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Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16
RELiGlO s.

Bishop Potte 's centennial sermon is being
favored with wide circulation. A third
edition of 10000 has just boen exhausted.
1t is estimated that the protestant churches
of the United States contribute annually
Sll, ,250,0 600 for foreign missions
A number of Catholic congresses were held
at various points in Europe at the close of
April and the beginning of May, and Il nota-
biej unaninity OF feeling was evident at
Oporto, Madrid, Vienna and Malines.
The Rev. Peter Havermans, of Troy, N.
Y, last week celebrated the sixtieth ami
versary of his ordination as priest--a
length of service that Is claimed to outrank
any other in the Roman Catholic church in
this country.
Sam Jones recently preached sermon at
Danville, Va, to 3,CC0 people, during which
he called on all who had not told a lie this
year to stand up, and only four or five re-
sponded. He called on those VINO di dn't love
whisky TO stand up, and less than twenty
five arose,
Last year there were reported AZ Protest
ant Jewish societies, and spending nearly
s500000 annually. In the last half dozen
doubled The Jewish population Of the
earth is about 6, 400,O 600. There is, then, one
missionary to about l6, 19j Jews.
Rev. John Jasper, of "sun do move" fame,
baptized 2S5 converts in the james river re-
Gently. Rev. Richard Wells, pastor of the
EucuceIcr CHURCH., DaptILSu nearly uVc nun
dred. The baptizlng took place in the river
near the Free bridge, and Pastor Wells was
continuously at work immersing candi dates
from II a. N. until 80 p. m.
The Rev. MIR. Spurgeon, the great Baptist
minister of England, lives on a magnificent
estate, having parks, varied with lakes and
streams and adorned with statuary, and con-
servatories filed with rare plants. His
stables are as fine in arrln gements and ap-
pointments as the royal establishment at
Windsor, and his coachman sports a gor-
geous livery.
The statistics of the United Presbyterian
church were ready in advance of the meet
ing of the assembly They show that the
body has 753 ministers, of whom 243 are
without charge" 9J3 congregations and
l0l, sos communicates, an increase of 2,S6j
for the year. There has been gain in the
contributions for home and foreign missions,
church extension, education aud ministerial
relief. The total contributions for all pur
poses is 81, llO,s53, an increase of about
$4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16

TO manage the mail az with US, but the ser.
vice is much cheaper The head clerk gets
about 20 rupees q month, or less than $50
and the others receive from $40 to SEQ a
month. Letters are sorted on the trains and
extra postage is charged for the posting of
starts.
AN INVOLVEMENT FEATURE.
One OF the worst things about these In
dian trains Is the impossibility of passing
from one car to another and the difficultv
which one has to get at the guard or 20 stop
the tram. You may be locf.,i I'M In the
same compartment with rad man or a
roooer and it Is impossih..e for you to help
yoprsen. In the cs:s Of one of the western
Indlan roaas ,nere is little electric butte n.
fenced around with walnut frame. over
which Is pane of thick glass. Just around
the button run the words:
ITO stop the train break the glass and
touch the button ~
On one of the trunk lines was closeted in
firstclass compartment in train going ut
the rate of thirty miles an hour Looking
upward saw that the glass globe containing
the lamp was leaking and that u full pint OF
oil had run out into IL and that this was shak-
ing with each sway OF the car There was
nothing between IT and the blaze, and
feared every moment that it would catch,
the glass would break and pint of burning
oil would spread out upon the carpet of the
little box-like room below, in which was. l
looked for u bell rope. There was none.
went all around the floor of the car, looked
over the walls and sought everywhere some
means Of stopping the train. l could find
none, and had to wait until we arrived at
the next station, half an hour later. Luck
lily no accident happened aud was here able
to call the guard and have the lamp removed.
Had there been an explosion my only saliva
tion would have been in putting out the flame
or in jumping through the car window while
the train was going at this lightning speed.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16
Says He Wrote "Mon,e oristo.,

A revelation through Paris will
case is the claim of the late Auguste
Maquet that'he was the ckief author of
sMonte Cristoo and others of the most
important worries OF the elder Dumas.
The administrators of Maquet's estate
say that they have it in Dumas hand
writing that Maquet did the hon Is share
of Dumas work. They were left
charged with the responsibility of see
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16
How toCrow Thin.

