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THE DISAPPOINTED MAIDEN.
She answered nd;
She stroked Ills head:
“Be brave, for oh,
You know,” she said,
“That even though
Wo may not wed,
ns stlll~ah yes!- we still may be
Good friends and truo;
Your smile will still be sweet to me,
E’en when some other shares with you
Ths noble lovo you nobly Illy
At my disposal here to-day.”
He sighed awhile,
And then forgot;
She saw him smile.
And grieved a lot.
Bhe had not found that, after all,
Love for him loitered In her heart;
There was no word she would recall:
She had not played a hasty part;
But he was brave; he did not go
Unto the dogs nor anywhere,
And she was deeply hurt, although
She had implored him not to care.
—Chicago Tlmes-llerald.
THE PETERSENS’ PIANO,
Aunt Small Wuff an Khlerly Splnnter lint
Him Proved Her Ability, Not Only
to Keep Hoc Own C<>tm*el,
Hut Alno to Win Her
Own Viover.
•k It S PETER-
Kk sen,yon under-
I yg il stand that I ex
ftj ptjet yon to
look after my
€ throe rooms,
sweep anti (lust
and all that
sort of thing?”
marked the
lady addressed,
“I understand.
The rooms suit
ms perfectly,” she went on as they
passed downstairs again, “and I shall
begin to pack up to-morrow. It will
be so nice to bo 'able to turn around
and not be always running into every
body. And now that Mr. Petersen’s
sister is living with us Well,
good day. The things will begin to
come by day after to-morrow. Good
day.”
Theodore Foster stood looking after
her a monjent, then he went into the
empty parlor and took the large “To
Let” placard from the front window.
Ho carried it np to his sitting room.
“T hope it will be a long time before I
have to see you again,” he told it ns
he put it in his desk.
It was the first time for a month
that he had felt really happy. During
that time he had tried to get a tenant
for his house, but had been unable to
find a suitable one. It had been hor
ribly lonesome, coming home at, night
to a cold, echoing house. But now he
would have the Petersens there, and
he looked forward to day after to
morrow with joy. lie used to “know
Joe Petersen, but ho supposed lie
wouldn’t see much of him, sh Joe was
away from homo all the week. There
were the children, too. He was fond
of children even if he was au old
bachelor. Then he remembered that
the children ftiust bo nearly grown up
by this time. Well, young people
were almost as good as childron.
It was the next day, while he was
out taking his constitutional, that
Everson saw him and crossed the
street to speak to him. “So yon have
got the Petersens?” he said,after they
liad walked a few blocks. “Weli,
there's only one thing about them that
you won’t like.”
“What is that?” questioned Mr.
Theodore.
“Their piano.”
“Oh, I don’t mind piano praotice as
some do,” said Mr. Theodore easily.
“In fact, 1 rather like it.”
"You haven’t lived over the Peter
sens yet,” said Everson seutentiously.
“You wait a little. It’s an old piano
that came over in the Mayflower—
that is, if any pianos did come over
then, this is one of them. I could
get more musio out of brass kettles
and tin pans. It’s all out of tune, too,
and worst of all, they koop banging
away on it all the time. In vacation
it’s something awful. There are three
girls that take lessous, and they keep
the old thing going about nine hours
a day.”
Mr. Theodore’s face had lengthened
during this description. “What
make them keep such au old trap,” he
asked.
“Well, you see, they’re kind of
poor, and they can’t alTord anew
one.”
Mr. Theodore walked moodily along I
after his friend left him. Then sud
denly his face brightened. “I can
fix it all right,” he said, aud went on •
more briskly.
The next morning there was oon- i
Biddable grumbling from the two meu ■
who moved the Petersens, because
Mr. Theodore Foster insisted on help
ing,
He was especially troublesome
about the placing of the piano. He
insisted on liaviug it on the very end
of the load and tied it with his own
Lauds. When the team started, he
totted along beside it, and they
reached the house at the same time.
It was a raw moruing aud the men
were puttiug blankets on the horses
when suddenly there came a jaugliug
crash. They hurried to the back of
the wagon aud found. Mr Theodore
looking in horrror and dismay at a
very badly smashed piano, “fy’s all
my fault—” was all he managed to say
before a torrent of abuse, loud aud
deep, overwhelmed him.
Air. Theodore went and told Mrs.
Petersen about the accident, and after
he bad gone, a long wail arose from
the three girls. But when the house
hold effects were ail moved, and the
Petersens themselves went to their
new home, there, in the parlor, was
a beautiful, brand new piano.
They all stood in the doorway and
stared in amazement.
