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VOL. I.?NO. 38. EEAUFORT, S. C., AUGUST 11, 1875. $2.50 PER. ANNUM.
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Longing.
Near in tho forest
I know a glade;
Under the tree-tops
A secret shade.
Vines are the curtains.
Blossoms the floor;
Voices of waters
Sing evermore.
There, when the sunset's
Lhuco8 of gold
Pierce, or tho moonlight
Is silvory cold,
Would that an angel
Led thee to me?
Bo out of loneliness
Love should be.
Nover tho breezes
Should lisp what wo say,
Never the waters
Our socrot betray.
Silence and Bhadow
After miclit micro.
But tho old lifo bo ours
Never again.
? Bayard Taylor.
THE INN AT T1IE UAl\
I was just starting out in tho world,
and was twenty-two yours old. 1 had
graduated the previous year, and hat]
just been trying to got an appointment
us an army surgeon; but, failing in this,
went westward, to find a place m whicL
to commence and make my reputation.
Savunnali was my native placo, and from
there I started to liud my way into Kentucky.
I should have gone out earlier iii
tho season, but I did not get off on mj
expedition until the last of November.
In those days there were not even rogular
linos of stages over many travel led
routes; but parties would join togethei
and get somebody who had a covered
wagon to carry thorn through from poini
to point, and divide the expense. II
was so on the especial time that I pass
od tlirough the Gap.
Thore wore six of us altogether; bul
tho only one with whom I made any ac
qUaintanoo was a soldier on furlough,
going into Kentucky on a visit to nit
relatives. He was a fine-looking, blufl
follow, wit.ll an nfT-lmml wnv of fcollinn
liis camp-life experiences that pleased
mo very much, and made mo regret exceedingly
my want of success in getting
my applied-for surgoonsliip. I had nol
gone vory far with Sergeant Beach before
I confessed that I liked him veiy
much, and agreed to go with him to his
home, and look around in that neighborhood
for a settlement. He, on the
other side, seemed disposed to extend a
sort of protection over me, for in those
days I was rather a puny specimen, and
looked as though I might need something
of that kind.
Beforo threo o'clock on the day of oui
settiug out we had dropped our passengors,
one by one along the road, until
Sergeant Beach and myself were the only
ones left. About that time it came-on to
snow, the wind driving it into the wagon,
and making everything very uncomfortable,
in spite of the warmth of our
clothes. Down it came, faster and faster,
until it turned out as heavy a storm
as had ever been seen in that part of the
country. The driver wanted to turn
back, but we would not permit it, and
. urged the tired horses on in the hope of
reachiug a village. At last the effort was
of no use ; and while the panting horses
stopped to got a little breath we asked
the driver whether there was not any
place about there where he could stay
for the night.
-The man hesitated, and then, being
urged, answered : " Yes; there's a
tavern just below here in the Gap, if ye
like to stay there."
*' Wltnf ia flm moffo* will* ?4- Q" ? -
?? ?ww vuu muvvoi niiu lb V WO?
Sergeant Beach's question.
Ho didn't know. Had never seen
anything himself, but had heard a great
deal of talk. We might stay there alJ
night if wo likod ; but as for him, he'd
go back a mile or two anyway, and get
stabling for his horses, and come ovoi
for us in the morning. We tried to say
something to the man, but it was of nc
use ; and so we were obliged to consent
to the arrangement, arnLthe horses were
onco more urged forward, and in a fov
minutes wo found ourselves hallooing ir
front of a large, urpainted board house,
N a rarity in this part of the country, with
out a sign of a light, for it was then aftei
dark, glimmering through its wiadowa.
With some trouble we aroused the in
matos, and got admittance; and tho land
lord, a large, sullen looking man, wbc
oyod us and our baggage very strangely,
kindled a fire himself ; while his wife,
a slatternly woman, went about getting
us some supper.
