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THE WAY OF THE WORLD. There are beautiful songs that we never sing, -And names that are never spoken, There are treasures guarded with jealous. care And kept as a secret token, There are faded flbwers and letters dim With the tears that have rained above them, For the fickle words and faithless hearts That taught us how to love them. There are sighs that come in our joyous hours To chasten our dreams of gladness, And tears that spring to our aching eyes In hours of thoughtful sadness. For, the blithest birds that sing in spring Will flit the waning summer, And lips that we kissed in fondest love Will smile on the first new coner. Over the breast where the lilies rest In white hands still forever, The roses of June will nod and blow. Unheeding the hearts that sever. And lips that quiver in silent grief, All words of hope refusing, Will lightly turn to the fleeting joys That perish with the using. Summer blossoms and winter snows, Love and its sweet elysian, Hope, like a siren dim and fair, Quickening our fainting vision; Drooping spirit and failing pulse, Where untold memories hover, Eyelids touched with the seal of death, And the fitful dream is over. ISABRIL -) OR( TMm Shop to Mansion. rhe Romantic Story of a Dress Maker's Rise in Life. BY MRS. F. M. HOWARD. Copyrihted, 189. There was Dareiy time to pacK tue trunk before the carriage would be at the door to carry her to the station, and she h-d lit tle time to think of any thing but the details of the unexpected journey. Mr. Falconer took a roll of bills from his bill-book. "Isabel," he said, "I wish you to go amply provided to do whatever is needed for your aunt, you can help her -now to advantage. Please feel no restrictions whatever, and if there is not enough ask for more, and leave her comfortable." "Mr. Falconer!" she said, in a trembling voice. "I do not wish any one who has loved and -befriended you to suffer need, whenwehave sich abundance. I should he ashamed of myself'could I allow it." He spoke kindly and firmly. "Ican not tell you how ;atifying it will be to me to be able to rcaieve the distress I expeetto find," she said, as she put the bilL away. As the train whizzed .long her mind took aretrospective turn. )Galy -nrti short months ago, and she had passed ove- this road a bride, in such a maze of strangeness that she hardly realized that it was herself. Her book of experiences "d 'teen unfold ing ever since, and what i. delightful one it was, so widely different from any thing she had ever dreamed of, and she thought of her husband with a warm thrill at her heart. "The kindest and most unselfish of men," she murmured, "and Gracie, sweet -darling! could a mother ask for a lovelier 6hild?" She was thoroughly rested now. Mind and body had been treated to such an en tire change that she was once more buoyant with life and enerey, and the peevishness produced by the long routine of work and menta aggravation, which had so ;worn upon her nervous system, had passed away, and she was going to her aunt iaer need with every faculty on the alert, and with her tenderness aroused toward the friend who had been all the mother she had ever known. A lady sat before her, holding a little girl in her arms; the child was peevish. "Go *to sleep, dear," said the lady, kindly. "Lay -your head on my shoulder and take a nap." "Oh, auntie, I can't!" The child was al most sobbing with excitement and weari ness, for they had come a long journey. ."Auntie!" The word, so familiar, struck a vibrating chord in Isabel's heart, and re minded her of the loving care her aunt had given her in the old days, before poverty and sorrow had come to wring her heart and chill her affections. -One time of sickness she remembered in particular, when Mrs. Harmon had nursed her night and day for weary weeks, and tears of joy rose to her eyes as she remem bered that she had it in her power to re pay, in some measure, her debt of grati tnde. Meanwhile Mrs. Harmon was sitting in --her poor home in a maze of sorrowful trouble; John Harmon had been unusually * dissipated for the last six months, and her *.poor heart had sank away down, out of sight of hope or courage, and she had prayed wildly that something might come to *change the miserable routine. :WSomething had come; he was a carpen * t'er, and in ascending a ladder in a state of intoxication his foot slipped, and, falling, his -neck was broken, causing instant death, and when he was carried to his miserable home, =which he had left that morning with curses and threats, the poor wife feltas if in some way she was responsible for the awful oc currence. She longed for, yet dreaded, Isabel's ad * vent in the shabby little cottage. She had written so little since her marriage that her aunt had little idea of what her manner of life was now, but she was sure of one thing, %hat it would be painful to her to come into the home, which had so long sheltered her, and see the ravages drink had made, for she had been obliged to part with every thing of value in the house, an old secreta ry and a shabby old bureau and a battered sewing-machine the only pieces of furni ture left which were not actually indispen sable. She remembered only too well the girl's last stay at home; how her very soul rose up in rebellion against John Harmon's course, and the bitter words and scornful looks which made it a relief when she went away, for he was not a man to bear inter ference, and Isabel's fierce