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THE HOME OF ANNIE LAURIE
Heroine and Scsno of William Douglas' ' Im
mortal Love Song ,
ANNIE A REAL PERSONAGE , NOT A MYTH
IVhn .MnrrliMl n Man wild Ilrond Acres nnd
I'lmity of " .Siller" In Split ) nt "Her
1'rom'RO ' True" to Htm U'lio Ini-
mortiilUcd llvr > 'uine.
[ CiiplirtuMrilS9.J.1 /
MONIAVIE , Scotland , Sept. 21.
ipondoneo of TUB Hun. ] Two of the fade
less songs of liuninn uffnctlonvoro written
by Scotchmen in the eighteenth century.
These are : Molni Anderson , My .Io , John1
and "Amdo Laurlo. " Holh were written
near the banks of tlio aoiutful Nlth ill Until-
frlesshlru. Hotn wcro written by almost
strangers to their temporary oiivironnient.
Hotli were written as trim peans of joy out
of almost Inexpressible tiutniti : happiness.
Atul both gained their deathlessness from
tholr directness , brevity and simplicity ,
which over most , powerfully appeal to tlio
universal human heart.
llobert Hums wrote "John Anderson , My
, lo , .Iniin , " from a hint ho received out of the
old doggerel rhytno upon ono John Anderson ,
ho town piper of ancient Kolso , preserved
hi Hishop Percy's old nmiuiscript of ubout
I.IIX ) . 'J'he ilrst two lines of the rhlino were :
.John Anderson , my J" . John , onni In iisyogae
by.
An' the chilli net a sheep's hold wool hiikon In
ii pyuj"
but its matchless picture and lesson of
: hangcless connubial affoctlon and loyalty
ivas the legitimate outgrowth of his own
noulo and contented llfo with "b nuio Jean"
an the Klllsland farm , shortly after Uurns1
removal Irani Ayrshire , beside the river
Nith , about cltrht miles above the eity of
Dumfries. The few years passed by the
hard and his family hero were years of im-
nlloycd hapiiness | and content ; and this
poem , written in 17MI , Is the clearest , swoet-
i'st note to reach us out of the brief Eden of
Unit idyllic timo.
Stuullliy Wooing ul Ainil'i l.mrl : < ' .
"Annlo Laurie" was written a little more
than half a century earlier , in Maxwolltown ,
In Nithsdale , by \ \ Illiatn Douglas , to a real
llesh and blood Annie Laurie , on the occasion
of his departure from Maxwelltown , after a
period of stealthy tr.ysting and wooing ,
which loft the Annlo Laurie of the song his
betrothed. This William Douelas , whoj
never wrote other Immortal lines , was a
native of Finglaiid , a wild little district of
tlio parish of Ciirsphairn , in the northern
part of the adjoining shire , or stowartry , of
Kirkcudbright. There Is little known of his
people. However , through his native tal
ents ho bcoatno cadet to the noble Queens-
bury family , and their patronage and sup
port gained for him tlio position nnd associa
tions of a gentleman of runic. At an ICdln-
burgh ball ho mot and became enamored
with Aiiiiio Laurie , daughter of Sir Uobort
Lnurlo , baronet of Maxwollto-vn. She was
born at the old manor house of the latter
place in 1I5S2. Sir Hobcrt , not fancying the
prospects of young Douglas as a dependent
of the Qiiecnsbury family , and noticing that
the love affair between him and Aiinio was
becoming si'rion , suddenly left Edinburgh
nnd returned with his family to Maxwell-
town hi Nithsdalc , hoping thus to separate
the lovers an end an unfortunate attach
ment.
Had everything gone to the liking of the
baronet , the world would have missed the
sweet old song. Douglas shortly learned of
thu whereabouts of his Inamorita and
promptly followed. Ho remained secretly at
Alaxwolltown for months , and the lovemaking -
making went on famously betimes among
the glims , braes , woods and shadowy ruins
with which tlio locality abounds. Douglas
possessed Jacobito atllliation , and rumors
suddenly coming from the North of an im
pending Stuart uprlsintr , ho hastened to
Edinburgh to bo near the scene of action.