Very soon there was a smoking dial
of some kind of stew upon the table,
smelling ruther good, and some hot oori
bread. To my astonishment, thou^l
tho sergoant drow up to tho opposite
side of the tablo at the same time as ]
did, he at onco turaod to the landlort
and asked whether ho had nothing colc
in the house. Yes, he had a colc
chicken. I declared I would rathor have
tho stew; but a quick kick under the tabh
broke me off before the preference wai
half expressed, and the landlord loft tin
room to get a chicken, as well as to boi
some eggs which Beach had ordered.
He had scarcely time to whisper t<
me, impressively, ro ao as l saw Him do
ami eat nothing bnt what he eat, whei
, tho hindlord returned with the fowl, j
did not exactly understand the matter
but I obeyed orders, and eat as I hac
been instructed, all the time muoh an
noyod by the slipping in and out of th<
landlord and his wife, one of them, as i
'were, continually mounting guard ove
us.
At lost, tho sergeant, as I thought
simply to remove the silence and re- f
straint, spoke to the landlord.
" Anybody stopping hero for tho
night, landlord!"
" Nobody but a traveling parson,"
answered the landlord, sullenly. " He's
going into Tennessee to try for biz'ness."
" What's his name ?" was Beach'snoxt
question.
" Name?name !" was tho landlord's
answer, as though thinking. '* Let me
see ! Guess it's Gralir.m, or suthin' o'
that I Yes, it's Graham."
" May bo Mr. Graham would oomo
in and have a little talk with us."
The landlord wont out to bring in
Graham. In a few minutes thoy returned,
Graham making an awkward
bow as ho entered, and saying something
awkwardly that at once struck me
as unlike, a clergyman ; for however unti,?
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cvtuvavcu noio bUC nuvcuii^ pLCUUHCrO Ui |
thoso days, tliey were all men who knew <
and practiced the amenities of life, and i
wore at ease in whatever society they t
were thrown. The sergeant gave him <
one quick reading glance, as he came in,
and thon welcomed him to the hositali- ,
ties of the suppor. ,
The evening soon passed nwny, with j
no desire to prolong it, for (?raham ^
quickly showed himself an ignorant man, (
without conversation. The landlord ,
? was recalled, and a request was made ,
1 for our rooms.
1 I had scarce got into my room and j
t commenced undressing myself, when ,
i my door, which had no fastening, opened, ,
i and in walked the sergeant, carrying his ,
haversack, and without his lamp. I was ,
i surprised, and made some expression i
of it.
i 14 Hush I man, if you know what you
' ore about ! We're in a den of thieves
, and murderers 1 I shall stay hero to- ]
night, and sit in that chair !"
I I oponed my eyes wide. The ser- j
geant directly oxamiuod the door, and ;
I found it without fastening hut the latch; <
t and then the other, leading into a side ]
I room, which was in the same condition.
Without addressing another word to me,
ho went, in a business-like way, to his ,
t haversack, and took from thero, first, a j
pair of holstor pistols; and secondly, \
, tho barrel and stock of a carbine, aopa- ,
i rated for ease of carriage. Tho Inst ho ]
f put together in a few moments, and i
; loaned with a brace of balls ; tlio first j
I he examined carefully, reprimed, aud
handed ino one of them. Then taking
; the lamp, ho set it carefully on a stool, ]
; half-way botwoen the door and the chair
on which he proposed to sit, and then
r coming up to mo, issued his orders.
i " You take up your position on the
bed, aud watch that door, pointing to
i the one leading from tho side room,
i Don't fire until I have done so and
i missed, and then take the best chance
I you can get."
" Why, you don't think, sergeant,
that those two men will attack us ?" I
' asked, deprecatingly ; for though I did
not like the way the landlord acted, I
i had no thought there was any danger.
r ' * Those two men !" he whispered,
i frowning. " Two! for all we know, ;
there are a dozen in tho house. That
landlord's wife was no woman. It was a 1
man, as certain as I am !" !
