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Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-21

proylsed Tor the occasion. The va1l.
took place in what is usually the o,i ss.'S
throne room, and the papal throne 4, n
duty as an altar Nothing, however .. ''
have been prettier or sweeter H.. s's'
room. Violets, fragrant violets. eo., -,
the floor and formed a fttino ....,'
for the millionaire's unaffected lis'
daughter. These and the dresses ofts.
guests were the chief adornmeots a.
chapel. The ceremony had none ofH.
usual vulgar stir and show about #. Y.
felt it was an earnest and religious matt,
You saw that the " happy couple" Ieta
The stifled sobs OF Mr.. and Mrs, 1Ta.y,,
showed the parents felt it, and the fsrvsn
address ofthe nuncio emphasized the sd.
emnity.
Both the bride and bridegroom bad
tasted from midnight, to be able to take I'M
sacrament in a proper spirit. Both, | need
scarcely add, are fervent Catholics. Nis
Eva was an assidous frequenter Of the Pa /
sionist services in the Avenue Hoebe-
which at last indeed had almost cometoh
private chapel Of the Mackays I know
too, that at one moment Miss Eva bad /
serious thoughts Of taking the veil. s
was dissuaded from doing SO by Mgr. Cape. i
who has long been one Of her most trusted
friends. They say he will soon be oard.
nal, This en- possont
While the nuncio arrayed himselfinfi
vestments, aided by Father Russell ofta
Passionists, and another priest | took
a quiet look at the group which StoOd&
fore the altar, and wondered whether tD
Mackays ever dreampt Of being the cen'
Of such a scene years ago, when he E'P
bar out west, and she was the wife
Bryant CAY, times have changed u'!
and we have changed" they must D'
been saying inwardly. Mrs. Mackay I0'A'
pretty and very young, by the BY ID =.
handsome dress of electric blue a'4
powdered with trefoilS and enrIcneu
sapphires. But, though handsome
fitted her badly. [ much prei!erI'p
bonnet-a masterpiece in blue aDug
trimmed with lilac feathers and NUM-,
birds. The bride wore charming
of ivory satin, embroidered WIN u ,|s
blossoms on her head wreath u :.
same symbolic flowers. More =, +.
blossoms at the throat fastening ~ +.
sage. Countess Telfener, nee Ao' iia ,.,d
ford. stood near in a very pale ~
y ooo4,,r,o trimmed WIN
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-21

The Aesthetic Club met last Wednesday
at the residence Of Judge Sterling R.
CockriIl. This being the "Hood Even
ing" selections were read from the writings
of that author. The "Song of the Shirt .
was rendered even more pathetic by the
beautiful voice and distinct ennuciation of
Mrs. Harry Jabine. An essay upon Hood,
his life and writings, by Mrs. Charles
Martin, was an exceedingly finished and
fine production. The next meeting Of this
Club will be held at the residence of Judge
John Mcclure, on Wednesday next.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-21

Miss Haynes, of Fremont, Ohio, is the
guest of her relatives in the city, Mr. and
Mrs, Henry M, Cooper.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-21

played, and The bridal party advanced down
the center aisle. Miss Bethunia Roane and
Judge Husbands, followed by Mrs CAN'T
and Mr. Sanders, and before the altar
they stood and took the solemn vows OIL
marriage. Mrs. CAN'T wore an eXquisitely
fitting dark green walking dress Of satin
and velvet, with small bonnet to match.
She wore one single white camelia at her
throat and carried lovely bouquet in her
hand.
Miss Roane was attired in handsome
dress of dark blue satin, with founces of
white lace up the front Of the skirt, and
white lace outlining vest upon the basque.
A small bonnet to match the dress, and a
bouquet of flowers completed this very be-
coming costume worn by an extremely
handsome young lady,
Mr.. Sanders is gentleman who stands
very high in his profession, and won for
himself quite name in his former home
of Forrest City before he came to Little
Rock. Henow is one of the partners in
the law firm Of Husbands and Sanders.
There is hnrdIy any lady who has more
personal friends and warm admirers than
Mrs CAN'T, her quiet manners, lovely dis
position, and sweet face, will win friends
for her wherever she may be placed, and
Mr.. Sanders is indeed fortunate in winning
such wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanders left on the after
noon train for Memphis, and from there
will 60 to New Orleans, and after the hon
eymoon will return to Little Rock, where
they will make their future home. And
this is the way that Mrs. CAN'T goes to
Colorado
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24
TO BIB CONTINUED.
Tom Brown's Great Hit.

