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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-12
The Oak Tree.

A long time ago two lads, called Ed
mund and Oswald. came before court
of Justice. Edmund said to the Judge:
"Three years ago, before setting out
on journey, I entrus ed to this Oswald,
whom l then considered my best friend,
valuable ring composed of precious
stones, but now he will not restore the
ring to me-"
Oswald laid his hand upon his breas.
and said,-
II swear by my honor that know
nothing about this ring. My friend
Emund cannot be in his right senses
"Edmvnd, can you bring forward any
witness to prove the fact that you en-
trusted the ring to his keeping? said
the Judge.
"Unfortunately, we had no witness
except an old oak tree in the field under
which we took leave of one another"
replied Edmund.
II am ready to swear know as little
about the tree as about the ring" said
Oswald.
Edmund, go and bring me branch
of that tree; l desire to see it. You,
Oswald, will wait here till he returns
said the Judge.
Edmund went. After waiting little
while the Judge became impatient and
said,-
"What can be keeping Edmund so
longw
"Oh, SIR" said Oswald, che could
not possibly have returned 80 soon.
The tree is quite an hours walk from
here"
ooh, you wicked liar" said the Judge,
who wished to confirm your lie by an
oath before God, the righteous Judge.
who sees into all hearts. You know
where the tree is"
And so Oswald was obliged to give up
the ring. and was condemned to long
imprisonment.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-12
UNCLE NAHUM'S WEDDING.

Uncle Nahum Nixon was reading the
paper in his back parlor. Nobody
would think, to look at the simple sur
roundings of the unpretentious apart.
ment, that Mr.. Nahum Nixon was one
OF the wealthiest men in the town. The
carpet, it was true was Administer, bu.
it had seen twenty good years of SER
vice, and was worn down to the very
warp; the faded red curtains were of
moreen instead of satin damask; the
old clock on the mantel was no Parisian
affair of alabaster and gilt, but sub
stantia. Connecticut time-piecy, that
struck with a swhirr. like partridge
springing out of her nest; the chairs of
old-fashioned mahogony and haircloth
stood bolt upright against the wall; the
portraits OF Gen. Washington on horse
back and the surrender of CORVALLIS
ornamented the gray papered walls in
frames of sombre gilt, and>the one ele-
gance of the apartment wa, a casket of
preposterous wax flowers under a
cracked glass shade.
But Uncle Nixon had rem embered
that furniture ever since he was child,
and he wouldn't have exchanged it for
the fittings of Parisian boudoir, or the
choicest specimens Of the modern East
lake pattern. He was rich man that
was quite enough for him.
"If you please, Mr.. Nixon" said the
trim little maid servant, "Mr. Marina
duk Bourne wants to see you, if you
please sir, if you are quite at leisure"
"Mr. Marmaduke Bourne, eh ?" The
old gentleman took off his spectacles
and laid them upon the folded news.
paper. "Ask him in, Polly"
And Mr.. Marmaduke came ina tall.
fresh colored young fellow, with spark.
ling gray eyes, brown hair, all in mat
of curls, and straight Greek nose that
seemed as if it might have been bor-
rowed from some ancient statue of
Apollo.
well, sir p said Mr.. Nixor.
"WelI, sir?' counter interrogated Mr..
Bourne, ibid you get my letter ?"
II got your letter." said Uncle Ma.
hum. $50 you want to marry my niece
Faith?"
"Yes, sir" valiantly acknowledged
Mr.. Marmaduke Bourne.
"Ah," nodded Uncle Nahum. "But
perhaps you don't understand all the
facts of the case"
"The facts, sir p
Il want my niece to marry Colonel
Ashland's son." slowly enunciated Un-
Gle Nahum.
'But, sir, she don't love him."
"Pshaw," snarled Uncle Nahum.
"And if she don't marry him she'll be a
beggar-rll give her no money of mine.
Now you understand matters. Marry
her or not. as you please"
He took up the newspaper once more
"a tacit intimation that the interview
was at an end.
"Sir"-began Mr.. Bourne.
"That'll do" said Mr.. Nixon.
II only wish to"
"That'll do" thundered Mr.. Nixon;
and SO Marmaduke Bourne went away.
Little Faith Nixon came down stairs
presently-a blue-eyed blossom of q
girl, with yellow hair growing low on
her forehead, and very little mouth,
exactly the shape to suggest the idea OF
kissing.
Uncle Nahum looked keenly up at her
as she futtered about the room,
Strengthening table cover there or
patting down a curtain fold here.
"Yes," said he, with curious twitch
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-12

