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^ \ KINDHBD SOUL.
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Kven in tli" mix mliohl, which
wrapped face and form with loss famnliarity
and distietnoss than davlivrlii
would have done, Kloanor Keith
looked a thorough woman of the
world, and the picture of not re
fl pose, but inertness, as she lour.od
lmek in 1101 clnir, and miswcrcd in a
refined, but indifferent voire, the
oucstion asked by t'elia I [>ton, lier
travoliiief companion, and for the moment,
her most intimate friend.
"I do not expert to marry. 1 iniolit,
perhaps, if women were allowed to
choose their husbands, but such an
improper and unparalleled proceeding
would not he tolerated in the
state of hioh civilization we now enj?y-"
"Ihit a woman can easily attract
man if she wishes to do so,"' said
vxeiin, "and especially a woman who
is an heiress in her own rijjdit, aside
from further expectations."
u( )h, my hank account is curtain!)
attractive; I can do nothing absurd
(mumicIi to diseu.-a the men who are
in love with that; but on the other
hand it frightens away those I mioht
think worth attracting, were I poor.1
' Kleanor, have you the eoiiraoe to
say you believe no man has ever
loved vou? 1 would never confess
so unflattering a truth."
"Why should 1 be ashamed to
avow my belief? If there were less
pretense in the world there would be
more happiness. Kvcn in our unspoken
thoughts wo pretend to ho
l...i i.... l... r. . . i .. i
....... III.Ill III.-, HI- "MIAMI I 1111 S 14 O eeive
ourselves."
"I tliinU we aro happier for this
delusion."
"(irant that," said hJleanor, her in ertness
lome, her faci? hewinniniy to
flow, as her interest increased. k,ls
thero nothing hotter to tin in this
world than to constantly pursue happiness?
Vet to say the truth, the
creed of nearly all the people I know
is: 'be happy without wroncinc others
if you can, hut at any cost, be
happy!*"
"If you have struck a philosophical
vein, Kleanor, I shall excuse myself
and join your father, who is still enjoying
the moonlight. lie will not
preach t ? the, or look as if he thought
ine personally responsible for the sins
of all the people he knows. I low inconsistent
you are in blaming others
for wishino" to iniuede a little happiness
with the bitter draught of life,
when you are vexed because your
own pleasure has been interrupted.
The failure of two trains to connect,
ohlijrinir us to spend the nieht in an
indifferent hotel, has been too much
for your temper. Don't i?ive way to
it, but soothe yourself and amuse me,
by answering the question 1 asked a
few moments a?ro. liooause 1 clearly
see it is pretense when you declare
no one has ever loved you."
"I neither deny norallirtn, I simply
say I do not l<now. (Julia, if you
can teach me how to tell love from
the counterfeit, which is in nueh general
circulation, and so marvelouslv
like it us to be often mistaken for the
thine1 itself, I will willinjdv divido
my fortune with you.
"You speak as if i? ware a lost nit,
when it is simply an instinct which
you seem to have hoon horn without,
although most women are so puffed
up with self-love they fancy half the
masculine world at tlioir feet."
"Another species of sell-deceit. It
is not often difficult, even in a thoroughly
modest woman, to tell whothor
she is in love or not, hut with a
maiHt is different, for men are usually
vry much ashamed of being in
love. Hut why do I waste time in
such a discussion? Have you the
slightest idea, I'clia, of what love
really is? To most people it is a
purely physical liking, founded on
purely physical causes, and most
matches are made in this way:
"A man fancies he would like a
wife, and chooses one because she
has a white hand or a round cheek,
or a red mouth, or it may he because
hut eyes are bright, iie Hatters her
in .asking; perhaps the man whose
eye* seem brightest to her, uses
tilem chiefly to admire other women.
She consents, and they are married.
]?or awhile they fancy they are happy,
hut they have scarcely a taste or
hope or thought in common; they differ,
then disagree; the lips pout, the
eyes are fierce with aimer or red
t ? . *
/ with weeping. The weak, illusory
Tlei-ire they called love, dies, hut they
keep its clumsy ghost ahout to disagreeably
haunt each other, leaving
no /room for ordinary friendship to
tMvmo to their aid. The world hegins
t > call them an ill-matched pair,
and when this truth
~ "vvw,,,vo ftwl" 1
ally known, they tfrow by degrees to
|>ri<lo theinsob es upon it, and' parade
tbn fact ostentatiously -be, before,
women with soft voices and sympathi/ing
eyes; sbe, before men wbo
appear chivalrous, and who look unutterable
things in condemnation of
the man who could do aught but
> adore ber.
