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knots, an weddin' tewers ter Bostin
an Niagry, Bostin an Niagry, with
never break anywheres till on'y
lIuldy on the Cross side and JEFF on the
Cones side was left.
"Wal, even now don't think ther'd
have been any trouble ef it hadn't er
been fer Melissy Holsum. don't never
like to say nuthin' gen wimen folks,
KNOWN the wuth Of 'ern, but Geewhit-
taker! that ther one woman was hull
team by herself She lived ter Comford
fer spell, an then some evil spirit put
the idee in her head ter jine the Pine
vile folks. An down she come upon
us, draggin' ST. Wal, he was the kind
of feller that ye'd git weak in the knees
Jest ter think onto. T'want jest alone
his humliness, for that nobody kin help,
but twas his tarnation conceit an the
fool ways of him. Ugh!" and the dea-
con shrugged his shoulders vigorously.
"Wal, Melissy an her brother took
the Homes yaller cottage on the cross
road, and went to housekeepin'. Givin
out 81 was goin' to be hoss doctor.
Wal, first the wimen folks got ac-
quainted with her, an then she come
visitin' in her turn, an next 81 took ter
hangin' round barns ter see cattle, an
so things went on. Mariar an me
never liked either on 'em, for that mat
ter, though some folks did.
''Wal, as was material, the time come
round for Huldy and jeff ter follow the
others example, ap' we was jest
noticin' (Mariar ap' mel that Huldy
was gittin terribul hard to suit in the
way Of bonnets tchangin' 'em often,
specially Sundays), an Jeff's collars
was risin' higher an higher, an the
posy button-hole boolsays was sot in
terribul pertickler. These signs was
goin' on, say, when ther come a
rumpus that putty nigh busted up Pine
ville-houses, farms, cattel, people an
all.
"It seems Tod Cross (Huldy's pa)
bought bay mare off'n Ike Cones
(Jeff's pa), and give him u fine heifer
fort. An ther very next day after the
exchange that bay mare tore round fear
full in the lot. an then give a few quiv-
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exercises Tomorrow" with a good ma
turedspinch of 'the shy babys cheek,
and hearty shake Of his mothers
slim. young hand, the deacon chirruped
briskly to his horse. and once more we
started on our journey.
Looking back as we climbed the
steep hill, We saw q group of three,
where two had been. A stalwart young
man, with the baby on his shoulder,
and the pretty, young wife laughing
beside him, as they went along the
roadside.
"fes, Jeff's good fellow. That air
was terrible rough courtship, though,
kin tell ye," and the deacon shook his
head thoughtfully. That's where
Todd Cross, her pa, lives" pointing
with his whip to an outlying farm
house. "'Twas his way of actin that
made things so hard for the GIRL" he
added by way of explanation.
And seeing that was interested, as
we went up hill and down dale to the
little village, he told me the story.
wal, ye see twas jest this way
From the time this here Pincville was
started, an till some five years gone, the
Coneses and the Crosses was jest thicker
n peas in podl Eff ther was n duna-
ton patty (fer the dominic, yer know,
Mis- Cross an Mis- Cones was side by
side on the committee, an ther husbands
fetchin' up the end. Mis- Cross was
pie, Mis- Cones cake; Mr.. Cross apples,
Mr.. Cones pertaters; that was the way
the bill of fare run. As to church, they
was all Methodists, an the Crosses
allus set jest back of the amen seats on
the right-likcwise the Cones Jest back
of the prerbation seats on the left. An
Mis- Gross sung high scrpranny. an
Mis- Comes low alter - likewise Mr.
Gross light tenner. Mr.. Zones deep bass.
The same set % feelin's run through all
the ehildren-as as was material. When
they was reel young they jined times
in havin' the whoopin' cough an
measles, then come brunchctus. an
dumb aggie, they'd even he'd this here
malary,' l suppose, ef ther he'd been
cnuff doctors then ter set round in a
hall, an name things. Wall, bimeby
they come through those diseases by
dosin with good YARDS, and lseerful
nursin'. None of 'em ever died, as
never hcerd tell o.
And then land here the dcacon's
old eyes twinklcd) they growcd up
pretty even an took to fallin' in love
with each other jest as material as spring
plantin'!
"Bill Cross he took Miry Cones, Ned
Cones he took Mandy Cross, Biiah Cross
he took Pheby Cones, Zcb Cones he took
Why Cross, that's the way all on em
went it, spring an fall. jest like clock
work, with Dominic Mickens tyin' the
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Two Women for One Pulpit.

