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r/ * ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER rffV'^ : ' " 1 Y HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1877. , VOLUME XXIV.-NO. 40. TJie Dreamland Sea. What matter, though ray pilgrim feet May never press the stranger's land, Or wander lone where wild waves beat With ceaseless moan ou ocean's strand? For ihe expands a lovelier deep. Whose isles in visioned beauty sleep, Ajid never ocean waves could be Ho bright as thine, fair dreamland sea. My castle crowns the boldest steep, By warring wiuds and waters scarred. That seaward loans, and o'er the deep Keeps evermore unceasing ward. Full freighted, with their wings of snow, The white ships come, the white ships go. While in the shade of clifT and towers I dream away the gliding hours. With manes, foam flecked and tossing free. The waves, wild coursers of the sea. Itace swiftly to the level strand, And struggling die upon the sand. The shells that sparkle at my feet. Strange tales of wind and wave repeat, The weird romance, the mystery Of the dark caverns of the sea. My fairy fleet that long ha* lain Close moored in some enchanted bay, . Borne by fair gales across the main, Sails swiftly on its homeward way. f Hy ships, my stately ships I see ! Fnll many a royal argosy, Like white winged birds they speedily come, And bring their gathered treasures home. Pearls from the mermaid's watery cell. Pi ire gold from sunny orient lands, With many & rosy chambered shell ? And jewel-wrought by elfin hands. Crosses and amulets of price, Of sandal wood and sacred palm, Embossed with many a fair device, And odorous with tropic balm. 1 : The Old Organist's Story. !v?l -wonder if lie ever cared for anything in the world besides music ? He is decidedly the ugliest man I ever saw; ,no more, expression to his cut-green eye than iny pet purrot's. I declare it pro Tokes iUe to think nature would put up such a iob and pretty Bell Seymour . poutingly tore tlie white roses clinging to the veranda post, and spitefully tossed thf-m on the gravel walk beneath her; " Why J Jell!" and dark eyed Fluviu , glanced up in surprise. "One would 'ijiink you were disappointed because the 'green *yed monster,' as you term him, * liod not yielded to your charms. I do' not think him ugly. He plays divinely,. and as for expression, he has to my my eye a pitifully sad one. I shall ever believe he loved in his youthful days | aud li:is been disappointed in some way." i " Well, if he ever loved, it was some ; one as hideous as himself, you may de- i ,pend on it.. But come, let's go in; the | iiight ?ir is chilling." Laughingly the two pretty, thoughtless creatures waltzed into the handsome parlor of the seaside hotel. BeU Soy-! mour little imagined I had been a listener to her very unco:npiimr.:t:iry remarks in regard to myself ; but, leaning from mv 1 upper window to catch a breath of fresh ; sea air, I could not help their conversation being borne to my ear, as the nif.:ht was calm and still. Aud her thought- j less words sent me turning buck, year after year as some wanton breeze flutters amid the leaves of some sacred volume and opens its saddest tale. T.ittlo Plnvln TL'fiu riirlif Tn tliP trnlilt'71 i days of wnanhood, far down the misty, moldering past, I had loved one of God's purest, sweetest flowers; a dainty bios-; som formed from the very beginning to expand only in heaven. And to-night, with the dear old memories stirred, 1. must give to tliQ world my love dream, for it cannot be long now before the grav headed old organist of St. Paul's will do away forever with earth life and ?eagerly follow the beckonings of white' hands that call from the further shore of the river. - May Auderly was onr pastor's only child, a radiantly beautiful girl of six- ; teen. And how well I remember even now every incident that occurred that I first Sunday morning in June I ever paw her. Daintily robed, from the tiny boots modestly peeping from beneath the soft folds of her silken dress, to the plump gloved hand resting lightly on the arm of the old, cushioned family pew, i-he, ? seemed only made for my lov?\ my worship. And looking on her fresh, pure j r t 1?..r i,-f? i,A.i IOW, X XV UC V* lur ouunuiuc Ui tut liiC JiO-i come to ine, making me hereafter in he a t. as other men, with something to love ruul 1 cherish. The services on this especial morning grew intensely interesting to me, :.nd ! even the waxen petals of the calla lily sent fgrtk a perfume purer and more re- ' fined, as lier soul mingled with mine in the morning unthem. Once only she raised her eyes to mv face, when with delight I sent the music swelling and swaying through the grand old arches of the church, aud then sunk it to a fluttering sob that died away on the moru'ug winds. But for this, I might have sunk | out of-existence for any attention she bestowed oaine. I was the orgauist, nothing mora, to her or any one else in this Wide, wide world. As the services closed I leaned forward to catch one more glance of the sweet bright eve* s ? blue aud pure, but -he had already passed out, and I came down from the organ loft with a joy in my heart with which the bright spring morning fitly harmonized. How fresh the flowers looked in their rainbow beauty?the violets were so much like the shy eyes of my darling that I kneeled down and Rssed one. I new dreamed, as other men are wont to do, of wife and home and this little fairy as my fireside queen. Oh, no ! she was too pure for me, and I was fully content to set he* up hi my heart of hearts as an idol, and secretly worship her there. I well knew the poor organist and the beautiful daughter ol the wealthy pastor of St, Paul's wore no tit match in the world's eye ; but that knowledge did not weaken my love. She was my idol; my queen ; and Sunday after Sunday, as I eaw her enter the square old family pew and join with my music in devotion, I felt God was good in granting me this master passion. For through it her soul and mine could mingle in one beautiful, beautiful strain. Aud I think she must have guessed, sometimes, my idolatry, for, whou I would pmir forth my soul in some grandly thrilling measure, a startled look would creep into her sweet young eyes, and the little hand would tremble as she turned the leaves of her song book. This was as far as our acquaintance went. We talked only in music; and how eagerly I watched for Sunday's dawn, that 1 mi^ht, as a bird to its mate, tell of my k>T* in song. One Sunday, alter a year of exquisite infajrmerjt ol my uatold lo*s. when the bright May poured its yellow streaks o gold into the whispering baby leaves o the oaks, drinking softly, as fairies might the glittering clew drops nestling in tin tlower cups, 1 missed the f'esli youn$ voice in our church music, and the littl< daintily