"Sometimes, especially if they
have children, they patch together a
superficial peace, or if pride forbids
separation, they fall into habits of
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coromouioutt politeness toward each
other, but seek their pluasurcs apart.
I do not say so don't be shocked,
t 'elia there is Anything that could
he substitute^ >r marriage, but modern
marriage has deirenerntod into
something I shudder to contemplate.
W hot her two people marry or not,
depends ehiollv on how their court
-nil|? is conduct e<i, ami courtship is
incrcl\ a gallic of <*l>a
"I see no occasion to moan over it,
if von arc never j^oino to marry, unless
you look at it with the eye of a
philanthropist. Ami even in tlia*
ease, can you <lo anything to regulate
it? Suppose you bccpn liusincss
as a marriaoe broker and conduct
c Mirtslups on a now and approved
plan. 1'ut up a sion: 'Matches made
that are warranted to stand the wear
and tear of dine, or money refund
ed!' It inioht be easily arranged
warrant marriages for one year, or
: live years, or even ten, and adjust
your price* accordingly."
"There is no use in mcddlimjr with
what I deplore, vet cannot .umlerJ
stand. I am not oood enough or
; wise enough to reform the world, but
I shall have some part in choosing
the man to whom I "d ve up my liberty,
or I'll keep the liberty and
snend my days alone. And I shall
choose liiin less for his commanding
; presence than his companionable
soul."
"()b,if that will content you, I feel
j wonderfull\ relieved, because I do
(lot care for reformers; thev are alI
ways blustering against our pet
I opinions ami dearest follies, making
us feel wicked, and altogether disagreeable
and disturbad. I would,
however, be glad to learn liovv you
' will s?*t about the task or pastime
I whiehever it may be -of selecting a
husband? I low will you choose
him ?"
' liy his soul; not from any trick lie
might have of smiling with his eyes,
or looking like a rock of strength, or
saying tender ami dclusiv things to
please my ear and befog niy judgment.
"
"l$y what means do you intend o
become acquainted with his soul, if
not through the medium of his
body ?"
"That seems in great doree impossible.
I aduit."
" \> hy not admit that it is altogether
iniiiossihle?"
' The matter mioht he partially arranged
hy <*c?rrosi?<?tic 1?*iii;?*
"()r throuodi it friond voitr father
for instance. Ilo would tint lie inrlined
to say tender and delusive
tilings to your father. Why tlint is
the way they manage it i:i France
I'ardon me, hut it is not the way
at all. When French oirls marry,
they are onlv informed eoiicernino'
the husband's fortune. They have
no idea of what stnlf his mind is
made, and its to his hahits and intentions
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"American twirls are still more in
the dafk, for usually they have not a
correct idea even in regard to the
fort line."
til I - I P * * ?
"VytMia, ii you did nor interrupt mo
so persistently, I mioht, perhaps, ho
ahlo to make my meanin<r ulnarer."
"My dearv an iron-irray head and
a portion of an iron-orav home appeared
at. the door -"you forget that
you are a finished elocutionist, and
utter your words vorv distinct I v. I nless
you lower your voice, aa* cease
speakino altogether, the whole neighhorhood
will he enlightened in regard
to your opinions on love and
innrriugo. This is of no moment,
hut I do wish to remind you that it
is nearly eleven o'clock, and the
morning train leaves at a most ungodly
hour.
( To In ('Olltil)IH'(l.)
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j Afje Cannot Compete wit Ii Youth
An interesting incident comes from
Scott county, Indiana. McDennott,
a widower, fell in love with a beautiful
young girl, and courted lier with
a zeal which only true affection
knows. Mr. .Mid )erinott has tlio mis
fortune to have a son, hut the son
vorv considerately did not object ?<>
the fair young lady whom his father
was trying to niako his step-mother.
In fact, the young man called on the
young lady and made her feel that
she would he welcome as a member
of the family. This all please the
I Intlier, of course, arid in a burst of
parental affection lie told his son
that ho and the young ladv were enpaired.
Then tne son wont over to
congratulate the yonnjr I:i?ly. lie
did it affectionately so very afreetionately
that lie pro'posed and was accepted.