A curious instance OF friendship u de-
veloped In the association Of two wom-
en- ministers out west. Some years ago
Miss Marian Murdoch entered the min
istry and was made pastor Of the Uni
tartan church In Humboldt, IL. She
soon after made the Acquaintsnce Of
Miss Buck. A warm attachment was
formed between them, and II was not
long before Miss Buck decided to enter
upon the ministry also. Tho two wom-
en- are now abroad studying and recu-
perating and have decided 70 accept mo-
call separately. Miss Murdock says
that her experience in the ministry has
convinced her that the entire work Of .
parish Is too much for one woman. She
points to the fact that = minister gem
orally has wife TO help him-if not .
wife, sister or some woman and In
large parishes man has an assistant.
The two women have just received .
call to church In Cleveland, O., to
succeed Rev. DIR. Frederick 4. Hos
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. shadow Of doubt the lofty inspiration
OF her genius. She is the type Of the
woman poet who exists not by reason
Of the variety or volume Of her work,
but by virtue of its intensity, its indi-
viduality, its artistic perfection.
At no time was II more necessary TO
insist on this truth than 1t IL to-day.
The multiplication of books of verse,
the hackneyed character Of all obvious
notation Of life and feeling, should, ono
would fancy, tend to make our poets
more exiguous, more concise, and more
trinity girt. There are few men
nowadays from whom IN immense
flood Of writing can be endured
without fatigue; few who can
hold the trumpet to their lips
for hours in the market-place with
out making q desert around them.
Yet there never was time when the
pouring out of verse was less restrained
within bounds. Everything that oo-
ours to the poet seems to-day, to be
worth writing down and printing. The
result is the neglect Of really good and
charming work which misses all effect
because it Ia drowned In stuff that il
second or third-rate. The women who
write, in particular, pursued by that
commercial fervor which Is 30 curious
. feature Of our new literary life, and
which sits so inelegantly on . female
figure, are in ccaselea hurry to work
of and hurry away into oblivion those
qualities of their style which might, II
seriously and coyly guardeo, attract
permanent attention.-Edmond Youe,
In CAuturv
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! Then we smokes awhile longer, an
bimeby he says: Gals is often apt ter
get p.ney like, real piney, but they get
all right after a spell. Oh, jest oil
right
"'Tod Cross, ssays 1, gittin' up of thct
stun wall, real mad, 'ye air maxim be-
licve fool yerself All thet dear gal
wants is jest jeff Cones, on not livin'
soul else, an ye know it jest as we'll as
dot an with that clum down, got
on the wagon, an druv of. tell ye
was mad ter see that pretty creetur
look sol
oval, twas that very same week,
guess. that Hubby come down ter help
Mariar on the bedspread she was
maxim, an they got ter tallsin' las
wimen folks will, ye know,) an Marian
said, sudden-like: 4 worder where on
airth jeff Cones be ter anyway? I'm
jest pinin' fer sight of him, allus
bein' fond of the boy. And Hiram
that's mel has allus sot greet store by
him!' Mariar said while she KEEP
tallxin she was watchin' Huldy out of
the corner Of her eye, an really she
hadn't the heart to go on further then,
fer she see the big, slow tears a-drop-
pin one by one, an the girl tryin' to
thread her needle with fingers all
tremblin'. An jest then, as they sot
there in our kitchen, there come a rap
at the door and Mariar jumps up, while
Huldy turns ller back an wipes her
eyes quick on the bedspread, an,
brown, thin an weary-lookin', who
should walk in but JEFF Cones!
oval, Mariar said she was beat out
then, an couldn't do nothin' but jest
stand still an watch 'em. For jeff
give one look at Huldy, sittin' stone still
in her chair, an the tearstains on her
face, an them poor little hands lynn
on her lap, and then. with suthin Of a
great chokin' sob, at one bound he was
across the room an had her in his arms.
"Whcn came in leetle while after,
there was Mariar cryin' her eyes out on
the doorstep for jest pure joy. Gee
whitaker! but it seemed as II q stun
he'd rooled off'n me when heard that
newsi
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-Tommy-"Havin' much fun. Ilob?"
Bob-"Lots; shot two fingers of my
left hand and killed pops $500 dog wild
q toy cannon dis mornin'. brooklyn
Eagle.
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1t Was = Big One,

