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' s. -^8 - " **y - , _ 8JJC5 ~* ^ - ? ' - - -., - .. . . '. ~ ' WINNSBOKO, S. C., rai)KES?I)A?, APm 2, 1884. ;i;..:^; ': ''M .4 ... I . ' ^-*T- TI A iTrvmo , , , ; The Family Ghost. At the Old Manor House and ancestral Hall, Where the ivy climbs over the gable-end wall, A Rookery lends the domain a charm. And the rats and the mice, within-door swarm: And, time out of mind, as the talk bath been, There's a spectral Thing to be heard and seen. 0, the Family Ghost! O, the Family Ghost! A sound, as it were, of a rustling train, L. That sweeps into the chambers and out | Byjk again, Wr And anon there appcareth an ancient dape, I Like a figure stept out of a p >ture frame, In a stomacher, frill and farthingale, And her eyes glimmer through au antiqus I lace-veiL O, the Family Ghostl 0, the Family Ghostl There'- room where the Ghost is siren to keep, 60 In that one apartment that none dare sleep. No man-servant, maid-servant, girl, or groom, __ Will advent ore a night in the Hannted Boom. ! Should the Host any Stranger away there t stow, trL The Ghost of the Family lets him know. - . ? O, the Family Ghost! " O, the Family Ghost! A something In sooth it may be to boast, JThat eHow^bg^go 1 ten ^a^ai^jy ~ ~imn imii imnin iw iiiiin v. . . Or?ggrar ^iHb&ftrrhtg:a^aart . o?-3fre-aB6rp s - irnev-ialfced - to rest-sad-refrerh^ti the I gga-ggfrhorees-at a^saga^f -^gQfe&ge - sot Fv'_y?H C\fi hf1 r?iHnw t$ffar 4OI. 11 V*H-T1IVvxjlvvi Ui uuV linnnr* 2U*vl casual -^wd^tmtefiG otTtid breqa^^reg, be what ;sr&s--gom^-on. ' w?s-'tcfiing ^fs^fo^uqe/ " T.r": : : _ '" ~ "Sop . of- .foe -jfeciibc;1" ;;?a;d.- 8he, *% wir" tfay s~arg; gggrfaereiL ffira. .and steel have sparedYou thxti^-^tttft the knlletLid' siSSt-~3iisit^^^Q^^fi)x. the '--fe jOireo l EZgfinp. "hage. a#d .Ka^e^ t^1Q 0OT86 and to6f-^MHrted ^mnggfyll "Tneoid soT4ief--4graed^aaws^from tbe prop^ptes?,ig^^t;blank looE <-r ^^^TW^t^dp^oyjof ojij-froops 5 ffitffiegtenant?*~afyl \a?, ^c^rtissar,. touching his cap to the "Baron, ""if the: woman speakstxufc She raSpy. "Who is snei"* asfed^tbe Baron. : mm "A yivandier e, "-^?jpU?i\ the hussar. "Faith! ake sells ?ood-wln^and brandy they say?and gives credit sometimes, r on good security." She never losei I I fancy?and then she turns a penny by p telling fortunes." "Who comes next for/ his fortune?" asked the Bohemian, glancing her ^ brilliant, snake-like eyes around the as??VI? itWlin AiwTrbo IrnfMclM^iro ft# OCiUUlV* II UV ViMTVa *4**V .|*VW^V ;v? the wise Zela?" - . ^ That do I, mistress,1' said the Barr ' on, orayly, advancing and ungkfirlng'his hand. "I have no wilh itfjotifc forev bodings, though my fire-eaters seem 30 daunted by them." ! The fortune-teller curiously scanned the lines on the Baron's palm. r The twentieth of August!? saidshc. - "The twentieth of August!** repeated the Baron; 'that's wonderfully explicit What am I to make of that? i ask you for my fortune, and you r?-pij?" " <: "The twentieth of August!" repeated the fortune-teller, dismissing him with a ware of her hand. "I teH; no more to-night But forget net; tjhe f- date?you will have occasion to- remember it" And with these words she turned in to a tent where her merchandise was stored, and drew the canvas over the opening: The deep voice of the sorceress, her striking face, figure and manner, the oracular 1 aeon ism and mystery of her reply, contributedtd fix ^ her words on the Count's memory, and I mingling with his prayers that- night, "the twentieth of August" seemed . whispered by a busy demon. In due time the Count reached th? army, whose fatigue and dangers heshared. It is well known that in this war the Turks made no prisoners. Their leaders had set the price of a ducat on each head brought into camp, and spahis and janissaries neglected no opportunity of earning it. ^his arrangement-was fatal to the?Anstriair outposts.. Xb?e_-^a? eearcefca^mght that thes&g^^^y^ gome- in super Sfe mem? the ; <>f AagSBfc^- A^w skin^hes frequently seen her by the way, and jKU^iptsed. pwrnskma . of ; her, and t^Bgh-;^er manner was strangely '^^^gjSe4.^epdlaat at. ?rat,-s^ll^ he ana i "You should do so," said the Bohemian, gravely. "The twentieth of , I August is g$ar at hand.1' "Ah! what is to happen on the twentieth of August?" "You arc destined to fall on that day?the stare have declared it" "I shall cheat the stars, then," said the Baron. ".t?.ud I shan't make my will. You talk of your poverty, too. Don't I know you're making two hundred per cent, and turning your money every week, my good woman? Don't talk of your poverty to me. You say I shall be killed on the 20th of August? I maintain the contraiy. Now an opinion is worth nothing if it isn't worth backing, and I'll bet you two of my best horses and fifty ducats against a hrunner of Tokav wine, that I snail sur vive the twentieth of August" "Agreed," said the Bohemian. "We'll have it in writing," exclaimed the Count; and he called the auditor of the regiment, who- happened to be (passing. The bet was recorded, amid the laughter of the twa Austrian*, while the Bohemian, looked on gravely, * %nd then withdrew, with a stately reverence. The twentieth of August came. It was the turn of the Baron's regiment to furnish a picket for the night; but two of his comrades were on duty before him, and the Baron was to pass the night, in his tent Evening came?the horses, were saddled, the hussars mounted, and ready to march, when the regimental surgeon appeared on the ground. - .TT71 ? 1.1 .oVo.4 (liA "Tl U3L S UiC illBbbCli tuavu >uv Baron. "Your friend Max, who was detailed I for the command, has been taken dangerously sick." j "Indeed! then Lieutenant Arnold | takes command."