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Sl.flO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE,
BETRAYED;
-OR
A. DARK MARRIAGE
MORN.
A Romance of Love, Intrigue and
Crime.
\ BY MRS. ALICE
i
CHAPTER XXVII.
£he LIGHTNING'S CLASH IS THE riTAl ssv.
Flora had dosed her eye3 to conceal
her tears. She opened them at the in¬
stant Slyme se z d her hand and called
her “ poor imgel. ”
Seeing the man on and his knees, she could
simply; not comprehend it, only exclaimed,
“Are you mad, Mr. Slyme?”
“Yes, 1 am mad!” Slyme threw his hair
back with a rornant c gesture common to
him and, he believed, (o ihe | oets. “ Yes,
I am ma l with love and with pity, for I
see jour suffer ngs, pu:e and noble
victim!”
i Flora only stored in blank astonish¬
ment.
“Repose yourself with confidence,” he
continued, “on a he it that will be de¬
voted to you un il death-a heait. into
which your tears now roll to its most
sacred depths.” roll
Flora did not wish her tears to to
such a distance, so she dri.d them.
A man on his knees before tho woman
he adores must appear to her either
sublime or ridiculous. Unfortunately
the attitude of SUme, at once theatrical
and awkward, did not seem sul lime to
Flora. To her live y imagination it was
irresistibly ludicrous.
A bright gleam of amusement illumined
her charming countenance; she bit her
lips to conceal it. but it shone out of her
eyes nevertheless
One should never kneel unless sure of
rising conqueror. Otherwise, 'ike blyma,
. be ex| oses himself lo be laughed gravely. at.
“This “Rise, Mr. Slyme,” sn d 1 Flora, ewildered
book has ev.deutly will you.
Go and take some rest and wo forget
this; only you must never forget your¬
self again in th s manner.”
Slymo rose, lie wa livid.
“Mrs. Cleveland,” hesa d, bitterly, “the
love of a great heart can never he aa
offei se. Mine at least would li .ve been
sincere ; mine would I ave 1 oen faithful
mine would net have been an infamous
snnr.!”
Th > emphasis of these worls displayed
so 6'ident an intention, the countenance
of Flora changed immediately. She
moved uneasily on (he louDge.
“What do yon mean, Mr. Slyme?”
“Nothing, ma’am, which you do not
know, I think,” he replied meaningly.
She rose.
“You shall explain your meaning im
ued ately to me, sir!” she exclnimed; “or
tor, to my husband.”
Ye But your sadness, your tears,” cried
secret ary, in a tone of admirable sin¬
cerity; “these made me sure you were
not i gnorant of it!”
“Of what? How lie hesitates ! Speak,
man!”
“f am i ot a wretch! I love yon and pity
you’—that is all;" and Slyme sighed
deeply. “And why do pity ma?”
you though Slyme
She spoke suspected haughtily; this md imperiousness
had never
of manner or of language, ho reflected
hurriedly on the point at which ho had ar¬
rived. More sure iban ever of success,
after a moment he iook from his p ocket a
folded letter.
It was Ihe one with which he hal pro¬
vided himself to confirm Flora’s sus¬
picions, now awakened for the first lime.
In. j rofound silence he unfolded it and
banded it lo her.
She hesitatod a moment, then seized it.
A single glauce recognized tho writing,
for she tad often exchanged notes wih
Cora.
Words of ti e most burnirg passion
term mated thus;
“Always a little jealous of Flo; half
vexed at h iving given her to you. For
she is pretty, and—but 1! I am beautiful,
am I not, my beloved? and above all, I
adore you!" Flora became fear¬
At the first word
fully pale. Finishing, she uttered a feir
ful g oau, re-ro.id the letter, aid re¬
turned it to Slyme, as if unconscious of
what she v.as doing." she remained motion¬
For a few seconds
less— petrified-hereves fixedou vac >ney.
A wor Id seemed rolling down and ernsh
ing her heart. turned, passed with pid
Suddenly she r
steps into her boudoir; and Slyme beard
the soun 1 of oi ening and shutting draw¬
ers.
A moment after she reappeared with hat
and cloak, and crossed the boudoir with
the sime stro -g an I rapid slep. rushed
Slyme, terriced to death, to
stop her.
“Mrs. C’eve’and!” he cried, throwing
himself before her.
She waved him aside with an imj ed¬
ous ge sture of her hand. He trembled
and obeyed, and she left the boudoir.
A moment later she was on the avenue,
going toward Broadway. cold,
It was now near midnight; danip>
weather, with the rain falling iu great
drops. Tho few pedestrians still on the
broad pavament turned to follow with
their exes this majestic lady, whose gait
seemed hastened by soma errand o. life
or death.
But in New York nothing is surpris¬
ing, for people witness all manner of
things th<-re. Therefore, the strange ap¬
pearance of Flora did not excite any ex¬
traordinary attention.
A few men smiled aDd nodded; others
threw a few words of rai lery at her.
Bo h were unheeded alike.
Rea hing Madison Square, she stopped
near the fountain. Ih) soun l of the
falling water cau.ht her e r. She leaned
against a tree, and gazed into the agitated
pool; then bowing her head, she sigh id a
groaning sigh, and turned back.
Hurrying up Fifth avenue, she psssed
her own door, and soon reached IbeElhs
ton mansion. ch id
Arrived there, the unfortnn te
knew uot what to do, nor even why she
had come. She had some vague dtsigD,
as Ihonch to assure herself palpably with her ot
her mbfortnee; to touch it
finger, or perhaps to find some reason,
some pretext to doubt it.
