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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-04-02

Nancy Gregg said the words over
again and again, slowly nodding her
head to and fro. Then she softly closed
the book, and leaned forward, her face
in her hands. Her gray head dropped
lower and lower until It at lasttouched
the book, and her tears fell on it's
cover.
Finally she took up her pen again
and drew it many times across the last
lines she had written. SO that it was
impossible to read them. Then she
wrote:
ITO let you know that have no hard feel
ing against you now, though have had in the
past, especially when first came on the town.
But it's all right now, and in this the last let
ter shall ever write to anybody, freely for.
give you everything and wish you we'll So no
more till death. NANCY GREGG"
Folding this letter she put it and the
note into an envelope and asked Mrs
Bates to ''back it, for her. When the
letter had been sent to the post Office
Mrs. Gregg said to herself:
+. "I'm glad didn't write what I set
out to. Anyone old as am ought not
to hold spite against any body"
Three weeks passed and no answer
had come to the letter. Mrs. Gregg ex.
pected none. She had determined to
dismiss the whole matter entirely from
her mind, and had almost succeeded in
doing so when one cold and snowy
afternoon Mrs. Bates came into the
cherries sitting-room of the poorhouse
and said:
"Nancy, there's somebody to see you
down in the parlor'
."To see me? Who in the land has
come to see me on such a day as this?
Not Mary Knapp or anyone from the
village?'' ...@ s :
mo; it's some one never saw be-
FORE"
"Why, / can't imagine who it can
be-"
She went hastily downstairs to Mrs.
Bates parlor, and there came forward
to meet her tall, broad-shouldered and
manipulating young fellow Of about
twenty-five or twenty-three years. He
had an honest, kindly face and a
friendly smile as he came forward with
outstretched hand.
els this Mrs. Gregg" he asked.
eyes, sir; that's my name"
81 am very glad to see you. My
name is Sydney Ware. received your
letter"
What letter?'' asked Mes. Gregg, in
g. tone of bewilderment.
s'The letter you sent to my father.
he has been dead several years, Mrs.
Gregg. am his only child. I adver-
tised for all claims against his estate
to be sent in at the time OF his death,
and yours would have been considered
with the others, old Rs it was.
II never knew anything about it I'M
til your letter came with that old note
in it, and want to thank you first for
the kindly and generous tone of your
letter. have come to pay You every
dollar due you on the note, and to tell
you how sorry I am that the money
was not paid long ago, and how sorry
I am to find you here"
'We1l, I-1-I'm sure you're real
good.' said Mrs. Gregg, still bewil-
dered. ''But of course have no legal
claim on you. / know that"
tsBut you have moral claim on me,
Mrs. Gregg, and that is more binding
in my estimation than any legal claim
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PEACE.

PEACE.
Peace! peacel orc yet fold my wings
Upward to clearer light;
Peace peacei to all Of mortal things
And all OF mortal sight.
Peace! peacel O you that were my TOO
Come nearer, take my hand!
Life is so short-why did we jangle SOL
Peace now and closer stand
Peace, peucei and have you come, too. dears
This Is the one last grace,
That you should come! Come close and KISS
Here In the old, sweet place
Peacel peace! Oh sweet to be at rest
And the long silence keep;
! To die here thus, with hands still on my
breast
To be at rest-and sleep!
Peace! peace! Oh you with whom live my
life,
Forgive the old and oft ignoble strife
The willful fret and far.
Peace! peacel Come hither now and SEQ
The last, be 1t foe or friend;
The rudest force like this at length must be-
This-this must be the endl
Peacel peace at last! Oh, so to soar and reach
Into this joyous balml
| II might tell, in the old earth-tine speech,
| OF this white tender calm!
Peace! peacel to have such peace, SO sweets
| It might have been SO, too
| 0, parted friend! had wo but CHANGED to meet,
| Had but turned to youl
Peace! Peace! such peace! and this know,
| Since resting time is here,
| It is not dark nor less OF aught to go,
| But light, calm steady, clear.
! Peace! peace! this life for me is done
! Forgive it all-forgetl
| go to meet the new. the rising sur
| The best life shall be yet!
-Millie w. Carpenter, in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
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ord he aud the bear that had q 5sa 6 y ~
life were hugging one anot Y hils5
jim jumped for Joy.
..Sure enough, the rescuing bear 49,
old Peggy Ann, and Jim induced al he =
90 back to the farm with MIN. one
saemed glad to get back to the old
Mace. and when Sassy Sam. g they
called her SON, came in from the back
orchard, where he had been turning
the cider mill, she rushed up to meet
him Aud what do you suppose the
ungrateful young rascal did? Hs
looked contemptuously at his Old
mother for moment and then struck
her alongside the head blow that
knocked her. PROSTATE ct his feet.
Then he marched on. not even condo.
scending to look around: Peggy Ann
got up, looked sorrowfully after after Sassy -
Sam and then crept away to old
Blacky's grave in the orchard. She
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"A WAR MING.


