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the Georgia Enterprise.
VOMJMK XXIII.
. o It,
me Stolen Heiress.
tale OF NEW YORK IN 1835
Bf PROF. WM. HENRY PECK,
ADTnoH OF
It Quterii Secret,*' * The Tower of Gv'd,'
• The IlaiJ'-Rreed" "Harold's Hate*
• The llriJe of Barcelonalute.
( iiaITKII \\’f.—Continued*
Tbat is ti'UO, love, but I will not explain
meaning just yet. ’
\\VII, I mu impatient to speak to you of
plan. Vemeenn my plan to win my
iers cons ut to our marriage. Binee
have decided to to 1 the old Witch ol
lor win* I !‘in, why I may us well speak
my plan at once. Let me be bold in
:U j it. Jt contemplates your dwellin'.
§r his roof without bis knowledge thaf
ever even knew Lame Lrippard.
That can never be, love!” replied Ver
na, with a burning cheek. "Mover, save
our wife, and with his consent, will ]
ir his door, Edward. ”
gut listen, love. I shall never ento:
house while you are its unknown
ate. Never—until he writes to me tc
to his home in Albany, to become
tainted through him with a young lady
> shall have won his highest esteem as
orphan niece of an old friend who lives
jondon, and whom he has not seen for
iy years. That former dear friend oi
is row in New York. I have seen him.
met in i.ondon last year. I have told
of our love. He has full confidence
me and in my judgment. I saved his
last year. He will do anything to pro
emv happiness, lie will present you
iy father in Albany as his orphan niece,
desire him to receive you ns his guest
a few weeks, while he himself is trav
g over the States. Of course, your
remerts must bo kept absolutely secret
i Dame Grippard ”
listen to nit*, Edward,” interrupted
leeua, earnestly. “Vour [>lau is fu lof
lit I can never consent to it. \\ bat!
eive your father, who loves you as be
s the apple of his eye, you have always
me deceive him! Never, Edward ”
ly darling, do but consider how v ry
onable the deception will he. llis on y
pithy toward you- and he docs not
leetyet tint we nro loveis, or know w c
are- arises from what I wrote to him
other day when I desired to sound his
ion in the matter. 11-' lntes Paine
ipard, simply because he has heard
h evil of i er dealings with others from
Bratton, in whom he places perfect
idence. He has never seen her. as 1
often told you. He has never heard
name. I did not ment on it to him in
ettera. I wrote that letter as if for a
id who hid asked nje to obtain my
era opii iou e{ his contemplated car.
feiiuidutouguter or Dame Helen
pari He is not aware that said re
d granddaughter is named Yerneena
nd! Indei that name, if you insis',
can win his highest esteem, even ns
at once won my undying love, my
-Hough. Edward. Bhe is glaring at us.
t her with courtesy, or she mi. tly
one of her horrible lages, and die-
BUS."
ke old beast thinks nothing of dis
ing her elf, no doubt. Hut I will treat
s courteously as I can, Yerneena. At
very minute, doubtless, 6he is cou
nting the ruin and anest of one of
ather’s former friends. 1 mean Mr.
ton— highly esteemed by ray father, as
▼ill this morning learn.”
me Grippard, who had meanwhile
minutely studying Edward’s features,
dnot recall that she h id ever seen him
re. l>ut when he fixed hi steady,
. and briiliant dark eyes upon her own
1 a scrutiny as clear as her own, sh*
ered to herself:
k re is something in his eyes that
es me shiver. It is wonderfully like
Hawksworthy eye. Why should this
whipper-snapper of the American
( navo the English Hawksworthy eye]
Jt is simply a strange coincidence,
nis first name is Edward, too! Thai
noth c r coincidence. I am not at ah
b and with such coincidences. 1 suppose
1 y lO KHTb lover. Strango that a mac
the Jiawksworthy eye should be hei
r- They look like lovers. Oh, lie
o! Lc p er darliner Edward. 1 will
1 le arn; Ivr ll roou learn that, and his
name, uml the name of the man who
a so bitterly to him of me in that torn
r, „ hat is, if he is the writer of that
‘Mf.;! of her treacherous consent tc
jfctu. lov., the now assumed bet
’ngnithiiiijy and hypocritical lunnnet
Toit o. ami, halting dose to the chaise
sweet grandchild, I supposs
i ' u hi'ine young gentleman —this very
■‘•looking young gentleman- whose
1 ms nie ho is an officer of the Ameri
uarv—oh, h o w 1 adore tho navy!—is
accept, and run of whom you said so
? this morning?”
bauiu Grippard, this is Ihe accept
or replied Vemoena, smiling at lier
ioung si r y’ mjq fijg nodding
nous y to Edward, “you have my best
e * for y„ur happiness! My darling
' 1 a is the sue test girl in the world:
T o child, yon have not yet in.
i , 111,1 lo tire young gentleman!"
“ 111 Edward Ilawksworthy, Dame
P and, responded Yerneena.
oonor ihj (], e q ame hear this name
~ - sl “rled so violently that one might
‘ ll u-d she had just received a severe
u her lu'i-ast. She reeled backward,
, ‘ j’ l ' me opportune support of her
would certainly have lost her
ll0 O '
lffi( ,ri;ed for breath as suddenly aufi
i„ '.''as if a bucket of iced-water
e„t,.a if 11 Poured upon her head. She
i tJ : unite in her throat, and glared
■Hoffi*. dismay and wonder at tho
CHAPTER XVII.
We r '• OIUPPABD ANl> EDWARD.
n P* did not know, had nevoi
wii^\o r H U I" lljat any porwon named
America. The name
B 8 of hor r'" l “ Ou'y xritu mf-lu
>ho conrit! 11,, i ln A En ß :aild *
r ' fao UUo ci to Btaro steadily at Ed-
I'igOtofl , o ie aaw nothing in that
&si. ia nt f, >uaniy lace—save tho ex
> faces vi' 4 u°u° r th® eyes—very, like
[ u emorv U h BU( *<lenly sprung into
"fhis ifj o;_ 1 1
&tv” si, ,1 ** v mother strange coinci
' scores ,! f hou ” |,t “There are, donbt
>Lis ,l' ei ‘ - who bear that name
U, I h.„ ll * '-tl as in England.
