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A. St Louis man who killed n China-
manLbwn looked all to pieces by.
verdict of murder in tha flnt degree. lie
wysheauppoMrd.it might be, felony or
assault, but tibl iddlrtfbat anyone could
murder a Chlnaman norer entered his
head.
The Olnotnnatl Oommerciul calculates
the loas on coal to retail buyers at $ ;> ,-
090,000 per year. It doubts if one sin
gle ton aold in the United States weighs
fully 8000 tons. It is, however, the
fault of the people. U all should stop
buying coal there could be no cheating.
MOODS.
Open • mountain-summit high J
A trjttttaf-place of earth and Sky,
Three friends onoe stood hi silent awe
Kaoi contemplating what he saw.
One gating on th# landscape found
In changthg features only sound;
To him it was a memory
Of some majestic symphony.
Another in the vastness caught
The essence of a poet's thought—
The measures of a noble rhyme
Enduring as eternal time.
The third—a stranger in those arts
That moved and thrilled his fellows' hearts-
Remembered with a nameless dread
The face of one whom he saw dead.
—Frank D. Sherman, in Lippineott,
Oital has Chester beoomo, that hit br^idy “Yea; she is rlond. Sho and an only
and soda remains untouched. At th child wero killod iu a railway accident."
conclusion 6f the narrative he settle Hal turned ghastly pale. It flashod
back in his chair exclaiming; through hiynind that his mother and ho
“Well, well I Who would naVo thought onco had a narrow oscape from death in
■dch a romance mingled with mat tor-of- a railway accident soon after his father's
fact Old Hal’s ?J.fe?” j demise. A startling suspicion was dawn-
«. > ; j ingonhis mind. In an unnatural voice
Two months later sawtflal and Chester | spoke.
on their way to the north of Scotland, P r o°f that they
where they had been sent to sketch a ' w m h oa f j ^ded h. that accident?
picturesque series of ruins. They had ! .. ™°^ ra “,# cr took from l )ocl 5° a
letters of introduction to a part owner of, t l 1 m ® a ‘ aued newspaper. He pointed
the paper, Hugh Mac Leo A, who r 0 r-! describing* fata
dial ty invited them to make his dwelling railway collision; and.there, in the list
their head nearer, Onlv tno bannilr diS i of . dead > H *‘ l Saw “Mrar Julitt Moore,
widow, and her baby boy, Halstead
Moore.”
GIRLS WORTH MILLIONS
FIVE AMERICAN HEIRESSES POS
SESSED OF $67,000,000.
“My God I man, what is your name:”
he cried:
HAL’S ROMANCE,
ter. Lanm, a sweet, unaffected girFot ■ tl Theatran ® er ! a * ace , WJ8 with
eighteen summers. The old gentleman | ?* c ' tod a8 „ he an9Wered:
They have at last Invented a railroad
car window which slides up and donwn
at a touch, but it wHl go no further
■ than being invented. The modern car
window, gyumbles a contemporary, is The ball was over. Carriage after caf* them every attention, even accompany”
». SS’.TiWWJPX'SSJ.’Sil *>“•••>•a
their headquarters. Only too happily did
they accept this kind offer, nor had
either of them cause to regret tho step,
as we shall see.
Hugh McLeod, of Bonnie Park, was a
gentleman of leisure, living in quiet,
unostentatious style with an only daugh
The paper dropped from the young
man’s lifeless hands.
•was freighted with his viaitony offering j u^hw,” cr^Hal,
“lam Halstead
Considering the frequency of revolu
tions inHayti, «#d tha utter disregard
of neutral righW-Aj.own-by i(s alleged
rulers, whichever piirty is on top, it
seemi possiblo, avers the New \ ovk
fSUgram, that at least one American
war vessel might be kept in easy reach
of the disturbed island with profit to the
American trade.
