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FERGUSONS AVENGJSRS. <
A STORY OP PARTISAN DAYS. ?
. 'This for tba gallant Ferguson !' ,
The foregoing five words had instituted <
a reign of terror, in one of the loveliest die- \
-trie to of the Palmetto State?a distriol we- ?
tered bjr the Oatawba and Paoolet rivers and i
their gentle tributaries. " '
In the of September, 1780, Cojrp- c
wallia dctsfeAed the notorious Col. Ferguson c
to the frontiers of North Oarolin*for the ?
ostensible purpose of enconraghlg the lories r
of that region to take up arms for the king, li
Ferguson's force consisted in part of the a
most profligate and abandoned characters of t!
the partisan days, and bis maroh wa tnark- o
r - Ma U??J uimut iUtkVHVIlDSS, B
Kentucky and Virginia rose against the ma- ?
rauders, and, led by Boenq, and other back- p
wood's worthies, gave them a decided defeat
at King's Mountain. Ferguson was slain m
in the battle, and his fellow-foreigners, num. ri
.beriog'abeht one thousand, were nearly all A
captured or killed. ' p
This conflict revived the hopes of South- n
k era patriots, and forced Oornwallis to return
j to Charleston disoomfiUed and nasi down. at
'We shall have rest now/ the patriots fa
said, after the battle. 'Ferguson, the
dreaded, is de^di a?d the few torics who es- cl
caped with their wretched lives are not
strong enough to do us harm/ hi
Everywhere in the vicinity of the battle a
field, the Amerioans breathed freer, and the fr
loyalists in whose interest Ferguson had di
. < marched to hiajleath, curbed their loyalty.
^ -.nd in aecreeyawore revenge. * i a- A
But the settlements were soon to learn th
that the victory of Kind's Mountain had
nerved the arm of a foe mofe terrible than h<
any whioh they had hitherto .known. bt
The existence of the new terror wss die- ot
covered by a boy one morning about a fortnight
after the tattle. Ho found the family
of Archibald Meltson murdered in their 'E
own house, end to the oorpses had been pin- ca
ned e paper bearirg these words:
'This for the gallant Ferguson 1' H
This terrible atrocity aroused the country,
and the exoitenient was quiokly heightened
by the finding of the body of another mur- lai
dered patriot. On the oold breast which wi
had becm^piereed by pistol balls, was the ro
pallid paper and its words of terrible import, da
and the country kuew that a fearful ven- '
geanoe would bo taken for King's Moun- th
tain. cb
n?: ?L .I... '?-? ?
vuuug ?u? wooi iqui iouowea tne.dis- m<
ooveries I have mentioned, the work or the oe
Avengers was torrible. Thoy fell ..upon de
patriot honsee-at the dead of nieh^, and Mk -M
on the boaom of theiY Victims the fmftoettw -fc
which had already terrorized the country, jgi
It was in vain that the patriots summoned
their ounning and energy for the capture of th
the band of demons, whioh, as it had been at
discovered, numbered, six men, mounted on te:
black horses. Thoy came and went like
ghosts-but always left behind th?*[terrible sen- gl
tence which had made their existence exe- th
orable. At times they fell upou their bun- ed
tors, and left them by the roadside, marked
with the signs of vengeance. Feat* began of
to paralyze the Caroliuians; many aban- wi
doncd their homes for the sake of their di
families; and it is probable that the entire he
-district wonld have been depopulated in a ut
- ?hort time, had it not been for the courage fa
-of one woman.
Her name was Alioe Beauchampe. sii
It was a dsrk night in the last week of tii
November, when tho heroine of my story th
left the house of a friend. Her own bonse, st<
which had boen deserted for several days, an
was not- far awav. and she had dfltermiiiad sti
to feturo to it for the purpose of securing an fo
article of apparel left behind in the recent bl
flight. . he
Before she set out on her jonrnoy, she in
waa varned of the dangers that environed
it; but ahe smiled, and declared that she ge
did not tear them. She could enter the Fl
house through the kitohen, iu the rent, find re
' the garment without a light, return safely u|
to her friends. , ,
The path ahe had often traversed was w<
barely disoernible, but she made good head- eh
way and reached her home without inci- sh
dent. The silence of the giave hung about g?