"That was the biggest and noisiest
cannon-cracker ever heard" said
Trivvet, after the explosion.
"But 1t seemed TO have met its
MATCH" replied Dicer---.Judge.
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NdvNsAszR11x,
&foyKT9*2

Two thumbs and eight fingers with cloths were
tied up,
On his head was a bump, like an upside. down
cup;
And he smiled as he best could with nose oil
awry:
"Ivc had just the bossest Fourth Of july"
We were glad, for he had been up with the sun,
Right into the mlilst of the powder and fun
where the cannon's loud boom sent its smoke
to tho sky,
Young -Amcrtea-like was his Fourth Of July.
said We were glad. All the pieces were there
So we pastered and bound them with tender.
est care;
But out OF the wreck came the words with
sigh:
"If to-morrer was only the Fourth of JULY"
He will grow all together again, never fear.
And be ready To celebrate freedom next year:
But though ii is selfish we're thankful there
lies
crses erless tnelgrmonjh n twixt Fourth of
lulys
We kissed MIN good nisht on his r.owder.
snptsea face
We laid his bruised hands softly down in their
place;
And he murmured, as sleep closed his one open
eye:
Il wish every day was the Fourth OF july
M +. Dawson, in n. v Independent
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He Disapproved.

Sappy-I cawn't say appwove oi
the way In which the Fourth Of July is
celebwated, doncher knaw.
Cumso-Why not? a.uI NAa
Sappy-It isn't English. yer knaw.-
Judge, ,...-,..
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
THE PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER

Here, IL the presence Of the church on earth
and in heaven, | give you today the right
hand of Christian fellowship. God sent me
here today TO preach this and be sent you
here to hear this, Let the wicked forsake
his way and the unrighteous man his
thought, and let him return unto the Lord,
who will have mercy, and unto our God, who
will abundantly pardon"
Though you may have been the worst
sinner you may become the best saint, and
in the great day OF judgment it will he
found that where sin abounded grace
docs much more abound and while the
spoils of an everlasting kingdom are being
awarded for your pursuit it will be found
that the lame took the prey. Blessed be
God that we arc this sabbath one week
nearer the obliteration of all the inequalities
of this life and all its dis(N ietudes!
Years ago, on ~ boat on the North river,
she pilot gave Il very sharp ring to the bell
for the boat to slow up. The engineer at
tended to the machinery, and then he came
up with some alarm on deck to see what
vas the matter. He saw it was u moon
light night, and there were no obstacles in
the way. He went to the pilot and said:
why did you ring the bell in that way?
Why do you want to stop? There's moth
ing the matter" And the pilot said to him;
There is mist gathering on the river,
don't you see that? And there is night
gathering darker and darker, and | can't
sec the way Then the engineer, looking
around and seeing it was a bright moon
light looked into the face of the pilot and
saw that he was dying, and then that he
was dead,
God grant that when our last moment
comes we may be found. at our post doing
our whole duty, and VIXEN the mists of the
river OF death gather on our eyelids may
the good Pilot take the wheel from or
hands and guide US into the calm harbor Of
eternal rest,
Drop the anchor, furl the sail,
am safe within the vale.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21

Fight your own battles. Hoe your own
row. Ask no favors of any one, and you'll
succeed thousand times better than one
who is always beseechinG some ones influ-
euce and patronage. No one will ever help
you as you can help yourself, because no
one will he so heartily interested i'll your
affairs. The first step will be long one
perhaps, but carving your own way up
the mountain you make each one lead to
another, and stand firm until you chop still
another out. Men who have made fortunes
are not those who have had $1,000 given
them to start with, but boys who have
started fair with we'll earned dollar or
two.-Shoe and Leather Facts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
silent Machinery Running.

A serious objection to the system Of
silent machinery running, as proposed re
Gently by an Austrian manufacturer con-
sists As mentioned, in the considerable ad-
ditionai expense which the plan involves.
Tic article, which i, claimed to realize the
de,drratum in question, consists of cog
wheels made Of pressed rawhde, which are
intended to work in conjunction with
wheels of cast iron. steel and other metals
The wheels made of this material are found
to possess not only great strength, but as
they require 10 lubricatiEg, are very clean
in operation, and, it is claimed, substan-
TALLY reduce the vibration of the machinery
in which they are used. They are supplied
ready made, or in the form of rawhide
disks, to be shaped as may be necessary for
the use intended These hide pieces, it is
further stated, have to be supported by a
wooden framework, and after cutting the
wheel is covered with ohellac solution
New York sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
Alaska
Seal TIluffS
$12, SIS, $50.

