the meadows cool and deep.
The evening mists liavegnthered, and he hears
The voices from the ponds that pipe to si 'ep,
And crickots shrilling on the droughty mores.
Afar, the lusty lowing ot I ho kine.
Vexed by the busy herd-dog, fills the air,
Vondcr they wend, a ruddy, waving lino.
Impatient of their shaggy driver's caro.
Forth from tho dairy now, with pells in band.
And lightsome step, the buxom lassies lilo;
The watchful cows with dripping udders stand
And wait their turn rneo.v-eyed aiul paticn ly.
Meanwhile, soft whlnnyings from the dusky
stall
, Proclaim tho former's lato return. Ho si rows
Tim bright, clean straw, and ministers to nil
Tho wants of Uod's dumb croaturos oro repose.
Within, tho bousewlfo spreads tho evening meal;
From hearth to board, bow busily alio hits!
While fragrant vapors front tho dishes steal.
And children stand around with wistful eyes.
Now oil-is finished, and tho welcome horn
St&rlles the night with loud, inslsteut bray;
Far o'er tho-valo the lengthening sound is borne,
And slow, without an echo, dios away.
Ill from milkfnc? rnmo thn mniTv niniils
The youths from various tasks tnni willingly;
A)Vjathored round Iho board, thoy bow their
bonds
And seek a gracious blessing from on bigli.
Uncovered now, tlio savory dishos pour
Their o!oud of incense to tlio ceiling brown,
While soft night airs steal through the open dooi
And tossthocondlo flouio? now up?now down.
O ltanpy rcene, removed from every caro,
(Jod's benison, like evening dew, l>o on thee I
Long thou slialt dwell with mo, a picture fair,
Till Heaven's brighter vision dawns upon uio.
~-Oovd Housekeeping.
T H E
4 LITTLE WAIF.
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I r* i n i i ?
A story ol Absorbing Interest.
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By BERNARD HERBERT.
[CHATTER XX.?Continued.|
"How could 1 comfort her? and 1
loft lu r weeping. In the street I looked
bi\ck and saw her standing at the window
of her apartment, waving mo a
tearful farewell. I shall probably
novev again see that sweet, heavenly
? vfnee in litis world, but I have her pier-n
mijiini nrr tl lf
m,. . "Yes, her photograph in the character
of Fides, the fa'thfnl niotlu r."
"Oh, let mo sea it! Oh, my goo 1
friend, God bles3 you for this comfort!"
She flung her arms about his neck
nnd kissed him au though ho had been
her father.
"Come into Ihj house and you shall
see it," he said.
After they had gone in little Stella
stopped to [day in the soft radiance of
the sunset with her white kitten upon
the door step, and my lady Cora's carriage
returning, passed at the mom nt.
Her wandering eyes took in tile prettv
picture, and n strange light leaped into
their dark depths, while an uunecustomed
(latter possessed her bosom.
Upon the spur of the moment sho called
a halt and li istcncd to tlio child, wh >,
at*raeted bv the rattle of silvir chains
and the r??11 of (lie wheels, had turned
to lo >k at (lie passing e<pr-page.
Fascitis t >d by the brilliant display,
little St? lla trotted bravely out of the
garden gate and paused upon tiptoe
on the grassy bank, gazing up in wonder
at the beautif d fa *e bent above
her.
"What a pretty little girl you are!''
said tho enchantress, in a swift, low
tone.
Tho child looked puz/.le 1 for an instant;
then replied in French:
|t "Je nc comprends jins, madrtmr."
My lady Cora turned pallid to the
very lips.
"You are French!" sho exclaimed, in
the samo language. "Where do you
come from?"
"I'aris, madame," answered the
child.
"What is your name?*'
"Stella."
"Stella what?"
"Stella Leonard."
"Leonard?"
It \va< her own name before her m irriage,
and, as tlie guilt v woman ochc< I
it, she sink back upon the cushions of
her carriage stupefied. Simultaneously
a voice within the lions i c -.llcd
U] on the child to come, and in a j
breathless way sho gave orders to the
coachman to drivo on at full speed, j
The unexpicted interview with Lawyei 1
Edgar, which has been narrated in the |
preceding chapter, for tho time being
drove all thought of tho mysterious
child from Cora Hoyden's min i; but j
when she ua< alone in the seclusion of
her own c'uiinb ?r with her doer securely ,
lockel, tho mask fell from lu r ft atures, |
and, thrusting th liiavv masses of ?
hlack hair from her pallid brow, she
ci i d:
"My (Jod! what am I to do? That,
child is my own child! Hut how came
she here, to haunt, balk and ruin me?
I' ii soino fiendish invention of my |
enemies, but I will eireumvent them, j
or die in the attempt."
Sh-* swept to tho window, threw it |
open, and looked out upon tho peace- j
fill evening with desperate, unseeing
e \ o l. |
"My days, even my hours, as heiresi j
of this place are niim: cred," she unit- !
ti red; "1 know it, fool it in ovory bone. I
The odds are against mo, and my time |
of action is almost up. Sooner or later i
they will discover tho will which will
turn me out penniless upon tho world
ay am. < >1 onirs-o, l can return to the i
old life, but I shudder to think of it. !
Having tasted of 11 in life of a fjri at
lady, I mean to continue to enjoy it, or
lose my soul. The t ime for ae1i??n has
come; I can delay no longer.
