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®!tc IMngton ^[tm- Pubushkd Evert Thursday Morning ^ENRY J, JHOMPSON. PROPRIETOR. TERMS—$2 Per Annum in Advance. Advertising Rates; One Squarg, first insertion $1.00 One Square, second insertion 50 Every subsequent insertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. Marriage Notices and Obituaries, not exceeding six lines., inserted free, uopej soove tbo river, ana too winding as nsa mane Tools or toe wools sown; nera Coquet rolled around tbo hill on which he was before all, undergoing the sen the castlo stood—a solitary and deserted I tone® pronounced upon him by his wor place Vet In the evening there was one , ship, Mr. Carnally; and* so ael- corner In which the light of a fire could dora pronounced as to '"«Vr it an occasion always bo seen. It came from a chamber ' for wonder, and the offender was not a beside tbo great gateway—that which ) gypsy or a vagrotn man, or one of them- looks upon the meadows to the south. ; solves, but young Ralph 0 f Here lived the fugleman. Ho had fitted i Morwick Mill; and the ^<T?p«v was not a small window In the wall, constructed a j robbing, or pilfering, or cheating, or Job Department. Oar Job department is supplied with every facility necessary to enable us to compete both as to price and quali ty of work, with even those of the ci ties, and we guarantee satisfaction in every iwrtieular os charge nothing for our work. We are always prepar ed to fill orders at short notice for Blanks, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Cards, Hand Bills, Posters, Circulars. Pamphlets, Ac. Ah job work must be paid for Cash On Delivery. When My Iheams Come True When my dreams come true—when my dreams come true— Shall I lean from out ray casement in the starlight and the dew, To listen—smile and listen—to the tin kle of the strings Of the sweet guitar my lover’s finger’s fondle as he Kin^s ? And as the nude moon slowly, slowly shoulders into view, Shull 1 vanish from his vision—when my dreams come true? When my dreams come true—shall the simple town 1 wear Be changed to softer satin, and my maiden braided hair Be raveled into ilossy mists of rarest, fairest gold, To be minted into kisses, more than any heart can hold 1 Or “the summer of my tresses” shah my lover liken to “The fervor of his pttssiort ,, wlieif my dreams come true? When my dreams come true—1 shall bide among the sheaves Of happy harvest meadows, and the grasses and the leaves • Hhall I lift and lean between me mid the splendor of the sun Till the moon swoons into twilight; the gleaners’ work is done— Save that yet an arm shah hind me, even ttH t ^ le reapers do The meanest sheaf of harvest—when my dreama come true. When my dreams come true! when my dreams come true! True love in all simplicity is fresh and ynre as dew— The blossom in the blackest mold is kindlier to the eye Than any hiy born of pride that blooms against the sky. And so it is I know ond"- door, built up the broken stones, and con stituted himself, without asking leavq of my lord of Northumberland, sole tenant of Warkworth castle. When the first comers had looked up the street and down the street, straight through and across tho other, and exam ined the sky and inspected the horizon, and obtained all possible Information about the weatbei, they gave each other the good morning, and asked for opinions on the aubject of hay. Then one by one they went back to their house*—which are of stone, having very small windows with bull’s eye glass in leaden casements, and red tiled roofs. After breakfast, for two hours by the clock, they fell to stroking of stubby chins and to wondering when the barber would be ready. This could not be until stroke of 0. at least, because he had to comb, dross and powder first the vicar’s wig for Sunday. Heaven forbid that the church should be put off with anything short of a wig newly combed and newly curled! And next the wig of his wor ship. Cuthbert Carnaby, Esq., Justice of the peace, and second cousin to his lord- ship. tbo Earl of Northumberland, newly succeeded to the title. When this was done the barber addressed himself to the chins and cheeks of the townsfolk, and this with such dexterity and dispatch that before the church bell began be had them all dispatched and turned off. And then their countenances were glorious, and shone in the sun like unto the face of a mirror, and felt as smooth to the en amored finger as the chin and cheek of a maid Thus does art Improve and cor rect nature The savage who weareth beard knows not this delight. It was a day on which something out of the common was to happen; a day oe Which expectation was on tiptoe; and when at 10 o'clock tho first stroke of the church bell began, all the boys with one and the same design turned their steps— slowly at first, and as if the business did not greatly matter, yet should be seen Into—toward tho churchyard. Thoy were all In Sunday beat; their hair smooth, their hands white, their s.'ioes brushed and their stockings clean; they moved os If drawn by Invisible ropes; as If they could not choose but go; and where* 9 on ordinary Sundays not a lad among them all entered the church till tho very last toll of tho bell, on this day they made straight for the porch at the first, and this although they knew that If they once set foot within It, they mnst pass straight on without lingering, into the church, and so take their seats, and have half an hour longer to wait in alienee and good behav ior with liability to discipline. For a rod la ever ready In church aa well as at home, for the back of him who shows himself void of understanding. The fugleman, who wielded that rod was strong of arm; and no boy could call him self fortunate, or boast that he had es- cannH tho .»