The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 10, 1888, Image 1
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I KOUliS WITJI II UN A N I> WO- U
1>I i;N Of Til K K?VOIjUTION. I,
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Doctor Frankli.r.s I0rn\nd-Hoy. .
[Copyrighted, 1 <S, by Funk ?V Wnjjnalls. ;
'Would \ ou like to l?c introduced
to Dr. KnmUiinV errand-l>ov?" asked
a friend wit'i whom 1 was so- : 1
^ journinjur ? few days in Philadelphia,
in the year mm. ?!<* i*- a most re
markahlo man," said mv friend,
"and lias been a prominent citizen
hero for fully sixty years."
"It would i>e a spooiul privilege,"
I replied.
We crossed tho Schuylkill to
West Philadelphia, and made our
way to the Pennsylvania Asylum for
tho Insane. At the entrance i*ato
mv friend was warmly oreeted by a
\ courteous old jrentleman, apparently
about sixt-livo years of aoe, who was
introduced to me as colonel Jlobert
Carr, hud 1 was introduced to him as
a citizen of New York in ?piest of
reminiscences of events of our lonirpast
history from the lips of survivors
of actors in the war.
"You bear the whole name," 1 |
sail!, "of thcMrish baronet who was
one of tho commissioners sent to 1
lre<ni!ato New Kn?dnnd" and to assist
in snatching our province from 1
tho Dutch two hundred years hiro."
"Of the same family stock, probably,
for I was born in Ireland," ho
replied. "Come in, jrentlemon, ami 1
bo seated. It is an early hour, and
wo shall have few interruptions." I
He led the way to a small furnish
- od room, and there wo spent about ?
two hours very profitably with the i i
venerable gatekeeper of tho Asylum,'
and tho errnnd-bov cf Dr. Franklin.. ;i
who was then over eighty-throe : (
years of niro, and \vhos? career had
? O 7
boon checkered bv many vicissitudes. c
Ho was a stftul-lmiit, vigorous man, t
possessed of sound health and ro- ' r
markable buoyancy of spirits. He t
assured me that no had not been sick 1
in over sixty years. t
"You say you were born in Ire- 1
land. Mv friend tells mo that vour
life has boon quite an ovontful one?" j
J remarked. 1 i
"Somewhat,* h? said. "Hut it is
now .veil nigh over," he continued. i
"1 try to forget the miseries which t
are few, and to remember the mer- r
eies which are many." \
At my request he gave brief i i
sketch of his life's ii storv. lie was s
brought to Philadelphia from Ire- (
land bv his parents when he was six ! >yoors
of age. His father was a I
school teacher and lived next door \
to Dr. Franklin. In due time young! si
C.'arr learned the art of printing with 1>
Mr. Haohe, Franklin's grandson, and ' ji
soon rose to the head of his profos- i
sion in Hhiladelpiiia. In 180-1, when \
he was only twenty-six years old, he \
\was awarded the first pri/.e of a so- \
tn'oty for the best specimens of prin t
tinon exhibition. He was employ-! 1
cd to print "Wilson's "Ornithology'* I o
from the manuscript, also a reprint of 1
of "Iloes's Cyclopedia." As a young <
ine^nber of the famous Philadelphia I
military corps known as the "Me- 1
Phorson Blues," he was one of the i
firing squad on the occasion of the t
celebration of Washington's funeral \
bv Congress, then in session at Phi- f
ledolphia. Five of his associates 'i
were living in that citv at the timo
of my visit, namely: Samuel Breck. , t
aged ninety; S. Palmer, aged eigh-; 1
ty-one; S. F. Smith, aged eighty- j i
one; Charles N. Banker, aged eigh_
tv-ifivo; Quinton Campbell, aged']
eighty-live. 1 saw three of the five' v
j
veterans at that time. I e
In 1812 Mr. Carr was commission- s
ed major of a Pennsylvania reed- n
ment of infantry, aturrose to lieuton- r
ant-colonel tho following year. Serv- \
ing faithfully all through'the war of s
1812-1 d, Colonel Carr was honora- ' \
blv discharged at its close, and for il
mjvny yenrs ho was the sole survivor t
of the field officers of tho Army of 1<
1812, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey I
and Delaware. lie married a daugh-j t
^ ter of William Bartram, tho propri- j I
^tor of the famous llotanic Garden <
near Philadelphia, and in rioht of s
his wife, after her father's death, he s
carried it on from 1808 until 1850, a r
period of more than forty years. | 11
Ho served the State as adjutant- 1 1
general a low years, and was for a
lonfj timo an alderman and justice of f
the peaco in Philadelphia. In his a
days of prosperity ho was an active le
promotor of public enterprises. De-i
. privod of his property by the vicis-'t
E:.