the forsaken plaoe, and the lifting of the wj
latch sent a ohill of terror to the young th
girl's heart. Through the Ifi tehee ^ across w<
the deserted parlor and up tho ' stairs, she wi
crept op to the room where she had left the bi
objeot of her nooturnal quest. The drawer fit
of the old bureau yielded without noise, aod
Alice was drawing forth the garment when bt
tbo voice of-men fell upon her cfars. th
She started, dropped her prise, and with T
her heart in her throat orept to the window st
that overlooked th# porch in front of the 01
bouso. e<
She eould see nothing, for the night was rh
too dark; but the voioes of men mingled g>
with ehatnpiog of hits, continued to salute o<
her ears. _ o<
This is old ISeauohampe'a house,' tmid
one. 'It has boea deserted for fevera! day a. ci
The daughter, frightened bj tfte mapuer u> di
wbteh we treated her father, has fled eone- uj
where for protection.' ? V
Theee words droto etttt vestige of eotor m
from the Iwtieer'a fooe*; they tpU bcr who st
the meaJ?elow were, though afctWuld not at
*see evew the outlines of theiu. pessooe.r? gi
*<Qae week prior to their visit, her father, di
rj%. Wnoofthe King's Mountain heroes, was ai
found dead in a palmetto grove, "and the words
of Farguaea'a Avengers lay on his
breast. Then she had deserted her home, m
knowing that the hand that had Mrnek the m
father, would hot spare the daughter. Well
might the Tooo girl tremble When
she fonnd herself so near th& drcudrd scour li
goin of the country. 'abd she did not move h
until she hoard the front ddoir Opened by a m
kick, and heavily booted feet in the room v>
below.
Then the culm thought of her situation *1
drove fear from her heart, and Aiiou Beau ri
efoeusfe prepared to ftlfown one^gf the taort tl
iaring deeds of tho Revolutionary War.
The noiso In the hc'uso increased, en
>atis and rudo jests prececdod aod followe
the lighting of a fire op the hearth.
lice* who had louged for a sight of th
Ireaded sir, crept to a spot near the berea
there there was a crack in the floor. The
ipplying her eyes to the peep hole, she sax
lix Wild looking nion directly beneath hei
They were, beyond doubt, the- Avenger
>f Ferguson's death, for several. masks la;
a the taMe, along with throe or four bottle
>f wine whioh they had taken from son>
patriot's cellos. Tall, rough-loOking fel
aws they were, armed with pistols, carbine
nd sabres, the kind of ineo who never cour
he smileB of mercy or listen to the pleading
f innocence. Just such fellows as the;
rere Alice had supposed them to be,. im
h6 bad seen man} of the prisoners to ken a
wing's Mountain, and she longed for th<
rcsence of a band of patriots.
Thpre were true men in South Carolim
t that time who would havo given thuii
igKt arms for a chance to exterminate th<
ivougors, and Alice knew where a little
arty of patriots lay, but, alas, they wen
ot very noar.
We'll rest here and finish that wine,
tid one of the leaders of the band, whose
ice told that he had already imbibed freely
'Bring in the poultry and oh old Beaulampe's
hearth, we'll prepare a feast.'
At hit command One of the men left the
suae, but soon returned, bearing with him
duck and several thickens, from whose
cshly wrung necks the warm blood was
ripping. :1"* ?
'How's the horses ?' asked one of the
vengers, as the man flung the poultry on
ie> table. *
'Standing like rocks,' was the reply. 'Such
>rses as they are don't need watching, and
aides, there isn't a rebel within ton utiles
' ibis place.'
'Why, there's the widow Hartxell.'
'I didn't think of her,' was the reply.?
low bitterly old Hartxell hated us, but we
ught him at last.'
'And* presented him with a breast-pin!
elHaP
And the laugh went round the room.
Alice Beaijchampe did not wpit until the
ugh was ended; while yet it filled the house
ith. devilish echoes, she glided across the
om to a window that looked out upon the
irk palmetto grove.
There was no sash in the window, and
e cool winds of the night kissed the pallid
cek of the partisan's daughter. For a
Mnent sho triad to pierce the darkness heath
the window, but failinc in har en
uvofa, she crept over thesillTM^iTed to
|T?Ugnted without injury.. ^
Now she was free to make bar escape to
e friend she bad lstoly left ;"but imuiedi0
flight in tnat direction was not her in*
ntion. ^
'Heaven aid me 1' she murmured,
ided arouud the old house and approiioirea
e horses wbioh the tories had left tether1
to a small tree a few yards from the door.