Sho dropped down on the stone steps
and bid her face in both her hands, vainly
striving to thiDk. The
It was past midnight, streets
were deserted; a shower of ram was fall¬
ing, and she was chilled to numbness.
A policeman passed by. He turned
and stared st the young woman, then
tookher roughly by the arm. here? he asked,
'What are you doing
brutally. looked at him “ w.th wondering . .
She up
vves. myself,” she answered.
' ,’o not know
- j looked'more closely at her
The man confusion
through all i f r a
@k Hamilton Journal.
nameless refinement and the subtle per.
fume of parity. He took pity on her.
"But. madam, you cannot stay here,”he
rejoined, "No?” in a softer voie“.
“You “Yery must greit.” hive some great sorrow?*
"XVhat is your name?”
"Flora Cleveland,” she said, simply.
The man looked bewildered.
“Will voute!l me where you live?” he
tsked.
She gave tho number with perfect sim¬
plicity and be perfect thinking indifference, of f he
seemed to no hiDg what
she wag scyiue.
"AhI just below here,” said ihe offl
cer.
"Y'es,” she rejoined.
“Will you take my arm? '
She did so quietly, and they started
slowly down ihe street. thehous?, and
Eugene hud just reached
heard wiih stuped, d surprise, fiom the
lips of the lady's maid, the details of his
wife’s mysterious doaj pear .nice, when the
bell rang violently.
He rushed out and met his wife on the
stairs. She had somewhat re overed her
calmness, end as le interrogated her with
a sr arching glance, made a ghastly effort
to smile.
“I was sligh ly ill and went out a lit¬
tle,” she sad. “I walked too far and am
somewhat tired.”
Notwiths and ng did tho improbability of
the explai n'd n, ho words no! hesitate. He
murmured a few soft of reprorcb
rnd placed her in the hinds of her maid,
who removed her wet garments.
Ili r ug that time be called the officer,
who remained iu tho vestibule, and close¬
ly inteirog te 1 him.
On h arming where he had found F1 o:a,
Eu enc knew at once and fully the wlioh
Ruth.
He went dire tlv to his wife. She haa
retir d and was trembling iu every limb.
One of her hi nds was resting outside
the coverlet.
He rushed to take it. but she withdrew
it gently, hut with sad and resolute dig
nby. fold they
The simple . esture him were
separate 1 forever.
By a t cit arrangement proposed by her,
and an tacitly accepted by him, Flora be¬
came virtually a wiiiow.
He remained for some se onds immova¬
ble, his expres>iou lost in the shadow of
a curtain; then slowly left the chamber.
The idea of lying to defend himself never
occurred to him.
His line of conduct was already ar¬
ranged—calmly, had already methodically. But two
blue circ os sunk around his
eyes, and his face woie a Waxen pallor.
liis hands, joined behind his back,
were clenched together; and tho ring he
wore sparkled with their tremulous move¬
ment.
Af.er h df fn hour he stood in the door
of her chamb r.
“Flo!” he said.
fever She turned him. her eyes gleaming with
U; ou of what know,
“Flo, I am ignorant yon
and he I sh 11 not ask yon,” the he continued,
ns Rtepped into “I room been an,l ap¬
proached her bed. but have very
ciiininal toward you, perhaps less so
than j-oii think.
“Terr.ble circumstances bound me with
iron bm ls. Fate ruled mo! But I seek no
1 alliation. JmRe of me as severely as
you w sh; but I bog of you calm j ourself
—preseive yo rself!
“ You s; oke to me this morning of your
presentiments - of your maternal hopes.
Attach yourself to thoie thoughts, and
yon will a ways he mistress of your life.
As for myself, I sh .11 be whatever you
will me - a stranger or a friend. But now
I feel that my piesence makes you ill. I
will leave you for a time, but not nlono.
Would you wi-h Mis. Morgan to come to
you?”
“Yes,” she murmured, faintly.
“I shall go for her; but it is not neees
;ary to tell you there are confidences ono
must reserve from one’s deaiest frien-'s.”
“Except a mother?” She murmured the
question with a supplicaling agony, very
painful to see. still paler. Aft-r
He grew an instant:
“Except a mother!” he said. “Beit so!"
She turned her faco and baiied it iu the
piilow. mother
“Your returns to-morrow, does
she not?”
She made an affirmative motion of hor
head,
“You can make your arrangements with
her. I sh ill accept everything.”
“Thank you.” she replied, feebly.
He left the room and w nt to find Mrs.
Morgan, his whom wife Le had awakened, sebed and wl briefly
.old her been h a
severe neivoas allack, the effect of a < hil - .
The amiable lady ran hastily to Flora
and spent the night with her.
But she Was not the dupe of the ex
plai a' ion Eugene had given her. \V omen
quickly understand each other in their
giief. Nevertheless she asked ,-onfidences
n..
snd received none; but her tenderness to
he stricken one redoubled.
During the silence of that dreadful
li.ht the only service she could render
aer was to make her weep.
Nor did those lag'ard Cleveland. hours pass less
oitterly for Eugene
He tried to take no rest, but walked up
and down his apartments The until dayligut
in a sort of frenzy. distress of this
poor child wounded Lim to the hear!.
The momoiies of the past rose before
him, and parsed onward in s id proces¬
sion. Then the morrow would show him
the crashed daughter with her mothei —
her loving mother. Mortally stricken n
ail her best illusions, in all her dearest
hopes, in all connection wiih tho h. ppi
ne.s ot life!
