The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, August 21, 1883, Image 1
RI-W EEKLY EDITION. WUST 2
E T.- ESABLISHED 1848
THE VERDICT
-OF,
THE PEOPLE.
BUY THE BEST!
Mn. J. 0. IIOA-Dear Sir: I bought the first
Davis Macblue sold by you over five years ago for
my wife who las given It ai long and fair trial. I
an well pleased with it. It never gives any
rouble, and is as good as when first bought.
J. W4.1$O1.I1c.
Winnsboro, S. C., April 1U33.
Mr. BoAo: Ton wish to know what I have to say
in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three
years ago. I feel I can't say too much In its favor.
I made about $80,00 within five months, at times
running it so fast that the needle would get per
fectly hot from friction. I feel confident I could
not have done the saine work with as muca ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
in adjusting attachments. The lightest running
machie I have ver treadled. Brothr James and
Williamts' fanilies are as nuch pleased with their
DaVIS Machines bought or you. I want no better
mnachmne. As I said before, I don't think too
mnuch can be said for the Dayis Machine.
ltespet"fully,
Fairleld County, Apri', 1843.
MuR. HoAC : Iy machtne gives Vnc perfect sati
Sfaction. I-ind no fault with It. The attachinent
a so n le I wish for no better than thoe Davis
Vliericly red.ntnm t
Itespe,-ttully.
Mhn' i. J. Miik.I.tNo.
FairflId county, Apri, 1883.
Mi. 1OAt: I bougtht a iav a Vertial Foed
Vwin cleg Machine from youtour year ago. I a
elilghted with It. It never hus given oni any
rouble, ane has never been the least out of order.
It is as good ts when t Igri t bought it. I can
eferfully recoimeni It.
ie tespeclfully,
MiNIu: I. J. KitI.AND.
Monticello, April 80, 1863.
This 1s to certify t hat I have been usttg a erAiut
Vil el-h e v u1t ewng Mache for over tw,ye trs,
purchased of MAir. .. . evg. I haven't fouun.l i1
p rssessed Ir any fault-all the attahnents are so
r! slwpie. It never I eIusea to work, and is certainl y
,! th r lightest running In the in.trke6. I consider it
a first class inawne.
Very respectfully
MIINNIK Ni. WI,i.INUMAnt.
a.klan 1, Fairtld couity, 8 C.
li BOAO: e art we pleasve it every part e
with the Davis Machine ought of you. I think
a grst-clas inatiane i every respet. You kne
you sofi several machines of the sane wake to
dtilerenit ineenliers of our famnilies, all of whiom,
ts fur as I know, are well pleased witn thein.
Respectfully,
Mus. M. ie. Moi.isy.
Fairleld county, April, lss3.
Svhie toa certidy we have ya In constant usd
the Dayla Machlne bought of yon about. thbree years
ago. As we take t work, and hav me ptade of
price of it several iines over, we don't. wtut any
yetter achine. it is always ready todl any kind
of work we nlave to do. Nto pueckering or sktpptng
stitches. We can only say we are well pteive.l
Vti wish no better niacline,
lATnICtINlE WYi.rtt AND SiaPEn.
April 25, 1,p8.
I have no fault to ilnd with iy nae hne, and
don't want any better. I hive tlo the price of
It several tlines by taking In aewelg. t is always
:. ready to do its work. I thinK it a hiraw-class m a
chine. I feel I ca:'t say too nucu for tEl Dv
Vertical Feed Machine.
burs. Tuly, Srru.
Fairfield county, A pril, 1813.
M n. J. 0. Boat-Deaur or: It rives mte linnh
pleasure to testily ito the muerits of the Dlavis Vur
t,lcal Feed Sewing Ml!nu. T'hc mna -fine I got of
you about live years ag. hais been a1nost in con
Wstantttue ever sd ine that V n i alnt e eIhat
It Is worn anly, anad htav not cost tue0 one cent for
- repairs since w he lat had it. Ai well pleased
andtv doy' owiert mker t y Prtter. ''m m.ci
V Yrouepe ruly,
Mit. W K.'i'3itai AnT. i)UcniTWFOnD
Gallcurry, ne('. arWnnb8. 21.
lain havtigedtth DavIs Vert'lal Feed Sewilng
Machine fromr the 0,s Elvmn metre years.Wwohnt
aosmu tvn givei mitenpemnd eet s atifactiot i i
evey rspet s alaetry e ciet botulrly,v
aliim couny, S. ., cJan.fi 2ly m1883.nilitt
'aionerm Mra J O nsm firtlasmehm. vro ypamrum
lagm, manid t hin i enc tone. fIt satsction tin
everypespt ahns aclniy chilre bom.h for weavy
nt eaght.'ling attneersneed more eas a'd
us imted andl it dtoes a greater ranige of work by
mmeassof its Veri cal teed thani any other sma
chine I have ever seomn or useud.
MRs. TH'iOMAs OwiNos.
Winunsbar:i, tairileld cotuty, 8. C.
W,e have had onme of the D)avic Maclines about
four years amid nave always lound it ready to do am
kimtils of wvork we hauve had occasion to ito, Can't
see tilat the machine is worn anmy, and works as
well as whean miew.
Mus. W. J. CsAwFonD,
Jackson's Creek, F"airhleid coutmmy*, ,U
My wife Is highly pleased wIth time Da1vls Mint
chline boumgiht of yout. Shte would not, take double
what acl gave for it. 'The macthine has not
boeei oimt of order since she had it, amd she can do
amny kimnd of work on It.
Very Itespectfulily,
JIAS. I. Vauts.
Montieello. F"airfield county, 8. U.
Tihie Davls Sewving Macinex is simply a treas
tire Miss. J. A. 000b.wYN.
