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THE OIkORGIA liNTERPRISE. VOMIMK XXIV. MjIMWAI, n,:ws * Tioy of CURIOUS, i,\' rn.\<: events. H. , 1 '-' .v„„ NTH, KTHIIU, IX, 4 \l- IHin MS"* OS IXrKMKT. M •• 'M i I!'“'"°*Ajr< ■ I" !•<* 'mM. i .-nik" .-•* I•<*<’ ordered in Knn.Hi 11.. I*h., coni region. m , I tioii ill Outline, W i In--lay, the charter mu X-d by 112 majority. IHi.lKi.'i Me■lieiHMigli shot iinil killed A U , -.1 iy night ut Kenton, O. ■l„i ? is threatened. X, n ,jr,iiiuti"iis of the English svndi- X f„ r 111,- Imt n :|k>l is lirewerle* have H, ~| mu 1 hilure to agree on term*. tin rulin', ii ji’itloua Inver ill Peru, H' hliut und killed Maggie bmi'h, X night, mid then killed hltn- ■, m I’,, „,-h j. ii run lints have been sen ■,.Ll to jiuy nominal tines fur publiih- Hlie iiuli.'tineut against Ueneral Uou Hn-New V,irk II ur/ll Thursday rnorn- Hl'iiat-' minor that the actress, Mary is in a private insane asylum ■vc buildings on the south side of H r. la, were destroyed by iocendi- Saturday. Loss f 1 5, 00). in- Hl If II),0U0. Hrniiris of specie from the port of M y,,rk 1 -i we, k amounted to $385,- H of wiiieli $273,030 w as in gold, anti H,i | 14 in silver. H lad has been returned against Flereiice Maybrick, the Amenoah ■ i eliiuged w .th p lisouing her lms in Liverpool. Hnnmber of naval ofiicials at Berlin ■ K eil. tieimany, have been arrested o i,,rge . I wholesale bribeiy. One hie, committed suicide. Ilh ,1,- N and senate passed a fi x' : ;! Wid is lay, after inserting a piokibinng the keeping of n ss n t: i-i 4- i !', 11 .if any school house. , a . fi iii Indian territory is to Sir. tn.t the famous desperado, X-",- v,... k ib-d last Sunday by the Mu i-lii, kln :imi Light ll* rse Many. H im.’ lnte-t statistii s oare i )aiji ai by tlie board of injury, nt ■ : i. ii. Wednesday, ttie iiurn- H" ' ' I '' in the devastated district \ thousand. ■i \ , i.r nf imports of merchandise nst 11 .cal year amounted to ■.127,476, and of the exports to an excess of imports over ut $2,725,077. H : - from Berlin says: General ■ s i t- 1 )- 1 . rf, , sjh-, ,'li at Ivne- Ht-ia on Wednesday, said that a'.l Bit war are groundless, lie hopeu H has assurance \v mid be widely cir- Ht'-'i. ■ i ha-iigo Johnstown relief commit- in the comptrollers office morning, and decided to the balance of subscriptions in the-r 80. $25,000, to the Pennsylvania ■tc civil service eximination this ■ occurs on the 16th of August. A number of persons will be exam- H than ever before. In New York H "l° lle there are abont 2,400 appli ■j- ! *' ' ,f half a ini : lion dollars have ■t subsciibed at Syracuse, N. Y., to SB Ninth American Salt Association, iiy (inondnga salt manufacturers H" : -' ii:;,,:> ’ f atluiiSMou to til, assoeia- a heavy rain storm at Ittdiun ■-", B'd-, Saturday niglit, thefertili- H factory of E. ltaugh A Son was The loss is estimated a* s(>o,- ■ insurance, $19,500. Loss ou stock H #50,000. large meeting was held in New Wednesday in the interest of the Exposition in that city in 1892. He meeting was a success. Mayor was empowered to appoint com- on finance, organization, etc. H'lie Standard, of London, Eng., lias Haunted to apologize and to pay £IOO Hnsges for asserting that Father Cove- Hi °f Dunmanway, Ireland, publicly to God to itrengtheu the hand Htlie man who killed Inspector Martin, ■pweedor. H'lie mi eting of Typographical Union H> 0, of New York, was more largely Heiin-'l Sunday than ever before, and it. H decided by a vote of 800 to 400 to ■nt to the utmost any reduction in the Hca of composition ns proposed by the HNcw York dailies. Vatican and quirinal nt Rome, m sle doubly guarded, owing to the Hipt of information of a plot to blow H loth vvitli dynamite. It is rumored ■ {he departure of ,]le Pops will be S' y ■ysisted and that government -Hitpuht-e will w-ateh the exit of the . fro,n Kansas City says: The H whh’lTw” 1 . ' e . p, ‘ st few days in Kan- Htive Ilf If ° . w ': como< l as a sure prc- I ' Wlnd "i and as the saver of Branch hIZ’ teum *? have done almost Bint 1 \ aS n’V' ‘ d'lie damage to Hint and oats will be considerable? Ry - ndi ' ftte llns purchased H six blew ei les m Patterson N,T B an aggregate of $2, ,;^^- Inetrn, "T" 1 ** 1 .‘"tere’it in the Bioii di 'ans.uctions were mado teThu e r I sdt atorQanelt - “ and iimnlaT’ f I , s! ' ula ?g ist - member of (be imbir ut deputies at Palis, France ktdnesday night, attempted to make a L ’ Albe > but timber f? J ' m ° b nntl B,onc d. A unhtr of import’s teeth were lirnken >ou ton!* 06 C "i t ’ ar 'i d lIC receive d permis ' , t 0 P'uceed with hm remarks. lnie men were removing rock and 't'ntr il°m' tUe chambers c! °std at the w..,t, iV’ " ear Scranton, Pa. on if ,i" e kr V by ’■ Cave : in ’ ,hr -' lamp of one a,, , -° rer9 , 'k’mted the mine gas and m and Robert B f , oll " Wed ' John Williams ° nd fu '"- c„,'n y Stro,1 K- of It hi ’n,, llas *°®t Ins reason, and will be command to Binghamton insane asy! of m Wens S eou! g WBS f o rm crly president BrQdie Ul th ft fro,n L^ ndon sa J 8: William ° w irfcb, -wbi] in bordering on delirium tremens, stated that he had committed the murders and mutilations of women in and about Whitechapel district, was diachatged from custody, there being no evidence on vv li eli to hold him and tlie physicians pronouncing Idm anno. Ho whs imme diately uriesto.l, however, ou a charge ol fraud. A cave-in occurred in Hyde, Pa., Wednesday morning over a vein of the < entral mine. Over six acres of ground were affeotod, and the sth ward public school building was badly damaged. Fully a cozen private residences have cracke I found tion walls and jammed doors as a lesnlt of the cave-in. A turge fissure may be seen in the earth, and lu 'he center of the affected district the i nrtli has settled fully ten