The Greensboro patriot [November 5, 1879]

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The Greensboro Patriot.
OUR COTJITTRT-riBST A.3ST1D A.L"WA.YS.
Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1879. New Series No. 603.
Ilttn Y. \'-v < OBI alc«rfiil.
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.. ■ ring, In! > Arctic iwr,
ugnieh to a cold do-j>»ir.
that bonod a lYeuM brftin,
U < .r i parwja kortnra
rd lin:~I, (-hM-p witli htoely
i , . . ! KrMOU giTon lo wskouiiig
ia pfai Q»omi wild;*
Ad, darl.#>M-d by atraog*
co (oh Ood*) were wife and
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Dtalh : why
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rt| • u 1 weed to Mas; the
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! danght^r'F virnin brow and qm,
.P. like that eibareaJ mid
awed the valfMof Pandite!
- - DM poor witberod prop I #taod
irden, lopned and low;
then i ting of Daath'itreaofa
han<^
bound like wind to briy my woe!
□ov T glance, I | vMiy, lott.
' rth to Heaven. Awmberpall,
king raiianco, oblll M front.
. and darkneM awiiio
I i ided
■ igh faint
■' li looor Ho|>o.
" ll Star.
Jmwe near, that eaered norn
wtt batb all Earth'., gnefi
- liar, i boroj
I roieeof Christ!
PAOL H. IUTNK.
PRUDENCE^ GRAY.
me, for father sal 1 there
river tbnu
. f I was called the
. - . i .*r be
. i| .v..\ - . i r» fond
□ ' ■ rib at remi m an
tiller and bavinga 1 ill--.
- steer-with
the (great ciunanion-
' by tbe wind, and the
II ibblll ■• by us wvc
> '. I,,-. ,.•!.>•,
•T irj
irve ■. mpty ng
"■• ■■: nailing for others before
I - I!:, |
.- v ,- l( ., i , .]. Vi J):i
3 I yon know
- i don't 1 mn«l toll
• - :':.!' with roiuioeJ
t rka, ui' .mi for ear-
■ 1 n' buill also to
-in n little ■• bib .
■■■ .-i— i used to tJ;ink
\. ry, v. ry large p,
H | .re li with
, up or il >wn
■. . IUI
rfnlly lino to go
• great ships nnd
ty— across tbe
.-<;n)7 '•' Qg to
:• dway, us we
■ r, lo ded deep
potterv or hope,
lifeslip-r-
aud father
I '■ of .i
.'. MOV.-; tU i koowia that
py, and that I nevi r hard-
I did I was
I to got buck, and
I to have grown nil at
il girl, u I father and I
". for mother bad left
i . b-nly, an i we bad been
and I, and
n -i the fnm ral n'"l were
I I'niilil
ing I nl a terrible
ll I -ii mid not wake nuil
,- i more, an
■ ■ i rendy to take
■ ). ropfi the p.ir.i- afl
- [.•. 1 any help.
red l after that,
I don't think poor father meant it un-kiudly.
but bo at>emed to grow more and
noio broken and helpleaa every day; and
•bin frightened iue, and made me
w..rk to keep tlie barge clean and ship-lihajio,
lest tbe owners should come on
board and see things slovonly, and find
fault with father and dismiss him, and
that I knew Would break bis heart. Bo
I worked on, and in a dull heary way
father used to thank me; and the time
glided on, till one day, as we were lying
off H:ulbend, with sea glassy and not
wind enongh to Bll the sails, 1 felt mr
cheeks begin to burn as I leaned back
against the tiller, and wcnll not turn
my brad, because- I oould hear a boat
being sculled along toward us, and I
knew it was coming from the great lee-board
barge lying astern.
•IIo's coming to see father,' I said to
myself at last in a choking voice; and as
a hail came I was obliged to turn, and
there stood np iu tho little boat he was
"sculling with nn oar OTer the stern John
Grove, in bis dark trousers, blue jersey
and saarlet e>p; anil as I saw bis sun.
bn-.Dt face and brown arms and hands I
Celt my heart beating fast; and knew be
»» not ojQiug to see father, bat to see
me.
We bad hardly ever spoken, but I bad
known John (trove for yoais now, and
we bad nodded aud waved bands to one
another often nnd often as we bad pass-ed
up aiid down tbe river.
'Heave na a rope, my la is,' he said as
in- eume clone in; and I did it dreamily,
and aa Boon QB Ihiwl done eo 1 began to
pall it back, bnt it was too late; be bad
bitched it around tbe thwart of his bont
and wns up aud over tbe si-Ie before 1
could stir; and tben be stood looking
!' ivn iijK-n me, while I felt some-times
hot and sometimes cold, and as if 1
could not speak.
'Do you waut to see father?' I said at
last.
'No my lass,' he said, quiatly 'I want
to see you.'
'Mel' I faltered, with my face- bnrn-ing.
'Yes, you, r.iy lass,' he said; and
bis handsomebrown faoe lit UP, and ho
:r. ked PO m.".:'ly a* bo laid his bsud on
mi arm.
'Prudence, my gel;' be said, 'we're
both young yet, for I'm not i-ix an 1
tweuly.but I thought it wan time I spoke
to you.'
'Spoke to mo?' I said, with my face
bnruing still.
*Ycs my lass, spoke to yon, for we've
been courting now a matter of four
y< are.'
'Oil, John' I crieil. Iinrstir,^ n»l ]
Unghing ,i„il feeling more at my ease,
why, We've hardly spoken to ouo auotb-i
•'.'
