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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

RcreCV He could scarcely believe IT. he
fanded that Mrs Rawlings as some people
7 vii, was making q mystery Of nothing.
Beatrice may have given her money to with
draw the absurd claim, and she was ashamed
to confess the fact.
Look here,n said Carruthera II must
and will know what took place between you
and the lady. Iwarn you that by conceal
ment you may do her the greatest wrong.
You cannot harm her by telling the truth. y
Again Mrs. Rawlings shut her eyes and
shook her head.
Again Frank pressed her, again and again.
She still kept the secret, but ever and anon,
BY means Of some unguarded expression, let
a corner slip out So much so that Frank
fully realized the fact that Beatrice was
driven to seek that interview by some great
STRESS some grieVous need. He began to
fancy thatin spite Of her denial in knowledge
even of her name, Mrs. Rawlings might
be able to tell all about the flight.
"Can o tell me where to find herg' he
asked II warn you if you withhold her
address from me you may do her a wrong
which may never be repaired"
bespoke earnestly and impressively, fixing
his eyes upon the woman as be spoke. He
wished to learn from her looks whether she
knew the address or not.
A sudden inspiration seized Mrs. Raw
hngs. Inspiration may come to a Dur
veyor as well as to a poet. This young man,
this eager young fellow, was the cause of ali
the shame and mischief-what secret was
there to keep from him9 He might be right;
incalculable harm might follow her silence.
"You want to find herp she asked.
''You don't know where she isf'
Il want to find her. l shall never rest
until | find her," His manner told Mrs.
Rawlings that her inspiration was correct.
She rose and spoke with real emotion.
eyes, sir" she said, ''go and find her.
Go and do what is right. If you are the
man, l think your conscience will tell you
what to do. Oh, sir, make what amends
you can while there is time. Life is uncer-
tain. 1t is things Of this sort which haunt a
nan on bis death bed.n
The look Of surprise which at first sat on
Franks face turned to one of something like
horror. go on he said hoarsely.
perhaps | AM ~wronging you" went on the
woman. perhaps you did not know all.
She said the child was born in secrecy.
Perhaps you never knew it. But go to her
now, sir, and make what amends you can.
It's not for me to speak, but what can a gen.
tleman want for his wife more than a beau
tifu1 p~roud"ookng young Lady like this,
Dear, dearl what she must have suffered,
thing.h
Carruthers was CHASTITY. His hands grasped
the table for support. Mrs. Rawlings glanced
at him and felt that her impromptu Grafton
WIS doing its work.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
An Exploded Boom.

A long, lank, lean and chronic Anti-Potash
Boom net the new, fat and saucy Atlanta Big
Bold Boom, on a hot, sultry day.
'Who are you?" asked B.. B, B. Boom.
81 am the old Anti Potash Boom, . was the sad
reply, as the perspiration rolled down, and it
leaned heevily on the B.. B. 3. Boom for support
Don't lean on me" said the B. B. +. Boom.
81 may look strong, but 1 am quite young-only
IA months old, am growing rapidly, and am
mighty weakin the knees. 1 an doing the work
which you have failed to do, although you are so
years old, You are old, and tough, andrich, and
don't require a support. But What causes you
to look SO thin of late?'
"Well, 1 hardly know replied the Anti
Potash Boom. MY physicians tell me that my
abilities have been 6ver-rated. and that while
trying to whip out all opposition by boast and
brag. that : have proven my inability. Old age.
is also creeping on me-having fought near 58'
years before any o.e knew | was liying-and
now | am unable to perform feats that others
are doing. l am collapsed; my friends have
turned against me and call me- names, and oh
LOrdy, how sick | become at the very sight Of B.
B.. B.. Hold my head while l die"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