’’ ed m /“'*’* belure heard that name
and heariii, a 6nia ' v stars! What a
"• it so uuexpeetodlv—and
''• ttie i le *"v, in my mind, too—has
tats n .a tlefit y dr °pped. llow my
” ' u 'ers ima Umec * b . u * a few instants,
fluent a,,,i P erc eived her start of
. t , l . m aine it, „„ Conßternation . but could
Vly j cause.
'* Marine,! r!!? I ’'. 10 have surprised, if
Iblward 11 ’ { ;lme Grippard,” re
-11?;^C-Vorueemr ““ Bxchan 8 e of
|? t .before f, I™?., aaii sincere nature,
,'l 10 treat co „ l' ad 11 exceedingly diffi
kMl,u,* UVs ij '“, ÜB| >' person of whom
, aid much evil report, and
morn no ueaituv note,too. a in, n a
- seemed verv Reulli tunny to ti.o dome,
h(. responded quickly, with her bond
..reused npou her side, us if in pnii:
l our name, Mr. llawksu.ilUy? Oh. no.
lint the sudden, Ihu awfully sharp, uuiu
..i—j - .1... j_ — l
uin >U u> —.e |ust as OTir
weei \ erd uiia spoke your name.
Gomlne srtrcious!" sheeonliniied, aui
".ntoaly, why should your name, orunv
hwly s iiaino, surprise or alarm mo M’r
Hawksworthy? (inly the pain—nothing
else made urn appear ui-| vised oralarmed,
Mr. Hnwksworthy, 1 assure you. Permit
me to sny, too, my dear young gentleman,
l. it I am happy indeed lo see (hat so
m.h.e-looking, and doubtless so honorable,
a gentleman lias been selected by mv
durhng granddaughter for her husband.
And, oh, Mr. Hawksworthy, I must tell you
what 1 know our dear girl will bo sure to
tell you, that I found and pasted together
fragments of a letter which you wrote to
her the other d\y as I am her sole living
relative, of course I had a right lo do that,
von know?"
Edward nodded curtly a dry affirmative
to this question, and the datue continued,
smilingly, hut with her soul full of venom:
And so I know your father's opinion of
me—a vety errouLOus and unjust opiniou
it is. From whom, may Ia k, did he de
rive suoh a falsa opiniou, Sir. Hawks,
worthy? lam snre your father and I have
never mot or even corresponded.”
" J hat is true, Dame Grippard. He
formed his opinion of von upon what was
told to him by a friend in whom he reposes
unbounded couiideuce. It is not neces
sary for me to give you the name of my
father’s f.iend,”
Oh, it does not matter, my young gen
tleman 1 .Some day your father—after my
darling Vernet na is his daughter-in-law
will perhaps think better of me. May I
ask if his name—yonr father’s name, I
in an—is also Edward?"
“My father’s first name is Algernon,
Dame Grippard.”
Dear love,” whispered Vemeena to Ed
ward, pray do not look so contemptuously
at her. You will make her your bittei
enemy."
“My dtrling," responded Edward, in the
same tone, “I can not help it. Never till
now buv I had so close a sight of he:
villainous old visage. I see ia its lines
cat, fox, Snake, toad, spider, and tigress
all in one face. It makes me shudder.
Vemeena, this woman is capable of com
mitting atrocious crimes.”
Dame Grippard had dropped her gaze to
tliu ground the moment she heurd the
nam.-of Edward's father. She saw noth
ing of what was passing between (he lovers,
and heard nothing of their whispering.
She was saying to herself:
non ? Algernon Ilawksworthy ?
/*•>■** a out ouio vijttv x xi a* ry ihjvoi
h‘n<l of anyone so named. No, never. Of
that i am sure.”
.''he Af'aiu fixed her gaze upon Edward,
and said, indifferently:
" I have never had the honor and pleas
ure of hearing yonr good father’s name be
fore. Mtv I nsk why yon are at Old
Anchors this morning?—though, of course,
that ha;> - tied be at use you had somehow
learned thi ou; darling Yerneena was to
be here h? Oh, yes; young lovers are
always no anient —:<n eager to be with the
loved one always! Ah, you see that I have
not forgotten that I was once young my
self! Y'ott could never conceive what fond
and devoted lovers I oitS Ver-tee*a'*grapd
fulher wei -ob, yes, e,'-n after we had
been ma l ied many years. We were famous
for our devotion to each other. What did
you say was the cause of your presence
here to-day, Mr. Hawksworthy?”
“Since you have at last given me a
chance to ausw; r that. Dame Grippard, I
reply briefly. I am here lo transact very
important business with Mr. Bratton, and
for my father’s interest also.”
“Y'ah!” thought the startled dame. “His
father is perhaps another of Bratton's
creditors who has learned that Bratton is
at the point of bankruptcy, aud who has
sent this young whipper-snapper here to
get the first and biggest grab at whatever
is to be got out of lirattou. My soul! I
must look for that! 1 must be the first to
grab! It will take more than I can snatch
to pay half of what Bratton oweTme.”
she now drew nearer to Edward and
whined:
“Mv dear grandson you will, lam sure,
permit me to call you as I shall delight to
call you always, ad as von are so soon to
be my grandson-in-law? My dear grand
son ”
But Edward interrupted her with a
: ..stare of mingled anger and disgust, say
ing, sharply:
"No, no! You are never to call me your
grandson, Dame Grippard. Never, remem
ber—neither in public nor in private. Call
me simply Mr. Hawksworthy.”
"Oh, as you please,” she replied, pro
pitiatingly, but nearly choking herself with
a quickly' swallowed curse of him. “I was
only about to say, Mr. Hawksworthy, that
1 am here myself this beautiful morning to
transact some very important business with
Mr. Bratton. I wonder, now, if you have
come for the same business? To receive
money which ho owes your father, eh? Mr.
Bratton owes me a very large sum—a very
largo sum, indeed, Mr. Ilawksworthy.
How much does he owe your honored
father, Mr. Hawksworthy?”
“Not a cent, Dame Grippard.”
“Ah, I am very glad to hoar that, Mr.
Ilawksworthy. ”
“On the contrary,” continued Edward, “I
have come to lend him, from my father,
every dollar that he owes you, Dame Grip
pard. ”
The old woman’s evil face blazed with
delight and surprise. She exclaimod in a
guaraea tone, ana ror tne lovers' ears aione:
‘‘All he owes me, Mr. Ilawksworthy?
