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The true northerner., 1897-05-12
i'm. "rve been thinking that all over. !"

him. "Tve been thinking that all over"
he said, "and I'll just say word instid."
With that he slowly found his feet and
the green patch over his eyes was
brought 10 bear on the court. The
silence of midnight fell on the crowded
room, as, leaning on the back of his
chair, the accused stood revealed in the
worn old single-breasted coat, the
coarse trousers and shoes, so long asso-
ciated with him. He cleared his throat
and then faltered. He did not know
how to begin. At last the words came
slowly, and with many a hitch and
stumble:
''You see, it's this way, Gen. Pike and
gentlemen of the court. i never knew
anything about what was expected of
regular officer, r / wouldn't have tried
it. All knew was what I'd seen durin'
the war, when they didn't seem to be so
different from the rest of us. / was
bred on the farm; never had no educa-
ton; had to work like a horse ever
since was weaned, almost, not only for
my own livin', but-but there was the
mother, and, as grew up, the hull care
of the farm fell on me, for my father
never was strong, and he broke down
entirely. When he died there warn't
nothing left but mortgage. There was
the mother and four kids to be fed on
that. For 90 years, from boy to man,
there never was time a copper didn't
look as big as cartwheel to me; and
when a mans been brought up that
,Uo1, ba don't ou+oroHv ~ oil of n SuI6ap
I've built the mother home of her
own, and paid off the mortgage and
stocked the farm, and educated the
youngsters and seen them married off,
and now 1 low they'll expect me to
educate the children. When hull fam
bly, grows up around one bread winner
it comes natural for the next generation
to live on him toe. j couldn't ha' gone
10 the war only Billy-he's the next
boy-was big enough to take care o
things once the mortgage was paid, and
afterwards l jined the army-the rig
gle-ers-because it looked to me like
they got bigger pay for less work than
any trade / ever heard of out our way.
I'm sorry / did il, cause so longs
there's no more fightin' / seem TO be in
the way; but l don't want TO quit
and here the rugged old fellow seemed
TO expand by at least II foot-"and I
don't mean to quit except honorable.
There amt man livin'-nor n woman
cither-can truthfully say 1 ever de-
frauded them of cent"
And then Close felt for the chair from
which he had unconsciously advanced.
and which Pierce hastened to push for
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would be an outrage. 1t would pre-
vent a man leading decent, honest life,
even if he was so inclined. 1t would
also, they argue, drive men to more
desperate crimes after their release,
for the brands would be a barrier TO a
life of anything save crime. OF course,
the mark would be valuable frequently
as a means of Identification. For in
stance, if Kentucky gentleman should
be returning home in the early hours
from a sociable game of American
draw at his club, or some other little
entertainment, and should meet a
strange man in the hall carrying off
the family plate and valuables, all he
would have to do toverify his suspicious
that the man was a burglar would
be to look at his checks, says the New
York Journal. If the letter "B' stood
out branded on each side, he need doubt
no longer. The intruder is a thief, and
to prove his identity the state of Ken
tucky has burned in its affidavit that
thieving is his regular vocation.
On the other hand, it is not impos-
sible in these days Of ingenuity and in
vention to circumvent the designs of
Providence in the form of the official
brander of the state. Skin grating is
as common an operation these days as
the pulling of an aching molar. and the
released convict could, at a reasonable
expense, have the brand cut out and
new skin grated in its place. And thus
would the ends of justice be defeated.
There are arguments on both sides Of
the and the supporters of each
will toss them at each other with
vehemence and earnestness when the
bill comes up for passage.
The true northerner., 1897-05-12
THE BABY'S CHARMS.

Come here. my drowsy-eyed darling and
cuddls In mothers arms.
while sne makes up a song for bedtime
about her baby's charms.
Oh. what cunning dimple here in the
baby's chlnl
i know what 1t was made for-just to put
kisses in!
The ewes that are smiling in mine. dear, are
Volets winsome and blue.
Sweetest OF all sweet flowers. here's a
~1ong, sweet kiss for you.
Ard the cheeks OF the baby are roses. and
mothers lips are bees,
That will gather the honey OF Iiybla from
such rare flowers as these.
Rosy and plump little fingers. chubby and
dear little toes
Which a mother loves best, dear. never q
mother knows!
A kiss for each dainty finger. a hug for
each dimpled toe.
May God show the feet OF my baby the
one right way 10 so.
All. but the sleepy blossoms of my baby's
blue eyes close;
Mother will shut them with kisses above
the cheeks red rose.
6leap-rand dream sweetly. darling. in the
Icradle OF my arms,
Whyle the song sinks into silence that was
woven Of baby's charms.
-Eben E. Rexford. in Ladies' World.
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Barton Potts. Here the warm. soft.

