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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
CHAPTER III.

When | was away from her, when we had
said goodbye, when thousands of miles
stretched between my wife and me, thought
OF the last night that miserable hour of our
parting, that FIRST sharp quarrel between us. /
could remember too much so much that was
terrible and sad-and her troubled face was al
ways before me. There were so many questions
which ! should have Liked to ask her now, and
her past was, after all, so unguessed story. |
was ignorant of it.
Every letter that received from her became
a study, an effort to detect q difference the
GOODNESS born Of urscparation from each other,
and OF his proximity to her. lie would be al
ways near her, the young impassiOned hand
some sutor-the first love from which they
tore her away-and /, old, and gray, and de-
1enseless, was in the PARKWAY country whittier
my ambition had borne me
There were several French newspapers that
re%hcd the south American quarter wherein
] was prosecuting my work many Of my CO.
adJutors were French, whose friends had not
forgotten them and sent them news. Ii was
strange how the one subject engrossed me even
in this particular With every mail ! pored
over the advertisements in the French Jour
nais, and when saw Danano's name, which
was very frequently, 10 was ali intense relief 10
me, lie was singing in Paris At such and such
a time, and here was my wife's last letter OF
the same day, with the London postmark and
dated from her fathers house. They could not
be together; it was all wei then.
W hen Danano was not singing Ut the opera,
began 10 fancy there came no home letters to
me This was pure fancy, dissipatcd very often
by mssive from her, but it was new torture
while it lasted, and grew more crazed upon it.
Thinking il all over now in this scclusion
where 30 face love can look at me, unless il
is down from heaven in pity and forgiveness
and my mothers face, not hers-l feel sure
that J was mad After a sunstroke that | had
had and recovered from, ! was completely but
quietly and unobtrUsiyely mad, keeping my
madness 50 completely 70 myself that those
about inc did not oven dream That Ha}Iiand'
brain vas hawcd by one idea. / Has all bust
ness TO them when business had grown horror
TO me-
There wandered into our campmg-arond
new recruit-a man with high credentials from
his governmental friend OF Danano, the actor.
1t was this friendship between him and my
wic's Old friend that arrested Immediately my
attention although that friendship had not cz-
tended between them 10 implicit confidence.
This WAS all the better, on All the worse, for me
4 know not whigh-but ittiAed ny resolution
% be gone
DauaDo wasthe prince Of good follows, this
man implied great genius fellow of in
finite jest aud Infinite sentiment. lie WIS the
idol Of the Partisan world, favored by the aris-
tocfacyy fattored by tho women, altogether
admirable.
And 50 his head IS turned by o.l tlds adula-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13

From he Chicago Mail.
The great strike on the 90" road reminds
me Of Romance. IN one Of the towns on the main
line lives man y no for years has been in the en-.
p0y Of the corporation vi ich snow having trouble
From apprentice boy In the workshop he worked
his way mp until hc became an engineer one night
he called up and sent on an extra. lie had not
gone far on hisrun when something danced before
Tie glare Of his headlight, aud Hs quickly did he re-
verse the engine, Leaving the pilot no walked
down he track and found child neatly
wrapped aud wide awake JIe took IL back 10 the
pilot, made a cot for #, and proceeded on his ran
On his return home tho wait Of The road was taken
10 bis home adopted reared and educated
She beclmc one Of the beauties Of the lttl. town
and grew INFO wOmGnhood. The engineer, although
neatly thiry.lye years older than the pretty faced
creature, loved her. aud trey were married Tie
other day when thorc were tlm0rs Of 4 stink the
old engineer appealed TO bis child wife for advice
aud she begged him TO remain with the company
and not desert the road ON which he found her and
from which he rescued hor He consented, and
there is one of the Old engineers who a. true 70 the
throttle have this luto Story from gentleman
VINO lives go town where the OLD eng ngor makes his
home
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
a White House Incident.

Special Dispatch 10 the Globe Democrat
Mrs. Cleveland is not standing tho strain OF
the social season 50 well this yepr Possibly Tie
novelty has worn on, aud the duties call for more
effort than they did Certain 70 IS the mistress OF
the white house looks little worn. and II takes
something ont Of the usual run 10 bring 10 her face
that charming expression which was there constant
ly when all This rush Of entertaining was new Wis.
io,s at The Saturday reception had ~ ono time In
the afternoon an opportunity TO see Mrs. Cleveland
az her best II was when the little hye-yearold
daughter Of Congressman tombstone, Of North Caro-
lima, stopped squnIey in nont Of the presidents
wife as tho latter was receiving, and looking Up
solcmuiy and earnestly, said with childish EN-
phnss.
IL want 70 sec your dog Hector md your parrot
and your kitty"
The look which came over Mrs Clcyelauds face
as che zen! down aud took the little ones hand.
was aash Of nature In the mida. Of the aytiac III.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
THE STONE BOUQUET;
clio Consequences of Love That Was
Stronger Than Reason.
F. ". Robinson in Harpers.
CHAPTER T,

- FERYBODY said it was not likely to
turn out well-but then everybody is so
wise. And what everybody says must
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
SHE OPPOSED THE STRIFE.

