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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-11
A Checkersd Career.

Harry c. Janet died on the New Orleans
sleeper at Memphis, Monday night. With
the dead man a nephew watched and waited,
and delivered to the authorities several
papers, which show the dead mans career
to have been a strange and checkered one.
When Johnston surrendered in 1855. the
brigade of which Gen. John G. Ligg was
com nander, and of which the man who died
Monday night was q colonel, marched TO
Atlanta, slipping away from the main army
in the dead Of night and then disbanded.
The officers of the brigade, with the staff,
met at banquet given by the grim old
general, and there was formed one Of the
strangest brotherhoods history records.
The Famous Twenty" composed Of
saw their homes devastated, their
hearth-fires destroyed and had no place to
lay their heads. Wine infiamed their al
ready frenzied passions and they swore
eternal fidelity to each other, but that their
hands should be against every man who
fought against them. - They also swore to
spend the balance of their lives in riotous
living and dissipation. How well they kept
their oaths is shown by the fact that in four
years thirteen had crossed over into the I'M
knewn, and in 1889 only one was left, the
man who died Monday night A diary
shows that not one of the Famous Twenty
died a disnonorable death, and though they
failed to harm any of their old-time enc
mics each died satisfied. The dead mans
body was carried TO Vickshurg. Miss, tho
home of the dead soldier, by his nephew.
HIS last words were: Seen. Biggs, have
done nay duty" and as his weak hands were
uplifted in salute his spirit took its light.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-11
CHAPTER XVII.

ALAS LIES path may be unsmoothI
Her way may lie through rough distressl
Then who her pangs and pains viii Goothe,
Her sorrows share and make them less?''
"SEe must have been a mere child when
that villain Denison tricked her into a mar
rage with him. Think OF her position-a
friendless girl, left alone in a foreign city,
without soul to look to except the hound
who basely used his advantage as her ap-
pointed guardian to impose on her inno-
cence and cajole her into sharing his ruined
name e1o reputation"
The speaker was Claude Naclean, who
was expatiating to Lady Falconridge With
honest warmth Of the deeply injured wife
of Sir Reginald Denison. The scene Yves
the breakfast room Of Claude's residence on
CamPdeh Hill.
IL was O terrible blow to Claude Macleau
when he made the uulooked-for discovery
of Winifred's marriage. But bis sorrow
over bis vanished dream Of happiness was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-11
BY MUTUAL CONSENT.
Bv J. MARSDEN SUTCLIFFE,

"THE BELLE
AN" PREVAILED FIRE." Ere, Ere.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30

Wednesday evening at sundown closed
the seven days celebration Of the feast
II the Passover, aud during that time
those who hold strictly ate nothing but
unleavened bread. The feast Is kept in
commemoration Of the deliverance Of the
Jews from Egyptian bondage, and the
commandance for the observance is
found in Exodus xi, 43dSep. Dating back
to such remote period. ever since on
the recurrence Of the day all orthodox
Jews havs kept the days sacred and hal
lowed. The bondage Of Egypt has become
burdensOme, and Moses and Aaron had
requested the pharoah to permit the Is
raelites to 90 that they might inherit the
land promised them; but the king had
no desire to lose the labor Of such SKILLED
Workmen and persistently refused. Any
reader Of Biblical history will recollect
the plaques which afflicted the land by
reason Of this perverseness, until the flFst
born Of the Egyptians were slain by the
destroying angel. All this time the Is
raelits were preparing for the journey,
with their loins girt and staff in hand.
At last the order came, and, fearing the
monarch would regret his consent, every
family prepared hastily-coOked unleav-
ened bread and started on their journey.
Wherever there is synagogue the GER
emOnies are very impressive, and
betokeus the hasty preparations Of q
people leaving a burdensome slavery
and going forth with buoyant hopes.
Amidst all the prosecutions Of centuries
past this peculiar people have kept their
religion pure, and the Passover Is eaten
in American cities in the full radiance Of
the progress Of the Nineteenth century In
the same manner as It was over 5000
years ago in the shadows Of the pyramids
and on the banks Of the slimy, murky
river Nile.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30
TIGHTS The THING.
'W'n TGy Generally By The Ra,Aisnabs h
GeW YeFk.


