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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-10-28

"Well,'" bitterly, "wha. wonli voa
have me 10 say: Ask you 70 marry
me-"
Yes, :" frankly
The sergean; laughed again
Lord. | can imagine II. The dis
honorable sergeant, and the Homer
able Mrs. brown
Bother the Honorable" broke ii
. the woman
Carried on the troop returns and
/ drawing their monthly rations, one
pound Of bread per day. one pound q
fresh meat. including bone. don't for
get the bone. AL ounce ana "a fraction
| OF coffee, etc, etc. ami living Ia a
/ tumbledown wooden howell. and Won
taking In the troop washing ~ "A dol
lar and a half month per man. and
baking pies, which | should peddle 10
the men In quarters on credi. until !
| pay day Oh. the prospect Is fine. /.
And once week you will wear your I
! Sunday clothes nightmare of bon /
net and tight. shiny black dress with
tremendous sleeves. and 90 70 church
| Don't You like the picture?" sneerlug
ly "of course, You be very happy.
and l should be very contented /;
goes without saying. No. | don't
think yonve thought much about the
bargain, or You wouldn't make this
offer
John Trevor" she said. .'since |
left New York ! have not allowed my
self to sleep because of thinking Of
this thing Now YOU tel me haven,
thought Of it
The sergeant smiled grimly. He
had been in the habit Of taking 70 his
bunk and resolutely closing his eyes
TO keep from thinking
Then the woman. pleadingly: Jack.
you know this thing would not 10 as
You say We should not have 70 stay
here | have something, If you have
not
,, Yes, that would be better still.
I'm the class Of man that should marry
an heiress; without penny, without
even character
when God placed You in the world,
dear, said the woman, gently. He
gave you strong mans heritage,
health and strength and the whole
world to live IN Won't You come?
Let us 60 away together somewhere
and make home =
The sergeant shook his head sor-
4 rowfully
"No, Madge," he said, I won, 10
it, for your sake, not for mime. II |
$ worked my finger. TO the bone. could
: | ever pay those men | ran away from
/ when the Grey broke his neck and my
! fortune at that water lnmp?'
/ The woman smiled to herself in the
: darkness.
9 cJack, didn't you ever hear how
II much your horses brought when they
v were sold?'
} NO, I've heard nothing, seen ne
; man, seen nothing. not even line, "a
z to the old life. Let see, there wer,
II ten OF them. without the Grey. Prob
y ably they made five thousand dollars.
e The smile was still on the woIran',
Il lips.
q Yes" she said quietly, Give thou
'e sand each And they paid all youi
y debts You owe no man anything
r Five thousand dollars each. the
, sergeant gasped What fool bongh
thcm?"
T i bought them I sent Walters
{ the horse dealer. up t. the sale witt
n orders 10 start the bidding of each a
l. five thousand dollars It nearl,
$ spoiled Waters reputation, but i
n saved yours So now, Won see. un
ie steadily, I'm not such al helres
$ after all .
Ut She hal stepped hack into the lleh
r
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-10-28

ana a5 70 religions emotion III arr kfas.
ne 'hought II positively vulgar. Wines
.di'17 theaters, rounds - e1-t4- eAvatv
8efe u her the highest satisfaction 1re
1aE u heighb0r sent in visiting nara ara
'ui3 la4y came down the stairs IN tears
ahI toIl the whole story how sne had NOS
si"pt Tor several nights, and she fearad shs.
va gp,hS 10 Ic~e her soul and She ~ =
HeFed i some one would not come aro1ad
a7l pray with her From that tim4 t.~
ehtir" denean0r was changed and b~,,4z,a
IL" was not called npGn 70 sacrifice a~.v ~
her amenities ~ life size c8userrated her
beauty her social position, her family he-
Hil = To! and tue church ant usefulness
EFerybody said II regard 10 he-: Hare
yo1 noticed the change. and sFnat III the
world caused IT." ALL 10 one could make
satisfactory expb0Hatfon. In tho course o.
two years, thodgh there was No general
AWAKENING in that cHureh. fnanv such fso-
lated rases of unexpected and unae-
conhta9Ie conversions took place. The
very people WnOn 40 one thought w0uA
he affected ~ such considerations sv.rs.
converted Ihe pastor aHl t1e OF -er- -
II" church wece on the l1JA9ut fo- the
solution ~ this religion !ta.t.9..s5-. ,a
Where Is it, they -.iI "anl who IS il
and what Is IL"
At last the discovery wes male aal au
was explained. A poor eli Car.-.1t sgo-
man standing IN the y.~tiasl, os tae..4.r
ono sunday morai1. irving ID -. er
breath again before Shes Wrut a stairs to
the gallery, heard the inquiry and t...l .t.s
secret. Tor year- she hal 55esa r. t.r
haDit of concentrating ali her Trqvers for
particular persons ii that church. Shes
would see some man or vGn4n fre4ptt
and, though She might not ;uosr the !.er-
sons name, she would prav furtilat person
until he or she was "cn ,ertn ~ Cf31. AL
her prcvers wnrn (er that one uer-ou i,l-e
that one. Sh" w.aitel and waited ior eoTs-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-10-28