Itudgeway, N. U., Jan, tO, 1883.
J, O oAG, Esq., Agent-Dear Sir : My wvife
has b)eeni uslimg a Davis Sewing tMicine conmstanm..
iy for limo past four years, andi It has never nmeedled
-any repairs an i works just as well ais whemn first
bought. Shme says It will do it greater range of
practical work Pod do it easier and. bet'er than
any inchilno she has ever used. We cheerfully
recnunemid It as a No, I family imachinme,
iour tru.y,
JAS. Q. DAl'is.
WVinnsb >ro, 8. U., Jant. 3, 1883.
Mn. ihoAGo: I have alwvays founmd my D)avls tla
clhie ready (d0 aic kindus of to work 1 havo hmad oc
eavion hodmlo. I c.manot see thmat tIme mtacline is
Worni a particle mind it works as weul as when new.
Itespectfmily,
Mite. It. C'. GooonrNo.
WVinnsboro, ii. C., ApilhI, 1883,
Ma. BJOAG: My wife has been conlstcantly using
the Davis Machine bought of teu about five year.
SO. I have never regretted buying . ii, as it is
always ready for any imid of fat,s'ily sewing, either
heavy or light. It ia iever out of fis or necedamg
liepairs.
Very respecfsully,
Fairfiald i3. 0. Ma, in88. A W' .in'
UNBELIEF.
There is no unbelief;
Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod
And waits to see it push away the clod,-.
He trusts in God.
Whoever says, when clouds are in the sky,
"Be patientf heart; light breakoth by and
by,'
Trusts the Most High.
Whoover sees, 'noath winter's field of snow;
The silent harvest of the future grow,
God's power must know.
Whoever lies down on his couch to sleep,
Content to look each sense In slumber deep,
Knows God will keep.
Whoever says, "To-morow," "The Un
known,"
"The Future," trusts that Power alono
He daros disown.
The heart that looks on when the eyelids
close,
And dares to live when life has only woes,
God's comfort knows.
There is no unbelief;
And day by day, and night, unconsciously,
The heart lives by that faith the lips deny
God knoweth why I
)ID s11IC DEEIEV IT?
The month was May, and through
my half-open window came stealing a
soft wind, filled with summer warmth
and sunmer fragrance.
The trees in the garden were full of
blossoms.
The early roses were in bloom, but of
all this I saw nothing.
My gaze was fixed upon two figures
slowly walking down the garden path
a manll and a woman.
The man was tall, and strong, and
na.sterful, yet tender as a mother with
her first-born, gentle as a girl in all the
little acts and courtesies of life.
The woman was young and very
beautiful, with a figure slender and
swaying like a reed as she walked, and
dark, lustrous eyes, which brought to
many a man his heart's undoing.
I fancied the light in theml now, as
she lifted them tu Hart Sidney's face.
IIe was her guardian, and he loved
her.
She was but my half-sister, flive years
my senior, and so I was not entitled to
her confidence.
She bad never told me of her love for
Mr. Sidney.
Indeed. only a little month ago I had
returned from school, with my educa
tian completed, in the fashionable sense
of the term, and since then I had been
very ill.
Overworked, the doctor said, but I
knew better.
To my own soul I could whisper the
humiliating truth, could pour out the
cruel colfession, with a sort of savage
pleasure at the self-inflicted torture.
It was my heait, not the body, that
suffered, the heart that had for ever
passed into Hart Sidney's unconscious
keeping.
if I had 1qy'er suspected it before, I
should have known it by the new light
in her eyes, the new radiance of her
beauty, as it burst upon me on the day
of iuy retura.
And what could be more natural than
that things should be as they were?
Did not guardians always love their
wards, and wards their guardians?
I have never read a book which trea
ted of such a relationship in which
such was not the sequel of the tale.
And yet-and yet, did it make it t
easier for me to boar?
I turned my gaze away from that
other picture, and lifted myself up from
the depths of the great chair in which I I
lay, until I could catch a glimpse of my
own face in the mirror olssite.
What a contrast!
My eyes, the only beauty I possessed,
looked many a time too large for theIu
thin, dark face and my hai', was close
cr'oppled to my headh.
.T'hey had cut it off as I lay delirious
with ifever', and crying that its weight
I sank back with a groan.
At that mnstant my sister, returning,
entered the room.
"Aline I" she cried, '"Aline, child, I
am11 50 hupy!''
And1( r'apidly crossing thme 1loor she
sanlk downm on her knmees beside my
Th'Ie contr'ast was too great.
Never had I seen her half so beauti
"Dilon't tell me1 don'tl"' I hasilly ex.
claimed, and lhfted up my hand 'as ifI
to ward off a blow. "'I know," I con
tinued. "I congmatulate you; but don't
say aiiy mfore.
"You know dear"?" she answered, a
look of surpr'ise sweep)ing over hmei'
face. "IIow is that possible?"
"I)on't ask mec. Onuly, I know, I
But I could say noe more.
My weakness conquered my strength,
and I burst into bitter weeping.
"Poor child! Dear little Aline," shle
whmisper'ed tendi(erly. "Do you love ine
so wvell that you hate to lose me? But
you will not really lose me, dear'.
Whenol I aim mar1riedl- "--'
"Ilush!" I interr'upted. "I won't
hear anmy mucre.,
And sobing bitteily, I bur'ied mny
face In my hands.
Of .course no0 heine would have
(d0n1 such ia thiing, but I was noD 1101
1 was only a foolish gir'l who had
lived bult eighiteeni years, and who
could only look forwvard to a long, long
life of lonmely misery-for I lovedl IIar
S(iney.
iIe had1( not meant to miake me love
him-I knew thamt, buit when I had come
hionme fomr my C.hrijntmas holidays, AlIce
hiad been away onm a visit, and so I had
seen him every (lay.