- L : "He has jest be?n apprised of it" Lieutenant Arnold hastily dressed himself, buckled on his saber, and prepared to mount. But no sooner was he in the saddle than his horse, though ordinarily perfectly gentle and steady, began to rear and plunge violently. Every effort to calm and conquer him was fruitless, and he wound up his mean acts by flinging his rider an breaking his leg. "It is your turn now, Baron," said bUV ^Ui^wu. "There is a fatality in this," thought the Baron, as he armed himself. "That cursed fortnne-teUer." And, though brave as steel, it must be confessed that he mounted his horse and put himself at the head of his men in a frame of mind far different from his ordinary mood. The night was chill and starless. The Baron commanded eighty men, who were joined by a hundred and twenty from another regiment, which, brought the complement up to two hundred, all told. The detachment COOS post a inousana paces in auvajicw of the line of the right wing, and rested on a marsh, filled with very tall reeds. There were no sentinels in front, but not a man left his saddle. The carbineers sat with their pieces unslung at full cock, and the hussars with drawn sabers, to gaard against surprises. -All was quiet -till abotft a. quarter of two o'clock, and the Baron, wf? hmnninr to think tftnf, would pass over witnout an attach when a sudden shout of "Allah! il Allah:" burst on the silence, and in one minute all the horses in the front rank were hurled to the ground, either by pistol shots fired at point blank, or the shock of seven or eight hundred Turkish horses, as "Bending1 to battle O'er each high saddle-bow, With the sword of Azrael . They swept down the foe." On their side, at least an eqaal number fell, either from the impetuosity of their own charge or the deadly-fire of the Austrian carbines. But they knew the ground, and the Austrians were enveloped and cut to pieces. Saber ' strokes flew thick and fast?fire-arms were discharged at random?it was almost impossible to distinguish friend from foe.; The Baron received no fewer than eight saber strokes in themelee, both from the Turks and from his own men. His horse,. seventy wounded, fell with him, rolled over on his right leg, and nailed him to the spot. The flames of the Turkish pistols lit up at intervals the scene of strife and butoherv. The Baron raised his eyes and saw his brave hussars defending themselves with the courage of despair; but the Turks, drunk with opium, made a horrible massacre. In a few minutes not a single Austrian was left standing. The victors seized on the few horses that had escaped unhurt; first plundered the dead and wounded, and aftqr-, ward began to cut off their heads and stow them away in sacks they had brought expressly for the purpose. The Baron's situation was by no means a? enviable ono. ' In; Czeklers's corps they almost all knew the Turkish' language. ' The Baron heard the ruffians encourage eacn otner to mase an ena before succor arrived, and not to leave a ducat behind, and adding that there ought to be two hundred. He knew by I this that they were perfectly welL informed as to the strength of the picket. * While" balls were whistling overhead, the Baron's horse received a shot t which caused him to make a convulsive movement, and enabled his rider to extricate his leg. He thenconoeived the idea.of throwing himself, if possible, into- the marsh, and thus escape the fate of his command. He had seen several of his command who attempted this maneuver 'taken, but the fire had olaoVaiKu) (?WM?riT7 nnv juii) t\RTRr ness inspired him with hope. He. had only twenty paces to traverse, but there I was danger of sinking. Still he sprang ' oyer men and horses, overturning more I than one Turk. Arms were extended/. ! to seize him, and saber-strokes dealthim, but his good star and youthful a<> | tivity enabled! him to gain the marsh. I At first he sank only up to Ms knees? he toiled on a little farther, and then stopped, . exhausted by fatigue. He heard one Turk exclaim: "It is impossible to do so in the marsh." : After I this a dead silence ensued. The blood | he had lost caused the Baron to fall in; to a state of insensibility which lasted i ? T !>???,, u/lian /xms tn Kim. dOVOJLOU. LLSJU?&. ii uvu uv v?mmv self the-son was high tip in the heavens. ; ' He had sunk: up to his hips in the marsh. Eis hair stood erect' upon- his head, when he recalled the fearful-'images of the past: night, and the l>twentieth. of August" was first among.: his thoughts. He counted his wounds? they were eight in number, but not on& of them was dangerous. Theyrwera?, saber-strokes on breast, back and arms. As-the nights were very fresh in that region, he had worn his furred pelisse, and.ita thickness, as well-as its silk lining, had deadened the blows. Still ho was in a very weak condition. rr- 1 Tn,Vo He usieuuu ?lLCLlU?eijr. xuu ! had long since departed. From time to time the moans of wounded horses were yrafted to him from the field of "battle?as for his -men^ t&e Turks had taken care-of them. The Baron began to think of extricating himself from the place in which he was, but he was so much exhausted by the loss of blood that it-was a whole hour before he stood upon firm ground. Though war had deadened his sensibil- , ity, still, alone as he was, it -vyas not I without a sensatoin of fear that he ' emerged from the reeds and looked cautiously about him. He advanced slowly, his eyes resting on the field of death; but who could depict his fright when he found himself suddenly seized by the arm. He turned and beheld a gigantic Arnaut, six feet high, who had returned, doubtless, in the hope of finding something valuable to reward his trouble. Never was hope more cruelly deceived. Yet the Baron addressed his captor in the Turkish language. "Take my watch, my money, my uniform, but. spare my life." - "All that belongs to.jnev^nd your head too!" replied the savage giant And with that he unfastened- the chinstrap of the Baron's* hussar cap, and Chen proceeded to triufle'-h is 'ir ay al~, im:: T? ; JLUU. J32U.U1L _ n ao QUA?Ui^--WftMvm -9r0mBup?0? . and had no weapon. . At the slightest movement of resistance his enemy would have immediately sheathed his broad cutlass in his bosom. Yet "he clung to the Arnaut by the. waist, and | continued to implore him, while he was baring his throat. ; "Take pity on me. .My family is 1 rich. Make me your prisoner?you will earn a large ransom.'* "I should have to wait too long for my money,'' replied the ruffian. 4Only hold still for mo to cut.!'