••», ome you, y lowliest of lovers, when mg dreams come true. —James Whitcomb Riley. By WALTER BESANT. CHAPTER L ALL TDK PEOPLE STANDING. HEN tho sun rose over northern England on a certain Sunday early in May—year of grace sev enteen hundred and six ty four—It was exactly four o’clock in the morn ing As regards tbo coast of Northumber- he sprang with a leap out of a per- tartly smooth sea into a perfectly cloud Iwasky. and If there wore, as generally happens, certain fogs, mists, clouds and vapors lying about the moon and fella among the Cheviots, they were too far from the town of Warkworth for its peo pie to see them. The long cold spring was over at last; the wallflower on tho castle wall was In blossom; the pale prim rosea had not yet all gone; the lilac was preparing to throw out its blossoms; the eoekoo was abroad; the swallows were returning with tamultnoiu. rush, ns if they had had quite enough of tho sunny aouth and longed again for the battle- ments of the castle and the banks of Co quet; the woods were full of song; the oasts were full of young birds, chirping together, partly because they were always hungry, partly because they were rejoio- ing La the sunshine, and all the Living ereatorea In wood and field and river were hurrying, flying, creeping, crawling, awimming, nuning, with intent to eat each other out of bouse and home. The eye of the sun fell upon empty closed honsea—not even a r, much lass a thief or burglar, vls- > In the whole of Nortbnmberland; and If there might be here and there a gyp- ataa* tent, the virtuous toes of the occu pants peeped out from beneath the can vas, with never a thought of snaring I or stealing poultry Even In New , whkh. If you come to think of It, la pretty well for wickedness, the night watchmen slept In their boxes, lanterns long since extinguished, and the wretches no beds, no money and slender i far the next day’s food slept on the i about the market. Noth- ; the hands of the church I and these moved steadily; the quar tan and the hour were struck. But for the clocks the towns might have been so many cMas of the dead, each house a j the Lord's tomb, each bed a silent grave. The pontaneo, Tho porch ■ >r o 11 -o - '* *■ - vu '* oervice was fairly done. Out in the fields, sod in the fair mea dows, and down the riverside, and along the quiet country paths, and among the woods which hang above the winding of the Coqnet, the sound of the bell quick ened the steps of those who were leisurely making their way to church, so that every man put best foot for’ard, with a "Hurry up, lad I Lose not this morning’s sight! Be In timet Quick, laggard!” and so forth, each to the other. At Morwick Mill, Mistress Barbara Humble would not go to church, though her brother did. Nor wonld she let any other of the household go, neither her man nor her maid, nor tho stranger, If any, that was within her gates; but at 10:80 of tbo clock she called them together and road aloud the Penitential Psalms and tho comminatlon service. The show, meantime, had begun. At the first stroke of the bell there walked forth from tho vestry room a little proces sion of two. First come a tall, spare man of CO or so, bearing before him a pike. He was himself as straight and erect os tho pike he carried; he wore his best suit, very magnificent, for it was his old uni form kept for Sundays and holidays—that of a sergeant in tho Fourteenth, or Berk shire Regiment of Foot, namely, a black three cornered hat, a scarlet coat, faced •A Northumbrian folk began to get np—a little later than usual because It was Sun day—first In the villages and farm houses. with yellow and with yellow cuffs, scarlet waistcoat and breeches, white garters and white cravat. On the hat was In silver the white hprse pf his regiment and the motto "Nee as pern torrent." He walked slowly down tho aisle with the precision of a machine, and his face was remark able, because he was on duty, for having no expression whatever You cannot draw a face or In any way present the effigy of a human face which shall say nothing; that Is beyond tho power of the rudest or tho most skilled artist; but some men have acquired this power over their own faces—diplomatists or soldiers they are by trade This man was a soldier. He was so good a soldier that he had been promoted, first to be corporal, then to be sergeant and lastly to bo fugleman, whoso place was in tho front before tho whole regiment, and whoso duty it was to load tho exercises at the word of command with his pike. In his age and retirement he acted as the executive officer in all matters connected with the ecclesiastical and civic functions of the town, whether to lead the responses, to conduct a bap tism, a funeral or a wedding, to set a man In the stocks and to stand over liim, to cane a boy for laughing in church, to put a