Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, November 20, 1873, Image 1
VOL~ IV." NO. 7. ' POUT ROYAL, TIJ^L^s\>A Yr ^)VEM HKU i>0. 1873. ^^?BS
Kindred.
Our own, our own. Time's heavy hand strikes
hard,
Absenco leudu fatal strength to circumstance;
Old paths by slow forgetfulness are barred ;
Old sympathy is chilled by cruel chance.
New loves shine down the fairy dreams w^ saw;
New friendships early vows obliterate;
Till half the happy bonds, our childhood's law,
Fade for the waning life, or soon or late.
Yet touch a chord by kindred feeling known,
Call on an echo deep hi kindred heart,
Blood will assert an innate power its own,
And wake the spirit for the champion's part.
Our own, our own. God-given, holy chain,
Linked as mere babies on our mother's knee.
Soldered by mutual hope and joy and pain,
.Reaching from birth unto eternity.
THE WINDS OF THE WEST.
Sumner was a mushroom city which
had sprung up on the banks of a ravine
that cut through the western bluffs of
the Missouri. In a thicket of oak saplings,
high up on the side of one of
those bluffs, stood a hastily built house,
sided with rough, upright Cottonwood
boards?as are many of its Western
neighbors?a rusty stove-pipe sticking
through the roof ; a small window, curtained
by a scalloped-edge newspaper,
and a white door taken from a sunken
steamboat, whose nicely finished panels
contrasted strangely with its surroundings,
completing the exterior.
One pleasant May evening, just as
the shrill whistle of a steamboat echoed
among the hills, this door was opened
by a pleasant young woman, who was
followed by a crying child.
" O Sammy, quit your noise; that's
Eappy's little man ; see the great big
oat 'way yonder"?lifting him up;
"don't you see ? lo#k right sharp now,
close ag'in the bank. Does Sammy
want to go down town and see the big
boat, and see pappy ?" The willing feet
toddled down the path ; but the mother
called, " Wait a bit, and mammy '11
pack Sammyand, taring on a pink
sunbonnet; she took him in her arms
and started down the steep, crooked
path.
It was a picturesque scene that lay
before her. The sunlight, sifting
through the trees that covered the
western hills, glinted the windows here
and there and reached, like a golden
1 * i- XI X - e XT ? X
oar, j usi across lue wp ox me xorcsi; uii
the low eastern shore. Scattered through
the hollow and up the 6ides of the bluffs
were divers houses, from the pretentious
Gothic dwelling on the northern
hill and the brick business houses
down street, to log cabins and cottonwood
shanties ; while the road that
wound up the bed of the ravine was
lined with a long, white train of Denver-bound
freight-wagons.
She reached the steep main street to
find it filled with wagons that had been
turned crosswise of the street to rest the
teams. But*edging her way close to
the clay bank, sho reached the river
just as the steamer was leaving the
wharf. The snorting of the engine and
the shouting of the deck-hands, together
with the puffing of the mill near by,
was too much for baby bravery, and
Sammy's lips began to quiver. Catching
him in her arms, his mother sat
down on a saw-log, saying, " There,
there, honey, don't be afcared; be puppy's
man, now."
The tide-waves of the receding boat
sank lower and lower on the sand; the
gay crowd that leaned over the guards
grew indistinct, and sho peered more
and more eagerly in among the tall Cottonwood
trees on the opposite shore.
At length four men came out of the
woods and, entering a skiff, started across
the river. She watched the skiff anxiously,
for it frequently disappeared between
the waves which were raised by the
pf HAnAi c/Mitli wrin/1 ounli witwlu Knl/M^er.
OVAV71J? -JUU kU niuu OUV11 tl JUViO UCIVU^ing
as proverbially to Kansas Springs
as whooping-cough to children or gapes
to chickens.
Four rough-looking men, in red woolen
shirts?for lumbermen did not pretend
to wear coats, except in the coldest
weather?jumped out of the skiff,
and, with boisterous laughter and rude
jests, entered the mill. Presently one
of them spied her, and came towards
her, saying boisterously, "Hoorah for
you, Nancy! Whatever broughtyon'nns
down 'ere this time of evenin' ? Mighty
fine Joins, when yon oughter be to
home gettin' your old man a bite o' supper
1 Packed that young 'un down, too,
I'll bet! Reckon you'd as well get
back, right quick, now !" He snatched
the baby from her and tossed him on
his shoulder, shouting, " Hoorah for
pappy's man ! Peertest boy in this 'ere
town ! Mighty proud to see his pap !"
Poor Nancy ! Her husband was drunk
again.
She hurried up the street, pinning
her sun-bonnet more closely about her
face, that the passers might not see the
tears that would come. He had kept
rnhpp rn Innrr flint r)ia 1ir/1 linnorl Iia
would come home sober again. She
had anticipated so much pleasure on
meeting him, after his week's absence.
How often she had thought of it in
those long, lonely nights, when she had
only her thoughts and her child for
compnny.
