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- ^ >- 0 iiiMaawai^M??????????, , - ... ABBEVILLE PRESS & MANNER. / r i ??. ??? ? 1? % BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1877. NO. 9. VOLUME XXV. My Mother's Door. I met in the mist one summer morning A girl whom I bad known from a child. And whoso bright self was her best adorning But that dark morning her looks were wild. 'Stop, littl? Xorah !" She did as I bade her, ' Why are you here alone on the moor V" I was sad last night, to-day 1 am sadder, Because I go from my mother's door." 'Why do you go, then, and what is youi sorrow ? Tell an old man who has known you so long.' " Soggath Aroon, you will know to-morrow, And be first?but don't?to say I was wrong, I used to be glad?no girl was gladder? I never remembered that we were poor; I wan sad last night, and to-day I am sadder, Because I go from my mother's door." " What has she done to you?" "Broken my heart, sir." " And what-have von done to her now,pray V" "Nothing but love him, and take his part, sir. For the poor fellow hasn't a word to say." " Then she cot mad, and you pot madder, And didn't you stamp your footoa the floor?" ' I was sad last night"? "And to-day you are sadder, IJccauBe you go from your mother's door. ' Yon will go back, No rah. Give me your hand now." "I would rather not, sir." "I nay you will. You will fetch him to see me. You understand now." ' Your reverence knows him. It's only Phil. She locked me up, and he brought a ladder. He loves me." " You told me that before. *T;ut your mother is sad." " She shall not be sadder? I will not go from my mother's door!" A Blight in Summer. I was not the regular doctor?for the practice at Blurney belonged to Fred Garnet, an old hospital friend of mine, who had taken to a simple country practice, while I had been roaming about the world as a surgeon in emigrant ships during the Franco-Germnn war. We had met after seven years, when I wanted a month's quiet in the country, and h? had asked me to attend to his practice while be came up to town to pass a degree?for be was a hard studying, ambitious fellow. A man at the door desired mo to come over and see his master, who was "dying of gout." This was the announcement by the servant. Saving that I had been consulted about a " terrible wherrtlin" pain" in the back of a:1 old lady of seventy-five, this was my fust call. "There's Miss Kate a-w^tching for us." I could see the flutter of a white dross by the gate as we drove in; but my attention was now too much taken tip with the prettiness of the place* and I was gaping idly about thinking nothing of " Miss Kate " and her cares, when the gig stoppea, ana i jumped uown. " Here he is, uncle dear !" she cried. " Time he was here!" exclaimed some one, with a savage roar. After giving various little orders, I placed the tender leg in an easy position, the patient breaking out into furious exclamations the while. Then by some hoops from a small wooden tub I made a little gipsy tent over the limb, so that the coverings did not touch the exquisitely tender skin. At the end of haif-anhour T had the pleasure of hearing a sigh of su'isfaction, of seeing n smile steal over the face, which was now smooth and bedewe.l with a gentle perspiration; and directly s.fter,. in a drowsy voice, my patient said: "Kitty, mv darling! he's a trump! Take him into the next room and apologize to him, and tell him I'm not always such a beast." He was half asleep already, while I? even iu that short hour?had fallen into a dream?a dream of love?I, who had never loved before, uor thought of it but as sickly boy and girl stuff, unworthy of busy meu. T i. A -11 1 11. ..L 1 1 x cumiut i?u vuu now uuu, uuy pu?M:u, only that Kate Austev hud implored me not to leave her uncle yet; and I?I wa? her slave, and would have done her bidding even to the death. He was soon better; but my visits to the farm were more frequent than ever. I went one day as usual; but instead of Kate being at the window, aud running out to meet me, the old gentleman stood at the door, looking very angry, and he at once caught hold of my coat and dragged me into the kitchen. "Is anything wrong?" I asked, trembling. "Yes, lots!" said the old nan. "What do you come here for ?" "For mercy's s:ike, don't keep it back!" I said?for the rooir seemed t<> swim around me. "Is Kate ill?" " Yes; t think she is," lie said, gruffly. "But look here, young man! vhat does this mean?" "Mean?" I said. " Oh! Mr. Brand! if she is ill, let me see her at once." "She don't look very bad," he said, peering through the crack of the door into the parlor, where I could see her l.'i. .1 I i 1 i. T t wiuie lire us ; uui x say, young raau ! you'd better not come any more. She's prow-ing dull, and I can't liavo my darling made a fool of." " Made & fool of?" I stammered. "Yes!" he sai.., gruffly. "Whatdo yon come here for ?" I was silent for a minute, with a wondrous feeling stealing over me, its at last my lips said?I did not prompt them?" Because I love her with all my heart!" " And you have told her so?" "Not a word!" I said slowly. My hand was being crushed as if in a vise the next minute. 'I'm not a gentleman, doctor, but I know one when I meet one. There, you may go and talk to her?if it's as you say; for if it's true, you wouldn't make her unhappy. But, my lad, the man who trifled with that girl's heart would be the greatest scoundrel that ever stepped on God's earth!" The whole of this part of my life is so urcamy mat it is au line some goiueii vision. But I was at her chair, I know; and that glorious evening I was content to watch the soft, dreamy face beside me, as she sat there, with hands folded in her lap, watching the sunset. At last we rose and walked together through the wood to stop at last beneath an overshadowing tree, and there in low, broken words I told her I loved her; and, in sweet, girlish simplicity, she laid her hands upon my shoulders, looked up in my face, and promised to be my little wife. I went home that night riding in a wonderful triumphal chariot, instead of a gig. To my great surprise, on reaching the house there was Fred Garnet. " Back alreadv ?" I stammered. **'1 Already ? Why, the month's up !" he said, laughing. "You must have hud good sport with your fishing, Master Max." ' t I It came upon me like thunder, this return ; and I lay that night happy but miserable?for this meant the end of my visit. And what was to come in the ' future? I had not thought of that. ! I put it <>ff for the time ; and, having obtained -willing permission from Gar- : net, I went