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THE SACRIFICE
OF HIfiRGfIRET.
To Give Her Life and Do Her
Duty and Leave the Rest
to God.
(Copyright, I*!G.)
It had always beta so since they were
children together. The elder girl bad
borne the troubles of the younger,
smoothed out her difficulties, stool be
tween her and punishment. At school it
had always been Margaret who cast the
aegis of protection over little Elise, who
fought her battles, who explained doubtful
situations to the teacher, and saved the
timid child many a rebuke. And as they
grew into womanhood Elise still depended
upon her more self-reliant friend. She
confided to her all her trials, she poured
out all the real or imaginary perplexities
that troubled her young life, certain that
Margaret could straighten them out.
Something of all this Margaret thought
as she hurried across the white fields this
January morning, her cheeks glowing
partly with the exercise and partly with
the new tender knowledge that possessed
her, for now it was her turn to be sym
pathized with. She was taking the great
est happiness of her life to little Elise’s
loving heart. Margaret Lenox’s nature
was self-contained and undemonstrative,
but for the first time in her life she felt
the desire for a woman’s sympathy and
tender congratulations. Her mother, with
whom she had lived alone far many years
in the little cottage on the bill, though
not indifferent to her daughter's happi
ness, was matter of fact and dispassionate,
and Margaret craved Elise’s cling
ing arms. The letter from Rus
st 11 Thorne, the m m whom she
she had secretly loved for many months,
lay close to her heart. It had come to h< r
that morning, asking her promise of mar
ri.i.j . asking her for the gift alr< ady b--
stowed, her maiden love. How happy she
was. The white snow bad never glistened
with so crystalline, a glow. Surely the sun
had never before so kissed and glorified the
dripping trees.
She approached Elise Cowden’s cottage
with a brisk step, opened the front door,
as was her wont, and ran up to the young
girl's room. Pausing an instant on the
threshold, she heard a sound of sobbing.
“Elise, darling, what is the matter?” she
asked, alarmed, as she opened rhe door.
Another sob was the only answer.
“Tell me, dear.”
The little head only burrowed itself
deeper in t.he pillow. Her own dreams for
gotten, Margaret very tenderly drew from
the girl her little story. He- had seemed
•to love her (sob), and she cared for him
so much, and now he was gone away (sob).
She knew some one had come between
them, and her ‘‘heart would break.” The
little frame was shaken with grief.
“Who is it, darling? I will make it all
right. Doesn’t Margaret always smooth
things out for you?”
Margaret felt ready to premise any
thing.
Elise dried her tears.
“You will bring him back to me, Mar
gar< t?” she querried hopefully, though her
breast still heaved.
‘‘Of course I will,” Margaret said sooth
ingly. “Who is it?”
‘ Russell Thorne, Margaret.”
The elder girl gave a mighty start.
“I don’t think you liked him very much. !
Margaret You were always so silent when 1
he was by. But 1 love him. and he went
away without saying a word to me. and I
know some one must have come between
vis. He seemed to like me, Margaret.” she
ended wistfully.
“I will see what I can do, dearest. Let j
me go now. Good-bye.”
She disengaged herself gently from i
Elise's embrace, and left the cottage. A j
hurried walk across the fields, and she
ent red her own house and sought her
mother.
“I have decided to go to New York to
take that position as bookkeeper that
Cousin Henry offered me,” she said ab
ruptly. ‘‘Elise will come to stay with you. i
I know, till 1 come home at Easter. If I j
do not like the work I need not stay.’
“Very well: do as you think best.” her •
mother answered, wondering at the girl’s j
sudden decision. “When shall you go?"
She went to her room, but before pack
ing her trunk sat down at her table. She
wrote Russell Thorne a kind but firm re
fusal, ending her letter with a hope that he
would look after her mother and Elise a
little during her absence. He was only
away temporarily. He would be back next
week. She must be away, and little Elise
should have the opportunity she wanted.
