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MARY AND CHARLEY.
How n Romance Came About Be-
tween Two ChinoOks Out in
Washington.

tween Two ChinoOks Out in
Washington.
There was a really romantic reunion
on one OF the approaches to Ballast
Island late yesterday afternoon, and a
Chinook Indian and his sweetheart, a
young Siwash maiden, who had been
separated for years, folded each other
in their arms and shed tears of Joy, ow
ing never to be parted again, says the Sc
attic Telegraph. AS group of aborigines
clustered around the couple bystander
whistled bar from "Annie Rooney"
but the melody was cut short by a big
kloochman shying ripe clam at the
warbler.
As the shades of night settled over
the Indian camp, fires were started and
regular feast was inaugurated lasting
far into the night, the young people
being most royalty entertained and lib
orally supplied with baked clans and
other Indian delicacieS.
The hero of the hour is known as
''Siwash Charley" the girl as alaska
Nj ry." The story is that about three
years ago Mary and Charley lived at
Sitka. The homes of their people were
close together. and during the long sum-
mer days and short winter nights the
couple told tales of love to each other
Mary's parents objected to the atten-
tlonS of Charley and locked tie girl I'D.
Then Charley lost his grip" so to
speak. He lost all interest in life,
ceased to fish and hunt and sent word
to Mary that unless she escaped from
his home to flee with him he would kill
himself.
Through a trnsty messenger Mary
sent him back word to brace up and be
of good cheer: for him to go to Seattle
and she would join him there as soon
as possible, and when the objections of
her parents should be overcome they
could be married.
This was nearly three years ago.
Charley followed the advice Of the
bonny brown maiden and made his way
by easy stages TO this city, where he
has since been residing, going regular
~ to the hop fields and patiently wait
ing for his sweetheart.
Through Indians rom Alaska he
frequently heard of her, but never
diIec ly. The reports must have been
satisfactory to Charley, who is hand
Sc me, manly looking fellow, for he re-
sisted the Establishments of other
Chinook girls and remained true to
Mary. The old saying that 'All things
come 10 nln WHO waits appears 10
have been exemplified in this instance,
and his patience was rewarded yester-
day by meeting Mary on the island as
stated.
Mary, gaudily attired in white and
red plaid skirt. pale blue basque, a
shawl that would beat JOseph's coat for
variety of cOlOrs, and with Indian jew
elry and beads enough to sink a canoe,
arrived last week on the Alaska steam
er. Charley was in the hop fields at
Puyallup. so Mary went into camp at
the island and awaited her lovers re-
turn. He came in yesterday, and then
ensued the reunion. The couple want
ed to be welded at once, but were per-
suaded to wait till the girls parents at
Sitka can be communicated with. Mary
admits that she ran away. The wedding
can be looked for within few weeks.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28

account charge for managing the black
cat scheme. The case was litigated for
several years from lower to appellate
court. and back again for q new trial.
Some of the most prominent counsel in
the state were pitted against each other
at the trial, and when they read TO the
jury the cOlOnePS letter to the
manager referring in glowing terms
to the anticipated profits of
the venture. and directing him, among
other instructions, how to preserve the
pure black color of the cats coats, as
well as by what Darwin would call
sexual selection" as by surgery, the
court. jury and audience were conVulsed
with laughter. Hence the case became
celebrated all over the state of Mary
land as the ''black cat' case. 1t is re-
ported in eight Maryland reports, 32S.
entitled Carroll against Ridgeway,
though the black cat item of the ac-
count does not appear in the appellate
courts decision, which is confined to
questions of law
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
RAISING BLACK CATS.
A Legal Controversy Grew Out of
aPIan to Breed Them.

