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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-04

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To which are awful missions given,
All spare the outcaSt, doomed Of heaven
TO vengeance strange and dire.
The roaring flames and the engulfing wave
Refuse him even the poor boon of a grave.
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Ages have past MIN HOWL;
The name his proud lips dared blaspheme
OF every nation is the theme:
And Calvary's summit lone,
Where first the wing Of mercy was unfurled,
Is now the shrine of the adorng world.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-04

Belle Hanson. Dryden, Oklahoma.--I am n
Nussisippian, but l have been living in Oklaho-
ma since last December, so I am always glad
TO see letters from the Mississippi cousins. / am
very much pleased with my new home, but not
Is well as The old one, as there are no pretty
trees here. and il seems so odd to me. [ am
learning TO ride horseback. The western girls
al think it very funny that l can't ride, so |
EN- determined to learn how. My age is IF
teen.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-04

Erect and pale and proud;
The beauty of his kingly race
Throned on his brow of naughty grace
His stately form unbowed;
Yet what ayails when love instructive flies
From the stern sorrow Of these changeless
eyes?
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-22
[To DE Continued
Big NOSES.
They Often Indicate Superior Mental De-
velopmsnt.

They Often Indicate Superior Mental De-
velopmsnt.
II has come TO light that children
with accidental affections Of the nos
trils which grow chronic become stupid.
An ill-working mucous membrane Is
enough TO make a child a Ounce. II
may be that snuff became the rage in
Europe toward the end Of the seven
teenth century, because it stimulated
this member in the noses Of august and
illustrious persons. Bonaparte, who
was man Of keen and quick percep-
tion, never chose, II he could help II,
u man with poor nose for a place Of
great responsibility. He had remarked
that when tho nose was large enough
TO be a good ventilator 10 his lungs,
elasticity in troublous circumstances,
resources and general efficiency might
be looked for. The man with INSULT
cient nose ventilations was liable TO
get into the blues, to lose presence Of
mind, to have heavy head, and to take
brandy TO keep himself up to the mark.
Marshal Ney had a poor nose and a
weak character. He was incapable Of
conceiving plan, and needed the stim-
ulus Of battle TO clear the cobwebs
from his brain. Massena, the most re-
sourceful Of all Bonapartes marshals,
was large-nosed. So was Bernardotte,
the most clever in intrigue and the
least given TO hero-worship. Gambetta
had large nose and small amount Of
brain. The same may be said Of the
greatest literary artist that France ever
produced - Renan. Jules Ferry Is
and big-nosed. Jules
Simon has a big brain and big nose,
and is, taken all in all, one of the ablest
of living Frenchmen. Princess
Clementine, woman Of great capacity,
mas the large hooked nose Of the seven
.eenth century Bourbons and Condos
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ally prepared to do that, and when
VIII came to our house she managed
very well, by one device and another,
to keep me out of his company, general
ly sending me to the kitchen to assist
Aunt Mary, there to remain hour after
hour, though Aunt Mary declared she
did not need me and would rather have
me out Of the way. #a
VIII and / contrived, however, to
spend q great many hours together, and
he plainly showed that he retained q
preference for my company over that OF
my sister; and many were the we'll
meant compliments he paid to my char.
acter and personal appearance. True
to his promise, he always spoke Of my
hair as auburn or golden locks, and he
never failed to address me as Agnes or
Aggie. He was so kird, and so consid-
crate of my feelings, that l grew to love
him more and more as the days passed.
One day, after had known viii
Hanley for several months, my step
mother was, for some cause, in an un-
commonly bad humor with me, and, be-
sides slapping and knocking me about
numerically, applied tome all the vile
epithets of which her tongue was mas
ter. She 'berated me for hundred
faults of which l was innocent, and
spoke in the most sneering and abusive
manner of my looks. do not know
univ a. WOE hut Gov pop,o raa.o,, 1,lE
the reproaches she heaped upon me
more keenly than ever had before,
and could not tamely submit without
offering a word Of protest. Her words
stung me to the quick, and for the first
time In my life I dared to speak in self
defense.
What you say is not true" I said,
fatty, when she ceased TRADE Of the
bitterest accusations.
/ do not know how I ever had the
courage to utter that speech, and no
sooner was it out of my mouth than I
was struck dumb with astonishment at
the thought Of my audacity. My step
mother, too, was evidently surprised
almost out Of her wits, and for a full
minute she stood staring at me, her
face a picture of wonder.
"Well," she said, at last, the look Of
wonder giving place to flush of anger,
chow dare you? How dare you say I
Reyr
My courage rose as her anger In
creased, and with warmth retorted:
Because I am not guilty Of the mean
things you say Of me, and I'm tired Of
being beaten and quarreled at for
things amt TO blame for"
My stepmother made no reply, but
stood looking very hard at me, her face
flushing and paling alternately. I know
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-22