He found he had yet in his heart lively
feelings of pity; ;ct some remorse in his
conscience.
Strange to say, this weakness irritated
him, and he denounced it to himself.
Who had betrayed him? equal
This question agitated him to an
degree, but from the ffvst instant he had
not beeu deceived in this matter.
The sudden gr.ef and half-craze 1 con¬
viction of his wife, her despairing atti¬
tude, and her silence, could only be ex¬
plained by strong assurance and ce.'tnin
revelation.
After having turned the matter over
and over in his mind, he arrived at the
conclusion fhit nothing could have
thiown such clear light into his life save
Ciara s letters.
He never wrote to Mr=. EUiston, but
eould not prevent her wriiing to him, for
to her, as to all women, love without let¬
ters was incomplete. inexcusable
But the fault of Eugene, in
a man o his tact, was to have presened
tbe-e let*ers. No one, however, is perfect,
and he was an rrtist.
He delighted in these chef d’ f uvres of
p ssionateeloquence, was proud of inspir¬
ing them, and he could not m ike up his
mind to burn or destroy them.
He examined at once the secret drawer
where he had concealed them, and by
certain signs discovered the lock had
been tampered with. missing; Neverthe’ess, there
v. »s no letter the arrangement
of them alone had been disturbed.
His suspicions at once reverted to
Slyme, slight, whose and scruples in morning he suspected they were
but the were
consumed beyond doubt by a letter from
the secretary tiiyme, to his employer. jiijr
fa fact, after passing ou
HAMILTON. HAHHIS COUNTY, GA.. APRIL 6, 1894.
p-rt a most wretched night, did not feel
his nerves equal in possibly tho morning waiting to meet¬ for
ing the reception in
him at the Lei amis’. Kis letter was
Skillfully penned, to put asleep suspicion
if it bad not been fully aroused, aild If
Flora bad not betrayed him. lucra¬
□It announced his acceptance of a
tive situation, suddenly offered h'm in a
commercitl house iu Boston. He was
obliged to decide at once, and to start
that same morning, for fear of losing an
Opportunity which coul I not recur again.
It concluded with the liveliest gratitude
and re ret.
Eugene could not very well reach his
brother-in- nw’s secretary to strangle
him; so he resolved to do the Dext best
thing. He not only font him a friendly
letter thanking Lint for all his kindness
1 1 his Wife, hut a handsome present in
addition as uishesl a testimonial of his sympathy
and poo 1
tion, This, however, was a simple precau¬
for he i pprebonded nothing far more bo
from the venomous reptile, so
neath him, after hj had once shaken him
off.
feeing he could him possibly deprived of a-niust tho only him, weap¬ he
on use
felt safe. Besides, so far as he knew,
Slvme l ad 'ost the only interest ho could
desiro to gnbseive, for he knew this man
had done him the compliment of court¬
ing his wife. him little
An l be really discovering esteemed a
less low, after this gentie
ruanlf taste!
Ah! but the end was not yet.
CHAPTER XXVlir.
THE DAUGHTEli AND HKll MOTHEE.
It required on the part cf Eugene Cleve-
1 nd, this same mo n ng, an exertion of
idl his conrago to perform Lis duty ns a
gentleman in receiving Mr. and Mrs Ice¬
land upon thoir return home. But com a e
had been for some time past his sole re¬
maining virtue; and this, at least, he
sought never to loso.
He received them most gracefully—his
father and mother-in-law as t 1 ey de¬
scended from their carriage and entered
tho broa l hall.
Mr. behind was much broken iu health.
The trip, wh ch it had been hopied and would
bmefit, had only wearied him: now,
on ag lin entering his own door, ho he ged
to ho at o-.ee asdsted to his sleeping
room.
Mrs. belaud lingered in surprise at not
seeing her daughter there to meet them,
and cast sn inquiring look upon Eu ene.
He informed her that she had been a
little indisposed Notwithstanding since the the preceding precautions even- he
in/.
took in his language and by his amilo, ho
could not p.c ent Mrs. Lcland from feel
ing a lively alarm. entirely
He did not pretend, howeve-,
to roassnre her. Under his reserved and
measured replies, she felt the present¬
ment of some disaster. After having
pressed h in with many questions, she
suddenly turned and hurried up stairs.
shock, Flora, to spare her her bed mother the dressed first
had and quitted child h and
herself; the poor cheeks. id even put
a little rouge on her pale Eu¬
gene, who had hastened after his mother
in-law, himself opened for her the door
of her daughter's chamber, and then
withdrew.
All that parsed bei ween them a*, first was
a silent interchange of mutual caiesses.
Then the mother seated herself near
her daughter, drew her head on her
bosom, and lookod into the depths of her
eyes. “What is the matter?” she asked sadly.
“Oh, nothing—nothing hopeless! only
yon must lovo your little Flo more than
ever. Will you not?”
“Y’es; but why?”
“I must not worry you; and I must not
wrong myself, 6ither. Y’ou know why!”
“Yes; me.’’ but 1 implore you, my darling,
to t 11
“Very well; I will tell you everything
But, mother, you must bo as brave as I
am.
Sho buried her head lower still ou hei
mother's breist. and commenced to re¬
count to her, in a low voice, without
looking up been ouce, made the terrible and revelation which
which had to hor,
her husband’s a'owal had confirmed.
Mrs. belaud did not once interrupt her
during this cruel recital. She only im
prin'ed a kiss on her hair from time to
tune.