It took but a few minutes to put supper
on the table. Then she sat down
on the door-step to watch for her husband,
worrying all the time lest he let
something happen to Sammy. When at
last he came, the effects of the liquor
were wearing off, and he ate his supper
and smoked his pipe in sullen silence.
She could not eat a mouthful, but she
dared not let the tears come, for she
knew that it would make him angry.
So she fed Sommy, laying her face on
his little head once in a while to force
back the choking lump that kept rising
in her throat. Then she hastened to
rock him asleep, lest his fretfulness disturb
his father.
The tirst peep of dawn found her
Hilfiilr nrniani>inr* KvauVfocf fnr C^A
........ j prpouufi "'""'"" I
knew that John wanted an early start.
She sound of the coffee-mill woke him
from his heavy sleep, and he lay qnietly
watching her by the light of the dim
grease lamp, as alio moved quickly
back and forth from table to Rtove;
from thence to the little row of shelves,
in lieu of a cupboard, setting on the
dishes, watching the bacon, and taking
the crisp torn-aodger from the oven.
" She is a dear, good wife," thought he;
rtwhat a scoundrel I was to make her e
feel so budly." He knew that he had h
been rough to her the night before. He t
wished he could remember what he h
said. Of course, he never got dead 1
drunk, but he wished he ever could let s
whisky alone. c
His breakfast was just to his liking, 1
and his wife as cheerful as if he was the t
best man in the world. He wanted to t
say something pleasant to break the 8
awkward silence, but he did not know c
how to begin. He had an uncomfort- 1
able feeling that he ought to beg her 1
pardon, but, being a man, of course he t
did not condescend to that. At length ^
he begau by saying, " You was right ^
peert about your breakfast this morn- 8
mg, Nancy." T
"Oh, I allowed most likely you'd 8
want to get off soon," she answered.
"Yes, Jones wants us theie ag'in' 1
sun-up. It's only a fifty-log raft; reckon 8
we can get it down to Leavenworth I
ag'in' the nigt train starts, and I'll get ^
right on, and be back to Atchison afore 1
day. Don't catch me foolin' away an- 8
other day 'round that old fort."
" Oh, John ! I'm so proud"?she ?
paused abruptly, for his eyes dropped fwith
a look of conscious shame. What
mood was he in ? Would it do to speak
then ? He had shoved back from the c
table, and there was a serious, far-away t
lrt/Vt in liia Avps hnt nothinc sullen or ?
forbidding. She went around, and 1
dropping on her knees beside him,
slipped her arms about his neck, say- t
ing: j
44 Oh, John, I wish you'd promise me ^
you'd never drink no more whisky."
"That's most too hard on a fellow; c
but I'll promise not to?not drink too j
mnch ag'in." *
" But I'm afeared that wouldn't do 1
no good." }
44 You talk like you thought I hadn't \
sense enough to Btop when I've got "
enough, if I try," he exclaimed.
44 O, John, don't talk bo; you know J
you promised me that nigh onto a year 1
ago; but you think you'll just take one
dram, and then just one more,and afore *
you know it, it's too mnoh. If you'd 1
only promise now that you'd never taste ?
nary drop ag'in." 1
Still he kept his eyes steadily turned .
away from hers. . *
" Don't you mind, now," she went
on, 44 how your mother said one time,
41 reckon, Nancy, you count John a
mighty rough chap, but he's all right
at the core;' and don't you mind how
she used to pray for yen in them old r
times? Don't you mind the eveuing f
we heard her praying down by the old ^
spring ? If she's watching you among t
the Btars, how proud she'd be to hear j
you promise. And, John," she con- e
tmued, dropping her voice to a whisper, j
441 pray, too, sometimes. I haven't r
never told yon, but I've been feeling
right serious here of late. I've taken {
to readin' my Bible, and I've just made
up my mind to live better'n I used to ; g
aud pray for you, too, and it seems like j
God hears me." And she laid her head T
on his shoulder to hide her tears. v
His arms slipped around her, but he i
still kept his eyes turned stubbornly ]
away from hers. At last, laying his e
face against hers, he spoke earnestly : i
" Yes, Nancy, I promise." t
Presently, starting up, he exclaimed : g
"If I haven't staved till plum day- t
light!"
" O John ! come and kiss baby afore t
you go, ho looks so sweet. Sammy, J;
Sammy ! wake up, honey, and kiss 1
pappy-" 1
"Bless his sleepy oyes! Tappy's I
little man ! I'll bring him 6ome candy 6
when I come home ag'in." \
AH day Nancy went about with such 1
a light, cheery heart as she had not c
carried in her bosom for many a day ; J
singing snatches of old hymus, and i
thinking happy, hopeful thoughts of t
him who, all those long hours, was f
working his rudder against the strong 1
current of the Missouri. e
That evening the stars shono brightly ?
down upon her, when she knelt down a
by tho little window, and asked God's ^
blessings on her husband and his good t
resolutions. I
But she was awakeued a few hour& t
afterwards by a rush and confusion, n i
shower of glass and hail across her f
bed; and, catching her baby in her c
arms, she sprang up, frightened and be- t
wildered. ?
