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4 4 - -4- -'-' 4'4 bE E WS ., E TIRI-WEEKLY EITJON. /.W1NNSBORO. S.i;., APRIL i 4, 1888.ESAJIHD14 Another Way. i i Al, come to ne in dreams, and then, One saith,, I shall be well again, For; then the night will more than pay The' weary longing of th& day. Nay, come not in those dreams, my sweet, t With shadowy robes, and silent feet, And with thue voice, and with the eyes 'That gretit me In a soft surprise. t Last night., last night, in dreams we met, And how, to-day, shall I forget, Or how, remombering, restrain Mine incotnmunicable pain? Nay, where thy folk and country are, Dwell thou, remote, apart, afar, Nor mingle with the shapes that sweep The melancholy ways of sleep. But if, perchance, the shadows break, If dreams depart, and mnen awake, I f face to face at length we see, Be thou the first to welcome me. C A GIRL'S SUCCESS. "It is high time you were thinking t of marriage, Jessamine,' said rich John Wilmot, at the tea-table, one evening. And his daughter crossed her kiiife g and fork at exact angles, and waited curiously. Something unusual was al- I ways forthcoming when her father call ed her Jessaline, in that grave pomp- - ous way. "I said that it was time that you t were .thinking of marriage," he re peated, slowly, with his eyes fixed upon her face and his finger pointed impre-' sively at her. "Now, John-'? began his wife. with a helpless, bewildered look at father and daughter-such a one as she al . ways gave in case of a well-bred dispute between the two (she was a family non entity). "I wish to manage this affair myself, u if you please, Mrs. Wilmot," frowned her husband. "Did you hear me, Jes- b samine?" 1 "Yes, sir," Jessie answered, deibure- t ly, with downcast lids, that hid a defl- r ant gleam in her eyes. t "Give me an answer, then-some thing. What do you think about it?" l{Iaid Jhin Wilmo.t, impatiently, and, if . lie would have confessed it, somewhat a nervously. For even lie could not fail to see that a this "chip of the old block"?possessed a l large amouit of her father's determina- a tion. "I don't know as-as it makes any c difference how much I may think about it," faltered Jessie. "Ladies seldotn d mat ry until they are asked. Unfortun ately leap year has gone by, or I-" "W ill you be quick, miss?" shouted the father. "Leap year, indeed! Iguess t my daughter won't beg for a husband!" "I should say not!" breathed Jessie. "Will you be quiet?" thundered John Wilmot, "I have something very im- t portant to tell you. I had four calls to-day from very e'igible men, asking permiesion to address you upon the sub ject of matrimony-yes, five, I might Eaty, although the fifth would count only in aauda-city." '"Well?" Trhero was a slight sarcasm ini her C even tone, and a slight color upon h:er cheek. "Yes, it is well-so I told them all. Blut I added that yott must decide be tweenm them. I could not choose for C you in such an important matter." And hd leaned back ini his chair, ihe picture of magnanimity. C "T1hat was kind of you, pap)a," smnil- I ed Jessie. "Well, who was the first to honor m? "The first?-aheml" lie began, with I a keen side glance. "The first was the ~ president of the bank-Hon. James B3enson, who-" "T1hlat old man! Fifty years, if lie Is a (lay," cried Jessie. No; 1 t'hank you. Who next?" "But he is worth a million if lhe Is a cent and his wife can lead the fasha ions," urged the father. "Let her! I won't make' a, fashion plate of myself with his money," pout ed Jessie. "Who next?" John Wilmot looked angrily at her. "Senator Johnson's son, who-" "That red-headed, insignficant - dude, there!" screamed- the young lady, in a very undIgnifled way. "Well, I - declare! Who next?, "You are very hard to suit,. miss," said he~ father, sharply.' "What do0 you sa oLord Biaronsly from Eng land, then?" . "I say that lie Is a conceitea popinjay,. and no more an English nobleman than you or I," flashed Jessie, scornfully. "Is lie the best you have to offer me?" "AhemP' and lie eyed her with ris ing displeasure. "There is neighbor Wilson's son, a likely fellow, wvith a good prospect before him. In all but wealth, I rather prefer him to tihe others." "Did he-did ITeon Wilson ask npe.. nission to win me for a wife?'' she'de nanded, quickly. "Well-no-not exactly," he answer d, hesitatingly. "-is father visited no, and we-" "Thought it might be a good thing o unite the families, I suppose," inter upted Jessie. "I thought that was he way of it. Leon has been a btother o me so long a time thatwe shall never hink of any closer relationship. 