An elopement followed,
and the fond father has now a daugnter-in-law
and the son has no stepmother.
Aon should never compete
with youth in contest where ('lipid
awards the prizes.
lie was about to propose, but was
somewhat nervous. lie didn't know
how to begin. At last he stanicrod
out: "I'in very uneasy." "Uneasy,"
she echoed. Then sheaddedemphatically;
"I'd bet it's a Ilea off my dog,
I've been there." lie didn't propose.
A peck of trouble- Four quarts of
groen( apples.
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3 TO T*OTJ"Xe "\7s7"OIKZj
CONWAY, i
Tin: BLOOl) OF THE BOURBONS.
A STIC AN < J10 STOIC V Til VT
ICICADS ALMOST LIKK A
COM anoi:.
('?>!. ) nines 11. It inn Said to h:i \ c
I teen a I > i ?*< * I I >r<'cii(liin( of
I .... S.. VI I -.i1 I.'
a y i t#i ? iiinrr
The Statement lie is
l\? port (m! to 11 it\ ?'
made 'I list before
lie I >ii>(|
lie was a deeendant from t lu*;
Kin its of France !
('<>1. James II. I'ion <liocl at his
J linmc in Winnshoro', S. C., on Sun-(
lav, tlu? twelfth lav of I )eoenil>er,
last. lie was loved and respected
: .vherover lie was known. An up- i
| rioht man, an acute counsellor, a profound
lawyer, a faithful eiti/en, a
I super)) soldier and a linished scholar
his loss was deeply deplored. lie
was all this, and if the storv. which
is now told for the first time, l>e,
true, lie was much more, for in his i
veins ran the Mood of the llnurlious,
and the modest country lawyei was j
noijc other than the orandson of
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette,;
kino and (v>uoen of France.
An eminent South Carolina law
yer, yesterday told a Leporter for the
* \i n\H it in/ < 'on rii r a stranoe story of
Col. Lion's life. I le said*
' There has always been, as per- I
haps you are aware, a mystery surI'oumlino'
('ol. Itiim's lei-th lli> wnv.
i very familiar with John ('.('alhoun in
early life,who took a ureal interest in
his welfare ami was very kind to him
ami his mother. I'hey "aim* from
( 'amnla to Washington aliont the
time when Mr. ( 'alhonn was Secretary
of tin* Stati* nmh r President
T\ ler. There have be >n manv speculations
in reranl to ' ol. Kion's ori- '
oin ami family ami many minors, ami
then was always a roeou-ni/.ed mv>ter\
han<rin<r over the subject. It '
was ilillieulty to aeeount for the threat
interest Mr. ('alhonn seemed to take I
in him. ('ol. Kion himself always
manifested oreat admiration for Mr.
'alhoun and ever entertained tin* |
deepest reyi re nee for the illustrious
statesman 1 ><>t11 as a public man ami
as a private eiti/en. Some have even
none so far as to infer from these cir- .
! ciuustan.es that some peculiar rej
lationship existed between them. It
is said now that ('ol. Rion exploded
I this mystery durino the few brief
hours that intervened between the
lirst paroxysm of the attack which
carried him olf and his death lie
lb everal hours, as von remember]
j after he was lirst attacked.
''The story is that ('ol. Kion, then,
1 in the presence of 1 )r. Ilauahaii, his'
physician, and of his entire family, i
stated that he was the son of the
I lauphin of France, who would have!
been Kino" Louis X V! I had it not
n |
been for the French Revolution, i
which bv the execution <.f I ..ni^l
XVI culminated in (lu> overthrow of'
the IVuirbon Dynasty. Mis stateuu'iit
was that this bov, tin* Dauphin.
, who was reported to have died at an
early aoe, and to have heon tin iin-'
I becile, had not really died, Init had*
| boon sent over to < 'auada and had :
I there heen reared in obscurity under!
j the name of Do I'ion; that lie ent< r
ed the Kuolish ttrinv and wn-- marI
ried to .Miss Hunter, and that Col.!
1 liion was the olTsprino- of the mar- j
i riaue. Do I'ion died in ('ol. I'ion's!
infancy, and he, with his mother,were
placed under the charge of Mr. Calhotin
I?y the Austrian ambassador at
Wastiinjrton, with a statement of the j
facts in the case and upon certain
( conditions that were to lie faithfully j
i observed. t )nc of the conditions j
was that the facts should not he divulged
except in certain continued- j
j cios, another of the conditions was
that Col. I'ion was never to jro Kurone
unless in char ere of the Austrian '
authorities, and on board an Austrian
man of war. A further condition
was that ('ol. IJioti was never tone.'
eept civil olllce in this country.
