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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-24

A middle aged man, evidently n
stranger in that part Of the city, was
on a Euc ia car, bound east, and
wanted to know when Logan avenue
was reached.
"Lemme know when vou get to
logan %avenue," he said to the con
ductor.
You jest listen when I call tn
Streets replied the official.
well, l can't understand a word
you say" said the anxious passenger.
The conductor smiled aud went
back to ,ne platform where he gave
vent to occasional howls that were
supposed to be street Dames, but were
al I hoctaw 10 the stranger.
so: the e YETI" he presently
yelled to the conductor.
That officials face darkened and De
sal 5 netting under his breath.
Then, with great distiuctness and
a strong sarcastic flavor, he roared:
- ocan !"
The STRANGERS face wrcathcd itsell
n smiles.
Say ne Gale as he came towa~ls
the rear platform. s'vou a talk fist.
Hla-s English wien you're mad. can
We? Keep yourself hot all til ii ae,
NV boy. an &c: q rel utatinn.'
Aud the passengers smiled. -Cleye
land Plain Dealer
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-24

Alaska had been Russian from tho
time OF its discovery, about 1928, till
IN 1S61 1t was taken over by the
United States, rs a favor to Russia.
who preferred seven million dollars to
q sub-arctic province. No popular
Sc ltiment demanded the annexation.
aud until the sealing troubles Of 1884
there was no popular interest in
Alaska, and no definite colonial gov
eminent.
In 1868 Alaska was male n colleo-
ton district; and in 1883 "a civil and
judicial district" aud also "a land
district" II was then enacted that
the laws of the state Of Oregon then
in force should be the laws of Alaska
so far AZ applicable, and provision
was made for 4 governor aud a court
but n, legislature. The principal
subject Of national regulation has been
the seal-ishinS. for which there has
been n series OF statute, contracts
with private corporations, executive
orders, decisions Of c%onrts, and inter
national arbitration. The Alaska Fur
company has had some rights over tho
Indians, and somewhat resembles the
South African company. But for that
controversy. and for tile recent gold
discoveries, the country would be con-
tent to leave Alaska III the condition
without q governor, Il Legislature. or
| court Of it's own. Albert Bushnell
Hart IN Harper's Magazine
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

The bones and muscles of the hu-
man body are capable of over 1900
movements.
A medical paper says that in rail-
way collisions nearly all the passeu-
gers who are asleep escape the bad
effects of shaking aud concussion. ma
;ure'sown anastheslc preserving them
Eight new stars were discovered last
year, and officially named. TIL. highly
poetic sppella:ions ID H."'D l."
I'D J." ''D H." y L." I'D A."
I'D n" and ID O" have been a.
signed to them.
An Austrian meteorological has proved
by experiments that rainbows are cou-
ditione1 by the size of raiudrops. aud
that. while we ordinarily see only two
rainbows side by side. there are a.
many as twenty.
Gypsum Is a mineral which consists
of lime and water. The proportions
ofthe compositions are: Lime. 32.s6 :
sulphuric acid, 10. 81. and water. 20. 93.
1t Is found IN large deposits i'll many
parts Of the world.
It has been lately proved in Italy
that yachts having copper bottoms.
anchored near the steel and iron ships
OF the Italian navy. have exercised
highly in furious effects upon the ships.
Actual contact, it appears. was not
required to produce the result. The
water in which the yachts lay was =
sufficiently powerful agent.
A curious state OF things was ob-
served in Investigating the electro tysis
of water pipes in Dayton, Ohio. in
which it was found that stones and
pebbles near the pipes iii some cases
seem to have been electroplated with
the metal OF the pipes. which has
never been observed before.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-24

ing from her chair with the air OF
casting the dust Of her friends house
from her feet.
1T was a mere SUGGESTION" Phyllis
pleaded.