| threshold, in his old fashioned swallow.
tailed coat, with a huge white camelis
in his button hole, and pair of sur
prisingly white gloves.
'Have you brought your white
frock p was his first question to his
niece
'No Uncle, L"
THAT won't do," said Uncle Nahum
''No one must corle to my wedding
without marriage garment. It's
lucky provided one for you. Come
upstairs, quick, and put it on, for the
parson is waiting and the company are
here"
"But, Uncle, the bride ?"
"You shall see her by-and-by," said
Uncle Nahum, despotically. "Come up
stairs now and change your Dress"
"But, Uncle, white silk" cried
Faith, looking in disrnay at the glisten-
ing dress laid out for her use.
"What then? Isn't white silk the
thing for wedding? Put it on quick,
and I'll send some one up to bring you
down in five minutes"
And SO, with doubling heart, Faith
Nixon robed herself in the white dress,
with its trimmings of vapory blonde
and long trail.
"Where's your veil p said Uncle Na-
hum, when he came himself, few min
utes later, to the door.
"Uncle, I can't wear VEIL" pleaded
Faith.
"But you must" said Uncle Nahum.
Nobody comes to my wedding with
out veil" And he placed the wreath
lightly on her head.
''But, Uncle Nahum, they will take
me for the BRIDE"
"Let EN-" said the old gentleman.
''Take my arm. Now come down stairs
and I'll show you the bride. Here
she is"
Lifting her bewildered eyes, Faith
Nixon beheld her own figure reflected
in a full length mirror at the stairway.
"Here's the BRIDE" chuckled Uncle
Nahum. ''and here's the groom" touch
ing Bourne's shoulder. "And here's
the parson, all ready and waiting. Now,
reverend sir" to the clergyman, "marry
'em as fast as ever you can." And be-
fore either of the astonished young
people conld demonstrate, they were
made man and wife.
"Duke," cried the bride. as soon as
the ceremony was over, "did you know
of this p
"No, I didn't" said MIR. Bourne, with
his arm very tight around his little
wife's waist, "but must say I approve
very highly of the whole proceeding
Uncle Nahum stood by, rubbing his
hands, with his whole face wreathed in
one prodigious smile.
$50 you supposed it was who was
to be married, eh?" said he. "Not a
bit of it-not bit of it. I'm too old q
bird to be caught with such chaff as
that. No, no, little Faith. Did you
think was going to turn my wee bir-
die out of her nest, after all the years
she has been cherished there? No, no,
I only wanted to assure myself that your
fancy was real fancy, and that this
young rascal here" smiting Bourne on
the shoulder once more, "loved you far
yourself alone and not for the money he
thought the old man was going to leave
you. And you're to live here, both of
you, and we'll be happy ever aft er
Strike up your harps and fiddlAs. Lets
have a dance let's all be merry to-
gether.p
Uncle Nahum Nixon himself led of
the bridal quadrille, dancing in the
good old style of fifty years ago.
81 don't have a wedding every day."
said Uncle Nahum, breathlessly, as he
cut one last pigeon wing, "and 1 mean
to make the most of it,"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-12
VOL. II.---NO. 4.
In Summer.

