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HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1877. f .< * NO. 19. VOLUME XXV.
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The Rime of the Stove Man.
He sneakelh It is tho man of Summer street,
along the street Most woc-begone to see
And he dodgeth tho friends
whom he may meet,
Who loudly laugh at he,
A ml. tryeth For under his arm ho bears a
to hide his pipe
stovepipe un- That oke belongs to tho stove,
tier his coat, And the elbow ho grasps in his
grimy gripe;
To tbo pipe it must be rove.
But the wo;/- Loud laugh his friends, "Ha,
farern behold- ha, ho, ho !"
ing,laugh. him And eke they cry, "I say !"
to scorn. " Withhold thy chaff!" the
victim cried,
Kftsoons their chaff held they.
TV bright The house was clean, tho sun
ilmrn of tht was bright,
dismal day. Cheerily dawned the day,
"Bring up the stove," the good
wife cried,
" I'll brook me no delay.'lie
reluc- "In wild unrest I beat my
tantly anstrers breast,
to his wife's But I could not but choose but
appeal. do;
. 1 he rusty stove from the shed
I brought,
The pipe aud the elbow, too.
r Mauiike, he " The soot was here, the soot
p ?tte I h 'lie was there,
The soot was all around,
r o o m if a And flakes of rust on the carpet
mess. stood
Like hoar frost on the ground.
The- I rouble " Down dropped the pipe, the
begins. elbow feli,
The good wife wcolded free,
And the misfit, joints they
wrought a spell,
'1 hat raised old Cain with me.
lie irrmrj- " About, about, and in and
Mh irith tlw out,
pipe,awl cuss- The joints I shoved and crameth
right mer- mod ;
rilie. With inany.a wail and many a
shout,
And much unsoemly langungo.
The pipe "1 pounded them in, I pried
holdith its own them out.
And hear, oh man and brother,
Both ends of every joint of
pipo
Were big&er than the other.
A nd raise th " They rasped my knuckles to
lumps allow the bone,
its adcersary. They piuohed my grimmy
skin,
They bled and blistered all they
touched,
But I could not drive them in.
The good "'Go way, go way, you awkicifcprocoMh
ward man.'
him to utter The good wife spake to me,
desperation. I dropped the elbow joint and
ran,
As mad as mad could be.
Awltacklfth "But I turned and watched
the grimy pipe with silent gaze
w ith con ji- For wrath had made me dumb,
dence. And saw the wife of my bosoih
raise
Blood blisters on her thumb.
But gets "I saw her sink on the Booty
badly left ami floor
squealbth. In agony and pain.
I heard her wail, ' Oh, never
more,
Will I marry a man again!'
The man "Right quick I seized the
hi*9 hinr In nn niAmrlpf] nirwv
w " * c>-~? r"i"?
orthcloz stove And the elbow, battered free;
man* And I seek the man who makcth
stoves
To fix my stove for me.
And swtar- " Oh never again while life may
e'.h off. last,
Will I bo found so greer,
However may howl the wintry
blast,
To fool with a stove, I ween."
?Burlington Hawk-Eye.
THE DOWNWARD ROAD.
It was a Unshed, angry face that looked
up, and harsh tones that said :
"I don't care what people say, father ;
1 suppose 1 am olu enough to judge lor
myself."
" It'B no a bad thing, Gavin, to mind
what ither folks say about you. When
you really get to 'I don't care,' you
are in a bad way. I hope for all you
have said you diuna mean a word o' it."
" I just mean it all. I don't care. I
am going to say what I like and do what
I like in the future."
"Then it's nane o' my money I'll
give you the day, Gaviu. It ' don't
care' is the road you are for takiug, the
sooner you come to the end o' your
tether tiie better for you. But you'll
cool. Doubtless you'll cool, an' come to
yoursol', lad."
And oi l Bailie Irwin took out his bandanna,
and threw it over his face.
"Don't go to sleep, father, till you
answer me a question or two. Do you
mean me to stay in Forbes' office much
longer ?"