dressed figure in the large oli family pew. Glaucing at the pulpit, found a stranger filling Dr. Auderly'i place. A wild fear of something in tin future seized my hearf, and that day I'n sure the music must have been poor. A- T i : ,,i. Ab X WUS UUH>1UJ5 UllV Uk HIV loft, wild with fear acd uneasy thoughts some one of the choir renarked bellini me in a tone of deep sympathy : ; " Poor little May Anderiv! Is it no I sail that one so young ami beautifu j should lie dying this sunlit spring morn jing?" I stopped to hoar 110 more, but, stun I ned and bewildered, sought my shabby room and locking out the cold, unfeeling world, fainted upon the floor. Wliei consciousness returned, I thought hov drear my future life must henceforth be I believed then (in the first great shock that death had thus afflicted me, becaus< I, the plebeian musician, had 110 righ to look upon the purple aud goldei hangings of "young love's dream.' That was only for the rich and high. Since then, years with their better cooler judgment have taught me wher< to look for the silver lining to the tliun der cloud ; and to-night I smile upoi even this shadow, knowing that in tin bright 44 to come " all will be clear as tin 1 sun in mid heaven. Stealing softly out and down the tre< darkened streets to Dr. Auderly's man sion, 1 entered the iron gate borderer with tall, dark evergreens, and sat upor , the marble base of the pretty fountair ' sending up sprays of crystal water in the silver moonlight as if there wero no sucl ' thing in all the world as sorrow or death. By the sound of passionate weeping com ing through the half closed parlor blinds, , I knew all was over, und my darliup would sleep till Christ should come tc 1 gather up his jewels; and, kneeling tlier* ' amid the flowers, I watched with the ' dead inside until the first faint blush oi morning painted the eastern sky. 1. Being neither friend nor associate ol ; the Auderlys, I knew not how to guiu cue more iook at my irozen uarnug ; unu j sitting down upon the little hard bed, tlie chief attraction of my attic room, I wept as only a young, lonely mau car woe]) when he gives up, in the full tide of life, his last hold of love on earth. A knock at my door aroused me, and a servant handed in a card with the written request tliat I should play the funera] dirge of Miss Auderly, at her lnte residence. Thankful for even this chance, 1 bowed assent, determining music should tell the hovering angel spirit, my deep, wild love?love that in life I dared noi breathe, but which in death became glorified. Softly entering the dajjk room, fas! tilling with weeping friends, I stood for t moment, before taking my seat at the organ, by the side of the handsome rosewood casket and gazed for the last time upon all that was mortal of my idol. The little figure lay stiff and cold in its billowy robe of white. The waxen lingert held to the silent breast pure white flowers, and a lily slept in the dark brown curls. Bending over her, I caught Biglil of a mislaid ringlet and gently replaced it, allowing my hand to rest for an instanl on the pale, cold brow. That was- m\ farewell for earth. I feel to-night the separation cannot bt long, now, for I have grown old iu yean " and the grasshopper is become a burthen and often in the quiet of twilighl I think I hear the dip of the boatinanV oars as he crosses the " river of death,' and the cool, damp mist from its bantu arises and wets the old man's brow. Ah, Bell Seymour! the hideous old musician so worthless in your rneny sight has a turned down leaf in ltis folded ?ii lilt; tin WU1 l/UJUl) UliU "V-UlVil V'VMIAVJ never buy. A white finger has pointe< to me a country where no fading or part ing comes ; a country whose maker and builder is God ; and I know some day, perchauce in the gathering twilight, 1 shall pass quietly away and take mj "chamber in the silent hulls of death.' Till then I feel? "There's a beautiful lace in the upper air, That follow* me ever and near. With soft, sweet even and with raven hair. With voiceless lipp. yet with breath of prayei I feel but cannot near !" A. Self-Excused Murderer. The Hartford Courant contains tht following : Twenty-two years ago avounj man in New Haven was engaged to mam a young woman there. Tor some reasoi she transferred her promise to marry, ii not her affections, to another person, The first suitor, who wns a respectable mechanic, disapproved of the match au<] declared that his rival was a .disreputable person who would lead his affianced * wretched life, and that while he could surrender her himself, he would rathei she should die than marrv that man. Accordingly, and as he said solely to save i - < -1 _i? 1. .1 1 nenrom mc awiiu iaie 01 hik-ii h ut^riiuing marriage, lie killed the girl. He did not- attempt to conceal his deed; he. justified it, and regarded himself as the savior of the gill's happiness. He waf tried for murder, and acquitted on the the ground of insanity, although he stoutly denied thut he. was insane, and said that he had acted upon his cool conviction of what was best for the girl, and was ready to suffer the penalty of the law for the homicide. Acquitted, lie wiw remanded to the couutv jail by the court ; lie remained there seven or eight years, all the time protesting that he wot in his right mind, and that the Stati should cither hang him for murder or re lease him. He was then transferred to th< State prison at Wethersfield, by wha authority it does not appear, under n< j sentence. There he has remained unti this day, in the same state of mind, ap pareutly rational 0:1 nil subjects excop that he insists that he had a right to kil the girl to save h-r from dishonor ; am that if the State thought otherwise i should have punished him as a murderer , This is the story of Willard Clarke, win 1 has now petitioned the Assembly to re move him from the State prison to tin insane asylum at Middletown. j A llattle in flie Clouds. ' The Paris (Ky.) Citizen says: I sup 1 pose you have heard by this time of th battle in the heavens that occurred ii | this county recently. Those that heart it say it was much like the Morgan figli ; here when it commenced, and lastei ' about one minute and a half. It cann from the northwest. I have just talke< with a man who heard it coming whirl ing through the trees, looked up and eat the smoke flying from it, and a largi rock fell within fifty yards of him I weighing from twelve to fifteen pounds j The rock was of u black mineral color 1 It fell about four miles below the towj | on Craigmyle's place. The noiw w* heard *11 over the eotmty, f ANDREW JACKSON'S DUEL. f! > The Fight iu which he Killed hi* Aninaou 3 nnil wai Himself Wounded. r | j I The duel between Andrew Jackson ai I ' Charles Dickinson was deadly. Dicki [ son had alluded in public to the w< 3 known and