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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
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VOL. XII. NO. 21
VIENNA, GA„ TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
BETRAYED;
A DARK MARRIAGE
MORN.
A Romance of Love, Intrigue and
Crime.
BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON.
CHAPTER XVI— (CnnlfniteU.)
Mouths passed, ! nd not another word
Aid ho hoar from his old classmate.
He grow very restless. The whole thing
was proving upon his mind;
He decided that he must have some oe*
cupalion. Young Bellinont and others
of his acquaintance had gone to Con
gress.
- His father suggested that it would be a
food idea for him to follow their ex
ample.
The suggestion slrucl: him favorably;
but (bore was one great drawback.
The member for the district in which
they resided had loo strong a hold on his
constituency to be easily shaken off.
One morning, when he happeued to be
in his father’s priv„te room at the bank,
and whde ho was considering the matter,
an elderly gentleman entered and asked
to roe the President.
Warren immediately arose to withdraw.
“No.no!" exclaimed tbe stranger; “don't
go, sir, I l og. Jly business is not of a
pr vale nature. I merely culled to ask a
question r 1 two about llio Sedloy farm—a
most excellent piece of property in Kox-
lury. One ot my constituents is anxious
to buy or lense it, and knowing I was to
be in New York to-day, requested mo to
ca'I here about the matter.
“Tbnt gentleman is the owner of the
farm," smiled tbe bank president, nod
ding toward Warren.
“You, sir? 1 thought ”
“It is my son, sir, Mr. Warren Loland,’
explained iris father. “The property was
left him by his grandfather.”
“Yes, yes; his mother's father, James
Eedley. I knew him very well; and I
knew your mother, too, young man, loug
before slio became Mrs. Leland. My
name is Sweet land—Emerson Sweet land.’
“Air!" exclaimed the elder Leland; “the
member of Congress from the Third Con
necticut District.”
“Exactly, sir; hut for not longer that
the present term, I hope. I am heartily
tired of it, and am anxious to spend a
f*“r or two abroad."
* wll," smiled Warren, “I suppose it’s
■enough to find a successor?'’
ot eo eas ’.ns you think, there are so
qualifications required. What a
won are not n( citizen of Connecticut,
living on /your farm at Roxbury.
mg from your looks, you’re just the
mail we want/ provided your politics are
nil right.” /
“No troubile on that head!’’exclaimed
the eld yeland, quickly; “they are the
same as qfir own, Hr. Sweetland.”
“1 beiA* hy not think of it?" asked the
C ongvesjBFuau. “I have a year longer to
serve; /ijiat will give you time to gain a
re8 ffiie in tho district. You can live in
your #own house, and turn farmer, you
know#* Then with a comical look and
gestjf/e:
Wood gracious! What am I saying
* f l -./ siug you to come up and live on the
.ey farm when I am here to buy 01
lease that very farm for a friend."
“Don’t let that thought disturb you,’
smiled Warren. “I certainly should not
think of selling, and I am hardly pre
pared to consider an offer for a lease.”
“Then what do you say to the other
plan? Y’ou mustn’t be surprised that ]
take so much interest in your mother'!
son. She was what we call a r'glit smart
girl, and I always liked her."
“I am much more inclined to consider
that proposition favorably," responded
.V ari eu.
“Well, then, I’ll help you.”
“But won’t it be uphill work to prepare
nyself, get acquainted, and he able to
rapture the convention in a year’s time?"
“Oh, dear no; not with my help, and
ho help of one other party.”
“And who may that other party be, if I
aiay ask?”
"Of course yon may. It’s Nathan Mot-
Rif, the or elo of Roxbury, the most im-
ortaut man in tbe district, though not as
ea'tby as some others.”
“Nathan Metcalf,” repeatod Warren,
s though to fix the name in his mind.
“Yes; and my first advice to you, young
u, is go and live on your farm, ana
[liquor Nathan Metcalf.”
To do that I must know something
it him. YVhat kind of a man is Hr.
d alf?”
.e is a clever fe:low—a very clovei
How, indeed, r.nd all-powerful in his
ighlorhood, bb I have said. He ig
iginal, as you will see, and well worth
'dying. Then there’s his daughter—a
!-=.-#HBing young woman. I tell you, my
friend, you must please them, for Met
calf is ren'ly the master of the distriot.
Why, I had to secure his friendship, or
else, upon my word, I would have been
elected to remain at home. ”
“But, sir, what shall I do to please this
nowerful man?”
“You must see him. He is, as I tell
ou, a great oddity. He has never been
i Washington; lie has a horror of New
orik and our other large cities. It only
^s a little tact to flatter his views od
■e points. We always need a little
in this world, young man.”
ut his daughter, Mr. Sweetland?"
Jli, the deuce! l’ou must please the
'iter also. He worships her, and she
ages him completely, although he
grumbles a little sometimes.” ”
“And what sort of a woman is she?”
“A splendid woman, a glorious woman
—a widow; somewhat pious, but very
well informed—a woman of great merit,
I assure you.”
“But what course must I take to please
this lady?"
“What course? By Jove, young man,
you ask a great many questions. I am
*reen ns grass with them always. It is a
..ing I can't understand; but you, my
nng friend, you have little need to bt
itructed in that matter. Y’ou can’t fail
please her; you have only to make
yourself agreeable. But you will know
howto do it you will conduct yoursell
perfectly, I am sure.
“Yes, captivate Meicalf and his daugh
ter. These are my first instructions. And
hold! to please them both pay some at
tention to Miss Lestor."
“And who is Miss Lester?”
“An unfortnnat» young iady, residing
with them at present, I can’t tell you any
re about her just now. But mind! it
1 please them if you pay her some at.
it ion.”
