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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
a RUSTIC BRIDAL COUPLE
Furnishes Georgia Editor With Material
for a Neat Prose-Poem.
Thomasyille ((3a \ Fnternrfse

Furnishes Georgia Editor With Material
for Neat Prose-Poem.
Townsville (Ga.) Enterprise
81 pronounce you man and wife," said
Judge Mitchell in his office Wednesday
morning TO Miss Sallie Stephens and Mr.
Dellie Myrick, couple who had stepped
into the Judges Office to be made one. And
they walked downstairs. up the street and
out into the broad and glorious country,
where the birds were singing, the golden
harvest being gathered, and the little rills
singing on their way to the sea; where the
sky was blue and the air pure; where the
wild flowers were blooming; where the gen.
tie breezes were whispering through the
pines; where the aroma of new-mown. hay
permeated the surroundings; where the song
of the reaper was heard; where the grazing
herds were seen; where the sunlight danced
through the oyerhanging boughs; where
the green grass-nature's carpet-was spread
out; where field and forest and hill and dale
alternated; where the husbandman titled his
fields; where flower bordered paths mean
dered through wooded lawns, and where
Dame Nature opened wide her arms to re-
ceive her children.
Happy rural couplei Happier they than
many who go from Hymen's altar to gilded
halls, where wealth glitters and fashion
sways; happier they than many who start
on the untried journey of matrimony from
fower-bedeeked chancels; happier they, in
their rural simplicity, than many bridal
couples who tread on Brussels carpets; hap
pier they in their rustic country home than.
many who dwell in stately mansions.
Their wants are few and simple. A glitter
ing diamond would have no special attrac-
ton for the bride, and the groom cares
not Off swallow-tail coat. They are
satisfied with their lot, and in this lies the
secret of their happiness. Better tbs tbs so.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

the sprightly Graham Walters, youth who
manages to look quite ten wears Younger
than he really is, and who is credited with
capacity for rendering Fabian teaching
specially attractive to his feminine hearers.
THE FABIAN LADIES.
There is a curious family resemblance be-
tween the Fsbian ladies; thev mostly affect
aesthetic garments; they cut their hair short,
and at their meetings they all take their
hats of. / always remember nv first inn
preston of Charlotte Wilson, one of the most
advanced of the Fabians, an enthusiastic
Anarchist, friend of Prince Kropotkin and
of Mrs. Parsons, of Chicago fame. Mrs.
Wilson walked into the hail dressed in
long, straight ulster coat; she sat down in
front of me, flung her large foppy hat on
the seat, ran her fingers through her short,
black hair, and settled down to the debate
with rapt attention. In spite of the manli-
ness of her movements, there was something
distinctly attractive in the pale delicate
face and large brown eyes with their
absorbed intense expression. On latter
occasion heard her condemn the sentence
on the Chicago Anarchists in a speech full
of fire and enthusiasm. and not without dis
tinct oratorical power. Charlotte Wilson
is splendid worker, the ready champion of
every utglecteu cause, duu one Oh buc lew
people who really practice what they preach
in every day life. She and her husband live
in workman's cottage out at Hammstead,
keeping no servant and indulging in no
luxuries; all the remainder OF their income
is devoted to the cause.
There is one taunt which can never be
thrown at the head of a Fabian-that of
"paid agitator." !" 1t is fundamental rule
of the society that all work should be volun-
tary; payment is not even accepted for
lecturing. 1t is the only way to keep up
the level of the work done, and the only
way, too, to escape an accusation from which
the Social Democratic Federation have
never been able to clear themselves, that Of
accepting Tory money. The Fabians, as a
body, are above reproaeh in such matters.
So far, however, they have only played their
waiting game; whether, when the time
comes to strike, they will in truth strike to
some purpose, or whether. indeed, as far as
they are concerned, such time will ever
come at ell, the future alone will prove.
M. M. dixie.
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BECAUSE HIS DOG WAS KILLED.
San francisco Actor Quit the Stage Never
to Return Again.

