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The Delta independent., 1895-11-20

WHAT Id THE MATTER, hH6. MINNY!
been SO worried! hate travelling! I
can't find the man who has my dog.
Oh. there he ISL
A fat baggageman came along the
platform Mt that moment, dragging q
diseonso)atc mass of wool tied by q
disproportionately large rope.
"Oh, thank you ever so much,"
Minny beamed on him, hugging the
dog in her arms. isn't he nice? He
knows everything"
"a sight" said the man. pleasantly,
"ond wasn't no particular trouble"
''IIere is my trunk checls," Minny
said, giving it to Oliver. land my
satc!iel is somewhere: in that corner
set it down; it's wonder did not
lose it. Oh. what time I've had!
Now where shall we go?'
''To find Miss Patten," smiled Oliver
taking the satchel and umbrella, while
she followed carrying the dog. and the
small audience Of train men looked
after her in open approval.
ITO find Miss Pattep, Of course
''0n, goodness. ] wish we could!-
R.grled Mrs. Minnv. L
The Delta independent., 1895-11-20

rs SURROUNDED BIZ 4
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01
VIII You Marry Me?

The London Telegraph tells of a
funny incident that occurred on a recent
Sunday in church at North London.
A young man who carried collecting
plate after the service, before starting
put his hand in his pocket and placed,
as he supposed, shilling into the plate
and then passed it round among the
congregation, which included many
young and pretty girls. The girls, as
they looked on the plate, all seemed as
tonished and amused, and the young
man, taking glance at the plate,
found that he had put, instead of a
shilling, conversation lozenge on the
plate with the words: "Will you marry
me?" in red letters, staring everybody
in the face, while one of the congrega-
.tion had capped it by second lozenge
on which was printed: Name the day"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01

quay, which was but about fifty yards
distant.
"You are robbing me-" said Satan,
who had followed him.
swell, listen to me-" said Canamus.
"As you have strong desire to get me
into your power, l will surrender on
one condition"
(Which is?"
"That when am gone you will
marry my wife"
81 would rather return home" said
Satan. "You can keep your wife and
your soul. For woman with such a
character is more than enough to
brighten the devil himself. You will
be unhappier with her than with me. u
Thereupon Satan disappeared under
the water, leaving behind him trail
of sulphur.
Canamus left the same day for Rome,
explained all to his wife and obtained
her pardon.
The doctor abandoned his ancestors
and his castle; his wife set aside her
,aristocratic airs, and, since the devil
was no longer between them, they
lived happy life forever after.
FREDERIC MAYER.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01

Canary islands, Since thousand
years all the khans of Afghanistan
have been ancestors of yours. Kirg
John Canaloya, who lived somewhere
in Bohemia, was relation of yours"
Enough" interrupted Canamus,
snatching the parchment.
Satan smiled at the sight of his mas
ter, who, no sooner in possession of his
genealogical tree, became fully cogni-
zant of all the grand sentiments of
hereditary dignity.
Emily arrived on the scene at this
moment.
t'Madarae," said her husband, 1--WE
are going to leave Vienna and visit the
castle of the late King John Canaloya
in Bohemia. Funds are required to
renovate the old chateau which has
been neglected for many years. Until
now l have been more observant of my
reputation and have neglected the
great works of my ancestors. There
has been scandalous talk about my dis
respect. I mean to put an end to all
disparagement."
The peremptory tone in which this
revelation was pronounced had no
small effect on the proud lady, nee
Knisberg.
The following day the couple set out
for Bohemia.
Satan had bought an old ruined castle
for his master. A hundred workmen
were set to reconstructing its towers
and ramparts.
After a sojourn of few days the
couple left with the intention of Wis
iting all the capitals of Europe. Their
travels soon came to an end. But one
city remained. Before returning to
the CASTLE" said Emily, 1--WE must go to
Rome"
mo, mol" exclaimed Canamus.
what can inspire you in the Holy
city with such repulsion?"
"Malaria!'' replied Canamus. MA
laria is the only malady against which
my art is powerless.
There certainly is something else"
replied Emily; ''your emotion leads me
to believe that you have some particu-
lar reasons for not going to Rome.
shall go alone, and l shall be able to
judge of your affection by the alacrity
you snow In coming so 1etch me.
She left Venice for Rome and Cana
mus breathed in freedom.
After week of what the doctor
called delightful liberty" Canamus
thought it high time to return to the
castle of the Canaloyas. He took pas
sage on board vessel going from
Venice to Trieste, but scarcely had he
walked the deck than Satan, contract
in hand, advanced toward him saying:
You belong to me nowl"
"How do you make that out?" anx-
iously inquired the doctor.
"Read the name of this vessel"
Canamus read the name-"City of
Rome!"
Without moments hesitation ho
jumped into tho sea and swan to the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01