A shudder ran over me at this, for I
instantly remembered that the woman 1
i h.ul a sharp and masculine look, that !
added much to the unpleasantness of hor
being in the room below. I kept still ,
some time thinking of this, and within 1
i fifteen minutes I distinctly saw the door '
i I had been bidden to watch open, and
1 the shadow of a head cast upon the wall.
Tho sergeant was within my line of sight,
and with the movement of the door I
could see his carbine rise, and hear the
click of tho hammer. A moment
i elapsed, and the door slowly closed, and
i once more all was still. I lay perfectly
quiet, not during to speak to the sori
gcunt, and so another hour rolled past.
Then, once more, that door opeued as
i before, and once more the shadow api
peared, once more thocarbino rose, and
I the click was heard, and once more as
1 silentlv the shadow diminnooro^ nn/l
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i door was closed.
It was a long and wear} night that we
' watched without speaking, and" noti
withstanding the danger, I could not
; sometimes avoid falling into a few mini
utes' doze, from which, every time that
' I would start up, there sat the sergeant,
i immovable sis a statue, his carbine rest,
ing on his knee, aud facing the door.
Morning came at last, the tlrst streak
r of daylight, and wo began to stir. The
agreement with our ilrivv r was that ho
- wsis to be with us at daylight, whethor it
continued to snow or not. The drift wsis
> deep, but it had ceased to full, and
, punctual to his promise, the man was
, before the house with his wagon. J,
\ thought he gave a start of surpriso as wo
made our appoarauco at tho door. As on
i tho night before, tho sergoant doclinod
, tho cooked dishes and coffee, and calling
i up tho cold fowl and a few more eggs,
i wo mado our breakfast.
i rvoep your eyes open, and your
[ hind on your pistol oil tuo time, but
I irndor your coat!" was Beach's whisl
pared injunction to mo, when we had
I finished eating, and wero about going to
i the wagon.
) No sooner woro wo seated in the vehii
clo than Graham made his appearance,
) and beggod that ho might bo allowed to
1 go on with us for a few (piles to a house
whoro ho was to stop the rest of tho day
) ?a favor that, to my surprise, Boaun
, instantly granted.
i Wo were no sooner under way, say a
[ quarter of a mile from tho house, than I
, saw tho sergeant began to feel rapidly
1 in his pockets, and about his person, a
. move that astonished me as much as it
a did Graham, Then suddenly ho burst
t forthwith: " Heaven and earth, doctor,
r I've left my wallet and all my mouoy
turner mj puiow : 1 must go Djvck. ,
, I For aa ins taut I was staggered, but 111
saw tliero must bo something in it, and
sept silent.
" Can't your friond go for it ?" Graham
iskod.
I mado no response, only wrapping
nyself closer in the wagon blanket.
" I'll go, if you want me to," woro
draham's noxt words, doubtfully. " I
idsh you would, domiuio," was Bench's
ather coaxing respouso. " You'ro a
younger man than I am ; and, you seo"
?this ho said whispering^?"I don't
ike to trust everybody."
Graham gave a rather pleased spring
!rom the wagon, and went off rapidly
x>wnrds tho house, disappearing at a turn
n tho rood. No sooner was ho out of
light than Beach instantly brought his
pistol to bear upou tho driver, aud
uldrossed him : '' See hero, strangor, I
lon't know anything about you. Yot\
uny bo all right, but I am determined
io look out for mysolf. I want you to
Irive on just as fast as tho law allows ye,
ind a little faster. Go it now, and if ye
ilack up, or make any signs, you're a
lead man. Lay on the lash."
Tl,~ .i?;?? ?i
xuc UIKCI guvu UI1IJ USlOlllSllOU HUirO
it the sergennt, and without a word iu
reply, gave the horses a cut that aslonishod
thorn, aud away wo went through
;ho snow at a rnto that threw the light,
lry drift all over us. That was tho way
we went for nearly seven miles, until we
reachod a village, whore wa had tho good
luck to como across a recruiting party,
tho officer in command of which was an
sld comrndo of tho sergeant. A few
words from 1 leach told tho whole Btory,
ind the agreement was settled to make a
raid upon tho houso that night, and
bring whatever mystery there might be
within it to a conclusion.
