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two, which in the contest were num-
bered l and II. These two were
turned over to the editor of The
argus to pass upon without the
names of the writer's being known
to him, and his selection turned out
to be the one written by Miss Katie
Powell, daughter Of Mr.. Richard G..
Powell. The advertisement appears
just as it was written, in word and
display, and really reflects credit on
the composition and artistic taste of
the young writer.
IT is with exceeding regret that
we chroni Gle this morning the death
of Mrs. B. Lehman, the estimaole
wife of Mr. A. Lehman, of this city,
which occurred at their home here
Wednesday morning, in the 76thyear
of her age. leaving a devoted hus>
band, a loving son and daughter and
hosts of relatives and friends to
mourn her demise. Her daughter,
Mrs. E. Jossman, of Charleston. Mich,
arrived only a few moments before
The venerable lady passed out be-
yond earth's sight forever, but she
recognized her daughter readily
and expressed great Joy at seeing her
ard Immediately afterwards passed
gently away. The sympathy of VI
entire community is with the be-
.eayed ard sorrowing ones in their
sad visitation. The funeral VIII be
held morning at 10
. clock, and the interment will be
made il the Hebrew &c metery in
this city.
If President Cleveland should
contrive to live through his second
term it will not be the fault of the
sensation-monsers, who have been
inventing painful and deadly diseases
to undermine his robust constitn-
ton. His first malady was a can
cerous affection of the jaw, meta
morphosed into a toothache. Then
nervous prostration from overwork
seized him in its relentless grasp, but
he came back from a Carolina shoot
ing trip as good as new. His latest
malady is our old familiar friend,
rheumatic govt, which once more
threatens to do him up. If he sur
wives this disease his watchful guar
dams will no doubt report that he
is threatened with death from
consumption. The list of fatal dis
orders is not nearly exhausted
yet and they viii be visited
on him before the end of his
term. Mr.. Cleveland is pretty
tough, however, and it would be as
well for the sensation-mongers to
familiarize themselves with the pos
sibility of his surviving all the dis
eases in the medical catalogue and
the opportunities Of the offee-seek-
ers beside.
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Now They Never Sneak.

It was in the conservatory. At last
he had the chance of a tete-a-tete with
the fair one who had enslaved him.
She seemed rather cold. but, OF
course, that might be due to the cooler
atmosphere after the warmth Of the
ballroom. This is how he attempted
to break the Ice:
ST suppose you are extremely fond Of
dancing, Miss Triptoe?"
"Well, not passionately. I some.
timea prefer sitting out'-especially
with an interesting partner"
Then the band struck up again.
"Let me see, l have you down fol
this waltz, l think. Shall we miss it?''
20 dear. moi Not on any accountr'
And somehow he didn't seem to hall
enjoy that dance.-Boston Globe.
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OF HOME