1jut ou spoke of a fifth one. Who was hat?'' "That? Oh, that young Lee, you f ten see go by with a tin dinner-pail in ne hand.'' And John Wilmot looked the disgust vhich he could not speak. '"What did you answer him?" Jessie's voice was ominously calmi, ike the hush before a tdiniest. "I let Sam answer him with the too f his boot. I had no words to waste n such-such a person, and Sam kick d him out." And by John Wilmots face one would ave thought him the injured party. "Kicked him outi" repeated Jessie, udignantly, as she arose and stood be ore her father with flushed .cheeks and ef1l it eyes. "Isn't 'such a person' vorthy of *consideration, papa? Isn't larold Lee honest and manly?" "1 suppose so, but-Bless my soul, essaminel I believe you have a fool sh liking for the follow. If I really bought so, I'd--" and John Wilmot asped for breath. "I will never marry without your onsent, papa," said Jessie with danger us sweetness. "But you know you List said that I must decide such an nportant affair myself. I surely do Ike Harold Lee, and I'surely shall not oarry until I marry him' . "Go' to your room, nlissI" shouted olin Wilmot. "You can stay there ntil you come to your senses." "Thank you, papa. You will think otter of - this, and keep your word, I now," answered Jessie, as she-moved oward. the door.." "I *ill go to my :om, but 1 will not promise to stay lere." And she did not stay there. Mhe nuved restlessly DaO1antid-Tc'li icking a few valued trinkets into' a nail leather traveling bag, together rith one or two of her plainest dresses, Lothed herself in a close-fitting. riding abit, and then waited until darkness nd silence fell over. the earth. Then she stole out into the night, aressed the house-dog a moment, roll i the stable-door noiselessly back, sad led her own pony with nervous haste, iounted and rode down the village breet, along the bank of the noisy tream, and "into the mountain road hat led' to the popular summer resort wenty miles away. She did not clearly know what she atended to (10, save that she intended o frighten her father into acquiesc nece. In Reading she had an aunt whom he but dimly remembered, but who lie felt sure would aid her in her ,heme. Jessie patted the poney's neck en ouragmngly, as they entered the dark vods andi( hummed a tune to quiet her wn fear. Ilow dark this mountain forest was! und how still I only the weird, long cry f some night-bird, and the beats of her ony's feet, broke the stillness. She could alniost hear her own starti d heart throbs, but she would not turn ack. Four miles were speedily covered. lhe wasi now half way to the top of the mountain, b)ut the other half was steep nd tiresonie. On thme other side the descent was moothuer and more gradual. She was ecoming used to the strange ride, and ather enj'oyed her' freedom. But hark! Away downu the monn ain, from the thickets she had just >assed, came a dismal sound-a long rawn signal-the eager howl of the inngry timber wolf when it has scent d prey!. The pony heard it and leaped convul uvely forward, while Jessie shrieked loud. Seine .one else heard it, too, and the ry for help. Harold Loe, Indignant nd enraged, had resolved to shake the lust of Blingham from his feet, and try ils fortunes elsewhere. His employer wished to Bend a new oad-sprinkle to Reading, and the tenm lollars eardied by driving it there was as cceptable to Harold as any other hon. stly-earned money. is horses wore wearily climbing the teep mountain side when the howl of lie timber wolf anyd Jessie's startled ry reached him. The next Instant lie hieard the clatter >f feet as tihe frightened .pony dashed oward him. Controlling his own horses by a nighty effort, he loaned forward as lie pony swept mally by, seized Jessie flimly a id drew her to the seat: beside him. Even as he did so,-the eager cry of the wolf was,answered and reanswered by the comrades which lie had called to his horrid banquet. "What can we do?" moaned Jessie. 'We can die together, dearest," an swered Harold, as he audaciously kiss' ed the willing lips of Joh Wiimots daughter. A On came the gathering pack nearer 1 and nearer, more eager and more sure. The top, of the mountain was reach- 1 ed, and the horses sprang madly down the descent, passing the poor pony, which uttered a squeal of fresh terror as they dashed by. 