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YOL. IV; NO. 49. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, NOYEMBER 9. 1876. $2.00 per Anil. Single Copy. 5 Cents.
The Last Wish.
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Thi? is all : id it milch, iov darling ? Ton mnst
follow your oath iu life,
Have a bead for its complex windings, a hand ^
for its sudden strife.
j The sun will shine, ihe flowers will bloom; ?
though my course 'mid tb:m all is o er, e
i won Id not that those dear living eyes should
light in their joy no more ; h
Only juet for the sake of the happy pas', and d
the golden days that have been,
By the love we have loved and the hop's we
have hoped, will you have my grave kept ^
green ? *
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Just a moment in the morning, in the eager
tiueh of the day, f
To pluck some creeping weed, perchance, or d
train the white rose spray ; c
Just a moment to shade my v.olets from the
glare of the noontide heat, t
Just a tear and a prayer in the gloaming, ere ?
you leave mo with lingering feet.
Ah ! it is weak and foolish, bnf I tbirk that
in Goo's serene "
I shall know, and love to know, mine own,
bUAV ; VU ftttp Ui J 51CITV CV
I would fain, when the drops are plashing
againt-t yoor window pane, ^
That you shoul 1 bojtbinkiug wistfully of my ?
grasses ont iu the rain ; ^
That when the winter veil is spread o'er the
fair white world below, ^
Your tender hands twiLe the holly wreaths ^
that mark my rest in the snow. a
My olasp on life and life's rich gifts grows i
faint atd cold, 1 ween. \
" Yet, oh ! 1 would hold it to tho last?tLe trust j
of my grave kept gieen.
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Because it is by such little signs the heait and ^
its fai.h are read ; v
Because the natural mau must 6hjink ere ho {
j ins the forgotten dead. e
The heavenly hope is bright and j ure, and 1
calm is tho heavenlv rest,
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Yet the human love clings yearningly to all it ^
' has pnzed the best.
Wo have Deeu so happy, darling, and the part- 0
ing pang is keen :
Ah ! soothe it hy tbis last \ow to me?you will ^
watch that my grave keeps green ? t
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AN EXPENSIVE TRAIN. 3
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A Russian Story. ^
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At tho time when the first open court 3
ot law was established in Russia, a lady, *
dressed with the utmost elegance, was
walking on the Moscow promenade, '
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lettiug iho ioug tram of her rich dress (
sweep the dust aod dirt of the street.' (
A you .g officer, coining hastily from }
a side street, wa> so careless as to catch 1
oue of his spurs in the lady's train, and 1
in au in tant a great piec was torn out *
of the costly but frail material of the 1
dress.
441 beg a thousand pardons, madam,"
euid tne officer, with a polite bow, and *
then was ubout pacing on, when he was
detained by the lady's husband.
44 Yon have insulted my wife." (
41 Nothing was further from my intern c
tion, sir. Your wife's long dress is to
blame for the accident, which I sincere- 4
ly rearet, and I beg you once more to y
receive my apologies for any carelessness
on my part." Thereupon he attempted
to hasten on. (
44 You shall not escape so," said the
lady, with her head thrown back in a J
spirited way. 44 To-day is the first time '
1 have worn this dress, aud it cost me
two hundred rubles, wLich you must *
make good."
44My dear madam, I beg you not to 1
detain me. I am obliged to go on duty at !
once. As to the two hundred rubles? 1
I really cannot help the length of your
dress, yet I beg your pardon for not hav- *
ing been more cautious."
4 4 Yon shall not stir, sir. That you
are obliged to go on duty is nothing to 1
us. My wife is right; the dress must (
be made good."
The officer's face grew pale. 1
/ *4 You force me to break through the '
rules of the service, and I shall receive I
punishment." *
44 Pay the two hundred rubles and you
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arc ircc.
The quickly chauging color in the \
young man's face betrayed how inwardly
disturbed he was; but stepping close to :
them both, he said, with apparent self- '
command :
"You will renounce .your claim when
I tell you that I am a?a?poor man, 1
who has nothing to live on but his officer's
pay, and the amount of that pay
hardly reaches the sum of two hundred
rubles in a whole year. I can, there- 1
lore, make no amends for the misfortune,
except by again begging your pardon."
"Oh! anybody could say all that; !
but we'll see if it's tra-.-; we'll find out if 1
you have nothing but your pay. I declare
myself not' satisfied with your excuses,
and I dtmand my money," per-;'
sisted the lady, in the hard voice of a
thoroughly unfeeling woman.
"That is true?you are right," the
husband added, dutifully supporting 1
her. " By goo i luck we have the open 1
court now just in session. Go with us i
before the judge and he will decide the
matter."
All further protestation on the offi-;
cer's part that he was poor, that he was
expected on duty, and so forth, did not j
help matters, but of respect for his j
uniform, and to avoid an open scene, he i
had to go with them to the court-room,
where the gallery was densely packed
with a crowd of people.