An Illinois Central Railroad official
collected fifteen people at a highway
crossing to see a sign put up,and a train ; arm.
gentleman stood a bea tifu gh , hooded j KlnTthtfwou’d».k. carital^j^ ! ^ late-the husband and wife whom
and cloaked. Tho two were evidently for their pencils. The friends acquiesced, ! ^ * - V . A™, a9Under woro
awaiting their carriage, for tho old gen- and Laura was forthwith instructed to j on °® a ® a “* u “* ted and hnppy- .
tleman muttered irritably: order luncheon. They arrived at their ! “ ont ^ af , ter ’. ? n “ 8? a ; nt httle
“Well, well! will our turn never come? destination, and Ilal and Chester were tc h church a doable wedding ceie-
I told Joseph particularly to be here on soon busy transferring several pictur-' ™ ony w - n . 3 performed. Laura MacLeod
time." esquo views to their sketch books,
The girl paid little or no attention to while the ol£ gentleman stood by chat-
her companion: Her eyes wore directed j ting. Laura in the meantime had wan-
toward a tiuely built young follow who dered off through the woods in search of
was talking earnestly to a friend. \ wild flowers.
“Will he not even bid me good night i” ‘jNow, boys,” said McLeod, presently,
she thinks, tears starting to her eyes
changed her name for that of Chester
Lawrence, and Helen Thornedale be
came the happy wife of Halstead Moore.
Classifications of Wool.
. . . ... Primarily the term wool is applied to
, „ . i “w!Rn ye’ve sketched your fill here, I’ll the tine hair and fleece of animals, and
At this moment the gentleman and his take yo up to Vulture’s Nest for a fine j to fine vegetable fibres, such as cotton,
friend walked out into the street, arm in landscape view._ i But wool is not hair, nor is hair wool.
went posit. Next day six of the people
swore that the train whistled, three wero
doubtfulfind,the other six swore that it
didn' As a matter of fact it did, but
the official wanted to show how easy it
is for honest men to go into court and
Bwear^to * misstatement.
The whole court at Berlin is now
entirely composed of new people. The
friends of the late Emperor have dis
appeared, and the Emperor aud Empress
are surrounded entirely-by people of
their own choosing and sympathies.
Those who know say it is impossible to
imagine anything more complete than
the offacement of every trace of tho late
“Emperor and Empross’s influence.
felt, thread, or cloth, present that re
sistance to slipping and separation that
is indispensable to the strength of the
fabric.
AVool is graded as superfine, fine,
medium and coarse. In grading, the
actual character and fineness of tho fibro
A recent letter from a gentleman visit
ing the Argentine Republic shows how
little is known of the importance of that
American neighbor. There are banks
In Buenos Ayres with a capital greater
than any in the United States and occu
pying magnificent buildings. The Fro -
yiucial Bauk, with a capital of $33,000,-
bOOand deposits of $67,009,090, docs a
business only exceeded by two banks in
MewT.rld, ^
:The officials of the Bureau of Steam
Engineering in Washington have had
a curious experience. A typewriting
clerk, with a salary of $990 a year, re
signed, and the place was filled from tho
list of eligibles. The first appointee de -
dined, and this has been followed by
eleven more refusals of the position. The
Civil Service Commission is over
burdened with applicants fpr places, but
they all want large pay,
A new source of trouble has been de
veloped in India through religious con
flicts between the Mohammedans and
theBrahmins. This year the Mohammedan
festival of Muharram and the Brahmin
feast of Ramila came at the same time,
and the attitude of the Hindoos and Mus
sulmans was so threatening that troops
had to be called out. In the Bijnour
district there was an actual yi.pt, and
several of the crowd were killed.
r Vulture’s Nest! What an ominous Hair is straight, crisp and hard. Wool
At this juncture their carriage drove name!" ejaculated Hal. _ . j is soft and wavy. The new American
i up, and after administering to .Joseph a “Yes, and it's had an ominous history, j Cyclopedia says: Placed under a lens of
' reproof for his tardiness, the old gentle- too. It deserves its name from the j high magnifying power, each fibre of j
man handed his fair companion into the number of vultures that used to flock j wool has the appearance of a continuous j
vehicle, followed, and slammed the door there and many terr.ble experiences stem, showing along its margin minute I
to. Joseph spitefully cut tho off gray the people thereabouts have had with ; serrations, like teeth of an extremely !