"With this half-era//d artist off my
Inmls, I am free to s 'cure some alliance
with a man of \v?nlth and st indino,
which will s'ttlo my future for me,
whatever hi) pens. If I pi ly mv cards j
1 r iperly I c.m r present myself as t ho
niece and heiress of the rich Orrin
Clill'er l. No one need know that I r.m
the widow of a man who committed
\suicide in tli* Tombs to < scape tho
ttcalTold. i
I "As Miss Clifford loan carry tlio day,
and nothing ahull balk me, nothing can
balk nic?but this unfortunate child.
And she shall not! I will remove ber
from my path, and do it myself. Singlehanded
1 have been an adventuress all
my lifo, and single-handed I will dio
victorious!"
Sho had scarcely finished this desperate
soli'o p?y, when a rapping
sounded upon her chamber door. The
room wai filled with dense shadow, and
the sound staitled her.
"Who's there?" sho demanded, unsteadily.
"Martin, madam."
It \\ as the voice of the footman.
"Well, what is it?" she asked, in a
j tinner tone.
"Dinner is served, and Mr. Arnim is
waiting."
I In one brief instant she resolved upon
her course of action.
I "Tell Mr. Arnim that I am unwell,
j that I have a headache, and shall not
be at dinner. Later, if I feel better.
I will see him. For the present 1 dc
not wish to be disturbed."
Allowing herself no timcTfor furthei
consideration, she struck a match and
ignited a single candle upon the dressing
table, which but feebly illumined
the vastness of the luxurious apartment.
But it was light enough; the
work she had in hand could better be
'clone in darkness.
Selecting the; plainest dress that h n
wardrobe contained, a hat and thick
veil, she p\it them on, thus completely
concealing her identity. Then taking
from a drawer a ball of white cotton
wool, and from a small chest a small
phial of colorless liquid, she unlocked
her door, and passed stealthily into the
hall.
In the distance she coidd hear the
clatter of the dinner arrangements,
from which she inferred that the coast
was clear.
Then with a rapid glide she passed
over the polished staircase, out of the
door, ueross the moonlit terraee, nnd
vanished amid the shadows of the trees,
Ten minutes later she emerged ujH?r
the highroad, whioh still Intro the im
press of her carriage wheels.
CHAPTER XXI.
A DA8TARDI.Y DEED.
One would fancy, perhaps, that th<
startling contrast in her surroundings
to those of two or three hours previous
ly; the rough, lonely by-path, over
shadowed by the night, the gloom ol
the woodbind through which her roail
a suburb of the city infested by tramps,
would have intimidated my lady Cora,
and brought her to her senses, before
she had progressed two rods from hei
domain.
If any one entertained such an idea,
it is evident that they had no conception
of the indomitable pluck of my
lady Corn. Had the intenso grit been
applied for good, she would have been
a great woman whom tin; world would
have had reason to bliss; as it was, she
>vas bad, and her intluenco was for the
worst.
With never a thought of fear or a
single nervous qualm, she drew het
dark cloak about her, and hurried along,
keeping close to the low bushes that
I fringed the path.
About midway of her course, her
I quick ear detected the sound of footsteps
approaching from the opposite
direct ion, and not wishing to he seen,
she stepped aside into the shrubbery,
and effectually concealed herself hehind
a clump of alders.
She had to wait some time, for the
advancing footsteps were slow and lagging.
At last, when she parted the
leaves of her ambush and peered
through, she discerned tho dim, hent
I tiguro of a man stumbling along the
I middle of tlie road, and heard a deep*
toned voico mumbling inarticulate
words.
"Some drunken countryman," she
told herself.
Little did she dream that the straggler,
who had passed on into the
shadows of the night, was her father,
old Jean Leonard, wandering in his
half-crazed way toward the place she
had left.
Wholly ignorant of this significant
fact, she regained tho path, and made
tip for lost time by increasing tho rapidity
of her steps. She progressed
without further interruption, until
broad belts of lamp light intersected
her way, and upon glancing up to investigate
the cause, she found herself
nearing a small wayside inn, of decidedly
forbidding appearance.
If she could have avoided crossing
the belts of light, she would gladly
have done so; but it was out of the
question, owing to the dense woodland
that at this point bordered both sideo
of the road. Therefore, keeping as far
ns possible from the den, from whose
open doors and windows loud voiees
and snatehos of song escaped to the
vulgar t wang of u ban jo badly played,
she hastened on, until, with a start,
she became conscious that she was followed.
A swift glance over her shoulder assured
her that such was the case. A
big, broad-shouldered rutfian had seen
her Hit past the inn, an<l was shambling
along in her wake.
Naturally her first impulse was to
take to her heels and fly.
Upon second thoughts, however, she
recognized the after absurdity of such
a proceeding. If she fled, the rascal
in all probability would outrun her,
anil even if she succeeded in eluding
him, whither should she go for shelter
and protection, stranger as she was to
the district ?
llesidos, if sho were fo demand assistance
at any of fhe farm houses she
would he obliged lo disclose her identity,
and defeat for a time, perhaps,
the all im)s>rtant project she had in
hand. Under the circumstances, she
suddenly determined to dare the inevitable
and face the music.
Consequently she turned about in
the path, halted, and waited for her
pursuer to catch up with her, which
the fellow lost no time in doing.
When he paused close before her, Cora
demanded in a dare-devil tone, which
for a moment staggered the man!
"Look here! Are you following
me ?"
"I was traveling along the same
road," was the reply, delivered with a
slight tremor of hesitation; "(hero
ain't no law against it, I s'poso?"
"You wore following 11101"
"What if I was?"
"What clo you want?"
"Money."
Had tlicro l?cen light enough whero
they stood the ruffian might have seen
Her dark eyes scintillate beneath the
protecting veil as a sudden, desperate
plan was suggested to her mind by that
single but significant word?money.