All?”
Edward disdained to moro than nod an
affirmative.
“Ho, indeed!” said the dame to herself;
“it seems that thiß young gentleman, whom
I have taken to be simply a beggarly naval
lieutenant, wholly dependent upon his
scanty pay, is the son of a very rich man,
and has all that money in his care. ”
“All, did vou mean?” she said aloud.
“Remember,’Mr. Bratton owes me nearly
or quite fifty-five thousand dollars.”
“I have one hundred thousand dollars
for Mr. Bratton’s use, Dame Grippard.
That sum far more than covers all he owes
y° u :” . .. , . , ,
“Jt doos, it does, indeed, my handsome
young grand—l mean Mr. Ilawksworthy,
exclaimed the dame, quivering with delight
at the prospect of soon being again in pos
session of money loaned nnd money and in
terest due. “And your good father—God
bless him is going to lend Mr. Bratton all
that money? Your father must boa very
rich man, Mr. Hawksworthy. And he must
have a very high opinion of Mr. Bratton s
ability to repay him."
“My father is well able to befriend those
whom he likes, Dame Grippard, re
sponded Edward, coldly. Ho has a J
high opinion of Mr. Brattons integrity,
though he has not seen him, nor even cor
responded with him^ tih very recently, tot
orauun wrote to mo.
for the first time in some yeans, & tow
weeks ago, asking him for a larg •
The letter was unfortunately delayed, and
did not reach my father till a fiaw ’day>aeo
lie is now aware of tho business troubles
of Mr. Bratton and of the business m
whibh he has imperiled ioney borrowed
: from you. He has perfect faith m Mr
Bratton’s ability to succeed in that bus
““Does your father know that I have an
interest in that business? demanded the
does now. lie did not until he re
ceiveand -
ST®'Jo h n "he express condition
you, and after war"d°have no’further trans
actions whatever with you.
(TO ES CONTINUED. 1
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
'KTEKESTIKO DOTS A ROUT OI K
VKITE It STATES’ OFFICIALS.
■op Aboua the While llmiae Arm? anti
Navy Hu Hers Our l(i*lutlon Willi
Other Nalloii..
CONGRESSIONAL.
On motion of Senator Ransom, the
•enatc bill appropriating #500,000 forthc
.-rectum of u light house nt or near Dili
nond Shoal, oil Cape I bitterns, N. (
1 aas taken from the calendar anti passed,
riie Senate took tip private pension bills
>n the calendar. W hen the calendar wit
; xlialisted, there had been 108 private
pension bills passed.... Mr. Richardson,
If North Carolina, from the House com
; nittee on printing, submitted a report
I tipou the resolution directiug an inquiry
j is to why members of Congress could not
| procure books standing to their credit on
Ihe books of the doorkeeper. The re
port shows that there is a small shortage
i in the number of copies of five publica-
I tious. and it makes note of the fact that
a shortage of 4,000 volumes in the pub
lication of the agricultural report for INTO
; was made good by Mr. Dt frees, the pub
lic printer, he procuring that number of
j volumes front a private book dealer in
Washington. The House met in the
j evening for debate upon the Pacific rail
I road telegraph bill. The speakers were
I Anderson, of Mississippi; Guenther, of
Wisconsin; bind, of Minnesota; Ander
son and Hopkins, of Illinois. AH fa
vored the bill, and held that subsidized
roads should he compelled to fulfill lit
erally the requirements of their charters
and maintain telegraphs; and that their
contracts turning over to Western Union,
control of the telegraph service along
their lines were illegal, void and against
public polit y. There was nobody pres
ent to champion the railroad companies
and YVestern Union.
In the Senate, Air. Heck introduced a
bill to reimburse states for interest paid
on moneys expended in raising troops for
the War of the Rebellion. Referred.
The Senate then resumed the considera
tion of the Blair educational bill, and was
addressed by Air. Hale in opposition. A
paper contributed by n constitutional
lawyer on constitutional objections to the
bill, w as read by Mr. Morgan, and after a
brief speech by Mr. Saulsbury against the
bill, the debate was closed by Mr. Blair
in a final argument in advocacy, of the
bill. The bill wits then passed, yeas, 39;
nays, 29. The bill appropriates annually
for eight years, sums to be “expended to
secure the benefit of a common school
education to all children of the school
age, living in the United States. - ' There
are to be separate schools for white and
colored children... In the absence of the
Speaker, Mr. Cox, of New Y'ork, presided
over the House. Mr. Morrow, of Cali
fornia, presented resolutions of the Sun
Francisco chamber of commerce, urging
the Pacific coast delegation in Congress
to use all possible means to defeat any
action which contemplates a change in
the present duty on sugar, and the estab
lishment of abounty system. Mr. Phelan,
of Tennessee, front the committee on
commerce, reported a bill for the con
struction of a revenue cutter for use at
Charleston, S. ('. Mr. Humes stated
that the committee on appropriations
offered an amendment making an ap
propriation for the completion of build
ings at the following points: Aberdeen,
Miss., #4,000; Charleston. S. C., #138,-
000; Jackson, .Miss., #1,000; Lynchburg,
Ya., #2,000; Pensacola, Fla., #2,000;
Richmond, Yu., #33,000.
A resolution instructing the Senate
Committee on commerce (in reporting the
river and harbor hill) to set out important
facts bearing on each itt m, was reported
by Mr. Jones, of Nevada, and agreed to.
The resolution for inquiry into the
causes of inefficient mail service was taken
up. Speeches attacking the post-office
department were made by Messrs. Plumb,
Platt and Manderson, and Messrs. Reagan
and Saulsbury championed the depart
ment. The resolution went over without
action. The Blair education lull was
then taken up as unfinished business, a> and
Mr. Hawley addressed the Senate ii op
position to it. The bill nppropriat
ing #IO,OOO for the Sub-Tropical Expo
sition at Jacksonville, Fla., was pas-ed.
...Among the executive communica
tions presented to the House, was one
from the Secretary of War, in response to
the House resolution calling for informa
tion relative to the plan and scope of the
eompiliatiouof official records of the War
and Rebellion. Referred. Sir. Richard
son, of North Carolina, from the com
mittee on printing, reported the Senate
concurrent resolution for the printing of
7,000 additional copies of executive doc
ument 51, on the subject of dairy pro
ducts. The committee on commerce re
ported a hill authorizing the removal of
the quarantine station from Ship Island,
.Miss. Referred to committee of the
whole. The committee on labor reported
adversely the bill to provide for the
licensing of railroad conductors. Sir.
