The Greensboro patriot [April 9, 1879]

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rapped in thought,
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■- rol hand
.-■- grand,
coming we-ery of such a monotonous
occupation, end no! being satisfied with
the small income clerive<l from it, he
Inn! rewired to seek more romantic and
profitable employment iu the gold-fields
.-f California.
The time for my return to Lenora was
only two weeks off. However, I eletcr-njined
to comply with Lew's request,
and, on the day after the receipt of his
letter, I started for Groencastle. As I
went by railway, I was only a day and
night on the road ; and nino o"clock on
the following morning after my de-parture
from Clifton found me in Lew's
room, in an upper ttory of a hotel in
Oreenoaatlo,
1 found Lew in gevjel spirit*. He was
making preparation for his journey.
Of course, I took an opportunity to
write and tell Lenora of my trip to
Greencsatle, and assured her that if
kind Providence favored I would be
with her at the appointed time.
The three days that I spent with Lew
were pleasantly passed. In the fore-noon
of the third day. Lew's oomrade,
who was going with him, arrived in
Greeneaatle, and insisted on taking the
■ •veiling train.
Accordingly every thing was arranged;
and altfmt seven o'clock we repaired to
the depot to await the arrival of the nine
o'clock westward bound train. Throw-ing
aside our overcoats and hats, we
yourselves for our last conversa-
Mnch sooner thin we wished the shrill
II
light .
I i l tod wept,
Ii ■ prize bad kept
r'd r. in-fairti
than H .
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■ ■■ * d .y.
1M1 i t. Al BRS,
foil wen
»• e ( veiling for 111 -
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! their budget of fun,
led Mr. Lawrence :
■ ■'■ led in ] l< is-pie,
be r. a l.ly con,;,He.!
and aski-| what thev
'
Lei ora's love ■' ■ i v,"
I merry I
'■- I bo, "if you wii
■ P '('•'' i, I will tell vo
hip."
imnnd him,
istrrma black e\e
■ narmttvi.
od 1 was iw. n
|ins, I wai
I ; '• in Bepton, wl ■ i
hi r. !t v.
' - y afti r 1,
s ■■ v
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manv wi :■;■•
e then. A
' frie I of Ui:-'-
■1 o HI 1-. came :-. ■
We I :• • oftei , ;■:
p; i Him together. 1;
■ • ■ ly a month I .
.' I in ,1 mj self so deeply ii
I • lived to tell !.■ i
ie, ii:;,! aak her t>
i Lenora, Nor was il
pportnnity ol < n •
We weVo seated
l>eautiful spot in hi i
I IVM a pleasant
-1 ire was dress-i
'■ flowers
. aa I tin gi mud wa»
The mom
. y through
■ • ■ i • i above otti
i i the anr-
H was .1 Spot tlnil
■-.M.i to have repro
• pnet tohavi iii
■ ■ . Wo had often sal ii
t'.r. : but on tlii.
■ 1 more charm an
' • than ever. Wit1
• "ii my shoulder
! aglvin mine.
whistle of the appr«M»chitg train founded
in onr ears. I accompanied them into
the car, and as the train began to move
away I pressed their hands, wi-hed them
a prosperous life and stepped from the
ear, glancing, as i went out, at the se-rene
f.u-es of the passengers, little sns.
pcctliig tho horrible death that awaited
many of them that night. I stood on
the platform until the noise of tiie
train died in the distance, and then
went, with a heavy heart, to the hotel
and retired to rest.
When I arose on the following morn-ng
I discovered, with mnch chagrin,
that Lew hud taken my overcoat instead
of his own. As far as the valnc of the
coats was concerne I, I had loot noih-ing;
but several of my letterts from
Lenora and some other papers were in
the pocket of mine, avd these I did not
wish to lose,
I took the eight o'elook train for Clif-ton.
Myattentioa was so much attract-
■•d by tie Boenery.that wan presented to
my view as the flying train spe,| on its
way, that I soon forgot ail about the • s-changi
-l overcoats,
All the day and night the train went
swiftly on its w iy, stopping occasionally
to receive or deposit passengers or to
obtain a fresh supply of water.
As the train stopped at a atation -i
Fen miles from Oltfton, just at t!-.e
• lawn of day, I was horritiid to hear that
the train taken by Lew and his eomrade
bad been thrown from tho track and
several of tho passengers killed. I
dreaded to hear the particulars of the
disaster.
When ! arrived at Clifton, the town
was all nciteuient over the wrecked
trair. l*ii 11 particulars had been re-ceive
;, and I was surprised to find my
own name among the killed. I imnio
diately reiueralM red the exchanged over-coat1-.
There BOW remained no doubt
as to my dear friend being among the
dead.
My parents were FUVP.1 from great
- by i: ■- arrival homo before they
had leatne I that roy naiiie waj r>n the
list.
After spending (-<•■> days at home li
one.- more took passage iu the stagi
:"■ r Rent in. There were several
other passengers, and the time pa -i
■ intly away during the first day and
administered such restoratives as soon
brought her to consciousness again.
While this was transpiring, and I sat by
her with her Lands in mine and pressed
frequent kisses on her sweet young lips'",
her father unraveled the cause of the
mysterious circumstances which bad
just taken place.