After waiting some time the lady had
leave to bring her complaint.
" What have you to answer to this
oomnlaint?" said the judge, turning to
the officer, who seemed embarrassed and
half in despair.
"On th? whole, verv little. As the '
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lateuess of the hour, and being iequired I
on duty, compelled me to hurry, I did j
not notice this lady's train, which was :
dragging on the ground. I caught one j
ot my spurs iu it, and had t!.e mis for- j
tune to tear the dress. M ulatii would
not receive my excuse?, but perhaps I
now she might find herself more dis- ;
posed to forgiveness, when I aguin do- !
clare, so help me God, that I committed !
this awkward blunder without any mis- }
chievoti8 intention, and I earnestly beg j
that she will pardon me."
A murmur ran through the gallery,
vidently from the people taking sides
rith the defendant, and against long j
rains in general and the lady in par- [
tcular.
The judge called to order, and asked :
'Are you satisfied with the defendant's
xplanation ?"
41 Not at all satisfied. I demand two
inndred rubles in payment for my torn
Iress."
14 Defendant, will you pay this sum ?"
441 would have paid it loDg before
his had I be: n in a position to do so.
Jnfortunately, I am poor. My pay as
,n officer is all I have to live on."
14 You hear, complainant, that the deendant
is not able to pay the sum you
lemand of him. Do you still wish the
omplaint to stand?"
An unbroken stillness reigned
hroughout the hall, and the young
fflcer's breath could be heard coming
Lard.
441 wish it to stand. The law shall
;ive rue my rights." #
There ran throngh the rows of people
, murmur of indignation that sounded
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LK6 A rusuiug Ui water.
"Consider, complainant, the confluences
of your demand. The defendut
can be punished only through being
leprived of his personal lib; rty, and by
hat you could obtain no satisfaction, I
rhile to the defendant it might prove
he greatest injury in his rank and posiion
as an officer, and especially as he is
>n officer who is poor and dependent
ipon his pay. Do you still insist upon
'our complaint ?"
" I still insist upon it."
The course the affair was taking
eemed to have become painful to the
ady's husband. He spoke with bis
eife urgently, but, as could be seen by
he v ay -she held up her head and the
nergy with which she shook it, quite
iselessly. The judge was just going
>n to further consideration of the case,
ehen a loud voice was heard from the
mdience :
" I will plaoe the two hundred rubles
it the service of the defendant."
There followed a silence, during
vhich a gentleman forced his way
hrough the crowd and placed himself
>y the young offioer's side.
"Sir, 1 om the Prince W., and beg
rou will oblige me by accepting the
oan of the two hundred rubles in quesion."
" Prince, I am not worthy of yonr
dndness, for I don't know if I shall ever
_>e able to pay the loan," answered the
coung man, in a voice tremulous with
. motion.
"Take the money, at all events. I
*an w it until yon are able to return it."
rhereupon the prince held out two notes
)f a hundred rubles each, and coming
dose np to him, whispered a few words
rerv softly. There was a sudden light
ng op of the officer's faco. He immoliataly
took the two notes, and, turning
oward the lady, handed them to her
vith a polite bow.
' I hope, madam, you are satisfied."
With a malicious smile she reached
>ut her hand for the money.
44 Yes; now I am satisfied."
With a scornful glance over the crowd
>f spectators, she prepared to leave the
>ourt-rcom on her husband's arm.
44 Stop, madam," said the officer, who
lad suddenly become like another man,
vith a firm and oonfident manner.
44 What do you want ?"
The look that the young woman cast
ipen him was as insulting as possible.
441 want my dress," he answered,
vith a slight but still perfectly polite
X)W.
44 Give me your address, and I will
?end it to you."
45 Oh, no, my dear madam, I am i?i
;he habit of taking my purchases with
ne at once. Favor me with the dress
immediately.
A shout of approbation came from the
gallery.
44 Order I" cried the judge.
44 What an insane demand 1" said the
ady's husband. 44 My wife cannot unir'ss
herself here."
441 have nothing to do with you, sir,
n this matter, but only with the complainant.
Be so good, madam, as to
$ive me the dress immediately. I am in
i great hurry; my affairs are urgent, and
[ cannot wait a moment longer."
The pleasure of the audience at the
rxpense of the lady increased with every
word, until it was hard to enforce any
?"oa fVinf oiflior nflrtv
ip^IUOUll If \jUiCI') Sj\j VUUV VAV&AV* - J
could be heard.
" Do not jest any more about it. I
will hurry, and send you the dress as
soon as possible."
" I am not jesting. I demand from
the representative of the law my own
property?that dress," said the officer,
raising his voice.
The judge, thus appealed to, decided
promptly.
"The officer is right, madam. "Sou
ire obliged to hand him over the dress
on the spot."
" I can't undress myself hero before
all these people, and go home without
nay dress on," said the young woman,
with anger and tears.
" You should have thought of that
Booner. Now you have no time to lose.