with his whip, and they wero whirled the creatures. Why, it was only two fjne saw, continuing-arouud tho entiie'
rapidly away. years ago that Donald Stuart’s daughter j fibre, and pointing iu the direction from
At the next street they passed *hc be- was attacked on Vulture's Nest by two | the root towards tne free extremity. It
fore mentioned gentleman and his friend of the vile creatures, and before help j jg further observed that the fibres in their
but he did not see the white face, with could reach her she was so terribly torn i growth have all permanently acquired a
its quiveiing lips, nor the tear-laden , about the face as to be disligured for j form more or less spiral, like that of a
eyes that looked out upon him for a sec- ' life. It’s never safo to venture up there corkscrew. The contorted form of the
ond as the carriage flew past. And yet, 1 unarmed, for even yet—’’ fibres disposes them to interlace or lock
strange to say, the young men were at A piercing shriek, followed by another 0 n to each other, aud the serrations,
that very moment speaking of her. The and another, here rent the air, aud the when they are brought close together iu
younger was saying: three men simultaneously started to " " " ' "
“Hal, why the deuce did you apt so their feet. Once more that terrible cry
poldly—I might say, almost rudely—to for help rang out.
Miss Thornedale to night? Why, it was ' “My God 1" shoulted McLeod. Laura’s
the talk of the whole room. Do you voice! The Vulture’s Nest!
know that in the lobby sho waited for i With blanched faces the men hurriedly
you to say good uight to her, when you grasped their rifles and dashed off
dragged me off so precipitately.” I toward the spot whence the cries seemed determines the grade, and custom has
A sigh was Hal’s rejoinder. to come. Suddenly, as they issued from j brought the grades to nearly uniform
“Can it be that you don’t care for her? the thick qndergrowth, a terrible sight; standards East and West. X, XX and
Can’t you see, man, that she’s head over burst upon them. Far above, on an j XXX indicates variations in fineness and
eara in love with you?” overhanging rock, her figure clearly out- quality in wool of full merino blood. No. .
A pained expression passed for a mo- lined against a background of azure, 1, No. 2, half-blood, quarter-blood and j
ment over HaL’s handsome face as he anguish depicted in every line of her J other designations indicate lower quali- !
answered* j face, stood 1 aura McLeod, while above | ties. The custom of washing sheep is
|fc“Ycs, alasl I have seen it." i her circled an immense vulture, the uu- j gradually being abandoned. Still,about j
MWhatl" exclaimed his companion, canny neck outstretched and the small one-half of the wool from Michigan aud j
’•‘You’ve known it, and still treated her eyes sparkling with greedy expectation,
like a brute? Iialstead Moore, you have ; The men stood spellbound, and then,
a heart of adamant 1” j with a shout, Chester led the way up the
“Chester, would that I had—Would incline, his eyes fixed on the girl he'had
that I had I" j learned to love so well. At that very
There was something in his tone so moment the monster ceased circling
indescribably sad that his friend looked I about its victim and prepared for attack,
at him for a moment in astonishment. I Just as it poised itself for tho last fatal
“I say, Hal, what’s tip with you to- swoop, the sharp report of a rifle rang
night? I've never known you to be like out on the still air, and the creature fell
this before.” dead at the feet of its intended victim.
No answer to this. The question was The next moment a man emerged from,
not pushed, and so they walked on in the shrubbery near by, with a rifle, still
Silence, until Hal’s companion suddenly j smoking, trailing after him. He ran to
stopped. i the now prostrate girl, aud kneeling be-’
‘Well, here I am at borne. Will you I side her, chafed her wrists and held to
■The rapid increase of the foreign
population in France is causing great
concern to she Government. Since 1339
no less than 482,000 Belgians, 205,000
Italians, 100,000 Germans, 78,000 Swiss
and 80,000 Spaniards have gone into
France in addition to the foreign popula
tion previously resident there. In 1851
there were but 381,000 foreigners in s
total population of nearly 30,000,000.