"Money?" she echoed daringly; "you
want money? Do you supposo to rob
on the higli-way to get it?"
"I'm bound to get it somehow,"caino
the sullen response; "if you've got any
aliout you, fork over and I'll let you
go, for you're the pluckiest piece of
calico I've seen for many a day."
"I have just twenty dollars in this
purse," tho woman said, "tapping the
invisible receptacle between her hands
as she spoke, "and I have oighty elsowhere,
which will make a hundred for
you if you will agree to do a job for
me."
The f< llow gnvo vent to a low,
amused laugh.
"You're an artful one, you are!" he
exclaimed; "you want to give me the
twenty now, and when 1 come for the
eighty you'll have me nabbed for a
sucker! Oh, no, my dear! I ain't no
porfessional rounder, I ain't! I'm n
painter by trade, but we're on strike,
and I've got kind o' off my nut. 1 owe
money in the tavern . here, and I'm
goin' to get it out of the rich folks as
owes it to me, for which I takes you
for one from your dress."
Skillfully avoiding this dangerous
point. Cora replied:
"Take this money; it is better than
nothing, and will probably pay vom
dues. If you doubt me, you need not
come for the remaining eighty, though
if you do a simple thing for mo, I will
give you good security."
i "Well, what's your job?"
"Do you live al>out here?"
"No; I came from Providence; I got
ns far as this to-night on mv way to
Iloston, looking for work. Well, what's
your lay?"
"Could you secrete a child from now
until to-morrow night?"
"I don't know. Yes, I guess I could!"
"Where?"
"Oh, somewhere al>out tho tavern;
! perhaps in the barn."
"Verv well. Here arc twenty dollars.
Meet me at this spot within an
j hour, and I'll bring the child. Oh,
1 .YOHrrfWf.'1 1 'tYiV' ehVM"Ts: my
1 own. I only want to get lier away from
the pooplo who have stolen her from
1 me."
"All right! Go ahead; you'll find
mo here."
Thus assured, tho woman hurried
away along the lonesome road, leaving
tho man lingering the bank-bills, ami
staring after her with a grin of vicious
wonder upon his burdened features.
Meanwhile all was epiiet and peaceful
in and around tho humhle farmhouse
where the principal personages
of our narrative had taken lodging. In
her chamber upon the second floor sut
little Orncic, fust asleep in her chair,
from the exhaustion of that eventful
day, with the photograph of her beautiful
mother pressed upon her bosom
beneath her clasped hands. Though it
was close upon ten o'clock she had not
thought to retiro for the night, since
Lawyer Edgar, upon his return from
his call at Black Bond House, had informed
her that it was necessary for
him to go at once into the city upon
important business, but that he should
j return in time to bid her good-night.
| Tho gentleman had held a newspaper,
and seemed unusually excited,
I but there was no timo for explanations,
as he had to catch a train.
So she sat waiting, and had fallen
asleep. Upon tho first floor of tho
house, in a chamber, tho windows of
i - it i ' * ?
I niiivu ii|k>u mt? siar-iix orenni'tl,
slept little Stella, the dim light of the
j night-lamp catching the gleam of her
i golden hair, where it lay like a woh of
spun metal spread out upon her pillow.
Old Jean had not returned from his
stroll, and the good housewife sat
knitting in the? kitchen, awaiting the
! return of her husband, who had driven
| to the station to meet Mr. Edgar.
A soft night-breeze stirred the boughs
| of the great elms that, shaded the farini
house; but for that, all was peace and
j silence.
Suddenly, the sound of a vehicle far
| up the road disturbed the <piiet of the
j night. The housewife laid aside her knit!
ting, and, going into the parlor, turned
I up the lamp until it burned brightly.
As she did so, she noticed that the
I door lending out into the gardon liung
! open, and wondered that tho breeze
! had been so strong, when she distinctly
| remembered having securely latched it.
She did not close the door, however,
as the vehicle had stopped at the gate,
, and she saw Mr. Edgar hastening up
| the garden path.
He came in, removed his lint, and
glanced into the unoccupied parlor.
Words of disappointment wen1 ready
upon his lips that (Iracie had retired,
when she appeared upon the stairs.
Mr. Edgar took her hand in his n?
she gained his side, ami led her into
the parlor, closing the door behind
them.
"You have news for me!" she exclaimed,
with a woman's instinct, as
she noticed the unusual excitement depicted
upon his face.
"Yes, news for you," replied the
lawyer. "Hit down. Are you able to
hear anything 1 may have to tell
you?"
"Yes," she said; "but, oh, Air. Edgar,
T hope it is not too hard to bear!"
"I would have spared you if it had
been," he said, gently. Then, drawing
a newspaper from his pocket, he added :
"This newspaper records the sudden
death, in the Tombs, of Max lloyden."
"Max Hoyden dead !" breathed (iracie
in an awed whisper.
"Yes, and by his own hand. In srmo
way, poison was sent him, which ho
took, and died alone in the night."
" Heaven help him !"
" Heaven's his only help now;. It w ill
be a hard blow to his scheming widow.
With her husband's death ceases her
claim upon your property."
"Hut she said she is a ('litlbrd, a niece
of my father," remarked Graeie, to try
her friend, who, , jet waa in ignorance
of what she knew."
"I don*t believe it, all tho satuo," returned
Mr. Edgar; "but, Gracie, it was
not on acoountof this piece of newt* that
I went so suddenly into tho citv."
"No?"
"No; there is another announcement
in this paper."
"What is it? Oil, Mr. Edgar, speak!