If your funny man" who wrote the
black cat article in your issue of Nov.
26 has given all your readers as much
pleasure as he has given me in his series
of articles devoted to the funny column,
then great must be the sum of such
pleasure, writes correspondent of the
New York Tribune. You may be inter-
ested to know that the scheme for rear
ing black cats for their fur is not new.
as the record of Maryland jury trial
would show.
Many years ago the plan was tried on
Poplar island in the Chesapeake bay.
The island was selected because the
cats could not escape therefrom and fish
for their food was abundant. This
scheme failed. 1t was said that the cats,
like those of Kilkenny, destroyed each
other. Col. Carroll, wealthy gentle
man, employed a manager to carry on
farming and to direct the work of exten-
sive saw mills. Among other duties the
manager had charge of the rearing
and skinning of the black cats,
whose furs were to be exported
to China. The manager sued the
colonel for balance claimed in settle
ment of accounts between them, and
among the items there appeared in the
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laid out by thrust through the liver.
NevOa was slightly wounded four
times. May 8, 1855, James Milbank, an
Englishman, and Count Won Beulan,
German, quarreled in Paris over a fair
American girl named Brown, and in a
duel which followed the count was
killed at the first fire. Baron Won
Beulan, brother of the deceased, met
Milbank July ). 1891. in a restaurant on
the Boulevard des Italiens. and publicly
insulted him. This led to another duel,
and Milbank and the baron met in the
Bois de BOulOgne at daylight on the 7th.
and at the first five the latter fell dead.
Desperate Fight Among Women.
A desperate duel was fought one day
in August, 1886, by two girls about
eighteen years of age-Senoritas Espi-
nOsa and MOrenO-employed at the
tobacco factory in Seville, that work.
shop in front of which the first act of
Carmen" is supposed to eventuate.
Their seconds were men. who furnished
each girl with dirk, after which they
were Dlindfolded and placed in an un-
lighted room for half an hour
and commanded to "Fightr' Then
the room was locked and the
seconds joined the other en-
ployes at dinner. after which they
alive. but mOrtally wounded. One of
the combatantS was cut in twenty-seven
different places and was bleeding to
death. while the other received severe
wounds in ten and fatal ones in two
places. The two seconds attempted to
escape but were arrested and sent to
prison for six months. The girls never
spoke after the door was opened, but
one of them lived in great agony for
several hours. Near Madrid Dec. 10, 1891,
Capts. Romero andlMurillo fought with
sabers and both were frightfully
injured and manned for life. Subse-
quently the principals and their Sec
Onds (all officerS) were arrested, and the
former were dismissed from the army
and the latter fined. One of the latter,
after paying his fine. challenged the
magistrate who fined him, who accepted
and received three wounds. He again
fined the officer, and was again chal-
lenged and fought with pistols, killing
the ofhcer at the first fire. 1t Is fact,
although / cannot present name or date,
that a Partisan scribe grossly in
suited an army officer in the
morning edition of his paper,
fought and killed him at noon and pub
liShed a graphic description of the
whole affair in his evening issue. Quite
as good little story is that in which.
at an aristOcratic party in Vienna,
lady dropped a bOquet and gentleman
following in a waltz kicked it to one
side so that it would not be stepped
upon, and was challenged and wounded
by the escort of the lady who dropped
the flowers, and was afterward nursed
by and married to the lady herself.
The Monkeys Followed Suit.
&c I,
morOus than the above is the following:
July Z, 1890, two acrobats belonging to
travelling circus outside of Paris
fought duel in the ring Immediately
after the night performance. They
fired at each other once at twenty-five
PAGES with revolver with no effect.
Then their seconds declared that salts
faction was complete and nearly all the
spectators quilted the arena. Two
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
A Chicago Poet Recognized.

