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The National tribune., 1892-08-11
HEROINE HALL
Remarkable Events that Led to Its
Being Built.
BY WILLIAM LINN TIDBALL.
T was long enough in

T was long enough in
view, as the cars passed
slowly round the curve
at the base of the hill,
to enable an attentive
observer to catch a
glimpse of its various
beauties. 1t was a
Gothic structure, with
pointed gables, covered
porch, an d fl u { e d
columns. A short dis
lance in rear q grove
of lofty trees; and in
front a great. green
lawn, cnt in twain by
N urida WAGON wav.
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

Well, instead OF
sick and suffering;
healthy and Wig
orous, instead Of
WORKOUT and
weak; bright eyes,
clear skin, rosy
ch 9 eks - you
wouldn't think it
was tho same wo-
man, and it's all
due to the use Of
a few BOTTLES NJ
The National tribune., 1892-08-11

81 assure you, sir. that am less gifted than
my husband a story teller" began the wife;
yet he prefers whenever this story is told
that shall relate what Immediately followed
his departure. He insists that as was person
ally concerned, can recount the facts to better
advantage. i possibly can with greater par
ticuiarty, but that. instead of merit, is some
times detriment.
MY husband. when he has anything to do,
does it with his might. He left the cottage Oh
that day at a brisk trot, which soon carried
him beyond the vision of those who remained.
j watched him until he disappeared, and then
resumed seat which l had previously oc-
cupied.
The passengers must have been watching
him Also for be had barely disappeared when
they began their operations. The potter one
entered the kitchen.
Excuse me, madam said he, bowling: &
wish TO obtain an article from my baggage
al presume you will find it there / an.
swered, pointing to the packages.
Thank you, madam said he, with the
same show of politeness
" He walked to the packages, which he pulled
hither and thither, remarking the while,
Here is my valise and my shawl and my hat.
box, and-no, my other box is not here and it
is that which | want. 1t is small tin box.
madam he added, resuming an erect position
=" made no reply, nor did l lift my eyes from
my embroidery.
90 Madam said he, after moment, Il could
make you speak if SO disposed but look about
the premises may save me the trouble
Turning TO his fellow passenger, who
seemed a servant or hireling he directed him
70 search the apartment and waited the result
with some Impotence.
Now, madam said he, with emphasis,
unless you tell tne where my box is, shall
resort to q course the consequences of which
You will regret as long as you live'
O. You perceive, sir, that / am under tho
medium size, little slender creature, without
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18

The present style Of street dress Is re-
sponsibie for whole lot of awkward
ness. A woman cant be model Of
grace when she is frantically cropping
for the tail of her gown. And then
when the refractory thing is well III
hand. the horrifying thouSht strikes her
that the cham" is revealing its wearer :
poverty. 4 few more epileptic struggles
and hoists. and the silk underskirt goes
swish. swash. swash through the r1vu-
lets of window cleaning s"ds, tobacco
chewing offal and over crossings where
the street sprinkler does his whole duty
With "a wild desire 10 save the SILK skirt
to rescue which means 20 re.IuquisA the
conquered territory in the upper region
of dry goods and begin the battle over
ag;.iu-she goes Oh her tPtoes over the
suds and saliva. and tired with that eI-
fort takes TO her heels Oh the muddy
crossings to save tie toes OF her eAoes
from soil and benGs forward ike one
with curvature OF the spine Now II
stands to reason that Il woman perform
ill.,. such gymnastics On the street cant
do her whole duty us d daughter OF the
gods. In fact think Hebe herself
would syccunIh if she had 70 elve.op
Ter s!s,3l-e!y f,r;n IL modern properties
Washington star.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18