It was a terrible storm; one long to J
be remembered by all who felt its ter- '
rors. The dcafeniDg roar of the wind
h?il filmnKt, flrownod the loud tlmn- V
I der-claps. A blinding flash of lightning ! n
! showed the trees nlinost bent to the ' t
ground, and tho house rocked to and ! o
fro like a cradle. She suddenly felt a
new, strange feeling, as if she was fly- ?
ing, floating, through the air. Sho I
thought that she was dizzy, nud caught f
hold of the bed. A terrible crash?sho v
never knew how it all happened ! Her t
baby's cries aroused her. The wind and t
rain chilled her through. She started t
to spring up, but something held her I
down. A shock of pain darted over
1 her, and putting out her hand, she felt
! a gTeat beam lying heavily across her
limbs. It seemed as though it was
( crushing her. Something struck her,
| then another, and another. How they ;
i stung ! Oh ! was her child nnsheltered I!
i from that pitiless storm ? His screams
; grew louder. Oh ! she must reach i
him ! She could see nothing through ; t
' the thick darkness, but she knew that j
he was uot far ofif. What if lie, too, T
I 1 0 t
i Wtin xa^tuucvi) ; uuc oin/wnvu I
' her arms; every movement made her . &
pain more excruciating. She strained ; v
every nerve; she could almost reach ; li
him. What if he was free and could : c
come to her ? " O Sammy ! Sammy!" j v
she called, "come to mammy." * J v
| The child ceased crying. ' She heard ; t
him move. His warm body touched b
her hands that were groping in the j t
darkness. She caught him in her arms e
: and hugged him to her breast. She : s
felt of his head, his arms, his feet; fi
sound and whole. How thankful she h
was for that. But how those c ruel hail- i g
stones must have bruised him. She j b
rested him on the ground and crouched i t
over him ; she could move just enough p
for that. The frightened child ceased s
crying, and put hjs arm about her neck, t
If she could only find something to a
cover them from the Btorm. She reach- '
j ed around, but could only touch cold n
I mud. b
Oh ! that terrible pain ! She had I
aost forgotten it in her anxiety f
ter child. It grew more and more i
olerable. It seemed as though tl
lailstones struck through into h
>rain. What if they killed her ! W
he afraid to die ? Visions of eternit
if the hea7en of her faith, rose befo
ler. Should she dwell with God ai
he angels forever? Was it possib
hat there never would be an end ? N
he was not afraid of death. But h
hUd, her husband?how could s
eave them ? Not yet! No, no, whe
ife opened before her ? She must lr
0 help John keep his promise. G<
coald spare her for that. How long
could be until moiming. How con
he bear the pain so long ? Oh !
could be terrible if John should oor
md find her cold find stiff. John d
ove her, oh ! so well. He had lov
ler so long. It seemed so many yea
ince he first told her that he loved h<
t was on the mountain side, in dear c
Tennessee. How far away it seeme
low the sun shone and the bhang.
How dreamy and bewilder
ler thoughts were. How still the bal
cas. Yes, she could feel his het
>eat. She no longer felt the pelting
he storm. Had it ceased ?
Her thought was answered by a ru
>f wind from a new direction. She f(
he great weight lifting off from h<
ibe was free! Then?something stru
ler.
The train went snorting into Wi
1 A. -4. J 1* 1.4. "T _ 1 *
urop jubl ai uayngm.. oonu jump
>ff and -was the first to reach the feri
3e had never seen Atchison so qni<
kVith the exception of those who h
trossed on the ferry and a few eai
isers who were hurrying up the stre?
;he town seemed asleep; but as
jassed Commercial street, he saw a m
rho was riding a mule, coming do\
n great haste, who cried out, "How d'
rohn ?"
"Why, Jake!" he replied, "is th
rou ? I allowed you was half way
Denver afore now."
%" We started yesterdav, but we h;
i powerful storm on the prairie o
lere, last night. We chanced to
iglit near to a house and they let
n; but it sent our wagons rollii
>ver and across the prairie, like
jatch of tumble-weeds, and our ox
ire all stampeded; I'm on the hunt
em.
" It don't look like it had reach'
\tchison."
" No ; I reckon it ju?t took a streak
John hurried on down the riv<
Hie road ran so near the bank that t
iteady swash of the water seemed u
ler his feot. Thebirds were singing
he trees, and the sunshine came crec
ng down the bluffs overhead. He
ager he was to get hoaie that mornin
lis heart was full of new plans ai
lew purposes. Ho could keep li
iromise, and he would ; he would nev
cake Nancy's heart ache again 1
ireaking that promise. He stoppi
uddenly?had the storm reached Sui
icr? The tall buildings along t'
rharf were leaning roofless, one tl;
ray, another that; as if the wind, coi
ner over the bluffs, had reached i ii
ow enough to unroof them. He haste
d around the foot of the hill ; the
ay the brick hotel, the boast of t
own, in scattered fragments on t
[round, like a wasp's nest scattered 1
he housekeeper's broom.