It was late in the afternoon of that day
when they learned of the messenger's
arrival with the mail. Lenora immedi-ately
wont to the office in hopes of re-ceiving
a letter from me, explaining my
non-arrival, which they had concluded
was on account of the stage-coach's fail-nro
to come. She received a letter and
a package, which she supposed to be
from me, and joyfully returned home.
Sitting down oa the sofa, sho laid the
packago down and opened tho letter.
Her first glance at the contents sent a
pang to her heart. It was from a gen-tleman
in a distant town, stating that
John Lawrence had been killed in the
recent railroad disaster, and that his
papers and money had been sent to her.
Her first wild spell of grief was over
when I arrived, nnd she was then re-lieving
her broken heart by almost si-lont
Buffering.
By the time her father had finished
these explanations, Lenora ha I so far
revived as to be able to sit up and listen
to my story of the exchanged overcoats,
and that it was my friend, L* w Rowland,
who was killod in the wreck.
We openctl tho package and found,
besides my letters, over $200 in bank
notes. I wrote to on© of Low's brothers
in regard to the money; but before his
reply arrived I received a letter from—
Lew. He was not dead, as reported, but
had only received a slight injury, from
which he had recovered, aud was ready
to resume his journey. He had loaned
his overcoat to an invalid young man,
who was killed when the disaster oc-curred.
As he had the overcoat on that
contained my letters and papers, it nat-urally
resulted iu the mistake which was
made.
With Lew's assistance the money wai
restor.il to the proper par';
A few weeks afterward i, aora aud I
were married. In the following spring
we moved out here ou the farm, where
we have lived and loved ever since.
Dr. I. I. Hayes and Mr. Henry A.
Stanley will accompany Mr. James
Oordon BeDnet to San Francisco in
May to assist him in the final prepara
tions for tho Jtuncette's expedition, and-to
see her depart for the Arctic seas.
The StAte of Ohio has a commissioner
of labor statistics, who has submitted a
report of the condition of wage-laborers
throughout the State. Tho figures pre-sented
aro not of particular import, but
the recommendations of tho commis-sioner
aro of interest He advises a
more stringent enforcement of the laws
against the nse of store orders iu pay-ment
of wages; that a law bo passed pro-viding
for tho creation of co-operative
associations for manufacturing aud
miuing purposes; that a law be passed
providing for tho creation of boards of
conciliation and arbitration in trade dis-putes;
that a pending bill to proven;
railroad employees being compelled to
wait months for thoir wages be made a
law.
favored ol the forenoon of the second. Bntthenan
. I ■ ■: ■■ ' if I oulj could h-'V
jirl ■-;:ii me .1! tho time, 1
ippiest man in tho world.
. •■ pud my thoughts,
what I was thinking
I : Id I rr that I was thiukin?
■ remained until I
b ime, aud how 1< ne-
I be when so far away from
A 1 .AH her rosy check,
■ . iwer on my shonl-irm
around lier, drew
ind somehow, though
:■ II just li-w, I asked her
my own dear wife.
■- is a sweet "yes,"
:r unformed that
beav< n. I hold
■ nod pressed pas-nr
red lips. When
rani, we bad
rever rue to each other.
;. became raor-
■ nas a thousand time
•i i rer before.
I pleasantly
:" i my return home
ut • e mi Idle - I'
■ :• r pan nts' con-
, l promised to n -
my bride.
' ■ ■ with Lew rs,
wi re r< uewed and
, '. :^ik
■ - ■ ■ loh for Clifton,
Od. It was eighty
unexpected difficulty retarded our jour
n< y. One of the wheels of the coach
bn '-. - and had to bo repaired before we
c nld , roceed. This occupied the re
lor of that day and all tha next ;
so that the evening I should havo been
r.-irh Leuora fonnd mo several miles
away.
Immediately after the nccident, a mes-senger
was dispatched to lieiiAn with j
the mail on horseback. 1 was ibseut
with two or three others getting umber
with which to repair the broken wheel '
when lie started, sn I knew not thai he i
was going until he was several miles on
his way. Henoe I did not send a Hce to
Lenora explaining my failure to arrive.
However, I consoled myself by thinking
that the messenger would make matters
sufficiently plain, and all would ye be
well.
On the morning of the fourth day v.
resumed our journey, and weut very
briskly all day. As twilight began to
change into darkuess, and here and
there r. star appeared in the azure tky,
and the moon was slowly risiin: ovi .■ I!:e
eastern mountains, the * 1-1 stage eoi c !i
drew up and stopped iu front of a 1 irge
brick building iu Bonton, and the pas
seogera alighted and duperw .i.
I walked along the street to the r. i
deuce of Lenora's father. I knocked at
the door and was admitted to the parlor
There quite an unexpected s-one met
ray vision. Instead of Lenora and her
I was three days in parents meeting n-e w'th extended
I did after I had hands, th. y did not appe r o luscious of
.aliens of my 1 my entrance. Lenora sat on the sofa,
• Lenora, to tell her evidently pained at the contents of .;
' e steep and rocky letter which she held in her hand. A
and hills on package of papers lay !s-side her on t!i
A i weet corre
' r mgli tho long
Mowed the greatest
sofa. K-ar her sat bar father and i
mot Iu r. I stood for a moment in utter
amazement. Not n sonnd was to be
H enjoyed was in reading heard but the sobs of Lenora. Inaston-writing
to her. ishment I drew near to where they sat '
• first of September I re- The young lady who admitted me into!
r from Lew it, >wlaud, re-: the parlor did not offer me a seat, but
t in 11 (Ireencaatle and advanced with me to where they were in
uim before his silence. As I drew near each face was
turned toward me, Lenora's eyes beam-ii
schoolmates, and ed one moment ou me, and then she I
friends. For the sprang to me and fell fuiuting iu my'
- i.' Lad been clerking in ! arms, her only words being, §,It is f
• Greenoaatle; but be-1 John." We laid her on a bed and I
Komautic Story of Tnii Orphans.