Flora, who did not dare to raise hei
eyes to her, as though she were ashamed
of another’s crime, might hare imagined
that she had exaggerated motliei the gravity had of
her misfortune, since her 1 re¬
ceived the confidence w th so much calm
ness. But the calmness of Mrs. Lei and
at this terrible moment was that of tho
martyrs; for a'l that co .Id have been
suffered by the Christians under the
claws of the tiger, or on the rack of the
torturer, this mother was suffering at the
hands of her best-beloved daughter.
Her beautiful pale fa-e—her large eyos
upturned to heaven, like those they give
to the pure 'ictims kneeling in the Roman
circus-appeared as though consolat demanding
of God if He really had any on
for such torture.
When she had heard all, she summoned
strength to smile at her daughter, who at
last looked up to hor with an expression
of timid tin ertainity, embracin ' her
more tightly still. “it
“Well, my darling,” said she, ai last,
is a great affliction, it is true. You aie
iL.ht, notwithstanding; tliero is nothing
to despair of.” believe so?"
“Do you really
“Certainly. There is some inconceiv¬
able mystery under all this; but be as¬
sured that the evil is not so terrible as it
appears.” “My mother! but he has acknowl¬
edged it?” poor
“I am letter pleased he has acknowrl.
edged it. That good proves yet he left has in yet bis some soul.
pride, Then, and some he feels much afflicted; ho
too, very do. Think of
suffers as much as we that.
Let us think of tho future, my hands, darling."
They clasped each other’s and
smiled at one another to restrain the tears
which filled the eyes of both.
After a few minutes :
“I must go to your poor father now, my
child,” said Mrs. Leland, “and teen f
would like to repose for half an hour.”
“I wilt accompany you to papa’s room
Oh, lean walk! I fee! a great deal better."
“I think you had better waif a little,
my dear. Your father is reposing nJU-i
the fatigues of Ihe journey. I will come
for you by and mamma.” by.”
“Very well, A
Mrs. Leland rose to leave the room.
the door she turned;
“Be sensible,” she said, with anotbei
smile.
'And you also,” rejoined Flora, whose
voice failed her.
Mrs. Lei nd hastened to her own
private room, closed and locked the door,
raised her clasped hands toward Heaven;
then, falling on her knee3 before the bed,
she buried her head in it, and commenced
to weep despairingly. her
Flora, left alone iu loom, dropped
upon her knees, clasped her hands, and
supplicated the Great Throne for strength
to bear the terrible trial through which
she was passing.
J63^*SSB£’£B?.2: walking with long strides and down
up
the room, expecting ' every ’ moment to see
Mr» Island enter ‘
.ALTtRwsirJfi^jaas eagerly received,
wondered. His ear
against his will, the slightest sounds in
the house. If a foot seemed approaching
him, he rose suddenly ami tried lo com¬
pose his countenance. When the door of
ihe neighboring chamber was opened his
agony was redoubled.
kb a. belaud upon the carpet, then hoi
despairing sobs.
Eugene throw from him violently the
book which he was forcing himself lo
whfch wa°s in b e fore forelmaii e him W he°ld, for Hon"
rmn bis nala tiohtened in his
contracted hand". 'When tlio sound of
tho sobs abated and ceased, little by l.t
lie, he breatbod freer.
midday he rccoived this .
A little after
i0
“My husband’s health is resignation hopelessly
broken. He has sent in his to
the directors of the bank. He longs for
the country. AVaireu disposal, has placed and his
uouse at Roxhury at our 1 will we
depart almost immediately. If you
permit me to take my daughter with mo
for a few days, I shall be grateful _to
you. Acinus L bland.
He returned this simple which reply: I do not
“You can do nothing of
approve to-day and always.
“Eugene Cleveland."
Mrs. belaud, in fact, having consulted
the inclination and the strength of her
daughter, had determined to remove her
without dolay, if pios-iblc, from the im¬
press ons of the Rpot where she had
suffered so severely from tho presence
0 f her husband, and from the unfortu
nate embarrassment of thoir mutual sitna
tion.
She desired also to meditate in soli¬
tude, in order io decide what course to
take under unexpected circumstances.
Finally, she had not the courage to see
Eugene again—if sbo could ever soe him
again—until some time had elapsed. awaited It
was not without anxiety that she
liis reply to the request she had addressed
him- .
Iu tho midst of the troubled confusion
if her ideas, she believed him capable of
almost anything; and sho feared every¬
thing from him.
Eugene’s nolo renssuved her.
Sha hastauod to load it to hor daughter
and both of them, liko two lost creatures
who cling to the smallest twig, remarked
with pleasure tho kind of respectful
abandonment with which he h d reposed
their destines in their own h nd.
Be spent the remainder of the returned day in
his counting-room, and wuen ho
they had departed,
CHAPTER XXIX.
TIIE BETTIES TCBNH TO HTISO.
When Flora Cleveland returned to New
York and her homo she there experienced
tlio painful impressions of the past, and
the somber preoccupation of tho future;
but she brought there wiih h r, although
in a fragile form, a mo child. t powerful con*
so lot i on—her first-born
Assailed bv grief, and even menaced by
new emotions, slio was obliyod to re¬
nounced tho nursing of hor li tie one;
but nevertheless she novel 1 left him, for
she was jealous oven of his nurso. bii«
at Je ist wished (o bo loved by him.
Slio loved him with on infinite passion.
She loved him because he was her own
son and of her blood.
He was tho price of her misfortune—of
her pain.