In 1886 the foreign population exceeded
1,000,000, while the native population
remained nearly stationary.
It has been estimated that an average
of five feet of water falls annually ovei
the whole earth. Supposing that con
densation takes place at an average
height of 3300 feet, remarks General
fitackey, the force of evaporation to sup
ply such rainfall must equal the lifting
of 822,000,000 pounds of water 3030
feet in every minute, or about 300,000,-
000,000 horse power constantly exerted.
Of this great energy a very small part is
transferred to tho waters that run back
through rivers to the sea, and a still
smaller fraction is utilized by man; the
remainder is d issipated in space.
step in for a while?”
Hal evidently did not hear, for he re
turned no answer.
‘■‘Hal, you’ve something on your mind.
Now don’t deny it; your face shows it
only too plainly, Mind, I don’t ask your
confidence; but if I can lje of any use
in extricating you from any troublg,
pecuniarily or otherwise, command me,
and if it’s in my power it will be done.”
Hal grasped his companion's out
stretched hand, and said fervently:
her lips a small flask- C hotter qnd hist
two companions, breathless and spooch-
tess, reached the spot where Laura lay.
“How can I thank you, sir? You have
saved my darling’s life,” cried Mr. Mac
Leod,” sobbing with joy.
Laura soon returned to consciousness,
Chester explained to her what had
taken place. During the excitement
that followed her strange savior was ca»
tirely forgotten. When, however, they
had regained calmness, they found that
“Thanks, old fellow, thanks! You 1 he had disappeared as silently and as
The interior of Africa is still harrassed
by kidnappers and slave dealers. It ii
estimated that 30,000 persons yearly are
stolen from their homes. Until within
afewyearsa lively export trade has leen
carried on, but since that has ceasod the
kidnapped negroes must find a market
ia their own continent. Large numbers
are bought by Arabs and set to work on
the large plantations thay have started
for 800 mlle3 on the Congo River. If
the Congo region is to be devoted to this
style of civilization, it might as well
have boea left in barbarism. The prod
ucts of this region under .unpaid labor
will enter into competition with those oi
|he paid labor of oar Southern States.
have been a true friend to me, Chester,
and therefore why should you not have
my confidence? Yes, 1 have something
on my mind, something that is making
jne miserable, and life wo'.l nigh unbear
able.”
Chester led the way tp his apartments,
and soon both were ensconced in.' easy
chairs.
The friendship of these two men had
originated at Florence, where both ware
studying painting. Their support de
pended entirely on their calling, both
being special artists on a popular weekly,
Halstead Moore lived with his mother in
a neat little cottage in tho suburbs.
Little or nothing was known of tho
Moores or their past. On this subject
Hal had never opened his heart to Ches
ter," and tk« latter, with uncommon deli-
icacv, forebore embarrassing his frieud
with questions.
After a few momgnts Hal plunged ab
ruptly into his racitai,.
Chester, you uskedwae awhilo ago
whether or not I cared foraelen Thorne
dale. I do care for her; nay, I love her,
I idolize herl By day, by night, slie is
before me; my thoughts, dreams, are
but of her! In view of this fact you will
wonder more tlian ever at my treatment
of Miss Thornedala I will tell you the
secret of my trouble."
He had overcome his agitation, and
now spoke with duo deliberation.
“My parents’ marriage was the result
of an elopement, in consequence of
Which my paternal grandfather curbed
bis son on his deathbed. lie -pinyed that
ruin might follow all his ondeavors and
those of his cbddrpn. This death-scene
affected my father deeply. He became
morose and unloving. One night, six
months later, a neighbor broke the in
telligence to my mother that her h.us-
bend was dead, drowned while crossing
the ico-covered river on a homeward
journey. IIis body was never recovered.
