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■Mrs. Harmon’s Party.
e'ra. Harmon did not like to have
of her pet plans marred; In fact
|vas something to which she was
[Ho unnsed. Honco the frown (of
i (appointment, not of anger) which
Jturbed the accustomed serenity
yier fair brow when both tho Ormsby
(Is said they feared tlioy must do
ne an invitation to a largo party
.Teh she was to givo tho following
i)k.
i O, but Indeed you must come, girl I
jositivoly cannot take any refusal,”
ln 'ed she.
‘Thank you, dear Louisa—” began
vhfliiiu.
If you really thank me, you’ll say
l/i!" Interrupted Mrs. Harmon,
ijuve you any good reason for your
? Surely neither Julius nor I have
fended you 9 ”
*‘No, Indeed,” exclaimed tho sisters,
ihiostly.
I hoped not?"
The truth is, neither Virgie nor I
,‘e a decent dress to wear,” said
yira. “During tho warm weather
,r lawns answered very well, but
w we ure positively destitute of pur-
11 dresses; even our black silks are
nabby.”
i/‘No, they are not; with a white
'erdress—”
‘“We should disgrace your gests! we
in’t care as far as we are concerned
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YOL. XXXV.
LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14,1H7D.
NO. 33.
i Istfikun from lliuolllcui
a. The court* Imvu Uunhluil thet refuelnir to
utke ueweju.t,er. or perloOloal* from the
j’vTnV ftmi'iuiivluif them uiicullml
for Ik prltus touts uvhiuueu of liiumtloiiBl IrsuJ.
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i-j“Then you must come! If my guests
lin’t like your gowns they cun go
tome, lteally, I have a selilsh motive
a insisting,” said Mrs. Harmon (who
siad not a selfish bone in her body) in
.^confidential tone. “If you don't come
ose gossiping Chutterton girls will
jiy I did not ask you because, having
ired musicians, I did not need your
'liable lingers to play dancing music
(pr us.”
Clara and Virgie laughed and prom
ised to attend if they could make their
resses at all presentible.
“That is right. O, I quite forgot to
11 you why we give a large party so
larly in the season ; our cousin Prank
earovd, who has just arrived from
Europe, and Mrs. Learoyd, my cousin i clara berett ot boUl
Prank’s wife, will be here the next i Qrmsby had
reek. We hope they will remain with
ijs all the winter, and I know you
vill like her over so much,” said Mrs.
idurmon, moving toward the door.
Although one oftho kindest an 1 best
omen that ever lived, Louisa Harmon
jliudn’t much tact or penetration ; there-
ore she did not notice Hint nt the
neiuion of Frank Lcaroyd’s name
plara Ormsby turned as white as the
i landkcrchief in her hand, an 1 dropped
suddenly into a chair, regardless that
!|tor guest was standing, and Virgie
started as if shot.
I 1 “Learoyd, did you say?” asked
Virgin, calmly stepping between her
Isister and Mrs. Harmon.
“lies; I wonder if you over knew
Frank? He.used to live in New York,
on Fifth Avenue, near Forty-six street;
his father was immensely wealthy,
and this Frank was the only son;
there were live daughters, and—”
“Yes, I did know the family, I think.
(You say he is your cousin?” continued
Virgie.
“He is my husband’s cousin, and—”
To Clara’s relief other visitors en
tered and Mrs. Harmon went away.
Late that evening, Clara exclaimed:
“Virgie, we must go to Louisa’s par
ty! If the Learoyds remain long with
her we cannot help meeting them, and
the sooner our first encounter is over
the better.”
“Just us you say, dear Clara! I
think myself that it was better for us
to go; othewise Mrs. Learoyd might
say ”
“That I had not strength to meet
“No they do not leave my hunds. I
hate the follow now ns I once loved
him ; tie wooed and won mo, and then
cast mo oft because lie was ashamed of
my humble origin and of my igno
rance. Ask him If lie romobers Letltla
Hundoll!"
“But no one will believe it unless
they see your letters and certificate i
I must have them.”
“What care I who believes it! You
bollevoit; ho knows It. Marry him
and iu less than twenty-four hours he
will be arrested for bigamy. It rests
with you to keep tills scandal quiet,
for I am too much disgusted with him
to proclaim myself his deserted wife
unless necessity compels. I see you
hardly credit my talo. Here copy tho
address of tho officiating minister and
the witness; now see them and decide
for yourself whether you will aid him
in committing bigamy.”
Clara took no one but Virgie into her
confidence; tier father was a proud,
hot tempered man, and she feared for
Frank’s life if lie heard oven a whis
per of the strange tale. The two girls
went to Brooklyn, where the minister
and witness referred to resided, and
were convinced that the woman had
spoken the truth. Then Clara wrote
to Frank:
“I have just learned the secret of
your life. Can you wonder that I feel
too bitter towards you to wish to see
you? Of course our marriage can
never take place. A thousand divor
ces would never excuse the fact that
Letitia Rundell could to-day cull her
self Mrs. Learoyd. We—you, Virgie
and I—can keep our own counsel. I
shall simply tell my parents that I
have decided not to marry you. You
need neither write to nor call upon
me; from henceforth wo ure stran
gers.”