] ! ut before qmttimr the side of his Nithsdalo
love , he secured "her promise true. " In the
elation of-Joy upon this achievement he
wrote , anil loft with his betrothed , the Im
mortal Hues , as imperishable as any that
Robert Hums over loft to Scotland and the
world , beginning :
Maxwclltuwif < > braes are bonnlo ,
Where early fa's tlio in | ;
And t'wiis ihero ( hut Annie l.aurlo
( lied me her proml.so true ;
( ileil me her promliu Iruo
That nti'tir foi-unl wad lie ;
And for biiiinlt ) Annlo Iunrip ,
I'd lay n < ! dowiuind dcul
IJnroinantlu ICnil of 1'nollu l.ovo.
Hut , save in reminiscence , It was not to
happen that ' -her promise true ne'er forgot
wad be ; " anil William Douglas declined to
"lie down and ileo" on account of Annlo
Laurlo or any other lady lair. Douglas' ad
herence to the Stuart cause brought him
under the ban of the authorities , and he was
soon compelled to escape'to Kranco , where
he remained in exile for a few years , until
ho could secure , through the powerful
Queensbury family , his pardon from the gov
ernment. Tbero is no proof that cither
"Jilted" the other. Perhaps Annlo Laurie
was as canny as her father. Sir Hubert , who
was a ctauneh Jacobito hater. 1'crhaps
.Douglas found interesting temporary attach-
inciilH In Paris. Perhaps each unconsciously
drifted away from the other through the
deadly political and religious rancor of the
time. It is doubtful if Annie Laurie over re
ceived another missive from her impassioned
poet lover after the ono containing thu bal
lad , which must over preserve the memory
of both. And It Is certain that the pair
never again mot after the sadly blissful
parting which gave birth to this sweetest
and tcudorcst of hoiigs. It is said that It ,
was Ilrst given to the public by Lady John
Scott , sister of the late duke of lluccleiigh ,
who slightly rearranged the words and the
music , and who secured their publication for
thu benollt of some charity in behalf of
widows and orphans of the Crimean war ;
but there Is no substantial proof that thu
words and the tuuo are not now precisely as
they canto from the soul and thu pen ot the
.uitlunt Jacobito lovor.
Aniilu'ii I'crtoniilA i > | H'iinint'c.
The portraits of Annlo Laurlo , preserved
nt OralgdaiToch and Mansfield , seats of her
descendants , show her to havu been a woman
of slender physique , with a peculiarly slight
nnd willowy Jinro. | l.'pon this was set a
head whoso prollio Is
as markedly classic us
over was shown upon iinciuut carving or
ir.o.tcrn coin. The neck was long , with that
graceful swelling from breast to throat so
loveu of the artists ; tlio chin was almost
sharp , though loimdly pointed ; th" lips ,
though closed , were beautifully rounded , full
and wldel.v parted at their edges : the nose
nnd the mvnlugs from its brliigo strong , full ,
ami as exquisitely moulded as the most relined -
lined Grecian type ; the forehead high , wide
and straight trum the noso-tlp , and the ayes
large , full nnd tunder , wlalu this remarka
ble facu and head
wcro crowned by a mass
li of wavy , golden-brown hair. With all her
impressive beauty she snems to have been a
most commonplace personage , and while
capable of awakening sudden and mighty
llames In the breasts of ordinary Scottish
folk ai well as ports , to have been herself
duvuid of any of these mental or spiritual
qualities capable of elevating her character
to thu realm of roimtnco jr heroism. She is
Itnown to have placidly enjoyed , as many
young women now do before entering matri
mony , a very great number of love affairs ,
all of which seem to havu been turgid and
.rampant on the part of her male admirers ,
and received and bonlgnanlly tolerated on
hur own , her "promise truo" evidently hav
ing been rather widely distributed in southwestern -
western Scotland until , warned by mhniic-
Ing years , sue became thu wife of a man
with no more poetry in him than a kail-yard
wall , but , with broad acres and plenty of
"illlor.1 Alexander Fergusson , laird of Craig-
darroch , Ulenculru parish , Dumfriesshire.
Ituinniillu lU'L'lim Itmimlubmit ,
The whole region roundabout thusccnu of
this romantic episode between .Vnnlu I-atirio
nml Douglas and of the la tier's poem is
exquisitely Ucaatlful and is wondrouily rife
with poetic nnd historic Interest. Much of
its poetic glamor is of course duo to thu
personality aud jieu of Uuru * . livery object
you look upon from Dumfries to Craig-
darroch has been t'lven almost Individuality ,
llfo , nnd certainly undying Intercut from his
personal association or the maaic of his
iriiso. From the ancient observatory in the
Maxwolltown opposite Dumfries , which must
ho kept distinct In Hie mind from Annlo
iurlo's village birthplace of Mnxwelltown.
few miles distant , ono can sco and feel
.ho tcndorneis of complete identification.