I can't Jest tell what's come to her, an yet ]
think it's clear
That somethin's goin' wrong O. Iate-to see her
sittin' there,
A-dreamin' in the doorway, with that look into
As ii they still was rcstin' on the old time fields
and skies.
She's always dreamin,, dream1n' of the life va
left behind
The cozy little cottage where the mornin'.
g1ories twined;
The roses in the g~arden-the yellow sunfowers
tall:
The violets but she herself the sweetest
flower Of ALL
You see, she use to sit there in the mornin's-
80 content;
The sunfowers follertn' the sun, no matter
where he went;
The brown bees sipp1n' honey an a-buzzini
round the place;
The rosce Alimbin' up to her an smilin' in her
facet
An now, she can't forget it; when 1 tell her:
Little wife,
There amt no use in grievin' for that simple
country life"
She twines her arms aroun' my neck. an
smtltn' sweet TO see,
She whispers: "We're SO fur away from where
we use to bel'
There amt no use in chidin'. or in sayin' words
" ShOO4t
There's nothin' in this city life like she was
use to there,
Where preachin' come but once a month, an
street cars didn't run,
An folks they told the time O. day by looktn'
at the sun
An larks got up at peep o. day an made the
" medders ringl
I tell you, folks, when ones brought up to les
that kind o. thing,
It's hard to git away from told feelin's bound
to rise
An make a-runnin' over in o woman's tender
eyesi
So there she sits a-dreamin. till I git to dream
IN, too,
An when her head droops on my breast and
sleep falls like the dew
An closes them bright eyes O. hers, once more
We seem to be
In the old homo where wen rest some day to.
gether-her an mel
Frank L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constit ution.
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young maidens, 30 that no wigwam
might lose it. Fol it was a tale, as each
heard it, to shame their youn & warriors.
and to make proud the hearts of the
young maidens. The 1uini have passed
away forever. Under mighty mounds,
~grass-covered andhower-crowned. their
bones are laid, yet not forgotten.
They have given their nanss to the
streams, lakes and towns Of Sha white
race that came after them; ana Grough
these their traditions live, to this day,
In the memories Of white men.
Four hundred years ago when all thts
new world was for the red .
bright stretch Of that prairie land,
which now forms so large q part of the
state Of Illinois, nee attracted the
fierce eyes of q roaming party Of lro-
quois. These had come from the east
There had been no need for them to
stray 30 far away from their villageA
Their hunting grounds at home were
vast; their skies were filed with birdsi
their rivers teemed with fish. But the
Iroquofs, coveting the vaster hunting
grounds toward the setting sun, found
the Illini cross their way. So they
hated them.
A peaceful band of Illini had built
tnelr 1OOReS on a oeautllu1 sIredm- III
its banks were ancient oaks and state
" walnut trees. shaded by which they
could lie and dream in the hot hours OF
q summers day. From the edge of the
wood, and as far as the eye could see,
extended the grassy prairie. gay with
scarlet lilies, phlo1es and morning
glories. Dear was this prairie to the
very heart Of the Him. The Great
Spirit had given it to their fathers for
them to enjoy it's sweet breath, and to
their children after them. There, for
uncounted moons, had they passed
their days in a careless. happy, lazy
fashion.
But one day -long-remembered as
full Of the sun and his glory, OF the
sweetness of flowers, Of the song OF
birds, and Of the hum of bees-while
warriors, squaws and children were
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shadows that hid them from danger.
the fugitives gathered, one by one, to
unbend their bows, to dash them in
despair upon the ground, to curse the
lroquois, and to mourn this new shame
which had befallen them. Among
them all, there vas but one-ag girl
who refused to mourn with her people.
Watseka was her name.
Although young, Watseka was well
known for her proud spirit and her
beautiful face. AS was fit in her sex,
this young girl had stood with the
crowd OF weeping women and children
q little apart from the gloomy war
riors. She read their hearts, saw their
tears and heard their moaps. The
cowardice Of the men made her eyes
dry, kept her lips closed and reused all
the f~1erceness of her wild nature.
Who woul take revenge on these grim
painted, scalp-loving warriors-upon
those who had swept upon her people,
to kill them as they would deer, and to
drive them from the land the Great
Spirit had given them?
She frowned as she saw that the
warriors, with brave curses still upon
their lips, were creeping farther and
farther back into the shadows.
linen Watseka burst into heroism.
Forgetting hat among warriors no
talking squaw had right to a place, she
sprang forward and put herself in the
path before them. With flashing eyes
and curling lips she spoke:
"Men Of the Illini, right are the Iro-
quois when they boast that they have
put the dress of squaws upon O and
h0oS into ~, hon11 nr,-- ball Il
your village You cannot miss the
path-your burning wigwams have
made it clear. Your women and chill
dren are here-to-day. Do you know
where they will be when the sun
shines tomorrow? Have no fear, the
Iroquois will know how to make your
wives cook their corn and your daugh-
tiers fetch them water. Tonight they
count the scalps and feed at your fires
on the deer they have killed on your
hunting grounds. What! You will
not go. then? Goodl Watseka will
show you how to be men, Come with
me, women Of the Illini! We have not
gathered our corn to feed the Iro-
quois-"
ALI the women turned to Watseka.
Grandmas saw in her bright eyes that
spirit winch, when young, they them
selves might have had, and loved her
for it. Each mother looked upon her
through fearful eyes, wishing that the
Great Spirit had spoken to her daugh-
ter instead. The hearts Of the young
girls beat proudly because n OF
themselves had been called to rouse
their tribe against the thieving Iro-
quois.
No second call was needed Old and
young crowded eagerly around her,
each woman arming herself with the
first Ratchet or stick that fell her way.
And ever the boys-who, with black
looks and bent heads, had been follow
ing their fathers-left the braves, and
ranged themselves with flashing eyes
beside their mothers and their sisters
Watseka's spirit vas yer them all.
But as it turned out, the women OF
the IIlini were not to fight that day.
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PAPER MONEY.

