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SCHLEY COUNTY ENTERPRIS #
A. J. HARP, Publisher.
THE NEWS.
Interesting Happenings from all 1'olnta.
EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATUS!.
A ore at chess match for the world's cham¬
pionship fit New York and a between pnrso of W. $1,000 H. Is Zuketort, in progress of
Europe, best two players and W. Steinitz, of America, the
living.
The steamship Hylton Castle, bound from
New York for Rouen, Franco, with a cargo
of grain, tho foundered off the Long Island coast
during recent, heavy storm. All on ls>ard
were rescued after su ffering greatly in small
boats.
Mbs. Elizabeth Dubois (colored) died a
few vanced days since of in Newburg, N. Y., at the ad¬
age 110 years. She was once a
Slave in Ulster county, N. Y., and was eman¬
cipated in 1827.
Fire totally destroyed a five-story granite
block in Boston, causing a loss of $100,000 in
flour and canned goods.
The New Jersey legislature is in session,
both houses having a Republican majority.
A cave-in which occurred a few days ago
at a mine near lied Lyon, Penn., buried a
number of miners. Three dead bodies were
recovered soon after the accident.
The four Newark (N. J.) dog-bitten chil¬
dren who were sent to Paris at public expense
for treatment by M. Pasteur, the hydropho¬
bia expert, have returned home in apparent
good health.
The Gloucester (Mass.) fishing schooner
Mabel Dillaway bus been given up for lost
There were fifteen souls on board.
MOUTH AND WEST.
Mobile The steamer New Alicia York with A. Washburn, from
for cotton, has been
burned at sea, the captain and crew escaping
in ln/ats.
Governor Foraker’s inauguration as gov¬
ernor of Ohio, at Columbus, comprised a
civic deliverance procession to the State in house and the
of the inaugural the rotunda of
the capitol.
Skatino has been indulged in upon the
ponds of Florida, a scene never before wit¬
nessed. The loss te > the State’s orange crop
during the recent freezing weather is esti¬
mated at. $1,000,000. The loss to the vegeta¬
ble crop is immense, some men having sixty
and a hundred acres killed.
The Republican majority in the Ohio lower
legislature Cincinnati unseated charge nine of Democrats fraud from their
on the iu
election, und substituted nine Republicans.
The house was iu a continual uproar during
the proceedings.
A loss of $280,000 was incurred by the
burning flour warehouse, down of Chicago. Frederick C. Four Vehmeyer’s firemen
■were injured.
A fire at Burlington, Iowa, destroyed the
residence of Charles Buettner, a German nat¬
uralist, who had the finest collection of birds,
insects and animals west of New York and
the Smithsonian Institute. The collection
burned included 00,000 insects.
Colonel Edmund Richardson, the most
extensive cotton planter iu the world, died
suddenly aged sixty-eight a few days since The in fortune Jackson, Miss., by
years. left
him is estimated at between $.8,000,000 and
$0,000,000. Colonel Richardson cultivation, had 17,000
acres of cotton under and his
average harvest was 12,000 or 13,000 bales.
Cattle perished by the thousand during
the severe weather in the Southwest and far
West.
Wenzel Lapour, a prisoner in the counj
tv jail at Colfax, Neb., killed his jailer,
sheriff Degman, who had held office only five
days. Lapour was taken from jail by
masked men and hanged.
A boiler in the basement of a Catholic
church the edifice, at Indiauapolis the largest exploded, destroying
one of and finest in the
causing city, killing the engineer and a little girl, and
a pecuniary loss of $0.8,000.
A letter has been published charging
members of the last Ohio legislature with
taking Henry brilies to vote for the election of
and joint B. Payne committee to the United investigation States Senate,
a of has
been appointed by the present legislature.
Several members so charged have brought
suit for libel against a prominent Cincinnati
paper.
An old farmer in Arkansas captured six
.convicts who had broken jail, and single-
handed marched them in Indian file, with
himself and gun bringing up the rear, to prison.
Investigations made by the Chicago
police blow are said to show a plot of Socialists to
“the great up public revolution” buildings begins. with dynamite when
A reception (was given to Senator-elect
Sherman by the Ohio legislature at Columbus
and he made an address from the Speaker’s
chair in the House, after which he was ten¬
dered a public reception, presided over by
Governor Foraker, in the Senate chamber.
WASHINGTON.
ABOUT 4,000 bills have already been Intro¬
duced in the House.
In executive session of the Senate, Messrs.
Eaton, Edgertou and Trenholm commissioners, were con¬
firmed as civil service the
latter two without opposition, twelve Senators
voting against Mr. Eaton. The Senate also
confirmed tho nomination of Benj. F. Jonas
to be collector of customs at New Orleans.