1T vas extremely bad taste"
but You agreed with NE" =.
mo; it was entirely your doing"
answered Maud. However, of cou. Sc,
1t uoes not really afec me at ALL"
"Of course not" said Phyllis.
Maud swept ont of the room. went
home and wrote q second note to Mr..
Stratton to congratulate him on the
delightful news she had just heard,
and would he bring Ethel with him to
lunch on Sunday?
Phyllis renorsefully resolved that
sue would never again try to provide
consolation for lesolate friends.
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OF

Woo not fortune. friend. for gold
Moneys fckle, hard to hold.
Hard L get. easily spent.
fortunes best is self-content.
With enough for every want.
Wealth IS yours, though gold be scane,
Body healthy. mind 1t rest:
Those are life's and fortunes best
Every evil wish subdued,
Al your actions prompt Tor good,
True 10 self. 20 others true,
AeaycD, LIES fortune. waits for vou.
Alfred LavinXton.
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A MERE SUGGESTION.
az A. HOOD.

Phyllis was young and very happy,
md lust a little excited, and perhaps
, tribe proud. because she was en-
tuged before her friend Maud. who
xas at least three years older. But of
course she was very careful not to
1--WE herself airs or to unduly haunt
Ter happiness In poor Maud's face:
added, she was really anxious chat
Ser friend should be "a fortunate a.
scr*elf. At least az fortunate IA was
possible, for naturally there was only
sne Arthur in the world, aud he was
~ be her own husband. But there
we're plenty Of other men. really quite
s,ce ones-she must see what she
sould DO for Maud.
They were sitting together; Maud
aad come TO tea with her friend to
Mlk about her rousseau aud her
presents.
"Yes, I an very happy said Phyl-
Via, presently; she had been giving
Fiaud u list Of the wedding presents.
lyon must be- said Maud. That
ra SER ice IS lovely. You are . lucky
girl" and She 81 ;hel . little.
A}illS - Itliltitlcho u utf iIlSlII =
lonely state. ~ do wish you were as
happy dear" she SAID. "But l be-
aeve you Will be very soon,' and she
smiled meaninGlv.
"Why? What nakcs YOU say that?'
cked Maud
Now Phvlli. had meant nothing def
mite, s,e only wished t. be comfort
Ag, and vaguely to suggest. There
xas 10 actual prospective lover III her
Mind, but she could not bear to raise
Roor Mand's hopes ouly to destroy
Mem the next moment, so she smiled
A3ain mysteriously while she ran over
"a her thoughts every probable suitor.
Il wish you wouldn't look SO know
ing. Phyllis" said Maud. inpatien:ly.
"Who were you whom did you
nean?"
"lAh. I mustn't say; besides it was
,nly an idea-a me suggestion"
Maud looked disappointed, and it
distressed Phyllis kind heart, so she
4ld, yielding to a sudden impulse:
"Dout YOU think George Stratton
seems rather =? Don't you think so
iear? It struck me SO several times"
ooh, nonsense I'm sure I've never
aoticed anything At least and she
caused and blushed a little. and won
iered If Phyllis had any good reason
&r her suggestion.
There, Now you know You have
thought sol" said Phyllis. delighted
10 find she had made 90 good u guess.
"Dont pretend YOU were blind. and
ae rs snch a nice fellow. nearly IS nice
IS Arthur"
"Bnt | don't believe lie means any
hing; you know what men are" said
Maud: and she sighed "a she remam
ktrel the 1ickleness and hightines, Of
men, and she looked wistfully st hey
hiend.
Il don't know; he has always been
'a~y friendly, aud al that, and perhaps
\ ] had encouraged him-"
encouragement. eIre.t be has bee,
Niserable,' sail Phyllis. "AnI yo,
ID Ike him"
Maud put down be- crr and ar
ranged the Fashions u lie latA he6o
enc a.swe e., aat Phyllis 1T qEst,
sH,lura t"~ Aee rci i. Il Suppose
TIE HIM, ~je AID at last, WIKI
prCle maiden h,st,-tion.