She loved him because ho was her only
hope of human happiness hereafter.
She loved him because bo was as beau,
tifill as the day. And it was (rue he was
so; for he resembled his father—and she
love ! him also on that account.
She tried to concentrate her heart and
all hevthoughts ou this dear creature, »ud
ot fir t she thought sho had suoeeeded.
She was surprised nt herself, at her own
tr'Uquillity, when she saw Cora Elliston;
for her lively imagination had exhausted,
in advance, all the saduesB which her now
existi nee could cont >in.
But when sbo had lost tho kind of tor¬
por into which excessive suffering had
plunged her - when her uiatorn.il sens a
tions were a little recovered quieted itHelf by/Hist in ora- the
her woman's heart
mother’s
Sho could not prevent lierseif from re¬
newing her passionate interest in hoi
graceful though terrible husband.
Mrs. behind did not return to tho city
with her daughter, but remained in Kox.
bury, with her husband.
Flora wrote her quit* often, however,
and told her everything that was taking
place. For this wise young woman, ma.
tnred by misfortune, observed every,
thing, s iw everything, and exaggerated
nothing.
She touched, in her letters, on the
most delicate points in the household,
and even on hor husband’s secret
thoughts, with accurate justice. converted,
Eugene, as yet, was not at all
nor near being so; but it would be bely¬
ing human nature to attribute to his
heart, or that of any other human being,
a supernatural impassibility. and implacable theories
If the dark
which Eugene Cleveland had lately made
tho law ot liis existence) could triumph
absolutely, this would be true.
T'Uotri ls he had passed through did
not reform him they ouly staggered him.
He did not pursue his path with the
same firmness; he strayed fro his pro
gramme. pitied of bis victims, and,
Bo ono as
one wrong always entails ario her, after
pitying his wife, he carue near loving bis
ch *ld.
These two weaknesses bad glided into
his p.etrified soul, ns into a marble fount,
aud there took root—two imperceptible
roots, however.
The child scarcely occupied him more
than a few moments every dry. and
lie thought of him. however,
would ret ra homes litt'e earlier than
usual each day than was his habit, se
creeily attracted by the smile of that
fresh face.
The mot her was for him something more.
Her sufferings, her youthful heroism, had
tone ed him. Hhe became iu his eves
somebody. He di-covered merits iu her. He
many remakably well in¬
perceived she was
formed for a woman. She understood
half a word, knew a great deal, und
guessed at the remainder.
ULe had, in fine, that blending grace
and solidity which gives to the conversa
tion of a woman of cultured mind an in¬
comparable charm. lovable creature, and it
She was a can
be understood that she might have many
attractions, even for her hu-band.
Yet. though he b<d not for one instant
the idea of sacrificing io her the pmssiou
that ruled bis life, it is certain, however,
that his wifo pleased him as a charming
fr end, which she truly was.
(TO BE CONTINUED.]
Saving is a practice best begun early
_ and f or jjjjg refts on: It is a habit,
atl d Ufa, a ]l habits, easily planted in a
child, *»*U. but taking root with difficulty »‘“A in
» « r
children to spend, unless yon can m
.sure them money to spend to tueir
lives’ end.
southern news items.
Drift of ttie South’s Progress and Pros¬
perity Briefly Note!
«r I-tmW Portrayed I.
Pithy Paragraphs,
The plant of the Memphis Lumber
p^'P^y at Memphis, Tenn., lias been
burned. The loss is estimated at
$100,000, partly covered by insurance.
a stave factory at Hives, Tonn., has
been destroyed by fire. The loss is
’
%100 000 wi th uo j usul . ft uco. Numer
Jus workmen are thrown out of cm
ploymeut.
in r„ il„, the federal f,A„«l o„„4 OQurt at .dUirminclimn Birmingham,
Ala., Judge Bruce granted the motion
of tho district attorney to discharge
the federal jury box on the ground
that it h„d been irregularly drawn,
Tho CHWrt or( p em i a new jury box to
^•hetddiim^iT^d lux fUliXil Hi'. Knitl lux dill know
jury or not.
The The heavy heavy fietzo froeyo has has played i. laved ha\oo havoc
s‘r:;; 1 ,'™
J ills includes all peaches and pcais
and most of the apples. The wheat
and oats are injured and so is clover.
1 he losses on these may be i heavy. i
Tlio llev. Leiber Mitchell, colored,
has been ordained to the Episcopal
priesthood in St. Augustine’s church
at Boston, Mass. Ho is tho first col¬
ored man wlio has ever taken the or¬
ders of the Episcopal church in that
city. The services were conducted by
Bishop Borker of tho western diocese
of Colorado.
There may be another revolution iu
Spanish Honduran in a short time.
The City of Dallas has arrived at New
Orleans from Bilize, bringing a num¬
ber of passengers, among them several
Hondureaiis. It seems that the peo¬
ple are dissatisfEd with Bonilla, and
Nicaragua will take a hand in ousting
the present ruler of tho government.
A London cable dispatch says: The
British steamer Yesso, Captain Stracli
on, from Newport for Baltimore, in
ballast is reported in collision with
tlio schooner Lizzie Wilco, of Ilfra¬
combe. The Yesso sank within a short
time after the vessels eiinio together.
The captain, cook and two men were
drowned. The Wxlee was bmlly dam¬
aged.
Tho supreme court at Jackson, Miss.,
lias affirmed the decision of the lower
court to Jiang Henry Singleton and
Horace Smith, the negro convicts con¬
victed of brutally murdering fellow
prisoners in tho state prison. Tho
date of their execution was fixed for
Wednesday, April 25th. The super¬
visors have directed that t he execution
shall take place in the prison yard.