Clements, of Georgia, introduced a bill
for a public building at Rome, Ga.
dossil 1 .
Senator Kiddleberger's desk was again
decorated with flowers, this time the
compliment being a handsome national
flag of flowers.
The House Committee on Territories
considered the questions relating to the
admission as slates of Dakota, Montana,
Washington and New Mexico. It was
decided to formulate an omnibus enabling
act for the four territories.
The House committee on agriculture
decided to report favorably the Hatch bill
to create anew executive department to
be known as the Department of Agricul
ture. Portions relating to the labor bu
reau in the proposed new department
were omitted at the request of the labor
committee. .
After daily sessions for the last two
weeks, the fisheries commissioners com
pleted their labors and signed the treaty,
which, it is believed, will result in a sat
isfactory settlement of, the disputes that
have existed for almost a century between
this government and Great Britain over
the North Atlantic fisheries.
The direct tax bill, which was reported
favorably by the judiciary committee, and
will undoubtedly pass, will refund to the
people of Georgia $117,982.80 of taxes
collected on land during the War: Ala
bama gets $18,285; Florida, $4,700;
Mississippi, $111,088; North Carolina,
$377,452; South Carolina, $222,370;
Tennessee, $392,004. The entire amount
lo be refunded is $17,859,085, of which
the South gets $3,095,870.
Mr. Carlton, of Georgia, will introduce
i bill for a public building at Ath
ens, Ga., to cost SIOO,OOO. Ho will also
I introduce a bill asking for an appropria-
“MY COUNTRY MAY BHB SVRR BS RIGHT. RIGHT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY. ’
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY', FEBRUARY' 23. 1888.
Hiifficient to allow tin* engineer to
Mirvoy and make an isfimutr of tlie
amount needed to make the Savannah
river nnvigaMu above AuuiiMa its far up
as Ainlersonville, S. (\ lie will also ask
the river and harbor committee for an
appropriation Huftieient to complete the
work on the Oconee river oh far upas
Scull nhoal.
’The intersta e commerce commission
rendered a decision in the case of William
11. Mean! vs the Georgia Railroad com*
pauv. The commission holds that the
petitioner, a# colored on de
fendant's roads between Atlanta, Ga.. and
Charleston, S. ( .. w ho had paid first (‘lass
fare, was subjected to undue and unreas
onable prejudice ami disadvantage; hting
compelled to travel in a car of inferior
accommodations, of which only one-lialf
was assigned to colored passengers, the
other half being used as it smoker for both
white and colored passengers; and that
it is the duty of carrier, under the law,
to furnish to passengers paying the same
fare, equal accommodations and protec
tion, without discrimination on account
of color. Hut if the separation of whiU
and colored passengers is expedient foi
adequate reasons, such a separation is not
unlawful, if tin* accommodations and
comforts for colored passengers are in all
respects equal to those for white passen
gers paying the same fare.
FLORIDA HEMS.
Suwannee’s County Commissioners have
had shade trees planted around the court
house at Live 0ak.... The Raleigh Club
is a social organization of Fernandina.
.. .Oviedo will be a money-order post
office after July 1.... The young men of
Ki simmec propose organizing a light
artillery company... .Suwannee’s tux as
sessor has been ordered by the Comptrol
ler to take the school census for 1888....
At the last meeting of the Lake County
Commissioners another election for county
seat was ordered for March 10....F0ur
locomotives for the Orange Belt railway,
two from Palestine, 111., and two from
Pittsburg, Pa., have been purchased and
are on their way to Oakland ...The
Green Cove Spring Village Improvement
Association, formed several years ago,
has been revived, and promises good
work in the way of beautifying the
streets of that place .. Clermount, on
the Orange Belt Railroad, has a hand
some new depot. It is 16x35 feet, and
surinonrted by a tower forty feet in
height. The general style is Queen An
ne . First-Assistant Postmaster-Gener
al A. E. Stevenson, who has been the
guest of L. O. Garritt, of Jacksonville,
feft for Cuba. He will return in about
a week .. The master of the Norwegian
bark Njord, Capt. Lonseth, at Pensacola,
has gone daft. The crew were taking ad
vantage of his unfortunate condition to
run big bills for clothing at several
places in the city, and a know ledge of the
fact coming to the consul, the letter *jy
serted a card in the Commercial several
days ago to the effect that neither the
vessel nor her agents would be responsible
for any debts so incurred.... Mayor
Lilienthal, of Sanford, has now in his
possession petitions showing 2,500 signers,
from a great many of the South Florida
towns, asking for a State Board of Health.
As requested in the circular accompany
ing the petitions, the majority of those
sent in desire the Mayors of Jacksonville,
Orlando, and Sanford, to act as the com
mittee to go to Tallahassee and AN ashing
ton... . A bed of fine phosphate has been
discovered at Crawf< rdsville C. L.
Peek, of Starke, has been appointed Jus
tice of the Peace, and the Bradford
County Commissioners have accepted
him, which terminates a long dispute.
Sheriff J. W. Van Busk irk, of Baker
county has resigned, and tlu-* Governor
has appointed Charles Pons in his place.
The former sheriff and family have re
turned to their old home in Monroeville,
Ind . George Eugene Bryson, late edi
tor of the Key West Daily Key, will
shortly start in that city the publication
of a weekly trade journal to be known as
the Sunday Morning Advertiser, and tie
voted especially to the development of
local manufacturing, commercial and in
dustrial interests.... Y. J. Ojeda, a prom
inent manufacturer at that place, says the
Key West Democrat, has sent to the Pres
ident a fancy-wood cabinet of Key West
cigars. Each cigar is inclosed in gold
foil with a band around it, upon which is
a miniature of Mrs Cleveland. The name
of the firm and the initials of Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland are beautifully embossed
upon the cabinet in letters of coin silver.
.. .A party of Louisville gentlemen and
their families arrived at Punta Gorda.
Every one in the party, thirty in number,
is delighted with the climate and well
satisfied with the prospects of that ylaee.