AZ 10 formed acertain plan to make him great,
~ y Which rigid1y he followed all his days;
And when he breathed his last-a common,
n fate
He, dying. got a mighty lot OF praise.
A decade subsequent to this hissname
BY all mankind was totally forgot.
His spirit reading DER the scroll of Fame.
Wept sore to find that there his name was
not.
And now he sits detected on a cloud,
In dark oblivion, and constant grieves
70 find himself one of the common crowd,
And deep sad signs his spirit bosom
heaves.
II might have known that immortality
Can be achieved by scheming, $50 he walls,
mo more than robins can be caught-ah
mot
BY putting salt upon their little tails
And When I heard him make this sage
remark,
It seemed to me-who am still but .
youth
In its veracity twas truly stark;
In other words, q bit OF naked truth.
And resolved upon that very day
That scheming for the laurel Is not best.
I'll press whatever buttons come nay way,
And let relentless Fate do all tho rest.
~Jshn KendricA Bangs, in Harper's Weekly.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-04-02

molding- board making some Of the
Gaince pies for which she was famous
throughout the village.
She had just taken three of them
from the oven, and the spicy, savory
odor rising from them filled the spot
.lessly clean and coy little kitchen
There amt quite enough left to
make another whole pie" said Mrs.
Knapp as she deftly punched together
the edges of the one she was making.
II believe I'll make a nice little turn
over, and take it to poor old Nancy
Gregg. Well, If there amt Nancy her
self coming in here! She can take the
turnover home with her.
Nancy was always slight, and she
was growing old. She seemed smaller
than ever, and her age was more evil
IDENTITY telling on her, as she came hur-
rying up the frozen path.
The wind blew her garments about
her thin form, and locks of iron-gray
hair struggled under the shawl thrown
over her head.
''It's too cold to stand on cer'mony,"
she said, as she hurried up to the shin
ing kitchen stove and spread her hands
out over it. Il declare if amt most
froze. It's awful nice and warm in
here"
"Come round here and set down in
this rocker, Nancy, and put your feet
up before the CRATE. was just saying
to myself that I'd take this mince meat
I've got left and make yon a turnover y
"I'm obliged to you, Mary" replied
the old woman, as shetook the proffered
rocking chair. IF every body had been
AS good to me as you have always BEEN
I shouldn't be miserable as | am now. -
Her voice had a plaintive note, and a
tear stood in her eye.
"You haven't heard the news, have
you, Mary Knapp" she asked, sudden.
~, with averted face.
mo, I don't know as I have, unless
it's about their having the diphtheria
over to Deacon Baxter's."
''No, it isn't that. It's about-me. ~
"You, Nancy?" ~
eyes, me. I'm-I'm--Mary Knapp
I'm on the town.
why, Nancy!''
Il am. Mary, ami! The old wom-
an leaned forward in her rocking-chair,
her elbows on her knees, aud her face
in her hands.
Then she lifted her head and said, in
a choking voice: ''Think of it, Mary
Knapp! Think of being the first Of
your name to come on the town! None
of my folks ever had such shame put
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-04-02

The Silent Pass That None Can G.,
Around.
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THE INEVITABLE FATE.

The Silent Pass That None Can CO
Around.
l have heard it said that we ought to
live as though each moment were to oa
our last. do not believe that theory.
AS far as preparation is concerned we
ought always to be ready; but we can.
not always be thinking of death, for
we have duties in life that demand our
attention. When q man is selling
goods it is his business to think of the
bargain he is making When a man is
pleading in the courts it is his duty to
think of the interests of his clients
When clerk is adding up accounts it
IS MS duty to keep his mind upon the
column OF figures. He who fills up his
life with thoughts of desth is far from
being the highest style of Christian.
knew q man who used often to say at
night: II wish I might die before
mornlng!' He is now an infidel But
tnere are times when we ought to give
ourselves to the contemplation of that
solemn moment when to the soul; slime
ends and eternity begins We must 90
through that one pass. There is no
roundabout way, no by path, no circuit
Gus route. Die we must: and Fl will be
10 us shameful occurrence or time
OF admirable behavior. Our friends
may stretch out their hands 20 keen us
pack, but no importation on their part
ca 81 hinder us They might . ffer large
r I,sas l'' but death would not take
the zee. The breath will fail and the
Eyes S Will q close and the heart will stop
I, THIS ought not to Be 8 depressing
t1n ''eala who wants to live here Tor.
nal d ."S.,s -.
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'.1r's TOO COLD TO STAND ON GER MoNY.

