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The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

of the happy crowd seemed to mock
him. He rang the bell and ordered
looked at him, and. going down stairs.
said:
Poor Mr.. Carson. he looks SO
strange and miserablet''
Returning, she found him sitting in
his chair gazing with half-closed eyes
into the fire. Placing the tea on a
small wicker table by his side, she at
Anything else. sir?"
NO" was the reply; "but, see. this
is New Years Eve. You've been a good
servant to me. at least Buy yourself
something" handing her a sovereign.
The amount of the gift bereft the girl
of the power of speech, and with a
curtesy, eloquent in itself of gratitude,
she left.
Carson, slipping his tea. again solf1o-
Quized. Its now within an hour and
quarter of the New Year. What
will that year bring into my life? It
cannot bring the light of love and
companionship. The same round of
weeks and months, and SO it will be
to the end. Ten years ago, in Old
Kentucky. we said .Good-by. It was
a tgood-by' forever
Apostrophizing the absent woman.
he continued: Leila Leila, to my
grave I take with me the love bear
you. Why did live to be parted SO
ruth1ess1y? What strange fate has so
guided our destinies?"
He turned to the story of Evangeline
and read of the sufferings of that
heroic character. The reading soothed
him and he fell asleep.
The clocks were striking the twelfth
stroke of midnight when he awoke.
He barely opened his eyes. then closed
them again, and listened to the joyous
salutations Of people meeting in the
ct a mr. NJ
was he bad patured. No man who
every truly loved can be altogether
either. AS he listened he said:
81 wish for all a bright New Year
and Leila, my absent Leila, whom
shall never again, may your life
know no sorrow, may yours never be
the aching heart. and may you be
| blessed in your children growing uI
| around you My Leila
He did not finish the sentence, but
the tears came trickling down his
| cheeks as he realized his barren life
| Then he became conscious that some
| one had come into the room and beer
! a witness of his weakness and his Sc
| cret-secret because society said Wal
! ter Carson carried his heart on hi:
sleeve and was incapable of deep affec
ton. So sitting up and turning roune
| he was startled to see seated
/ chair a tall lady, clad in deep mourn
ing and yelled SO heavily that he wa!
unable to distinguish her face
Madam. he inquired, too take1
aback even to get up, Il should like t.
| know why I thus honored ?'
| Il came in with the New Year. No
an omen of i1l-1uck, I hope" replies
a musical voice. 1tbut I first want t.
know if Walter Carson is not an as
| sumed Manner
why DO you ask such question?
For the best of good reasons, an
as you will not tell me, perhaps yo
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You are very kind said Este1le.
Thank you. Miss Croker, said
Maude- But Ray. remembering that
Miss Croker must have heard her say
she wished she would go home, want
ed to hide herself. However, she
came out from behind the curtain and
seated herself close to Este1le. Miss
Croker then gave them each a crochet
needle This blue ball is for you,'
she said, placing the wool in Estelle's
lap. The mauve for YOU" and she
dropped another ball in Maude's
hands. .and the pink for little Rosy
Ray"
The children laughed merrI1y. but
at the 1adys last words their faces
grew very long sNow, girls "I
want three mats for my dressing case
at home and I know you will be de-
lighted to make me a present before I
go. which will be very soon now. She
looked at Ray while she spoke and
then left the room.
.*Horrid thingi'' said Raw as the
door closed. II won't knit a mat for
her I thought she meant to give us
the WOOL
1t just serves right for talking
about mamma's friend we did, re-
piled Este11e- I'VE will have to knit
them Come, Ray, I'll begin yours.
and Maude, don't you remember?
Make a chain of three stitches and
the next row plain
They were all three fond of this kind
or work and presently forgot their
disappointment
The sun was Just setting when Es-
te1le said: There that's the last of
the wool and my mats done. But just
see what a big wad of paper Miss Gro
ker- rolled her wool upon She tossed