. .And he removed the Baron's short-pin. < Still the Baron clung to him, and. he did not seek to free himself from the clasp, doubtless because he relied upon his strength and his arms,, and per HivpB uctauao uc *? ouguv emotion of pity, though not strong enough to counterbalance theiope of a ducat. As He was removing the pin Conrad felt something hard in his belt. It was an iron hammer. He kept repeating 'Keep quiet!1' and these were doubtless the last words the Baron would have heard if the dread of death so horrible had not inspired3um to seize up>n the hammer. The Arnaut paid no attention to it He was already holding the Baron's head in one hand and his cutlass in the other, when his intended victim jerked himself free, and, without losing an instant, dealt a blow with all his force on the forehead of his antagonist The hammer' was Heavy and the aim sure. Hie'Arnaut reded. The Baron repeated the blow. Es went down,: ana as he fell his cutlass escaped his: grasp. It is unnecessary to add that the Baron seized it and plunged it several times into hi3 body. Free!?saved??the soldier ran to the outposts, whose arms were glittering in the morning sun, that had never seemed so bright and glorious to him before, and succeeded in reaching the camp. xne soldiers nea as irom a gnosc. ?a? same day he was attacked oy a raging fever, and carried to the hospital. At the end of six weeks he was cured of,- his fever and his -wounds,; and returned to the army. On his arrival the Bohemi^gr^y ba?~ his comrades:thai,;duringrhis- absence, she had predicted ?. great many occurrences, all of which hadcome to pass exactly as she had foretold, andthishad brought .her; a great-many consuls tations and numerous bequests. Thewhole affair was strange and inexplicable, and shook the skepticism of the most incredulous. > In the meanwhile there came .to them; from the enemy's lines two Servian. Christians, who nad been employed in', the baggage train* ofthe Turkish army,^ and deserted to-avoid a punishment with which thev had been threatened.^ As soon as they saw the Bohemian"? prophetess they recognized her, andst osO a/nasl a Via nftftn RamA trt thflT Turkish Camp in the night, to reader art account of the movements ^-of- their* enemies.. This surprisedtheAustrians very much,'for theyhad often avaSe<? themselves of this woman** services, : and had admired the 4exteri?y withi which, shehad.executed the most peril-ous commissions. Bat the deserter*'persisted in their statement, sod added, that they had been present on several occasionsKhen>this = woman was describing the Austrian positions to the Turks, unfolding their projects, and urging them to make the attacks which' took place. A Turkish cipher served her as a passport This convincing proof wis? ftnmir upon-her, and shewas-* threatened to die as a spy* v . BeforeTwrexecutionthe Baron-?ues^* tioned her-about the fortune, she had predictec-to him. She-confessed thai by means of pTaying th*e spy to both par<^ ties she had often-learned what was undertaken on both-aid es; that those who secretly consiiltedherabout their horoscopes had 'confided to her many things, and that she also trusted a good deal to gue$s work. As to what concerned tKe Barpn-particiriarly, she had; selected him as a striking example to' strengthen her authority, fixing the fa* tal"period a long-time beforehand. At the-approach of the - time she had excited tne enemy to make an attack on the post of hi3 regiment on the tweny. tieth of August Her relations witfc the officers enabled her to discover thatthere were two on the list before the* Baron. To one of them she sold drug-/ ged wine that caused his sickness, and getting near the otiier to sen mm something just as he had mounted, she con trived to thro^a piece.oi- burning tinder into the horse s nostrils, which rendered him furious and unmanageable. This was the whole secret of her foreknowledge. Her punishment waa the halter.- rfihe;went - to-She gafioi^s^with &: ;bol&, ';im|>ertinen6'. and, "defianfcif air^ i lea?mg*ttbV a- r ehklve^behmi"her to' mourn the death ot the gipsy spy. "Almost every day," says the London Truth, "oris reads how this landlord has Ifiniriy' returned 20 per cent of thft ha.lf-Yf.arlv rents to his tenants. and how another has remitted 10 per I cent Fractical people in the country j know very well that these abatements, on which so much ignorant eulogy is lavished, arc forced upon the landlords, for if they insisted on extorting the ful?aiia?unts dae ^ they-would lose! their tenants and find their farms thrown -upon their hands.-". ... . , m m ' Lieutenant Rhodes, of the United States revenue cutter Dexter, who dis?: languished hfenself at the wreck of the City of Columbus recently, is -described as "a man slightly under the average size, trimly and compactly built, and with bronzed/and regular features, de^ noting energy and determination." He was in the great tornacUy hurricane and tidal wave which devastated' St Thomas thirteen years ago. Thera' were eight vessels in the harbor, and ho was on board one of the only two which were. sayed. .. J>r._ George Fordjce,. the anatomist and-ctezaroai lectawr^ -twenty years lived on one meal a day. Eta bad excellent health. , , T m i 4r_s.. ? t The Kiel Rebellion. A Winnipeg letter says: The here| tofore unwritten -chapter of history is^ jast given regarding the ^provisional government under the presidency of: Louis Kiel. After the rebellion at1869 and 1870 Riel, Le P:?l> and 0*Do* noghue, with a few followers, seized? Fort Garry and the Hudson Bay Company's stores, and established anal-; leged government, which was nearly overthrown by the loyalist ' settlers under the leadership of Dr. Schultz^ J)r. -Browiv~AL*jor' -Wallace awLi-Mr. Scott Riel and his comjanions determined to make an example of the lead* ers, and Schultz. now a.member of. the: Dominion parliament, would have been; shot had he not escaped to "the Unitdd States. Scott waaaman of ungovernable temper, and-tfcis furnished a protest-for his taking oft The freezing and starving process* the praOirers wei^ sttbjecfed toVdid" fiot im^rere his temper, and one day, in a fit of pa&?: sion, he crowned bis acts of i&subcrdination by a violent assault upon a sentry who came within his reach. This sealed-his doom.