The eye ranges to the cast over and beyond
'air Annandalo ; across Kirkcudbrightshire ,
, o the west , to the noble hills skirting Ayr-
ihlro ; to the north , up drcruiiland Nithsdalo
o the far , dim turrets of Druinlnnrlg castle ,
mil to the loulh to the vast expanse of
sol way Firth , where , to the right of Klths-
noiith , looms gray-browed Urlffel ; whllo to
Is left is caught a gleam of the sands at
Irow Well , at whose waters Burns too late
triiggled to save his life. Thus almost at
, glance not only does the bewitching
cyclorama give the beholder thn entire Held
Df the every dav scones of the poet's llfo
ilurlmr his last eight memorable years , but
at the same Instant comprehension of the
three most Impressive epochs In his career
of which we can have memory the home-
heaven of Klllslaiid farm life , the wretched
light against poverty in the gray old border
town beneath us , and that , last unavailing
struggle at HrowVcll \ , bv Solway's shifting
sands ; all made inexpressibly more Imtires-
BVP by the lofty ilomn of the silent
mausoleum , over there In thai shadowy
Kirk yard , looming before us wherever we
may look fur the recognition of his old-
time presence within the fair region round-
nbout.
\Vlifro Hum * Itorrlrril the Clilll nl llpatli.
There , ton , In Hank street is the "Woo
Vennel , " in whose upper three little rooms
the luril and his family lived when Hums
was driven from the Klllsland farm b.\ ruin
ous crops to thc > more ruinous llfo of excise
man : the out "Cilobo Tavern , ' ' Just as It
stood in Hums' time , in which.unhappy us is
the fact for contemplation , ono seems now
almost to hear his thrilling voice , mingled
with the laughter of S.mo . , Maxwell , Land
lord llysloi ) and bis wife Meg and their
siren barmaid , "Anna of the gowdcn locks ; "
the little close behind the "howf" or tavern ,
where poor Hums , brain-beclouded and be
wildered that bitter January iiltfht lu titHi ,
upon the straw and refuse , Just at the edge
of Shakespeare street , and iusenslolo until
the morn , received the chill of death that
never left him , though be lingered conscious
of his fate , until July 'Jl following : and
there just back ot this sad spot on Hums
street , lu the poet's lime , Mill street , is the
veritable cottage w'lere ' ho lived and died.
Kvory square yard of Dumfries town is
aglow with some touching reminder of
Hums. .And were this not enough to hold
heart and mind to the locality , what vivid
reminders ot Scottish history are hero !
What kingly cavalcades have passed and re-
passed , in despair or triumph , the ancient
bridge of Devout Devorgilla , built in the
middle of the thirteenth century , and still
staunch as tlio rock buds out of which its
stones were hewn I And there near where
rises the lofty splro of Grey friar's church ,
once stood the monastery ofOroyfr IN in
which the avenging hand of Bruceuclc
thu blow whloh set in march thu mighty
events leading to Scotland's most glorious
greatness and power.
Pilgrimlng from Dumfries a distance of
but twelve miles too Cralgdurroch , the homo
of Annlo Laurie Irom the time of her mar
riage to Alexander Kergu&i > on In 17UU until
her death in tTlil at the age of 711 years. yo-.i
cross the "new Brig'1 to I lie west and are at
once among the braes of the Dumfries Max
welltown. The snore side of this ancient
hamlet reminds you of scores of other sleepy
"auld clachaus of Scotland. " but the streets
upon the gentle heights are full
of tree-embowered villas , nnd have
a sleepy , sunshiny look of comfort
and content. Once out upon the
highway the ancient coach road between
Dumfries and dlascoiv It winds ever
brae and hill , through dale and dingle , over
beck and burn , through shadowy nvcnuos
and patches of suiisliini : , past deserted cla-
chans and now silent old inns ot call , with
the songs of streams and birds ever in your
ears , a long and winsome way.
Itiirlitl rincnft of Oilier HUIculc Doiul.