Horace Phillips bob-tailed yellow
dog had just completed few innocent
capers about the end of the grand stand
yesterday afternoon, and, the sun had
Just beamed forth from mountain of
wintry cloud, when Tom Brown of the
Alleghenies. y distant relative of the
martyr of Harper's Ferry, walked up
to the plate to face the pitcher of the
Cincinnatis. The score stood to in
favor of the Rhinelanders, and the
crowd was rather solemn. The big
end of the great star battery spat upon
its hands with dignity and precision,
elevated its right shoulder slightly,
caressed the sphere gently, and then
let 90. The next instant lengthy Tom
Brown did likewise, and by his letting
go mighty crash resulted, and the
ball took up its distant fight. ''
Corkhill, in right-tield, instinctivcly
started backward, and then stopped
short and stood looking upward, as if
rooted to the earth. Suddenly it struck
the crowd that the ball was going over
the fence, and then 200 people rose
to their feet and yelled and shrisked
and shouted, waved their hats, and re-
peated the chorus OF whoops and yells
and shrieks, and did it again and again
and again, until long after Tom Brown
had circled the bases, chasing in two
runs, and laid down to regain his
breath. '' 'A..'''
just how far the ball went will never
be known, but it took n runner from
the outside five minutes to bring it
back close enough to the fence to field
it in to the grounds. 1t was certainly
one of the longest hits on record, and
it won the game after all looked lost.
The ball went high above q distant
fence, and q youth whow was on aneigh-
boring telegraph-pole told Horace last
night that when it passed him it was
attired in new summer suit, linen
duster, and wore side-whiskers. fitts-
burg Dispatch ft' gas HuE.,tr d
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
A VISITOR COMES TO HAMPT IN.


The day before Willie returned from his
wedding trip strange man wall ed into my
shop. This person was tall and stout, shah
billy dressed, and indeed, he looked the
picture of peddler, and said I to myself,
My friend, you are Messrs. Somebody &
Co.'S our Mr.. Somebody" He bought six
pennyworth of black currant lozenges, and
putting half dozen in his mouth at once
| Suggesting that the case was ACUTE, he
seated himself before the counter. 9lf
IL "You don't mind my resting awhile" he
said, while I take this little refreshment"
4 Certainly not,n l replied. ''As long as
You plesse. Hot, amt itp ral1n. b
He was an agreeable man, with plenty Of
wellinformed talk, and I thought next that
| he must have some notion of settling in
Hampton, for he asked all sorts of questions
about the place and people At last--how
do not now remember-he got to Tumble
down Farm, when, turning to me with a
smile, said he: .,,. ..... ,,,.,r.. .7r
":Ihave been told that an old oddity named
Hardware lives there"
/ THAT is the name," replied.
""And a young woman, I believe, with him
-handsomish sort of glrlF' ed .'''''.,. I"
$50 people call her, ~ a.
''Any more in familyP' asked the stranger,
leaning back in his seat lazily. 'i'" T., I Il
Mot that know Of, I" replied
It struck me that if he were SO mighty IN
1 different about the subject as his manner
seemed to show, he would not ask any ques-
ton, good or bad. I resolved to know moth
ing. fi' ia .!9tHtt lft'S s'tI tst = .'l
+ "Let me tell you, continued the stranger,
in an idle kind of tone, II hear a third party
lives in that house-a middle-aged man,
rather goodlooking, tall, with black hair
and dark eyes, very piercing. Hehasasear,
too-a small one-ever the left eye Have
you ever seen such party aboutF' ! ~
l,"Near relation of yours, I supposeg' Isaid.
sWhya" asked the big man, looking hard
at me.ii li d.MntHri 9O aaiIr14
] d'''You describe him as if he was your twin
brother,n ] answered. mo, have not seen
any man about with scar over his left eye"
! The stranger Laughed, but looked sulky
for all that, and soon rose and wished me
good-morning. .,s.t,e t.tqu ysart afFtt
b That night, while Gracious Ne was, sitting
with couple Of companions over bis gin at
the Lion, this same stranger stepped in with
| q friend, and called for two glasses of whisky
and water He joined the conversation, and
contrived in five minutes time to mention
Tumbledown Farm,
7""Any Of you know that hoissr'he IN
Iquired. So la h'Goai 2a' 9ni,pL 9
Gracious, who was pretty far gone, CUR
gled out drunken laugh. then rubbed the
back Of his head slowly until he found the
scar and broke into a smile, like man who
has verified his fact. p Il. iifJb 4tN35 ="
4 "Know that housee'' he repeated. .Just a
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24
w CHAPTER XVII.

