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MIM.U ^ WSSStJ.
I HightfaU.
When, in the evening's solitude,*
The thought bu leisure to ho free,
The puror life, tbo bigbor mood,
Tbo nobler purpose wokoo in no.
Hut, in tbo coroo that through tbo da/
Constrain tbo mind from hour to hour,
Tbo nobior purpose fados away,
Orowe faint, and loses all its power.
So soum pare star's excelling ray.
With all tbo beauty of its light,
Is bidden by tbo glare of day,
And only shines with fall of night.
for ttje labira.
VIRGINIA AM? SOUTH;
CARO.U.NAt .
UNITED IN LOVE AS IN WAR.
BY ELSIE EABNE8T.
CHAPTER I.
" Bach Is the patriot'* boast, where'er we roam,
111* first, beat euuotfy ever is at home."
[tfulibaifi'i TVawrtr.
44 The evo???o ot our war were
too horrible to admit ot such a ten*der
sentiment as love. There was
too much ot dreadful reality to
make room for runiunce."
[jVrto York Paper.
No romance in s?cli a war as
ours, did you say ? With due deference
tor the opinions of one s?>
much wiser than I, 1 beg leave to
differ with you. I'ity, though not
Io\o, is very nearly allied with
that holiest of passions :?and,
when pity for the sufferings, and
admirations lor the deeds ot valor
ot our soldiers, are Combined, the
feeling amounts to a worship, ah
inost. A sentiment perfectly irresistible
: hence you see such frequent
illustrations of the truth ot
the adage, that 44 none but the
ItrUl'A 2 f 1
. v uvcii 10 iiiu mil . IV 1111%;
some ot our maidens were con
tent to make happy the poor ex
ernpts, a larger prpurtioii have
given their huuda and hearts to
bold soldier boys. Let all skep*
tics read my phtin, unvarnished
story. They will agree with me
that the tour years ot horrible war
contained, or develo|>ed.?nore plots
tor romance titan could have been
known in forty years of peace. O,
yes, I can move to you, that Southera
chivalry is not dead yet. If
any Southerners from other States
should chance to read my simple
story, I hope they will not tuke
umbrage at iny caption. Believe
me, it is not from lack of obligation
to you or admiration of your
decds that I select South Carolina
from among the number, but from
the tact that this is not all ticiiou,
for my hero is 110 myth, but a veritable
soldier from the Palmetto
State.
We honor, ye?, honor, old South Caroline:
Though tmall thv Miry bv,thr't at bravo at I he
And we honor Hampton's cavalry,
who did Hticlt noble cor vice in
our Old Domini m. From tliut
intrepid band we Select a youthful
Lieutenant as our hero.
To make iny story intelligible. I
must go back to the spring of 1>68.
Tlie tacts I here narrate are well
known to every citizen between
Ohaucellorsvillo and the South
Side Railroad Soon after, or rather
immediately succeeding that
inemoiable battle, in which our
oonntry lost her noble Jackson,
.while public excitement was at its
highest, the citizens of the coun-ties
l>otwee? the pc>ia?ts mentioned
nliitrA u-ura aii.iL.i?A<l ?-J ! 1
- ?, nw.voulj'l VTU UIIU IIICCil?en
at 11 to at>pearanoo ot a largo body
of cavalry. Stonemao and his inhuman
frntchmen, "The brute
made ruler and the roan made
brute/' attempted to make their
way across the country, in order
to cut otf communication with
Richprond. Their plan was, 1
lievft, to fear up the aqueducts at
Columbia acroea the Rivatma,and
at Iiyrd Creek, on the James Hiver
Canal, but failed to accomplish
anything more than a destruction
of private nmiuw. -*
Hpp j-- |wiiidu tncy
had very little inclination to re
epect. So, ftttpf robbing henrooete,
frightening women end
children, end steeling negro clothing,
dec., fppjing e inortel tear of
Stuart's pavslry, they decamped,
leaving behind tliem, in the hearts
or the u ivee end daughters, sister*
end sweet hoarfe of Confederal?
soldier*, e hatred, letting ee lite,
end strong at deeth.