He looked around; three-fourths
ho town lay in ruins. How was it wi
lis home ? He ran up the street un
io could see whore it stood. Gom
>Tot a vestige of it left. And hisfamil
'erhaps they had escaped before t
torm; perhaps . Scarce knowii
chat ho did, he hurried to tho neare
louse that was yet standing, and wit
>ut ceremony opened the door. The
ras no one in tho room, but on a cou
n one corner, a white sheet "sunk
he still proportions" of two sile
orms. Moved by some strange impuh
10 t urned back tho covering that shron
id the faces?Nancy and the bab;
Jhocked, stunned, he sank on his kne
md laid his fuco on that dear fori
iVho can describe, who can comprehei
he utter desolation of that eour ? No:
>ut those who have felt It. Oh, t
bought? aud memories that crowdi
ipon him?many of them bitter, regn
nl thoughts. But there was ono mci
iry for which he was thankful; that 1
iad not listened to the tempter wliii
whispered to him yestermorn that
rould be weak and unmanly to yield
ter request.
They found him there an hour afte
rnrds, but he asked no questions, ma<
10 reply to their attempts at consol
ion, and they left him alone with b
lend.
There was " hurrying to and fro "
himmcr that dny, for many we
eft homeless, many bruised and cri
>led by the storm. And the mourne
rho wended their way up the long h:
o the burying ground were as sail
hough the silence had been broken 1
ho tolling of solemn bells.? A'ann
Monthly.
What Energy Did.
A correspondent of the New Yoi
Sunday News, in his sketches of Lu
ow Street Jail, tells the following in(
lent: Three hundred and forty-tlir
housand seven hundred and fifty-thri
lollars bail was asked for Marquis <
jafajotte Sliarkey, the once celebrate
obacco merchant of New York cit
rho was arrested by his partner for a
pging that the assets and stock of tl
oncern had ended in smoke; but
ras not given, and Sharkey remained
rhole year in Ludlow street jail, win
he court of last resort decided he hf
ieen most wrongfully imprisoned. ]
he meantime his business had bei
ntirely ruined-and broken up, his wi
ent to an asylum as a lunatic, and 1
aancially a bankrupt, for all of whic
ie could obtain no redress except th
;iven by a slow process of law; bi
ieing an energetic man, he preferr*
o start in the world anew, rather tha
mt up with the chances of the law
low delay, and without capital, otln
hnu his energy, he set to work, and
in credibly informed that he hi
'struck ile" literally in the Pennsylvi
ia region, and is in a fair way to agaj
ecome a half a millionaire.
il- Dress of Oar Extremities.
?r During the damp and cold season,
he says Dio Lewis, deficient dress of the
er feet and legs is a fruitful source oi
aB disease. The head, throat and liver arc
^ perhaps the most frequent sufferers,
ad The legs and feet are far from the cen>le
tral part of the body. They are not in
o, great mass, like the trunk, but extender
ed and developed by the atmosphere,
he Besides, tney are near the damp, cold
sn earth. For these and other reasons,
re they require extra covering. If wc
ad would secure the highest physiological
it conditions, we must give our extremiId
ties more dress than the body. Weweai
it upon our legs in the coldest season but
ne two thicknesses of cloth. The body hat
id at least six. Women put on them foui
ed thicknesses under the "shawl, which,
.rs with the various doublings, furnishet
jr. several more, then, over all, thickild
padded fnrs; while their legs have on<
d. thickness of cotton, under a balloon,
ds They constantly come to me abouttheii
ed headache, palpitation of the heart, and
by congestion of the liver. Recently, on<
trt said to me, " All my blood is in mj
of head and chest. My head goes bump
ety-bump, my heart goeB bumpety
sh bump."
Blt I asked, "How are your feet?'
"nhnnlmnf ir?? " ?he renlied. T sair
sr. Y ?' -? ?k ?
ck to her: " If you bo dress jour legs anc
feet that the blood can't get down intc
;n. them, where can it go ? It can't go oul
ed visiting; it must stay in the systeit
y somewhere. Of course the chest anc
?t. head must have an excessive quantity,
ad So they go * bumpety-bump,' and sc
ly thev must go, until yen dress your legi
it, and feet in such a way that they shal
he get their share of blood." In the cold'
an est season of the year I leave Boston fo:
vn a bit of a tour before the lyceums?
'yt going as far as Philadelphia, and ridinf
much in the night, without an overooat
iat but I give mv legs two or three timet
to their usual dreAs. During the coldesl
weather, men may wear, in addition t<
ad their usual drawers, a pair of chamois
nt shin drawers with great advantage,
be When we ride in a sleigh, or in the cars
us where do we suffer? In our legs
og of course. Give me warm legs anc
a feet, and I'll hardly thank you for ar
en overcoat.
of My dear madam, have you a head
ache, a sore throat, palpitation of th<
ed heart, congestion of the liver, or indi
gestion ? Wear one, two or three pain
of warm, woolen stockings, and thiok,
5r. warm shoes, with more or less reduc
ho tion in the amount of dress about yoiu
n- body, and you will obtain the same re
in lief permanently that you would deriv<
p. temporarily from a warm foot-bath.