The gill's lips were very white and set as
she stamped and addressed the letter that j
was the deathblow to her happiness, but j
she did not falter. A message to Elise in ;
the morning, a hurried drive to the station, *
and soon she was whirling along o the '
great city which was to witness the be- |
ginning of her new life.
♦ * ♦ * *
The Easter bells were pealing bright and
clear in the fair spring morning. The
birds twittered joyously as they flew from
bough to bough, and each bud seemed
striving to burst from its protecting sheath
of green. All nature seemed to be filled
with the bright spirit cf the holy season.
There seemed no place for care or pain.
In Margaret Lenox's heart it seem that
the hope of life lay cold and dead. She
walked to church slowly, with a quiet
calmness on lip and brow, but the hand I
clasping the prayer book was clasped close ;
to her side. She had only arrived home
the evening before, but already she knew
that her sacrifice had been in vain. Pret
ty volatile Elise had told her a new and
happy tale of love. She had found out her
mistake. She had never really loved Rus
sell Thorne, though she had thought so
for a little while, and Arthur Spencer and
she were to be married in May. Margaret
had kissed the girl fondly, and wished her
happiness, but in her heart echoed the re
frain “All for naught, all for naught.”
Russell Thorne was a proud man. He
had sent no word through all these weeks.
She had lost him forever.
She knelt in the church through the
bright Easter morning, her brown head I
prone unon her hands, her tears falling
between her closed fingers. She had chosen
a seat, at the back of the church so that
no one might notice her. Suddenly the
sweet voi.es of the choir arrested her j
thought. What were they singing?
East* r triumph. Easter joy,
Sin alone can this destroy.
From sin’s power do thou set free
Souls newborn. O, Lord, in Thee!
r
The words rested sweetly, soothingly on
har soul. In some mysterious way she felt
strengthened, comforted. She left the
church just before the congregation
streamed out, and started to cross the
fields toward her home. The words of the
hymn still rang in her mind:
Easter triumph, Easter joy.
Sin alone can this destroy.
“I will live out my life and do my duty,"
she said to herself, “and leave the rest to
CrOd.”
As she reached the old willow that
ehaded her cotage home from the main
road she thought she heard footsteps be
hind her. She turned, and a great beau-
tiful blush overspread her face. Russell
I Thorne came quickly toward her and stood
I at her side.
“Marga et!” he said gently. “Margaret!”
I He gazed questioning!” into her eyes.
She looked up at him bravely, but her
lips quivered.
“M by. Margaret, he said. “You do love
me. I see it in your eyes, and yet you sent
me from you, calmly, coldly. Why did you
I do it?”
Sae tried to ansutr. but he revulsion of
I fueling had bt'-n too much for her. She
| coul 1 not -peak. He put his arm about her.
Pl; your h--ad on my breast, d-.ar heart,
: ar. 1 tell me ail about it,” he said, tenderly.
| Au ! there in the quiet willow shade is
heard the truth.
“My Margaret, all the nearer, all the
| dearer for the self-sacrifice that has
! aused us both such suffering. Hark!
■ What is that the bells are chiming? A
j message for us?”
j ‘ Easter joy,” said Margaret, softly.
ALMON HENSLEY.
' SPANISH NAMES.
An Authority Explains Their Proper Pro
nunciation.
It is a fact that a great majority of peo
ple find difficulty in pronouncing a now
word when it first meets their eye. This
was illustrated many times in this city
while the Spanish man-of-war was in New
harbor. Some said Viz-ky-ya, others
\ Iz-kee-ya and still others Viz-ka-ya. Ac
cording to Udo Reger, a professor of lan
guages in Rochester, the correct pronunci
ation is With-kl-a, and the accent is on
the second syllable. The i is long, and the
th has a sharp hissing sound. The profess
or is authority for the assertion that all
the z s that occur in the Spanish language
have the sound of w and b fused, with the
preponderance of sound in favor of the w.