a barrier, never to be climbed, would be
raised by her. he did not wrong her In this.
lie knew that for all that had befallen she
was mourning in mental sackcloth and
ashes. he had no blame to give her, no
stone to cast
She had not tried to win his love. sheh had
not accepted that love when offered. Too
well he knew why. Yet he knew also that
she loved him-loVed him but would never
be his. The thought drove him half mad.
No friend Of Carruthers' would have known
him, as, with heavy brows and bent head,
be walked through those quiet streets Of
suburban London.
But why the fight No new dread, no
new danger could have threatened her. Did
she after all fly because he was coming to
Lakewood Housed Did she fear that her
resolution aus give way, and with one
breath she must avow her love, and with the
next tell her lover that love could not he be-
tween them2 No. A word from her would
have stayed his coming. She had even as
good as asked him to come. She was not
flying from him.
Then khe thought Of that man who was
seeking her came to his mind. He shuddered
and bit his lip; he knew not why. But his
first thought was to trace this unknown man
and hear why he wanted Beatrice.
His mood changed. He would not seek
him. He had no more to learn. After what
be had this morning heard all inquiries, all
information, could but tend to make him
more miserable. There was nothing now
left for him in the world but sheer hard
work. Work, work, work, the greatest
blessing ever given to man.
So he walked on and on, almost CRYING in
his anguish, almost raving in his utter help
lessness to mend matters. But all the while.
do what he could to tear his idol out of her
shrine, thinking of her as the calm, fair,
stately girl he had known and loved, the one
of all the world against whom SANDER should
raise no voice.
Before his aimless walk was ended his
mood had grown soft and plying. Anger
had simply faded away. All he could now
think of was Beatrice and her sorrow. ALI
he asked was to be able to see her and tell
her there was one who would ever be as a
brother to her. The wild resolve that he
would now acquiesce in her disappearance as
calmly as did her uncles disappeared. He
would find her. He would go to her, take
her hand, tell her the secret was his, coun-
sell her, and, if it were possible, stand be-
tween her and what she had to bear.
But he knew now, or thought he KEW,
the utmost that life had to give him, and
he saw in it a sorry substitute for what
it had seemed to promise only a few days
ago.
Blame herl Why should he blame heri
How had she wronged him2
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

Fanny Beaumont went through Patagonia
and shot Some niggers or something. There's
another lady who rUughs It In Italy and
Spain. Fancy Spain, Herbertl You know
what a beastly hole Spain is Women dOall
sorts Of out-of-the-Way things now"
"some women said Horace, severely.
His ideal woman, IL be had one, did DC
strange things. However, il you are con.
tented, there is nothing more to say.n
"pm not contented. It's q nuisance q
think Of a child you love, wandering heaven
knows where. But she'n turn up all RIGHT
again. Ali here's my wife; wen hear what
she Siinks Of it."
Lady Clauson entered, looking, as usual.
very beautiful. Horace and Herbert rose
and greeted her with solemn gallantry. Thew
were always particularly attentive and cour-
teous to Sir Maingay's second wife. This
the lady attributed to her charms. She was
quite wrong. The Talberts were only anx-
ious to show that if Sir Maingay chose 10
marry again it was a matter Of no concern
to them
Lady Clauson was told the news. Gha
turned to her husband triumphantly. AZ
many better bred people sometimes do. rhe
forgot herself. 81 always told Won ahe
would do something disgracefuL" said her
ladyship
my dear! my dear Isabelr' said Sir Main
gay. He glanced timidly at his brothers-in-
law.
Horace and Herbert rose like two figures
worked by one spring. Their calm eyes
looked down their straight noses and concen-
trated their gaze on Lady Clauson, who
turned very red.
Madam" said Horace, ''the members of
our family, and, l believe l may say, of Sir
Maingay's family, are not in the habit of
doing disgraceful things. Beatrice may have
left us unadvisedly, but I am certain her
reason, if known, would meet with her
fathers and with our approval"
Lady Clauson at once saw her mistake, and
apologized humbly; an apology which the
brothers accepted gracefully. Then, after
having been shown the nursery treasures,
they took their leave.
"Maingay does not improve as he grows
Older" said Horace. Herbert shook his head
m%ournfully, as one who wished to gainsay a
fact, but dare not.
Lady Clauson, in spite of her apology, told
her husband that Beatrice had done m
thing disgraceful. "Oh, no, my DEAR" said
sir Maingay. 'Its only a freak. You
know, l won't say for what reason, she can't
come bach here to live Well, she's grown
tired Of life down at Oakbury. Idon't won
der at it. Horace and Herbert are two reg
ular old women. They darn their own stock
ings, make antimacassars, and all sorts Of
things. She was ashamed to say she was
tired Of the life, SO went off on her wn ac-
count"
Here was yet another motive attributed to
Beatrice Nothing is more risky than the
attributing of motives 1t is as dangerous
as prophesying before the event.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

"Wil you give the address / wanted
when last we metF asked Heryey eagerly.
II win not" answered Carruthers shortly.
BE did not this time assert his inability to
oblge his questioner, because be was IN.
willing to confess that Beatrice's present
abode was a secret kept even from her own
friends. He had also made up bis mind that
nothing should tempt him to ask this ex-
convict a single question An attempt to
get at the truth through such a medium as
this would be a degradation, an insult to the
woman ne ioV9fSo be Continued.)
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
A SUNBEAM.