recorded fact that one Ric ?; ards had obtained a divorce from 1 ^! wife on account of her " living in adr tery with one Andrew Jackson." . SI x: had already been made Jackson's wii < but the offenso was deadly. Jacks< J | sent the challenge. Dickinson was tl " i most expert marksman 111 xennesse (. j and Jackson resolved to give liim tl 1 ! first fire. .! The place appointed for the rneetii 1 was a long day's ride from Nashvill . J Thursday morning, before the dawn r j day. Dickinson stole from the side of L 'T young and beautiful wife a^d beg! j ' speedily to prepare for the journey. SI r: awoke and asked him why he was up i , early. He replied that he had busine j I in Kentucky, across the river, but * would not detain him long. On partir [ i he kissed her with peculiar tenderne! j : and said : 4 Good-bye, darling. I slu: >: be sure to be at home to-morrow night He mounted his horse and repaired the rendezvous where his second ai 5,; half a dozen gay blades of Nashvil . ! were waiting to escort him on his jou j ! ney. Away they rode in the highe ? spirits, as though it were a party > I j pleasure. Indeed, they made a party ' , pleasure of it. When they stopped f< , | rest or refreshment, Dickinson is said | | have amused the company, by displayii j I his wonderful skill with the pisk , Once, at a distance of twenty-four fee j1 he fired four balls, each at the word < j: command, into a space that could 1 (! covered by a silver dollar. It is said th ; he had laid a wager of $500 that he cou] i | hit his antagonist within half an inch i ! a certain button on his coat. I ! Both parties, with their respectn \ cavalcades, reached the vicinity of tl > j ground appointed for the duel late in tl ' | afternoon. They secured aecommod ? ? rtaiinln nf TloiVllVlnn'rior tltVPI-n | It is related that Jackson ate heartily i r; supper that night, conversing in a livel; | 1 pleasant manner, and smoked his evci [ : ing pipe as usual. He retired early, an j by daylight next morning the who' : party was up and in the saddle. A gn , lop of a mile and the fording of , ! stream, which, owing to its swollen stafc : it was fouud necessary to swim, brougl [' them to the ground. Dickinson au (J party had already arrived. The bus [! ness at once proceeded. Dickinson .; second won the choice of position an ; Jackson's the office of giving the wor< [ "Both were perfectly collected," sa^ : Parton. "All the politeness of such 01 [ j casions was very strictly and elegant] .; performed. Jackson was dressed in i loose frock coat, buttoned carelessly ov< I. his chest, and concealing in some degr< t! the extreme slenderness of his figun , : Dickiuson was the younger aud lian( . i sorner man of the two, but Jackson , tall, erect figure, and the still iutensil ,; of his demeanor, it is said, gave him . most superior and commanding air, t ,: he stood under the tall poplars on th . ; bright May morning, silently awaitiu , i the moment of doom. " Are you ready?" said Overton, j . "I am ready," replied Dickinson. " T um ready," said Jackson. . The word was given. ; Dickinson raised his pistol quickly an , fired. Overton, who was looking wit ; anxiety nucl areaci at jacKson, saw a pu .of dust fly from the breast of his coa . and saw him raise his left arm and phu j i it tightlv across his breast. He is suri 1 ly hit, thought Overton, aud iu a bn ; j place, too; but 110 ; lie does not fal Erect and grim as fate lie stood, li [ teeth clenched, raising his pistol. Ove . . ton glanced at Dickinson. Annoyed i [ the unwonted failure of. his aim, and a] [ parentlv appalled at the awful figure an [; face before him, Dickinson had recoile . a pace or two. [; " Great God!" he faltered; "have ! missed him ?" j ; "Back to the mark, sir!" shriek* r Overton, with his hand upon his pisto Dickinson recovered his composur stepped forward to the peg and stoc with eyes averted from his antagonist, f General Jackson took deliberate aii and pulled the trigger. The pisfc r ; neither snapped nor went off. He lookc at tre trigger and discovered that it hn stopped at half-cocft. He drew it bac tn itc r? I ?.-/ /? nn<l ffwik ftilll fl fifWltld timi He fired. Dickinson's face blanched > he reeled; his friends pushed towaj j; him, caught him in their arms, an i silently seated him on the ground, leai i ing against a bush. His trousers re< 11 ilened. They stripped off his clothe , i The blood wjis gushing from his side i ?j torrents. The ball had passed throug I ' the body below the ribs. Such a woue i could not but be fatal. t Jackson and his friends immediate' I ' left the field. It was found upon exar ; ination, on reaching the tavern, that 1 ; was wounded. "Dickinson's aim," Ha; ? Parton, "had been perfect.. He had sei ' the ball precisely where he suppose [ Jackson's heart was beating, but tl thinness of his body and the looseness < j his coat combining to deceive him, tl ; ball had only broken a rib or two at > j raked the breast bone. It was a som t what painful, bad looking wound, bi I neither severe nor dangerous." Dickinson died that night. [ In this duel it is pl*i to be seeu, fro a careful consideration of the circuc ?, stances above narrated, though the trul does not appear to have reached the a] i prehension of Gen. Jackson's biograp] > er, that Dickinson was outwitted by h older and more experienced antngonie - , Advantage was taken of the very fact > his being a " dead shot," and of his pe t ' feet confidence in his skill with the pistt > His avowed purpose was to shoot Jac 1 st(n through the heart, and he felt aim - lutely sure of doing this. In what ma t ner his object wa? defeated Mr. Part* 1 unconsciously discloses. ' Ho aim* 1 : "precisely where he supposed Jiicksor t hp?rt was beatiucr. but the thinness . Ills body and the looseness of ]lia coal :> j combined 4'to deceive" him. Adm - t ting the morality of private combat an i' public war, such a strategy under tl circumstances cannot be regarded as u justifiable. The late General Sam. Dal who wiis intimate with Jackson, has be< frequently heard to say that Dickinsoi - fatal mistake was in not aiming at Jac p ; son's head instead of his heart. i Parton is in error when he states th 1 Jackson's wound was "neither seve t nor dangerous." It confimxl lum to h 1 room for several weeks, and it heali e falsely. Twenty years after it broke o 3 afresh, and troubled him for the reinai - der of his life. The pulmonary affectii v which finally carried him to his grave p attributed to that wound. , ! . Jackson never exhibited the slight? . compunction for the part he took in tl: . bloody affair. He very rarely alluded l: it, but when he did it was always wi s perfect complacency. It is told of hi that a gentleman once examining j I duelling pistols. Taking up one of them the general quietly remarked : " That is : k, : the pistol with which 1 killed Mr. Dick-' . insou." ' Pidget's Naughtiness. i After tea-the minister called with his j h. wife, a lively, pleasant lady, who in-1 tjK sisted upon seeing the younger mem-! ,1_ , bers uf the family. SuBie, who was : lie | rather diffident, oat very quietly in a cor- j e 1 ner, but Pidget appeared quite at her' )u I ease, ana lier "cute ' replies to tne ; 3,3' lady's funny questions were regarded as ' e I evidence of surprising smartness by lier io i admiring brothers and sisters. But how ; ! did the blood seem suddenly to freeze in j !g ; Johnny's veins as Pidget, springing , e, j into the minister's lap, remarked with i of : gravity: jg i " Your clothes are all tared up." ln | " Are they ?" inquired that gentleman, 1 smiling. \ BO 1 " You're a fool," replied Pidget, good 1 88 naturedly. it | "Pidget," said mamma, in a very seig vere tone. m ; But the spirit of mischief seemed to 1 Ln . have taken possession of the little lady, | t": and she refused to be controlled. ; to! " You're two fools !" she cried, merrily, id ; "You're free, four, ten, six fools!" Ie, "Pidget," said Horace, sternlv, "if; r. j you can't behave yourself, you'd better : st i go to bed." of Poor Pidget! In all her short life she : of had never before been spoken to in such : ? o 4wr?o Tvififllllv ftf. TTnr Jl I " ? ? f" J ? j to ace. His face was forbidden, almost! ig j angry. Susie looked positively horror ; il. ! stricken, and Johnny, who recognized in i t, j himself the unwitting cause of the trou- ! of | ble, sat with downcast eyes and crimson I je : checks. The child gazed for a moment!; at into the silent, reproachful faces. The i Id ; sight was too much for the tender little ! of I heart. "I ? don't?love?none?of? j; ! you," she sobbed, throwing herself into I : her mother's urms. " I?-don't?love? j ie j the?min'ster, nor?nobody. I want? ; ie ; to?go?1<>?bed." ii- j Horace took her up, his auger melting ; s. ; away like morning mist, as he held his ! \ it: wee sister in his arms. yt i " Poor pussy cat," said he, tenderly; j i-' "brother was too bad to scold her. She j id i didn't mean to, did she ?" Ie ' "No. Didn't mean to what?" asked , 1- j Fidget, innocently. a ! "She doesn't even know what she has j; e, j done," said Horace to himself, " she is it [ such a little goose. 'Twon't do to say i id I all sorts of things before her. We shall i ii- ' have to look out;" and he kissed the j, 's ! rosy, quivering lips. id i Johnny, meanwliile wits suffering 1. 1 small agonies below stairs. He could ,-s ' not bear to have Fidget blamed for. c-, what he knew was, in a great measure, [y i his own fault. He would like to tell the j a i minister bo, but his bashful little tongue ?r j refused to perform the office. Once, i, >e j twice, he essayed to speak, but in vain, j j e. i The guests had riseu to go, but lingered I, 1-! for the last few pleasant*words. Johnny j 's felt that his chance was slipping from ;y | him. It must be now or never, a : " 'Twasn't her fault, 'twas mine." is ' " What do you mean, my son ?" asked ; is i his mother, surprised at such an out-: ig | burst. i " Why, Pidget; I called her an April j fool this morning. You know she didn't! i know any better." I am sure the minister understood I ! just what he meant. As for his wife she i id looked with a new interest into the j h ; blusliing, boyish face, and then, greatly j ff to his surprise, and somewhat, I think, ; t, ' to her own, she stooped and kissed him. j :c , 1 B- ! ; id A Hard Winter on the Plains. ! ; The stock men on the Laramie plains, !1 18 ; says the San Francisco Bulletin, are j r"j passing through tho hardest winter j ! known since tlie settlement o? that couu- j j try. The basin, which is bounded on ! j |(| | the northeast by the Black Hills, on the j ^ i southeast by the main range of the . ' _ j Rockies, and on the southwest by the i i ' Wasatch mountains, has long been re- j i. ; garded ns one of the richest pasture re-!: I gions of the continent. The grass of the i ; numerous valleys is so nutritious and !' e; | the range so wide that the stock ordi- j ,tl! uarily live the year round -without hay or j: l grain. The present winter, however, i ] j has been remarkably severe. The snow i ["covers the whole valley to the depth of j i 1(j i two feet, find in some places it is three i, J feet deep. Cattle are dying by thou- j i sands from exposure and starvation, and ! i 9. ! il i i 1. ..? rni.^ . cue sneep are noi iuuuji uei/ici uu, auc , ; j ; horses will likely get through the winter; i; 4 | they have sense enough to paw the snow , j away with their feet ami get down to the I jj" j bunch grass, and so manage to pick up a ! i ; living. The horned cattle, standing in ?* | the snow belly deep, make no exertion to ' i '? j help themselves. Stock owners have ' ' j i prospected for hundreds of miles to the ' j north and south for open pasture, but i > j the snow holds the entire alloy in its j ^ ' embrace. Hay shipped from the East or . West would cost as much for trausporta- j 10 ; tion as the cattle are worth; so nothing i ^ i can be done but wait until sunshine or , y? j showers dissolve the snow. It is esti-1 j mated that there are two hundred thou- j 1 ? ' sand head of cattle, four hundred %tliou- j 0 sand sheep and about fifty thousand! 1 ? j horses in the section of Wyoming Terri-1 ! tory above described. About fifty thou-! e" sand head of cattle were driven down 1 from Montana to winter on the Laramie ! plains. 111 How Petroleum is Formed. i ill' The formation of petroleum has been i p- explained by Mr. H. Byasson upon ex- j li- perimental grounds, as follows: If a is mixture of vapor of water, carbonic acid i it. and Kulplmreted hydrogen be made to of act upon iron heated to a white heat in < r- an iron tube, a certain quantity of >1. liquid carburets will be formed. Thismixk ture of carburets is comparable to petro- j o- letim. The formation of petroleum can ' u- thus bo naturally explaiued by the ac-, >n tion of chemiciil forces. The water of the sea, penetrating into the cavities of ; i'* the terrestial- cruet, carries with it nu-_ of i merous materials, and especially marine ; ;" i limestone. If the subterranean cavity it- permits th-se new products to penetrate j of to a depth where the temperature is: lie sufficiently high,in contact with metallic j n- ! substances, such as iron or its sulphurets, i e, | we have a formation of carburets. These j ?n bodies will form part of the gases whose I i's j expansive force causes earthquakes, vol- j k-1 canic eruptions, etc. Petroleum is alj ways found in tho neighborhood of vol-, at canic regions or a long mountain chain, re In general it will be modified in its > tis properties by causes acting after its for?d 1 mation, suck as partial distillation, etc. -J. r Il-l?1 .1 ?.,U? ,?;n ?