the paper under the CRATE and fasten-
ed OF her knitting neatly.
And mines finished" said Maude.
and here is another great roll of pa
per, and there is something ha& in
it Maude opened it slowly, laughing
as she did A bright five dollar
gold piece.
oh, 1ooki Just 1ooki I wonder if
Miss Croker meant to put it therei"
II am sure don't know answer
ed Este1le, but wait until Ray has
finished her mat then we will go
and ask her.
1T is DONE said Ray, land here is
another five dollar gold piece. Es-
telie. you'd better get poker and pull
out that paper you threw under the
grate-''
Estelle soon had the paper in her
hand, and sure enough, there a
third gold piece hidden away in it,
She must really intend them for
u.s." said Ray. Il feel so ashamed
| because she heard me say, I wish
she would go home.'"
| While the three girls with the money
| in their hands and the mats in their
laps were wondering what they ought
to do, Miss Croker walked in.
SO see my mats f1nished,,' she
| said They are very pretty and
| will keep them always in remembrance
of my three little friends.'''
| Estel1e held up the shining coin. Il
found this In my ball. she said.
| II put it there as a little surprise
for you replied Miss Croker. "and
/ now I hope you can buy some small
/ gift for your mamma and papa Then
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struck 10 and the sonorous boom
from Big Ben came floating over the
Green park sort OF benedlction
on the rapidly dying year The roar
of the great city without was not lack
ing in its element of melody, and the
noise Of merry jewellers in PiccadIlIy
completed a strange yet fascinating
tout ensemble. Passing down the
street came three young men singing
that old Southern song, Use gwine
back to Dizzy The words and the
melody startled Carson from the rev
erie into which he had fallen Sitting
upright in his chair, he said. aloud
What memories that song recal1st
How my loneliness grows upon mel
What a fool I ever to have in
dulged in the thing called love! But
there. I've tasted the poison and must
abide by the result What's that re-
suit? Pleasing2 Why cannot 1 be OF
the gay throng outside? Here in this
mighty crowded city 1 am lonely
as a man lost in a desert" He rose and.
going to the other side of the room,
opened a cabinet and took from it a
bundle of letters, some dozen They
were faded and bore traces or much
handling After reading, he replaced
them, and, walking to the photograph
of child on the wall. INDUCED in
soli1oquy.
II know you not, my sweet child,
but your mother was always, and al
ways must be everything to me- How
hard and cruel seems the world Your
mother and 1 parted ten long years
ago this night, to meet again in two
years time. What happened to pre-
vent us? 1 wrote many times, but no
reply ever reached me- Three years
after we separated letter came from
her and in it I read: Now that am
married, perhaps you will write Life
seemed a blank, and I came to Lon
don, a wayfarer. caring not what be-
of m L literature
and have been what people call sue
cessful- But what is success without
the power to experience that which
makes it other than a metallic graft
hcaton? Eighteen months went by
before I next heard from your mother.
and then your photo only reached me,
since when all has been silence! Your
mekher married a good man, and
pray for her and for you, too, baby,
that you may grow up in her foot
steps:"
The circumstances under which his
letters to the girl went astray were to
him mysterious but, a matter OF
fact easily explained. The girl was
the daughter of country lawyer. and
he had made her acquaintance when
she staying in boarding house
in Bloomsbury. in which he was also
town was that she might improve {
somewhat neglected education. and
she was taking singing lessons at :
school of music In the neighborhood
An aunt took away this unwanted
daughter from among the large famfl,
at home. to be companion across tbs
Atlantic, and. suspeeting her of flight
ness, opened her letters in the capa
city OF guardian. The first of Carson:
epistIes-he was cautious man and
did not commit himself to paper unit
he could not resist doing so-arrsyet
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

