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Burned to Death.
Cleburne, Texas, December 1.—
Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock Mrs.
J. K. Turney was burned to death at
her home one and a half miles west of
Bltun. She was helping her husband
burn corn stalks in the field when her
dress ignited, and, despite the frantic
efforts of her husband she was so ter-
ribly injured she only lived five hours.
The flesh was burned from the bone
from her neck down. She was a daugh-
ter of J. W. Bellah, and a brother, L. D.
Bellah, lives in Cleburne.
New York.—The twelfth and last
juror in the case of Roland M. Moli-
neux, on trial on the charge of causing
the death of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams,
has been .secured.
Bitr Peanut Crop.
Victoria, Texas, Dec. 1.—Victoria
county raised peanuts are on sale at
many stores in the city. A great many
farmers experimented with them bn a
small scale, and the yield and quality
was exceedingly satisfactory. The
local consumption is so small, however,
that it will be necessary for the farm-
ers to plant an acreage sufficient to
yield carload quantities before the crop
will become a profitable one. From
100 bushels per acre to as high as 200
can be produced, and as they bring
from $1 to 51.75 per bushel, there is
good money in them.
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The letter that he wrote brought
tears to the eyes of the girl who read it.
“I have been away a long time,” it
said, “but I’m coming home tomorrow.
As I look through my window I can
see the foliage on the mountain side
changing to red and purple and yes-
terday I saw a flock of birds flying to
the South. Think of it, the roses were
in bloom when I told you good-by!
Now I want to ask you to take me
‘for better, for worse’ before the snow
marks the Winter time. For better,
for worse, such as I am, take me and
make what you wilt of me. Heaven
grant it may be ‘for better!’ ”—New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
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The Famous Wave at the Head of the
Bay <rf Fuiidy and How to See It.
The bay of Fundy is known to the
world chiefly on account of its- tides,
which rise to an immense height, sev-
enty feet having been recorded. As
these tides reach the head of the bay
and are forced #p the Pettieodiac river
the conditions are such as to form the
front into an almost perpendicular wall
of water, termed a ‘‘bore.”' This form-
ation is a grand and' exciting spectacle,
and interest in the phenomenon is in-
creasing. Large numbers- of Ameri-
can tourists, scientific men and others
visit the locality to- admire its effects- "
and study its causes. A’^mt. nineteen
miles from the mouth of the Pettico-
diac, at a point commonly known as
the “bend,” the river takes a turn al-
most at right angles" to its previous
course. Immediately above the bend
and on a line of the Intercolonial rail-
way is situated Moncton. The run of'
the rising tide first breaks into a bore
at Stony creek, eight miles below
Moncton. At first it is scarcely notice-
able, but it gradually grows until at the
bend it about reaches its maximum
height. The wharves of Moncton are
thus the most popular position from
which to view this interesting phe-
nomenon, says Self-Culture. The
average interval from the arrival of
one bore to the arrival of the next is
about twelve hours and twenty-five
minutes, so that the average retarda- ■
tion from day to day is about fifty min-
utes. But “his boreship’'’ is erratic, and
the daily retardation may be any-
where from forty minutes to an hour.
The best time to see the bore is dur-
ing the full moons of August, Septem-
ber or October, and if the visitor would
see this natural wonder in its most
beautiful aspect let hi?«t choose a
bright moonlight night, rather than
the daytime. Ujjder such favorable
circumstances a crowd of 400 or 500
people, one day last fall, witnessed the
arrival of the bore. The schedule time
for its arrival, given by the local news-
papers, was 9:20 o’clock. At 9:12 the
expectant crowd on Moncton’s wharves
heard a noise easily distinguishable as,-
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Their friendship was rather the re-
sult of a forced mutual dependence
than anything efee, and they drifted in-
to it before either realized the turn
events were taking. At first it had
Il sen nothing more than the inter-
change of a few remarks on leaving the
hotel dining-room in the morning and
an occasional chat on the piazza after
supper. From this it became a regu-
lar thing to saunter together down to
the boat landing for a pull across the
lake before the sun made outdoor ex-
ercise impossible.