' Those conditions were faithfullv
j observed up to the time of ('ol.Kion's
last fatal illness. lie is not known
to have confided the story of
his birth to any one except |
l.;u .1 I t.... ' II.:.
..... . ..." iiiki^iih . . i ir ir? .lill'l IO
have t<>hl her tho story two or three
years ajro, when she was ahout to,
i sail for K it rope. It is said that one
| of her purposes in enine to Kurope i
was to oxainino into the death of the
I )?iuphiii and to ohtain such knowledge
in retfard to it its was possible
<> ^ t I
from tradition and otherwise.
"It is also said that when ('ol.
Hioti referred to the subject just hefore
his doalh he observed in the
eonntenniices of w* . t were
fathered ah . .uy v supposes
his mi tr' i \...derino, and!
that he said to .i.e.u: 'You think
that mv mind is wandering, but I am
in nossossion of all my reasoning faeultios.'
lie then asked Dr. Hannhan
to put him to some test in order to
demonstrate the fact that he was per1
feetlv rational.- lie said (tapping his I
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i. THURSDAY, M.\
I)roust) Vl liuvo the proof lioro of tlio
truth t>f what I say/
?*('??I. I {ion is known to havo hoon
in possession of a very valuahlo ?fold
snuff-box, sot with diamonds, upon
tho top of which there is a inoiiuoram
of the Orleans family wrought
in itiainoiiils. Tins snulT-box, it is
said, had never heen seen by any
member of his family until his death,
hut he is known to have exhibited it
once, in lNSo, to an intimate personal
and professional friend, under injunctions
of secrecy, which have heen
removed by his death. lie oave no
intimation to his friend of the history
connected wite the possession of this
box, except to say that Mr. (Jlenisen,
the son-in-law of John t'alhoun,
brought it to liiiu from Franco, when
iio ( Mr. ( Mensen) was secretary of the j
American legation in Paris. The
snuff-box has been valued b\ a jew- j
eller, since Col. I lion's death, at
* 1,01)0. and is <?f the most costly and
e\?juisite workmanship.
"Col. Ition went to Canada some
years a?u> and tohl a friend when lie
had returned that ho had seen in the
old ('athedral at Montreal the record
of his baptism.
'It is understood that Col. I {ion's
family are now preparing for publication
a fu I stalouuMit of the facts
in the case ami that there is much
evidence to sustain the confession
made by him just before his death,
t 'ertainly no one who knew him
would doubt for a moment the truth
of any statement that he made when
clothed in his rioht mind, for he was
the very soul of honor.*'
Such is the mystery which was
shrouded up in the life of Col. Jlion. j
and the public will eauvrlv await the!
publication of the full facts connect-'
ed with an affair that will read like a:
romance. There have been many |
pretenders, each of whom has claim- j
? .I tlint In* was the I )auphin, hut their
stories have been discredited. ami in
K ranee it is believed to lliis day that
the Ihiuphin died in the Temple,
where In* was placed under the eare
of Simon, the .laenltin, aftei the execution
of his father, Louis XVI.
The above pretty, plausible story
has been spoiled by the emphatic de- j
nial of his son. \V. tItion. 11 is I
statement is that his father was under
the influence of opiates, which
had been administered to allay the
pain incident to the disease, from
which lie was sulTerincr, and in this
wandering condition did make some
such statements. The family were
desirous of suppression- the whole
occurrance, and were a little annoyed
that it had found its way into the
public print.
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!!}? ('ornst nlUs.
The savinn in handling of manure
ami of the litpiid jiart of the manure j
itself will alone pav for cutting up:
stalks of corn before feedino-. It is
not true that cattle can be made to
eat the coarser part of the stalks ex.- j
cept by beinn starved to it, and this
is more expensive than better feed-..
in^\ lint the uneaten butts make!
exeelli lit boddilio, absorbing and
holding tlie 1 i<]11id excrement better I
than will straw. To bo done euono |
inieally, however, the cutting up ?.?f
eornstalks should be done with horse-,
power or steam. As most farmers,
have idle hoises at this season,a lior. e- |
power with eonveniene.es for cutting
stalks or straw, grinding marse-eram
and sawing wood is a very handy
tiling to have on the premises. By '
putting the power under shelter j
mm h >f this work may be done in
stormy weather when out-of-door,
jobs are impracticable.