The Senate on the 12th confirmed a large
number of presidential postmasters and the
following: George Henry A. Jenks, L. Muldrow, assistant first secre¬
tary of interior; as¬
sistant secretary of interior; Win. E. Mc¬
Jos. Lean, fii-st deputy second commissioner deputy commissioner of pensions;
Bartlett,
of pensions; Robert B. Vance, assistant com¬
missioner New York, of patents; James W. of Wbelpley, the United of
assistant treasurer
States; Wm. E. Smith, of New York, assis¬
tant secretary of treasury; Conrad N. Jor-
dan, of New Jersey, treasurer of the United
States, and others.
The expenses of tho funeral of General
Grant, which were assumed by the govern¬
only ment, have not yet been |>aid. They amount
to $14,1.88.7.8, although newspaper ro-
ports have frequently estimated them as high
as Stephen $.80,(KR Merritt, The money New was York advanced undertaker by
a
who had charge of the obsequies.
Land Commissioner Sparks refuses to
recognize tho claim of the Northern Pacific
railroad to a $25,000,000 land grant between
Portland, Ore., and Puget sound.
John Sherman has been re-elected to the
United States Senate in joint .session of the
to Ohio sixty-two legislature, for Allen receiving G. Thurman. eighty-four votes
Fifteen vessels were wrecked within the
scope of tbe operations of the Life-Saving
service during fourteen the of recent them heavy storms. The
crews of were rescued, while
that of only one was lost.
President Cleveland, on the 14th, gave
his first State dinner in honor of the cabinet.
Secretary Lamar has decided against
the March validity of the The Boll telephone patent of
7, 1870. case has excited great
attention among telephone companies.
FOREIGN.
There Is an outcry against cats iu Lon¬
don, a boy having died from rabies caused
by a tabby’s bite.
Germany has seized the Samoan islands in
the Pacific ocean. The American and British
consuls protested against the seizure.
The British parliament is again in session,
Gladstone and Bradlaugh were loudly cheered
at tho ojiening.
A large part of Montreal has been inun¬
dated, entailing terrible suffering on poor
people, whose houses in many instances are
masses of ice. The thermometer was twenty-
six degrees below zero.
Farmers in Wales are demanding a per¬
manent reduction of twenty-five per cent, in
rents, fixity or tenure and compensation for
making improvements on their holdmas.
The German government states officially
that it has no intention of annexing the Sa¬
moan islands or of interfering with existing
treaties lietwoon Samoa and America and
England.
The Emperor William has formally opsueJ
the Prussian diet.
Many Irish laborers have been thrown into
a state long-continued of desperation privation, by distress and resulting threaten
from do
to help themselves to food if they not soon
obtain assistance.
M. Grew says that he thinks he shall
,i’/e out his new presidential term of seven
years, aud that he Ims no doubt the sunshine
of tranquillity will overspread France in
1898 as now.
It is announced that Mr. Barnum has pur¬
chased “Alice, the wife of the deceased ele¬
phant Jumlio.” Alice is nearly as big as her
defunct sramse, and is a great favorite at the
lyondon Zoo.
Senator Beck is as well posted on in horses Ken¬
and their racing records as any man
tucky. There is nothing he likes so much as a
good horse race, aud this is the only thing
that will take him away from the Senate dur¬
ing the session.
“Diamond Joe" Reynolds is one of the
millionaire curiosities of Chicago. He in¬
variably wears a plain gray suit without an
overcoat, a hat several seasons out behind, of style pru¬ for
nella gaiters that have been
years, and always has in his shirt front a
first-water diamond as large as a filbert and as
bright as a dewdrop. He owns more grain
elevators tlian any man in the country and
ships more grain'than any two men on the
Chicago board of trade.
II DIFFICULT OPERATION,
REMOVING A MAN’S KIDNEY TO
SAVE HIS I.JFE,
b
The Hereto Treatment of a Desperate and
AiM'arcmi? Hopeless l'aso.
a„ .o»i, wss
the last ten months Joseph Whye, of Warrick
county, has been an inmate of the Evansville
city hospital. He came to the hospital to be
treated for an intense jumping pain in his
left side, the cause of which was at first un-
known. Being carefully watched by the at-
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special course of treatment for what was
considered to be Bright’s disease of the
kidneys without avail, there was
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further symptoms. These came after a time
in a small swelling which appeared in the left
siie, which, after it was first noticed, de-
veloped rapidly. The case was diagnosed
then as an abscess of the kidney, and the
accompanying flow of bloody pus which
comes at a certain stage of this disease, con-
firmed it. The suppuration was exceedingly of
profuse, and was kept up by the flow
liquid The disease through is the exceedingly kidney'. dangerous and
the only chance which a person afflicted has
is that when the abscess bursts it will not be
in the loins, but in such a place as will be
readily drained by the natural outlet. In
Whve’s case, from the symptoms shown, it
was considered that tin abscess was discharg-
ing slightly* in the loins, and that in a
short time the abdominal cavity
would be filled with virulent pus, which was
sun- to set up a peritonitis which could only
end fatally. A consultation was held in the
case at which all the local physicians reached were that
present, and the conclusion was
the only chance- under the circumstances
which the patient had, was to remove the of¬
fending kidney. difficult operation
This rare and was per¬
formed at the hospital yesterday afternoon.