~" ~ 1'vs' uO''ceAo'e feature Of the nun
'r "ouS ~ nInoSome costumes seen In the
49, pAiSue aions tne avenue on Easter
aS.' % -; "~. 'ne eIaoOla'e eeage Of tne
.e'. "e~ ."ssi PAssemen'erie' Every osner
sO~n Iuu eApo'e was gorgeous win E'Sek
.iSso'seS' EA'ne'S' 'opazes and oPalS'
"',u MN - Une ~ TWO instances 1t was OBJ
.eI'ee 'u~t my 'aoy went 90 lar as to
uso '"' le"e' uecoratons on neT walking
oo's nI'er ID 'he season tne new trim
'"ss WIN oe even more extensively used
nv " % 9ui'e Piooao'e tnat the nnsei
WI ienAh popular until iali' when the
es'uei lo,0es one 70 return 70 cloth
SUI 'ne 'A,'or'
e s1e.is HIOuPeu IN tne eino windows
.'S0 p'ooIoly notlcea as the WIND slight
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30

for him Of . constant series Of surprises.
The two attracted every one that met
them, and the love they felt for each
other was q very beautiful thing.
In 1858 Will jackson was "a, and May
was young lady just going into society.
The brother had been u partner in the
firm for six years, and had built up for
himself Q business which paid him o
handsome income. Il was at this time
that Miss Carrie Farnham, a connection
Of Judge Beach, came to Lynn, and
Win jackson met his fate. He fell in
love with her as strong men fall in love;
he fairly worshiped the ground she
walked on. She, too, had not known
him very long before she thought she
had never seen such Q man before.
When she went home to Springfield she
left the memory Of look from her dark
blue eyes for VIII jackson to ponder
over. and when, In the following August,
he followed her to her home, and as they
walked along lane one evening asked
her question the answer was Yes"
To his dying day Win jackson never
forgot that lane and the smell Of the
twilight time. Friends and relatives ap-
proved, and the day was set for the we'd
ding. It is probable that May would
have alternated between jealousy and
gladness were 1t not that her pretty little
head was filed with thoughts Of her own
Just then. The time came for the we'd
ding, and Carrie Farnham went to Bos-
ton to do some shopping. Imust hurry
over this part Of the story. There were
big headlines in the paper one morning
over the story Of the railroad wreck, and
VIII jackson followed the body Of the
girl he loved as the agony Of the dead
march walled and sobbed from the great
organl
He went back to his desk and plunged
into work 10 find distraction from his
sorrow. He never spoke of the girl ia
any one, repulsing for the first time in
his life his sister May. Except that he
was graver than before there was little
change in the man. The following year
May was married to Charlie Farnham,
. younger brother Of the girl who wai
gone, and viii jackson rejOiced oven
his sisters happiness. He behaved very
generously, he transferred all the prop
erty they had together inherited in trust
for her and her children. As Mr.. Farm
ham was employed in bank in Boston
May went there to live with her hus
band, but every week letters from Will
and herself crossed each other.
When the gun which was fired on
Fort Sumter in 1851 ECHOED round the
world" Win jackson was one Of the
first men in Lynn to volunteer. To such
Q man the call issued by President Lin
coin came as an order from heaven, and
when the Second Massachusetts, in
fantry was recruited he at once signed
the roll. His choice of regiment was
natural, for one Of its officers, Capt
and afterward Lieut.. Col. G. R. Nudge,
who died at Gettysburg on July 3, 1883
and to whose memory the beautiful
church Of st. Stephens was afterward
built In Lynn, was his greatest personal
friend. Through the long weasy month
Of fighting and marching viii jackson
went steadily on, doing his duty as he
did most things in this hfe-with all hi
might
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30

When travelling company playing "a
County Fair"visited Washington recently,
the business manager Of the organization
conceived the idea that it would be good
idea for the quartet Of the company to give
President Harrison q cerenade. 1t was
argued that 1t would be q nice compliment
70 pay the executive Of the nation and
afford him an opportunity Of listening
to familiar airs rendered by Q well-trained
band Of singers. Matters progressed
favorably In the scheme, according to
Marc Klaw's statement, and the quartet
practiced and sang the old and familiar
songs Of bygone days until they were
Hs nearly perfect as possible. At
length, Charles B. jefferson, one 10
the principal managers Of the company,
arrived at the capital, and as Mr.. Jeffer-
son il very practical man, he asked TO
see the program they had arranged for
the serenade. He glanced over Il and
then threw up bis hands in holy horror.
"Whatp exclaimed Mr.. jefferson,
"you don't mean 10 say you are going
to carry out this scheduler
"Why certainly" answered the leader.
"What's the matter with it?"
"What'sthe matter, ehf EveFything's
the matter. You have down, almost
irst on the list, that sineularly suggestive
and particularly personal ballad, Where
Did You Get That Hat Well, all l can
say ls that II you sing that in the grounds
II the White House We may have to
hustle for . new quartet for the next
evening" performance. Give the ssrenads
BY all means, compliment the president
q much as you like, but for the Lords
sake don't ask him, even with al the
melody Of song, where did tsges that
hatr IN. Y. World.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30