Our government, tearful that
tliey might be sufficiently courageous
to croc* the river and at*
tempt the destruction of the High
Briage on the South Side road,
sent troops tip to the south side ol
the river to intercept them.
" Prldt In tbdlr pott, defUno* In tbntr ?y?,
I m? the lorda of human-kind ptu by."
Cobh's Georgia Legion, and
Hampton's 15rigade ot South Carolinians,
were camped tor several
days near the village of , in?
1 shall not say what county, Theii
coming was a source of pleasure,
as well as of reliet to the ladies ol
that place and its vicinity, as they
had never seen a large number oi
soldiers, and they came to protect
them against the Yankees, whose
uvitoAtoil oil !</* ?? s 1.
V*?|/VV?VVI (IlllUIIg 1IICII1 ere
a ted as great conaternution as did
Falstuir* tagged regiment in their
thieving expeditions, or Major
Monsoon's raids on the wine cellars
of the convents of PortLgfti.
No wonder, then, that the brave
Southern soldiers were leasted and
flatteied Mniled upon by the fairest
of 's fair daughters, who uever
wearied in their atttcniions to the
wants, real or imaginary, of their
defenders; and many left sad hearts
behind lliein. Some ot them returned
and took their brides to the
bright sunnv South ere the close ol
the war. botne waited till the war
was over, while some in whose cases
was verified the saying, "Out of
sight, out of mind," made fair promises
which they n?*?r intended
to Irewp. Dut these were rare cases.
There were firm friendships formed,
ed, which time and the chances of
war hare only served to strength
en ; and delightful interchange of
thoughts hiii1 sentiments witli some
IIffn fn tnnL-n nt? ?li?* llu*
o- ~ "r
of martyr* for freedom's cause.?
Tlieir iiaincs live in our hearts, And
will live un the bloodiest page ot
history. W ith Ussiau, we say toour
oppressors, "Thou lookest from thy
towers to day ; yet a few years, and
the blast of the deseit comes; it
howls in thy empty court, and
whistles around thy half worn
shield. And let the blast of the
desert come ! We shall bo renowned
in our day ! The mark 01 our
arm shall be in the battle, our
nuino in the song of bards."
CIJAPTEU II.
" A Kdiilin plant, in a garden grew,
And ibe night wind* fed It with (liver dew,
And It opened its fan-liko leaves to tbs light,
And clusod Ibem beneath the kisses of night."
[SkM*.
A few miles distant from the village
we have mentioned was a
neat, white cottage?aperlecl little
bird's nest?hidden from the public
road by a dense grove of forest
oaks, and completely covered bv
vines?honeysuckle*, and roses,
and the modest white jessamine;
a neatly enclosed garden', in which
bloomed almost every flower adapt
afflictions, crippled his energies,
while they made sad inroads upon
hie purse, whose strings were never
held with a nigmira band, ilo
tound that lie could not Veep np
appearances as a men of wealu,
so he sold oat everything eaoopt a
small farm, on which lie bed e
neat cottage built, and spent bis
I time in the pursuits of agriculture.
cd to our climute, mid
** There was a power in this sweat piece,
An Evo in tbia Eden? e ruling grace,
Wbicb to the flowers, did they wakes or dream,
Waa aa Uod la to the starry scheme.
A lady, the wonder of her kind,
Whoae form waa upborne by a lorely mind,
Wbicb, dilating, bad moulded her mein and
motion
Like a sea -flower unfolded beneath the ocean."
" I doubt not the flowers nf that garden sweet
Rcjuicod in the sound ef bar gentle feet?
I doubt not they felt Ibe rpirit that eatne
From ber glowing Angers through all their
frame."