It attracted all the local medical talent. After
the patient hail been put under the influ¬
ence of an anaesthetic, an incision was made
in the abdominal wall just below the umbili¬
cus, about six inches long. Great care was
taken not to lacerate the intestines, and a di¬
rector was used when cutting through the
peritoneum After the opening had been
made into the abdominal cavity, the intes¬
tines were pushed aside and partly raised so
as to enable the surgeon to get at the diseased
kidney. kidney found to be greatly swol¬
The was the
len and adherent in many delicate places manipulation to sur¬
rounding tissue? By separated that
the adhering surfaces were so
the full extent of the kidney could be readily
felt and examined. It was found to be af¬
fected in every part by the disease and
changed in color. It was hard and soft in spots
and its elements were evidently fast changing found
into pus, a large amount of which was
in the abdominal cavity. This was at once
removed. Keeping the neighboring internal
organs out the of the kidney way, the upward surgeon gradually until it
worked favorable
was brought into a P°
sition for cutting. The appendage which
united it to the other organs was unusually
thick, and it required several cuts with scis¬
sors to sever it. The kidney was then re¬
moved from the body, while the blood the spurted abdom¬
from the lacerated arteries into
inal cavii.y. bleeding points picked after
The were up
much difficulty and the arteries were liga¬
tured, after the patient had lost a large
amount of blood from hemorrhage. The ab¬
dominal cavity was then carefully washed
out with an antiseptic solution aud every
trace of the irritating pus removed. An ex¬
amination was made also of the other
kidney. condition to It do was double found duty. in a healthy The intestines enough
and other organs being properly returned to
position, the opening in the abdoman was
closed by silver and catgut sutures aud the
wound bandaged with antiseptic dressings.
The patient, rallied from the attending shock
and appeared to have a chance of recovery.
PERSONAL MENTION
Prince Bismarck’s gross annual income is
a trifle short of $100,000.
Sam Jones, the Southern revivalist, baa
saved money cnought to buy a farm.
Mr. Gladstone’s personal mail pouch con¬
tains about 8,000 letters every mouth.
General Beauregard is one of the most
active members of the New Orleans Crema¬
tion society.
General Berdan, the famous sharp¬
shooter, will before long return to this country
for an extended visit.
Senator Stanford has bought Aaggie record
Sarah, a famous Holstein cow, with a
of 16,938 pounds of miik in one year.
Under the influence of big dinners, idle¬
ness and high life generally, Lieutenant
Greely, the explorer, is becoming corpulent.
D. A. Clark, of Montana, went to the cat¬
tle range in 1864 with about twenty-five $2,000
cents, and he now has an income of a
day.
John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the
Oneida community, is ’very ill at his home
nearNiagara Falls, and isiiot expected to re¬
cover.
It is noticeable that the queen; after re¬
turning to Winilsor from Scotland or else -
where, always pays a visit to ex-Empress
Eugenie.
The hobbies of De Lesseps are children and
canals, but he doesn’t love them in equal only pro¬
portion. He has twelve children and
two canals.
offer It is probable that Mr. public Andrew library Carnegie’s in Pitts-
of $280,000 for a complied
bur will be accepted aud the terms
with by that city.
Thomas P. O’CoNNor, M. P. for Liverpool
and Mr.Farnelt’s most trusted lieutenant, was
at one time a book reader for the Harpers'
publishing house, New York.
Minister 8. 8. Cox announces that he has
begun an historical work on the Ottoman in¬
vasion of Europe. He expects to obtain full
access to all the Turkish archives and li¬
braries.
ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 188G.
THE IRISH POLICY.
TUB IIIHTINH t'AUINET INCIINEII
TO ADOPT VOLKHOV
A Hill lor SitrriiKibenlntt the Criminal tint,
of Ireland to be tillered.
London dispatches of recent date give the
following interesting details relating to the
British government’s proposed treatment o*
Ireland’s demand for home rule:
It is stated that the government will at the
earliest moment introduce a bill in Parlia¬
ment making boycotting a felony, enlarging
magistrates’ and powers of summary jurisdiction,
otherwise strengthening the criminal
law. Tho introduction of this measure is
said to have been decided upon at a cabinot
council.