over to see his family and the difficult
ties between himself and wife were
temporarily patched up. The husband
promised reformation and Mrs. Os-
borne returned here, going directly to
the home of her parents, they having
returned to their farm at Clayton, Hen
bricks county, Ind. Mrs Osbourne re-
NAMED there for three months, but
heard nothing of her husband. Then,
with her children, she returned to Cali
fornia, where one of her sisters lived.
At Monterey she met Robert Louis
Stevenson. About this time Mrs. Os-
bourne became very successful as q
writer. While in Paris she wrote Sc
ries of articles for st. Nicholas, her
daughter, Belle, who had inherited her
mothers cleverness, illustrating the
work. After Mrs. Osbourne had been
divorced from her husband six months
she married Mr.. Stevenson. The cere-
mony was performed at Monterey. At
the time of the marriage, it was said
that the parents of the English author
were greatly opposed to the match. He
was an only son and they did not want
him to marry. When the newly-made
husband was asked about the report,
he simply said: 'Ill show my wife to
my parents and it will be all right"
Osbourne disappeared after the second
marriage of his late wife and nothing
has since been heard of him. The par
ents of Mrs. Stevenson are both dead,
Mrs. Vandegrift passing away recent
ly. Her older brother lives at River
side, CAL, and her sisters are located at
Oakland, Monterey and Nebraska City,
Neb. Her eldest sister lives at Dan
vile, Hendricks county. She is the
wife of bank official of that city.
1t is probable Mrs. Stevenson would
have again become permanent resi-
dent of her native country had the
health of her husband permitted. Mr..
Stevenson gained his greatest popu-
larity in the United States and had al
ways warm spot in his heart for
America. He took up a residence in
the South Sea islands partly on account
of his health, and was contented to live
there surrounded by his interesting
family. When Mr.. and Mrs. Steven
son first went to Samoa they lived in a
small and uncomfortable house, but
afterward built two-story building in
the midst of a colony of natives. The
novelist would only have native serv-
ants about him. He said that white
men always grumbled and taught the
"boys," as he called his servants, tricks.
1t was Mr.. Stevenson's plan to have his
wife manage the garden and the house
"boys." She also acted in the capacity
of amanuensis to her husband.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01
WAS A BRIGHT GIRL
Widow of Robert Louis Stevenson
Lived in Indiana.
She Was Twice Married-It Was at Mon
terey That She First Met the Famous
Noveiist-Thcir Home Life
Happy One.

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, widow
of the distinguished novelist who has
just died, is well remembered by many
of the older citizens of indianapolis as
Miss Fannie Vandergrift, daughter of
a once prominent citizen of the Indiana
capital In 1857 the Vandergrift fam
ily, consisting of father, mother, one
son end several daughters, lived in In
dianapolis, and on December 23 of that
year Miss Fannie was married to
Samuel Osbourne at her home. She
was beautiful, high-spirited girl,
bright and clever. Her husband was
dashing, well-bred fellow, of good fam
lily, and at the time the match was con-
sidered happy one. During his resi-
dence in Indianapolis Osbourne was a
clerk in the supreme court under
William Beach, and was also private
secretary to Gov. Wright and Gov Will
lard. Mrs. Osbourne was but seven
teen years of age when she married her
first husband. The wedding was q
brilliant affair, graced by the presence
of the chief executive of the state and
other state officials A year or two
after the marriage Mrs. Osbourne ac-
conpanied her husband to California,
where she afterward procured di-
vorce from him. Although the latter
was bright, congenial fellow, he
failed to get along in the world, and
after their removal to California Mrs.
Osbourne was compelled to earn liv-
ing for herself and children. Finally
the couple separated by mutual agree
ment.
In 1871 Mrs. Osbourne returned to In
dianapolis with her three children and
prepared to make trip to Europe. She
desired to cultivate talent for art,
which she had possessed from girlhood.
She went to the continent and in Paris
made something of a reputation as a
painter. She remained in Europe three
years and during this time her young
est child died. Then Osbourne went
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01
A Victim of Civility.