Compared to other remedies, B. B. B. is the
radient sunbeam of m dday, f~lillging its glitter
ing glare to sadden hearts, while others are pale
moonbeams, pushing along through misty mesh
es OF darkness, in search OF something they can
cure.
1t cures blood diseases and Poisons, Catarrh,
Old Ulcers, ScrOfula, rheumatism, Skin DiseaS-
es, Kidney troubles, ETC., and We hold a 80 page
book full Of Observation-Disclosures evidence-that
cannot be doubted, proving all we claim. Our
certificates are not phantasmagorical, nor far
fetched, but are voluntary outbursts of men and
women of Atlanta,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
RHEUMATISM

Although a practitioner OF near twenty years,
my mother Influenced me to procure b. b. B. for
months with rheumatism which had stubbornly
resisted all the usual remedies. Within twenty
four hours after commencing B. B.. B. l observ-
ed marked relief, She has commenced her
third bottle and Is nearly as active as ever, and
has been in the front yard "rako in hand' clean.
ingup. Her improvement is truly wonderful
and immensely gratifying. I
G.. II. MONTGOMERY, M. D. !
Jacksonville, Ala, Jan. 6, 1885. Z
Sold at wholesale or retail by G, G, REYNOLDS
&CO., Vlcksburg, Miss.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-03-18
Ths 9nilg Bnllstia.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is, 1885.
THE LATE COLONEL BuRNABY.

Colonel Burnaby had strong
hankering after journalism, and has
himself done good work in the field.
He wrote some graphic letters for
the Times during the last Carlist
War. OF late years his special at
tachment has been to the Morning
Post. Here again, one of the lead
ing impulses of his lifc-the desire
to help friend-came into action.
Sir Algernon Borthwiclt was n friend
of his, and accordingly Burnaby
both during the Russo-Turkish War
and the operations in Egypt sent
valuable contributions to the Post.
He was man who liked his dinner,
and an interminable succession of
cigars after it. But in order to do
O service to friend he scorned de-
lights, and lived the laborious days
of special correspondent. Pay
was pressed upon him, but he would
take nothing but the satisfaction Of
having served q friend. Of late he
was obliged to give up all kinds of
violent exercise, and began to take
on flesh, with other and more seri-
Gus disadvantages to his health. 1t
is only two years ago since the colo
mel and q friend were travelling in
railway carriage in Spain. There
entered German, who, as he pass
ed, carelessly knocked down the hat
of Burnaby's companion. AS he
made no apology the owner of the
hat asked him to pick it up, whereat
he gave snort and sat down. Bur-
naby, quietly rising from the other
side of the carriage, opened the
door, took hold of the German by
the collar of the coat and convent
ent portion of the trousers, and just
lifted him out Of the carriage as if he
were a basket. Then he quietly
shut the door, resumed his seat, and
lit fresh cigar. There was terri
bic row and some business on the
part of the police, but noting more
came Of it. But though Burnaby
had giants strength, he had for
generosity and kindness a child's
heart. Perhaps never before was so
gentle nature environed by what
was, when the light Of battle danced
in his eyes, so fierce a giant. -Home
Ne,cs.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-03-18
BILL NYE ON POLAR EXPEDITIONS.

Everything shows lis that the
summer is gone and the twilight Of
the year is settling down upon us.
We begin to wonder whether we had
better run the furnace this winter or
take the money and buy Cuba so as
to have a winter resort. Speaking
about winter resorts, II military
friend of mine writes me that he
wouldn't ask anything better than a
commission to make trip in search
of the open Polar Sea. He invites
me to 60. thanked him for the
invitation and asked him when he
wanted his men picked, before or
after the trip.
While / would like we'll enough to
catch few pickerel in the open
Polar Sea and breathe the crisp,
pure air Of no degrees and no
minutes longitude due west of a
given point, l am almost positive
that 1 will dig the clinkers out Of a
large base burner this winter and
write foamy, frothy, sunny, soothful
poems for a dying world.
While no one would more cheer.
fully enter into the giddy whirl of
Esquimaux society, or load his
stomach with cod-liver oil and old
harnesses and saddles with vinegar,
in order that he might crafty a
morbid curiosity as to whether the
North Pole had a hot box or not,
yet / shall not avail myself of the
opportunity to 60 this winter.
While few could more joyously
contemplate life where it would
take ninety-day note lifetime to
mature, l am free to say that l
would rather, at present, climb tall
tree until the payee gets by
DenUer Opinion.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-03-18
MISCELLANY.