The members of the prosent and last minis¬
tries have received letters threatening retalia¬
tion with dynamite if the coercion policy in
relation to Ireland is adopted, or if home rule
for that country is refused.
A great meeting under the auspices of the
Loyal and Ireland. Patriotic union has been held at
Belfast, A rosolution was adopted
protesting against the passage by parliament
of any measure granting home rule to Ire¬
land. Many delegates from the north of
Ireland were present. A resolution was
throne; adopted declaring unwavering loyalty to the
from the denouncing separation of Ireland
Irish parliament union; refusing to recognize an
if one should be established;
solemnly protesting against the “pernicious
and immoral practices of the so-called na¬
tional league;” summoning the government
to enforce the laws and suppress disloyalty
and rebellion and protect the lives and lib¬
erties of the peaceable and industrious sub¬
jects Tne of her majesty.
Duke of Bedford writes to the London
Times: “There is a growing belief that Mr.
Gladstone seeks to abandon the loyal Irish to
the dominion of the disloyal This obliges
me to ask myself whether the party allegi-
ance to which £ have ever adhered is not
asst
t be contrary.”
This letter has caused a profound sensation
among the politicians. The duke is one of the
he has £ been tbc 'eyea^Duriig'th^st active legislator, forty with
years an and he
nas always been a stanch partisan. He is also
liberal SRBS2*atsrssra6.5te leader it
thinking, and his naturally letter sets other whigs to
may have the effect of
disrupting K’^s'jaaas±i,s the whole party. Its results are
n ’ >ro ‘* w ’
The general opinion in regard to the Lib-
eral attitude is that Mr. Gladstone, being uu-
able to wela his party together on the ques-
tion of home rule for Ireland, will repudiate
his alleged utterances on that subject at the
first decent chance. Mr. Gladstone to-day
had a long and earnest conferenrj with
Lords Granville and Hartington, who
were foreign respectively affairs the secretaries lor
and for war in
his late cabinet. Both of these statesmen art
unalterably opposed to a separate parliament
for Ireland, and it is reported that they have
persuaded Everybody Mr. Gladstone to abandon this
issue. is talking to-night about
the significant and probably inspired ad-
mission of the News that it will be impossi-
ble for Mr. Gladstone to form a durable
cabinet
Prospective New States.
A CHANCE FOR TIIltEE TERRITORIES
SENATOR VOOKHEES’ ATTITUDE.
United States Senator Vouchees, who has
introduced bills to admit Montana and Wash-
•ngton Territories to the Union, has been
asked by a (Washington correspondent if he
intended to make the admission of Dakota
conditional on the admission of Montana, as
it has been reported that the Democrats were
disposed .to do. He replied; “I can speak
only for myself. I think the l>e«t arrange¬
ment that we can make is to admit Da¬
kota, Montana and Washington together.
They must all come in soon, and they
might as well come in Dakota’s now. coming I do not in. She see
how we can prevent population of and is
has a voting 80,000,
certainly entitled to admittance. I thought
at first that I should oppose the division of
Dakota, but I do not see how I can. The
Territory has an area of five times my own
State, and South Dakota will he about as
large as Ohio and Indiana. Montana has a
voting population voting of population 2<i,0(X> nnd of Wash¬
ington There a fifteen 40,-
000. are not oon-
gressional districts in the country with the
population of Montana. Washington, Dakota and not Republican. a hundred
with that of is
Montana remain is Democratic, Washington and I am confident
will so. is close and may
be won by either party. If she comes into the
Union by Democratic votes under a Demo¬
cratic will administration, all the our chances It in the new
State be lietter. seems to me
much the best plan to take in these three Ter¬
ritories politically at once. it will They be" are entitled to it,
and arrangement be affair made.” and equitable
an as can
Several prominent Democrats are reported
to agree with Mr. Voorhees. Mr. Springer
expresses mittee the Territories opinion will that report the House favorably com¬
on
on the division and admission of Dakota un¬
less the party shall hold a caucus upon the
subject. decision In would that event be adverse. it is his opinion that
the
THE ENGLISH TUNNEL,
ConnectiiiK Liverpool and Birkenhead.
Opened by the !*rlnce of Wales.