feet. Lawyer John U. Dunn was sent tc Hog Bing prison, New York, Friday, tc serve out a sentence of nine years and six mouths. Dunn was found guilty of having induced Cashier Bcott, of the Manhattan bank, lo steal $185,000. At soon as Dunn received the gteater part of th i steal, he advi-ed Scott to fly the country. Subsequently the cashier csine back and appeared ns a witness against Dunn. A dispatch from Yankton, I)ak., says: A party of explorers, on Friday, un earthed a number of human skeletons buried in Chalk Bluff, ten miles east ol Yankton, on the Nebraska side. Fifty skulls and two huudied headless skele tons were tound, which local physiciaus pronounce to be the remains of white people, children and adults. The indi cations are they have been buried forty or fifty years. Further researches will be made. The Richmond, It. 1., paper company suspendc 1 Friday morning. The com pany suspended some time ago, and ha” been working under an extension, SBOO -new capital being paid in, secured by mortgage, subji ct. however, to a first mortgage held by tiic Rhode Island Hos pital Trust company for $387,000. The company has had no rating with Ilrad street for some time. Their lust state ment showed assets of $854,000 and lia bilities ot SOOB,OOO. The plant is a mag nificent one. Rev. Father Curley, director of the Georgetown university, died in Wash ington, D. C., Wednesday morning. He was the oldest living priest in the United States, and, so far as known, iu the world. He was bom in the county Ros common, Ireland, in 1796. He entered Georgetown college in 1827 as anovitia'c and lias remained at the college ever since, with the exception of two years spent in study from 1827 to 1831. For forty-eight years he was professor of phil osophy and natural science and during tips time he made a number of valuable contributions to science. Dr. A. E. Joins, familiarly known as ffifinnel -Tones, was murdered in Cincin nati, on i nuraaay,uy uio -t --was arrested on suspicion and confessed the crime. The colonel was in his sev enty-seventh year, but was as active a man of fifty. He bad always had an inclinn'ion to military life, and held con nection with the Ohio National Guards, serving for a long time as surgeon of the first regini’ nt. Governor Foreaker was his neighbor aid appointed him a member < f his staff as surgeon general. He had been active in public "ff ora and was perhaps mote widely known in Cin cinnati than any other citizen. A Pittsburg, Pa., special of Saturday savs: It is out here that the sewer pipe trust is leaking badly. It hus failed to make connection and prices have been knocked down. Sewer pipe is now lower than ever before in the history of the trade. Last April a combination was formed iu the city under the head of a stock company,known ns the Globe Sower Pipe company. The company wasgiven absolute control of plan's which went into the combine, and each factory was to be run in proportion to its capacity. The company lias not been able to make anv money, assessments are nowin order, and eveiybody is trying to gel out as nearly whole as possib e. WASHINGTON, 1). C. MO YEMENI'S OF THE PRESIDEN’I AM) MS ADVISERS. APFOIXTMKNTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM TUE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The stato department Wednesday re ceived from Henry F. Merritt, consul at Chemnitz, Saxony,a list of subscribers to tho fund lor the relief of the sufferers by the flood at Johnstown, Pa. It amounted to 3,785 marks, aud 89 pfennings, equal to $9lO American money. Emmons Clark, ex-colonel of the fa mous Seventh regiment, New York Na tional Guard, has declined the appoint ment as consul to Havre recently made. In his Idler of declination, Colonel Clark says that he had fully intended to accept, but that since the appointment was made his friends, and especially hU physician, had made such representations to him that he felt constrained to decline. Superintendent Bell, of the railway mail service, said on Wednesday that there was nothing exceptional m the case reported from Lynchburg Va., al leging that two white postal clerks had refused to instruct a newly appointed negro clerk. It frequently happened in the South Unit white clerks at first re fused to instruct negro clerks, but a lit tle persuasive talk usually convinced them that they were unreasonable. Following is an outline .of the presi dent’s trip to Bar Harbor next month. The president will leave Deer Park on the sixth of August and proceed to New York by rail, thence to Boaton via Fall river steamers. He will stay in Boston one day. That portion of the trip be tween Boston and Bar Harbor will be made by rail. It is not certain that Mrs. Harrison will accompany the president, but it is probable she will do so. Tlio attorney general has given the Secretary of the Treasury an opinion to the effect that there is no legal objection to the transit through the United Stales territory of the Chinamen recently ar rived at New Orleans from Cuba, en route to China vin Sail Francisco. This opin ion is in accord with the decision given by Solicitor Hi pburn on the same ones ii n some weeks ago, winch was how ever, not accepted by the Treasury De partment. The Heathen Chinesehave not been slow in contributing towards the re.ief of tho sufferers'at Johnstown. In 1 ttis burgh they raised $l2O, with which ti'.'