In the yearJust dawnIng take note o.
the good things well as the i11r
have heard it told of a bright old sas.rS
that all her life she kept q book s1,es|
called her pleasure book and 4s.at
she always found. on looking over -
at each years end that no day haxyE]
passed without carrying In its train !
Louis Republic =
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

when the aunt be-
lieyed she was ar
ranging a highly
desirable en- gage
ment for her niece,
and on the prin-
cip1e of dong
wrong that good
may come, she kept
back the notes of
this obviously poor
sutton
Carson often felt
deso1ate, but never
so utterly as then,
and as he paced the
floor the laughter
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26
To the Young.

While the opening OF the New Year IL
a significant season for persons of all
ages. it is especially SO to the young
and those in early maturity There Is
SO much ahead of the youngsters; SO
much for them to look frward to- to
hope for, achieve, much that will
help them to make their lives worth
living. and to make the world the bet
ter for their having lived in it
Welcome the new year Welcome
its work, its cares, its responsibilities,
its trials, crosses. losses. sorrows and
bereayements- Welcome its work,
because it is only by work that we
achieve successes and make ourselves
strong for the tolls and tasks that are
to come. Welcome its cares. for they
are the worlds educators developers
and teachers. and they lead us into
those ways of prudence. thoughtful
ness and moderation which are the
forerunners of prosperity and plenty.
H s. c.
Brace up. Acquit yourselves like men.
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

OF heads about my knees
While the night and the rain grow Wild
watch and listen and wait,
For step the shining pathway
A hand at the garden gate!
For now is the holy, happy time
When strife and rancor cease.
And the Messenger Angel bringeth
To all Good VIII and Peaceg'
And. oh! If his loving hand should bind
OF the silver threads of rain
Some strong, bright clew to lead the lest
And wandering home againi
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

Mrs. F. (petu1antly)-.tYou never
kiss me now
Mr.. F.-@sThe idea of a woman OF
your age wanting to be kissed One
would think you were girl of 49,
Mrs F. fsuspiciousIy)-stWha do
you know about girls of 1877"
Mr. F--tWhy, my dear. weren't You
18 once yourse1f?'
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26
.Mzzo1z62E ass
Gbcfo2 q Rp/NcwYearS Ives

ALTER CARSON
leaned back in the
easy chair, drawn
up before his sit.
ting room fire at
his Duke street
chambers in Lon
don. The clock had
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26
HER HAPPY HOME.

I hear the cold rain beating
On sodden roof and lawn.
the hearth is swept and EaFn1sHe0e
The curtains all undrawns
The merry Yule fire flicker,
The mellow lamp-iight falls
On softly tinted carpets.
And gayly fest ooned walls
Without. the night Is black and shriil.
The homeless winds complaint
But cheerful light of the dresfde
Streams far thro' the falling rain:
Down the garden across the lawn.
To the dull, deserted street,
We have laid shining pathway
For the homeward wandering feeti
For God hath blessed US richly
With health and goodiy cheer:
And this is the happy Christmas night
The best night of the yeart
And tho there are vacant chairs, all mel
At hearth and board tonight,
Their cups filled and garlanded-
Their places warm and bright
And sit among the children.
Goo tired roIap tease)
And the pretty golden ring
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

his wife listened to the hour of mid
light strike, they thought, with hearts
full of love and gratitude, of the joy
Gus meeting twelve months before.
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

Brace up Acquit yourselves like meu
Swear on. And don't swear on again
Il. A. w. Bulletin
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-26

ROSY IA
your wraps and will take you down
town to choose your presents
Never did three little girls dress in
such short time
Miss Croker took them to such won
derfu1 stores and was SO pleasant and
kind that the three little girls never
forgot that New Years Eve
The gifts that they carried home to
their parents, which were selected
under Miss Cookers advice. were real
~ very pretty
The Conservative, 1901-05-30
Every densely
populated, large
city site is q men
CITIES.

ace to the American form Of govern
ment by the majority. 1t seems i'm
possible to establish purely administered
and efficient government in New York
or Philadelphia. The majority in the
former city elevate Croker and all the
political plundering which his putres-
cent name and record imply. In Phila-
delphia the Quayites outnumber and
rule and ruin the honest and tax-paying
voters. A Quayite is a man who has
sworn allegiance to the creed Of 'ad-
dition, division, and silence" which the
piratical senator from Pennsylvania long
ago promulgated as the abbreviated and
compacted gospel to which all his loot
ing followers must hold faithful.
In Philadelphia the Quay political
machine men have been many years at
work to build
Sample. city hall. 1t is
now partly finished
and, upon it's dome, is statue of Will
liam Penn, wearing a broad
Quaker hat 1t has cost already more
than twenty millions Of dollars to evolve
this unsightly distortion in architecture
and many more will be expended before
The Conservative, 1901-05-30

up in the sun-lit sky, sailing the clouds
with that stainless banner.
He never soiled it!
Great bird Noble bird
Hear him scream!
Defiance is in his voice, which has
been trained, among the mountain-crag
schools where thunder is taught how to
rumble and roar! No wonder plutocrats
and all the dsvilish disciples of dollar
above the man ism "trembled with
alarm" That young eagle "daring"
anC- screaming" as he scared among
the azure battlements of the empyrean
heights was glorious to behold. 1t is a
profound pity, however, that, "when
wounded with an arrow shot by traitor
hands, he did not know how to alight.
It is a splendid art to fly upward and
to fly high and to carry "a stainless
flag for handkerchief. But it is also
great art to be able to come down
gracefully and to alight well on ones
own feet, and walk about afterwards
without limping, without groaning and
without becoming commoner than that
majestic eagle, the plumage of which,
glittered like million diamonds when
lighted up by the lustrous glories of the
cverblazing rhetoric of Missouri's Gum
shoe Bill Stone.
The Conservative, 1901-05-30
The diamonds of
South Africa are
pale and feeble in
t h cir incandes-
A BRILLIANT
STONE.