The tunnel under Mersey, connecting Liver-
pool and Birkenhead, was formally opened
Wednesday by the Prince of Wales and his two
sons, Princes Albert and Goorge. Notwitli.
standing the inclemency of the weather, a
ieavy fog prevailing and snow falling, there
nere large crowds present, both at Birkenhead
and Liverpool. At the central station at Birk-
mhead his royal highness was of presented that city. with
in address by the inhabitants The
Mersey Tunnel railway company had provided
iccommodations fora great number of persons
within the station, aiid the entire space was
5Ued with prominent people. All the promi¬
nent buildingh in Liverpool bunting. were handsomely loyal
iecorated with flags aud A
iddress was also presented to the prince of
Wales by the municipal authorities of Liver¬
pool. The royal party entered a special train
it Rock Ferry, between Chester and Birken¬
head, and proceeded through the tunnel. The
prince and his sons received an ovation.
Fearful Hog Scourge.
TEN THOUSAND DEATHS IN WISCON¬
SIN—THE PLAGUE SPREADING.
The hog plague which lias prevailed in the
vicinity of Beloit, Wis., this last season and
is still causing groat loss, is probably the most
disastrous disease which lias ever aflii -ted stock
in this vicinity. Scores of hogs are dying
every day, and it is estimated that fully 10,-
000 have died from the plague within a radius
of fifteen miles of Beloit. The l>est authority
on the matter does not name tho disease to
the general satisfaction of stock men, but
many are satisfied that the disease is measles
and not cholera.
Tlie Boilers Explode.
Boilers of towboat Modoc exploded shorn
eight o’clock Monday morning, in Piitsbuig,
near Sixteenth street bridge, on the Alleghany
sw I ^au“. p ^i:ri u s:;:
man injured.
The Hurley-Field.
summer airs awoke from sleep
Tho bailey stirs; tho ripples creep
In shimmering curves across its lea,
Expanding like a restless sea
Beneath tho azure a radiant sleep.
What story trusted to i s keep
In foolish confidence and deep
Is this it babbles eagerly,
O summer airs?
Is it a tale to make eyes weep ?
The thrilled and quiokeneil pulses leap ?
Or hands to clap exultingly?
It munnure thus to you and mo
As o’er its fair expanse yon sweep,
O summer airs!
—Mary L. Goodrich in Ihe Current.
JESSICA’S WOOER.
It was very foolish of Mr. Poppers
to think he could keep Jessica from
falling in love, and other people from
falling in love with Jessica—she was
altogether too pretty for that. Just
17, with a round rosebud face, a wealth
of dark brown hair, and the sweetest
temper in the world. It was a sight
to see her upon her weather-beaten,
choleric old father’s arm on the way
to church.
Ho looked like a thunder cloud
which had captured a sunbeam; or, as
Ihe young men irreverently said, a
pompous old turkey-cock escorting a
dove.
He glared about to the right and
left, snorting defiance at admirers, so
that the sunbeam glowed and the dove
fluttered under very difficult circum¬
stances. But there she was. in spite
of the peculiar oppression, the bright¬
est, sweetest creature you can imagine:
and with a native bit of coquetry
about her, too, that made even the
lifting of those curling, dark lashes
extremely perilous to the masculine
hearts so plentiful about her. Calford
was full ot young men.
There were a college, and a naval
academy, and a pianoforte manufac¬
tory there; then Calford washeadquar-
ters for artists—the scenery was so
beautiful. And it chanced that there
were few young ladies in the town.
Peter Peppers was a widower. He
had brow-beaten his little wife to
death when she was very young. She
had left him two daughters—Rebecca,
who was made of the same harsh ma¬
terial as her father, and Jessica, who
wR3 exceedingly like what the mother
had been. There was no danger of
any one falling in love with Rebecca—
or Becca, as she was called.
Her tart an3 puckery countenances
carried terror to the stoutest masculine
heart, and she was left withering on
the stem, in her 32d summer. Her
father found in her a spirit equal to
his own, but they both agreed in keep
lng a strict watch upon Jessica. l r et,
in spite of continual scolding and
fault-finding, Jessica continued to be
as happy as a bird. She had youth
and hope on her side, and she could
hardly fail to go abroad witb«c‘ get¬
ting a hint of her power.
Jessica bad been allowed tno patrV
lege of an intimate friend, a very
<weet girl, afflicted with lameness,
named Olive Aliys; but Olive’s two
brothers came home from the sea, and
this intimacy was interdicted by Mr.
Peppers.
Jessica was no more to visit her
friend.
To do Mr. Peppers justice, he was
very fond of Jessica and proud of her.
He knew she was charming and good,
and, without much forethought, de¬
termined to keep her to himself.
But fate and Mr. D’Albert were too
much for Mr. Peppers’s intentions.
Mr. D’Albert was the principal 0 f
the naval academy. He saw Jessica,
and, upon meeting her again at a
church party, asked his landlady for
au introduction to her.
Mrs. Japonica hesitated, declaring:
“Actually I daren’t. Mr. Peppers
wouldn’t like it.”
“But I should," laughed Mr. D’Al
bert.