when / was sorely tired, and when my
burden OF trouble seemed heavier than
I could bear, l thought of the great day
Of reckoning, and bore patiently on,
knowing that there was time coming
in which my wrongs would be adjusted.
1t was several days after my mis-
fortune before / knew the full extent
OF the infiction had suffered. Aunt
Mary had made it appear as light as
possible, and she had taken care that
l should not have glass in which to
view my reflection, knowing, as she
afterwards said, that the knowledge |
should gain would only serve to aug
ment my misery.
When at last l saw my face in o
mirror, and viewed the ravages the
fire had wrought, ! was shocked be-
yond description. felt that the
bitterest part of my punishment had
just come, and that the pain l had
suffered was nothing. was disfgured
so that / looked frightful, and had no
doubt would remain 80 for life. All,
what bitter sorrow my appearance
caused me to feel! and what tears
wept as looked upon my reflection In
the glass!
mo one will ever love me now"
moaned. mo one-no one."
Then thought of Will Hanley, and
my grief surged up afresh, submerging
me completely. How could he look on
my face, all Scared and drawn, with
out feeling of revulsionp How could
he like me now, when had become so
repulsive that l could not look upon my
own image without shudder?
HE will not, he will not" I cried,
burying my face in my hands and pour
ing forth my grief in a flow of tears.
"He will never like me again, and
shall be all alone, with not one friend
In all the world"
l thought then that l would never
have the courage to meet Will again,
for l felt that it would grieve me be.
yond recovery TO have him turn from
me with loathing, as thought he sure
ly must when he saw my disfgured
face. l felt that l must keep away
from him, hide from him, and never,
never let him look upon my features.
Yet how could bear to do thatp How
could l live without his friendship and
his cheering words2 There was Bit
ter struggle in my heart and l was ex-
quisitely miserable. knew not what
to do, and in any case there was only
suffering before me.
Twas still weeping when l heard a
footstep on the stairs. listened, and
my heart began to beat wildly. / knew
that step was not Aunt Marys, and
Gould associate 1t with but one person.
1t was, 1t surely was, thought, the
step Of win Hanley. Iwould have fed
from the room, but that was impossible,
as he was already at the door. looked
about for place to hide and there was
none, and all / could do was TO sink
down by the bedside and bury my face
In the covers. was resolved that he
should not see my sadly altered fea-
lures.
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A HEAP OF DUST.
Along the village road he came.