-y bought supplies and Bent them on to the stricken city. Over S3OO was raised by the pagan Chinamen in this city. "MY COUNTRY: MAY SI IK EVER HE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY I" — Jewkiuon. SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH. k CONDPNSKI) ACCOUNT OF W*X J* OOINI* ON OV IKFOBTANCI IN THE BOCTSEKN STATES. Prof. J. W. Howell, a well-known educator of Rutledge, Tenu., is dying of hydrophobia. He was bitten thirteen yours ago by a black and tan terrier. Cora Herron, of Mecklenburg county, N. C., aged 12 years, was bitten by a mad dog about three weeks ago. A mudstone was applied, but with no ef fect, and on Wednesday she died in ter rible agony. Andrew F. Crutchfield, aged 65, e journalist, who was well known in Bal timore, Md., and throw,r’mut Virginia, and who was one of the founders and editor of the Baltimorean, died Wednes day ut his home in Baliimorc. At an adjourned mectingof Western Cut Nail association held at Wheeling, W. Ya., Wednesday, the reduced gunge for nails heretofore adopted, w.- s rc-sttfrmed and is now going into general adoption in all ut nail milL. In Atlanta,on Wednesday, Judge Hen derson received a sample basket of Irish potatoes from Mr. P. Calhoun. Seven uf them filled a big basket. Colonel Henderson said they were the finest he had ever seen. The taxable property of Haralson county, Ga., was leturued last year at $1,400,758. This year it is returned at $1,550,625 —an increase of $58,872. The rate of increase last year surpassed every other county in the state. The southern part of VanZmdt coun ty, Texas, is suffering from the acts of a band of incendiaries, who are burning churches and schoolhouscs right aud left. Four of these buildings have been destroyed within a week, mid the citi zens are becoming greatly excited. Twenty-three murder cases and three rape cases, making twenty-six capita! cases, arc set for trial at the present term of the criminal court at Birmingham, Ala., and the grand jury, now in ses sion, is grinding out indictment for mur der at the rate of two per day. At Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, Fannie Biyant, the negro woman who is supposed to have been the accomplice of Dick Hawes in the murder of his wife and children, was brought into court and airaigned. She announced ready for trial, pleaded not guilty, aud her trial was set for Mouday next. A dispatch from Danviile, Va., says: Reports from thu growing crop of to bacco in the Bright tobacco region, in dicates that thu crop has been injured by excessive tvst Weathur, hut with a fa vorable seaitfc hereafter it is believed good crops of bright tobaccos will be •.. .Ax,i I>npi in rnr Rwnpn tih vh Dhkii failures for two or three years past. CIRCUS SWEPT AWAY. k CIRCUS WIPED OUT OF HXISTENCE — SEVERAL LIVES LOST. A dispatch from Parkersburg, W. Va., says: Further details of the disastrous fields in Wirt county have been received. Tlie brother of Thomas Hughes, whose wife and children were drowned Sun day, arrived from Pittsburg to assist iu the care of his brother, who is dying from injuries received. Thomas Black, who lived close to the Hughes family, and who was drowned with his wife, had but recently been married. A cir cus was showing on Tucker creek when the cloud-burst struck that section. The flood struck the show just after the per formance began and toic the canvas lo shreds, utterly wrecking and ruining the whole concern, carrying off horses, wag ons and tents. M’Alm i, who performed on the trapeze, was drowned. It is re ported that some employes also lost their lives, but the whole section of country where the misfortune occurred is still in such confusion that it is impossible to get full particular. Sanlsbiiry, on the Big Taig-ut river, is virtually wiped out of existence. MONEY IN POTATOES. IMMENSE PROFIT FROM ONE AND A HALF ACRES— HOW IT IS MADE. Moses L. Petty, of Ophir, Ga., is a grand success as a potato raiser—sweet or Irish. He plants and cultivates a po tato crop every year, because, ns he says: "It is u lazy man’s crop.” He says it can be matured at le s cost and labor with better results than any other. He has one aud one-half acres in Irish potatoes this year from which he expects to gather not less than OGO bushels. Now multi ply this by the probable amount per bushel he will get, aud you will see what the aerfc and one-half will bring him cortainly a great deal more than any other like amount of ground will bring planted in corn or cotton, or sowed in wheat or oats, or almost any crop you can name. He selects tho early rse or Goodrich, prepares his land well, ma nures freely with stub'c manure and un slackc'd lime, plants deep for a long root, and then leaves iho seedlings to grow and get in their work. Tho result is al ways satisfactory, as the crop nets him well at a small outlay of work and ex pense. more trusts. a COMRINE FORMED BY THE STRAW BOARD MAKERS. The straw board makers of the coun try have united in one mammoth com pany or trust. R- E. Newcomb, of Quincy 111., acknowledges its existence arid States that its corporative name is “The American Straw Board Company. It was organized very quietly, and the public has not heretofore been informed of the movement. Twenty-six nulls are embraced in the combination, located in the different sections of the country, Rom Delaware on the cast to Illinois and Wisconsin in the west. It also takes In the largest dealer, in straw hoard in New Yml Boston, Philadelphia, Cin cinnati and Chicago who practically control the trade. The capital stock of the company is $6,000,000 Its pur chases includes the plants of twenty-six mills and all personal property thereto. DEATH FROM GAB. While James Sullivan, 14 years old, ,1 Patrick Dovle, were cleaning out an a „d Patrick street ft „ d Vebstel avenue New York, Saturday they were ave .Uv newer gas and died. John V ldvarTfatberol the boy, who went to fbe ass’.st ince, was .Iso affected by gas and Lin a critical common. (X)VINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST I. 1880, A BIG FAILURE. I.KWI* HHOTHEHS A CO., OF riI.AI)KI.IMIIA, MARK AN ASSIGNMENT. Surprise w as occasioned in business cir cles of Philadelphia, l’a., Thursday