The English bishops have what
would be termed in slang language a
"soft thing" The bishop of Lon
don gets an annual salary of $780,
600; of Durham, $35, 900; of Win
chester the same; Of Ely, $37, 500,
and the others about $25, 900. Even
the nominal bishop of Sodor and
Mann, who has neither cathedral nor
dean, gets $4,000 year for doing
nothing.
The Rev. DR.. Sankey of Roches-
ter, N. Y, returned from the Pres
byterian Council at Belfast, is re-
ported to have said: II believe the
Presbyterian churches of England,
Scotland and Ireland are tending to-
ward ritualism very rapidly. This
is especially SO in the Scottish
churches, surprising as it may
SEEM"
The latest surveys of the tract
proposed to be occupied by the
great inland sea to be created in
North Africa, under the auspices of
M. de Lssseps, indicate that this
now arid region was once covered by
a large estuary of the Mediterranean,
which was cut off by prehistoric
upheaysl Of the coast, laying the
foundation for the slow conversion
into desert that has since taken
place. Traces of the ancient water
courses have been discovered and
followed for leagues.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
COMFORT FOR sMOk ERs.

Smokers will be glad to learn tha; their
habit Is endorsed by DIR. Hammond, of New
York He tells them, however. that they
sho2ld never smoke except after eating, but
1t is preferable TO smoke only after the days
work Is done. Now, he says, 81 cigar
taken after eating has not only beneficial,
aootmng effect upon the mind, but it facili-
tates digestion, increasing the amount of
gastric Juice, as have frequently shown to
my clas9 IN experiment. Take dog and
make gastric tistula III him SO as TO collect
the gastric Juice by tube and put little
tobacco INTO hls mouth Almost instantly
the gastric juice begins TO flow Whatever
e&eltcs tho secretions of saliva excites the Sc
creti"ns of gastric juice. SO that "A man ac-
tually assists digestion hy an after-duner
cigar provided he il not one OF those unfor-
| inmate persons to whom tobacco Is poison
Gus. Personally never smoke until about
5 =. M, after my dinner, and thcn smoke
i've or SIX mod rtiely strong cigars from that
until midnight, and know am wiser. bet.
Ter and happier for it," The doctor does
deny, as scarcely any one with experience
Will deny. that smoking injnres some peo
pie. If, he says. smoking makes man ir
rltabie, fretful, and be feels a. if he woult
like to jump out of his skin, i, is injurious
but H. after being worried over some little
thing, he come TO look at il after smok,
quietly, ana perhaps laugh a, it, then tobac
co Is beneficial TO him Il is highly import.
ant for mankind to pass through life with as
little bother as possible, and tobacco lessen,
the tendency to bother and WORN.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
An Gee an Tragedy.

A special dispatch from Liverpool ,o
the New York Herald says: - Tbe
correspondent, on boarding the City of
Chicago, which arrived here Monday
and interviewing Pnrser Cavanaeb oo
the incld ents Of the rapid ard pleapaut
voyage, was told Of a sad tragedy thar
occdrr1d on the OCEAN. Among the
many well-to do steerage p.ssan g4rs
visiting home were Mr. and Mira. Sbo-r
Yorkshire people, returning TO see their
relatives.
They bad with them ye interestin q
children, all under twelve years OF age
All haa been more or less seasick on III.
first two days, but on the ocean growing
smoother they soon recovered their
health and spirits. On the third dav
out from Sandy Hook the mother asked
the husband 10 bring her q Gun of tea
She seemed weak and nervous, bnt
amid the group of her little ones quite
HAPPY in attending TO their wants an d
listening 70 their prattle aboat the nov.
|elty OF their surrouudings
Suddenly, while the father had left
his family, the passengers heard an
an afr;e hted choras of OF childish voirs
crying " Mother Mother bout -
Then the passeD gers saw the IL other, as
If she was impeliled by hys;eria, ascend
the comDanionw As rapidly az the
molten OF the vessel would permit.
Mex, those on deck were astonished 70
see her ron in frenzied manner 10
the oaiwarke, step on box and throw
herself headlong over the side of the
vessel. All happened SO suddenly
that there was no time to intercept her
The steamer was going at full speed
instantly thrilling cry was heard
a woman overheard" This aroused
every body. simultaneously the bridge
bell rang stop engInesp' The weasel
YVES stopped as soon as possible, boat
was lowered and crew immedia ely
pulled hack into the foamine track, bur
uselessly. A seaman at the side Of the
vessel, who saw the whole thing, said
She never rose, sir, and went down
with $500 in belt around her waist. II
Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
SCIENCE WINS
A splendid Surgical Operation
hueccssful Result and Won.
derful Discovery.