his round the next morning, and of course found my way to the farm. I fancy the servant looked at me in a rather peculiar, constrained way, as she said her master had gone to the off-hand . farm. , " And Miss Kate," I said. " rlmrn in t.lip wriml sir !" said the girl. I waited to lieai 110 more, but ran along the garden, leaped the gate, , crossed two fields, went through the j i wilderness and over the stile into the ' wood. | " My darling !" I kept repeating as I hurried on, expecting to meet her at j every turn ; and then I stopped short, < with a horrible pang seeming to catch my heart. I was dizzy, faint, raging 1 with anger, and mad in turn ; but that ' all passed off to leave a bitter, crashing i sense of misery, as I held on by a young ' i sapling and peered at the scene before < me. There stood, with her back to ] me, Kate, false, false Kate?with the : arm of a tall, handsome military-looking i man, encircling her waist, her head; < resting upon his shoulder, and even as I gazed he bent his head down and she i raised her arms?her face?her lips?to meet his kisses, as he folded her tightly to his breast. I saw no more, but stole : o Ti-n Trnnf +r\ fV* cf oKlrt earlrllo/1 i and bridled the horse in ft dreamy ' fashion, mouuted and rode back to Burnlev, threw the-bridle to the man, walked 1 straight to the station without seeing i Fred Garnet, and went off to London. : i Six months glided l>v, and then I : ' was once more called upon to take; charge of the practice of a friend in the i suburbs. i It was one dark night in winter. 1 ' was just going to bed, half wishing that. I had had a call when the surgery bell1 rang sharply, and the summons I wished : for came. It was a policeman with a hausom cab, and his oilskins shone wet and vividly in the red light over the ;' door. ii "Axiden' case, sir!" he said; "Dr. j ; Barker in the next street's got in, sir, i , j and he wants help." 1 I learned from him that a gentleman . i j had been knocked down by the very same 1 1 cab we were in, and trampled upon by i , the horse before the wheel went over, ! and broke his leg. We were there in a few minutes, and I 1 elwvrrr* nnvlnv />f ii mm. fortably furnished house, where tlie suf- 1 feror hud been laid on a mattress. A j 1 i brief conversation with my colleague en-, j p*ied. and he told me what he feared and i ; bow lie was situated?another important : i tv.ll demanding his presence. The result | was that I agreed that we would examine i the patient, and then I would stay until11 i Dr. Barker's return: A faint groan from ; the mattress saluted us as we turned to ] our patient; and as I held the lamp over | his face and the light fell on the fair 1 hair and the long, drooping moustache, . I I nearly dropped it. "Nemesis!" I thought. " Mine enemy delivered into i my hand! Kate's lover lying bruised aud broken?crushed like a reed?at my : I j feet! And now I need not kill him to be i I revenged for all his cruelty to me, but I only stand by supine and he will die !"? ] for a few brief moments told me that I i possessed greater knowledge than my > colleague, and that,if I withheld mine, | < I nothing which l)r. liarker coma do would j ' save the flame oven now trembling in the ,' ! socket of life's lamp. f The scene in the wood flashed before !1 | me once again as I stood there?Kate's i' sweet face upturned, asking for this , < ! man's kisses?and all so vivid that my j ] ' brain reeled and a mist floated before my i ! eyes. ' i "What do you think, Mr. Lawler?" f ' said a voice at my elbow, and I started < l back into the present. > f j " That he'll be past saving in an hour," ' i I said, quietly. j t " I fear so !" said Dr. Barker, shrug- J t glng his shoulders. ' I J ."Unless?" < Here I unfolded my plans, as 1 said ^ 1 bitterly to myself : "And heap coals of 1 tire upon his head. Ivnte, take your 1 lover?and G d forgive you !" ! > "Excellent!" exclaimed Dr. Barker, ; i who was a frank, gentlemanly fellow, i ! without professional jealousies; aud in on lirmv'c timn ti-a ltarl ilnnp nil flint. w<ic P | necessary, our patient was breathing ; easily, and Dr. Barker was shaking my j , hand. | " He's saved, Mr. Lawler. You've i i saved his life. Now, I'll be off and get! j back in an hour's time. " You've given j me the greatest lesson in surgery that I ! ; ever had in my life." And then I was alone, thinking bitterly of what I had done. " Kate?Kate?darling!" i These words, feebly uttered, brought me to myself, and I was the cold, hard man once more as I rose, and taking: the lamp, bent down over my patient, whose eyes now opened, and he stared ; at me. "Where's Kate?" he asked; "and ! where?what"? He stopped short. "Accident? Oh, yes ! I remember. I was going to catch the night train for Burnley, when that confounded cab "? " You must not talk," I said, fighting hard to contain myself. " You ara seriously hurt." That last was not professional, but there was a grim pleasure in giving him bUIUl* [Jill 11. i " That's bad, doctor," be whispered? : " for I was going down to see my darling i ?she's very ill." " 111!" I exclaimed, starting. ! " Yes," he said, speaking with pain, , nud I eonld not stop him now. " Consumption, they say; broken heart, I think. i Some scoundrel?" I almost dropped the lamp as I caught . his hand and gripped it, and said, in a I hoarse, choking voice?for I was straggling to see the full light: ; " What do you wish me to do ?" "Telegraph, at my expense, to myj brother-in-law. T;ike it down, or you'll ; forget: From Christopher Anstey to ' John Brand, Greenmcad, Burnley. Say ; Kate is not to fidget. You know best." i " Yes?yes !" I stammered, my hands trembling as I took out a pencil and prej tended to write. "Miss Kate, then? . | then," I faltered, " is?" i " My darling child !" sobbed the poor i fellow; "anil she dying." ' He was too weak, too faint to lieed me, ; as with a bitter groau I turned away ! stunned?mad, almost?at my folly, i For I saw it all now?poor,weak, pitiful, ' jealous fool that I was. I had seen the | j girl that I worshipped, petted and caressed by her own father; and,without seeking or asking an explanation, I had ; rushed away, leading her to think me a : scoundrel?nay ! worse. When I turned once more to the mattress my patient had fallen asleep, anil I stood there thinking. In a few minutes I bad made my plans; then, watch in hand, I impatiently waited for Dr. Barker's return. He was back to his time, and in a few words I had made my arrangements. "Doctor," said I, "you said y*ou were in my debt for this night's work." " My dear sir, I'll write