" You were entered tlierc for three
years ; you ken weel if your time is out
or no."
" But, father, he is such a bigoted,
narrow, strict old fogy, and?"
"You've been lang finding it out,
Gavin. I'm thinking you may stand it
for a few rfnonths longer. Stick to
your 'greement, lad, like an honest fellow."
" But, father, I have got my eyes
opened lately, an?"
" Hech ! wha's opened them ? Your
Crieff lassie, eh ?"
" Father, Jessie Crieff is a a angel."
" I wish she was. It'f no an ill
wish, that, Gavin, for any lassie; but
I'm thinking she's far awa' from it yet."
Gavin Irwin had been two yea-s in
Duncan Forbes' house and office, and
not felt his strict rules and old-fashioned
ways particularly unbearable.
But a few weeks ago a pretty villa belonging
to the barony of Crieff had been
occupied as a summer residence by the
gay Miss Crieff and her aunt, aud Miss
Jessie has chosen to enliven the monotony
of her retirement by paying a great
deal of attention to the handsome Gavin
Irwin.
Jesse Crieff was one of a type of young
ladies peculiar to the last half century,
and, unhappily, increasing ? a fast,
superficial woman, who thought dissent,
doubt, aud indifference were the s/mptoms
of intellectual superiority.
She shrugged her pretty shomders at
the most sacred subjects, and smiled
away the faith of centuries with a pity
bo fasciuut.qg, aud so full of iuterebt,
that it was small wonder a young, Belt
admiring fellow like Gavin should b
impressed and bewildered by her sopliis
tries.
He went straight, to Crieff Villa afte
his interview with Mr. Irwin, and foun
I a much more sympathetic listener.
Jesse wfts so kind that Gavin weu
back to his little room at Duncan Forbe
| with very high hopes, aud very wid
j ideas, indeed, as to the respective pos:
! tion of man and man, though of coursc
I the old lawyer, not having been taking
| lesson from Miss Crieff, was ill-prepare
to understand him.
" Gavin," said he, kindly," the nei
minister has come. I hope you'll lik
him better than yon have done Mr. Stii
ling lately."
"I shall not hear him, sir, to-morrow
I have made up my mind to fish in th
morniug, and have promised to drive on
: with Mi-is Crieff in the afternoon."
"You'll nc make a scandal o' that kin<
i on the Lord's day, Gavin Irwin ; foreb;
] shaming the guid old man, your father.
"If people clioose to be aiiameu an<
! scandalized where they have no call i
I be that's not my fault, sir. There is n
; law against fishing and driving that
| know of."
"No, to speak o' the law o' God
' Gaviu, there's whiles a higher law thai
j tliestatutebook?there's public opinion.
| "I don't care that for public opinion.
And Gavin snapped his thumb am
i finger contemptuously.
j " Then you are a fool, or worse, au
, I'm sorry-for them that are kin to you.
| Gavin kept his word, aud rather osten
: tatiously so, for ho strolled slowly u]
I the main street, with his rod and creel
! just as the people were going to chiirch
He certainly had the satisfaction o
i perfectlv horrifying them.
| His drive with Miss Crief was a stil
i rrvonlnr nffonnn
I VUVUVVi
"A pretty, painted Frenchified infi
del I" said Duncan Forbes, bitterly
"a lassie wha scorns the kirk, an' mean
I nres e'en the word o' the Lord by he
ain small understanding. Gavin Irwi
; is courting doll an' disgrace, an' na
: guid lad will sort wi' him."
Everybody shared the lawyer's opin
: ion, and the young men who 6at at th
| same table with Gavin gave the offende
I but the scantiest courtesy, and quite ex
! eluded him from all their little sociu
j plans.
While Jessie remained in Campsail
| ho did not care much.
He chose to call it " jealousy " an<
"envy," and paraded his friendshi]
with the baron of Crief's sister veiy of
fensively to all his old acquaintances.