The Birthplace of Abraham.
Not far from Aleppo is situated the!
little town of Orfah, (the ancient l 'r
of the ('hnidoesj, wiiieii is of oreat j
historial interest, it having been the
birthplnse of the patriarch; '['here1
are few Jews in the place, but the
Arabs still point out a small buiidintr
lyinjr outside the town which they!
declare to be the house wherein A bra- :
ham lirst saw the li<rht, and which
they therefore term Beit el Chalil
(the house of the friend of (?od). It j
is most improbable that actual house
should have stood for thousands of
years but the building in question is
of re.it antiquity. By its present
owner, an Arab peasant, as well as
I>y the Arabs generally, it is held in
tho utmost veneration.- the more so
since it is feared that within a few
years it will fall to the ground.
('/d'<m ii'h .
A correspondent of one of our oxchanges
asks what is tho host tiling
to do with a six-teen-year-ohl son
who will not work or jro (o school.
If wo wore allowed to tfi\'e advice in
tho matter, wo should say wait till
spring and send him off with a circus.
vVcf //'o rr.n Xcirs.
All a hoard The oani^-jdank.
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Tlio I'ml of tin' Worhl Ituuekin?
nt I lie i >ni)r.
There has 11 *\or keen wanting in
any ai*o of 11 ?> world's history sooth
siiyors, iiiKniicrs ami prophets \v!io .
r? II tn
essayed to forecast Innnan ?I *sti11?
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ami to predict the doom of the earth
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on which men play out their roles.
? Mil' i>I till' most IIIOl Ici'll of tlli'SO (|
prophets is dev. M. Maxtor, of Knoland,
editor of the London ( 'ht'!<f><in
or
llt'rtihl. Some thirty vears aco lie
" a
wrote a Look expounding the proph- |
etie parts of die Scriptures, deelarino
Louis Napoleon, tloun Kiuperor
of the Kreneli, to l>e the Anti-l hrist
III
which was to come and Lnifland to ,
? tl(
ho the special object of his wrath, (|
Since then poor Napoleon lias drop f
pod in a most ignominious manner, not
only out of the pale of prophecy, (
hut also out of human calculations, ^
and, so far from representing tlm
ereat arch-eneni\ o! all eond, lie was 111
really not a had fellow at heart and of
certainly never did an\ harm to Kiio- m
land, where his unfortunate widow s
and luckless son found asylum after
they were driven from their own
country. I>ut, iiotwithstandino- all iM
this, the I'ey. Mr. Maxtor st ill cent in fri
lies to prophecy. L?\ the way, lie ih
has just arrived in New York, where hi
he has i^iven out some oracular ut- p?
tcrances. I le is <|eseriheda a thought , i<>
fid lookino man, with a ora\ heard se
and a hrown win. lie predicts the in
end of the present human disponsa- I'
(ion in the year 1VMIt). lie says: j to
There are many tliinos that show in
die end will come in I'.ldd. IVr-jru
haps the most simple and tfonorally h<
accepted is the Miblicnl statement, di
that as it took six days to make the v<
world and there was a seventh day of
rest, the world will last fot six days la
of I ,<MM> years each, and a seventh l i
day of l,0()0 years that shall he the a
mi!!?>11i11111. ('hronoloo ical rcrcnh hi
show that then* were ju t l.tttMt \i . >,-s < !
front inlam to the birth of ('list, so <!
that in tlio voar HM10 A. I), the linn'
would bo l*i 11 ti 11? ( I. It is a certain sli
thino that there will In- a threat k'u- y;
ropean war within three or four years lit
because in Oaniel's prophetic writ- se
ines and inthe lh?ok of I {ovulations it
states that ten years before the end pi
there will be a oreat war nul the in
Itoman Ktnpire restored to the same vi
political divisions. I'Yanee will con- w
ipier (iennanv and extend her pos- m
sessions to the liliine. The conflict In
will not be (onlined to these two nations,
however. It will be a oeneral c;i
European oonlliet, as the twenty
three countries that now exist must pi
be resolved into ten; tlio live in the T
western or Latin half beine* llrituin, n<
krunce, Spain, Italy and Austria, and r<
the live in the eastern or (ireek half <rj
beino (ireece, K?r\pt, Syria, 'I'urkey <|i
and the Balkan States. They will
be in one confederation and will be | is
all kingdoms, so that the Kepublie'of ni
France and Queen \ ictorias's reion j tl
have but a little lon<ror to run, you
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see. When that war occurs it will tl
be the fulfillment of the first oreut c<
si n ii. Ireland in use be separated j a
from Knolaml, as it was not in (lie tl
h'omai I'hn pi re. .lust what sort of 01
urovcrnment Ireland will have, we do w
not know, but she certainly will have w
>i I'arlia ment of l.cr own in ItnLlin v?