Ine NatlOn.
Yet another book from widely diff
ferent source-siDce what is farther
from ROumania than Chicago?-gives US
a fascinating nomad in its heroine, who
might almost have been nurtured on
these songs of the wild East. This book
is Miss Harriet Monroe's 'Valeria, and
Other POems'' Chicago: Privately
The songs contained in play are
often the severest test of poet, and ID
is fair to say that none of Valeria's
other songs equal this; but the tragedy
itselfis one of rare conception and grasp,
full of surprises, and capable, in the
hands of playwright, of being an
effective acting play. The situation at
the close of the third act is peculiarly
unexpected and dramatic; and nothing
in the play is weak or initiative. The
volume also contains. among its shorter
pieces, Miss Monroe's "Cantata," sung
at the dedication of the Chicago audi
| tOrium, which certainly gives great
| hopes for her Columbian dedication ode,
| since her cantata is undeniably strong,
varied, digDitied and in good taste. The
whole tone of the volume is so well SuS-
| tained-in keeping with its beautiful
execution by the De Vinne Press-that
one is surprised not to have heard
! more of Miss Harriet Monroe.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
RETURNING THE FAVOR.

Novel Manner Proposed by a Con-
ductOr for Repaying a Fresh
Judge.
Theoretically we ali think that we are
quite as ready to yield to others their
rights as we are to insist upon our own.
But sometimes the fact that one is tres
passing unwarrantedly upon the domain
of another is brought home to him
forcibly.
There is a story told by Youths Com
panion of former prominent judge of
Massachusetts, not now living, which
involves neat rebuke of the autocrat
of the court room.
The Judge had taken train in Bos-
OH to return to his home in Quincy. He
discovered after he had started that the
train was an express, and would not
stop at his station. Accordingly as the
cars were approaching Quincy he pulled
the alarm line, the engineer whistled
''dOwn brakes" and the train came to a
stand.
The conductor rushed into the car.
"Who pulled that rOpe?"
Il did" replied the Judge.
"What for?''
because | wanted to get Off:
The conductor thereupon made some
remarks to the judgemore forcible and
less respectful than he was accustomed
to hear. Judge B. therehpOn COM
planned to the president of the road,
who told him that he would in quire into
the matter.
When next they met the judge asked
the president if he had reprimanded the
conductor for his insolence.
II spoke TO him." he replied.
''Well, what did he say?"
"He said he would come up some day
and adjourn your court"
The judge appreciated the mans
witty way of saying that he had the
right to control his own train, and did
not pursue the matter further.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
Where She Ought to Be.

Atlanta Herald.
A negro woman had been arrested in
a crowd of negro gamblers Sunday
night.
"You say you went there about ~
O'Clock in the day?"
''YasSer."
''And played cards until o'clock?"
''I said wuZ there. didn'--"
''And drank beer and whisky"
II didn't say that"
"And then you went out at O'Clock
and came back at 10 and played and
drank whisky until the police came.
Where were you during those three
hours?"
"Humph! Wasn't it Sunday?"
"Yes, it was"
well, then, where ought l to be en-
at?''
'Don't ask me questions" said the
solicitor. "Tell the jnry where you
was at from o'clock to 10 O'clock"
81 wuz where / oughter been," IN
frigid contempt. II wuz at church, a
course"
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
What's in a Name.

Kate Fields Washington.
A lady belonging to a community
called the "Sisters of st. John the Bap-
tist," in New York city, was spending
a month not long since in one of our
backwoods districts. Going to the post
Office shortly after her arrival. she
asked if any letter had come for Sister
Bernardine. The rural postmaster
looked bewildered for a moment.
"Sister who?' he asked.
''SisteT Bernardine," repeated the
lady. "a sister of st. John the Baptist -
''Well, should rather think not"
replied the man with All uproarious
laugh. IL guess he's been dead pretty
near hundred years now"
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
Denmark's Good Example.

milwaukee, SenIlneI.
Denmark looks very carefully after
the interests of its paupers, and there
is comparatively less pauperism there
than any where else in Europe 1t has
recently amended its poor laws, and
among the new features are the follow
ing: Husband and wife must not be
separated if they conduct themselves
properly. Aged and feeble persons
must not be placed where they will be
must not be placed under immoral in
f1uences." These are wholesome and
prudent provisions and will doubtless
meet the views of the philanthroplc of
all countries.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
LIVE STOCK.
Union StOcI1yards.