"3E Tl^iUZ
NOin'ON, KtiHor, .
<?. HOCJ F'lHH. | ?u *
>iti tics v)l fortune in h's oKl atre, lie
iccepted the position of mitckecpor
it tin institution whore wo found
tint.
"Our friond tolls mo," I romarkod
that \<.v, wore an errand-uov fori
i )r. Kraoklin for a while.'
"< Mi vt's," ho replied; "I served
iiin as such lor the space of nearly
wo years. \V> lived next door to1
Dr. Frnnklm, in Market street, and
a* seemed to think much of my father,
who was frequently in his house
>v invitation. I sometimes went
here with my father, ami Franklin
rented mo very kindly, having alvays
a pleasant word for me. 1
.vas about f^n years old when lie
isked tity father to allow me to do
irrands for him. Voung as 1 was i
10 sent ino everywhere, and 1 was
,-erv proud. Ho sent to the butcher,
he grocer, the printers, the book-I
itoros, the <loetor. and to different
rentleinen in the ctiy. lie was sick 1
uost of the time while I was with
urn, often suffering great pain from
lis maindv, andjyet tic continued to
a rite a ore at deal. I think he wrote
wo or three pamphlets during the
ast year of his life. 1 carried his
Manuscripts to the printers, and also
he proof-sheets. His grandson,
benjamin Franklin Hnohe, then just J
nit of college, who was much with j
lis grandfather, assisted him in rearing
the proof-shoots. 'Che young
nan started a newspaper in the fall
ifter Franklin died, and it was in hi-j
'stablishment tlml I learned the trade-,
>f a printer " I
"Were you living with Frankiin
it the time of his death?" I inquir-1
Ml.
"Yes; for throi months,before i:
lied 1 was in his room a orea' lea .
o do errands for the Doctor, for his
ittendant (Mrs. Ilewsor.,) and for
he family. For two or three weeks,
remember, l)i'. Join's came several
imes every dav, and sometimes
rouoht Dr. Hush with h m."
k-1 o von ' istinetly remember the
)or?onal appearance of Franklin V" I
nquired.
U1 Vrfectly,'* lie answered. "It
nade i strone impr -ssion 01 inv
nind. When I first began to do or ands
for him he was quite well ?
vent out frequontlv and received
nuch company. I le was then a
itrono-bnilt man, over seventy years
>1 ag? . about lice feet piino inches in
latere, and ticlined to corpulency.
li? complexion was fair, though he
,vas an old man; his o\ es were gray
m<l very bright when ho was ongared
in conversation: his hair was thin
ind long, hut not very gray; his
nouth was not lartre and had a <l?i-1
O
ridedly sweet expression. Franklin
vas polite and kind to everyhodv,
vhetner he was a servant or a sepaor,
for he was always a gentleman.
remember when Washington eall'd
to see him, while on his way to
Sew York to bo inaugurated Prosilent
of the 1 nited States. They em>raced
like brothers. Franklin had
>een suffering much pain that inorling,
but was relieved at the time of j
he President's call, when his manner!
vas cheerful, almost, playfui at times,
or he was rejoiced to see his friend.
I'hoy never met again on ihc earth.";
"You say you learned the printer's
rado in the establishment of Mr.'
iache, Franklin's grandson,'* 1 renarked.
"Yes, I was his apprentice from ;
792 to 1797. After I had been I
vith him a year, finding mo rather j
Xpert in detecting errors in proofhoots,
I was fre juently employed
is assistant proof-reader and in ear- j
ving the corrected sheets to tie
vriters for his paper, The .\>'r< riicr.