- A court-martial was hastily summoned; at which Adj. Gen. Le Fine presided, and the prisoner, who could not comprehend a ward' of the proceedings, was condemned to be shot forthwith. All efforts of the Hon. D. A. Smith Bannatyne and 'the Bier. Mr. Young to proeure even a respite proved/unavailing.. Kiel and Le Pine, inflamed by rum and resentment and incited by O'Donoghae, determined to carry out the programme The doomed man was led out into the barrack-yard, and, after two volleys from the clcmsv and inexperienced firing party, fell back on the rude box which was to j serve as bis coffin. Riel refused to ?ive up the body, and what became of it is a mystery to this day. A man who was at that time connected with the Fori Garry New No-tion, the organ of the provisional government, relates for the first time the ' particulars of the murder of Scott, showing that he was thrust into hi* coffin, and lay there five hours terribly wounded, with the mercury below zero, 4. .W TkA UtJiUro 1CUC1VXUK uu uoauu OUUM Aug editor of the New Nation was-*a old countryman,Maj. H.M. Eo bias on. Oa the afternoon of the death of-Scott, Maj; Robinson was sent for from the? fort by Scott. He returned some two hours afterward utterly unnerved and; horror-stricken, and in an intense stateof nervousness. He said that Kiel had desired him to defend in the New Nation the -shooting of Scott ss an act of necessity to the provisional governs ! meat Major Robinson could not credit that the deed of blood had actually:' been done, and expressed his incredulity. Seeing this, Kiel led the major intn thfl onnrt.. and.to one of the sheda which lined the interior walla, wherestood a sentry. As they approached. box, tatbodi; into tltti^ow.%Harifly &d^e|major iorrified by fefealfa?*K37oice proceeding :&6m within ifresfccasakclaiming in die- ; a T-T J. i + ! -?. jvff v Z~ *'ic 9BSHWBBS ?s ? the' "inapor re'trcatecL from the spot. Kiel entered.-'the ?ied~asd ^dBedthe<<dcor. A- ja^?at;^^i, thereim'a^^d of aLaI^-^h^^iaiuSedtt' *sa*^>robab]y re&weS fwas^torttzre.- ^iet-retnrned ho DameznbsrBdn^&st- .th2s -occurred 'five cofiLiied,; aad - mflal- ^'^thermometer. many" Heroes -^eerow^ ^sero. -axujur: ?.-3.'-^'3*- 1tlL-!g?'I* OI.il - r John Chinami&i g^mr^fcoosta.1' r.*-~ - . i v- ?-?* " ?jTv ? ^>m ^0 jngYwyntly. I "3T?> can. "mm one.1' - Jfci^pttseiied a small pee? ho!(: in Mf: 4n&*?tiW of the' I \ r" . v [ steckaboartt this t^^f^^rauinded ilte^arBiEWwuL - * ' * : [- "ifo-sabe." - I . .' "Whist'oher got him-in: a- bag; Ifdr?"" S| / ;?, ' ' .;?; Io? I ?- "S'pose; no s pitrt 'in# ur Mgi ino let; Hop'&ee go through gate."' ' s j. 'Well, yer got to get off with it. D'ye-hear?" ana the brakeman pulled? his hat over ,his eyesand returned to: the doon * . 'A j< The chicken sfucOIs" head through the hole in the ba?r and looked around. The view pleased lam. The bag spHt?. and his red,- speckled breast appeared. The bag sKt further, and'he st?p?ed: out of his prison. JoWdivedfbrhjTn, aa^ win/* on/? lm/u>VAif Aff/trtA ! high hats. Men struck at the fowl .with canes, women "shooed" iV and'the Chinaman chased it . if The train slowed np, and -therteafcexaaa opened the door. Ha had got his^ mouth.open to say "Ninth street; when the" chicken, m "a ' dash fdr outdoors*; flew in his face and disappeared over the. rail* into tibestreet;. a "Stopec tlain- Stopee tlain!" yelledthe. Chinaman, as the train stopped. > He ran out of the-door and off on the platform, harrying after-his bird,: and : the daaed brakemaihyelfed after Mm: "D'ye hear me, ye heathen? You've got to get tight this -ffein With yer poultry!' '?ffieq? Yorkjtun. Time to Sell. Anlndlana fanner whowas "holding, on" to SQO-bushelaof cetn last fall to, secure a better price/csme rushing into his house one evening, after a call at a neighbors, and gasped out: " "Joseph?John?William, we*ve got to load tnree wagons with corn before we go to bed to-night." "' Why, fathe'r, what's happened?" "What's rhappened? Why. . Jim Sheets^ he, takes -a'Chicago paper, and>?o4 fn ma as ?" UO TT ttO J UJ U iUUUiUg VV 1MW Mkl MV T? jf, schooner loaded?with 36,000 bushels ofcorn has gone to the bottom of Laktf Michigan!'^ "And-what'of it?** * ' "Why," yon three idiots, corn will" jump SO cents a bushel before laidv night, and we must be in Indianapolis before ^npoeir-Tbe, tizne-ha%af3peiw tosell every ear weVc.got, and scrape in. all the empty-?otftcwe kin find kicking around"?Wall Street News. The- A1 bauy Argus attempted th& ather day to publish a letter from ft" A# AlKftnv nTl^^P QiaVIXlgUiOUWU v* the -heading: - "The Income Tax?A -Jurist's View of'a?tr-Interesting Ma*-' ter." The exasperating-; types got fctv "A Peevish View of an Interestu^ Matter." . mm' , & ^ * *-* * t I Counterfeiting in Prison. ^WhpaLwSs head deeper in?iag Siiig^jaid Police-Captain Waihbtifra, < **a nmnaamed Ulricn wa3 Irving a term-^fsr-xonaUrfeidag. He was an engr&ver by trade, and soloed* Workman ;tfeirt;the Warden employed hint in making dies.. LTiricb -was taken erfery dayto a-large xeU specially used - in the-prison far, thdt class of work. Be-' Idre being locked in he was searched, aadra&mBai times, and at.the- hour of goxn*lo:hisawn veil at night he was searched; again. By day a keeper stood' ontside his cell, watching through a loopahKle in-the strong door. Uhdch was faithful and attentiveto his work, and. 3rd ^walL Wiea <tbe Wsoden -was fefc?