vagrant In pillory and stand beside him; to tie np an offender to tho cart tail and give him five dosen, or, as in the present case, to wrap a tad in a white sheet and remain with him while ho did public pen ance for his fanlt. He was constable, clerk and guardian of the peace. Tho boy who followed him was a tall and lusty youth past 10. who might very well have passed for 18; a boy with rosy cheeks, blue eyes and brown hair, but his eyes were downcast, his check was flushed with shame because lie was clad from head to foot in a long white sheet, aod he was placed so clothed, for the space of half an hour, while the bells rang for ser vice in the church porch, and then to stand np before all the congregation to ask pardon of tho people, and to repeat Prayer aloud Ija token of ro of Warkworth chnreh Is largo and square, fifteen feet across, with a stone bench on either side The boy Best in the small towns; last and latest, wa9 BUt ioned within tho porch on tho in Newcastle, which was ever a lie abed 1 , Warkworth la quite a small town and a i way from Newcastle. It has only »street At one end of it is the church I at the other end is the castle Tho runs np hill from church to castle la the year 1704 the castlo was more ruin oos than It showed In later years, because the keep Itself stood roofless, its stairs and Its floors fallen in—a great thunderously with all the As for the walls, tho ruined gate eastern side, and close to tho church door, so that all those who passed in must needs behold him At his left hand stood the I fugleman, pike grounded and head drect, looking straight before him. and .saying nothing except at the beginning, when discipline for a moment gave way to friendship and ho murmured; “Heart np. Master Ralph! What odds la A white ! sheet?" Then he became rigid, and neither spake nor moved. As for the penitent, he tried ways, the foundations of the chapel, the ^ i Q ;tate the rigidity of his companion. _ vaults and the gutted towers, have always been tho same sinco the of the place The wall flow long grasses grew upon tbo broken '■ ■’ ' ‘ rries and elder bushes the moat; the boys climbed up places by fragments of broken swallows flow about tho lofty the for his month poor wd his eyes sank, and his color rent as the people, allwf whom but with trembled. came and went as the people, tie knew, passed him with pitying gaze The chnreh and the churchyard were a^eyes; he MmreSf A gigantic monument of e. Ail*' wh l^eyea; he s •“ouw-MOt of dMhm oora may repent and fi Here was a lad found out and convicted j m.- thought h* on the clearest evidence and confession; * .—uVoiIm nJanin* , smuggling, or beating and striking, bat quite an nnasnal and even a romantic kind of offense, for whicif there was no namo even; and an offense not within auy law. Toward the cloee' of the ringing there entered the chnreh. walking majestically through the lane formed by the rustics, Mr Cuthbert Carnaby, Justice of the peace, with madam his good lady. Ha was attired in a full wig and a purple coat with laced ruffles, laced cravat, a flowered silk waistcoat, and gold buckles in his shoes; in his hand he carried a heavy gold headed stick, and nnd«v his arm ho bore his laced hat; his ample cheeks were red, and red was his doable chin. Though his bearing was fall of au thority, his eyes were kind, and when he saw the boy standing In the porch he felt inclined to remit the remainder of the punishment. “So, Ralph,” he said, stopping to ad monish him, “thy father was a worthy man. he hath not lived to see this But courage, boy, and do the like no more. Shame attends folly Thou art young; 1st this be a lesson. After punishment repentance oometh forgiveness; so cheer up, my lad." “Ralph," aald his wife, with a miiA in her eyes and a frown on bar brow, "I could find It In my heart to flog thee soundly, bat than thou art punished enough. Ohoats Indeed! and not a maid wonld go past the castle after dark, for fear of this boy! Let as hear no more about ghosts." She shook her finger—they both shook their fingers—she adjusted her hoop, and entered the church. The boy's heart felt lighter; Mr. Carnaby and msAsm wonld forgive him. His worship went on, bear ing before him his gold headed stick walked up the aisle to his pew, a large room within the chancel, provided with chairs and enshiona, curtains to keep off the draught, and a fireplace for winter. After Mr. Barnaby there walked into the porch a man dressed in good broad cloth with white stockings, and shoes with silver buckles And his coat had silver buttons, which merited him for a man of substance. His cheeks were full and his face fiery, as If he was one who, although young, lived well, and his eyes were small and too close together, which made him look like a pig It was Mathew Humble, Ralph's cousin and guardian. At sight of him the boy’s face flashed and his Ups parted, but he restrained himself and aald nothing, while the fugle man gave him an admonitory nudge with his elbow The man looked at Ralph from top to toe, as If examining into the arrange ments and anxious to see that all was properly and scientifically carried oat. “Ta-ta-tal" he aald with an air of satisfaction. “What la this? CA11 you this penance? Where la the candle? Did his worship say nothing abont the candle?” L«^Qtfaipg.” replied tfea^pgU^, vrith ^lUOf T1 IT ‘ncCgptol shortness. “He onght to have carried a candle. Dear met this is Irregular This spoils all.’ But— Ah!—bareheaded”—he stood i as far back as the breadth of the porch would allow, so as to get the full effect and to observe the picture from the best point of view—"in a long white aheetl Ah! bareheaded and in a long white sheet! Oh, what a disgraceful dayl These are things, fugleman, which end In the gal lows. For an Embleton, tool If the old man can aeo it what will ho think of the boy to whom he left the mill? And to beg portion”—ho smacked his Ups with satis faction—“to beg pardon of the people! Ah, and to repeat the Lord’s prayer in the ehturcb—tho Lord’s prayer—In the chnreh alond! The Lord's prayer—In the church —aloud—before ail the people! Ah! Dear me—dear me!” He wagged his head, as if he could not tear himself away from the spectacle of to much degradation. Then he added with a smile of perfect satisfaction a de tail which be had forgotten: “Standing, tool The Lord’s prayer—In the church—aloud—before all the people —standing! This la a pretty beginning, fugleman, for sixteen years.” If the Loin’s prayer in itself were some thing to be ashamed of he could not have spoken with greater contempt. The boy, however, looked straight up into the root of the porch, made no answer nor teemed to hear. The speaker held up both hands, shook his head, sighed and slowly withdrew into the church. Then there came down the street an old lady In a white cap, a white apron, a shawl and black mittens; an old lady with a face lined all over, with kind soft eyes and white Lair, but her face was troubled. Beside her walked a girl of 12 or there abouts, dressed In white frock and straw hat trimmed with white ribbon, and whito cotton mittens, and she was crying and sobbing. “Thou mayest stand up In the church," gold the old lady, “when he repeats the Lord's Prayer, but not beside him In the porch." “But I helped him,” she cried. "Oh, I am as bad as hei lam worse, because I laughed at him and encouraged him.” “But thou hast not been sentenced,” said tho old lady. “It la thy punish ment, child—and a heavy one—to feel that Ralph bears thy shame and his own. too." “I was on one aide of the hedge when Dame Ridley dropped her basket," the child went on, crying more bitterly. “I was on one aide and he on the other. Ohl ohl oh! She aald there ware two ghosts— I was one.” When they reached the porch the girl, at sight of the boy In the sheet, ran and threw her arms abont his neck and kissed him, and cried aloud enough for all within to hear “Oh, Ralph, Ralph, It la wicked of them!" These words were heard all over the chnreh, and Mathsw Humble sprang to his feet, as If demanding that the speaker should be carried off to Instant execution for contempt of court. All eyee were turned upon bis worship’s pew. and I know not what wonld have happened, be cause his periwig was seen to be agitated and the gold head of j his stick appeared above the pew; but luckily Just then the bells clashed all together, frightening the swallows about the tower so that they flew straight to the castle and stayed there, and the vicar came out of the vestry and sat down In the reading desk, and, as was his custom, surveyed his church and congregation for a few minutes before the service began. It la an old church of Norman work In parts, patched np and rebuilt from time to time by the Percies, but there are no monuments of them The vicar’s eyes fall upon a plain whitewashed building, .pro vided with rows of ancient and jronn eaten benches, worn black by many gen erations of worshipers The ebolr and the mnaie sat at the west end In front ot the chancel was a square space In was set a long stool While the waited the fugleman marched up tbo aisle, followed by the boy In the sheet, and both sat on this stool of repentance. Then the vicar rose—he was a benignant old man, with white hair—and began to read In n full and musical voice how Ma lt and find forgiveness But at his words to Afei mmbur aaportaHy and only to lb* boy in tne snoot, mu made them feel surprisingly virtuous and in ellnod to sing praises .with a glad heart. So. too, with the leeaons. one of which dealt with the fata of a wicked king All the people looked at the boy In the sheet, and fe't that, under another name, it was his own story told beforehand prophet ically; and when they stood up to sing in thanksgiving, their gratitude took the form of being glad that they were not open the stool When the psalms were read the people paid nnnsual attention, letting the boy have the benefit of all the penitential utterances, but taking the Joy ous verses to themselves And the litany they regarded as composed, as well at read, exclusively for this convicted sluner. Among the elder ladles there was hope that the offended ghosts might—some at least—be present In the church and this humiliation, which would not fall to dispose their ghostllnesses to a benevolent attitude, and even influence the weather. It seemed to the boy as If that service never would end. To the congregation it seemed, on account of this unusual epi sode, aa If there never had been a service so short and *o exciting. When the commandments been re cited, Ralph almost expected to hear an additional one, “Thou