... .A colored man was found dead near
the fort in Old Town, a suburb of I 1 er
naudina, and it is believed that the man
was murdered by highwaymen.... Ihe
Catholic fair at St. Augustine has opened
in the cathedral. The tables were loaded
with flowers, cakes, and fancy articles, all
of which had a good sale. ’The Ancient
City hook, ladder, and bucket brigade
attended the fair in a body in full uni
form, and took supper.
BOLD OUTRAGE.
A Boy Stolen In Cbttltalioogn. Tenii.. mu*
Carried Offtn the Mountain*.
A band of Gypsies camped on Lookout
Mountain, were ridiug along Boyce
Btreet, in Chattanooga, Tenn., when one
of them threw a lasso and caught James
Williams, a 11 year old boy, around the
neck. He was hauled into the wagon,
and, notwithstanding his cries, he was
compelled to surrender. Tito capture
was made in the residence portion of the
city. The boy was taken to the moun
tain, when he again began crying and
wanted to return home. He was tied
with ropes and brutally beaten, so that
his body is covered with stripes from
head to foot. After the tcriible beating
had been administered be xvas taken ami
tied to a tree and left ‘ here for a few
hours, until the Gypsies could get ready
to move on. The little fellow watched
his chances and managed to untie the
ropes, and while the Gypsies had the.r
backs turned, made his escape and ran
all the way to the city. The circum
stances were reported at police headquar
ters and Deputy Sheriff Spencer, armed
with a warrant and summoning a posse
of men, started in pursuit of the Gypsies
who are living on tho mountain. The
injured boy is badly hurt and is in a seri
ous condition.
WHAT IIK SAYS.
Frank M. Irion, who lately levanted
from Birmingham, Ala., has written
from Havana, Cuba, saying lie would sail
for America on the next steamer, and
would be in Birmingham in a short time
to settle all claims against him. His
shortage amounts to about $30,000.
SOUTHERN GOSSIP.
BOILED BOH'V FACTS a\ l) VAX
CIKS IKTEREsTISOLt STATEII.
Arrliirnin on l.nml uiul at **u Nutcllr
ftrw Knt*rprlMf*a Mnrlnl nml
Temperanc* .’Manors,
I'h*- Mississippi Legislature has applied
the pruning knife to all appropriations,
and cut off about 25 per cent, on all lulls
i calling for expenditure! of money.
A bill has bet a introduced in the Flor
ida Senate to compel railroads to furnish
convenient and comfortable account) ala
no- for passengers, white and black, the
saipi, however, to I** separate.
. "'other railroad accident occurred on
the Port Royal A Augusta railroad.
About 5:30 o’clock one morning tin
third section of the tip through freight
train, No 74, ran into the second section
at Beech Islaud, s. (’.
As ,i freight train was approaching
Douglasville, Ga., John Mabry, a colored
; hrukeman, while attemp ing to step from
I the calioosc to a box ear, lipp< and and fell
l)etw<M*ii them. 'The deceased was about
125 years old nml lived in Carrollton, tq
which place his remains were sent.
Fayette Malone, a railroad contractor
jat Norris station, Ala., was shot and se
riously wounded. 'The shooting was
done by Rev. John Sugaith. a Methodist
preacher. M lone was very drunk and
after abusing Sugar h drew his pistol,
but the latter who was armed fired two
shot*-.
Louis Edmunds, colored, w as accident
ally -hot and killed by Paul Roberts, a
clerk in the store of \V. A. Kellv A
Bros, at Monticello, Ga. Edmunds had
hoi r wed a pistol from Roberts,and went
| in the store to return it, and in putting
j it in a drawer it fired, hitting him in tlu
i abdomen.
The Cisco bank, of Texas, was robbed
by four men, who entered oil the pre
tense of wanting a hill changed, “held up”
the cashier and two customers, who were
in the bank, cleaned out the safes of
about $6,000 and some valuables on stor
age, mounted their horses and escaped,
firing a salute with their revolvers as they
rode out of town.
Edward Rest, of Philadelphia, James
Parker, of Indiana, and William Andrews,
of Richmond, were arrested at Norfolk,
Ya., for robbing the post’office at Salis
bury, Md. Best hml on his person about
S2OO in money, a tin funnel for using
powder to blow* open a safe, and a bull
dog pistol. Andrews had SIOO and a
spool of thread for use as a signal cord.
Parker had $l5O in money and SSOO in
si amps, and a bu 1-dog pistol. Tlu* ex
tent of the robbery was about $1,500.
An attempt was made to wreck a freight
train ou the Memphis & Charleston Rail
i *.ul ;,l Paint Rock, sixty miles west of
GiitutaiUMigii, Ti nn. A freight car stand
ing on the siding was run down the
switch so that it projected about two feet
over the maiu track. A west bound
i freight train tunning at the rate of
twenty-five miles an hour, struck the car,
turning the engine over ou its side and
wrecking the whole train. The engineer
and fireman were badly hurt.
Brack Cornett., better know as Captain
Dick, the desperado and leader of the
notorious train robbers, was shot and in
stantly killed while resisting arrest, by
Deputy Sheriff Alice, of Frio county,
Texas. Cornett’s gang were the original
a Texas-train robbers, having had no con
nection with the Burrows and Block band
recently broken up, and they were as
successful in their career as the renowned
Frank and Jes-ie James gang which ex
cited such terror in Missouri some years
ago.
J. 11. White's dental office at Elizabeth
City N. C., was robbed, kerosene thrown
on the floor and a stove overturned. The
building was only partially burned. De
tectives were put at work. A kerosene
bottle was found, and also foot-prints
which were clearly those of a lame man.
Supicion has centered on Dr. L. B. Dob
son, a dentist, whose office is not far
from that of White’s. Dobson has been
arrested and part of the stolen property
found in his office concealed in an old
trunk.
THE PREACHER SKIPPED,
And Took With Him a Very Blooinin*
Young Widow.
There is great excitement in Cleveland
county, North Carolina, over the elope
ment of .1. P. Steirs, an ex-preacher, and
Mrs. J. Beam, both of whom were re
cently convicted of crime, the woman
being sentenced to jail for three month?
and also fined S2OO. Pending an appeal
to the supreme court Steirs was released
on bond. The direct cause of the elop
ment was charges by interested parties,
who suspected something wrong; that
Andrew Beam, husband of the woman,
had been poisoned. Beam has been dead
nearly two years. His body was exhumed
recently, and several witnesses examined
by the coroner. This frightened the
guilty pair, who took the Air-Line train
at Gaston for the North. Auother in
quest was held over Beam's body, and
many witnesses were examined. The
stomach and intestines were taken out
and taken to Kaleigh for examination.