But Jessie left Campsaile with thi
summer birds and flowers, and very sooi
after this event Gavin's time was ou
with Lawyer Forbes.
He was anxious to buy a share in thi
lawyer's business, and his father wa
now inclined to please him; but Forbei
declined all Mr. Irwin's offers, and plain
ly told the old man that his son's un
popularity would injure his custom.
| "Our steady folk, ye ken neighbor
like a man who walks in the old ways
i we are a plain bodies, an' hae sma' sk.il
of these new philosophies. The law o
God and the law of Scotland is jnst a
much as we can mauage."
Gavin was much hurt and disappoint
ed.
He was young and wanted friends an<
company, and no one responded to hi
1 advances.
' Wiuter came on and it was so drear
' that Gavin took the next wrong step.
As good people would not notice liin
he fell into bad company.
Anyone knows how rapidly a man ma;
travel on this downward road.
Gavin soon began to " take a glass,
i and then, not to cnre who knew it, " bet
| ter men than he got before the wim
| occasionally."
He had long ceased going to church
j and pretty Maggie Lindsey, who hai
i dared to smile in his face, long after he
; mother and sister cut him directly, luu
' now ceased to notice him, and given he
! smiles to Alexander Forbes, his specin
| aversion.
The winter'passed, and in tbe sprinj
the news of Miss CriefTs marriage cam
to Campsaile.
It was a very bitter drop added to hi
cup, for Gavin had felt sure that Jessi
i.i ?i ?:n ? 1 i?;?
wumu return wiui buuuiiui, ?jliu ca^iuui
ia some satisfactory manner, he
mysterious silence ; and to the loss o
this hope was added the spiteful con
dolences or the open sarcasms of all wh<
knew him.
He thought his cup was quite full, bu
a greater sorrow awaited him.
One evening, in the early summer
Bailie Irwin quietly died in his chair, o
heart disease, and people did not scrupl
to say that Gavin's conduct had hasten
e?l his end.
No one had a kind word for him ex
cept the new minister, a man whon
Gavin had always avoided, partly be
cause he was his father's chief frieni
and confidant, aud partly because he dis
liked his admonitions.
Now, however, they were compellet
to come in contact, and Gavin at last di<
' justice to the good man's kindly nature
But he took the ten thousand nouud
; his fatlior had left him, and left Camp
! saile, as he supposed, never to return.
The minister thought not.
"He can't sell the house and th
| twenty acres round it, wifie, and lie'l
come 'home again. I promised his fathe
i I would be watching for him."
It seemed a hopeless kind of watch
| iug.
Year after year slipped away, and m
; one heard a word from Gavin Irwin.
The rent of the house was remitted t<
a firm he had chosen in Liverpool, fo
five years; then the tenant left, and fo
; three years more the Irwin place stoo<
: empty.
In those three years the minister oftei
wondered where the lost lad was.
The rent of the homestead, while i
was rented, was enough for life'
necessities, but now?what was h
doing ?
He was seeing many extremes. H
had been as supercargo to the tropics
j and in a whaling ship to the Atlanti
i ocean. He had been a successful specu
1 lator in New York, and he had beei
; digsring for gold in Australia.
He had been gambling with princes ii
Baden-Baden, and fightiug for his right
; with the roughs of Nevada.
But one night, ten years after hi
iutuer saeatn, wnen ne was juri. recc-.n
J ing from an attack of the terrible vomit
! in Matomoras, he suddenly bethougli
; him of the pleasant old home among th
i breezy hills.
Ho heard iu his soul the chime c
j the church bells, aud the faint,' swec
i music of the people singing, just as h
| heard them on that Sunday mornin
when he went tishing to please the fai
; and fickle Jessie Crieff, and an inteue
desire for those cool old rooms an
scented garden ways, for the murmurin
trout streams and broom-covered hill
possessed him.