This maiden lady was EIIa Morrison,
a modest, retiring girl of sevenI
teen ; the |>et of her lather, who
! cherished her as the last link which
i bound him to lite ; a fair, fragile
creature, delicate, yet lithe and
; graceful in her figure. That frail
form enshrined a spirit superior to
that of many more hardy-looking
damsels, and that small, but finely
shaped head was a casket containing
a jewel of rare value. Iler
mind was richly stored with wisdom.
Mr. Morrison was a finely
educated man, and instructed his
daughter at be would have done
liia son, the shock of whose early
death he had never entirely recovered
from. In his daughter*! tuition
he bad uevor forgotten those
lighter accomplishments which so
uiucti adorn a lady?music, drawing,
dec., in which she had efficient
teachers. A deer lover of poetry,
and the ideal, his daughter, while
inheriting from bin: this passion,
had his example to guide her in
Iter choice of reading matter. They
lived in a little world of tbeir own.
To them their library was t%dukedom
large enough." Mr. Morrison
had once been wealthy, but
had health, together with lamilv
His wife had died when ?l)a was r
only fourteen, leaving Iter tender r
. floweret to bis care, well knowing c
\ Chat he was as well qualified for
, the task as any inan could be. .
Ho determined to try to build {
up her constitution, as well as form ,
her tntnd. 'lheretore, ho encour- (
aged her to ride on horseback un- (
til she became the best equestrian ,
in the neighborhood ; ana he was |
amply satisfied with the roses ]
planted in her cheeks after " brush- ,
| ing the dew lrom the npland Imwii." |
lie took her into the garden and ]
required her assistance in setting ,
plants or dropping seed*, by which
, means she soon became able to bii- j
. per intend the planting as well as j
' the cooking of vegetables; and, j
' while aiding in the preservation of ,
I her health, she was becoming a no- |
, table housewife, tier father's oon- ,
stant companion, It had never en- *
tercd into his head that she needcd
other society than his and that ;
' ot her cousin, Nora 8tanhopc, a *
| cay young lady ot nineteen, who
had shared the advantages of ?1- ,
| la's education, with the addition |
of two years at a fashionable board1
ing school, from which she had re
turned not spoiled, but a little gid1
dy and very wilful, pcrhnj* not a
little vain, from tlie score of compliments
she was constantly receiving
from as many yonng men.
Living as Ella did, among lier
[ books and flowers, caring little tor
other sources of amusement, receiving
but fow visitors, it is not
strange that she saw none of the
soldiers cam pod near her. While
many delicacies, as well as necessaries,
found their way from her
. house to the camp, none of the soldiers
found the way to her retired
domicil; and they came and went
in total ignorance of the gentle
floweret blooming in the adjacent
. forest. I know my readers will
think 1 am getting this young lady
into a situation where she will
never be kuown, and I think 1
hear some novel reading Miss exnluiltl
" Wlint rlr* u.m
* i<U? UV J VU HOIIi W I I'll
her ? I thought you were going
to uiake her meet, by tnere acci '
dent, one of those Southern sol- 1
diers, and have a nice story of love '
at first sight, an intuitive knowl '
edge of congeniality which would '
lead tc conte&sions of love/' To 1
all such 1 say, wait a while, and j
you will see that the race ii not ah '
ways to the swift." *
I must here, necessarily, make a j
long leap in iny narrative?from '
May, 1863, to January, 1864?at 1
which time a letter was sent to El E
la Morrison from the postpiaster 1
at , with a message to the ef* *
feet that it had lain in the office at 1
that place for nearly eight months, 1
and fading to find an owner, uud 1
knowing of no one who was connect
ed with the Pureed family except
herself, had taken the liberty to
send it to her. She very readily .
surmised, from the postmark, that
it was from a soldier who had cvi- j
deutly been mistaken in someone's '
name, or been wilfully lead astray. 1
Inquiries were made in the neighborhood
for some time, and no one
coming forward and proving property,
she consulted her tattler,
who told her there could be no im- ,
propriety in opening tho letter, as
by so doing she might possibly
find out for whom it was intended.