Are you euro you're right, sergeant ?"
[ said, after tho arrnugemeut had been
made.
" Sure I'am right I" ho echoed. "Do
[ look liko a man to mako mistakes?
3ee here, doctor; I knew that fellow,
Ctraliam, in a moment. His real name
ls Hawkins. Ho has forgotten me, but
[ shall remember liim to his dying day.
He was with ns at Plattaburgh, and
leserted after committing robbery and
murder, and I was ono of tho men detached
to pursue him. We overtook tho
jcoundrel, but did not suocoed in getting
liim, though that scar that you saw upon
tiis cheek is my own mark. I know it
tho moment I saw it, tho very slash of
my saber."
Sergeant Beach wanted me to stay behind
that night when they went down to
visit tho inn at the Gap, but that
wouldn't suit mo, so on 1 went. Wo
hnd made all our arrangements iu advance.
Two new men, unknown to tho
M>uv?M?uj , nviu ww ^w ill V/lbUiUlin ULUIK),
and put up ill the iun, niul wlieu fairly
housed, long enough to draw together
tlioso who operated withiu its bouuda,
wo were to rush in aud tako the party.
Tlio thing was well managed in all roapecta
but that of being too quick. Tlio
two sent in becanio timid, anil gave the
olarm too quick, the result of which was
we surrounded the house, and, ruRhing
in, took onlv tlio landlord, his wife ami
the assumed preacher prisoners. A
search through the premises at once disclosed
the dread nature of what had
been going on there for years. Clothing
and effects of murdered men, blood
stains, and papers that would only have
been relinquished with life, bedding,
with the fresh blood-drip upon it, aud
knives that spoke positively of a inurlerous
use.
Tlio soldiers had not been five minutes
in the house before they had turned
tho landlord's wife into a hard featured,
muscular, grey-oyed rascal, young, but
full of villainy; and we hud not been ten
minutes on our routo with tho prisoners
towards some place of security before
tho landlord gave in and made free confession,
charging Graham with being tho
inciting cause and working tho whole
thing.
Graham's mouth twitched fearfully,
especially when, after an hour's travel
aud examination of the sergeant under
tho full glare of tlio sun, his memory
came back as to who ho was. Then,
perhaps feeling that his life was gone
anyhow, he in ado one dash into tho
swamp skirting tho road, and although
iio was twice wnrnea to stop, kept on,
plunging desperately .through tho black
mud. A half-dozen carbines playing on
him at once, fiuisliod tho matter. Wo
saw him fall, and sink iu tho dork,
slimy mud, going gradually all under,
and after standing nearly fifteen minutos
watching tho- spot, tho conclusion
como to was that he uover would troublo
anybody any more, and so wo went on.
Tho landlord and-his pseudo wife woro
carried down to tho county town, where
tho court was then in session; and tho
rosult was that a cloud of witnesses,
springing from all directions, made thorn
responsible for a score of murders. In
less than a month from tho day of their
capturo they were swinging upon one
gibbet; and tho night of the hanging
some quiet party from somowliero about
tho country took u walk over to tho Gap
inn and rnudo a bonfire of it.
The Swordflsh.
Tho iiwordfish is allied to tho mackerel,
which it resembles in form, and is a
Bwift swimmor. Tho sword is a most
formidable blade, consisting of a stroucr
straight bono, sharp and lint, projecting
horizontally from tlio nose, of which it
is a prolongation. Tlio swordtisli is
found in considerable numbers off the
islund of Martha's Vinoyard, coast of
Massachusetts, at this season of tho
year. Its flosli is considered excellent
food by many persons, and tho annual
patch is quito largo. Tho ordinary
length of tho Ijody of tho ilsh at full
growth is fourteen feet, aud its sword
six foot, or twenty foot in ull.