ahalt not’pretend to be a ghost," and to be called on to pray, all by himself, for an Inclination of the heart to keep that Injunction. But the vicar threw a wav the opportunity and ended as usual with the tenth ment He gave out the psalm and retired te put on his black gown. The music—con sisting of a violin, a violoncello and a clarionet—struck up the tune, and the choir, among whom Ralph onght to have been, hemmed and cleared their voices. The Northumbrians, as is well known, have good voices and good ears. The tune waa Warwiek,” and the psalm was that which began: FAR COUNTRY. That Happened just Caliph. Lord, In the morning thou shalt hear Mr voice ascend to thaa The boy trembled because the words seemed to refer to the part he waa about to play. His own voice would, immedi ately, be ascending high, but all by itself. He saw the face of his cousin, Mathew Humble, fixed upon him with ill nmuv^i^ end malignant joy Why did Mathew hate him with such a bitter hatred? Also he saw the face of the girl who had Hy«n his partner; her eyes were full of tears; and at sight of her grief his own eyes be came humid. . He did not take any part at all tn the hymn. When it was finished, the vicar stood In his pulpit waiting; his worship stood up in his pew, his face turned toward the culprit; in his hand his great gold headed cane. All the people stared at the culprit with curious eyes, as boys stare at one of their companions whan he la about to be flogged. Just then the girl left her seat and stepped deliberately up the aiale and stood beside the boy In the sheet And the congregation murmured wonder. The fugleman touched the boy’s shoul der and brought his pike to tentlon. "Say after me. ” he said aloud. Then to the congregation ho added "And all the people standing. ” "I confess my fault," he began. “I confess my fault." repeated boy and girl together. Soma Strange Things After Bail way There was once a Far great distance from this, ruled over by a wise and And it was so that there occurred a serious railroad accident in this coun try, whereby many people b ere gath ered to their fathers. And the next day there came to the palace of the (Jaliph a director of the railroad on which happened this accident and af ter bowing to the ground he lifted up his voice and said: “Oh, most wise and just Caliph, the rails spread out on us—tramps had pulled out tho spikes with their teeth, but we knew it not Of a certainty the rails did spread on us. Behold, it was the act of Allah 1” “So?” answered the Caliph, as he stroked his beard; “truly 1grieve to hear that the rails spread. Kit Allah is good. Mesrour,” he continued, turning to his executor, “behead this man at the fourth hour without fail.” And it was so that at ten minutes after the fourth hour his body was de livered to his friends. And the next month there was an other grievous accident on another road, whereby more true believers were cut off, even as may be the ene mies of the prophet And Hie day following the president of the road' knocked at the palace gate and was admitted by a slave. And when he was come Into the presence of the caliph he prostrated himself and said: “There is but one God, and Mahomet is his Prophet I Most wise and just Caliph, we have had an accident on the Damascus Short line, and many true Mussulmans are slain. Allah is goodl Behold, there was a washout, and our engineer wist it not, but plunged in at the slow rate of sixty Christian miles to the Christian hour. See, I weep that such things should bo I” “Indeed I” answered tho mighty Ca liph ; “so there was u washout that ye wot not of. I suspected as much. Mesrour, when the faithful go to noon day prayers, behead this man who was ignorant of the washout.” , And, behold, tho true believers wore even then passing to tttb noonday prayers, and Mesrour took the presi dent to his studio and finished up the job in time for late prayers himself. And on the tenth day of the eighth month, on another road, there was still another accident; and a score of true followers of Islam bit the dust. And the next day at the ninth hour after midnight tho board of directors, and president, and a general manager or two, and three vice presidents, knocked and prayed that they might make speech with tho most wise and just Caliph. And ho suffered them to enter and Uioy fell on their faces and worshiped him, and then the presi dent said; ■ “Commander of tho Faithful, Ma homet is mighty, and thou art his true vicar on earth. By the beard of the Proohet there has been trouble with the Mecca limited. Great Caliph, many of thy subjects are no more. Thus hi was: Tho locomotive was a ue\vw and it became frightened at and snorted a couple of ^^hicycle itch, /n-^rximes and r *~ am h”"** 1 !" r-ri-*~ i~ r- jumped into the ditctL J&rfF 1111103 Lftui t&Vdr- 1 was we knew irlvenMa. ” “****■- -- gtveness. And then the Lord’s Prayer. The boy spoke ont the words clearly and boldly, and with his was heard the girl’s voice as well, but both were nearly drowned by the lend voice of the fugle man. It was over then. All sat down; the girl beside Ralph on the stool of repent ance; and the sermon began. When tho vicar had drubbed the pulpit to tho very end of his manuscript, and the service was over, the three stood np again and remained standing till