He feebly sought for his purse an
counted his money. Yes, there wj
e enough left to clothe him decently find
i- carry him home ; and he 'would be content
henceforward to farm his father's
r acres and live as his faflier had done,
d He had to travel slowly, bnt one
evening ten weeks afterwards, ho got
it off a steamer and stood once more on
is the Campsaile pier. No one knew him.
e Ho stopped a little girl to ask if
i- Doctor Anderson still lived at the
manse, and then took his way quietly
a towards it.
d As he opened the garden gate a lovely
girl looked up from her carnations at
v him.
e He asked timidly for the minister,
> and she led him into the well-known parlor,
with its low roof and old-fashioned
furniture.
o Mr. Anderson came thoughtfully in.
11 looked at Gavin curiously, held out bis
I hand, and the moment he spoke, Baid :
[1 "I thought so. Wolcome home?
y welcome home ! I promised your father
to say this much for him when this glad
day came round. I'm a proud man to do
o it, sir. Lucy, Lucy! bring some cakes
0 and a glass of cream. You'll be glad,
1 Gavin, I know you will, to taste the
wholesome oatmeal again."
And so he ran on while he took off
a Gavin's hat and coat, and gave a score
" of hospitable orders.
" So Gavin stayed at the manse for
I some weeks, and what pnased between
the minister and him no one ever knew ; j
i' but I think Gavin told him most of I
" those tan years' sins and failure. But
he had come home now, he said, to
p repair his father's house and live in it;
, perhaps, in time, he might win again the
. respect of his father's friends,
f Mr. Anderson heard and rejoiced.
He gave Gavin one hundred pounds,
1 which lie said was rent due to him, and
advised him to begin at once putting the
- place in order.
> It would employ him while he looked
'* around, aud it was best not to be in a
r hurry with any plan.
a So Gavin stayed all summer with the
0 minister, and by the end of it?as any
one might have foreseen?he had but
" one thought in life?Lucy Anderson.
e He was almost sure Lucy loved him
r too, but he had never dared to speak to
" her. But one night, as he sat full of
* dreary thoughts about hin wasted past,
Lucy came and touched him.
e "Mr. Irwin," she said, "you are sad,
and you make me miserable. What is
* the matter ?"
? "I love?and I am unworthy to love."
*' Did she say so?"
" Lucy ! oh, Lucy !"
e Love had manifold ways of explaining
j itself. These two looked in each other's
' eyes and saw all they wanted. But the
father was not so sanguine.
? He remembered the past ton years
and trembled for his Lucy's happiness.
"I'll tell you, Gavin, what I will do.
~ You shall perform a thing I ask of you,
and then I will say amen to Lucy's yes."
"I will do anything in the power of
' man to do. "
1 " My request may seem eccentric and
f purposeless, but I have good reasons for
8 making it. It is now the end of August,
you shall go every night to your father's
linnan nf ton nVlnnlr nnil sit, in his chair
until midnight strikes ? every night,
1 mind?and I will give you an answer at
8 the New Yeah "
" Your wish is a singular one, but I
y will fulfill it,"
"You are to take no company, no
stimulant, and no light of any kind ; and
you are to keep our tryst in spite of wind
y and weather."
" I will strictly fulfill your orders."
" No one spoke more of the strange
r compact, but it was silently fulfilled to
I the letter.
Only on Christmas Eve, the old man
, pressed his hand as he left, aud said :
i " Be content; your trial is nearly
r over."
^ So Gavin went out of the cozy, lighted
* parlor into the dark, cold, lonely house
* with a happy heart.
He had sat about an hour when he
? heard footsteps, and saw the glimmer of
e a light. The door opened and the minister
and Lucy entered; but it was Lucy
8 that kissed him and said:
0 "Come home, Gavin! Come home.
? Papa says so, and I am yours, darling,
r I fnrAvor nnd frnm this hour."
* " Yes, Gavin," said the minister, as
* they talked together afterward, "I
15 thought to-night iR Christmas Eve; no
better time to forgive and forget, to trust
* and love; and when I asked Lucy, she
said it was God put the thought into my
? heart, aud so we've both come for you.