cence, when compared with the big
brilliant recently dug up from among the
political tombstones of Missouri. This
remarkable stone, by it's infinite and
flashing coruscations, dazzles with
binding effulgence.
The Omaha World Herald has just re-
produced gem from the stone age Of
Missouri. 1t Eliminates the phenomenal
character of the gorgeous peacock
plume style of oratory which prevailed
in the distant, sixteen-to-one era of that
state, in which the civic lapidary has
found this one stone worthy Of being
cut and set.
The CONSERVATIVE can spare space
for only single scintillation from the
Hon. Gumshoe Bill, who, speaking of
the peerless populist from Nebraska
nominated at Sioux Falls and Kansas
City for the Presidency in 1900-sweetly
says:
'He is great man who fought for a
great cause. I still honor the man; 1
am still devoted to the cause. When
this young eagle of ours bore aloft the
stainless flag of true democracy, we were
proud of him when he screamed his de-
fiance all the mighty forces of oppres-
sion and wrong allied against him,
trembled with alarm; and now, when
wounded with an arrow shot by traitor
hands, he falls, mine shall not be the
hand to strike him nor mine the tongue
to defame him. He is greater in his de-
feat than any who opposed him in his
triumph"
That young-eagle metaphor is i'm
mense. 1t is so new that it seems true.
How plainly we see the noble bird away
The Conservative, 1901-05-30
SINGLE COPIES, S CENTS.

it is completed. The taxpayers Of Phila-
delphia are subjugated and levied upon
by the tax-eaters of that city. The lat
ter, tyrannically and systematically,
make requisitions upon the former as
appetite or avarice may suggest. The
non-taxpayers are the majority. Such q
majority is not a safe government. It
is not a just government. It is a many
headed despotism.
The consent Of the governed, when
given by virtuous and intelligent fran
chise is good
Consent. foundation for
honest admins
tration. But the consent Of the governed,
when majority is given by the votes Of
vice and ignorance is dangerous but
tress upon which to build government.
The numerous fallacies which have been
evolved from misinterpretation and mis-
construction of Mr. Jefferson's utterance
as to governments depending upon the
consent Of the governed, are infinite in
variety and number.
He did not intend that the government
Of a penitentiary should depend upon
the consent of the convicts. He did not
mean that the government of an insane
asylum should rest upon the consent Of
the lunatics it tcontained. But he meant
those manifest absurdities just as much
as he meant that the government of
great city should depend upon the con-
sent of the depravity and ignorance Of
majority vote.
The use Of the ballot in America ought
to be restricted. Only the intelligent
taxpayer should be permitted to vote
anywhere in this republic. Wise men
and thrifty, honest men should not be
made to depend upon the consent of the
unwise, Incorporate, indolent and thrift
less men Of the country for govern.
ment.
What is government for? It is primar-
lily and exclusively to protect life, liberty,
and property. 1t is a corporation for
that purpose and that purpose alone.
The everlasting twaddle and maudlin
oratory about the inherent right Of
suffrage" is nauseating. The gorge
rises, and common sense itself is sick at
stomach from the constant cackle Of
walking delegates" who discourse upon
the innate right to vote which they de.
clare inheres to all male humans.
Suppose some Of these political evan
gelists should hear of an election about
to take place in
Try the Right. some gainful COR
poration and that
they should rush at once to the place Of
the meeting of the stockholders, demand
The Conservative, 1901-05-30

Entered at the postofice at Nebraska City,
Neb., as Second Glass matter, July 29 1898.
The Conservative, 1901-05-30
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JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE DISCUSSION
OF POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL
QUESTIONS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-06-15
BreVitiCS.