'Pooi' Gyp," breathed Jessie, with a shudder, as the animal's cry became an almost human'soniid, an'd mingled with the savage howls ,and eager yelps, which told that it was overtaken. "Tha will give up a-longer ticie," said HarMd, grimly. But one small pony' is a slight meal for a pack of hungry wolves, and they were soon in eager pursuit again, -eav ing a few scattered bloody bones to tell the fate of the gallant pony. Nearer and nearer they came, their t cruel eyes 'glistening, their jowls drip ping blood. The horses sprang fgward with out stretched necks and paitig sides and the sprinkler rocked .uneasily. Harold turned the crank, and sent a fine spray into the eyes of the astonish ed wolves. They fell.back with a howl of , dis may, and many' secohds of valuable time wore saved. t They soon dashed ahead with fresh courage, avoiding the water, but ei-. deavofing to reach the horses. "It is all over wJth us," groaned Harold, as the near horse gave a cry of human agony. "They have got the horseo it last! Quick-the ti apl It is the onl chance!" The Jooies',no longer needed.a driver, and throwing the reins 'aside, lie open ed the, trap door in the top of 'the sprinkle0, lod*ered Jessie into the water fgJlwed h er nuiokl._-.andJathAdr. UI but no ta second too soon-for the door, as it fell, caught the paw' of one great brute, and othrs leaped to the ground with elps of bafllpd rage. The frightened squeals of*theillorsos died' away in dying nioans. Harold and Jessie crouched in the water, and listened to the wolves as they crunched the bones and fought fcr the last rein nants of the feast.. Then came a long weary time of waiting and suspense, until, when Har old cautiously raised the trap, he was greeted by the welcome sunlight, and the wolv had vanished with tho night shadows. They clambered to the seat and bask ed in the warming sunbeams. And there an anxious party found them, a few moments later-a party headed by none other than John Wilmot himself, which had started fearfully for the scene of the wolf concert, and fo,tfhd Jessie's traveling--ag among the bloody remains of her pony. "Thought you'd elope, did you?" asked John 'Wilmot,- sternly' although lie longed to clasp his dau hter. in his arms. "Well, stand up! 4rson Brown is h'ere with us~, and you iBy as well be married now as any time. 'Stand up!" "But, father-" began Jessie, blush ingly... "Stand up, I sayl" roared .ohn Wilt mnot. And so it happened that Jedie eloped when she did not intend tol andh, al though an heiress, wvas married in a dripping riding-habit; but there is no happier wife in the band to-day. Thought it an ironclad Rale. There is al'good story .teld, howing the matter-of-fact character' of the average Englishman, which is prba bly new here, lie was take a young lady, while visiting Chi4f~~ see the really fine machinery at Water Works in that city. E'geryb6d who has seen these wvorks hias also doubtless observed right opposite 4thie door of entrance a large box of sawdust having above it the notification on n board: "'Visitors are requested to use .tihe spittoon." Our English friend en tered the building, and seeing the pla card, shrugged huis shoulders noncha lantly, walked up - to the sawdust box and expectorated, iIe' was astonished to hear a shriek of dismay behind him, and turning spwv the young lady disap- ~ pearing through the entrance. He-I hastily followed and began to make ext. cuses for some supposed mistake. "'What did you dQ that for?" said the lady. "Do what? 'indeed, I am un aware of any faux p'as." ' "What did you dlo that mn the box for?" "Oh, waus I wrong? I read the notice, and though I thought it strange, I supipos-. ed it was a custom of the country, and I endeavoedn to adant myse to it. A OTfIJ MAMMOTH OAV1. MIaJ ia oiains to Iiival' ti> eroat Great iteiest preauis ov'er the dis eovery of wliat promises to be in won er I second Kentucky Mammoth Oiave, ound .on; a; farin dne mile rtl of [iu villt- rciitly hought. by ^1t. M. ulrei, "wtinioved hre a few weeks 0o froni Greetville, Mich. it .has an believed for some 3 ears that there as a cave there, but nothing was hown of its character or extent. herefore, Mr. Fuller in company withi was other gentleinen made. elaborate reparations and 'explored it. At the 3&trance it was found Co be