A glance in the room revealed the forms
the Avengers discussing the wine and
itching the roasting of the fowls. They
d uot fear danger, for their horriblo deeds
id completely terrorized the country, and
ider tho sway of their lawlessness it was
st becoming a desert.
Alice counted them before she touched a
agio rein ; and then in a brief period of
lie she loosened the Worses and quietly led
em into a small copse not far away. The
seds did not refuse to obey her guidance,
id when she had reached the copse, she
ruck them with a whip which she had
und beneath a saddle. It was a smart
ow that she administered, and the
trees started forward and disappeared in an
stapt.
Tlfusin a few moments, Ferguson's Avon
re had hecn deprived ot their horses.?lushed
with triumph, Aliee Beauchampe
turned to the house, nnd again looked in
(bn its hilarious tenants.
She now held a.pistol in her hand?a
snpon whioh a holster had granted her, and
e crept to the edge of the porch before
>e halted. There was a flash of venlance
in tho dark eye of the partisan girl
bile she gazed upon the party beyond tho
reshold. Once or twice sho raised the
eapon, but lowered it again, as if-playing
ith the life of the lender of the six, whose
irly form was revealed by the light of ihc
e.
She saw the fowls sfftoking and well
irned, placed upon the table, and watched
ie gTcedy men crowd around for their share,
heir tongues and movements told her that
olen liquor was doing Us accustomed work
i all save the giant, who had superintend1
the ^cooking of the late repast. Thu
an appeared perfectly sober, and the an
ry glances which he often cast at hit
imrades told that be did not sanction theii
>uduct. *
'Come 1 enough of this 1' he snddenh
ifid, rising from tho tkble, which had becti
ragged fo tho middle of the room. ' 'Gel
p, boy*, and lets be.going. I told you a<
niey e tnatyou haa wine enough, bat toe
ust bfiog tome here anddriwk yoeiaefvei
upid. Tom Sdott end ton Btmkeeoh, I ate
ijumed of ,ou I WkTfftM-n do if .
tog of rohele would eatoh ua in tUt&coo
ition? You know the mercy we wouM got
id yet yon ak there m eepiree aa ateteei
-drunk aa o!d BacchUa hfooaelf.'
Then an cxpreavioa of opntempt pete
1 over th? mea'a fieoe, end atoppiog hi
ried: fjpr
apt the rebate ere coming ?'
Bht bta cry of atym did not Infoae muct
fa into the men at the table. One or tw<
eada were raiaea.bat the drunken leer the
lede the fnoeu hideofmri^^nnu^h to pro
oke a amile evea flroq^^Htad tory.
'Men!' he aneerafljPRReinptuooaly.?
[boge, every oue of you. I've a mind U
d? down to the Peeolet ewamp and tel
be rebeh hfding there that the men thai
M
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"i niyftr i * *irti-?e "n'ltfWiTi
hato aie in their power. I haro thought
d that I commanded ro&o, not drunkards I'
d and he struck the table with the butt Of
hit pistol, hat could not rouae his stupid fble
lowers.
u The next moment-, with an oath on hia
a lips, he strode to the door, whi6h h^ jerked
w open, aud ateppedapoilatha porch..
'Cttrae such dogs aa 1 lead I' he hissed. 'I
a suppose I must lead Abe horses up aud tie
y each fool in the saddle.' >j it
a He waajttepping from tbe^erch fior the
c purpose of attoodinar to the norsM nrKinK
. ho supposcd^wpre still.tethered at the tree,
s when a roqqi rose befqro him and ho started
t. baok with u gasp of terror,
j , 'Wno io the mischief
f, 'Alice Boauohttajjjpe!'^as tho iuterruption
of the apparition. 'The daughter of
f thc'<Wn*nn boSeTjTHWdereil by/ohf harf&s! ?*
3 Down on your miserable kuecs, Godfroy
Laug, and beg for the mercy you have ncv\
er granted others. Down, I say!'
r Perhaps tho shadow of tho window sash
3 did not permit him to see the pistol that
> was clutched in the hand of the fearless
3 girl, else his rashness might have been
curbed.