The street car lines of Savannah are
in tho midst of a rate war. The City
and Suburban railway lias made a cut
of ft cents. The Electric Railway Com¬
pany say they will not meet the cut,
Some time ago negotiations were pend¬
ing for a consolidation. They were
called oft’, however, mid it is thought
the cut was made to try and force tho
electric railway people to terms.
The Howard Harrison pipe works,
of tho Birmingham, Ala., district,
has made the first shipment to Phila¬
delphia, Pa., on a contract recently
made by them with the city council of
Philadelphia for 100,000 tons of iron
pipe. The pipe is to be used for water
mains. Iron men of tho district are
glorifying over the fact that Philadel¬
phia is buying hor jiipo from Birming¬
ham.
A very sensational bill lias been en¬
tered iu the federal court at Chatta¬
nooga. It is that of the Security Sav¬
ings and Loan Association vs. J. S.
Buchanan et al, proprietors of tho de¬
funct private bank of Buchanan A
Crnbb, at Dayton, Tonn. Gross fraud
was charged, and the bill seeks to fore¬
close a deed of trust ou eertuin Rhea
county property. Tho baukers have
flown tho state.
A hill lias been filed in the United
States district court at Chattanooga
before Judge Key, by the Central
Trust Company, of New York, to fore¬
close $1,000,00(1 iii first-mortgage bonds
of the East Tennessee Land Company.
This company lias tlio distinction el'
having sold tho state its coul land on
Brushy mountain. For several months
its affairs have boenin the hands of re¬
ceivers, and a petition is now awaiting
a hearing asking for their ejection as
incompetent.
A Birmingham, Ala., special says:
The severe cold snap completely ruined
the fruit crop in North Alabama and
killed tho well advanced gardens oat
completely. Tho peach trees had all
.......
mg, the forest trees were beginning to
leaf and spiring iiad been announced by
vegetation in every way. Now the fo-
1
,, hage suggests autumn. Many ,, young
trees, almost all of the grapevines and
all of the vegetables are killed out
right, . , , an the , | sapi was wcdl ,, upi in them, ,i
Dispatches from Mempdiis state that
one million dollars will not cover the ■
loss to farmers in that section of the
Mississippi! valley from the blizzard.
Ail kinds of fruits, vegetation aud fo¬
liage have been killed and tho whole
country looks as though it had been
swept by a forest fire. A special from
Chattanooga says the extreme cold
weather will cost truck farmers and
fruit raisers in Hamilton county alone,
8100,000. It will take half a million
dollars to cover the damage to fruit,
r arly vegetables and to wheat and oats
in northern Georgia,northern Alabama
and lower Tennessee immediatety con
tiguous to Umttanoogo.
«--»»"”• l ” i "“
banker o. < hmago.wbo mis pended pay
ment i t tngust, with liabilities oi
31.500.0W, has rest nit; 1 bu&inrsE, all
VOL. XX11L NO. If.
of liis assets Doing taken by him out of
tho hands of the assignee in open court.
Ho lias liquidated his entire indebted¬
ness by paying in full, with interest,
to everybody. The suspension was
made while Mr. Silverman was on the
train on his way from New York to
Chicago, and was due not to lack of
assets, but to a lack of ready money.
A Denver, Col., special says: The
rebuke of Governor Waite by the su¬
preme court has been equaled Glynn in
severity by the decision of Judge
in the district court upon the proceed
mgs for contempt instituted by l’ohee
Commissioners Martin and Orr, under
tho writ of injunction issued by Judge
Graham against Mayor Van Horn and
tho new members, Mullins and Barnes, j
By this decision the injunction suit is
dissolved upon the ground tliat it was
iH basei, > “ U(1 the contempt suit was
di j j
Tho mountainous district . southeast
Mondays, Mexico, is being swept
by forest fires, and during the past
few days hundreds of thousands of
uores of valuable timber have been (le
Mvoyed. The lire has also burned all
^e grass oft a vast terntoiy of good
cnMle rHll S° between Sabinas and the
Si d0 p Oarmen, and hundreds of
^ »> «» ->»* •»»« ^
■ , ,, vinir in north-westerly
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blUlJi nnyrm flf|D fun 01? 0 MIA XT * ftlflD lull.
After Mature Deliberation Governor
Norflien Appoints Him,
Tito Selection a Stivpi’lsc---Will He
Accept i
Charles Frederick Crisp 1ms been
appointed United States senator from
Georgia to sueceod the late Alfred II.
Colquitt. This result was reached
Thursday night by Governor Northern
At the sumo time the governor author¬
ized tho announcement that he, him¬
self, would not bo in the race for tho
sonntorsliip.
Name after name was considered,
and all were men fit to bo senators,
but tho logical man of tho situation, us
it appeared to the governor, was
Charles F. Crisp, and to him tho gov¬
ernor sent tho following telegram :
“TheHon. Charles F. Crisp, Speaker
of tho House of Representatives, Wash¬
ington, 1). C.: I have appointed you
to fill the vacancy iu the United States
senate caused by the death of Senator
Alfred II. Colquitt. I beg that you
will at ouco tender ino your resigna¬
tion, so that 1 can forward your com¬
mission in time for yon to take your
place in the senate and take part in
tho discussion and settlement of tho
tariff measure soon to come before tho
senate.
