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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8, 1896.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,352.
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TOUCH OF NATURE,
FlHADKfcPTIT
a surprise, it would
not have been so
bad; but, you see,
the child never had
a party before In
her life, and 1b not
likely to have an
other soon, bo 1
thought she might
as well have the
pleasure of antlcl-
J ' patlon.
"She has been as happy as a bird get
ting ready for it, helping to bake cakes
and writing and delivering invitations;
at! she has planned it all over again,
how many would be here, how the
tables would be arranged, and what
games they should play.
- "Why, I have almost felt young again.
n yself. listening to the child talk, and
this morning when she started to
school, she actually threw her arms
'around my neck and kissed me as it
I had been her own mother, and now
"It almost makes meslck. I dont
know whether I've trimmed a hat or a
bonnet straight to-day. I knew some
thing was wrong the minute I saw her
face at noon. She tried to speak as
usual, but she couldn't, and when I
a6ked what the matter was, she dropped
into a chair and began to cry as If
her heart would break.
"It was the longest time before 1
ould find out anything about It 'Oh!
how could she?' 'My one party and
my birthday, too she would say be
tween eobs. Not an angry word. Just
heart-broken; but that's her way. No
better girl ever lived than Audrey
Ames, and I ought to know.
"Finally. I learned that Maud Bacon
had told her on the way to school that
all the girls had received printed In
vitations to a party at Gleason's to
night Audrey couldn't believe It until
she got to school and found that no one
seemed to notice her at all. Gladys
CIcason was the centre of attraction to
day, telling In quite audible confidence,
group after group of girls, the number
of cakes ordered, the gallons of Ice
cream making and the grand prepara
tions ia progress; but not a word did
she say lo poor Audrey about It
"Gladys has forgotten the rainy
nights that It used to be convenient to
Flay with 'Cousin Audrey berore her
father was elected and they moved
to town; and the many favors that
Audrey has done her. never minding
her slights and her overbearing ways.
I would not have believed her capable
of such an insult
"And children are much like their
ciders. Not half a dozen will be at
Audrey's party to-night, nor will half
a dozen mothers tell their girls to ac
cept the first invitation, because well,
because Gladys is a Gleason. and Aud
rey Is a poor orphan girl living with
Old Maid Boggs. the milliner.
"It's a shame: it's a burning shame,
so it is!" And the sympathetic old
maid's face was buried in her bands
while tears trickled through her fingers
on to the work below.
"I do wonder If Gleason upholds any
such doings." said Miss Boggs' listener,
glad of a chance to talk at last
"More than likely he knows nothing
about I- They say he humors those
KISSED MB.
children to death since their mother
.died. He always was a good-hearted
man used to be able'to see common
folks, too, but his eye-sight seems to
be failing since election. Maybe that's
what ails Gladys. She can't see well
on Audrey's level."
Lucy Sykes chuckled over her own
wit and Miss Boggs dried her eyes to
continue the discussion of Gleason.
Gladys and the rival parties. But when
she came to Audrey, bravely trying to
bear her bitter disappointment, tears
made way for sobs, and Lucy Syke9
cried softly in sympathy.
In a private room not many blocks
away sat George Gleason, surrounded
by books, papers, letters and packages.
In dire confusion. He was giving his
personal effects a general overhauling
before assuming his new duties in the
responsible position for which the peo
ple of his county bad chosen him.
Some documents would be needed,
others were valuable, and these he had
sorted and arranged to his satisfaction;
but there was so much other matter,
trash, he called it, that must be dis
posed of. and this he was finding no
easy task. Absorbed in business though
be was. Mr. Gleason had a heart, and
mementoes of the past unearthed for
many years, stared him the face and
buried for the time more practical ob
jects. From an old envelope he took a box.
and from the bo: a ring, twirling it in
his fingers while mental vision repro
duced a winsome face, not a girlish
sweetheart, but of his sister Anna,
faithful and true. How many times
she had helped him out of scrapes and
shielded him from his father's wrath!