* "And now, my dear second father,
e tell me why you put me through such an
" ordeal ?"
" Because I wanted, first, that you
~ should tliink well over the past, and I
know that the lonelv walk in all weathi
ers, and the lonely house, so full of tender
memories, was the best place for
thought. Secondly, I knew if you had
1 ! the resolution and love to keep a promise
, j extending over four months, you might
! be trusted with a graver promise. And
' ' now I have a double reward for you.
Here is the order for ten thousand
*! pounds and jnterest for ten years; your
father left it with me fcr you. We both
knew you would waste the first thousand
->* --- i
J pOUUUB, UUU Vtsrjf JUUicijr, mow, nuiuu
r wander into tke ' very far countries,' and
feed upon husks before you would come
home, sooner or later, for you were well
brought up in the way you should go?
and this was to be the portion of your
I second state, Gavin."
0 | " And Lucy, father ?"
j " Lucy gave herself to you, and I'm
well enough content. I am proud of the
2 I way you kept your bargain, and everybody
has the good word for you now,
a j Gavin."
"And I am glad enough of their good
j. ! word and kind greetings, father. I'll do
| all a man may do to deserve both."
| "That's right, Gavin Irwin! If a
j man ' doesn't care' for the respect of his
0 i fellow-creatures he will very soon lose
( j respect for himself, and when self-re'
I spect is once gone Satan has a good lien
_ j on everything else."
This is how the fee system worked
a with the college youths who acted as
s waiters at the summer resorts. One of
them writes : " Oar wages are only $15
s a month, besides board and washing,
- and so we can regularly earn but 828 a
o season. On the other hand, if wo ret
paiva nprnnisites. we make in all Mun
e' 850 to 8100, or even 8150. My own
! daily record of fees shows that I received
if j $13 between July 5 and August 13, in
st: amounts varying between twenty-five
e cents and 82 a day. Some guests who
g have remained a month leave their
Ir waiter from 810 to 820; or, if they have
ie become interested in his history, perd
haps they leave as much us 810 ' as a
g souvenir.'"
i Good hiding places?School houses.
Mi i A boarding*hou?e?a carpenter's shop.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
I'nrin find Gnrden Note*.
Foddek Citors.?Now is the time to
think of fodder crops for next year. The
first ready to cut in the spring is rye
sown now, and at intervals up to November.
I have fonnd a few acres of fallsown
rye in a field near the barn-yard n
very valuable and acceptable addition to
the fodder in April, when incoming cowe
need succulent food to enable them to
till the brimming pail.
New Vegetables.?The past season's
experience has proved the value of ai
least a few of the newer vegetable*
brought out by the seedsmen. Among
tomatoes tho Trophy is by far the best oi
nil t.lin newer varieties, although this if
now well established. The "Little Gem,'
for twenty-five Reeds of which I gave
twenty-five cents, is little, and a gem
certainly, sweet-flavored, solid, smooth,
and bears abundantly ; but it is no better
than the Trophy. The "One Hundred
Days Tomato " is good for nothing,
being late, small, and very much misshapen.
"Keys Prolific" is good, beart
abundantly; but it is not preferable tc
the Trophy. It was the only variety,
out of a dozen or more, that the potato
bugs took a fancy to. Of peas, Laxton'f
"Alpha," the "Little Gem," a dwarf,
and Laxton's "Supreme," have turnec
out excellently The second needs nc
bushing, bears large pods very plentifully,
and is very sweei. For early,
second early, and late, I shall planl
"Little Gems" next year. The "Supreme
" is a fine pea, having long, ful]
pods. It grows about three feet high.
Dreer's improved dwarf Lima bean is ar
acquisition. It is very prolific, the pods
are closely filled, and it bears aboul
double the crop of the common sort.