Tho New York correspondent of tho
\ Baltimore American writes: A little bit
i of ft story of two orphans came to my
i knowledgethe other-lay, which is almost I
| equal in pithos to the story as told in |
the memorable play of that nan.c. Some J
years ago a boy left his home in Bavaria i
aud. came to this country, where His 'to - i
ee-s iadnoed him after a time to send for ,
hisyounger brother. Thisleft to the sole
e»ro and protection of their parents two i
still younger girls, one possessed of re-markable
beauty. Tho parents dies!;
the girls were left alone with very fma!i '
resources with which to depend for sup- i
port. Of their brothers they hail heard i
nothing for several years, hnt with
natural instinct and longing they turn' 1
to the thought of them as their only j
comfort in their distress and loneliness. ;
Against the advice of their pastor, they |
turned their effects into mont-y and set
out for tho new world, quite sure that in
it they would have uq difficulty in fl"d- |
iug their truant brothers. But i*. wa
not so easy us they anticipated. On ,
landing in New York they were appalled 1
by the magnitude of the great city.
They did not know where to go. Their
inquiries were met by laughter and rude ■
repulse. Sickness overtook one of them, \
and the other, almost at the eud of bt r i
small stijck of money, frightened at the
prospect of being left penniless, and ig- ;
uoraut of tho character of t!io persona '■
who professed an interest in her, accept- '
eil an invitation to sing in a concert- i
saloon. On the very first night she wus '
shocked by the scenes which transpired
around her and tho bold admiration IK r
lieauty excited. The extreme plainness ■
anil modesty of her dress and demeanor, j
however, attracted tho attention <f two
gentleman, one of whom was engaged iu i
showing a friend from the countiy the
"lions," and when an iusolc.it fellow;
attempted a fnmiliaiity which she res* .it- j
e 1, he stepped to the rescue and obtain-ed
from her, amid her heart-breaking
sobs, the story of herself and sister anil '
the failure of their hopes. The truth of
what she sail was self-evident, and the
young man, who was really honorable !
and kind-hearted, promptly took her I
away from the place in which she was, ;
fonnd her and her lister another respect-able
lodging, and interested himself to '
procure them employment. Shortly |
afterward, in company with a party of
young men, ho told his adventure, and \
was considerably surprised by the in- i
terest of one of them, who proved to be ,
one of the long-lost brothers. Of course
their troubles were now all over, for ,
this brother occupies a high position in
n large mercantile firm, and can well
sffordto' Feeareofhissistcrs. Whether
a romoD • will grow out of it remains to
lie seen But there are four extremely i
happy eople iu New York, and s yonng
man WHO feels that he has acted the part
cf a knight-err mi, iu u manner quite
worthy of th middle-ages, aud who will I
doubtless a a better mau all his life
for having allowed the best part of his
nature to assert itself on that single oe-caston.
Sagacity «r Birds.
Certain facts render it probable that
birds, in some manner, become aware of .
cholera infection iu the air. Recent
German journals state that at Mr.uich, |
where several cases of cholera have oc-
CUrred, the rooks and crows, which'flew
about the steeples and through the trees j
of the public promenades, have all emi-grated;
and the same thing happened
during the cholera seasons of 181)6 and
and 1864. According to Sir Samuel W.
Baker, the samo phenomena occurred at
Mauritius, where the martins, which ex-ist
in immense numbers the year round,
wholly disappeared during the preva-lence
of the cholera,
HOW THE ZILUS FIGHT.
"'"" h» .'l»»acr*.fi.B ■sjsMsi Purr
b» /.»!-. I. Htmn Arrlra.
A correspondent sends a description
of tho terrible massacre by Zulus of an
English force in Sonth Africa, as fol-lows
:
The main body of the British advance,
under Lord Chelmsford, penetrated a
considerable distance into Zulu-land,
over twenty miles beyond Rorke's Drift,
near which a camp bad been established,
with a convoy, consisting of 102 wagons,
1,400 oxen, two guns, 400 shot and
shells, 1,200 rift s, 250.000 nmnds of
ammunition, and a rocket- trough, the
wholo valued at $300,' 00. Ten miles
l>eyond Borke's Drift Lord CuclmBford
left the convoy guard and advanced with
the remainder of his forces, some ten or
twelve miles further into Zuln-land,
" to look for the enemy," wko, it after
ward turned out, were at the same time
20,000 strong. Lord Chelmsford beipg
well out of the way, they fell upou tho
convoy. The British fought hard, and
retreated gradually upon the camp and
its valuable stores, thus getting the sup-,
port of all their immediate forces. The
Zulus fell fast before the deadly rifle ;
but they carried out their conrageons
tactics with a bravery which will not be
forgotten when the historian comes to
tell their story. To hurry an euconn ■
ter to the death struggle, hand to hand,
is the Zulu idea. They advance in a
body, tho meu in the rear rushing into
the gaps made in front by tho enemy's
fire. Then the men, with short knives
and shields, sling back Hhoir rifles and
leap upon the foo. Those who are armi-d
with speors break them off short an.l
convert them into Bhort swords. This
is what happened at Isandtila and
the camp at Rurke's drift. The
overwhelming numbers of tho Zu-lus,
taking the troops at a moment
when thero seems to have been no op-portunity
of availing t mnelves of in-trenchments
or barricades, onablcd thera
to overpower tho red-coats Tho Brit-ish,
both officers and .men, fought aud
tell where tliey stojj, cash of them,
however, slaying his two or threo to
one in the nneqnal fight. Tho colors of
the regiment aud tho stores fell to the
victors, who thus cams iu possession of
valuable weapons and arimunitiou,
which they could also show to possible.
