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Vit r* *li»r wa* a mail? who used to
liii'i' *r -it t iv ^;,r(!i»n jcate
Sair *- <.]<: iia»-lr»n gat--*, you know-—
\A hon t If* ii.it Vflifls an,] thns.sJio.-,
Ar»-i ? ori'-l-r’jf wove a fate
For ti;'* )</•.#*]■ starulmg closely,
In the sweet old long ago.
Once t m-m- was a maid who used to
St rojj alony the shady lane —
'‘ 'i' 1, <»i<i shady lane, you know
\N it h 1 1 f *?* lo'.’er «dose beside her,
\/ih) lie fold the fale again
Lovers, all! hejoif* liave told to
Maidens in the long ago.
Where nr • all the maids who used to
\\ nt their lovers’ '’oming there —
\% ;i i tir*. jn.Kt the same, you know—
In the purple twilight, shadows,
( row:r* i avj tli glory ev’i> ’\ here?
And 5 lie love! s till are Weeing
As in the sweet old long ago.
— AcYork Sun.
T TOW BRIDGET
±1 SAVED US.
By Mrs. Mary A. Denison.
zzr~z .
Do you see my old Irish grand- I
and mother, fresh straight of complexion, as a young sapling, j
almost, as i !
t.b» little grandchild that stands at
her knee.' How her knitting-needles I
corner, fly when and, she eighty sits in though the chimney- she ] |
is,
no one in the house is quicker of mo¬
tion, or can get through more work
In a given time.
Do you notice the cap the very
fashion she brought from the "ould
eounthrie”—a full white frill, hack
of which is banded a broad black
ribbon that ends behind in a smart
bow ?
The Conners came to this country
In ’2 6. Grandmother was then a
handsome young woman of thirty—
the wife of a captain in the Ameri¬
can navy, who, having gone to Ire¬
land to recrui* his health five years
before, saw, feL in iove with and
married the bright Irish girl whose
wit and beauty could scarcely be ex¬
celled,
Since then, grandmother has seen
two generations grow up around her;
and she still lives to tell the children
about her old home, of which she
still retail:- a very vivid recollection.
We have only to say, “Grandma,
tell tis something about Ireland,” to
make her eyes sparkle; for she loves
to talk of the old times.
There is always one story In which
we are always particularly interested,
an./ 1 which t will writ • out, giving, as
nearly as possible, her own quaint
version:
“Well, you see, dearies, papa was
agent for Lord Dunmore then, and
my lord was a very exacting person,
having very little oversight of his
tenants, who lived in wretched mud
hovels, which he never attempted to
repair. It was a dangerous business
to be agent for an absent proprietor
In those times, and though we lived
in the old castle, through his lord
ship's permission, that it might be
kept in order, it was but a dreary
time we had of it, I assure you.
“I remember the old place as if
I'd left it but yesterday. We used
to divide the great diningroom by
screens, and many is the night we’ve
sat around the blazing fire, telling
stories, while the winds roared out¬
side.
“But the times grew terrible. His
lordship oppressed the people, and
for that they hated his agent. Every
time wo went out we met with dark
looks. Even my mother, one* of the
most gentle of women, was afraid
at last to leave the house, and never
ventured to, except on errands of
mercy.
“It was terrible to hear the rumors
of threats that were whispered among
the people. Most of the children
were too young to mind them much;
but I was turning sixteen, and, as r
could understand something of busi¬
ness, these rumors troubled me.
“My father was tall and slender.
You have all seen his picture, and
know that, there's few handsomer
men that he was, kind and gentle,
too—I am sure he was to us—and
he pitied the tenants, and did all he
could for them, consistent with his
own interests.
“But the country was in a dread¬
ful condition. There were many
cruel, haughty men in office, who
cared nothing at all for the comfort
of the peasantry. Both the men and
the offices they held grew hateful,
and the people were ripe for rebel¬
lion.
“Still my father never dreamed
that they would harm him. Indeed,
the people on Lord Dunmore's estate
fared much better than those of other
landlords; though they were wretch¬
ed enough.
