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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30
Sinful Laws OF Nature.

The following note from an indig-
nant mother was recently received by
a master in one of the London board
schools: 81 must complain about the
wicked things you teach my boy-slu-
full things. You light candle, put a
tumbler over it, and it goes out with
out blowing it out Chicago Hersld.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30
THE. SHIP OF LOVE.


Gales that blow the ships away
Over. leagues of lonesomose2,
searchthe dreary deep today
Wat-Loves wandering ship to me :
But the winds reply:
1--WE roam the sky
And we tronble and toss the sea
And thy Loves ship sails
Where the black night walls,
And comes no more to the =
stars that light the seas afar,
Where the mists and moaning b9;
Blend your beams in one great STAR
Light Loves wandering ship to me!
= But the stars reply;
"We light the sky,
Far over the lonely sea
And thy Loves ship dreams
Where no bright star beams,
And comes no more to thee!'
F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30
DR.. WILLIS" PATIENT.

R. WALKER sat
alone in his Office
at the Orthop@dic
Hospital one dark,
stormy night. Out
side the wind and
rain were having 1t
all their own way.
The gale swept
around the huge
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30
MURDER IN A BANK.
Cashier Killed for Refusing to Obey Demand
for Money.

A man entered the branch office OF the San
Francisco Savings Union on Market Street and
presented note to Assistant Cashier A. Her
rick. stating that the bearer should be given
money or he would blow up the place with
dynamite. Upon Herricks refusal to comply
the man drew pistol AMI fired. The first
shot went wide of its mark and Herrick fired
in return, but missed, then the fellow shot
again. The bullet entered Herrick's head,
causing instant death.
The murderer was captured after lively
chase and said his name was Frank Borne
man. He was taken through demonstratiye
crowd to the Jail
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30

RECENTLY, in India, Mrs. Besant breakfasted
with member of the Thoosophical Society
in purely Oriental fashion. ALI the party
squatted on the floor and the meal was served
on plantain leaves.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30

Two more international expositions have
been arranged for this year. An exhioltlon
of oil and wine industries Is TO open l1
Milan some time in the coming spring. and
the car has lust authorized an irterna-
tional exhibition Of fruits, vegetables, fish,
deer preserves, wine, cider, beer and med
icine. to be held in st. Petersburg, during
the autumn.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30

A BOMB was exploded in the church at
Grenoble, France, as the congregation was
leaving the building, and several persons
were injured.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30

The site for the exhibition Of 1896 In Ber-
lin has been selected, the grounds covering
$50 acres bordering on the Lichten See.
The Washington times., 1894-08-26

