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A pallor overspread his face as he
read. Heaven help me to forgive the
one who wrote those words!" he ex-
claimed. ~Deane, don't you see that
the writing is not mine? Very like it,
but not exactly"
1T came just after the news of the
death of my father and brother. 1t was
the last drop in my cup of sorrow that
was already full to overlooking. 1t en-
FILTERED my life and l have never looked
at it since"
"Oh, Deanel how you have suffered.
know now that my father wrote these
cruel words. He could not forgive you
for being your fathers daughter. God
forgive him the misery he has wrought.
Take me back and we may yet be
happy. Give me the right to guard
your life from every shadow, and / will
live only to make you forget the bitter
past Be my wife this very day. We
have waited long enough"
There was a wedding in church
near by that afternoon, with only old
Chloe and the sexton for witnesses.
As Fred Carew and his bride entered
ohCiA hOnlO llJbA6 Dcduc Ihu tOWdId lcl
father, then stopped in amazement as
she recognized "the pretty lady" Her
father held out his arms to her, saying,
Come here, Deanie. This is your new
mamma. She will never look sorry
again. She loves you, and you will
not be lonesome any more when papa
is away. Will you come and kiss her?"
The child ran to them and kissed
them both. "Ohl l am so glad" she
said; Il guess / found her for you.
didn't /, papa?"
Il guess you did. little Sunbeam;
your flowers were well bestowed that
time"
Mrs. Fred Carew has a beautiful
home upon the site of the old one by
the Shenandoah, with all the Injuries
that wealth and love can purchase; but
she saws that next to her husband and
little Sunbeam her dearest treasure is
a spray of faded white hyacinths.
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A GnIlnnt Omccr.

In the Nile campaign of 1889 Sierra
was the scene of an act of great personal
bravery on the part of an English officer
which it is pleasure to record. 1t will
be well to explain the kind of warfare
they were engaged in. Bimbashi
Judge, of the thirteenth battalion, had
been ordered to land at Sierra village
with fifty men, as a strong party of
dervishes threatened an attack there.
He landed his men, and taking twelve
of them with him he proceeded on foot
to the western side OF the village to see
if there was any sign of the enemy.
Suddenly number of the enemy's cav
airy appeared from behind the sand
hills. The men with him precipitately
fell back and left him alone. Calling
on them to stand he fell back slowly.
There were seven dervish horsemen
altogether. Instead of charging down
on him in a body and dispatching him.
they tried to deliberately surround him.
This enabled him to use his revolver
and disable three of them as they closed
round him. BY this time the fourth
man, an emir, was on him. Judge,
finding that his sword had no effect on
the thick. padded coat and turban of
the emir, and being a very tall and
powerful man himself, as a last des-
perate resort seized the man by the
collar, tore him from his horse and ran
his sword through him. just then all
his men came up and dispatched the re-
mainder of the enemy. The twelve
men who had suddenly lost their
presence of mind and deserted him on
their return to their regiment went up to
their commanding officer and reported
the matter. -Bldcklcoofs Magazine.
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u GREENWOOD CEMETERY.


This seems no city Of the dead,
No gloomy, weird, and haunted place:
The birds sing gaily overhead
The squirrel moves with sudden grace:
The fountains play, the flowers bloom,
The Welding sward IL fresh and smooth;
Art wells the secret OF the tomb;
And all seems planned TO cheer and sooth
But from this calm height CHANGING down,
We spy the outlines shadowy
OF life's quick haunts: the fevered town,
The living city, and the sea.
There the wild chase goes ever on,
With scarce a restful hour to spare,
Till each brief life is spent and gone
Few pause to think OF Greenwood there.
Beneath that overhangfng veil,
That dims with mist each busy street,
How many aspirations fail,
How many weary spirits meet
To them these tranquil paths and bowers
Would scarce suggest the mournful tear;
How they must long, in secret hours,
For such repose as waits them herei
And they will come. the busiest there,
Tired Of the baltic, ripe for peace
Bowed by an as blanche OF care,
And signing for their last release;
viii come, o patient Greenwood, come
To seek thy quietude and rest;
As children come at evening home
To rest upon the mother breast.
-NeW York sun
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Women as Journalists.