A Talking Match.
Tho iloath of Joshua Gcorgo, of Warner,
says the Concord (N. H.) Jfonifor,
has revived tho recollection in tho minds
of liis old neighbors of an occurence in
which ho took part many years ago. Mr.
George was a very great talker. He
would talk by tho hour, and never seem
to grow weary. But he once found his
match in Mr. EUcry. Brown. He, too,
was a great talker, as well as a groat dcvouror
of newspapers. These men
often met and talked and arerued. Mr.
Gocrgo was sharp, often witty, nnd
bound always to havo tho last word.
Mr. Brown was deep, and, liko tho late
Hornco Grecloy, had tho current intelligence
of tho papers at his tongue's end.
One warm summer afternoon, toward
night, thoy met in the streot near Mr.
George's residence, and engaged in a
friendly conversation. Mr. Brown was
unusually full that day, for somo political
nows of a cheerful nature had been
received, and Mr. Brown was explaining
it to Mr. George, who did not care anything
about politics. Well, thoy talked
until tho sun went down. Tho hour of
.ton had corao and gone, but they hoedod
it not. Noighbors wont past them, perhaps
stopped a few moments, and then
hurried home, for tho hour was getting
late. Midnight came, and these men
wero there, tho full moon looking down
upon them. The small hours camo, and
still they talkod. It was Greek met
Greok. Ono was determined to stay as
long as tho other. In tho morning, as
neighbors arose and looked out to catch
tho cool breeze, they saw Messrs. George
and Brown still standing wlioro they had
left them many hours before. Finally,
as the sun was coming up, they parted,
each going to his home. It is not positively
known who had tho last word,
but tho chances are in favor of Mi-.
Georgo.
Anecdotes of President Llucol u,
Hon. C. M. Depow relates that when
ho visited Washington in 1UG-I to look
after the army vote, ho had occasion frequently
to refer matters directly to Mr.
Lincoln, who ono day was reminded of a
story, which he declared was one of the
only two anecdotes original with him,
notwithstanding his reputation for story
tellintr. 441 only apply tho crood stories
others tell mo," the President said. Tho
story which ho thereupon proceeded to
tell Mr. Depow was to the offect that
many years before, when practicing in
Illinois, ho had appeared for tho defendant
in a case of assault and battery, in
whieh tho complainant did not seem to
bo very much injured, although ho had
been through a long series of brawls.
In the course of tho plaintiff's examination
Mr. Lincoln asked: "How much
ground did you fight over!" "About
six acres," was tho reply. " Don't you
think," asked Mr. Lincoln, " that that
was a mighty small crop of fight for so
much ground ?"
At tho recent collego commencement
Speaker Blaino quoted from a letter
of President Lincoln to Qen. Hooker
after tho latter had suffored a defeat.
Mr. Lincoln wrote to the general: "I
don't know whether you aro on tho north
sido of the river or tho south side, but
don't, for God's sake, get on both sides;
for if you do you'll bo like an ox on a
rail fence, that can neither gore ono sido
nor kick the other."
The Lazy Daughter.
Among tho worst features of a badly
minded daughter, wo would first single
out indolence, or, to use tho rough and
more expressive English word, laziness.
A 1 nvxr onfn.lnllinflr lin.o .l\n(1 lofn i??
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morning young woman is an affront to
her sex, and in her own family moro a
cnrse than a blessing to her mother.
She is a burden, and to her father an object
of contempt. She is also a great
promoter of domestic strife, and a shocking
examplo to her younger sisters.
Such a being crawls, instead of walking
with tripping alacrity, through life. She
dawdles instead of works, her speech is
vulgar, and altogether her ways are very
bad indeed; and to odd to her misdeeds,
her health suffers through her folly, and
thus sho wantonly imposes a griovous
tax on the pur so >nnd patience of her
parents. For a girl t? bo idlo in the
Hush of her youth is to invite any and
all kinds of calamities to befall her with
blistering anguish, and, depend upouat,
the downward career of most afflicted
women may bo primarily traced to-this
early and wicked habit, for it is nothing
elso, it being as easy for a young woman
to bo industrious as the reverse.