am afraid that some of you who read
this story will begin to find fault with Willie
Snow. He is not heroic enough, you think.
Wen, | admit indeed, l have already
hinted as ch--that in these last scenes he
showed but little spirit, and that not Of his
usual frank, sweet kind What thens Is he
for that reason not a man like the rest Of uss
Or does this change in his character make
him seem unreals j9h. "ti! 9H "
The morning hut one after his interview
with Vanity, he received the following
letters, tliissl ~ itt VA = n 4 Zli{t4G >
Z Dearest Willie: I am grieved-cut to the
heartily what you said to me Yesterday.
but not angry with you. know you have
reason on your side. What was told Won
might very well make me seem black in
your eyes, and the difficulty even now Is that
Icannot explain anything. lam bound by
the most solemn promise to keep the ex-
PLANTATION of the scene which appeared so
wicked to you q secret-even froni lyon The,
DAY will come-it is not, indeed, far off,
when you shall know all. In the meantime,
will you not accept my solemn assurances
that the evil you saw in it is not really there9
While you were speaking, L felt 50 mad
with grief and fear that did not fully.
Fealize what you meant by several things
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24
Father, Mother, and Three Sisters Dead.


Nr, David Claypool, formerly Sergeant
t.-Arms ofthe New jersey Senate, anil now
Notary Public at CedarVille,l Cumberland
CO., n. j., makes fhe following startling
statement: "My father, mother, and three
''elst4rs' all died With consumption, and my
IAngs were so weak raised blood. Nobody
thought / could live. My work (ship
,siiithing was very straining on me with N.Y.
Z weak constitution, and was rapidly going
to the grave. While in this condition /
commenced using Mishler's Herb Btters,
and it saved my life. Because it was SO
difficult to get 1t in this little place, and !
had improved SO mach, istopped taking it
Z, for a time, and the result is that ! shavet
commenced going rapidly down hlif iafgaih. >.
Somehow. MishIeps Herb Bitters gives
Z appetite and strengthensand builds nletp,
. as nothing else does, andrI must lave a
tdoaen bottles at oneeoaUse this eommu-
nication as syouplease; and ii any one wants
to lie convinced of its truth, let them write,
me and / will make affidavit to it, Tor r
1--WE my life to Mishleris Herb Bittersn
Thesecret of the almost invariable relit.
aid cure Of consumption, dysentery, diar-
rhHa, dyspepsia indigestion, kidney and
oliver complaints, when Mishlers Herb
xBitters is used, is that it contains simple,
\ harmless, and yet powerful ingredients,
chat act ON the blood, kidneys, and liver,
\ iandthrough them strengthensand invigor-,
sates the whole system. / Purely vegetable,
in its composition; prepared by q regular
h physician; standard medicinal prepara7
ton. endorsed BY physicians and drug
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24
VANITY HARDWARE.
By ALzs -xU1R ~