How she had begged him to give up his
wild companions and he refused
until that night
And then he could see through the
darkness a little figure running across
the fields to the old cooper shop, a fa
vorite rendezvous of the toughs that in
fested the neighborhood. And another
figure, his stern father, in close pursuit
But Anna had reached him first had
saved him from his father perhaps
from worse, for that very night's "lark"
ended In a fray 'that put two of the
ganjj behind prison-bars,
And here. In George Gleason's hand,
sixteen years later, lay the ring that
he had bought fcr Anna on his first trip
to the city with his father. Bat she
never wore it,' having takes advantage
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of their absence to marry a man whoa
both opposed. And It was a terrible
mistake, followed by a life of poverty
and wretchedness. Ignored by home
friends, even by the brother Who should
have been as much to her as she once
was to him, poor Annie lived and died.
Her children were scattered and
"Gladys; Gladysf' called Mr. Gleason,
roused by a step in the halL
Gladys had been very willing to leave
her father in peace since obtaining his
consent to ber giving the party planned
entirely to herself and the housekeep
er; yet she answered his call promptly.
"When your cousin comes to-night,
Gladys"
"Audrey, papa?" Interrupted Gladys.
"Tes; when Audrey comes to-night
bring her to me. I want to give her
this ring."
Gladys' surprise rivaled her con
fusion. A prettier ring than she bad
ever owned to be given to Audrey!
"But papa, she she Isn't coming."
' "IsntcoMlHgr-sald Oleaeosi stenriy.
"And why not?"
"Because I didn't ask her," stam
mered Gladys. "I thought we never
you never, papa"
"I see," said Gleason. "It has all
been wrong.' This Is very wrong. Set
it right Gladys, or give up your party.
She is my only sister's child."
It seemed a tardy awakening, but
Gladys understood. She was a girl of
resources, but even ber brain failed
to hit at once, upon a plan to "set it
right" at this late hour. She could not
give up her party, for in three hours
ber guests would come, nor could she
ask Audrey to leave her own party,
though it must be a miserable failure.
Sitting on the porch steps she thought
and thought then ber eyes sparkled
and running to her father she cried:
"Papa, may I do what I please? May
I have a cab? Will you give me the
ring? I'll fix it all right"
Without a word Mr. Gleason handed
her some money and the ring, glad to
have a disagreeable matter off his
hands.
In Miss Boggs' best front room four
girls were gathered, Audrey, with red
eyes and swollen face: Kate Lane and
Lou Cassell, two others wnom Gladys
had deemed beneath her notice, and
Maud Bacon, too faithful to desert a
friend in trouble, it was not a merry
2arty, for Audrey could not talk and
Maud did little better. Kate and Lou
alternated abuse of Gladys and sym
pathy for Audrey until their hostess
could endure it no longer. Hurriedly
she left the room. Maud soon followed
and found her lying face downward
on the cot, sobbing convulsively. Sho
knelt beside her friend, longing to speak
some word of comfort but she could
only lay her head by Audrey's in silent
sympathy.
An unwonted noise in the street sud
denly aroused her, and the rattle of
wheels ceased at Miss Boggs' door.
Then there was a sharp rap, followed
by cries of "Audrey! Audrey!" The
noise filled the front room and the dining-room,
and soon another arm slipped
around Audrey and Gladys' voice said:
"Don't cry, Audrey. We are all here
cakes, ice cream and everything and
everybody. We'll have the nicest time,
now and always, too. Just see what
papa sent you!"
And, sure enough, there they all were,
Gladys and her guests, with everything
that had been prepared fcr them. The
Gleason party had been brought to Miss
Boggs', and so Audrey bad two parties
all in one.
No one seemed to remember that
there had been any change in the origi
nal programme. They did have just
"the nicest time," and, as Miss Boggs
said to Lucy Sykes the next day:
"It was the completest surprise 1
ever saw."
LUMBERING IN AD1RONDACKS.
The Hudson river lumber industry
gives work to more than 10,000 men
during the winter and spring. The sea
son begins in the early fall, but Is not
at its height till after a fall of snow.
The bunks are arranged in rows along
the sides of the bedroom somewhat like
a sleeping-car. They are boxes, some
times provided with ticks, but usually
filled with straw.