Philadelphia inquirer!
81 see,' said a well-known actor last
night, in the Girard House cafe, "that the
Chinese theater was closed last week, be-
cause the leading actor had lost his cat and
couldn't stop his search for it long enough
to appear on the boards. That reminds me
of the early days IN San Francisco, when
Walt Gosnell, local favorite in heroic
roles, lost his magnificent water spaniel.
The animal was his only companion, and he
layished his affection upon it. One day the
dog disappeared, and no one could find a
trace of it. Gosnell was then in high favor,
and he drew crowded houses, although he
never had any reputation outside ef
that city. He started out in the
afternoon to find the animal and find
ing clew followed it up and by O'Clock,
when he should have been ready to go on
the stage, he was nine miles from the thea
ter, and the manager was tearing his nair in
desperation at his non-appearance.
"A substitute was put on, but he was Missed
on the stage and the theater was closed at
the end of the second act. Meanwhile Walt
had found his dog dead at cabin outside.
the city limits, where it had been taken by
its captor and killed because it showed a
vicious disposition. Walt never appeared
on the stage again and started for the mining
camps and was afterward killed in q row
over game of poker. Yes, actors are very
fond OF their pets" and the actor walked
out to Ninth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

The Ex- of the Navy Not After
Tammnny With q Dinner Horn.
New York Telegram.l
Don't believe all you hear about ex-
Naval Brother Whitney gathering four
Tammany leaders under his wing at Hof-
man House dinner. It smells ishy-the
story, not the dinner. What has Tammany
in its grab bag that Brother Whitney
would like to have in his pocket? And
then, too, that doesn't sound like Mariner
Whitney's way of doing business.
He would never waste his time calling
Tammany sachems with Hoffman dinner
horn. If he had anv seductive proposal to
make to Tammany, it's dollars to doughnuts
that Dan Lamont would have an index
finger in the pie. Mariner Whitney, they
say, never goes far from port unless Daniel
is in the pilot house. He wouldn't start on
Tammany cruise unless Daniel was
aboard, that's sure, and Daniels plate was
not set at the alleged Hoffman barbecue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

The theater makes one very thirsty. 1t is
possible that Martersteig and Minna would
have accompanied Heinrich to Goerwitz's if
Junkermanu had not been SO funny in the
last act of ''Ut die Franzosen Tid," but he
was so exceedingly droll that Minna declared
her unwillingness to interrupt the memory of
him by going to beer saloon-notwithstand-
ing the beer saloon was an accurate reproduc-
tion of q noble baronial hall, with boars'
heads and stags' antlers protruding from the
wall, with huge tankards of antique mold
lining its scores of oaken shelves, with
frieze chuck full of old German bacchana-
liam poetry, and with huge logs burning in
majestic freplaces-so Martersteig saw her
home, and Heinrich went to Goerwitz's alone.
Heinrich found place in q snug corner,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
OLD CROCKETT 5 GHOST.
Weird Tale Of the Supernatural Told by
nm Old Settler.

Atlanta Journal.l
1t was merry party of young folks who
were chatting and laughing on old Farmer
Browns wide veranda out south of Atlanta
few nights since. Gay exchanges of wit
and many good story went the rounds.
While the merriment was at its height,
away across the shawdowy fields near a
dense skirt of woods appeared strange,
fitful light It moved over the tops of the
dark trees, disappearing and returning as
suddenly, and soon it had the attention of
the entire party.
ST don't suppose, I" said old man Brown,
''you folks have ever seen the stone down
near whar you see that light, that marks
the spot whar Crockett was murdered in
49,"
''Well, it's mighty nigh covered up in
the leaves now, but it's thar just as 1t was
the day we set it up after he was killed.
You all don't believe in ghosts either, do
you? Well, I've seen that so much, said
he (pointing to the Pickering Hght), till
I'm used to it, though it does kinter make
my hair rise to hear it. Old Crockett was a
good friend of mine in the long days gone,
Delore you young iolks were thought OF
and many's the time he's sot on this same
porch and talked with me as you are
talkin'. went down thar to follow that
light one dark night and the pale
shiverin' thing would come toward
me a bit and stand still and trem-
Bile; then it would dodge back and away
up it would go and dance among the tops of
the big oak trees. kept it in sight, with
my mind made up to see what it was, come
what might. So, after crossin' and re-
crossin' the, road, it took me down to the
stone we set up for my murdered friend, and
settling on the top of it blazed and burned
till the woods around were as light as day,
and suddenly shrek rang through the
woods and stood alone in the darkness.
''Now watch it, it's headin' for the rock;
listen close-did you hear that?" and as the
old man ceased speaking faint echo came
across the orchard and fields and the light
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
THE ONE THING In DEMAND.