One of the easiest ways to reduce
weight is to wear "a shirt flannel sweat
er and to ride brisk trot. Ii the
horse trots roughly, and the rider
bounces up and down in the saddle, SO
can be lost by this process. The best
kind OF sweater is made by taking
four, six or eight thicknesses of flannel
and wrapping them around the loins
and the lower part of the chest.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16

Angostura Bitters makes health, and
health makes bright, rosy cheeks and
happiness. DR.. j. G.. b. Siegert & Sons,
sole manufacturers. Ask your druggist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05

little schooner he had chartered, described
the place to him in glowing colors as an
ideal center from which radiated all the
paths that a n artist and a sportsman could
desire to follow.
Athin, swarthy man with a high eagle
nose and deep-set black eyes, met them
on the wharf. Victor made him known
to Orion as M'sieu Edouard Garcin, the
proprietor of the place, whereupon he
gave the artist most profuse welcome and
led the wsy into the house while two or
three negroes busted themselves with
Orton's baggage and sketching materials,
bringing them to ,the gallery and deposit
ing them in a heap on the floor where
lounged four or FIVE deer-hounds.
"Come cen, come cen, mex oose'f at
'ome," said the host, trying hard to speak
very good English. "Glad 1 see 90,
Mistoo Orion YER proud of 90 kindness
Eel 90 come at my 'ouse dees time"
The room was ample with low ceiling,
a wide fireplace and small windows. The
furniture was, to Orton's surprise, of
heavy carved mahogany, table, chairs,
clock and bedstead, costly and beautiful.
In n corner lay a curious old guitar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05

The skif into which Orion and Victor
had bestowed themselves with the young
mans baggage and sketching outfit was a
slight affair and the Creole's lusty oar
strokes set it fairly bounding over the
sparkling water. The cours led them
through a long curve around Magnolia
Point, giving broken glimpses of the Ro-
chon house with its dull drab walls and
peaked roof withdrawn in a soft crepus-
cular gloom which was shot through here
and there by fine lines of glowing sun
light.
Any person looking from the shore
must have felt the effect of the animated
bit of life and color afforded by the skiff
and its crew. Victor's red shirt and Or
tons blue jacket shone gaily, and the
artists yellow curls contrasted effectively
with the black unkempt locks of the
Creole. Then what q background; all
the wide bay rolling free before the breeze
and the dark troubled masses of the woods
on the other shore, had caught the full
mld-mornlng glow and simmer. South
ward along the horizon line some tall
ships under full sail were bowling on their
way and flights of pelicans, ducks and
geese made the high air palpitant with
their wings.
Some on shore did see the skiff and
did watch it with curious eyes. Gaspard
Rochon stood at the extreme point of the
little headland near his house and with
his sturdy legs wide apart, his heavy hand
shading his strong dark face and his cap
set well back on his grizzled head, gazed
at%tentively.
VIO1ai yonder! seel" exclaimed Vic
tor eagerly, "Mo'sieu Rochon standing
on the high place, you see him?"
Yes, Orion saw with a thrill in &C
acknowledgements of the figures bold out
lines and picturesque attitude. He took
up a small field glass and adjusting it
surveyed with increasing interest that
burly and hirsute lord of the land whose
dreadful deeds and dark ways Victor had
been so fond of describing.
"You look at him mighty well now,"
said the Creole in his gilt patois, "for he's
worth looking at, is Mo'sieu Rochon. I
tell you that you might as we'll shy of
him and the Ma'm'zelle, certainly, if you
don't like trouble. Bad as a shark, he is,
and the Ma'm'zelle she -"
Just then Orion showed signs of having
discovered something new. The Creole
rested a moment on his oars and gazed.
A second figure had come forth from the
magnolia grove and was approaching the
spot where stood Rochon. It was a tall
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05
CHAPTER II.
LALIE GARCIN.

Victor, who was in a great hurry to re-
turn, scarcely allowed himself time for a
glass of wine with Garcin before setting
out, but, Sc rapidly did he speak, he sue
ceeded in giving a most glowing and ap-
parently satisfactory account of Orion
whom he described as a great gentleman
from New York who had become famous
all over the world as an artist and whose
skill with the rifle and the fowling-piece
was something prodigious.
"He wants to shoot and fish and make
pictures of everything in your country,
Mo'sieu Garcin," he glibly went on, with
many winks, shrugs and gestures of hands
and elbows, certainly he does, and he
has come all the way from his grand home
in the great city On purpose to stay in
your humble house awhile, Mo'sieu Gar
Gin, and enjoy your company, certainly
So"
Edouard Garcin bowed and smiled,
first toward Orion and then toward Vic
tor, and his fine black eyes expressed
satisfaction and hospitable intent more
readily than did his tongue since he per
sisted in trying to speak English.
"It mex me joyous at ee come so soon
t. veesit a long vile dis time" he re-
marked, finding his words with great
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05