-.? nn. ! Ill; 1 rt-UUlCUUl tuu mmtujo . n-, companied by ealt water or rock salt, j 5U j Often, and especially where the depof.it is I is among hard and compact rocks, it will ; bo accompanied by mis, such as hydro- j '8t gen, eulplmreted hydrogen, c.irf>ouie ; lis , mid, et<\ to j " ' th | A Philadelphia woman swore that her ! ,m : husband's conduct wr* enough to " irri-: lis ! gate an MigAl." A Marderer's Wife. A short dispatch stating that John 7 Kiere, indicted at Hudson, along -wit] his wife Eleanor, for the killing <j Charles "H. Hermance, had been founi guilty of murder in the second degree while the woman charged with coinplicit in the crime was acquitted, deserves a fe\ words of explanation. The history of th murder and the prosecution reveids ni instance of the devotion of a degrade* woman for a degraded man such as ha seldom been paralleled in fact or fiction To get at the neart of the story it is neces sary to relate the unsavory episode tha i.~ xi.~ itru i/U m? uujuunoaiuu ui tuc tiixuc Kiere and his wife kept a house of ill repute iu Hudson, and at the time of th< murder they had in their place the run away wife of a young fellow named Gilei Spaulding. She was a mere girl of fif teen who, after a few months of unhap py married life with a mere boy of twenty one, had left him and taken refuge ii this den of infamy. Spaulding, wht seems to be a pretty poor specimen o: manhood, yearned for her companion ship, and determined to make an effor to recover the fugitive. He cominu nicated his design to a female friend, whc consented to go with him to Kiere'i house, and on their way they met Charlei H. Hermance, whom they pressed t* accompany them. They paid two visiti to the place, failing to get admittance 01 the first occasion. At the second call which took place about midnight, Her mance went to the door and knocked, while his companions remained in th< background. They saw the door openet find heard ft few words exchanged; a shol was then fired and Hermance reeled down the steps and fell back on the pavement stone dead. The bullet had gone througl liis heart. Mr. and Mrs. Kiere, with Annie Spaulding, the cause of the quarrel, and two girls of bad character who belonged to the house, were arrested. It was al once discovered that Kiere and his wife had gone to the door to answer the knock, and the woman seeing that eithei one of them would be made responsible for the murder resolved to answer for the terrible deed herself. She made a confession next morning, stating that she hud shot Hermance, and she afterward swore to the statement in giving testimony before the coroner's jury, evidently considering the old doctrine that the husband is answerable for the acts of his wife done in his presence a nullity, and hoping to save him by sacrificing herself. It was proved, however, by the girls who were in the house, that Kiere went to the door with a revolver in his hand, and returned still holding it, while his wife only carried that truly feminine weapon, a stove lifter. It was shown also Hint Tfiprr wns si hlnndthirstv scoundrel. who had already killed two men, wounded three otherH, and served a term in State prison. Man and wife were indieted and tried together for the murder of Hermance, he stoutly maintaining liia innocence and she stoutly asserting her guilt. One would think that a jury could not hesitate long in deciding the question, but it took twelve good an J true citizens of Hudson seventeen lioure to determine whether the man who kept a house of prostitution, harbored a runaway wife, went to the door with a revolver in his hund to answer the knock of the fugitive's friend seeking to bring about her reconciliation 'with her husband, and shot down that mediator in cold blood, was guilty of murder in the first or second degree. We shall only say by way of criticism that it is a mercy that a jury which, tifter such deliberation, brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree, had common sense enough to acquit the murderer's innocent wife. They did so, however ; and for the first time during tho trial she broke down when listening us a free womau to the. judge condemning her hnsband to imprisonment for life. The curious spectacle of such devotion so moved the judge that he said in sentencing Kiere : "Your wife, who was ' 1 ?'Li 1 1 1.? ? lnOICteu Willi you, una, uy juci cuuuuti and her evidence, exhibited fin amount of affection for you which has been the wonder, as it has excited the admiration of this whole community. That she should be willing to sacrifice herself "either from tier own volition or at your suggestion and entreaty, to sparo your life, to "save you from incarceration in a felon's cell, by taking upon herself the whole responsibility of the crime and exonerating yon from all participation therein, furnishes un evidence of womanly heorism and devotion seldom if ever witnessed before. As we contemplate it we can almost forgive her for deliberately swearing to an untruth in order to carry out this object and purpose. But truth is mighty and tvill prevail. The story was too unreasonable and improbable to be credited by honest and intelligent men." Sucli comment from such a source render il unnecessary for us to add any interpretation to the story which we have told, and we can only conclude with the platitude borrowed from Mr. Squeers, that human nature is a rum thing.? New York World. Almost Heartbroken. ? M 11 1 1-11^ T L 1.^, A Jfiiuaiieipnia leuer uuy? ; ?t m? been definitely ascertained here that the relatives of William H. Weldon, who attempted the life of Guv. Packard in New Orleans, reside at No. 913 Holly street, in this city, near the Centennial grounds. The father is Rev. Charles F. Weldon not, however, the^ clergyman of thai name, who is pastor of St. Peter's German Lutheran church. While in this city young Weldon was employed in ? dry goods store, at Eighth and Chestnul afreets. In November last he left thif city for Mobile, where he engaged in the dry goods store of Patrick Pepper. Th( father states that he received mformatioi that his son left Mobile on the thirteentl of February. He telegraphed his son, telling him to make a full and free con fession to Gov. Packard, and at the sainf time requesting the governor to apprise him of what would be done. A special to the Philadelphia Press from Bethlehem states that young Weldon was educated at the home school of Mr. Charlei H. Schwartz there. It is believed thai Huttle and Sage also come from the same plac.c. Rev. Mr. Weldon is almost heartbroken at the actions of his son, and HtntrK tlmt hp raiinot. comnrehend whal would induce Iiira to commit such an iwt, fiH lie was always very quiet at home, and took no part in politics. Time's Change?. " Three hundred years ago," says the Burlington Hawkeye, "forks