But of all the prolific vegetables the
"green prolific cucumber" has taken the
palm. For Pickles, either for use or foi
sale, there can be none better. One hill
of three plants has produced more tliar
half a bushel of cucumbers, which grev
in bunches and with remarkable rapidity,
Peruvian guano may have helped, bul
there is a great deal in the variety itself.
Of squashes, a new cross bred of Mr,
Gregory, of Marblehead, named the But
man, has proved better than the Marblehead,
one of its parents. For pies it if
superior to any that I have grown. The
flesh, when cooked, is dry, sweet, ane
very full of flavor, This variety is vig
orous enough to withstand a hundred
borers in eacli vine without porishing,
The " Early Penbody " sweet potato ii
another aquisition. It is red-skinned,
and early enough to permit of its growtl
far north, I doubt not, even in Canada
It is ti>o soon, as yet, to decide as to iU
qutflity. At present it is soft and watery
Bury the Rubbish:.?Hundreds of in
sect pests find safe winter quarters ii
the rubbish of the field and gardens
The prunings of currant bushes, rasp
berries and blackberries, dead squasl
vines,* loose pieces of bark, bunches o
weeds, and such rubbish hide multitudei
of eggs, larvse, pupre or perfect insects
Such loose stuff had better be burned
to consign them to the manure heap ii
only to probagate the pests. Wliei
in ?? .\tw1 r\f fVinm on/1 n
UUI LUTU. tllCXC ID CVU Uliii v/x l/uwxuy mum v
much unsightly waste which no neat per
son should have about his premises.
lCeclpca.
A Biusakfast Luxury.?Take eigli
ears of corn and grate them, carefully
scraping off the cobs with a knife, so ai
to get all the milk. Peel oue quart o
good ripe tomatoes, and cut them into
the corn. Season with salt and pepper
Put in butter, aud roll in three sodi
crackers. Let them stew steadily fo:
one hour.
Tomato Soup.?To two quarts wate:
add one pound of beef (free from fat)
boil till reduced to three pints, then ad(
one quart tomatoes, one cupful milk
two tablespoonfuls sifted flour, mixec
with a lump of butter size of an egg, oni
teaspoonful salt; boil one hour after th<
ingredients are put in.
Rioe Croquettes.?Wash well on<
teacupful of rice; put it to boil in a pin
of milk, the same of hot water, unti
quite tender, but dry; while hot, add i
piece of butter the size of an egg, tw<
tablespoonfuls of white sugar, two eggs
the juice and grated peel of one lemon
stir this up well; have ready the yolkso:
two eggs, beaten on a plate, some tint
cracker crumbs on another; make up the
rice with your hands in rolls about thre<
iuches long and two inches round; dij
into the egg, then into the crumbs; fri
them in hot lard to a light brown
Served hot.
Lady Fingers,?Rub half a pound o
butter into a pound of flour; add half t
pound of sugar; grate in the rind of twc
lpmrmn nnrl nnnaeza in the mice of one
then add three eggs; moke into ft roll tin
size of the middle finger; it will spread
in the oven to a thin cake; dip in choco
late icing.
Short Cakes.?One pound siftec
Hour, quarter of a pound butter, and
half as much lard, very little salt, f
pinch of soda, well dissolved in juai
vinegar enough to cover it; work all wel
together with ice-cold water enough t(
make a stiff dough; roll it into paste hall
an inch thick; cut it into round cakes
prick the top with a fork, bake in i
quick oven.
Cures tor Household Pests.?Rati
are said to have such a dislike for potasl
that if it is powdered and scattered
roud their haunts they will leave them,
A piece of mg well soaked in a solutioi
of cayenne is a capital thing to put intc
rat or mice holes, as they will not attempt
to eat it. A plug of wood covered witl
a piece of flannel so prepared may b<
used to fill up the holes. Cockroachei
and ants have a similar dislike to cay
enne, and a little strewed about a cell'aj
will keep it clear of them.
Bancroft, the Historian.