The table service is far from elegant
The knives and forks are of substantial
Iron, the spoons are tin and the dishes
and cups are heavy, strong and thick.
At night the lumbermen play cards or
swap stories. There are all sorts and
conditions of men Canadian-French,
Swedes, Norwegians, Irish-Americans
and Vermont Yankees being well repre
sented. The men rise at 4:30 and go to work
in the dim light in gangs of tens or
twenties. Their wages range from $25
to $40 . month and board. Their work
ing day is usually fourteen hours long
and sometimes longer.
The "boss." or lumber operator, hires
the cook. Breakfast, dinner and supper
the bill of fare varies but little. It is
pancakes and molasses, pork and beans,
tea or coffee. The rugged out-door life
of the men Is the only thing that saves
them from dyspepsia.
GRAINS OF COLD.
That fortitude which has encountered
no danger, that prudence which has sur
mounted to difficulties, that Integrity
which has been attacked by no tempta
tion, can at best be considered but as
gold not yet brought to the test, of
which therefore the true value cannoi
be assigned.
It Is kindness that makes life's capa
bilities blossom and paints them with
their cheering hues and endows them
with their invigorating fragrance.
Whether it waits on 'its superiors, or
ministers to its inferiors, or disports
itself with its equals, its work is marked
wita a prodigality which the strictest
discretion cannot blame.
The love that survivoc th frtmh to
the noblest attribute of the soul. If it I
has woes it has likeu-iu. it. Hoirt,t.. i
and when the overwhelming burst of
grief is lulled into the gentle tear of
recollection, then the sudden aniroish '
and convulsive agony over the d resent
ruins of all we most loved are softened
away into pensive meditations of all
that it was in the days of its loveliness.
Who would root such a sorrow from
the heart? Though it may sometimes
throw a passing cloud over the bright
hour of gaiety, or spread a deeper sad
ness over the hours of gloom, yet who
would exchange it for the song of pleas
ure or the burst of revelry? No; there
is a voice from the tomb sweeter than
song; there is a remembrance of the
dead to which we turn even frest the
charm ef tat living.
WRINGS A CRIMINAL.
LATEST OHIO INVENTION TO
EXECUTE THE CONDEMNED.
Kills the Victim After the Maaaer Prac
ticed with Chicken Palate aad
It Don Not Maltllate the Victim
The Law May Pas.
RUESOME in
extreme are
man - killing
chines which
the
the
ma-
the
Ohio legislature
Is being called
upon to consider
as substitutes for
the gallows in the
execution of crimi
nals convicted of
capital crimes. A
couple of weeks ago the 8aaday World
described a steel mask designed to
crush criminals' skulls. Invented by an
Ohio legislator. Since then another
Ohio Inventor, George Jeremias. a
ycung Columbus tinsmith, has come
forward with a death-dealing machine
more horrible. If possible, than any of
the others.
This new device Is designed to break
the neck of the murderer on much the
same principle employed by a country
housewife in wringing the neck of a
chicken. It combines the main features
of the Spanish garrotp. the gallows anl
the electric chair. The victim sits In a
chair of the ordinary shape, but very
heavy and strong. The body Is tightly
.strapped, as In the electric chair, and
the head Is secured to the head clamp.
Over the top of the bead a heavy metal
helmet Is lowered, being adjusted so as
to fit tightly. A wide strap Is passed
around the neck, securing it in position
against the block.
On the back or the chair Is a drum
in which a powerful spring is wound
and set. The head clamp is not lixed to
the chair, being free to move In upward,
downwatd and spiral directions, under
the impulse of the spring acting In tho
drum on the back of the chair. The
spring Is set free by a lever on the side
of the chair.
At the moment set for the execution
the spring is released and the projec
tion, striking the protruding pin on tho
strap around the neck, impart- a violent
downward and rotary movement to the
head. This force is warranted to break
the neck of any man not more power
ful than an ox in a twinkling, causing
practically instant death.
The death-chair is so constructed that
it may be turned into a table. When
the murderer's life is extinguished tho
back of the chair is lowered and the
foot-rest raised so that the body is in
a horizontal position fcr post-mortem
treatment. The inventor claims many
advantages fcr his device. By it. he
says, the mishaps experienced and the
pain and torture sutfered from the
present mode of executing criminals
will be avoided, and the body may be
delivered to the relatives of the de
ceased in a condition differing little
from that In which It would be bad he
died naturally.