were unknow i in England, and a man could scoop up all the green peas he conk: earn: on the flat of his knife and shovel them into his mouth without having his wife stamp on his corns or nudge hit cUmtw and spill tlin pens all over whert his napkin ought to he and r.ever is, ami say, in a hoarse, reproachful whisper; why, tturtholom** !'" I The Man k the Iron Mask* i Tlio mysterious prisoner whose melan- J ^ i choly story lias puzzled the wit of gen- j ,f j eratiou after generation, and formed the j ; nucleus of a mass of legends, was rather i , ; the type of a class than a solitary exam-1 /. i pie of regal and ministerial tyranny. ' v j Bichelieu himself?the founder of the j e ; absolute monarchy?had too raueh^f the ; j ; soldier in his composition to care for j j ' mystery. He hit high, and he hit hard, j 8 I but he was at least above board. He i < j lopped off the tall poppyheads in the , 11 opcu. He did not bury his victims alive; | l ! lie bronchi them to the block in broad li i ?1?o ; i j daylight. It was his crafty, not to say J I cowardly successor, the "facchirio, j | Mazorin, who led the way to the i : secret system,carried to perfection by the I i g*eat king's terrible secretary of state for j j war, Louvois. That the kidnapping of i j troublesome persons on foreign territory | i was a familiar outrage in the middle, of the j ! seventeenth century is proved by the fol-! i lowing incident. PerhapB the most i I troublesome person to the successive ad- i i ministrations of Richelieu, Mozarin and ! : Louvois, was the grandson of Henri! I Quatre and La Belle Gubrielle, Francois ; 1 de Yendome, Due de Beaufort. He was ! | a busy conspirator, and had to fly to Eng land to escape the consequence of his j complicity in the affair of Cinq-Mars, j ! Later in Life he organized a cabal against j | Anne of Austria, and was imprisoned in i the castlo of Vincenues ; but, escaping : thence, became the idol of the Paris : mob, and acquired the surname of the , king of the marketplace. During his j [ j imprisonment a certain Sienr de Beau-; [.! pays?his faithful adherent?thought to ! , i secure the liberation of his master by j k | assassinating Cardinal Mazarin in the 1 {! J3ois de Vincents. The attempt failed, kand the assassin escaped to Rome, where t , | he was received with open arms. Hereat, ; M. de BrieuLe?then secretary of state ; |; for foreign affairs?requested his cousin, 1I M. De Grtmonville, theFrenchambassa- ; i ' dor at the Papal court, to have the vil-1 s | lain privately asized ; to "shut him . j up in a packing case and send liim to . ,! France "asa bale of goods," under the t I "pretext of forwarding a part of are-) ' j cently purchased library to France." j , j The Sieur De Beaupays was fortunate j i | enough to escape the affectionate atten-1 , tions of his countrymen ; but the letter : ; recommending his abduction is still ex- j , I tant in the archives of the department, j , i Tiie Due de Beaufort, after an adventur-! j ous life, in the course of .which he kills I, ' j his brother-in-lav, the Due de Nemours, I , I in a duel, died?or did not die?in a sortie j , j during the expedition to Candia. The ; , I report was spread that he was killed ;' (j but others hinted that he was quietly . t arrested, brought to France, and convey-1 ,! ed as a ''secret" prisoner to Piguerol, i thence to Exiles, and the Isles Saint? | 1 Marguerite, and, at last, to the Bastille, I where he died. It was, in fact, said that! he was the famous prisoner of M. Saint. Mars?in short, the iron mask himself? ; an hypothesis strongly supported by the ; extraordinary respect shown that prisou- ! er, which would haver'been quite , un-j necessary in the case of cmnmon folk like Matthioli uud other more favored claim- j ! ants to this dread identity?All the Year I Hound. The Treasures In the Mud. i Sigiior Castellani says the greatest' '1 work of Itidian exploration is yet to be | I done. I refer to the proposed ex-. ; ploration of the bottom of the river Ti-; 11 ber. Parliament has already voted ?3,- j 500,000 to the project; the engineers are , ] already with their hydraulic apparatus; j I operations will soon begin. I have the ; I honor of suggesting this enterprise to j Parliament. Garibaldi wrote me after-' 1 i ward and seconded my proposals. I met ; Baron Rothschild in London a short time ago and he said to me : " If the ex- 1 ' cavations can be made by you and me, , ! here is the money." He knew that the . business would pay. Just think of it! I Think, of the treasures which that evei-' lastingly inundating, and everlastingly ' 1J crossed and lived upon stream must con- J 1 j ceal in its mud ! We propose to form a j ;! Muhco Tiberino, and to publish a cata-; |! logue of everything we find in the river. ; j Above all, I want small objects?gems : and coins. If marbles ar>d bronzes come j' j to the surface so much the better. Two ; i ways of conducting operations have been j 1 j proposed : First, to make a new channel j for the river. The objection to this . j method is that the malaria arising from ! the dead fish and vegetable matter will ' be destructive to health. Secondly, to : j S1I1K. VUWBO/18 ur nuuucu UUAC9, juoi HO ; ! is done in building bridges. I am sure '! that when we once begin, the result will j I j be *o striking that money will be prof- J ' J fered in abundance. Do yon think that' 11 aui a dreamer ? Did you ever hear of j j a more splendid investment for capital ? I 'But we do not want to make a commer- , II c'ial enterprise of it. Italy desires to do ' : the business herself for the glory of her name. As soon as we get fairly started | you will see the people of Rome flocking ! 1 j to us with shovels. Ituzar Fashion Notes. ; The Plastron princesse dress is one of i the most elegant importations of the ' ' season. The new spring woolens aro soft find 1 J yielding, unci though of pure wool, have 'r I scarcely more weight thun the sheerest cambric. ' | Tho pliiin priucesso dress is of seal ' . brown silk, trimmed with plaitings and i [ | facings of lighter brown or ashes-of-! . i roses silk. i! De beges are no longer plain or rneret j ly twilled, but are imported in the sty- | t lisli small figures, armures, stripes, |' ? checks, and matelasse patterns in shaded j 5 j grpy or brown. 