you a check for twenty guineas with pleasure," he replied. " P'iy me in this way," I said, "see that these patients whose names I have written on this slip ?f paper are attendod to well for the next two days, and tell our friend here that his message has been seen to." He promised eagerly, and the next minute I was in the street, running to the nearest cab-stand. I was just in time to cr.tch the early morning train, Find half mad, half joyous, I sat impatiently there till the traiu dropped me at Hurnley, where the fly_slowly jolted me over to the Four-Mile Jb'arm. It was n bright, clear morning, and the sun glanced from the river upon the trees; but I could think of only one tiling us I kept urging the driver on, and he must have thought me mad as I leaped jut and rushed into tlie well known parlor. " Kate !" I cried, as half blind, I ran toward a pale face lying back in an easy;hair by the fire. " You scoundrel!" was roared at the same moment, and the Bturdy farmer had nie pinned by the throat. "Yes! all that," I said; "onlyhear ine." His hands dropped as Kate uttered a low cry and fainted. "Quick!" I Baid; "water and some brand v." wA ? 1 - e 1.1 \Y nil u low growi 01 rage aj_) uiu pucui for gout obeyed Die, and in a few minutes I had her head raised on my arm. "Have you come to say good-by?" she said feebly; and there was such a look of reproach in that poor, wan face, that I only answered in a whisper: . " No ! 110 !?to ask you to give and bless me with your love?to ask you to forgive me for my cruel weakness?for I must have been mad." A deep groan made me turn my head to see that the farmer's head was down upon his arms, and his broad shoulders were heaving. "I thought you would never come ugain," said Kate, feebly; " but I didn't give up hope. And now I shall got well soon." The Torpedo Boat's Construction. One of the torpedo launches used in ilestroyiug the Turkish monitor near Matchin, on the Danube, wns recently L-arefully looked over by a correspondent of the Loudon Daily Newt*, who minutely describes it. The launch was only about twenty-five feet loug with about [our feet beam. The torpedo spars, of which each boat carried two, were about thirty feet long. They were placed on each side of the boat in large iron rings [ore and aft, which maintained them in a horizontal position when not being used. The torpedo is attached, of course, to the forward end of the spar. The torpedoes themselves were about twenty inches in length by eighteen inches in diameter, mid were covered apparently with wood. When used, tha torpedo-bar is thrust forward through the riu?s until it is only supported by one, and the torpedo on the end of the spar may then be hoisted up and down as on the end of a lever. It is known that the force of a torpedo only lets within a radius of ten feet, and as the spar is thirty feet long, the boat is ill us at a saio distance from the explosion, except th*1 danger of it being filled lud swamped by the column of water (vliicli the torpedo inevitably throws up. rhe launch is an oulinary wooden one, covered ove with a wooden deck, supported by very slight wooden or iron up:ightp. The sides from a little above lie water are protected by plates of iron 1 quarter of an inch thick, loosely fasten:<1 on to the uprights, and sufficient to itop a bullet, leavirig exposed about four in at. hplnxr tlift ilp^k for thfi er^w o Ore through in case of need. Neither ;he bow nor the stern, however, were )rotected in this way, and the launch soming 011 would be exposed to be trarersed from 8tem to stern by the enemy's mullets. Ah is well known, not a single Millet has ever penetrated the boat or vounded a man, although the launch mist have been for several seconds with11 twenty feet of the monitor, and the Purks had fired probably more than 100 .hots at her at that distance. The reason vas, that it had not occurred to them to ire down through the deck, which was >uly of wood, and all their bullets had jeen expended on the iron plates, which vere of course impenetrable. The torpedo is made to explode by contact, and nay also be exploded by an electric hatcry in case the shock slioud not have jeen sufficient to explode it. Summer Evenings. There is an all-Dervadintr and diffusive :liarm about a summer evening anvvhere. In the country, where the air is ragrant with the breath of honeysuckle ind rose, and perfumed, besides, with a rhousnnd sxibtle scents too transient and lelicate to be separately defined, tlieeveling is the climacteric of the day. Not norning, with its wondrous sparkle and shine, its glistening pearls suspended roru myriad branches, its evanescent slouds, and its chorus of song; not uood, vith its hush of spell-bound splendor md its lovely languor of stately repose; lot even late afternoon, when the long shadows creep down the velvet slopes, md the haze hangs tremulous on the distant hills?isso fair as twilight. Through the faint ethereal glimmer of brightness which lingers in the west, through the jlory oi the golden moonrise, there come rague questionings and thoughts to our minds, not clothed upon with speech, though they wear the color of heaven. From unseen haunts in the orchard, or from the dark belt of firs which girdles the ravine, there falls now and then a silvery note, the vesper eong of the robin, ^r the last warble of the thrush, ere he tucks his head beneath his wing. Tranquilly and tenderly the night approaches, like a gentle mother whose protecting irms gather the tired children close and 'old them to slumber on her breast. Railroad Statistics. Advance sheets of Poor's liailway Manual,soon to be issued, show that the mmber of miles operated In this country ast year were 73,508, against 71,750 in 1875. The gross earnings amounted to i)An nnn KnQ inn nnn in UVUjXUVjVUU 1U vuv Drevbus year, while the net earnings were ?18G, 400,000, against $185,500,000 in 1875. rhe increase in net earnings in the face )f the large falling off in gross earnings s attributed to the spirit of economy ivhich has characterized railroad managenent during the past year. The lividends paid in 1876 amounted to 508,000,000, against 874,300,000 in 1875, the falling off being due to the default of several corporations, notably the ioal companies. TEA. AND COFFEE. 