The fat man who sat in the rear
seat of the smoker saw a man
az ogs the aisle counting his money.
"Sseing that roll of bills he said,
reminds me that know something
about money that very few of the
people ont OF the Treasury Des
partment know.
He reached down into his pocket
and fined out a 81 bill. It was new
and he pointed out a d%iininutive
lette: @ on it right under the olll's
number, and another down in the
other corner. Now, be said, | don't
suppose that a man OF you knew
that these seemingly unnecessary
letters are GA the United States
biz. And even if you had not.ccd
them, / am willing to bet that not
one of you can tell what they sig
Nifty.
Half If the neu in the car were
listening to the fat man and none
of them could tell what the letters
meant, although one or two said
that they had noticed them.
Well, went on the fat man, L
wish one of you gentlemen would
axe q bill and tell me what the
last TOUR figures Of the nun els
are.
The Commercial traveller had "a
bill. The last feur figures of the
number Were 1921. The fat man
laid, almost instantly, The letter
Oh that bin is b, When the bill
was examined the d~iniuutiye b
was souud on it in two places.
Half a d, zen other bills were
produced and when the fat man
was to d the Last four figures of the
number lie was alb e to tell what
letter would be found on the bill.
In each case the letter was either
A, B Q or d.
The explanation is simple, said
the fat man, after be had done the
trick successfully every time. Ii
you take the last four figures OF
the number on any b}ii, no matter
what its denomln alton Is, aud dl-
vide them 10y four, you will, OF
course, have either a remainder OF
zero, one, two or three, Ii the res
mainder is zero, the letter on the
bill viii be A. Ii it is 1, the letter
will be B. 1t il is 2. the letter will
be G and if it is 3 the letter will be
d.
This is one Of the many pref
cautions taken by the government
against counterfeiters. \ GU can
tel instantly whether a bl ! is bad
OF good by making that test.
wouldn't give q five cent piece 10
a $1,000 bill, no matter how per-
feet it seemed, if its little letters
did not correspond with the re-
maiDier obtained by dividing the
last four figures of lis number by
fOur.
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Mr.. j. T. Deans, the new SUPER
intendent of the Odd Fellows Or.
phanage Of this city, arrived yester~
day afternoon, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, and repaired at
once to the Orphanage to assume
charge. He is a man of kindly app
pearauce and pleasing %demeanor, and
seems admirably suited to the bene-
VIOLENT work-the care of the orph-
MS. The ARGUS welcomes him to
his charge,
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BEFORE 81 DAWN.

EGS<
o hearken all ye little weeds.
That lie beneath the snow,
$50 low. dear hearts. in poverty go
lowD
The sun hath ri-en for royal deeds,
A valiant wind for vanguard leade;
Now quicken ye, less unborn seeds
Before ye rise and blow.
o furry Lying things adream
On winters drowsy breast,
(How rest ye there, how softly.
safely restD
Arise and follow where a CLEAN
Of wizard gold unbinds the
stream,
And all the woodland windings
With sweet exrectants blest.
My birds come back! the hollow
sky
Is weary for your note,
(Sweet.throat come back! 0 liquid,
mellow throat!)
Ere Mays saft minions hereward
fly,
Shame on ye, laggards, to deny
The brooding breast, the sun
bright eye,
The tawny, shining coat!
Alice Brown, in Boston Commons
wealth.
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Watseka's bitter words brought back
the blood into the warriors veins
Slowly from darkness they came into
the light like owls; but upon the sleep
ing Iroquois they fell like wolves!
So they won back to their wigwams.
1t is good to know that the chief Of
her tribe did not forget to honor Wat
seka. Her exploit, was long told among
their traditions, and in the summer
frightened many a weary hour In the
wigwams when the braves were on the
warpath. After Watseka had passed
away, so long as the Illini were a peo-
pie, her name was handed down in
every generation to the most beautiful
and the bravest girl Of the tribe.
Nor has the race. which arose when
her own people were fallen forever,
wished her story to be forgotten. The
river by which the Iroquois were routed
is still known by their name; and a
fair town rising in the land SO loved by
her proudly bears the name Of the
heroic girl who In the day of despair
redeemed her tribe and turned their
shame into honor.-St. Nicholas
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TONY VALENTINE.