She opened it, and read aa fol- f
lows:
Miss Jane Purcell?Although
tho cloud of war darkens our once >
fair Southern sky,and gentle peace I
and innocence have given place to i
cruel strife and unjust oppression, I
we are often reminded of those
dear tender ties which bind us to
life, and without which civilization
and refinement would be wanting |
in the land. Having onco seen ,
yon. it is utterly impossible for me r
to forget you ; and I venture to (
write you with the hope that if
you think our very short ucqnaint- *
anco will not warrant a cor reason !
dence, you will, at least, pardon
my presumption, and
M Though v tutor lout in tbo Sold,
Tip onptiro do out ipurn.
" Tbo krtrt, poor toldtor no'or dotpito,
Nor count him m o itrongor j
Rom tabor, bo'a your eountrjr'o oUy
la day and boar of danger." J
Hoping?if even hope l>e mad- '
ness?that this experiment may 1
meet with a response I am,
Your devoted servant.
Jambs Morton,
Co. ?, 1st 8. 0. Cavalry, llamn- ,
ton's Brigade.
Ella thought over the letter for \
a lew days, and came to the oon- i
elusion that aa no one could be I
found by that uame, it would be a i
pity for the poor fellow to loee bit i
labor, aod aaw no reason why she ]
might not take the name tor a
short tune. She had never seen t
him, and in all probability never <
would, end ?he thought such a cor- I
respcudenoe would serve to amuse |
her, and might instruct her in I
army movements; besides by en- <
couraging hira to write again, she 1
night find out who Jane Puree!! "i
eally wna; therefore, sho veutured
>n the following response :
Mr. Morten? Yonr eery nnex
>ected letter of tlio 3d June came
;o hand on tlio 5th inst. Words
ire powerless to express my
jhagrin at its unaccountable delay,
md I find myself at a loss to form
? suitable response after such a
l?|>so of time. 1 do not so much as
know that VOU ai'A livinnr of ???!?
^ B "* I
Lime, or, if living, where you may I
be. I write at a venture. There
baa been hard fighting ainee yon
were in thia county, and you tuny
have retired to your tar Southern
liome, leaving an amputated limb
in the Old Dominion. Having
heard so many names, I hope you
will pardon me it I fail to remember
yonr personal appearance. It
run should consider it worth your
a bile to write again, I would be
pleased to have a description of
yourself, so as to qnickon my inetn .
>ry. As I ainanot sure you will
;et this, I will not write at length
:his time, but promiso something
belter tor the future.
Very respectfully,
JANIK Pukcell.
Thus was begun a correspondence,
which increased in interest
lor several months. Any scruples
which Ella might have had gradually
disappeared, until she found
herself looking for the coming of
the mails with intense interest, and
responding to the letters with as I
much pleasure as if she knew her
unknown correspondent personally,
perhaps more so ; and as though
die were rcully what she assumed
to be. No one was permitted to
snter into this cherisfied secret.?
rims was she going on, blindly,
until a letter o*me to her bearing
.lie name, but entirely different in
ityle, orthograpln', pennmanship ;
2very thing as Different as could
be, in which Mr. Morton made her
an offer of his hand and fortune,
emd saying lie " had no objections
to an exchange of umbrotyncs."
Forgetting that she had, by thus
writing to an entire stranger
taken the place of another, laid
lierselt liable to receive an^tlihi"
lie chose to wri'e to her, and fob
owing the dictates of her own out
aged feelings, she wrote a few burned
lines, stating that wheu she
uegan the correspondence, 6he did
to under the conviction that iie was
i gentleman and a scholar, whose
otters would afford her amusencnt
as well as instruction. Since
die had found out that lie was
leither the one nor the other, sho
iof>e<l would nut trouble Iter
villi any more communication*
i.:_ -i -
urn ins jhjii y auu enclosed ins Jut:cr.