>w I must not forget to SAy that a thir
g. layer of India-rubber cement upon th<
3d boot-sole will do much to keep the bot
lis torn of the feet dry and warm.
by Female Heroes.
P(I *
Two noblo women, yonng and beauti
|ie fill, named Mattic Stevenson and Litlt
lis Wilkinson, are lying ill of the fever ai
11" the Walthall Infirmary, Memphis, tin
^ victims of their own disinterestedness
irc and philanthropy. The former, a na
h0 tive of Illinois, was visiting som<
he friends in Bloomiugton when intollihy
genco that Memphis was in distresi
reached her. Saying nothing of whai
, she intended to do, she immediately
?, set out for that city, and, reaching it,
,offered her services to tha President oi
, the Howard Association. She was bui
^ nineteen or twenty years of age, and in
? experienced in such duties as she would
1 have to undertake should her offer b(
'? accepted. At first the President was
I inclined not to accept her services, bui
* she insisted and she was sent to the
, Lenher House to await orders. Thai
*' night a Scotchwoman, ill of the fever,
, was delivered of a child, and there wai
no nurse at hand. Dr. Blackburn sent
V to the Lehner House for one, and Mist
Stevenson volunteered. She nursed
' the poor patients tenderly until they
died, and then went to the aid of othj
ers, nursing an old man and woman it
ne Main street who had that very morning
taken four orphan children under tlieii
protection, two of whom were also now
, ill. Afterwards she was sent to a houst
" in Sullivan street to take charge of live
lie The severe labor she under'
a went told upon her system, and sh<
liorHolf wn? striplcpn down find tnlrnn if
the infirmary, where she now lies in t
critical condition. Miss Wilkinson, an
orphan of about Hie same age as Mis<
,r" Stevenson, also offered her services tc
the Howards, was accepted, worked
l.1' heroically, and now lies tenderly cared
1H for under the same roof as the othei
lady. She is thought to be out of dnm
m ger. Other women have performed and
re are performing similar duties and living
P" up to the highest of woman's rights, t
" glory and ornament of their sex. Mem
'*1 phis will never forget them,
as .
^ The Torment of Flame.
Some weeks ago, at the village *1
Reuil, France, celebrated for the burial
place of Queen Hortense and Empresf
Josephiue, a terrible accident accurred,
rk A grocer's shop took fire, which waf
a soon extinguished ; a crowd collected,
.* of course ; one of the firemen had the
!1" imprudence to descend into the ccllai
ee with a lighted candle to see if ther?
ee were any spirits on fire ; in the course
|e of a few seconds a terrific detonation
s 1 i was heard and the shop and for yardf
!d around it were enveloped in a sheet ol
TV I a ? ~ 1
J 9 | IJUIUt*. OCVt'IlU UUJA3 U1 J'UUUlUUiil UttU
J. 1 exploded, fifty persona in the crowd
ie were injured,'and eight subsequently
it died. The doctor who attended the ina
jtired has read a curious paper on their
in burns, all more or less deep. The exid
posed surface of the body was most
[n severely attacked, the uaiis of the
n hands, hair, eyebrows, and whiskers
fe were singed away; the skin peeled ofl
ie the hands like gloves, and in that state
?h was picked up in a basin of water. For
at three hours after the accident the init
jured experienced no pain ; then set in
id the most atrocious sufferings, violent
in shiverings, and tetanic spasms, and in's
extinguishable thirst and delirinm;
E*r everything they ate or clrank appeared
I to them to be tainted with petroleum ;
is if they closed their eyes for a moment
a- they were haunted with petroleum, and
in so continued until death relieved their
torture.
Vagaries of the Law.
, "June 14, 1866, James Sheppard,
) alias Johnson, was tried and convicted
f in New York, of passing counterfeit
> money and immediately sentenced to be
imprisoned for ten years at hard labor
in the State Prison." Such is the eni
try of that date in the blotter of Lud
low street jail. "I'll never go there!
they shall kill me first! Ill kill myself
[ before I'll go there !" and various other
, exolamations of a similar nature, with
) ourses loud and deep were uttered by
[ Sheppard upon his return from court
that day, he, no doubt, being goverened
in hiB utterance by his experience of
; the glorious uncertainties of the law,
i for this was the Sheppard who was for
r five years confined in the City Prison
, upon a charge of arson and wife muri
der; who was three times tried for
- murder; twice convicted ; three times
) sentenced to be executed, and once sentenced
to the State Prison for life, but
r who, during the whole time, never
I once left his prison to execute either
5 one of the sentences. Once they got
r him as far as the outer gate, when he
- kicked no his heels, so tnat the sheriff
concluded to send for his counsel, before
forcibly taking bim to State Prison.
' A stay of proceedings were obtained,
1 and the legal lore saved him from the
1 gallows in the first place, and then from
> perpbtnal imprisonment. He insured
b a shanty of his, murdered his wife, then
i made a funeral pile of his Bhanty and
L burned his wife's corpse to a crisp ;
. then sued the insurance company f?r
> his loss. This was the evidence the Fire
i Marshal brought out on the several
I trials, but through all the quibbles of
the law he escaped the punishment he
r so justly deserved.