fully fifty oet from the surface to the main floor )t the cave, whi'ch ran almost perpen iculat with a couple of bench-liko pro actions of rock, extending out about Iye feet. Upon theso, by turns, a 1*ort ladder 'rested until they reached ge main entrance, vhen, lanterns were tt, and the party started upon an un nown journey of doubtful proflt or leasure. In a few minutes the ex flrers discovered that they were in a ,emendous cave, and in order to make i-e of a safe return they posted lights wery 200 yards along the route travel 3. They, report a most wonderful dis 'very, and estimate the main room to 0 about 250 or 800 acres in area, hav g no supports above but a solid rock ich 9ne-half mile in length and thirty eet In thickness., The side walls and verhead are Lovered with the most eautiful crystals, which glistened in he lantern light, and in many places all pyramids of stalagmites and stal atles were found equal to any ever efore seen. After going three or four hours races of water were found, and, going o the right a quarter of a mile, they ound a magnificent lake of pure, fresh, unnimg water,.clear,as crystal and full )f silver fish without eyes,. but, having 1o tackle, they could only gaze in won er. The lake at the point first seen :ould not be estimated in width, be ause the lantern would not throw the i4bt a sufl ant distance to -readh the allicu vnere-tnrowir )y sever t pia'rty with full force, which fAled:to Aih it and fell with a 1plash hito the water, which from the ound id icated it depth of thirty or orty feet. From estimates made it Is )elleved the water is from eighty to 100 'et below the earth's setface. After ollowing up the stream for some dis ance an opening was found indicating mother room, which could not. be eached on account of the high water ai the lake, though the indications are lat it is fully as large as the one ex lored. Having been in the cave five lours and it was growing late, the )arty returned to the ..en'ranco. Mr. ller has christened the cave Shelta dick, in honor of one of his daughters, nd will place within the opve an elec rio light, and otherwise make improve nents- li and around the cave, so as to ender it a pleasant and interesting re ort to.ylsitors. A Green Dinner. A society girl, of that exquisite jonde fairness of pomplexion to which een is the most becoming color, gave green dinner the other night that was picture in its way. TIho dining-room as a bower of palms and tree ferns. cross the entire length of the white ble-clbth was ]aid a broad strip of Sen China crepe, each edge being 1ckly fringed with maiden-hair ferns. ie centre of the table was a bed of e ns and delicate, lacelike lycopodium, rl from each corner of thle square plat f green rose tall slim vases of green ~i 5s, holding above the heads of tile lasts one long green stem crowvned VIh a cluster of lilies. Among the net ae ns and grasses wvere burled haif a I en 'tiny fairy lamps of 'the, palest" ben, giving a light like that of fire 5s. phe table was lighted from above by great ground-glass globe,covered with ce-green orape and lace. At each ste 'lay a bunch of valley lilies amid giden-hair ferns and tied with green bonis. The soup was a puree of as agus served In green china, and prything 'throughout the dinner was 'en when It was possible to have It so, bentire china service being green, t$6 e Ices at the conclusion all flavor a , colored- with pistachio.- Tile aj ~lady's mother was driessed InI erald velvet, with superb emeralds diam'6nds as ornaments, and the ing lady herself was a symphony In 'een tulle and silver, looking like an ldhie or a naiad. . ansiarllesare agt pen. al eIleduraged, but If one must panes or gas uponWi a ayiosses ve been il*td. Binid th Tilass withr bboi-su4 tach a small gilt-chalb. HiE BEARS A CtARMED LIFJ . The Story of'a Man who was not Born to be Drowned. There is a sailor en Lake Michigan who seems to bear a charmed life. When the fury 'of the gale is . at its highest and the waves are swaying in a way that threatens to engulf every craft upon them, he is in his element. le sails alone in a little sloop not thirty yirds long, trading potatoes and apples between Sturgeon Bay and Manitowoc. IIe was out in the terrible storm that foundered the propellor Vernon, and came into port in the midst of it. ire had been out in a hundred storms be fore, and he lived through them in his little shell