CHAPTER. III.
" A lit* attend* on all I write."? P?pt.
In vain did Ella essay to forget
ler vexation at tlio reception of
Mr. Morton's last letter. The
.bought that she had but paved tho
say was galling to her modesty,
uitl she resolved to write to no one
igain without her father's knowl
rdge and sanction. She had hut
>ne source ot consolation, which
vfts tho fact that her name was not
mown in the affair, no one in
he neighborhood knowing anyhing
about it except the post innser,
who was an old and trusty
riend. We will see how her resoutioii
was kept.
Ten days alter her letter was
written she received the follow ing
etter, written in the 6tvle of the
oririer letters?-at least tlio same
landwriting.
uamp or 1st s. cj. cavai.ky, )
Near Columbia, S. C. )
Miss Plkckij.?I scarcely kuow
low (o commence this feeble epis
le. It I did not deem my past
ingallaut conduct demanded an
explanation, 1 would certainly
giro up in despair. I think I canlot
do lietter than by using the fob
owing egotistic style.
Mr. Morton came to mo in the
ipring of 1863, at.d asked me to
write a letter for him, and you
nay know I readilv acquiesced
vhen he promised to let u?o see the
inswer, it'any ever came. When
four reply was lOceived, it threw
ue into raptures of delight. 1 coreaponded
with some ladies in Virginia,
but yours, in Morton's name,
gave me more pleasure than all
lie rest, and i often wished 1 could
tign my own name instead of hit.
I was abaont on duty when lie
vrote his unfortunat letter. He is
rery miserable, and insists on my
vritinar vou in hia nem> hut i
mvo declined poaitivSly, and have
egisterod a row never to be gnil
Sof tuob uugallant oonduot again,
a it a perfect child ot nature.
I would have hailed audi a raprare
in the correspondence with
talftbt, bad I remained in V irgin
a; bat M I liar*left tuat noble old
State, I feel myself boyond all
liope of redemption. I have hitherto
been able to compare my
heart to a rock in tho ocean,
against wM?l? the breakers con tin- <
ualty dash without making any i
impression. I must admit that i
this last surge of the fickle goddess' <
ill-favored wave has made it to tot- '
ter in its firm foundation, though <
it is no more than was deserved by i
a young outlaw from the Military
Institute of this State, from whose
time-honored walls 1 was expelled
in 1801 to join the army against the
..r.-.. ?-:-J -?-? r-.i - "
?!? ? "i in; imiiu mu miner, ror I
time disgracing myself, and being j
a good, easy somebody, after the
Pennsylvania catnpa'gn of last
year, my comrades wero whimsical
enough to cm for on nie the runk of
senior second lieutenant, and yon
know the weight of such heavy
honors! was more than sufficient
to turn the head of a young jackanape
like myself, not then out of
my teens. Therefore, I pray you,
throw the veil of charity over iny
unkuightly conduct. I ntn a
pauvrc oystor fed cavalryman and
uot worthy'of your anger or con
tempt. Mav God bless you and
mnke you nappy, is the earnest
wish ot
Rouki:t C. Willi .\yb.
When this lett3r was received
Ella was both astonished and
pleased, llerc was romance. The
only difficulty was, how could it be
continued 1 She thought o*er it tor
two days, and a'l her resolutions
never to write to another stranger
vanished before her love of adventure.
Still she could not think of
signing her own name. Therefore
sho went with all herjdifficnlties to
tier cousin nor ft Stanhope, to
whom 8ho told tho whole story,
nnd how much 6he wished to con
tinue the correspondence, yet
shrunk from giving her true nnmc,
while she felt it would not be right
to continue the name of Janio Purcell.