Barton Potts. Here the warm, soft.
salty breezes seemed to bring new lease
of life TO the beloved invalid, though
ii was plain TO one and all she could
never be herself again. Scroggs, her
kinsman son-in-law, was rapidly mend
ing and eagerly casting about for en-
ployment. Floyd, restored to duty with
out trial, was serving patiently and
faithfully with his regiment in Texas,
bent evidently on making good his
words. The two events which seemed
to bring general cheer and rejoicing
to the household were those which three
months before would have been prompt
ly derided as absurd and impossible;
one was the weekly letter from n troop
er in the union blue, the other much
rarer visit from a Yankee subaltern,
whose profession was not to be disguised
because he was in "cits'." On the oc-
casion of his first appearance in that
garb Miss Walton did him the honor to
say: "Ah never did like you, but All
do think those clothes wuhse than the
Others" This was rather hard, be-
cause, as the spring came on, Lambert's
lot at the barracks was not as pleasant
as it might have been, and his COM
fort consisted in running over to see
how Madam Walton was doing.
Cram and his battery, with Waring,
Pierce, and all, had been ordered away,
and then for the first time Lambert
realized, what his regimental comrades
had marked for months, that he pre-
ferred the companionship of the bat
terry men to that of the men who wore
the bugle, the badge of the infantry in
those benighted days. Old Brax con-
cluded he had had enough of garrison
life, and sought a long leave. Maj.
Minor took command of the regiment
and post, and the adjutaat and quarter
master took command of Maj. Minor.
1t had neither been forgiven nor forgot
ten by these staff officials that Lam
bert had been equally outspollen in de-
fense of Close and denunciation of his
accusers, and the further fact that he
preferred to spend his leisure hovrs
with his fellow-graduate of the arIil-
lery rather than his uncongenial breth-
ren of the -teenth gave the offended
ones abundant material to work on.
Minor was weakling-a bureau officer
during the war days, a man who could
muster and disburse without a flaw,
but never set a squadron in the field
without "fuke." Lambert was q cap
ital drill-master and tactici9n, and &c"
company, under his instruction, was
rapidly overhauling every other in the
regiment, even those of Kinsey and
Lively, the two real soldiers among the
captains. Minor hated the sight of n
page of tactics, and never even held
dress parade. Lambert had clear,
ringing voice, and Minor couldn't make
himself heard. One morning the or
derly came to Lambert at company drill
with "the majors compliments, and
please to take company c. outside the
garrison, or make less noise" 1t was
the adjutant's doing, as things turned
out afterwards. but it angered Lambert
against the commander.
[To BE Continued
The true northerner., 1897-05-12

ward to him, and abruptly sat down.
Court adjourned sine die just at lunch
con time, and some of the officers of the
infantry mess invited the members to
come over and have bite and sup.
They all went but Cram and Waring,
Cram saying he had asked few friends
TO his quarters, and Waring audibly re-
marking that it would take away his
appetite to have to sit at meat with 50
and so; so and so being the officers who
were mainly instrumental in working
up the case against Close. The telegram
sent by Mr.. Newton Lambert that after
noon was on his own responsibility, be
cause neither judge advocate nor mem
Der of the court could reveal it's find
ing, but it bore all the weight of au-
Jhority and it brought untold relief
to an anxious household; not, as might
be expected, 10 the immediate friends
and relatives of the accused in the dis
tant north, for never until days after
wards did they know anything about it,
but to little family "lately in rebel
lion" and holding in adherence Capt.
Close and all his kin; for the dispatch
was addressed to Mrs. Walton Scroggs,
Pass Christian.
The true northerner., 1897-05-12