“One evening we were ail at sup¬
per behind the great screen which
we had brought down from the gar¬
ret at the beginning of winter, when
suddenly there came a strange noise
at the window, as if stones and gravel
were thrown at the shutters. It had
been a dreary day, and we had
longed for night and firelight.
“Again the sound was repeated
and my father opened the window.
when In sprang Black Jim, a hideous
dwarf, arid the terror of the children,
though more from his distorted fea¬
tures than from any defect of char¬
acter; for he was always kind to
them.
" They’re coming!’’ he gasped, his
face livid with fear. ‘They’ve got
guns, and clubs, and pistols, and
rakes, and hoes, and they vow to kill
the master. John Hodge saw them
as they stopped at a public house,
five mile3 beyond, and they’ve killed
old Sleker, down to Barry’s Mill, and
they’ve set. Johnny Black's house on
fire and burned the children alive,
and what’s worse, there’s a party
coming from Skillings! They’re
bound nobody shall get away!”
“ ‘Barry, run!’ she said, with white
lips that, scarcely moved.
“ I’ll not run for all the rascals
in Ireland,’ said father, frowning
and gather.ng himself up, ‘If they’re
hound to kill me, I’ll die game. I’ve
done nothing wrong, and I believe
every cottager oi the place would
stand for me.’ *
up
‘But these are not our people,’
said my mother; ‘they only want to
know that a man is an agent to
wreak their vengeance upon him at
once. And—hark!”
“She sprang to her feet. There
were certainly harsh voices and the
tramp of men not far off. Presently
a glare of torches could be seen, a
great red light illuminating the
murky atmosphere.
“ ‘Barry, you owe it to us to
save
yourself!’ cried my mother, with
tearless, strained eye3 and clasped
hands; and we children went down
on our knees to implore tuning Side
himself. . he
You know how a is
well you can .taka
off Biddy,’ said my mother, ac ¥mi^$ie
has gone home for the eveitiklg. pEut
on one of her dresses, and talj^rish
to them. You may divert their at¬
tention, and we will tell them e 9Aey
must search elsewhere for yovF.ill
“My father stood irresolute^ but
the shouts of the blood-thirsty, mob
could now be heard, as they came—a
drunken, disorderly body—across the
lawn. He gave one look at my moth¬
er, another at the children, and then
hastily left the room, mother follow¬
ing. Black Jim in the meanfftne had
made his escape. The noiset* were
growing louder and more hideous.
“The house was locked with the
usual fastenings, and before the fu¬
rious mob had reached the outer
door mother came in again, still
deadly pale, but very quiet.
“As I think of it now, I see that
little mother of mine so small, so
frail- in the light of a real heroine,
as she drew her children together,
and told them what to do and say in
case the house was searched. Scarce¬
ly had she ceased when thunderous
noises commenced.
Mother took one of the tall can¬
dles and went herself to undo tha
fastenings of the great door. When
it opened, there was a sudden silence.
I suppose the appearance of that lit¬
tle, fearless woman, with her pale
face, awed them for the moment.
“ ‘What do you want, gentlemen?’
she asked, quietly.
“ ‘The man!—the masther! —
shouted one or two voices.
“ ‘He heard that you were coming,
and you must search for him else¬
where,' said my mother, calmly.
“Some few were disposed to move
away, but the most of the rough
crowd had been indulging in whisky,
and were eager to satisfy more brutal
instincts. They pressed forward
through the hall into the great din¬
ing-room.
“A more terrific crowd, as seen by
the flaring of the torches, could
scarcely be found. Their clothes
were ragged and dirty, their hats
torn, their faces neither washed nor
shaven.
“They made free with the house,
and quickly invaded the kitchen,
where Biddy McGrath assailed them
with vigorous Irish, fairly driving
them back with the broom, the tongs,
or whatever came handy—Biddy
being, of course, our father.
“In the midst of the hurly-burly
the door opened, and who should ap¬
pear but the original Bridget! But
with her quick Irish wit she took in
the situation instantly, and saved us.
“ ‘Sure. Biddy,’ she said, looking
at her master, ‘what’s all this halla
baioo? If they're after the old lord,
they can’t find him here, and the
t’other's too sharp for them. Be¬
sides, ye’ll have to lave onvhow, for
the mother o-v us is in sore throuble.