Either give up the dress of your own
accord, or "? A nod that could not be
misinterpreted brought to the lady's
side two officers of justice, who seemed
about to take upon themselves the office
of my lady's maid.
"Take your money back, and leave
me my dreis."
"Oh, no, madam; that dress is now
worth more than two hundred rubles to
tie."
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"Two thousand rubles," said the
officer, firmly.
"I will pay the sum," the weepiDg
lady's husband responded, promptly.
" I have here five hundred rubles. Give
me pen and paper and I will write an
order upon my banker for the remaining
fifteen hundred."
After he had written the draft the
worthy pair withdrew, amidst hisses
irora the audience,
The Amazon river is navigable for
d.000 miles by vessels of large size. It
has four tributaries, which are united by
a network of natural canals. Two thousand
miles from its mouth its channel
has a depth of three fathoms, and for
2,600 mil^s there occurs no fall to interfere
with cbp smooth passage of shipping.
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There's Many a Slip.
There was a circns giving performI
ances every afternoon and evening, says ti
Mark Twain, and my consin Jack and I b
j wanted to go to it. Jack's father gave A
; him the money, a gold dollar, and we n
i started off as happy as it is only possible a:
for two boys to be who are possessed of e<
the necessary capital to invest in a circus b
performance. Jack was about my own ci
j age, and quick at invention. He it was, tl
| as a rule, who planned the various little o
! schemes of deviltry which gave piquancy ci
j to our youthful days, and I was general- ft
j ly the one to carry tb^m out. Therefore, h
I if punishment was a consequence of de- it
j tention, I was usually the only sufferer. c<
! Sometimes I objected to this rather one- b
| sided arrangement, but Jack would meet tl
: mn -rrrith tho ftrorlimPTlk tVlftt "the feller T>
JLUC7 VY 1VU CUV ? . w ? ?
that spoilt the game ought to be the one ti
to get the licking, and if I hadn't been a tl
darned fool I wouldn't 'a got found out si
He wasn't a going to get blamed be- a
cause I didn't know no better than to go d
and get caught." - "
Well, we were jogging along, pictur- tl
iDg to ourselves the delightful things we n
should see at the circus, and I was v
thinking how I should laugh at the b
awfully funny clowns and be quite car- a
ried away with wonder and admiration o
at the perilous feats of the acrobats and d
become so fascinated with the lovely tl
youDg lady rider in the short skirts and e
pink tights that I might even dash into a
the ring and carry her away by main tl
force to a desert island, where I would n
marry her and live happily ever after- o
ward, when Jack said : " Mark, let's be c
high toned and take fifty cent seats." h
I nodded assent, and went on thinking n
about the piebald horses and the trick fc
mules and the mau that caught the can- n
non balls on the back of his neck, when a
Jack made another remark : g
" Say ! It's plaguey hot walking in h
the sun. Let's go up in the stage." fc
" Where's the money ?" I asaed, with v
l praiseworthy forethought. fc
" Ain't you got any ?" a
I dove down into my pockets in reply a
to this question, and brought up a lump t
of second hand chewing gum, two tops, a
some dried apples, an old jackknife, a q
vial with four lightning bugs in it, a j
jewsharp, about fifteen marbles, a sec- e
tion of tallow candle done up in brown e
paper and a piece of shoemaker's wax? \
but no money. Then Jack made an ex- 1
pi oration through his pockets, and e
found besides the gold dollar a sixpenny t
piece. 3
"That's only good for one fare," said \
I, as he showed it to me. t
"I'll tell you what we'll do," he re- v
marked, as he returned the money to [
his pocket after a moment's reflection; j
" we'll ride up in a stage and give that t
sixpence to the driver just as we are q
getting out. When I hand it up to him r
you open the door and run likethunder, t
and I'll come on after you. I'm going *
to hand it myself, because you'll be
sure to drop it or make a mess of it in
some way."
We hailed a stage, jumped into it,
I and noon reacnea oar uesuuuuun.
j "Now,?* said Jack, after the stage
had stopped, a* he handed up his fare,
"scoot 1"
Away I went, with Jack close at my
heels. We heard the driver shouting
after us, and we gave a quick glance
over our shoulders, lie was standing
up and yelling, "Hey, there !" with all
his might.
"Hi!" said Jack, "ain't he mad
though."
I rather thought he was, and I did
not feel entirely comfortable until wo
had gone a conple of blocks around the
: corner. We stopped for a moment to
j take breath. We were at the entrance
to the circus, and could hear the band
playing the preliminary music.
"Hurry up," said I, "it's going to
begin. Where's your money ?"
" Here it is," answered Jack, drawing
j his hand out of his pocket. He took a
look at the coin and then turned ghastly
j pale.
I " Je?rusalem I" he gasped,
j "What's the matter," said I. Ho
held the coin toward me. It was a sixpenny
piece.
" Blamed if I ain't given him the gold
dollar by mistake."