morn ing by the announcement that the firm ol Lewis Brothers and Cos., wholesale dry good dealurs, Chestnut street, about Sec ond. had made an assignment. While the exact amount cannot as yet be ascer tained. it is thought the liabilities of the tiiin will rtnch nearly $4,000,000. The firm is one of the largest in its line ol business lu the city, aud perhaps in the country. It has houses in many of the larger cities of the United Stutes, nota bly New York, Chicago, Baltimore aud Boston. It is said that one of the cuuses of failure was the Johnstown disaster. The late Henry Lewis had a large inter est in the Cambria Iron works there, which his estate held, and the loss by flood depreciated these sriWirities. The Johnstown Manufacturing Company’s Woodvule woolen mills,which consigned their products to Lewis Bros.’ mill was destroyed by the Hood, and the loss was $300,000. It was con trolled by the Cambria Iron Company. Since January there has been doubt ex pressed about their financial standing, and in March last the Bradstreets took away their capital rating and reduced their credit, rating a grade. Last April the firm made the following statement to n largo financial institution: Assse s, $5,472,000, ron-iisting of ledger accounts, $1,875,000; of manufacturers' accounts, $1,703,000; securities, $871,000; real estate $770,000; bills receivable, $223,- 000; liabilities, $4,128,0u0, of whichs3,- 682,000 was bills payable, and $447,000 loans; net surplus, $1,843,000. This was not looked on as a favorable state ment by the trade. The firm hud liard work to make colKctions. For over twenty five years the firm ol Li wis Brothers & Cos. have been a lend ing house in the dry goods trade. It was founded in Philadelphia in 1852. Ileniy Lewis died lu 1880. leaving a large es tate, of which $258,000 was invested as capital in the firm; besides, $1,000,000 "fliis was continued iu the business. For many years the firm has beeu re garded as the leading c immisdon house '>f Philadelphia, handling cottons, wool ens, silks and imported goods in that line, and doing a yearly business, it is estimated, of from 85,000,000 to $8,000,- OCO. It is reported to have done us mu< h as $15,000,000 worth of business a year A “DRAW” VERDICT, THE HOW AUD JURY RETURNS A VERDICT OF ONE CENT DAMAGES. After being out two days, the juiy in the celebrated Howard damage suit at Jackson, Miss , on Friday returned a verdict for plaintiff, giving him one cent damages. The plainliff seemed TeTemlanG 'fe’“YWc<Sf4fiL Mu thf result. This suit was begun nearly three years ago by the Rev. Frederick Howard, D. D., against sixteen lead ing Baptists and three newspapers. He was charged with being under an as sumed name and a "mass of corruption.’ The case will bo handed down as one ol the most celebrated in the history ol Mississippi. Depositions were tuken on three continents to establish tho charge of identity. The town, county and sur rounding communities have been greatly interested in the result, as well as Bap tists throughout the country, one of the defendants, Dr. J. R. Graves, having more than a national reputation, and all being prominent citizens. The case will not be appealed, and the people are glad it is ended. SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE “WHEEL’ OF TENNESSEE SKIPS. A veritable sensation has developed in the state “Wheel,” in session at Nash ville, Tenn. When their organization met at the capitol Wednesday morning to consolidate with the state allianoc the secretary, W. T. Davis, was absent, and it was necessary to elect a secretary pro tom. A bombshell was then exploded. A letter was read from secretary Davis acknowledging that lie was short in his accounts, and saying his body would be found in the bottom of the Cumberland river. He also stnted that he was tired of life, and that he could not bear the disgrace and face his friends, "lhe loss which is not stuted, will be covered by the official bond, which is $3,000. The order is perfectly solvent and has suffi cient money to pay til its obligations. The suicide statement finds few believer-. It is thought that Davis left the city Mon day night and detectives are already fol lowing clews which they tuink will lead to his capture. A PRIZE FORFEITED. THF. STATE OF ILLINOIS GOBBLES $15,- 000 ON A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET. Last week nt Chicago, 111., Lena Lurie, a Pubsh Jewess, secured an injunction restraining L- zarus Silverman, banker, from turning over to Ike or Robert Lu rie, more than half of $15,000 drawn on a winning lottery ticket, claiming thut they were attempting to cheat her out of a half interest which she owned in the ticket, she having bought it on shares with Robert. Wednesday morning State’s Attorney Longnecker filed an in formation in the Superior Court asking that the entire prize be declared forfeited to the state. This aciion is brought un der an express provision of a statute to that end, and is fust of the kind filed in that county. An injunction was at once granted restraining the banker from pay ing over the money to any of the claim ants. THE RABBIT FOOT. A MAN RUBS IT ON A COW, AND THE COW DIES, AS HE PREDICTS. A peculiar circumstance occurred re cently in Maury County, Tenn., which may result in a novel law suit A man had a cow which his friend and neighbor wanted to buy. They were both willing to trade, but could not agree on the price. Finally the one who desired to purchase snid: “I have offered you all she is worth. If you are not willing to take it, I will rub niy rabbit foot on her and she will die within three hours.” At the same time he rubbed on the cow a rabbit foot which he held in his hand. Curiously enough the cow did die, and her owner declares that he will bring suit