The Summer winds may. sing a song,
A song CT life ana love:
The skylark's trill, so sweet and stror 6
May echo it above;
The western sky in golden haze
Reflects the setting sur,
And bright and fair the moons still rays
Shine where clear waters run.
Thus youth and beauty live again
Within the poets heart,
And loves sweet echo shall remain,
] hough love and he may part,
The sanset sky, the brook may yield
Reflections bright and true.
But not more fair than that concealed
Within my heart-of you.
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Watts-I was playing penny-ante
with my wife the other nigEtpa1nssjust
for m~eanness, I held out four aces and
dealt her four queens, and beat her out
Of eighty-ave cents.
Potts-Did she accuse you of cheat
ing.
Watts-No; but she said 1t did seem
queer that a man of my ability Should
than I did.-1ndianapolis Journal.
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rejoicing In their plenty and fancied
peace, yslls that curdled the blood
echoed from the prairie on n side.
and the forest on the, other. Too
well were those cries known in the vii.
lage Of the IIlini Too often had they
been the signal which presaged
massacre, torture and slavery. Too
often, when the echoes died away, had
their wigwams and their fields been
left in smoking ruins. What they
said was: I'VE Iroquois are comet"
It was a band of this tribe which,
creeping from the neighboring prairie,
had swept upon them with such fierce
and sudden slaughter that the unpre-
pared uliui were driven for refuge
farther into tho woods on tho other
aide Of their -re There, Ia tho
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AROUND THE WORLD IN so DAY

Did Jules Verne ever think that hi
imaginary Phineas Fogg would be
eclipsed Dy an American girl, who once
made the circuit in less than 73 days?
But Phineas had to take second money,
The fame OF DIR Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery has gone around the
world long ago, and left its recore
everywhere as a precious boon to evrdo
nation. In tho whole world of med
cine, nothing equals it for the cuureyti
scrofula at The lungs-which 10 Con-
sumption, The blood is purified by IT
until all unslghtly skin blotches arc
driven away. 1t Is guaranteed to every
purchaser. You only pay for the9go Q
you ges.
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If Coxey predicted wrong as to the
large number of tramps that would
join the Common Veal army which
is going to Washington to influence
legislation, Hicks, the weather man,
made a safe hit.
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Called Meeting,

To the Wayne County Branch Of the
Alumni Association Of North Car
Dina
1here will be a called meeting Of
above ASSOCIATION held in the ro"ms
o. the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation on Friday April 9th at 8
o. n.
A fu' l attt ndance is desired.
w. G.. Lewis.
J. Y. Joyner, Pres.
Sew
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The ctowning sensation OF tie
entire march up to date says the
Charlotte Observer, occurred al
Camp Marion Batter. A great
many sensations have occurred in
connection with this name, but
who would have thought that the
short, .wo-word, cold-type name,
('Mary Ann Butle-,') would have
inspired a sensation as far away as
Pennsylvania But such is the case.
1t was from Camp Mary Ann Bu'-
Ter that the startling announce
ment was made that a ration Ct
soap would be issued to the troops.
Il is said that there was immis
nent danger of nutiny, as this news
spread like wi dire through Camp
Maty Ana Butler. The troopa
threatened to abandon all intens
tion of going to Washinston, aud
to cfer their services at once to
Governor TilI1nan, OF South Caro-
lima. They were pacifed, however,
upon beipg assured that the use OF
soap void not be obligatory, but
merely optional,
The following is the wording OF
General o der Ne. 6, relating to
use Ct soap:
The comm:ssary marshal will
please arrange to every group mar
shall who applies for the same an
tqnal piece of soap. which he should
redistribu' to each of his gronp,
and they will carry the same per
sonally until used up, when be will
be supplied with more. Cleanliness,
boys, is next to & ldliness,"
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Certified Milk.