We had1( ridden5 and diveni, and1(
walked togethmer, andl, as I have said,
this mannmer held that unmconscious and14
linherent tend(ernless to wards tiIngs
weaker than himuself whlih had(1chamfed
my heart hito0 recklessly pouinig forth
itsa unhleeded treasures at hIs feet.
My excitement in repressing all tis,
and setting tile seal upon my misery,
brought Its ownm punishment.
For a week my life wvas again dles
paired of.
Then, because I did not wilsh the
blessing, strength came slowly back.
At last, when I. grew better, time phy
sicians said I mustB have a chan3e, ami 4
I stood with wide open riuns, waiting to
close about ine.
No need for me to tell the story, as I
hil my face upon his breast., and felt
hid kisses rain upon 'my hair.
Alice, my noble, darling sister, had
told it all. No need for me to ask for
giveness. Already It was mine.
1)id I deserve my happinless ? Per
haps not, but it was mine-mine at list,
as was the great noble heart of my
sister's guardian.
Alice had her wish- was her only
bridesmaid'; but after the ceremony was
ended which made her lIarry Strettont's
beloved wife, I took her place beside the
altar, no longer bridesmiaid, but bride.
Hencefort,h mny sister's guardian was
mine. . i
New Styles t1 Fans.
Who that has attet4c ci tle eti-as
listening to the stale gags and jokes of
the painted clown, while the band
blares and toots out. "My Mary Ann,''
butt hats heard the melodions voices of
of the boys that sell fruit, candies and
peanuts on the seats as he yells out.,
"Wave-coolers, only a nickel apiece
the paliu-leaf fan. Buy one ?" 'ans
are conmion now, yet there are many
unconuinoit fans. The styles hatve
greatly changed for the better since the
days when the huge peacock-feat her fan
andl paln-leaf were known at. every
colonial settlement anI camp tleeting.
Dropping into on of the largest, dry
goods stores in Chicago, while the mer
cutry was steadily climbing i'rou the
middle of the box clear up higher tlau
the price of butter, amnd the counter
whore the collection of fits were spread
out was thronged by fair buyers, when
at lnll in business pertnitted the neat
looking lady saleswomnan to talk to a
reporter, she retnarked: "Yes, the hot,
weather is making sales lively. ~..
began to feel discouraged wlen i 1he
weather was so colul, and there were
few sales except 'party lans,' or wet
dingt dowis.'
"There are a few new styles in fat ns,
but 1 think they are niotly very Ioie'
ly. A new thing is a .h:ipatese fan,
only to tell you the trtIi, it is inade itt
this country. It is a loug htandlhe, has
a black silk center, with hideous 'anl
painted '.lap' seems, iid with smiall
Inmgles all around the edge. Monte or
the old fans used to be ones wit.h Itand
paiitted port,rait of Garlield and moirn
ing trisiges.
" lHere is a crape inourning fan, and
here a white point lace aii down
fait lor weddings. This otte is worth
$15. Hlere is the highest priced fan in
the store. It is tnother-of-pearl sticks
and point, lace body, with pearl-dust on
the laice. It is inported froni Paris.
But we had one fan here for a Wab:tsh
avenue lady that' was specially ordered
for her frot Paris, n'id cost. $l5. It
was or point lace, with antiqte designs,
and was a beauty.
Now here are soine nice little fans
that will be all the rage among young
girls for street and theater use. They
are long handles, fully eighteen inches
long, with an oval body of black silk,
some having hitad-paitited flowers ati
ferns in the center; others little birds of
genuine feather. Soine iniiiiature pea
cocls, others gold-plated montogramis inl
tbe center, while black lace fringes en
circle most of them. Now, you would
think that these fans would lie very
costly, but, they ain't. It is surprising
how cheap these fatns are lauuflactured.
It only takes about 50 or 75 cents to
possess these fanls.
" There are some cheap fats here in
this lot, ranging from 15 cents to 25
cents. Here is one, a nice little con
ceit in straw. It. is braided tiwly, and
then t,urns and ols til. IIere is a'ehteapl
fait, a regular Chinese inake, with odd
fIgures ont the ritce paper, and little bells.
llere is a fan of swani's dlown, for smune
fair belle, thmat will cos1t her parenit
soineth ing like $20.. It, has d iamnol
d ust, strewnt over it.
"IlHere are the piahn leafs that are
almost given away. They conic in shiji
loatds, Packed in cratles, to New York,
anid are then sonit over the land. Ani
01(1 Idea at the senishlore last year was to
have your sweetheart's porttait, pain ted
on silk of light tinits, with 0odd coupllets
at the bottom. OhI, I cotild tell you1 of
many ftunny points ini fans, but. I nuist
attend to these ladies,'' and the lair
saleslaidy moved auway, while t.he re
l)orter sw~ain out,,
The I maiginanlon, of a niad nloy.
"I (lon't, think you atre reforminig
very much. It is wicked for a boy of'
yotur size to argue about such t hings.
Your folks hadl better sendl you to coli
loge,'" said the grocery imant to tihe hadi
boy. "' What do I want, t.o go to col
lege for and1( be a heartless hazer aml1(
poor base hall player? I canti bet 1boa
enough home,'' said thte boy. "' Thte
1mor1 1. readl, t,he mor0e I think. Somte
boys can take things as they read them
and( unot think anty for themselves, but. I
am a thinker fromi Thinkerville, amnt tmy
imaginat,ion play3s the dickens with mte.
There is nothing I read about, old t,imes
but what I comipaLre it w'.it,h the mie
line of busiiness of the present daty.