when stanch schoonors went to pieces, but he leclared that lie had never befo:o been out in such a gale. People who wituessell his coming 4pto the straight-cut at Manltowoc say that the sloop was tossed about like a chip. It would disappear entirely and then >ob up again, until dropped from view between the next two waves. The old nan--le is 70 years of age-was mighty glad to get into port. "I wouldn't have given half a dollar for my chances of living twenty-four hours," lie said to the throng of curious people who crowded around him when le reached his dock, just above "the iron bridge. When that storm broke I took a swig from my whiskey bottle, grabbed the rudder, held on as hard as I could, and trusted in Providence. I expected to be washed overboard every minute, I can tell you." Nobody knows who the old man i. Apparently he has neither kith nor kin. Ile lives solitary and alone. He both ers his head about nobody, and nobody about him. When an inquisitive per son asks his name lie replies that it is the same as that of his boat, and when a person looks for it lie llnds the boat goes without to name. Though three score years and ten, the old 'nian looks a giant in health, as he ist in stature.. Iis rudy face and red nose contrast oddly with his gray beard and hair, A Victim of 'Misplaced Conflddncei : Wmm" - 11.- Novtie, - o Uanmpdon,. has a goldfish which has had a singulai' adventure with a cat. - The fish is about six inches long, and its world ex tends only. to the limits of a glass jar on a table in Mr. Neville's store. For sompany it has three or four s'mall sil verfishes. A large black cat,. which has watched the compounding of med icines in that store for a number of years, and' which has walked among the medicine bottles on the shelves without doing any damage, manifested. i great affection for the goldflsh. After making his daily rounds, Tom : would stealthily approach the jar, look In, settle down by its side and sit for i ours and observe the antics of the foldfish. The latter did not seem to 1 lesire an acquaintance with the cat, I Jut appeared alarmed. Day after day. i rom resumed his vigil. By degrees the fish became accustomed to Tom's ] visits and soon got overits first alarm. Jourting the confidence of the fish, om would sit and blink. Finally,'one norning 'the feline made a sudden unge into the far and brought out the .,oiden fish, wvhichi he carried to a back oom ,to devour. seeing lisa pet fish in he mouth of its insidious enemy, th~e ioctor rushed to the rescue. The fish Is now back in the jar and is as.frisky as ever, showing, hiowever, the mark f the cat's teeth in its sides. Died for a Prince's Cigar. The guard of the mail train running 'ronm Rome to Naples' wvas making his ounds as usual on the -footboardi on he side of the cars, whon he was i.ked by Prince Birancaccio, a p)asseni oer, for a light. The guard struck a lia,tch, but the dfaught blew it out, Hie vent on trying one match after another, di with the same unsatisfactory result. lie got excited, and, Instead of handing he-matches to the prince to light them nside of the wvagQin the guard obstinate y insisted upon conquering the out ide draught. The train neared a bridge vith 'very narrowv railings, and before he gulard was awvare of the danger lie a4 vas erushed between the railing and the bar. The prince fainted. HIe afterward nade the widow of the poor guard a resent of $2,000. The Powor of Imagination. The power of imagination is sup t 'osed to be stronger in women than in eon; but this was not shlown in a re. ent hospital experiment. Dr. Du- a and ,wishing. to teat the pracbtcal of- t ect of mind diseases, gave 100 patients dose of sweetened water. F ifteen sinu'tes after, entering apparently inm C eat excitement, he announced that he G .a( by mistake given a powerful eme- c c, anq prep)arat Ions must be made ac- 0 ordingly, Elghty of the 100 patients 0 ecameo thoroughly ill and exhibited ni be usual result or' an emetic; twenty ci were unaffectedI. The curious part of a Is that, with very .few exceptions, the o ighty -*emeticized" subjects were men, while the Otrong minded few, who r ere not to be caught with chaff, were t ~omen. SHOWING ONE-S FEIYIANGS. An Effort to Conceal Better Than an Effort to Reveal i]mot"ion. It is true that sincere and strong feel ing is likely to show itself in the fact and in the voice, and to control and sway