After his release from the City Prison
j he would often apply for permission to
; visit there, his only apparent object
i being to see in what condition the felb
low who occupied his cell kept it. But,
> at last, he was arrested for passing
counterfeit United States currercy, ana
, came up for trial before a court where
, writs or error and appeals are but little
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I career, he womld probably have receivi
ed a much lighter sentence, so that his
great crime may be considered in a
measure punished by the penalty ins
dieted upon him for the lesser one.
s WearlBg Flannels,
' The value of flannel next the skin
r cannot be overrated, says Dio Lewis.
It is invaluable to persons of both sex5
es, and all ages, in all countries, in all
, climates, at every season of the year,
5 for the sick and the well?in brief, I
cannot conceive of any circumstances in
which flannel next the skin is not a comfort
and a source of health. It should
not be changed from thick to thin before
the settled hot weather of the sum.
mer, which in the Northern States is
( not much before the middle of June,
and often not before the first of July.
i And the flannels for the summer must
' not be three-quarters cotton, but they
j moBt bo all woolen, if yon would have
. the best protection,
j In the British army and navy they
make the wearing of flannel a poiut of
j discipline. During tho hot season the
. ship's doctor makes a daily cxamina,
tion of the men at unexpected hours to
make sure that they have not left oil
\ their flannels.
! ray as you Ho,
1 John Randolph once ejaculated, in
I his shrill toneB, while a member of the
I House of Representatives : " Mr.
? Speaker, I ?pi cry Eureka, for I have
t found the philosopher's stone. It is?
i Pay an you go !" The example of the
1 Frenah is given as a case in point. The
t French, "who never go in debt, and
' who havo been saving money since the
I days of the first Napoleon, have become
r the richest people in the world, which
* seems proved by the fact that the Geri
man indemnity of a thousand millions
' of dollars, which they were obliged to
pay, has been all discharged in two
r years, while we havo been struggling
> for eight years with twice as much.
> Perhaps the wealth of the French far
mcrs arises as much from the small
> farm system and the high cultivation
? they give the soil. There is a vast difk
ference between farming in a loose way
' and having all work done in the best
? manner.
Strong Description,
Tho fallowing strong figure of speech
. was used to illustrate the great size of
I America to a foreigner by his brother,
> who could not make up his mind about
\ emigrating:
" Where did the baccy come from !
why, from 'Meriky, where else ? that
sent us the finest petaty. Long life to
it for both, says I!"
f " What sort of a place is that, I won!
der?"
" 'Meriky ! They tell me it's mighty
' sizablo. I in tould that you might roil
> England through it, an' it would hard?
ly make a dint in the ground. There's
, a* fresh-water ocenn inside of it that
i von might dhrown Ireland in, and save
Father Matkew a wonderful sight of
> thronble; and' as for Scotland, yon
i might stick it in a corner of one of their
i forests, an' you'd never be able to find
i it, except it might be by the smell of
! the whisky !"
[ A Dreadful Story.?A small boy
has sent us the following information :
J "A fu dais ago we lost our cat. She
I got drowned in Mr. 's well; but no!
Kn.lv Irnnwd nli? (rot. drownded in the
, i well and so Mr. 's fokes and Mr.
i j 's fokes, and all the nabors besides,
i drinked onten the well jnst Jthe saim.
" I Tha drinked morc'n tha evir did afore
11 ges8?canse the water tastid so swete.
i I went 2 the well fur water tother da an
11 seed the cat in 2 the well. She was
ded. She was afloatin a round drownded.
Me and Billj flsht her out
with a hook and line. She smelt orful.
But the nabnrs doant drink enny more
watir onten the well now. Wat I cant
undirstand is whi tha doant. Tha
oqtghen B moor willin 2 drink the watir
wen the cat is out than wen she is in.
I think so. ures treoly. N. B. this is
A tru/aokt."
A Brave School Girl.