Words could not do justice to our
feelings. We did not speak, but gave
one longing look at the circus tent and
then sneaked away silently toward home.
It was a great while before either of us
cjuld hear the word "circus" without
thinking that life was a hollow mockery,
j and that there was very little in it worth
living for. 1 nad one consolation, j
though, i t was that Jack, with all his j
brilliancy, had made the blunder in
i stead of me. j
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A Base Trick. I
Strangers often remark, says the Free
Press, that Detroit ladies seem to have a
great fondness for carrying gold watches,
and any person walking ten blocks on
; Woodward or Jefferson avenues will <
! see, if it is & fine day, at least one hundred
ladies with gold chains hanging 1
down to the watch pocket. But, is the 1
watch there ? On a Woodward avenue i
car there were half a dozen ladies and 1
only one gentleman. Satan must have
put him up to do a mean thing. Tak- 1
iug out his watch he lookod at it, shook 1
it, sighed heavily and said :
" Ought to have been cleaned a week J
ago. YVill you please give me the
time?"
The lady addressed had on a magnificent
chain, but she blushed, half rose, i
sat down again, and whispered : <
" My?my watch is?is out of order." .
" You have the time, perhaps!" he
asked of the next.
" Y-yes, sir?it's ten o'clock," she replied,
looking out of the window. 1
"Does your time agree with that?" '
he asked of the third.
" I believe so," she coldly replied, '
though she well knew that her chain
was piuned to her dress.
"And what does your watch say?" i
ho smilingly asked of the fourth. <
" It's a little slow, I think," she an- !
swered, drawing her shawl closer. <
The fifth lady had a watch, and a fine :
; one, too. She drew it out, made as <
much display as possible, and called i
out: 1
[ "Ten minutes after eleven 1" <
The gentleirin smiled, the other four <
ladies bit their iips and scowled, and the
. driv r shook up the lines and called out: j
" Jo od, uow, you old raw bones I" ;J
An Kxhibition of Bees.
The London Times soys : An exhilion
of " bees, their produce, Lives and
ee furniture," was commenced at the
lexandra Palace, the show being armged
in the large ball of the building,
ad thirteen long tables or fetalis being
avered with the exhibits. The idea of
ee keeping in the mind of the ordinary
ity dweller appears to be that it is someling
practiced by poor cottagers to help
at their small incomes. But in Ameria,
Germany and Spain there are "bee
irmers " wbose ucies are covered with
ives. The general idei of a hive is that
> 18 a 81raw cap, BULUtfLLUlJg n&o a uicu
over in shape, only round; that the
eee make their honey th'erein, a^d that
le pcor cottager subsequently, to apropriate
the sweets, stifles the indusrious
insects which have swarmed
here. Such was, no doubt, the actual
bate of the case at one time; but such
n idea is very far from the truth nowaays.
The straw hive has become a
I house " of wood anjl glass, in which
lie temperature is regulated by a therlometer;
tho bees are dealt with as
aluable property, not stifled recklessly,
ut "manipulated" by the "apiarian,"
nd the honey removed without the loss
f a single bee, and without the least
nmage to the "comb," which it costs
be insects so much labor to make. An
xkibition of this kind practically shows
II this, and one begins to understand
bat bees where properly "farmed,"
lay yield a considerable profit when
ne hive alGne, as shown by an exhibitor,
an yield 111 pounds, twelve ounces of
oney and comb, the valuMpf which is
early ?8, market price, ^he exhibiors
in the show are numerous, and
lany of the exhibits new and cleverly
dapted to their purpose. There is a
ieat variety of "houses," some as
irge, and lika nothing so much ^s dog
:ennel8; others like " dolls'" houses,
ritli two or more stories; some like cuploards,
with folding doors and shelves,
nd some again like dovecotes and quite
s fanciful. Inventions, too, for exacting
honey from the "comb" are
Iso numerously exhibited, some worked
incog wheel action being called "excess
" extractors, etc. The " furniture"
ixhibited is of great variety, also, and
anch of it new but necessary to these
riio "farm bees " for profit or pleasure.
The specimens of honey in "comb" and
ixtracfced, are also numerous, and to
hese may be added hives of bees to be
een at work, i ees swarming, etc. There
eere entries for tbirty-three out ol
hirty-five classes into which the show
ra3 divided, and prizes of silver and
>ronze medals, certificates and money
>rizes in sums of ?3 and under were
>ifered. There were in all 244 entries,
ind the exhibition, which is under the
nauagement of the beekeepers' associaion,
was well attended and examined
vith much interest.
Rabbit Warfare In New Zealand.
Some years ago a colonist, with the
dea of benefiting New Zealand, tools
>ut a few pairs of rabbits and turned
hem out in the country, forgetting how
juickly these animals multiply, and
vhat little means there are, in a country
10 thinly populated, of keeping them ir
jheck. The consequence is that farms
ire devastated, crops are destroyed, and
ihe earth overrun with increasing
swarms of these destructive rodents, and
ill the efforts of the colonists have beer
'utile to keep down 'their numbers. A1
ast a happy idea struck some persons
vho had suffered from this curious
jlague. They determined to imporl
some weasels, thinking that by theii
lelp they would be able to accomplisl
;he desired end, and they have offeree
is much as $25 a pair for healthy wea
jels.