the peo{H were ofigone. # "Come, lass," said the fugleman when the chnreh was empty, “we can all go now Off with that rag. Master Ralph.” He unbent; his face assumed a human expression; he laid down the pike. “What odds, I say, is a white sheet? Why, think, twos a show for the lads which they haven’t had for many a year. And May nigh gone already, and never a man in the stocks yet, and the pilloryrot- ting for want of custom, and never a thief flogged, nor a bear baiting. If it twasn’t for the cocks of a Sunday afternoon and the wrestling, there would have been nothing for the poor fellows but your ghosts to keep ’em out of mischief. And, lad, ” he pointed In the direction of the mill, “your cousin means more mischief. It was him that laid Information before hi* worship." “Oh!” s'oid Ralph, clutching his fiats. “Ay, him it was, and His worship thought it mean, bat he was bound to take notice, for why. says his worship, ‘he can't let this boy frighten all the maids out of their silly senses. Yot, for his own cousin and his guardian' that’s wh&t his worship said. ” “Ohl" Again Ralph attached his fists. “Should I, an old soldier, preach mutiny? Never. But seeing that your cousin is no rightful officer of youm, nor yet commis sioned to carry pike in your company, why, I, for ono” “What, fugleman?” “I, for one, if I waa a well grown boy, nigh upon 17, the next time he gave orders for another six dozen, or even three dozen, I would ask him If he waa strong enough to tie up a mutineer.” The boy nodded his head. “Cousin thof he be,” continued the fugleman, “captain or lieutenant la he not” The boy had by this time divested him self of his sheet, and stood dressed in a long brown coat and plainly cut waistcoat; he, too, wore silver buckles to his shoes, like his cousin, but not silver buttons; his hair was tied with a black ribbon, and his hat sras plain, without lace or orna ment When his adviser had finished, he walked slowly down the empty chnreh, hand In hand with the girl. In the porch he stopped, threw his arm round her neck and kissed her twice. "No one bat you, Drusy,” he said, “would have done it I’ll never forget It, never, as long as I live. Go home to granny, my dear, and have your dinner.” “And you will go home, too, Ralph?” “Yes, I am going home. I’ve got to have a talk with Mathew Humble.” L#ft alone In the church, the fugleman sat down im verently on the steps of the pulpit, and laughed alond. “Mathew Humble," he aald, “la going to be astonished." i are mys- oof these skittish locomotives. Oh, mighty son of the Prophet, wo rend our garments that it is so. But tho ways of Allah terious!” “Mesrour,” said tho Caliph, it seems to me that I have heard this story be fore.” “You have, son of Mahomet.” “The engine shied on them—well, you know the old prescription—give 'em the same—razzlo dazzle ’eml" And tho great Caliph, who was wise and good as he was great, took up the blessed Alcoran and read its words, but ere ho could finish a page they were razzled. For Mesrour never let business ac cumulate ou his hands. And it happened that there were never any more accidents in the land of tho Commander of tho Faithful even unto this day. Tho other railroad folks took the hint But in closing it should be said that this is a very Far Country indeed, be ing a great many days’ journey from this country.—New YorK Tribune. An Ancient Tu«%. Those who are anxious to remain in the flesh beyond tho ordinary dura tion of this mortal life will be inter ested in tho habits of tho old Turk who has recently died at Hnddahta, aged 130 years. Old Iladji So liman Baba had seven wives, all of whom died before him; ho was the father of sixty sons and nine daughters, who have also gone tho way of all flesh, and the year before his death ho was thinking of marrying again, but could not obtain tho necessary funds to buy a bride. Saha waa a fanner unto his life’s end; his diet consisted mainly of barley bread, beans (vegetamntake note!) and water, and onlv t .vice a year, on high festivals, did he cat meat His clothes wore evtgi more simple than his diet, contiof a shirt only, and when he Imv. led a pair of trousers. His bed \v;. u mat tress and a straw mat. hud i! had till dal] and a straw mat, V.vl never been a “bed of sick: three days before his dcatl i. Gazette. * ! i pulp stock Main Tearing History to T:it The Magazine of American History presents historic and incontrovertible reasons for believing that the Declara tion of Independeuco was not signed by anyone on the Fourth of July, 1776, except by Jolm Hancock us pres ident,. and by Charles Thompson as secretary; that the engrossed copy which liad been mado on the Fourtu of July was, by a happy afterthought, signed generally Aug. 2; that the ap proving vote was not unanimous on July 4, b ut was approved by several; that one of those who was present July 4 and approved is not among the signers enrolled; that at least one- eighth of the signers were not even members of congress on July 4, 1776. So history gets pulled to pieces and facts displace some very pleasant and romantic fictions.