to recover from the other her value. There is no present prospect that work will bo renewed on the Panama Canal. . ORIEFS. ! The rains of winter scourged the weald, For days they darkened on the field; Now, where the wings of winter bent, The poppies ripple in the wheat. And pitiless griefs came thick and fast— Life's bough was naked in the blast— Till silently amid the gloom Thov blew the wintry heart to bloom. - -Charles E. Markham, in Scribner . j * JOHN. "Do you need a man to work about your place, sir?” Judge I’urkvr looked up from his law books and papers to the questioner, a stalwart man, about thirty years of age, poor, but genteel, in appearance, and re spectful in manner and speech, i "Take a chair, ’’ said the Judge, polite ly, motioning to one near him. I “No, thank you, sir; I prefer to stand, if you please. The door was open and I made bold to walk in. I knocked several times on the door frame, but you didn’t hear me. 1 came just to ask if you need a man to do any sort of work about your place? If you do not, I'll not take up any more of your time, as I sec you’re busy. But I hope you do, sir; 1 need , work badly.” I "You are a stranger in Pixley, are you not?” asked the Judge, leaning back in his chair. "Partly so, I lived here years ago,” "Your name?” "John.” "Your surname?” “I would like you to call mo just John, sir, if you please?” “Don’t you know, my man, that with holding your name is not a good recom mendation, and very likely to make an unfavorable impression?'’ “I know it, sir, but if you'll only try ! me, I think you’ll find that my faithful ness and desire to do everything right will make up for the rest of my name." Something about the man's bearing and appearance strongly impressed Judge Parker, inspiring a desire to know more of him, and he said: “Well, I’ll tell you candidly that I like your appearance and manner, but when a man refuses to give his name, there's always something wrong.” “There is something wrong, sir—l’ll be honest with you—there is something wrong with the name, but not with me— not now. I could easily give you a false ! name. Ain’t the fact that I don't, give 1 one gome sign of honesty, and won’t you please look at that as a recommendation, sir?” “It is an indication, certainly, re- I sponded the Judge. “Now it just hap pens that Ido need a mnn about my country place here: need one badly. : Summer is upon us, bringing a great deal of work to be done about the grounds. 1 the new hand would have do oo me: rough work, mowing the lawn, raking, Weeding, sawing wood, keeping the grounds in good order, running errands, ind so on, Would vou be willing to do that?” “Certainly, sir,” John hopefully re sponded. “I'll be only too glad if you’ll try me.” “But you arc an able bodied young fellow who could make at some trade much more than I could give you for the work mentioned, and if I mistake not pour appearance, you have had higher liras than this sort of work.” “That is all true, sir; I could make more at other work, and I have had higher aims, but you’ve seen how misfortune steps in sometimes on our aims. But I'd be glad to do such work us you said for the summer, if you'll only give me a trial.” “What are your terms?” "That is not important, sir ” "Not important? Why, my man, it is becoming plain to me that you have some object other than this work; sonic plan which such a position is to subserve. Haven’t you?” "Not exactly plan, but I have a rea son for coming to you that I’d rather not tell, if you please. It's not a wrong pur pose, and I hope you won’t refuse me the work on its account.” “It gives rise to unfavorable suspic ions, though. An unusual number of things are against you. You refuse to give your name, you seek work plainly be- i neath your abilities, wages are unimport- j ant, and lastly, the work is not your chief object. You must certainly be aware that these would be good grounds for turning you away.” "I am aware of that, sir, aud was afraid that when I came to you that I would appear in a bad light, but I con cluded to be honest übout it anyhow. Try me, though, sir; you’ll not regret it. I want the place sorely; more than I dare tell. I’m in distress. I have nothing else to say. My appearance is my only recommendation. If that won’t do, I must go.” He looked pleadingly at the Judge, who, rising, came from behind the desk, and standing close to the applicant, said: “Well, John, let me tell you that your candor and evident truthfulness have im pressed me very strongly in your favor, despite the appearance against you. I'll try you for a month, but you must not complain if you are denied certain free dom and privileges that would be nc- j corded to a man who has proven himself trustworthy, or if your actions are more closely watched." "I’ve seen those consequences, sir, and it’s all right. They arc to be expected under the circumstances, and I won’t complain. Do as you please with mo till you feci I can be trusted. Show me the work at once, sir, if you can. I couldn’t find word to thank you, sir, even if you had time to hear them. My work must show you how grateful I am.” Donning a broad-brimmed straw hat, Judge Parker conducted the new man out over his spacious estate, indicating what work would be expected of him, and set him to do some weeding at a spot in sight of his study windows. He then returned to his papers and books, but as the afternoon wore on, lie cast frequent glances through the win dow at John. It was plain that he had become deeply interested in the man whose history had been so candidly aud honestly withheld. He could not fathom the mystery with which the applicant chose to envelop himself, but lie trusted that his purposes were honorable, though he was somewhat suspicious. Judge Parker was a large-hearted man, widely