There's some good pints about trav-
elm, o course, but there's some set
backs too. Take it by an large, | dunno
but it's full rs well t stick right / home,
where We was set b the hand q Provi-
dence. as t go careering over tn face o
tn earth Mr.. Jabez Flynn was sit
ting on the side porch. surveying the
beautiful hills that surrounded his farm.
His face wore a gloomy expression,
which was unusual. fOr .Iabez was a
cheerful man.
What in Tunkett is the matter with
YOU 1fow, sh'd admire t know, Jabez
Flynn" snapped his wife, who was Wig
orously rafting the supper dishes in the
dry sink by the kitchen window, close
to her husbands dropping figure, and
whose quick ears mad caught his speech.
Haven't you fused an squirmed for
years." she continued in an injured tone,
because vcu corldn't seem t get round
t. ayoin OF vis'tin: An here you've been
gone upward O five days up t EZry's.
an You've Jest been all sagged down ap-
pare1tlv ever sence you come back.
What ais your
There don't anythin all me, Sabriny."
TttU ut'u III. ~ I4Ils tNi+44 HDC''b' - e
ONLY Jest this. I've alius viewed it that
we lived rirht 'mongst til lnountings
I've allus caic'lated We did, an Law
spoke Of 1t So
well" said Mrs. Flynn. as he c5Grno
to a Pause. AN what i it you've found
out diff rent:
"Why, Sahriny." sal! Mr. Flynn, low
erirg his voice: as if LIS nearest neigh
! Dor was close at hand instead Of b-.f a
mile away. "why, SlibrirY. taee@a s.in ,
mcuntings round here ut ali. Ezry. be
! lives right IL tn heart o tn y hIte
| mounting kcntry, an I've seen en-
! them mouutings-r'a up in front o
| me dav in an ont, whilst I've ben there
| vis'rin with him
well, what Of it," inquired his wife.
why, Sabriuy," said Mr. Flynn, in a
! still lower tone, these that we've allu-
! called an calculated was mOuntiugs, ain
| anythin more thin jest far sized hum
mockses. They're pooty and slightly
| but that's all they be-Jest mod'rate
! far sized hummockses.
Il didn't let on TO EZry.' said Mr.
! Flynn. as he rose ana proce' ded slowly
to the barn. but felt's If l Sh'd hev
reglate my idees all over again when
come home. That's everything We can
rightly call 'em-jest far sized, slightly
| hummocksesr '-Youth' Companion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18

= country innkeeper one day in the
ks century startled cVusual guest, who
Happened 70 be gentleman attached TO
the royal court, by confident predic-
ton regarding the archbishop of lou
louise, who had just been appointed to
one of the great Offices Of state.
The gentleman, looking over his mail,
exclaimed: There are great changes in
the government! The archbishop Of
Toulouse has been chosen minister"
Alas for France, if that be true"
cried the iuukeeper.
why soy'
He will turn the kingdom upside
down. He will make no end of trouble"
returned the landlord. with an ominous
shake of the head.
This was quite possible. and some
thing like it did really happen, but only
persons who knew the inner workings
of poiitical affairs could have predicted
it so positively then, and NJ. de La Houss
wondered what Was the source Of the
innkeeper's information. With judlclous
urging he induced that sage TO give his
basis for calculations. 1t was this:
"You will learn, NJ. de La Houss, that
| know whereof | speak. The arch
bishop of Toulouse always stops here on
his way to Paris, aud also on his return
He never fails TO turn everything upsi
down.
He has that bed carried into anorS>r
room. He has all the tables and the
washstand moved. The mirrors that are
hung between the windows have 70 be
,,Iacad above the rualItelTieces. If took
his advice 1 should tear this house down
and rebuild it bottom side up.
Depend upon 1t. he is a dangerous
person and will insist upon changing
everything
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18

AS | sit in front of my fire, in the red
flames numberless pictures appear and
disappear. Now | see a wide plain,
green as the heart of an emerald. The
sky in the west is afialne with Colds and
reds of the setting sun. fading and deep
ening like living things. Beyond the
plain in a forest two figures stand apart.
One is clothed i'll a garment black as the
impenetrable night, and from the dark
veil which covers her head looks face
beautiful as a marble image. The large,
soft eyes are heavy with sorrow, but the
beautiful mouth is set in an expression
of firm and cruel command. One white
hand holds back the veil, and the Lines
of that hand against the somber back
ground bespeak strength that makes
one tremble. A diaden of jewels rests
on her broad brow aud CLEANS and
sparkles with the colors of the sky.
Her eyes search the forest increasingly.
Poised on on foot the other figure,
smaller and delicate as II rose leaf, seems
about to float in the air. A white veil,
which glows and burns like an opal, is
thrown around her. Roses are IN her
hair and drop their fragrant petals at
her feet. Her shining eyes are as cold
and as blue as northern sky, and her
hair is like strands of twisted gold. Her
full red lips curve in an alluring smile,
and her small hands and deicately
rounded arms, rosy in tie sun rays,
move in graceful rhythm, which is
music unheard. She. too, looks toward
the forest.
At last a maiden creeps trembling
from the shadow OF the trees; she turns
her head from side to side like hunted
hare. Both figures advance to meet
her. She gazes timidly from one to the
other-a dull blot as she stands between
them. One whispers duty and the other
pleasure. The fire Is burning low; the
picture IS fading. Chapman IN
Short Stories.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18