“Mr. Foster had it sent," Aunt
Fa’ah Petersen exclaimed. She had
been there atteudiug to that end of the
moving. “He said that as it was due
to his carelessness that.the other was
wrecked, he should take the liberty of
sending for this one.”
Maud, the oldest girl, went and
tried the instrument. “Isn’t itbeauti
ful,” she cried, rapturously.
Time went on and the girls prac
ticed diligently. Their aunt also took
advantage of the chance to play, sp
that Mr. Theodore bad all the music
ho wanted. •
The Petersens had been there two
months, when one day Mr. Theodore
asked Maud to go with him to the
piano room.
“I want you to try them all,” he
said, “and see if there is one you like
belter than the one at home.”
Maud tried them. “No,” she de
clared, “there isn’t one so nice.”
“Are Isabel and Katherine satisfied
with it.”
“Why, yes, indeed they are.”
“By the way, won’t you play that
new waltz for me?”
She seated herself at the nearest
instrument and began to play. When
she had finished she looked around,
but Mr. Theodore was not beside her
as she had supposed. Instead, she
saw him at the far end of the room
coming toward her with a piece of
paper in his hand. When he reached
her he passed her the paper. “A
birthday present, my dear—l believe
it is your birthday to-day.”
Maud looked at the paper blankly.
Then it dawned upon her that it was a
bill of sale of the piano at home, made
out in her name.
Maud never did tell her sisters what
she did at that moment, but when she
came homo and told them about it,
they all declared that Mr. Theodor*
was “a dear.”
“Don’t yon think it would be bet
ter for you to go out of doors more,
Miss ’Sarah?” Mr. Theodore aßked
her you day. “I would be greatly
honored if you would accompany me
on my daily walks. It is rather tedi
ous going all alone.”
And so it became the custom for the
old bachelor and the maiden - aunt to
walk out every day together.
But after a your of this, Miss Sarah
told him one day that she was going
away for a six months’ visit.
Mr. Theodore was filled with con
sternation at this, and begged her to
reconsider. He pleaded so earnestly
and eloquently that she finally prom
ised to stay away only two weeks and
when she came back to “set the day.”
That, was the longest walk they had
ever taken, and toward the end of it
Mr. Theodore said: “My dear, there
is something 1 havew’anted to tell you
ever since I have known you. It is
about the piano.”
“I don’t think you will have to tell
me now,” sho said. “I have known
it all the time. I saw you do it.”
“Saw me do it? Do what?”
“Out the ropo.”
He stood still and looked at her.
“1 was at the window. I had come
over to see to things, you know, aud I
saw you take out your knife, step up
to the hub of tho wheel ami cut the
rope.”
“And you never told!”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“You see,” she said, confusedly,
her color rising, “it flashed upon me
at once what you did it for—that old
piano, it was an instrument of torturol
—and that was the beginning of the—
of tho end, I think.”
He tried to look in her averted face.
“I don’t understand what you mean
by the end?”
She turned a radiant glance upon
him.
“Why, don’t you see—to-day!”—At
lanta Constitution.
Foot! of tho Vegetarian*.
About two hundred vegetarians and
their friends sat down to dinner the
other eveniug in London. Bottlee
were on the table, but they contained
only milk aud lime juice cordial or
soda water, for those who deride
chops, joints and beefsteaks hold
temperance tenets also. Latitudinarian
vegetarians drink milk and eat eggs,
cheese and butter, but stricter mem
bers of tho cult will not touch any
thing connected with the animal
creation. They will not even tolerate
the phrase, “Tliero’s nothing like
leather,” and have their boots made of
stout woven cloth. The royal toasts
having been duly honored, the chair
man proposed, “Increased Success to
the Movement,” remarking that they
were setting a glorious example which
would one day be emulated at the
Guildhall. For three years past the
association had been running a farm
iu Kent, where regularly fifty or sixty
meu were kept, all of whom previously
were wrecks in health and wealth,
but were made strong and well again
after from three to twelve weeks’ so
jouru there.—New York Tribune.
Trli-k Tnrtles.
Patience will accomplish wonders in
the way of training dumb animals.
This is aptly illustrated by the antics
of a number of pet turtles belonging
to a woman who lives on Catherine
street, near Twenty-second. They live
iu a big yard aud every morning they
come at her call to get their breakfast
of bread and milk. At an adjacent
factory a large bell is rung every morn
iug, noon and night, and at the first
sound of the bell the turtles know it
is time to eat, aud they scurry toward
the kiolieu steps.
They have been taught a number oi
tricks. The most intricate is a re
markable color test. Long pieces ol
different colored yarn are tacked on
the fence within reach of the turtles.
At the word of command one of them
will go to the fence and pull down any
color that is called for by the trainer.