11ow Tliey nrc Adultet-ntctl nnit !Ic\v to DIh? ! rorer the Delotcrion* Mubntnnceot | y A writer in the New York Evenhu) 11 Pott describes the manner in -which tea I 1 and coffee are often adulterated, and I A what he says will be read with interest j QUI in every household where these articles i f?'l' are found on the table. The writer says: I E The sophistications practiced upon tea ! ^ve are large in number and often harmful! boy in character. The greater part of the day adulteration occurs in China, but the wec English and Americans appear to have Prot become skillful imitators of the Chinese Gre in at least some branches of this nefarious industry. Mineral and organic sub- ner stances are used to increase the weight P0^ and bulk of the tea; fictitious strength is j18 1 imparted to it by the addition of certain | f"ot vegetable substances ancl pigments are iliM employed in order to produce a desire- wor able color. A preparation rejoicing in the nn<^ very appropriate name of " Lie tea," was In? formerly and is doubtless still used as an ^ admixture with genuine tea, particularly was with gunpowder. "Lie tea" consists ^ie of the dust of tea and other leaves, which aud is mixed with various mineral substances Pu^ and agglutinated into little masses by a "r means of starch or gum; it is then treat- Cli? ed with mineral p-gments. But the ope- no^ ration which is most generally earned on "wafl is the artificial "facing " qr coloring of ne.c teas. This practice is almost entirely confined to green teas, of which, it is said on high authority, but few grades PftlJ reach the consumer in a pure state. ? Green tea differs from black only in its ?* ^ method of manufacture, and unless arti- ' ficially colored it should not present the decided bluish-green appearance so often we noticed, but should possess a pale olive i color. Green tea is also converted into ! * black by chemical treatment; in fact, cou these metamorphoses have given rise to *cn< a special and regular branch of business, ?ne notably in this city and Philadelphia, but The pigments most u^ed for coloring green teas are Prussian blue, indigo, ^ie i ?j ? ?i? ii__ 1: kee turmeric uuu euuju, umy \ me peuuuui -? glossy appearance they frequently pre- 1 sent being produced by means of black v *j lead, talc and soapstone. Other and far car' more dangerous substances, such as me arsenide of copper, chromate of lead and * w Dutch pink, are said to be sometimes UP. employed. When hot water is poured ?ig. upon a faced tea, the coloring matter * 6C present often becomes detached and ^er either rises to the top or sinks to the e bottom of the liquid, forming a sediment *?nl which can be readily recognized as a foreign body, especially by aid of a magnifying glass. In many instances this ".ee test will 1 o sufficient, but the safer plnn nv( is always to avoid the use of teas posses- c^of sing a metallic luster and a bright green "m color. bin Coffee is very extensively adulterated. When sold in the ground state it almost " invariably consists of a mixture contain- tre* ing little or no coffee and a great deal of chicory and roasted grains, such as peas, r?d' beans, rye and wheat. The addition of cliicory is frequently defended on the w'n ground that it improves the teste and the qaality of the coffee, but owing to its ou * comparative cheapness fchreo is a great W()l temptation to use an undue quantity of ^or this substance, and unless the amount of ar01 the addition is specified on the packages j FV1J (as is required in several European conn- j tries), it undoubtedly constitutes a true | 8C;C( adulteration; moreover, chicory itself is ! n,z< very often mixed with foreign subtauces. j ft^ ( Professor Snarples has recently exam- I iued several varieties of package coffee, j j3'" including the "first quality Mocha and ! j111" Java coffee," an " extra quality French | kori coffee," a "French breakfast coffee," an j P?? " English breakfast coffee," and " pure : ('lc" roasted and ground Cape coffee," but; j1011 was not able to detect the presence of the ' veritable bean in any of these prepara- ! ^ " tions. A very popniar and, in compari- i ?v?: son with the above, superior brand of j " prepared Java coffee," received by the j writer for analysis, had the following ! * * composition : Coffee, thirty-seven per I co? centum; peas, fifty-two percentnm; rye, two per centum; chicory, eight per "lot centum. A simple method for detecting some of these substances consists in j ^ slightly stirring the suspected sample ? with cold water and observing the color of the liquid and |he gravity of the pow- " der. Pure coft'ee will remain floating 6ftJf upon the surface of the water for some time, and fails to impart a perceptible ^0l] color to it, whereas chicory and beans !?o (especially the former) at once sink to m v the bottom and color the liquid decided- j ,r0(?' lv. Other substances which also rise to ! "'uJ the surface of the water can be easily j wafi distinguished from coffee by their ap- j wo* pearance aim taste, anotner simple test j is to spread the coffee out on a slip of ' J glass, slightly moisten it with water, I *or and then touch the layer in different j wll? parts with the point of a needle ; in this i ?reI way the presence of soft non-resisting \ foreign ingredients can be readily de-' tected. If on opening the package the ; 8^'( contents are caked, or sliow a tendency ! ?llic to cake, the presence of chicory is indi-; di?,o: cated. ' i - trul Vindictive to the Last. j -^e I cabi A horrible story of man's inhuman | ^hei hatred for a fellow-creature comes from j wa^ Maysville, Ky. Levi Ball had furnished , that the family of James C. Owens with sup- i ^1 plies to the amount of $200, and, finding ; it impossible to collect, he levied on ! froE Owens' property, which was released on ; j h, a claimant's bond, and on that Ball also j jje ; secured a judgment. These various ! ker proceedings aroused Owens to a pitch of j Qpe madness, and he swore to kill Ball, i nea] Every insult he could devise he cast! rjfle upon his prospective victim to win some i hea] provocation, and finally he solemnly as- ; serted hiB intention of pouring the con- j tents of his shot-gun, which he had ; charged with forty slugs, into Ball's sys- j ^ou tem. A few days ago he met Ball and ft {|c commenced his abuse again, whereupon ^ Ball fired four shots, mortally wounding jjaE his vindictive enemy. On his deatli-bed ^ wag Owens went into convulsions at the sug- 1 w]ie gestion that he must die before killing ' n00] the object of his hatred, and when he I ?0jr recovered he exacted with his dying i breath a solemn oath from his seventeen- j year-old Bon tliat he would never rest until he had sent Ball to his grave. ! 