When tho gov< rnmeni was re
noverl to Philadelphia fr in New
i'ork, Washington was very friendly
o Mr. Bache, because ho was a near
tinsman of Franklin, and occasional 1
y wrote something on public maters
for Th< Advert im.r. He also!
iad official papers printed at our
idice I carried corrected proofheets
to Provident Washington, and
onietiines assisted him in tho
eading and making proper printer's
nark? for corrections, which he did
lot alway undeistund.''
"So you were once an errand-boy
or Dr. Franklin and Washington's
nsistaut proof-road or," I romarkd.
"D i? oven mo, and 1 am proud of,
he service," said the veteran with
^ Jl
: rro -stotj-irOONW
A
a bright srriloof satisfaction. "lint
\V nsliinfrton's friendship for Macho
soon ( ( olod.M lio continued. ''Jefferson
rjair.ed tlio control of 1 lac ho
and his newspaper, politically, after
F reman left the eitv. lie was a
vi >'enl pt lit'eal eicunv of Hamilton,
von know, ird many articles were
published >n Paehe's p?jcr abusing
t' i* Secretary of the Treasury ami
other leaders of the Federal party,
not even sparine- the President. 1 n
ilor tho name of the .h/i'Oi''/, the paper
published most scandalous attacks
upon Washington's adininis
(ration. 1 distinctly remember the
oreat excitement in Philadelphia
caused by an outrM<roous article in
the . I Knu'ti against W ashington, a
day or two after lie retired from the
Presidency in the sprine1 of lj#^y|
I will remember thai the l? ii<-^B al
Spring (iarden, who had hu^^H^Hgl
diers under Wushinffton, ^B IB
incensed that they mai^^HBgMraE
body to attack the .1
They threw its types ii
and nearly destroyed It^V s
the rooms."
"Political exeiteim nt
that time, di?l it not?" 1 -Vt'.-TJ
' - .\ e v i w
arated families and nd )^ioi^Bn|fl?9H|
pulpits became political
I remember that in May, ^^SggBH
a day of fiistino and t>: tiyer^HBHlHl
istcrs, l?v
ilic pnijiii,
and phi lost ' 9 H
t-d>I'
of Pkiladoh hi ? >
ill ited t') \ iee !H'?> t. I ifpublicans
or Domoern - who ''W
thus denou ncet^, I'm!' \ i < i ice.
Bacho, with armed friends, m? pro-j
tected I ho Am'oru oflieo ihat no!
daiiiam; was done. Mr. Bacho was
personally assaulted on tho street,
1 >ut was not much injured; but the
same year he fell a victim to tho terr
Me scourge of yellow fever, which
- tin ite the cit y fearful."
"You mentioned Mr. h'reman, the
poet of tho Revolution. i)id vou
know him personally?" i inquired,
j "Very well, though not intimately*.'1
he answered, "for he left Philadelphia
while I was \et an appren-'
tice sixteen or sever.teen years old.
1 e W>1S s M?!i 1! in vt'il iii-i-i I.. ?l.? '
built, Imp robust in :ippcaranco, havin?r
foi.ov m! the sea for many years,
lie was ->> Huguenot decent, and
about forty years old when I llrst
saw him. Iliseyos wero dark and
brilliant; his hair was a rich dark
brown; his smile was exceedingly
captivating; his voice was sweet;
his whole face beamed with intelligende,
and and his deportment indicated
a true gentleman. Mr. .lefferson
first employed him as translating
clerk of the State department,
but he was soon engaged in edit in"n
f) r>
a newspaper which was the organ of
the Kepnhlican party. It was more j
violent in its attack's upon Hamilton
and Washington's public policy than
Macho's- paper was afterwards. Lotlg
years subsequently Fremoan acknowledged
that mnnv of the most
r> v
violent articles were written b\ .Jefferson
himself, lint .Jefferson must. I
not 1)0 blamed," said Colonel Carr,
' for at. that time he was reallv a
monomaniac on the subject of miscalled
French 'democracy.He had
lately come from France, and was
thorough!,(imbued with the spirit
of the radical French revolutionists.