Among his effects was found a sealed let
ter which was to bo delivered to me (1
was then two monthsoldj when I should
attain my majority. My mother carefully
preserved that letter unopened, and on
my twenty-first birth day delivered it to
me. It contained a sketch of what I have
told you, and concluded with an injunc
tion never to marry, as tho consequence
must be unhappiness. That injunction
I lpok upon »s a message from the dead,
and one that I must bold sacred. Now
J rou know why I dare not declare m;>
eve to Helen Thornedale.
' 00 deeply interested in his frieud’s rc
suddenly as he had come. They searched
the surrounding ground for some trace
of him, but without avail.
It is needless to state that no more
sketching was indulged in that day.
One evening, a week after the adven
ture on Vulture's Nest, our friends were
all congregated in the drawing room at
Bonnie Park when a servant mads his
other States further East, including
Ohio, comes to market as washed wool.
Condition refers to the foreign matter in
'the fleece, as well as to tlie manner in
which it has been put up.
Combing and delaino are long and
strong wools, suitable for tho manufac
ture of worsted goods. Clothing wools
embrace tho whole list of short wools
not suited to delaine aud combing. Much
of the wool from the Pacific coast and
some of the far-Western States and Ter
ritories come to Eastern markets scoured,
to save cost in tho transportation.—Neu
York World.
The Faint Brush Duel.
One of the commonest ordeals to
which novices wore subjected in tha
painters’ studios in Paris was the paint,
brush duel. The two latest arrivals
were stripped to the waist and perched
on very high stools face to face at arm’d i
length. They were then armed with big ;
brqshes filled with color, one with j
Prussian bluo and tlie other with crim- J
son lake, and tho duel began. Perfect i
strangers to each other, and having do j
insults to avenge, the combatants went i
very gingerly to work at the outset, '
anxious to keep their balance and avoid
being daubed with paint. But, stiinu*
lated by the shouts of the spectators,
they gradually warmed to th,ciy, work.
A first tyqvj was struck and returned;
wavering, staggoring and writhing, tha
oneuts,with their bodies all splashed
°r'F
... , , wit'll paint, broke their brushes and
appearance with the announcement that j ro Ued qn the floor, where they exchange^
a man had pqllocj and desired tq see AJv. i tfi e j r blue and red sores iu a haml-tq- ■
MacLeod. The old gentleman irqme- j ; ianc j fjgbt, which ended in the duelists ;
(Lately rose and followed Benjamin out j fraternally soaping aud washing each
of tho room. Soon fiis vo ce was hoard other’s wounds
in the hall extoudiug a hearty welcome
to his visitor, and tho noxt moment he
re-entered the room arm in arm with
none other than their elusive friend of
ho Vulture's Nest incident. lie was a
remarkable look ; ng man, tall aud erect
n carriage, with a ;ad, handsome face,
golden bro wn beard and deep blue, pene
trating eye?.
Lanra thanked h'm whh her own
sweet simplicity, and < lrester and Mac
LeodWere loud in praise of his coolness
and bravery. Hal stood a little aloof
from the group and concentrated his gaze
on its central figure. For him the
stranger had an inexplicable fascination.
After they had thanked him to their
hearts’ content the stranger made known
the object of his visit, lie had found a
iookot q:i tfie scene of the encounter, and
thinking one of the party muff have lost
it, took the first opportunity to return
the trinket—a small, oddly-shaped af
fair, on seeing which Hal cxclaimo 1:
“.Yly locket! You have made me your
debtor, sir, for I prize this trinket very
highly. It-was a gift from my father to
my mother beforo I was born."
•The stranger started slightly and a
death like pallor overspread his face.
“Would you have any objection to my
seoing the iuterior of that locket?"
Hal looked surprised, but silently
opened the trinket and presented it to
the stranger. The latter gave a hasty
glance at the picture within and started
back, a'most dropping the locket ns he
did so.
“I beg yo r rardon for my awkwaid-
ness. And is this tho Moture of your
mother?'’ f
“Yes, taken a short-time after her
mewriage,” an wercd' HiiD,
“Strange, strange!” | muttered the
tther. “Can it be me/e ^coincidence?