When past the outlying village habitations
you will see down thuro to the right the pic
turesque ruins of Lincludeii abbey , but a few
minutes walk from tno highway , as beauti
fully situated as tlioso of Dryburg on the
Tweed , where repose the remains ol Sir
Walter Scott. Beneath the shadows of its
majestic walls lies Margaret , daughter of
King Robert III. of Scotland. The tine old
bridge near by at which you tarry for there
is a pretty scene of sheep shearing going on
beneath the shade of the willows just above
crosses the river ( Jluden , a small and tuneful -
ful stream. It bounds merrily along through
copse and between emerald haughs bolo'w.
sweeps around the ancient abbey walls , ami
entering the Mill , broadens Into a deep peeler
or linn. Hence Linn ( Jluden , "tho Cludon
pool , " and the niiiiio of the crand old mon
astic pile , Lincludeii abbey , which towers at
its edge aoove.
If you proceeded live miles further on this
Highway you would reach Kllisland. on the
west bank of the Nith , for many years the
farm homo of Burns , but turning to
the loft you enter a lovely region ,
and in half an hour's walk come to
Irongray Church beside Cairn water. Hero
yon will tarry for a little , for within its
grass-grown churchyard you will lind the
gr.ivo of "Jeauiu Deans , " immortalUcd in
"Heart of Midlothian. " and the Inscrintion
on thu tablu tombstone was written by
Scott hluihoir. It is now bit a short ami a
sunny distance to the .real M.ixwelltoiTii of
Douglas' verse , to Monlaviu and Craig-
darroeh , a collection of county seats and
, hamlets , most iutere.stliur from their ago ,
beauty of environment anJ absence o * all
the modern fashionings which the railways
have brought to many oilier equally ancient
Scottish towns. On your way , at moss-
grown old Dunscore , you come upon another
reminder of the bloody days in the tomb ol
Sir Kobort ( ! rler on , whoso memory Is
loathed llko "popery" by every descendant
of the Covenanters.
\Vhnnt AIIIIICI Lived tlio Itriicx U'crn lliiniil .
Midway between Duns.'oro and Monlaviu
! still more undent Gleiicairn , for moro
than a thousand years situ of the parish
church. It was at Cilencairn church that
Annie Laurlo was baptised , The entire re
gion Is onu of the most beautiful in Scot
land , and full of relics of feudal wealth and
powur. An hundred hills , many crowned
by the still noulo ruins of tnahslvo square
keeps , are in view ; scores of misty , opulent
dales and glens greet thu uyn ; and \voll-
kept fauns and dreimful olden hamlets aru
interspersed with splendid seats of lairds
and country gentry. It was In such a spot ,
whoso countless venluro-covorcd "braes"
might well prompt poetic fervor were not
the inspiration ol love behind , that Douglas
wooed and won ana lost , and that Annie
Laurie chose to contentedly remain thu hon
ored wife of a country gentleman , rather
thnn share the fortunes '
of a pool's and a
political adventurer's doubtful career.
Itvo.iniit ii Uni-mlmi * Miitohnmluir.
The old manor house of .Maxwelltown Is
gone , hut many relics uf thu heroine of thu
song are religiously preserved In the neigh
borhood. Crulgdarroch. hur homo during
married llfo and widowhood , for "sho sur
vived her husband. Alexander Fergussjn ,
and became Ihulady bountiful o ! Xlthsdaro , "
is a noble mansion upon tno r'crgusson us-
talus , but a short ilUtaucu from her binh-
nlace , now owned ly Captain It. Cutlar Fer-
gussoii , groat-groal-grnndson of Anniu
Laurie. As Mrs Fivr u son , she hud entire
supervision uf the construction of thu pres
ent Craiguarroch hoiinu , ax well as the ex
tensive UeorglHii pleasure grounds In the
rear of thu mansion. Cralgdarroch homo
and Its environs possess countless relics of
the llesh and blood
Annlu Laurie of yoru ;
but thn romauco you have built about thu
entire character ul thu heroinuof Domrlas'
Immortal verso fades away as you comu to
the spot where she lived and tiled. Had she
been a gcnumu myth instcaa uf a gcnulno
personage , the loving fancy which Invests' '
the heroines uf pools with teudur attributes
could never ccasu its witching coiijurlngs.
As it is , if you como here , you must bo uru
pared to tlnd that Annlu Laurlo bccuruu a
garrulous neighborhood mutuhmuKer and
was addicted tu taking snulf ! She ltis bur
ied In the old Craigdarroeh graveyard.