allies as inducements to join them. Nit
le<s than fifty-one British officers and
B70 men lay dead iu the sacked catnti
bef< re the Zulus carried off the spoil".
In the me-.uwhile Lord Chelmsford was
still " looking for tho enemy !" When
itlwis all over the nows reached him and
be liaau-ne<i iiaca, to discover uuttb
force he had left in his rear had been
annihilated. The Zulns had not held
tho camp, but had carried off literally
everything that made it a camp. It was
an awful seeueof slaughter. There was
not a living soul in it. There were no
wonnded to tend aud succor. (Quarter
had neither been asked nor given. Black
and white lay together in the death-grip.
Both hnd fought with equal cour-age
aud desperation. The stnrdy Eng-lishman
had met iu the athletic Zulu a
focman worthy of his steel. The nndcr-
A Kuock-llown Tor Washington. „,,,,, gBTnge ,,„,, s|)0wn hJmR(,|f n^
The grandfather of Mrs. Langhomc, I tare upou whom drill and disciplinemay
ho died recently iu Kontncky, was j |lc aseffectivo in the direction of natnral
William Payne, of Fairfax comity, Va., j conrngo as on Europeaiis.
ol whom Collins' history of Kimtuofcy
"Tho ups and downs of city life are
well illustrated in the case of Robort M.
Martin, a broken-down old man, who
t> as recently arrested in Now York for
stealing some wo.lhlossold clothes from
his boarding house. Mr. Lawrence
Jerome, Jr., pleaded for the prisoner,
saying that ho had known him for twenty
yearas *uft! formerly ho had been a
promineut member of the board of
brokers, and worth several hundred
thousand dollars; that he had at divers
times made gifts of thousands of dol-iirs
to different churches; that he had
been widely kuown aud respected, and
tuathis mind had become affected by
a lversities, or he nevor would have
committed the trifling larcsny of which
he was accused. The justice passed a
tight sentence upon the prisoner, Bend-ing
him to the city prison for five days.
It seems the adulteration of coffee is
not confined to this country, for we
read of an ingenious attempt made
In England to manufacture a com-pound
comprised of coffee, chiecory aud
d.ite-stones! Tho date-atones, after be-ing
roasted aud ground, form such an
imitation of coffee as would, when mixed
with the geuniue article, readily deceive
I ie consumer. Tho early detection and
suppression of this mode of adulteration
were effected by the English revenue
authorities, in consequence of infornia-ti
m scut by a supervisor at Liverpool
that many tons of datc-stoues, a reftuo
troiu the mi in fact n re of spirits Btorje
• .; tbe distilleries there, and which had
up t> that time been considered useless,
were being bongbt by a foreign gent'e-n.
iin to be sent to Manchester, and be-lieved
to be iuteuded ns an adulteratio.i
of coffee. The inquiry made led to the
discovery that a manufactory had been
•tarted in Manchester toy the prepara-ti
in of " Melilotine coffee," a mixtur-'
of the ingredients mentioned above. A
si izure was modeat Manchester of about
s- ven tons of " Melilotine coffee" and of
the prepared date-stones.
An I'nlDcky Ui L-in.enl.
The recent fate of the Twenty-fourth
regiment of the British line in Znlnland
is peculiarly melancholy. The regiment
is nearly two hundred years old, having
been originally embislied by William of
Orange in 1691 for service in the Flem-ish
war and tho Netherlands. Its
records show a tour of service unsur-passed
by any other regiment of the
British army for variety and hard
knocks, and it has always been nulnckv.
Its first experience was a disaster, being
almost annihilated at the battle of
Steenkirke when it was hardly two years
old. Subsequently it suffered ont of nil
proportion to its comrades at Blenheim,
Ramillies and Slalplaqnet, and was
finally relieved and sent homo in tin-latter
part of Queen Anne's war is
conBcquence of the impossibility of
keeping its ranks recruitcj. Forty
years afterward it had an almost similar
experience on tho Fame ground in the
war of tho succession, an.l still later, in
tho eighteenth centniy, it suffered im-mense
losses, and wus at last captured
bodily in tho American revolution. Re-turning
to England, it enjoyed only a
few years of rest, when it was sent to
Egypt, participating iii Sir Ralph Aber-crombie'B
operations, where its bad luck
did not desert it. Thence tho regime-ut
went- to the Poninsula, where it cam-paigue.
1 five years, suffering, as usual,
be'yond all proportion. It was foremost
at the storming of Cufdael Rodrigo and
St. Sebastian; iu the defih-s of the
Pyrenees; in the forcing of tho |iassagi;
of the Bidassoa and the Xiue, ami in tbe
battles of Nivclle, Orthcs and TOOUBUIO.