I’ve jist come down from there to
tell ye that Larry’s took down, and’
the dochter says it’s a case of the
small-pox sure, and that of the bad
dest kind!’
“You should have seen that crowd
break and scatter! The Irish have
more dread of the small-pox than
they have of the gallows. In a few
minutes the house was cleared.
“The night passed without further
molestation to our household. The
next day before dawn father left the
house in disguise, tnd we did not see
him again until the country was
quiet.
“You may be sure that th£ mem¬
ory of Bridget was always held sa¬
cred in our family.”—Good Litera¬
ture.
EASTERN CUBA
NOW INVOLVED
Insurection Spreads and Situation
on Isiand in Acute Sta?e,
REBS HOLD MANY TOWNS
Recruiting of Government Troops Pro¬
ceeding in Havana—Talk of inter¬
vention Again Revived.
A Havana special says: The situa¬
tion is tar darker now than at. any
previous time since the insurrection
Uroke out iu Cuba, flews oT an upris¬
ing in Sanitago province is spreading
about the city and causing the grav¬
est concern. The extent of the up¬
rising is not known, but it is the
general opinion that the worst ca¬
lamity of ail to the Palma govern¬
ment would be^B insurrection in East¬
ern Cuba.
According to two eye-witnesses.
Cardenas, which has seen considered
a peaceful city, was the scene Fri¬
day of desultory fighting between po¬
lice and rural guards on the one side,
and roving insurgents on the other
The only province remaining per¬
fectly peaceful ’ is Puerto Principe.
Americans having cattle in this terri¬
tory are apprehensiv« that that, too,
will become a field for insurrectionary
operations. The correspondent at Clen
fuegos telegraphed that there were
3,000 armed Insurgents in that vicin¬
ity, and that all thv> small towns m
Santa Clara province were controlled
by insurgents, who attacked and loot¬
ed trains, and seized the property
of foreigners as well as of Cubans.
Trinidad is surrounded by insur¬
gents, and the government appears
powerless to protect the property of
Americans and other foreigners. Rail¬
way trains are hetd up at will, and
passengers searched. The Cuban Cen¬
tral railway has declined to assume
responsibility for the safety of pas¬
sengers and freight.
progressml*^ Kecniit big Asa^glfernnient forces is
xHfWmnla, and the
government continues to make head¬
way wherever there is open fight¬
ing.
The government troops in the west¬
ern part of Pinar del Rfo province
have not yet come up with Pino Guer¬
ra, and there is no present likelihood
of their doing so, as the troops might
march ten years, ana all the while
Geurra would still be Just ahead of
them in the hills. There are thousands
of mountain trails witn which the in¬
surgents are familiar, end which lead
in all directions, if Guerra cared to
harrass the government their troops
could be killed off by sharpshooters,
i'he government h.-s no cavalry at
Pinar del Rio, and tne only real sol¬
diers are the artillerymen, but as
they are often afoot they cannot com¬
pete with tlii wen mounted insurg¬
ents. Guerra does want to ilgnt.
His scouts can always be seen at a
distance from the government line of
march.
The increasing gravity of the situ*
ation has revived discussion of the
possibility of intervention by the Uni
ted States.
La Discussion, the semi-official or
gan of the administration, In an edi¬
torial Friday evening, depicts the re¬
sult ot' an intervention as follows:
“Permanent intervention would be
worse than death, it. would be prefer¬
able if the Caribbean should engulf
the Pearl of the Antilles.”
The article appeals thus to racial
sentiment:
“The colored race may tremble be¬
fore the possibility ot intervention,
Americans hate and despise negroes.
Even their own negroes, with whom
they have been in contact for 200
years, are treated like dogs, lynched
and hardly considered human, if it
is so with ne-rroes of their own land
and language, what would happen to
the Cuban negro?”
BOYCOTT BT U*IOY NOT ILLEGAL.
Judge in Washington tpbolds'Rights of La*
bor Oranizations.