IT. uu0 WCVeT Stob VIC Cftttu DeyOTG
When Gen. Lee invaded Pennsylvania,
and the armies Of the north gathered
hastily together under Gen. Meade to
repel the onward march Of "the hag
with Q single star" the Second Massa-
chusetts was in It's place prepared to
take part In what was to be one Of the
most momentous and most bloody battles
Of the civil war. And with his regiment
was VIII jackson, private still, for
promotion had been offered to him In
vain. The last time when his lieutenant
colonel had urged him to accept, for
these two were fast friends as ever, he
had said with Q laugh, "Old man, after
this war Is over there will be mighty
few privates, and I'm after all the dis
tinction can get" So the subject was
dropped-forever, as 1t turned out.
TWAS two days before the line Of fire
which was to end the lives Of so many
brave men on each side began, as Reyn-
olds' corps struck Heth's men, that Win
jackson, coming in from sentry duty,
found the mail bad arrived and recog-
nized the handwriting Of his sister. Az
h0 read the letter his face grew very
stern, and he more than once clenched
his fist unconsciously. It was q long
letter, full Of repetitions and contra
dictions, but he made out that May had
discovered her husband was in .he power
Of q lot Of men who were urging him to
do something, she knew not exactly
what, but which would utterly ruin him.
In one sentence she declared that Charlie
was innocent Of wrong doing, and in the
next she implored her brother by all the
love he bad always shown for her, by his
love for his mother, BY his love for the
girl who was gone, by his love for the
baby hiSAister held in her arms, to save
that baby's father. She came 10 him.
Slls said, when She could 60 to no one
else-he alone could do anything.
A win jackson sat there far into the
night needless Of military calls fearful
struggle went on within him. he knew
- every man In the fast gathering hosts
know that 0 great battle was pending.
His sense Of duty to his country, his
pride In his own good name, his soldiers
Instinct alike made the idea Of desertion
lntolerablO to him. And yet-it was
NayS husband and Carries brotheri
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30

CuAtno E1EnnAu DfOko uOWus Nc
Aung himself on his knees beside WIN
and with the latter's arm around him
brokenly told his story. BE had one
evening at the club, when he was with
Cochran, written the signature Of Mr..
Floyd, the president Of the bank In
which be was Q teller, on . piece Of
paper. The paper was blank at the
time, and be had done this thing more to
show hO could than anything elsa. he
had no thought Of harm, and had for
gotten the whole business until week
afterWard, when Cochran had shown Il
TO him with . note written above Il At
sixty days time, payable to his own or
der and indorsed on the back 10 Coch-
ran
The signature on the back was a.
much forgery as was that Of Nh.
Floyd, but the forgery was very good,
and one Of Cochran's friends was ready
10 swear he saw Farnham write the in
dorsement. Since then they had been
making his life Q misery to him. demand
ing that he give them the combination
Of the safe. He had been so afraid he
might yield that he had gone to the
cashier and asked him to change the
eomolnanon, 90 tnat now ne dia not
Know II Wnen ne to,d cochran OF tne
cnAnso tnsS lnulVlauAi mao oecOIne HeLy
angry Hno hAo oEueIeu MN 70 nno OUT
tne new SeEles ~ once OF IaAe 'ne cOn1o'
quence@ =,
Wny Gia you NOT 60 70 MI: Floyo
SnG VeiI nun tne wnole storyr asked
WI"
6ecause tney threatened 70 nave tne
note discounted IN New YORK. and the
bank which cashed 1t would have held
me-"
VIII Jackaon was silent. maryelinR in
his own sonl that men couid he ~ veal
aNbsra q th;s rotaS.' he aSLsd ~ 40
~ 49, Cnsh- S ~ a. - a. ~
tnn - CoeEI M nAS vi ~ IN nls ITon1
no sAys u u IN New iork' put ne y
such liar do not believe him. Oh,
WIN, can you get me out Of this scrapel
swear will never get into another as
long a. live. For MAYS sake and little
CaTTie,a Won viii 40 n ,von't vo,, vViIIS~
.svs. ~ Corris,s soka y ,,,h,.V,s-"A
V,,,i -. "a ~. .I =
WI, p,esslns us arm against tne slue
Wners the picture rested
Where does this man liver he asked.
he has rooms at II Milk street, and
you can always hnd him before H."
Long and eerneatlv the twomen tailed.
r. o1e nrote~tiDC scain ana scsin his
.--,n.'to,e. - M. -S--I,,s =. tstS -
~ IHu ulS IeSolVo " IeA1 w
ter me. ana the otner counseing N
Kindly fashion. At last they separated,
and Charlie. after seeing his brother-in-
law TO his room, went to his own with .
lighter heart than he had known for
many a day. MAY was awake. and be.
lore he siept he had toid his wife the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30
NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON THURSDAY, APRIL 80, 1891