It escaped Wnterlejo only by comiug to
America, after the first abd.eatiou of
Napoleon, aud participated iu the ill-starred
operations which terminated the
war of 1812. Then it was sent to India
where it had a bard round of service
under Combermere, Hardiuge and Na-pier,
suffering, as usual, excessively iu
tho first Sikh war. It was no novice at
tho Cape either, for it ha.l already borne
the brunt of two Caffre. wars, aud had
done as much to establish British rule
in that quarter as any other regiment
that e'ver served there. In short, Eng-land
has had only one gre-at war in
nearly two hundred years iu which the
old Twenty-fourth has not borne a
hand. That ouc was the Crimean war,
which it escaped chiefty on account of
the sympathy at the Hone Guards for
its unlucky traditions, and, though il
was on the ro-!er for foreign service
wheu the CriaiiT.ii expedition was made
up, auother regiment was detailed to
take its place, and it was sent to one of
the colonies. riu..lw, „fw, uenrij two
hundred yoars of slaughter in nearly
every clime and iu battle against cv< -y
enemy of Eugland, civilized or barbar-ous,
the Twenty-fourth has been anni-hilated
by savages in South Africa.—
Wathington C'tj>i/at.
preserves the following incident:
At the time Oeneral Washington was
stationed at Alexandria, Va., aa a col-onel
of a British regiment, before tin
of the revolution, an altercation
Sunday at a New York Prison.
The New York correspondent of tie
Philadelphia Tim< * writes : Sunday
morning at tho Toniba is a busy time.
teok place in the courthouse-yard be- Comparatively few of the well-droseeel
hreen him and William Payne,'in which 11'00!'1'' BI"' 8° to church from stylish
Piyne knewko.l Washington down. ««'•!< nces are -ware of the nature of th..
(ireat exeitoment prevaile.1. as Payne ' ««viees held th. re and then. The first
was known to be firm and Washington Mtv'c" ls ne.t one of song or praise,
w»s beloved by all. A night's reflec- i "Ubough the penitential clement enters
tion, however, satisfied Washington1 to fomc Pstent 'Dtp u- The first mcet-tliat
he was tho aggressor and in the :mgisheld in tho courtnjom, and Justice
wrong, and iu the morning he, like a ■ 0,u'rbonrB P"*"'**- Common justice
true nnd magnanimous hcro.Bougbt an | to ""'I,oor creatures who aro arrested on
interview with Payne, which resulted i i i 3l,tllr''''T n'Bbt necessitates tho holding
an apology from Washington and al •* • s,,ai,»y morning court to attend to
warm and lasting friendship between : tbo,r fa,e8- Tue 'enement-honse popu-tiie
two, founded on mutual esteem, i ln,ion 1U the neighborhood of tbe Tombs
During the revolutionary war, while' famishes abundant material for bnsi-
Washington was on a visit to his family m'ss- Most of the arrests are for drunken
William Payne, with his son DeVail,' "n-1 disorderly conduct. Some are for
went to pay his respects to tho great >«*«»», ""me for larceny e>- burglary,
American chief. Oeueral Washington Rml " m" ttre '"r "nch offenses as might
met him some distance from tho house, "• committed any day or night of the
took bim by the baud and lod him into we<'k- Among most of the working poo-the
presence of Mrs. Washington, to pleSatnr.iayeveueugis pay time. Those
whom he introduced Mr. Pavne as fol-1 who invr8t •portion of their earnings iu
lews: "My dear, here is the'little man intoxicating fluids run tho risk of feeling
.horn you have so frequently heard me ;,lie «r,P °'th" rolieeman s hand or the
speak of, who once had tho courage to h,rokc o( his clllb Mor0 the ',llwn oI
knock me down in tbe conrthouBC-yard Sunday.
in Alexandria, big as I am." ' This morning's company numbered
nearly fifty. Those whose crimes were
"l'p to Snuff."
An exchange says: A genial observer
of public meu in the United States is
amused at tlm public dexterity of those
anxious to serve as presidential candi-dates.
If he is a veteran, as well ns a
genial observer, ho smile's as he com-pares
these 'prentice hands with the
master of political adroitness, Martin
Van Buren.
L>>kiug upon politics as n game, Mr.
van Iluri'ii played it with forecast and
sagacity, and with the utmost good-nature.
No excitement .| tickened his
moderation. Even the most biting •:
pi r end sare'asms failed to ruffle a tem-per
that seemed incapable of being dis-turbed.
Once, while Mr. Van Buren, being
the Vice-President, was presiding over
the Sanato, Henry Clay attacked him iu
n speech freighted with sarcasm and in-ve-
ctive.
Mr. Van Buren aat in tho chair, with
a quiet smile upon his face-, ns placidly
ns though he was listening to Ihe com
pliraentary remarks of a friend.
The moment Mr. Clay resumed bis
seat, a page handed bim Mr. Van !
Unreu's snuff-box, with the remark:
"The Vice-Pr<-sideut sends his com- !
p'iments to yon, sir."
The Senate laughed r.t the coolness of
the man who was " up to Bnuff." The
great orator, seeing that his effort had I
been in vain, shex.k his finger good- i
naturedly at his imperturbable oppo- |
nent, and taking a large pinch of snuff,:
returned the box to the boy, saying:
" Oive my compliments to the Vicc-
President, and say that I like his snuff
much better than his polities."