The honorable acquittal of Capt.
Close proved, as was to be expected, a
thorn in the flesh of certain OF his ac-
cusers, and stirred up trouble in the
gallant -teenth. This was a matter
Close didn't much mind. lie was grant
ed six months leave Oh a surgeons GER
tificate of disability, which meant on
full pay, and he took it very hard that
some means were not devised to
send him north under orders, so
that he could draw mileage. He and
Lambert went back to Tugaloo together
and packed up, for &c" company was
ordered relieved by another, and Close
was there made the happy recipient
OF pass TO Chicago, while the old com
pany, after seeing their ex-command-
er safely aboard the sleeper, went on
down the road TO New Orleans and
took station once more with regimental
headquarters.
Here Mr.. Lambert found means of
getting occasional brief leaves of abb
seace and of employing his two or three
days in visits to his erstwhile neighbors
of Walton hall, now comfortably domi-
ciled IN n picturesque but somewhat
dilapidated cid cottage close to the
tumbling waves of the gulf. 1t had
been the property Of near relative
before the war. and was reclaimed and
put in partial order for their use. ap-
parcntly, through the efforts of their
old physician and the energies of Mr..
The true northerner., 1897-05-12
FRO BE Continued
FOR POOR SPELLERS.
Consolation for Those Who Are Weak In
Orthography.

perfect mastery of orthography is
not essential to goodness of heart or
strength of intellect, but lis cminently
desirable, nevertheless, and all young
people should be taught SO to regard it.
And yet, if a man is one of the lInfortu-
rates who possesses no spelling gift,
it may not be wrong for him to console
himself with the knowledge that he is
by no means alone in his infirmity.
Editors, of all men, know that weak
ness of that kind may consist with
much learning and an excellent Eng
lish style. Some of their favorite con-
tributors school-teachers, professors
and even college presidents-are given
to expressing their most original
thoughts in equally original orthog-
raphy. In part this may be due to
hasty writing, but when the same word
is misspelled in the same ingenious
way throughout an entire manuscript
some less charitable explanation is
forced upon the reader.
In old times, as is well known, the
most scholarly men spelled very much
as they pleased. DR.. Samuel Johnson
was perhaps the first-certainly lie was
amongthe first-to' 'setorthography on
n sure footing" and it is the more sur
prising, therefore, TO find him ore of
the worst offenders.
DR.. Hill, in his edition of DR.. John
sons letters, remarks upon this singu-
lar fact, and cites a long list of exam
pies, worthy of a very dull schoolboy:
"Persuance," 81 cannot butt" "happy-
est" 'Fryday," "pamfets," invent
ter" ''barel," Acknowledgements" dis
tresful," "Plimouth," imbecillity,"
"enervaiting," "devide," illness"
We quote these, not that any youth
full reader should excuse his own igno-
rance by an appeal to the great lexi-
cographer's example, but as n curious
instance of human fralty, and as n
possible comfort TO elderly scholars
from whom nature has withheld an
orthographical memory. - Youths
COMPANION.
The true northerner., 1897-05-12
Irrelevant Questions

Here is a story told 10y n relative of
Lady Langford, the original of Lady
Kew in Thackeray's "Newccmes: LADY
Langford had only once seen her cousin,
Lord Langford, when he came TO visit
her grandmother, and the next day the
old lady told her she was to marry
him. Very well, grandmamma, but
when? Il never in my life heard
such an impertinent question: said
the grandmother; what business is il
Of yours when you are to marry himg
You will marry him when | tell you.
However, whenever you hear me order
six horses TO the carriage, you may
know that you are going TO be married
And so il was. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
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ent time to relieve it from its diff
cultics. Of these there are not few,
but the eXuberant Greek mind is ready
TO turn to the first popular hero that
presents himself Ralli seized the OPP
portunity of his life when the Delyannis
ministry began to totter. The Greeks,
like most other people, are ever ready
TO receive a new administrator when
the old seems a failure. Ralli, feeling
the popular pulse, realized that the
Greeks, in spite of their reverses, were
for the continuation of the war, and he
laid out programme calculated to
catch the public sentiment. In the first
place he advised rebuilding of the
army so as to continue the war; next he
advised a strict discipline TO maintain
internal order so that the war might be
continued. All this met with the APP
proval of the people. Next he declared
that the people had been betrayed at
Iarissa, which also met with popular
approval, and then he declared that n
strict home government was necessary
and that the Greeks must prepare for
desperate home struggle, which in
every sense is perfectly true. Ralli
does not propose, as he says, to lead the
PEOPLE Of Greece. but to let the people
of Greece lead him. He declares he
shall be guided by the dictates Of
Hellenism, and says that when HELEN
ism demands n change of ministers he
is ready to comply. VI. Rail- was the
leader of the opposition and was well
known in public life. He has been
minister OF justice and minister Of i'm
terror. and is an able lawyer and orator.
He is so years old, and studied at the
University Of Athens and at Paris.
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sparks from Moody.s Anvil.