SURGICAL OPERATION. The opera
tion of lithotomy (removal of stone
from the bladder), one OF the most
severe and critical operations known
to the science Of surgery, was success.
fully performed on Tuesday upon Mr..
Henry Ii. Pitts, merchant ..of this
city, by DR.. David Kennedy. Several
friends of the patient witnessed the
operation. Mr.. Pitts has suffered seye.
raj years from thi is difficulty, but II
was only week before the operation
that he was made aware of the real
cause of his complaint.
RECovERY.-Mr. Henry 81. Pitts
has recovered from the effects incident
to the operation, the close of the wound
being completed ON the 18th day. His
general health is good-better than IL
has been tor years, while he In perfect.
ly Tree from all those distressing symp
toms 30 characteristic of the disea Sc
with which he suffered. Had this and
similar cases used DR.. Kennedy
FavoTite Remedy" ia the early
stages of The complaint the formation
OF stone would have teen prevented
/" Favorite Remedy" also uurifias the
blood, cures Constipation of The
Bowels, and all those diseases
and weak enesses peculiar to Fe.
males. This wonderful medicine Is
now for sale by Ill our druggists. 81 q
oottle. L. James Belt and n. B. Dan.
orth sole agents.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
CheIce OF SurrOundtnrs

The choice Of Surroundings, either
for ourselves or for others, is one o; ,he
most important means of developing
and improving character. II i. no
longer a mere matter of preference
where we live, with whom we speud
our time, what hook we read, " hat
recreations We pursue, what s, ,shts we
gaze upon, or what sounds we II az.
We should choose, a3 far as .. S, bile,
not only or always US most cJngenial,
but the most improving, and such as
will tend to develop thu points Ia which
our special nature happens TO he lack.
ing. The habiIs of mind, of thought
and of action that are thus insensibly
but steadily formed are the materials
out Of which character is built, and
d pom which the value and the parma
nent happiness OF each ind vidual
depends.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
7 H|R D EDITION.
Hrnnf and I.NmcOIn.

From tbs London lines .iJuly ~.
In the person OF General Grant, who
died Yesterday, alter period OF most
painful suffering borne with stoical tor.
titude and patience, tbs Republic of the
United States loses the most conspl
cuous historical figure of the momen-
tous era OF the civil war. Lincoln has
been enshr ined in the popular memory
even more by the tragic circumstances
of his death than by his heroic simpli
city of character and his unswerving
devotion 70 public duty. Seward and
Sumner were statesmen WI o rather in
fiuenced politicians than swayed the
masses.
Bu., with all his faults, Grant loom
ed larger in the peoples eye than any
ofh rivals or coevAls. He united the
claims ef the successful com.
mander in the field to those of the
chief magistrate tw ice chosen by the
voice of tb Q nation to sit in the seat of
Washington. If his nature was of
metal of far more mixed alloy than that
Of the founder of the Republic, as even
Grants warmest admirers must.
admit, it, may be fairly pleaded
pleaded that he was in this only the
creature OF his time. He was born and
bred in society which had descended
rapidly from the high level of early
republican purity, and his mature
training was not such as to main
tain lofty standard of political NOR
ais.
But if General Grants faults were
those Of his age and country, his mill
tary qualities, on which the fortunes OF
the United States at the m ost critical
moment depended, were his own.
Others, both on the Federal aud on the
Confederate side, were un 1oubtedly at
least his equals in strategicsl ability.
His campaigns had not the fascination
Of Sherman's famous march or of Stone
wall Jackson's Cromwellian achieve
ments, nor was his genius as q COM
mander displayed with the dignihed
and noble serenity, undisturbed in de-
feat as in victory, which marked the
career OF HIS great antagonist, Lee. But
in energy, in resolution and in iron
tenacity OF purpose Grant was nevtr
surpassed, and those qualities he
brought into exercise at more than ont
crisis when the [ nionist cause was il
danger of moral enfeebleness and po
litical deccm position. His wonderful
career shows the possibilities OF life in
the American Republic, both in Its ups
and downs. His name will, share with
shat of Abraham Lincoln the chic
glories of American history in th'
Nineteenth Century.