0f j Upon the trial of Ball for the shooting, j pOXV he was promptly acquitted. thei 1 sev< Gray's Elegy in a Churchyard. rem i com Two stanzas have been added to Gray's 0>ci< famous elegy, in order to do away with exc{ its one reproach of having 110 woman in ;0jn it except "the busy housewife." They ; a Hft are to appear after the fourteenth stanza ipjie of the original and to take precedence of : je^H the men altogether. Here they are : ^ Here sleeps some fair, whose unaffccted charms stoc Bloom'd with attraction to herself unknown, leffc_ Whose beauty might have blessed a monarch's ' fQr ' arms, MoT Whose virtues cast a luster on a throne. ' DfUI wat Whose modest beauties warm'd a Humble heart, 1 thir Or cheered the labors of some homely spouse; i << Whose virtues form'd to even- duteous part, j The healthful offspring which adorned her I j1 9. bouse. I bell DAVID GREER'S SAD S^ORY. itlnK for Ten Hours in Vain to 8a Vlfe and J<lttlc Children from the ln< nn*-A Urate Wotnfcn'a Defense of ft loine and a I'nlhcr'h Vttivi . correspondent of the Cincinnati E rcr writes from Jackson, Mich., ows: >avid P. Greer, a man about fort years old, and his son Charles, of ten, reached this city two or thr s ago, intending to remain here for k or so among relatives, and thi seed to Bennington, Vt., where M er has two sisterB and other relative h father arid sou are in a weak ai vous condition, and the reader w wonder when it is stated that the bi partly Fcalped and has a tomalia^ md in the shoulder, while the fath a rifle bullet in his shoulder, a bull md in the leg, a stab in the che< a bad wound on the head where i ian clubbed him with a rifle. fp to a few weeks since Mr. Gre a citizen of Idaho, having a cabin < Cottonwood river, near its mout just where the hostile Indians ha in their most savage work. He h Lfe and three children, and the b irles is the only member of the fami r left to him. The pioneer says ] comfortably situated, having all t! cssaries of life and saving up sorr ig. He had a sort of trading-pc nected with his cabin, and was w< ronized by Indians and hunters. Phen asked to detail the particuln he first outbreak, Mr. Greer said : 1 Well, I was ready, and yet I wasn -.1- i.- i i f?. 3 reus IIUU uccu Divumiug uiuuuu iuj ik, and every one entering the sto ited ammunition and nothing elf id overhauled the house as -well as Id, knowing that I would have to <3 1 them until help could come ; ai morning I didn't open the store at a set out to bring in three hors ch were grazing about a mile do\ river. I gave my wife orders p all the doors fastened and not any Indians in, no matter how frien hey appeared. She had a Spenc bine and a revolver, and I took wi a Henry rifle and another revolve as in a hurry, having my mind ma that there would be no trouble befo bt. Having a good horse under r ion reacbed4the valley, but my hors e gone, run off the day before 1 Indians. I didn't wait around the as I feared an ambush, and I w ut half way home when I heard she orwl I'Motr fltaf. mv nnaf. Vii Jtno ?uu ?J r-~- " n attacked. The trail was along t! >r, and I couldn't see the cabins t ie on them. While I was ridh t half mile I heard the Spencer ci e growling away, and I knew th wife had not been taken by surprit Well, >ir," he went on, his voi nbling, "there were at least for ,ing fiends around the place, and e right into the crowd before th me. My wife had all the doors ai dows secured and was firing frc loop-holes. I saw two dead India the ground as I dashed up, while inded one was crawling away. A se was perfectly wild, but, sir, I ro< und the post at least five time ping at the Indians, calling to n ;, and being shot and struck at eve: rnd. I don't think my wife reco ;d my voice, as all of us were yellii >nce, and when I found that s] ddu't open the door I made for t] (F half a mile away, followed by ov : the gang, some 011 foot and somo < seback. While riding around t] 11 got this stab in the cheek, but a't even fcel it for a quarter of i r. While galloping for cover tl tes put a bullet into my leg here, b idn't know it until I was runnii r the rocks to find a sheltered plac opped among some bowlders after and it wasn't over a minute befo nocked over two of them. Th led the pursuit, but they surround* got secure positions, and I w skaded." And your family ?" t this question the little boy begi ry and the father could hardly co his emotion as he answered : It was awful, sir. The boy he - T??1inrtt? ni\rtAnvA/T an/ S tllUli flic iuuiuuo dv? r I left and asked for powder. SI ildn't open the doors, and they got and were going to batter their wi rhen she killed the two I saw ne 3 up. Then they eurrounded tl [ding, and the battle opened. The n't a better wife and mother in th Id, sir, and I never dreamed that si such pluck. When I think?wh< ink, sir, of how she must have look< me back, and how she wonder< ,t had become of me, and how despn )t into her heart, I?I wish I w :1. The other two children we s, one aged twelve and the oth ;n. The boy says that Mary, tl set, used the revolver from one of tl L's while her mother defended tl jr, and that little Clara carried ca ges to both of tliem from the close re was a half-story chamber to tl in, and the boy was stationed x e to look through the crevices ni sh for me. "When his mother kne . part of the Indians had sudden ldrawn, and when she heard tl ig on the bluffs, she called him don a his post and gave him a rifle wliic 1n,M ftttrnTT In an 11 frt cnmo Tu/llfll HI 1U1U ttj IV UV.il I,\J UU1UV xuvtilt' Bays that she was very pale, anil th hands trembled, but she kept tl ncer going. Lying among the rock :ly a mile away, and with an Indie i popping at me every second, rd that carbine above all the di] post couldn't stand an Indian attacl I knew it, as there were too mar lows and doors to defend. Tl se and store-room were connected I orway, but there were no loop-hoh le end of the store-room, and the Ii is could gather there and be safe. ! about eight o'clock in the mornir n I took to the bluffs, and whe q came I could still hear that carbii ig. I was wondering all the tin ' the fiends didn't set fire to the pos they had other plans. I had thr< 3 of powder, lots of lead, two barrfe lour, twenty pair of blankets, fifl -Ttrnrinna nf.linr nrnnrla i UCi'llWlUO IIUU VMAftvruv VWMW* Ov ' :e, and they wanted them. Tlu >ral times called upon my wife to su ler, but she kept up the fire and ei raged the children. About 01 ack all the Indiana surrounding m jpt about half a dozen, drew off ar ed those around the post. I was i fe place, and yet it was a bad plac y couldn't reach me with their bu , and yet they had positions fro: ch they could 'have killed me had k1 up or moved six feet to right < , 5 he excitement