Then, because the mail came at 12,
It suited them both to linger under
the shade trees on the lawn until the
distribution of letters began. It was
on these occasions that they compared
notes upon the subject of summer re-
sorts in general and Fairview Springs
in particular.
They were there for the same reason
—rest and a change of air. Both
were eager to exchange the quiet of
the place for the rush of their every-
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Ill a Yacht..
Pensacola, Fla.. Dev ember 1.—The
naptha yacht Zeba of New Orleans,
fifty-two feet long, having' on board
Captain E. W. Demining and his two
daughters, arrived here this evening
after an eventful journey of G007 miles.
The Zeba left New Orleans July 8,
went up the Mississippi river and
tributaries to the great lakes, thence
through the Erie canal to tfhe Hudson
and down to New York. The party
sailed down the Atlantic coast and
around the Florida peninsula into the
Gulf of Mexico and up to this" city.
Coming through the inland passage of
East Pass November 21, the yacht was
blown by a storm high and dry on the
beach. After hard work the Zeba, was
floated Tuesday last. She will sail to-
morrow noon for New Orleans.
Husbands and Wives..
More than one man whose name is a
household word has been advanced
through the untiring energy of his
wife. It is a question whether ex-
President Cleveland, would have en-
joyed as much of a political career had
it not been for the' popularity of Mrs.
Cleveland. Through every phase of
the ex-president’s political life Mrs.
Cleveland held sway in the hearts of-
the people. The first Mrs. Whitney
paved the way for her husband’s politi-
cal success. It was- through her wealth
and hospitality that the ex-secretary
first won his way into' public life.
Notable among society people is Mrs.
Potter Palmer. She has made the
name of Palmar famous in this coun-
try and abroad* Perhaps no man ever
had a more helpful and devoted wife
than the late Mr. Gladstone, or ever
recognized her aid in a more chival-
rous way. He paid many a touching
tribute to the care she took of him and
the courage with which she inspired
him.
December 1.—“I
know that I shot Dr. Lankford but
my min,d is not clear as to howl I shot
My mind was a blank at the
Murdered by Mexicans.
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 1.—United
States Marshal George Sebrecht was
advised this afternoon of the ambush-
ing and murder of R. W. Wallace, a
deputy customs collector, twenty miles
north of Presidio early this morning.
Wallace was bring a notorious Mexi-
can smuggler to the town of Presidio,
but was waylaid by a party of Mexi-
cans, who, after shooting the deputy,
escaped with the smuggler into Mexico.
Presidio is on the border in the great
bend of the Rio Grande, between Eagle
Pass and El Paso, known as
“Bloody Peninsula.”
London. December 1.—It is offlcia’-
ly announced that General Methuen
was among those wounded at the bat-
tle of Modder river. It has developed
be was slightly wounded by a bullet
which inflicted a flesh wound in the
Lieutenant Long of the Sec-
ond Yorkshires is another officer kill-
The following officers were also
Captain Von Huge!, en-
gineer; Lieutenant Traverse, Third
Grenadiers; El wer
stream Guard; Majors Earle and Ot-
tey and Lieutenant Fox of the Sec-
ond Yorkshires; Lieutenants Baiker-
Carr and Neilson of the Argyle High-
landers.
day life. It was; not easy for him
shake off the thought of his neglected
law practice, and it was equally hard
for her to forget the half-finished
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With a frankness
which
either under
other circumstances, they openly dis-
cussed their dismay over the prospect
of remaining two months or longer at
Fairview, and bestowed their most ar-
dent pity on all newcomers to the
springs..