A New York editor speaks thus en-
couragingly to women: In great
many newspaper offices there is pre-
iudice against women. Why this is 50
/ do not know. / have employed them
for number of years, and have always
found them to be painstaking, accurate
and reliable. In many cases have
found that women do certain kinds OF
newspaper work more satisfactorily
than men can, and vice versa.
One of the best Washington cores
pondents / ever knew, was a woman.
She was keenly-alive to all the exigen-
cies of daily newspaper work, was quick
of wit, splendid news gatherer. and
during the Garfield campaign and the
subsequent complications that arose
from his death, was an invaluable aid
to me.
have employed women in Office work
in newspapers, with considerable salts
faction, and in numberless cases have
found that they could do some kinds of
reporting far better than men. 1t is a
mistake to that women are only fit to
write fashion articles. The editor OF
one of the great Sunday newspapers of
New York is woman. And she not
only manages to keep her paper in full
touch with the times, but she often leads
in public thought and opinion.
Most editors give women a chance by
being unfair to them. / think the day
is coming when women will do large
portion of newspaper reporting. In
nearly all the big cities they are now
doing little of it. Even the House of
Parliament has been forced to admit a
woman to the reporters gallery, very
much to the disgust of the male re-
porters.
Women make splendid type-setters,
good proef-readers, good reporters and
fair editors. They do not make as good
editors as men, for the reason, perhaps,
that they are not so NIB in contact
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-09-18

A boudoir in a different fashion is
that of Nine. Romero. the wife OF the
Mexican Minister, writes Washington
correspondent, The prettiest American
rooms would hardly equal it in richness,
for the wealthy Mexicans layishly fur
nish the private rooms OF their wives
and daughters. Nine. Romero's room
is modelled exactly after the one in her
home in the City OF Mexico, and most OF
the furniture was brought from there.
The bedstead is so delicately wrought
that it makes the finest of ours seem
clumsy. The canopies are of rose leaf
satin, and reach almost from the ceiling
The windows are draped with white
Swiss curtains, with festooned drapery
like that of the couch, and the same
richly tinted silk is used to drape bureau
and dresser.
Almost as regal in its appointments is
the boudoir of Mrs. Hammond, the wife
of DIR. William Hammond It is the
gem of all the handsome appointments
in Belconrt, their new home on Column
bia Heights, and was designed by Mrs.
Hammond herself 1t is modelled after
a section of the Alhambra, showing the
slender columns, fluted arches and
highly colored dome of the Moorish in
terror decoration. The color is robins
egg blue, with relief of pale silver.
One can only conclude that the Moors
had practiced walking On ice, for the
floor is devoid Of rugs as-well, as a
banana skin.
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TMnntr Dnnknrds Mlth nn n.


Last year a party of twenty-five
Dunkards was en- route to the General
Conference, via st. Louis. No agent
accompanied them, and telegram was
sent to Union Depot Passenger Agent
Bonner to meet twenty Dunkards.
The religious education of the tele-
graph operator who received the mes
sage had been neglected. He had
never heard of the Dunkards, and, sup
posing mistake had been made, he
Just inserted the letter "r, and when
Bonner received the message it read
Meet No. 4. Twenty drunkards aboard.
Look after them"
Bonner was somewhat taken aback.
He did not know but that an enebriate
asylum had broken loose, but any way
prompt action was necessary. The
twenty drunkards must be desperate
men or the dispatch would not have
been sent, and murder might have been
committed on the road.
Bonner posted off to police head
quarters, and his story did not lose in
the telling. The Chief Of Police, alive
to the exigencies of the situation, made
a special detail of ten policemen and a
patrol wagon.
The policemen were drawn up in
line at the depot, and intense excite
ment prevailed among the numerous
depot loungers, rumor having gained
currency that desperate band of train
robbers was on the incoming train.
In due time the train arrived, but no
party or registering drunkards alighted.
The party on the train was composed of
several pious-looking gentlemen with
broad-brimmed hats, who stood around
as though expecting some one.
Bonner approached one of them and
said interrogatively:
@Had any trouble ON tho road ?"
"No bother" said the gentleman,
"none that ] know of. And now I'll
ask you question: Do you know
gentleman named Bonner"
"Yes. / am Mr.. Bonner" was
answer.
well these brethren and myself are
Dunkards, and you were to meet us and
put us on the right train. Didn't you
get telegram
Bonner was completely done for. He
excused himself, and, calling the SER
geant of police aside, he told him that
It was all mistake and he and his men
could go back to headquarters. Then
he disposed of his religious friends,
went around and cussed out the tele-
graph operator, after which he had to
Sset 'em up for the whole police force
on the promise to keep mum.--Ndsh-
rifle american.
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A Titled nlilIiner.