the lord mayors banquet, given to the
bishops and high officials Of the national
church, the great and good and genial
archbishop of Canterbury at their head,
and more magnificent group Of folks,
intellectually and spiritually, l never
got among. and | found that, though
we had never met before, the archbishop
and myself were old friends. But all up
and down Great Britain found a multi
tude that no man can number enlisted
for God and eternity, and tell you the
kingdom Is coming.
If the pessimists would get out of the
way-the people who SWIVEL and grOan
and think everything has gone TO the
dogs or is about TO go-l say If these
pessimists would only get out of the
wav the world would soon see the sal
walton of God. Christianity is only an
other name for elevated optimism. Was
Isaiah an optimist: See his deserts in
carnadined with red roses and showed
under with white lilies. and his lamb
asleep between the paws Of q lion. Was
St. john an optimist: Read the uplift-
ing splendors in the Apocalypse and the
halleluiah chorus with which the old
book. which they cannot kill, closes.
The greatest thing | can think of would
be TO have triple alliance Of America,
England and Russia III complete har-
! nomination. and then to have upon all of
them come d deiuge of the Holy CHEST.
Let the defamation of other nations
| cease. Peace and good will to men. For
! that glorious contamination, which may
| be nearer than we think, let us pray, re-
membering that God can do more in five
! minutes than man can do in five centL-
ries. If the contamination Is not effected
! in our day, shall ask the privilege of
! coming out from heaven little while 20
| look at this old world when it shall have
put on its millenuial beauty. | think
| God will let rs come out to see it at least
once in it's perfect state before it Is
burned up. / should not wonder if all
! heaven would adjourn for an excursion
! to this world to see how a shipwrecked
! planet was got off the breakers and set
| afioat again amid the eternal harmOnies.
| Meanwhile let us do all we can to make
! it better, and it will somehow tell in the
| final result. though it be only chile ;
| sob hushed. or trickling tear wiped
! from a pale face, or a thorn extracted
| from a tired foot. or Il sinful soul washed
white as the wool. May God help us L
I help others! And so these lessons {
gratitude and sympathy and helpfulness
| and vindication have brought you on
| the wings of this morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18
ODDS AND ENDS.
Lucian was a sculptor's son.

Lucian was a sculptor's son.
Lampblack was invented by Mini in
1914
Fishbein, the great historical painter,
was the son of baker.
Washboards were invented by an
American named Eice lii IS49
A thirteen-year-old girl living near
Darlington, Ind. weighs ~ pounds.
The cocoon of healthy sikworm will
often yield a thread / Geo yards III length.
Life is shorter in the valleys and low
lands than among the hills and noun
Uains.
You now and then meet folks Wild
have all kinds Of sense except common
sense.
For small belts violin strings are said
to be superior to any other material for
lacing.
\ Spanish prove~b says, Give your
wife the short knife; keep the long one
yourself"
A man living in New England, who is
3 feet inches high. has a beard feet
3 inches long.
To clean p&pier mache articles, wash
first in warm water and soap, and polish
with sweet oil.
If sheep, rams and goats spring around
in the meadows and fight more than
usual, expect rain.
The real ice palace is the mansion the
iceman builds for himself after being in
business a few years.
a man in love can do more thinking
without thinking of anything at all than
any one else on earth.
1t is estimated that since the beginning
of time the world has had siXty-six quad
rilIions of inhabitants.
St. Louis is organizing what is claimed
to be the first Italian regiment ever
formed in this country.
The Chinese, japanese. Malays, ST.
amese, New Zealanders and North
American Indians are all beardless.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18
The Limit EsAehed.

Little Clarence-Pa. if a man from
Portugal is a Portuguese. is his little boy
a Portugosling!
DIR. Bosarko-It viii be your bedtime
in fifteen minutes
CIarence-May ASK one more ques-
ton. pa?
Mr. Bosaako-If it is not foolish one.
Clarence-Well, pa. why doesn't We'd
nesday come on Saturday!
NJ. Rosanko-Go to bed Row!-L1te.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
An UNI brella Story.