\ fool can be n very busy critic.
God is love whichever way the wind
blows.
Faith is worth more than n shipload
of gold.
Christ on earth was match for every
ill-dcath. disease and devils.
The Bible says ten times ns much
against covctousness as il does against
drunkenness.
You can't educate yourself into
Heaven. a good many rich people will
find they can't buy themselves into
Heaven.
The true northerner., 1897-05-12
WOULD BRAND THIEVES.
Peculiar Bill Now Pending I'm tho
Kentucky Legislature.

There was recently introduced in
the Kentucky Legislature a bill provid-
ing for the branding of all burglars
who were committed to the penal insti-
tutions of. the state. The measure di-
reefs that all such convicts shall have
the letter "B" branded on both cheeks
during their incarceration. The pur-
pose of the father of the bill is to sepa-
rate criminals from honest men.
It's probable fate is a problem. 1t
has many supporters and many
enemies. Chief 2mong the latter are
the optimists who believe that crimin-
ais can and will reform under properin-
fuences and circumstances. In such
instances, they claim, the branding
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You Know What Followed.

Mis-. Browne Tin great haste to go tr
his Office )-Where on earth is my
razor? / can't find it anywhere
Browne, Jr.--If you mean your whis
kcr knife. papa, I know where it is, ano
it's awful sharp, cause il cuts boards
dandy.-Up-to-D Date.
The true northerner., 1897-05-12
HAS HIS HANDS FULL.
The Task Undertaken by Greece's
New Premier Is Serious.

Demetrius Ralli, the Grecian hero of
the hour, is by far the greatest man in
Athens to-day. lie has supplanted NJ.
Delyannis as premier, and his counsels
are more respected among the populace
than those of the king himself. The
truth is that Ralli, suddenly arisen 20
power in the feverish feeling that now
prevails in Greece, stands first and
foremost with the people, and it is said
that his commands are respected even
at the palace itself. Ralli is the man to
whom all Greece is looking at the pres
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
UNlUCkY ROYAL SAILORS
Nearly All of Them Have Some Bad Acct
dent to Their Discredit.

Nearly All of Them Have Some Bad Acct
dent to Their Discredit.
Somehow or other royal and imperial
princes who have adopted a seafaring life
as profession seem to be pursued with i'll
luck. At Petersburg not long ago the
Grand Duke Alexis, lord high admiral Of
the Russian fleet, managed to run his
yacht into the Russian steamship Limorno,
with little damage to the latter, but iDjur
ing tho yacht to the extent of some 100, 900
rubles.
His brother-in law, the Duke Of Coburg,
quilted active service In the British navy
with his record besmirched by the loss Of
his flagship, the Sultan, on rock near
Malta. The queens nephew, Admiral the
Prince Of Leiningen, Is celebrated In par
ticular for his feat In running down the
yacht Mistletoe In the Solent while In CON-
mand of the royal yacht, the queen herself
being on board. Several lives were lost In
this collision.
The sailor brother of the emperor of Ger
many has hitherto escaped maritime dis
aster from the relatively email amount of
sea service that he has done. But his mis-
fortunes on land have been unoommonly
numerous, especially when he has been out
shooting. Not only did he severely injure
a Greek gentleman by the accidental dis
charge Of his gun at Corfu some few years
ago, but there Is also a gan1ekeeper of his
uncle, the Grand Duke of Baden, who Is
in receipt Of n handsome pension from the
prince for the serious wound resulting
from his carelessness in handling gun.
Archduke John of Austria, who passed
the examination necessary to secure his
papers as licensed skipper, disappeared
from sight a few years ago while rounding
Cape Horn In his ship, and no one knows
to this day whether he is alive or dead.
Indeed, the only royal sailor princes who
have escaped mishap are the Duke of York
and the Italian Duke of Genoa. London
American.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