Pntho In Consress.
A very conspicuous and absurdly
sentimental member of the house from
Now England, who loves to weep over
the wickedness of the world, and was
pathetic over pensions, gave utterance
to this burst of eloquence when the
pension appropriation bill was under
consideration by the house:
"Why did he weep? Why did ho
weep? I say, Mr. Speaker, why did he
weep? I repeat. Mr. Speaker, why dirt
he weep? His heart was broken. Yes,
Mr. Speaker, I knew this man. He died
of a broken heart! He died of a broken
heart I repeat, Mr. Speaker, he died
of a broken heart! He never smiled
again. They refused him the pitiful in
crease of $2 a month on his pension. I
say. Mr. Speaker, he never smiled
again. I repeat, he never smiled again!"
and there were tears in the member's
voice as he closed this outburst of
pathos. Philadelphia Telegraph.
Emperor William Rose.
A pretty story is told of the first meet
ing of toe German Imperial pair. The
German emperor, then a young man of
20. was shooting at Prinkemau. One
day he lost his way in the park and
came upon a rustic, rose-covered sum
mer house where a pretty girl of his
own age was sleeping in a hammock.
He did not disturb her, but went on his
way thinking of a little German poem
known as the "Brier Rose." Later in
the day he met the gill in the castle,
and saying. "Here Is my brier rose
again." he introduced himself and fell
in love off-band. They were married
on his twenty-second birthday. Since
that time she has set herself to realize
the German ideal of a'devoted hausfraiu
Ohio Ixxlnr It Grip.
A computation made some time ago
of the number of Federal officeholders
in Washington credited to the several
States shows the remarkable, almost in-
credible, fact that Ohio has less than its
Quoia oi reuerui uiiyuiuiuiems.
The
number credited to Ohio in Washington
departments is 738. whereas according
to her population the state should have
S73. The discrepancy is. perhaps, ex
plained by the fact that the places cov
ered by the enumeration are small ones,
and that Ohio is better represented in
those paying larger salaries. New
York Sun.
So It Is.
MillLy Why do all the scrawny old
maids object to bloomers?
Agnes Ob, It's all a matter of form,
yen knew.
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HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED.
Prof. Roatsea'a New PhstegrsBMe
Power Dae to an Accident.
Prof. Rontgen's discovery of the pho
tographic power of the cathode rays
was due to an accident says an ex
change. In experimenting with a
Crookes tube, through which a strong
current was passing but which was
covered with a cloth, he happened to
bring his hand between the tube and
some sensitized photographic paper.
Finding lines on the paper for which
ho could not account, he hunted for the
cause and found that the bones of his
hand had been reproduced by the rays
from the tube. In-repeating his ex
periments recently before Emperor
William the Wurzburg professor ex
plained that he not yet solved the
theory of the phenomenon and called
the rays provisionally X'raj's. In the
first experiments the rays did not re
produce objects hidden by solid matter
iniciter inau uue micii, uui oium tuco
Rontgcn is said to have obtained pict
ures taken through aluminium plates
a centimeter and a half thick and also
through two sets of books and at Pesth
parts of the human body larger than
the hand have been taken. There is
no doubt about the genuineness of the
phenomena discovered. Crookes tube
is simply a modification of Geissler'a
lube. It consists of an egg-shaped bulb
of glass from which the air has been
almost exhausted. At one end the posi
tive current Is brought Into the tube by
means of a fused platinum wire and a
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OHIO'S NEW KILLING MACHINE.
small disk-shaped piece of aluminium
is placed at the end of the wire. On
the lower side of the tube is the spot
where a similar disk of aluminium re
ceives the current which has been trans
mitted through tho vacuum. Where
the current enters is called the anode
and where it leaves Is called the
cathode. These are otherwise known
as the positive and negative poles and
are often indicated by a plus and minus
sign respectively. Prof. Crookes passed
an electric current through this tube
and it gave out brilliant phosphorescent
effects, as usual in such cases. Near the
cathode, however, was a small dark
spot, all the more remarkable on ac
count of the brilliant light around it
Prof. Crookes, Investigating certain
effects of bodies in the tube, such as a
small Maltese cross of aluminium,
found that some remarkable energy
was manifesting itself there. This was
the beginning which led up to Prof.