Mr. Ormsby flew into a terrible rage
when Clara refused to tell him her
reason for so suddenly, atthe eleventh
hour, breaking off her marriage with
Frank Learoyd, of whom she had been
so fond. In the midst of his xvrath
he was stricken with apoplexy, super
induced (his physicians said) by the
warm weather and his ungovernable
temper, and tho wedding morn saw
father and lover,
y had lived close up to
his large income, and his sudden
death left his wife and two daughters
.penniless. Tho two girls struggled
for a living in New York until their
mother died, three years later,
ea, but which did muko me the
most miserable, our wedding day?"
said Frank, utterly ignoring the hist
figure of tho lancers, and leading his
partner to tho moonlit verandah,
where, according to all tho laws of
hygiene, she ought to huvo taken a
severe cold, but she did not.
“How could you have bollovod sueh
a tale, Clara.”
Clara explained all tho circumstan
ces which caused hor to credit it ud-
ding:
“Why did you not explain matters
then? You might have easily done so
—If you wished to.”
“If I wished to I Clara, unless you
lovod me as I loved you, you can never
know how I suffered! Remember too
that your note was vague; you did not
say that you supposed me to have
married hor; I thought you felt the
family disgrace by Trunk's action, as
we did, and scorned to ally yourself
with It.”
“Oh, Frank, how could you think
so?”
“Frank! Clara! are you hero?”
and Louisa Harmon, with her unin
tentional maladroitness, interrupted
their conversation.
“How delightfully cool you look! I
declare Clara, you and Virgie are
frauds of the first magnitude. You
said you had nothing to wear to my
party, and here you ure in tho loveliest
cream white silk I ever saw.”
“Dear Louisa, this dress was made
six years ago for my wedding dress,
but has boen locked up ever since."
“O, I beg pardon, I didn’t know—I
had no intention. How brilliant the
moon is?” stammered Louisa.
Clara and Frank both laughed; the
latter said:
“No harm dono, Louisa! No ghost
of a romance disinterred! Clara and
I wore on the eve of matrimony once,
and—well, wo are again on the eve of
it, I hope.”
“Oh, what a pity to waste such a
lovely dress! You couldn’t utilize dear
Bishop Episoopus, who has just come
in to look at our merriment, and be
married now, could you?” suggested
she half in jest.
“Of course not —how absurd!”
laughed Clara.
“Tho very thing! Louisa, you aro a
trump!” exclaimed Frank. “I haven’t
parted with what was to have been the
wedding ring; here it is on my watch
chain ready for use.”
“I’ll warrant Clara saved her vail,”
THE TELEPHONE.
THE nEMAIlUAHLE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH
TELEPHONES HAVE BEEN UTILIZED.
SENATOR BECK'S APOLOGY.
then they moved to n town of Sandy said Louisa.
Hill, where our tulo now finds them. ! Frank pleaded so ably, and Virgie
Mrs. Harmon was very anxious that ; and Louisa, not to mention Clara’s own
her guests should know and nppreci- j heart, aided him so nobly, that about
ate the Ormsby girls; soat her request j two hours later, Mrs. Harmon’s guests
latter were almost the first per- j hud a surprise. Just before supper
(From tho Indianapolis Journal.)
“I think tile establishment of this
system of central stations in all large
cities and towns is perhaps the move
ment which is engaging most atten
tion, and It Is likely to bo or tho great
est servico to the public. The plun is
this: I live in a city where a central
telephone station has been established
Chicago or Indianapolis for instance,
and I am connected with it by wire.
I call tho central station and say:
‘Connect mo with Mr. Day.’ They
turn a button and at once your lino is
in connection with that of Mr. Day.
when I am through talking with him
I can have some other wire connected.
You have before you a list that tells
you all tho names with which you can
make connections, and you can talk,
without leaving your office, with three
or four thousand people in different
parts of the city, if you desire it. An
other step has also been taken. Par
ties having communication with the
central station of one city can be placed
In communication with people living
in another city, if it is not too far dis
tant. For instance, you want to talk
with a man in Chicago. Your central
station ascertains whether his name is
on the list, and, if so, connection is at
once established, so that practically
you have a wire running direct from
your office to the person i n Chicago
with whom you want to talk. Suppose
it is the First National Bank you want
to communicate with, you cun talk to
them direct.”
“What is the longest distance over
which sound will travel by the use of
the telephone?”
“That depends altogether upon the
conditions. If you have the wire clear
and all the conditions aro favorable,
you can talk very well over 100 miles.
I have talked over 300 miles, but I do
not say that could be done right
straight along. The time is coming,
however, I believe, when people will
be able to talk any distance over which
they cun now send telegraphs without
change.”
“And will it also extend to submar
ine cables?”
“There is no reason why it should
not eventually be perfected so thut
that may he possible. Tho rapidity
with which the telephone has come
into general use has astonished every
one who 1ms had anything to do with
it. The demand has grown faster than
we can supply. There has been no
need for us to canvass for business. It
has come of its own accord, one reason
Senator Beck’s BowlIng Green speech
i ih«Augusta Ohroulcie.) j h a3 evoked high praise from the Demo-
Wlien the New York Tribune pauses j cratie press all over the country. The
for a moment in the noble task of be.
laboring t he phantom of secession
and addresses Itself to some social
problem, tho result Is very agreeable
and very thorough. In the latest is
sue of that paper we find a beautiful,
timely and pathetic article upon little
children who, during the heats of sum
mer, are left in the great city to die,
while tlie children of tho well-to-do are
safe from harm and malaria in tire
mountalu country or by the seashore.