Fronoftu, von know, celebrated in
stirring verso the American victories
during the war ot 1' I" i-?. Poor
Froneau! He perish ! in a cold
storm near Freehold, New .J t- in
December, JS)i2, when ii. 'h 'ghtieth
year of his age."
"J)i 1 you know p Tsonady C a; les
Thomson, the permanent Secretary
of the Continental Congress?" 1 in
quired.
"I know liim nuito intimately for
several years," replied Colonel ('arr. '
"I fust became partially acquainted
with him about the year 1800. Ho
was then busy in making his translatioii'of
tho Keptuagint, or Old Tes
lament Scriptu os, from the original
Greeks int"> blnglish. Ho also trati
lated the New Testament. 1 had
tho reputation then of being the most I
careful proof-reader in Philadelphia
ai d when Mr. Thomson began to j
have in., great work put in type he
employed mo to read tho last rovi
>
-srcxrie -w-o:^:;
V. S. ('.. THURSDAY 1
sod proofs. The w'nolo Uildo trans- I
latoil I>v Mr. Thomson whs published
1)\- the Widow Aitkin, u Conr 11
volumes, in 1S0S. Jit about the . x
...i i i..o i i i v
v? in-ii i n-ii luiiiim^ mm mow en ar?o
of tho llotanic Garden." I
"What wns the personal appoitr* 1
wire of Mr. Thomson?" 1 inqnit (I.
uIio was past seventy year* of
ajro -when I first boc nine acquainted (1
with hi in. Ife was rather tall, quite e
spare in flesh:'his face was vorv thin 1
and much furrowed; Ids bind eves *
were trulv st>arl<lino, and his straight .
' ? r> rt |
white hair hutqr in ijraceful curls at r
the ends below his ears. His whole h
appearance was venerable; yet his !'
step elastic, and his voice wie stron.o"
J o
clear and musical. He lived, as von
? c
l<now, utitil 1 S'M, when he wii? in the (
^jjjsiH^tifth year of Ids a;re" js
ffl|^S3^fc^n-m'r:d>!e printer and sol- ! "
memorable interexceodinudv
inter's
about to eomtnunic ate
n i
?c11 !\e w:? called awav .
sttor#
farewel'. e
wT nt i
Arlington Height; . ,
PUM P MP 11 ilVPllM i SPVPU- t
JJllO lliiv Illld JlMplldt il ;
YC*'1 n
pomhi Mavp duiieoiI :i .
, t;
,r thiil," ho said. In
icipateii in tin* cphIpu- a
ion of i !i" birt li id A.Vi 1 - 1t
ml, i ho iirst iirinter in
i -i t iiw V. hold by
>i i< ! i isto.i Sociot\ : ji
and on t-lio 22d of Kobrunry, 1864, li
when ii" was parti oiirbty-six yours of *
iip'p, be read Washington"' I are well '
Address boforo tlio veterans of tlio
war of 1812 at Philadelphia. Ho (
died en tlio 1 Titli of April, I860. j o
15 i : N S O \ .1. I .OsSI Mi, 1 J.,1),
-ml? r'
Wonderful (irowtli of the Order
| p
of the liiiiu s Dnuji liter.
i
! \
In Jamiiivv, 188(1, a l-irele of ton ..
ladies, consistint!' of Mrs. Maroaret
I
llottoiup, Miss Ilamersley, Miss !>ichinson,
Mrs. Theodore Irvine1, Mrs.