—St Louis Globe- Democrat Cartons Transmittal of Scarlet Fever. In 1848 a boy of 8 years, the brother of the narrator’s wife, was taken down with scarlet fever and died. One of the m A Criticism. If one were to shAT« the hair of your Hercules there would not be skull enough left to hold his brain; it says that it is im possible to distin guish whether his features are those of a man or of something between horse and an ox; the face, too, is turned away from the action of the figures, and is so badly set upon the neck, with such poverty of art and so ill a grace, that nothing wbrse ever seen; his sprawling shoulders are like the two pommels of an ass’ pack saddle; his breasts and all the im scles of the body are not betrayed from a man, but from a big sack full of melons set upright against a wall Tho loins seem to be modeled from a bag of lanky pumpkins; nobody can tell now his two legs are attached to that vile trunk; it is impossible to say on which leg he stands or which he uses 4o exert his strength; nor does he seem to be resting upon both, as sculptors who know something of their art have occasionally set the fig ure. It is obvious that the body is leaning forward more than one-third of a cubit, which alone is the greatest and most insupportable fault commit ted by vulgar, commonplace pretend era Concerning the anna they say that these are both stretched out with out one touch of grace or one real spark of artistic talent, just as if you had never seen a naked model. Again the right leg of Hercules and that o! Cacus have got one man of flesh be tween them, so that if they were to be separated, not only one of them, but both together, would be left without calf at the point where they are touch ing. They say, too, that Hercules has one of his feet under ground, while the other seems to be resting on coals. —Benvenuto Cellini—Symonda. The Cowthorpe Oak. The largest tree in Great Britain, and one of the most famous, is the Cowthorpe oak, in Yorkshire, which is believed to be some fifteen hundred years old. When Evelyn wrote his “Silva,” in the Seventeenth century, its circumference at the ground was 78 feet, but later earth was banked up around it, which covered some con siderable projections and reduced its girth. At the beginning of the last century its branches overshadowed an area of half an acre of ground. The top or leading branch fell at some un recorded date, curiousl yklipping down into the hollow trunk, where it re mained. In the last century one of the main branches which was blown down proved to be 90 feet in length and yielded five tons of timber. When carefully measured by Dr. Jessop in 1829 tho girth of the tree at the ground was CO feet, and at a yard above 45 feet; the chief remaining limb was 50 feet long, and its circum ference 8 feet and the height of the tree was 45 feet. It was then hollow to the top. For many years saplings raised from this tree were sold in pots by tho villagers for as much as a guinea apiece. Itiyiow ■ , —\r most picturesque in its de cay. It stands in a green paddock, carefuUy protected from injury, with its ancient limbs supported by props. An idea of its ’size may be gathered from the statement that at least forty persons can stand within its cavity, and that its circumference is greater than that of tho Eddystone lighthouse, which was confessedly designed on tho model of an oak.—Gardfen and Forest, How to Stake an Eolian Harp. Have any of our young friends ever seen an eolian harp? It is a musical instrument mado by the Greeks many centuries ago, and hung among the trees, or where the wind could blow upon it, making a low, soft, musical sound. Tho Baptist Weekly tells how to make one, which is very easily done and inexpensive, for most of the material can be found about the house: “Wax a piece of buttonhole twist about two and a half feet long; tie each end strongly to a small peg, and thrust tho pegs down the crevice be tween the two sashes of your southern or western windows, stretching the silk as tight as possible. It wifi sur prise J-ou the sweetness and variety of the tones the wind will bring from it. Having done this you may bo moved to go further and prepare a more elaborate eolian harp. “Take some quarter inch wood and make a box the length of your win dow frame, four or five inches deep and six or seven inches wide. Bore a few small holes in a circle near what will be the upper side of the back of the box when placed in the window with the open side of the box, fasten two bridges like violin bridges, one at each end, and stretch on them several strings of fine catgut, contriving a series of screw pins to aid in the tight stretching necessary, and allow of their being tuned to one note. Then raise your sash on the windy side of the house, and the wind passing Edwards, Tformtnt & very Cloaed Booms. Queen Victoria is in tho habit of keeping rooms which have been occu pied by deceased relatives locked up. The apartments at Claremont in which the Princess Charlotte died more than seventy years ago are closed, and no body is allowed to use them. Prince Albert’s apartments at Windsor. Os borne and Balmoral are all kept pre cisely as they were when he was alive, and on the wall of the room in which’ he died there is a tablet, with an in scription recording the fact that “this apartment was the scene of his de mise." Job n^Brown’s rooms at Wind sor have also been closed since his death and marked with a largo brass sign, with an inscription commemo rating his virtues and deploring his loss.