N r o, it is impossible! Loving|ir, I know
not who ypu are, hut the picture you
nave shown me is that of my wife?”
‘Your wife?" gasped Hal.
other’s woufids,
Military Ballooning.
Ballooning is receiving a great deal of
attention from the naval and military!
authorities both in Edgland and France 1
as a valuable aid in land and marine
movements. During the recent naval
maneuvers in the defense of Toulon, a 1
reconnoitering balloon was used with
good effect day and night by the aid of :
electricity, and now an experiment is be-!
ing made with a navignblc aerial ship for
the same purpose. In England balloon- |
ing has also attracted attention, espe-1
daily in connection with tho new forma- j
tion of troops for attacking purposes, i
Almost daily ascents are made at tho 1
training camp of Lydd for the purposes !
of photography aud observation. On (
one occasion a moving balloon wa3 made j
tho target of a party of gunners working
a twelve pound Armstrong gun, with '
tho result of its being blown to pieces j
after rather more than a dozen shots. So
that the fiction of the fatal duel between
rival balloons is likely to bo realized .
during the next general war.—Sin Fran-!
cisco Chronicle.
Eato of Old Shoos.
Every morning tho first-class skos
stores of this city are visited by a certain
class of Russian and Polish Jews, who
buy up the old shoes le t by purchasers I
of shoes. Tho old shoes are generally I
purchased nt from twenty cents to a $1,
tho shoe clerks dividing the money be
tween themselves. Tfho Hebrews tfien
sell the shoes to shoemakers, who in turn,
after patching them, sell them to the
dealers in Baxter street and on tho Bow
ery. These last soil them to our mor<
unfortunate brethren for from fifty cent:
to $2. The whole, an evolution of th(
shoe, only goes to prove that in this world
there are many things that ar? —asted,
—JY*w York Sun.
Miss Garrett and Her $92,000,000;
Miss Gould and $20,000,000; the
Misses Drexel mid $15,000,000.
The announcement of the engagement
of Miss Louise Bouvier Drexel, niece of
A. .T. Drexel, to Mr. FDdwatd Morrell, of
Philadelphia, brings up tho subject of
rich unmarried girls, an interesting sub
ject at nny time. Miss Drexel and her
two sisters arc said to bo tho three rich
est unmarried' ladies in tho United
States.
To these three lftdies was left a fortuno
of $13,000,000 by their father, the lato
F. A. Drexel. It was so invested as to
bring each an income approximating
$060,000 yearly. To Miss Alary Garrett,
daughter of the great railroad king, was
left $20,000,000. Alisa Garrett is a money
maker, and has accumulated a fortune
since tier father’s death, so that the com
bined fortunes of tlie Drexel ladies can
not be equal to hers.
It is undoubtedly true that the Drexel
Indies are tho three wealthiest unmarried
sisters itl the United States. The one
whose engagement is announced is tho
youngest of the three. Mr. Morrell, the
bridegroom-elect, is one of the hand
somest young men in Philadelphia so
ciety, but Has no fortune.
The Drexel girls are models of good
sense, and while they are not known as
accumulators of money, they are not
likely to waste their great fortunes. They
give a great deal to charity, aud each
year spend a fair portion of their incomes
in doing good to others. Tho P’ratiucs
do Sales Home, erected by them, is their
most notable public charity. This is one
of Ihe finest orphan home's in this coun
try. It was planned entirely by the ladies
themsehes. They studied architects’
plans and builders’ estimates for two
years prior to deciding upon the extent
and stylo of the structure, and in almost
every detail of the great building .the
plans adopted were their own. The
house stands iu the centre of an apple
orchard, and is surrounded by 250 acres
of land. The site is a beautiful one, and
the home will long endure as a noble
monument to tho founders. A pecu
liarity of the building is the large num
ber of windows and their unusual si/e,
enabling the sun to penetrate the centre
of almost every room. The building is
lighted throughout by electricity, and
heated by a sys tem of steam heating that
is almost perfect. The young ladies taka
a great deal of interest, in the manage
ment of Frances de Sales Home, and
their hnndsomo equipages are oiten seen
at the institution.