"See this umbrella?" said the club
man, exhibiting costly, gold-mounted
handled silk umbrella, which was ingen-
iously fastened with tiny silver pad.
lock, to a number of friends. IF it had
not been for this locking device should
have lost it long ago. Picking up a
wrong umbrella on rainy day is as
time -honored habit as the borrowing OF
your neighbours lead pencil and return
ing it to your own pocket. To test this
question to my full satisfaction stro)led
into the lobby of we'll known hotel one
day, and, swapping the little lock through,
the wire spring under the folds of the UNI
brella, placed it in a prominent rack
among a number of others. On looking
over a morning newspaper l pretended
to be deeply interested in its columns.
had hardly turned my eye when re-
specially dressed gentleman picked up
my umbrella and off he went. 1t was
raining in torrents. he couldn't open it,
and in a moment OF two he returned,
putting it back and muttsring some.
thing about a mistake took another
from the rack, and was gone for good.
You may not believe me, but for one
hour that umbrella came and went every
Ave minutes, men, women, and chill.
dren, old and young. grave and gay.
The performance was kept up until il
tired me out. l took charge of it finally
and went home.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
asOI naIhing ia Japan.

In hygienic matters, the japanese
have everywhere habit which may
have a lesson for us. In their nightly
bath and morning wash the water is
never cold, never warm, but always hot
as it can be borne. To foreigners this
habit seems very surprising, but the
most inveterate Englishman, if he stays
in this country long enough, abandons
his cold tub in its favor. The cold tax
ing which is supposed to follow never
occurs if the water has been hot enough.
This heat is maintained by little fur
mace beneath the bath. In the tub the
person takes prolonged soaking, the
washing proper being done on the bath
room floor; then follows a second and
final soaking, drying with a towel, and
a lounge in a bath wrapper. This habit
seems to promote softness and suppleness
of the skin, and by those inclined to
Rheumatism it is found preferable to the
cold bath in every particular The poor
est of the Japanese hear of a cold bath
with Amusement, and would be sure the
man who used it must be barbarian.
With respect to the superiority of the
hot bath over the cold, have come to
find that in my own case. certainly, the
Japanese are right.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
A Countryman's Rebuke.

The countryman's contempt for city
knowledge is often very amusing. The
other day, during the warm spell, o
young Boston entomologist journeyed to
suburban city to meet an enthusiasto
co-worker in the science. Together the
two wandered into the fields in search OF
something to dissect; and, though it war
sarly for thoroughly animated nature
they had lively talk, and did happier
upon premature specimen of the ami
mails with wings. The insect wa,
promptly captured, and the two lads
took it to the nearest fence for examina.
ton. Here neither of them could recall
the order to which it belonged, and
the Latin name was varously given by
both.
In the midst Of the controversy two
countrymen came up, attracted by what
was going on, and wondering, as they
expressed it, "what the lads were jawing
about. But their perplexity did not
last long. The youthful entomologists
informed them, pointing to the insect.
that they were trying to think of the
name for that "That?" said the elder
Of the countrymen, with an expression
of utter scorn on his face, "why, that'a
a bug. Never see bug before?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
Tho Nyorld,s Peanut Center,