' 'Kneel to-you ? Never 1' ho cried.
) The weapon which he raised dropped bc.
fore the flash that followod his words, and
. with a groan of pain he staggered buck to
drop dead among his drunken comrades.
Alice Beauchampe, amazed at her own
1 courage, stood silent amidst the smoko of
1 her own pistol. Sho saw the baechantcs
'try to shako off their torpor at the sight
of their strioken leader, and one roso to
his feet to full as soon as he needed supin*
for tho swamp ! she died,*with triumph,
aud tho next minute fbshed from .
the disgusting sight. ?,
An hour passed aWay and the drunken .
lories began to recover; their chief', who *
dropped to the floor, seemed to sober tliem uc
with his cold face and stsriDg eyes, and
when they had all recoverod their scattered .u<
witx th? fna lh?ir ? ? *1
, -w ?avj Uiuaucu was upUU IOCIU. ,
Alice Beaucbumpe's voice bad fired the
hearts of the patriot l^od for vengeance. P,r
On her way to the swamp she bud eneouu- ?'
tered the partisans who had captured, one
of the flying horses^ and were folIowibflMthe ,
trail. ?.
The conflict between patriot and tory was ,
brief and almost bloodlerp. t- 1,1
The five avengers were made prisoners er
an sued like cowards for the mercy they had ro
never granted to a living being. nii
I need hot describe the scene that follow- *>c
ed. Suffice it to say that tho trees in front
of Alien ^Beauchamoe's home bore the I.'.1'
- %
!TR^^vengeance of the patriots was as 'l0
cttjififcla. fis it was terrible, and when th^ .
giotWus sun rose again, the dreaded men of '
the Toveiy district TiaC beased to frighten ''
peopfe "with t hoir nonip.1'
' e Alice Beachatitpe, wlloso courage bad led M
to the extermination of the avcuging band,
became tho horoine of the day, aud after c><
the termination' of the hostilities wedded a ra
lieutenant of Marion's men. Iler heroism P*
is venerated, and her gallant exploit narra- ^4
ted daily by buudrcds of her descendants *
in the l'ulmctto State. j
Uncle William on "Dipping."?Dear .
Children : I was at church last Suuday.? ,U|
Nothing straDge about that, since I have r*'
been going to church pretty regularly for i
forty years, or thereabout. Yet I saw something
that was very strange to nic?some-,
thing that I had never seeq before.
A brother invited me to go with biui to
dinner. I got in his wagou to ride. ?
Besides' the man and bis wife there wcro .?
three ydung ladies in the wagon. I noticed 7C
all of these had sticks about as large and as .e
long as yoar little fibger, stickingout of their SK
mouths. I noticed that they kopt spitting c.z
like their mouths were sore. 1
Tbcu there was a dark streak reaching
from ooo side of the mouth to the other, wt
circling under the lower lip, in the shape ??
of a new moon.
Presently one took out her stick, which !"
bed a swab on tho end* dipped it in some- JU
thing and put it back iu her mouth again. P'
Tbeu it occurrcd-to uie, thai thisjis what is
called "dipping." So it was. 0
, I soon found out thut 1 was in a noigh- (?r,
borhood of regular "dippers."
i 1 had a conversation this morning with a
good woman, the mother of three ohildren, nD
who is herself e "dipper." She said, J'it is th
wrong; and as you do not use tobaoco, I fa
cheerfully receivo-your reproof; but Jthey who Uj
obew and smoke ought not to condom u?." C(J
| Truo, pi
"They who live in glass houses ought not hi
. v nn
i Dipping, like smoking, drinking, playing th
cards, etc., is a social evil. I do not say it
i is worse fcthan other evils. But I do say 0a
: it is vile, dirty, filthy, wicked, wroug. or
Lot me beg my pieces, who have com- ca
r 1 menced dipping to ouit it. And those who ^
i havo never done such an ugly thing to pro- be
t misC me dley never will. * 8e
l There 4te bat few things that would pain ac
l me more than to see my own daughters en- 0}
I gage in this vile practice. a
i ' Pleaee, my little ladies, koep these ugly U
i sticks on* of your mouths.?St. Louis f
Christian Advocate. la
t ? A at
? A dsvkey earn* to lowayneterday driving
aw ok named Hayee while he wan, in a 4$
stove making some purebaeea a farmer oamT 4
? up with a wagon load of fodder and stopped *
ia front* of the darkey's east. The ox pel- j0
led op to the fodder and oommenoed eating bi
I it. in a few miuutea the darkey came oat, M
? and seeing Hayes as ho was trying to get f0
t another bundle, yelled at the top of hie roios: K
- 'Whafer is yer eatln' dat dar fodder ? Yer
kno'e taint yone! 1 sed de berry day dat I
- oam'd yer Hayes dat yer was gwine tor tek 01
> sum tin'dat nebber b'long'd ter yer 1' He h
I drove off, giriog the ox tbj fall benefit of n f
f returning board. 1
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THX EMPTY CRADLF.