Along the village road he came,
An old man stopped and gray:
But he stopped before heap Of sand
That in his pathway lay
The sunlight came through the windblowu
leaves
And with alternate shine and shade,
Itpainted the mound and danced In the print
That boyish foot had made.
And tears came into the old mans eyes,
Hecouldn't go on Just then,
That mound and the print of q boyish foot
Brought HIS childhood back again
He seated himself by o moss-grown stone.
His burden of years slipped away;
Again he was q carefree boy
A boy in the dust at play.
1t seemed that he scooped It into his hat
In Its gold he buried his feet,
Yet paused to list through the dewy dir
To the lark's song, purely sweet.
Once more he let down the pasture bars,
And drove the cattle through;
Then stopped In the shade OF the maple tree
To see where the robin few,
Again he was down by tho hurrying brook
Where tho evening shadows were long
Where the waters murmured: Hush, hush"-.
As they Tapped against the stones,
Again the dust Of summer day
Was left In its water sweet,
Again no leaned, o boys face to see,
'Mong the bubbles about his feet
And then away through the twilight air,
AS clear as the moonlight shone,
voice, the voice OF his mother, he heard
Calling the children home.
Lower the old gray head had sunk,
TIL 1t lay against the stone;
But light, not that Of the setting sun,
Over the wan face shone.
And forgot were the toll and the loneliness,
The long, long day was done.
Slowly his lips formed the answering words
"Yes-mother-woro coming home"
Cara Barnes, in Western Rural
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standing. knew that their import,
whatever their meaning, was TO mis-
represent and libel me, and that was
thus prosecuted because had succeed
ed In gaining the esteem Of one person
out Of all knew.
/ remember l thought It very hard
that could not have this one friend
without him being grudged to me, when
my sister had the attentions and love Of
everyone else. thought that with all
she had, might be allowed the pleas
ure of one friendship uncoveted, and
for the first time in my life | was
slightly inclined TO contend for my
rights. Not that / did contend in the
least, by word or act, but simply that I
felt the inclination.
From that day my stepmother took
every precaution she could TO keep WIN
HanIcy and ] separated. She never
permitted me TO go TO Mrs. Browns IL
she could prevent II, and she was usu-
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enough of her TO realize that / had
stirred her anger TO the bottom and
that should have to pay dear price
for my daring speech, yet my courage
did not wane, and in sheer desperation
continued:
"You all hate me, and you beat me
worse than people beat their dogs, Just
for nothing. You accuse me OF being
mean when I'm not, and you tell people
things about me that amt true, 30 they
won't like me. Mary has all the love
and all the favors, and | get all the
abuse, and yet I'm as good as she is,
and better, too, because viii Hanley
says So"
"Will Hanley?" my stepmother re-
peated in harsh, grating tones.
Eyes, win Hanley, replied. nothing
daunted. HE says Pm better than
Mary and prettier, too. He calls mo
Agnes, and says my hair is not red but
golden, and he likes me-"
! uttered these last words with a
proud defiance that must have boon ex,
tremely exasperating. never saw any.
one so affected by speech as my step
mother was by mine. Her eyes fairly
sparkled with anger while her face
grew livid. She was wholly possessed
by passion that was uncomfortable.
She did not speak. / was standing
before an open fire roasting coffee, and
she came toward me with firmly com.
pressed lips and set teeth. | shrank
from her, for / saw hatred as deep as
death written In her features and ac-
tons, and / feared for my life. She
grasped me by the hair and without a
word dragged me TO the FIRE. She
placed my face In the flames and held
II there till sank down breathlcss.
Then she dragged me away and left me
lying on the floor TO writhc and moan
with the most excruciating pain.
Oh, what suffering, what suffering!
What agony racked me from head to
foot! / longed TO die, and begged my
stepmother TO kill me. She stood by
and looked on unmoved. even think
sne enjoyed seeing me suifer, ana would
rather have added to my pains than to
have done aught TO alleviate them.
Wen see now" she remarked, with
a tinge OF satisfaction in her tones,
"whether anybody says you are prettier
than Mary. Wen see who talks about
your golden curls, too. / think 1t will
be awhile before you set yourself up
as beauty again; and ! guess you
won't want to accuse one of lying any
more, either"
believe my stepmother even smiled
as she contemplated my plight, and I'm
sure she enjoyed my suffcrings. My
sister, am glad TO say, was less heart
less. She was shocked and grievcd by
the severity Of my punishment, and set
up such wall that Aunt Mary came
hurrying TO the room TO discover what
II was about
$50 de good Lam sake" the coll
ored woman cried, as soon as her eyes
rested on me, "What on dis yeah yeath
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has happened to dat po' chile dat she's
all burned to death2"
''She fell in the fire through pure
awkwardness," my stepmother replied,
unblushingly. "Take her away" she
continued, "and do something to stop
her screams and groans. It distracts
me to have such fuss"
Aunt Mary looked at my stepmother
rs though she had something in mind
she would like to speak, then mutter-
ing some incoherent words which I'm
sure were not complimentary to that
lady, she advanced and took me tender
ly in her strong arms and carried me
out of the room.
Aunt Mary was an excellent nurse,
and she applied remedies with such
good effect that in time my pains began
TO subside, and fell asleep from ex-
haustion. When / awoke the faithful
old servant was by my bed, watching
over me with the tenderest care.
"How does yo' feel, now, honey2" she
asked. "Better, specks, don't your"
"Yes, much better, Aunt Mary. The
pain is gone, now"
"Po' chile" she continued, ut must a
hurt yo' jis awful"
at did, Aunt Mary" replied, "and
It was an awful thing for her to do"
"What dat, honey?" and the old serv-
ant looked at me wonderingly. "What
dat yo' say was a awful ting to do?"
"Why, for stepmother to hold me in
the fire and burn my face"
Aunt Mary threw her hands up and
stared at me in blank amazement.
"Sholy, chile" she said at last, ''you's
mistaken! Sho'ly, sho'ly missus
wouldn't do dat"
''She did," I replied. "She caught
me and dragged to the fire and held my
face in the flame till thought l should
surely die"
For an instant Aunt Mary could say
nothing, and even then she could only
calculate:
"Fo' de Lam sake! May de good Lawd
hab mussy on 'er!"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-22
CHAPTER v.
HoRRIBLEi HoRRIBLEll