.E.
- PRAYER For the
-ft Comes From secret
.n Home the Fouu-
5,3 GRACIOUS Influence.
h n tho secret
arms !: VII.
ta1 2o'cleck in the .
an I anl sun
rery thiek. an I.
uit " the escats-
bottom If the Rel (
-ct no On either
,ptire. for God caa I
il IA water as ont of
with which thesa
l5ly were none the less
q1ee Invisible. Such walls
rs been lifted. When ss,s
=" Rod Sea ioilinG through /
were biue and bnauti-
ett"r' waters but 3 c
ato tfsm built into
t AMI now on the
hr.s frowning wa
l- that the same
III, might suddenly
great lantern II
e.a4u between III.
rat tHat l1ntarn wa.
isi3 li:c- ahead, giyIn,
ht.nk u the lantern
.#4u- and * gr1wlnl
rrt rffl Thunder. not
1 cae..rs the eartl
i.4tttlc rrfrq-hin,
t.I -areIar,nl Wit
Iyy,ptiqu .at,taiu.
.Irsl and the ho--r.
w3uI! not answer
.G.ri9t wheels cot II
and the chari5teer-
aul the Rod Ncu fr.I
eaaru-inr AMI con
in answer 10 tho
with their hacks
5eir feet bleeding, nm !
s3th the -ufrerjn,. If
...s ha aIa-ke,l Almighty
their E.vptlan pur-
4r.anhayr- and the
A tlle RED Sen a. II
14r.a bod were ONLY the
aaa-,l3 an a denI hos
f tine text, when God
.#, ia the secret plac.
1.1 -, pnf
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-10-28
w OMAN PROPOSES.


HE day had
been very hot
and through
the middle Of
it the men,
half strip
ped had lain
around til e
q II a I t e r $
tllrSlnp he
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
WOMEN OF NOTE,

Mrs. Mckinley presented to each OF
the young ladies in her party who at
tended the inaugural ball handsome
fan and lace handkerchief as a souve.
mir.
When the queen, now In her 18th
year, assembled the throne, the poke
bonnet was the most characteristic fea-
ture OF feminine attire. That was in
the year 1887.
Mrs. John Sherman is exceedingly
we'll read and deeply interested in cur
rent events. Next year she and Sec
rotary Sherman will be able to cele-
brate their golden wedding.
Nowadays, when women are Just
venturing to ride horseback astride, it
is interesting to know that Queen
Anne, consort of Richard II of Eng
land, was the first woman to ride a
side saddle, previous to that women
riding as did the men.
Fraulein Anna Siegmund, a grand
niece of the great composer Schubert,
who is student in the dramatic de-
partlnent of the Vienna Conservatory,
recently appeared in that city as Fran
cisca in "Miana Won Barnhelm" and Vi
ola In las You Like It." 1t was her
FIRST public performance.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
Stow, the English AntlGuary.

John Stow, the celebrated English
antiquary, was remarkable man. He
was born Of poor parents about 1925,
and brought up to the tailor's trade.
For forty years his life was passed
among needles and thread, but in the
few leisure hours which his trade al
lowed him, he had always been a fond
reader Of legends. chronicles, histories
and all that told Of the times that were
past. BY such reading he grew to be
so attached to old memories that when
about forty years OF age he threw down
his needle, devoted himself to collect
ing them and followed his new profess
sion with the faith and enthusiasm of
an apostle. Short of means. he made
long journeys afoot to hunt over and
ransack colleges and monasteries. and
no matter how worn and torn might
be the rags Of old papers which he
found, he kept all, reviewing, connect
ing, copying, comparing, annotating
with truly wonderful ability and good
sense. Arrived at fourscore years, and
no longer capable of earning a live
lihood, he applied to the king, and
James l., consenting to his petition.
granted to the man who had saved
treasures of memoirs for English his
tory, the favor Of wearing a beggar's
garb and asking aims at church doors.
In this abject state, forgotten and de-
spised, he died two years later.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
COUNTRY OF SURPRISES.
CrSl, Lead, Silver and Tin In South
Africa.