Between Mayfair and Oxford streets,
says London letter to the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, is a pretty shop window with
sweet lace curtains and three of the
smallest bonnets in London. This
shop, with the sign "Mme. Lierre," is
kept by Lady Granville Gordon
Think of it--a titled lady making bon
netsl
/ called there with my wife, and she
found she could buy bonnet for So,
and it was shown by the lady herself
OF course there were other bonnets,
running up to SIG. / have not seen a
bonnet in London that could not be
bought for $40. In New York bonnets
get up to $40 and $50. When ] asked
Lady Gordon if it was not disagreeable
for her to show bonnets to every one,
and if it did not change her social po-
sition, she said:
"Yes, but am a philosopher withal.
Of course, being in trade, l cannot go
to court without a special permit OF the
lord chamberlain.
Gould you go to court if you should
give up business?"
Certainly. Nine. Elise, who used
to keep shop, retired, married the
rich Mr.. 1saacson, and is now welcomed
at court. My little girl, when she
grows up, can be presented, but not by
me unless 1 shall have retired with a
fortune"
"Do you mind telling me how you
happened to go into business p | asked.
Il needed money. / started with
$500, but have prospered, and now l
have more than one thousand custom
mers. / used to go to drawing-rooms
before l became bread-winner, but a
good bank account is better than q
queens drawing-room to me-"
did your lady friends all stand by
your"
"Not all; but only three deserted me. "
"Of course you have many curious
experiences ?" suggested.
"Oh, yes. One day an oSsrdressed
woman came in and l attended to her
personally. She was irritable and hard
to suit, and finally said: L want you to
send me the forewoman. don't want
to be annoyed by shop-girl who gives
herself airs. On leaving the shop she
asked whether Lady Gordon ever
came there herself
That was her ladyship who at
tended you first, said the attendant
oh. dear, she said, and to think
I came here on purpose to see her and
then sent her away
"On another OCCASION" said Lady
Gordon, "a rich bridesmaids wife made
bet that she would bring titled
lady to her house on business. Well,
she wrote note requesting that Nine.
Lierre would wait upon her in person
about bonnet. / fell into the trap
and she had the pleasure of introduce
ing Lady Granville Gordon to numer-
Gus friends. We all chatted quite
freely, but before l left she called me
aside and said:
You have such sweet taste Do
send me tomorrow the best bonnet you
can make--no matter what price She
won the bet cleverly, and / never knew
it till months afterward.
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DOINGS OF WOMEN FOLK
NEWS. NOTES AND GOSSIP
ABOUT FEMININE AFFAIRS.

Travel with Your Wife-Women Journ-
aIisis-Why Women Appear F1eshy-A
Titled MiIIiner Mime. Romero's Bed
Room.
Some time ago man named Metz
bought ticket at Kansas City for Cal
ifornia, and after checking his trunk
there boarded the train. Upon his ar
rival at Cation, Cal, he discovered that
his trunk had gone astray. He waited
reasonable time for the railroad COM
pany to produce the trunk, and failing
to do so he put in claim for $500 dam
ages.
Over 5000 of this amount was for
jewelry for female wear, and the rail
road claimed it was not bound TO pay
for it, inasmuch as it was not his per-
sonal baggage. Metz brought suit in
the Los Angeles County Court and re-
covered Judgment for the full amount,
and the railroad company appealed.
The Supreme Court, in deciding the
case recently, said the railroad com
pany is obliged to pay only for the lug
gage of the claimant, and luggage ment
in low only such things as the claimant
needed for personal use on his travels.
Had Metz been travelling with his wife
there would have been no question as to
the railroads company's liability.
But Metz was single man and tray-
cling alone. The articles of female
jewelry In his trunk could not, there
fore, be regarded as luggage, and the
railroad company need not pay for them.
The court ordered the Judgment re-
duced by the amount of the iewelry.
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with public men; and this simply be-
cause their sex prevents them from
gathering in hotels, clubs, cafes, and
places Of like character, where men
find it convenient to sit and discuss all
sorts of topics. / see no reason why
women should not in the near future,
find daily journalism very remunera-
tive field. They will be brought into
competition with men, to be sure; but
/ have little doubt that they will be
able to successfully hold their own
Foster Coates, in Ladies Home
Journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-09-18