Weasels, however, object to anything
ike confinement, and, as they woulc
probably die on the voyage out, Mr,
Buckland, to whose care the experimeni
jas been confided, lias determined tc
tend out some polecat ferrets, which h<
Imagines will be even more vpluabh
farmers' friends. In thns making us<
)f one branch of animal life to keej
sheck on another, and so to maintaii
;he " balance of power" between them
lie is simply following nature. The]
aave had instances of this scientific
idaptation in England in the employ
aient of swans to destroy the supera
iiundant growth of weeds in rivers ant
ponds, and in the protection of insec
mating birds to defend crops from the
attacks of insect pests. It is to be hopec
the fc attle of nature will be fought on
to the satisfaction of the colonists o
NTew Zealand, and that they will no
liave cause presently to import somene\
iddition to their fauna to keep dowi
the too rapid increase of polecat ferrets.
A New Plague in Egypt.
A letter from Alexandria says : A ne\
salamity now engages the attention o
ail Egyptians even more than the finan
3ial decrees of the khedive or the re
fusal of the government to accept th
judgments of the new courts. It seem
that many of the cavalry horses tlia
have returned from Abyssinia in the las
two months came with a most malignan
disease upon them. The doctors pre
n r\t fnnlinirl fnTTflf Tf. 1
LIUUUUC lb a AliiU VI ij I^nvivi IVTVAI AW A
most infectious and terribly rapid in it
progress, death resulting in many case
in a few hours. It is stated, and oi
good authority, that the government, in
3tead of isolating the infected animals
Eold them all at very low prices to th
fellaheen. Thus they have been dis
tributed throughout the country, and ii
the neighborhood of Cairo alone severe
hundred horses are already reportei
dead. A well informed corresponden
thus describes in the Delta the effect o
this epidemic in one of the busiest dis
tricts : " It is ravaging now among th
horses, mules and donkeys of our dis
trict most furionsly. and many village
are named where not one horse has es
caped the disease. It is to be feare<
that this calamity will interfere ver;
disagreeably with our work, as the cart
men will be short of horses, and th
donkeys to carry seed and cotton to th
stations will be very scarce. Tho gov
ernment is alone to blamo that the dis
ease has spread so quickly over th
country, selling everywhere for a nape
leon or a pound the sick cavalry horse
returned rom Abyssinia, instead of isc
lating them."
A Fable.
Once a fox and a goat were walking
together along a roaJ, and saw a sack
lying against a hedge.
" What do you think is inside that
sack ?" said the goat. w
" I will go and see," said the fox; and, ^
putting his nose into the mouth of the ^
bag, tied tightly by a cord, he shook
about the bag so much that the string ;r
at last gave way, and the finest carrots ?(
one could wish for fell out. ^
"They are for me," said the fox,
" for I opened the sack."
"Yes," said the goat; "but I gave p
you the idea, and if you touch them I ft]
will tear your sides with my horns." jr
The fox looked at the goat's great ^
horns and showed his teeth. fT
The goat, on seeing the fox's teeth, C(
thoneht within herself: " I don't much a,
like that kind of weapon."
And the fox said to himself: "I will ^
not expose my sides to those terrible ^
horns." w
After a minute's silence the fox said : S(
" Why do we stand looking at each u
other? What is the use of that ? Let s]
us see which is the stronger. See. there o:
are two heaps of stones. You shall take ^
one and I the other. He who shall first
throw down his heap shall eat the carrots."
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The goat put her legs firmly together, n
and struck with her horns so hard as to K
make a great noise, but the heap did ^
not shake. w
" Ah ! you do not hit hard enough,' j
said the fox. gj
The goat went three steps backward, n
and ran at the heap with all her might 0
But, crack ! her horns broke 1" 0j
When the fox saw that he begun to ^
skip about. "Oh, my dear friend," ^
said he, " the carrots belong to me 0
now!" tj
"Not yet," said the goat, " you have ^
not succeeded in your task yet if you y
touch the carrots, I will tear your side ^
with the stumps of my horns."
1 The fox looked ut the goat, and said jj
to himself : " She has one left still, ^
1 which is almost whole; she will tear my Q
' sides with it." ^
" Well," said he, " I will knock down ^
my heap, then; it is nothing for me."
The fox begun to dig with his fore 0
1 paws until ho had made a great hole in 0
the ground close to the heap. The ^
i stones soon fell over into the hole, but, j,
1 alas ! they fell on the fox aDd broke his t
1 left paw. v
| Then the two looked at cne another? j(
the one with her broken horns, the 0
' other with his broken paw. 1
"Run after the carrots," said the J
' goat, with a sneer, "I will give them ^
? up to you."