Finest Alaska Seal Jackets
2S. so, and go inches long.
large dropping sleeves, full
umbrella skirts, on exhibition
to-day and next week.
q American Sable Muffs
at $3.50 and So. so, worth S.,
and $1,000.
so handsome Fur Capes.
"a to 81 inches long, includ-
ing the popular More Astra-
chan, Lined with heavy
brocaded silk in fancy colors
and black.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
Walls on the Moon,

Late photographs Of the moon developed
by the astronomer photographer OF the
Pesth academy exhibit some unaccountable
peeuliarities. The plate shows hundreds OF
feet high and from l25 To 200 yards III width
ON top, They run parallel 10 each other
and appear to be from 900 to 1900 yards
apart. Louis Republic,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
4 MisN AmhMer.

a shah once asked II group of his court
iers whom they thought the greater man
himself or his father? At first he could
get no reply to so dangerous aquestion, the
answer to which might cost the courtiers
their heads. At last willy old courtier
said, Your father, sire, for though you
are equal TO your father in all other re
spects, i'll this lie is superior TO you--that
he had greater son than you have
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21

a western geoogist says that Kansas can
raise wheat for another 1000 years before
eNhausting the necessary properties Of the
soil.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
Grand Display!
IN
CLOAK
DEP ART ME- Mt
DED AHl ME MI
TODAY.

Fine Fur Garments, Muffs,
Fur Capes, Fine Fur Trim
med heavy cloth coats, owe r
100 handsome specialties ad-
ded to the stock for holiday
week. Many fan dsome now
elIies will DC sold at less than
half the early prices. Below
arc a few OF the results Of a
hurried trip to New York.
The best value, the pref
test garment shown by US
this season is a three quarter
length tight fitting Columbian
coat, made of fancy hop sack
ing boucle cloth in dark
changeable effects. trimmed
with black silk velvet. edged
with Persian Lamb. early
price SIS. 90. complete line of
sizes on sale to-day at $50
We bought every one of these
garments the manufacturers
had.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21

dark warning: tract dis
tributors month bv month undermining
the citadels of sin You do not know theil
ooing or their coming but the FOOTBALLS of
their ministry are heard in the palaces of
hpavon Who are the workers in our Sab
hath schools throughout this land today?
Mon celebrated. men brilliant. men of vast
estnte9 Forth most part not that at all
have noticed that the chief character
istic of tbe most of those who are success
full in the work is that they know their
Ribles. are earnest in PRAYER. are anxious
for the salvation of the Young, and Sab
bath bv Sabbath are willing to sit down
unobseryed and tell of Christ and the resllr
rection. These are the humble workers
who are recruiting the great army of Chris
tan youth-not by might, not by power
oot bv profound Argument, not by bril-
liant autithcsis. but by the blessing of God
on ulain talk and humble story and silent
Tear and anxious look. "Thelane take The
nrev',
oh. this work of saving the youth of our
,ountrv-bow few anpreciatc what it isl
This generation tramping on to the grave
We will soon NIL he rome. What of the
next?
An cnrinccr IN n Locomotives poine, across
fine western urairics dav after div saw n
little child come ont in front of n cabin and
,,.o,.otoLirn Go no not i'm +i,o b,Lit of ,v.v.
inc bocl, to the little child and If was tbe
49, io,,to hin, to 600 Tic littIe ana cor,o
o,,t j., front ~ tLo col,u dcn,, and ,v,,n to
him while he answered back. one dav the
tram was belated. and il came on to the
dusl, of the evening
As the engineer stood nt his most he saw
ny tbc headlight that little girl ON the
+rncL WONDERING why tho train did rot
como looking for tbn troin. KNOWING moth
inc of Lnr ncril 4 yreat horror seized unon
tbc engineer He reversed fine engine lie
c,n,-a If in cIar,,o Of tho otlo,,, man an boord
and thon ba climbed over tho engine and bc
camn down an tho ro,ycntcbr. lie said
tbou,,h bo had r.,er.od tho nn,,ire If eaon,
ed as tbo,i,,b il rpro ,,oiuo nt lightnino
.1ord f..tar and r,stn,. tI,oi,,,l, If ,,.,, roai
lv eloyyin,,,ln 'nnd ,yitb ,1n,nst .,,n.rnatn
rnl chtcL he cnupbt that Child Inv The bni,
on1 1ifto1;t ~, o,,1 ,..l,,, tl,, t,oi, t,,,,,d
and the passcnlers gathered around to see
what was the matter there the old engineer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-06
AIeSanAria g aEstte.
SATURDAY EVENING NAY 6 1873.