George Bancroft has the reputation oJ
being one of the most thoroughly edu
cated of living Americans. When hf
wjifl a student at Gottincen. he learned
the Oriental languages from Eichborn,
ancient history from Planck anil Heeren
natural history from Blumenbach, ant
Greek and Roman antiquities fron
DiBzen. He afterwards heard the lee
tares of "Wolf, the famous Homerist,
Hegel and Sclileiermacher, He has beer
intimate with Humboldt, Varnhagen voi
Ense, Con sin, Schlossei, Goethe, Benja
min Constant, Manzoni, Chevalier Bun
sen, Niebuhr, and a host of read celebri
ties. One of the things of h;.s youth wa:
a small volume of poems, enthusiasts
cnlly describing the scenery of Switzer
land and the ruins of Rome. He pub
li8hed the first volume of his Historj
of the United States " forty-three yeari
ago, and the work is yet unfinished. H<
is still at work on it, and hopes to livi
to complete it, and lie probably will, ai
he is of robust constitution and in ex
eellent health, and was seventy-seven 01
October 3. Those who know him regan
him as one of the youngest old men o
their acquaintance.
IN CHIEF JOSEPH'S HANDS.
i The Fate that Held a Pnrty of TourfatH in
i th the Yellowstone Region?An Indlnn
, Jury nnd Their Fntefnl DccIhIoii.
A correspondent, writing from Helena,
Montana Territory, gives a thrilling ac
count of the adventures of a party of
1 tourists who fell among the hostile band
of Nez Porces Indians, under command
1 of Chief Joseph. The tourists consisted
of Messrs. .Dingel, Oldham, Myers,
i Mann. Arnold, Cowan and Carpenter
: and the two sisters of the last-named,
i Mrs. Cowan and Miss Ida. They had a
; wagon and buggy with them, and were
t camped in a piece of timber in the Lowi
er Goyser basin. At daybreak one
' morning they found three Nez Perces
! seated at their fire, who said that they
i belonged to Joseph's band and that th6
, camp was a couple of miles away; that
Joseph, Looking-Glass and White Bird
were the chiofs, and they wonld not kill
, citizens. After consultation the tourists
concluded to go to the Indian camp, see
j the chiefs and try to get permission to
> continue on their way home, and at noon
reached the camt) of Lookincr-Glass,
? other Indians having joined their glides .
i to the number of fifty or sixty. Look,
ing-Glass shook hands with them and
I said he was a friend to-oitizens?"no
> kill citizens"?and White Bird, who
soon after came np, said the same thing,
, though ho waB going to " heap kill Lew;
iston soldiers." White Bird " traded"
horses with the party, took away the
L guns and pistols, and told them to go
around through the woods, hitch their
i wagons and bo off. The main body then
i pressed on and the tourists turned back,
k followed by some twenty Indians, two of
the party, Dingee and Arnold, here bei
coming separated from their comrades.
> The Indians then began to take the
r blankets and clothing of tlidir prisoners,
[ and took the guns of Cowan and Oldt
ham. "Then," says Frank Carpenter,
r in his simple but intensely interesting
, narrative, "after going a few yards we
b were told that Joseph wanted to see us.
, We turned and went with them to the
, foot of a hill, where they tried to get us
. in a heap (to facilitate the killing), but
I advised the boys to keep apart. I told
i the young chief that we wanted to go
? where White Bird was. Ho said ' No.'
I I said 'Yes, I go. You kill, kill now.'
TTn ani/1 ' Nn an ' rtTirl xpfi mnvfid slnw
[ ly about twenty ynrds, when the young
, chief and I stopped and the party moved
i on. We moved about fifty yards further
, up in the timber, when the Indians coml
menced firing. We went a few steps to
. the left among the timber, when the
j young chief jumped off his horse and ran
, down the hill. I then saw my sister
. running down the hill, 'shrieking, to!
ward Oowan. I looked about him and
saw Indians on all sides, with their guns
[ in their hands, and escape was impossi!
ble. ' I next recollect seeing this young
f chief on his knee, about thirty feet from
5 me, with his gun cocked and pointed at
my breast. I thought my Jjme - had
'. come, and instantly made the sign of the
j cross on my breast, thinking he was a
j Catholic. The Indian threw up his gun
f and said: 'Come quick?no kill?me
.' save you.' We came near to where Cow
an was lying, with my Sister on he:
knees beside him crying. " Cowan said
'Frank, for God's, sake, get me some
water.' I said: ' Ueorge, I oan't?we
7 are all gone?there ia no show for us.'