Pavson, Mrs. Cortland <lo . Povstor [
I'Mc* 1?!, Mrs. I'uvrjjles, Miss S-dionek (
oimI Miss I.ibby mot in answer to t
Mrs. 1 lottoiiip's invitatioi to dismiss *
and Jtrrnnee oino nltm which should (
ii . . |i
unite all Christian women in one '
o
eriuul sisterhood of service. \dopt- j
ino tho system of JMward h.'. Hale's u
I
Ten Times One," club constituted j I:
themselves a "(.'entral Ten," :it ruiml I
winch should cr\stalize otlP'r tens of ,,
workers, not assuming any aulnority ; c
or responsibility over thoin, but sim- v
ply to form a nucleus around which
thoy mioht cluster, and from \v liich ! '
. (1
nh?fht radiate cncourumMnent. advice v
and guidance. Of the various names 1,
proposed for tin order that of tlioj
King's Laughters, suggested by Mrs. 1
Irvine', was most favorably received, ~
and finally adopted; tho badge of tho ; n
ordpr was se'ected in the small silver o
cross <:"d w* 11 the royal color; the.l'
uatclv. d chosen was the sitnolo
i | ?
' In 11. ' "?/' of tho apostles of old,1 j,
and the ofies of act'on selected n
were:
"Look forward and not back."
"Look out and not in."
"Look up and not down."
"Lend a hand."
. i
Tho socie'y as organized had no constitution
and no code of laws save <
th< one <rret?oral regulation that wh*uever
.>ny reasonable request should
!h uiadn "In 'lis \<une" it should !>
granted without question or delay. ^
Since t' nvmse gr; u th < f the or- ?
der it en doe ned ox xlient to
eonstitct the central I'd <>n execu- 1
tive conimtytoe, 01* fldvisorv board, I,!
with Mrs. Lottomo as president. It
1 i l i -
was jiiso uoomou as in?- society increased
that tin' formation of hands 1
of Tens was impracticiblo, and that *
n "'1 en" mi<*ht comnrisc as ninny i 11
members as was deemed advisable
by its loader. I.eavintr tho essential ?
J > a
IiI?c tv of the Tons in the choice of >
work and method of its accomplish- ^
moots, tlio <freat variety of inquiries 1-1
and views concerning minor details ^
lias neccss tated tho drawing up of a ,,
constitution, which is soon to bo pub- h
lishod, and tin* compilation of a cer *
.tain amount of printed information, J
which may ho obtained, together
with tho badges, of Miss ' 11. Lib "J,
by, 18 Washington place, New Vork o
WAY 10, I^SHS.
'it v.
Never was less saiil or written,
ti',1 never so few plans made for any
\<rk. a- tin design r the -ocety
yas v> move -ilentlv and steadily,,
ml to secretly accomplish its purioso
of hriil^iiif.r the chasm between
he rich ami the poor, ami to unite
11 women cummed in nnv kind of
rood work in such a way as to seuro
to each the sympathy and coperation
of all. \ ct From almost
verv state in the I nion, and from
he most remote countries over the
<?a India, Australia and Now Xeuiind
-from people in evor\ walk in
if<*, from pastors of churches, matons
of hospitals, teachers of schools,
colors of philanthropic societies,
resident:- of colleevs, from the belles
f Fifth avenue and the street oamin
f the liowory come tidinos of the
ontincd or<jan;/ation of tens upon
lis of Kino's Daughters, until JS(RK)
i I \ er crosses have lieen sold and It),i(H)
ineinhers have enrolled their
ames auiono the Kino's I )n\ioT.ters,
Ithoiod) the societv has been orj^an>.od
onlv two years.
In .1 anuarv of this year ti branch
roani/.ation was established, known
s the Kino's Sens. and through their!
Iforts aheady a missionary chapel 1
as been bniided in the city of Haiti* !
n. re, whoso rector to be support.d
entirely by the I* in.?j s Sons.
As iV?t* tii * kind of work nccan dished
by ties remarkablesiatorhocj
L is too varied and extensive to he j
ecorded in detail. There are l ens j
hat v'si' V) 'fens that supply
lie hosrcti i and homes with flowers,
ens that support foreign missionaies.