HoRRrDLEi HoRRIBLEl
Mrs. Brown lived but little distance
from our house, and the neighborhood
being in the country and sparsely set
tied, there was great deal of passing
and repassing between the two fami-
lies. Mrs. Brown was visitor at our
place every week, and sometimes more
frequently, and William Hanley often
came with her, so that he and l had
opportunities TO become better ac-
quainted, and the friendship we had
formed on so short an acquaintance
broadened and deepened week by
week.
My sister formed q great liking for
my new friend, and, he being five years
her senior, treated her much as he
would a baby, petting her and giving
her little presents, but never showing
her the interest he did me. Mary was
quick to notice the distinction he made
between us, and feeling that had no
right to be liked best, even by one per-
son, she grew jealous. and pouted and
complained, and often went to her
mother to pour out words OF reproach
against me.
My stepmother was not at all pleased
70 have the elegant city lad show pref
erence for me, but she had no means
Of controlling his tastes, and so her
only resource was 70 vent her displeas-
ure on my unluclSy head, which she did
at every opportunity, making my life
more of a burden than ever II had
been.
II am not TO blame for win liking
me-" once ventured TO urge in vindica-
ton of myself when my stepmother
was soundly abusing me for being fav-
ored by him above her daughter. II
don't make him like me, and can't help
1t II he does think the most Of me-"
"Yes you can help It," my stepmoth-
er snapped out spitefully. "If you
wasn't always putting yourself in his
way and forcing yourself on him,
he wouldn't take so much notice OF
you. I've watched you when he was
here, and I've been perfectly ashamed
Of you when saw how you put your
self forward to deRand his attentions.
I shudder for Mary's reputation when
you are grown up, for / know you will
disgrace her. never saw such for
ward, shameless creature as you are.
Never"
was too young, then, TO understand
the meaning Of my stepmother's words,
but they troubled me deeply, notwith-
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-22
WEATHER SIGNS.
Living Indicators Of Approaching Storms
Mt Sea.

LIVING AhuisANoAb VI hPpEohthhH
At Sea.
Birds are very largely associated with
the weather by seafarers. In the Eng
lish channel the fishermen regard the
fight Of the curlew on dark nights as a
certain precursor of an east wind. The
gales Of the spring equinox, says Lon
den It'd Bits, are called Gowk storms,
because they follow the cuckoo-almosy
everywhere regarded as a weather
prophet The appearance Of the sea-
new promises rain and high southwest
winds. Seagulls in the field mean a
storm from the southeast. The stormy
petrol is a bird OF i'll omen. But all
these and other bird traditions may be
traced TO old Greek and Roman tradi-
tions, and possibly even still further
back.
Then as TO fishes, the appearance of
dolphins and porpoises around ship is
an old sign Of storm. Shakespeare re-
fers TO 1t, as do several of the old play
writer's. And again we may find the
explanation in the ancient mythical
character Of the dolphin. In old my
thology the dolphin typiAes the moon,
and the moon is the weather maker.
An old belief Of sailors that to cut the
hair and nails during calm would GER
tainly bring on storm Is plainly refer
able TO the Greek maxim that the nails
must not be pared before the gods.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-22

1T takes some people long while 70
dnd out that poor health Is aot religion.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-05
Hester's Weekly Report.