That's nice,' ha said, drawing a lo'ig
breath. 'Over agi.inf'
•I )rer againi What?' I said.
'('.ill me John,' be roplied.
'Well then, Jouu,' I oriel nastily
"That's right, Prudence; but as 1 was
;oing to nay, not spoken to one another!
Well, how eonld, we always taking our
tirns at !!■•? tiller nr, we wen? But all
the Mime, my loss, I've been always
eoruting of jon, night and day, these
four years, and looking ont and longing
li , the lime wh'-n the Prudeuco would
cone in i l(rht suu I could give you a
beil and get n wave of the hand b.ick.
I could leel tbe color coming into my
cheeks a^ain aa I heard him speak,
and knew how anxiously I had looked
ont for bis baigo coming up or down
tbe river; aud then X began wondering
what ii all meant, and soon knew.
Prudence, my iass.'hesaid, "I've sav-ed
ten dollars, all my own, and our
owner bus just given me the command
of a new barge, with as pretty a cabin
in as you'd wish to see; and so, my lass,
I thought I'd ask you if be as now we've
been courting four years yon wouldn't
come to me and be my wife?'
'Shi' I said, 'no,' and shook my bead.
'1 belong to my lather, and I could
never leave him—never.'
'lint you'll have to some day, Pru-dence,'
he ;■ ud.looking dreadfully do.wn-bearled
aud nv'a.Table.
'No,' I said, 'I shall never leovo him;
he wants mr more and more every day,
and I tins* stay.'
•1'rndenee,' be said sharply, 'you
ain't playing with me, are you?'
•rbiy.ngwilb you?'
Yep; 1 mean you ain't going to take :
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MVKlXli SHOT.
-r-/- -—- —-" a- correspondent has been to the top I o°ntn African colony of Transvaal, can Oae ot them
be Present"^ on the - 0( the shot-tower in Ohioago, and de- ^^T be classed as desirable subjects, polar* to lack
r° . ., T « ' ,*", | Bcr,b<fl tue process of making shot: apart from their unwillingness to ac- I r.ees at the pre
I of the Troy theater at! T hsd a itim i,l— Hoi u,i u_j knnwlalo. *h»— . «.... «_:. . . '.
times feeling hopefnl, and with a sense \ Origin of a t'autons Play,
of joy at my heart such as I never bad : A lady connected with the stage has
felt before. j givoo „ Troyi j; y., journalist on a«-
And so that evening deepened into ' count of how tbe play of 'Uncle Tom's
night, with the barge a quarter of a mile Cibin' came to be
astern of us, and no wind coming; only ' boards, as follows
the tide to help us on our way. was the manager at | I dim idea that lead was melted
It must have been about ten o'clock at ,he time, and bad been for a year or so. j below; that this molten stuff was hauled
night, when I was forward seoing to the Tae play of tbe evening was Oliver . to the top of the tower, then damped
hght hoisted up to keep anything from , T*'81.' in the adoption of which was a down into the water below, and that this
running into us, when I heard father ! °*»ld"» character, not retained of late, j made shot. Tue real process is this: As
come stumbling uo from the cabin, aud | tn,t °' V,Me 1>;ek< the »'ck P»»Per boy, j ,,nre ieB,i ^ij no, mllke pgrf,ct Ri0bulee,
make as if to come forward to mo. •*• ukeB * tearful farewell of Olivet as | it is necessarily 'tempered.' Tuis 'tem-
] he rnna sway «rom the poorhouse. '
Without iui- idea that rbe woold be
more than a 'dummy,' it was suggested
tl.at little C irdelia, the manager's four -
The Boers of South Africa. The Moment of lesr.
Tfcp MCM. .in, -.iru .krH.rk kti.« \ The Boers, whom the English have \ Bonaparte lost four aides de^samp :
v.,...»„c.n, i-„r.r«rs. . acquired by tbe annexation to tt.-ir ; during the short time he was in F.rvpt., A P™«"y«7"l lae^'J »t Walnut Hill,
A correspondent has been to the top | *"** African colony of Transvaal, can Oae ot them, Croisier, appearing to N'«- ' '"•• ,1M ntiIizBj 1G" tons of the herb
the proper degree of bold- \tbia Tcar'
N'o matter how much a candidate
ITEMS OF TiKNKRAL IXTEBRtT.
.... proper moment, he burst out
knowledge tho supremacy of Great Brit- aga,u,t him in ono of bU violent aud he'-
am. Beparatcd from the enter world , miliat.ng attack, of abu.e.ud e>.utempt.
by hundreds of miles of only partially , The word coward escaped him ; Crosier
settled oonntry, Uwy have established
'1'rue,' be cried, 'Pruel'
'Yes, father; cominp,' I raid;and then
I nttered a wild shriek, and rushed to-ward
where the boat hung astein by
per' is prepared by tbe addition of in-gredients,
of which arsenic is the main
properly, below; run into bars conve-nient
for use, and, wilb. tbe pig-lead.
painter, hauled her up and climbed In: I *•**-«*• dansrhter, be dressed as Little hoisted to tne very top of the tower,
Dick and placed behind the paling for | where both are suited in prcper propor-
Oliver to talk to; bat when, at rehear-sal,
tbe mother, Mrs. (1. O. Howard,
who was pitting O iver, cinght the
tion together.
Mr. dates and myself, beck to back,
ami very much humpod, entered the
for no sooner had I answered than
beard a cry and a heavy splash, aud I
knew father had gone overboard.