'lnen W. are ,cl = Loyril t
h!m? eEl Ct So. have ~sn0noel I'm
d~'cA!fasiy."
Phyllis va, fall OF sympathy TO
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ths young man of whose devotion
for her friend she was now assured.
Maud laughed; she imagined she had
been cruel to Mr.. Stratton.
ooh, it won't hurt him." she said
carelessly. Il can't help laughing at
men when they say silly things, eau
you? Even George-Mr. Stratton."
"Oh. call him George. I'm sure
you think of him as George" Phyllis
said, gayly. "And Tn sure you
would be a~wfnlly sorry if he went
away and you never saw him again"
81 might get over it," Maud an-
swered. with the light Indifference of
a c%Onqueror.
$40 you woulln you're really
very fond of him. Now, do tell me,
dea". when did you first suspect he
cared for you:"
Maud could not give an exact date;
indeed, hal she told the truth.
she would have said ten minutes ago."
but then hat is what she did not do.
She began 10 belle, . she had known
Of Georges attachment for a long
while. The feminine imagination is
CuCi1 al dtAptooLo tu1oS (AdU 1t al
evolvea lifelong devotion from the
chance remark Of a friend. SO she
answered, ca,elessly: Il hardly know;
& adually from different things. He
was always at the houses I went to, at
the Jarvi5-Carters, and-and every
WHERE
"Yon will be kind to him, won't
you, Maud? Wouldn't it be delightful
if we were Doth married on the same
day." said Phyllis.
ooh, there is plenty Of time for
that; besides he may not care about
me now. though"
Chow annoying you are, Exclaimed
Phyllis. "Just when everything was
settled. Look here, Maud, write him
a nice little note and ask him to lunch
OF tea or somethins-vour mother
won't mind-or say you'll ba at home
on Sunday. and then-then you can
be the best way, for it is silly to pre-
tend you aren't in love with him"
"Shall | really wrlte?" said Mand,
with a sl wv OF hesitation.
Gee %tainly; here are the parer and
pen and everything. Write it Ii re,
aud III send Jane to thu post with it
at oOce."
Maud succumbed to her fri nd's de-
termination aud wrote a carefully
worded not, to Mr.. Stratton, in which
she g1n;ly reproached him for not
having been to see her mother and
herself lat Aly, and she said low glad
they would b. if h. came to lunch on
The following Sunday.
Ply lis was satisfied with it, and
rang the bell for the maid. "Now.
darling, everything will come right
she said. "How happy he'll be!
may call him George. too, mayn't I?'
Maud blushed and said she supposed
she might, aud just then the servant
came III.
"Take this to the p st at once,
please. Jane" said Phyllis.
"'Yes. miss, aud this letter las just
come for YOU" answered the maid.
Phyllis tool the letter and the CIR
left the room with Maud's note.
''WhOm is yonr letter FROM? / seem
to know the wliting," said Maud.
"Only from Ethel Je"vis-Carter
she does write TO me sometimes ahont
nothing IN particular, answered Phyl
lis. She had not read many lines O
the letter before she gay a little CRY
Of dismay.
Whats the NATTER" asked Maud
seeing her emotion.
Nothing" stammered Phyllis. IA
least, nothing interesting. and l don
behave it's true"
Don't be silly. Phyllis; tell m'
what it is
There: read it, said Phyllis, am
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-23
SYNOPSIS.

Chapter I-D'Aurisc, commanding cut
post where scene Is laid. tells the story.
De Gomeron has been appointed by Gen.
de Rome TO examine Into a charge made
against him. Nicholas. a sergeant. brings
10 two prisoners. a ma n and a woman. who
are from the kings camp at lie Fere.
