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II TURBULENT GIST,
Noisy Nocturnal Rounds of an
Invisible Visitor.
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QUEER DEATH OF OLD JABEZ.
The Uncanny Incident That Disturbed
the Quiet of an Old Virginia Home.
A Nightly Tramp That Never Ceased
Until the House Was Demolished.
"I am not exactly prepared to say
that I believe in ghosts,” said the old
gentleman from Virginia, "but at the
same time, in view of certain tilings
that have been told me by persons
whose reputations for veracity do not
admit of a doubt, 1 cannot allow my
self to ridicule the ideas of others who
do believe in an occasional return to
earth of the dead.
“There is one case in particular that
1 know of personally and that can be
vouched for by a number of citizens
in the upper counties of my state, and
that is the case of old Uncle Jubez
Martin, who knew a number of well
to do farmers in Fauquier as well as
in Spottsylvania, Rappahannock and
oilier counties in the northern part of
the state. ‘Uncle .la be.’ as most every
one who knew the old fellow called
him, had considerable of the nomad in
ills disposition and led a wandering,
pastoral life. He was always willing
to work when any one needed his serv
ices and did a good deal of rough car
pentering in return for a ‘meal o’
wlttles and a shakedown.’ as he ex
pressed it, and as he was pretty well
known in the land of ills pilgrimages
It was a rare occurrence when he was
not given a welcome.
"If old Uncle Jabe thought more of
one family in the state than he did of
another it was the Greens. Virginia,
ns all know, Is full of Greens. An es
timable crowd they are. a*ul nearly all
of them consider themselves as relat
ed in some degree of consanguinity to
the others of that name. ‘The Greens
of Virginia is the finest tribe of that
name in seven states,’ was the con
stant boast of Uncle Jabe, and above
and beyond any other Green anywhere
he placed Marse Dickie Green of Fau
quier, and that is where my ghost
story, if you will please to consider it
as such, begins.
“One wild night in the month of Oc
tober not very long before the war the
old wanderer made hi* appearance at
Squire Green’s. Mr. Green was called
squire by virtue of being a justice of
the peace. Jabe wanted hts usual
’meal o’ wlttles and shakedown.’ and
it was at his service, as usual, and
after a good supper he sat on the back
steps of the house, smoked his old
pipe for awhile and then wont to bed.
“Bqnire Green was engaged In some
work that kept him up until midnight,
and as the clock struck 12 he heard a
heavy sound on the stairway. It seem
ed as if someone was coming down the
steps with heavy irons on the legs.
The sound was carried to the door,
which was opened noisily and then
cloned with a terrific crash.
“Thinking it strange that old Jabez
Martin would be guilty of maklug
•uch unnecessary noise, the squire
rushed to the door and opened It The
moon was shining in all its beauty,
and everything was perfectly calm and
nobody in sight Back again went the
surprised squire and up into the attic
chamber, where Martin always slept
When he made his calls. He fonnd
everything calm and quiet there. It
wan the quiet of death, for old Uncle
Jabe was lying supine on his back,
with his glassy eyes staring right up
to the celling, where the squire left
him until the morning.
“When be reloted tbe circumstances
In tbe morning It seemed that every
other one of tbe bouse bad been dis
turbed by tbe uncanny noises. The
strange part of it is that next night
the same sounds were heard again,
even to tbe slammiDg of tbwdoor, and
an investigation proved that there was
no person to make them. There were
no cowards In Squire Green's family,
but the noises disturbed them, and
when they were beard, as they were,
frequently at midnight they became so
used to them they would simply re
mark that ‘Unde Jabe was tramping
again’ and go to sleep again.
“Friends and neighbors who knew of
the ghostly exercises were averse to
staying all night in tbe house, and the
darkies eouldn’t be bribed to come near
tbe place after nightfall. The sounds
never ceased until after the house was
torn down, and even Its demolition,
which it was hoped might reveal the
source of its strange and grewsome
sound, failed to present any explana
tion. There are folks living today in
Fauquier county,” said the relater of
the ghost story, “who can, and I have
no doubt readily will, testify to the
truth of what 1 have made mention
of.”—Washington Tost
A Sound Reason.
Robert, aged five, was irritated by
the crying of Clara, aged two.
“Sister,” he said, with great serious
ness, "why don’t you stop crying? You
must be sick. You dou’l look well,
and you don’t sound well.”
ENGLISH TITLES.