DR.. Nathan Schwarzkopf, an Aus
trian medical man, recently met with
his death in rather curious manner.
One day, while walking in the street, he
noticed that a mans hat had been
blown off by the wind, and ran to pick
1t up. While doing so he received a
blow on the hand from the walking
stick Of another pedestrian who was
also trying to stop the hat This &C.
cident, which appeared slight at the
time, resulted in suppurating wound,
and ultimately in general septicaemia,
from which, in spite of timely surgical
treatment, death ensued. The deceased
"viotim Of civility," as he has been
termed, was In the prime Of life, being
only forty-three years Of age.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01

Old Age.
a paths above they see not now
Who climb life's rugged way,
And cling to many friendly Dough
The wearying feet to stay.
1t leads through paths more fowery fair
Than yet the journey has done;
Great peace they know who wander there
In light of the westering sun.
In holy calm. q little space,
Through pastures still they roam,
Beyond earth's woes and WEAKNESS.
And wait the summons Home.
Twere blest reward that rest to know
From striving of long years;
Oh, many Home through sunshine 60.
Who have climbed through storms and
tearsi
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01

Rest.
When on the pillows of this lifes tumultuous
sea,
The darkness falls, the waters compass me,
My fainting heart grows weary battling with
the tide,
And, craving peace beyond all else beside,
My soul hath longed for rest.
When weary, Lord, of all that this vain world
can give,
Its beauties making life so sweet to live,
Its triumphs. and its glories givn to transient
guest,
Ny soul doth crave Thy rest
Father, my lips grow weary with their prayers
for peace,
The hands that labor knowing no surceese,
The heart that fainteth with its scarlet sins
contest,
Still crave. God, Thy rest
With'tired feet that faltring fail this side the
goal,
crave the Presence that shall make me
whole,
And looking upward toward the city OF the
blest,
My soul doth thirst for rest.
Ida L. Watson, in N. Y. Observer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01

Where Dreams Come True
A land Of love and laughter
OF JOY so keen;
No shade OF sad thereafter"
Or might have been"
All cloudless is the weather,
Meath skies Of blue.
Lover and lass together,
Where dreams come true.
There Is no dreary waking,
When dreams are done;
There Is no sad heart aching
When love is gone;
There is the Joy eternal
Naught can undo,
In that bright land supernal,
Where deans come true.
So let Us weave unending
Our revcrie,
And thank the gods for sending
Fancies so free:
Some life may yet be bright, dear.
For me and you,
In that far realm OF light, dear.
Where dreams come true.
Pail Mall Budget
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01
SMARTER THAN SATAN.
A Legend Told by the Good Burgh
ers of Vienna.
How DIR. Canamus outwittcd the Evil
One--Rather Than Marry the Doctors
widow the Clovcn-Hoofed Gent
Cksceled Their Contract.
written for This Paper.l

At the age of thirty DR.. Canamus was
greater philosopher than Empedocles
cine than the son of Apollo himself. He
had effected so many marvellous cures
and had SO often proved by the
clearest of reasoning that he was
ever ready to perform even more won
derful operations that finally his pre-
sumption began to surpass his science.
! AS he could find no colleague sufficiently
versed in the medical art to have dis
cussion with him, he was wont from
time Ftol ame to provoke the devil,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01
A Rogue and n vagabond.

Women who pose as professors OF
palmistry in this country will be glad
that they are not residents OF England,
where woman has recently been con-
victed for such q performance. The
conviction was under an old statute as
"a rogue and vagabond," and would
seem to have some underlying motive,
for the Young woman was only prao-
ticing her character reading as q sup
Elementary attraction TO an exhibition
Of pictures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-02-01
FROM THE POETS PEN.