;.Ir. Sidney Leland now asked the C'on-
ssman how long he proposed to renyiii
[the city, and on learning that he did
it expect to leave unlit the next day in-
-wivyxed on his taking dinner with them and
saining over night.
jHr. Sweetland consented, and the con
versation thus broken off was renewed ir
the evening.
Tho next dsv Warren Loland left New
York, aimed with the instructions he had
rece ved; and, further, with a letter from
Emerson Sweetland, M. C., to Nathan
Metcalf, Esq.
On reaching the Roxbury station he
took a carriage to his own farm, which
lay at some distance from the center.
While making this transit he considered
to himself that the path of ambition wbe
not exactly one of roses, and that it was
hard for him, at the outset of his enter
prise, to encounter two faces as disquiet
ing as those of Nathan Metcalf and his
daughter.
CHAPTER XVII.
A DELICATE SITUATION.
On carefully looking over the ground
young Leland determined to wait a little
before presenting himself personally tc
Nathan Metcalf. He sent him Mr. Sweet
land’s letter, however, accompanied by
neat note of his own, stating that hewai
unexpectedly recalled to Now York, but
thit he should soon return, and would dc
himself tbe honor of paying his respect!
at the earliest opportunity.
He then hastened to the cit}', after giv.
ing out that he should tilce up his resi
dence at the farm, as soon as the house
could be made habitable; and on reaching
New York, sent up an architect and a
whole army of workmen to make the
necessary alterations and repairs.
At length their work was completed and
Leland was informed that his country
house was ready for his occupation.
Ho decided to take possession imtni
diate’y, and on the very day that Cora
Ellistou had the talk with Oscar Slvme
started for Roxbury.
He reachod the village in safety, and
found Seth Gridley, tho man who had
charge of the farm, in waiting at the sta
tion, with a very decent country turnout
Leland at once look his seat in the car
riage. Seth followed, and tho horses
heads were turned toward the center.
Passing through the village they struck
a loug nud solemn avenue, shuded by
elms, interlacing their thick branches,
and leading direct.y to the Sedley farm.
Presently they reached the house. Tht
front door was open. Leland entered
and received a hearty wolcome from Mrs
Seth Gridley, the housekeeper.
Seth then showed him to hisownchau
her, and when he declared himself roady
conducted him to the dining-room.
Mrs. Gridley had passed half the pre
vious night in slaughtering various dwell
erg in the poultry yard, and the result!
of the massacre now successively np
peered swimming in butter. The youns
tnan managed to get through the meal ai
last, however, and even found himself ir
good spirits after it
He sought for Seth, found him in tin
great kitchen assisting his wifo, anc
slrove to glean from him some informa
lion of the Metcalfs. But the farmer
like every genuine Yankoe, held it as i
tenet of faith that he who gave a plair
answer to any question was a dishonored
man.
With all possible respect he let the
young gentlemau understand plainly that
he was not to be deceived by his affected
ignorance into any belief that Warren
Leland did not know a great deal better
than ho who and what Nathan Metcalf
was, where be lived, and what he did;
lhat Warren Lelaudwas his employer, and
ns such was entitled to hi3 respect; but
that he was a New-Yorker, and—as Nathan
Metcalf said—all New-Yorkers were friv
olous jesters.
Leland, who had taken an oath never to
got angry, kept it now, drew from a cigar
a fresh supply of patience, picked up his
hat and left tho room.
For a few moments he leaned over the
balustrade of the veranda and looked
around.
The night, clear and beautiful, envel
oped in its shadowy veil the wide-
stretching fields, and a solemn stillness,
strange to a New-Y’orker’s ears, reigued
around him, broken only at intervals by
the distant bay of a hound, rising sud
den]}', and anon dying into peace again.
.His eyes becoming used to the darkness,
Leland descended the veranda steps and
passed into the broad avenue, which was
darker and more solemn thin a cathe
dral aisle at midnight, and thence into
another road into which it led him by
chance.
Strictly, speak ng, Leland had never,
until now, been out of the city; for wher
ever he bacl previously gone," he had car
ried its bustle, worldly and artificial life,
play, and the races with him; and the
watering-places and the seaside had novel
shown him true country life.
It gave him a sensation for the first
time, but the sensation was not an agree
able one.
As he advanced up this silent road,
without residences, without lights, it
seemc 1 to him he was wanderiug among
the desolate sites of some lunar region.
This part of Now England recalled to him
the worst cultivated parts of Germany.
It wore a rustic and savage character, with
its dense shrubbery tufted grass, dark
valleys and rough roads.
YVandering on to an eminence, his eyes
swept but a fresh horizon of apple trees
and wheat fields, and he was about to turn
back when a strange sound suddenly
arrested his steps. It was a concert of
voice and instruments, which in this lost
solitude seemed to him only a dream, or
a miracle.
The music was good—even excellent.
He recognized a Prelude of Bach, aria a g.
ed by Gunod. He could not havo been
more astonished if he had suddenly seen
the Grand Opera House set down in fronl
of him.
Filled with curiosity and led by th<
melody he hoard, he descended cautiously
the little hill, like a king’s son in search
of the enchanted princess. The palace
he found in the middle of the path, in
the shape of the back'wall of a dwelling,
which fronted on another road. One of
tho upper windows on this side, however,
was open; a bright light streamed from
it, and thence he doubted not the sweet
sounds came
YYith the accompar.iment of the piano
and stringed instruments rose a fresh,
flexible woman’s voice, chanting the mys
tic words of the young master with such
expression and power ns would have given
even him delight. Leland, himself a
musician, was capable of appreciating
the masterly execution of the piece, and
was so much struck by it he felt an irre-
si-tiblo desire to see the performers, es
pecially the singer.