Nora was in raptures. She
read all of the letters, and declared
them splendid. She had several
soldier correspondent^^tmt noth
ing in her experience could equal
this. She had been reading Macaria,
which had just come out, and
made her head ache over Irene's
scientific words. They were regular
brain splitting jaw-crackers ;
and she was delighted to find something
to divert her thoughts from
6uch self sacrificing heroines, and a
gave hci full and tree consent fur
her name to be used, always pro
vided she was to know how it was
carried on, and be first bride's
maul in nnao ?
......... ... v.ies an J illlllg MMIOUS CVCf |
camo of it.
" Ali t Ma belle cousin," slic
said, 441 have imagined von a he- ,
roinc after tlie Irene ana Beiilali
order, but am really pleased to .
tind you flesh and blood, after all.
4 A follow feeling makes us won- ,
drous kind,1 and 1 am glad to tind
that your heart is not stone, and
you have a little of woman's pecn
iiar prerogative, curiosity. 1 do
test these model women, or rather
monstrosities, such as Miss Evans
makes of her heroines. God never
made a woman such as Irene.?
You know I disliko a sniveler and
croaker; still I would prefer a ,
Ni<>be, all tears, to a woman who
never enp.ycd that luxury? Why, |
I actually shed tears over the description
of the death bed scene of ,
4 only a private in the ranks,' while ,
Irene held the head of her dying <
h.ver whilo all around were in ,
tears, without so much as a moist- (
cning of her eyelids. 1 know what ,
you won Id tell me. tlmf 1
, ...w W.i?n
that cannot find vent in tears is ,
deepest. I grant all that; still,
the fonndnti ns of tho great deep
must he broken up, sooner or later; ,
human nuturu cannot long bear ^
such an unnatural strain, or viola- ,
tion of her laws." |
Ella replied that she had " no t
inclination to imitate Miss Evans1 J
heroines. Had circumstances <
thrown me into society as much as <
they have yon, 1 should, in all probability,
have be n ns much of a
flirt as yon are. always provided I |
had been us mnch complimented, i
I hope, however, my heart would i
have retained as much of goodness
as yutirs, and my poor giddy brain
no more warped. You are really i
a dear, good cousin, and I readily 1
promise you all you ask." i
Writing materials wero pro- ?
duccd, and the following letter was <
wiitten and given to Nora to have I
mailed :
Lieutenant TTtWtaiwa?Truly <
these rebel days are full oi <
wonders. I have beard many
uuvr KMimiiiio incidents ot 1
the war, hut I venture to aftirin <
that few can exceed this of onr cor- I
resiM.ndenee. 1 cannot find it in >
iny heart to bo angry with 3*011, 1
since you have apofogizod no hum- I
bly and hai dsoinelv ; and since 1
confession seems to be the order of 1
the day. I have a tale to untold 1
which, though it inay not " cause I
your two eyes to atari from their 1
spheres," will go far toward setMig <
your mind at ease with regard to
the part you have acted in our little
by play. Had the corroapon.
Jence continued in Mr. Morton's
name, 1 Hlioiitd. in ail probability,
remained Janie Puree)! until tired
it the name, and then dropped it ,
with the correspondence. Your 1
confession is very, very interesting,
and I feel some reluctance at parting
with such pleasant company,
for your letters have served to entertain
one who would otherwise
have been very lonely at timed, I
and had become welcome friend* ;
but, as 16aid, 1 have a confession to
make, and will do so at once. I
think this much is due to you, as
well as to myself, alter which 1 will
bid you an au revoir, if you wish it.
Duiing tbe month of January, 1804,
a letter whs sent me by the postmaster
at , directed to Miss Jane Pureed.
At be raid it bad been there eight
rucnthft, and as I bad s< me relatives by
th<2 name of I'urcet!, he thought I might
know for whom it was iuleuded. I
have same family connections by tbat
name, but not a Jane nmor.g tbe number,
ard none of them belong to tbia
county, 1 have tried, by inquiries
among niv neighbors, and uo one seems
to remember Mr. Morton. As 1 had
been unsuccessful In finding out Mr.