And puace to her Muutti ! suy 1 For without
her lissome form and lovely face of youth ,
thu world missed perhaps the sweetest of its
tender olden tongs. KHOAH \V.vKu.ui.s. .
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Bed . Sets worth $100 , , now $4.85
Sproiids worth 82.50 , now OOc Ktchiugs , worth $ .4.00 , now $2.00 now $52.50 CholToniors worth $15.00 now * ( i.85
Feathers Sham IJoldors worth worth 7oc. now 75c 20c Etchings , . worth $10.00 , now $5.00 Toilet Sots worth $0.00 , now $2.90 CholToniors wqrth ? 20.00 now $10.75
pound
, per , now , -15o Water colors , worth $4.00 , now $1.75 Toilet Sots worth $3,00 , now SI.05 CholToniors worth S25.00 now $13.50
Toilet Sots worth $10.00 , now $5.75 ChcfToniers worth $35.00 now $18.00
Artognmircsworth $3.00 , now $1.50 Toilet Sets worth $15.00 , now $3.50 Center tables worth $5.00 now $2.05
Oil paintings , worth $10.00 , now $5 Slop Jars worth $3.60 , now $1.40 Center tables wortli $4.00 now $1.90
Game pictures , worth $5 , now $2.45 Hanging Lamps worth $5 now $2.50 Center tables worth $3.00 now $1.15
Fruit pictures , worth $3 , now $1.25 HungingLair.ps worth $4 now $1.05 Center tables worth$10.00now $4.76
Tinware ' Bnnquot Lamps worth $ ( i now $3.40 Wardrobes worth $15.00 now $0.75
Dep't. Steel engravings , Piano Lamps worth $15 now $0.60 Wardrobes worth $20.00 now $9 50
worth $15.00 , now $0.50 Decorated lamps worth $2.50 now OOc Mirrors worth $2.50 now $1.25 $10.00 worth of
Wash Boilers worth $1.50 now 75c Glass lamps worth 5'Je now 15o Mirrors worth $1.50 now ( > 5o $1.00 a week goods , $4.00
or
Iron Hods worth $10.50 $5.25 a month
Dish Pans worth 40c now 15e ' now $25.00 worth ot goods
Broad Pans worth I5c now 5c Ladies' Desks , worth $12.50 , ,
.
Brass Beds $1.50 n woclc or $0.00 a month
Soup Ludlcs worth 25e now 5c Springs. Mattresses now $0.50 $50.00 worth of goods ,
Desks
Ollico worth $12.50
Sauce Pans worth 20c now 5c , , $2.00 u week o , SS.OO n month
Mrs. Potts' Irons worth $2 now 85c Woven Wire Springs worth $2 Chamber now $5.50 $75.00 worth of goods ,
Suits
Pie Tins worth 5c now Ic BrnBS Beds worth $50.00 now $29.00 now OOc worth S20 , $2.50 u wool ; or $10.00 nmonth
Tea Kettles worth 75e now 35e Brass Beds worth $05.00 now $32.00 Cots worth $2.50 now $1.25 Sideboards now $9.40 $100.0(1 ( wortli of goods.
ColTec Mills worth $1 now 45c j Brass Beds worth $80.00 now $10.00 Mattresses worth $3.50 now $1.05 Extension worth $25. now $12 50 $3,01) ) a woolc or $12.00a month
Sceumers worth 40e now 20u ) Brass Beds worth $100.00 now $48.00 Mattresses worth 36.00 now $2.50 Tables worth 88.50 , $20.CO ( ) worth of goods ,
$3.20
now
$5.00 u woolc or&JO.OOnmonth
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C///3-AJV3ST STOVJ5 IIOU&JS OAr J l/v T/J.
Open Monday and Saturday Evenings only. Telephone 727.
° Special inducements to parties
0 Just starting housekeeping.
.REDIT
1'ES ' SKETCHES ,
Everybody In the state knows T. .M.
Marquette of Lincoln , Ho Is a grout lawyer
ami ono of tlio most eccentric men in tlio
west. His very eccentricities would make
him famous without his ability a ? a la.vyer.
lloisn vunuralilo looking man. ami is us
clirclcsB of Ills pursmml appuaranco as tlio
late Hoary Clay Uoan. A grout many
stories luivo been told of Manuictto , but
hero m emu Unit lias never yut appeared In
print :
Not long HRO several attorneys of Lincoln
happened to moot in the law ofllco of
Dowec3o , Marqnotto A : llnll la Lincoln , and
very naturally the men bc an to talk simp.