disapproval only *drove him into more dogged persistence in wrong doing. She almost repented sending for her, as -she thought it all over, and then a longing desire to see her, to lean upon her strong young arm for support, would possess her, and she could hardly await patiently the lIour of her arrival.j She was not prepared then for the scene . when Isabel, in blooming health and ele gantly attired in a rich traveling suit, came in at the humble door, and taking the poor tried and prematurely aged little woman ir her arms, petting and kissing her as she cried, tearfully: "Dear auntie; my poor, sad-hearted auntie." CHAPTER VII. John Harmon was laid in a drunkard's grave, and the tears which were shed were more for the "might have been " and for the wasted life so suddenly brought to a close than for sorrow that he had gone. Indeed, a brighter atmosphere was even now pervading the house, as the fact be came more tangible that no more blows or curses were to be dealt out there, and the children began to look brighter, and lose their cowed, scared look, and all planned and looked forward to the future, as if a great black cloud had rolled off their hori zon, as indeed there had. Alas! that any man should so conduct himself that the oest-end kindest thing he can do for his family is to die and free them from his presence. The children had gone to bed, and Isabel and her aunt were alone in the shabby little room which was dignified by the name of parlor. "N ow, auntie, tell me all your plans," she said, taking the wrinkled, hard working hand of her aunt in hers. '1 don't know as I can, child," replied * Mrs. Harmon. "This has come so sudden like it seems as if I'd had no time for any definite plans. I shall go along in the same old way probably, working har-d and having little." She had been unusually despondent this evening, and life had a hard, far-away look to her. "Are there any debts to pay," and Isa bel's voice had a reassuring business ring. ," Yes, a few that I know of. I have strug gled hard to keep from debt, but I could not ..~succeed," and she sighed heavily. "Didn't Uncle John have any business papers. Perhaps there are receipted bills or unsettled accounts in the old secretary. Hadn't we better look?" aoerhaps sot'l lavei all with you, child; some way I ha c ncither eart or courage to do any thing to night," said the widow, weariy. Isabel robe and, going to the old desk, drew out from a drawer a bundle of pa pers. unpaid bills, contracts for labor and other umnmportant papers, and lastly a long otielal envelope, which sue eagerly opened. "Oh, auntie, come and see," she cried, joy fully; "Uncle John had a life insurance." "Are you sure, childe" Mrs. Harmon's voice trembled with eager hope. "Can it be possible!" It was possible; a glib insurance man had attacked John Harmon one day when he was unusually pliable, and had worked upon him until. partly from a sense of justice and partly from a very natural desire to be rid of the man's persistence, he had taken out a policy of a thousad dollars -a little fortune in this time of need. He had felt ashamed of the unpremed itated provision as soon as he had made it, and deposited the policy in the old desk without a word. '-Oh, Isabel, what a wonderful prov idence," cried Mrs. Harmon, as she read the paper and took in the welcome cer tainty. Her apathy was all gone now, and her eyes began to sparkle with the rays o1 anew hope. "This will pay every debt and leave quite a large sum besides. I can plan, now tl:at there seems to be something to plan with." "Oh, my dear auntie, you have plenty to plan with," said Isabel, joyfully. "I have the very best husband in the world, and I have come prepared to repay you for a little of the love and care you have given me from infancy. All there is for you to do is to make up your mind what course you wisn to pursue, and the means shall not ue wanting." "Have you, then, married a man who is able to allow you to do this?" said Mrs. Harmon, looking into Isabel's glad eyes with surprise. "Not only able, but willing, auntie," and she repeated her conversation with Mr. Falconer before starting, and named the large sum he had given her. "Isabel, child, I ought not to take it, in deed I ought not," cried the widow with emotion: "your generosity forces me to tell you a secret, which I have never thought best to divulge until now." "A secret C' said Isabel, surprised in her turn. "Yes, a secret. I ought not to take your money, dear child, for really you are not re lated to me, and I have no claim on you for such liberality." "Not related to you!" echoed Isabel. "Auntie Harmon, what do you mean?" "Just what I say, Isabel," replied Mrs. Harmon. "I have never told you the stor. of your parentage. fearing it would make you uneasy and dissatisted with your hum "owNO, AUTY, TELL ME YoUR FI.NS ble home, and the hard, humiliating work whichIsaw nowayto prevent your doing: butnowthat youhavea husband and a po sition to sustain in society it is .itting that you should know who you are, and that not a drp ofmy hmbleblood runs in your "Yo ar god ad kndand have been a tru moherto e;you shal-1 not under rateyousel," aidIsabel, warmly; "but, oh!do ellme f tisstrange thing." "We ere ustmarried, John and I. Isaelchldparonme if I continue to nameyou s arelative." "Auntic." interrupted Isabel, deprecat "Yucan not realize, perhaps, that John wsakind husband, and that I was one of tehappiest of wives. We lived in a large, handsome cottage then, and