Whitehall Times: Whisky lowers the MAJ
and raises the GeYil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

The turtle had assembled the beach to a
point above high tide, had stirred up the
sand, leaving great heap over her eggs,
and returned to the water but short
time before we landed. This was shown
by the ebbing tide, which had retreated
only short distance from her last tracks.
The eggs were laid in a bunch and covered
with sand a foot and half deep. There
were just 1879 Of them. They resemble =
white rubber ball, an inch and a half in
diameter. The sea turtles eggs have .
peculiar flavor, but are very palatable.
The CLAIR becomes tough and leathery by
boiling. and is always thrown away.
The breeding season OF the loggerhead
tchclouia carettal lasts from May well
into August, according to the statement
Of our guide, who also said that they de-
posted eggs several times in this period,
producing - many as $50 at the first lay
ing, and perhaps no more than two or
three at the last. The natives make
business like search for these eggs each
year, and sometimes surprise the female
turtle on the beach. When she has once
begun the egg laying process it has to be
finished, even II she is turned on her back
and made q prisoner Immediately after.
The extraordinary egg producing power Of
these animals is all that preserves them
from immediate extinction. - Popular
Science Monthly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02
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Railroad Mems SuperSfjttous.

talk about superattons. Railroad
men are as superstitious as they make
them, remarked an old engineer as H.
was oiling his engine. Il have as much
faith in my machine as / have in "A human
being, and she acts RS crankily sometimes.
On. yes. she has her spells Sometimes
she will make steam like n daisy At
other times she won't ~eam at all.
can't account for it. There's lots Of super
stitions among the boys. and you can bet
they believe in them strongly. Take that
which gives three accidents following one
another. everybody believes that
"Tll tell you peculiar circumstance,
though. On the Erie they had an old
engine years ago known rs the 222. She
had the reputation Of being the worst man
killer on the road, ard hardly a week
passed that she didn't have an accident to
her record. The men became so much
afraid of her that they refused to work on
her, and the officials were In Qunndary.
At last in despair they sent her to the
Susquehanna shops, rebuilt her, changed
her number and turned her loose on the
eastern end Of the road. She kept up the
same capers until she got as bad reputa
ton as she had before. Men refused to
work with her, and one day it leaked out
that she was the old 222 That settled it,
nobody cared for a place on her. A short
time afterwards she was ditched and in
jured so badly that she was almost in
pieces. No effort was made to put her
together again, and she was consigned to
the scrap heap. Her brasses, etc, were
gradually used up until the mere shell
was left, when she was sold as old irou."
Buffalo News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02
Facts About Seaiskins.

A sealskin as seen on the animal is
very different thing from that seen on
lady's cloak. "The fur is not visible; it
is concealed entirely by a coat of stiff
overhair, duh, gray brown and grizzled."
This overhair must all he removed 1t is
a long, laborious process by which these
pelts are made ready for their final use.
Nine-tenths Of these fur-seal skins are
dressed in London and then sent out all
over the civilized world. There are prac-
tically no other seals caught save those
taken on the Prbylov Islands by the
Alaska Commercial company.
The average weight of 2-year-old skin
is five and half pounds; 3-year-old skin,
seven, and of a 4year-old skin. twelve
pounds. 1t takes three skins to make a
lady's sack, which is worth anywhere
from SO up to $500 This difference in
price is seldom due to variance in the
original quality of the fur but to the
quality of the work by which it is made
ready for wear. The carcass is left to rot
where the skin was taken Off 1t requires
about three years to rot away. and, al
though 30. 900 of these carcasses are annu-
ally decaying almost within a stones
throw of the village of St. Paul's Island
yet the people do not seem to suffer any
injurious effect therefrom. The meat of
he young seals, if perfectly cooked, is not
pad eating, and some of the steaks will
compare favorably with our beef or nut
ton.-Boston Transcript
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