WONDERFUL CUREs.-sir humphrey
Davv was once tempted into playing
an amusing practical joke by way OF
testing the cur tive powers OF the
Imagination. When the properties OF
nitrous oxide were discovered, DIR.
Beddoes, jumping to the conclusion
that it must be q specific for paralysis,
chose n subject upon whom TO try IT,
and Sir Humphrey consented to ADMIN
lister the gas. Before doing so, Davy,
desiring to no.e the degree of animal
temperature, placed a small thermome-
ter nnder The paralytic's tongue.
Thanks to Dr. Beddoes, the poor fellow
felt sure of being cured by the new pro-
cess. although utterly in the dark as TO
the nature of it. Fancying that the
thermometer was the magical instru-
lncnt which was to make new man
of him, he no sooner felt it under his
tongue than he declared that it acted
like Il charm throus hout his body.
Sir Humphrey wickedly accepted the
cue, and day after day for fortnight
went through the same simple cere-
mony, when he was able to pronounce
the patient cured. NJ. Volcipelii.
Roman physician, played similar
trick upon some of his hospital pa
ticnts, who were greatly affected when
ever powerful magnets were brought
near them. Placing them under exact
Nv the same conditions to all appear
ance but taking particular care TO eX-
cludc magnetic influence, ne loun9
that every one of them was disturbed
in the same degree rs when the mag
nets were actually employed.-AHt me
Yedr Round.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-06

Additional Local Train No. 10 leave:
Charlottesville daily G:30 n. m, arrive,
Lynchburg $50 a. m; leaves Lynchburg S:35
IA. H. and arrives Danvillc HOO Il. IN. No
l6 leaves Danville daily 4:15 p. IL. and ar
rives Lynchburg G:45 p. M.
Washington and Southwestern EcStibuled
Limited. operated daily between Washington
and Atlanta. Leave Washington, No. 81
10 AZ p. M; Charlottesville l 50 am. Lynch
burg 3 40 a m; arriving Danvilc 5:30 a. m;
Atlanta 50 p. m.
Returning leave Atlanta, No. 3S, ~ 45 pm.
Danvillc II 10 Il. m; arrive Lynchbur:
80 a. M: Charlottesville ) 33 a. m; Wash
ington 45 a. M. This train is composed EN-
tircly of Pullman cars, on which no ertrd far
is charged over and above regular Pullman
charges. Through Pullman Sleeping Car New
York to New Orleans, and New York to An
susta' also between Washington and Memphis
via Atlanta and Birmingham. Connects al
Atlanta with Pullman Sleeper to Shreveport
La. via Meridian and Vicksburg, and alsC
also CONNECTS in Union station. Atlanta, with
through Pullman Sleeper via Macon & &. S. &
+. Il. T. for Jacksonville.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-06
LUF, anu tstNO HV
Twenty-Five cents per hottie.

! HAVE not used all of one bottle yet l
suffered from catarrh for twclves years. eN-
pcricncing the nalscating dropping III the
throat peculiar to that disease, and nose bleed
almost daily. | tried various remedies with
ont benefit until last April, when saw Ely
Cream Balm advertised i'll the Boston Baagei,
i procured q bottle. and since the iirSt DAY
nsc bay. had no more blecding-thc soreness
is entirely gone.-D G.. Davidson, with the
Boston budget formerly with Boston Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-06

VIRGINIA MIDLAND DIVISION.
Condensed Schedule, in effect Nov. 90 1892.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-06
For Over FIFTY Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY.-Mrs.
Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for
over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS
for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHiNG, with
PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SooTHEs the CHILD,
SorrENs THE GUN, ALLAYs all PAIN; CURES
WIND Collie and is the best remedy Tor ID,
.RRlIuEA. Sold by Druggists in every part oil
the world. Its value is incalculable. he sure
ana ask for MIS-. WlNsLow's SOOTHING SY-
RuP, and take 10 other.
Twenty-Five cents per hottie.