r
How Gen. n'Mahon of France found
bU Wife. &ni
It Tras on the 1st of December, 1838, ^
at an advanced hoar of the night, that ^
a fire broke out in the female seminary
of Limoges. The flames spread with j
snch rapidity that the fair yonng in- we
mates could be rescued only with the fei
utmost difficulty. At last, when all of 1
them were believed to be assembled,
shivering in their thin night dresses, in
front of the burning edifice, the cry ^
sounded suddenly, " Louise de Bailly i
is still in the building I"
The lookers-on slood as if petrified, 4
and the firemen did not venture to en- "P
ter the houso, which now looked like a Pr<
fiery furnace. Poor Mademoiselle ae Banly
was already given up as hope- Aa
lessly lost, when all of a sadden a tall St<
vnnno crirl. with her blonde hair hanor- 7
ing loose over her shoulders, and her of
deep blue eyes flashing out the heaven- ha
ly Are of inspiration and indomitable
courage, rushed from among her terri- ^
fled sisters, and exclaiming, "I will try ng
to find her I" ran toward the burning
bulding. ,
A thousand voices shouted, "Do not thi
risk your life thus foolishly ! ge(
Others prayed for "dear Heloise," <<j
who thus recklessly risked her own life
in order to save that of one of her young . 1
classmates. But none of the warning m'
exclamations deterred the heroio girl ^
from her purpose. In a few seconds P
she had entered the front-door, undaunted
by the blinding smoke and the ne
flames that were momentarily gaining
ground. ?j
For the spectators of this thrilling*
scene this was a moment of supreme 1
suspense. The strongest hearts quail- sii
ed when the heroic girl did not imme- K<
diately return A minute, nay, two, of
elapsed, and minutes under such cir- in
cumstances are eternities But all at
once her white night gown appeared in lit
the door'.. .Yes, it was she; and by to<
the hand she led the missing, terrified wi
Louise de Bailly mi
Such a shout as went up from the
hearts of the relieved crowd 1 Such jQ
praises as were showered upon the brave ^
young girl! P|
But she herself was half ashamed of
being thus feted. " Mon Dicu!" she 8g
exclaimed, " it was easy enough for me
10 ascena mac stairway ; n was nut yui<
on fire. Only the smoke troubled me a bn
little. Had I waited a minute longer,
f)oor little Louise would have been J1
ost."
At the reopening of the seminary, a ofl
few months later, M. Barreguin asked
Mademoiselle Heloise to step forward, th
and presented her, in the name of King on
Louis Philippe, a handsome gold medal co
for saving a human life, and praised th
her courage and devotion in eloquent th
terms of enthusiasm. th
The girl thus honored blushed deeply,
and when tho hall in which the opon- laj
ing ceremonies were held resounded th
with heart-felt applause, Mademoiselle co
Heloise was more confused than at that in;
memorable mem out when she had rush- Hi
ed into the flames. all
Among the spectators on this occa- mi
sion was a yonng officer of the garrison
of Limoges, who seemed to be deeply
interested in the heroine of the day. jr.
He asked what her full name was, and or
was told that she was the daughter of w(
M. Antoine Gilbert de Morin, Seigneur jj0
de Valleau. ^
This information made the inquirer mi
somewhat thoughtful. Perhaps the
fact that M. De Morin was one of the
wealthieit and proudest noblemen of the
surroundiug country had something to .
do with this.
Captain M'Muhon (that was the name se'
of the young officer), however, was not ? v
much disturbed by this information. ^
True, he was then but a captain in the
French army, and had nothing but his
pay to depend on, but then he had ex- toi
cellent prospects of once becoming rich; Tr
Viin fnmilv was us nld. if not older, than be
that of Heloise's father, and a French
soldier always has a marshal's baton in ou
his knapsack.
How he managed to get acquainted r"
with Mademoiselle De Morin we can
not tell, but certain it is, when the pa
young lady, some time afterward, was wi
told by her father that he had selected ve
a husband for her, she startled him by ire
the announcement that he might save qu
himself that trouble, and that sho had ha
already made her own choice. T1
The old gentleman was at first aston- fr<
ished, and then became furious. But sa:
his daughter briefly told him that she
wanted no ono but Captain M'Mahon, tjv
of the Fourth Regiment of the Line. an
And now began a curious struggle be- nc
tween the exasperated father and the nn
determined daughter. Notwithstandi t]j
ing the efforts of M. De Morin to inter- no
cept Heloise's correspondence with her tw
lover, frequent letters were exchanged an
, between the two; and when Captain n0
M'Mahon was sent to Algeria, they
pledged themselves to remain true to !
1 one another. This separation lasted ^ '
three years, until 1842, when M'Mahon, ^
who had greatly distinguished himself
| in Africa, suddenly fell heir to consid- je)
erable property. This softened the obdurate
heart "of M. De Morin, and in
! 1814 Heloise becarao the wife of Lieu- Ij"
I teuant-Colonel M'Mahon, now the lead- jja
j ing man of France.
Lire, &
pll
A learned professor intimates that all ca
who die nnder one hundred years of ap
age arc guilty of snicide ! The process Pfl
of reasoning by which he arrives at
! this conclusion is something as follows: an
i Duration of life is measured by the as
time of growth ; the camol is eight T1
years in growing, and lives five times ea
, eight years ; the horse is five years in
; growing, and lives twenty-five years ; fe]
i man, being twenty years in growing, ve
should live five times twenty years. So an
Providence having intended man to Ki
live a centnry, he would arrive at that foi
age if he did not kill himself by un- in
wholesome modes of living, violent pas- to
sions, and exposure to accidents, im
Surely, according to this theory, the w?
human race might well adopt- new and let
more healthful modes of eating, sleep- to
ing, working, and recreating, in the hi{
hope of becoming ofntenarians. a \
Items of Interest.
rhe Pope is now in exoellent liealtli,
3 holds daily receptions.
I Mianesota man has beoome insane
m the exoessiye nse of tobaoco.
By the burning of a shanty in Toledo,
tio, three persons lost their lives,
Ct is now asserted that within eleven
eks 1,500 persons died of the yellow
rer in Memphis.