A neighbor's family received news the
other day Of the arrival Of Q new cousin
TO be added TO the group Of two little
cousins In q distant town.
At night, when little Ted came to say
bis prayers, feeling like throwing the
mantle Of his blessing over all bis con-
neCtions, he prayed something % follows:
"Oh, bod, peas bFess Dot and Bessie
and-and-de obbeF kid"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30

--oVdsr Dc from ths i2lE cent s.use--
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30

"Mr. Cochran" he began In . voice
which was as harsh ~ the sound Of
sharpening . saw, "my brother. Charles
EaElham, tells me that you and your
acc0mplices have procured from him By
ftaud acertain document purpoFting TO
b . note signed BY John Floyd. the
pgesident Of the bank, In which my
brother is employed. Tho signature 10
this note is forgery, executed BY my
brother. but the note itself was added
after the signature was written, and the
lndoEsement has my brothers name
forged 10 Il have come 70 get that
nOlO from you."
Cochran looked at his visitor, and -
- looked it seemed 10 him that VIII
JackBon's eyes blased with constrained.
rspFessed terocity in their deep Oockets
He GhndderOd - be looked
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-02

Rev. Dr. Kleeberg delivered yesterday q
sermon at the Court street synagogue on
"The Characteristics Constituting Pure
and Noble Heart" An outsider would
have considered the traits drawn from an
abstract ideal; the congregation, however,
felt that the picture was from life, and de-
picted the noble character of the late Miss
Augusta Cohen, although her name was
not mentioned. The speaker began: 'The
world is filled with innumberable treas
urss which delight us, but the highest
pleasure we find in the possession of a
kindred soul. All other earthly posses
sions have only a relative value. The soul
of man alone has permanent and I'm
changeable worth. This applies only to q
soul in sympathy with ours, for there are
millions of human beings entirely indiffer-
emit to us. The affection which noble
soul bears towards others is mighty
power which charms all who come within
range of it's influence, and all noble per-
sons do homage to its superior power.
There are the powers of wealth, of rank
and of beauty, which, in their respective
spheres, reign supreme. But if sooner or lat
er the possessors are deprived of these pre-
negatives the host of those who acknowledge
their power leave them abruptly. But a
noble soul needs neither wealth, nor rank,
nor beauty, and still it exercises q wonder
full influence. 1t is more beautiful than
the flowers of the fields, or sparkling stars.
As the sunshine breaks through the
clouds, so the countenance of q noble per-
son, the whole demeanor, is like an ever
lasting sunshine. AS the rays of the sun
IL a,,I
noble soul awakens kindred emotions in
sympathetic heart. No response is called
forth in fields of ice or desert wastes, thus
ignoble minds are left untouched by the
warmth radiating forth from noble soul.
If warm affectionate heart exercises
so much influence on the world at large,
what prediction must such soul be to
it's immediate surroundings. What a
calamity it would be for the inhabitants if
the glorious tropical sun should set for
ever: not less clamity it is for the rela-
tons when soul, which was like eternal
sunshine, takes flight.
The chief characteristics of a noble soul
are twofold; first, the continual cheerful
ness, the hopefulness and the optimistic
view of life. Being SO undetermined, evil
doors do not exist in its opinion, only
erring persons.
Second, they have the same face, the
same smile, the same language to the rich
as to the poor; to the equal as to the in
ferior. Their demeanor, is equally sym
pathetic towards ALL
1t sometimes happens that nature seems
to think that the bestowal of extraordinary
gifts of the heart are too great a boon for
the sinful world. Therefore, it acts like
the possessor of precious stone: in order
to conceal it from the rapacious grasp of
strangers, he envelopes it in an unsightly
cover So such souls sometimes are de
prived of outward beauty and appear in q
fragile form, SO that only noble souls may
detect the kindred qualities hidden be-
meath this weakly frame. Such noble
heart cannot possibly perish, but can only
return to the divine source whence it
came
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-02
Monday, March 2, 1891.
THE MANLY CHARACTER.