Mines Near Santa Fe Turning Out Lucre %
the Mills Limit.
1t is said that the mining of quartz and
placer gold, silver ore, carbonstes, lead,
copper and coal adjacent to Santa Fe was
never so prosperous as now, and the boom
which began with the finding Of the nrst
caroonates three months ago seems 70 nave
come to stay.
At Cerrillos, Dolores and San Pedro 1000
prospectors and miners are at work. New
discoveries and sales are Of almost daily
occurrence. The mills and smelters are
running with full force, and cannot begin
TO accommodate the demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
745-cURrA1LMEHr

Curtzil fish have in mind,
And the same finny beauty 7nd;
Because it matters not az all
If it be 1arge.or it be small.
Currail again, and bring to aid
A relative well known to you.
Though Webster does not give q place
To this dear and familiar face;
Strange, too. IL real slight was meant,
For he contains the complement.
BITTER SWEET.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
7H-DEcAPrrArroS.

The whole, have notion,
Is a crowd of people in motion;
Behead. and it still viii hold
Its ranging spirit bold,
And aimlessly it will roam
And know no constant home.
BITTER SWEET.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
74s-MUTAFIoN.

My neighbor's daughter was inclined
To have business turn Of mind:
In fact, she opened up store. !,
Where customers came by the score
To buy her wares-her dlt-and things
The need Of which housekeeping bringA
She was bonny lass, as well
up to business, and could tell
A yarn to please the crowd Of folks
Who gathered there to crack their Jokes.
Of evenings, when the days work done,
They sought "Ann's shop to have their fun.
And one there was who came alway,
But had but little there 70 say.
Who, when they parted, pressed her hand,
And smiled on her child-like and bland;
One who. in after years-not long
Thereafter-led by passion strong,
Sought and obtained her for his mate
Became her partner. we may state
And, by fair dealing in their trade,
Drew friends about them, and much money
made. AsPIRo.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
746-DIAMoHD.

!. A letter. 2. A carriage for running on
rails. 8. Was anxious or solicitous Made
of coral. s. Gases for visiting cards. 6 Devia-
ton from circularity. 7. Landing again. g. To
ordain. O. To hide (Scqr.). 10. Wrine. IL A
letter. oDELL CYCLONE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
THE FIRESIDE SPHINX
a Collection Of EHigmaHcal Nuts for
Home Cracking.
address communfcdtionsJ for thfs department.
10 E. R. CHADBoURs. Le,ofston. Mains.

741-REvERSAL.
Some brooks so gayly ran this way,
heard one and one more;
But moaningly one seemed to say;
"Iwould new fields explore"
Those brightly glowing yellow sands
That in the distance shine.
Would serve me well as golden bands
Could but make them mine.n
The burning sands drank in the stream.
Its pining all was stilIed;
Its waters gave one dying CLEAN.
Thus was its wish fulfilled.
A fa1fen'wretch comes here to mourn.
o, brookiets hear him all
Had your backward spell forsuorn
1 had been spared my fall.p SEA.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
742-coMrL1cArEp cHANen.

A man purchased groceries to the amount Of
"a cents. When he came to pay for the goods
ne found that be had only q one dollar bill >
tnree-cent piece and two-eent piece. The
grocer, on his side, had only fifty cent piece
ana quarter. They appealed to q bystander
Ior cnange; but he, although willing to obligs
tnem, mad only two dimes, . fiYe-cent piece,
q atWo-cent piece and one-cent piece. After
some peIPiexity, however. change wac made to
the satisfaction OF every one concerned What
was tne simplest way Of accomplishing thisf
]. II. FEzANDI1>
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

75S-A boy threw ball over house into =
wagon box.
734-The alphabet was interviewed. A made
gin gain; d twice in ale gave a-dd-le; B In ale
gave able; g in wine made it vince; 7 twice
in beer gave better; wine made swine: II
made cider c-h-ider, wine whine and ale h-ala-
and. lastly made water q waiter
725-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
Satiated.

Mr.. VIM. G.-say, Mana, will you take
luncheon with me? I know where there's
a nice lot Of fresh tomato cans.
Miss Mana G.-Thank you, Billy; but
I've just eaten half of Mrs. MONEYS wash,
and l couldn't hold another mouthful.-
Puck.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
VII.

A little man wanders back and forth amid
the throngs on the floor and among the
tables in the supper rooms watching for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
74Q-RInnIr

A plant as stimulant is used,
When to prIckling dust reduced.
OF gold. with precious stones inIaid.
Or common tin its case is made.
Some take 1t oft, their nose to please;
But don't it shake you, vex and teasei
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
AUGUST PRIZE WINNERS
ANSWERS

]. ]. Bosch, Salem, o. 2 Daniel M. Holland
Pittsburg. 8 7. O. Mcmahon, Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
NOT MARINER WHITNEY'S WAY.