l~sl, Lead. Silver and Tin in South
Africa.
While there is little doubt that with
proper development of its agricultural
and pastoral resources South Africa
could be made practically self-support'
ing, the successful development Of these
industries depends nevertheless upon
the creation of local markets through
the stimulus given by mining opera
tions, says the North American Re.
view.
With the exception of mining gold:
diamonds and coal there have been nc
considerable explorations of its min.
eral resources. Coal fortunately exists
in many parts of the country. and 1t
has been estimated that the known coal
fields represent an area of $4,000 square
miles, which is equal in extent to the
state of Iowa. There exist in some
parts Of the country large deposits OF
iron contiguous to the coal fields. But
as yet the economic conditions have
not favored the development of that in.
dustry. Lead, silver, cinnabar, tin and
other metals are also found in many
parts Of the country, but have not been
remuneratively worked. Among the
mining countries Of South Africa the
Transvaal is facile princeps, and is in
all probability destined to maintain its
paramount position, though, as is we'll
known, South Africa is "a country OF
surprises" and it is possible, of course
though not probable, that within Its
great extent other equally important
districts may be discovered.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
WHERE MARY LAMB DIED.
Tho Little Dreamy Old Lady's Famou

Tho Little Dreamy Old Lady's Famoul
Visitors.
Apropos Of the recent celebration O.
Charles Lambs birthday at the UrbaE
Club, John Hollingshead writes as fol-
lows in London Sketch:
The house in which Mary Lamb died
after surviving her devoted brother
Charles Lamb (who died In 1885, thir'
teen years. has been swept away with
the bulk of Alpha road by the new Shelf
field railway works.
After Mary Lamb had murdered he'
mother in a fit OF insanity it became
question what was to be done with her.
Her brother and friends came to the
rescue to prevent her being impri 'oned
as criminal lunatic. My two great
aunts-Miss Sarah James and Mrs.
Parsons-as friends of the family, Of
fered to be responsible for her safety
and conduct, and Mrs. Parsons. who
lived at 20 Alpha road, the northwest
side. about eight houses from the main
road, fitted her up comfortable room
on the ground floor, with French door
window opening into the orchard gar
den, which in the later '30s and '40s
was full of apple trees.
This room was her sitting room and
library, every inch of the walls being
filled with books, some of them presen-
tation copies, in paper covers, from
Wordsworth, Keats, Coleridge, South
ey, John Clare, William Goodwin, Tom
Hood and others, with the folios and
old dramatists which Charles Lamb had
cleaned from many bookstalls.
spent many afternoons with the
little, dreamy old lady, who often look
ed over me rather than at me. and tried
my best to amuse her by playing very
irregular game Of whist.
Visitors sometimes came in and was
allowed to watch them from corner.
William Goodwin, Miss Kelly, Ton
Hood, William Hazlitt and many 9TH
ers passed before my boyish eyes, and
am sorry to say l often left them to
go out in the garden and feast myself
on the apples.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

spare me the very disagreeable duty
Of accompanying you home"
Mrs. Darby turns white. "Senor,
addressing the newcomer, this man
has irsulted me. Will you take me to
my hotel?"
! The senior eyed the young American
curiously.
He had lent the Spaniard 500 francs
the night before, and after such gen.
erosity the suave foreigner could not
believe him capable of insulting lady.
He turns to Mrs. Darby. "Since
when. madame. have had the right 10
protect you from your own country
menu"
Then, holding out a small packet to
Dick Templeton. Here is the money,
monsieur, you so kindly lent me at
cards last night. am leaving for
Lausannes on the 5 o'clock train"
He shakes hands cordially with
Dick, bows formally to Mrs. Darby and,
crossing the road, is soon lost to view
in narrow side street.
Templeton, thrusting the money IN
his pocket, turns his back to Mrs. OAR
by and again leans over the parapet.
"Dick," says Marion in low voice.
Suppressing an oath, Dick. without
turning, says coldly:
Are you going on, Mrs. Darby. or
shall II"
The woman sees she cannot retrieve
what she has lost.
A moment later Marion Darby Is
walking up the quay alone.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