Sad ia the headt ef the mother
>. Who site by the lonely hearth,
Whore never a sin the children
Shall waken their aonga of mirth.
And still through the painful silence.
She listens f r voice and tread,
Outside of theJieart?there enly
She knows t tat they are not dead I
Here is the dctolatc cradle,
The pillow ti lately pressed,
But far away las the birdling
Flown fronyits little nest.
Crooning the lullabies over
That once were her babe's delight,
All through fhe misty spaces
She follows its upward flight.
/
Little she/bought of a moment
So gloomy and sad as this,
ffben close to her heart she gathered
Her cMld.YViT U* n
J Bhe should he tenderly cherished,
' Never a grief should she know,
{ Wealth, and the pride of a princess,
These would a mother bestow.
And this is the darling's portion
In Heaven?where she has fled;
By angels securely guarded,
By angels securely led.
Brooding in sorrowful silence
Over the empty nest,
Can you not see through the shallows,
Why it is all for the best?
Better the heavenly kingdom
Than riches of earthly crown;
Better the eaily morning flight.
Than one when the sun is down;
Better an empty casket,
Than jewels besmirched with sin:
Snfer than these without the fold,
Are those that have entered in. 4
[TAe Scot$mans*
COTTON GROWING AND POOD.
It is now a settled thing that war is to
euk out between Russia and Turkey in
e course of a few days. Should the struge
bo^confined to these two powers, we need
it apprehend very serious results to the
ttou producing industry, although the cfct
will be depressing. Russia consumes
her maucfuclurcs at least four huudrcd
ousand bales of cotton and Turkey is a
etty large consumer of cotton goods.?
jth these couutrics will be crippled in
esc particulars by the war.
But it is a very general idea abroad that
Iter powers will probably be drawn into
0 struggle in spite of themselves, and that
ere is real anil *orinii? ilnnM?
??iav a pcuil
explosion amy follows in which all Eupe
will become involved, and.the political
lp of the contiucut be a good deal chaud
before quiet is restored ogain.
It is uuhappily the ease that this is comBf,
(if it comes.) at a time when nil the
tlbtt/ "fcve'ry one of thejnover
els in debt, and cannot carry any more.
Russjp and Turkey are already bankrupt,
nstria and IfSly are in not much better conlion,
and Germany, Frauco and Great
'itaiu, cannot safely iuorease their liability.
There is no telling what disastrous finanil
results would therefore, follow a gene1
war. And it is certain that the common
ople, in poorer food, in scantier cloibiug,
rlyghcr tuxes, in lighter supplies of all the
miorta of life, the production of whieh
Ikes trade active and bring labor, and raw
Dducts in deuiaud. Any such catastrophe
tu!d prob ?blv put the cotton product buck
magnitude and demaud half a genedon.
Now, the possibility of such a result is
of serious contemplation by the cota
producing people of the South. They
ij well remember that the cotton crop
!?j Me new.planting will most probably
a largo one?.not far from five millions
balps, as wc^ believe; and that it may
ry possibly bavs to ssck its principle mart
in a continent racked by the convul>us
of vpr, and oependont to afar creator
tent tlian usual 4u the. surplus food proict
of America lor subsistence.