Aces of Animals.
The average age of sheep is ten years;
laid to over-indulgence iu stimulants
had for the most part a molancholy and
up to that age they will breeel and I sorry look. However blustery and furi-]
thrive. There sre instances, however, ions a drunkard may be when arrested, a
of their living to a more advanced age, 'night's rest in the Tombs makes him very
nnd isolated eases, as long as twenty j meek and crestfallen. Several of the
years. Cows havo an average of fifteen inebriates brought before the jnstice
yean, although ns with sheep and other looked as if they would thank somebody
domestic animals, they often exceed to kick them. The pool women are the
their allotted time. Rings on their most forleiro. With thread-bare shawls
horns iudieate their age after t'ueyar- over their untidy heads, and with a
rive nt the age of three years. At femi ge-nerally uncombed airof elistress, they j
years olel a ring is formed at tho root ol are subjects for sincere pity. Jnstice j
the horn, and every succeeding year au- Otterliourg, who is a genial and pleas-oiher
is added ; thus by allowing three
years, aud adding the number of rings,
it is easy to arrive at the animal's age
Hogs have been known to live for fortj
years, though their average is much
less. Th*' average of the horse is tweuty
years ; but as beasts of burden they sel
eliim attain that nge. When kindly
aut-faced man, with a slight (iernian
accent, disposes of the eases before him
as quickly as is practicable. Recog-;
nizing many of his customers as regular
" rounders," to whom he has frequently I
dealt out justice ls'fore, he fines them
from line to ten dollars, the alternative
iu ease of their not having funds where- j
treated, however, and well provide! for, with to pay being a corresponding nnm- ;
thev will exceeel twenty, and instancesI bar of days uniler lock nnd key. They ;
are on record where they have lived to sehlom have any money. Any sentence '
the age of fifty. Tho iongevity of tho of under ten elays for vagrancy, -r
elephant is greater than that of any drunkenness, or kindred offense, is
other animal. Tbe average ago ha-, workeel out in the Tomb*. Longer
never been computed, but many havi terms are serveel ont on Blackwell's is-been
known to live to a very advanced land.
There is a white elephant now
What is Hade Out of Pit-Coal.
Once mankind saw eothiug iu mineral
coal but a kind eif black stone, nnd the
I erson who first found ont by a-cidrnt
that it would burn, and talked of it as
fuel, was laujhed at. Now it is not
only our most useful fuel, but its pro-ducts
are used largely in the arts. A
few of them are described below:
1. An excellent oil to supply light-houses,
equal to the best sperm oil, at
lower cost.
2. Benzole—a ii^ht sort of ethereal
fluid, which evap irates easily, end, com-bined
with vapor or moist air, is used
for tbe purpose of peirtable gas-lamps,
so-called.
il Naphtha—a heavy fluid, useful to
dissolve gntta perciia, Iuelia rubber, etc.
4. An excellent oil for lubricating
purposes.
5. Asphaltnm—which is a black, solid
substance, used in making varnish."-,*
covering roofs, and covering over Vaults.
G. Paraffine—a white, crystalline snh-stsnse,
resembling white wax, which
can be made into beautiful wax candles;
it melts at a temperature of one hundred
and ten degrees, anil affords an excelleat
light. All these snbstanceH are now
made' from soft coal.
age.
living in the Imperial menagerie in Bus
Bia that is said to be over 150 years—
Dirigo Rural.
A Philadelphia firm has manufactured
a magnificent set of carriage harness for
tbe khedlve of Egypt.
A gambler would rather let you out
than let you win, any time.
■ Snag Writer.
I met Henry C. Work the other day.
What, reaeicr! yon don't know th s eele-brateil
Work? Weil, yon know his
latest work, at least—" My Grand-father's
Clock." Does that tune make
your homes vocsl and yeinr streets pro-fane,
and does it trie-kle down, the back
stairs and sigh through all the narrow
lanes? Dora everyb >dy play it, or sing
it, or hum it, or whistle it? You will
be filled with grief, I know, wheu I toll
yon that Mr. Work is now iu receipt of
8100 a week from his publisher, C. M.
I Cady, for the copyright on that song.
Work is an ideal author—an ideal poet,
too—poor iu purse, fitful and capricious
I iu bis luoe.ds, haudsome, and ranging
I frtim the depth of despair to the fre-nzy
of strong enthusiasm. He is handsome,
has blae'k hair and beard, flashing eyes,
aud he writes all day, and always writes
Beings. He is a man of forty, and has a
beautiful aud brilliant daughter whom
he adores; anil he would sell bis songs
to the old rag-man to buy her a now
lmnuet any time'.
" How many songs have you written ?"
I arid to him, as f found him toiling it
his se.ug-strewn table.
•• Ob, a thousand or more," auswereel
he; " auet ouc eit the worst e>f them all
has made me famous—in a small wav."
J And he flung a cynical smile over his
| shoulder, as if ho shared Carlyle's ce.u-
I tempt for " for the voice ot the tor
! popttU."
" Some of tho best things I hive ever
j written," sni.l he iu tho same mexnl,
! " have had a very limited sale, aud a
■ few songs en which I have spent the
moBt time havo never sold at all."
"What are your most widely-circulat-ed
songB?" I inquired.