“Mr. Peppers never uT,ows gentle
men to pay 1 J attention to Jessica. If it
we’ e Becca, now, the case would bo
different."
“It’s not Becca. 1 wouldn’t kiss
Becca for fifty pounds.”
“Mercy! Well, when you get a
chance to kiss Jessica, let me know.”
“I will.”
Mr. D’ Albert went away and found
some more daring soul to introduce
him to Jessica.
He stooo by her side some ten min¬
utes, saying the usual pleasant noth¬
ings of society, admiring the smiling
red mouth and dimpled cheeks, and
guessing at the length of the curling
dark lashes, when Mr. Peppers, discov¬
ering the situation, with a portentious
putting up of his under lip, hastened
upon the scene, and, frowning heavily
into Mr. D’Albert’s handsome face,
diew Jessica away.
Mr. D’Albort’s quiet smile told that
be understood the situation, and look-
erS-OIt laughed, but no one guessed the
««» f «*
Mr. D’Albert did not guess it him-
self until weeks had flown, and he had
accumulated a vast deal of informa¬
tion concerning the Peppers.
Then he became acquainted with
Olive Aliys, and the latter spoke of
her friend with enthusiasm,
“If 1 were a young man," concluded
Olive, excitedly, “I'd fall in love with
Jessica, and run away with her. She
is so bright and pretty, and she never
gets taken out for a concert, or a ride,
or a sail, as the other girls do. They
keep her as close as a nun, and will
until she’s dried to parchment, like
liecca. I don't see how Jessica bears
it—I don’t 1"
Mr. I)’Albert had spells of u'Sep
thought after this conversation, espec¬
ially on learning that the only place
where Jessica was allowed to walk of
a Sunday evening was in the cemetery,
From his window it chanced, too, that
he could see the back garden where
Jessica sewed and read, and tended
her plants and canary, and daily his
respect and interest deepened. He
had half-a-dozen merry, joyous sisters
at home, and dwelt on the contrast.
Now it happened that Jessica
thought as much of Mr. D’Albert as
Mr. D’Albert thought of Jessica.
She knew his window in Mrs. Japon-
ica’s pretentious boarding-house; knew
his horse when ho galloped past her
father's door; knew—at least, knew
well enough—where tho lovely flowers
came from which sometimes reached
her.
Olive Aliys had a beautiful garden,
and Becca thought Olive sent them,
but Jessica knew well enough that the
choice and costly selections came from
an unexpected quarter. .
Mr. I)'Albert’s glance said as much
whenever she chanced to get a bow
from him; and if she blushed vividly,
who can wonder? She could not
think of one objection against Mr.
D’Albert as a lover; nor, in reason,
could Mr. Peppers. He was every
inch a gentleman.
It was very accommodating of Bee-
ca to fall ill. She was not painfully
ill. only very sallow, and unable to
drive all before her in the household;
so that she was exceedingly cross, and
Jessica had a harder time than usual
at home. e * * *
The doctor ordered a change of
scene.
“I’d send you down to the seaside,
anil Jessica might go with you to take
care of you,” said Mr.
“There’s too many young men here I
notice that naval fellow lifting his hat
to Jessica. But there’s always board-
ers at the seaside in summer, and a
great deal of foolishness going on.”
“We could go to Mrs. Green's," said
Becca. “Nobody ever goes there.”
They could, and did—Mr. Peppers
first ascertaining that Mrs. Green had
no lodgers, and making her promise
that she would take none while his
daughters remained.
It was a forlorn old place—isolated
enough, but comfortable and clean
within, and plenty of sea air.
Any change was a delight to Jessi-
ca, and she climbed the rocks and
splashed in the surf, with her cheeks
like roses and her eyes bright as
jewels.
“Laws!" said Mrs. Green; “see that
girl enjoy herself. Ain’t she a beauty!
It does rny heart good to look at her.
She’ll marry early—you’ll see.”
“Indeed she won’t!” snapped Becca.
“We’ve other intentions.”
“ ’Man proposes, but God disposes, * H I
replied Mrs. Green, as she rattled her
knitting-needles.
Invalidism compelled Miss Becca to
be a late riser.* Jessica usually had a
bath and a run in the morning air
bofore her sister came down.
One morning, as she was tripping
across the dooryard, her attention was
attracted by a dog kennel, and a great
Russian boarhound rose up and looked
at her inquiringly. ■
Jessica stared, her bright eyes wid-
ened, then site looked inquiringly
around. But there was no one but
the dog and herself in the yard, and as
ho wagged bis tail invitingly and look¬
ed kind, in spite of ills deep mouth,
she drew near and patted his great
head.
Jessica liked animals, especially
large dogs and horses. This dog wore
a handsome collar with his name,
marked upon it—"Pasha”—also his
owner’s name.