Norfolk has crop which is worth mil
ions of dollars annually-peanuts. Nor
olk supplies the civilized world with
PEANUTS. The street corner Italian who
empties pint in your oyercoat pocket,
and the Partisan fruit merchant who
weighs you out quarter of a kilogram
Of the homely nuts, get them from here,
for this is the only peanut market in the
world. Smyrna has its figs, Barbary its
dates, Bordeaux its grapes, and Norfolk
It's peanuts What would life be without
peanuts? One can scarcely picture an
existence which would be toIerable under
such circumstances.
The peanut magnates grow the edible
tuber in Nansemond, Isle Of Wight, Sur
rey, and Southampton counties, but the
common market is in Norfolk. The
rows for the nuts are laid off three feet
apart. They are made fifteen inches
deep, and phosphates are largely used as
lnder dressing. They are strewn al"n,
in these trenches about the middle %!
April, and mature after the same teri"
which is required for potatoes.
1t is a crop which is marketed like tho
DulCll I'll uIlliltttt anu Phi Iio 'o"''l S"'7
bage, running from November to March,
The nuts, however, have to go through
the factories before they are shipped
northward, and these factories are with
few exceptions situated in Norfolk.
There are two factories in Franklin.
Southampton county.
What is a peanut factory ?" might be
asked. A peanut factory is place
where they put the "goobers" through,
some such processes AS wheat has to un-
dergo wheA it is being cleansed of chatf
and rid of cockereI. The most compli-
Gated machinery is used to assert and
polish the nuts, and when they ara
packed in the underground bags tho
prime class bring by the pound from two
dollars and seventy five cents to three
dollars year.
This is the result of a market which
yields to Virginia truckers eight million
dollars annually. 1t is second in import
ance only to the sweet potato crop of
Acomack and Northampton counties, Oh
the eastern shore of Virginia, which is
calculated at as many millions per acre
as Bermuda has square feet, and Ber-
muda is the only yam raising country
that can compete with the southern pen
insula.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
First in Style !
Best in Quality
Lowest in Price!

Under these circumstances the seed of dull trade
terminate in garden for popularity is the flower that blooms
there in plof,lsion as rich those which adorn
LADIES' DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED HATS!
With the the of high prices with the do refined
and but the pure gold of utenost perfection in all
lines is any wonder that the Mecca of fashion
hunting pilgrims? Is any surprise that a who properly ap
peciate solid goods and minimum prices should flock to
establishment did the people of old to the gtteng market
places Of the Orient.
SUGGESTION however, those who delayingrenenl
be it just sensible and important to be time to ben
style Come a one and see goods.
IL. STERN s2E C&S.s
FRosTBURG, MD.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
His Visible Means OF support,

An Atlanta paper relates All instance
that took place in the police court re-
Gently in that city. A woman who had
been begging in the street was brought
up as a vagrant for the third time. but
on account of the repeated offence was
sentenced for thirty days. Whereupon
she begged earnestly that she might be
rel-ased, as she had large family to
support, and what would her husband
and children do without her! The judge
expressed incredulity as to her having a
hu band, when a man stepped forward
and youched for her as his wife, and said
+ the judge would only let her off lie
would see that she worked in the future
and supported her family. The judge
distinguished himself by replying that
he would let the woman go and send the
man up for six months as gagrant,
since he had no visible means of support.
The man was marched out, muLtering
40 visible means of support? Good
Lord! Amt my wife in COURT"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
A FORsAiEEN ROAD.
nm Old Historical Highway Now in
Comparative Disuse.


One of the most interesting links in
this country between the past and tho
present is the old National turnpike from
Baltimore to the Ohio River Half a
century ago this was the great avenue Of
travel and commerce between the East
and the West, but since the introduction
of railroads it has lost its Importance,
and has gradually fallen, if not into de-
cay, at least into something too much
like neglect. In many places the coun-
ties through which it passes have disrc-
gar'lei its claims to attention, and it has
subsidized into state of dilapidation and
almost of ruin. The great flood OF 1889
here and there did much damage, and t
is doubtful if some of these broken places
will ever be mended
There is no longer the same practical
interest in preserving this majestic high
way which existed. although the care CT
public roads is at all times one of the
most important civil duties.
Associations of deeply interesting char
acter relating to the early history of the
country cluster about the old National
Road. The most striking of these, per-
haps is the story of Braddock's famous
and disastrous march; for his route to
the West, where his army met with mis-
fortune, and his own career came to go
melancholy close, lay almost directly
alongside the National pike, and the two
cross each other in number of places.
The military student and the anti
quarian find pleasure in tracing the
course of the famous expeditions. There
is fascination in seeking to bring to
light again the nearly obliterated foot
prints Of those who formed part of these
momentous undertakings, and in study.
ing the vast difficulties overcome and OBJ
stacles surmounted. There has always
been among the Americans a kindly
feeling for the memory of General Brad
dock, partly from the association Of
Washington with the most melancholy
portion Of his career. His faults were
those of his peculiar education. Wrong
headed, obstinate and narrow minded,
he was yet brave and warm hearted and
strict as was his discipline, his officers
seem to have had a genuine liking for him.
For many years travellers have gone out
of their way to pay visit to the spot
where lie his remains.