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THE LADY AND THE BURGLAR.
How ■ Woman Kept Her Nerve and
Helped to Capture a Burglar.
It was just after the war. and things
■were in a very chaotic state We—my
husband, my little one and I—were
living in Richmond then On the night
of which 1 write 1 could see that John
was worried about something. He
seemed preoccupied all during supper,
and after the things were cleared away
he took his seat at tie table, with a
pile of medical books reaching above
his head on the right, and an immense
volume spread open before him.
He evidently had a puzzling case on
hand, and was not in a humor to be
talked to I took out my crocheting
and worked for a short time on little
Anna's sacque. Then 1 yawned, cro
cheted a round or two. yawned again,
and finally, in despair, folded up my
work and went up stairs to my room.
Little Anna had preceded me there,
and lay tucked away in a comer of my
bed in the rttfriest slumber imaginable.
”1 won't put her in the crib just
vet," 1 thought, "she is sleeping so
sweetly" I had got in the process of
disrobing, to the point of dressing
wrapper and slippers, and was shaking
out uiy hair preparatory to its arrange
ment for the night when the brush
slipped from jmy hand and fell wtth a
sliarp ring upon the floor As I stooped
to pick it tip a sight met my eyes the
very recollection of which make* uie
grow hot ami cold by turns A negro
was under my btsi He was drawn up
tut close as possible to the wall and lay
there watching :ue. I ant only an av
■wage woman, not particularly eour
agcoiis or particularly anything that I
know of* How 1 ever kept from shriek
iug or fainting will ever remain a lays
terv to me.
Supernatural strength must have
etNue to my aid. I felt in a moment
the importance of concealing from this
man the fact that I was aware of in*
presence I arose from my stooping
posture, and began brushing my hair
with the utmost coolness and delibera
tiou, but a very white face looked back
at me from the mirror before which 1
stood. I believe, if anything, I brushed
my hair longer than usual that night;
theu, dividing it in two parts with great
exactness, began plaiting it, turning
over in my mind all the while what
course of action I should adopt. Sud
daniy I remembered that I had forgot
ten to Erring up the basket of silver
which we always kept in our room at
night. ,
‘‘Them.’' I exclaimed aloud. “I left
the silver down stairs. I must ask John
to bring it up with him.”
‘‘John! Oh. John!” I said, going
out in the passage and calling down the
steps, “bring the spoons and forks up
with you when you come.”
There was no answer. The dining
room door wsis shut and John was deep
in his book.
“How provoking!” I exclaimed. “I
will have to go down for them myself.”
Every detail of that night’s advent
ure seems graven, as with an Iron pen,
upon my mind. The very sound of
my slippers —loose at the heel —as I
went down the bare steps is distinct in
my memory.
“John,” I said, as closing the dining
4*oom door behind me I crossed the room
and placed my hand upon my husband’s
shoulder, “don’t exclaim at what I’m
going to tell you. Tirere is a man urv
der the bed in our room. He doesn’t
know that l have seen him. Slip quiet
ly out at the back door and call for help
before he makes his escape." I don’t
think ten minutes could have elapsed
before my husband returned, accompa
nied by two policemen armed to the
very teeth, but it seemed like hours to
me as 1 stood there thinking of our
little one sleeping so unconsciously on
our bed. and of the villain lying be
neath it
He was a big, burly fellow, it was
discovered, when at last he had been
dragged from his hiding place and in
duced to assume the perpendicular.
On his person, in addition to my dia
mond ring, gold watch and set of pearls,
was found a bottle of chloroform.,a big
knife and a loaded revolver The next
day a very tremulous heroine was read
ing in the morning paper an account of
a brave woman's adventure with a bur
glar. The brave woman—the account
said she was myself, too. —Philadelphia
Times.
KlndneN Always Pays.
I say kindness comes home to roost
jnst as certainly as curses. Most men
pay when they can, and If you help a
man in trouble yon may be sure you
mn call cm him for a hundred cents on
the dollar when the time comes for you
to be In trouble. C believe I’d giT®
more for au account against a man
who could not pay. but who wishes to.
than for one against a perfectly solvent
man who does not like to pay.—lnter
view in Chicago Herald.
If you liave a great deal of writing
to do it is recommended that you
should liave a number of pencils or
penholders of elide runt sizes handy.
fWjncnt change rests the hand and
prevents cramps. ,
Sh+ 1% a* I’rrpttred nn<f lie Moved On-
A woman opened a front door, and
addiessing a soiled man who. down on
all fours, was seemingly looking for
something, said:
"What are you doing them"
"Madam" he said, straightening up,
“please be so generous as to pardon this
apparent intrusion. My little girl and
I were coming along here just now. and
the child, in her gay frolicsomeness, ran
aco your greensward, bnt in her glad
forgetfulness dropped a silver dollar
that had been given her by the hand
somest and noblest of women. We
were on our way to get a doll for my
other little girl, that is sick in lied, and
it would have done your heart good to
have seen the happiness of the little
would-be purchaser —but she lost the
wouey, and now. almost heartbroken,
she has gone home to tell her mother
of the great calamity ”
“That was indeed too bad.” said the
woman.
“Yes. madam; and if 1 could only
hope—have you any little children,
madam f*
“Yes."
“Then you know what disappoint
ment means to a child. If 1 only knew
where 1 could borrow a dollar lum in
expressibly happy 1 should be. Madam,
could you let me have a dollar?”
“No, not this morning.”
“Well, could you let me have 50
cents now and give me the other hall
this aftem>on f”
“No. 1 can’t do that either.”
“Well, madam, may I ask what you
are prepared to do ?”