YYith this impulse he climbed the little
hedge bordering the road, placed himself
on the top, and found himself several
feet above the level of tho lighted win
dow. He did not hesitate to use his skill
as a gymnast, acquired at Yale, to raise
himself to one of the branches of an old
oak stretching across the lawn; but dur
ing the ascent he could not disguise from
himself that his was scarcely a dignified
position for the fuluie member of Con
gress from the district.
He almost laughed aloud at the idea of
bolng surprised in this position by the
terrible Metcalf, or his daughter.
He established himself on a large, leafy
branch, directly in front of the open win
dow, and notwithstanding that he was at
a respectful distance, his glance could
readily penetrate into the chamber where
the conceit was taking place
ing; a young man appearea to be writing,
while several persons lounged in com
fortable seats around the room.
About the piano was a group which
chiefly attracted the attention of the
spectator in the tree. At the instrum nt
was gravely seated a young girl of some
twelve years; immediately behind hei
stood an elderly man, remarkable for his
wonderful physique —his bead bald, with
a crown of white hair, and bushy, dark
eye-brows.
He played the violin with skill anc
dignity. Seated near him was a man oi
about fifty, with the most benevolent face
imaginable, who played the bass viol with
great gusto.
Between them stood the singer. Shi
was a pale brunette, slight and graceful,
and not apparently more than twenty-five
or twenty-six years of age. The some
what severe oval of her face was relieved
by a bright pnir of black eyes that
seemed to grow larger as she sang. Our
hand lested gently on the shoulder of the
girl nt the piano, and with this sht
seemed to keep time, pressing gently or
the shoulder of the performer to stimu.
late her zeal. And that hand Was de
licious!
The hymn of Talestrina had succeeded
the Prelude of Bach. It was a quartette,
to which two new voices lent their aid.
One of the new 6ingers was a young lady
of about twenty, quietly dressed, and
divinely beautiful, albeit, there was an
indescribable expression of sadness on
her face.
The benevolent gentleman laid aside
his bass-viol, stood up, took off his
glasses, and his deep, rich voice completed
tho full measure of the melody.
After , the quartette followed a few
moments of general conversation, during
which, after embracing the young girl
pianist, who immediately left the room,
the principal BongstresB walked to tho
window.
She leaned out as if to breathe the fresh
air, aud her profile was sharply relieved
against the bright light behind her, in
which the others formed a group around
the young man at the table, who Reemed
preparing to read what he had written.
The lady leaned from the window,
gently fanning herself as she looked now
at tho sky, now at the dark landscape.
Leland imagined he could distinguish
her gentle breathing above the sound ol
her fau ; and leaning eigerly forward foi
a better view, he caused the leaves to
rustle slightly. *
She started at the sound, then remained
immovable, and the fixed position of her
head showed that her gaze was fastened
upon the oak in which he was concealed.
He felt the full awkwardness of his
position, but could cot judge whether or
not he was visible to her; hut. under the
danger of her fixed regard, he passed ths
most painful moments of his life.
She turned into the room and said, in
a calm voice, a few words which brought
three or four of her friends to the win
dow; and among them Leland recognized
the elderly gentleman with the violin.
The moment was a trying one. He
could do nothing but lie still in his leafy
retreat—silent and immovable as a statue.
Tho conduct of those at the window
went far to reassure him, for their eyes
wandered over the gloom, with evident
uncertainty, convincing him he was but
suspected—not discovered.
But they exchanged animated observa
tions, to which the party most interested
lent an attentive ear.
Suddenly a strong voice, which he rec
ognized as belonging to him of the violin,
ose over them all in tho pleasing order,
“Loosen the dog!”
A dozen persons, as he judged, were
there assembled; several women, of dif
ferent ages, were seated at a table work-
CHAPTER XVIII.
PREFACING FOB AN ORDEAL.
The next day after the conference be
tween Cora Ellistou and the private sec.
retary, in the library, they met again;
and directly afterward Slyme started foi
Roxbury.
On his return he reported that he had
arranged everything to the best of his
ability; that Warren Leland had not ytt
mado his appearance at the Metcalfs’:
that his own house was nearly, if not
quite, completed; but, so far as he could
learn, tbe young man had not yet taken
up his abode there.
He might, he said, give up the idea and
not live there nt all; or even if he did, he
might not form the acquaintance of any
of the Metcalf family; but should he do
o, he, Slyme, would be informed at
)nce, and then Mildred would be sum
narily removal, as they had agreed in the
morning.
“Why do you say he may give up the
idea of living in Roxbury after all?”
“There is some talk of his leasing the
since to a wealthy party, who, now that
t is refitted, is very anxious to get pos
session of it.”
“Do you believe there is anything ir
it?”
“I don't know.”
“You had bettor go to Roxbury agair
before this week is out,” said Cora, aftei
a moment's thought.
“I think it would be a good plan my
self.” rejoined the secretary.
But the very next day he received a
telegram from the Senator, calling him,
peremptorily, to Washington, and he was
obliged to leave that same evening.
As he jiassed down the broad staircase
he danced back, and saw Eueene Cleve
land entering Cora Li
He gnashed his teeth with rage, and
went away with murder in his heart.
Days and weeks passed, and still the
Senate a wife lingered in New Y'ork.
It was almost six weeks after Slyme'i
departure. It was nearly six o’clock ir
the afternoon and Cora awaited Eugene,
who was to come after leaving the pub
lishing house down town.
There was a sudden knock at one of th«
doors of her room, which communicated
with her husband's apartment.
It was the Senator himself, who had
unexpectedly returned from YVashington.