for nearly two years. He had told his
wife of his rank and his wealth, but
he had not yet mentioned the fact that
he already had three other wives at
home.
But in 1892 there came command
from the Shah to return home. Abb
lullah had by this time decided to
make England his home. He was
man Of cultivation and had found Eu-
ropean civilization much to his taste.
But, under penalty Of FORGETTING his
estate, he was obliged to obey the
Shah's orders, and when he reached
Teheran he had to tell his English
bride that she was only No. 4. One
can imagine the scene, the tears, the
protestations, and all the rest. But
there was nothing for the young wife
to do but to submit, and she had the
satisfaction OF being the preferred wife,
the first lady Of the harem.
When it was known to the English
at Teheran that one Of their country
women was in the harem there was
considerable excitement, and many
English ladies visited her. She be-
came at once popular in court circles.
and the Shah gave her the name OF
Beebee Khanung, signifying 1.-The lady
Of ladies'" But favor and popularity
cost her trials and dangers, as will be
seen.
A few months ago Abdullah sudden
ly died. much to his wife's grief. His
eldest son, tsalous because his father
had settled go MECH property upon
Beebees little son, sliced the house
and sealed the doors. Beebee broke
the seals and was arrested, and three
attempts were made to poison her, the
last so nearly successful that an Eng
lish doctor barely succeeded in saving
her life. Through the Intervention OF
the British Legation she finally OBJ
tanned her property, and sailed for
London, where she has just arrived
with her boy.
This little boy, Allah Nasrit, or the
Gift Of Cod" has exchanged the bag
gy satin trousers and loose silken coat,
set of with diamond buttons, OF his
own country for the sailor costume Of
a British tar. He is a handsome, clev.
er boy, and at the age Of four already
displays the autccracy enjoyed by his
sex In Persia.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
Horses Keen Instinct,

Tho horse has a strong sense Of
smell. He will leave musty hay un-
touched in his bin, however hungry;
neither will he drink Objectionable
water, however thirsty. His intelli-
gent nostril will widen, CULVER and
query over the daintiest bits offered
by the fairest hands. Blind horses will
gallop wildly about a pasture without
striking the surrounding fence. The
sense Of smell informs them OF its
proximity. Others will, when loosened
from the stable, 90 to the gate or bars
opening to their accustomed feeding
grounds. The horse, in browsing, is
guided in its choice Of proper food en-
tirely b. its nostrils. Blind horses do
not make mistakes in their diet. In
the temple Of Olympus a bronze horse
was exhibited, at the sight of which
real horses experienced the most vio-
lent emotion. It is said that in cast
ing the statue a magician had thrown
hippomanes upon 1t, which, by the
odor Of the plant, deceived the horses,
and therein is the secret OF the mir
acle.-rdB Bits.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
Gle much needs the discipline ct an

"Ee much needs the discipline CT an
English school," says his mother, for
in Persia his word is law. Being CO.
heir with an only brother, he was lord
of the village in which we lived, and
every village child was his slave. When
brought in to amuse him, If their bows
were not sufficiently reverential and
conduct irreproachable, he issued in
structions, and the small offenders
were promptly beaten, for Persian
boys are taught tyranny from the era
die.
When bored, band, with the inev-
liable dancing monkey, was brought in
for his sole delectation. He has been
only two weeks in England, and 1t Is
impossible yet to make him understand
that piano-organ and street musicians
are not under his absolute authority.
He perpetually orders them, in native
Persian, to remain playing so long as
he is pleased to be pleased, and exhib-
its the utmost disgust when they move
on regardless Of his lordly commands.
Sometimes I am glad he cannot
speak English, for in Persia he was
taught to class Europeans with mon
keys, and he has no hesitation in adj
dressing them as such If they offend
his prejudices. Fortunately his Ian
guage is so pretty that the opprobrious
title frequently passes for term of en-
dearment"
Nasrit is a devout Mussulman, and
was intensely Mortified to find the ia
miliar terms on which dogs, so abb
horred by Mohammedans, are admitted
to English households. The friendly
nose OF dog thrust into his hand was
the signal for flood of tears and We
hement insstence on triple scrub
bling Of the member so def1led. The
love Of animals inherent in boy nature
has changed the spirit of Nasrit's pre-
JUDGES, and he now scampers prettlly
about lawn with sympathetic Eng
lish bulldog as friend and confidante.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