M'a inamorata, and having no corre
poiulent in the army, and being possessed
of a sort of monomania known aa
cacorlhcs scribtndi?and, besides think
ing, as l till do, tbnt some one had
used that nume to deceive Mr. Morton,
I concluded to adopt the name, and
write in answer to his letter. 1 knew
he liHd never seen me, as I saw none of
the soldiurt who came to our county;
therefore, I hope his wounds are not
mortal. I feel now that I did wrong in
treating him as I have dure, though I
onlv All, at the beginning, as if it was
a girlish frolic. You know how the st
fair has been cariLd on. 1 mu?t con*
less that some of my most pleasant
hours wete spent in reading those letters
intended for some one ehe. 1 hope
you a re not a Papi.-I. but if vou are, and
Intvo any more sins to confess, you are
at liberty to confess lhem to
Your romantic correspondent,
Nora Stanhope.
As she had hoped, her letter elicited
the following response :
[concluded next week]
He Coudn't Tell a Lie.
Alf Unmet, in one of his letters
to The Peojfle^ of Indianapolis,
relates the following anecdote :
By the by, a good story is told
of Ben Butler and his notorious
honesty. A short time since, Ben
Butler and Wendell Phillips had
I :
wusinu8t? wnn cue I'residen', and
arm i'i uut, proceeded to call
upon liiin. The President was
busy, and sent word that he
would see them presently. Phil
lips and Butler strolled out into
the conservatory, in the rear ?f
the White House, thence to the
garden, Butler and Philips were
engaged in an animated conversa
tioti upon some topic. Putler be
came slightly excited.
A largo ha'chet belonging to
the gardener was beside a tree ;
liutlcr casually picked it up, and
while talking lie made several
deep gashes with it into one of
Qetieral Grant's favorite trees.?
J nst at this juncture, the Prc*i?
dent appearing, Butler hastily
secreted it under his coat tails.
Alter the compliments of the
day, the President spied for the
fii6t time his UkiUilnted tree, and,
with tones of vehemence, inquired
who had been cutting and
gashing that tree. After a few
moments pause, Butler stepped
bravely up to the President, and
took him by the band, saying, * M r.
President, I cannot ted a lie ; 1
sminot tCil u lie ; Wendell Philips
J id it."
Raising Turkeys.?The turkey
is the most tender when young,
and nx>rtt difficult to raise of hII
the domestic fowls; yet, with proper
care in sotting the eggs under
Came lions and cooping the hrood
nt night regularly, while the fur
keys are young, they may be easily
reared in great abundance. Nov
em* feed the young turkeys boiled
eggs or corn-meal dough or wheat
hread crumbs. They need very
lilllwfood of any kind under seven
days of age, and should have nothing
but sour in ilk set in pans.?
At about a week or ten days give
them nlso wheat screenings or
crumbs soaked in sour milk. Let
this be their only feed tilt they begin
to feather, and then give them
((rain of any kind. Tto the hen
[which has the young turkey a) to
% peg off to herself, with a coop
near l>y her so she ca i enter at
night to roost. At two weeks old
let the hen loose to roam, and if
the is a game hen she will do tho
work of rearing the brood.
[Prairie Farmer.
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In the irrave there is rest
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Napoleon's Toak
If you want to stay in Parts-to
be climacteric, leave till the last
your visit to the tomb of Napoleon.
As you go into the gate, an
old mnn who was with the great
Frenchman at Saint Helena, will
sell you a good picture of something
that no photographist can
sketch. It is a cathedral three
'Kindred aud twenty-throe feet '
high, having cost two millions of
dollars, dedicated to one dead mart.
Under its burnished dome is a concentration
of wonders. Not his
ashes restimr ih?r<? !? ? -?