If.
If any little word Of mine
May make a life the brighter,
If any little song Of mine
May make heart the lighter,
God help me speak the little word
And take my bit Of singing,
And drop it in some lonely vale.
To set the echoes ringing.
If any little love OF mine
May make a life the sweeter,
If any little care of mine
May make a friends the ileeter-
II any lift of mine may ease
The burden Of another,
God give me love, and care, and strength
To help my toiling brother
Mrs. NJ p. A. Crozier. In Morning Star.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28
10 be c~jntinued.)
TALKING SUNDAY SCHOOL.


From the Kansas City Star.
The Rev. S. M. Brown says he has
be IN %misquoted by the newspapers
regarding his attitude on the Sunday
school question. He says this is
what he said TO the Baptist ministers
recently assembled in Bales avenue
Baptist chapel:
81 am opposed to Sunday schools
as a separately organized work lnde-
pendent of the churches. / believe
the Sunday school would never have
been organized as a separate work
but for the fact that the church neg
lected the teaching department of its
work. There is the New Testament
teacher, as well as the New Tesla
ment preacher in the apostolic
church.
~ believe that the separation of
the Sunday school from the church
has tended to take our older people
out of u Sunday schools and u
younger people out of our regular
church services. Let the church
maintain its preaching and its teach
ing service without the separate
organization idea and let the same
~people-both parents and children
be found at both services.n
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28
A VALID EXCUSE.
rom the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
The rules that govern the Wash
ington public schools are strict as
may be and unalterable as the laws
of the Modes and the P~ersians.
When a child is absent he must bring
a written excuse for his nor -appear-
ance, orwell, something simply
dreadful will happen to him. have a
friend who teaches in one of the
primary grades in a Capitol Hill
school. One of her pupils was
absent not long ago, and after a few
days, in response to the teachers
command, brought an excuse written
by a mother with whom writing Is
evidently a painful process. 1t ran:
"Dear teacher, Tommy was absent
becaus he had 10 Pants, and that is
reason enough, God knows"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28
DIR. WILLIAM II. TRIGG.
From the Columbia Missouri Herald.

From the Columbia Missouri Herald.
In the death Of DR.. William II.
Trigg Boonville loses one of It's
foremost citizens. For over a half
century he had occupied the leading
place among the merchants of that
city and his name was everywhere q
for integrity and business
ability. The Trigg family has always
been q potent factor in the social,
intellectual and business life Of
Boonville. The death of its venera-
BILE and honored father will be
noted with sadness by all who have
come within the wide circle OF Its
helpful influence.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28

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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28
hat he could shoot him dead on the

that he could shoot him dead on the
spot.
Not only had Clement stolen what
he considered his birtbright, but had
added insult to injury by appropria-
ting the woman for whom Pierce
Vaughan had conceived an in
fatuation such as he had never felt
for any woman before.
That Lisbeth would never be his
rendered his intention to ruin
Clemen all the more determined.
For her sake, or rather in order to
win her, he had temporarily thought
of %concealing the fact of an intrigue
between Lisbeth and Sir Clement
from Lady Gertrude if, on investiga-
ton, he should discover that 1t
existed, but now that he had become
master of the truth nothing should
induce him to be otherwise than
absolutely remorseless.
After the airy wave of the hand
to his cousin he would have passed
on up the stair case, but Sir Clement
called out to him
"Look here, Pierce, Lady Gertrude
and / are up in town for a week.
She says you must come and dine.
We are at the Metropolis"
This off hand invitation annoyed
Pierce not a little. The hour had not
fyet-c ror 11inr' 20 speak out, and
he neither wished to accept civilities
nor inequalities from the man whose
downfall he intended to bring about
ere many days were over.
The usages of the society in which
they both moved, however, forbade
him to be churlish.
az will come and call on Lady
Gertrude as soon as l can," he said.
81 am rather overworked just now.
Got an ecclesiastical case coming on
in connection with a parson of the
name of Singleton"
Clement D%unraven neither paled
nor started, he had entirely forgotten
the name of the clergyman who
united him and Lisbeth, and the
word Singleton conveyed nothing to
his mind.
"Glad you are busy" he said
cheerily, "You will be judge yet
before you die. Come and dine,
however, I'll get Gertrude to send
!, you a line, for l don't know how our
engagements stand"
/, Pierce Vaughan neither accepted
/, nor refused, he was wondering why
Clement was so civil and looking
beneath the surface for a reason
J which did not exist. His sole motive
for asking Pierce to dinner beng his
desire to prevent Lady Gertrude from
seeing how thoroughly he hated him.
+ "Brazen blackguard, even the
name of Singleton does not make
him bleanch. | cannot dine at that
mans table or l shall be as base a
deceiver as he is" murmured
Vaughan to himself, as he loitered
on among the knot of men who
were chatting to Sir Clement, he
being resolved to mention nee more
} the nam of Singleton. In a few
seconds he had again the opportu-
nifty, one of the men hailing from
Yorkshire, but with the same point
less result, and so, after a few
minutes, he strobe away, to meet
Sir Clement Dunraven, his cousin.
again under what circumstances fate
would decide.
(1o he rsnfinnpHl
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28