head from her lovely shoulders, but is
quite new, quite modern and altogether
fascinating. Like Scheherezade's 1t IS
told by first lady of the harem, and
it deals with her life in Persia. 1t IS
romance that mixes up prosy Eng
land and the sensuous East in the most
delightful fashion, for the heroine OF
it was London shop girl before she
became one of the four wives, and later
one of the four widows, Of Persian
nobleman.
Seven years ago Miss Frances Black
man was stall girl at the Crystal Pal
ace, and sold ivory Dric-a-brac to Who
ever would buy. She was a rather
pretty girl, and at the time OF the
Shah's visit to England captivated the
fancy of a dark-skinned nobleman IN
the potentate's party.
This man proved to be Abdullah
Hussein Khan, cousin of the Shah,
man of great wealth and influence IN
his own country. Stopping one day at
the stalls, he was greatly attracted by
Miss Blackman and bought some tribes
from her. He returned the next day
and bought some more.
When he appeared the third day Miss
Blackman perceived that it was she.
and not her wares, that attracted the
dark-skinned stranger, and thereupon
the romance began. History is silent
upon the details of the courtship, but
it is known that he gave her many
costly gifts of exquisite Eastern work
manship and eventually proposed, was
accepted and married her. The cere-
mony was performed in a Roman Cath
olic church in the beginning of $780,
Abdullah Hussein Khan was from
the beginning exceedingly fond Of his
pretty English bride. He obtained per-
mission to remain in England when
the Shah went home and hired hand
some fiat at Hyde Park Mansion.
where he lived in supreme happiness
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
THE RIGHT OF WAY.

Next Time There was Going to BE
Trouble.
At Park Place and Broadway, New
York, as a mail wagon turned into the
latter thoroughfare to go up town, the
horses knocked down a pedestrian who
was hurrying into City Hall park, says
the Detroit Free Press. For wonder
the driver pulled up, and though the
man was at the horses feet he escaped
the wheels. He came crawling out, COW
cred with dirt and more or less hurt
and the driver looked at him and coldly
inquired:
do you know what you have been
doing, sir?'
II do" replied the man as he brushed
away at the dirt. but couldn't help it,
I'm not the man to interfere with the
United States mails"
"Better look out in future
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
DUEL WITH RED INK.
Vow , Humorous Now Yorker IuFne@
Molodr,naa Into Farce.


"There are some things so serious
that the very fact of their having &C.
Cured makes those interested secre-
tive. It was such thing took place
while I was acquiring the pracucal
knowledge of civil engineer SAID
q man who has long enjoyed fortune
as the result of his professional ell
forts. to a Detroit Free Press man.
II went with surveying party lnto
the southwest and to the work OF lay.
ing out railroad was added tha' u
fighting some of the Indians that ne
elected everything else for the sake
of giving us trouble With us was d
Philadelphia boy, one OF these un1or-
tunate fellows who thinks he is always
being imposed upon, sighted or rlo,,
culed. In reality l was his friend anu
did what I could to make things pleas
anter for him. But his suspicious al
ways placed me in the wrong, ana
when he did nothing worse than sco"l
at me I considered that we were get'
ting along very we'll together.
"a crisis came when received pro-
motion which he thought should have
been given him. He lost no time III
challenging me, and there was nothing
to do but accept or resign and 60 nome.
I accepted and made the solemn prep
arations usual in such case. In the
corps was q New Yorker who never
had serious thought or cared for any
thing from which fun could not De
extracted. He constituted hlmsell
master of ceremonies in this affair OF
honor and went about it all with an
air that suggested an anticipation OF
at least two deaths.
when the word was given we hreo
together and the result was astouno-
ing. From each pistol there shot a
streak of mingled colors, red and Dlach
predominating. The effect was ire
sistibly funny, for leaves, grass ana
seconds were tinted with the ink USED
by the New Yorker. He had filled cap
sules with the fluids and turned the
whole thing into a farce. or course
the Philadelphia was angry, but even
he had a sense Of humor, and from
the time we had roaring spread ina.
night he was happier. brighter anu
more companionable fellow
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
L Rare Book by Mrs. Browning.

4 Rare Book by Mrs. Browning.
The discovery ia reported from
Sandwich Of another original copy q
Mrs. Browning's 1.-The Battle Of Mara,
thon," which was printed by W. Lind,
sell, 81 Mimpole street. Cavendish
square, in 1920. It was bought at
local sale with a number of othel
books for a few sh!llings. Up to thu
year 1891 but three copies Of this
scarce work were known to exist, and
the only one that has ever been sold
by auction realized $3.50 at the Foote
sale held at New York couple Of
years ago. This may have been one
of the three copies already mentioned
but In any case only five at the mos
can be accounted for at the presenI
time. The book Is consequently scarcer
than Pauline" Mr.. Browning had
neither seen nor heard Of a copy up
to q short time Of his death, and, when
his attention was called to it, expressed
a doubt whether 1t might not be q
Observation-Disclosures. q