She remarked with surprise, and ever
with fear, that his countenance wat
strangely agitated.
“You heie, Sherwood?” she exclaimed
“What is the matter with vou? Are you
ill?”
“No,” replied the Sent-,tor, “not at all.*
“Your return is sudden and unexpect
ed,” she said.
“No doubt."
He placed himself before her, anc
looked at her some moments before
speaking again, his eyes rolling in theii
Drbits.
“Cora!” he said at last, with a painful
smile, “I must own to you my folly. 1
havo not lived since yesterday—I have
received such a singular letter. Would
you like to see it?"
“If you please,” she replied.
He took a letter from his pocket and
gave it to her. The writing was evident,
ly carefully disguised, and it was nol
signed.
“An anonymous letter?” said Cora
whose eyebrows were slightly raised, wit!
an expression of disdain: then she com
menced reading the missive, which wa!
as follows:
“A true friend, Senator, feels indignant
at seeing your confidence and your trust
abused. Y'ou are deceived by those whom
you love most.
“A man upon whom yon haTe heaped
favors, and a woman who owes everything
to von, are united by a secret intimacy
which outrages you." They are impatient
ror me nour wnen tney can divide your
spoils.
“He who regirds it as a pious duty t«
warn you, does not fiesire to calumniate
anyone. He is sure that as yet your honci
is respected by her to whom you have
confided it. and that she is still worthv of
your confidence aud esteem. She wrong*
you in allowing herself to count uroa
the future, which your trusted friend
dates from your death. He seeks youl
widow and your property.
“Jhe poor lady submits against he
better judgment to the fascinations of i
man who, ns is well known, has already
betrayed at least one confiding wemau.
But he—this man, your friend, your rela
tive, almost your son—how can he excuse
himself? Ever? honest person must bo
revolted by such conduct, aDd particular
ly he whom chance informed of the fact,
and he who obeys his conscience in giv-
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Corq after leading it. returned the let
ter to her husband.
“Sign it OBcar Slyme,* she said.
“Do you think so?” asked the Senator,
“It is as clear as day,” replied the lady.
“These expressions betray him—‘a pious
duty to wa'-n you’—"has already betrayed
at least oue confiding woman’—‘every
honest person obeys his conscience.’ He
ca^ disguise his writing, but not his
style. But what is still more cone usive
is thatxvhich he attributes to Eugene
Cleveland—for I suppose it alludes to
him — axjl his private prospects ana cal
culations. This cannot have failed to
strike you, as it has mysolf, I suppose?
“If I thought this vile letter was his
work,” cried the Senator, “he should
leate my employ. I would kick him out
of the house.”
“Why bo? It is better to laugh at it!
The statesman commenced one of his
solemn walks up and down ths room.
Cora looked uneasily at the clock. Hei
husband, intercepting one of these
glances, suddenly stopped.
“Do you expect Eugene to-day?” ha in
quired.
"Yes, I think he will call after business
is over.”
“1 think he will,” responded the Sena
tor. with a convulsive smile. “And dc
you know, my dear,“ he added, “the con
temptible idea which has hannted me
since I received this infamous letter?
for I believe that infamy is contagious.
“You have conceived the idea of wat h-
ing our interview?" said Cora, in a tqne
of indolent raillery.
“Yeg,” assented her husband; “there—
behind that portiere- as in a theater;
but, thank God, 1 have been able to le-
sist this base intention. If over I allow
myself to play so mean a part, I should
wish at least to do it with your knowledge
and consent."
And do you ask me to consent to it?”
asked Cora.
“My dear wife,” said the Senator, in
sad and almost supplicating tone, “I am
an old fool—an oveigrown child—but I
feel lhat this miserable letter is going to
poison my life. I shall no longer have
an hoar of peace and confidence. Do you
wonder at me? 1 am an honorable man,
but I have learned that all men are not
like myself. There are some things
which to me seem as impossible as walk
ing on my head, yet I see others doing
these things every day. What C3n I say
—how can I tell you? After reading this
perfidious letter I thought how you had
delayed coming to me, and I could not
help recollecting that your intimacy with
Eugene has greatly increased of late.
“Without doubt.” said Cora. “I rui
very fond of him.
“I remembered also vour being with
him that night in the snuggery, during
the grand party. When I awoke yon hac
both an air of mystery. YY hat mysteries
could there be between you two?”
“Y'ou shall know it at the proper time.
Finally, I swear to you that I susoecl
neither of you. I neither suspect you oi
wronging me—of' disgracing me—or ot
soiling my name—God in heaven, heir
me!
But if you two should love each other,
even while respecting my honor; if you
love each other and confess it—if you
two, eYen at my side, in my heart—if you,
my wife, my nephew, should be calculat
ing with impatient eyes the progress ol
my old nge—planning your projects foi
the future, and smiling at my approach
ing death—postponing your happness
only for my tomb—you may think your
selves guiltless! But no, no; this would
be shameful!”
[TO BE CONTINUED. I
The Ivy City race track case which
was brought before the United States
supreme court has been decided
against the racing men.
A special from Albany, X. Y., says:
The court of appeals Tuesday morning
decided that a foreign corporation
could buy and sell real estate in this
state. The decision affects 3-5)000,000
worth of property.
At an early hour Tuesday morning
three masked men entered the soap
factory of Schultz & Co., at Zanes
ville, O., overpowered YVatchman Day
and, after binding and gaging him,
threw him in a closet. The safe was
then blown open and 33,800 in checks,
3200 in money and a diamond ring
were tnken. The robbers then made
their escape.