*ned:bjr a?pnsotter "that Ulrich ~was engeamga ptafefepaletHuiatfnat banknote he was surprbed. .Jafefrifcen, youllee, the Whigs were inpasfressk^ of thprison, and the Democrats were, trying^o tarh theiD aaL The Wirden and #5>?rc Whigs,andrtedidn't profeitnj& ctoinpritfoii** We - =*Hswed Ulfich to .c&ntiaue iMs. | work 'As nsnaL After the prisoners had heen Joefeed up one oighVwe-^rent to the wort-rOom, sounded the<#sHs, floor, Bad ceiling, sad examined his tools. We couldn't findany^ing/ahd concluded that we had been misinformed. - We didn't-kaow then -what a akillful man Ulrich Was. He -hadn't-made his reputation. .One day three Scotland" l[?r4-=detefctives eame, to the prison. jttiey aad teen sent oyer uy tne tsanjc of E^glandto talk with1 Umtjh. I was present at the interview, and learned lor tip first time that TJiiich had been emggpped by the Bank of England m its j&per nails. He got the-secret of the qunttfactnre and water-mark^ and: ran away, and forged-Bank of England notes appeared ,: It . was. four years alter that the -detectives heard-of his arrest here for counterfeiting. They offered Ulrich aH. manner of inducement?to tell them how he had -Bftana^-i? get the paper from the mills.' He laoghed at them, and said he iaid stolen no paper. Pattis^ his -handob ;a s?He bandkorehief on the neck of one of the detectives, he. said: *Give me that, and certain chemical preparations, tools, 'and: presses, and I will' -m*k}S:, yon a perfect Bank of England note.': They went away disappointed- ' "V^fter learning what a formidable fellow Ulrich was we watched him closerthan ever. He nerer gave a sign that ne snspocteafre naa oeen waraea. One day the convict who had first informed the Warden- asked to see him. ana told him that Ulricas counterfeit platehadleft the prison. It had been coveredwith.jaJlow, wrapped in oilsilk taken fcom the prison hospital, and sent to New York in a pickel barrel Pickels were made by contractor the.prison. Yon mav just bet your life that the Warden and I were scared. We watched the newspapers, and it itiBZ notloog before we read, the announcement -that a remarkably well executeid counterfeit $3 note, of the ConnectaCTt {State Bank'had been discovered. Ton may rest assured that neither the Warden nor I let the secret out until we left the prison.11?ivT. F. A Raven's Amusement. SaVens are -amusing thieves, Who steal for the pleasure of-hiding the 'stolen' articles. An English gentleman wlKK>wned- a' pe traven-fcst dotal a rotplum-tree. It was -found :to have been hdHo^ to the core,- rfhd the hollowwa^diseovfered to be'a sort of robTiinf^ IAW' ^WA . nda f/vf UOf V tttw iyi" mo woo VA ?MV 4mt VM? Out Of this hollow was taken a basketful of things?the aeetimulation of months?thaft-bad been stolen and hidden tway "by-'the;-ttrven. The 'bofirfl waff cft :the mc^t mlseellaneous cb*t*cter?s^Oon^.-kiiivea, thimbles and pefts; apairOf scis^bfs, a comb/ a bondie of boofc -lacfes, a' meersbhtfum; pipe, Wo vesta boxes, etc. t ?J5e tte^Hen'4^<we got boidof Mbnsiew^rt? ^*?-aa<f -laidhim down -quieiiy beside these proofs'Of his dk-' <a6eStjr, wondering what he would hate te>sayto-it And i3ie-rf?cai'was qfcite-equal to the occasion. -He^ti'^gfatT^^Maned an arid unfcbfefcBttL With oneejfe''fixed 'upon ^OUr face, he sesrS^^lhaMrfr what It wassail about, tod'to "a&k'^Wrt-'in the World be had todo With it,' while witbthe otfcerhe glanced at the things spread upfta the ground, with many a merry blink and twinkle, that very unmistakably indicated *' lively recollectioaof the de-' light whJeh'tae stealing of them aSorded'hira. Wo hid OursfeLves. When he fotmd hitaself alono, the raven, lookingkeei-' ly Uronad; eroaked twice fcdteep^-gut' teral croak, and walked around and ^onnd.thecBs entombed articles, as if iidmiring them. He?th?i took up a spoon in hia'bUi, ;and .-carryinjr it? wita quick, decided step tertfcerogppsite side of lie garden, Jh(L it-cateJ-aiiy awayunuer ine oroaa leaves of &-gigantic rhubarb plant; and this he dn? and vocy. quicsly, with erety; article of tie hoard. When he had finished the .job heufctered a favorite exclamation of bis when he imagined he had just done' something exceedingly, clever, and wai' perfectly satisfied with-himself?a curi* ous: combination of laugh, chuckleand croak, that seemed specially reserved for stJfch occasions.?Whitehall Review; "Wafeted It Shingfed. *4 v"NextI"said a hairdresser in a fashionable shopon State street,-, and some surprise was created when; a young' woman seated herself and said: "?< want my hair shingled." The attendant, from his looks, evidently. disliked the task, as he said; rather despondently: "How do you want it done?" _ "I want it shingled." "Yes, but howr l can shingle ft three or; fotsr ways, mfrs," and the scissor* were VoYering over her head, keeping up a" mburhfm1 dirgtfas if feftieiitingfibe loss. bf the locks. * \ cM-rit ft/aHivwtfM? 11 ?h<T ftToIaSuiBd. ! Votce;; and fief' temper evidently rising, as she^dntiiiUed, *?ufr] |Tyou cahiiot' do it I' must go to sciae hairdresser that can** ''Very, well, miss," exclaimed thro'-: operator, "a3 ytm please," and hastfyr&atfchedthe. wrapper frtftixw heras if in*^ear;of her changing';hdr mind. The young lady spnmg -frbfli the chair and' left the shop, banging the door. i i " IWat^ shoTtsnt?" asked" one :0f< yfitrrfktr'friVg triWiWr<? . "Oi Sfr&rtfie "s^eirAnffeS Her. fcaJ^tliiilufed, but.-m $&&' fcesfd tfie tetttr ^McgteiT; used, aad- din ttcrt$SDjf-1 - . Vi'Mji- /x. : *-i.,.'l-'i//t 1 1 xniUBrBtona wjgjx it TTDtont: ^tiyoxim&i many -itfcfc eaacs?"'1; g&te\iiimDttrr_ *btit: I 'dlslftfe sri^iois.'. OcmionAHT' -1 wt^jdo *a6tr-vf^^&rf'yriteb''meiL1' ?Hartford Telegram, I ? The Lime-Kiln Club. I Long enough before the triangle ! sounded the veteran members were whispering to each other that some-thing was up". Just what was to happen ' no * one could say, but-Brother Gardn'et : looked solemn, Sir Isaac Walpole had his left eye .shut, ei*d Elder Toots made no preparations to'fall asleep and tangle his less up with'the stove. ' . . ' Cfm'len, ' said the'President; &s the meetingopened, "word has reached . jpav ears. dat .Neisontjiaiw- an' Judge Congo do an' lie down togeder lire 'spring' lambs in de clover. I should likebbsf braddfers tost'ep in dis way." "Tire pair! walked to tic platform, shambldW aiong as i| going to the gallows, -and B rot her. Gardner continued: "" "I uhde'r'stari*" dat Mrs. Judge Congo 0 gave a party a few nights ago;^m' aid not* ifiwite;any of de Slabs faraily.; Am <dag so, Nelson?" I * J "Yes, sah: dev had de most brilliant 1diidJ oi a blbw-out 'over jdKrV and '^1ttOtisrh'tfre-has' binde bes' of friends. furyTafr^reTvasEotaxed tolend-our presence to grace de occashcn." . '"Has you, axed fur any explana- V iHn^sr' . ?8<y, sfch. I rtckon de 'Judge's hu&hr'%elsftb^ hs,-ki? deyhasgot a,:sewih- mas^ie^en an, haStf i " 14:1 ?