Rights of labor unions and their
sympathizers to call on their friends
to withhold natronage from a non¬
union tradesman was recognized as
not being L egal by Justice Stafford
in the district supreme court at Wash¬
ington. Frida?. In making this decis¬
ion Justice Stafford dismissed the
temporary injunction against the Ba¬
kers' Union, which had been obtained
by a local baser
ONLY WHITED SEPULCHER
Thieving Bank President, Who Sti cid*
ed, Tarns Oat to Have Been
Hypocrite of First Rank.
The statement of Receiver Earle
of the Estate Trust company of Phil¬
adelphia that Frank K. Hippie, late
president of the concern, had stolen
securities valued at $65,000, and that
the lending of $3,000,000 to Adolf Se¬
gal on insufficient security amounted
to as much theft, created a profound
sensation throughout the city. The
revelation was an especially cruel
blow to his many intimate friends,
most of whom are prominent in the
Presbyterian church, either as clergy¬
men or laymen. So high was their
estimation of the man who abhorred
tobacco and liquor and refrained from
reading Sunday newspapers, that not
only the various organizations in the
Presbyterian church made the trust
company tlieir depository, but hun¬
dreds cf members o* that denomina¬
tion placed their money in his com¬
pany. The number of pastors who
used the bank to care for their sav¬
ings was exceptionally large. Most ot
them refused to entertain the theory
that Hippie ended his own life, and it
was difficult to make them believe
that his secret opera-ions were as ir¬
regular as they are alleged to be. In
addition to his church work, Mr. Hip¬
pie took an active interest in. reform
politics, and is said to have been a
heavy contributor to the reformer’s
campaign funds in last year’s notable
tight in the City of Brotherly Love.
He was virtually the bank of the
Presbyterian church. .Vot only the
general assembly, which was a larga
depositor, but even the smallest Sun¬
day school organizations and hun¬
dreds of Individuals with abiding
faith in the integrity of the late
president, had entrusted their funds
and savings to the institution.
As treasurer of the trustees of the
general assembly, Mr. Hippie had con¬
trol of over $1,060,000 and as treas¬
urer of the permanent committee on
heme missions and sustentation in the
synod of Pennsylvania and Ptesby
terian hospital of Philadelphia other
large amounts were at his command.
Since the failure of the trust com¬
pany it has been learned that only
;’--w month- the institution- '
a ago was
in. it r consideration as- possible de¬
pository for the foreign missionary
funds of the Presbyterian church. The
influence of Mr. Hippie, it is said,
might have eventually prevailed.
The annual contributions t.o for¬
eign missions amount to over $1,103,
000 and its surplus on hand always
equals half that amount.
GRAM) TOTAL OF COTION CROP
For Season of 1905-06 Placed hy Secre¬
tary Hester at SI ,345,9T& Bales.
At New Orleans, Friday, Secretary i
Hester Issued the following totals ot ;
the cotton crop of the United States
for 1905-06, viz.:
Tort receipts, 8,029,544; uverland,
I, 008,463; southern consumption, ex¬
clusive of amount consumed at aiid
taken from the ports, 2,307,981, mak¬
ing the total of the crop 11,345,988
against 13,565,885 last year and 10,
011,374 the year beljire last.
Secretary Hester says this is the
largest commercial cr.-i ever market¬
ed except that of last year. The com¬
mercial crop of 1897-98 amounted to
II, 199,994. and that of 1898-99 to 11,-
274.S40; the two Tatrer showing the
largest production recorded up to their
respective years.
The total consumption of cotton in
the south amounted to 2,374,225, an
increase ever last year ot 196,305,
and over the year before last ot 333.
el6 bales. Included in this year’s
southern consumption were 66,244
bales consumed at and taken from
j southern outports which amount maue
1 a port ot the net receipts at ports as
above stated.
Mr. Hester’s exhaustive report cov
ering exports, details of southern con
sumption by states, progress of the
milling industry ot the south, world's
consumption of Amt -dean cotton, etc.,
will be put forth in „ iew days.
FILIPINO STLDCNTS COMING.
Will locate in Lousiana to Study Growing
of Suqar, Rice and Other Crops.