The Drexel ladies are Catholics, but
not so orthodox in tho faith as their
father. A clause in his will leaves the
entire estate to the Catholic charities in
the event that all his daughters die with
out issue. It is a mooted question in
Philadelphia whether the other two sis
ters wiil over marry. They arc devoud
to charity and the management of their
fortunes, and there is a general opinion
that they would regard a husband as
likely to bo in the way. They arc nil
noble girls, aud fit tq be queens of kings.'
Tlie lato Joseph W. llrexcl, who left
an estate valued at $5,000,000, was an
uncle. Ono-third of the shares of tho
Philadelphia Public Ledger were owned
by him, and, after his death, were
bought by his brother and George W.
Childs.
It is likely that to Miss Aravy Garrett,
daughter of the founder of tho Baltimore
nnd Ohio Railroad, and not to either of
tho Misses Drexel, belongs tho distine -
tion of being tlie richest uninayied lady
in America. Miss Garrett is probably a
better business woman than either oi
them. She lias the commercial acmnqn
of her father, and her penetration and,
dis rimination in business affairs are
much remarked among business men of
Baltimore, where, her movements iu com
mercial affairs are Watched with much
interest. With all this vast wealth at
her disposal Miss Garrett’s chief charac
teristic is her modes’y, which hardly
seems compatible with the hurly-burly
which the'management of $2(',()0«),0 10
would entail. It is well understood tlyi’,
Miss Garrett, and no other, manages hur
large fortune. Hs^ fiet brother Robert
been a.s ^.qref-ul a'fiiianclor,«the Baltimore
and 'Ohio road might still bo coir rolled
by the Garrett estate.
Miss Garrett had a thorough schooling
in finaaoa. For soveral years prior to
her father’s death she was his trusted as
sistant in the management of the Balti
more and Ohio road, as well as in the
handling of his real estate in Baltimore
and elsewhere. No one was ofteuer con
sulted for important dotails regarding
the business of the road than Miss Gar
rett, She had a perfect knowledge of
tho financial status of the property, and,
had lief suggestions been followed alter
her father’s death, it rs believed by many
business men that the road would never
have been taken out of her brother's con
trol. On several occasions when the
property became entangled Miss Garrett
advanced enough money to help the road
over a crisis. Once she refused to ad
vance a loan because of a doubt iu her
own mind regarding a portion of the
security offered.
It is said thht Miss Garrett, in her ef
forts to turn an honest penny, religiously
avoids the spe ulative exchanges,hav : ng
a mo.rhid fear that if she once got into
this whirlpool Gould might drag her
down.
After the Misses Droxel and Miss Gar
rett comes Aliss Nellie Gould as a rich
unmarried woman. Aliss Gould is much*
younger than either of the others. Un
like them she is not yet rich in her own
right, but prospectively sho ranks fourth
among the wealthy unmarried women of
tho United States. If her fatlior meets
wilh no reverses, nnd ho seems ablo to
take care of himsolf, her individual for
tune ought not to be far from $20,000,-
000.
A rhiladidphia banker recently said to
the writer that the combined fortunes of
the the three Droxel ladies, counting
their accumulations, since their father’s
death, were not far short of $15,000,000.
Miss Garrett’s fortune must now bo $22,-
000,000, nnd if Miss Gould can mustet
$20,000,000 we have $5,',000,000 to bi
divided among five umarried girls, cithoi
one of them worth any man’s love, al
though she did not have a dollar instontf
of millions.—JVeto York Sim.
legal adve
£ —
GEORGIA, \
Rayctte County, j
concerned, that \*—... —
made my wife, Mary C. McLeroy,
a free dealer, to contract, sue and
be sued in as ifull a planner as is
P'ovided by liw.
Nov. 19th 1888.