—London Letter. Comparative Value* to Berth Carolina. The value of four chickens, or one turkey, or a bushel and a half of corn, or ten pounds of cotton, or a bushel and a half of potatoes, will pay for The Weekly Star one year. —Wilming ton Star. * Modifying the rr—eriptlon. A friend of mine laid down the medical law the other day. He said the first thing a doctor finds out when Spruce Wood for Pulp. The use of spruce wood as has been a good thing for Maine and has wonderfully increased the value of many acres of our timber lands An instance is noted by Tho Somer set Reporter. Before spruce was used for palp 9,000 acres of land in Carra- tunk plantation, that had been closely cut for logs, wore sold for sixty cents an acre. Tho stumnago orthesame lot is now worth a uoflar per cord for pulp wood, while the land has paid for itself many times over. The Re porter remarks that timber land will stand an astonishing amount of cut ting if fire is kept outof it, and will iqsl for many years ns a producer of pulp wood. The demand for this stock must increase, as now uses are discovered for pulp almost every day, and our pulp manufacture isoon- stantly expanding. In some locali ties the refuse slabs and edgings that were formerly thrown away or burned up. now command a high price at the pulp mills.—Lewiston Journal. ie principal amusements of his ill-1 J 0 W send for him is your pet taste, ass had been looking over a large arti< ;* 0 ot d 1 ®* °* beverage, picture book. After his death this, Then he orders you to stop it If you with several other useful ' was packed away in a trim; r six years later, in 1878, tho tokibis wenty- j law of the editor took tfiis trunk with i her on a journey which she made to ■ England, where no was then residing. The trunk was opened the second day after its arrival and the picture book was taken out and presented to the editor’s 2-year-old soil During tho next fortnight the little fellow was at tacked by scarlet fever. It was a won der to the doctors who were tailed in consultation how the disease had been contracted, as there had been no scar let fever in the town for yean. At last it occurred to the editor that the picture book might have transmitted the disease, and the medical men in the facts -j _— .— sick the day and consulted his physician. “Stop drinking whisky I" the doctor. “Is it os serious as that?” asked the man, in alarm. “Yes, it is.” • _ They liad a bottle of wir cigar, and a long chat, and tor became very agreeable, got up to go the patient said: “I wish there was sometl than whisky I could ston. You l tor f “Le mme see. you eat hut- FACTS. FIGUB Facts ft is a fact that we have in stock anything ^rv you want. f the poison s A-r' “Then stop hi e whisky. Go ico Chronicle. d go on with "—San Fran- Bed pepper pods or a few pieces o* charcoal thrown into the pot in which <» bb ag<*, etc., an being bdjed will prevent the unpleasant v\4Va* Facts. It is a fact that we have first-class goods at low prices. Fignilj Facts. It is a fact we take pleasure in showing our goods F'guii Facts, Come and see us at our new store and let our figures speak for themselves. Figuri FACT$* FIGUKES Respectfully, » Edwards, Nor ment & Ci November 28, 1889. m Hay ns worth & Boy DEALERS IN FIHITDRE MD MMUffi Ml • COMPRISING A FULL LINE OF h ine and cheap Bed Room Suits, Chairs, Fancy and plain 1 bles, YVood and Willow-ware, Lounges, Safes, Woven Wire Matrasses, Crockery and Glass-ware, Tin Water Sets, &c. ire willing to compare prices with ai TteHSMlL-the State. Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Portieres, Curtain Poles Fixtures, Carpets, Rugs, Mosquito Canopies. Mouldings for Picture Frames in great variety and FRAMES MADE TO ORDER. Orders left at our store for Oak. Pine or Lightwood, any I length, will be delivered at once. September 26, 1889. TRANSACTS A LOAN, -EXCHANGE AND SAVINGS BAM, BUSINESS. Receive* deposit* at any time, tad allows iatereet, at the rate of 5 per oeat. per sdii OB tints deposits, payable quarterly if desired. Maintain* its popalar rates of discount for Seliool Certificates sad County Claims generally. Colleo- 1 Wetiona receive careful attention. B®ai»d ®f B)ii»eet®i*s: ytu. ft, pARRIOAM, jJohn pis cron, /OHN ji&CpWEEN, p, p. /ftCpULLO JQH, /. p. SETTLES, p. JfEITH pAROAM, ©fficers; E. KEITH DARGAN, WM. A. OAKRJGAN, President. H. L. CHARLES, Cashier. Vice-Preaid* THE USUAL FINE STOCK OF GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO AND CIGAl 18 TO BB BOUND AT TS/L. O. ^LlexeirLcLexr’s CORNER OF PBARLE AND GROVE STREETS. ' o o Large Quantities et.Gooda are being received daily and the many ci o tnera of this well knewn eetAhliabmHnt tbroogboat Partington Ooa: are guaranteed that a continuance ot their patronage will mean for tbi “The Best Goods for the Leaat Money.” September 6, 1888—ly N. L. HARRELL. & CO ARE NOW MOVING THEIR NEW STOCK CONSISTIN °F Undertakers 9 Supplies, BUGGIES, 9 WAGONS, HARNESS, SADDLES, &C., &( To their new two-story brick building adjoining the old atm of Edwards, Norment k Co., on the A Large >nd Carefully Assorted Stock to Select From. SATISFACTION GVATtANTEET) 1 UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY, and all funeral arrangements attended to with care and ^... promptness, September 19, ’8^Cly /