girl, probably eighteen, simply clad in a
gown of gray stuff with a futter of dark
red ribbons here and there; she was sup
pie and graceful evidently and Orion saw
through his glass that her face, shaded by
a wide palmetto hat, was charmingly
sweet in It's expression.
There was little time for this exchange
of inspection, as the tide was nearly to
the turn and Victor resuming the oars
pulled vigorously, soon sending the skiff
past the point and on the mouth of the
bayou.
"What did I say ?" he exclaimed as he
rowed, "I told you how that man looked
like a great savage bear, and how the
Ma'm'zelle she looked like a lily. Did
you see? Mo'daeu, but what a scowl on
his ugly old face and she, did you see
how pretty she is?"
To this and much more Orion made no
response. The spell of the place was
upon him. This was his first experience
in the South; his home was in the far
North where life had nothing in it to pre-
pare n for what n met in this strange
out-of-the-way nook of the sub-tropic,
and besides, Orion had been made pecu-
liarly impossible by the unusual and
wildly romantic stories of Victor.
Now, as the house and the grove and
the two figures on Magnolia Point passed
from this vision into his memory, a sense
of immense distance frem the real world
took possession of him. 1t was as though
he had found a little region, detached
from earth, set in a space of its own and
filled with the atmosphere and the colors
of dreams, a very paradise for the artist
who longs for what is not commonplace.
He felt that very % some adventures
and experiences must make a memorable
impress upon him and probably affect the
whole current of his life. He vas ready
for this, even eager, for he was at that age
and of the temperament which demands a
fair share of the m~elodramatic and the
strongly colored. He would not have
objected to a little of the tragic and the
terrible as a condiment, for there was a
fighting strain in his blood just strong
enough to make him ventursome and
courageous to a degree.
A mile or two up the bayou they came
to a rude wharf of timber near which a
fishing smack was moored to a stake
driven into the marsh mud. Back a few
PAGES on the other shore in the midst of
scuppernong vines and orange trees now
beginning to bloom stood a low, rambling
house of many rooms built partly of logs
and partlyof rough. boards and surrounded
by a gallery of rude colonnade Over which
clambered a Cherokee rose vine th1ckly
covered with its snowy flowers. Behind
the structure stood a huge live-oak tree
whose arms fifty feet long spread out a
heavy mass of moSs-festooned SPRAYS
completely overshadowing the irregular
roof.
Here Orton was to have his home for
a time, having set out from New Orleans
with this purpose in view. Victor, whose
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uluCulCy.
When Orion to relieve him spoke in
very good French there was al expression
akin to disappointment on Garcin's face.
Evidently he would have preferred to
have the conversation in English, whether
he desired to learn the tongue, or whether
he dreaded to have a French speaking
alien in his house would have been hard
to guess. With that politeness which
never deserts a man of his class, however,
he accepted Orton's choice and spoke the
language of the place.
"This is your room, Monsieur, your
house, it belongs to you as long as you
will stay" he said with that soft cordially
and perfect sincerity of voice and manner
impossible to initiate or describe, What
ever you want call for it, everything is
yours"
Orion thanked him as best he could;
but it was hard to get a word ready be-
fore the adroit Garcian would pour out
another and another flood of fattering
welcome.
Victor snatched a glass of wine then
after a short, hurried consultation aside
with the host, babe Orion al revoir,
promising, according to contract to bring
the Zozo around again at the end Of a
month so that if he should wish by that
time to leave Bay St. Louis he could
do it.
Remember, Victor" said Orion, shak-
ing his sailors little dark hand, "not
later than the tenth of April; I shall ex-
pect you to be prompt. l couldn't think
of embarking in any other craft than the
schooner Zozo."
The face of Victor lighted up under
this compliment to his little vessel, which
was in fact the fastest on the coast, and
he almost embraced the artist while he
said:
"CertainIy, exactly on that day 1 will
come, if the wind is fair, certainly, Mo-
sieu, the Zozo she brought you here, she
will take you away, certainly"
"And, by the way, | was about to for
get my letter." exclaimed Orion, taking
from him pocket a sealed paper package
upon which besides the address he had
drawn his monogram in a fanciful India
ink sketch: Here don't fail to send this
by the first vessel. 1t is very, very i'm
portant, Victor. VIII you forget itY"
"Mo' dieu, how can I forget it, Mo-
sleu? l shall think of it all the time"
and he fairly snatched it from Orton's
hand. 1t was addressed to General Horace
orion, New York City.
Victor could not refrain from sending
an e glance owe the bold superscrip-
ton, nor did his eyes fail to rest for a
moment on the puzzling monogram before
he bestowed the package safely in his
pocket. Then he gave Garcin a quick
knowing look, as if to say: "There, what
did I tell you'll This is proof of my
words"
Orion did not notice this scarcely per-
ceptible expression of unusual interest,
nor did it strike him as meaning any
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05
g6Etrg,
WHAT'S H USE ?