or revision OF the tari6. Let the
tariff alone. The time Is fs. too short
in which the Wilson tariff ha' been in
force to judge of its workings. The
hard times have driven irresponsible
concerns out Of business. Business
men have had training in conserva-
t,sm that wilt be Of great worth to
th,m The surplus stock carried ny
mauy large firms has been greatly r.
duced The iaOoring element has been
obliged to be economical. Everybody
Is in need of che n-cessaries OF lite that
will not be obtained unless business
revives. We are down to rock bottom,
aud the time is ripe for n grand bus'-
ness revival aud an era OF prosperity.
Let the tariff alone. Remove the brakes
from the wheels OF progress aud busi-
ness will boom and the tariff will take
care of itself
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
All She Required.

A certain shopwalker in n large estab-
lishment Is noted for his severity to those
under him in business One day he ap-
preached a junior assistant from whose
counter a lady had just moved away.
"You lot that lady go without making
q purchase?" he asked severely.
eyes, sir, p
"And she was at your counter fully ten
minutes?'
Doubtless, but then you see"-
Exactly. saw that in spite of all the
questions she put to you you rarely an
swered her and never attempted to get
what she wanted"
swell, but
"I shall report your carelessness
"Well, / hadn't what she wanted"
"What was thatp"
"Half q crown. She's book canvasser,
getting subscribers TO the Life of Moses ~
And the shopwalker retired crestfallen.
--Pearson's Weekly
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
TOO MUCH POLITICS.

The week past marked the most i'm
portant week in the business interests
OF the country as relates to the year
just closed ard the year just opened.
The periodicity Of business failures fol-
lowsa fixed rule, and mercantile bouses
hat succeed in passing satisfactory
examination in July strive the harder
Il the first half Of the year has not been
very prospectus to be able to strike q
satisfactory balance at the end of the
year. The first week in the new year
always brings with it great many
failures Of firms and corporations that
have been struggling for an existence.
There have been ihe usual number this
year aud but few more are to be ex.
pected for q weeks time or less, will
generally show the standing OF any
business. A revival OF business and a
prosperous era is at hand. But one
thing impedes the progress of good
times. The tinkering politicians are
at work. Issues that threatened tn,
busines, interests cf the nation wer,
fought ont in November. Sound judg
ment and sound money won. A bust
nsss revival was at once apparent, bu
it was Of IN insipient nature. 1mme
diately following the election came RI
mors OF an extra session of Congress
snd new tariff. Two brakes that a
once stopped the wheels of business
and already mill owners in New Eng
land are considering the advisability o
again closing their mills that have beef
idle eli the summer long. We have to
much Congress too much tariff. 1t !
NOT > question OF high tariff, low taril
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
PRESIDENT GOFF'S PAPER.

The worry able. concise and direct pa
per read at the meeting of the Business
Mems Association last evening by the
president of that body was an X ray
view of the pulsations of city life, and
dwelt principally on the political side.
Like a revolving panorama the clear,
keen Judgment of the speaker revealed
the Impressions made by persons de-
string to further their own advance
ment on the business community OF
our city. 1t is Be dom, and we say it
with regret, that an opportunity of this
kind is offered. The business man not
associated with any class or body of
men Who have self-interest at stake are
in position to see clearly the aims and
objects of those who Lave not the in.
terests of the city in which they reside
at heart. IL is the man whose capital
il invested in local interests whose saw
ings and investments are in the custody
of Pawtucket institutions whose In
terest in the future welfare Of the
municipality in which he resides is Of
vital importance to his business and in.
come:whose perceptions are made acute.
This il the class of men who analytic
ways, means and methods from an
honest and business.like standpoint
and from this stand was the question
90 ably argued last evening.
The clamor and tinsel Of political ar
gument fades before the cold searching
gaze of the men who have the true in
terests of his city at heart as quickly as
the early morning mist is dirpelled by
the rays OF the rising sun.
The way in which the paper was re-
ceived by the associates of the speaker
was an Endorsement Of the sentiment
expressed. The reference to the new
Mayor and his associates in the expec-
tation Of better things political in Paw.
tucket is but an honest tribute to those
now in power. We recommend care.
full perusal of the paper we refer TO-
rs aside from matters political il deals
with matters Of import to every tax.
payer.