TITS TOO COLD TO STAND ON GER MONY. =
on 'em before It doesn't seem to me
that can bear it. Idon't know what
to do.
..rm dreadful sorry for you, Nancy;
but if were you now, I'd try to make
the best of it. It's one of those things
that can't be helped and you know
the old saying; What can't be cured
must be endured I've heard that Mr..
and Mrs. Bates are real nice folks,
and that they're real kind to the.
the
1.-THE paupers, Nary cried the old
woman, with wall and sob. ''You
might as well say it right out; I'm a
pauper now
She drew her old shawl up about her
face, quivering and trembling with
emotion. while Mrs. Knapp wiped the
tears from her own eyes
The villagers who CHANGED to be at
their front windows at about ten
O'clock the next morning saw q sor-
rowful sight. It was the poor-farnnn
wagon rafting along over the frozen
streets, and ia twas Nancy Gregg and
her few poor elongings--aln old bed
stsad. 4 rocking Il. bundle Ct bed
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-04-02

&, All g Alone. He (admir md
aug you make that mat yourself?'' She
es, 4 did g IL all myself, Wit thS ex-
ception Ct q little help 4 received from
ny s g,I ourlg er sist ers n ankea
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-04-02
Too Old to BE Interested.

Not long ago in public school exam
nation an eccentric examiner de-
manded:
What views would King Alfred take
of universal suffrage, the CONSUMPTION
and printed books if he were living
now?''
A pupil wrote in answer:
IF King Alfred were still alive he
would be too old to take any interest in
anything. London Figaro.
Professor (about to have his hair
cut sDonnerwetter! how cold it is!
You will allow me to keep my hat on,
won't y ou? Hinkende Bote Kalender.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-04-02

could be. I would pay you if it took
every dollar have"
He drew out a purse as he spoke and
took from it the faded and yellow
scrap of paper Mrs. Gregg had sent
him.
"The note,' he said, sis for one
thousand dollars with thirty years in
terest at eight per cent, making a to-
tai of thirty four hundred dollars, and
/ think I'd better put in another hun
dred for good measure, making it an
even thirty-fve hundred"
Again the villagers saw the poor
farm wagon rafting down the street,
and again it's occupants were Ezra
Bates and Nancy Gregg.
But old Nancy held her head high
now, and the old black veil was gone.
A smile was on her face, and her dim
eyes were shining.
Again Mrs Knapp came running out
with outstretched hand.
''I've heard all about it, Nancy she
said, land I'm SO glad for you. I've
just been up to the little house that
young Mr.. Ware has rented for you,
and you've no idea how nice and coy
everything is up there, and I'm coming
up again pretty soon to help you get
settled. You look real happy, Nancy"
81 am,'' said the old woman, with
childish little laugh. It'll be SO grand
to be in home of my own again: an
I'm so glad to know that there's some
honest folks in the world yet. If
there wasn't. Mary Knapp. I'd still be
|-be-a pauper. u. Z. Harbour, in
Youths Companion.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

There is no longer any doubt that
most gowns, for the early autumn at
least, will have the fan breadth in the
back sweep the ground,
The imported walking Jackets for
the autumn that huve already arrived
have sleeves that are neither very high
nor very full at the shoulder.
The Eton jacket has entirely taken
the place OF the open-frout summer
jacket The Eton jacket proper is cut
in one width in the back with no
seams
Those who have recently come from
the shops of leading French modistes
in Paris declare that during the COM
ing season buttons will be much used
as a gurniture.
The blouse Of flexible washing silk
with the easy, rolling Byronic collar
is much more the vogue than the
starched, shield-Gonted shirt waist
with its cholSer at the neck.
The sailor hat may be ms chic and
jaunty as possible, but under no cir
cumstances is it counted dress hat.
For this reason any garniture save a
band and a few outstanding bows is in
bad taste.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04
IN BEDLAM.
A Patient was Perfectly sane Except on
the Subject Of breakfast.