I was iu the lioat in a moment, and
bad tbe scull over the stern, paddling
away iu the direction that tho cry bud
come from; but, though I fancied in
those borribie minutes lhat I saw a
hand stretched out of iho water, asking ,
as it were for help.I paddlod and sculled ; ««?•»««>'«; I"™ A=!' accordingly, j no. over eight or ten feet in diameter,
about till I was far from our barge, and ': «™°*r- ," £*' . ^"T** ' ^ ""*, l"'U''^ M°V the °tL°r'
then sank dowu worn-out to utter a "«'e Cordelia was taught the speeches add each Wntataing two huge kettles in
moan of horror, and Bob,' 'Ob, father! ; " "J D'ct ,,,.,,, I *h"b,ih",piC ,0•'", •""' ,he ',cn,»,er' nr0
what shall I dot' Might eame; the fat baby face was|melttd. In the bus; season these are
skillfully painted to represent coi Hump- ran at night, and tie flame, away np
Is that yen, Pradertee? said a voace. | tion> and cIu!y cIaJ iu Ler 0IO|,„ r-, F.,it_ lb( r>> iu „,,, (!erkaCMi remill^„ one o|
baby up and went through the scene, tbe ; small, though powerful elevator, not
little Hung responded just in the pioper j over three and one-half feet by twenty
place, 'Dood by—torn sguin.' 'Well, | inches in size, and went np, up, up, with
now,' said Mrs. Howard, 'If sbo is ' a horrible din roaring all about us. At
going to do anything like that. Letter , the very top are two little circular rooms.
'Yes, John, yea.' I cried, looking out
through the darkness, out of which a
boat seemed tosteal till it was alongside,
when John stretched out his baud and
took mine.
'QuickC I gasped,'sava him, John-fa-ther—
gone overboard!'
'When you Bhriekeel ont, Prne?'
'Yes, yes,' I wailed; 'oh, save himl
save himl'
'Sly poor lass,' he said, 'Hint's a Rood
quarter of an hour ago, aud tbe tide's
running strong. Pre been paddling
about ever since, trying to 5ul you.for 1
weLt up to tho barge andyon were gone.
'But father,' I wailed; 'father—save
himl"
'My poor little lass,' he laid tenderly,
'I'd jump into the water now if you
biel me, but what ean I uo, you know,
Prudence; what can I do?'
I did not answer, for I did know tint
ho mns. have boon swept far away be-fore
then; and I was beginning to fcol
that I was alou;—quite alone iu the
world.
It wai quite six months .after that John
e-arae ashore from his barire to tbe cot-tage,
were I w»s staying with his moth'
brought ma there, without seeing him to j
impair to, only to wave my band to bim
H he sailed by. That evening be come I
and looked v.-istfully »t me nnd said but i
little, and at Ir.st his timo was np cud he
proposed to sail.
I walked down to the boat with him, I
and ou the way b« told me that be nnd
got leave to alter the name of bisbarge,
audit was oaUed tho Prndence, too ;'
and then without a word about tbe past, ,
be waa saying ;*ood bye, when I pit mi
bauds in bis and said quietly ;
'John, dear, I haven't forgot my
promise.'
'And you are alone now, Prutlenee,
my la*s,' he cried, eagerly.
'No, John, no,' I said softly, as the ; jijere,j_
tears ran down my ebceks ; 'I never
shall be while you live.'
'Never, my lass, never," be eried.
'And you'll be my little wife?'
'Yes, John, yes ; I promised yon.'
'When I come back from this voyage?'
'Yes, John, when you will,' I sa: 1,
and with one long hand pressure we
parted, and I went back to wait, another
month, and then I was his happy little
wife.
Aud there seemed no change, for 1
was once more on tbe river or ont at
and with a little spade in her bsnd, Cor-delia
Hoaard made ber first spieitauc:
on any stage. On came the fugitive
' Oliver, while Cordelia, aoeoruing to di-rection,
dog vigorously at tbe pile of
dirt dumped iu tbe corner. 'I'm ru. -
ning away, Dick,' said Oliver.
'linnuiog away, is yon ?' replied tbe
j little chit. Then with a full perception
' of the character, but with tho most self-possessed
oblivion of the written words,
the child gave in ber own language, the
sense of the mjeue.
'I'll oome back aud fee you somo day,
I Dick,' said 3Ir<-. Howard :& O'.iver.
'I* ycat be no use. Oily, dear,' sob-
| bed the little actress. 'When <x> turn
| back I yont bo digging 'ittle grav.s.
I'll be all dead and in a 'ittle grave by
! myself.' This i:i a voice trembling
i with fcignod emotion yet clear as a bell
- and distinctly beard by every pcrsou in
| tho burluiug. Bach a shower of tears
as swept over tl.at theater ! Acton and
auditors were alike aftecte-l. The Oli-ver
(naturally enough , broke dowu, but
Cordelia's bit and her parents' fortunes,
were mado from that very night.
It was at ouce decided that such in-fntila
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'no wasted, and Mr. Howard began loot
ing abont for some iq propriate channel
tbrongh which lo present i! to the public.