ent, somehow. feel frightened at times.
don't like 10 be as-as afTectionate as | used
TO be. and want to be. because he says-he
says | am only pretending. II is 80 hard on
me. that could have borne anything but
that
Still was rigid and unhelpful, God pardon
me. and when she could she resumed.
Doctor, / often fear Cecil can't be-" A
longer pause than before. Then she asked.
hesitatingly: You were sometimes puzzled
over MS Illness. He did not seem TO you i'll,
you said, and yet he did not get we'll as you
expected Did you never think that perhaps
his-perhaps his-his mind might be little
warped-oiT its balance?'
Never such thought occurred to me. Mrs.
Harrington; nor do | believe it would have
occurred 10 any doctor.
''Ah that is the difficul lty-the difficulty.
Always when he is physically unwell, the
Elemental disturbance disappears. But it
is there doctor: 1t is there. Poor Cecil can
hide il from everybody: but | know. l know. -
DO you wish me to inlet that you con
slider your husband out Of his mind! | asked
sterny
"I must confde in you, doctor" she said
sobbing; there is nothing else 20 DO. | have
kept the secret for a long tim. because l
could always pretend to Cecil that did not
know. and while he-he did no one any harm
l saw no reason to tell. But now-he has be-
come-suspicious of me and -and-others
and am so afraid he will-will break out
some day"
This story of hers was as startling to me as
his had been aud l could not credit it.
Cecil is the last man l should suspect of
going wrong in his mind. - | said, land do
not think YOU have told ne anything to prove
it. If he has noticed anything in your con-
duct TO make him cross or suspect tnat does
not indicate mental disorder on his part
You must give me an instance before | can
for one moment credit such an appalling
statement, Mrs. Harrington.
She wrung her hands. Il wish-I wish l
could explai2 without seeming 10 blame
Cecil. 1t seems disloyal of me to expose him
to you. and yet l must, doctor. l am so
afraid of what may happen. He shuts him
self into his studio all night, and often go 10
the door, and | hear him speaking as if-as if
toto me- or-or some one else. OH such
horrible things he says, and in such angry
tones. Often l hear him stamp and fling
things about as if he were-were fighting
some one. 1t terriGeS me"
Repeat some of the words he says at such
times. if you please" l said.
Her face crimsoned, and she cast her eyes
on the photograph of Amory Rhodes, but she
answered, simply enough:
He often. when making a noise as if he
had thrown a person to the ground. calls out,
Lie there ana die. you traitor. No man or
woman wrongs me and goes scot free "
thought it curious enough that Mrs. Har-
rington should quote those words for they
were just what Cecil had said to myself. Still
l was not prepared to accept her statement.
The woman who can be false to her hus-
band--who can administer poison to him
can be cunning enough to concoct tale of
his insanity to cover her own sin.
The Washington times., 1894-08-26
PLAYERS WHO MAKE MONEY
The Good Old Days OF Big Box Re-
ceipts Are Passing.
DEFENDS on THE ADVANCE MAN
Some Eotables Who Have Handled the Press
End Of the Business with Marked Success
Adonis Dixey Is Back in the Daily Ranks
on a Small Salary.

Little interest and less attention is shown
by the theatre-going public 10 the financial
side OF plays. Yet could the play-goer realize
the vital importance OF money-making TO
every manager, actor and actress, however
welded to their art, he would give it more
serious thought, and perhaps be more careful
IN regulating mis- attendance.
In the theatre OF to-day scenic and me.
chanical effects Of character never before
seen are not only required but are essential
20 the success OF every play, be it by the great
serdou or the more flckle Charlie Hoyt. II
lie less than a score Of years since Edwin
Booth used to play in various theatres
throughout the country, in fact in nearly all
OF them except those of New York, Boston,
and few Southern cities. with no sceneryat
all worth mentioning. 1t was common to nail
g board on one side OF the stage and write
upon il, This is forest" Think OF such a
proceeding as that to-day.
Should any manager attempt such thing
nowadays, it would ruin his b usiness for all
time. The results are only natural Large
fortunes, such as were built up by Lotta,
Maggie Mitchell, and Emma Abbott. are rarely
made now blythe most prosperous star. Lotta
ip the course Of her career. has managed TO
lay by nest egg OF over 5000, ,o0O; Maggie
MltcRellis reputed to have nearly $500 600;
Emma Abbott had much valuable real estate
aHd fortune vRriously estimated from $780,
600 to S9ee 600. The most prosperous artists of
to-day rarely Acquire any such wealth. and the
artists OF the stage who really make the most
money are singers like the de ResEkes. Emma
ERmes, AlrRTy c. Lassale, getting salaries
from $500 TO 81 800 a night with virtually no
expense. except for their musical bureaus.
ARE FEW BIG MoNET-MAKERs.
The enormous expense Of a modern pro-
duction, which, ar / have said, is absolutely
essential to any play, makes SAD inroads on
the profits o. the attraction, and at the end
OF the season what with Autographs, news
paper lads, printing Of other descriptions,
hotel bills. railroad fares-which cannot now
be economical as formerly, when an astute
manager could in some instances by clever
management secure passes for some by buy
ing tickets for the remainder OF his company
the profit and loss account is often, even
with stars OF magnitude. just barely balanced.
In other words. there are many clever actors
and actresses well up in their art, indus
trtous, ambitious, and anxious TO make
money, who find at the termination Of their
The Washington times., 1894-08-26
AN INTERESTING FIGURE.
An American Citizen OF Influence Who
Lives in Korea.