"I cannot," answered tne iox, - my
1 paw hurts me too much. Take them *,
yourself."
I That is just what I am going to t
do," said the goat, and she ran for the '
sack; but neither bag nor carrots were j
to be seen ; while they were disputing, a
a man had come along and carried all v
> away.
" Alas!" cried the goat, "how stupid
1 we have been ! If we had divided the ^
' treasure, we should have kept whole?I
I I my horns, you your paw, and each of
> us would have had more carrots than v
i we could eat." *
I b
r An Anecdote abont MacX&hon. ?
> t
1 The following anecdote about Sub- fc
i Lieutenant de MacMahon, son of the t
' president of the republic, was lately re- j
' lated by one of his comrades : He was j
} passing through Versailles, proud of his j
t officer's uniform, of which, however, a ^
' false collar of not very regimental ap- f
i pearanco diminished the severity. The ]
I young officer passed a colonel, who, a
after having returned the salute, stopped L
and reprimanded him for his unmihfary T
appearance, and asked his name. But
scarcely had he glanced at the card pre- t
sented by the young man th n he ex- c
pressed his surprise at not having recog- ?
liized the son of the marshal, and was j
profuse in his politeness. "Very well, ]
colonel, card for card," said the young r
man. " I must ask for yours because 1
have not the honor of knowing your ]
name." The colonel at once handed his ^
card, and the other at once went to the j
Elysee to make a complaint to his fath- ?
ar. An hour after the colonel and sub- ^
- lieutenant were both ordered to confine
-1 themselves to barracks for four days? e
J one for his non regimental costume, and ,
1 the other for not having punished the 6
3 offense. f
i I
t Among the Brigands*
^ M. Domenico di Bernardo, a rich pro- 1
7 prietor of Sicily, was recently captured *
3 by brigands. For eleven days and
nights they kept him marching through
a thick forest at a rapid pace. Except
that his companions never stopped be {
fore any obstacle, whether a precipice or f
! a torrent, M. di Bernardo had nothing f
J to'complain of in respect of the treat- t
1 ment which he received at their hands. ,
The food with which they provided him ]
K was of the most exquisite kind, and j
B such as could not be found in an ordi- >
J nary hotel in Italy. No luxury, even to ,
* the finest ices, was wanting at their .
: table. The leader of the band, the ter- ,
.rible Leone, distinguished himself by
1 his politeness. He showed himself to j
8 be a gentleman transformed into a bri- j
8 gand from a mere love o the art. An (
6 easy good humor prevailed in the socie- (
Q ty of the robbers, and when, on the pay- i
l" ment of the ransom, he was released, his ]
'? guardians expressed thu'r deep regret at (
? ' ? ? ?' A ? A/\?v>nortiATl
w losing SO pieasuub u b^ui^iuuvu.
Newspaper By-Laws. I
3 1. Be brief. This is the age of tele- '
t graphs and stenography,
f 2. Be pointed. Don't write all around 1
>- a subject without hitting it.
e 3. State facts, but don't stop to morali
ize. It's a drowsy subject. Let the 1
s reader do his own dreaming,
i- 4. Eschew preface. Plunge at once 1
3 into your subject, like a swimmer into i
y cold water. ;
5. If you have written a sentence that 1
e you think particularly fine, draw your <
e pen through it. A pet child is always ;
- the worst in the family. <
i- 6. Condense. Make sore that you 1
e really have an idea, and then record it <
in the shortest possible terms. We i
s want thoughts in their quintescence. I <
>- 7. When your article is completed, *
strike out nine-tenths of the adjectives. j <
MORE HORRID CRUELTIES.
mtroTlni Orrr Oatflioiitnd Persona in E
a Church?The Massacre of the Inhabit
urns of Batak.
A report on the war in Bulgaria deals
ith the case of Batak?the most fearful v
agedy that happened duriDg the whole ^
isurrection. '
The medjliss of Tartar Bazarjik, hearig
that preparations for revolt were '
:?ing on in this village, ordered Achmet c
gha of Dospat to attack it, and this in- &
ividual, having joined his forces with *
lose of Mohammed Agha of Dorkova,
roceeded to carry out these orders. On 1
rriving at the village he summoned the c
lhabitants to give up their arms, t
hicb, as they mistrusted him, they re- \
lsed to do, and a desultory fight sue
3eded, which lasted two days, iiardly f
ay loss being inflicted on either bide. <
On the ninth of May the inhabitants, ]
?eing that things were going badly ]
ith them, and that no aid came from ,
ithout, had a parley with Achmet, who
ilemnly swore that if they only gave |
p their arms not a hair of their heads ^
aould be touched. A certain number
f the inhabitants, luckily for them,
>ok advantage of this parley to make
leir escape.