Tbe whole country was talking about
■Uncle Tom's Cabin,' and thousands of
eyes were moistened at Kin's saint-like
payings. 'Tue very part for Cordelia I
George li. Aiken, s oousin of the How-ards,
undertook the work of dramati-zation,
and with Mr. Howard's advice
aud a*8isiauce, in less tlu.u a week il
was a thing accomplished. Ii wns pro-duced
in Troy in September, 1868, and
bad the nruaziag run of more than 100
nights, 'equal,' as Mr. Howard said to
tho writer tbe other day, to about a
reveu year's inn in New York, when
population iu the two eitie.-i is oou-
Infectbui by Pest.
It is of little use, saya the LouJon
Lancet, inenrring tbe cost and trouble
of large measures for the isolation of
eoutagoons diseases, if those lesser pre-cautions
which, in fact, make up tbe
signal-torches u[ on towers in the feudal
days.
From one or the other of the two ket-tles
in both rooms—as each room has a
separate shaft—streams of shot are con-stantly
flowing. At tbe bottom of each
kettle the molten stuff pours into square
paus perforated ut one siite. These per-forations
are large- or small, according to
the she of shot desired, and separate the
mass into distinct, delicate, gleaming
streams which, in turn, aa they come in
ooutacc with tbe atmosphere, separate
into perfect globnles, or shot, which are
cooled in their 200 feet journey and the
water into which tbey fall below.
But cow como what to me, were still
more interesting proc?E.scs. Ont of the
shot-pit, np through the water, an end-less
belt, with cups attached, carries tbe
wet shot, depositing it in a huge revolv-ing
heated cylinder, where tho globules
are thoroughly dried. From this they
pi-- out upon a descending series of
slightly inclined tables, tho low6r edge
of each oue being a few inches above,
and distant from, tho succeeding table.
The perfect globules, from their specific
giavity, go bounding over these spaces;
but the imperfect shot aro graelnally
th'i-y'iaii :n¥o''recepl'a'cieV,"auil being"re"
molten, go over the same journey again.
From those sorting-tables tbe shot are
carried to a corif s of sizing sieves, with
perforated sheet -bra's bottoms. Moved
back nnd forth by machinery, the shot
of a smaller size pass through these per-forations,
larger shot of diSereut sizes,
from the motion of the sieves, nnd from
their weight, gradually sorting them-selves
with abno'.uto perfection. From
tho sorting-sieves tbe shot pass into pol-ishing
barrels, containing a p reparation
the main coustitueut of which is plum-bago,
and emericg from these, burnished
like ri'ver, find their way into reposito-ries
in the 6b.ry below, to the month of
each of which is attached a delicatoly
adjusted automatic scale, which will dis-charge
precisely twenty-five pounds of
shot into the bags beneath. Each bag,
however, ia tented, and, nftor being sewed
np, these shot, which have arrived at
their absolute perfection of form and fin-ish,
Eccmiugly, through much of their
own act and volitiou, aro ready to beseut
forth to tbe hunter aud sportsman ou
their .!•-■•■.-h-de-ali:ig mission.
' \ - slipped by the
I more ai 1 more
' nai 1 to Bmlle to
l • au i red and
p ■ fatl ergrew
v, and used to
filled whenever he
■ with it in tbe
• i I called bim to come
w 11 i lowrJ nli about
.!■: ind Far np boyond
know
. D Hie different
. ■ kind bail
hand for us, as we
!.' (•-> far off for tbe
r--. cb OS.
I ran tbo barge pretty
- groat ships nnd r.teamern,
irmd, s» as to look
- - on board; not that 1
■ ry often, because it seem-f
r tin- faces I looked
' renl to mine that
':. t ■ :..' of being,
' " '-von i,-;i;.g and
a times I've
med aud
: Of bow 1
' read and write nnd work,
sitting and reading
■of the big ships,
: and then I had to set
id I ave a pull at the
in li.e sail because
as i all my drcaine
■
..ii with" B-..y one else, nnd go aboard any j not with tho beat; I wouldn't
other barge—no, no,' ho crieil, 'I won't | change places with a kinj.'
bo so mean as to ask you thnt. But, Prn-denee,
dear, some day yon may have to
lenvo him, and when yon do, will you
]-:. . e recollect as John Grove loves you
better than aught else in the wide world,
and ia wailing for yon to oome?'
•Yes, John,' I said simply.
■You mean it, Prudence?' he cried in
delight, as he canght my hand.
•Yes, Jobu; I dou't
sum of safety, aro overiookcel or disre
garded. For example, what particular
■ Jvantago is likely to tnsuo from remov-ing
the unaffected members of a family
in which smallpox or scarlet fever has
obtained a footing, if tbey are daily ap-ses,
leaning upon the tiler and gazing I prised of tbe slate of affairs in the sick
straight before me, with the gulls wail- . chamber by means of letters elaborated
ing as they wheeled aud dipped and ' at the bedside, and perhaps carefully
skimmed or settled upou tho water
wbila the soft wind geutly stirred the j envelope. It is not necessary, remnrks
print hood that was lightly tied over my tue Lancet, to make any sensational
wind-rnffl d hair. O lly » b;rgeman's ; utatcment as to the manner in which
young wife living on the tide, but very I a;8eases, of this class at least, are pro
happy ; for John ofteu points to the ' pBgated;bnt if tbe atmospheresnrrouud- | Rite a»cumalatiou, where no day is per
great ships that pass us, with their cap- iDg the patieut is laden with germinal I mitted to pass without adding something
tains in gold laced caps, and as he docs particles capable of inoculating a healthy
BO be whispers— j subject, it is obvious that the malady
'Not with the best among them, Prne; | may be transmitted in an envelope with
Little i>. Little.