The last jury rendered a verdict accusing
Mrs. Beam and Steirs of the murder of
Beam. Prior to the latter’s death Steirs
and Beam had a store seven miles from
Shelby, and after Beam’s death the busi
ness was continued by Steirs and the
widow. Steirs is forty-five years of age,
and leaves a wife and ten children. Mrs.
Beam is a handsome woman, about thirtv
tive years of age, hut leaves no family.
She was Beam's second wife. The last
seen of the guilty pair was at Gaston,
and there is some belief that they hav*
gone to Texas.
THH COLONEI.’S ORNEItOWITV.
An Atlanta, Ga., committee of ladies
having charge of the erection of a tem
perance tabernacle called on Col. L. I.
Grant, whose liberal public spirit has so
often shown itself, lie received the com
mittee quite cordially, and agreed to
donate a site for the temperance tnber
n icl®. The committee will now turn its
attention to formulating designs for a
tabernacle that will seat at least 10,000
people. The edifice will be used for
holding large temi>erance, educational
and other mass meetings.
eOHXEIt IN HI’OAH.
Men in the sugar trade in New York
were excited over the report that the
members of the sugar trust had decided
to ship large quantities of the best refined
sugar to Loudon, in order to keep up the
price of refined sugar in this country by
relieving the market here of any surplus
and creating a shortage, or what would
practically be a “corner” in sugar.
WORLD AT LARGE.
I'E.v pictures paisted nr a
< OKI'S OF COM DETEST ARTISTS.
Wltai I. It.lni ou North, E.l amt Urol
nml trr.i. tlir n, h . Tkr t tin.ln.
Euroii.nll Mlnrin.
I). It. Locke, “Petroleum V. Nasby,"
died at Toledo, Ohio.
The Anti-Poverty society of New Y ork
lihs filed application for incorporation.
The directors of the Sandwich. Mass.,
Glass company have voted to close their
works.
The I mods which Frank McNealy
stole from the Saco, Me., savings hank,
have been recovered by bis brother Har
ry, who went to Kiirt>|ie in search of the
fugitive.
David B. Hilt, treasurer of Philadel
phia Lodge Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, is said to be about #5,500 short
in his accounts. Mr. Hilt is an insurance
broker, and lias been treasurer of the lo
cal lodge of Elks since 1881.
James Curtice, colored, a palace car
conductor, lias brought suit against the
management of the Windsor Hotel, at
Montreal, (pichcc, charging that be was
forcibly ejected from the hotel on account
of his odor.
Fearful snow storms prevail on the
Continent. In Switzerland the snow is
seven metres deep, and numerous ava
lanches have occurred, attended by loss
of life. I tne outlet of St. Gothard Hall
way tunnel was blocked by snow , and a
train was detained inside the tunnel for
an hour.
,Yt Shenandoah, Pa., the news of the
intended calling out of the colliery en
gineers and firemen, has raised a storm of
indignation even among miners, who de
clared that the step would lie the most
ruinous that could be taken, as it would,
by Hooding the mines, throw them cer
tainly idle for months.
Gen. Lawton, United States Minister
at Vienna, bus accepted from Burry Fat
her, a rich American, a relative of Presi
dent Cleveland, who is studying law at
the Vienna University, the offer of #l,-
000,000 to the American government,
with which to endow a university at
Chicago on the Vienna model.
The lockout of shoemakers at Cincin
nati, Ohio, lias resolved into a fight be
tween two assemblies, district assembly
No 48 and national assembly No. 216.
The shoe manufacturers favor No. 48,
because it lias headquarters there, ns well
as because it tun ordered an cud of the
lockout. No. 216. on the other hand,
te'ls the men not to go laick until the
manufacturers w ill agree to recognize the
rules adopted in May last.
SEBIOVS FIRES.
Xianufartorlt-a. Hotel, ond Nf-vr.paprr Of
fice. Deal roved lit Ihe North.
The entire building of the Elmira, N.
Y., Advertiser was burned. Nothing was
saved but a few files. The bindery, com
posing room and editorial employes all
had narrow escapes. The Sunday Tid
ing office, next door south of the Adver
tiser, was also totally destroyed.
The large four-story furniture store
of J. M. Robinson & Sons, one
of the finest between New Y’ork and Buf
falo, was also burned. Charles Bently,
a member of hook and ladder company.
No. 1, was Btruck by a falling wall and
fatally injured. Steamers were sent for
from the Beformatorv, La France fire en
gine manufactory, Corning, Oswego and
Horsehcads. . . . A big fire is raging over
several blocks situated west of the Union
Depot, in Providence, R. 1., and involv
ing a number of big brick buildings par
tially occupied by manufacturers and
jewelers, several hotels, including the
Aldrich house, and stables and carriage
houses. The four-story brick block, where
the fire started, was the Robinson house,
owned by William 11. Robinson's widow,
and it was filled with carriage stock,sash
and blinds and other inflammable mate
rial. The whole block, em losed by
Fountain, Eddy Union and YYashington
streets, was totally cleared out ...
I he extensive works of the Collis Paper
Manufacturing company, at North \\ il
braham, Mass., caught fire in the morning
and was destroyed. The fire was
discovered iu the fifth story,
where the storage department is
located. The flames soon spread to the
elevator shaft, and then made rapid
progress. The main building was 200
feet, 60 feet wide, five stories high, aud
had a large extension. It was built ol
brick, and contained many thousand dol
lars worth of machinery, some of which
may bo saved. Loss estimated at a
quarter of a million dollars, covered by
insurance.
HEROIC SURGERY.
The Crown Prince of (•erninny Likely to
Die Pretty *OOll Prom Cancer.
The Berlin National Zeitung'a corres
pendent at San Hemo says, that the crown
prince’s difficulty in breathing began a
fortnight before the operation, increasing
daily. His breathing became so sudden
ly intense that Dr. Bramann was sum
moned. When the crown prince was in
formed that the operation was thought
advisable, he replied: "Well, if it is nec
essary, 1 am ready to have it performed
at once.” The prince expressed bis wil
lingness to be chloroformed. Dr. Bra
mann made an incision the length of a
finger from the base of the larynx to near
the breast bone. The prince returned to
consciousness soon after the bandage had
been applied. He found the difficulty in
breathing much relieved and thanked
the doctors for their services. lie bore
the chloroform well and felt no pain.