Then he looked into her face and noticed
her blank expression. In our small village
way, Willie was ladies' man. and he per
ceived the blunder be had committed
Zone minute, Nancy" he said, holding
the door bcek; have unothrr thing 10 say
to you"
He stepped into the hall again and closed
the door behind him But Nancy, mortified
In her turn, met him with frigld lips; and
uew-made lovers never exchanged cooler
salute. Not that object TO that, for where
you ha,a common sense In marriage, love
will come In time. lH.N ". I.I''
An hour later Willie called ON me.
III have followed your advice, doctor.n
what n cried, ''told the young woman
uphill that you are done with herr
mot exactly that--yet,' replied Willie;
II have asked Nancy to marry me-"
! whistled. .,. . .- ..
"You don't seem pleased said he, pet
tishly; what ought / to have done, pray 2"
''Well, /" said 1, II think should have told
the other first. 1t does not matter much,
suppose. Still, you can only marry one
woman, Will-at time, l mean Seems to
me you are engaged to two"
'T wish / was engaged to neither" said
Willie, in very bad humor; nothing do is
right"
/ felt for the lad; besides, began to guess
why he had been in such hurry to propose
to Nancy Steele: be feared to trust himself
with Vanity, and so took this decisive step.
Accordingly dropped that part Of the sub
ject
'fYou will write to Miss Hardware, dare
sayr remarked.
"No; must see her." said Willie nerv-
ously; 1--WE arranged a signal which we
could use in case we wanted to meet any
time" I' l. lf..
"When will you see herg'. 1868
Tomorrow evening" r u
Tomorrow EVENING" i cried; ado you
know how news travels in Hampton? Long
before that time she may have heard of your
new engagement" 'iH Y..!
'tImpossible," SAID Willie, quite impos-
sblen .ui .i.H|. F.if .'
But as looked at him the thought struck
me that If before they met some stray hint of
the matter were to reach Vanity's ears he
would not be altogether displeased. fr
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ut II could not keep my promisesn Willie
spoke in low voice. f,i. ..l-..,.,..l..... g,
''"''You brct, ity' cried Vanity. Have the
courage IL say So You are brave enough to
be perfidior.,, ouj not brave enough to admit
that you are so. Admit that you had not
. the courage to marry ma. Confess that you
made a solemn VOW, and broke it, and my
heart with it. AZ Even if I had been guilty,
might not some recollection of what once
passed between us have moved you to grant
that last requests Oh, if God deals with you
as you dealt with me, there is adreary catas
trophe waiting for you somewhere In your
lifel And let me tell you this: had you met
me the second time when | asked you, I
would have satisfied all your doubts. l shall
not give you any explanations now. Your
good or bad opinion is nothing to me. Go
back to your wife, and be as happy as you
can; the happier YOU are the less you are
worthy of happiness. You have blackened
my life. Go, and make what you can of
your own!n
q Willie listened to her fiery outburst with a
stricken look. He felt that she had justice
in some shape on her side. Instead OF max
ing any reply, he looked up at Vanity, with
eyes full Of tears SO be told me. ,,f.,{ .d
fASA hCflAfSiS }VtES AAAepoiN AAh
her anger vanished like lightning, and a
great rush OF feahng swept over her face.
and her very attitude lesss its rigidity and
blended with this sudden softer mood,
e -sWillie-nIy dear wv Walie;p she said bro
kenly, II havel been wild and wrong, but
only because under all my agony and anger
love for you is burning still. didn't mean
all i said!s9't forgivsi goue Twill pray for
! your happiness, nhHI ri bJapiU ifa43
Perhaps had events run what seemed their
ordinary course before the, second hand Of
Willie's watch haa described another half
circle he might have forgotten for the time
there was such a lady as Mrs. Snow. But
really some Interruptions come in surprisingly
handy. Praise it or blame it, or let it alone,
what cares old Dr. .Books This honeymoon
young man and this heartbroken miss were
Very near having an encounter which would
not have been according to printed rules;
and that Is the plain fact. And what pre-
.yentedg Mrs. Snows She was two miles of,
4 watering her geraniums Dr.. Bookai He
Was smoking his pipe under his own apple
Tee No, it was MY black curfant lozenge
friend, who, stealing DIP unseen, came be-
Miss , said i'd be- "yoa have Sgsot some one
~ tFrttT VFi5l} tfI Lllstt1LLa
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24

A Nevada hunter spent three months
looking for q grizzly bear, and the man'sI
relatives have spent three months lpOkr
ing for him. They think helmust hayaI
found the bear N,ssg .GlYed
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24

hid IN yonder house VINO q wanted
Without my d1pbA NAs HardFars> r>
eelyed this sspot acenleAt NiIh r<nnsrkebis
%.assd, '1Isi b. rbou ~
p Erect hadg ghty brushiAg hef tears e, but
10 more afraid than il he had been q beggar
sssing for a penny.
.----s'lS aassa- -by- ne, aaisss
And for what, may askF'
! burglary, miss"
Not the culver Of an eyelash, not change
Il color from red 70 white or from white to
red, not the slightest tremor in her voice;
only kind of interest, as n the man, in
doing his duty, had made an amusing mis-.
take.
Anything besides burglary, sirf'oo0
Murder. y -lIdHi-a DnB ifnF1 ilffH.
Miss Hardware became serious in a mo-
ment but not the least sign Of agitation ap-
reared ,.-rr ,f..,,.-, . ,.,s........
You arc making great mistake" she
said, s'but you had better come in and see
for yourself. am sorry you have been mis-
informed. This way" .'''' i''''''l ''
.iT.9Fhank We Miss Barnitt . Jast.Iy
The big man, who looked truly stupid,
eyed her kecnly as he said this Eyelashes,
color, voice, were all utterly unaffected.
II see," she said, with the most easy air,
'syou are altogether mistaken. My name is
Hardware" 80 ''i ,'soi ~ % iailH--T y.
ut was Barnitt however," retorted the
detective coolly, "and is SO entered in the
books of Mrs Luck, dressmaker, Carlisle.
Silk frock and trimmings ten pounds. ten;
discount for cash. No, Miss Barnitt; this
won't do UPi the word, I tell you. All
UPp --.. ....... ........ .-..., g.-.sEaot =
Come, come" Vanity, said, haughtily.
You must do what you consider your duty.
This way 1la' sSSI - - 70 1A.1g,.t f
And actually, with an air at once composed
and indignant, and with rapid step, she led
the way to the old Farm. W.
TO BIZ CONTINUED.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24