_ n ..v. v| w?i? mic viu*
bulined and undecayiug body of
Nup?>l$on, in military suit,in a red
sarcophagus of Finlandor qu&rtzite,
polished to the last perfection
by skilful machinery, and resting
on a rock of green granite. Surrounded
by twelve funeral lainjis
o! bronze, and twelve tnarble statutes
of great size?one with a
wreath, as if to crown ; another
with a pen as if to make record tor
the ages; another with a key,as if
to open the cclcstiul gate for a departed
spirit; another with a trumpet
to clear the way for the coming
oi a king?the pavement enameled
into a crown of laurels, from
which ladiates on all rides a living
etar. '1 here are gilded gates nnd
a speaking cenotaph, and radiant
canopy, nnd clnlioriite basso relievos,
and embossed pillars, and two
Prussaii) statues holding on cushions
a sceptic and a world, and
ceilings a blossom with finest fresco
by French and Italian masters?
their light dripping down the mar*
ble in blue an J saffron and emcraid
and gold.
Oh ! it is a drenm of beauty 1 If
the dead giant could wake up and
hx?k around, he might think he lay
in the Moscow ho coveted, and the
glistening whiteness around were
the morning sun shining on Russian
snows, or that universal em
pire had come to him, and to make
liis palao, Egypt had sent its jx?rphyrv,
and Switzct land its marble,
and Greece its sculpture, and
Rome its pictures, ana France its
bronze, and that the reverential
spectators, iti all kinds of national
Costume, leaning over the balustrade
to look, wcro the adoring
subjects of an universal religion.
Why do Children Die.
In answer to this question, tire
Medical Recorder has the following
language:
?*Tho reason why children die
is because they are not taken care
of. Fioin tliA d?v di' !? ?''
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arc stuffed with water, suffocated
in hot rooms and teamed with he
clothes. 80 mnch for in door.?
When permitted to hreathe a
hreath of pure air once or twice
during tlie colder months, only the
nose is permitted to peer into daylight.
" A little later they are sent out
with no clothes at all on the parts
of the hody which most need protection.
Hare legs, arms, and
necks, girted middles, with an inverted
umbrella to collect the air
and chill the other pa ts of the
body. A stout, strong man goes
out in a o ld daj* with gloves and
overcoat, woolen stocking and
thick dotiblesoled boots, with cork
between, and rubbers over. Tbe
same day a child of three years
old, an infant ot flesh and blood,
and bone and constitution, coca
out with liose an thin as paper,cotton
socks, legs uncovered to the
knees, neck hare, an exposure
which dbables the nurse, kills the
mothers outright and makes the
father an invalid for weeks. And
why ? To harden them to a mode
of dress which they arc never expecte
I to oraetieo- T7?
them to exposure which a dozen
years Inter would be considered
downright foolery
A Valuable Minksal Discovery.?The
Raleigh Sentinel learns
tlmt a \alunhle mineral discovery
has been made in Macon County in
the rnidat of the mountains of Western
North Carolina, and it is call*
ed Corntidntn. The following deaenption
of it is by Re*. C. Di
Smith, the eminent mineralogist
and geologist, late assistant to Prot.
Emmons :
The specimens repicsent bice,
red and grey corntidntn. The corundum
is of a super o.* quality.
The clearago faces are remarkably
well defined. Its crvataline tfri e?v
ture nnd chnruc'er invest it with
nn interest that does not belong to?
the common corundum of comtnoice
Indeed, in its superior
purity nnd qualitr. nothing like tl
[ins l>een found Alt?u<li*v? 'i1'
.. ..?!? IIIU
locality fit rnlahca hexagonal priam*
of much intcrcat. Prnfa. Dan*
and Dinah, of Yale College have
paid me over a dollar a pound tor
a box of apecimens. I have by requeat
ahipped a bi?x of it to the city
of London. 1 have little doubt
that when properly worked, the
loca.lty will yield the u Oriental,
getna."
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