What have you to toll mo?"
"I chanced to notice in the column of
amusements an announcement, of the
appearance of Madamo Clarisse."
"Mudanio Clarisse!"
She was tvpon her feet in an instant,
her eyea dilated, her breath coming'in
quick, sharp gasps.
"You saw her!"
"Yes, I have seen her!"
"Well, well?
"Gracie, my child, I havo reason to
suspect "
"Stay ! look ! Is sin* liko this portrait?
With trembling hand she snatched
tho photograph from her bosom and
held it before him.
"Yes, that is Madame Glarissef*
"And my mother! oh, come, oom?
with me, this very instant!" punted the
excited girl, attempting to drag the
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have licr now; to-morrow we may have
lost her! come1"
"Listen to me, Graeio. Be calm, my
child. I have spoken with your mother,
and she is coming to yon. Merciful
heaven, what is that? Hark!"
lie stopped with upraised hand in
token of silence. A terrible cry, the
cry of a lost soul, the shriek of a wild
animal in agony had rung from end to
end of the house. Then another scream
more terrible thuii the tirst, and again
a third.
Paralyzed with alarm, rooted to tlio
spot, Graeio and her companion heard
a wild rush of feet in tlichall; the door
of the parlor was burst open and old
Jean Leonard reeled into tlie room, his
long white hair tossing about his livid
face, his eyes starting from their sockets,
while with his nails he lacerated
his llcsh, mingling Ids blood with his
tears.
"My child, my child, Stella!" lie
shrieked; "they 'have taken her, stolen
her! Oh, God, let me die!"
CHATTER XXII.
MADAMF. CI.AHISKK.
It was the most violent, the most
iwful exhibition of grief that littio
Graeio had ever witnessed, and in tormoment,
sank in an jk
Mr. Edgar wont to liitn hud tried to
raiso him, but ho was inert, lifeless.
B}' this time the startled farmor and
his wifo had arrived upon the scene,
and with the man's assistance the law-,
yer raised the jioor worn-out body, and
carrying it across the hall-way, laid it
gently upon the bed, which still bore
the impress and warmth of littio
[ Stella's body.
j The air of the chamber was heavy
i with a sickly sweet odor, whilo on the
! floor beside the lied lay the tell-tale
i ball of cotton still rooking with clilo
fuionn.
Tlio two women had followed into
the room and stood thcro in awo-striekj
en silence. It was tlio lawyer who
spoke iirst.
"The cliild litis been kidnapped!do
any of you know anything about it?
have you heard any sounds ?"
Tho housewifo was the only person
who had any information to offer; she
simply stated how she had found the
outer door open after having left it
securely closed, though not locked.
"llut the poor old gent is not dead,
sir, is lie?" she asked, looking apprehensively
at the prostrnto tiguro upon
tho bed. ' ?
"No," answered Air. Edgar, "he still
breathes and liis pulso seems strong;
the trouble is that heaven only knows
what condition his miiul will bo in
j when ho eonios to."
He spoko in an absent-minded way,
I his attention being irresistibly drawn
j to Oraeio, whose face woro such a pathetic
look that it piqued his curiosity.
As soon as he avos able, he beckoned
her to follow him into the parlor, and
when they were alone ho asked:
"Ciraeie, is there some secret between
us? Will you not tell me what it is
evident you know alsmt this affair?"
"Yes," she answered, frankly; "I was
only waiting an opportunity. Know,
then, that Cora Hoyden is old Air.
Leonard's daughter, and that little
Stella is her discarded child."
And thereU|>on, into tlio astonished
ears of the uood lawver she tHuirert tlio
whole astounding story wliicli old Joan
had told her that day.
"That settles Madam Boydon's
claim upon your property!" Mr. Edpar
exclaimed, delightedly, when alio
had concluded her recital, "and satisfies
mo that Madam Clarisso is your j
mother."
"My mother!" echoed little fliaeie,
excitedly; "oh, Mr. Edgar, tell mo?
when shall 1 see her?"
"To-night?almost at any moment
now. She was singing in an opera at
a theater; I saw her l>.-tween the acts;
I told her I had reason to heliovc that i
her daughter still lived, and 1 besought |
her to lose 110 time in ascertaining tlio j
fact for herself.
"She almost fainted and linmro/1 ?? 1
?IV
to give her coachman full direction*
how to lhul you. Th?a sho was called
to the stage, and I left her singing as
only a bird wings for very joy,"
"Darling mother!"
"And, (Iracie, such beautiful
woman 1"
fY'Hnrk, hark! what is that? Oh, Mr.
Edgar, surely I hear the sound < f
wheels!"
She laid her hand, tremulous with
repressed emotion, upon his arm.
"J think she is coming!" lie said, the
sympathetic tears starting to lii.s eyes.
They hurried out into the lambent
moonlight, and there, at the gate, a
carriage stood, and in the garden-walk
the figure of a tall and splendid woman,
a light veil thrown over tho gleaming
masses of her bronze-gohl hair, ami
trailing over her rich attire.
"Mother!"
"My child!"
It was the ecstatic crv of heart to
heart, soul to soul, and n tho next in^
t>tant mother and child were locked in
.an embrace beforo which oven tho angel
Driatli must havo stood powerless.
And bo they mot at lust-, these two
waifs uuon tho ocoiu of life, met cover
:to part by the graco of God.
In that humble parlor that night
tlioy Bat with their arms entwined,
while the story of that strange separation
was told.