Terns that sine- and Tens that
>w. Tens that endow beds in In sjiiii
Is. Tens that orovido pleasant
ountrv homes for deserving poor,;
ltd l ens that, simply "bridle their
on?ruc" n ! i leaver to live in
we 5 mi e! \rit\ with all men" a\) ,
lull' N ;
I It.' K ;;;; due. s ro found
n or< n i >01 in tho oitie and I
litter towns than iii Uio rurnl ?I is- j
lit is, niul in the west and south they!
ro iii h. abundant than in the cuSt,
iv.ino- to t'ue previous establishment
if Kdward K. 1 laic's Ten Times < >nc
'labs. The rapid jrrowth, liarmoniiu8
unity, ceuselosi activity, varied
ml ittiiijih: charities, and sympathetic
co-operations of the society are i
aid to lie unparalleled in the liisto
v ?>f any organization known. Withi)
two years it has girdled the jrlobo i
vith the idmm of its silver crosses'
In 11 is \ aim1."'
?? O (
d'.iiii i i i)|iic in F ',ti<?lnlid.
Colored peoplo who are ambitious
or usvociali :i with white people and
0 escape the social inferiority of.
la ir position in the I nited States,
iiotild emigrate to iCnirland. In this
ountrv there does not appear any
ne j ml ice against the colored broth-1
r. In fact, there appears to be a
ircjudice in his favor. There are
01 many negroes in Kn?jdand in prolortion
to the whites, but those who
re thero appear to be specially do-!
itrilled with their situation. The,
monies in Vino'laml have free interourso
and companionship with the
whites of a correspond in<r and even
uporior <rrado of iiitelT'trence and
dneatien. I ha\cseen any number
i" no?n*o men out walking or ridino
t r*?
iith wonion, well dressed, respect ado
at d intelligent looking.
It is also common enouid) to sec
cM-ru women attended by clean cut,
food looking Knmlishmcn. If the j
icjrro woman docs not have a white
tlcndant, it is because she prefers
mo of her own race, I havo seen ai
nunbor of nepro in on and women in
Cnglm 1, but I have invariably seen
hem in roiniianv with whites. I do
iot remember having soon negro
nen or women in company. Mftvinff
i early the entire wiiite population of
One-land to pick and choose from,
hov have > ulimdh' shown :i disorim- |
nation {oa si ' ie r own color. 1 he
?n v noticeable prejudice, therefore,
n lCngland against t!io negro comes
roin the negroes tliemseles. ?('.
i'il,rlm'<l iit A . )'. World.
A Utile M union Hearer.
.VTamim had -lid "Good-night,"
nd Xe.l i.i . .1 do were loft alone in i
heir lath* v. t'- i< ils.
"loo," ' As; -.i 1 \'t?d, "wasn't
!iat a I rst-* ate s<v ; on he new ruin*
^ter preached the morning?"
"Yes, I guess so,'' Joe responded,
leepily.
" 'Hear >e ono another's Imrdctns.'
"in glad i can remember the text,
:auso he said ho hoped we - would. I
lean to try and live by it too, just
s lie tola us; don't yon, Joe?''
lint this time Joe was fast asleep,
ud only answered by a snore; so
<?'od lay thinking a few minutes loner,
and then dropped asleep himelf.
Tlx* next morning ho woko up
rinht oo'' oarlv. had not f->r ottou
hi* </ooJ rovniution, and v/hon
o said his morning pnivor ho askod
*0(1 to hoi]) him to ho ono of Hi.)
ittlo Inwion-boarers that day. Thou'
o wont to work with willing feof
lid enjjor hands. I (o brought mum- |
ia n pail of wator from tho woll, and
oal and wood from llio collar. Ho
HI ,5t) I*?t \ nniiin.
fed tlio chickens, and when baby
kuto be&fnn t<? crv he nut her into
her earrtaoo and rolled her about in
the sunshine till breakfast was readv. :
It was washing day, and matnnia,
was so busy that when school-time i
came she said she could not spare
both the boys, and asked which of
them would stay home and take care I
of baby. ,Joo looked at Ned and
Ned looked at .loo. Hot It loved
their lessons, and were proud of the j
reports they brought home,
k,l don't want to stay,'' said Joe.
"Ibibv is awful cross.v
I bit Ned riwniMnlmwil lu^ 'i>vt ntul
looked up with a bright smile in his
blue eyes.
"I :l stay and help von, matutna,"
he said, bravely.
It was 11<>t easy work, for Katie
was U',vthiiio. and the (Jay .Wis very
warm; but Ned did his be^t, and succeeded
pretty well 011 the whole.