Advices from Rio de Janeiro state
that the United State cruiser New
Y’ork, Captain Phillips, arrived at that
port Tuesday and will take up a posi
tion near Xictheroy. There was renew
ed firing during the day between the
rebel ships and the forts, which
said to have resulted in considerable
loss of life on board the insurgent ves
sel, which retired.
Berkey & Gay, Grand Rapids, Mich.,
one of the largest furniture manufact
ries in the world, employing nearly
1,000 in all departments, have cut sal
aries and wages from president down
to draymen, 25 per cent. The cut is
to take effect at once. Small orders
and the financial depression are the
alleged causes for the cut. The men
held a meeting Tuesday night, but
took no action.
A New Y’ork dispatch says: The
Dutch steamer Amsterdam, Captain
Stenger, from Rotterdam, January
4th, which arrived Wednesday morn
ing, lost her cheif officer, J. Meyer,
and live men by the capsizing of her
port life boat, while proceeding to the
assistance of the crew of the American
fishing schooner, Maggie E. Well,
which was in a sinking condition. The
schooner is supposed to have been lost
with all on board.
The annual report of the world’s
Columbian commissioners was sub
mitted to congress by President Pal
mer YY’ednesday. Detailed statements
of the scope and various features of
the exposition are left for the final re
port, to be prepared by a special com
mittee of the commission, with Presi
dent Palmer at its head, and which
will be a work of great magnitude—
practically a history of the fair—to be
completed next November.
The Iowa legislature, in session at
Des Moines, took formal action on the
United States senatorship Tuesday.
John H. Gear, the republican caucus
candidate, was nominated in the senate
by Senator Hermon, and ex-Governor
Horace Boies’s name was placed in
nomination on behalf of the democrats
by Senator Harper. A joint conven
tion of the senate and house will be
held to canvass the vote, which makes
Gear United States senator from Iowa.
The world’s committee of Young
Men’s Christian Association, with
headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland,
have ;ust issued the call for the thir
teentli international conference of the
Y’oung Men’s Christian Association of
all lands, to meet in London, the 31st
of May next. The conference will
continue until the 6th of June. It
will include a public thanksgiving
sermon in St. Paul’s cathedral on Juno
5th, presided over by the Eight Eev-
BUSINESS GETTING BETTER.
When Girls Are Engaged.
You have a little band around th<
third finger of your left hand in which
is set a turquoise, and when it was put
there you remembered that the Hindu
said: “He who hath a turquoise hath a erne d Bishop of Ripon, D. D., and a
friend.” Now, that’s what you have in reception on Jnne 6th, the jubilee day,
the man you love best, and whose wife ut Boyal Albert hall, South Kingston,
x ou are going to become—a friend. Hei A cable dispatch from Berlin says:
is your sweetheart, your lover, it is true; Emperor William opened the Prussian
but, because to you his heart seems best d; e t Tuesday in the w hite hall of the
worth having, Ins love the richest■ gift castle. In his speech to the members
yQU^anj’ossess^youwdl not vulganze, | he pointed out the growing deficiency
as many girls do, the tie that bind:,
you. It is true you go with him alone
to hear some wonderful music or look
at some fine pictures, but I hope it is
not true that w heD you are at a party
or in your own home you two pair off
in the estimates, saying the difficulties,
coupled with the increasing demands
of the empire upon individual states,
could only be removed by a reorganiz
ation of the financial affairs of the
aod make yourselves the objects foi | empire and an adequate increase of its
silly chatter and idiotic jesting
He can love you with his whole heart
but he must not make you an object ol
ridicule. He can think you the most
unselfish girl in the world, but he must
not show his own selfishness byexpect-
tng you to devote your evenings ex
clusively to him, ignoring those who
own resources. The government con
tinued its efforts to promote the pros
perity of the agricultural classes so as
to enable them to cope with bad times.
A special from Trenton, N. J., says;
Governor Watts, Tuesday morning,
sent the long looked-for opin-
are at home. Let him come in and be i° n of Attorney General Stockton on
one of them—there’s a dear five min- the legislation muddle to both houses
utes when he can speak to you, when of the legislature. The opinion is an
he can kiss you on the lips that he exhaustive one, and is in favor of the
knows are only the gates to sweet, pure democratic as against the republican
speech, and when he can whisper the I members, declaring that the senate is
lovely nothings that mean so much to | a continuous body, and that a newly
J ou B 0 ^ 1 - Then, too, don’t let him feel I elected member ha3 not the right of
that he must give up all his friends for organization and is not a member by
you, dont accept valuable presents virtue of taking the oath of office, but
from him. and don t assume au air of bythe recognition of the old mem-
proprietorship with him. Tell him | b ' rs> who le | ally const i tu te the body,
nothing about your family affairs, foe
the secrets of the household do not
even belong to the man you are going
to marry. Guard yourself in word
and iD deed, hold his love in the best
way possible, tie it firrnlv to vou with
possessing power to act on the creden
tials of all new members.
A crowd of 2,000 men collected out
side the Turner hall at Kansas City
Tue^lay night to take vengeance on an
the blue ribbon of hope, and never let American Protective Association treas
it be eaten away by that little fox whe
destroys so many loving ties, and whe
is called familiarity.—Ladies’ Uonu
Journal.
hot a Journalist.
Millionaire—Y’ou ask for the hand of
my- daughter. Y’ou are a journalist, I
believe, and journalists, I am told, car
scarcely earn their salt.
Y’oung Editor ([with dignity)—Y’ou
mistake, sir. I am not a journalist ; ]
arq a newspaper man.
“Oh! Keep a news-stand, I presume
Good, paying business! Take her, my
son, and be happy.” — New York
Weekly.
ADVERTISE
IN
THIS PAPER
ail- other* were seriously
js thought that ot
Suit Against Bank Officials.