"Your father,"' Clarise\ Clifford said,
"'had one fault which marred an otherrwise
uoblo nature?jealousy. Ho was
J'ealous of mo from tho lirst; why,
. icaven only knows, for I was a fni hiful
wife, and have remained faithful
to his memory ever since, as tho good
God, who has given you haok to mo, |
ja my judge. At last, shortly beforo j
iyou wore born, the crash catuu. llis i
easily aroused feelings had been 1
worked up by his sister, Mrs. lb ml ?n,
who had ever been my enemy because
my existence threatened to divide the
ninny oHinw until no niiuu near ins j
unjust- suspicions no longer. One i
niglit ho burst into my eh am her,
hwearing that the child Iboro whh none
of his, and commanded me to leave lis
presence, ami never to lo<?k upon his
face again. Ovoryvhdmed with anguish
and despair, I obeyed him; I
went away and you were I torn among
strangers. brought almost to th
brink of the grave, I lay unconscious
for days, ami when 1 recovered my
.senses they had robbed 1110 of you.
They told me you were death"
"Poor mother!" sobbed little Gracie;
"what havo I suffered in comparison to
you. 2."
"Then came tho future to face. I
was alone in the world, but 1 had my
voiee and it was well trained. I >isguising
myself under the name of
Madame Clarisse, I went to New York,
;and gave music lessons until I had
jnioney enough to go to Europe. There
;I have remained all these years, until
theaven guided mo homo to you, my
idarliug child!"
She drew Graeie closer to her as she
uttered the heartfelt words, and pressed
her lips u|h?u the low, sweet hrow.
"You have heard of father's death?"
;tho girl asked.
"Yes," she answered, with an in vol*
!hk?>m .kn.l.l... ..,,.1 1... in i.y.
inornnce of my innocence, ho tlioil with
junforgivcncss in his soul!"
"Perhaps not, mother dear."
"Why ?
"I have kept a letter addressed to
you, which came to me in ? s! range
'way, which f will explain some day."
'A letter -for me!"
t .gjPsr gnawer, 4ittlc Grnoio drew from
PPsSlMOni the long yellow envelope
Hoyden's- VTmrrT AT' liiu'nifMKurf.
^'..- ding the same to her mother, she
{inquired:
"Do yon know the handwriting?"
Clarissa Clifford rose from the sofa
upon which she ha l been sitting with
Gracie, and with the envelope between
her hands, upproaehed the talde whereon
stood the lamp, and there read her
own name scrawled in the uncouth, informed
writing.
"No," she 8.sid, after a thoughtful
pause, during which she studied the
superscription closely, "to the best of
recollection 1 have never seen this writing
before."
"Perhaps not." rejoined Gracie, from
the sofa, while Lawyer Edgar, who had
been an interested auditor of the interview
between mother and daughter,
straightened himself in his chair to
note what was about, to be said; "it is
quite possible that you may never have
seen the handwriting, mother don1-, but
do you recollect a man in the past by
the name of Nicholas Garland?"
[to he continued. 1
A Slippery Place for (*cologists.
Heretofore tlie nvm-omi
iS,. bUM.^1-.
lias been a man who drinks up time
liko a river and hastenetli not. But
now there are some indications of a reform
in respect to this lavish use of
time. Professor Prestwiek, in the second
volume of his geology just issued
from the Oxford University press, says
that the calculations on which the
glacial epoch was put back '210,00:)
roars are very defective, as they are
based on the rate at which the puny
'glaciers of the Alps move. But, basing
I his calculation on the rate at which
! the Greenland glaciers move, he thinks
I that the time occupied l?v the great
I American ice-slide need not have been
1 more than from 15,000 to 25,000 years,
i And, by means of similar observations
I and calculations, lie limits the time for
{ the formation of the valleys, which
| followed, to 8,000 or 10.000 years.
Hence the h'ginning of the glacial
period may not have boon more than
I 30,000 years ago instead of 240,000, and
j the close of the period in t marc than
! 10.000 years. This makes an immense
shrinkage in the antiquity which some
| of the geologists have claimed for the
I human race. The defect in all theso
I calculat ions is that it is not known how
| fast the ice moved in glacial times. It
I is a slippery place for the geologists.
Chicago Advnucr.
The Human Heart.
A curious calculation has beon made
by J>r. ltichar.lsm, givin.j the work of
the heart in mileage. 1'resumincr that
the bio ><1 was thrown out of the hear;
at each pulsation in the proportion of
sixty-nine strokes per minute, and nt
the assume;! force of nine feet, the
mileage of the bloo?l through the body
might be taken at '207 yards per minute,
sewn miles per hour, 108 miles per
day, 01,.'320 miles per year, or 5,150.880
miles in a lifetinio of eighty-four years.
The numb >r of baits of the heart in the
snme long life would reach the grand
total of 2,800,770,000.
( roups of llirds and llcnsts.
Birds and other animals, when collected
in numbers together, have envious
names applied to then). It is right
to say:
A covey of pariridife*. 'A (lcck of
A nlilc of phoa*atit*. A ens) of hnwk->.
A whlsp of A tr i> of dottrcll.
A bevy of (jun'lc A Intra of swine.
A flight of doves or A sknlk of foxes.
SWnf'OWR. A pack of wolves.
A muster of |>oneockn. A arovo of oxen.
A *lrgo of heron*. A sotlli'ler of lev*.
A btiililiitR of rooks. A troop of inoiiki ys.
A hroo.1 < f grouno. A prldoof lion*.
A plump of wild fowl. A ?louili of bears.
A m.i nlof plover*. A *ltor.l of herrings.
A w nt-b of iilghtingnlc* \ Hw arnt of boe*.