\t last mamma finished her work,
and took the baby froni liis uehine
arms.
"Ilave 1 been a real burden-bearer
to-day, mamma? ' ho asked, wistfully.
Mamma looked puzzled. "What
do you mean, dear?" she asked.
"Why, mamma, the minister sab'
that 'vervhody oundit to carry their
own burdens troubles, van know
?i'i<I tben they ouoht to help other
people hear their burdens too. lb*
said even boys could Mo it; but I
haven't anv burdens of my own to
carry, not one, so I'm tivitnr to hob
J ' 1 J' O
other people."
'fears enme into luainmii's tired
eves, and she said: "Yes, Neddie,
you have been mamma's little burden
-bearer to-dav.
Ned didn't see the tears, and he
felt so vorv happy that he forgot
how tired he was. !'v this time
school was over, and ho went with
an anprov i.sconscience for an hour's
plav with t he otla t ' toys.
't ue . :< penienl.
It. was such an undertaking1 that
the lover fi ll to ipiaking, like a leaf
in autumn shakintr. "It is no.v so
deuced lioh.. "
Said lie, round the mansion sneaking,
lowly to the watch-dog speaking;
Inn his boots would keep a
siiueaking, and each shadow hold a
fright,
In tho parlor, feigning sleeping,
sat tho maiden's papa, keeping wateh,
and often slyly pooping, while tho
lo\ ors failed to see.
"J 11 just wait and catch them going,
anoak around without their
knowing, give them both a hearty
blowing," said he, chuckling in his
glee.
From her chamber window, peering,
was a stni ing face, (piito cheering
to tho lover slowly noaring to
tho window just bolow.
"I )arling,M came the words enthralling,
"is thero danger much of
falling? Mist! 1 think 1 heat him
calling. No; 1 guess.it isn't so.
"i)on't. you fear, mv little duekey,"
said he, "and we may bo lucky there!
I know my own was plucky,
liravo, darling; now we'll f!v'
Ah, her fatal hesitation! Papa's
voice gave indication that the dread
investigation of the voices hoard was
nigh.
"So! my dear, thou wonldst doceive
me, and in st\le of burglar
leave mo, with tiiy faithless conduct
grieve me," papa said, with gun in!
hand.
Still as statutes both wore stand-!
iny, when effentod was the landing
and was heard the voice commanding
them to halt, with reprimand.
44W hy resort to such a measure
and denv vour pa the pleasure of disposing
of this treasure in the usual
Christian way?
"You. youn^ man, are bound to
take her, so it seems; but will you
make her your dear wife and ne'er
forsake her will you, sir? now hear,
me, say!
44Ali, vou will! then all is righted;
now walk in, the parlor's liyhted,
I'arson Jones has been invited, and
is sitting, nodding here."
Thonce the hapjiy couple wended,
and t wo lives for aye were blended,
as her papa had intended when their
plans had ri. ached his ear.
Mokai. " I in so to you are ri^ht,
tlien ? ahead."
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The \ it in ' i JI c rs 1 * roll t s.
The National Bureau of Statistics
shows that on the *;7()0,(MK ),(>()()
which annua'ly passes into the tills
of retailers of intoxicating liquors in
this country there is a profit of one
hundred and thirty-three an.I one
."mirth percent, If poor people had
to pay such o tax as that on broad,
there would bo a rebellion. But
when a man tosses off a ylass of
whis"f<y and pays five cents for the
drink, and seven or ei^ht cento to
the bar-keeper for tho trouble of
handing it to him, ho yenorally thinks
the bar keeper an awfully i*ood fellow.
tsrrbi(ifJ(>t<f Cnioti.
I 'lliltAnu iipii liL'i>l.? I...
. />#nu . nm I \ ?? uu UM'll III
great profusion upon the summer
mantles, an<l aro arranged in rows of
loops, in pointed tabs forming fringe,
and in rosettes and bows.
NUMBER 13.
i:r .11 stk ii I'l'l.i.wt,
The I'roshlent Solves a Difficult
Problem.
Washinoton, I). April 30.