Al
The fields were green around me
When last 1 met my love;
The birds they flew above me,
And sang in every grove.
The skies were blue as sapphire.
The clouds we're fleecy white,
The summer sun was shining
With radiant, heavenly light.
How happy was our meeting
Upon that summer day
We bade farewell with sadness,
Afar apart to stray:
And now the breezes murmur
With voices Of the past,
Whose aisles Of light and shadow,
In memory's vision cast.
Inspire dreamy longing,
And sense of weary pain,
For that summer day so feeting,
Will never come again.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-29
The Great Popular Route Of Texas
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
RAILWAY
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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-29
BEFORETHE CONVENTION.

Extracts from Hon. Geo. P. Finlay's letter to
D.McNeill Turner, Esq, published in Sun
day Morning Ledger OF June IS, 1882
From the Corpus Christi Ledger.
"Free trade will never be endorsed by the
American people, because direct taxation is its
necessary and logical sequence.
A tariff for revenue only is a very pretty alb
stract theory, but no state or people will ever
yield obedience to theory, however plausl.
Bile, when it comes in conflict with practical
materia! interests. 1t is the duty of
the government to levy deties and collect re-
venues in that manner which will protect the
products and fosters the industries that depend
upon home enterprise and home labor, and
any other theory in my view, is not Democra'
tic. To do this is the essence of Democracy,
aud no sort of reasoning can combat the lead
ing idea that Democracy in congressional dis
tricts is that principle in politics which will
give direct representation to their interests.
If these views should conflict with
Democratic State and National platforms then
shall adhere to them as being sounder De-
mocracy.
AFTER THE CONVENTION.
The reporter of the Galveston News had an
interview at Austin on the 18th with Col. Geo.
P. Finlay in which the latter said: .'The
News IS mistaken IN saying that am an
avowed protectionist. l am in favor Of pro-
lection within a revenue standard. am in
favor of levying such tariff as will equalize
the cost of production at home and abroad SO
as to give free competition against all foreign
productions. l am opposed to any tariff
which would lock out competition from abroad
or prohibit the importation of any article man
ufactured abroad by what is known as high
protective tariff. am in favor of all articles
of prime necessity in general use among the
masses, not produced at home, being admitted
free. agree with the democratic platforms
that the present tariff is an abomination and
should be revised and be adjusted on the prin-
ciple Of raising revenue, and not for protec-
ton, unless as an incident. AS to wool and
sugar, am opposed to commencing the re-
duction on them, and in this doubtless agree
with every member Of our delegation"
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-29

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1889.
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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-29

"I'm little disfgured but still in the ring"
-IJoseph E. Dwyer.
Annie Louise Carey has recovered her voice.
Her husband, of course, made the discovery.
Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A
country editor has died who was not in debt.
Jack Frost and Bronze John will soon meet
at Brownsville and it will be a cold day for
yellow fever.
A St. Louis advocate of female suffrage is
Mrs. Virginia L. Minor. How can she hope
to ever vote while she remains Minor.
Oscar Wilde says he ''pants" to meet Royal
Roscoe. Perhaps he will get another pant"
and then he'll have pair Of 'em.
Industrial training schools for servants are
being established in the north. Here kitchen
mechanics are taught in one line and several
motions-toward the door with rataplan of
boot-ack and stove-wood.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01

On the night of the 21st as pass
enger train no. 2, going cast, Capt,
N. J. Bell, conductor, passed Mid
way, two young men, John Noel
and Israel Woolsey, got aboard the
train and said they had no money.
Conductor Bell said he would have
to put them. off, Noel paid his fare
to Home depot and Woolsey walked
back to the platform of the rear
passenger coach and, it ~ thought,
tried to jump off as the train came
to RAIDERS. BE was found chat night
lying across the track, his body cut
completely in two. 1t is supposed
he struck in his leap pile of cross
ties near the track and was thrown
back under the wheels.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01

w. w. Corcoran, Chfds Justice
Cartier, of the District Supreme
Court, A R. Spofford, Librarian Of
Congress, Dr. Joseph NJ. Toner, Jers
emiah Black and others have taken
out, at Washington, articles of in
corporation under the title of the
Jefferson Monument Asso iation,
for the purpose of erecting a monu-
ment in that city to the memory OF
Thomas Jefferson. The capital of
the association is placed at 100000
with power to increase it to 81, ,0O0,-
600. s4.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01