“I am pleased to tender to you this
appointment, because your distin¬
guished services in the house have
commanded tho admiration and en¬
dearment of our people, and I am
quite sure that, my action will ho most
heartily (.Signed) applauded by J. them.
W. Nokthun,
Governor.
Whether Speaker Crisp will accept
or not he does not know himself. Tho
following private message was received
from him:
Washington, March ftO.—Am pro¬
foundly grateful, but taken by sur¬
prise. Had no idea such a tiling was
in contemplation. Must confer with
tho democrats in tho house before I
can decide whether I can accept or
uot. Ciiableh F. CitittP.
Since writing the ubovo Speaker
Crisp lias declined to accept the hon¬
ors tendered him, and decided to re¬
main at liis post. Governor Northen
lias not yet decided upon another man
to (ill the vacancy.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Fast Week.
Tho review of the industrial situation in the
South for the past week shows that there is a
very general and wide spread revival in indus
trial, business and financial circles. Favorable
weather has been promptly taken advantage of
and many new bni dmgs arc in progress. There
is also a considerable increase both in the num¬
ber of new industries reported, and in the
number of enlargements of manufacturing
plants. An interesting aud noteworthy feat¬
ure of tlio, industrial development is tliat it
covers almost every brunch of manufactures.
Fifty-one new industries were established or
incorpora off during the work, together with
elcvui enlargi irnntg of manufactories and
thirty-two important now buildings. Prami
uout ainoiii thv new industries of the week are
the following: Tho Ito t River Cotton Mill Co.,
of bcnismi, lj x«8, capital 1520,000; the Lake
F Mul i/, capii‘"lMiiim Toxan, capital County $60,000; Chi
Co , of (;,m-run
tl»e Central .Lumber Co., of Little Rock, Ark.,
* n d the \llucluig Tent and Awning Co., of
Wheeling, ,ilick W. Va.. capital built $20,000. Velasco, Tex
works are to ho at
as, canning factories st Dawson, Ga., Dover,
Ky., H-uderzon and Murphy, N. C. t and Big
Stone Gdp, Va., a cotton com press at Velasco, and
H-xas. and cotton niltls at Swainsboro, Gs., plant
Concord, .N. C. An electin', lighting and grist is
reported at Lewisburg, Tenn., floor
mills at Hampton, Fla., Elkin, N- C\, liogers
vUle,Tenn., Vu. Austin, Texas, and siiopis Williamsburg, Camden,
; foundries aud machine at
Ark., Dayion, Ky., Greenville, B. C., aud Wood
stock, Va. An oil mill will he built at Perry.
Ga., and a sugar refinery at Ferry, La. Tanne¬
ries nr* reported at Bwainsboro, G&-. and P»r
*ons. Va., and tobacco works at Elkin, N. C.,
and Franklin, Tenn. Woodworking and Gurley, Ala-, p ants Gam- are
to be built at Huntsville
dtn and Varner, Ark., Brooklyn, Fla., Pima,
Wahertown, rtaycroas and Valdosta, G», Bow¬
en, Ky., Tunica, Miss., Efforee, S. C, and
Pittsburg, The T< buildings nn. reported for the week in¬
new
clude busincs- houses at Cullman, Ala-, Ocala
and St. Angus ine, Fla., Augusta, Ga., El
Dorado and Houston, Texas; a $2U,000 hotel court and
house at Homer-vibe, Ga. ;a $200.0 j 0
sanitarium at Charleston, W. Va.; a $40,000
Hltiool building at A'lanta, Ga., and residences
t Charleston, W. Va., Louisville, Ky., and Or¬
angeburg, H. C.—Tradesman (Chattanooga,
t eun.
_
Bhains aud brawn maky » combing
{joji that is anro tq win,
BILL ARP’S LETTER.
Lively Experience in Captiim and Kill¬
ing a Man-Eating Stall
William Still Holds Out lUat Florida
is a Great State.
It was about 9 o'clock and the moon vru
j^e'm'.’thc old 'S who followed
Colonel Frazer all through the war, and ' oUows
him still, was heard to cry for help', help, helpl
^toel’V home°oS fhfheach^And io they
rall _ r *„ down tho bluff and onto the gangway,
one and all, armed whh pistobaud gnus and
On'.VriiebTFis^r out ran the
r0B (; and with her pistol in hand, sot to tho
channel ju.t as the old man was about to give
up the contest. He had hooked a large shark
and had struggled with him hard ami long be
fore the .™\ hecriedI S '™’.it for help, .huthelp Lll came| ccusbS
n
bTmso™ from th^wa,cr to .naUo fatal. anotl.tr It
pIlin)t0 for froe j om . The shot was
struck llie fish in a vital part and he sank limp
& ■*£
ie j Zc j the line from hi» grasp and pulled the
s i, n ,k into tho shallows and tied him to tho
railing. He was dead and when all hands raw
s
was
as while ami velvety as a bridal glove. inside Even
Ms big yawning month was white
outside and his thousand teeth
alo ne Iiko pearls cut into triangles. I sao! a
thousand teeth. for besides tho front row that
Una a ourvo of two and a b»H Let, 'he«> are
four more rows tliat lie fiat behind them aim
arc only elevated when needed for crushing if»
animal food and malting miuce pica tor dinner.