"Well," said he, "let's see; there'
I ' Kingdom Coming anil the Y'ear of Jubi-lee,"
Father, Dear Father, Come Heime,'
'Marching Through Georgia,' 'Wake
NicoelemiiH,' and now 'Grandfather's
Ciock.' "
" He>w do yon like song-writing as a
profession ?" 1 ventured to ask him.
"I wouldn't recommend il to anybody
■ alive," said he sadly; " the writer of
• songs eloe-sn't gi'nerally feed much like
j singing— Iiulianapnli* Jutirnal.
Women Warriors,
It is well known that women playeel
\ no meaa part as warriors iu the wars of
I antiquity, but it is not sei generally
known that they have often distinguish-
I ed themselves for valor on the battle-field
iu modern times, excluding the
■ memorable examples of Boadicea, Juan
; D'Arc, the Weme-n of Limerick, etc.
Yet there are portions of the world in
1 mhich they are famous ns warrior''. ev< D
j uu. (Pin. so..% >-r D;— -e. -i.:- r........i
I moment has a bodyguard of 400 women,
i armed with rifles and lances. Wheu the
! invincible Dahomian army marched up-on
Abe'ohnbi iu 1H01, the*y numbered
10,000 me-n aud 6,1,00 woeie-u. Tho wo-men
were placed in front at the critical
hour of assault, and l.OiKI of their brave
were left ele-ael before tho walls.
Tbe Spartan women oi old, nho strung
their braided hair upon their husbands'
battle-bows, were not the first of the wo-men
of war; nor was Joan or Moil
Pitcher the last. If Diodorus is to be
believed, the Asiatic Amazouswho were
wont to hover among the mountains of
Oaueasua, u..t only learn*' d to fight, but
they monopolized the busine*s. Th v
Strangled nine boys out 'if '-very ten al
the mom.-nt of birth, aud sent all th.
girls to the military academy. They
I drove their husbands and other maaeu-
'■ line parasites to the eaves of tho i irth;
and whe-n these gentlemen lim'.lty
emerged to break then prolonged fast,
' they were hunted like so many rabbits.
rTbe women marched to battle nnd- r
j tbe-ir chosen queen, and ove-rran and
! snbdiieel the wh'.h' of Asia. The-y built
, Smyrna and Bphesus. They wbipp"d
The-sus, nnd put the (iree-ks to flight.
I And didn't the Afrie'an Atnuzons of an
tiqiiitysiibdnethetiorgonsand Atlanti s;
fn fact, if the profane history of r,,OOti
yean ago is worth anything, the womi u
of that day were aeoustome 1 to " strike '
from the shoulder" in a fashion that
WM really terrific.
And in later days, ferocious women of
war haveappeareel from time to time. In
Sonth America, around the confluence of
tin-Japnra with tbeAmaxon, Ibetravel-r i
Orellnna, in 1810, found a well-equippi il
and powerful republieof women, whose
tiercel fi'miniuearmy successfully retist
enl his European soldiers in battle. No
men were permitted lei live in the uatiou, '
but the men of the adjaeenl aountrhia
wero received and entertained with
much hospitality in April of each year.
At tbe beginning of Ihei festivities, the
queens choose their partners from t:.»-
royal guests. The mule, children were;
drowned, but the girls were carefully
reared b>r the army. The women built
their own houses, killed theirown game, |
madti the-ir own slit/lit clothing, and '
fouud a " helpmeet " quite unnecessary.
Tio-y had Ove temples of the sun, built
oi stone aud gorgeously plated with
gold. They flourished and in mi' iii.oi
their independence for several hundred
years, as i attest -i by the narratives e»f
all vigilant travelers, from Onllana to
Hi mboldt.
Several women received penaiona for
till ir services as soldiers in the ranks
during the American revolution; ami
during tl e recant civil war, it is esti-mated
that not less', than 10" women
fought I/) disguise as private boldiers.
S .mo are know:, to have be. D killed in
battle; the sex of otiiers was detected by
the snrgous who dressed theirwounds;
while' at le-ast t.uc fonirht gallantly at tho
si Ie of the man she love-d for four yeara,
snd finally passed in review with Sher-man's
army.
A Western paper gives this little bit
of iiickwood gossip between parent and
child : "Is the howling of a dog al-ways
followed by a death t" uskejd a
little girl of her father. " Not always,
roy dear; sometimes tie SKD that ebixrta
at the dogmi»se« him,".was the parent's
prely.
ITE.HS OF UTEBfeST,
A marble haul—Stealing a tonilisUme.
A speech from the thrown—" loan ■
that mule."
There are forty-seven colored schools
in Delaware.
The boely of the seusua'isl i-j tho cof-fin
of a dea 1 sou1.
Adam was the only man ever married
ou bis wedding Eve
Bumble Bee is the brisk name of a
new postoffle* in Arisona.
He sucl for herliniul before marriage,
and her band seweel for bim after.
The Indians cultivate fivo times HB
much land as they did ten years ago.
Tho mau was hard up, itidecel, who
tried to borrow a quarter of an hour.
A girl recently am-stcd in N.w York
was charged with seventeen burglaries.
Tho number of fires that took place
iu Paris during the past year wa'. 2,744.
Many meu whistle from want of
thought, but few from tbonpht of want.
The Arkansas wild grapevine is gather
cl and shipped to France to lie used for
grafting stock.