HubbelIs committee have set up
the peripatetic Republican, Will ii.
Herman as editor Of the Bartlett
Tenn. J NewS, and Herman is pour
ing forth, his old drivel and bailing
up his paper for the useot the Re-
publican committee, the members of
which seem to think they can 'sfire
the Northern heart by sach fraudu-
lent means "A few Northern Re
publican organs are reprinting Ker-
mans slush about chatting the
damned flag" the "dirty Constitu-
tion,7 etc, and they are declaring
that the ''rebei spirit IS still alive.
So weak is this mode of campaign
ling that not. q Republican paper OF
any importance has the face to re-
produce it and try, to make out that
aanotherrebellion" is baewing. The
fact that the Republican committee
has to resort to such toolsIas Herman
is simply an admission that they
have no cause C0nrieT7rJouraall
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01
MORRISTOWN
MALE HIGH SCHOOL
7. J. DAVENPORT, A. NJ, PTiI.
1SS2---1SS3-

This school i located In Morrist0vn, East Ten
naszae, a healthy. business, growing town, on tha
East TemnesHee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
and al the terminus OF the Cincinnati, Cumber-
land Gap and Charleston railroad here Is here
every facility for intellectual, social and moral
Improvements
The next session vii begin hondAy, September
g. lisa, and continue two terms uf IS weeks each
TUITION PER TERM or Is WEEKS.
Orthography, Reading, PenmanshiP, Primary
Arithmetic aud Primary Geography 50 90
Higher Arithmetic, English Grammar, Ge-
oaraphy, History and Composition 90e
Flarnentary Algebra, Natural Philosophy,
PhvsicaI Geography and Rhetoric u %
Chemistry Astronomy, Geology, Intelec-
tual and Moral Philosophy, Logic,
Higher MatheInAtics- Latin and oreek-- ls ee
G00tll&eNA Eee---. ------s--s w
One-haif % tuition aud contingent fss must bs
paid IN advance.
No deduction viii be made for abssnce except
In cases q prutracted llae-s-
Competent assistants viii be secured 20 meat the
demands % the school.
Ths regulatons YIN bs mild, but rigidly an
fJrcei.
hoard can BE- had from s. TO $40 per month.
For further PsrticulArs address the Principal,
a. ..' T. J DAVENPORT,
RIorriEtown, Tenn
Aug n B-m
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01

among those whose political opin-
ions are anti Republican in tn S
State and while on this account
they may wrangls5 among them
selves, whenever it is realized that
the only result viii be'ipermanent
Republican gain, all differences will
be laid aside to combine against the
common foe. szl9 xlEi5Tas sH=l 57e I
nti-Republieans jwhatsoever may
be their preference for MFR iFusse1l
or Mr.. Beasley, will rally'to the most
efficient elementof strength. If ex-
amples were wanting they are to
be found in Col. Edwards and Gen.
Hood. asasi4ma3 a
The election in Ohio-iustifies the
expectation not only of State but
national anti Republican success.
Shall this expectation be destroyed
by desertions2 From whom do the
followers of Mr. Beasley and Mr..
Fussell receive the most fiattering
encouragement From the Repub-
lieans, who, vanquished IN Ohio,
strive to. retrieve their losses here.
There are some who fail to appre-
hend the significance of the present
struggle, but fortunately they are
few. Shall representatives be faith
full? Shall the people be spit upon
and their instructions despised
Democracy, and Greenbackism,
and High-taxism, and Low -raxism,
and ani-Republicanism in all its
shapes, are mere garments when
disbarred of these principles
Their. vindieation and establish
ment will be cheap at any price.
Men may talk of settlement and re
pose, but let there be no peace until
it is established that the people
reign. We shall. be surprised be-
yond expression atsrdefeat.', But if
it comes let the struggle be renewed
again and again. t
When Mr.. Wilkes was denied his
seat in Parliament, Englishmen .ae-
cepted it as an issue between them
and Parliament for the preservation
of their rights They promptly
elected him again, He was refused.
Again they elected shim.e He was
still refused his seat. Nothing
daunted, they returned him again,
and the fourth time he was refused.
A fifth time did they~electshim. He.
was admitted, and the victory was
complete. There are .Anglo-Saxons
in Tennessee. IN ID
J.J. YERTREEs, Chairman,
J. T. HILLsMAN,f fSec'y.v .f,Ba.s-sb +
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01