Tlio conversation dually turned to thu
shysters that infest the bar of Lincoln , as
they infest every ollirr bar In the country.
One of tliu attorneys tlimlly sugFC.stml that
it inlKhl bo a ( rooil Idea to cull a incutlng of
tbn Liuicaslcr County liar association and
disbar a few of tbu lawyers who wore known
to bo guilty of a great many unprofessional
acts. The names of bover.il such parties
worn mctiltonoil , anil finally it was divided to
take some stops to purpu Hui association.
\Vnllu thU talk wan Ka\i\e \ \ on Manjiuitto sat
In his chair anil never said a word , Turning
to him ono of the aUornuVB atlccd :
Ci"\Vhat do you think of ilie plan , Mr. Mar-
quotlol"
1'ho old fiimtlemnn studied a moment and
then replied :
"U might lie n peed idea , but there sucnis
to inn to bo ono great objection. "
"What is the objection ; " asked one of tlio
lawyers/
" \Voll , " replied tlio old gentleman In his
thin , raspint , ' voice , "tberu are a Dlanied
sight moro of these follows than llieru are
of us , nnd if we called a incut Ing of the liar
to discuss the advisability of disbarring
thotn , they might turn the tables and dlsbiir
us. "
Tlio proposed meeting of the Lam-aster
County liar association mis never been
called.
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*
So 1110 years ago Marquette was In Hod
Cloud in connection with his duties an ono of
the general attorneys of the Hurliiiloii rail
road , and ho wanted to get to Oxford to
catch a train for Lincoln and pet homo that
night. When ho arrived at the depot ho
discovered that hU train had been gene
about tun minutes. Ho stopped uu to tlio
ticket window and coolly axKcd'tlio agout to
steam up an engine and take him to Oxford
Thangunt looked at the uncouth figure on
thu other side of thpvliuiow and inked-
"Who thahlain joul1'
Tins nmdo Murquetto mad , and ha pro
fanely replied that It did not make a
bluukcty blank bit ot dlo"ci'eucvUg U was.
He wanted n special engine to take him to
Oxford and no proposed to have it. Tlio
ntront riMilied that If the stranger was
Cleorgo lloldrego himself ho could not have
that engine.
"CJivo mo a telegraph blank. " shrieked
.Marquctlc. mid when ho got it he scribbled
on * a message to IloUlrego that fairly
scorched holes in the paper.You send
that , and send it quick , " ho squeaked. The
agent said ho would if10 cents rhargcs were
paid Ilrst , This made the attorney howl
with rage , but the ugt-nt was obdurito and
the W cents wat. forthcoming. In a few
moments the agent at Hcd Cloud received a
mohsitgu that nmdo his hair Htnnd on end.
It was : "Clivo .Mnrquotto anything im
wnntB and do It quick. " This was signed
by the general muuauer uf the H. & M.
sytttom. In less than half an hour .Mar-
luetto wan speeding to Ox fordon a special.
1'ho agent afterward remurkud that when
ho saw .Marquclte ami had bf/o.d him up ho
thought it was a tourist trying to run a
sandy" on him.
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An interesting inniclent occurred on a
Union 1'acitlc train n few iiightH ago. The
train reached Fremont at HHU : p. m. , nud
when thu waiting passengers at the depot
attempted to board thu conch they wcro confronted -
fronted by the sight of a drunken woman
stretched mil in the car aisle. She was evi
dently a Kiissimi emigrant , and her fat and
untidy form looked unusually repulsive.
Several of the inulii passengers lauglird
loudly at the look of astonishment on the
faces of those who entered ttio coach , and
several remarks that were meant to bo witty
were made. HeveruLmi'ii stopped over tlio
prostrate form and IOOK seals. Just before
the train started iwu women , both lit-hly
dressed and ui-arlug every indication of re-
llncment , canm aboard. Tln > y glanced at
the drunken woman , uml soon learned what
was the matter. Then they i-aiseu the Inanimate -
animate form between them nnd placed it on
a scat. They arranged the woman's bundles
RO as to support her , and In u do/.cu dltTerent
wajs made her comfortable. As they took
their seats the train started , and It carried
a lot of shamefaced men and at lo.iat two
( . 'hridtian women.