Official receipts at South ST. Paul: 60
hogs. IL cattle, no calves, no sheep.
Hogs-Only one load received, and those
held over. Market quoted STEADY.
Cattle-Oferings were 13 head of butchers
steers ana a lew COWS were i'll the pens; no
trading done. Quotations. Prime steers.
$3 @4.25; good steers. 81 25@2 so; prime
cows, 81 .@5Q2.50; good cows, Sl.fsG02 25:
common 10 far COWS, ,Sl@l:75; light veal
calves: S3Gg4; heavy calves, Sl5c@3; STOCK
ers. Sl5C@?: feeders, S2@2. 50; bulls, stags
and oxen, SI612.
Sheep-No trading. Quotations: Muttons.
S3.59 04;5; lambs, $3.5G@1425; stockers and
feeders, S2.5C035O.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
The Three Foundations.

Pre-eminence in the social order of
our country must now be founded on
one of these three: Birth and riches.
personal merit with an income. political
power with wealth. Industry, COM
merce and education have developed all
sorts of personal merit, when, COM
bined with riches, il is a power i'm So
ciety, whether smart or SlOuching.
There is. no doubt, a presumption of
personal merit in child, which merit
comes by birth, and from ancestors who
were gentlemen and ladies. but it is for
the child to maintain the presumption
by his or her conduct.
Political power is really of little con-
troll in New York society. OF men who
have made their own social position
James Russell Lowell is an instance
An Out-and-out Puritan, his father a
Presbyterian clergyman, he goes to En-
gland and becomes the most acceptable
man that we have sent there since the
days of Washington Irving. His per-
sonality and his individuality made its
way with all classes.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
Omaha.

OMAHA, Dec. 26.-Cattle- Receipts 1850.
Business was moderately active at steady to
strong prices; common 10 fancy stee rs
S3. .75@5.55; Westerns, S9.5G@355. Hogs-Re-
ceipts 1850; market active at about yester-
So 6503. 70; mixed, S36O@3 IS Sheep Re,
ceipts, 100; natives, S3.5505: Westerns, So 50
mL 15
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
SHIP YOUR WHEAT,
BARLEY. RYE, OATS AND HAY
To
ECKERT, WILLIAMS & Co.
Bank Statement.
DO LU I u, MI
Consignments Solicited.

New YORK, Dec. 26.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes: Re-
serve, increase, S3ls, ,535; loans, increase
So AIS, 200; specie, increase, 81 952 200; legal
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. -Cattle-Receipts, 1900:
shipments 1.400; market slow and weak at
yesterdays decline of 15025c; natives s.. so
c.; stockers. S3G12.75 cows. Sl.35G52.30 Hogs
Receipts 12.0O0: shipments, 1000; market
opened strong. closing weak: rough and
common. S3.5C03.65; mixed and packers.
S3.bO0375;, prime packers, $3.6CG3.6j prime
Sheep = Receipts, I,5OO; shipments, 800:
market steady; native ewes. Sa@1l25; mixed.
"a .2a04.7j; Westerns, S4.75; lambs. S40a6
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
Merchants National Bank
ST. PAUL, MINI.
Capital, 81, 600, 900
SurpluS& UndiVidedProftS, 900, 600
W.R. MERRIAM. President.
S.H. BlGELOW, Vice Presiden.
J "A. SEYMOUR, Cashier.
AAO. Z. POWER, Asst. CashleA
DIRECTORS
Kansas City.