An American Citizen OF Influence Who
Lives in Korea.
1t is not generally known that some OF the
most important government offices in Korea
are held by American citizens, and that 70.
years American influence there has overshad-
owed that Of all other countries, even that OF
China and Japan. One of the most important
and interesting figures in Korea is that of
Gen. Charles W. lie Gendre, who, through
the civil war, commanded New York regi-
ment.
Soon after the war he was sent to Annoy as
consul general, and there distinguished him
self as a diplomatist 1t is we'll known that
later he commanded the military operations
in the campaign against Formosa. In 1867
he gave up his Office and went TO Japan,
where he arrived at the beginning of the
great civil war, during which the Mikado
and the shogun fought for supremacy 10 the
bitter end. Many believe that Gen. lie Gen
DIRE did much both to help the Mikado TO win,
and then to change his position toward for
eigners.
Some four or FIVE years ago the general be-
gan 10 take great interest in the complicated
Korean questions, and he left Japan 10 go to
Seoul as vice-minister of the home affairs OF
Korea. Ever since then he has been strug-
Cling in the most magnificent way 10 keep
Korea free from the iron claws of the Japan
ese, Chinese, and Russians, and so far he has
succeeded He must doubtless be taking a
most active part in the events now taking
place. Once, according to an amusing story
which is related of the general, he was hay-
ing a hot discussion with some Chinese Off
cials, ana in spite Of all his efforts he could
not obtain from them what he wanted. To
all he had to say the Chinese would answer:
I'VE have expressed our masters will.
"Your master, Your masterl" at last
shouted the general very angriy. ''Can he
do this, your masterg" And taking out his
glass eve for he lost one eve during the
American civil war. he threw it in the air,
caught it again, quickly put it back in its
OF course, they did not know that the eye was
glass having never heard of such thing,
and they became so terribly afraid OF a man
who had such a power that they quickly
agreed TO everything he wished
The Washington times., 1894-08-26
CHAPTER ".

But then. was Mabel Harrington false. and
had she tried to poison Cecil? Or was this tale
of his mental arrangement untrue-fabricated
to cover her own wickedness?
must confess that my prejudice. reused
by what my friend had confided TO me, be-
came somewhat shaken at sight of the
woman's apparent emotion, fear, and simple
directness. l did not know how to continue
the conversation. I had promised Cecil not
to breathe a word of what he had told me; L
knew if l did, that would put her on her
guard. Yet / did not feel able to say that l
did not believe her story.
took refuge in my professional character,
and 1 said ''Supposing that your idea has
some foundation. how is it going to be veri-
fed? Or why should any stir be made? No
one who sees CecIl-who knows how he tran
sacts business and spends his leisure time in
executing the most beautiful works of art
will ever believe that there Is anything wrong
with his mind. am prepared 10 declare that
he is an sane as 1 am" She dropped her
hands to her sides, and murmured, Heaven
help mei'' in such tone of anguish that for
the life ot me I could not help plying her
and saying 'What would you have me do?"
Il thought, doctor, that if you could hear
how he goes on in the studio at nie ht---''
''If we were to listen,'' l interrupted, "out-
side clergyman's door when he is commit
ting his sermon to memory, or were TO over
hear an actor learning his part, we should
think them a little mad. Perhaps Cecil is
writing play, and acting parts of it, and 1
tried to give the matter a less tragic aspect
by laughing a little as 1 spoke.
But Mrs. Harrington did not laugh. II
wish" she said, ''that 1 could look al it 50,
but I know better. Oh doctor, l am as sure
as can be that some awful deed will be done,
lf--if you cannot help me-
"Help you to put your husband In luna
tic asylum-is that what vnn Uantl,
The Washington times., 1894-08-26