Jessica trembled a little as she read
the letters. Her cheeks burned, too.
Then she heard Mrs. Green’s voice
through the open window.
“Yes, Miss Peppers, I’ve taken a
dog to board. No harm in that, I
hope. Your pa couldn’t have no sort of
objection to him. I didn’t take his
master.”
“No!" snapped Miss Becca. “I hope
you didn’t take a man into the house!”
“He wanted to, though. He was a
stranger, but nice and pleasant-look-
ing, and I’d a taken him hut for my
promise to your pa. He went to the
hotel, I suppose, ’bout two miles below
here."
What makes such a swnrm of dim¬
ples creep over Jesslca's satiny cheeks?
It seemed to her tho brightest morning
she had ever known, though Mecca
came out and scolded her for dampen¬
ing her feet and running out bare
headed.
How the sea glittered!—how ihe
waves raced up Ihe beach! llow
sweetly the little beach birds, swing¬
ing among the tall marsh grasses,
whistled and called.
Miss Beccn came out
“See what a nice dog, Mecca,’’ said
Jessica, timidly.
Becca examined the great fellow
with her eye-glasses, while Jessica
trembled.
“I suppose the great creature might
be of service to us, in case we should
meet a—man—in our walks," she said.
“He’s very kind,” said Jessica,
It was soon apparent that Pasha
would follow her anywhere. He would
stalk contentedly at her side, and
when she sat down among the rocks,
He down at Iter feet, with his head
upon her little shoe. He evidently
grew very fond of Jessica, and Jessica
was very fond of Pasha.
One day they were under the cliffs.
“Hark!’’ said Becca. “What’s that?”
It was somebody who was whistling
very clearly:
A fox jumped over the parson’s gate.
“A man!” said Becca. “If he comes
here I’ll set the dog on him," she add¬
ed fiercely.
A handsome mac somewhat under
30 came around the rocks, then paused
suddenly, lifting his hat.
Becca had no time to set the dog
upon him. Pasha was off like a shot,
yelping with delight. He leaped up,
planting his great fore-paws upon his
master's breast and lapping his face.
“Down, down, Pasha, old fellow!
Pardon, ladies. ' Misses Peppers, I am
sure. I am sure I cannot be mistaken;
and perhaps you remember my face—
D’Albert of Calford. I have been in
the naval academ v for lhe P ast y« ar -
-
and know your respected father well.
Y r ou are seeking your health down
here, Miss Peppers? Ah, and find it.
are Poking finely.”
Tew men have been brave enough
to compliment Becca. Perhaps that is
s * ie men ti° n 0't the sex so tartly.
Be that as it may, she forgot Jessica,
and recedved Mr. D Albert very civilly.
He was at the Oliver Hotel. Pasha
was his property. lie was on his way
to ^ rs ‘ f,reeQ 8 - to P a y the dogs bill.
The four walked down the sands
tr 6 ether ’ Miss Becca did not see any-
thing suspicious in the situation,
Perhaps she was a little bewildered
at havin « a gentleman’s arm to lean
on, and a gentleman s strong hand to
** er over the rocks and gullies,
* or ’P’ S9 ' ca ' wbo tripped lightly
ahead ’ with Pa,ha at l,er 8ille - the sea
8 P arkled brighter and the waves raced
more madly than ever. Her cheeks
were like roses, and her eyes like dia¬
monds.
By paying marked attention to Bec¬
ca, Mr. D’Albert managed to get a
word and a glance from Jessica during
his visits, which came weekly.
Mrs. Green stared.
“Well,” said Becca, apologetically,
“Mr. D’Albert is not like common
men.”
Certainly he was not, to undertake
prosecution of so difficult a siege.
Demure little Jessica could not but
smile nt the patience and zeal with
which her admirer continued his tac¬
tics.
It was a long tims before Becca took
alarm and guessed the truth.
Mr. D’Albert caiue to Mrs. Green’s
n Pashas account. Pasha’s bravery
, j n(e ii,g^ uce wa8 a 8U bject upon
which they all agreed,
Then, Mr. D’Albert made their stay
at the seaside much pleasanter by fre¬
sails and rows. He bided his
anrt l)y and by couk , not be Bhak .
off.
He loved Jessica, and Jessica had
to love him.
Why lie should not be her husband
Becca could not say, especially as Mr.
D’Albert coolly signified his intention
waiting any length of time for her
sister.
Becca, who had fled from Calford
with Jessica, returned with her engag¬
with her father's consent, to Mr.
D’Albert.
Mr. Peppers, taken back by the situ¬
had weakened, and finally yield¬
Pasha also approved.