Rontgeu's discovery.
The Gam Chewer Proxy.
It would be hard to surpass the gen
tle humor of the following primary
schoolma'am's story: "Maggie came in
to school after recess recently, chewing
vigorously," she began. " I thought
that perhaps she was finishing an ap
ple or a piece of candy, so I did not
say anything to her. I happened to
look in Maggie's direction about half
an hour afterward and noticed that
the masticating process was going on
as hard as ever. Of course I imme
diately jumped to the conclusion that
she was chewing that children's delight
and teacher's horror gum. I called
Maggie up to my desk and accused her
of chewing gum. She denied it at once.
She stopped chewing but had no time
to remove the gum. for I watched her
closely as she came up to my desk from
her seit. I spoke rather sharply to
her and she finally broke down and
commenced to cry: 'I was only mind
ing it for Katie Jones,' she sobbed."
Portland Express.
Marrlet by Ilcr Mother.
A very odd wedding occurred a few
days ago at the residence of Rev. Mary
T. Whitney in Boston. The groom was
Rev. Carl G. Horst, the pastor of the
Second Unitarian church of Athol, Mass.
The bride was Miss Emily Aitken of
Boston, and the officiating minister
Rev. Martha C. Aitken. mother of the
bride. Cabes where a father marries
his daughter are not infrequent, but
this is, perhaps, the only instance on
record where a mother has married her
daughter.
Honor to the true man ever who take3
his life in his hands and, at all hazards,
speaks the word which is given him to
utter, whether men will hear or forbear,
whether the end thereof is to Be prals
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ItOADS IN NEW JERSEY.
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Kesaftft: the WerUaaa ef the Kernel
Law la That Scat
The, law under which the state of
New Jersey sets aside the sum of $100.
000 Manually for the construction of
permanent public roads has been In
operation two years, says the Phlla
dilphle Times. Under the terms of the
act the state aid is extended solely
for the construction of macadamized
roads and only to the extent of one
third ef the cost, the county being re
quired to pay the other two-thirds. It
has been found that fifty miles of road
a year can be constructed on this plan,
the average cost being $6,000 a mile.
In jthe two years about 100 miles of
stoneroad had been constructed, mostly
In five counties. The plan has been In
operation long enough to demonstrate
its .chief benefits, as well as some of
its .defects. Among the latter Is the
I narreirroad-bed authorized during the
nrst year's expcrMseax. -iaeaw -missioner
of public roads was anxious
to stretch the appropriation to Its ut
most limit of usefulness. He stretched
it too much by limiting the stone road
bed to not less than ten or more than
twelve feet This compelled driving in
one and the same path and resulted in
ruts and raveled edges. The second
commissioner had Increased the width
to fourteen and sixteen feet, and hopes
with this additional width and the en
forcement of the law against narrow
tires to secure better results. Another
noticeable defect has arisen from the
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use of stone of unequal sizes. The or
dinary stone crushers in use wero not
gauged small enough, and an occasional
large piece, especially if large and long,
tends to disintegrate the road-bed. The
commisicner recommends the use of
smaller stone and demands that they be
as nearly as posible uniform in size and
shape. In plain terms, a little more
care needs to be exercised in the crush
ing of the stone and In placing and
rolling it In the road-bed. While stone
roads are of an old date, they require
to be as carefully constructed now as
of old. Slipshod work in road-building
produces as unsatisfactory results as In
anything else. The most encouraging
results of the New Jersey road law
are 100 miles of permanent road and
an increasing public appreciation of
the advantages of good roads. At first
only a few counties were willing to as
sume the cost of trying the experiment
Tho number has grown in two years
from five to fourteen, or two-thirds of
the counties in the state, and it is evi
dent that public opinion will demand a
large increase of the annual state ap
propriation, which up to this date has
not exceeded $100,000. The success of
this initial experiment In the building
of permanent roads by the state across
the Delaware should furnish a lesson to
Pennsylvania legislators and lead to the
enactment of a law that will encourage
and foster good roads In this state.