An important investigation of the
affairs of the wrecked bank of New
urer, known as the “Ex-Priest J. Y.
McNamara.” The speaker, McNama
ra, appeared on the platform with a
rifle, and stated that there was mur
der in the air, and asked for protec
tion. After a bitter lecture, he and
his wife, both armed, entered a car
riage. A stone was thrown at them,
and McNamara fired on the crowd, af
ter which a running fight for two
blocks took place. McNamara and his
wife finally escaped, no one being
hurt.
Rotton timbers and a poorly con
structed trestle belonging to the New
York, Susquehanna and Western rail
road was the cause of a frightful acci
dent Wednesday in the Jersey mead
ows. A construction train, consisting
tv-1 - , ... _ | of a locomotive and six gondola cars
Bo nn T a i 1 ^ 0., was heavily loaded wit h gravel, were pre-
^ 5 c , r “ la - T ' J^its b Y all deposi- c ipitated about thirty feet into a small
m in branch.* There was a gang of fifty
It “ nZ° ng tbeee 18 fheshenff, Italian laborers on the train an d three-
fpndnrt V ’p °vr ' be d e_ fourths of them wentdowu. One man
fendants are President Bates Cashier was killed outrig ht, while another died
Williams, and five directors. The pur- | while J)e was bfljcs j. emove d to the hos-
pose of the suit
bility upon tbe;
fix the respond
What Dun & Co. HaTe to Say of the
Past Week’s Trade.
R. G. Dun A Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: Business has distinctly im
proved since the new year came, and
the gain is no longer visible, only in
speculative markets. It is the only
kind of improvement that has in it
possibilities of lasting, because it is
based upon actual increase in the pro
duction by industries. As all rejoice
to see it, there is perhaps a little dis
position to reckon on the gain greater
than it is as yet, but several large
establishments have started with part
force, hoping to increase, and more
smaller works have started than have
stopped. Orders from dealers whose
stocks approach exhaustion from a
prominent cause; another is the
widely prevaling impression
that action at Washington will be more
satisfactory than many have expected
and a belief that in any case the situa
tion will not be changed until goods
now in the works can be marketed, has
weight, iu some trades. Whatever the
causes, even a moderate gain is most
cheering. The output of pig iron Jan
narv 1st is reckoned by the Iron Ar/c
99,087 tons weekly, which is slightly
less than December 1st, though the
Pittsburg authority makes it a little
larger. In each case it is from 41 to
43 per cent less than a year ago and
stocks of unsold pig increased 19,457
tons in December, though they de
creased as much in November. Sev
eral more furnaces begin produc
tion this month and prices show no re
covery. Indeed, the Lowmoore work
of Yrirginia, have reduced the price of
No. 1 foundry to 313 per ton and fin
ished products are weaker, steel billets
and bars again making the lowest pric
on record, though the line is more
hopeful, both here and at the west,
with little more business. Copper
tin and lead are weaker. Sales for the
week are 2,786,900 pounds at the three
chief markets, against 5,805,500 last
year, but there is more inquiry from
worsted and carpet manufacturers
Some have started their machinery
Overcoatings are 10 to 15 per cent
lower than a year ago, but the deliv
eries of dress goods are larger than of
late and the demand is more urgent,
In cotton goods there is no definite
change.
Shipments of boots and shoes for the
week were nearly a quarter smaller
than a year ago, but there is a growing
confidence that the business must soon
increase, Wheat is a shade weaker,
though western receipts are 1,750,000
bushels for the week, against 3,938,000
a year ago. Atlantic exports are only
670,000 bushels, against 1,488,000 last
year. Stocks in sight decrease but
little and government crop estimates
get little attention.
Corn is naturally weaker, with very
large receipts, though exports are 60
per cent larger than a year ago. Cot
ton has been lifted by speculation 3-16
though the decrease in receipts is not
large, and stocks in sight here and
abroad are big enough to meet nearly
half a year’s consumption. Bank clear
ings also indicate that no large gain
has occurred as yet in the volume of
business, being 21 per cent smaller
than a year ago.
Eailnres for the week have been 474
in the United Stales, against 286 last
year, 57 in Canada, against 20 last
year. The liabilities of all firms fail
ing for the week ending January 4th
were 35.672,544.
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS
in War Siam
Daily Summary of Routine Business iu
the Two Houses.
WILL ISSUE BONDS.
Secretary Carlisle Makes an Announce'
meat to that Effect.
Secretary Carlisle, late Wednesday
afternoon, issued the following circu
lar : “Treasury Department, Office of
Secretary, Washington, January 17,
1894.—By virtue of the authority con
tained in the act, entitled ‘An act to
provide for the resumption of specie
payments,’ approved January 14, 1876,
the secretary of the treasury hereby
offers for public subscription an issue
of bonds of the United States, to the
amount of 350,000,000 in each, regis
tered or coupon form, in denomina
tions of 350 and upwards, redeemable
in coin at the pleasure of the govern
ment after ten years from the date of
their issue and bearing inter
est, payable quarterly in coin,
at ihe rate of 5 per cent
per annum. Proposals for the whole
or any part of these bonds will be re
ceived at the treasury department, office
of the secretary, until 12 o’clock noon,
of the day of February 1st. Proposals
should state the amount of bonds de
sired, whether registered or coupon,
and the premium, which the subscri
ber proposes to pay, the place where
it is desired that the bonds shall be
delivered and the offer, whether that
of the treasurer of the United States
or an assistant treasurer of the United
States, where it will be moat conven
ient for the subscriber to deposit the
amount of his subscription. Failure
to describe the above particulars may
cause the proposal to be rejected.