The I 'resilient to da\ nominated Melville
W. Fuller, of Ciiiciu^o, to bo
< 'hiof Justice of the Supreme Court
of tho\l nitcd States. The selection
of Mr. Fuller was somewhat a surprise,
for, although his name has
been occasionally mentioned in connection
with the Chief Justiceship,
none of the members of the Semite
judiciary committee laid the slightest
intimation that he was to ho the
i'resident's choice. When the President's
private secretary presorted
the nomination to the Senate to-day,
together with several other K\eoutivo
communications, l>v a singular
coincidence Minister Phelps and Senator
Ora^ were conversing together
in the Senate chamber. The presiding
oftpeer glanced < ver the list of
nominations arid iinmediatoly notified
S? nat*vs ivlmund and Pttnli, 'lie
'( uditifr member* of tse judiciary
committee. The new- -oread ranidi
I
iy, and in ie - thjiri live minutes Mr.
Fulle'rs nomination was known
throughout the Capitol. I asked
Senators Hook, Herman, t'ohpiltt,
Konna, Kdtnunds, and others w hat
they thought of the select m, atnl on
every hand the appointment was
commended. Senator ' orman said
that Mr. Duller was roeo?*iii/ed as
one of ti " ablest law\ i. the
West, a o(;od Democrat, an eloijut i (.
speaker, an aecomnlr-h ?d oonth u
and in every way qualified for the
liijjh olkoo to which the Dresi lent
has nominated him. lie re led
with pleasure his meotinir with Mr.
Puller when the latter presented to
I tiie National Democratic committee
J tho claims of Chicago as a desirahlo
place in which to holil 11ne\t Democratic
National Convention. Senator
HeeU commended in tho higlu st
tonus Mr. Culler's appointment, and
said ho did not anticipate any Democratic
opposition to his confirmation.
Sonator Colquitt savs ho knows the
now ('h?of .Justice hy reputation only,
hut has always hoard him spoken of
! as a brilliant and an aide lawyer.
Democratic lawyers generally regard
the nomination as a cnud one, and,
while the Associate .Justices of the
Supreme ( 'ourt decline to express an
opinion on the subject, in Supreme
Court, circles he has the reputation of
boing a capable lawyer and promises
to bo a worthy successor of Kanev,
Ciuiso, Waito, or any other of tho
distinguished jurists who have presided
over the Supreme ('ourt. Karly
in tho Administration of Mr. Cleveland
he was tendered tho soliictor
L'onoralshii). and -ubseouent!v twtni.
r~) I 1 J ['
tions on tho < iviI service commision,
Intor-State commerce commission find
Pacific Railroad commission, all of
wliicli bo declined. Ho has boon
held in the highest regard bv tho
n ,
President and has been generally endorsed
bv Western Democrats.
Republican Senators who know
him suv thev know of no reason why
ho should not be promptly confirmed.
Sonator Kdtnunds, when spoken to
on tho subject, said he could say
nothing as to wliat action the judiciary
committee would probably take,
and cut off fill further questions by
declaring* that he was a blank so far
as tho nomination was concerned.
In personal appoaranc Mr. Fuller
lis unusually handsome; his hair and
! mustache are silvery and h:?. features
; are clear cut and Intelligent. Tn
stature he is short and slight comi
pared with his associates on tlio So'
pre mo Pencil. Mr. Fuller is a man
; of high scholastic, as well as legal,
attainments, and as an orator his tal|
cuts have won him the title of the
Chan nee v M. Depew of the West.
In politics he is best described as an
old school Democrat, lie was lovnl
*
in feeling during the war, is a bo*
i: ~.i~ > i -1.-1. .. e
: m mi jiuv(i[icw"i noeiriny oj
States' Rights and an advocate of
simplo govornmont. Ho is a mom;
hor of the Protestant Episcopal
Church and has boon prominetly
identified with that orgnni/ation and
conspicuous in tho Cheney and other
famous ecclesiastical trials, llis^' wife
is a refined, quiet lady and the seven
daughters of the family are all superior
young ladies not only in point
of beauty, but in their accomplishments.-?Ar*?e.s
and Courier.
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