Why Inferior Honors Are Sometimes
Refused by Commoners.
Although it costs money to be made
a peer, no sum can actually buy a
British title, as may he done in some
European countries. Honors of this
description are in the giving of the
king, or, rather, his majesty lestows
them on persons at the recommenda
tion of the prime minister, who really
has the final say in the matter. Titles
are conferred either directly or indi
rectly directly when no third F**r
son recommends a candidate for royal
recognition and indirectly when a
third person brings a candidate's name
forward, he having good and valid
grounds for doing so. The former
method, however, is the one which is
usually adopted. It is the duty of the
prime minister to distinguish a name
celebrated in politics, science, art or
literature and to decide whether the
merits of any given prominent person
deserve recognition at the hands of
the king.
If, in the opinion of the prime min
ister, such a given person deserves ele
vation to titled rank, before the minis
ter takes any steps In tlie matter the
favored individual Is apprised of the
prime minister’s intentions by a per
sonal letter, in which is conveyed the
degree or tille it is proposed to confer
on him, subject to his approval. In
four out of five cases the approval is
given. The fifth person, who may
have been offered a knighthood or
perchance a baronetcy, refuses be
cause ids refusal may increase hi
chances of obtaining at a later day
a higher title still a peerage. Armed
with the person’s approval, the prime
minister now takes the next step —that
is, obtaining his majesty’s sanction,
which is rarely refused.
It is seldom that a plain “Mr.” blos
soms straightforward into a “lord” un
less the circumstances are very un
usual, such as the reason why a peer
age was conferred on Mr. Morley or
honors conferred on successful gen
erals in the field, as in the case of
Wolseley, Roberts and Kitchener. As
a general rule a plain “Mr.” is trans
formed into “Sir” —that is, knight or
baronet—and one who is already a
“Sir” and has done some signal recog
nition finds his reward in his ultimate
service to the state entitling him to
royal elevation to the peerage.—Chi
cago News.
WOMEN OF PARAGUAY.
Patient and Good Natured, Barefooted
and White Robed.
Paraguay is rich in local color. The
picturesque character of the native
population, with their quaint Indian
features and habits of everyday life,
is interesting to anybody fond of ob
serving strange phases of human life.
By nature these people are patient and
gentle, seldom complaining, chattering
aud laughing from sunrise to sunset
and taking small thought of what the
morrow may have in store for them.
It is hard to imagine how Lope*
could have drilled them into fighting
material of strength enough to keep in
check the combined forces of Argen
tina, Brasil and Uraguay for five long,
weary years, and It speaks volumes for
the indomitable energy of the man that
he was able to sustain bis position for
so protracted a time.
Clothing is very much of a superflu
ity in Paraguay, says the Boston
Transcript. The attire of the women
is a cotton chemise with a long sheet-
Mke shawl, or manta, passed over the
head and around the body in Moorish
fashion. The dress of the men is
equally simple, consisting only of cot
ton shirt and trousers. Both sexes are
guiltless of foot covering. At times an
almost nncanny feeling rises when a
group of these white robed, dark hair
ed maidens pass suddenly with the
silent tread of unshod feet.
Of a morning in the market places
the women folk flock to sell their
wares, carrying on their beads the bas
kets containing the few cents’ worth
of native produce they have been able
to gather together for disposal in the
towns. The soft Guarani language, the
common tongue of the Paraguayans,
adds further charm to the sceue.
A Bit of Deceit.
Bismarck vowed that after passing a
competitive examination a man was
never any good—that tbe strain wreck
ed him. Still if was cramming, the
cramming of the ingeuious mind of
Lord Chesterfield which brought about
the reform of the calendar. Cram
ming and flattery did it “I have been
of late a sort of an astronomer despite
myself,” he wrote. “I was obliged to
talk some astronomical jargon, of
which I did not understand one word,
but got it by heart and spoke it by rote
as a master.” He had to make the
peers believe that he knew something
of the matter "and also to make them
believe that they knew something of it
themselves, which they did not” For
his own part he said he could as well
have talked Celtic or Slavonian as as
tronomy and they would have under
stood him fully as well. They became
parties to the deceit They would not'
betray ignorance upon a subject as to!
which he credited them with abound-,
ing knowledge. Thus they reformed'
the calendar.
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“Work Day” for Orphans.
The trustees of the Georgia Bap
tist Orphans’ Home seek the od
p irtunity of presenting an appeal
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the gracious charity which is car
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—Marietta News.
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