51 Checked woolens will be worn again, ; 1! but the best qualities will be finer even i 1 : than pin head checks, because thes? i i very line checks cannot be copied by do- j I mestic manufacturers. '! Conspicuous among the wash goods j ! aro the prettv lawns of a generation t ago, with whito grounds strewn with '! sprigged patterns in bright colors, and a " j colored border for trimming. ^! Two Odd Dreams. * ( . j An exchange tells a story of a gentle[ man who. on going to bed, lost a collar t j button, which on coming detached rolled , , I to a distant corner of the room. He ' l j searched for it about ten minutes, and ; then gave it up for lost. In the night j ho dreamed that ho found it under the . ?.....1 .iir\ fnimrl in j wumiCM* mil, mivi uu mmiu^ i4p *v j tliut spot. This isn't Imlf ho odd as the ' case of n man who lost u valuable horse, * I and before going to bed ate a Welsh rarel! bit. He dreamed hisliorfle was in a village I chuvcli4ifteen miles away, and was quietly '; consuming the hair iu the pew cushions, ' having left the buggy on the pulpit steps. ' I When he awoke next morning he found > i that in reality a neighbor's lwy hndfound I' the horse and vehicle and hud put it up in a livery en?blfl until h? pnnlu claim a reward' FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Medicol?NoiM. ' Burns and Soalds.?Soak a piece of linen rag in linseed oil, suspend it from the tongs over a saucer, and ignite tho lower end; the oil which drops from it, \fliile consuming, should be applied, when cold, with a feather, to the burn or scald. If kept in a bottle well corked, it loses none of its efficacy. Marsh-hallows (Syrtjp of).?1. Fresh roots, one pound; water, one gallon; boil to one-half; press out the liquor; let it settle; add white sugar, four pounds; and boil down to six pounds altogether. 2. Fresh roots, one j pound; water, five quarts; boil to one- j naif; add four pounds of sugar, boil j again to the consistence of a syrup, j Used for tickling coughs. Loose Teeth.?"When the front teeth | become loose without any apparent ! cause, a diseased state of the gums may i be apprehended. Sometimes the teeth j may be set firm again by washing out the j mouth, three or four mornings running, j with a tincture of myrrh, about a tea- j spoonful in a third of a tumbler of water, j But if tliis will not succeed, use the fol- j lowing for a mouth wash: Infusion of j rosea, six ounces; borax, one ounre; j honey of roses, one ounce. Bad Cold.?A correspondent write#: j " I append two remedies for a cold, leaving the reader to take his choice. 1. As soon as you find that you hare an attack I of cold, abstain from swallowing any- ; thing that is liquid. You may eat orcu- j narj; food, but you must not drink any-j thing. Keep tliis up for sixteen hours ; and your cold will be very slight; for j twenty hours and you will be compara-j tively well. The first drink of water you j take, will teach you how good water is. j 2. The first night after you take cold, i take a dose of aperient meclicine and nib j well, night and morning, with a damp! towel. Tbc Canada Thlntle. The Canada thistle nliould be allowed, | a member of the American Farmers' club i thought, to attain nearly their full | growth, bo that they would have drawn j largely upon the vitality of their roots before the attempt is made to effect their ' destruction. At tliis stage it should have i the tops cut off and burned to prevent !. the seeds from ripening, and the remain- j der either plowed or spaded under the i surface. As soon as the plant shows it- j Belf above the ground again repeat the 1 plowing or spading, and continue this | treatment throughout the season until j the plant fails at last to appear. On j ground newly cleared these thistles are i very liable to come up thickly. In this ; case it was advised to sow grass seed ! thickly and mow the crop when both I grass and thistles are in bloom, and the j latter will rapidly decrease with each : successive mowing. Rolling the Land*. By the use of rollers land can be made : compact cheaper than in any other man- j ner, und if our farmers would use this j implement more on their wheat fields, . the result could scarcely fail to be satis-! factory. The laud may be rolled at the | time of sowing the seed, then again in ' the spring, the latter pressing the roots [ into tlie eartn ana mailing tuo sou nrm i about them, thereby preventing exposure j to light and air, followed by injury from ; drying. But the most singular effect j of this spring rolling of wheat has been ! observed where it had made a very rank , growth, giving promise of over luxuri- j auce, which is quite certain to be fol- j lowed by lodging or falling down before : the grain is ripe. In such instances it! has been observed that solidifying the i surface checks the growth of the straw, I and at the same time greatly increases the yield of the grain. It costs but a' trifle to test this theory of solidification, ! or "root-resistant" theory, by applying i the roller to wheat in the fall and spring, j In all the prairie regions, and where j wheat is liable to " heave out " and win- i ter kill, we are certain that the farm j roller can be used with great benefit. Let the .Holes Live. The chairman of the American Farmer's club read the following paragraph in | defense of moles, which are so often de- 1 nounced for the damage they are said to . do to growing crops: In some parts of Belgium an attempt has been made to j extirpate moles. These little animals, j though they have faults, possess at the . same time 'many recommendations. At j ono of the elegant chateans in the coun- j try, surrounded by a park, adorned by ; magnificent lawns, men were employed j to catch and kill the raol^s. After a time : they all disappeared and died. The grass of the lawns soon withered. The cause j of the mischief was a small white worm, j 1 * 1 1 - -1 ! 1? 1 1- i .1 1.? T wuicu nau previuuaiv ueeu ncpi uuwu uy the moles. The proprietor #as obliged , to stock his place with a fresh supply of; moles, after which the lawns flourished i as formerly. Good VvnHt. Take twelve large potatoes, wash them ; well, and put them 011 in a gallon of water, with a handful of hops when the : potatoes are nearly done. Lot all boil j together until the potatoes jure cooked. I Take them up, peel, and mash them ! well; then strain the water upou them, | and add one teucupful of sugar (white j preferred) and one of salt. Two cupfiils of sweet yeast to start fermentation. Sot J it near the fire until it begins to work, : and then put it into bottles. Cork, aiul j sat them in a cool place. You should [ put water enough when done boiling to j make a gallon of veast. Do not use a ; particle of flour in making this yeast. It will not bubble and ferment as* mucli as i common yeast, but is lively nevertheless. You must remember to use less salt than usual in making up the bread. To Make Cabbage Soup, with Poke. , ?Take a breast piece of corned pork weighing about three pounds ; let soak for nil hour; wash it in tepid water; put it into a soup pot with six quarts of . water; boil for au hour; then add a Savoy cabbage cut in eight pieces, an onion, two leeks, two carrots and two turnips; cut the whole iuto thick slices; little salt; let boil for an hour and a half; add u few sliced raw potatoes; boil a little longer; when done, put the vegetable in the soup tureen, alternating each layer with slices of French bread ; taste the broth, add a little pepper and serve. The pork may also be served separately with some of the cnhbago kept for the purpose. Just Like Himself. ''Why doesn't this fire keep up?"' asked a Chicago husband pettishly, as ho pranced around half dressfd, aid furtively poked the stove grate, late one bitter morning. "It's so much like you!" piped out his wife, from her warm bed. "Like ma!" exclaimed he, stoppiug in his work. " How so ?" "Hecttnw," said she, roguishly, "it will go out nights I" He only mumbled something hi*"-. i?