A Patient Wa, Perfectly sane Except on
the Subject Of breakfast.
When E-mund Burke was preparing
the indictment against Warren Hast
iugs, he was told that person who
had long resided in India, but was now
an inmate of Bedlum could probably
give him some useful inf rmation. He
went to Bedlam. accordingly, and tue
maniac gave him, in y long, rational,
and well.conducted conversation, the
results of long and various experience
Of Indian aft IRIS. On leaving the cell,
Burke told the keeper in attendance
that the poor man was as much in his
senses as he The keeper answered:
Sir, please step back TO the poor gen
tleman's cell aud ask him what he had
for breakfast" Burke could not re.
fuse. PRAY, SIR" said he, tell me
what you had for breakfast" Tue
man at once put on the wild stare Of a
maniac, and shouted, "Hobnails, sirl
1t is shameful to think how they treat
us. They give us nothing but hob
nuilsl' and proceeded with descent
wild" about the horrors OF the cookery
of Bethlehem hospital, At the first
pause Burke was glad to escape.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04
ALTAR AND TOMB.


MARRIAGES.
Chlldres5-Dr. Christlcr and Miss
Mamie Montgomery, Aug. %.
Miss Emma Orr, Aug %.
Sadie Burtch, Aug. -
Roclswall.Mr G, l.. Martin and
Gordon-Rev, j. W. Bashaw and Mrs.
Wells, August q. Prof. G. IL. Brgscl-
ton and Miss Ella billiard, August 20.
Wylio-Afr. John w. Rush and Miss
Cara Tbomnson Gcrior,Io,, ! '''''' ''i'''
Woco-Dr A Pill, a,,5 ATE,
H., Rsnslev Ssnta,ri,.',.i anu -'ii'9 'o''i-
80 80 '','','5' ~. r'q ,, l.
MP nut Hi'. NJ JoRn L.. Bullard and
My NyeIt .i Mr. u. IL; llavenkott and
Hubbard CITY MIR, Joshua Fuqua
ana I,.! Mrs, Mass Aug %.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

Experiments have been made both
with primary and storage battery
lamps for London omnibusses, and the
lights have at first twinlSled away sue
eesstuiiy enough to all appearances,
but somehow after tune the old oil
lamps have once moro been brought
INTO requisiton. Al length the Lith-
enoae and General Electric company
e'alln to have solved the problem OF
providing cheap, efficient and porta.
w ngat IN the form Of combined
uee'ery aud ineandosceut lamp. After
tnree months Of practical trial the
S9n'pany have signed contract with
AeSsra' willing tor the electric light.
ing Of a complete line OF olnnibasses
bel, F&ing 70 them.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

travelling considerably Of late and he
told those at headquarters that he
thought Cleveland was gaining ground
ali alone the line. and that the Demo-
cratic prospects we're very bright.
Congres5man Herman Stump, OF
Maryland. before sailing for Europe,
reported az headquarters that he would
be back 10 20 into tho canvass before
October /.
"Unless, am greatly mistaken" said
he, "this Ia O Democratic year. We
shall not lose a Democratic vote In the
South. The force bill issue, II MOTH
ing else, will settle that. II President
Harrison and Speaker Reed had not
been so anxious to pass the force bill in
the Fifty-hrst congress, they might now
have some little chance in North Caro-
lima and. probably in West Virginia.
As Il is we shall suffer no losses any
where in tho South. North Carolina
will be the scene OF spirited contest,
but | have information which leads me
10 believe that the state is safe for
Cleveland and Stevenson by q good ma
jority.n
Mai w. w. Screws, editor OF the
Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery,
Ala, pointed out at headquarters that
in tho recent election In his state the
full vote was not brought out, ut is
bclieved,n said he. "that there will be
but one electoral ticket in Alabama in
opposition 10 Democracy, and, If not at
the start, before election day some Of
the names on it will be Republicans
This will, In itself cause many Of
Kolb's supporters TO vote for Cleveland
and Stevenson electors The great bulk
OF this non-yoting element in August
win be at the polls and vote for Cleve-
land and the Democratic nominees for
congress In NOuember IN the Mobile
district the presiding officer Of the
KOlb convention has come into line.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04
POsToFFlca AUTaoRITIzs
Preparing 10 Guard Against Cholera In
the Malls.

WASHINGTON, Sept. p Tho post
otllue department has received a num-
Der OF replies to kilograms sent yestei-
day to postollIces ON the Canadian from
tier directing them 10 cnnier with the
local health officer and report at once
what precautionary measures, II any,
arr necessary 10 be taken in connection
with tho mails received direct from tho
Canadian border to guard against
cholera.
Postmaster Vancott, New York. saws:
After consultation with tho health
officer hore, find IL Is not necessary to
take any stops with mail coming from
Canada at present, rs cholera has not
made it, appearance there aud this
Office receives no foreign mail through
that country.
Postmaster Spaton at Chicnro. snys.
"llovo consulted the health officer who
advises fumlgatlon by sulphur"
Assistant Postmaster Wales. secrc-
rotary, New York, telegraphs: Health
board advise immediate treatment OF
Canadian mail by steam BATH
Postmaster Avery, Port Huron
Mich, says: Health officers advise
thorough tumigation, and deem Il nee
essary.'
Postmaster General Wanamaker. late
this afternoon sent the following tele-
gram To the postmaster general OF
Canada; please state what precau-
tion against cholera are baing taken on
your side. Do you consider fuinigution
OF mails necessarily
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04
OEMOCRACYS WORKERS.
SHARP FIGHTING TO BE THE
oRoe IN CONNECTICUT.
Words Of Cheer From Many Close Observers
In the Campaign Harrison May Lose
Kansas Alabama Sale.