were quite well tod tthe time you were born. The first shthad been fired at Fort Sumter the previous January, and a young Southern gentleman came nere with his young wife. wowas an invalid, and he had brought her Nrhnot only to escape the fierce heat of aSouthern sumi:Der, but to avoid the ex citement of the troubled times which she, iii her weak state, was poorly able to bear. He was of a rich and influential family, or he could not have passed the lines, even in that early stage of the National troubles, and nothing but the devoted love he cher ished toward his wife would have kept him out of the fray. "They were accompanied, of course, by an old black nurse, Maum Chloe. who had nursed and waited on your mother since her infancy; but in spite of the tender care which she and the tender young husband ad lavished upon her, the young wife con tinued to fade, and he stopped here on their way to the South, and decided to remain here until after you were born, hoping that she would then be better able to travel, and to face the excitement of the war times at home. "Searching for a quiet boarding place, for the hotel was far from being a pleasant home for an invalid, he happened upon us, and at his earnest solicitation I consented to furnish them rooms and board for a few months, and in nine weeks from the time they came you were born." " Then I am of Southern birth?" said Isa bel, who was listening to the story with earnest eagerness. "Yes, and your name was Isabel Carring ton. Your father was an ardent sympa thizer with the South, as it was natural he should be, and we kept our lips tight closed to repress the words of patriotism which burned to come out, out of deference to our guests. It was not for long, however, for your poor mother, poor young thing, was not strong enough to rally after your birth, and in our intense anxiety for her all: M tional differences were forgotten for the time, and we watched over her as if there were no interests outside her sick chain be-. She only lived a few weeks, and the war was fully under way, and though your father was almost distracted with grief at his loss and the necessity of leav ing her here, he saw no better way than to bury her in Iorthern soil, until such time as he could come back and remove her- to his home. which I think w-as on a plantation near Richmond.- They were wecal thy, I k-new, from their conversa tion, though they did not show it by assum ir~g superior airs, as so many people do, -ey much. After she died your father was more than ever anxious to throw him self into tie wvar, but, of course, it was not to be thought of taking a tender babe like you with him, even if he could have passed he lin:es with you in safety. So, with a f:atrs natural feelings at parting with you, he left you in old Chloe's and my joint cae, lcaving with me an ample sum of noney to care for you both, expecting with the sanguine folly so many were guilty of that the war would soon be over, and that no would return and take you South. Poor old Chloe pined and mourned for her young mistress, and grieved over her home until she was a mere shadow of herself and an easy prey to the severity of her first win ter in a cold climate, and she, too, died, and you and I were left alone." My poor, darling mamma," said Isabel, with a tear of pity for the young mother she had never seen, "and my father-my oor, brave papa!' "Never came back, and we never heard f-om him after that day, when he left us so heart-boken at leaving you, his little sabl (you were named after your grand mother), and the grave of his Alicia, whom he loved with an almost idolatrous passion, and yet so eager and earnest to join his runtrvmen in their struggle. It is prob able that he was killed in the first battles of the wvar, and that his letters to his people milscarried in the excitement of the times, for I have never heard a word from any of them." "It may be none of them survived the fo-tunes of war,'' said Isabel, thoughtfully; -'but please tell me more of nmy parents, I have so longed te, i~now of them, and thought it strange that you were so reticent concern ng them, and now my interest is re "You resemble your fater, said Mrs. Harmon, raising her chin and looking in her face, "though your eyes and hair are iko vur mother's; she was a very beautiful wnoman, out your fatner was piain, though with a face of great intelligence and strength; you are like him in character, too. I have both their pictures in a locket which was left in old Chloe's care for you, and I have always intended to give it to you, but the right time has never seemed to come until now. I have been obliged to hide it, for it is very valuable, and 1 feared it would be sold with the rest of our valuables," and a hot blush .f shame stole over her face for the mem -ry of the dead, and rising, she dragged out the old bureau, bringing out a box from be hind it, which she placed in Isabel's hand. [t was an o d-fashioned locket, of solid, "Y -I L L IT WAS AN OLD-FASIIIONED LOCKET. heavy gold, set in a rim of small, sparkling diamonds, and suspended on a chain of rare value. It was indeed a beautiful girlish face which looked out at Isabel as she touched the spring reverently; the other face was, as Mrs. Harmon had said, one of great force and character, and she could see her .