About a Monkey.
I was making a cako one day, preparing
for company, and the monkey
followed me into the pantry and watched
everything I did. Unfortunately dinner
was announced in tho midst of my
work, and I left it, making him get out,
rather against his will. I know him too
well to trust him in the pantry alone.
After dinner I returned to my cookery.
Having carefully locked the door, I was
surmised to see lliv not. thorn hnfrvrn mo
His attitmlo was ominous; ho was on tho
top of tho barrel two-thirils full of Hour,
and busily occupied. Ho had got
hold of my egg-box, brokon two or three
dozen, smashing them iu the Hour barrel,
with all the sugar within reach.
Theso ho was vigorously beating into
tho flour, shells and all, stooping now
and then to take a taste, with a countenance
as grave as a judge's. In my dismay
and grief I did not scold him. Yet
to sco my materials so used up, and we
living in tho country, and guests coming!
Ho had ji most satistied air, as if ho
meant: "Look! tho main operations of
tho pantry are now over." I had forgotten
tho broken pano of glass in tho
window.
* Tho Potato.
Of all products of tho soil there are
none, except perhaps a few cereals,
whoso cultivation ought to be better un- ie
dorstood than that of tho potato. It is
the most valuable of our vegetables, and st
tho most generally grown, and it is also ol
tho ono which lias been most often
aflected by serious disaster. It is, how- w
ever, at intervals during the current e(
century that the potato crops have suffered
most. In 1822 much loss was felt
by the potatoes rotting almost as soon
as they were out of the ground. In 1831
and 1838 tho "taint" destroyed the
crops. In 1815 and following years mur- d:
rain, or " potato disease, " as it was spe- di
citically called, led to famine and much n]
suffering. During recent years dry rot,
aphides, fungi, or some unknown cause, ^
has affooted tlio potatoes, and in many u,
instances destroyed them. Three cen- cj
turies nearly have passed since this vegetable
was introduced into Europe, and
although there aro recorded instances T
where tho supply was almost ruined by
frosts, it is chiefly within the last fifty 111
years only that it has failed from dia-,
easo. Wnether tho art of cultivating ^
tho potato lias been lost; whether we
have imperceptibly glided into methods A
of culture that ore net suitable; or
whether any change has come over the A
plant itself, are questions undetermined. I'
But there seems little room for doubt o
flblf, tllA HTlhlA/>fr. ia nna urliinli /Iooowao
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tlio most caroful attention of practical a
agricnltnrista and mon of Bcience. It is ^
one which so intimately affects the in- ~
terests of the community generally that a
it cannot easily receive too much attention.
Whilo, thereforo, we have to record
tho appearance of a new form of
the disease in Europe, it is gratifying to
know that tho progress of it is being ?
carefully watched and all the phenomena
closely examined. It appears to be very
prevaleut, and generally spread through- h
out tho country. At the same time it is tl
remarked that English varieties, and w
American varieties .when grown from h
imported seed, ore perfectly freo. For n
oxnmplo, in the gardens of tho Horticultural
Society at Chiswick is a row of h
Regents in porfoct health; next to them h
a row of Early Rose from English seed ?
utterly ruined, and next to them again ?
a row of tho samo kind from imported b
seed, in tho best condition.
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Some Taluable Shorthorns. ^
A remarkable collection of shorthorn o
cattle is now attracting attention in New ?