J. E. McLeroy.
Georgia, Fayette f D. A. McLu-
County. v \ cas Adminis?
trator of Ephraim Sweat, reprel*
sents to ihe court by petition that
he has fully Administrated Eph
raim Sweat’s astate. This is to
cite all persons concerned, to
show cause, if any they can, why
said Administrator should not . be
discharged from his Admenistra
tion, and receive letters of dismis
sion on the 1st Monday in Febru
ary, 1889.
Nov. 5th 1888.
D. M. Franklin, Ordinary.
GEORGIA Fayette j By virlure
County | ofan order
from the court of Ordinary of said
county, will be sold before the
court house door in Fayetteville
within the legal hours of sale, on
the 1st Tuesday in January next,
the following land, one tenth un-
devided interest in lot of land No.
48, in the fifth district of said coun
ty, sold as the property of Lula
W., Dora W., John W., Sarah L.,.
Marie, Nancie, Eva E., and Ida.
M. Murphy, for- the purpose of
distribution. Terms cash.
W. T. Murphy,
Dec. 6tbl888. Guardian.
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in cheap nostrums put up by Cheap
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lies at enormous profits, rather
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giving uninersal satisfaction at
an. equal price? No medicine in
the world is giving such unparal
leled satisfaction for purifying the-
blood as BEGGS’ BLOOD FUv
RIFIER & BLOOD MAK
and every bottle that does not
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allow their children to cough and
strain and cough and camlv say:
“Oht it is only a little cold/' and
keep giving them cheap and dan
gerous medicines, until they are
down with lung fever or consump
tion, when they can be so easily
relieved by BEGGS’ CHERRY
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Edwards & Gilbert Druggists.
GEORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY
,T. 13. Nations lias applied for exemp
tion of personalty, and setting apart
and valuation of homestead, and 1
will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock.
A. M. on the 3rd dav of Jan. 1888, at.
iny oflbe. Ike. 10th 1888.
D. AL Franklin, Ordinary.,
Grant’s Sorrel War Horse.
An eightaen-yoar-old oolovod boy ol
Alarianua, Ark., shoe his mother bucausi
sho was baking a sweet potato lor bit
brother instead of for him.
“Tho first time I ever saw Gen. Grant
to know him,” said Major Osmond to a
knot of story tellers, tho other day, “was
in the November of 1864. I was then
attached to Hancock’s headquarters, and
was sent to carry a despatch to Gen.
Grant. It was raining for all it was
worth, and the mud about those Peters-
burgh trenches was like glue. Putting
my horse to a gallop, I was getting over
the ground at a good rate, and soon I
met and passed a solitary rider astride a
little sorrel horse. Tho man’s slouch
hat was pulled down over his eyes, and
the rain was coursing in streams down
on the ponolio in which lie was closely
wrapped. A moment later I came up
with quito a group of riders, aud catch--
ing sight of a lot of gold braid, jumped
nt the conclusion that I had struck some
General’s staff. I asked if they knew
where Gen. Grant was, and ono of them
said.
“ ‘Why, boy, you’ve just passed him.'
“Without a word I wheeled my horse
and dashed back to the solitary figure
ahead. As I came up he seemed to take
in the situation, for he said sharply;
“ ‘Who are you looking for, young
man ?’
“‘Are you Gen. Grant?’ I asked
eagerly.
“ ‘My name’s Grant,’ ho said stiffly,
holding out his hand for my despatch.
Then he said:
“ ‘Why didn’t you come to mo at
onco?”
“‘I—I—’
“ ‘Well, wlmt ?’
“ ‘I didn’t think you wore Gen. Grant.’
‘“You didn’t? Why didn’t you?’
“I saw his eyes twinkle above his
cigar, that must have gone out three or
four weeks before, it looked so bad. So
I ventured to tell tlie fact:
“ 'Because I didn’t suppose Gen.
Grant would ride such a looking horse
as that.’
“Ho burst out into a hearty laugh,
and Gen. Badeau told me aftej;
it was the fir^t time for ^
had heard Grant
receipted on tho/en^
patch, and dismisse^f
‘“The next time
Grant perhaps,
“But after
to tho ohief oK