>wn resemlance to it as she looked at it ong und earnestly. ,-This is indeed a revelation, Aunt Debby," she said, pressing the pictured face to her li s, "and you we-e wise that you did not tell me before, for it would have made the unhappy phases of my lot doubly unhappy if I had known they were not my birth right, and stjil have been powerless to rem edy the wrong, but now I am sure Mr. Fal coner will never rest until he has found out all there is to know about my family." -You se now, my dear Isabel," said Mrs. Harmon. -that it is not right for me to ac. cept this assistance from you, now that you know the facts." "I only see that I am the more indebted to you, since there is not even the slight ties of blood which 1 supposed to bind me toyou." '-But I loved you, child, and so much that I did not cail you by your own name, fear ing that you would not love me as well if rou did not believe yourself to be my kin dred," said Mrs. Harmon. "I fear I have been too selfish in my love, and I ought to have orought you up as Isabel Carrington." "And don't I love you, too?" cried Isabel, impulsively, ignoring Mrs. Harmon's self reproach; "and yet you refuse me the small pleasure of making you comfortable after the long, weary years of trouble you have endured; but I shall not listen to your objections," and she shook her head wil fully, "as you wil find out when I unfold my plans, since you object to planning .for me." it was very pleasant to the widow to have a stronger will to plan and think for her, and she submitted with gentle remon strances, while Isabel made the purchase of a larger and more convenient house. r furnishing and stocking it with necessities to last for months, and purchased new wardrobes entire for the children, who looked upon her as if she was a veritable fairy godmother, and, lastly, bought a new sewing machine, with every modern im provement, to take the place of the noisy, heavy-running, old "rattle-te-bang," as one of the children irreverently named the worn-out machine, which had so long done its unwilling duty in earning the family li-mg. "I think you can do a good deal of the em broidered fancy work which is so fashiona ble now," saitd Isabel, as she looked at the embroidery attachment to the machine. "I's nothing but a pleasure to turn this beautiful thing," said Mrs. Harmon, de lightedly, as she made the wheels spin around, "and I have regular customers enough to keep me in steady work." Isabel had placed a sum in the bank also, which, with the insurance, when it came, would cause the widow's bank book to pre sent quite a respectable appearance, though this Mrs Harmon did not discover unta after Isabel had gone, and she found the certificate of deposit in an envelope under her pillow. Isabel paid a reverent visit to the graves of her fair young mother and of faithfu, Chloe, and with her own hands cleared away the weeds and planted a white rose on each sunken mound. A plain monu ment, bearing the words "My Mother," with the name and date, and a plain slab for Chloe's grave was her next labor of love, and she could not help hoping that by some of the strange happenings which so often occur in life some of the Carringtons might chance to find the stone, and by it know that the long-lost daughter of their house was living and had placed it there. "Dear ! denar! is it possible that you and Harvey have parted so soon?" said Mrs. Stanford, facetiously, as Isabel landed at her door tired and dusty with travel. "Yes, indeed. wve had a few words and parted," replied Isabel, laughingly, keep ng up the illusion, and then she explained the circumstances which had led to her ap pearance in Netw Yorgr aione. A few hours later they were sitting in Mrs. Stanford's own room beside an open grate; it was late September, and Isabel had told her the story of her birth, and Mrs. Stanford had received it as a very pleasant revelation, doing away with the shop-girl side of the story completely. "Really quite a romance," she said, ap provingly, "and, of course, Harvey will spare no pains to find out if the Carring tons are yet living." " presume so." replied Isabel, absently. "I am so anxious to know if my father is living, though it hardly seems probable." The very possibility thrilled her through and through. "What a mercy that Mrs. Harmon con trived to keep the locket for you," said Mrs. Stanford, turning the precious relic over carefully with critical eyes; a dia mond locket was a very gratifying proof o: the probable standing of Isabel's family and she appreciated it accordingly. "I1 will be so necessary for you to have some thing with which to prove your identity, ii you do find them." " And so you met Mrs. :Monteith in Phila delphia,'' laughed Mrs. Stanford, "and she doubtless thought she was showing me a favor in crushing you." Mrs. s auford forgot that Mrs. Monteith had but shown the same spirit she had her self cherished. -Really, I must contrive to let her heai this delightfully romantic story of yours.' Mrs. Stanford looked at it in a mercenar3 and social light only, while Isabel's heart was full of the sweet, strange joy of having found out the long-sought knowledge of her parentage, and she changed the subject by teling her sister-ia-law her plan in re gard to LottIe ford. The lady was in a facetious humor, and cried, gayly: "I shall expect tohear next that you and Harvey have started an orphan asylum, or at the east an invalid's retreat," and she laughed heartily at the brilliancy of her idea. '"But really, joking aside," she added, more seri ously, "it will be nice for Gracde if the girl is intellgent and refined, and of course you would not think of