Dr. McKenzie protested against tin-treat
ment pursued by the German doctors in
the case of Crown Prince Frede
rick William. The disagreements exist
ing between the physicians relative to the
nature of his malady and the character of
treatment it should receive, are particu
larly unfortunate in view of the patent
fact, despite the preponderance of favor
able reports issued from Ban Kerno, that
the heir to the throne of Germany is rap
idly approaching his end, whatever his
disease may be. From the time that the
crown prince’s ailment assumed a serious
aspect until the present moment there
lias never existed nny doubt in the minds
of two-thirds of the thinking people of
Germany that the eldest son and heir of
the venerable Kaiser was afflicted with
cancer, from which he suffered. It is cer
tain that the crown prince is slowly
dying. _____
OHIO’S KARTHQCAKi:.
People in Akron, Ohio, were thrown
out of bed, and windows and ceilings*
crumbled, while the ear h rocked, the
convulsions being preceded by terrific re-l
ports of an explosion.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
The Value of Green Salad*.
A green salad is an invaluable foil for
the heavy American breakfast, as well as
for the ron-t at dinner. Wien properly
chosen and prepared, it stimulates the
appetite, favors the digestion and assim
ilation of fat foods and promotes the en
tire uilimentury process. Lettuce, cold,
boiled peas, beans, turnips, beets, cauli
flower or potatoes make good salad, w ith
about one-fourth of their quantify of
sliced onion. The best dressing for these
salads is three spoonfuls of oil to one of
vinegar, and a palatable seasoning of
salt and pepper. The addition of pars
ley to tlie sala>l moderates the odor of
the ouion to a degree.
H ou’ a Haififl** is Mado
A Scotc h haggis i* made* of the lights
liver and heart of a sheep, which h
all called pluck. They come attached to
the windpipe. Put it all on to boil,
say for an hour and a half, it is well to
let the windpipe’s end hang over the
pot, so that any impurities may pas*
out. When doue, remove from the ttrt
aud allow the pluck to cool. Then cut
away the windpipe, bits of in or gris
tle, and all but a quarter of the liver.
Then add a half pound of beef suet and
chop the whole very tine. Now add two
small cupfuls of oatmeal which has been
previously dried in the oven, pepper,
salt and about half a pint of the liquoi
in which the pluck was boiled. Now ii
is ready for the bag, which must havt
been procured from the market the dav
before; it is the large stomach of a sheej
aud must be fresh. As soon as possible
wash it well, first in cold water, then
plunge it iuto boiling water, and scrape
carefully ; then it should he allowed to
soak all night in a pan of salt and water.
\\ hen the mince is ready wash the bag
with cold clean water, *\nd onl) little
more than half fill it with the mince,
for room must be left for the meal and
meat to expand; if filled, the bug would
burst. Now sew the bag up securely
and pop it into a pot of boiling uatcr,
pricking it occasionally, as it swells, tc
allow’the air to escape. If the skin ap
pears very th n, tie a pudding clot I
Around it; boil for three hours; servi
hot, without gravy or garnish of an}
kiud, as it is sufficiently rich of itselt.—
Harper** Bazar.
Cheerful Kitchens.
Country kitclicns should have a close
opening out of them for hanging every
day coats, lints, umbrellas and water
proofs and the stowing away of over
shoes and other belongings which art
usually cast off in a hurry and wanted it
a hurry. If the closet is not there (best
things arc sure to find lodgment in Iht
kitchen, for this is the pla c which tin
“men folks" and farm boys invariably
enter first. Nothing gives a kitchec
such a forlorn, untidy air as a collection
of these things hung upon every avail
able nail or pitched upon every availablt
chair. Besides after they have been in
the room a short time, the warm, steamy
atmosphere is likely to evolve an odot
not at all pleasant to sensitive olfac
tories. The closet where these things
are kept should be frequently aired.
The farmer’s wife ot daughters have
to spend so much time in the kitchen, il
ought to be bright and attractive. Ar
easy rocker or comfortable urtn chair
should be placed by a window, where tht
tired housekeo| e • may drop down a fe
moments and snatch up a paper, or just
limply rest while waiting for something
to boil or come to the right brown. Ii
ihe is fond of pictures let her have them
on the kitchui walls, if they are only
prints or woodcuts from some of the
illustrated papers—some of these are
beautiful enough to be worthy tint,
frames—or if she loves color, some
chromos of fruit and flowers are very far
from being bad art. At any rate, let the
country kitchen, where so much time is
spent, be large and light and cheery.—
Detroit Tribune.
Recipes.
Vinegar Pm.—Boil together a tea
cupful each of vinegar, molasses and
sugar, 2 well beaten eggs, and 11 teacup
fills water. When cool, llavor with
lemon, or any extract preferred. Line
two deep pie plates with a rich crust,
sprinkle a little flour on the bottom, poui
in the mixture; bake as a custard.
• Pird’s Ni>t Puddinh. —Pare 0 to fc
nice juicy sour apples of nearly even size,
with an apple corer remove thu cores
Place them in a deep pudding dish,
pour on them a rich custard made ot
t eggs, sugar to taste, a quart of milk,
ind a teaspoonful vanilla extract. Bake
until the apples are soft and the custard
stiffens. It is delicious hot or cold.
Cranberry Pie. —Cock the cran
berries in enough water to come u|
around hut not over them. When soft,
rub them through a colander, to remove
the skins, then return the strained pulp
to the kettle; when boiling, _ add a
generous supply of sugar, nearly as much
as of the cranberry, stir well, and when
the sugar is all dissolve ! it will be quite
jellied. Have pie plates covered with
nice crust. As soon as the cranberries
ire cooled pour into the plates. Cut
narrow strips of the crust and lay them
in bars over the top. Bake in a quick
oven fifteen to twenty minutes and you
will have a very nice pie.