Th< de four rows lap on each otii« r liko layera
of saw teetli and look about as venomous. shark
And yet they say that this speci* s of
are not man-eaters and will Phebe shy away is from mighty a
hoy in the crater. Miss and a. like
pret ty girl an A deserves a medal, modestly addressed bo a
good newspaper man, I
her with pencil and pad in my hand, and
said:
“Your name, ploaae?” said with look of
‘ Phebo Frazer,” she a sur¬
prise. "Your please,” saiil I. Hlio did not re¬
SRC, "I ’» of busi¬
ply, but her look said, is—feminine none instinct, your A
ness." Instinct tliat Hogies
Kirlisb f<irl>who is yet in Ini' teens le
ho shv of her age because—because pomiblv
she may not l>o want, d until hor age becomes
uncertain, and so to keep it an unknown quan¬
tity she bi'Kiiia early. 1 wonder if a woman
ever golB so old that sho is willing for her ago
to bo known. I never heard my wifo tell any
body how old sho was, but, 1 know. Ten years
before we were manned I was twice as old as
she was and now we have just pussoe our forty
lifth wedding day. What lad or lassie can leil
our ager? all the horrible things
But sharks aro not
tliat navigate thoao waters The other day
some haliermen harpoon* <1 * monster tlmt and car¬
ried tho boat five milesont in tlio devil gulf fish that «ot
away at last. It irt tv gpocioH of
will gulp down a keg of nails as quick as if it
was a nigger habv—that's what the fishermen
my. Today I was shown th*- sting bone of a 1 rgo
stjngareo that waa killed yt sterdoy. If wan four
inchei long and was awful to look at and aw
fuller to feel of its poisonous barbs- When J t
Htrikes you the bone breaks off and if you don t
have if. out out instantly you will die of lockjaw
iy fifteen minutes by the clock—standard time.
That is what a fisherman told me. I saw a,
young octopus yesterday with its hooks and
grabbers and manacles and tentacles kju inning
around like a fish bait and its goggle eyes and
jelly mouth, i wonder what all these horrible
CTcature* ave made for. Old Undo Hum suys
“tlio debil made ’em. The Lord made evt rv -
tiling that is purfcy and good and He look at. it
and say it was all very good, and so do herd Ho
was tired by Saturday night and went to sleep
and slep all day Hunday and short, wmf do old
debil cum along Sunday morning and make up
a lot ot snakes and spiders and scoripins and
sharks and debil fish and stingareos and piscn
oak and tread Hafts and ho on and hides cm
and mixes 'em all up with tho good things and
dat’o how dey coino hero—slio.’’
Hut the world is verv lovely anyhow, and 1 in
thankful that I live, I have been three months
in Florida, and found but ibiee unpleasant l it
dayn. I have not hoard a mosquito, wifo no I
a flea in Clearwater, though my Tho says mocking am
a little deaf and unfeeling. whippoorWdW all
birds slug «11 tho day and the
tho night. My wife has been to the l-lands
several times and never tires of picking up tho
beautiful shells that lino tho gulf side or tho
beach. Hut she has done more than tbis—ftho
lias been bathing in the surf. Hush! Bou t
mention it. Ted it not in Gath. Pub iah it
not in Ajalon. There was nobody there but tho
girls and somo other female women, but tho
scandal haw leaked out. The maternal ancestor
has been buffeting with the foaming billows of
tho deep blue «ea. Who has ridden upon tho
waves and sang ‘’Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deer.” I was o way off ou tlio heel of the in¬
land, and thought tho tide was rising out of its
time, but I understand it now. It was hard
work to got her down litre, but she is enjoying afraid
every day, and everv night, and I’m
will not go homo with me by the lut of April.
Neverthless sho still brags on her homo at
Car tors vi lie this and, if I
Well, is indeed a lovely spot, here I
was rich enough to have a winter i-omo
would have it. Why not? It is co tainly the
place for health and comfort. Ir is a nev. r
tiring feast to the eye to look upon its beauties
It in a cheap place live. It is secluded from
the temp ations of city life, and the pactions
of society. A railroad from Tampa that to will, Clear¬ of
water lifts just been projected, and
conse. add to with our population city anti grand and hotel bring aud n»m a
dose contact a Col. a Hall’s
few thousand Cubans anti circus.
Our people can then glide over iherc there In an
h"U r and see the finery of that country and re¬
turn before the sun goes down. Hut they wi.l
never be happier than they are now. But we
want tho railroad. We need it and it looks
like we are going to have it.
My daughter’s hou-e is nearly done, and will
Lo ready for boarders by next winter, and my
wife and 1 will make two of them. She has
had built a very pretty house ot nine rooms
and four fire places and broad verandas on two
sides for $1,200, which is much less than it
could be built for in Cartersville. Ihe work is
well done, and the Florida pine is beau*Hut.
Bill Abp in Atlanta Constitution.
A RAGING BLIZZARD.
Snow Twenty Feet Deep in the North¬
west-Heavy Loss of Stock.
Dispatches from Buffalo, Wyoming,
state that the wires are just up after
the late storm which continued a ter¬
rible blizzard for over seventy-six
hours without abating. The tempera¬
ture averaged zero and blinding snow
obscured the sky like clouds of dust.
Snow drifted ten to twenty feet deep
in every direction and all roads were
impassable. The coach took five days
coming 1 from Clar Mone, thirty miles
distant on the Burlington road. Fvaneli
men from the outside are unable as yet
to reach the city but reports from
stockmen near by show that the loss
stock is terrible.
M’ Kane Men Sentenced.
A New York dispatch says; Sixteen
Gravesend election inspectors, who
pdeaded guilty to the charge of con
spiraev, have been sentenced to terms
, 1 of impirisoiirncnt ranging from twouty
nine days to six months, and several
were fined in addition,