The Hot Creek Indians have a sum
mary way of trcttinS their physicians
when they fail TO c ire their patients. The
relatives of the deceased are justified in
killing him. \ case of the kind occurred
recently. Miss MadSe related how the
woman that washed for them lost her hus-
band. and before he died he told his wife
that he could not rest in peace unless she
killed the doctor, an old squaw who had
practiced among them many years. The
considerable wife left his bedside just ut
dawn, and. stealiae into the wigwam of
the doomed woman. dropped slip moose
round her neck and ierkcd it quickly
tight, So that it was impossible for her
victim to utter a sound louder than hor-
rible gurgle.
The wife afterward described the whole
CHASTITY circumstance with a fidelity that
proved her keen enjoyment of the agony
of the wretchcd squaw. She explained in
vivid pantomime just how she continued
to tighten the moose by a peculiar twitch-
ing motion, while she dragged the with
ing creature round and round the room
When she had at last ceased to struggle
the wife returned to her appeased lord
who breathed his last with tranquilz-
ing sense that he had brought about a
noble vindication of his death-Ninetta
Eames in Overland Monthly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02
Artistic Tastes in Dieppe.

Dieppe is the Atlantic City of France
1t is a sunny, breezy, little town, where
they hang the street lamps out of the sec
ond story windows, and is famous for the
rarity of its carvings in ivory aud terra
Gotta. The rough, crooked streets are
lined with shabby, Insignificant shops,
whose every window is n show case of
Itself and representative of modest for
tune, and the designs therein are exceed
ingly beautiful, giving evidence of the
artistic tastes of the Inhabitants Objets
dart of the highest order are to be had
for mere song. but then carving is the
pronounced trade Of the majority of the
population-the very gamin Of the street
mechanically model Jumps of clay, as they
bangle their sabots in the cutters Cor
Philadelphia Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

The German who was driven from the
Quisiana hotel by the coarse table man
ners of the British and their habit of put
ting their knives in their mouths, during
one of his first strolls in Capri saw
beautiful girl in the old costume of the
island bending over the edge of a
frightful precipice TIurriedly advanc-
ing, the kind man, in his best Ger
man Italian, besou hi her to leave
the dangerous slo;. But the girl
would not stir, only sadly shook her head.
"Lofely maidn' cried the German, "why
do you despair. Are there no men more
in the world that you, so charming, so
handsome should weary of life For yes!
l know your purpose: you seek to die!''
Trembling with emotion, the girl turned
her head aside Come urged the Ger
man, don't, pray don't do it, At
this the girl turned her streaming eyes
full upon him, and, starting up suddenly,
answered: 1.-The signore is right will
not do it," The German went away re-
joicing; he had saved the poor creatures
life. But the next day. CHANGING to pass
the spot, he was thundcrstruck by again
finding the same girl in the same attitude.
He was about to seize her am, when q
loud voice behind him said please, sir,
keep on one side; l cant see my modelr'
There was an artist at his easel behind
big rock. The German walked on.-Eng-
lish Illustrated Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

NJ. Alexander Dumas, fils, relates in
the Christmas number of La Revue Illus
tire that he lived, thirty years ago in the
Rue de Boulogne, now the Rue Ballu, in
little house which was afterward ten
anted successfully by Francisque Sarcey,
Edmond About and Paul de Cassagnac
There were in it an infinitesimal dining
room, u drawing room of the same d.
mansions, and a garden wherein two cats
might have a chance of swinging one
another. On the first floor there was a
bedroom about the size of large band
box, and several other holes which were
also designated by the landlord and the
concierge as ch1mbcrs. His father. the
Alexander the Great of fiction, used to
visit him in this place, and when dining
with him on one hot July evening face
tousiy told him to open the door of the
sale manager so as to air the garden.
NJ Dumas says that he was quite happy
in this limited space for period of six
years. because he had health, work, sue
cess and freedom. lie used to work from
in the morning until 4 or iQ,t he even
Ing, and when inspiration refused to come
he simply sat at one of his windows,
stared at passers by, and when there was
nobody about contemplated the opposite
wall.-New York Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

The painting of hand on the houses in
Tunis, Algiers. etc, is not a Jewish Gus
tom, but is common to the natives of these
and other countries. 1t is always an en-
blem of good luck, and is in Syria--also in
Naples-a charm against the evil eve. The
hands arranged in form of branch are
merely an esthetic form of the charm.
The reason Jews put it on their walls at
passover is because at that season of the
year their houses are renovated inside and
out. Capt Gender remarks that the hand
was in use as charm by the Phqnicians,
aud occurs on votive steles at Carthage
the site OF the modern Tunis-whence it
doubtless spread to neighboring states.
He also relates that the ''hand is painted
on walls. and occurs, for instance, in the
Hagia Sophia at Constantinople and else
where. 1t is also common in Ireland and
in India tSwa's hand, aud on early scep-
ters." Enameled hands were worn by the
ancient Egyptians as amulets.-Cor. Lon
don Notes and Queries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