Such a state of-things will mako cotton
>rthless to producers, and if the latter arc
mpellod to rely '^npon it to procure their
ju su^uuo, ib mil uvi uu cucjr tu escape
convenience anV suffering. It i9 a fconnction
of factsjnd possibilities which no
udent man shoia} lose sight of, and which
ould stimulatdyety farmer to active ofrts
to render bflkelf independent of othsources
for lm food supplies.?Macon
rlegraph. * ' ' <
T
Unreeling a j Pull-back.?A most
uusing scene was witnessed on K street
0 ether day. A lady with a vigorous public*
ofidfty elaborate polonaise was walking
) K from Fourth 'street. In that unacuntabfe
outside pocket which fho fashion
escribes shall be trained to the rear and
ing as low doVn as possible upon the last
imed garment, she had a new, full spool df
read?just purchased evidently. An
id of this escapiug from the 6pen pocket,
nght the eye of a K street gamin?a six
' aeven year old speoimen. He deftly
tight the end, and holding to it, foOnd
at it reeled off without the prouenader
ting aware of it.*- Ho at onoe squared himlfj
sailor fash ion ,fn the middle of the walk,
id as she 'paid -off" he 'hauled in/ band
rer hand, to thefiofloite amusement of half
hundred men WTO witnessed the operation.
1 a brief time the line reached defer up to
ifth#retft. from near Fourth, and as the
dy afepped out ou the flagging to cross tho
roefc toe end ran off, and she went ou with
|S empty spool, blissfully unconscious of
e pierrhnent behind hof back at her ex>o#e.
The cruel men?and by this time
hind red had seoo the proeeee?then began
apeeulate upon the look of blank astonish
eut which must have overpowered ' her
iuotcnance,.wben on reaching houie, she
und the spool empty, which she could asrt
?u full when she purchased it.
The conversation tuns upon the fastidu
times* of the times. "Why," says a uieinbV,
"they'll tg m say marriage is improper."
No, no, replies Douglas Jerrold, "they'll
Iways consider marriage good, brooding."
I .1 ?i ?? di V ts.<- Tn/Hj*-'^ 1
VM99B!gaaxsvSMMmEg(eHB!>^saBKt
Air xfidxjuc or hu&debs aid suicides.
Paris, March 20.?Paris to-day has a
sufficient numbor of horrors to satisfy the
uiost morbid of natures. Simple murders
are tho moat common place of occurrences,
ond so we are to be congratulated on the
extraordinary number of extraordinary
crimes, which are constantly occurring. If
we seek parricide, there is the case of Gcorgcl,
who murdered bis mother the other day
in the Hue de la Providcnco. He was a
laxy ne'er do-weel, who, after taking all his
mother's money away from her and spending
it in a night's debauch, out her throat
because she had uo more to give him. Louis
Piguo has just killed his br.ther for culliug
him n "gamiu." Tho disposition which
murderers make of the bodies of their victims?such
as cutting them into minute
pieces, burning or distribution them over a
great nrea?is also notable, but even what,
with npparent lightness, is called 'Taffuire
Billoir," or "l'affaire Moyaux"?although
the French do not connect with the word
"affaire" the levity which attaches to the
Euglish "affair"?is far outshoue by the
epideuiio of suicide which has of late set in
and assumed most remarkable proportions.
Lc Qaulois uewspapcr considers itself justified
in saying that before long, if thingacontinue
as they are at present going, the journals
will have to issue supplements which
shall be devoted simply to chronicling the
number of self-murders that ure committed
frotn day to day. Here is a notablo case:..
Day before yesterday a respectably dressed,
white haired gentleman, apparently about
sixty years old, presented .himself at the
tower entrance of Notre Dame, aud asked
tho concierge if a good view of Paris was to
be obtained from tho tower on a clear day.
Of course he was auswered in the affirmative,
aud so, giving the keeper fifty centimes,
he mounted to the gallery and at once
threw himself headlong into the parvis, horribly
crushed and mangled by the fall.
formerly suicide was mainly confined to
the gr?at cities, and especially to Paris, but
now it has extended its works into the rural
districts aud is notieed in all the telegraphic
dispatches to the newspapers. The suicides
leave behind them such notices as "I kill
myself because life bores me," and they desert
the ranks of life for the most trivial
and inconsequent of reasons, except the
"spleen" which came to us from England
with jockeys and water proofs. A rich
young fool falls in love with an actress, and
spends money on her. Presently he learns
thut she is uulaithful to him, so he purchases
a nicely-mounted revolver, goes to her home,
makes a speech as near as possible like one
taken from a novel by .Duuias Jils, bursts
pentance, and blows his brains out. A
joung girl gels into a tiff with her family,
find nnnn \m m??d 1* a 1 : ?