the whole outer man. But it is also true that a purposeful attempt to show sincere and strong feeliing in look and in tone is a mistake as great as it is comnion. When the whole soul goes out toward God )n prayer the voice will evidence the heart's emotion; even though he who prays endeavors to speak in his most natural tone. * Bnt when one who prays celiberatelry employs a tone of voice whicli he never uses at any othfr tine, his vdry tone suggests the thought that he is not controled by deep feeling but is endeavoring to indi eate feeling by the manner of speaking. When" again, one in sorrow strives to look and speak naturally, but is unable to, keep back the starting tears, or to restrain his voice from tiembling, his ?vident struggle at self-control excites the tender sympathy of those who hear hiim. When, Jiowever, one who is re eently bereaved puts on a look of en forced sorrow, and assumes a tone of grief, as re responas to a kindly greet ing or as he tells of his fresh trial, lie 3o far hinders true sympathy by the suggestion that he has uo struggle with bis feelings, save in the direction of an affort to show th.em. The inst:nctive thought of the keen-eyed observer is: "Don't trouble yourself to show your grief. I'll f ake it for granted that you ire sorry." it is not that these persons who thus seek to exhibit feeling are really insincere; but it is that they sup pose they have a duty to appear more leeply moved than they happen to be it the moment. They think, in fact, hat feeling needs a certain look and one to prove its reality Rochiefau :ould defined "gravity" as "a mysteri ous carriage of the body, invented to .over the defects of the mind." And it would seem as if "emotion" were 'hought by many to be an unoatural 6ok %nd tone, dapted - to conceal -t he ibsence of any overpowering feeling. An effort to conceal emotion and to ieem natural wins sympathy from a beholder; but an effort to exhibit emo Aon and to seem not natural is a bar ier to sympathy. 'No man ought to how emotion if he can help it; for it is )nly irrepressible emotion that is to any nan's credit, or that wins hun sym athy and respect from. others. There a a suggestion of this truth in the words of our Lord to His disciples: 'When ye fast, be not, as the hypo ,rites, of a sad countenance; for they lisfigure their faces, that they may be ieen of men to fast. Verily I say unto rou: They have received their reward, )mt thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy iead and wash thy face; that thou be ot seen of men to fast, but of thy ?ather which iL in secret; and thy ather, which seeth in secret, shall re ompenso thee." A Royal_Barbarian. While In B3erlin the Shah attended a ~ala performance of the ballet, "Sard ~napalus," and sat in the court box be ween the Empress and Prince Karl, ~nd here lie'did'one or two barbaric leeds that smote with horror and con ternation all those distinguished per ens who witnessed them. 'Wishing to all the Empress' attention to some hing that was taking place on the tage lie reached over' and laid his hand mn her arm. "Where can he have been >roughit up?" asised one great lady. 'An Empress' arm is not a sabre hilt. o be clutched at." .. A few moments later lhe called for a ~lass of water. It was brought him by me of his attendants. Hie dralik the ontents at a gulp and calmly handed he empty goblet to the. P'dncess Karl, viiose patrician countenance as she nechanically took it from him was a tudy for a- physiognomist, and not less interesting was the facial expression of lie ladies is- 'waiting and. .Qhamnberlains rho had never before witnessed such a deeod-chilling breach of eiquette.- Mut vorse remained beh,ind. Presently the hah cleared lisa throat, once, twice, hrico, with ever-Increasing vigor, and, len deliberately--spat in the stalli. A budder ran through- the house and everal fair ladles of fashion hurriedly ook their departure. .4fe can be sustaihed on a diet of co can ut for a lo,ng time.- A ehip from an Francisco bound for ilidney be. mie water-logged on the way, and for ghty days everybody on bg9ard lived 1m cocoanuts, a'large quantity of which a d been taken aboard! At Sams. INo Ises of sickness ocout'red, an4 the crow rid Passengers landed mn a healthy con. tion. If the servant has a few minutes to est don'4 hunt up some unhecessary bing for her to do, simply because you on't want to see her idAe.