They also insist upon coming into the
kitchen during a rainstorm, aud the
little fellows who cannot mount the
steps poke out their heads aud give
voice to a peevish, shrill bark, until
they are hi ought under shelter,—
Philadelphia Record.
nuns■ hs
Happenings In the State of Inter
esting Import,
WIIJ Be Important Meeting.
The convention of the State Agricul
tvral Society to be held at Quitman,
will be one of the most important in
the history of the society and will be
attended by many of the most promi
nent men in the state.
The programme of the convention,
which is to take up three days, in
cludes among the list of speakers
Major J. F. Hanson, of Macon; Pro
fessor H. C. White, Hon. Hoke Smith,
Commissioner O. B. Stevens, Hon. C.
L. Moses, J. P. Williams, of Savan
nah, and John Temple Graves, of
Atlanta.
The distinct feature of the coming
meeting will be the open discussion
of the betterment of cotton interests in
Georgia and the proposition coming
from the state department of agricul
ture to maintain a uniform classifica
tion and weight of the staple. For the
discussion of this important topic an
entire day of the convention, known
as “cotton day,” has been set aside.
* * * -
w*fl Kemurliable Record.
The supreme court has really made
a remarkable record for the session
which was’brought to an end the past
week; a record that must be a matter
of great pleasure to the justices and a
matter of pride to the state, and espec
ially the legal fraternity.
The total cases heard during the
past session is 914, and out of this to
tal number there were 775 written de
cisions.
The oourt began its session on Oc
tober 3rd and has been in session con
tinually until a few days ago when it
took a recess for the remainder of the
summer.
It would be a difficult matter for
any one unacquainted with the work of
the court to imagine just the nature of
the work and the amount that is neces
sary to be accomplished in the judicial
management bf the state.
* * *
Floyd Shown Increase.
The total tax returns for Floyd
county for the year foot up $7,768,615.
a net increase of $494,183 over last
year. When the defaulters’ list is
made up and corrections in the last
year’s report ore verified, the increase
will show about SBOO,OOO.
* * *
No l'lans Yet Filed.
The railroads have not filed any
plans for depots at Atlanta with the
commission safar.
Both the Central and the Western
and Atlantic have plans already pre- ;
pared. The Central’s drawings are
for a large modern station at the cor
ner of Forsyth and Alabama streets, j
while the Western and Atlantic’s plans
contemplate some changes in the old j
station.
Public sentiment appears to be grow-
mg stronger all the time in favor of
the Central’s plan. As there does not ;
seem to be any hope of getting anew
union station on the old site, many
people are saying that two stations
would not be at all bad. It is often j
pointed out that such oities as Phila- j
delphia, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Wash- j
ington and Chicago have two or more
stations. All the indications point to
Atlanta getting in the same class.
Aft;er Savannah Gambler*.
The indictments of eight or more of
the proprietors of gambling houses in
Savannah have been returned by the
grand jury, and they will be hauled up
before the court before loug to make
payment of the usual fine of SI,OOO
each. That is the amount which Judge
Failigant has usually assessed against
them.
* * *
Visitor* Are liar rod.
An order has beeu issued'' by the
state prison commission prohibiting
guards in the penitentiary camps
from leaving the camp and requesting
the public to remain away from the
reservations. This order was issued
as a precaution agaigst the spread of
smallpox in the convict camps, it be
iug feared by the commission that the
general spread of the disease might
result from the admission of any and
all visitors to the camps.
A telegram received at the office of
the commission in Atlanta a few days
ago announced that two cases of small
pox had been found near the camp at
Cramer. Asa result of this announce
ment it was considered safe to issue
the order mentioned above and secure
safety to the convicts while they re
main in the hands of the state.
Judge Turner, chairman of the com
mission, stated that the order did not
mean there were any cases of small
pox in any of the camps and that the
precaution was one the commission had
had under advisemeut for some weeks.
* * *
Gov. Candler Invited.
Governor Candler has been invited
by the Travelers’ Protective Associa
tion to be their guest on the outing to
Charleston and the Isle of Palms
which has been arranged for the 11th,
12th and 13th of August.
It has been arranged that Governor
MeSweeney, of South Carolina, is to
deliver the address of welcome to the
members of the association, and it is
the dekire of the Travelers’ Protective
Association that Governor Candler be
present and respond in their behalf.
V • *
Munv Charters Granted.
Secretary of State Cook issued a
charter a few days ago to the incor
porators of the Banking company of
Winder.' The bank is to have a capi
tal stock of $25,000.