words OF Interest At the Y. N, @, a.
Meeting Yesterday Afternson.
| There was an attendance which 1um-
bered about $50 in Warner haI, yesterday
afternoon, at the Y. II. @. A. meeting
The meeting was one of special interest, as
the speaker, Rev. G. B. Wells of Ssrnia.
Ont, was . man of eIceptionable power.
The music rendered by the Y. n. c. A
glee club, under the direction of Dr. Jones.
was excellent, as was also the solo sung by
Mr.. L. F. McCallum. Eli Manchester
presided over the meeting. An extract of
Mr.. Wells address is as follows: The b.
BILE inculeates very manly principles, but
sometimes we are apt to think that Chris
tianity is fit only for old ladies and diving
men.
The speaker went into lengthy expo
s1tlon OF the Greek word for a Christian
man, used in Paurs epistle to the Co
rinthians. When the apostle bids us to
"quit ourselves like men," he tells us To
do something which is the most admirable
and manly.
Truthfulnessis pre-eminently requisite
of the manly character.
We may apparently suffer for the truth.
but the time must come eventually when
truth will be crowned.
If we have truth that is for the sleyat-
ing of men, that is good for the nation and
for the community, let us speak it out
without fear of the consequences
The manly man will be industrious. He
is man of energy and hard work and will
throw vigor and foresight into his bust
ness. We do well to admire business
success
He will be energetic and useful along a
line of work which is good and useful He
will avoid the line of business which is of
a lowering nature, not only to himself but
Others. A man that is successful in bust
ness should continue as long as his physi-
cal and mental condition will permit, be-
cause he Is benefting others as well as him
self. A truly manly man will feel inter
ested in those about him and do what he
can to elevate and help them along.
He will be man of sobriety as regards
alcoholic drinks. There has been the no.
ton of manliness which measured a mau's
manhood by the load he could take down
and carry. No manly man will be guilty
OF intoIication, but will keep his body pure
and the passions in perfect control.
The highest part of our nature is our in
tellect, and this will the manly man cult
vate all that he can.
Let us De such men as the Bible would
have us: The Bible is great book; take
its standard and live by it. Christ came
to this world and took upon himself our
own limitations Christ is our example
that We may follow and above all let us
put our trust in God. Many of these
requisites of truly manly character are
impossible in our natural strength but
there is above the strength of almighty
God toward which we may look for help.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-02

Winter began lingering in the lap of
spring in earnest last night. Early yester-
day afternoon symptoms of this untoward
behavior appeared and kept growing more
pronounced IS the sun declined and by
midnight last night the thermometer had
dropped to within twelve degrees of zero
and gave every indication of further de-
cline. Heavy overcoats and seal skin
sacques were very seasonable last night.
The police stalked their beats rapidly to
keep warm and Chapel street was almost
deserted at an early hour. We may have
more skating at Lake Whitney yet this
season and it is to be remembered that
there was a very memorable blizzard snow
storm away along~in March only three
years ago. -
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-02

At the City mission hall last evening
about one hundred remained to the after
meeting There were a number of requests
for prayers and the large hall was open
until after II o'clock for conversation with
young men and others showing interest in
religious life. The meeting at the hall
this evening will be conducted by the
Young Peoples society of the United
church and will include special singing to
be provided by them. The Young Peo-
pies society of the College street church
also voted at their meeting last evening to
take one of the mcknight meetings rsgu-
larly at the City mission hall.