Congratulating happy mothors who
have tukon the precaution to save their
babies from the deadly glow of a sum
mer sun, the Tribune yet wishes that
these fortunate ones could eoino back
to the city for one day, and go through
the long streets where there are thous
ands of little ones who never saw the
country in their whole lives, nor once
drew u breath of pure, unpoisoned air,
Albany (N. Y.) Argus, which lias been
u leading Democratic organ so long
that tlie memory of man runneth not
to tlie contrary, notices it in tlie fol
lowing complimentary style: "Senator
Beck, at Bowling Green, Kentucky,
on Monday, took occasion to reply to
tho charge thut he is a ‘revolutionist.’
He quoted the remarks on which the
charge was bused, reviewed the work
of the extra session, and quietly said
thut in his ‘revolutionary’ remarks he
told the truth mid guessed well. He
is not, as he said, in tlie habit of refer
ring to himself. Ho begs pardon,need
lessly, for so doing, but thought that
he might take some liberties among
his constituents, ‘through whose par
tial favor he had uttained the highest
position a foreign-born citizen can as
pire to.’ Ho Bpeaks of himself and in
his own defense in a passage so noble
and adds: “We know no sight more j and eloquent that wo almost wish
pathetic than is offered every Sunday j some one would uttack him again,
afternoon on these streets, when the j Here is ids rieli and lofty ‘apology’:
whole wretched population come out j I have studied the great charter, and
on the door steps. However ragged ] have seen in the British Museum tlie
tho man and his wife may be, there is ] rude cross marks of the Barons, with
sure to be somo bit of finery on the ! their seals made by impressions from
thin little child or wan baby, who, j the hilts of their swords. They were
though ho was born in a garret, is as j unlettered men, but they did hutnani-
rauch tlie pride, the one great hope in j ty a never-to-be-forgotten service when
all the years to come, for two people, j tiiey forced their King to covenant
as though he were heir to a kingdom. | thut—
A GHASTLY SCENE.
IN THE WRONG BERTH.
An old German bachelor named
Ferdinand Armried, lived alone, with
twenty pet cuts, in u back room on tin-
first floor of u tenement hi New York.
Ho had resided there In that peculiar
eompaaionshlp for so many years
that the Gcrmuu residents of the
neighborhood long since ceased to
an amubino contretemps of the sleep
ing CAR.
ms outlines, allowing — - .
queer way unmoles- dessleatod In the general effect, who
wn ns “the old bach- j was traveling alone. The couple had
associates hut his pet I an upper berth, and tho “maiden well
(From tho Boston Transcript.)
It was in a Pull mail “Bleeper” bo-
tween Albany and Buffalo. Among
the passengers were a inlddlo-ttged
couple, evidently on their ilrst jour-
givo any heed to his oddities, allowing | ney, and a sour faced old inald, rather
him to go on his quec
ted. He was knowr
olor,’ and hud no associates but his pot , . . ,
eats, of which lie took tlie best of cure, i stricken In years” the upper berth in
He made a good living by acting ns | tlie adjoining section. In the same
agent for a tea compnny. lim ing the car were a couple of frolicsome
greater part of Tuesday night the mis- , youths, ready for any sort or mischief,
eries of tlie sleeping neighbors, who I Bed time came and all hands retlie .
lay tossinguboutln theswelterlng heat, j But tho husband could not Bleep,
were greatly aggravated by the unusu- Whether it wok because the motion or
al cries of Armried’s cats, which kept | the ears, the noise, or tho novelty of
up a dismal and diabolical howling j the situation, he could not tell, but,
ull through the night mid morning, try us he would, lie could not sleep,
and until two o’clock in the afternoon. At length it occurred to him that he
As thoir savuge noises seemed to grow j was thirsty. The more he thoug i
more furious every moment, a resident , of it, the more thirsty he got. Bo he
of the tenement lost all patience, and , enlled the porter, who brought the
went up to Armried’s door to tell him ! laddoreud helped him down.
Now,
that he must either keep his eats quiet
or move out of the house. The man
rapped vigorously at Armried’s door,
but got no answer except from the
cats, which howled at him fiercely.
After some reflection the idea dawned
upon him that the trouble among the
oats was causod by tlie thoughtless
ness of Armried, who, he conjectured,
had gone away after locking his cats
while he was gone for the water one
ol the “boys” stepped out of bed and
shifted the ladder so that It rested
against the berth in which the ancient
maiden was sleeping, and returned to
his bed to note the result. In a mo
ment or two tho husband returned
anil crept quietly up to tho steps, unx-
ious to make as little noise as possi
ble, so us not to awaken his wife. The
The coarse white dress, carefully I ‘ “No bailiff for the future shall put ' up in the room without food or water, i occupant of the berth, thus rudely In-
washed by the tired mother lute on any man to his law upon his own sun- ; Impressed with the idea, his heart truded upon, awoke with a start and
Saturday night; the cheap string of | pie affirmation without creditable wit.- j softened toward the imprisoned felines screamed. The husband, supposing
beads, the wagon made of ucandle-box j f r e 0 ’ e S ^ S a| ! 1 ir 8 h d n , ii :< be seized or “imprfson^d "'■' 1 determined to climb up and it to be ids easily MBhtoned wibh
set on wheels, where the barefooted j or rlisst-izod or oui lawed or in any way open the transom over tlie door and tried to reassure hei, uml saw. it s
little urchin sits while his father hauls destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor j liberate them. He opened the trail- “ " '
aar ,,i i.,,n K 'r fl, “ d into the room, and then
................. - - ly to the hall floor. Picking
hint, plain enough to a woman’s eyes, j none will we deny, to none will we’de- himself up,he ran as fast as he could to
mue ureiun sits wnue ins lamer iiaius i uesiroyea, nor win we go upon mm nor 11DC!rate thci
him proudly along the crowded pave- i will we send upon him, except by the SO m, peeped
ment—at every turn there is somosueh , seti,'T, , Ml .uddinl
of the lender, eager, hopeful love spent j lay right and justico
on these poor babies, born to an almost
certain heritage of want and death.”