If you are gaining little by little every
day be oontent. Are your expenses less
than your income, so that, though it bo
little, you are yet constantly accnmulat-wrnpped
in blotting paper under thin iDg and growing richer and richer every
conoernn
pnblio opinion among themselves which
does not accord iu many things with that
of ordinary civilized communities. Ono
cherished belief I? that education be-yond
the most elementary kind is not
desirable, and even the wealthy farmers,
who have tbe means to employ tutors
from Holland to inatru-t their erildrev,
are careful to warn these teachers to go
uo further than reading, writing and the
simple rules in sritbmetic. Another
feature in their lives is their ab-olute
indifference to dirt. Their homes, even
those of the well-to-do class, aro mere
hovels, in which tho family, often com-posed
of numerous membors, lives in
one or, at most, two common rooms,
whioh rarely undergo a cleaning; a
somewhat siugnlnr fact, in view of the
Dutch descent ot the Boers. Their at-tachment
to Biblical literature is ex-ceedingly
strong, and in almost every
household the Bible, and one or two
commentaries on it, form the entire fam-ily
library. Indeed, their readings in
Holy Writ have been so constant that it
has Btrougly colored their thoughts and
langusge, and in ordinary conversation
their ideal take form in words, very
much iu the way that those of the old
Jewish patriarchs might have taken.—
However, the stranger who comes npon
tbe settlemcut of a Boer, surrounded by
bin droves end flecks, is not likely to be
gracionsly entertained. Even if a rest-ing
place is giveu bim, he is mado to
feei tbat he is not deserving of the con-sideration.
No matter bow hungry he
may be, his wants are not supplied un-til
tho time for the family meal arrives,
and then not until the household itadf
baa been provided for. Although the
Boers live in small tcatten*! communi-ties,
church regulations are strictly ad
hered to, sud oiee a quarter the inhab-itants
over a wide area of oonntry gsther
at some central point to attend commu-nion
service. Their religions belief does
uot, apparently, do mnafa to soften their
dispositions, for, according to the re-ports
of investigating commissions ap-pointed
by the Euglish government, the
Biers have not nnfrequently treated the
surrounding natives vithgrcatbrutality;
ami taiBe sit>ta^vair*fK9i «fltrti*fK
Woman's Sever-FalliBg Love.
The San Antonio J/trn'd relates
this: the peat-hoine a
da}? Be oontent; so far
money, you are doing well.
Aro yon gaining knowledge every day?
Tuough it be littlo by little, the aggro- the Alamo, and ber ruble act deserves
the world's applause. Itnt she will
Licver get it because bho is a |>oor Mexi-to
the stock, will be surprising to your-(can girl; besides she does pot want it.
OJ a boil in
yon.ig man was ly.-ng stricken with the
exantbematic plague that bua lingered
so loop in thiscity. There wan no sutler-ing
in concert to mike bis paogsj endur-able;
be alone of all tii- e:iy lay in tbe
hateful h.'Uee with the yellow flag, tbe
hateful symbol of tubun, fluttering out
its me^snrje of warning, crying to the
winda 'Uooleanl' taking up the song ol
the li pets iu Jndea; bnt Helen's phjsi
ciau uo longer walked die earth. Never
thelesa an attribute of Christ remains on
earth ; there was oue thnt dared the
monster in bis den and wrest led with him
for tho prize. Day aud night she sbssl
at ber post by the lothsoxM Couch,
nurs-'ng her lover from whom tho world
had turned shuddering away, s'ill «ei-icg
the beaut,fill tliriogh tho vail of
horror, un-hcered by voice, mu«ic or
flower, alone with her lover and the
minster that clsim.il him; counting
time by tbe creeping shadows, adminis-tering
the ruodicine wi:h a tinder hand,
disputing with death for a life; the
bosom of a virgin opposed to an arm of
bell. The crisis passed aud the nick
man left the couch; the two went their
way, the Mexican with the girl who held
him back from death's jaws; no trumpet
sounded uor drum beat, but as brave a
heart brats in the breast of tbat girl »«
nerved Muni* or Bey or the heroes of
determined not to Butvive it ; he sought
death on several occasions, bnt did not
■HOOsed till tin-. :e„c of A'-re. He was
in attendance on Napoleon in the trencln s
there, when such a sharp look out
was kept by tho garrison that it au
elbow or feather showed itself above or
beside tbem, it was immediately graie I
>>y a bullet. Oroisicr watched bis op-jKirtunily
and jumped npon the plat-form.
'Come down I command you I'
cried Napoleon, in a voice of thunder ;
but it was too late ; tbo victim of bi«
severity fell at bin foeL Murat, the
ebfrslrOM braver of all danger, had
also bis moment of fear, wLie'j lost him
tbe countenance of his gen. ral until dis-pleasure
eonld no longer resist the bril-liancy
of his achievements. It was at
tbe siege of Mantnn, iu tbe first Italian
campaign, lhat Murat was ordered to
ebarge a body of troops that »■ re inak
ing a suitiefrotu thegarriaoB. Hebesi-
•atrd, and in bin coufneion d< aland him-self
wounded ; be was removed from tbe
presence of the goucrsl aud in every
WSJ discountenanced In Egypt he was
ont on the *- ..t distant and dangerous
services ; in short, be more than recon-quered
bis character before the battle of
Abonkir, on which occasion Napol-on
himself was obliged to declare lie wan
-■uperior. The brave M irshnl Lanurs
one day soverely reprimanded a COIODCI
who hail pnuished u young offi jer for s
momeut of fear. 'That man,' raid ho.