kept pain awf an hour, but after that I was pretl ly used up, having not a drop < er to wash my wounds or quench n st. About one o'clock," he went on, aft liort rest, "all firing ceased, and eved tlia^he post had been capture' Half crazy with anxiety and distress I rose np, determined to dash out, but the Ve bullets came so fast that I watffrightened li. under coter again. TW men ever put er in sttch an afternoon as I did there. Pain and thirst were terrible enough, to say H- nothing of my mental distress. I hadn't i as the least hope of getting out alive, and j along toward night I got reckless as to y- consequences. I should have made a a dash for the river, which was in plain j ee sight and not over half a mile away, and I a was just on the point of rising up when j en veils and shots from my cabin held me j j. back. For about five minutes there was I is. a lively roar of fire arms, and above all id other noises I could hear that carbine ill going boom ! boom ! boom ! The Inoy dians who had been left to watch me no*v vk opened fire and began yelling, and it er wasn't long before I suspected the truth, let You see, as I suspected, and as the boy jk afterward related, the murderous fiends an found they couldn't capture the post by assaults on the doors. That brave little er woman and those poor children were too an much for forty or fifty Indians. After h, losing nine or ten killed and over a dozen ve wounded, the reds collected at the west nd end of the store-room, out of range, and oy went to work to tear out the logs. Tliey J .ly were three or four hours getting things | ae rendy, but when the time came nearly j be all the end of the building went down at le- once. My wife and children were ready >8t for 'em. They defended the doorway for jll full fifteen minutes, or until all but this boy were shot dead. When the Indians .rs finally swarmed in he was the only one i. ?i .??? rm,? 4 ieit mj wreutt. veuycuuuc uu. j-ucj iuiua- ; 't. hawked him, started to scalp him, and he ! r a was the same as dead for hours. He is re sure the others were dead before the Inle. dians got through the door, and I praise I God for that consolation, while it nearly le- drives me crazy to think of it." ad There was a period of silence, the boy 11, weeping bitterly, and then Greer braced es himself anew and continued: vn "And what did I do? God forgive to me ! but I couldn't do anything. I was to wild with excitement, and while I was d- trying to plan something the reds made er a dash at me. They poured down at me th as if there was no end to tho number. sr. They were right on me the first I knew, de shooting, stabbing and striking at me re with their guns. I got this rap on the j ae head then, and also this bullet in the ! ,es shoulder, but they didn't finish me. 11 by fought 'em, but how long I don't know, re for I was crazy. I remember of them as dodging around me, of striking at them, its and of feeling the rage and strength of a fid wounded lion. It was long after dark he before I cooled down and knew my situaill tion. I was then carrying this boy in ag my arms to the liver. Where I found ir- him I don't know. After plundering my at post tho Indians set fire to' it. This :e. child must have crept out and hid in the -- i 1? ii,? i??< CH UUHliUH, WUIIU IUC UUU1CD Ul LUC ucuu ty were burned. He says he tv as conscious I when I crept upon him, and that when ey he begged for water I took him in my id arms and started for the river. Well, un wounded as I was, I felt better in the ns cool night air. I wanted to save the a boy, and that helped nerve mo up. The [y cool water eased our hurts and refreshed ie us, and between ten o'clock that night is, and daylight next morning I walked ly twenty-two miles, carrying the boy half ry the time. You wonder that we are not g- dead, but it wasn't to be. The boy has ig been pretty tenderly treated, bnt I lie haven't fooled with the doctors much, lie 1 hey dug out some of the lead, bandaged er me up, and I'll soon be all right igoin. an I'm going to take Charlie to Vermont, 16 nud then I'll go back to Idaho and kill I (Indians as long as I live. I've made a in vow?I've sworn by all that's good and lie sacred?that I'll enter into no other ut business and have no other plans but to ig kill Iudinns whenever and wherever I e. can find them ! I'll shoot down old and a young 1 I'll keep right on killing through re war and peace !" at i i 1 I Something in the Bed. Judge Pitman has a habit of slipping j his watch under his pillow when he goes vn ! to bed. The other night somehow it n- j slipped down, and, as the judge was restless, it gradually worked its way downre ward toward the foot of the bed. After jn a bit, while he was lying awake, his foot ie touched it, and it felt very cold; he was , a surprised and scared, and, jumping from iy bed he said : I "By gracious, Maria ! there's a toad ie or snake or something under the covers, re 11 touched it with my foot." is Mrs. Pitman gave a loud scream and ! ie was out on the floor in an instant. ;n "Now don't go to hollering and wak?d ing up the neighbors," said the judge.! ;d J "You go and get me a broom or some-! ,ir j thing, and we'll fix the thing mighty ' as ; qnick." re ! Mrs. Pitman got the broom and gave j er j it to the judge, with the remark that she ie i felt as if tnakes were creeping all up and : ie 1 down her legs and back. ie j " Oh, nonsense, Maria! Now you turn j r-1 down the covers slowly, while I hold the it. | broom and bang it. Put a bucket of j ie ! water alongside the bed, too, so's we can | ip j shove it in and drown it." ul' Mrs. Pitman fixed the bucket and 1 w j gently removed the covers. The judge iy ' held the broom uplifted, and as soon as j ie ! tho black ribbon of the watch was re- ; 11 j vealed, ho cracked away three or four j >h : times with his broom. Then lie pushed u. the thing off into the bucket. Then they at took the bucket to the light to iuvesti-1 ie gate the matter. When the judge saw 1 s, what it was, he said : in i "I might've known that. Just like I! you women, to go screeching and fussing ; a. j about nothing. Who's going to pay mo k, for that watch ? It's utterly ruined." iy "It was you that made "the fuss, no ie me," said Mrs. P. You needn't try to iy put the blame off on me." 3s " Oh, hush up, and go to bed. I'm a- tired of hearing you blather. Blame me It if I ain't going to get a divorce and emi-1 ig! grate." J in 1 And the judge turned in and growled ie ' at Maria until he fell asleep.?Max Ad- j ie i clcr. t. I ? " J A Thunder Storm in London. is j There was a terrific