There was once a great industry In Ne
braska , but the onwnrd muMi of the settler
has forced the men who were engaged in It
to cast about for other employment. The
bo no gatherer used to bo a great man in con
tra 1 ami western Netiraika , but ho has dis
appeared. Whoa the Cheyenne branch of
the I ) . A : M. road was built from Holdregoto
Cheyenne 'ho traveler from the effete east
who rode over iho road was startled to see
at almost every station a great pile of
glistening bones near the track. Visions of
massacre and devastation by uliizards and
cyclones would lilt tioforo UU 0,103 , ud when
ho was told that the bones were these of
bulTnlo that used to food upon the prairlos
lie would hardly believe it. Hut it was the
truth. A few years ago the bones of the
bison were scattered with great profusion all
over the western prairlos. When the Bur
lington pushed through the country some
enterprising individual conceived the Idea of
gathering im all these bones nml shipping
them to the fertlli/.Ing factories In the east ,
Ami for a long time the Industry was a pay
ing ono and gave employment to a great
many people. Hut the bones , llko the bison ,
soon disappeared , and thu honn gatherer departed -
parted henco. Hut whllu It lasted It was not
an uncommon sight to see a whole train loud
of bones rushing eastward. It wild a sad
commentary- tlio criminality of allowing
the buffalo to ho wiped from the faro of the
earth by the skin hunters ,
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Tnoso are the day.s when the great state
of .Nebraska is at her best. No other state
can IxriHi of as line weather as Nebraska in
October , and the Hoods of sunshine on the
great Holds of ripened corn make tUum looic
llko great shunts of gold. It Is a subject
that can only bo given Justice by tlio pen of
the poet or the bruin of the artist. Ami not
oven a Millet can catch the colors that Hood
the landscape. Any ono who loves to Insk
in the beauties of nature will bo amply ro-
p.ild by boarding a west bound train and
hwoepint ; across the state while October
lasts. It is like titling In an easy opera J
chair and watching tlio shifting scenes of a
grand panorama , with this dilTorenen Uiat
the panorama that can equal the beauty uf
tlio shifting landscape has not been nor
never will ho pointed. Through fertile
farms , past cosy farm houses with their
tasty outbuildings Uiat betoken thrift
and prosperity ; past great stauks
of straw that stand as mute wit
nesses of bountiful harvests ; skirting
countless thousands of acres of rustling corn
mid by great cribs already burstiiiu with thu
long cars of thu king of Nebraska's products ,
and onward through busy , bustling , thriving
towns that stunu vvheru less than a dccadu
ago was nuthlnp but the h'cak ' prairies , the
train rushes with tremendous speed , but
with scarce a Jar or quiver.
The wide landscape appears as a mighty
chess board , with squares of corn , iud
meadow and stubble , and palatial farm
huiises tultu the place of the castles , whllu
h.ippy men and women uru the kings and
quueus of this mighty game of Jifo. Only
ono thing is n coded tu cause thu tillers of thu
sterile. hllU of Now Rngland or the bottom
less , mud of Illinois to mauo Nebraska his
homo , and that is a sight of the country
There are men and women in Nebraska to
day who beilc.1' ! ) thai thousands of years ago
this section of ttiu footstool was tno situ of
thu Cardcuof Kden. They do not gut this
belief frum auyltiluK they hurt * read iu thu
good book , but they do get It from what they
have oxpericiiend In the giant young state
carved out of the "Great American Ue .ert. "
England has over 1,000,000 widows most ,
of whom would rather be In the United
States. .
"Is she well married ! " "I should say so.
Shu's boon trying for years to got a divorce
and can't. "
When the practical eirl Is asked to share
a man's lot she ii pretty llablo to want to
Know what kind uf n buusu ho has on It ,
These familiar with love symptoms say
that a girl putting her arm5.round a fellow's
neck Is a sign she wants to hang on to him.
No man loves a woman when hu Is busy ,
and no woman understand * why a man
doesn't enjoy slopping , whllo driving a nail ,
to kiss her. /
MUs Bella HuKhitt , daughter of .Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Hu 'hilt and Mr. Albert lioyj-
( ir.mgor woru married in Chicago last
Wednesday.
The engagement Is just announced of Miss
Annuttu 10. Agnus , the eldest daughter of
( Ibiioral Felix and .Sirs. Agnus of Daltlmoro ,
to Mr. O.iuar Leser , a talented joung mem
ber of thu Philadelphia bar. .