TT Won meant to catch q robin,
And instead You get q crow,
Ia there any use in whining.
I'm lamenting and repintng,
Noow / really want to know
Tf Won thoupht YOU had an orange,
And If proyed 8 lemon sour,
Would it change the aclo naVor
To a sweet and pleasant SAVIOR
If you scolded for an hour
IF a friend should prove unfaithful
THAT Won thought was real ana True,
Can YOU win him back by frettlng
At your comrades, quite forgetting
They have not played false to you
Will II ever tighten trouble,
Ever help you in disgrace,
Will il make you strong and able,
If Won. like the nan in fable,
Spoil your nose to spite your race!
Sighing fills no purse with dollars,
Weeping neither makes nor mends;
If today we court Dame Sorrow,
She will clasp us fast tomorrow.
While We search in vain for friends.
So wen keep our faces CHEEKY;
We will crush our sorrows dumb;
And with strong hearts for hfe's burdens,
We will win sweet Heavens guerdons, -4
Taxing each howe'er they come.
Good Housekeeping.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05
TIE LILY OF ROCHON
A LEGEND OF Bay St, Louis,

WRITTEN FOR THE FARMER, BI
Maurice Thompson.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-01
This Story "Takes The Socks"

The Clermont Courier gives space to
the following story, which it says "takes
the socks" These sultry days few care
who has the socks, unless they are the
kind that Miss Van Duzen has contract
ed to furnish.
The Portsmouth Press says that Will
liam F. Moore and Bertha A. Van Duzen
were married in Ironton Sunday night,
the courtship and marriage forming
chapters in wonderfully interesting bit
OF romance. Miss Van Duzen was en-
ployed in Cianston's woolen mills at
Wheelersburg, Ohio, and while knitting
socks finished one pair very handsomely
and enclosed her name and address in
one OF them, requesting the buyer to
write her. Moore, who keeps 9 store
on salida creek, near Ironton,. bought
the socks. He wrote the romatic maid.
en-. They exchanged photos, the result
being that Miss Van Duzen has now en-
tered into life contract to knit fancy
hose for Moore.
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DELIGHTFUL OUTINGS.
Mountain Top and Ocean Wave.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Route an.
nounces personally conducted limited
excursions to White Sulphur Springs,
Natural Bridge and Old Point Comfort
for August 9th and September oath,
lsS9-not typical crowded excursions,
but ideal pleasure tours through the
heart Of picturesque America. Superb
Vestibule Special will leave Cincinnati
s:l5 A. NJ, reach White Sulphur the 6rst
night, Natural Bridge the second, and
Old Point the third, allowing ample time
for sight seeing and carriage driving
about Richmond en- route. Round trip
tickets, 2l.50, including all expenses on
going trip. The descriptive matter will
interest you. Call at @. & O. ticket
Office, S. w. Corner Fifth and Walnut
streets, or address:
II. w. FULLER,
Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
Cincinnati, o.
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MR. ID. NJ. GRAYsoN, of Cronville,
Franklin parish, La, says: / think
Swiit's Specific is the best blood remedy
in the world. have known it to make
wonderful cures of persons with blood
diseases, some cases which had been re.
garded as incprable.
DR.. B. T. CoPPEDGE, OF Verona, Mo-,
says he has sold large quantity OF
Swift's Specific, and to a great many
customers, and knows it to be most sue.
cessfully used for maladies of the blood.
SwIFT's SPECIFIC is not one of the old
potash, sarsaparilla, or mercury mix.
lures. 1t contains no potash, no mer.
curry, or any poisonous substance. II
relieves the system by forcing the i'm.
purities out through the pores of the
skin, and BULLS up the patient from the
first dose.
We sell great quantities of s. s. S., and
the sale holds up well--no falling off, OF
prospect OF falling off. While many are
loud in its praises, not one complaint
has been heard from our customers.
J. E. SEARS DRUG STORE, Waco, Texas.
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DURsUANT to an order Of the Board Of
L County Commissioners of Highland
county, Ohio, issued at an (adtournedl regu-
d. 1889, final hearing of a petition of the In.
corporated Village OF Hillsborough, Ohio,
for the annexation to said village Of certain
A. D. 1885, by d. @. Morrow, Solicitor, and A.
Harman, as agents of said village, duly au-
thorized for such purpose according to law,
on the 3Ist day Of August, A. D. 1889. The
prayer of said petition Is for the annexation
to :said village Of the territory bounded
In the State OF Ohio. Highland county, Lib.
erty township, part OF Otway Byrd's survey,
No. 25l8, and being part Of @ tract Of l2i acres
Barry Bar I'd died s seized boanded as follows: Be.
Incorporated Village Of Hillsborough, In the
pike road, s. 1917, Z. 81 links from Mary
line and the line Of Keys lot, No. Q six, 8.
poes P%Ses sornsT N lot No. % ana
also corner of lot No. 10 OF the heirs OF said
Otway Byrd, to stake, 9. e. corner to Keys
With vii Ia line il e. thereof, s. ss ". ssH poles to a
stake at the 8. W. corner Of said lot, In the
line Of Byrd's survey No. 25l6; thence with
peach orchard; thence through the tract due
east along the northern line OF the timber TO
the east line Of the tract; thence north with
fence now stands, to q stone in the original
line of the tract, of which this Is q part, be.
ing N. 55NO W. 40 4.lO poles from Q stone. o
the summit OF the Lilley hill; thence with
said original line N. $50 w. 90 $40 poles,
crossing the turnpike road near Lilley' . gate
70 ssa heys ss
ner OF said Mary Bowers lot of Is acres,
blackjack 80 N, IA W. 23H links; thence with
said Bowers line N. IA W. "a 4.l0 poles to the
place OF beginning Containing about 40 acres
and l05 square perches of land).
For the Incorporated Village of Hillsbor.
ough, Ohio, this lst day of July, A. d. 1889.
BY ID, @. MORROW, Solicitor, and
A. HARMAN, Agents.
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Notice..