known and beloved for bis genial ity, benevolence aud uniform justice. The buwbiest citizen, if worthy, fnigUt apply to him for help, certain of a patient and responsive hearing, Knowing that his liberality had drawn to lum many un worthy suppliants, he tmw suspected’ Hint John had some design upon his philan thropy, and accordingly believed lie needed watching. But each glance through the window showed John working industriouslv, w ith an earnest vigor and raie that out the sharp edges from this suspicion. And so lie worked throughout the trial mouth. Faithfulness and a pains taking interest were stamped upon each detail of his work, and many persons comment ed to the Judge upon the improved ap pearance of the place. John was an unusually quiet and unob tnisiwman. He seldom ..wl re mr rl.s up e tiT a sk instnictfius \ , -ruing liis wff,-.,q v . -**-u ' (t bidden. Judge Parker’s several efforts to elicit some nceount of his life failed: be was respectfully candid in answering thnt he did not wish to toll am thing about himself, saying that, he entirely rested his hope of continued employment j upon his work. When the month ended he was re-en gaged, and still he mantaiued the same scrupulous care in every piece of work, however trivial. He was not a "new broom.” He never left the place, unless sent upon errands, and, retiring earlv to his room, spent his evenings in quiet pursuits. The Judge’s interest in him grew into genuine fondness. lie liked to talk to him, and found him well posted aud shrewd in the ways of the world, and ever ready to converse on all subjects ex cept his past life—that was a sealed book, The summer wore uneventfully away until one morning, late in August, a vis itor entered the Judge's study. It was Joshua Skiles, a member of one of the bars in the judicial district over which Judge Parker presided. His face indicat ed an important mission. "Judge,” he said, after a few remarks on general subjects: “you have anew man at work on your place.” "Yes, indeed I have. I don't wonder you've noticed it. Many others have spoken to me of the improvement. But he's no eye-server; he’s thorough going to the smallest detail.” Skiles grinned expectantly at this en thusiasm, as he asked: “Y7hat is his name?" "He calls himself John,” "No surname, eh!” "No—well, the truth is, he declined to give it, and he's been so faithful that I have respected his reasons for conceal ing it, whatever they are.” “Is it possible you don't remember him, Judge?” “No, I don’t; yet several times I’ve thought there was something familiar about him, either in motions or looks, I can’t tell which.” to Europe, been most an "over me vm country, and tho moment I set eyes on your new man I knew the fellow, if he has disguised himßelf with whiskers. I’m not often deceived in people, I tell you.” "I dare say not, hut I am if I’ve ever seen him before.” "Well, then, Judge,” said Skiles, with inauifest pleasure, "you sentenced him ten years ago to the penitentiary.” Judge Parker looked closely at Skiles before replying or showing any feeling of the statement. The man was not a fa vorite at the bar. He bore a reputation i for pettiness, his cases usually being | trivial, most of them plainly trumped up himself upon trifling disputes between parties, and he was given to volunteer ing services as bids for favor. So the Judge looked at him, secretly displeased at the disclosure. He didn’t want to hear evil of John; he liked him, aud was disposed to believe this one of Sltiles’s desigus upon liis favor. "His name, Mr. Skiles?” "Jclm Dorker,” replied Skiles, effu sively. “You sentenced him teu years ago lust March for burglary, which was proved beyond the slightest shadow of doubt. There wasn’t a scintilla of evi dence in liis favor. Why the jury were out only about ten minutes. I was present during the trial, and I can truth fully say it was the plaiuest ease of guilt in my legal experience. sou sent him up for five years.” . “Are certain of this, Mr. Skiles? the Judge asked, coldly. “It s a very serious matter to brand a man as a con vict. He is doing well here. May you not be mistaken?” "No, indeed, 1 never forget a face. "It seems that I do, theu. What is your purpose?” “Simply to warn you, sir. ’ “What good will it do you if I dis charge him?” These questions cut close, and Skiles winced a little as ho replied: “None at all, sir. I didn’t expect it to —except that inward consciousness of doing a service. I thought you would certainly not wish to have a man sleeping in your house whom you sentenced your self, and who served his term iu prisou." “Well, now, Mr. Skiles, to be frank with you, I don’t believe in always put ting tlie foot of virtuous scorn on a man’s neck because lit was ouco a criminal. There’s no reason why such a man shouldn’t or couldn’t reform, and lead an honest life. I’ve sentenced many men to prison, but have never had a good chance to do one a kindness. I honestly believe that many a criminal would rise to rectitude if helped, and John is one of them.” “We generally try to get rjd of a stumbling horse, Judge, ’ said Skiles,witli a weak laugh. "If you doubt iny story call the man in and face him with it. This was exactly what Judge Parker did not wish to do. He believed the story, but did not want to give Skiles the expected satisfaction pf seeing John’s disgrace laid bare. A sincere sorrow for him arose, and he said: “No, Mr. Skiles, I’ll not confront him with it now." The pettifogger thereupon bowed him self out, somewhat crestfallen, as he had confidently expected to win the Judge’s influence in an appointment he aspired to, and to have seen the criminal lgnorn iuiously dismissed. Looking after him Judge Parker mused —“I do wonder why same people love so much more to find evil than good in a