,\V. A. Sutherland -f the bureau of
insular affairs, who has charge of
the Filipino students being educated
iu this country at the government ex¬
pense. left Washington. Friday fof
New Orleans to male arrangements
to place them in agricultural positions
where they may acquire a knowledge
of growing sugar, tobacco, rice and
other crops suited to the Philippine
islands.
Sorth Dakota Solves the Adultera¬
tion Problem.
North Dakota seems to have found
tha key to the question, “How shall
v.e protect the people from frauds in
manufactured products?” a plan
which is applicable to foods, bever¬
age, materials used in the arts, etc.
A new law has recently gone into ef¬
fect designed to make it impossible
to deceive people into buying inferior
and adulterated paint under the im¬
pression that they are getting real
paint, viz.: pure white lead and lin¬
seed oil.
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit
the inferior pigments, or mixtures ot
pigments. They adopted the slogan,
“Let the label tell,” and’then left to
the people to buy whichever they
wished.
Under this plan, if any one wishes
to buy a mixture of rock-dust, ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
so-called “white leads,” no one can
object; for they do it with their eyes
open. But if they prefer genuine
white lead and linseed oil, they can
be sure of getting it. for none but
the genuine article can bear a label
which says “pure white lead.”
In sell other States mixtures are of¬
ten sold as pure white lead which
contain little—sometimes no—real
white lead.
It would seem that were-this same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepared articles, where
deception is practiced upon the buy¬
er, the question would be-solved, it
would leave us free to buy what we
pleased,, but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what we did not
want.
A Tall Tree Yarn.
Scott Cummins,, the poet of Win¬
chester, Woods county, was a cow
puncher in the Northwest many years
ago. His outfit came to. Snake River
one day with three thousand cattle.
Cummins, with, a poet's license, re¬
lates what happened:
“The river was too dangerous for
swimming, but after following the
bank a short distance the foreman
found a giant redwood tree that had
fallen across tile river. Fortunately
the tree was hollow, and, making a
chute, they had no trouble in driving
the cattle through the log to the
other side;
“As the cattle had not been counted
for several days, one of the cowboys
was stationed to count them as they
emerged from the log. The count fell
short some three hundred head, but
about that time a distant lowing was
heard. ’ “
-
“Their surprise may be imagined
when on lboking about they found
that the cattle had wandered off into
a hollow limb.”—Kansas City Star.
A Viscount's Wager.
A marvellous story is being totd In
Paris of a peer painter’s pilgrimage.
Ten years ago, according to the story,
Viscount Jacques de Gruart laid a
wager of £12,000 with some com¬
panions that he would make the tour
of the world on foot, accompanied by
his fiancee-, whom he was to marry
on the day of his departure, husband
and w.'fe subsisting exclusively the
whole time on the vtscount’s earnings
as an amateur painter. There was no
stipulation as to time. The pair have
just reached Paris on their return
after successfully accomplishing their
undertaking and winning their bet.
They have traversed Europe, Amer¬
ica, Africa and Australia, living on
nothing but the meagre profits of tha
viscount’s brush.—London Globe.
GOOD AND HARD
Results of Excessive Coffee Drinking.
It it remarkable what suffering
some persons put up with just to sat¬
isfy an appetite for something.
A Mica, woman rays: “I had been
using coffee since I was old enough to
have a cup of my own at the table,
am' from it I have suffered agony
hundreds of times in the years past.
“My trouble first began in the form
of bilious colic, coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life.
At every attack for 8 years I suf¬
fered in this way. I used to pray for
death to relieve me from my suffer¬
ing. I had also attacks of sick head¬
ache, and began to suffer from ca¬
tarrh of the stomach, and of course
awful dyspepsia.
“For about a year I lived on crack¬
ers and water. Believing that coffee
was the cause of all this suffering,
I finally quit it and began to use
Postum Food Coffee. It agreed
with my stomach, my troubles have
left me and I am fast gaining my
health under its use.
“No wonder I condetbn coffee and
tea. No one could be in a much more
critical condition than I was from the
use of coffee. Some doctors pro¬
nounced it cancer, others ulceration,
but none gave me any relief. But
since I stopped coffee and began Pos¬
tum I am getting well so fast I can
heartily recommend It for all who
suffer as I did.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, “The Road to
Wellrllle.” “There’s a reason.”