To provo tills, our New York con
temporary prints the annual death
rate, showing that, in tlie American
Babylon, more than one-fourth are
those of babies under a year old. More
than half are children under live year-
“All these great underlying princi
ples fuil if the Radical despotic policy
prevails. I, a revolutionist, and op
posed to the maintenance of free insti
tutions! I would be false to every in
stinct and aspiration I ever felt if I did
only me.” “Only you, you old scoun
drel,” said the venerable maiden,”
I’ll teach you a lesson,” and, with
that, she seized him by the hair of his
head, and screamed for help. Then
lie howled with pain. Then his wife,
uwukened by tlie noise, discovered
The mortality among tlie little ones is \ ) las endured more, suffered more and
doubly great during July and August, struggled longer to maintain their
although those of tlie wealthier class- j freedom than any other. I was b rn
es are out of town. It is gratifying to bl sight of Adrian’s wall, which tin-
know that, by cheap and simple char- ; all-conquering Romans had to erect t
it ios, such os seaside homes and satii
tariums, over 4,000 human lives have
been annually saved since 1873. Still
there Is much to he done in tlie same
direction, and tho Tribitne says: “The
the police station, where he cried out,
“Old Bachelor Armried is lavin’dead in
his room and his twenty cats were eut-
ingiiisbodyallup.”Thecaptainutonee where her husband was, and raised
sent two policemen to tlie place. They hor voice in lamentution, heaping le-
broke in the door of Armried’s room proaches upon her faithless spouse,
and were met by a steneb that for a mo- Then the passengers ull got up, und
anything or said anything that looked j ment drove them back into the hallway. | demanded an explanation of the eom-
like either. I sprang from u race that Returning they found Armried’s dead motion, mid foremost among them
body lying on the floor much j
decomposed and covered with
great holes, which tlie cats had
eaten out, having evidently lived upon
.... , „ the remains for many hours. At the ,
protect themselves against u rude but , approach of the officers the cats crept | bed, where was most soundly lectured
brave people, who preferred death to close to the body, and while some of for his faithlessness. Altogether it
subjugation. The stories of all the them set up a dismal moan, others ae- "as a most uncomfortable though a
subsequent struggles of that people in- 1 tually ute of the flesh. The beasts ludicrous situation, and tlie glances
spired me with an undying hatred of could only be driven from the body of defiunce that were exchanged be-
vas tlie wretch who caused it ull.
Then the husband covered with con
fusion, und utterly unable to account
for wliat lie had done, climbed down
from his pereli und slunk away to
mother who is watching her children tyranny and oppression. I have stood | with clubs, and the officers, had great j tween the wife and the old maid all
playing in the surf or growing brown
in tlie cold mountain air, takes heed of
being that if one man in any branch j tho bot wnvu only |,y a change of
sons to enter hor parlors the night of whisper ran round that something, no I of trade in the city laid a telephone, t g be ( j oes not (b | n j. wba f p j s to that
the party. Mrs. Learoyd was very | one could say what, was to happen, j everybody elscln thesiune line thought | iph >!• mother, whoso darling it sweeps
cordial and chatty; Frank was distant Suddenly the band struck up the fu- lie must have one also,
and silent, but their cousin was smil- j miliar wedding march ; the bishop in has been beyond all our
The success
calculations.
ingly unconscious of the barrier of ice full canonicals, entered tho parlors,
between him and the two sisters. So i followed by Mr. and Mrs. Harmon,
utterly unconscious, indeed, that in j Mrs. Learoyd and Virgie Ormsby, and
Clara’s presence she requested Frank | Frank, with Clara in bridal attire,
to dance tho first set with her who | loaning on his arm.
Tho few solemn words were uttered
came so near being his wife! Having
never heard of ills engagement to
Clara, how was site to know what an
awkward position she hud put them
in, all out of good will?
“Louisa,” said Virgie Ormsby, when
the two were alone together for a mo
ment, “did you not call your cousin
Sophie.”
“Yes. Why?” said Mrs. Harmon.
“I thought she was tall, coarse-feat
ured brunette, with a deep voice and
tragic manner, and I am sure I heard
her name was Letitia.”