Nowv, when I tinmk of' the ishtermeni of
'iahilee drawinug their seinies I wonder'
iyhiat, they would hav'e done if t.here hiatd
beeni a law.~ against hauling seines, ats
there is ini WVisconsin to-day, atndl J cam
see a constable with a warrant for' the
a:rest, of' t,he Galilee hlshet'mnn, sniatih
lng thme old ap)ost.les and taking t,bem to
the p)olice stationi ini a patrol wagonm.
kniow it is wrong to thdik like thtat, but,
how cian 1 help1 it? Say, suppose those
fishbermen'i had been ottt hautlinhg t.hei r
seines, andl011 ourmiister shoutld comie
atlonag with his goodh clothies on, his
jointed rod, his niiekel-lhatted r'eul andio
his silk fishiniie amid his ptttt ilslhhook
and limt a ft'og on the hook andl cast his
line neatr the Gahlcee-liermnen and go
trolling for bass '? What (10 you siup
pose the lone fishiernmen of t,he J3iblde
times woul have thought about the
gall of then jointed rod fisherman? 1)o
yoit suppose they would have thr'own
stones in the water where he was troll
lng, or would they have told hhiun there
was good trolling around a point. about
a half a mIle up the shore, where t,hey
knew he wotikhi't get a bite in a week ?"
IowA and llinois report~ poor corni
proeptot. In some IoO.dities the corn
as rotting in tihe groud1,anid considerable
replanting is necesary.
so they sent me to the seaside, to visit
in aunt who had a cottage by the sea.
I was glad to go.
Had I stayed at home I should have
gone mad.
Alice and Mr. Sidney went with me
to the train.
I, hid bade her good-bye, and the
train was just about to start, when he
put his head In through the window.
"You will let me come and see you?
he said.
And I only had time to answer-"No,
no-you must not come!"
Only time for this, and to note the
swift look, so like pain, which swept
over his face, ere we moved away, and
my last glimpse was of them both
standing side by side, as they would
henceforth stand through life. Not
withstanding my injunction to the con
trary, he came. I had been In my new
home a fort-night, and some of the col
or was stealing back into my cheeks,
when one afternoon, as I sat alone
upon the piazza, dreaming as I dreamed
ill my idle hours away, a step sounded
Dn the walk, and looking up I saw the
face which a moment before had floated
in my fancy. For an instant I was
happy--supremely haPpy-and, spring
ing up, I held out both hands with a
rapturous cry of wlcone, then I sank
back, cold and stern again. But that
cry had brought him close besine me,
miid my hands were so tightly held in
his strong clasp, while his great brown
ayes looked into the very depths of
mnie, that I trembled and was still.
Merciful IIeaven! what was it that I
read there? Could it be that he loved
mte, and that he had wooed and won
Alice for her gold? I should have said
before that my sister was an heiress.
I had no power-not even that of
beauty; but IHart Sidney, I would have
sworn. was not ia man to be bought or
sold, to buy or to sell. I don't know
just what camle to me in that hour, that
moment, but though I realized, or
thought I realized, his baseness yet 1
coitld not snatch from my lips the cup
whose sweetness slaked their thirst. We
spoke no word of love, but every day
'ound him by my side. I was no longer
listless; I was brilliant even merry. I
laughed and sang as one might laugh
imd sing at the feast of death. These
rew days were all that were given to
ie to satisfy the hunger of a long,
lreary, empty life. Otice ie was about
,o speak to ine of Aliee. But I stopped
lim. I would not be reminded of the
hrrong I was doing her, for (lay by day
tid hour by hour told me that, though
the would share his life and have his
]aite, she w'ouldl never share his
eart, That. was mine! Another fort
light passed, and still he lingered. But
us return was tixed for the morrow. Oi
,he last evening we wandered down
,1pon the beach, silvered by the moon
ight. Standing in its rays, he turned
md faced me, clasping his hand over
nine as it lay upon his arn.
"Alie," lie said, "I love you, child.
roul are but a child and I am a man
vhto has outstripped you in the race
>f life by twenty years. But will you
rive yourself to mle, dear? Ilas it been
ny own blind fancy which has given
iirtlh to the sweet hope that I alone
night make your happiness?"
Ile paused then, waiting for iy an
wer.
Only a minute passed, but I ha<f
vakened from my dream. I had not
hought his baseness ever could ind
vords-had not thought my sister would
mnow his perjury. 1Icr good ness to me,
ier loving kindness to the child who
tind been her pet and plaything always,
and who thus reqIuitted it., Only a
ninute; but I had ton out my leart,
mdo tramtphed it. beneath my feet.. I
urned upon01 the man with hot, fierce
>assioni. I forgot that I had led him
mn. I forgot my own business, my own
ove, as I hurled my scorn at his dle
enioelessness. W hat bitrn ing, scatinig
vordis I utsed I know mnot, but when I
iad finished lie offered me again his
Lrmn, from which I haid wvititirawni my
:hasp, and he wvalked back in silenice to
Ite house. Yet as hte left me, st.ill
vithiout a wvord, I felt, strange to say,
imly my ownt guilt. lie had not b)orne
timnself like one convicted of a wvrong,
I.'he next week I wemnt home.
Alice wvas the h'rst to mieet. me, and
hat night sihe crept into my rooin aiid
Encit down beside ime as she had dotne
;efore.
" I)arling,'" she wvhisered, "' next,
ntonth 1 am to be imarried, andl you ame
o be my only bridesmaid."
"1 canniot I" 1 answered, "I)on't
8sk me, Alice, it would kill mec I"'
"1Do you really love me so wvell, dear?
hit you will niot refuse mte this ? it
vould mar all my hiappintess, Aline, and
am1 5o hiappy. WVhten yout haive seeni
larry -wheni you learn to kntow and11
ove him for hitmself-you wvilI better
mnderstand."