The villagers believed Afhmet's oath
ad surrendered their arms, but this de- 1
Land was followed by one for all the 1
toney in the village, which, of course, J
ad also to be ac:eded to. No sooner '
as the money given up thau the Bashi- |
tazouks set upon the people and '
iaughtered them liae sheep. A large
umber of people, probably about 1,000 <
r 1,200, took refuge in the church and '
burohyard, the latter being surrounded ]
y a wall. The church itself is a solid 2
uilding, and re. isted all the attempts 1
f the Bashi Bazouks to burn it from
lie outside; they consequently fired in I
Irongh the windows, and, getting upon
lie roof, tore off the tiles and threw 1
urning pieces of wood and rags dipped ,
1 petroleum among the mass of un- ,
appy human beings inside. At last j
lie door was forced in, the massacre ]
ompleted, and the inside of the church <
urnt. Hardly any escaped out of these '
ital wails.
The only survivor I could find was
ne old woman, who alone remained out 1
f a family of seven. When the door
ras broken in and she was expecting
mmediate death, a Turk took her by
he hand, and saying, " Come, old 1
roman, I am not going to hurt you,"
ad her away and saved her life. The
pectacle which the church and churchard
present must be seen to be deer
ibed; hardly a corpse has been
luried; where a man fell there he now
es, &nd it is with difficulty that one
>icka one's way to the door of the i
Lurch, the entrance cf which is barred
>y a ghastly corpse stretched across the
hreshold. I visited this valley of the
hadow of death on the thirty-first of
uly, more than two months and a half
fter the massacre, but still the stench
rus so overpowering that one could
lardly forc9 one's way iDto the church
ard.
In the streets at every step lay human
emains, rotting and sweltering in the
ummer sun?here a skull of an old
roman, with the gray hair still attached
o it; there the false tress of some un
lappy girl, slashed in half by a yata:hau,
the head which it adorned having
een probably carried off to be devoured
>y some of the dogs, who up to this
ime have been the only scavengers,
ust outside the village I counted more
han sixty skulls in a little hollow, and
t was evident from their appearauce
hat nearly all of them had been severed
rom the bodies by axes and yataghans.
Trom the remains of female wearing
pparel scattered about, it is plain that
nany of the persons here massacred
eere women.
It is to be feared, also, that some of
he richer villagers were subjected to
iruel tortures before being put to death,
n hopes that they would reveal the exstence
of hidden treasure. Thus Petro
Friandaphyllos and Pope Necio were
oasted, and Stoyan Stoychc ff had his
>ars, nose, hands, and feet out off.
Enough, I think, has been said to show
hat to Achmet Agha and his men beon
gs the distinction of having commited,
perhaps, the most heinous crime
hat has stained the history of the prestnt
century, Nina Sahib alone, I should
tay, having rivaled their deeds. As regards
the number of killed, five thouland
is my estimate. I am aware that
)thers place it higher, but be this as it
nay, whether the slain are to be countid
by hundreds or by thousands does
lot lessen in the least the criminality of
he slayers.
A Dance ef Death.
The Hon. Evelyn Ashley, step-grandson,
biographer, and formerly private
secretary of Lord Palmerston, writes to
i London paper to explain, by means of
i private letter he has received from a
rery authentic source, the meaning of
Mr. Baring's denial of the statement
;bat forty Bulgarian girls were buriied.
rhe statement was founded on a misunJerstandiDg
of a colloquial Turkish
phrase. To burn is yakmak, a verb constantly
used in the sense also of ruin.
Urns a debtor will say: " Do you wish
to burn me?" meaning to ruin me. The
truth as to these girls is that they were
carried off, and have never been heard
" -v ? _
cf since. Mr. AsMeys correspondent,
\ consul, further tells him that after two
Liundred men had been murdered in a
certain village, the Turks found some
more in hiding places, and told-them
that if they would dance one of their national
dances they would let them off.
3o the poor fellows begun to dance. It
was a dance of death. The ruffians shot
them down while at it.
His Waiters.?A boarding house
keeper in Chicago r^ad how the hotels
in the White Mountains had school mistresses
and divinity students for waiters,
ind, to follow the example, induced a
young man and two female teachers,
whose salaries had been cut down, to undertake
waitiog at table. The first
young woman was addressed by a boarder
to 44 pass them beans, "whereupon she
fainted and spilled a plate of soup over
the best false hair and down the back of
? young widow. Her companion, when
called upon for a plate of 44pud'n,"
*aid, kindly: 44 You mean pudding,
do you not?"
lit*ills of Interest.
People who don't pay their taxes are
lot allowed to vote in Georgia.
This is not from " Daniel Deronda."
' She was plnmp and beautiful, and he
raa wildly fond of her. She hated him,
>ut, womanlike, strove to catch him."
yhat was he ? A flea.
The salmon product of the Colombia
iver, Oregon, will this year reach the
mormons total of 40,000,000 pounds,
.nd the amount canned for shipment
pill yield $3,000,000.
It was a New Jersey wife who said:
' My dear, if you can't really drink bad
soffee without abusing me, how is it
hat you can always drink bad whisky
vitiiout abusing the barkeeper!"