In the character % the instruction-its high
stAndar intellectually. morally aud socially.
In the freedom from al temptations 20 vice, IN
the way ~ ifnnur or rnnahlinR saloons.
In th- absenee ~ al causes for ertrAvAgAnce IN
dress.
Ia tie priYlegc of attending on the religious ex-
srcises of the various demon iinationa, a. Metho-
dlNta. prcshyterians and baptistH.
In the literary societies. aud the usa Of thair
libraries well "a the freedom % the reading
room and coiieg library, which are inv4luabls to
the studeuf-
In The cture systeu. Consisting Of weekly and
monthly loctnrcs- The former, by the Facnlty.
mmd nnni racing such topics 40 The Pitfalls 81
our Youth Faunenens % Aim, /" a'rhe Professions
of LIFE The lntte-, by professional gentlemen
not connected With the college, aud on subjects
suited b he students culture.
In The b1Auiy and granducns of tire College loca-
tiar, a. well Aa general heAlthfulneHs.
sand 90 Pruf. y. y. HrEF for catalogues.
esu B. G.. MANARD, Prest
CAnsox CoLLEsE
Mo4ay Cr~ak, Tenn. June !, lisa. julia s17u
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01

Gen. B., F. Butler, Democratic
candidate for Governor Of Massa-
chusetts, opened his canvass in Bos-
ton, on the 10th, with two speeches
One at Faneuil Hall and the other
at Music Hall. He said it was the
river and harbor steal and other
kindred excessive appropriations of
the public money that caused Re
publican defeat in Ohio, and he pre-
dicted Democratic tidal wave at
the November election.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01
THE uBIBLE.As A TEXT BOOK.

HANIaEroS, 0Nr., Oct. 2L--An
important convention of Baptist
clergymoAnmnd laymen, which has
been in session here for the past few
days, had under consideration the
proposed introdacti0noof the Bible
A. n textbook into thepublic schools
of Ontario, and decline TO take part
in the deputauon which will wait
on the Premier of. Ontario on Tues
day next, assigning as reason that
while heartily approving the use OF
the Bible in the public schools, they
hesitate 10 take action which will
Interfere In any way with the relig-
ious liberty of any citizen.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01
THE ENoRM0 UsSIzE' ON LONDON


The London Land ssys:. Lon
don has larger population than
many a European State with a
Sovereign and Parliament At the
census of 1881 the area or Metropo-
Titan taxation and police contained
4,764 ,312 persons, Thus there are
In London more than double the
number Of people IN Denmark, in.
Guiding Greenland nearly three
times as many as In Greece more
than eighteen times the population
of Montenegro some thousands
more than Portugal, including the
Azores and Madeira !; nearly treble
the population OF Servia more than
double that OF Bulgaria; three
quarters of a million more than in
Holland more than Sweden, Nor
way or Switzerland. Aud yet this
splendid capital, the most populons
! and wealthy city III world, has
ever seen, is practically without q
government.