All this is prophesied i>\ the t? 11- ?m
toed iina<^*' of I)aniel and tin* ton- \\
horned <roat. lint then eomes tin; in
little eleventh horn, sijrnifyinjr a lis- M
in<?' kino- that waxes on-at and strong, w
The heast is crimson, showing the p
red republic oonimuiiisui, and soon, ti
That levotith kino will lie the head s:
of tlit*. ('ommunists. II'1 will first li;
conic into power somewhere- in Asia tl
Minor, then become Kino- of Syria, It:
ami then the Kmpcror of the Itoinun it
Km pi re. lie will <o*t hi-, power ei
through the ('oinniunists and the tl
I'oiinin ('hnrch that will side with tl
them, and for two years the I'ope w
will have creat temporal power, mi- ct
tii tiie Kmperor, 'the willful Kino;,' a^
as lie will lie called, overthrows him. b
Then the willful Kino* will enter into tl
a compact with the Hebrews by p;
which tlmy shall return to I'alestine. r<
Then lie will rule the whole world, u
As to Anti ( 'lirist in I{evolutions it is la
stated that it^ will be a Napoleon, s<
probably .Jerome, the present head it
of the Houaparte family, as in tip at
poaranee lie exactly answears to the ci
descripti in. lie will be Anti-Christ K
and will persecute Christians, killinc b<
thousands of them i>\ the tr lillotine.
Then will come the three and one- ti
half years of tribulations. Then will tlbe
civil war all over the world. In tj
the I united States the- labor oroani- w
/alio.is will continue to crow stromr- s<
r-> r>
or and stronger until, ten years from <;l
now, they will overturn the Govern- et
ment and take the power into their A
own hands. Then will come famine, s<
pest donee, oar tin pi nkcs and terrible |j
trouble*, until the second comino of d<
('hrist, when the earth will ho nearly <li
depopulated and the righteous onl> M
left to enjoy the milleuium of a pi
thousand years. The last I'ope will 1\
probably bo Cuidinal l.ueien N'a pole w
on. The course taken by by I )r.. a<
MeGlynn is the same course that' to
ill 'u* taken l>\ |lie !\?|)o in uhout
elit \eurs. I )r. Mrtilynn is only a
11 le ahemI ?>f tlie times.
I'Vline 'telepn t li\ .
(/ / <?/// //'? A. I/, /kii'ii'ir.)
t tin' itf the e.irresja?n?|ents in !/?'/<</
' \>if it it, for November, mentions.
sincadar oeewrrenre illustrating the
M'liliar idiosyncracv whieh In' dass.
under the li? *:(< I of "feline to lot ?(l*
v." Tlio incident recalls a similar
.pcrience of 111\ own. Some txvelxe
fifteen years a;m I wa> liilino with
frioml in ono of tlio beautiful xulys
of Nortliorn < leorjria. W o woro
uxellino :n an open anil 1
as aotino ;i.s ilrivor. In sonio way!
?t now remeuil>ere< 1 tlio conversani
tnrnoil upon tlio peculiar antipai.r
sonio persons to tlio presnuee
a cat in a dwelling -house. M x'
ioml assured mo t lint lio liolonooil
tliis class of "peculiar people,M anil
tinil it impossililo to remain in a j
inn with a cat no matter lioxx* imicli |
a pet or lioxx thorouohlx' tame
nl eentlo the creature mijdit lie. It
happens that of all ilomestie auitils
a eat is nix' particular favorite,
id I was e-reatlx surprised when nix
lend told me that the presence of
e animal seen or unseen, affected I
hi in the most violent manner. A ,
ciiliar nausea, with dimness of \i
ii, a marine- noise in the ears, and i
veral symptoms of a faintino lit,
v.irialilx followed the entraii
uss into a room where he happened
lie. As inx friend was a married
an, and his children enjoyed their
iliips with the pet kittens of I lie
msohold, his peculiar aversion t? |
em was a matter of no little incon
mienec.
xxu..i .1 '
iii i - ?r wen' passilie I i I I'l M I o| I !?.
no si I mi either side with the
\ <.rit' horokoo rose ' hedye, lie
11red me that tliis pcculiarit\ of
was not oidv operative in the
used roam oT a < I \\??11 i n lint oui-ofi
It>*us a - well.