1,SOO: shipments, 100; market strong; steers
1Oc higher; good steers, S50j0545; fancy,
S5.7595.95; cows, S3. 40@13S0; stockers and
feeders, S2.45@4. Hogs = Receipts, $500;
shipments, none; market 10c higher; ali
grades, S3.31@13.95; bulk. S3.5503.sJ. Sheep
Receipts, none; Shipments 1850; market
quiet steady.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28

tenders, increase. S55s. 400; deposits. in.
crease, SS, 76S, 500 circulation. increase SIS. :
600. The banks now hold SO. 4S3 G2j in ex-
cess OF the requirements of the % per cen (
rule
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
GERMANlA BANK.

FAI0 az CAPITAL. $4,000
Surplus and undivided profits, S55, 600
II. B. STRAIT WILLIAM B1cKR1.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18

from that tine l da'e NJ good 3o--
tune. 1, did not AXE M.,s t ,ors
20 discover thai w4s - literary
turn myself, aud she encouraged T.
10 developing nv talent Aaa sAyr
me great deal of necessary 2sss
tauce and ADVICE .a ms career. Nv
stories, poems. aei essays soon
found market. aud before many
years bad passed hsd made name
for myself and WAS known - Nj.
rs protege. /. was ja,t q, this
point thst | one day met tie man
who afterwards became ny husband
lie is. As you know. ~ell>know
scientific man aud an author We
have six children, the eldest herself =
mother, and | can truihfully sA,
there is throughout this wLole brosd
laud no happier woman thsnl.
'"Be auty fades away like words
in sand, but true worth lasts for ave,
| moralIzed as | watched he VS.
carriage driving off oyer the asphal,
pavement"
GEORGIA BELLE BURNS.
Macon, Ga
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18
A TRUE BILL.
Grave Charges, but They are all
Sustained.

We clip the following from the
Wilson Mirror, which is worth read
ing very slowly at least one time:
"Intemperance cuts down youth
in its strength, and age in its
weakness. 1t breaks the fathers
heart, bereayes the doting mother,
extinguishes the natural affection
grasses conjugal love, blots out filial
attachments, blights parental hope,
and brings premature age in sorrow
to the grave. 1t produces weakness
not strength, sickness not health,
death not life. 1t makes wives,
widows; children, orphans; fathers,
fiends; and all, paupers. 1t feeds
rheumatism, nurses goat, welcomes
epidemics, embraces consumption,
and fills the land with misery and
crime. 1t begets controversies
fosters quarrels and riots. 1t crowds
your pcnltentiaries, and furnishes
victims for the scaffold. 1t is the
blood of the gambler, the element
Of the burglar, the prop of the high
waymen, and the support of the
midnight incendiary. 1t counten-
ances the liar, respects the thief,
eSteems the blasphemer. 1t violates
obligations, and reyerences fraud,
hates love, scOrns innocence and
virtue. 1t lncites the father to
butcher his helpless offspring, and
a child to grind the parricidal axe.
1t burns up the men, consumes
women, detests life, curses God and
despises Heaven. 1t suborns wit
Desses, nurses peridy, defiles the
Jury box, and stains the judicial
ermine. 1t tribes voters, disquali-
ties woes, corrupts elections, endan-
gers the Government. 1t degrades
the citizen, debases the legislator,
dlshonors the statesman, and dis
arms the patriot, 1t brings shame,
not honor; terror, not safety; despair
not hope; misery. not happiness;
and with the maleyolence of a fiend,
calmly surveys its trlghtful desola.
ton, and unsparing III its havoc, it
wipes our national honor, then
curses the world, and laughs at its
ruin. 1t does more-murders the
soul and sends it down to eternal
perdltiOn and rum.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18
And He w ent.