Copyright, 1889. All rights reserved.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
THE BALLET GIRLS CHAMPION.

A far less orthodox person is the Rev.
Stewart Headlam, the founder of the Church
and Stage Guild, and the special friend of
the ballet girls, who in point of fact, has
been inhibited from holding living by the
Bishop of London, owing chiefly to his
somewhat peculiar views regarding the
drama. His wife apparently shares his
lordship's distrust of the ballet girl, and
has left her husbands house and the Church
and Stage Guild, that fantastic attempt to
combine two utterly incongruous elements
has fallen into considerable disrepute.
Stewart Headlam, small, slim man with a
cynical expression and an eye-glass, is a
special friend OF Mrs. Besant's, vino, in
order to show conclusively that her atheism
is not the result of prejudice, goes out of
they are now colleagues on the school board,
and both do much good work in the cause
of free education, Tree dinners and fair
wages to all employees of the board.
OF other energetic Fabians, two, oddly
enough, Sydney Olivier and Sydney Webb,
hail from the Colonial Office, whence, after
being immersed all day in the intricacies
of red tape, they emerge into the more con-
genial sphere of Radical reform and Social
ist doctrine. Sydney Webb is a man of
quite unbounded energy, who thrives on
hard work; be is great authority on taxa
tion ot ground rents, that hard nut which
as yet the economists have failed to crack
satisfactorily. Then there is Ernest Rad
ford, rising litterateur, and latest editor
Of W. Savage Landor; and finally there is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-19
THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT CouRr-Chef Justice Bingham.
To-day, Fitzgerald agt. Ingersoll; judgment
on award. Barber ct al, agt. Johnson: referred
to s. Maddox. Fifth Baptist church agt Bslti-
more and Potomac railroad company; on trial.
CRIMINAL CouRr-Judoe Bradley
Yesterday, Joseph J. Campbell, unlicensed
bar; guilty: fined Sos.
To-day, Sidney b. Cunningham, assault with
intent to kill; verdict guilty of assault; fine
$500. Nicholas Lochboehler, unlicensed bar;
plead guilty; fine Of S105 and costs.
EouIrY CoURr-Judge James
Yesterday. Tenney agt. Taylor; pro confesso
against all defendants excepting Taylor.
Wright agt. Wright; sale ratified nisi Pollard
agt. hickman; decree of 10th inst. amended.
Howard agt. Howard; testimony ordered taken
by NJ. n. Richardson. No assignment.
To-day. Riley agt. Weber; sales ratified nisi
In re John Mccarthy, alleged lunatic; writ
directed to issue.
PROBATE CouRT-Judge Hdgner
Yesterday. estate of Julian E. Brawner; ex-
emplifed copy of will fled Estate of George
NJ. Barker; inventory of personal estate filed
Estate of John Brown: letters testamentary
issued. Estate of Susan Lowell Ladd; execu.
tor qualified. In re orphan of Sarah E. Hen.
ley; Abraham b. Shekell appointed guardian.
POLICE CoURT-Judge Miller.
To-day, Hattie Reynolds and Chas. Lee, col.
ored, disorderly conduct; personal bonds Geo
A. Wilson, fast driving; SIS or fifteen days. Pau
Sangster, vagrancy; bonds or sixty days. Chas
Outland and Chas. Kineard. colored vagrancy;
personal bonds. Jonah Adams, colored. vag
rancy; bonds or sixty days. Mary Kelly. do
do. Mary Connors. disorderly conduct; IS OF
fifteen DAYS. Martha Ricks, colored, do; do
Branch Wright trespass on parks; do. Thos
Sparks, colored. vagrancy; bonds or sixty days
Christopher Weston. profanity; IS or fifteen
days. Wesley Smith. disorderly conduct; do
Geo. Jones, do. do. John Sheehan, do; do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-19
ANACOSTIA.