It U hard to convince thu young woman
who has Jim accepted a young man that it
is always nouuss.iry for a young man to pro-
poiu to two or throu girls in order to lo.irn
how to do it in the most effective way.
Kx-I'rosldeiit Harrison will visit Teiinesseo
In Oc. to bur. Hu will bo prusont at thu mur-
riaco of tils niece , Miss Lu/lo Harrison , to
William 1' . HticUner of Cincinnati , nt Miir-
freesboro , on the ItOlli. Miss Harrlcon is the
daughter of United States .Marshal Carlur
II. Harrison.
Miss Hester Weymouth , a teacher , who
left WlnUham county , Connecticut , last Juno
with only ? if , walked to thu fair and took It
in thoroughly , bus returned homo with a
husband and f.V ) that she earned herself.
Young women would do well tu go early and
avoid the crush.
Tlio engagement la announced In Wash
ington of Captain John Miller , corp.s of engi
neers , to Miss Mary Uaoul. eldest daughter
of Captain William O. Uaoul , president uf
the Mexican National railroad. Thu wed
ding will laku nlaco In the latter part of
November at Captain Knout's residence , At
lanta , ( ! u.
A colored man , who said he was 07 years
o. ' ago , went to the marrUgu llcciuo ofllco In
rhihi'Jelphlu to got a license. After thu
preliminaries wcro arranged Clurtc Hint
asked him pleasant ! ) . 'Is this a case of
love at Ilrst night , pop' " No-o. " replied
the old man , slowly , " 1 gU'-ss tins is luvo at
aucoud sight. "
The married of Mlu Joaauutto Lo Uruu
of N < nv Yi < rk K
fora divorce
' ' . " m w
,
' . foro'K ' "Obllity , | S a llnail
.ii cmn . 'I I he count's Hklll and uraco in
spending money were not at , II below * the
lt."H , , , SMm ,
Cupldknows noitiier r.ien , n llj'wn nor
' n' ° s ' 'Ulll"lu I' ' ' " Aretk- sea and
to Indian
ocean an. less than n
span apart
In affairs of the heart the Icy peaks of
strin ! iyT"i "Ua ' ' " " ' " " "s ll" '
. l , ,
sti.imiH of I ml a. Luther nor Mohainmrd
ft , ? , . H" ' ir" ° ' " ' ' ? "f tbo heart i
imlv i Ml. A
gomihiw romam-e at tlio
\\orldsfairprovoiall ihis. Within a fuw
lajs .Slmm.sher If ban of Calcutta will lead
Miss ' " Linblad ! ! , " ' , ' is , ' " " ? Kobert ( 'ml'lml Liudbloni ° r Sto.Uholm s . prlvato ,
sec-rotary , and Iho bookUuuperat thu fiwed-
Itttl Cfl I Ot
TIIK UlTV I'llUtlt ,
( 'II M'di'iiKHi tu A cm ] ' > / ; .Sii'i ,
I ' went lo liuar IhiM-lly nliiilr ,
'I Im hiiiiiiiier night was Mill ,
I huaid tin ) miulc iiiiiunl tlio iplre ,
ThuybaiiK : "llu'll lulid tli | ill - "
"I'm on ! Tin on ! " tlm Innorcrled :
And looked Into my fiicii :
" .Mv jiiiiriioy hmue , My journey hoiii , i *
Was. Ijelh/wcil liy tin ) liass.
"II Is for lhiIt > JN fur the "
Mnluked Hie Miiriiiu | > hhnll.
I knew not why they louU al no : ,
And vnlleil "ilo'll take thu pi I "
Then clutching wildly at my hums ! ,
Oh , ht-uven ! My lieurl nliiodhtlll :
"Viih , yiti , " I iTii'd. "If lhal U best.
Ve uuwori ! I'll t.iUu . the nil "
As I half fulntiiig renehed ( ho door ,
And saw thu Marry diunu.
I lii'aid llieni | IIK : "Wnun llfo U o'or
IIu'll take the pll ilm home. "
Tim No. 0 Wheeler .S : Wiibun with its rol
tary movc-ment. is the lightest running
machine in tlie m.irhct. and is unequulled
for speed , durjiiiillty ami quality of v/orU
.Si/Id byV. . Luicasui- CM , Oil Ntmtll BU
lucnth stjcel
Gotha's is the latest opera IIUIISK which
bus followed tlm HayruutV exumplt ) uf mat !
inj the orcbeitra invUlblo ,