person. A noble character is to them as a whitewashed fence against which they delight to throw mud. I hate to tell John of this, but I suppose it must be done.” John prnmntlv obeyed the summons, entering respectfully and inquiringly, A shade of distrust upon the Judge's face made him uneasy, but he calmly and with manly dignity awaited the nnummiicn tion. “Sit down, John,” tlie Judge began kindly; “it may lie a long interview.” He complied, and began nervously re volving his straw hat by shifting Ids fin gers along the edge of the brim, but ho looked firmly at his employer. “John—your surname, is it Porker?” A slight pallor swept over the honest face, as he replied: “It is, sir. You have remembered me at last.” "You expected me to?” "I did, yes, sir.” "No, 1 didn’t recognize you, John," said the Judge, witli a note of disappoint ment in his voice, "but a lawyer nt the bur told me who yon were.” “Always someone to give a fellow a kirk, no matter how hard he's trjing to get up.” “Yea, it seems so. Now, John, he says I sentenced you ten years ago to tlm penitentiary. Is it true?” “It is, sir,” was the humble reply. "And you served your full term of five years?” "Lacking the time of commutation I did." "What have you done since your re lease?” "Nothing but try, sir; shifting about from place to place. I’ve tried hard, desperate bard to lead a true, honest life, but it's up-hill w ork. There’s a weight on a man like me, sir. The opening penitentiary door is at the very foot of a hill, and when a poor fellow* comes out and tries to walk up, there's always some one glad to push him baekagain.” "Were you guilty of the burglary?” “I was, sir. It was my first crime. The easy gain looking tempting, and I fell. I needed money; but there is no ex cuse, I deserved the punishment. Those awful years, sir, gave me time to reflec tion, and I determined that when I got out, with God's help to pick myself up. It’s been hard; cruelly, fearfully hard,but I haven't fallen again. I’m an honest man in my heart, sir, if the world won't acknowledge it.” "But why didn’t you tell me this when you came? It would have been better.” "I suppose it would, sir. But I was too weak. I needed work so badly, and if you had turned me away then, why “What, John?” “Never mind, if you please, sir; you didn’t turn me off.” “Very well, John, I’ll not ask you. But you said you had a special purpose in coming to me. Can you tell me that?” John Dorker arose, laid his hat upon the chair, and facing the Judge said im pressively : “Do you remember, sir, what you said when you sentenced me?” ">T„..y selves into ray heart as if they’d been sparks. I used to fancy I saw them writ ten in fiery letters at night upon the black wall of my cell. You spoke feelingly, sir, like you pitied me, and that’s what made them take such a hold on me. They were: ‘Young man, you have set your foot on a dangerous path. The way of crime never leads upward, always down, down to the unknown depths. The pure sunlight of heaven never smiles upon it. It is crowded with wrecks of noble lives. When you tread it, you i leave mother, true friends, light, peace, j heaven and God behind you. You nre going to prison. In the quiet years you shall spend there, look over this life of yours, aud think if you can afford to spend the smallest possible portion of it on this path. Come out a pure man. You will still bo young, with much of your life before you; many years to be useful and good in, and to retrieve this false step. Let me say from my heart, young man, don’t blight your life. lie dashed tho tears from his eyes, and proceeded: “My mother sat weeping behind me sir, us I stood at the rail. I was liei only support. God alone knew how slit was to live during those years. Tout words were knife-thrusts, sir. I die have to leave her, friends, peace, heaver and the God she had so earnestly taughl me to pray to. Aud I did reflect, sir, ia those quiet years, aud I came out a pure man. God knows, how I’ve tried not tc let that false step blight my life. But wherever I went, someone spread the truth: ‘Employing that man, that John Dorker; why, lie’s a convict.’ “I became desperate; a temptatioi stared me in tho face. I felt myseli weakening. Starvation, gloom, despair, a broken-hearted mother were about me, and I wavered, sir, when a though! came: ‘Surely, surely, the Judge who spoke those words would help me; ho wouldn’t turn me away.’ And I came. It was my last chance. Too much dc peuded upon my getting work, sir, to risk telling you my story. But now I’m found out, and I’m ready for your de cision. Can you trust a convicted burglar in your house? Will you give me a trial? If not, I’ll go away and try it again, sir, but I don’t know-™” Judge Parker sprang up and warmly grasped the trembling hand. “Trust you, John? Give you a trial! You have been tried, and I again sentence you, John Dorker. to fivo years in my service, )u my most earnest help, iu my best effort to place you on the road to prosperity. God bless you!” And when the sentence was served, John Dorker was an honest and useful citizen.— Yankee Blade. A Dying One Reviews His Whole Life A I rench scientist affirms that a dying person in his last moments thiuks of th< ohief events of his life. Persons resus citated from drowning, epileptics with grave attacks, persons dying and already unconscious but momentarily brought back to consciousness by ether injection! to utter their last thoughts, all confirm this remarkable fact, Browu-Sequard mentions the indisputable fact that per sons who, in consequence of cerebral afi fections, have been paralyzed for years, get back when dying their sensibility, mobility and intelligence. Such fact* clearly show that at the moment of di solution important changes take place, 18- acting on the composition of the blood and the functions of the organs.