Mrs. Virginia L. Minor, of St.
mis, indignantly refuses to pay taxes
less she is allowed to vote.
k lady reporter sent to an agrieulral
fair wrote of a lot ef pigs : "They
ok too sweet to live a minute."
k Wisconsin man has had to have his
amputated on account of a cancer
xluced by excessive smoking.
No Saratoga hotel except Congress
II paid expenses this last season,
swart's grand house lost $80,000.
Naturalists, after years of investigation
the anatomy and morphology of eels,
ve discovered that they are ox no sex.
A prudent gentleman, unwilling to
IU86 a neighbor of lying, said he
ed the truth with penurious frugalr
Cairo has only two policemen, and
see spend half the time fighting to
9 who shall be ehief and who the
force."
k Kansas paper says: The gay, jumpj
grasshopper, the brown-colored
asshopper, the cussed old grasshopr,
is here.
A gentleman once met a very quiet
wsboy selling newspapers. " Is
ere ainr news ?" inquired the gentlein.
" Dots o' news, replied the boy,
but nothin' to holler.
The granges of the States of the Mis- '
isippi valley, lately in session at
jokuk, decided to establish a system
agricultural statistics in every State
the Union.
"I declare, mother," said a pretty
tie girl, in a pretty little way, " 'tis
3 bad ! You always send me to bed
len I am not sleepy, and you always
ike me get up when I am sleepy I"
Mrs. Patterson, daughter of Andy
hnson, and who was mistress of the
hite House while that gentleman was
esident, has been awarded the proinm
for the best butter at a Tenneso
fair.
A match at chess for 810,000 a side
s been made between Dick Pearce
J *'_ i-l.ll 1 A n.lin Vow
U iur, ui auoviU) v *
ve thousand dollars a side forfeit has
en put up, aud the match will come
f six weeks from next Christmas.
The farmers in Illinois are running
e thing on An economical plan. At
e of their conventions in Effingham
unty they made the candidates pledge
emselves to perform tho duties of
eir offices at $1,200 each, and furnish
eir own assistants.
At Clerkenwell Police Court, in Engid,
a few days since, the manager of
e Newcastle Colliery Company was
nvicted of having knowingly sold an
ferior quality of coals for a gocd one.
9 was lined X10 and costs, with the
ternative of one month's imprisonsnt.
An exchange says: "Out of seven
indred and fifty redingotes seen upon
e street, only three were of a style
quality that did not disfigure the
:arer. Yet they are fashionable and
imely, and can be made expensive?
ree things that commend them to a
ijority of the sex.
The sardine fisheries in France at
esent employ 20,000 sailors and some
.000 men, women, and children on
id to prepare the fish for market. It
ems that the catch is now diminishing
ery year, and the almost complete
dure of the fish may be anticipated
no remote period.
Professor Hitchcock states that tho
tal area of the coal Melds of the
lited States amounts to 230,669 miles,
sides the strata which belong to
lior formations than the carbonifers,
as for instance those of Virginia,
the territories west of the Missouri
rer, and those in California.
England has received news of the dcrture
from Australia of a ship loaded
1 *- ?- ? A ??J /wnnlt 1i*t ? nonr in
in mt'Ul Jjreac*VCU uvnn XJJ ? uvtv - a*ntion.
It is simply laid in a great
>n tank, on the .lid of which rests a
lantity of artificial ice froze much
rder than the common natural ice.
lis ice, which costs $'25 a ton, so
>ezes the meat that decomposition is
id to bo impossible.
Postmaster Burt tfave a lectnro on
e postal service at Boston last w?ek,
d illustrated the proverbial carelesnss
of letter writers by showing his
dicnce two hundred letters taken in
e office the previous day, which were
t properlv prepaid or directed, and
o hundred and fifty postal cards with
, sorts of messages on the backs, but
t a sign of a direction on the face.
Bo numerous are the mosquitoes in
me localities of South America, that
e wretched inhabitants sleep with
eir bodies covered with sand three or
nr inches deep, the head only being
:t out; which they cover with a clath ;
d travelers'.have been obliged to have
joursc to the same expedient. Even
ick clothes afford at best a vefy paril
nrnfpptinn. beincr readilv Denetrated
tlf the sharp proboscis of"tLo insect.
According to a writer in the Popular
Hence Monthly, a house should be so
need that the direct rays of tho nun
n have free admission into the living
artments, because tho sun's rays im- ?
rt a healthy and invigorating quality
the air, and stimulate vitality of burn
beings as they do those of plants,
d without sunlight human beings,
well as plants, would sicken and die.
ie aspect, therefore, should be southst.
It appears that young Leggett, who
11 down a precipice at Cornell Unirsity
and was killed, was put through
initiation into the mysteries of the
ippa Alpha fraternity, and was blindlaed
at the time. The sad accident
itself, of course, proves nothing as
the wisdom or folly of the proceedgs,
but it does indicate that they
're conducted with inexcusable careisness.
Leaving a man blindfolded
grope abont a precipice fifty feet
gh oould hardly have been meant for
joke.
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