B has the same affliction as the v. C, so
the professor says, sometimes has the
sound of th, and then, again, it is tz, but
for a change it is sometimes given its own
hard sound, k
Professor Reger gives the correct pro
nn relation of a number of the names
which have appeared in connection with
Cuban affairs and the disaster in which
the Maine was lost. in the following list
the word is spelled as it is written in the
first column and as it should be pro
nounced in the second:
Havana—Hah-wah-nah, accent on sec
ond syllable.
Madrid —Mahdree, accent on second syl
lable.
Blanco—Blahng-ko, accent on first syl
lable.
Cabanas—Cah-wah-nas, accent on sec
ond syllable.
Sagas ta—Sa-gas-ta, as spelled, the a’s
sounded as in cat
Gomez—Go-meth, accent on first sylla
ble; o long
Canovas—Car-no-was, accent on second
syllable; o long
Ruiz—Roo-eeth, equal accents.
Maceo—Mah-the-o, accent first syllable.
Maria Rodriguez—Mah-ree-a Ro-dree
geth, accent second syllable both words; o
in Ro is long.
Perico Diaz—Pcr-ee-ko Dee-ath, accent
on second syllable in Perico; accents equal
in second word.
Reina Mercedes—Rayee-nah Mer-the
dez, accent first syllable in Reina, second
in Mercedes.
Galicia—Gal-eoth-oe-ah, accent on sec
ond syllable.
Jorge Juan—Whorg Whahn; in these
words the J has the German sound of ch,
but it can best be represented in English
by wh
Bernabe—Bear-nah-ce, accent on first
syllable
Cadiz—Kah-decth, accent on first sylla
ble.
Eulate—Aoo-lah-te, accent on second
syllable.
Santa Cruz—Ssbn-tah Krooth.
Puerto del Padro—Poo-er-to del Pah
dro, accent second syllable of Puerto, first
syllable of Padro; o’s long.
Castillo del Principe—Kah-steel-yo del
Pring-see pay, accent second syllable of
Castillo, first syllable of Principe.
Dry Tortugas—Dree Tor-too-gas, accent
second syllable.
Lupercio Martinez—Loo-per-cee-oh Mar
teo-neth, accent second syllable of Luper
cio, second syllable cf Martinez.
Dupuy de Lome—Doo-pwee duh Lohm.
This is a French name, somewhat modified
in change from that tongue into Spanish.
Weyler—Wi-ler, accent first syllable; i
long. This name comes from the German
and retains the German pronunciation.
Cristobal Colon—Kris-toh-ahl Koh-lon,
accent on first syllable in Cristobal, second
in Colon.
Du Bose—Doo Bosk.
Matanzas—Mah-tahn-thas, accent on
second syllable.
Azore—Ah-thoh-ray, accent second syl
lable.
Rayo—Rah-yoh, accent first syllable.
Ariete —Ah-reeay-tay, accent second syl
lable.
A1 m ira nte Oqu en do— A1 -m eer-ah n - tay
Oh-kwen-do, accent third syllable in Al
mirante, second syllable in Oquendo.
Pedro Rivas—Pay-droh Ree-wahs, ac
cent first syllable in both. •
Pando—Pahn-doh, accent first syllable.
—Rochester Post-Express.
Railroad Woes In China.
A missionary writing from China to a
friend in this city recently described the
difficulties under which the newly com
pleted railroads are conducted in that
country.
Passengers in the first class coaches, he
said, exhibited so strong a desire to carry
off various articles from the cars as souve
nirs of their trip that the coaches were
speedily stripped of those things that con
tribute to the comfort of the passenger.
They took away with them hat and bun
dle racks, mirrors, lamp brackets, hooks,
small tables and even doors. They were
considerate enough to leave the car frame
and wheels. And the purloiners were gov
ernment officials and people belonging to
the wealthy classes.
The stations along the railroad over
which the writer traveled were rude sheds,
very unclean and without a chair or bench.
The cars, too, were very dirty. While this
was especially true of the second class
coaches, which were oftentimes crowded
with half naked,* unwashed people, the
first class coaches also became very unclean
in a short time. It soon became necessary
to take out all the upholstery and replace
it by plain seats.