York city, wkero they oro awaiting shipment
to England for breeding purposes. 0
They number fourteen m all, and have B
beon selected by competent and experi- e
onccd buyers from every part of the p
United States and Canada at the almost tl
fabulous cost of 8125,000. Tliey are
tho property of Mr. George W. Fox, the ^
foreign partner of A. T. Stewart. Of
the fourteen valuable animals three are
from Kentucky, eight from New York, w
two from Indiana, and one from Canada. ^
Tho two most valuable are from the
celebrated plantation of Mr. A. J. Alexander,
of Woodlawn Park, Kentucky, *(
and for them Mr. Fox paid tho sum of ^
830,000. One is a bull and the other a J1
heifer. For the former 812,000 was
paid, and for tho latter $18,000. This *1
very choice selection of our purest and ?
best pedigree stock cannot fail to raise
our prestige in the old country. They o
have been chosen for personal merit, and t*
are to join one of the most important d
herds across tho Atlantic. It is no easy n
matter to ship this valuable lot of ani- v
mals, and therefore Mr. Fox and his nu- k
merous agents are personally superintending
tlio preparations made for their J
accommodation. Numerous carpenters J
aro preparing stalls between decks, a
which will be heavily padded, so that no ^
iwiviici uuw mutu iub vi'saei uiay roil g,
aud toss the safety of the auimals will p
not bo in danger. Tho animals will be n
conveyed from London to the estates of
Mr. Fox, located at Litchfied, Stafford- r
shire, aud at Winslow, Cheshire, which e
are among tho largest and most cele- ^
brated of cattle raising districts. f(
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The Lord's Fraycr. *
Hero is something curious for you. b
It is the Lord's' prayer in tho English
of former times, aitfl it shows how thd n
language has changed ; . t i ij
A. D. 1258.' p
* Fa'dor uro in heuno, hnlooweido booth o
Thi neune, curnon Thi kuneriohe Thi ?
willo booth idon in heuno aud in. Tho "
euerych dawo bried gif ous thilk dawe. "
And worzif uro dettes as vi vorzifen ure n
dettoures. And leuo ous nought into
temptation, bot dolyvorof uvel. Amen, n
A. D. 1300. h
Fadir our in hevene, halewyd by Thi J1
name, Thi kingdom come. Thi wille bo
done as in hevene and iu ortho. Oure ('
urcho dayes bred givo us to-day. And r
forgivo us ouro dettes, as wo forgive our ?
ilettonri'H. Atnl leiln lin nnt infrw bimiv. "
tat ion, bote delyvore us of yvol. ^
Amen.
A. D. 1582. *
Ovr Father which art in heanon, j,
sanctified by Thy name. Lot thoy king- y
ilorn como. Thy will bo douo, as in c
heaven in earth also, (lino vs to-day 0
our super substantial bread. And lead ^
vs not into temptation. 13ut doliuer us n
from evil. Amen. 0
A. D. 1611.
Onr Father which art in heauen, hal- p
lowed bo Thy name. Thy kingdom s
como. Thy will be done in earth as it is e
in heauen. Oione us this day our dayly s
broad. And forgiue vs our debts as we n
fcrgine our debtors. And lede vs not o
intb temptation, but deliuer vs from t'
euil. For Thine is the kingdome, and ti
the power and the glory for ouer. s
Amen. o
I
Items of Interest.
Why cannot a temperance man kiss a
iwoss ? He has sworn not to tasto
w-lips.
A tall old fiddler, arrested in the
reets of Paris, claimed to bo the ghost
' Paganini.
A wag lent a clergyman a horse that
or away and threw him, and then claim1
credit for spreading the gospeL
Gather ye roses while ye may.
Old time is still s flying;
And the ?me flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
When a fat man offers to bet yon the
rinks that he weighs over three Iranred,
yon don't feel inclined to take him
p, do you ?
A minstrel manager advertises for a
snor singer " who knows how to work
fa langh when the end man is getting
a joke."
What should be the name of a lawyer's
ife ? Sue. A printer's wife f Em. A
rnggist's wife ? Ann Eliza. A carpet
ion s wife ? Mat-tie.
All the inventive genius of the great
ad tarnally cute Yankee nation is said
> be unequal to making a firecracker,
nd we are mighty glad of it.