Two friends of mine spent each OF
them the best part of the year 1888 in
writing and revising a novel apiece.
Both stories were published by leading
houses during the early part of 1889.
They were we'll advertised, skll-fully
handled, and both novels are, according
to the popular acceptance of the term,
successful-tha is, they have been
widely written about. Photographed in
the press from one end of the country
to another; English editions have
been printed of each, and to every liter
ary person the names of both novels
and authors are thoroughly familiar
Now. what have the authors received
in hard cash for their years work. l
will tell you exactly: OF one, LOO
copies we're sold; no royalty was paid
on the first thousand to cover manufac-
ture, ETC., and upon the remaining 700
copies the author received the regular
10 per cent. royalty. The book sold
for one dollar. The net revenue to the
author was, therefore, so. His type
writer's bill was SCI. so. Net profit,
IS. so, and the book has stopped sell
ing. The other author was trifie
more fortunate in that his novel
reached a sale of 1000, all but five
copies. Like the first, he received
10 per cent. royalty only after the first
thousand copies. Unfortunately, he
bought so many copies of his books fol-
friends that, when his publishers state
ment came. it showed credit in his
favor of just $3.50. Had he type.
written his manuscript, the novel would
have thrown HIM into debit And these
are but two of a score of instances
within my knowledge that could cite.
-EdDard W. Box, in Ladies Home
Journal
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IHAvE no stones to throw at atheism
anv more than l have stones to throw
At blindness. 1t can never be more
than q sore and sad limitation; not an
institution, but q restitution -Rober
Coslger.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-09-18

LIFE is short, and so are the mos
Of us all through life. -Somervttlt
Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
DEATHS.

In this city, September Ia, Ida May. daughter
OF M. II. and NJ. A. Vaughan, aged II years, 8
months, 6 days.
Funeral services on Tuesday at $50 O'Clock
at her late residence, No. SO Quebec street.
Funeral Wednesday afternoon at $50 O'Clock
10 this city, Sept. IL, Mary. wife OF the late
Thomas Mullen, aged Go years.
Funeral this Monday morning at $50 O'Clock
from No. 80 Mountfort street.
In WestbrO0k. Sept. 8, John H.. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. F. Durgin, aged months.
In Prout's Neck, Scarboro, Sept. IA, Lindsey
E.. Son OF Zcnas l.. and Jennie s. Seavey, aged 1
year and mouths.
Funeral services Monday afternoon at O'Clock
from parents residence, Prouts Neck, Scarf
In Bridgton, Sept. 10, Wyman E. Brown. aged
81 years 10 months.
In Winslow, Aug. 25 Capt. George PIllsbury,
aged rs years.
AT Bar Mills, Sept. l, Marcus Richards, aged
sc years.
In East Peru, Aug. "a, Mrs. George Davis.
In !Edmunds, Aug. 81, Mrs. Jane Seeley y, aged
"a years.
In Gardner, Aug a. Mrs. Mary Norris, widow
OF the late John Berry, aged 76 years months.
In Jonesboro, Aug. "a, Stephen B. Andrews.
aged rs years.
In Norridgewock, Aug. 20. Mrs. Elmira Elan
ders, aged 80 years.
In Monson. Aug. %, Mrs. Greta NJ Henrickson,
aged 25 years.
In Gardiner, Aug. %. Mrs. Sarah E. Lowell.
aged 81 years.
In Bar Harbor, Aug. 81, Mrs. Julia, wife Of Geo
Higgins, aged 43 years.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
srocKBR1DeE COURSE.

SToCKBRIDGE COURSE.
The regular course will consist of IL first
class entertainments at ST., S125 and 81 so
per evening ticket The sale at auction will
take place this evening at City Hall. not
only for the regular, but for the popular and
matinee courses as we'll. The course tickets
not sold tonight will be put on sale at the
store Tuesday morning.
PORTLAND THEATRE.
"Bootles' Baby" will be given at Portland
Theatre tonight. Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings and on Wednesday afternoon. The
Springfield Republican says of its recent pro-
duction in that city:
Play-goers who object to the infant drama
in any form will at once draw the line on
"Bootles' Baby" which was greeted by a
good-sized audience at the Opera House last
evening while those who are not displeased
with the stage presence of mere children
will find considerable to enjoy in the pro-
duction. The child Larts are prominent
through four acts, the lapse of five years COM
ing conveniently between acts one and two
yet baby. Little Josephine sr Arthur y as Se
sumes the role of Bottles Baby. Concern
ing her 1t may be said that her lines ap.
Deared to be well committed while her ac-
ton was quite as natural and artistic. The
story concerns secret marriage between
the villain and the heroine, which antedates
the opening of the play, and of which the
child is the offspring. Abandoned in the
quarters of Capt. Ferrers, known Familiarity
as Bottles. she becomes the pet child of the
regiment, her parentage remaining mystic
~ until revealed by the unfolding of the
drama.
NOTES.
ION the Frontier" will soon be given at
Portland Theatre.
"The Soudan." the grand military specta-
Gle. will be put on the boards Of the Boston
Theatre tonight
The Haydn Association will resume re-
hearsa's at Congress Hall, September ed.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
Shooting Accidents.