the thing otherwise." "My dear sister, if you could only recover from the idea that a person is necessarily vulgar and ill bred simply because she is poor," said Isabel, with a deprecating * * * * * * "Oh, mother, if you only knew how hard it is for me to lie here and see you doing sc much for me." The speaker was Lottie Ford; she lay upon the lounge, in the one room which answered for sitting-room, din - ing-room and parlor, and watched the patient mother as she polished the bosom of a fine shirt she was ironing, for Mrs. Ford was obliged to do a great deal of fine laun dry work now that Lottie wvas sick and the expenses heavier. She was a small, spare woman, with Lot tie's gentle spirit reflected in her thin face; it had been pretty once, in the day-s long. long ago, when Mr. Ford, then a thrifty me chanic, brought her to a cozy nest called happy, anc the wor-pevcr.y-sept a re spectful distance from their door. Tnen troi ble came in the form of sick ness and death, and two lovely children were laid i. the grave, and Lottie had the fall which resulted in her lameness, and the little moth(: was glad to turn her faculty for fine ir-ning to advantage in helping along, for Mr. Ford, though the kindest and most willing of men, was no longer young and strong. "Don't fret, Lottie," she said, as shefitted the bosomn-board into another shirt "Let us be thank ful that I can get the work to do; if I couid only see you getting better I could work with a ligat heart." And she sighed as she went into the little kitchen for a fresh iron. "How I wish I might hear from Isabel," said Lottie, as the mother returned. "I have I holught of her so much of late." "Yes," r.-plied Mrs. Ford, "that basket of fruit and flowers she sent you cheered and helped you better than a half-dozen doctors' visi.s." "Doubtless she has too many interests in her new life to think of poor Lottie very often, though," sighed the daughter. At that very moment Mrs. Stanford's own elegant carriage was at the front of the shabby tenen:nt, house, and Isabel, her face aglow with tje delight of meeting her friend again, ran up the, stairs, and, as the door was ajar. she stepped in without knock in ', and before Lottie could quite compre hend who or what it was, she had her arms around the poor, pale little figure, crying joyfully: "Lottie, you darling, precious lit tle Lottie, I have come to take you home with me!" CHAPTER VIII. "Isabel, dear Isabel, is it indeed you?" 'md Lottie looked in the face of her friend .vith wau delight. "I was just wishing for ,ou." "Yes, Mrs. Falconer, Lottie has really pined for you," said Mrs. Ford, as she took (sabel's hand in hers, and lolred up into. the bright face with a wistful expression. "Then she shall pine no longer," replied Isabel, with a happy smile, "for I have come to take her home with me, where she is to grow well and strong again, little mother," and she patted the wrinkled hand in her's coaxingly, for she knew there would be a struggle in the Aoving mother heart before she could consent to her going. "Home with you, Isabel!" exclaimed Lot tie, her pinched face lighting up with the thought. "If you are at all able to be moved," and sabel took a low seat by Lottie's side and explained her plans. "How can I let her go," said Mrs. Ford, "she's the very light of my eyes," and the tears rolled down her cheeks at the thought "I know it, Mrs. Ford, but think of the advantages; the best of medical attend ance, pienty of out-door air, when she is able to go out, and a per.manent and easy situaion as soon as she is well-enough to attend to it." "It will be a grand thing for her," replied Mrs. FOrd, more cheerfully, "and I am sure her father will be so thankful. for he has worried so much because we could not do for her as we wished." "And now, dear, when do you think we can go!" "Whenever you wish, Isabel," replied Lottie, her eyes full of content at the pros pect of the pleasant change. "I have but little packing to do; Diessea oe notaing, yon know, when it comes to a moving day." ' " I'ni afraid Lottie will cut a poor figure in your handsome home," said Mrs. Ford, with a sigh, her eyes involuntarily resting on Isabel's stylish dress. "Now, little mother, I forbid one sigh in this matter." cried Isabel. "Lottie is to be under my authority for the next year, and if I choose to load her down with pretty wrappers, and the like, I shall brook no in terference; but there is vet one question to settle. Do you think, Lottie, dear, you can travel with my assistance, or shall I send for Mr. Falconer; he wished me to, in case you needed a gentleman's care." "Mr. Falconer! Do you mean to say, Isabel, that your husband would come to New York to help take care of a poor girl whom he has never seen in his lifer" and Lottie raised herself on one elbow anid looked in her friend's face in her surp'rise. "You do not know Mr. Falconer," and there was a world of pride and respect in her voice. "I do mean just that, but if you could ride to the depot in Mi's. Stanford's carriage, with your father to assist you into the train, Mr. Falconer will meet us at home with our carriage, which is a very easy one." "I'm sure I can," said Lottie; she was looking brighter and better already, and she tried her strength carefully and hope fully. "Can you waik at all?" as Lottie raised herself on the lounge. "With the aid of my crutches," and she "I UAE COME TO TAKE YUHOME wITE ME." fitted them under her slender arms and walked a few steps. " Then