thunder storm in i 1 Tlonrlnn nn .Tulv 5. Three nealsof tliun in ! der were heard in quick succession at >.y ! Kilburn, and a sheet of fire flashed iu j r- I the street. The thoroughfare for some 1 a-: distance seemed to be in flames, and a , ie ! material similar to molten metal dese, j cended, leaving behind clinkers from an ' id j inch to six or seven inches in circum- j in i ference. The street for a distance of , e. I fifty yards -was covered, something like ; ;1-1 a couple of bushels having been picked m ' up by persons in the neighborhood. A I child named Frost, who was running 3r from one house to another, was struck iy with some of the liquid and severely ty burned. The fire-ball then struck a : of telegraph wire, which passed over the 1 iy street, completely burning it up for a ; distance of 500 yards. For ten minutes i er after the fall of the thunder-bolt the ' I whole neighborhood was enveloped iu a j d. thick blue and yellow fog. BARGAIN HUNTERS. How flomt Women Itfnke farrlinnen la New York. Says a New York correspondent: Some of the Broadway dry goods men say smuggling has had scarcely any effect on tlieit trade; Others think it has hurt them a good deal. TJhey tell some queer yarns about the bargain hunters who spend their days runlliU# about, like Mrs. Toodles, in quest of I something cheap. Paid one the other j day: "Give a regular sllCpper a hint , that there are some smuggled goOdo in the market, and she'll spend a week hunting for them all over town. Ten to one she hasn't the slightest use for anything in the lot, but that's neither here nor there. If goods are smuggled they must be bargains, and she's bound to have something out of the lot, anyway, want or no waut." One of tbo walkers in a Broadway store tells this story: Do women, prefer smuggled goods ? Well, not all, but a pretty large number do. Let me tell you what occurred in our silk room not long ago. A lady who spends five days in the week shopping came in fls usual and wanted to see a piece of silk. She hod been in almost every day, and of course nearly alwavs went off without buying. This time the | clerk who had to wait on her turned I round when he had a chance and offered | to bet five dollars with another clerk J that he'd make her buy enough silk for j a dress. The bet was taken on the spot. I Then the clerk got down to work. He took down piece after piece, spread them out, piled them up in heaps till a dozen shelves were emptied, and talked till he began to grow hoar je. But it was no use. She objected to one piece after another, now the quality, now the shade, now the price; but still the young man kept on. He was at it fully an Lour when she got up to go. Then his strategy came into play. Leaning over the counter he motioned to her to come near, and then said in a whisper: " Madam, can I say a word in strict confidence?" She nodded, and he went on. "You would like a real bargain, wouldn't you ?" She nodded again. "Wfill. this is iust how it is. That young man," motioning -with his head to the clerk with whom he had made the bet, "has a fine piece of smuggled silk that he will sell very low. Of course he can't say anything about it himself, but I can show it now, if you want to see it." " Well, I wiU look at it." Putting his hand under the counter he brought up a piece of silk that he had slipped down when she was gettiug up to leave. She examined it and asked the price. " Three dollars is the regular price for the same goods, but you can have this for two." " You say it is smuggled ?" > " Yes, ma'am, but don't speak so loud." "Well, I will take twenty-five yards." " Very well, ma'am; it's the greatest bargain you ever got." She was greatly pleased, but the silk was the same that elm lin/l rpipr?terl fifteen minutes before atsf.75."'" A person hearing this story said: "Do you allow clerks to do business that way ?" "Not at all; when it became known the young man lost his place; but the incident shows how ready some women are to pick up imaginary bargains if there is ] any liiut about smuggling." . A Curious Family. The Time* and Despatch of Reading says: Albany, the township of snakes and catamounts, possesses one of the most curious families in tho jeounty, whose history is quite remarkable. Kunkel is the name of the family, which consists of fire persons, four old bachelors and one old maid, brothers and sister, who are bound together by the most affectionate ties and refuse to be separated. The sister is in her seventieth year, and is noted for her excellent management, wielding a great influence over her younger brothers, who range in age from fifty to sixty-five years, the youngest being upward of fifty years old. Thev are all over six feet tall, possessed of herculean frames. The farm upon which they live has been handed down over a hundred years, and was acquired by their ancestors over a century ago. Their house was erected more than one hundred years ago, after the style of the first settlers, split logs for a floor, f'-i ?*il. -1? Tl? An oil lioii. JLllifcU U|j Willi UlllJ. 1UCJ V4\J l* A A vuvu own work, and are neat and clean in all tliev do. Their farm is in excellent condition, and produces annually large crops. They do not have their horses shod in the winter, only in the summer. Iu winter the shoes are removed, and the horses are uot taken further than to water. They carry all their grain to the mill and back on their shoulders, never using the horses for this purpose. The barn roof, and a number of the outbuildings are thatched with straw. The family is much respected, and is reported to be wealthy. A sister, who married a number of years ago, has been utterly discarded, her singular brothers and sister having paid her the portion to which she was entitled out of her father's estate, and will have no further intercourse with her. This curious family resides near Wesnesville, in Albany township, and have never been out of the county, and it is believed never out of the township. They are said to have relatives in Philadelphia whom they have never seen nor visited. Trying to Starve to Death. Six months ago a gentleman and his wife registered their names in the best hotel in Souora, California. They made fow acquaintances; they seemed to court seclusion; they wandered up and down the grassy hills; occasionally they were j kppti sittini? under a tall pine, anon the i man carried a pick-ax 011 his shouluer and had the air of a miuer who was hunting for a pocket vein; they were eccentric and mysterious. On June 30 they disappeared, niul after their fellow-boarders had