*lf, ?wl returned to M* work; Items of Interest. The great senses-taker?rum. Don't get " short" if yon want to get a long Jones always remains silent to appeals of charity, and then flatters liimself that he ifl benevolent?silence gives a-cent. The New Orleans Republican roj marks that " the soul of Sergeant Bates i is marching on, but his body is suwing | wood in Illinois." A Detroit restaurateur hangs out a sign of "free chops, ' and when the old ? loafers come around he shows them on ax and a woodpile. . Work is progressing rapidly on the building for the Paris Exposition of 11878, and April 1 of that 7 2ar is anoa Anonint* rlftV r Tliere were 10,626 births in Boston last year, 3,391 marriages, and 8,200 deaths; a decrease of 394 births, 597 marriages, and 758 deaths over 1875. Rhode Island passed a law legalizing the marriage of blacks and whites; then they repealed the law, and finally they reconsidered the repeal and re-enacted the law. A Detroit tramp gets his beer for nothing by touching the bartender's heart with the remark: " Why, I thought for an instant that Daniel Webster Bad returned to life." Actor (in a popular melodrama): I must steal away; should I be discovered I am lost. A'voice (from the gallery): On the contrary, if you are discovered, you are found. (Curtain.) ' . ( * " Remember whom you are talking to, sir," said an indignant parent to a refractory boy; "I am your father." > "Well*, who's to blame for that?" said the young impertinence; " tain't me." Little girls disturbed an old man in San Francisco by playing on a balco^v close to his room, which was in a fourtn ' T"T- A. ? ??! >4- iKom 8lory XX(3 ruu U11unu^Ub v/uo vi aud threw her ovfer the railing. She was killed. ' The golden fleece. Aa the gold yield of Australia decreases the wool crop grows more valuable. Last year the wool product of that country was $70,000,000, more than four times as much as its gold product. Jennie (looking in a milliner's window) ?"Don't you think they are very pretty?" Lizzie ("whose thoughts are on the other side of the street)?" Very, especially the one with the King, black side whiskers." The mikado, or emperor, of Japan, lias just celebrated his twenty-seventh year. He is the one hundred and twentythird representative of a dynasty of rulers who can boast of an unbroken succession for twenty-live centuries. A New England man has invented a process for disinfecting onions, but the regenerated fruit does not meet with any favor. Au onion without its flavor is as much like an onion as an oyster without its slipperishness would be like a raw oyster. John Stevens ran away from his wife in Einiira thirty-four years ago. Recently she discovered him in California, where he had accumulated 3100,000 and another wife. She is willing he should on/irk,,/! un'fn hut. she demands icm:u mic (Tvwuit _ a tbircl of his fortune, and iB likely to get it. A dariug Brooklyn man who ventured to kiss a Boston girl thus tersely depicts the resulting phenomena : " She rose in sections?rigid, awful, sublime-towered, Medusa like?fixed her stony stare a moment on nothingness, then telescoped, collapsed, scooted, and I saw her no more. Among the treasures recently unearthed ut Rome was a little gold bell having on its sides the inscription : "I am made as a preventive against the evil eye aud it is supposed that the Roman mothers hung these bells round their children's necks to keep them from harm. An apple woman in New York, who recently died, requested a three hundred and fifty dollar funeral, and left the money to pay for it, besides distributing three thousand dollars among her relatives, and yet there are people who complain that nobody is making money nowaday. The cattle^lisease has shown itself in several sections in Silesia in Germany, and also among the cattle driven to Berlin for slaughter. The disease is ascribed to the influeuce of foreign cattle, imported in disregard of government regulations. These are to be more strictly enforced in future. A glazier was putting a pane of glass iuto ft window, when a groom wno was standing bv began joking him, telling him to mind and pnt in plenty of putty. The man bore the bantor for some time, but at last silenced bis tormentor with : " Arrab, now, be off "wid ye, or I'll put a pain in ver bead without any putty." A tramp in the last stages of looped and windowed raggedness was heard to mutter to a companion in New York a few days siuce, as a poodle iu a sealskin sack trotted proudly by them on Broadway : "Well, I'm blowcd if they won't put a point lace collar on that pup next, aud hang a stone cameo locket on his gold neck chain." The effect of a border drama on tha boys in the erallery of a theater is de Hcribed iu the Philadelphia Timea : When at last the curtain drops on a scene brilliant with red fire and stifling with saltpeter, the hero standing amid the ruins of the Sioux nation with his "gurrul" on his breast and the American flag waving over their heads, they don't care it' the whole world were to black their own shoes and stop buying the daily papers. .Tolm Clerk, the Edinburgh lawyer, and Kaeburn, the painter, were great cronies in their younger days, both being poor as church mice. One day Clerk asked Raeburu to dine. On arriving the latter found the landlady spreading the cloth and setting on the table t\^o dishes, one containing tliree herrings, the other three potatoes. "And is this all ?" said Clerk. " All," said the dame. "All! Did I not tell ye, woman," he cried, "that a geutleman was to dine with me, and that ye were to get six herrings^ and six potatoes ?" On one occasion when Henri Moimier was acting in the provinces a tumble storm came up just before the hour announced for the performance to begin, and when the curtain rose the audience was found to consist of one solitary- man. Nowise disconcerted, Monnier advanced to the footlights and addressed the public: "Excuse me, sir, but would you mind coming up here and sitting on the ntage ? It will fatigue my voire less if yon are close beside me, and you can see just a? well. Or what do you eav to on* closing the theater and going to the next door doroJnovi r