if you think you can be ready we will start to-morrow afternoon and I will telegraph to Mr. Falconer to meet us," re plied Isabel; "and as railway offiis are so kind to ladies, and especially invalid ladies, I have no doubt we shall get along nicely." " The Lord will bless you, Mrs. Falconer," said Mrs. Ford, following her to the hall below, "nothing could be more opportune for Lottie, aiid though I shall miss her so much, I am very grateful," and tears gath ered in her eyes again. " Mrs. Ford," and Isabel looked affection ately at the loving little woman, " I should be ungrateful, indeed, if I did not use the great blessings which have come to me fo-' more than my owii selfish pleasure; rest assu'ed it is a delight, both to Mr. Falconer and myself, to do this for Lottie," and she waved her hand with a smile at the pale little woman as the carriage drove away. Mr. Ford entered thankfully into the plan with a full heart when he came hem e to din ner; the ac;'s Qpread like wildfire through te house that Lottie was to go away and live with a rich friend who was to do all for her that her pai'ents were too poor to do, and they all rejoiced in her good fortune. All these humble neighbors were more or less interested in the pale little invalid, who had in her days of comparative strength been a blessing to all of them in turn, and now that she was going away they were anxious to add a mite from their scanty stores to aid in her preparations. One brought in a collar, another a piece of bright ribbon, and when Mrs. McCarthy came bringing a white apron ironed to the last degree of nicety and her only article of luxury, Lottie could not refrain-from tears. Some were only able to offer assistance; and busy hands helped to put the slender wardrobe in perfect order and pack the lit tie trunk, and when Mrs. Stanford's car riage again drove to the door Lottie was helped down the stairs by strong, willing hands, eager tohelp, and hearty good wishes followed her from the humble home. "Shure, miim, an' Miss Lottie '11 come back to yees as well and strong as any body belikes," said Mrs. McCarthy, wiping her eyes on the corner of her apron ; " bless her swate heart, an' may all the saints bless the good leddy that gives her the chance." [To be continued.] The Third Party in Indiana. ~IAXAr'oLs, July 30.-Three hun dred representatives of the People's party assembled in State convention in this city to-day and organized for the omg campaign. T. W. Ferre, presi dent of the State Alliance, was made chairman, and1 it was unanimously de cided to place a full State ticket in the feld next year, and to make a special fight in all the counties for members of CONFEDERAT -.ENERALS. A Ltst of the Survivora and their Piace of Residence. DALLAS, TEXAs, July 10.-As your paper is read not only in this State, but in every State of the Soutb, % litre you have numorous readers, I send you for publication a correeted roster of the surviving generals of the Confederate army, compiled irom the most reliable data to be had to June 30. 1891. The number of gerieial ollicors of ali grades, appointed and commissioned, is 498, viz: Six general-, one general with temporary rank. one quartermaster general, two coniiissary gene rals, two surgeon generals, onechijef or ordnance, 475 brigadier generals, 102 rose to the rank of major general and 21 rose to the rank o lieutenant general. One, Gen. Joseph E. Johnstou, and twelve brigadier generals are reported dead since January 31. 1891, leaving 184 liv ing out of the original number. I hope that this list is correct; that they are all living as reported: but if any nave "crossed over the river" I ask my old friends to be kcind enough to give me the name, rank, State and residence. The old Confederates now living will, wiien reading this roster of the living, recall many incidents of the war now long since forgotten. lt ruse this list, viz: GENERAL. Gustave P T Beauregard, New Or leans GENEIZAL W ITII TE3 IPORARY RANK. Edmund Kirby Smith, Sewanee, Tenn. LIEUTENANT GENERALS. Stephen D Lee, Starkville, Miss. James Longstreet, Gainesville, Ga. Jub4l A Early, Lynchburg. Va. Simch B Buckrer. Frankfor, Ky. Joseph Wheeler, Wheeler, Ala. Ambrose P Stewart, Oxford, Miss. Wade Hampton, COlumbia, S. C. Johin B Gordan, Atlanta, Ga. 31AJOI GENERALS. Gustavus W Smith, New York. LaFayette McLaws, Savannah, Ga. C W Field, Washingtoii, D C. S G French, Holly springs, Miss. C L Stevenson, W ashington, D. C. John H Forney, Alabama. Dabney 11 Maury, Richmond. Va. Henry hleth, United States coast sur vey. Robert R4nsom, ir, Weldon, N. C. J L Keiper, Orange Court House. Va. Fitzhugh Lee, Glasgow, Va. W B Bate, United States Senate, Washington. Robert F Hoke, Raleigh, N. C. W B I Lee, Burk's Station, Va. J B Xershaw, Camden, S.C. M C Butler, United States Senate, Wasoaington. E C Walthall, United States Senate. L L Lomax, Blackburg. P M B Young, Atlanta, Ga. T L Rosser, Charlottesville, Va. V. W. Allen. Mortgomery, Ala. S U Maxey, Paris, Texas. William Mahone, Petersburg, Va. G W Custis Lee, Lexington, Va. William B. Taliaferro, Gloucester. Va. John G Walker, Missouri. William T Martin, Natchez, Miss. Bushrod R. Johnson, Nashville, Tenn. C J Polignac, Paris, France. E M Law, Yorkville, S. C. James 11 Fagan, Little Rock, Ark. Thomas Churchill, Little Rock, Ark. Richard Gatlin, Fort Smith, Ark. BRIGADIER GENERALS. George T Anderson, Anniston, Ala. Joseph I Anderson, Richmond, Va. Frank C Armstrong, Texas. E S Alexander, Savannah, Ga. Arthur