The PUBLIC SCHOoL.-The public school,
which closed at noon to-day with picnic at
the building. has had successful years work
as was abundantly shown by the excellent and
elaborate exhibit in the several rooms visited
yesterday afternoon by 800 people. Among
those who enjoyed the interesting collection
was Mr.. Clarence Messer the artist, who was
much pleased with the exhibition. The school
has been under the charge of Prof. II. s. Petty
for seventeen years. OF this years corps of
teachers it is expected that all but Miss J. E.
Thompson of the sixth grade. will return. The
other teachers are Misses NJ. J. Francis, of the
first grade; A. A. Scrivener, of the second; F.
W. Layton, Of the third; C. G. Brewer. of the
fourth, and Bertha Buehler, of the fifth. The
total enrolment for the year was $50, and the
attendance at the close about 300
For FLOOD SUFFERERs.-The lawn party
given by the young ladies on st. Elizabeth hill
last night was attended by about a hundred
people and Sl6 was cleared for the food suffer-
ers.-Minneola Tribe of Red Men Of this
place will give musical and literary enter
tainment in Gray's hall, June q, for the bene-
fit of the destitute survivors of the flood.
The REcHABIrEs.-At the meeting of Salem
Tent of Rechabites last night ]. c. Eiler re-
signed as chief ruler and Clarence Mills was
elected to the place. Secretary W. w. Cordell
also resigned and Thos. w. Scott was elected
to succeed him. Martin King was chosen dele
gate to the High Tent which meets next month
at Ballston Spa, n. Y, miles from Saratoga
Three or four past representatives of the tent
will also be present at the national meeting.
The CHICKEN Is HAPPY AaAIN.-Mr J. r.
Pursell recently performed an interesting and
successful surgical operation on a leghorn
chicken belonging to Vim. Corners. The fowl
was languishlng with some unknown malady.
Mr. Pursell opened its crop and removed meat
rind 3 inches long, IL inches wide and l. l6
inch thick. The crop was then sewed up and
the chicken is now as well as ever and very
happy.
NoTEs.-Mrs. Alpheus Davidson's brother,
Caleb Wheeler, of Salem, N. j.. and his two
daughters are spending this week with Mr..
Davldson's family here.-J. V. Conway. of
Anacostia will have charge of summer hotel
at Forest Glen.-Wm. Hill, age twenty-four,
colored. was arrested at Hillsdale last night by
Officer W. L. Anderson on the charge of assault
and battery made by Julia Mills.-Another
charge of running an unlicensed bar has been
made against Richard Thompson. white. of
Hillsdale. The case will be heard in Police
Court to-morrow.-Mrs.W Will McInturf who
has been sick with remittent fever at her home
on Jackson street is convalescent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-19
WHITE WOMEN AND VOUDooIsM.
A Strange Story of the Earthquake Ter
ror i'm Charleston.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution
CHARLESTON, June THE recent discovery
In New Orleans of a number of alleged re-
spectacle white matrons and maidens engaged
IN the horrible orgies OF voudooism and the
comments of the Constitution thereon recall an
incident that occurred in this city during the
earthquake time. and which has never vet
found its wayiinto print:
1t was on the night of August 81. 1856. In Q
little park not over 300 feet square were gath
cred upward of 500 fugitives, white and colored,
most of them women and children and most of
them clad in nothing but their night garments.
They had fled, terror-stricken, from their
crumbling homes, and as they sat on the grass
and the earth waves rolled under them. they
filled the air with their groans and shrieks Al
the long night wore on and the intervals be-
tween the shocks were heightened. the little
settlement began to quiet down; the children
and. III some cases, their mothers. worn out by
fatigue and terror. gradually dozed into brief
INCONSISTENCIES. A group of persons which
occupied what had once been a rose bed how
ever. kept up an incessant shouting and pray-
ing. which was led by burly black negro. who
had a white sheet folded about him. and whose
stentorian lungs gave out the most horrible Of
noises as he yrestled in PRAYER and exhorta-
tion. 1t was in fact of those religious
orgies which are so often seen at colored CAMP
meetings in the south.
Finally the shouting and the shrieking the
bowling and yelling became SO boisterous that
the entire camp was aroused, and the frail
white women and children. who had become
quiet. were again thrown into a panicky state
At this time two or three white men. who had
their wives aud children on the park. went TO
the group 20 endeavor TO quiet the people
They naturally thought the singers and shout
ers were negroes. To their surprise and aston
ishment they found that this burly. black,
disappearing eXhorter was surrounded by white
women. and white women who claimed 10 be-
long TO the respectable classes Of the commu-
nifty. When the gentlemen attempted to hustle
the exhorter from the park. or to force him to
conduct the praying and singing decently and
In order, these white women interposed and
said that the negro had been praying and
shrieking at their request. He was forced from
the park, however. but returned the following
night, and this time with such reinforcement
of his own race that the white people were
gradually driven 10 other places of refuge, and
within two days after the great shock the park
was given up entirely TO the negroes.
The white women referred TO herein we're
certainly ranked among the respectable classes
in the community. and yet they begged that
negro to pray for them. and seemed TO derive
considerable consolation from his horrible and
blasphemous rawlings.