If, in the beginning, he had accept-
ed the situation blindly, he was the
first to realize it in its full significance,
for, argue with himself as he might,
there was at last no overcoming the
disagreeable truth that he had given
his promise to one woman and his
love to another. In his inmost soul he
knew he had no right to feel that per-
fect sense of happiness which had
lately come to him, for perfect happi-
ness it was when she was near him.
It was only when he was alone that
conflicting emotions took possession of
him.
When he looked into her steadfast
eyes he was conscious that she had
moved him as no other woman had
done. He did not tell himself that he
had never loved until now; but he
knew that it was because of her he
wished he could undo the past, and
this had never been the case before.
He needed her always, he 'would
reason with himself, but whenever he
used this argument he felt that she
ap-
and
9:22, two minutes later than the
schedule time, there appeared in full
view of the spectators an almost per-
pendicular wall of water, five or six
feet in height, rushing madly against
the swift current of the stream. In
some places along the head of the bore
the water, beaten into a foam by its
own violence, sparkled in the moon-
light, while along the shore the mud
plowed from the bank made the water
almost black. The contrast was
beautiful.
Was Heavily Bombarded.
Loudon, December 1.—The Times
published the following dispatch from
Frere, Natal, dated Monday, Novem-
ber 27: “Ladysmith was heavily bom-
barded today.”
Evolution of Ketchup.
One of the trials of our younger days
was to spell the name of the sauce
that was and etill is pronounced
“ketchup.” Such as had mastered
"c-a-t-s-u-p” were on the tojb shelf of
culture. From catsup we filtered down
to katsup, then to catchup and finally
A man over in New Jer-
million at bottling to-
matoes, and married his daughter to
a real prince. Now comes along a man
up in the interior of the Empire state
of New York who offers “grape catch-
up” as the finest modern relish. It
made from “selected Catawba grapes,”
and beats the old-fashioned home-
made tomato catsup to death.—New
York Press,
I wo iVIeti Killed.
Manila, Dec. 1.—Dispatches just re-
ceived from Iloilo, island of Panay, say
that at 1 o’clock on the evening of
Sunday, November 26, the Eighteenth
regiment encountered an entrenched
force of the enemy' at Pavia, who
opened a heavy fire. The leading bat-
talion replied, and after several vol-
leys the Nineteenth flanked the Fili-
pinos, driving them out of their'
trenches. The enemy retreated to the
mountains. At the beginning of the
fight one captain and one private of
the Eighteenth were killed.
Steel Plant (lives Satisfaction,
Chattanooga, Tenn., December 1.—A
special to the Times from Birming-
ham, Ala., says: The first commercial
steel for the open market ever made
in the South was produced at the new
million dollar plant of the Alabama
IS/beel and Shipbuilding company at
iEnsley this afternoon. Only three
furnaces are in eporation as yet, but
the entire plant will be going within
thirty- days. The steel is made by the
open hearth basis process, and Ala-
bama red ores are used. The company
has sold the entire output nearly a
year ahead, some of which will go to
Europe. The bulk of it, however, will
be used in the beginning in making
rods, wire and nails at the new plant
adjoining the steel works. Prominent
officials of the Tennessee Coal. Lon
and Railroad company, which controls
the steel company, attended today's
run and were well pleased.
forget the
manuscripts calling for attention
her desk at home.
which was not flattering, and
would have surprised
Dallas, Texas, December 1.—The
town of Garland, twelve miles from
Dallas, an important business place of
about 2(100 people, is believed to be
doomed to destruction by a fire that
started about 7 o’clock this even’ng.
Telegraph and telephone connections
are gone. The last message of the tel-
ephone operator at 7:30 p. m. was;
“The town is sure to be wiped out.
The fire can not be controlled and is
spreading in every direction.”
land handles more cotton direct from
farm wagons than any other town of
its size in Texas.
Passengers in on a late Missouri,
Kansas and Texas train report that
when they passed Garland the town
was practically wiped out by the fir?.