As soon as practical after the 1st day
of February, 1894, the allotment of
bonds will be made to the highest bid
der therefor, but no proposition will be
accepted at a lower price than 117,223,
which is the equivalent of a 3 per cent,
bond at par, and the right to reject any
and all proposals is hereby expressly
reserved; in case the bids entitled to
allotment exceed the bonds to be is
sued, they will be allotted pro rata.
Notice of the date of delivery of the
bonds will be sent to the subscribers to
whom allotments are made
as soon as practicable, and within
ten days from the date of such notice,
subscriptions must be paid in United
States gold coin to the treasurer
such assistant treasurer of the
United States as the subscriber has
designated, and if not paid, the pro
posal may be rejected. “The bonds
will be dated February 1, 1894, and
when payment is made therefore, as
above, accrued interest on both princi
pal and premium from February 1,
1894, to (late of payment, at the rate
of interest realized to the subscriber
in his investment, will be added. All
proposals should be addressed to the
treasury, Washington, D, C., and
should be distinctly marked “pro
posals for subscriptions to 5 per
'joiuIb, ,T G. (rifiotsLS, Secretary,”
THE HOl'SE.
Monday, Jan. 15.—There was but a
slim attendance on the floor and in the
galleries when the house met Monday
evening. After some routine business,
Mr. Beautell caused a momentary flut
ter by endeavoring to call up his Ha
waiian resolution, and denouncing the
way in which the matter , was being
“smothered” by the majority. The
house then resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole to consider the
tariff bill, and in accordance with the
special order heretofore adopted, the
bill was read in full prior to the con
sideration of amendments to it.
Tuesday, Jan. 16.—There was but
little routine business requiring the
attention of the house Tuesday morn
ing, and at 11 :12 it went into commit
tee of the whole to consider the tariff
bill. Air. Burrows again started a
warm debate on the right of the chair
to recognize Mr. Wilson to offer all his
amendments before the other side was
allowed to offer any. After a pro
longed discussion, the speaker ruled
sustaining his declaration rendered
Monday.
Wednesday, Jan. 17.—The waysand
means committee suffered its first de
feat Wednesday when, by a vote or
112 to 12, the committee of the whole
house rejected Air. Wilson’s amend
ment, fixing the date on which free
wool should go into effect as August 1,
1894, and adopted the substitute of
Air. Johnson, the Ohio free trader and
and single taxer, making it go into
effect immediately upon the passage of
the bill. Only one other amendment
was acted on during the day-, to
allow the free entry in bond of
machinery as well as the materials used
in the construction of ships built for
foreign account. The rest of the day
was spent in discussing an amendment
of Air. Burrows to substitute the pres
ent wool schedule for that proposed
by the YVilson bill. At 5:30 o’clock
the house took a recess until 8 o'clock.
Thursday, Jan. 28.—After the dis
posal of some routine business, the
house, at 11:25 o’clock, Thursday
morning, went into committee of the
whole to consider the Wilson bill.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES.
The Happenings of a Day CiiroiiicM in
Brief and Come Paragraphs
And Containing the Gist of the News
From All Parts of the World.
THE SENATE.
Monday, Jan. 15.—After acting
upon a number of unimportant bills
the calendar, the senate, on
motion of Air, Hill, at 2:42 p. m.,
went into executive session to con-
sder the Hornblower nomination.
At 2 o’clock Assistant Private Secre
tary Prnden brought to the senate the
president's message transmitting the
Hawaiian correspondence laid before
the house Saturday. Although the
senate was in executive session, Mr.
Pruileu was admitted behind the closed
doors and delivered the documents.
Tuesday, Jan. 16.—In the morning
business in the senate, a resolution
was offered by Mr. Call, to suspend
the injunction of secrecy in the case of
jiassing on the nomination of the col
lector of internal revenue for the state
of Florida. But as the resolution it
self was construed ns executive busi
ness, the presiding officer ordered the
galleries to be cleared and the doors
closed, and the senate, thereupon,
went into executive session. At 1
o’clock the doors were reopened and
Air. Hoar addressed the senate on his
resolution to refer the president's Ha
waiian message to the committee on
foreign relations. At the conclusion
of Mr. Hoar’s remarks, the resolution
was allowed to remain on the table as
tbe basis of further speeches and Air.
Gallinger addressed the senate on the
tariff.
Wednesday, Jan. 17.—The civil
service law and the way it is adminis
tered was discussed in the senate Wed
nesday. Senator Berry took exception
to the policy of allowing the fourth-
class postmasters to remain in office in
order to carry out the spirit of the
law. Senator Gallinger, of New Hamp
shire, criticised the law and said it
ought to be repealed. Senator Hoar
defended the law and Senator Cockrell
said that it was a good law if car
ried out according to its intent
aud purpose. The federal elections
bill then consumed a couple of
hours and Senator Chandler, of New
Hamshire, tried to secure an amend
ment recognizing the right of federal
supervision over elections so far as to
permit every candidate for congress
the privilege of appointing a watcher
for each precinct to guard his inter
ests in the registration and the elec
tion, but the vote was not reached.
Senator Gray, of Deleware, tried to
get the republicans to name a day
when a final action should be taken on
the bill, but said he wanted to hear
the other side discuss the question.
The senate adjourned at 5 :15 o’clock.
Thursday, Jan. 18.—A note to the
president from Senator Walthall, stat
ing that he had sent to the governor of
his state his resignation, to take effect
on the 14th instant, was laid before
the senate Thursday morning and
placed on file. A resolution offered by
Air. Peffer was laid over till Friday,
declaring that in the opinion of the
senate, the secretary of the treasury
has no lawful authority for issuingand
selling bonds as proprosed in his no
tice of Wednesday. A somewhat sim
ilar resolution offered by Air. Allen was
also laid over. ^
A YOUTHFUL SUICIDE.