&eisbn Sfabs.hadyou gotie tode -.fudge1 an,; ax6d de reason why you was left-out dis- hardness of feelin' would notrhSve oecufrM. I ^-ascfar'widmy ole woman, an' I knew *11 'bout it. YouWStf^btt-'dS lis^Wberlnvited, but it was suddenly disiabfered by Mrs. Con- : go dat she'hadn't WfrtwentjMjne plates mnie house. She cotfldn^t borry but eightfeen cheelfs. She hadortfy sixteen fcilps an'sa?S?fs. She had already inrvited twenty-two pussons,; an1 radder : dan see'ybur tstnrty stSndin' around on ofte leg, "wid no {States tor eat? on, an' fittffin'tb drink out of she concluded to gin you' de skip and make a speshul oyster supper fur you some time soon, ' Dar's de null reasons, and what has ' fph'n crot'trt'ftav?" r "dofcn' BOtdOWn," continued the Ifresitfeht, ^an' let dis be a solemn "wSfnin* to you an' to all de rest Life sa f ull of trifles dat kih be magnified to moa&atos. De man who journeys 'alon^ de highway mus' not stop to pick ; up ebery ciip an inspect ebery straw. fce t ug;nowproceedtodebi2ness which hasenabledus togeder." ' * HEJLRD ASIGWC. T4at::?mtte?<iion brought the Rev. -Pensiockrta his feet "with tie inquiry: *?>id I onderstan' de Chair to gay} 'Which has enabled us togeder?'' . "Ssrtinly,: you did!'! . - . T-cfr^an?enabled us togeder!" "Btadder Penstock, am dar' anyfin': ; wrong wid dat expreshunB". . f'lrsall'wrong, sah! 1 is surprised, TOh, dafc de President of dis club would .-makeuse !".. "Sotrdown, sah! We has been ena- j bled heah tfeeder, an' doan'you forgit i it!.if you hasn't bin enabled wid' de i rest of us you can step down sta'rsl" * 1 'Yes, sah, but de " *! - * "Sot down! Brudder Penstock am i fined $2,700 for disfuptin.de meetin'!". j Brother Penstock-not only sat down, but it became Necessary to give him a ; niorav inn hand, and 1 to pour apm^^ ^iA"?&er7?owii-TaKrr: -i back of his-neck.Unless his Sue Id remitted the coming sunixker will be a dreary one to him.?Detroit Free Press. How to Keep the Witches Away. 1 A'policeman was searching a negro house in Campbell's Block yesterday, and "turning over a pillow on the bed *ouud a'case-knife under it. "What is this knife here for?" he asKea,'sterniy. 'Kjifltine dat!" cfxcitedly shouted the negro woman, who was in the room. "Dat'smine!^ "What is it'under here for?" asked the officer. "Ter-keep witches from riden1 me.n mat!" "Yessnr- 'eftpm' Ihas dat knife under jcy "he ad de witches rides me all night 1 War fblks say if you put a sifter on 'de^fctot ctf the bed de wftches can't ricle'yer; but I tried dat?sifter don't * stop no witch. It takes'a sharp knife under yer head ter Tt'eep de "witches o? H knife ain't sharp, old witch lights on yer and she ride yer. If knife is sharp aLm /vamH am T Blit? uaii v iiguv uu j uu. uvmvuiiivo A lay and hearold witch coqje' in' de win-der. She gozing, zing, zip? but she can't light on me, 'cause I got d8 knife undermy head." ^ The officer was taken back, but be- . gan to understand the situation when the woman showed him that all the beds in the house were supplied with . knives to keep the old witch ofE< The woman said the white folks told her 'the "old witch" was the hl^h'tmarey wfcenner Diooe <nu not circulate, out the Colored people did not believe that, but thought they were ridden i% their sleep by an old witch. An inquiry de^ veloped the fact that the superstition * exists to a;very considerable extent among negroes.?Atlanta Constitution. That Easy Chair. . A few evenings 3go a furniture de- . livery wagon was driven, up in front of f a prominent Newport man s residence, j and the driver, taking 'a fine,' large softfy cushioned easy chair from it to ' i therfrontdooiv rfcfcg. the bell The mistress of the premises happening near, opened the door. . "Are-ybu Mrs. Stayup?* asked* MSn.--'" r . " flK? r?nhnndfiA "Well,.here's an easy cheerioryon." "An easycTuurT Why,1 neverordered it ftom anyone.'" " ' NO,'Ifat^our husband did.7* : - 44Hedid? What!. I never told him ; to get one! There must be some mis- .. take about it What did he say?" ' "Well, Ionly heard hfm teU the bosstfcal be often; got home purty late and that ?OU always, sot up. for him without sleejpm1 any, and you had no easy chair, and he thought' mebby if you. hay ar^ht1 soft; ea&yone liketms you'd H a-r*A Via nnnM o)m rtn. gU'W 81CCJJ m il) auu uw Buy U?rstairs and crawl in bed without wakin1 .you." , !.... :. . "Ah,' th'atvs Lis scheme, is it? Well, you just: taie that chair right -back again, and: when he comes Home tonighty if it's-to-morrow morning, I'H be there as usual*-oh. my same old., ch'air, andTll teach.'him how to injure * my ctftitwSitie'before1 the public.31 Then, ' ^fclaio ised^thedoor. ?Kentucky StafoJournal. . , , Slavery ' bid fair soon to be a thing :of the past- iu Oiba. Sixteen years ago & iaw was passeu prvviuixxg m/jt vuxr gradual manumission, of slaves on the island, Of wBpm there were at thait" time about" 385, $55. -So well has this law heen administered, the planters in. B^any pases showing a willingness to ac,t even in anticipation of its provisions, ffiat 235,000 slaves have been already g^t freei afid thett are-good grounds' for hoping; that during;the year the -trade will 4>e entirely wiped out. BootBacis are called ,4l>oot1)rbna? era" in California Recommendations. There are few details of modern domestic life more annoying than those connected with servants, and of these a very large proportion might bo avoided-were people bold enough to be hon-' est in the matter of recommendations. A girl comes to a house strongly and warmly recommended. Dy ner last mistress, and with excellent reasons falling glibly from the tongue why she left her recent situation- Tier former employer, when seen, dwells upon the girl's virtues and has nothing to say of her faults; when'the domestic has proved herself dishonest, untidy, disrespect- , ful or of ungoyerned temper, the lady 'if remonstrated with is apt to declare thit 'she could not bear