NEW YoRK. Sen. a.-Tbc Ronpbli-
can plan Of campnign includes the idca
Of carrying Connecticut N has mi
six electoral votes. hut thov mnv conn,
worry heavily This venr. II is lfnov,n
that the Republican mnnnpr,,, nevo,,
appeared SO confident Of rnrrylng IL Ms
now. Thoy claim TO have snne,do,.
organization In Tho state. thev nrs go-
ing to 1ood Ii with spelkors mopev
will not be lacking. and mo- mains WIN ~,
spared 10 put the six votes I'M tho Re-
publican column. In 1855 Connection
pRyo Cleveland n plurality Of ggG vot,s
The managers of mo Domocrntic mi,
ionnl cnmpaipn nro fully n,ynre ~ tba
extraordinary efforts tbe Renublicans
PROPOSE mnlSinp In CONNECTICUT md
they arc preparing to mcnt tbc,, NJ
evory point
Tho Democrats OF Connectlcpt win
hold thoir stnto convention ncvt VOL
aud after that tho busInos. of tho mo-,
tional campaign viii he talxon nm md
pushed along N'N
Cel. .Gehn Al. Psuov,s., VIVA np,,,,,, Il, Mo,
who called on Mossrn. Harrity ap5
Whitney Aitcr cnng,,,,,s al NY AM
Mir. Follows went Wcst nnd sncgt nj en- '',
siderable time In Kansas and Nlissnn,,i
Ilo saws that he saw somn yn,',, Ia,,', -
meetings out Thorn for AZ ,arlv y,
year. lie spoke nj ono mSeting ~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

A curious, score tive proceeding OF
swans is des ribbed. The cygncts hav.
in been f. Matched o"t, the male
bird picked up an empty half eyg-shelI
lying beside the water and carefully
carried it to the edge OF the water
Sc ne twenty feet from the nest fillcd
II with mud, and pushed IL into the
river where it sanlS 10 the bottom.
and then repeated the performance
with the o. half egg-s ell on re-.
turning to the nest tho last time. he
placed few sticks across the stpnI
track he Ii d madc. As no otbcr
pieces we IN about y nest Will.
nve cygness were hatchod. Il is in.
ferred that tho bird had done nm.
same with all the cgg-shells,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

A famous scientific man has declared
that the measure OF a nations eiviliza.
ton may be gagged by the amount OF
sulphurio acid II consumes, since this
acid is an essential to the most slSillful,
speedy and economical methods in the
higher mechanical arts. Measured by
TINS standsrd the civilization Of the
United States Is the highest ON earth.
inscriptions on mummy cloths with a
material produced only through the
agency of sulphuric acid are taken as
an evidence OF the high civilization OK.
isting in ancient Egypt
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

"There was to be company to din
ner,' says a writer in the Houselleep.
ers' Weekly, 81 was making pies and
wanted something better than, or a
little different from, the ordinary rhu-
barb pies Of which we had had so
m-ny. Acting on the impulse, lined
q deep plate with rich paste 1t must
be rIen for all acid pics, rs It toughens
IN coolsing), ! rubbed the crust with
flour and put q layer OF dates, stoned
and cut in pieces ten or twelve to an
ordinary sized pie, then filled the
plate with pulled and sliced rhuharb,
added u tribe of salt and three heapinr
tablespoonfuls of sugar mixed with one
spoonful Of flour. A top crust was
added and the pie looked as usual. It
was simply delicious md the flavor was
so unique. Every one praised it and
inquired rs to the filing"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

Bristol china, at any rate when it
has high political connections, seems
to be remarkably valuable commoi.
ity. The other day the teacup
and saucer Of the burke seryiee''
was sold in England for goo. But even
higher prices have been obtained be.
fore In the Calender sale, 1870.
chocolate cup and saucer Of the same
service brou ut sol; and for the tea.
cup OF the same, Mr. +. Rathbone
gave at the same sale, no less than
esI5 IS.