Only one business house, a large brick
upon the principal street, from the
depot could be seen standing. Th-*
fire was still burning beyond the busi-
ness district. Railway employes at
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas sta-
tion at Garland estimated that thirty
stores had been destroyed and many
dwelling houses. Mr. Witwer of the
firm of Martin & Witwer, the largest
business house in Garland, who was
spending Sunday in Dallas, stated to
a correspondent tonight that in his
opinion the loss will reach $2(10,000
with not exceeding one-third of that
sum of insurance. He furnished the
list of firms burned out, based on re-
ports by passengers and his knowl-
edge of town: .1. D. Curfman, general
merchandise: Garland Weekly News;
Beaver Brothers, general merchan-
dise; R. E. Summers, druggist; J. M.
Naylor & Son, hardware; E. C. Su-
ter, restaurant; R. A. Rooker, con-
fectioner; S. Butler, restaurant; Citi-
zens’ bank, T. N. Hickman, cashier;
Martin & Witwer, two stores general
merchandise; Walker & Nickens, har-
ness; Jones <Sr James, hardware; Hud-
son Davis company, dry goods; Spit
lers & Beavers, grocers; Allen Broth-
ers, Jwmlw; Samuel Hall, druggist; M.
D. Williams, general merchandise;
Beaver & Martin, livery stable; H. B.
Hicks, harness; Flooks, Smallwood &
Certmer, general merchandise; C.
Bell, grocer; George Crossman,
surance; Scott & James, market.
Washington is
session.
Considerable whisky peddling is re-
pc-rted in the Indian Territory.
Smallpox prevails at Wilburton,
Newbury, Calvin and Poteau, I. T.
J. W. Cathron, who was shot near
Guthrie, Ok., after lingering a week
died.
Anti-Christian uprisings are report-
ed among the natives in the Chi Nang
Fu district, China.
Fire at Boston navy yard destroyed
the building used as the bonding shed.
Loss about $100,000.
It is reported that 10,000 troops will
leave Odessa to reinforce Russian gar-
risons in the far east.
The postoftee at Atoka,
broken into and several
robbed of their contents.
Michael Davitt, the well known Irish
leader, was badly injured in London
by being thrown from his carriage.
In a wreck on the Wheeling and Lake
Erie railway near Coshocton, O., three
persons were killecljand twenty injured.
Calvin De Wolf, one of the earliest of
the western abolitionists, was found
dead in bed at his home in Chicago
aged 84 years.
The remains of Maj. Guy Howard,
r>on of Gen. C. C. Howard, killed in the
Philippines, were sent to Omaha, Neb,,
and there interred.
The ministry of Queensland has re-
signed as the outcome of a vote of the
assembly in connection with the con-
struction of railways.
The officials of the state department
are reticent as to the reasons for the
recall of Prof. Stiles of the United
States embassy at Berlin.
William flicker engineer at Bo-
I hanan’s cotton gin at Etonah, Ok., was
caught in a belt and whirled around a
score of times, fatally injuring him.
State Health Officer Joseph Y. Por-
ter of Florida raised the quarantine
against Port Tampa and Port Tampa
City, which has been in effect since
Nov. 10.
The Aliana soap factory and oil
press of Torreon, the largest establish-
ment of its kind in Mexico, was totally
destroyed by fire recently. The loss is
estimated at $400,000.
The Brazilan government Las noti-
fied the French, Italian and Spanish
governments that Brazil will hence-
forth adopt differential tariffs against
excessive taxes on coffee.
Maj. Gen. Miles, commanding the
army, has returned to Washington
after a tour of inspection, which in-
cluded the fortification on the Pacific
coast and the gulf of Mexico;
Edgar Hill, traffic manager of the
Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis
railway, and one of the best known
railroad men in the country, dropped
dead of heart disease in Louisville,
Ky.
The city council of Guthrie. Ok., has
granted a franchise to the American
District Telegraph company to put in
a system of messenger service, fire
and police alarm, with call boxes in
every part of the city.