Mostly Snbseqaeat.
Reporter The two men must have
been very unevenly matched. Wasn't
there a marked difference between them
when they stood up to light?
Spectator Yes, sir; but it wuz more
marked after the fight, an' Slim Jim '
he had all the marks, b'gosb!"
Profit In tVblakY.
The Palmetto State of South Carolina
sold last year, through Its dispensaries,
$920,G62 worth of liquor on which the
net profit was $159,039. The sales of the
subdispensaries amounted to $1,076,963,
at a profit of $201,283.
TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR.
There is an old man In Atlanta who
makes it his business to collect all the
confederate bank bills he can lay hands
on. These he sells by bulk to Edison,
who uses It to make carbon for incan
descent lights. The paper on which
the confederate notes were printed was
made from the pulp of the sea grass,
which, when chemically treated, makes
the best kind of carbon for electric
lights, according to Edison.
The fear that a wealthy negro of New i
York city might buy and live in a three
story and basement bouse in a fashion
able suburb of Brooklyn has so aroused
the residents of that section that a
syndicate Is being formed among thesi
u Mnfaat tin tjtust,
LORD OF 70,000 ACRES.
ONE OF THE LARGEST LAND.
OWNERS IN THE SOUTH.
Twelve Ilaadred People Pay mm Beat
Decree of the Ceart Awards lllm
RlCht of Way Created a, KaUvead
Years Axe. "
NE of the biggest
land cases ever liti
gated in Alabama
has been decided in
the federal court,
says the New Or
leans Times-Democrat
It was the
case of the United
States against
Hugh Carlisle and
w.
the Tennessee and
Coosajnllroad company. The defend
nats won" and the chief party in Inter
est, I'ajor Hugh Carlisle, of Gunters
ville, Ala., is receiving congratula
tions from far and near over the happy
issue of what had long been to him
a great business vexation.
The land involved consists of about
70,000 acres, which were originally
granted by act of congress In 1856 to
aid In construction of the Tennessee
and Coosa railroad. A bill was filed In
November. 1891. to forfeit the grant.
This bill alleged that the road had not
been completed in the ten years pre
scribe.! by the granting of the act. The
bulk of the land had been conveyed to
Major Carlisle in payment for con
structing and equipping the road. The
government contended, first that the
read had not been constructed In the
ten year, required and that the deed
to Hugh Carlisle was colorable only,
and that he really held the land as
trustee for the road. Tho court In its
final decree decided that the Tennessee
nnd Coosa railroad company sold to
Major Carlisle and other bona fide pur
chasers, prior to September 26, 1890,
the date of the passage of the forfeit
ure act. all the land embraced In the
first 120 sections, which, by the terms
of the granting act. It was authorized
to sell In advance of the construction
of the road or any part thereof. Tho
court also found that the road from
Gadsden to Littleton had been complet
ed and was In operation by September
29, 1890. and the lands opposite that
part had not been forfeited, and for that
reason the court held that none of the
land had been forfeited; that the sale
to Carlisle was bona fide, based on a
good consideration, the proceeds being
used for the construction and equip
ment of the road.
Something like 1.200 squatters and
purchasers bad settled upon the land,
many of them being purchasers from
Major Carlisle or the railroad company,
but had refused to make payment, hop
ing to get possession and title by entry
from the government. Some of these
had employed F. S. White of this city
to assist the district attorney. Major
Carlisle was represented by Amos E.
Goodhue, Esq., of Gadsden, and the
railroad company by Judge R. C. Brick
ell and the Hon. Oscar Hundley of
Huntsville. The court's decision di
rected the receiver, Owen T. Holmes, to
place the property immediately in the
possession of Major Carlisle.
With the 70,000 acres go about 800
notes, with interest, ranging from S100
to $400. In the territory Is comprised
some of the best mineral lands In the
state, as well as valuable farm lands.