D'Auriac, angered By insulting manner Of de
Gomeron toward the woman. strikes him.
duel follows, and during the commotlon
he prisoners escape. De Rome happens on
The disorderly scene. and d'Auriac, upon
giving his parole not to attempt escape,
hears this remarkable sentence: "To-mor-
row...,you must die on the field. Win or
lose, II catch you at the close OF the day.
] Will hang you high as Haman"
Chapter H-D'Auriac next morning takes
his place as usual on de Rones stan. In
the course OF his ride over the field be saves
the life OF Nicholas. the sergeant, who, a
victim OF de Gomerou's malice. is found in
imminent danger ofalmost instant death.
Chapter III-After the battle in which
King Henry utterly routs de Rone's forces,
d'Auriac. lying severely wounded, sees
the forms Of a man and woman moving
under cover Of the night among the dead
and wounded. They find a golden collar
on de Leyva's corpse. and Babette stsbs
Mauginot (her partner to gain possession
OF the prize. After this hideous scene
Henry with a retinue. among whom is the
fair prisoner who had escaped from the
uanu OF ue GOmeTOns rldes over the neld.
Chapter IN-D'Auriac in the hospital OF
Ste. Genevieve discovers his unknown
friend Is the heiress OF Bidache. She vis-
its him daily. and when he is well enough
Is taken to her Normandy chateau. Here
he learns from Maitre Palm. the madame's 8
chaplain. that the king Is about to force
upon the woman a very distasteful mar
riage with NJ. d'Ayen. With Jacques. his
steward. d'Auriac leaves for the Rvowed
purpose OF preventing their marriage.
Chapter V - D'Auriac's horse casts a
shoe This causes delay at village OF
Ely, where he comes upon Nicholas, his
old sergeant, who says de Gomeron is In
the neighborhood with the kings commits
sion. and that he (Nicholas) has evidence
| OF treason brewing among de Gomeron and
certain associates against the king.
Chapter VI-Led by Nicholas, d'Auriac
| goes by night TO whore de Gomeron is sta
toned. Standing beside a broken pane
| they hear something Of the outline of plot
against the king. Burning with revenge,
| Nicholas fires through the window at de
| Gomefon, but misses his mark.
| Chapter NII-The two men fly for their
| lives. and think themselves almost beyond
| pursuit when they come suddenly face to
| lace with Biron, one OF the traitors TO the
king, whom d'Auriac cuts down, and with
/ de Gomeron, who makes short work Of
| Nicholas, d'AuriRc escapes.
| Chapter Willie comes to Rouvres
where Jacques, by previous arrangement,
had prepared TO have him received; from
| there he goes direct to Paris.
| Chapter I&-D'Auriac takes UP lodgings
In Paris, and lays what he knows OF the
| treachery in the army and among the no.
bles before Su!ly, master general OF the
ordnance, who advises him to keep himself
as much confined as possible.
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de Bourdonnais, this time mounted on
Couronne, with jacques well armed on
the sorrel.
The hotel of the Complies de Belin lay
at the west end of the Rue de Bourbon
nais, close to the small house wherein
lived Madame de Montpensier of dread
full memory; and on reaching il l found
that it more than justified the descrip-
ton Belin had given of it TO me, one
day whilst we were idling in the
trenches before Dourlens. II stood
some way back from the road, and the
entrance TO the courtyard was through
a wonderfully worked iron gateway,
counterpart, though on a smaller scale,
of the one at Anet. AT each corner of
the square building was hanging tur-
ret, and from the look of one of these
/ guessed that my friend had taken up
his quarters there.
was met by Nallon, who said be had
informed his master of my coming, and
telling a servant 10 hold my horse he
ushered me in, talking of a hundred
things at once. l had not gone ten
steps up the great stairway when Belin
himself appeared, running down TO
meet me. "Croix Deu!" he burst out,
as we embraced. II thought you were
with the saints, and that de Rome, you
and a hundred others were free from
all earthly troubles"
Not yet, De Belin. l trust that time
will be far distant"
"Amen! But you as good as buried
yourself alive at any rate"
"How SOP"
"Vallon tells me you have been a
month in Paris, and you have never
once been 10 the Rue de Bourdonnais
until now. You might have known,
man, that this house is as much yours
as mine"
81 know that" interrupted, "and
want your help"
How much is it? Or is it a second ?"