"l'll have to charge you for that
boy, madam said the conductor OF
a West-bOund train the other day
as he punched the ticket Of a sharp
featured woman of middle age, and
held out his hand for the additional
fare,
"What for?" she asked.
"He's more than five years old
He looks as If he was nearer Fifteen
"Ain't you Jack SampIetoD, that
used to live down in Streator about
eight years ago. inquired the wo
man, eyelng him keenIy.
"Yes, what of it?"
"Used to buy your butter and
milk of Wldder JamcS?'
II believe | did"
"I'm the Widder James. Recol
Iect the last ar OF butter you got o
me-the one you was going to pay
for inside Of ten days."
"Nhy- Mrs. James, didn't
"That jar of butter, Mr.. Sample
ton, amt been paid fur yet, ant
this boy lacked about month o
bein' five year old when you got it
Does he go?"
"He goes, madam" said the con
ductor, as he passed on with sick
ly smile. The boy IS probably
large for his age."-Chlcago Tri
Duno.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18
OLD FOGYISM.


Another commencement at Wake
Forest again reminds me that time
is flying. Yes, there are grey hairs
coming. see II. My wife says II
IS true, and it must be so. What is
age' Wherein hes the weakness
OF age? Is age measured by the
pendulum, or the almanac2
The oldest man | know is young
man about thirty. He knows 1t all.
Every point OF philosophy and
| theology with HIM is settled. He
is a complete old granny IN his
opinions. What he believes Is so"
Just because it's $50" lie Is as
hide bound IN his stupid opinions as
an old mule. He has the force of
young manhood's energy to mains
tain his hardheadedness. such a
man is hopeless fool. 1t is useless
to argue with him. He is an old
young man.
The youngest man | know is the
oldest member of the faculty OF
Wake Forest college-Dr. William
Royal. Young man, if you are so
fortunate as to have him for your
teacher, grip hun to your heart with
hooks of steel. He is marvellous
man. He was educated IN the old
school. He has read with open
mind and heart all the new school
has written. He has joytully gone
out to meet the light and crIcd
''more light. more light" He was
educated with many prejudIccS, He
has no prejudlces. He is still a
loving, eager, student of the truth.
1t is an inspiration to be near him
He breathes the breath of progress.
He holds fast to all that is worth
holding. He does not profess to
know everything. Many things he
is quietly waiting for God to unfold.
Ah. well do | remember him in the
class room, with his quiet, gentle
ways, and yet his enthusiasm. 1t
fairly takes my breath away when
| 60 to Wake Forest now and talk
with him and find how many new
mile posts he has passed since hen
IN his eager pursuit of light and
truth. l sit down and say to myself:
will | be so enthusiastic and faithful
at seventy? Will my heart be SC
warm and true? Will my faith be
as bright, my hope as large? ! can
ask no more of old age. You Will
see him at commencement, this
quiet old gentleman-look well al
him. You may not see his Ike
again. He is very quiet and simple
in his ways, but he leaves the i'm
print of character OH the student he
touches. He is IN my opinion the
, GRAND OLD Man among Southern
theologians aud teachers. He re
minds me in a thousand ways Oi
William 4. Gladstone. wrte tins
because | really envy the young
men of Wake Forest the privilege
Of studying with him. He may
have his equal in tue South-but
don know him. May he 1--we t.
be hundred. | wl!te this freely
of him. among other noble men IL
the faculty, because he Is too Old il
wears to make others envy, too
Young in heart to take ofiense.
THOMAS DIXON, JE
In the Pines. June 10, 81.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18
Tom Dixon Oh Phillips Brooks.
New York. June 7, 1891.

New York, June 7, 1891.
Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr.. pre- sched
today in his native village, Shelbv.
n G., little town that mes ties q
moDg the spurs OF the Blue Ridge,
in Western North Carolina.
The following review Of current
events was read in association hall
by his associate preceding the rega-
lar seyice, which was conducted by
the Rev, William Warren Giles, pcs
tor OF the church of the Redeemer:
''The Episcopal church recently did
itself the high honor of electing to
it's highest office the greatest preach
er within its fold in America-Phil-
lips Brooks. Phillips Brooks is not
only the greatest preacher in Amer>
lea, but he stands foremost among
the greatest preachers Of modern
times. He is every inch a man. He
is one of the preachers ordained of
God-ordainei by his magnificent
nature to the priesthood of the liv>
ing Col.