“Hush!” exclaimed Mrs. Harmon,
cautiously. “You are thinking of my
cousin Frank’s wife, a dreadful creat
ure! I can’t imagine how you ever
hoard of hor. Ho married her when
he was a more boy and in a fit of in-
We can’t get away with our orders as
fast as they come. The company of
which I um president turns out three
in reverential uwe, with head uncover- difficulty in beating them from the ! through the next day were a studj.
ed, in ‘God’s Acre,’ in the old city of | room, as many of them fought savage-| The cause of all tlie trouble leaked
Edinburg, where the bones of thous- ly, und even then they secreted -’ut, but it never reached the eats of
ands of martyrs, who went to the stake themselves in the dark corners of the those chiefly affected by it.
and gibbet in defense of their right to hallways and continued their blood-]
away into the grave. Two or three maintain and enjoy civil and religious curdling screeching. It was found
dollars she knows would have saved j liberty, lie in undistinguished and un-! that Armried had been dead twenty-!
it, but all tlie gold in tlie world will j tinguishable graves. I have knelt up- ! four hours, that he had died I
not bring it back to her arms again. ; on the stone where tlie men and wo- ! in the closed room surrounded ]
Two or three dollars—the price which \ men of Scotland signed the solemn ! by his pets, and that, there beta;
$17,500 A YEAR NOT ENOUGH.
(From 1 lit) Nuw York Tribune.)
Needy politicians will not bo likely
hundred telephones a day. That com- i othol , womell spend for ribbon, for a league and covenant with -their own j nothing else in the room for them to
puny works under my patent, and is | j ajnty j igb for dinner! The mother blood. I know what liberty costs, eat, the eats, when they became bun
her husband! They shall see of 1 “ . °
, . „ T , , . , ; toxieation ; she was a low, vile woman
of what stuff lam made! And poor
as we are to-day, I, a daily govoruess, j
you a telegraph operator, they shall not ]
find us either shabby or awkward!”
“Awkward? No. Five years of toil
and absence from all fashionable I
gatherings could hardly make us thut.
Shabby? Well ” said Virgie,
laughing.
“The trunks that I looked on what
was to have been my bridal morn
ing, contain fluery enough I think.
My pule blue silk can be made over for
you.”
“O Clara, I cannot take it!”
“Yes you can, dear and you must.
I shall wear my white silk.”
“Your wedding dress?”
“Yes; I shall never need it in that
capacity. He is nothing to me, why
should I treasure thut dress any lon
ger? Como, let’s go now and examine
the dresses.”
What emotions filled Clara’s hoax-t
as she lifted out tho dresses that had
lain away so long, or how much cour
age it required to gaze upon the un
used veil, wreath, gloves, slippers, etc.
Virgie could only guoss. Hor sister’s
face wus calm und impassive.
Six years had elapsed since those
garments hud seen tho light of day.
Claru Ormsby, the youngest daughter
of doting parents, able and willing to
make their children’s lives u long fes
tal day, was sitting In the father’s li
brary writing on one or two notes one
sweet June morning when a servant
ushered in a stranger. Clara looking
up, us much annoyod ns one of her
sweet temper could be, and was about
to reprove a man for bringing a guest
In there, when the latter said:
“Please don’t blame the man, Miss
Ormsby I I was determined to see you
and I followed him. You expect to be
married to Frank Learoyd to-morrow,
I hoar?”
“Yes,” Clara replied, briefly,
“I regret to bo a spoil-sport, but I
must Interfere.”
“You? What right ”
“The best right in the world. I am
his wife.’’
“Oh, you are mistaken ”
I think not; you are engaged to
Frank Learoyd, son of Gus Learoyd,
of Fifth avonue, Forty-sixth street?
That is the young man I claim as my
husband. Seo, here is his photograpli
—bore is my marriage certificate—bore
is where he calls me ‘wife.’ Aro you
r . n
and married him for money. His rel
atives came to his rescue, and not only
bought her off, but so thoroughly
opened his oyes to her character that
he never saw her again after his un
lucky wedding day. Why, do you
know she was so wicked, so desperate
that she not only vowed vengeance on
the uncle and cousin who were fore
most in Frank’s defense, but actually
tried to kill them I”
“Did he get a divorce?”
“No; that would have made the
scandal too public. Fortunately
for him the creature died of delirium
tremens about five years ago.”
“And then ho married again.”
“Yes, but not immediately. He and
Sophie have been man and wife
scarcely two years.”
“And in those three years of free
dom Frank never once thought of
poor, dear Clara! Inconstant creat
ure!” said Virgie to herself us her
hostess moved away.
Virgie found a moment in which to
relate Frank’s history to Clara before
the dancing commenced and the
thought ho might have claimed her
and did not, nerved hor to Buch a de
gree that she moved in the lancers
without one particle of the self-
consciousness, the embarrassment
she had expected to feel.
After a little sueh desultory eluit
as might huvo taken place between
the veriest strangers Clara said:
“I think your wife has one of the
sweetest fuces I over saw. Surely slie
is a German—she is sucli a perfect
blondo.”
“My—O you moan Sophie! Yes, her
father was, a German. But you have
made a slight error; she is not my
wife but my cousin’s,” answered
Frank, “Her husband, who is in tho
navy, is now in tho Mediterranean.’’
“I certainly understood Mrs. Har
mon to speak of hor as Mrs, Frank
Learoyd,” answered Clara in surprise.
“So she is. You surely have heard
of Frank—you forgot,” persisted lie,
seeing that she looked puzzled, “it
was his cursed folly in marrying that
Letitia Rundell! that ”
“Was it he? But she showed me
your picture?”
“So, so! She took her vengeance
that way, did she! She told you that I
wus her husband? When?”
“The duy before ” and Clara hes-
to bother the President with applica
tions for the vacant English Missions.