Neither, thanks. Though in either
case would come to you without hesi-
tation. The fact is"-and / explained
to him my difficulty in regard TO pro-
yiding for Marie, without, however, GO
ing into other matters, or giving him
any account of my troubles,
When ended, Belin said: what you
want, then, is a trustworthy fellow"
AT least, that is what Jacques wants
! can get on well enough"
"Morbleul II is more than I could;
but, as IL happens, | have the very
thing for you. Pull that bell rope be-
hind you, will you? and oblige lazy
man."
did so. and in minute or so Vallon
appeared, wiping his mouth suspicious
ly with the back of his hand.
"Vallon," said De Belin, docs Ravail-
lac continue TO work satisfactorily?
"As ever. monsieur lie compte."
well, ! am going 70 lend him 10 the
ehevaiier, who has need of his services. Z"
Monsieur"
"Send him up here, and Bisson, too"
Vallon bowed and vanished as l said:
II do not know how 20 thank you,
Belin."
"Pouf! A mere bagatelle. thought
we were going TO have little amuse-
ment in the gardens of the Tuileries.
know of perfect spot for meeting,
cal cal" and he lunged twice in quartz
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

New ORLEANS was excited recently
over the work of incendiaries who
have made successive attempts TO fire
different Catholic institutions within
n short time.
ORDERS have been issued by the war
department for the transport Rou-
mania to sail from Santiago, with its
cargo of soldier dead, on Thursday
March aS. and it is expected TO reach
New York the following Monday. 1t
was intended at first that there should
be but one trip of the Roumania. Now
1t is thought best to have two trips.
The murderer OF Mrs. Anthony Steig-
ler, of Mount Lookout O., whose dead
body was found in her home by her son
on the 18th, has been found in Albert
Luken, a boy of l6 living with his
widowed mother in Clifton. Luken
was arrested on the 10th and made a
full confession, saying his motive was
robbery. He got about $40.
THERE was a meeting of knit goods
manufacturers representing plants in
all sections of the country, at New
York the other day to consider plans
for a consolidation of interests 1t is
the scheme To issue SIS, 200, 900 pre-
ferred and $50, 600, 900 common stock.
The receipts of the Kansas City, Mo, +,
post office for the first half of March in
dicated that the total income for the
office for the month will be sufficient to
place Kansas City well inside the high.
est class OF post offices in the United
States Beginning July l next the
postmaster's salary will be So, 900 a
year, and no higher salaries are PAID
to postmasters in any city of the coun-
try, leaving out the exceptional cases
of New York city and Chicago
The Charles Scott company's spring
works at Philadelphia burned on the
18th, entailing loss of si50. 600.
JUDGE GIBBONS. OF Chicago, declared
that tie act OF the legislature of Illi-
oois, passed in 1897, giving veterans of
the civil war preferment over other
candidates ia civil service examination,
is void, because it gives a special or
exclusive privilege and because IL is
inconsistent with the basic principles
underlying the nature of our institu-
tions.
UNDER the foreclosure of deed of
trust Sheriff Poklmann sold at public
auction at ST. Louis the sportsman's
park aud club, including the franchise
held by the 81. Louis Browns, to q. A.
Gruner, a lumber dealer and one OF
the club's directors, for IS 3, 900.
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some young spark like you got in com
mon with an old graybeard? You will
be at court in a week, and they will all
be there, bright-eyed d'EntrGgues,
Mary of Guise, Charlotte de Givry,
and"
"Maitre Pantin, these details OF the
court do not interest me. Tell Palm l
would see him as soon as he arrives.