" larry I"' I gasped. " Who is he ?"
" JIarry-Itarry Stretton ; the nmn I
cm to marry. WVhy, Ahine, you told
no you knew it aIll. Is it possible you
11(1 not know ?'"
Anid then site told me of tIhe entgage
nent which had been entered inito durii
tig her (Chrmistmaus visit-an entgagementt
intally ratifled amid applroved by her
guiardhian whilst I was so ill. It had
>eent this she had beeni about t,o tell
ne-this 1 1had( refuised to hear. Oh
he burniimt shame with which I listenmed
t last I Antd then a wild impulse
cized me to tell her all the truth. Site
hiould not believe mue better thamn I was.
shte should know how mean, how piti
tble I had1( beeni, event though I bought.
ier hate andl contemtpt, as doubtless I
itd b)ought liartt Sidntey's. I (lid not
pare myself as I told the story. in
ilence site hteard it through anid then
he sealed mty lips with the kiss of~ love
ndi( pardon. All nightt I battled with
nty misery andl remorse.-.
Alice expected her lover the next (lay.
felt I dared nt meiet htiun. In the
ifterinooni she canto Into miy troom.
"Somne 0one wishes to~ see you in the
Ibrary, (lear," she said. " WVIIl you go
lown ?"'
SIhe spoke so quietly that I suspected
tothting, anid asking nto qutestions, wett
town stairs, and crossed the hail to the
'om designated. I thought It empty
or a moment a.s I closed the door be
uind me. but at the sound seine one
tepped from the window recess-some
ne who advanced one step and then
Actors' lomes.
A., a rile, only the small fry actors
are left lounging aroind the lamp-posts
and bill boards of Union Square. The
better people--porhaps no better than
those who remain, but the people who
earnt the better salaries at ai' rate
have found rest and recreation in many
shady nooks around about the country
side. It is only necessary to visit sonie
of these actors' retreats to realize how
trite is the notion that actors are all
i3oleinilans, living from hand to mouth
without visible imeans of support.
Why along the New Jeisoy coast.
froin Sandy hook to Ocean Grove
there are two dozen actors' hoines as
o9 aconmfortable as anym nant in
es would wish
a e_ r6*v e H4| ldidas of Nave
sink-,,1ebk1Ijg fuipo 'thei b6dnde
waters, three Or four T - thei I have es
taDltshe(l their lares and penates.
Joseph Wheelock was the pioneer here.
lie has a ' lain little cottage, but, in
deflitely e,infortable and cosy. 13Lt
within a stone's throw there is the
itore p retentious and inore inodern
homie of the Welsters--,luhn of that
ilk and Nellie Mcileiry his wile, the
cleverest of soubrettes-antm beside
this again is the still larger place of
W. I. llalydnc, nlanager of Toitn
Keene. 'I'lte house, which will be a
large one, is not. yet iiiislied, and will
cost altogether some $21,000. Tle
view that is to be obta.inued froti the
front stoop of these threo houses is not
to be surpassed in all A nerica. Ilalf
a inile inlaind is the beautiful houso
Neil Butrgess is buil(ling. Pour or
live imiles over the roast there is the
Queen A ie band-hox of Oliver l)oltl
lyronl. It runs fron the road right'
down to the spacious beach, anud Itron
is never tiredl of putting add...onal
bits to this house, ant by the way,
though seltioin spoken of because lit
ruus to a low order of art, Byron
is une of the wealthiy actors. Ile lias
tbrec or four lots oil Aoninouth u.etchi,
and half a dozen houses in Brooklyn.
All this has beeni obtained at. t he price
of great frugality; but, at hiine iByront
is "oie of the boys." 1)1iving down
Oceau' avelnie a little way fturt.her on
there is a tract. I land froiting on the
sea, belonging to little Maggie Mitchell.
it is worth $7r,1000. Beyond the
United States, one of, the handtsoinest
cottages seen ol the great, drive is
Theodtore Aloss's. But he has rented
it of late years and lives near Red
Baiink, on the threvs,ury, with his
lanily. Frank Mtaeder's anl Nate Mals
bury's little places are on l'Ieasure Ba),
Beyond the West E.ndl Hotel there is
the fatted Actors' Row, beginning
with .ohn I1oey's intgnilicent place.
Further on there is Mary Aniersnu's
prett,y estate, which she aiupuired fruom
ALatt Cainiig, the mianager. It is
about eight acres ink extentantlid increas
iug in vattlue every year. Next door,
S81 to alpealk, is John W. Al1augh's
place. It is coniifortable andl pleasant.,
but one of the sitallest, of all of thein.
Alhost, opposite is the house and ex
tenlsivu grounds belonging to Mr.