NEW OELEANs, March 5.-Secretary
Hester's New Orleans cotton crop report
shows another heavy movement for
market during the past week, it being
10, 723 bales more than the corresponding
period ending March last year. This
makes the excess for the first four DAYS
OF March 81 ,02O more than last season,
bringing the cotton marketed to date to
46O, 373 bales over the corresponding date
last year. The total movements of the
crop into sight for the week is 141, 4O7
bales against 125,764 from Feb. 81 to
March inclusive last year. The guam
tity marketed for the first four DAYS of
March was 6S,S34 bales against 66, 1872
last year These bring the total
quantity of the cotton crop mark
eted to date to 1888, 1888 bales, against
7,526,415. The movement from Sept. /
to March 4, including total receipts at
all United States ports was 6,164. 415
bales against 5,S76,267 last year. The
overland movement to American mills
by railroads crossing the Mississippi,
Potomac and Ohio rivers was / ,00S, 1888,
against SS4 ,401. Interior stocks in ex-
cess of those held at the close of the pre-
vious season are 432, 119, against 3S3, 3O6,
and all southern mill takings, exclusive
of the quantity consumed at southern
ports, were 33l ,lG6, against $50, 361. The
total takings of American mills north
and south thus far for the season of
1912 have been 2,l40,641, against
2,O4S,59O last year, These include
l,747,4ls by northern spinners, against
1,646,36S. Including stocks left over at
the ports and interior towns from the
last crop and the number of bales
brought into sight thus far of the new
crop the supply to date is s,265, 1854
against 7,50S, 257 bales for the same 20.
Rod last year.
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The resolution providing FOR the
Information and Great Northern rail-
rood investis alton passed in the last
legislature required that the report
of the investigating committee should
be filed with the secretary of state by
August l, 1891. The News is
Informed that the report was only fled
a few days ago. The resolution also re-
quires that the report be published and
laid before the legislature but it is
hardly, probable that this can be done
in the Unite time now allowed, or
if it 10, it will be toward the close of
the session and sufficient time will
not be given to the members to post
themselves upon the matter. The
constitutional amendments were
printed and sent out to the members
why not, the International and Great
Northern investigating committees
report? 1t looks little as thou rh
there was a disposition to prevent
thorough and intelligent oonsidera-
ton of that part Of the governors
call
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-05
NOR MR.. CLEVELAND
FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME is
MR.. SINCERELY.

Int resting Little Episode in senator Hill
Refusing His Back Pay--Indiana Espub-
licans for Harrison Jackson County, III,
Democrats Want Palmer.
PHILADELPHIA, March 5.-Consider-
sble interest has been aroused by the an
nouncement that arrangements that
Senator Hill may get the Pennsylvania
delegation to the national convention
have been made by Mr. Singerly, who
was recently in Washington as a MEM
Der of Philadelphia delegation on q
visit to the appropriations committee to
urge an appropriation for new mint.
When he heard the story Mr.. Singerly
said: There is not a particle of truth
in it. The facts are these: While in
Washington with a mint delegation |
saw number of senators and among
them Mr.. Hill, whom | have known
since 1884 We have only met three or
four times in the interval and we had a
good many things to discuss besides
politics.
Then you are not for Hill?"
Decidedly not | am for Cleveland
first, last and all the time. That ought
to be definite enough. If l could do it
l would designate him tomorrow as
president of the United States. / admire
Hill, of course, but l am positively for
Cleveland for president.
Mr.. Singerly will be one of the dele
gates at large from this state to the Chi
cago convention. Secretary of the Com
monwealth Harrity, whose name has
also been coupled with the Hill story,
denies it fatty. The Pennsylvania dele
cation will he thinks, be for Cleveland.