S Bagby, Texas. Alpheus Baker, Louisville, Ky. Pinckney D Bowles, Alabama. William L Brandon, Mlississippi. John Bratton, Winnsboro, S. C. J L Brent, Baltimore. C A Battle, Eufaula, Ala. R L T Beale, Hague, Va. H amilton 1P Bee. San Antonio, Tex. W R Boggs, Winston, N. C. Tyree II Bell, Tennessee. A G Blanchard, New Orleains. William L Cabell, Dallas, Texas. E Capers, Columbaia, S. C. James R Chalmers, Vicksburg, Miss. Thomas L Clingham, Charlotte, N.C. George B Cosby, Kentucky. Francis Mv Cockrell, St. Louis. A H Colquitt, United States Senate. R E Colston, Washington, D. C. Phil Cook. Atlanta. John R Cooke, Richmond. Va. M D Corse, Alexandria, Va. Alexander W Campbell, Tennessee. James Canty, Alabama. William H Carroll, Tennessee. John C Carter. Tennessee. Alfred Cummi~ng, Augusta, Ga. X B DeBray, Austin, Texas. Wm R Cox, North Carolina. Ceo B Dibrell, Tennessee. H T Davidson, Tennessee. T 1' Dockery, Arkatasas. Thomas F Drayton, Charlotte, N. C. Basil W Duke, Louisville, Ky. John Echols, Louisville, Ky. C A Evans, Atlanta, Ga. Samuel WV Ferguson, Pass Christian, bliss. J J Finley, Florida. ID M Frost, Missouri. Richard M Gane, Dallas, Texas. RI L Gibson, United States Senate. William L Gardner, Memphis, Tenn. G W Gordon, Nashville. E. C. Gowan, Arkansas. Richard Gritlin, Mississippi. Johnson Liagood, Barnwell, S. C. George P h arrison. Jr., Auburn, Ala. Robert J Henderson, Atlanta, Ga. A T Rawthorne, Atlanta. J F Iloltzelaw, Montgomery, Ala. Eppa Hunton, Warrenton, Va. William P Hardeman, Austin, Tex. N 11 Iarris, Mississippi. Richard harrison, Waco, Texas. Thomas Harrison, Waco, Tlexas. Edward Higgins, Norfolk. George B hodge, Kentucky. William J Hoke. North Carolina. Alfred Iverson, Florida. J D lImboden, Southwest Virgini.u. Alfred E .Jackson, Nashville. Henry R Jlackson, Savannah. William HI. .Jackson, N ashville. Bradley TV Johnson, Baltimore. Geo D Johnson, Charleston, S. C. Robt. D). Johnston. Birmingham, Ala. Thomas Jordan, New York. A R .Johnson, Texas. J D) Kennedy, Camden. S. C. Wm 11 King, Austin. Texas. Wim W Kirkland, New York. James H Laine, Auburn, Ala. A R. Lawton, Savannah, Ga. T M Logan. Richmond, Va. Robt Lowry. Jackson, Miss. Walter P Lane, Marshal], Texas. Joseph II Lewis. Kentucky. WV G Lewis, North Carolina. Wmn McComib, Gordonsville, Va. Samuel McGo wan. Abbeville, S. C. .John T. Morgan, United States Sen T. T. Mun ford, Lynch burg, Va George Maney Nashville. .James G Mart in, North Carolina. John McCausland, West Virginia. Henry E NcCulloch, Texas. WV R Miles. Mississipni. Willam Miller, Florida. .John C Moore, Texas. Francis T Nichols, New Orleans. E A O'Neal. Montgomrery, .1la. R L Page. Norfolk, Va. W 11 Payne, Warrentoni, V a. W F IPerrs Glend ale, Ky. Roger A Pryor New York. Lucius E- Polk, T1enne.ssee. J B P'almer, Tlen'nessee. WX HL Parsons, Texas. .B Pearee, Arkansas. E WV Lettus, Selma, Ala. W A Qiarl-s, Clarksville, Tenn. B II Robertson, Washington, D. C. F H llob'ertson, Waco, Texas. Daniel Russell. Fredericksburg, V a. George WV R ains, Augusta. Ga. A E Reynolds, Mississippi. D) 1H Reynolds, Arkansas. Rl V Richardson, Tennessee, William P Roberts, Raleigh, N. C. L S Ross. College Station. TIexas. Thomas M Scott, Louisiana. C WV Sears, Mississippi. Charles M Shelly, Alabama. F A Shoup. Sewanee, Tenn. A M Scales, Greensboro. N C. G M Sorrell, Savannah, Ga. George H stuart, Baltimore. Marcellus A Stovall, Augusta, Ga. Edward L Thomas, Washington, D. C. W R Terry, Richmond, Va. J C Tappan, Helena, Ark. Robert B Vance, Ashville. N. C. A J Vaughan, Memphis, Tenn. James A Walker, Wytheville, Va. D A Weisger, Petersburg Va. G C Warton, New River, Va. Marcus J Wright, Washington. D. C. GJ Wright, Gritlin. Ga. 1111 Walker, New York. V S Walker, Florida. W II Wallace, Columbia, S. C. T N Wau!, Galveston Texas. John S William, Mount Sterling, Ky. S A M Wood, Alabama. Joe Shelby, Anom Rock, Mo. John B Clark, jr., Brunswick. Mo. Respectfully submitted for the in formation of the old Confederate vet erans and others. W. L. CABELL. CROWING OVER COOSAW. Governor Tillman Say s that the Result is Just what he Expected COLUMBIA, S. C.. Aug. 4.-The an nouncement of the decision in the Coo saw case was a source of great gratifica tion to the State officers. Governor Tillman said: "It is only what I expected, for I l'ased my hones on the successful issue of the State's case on the opinion of Attorney General Conner. which I regard as the clearest and ablest legal document I have evet read. I cannot say that I am surprised, but I am gratilied, and especially at so early a determination of the merits of the case." Governor Tillman was then asked what the phosphate commission would do, if anything, immediately. He said that nothing would be dore until the Coosaw Company Indicated whether or not it would appeal. Our action, he said, must necessarily depend, to that extent, on that of the company. ATTORNEY GENERAL POPE was asked what he had to 3ay. "It is perfectly natural," he replied. "that I should greatly rejoice at the revelation of the opinion of the Chief Justice, con curred in by Judge Sinonion. The whole State has been exercised by the gravity of the litigation, involving, as it did, the right of the people of South Carp olina to deny to a mining partnershi something that smacks stroLgly of that most hateful thing to all liberty-loving I eople-a monopoly in the use of pub lic property. Then, too, as Attorney General ot the State it has been my mis fortune to bear criticism, sometimes harsh and generally ungenerous, of my conduct as a public officer. But in the hour of victory you know we can afford to be magnanimous. The result, I take it, is a vindication of the correctness of my legal views as well as of my man agement of the litigation itself. In this connection I desire to say that no public officer has ever received more ti-orough, hearty and valuable service than has been the lot of the Attorney General to receive from Messrs. Miteiell & Smith, Mr. Geo. S. Mower and Col. Robert Aldrich.