Villian llendcrson, late the nialager
of the Standard Theatre, aiid the geni
tlenuan who thinks that, by process of
law, he can prevent Lillian Itiussi,ll
froit singing inl l,aundon. Alri. Ilen
derson is t,e wife of AI r. I Iiitlderson.
butt Ett.ie Ilende'rsonl is nuores. Slhe
has written at least one successful
play, andL soilo years back wat: a Starh
a ctress of reutlwnl. Site has a ehallr1i
ing daughter. Furltier uip the road
there is the (hafn'ratit, ainong iltIn allI
the nist Ioiielnike an(I beatiUI'tl. Tie
old hih)uie stretches over i godl are o
gi oniidt. I"roin the low porch we etr
t.he p)laLin suite of roonis, in the priinci
pal1 of whliichi ani aiile sideboa,rd is
full of hospitable rellet.ionis. No kini
dher hosht, no inore buautiful hiostess
than rieI this (chainliing hiomte. A side
r'oad( runnin bg towanit iElberun leadls to
Alaggie Mlitchells hotiie. .N ature,t tto,
has beautifully etidowed the plaice with
its old and1( rare trees, its beatuttiful
shtrulbbery and its geniitrah .Old Womrlt
air. I.0 ftrntis one osf the iinost, pleats
anlt, to visit, of all1 these aLctors'
honties. D)iagonlhly oppo.site here is
the )hld Watlhitck estate, where t.he
prince of all t,he Wallacka, .Jamesc W.,
liad his httunt. Ilere lhe died. liere
Alr. Willianut WlIlack( passedi aLway
soic twou yearis sintce, atitt t.he estate
went to Ish iss IFannity I 'rest.yr, at distanit,
relat,ive of1 Mir. WaLhIIIk. Its last,
iioted tenant, was Mir. .Johnit Itissell
'Yoiung, jutst, before lhe was aphpoinitedl
AIlister to CJhina.
Lookinig tiown the coalst, andi tleavinig
Actors' 1tow~~ behiniid we lh l no lu riter
bionues of thleini t.ill we conio to OJceani
GArove, bit t.hen we aIre wellI reswantedsu.
lIIere L ew is MAlorrisoni has 1bu1ilt himi a
house that, is as5 pret,ty as5 anythig
along thus whitle cost,t. lier' his wif'e
ItOi, W, tAud, passes~ ani l abnot, ideal i
but,weent her t,wo chianinig dauighiteis,
fron whoin Albel-ltose villa derives
I itlitune. Th'Iis is the niew~est, ofl the
aLctorts' htomecs atlontg thtis coast, but
severaLl inore aie go,ing tip this comning
yeaIr. t, maity be w~ort.l hm ilIt to dhevog e
a fe5w paIges by anid by to t,er actors'
hiomes in ther' places, for t,h is list dhoes
ntot ichtide one-tiuart er of thetn.
I buiinig ai recenut visit, to a farmier re
5idl ing ini ihe nieighbhorhiood of Aliiineapto
his, we bieamie imore i mipressedi than
esver'1. that, eveirgreen's atkI niture to t,he
beauIi fuil appehtaranie of aL f4am homie
t.lui dcciuous Irees. Th'ley are nt
onily ttannetal, but tbey are uisefuil as
win d -breaks. Tihie piclturiesquin appleatr
antces of evergreenis whlen tastefully set,
out. aroumd the buibulinigs auth in ther
lawts, cau tses an enjo'yiinenit to everyone
whot visits tIhe neighiborhoodl, and what,
is iinterestiing to those who set, t hem
oitt on their puremnises is that,, besides
the besauty thtey unpallrt, they aLre ler
feet,ly handy. Th'Ie Norway spruce,
Scotch, A ustrian, 'white and1( nat.ive
puine, red and wvhite cedIar at-e in most
giotuds as har'dy as the oak. We Ihnd
these and ot.hiet' varnieties of esvergr'een~s
in t.hi hands of all our nurseryimn, so
it is in the lprovince of all to purchiase
themi at a smatll expense.
TEPFI milk and water oigang oil cloth
- ithout ,soa I -
e'Ctase the Cirott."
A telegraph operator in Uhicago recentlj
said about the stran(est thing I reienbel
was when I was working nights at a littlh
station on the Chicago, Burlington anc
Qilucy R >ad. The wire was pretty busy,
for it was a had, sleety night, and th<
trains all got off their time and had to gel
orders from the train dispatcher at alnosi
every station. At about one o'clock in ti<
morning the line was opened-that is, thi
circuit was broken-for a little while, and
then I heard the word ''Help" cone ovet
tle line several tunes. The dispatcher be.
came very angry and when the line closed
an ins,ant he would make a figure 8,
which means for everybodly to close th<
circuit and keep off the lne. That wori
'help' cane a dozen times or so, and then
he w)4 left open. Bornohow I wat
aw 11y.frlghtet4d. , .1 .Jould*feel chilli
rui nlg down my -back, ahd. felt' as II
there was sometling standing right behind
inc. We all had to switch our iustru
nents to another wire and finish up the
work that needed to be done at once.
'hen we set about locating the break by
means of our ground wires. While thi
was going on I became very nervous and
was sure something terrible had happened;
and that samie feeling that sonething wai
behind inc grew until I was almost airahd
to look. Then the door right behind me
opened, and the (lay operator stood a mo
unent and said *11L11)' in a st.range, weird
kint of voice, and went away with not
another word, closing the door as he went.
I was so fright.ened I did mot lollow at
once, but when I went out I"rank-Frank
Jel'rsl n1 was hiis naie-was nowhere to
be seen. I felt strange, tin,l of bewil
dered, as if it was half dratn inI half real.