'is worse than a poltroon who preleuds
be never knows fear.'
Aud if he is as happy U I, dnar John
is right.
The Toothsome Crab.
A newspaper man who has been look-ing
into tbe business of catching aud
canning crabs, which has grown np
within the past few years, sajs the sexes
of the crustaceans may be readily dis
know Suybody I tinguishod by the flap or apron which
even I the aid of thick blotting paper, or as is
' we'd known, without any such accessory.
„.
To .Make lionets Bloom.
No plant can continue in bloom if na-ture
ia permitted la do her work
completely, for the going to seed ex-hausts
the energies of aay subject, snd
stops everything else. By constantly
removing decaying flowers before a seed
self.
Salomon did not become the wisest
man in the world in a minute. Little
bv little—never omitting to learn some-thing
even for a single day—always
reading, always studying a little between
tbe time of rising in the morning and
laying down at night; this is the way
accumulate a full storehouse of knowl-edge.
Finally, are you daily improving
iu character? Be not discouraged be-cause
it is little by little. The beet men
else, and there's no ono as cares for me.' j is upon the breast of both, the female ^^^ flower8 (toz
'Hundred., ou the river,' ho said sharp- flap laying half oval, whilo the flap of ■ ,„_,£„, „; eoorsa.
I the male is wedge shaped. Distinguish, j^ f,,e ^
«. i ing mark, may also be seen upon the h ^ ;,.,„riDg „,oil. fron,:li » -j -
f
nAi tip"°' *" Cr7L. .°.i ? mRle, being in the hands ot two different per- |"JJ
1-7 : being a beautiful blue, and the ol.ws of , « ^^ „,„ m0Bt Mnk. *earto
■Tben I don't care for them, John," I
said simply; ' ■ id if you like me, au
ever dc —leave—oh, dearl what am
ing*' | the female being tipped with red.
I sat down on a fender aud^ covered , These claws are the business extremities
my face with my coarse red hands, and j &f t\,e animal and are lo be always
began to cry; but ho took my bands I avoided while endowed with life. The
down, and looked long and lovingly in t writcr is penning these lines with s
my fa- e, with his great, honest brown flnger benumbed from a bite several days
eyes; and then bo couldn't speak, bnt „],;_ Suffering keenly at the time from
seemed to choke. At tut be g'-sped out: ,|ie pain inflicted, he severed tbe dang-
•Tbauky, Prudence, thanky. I'm go- |i1!g crab from its clnw with a weapon
ing awaj now to wait, for you'll come to that happened to be at hand. For a mo-me
somo day, 1 know.' | ment after being thus diarnembered it
t didn't auswer bim. ! seemed to bite even harder if possible
'for thetimo maycome, my larswbei • than before, until mashed to a jelly. If
you'll ba> all alone in tbe world; and when - »ny reader doubts this MOilioa be is at
it d-es come, there's the cabin of the liberty to experiment for him;, li.
Betsy Ann, e'ean and painted np, and
nil far short of what they themselves
pod can swell, the growth of tho plant woulJ „isll lo be. It is something, it is
and tho continued development of new ma^ i( T(m keep g0(hs resolutions bet-from
tbe new growth ' ^ JJJ Tegterd.y, bet- ,
Try the expert- ■ ^^^,h:in you dM „„_ DetUr poem t
ment upon the rose. Two cottages, ^^tLau Jon Jic, ,„„, yeBr 8,r,ve
" perfect, bnt do not become down-el
so long as yon arc approaching I
nearer and nearer to the high standard
ing contrast—one a mass of tl >wers, ; — whtCh yo„ aim,
while the other is bare, and Ihoee who ( LUHe by. little, lortnnes are accnmii-pay
uo attention to tbo eaune are, never-: jRlej> |jtt|e DT little, knowledge is gaia-theles.",
often surprised at tho faet. If : oJ. ]itlIe DV ijttlo, character and reputa-they
looked a little further imo the mat- Uou wgt^mti,
ter they would observe that one ia loaded j _
with hips or seed vessels,whit hare swell-
Origin or a Popular Poem.
Mr. Wbittier'n own statement of the
origin of his j com of 'Mini Holler,'ia
quoted l.y a correspoudeut of the
Sprite.field Republican. He was driv-tQ
| ing with his sister through York, Me.,
' aud stopped at a harvest field to inquire
the way. A young girl raking bay near
tho stone wall slopped to arnwertbe in-quiries.
Wbittier notice 1 as she
talked that she bashfully raited the bnv
aronud nnd over her bare feet, and she
was fresh aud fair. The little iucider.'
left its impression, an i he wrote out the-
Hut if I bad
nny idea," be said, 'that tho plarucy
little thing would have been so liked, I
should have taken m ire ptina with it.'
To the inquiry an to the title, Maud
Mulier, he said it was suggested to him,
and not a selection. It came as the
poem came. But he gives :t tbe short
German prononnciation, as Menler, not
the broad Yankee Mulier.
A Sketch from Life.
The editor was sitting iu his sanctum,
when a man laboring under eonsidi-rabli
apparent excitement wnlkud in, with the
paper iu bis hand, and, pointing to a
small paragraph, read : " 'Tho genial
Colonel MombleJioek thinks of taking
on Eaateru journey soeu. M y he enjoy
a pleasant trip, is tho wish of ris many
friends.'