to'prevent the ^frl's - having a chance to earn a living. and that she. had told only the truth, although not the whole .of it,, in recommending. her. The sentiment of not being willing" to injure a servant's chances of ftfrtaihing ^situation is "both :rtrt*g_an&w*la-sprefcd, and is npt^zncoupled^with. & weai desire to aroidT' unpleasant iiwuesl "T&e other side of the question; the'claims'of employers, seldom seems to obtrude ifeelf unon the consciousness of these easy-going and dishonest people .who recommend servants. whom they have discharged for glaring faults,' and who evade questions a* cleverly as if they had a personal interest- in concealing the truth "Oh, cheer up, girl,".one servant was. overheard, saying to another who had been discharged for stealing. "You'll get another place, easy; mistress is too soft-hearted to tell on you." . Aside from the perfectly obvious fact j that employers have some rights as j well as employed, it is: doubtful if ai false recommendation is of any real j senrice to -the one it is designed to aid. i At best; it merely postpones the discovery of inefficiency or unfitness, while*at worst it'confirms 'the' servant in bad habits or evilcourses by condoniii'g whatever is wrong. In any case it is dishonest and unkind, and none aire more virtuouslvindlgnant than these veryTi'tterers of false recommendations, ! if by an evil chanCe they are themselves J imposed upon by ,an unfair character. Beware .of Mrs. X.1 s recommendations," was said recently of a lady well Known in tne oest social circles or jNew York. ' 'She is so. tender of the feelings of the servants she discharges that the ' characters She'gives are absolutely unreliable." * : Dishonest as this wicked old world seems, civilization , depends for its ex- ; istence upon,niutual irust and the pre- , Gumption of integrity of intention on the part of the individual members of society; and' many of the very people who aro the most Hagrant offenders in the matter of which we speak are members of innumerable societies for the . r\roT70tvt>r*r> nf rtriH- tVi <*t and tVio I , fostering of the other, all with a view . to the elevation and improvement of society. The absolute results for good . would perhaps be greater did they de- i vote themselves to the seeking for ab- : solute honesty in their dealings with [eUow-members of the social world, in no detail of which is there better op- ; portuhity for reform than in that of the recommendations which are given ' 1 1 PrWnw On & Scientific Bast. - A fewyears ago if-a man were seen helloing at a box set in the wall, an- ; swering it with ''Yes?" "Yon don't : Pttr it t s. ji 1 sayi" "weu, 1 aeciare: ouu i won he would have been thought " crazy. Now it would be known as a Simple ease of telephone. A man must i keep track of scientific improvement ! before he judges too harshly of his fellowman. Last night as policeman Baton was ' walking up Lafayette avenue he heard .j female screams and a tremendous crashing of bottles and glassware. ? 1 * J il- 1 1- " I.A \jn rusmng arouuu tne u;w;j&. rtay u\> found a man acting like mad and \ smashing soda-water bottles promiscu- ously in the back kitchen. Baton did , not want to bring Mr. to the , station, for that gentleman was one of Lafayette's most respected citizens, so' he tried to calm him* down and get him to reason. He was. astonished to find Mr. quite rational, even if a little'out of breath. Although the so?a Was all around there was no trace of . the brandy. "No, officer," said he to Mr. Baton. "It is hot a case for the Police Department, but rather for the Fire Department The kitchen was in a blaze and so I was merely mashing these patent bottled up lire extinguishers. You see this globe contains some liquid which has a depressing effect on a fire. I guess I smashed them a little too lively but then this wa3 our first fire ana we were all a little excited." "Oh, certainly. It's all right You were doing jour duty. Don't mention it Good night Ah, by the way, you needn't let this get? into the papers, you know.?Detroit Free Press. < K Royalty and Commoners. The relations between royal person-' ages and literary 'men have alwaysr been unfconventionat There is a'stoiy, now going' about that the laureate, meeting the Princess of Walea and her sister, the Express of .Russia, frankly explained Tiis difficulty to them, and . said he did- not know What to call * them. -. The prmcess replied, "Why, Minnie and Alec, of course." That is IIxq story, ana it proDaaiy is oniy a-r story. - Carlyle's unccnventiottality seem3 to hare more ground for ere-; dence. had an interview with her majesty, ftnd the position of Prussia as ' a European power came'up for discus- ; sibn. The queen has a well known aversion to sit down. Carlyle was ao-. customed to sit and talk, and, perhaps, a-little to dogmatize. "I think, your majesty^ as this is likely to be a "big : subject, we bad better be seated before-: we discuss it'- The queen sat and. 2 listened, and,was delighted with; the ' historian. But then Carlyle had a ' frankness about him that may have been a relief after so many" courSers. I hear that the young prince at Oxford is winning golden, opinions amongst i Eds feUow-students, though his igno-' ianoe about common life and eariyllis- tory has considerably surprised his tu- J:< tor: i am tola tftat n was necessary tOJ: explain to him the existence of a dog tax as a source of national revenue, and of the' Magna Cliarta as one of the (jreat factors in the working of the constitution. Outside the limits of this*1 book-room his knowledge seems to be * more extensive. When he got on the river he sbught to show a new stroke to a fellow-student. That undergraduate was not respectful to his prince. "You teach your grandmother to?" The speaker did not finish the sentence, remembering who that august relative actually was. - *- - According to the figures of the 1' ricultural Department, the. average yield of whest-per acre in the United States in 188? aivas 11. o bushels, and of corn, 22.7 bushels. _ UJUJCiAil JLi>UO? ' Kansas last year produced 107,550 pounds of cotton valued at $9,"680. Coon skins pass current in Calhoun, Ky., at 50 cents apicce. A Chinamrtn is one of the laige real estate holders in Council Blufis. The Colorado historical society wants a mountain I on to stuff ; r. Susie .. s, oi Clinton, Me., twelve years old, weighs 189 pounds. Hundreds of men, out of work aaid money, are j&^in&irom door to door in Portland, Oregon... . ? ? A newsj): per printed at the little \li.,!r>wi m MAnf*M fa /MrTTorl WffU vi iu*A?via, iu invMwimn w wiv>* the Bad Laud Cow Boy. '> The-needed expenditures cm- roads in theYellowslcme jfrrk this year are estimated at $210,0001 A pearl wcighirg nearly, two hundred grains' has lately been found on the Bno ofthePanama-eariid. '* * The London Saturday Review says our tenth census was the best ever made in any country. : ? Hiram Badci^^reekise who died recently at Ifctngston, N. TM: iBft -per? sonal property worth $150,000, including a half-barrel of pennies A citizen . of Gainsville, Ga., now 'r worth $50,000, never wore a ^iair of ?. shoes until after he was tWenty-one vears of axre. e J Q ? The Arizona Legislature afters $2 lor every Apache scalp brought island it is asserted that4 'a Connecticut genius in that section of the country invented and made a scalp which very nearly passed muster." t Frances Hodgson Burnett is still under thirty. She is foil of life, likes so- . ' ciety, and Is a vivacious add. interest- ^ ing talker. She is of medinm. height, N? has dark auburn hair, &bro?r**f0rehead, and pleasant blue eyes. rrh. . _r J: XUU X>Ui;iiC53 VI XAUULiLUg ?a tuuiuucied the talker in the English royal family. She is said to be very strong willed, the only person who dares to oppose Victoria, or even say "I won't" to her, and to care nothing for* popularity. . !* :';A Vermont physician who -found a neighbor in the road too drunk to walk and invited him .to crawl into his sleigh was astonished by the query: "Say, Doctor, my family physician isDr. ; do you'think "jour carrying me home will mike any difference?" The London Daily ;New$ say's of the late Wendell Phillips that he "was an orator of impassioned movement* which stirred the public mind to its profoudest depths, and Americans have reason to be glad that' such men have been among them." ; A paintaer mde a contract fi? fresco the interior of a church in MW?hlg*TiThe design was left to his own taste, which proved unsound, for he covered the' walls with mythological ahd idolatrous pictures. The tmsteesnot only refused to pay him, but demanded that i?flr?ATro hit s Manners impiess as they indicate real power. Nature forever puts * premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for A man ^ inspires action agd ^4 Four cents a piece was the price promised a sewing-girl in Brooklyn for making eight dozen shirts, and then she had to bring suit to get the money, her employer alleging that the sewing was defective. Judgment for the full amount and $5 costs was rendered in \ her favor. A wiow ? % r,A?AAr?^ XT 'TT o III Of L4 1U WUW4U) i.1* WU(V1?U7V\* for a boy to learn the shoe business, and received twenty-seven answers, the ages of the applicants ranging from 13 years to 62. He says he believes in advertising, but he wishes' some of the New Hampshire boys were not quite so old. A vender of a nostrum in Baltimore takes a position on a street comer, rolls up his shirt sleeves, disclosing very muscular arms, and- exercises with a heavy dumb-belL A crowd is quickly attracted, and to them he sells a medicine which, he declares, will make anybody as strong as he is. A San Francisco man estimates the property of the three bonanza men of that city as follows: Flood, $100,000,* 000; Mackey, $60,000,000; Fair, $40, 000,000. Probably, if there should be a sudden necessity for an honest liquid auuu, tuese iuuuuuus nuiuu oiuiiAUiw a million or two each. Wages are steadily increasing la Mexi.o. In the capital common labor receives.$1.25 a day. Mechanics gel froru. $1.75 to $2.25. Along the railroad lines the prices are . aborit. $1 a day for unskilled laborers and $1.50 to $2 for mechanics.- The laborers from the rural districts are coming into the railroad districts in large numbers. A convict who escaped from the Louisiana state prison, walked hard all night, and by daylight was forty miles away. Fearing detection by means of his striped garb he went boldly into a negro farmhouse, told the'owner that he was a circus performer disabled by rheumatism, and offered to. swap the costume for any old suit of ordinary clothes. The bargain was made, ana wnoTTfotr (lfwit in safety. - ^ A married couple , perished ia the City of (^lumbu3 disaster, leaTiiig no children, bat' considerable property. As it is impossible to'siy sorelywhich one died first the title to the estate will hare to be determined by i&fgrence. The courts haveheld in. cases oi shipwreck that the woman beix^g'the weaker the law warrants the ;'ConSnsibn 'that she dies first, andj therefore, the husband's heirs are. entitled to the prop* ertj.. i&iixa.-M make me thh&ofjO&BBl]*" remarked Mrs. Soft&nsweri as the violinist concluded a "most perspiring rendition of De Beriot'j seventh 4dr. "Yes," replied- the delighted arost, "and in wnat^^espectP'l,. "He was the best fiddler I eyer. heard," said Mrs. Softanswer, "andyon are "The yrorBt." A Chinaman in Taylbr^has revived the" latest China papers giviiife an account of the figKt ai Sontay^-; - His version of the Homeric conflict reads something like this: "FlencL nigger sleyen eight :eet high! Cloatr SSee same elephant sklinl - Chinaman clat him knife and sford; no clut him! Chinaman shoot Mm; ball no glow in. ^ ntrmaman Inn like hell!*' f A deserving young man of moderate means had an engagement "with a young lady to escortherto the opera house recently, and when the raip continued to pour down he loofcedfprward with dismay to the,hade hire;'which, added to the cost .of the tickets, -would run his bill fearfulfr^gh.' Bis mind was relieved in the/afternoon Tjjr a note from the young lady-sta&irg' that she wished to^ppstpone'-.th^;jeng^ement the situation, and,- like asettfiSlS girl, solved the difficulty. " .M