When I went back mo the all1.:e the tis
pat.cher hatt lecatedt the break between iny
oiH :e and the next one east, about six
niles away. in those days the operators
were all supplied wit,h eliil ,rs, and letl
to go out anud repair hues under sui cir
cnmtanlces, but 1 wiuildn't have gone out
over the hoe tlist night, for the whole rail
roatt I was ordered to go east until I
met the operator who would go out, from
the nexn station, but I clidu't do it. I
said I wouli, and then . I lay down on
my Iounwe and waited for something to
tun u1' tutid I knew it woihl Ie aoie
tiing turrible. I thought of Frank's
strange way ol coiting to thits ior ant
saying "IlIelp iIn so agonizing a tone,
antit then going aw'y and noteining back,
anti i caine to the cuueition there hail
heen a sinash -up anui lrnik huad run off to
it. Bit if I had known 1 ou!ht, to ,o I
couhin't have done it, ftor I was as weak
as a cal.
in ab. ut half an hour the line was
cI'sedi, andu in auot.her h'lf hour a mas
saigi was received fromi the next station
syting tihe reak was at a bridge between
oti stations, and that 1''rank Jefierson lay
there with hLit legs (tit oil, dead, and
with one enit of the broken wire in his
hanti. We afterw'nt leanwued Ihat Frank
h.itI been over to the next. town to a iiaince,
and was 4!.lmin14 honie ()n at freight whom
he fell oil unoeel oat the bridge and was
run over. ' w'hn, it.h his t'e \mining
life, lie eriwlei to the edge of the brige,
wi'ere the telegraph wire was strung,
and breakingl the wire telegraphied the
word 'llelp,' .hat we heard by touching
the einds to.et.her. If you c*m tell how
it was I saw i"rank in the dloorway at the
time he lay 1here tiead, 1" dytyt1g, you ein
dIo more t.han I hope ever to t. Aty
way, 1 shall always th,ink lie died at. just.
the ininite i saw liin in the doorway;
alnit, nioreover, I shall always think thi're
is somet.hing true behind sone of the
ghost stories.
Long Lim il thu Stiiit+w.
A studenit of the relorts of the teth
ecntIas his cotli(iled at tailhe t'or the pmIr
ja.oae ta'fli hw inig ini what Stalt e oi Stat en
oine hams theat best, ubanace tor a lonig life.
Niew liainphatira' e.'ins to hiajn to be the
famvtorite retfuge of grteen old( age, ri lie
linitls thfat. onme-sevenit y-fo'urith ofat thie im
habitinits arme ami. Ieasnt 80 years obil. TIhet
proporlt.mioni ainitong imtt.ivye wihit" iia lte
is 1 to 80I, huil. tIhe enivirinenit, ini New
l 4ianlhirie neis ta hmave baeeii even
mtoie t'av iorable toa pra~ei'rvation of a lfe
ini the oilier sex, foir the proorait ioni
amoiig tiative white tfeanales is I ta 5>8.
their Neow Enaglandmi Stat en doa not, coan
taini (jlite Sto inaniy 01(1 pers5ons, thte
average proporlmtit)i for' the six being 1
ini i3l. Cioinig to New Yoirk lie hinds
t-hat t'or' one parson wiho has reacheit.d
t.he age tat 80) there are 161 who have
inot. beenm Xo fotaiuniate, amnd in the three
M iddt te Sl ates l te average paroporat ioni is
I ini 182. As het gosn ouithiwardt lit
isciovers a. gr'eater' paiiondeiraince of
yoiang bloodei. tor ian nix South At,antic
State the aiverage propt,ii onii is I ini
21)3. Th'le G tail' St at es afford a less at.
tn'iet.ive shlteir foru tihe aigetd, f'or t.he
averaige i.s I ini 300.
lIn '.'exasi, wYherte it inanyii wVorthy
personis tdi( wvith thmeir boots oin ini hae
prlimie tof life, oinly one octotgeiiarin
cnbe founad ini a gromup of. 497 eitizenis,
Th'ie average r'ises agin ini thme initer(or
.StaLU i.est of. t.hx Atlinsissippli, but in:
the great, hake States it, falls to one in
263, a goodi ti age beiing attainied with
the gretiest dillicuilt,y ini (l.h wealt,by
amid priosperousii Stalte of Illtinotis. Iin
seven States west, of the Mississippi
R{iver thme agedi rarely appear, for,i thae
aveaage proport)itioni is oine ini 4t5. Ln
Iowai a eirop of 334 personas yields onaly
tote who hams reachmed thme age of four-.
seore. lit Minnaesota, Nebraskca and(
Kainsas onmly onte of these aiged citizens~
canm lie fonid in a gr'oup thmat, wombt
yield t,wo in Iowa, andh ini Colotado1 150
inhlabitanits amst, pass ini revlivw before
ani tat.agenaariani comaes ina sight. Thel
oli amre evenI amor)e r'are ini Nevada, but
ini (ahfornaia and1( Oaegoni the priopiortion,
is narlly one1 in 500. I f theo inhmabitanits
of t.he wvihoecouintriy could be assemiibled
ini 227 grouups it would be0 possible t.
place at, tIme head1 of' each gr'oupj onie
patiarch of' 80 or mmor'e years. So on1
studenait, aasuminmg tamt tontg life is tht
inalienaible right oh' thoie who r'eside in;
.New IIalashireo, Vermnonit anid Mainae,
ciles :"lee to the mnounitains oh .New~
Enighand for health and longevity I"
hInt these figures, although they ay
have been carefully compiled, areo mis
leading. If the bounmdarles of' our1
States were walls so high and so thihck
that no oneo could get over thom,
and if these walls had secture
ly shut in the inhabitants for eighty oi
ninety years while they were coming
Into the world growing and dying ar
enumeration o1 each segregated d3att
group- with a. nintamant:onf aeh narnan
age, might Prove that in one State old
men and women could be more easily
grown than in another, and might re
veal the best soil for such mature crops.
Boundaries are not walls. Emigration
is a mighty factor in this problem.
Young men and women have been go
ing out of Now England into other
States, and especially into the West.