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her father's barn. Another falls in love
with a man who in his youth has been condemned
by some magistrate as a thief. She
pardous his youthful indiscretion, and the
two are happy as doves. Then the father
discovers the truth ab.>ut his proposed sonin-law,
and naturally enough objects to haviug
in his family a forcat libcrc. The lovers
do not hesitate; they kill themselves. Such
are the true stories of the day, and I doubt
very much that this recklessness of life is
due to books like "Joseph Noirel's Revenge,'
and to the sensational plays, so much as it
is to the levity with which nearly ail the
journals deal with the most serious matters.
An atrocious murder is the cause of puns
and jokes, and every crime is treated iu the
same way. It is to be hoped that before
long gomo meBM -will ho found to afnp
epidemic of orime, and ospeoially of suicido,
even if the measures of the Middle Ages
should be called in.?AT Y. World.
An Editor Who Loves Babies.?We
love babies, and also anybody else who loves
babies. No man has music in bis soul whq
doesn't love babies. Babies were made to
be loved, especially girl babies?when they
grow up. A man isn't worth a 'shuck' who
doesn't love a baby, and the same rule applies
t) a jfomuu. A baby is a spring day
in winter, a hot-house in summer, a ray of
sunshine in frigid winter, and, if it's a healthy,
go^-naturcd baby, and if you are sure
I 11 s yours, us a Dusnci oi sunsuine, no matter
how cold the weather. A man cau not
be a hopeless case so long as he loves babies
?Mine at ?tiriie. Wc love babies all over,
no tbatter how*dirty they are. Babies were
born to be dirty. Our lovo for babies is
only bounded by the Dumber of b ibies in
the world. Wc also have sorrowfhl feelings
for mothers who have no babies. Wemen
always look down-hearted who have no babies;
and men who have none always grumble
and drink and stay out eights, trying to
get music in their sooLs; but they can't
ootne it. Babies, are babies, and nothing
can take their place.?-Atchison Patriot.
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Save tiie SoArsuDs.?However deplorable
washing day may be to the household
(and the careful house mistress or tidy maid
has it m her power to greatly modify its discomforts,)
to the garden it is a very bountiful
dayk. Ous hungry and thirsty grape,
vines and flowers are glad of every drop of
wash water, nod will repay every bit e? fatigue
it may oost us to give them this fertiliser.
If the sua is shining hot when we
go out tn dispense our flavor, it is best for
t us to dig n slight treOoh not far from the
, root of the plant, and poor tha water into
kit ?iu) AMTU. u>i> ill lk* anil Tl.!.
vvwv? "Vf *MI?
m^fek the water go farther, and at the saute
tia^Voes net tempt the rootleta to the surface
of the grouud. No better liquid can
be prepared than the aoapauds fiom the
"woolen tubs" as thej are sure to nourish
1 the rotes? if any of the liquid rests upon
the foliage of the plants, wash it off by
syringing smartly?plants always pay fur
this extra oars.
A greased dog cannot run so fast as a boy
' in a collar who~h<>?ft his mother say she
I must go down and Wis aTftT";
, preserves.?Union,
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ELECTED RECIPES.
Tomato Catsup.?Take a half bushel
ripe tomatoes ; cut up and boil till done ;
rub through a sieve; to this add half cup of
salt, one pint vinegar, ouc of sugar, and
cloves, cinnamon, pepper and allspice, each
ono tnblespoonful; boil one hour; bottle
and seal.
Tomato Chowder.?Soak one peck
green tomatoes in salt water over night;
chop fino and add n few onions, one cup
mustard seed, with pepper, cloves and cinnamon
; boil sufficient vinegar to cover up
the mouths of the jars, aod you have au
excellent pickle.
Tomato Preserves.?Scald and peel #
smooth, round, ripe tomatoes; to seven
pounds add five pounds sugar ; let staud all
night; drain off-1be juice , boil aud skim ;
add the tomatoes ; boil gently twenty minutes;
skim them out into jars; boil the
syrup till iust enough to cover them n* it
cools pour it over the tomatoes, and you huvo
one of tho nicest preserves.
Pickled Peaches ?Rub the peaches
smooth and steam until done; stick a clove
and a bit of cinnamon in each, and put in
a jar; boil vinegar to cover, adding one pint
sugar to each quart. These pickles will be
good iu one week, and arc very nice.