" I think I have seen you before, sir.
re you not Owen Smith I" "Oh, yes,
m owin' Smith, and owin' Jones, and
win' Brown, and owin' everybody."
No Norwegian girl is allowed to have
beau until she can bake bread and knit
;ockings; and, as a oonsoquenoe, every
irl can bake and knit long before she
in read or write.
A Chinese young lady is an applicant
>r a teacher's place in one of the public
:hools of San Francisco. She insists
lat she can " ana tehee small boy baleaded
alloc same as Melican miss."
It is an open question whether largo
otels pay in the end, more especially
lose conducted on the American plan,
hich entails so much waste, no matter
ow careful or economical their steward
?ay be.
After all the street car conductors who
ave committed suicide because their
onesty was doubted, the New York
ampanies now find that they have saved
ver a million dollars by the use of the
ell punch.
A Louisville Rnlonnist has " American
mm cocktails," "Remington cobblers "
nd "Sharps' rifle whisky." The first
rill kill at eight hundred yards, the seond
at nine nundred, and the last at a
honsand. <
A Nashville woman hong her baby to
ne of the poets of a porch, and it was
trangled almost to death when disooverd
and rescued. She had witnessed a
ublio execution a few dnjri before, and
lie spectacle had nnsettiea her reason.
A ladv and centleman unit! their fare.
:i eluding a transfer, in a Buffalo street
ar, but on changing oars the second
onductor was not notified, and they
'ere expelled. A jury has now given
lem $200 damages against the oomp&ny.
During a clerical conference, the foliwing
conversation was heard between
wo newsboys : " I say, Jim, what's the
loaning of so many ministers being
ore altogether?" "Why," answered
im, scornfully, "they always meet onoe
year to swap sermons."
In a recent scandal case in Smith
onnly, Kansas, a lady witness declined
o answer a question, and the attorney
emandod her reason. "Because, it is
ot fit to tell deoent people." " O,
roll," said the lawyer, " jual wnlk up
ere and whisper it to the judge."
The fourth of July is an especial holiay
to the Scandinavians of America,
uly 4, 1825, the first small oolony of
Scandinavian immigrants set sail for
.merica, where their followers and dacendants
now form an element in the
opulation of the united States at onoe
umerons and important.
When Gov. Leslie and Gov. Harlan,
Ival candidates for the Kentuoky govrnsliip
in 1871, were stumping together,
iiey found at one place only a single bed
sr the two. "Well," said Leslie, as
tiey got comfortably under its comfortbles,
" one thing is oertain?the next
nvnmnr nf TTftnlnnlro in lvinor in tin's
ed." * '"7 .
The Taunton Gazette tells of a young ion
who reoenfcly' eonoeived th& brilant
idea of popping the question by
ostal card. Aeoordmly he dispatched
ne to the idol of his heart, bearing
imply his name and this character
'} His feelings can be imagined on
eceiving by return mail a card inscribed
lost energetically *'! "
The audience at a French theater are
ever troubled by tall hats worn by
idiea. The following notice was posted
p in a conspicnons position, and proved
o be very effective : The manager fb[uosts
that all good looking ladies will
omove their hats for the accommodation
f tho rest of the audienoe. The aged,
he bald, and the plain are not expected
o comply with tins request.
Europe has five millions of soldiers all
oady for fighting, with fifteen thousand
annon, and a million and a quarter of
orses ; its united fleet* consist or
esse Is, manned by 280,000 sailors, and
arrying fifteen thousand guns. The
ost of these immense armaments is fire
itindrcd and sixty millions of dollars #nually,
three-fifths of the amount being
onseerated to the armies.
Macanlay used to say : There is little
eason, in my opinion, to envy a purnit
in which the most its devotees ean
xpect is that, by relinquishing liberal
tudies and social oomfort, by passing
ights withont sleep, and summers withut
one glimpse of the beauties of napre,
they may attain that laborious,
hat invidious, that closely-watched
lavery which is mocked with the came
f power.