Old nen and women have returned to
New England to pass their last days
whore they were born, by the
side of other old men and women
who have passed all their lives
there. And so we find that the
young are comparatively few while
the old are many in the States of New
England. The figures which relate to
other Eastern States should be accom
pauied by e exp ipation, and.
by othe ' aiu nr 'to..ever'
thtotight pers .' .' -., --r - , .. z ;l"', , '
And hy should we expect to find
aged men in Colorado or in the other
States which were almost tininhabited
a few years ago? There has not been
time for them to grow there atl very
few of them have gone there trotn other
parts of the Couit,.v. The same state
1ent can be tade concerning other
States, but with le.ss and less force as
we approach the Atlantic coast from
the west. The subject. grows as we ex
anine it, itnaiy explanations-the in
1huence of foreign imigration, the vary
ing attractions of otte's native soil,
inortality in the late war, a thousaiit
and one causes for mIovenients of the
young and niiddle-aged-crwdcl the
uinid. Figures, it is said, do not lie,
but sonmetimes they deceive those who
hltdlh theiln with t1he best tntentiins.
Long life cai be more easily attained
it, is true, il sonie places than it can Ie
in others, but tlie ligures quiloted above
throw but little, if any, light upon the
subject of the iuluiry.
(iarrI$onl L,tie.
In the great war forts of otur country
Reveille roll-call is sounded at. sunrise.
'Theni all the enlisted men of the garri
son forin inl front, of their respective
Cenpianliy quarters or barrack-buildings
and answer to their nanies, which are
called by the First Sergeant.. The First
Sergeant. reports the result of the roll
call to his cotipaiy ollieer, who in turn
reports it to the ltllcer-of-the-Day, wvho
standing in the centre of the parade
grotid, receives the reports, which he
in tiurn hands over to the commanding
ollicer later on, during ollle hours.
)irectly after reveille the men have
stables and then breakfast.
6 A. M. goes sick call, when the lame,
the halt and the blind not already in
the hospital, and who are in need of
tuedical attendance, report to the sur
geon inl charge and have their several
ills att,ended to.
At 7 o'clock A. By. fatigue call Is
sounded, and the differentL working
part ies are assigned to their several
ditties, and at 8 o'clock is heard the
Iirst call for guard mount. This is a
beautiful cereioiy, and in reality
iatguartes the new military day, as an
entire chaige of the guard details, is
tuade, the new Imenl marching on duty
and reieving the old guard of ita
twent y-four iouirs of watching. After
ihe iount there is a drill for two hours.
A ll the ollieers and all the uien who are
not on duty' at, this timie altend the
d till. 'I' private soldliersare instruct
Of iii the inanual of aris, tactical
nioveients and the general use of the
service rille. Recall from all dnty is
aitotuiced ott the bugle at 11 o'clock,
aned the 1ien rest ihenselves until i
o'clock, wliei fat., , call is again
heard and o wrk roe -ed. iecall is
giv'.en at. -I o 'clock, ii. supper soon af
ter. Precisely at t undo)wn1 i eard the
first, call for retreat and ten minutes
later the asselnbly. Th'le mntn again fall
ini ranks to anisw.t-r to their nanies, and
ani untdtess parade is gone through
witt. Soittetiunos thtis is variedl be
dtress parade, whvlichi is one of the fiest.
ceretinonies kntownt to thme military icr
vicze. TIattoo is beaten at 9 o'cleck
t'. .1., whleni all iniust, lbe present, once
inote to antswer to their nantes, anid
fifteen iiuttes later ithe sound( of' the
lahs is heard, all lightts are extingutish
ed atnd sleep becoinies the business of
the hourt. 'lThis endus thte rezitino of
rIt,y for the enlisted miie.
For)i the tIllier, the&ir t,iine is as coii
liuotusly o(citcuie, but, iii a diiferet
way. At least one ollicer' of each cotin
huaty inutst, lie prtesent at every roll-call
--reveille, ret-reat and tat,too, atnd otto
iist go ott ditty with thme new guard
every inorintg ats tificer of thle day. All
attenid drill who are tnot engaged ini
ot.her dluty, w.~itht the excetion of the
Contautandulig (O)licer, Adljutant,, Qumart
eriniaster andiu I astructor of Mlusketry.
For t,wo hours tbey Hsuperintecnd with
great, care the instruction of the mtemn
inistilhinug into the solilier a proper sense
of his dtuty . l'Tere atre general atnd
garrison courtS-itnart,ial, Boards or' Surt
voy, aind other inninerable duities
which detizantd t,izim and attenttioni itttil
the retreat,gitni is heard. ILt is a mtistake
to Suppose5 t,bat. ohlicers of' the arnmy
stationme(t ont the fr'ontie sI penmd the
matmjom; port,ion of' their t,ittue in gamnblinig,
drmikmg aul cardi-platyinig. AMany
i'hasteirt lpaper's have advanceed this idea,
bitt it is nt,trite that, time hmangs hmeavy
on t,heir hanzds fromz anty wanit of dut,y
t.o perform. Those ollicer:s of the army
who have lat,ely broutght dhiscredit upont
t,he ser'vice are not examples by w.hich
the entire lute antd stall are to be judged;
they ate exceptions to the rule. No
civilian in the United States can feel
the poinited disgrace as keenly as the
ofllcer's do theumseves ; and that they
are ntot part,iial in their jud(gment,,
but adminitster justice wivth conscieni
t,ious flieflt,y, wit.ness tIme result of the
coturit-mtatiat in cx- i'aymaster Wassomn's
case.
Wit,h one or two exceptions, every
army oflicer itt the Untited States service
woul stfer ain)ost any degree of pun
ishnment rather tihan bring dishmonor uip
on thme straps he wears.
To PIREVENT the hair falig oli'horses'
mamnes and to restore tue growth rub
the skin or the part with the following
mixture, vii. One pmnt of alcohol and
one dram of tinotare of oanltharide.
Give the horse a dose of salts (twelve
ounces) and feed some wheat bran,
which will allay the irritationi of the
skn to wi iQlh the loss of htin dt