'Now, sir,' a iid- the excited man, 'I
am Colonel Mnrubleeheek, and 1 have
called to inquire by what authority yon
make use of my name in your paper.'
'First time I ever saw it,' replied the
editor, glancing at tbo i*rra, 'bnt I sup
quite enterprising in his pursuit ol
news.'
•Bat I never gave bliu permission b
use my utm'.- in this manner,' persisted
tbe colonel.
■Very likely," said the editor; 'bnl
you're going Kurt, ain't you?'
■Certainly."
'And you haven't sr.v o!-j--c*ion toy nir
friends rushing yon a pleasant trip?'
"That's all right, but 1 -lou't want mj
name in the paper, ami iu future ;.■
iill oblige me by having it out.'
■o; course,' nod the editor, 'if you
desire it;' and theoukmei bowed himeeh
s'iftly out.
'J- hu," said the editor to hie offloe-boy,
'follow that ran" nod no" where he goca,
snd r~mc bsck and report."
John did na be wns requested, aud
shortly after ho came back and reporteo
tbat Cdonel Mombleehoek wont to the
eouuting-room and bought twenty-livi
papers, which, afttr marking 60n.tthiog
in them, ho ordered to be put op in
wrnppers, and was busy in directing
them. ___^___ _
What a Single Bean ran Prastare.
Tbe history of a single baan,accident-illy
planted in \ garden st S wthbridge,
Mass., is traced by a uewspapi r corres-pondent,
who figured its produce for
three years. The beau was planted in
a rich, ioamy soil, au I when gathered
iu the netun.n its yield, as counted, was
I .•.:.", perfectly developed beans from a
siugh SAV*. NOW, if a single beau pro-doses
1 -do beans, and e.-.eh bean pro-duces
1,518 more, the rum total of the
second jour's product would be 2 J3«,-
225, equal to l,l'.l5 ponuds, ."07 quarts,
or 8.390 army rations, equal to lsi
bushels. This would be the product ol
the second year. Now, if we plaut this
product and tbe yield is the same, we
have a product of 6,868,.'68,800,62o
beans, equal to 1,371,890, tons, or 12
871,613 bushels, or M8,758,068 soldier's
1 aliens. The third planting would givi-the
steamship (ircat Listers 93 full
freights. ^^^^^^^^
An Iiitelligeul -Mule.
Georgians have discovered tbat mules
arc not deficient in intelligence. A few
days ago a mu!'- at Colnmbna trotted up
I iu a limping wny to a blacksmith shop
I and deliberately walked into the shop.
He seemed to be very un'-asy and rest-j
less, exhibiting unmistakable signs ol
| pain. Tue men in tbe shop were rather
! taken back ly tl •• muln who tbns came
'. to the shop ui.bridle.1 and loose. At
; last the mule lifted up cue of his legs,
itcln s for office, he never likes to be
scratched.
A o >rn plant can produce four thou-sand
fold; but fifty-fold is not far from
tho average.
Tue got I mine, iu Arkansas did not
pan out well. Tbey are now working
load mines.
A sra.ll snake lay snuggled within a
boiled cabbage served at a Coldwater,
Maab , dinner.
The New Orleans Citizens' saving
bauk went into voluntary liquidation
th'Tc being no lose to depositors.
To" gold mioo" in Fauquicr county,
Va., nrv said to be very rich, if tbey
oould be developed. Some of the ore is
worth $25 a ton, and the gold extracted
is worth 831 an ounee.
AI the last meeting of tho American
Humane Association, a reward of •6,(00
was off- red to tiio inventor who shall
design a ear to sabaerve the pnrposeoof
the ■ «-ii-iv in oarrying stock.
In the Boston lopreme court, the
jury awarded 116,683 to John E. Oreen,
»bo lost a leg at the Woilaston duu.tor
on the Old C >lony railroad on Oc oter
8, 1878. Green sued for $20,000.
Tbero is a remnant cf tho Cboctaw
nation in Mississippi, about seventy-five
strong, aud the males—about fifteen—
mil exercise, for the first time, tbe right
of i ufirage at the ensuing election.
A Jersey canallsr suffering from a
tooth bae. • dentist to pull it, whereupon
l-lood began flowing from tho wound,
and iu spite of Iho efforts of the physi-cians
c -nld not be stopped, anil the man
diod of exhaustion.
Any observer will uotioo tbat tbo horses
and mules employed for heavy team-in
rare of much 1 -rger s;zo than those
iisi.! a f.-w yesrl ago. Farmers who am
breeding homea for sale will do well to
m».ke a note of ibis.
Tho Mongols sscrtaiucel tbo number
of the enetai s slain by cuttiug off tbo
r;ght ear of each of the dead. In 1239
tbey collected 370,000 >1 there from the
plains of li :ssi«, fnd after the battle of
Ligniiz, in 1211, filled with tight ean
nine enoffflOOS sacks.
Dr. Atoot sHja that a man who usos
tea eata off one-third of bis life. The
I-.-'I i maf he ri rut, I nl ri 0 oun't ism-whobusus.
Vt... air...,M''il.'e-:"'.l'....v";'".
tiau never taste i toe beverage bo would
now be over ono hnndrtd,
A train loaded with coal nnd marble
vsa thrown from the truck near Poult-
•iey, Vurmont, by a miaplaeed switoh.
I'lie track saesu blockaded tbat a track
ll>«l tube coulfinlid around tho wnoh.
jome of the marbl blocks weighed filly
ons and will have tobe I lasti .i to b re-moved.