-News and Courier. Murdered by the Mafa. LoUISVILLE, Ky.. Aug. 2.-The Courier Journal's special from Catlettsburg Ky., says that in Wayne County, West Virginia, on Friday night Mr. Brom field, his wife and five children were murderd by a party of Italians rail road laborers. The Italians were em ployed on the, Norfolk and Western road. On Friday night about fifty of them got drunk, and going to the homo of Broinfield, who was reported to have much money, they demanded admittance, and wit~h rails and clubs they began the attack. Biromfield and hs two half grown sons made a brave defence, but seem to have had no arms. Their assailants broke in the doors and windows, and beat Bromfield and the the boy 'to death with clubs. They then cut their throats and stabbed them repeatedly. They then seized the wife and two younger children and put them to death. After searching the place for valuables they burned the house to the ground. It is said that the enemies of l3romfield incited thet Ital ians to murder. An Alliance Grab at Nebraska. OMAhA, NEB., Aug. 4.-A specia from Lincoln says that Governor Thayer is in Detroit at the G. A. R. en campment. Lieutenant Governor Ma jors' whereabouts is not known. He is iot in Lincoln and is supposed to be in Detroit also, or at least out of the State. Under the constitution the president of the Senate is the acting governor in that case. Rainter, who is a strong al liance man, slipped down to Lincoln yesterday afternoon and announced his intention of ascertaining whether Ma jors was in the State. He said that if he found he was not hs would assume the duties of governor and run things until Majors or the governor turned up, and would probably call a special ses sion of the legislature to pass a max1 'num freight bill. The officers at Lin con are panic stricken and the wires are kept hot calling on Thayer and Majors to return and save the State from alliance usurpation. Dastardly Triek. NEwARE, Aug. 6.-C. N. Stuart, of this place, owns a fine herd of Holstein cows, and on Saturday it was discover ed that some one had placed Paris green in the pasture. It was mixed in meal and spread along a path leading to the place where the cows obtained water. Four of the cows have died, and a dozen more are expected to die. Mr. Stuat supplies milk to the residents of this place, and his customers were great ly excited when they heard of the poisoni ing, as it was feared the milk might af fect them. No cases of sickness are re ported however. There is no clue to the poisoners. A Marine Disastier. SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-Advices by the City of Pekin, which arrived to day from Yokohama, state that the steamer Tamae Maru, while returning from Suto with 320 laborers on board, came into collision with the steamer Migshi Maru, off' Shiragami. The Tamae Maru immediately sank. with the loss of 260 persons drowned and missing. The captain an~d first officer and sixty laborers reached shore. Fata1 Floods. BoMBAy, July 30.-Durng the past twenty-four hours fifteen inches of rain has fallen. The towns ct B3hownugger nl Madooda. in the province of Guie rat, are flooded wIth water, which rises breast high in the streets. Three hun dree people and a countless number of live stok have been drowned. Wvill Follow McKinley. CIicAOO, Aug. 5.-Mris. Helen M. Gougar, the Indiana prohibitionist, will follow Maj.McKinleiy all through Ohio during tne campaign and talk low tariff and increased wages for workmen. She says she proposes to be at McKinley's heels all through the campaign. Blew His Brains Out. UNION, S. C., Aug. 6.-Mr. Louis, the agent and operator of the Georgia, Car olina and Northern Railroad at Car isle, (Fish Dam) committed suicide to dy by blowing out his brains with a gn. The cause is unknown. The cor oner has gone to hold an inquest. State. Burned to Death. SEaTTLE, Wash., July 31.-A butch er named George Williams was burned to death and a negro cook and his wife fatally burned in a fire which consumed $50,000 worth of property here lasb nght. TETHERORN & FISCHER, -MA.01TFACTUtRERS )F SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC. 7. 9. 11, and 13 Smith Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Write for prices and estimates. CHARLESTON Mallress Mf'g Co., MANUFACTURERS OF High 6rade Moss, Hair, & Wool Mattresses. Office & salesroom, 552 and 554 King st., CHARLESTON, S. C. Reduced price list, for fall trade, 1890. Mattresses,-assorted stripe ticking: No. 1, Straw and Cotton, $2; No. 2, $2.50; No. 3, $2.75. No. 1, Excelsior and Cotton, $3.50; No. 2, $3; No. 3, $3.50. No. 1, Husk and Cotton, $3; No. 2, S3.50; No. 3,:S4. No. 1. Cotton Mattress, 40 lbs., S5; No. 2, $7; No. 3. $8. Prices quoted on Wool Mattresses if desired. No. 1, Moss Mattresses, $5; No. 2, $6; No. 3, $7. No. 1, Hair Mattress, S10;No. 2, $15; No. 3, $20. Bed Spreads, S1.50 to $3. Comforts, 95c. to $4.50. 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