— Chi cago Times. St. Louts proposes to celebrate Aprl 30, 1903, the 100th anniversary of tbs purchase of Louisiana, which was ao WfflpUshed liy TUqtass JcSwsou, NUMBER 41. IN A MEADOW OF HAY. You sin* the delight* of the <4ty or town, Of the theatre, ball or soiree; I ing of the joys of some tforae covered down, Borne sweet scented meadow of hay. I care not who |K>re* o’er each counter or book, Who bulls or who bears on the street, But give me the banks of some swift running brook, The charms of some shady retreat. What pictures your painters can dimly en. shrine On the canvas so dull and so cold. Can equal the luster these pictures of mine Should nature her beauties unfold? You drink to the health of your star of the stage In vintages costly and rare; My brown cider jug shall my fancies engage When I drink to the health of my fair. I crave not your belles, who in fashion’s gay whirl Trip blithely till daylight away; But give me the smile of some sweet country girl, A queen, in her meadow of hay. —Chicago Journal. PITH AND POINT. Sound to the corps—A bugle call. A poor relation—Story badly told. Lumberman’s slang—Shute that log! A dentist refers to his collection of ex tracted teeth as gum drops. "Matchless maid” is the way in which a presumptious young man addresses s lady of a very uncertain age. There wouldn’t have been any milk in the cocoanut if some dairymen had had the construction of it.— Siftings. Plenty of sleep is conducive to beauty. Even a garment looks worn when it loses its nap.— Binghamton Republican. “Waiter, a beef steak—but not a small one, I’m so terribly nervous that every little thing upsets me.”— Fliegende Blact ter. Teacher—" What is an unknown quan tity?” Coal Dealer’s Son—" What you get when you buy a ton of coal.”— Golden Days. It is one of the paradoxes of life that the more a wife keeps her husband in hot water the colder he grows toward her.— Boston Courier. “ Where are the teeth on which in youth So proudly I relied?’ “The sandwhieh has them, sir, in sooth,” The lunch girl straight replied. —Merchant Traveler. Rejoice, O young man, in the days of thy youth, but remember that, big as he is, the whale does not blow much until he reaches the top.— Terre Haute Ex press. I "What's the r-natter,” the .-Uq • - fa,.'* aeff, 1,-j.a his thumb with a hatchet this moruin-* and I laughed.”— Epoch. A little girl joyfully assured her mother the other day that she had found out where they make horses. She had seen a man finishing one. He was nailing on his last foot. —New York News. Country and City.—Miss Sheafe —“Ah, look at that wheat rising and falling yon der in the breeze I How beautiful!” Mr. Weetpit—“Ah, but you ought to see it rising 'and falling in the Produce Ex change !” Hardware Dealer—" Now, Mr. Rusti cus, there’s what I call a bargain. That stove has a quick oven and the draft is so arranged that it will save one-half the fuel.” “Miss It. (who is a student of economies) —“La sakes, pa, why not get two and save all the fuel?”— Harper's Bazar. . * Waited Ten Years to Marry. Martin George and Caroline Jcnkyn were schoolmates in the old town of St. Ives, Cornwall, England, twenty years ago, and became engaged, but neither had money. Martin decided to come to America to seek his fortune, and Caroline said she would wait. That was ten years ago. Martin was a miner in Cornwall, and he went directly to the mining regions in California. He worked hard, saved his money and at last settled down in San Francisco as a broker in mining stocks, and found himself rich enough to marry. Mr. George arrived in New York a few weeks ago by previous arrangement and waited impatiently for liis bride, who was expected to arrive on the Cunarder Gallia. Miss Jenkyn came to New York in charge of First Officer John Stevens, who had known her family for many years. When she arrived a tall young man about thirty years of age, in a fash ionable cutaway coat and silk hat, was down on the Cunard pier. He was the first to rush up the gangway, and in the cabin there was an affectionate meeting between the bride and groom, who had aot seen each other for ten years. There a-os no need for delay about the wedding, because George had engaged Rev. Mr. McAnney a week before to perform the ceremony, and the bride and groom, with Officer Stevens, were driven iu a carriage to the minister’s residence. Mr. McAnney and his wife were just going out for the evening, but it didn't " takt- more than a minute or two to tie the knot. The bride was married in her traveling costume. She is twenty-eight years old and the bridegroom is thirty. Mrs. McAnney and Officer Stevens were witnesses to the marriage. Chicago Herald. Geronimo as a Scholar. Evidently born to be a leader, the fact that he can no longer be first on the war path has suggested to Geronimo, the bloodthirsty Apache chief who so long terrorized Arizona, but who is now im prisoned on a reservation in Florida, the alternative of being first in the Sunday school, and accordingly he may be seen ringing the bell, seating the pupils, and keeping order generally with all the de termination which characterized him when his occupations were of a some what more exciting nature. Both in the day school aud Sunday-school he is re puted as being the teacher's right hand man, and we receive amusing descrip tions of the confidence with which he is called upon in emergencies requiring de cisive action. One of the teachers writes: “We have removed the organ to his (Ge ronimo’s) house, and every evening we go out there to sing. Not only the Indians come, but some of the soldiers, and aftei we are through Gerouimo sits down and plays his tune, to the delight of the In dians, who fairly roar their appreciation,"