A dS'.tCT of choughs. 1
Two-thirds of the land in England
and Wales is held by 10,207 owners,
and sixteen of this number own 1,103,028
acres.
THE NEWS. J
IV>v. J. Hord Jenkins has boon cxp^llo I
from tbe rectorship of tho Protestant Epis- 'j
copal Churah, nt White Water, Wis., on
charges of drunkonness, inido by members
of the congregation. A boiler exploded
in Hugh<s' plaining mill at Chattanooga, ! ^
Tenn., tearing ont an entire side of the building,
killing Charles Bradshaw, colored, and
blowing the fireman fifty feet, but not fatally R
injuring him. C. K. McGregor, an ex; y
member of tho tioorgla legislature; shot ami c
killed J. M. W. Cody, at Warrenton, On., i t
Co<ly having shot and nearly killed him two 1 ^
y.-arsajo. Rev. John A. Dunks, charged 1 c
with immoral conduct, was convicted by tho ' f
Pittsburg MeThodist Episcopal CoiPereneo j
and suspondod for one year. The L >uis j
iatia state authorities have rec jyered $45,000
of tho new four per cent, bonds that wore c
missing, but it is said that Treasurer Burk 's j
deficit still amounts to $300,0.0. Mrs. ?
I^iuisia Ernest, of St. Louis, while suffering J
with dementia, went out on tho bridge span- (
ning the Mississippi and looped into the river <
one hundred feot below, but was Raved by a j
fLherraan A $.'5,000 bronr.a statute of ,
the French explorer Littillo, presented to <
Chicago by Judge LunbertTrec, was un- 1
veiled in Lincoln Park, that city. The J
| vidage or Norwoo I, Utilo was destroyed by |
by fire originating in tho explosion of a keg j
of powder. Ueorge C. Hazorell, who six ;
months ago robbed his father, in Harford, ;
Ct, of $1K),000 in unregistered United Stat<8 '
bonds, has been arrested in oregon. Mrs. ;
1, >u?t PoUuihke, of ltalTaio, N. Y., is believed j
to have committed suicide at Niagara Falls, i
Richard J. Ambrose ami his wife, of St. '
Jomph, Mo., celebrated tho tenth annlver;
6nry of their wedding in a terrible debauch,
the.woman dying from tho effects of tho
liquor, and the m m boing foun 1 with delirium
tremens. Ilans Jaspenton, of I'rovn
Utah, pleaded guilty to polygamy, and was j
given tlve years in prison. Mrs. Wql ert
a god flfty-eight years, of Weatherly, Pa.,
was murderod by Win. fcStangloy, a boarder
.u her bouso.
Elizabeth ilnckett, a young girt, married
uud deserted by Julius Madhouse, a Chicago
ex convict, in Austral.a, followed liiiu to this
country, had him arrested in tiro pros -ncoof
bis first wife, an I wdl i ow p osecute li.iu for
bigainy. Th ro were lb'J business fui.ures
in tho United Htatos an i !W iii Cauadu tbo
past week. A young girl living neir Curlisle,
Pa., was g' r.-d to deutli by tt bull
Typhoid fever is epidemic in York, Pa.
Newell Morehead accidentally shot and killed
Ortour Scbineidel, aged twelve years, iu the
woods near York, Pa. The I'itiuui' Bank
lli M'rkrrmiil Yy.. recovered a verdict of
against Charles II. Fields and Maurice if.
Fiynn, being tho amount duo on a note executed
during tho construction of tho cable
road in Richmond. In a freight train
wreck on tho Baltimore and Ohio at Frederick
ton, O., thirteen cars and three origircs
were demo i h-d. Bollo ilamliii beat Hurry
Wliked iii two straight heats nt Fleetwood
Park. The little home of Patrick Dully
near Bradford, Pa., wui burned, arnl bis
wifo anil throe sons porishod in the 11 tiucs.
Job Lilly, ago I sixty-oight j-eurs, foil
dead iu a Now York theatre while witnessing
tbo play of tho d llomesto.id."
l'ickp-ckets went through the pissongers on
u Pan-Handle train eas> of N iwark, O., and
secured $l,7tK). Judge Robert Kuloy, of
Carrollton, U., fell from an apple true una
was fatally injured.
Several eases of yellow fovor are reported
nt Key West. The President made the
following appointment0: George II. Large,
of New Jersey, to be oo'leetor of intern d
r.'Venue for tho Fifth district of New Jersey
Calvin C?. llrewster, of Texas, to bo collector
of customs for the district of Corpus Christi,
Texas. Charles Banders, colored, who is
wanted nt Hagorstown, Md., for tlio mur.ler
of n man named Herr, wus arrested in Pi I trim
rg. The Chicago, Munie, Richmond and
Cincinnati Rnilrta I Coinpmy hi?9 been organized
In Kvansvilla, Ind., to construct a
lino from a point on the Cincinnati, Wnbnsh
and Michigan, between Jonesboro and Fair,
monnt, in Grant county, Indiana to Cincinnati,
making by more than twenty miles tho
6lioi test rout* between Cincinnati mid Cliicn!
go, and by tbo extension of the Ixiuisvitle,
| Kvansvilte at 8t. Louis road to Harrison or
Cincinnati, tho shortest line between St. Louis
end Cincinnati. Tlio eapit il stock is $1,000,.