Ask him as a favor TO come here. He
said you were discreet"
"And know that monsieur lie cheval-
Ter is likewise" With a quick move
ment of the hand the short, gray goatee
that Pantin wore vanished from his
chin, and there was before me rot the
face Of the notary, but that of Annette.
She laughed out at the amaze in my
look. but quickly changed her tone.
"Maitre Palm said you were 10 be
trusted utterly, monsieur, and you see
| have done so. Your message will be
safely delivered, and promise he will
sec you--but have you not other?"
None" | answered, a little bitterly.
II have, however, and it is this"
and she placed in my hand a little
packet. Monsieur may open that at his
leisure" and she turned as If TO go.
"One moment--I do not understand.
What is the reason of this masquer-
ade?"
only this, that my husband will ap-
pear to have been at the same time at
the QUARTER du Marais as well as the
Faubourg st. German. l would ado
that monsieur would be wise 70 keep
indoors as he is doing. We have found
out that the house is being watched.
Goodnight, monsieur" and with a
ned of her wrinkled face this strange
woman vanished.
appeared in truth to be the sport of
mystery, and it seemed as If one of
these sudden gusts of anger to which l
was subject was coming on me. l con-
trolled myself with an effort, and with
turn of my fingers tore open the pack
ct, and in it lay my lost knot of ribbon.
For moment the room swan round
me and I became as cold as ice. Then
came the revulsion, and with trembling
fingers / raised the token to my lips and
kissed it 100 times. There were no
written words with it; there was moth
ing but this little worn bow; but ii
told a whole story TO me, that ribbon
that Marescot said was hung too high
for De Breuil of Auriac; and God alone
knows how l swore to guard ii, and
how my heart thanked him for His
goodness to me. For ten long minutes
l saw myself as l was, prescribed and
poor, almost in the hands of powerful
enemies, striving TO fight an almost
hopeless cause with nothing on my side
and everything against me.
When my dinner, very simple one,
was finished, took my way to the Rue
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-23
lie Emptied His Pockets

The Comte de Corbieres, minister Of
the interior 10 Louis XVIII, while
working in the kings cabinet one day,
became absorbed in his work, and so far
forget himself as 10 place his snuff box
on the kings desk after taking snuff.
The king observed this unheardof ia
miliarity from the corner of his eye, bu,
said nothing. Presently the minister
whipped out his pocket handkerchief
and placed IL beside the snuff box.
M. de Corbieres," remarked the king
at last, you appear TO be emptying
your pockets"
Perhaps so, sire" was the calm re-
sponse, "but that is much better than
filling them"
The king smiled at the clever hit at
the corruption of some of the ministers
predecessors. Corbieres was noted for
his scrupulous integrity youths Com,
panion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-23

A TASK undertaken In the interests
of both science and commerce is to be
begun Mt once to test the Arctic cur
rents Fifty patent casks of peculiar
shape have been constructed in San
Francisco and will be sent out on the
United States revenue cutter Bear and
on the vessels of the whaling fleet to
be distributed in different parts of the
ocean. then to be picked up by vessels
which pass them later, and thus IL is
hoped to determine the currents of the
Arctic and the theory of an open pas
sage around the pole from the Atlantic
70 the Pacific.
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l am reminded of an incident on one Of
the Atlantic steamers which took place not
so long ago, and in which a married member
of family to whom it is not necessary to
allude was party. The husband and wife
appeared at all meals, tianked on either side
by large dish of butter.
As it was an English ship and butter was
not served at any Of the meals, some Ameri-
cans who were neighbors were delighted to
see that the hor d'oeuvre had at last place
on the table. They helped themselves boun.
tifully at luncheon.
At dinner they were surprised to see little
sticks stuck in the middle of the mound Of
butter with a pasteborad card attached.
The card read:
Private Butter. Keep Off the Grass"
1t is needless to say that the hint was
taken.-N. Y. Journal