And at the wedding Mrs. Japonica
her opportunity to see Mr. D’Al¬
bert kiss his bride, Jessica.
Useful in One Way.
“Well, Booby,” said young Featherly,
“we had quite a pleasant time at the
house last evening.”
“l r es, indeed,” replied Booby; “ma
wa? speaking about it at the breakfast
table this morning.” .
“So your ma eujoyed the evening,
too, did she?’’
“Yes. She told pa that she can
never think of you without laughing.”
New York Times.
VOL. I. NO. 18 .
Till Thon, Good Night.
Good night ! I have to any good nif#
To such a host of host less things I
Good night unto thut fragile hand,
All queenly with its weight of rings!
Good night to fond uplifted eyes,
Good night to ehestnut braids ol hair,
Good night unto the perfect mouth
And all the sweetness nestled there
The snowy hand detains me—then
I’ll have to say good night again.
But there will come a time, my love!
When, if I road our stars aright,
I shall not linger by this porch
With my adieus. Till then, good night !
You wish the time were now T And I.
You do not blush to wish it so?
You would have blushed yourselt to death
To own so much a year ago.
What? Both these snowy hands! Ah,
then,
Tl! Wvc to say good night again.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich-
HUMOROUS.
The first, thing in a boot is the last.
“Foreign relations”—French nov-
els.
A seamstress’ exclamation — “A
hem!”
Nothing tries the sole of a man
more than a shoe-peg.
The crow is not a particularly musi¬
cal bird, but the farmer always asso¬
ciates him with the corn et.
Talking about antiquity and the age
of things, we submit that the oldest
berry is the elder berry.
The only persons in the world who
do not like to see redeeming qualities
in the human race are the pawnbrokers.
Two stupid Michigan hunters shot
a woman, mistaking her for a bear. A
woman should never be mistaken for
anything but a dear.
A snail who goes about his business
and doesn't stop to gossip with every
bug ho meets can creep 300 feet be¬
tween sunup and sundown. That's
far enough for any snail.
“Johnny, is your sister in?" “ J
don’t know. Lemme see—what's
your name?" Barnes—Mr. Barnes."
‘ All right, Mr. Barnes. You just sit
down and I’ll ask Sis whether she’s
home, but I don’t think that’s the
name.”
Professor—Why does a duck put
his head under water ? Pupil—For
divers reasons. Professor—Why does
he go on land? Pupil—For sundry
reasons. Professor—Next. You may
tell us why a duck puts his head under
water. Second Pupil—To liquidate
his bill. Professor—And why does
he go on land? Second Pupil—To
make a run on the bank.
How Many Eggs Will a Hen Lay?
We often read of hens that lay 200
eggs a year, says the Farm and Gar¬
den, but such statements do more harm
than good, by inducing the inexperi¬
enced to believe such to be a fact.
Any one who is familiar at all with
poultry knows that during tho fall all
hens undergo the process of moulting
or shedding of feathers. This requires
usually about three months, or one
hundred days. As there are only 365
days in a year, we have 265 days left
after deducting the moulting period.
If a hen Jays regularly an egg every
other day she will Jay 133 eggs; but
she will probably lose three months In
hatching out her broods; even if she is
a non-sitter she will take a resting-
place. As moulting is a heavy drain
on the system, but few hens lay dur¬
ing that process, though there are ex¬
ceptions, and where the number of
eggs exceed one every two days, it will
be found that a corresponding reduct¬
ion occurs during some portion of the
year. While we admit that certain In¬
dividual hens have been known to lay
as many as 150 to even 175 eggs in a
year, such cases are rare; and if one
has a flock of twenty hens or more he
should be satisfied if there is an aver¬
age of one hundred eggs a year for the
whole flock, or rather nine dozen.
Four dozen out of tho nine should re¬
alize thirty cents per dozen, three doz¬
en should bring about twenty cents
per dozen, and two dozen should real¬
ize fifteen cents per dozen, on an aver¬
age of about twenty-three cents. Of
course this calculation imty be wrong,
but it will convey an idea of what may
be expected.
Where Solitude Reigns.
“ Then you don’t like solitude, Mr.
Snipps ?”
“No, indeed. Miss Gusher; I non
like it a bit.”
“I always thought it would be s»‘
grand to have a chance to meditate ir.
absolute quiet.”
“You’d get precious tired of it In a
little while; I can tell you that."
“Did you ever try it, Mr. Snipps «•
"Did I ever try it? Well, I should
shudder.”
“Oh, dear, how charming. When
was it, Mr. Snipps?”
“Last summer, Miss Gusher.”
“Oh, I know; you went to tho
wo as »»
“Net much { didn’t. I clerked in a
store that didn’t advertise.”-- Chicau’*
j Ledger.