0;k>. George K. Ward, a prominent contractor,
has disappeared from Fredericksburg,
V*. Miss Gut bam, of Owogo, N. Y.,
was attacked by an unknown man nt night
and choked into insensibility and tho i j
| thrown into ? stream. George \V. Moss, i
a machinist, of Wilkesharro, l'a., murdered j
j his wife and then shot himself. Mr. CI v s
, Ian i spoke at a great ine ting in Cooper I. - j
stitue, in New York, in memory of Congret-r- '
| man Co*. In ths election of officers in the !
j Woman's Christian Ttmipernnce Union Convention,
in 1'hiladolphi.t, tho Tiiird I'arty
adherents scored u victory. Tho tomb of \
! I/ord IIowo, of Revolutionary notoriety,wns '
discovered by workmen digging a sower at
Ticondera^a, N. Y. Chicago has $0,0 K),- j
00) actually subscribed fur a world's fair and j
$3,000,00) mora in siglit. it is reported
j trom Richmond, Va. .that lb? Richmond and 1
| Chess|?eako Railroad Company has formed i
a connection with tho it. & O.
| DOUBLE CRIME. !
j Murder nntl Suicide It suit from "lie [
rat...? ma. .. ? ? ? ? < ?
imvu mi * ??m ?*?r ?t i.low
Henry Huffman and Lawrence liuter, of
Pequa, Ohio, both inon of 4? jeim, Courted
the name woman, a y. un; widow named
Lorter. liuter was the favor it < suitor.
Huffman liecnmo jealous, and called on
H iter. The men exchange I a few words,
when Huffman drew a revolvor and lirod.
liuter fell at the Hist shot. Huff nan sto d
over him and lire t a second tiin . Huffman
then shot himself in the neck, killiu ( tiiinfsel.
liuter still lives out cannot recover.
YELLOW JACKET AT KEY WEST
Tlio Drcntloil 8<^ourngo Agnin Appear*
in l-'loridn.
The surgcon-gonernl of the Marino Hos|i* j
tnl ScrvicM lias received a t/?legrnrn from I >r. j
1'osoy, at Jacksonville, Flo., saying that the 1
Pros dent of the Htato Hoard of Health "e- |
ports s vernl cis.s of yellow fever at Key i
West. t
The surgeon general says that there is no
nee l of apprehension,and that every prccun - 1
tiou has boeu tukm to pruvant the sproad of
the disease. 1
MOTION OF THE CRflFy
rhe Yield as Compared With
That of Last Year. ^
Cotton Returns Sliow Ijargo Plant
(Jrowili, au?l Active Opening of
Hulls?Stutc rrrcoiunKc*.
Tho Department of Agricultural report?
;enrral pereontugo of condition of coru nt
1.7, against 1*0.0 a month ago, and 1)2 for the
rop of 1388 on tho 1st of Ootober. Condiion
of i>otatocs 77.0, against 80.8 last Octo?er;
of buckwheat, 1?J, against 0J.1 last year;
if tobacco, 80.7, ngaiutt 85.7 in 1888. Tho
ivliminary < st unto of yield per aero is
1? H for wiis?j?ti 11 11 for rvn nml Ifi 11 for bar
-*y.
Tha past month has boon favorable for
orn. Slight frost north of forty degrees in*
urod late corn, but the percentage of damigo
whs generally very small, as the crop was
well matured on the Ibiid week of September.
The dry weather euno opportunely
ifter tho abumlant rains of Jifty and Au^us',
which somewhat impared condition on tha
Atlantic coast. In the Stat s south of Maryanil
the bottom lauds were <j uto too wet f r
tie boil ) itdd or ipialitv. < Joninferable area-,
tvero blown down, und some injury resulted
Irom rotting, in nil of tho cotton states. In
the states of the Onto valley there was exo -ss
i>f moisture m May and Juno that icturdod
plauling and eurly growth, prevented cultivation
and delayed maturation, leaving some
II <nls to be caught by the frosts of t lv'JJtn
to the tiftlh of September. The t> st develop*
injntof mlir/i was in the Mhsntri Valley.
The best growth o. tho South was hi thetluif
itates. It, couht sc rcaly l?e improved in
rithor district, though the yield per ncre is
much greater in t-Uu high latitude*.
Pototoes were injured oust of the AllezhuiMos
by exc ss ot moisture, oaming rot.
In Wait Virginia nnd Ohio similar re|>oi ts
are received. Drouth reduced the yield in
Michigan, though tho quality is generally
too l. In the Mississippi Vnl ey tho crop is
more promising. In tho Kocky Mountain region,
w here tho area is largely iuci eased, tho
uHion has boon unfavorable.
Tbo returns of yield per acre of wdr at are
In threshers' measuivni -lit. This report is
preliminary, as tho local estimate will h<?
t-sted by tbo record books of the threshers
now coming In. The present averages for
principal states are Id !S hushe s in New Yoi k ;
i.. I'.iiiii.vIvjmiih Iv ;l Ohm. II li. Mirhi'aii
If>.7, Indiana 14 7, lllinoi-. Hi, Wiiicoii-iu 11.'?,
Minnesota 14.11, low.i i:> 1, Missouri III, Kailsis
1H.4, Nebraska 1"*, Dokati 8 11, California
15. Winter wheat wus injuro<l in many districts
during harvest mid in the stack by
heavy rains, and is comparatively light, Kinging
badly, thus reducing its weight and value,
lw wsight and quality will 1m the subject of
lurthor report after tlio test of scales iii marketing.
The cotton returns of the 1st of October
to the Department of Agricultural show
large plant growth, active opening or iiollsi
Itlwr 111 CW>' rumllti"" ?? ' ? ** "
weather for picking. Yet the plant la everywhere
reported late. Olid fears are expreMO I
that frost
pondeuts that pres.mit lnvorablfl appeurauo
are deceptive; tint in seasons of exu ssivj
moisture the outcome falls Ih'Ioiv expectations,
while in tho>o of drouth the r<su't is
better Iban whs feared. With an early date
of killing frost present condition will bo
heavily discounted; with n dato Inter than
the average, a large crop will hegatharid.