In a wonderfully beautiful and pictur
esque region. Included in it are the ore
mines of the Etowah Mining company
(the Crudups), which has been for the
last eight years turning out from 400
to 500 tons of red hematite ore, which
has been generally shipped to South
Pittsburg, Pa. Another large body of the
land adjoins the big Dwight cotton
manufacturing plant at Alabama City.
The litigation over this property has
been a stumbling block In the way of
its development to many an anxious
Investor, who had no doubt of its valua
ble possibilities. It has thousands of
acres of valuable iron ore lands, such
as are utilized by the furnaces of the
Birmingham district, and a vast area
of good coking coal lands, where coal
can be handled to water transportation
by the simple aid of gravity.
Old citizens of the state have been
long familiar with Major Carlisle and
bis Coosa River railroad. The road
was first one of the dreams of the late
Judge Louis Wyeth of Guntersville,
whose memory is yet blessed in all
north Alabama. He often expressed the
hope to live to see the day when the
waters of the Tennessee and Coosa
would be united by this road. With him
were associated such well known citi
zens of Marshall county as Alfred G.
Henry, Dr. Joseph Bivins, General S.
K. Rayburn, Sam Henry, Gabriel
Hughes, Henry L. Miller and Wendolin
Sic-bOld.
Major Carlisle's estate is now as
grand as any of the titled lairds of his
native country, Scotland, whence he
came to be a sturdy American citizen
and a valued and honored Alabamian.
His triumph will be glad news to his
hosts of friends and well wishers all
over Alabama. He was one of the un
flagging pioneers of progressive In
dustrial Alabama. He showed bis zeal
and proved his faith in the Coosa rail
road by spending 1250,000 in It and
sticking to It after it had been aban-
doned by every one else. On account
ot the heavy grading it was an unus
ually difficult road to build, one mile of
it costing as much as $110,000. Major
Carlisle will be a generous and forbear
ing landlord and creditor to his num
erous tenants and debtors, and ex
pressed the opinion that honest pur
chasers of the land ought to be satisfied
at least that all doubt as to the title
is now removed.
HealtBfBl Diet.
Women who lead sedentary lives need
to be much more attentive to their diet
than those who get plenty of outdoor
exercise. They should drink a good
deal of cold, but not iced, water before
breakfast, and more before going to
bed. Fruit should form part of every
meat Steamed figs are excellent for
them. The lean red meats are more
nourishing than others. Green vege
tables are excellent and simple salads
dressed with oil are also good.
XlllaU First Picture.
Sir John Millais' first picture was
purchased by Charles Reade, the En
glish novelist. Rurtin'snys that It was
hat a failure but a ftfldl and 'lcfe64 ft
half Ml t fUture. -
NOT LEAP YEAR. BUT HELPED.
Jaeh Was BawMwhat Obtase. pad Thcav
Tee, Be Was Galax Away.
A young married woman, the wife
of the private secretary of a western
congressman, was one of a party the
other evening talking about leap year,
says the Washington Post. "I proposed
to my husband." said she. "and It
wasn't leap year, and I'm not a new
woman." Every one was anxioii3 to
hear Sow she happened to do it, for
sho is a lovely woman of the womanly
type, and the last one In the world to
ever ask a man to marry her. Then,
too, she was a belle and had hosts of
admirers, any one of whom would have
been glad to have won her.
"Why I don't know how it happened.
You see. Jack had been very attentive
to me for years, and every little while
would tell me how much he loved me
and ask me If I could care for him. I
put him off, and then after two or three
years .he segajMojglect Jelling rae or
bis love. In the meanwhile I learned lo
love him and tried In every way lo
make him speak, but when he called he
never wanted to see me alone and al
ways tried to have some of the family
about When we were alone he was
moody and silent, and no amount cf
sweetness on my part would bring him
to another avowal.
"At last he called and said that he
was going to Washington and that there
was no use of his staying out west.
There were no lies to hold him, and no
one for whom he esneciallv cared. I
used my best efforts to dissuade him,
and hinted in every way possible that
he might expect a favorable answer if
he would ask me to marry him. Jack
said good-night to the people and I
went to the door with him. We stood
at the entrance some time and I tried
so hard to bring him out. but no use.