On account of smallpox in the Indian
Territory the postmaster general has
ordered the mail fumigated at South
McAlester, McAlester, Krebe,
son, Wilburton, Cherryvale,
home, Calvin and Atoka.
Gen. B. C. Vance, aged 71 years, a
brother of the late United States Sena-
tor Zeb. Vance, and for twelve years a
representative in congress from his
congressional district died at Alexan-
der, N. C., from’diabetes.
Senator Albace, formerly minister of
public works, has formed a new
Chilian cabinet in succession to the
liberal ministry.
Commissioner Geo. E. Wilson of the
internal revenue bureau, in his report
t< the secretary of the treasury of the
operations of his office for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1890, shows that
the receipts from all sources aggrega-
ted $273,484,573, an increase over the
preceding year of $102,617,000.
The United States transport Sherman
arrived at San Francisco from the
Philippines. The trip occupied but
twenty-five days. There were eighteen
passengers and 194 discharged and sick
men on board. Eight died on the
voyage. The dead bodies were brought
along.
Capt. Charles H. Davis, on behalf of
himself and crew, has brought suit in
the district court of the District of
Columbia to recover the prize money
amounting to $62,795, earned in Porto
Rican waters during the Spanish war.
He commanded the Wasp.
Hie Loss Will be In Excess of $200,000—
No Direct Communication Can Be Had
With the Little Town, Which Is In
the County of Dallas.
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WERE ALL HE HAD LEFT.
would be the first (could she know it),
to assure him that he was striving af-
ter the shadow and not the substance.
He was a weakling, trying to depend
on her strength.
A telegram calling her home—her
sudden departure early one morning
—these were things to recall her to
■ the reality of life.
A formal little note of farewell, two
or three faded roses—and a memory
were all he had left to tell of the sum-
mer.
Rudely awakened from his dream of
happiness, he was like a man groping
in the dark. “The right way!” he
said to himself. “Which is right?”
With his face buried in his hands, he
thought the matter out. The spell
of her presence was gone, but its fra-
grance remained.
She also -was fighting out the battle
alone. It is strange that, actuated by
the same feeling, and arguing along
the same lines, they should have ar-
rived at such widely different conclu-
sions.”
The letter that she wrote was not
to him—but to another man.
“Forgive me,” it said, “for the pain
I am about to cause you, for I can
only give you ba«k your promise and
ask you to forget me. There was a
time when I h-elieved that the calm
friendship I had for you was love, but
I know that poor human hearts were
made for more, and they will have
their due. Do not reproach me, for it
was not my fault that I learned this
too late.”
Then she began to turn the pages
of one of her manuscripts, wearily try-
ing to collect her thoughts. But a while
ago everything had been different.
When she was tired there had been
some one whose strong arms were ever
ready to receive her; and now—but
she could not think of it just then.
him.
Eme.”
This, in short, is the story told by
the self-created "widow, Mrs. Roberta
Boyce Lankford, wife of the late Dr.
George Adreon Laijkford, probably
one of the best known young physi-
cians in the city or county, who had
for ten years made his ’home in this
part of the state, com'ing directly here
after leaving college.
The tragedy which has brought des-
olation to the hotmej and sorrow to the
family was enacted early in the even-
ing, the night, before Thanksgiving
Day. It was at the home of the de-
. ceased and his wife, and no one pres-
ent at the time except Mrs. Lankford,
the deceased. Robert P. Boyce, broth-
er of Mrs. Lankford, two children,
and a babe in arms. The information
was received in the city early in the
night at the jail, but as sensational
stories have often come from tfhe coun
try to the jail which proved later to
be without foundation, the officers did
not give sufficient credence to the re-
cital of the colored man who was the
bearer of the news, and gave out
nothing about it, but Deputy Sheriff-;
Harry Anderson and Charles Kincii-
bach left immediately for the scene
of the shooting to verify the state- j
ment and to take whatever action was
necessary in the premises.
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