!, sThat tired feeling from which you
suffer 50, much, particularly Ia the
morning, is entirely thrown Off by
Hoods Sarsapariila, tltae,g,d II M
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24

VI Load man up with dollars and of
tentimes you will drive, out his sense.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24
CHAPTER XVI.

Inc summer day was drawing 10 de-
ngntlul Close when WINE, with reluctant
Ieet, made ms way TO the spot where ne and
VANITY mad SO orten met Inc nay had been
late tnat year, ana the newly-mown grass,
refreshed by one or Two showers looked
green as II the season We're early spring.
merry cnhdren gampoled freely In the nelds
no longer 1earlui OF the farmers tongue OF
SUCK, anu very pieasahuly tnelr JoyIui voice
sounded IN the evening air. IL was de-
Lc1ous evening Tor any one whose mind, like
tne scene around was at peace; nut as for
WINE snow, l tnlhk ne would giadly nave
eAcnangeo that serene SKY ana tranquil view
ior wlnery STORM. he ieit Ill at ease, and
ms nneaslness was not OF the sort winch the
hand OF nature heals: $, - ;, hr.'-I", :.
ne SOON ieio 'he Vihagc ana its s1ragglnS
outskirts behind, and found himself once
more walking up tne ola ROAD under tne.
loity arcn OF trees AT every step, ana IN
sPaoe OF all ms enorts, ms suspicious about
va. van,Iy appeared more groundless. he raj
LEO nus courage, however, when ne saw'her
standing at their own gate, for he felt that
10 douot anytnlng now would be fatal to the
e&ecution OF MS plan i .tr.u ., -
AC s'gnC Oh MN Vanlty bounded forward,
look OF dehght crossed her face like one OF
Caose suuoep sweeps, OF sunllgh1 you see
oa',ng over ianascape wnen CLOUDS ny fast
IN orlght SKY. And he saw-he could not
helP seeing on one lnstant-ohae ner very ex-
preston nad altered: her beauty OF course
was there; but a sofness, a richness, Ma
u uoi,li-nhe n sweeunesS appeared IN her 1ace,
sach as ne hao never pe1ore seen N any hv-
lg ~oniah naruhess, nippancy, selI-con-
celb-oI tneSe not a trace was lett. She looked
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-24

gAdvice to butchers II a man refuses
to pay his bill for mutton suet.rsN el
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-11-07
The First American Railroad.

In the course of paper read before
the Franklin Institute, bearing the
title, Transportation Facilities of the
Past and Present." Mr.. Barnett lie Van
corrects the commonly received state
ment that the Granite Railroad, built
at Quincy, Mass, in 1927, by Gridley
Bryant, for transporting stone for the
Bunker Hill Monument from the gran
tie quarries of Quincy, was the first
railroad built in the United States. On
this point he presents interesting testi-
mony to prove that, far from being
the first. the Granite Railroad was
really only the fourth in order of pre-
cedence in the United States. We quote
from that portion of the paper relating
to the subject as follows: Railroads
were first introduced into Pennsylvania.
In September, 1909, the first expert
mental track in the United States was
laid out by John Thomson 0he father
of John Edgar Thomson, who was
afterward the President of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, Civil Engi-
neer of Delaware County, Pennsyl-
vania, and constructed under his direc
ton by Somerville, Scotch millwright.
for Thomas Leiper, of Philadelphia. 1t
was $50 feet in length, and graded one
and one-half inches to the yard. The
gauge was four feet, and the sleepers
eight feet apart. The experiment with
Il loaded car was so successful that
Leiper in the same year caused the
first practical railroad in the United
States to be constructed for the trans
portation of stone from his quarrieS on
Crum Creek to his landing on Ridley
Greek, in Delaware County, Pa, dis
lance of about one mile. 1t continued
in use for nineteen years. Some of the
original foundations, consisting of rock
in which holes were drilled and after
ward plugged with wood to receive the
spikes for holding the sleepers in place,
may be seen to this day.-Scientifc
AMERICAN