It is now generally understood that the
occupant of tlie pluee must spend
—the ring that had been in readiness
six loug years was slipped on Clara’s
linger, and when the twain were made
one, Frank pushed aside tlie flimsy
veil creased and yellowed with six
years w iting, und pressed a hus
band’s kiss upon her sweet lips.
This pleasant episode did not spoil
Mrs. Harmon’s party, you may be
sure. Every one exclaimed:
“Dear Mrs. Harmon, you are always
so successful with your entertain
ments! Mrs. Harmon’s party is a syno
nym with us for all that is delightful.”
So Frank and Clara Learoyd think.
Western'unta^Tctagraph^Compivny 1 ’’ ''' h ° nurses her dying baby in the sti- Ma y my right arm wither and my j gryfell upon their master’s corpse, about $io,«« a yearmoro Xr, his'sal
i ''“w1i7xtta the difference betwomi'your : el T° to thc / oof ,,lollU I I of «ry, if he holds ixis own socially with
PAPUAN YOUNG UADIES.
(From tho Suturdny Review.)
The Papuans of New Guinea are
still only a half-known race. Intel
lectually, Mr. Wallace places them
above the Malays, thougli the Malays
have acquired more actual civilization
by contact with superior races. The
Papuans have a taste for personal em
bellishment, but it takes sueh eccen
tric forms us the attaching of two
boars’ tusks joined together to the
nose, with tho Ups turned upward.
They eat many kinds of large insects.
What they consider music is their or
dinary substitute at festivals for intox
icating liquors. They are totally ig
norant of metals, and the coast-dwel
lers are even unable to procure fire
for themselves. When they accident
ally let their fires go out, they have to
ask a spark of the hill tribesmen, who
produce it by friction. Yet they divide
the year into lunar months, and have
names for the constellations. One
of tho tribes, the Llema, counts up to
a million. In the New Britain groups,
tlie Papuans of New Zeuland have a re
markable custom, which even the
East can not match. Girls of six or
eight years old are shut up for somo
fiye years in cuges like huge extin
guishers, made of palm leaves, out of
which they are never allowed to como
till they are to bo married. The cages
are placed inside largo houses, with
old women to watch them. Tho girls
are taken out once a day to wash, but
thoy never leave the house. Mr. Wal-
laco says tho youg ladies do not seem
to suffer in health.
Wlmt is tho difference between your
telephone and that known us Edi
son’s?”
“There is no difference in principle.
The main difference is in the substance
of the transmitter. He has introduced
the use of carbon for the transmitter,
which I admit to bo an improvement,
but that does not give Edison any
claim to bo called the inventor of the
telephone, any more tliun a man who
only puts the final to a church steeple
would bo called tlie builder of the
church. Edison and myself stand in
just about that relation. All lie did
was to put on tho final by improving
the substance of tlie transmitter.”
“What about tho phonograph?”
“Thut, of course, is for tlie preserva
tion and transmission of sounds. It is
an ingenious toy—nothing more—and
I do not expect that it will over be of
much practical use. There is nothing
in it likely to bring it into ) radtieal
use, so ns to appreciated by the com
munity, while the telephone, after be
ing in use only two or three years pays
interest upon uu invested capital of
$5,000,000.”
“What is the difference between
yourself and tho Bell Telephone Com
pany?”
“It is just a question of priority of
patent, which the courts must decide,
and in order to get that point settled
suits are now pending at Boston, Chi
cago, New York and Snn Francisco.
A decision in any ono of these cities
will settlo the matter without fighting
all the suits.”
Soared to Death In Reality.
The wife of Peyton Talley, keoper
of the Aqueduct Hill, Chesterfield
county, Vn., not far from Petersburg,
was scared to death Monday morning
under the following circumstances: Mr.
Talley hud an occasion on that day
to interfere with the orgies of a party of
dissolute boys and women, when the
former, incensed at his action, at
tacked him, and kept up the assault
until he reached the door of his house,
causing his wife such a shook from
fear that she died a few hours after
wards. Warrants have been issued
for all concerned.
Church Errors.
Rev. Mr. Moody, at Baltimore, spoke
thus: “And there are your grab-bags
—your grab-bags! I tell you there
is too much of this. Your fairs and
your bazars won’t do', and your voting,
your ousting your ballots for tho most
popular man or the most popular wo
man, is just helping along their van
ity. I tell you how it grieves the
spirit: it offends God. They’ve got so
far now that for twenty-five cents
young men cun come in and kiss the
handsomest woman in the room.
Think of this! Look at the church
lotteries going on in New York. Be
fore God, I would rather preach in
any barn, or in tho most miserable
hovel on eurth, than within the walls
of a church paid for in such a way.
What is the uso ofgoing toa gambling
<'en when you can have a game of
grab, with a lady for a partner?”
knows all this. Is it any wonder that j if I ever do an act or utter a word
she looks at these women who have so \ which tends to subvert any of tlie con-
much and she so little, wondering if stitutiona! safeguards which sustain
they know that God made them both? ; and protect the liberties of this people."
The woman whom God lias so blessed
as to give a baby to her arms, is made ' republican plan oe the south-
by tlgit gift a mother to all othor ohil- ; ern campaign.
dren. It is her business to know, at
least, that no little one dies from neg- i '^* le Republicans, it would seem,
lect.”
flesh, which they devoured.