A singular festival was recently held at
Bitti, in Sardinia. In the presence OF the
project of the province, the archbishop of
MORO, provincial deputation, the syndic
OF Sassari and other authorities formal
oath was taken by the members Of two
families, which had been at enmity for
many years, reciprocally to pardon all of
lenses and to live in peace and harmony.
The number of members of the two fam
lies was go persons. A large crowd
filled the parish church in which the cere-
mony was performed. and the next day
banquet was given in the country for
which had been ordered ten oxen. fourteen
pigs, sixty sucking pigs, 200 weight of
macaroni, 300 weight OF bread and five OF
fruit, with ten hectoliters Of wine.-Lon-
don News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

This discovery of the parasitic nature
of infectious diseases is of more than
scientific interest; it is Of vast practical
value. 1t has not yet, perhaps, contrib
uted very materially to the methods of
treating disease directly, although we
may confidently expect great results H..
the future along this line. There is moth
ing to prevent direct experiments with
germicides upon living bacteria in the
laboratory, and we may hope in this way
to get more scientific method of curing
infectious diseases, after the theory Of
their parasitic nature becomes more truly
the property Of doctors as well as scien-
fists. Thus far, however, the value Of
the theory has been rather as the founda-
ton of the science of preventive medicine
Here its importance cannot be overrated
and is only beginning TO become realized
H. W Coma in Science
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Sailor and Cat,

"Yes sir. that is a very pretty cat,"
said ,ady to Il reporter, referring 70 a
fine Persian car coiled mp ON a rug.
'But often wonder how | managed TO
get her home safe. You see, | bought it
in Calcutta and came home on /; sailing
ship around the cape. Well, sir. every
would try and get my cat to throw it
overheard, for they think that doing so
will bring wind
This is an old superstition Of the
mariner. 1t would be hard to say how it
originated, but it is probable that it was
originally intended as a sacrifice to Nep-
tune, the god of the sea; as ON land the
gods were propitiated by the offerings Of
the devout, so Jack sought to calm the
sea gods ire by offering him cat. The
old sailor even in this advanced age, re-
CARDS the cat as veritable weather
gauge. The old landsnan is often
puzzled to account for some of the strange
sea terms, and questions are often asked
as to the meaning OF the word "catspaw.
1t is simply quaint idea Of the mariner.
who sees in the sudden and peculiar
zephyr that ruflies the water re.
senablance to the frolics of the cat. Does
pussy jump around good humoredly there
will be a good breeze and fair. But when
she arches her back and sweils her tail,
then look out, for her scowlng look will
be as calm TO the storm il foreshatlows,
and the flashes from her eyes bur as SPARKS
to the blue streaks of zig gag lightning
which will certainly soon illuminate the
sky.--Sa san Francisco Alta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-02

Unfortunately the mashef is not the
only male nuisance in Brooklyn dis
tant and much more offensive relative or
his is the unknown rufiian. who, few
months ago. made his practices. although
not his personality, notorious by mali
ciously soiiing expensive gowns with to-
bacco juice in the neighborhood OF DR..
Talma1e's church. A few nights ago an
equally offensive and rufiianly. but much
more practical and dangerous, individual
made his appearance on Fulton street.
His victim WIS a young lady who resides
within easy walking distance of the bridge
She had crossed from New York in a
bridge car between Z and 3 O'Clock in the
evening and was walking up Fulton
street alone. not dreaming OF insult and
still less of violence ON that thoruughfare
a, SO early an honr, less than half
block above Sands street she received a
sharp, singing slap on the face. She
turned, surprised and frightened, and..saw
that her assailant was well dressed,
gentle,nanly looking fellow. Il beg your
pardon, miss he said, sit was a mis-
take and he darted off without another
worl
4 dozen men witnessed the assault, but
the only one who took apparent notice OF
1t confined his attention to the young lady
and not to her assailant. ''Oh, that was
a terrible blow, miss; did it hurt your
he said Yes" replied the still fright
ened and confused girl, and wishing to
avoid further notice she hurried away,
wondering, when she began to collect her
senses, if the man who slapped her face
really mistook her for an acquaintance,
and, if so, why he chose to greet an &C
quaintance in SO startling fashion. She
learned all about it when she reached
home for she then discovered that the
fellow had stolen from her ear 4 valuable
earring. Ibid report the occurrence to
the polce;' she said to the Rambler, after
he had heard her story. mo. Of course l
didn't. That wouldn't bring back my
earring, and besides l don't think you
would find many girls Of your acquaint-
ance who would care TO see their names in
the newspapers in connection with such
an occurrence. l am glad enough that
notoriety hasn't been added to my fright
and my loss, but don't think shall ever
feel safe again when / am out alone after
dark. Rambler in Brooklyn Eagle.