Louis Randall, son of Mr.. Geo. A Randall,
No. III Winter street, extracted bullet
from revolver cartridge and substituted
hard pea. when suddenly and accidently he
dropped the revolver, discharging it. The
pea entered his wrist. making wound from
which the blood flowed copiously. With
great presence Of mind, the boy tied his
handkerchief round his arm and started for
doctors Office. Arriving there, with great
nerve he remarked, "Guess I've got job for
you. doctor" Upon examination 1t was
found that the radial artery was severed,
and the boy was put nnder the influence of
ether and the artery tied. The pea had
broken to pieces, severing the artery.
Saturday afternoon Harry Morton who
lives on Free street, and companion who
is the SON Of the fruit veIder who has a stand
at the corner Of Federal and Congress streets
were playing together. They were playing
Indians and the italian boy had an air gun.
The Morton boy was the Indian and he was
shot in the eye by his companion. A physi-
clan was called and after administering to
the patient gave his opinion that the injured
boys eye sight would not be destroyed.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
state Fair Prizes.

The following Portland people won prizes
at the Exhibition hall at the Maine State fair
this week:
Bost specimen water colors, first prize, Miss
King, Brunswick. Az
Best marine, LIST, George Mcconnell. Portland j.
I'd, Miss Cecilia e. Oliver, Portland; Sd. O. ID
Stinch1eld, Auburn. "
Best oil painting on wood, LIST, George McCon.
nell, Portland; I'd, Miss Grace A. KnoWiton
Oil painting on felt, LIST, Mrs. L. A. Neal. Lewis.
ton; I'd, Mrs. G. A. Dyer, Portland.
Best collection oil paintings, LIST, George Nc
Council, Portland; I'd, Mrs. L. A. B. Gardiner,
Brunswick; Sd, Miss Cecilia Z. Oliver, Portland
Best specimen flowers by amateurs, 1st. Miss
Flora <. SWEET, Bangor; I'd Miss Cecilia Z. Oliver,
Portland.
Best specimen business penmanship, 1st L. A.
Gray, Portland.
Best still life, LIST, Mrs. L. A. B. Gardiner:
%, Miss Cecilia e. Oliver; Sd, Mrs. A. T. Neal,
Lewiston,
Best oil landscape, LIST, George Mcconnell, Port
land I'd, Mrs. i. A. b. Gardiner, Brunswick; 3D..
Miss Moilie S. Myrick, Augusta.
Mrs. @. A.. Dyer, Portland, special for best col
lection Of oil paintings by professional.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
Our Schools.

Today the pupils will return to the schools
for the winter session. The two new school
houses on Long Island will 60 into operation
today. ALI the houses have been cleaned,
and many touched up with fresh paint. Ex-
tensive improvements have been made in the
Park street school, and dressing room in
the West school added to the large school
room, which has been cut up into two school
rooms, The new text books will be given
cut as rapidly as possible. There are about
$500 scholars
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
LIN the Songo.

Now is the time until far into October, to
take the Mountain Division of the Maine
Central, by the morning train, and sail over
Lake Sebago and up the winding Songo, re-
turning to Portland the same day. This is
no ordinary excursion. 1t is one that has
been written about by men famous in the
world of letters and published all over the
world. There is, probably, on beautiful
day, no more enjoyable excursion or more
peculiar in many respects than this, and at
this season when the trees are putting on
their sutumnal dress, the scenery Is superb.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
Fire at Turner's Island.

Yesterday afternoon, about / O'Clock, fire
was discovered in the stable attached to the
story and one-half house known as the Mil
ieH House-occupied by Mr.. Mark Dyer and
owned by Mr.. Lewis Of Boothbay.
nne mouse and barn were destroyed. Mr..
Eyer furniture was saved. The house was
very oia' and probably was not worth more
'nan few hundred dollars.
90. .ne neighbors worked lively in order to
.',.e ous the furniture. and the event was
.ai'e An exciting one for the VILLAGE.