Spiced Bekk.—A nice way of using a
shin of beef is to cook it until very
tender, so that the meat will readily fall
from the bone. Pick it up fine, taking
out any tough, gristly pieces. After tne
liquor in which the meat is cooked has
cooled, remove nil the fat, boil it down
to 15 teacupfuls; then add the picked up
meat: season to taste with pepper and
salt, a little nutmeg, half a teaspoonful
;ach of cinnamon, cloves and chopped
parsley, and a trifle of summer savory oi
thyme, unless the flavor is disagreeable
to any of the family. Mix the spices
well witli the beef, lot it boil up, then
put into a deep dish or mold, and set in
a cool place to harden. When cut in
thin slices it makes a nice breakfast,
lunch or tea dish.— Prairie Farm r
Train Them to be I’sefiil.
A woman who cannot cook a dinner at
well as eat it, make a dress as well as weai
It, a woman who cannot turn her hand tc
anything when occasion requires, who is
notable to train her servants practically
and teach them the value of economy ol
time as well as money is not, in my
opinion, educated at all, though she may
be very much cultivated, and even liavt
been to college and taken a degree.—
Cassell's Magarine.
Paris is said to harbor the largest mini
ber of cats of any city in the world it
proportion to its size. “Whole colonies
of them,” remarks u French journal,
“are to be found in the vicinity of tin
markets, where they feed on broket
victuals and make incessant war on tin
rats.
NUMBER 16.
FROM DAY TO DAY,
Only from day to day
W# hold our way.
Uncurtain evr.
Though hope und gay dcslrt
Touched with their fire
Each fresh endeavor
Only from day to day
We grope our way
Through hurrying hours;
But still our castles fair
Lift to the air
Their glistening towers.
And still from day to day
Along the way
Beckon us ever,
To follow, follow, follow.
O'er hill and hollow
With fresh endeavor.
Sometimes, triumphant, gav
The tingles play
And trumpets sound
From out those glistening towers.
And rainbow showers
Bedew the ground.
Then “sw’oet, oh, sweet the way,”
We smiling say,
Ani forward press
With swirt, impatient feet
And hearts that beat
With eagerness.
Yet still beyond, the gay
Sweet bugles play,
And trumpets blow.
Howe’er we flying haste,
Or lagging waste,
The hours that go.
Still far and far away,
Till couies the day.
We gain that peak
In Darien; then, blind
No more, wo find.
Perchance, what we do see.
— Nora Berry, in Harper's Magazines
PITH APPOINT.
A signal failure—A futile attempt to
itop a street ear.
It requires a clever surgeon to dress k
wounded vanity.— Life.
The obscure Arab who invented alco
holic stimulants died mtjre than 900 year*
sgo, but his “spirit” Btill lives.
YVliat this world is yearning for ia a
rammer which a woman can use without
imttsh ng her thumb-nail .—FaV Rictr
Adtanee. ,
A Dansville man has a lame rabbit
that has been trained to make pot pie.
It lias to be killed nrst though. — I)nm
liUe Neiet.
When we’re getting alon in year.,
And more of the world we see.
It almost makes us weep to think
How fresh we used to be!
Jo.stamine (Ky.) Journal.
Michigan makes more shingles than
Mher Grates in the Union, but, curiously
enoujrh, it has no more than the usual
percentage of good boys. —Burlington
Free Pre.t.
In Northern Alaska the sun shines
only four hours out of the twenty-four
in winter, and the Alaskans ought to be
duly thankful. Base ball clubs can only
play one game a day. —Norrittenen
Herald.
Miss Clara—“ Why do you speak of
the young men about town, Ethel, aa
‘gilded youths!’ ” Miss Kthel (whose
fifth season is rapidly slipping by)—
“Beeause they are largely made of brass,
Clara.’’ — Epoch.
I >h. the snow, the blowy snow
Filling the eyes anil the nose below— '
Stopping the street ears, i
Wetting your feet,
Choking the breath of
The people you meet!
Once I could blow- like the blowy old snow.
—Omaha World.
In Turkey, when auy man is the author
of notorious lalsehoods, they blacken the
whole front of his house. We presume,
however, that the law is off during the
pendency of a heated political campaign;
otherwise the city streets would. look
like u procession of hearses. —Bouton
Transcript.
Always Miserable.— Jones— ‘‘You
seem to be always miserable.” Smith—
“So 1 am. Life has no pleasures lot
me.” “What is the matter!” “Anxiety
about my future robe me of one hajf ol
my present joy, and remorse for tny pusi
life gets away with the other half.”—
Terns Siftings.
Care of the Convalescent.
It would be well for those who have
the care of any one during the state of
convulescnce from severe illness, writes
“Family Doctor,” in Cassell's Magazine, to
treat their patient as if he were a nervous
and growing youth. The weakened tis
sues of both nervous and muscular mat
ter are undergoing repair, and this i*
analogous to growth. la the ordinary
state of health a man does not require
food-to build up his frame, so to Speak,
but simply to repair the waste that is
constantly taking place in work, or even
in thought. After sickness it is differ
ent. The appetite is sometimes almost
voracious, but it should be remembered
that the slightest over-indulgence is most
dangerous. Little and often mukt be
the rule as regards eating, and while the
dishes are temptingand appetizing, they
should be most nutritious, aid at the
same timo easy of digestion. Frequent
changes should be made, too. The pa
tient must be safeguarded from cold and
damp, but this does not mean that he is
to be kept in the house—quite the re
verse; and the more hours spent out of
doors in the sunshine, the more, speedy
and perfect will his return to health be,
only he is to wear warm underclothing,
nnd warm but not heavy overolothing
ns well. A patient during convalescence
may sometimes be peevish and discon
tented. This is by no means a good
sign, and every care should be tajten to
keep his mind contented and easy.
Amusement greatly tends to hastih the
coming of heulth. Next in importance
to nutritious and well-cooked food is
sleep. Sleep is certainly nature’s sweet
restorer to the convalescent. He ought
to have long hours, and it will be well
if supper is not taken withiu two hours
of retiring.
A feeling of languor and weariness
precedes almost all attacks of illness;
very often there is also headache and
loss of appetite. If these indications are
attended to in time serious mischief may
>e prevented, or if this is impossible tho
teverity of the disease may be lessened
oy timely treatment. Rest, quiet and
suitable diet are nature's remedies, and
if these are applied at an early stage of
indisposition none others may be neces
sary. A person who is ailing should be
kept in bed in a well-ventilated Yoom
where plenty of fresh air is admitted
from open windows. If in winter the
temperature must he regulated by arti
ficial heat, from an open fire or otherwise,
ns is most convenient, and the window
lowered from the top.