The
have determined to confine their cf-
It is a serious duty no doubt to save
forts in 1880 to four Southern States.
these little lives, and it is to tho credit j -*-* 10 °tbeis w ill be wisely let alone and
of tlie wealthy classes that they arc | allowed to vote as they choose. These
striving to effect all the good possible I ^ our unfortunate States are North Car-
under the circumstances. And yet, it , olinu ‘ Florida, Missouri and Kentucky,
may be that the little ones who go are ! In Uie late eleetion, tlie Republicans
moro to be envied than those who re- | £ a * nec * a Httl° Jn ^ortli Carolina, a re-
main, especially when environed bv ! sult dlle Principal^ ta the fact that
the dreadful probabilities of a tone- ; ,nun >' Democrats remained ut home,
ment-houso existence. In tlie richest ! Aa thc Bepubllcans still control the
and poorest households there are vu- ! so *''^ nc f?r° vote of that State, they
cant seats that tear the mother’s heart j ohcrisli the fond but delusive hope
with relentless memories. Death- that th, '- v 1)0 ablu to eiuT >' thut
the death of babes—is not confined to State some day or other,
any class. That bond of sympathy is | Republicans havi
In Florida
made sev-
cminion and almost universal. Con
fronted with the evil ways of men, tlie
ingratitude of those who have been
spared, and tlie misfortunes that life
may bring and does bring to the over
whelming majority, how shall we
mourn without comfort for that dar
erat little spurts lately. Tho Demo
cratic majority in 1878 was by no means
as large us was expected, and the Re
publicans beliove that if they are able
to keep tlie party together they can
accomplish something. In the city
election in Jacksonville, tlie largest
ling child, who is asleep in the bosom ; lown ot t * lu State. t,ll! Republicans
of tho vast earth, hut awake with Jesus ' vcl ' u successful, the other day, for the
und safe from ull temptations und all . I ' lst t * me s ' m-e 187o. As for Kentucky
AREA AND POPULATION OF TEXAS.
Molasses for Flies.
(From tho Clnvolami Herald.)
About theso days the wily vendor of
the deceitful lottery ticket elrculateth
ruvors and legends eoneering the
honest and horny handed workingman
drawing the $100,000 prize, and. when
the cheerful and euthusinstio idiot
readoth theso rumors in tho public
prints he rushoth off and sinketh two
dollars and a half.
The Truth.
In tho whole United States thero is
not u flavoring extract that is so valu
able, so positive, so effectual in pro
ducing the most delicious, desirable,
and delicate flavored cakes, pastry,
ice cream, etc., as Dr. Price’s justly
is -place will be hard to 11)1, i
Prevention is bettor than cure, and
Dr. Bull’s Baltimore Pills are the best
preventive of disease known. They
are used, approved and recommended
by myrinds of people throughout the
Mjwi'dcring. Tho building that ippst
(From tho Troy N. Y. Times.)
Texas has a vast domain. Between
the Sabine river on the east, tho Red |
River on tho west and tho 400 miles
of const line on tlie south, you inclose
274,000 square miles, or over 175,000,000
acres of territory. This one State is
larger than the Kingdom of Great
Britain, larger than Franco and larger
than the Gorman Empire. You could
carve out of Texas thirty-five States as
large as Massachusetts, or nearly six
as large as New York. Plueo tlie six
New England States on Texas, and
you have covered blit little more than
one-fourth of the Great State. Add
all tho Middlo States; and still you
have covered only about two-thirds.
Not till you have combined Maryland,
Virginia and Ohio with tho Middle
and New England States do you equal
tho Immense area of Texas.
And this “Lone Stur” is not so lone
ly as some may imagine. It already
has a population of 2,000,000, and the
marvelous immigration now pouring
into tho State increases tlie number
at tho rate of 300,000" a year. These
now settlers are mostly from the
Northern States and from Europe.
Well, lot them como-
“Undo Snm Is rich enough
To buy us all a farm."
» You could gather the entire popula
tion of tho United States into Texas,
and not have it more crowded than
'some parts of our land are now.
A oreat many remedies are adver
tised to bring them before the public,
who decides whether the article is good
or bad. Tho good reputation whloh
Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup enjoys is u
standing guarantee of its merits. Price
NTS 'fV PUB u,Qrwatto.,lUY '
and Missouri, it is hard to say what
tlie Radicals mean by their declara
tions that thoy will contest those
States. Both of them are reliably
Democratic by about 00,000, und there
is no prominent issue likely to change
the result. In Missouri there are a
few Greenbuckers allied with thc Re
publicans, but their votes cannot af
fect the result. Tlie stupid boast of the
locul Republican press is probably in
tended only to keep the party together
in these States and secure ull the Fed
eral offices for its leaders and chiefs.—
iY. 0. Democrat.
Cruel Device.
(From tho Virginia, Nov., Chronicle.)