Since the first of the year Secretary
Cook has chartered eight banking in
stitutions and granted oharters to six
K the aggregate of which is
lit He has amended the char*
wt - twelve railroads, allowing the
cqhpanies to increase the length of
tl/eir lines, making the total increase
iq railroad milage since January over
l,i)00 miles. This is a splendid re
cord and is taken to mean that the bus
iness interests of the state are decided
ly an the increase.
* * *
Atlanta Street Rai 1 way Taxe*.
The board of arbitrators, recently
named to fix the amount of taxable
property that should be returned by
the Atlanta Consolidated .Street Rail
way company aud the Atlanta Railway
company, completed its work aud tiled
its report with the comptroller general.
The arbitrators award the following
amounts for the two roads;
Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway
Company, $960,625.
Atlanta Railway Company, $130,000.
The Atlanta Consolidated returned
its property at $675,000, but this was
refused by the state, the assessment of
the comptroller general being $1,250,-
000.
The Atlanta Railway figures were
SIOO,OOO, but the state fixed the fig
ures at $200,000.
The figures fixed by the arbitrators
do not include the value of the fran
chises bv the two trolley lines.
The report gives the estimated value
only on physical property, such as
rolling stock, rails, overhead figures,
power plants and the machinery and
equipment that is considered tangible
property.
* *
Camp Meeting Programme.
The camp meeting to be given at
Piedmont park, Atlanta, August 18th
to 27th under the auspices of tlie Chris
tian and Missionary Alliance of Atlan
ta promises to be a great success,
judging from the number of letters of
inquiry that reach the headquarters of
the alliance daily.
The gathering is to be an interde
nominational one, and without regard
to creed the people all over the south
are invited to take part.
Tax Digefits Show Favorably.
The tax digests of ninety-seven
counties have so far been received at
the office of Comptroller General
Wright in Atlanta, leaving only forty
more counties to be heard from. Out
of this number sixty-seven counties
show a decided increase in the amount
of property returned for taxation,
while only thirty show any decrease
at all.
The actual net gain to date in ninety
seven counties is $3,776,205. In the
number of counties heard from few of
the larger counties appear and it is
from the largest centers of population
that Comptroller Wright expects to
find the greatest rate of increase.
With the digests of Fulton, Chatham,
Bibb and Richmond received. It is
believed that the net increase in tax
able property throughout the state will
go up to between eight and ten mil
lion dollars.
* * *
Chatham Grow* In Wealth.
The tax returns for Chatham county
have about been made up in digest
form, and tlie digest will be forwarded
to Atla”ta within a few days. Chat
ham’s total tax returns this year are
S3O; 172,098, an increase of $559,865
over the county’s returns for last year.
The increase has hardly been so great
as was expected, but it will count as
an addition to the increase which the
state is showing.
+ * *
Gone to Denver.
The members of the Georgia rail
road commission and its secretary
have gone to Denver, Col., to attend
the annual convention of the national
convention of railroad commissioners.
SLASHED GIRL’S THROAT.
I
Georg an In Washington Commits '•
Ft mullah Crime.
A Washington dispatch says: Ben
jamin H. Snell, of Georgia, a special
: examiner in the pension office, is the
perpetrator of one of the most atro
cious murders ever committed in
Washington.
His victim was Liza Weissenberger,
a girl thirteen years of age, who had
beeu employed in his household until
a few mouths ago, when she was taken
home by her parents, who became
suspicions of Snell’s conduct toward
her.
Snell seemed to be infatuated with
the child and paid her a great deal of
attention, which, however, she re
sented. Monday morning Snell
went to his victim’s house and enter
ing the room where the girl was sleep
ing bent over and drew her from the
bed. Twisting one hand in the girl’s
hair and throwing back her head Snell
drew a razor from his hip pocket and
swept it across her throat. Twice he
slashed her throat and once he missed,
cutting a great piece of flesh from her
cheek. The head was almost severed
from the body and both murderer and
his victim were covered with blood.
Attracted by the child’s screams the
mother ran to the rescue, and was bad
ly slashed on the arm.* The murderer
was arrested. He refuses to give any
explanation of his acts, and says he re
members nothing about them.
Snell's parents live at Oconee, Ga.
RIOT AMONG SOLDIERS.
Kegalar* and Volunteer* at Fort MPh*r
•on Engage In a Fight.
A big riot occurred Thursday night
at Fort McPherson, Ga., between the
regular and the volunteer troops sta
tioned there. The army officers in
charge ate s .id to be suppressing the
details of the affray.
According to the best reports obtain
able, eight men were seriously shot or
stabbed, and are languishing in the
post hospital. The names of the
wounded are not known, owing to the
strict censorship which is being exer
cised by the officers at the post.
Plant System.
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