* - -V , *
A bright little girl, having been assea
>o write a sentence introducing the word
'carrion," presented the following to
ler teacher: " Bad children often carrion
in church, when they ought to be
juiet."
He now thinks it is unsafe to leave
slotting paper around the office. His
cvife found this on a piece:
: euS tseraeD
,sevolg fo xob dnes lliw I
.EILLlW
Fifty thousand elephants are killed
5very year to furnish the ivory worked
ip in England alone. The beet ivory
jomes from Zanzibar, the silver gray
from regions south of the equator, and
he favorite ornamental material from
diam.
One of the largest droves of cattle
aver seen in any place was driven from
Texas a few weeks ago from Capt.
King's ranch, Nueces county, to Kansas.
The herd numbered 30,000 horned
sattle, and was* attended by 700 drovers.
The outfit alone oost $50,000, and the
herd brought $620, COO.
"Mr. Tompkins,"said a young lady
who had been showing off her wit at the
axpense of a dangler, "yon remind me
[>f a barometer that is filled with nothing
in ithe upper story." "Divine Julia,"
meekly replied her adorer, " in thanking
yon for that compliment, let me remind
you that you occupy my upper story."
It is apt to shake a man's confidence
in his wife to awake in the early morning
and find her sitting on the edge of
the bed going through his pockets.
And it is apt to shake a woman's confidence
in her husband to find nothing in
those pookets but a lager beer check, a
piece of bologna eaiaage, a variety show
ticket, and a perfumed note signed:
" Ever yours, Julia."
A realistic reporter of the Philadelphia
Times, describing the crowds at
the Exhibition on Pennsylvania day,
CTTQ Thfl neoble moved into the
o?J?. *
buildings like a fox s tail seen disappearing
through an inch auger hole
through which it is drawn bj a pair of
horses on the other side, and they moved
out of the buildings like minced meat
out of a sausage stuffer."
A circus that travels in Texas has an
uncovered canvas inclosure. At Brackett
a tree overhanging the ring was occupied
by men knd boys, who thus saw
the show free of cost. A performer's
feat included firing a revolver on horseback,
and at the first discharge a spectator
fell dead from the tree. Thereupon
the circus men were mobbed, and
escaped by a practical use of their skill
in horsemanship.
An Englishman who insulated his
bedstead by placing underneath each
post a broken off bottom of a glass bottle,
says that he had not been free from
rheumatic gout for fifteen years, and
that he begun to improve immediately
after the application of the insulators.
A local paper, quoting this item, wisely
adds: "There's many a fellow who
could cute his gout, if he would break
off the bottoms of his glass bottles in
time."
Not one person in a dozen can tell the
names of those whose busts are to be
found on postage stamps. The bust on
the'one cent stamp represents Franklin;
twos, Jackson; threes, Washington;
fives, Taylor; sixes, Lincoln; sevens,
Stanton; tens, Jefferson; twelves, Clay;
fifteens, Webster; twenty-fours, Scott;
thirties, Hamilton; nineties, Perry. The
seven, twelve and twenty-four cent
stamps are not now issued, but many of
them are in circulation.
The English Corn Trade.
The Mark Lane Express, in a review
"Rrff.iah ftorn trade, says the
\Jk auu
amount of moisture in the noith has
again been excessive; harvesting consequently
proceeds very slowly. Such
oereals as have been carried in in an unsatisfactory
condition are likely to suffer
further detriment in stack. In the midlands
a considerable quantity of beans is
yet unsecured, carting having been entirely
stopped by the continuous rainfall.
In Ireland the weather has been
better and the cereal harvest is now fair2'
over. As it has been impossible to
rash freely of late the supplies of
wheat at the principal markets have
again been light, and the bulk in a damp
and inferior condition. Such qualities
only have been salable at a decline of a
shiling per quarter; even then the trade
has been slack. The week's imports of
foreign wheat into London have again
been light. It is noticeable that tnere
were no arrivals from the United States
or Canada. The imports for the first
five weeks of the oereal year were 3,631,842
owt., against 7,840,733 cwt. for the
corresponding period last year. These
facts enforoe the opinion that unless
America and Russia ship much more
freely than of late prices must rise further
in order to attract the necessary
supplies from abroad. The more serious
noi-tonf nf thfl Eastern question for some
UOjJVVV V* > ? m
days has perhaps somewhat influenced
buyers. Russia's going to war would
doubtless cause considerable excitement
in the grain trade, as short shipments of
red wheat from America and elsewhere
rtnder the Russian supply for the time
being our main reliance. The local trade
is almost unchanged, buyers and sellers
alike awaiting political events. There
were very limited arrivals of floating cargoes
at all the ports of call during the
past week. Red wheats have cons**
quently firmly maintained prices; white
advanced a shilling r quarter, tf aire,
with continued ; lar; _? ehipuKEtsfrom
j Aniciica, ruled quie fnd unchanged.
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