He spoke of no one caring for him and
all that sort of thing. Finally we shook
hands and he left I saw him walk
down the yard, and as he reached tho
gate I called to him to come back. I
had seen him leave me forever In that
minute, and could not stand it When
he came up the steps I said: 'Jack. I
care for you a great deal." The rest
naturally followed and wo were mar
ried in the spring."
BIG NUGGETS.
Haay Fortune la Shlnlnc CloM liars
Been foand Near the Pacific.
The "Welcome Stranger." which was
discovered on Feb. 5, 1869, weighed
more than 2,280 ounces, and was
found on the extreme margin of a
patch of alluvium trending from Bull
dog Reef, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. It was lying in loose,
gravelly loam, resting on stiff, red clay,
within two feet of the sandstone bed
rock, and was scarcely covered with
earth. The Dascomb nugget, found at
Bendigo In 1852, weighed 3S2 ounces,
and was lying only one foot below the
surface. A nugget found at Mount
Korong, Victoria, in 1850, weighed 225
ounces, 13 pennyweights, nnd was also
but one foot below the surface.
At Klngower. Victoria, in 18S0, a nug
get weighing 230 ounces was found on
the surface, and in 1861 one weighing
236 ounces was found only half an Inch
below the surface In the same locality.
At Mount Blackwood, Victoria, in 1833,
a nugget weighing 240 ounces. 18 penny
weights, was picked up on the surface,
and at Meroo creek, a tributary of
Turon river, New South Wales, one
was found In 1851 which weighed 1.272
ounces, right on the surface. From
these, and several other instances, we
see that it is not necessary for a larg
nugget to rest on the bedrock.
The Oldest Alive.
Benjamin D. Silllman becomes Yale's
oldest living graduate by the death of
Charles L. Powell, of Alexandria, Va.
Mr. Silllman was born in 1805 and
graduated in the class of 1824. He Is
a Yale man not only by graduation, but
also by ties of blood; for all of ! i.J
uncles, on both sides of the family, and
both his grandfathers were graduates
of Yale. Mr. Silllman has alwaj-3 fol
lowed the affairs of Yale very closely,
and for many years he was president
of the Yale Alumni association of Long
Island.
AMERICAN ARTISTS IN PARIS.
The American Artists' association in
Paris has Its home in a long, narrow
building surrounded by a lawn nnd gar
den that Is carefully tended and dearly
loved.
It Is a little garden but very pleasant
and perfectly secluded from the street
by the high stone wall. Ivy and vines
cover every Inartistic bit of stone or
brick and are a great delight to the
members.
To the left of the vestibule Is the pic
ture gallery. It Is a good-sized room
with maroon walls and lights well
placed for the pictures. It Is used as a
chess room and regular tournaments
are held In the winter, the members ot
the Y. M. C. A. being the challengers.
The entrance is very unpretentious.
The small, low wooden door in the old
stone wall, behind which the building
is not visible, has the figures 131 on IL
A little green shop, in which an old
shoemaker works, and the lodge of the
concierge have both to be passed on the
way to the little vpstibule.
Garden parties are given during the
spring and fall, the weather permitting,
ata then Chinese lanterns give the
place a gay and festive appearance.
The ladles' receptions, however, are
held indoors and a muslcale followed
by dancing is the usual order of enter
tainment, The library and reading room 13 in
expensively furnished but cozy and Is a
favorite lounging place In winter. An
athletic room in the basement is given
over to fencing and boxing. There is
a restaurant downstairs, too, but after
the 1st of April the weather 13 pleasant
enough for meals to be served In the
garden.
Sometimes tableaux vivants are given
and the costumes, draperies and posing
are sure to be well done. Every man
gives up the treasures of his studio for
such occasions as these. The associa
tion rooms are filled with arms, armors,
artistic pots, vases, rugs, draperies,
tapestries, quaint lamps, eastern divans,
long mirrors, rich stuffs and a thousand
trifles that add to the luxury of the
scene. All the lights are subdued by
colored shades and flowers 'fill every
available place. No two rooms arc ever
decorated alike nsd the effect or the
waste i chftraini.
THE OLD RSLIABU
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