Every dairy supplying our condenseries
is under supervision. Milk is produced
under ligid hygienic ruley. The COM
pany's reputation is therefore a certificate
OF the absolute purity of the Gail Borden
Brend Condensed Milk
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Gallilee was u%neventful. Before
leaving Camp Marion Butler, a re-
ligious service With music, was held
on the field. All night long the
camp was visited here by the towns
men. several thousand sight-seers
coming from neighboring towns.
Food enough to last the army for two
days was contributed by the citizens
and the officers entertained by a
hotel keeper. The leaders are ims
mensely pleased With the reception
and the big batch of recruits. The
police were on the alert and
twenty-five special constables were
on duty.
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AN Al q Va VAIL
of b. Illinois
Indians.
1t was a tale
told by their
old men to the
young warriors
In whispers, SO
that the women
might not hear.
1t was a tale
their old wom-
en- G a C K / g d
~h~s11- 49,
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M 3 Robinson & Bro, wifl-tell you
that Johnson's Magnetic Oil always
give satisfaction.
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Lv Wilmington
Lv Mag nolia
Lv Colds oro...
Ar Wilson 500.
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WATSEKA.
JOHN DEMITRY.

~HIsis a tradition
The Washington times., 1894-10-21
YEAR oF PROGRESS.
Statistics Of Odd Fellowship Show a Grat
Tyi-g Increase

Statistics Of Odd Fellowship Show Graft
fyiug Increase.
Among the gains IN membership made the
past year. as shown by the report submitted
at the recent session of the sovereign grand
lodge in Chattanooga, are the following:
New York-3.s96 lodge membership. 1.252
Rebekah and 657 eucampment. Pennsylvania
., 62G lodge membership, $40 Rebekah and
IA encanpment. Iowa., 552 lodge MEM
bershlp. z59 Rebekah and $50 encampment
Illinois. I'D lodge membership, 2,O72 Re
beEah and loss Of SO in the encampment
branch Massa,husetts-1,9 9g7 lodge member
ship, ]. 1.SSl Eehekah and 3l3 enaampment.
Missouri ,s3s lodge membership, l,l05 Re
bekah and 1S3 eneampment. kansas, ,5t4
lodge membership. .3G2 Rebekah and loss of
Jos in the encampmeut branch. Indiana
I.4-5 lodge membership, 1,7o5 Rebekah and
encamument 759. Ohio. .229 lodge member
ship. la47 Ee5skahand loss of IS in the en-
campment branch Ontario. .l09 lodge
membership. 6il Rebekah ana so encampment.
The statistical record Of our sister iuusdlc-
ton, Virginia. Tor the year ending December,
1893, is tie most prosperous Tor the past
twenty-five years, having made gain OF 97S
in lodge membership and i0rty-twO in the en-
campu-ut brGnch. We regret that the Re-
bekah degree docs not show an equally large
percentage of gain, there being hut one or
two lodges IN the entire State. New York
shows the largest gain OF any jurisdiction.
Pennsylvania has generally been carrying OF
this honor. Kansas appears 10 show the
largest gain in Eebekah lodges being .362
during the past grand lodge year, followed by
Illinois with 2.U71: Massachusetts, 1851; In
diana l.7OJ: Ohio. a27; New York, 1852;
Missouri, j .l95 and Minnesota 1887.
The grand lodge visitalons occurring this
week are as follows: Br0Okland Lodge. No.
.. Brooklapd, u. C.. Monday evening, Octo-
Der y; Columbia Lodge, No. 10. Seventh
Street Hall, Thursday. October 25. Those
occurring next week are: Langdon Lodge
No. 26, Langdon, d. @. (via Baltimore and
Ohio, ESQ and S:l5 p. NJ Tuesday. October
30. Federal City No. 20, Medford Han.
Eighth and I streets northeast, Wednesday
evening. October 81. Salem Lodge No. p,
Anacostia, Thursday, November l. Central
Lodge No. !, Seventh Street Hall, Friday,
November ,.
The proposed demonstration at the time of
dedicating the Odd Fellows magnificent new
temple on Broad street. Philadelphia, in May
next. promises to be one of the largest and
most imposing in the history OF the order
The Capital City Of the nation is pre-emi-
nently the place for the sovereign grand
lodge headquarters.