make it out: some of the symptoms bafiled
you. | will explain these. | was being poi
soned-yes, poisoned by my wife"
''Oh, this is awful, too awiuln' exclaimed,
springing 10 my feet and turning up the gas;
for could not bear the shadOwy light and the
cold voice speaking of the blacklist of crimes
any longer. Harrington rose when | did,
and we stood for a minute gazing into each
others white faces Then / recovered my
self and said: What proof have you of
thisy' l do not mean such proof as may be
suggested by the devil TO a jealous husband
but such proof as would satisfy Judge and
jury of practical men. He drew from his
pocket a small phial with the label OF New
York chemist on it. and the bottle contained
a poison-so said the label on il.
Where did Mabel get this trom?h he said
in the same cold whisper as before Did she
send TO America for 1t or did en- American
who is now at my house bring it? And why
was the bottle concealed in her wardrobe?
And why did she always insist upon giving
me my medicine and beef tea herself Can
you explain these things, Edwin? Is not that
proof enough2'
Il really don't know what TO say or to
think. l said at last. why have you told me
this?"
ITO secure competent witness, OF course. -
was the prompt reply.
But I have not witnessed anything"
answered, hurriedly. Il don't want TO spy
on a woman even if she is a wicked one"
Il am confiding in my doctor" said Cecil.
"and he must hear and be guided by what l
tell him.
/ do not need to follow our conversation
further. except TO state that ! was gradually
led TO accept my friends statements and to
agree TO say nothing to anyone, but watch
and help him when needful. Yet when | saw
him ont at the door l could not help saying:
''Seems to me the shortest and most manly
course you can pursue is to kick your cousin
out at your door. and tell your wife's brothers
to take her to Bombay with them"
He shook his head and walked away.
The Washington times., 1894-08-26
OVER A GLASS OF WINE.

They had been introduced. of course, but
he spoke to her first at dinner.
MAY pour you little wine?" he asked.
THANK you," she said simply, "a little.
drink only claret
You don't care for the sweet wines?''
~ don't think l really care for any wine,
but this is what We drink at home You did
not pour any for yourself, " she added mo-
ment after.
He smiled.
ut would be for the first time in my life If
had"
How stranger She looked az him point
blank with pair of clear and very kind blue
eyes. 'Have you scruples! Do you think it
wrong?"
well, he drew long breath-''hardly.
Yet for me it would be wrong"
the color deepened on her cheek little.
He saw her check back word from her lips,
and the shadow that swept over her face was
sweeter than any brightness. But he could
not appropriate her unmerited sympathy.
"No-nO," he declared, laughing slightly.
at is not at all a temptation to me. have
never known the tnste OF any sort oil liquor.
l think 1 have great advantage against fate
in this, and-I mean to keep il.
Then YOU are afraid, after all.
"Sometimes we recognize danger though
we may not fear It.
III 1t be danger you must fear it. You do,
or you would not take precautions"
He looked down and met her earnest
glance. She was forgetting her dinner.
''If you were not afraid, she went on i'm
pulsively, "wine would seem 70 you as harm
less as water. 1t Is because you have a fear
that you will not touch it.
He was at loss just here. It was difficult
to match her candor without touch Of seem
ing discourtesy.
suppose drink to your better courcg ge. i"
she sald. A roguish dtmple showed itself.
The deadly cup has no terror for me-"
He raised his crystal goblet and drank to
her in sparkling water, saying gently:
''But Of my cup no one need be afraid"
There was a pause. She had not lifted the
wine to her lips. A servant came TO remove
the course and some one spoke to her across
the table When he could claim her atten-
tion again he was ready with bright remark
about the beauty OF some roses IN vase
near them.
"Yes-so pretty-pretty, she said vaguely,
and then with purpose in her tone, "We had
not exhausted our topic. think May ask
is it your conviction that liquor should not
be used in any form?''
E"You are unmerciful," he deprecated.
'Think how Ingrateful it would seem TO
object TO anything amid such surroundings"
Never mind about being complimentary,
she replied, graEely. Il am trying TO reflect
10 decide. have never before given one
serious thought to this question Of temper
ance. The people ] live amo ng-and they
are all upright, intelligent and refned--re-
gard moderate use Of liquor as almost in
dispensabe. Surely you must admit that
there are thousands and thousands who are
not in any way injured by its usef'
II know he said quickly, "but there are
millions and millOns-the jail Will tell you
the hospitals
He stopped abruptly.
Yes" she said thoughtfully, ives But
why not take the good and avoid the evil3
We need not become drunkards because we
use liquors2n
He met the appeal Of her honest eyes with
| a look as earnest.
''Since you desire it, he answered stead
The Washington times., 1894-08-26
CHAPTER III.