"Now, sir," said he, "if there
oeld l?e a eat any where within liftv
mis of as at this moment, I am eon( ill
that I would Unow ,'t i\\ it lionl
eiii;r (he animal." /
I eonhl seareelv refrain from ex essiny
my inerednlity, although
v friend was a man of undoubted
racily. I had scarcely decided
hat reply to make when he sei/ed
v arm, and I noticed a peculiar pal
r oil his countenance.
"I lend he cxelaitucd, "there is a
it somewhere in this hedye!"
t'ertaiidv it was the most unlikely
lace in the world lorn house-cat.
here was no dwelling in siyht, and
?t a liviny thiny was visible in the
?ad, which was nearl\ straight, and
live a clear view of more than a
narter of a mile. v
"I tell you," said mv friend, "there
acat not far from ns at this mount.
I do not see it, but I A'now
tat. it is near us."
My horse was walkiny slowly at
lis time, and we had scarcely pro ed
twents yards before we came to
"break" in the liodye, over which
ie workmen in the tiehls were ac
istomed to pass. I lii" fe nee around
liicli llic lu'iloc laid heen planted
as provided with stops, and on top j
ere two broad rails. As wo roachI
this spot, what was my surpriso
lion I saw a laroe uTahby oat" lyle
at lull loiluth asloopoi. tho fonco.
ly friond oiivo tho horso a touoh
ith tho whip, and wo passed tlioj
laoo at a rapid ^ait. Tho explain1.- !
on of the oat's presenee, howovor, I i
iw at a irlanoo. Tho "liohl-hands
id hrouj/ht their dinner, and under
10 shade of the hod^i) huokots and ;
nskotH rested not far from tholoiutoie-|>laeo
of Tahhv. She had lioen j
itieed hy the odor of the baskets in
10 morning whon tho laborers left
ioir home, a mile away. I afteraids
learned that the eat was a - 1
istomed to follow the work men.but
i this was the lirst time they had |
noli employed in this field during j
ie spring, it was nor first visit to this i
articular spot. Kroui no part of our
)!l(I was the hedee-eri'ssiiie visible j
ntil we reached it, and my friend
id never boon at the place before;
> that, takine all the facts together,'
is utterly impossible that ho should
tempt to deceive mo for my own
'edibility in rolutinir the case, tlioi
J n 7
ditor of tins litrit ir will he able to
Mr testimony. X. Ib X.
I {km mtks. W'o have se veral
mes met with persons who are on-1
wed by nature with this curious :
ilt, if may call it so. Personally
e cannot sympathize will, its pes
?ssor, us we Hlu.ro with Dr. Winnns,
Missisnpi, tlio preference for tlio
it above all ol tlio domestic animals. |
oropos: W o have soon it stated.
unowlioro that tho favorite eat of
r. W'iniins was disconsolate at his
juth, actually refused food, and
od on his i>thvo. t an any of our
(ississippi readers confirm or disrovo
this story '.' W'o v/ill be ereatindebted
to any correspondent
ho will favor us with a trustworthy
:count of another ease of "feline
lopathy." I
M MIIKI! :L>. 1
ybk'
I I I / l.i:r/S l.i'l'TriMOKK.
r v
Mow Im? <'aptiiimmI :i \ ank<M> Oflioor's
\ uli>?*.
In I SHI I'il/liMoli Leo, now (Joy*
..... | . *
ornop of \ I l'iritnii was rotnilKiliill HOf
t ho t onfo(l.'rato outpost iti Kairfux
county as ('olonol of ('rivalry. ('olo....1
'i'". <
11?-1 i iiiiiium, who was an intimate
fri? 11?I and class-mate of Lee's at
\N est I'oint, was in command of the
i nion cavalry outpost near Alexandria.