1'lie crop h is been injured more by moisture
thin by drouth, though some soils ami luc.ilit!es
have been top try in H-iptcinher. Worms
li ive v r night ecu i lerablo injury, notwithstanding
tlio general use of insecticides,
especially west of A'ubim.i. Complaint of
adulteration of pans gro mi is made in certain
qu irters. The following stato | orcein*
ages are presented: Virginia 58, North C irolina
7J, South Carolina 81, Georgia 87, Florida
18, Alabama 87, Mississippi IP, Don si'ina
Blf, Texas 78, Arkansas 8IJ, Tennessee 8i. Tins
makes, as u g -noi al percentage, 81.4 per cent,
of a full crop prospect on the 1st of October,
compared with 78.0 per cent, lust October.
FLAMES BESIDE THEM.
Prison Convicts Worlcod Under Guard
Millie tlio School lturiied.
J-iro broko out in tlio roof of lb] f-'cboolrooni
addition to the cast wing of tlio Hlnto
1 rison at Jackson, Mich. In a few inlnutos
th? entire city Firo Department was at work
luddo the pris. n wn Is and hundreds of Ilia
poj ulution of Jnckson wore clustered outside
tho walls an 1 on liouseti ps, railway cirs
und other plac s where it was possible to
catch a g!irr.p;e of what w as?oing on within
tlio inc osure. It took two hours'hard light
io Rutiduo l|)o flumes ami th > building wan
completely gutlted, only the walls remaining.
D-Tn'y Warden Fiflelil increased the
guards; they wore all tlouhly armed and the
premis. s were patrolled inside and out.
The 8.NJ convicts inside were kept at work
in the shops sternly guurded until the regular
dinner hour, when they were marched
out past the rouring M imes ami into the dining
hull as usual. As they passed the fIto it
seemed as if ttioy wore glad lo linvo even u
fire li:e ik the dreadful immntoiiy of prison
life, i'lio firo originated from u lin.-in fh's
lire pot.
WRECK ON THE RAF/.
An I'jxpv -as Train Derailed nml a
Number of Persons Injured.
A serious accident occur re I on tin l'uiladelphi.i,Wi
lining! on and 15 iltimoro 11 liiroud,
ati'iuf. a mile below North -nst, Md., when tl.o
Wasliington and New York expr si train,
No. I'd, < 'nnduetor issml, w is dernile 1. tosuiting
in about fifteen persons being mjir o I,
two dangerously, ad lurgo ion to tbo ni'road
company. C. A. haws in, con luctor o?
the I'uliuinii, and Win. Hockley, otigin < r
were the two who Mill'-ro I tlie most serious
injur.ei. K'-prcseiititivoi of tli campniy
suy til it the cause of the neeidont is not p m livolyktown,
but passengers o.i tin train
statu th it the door of a Ireight r ii , which
fell from asoutl.-h un 11 xtra freigiit Irani on
tint track, caused the train to lot vo t ho rails.
The ncc.dent occurred at Ktony Hun curve,
niiu hi*/ v iiv,i ii ' i ? imiiutu tv; o.w iiic uu?
stublo until utmost on it.
MARKETS. ~
Bat.timohk?Flour?y Mills.oxtrn.f 1.51
n$ 4.75. Wheat?Southern Fultz, n5i*7:
Corn?Southern White, 40a IJ eta, Yellow
4 In 111 />Uh.< hitH-Srithorii and Penuxyi vania
2la27 cts.: Rve?Maryland & Pennsylvania
5.'an4ets.; Hay- Mary land ami Pennsylvania
14 00a# 14 5j;Struw-Wheat,0oOn$7.0U;lintter,
Eastern Creuinnry, W.i2oo., inar-hy receipts
IlialTeU; Cheese?Knstern Fancy Crinni. II
nl'i ct.s., ? Western, OiuilO eta; K^> - 'J 1
u22; Tobacco isaif?Inferior, la$2.iW, (?o<?l
Common, 2 00a$4 no, Middling, f ">n7.00 (Jaotl
to line rod,H,i$'J; Fancy, 10a* !d.
Nkw York?Flour?Southern Common to
fair extra,$d. 10a$5. Fi; Wheat-No 1 White M5JX
as7; Rye?State. M^'a-V-I1,,'; Cora?South-rn
Yellow,lis'iad'.M,'. Oats-White, Ktntc 2-'?J ;,'i2<l
cts.; Butter-State. 12a 14 els.; Cheeso-SUite,
K'%al0 cts.; Eggs?2 In 22 cts.
l'nn.adki.i'iii a ? Flour ? Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.2-'?a4.7."?; Wlioat?Pennsylvania and
Southern lb<d, SJJ-jaM; Rye?Pennsylvania
52a5$cts: Corn?Southern Yellow, 4da4oJ*jcts.
Oats?24n20 cts.; liutter--State, loa.O cts.;
Cheese -N. Y. Factory, cts." Eggs? /
Suite, 22a2d cts. /
CATTLK.
Baf.timoiir?Beef, 4 0;)a4 15; Shoop? t
nl 2.5, Hops? $| 25)4 10.
Nkw Yoiik? Beef??l 0')a5 50;She'
n'> .50; Hops?$4.50 i5.(M.
Fast Liiskuty? Beef?f4 40a4 i'
|4 OOftl 75; Hogs?$4 50u4 00
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