Icing That Will Not Break?The
whites of three eggs beaten very stiff; add
one pound white sugar, with ODe tablespoonful
corn starch ; flodr the top of the cake as
soon as taken from the oven; put on the
iciDg with a steel knife wet in warm water.
Delicious Brown Pudding.?One cup
Graham, ono of meal, one of sugar, one of
cream, oneof raisius, one-half of sweet uiilk,
one egg, one teaspoonful soda ; stir nil together
and bake one hour ; with sauce this
is a delicious pudding.
Like in Texas.?A new comer in a
Texas towu always enjoys himself. After
spending a short time looking around the
place, he grows weary and finally asks the
clerk of the hotel if there is any chance of
having fun that day. And the clerk,
scratching ljis head a moment says : "Well,
I dunuo ; reckon we can get up something
for you before night- Huvcn't been shct
at yet, have you ? No ! Oh, well, you will
be soon. Just loaf around the streets a
little while, and even it you aiu't shot at
yourself, you cau dodge the bullets intended
for some other person. Maybe you might
object to its coming in that way, sort o'.sccond
band, you know ; and if you do, why
wait a little whilo and I'll go out with you,
and I guess wo cau get up something real
^studying tlic lime "fafcfif for*rt\ie''MoaviiV^
time of the next train, and not even the
clerk's promise to let him carry the revolver
that he shot a wan with last week can
keep tho guest in towu over night. Sccue
at a hotel?"Good morning, stranger, it
Ionics IS If A min ?" Sfrnn<rni? OT M
~ 0V. X UUb.
A shot is heard, and the stranger is rolled
out of the back door.
Moral?Texas is a fine grazing couutry.
j ITow to Raise Tomatoes.?The
French uiode ol raising tomatoes is as follows
: As soon as a cluster of flowers is
visible, they top the stem down to the cluster,
which soou pushes strougly aud produces another
cluster of flowers each. When theso
are visible, the branch to which they belong
is also topped dowu to their level; and this
is done five times successively. By this
means the plauts become stout dwarf bushes,
not above eighteen inches high. In order
to |nervuk Utx,:. (>u:no nPMr sticks or strings
are stretched horizontally along the rows;
so as to keep the plants ereot. I a addition
to this, all laterals that have ne flowers, aud
after the fifth toppiug, all laterals whatever,
are nipped off. In this way ; the ripe sap
is directed into the fruit, which acquire a
beauty, size and excellence unattainable by
other means.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, the rebel of tho
harem, in her ^Wife No. 19," tells of a
cousin who married a Gentile. The girl's
parents were devout saints, and grieved over
their daughter as one dead. Tho disconsolate
father consulted theoraole of the Lord,
who gavo him the following godly advice :
"Put flatten out of the way, it is a sin and
a shame to liavo so good a woman dragged
arouud the world by a Gentile." Of eeurse
the voice of the Lord epoke in his chosen
servant, and in a few days came tho startling-news
that this audacious outsider had
been killed by Indians.
Dancers will be interested to know that
several new condition figures have been introduced
at private assemblies in Paris.?
One of them ia called "La Poste." Tho
gentlemen wear armlets, with bells attached,
and on these tho name of a post town is
written, as "Postc de Montigny," "Poste de
St. Cloud," &o. Fancy cards, bearing corresponding
names, are distributed among
tbe ladies, each of whom calls out the name
on her card, and thus obtains a partner.
It is a noteworthy fact that whenever one
of our farmer correspondents expresses himself
as comfortable and happy, with no creditors
pressing him, he explains the fact by
saying "plenty of oorn and meat of my own
raising." That's the secret of it. Show us
a man that raises plenty of oorn and meat
fur hie mm nee, nasi ire will show you a
splendid, jolly fellow, beloved by bis neighbors
and popular wherever known.?Prentiss
Pleader.
.
'Man wants but little here below nor wants
that little long,' is alibol: Man wants everything
he can see, or hear ov, and never is
willing to let go ov his grub. Whenever
you find a man who is thoroughly satisfied
with what he has got, you will fiud either
an ideot, or won who has tried hard to s;ct
some more and oouldn't do it. The older a
man grows tho more watohful he bekuiiia :
ss his hold on life slsek*ns- his pinch 011 a
?Josh Biffing*.