One day Tannant received orders
to advance and fool tlio L'onfedcrate
position in front. A battalion
of men, in.add up from the doportnieiits
and the city of Washington,
called tile President's Uodv ( iltard,
was assigned him to make the advance.
lie said to a frieml before
lea vino:
'1 want soldiers with mo on this
e\pedition. I know Lit/. Leo, I have
slept w'.tli hitn. and whenever we
come together somebody will have to
do some good tiuhti:i ?* or fast runnino.
1 know Lit/, will light. If I
bad soldiers and not these dress pared
fellows, I would be delighted to
give m\ fri md a brush, just to let
him sec how nits Iv we ean whip him
11nek into the I nion. '
I n i lie nit -.int ime his w i fn had pack etl
hi- valise with a clean linneii and
a l>.?iil" tif njil llennesse^ brandy.
When everything was ready ('olotiel
Tannant took up the line of inarch
along the Lairfax and Alexandria
turnpike, in the direction of Kairfax
('ourt Mouse. \fter the command
had advanced :i few miles and come
s ? a halt to rest, the f 'oloncl addressed
liis men in the following wonls:
"Attention 1 battalion: I am now
speukuTg to you as soldiers who have
enlisted to defend >our country, and
as fellow citi/ens. I want every man
i?? do his duty in the time of battle as
a soldier should. If there are any Hf
you who are. not willing to do this,
step three paces to the front.
Not a man moved. Thev stood
like a wall of granite. This gave
the (.'oloncl much encouragement.'
"Now, my soldiers," said la*, "with
this determination on yonr part, wo
will continue our advance ami drive
tlie cnciiis hack, or capture tlic entire
force."
W ithin a few miles of the courthouse
tliev encountered the t'onfedorate
pickets, and succeeded in driving
them hack. This oavc the comiuand
new courage. ' >n tints' pushed.
IJut, alas! Soon I unc i Ashhy, with ?
his Muck 11orso i'a valr\, camecliaroino
on their Hank, while Fit/. Lee
press <1 them in front. The eniraeoinent
he<fun to <ret interesting, when
n o %n
suddenly I'elham's Horse Arlillorv
unliinberod < n tic; left tlank, and booan
to pour a ^allin^ lire into Tun- . ~v
11a111"" ranks. lie rode to the front, t(^^?
leading the charge against Fit/ Leo
on the other side. The men seeitier
the situation became doniorali/ed and
retreated in confusion, falling buck 5/
to Alexandria. Tint l.'nion forcelost
a few killed and some prisoners.
( 'olonel Taiinaiit's headquarters ambulance
was captured, with his rat
ions and ba^ea^e.
A few days after the lioht a dilapidated
team drove up to his headquarters
with the letters S. A." branded
ou the skeleton mules, and in
dim white letters on the side of the
topless ambulance also appeared
' < S. A.,M and tin* drivers, instead
of wearing the Wine Intel on a suit of
gray. The ^Inver entered Colonel
Tannant's tent with a military salute,
Wearing in his hand the Colonel's
valise.
"Where did you eoine from?" demanded
the < 'olonel.
"I came from ('olonel fit/ Lee's
head(|uarter> ,"vwas the reply, "lie
snapped teams and clothes with me *
and told me I could come hack and
Wring vo'ur valise, and here it, is.
( "ol?me'l."
"All right, mv man, said the Colonel.
"Co to your ijdarters and f
change your uniform, and report for
duty. 1
Colonel Tannunt took the valise
over to his wife's room nnd ftnnniwl jl '
The contents of the valise were a
note which ran in the following
words:
"Outpost Confederate Army, Virginia.
My 1 )ear Tant: I have openmi
vour valise, appropriated your
Puled diirts for a change, and also
vour I Kittle of old Hennessey for a
Wad cold. I traded ambulances and
[ vuiis in^o. \\ nen yon come out
again bring more eommissnry and
< i uarternmster stores. Fit/.."
< 'olonel Tannant kept the note
until tin* close of the war, tolling 110
mo al>out it 1 nit liis faithful and loving
wife. 0^0
Tannant has boon living in Tonness<
since the war. Ifecontlv he and
Ice mot a ltd a bottle of old llennessov
wus discussed.
Senator Voorhoes does not approbond
an\ dilVioult\ in t! ? seating of
Senator Turpio, who was chosen Senat'?r
by the Indiana Legislature. Ho
sa\s the election was regular in ita
* t * , ^
every proceeding, and that Turpio s
title cannot be successfully disputed.
Hacking Water Temperance lootdj