We aro a funny people. We wear
neks over bare f.e-t, shoe's over socks,
aud oloth overshoes.
Hair cut from people's heads by Aus-tin
(Texas) bsrln rs is sold to the plnnt
ers at one dollar |KT bushel.
Thero'H one sphere that l.rlongs to
everybody—to women as well aa men
and that's the atmosphere.
The monthly cost e>f tho English ex-pedition
against Afghanistan is aati
mated at from 85,000.000 lo 16,000,000.
Contentment may be belter than
riehe's, but il any one wants to will ns
half n million dollars, we'll take the'
dinner's on I'ontenlnienl.--b'n ■■ /V>«».
" Then ar<-1 .> birdsin l*«t ;.e«r« asst,"
bill when yon find In last rear's ff i
• A ilimc, in wliAt m plm.-a-i'. war
It Bakes yen feel a!l Ifarooafa Ins day.
But for his dog, which puin. .1 him and
held him down till tho neighbors could
break in and bind bim, a farm, r near
Ripon, Wis., would have killed bia wifi
and child while in an insane lit.
"A nnraber of enterprlaing individuals
have been ongag.d in colled
of bones that f.-:l in the late battles I i
tween Russia ami Turkey, ami I »vi
them lo Austrian sugar lefln. rs.
The making of condensed milk in
Swi'/.'-rlsli I :s v ry | ' ' I' .
Anpl * Bwiss company last year eleared
$800 (MM), and afh r si Itin ■ aaidi ball ol
ties as a r s.■.-*•-• fu : I, dee'l ir.,! a i
uenu o. euo.o rUj i,
A lit Ie girl, visiting
her moth) r, i
hostess' new 1 ami nhoi i
queried: "Do you like it, I,..
The IU'I. cent r pb'ed: " V-said
it waa a peri <■' fright, I nt ii don't
seareme." Laura's mother ...di.'t stay
long nfti'r thst.
" What's sail's* for the goose," I'
senger (in second class); "1 think I've
got i: to the v r< • ■■ aril'-.'." Tieki l
inspector (steruly): "The .iiif. o
mm I he paid I" Pan eujer (triumph-antly):
" Oh, jnsl sol Than I'll 'i
you tor three shillings; I've a fi.nl
ticket." -- ISmt'h.
A gentle-Ill til ree.-ntiv llliollt |..].av his
doctor's bill said: " We'll, deicl r. .
little i. y gave 'he I < ...
' "is' ehlhll'. i,, ami I. t .< y were
at'- ii l»-1 by y j, I t'.'nk yon ran afforJ,
nt Ihe very I. as', to deduct ten pro snot,
from the amount of my bill for the
er.. o '■:' on. ,, . i. y LO you."
A i.,an having some years mice stolen
.. ■ i.-. [. at afichigan, in Surrey, :.■
!.in.I 1- ;■• together and put then ■ •■• r
his f r. he ;•; to OMI i \ it away, but in get-ting
over a gate l In- sheep, ii is thought,
struggled,andby a suddeu spring alipped
ii be! down to hie throat, for I
werefnnnd iu thai posture, the sheep
1 a- o . ..;.,,.. • ,. g.' :, ! the
man dead on the other.
Ilee ,.f Charles Dickens' daughters ni-law,
Mrs. Alfred Tennyson Dicketia, has
just met a terrible death in Australia,
where i.er bnaban I has for BOVl ral J
I., .-a living a- 1 prospering. Mi .
I licki ■ was di --!■!(.- out with t" t I
daughter, when the hone beef
frightened, and, nmiiing away, finally
overturned thecari echildwas
killed, and the youi g wife WSfl so dread
fully injiirtd ti.al i-'.e' died in a few
1 our-.
When Isvl time .-oror^ wi-1 rurtsni- '"It,
and round I en the e|i«rs lt> lock,
lire lamps K'- sat my "*,ti ''
•• Remember, .]•».-, I. wii I ti - ■ I
Wa. TI UKit- a"- ■ T j.-,-! for tl.B d»y
All irkrsvme oara »es m ; .in. mat,
I htxr wif< H v -s-c- fo.iu drmunlaad .»>
B -are- mill put tai
W!i. a rtratdwd bstwe Is Ihe,
Anl heity lids nsv "■„.,-! to »
Praia tr'indlo-he.l l! r icrj
••I w»ut adniak! 1 sant »
I.I.bes rattmilnr.
Frank Bnekland says in I.m4 and
Water: Tie- practice 'f tatl oiog is
some-timeB alopted by the lair MI •■'.
the present Jay. 1.
to have the initials of I r r-wrethesrts
permanently i ngravi I on Ihi r
should be careful to make no their
minds not to c ange their sweetheart,
unless the same initi ds wl! -i,■•. V
hoiipe-siirgeoii at St. (1.1 rg ' . I
ing creature cam.- to me in ■. il
tress. She said tin re «
mutte-r with her, bill
trouble because-be ryoung rr- '
faithless. He bid per-nadi I i r to
allow his initial-, with a true lov. r's
knot, t" !•" tattooed on her arm. She
had quarreled with him mil was now
anxious to era .- all traces of I .
tachment.
The .b-sign on the arm waa ten. big fi I
any operatiou. and tbe girl, for annul I
know, stilt cxmtinues to carry *!-..
fine Bpec:men of the art of t»
it. o-r own time.
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