A new device for the bedevilment of
lovers was operated successfully by a
heartless young man on tho local train
yesterday. A couple sut in the seut bo-
fore him. Tho lady was young and
modest, and the swain wore very large
cuffs. One arm was thrown carelessly
ulong the back of tho scat, and upon
this tho evil-minded person behind
rubbod some phosphorus. The uffee-
tionute performances of thatouff, when
the train wus rushing through the kind
ly darkness of the tunnels, were beheld
by all the uufeollng and snickering oc
cupants of the ear, whose cruel enjoy
ment was not a Utile increased by thc
demure and unconcerned appearance
of thc lovers each time the train bound
ed again into light.
other diplomatic functionaries of his
rank and escapes the dreadful imputa
tion of shabbiness. It is said that
General Schenck contrived to make
both ends meet by going to the Contt-
: nent. once a year for a long tour and
cutting down his household expenses
during Ills absence. Whether this bo
true or not, it is certain that most of
i his predecessors tiud successors came
, homo much poorer in money than
1 when thoy went ’.to London, however,
, much richer in honor thoy may have
felt themselves to be. Wealth ought
not to be an indispensable requisite
for a Republican Minister to England,
but the fact is the $17,500 salary we al
low, although it looks like u hand-
] somo figure, will not hire a big house
in a fashionable quarter, support u ret-
recull this tragic sentence that closed j tauo of servants, and carriages and
the effusion of a cluss-niute of our ba expense of dinners and recep-
sehool da vs: “I once knew a boy whose ! tions. An American Minister must ei-
ehuuees for health and long life were i thev Ue able to supplement largely his
as good as my own, but who wusseized 1 sa ' al 'y ol >t of his private resources, or
with a fever und was sick ull summer.” j be ,mlst bve u style humiliating to
„ ,, T , , himself and discreditable to the couu-
A friend writing from Ban Leandro,
California, tells the following; A elite j
little live-year-old, whose parents wore ,
connected with tlie Presbyterian i
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
It is strangely singular how much
the boy with a new pair of suspenders
hates to wear a coat.
Boys who cry because their bread
fulls with the buttered side down
should think of other little boys who
huvo no butter.
Buy to gentleman who has not given
him any reward for carrying his port
manteau : “An’ please, sir, what must
I say if any one asks me how much I
has to thunk you for.”
Kitty and Alau worn two
Thoy ran after u robin 1
Said Kitty to Alan. “Of
We’ve entirely forsottei
little el.lcks;
ith two little sticks;
ourso wo shall full,
tho salt for his tall."
Speaking of boys’ composition, we
try ho represents.
Sundays In Vienna.
, , , . , r ,,, (Frum the Correspondence Lowiston Journal.]
Church, suid : Mamma, wus Christ a
Jew?” “Yes, dear,” replied the moth
er. “Well, Unit’s struugo, now, isu
it, mamma, when His father, God, was
a Presbyterian.”
Sabbath-sehool
"God's Providence.” Teacher:“Why,
children, tlie good Lord cares for even
tlie little sparrows you see hopping
about your doors. Can you tell me in
what way he cares for them? “Feeds
them;” “Tells them how to build their
nests;’’ “Gives them wings to fly,” ure
some of tlie answers given. When all
are dono a little mite of a fellow, away
Whatever else Vienna rfiay have, she
’ I certainly has no Subbuth. Unless tho
i traveler keeps close watch or the
lapse of time, will himself forget the
j recurrence of Sunday; for there Is notli-
conccrt — Subject: ; ( n g here—us in most other continental
cities—to remind him when the Lord’s
Day lias come. We liuve been ta Vi
enna two Sublmths, und outside of our
party mid few American and English
travelers we have not heard any sug
gestion of sueh a day. Traffic, work,
amusements and worldly occupations
have gone on just the same on the
seventh as on the sixth day. Tho
in the back part ot the room, pipes out, | Catholic Churches (for nearly every
“He dlvs ’em fodders.” one here is a Roman Catholic) have
■—- services on tho Sabbath, and small
Gen. Gordon. uudlenccs gather, but the noise of bn; -
(Sir Goorgo Oampbuli’e idua of him.) 'ness outside drowns the voice ot
In tho evening I went to hear Gen. ! prayer. Continental Europe has vir-
Gordon, the newly-elected Senator, tually set aside the Fourth Commuud-
who guve un n ldress. He was very ! ment.
eloquent and successful, but I thought
too much in the style of an energetic
preacher. I understand now whore
the negro preachers get their styles.
Gen. Gordon’s discourse was prinel-
Something' New in Cotton Culture.
It has always been claimed thut cot
ton won't grow when transplanted, hut
from the result of an experiment,whii-h
Stands Alone.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is
free from all substances detrimental
to health. In these respects it stands
alone. Who can toll how many inval
ids und tender children have fallen
victims to the dangerous adulterations
practised upon food? Obtain pure ar-
n,i— ,.,1., naj.o, lAxeti,ormnary.—i
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Independents. He seemed to advo- j notion will not hold good and cotton
cate extreme views—“a Solid South.” ! grow when transplanted. On the
and so on. They had got State after ! al8 t of .Tape, a stalk of cotton was
State, and now South Carolina, too, ; brought to t|^iB office from the country
and they would not go back. Shame j nnc ' placed on exhibition for two days,
to those who broke their own ranks. | when it was topped and planted in n.
After the meeting I fraternized with little rich earth near our office, olJ.
several legislators at the Kimball, mid j bas now grown into a vigorous stalk,
had two or throe Invitations to “take ! When planted it had two blooms on R,
a drink.” All wore very civil an 1 cor- ; anc ' thirteen shapes. These ull fell
dial, und inclined to talk of England 1 but others are putting out, and tl o
and hor model. j stalk w ill no doubt produce fruit. If
en transplanting succeeded in this ease
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