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 9th
George W. Winkle, VIM. H. Wills, William
II. Few, II. B. Gray, Lee Kay and Frank
Fender filed their petition In the Probate
Court Of Highland county, praying for the
dissolution of Joint sub (schooD district In
Whiteoak township in said county of High.
land, Ohio, embracing the following terri.
tory, to.wtt: Beginning at the o. & N. w.
n. II. in the north line OF A. Emery q l73 acre
tract thence IN an easterly direction and
north OF said Emery's dwelling house TO.
Whiteoak Creek In the land OF John Gibler
and north OF O. X. C0fmans house thence
with said creek In the land OF 8. Wilkin 10
2 branch on the east side; thence up said
Dranch to county road, the Concord town.
snip iiDe southwest with said road and
township linz TO road south of GeorRo
Sonner,s land thence In Q westerly direct.
Ion with said road to U. B. Church and Gross
roads thence southwest with . road TO 9
small branch and between the land Of Robin
sen and l.. J. sonner; thence with said
branch tn Ih, 70 M said creek thsnce up the creek
house thence northwest to point In Mary
y, ufner,s ,s land, west Of her dwelling; thence
f. N. Head and W. O. McCoppin), appointed
to act In the premises Wifi meet at the
school .house IN Joint sub (schooO district
No. 2, in Whiteoak township, Highland
county, Ohio, on the Sd day OF August, A. d.
1889. at 10 O'Clock q. m, to discharge the
duties OF their said appointment
,u.. o,,, LER0Y ;sSo KELLY, Probate Judge.
John I. Hire, Attorney.
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DIE WITH THEIR BOOTS on.
The Peculiar Boast OF Prominent
Georgia Family.

ATLANTA, GA, July 6.-"The Alstons,
sir, die with their boots on" That was
the constant boast Of the late Colonel
Bob Alston, famous throughout Georgia
as an editor and politician. His grand.
father and his father had died that way,
and one day after he had made this
boast he was shot to death. Next day
one of his boys committed suicide in
Washington, D. G. Yesterday another
son was jailed at Lithonia, Ga, with a
charge OF murder to his credit. Ayoung
man named Wilson was killed in q
Fourth Of July brawl there and Aston
is accused Of the crime. The promi.
nence OF Al~ton and his family make
tn. case o. particular interest.