The dry goods firms of Boston sre
leoming iliasotibned with tho drommi r
lystem, bebeviug thnt many ol them
asciCce tbe iuU rests ul Ihoir employ-
. r« in order to retain tho friendship of
iho buy r, so ns to control the tl
should b change his position and I
on. • employed by another firm.
A New Jersey mau «hi had l>eeu
lume for many years in eonscquenoe
of tho shortening it tho s news of
■no of his legs, reauully fell in such a
position aa to straighten I •■ linib, and
dtb'iugh the pain was i icrnciating, the
sinews worn stretehod t" their f riusr
length, nod he oan now walk without
his erntcb.
Tue trade te'wcen this country atd
England in fiuo hooea is decidedly on
the increase. A Mr. Withers, of Lon -
din has just shipped to New York for
transportation to Eagland several car-loads
of very fine trotters, saddle atd
carriage hor-es. He pant from fit
31 .".'HI each lor th'- s'ork, and boo [hi ol
uo farmers a* well a., of the principal
dealers.
The enoimous work already per
form-! by the national board of beebb
,. ' unfecting Memphis is not gl
il, known, and can scarcely bo realiaed
by any oitisen. Than have been used
in tins disinfecting business 170.105
pound l« f 00) p-r.'S.'-HHIO '■ -'r-lsof l-n.e.
40barrels nulphnr, 1,215 pounds sulphate
o| zinc, IS barrels carbolic acid, and
1,300 gallons of ziuo irou.
It will scarcely seem ere lible tbat an
instrument so fragile in appuarauoe as
the violin should be able to resist
tensi-u to which it is subjected. At
the present concert tbi aonatant pres-sure
en she bridge of ■ violin is no less
than from seventy-five to eighty potto K
Tne skillful strength-mug of every part
by vari.ua internal appuaoeea, mainly
invisible to the eye, ell.-;, tbia,
A hog scraping mi .:.'• which hna
just b -'-a tested iu Chicago wotia
■atistso'ory. A bog w:is kill. I
in tbe maci c i, and all • in »i in
slant came out with only a few odd hairs
on his bead and legs. Seven hops were
passed tnrough the machine ;u fifty-
A Decayed American Industry.
ing in great numbers, while ;n tbe other, ' .... .„„„,■,„ B ... , HI „ T. i« Be'oro the advent of cheap cotton the not a solitary berry i-,nl 1 Iw s.eu. It is l>;"'° "*° ... « n„,
. ,i.« i „,i production aud manufacture of flax
only necessary to cut away the dead ■ Irouuc-' " ■ . ■ . in .,-.
. ., . . i _;ii i,„ were important industries in tins
flov-ers and the season of bto-u will be i .. .,..—
country. In 1810, when the population
prolonged. ____ n{ ^ nt^jtf wls but little more than
Footo, tho great wit, 'enol many an jfignjjfjf^ there were produced in the
arrow that renamed quivering in the 0njijej states over 21,000,000 yards of
wound for a long time. When some n,len e!otb made in families. At tbe
waitinfr for TOO jn*t as her maottr'a wait- On four'eontiguous estates in York- one, with bad taste, raised a laugh preeent tiraei when the popnlation of
ing tooV bhire. Eagland. a hundred and eighty against him on the subject of bis amc- thc cocutrv i, believed to be 50.009.000
lie went quietly over the side and caet farms aro deserted; over twenty est .tee news, he turned on his intn, ler and said ,ho tos«, aac„„ production of flax and
off the rone L,d was gone before 1 knew-in another ahiro aro being or will be sharply, "Wi,■*> yen attaek my weak- hDeu fabrics is probably not:over fiflOO.-
it; and I sat'theretn tho calm afternoon i farmed by landlord, for waut of tbe ten- | eat paHl Did I ever say any ,hmg about | 000 y.nls, and not a yard of fine linen
and evening, sometimes crying, some-' ants who are going to America yonr head?' is made in the country.
Of the late William H. Tlnnt, a char-acteristic
little stoiy is told by a corres-pondent
of TIL: Art t.-.o/o- r. A
young critic one day msa.ly v 'titorel to
suggest that M. Millet, Mr. Hunt's
venerated friend, 'misses! it," in not
choosing now and tbeq re-re elevated
sobjscts for bis pictures at.an tlie coarse
French clodhoppers he lov.d to paint.
'My (I id I man, what is nobler than a
man wre
frrci ttic
brow aud
wife and
dilated eves snd quivering bit
and with a ges'ure of hi" head directed
the attention of one of the men to his ■ ^^a nossria. and eoeb eime out as
hairless aa could be desired. With i
few improvements, the macliim
loot It was tben discovered that a nail
had worked its way into the fieab, ev.-
dently causing the apparent p en. T! e peoted to finish 6,000 hogs in ten I
nail was thru drawn out, and b'J -awkvlk h,^n<lcciied lt the post'ffi x-d.-
ship, much relieve,!, gave- a sno. o I , on^^,
thanke. A few m-meuu, niter he trottad 1 P-«» ",^ „,.,
Ofl mueh please I. and has not been "££ » ^^ ^ ^ ,,,.
seen sine,'. roctioua, shall, provided the letter has
A memorial shaft of granite appropri- ' cot been tranamitted throng!
,Uly inscribed, has beau raised to the though can-de I. be ac-epted as-good
memory of Major Andre, who was the for forwarding. *lso. tl
York State. i ment. <
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