When the railroads were being built, re
ports were spread that the foreign con
tractors were stealing Chinese children
and burying them in the roadbed so as to
propitiate the god who rules over rail
roads. These reports greatly excited the
people, and in one instance a mob attacked
two missionaries near Peking and would
have killed them had not a detachment of
soldiers rescued them. Under guise of
these reports children were really kid
naped and taken into the cities for im
moral purposes.—New York Sun.
Salmon For London.
In the list of big salmon contributed an
nually to The Times one sees a record of
numbers of fish running from 40 pounds
to over 50 pounds. These big fish are usu
ally bought by the most fashionable fish-
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2 1898.
mongers, for they are rather difficult to
sell to ordinary customers. Even at the
best shops one wonders bow three magnif
icent salmon, weighing from 40 pounds
to 45 pounds each, will be disposed of in
the course of 24 hours. Now that everv
coarse at dinner is served out of sight of
the table there is no particular credit in
having a very magnificent fish, even at a
city banquet. That, however, is the desti
nation of most of the monster fish.
Some of the best hotels, too, always have
salmon one day in the week at the table
d’hote, and there a 25 pound fish may of
ten be seen lying ready for subdivision
among the guests. Smoked salmon, main
ly cured in Norway, is always ridiculously
dear. No reason can be given for this, for
the fish costa little to cure, and there is no
risk of its turning bad, as in the case of the
tresh fish.—Cornhill Magazine.
A N.CS Giri.
An incident the past winter of a would
be fashionable young woman illustrates
the means to which some pretentious belles
think themselves put to secure enjoyment
and masculine attention.
She is not, one is pleased to say, a wom
an who works nor one really gentle. She
is the sort who could not think of going
anywhere short of the Waldorf to dine nor
dream of speaking with an acquaintance
unfashionably dressed. It was the man
himself who afterward told the story. Not
to another woman—that would be mean
but to a man. Os course he had no objec
tions to telling it, so it got about generally.
Miss Pretense never had met the man
before, but she had known his brother a
few winters. When she met the man, she
said before long:
“What are you going to do on Monday
evening?’’
Anticipating a bidding to dinner at
least, ho assured her that he had no en
gagement.
She beamed and said that was delight
ful. “Your brother told me that you were
intending to invite me to the opera,’’ she
cooed. “I can go on night.’’
Some men would have bolted, but this
one flustered. ‘Yes, certainly—charmed.”
Next day he sent the opera house plan
to*her and asked her to select seats. She
chose two in the fifth row from the stage
—ss each.
On Monday evening the man arrived in
good time. The lady was in full toilet,
but slightly cool in demeanor.
“The flowers have not come yet,” she
remarked sternly. He had not sent any.
But he took the cue and said it was a
shame. On the way to the opera house he
ordered the carriage stopped at the most
expensive florist’s, went in and bought an
armful of violets for her highness. After
the opera they dropped into the Astoria
for an $8 luncheon. ,
But the friend of the man says you
ought to hear the man himself tell of that
experience. No one else, he maintains,
can do it justice.—New York Press.
Training Animals For Circus Tricks.
There is never a time in the life of an
animal trainer when he is absolutely safe,
but these men learn to forget their dan
ger, for it becomes as much a part of their
daily lives as eating or sleeping. Take the
case of an elephant man, for instance.
One swing of that huge trunk, one thrust
of the big tusk or one misstep of the pon
derous foot would send him to his death.
There is always within reach the power to
kill him, and often the desire, but he keeps
his elephants afraid of him all the time,
and they dare not do what they might
like.
Perhaps the most interesting trained
performers, because of the apparent dan
ger that surrounds them, are the lions,
tigers and leopards. One trainer used to
go into a steel barred cage with lions,
tigers and leopards and make them form
pyramids. He would lie down on them
and take all kinds of liberties with the
dangerous creatures. Eut there were in
variably half a dozen other keepers near
the cage with rawhide whips, hot irons
and pistols close at hand in case of trou
ble. Even then there were several in
stances of the animals turning on him,
and in one case—that of the big lion Wal
lace—the showman had his arm badly in
jured before he could be rescued.