gossiped about them for a day or two search was made for them, The queer couple were fouud on the top of Bald mountain not far from the town. They had been out doors about ninety hours; they had not lost their way; they had gone out into tbo woods with the deliberate purpose of starving to death; they had eaten nothing; they had a fourounce bottle filled with, water, with which they had moistened their parched lips; they were dying by inches. The neighbors carried them to a cabin, and induced them to eat something. The husband is a graduate of a Pennsylvania medical collegc, and owns a homestead "VT/vTrr Tm-on-n Dnw lin u-ns verv Ill 11UW UVIOUJ# ?? tf wealthy, but he lost everything in stock speculations in San F. ancisco. He had been waiting for remittances from that city; his last penny had gone; be was in debt to the hotel proprietor; he resolved to go up the mountain and starve, and his wife went with him. Items of Interest. Gold is an eighth of a cent lower. Now is the time to get your teeth filled. Jenny Lind says that her husband is her truest friend. Every woman's ought to be. The empress of Austria is said to be the most beautiful royal lady in the world. Ferik Azid now commands the Turkish artiiyi That is, he tells the boys when to retreat. " TheTurks," says an exchange, " are amply supplied with arms." " Yes, and with legs, too. A woman in Baltimore has been fined $100 and costs for sending scurrilous postal cards to ladies. In the United States about three-fifths % of the cereal production is Indian corn, while in Europe oats predominate. " Are these soaps all one scent?" inquired a lady of a juvenile salesman. " No, ma'am, they are all ten cents," replied the innocent youngster. The fashionable male shirt collar is gradually decreasing in height. A young _ man can now pass under rf telegraph wire without ducking his head. A man who had practiced twelve years With a revolver, and who could drive a nail at sixty feet with a bullet, was killed by a club in the hands of an Arkansas man who couldn't shoot a barn. We suppose that when the entire Bus | Diau niLuy wcut nirai vmug viw ?MV toon bridges it didn't moke one-half the clattering that a ten-year-old boy does when he walks down one flight of stairs. A little girl, where a minister had been invited to dinner, was privately placed on her good behavior. Finding a lull in the conversation at the table, she folded her hands and said: " Ob, God, please pass the bntter." When a small boy with a prejudice against yellow dogs observes an old oyster can in a condition of inactivity he at once begins debating the question whether it was created to point a moral or adorn a tail. The dog gets the flnt news of the decision. Just because Western hucksters stick their thumbs into the measures on gelling berries and then withdraw and retain M i <11..: _x? laose portions ux [incur nuo VU4cago Journal asks in a towering rage: "Shall we, as American citizens, pay for thumbs by the pint and quart and not get them ?" A child charmed by a black snake in Jefferson county, Tenn., fed the snake daily for over a week. The father discovered the snake coiled up in the child's lap and killed it, whereupon the little one went into spasms of grief and refused to eat food of any kind. She cries almost continually, except while asleep, and physicians state that she will live but a short time. There are hearts that beat quicker when the strawberry season comes; there are spirits that brighten when the raspberry puts in his gentle claim; there are sou! 9 that gladden when the pineapple slices himself up; there are eyes that glisten with joy when the watermelon . moves in; but the average small boy's delight dosen't reach its climax until it has tackled a fresh tomato. A rheumatic old gentleman, whose son was careless about shutting the front door after him, called out to him one oold day, when he had left the door swinging wide : " See here, young man, you leave that door open too much!" "Do I?" was the response. " Then how much open shall I leave it ?" "I mean you leave it open too often 1" thundered the old gentleman. " Oh, well, how often shall I leave it open ?" politely inquired the son. The father did not dare trust himself to reply. Here is a classification of kisses in rhymes : "There is a formal kiss of fashion ; And a burning kiss of passion ; A father's kiss, And a sister's kiss to movo. There's a traitor's kiss for gold, Like a serpent's clammy fold. A first kiss, A stolen kies, And the thrilling kiss of love. A meeting kiss, A maiden kiss, A kiss when fond heart's sever. But the saddest kiss On earth is this? A kiss to part for ever!" Pearls of Thought, He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below. We every day sacrifice principles which we esteem through fear of being blamed by people whom we despise. Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, and the most massive characters are seamed with scars. Our love is inwrought in. onr enthusiasm as electricity is inwrought in the air, exalting its power by a subtle presence. When the million applaud you, seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; when they censure you, what good. "We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also. Abuse, like other poison, when administered in too strong a dose is thrown off by the intended victims, and often relieves where it was meant to destroy. The transmutation of meals is a small affair compared with changing shame to glory, reverse to success, sorrows to pleasures; yet true wisdom can do air this. Bashfulness is more frequently connected with good sense, than we - - *? * 1 i. 1. ? find assurance; ana unpuueuue, uu me other hand, is often the mere effect of downright stupidity. Many new years, indeed, you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These, virtue, honor and knowledge alone can merit, alone, can produce. The Credit Business. After having inspected a pile of calico iu one of the Detroit stores, a somewhat rusty looking man blandly remarked to the clerk before him : " Credit must be given me "? "No, sir?we don't trust," was the 1 " I was going to remark that credit mast be given me for "? "We couldn't do it, sir. The rule applies to every one." " Couldn't do what?" asked the man. " Couldn't give you credit." "You are very uncivil, sir, very, but yet I will say before I go out of here that credit must be given me for being honest and impartial, when I say that I never saw three liitching-posts look nicer than them out there. That's nil. sir, and I wish I htidn't said that much.