me paronet was talking and
laughing with two or three men, and,
for the moment, seemed to have
cast away his trouble and the secret
which had of late been weighing him
down to the very earth. He did not
at first e his cousin; when he did
so a fierce light for a moment flashed
in his eyes, the hatred he had for
him would not lie so absolutely in
allegiance as to be wholly unobserved.
1t was intensified, too, by the
knowledge obtained from Lisbeth
that this obnoxious and obstructive
relation had dared to make love to
her.
OF o for what he had done
in connection with Pierce Vaughan
he had none, although for Lady
Gertrude's sweet sake he was 80
heavily f%reighted with sorrow as to be
hardly able to endure his own life,
Out MS excuse to himself ever lay in
the fact of Pierce Vaughan's
istence. If this hateful cousin In the
female line had not existed there
would have been no rival in his
uncle's favour, no question of the
estates being left to another In the
event of his not marrying Lady
Gertrude.
Pierce Vaughan was the first, by a
friendly wave of the had, to make a
sign of recognition, though ven as
he seemed to raise his hand in amity,
the recollection Of how Clement had
disclaimed him in every way made
him wish that II hsld : pistol and
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28
Star of the South.

GO to vslasco for health. sea air and
comfort; where ships too deep for an other
Texas ports sail In and and out with ease,
where fruits ripon earlier and pay better
Than 10 cAiifornls; whore the soil 10 q natural
hot-bed. Fresh vegetables ali winter.
coidsst day In three years, y degrees sbovs
sero. Warmest day, y degrees. yslasco
ohsFs the bsst tnyestmsats IN the south.
~ ~ csaeaa~&sQsvss ytaaaekpM4
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28
UNDER THE SHADOW OF CRIME,
OR The MYSTERY OF CLEMENT DUNRAvEN.
By Jean Middienass, author of "a Girl in a Thousand," "Seaed by a Kiss
"By Fair Means" DC
CHAPTER Xut.-BIGAMY.

is story will mot be published in book.form.- oopyrish 1894 by Jean Mtddiemassl
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-09-30
Athletics For Women.

In the memoria, building of the Young
Women S Christian association in Brook
Ign is a gymnasium which was opened
last season. 1t has been constructed to
meet the needs of young women who
can give only the evening hours to ath
letio exercise and pay only nominal
sum. In addition to the gymnasium
hall, with its visitors gallery and ele,
waited running track, are dressing rooms
bathrooms and needle baths. For the
modest sum of cents any woman,
whether member or not of the gymna.
SUM, can have bath. The work in
the gym comprises three grades-calis-
thenic, gymnastio and corrective. Cor
Sets and close fitting waists are prohib.
rted in all grades of work Among the
women we'll known in Brooklyn society
who are generous supporters of the as
ISOLATION are Mrs. Samuel B. Duryea,
Mrs. Clark Burnham, Mrs. g. 81. Prem
tiss and Mrs. G. W. Ide
One of the prettiest of gymnastic ex.
ercises-a new one-is that in which
the line of girls moves in an elaborate
arabesque or scroll, winding around in
concentric circles and then unwindinS
to form long line moving down the
length of the room in skillfully plan
ned curves. The music grows slower
and slower until the line finally comes to
a standstin, when the girls take their
places fol other exercises Brooklyn
EaQla