The secret of handling all beasts of the
cat species, so the animal trainers say, is
to keep them constantly afraid of you.
The instant they get over their fear they
will attack anyone who crosses their path.
They are all treacherous, too, and often
gather courage for an attack when the
master’s eyes are turned away from them,
although they would not dare revolt if he
faced them. The tigers are the worst of
the whole lot too. One never knows when
they will get over their fear and spring at
the keeper from behind.—Harper’s Round
Table.
An Ungrateful Cad.
“Yes, ” said a young man about town,
“there are a number of fellows in good so
ciety who never think of making any re
turn for the entertainment given them by
their girl friends. Y’ou see, they don’t have
to. They are in demand because nice so
ciety fellows are so decidedly scarce. A
girl has to cudgel her brains to think up
enough nice fellows to fill out an evening
party. That’s right.
“You see the same names of young fel
lows in the society columns time after
time. Well, it’s just because they are the
only ones to be had. And that’s the rea
son they get careless about returning fa
vors. They think to themselves, ‘Oh, the
girls can’t get along without me, and my
presence is sufficient return for all the fa
vors I get.’ But they can rest assured the
girls don’t think so.
“I know one young fellow who has
been the guest of a certain Cleveland girl
a great many times—teas and parties and
dinners and all that sort of thing. And
one day I jokingly said to him, ‘Things
seem to be getting a little confidential for
you at Miss Blank’s.’ What do you sup
pose he answered?
“ ‘Nonsense!’ he said. ‘You have no
•ause to say so. I never took her any
where. ’
“What do you think of that?”—Cleve
land Plain Dealer. «
Heads and Faces.
Wide, round heads and faces indicate
selfishness, joviality and animal propen
sities; narrow and long heads show sober
ness and strong character. A deep thinker
carries the head bent forward; a woman
capable of deep affection carries her head
thrown well back.
Yellow Jaundice Cured.
Suffering humanity should be supplied
with every means posisble for its relief.
It is with pleasure we publish the follow
ing: “This is to certify that I was a ter
rible sufferer from yellow jaundice for over
six months and was treated by some of the
best physicians in our city and all to no
avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended
Electric Bitters, and after taking two bot
tles, I was entirely cured. I now take great
pleasure in recommending them to any
one suffering from this terible malady. I
am gratefully yours. M. A. Hogarty, Lex
ington, Ky.” Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons,
druggists.
That Easter Dress!
That Easter Suit!
Will be spoiled in appearance
unless you go a step further and
put your feet into a becoming
pair of
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Easter Shoes. |
Ry Easter Shoes, of course we mean the new
kinds for Spring and Summer wear We have
them in all the latest shipes and shades, but we
do not ask fancy prices for them just because they
are swell.
We consider every article in our store staple,
and we fix our profit accordingly The QUALITY
and PRICE make them staple. They never stay
with us long.
FOR SPRING WEARi
We are showing AIISSES’ and CHILDRENS’
SLIPPERS in latest colors and at prices that
you would expect to pay for commoner goods.
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LADIES’ HIGH GRADE OXFORDS
That will set-off the handsomest Easter Dress
that will be seen in Macon this season. You
may think you cannot afford to wear these
high-grade Oxfords, because you have been in
the habit of paying fancy prices for them. We
fix that for you, by letting you have them for
the same that you pay elsewhere for a Shoe of
poorer looks and quality.
FOB THE MEN.
We have all that’s swell in Spring and Summer
Shoes. Not Shoes made alone to look well, but to wear
well. They are from manufacturers whose name alone
is a sufficient guarantee. But if their stamp on them
is not enough, we place our own name on them, and
there you have a double guarantee for style and wear.
W ft Save Im More Than a llii 1 a Fail'
On what you would have to pay for the same class of
goods elsewhere. A few dollars saved on Shoes gives
you a few dollars for that dress or bonnet or suit.
YOURS FOR EASTER FOOTWEAR,
THE STRONG SHOE CO.,
370 Second Street, Macon, Georgia.