1t really looks now like J. Bowery w.
has reached the stage i'll life when men
of feminine nature do not like people
who tell funny stories. Or he is the
victim of some invisible but omnipotent
moral force straight on everything but
party merit. He believes and i'll his own
person excmplities the doctrine of party
rewards for the undeServing.
Frostburg was not well represented i'll
the Firemen's Westminster parade.
Boys too busy"
Some folks are charging president
Mckinley, not satisfied with appropriate
ing the gold standard which the demo-
Gratis abandoned, is thinking of adopt
ing that other forsaken child of de-
mOCracy, tariff REFORM Meanwhile,
the ForUm has found the JOURNALS
privilege Of Hoping for ;hc best" where
it was not lost. and the great paper fears
it will have to begin hoping for some
thing not SO good.
The JOURNAL. overlooked mention last
week of the new two-storv house Alfred
Jeffrics is building on his Loo-Maple
street corner
Al the funny men do not get on the
ForUm'S staff, according to that paper.
Now and then one staGgcrS up from Mt.
Savage.
Read Joe l.. Marks advertisement
again. An error occurred in the price
list lines last week and the correction is
worth special notice.
The For,m copied Il personal notice
from the JOURNAL last week i'll order
that "the people might see it, and
several other items probably for the
same pretended reason. Why it dis
eliminated against the parochial school
programme is not stated
Bay ycminy, fallcr vat know mae haze
would hate to be rich mems en- Diet town
of NrostburS, because haze would hat to
pay cute deal taxes to keep down hes
assessment.
An arc light i'll Cumberland, under
municipal ownership, costs Si2.27 Il
year, i'll Frostburg; under private owner
ship, So In other words, Cumberland
lights space big as Frostburg for about
81 200 year less than Frostburg does.
1t is to he hoped for the best that the
Fo,"m'& effort to make Frostburg appear
Il city of the 33d class will not succeed.
For this is not city until it is so incor
pOrated.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-06-15
ISreViticS.

Homecoming is kinder Swcllcd up be
cause IL man who lives just outside the
imaginary line which separates the place
from territory i'll Garrett county came
to town, stopped at hotel, took Il walk
after supper and got lost.
The rest of the world is politely re-
qucsted to stand still until ClarySvillc
decides whether the electric railway
poles through that town shall take the
middle of the road or occupy the side
walks of Main street.
From an account given the JOURNAL
by citizen of Cumberland of the quality
of the water consumed there during the
recent heavy rains the scientist would
most likely characterize it as Il combina-
ton of New Shaft green vitriol, Midland
silica, Tanncry oxides, Homecoming
chlorine, Pellin chloridcs and Barton bi-
carbonatcS, but in Paw Paw it would be
called mud.
Faller vat know mae haze say hac know
taller vat sold last wcnter wagon-load
dressed pork for 3 cents pound en-
Nrostburg. Haze went cntO store met
hes money an buya Sugar-curcd ham an
haze pay fufteen cents il pound for hem.
Bay yeminy, haze say now Diet pork
packers use halofa sight too much
sugar
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-06-15
Score by innings: 1928 A 5 6 7S9
COMING EVENTS.

To-day Saturday the Murphy aggregation
from Midland will be here, and rooters 800
strong, will be with them. A hot old time is
expected and every Frostburg rooter who has
a voice worth hearing is expected to be present,
Murphy has secured catcher from abroad
who is said to be an up-to,date back stop.
Entler, too, is expected to be in good form.
All who love to see good close contest
should be present.
SO far Homecoming has not been heard from
except through the Trotting Association Of
ticers, who inform me that manager Smith
refuses to play in Frostburg unless We pay
some old claim that Smith says is due the
Homecoming club. That claim that Smith is
harpng on was offered to John Story, who
was manager at the time and refused. W.
Il. Redgrave was then the manager of the As
socation Park. That claim is heavy with
age and lettering with antiquity; time has
outlawed it and the people who were inter-
estcd then are no more. In fact, it is ancient
history and should be relegated to the past
with many other unpleasant matters.
If manager Smith has ball team that can
and will play ball, let HIM say SO and he will be
accommodated Immediately if not sooner.
The Midland Press has quite an article on
base ball in its last Issue and, commenting
on the game there Decoration day, Clayton
refers to Owen Jackson as the Using young
umpire and adds that he was the very best
player the FroStburg team had.
AS understand the matter the position was
forced on jackson. who, | am sure did what
he thought was right without fear or favor.
He is far above Caytuns baseball ethics in
that respect AS the glare Of the MONDAY sun
above the flash from the lightning bugs in
/ candPSceut.
The Lonacnnin% Njd' says
Manager Smith is arranging Tor SERIES of
ball games on the home grounds. An ex-
pert twirler is expected to arrive this week.
This looks like 'all hone' play, no
| patent outsideS.'