“1 am prepared to tell you to move
on away or I’ll send fora policeman.”
“Y'ou are thoroughly prepared for
this, are you ?”
“1 aiu.”
“All right; I shall bid you good
morning. It is one c/f my business rule*
never to tamper with any one that is
thoroughly prepared.”—Chicago Her
aid.
Marnmiiinil)'.
The magnanimous man will bo n
great man intrinsically—that is, he
will have something within him that
will raise him above wliat is petty and
trifling. In everything lie will prefer
the greater to the less, the higher to
the lower, the better to the worse. And
this he will do not so much from a
sense of duty and by a self-denying ef
fort as from a simple love and prefer
ence for the good. If, for instance, he
is called to choose between a successful
stroke of business uid a truthful state
ment be cannot hesitate; all his im
pulses tend to the latter as the greater
of the two satisfaction*. If must
decide between personal comfort or
ease and the helping of a neighbor in
distress his warm sympathies forbid a
moment’s doubt. If ha- is offered some
much prized luxury irv exchange for a
little meanness of conduct be refuses it
with scorn. Such things are no temp
tation to him, because his mindat once
gauges their comparative unworthiness
and ius heart recoils from them.—Now
York Ledger.
SpMd of , Locomotive.
In regard to the much discussed
question-as to the rapidity with wliich
a locomotive can run, some interesting
official figures have been given by Mr
Stretton, an eminent English engineer,
showing briefly that the highest speed
ever accurately taken was with u Bris
tol and Exeter broad gauge engine,
having nine foot wheels, and which
was, as long ago as 1853, officially
timed at a speed of Just over eighty
miles an hour for a short distance, this
occurring in the ease of a falling grad
ient and with a light load.
He also distinctly asserts that this
speed is the maximum tliat can possi
biybe obtained with locomotives of the
present type, the cause of this being,
he declares, that at such a speed as
that the resistance of the air, the back
pressure in the cylinders and the frie
tion altogether have become so great
that they absorb the whole power of
the engine, while the pressure on the
wrong side of the piston i*eoomes great
ly increased by the fact that the ex
baust steam cannot be got out of the
cylinders fast enough. F-lectrical Re
view.
Dr.th by Klectrlclty.
The experiments of Dr. Tatum have
done not a little toward clearing up
the mystery that has surrounded the
physical mechanism of death by eleo
tricity. He has made it more than
probable that there is a real difference
between the effects of continuous and
alternating currents, in tliat tne former
seems to kill only through a direct
action on the substance of the heart,
while the latter owe whatever added
danger they may possess to a distinct
action on certain portions of the nerr
ous system. Dr. Tatum has also shown
that the difference in tlie effects of the
two classes of current is far less than
some foreign investigators would have
os believe. —New Orleans Picayune.
Letter Heads. Note Heads, Biii Heads
Statements. Envelopes. Dodgers. Circu
lar*. Pamphlet*, in fact, all kin' 1 * of job
work done in The Lzvozk Job Office
A. 31. COX,
WM 111 PRICES.
Having had a liberal pa
tronage the past season, I am
determined to show my appre
ciation by offering all goods
handled by me at *
BOTTOM ’TRICES.
IN MY
Dry Goods Departmnt
I carry a large assortment
of calicoes, Fine Diess Goode
Etc.
I HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK
OF
PURE & FRESH
Family Groceries. | T also
handle
Hardware and TINWARE
In fact everything that peo
pie are obliged to have.
A. M. COX,
WE LEAD!
LET THOSE FOLLOW WHO l'.
o
CHEAPEST - CASH - STORE - IN
GEORGIA.
Goods of every description to
everybody at and below Alliance
Prices.
Dry goods, shoes, hats, hardware,
drugs, Queensware, fancy goods
and family groceries.
We buy and sell'for cash or ex
change for COUNTRY PRODUCE.
LADIES - DRESS - AND
- : GOODS A
SPECIALTY.
Our motto: Good quality, honest
quantity, sell cheap, sell a heap,
and keep eternally at it.
J. M. GRAY.
Adairsville
MEAT MARKET.
All parties desiring good aid
fresh Meats of all kinds con-,
sisting of Beef, Pork, Mutton*
and Sausage, and during wmtei
months
Fish and Oysters
will find it at this- market.’
Highest Cash Price : paid lo*
Be tea and Muttons. Give me*
a call and he convinced.
J. A. BAILEY.
DR. R. E. CASON.,
Resident Dentist,
CaRTEBSVII.I.E, -- GEOROIAf
Bn* had ju*t twenty year* exper |
nee . Beautiful set-of teeth onh AtO.i
Gold tillings SI.OO. i renting find ftll-i
ing aeheing teeth A gper-mlty. All work
warranted * five years. Office over
iEir-iNaU -i aakv CarteravUle, Ga. .
JJLJmchiCo ,,
MERCHANT MILLERS,
ADAIRSYILLE, BA.
PRINTING PRESSES,
mi, OUR, STM, 11, ITU*
PERFECT GOODS, BOTTOM'PRICES,
LIBERAL TEBJkS!
Southern - Printers’ - Supply - Cos..
34 W Alabama St.. ATL ANTA, GA.
sell the Constitution, and refer to them.
READ THIS!
FOR SALE BY
THOS. LUMPKIN,.
Gafteysville, Sa<
Engines,, Gins \ Cbtton Presses;.
WHUT DBMSI iEDIIKSE:
mm a plm drills,,
MOWERS AND RAKES..
Saw Mills,, Shingle Mills;.
Full Line of Evans’ Outtawar, Triple • andl
Steel Harrows. All For Sale by
Thomas Lfmpkijs;
Cartersville, Gaw- '