Among nv letters next morning was little
note in a delicate feminine handwriting, and
it was signed mabel Harrington" She
wrote asking me to call next day and the
hour she mentioned was time when / knew
Cecil would be at his Office in the city, there
fore he could not be i'll. might not have
commented on the time chosen but for my
conversation with her husband. which had
led me, of course. to mark any peculiarly in
Mrs. Harringtons conduct.
l wondered what she wished to say to me,
for she was never i'll. aud | could not suppose
that she wanted to talk Of Cecil's health. L
devoutly hoped the wife was not going to
take me into her confidence as the husband
had done, but | made up my mind if she COM
planned of Cecil / should speak plainly to her
of Mr.. Rhodes. AS drove up to the door, l
saw a man walk away from it. ! easily
recognised him as Amory Rhodes, and was
eXasperated, and not at all in family physi-
clan frame OF mind, when l was shown into
Mrs. Harringtons parlor.
She came to meet me with kind of tremble
i'll her air and face and figure / can't de-
scribe her appearance any other way, but l
thought as l took her shaking hand and
looked at the graceful form vibrating with
some strange emotion. IF this creature is a
beautiful flend, capable Of the most deliber-
ate, cold-blooded crime, she certainly can act
the timid, tender woman to perfection"
Glow good of you to come just when l
said DOCTOR she faltered; and as we sat
down she added. 'I wanted to talk to you
alone-w whcn-when Cecil was away"
She stopped, as if unable to say more, and
replied Il supposed you did not wish your
husband present when asking me to call in
Office hours"
II am afraid he--he would be angry il he
knew had sent for you, or-or spoken to
you"
long pause. would not help her bit.
/ was becoming very angry with her, for
there was lying on the table by her side
bunch of fresh roses and photograph (that
of Amory Rhodes). Both flowers and photo
graph had very recently been laid there, for
TIE papers in which they had been folded
were lying beside them.
/ am afraid my silence made her more ner-
vous still. for her color went and came and
her breathing was much quickened. At last
she said, doctor, am very anxious about
Cecil"
why so?'' 1 asked graveIy.
She glanced timidly at me and replied,
HE is so-what shall / call it--fltful. So
strange. He never used to be cross with me,
nevern' And then the tears came--not in
burst or like the way a woman cries when
she feels herself ill-used, but in slow, heavy
drops, that fell with ii kind of splash on the
roses over which she was by that time lean
ing.
"Do you give Cecil no cause for being what
you call CROSSE" l asked little sharply; and
TO my surprise she answered meekly, mot
that am aware Of try all 1 can to please
m-except-except--I can't explain, l fear,
how his strange WRys have made merRdifer,
The Washington times., 1894-08-26
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The Washington times., 1894-08-26

had never heard even hQsty tone in the
voice OF either when addressing the other, not
even when the nervous irritability, from which
Cecil suffered. caused him 10 tell me my drugs
were poisonous rubbish, and kept the servants
in considerable fear OF what 1.-The master
would say next
was therefore more than astonished when
/ heard him say in harsh voice. why are
you not practicing that new song. Mabel?
You know wanted you 10 accompany me
with il tonight"
Il think / know it well enough. dear" she
answered. falteringly. as she rose TO 70 10 the
piano. but he said in the same angry tones
4 know you don't know it well enough, so
you need not trouble, and he left the room
He was only gone minute. and on his re-
turn he was as gentle and courteous as usual
for the rest Of the evening. But the cloud
seemed TO have settled on his wifes spirit and
she spoke very little. / noticed that Rhodes
kept near her for the rest ofthe evening. Once
or twice l saw them exchange glance which
seemed to indicate some mutual 'under-
standing and both seemed TO be watching
Harrington closely Yet soemnly declare
nothing in their manner suggested TO me any
suspicious OF an amour or anything Of that
sort. But in my study 0ater) / repeated
again and again 10 myself. There's some-
thing wrong in that house. l an quite i'm
patient for tomorrow evening TO come.