Kid With a Pistol Causes a Panic
in School.
Cranch public school, in East Wash
ington, D. C., was the scene of a panic
Monday morning. The children were
entering for the day’s study when
Grover Hummer, a child seven years
old, was seen flourishing a pistol that
he had brought from home unknown
to his parents and playfully remarking
that he was going to shoot some one,
but finally saying lie would shoot him
self, and pointing the pistol to his
Jiead accidentally pulled the trigger
‘ nd blew his brains out. An exciting
wed and children ran eereBia-
strects and some time was
order. Luckily uo
‘ the scramble,
It is reported at Johnson City,
Tenn., that the Cranberry magnetic
ore mines are to be closed down en
tirely, and that the company owning
the property will cease all operations
there. It is said that the company
has decided to take this step after six
or seven yearB of experience. All the
while they have been mining the ore
at a loss.
A Birmingham, Ala., special of
Thursday says: It is stated that fur
naces at Shelby and Ironaton, Ala.,
are being put in readiness to begin op
eration by about the first of February.
Each of them has been idle for six
or eight months. The mineral district
of Alabama is fast getting back to it*
normal condition and a much better
feeling is now existing.
The Jeffersonian democrats of Ala
bama held their county convention
Thursday night in Alontgomery. There
were four or five hundred present. R.
F. Kolb, the Jeffersonian candidate for
governor, was present and made a
speech, arousing much enthusiasm.
Thirty-five delegates were selected to
the state convention, which meets iu
Birmingham February 8th, to cast 15
votes.
The annual report of the Chicago board
of trade, submitted Thursday shows
that the actual business of the board,
measured by the volume'of property
handled, was larger for 1893 than dur
ing any previous year excepting the
phenomenal twelve months of 1892.
Receipts of grain and flour (the latter
reduced to bushels) were 247,000,000
bushels, only 8,000,000 bushels less
than 1892.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatoh of
Thursday says: The state has man
aged somehow to raise sufficient money
to pay the public school teachers the
back pay, which was due them some
time last month. The county superin
tendent of Jefferson county has re
ceived the salary money due the teach
ers under him, and it is presumed the
other county superintendents have been
equally as fortunate.
The annual midwinter concert of the
Salem Female college at Winston, N.
C., which is the most important music
al event iu North Carolina, was given
before a large audience YVednesday and
Thursday nights. There were three
hundred voices iu the grand chorus.
Prominent among tho performers were
Alisses Barnes, Caldwell, Goodman
and YVhite, of Georgia. This is the
oldest female college in the south.
Train No. 3 on the Kansas City, St.
Joe and Council Bluffs railroad wag
held up and robbed at 12 :30 Thursday
morning by five masked men at Roy's
Landing, just above St. Joseph, Mo.
The train was stopped by a torpedo on
the track and when the engineer
slowed up he and the firemen were
covered by revolvers and ordered to go
back to the express car and demand
admittance. The express messenger
was covered by revolvers and the rob
bers plundered the car. It is not
known how much money they got.
A Nashville dispatch says: Ths
state board of health Thursday receiv
ed a letter from the health officer of
Wilson county, stating that a case of
smallpox had developed at a point two
miles from Lebanon. Rigid measures
have been adopted to prevent a spread
of the disease. The state board of
health is also in receipt of a letter
from the Bristol authorities, stating
that twenty cases are reported from
Glade Springs, Y’a., which is twenty-
eight miles from Bristol, on the Nor
folk and Western railway.
A Washington special says: Now
that Secretary Carlisle has taken ac
tion on the bond question, there is a
feeling of relief among the treasury
officials who have been viewing with
uneasiness the invasion of the gold
reserve. The printing will be pushed
rapidly, but the bonds can hardly bo
ready for delivery before February 1st.
Among the large crowd of callers
awaiting to see Secretary Carlisle
Thursday was a New Yorker, who had
come to announce personally that he
was willing to take the whole $50,000,-
000 in bonds to be issued.
The annual meeting of the Nashville,
Tenn., Commercial Club Thursday
night endorsed the proposed Centen
nial exposition in 1896 commemora
tive of the hundredth anniversary of
Tennessee’s admission to the union.
“he exposition will be held at Nash-
ille. The feature of the annual meet-
ng was a well considered paper on the
evil that had been done by bucket
shop gambling. In this connection
there were several speeches and County
Judge Caldwell created a genuine sen
sation by the unqualified declaration
that the state law on the snbject was
being daily violated by tbe operation
of bucket shops in Nashville.
Lil Wants Damages.
In a communication received at San
Francisco, Tuesday, by the steamer
Australia there was the assertion that
the deposed queen has given up the
contest and wiil sue the United States
for damages for the part taken by the
former representatives of this country
at the time the provisional government
was substituted. Mr. Parker, prime
minister of the ex-queen sent a strong
telegram to Secretary of State Gres
ham Tuesday evening positively de
nying those assertions and declaring
that the queen has submitted her case
to the arbitration of the United States
and will patiently await that verdict.
Cau Marry at Fourteen.
In the superior court at Raleigh, N.
C., Friday Judge Hoke ordered a ver
dict of “not guilty” in a case where a
man was indicted for obtaining a mar
riage license for a girl 15 years old. The
oonft decides that it is not a punisha
ble offense to obtain a license
for a girl over fourteen, that
being designated as the age at
which they may marry. This decis-
ioa attracts much attention. The
oou?tl hftTC hitherto hoUI that consent
fit swsnt* must ho obtained where tho
|ifl Made* eighteen. There WM tut