! Just then lny chief grabbed me, and
saying 'Come quick?Indian kill,'led
me behind some brush, where I was told
' to keep still?not to move or the bad In1
dians would kill me. I asked him to
r save the white girls and he said he
would." Mr. Carpenter, still in charge
r of his young chief, found Mrs. Cowan
> two miles further on, and she told
1 thitt all the party had been killed except
> Ida, whom an Indian ha J taken away on
J a horse. She had seen Oldham -shot and
3 fall from his horse, then her husband,
3 Cowan was shot in the leg. Fearless
for herself, his wife ran to him. An In3
dian came up, placed a pistol near their
t heads, fired, and her husband sank
1 down with his wife's arms around hiB
i neck. She saw that the ball had gone
) through the back part of'his head. The
, Indian dragged her way, and as she was
; being put oil a horse she looked back
f and saw her husband, writhing in agony,
3 place his hand to his head; then the hor>
vifio/l wnmnn haw n.n Tmlifin throw a hie
5 rock on his head, crushing it. She
) recollected no more until she found herr
self on a horse behind nn Indian. The
. captives were taken to Joseph, a tall,
finely-built Indian, forfy-five years old,
f with a thoughtful and intelligent face,
j His word in the camp, says Mr. Carpen)
ter, was law. He shook hands with
. them, tfnd said lie was a friend to citi5
zens, and gave the prisoners permission
[ to remain in his tent.
Next morning Carpenter was told that
he was to be killed and his sisters placed
I on pack-animals ami allowed to depart,
I but he pleaded with Wliite Bird not to
l do so till they had reached a settlement
t or road, as the girls would inevitably
I perish in the wilderness. Moving onward
the prisoners were overjoyed to
find their sister Ida unharmed and at the
noon halt all were united, whilo the
seven chiefs held a council to pass upon
their fate. White Bird spoke in favor
of their release, but Little Bear, one of
Snakes, urged the killiug of Carpenter
and the taking of his sisters as squaws,
selecting Mrs. Cowan for himself. Then.
White Bird filled and lit his pipe and
took a few whiffs at it, thus voting for
II thfeir release. The pipe was passed to
t Little Bear?lie Bullenly declined it. A
j Crow chief took it, but passed it on, and
\ the hearts of the prisoners died within
. them. So did a yonng Nez Perce chief.
, The young chief who had made them
prisoners and Bared Carpenter's life,
next took the pipe, and, nodding in a
friendly manner to them, puffed it vigorously.
Another chief followed hit) exf
ample, and the caluniet was handed to
the last one of the judges. How eagerly
5 the captives watched his actions, and
I what silent, heartfelt prayers of gratitude
, ascended to heaven when the htoical
, savage placed the mouth-piece of the
I pipe to liis lips and the merciful wreath i
II of bluish-white smoke slowly came ouf|
- j upon the air ! The pipe was once more
, sent around the circle ? poling the !
i I Jurors, as it were? aud, as before, four j
i I of the seven chiefs smoked it. Hays Mr. |
- Carpenter: "White Bird informed me1
that I and my sisters should go home, ]
-1 and brought two horses for them to ride, 1
i j intimating that I could walk, and I re- j
plied that all I wanted was a chance. \
- Mrs. Cowan's riding habit was brought i
to her and they were mounted. White >
T Bird took me behind him; we crossed j
i the river and started homeward. White
3 Bird escorted us about a mile." Though j
J suffering much from exposure and cold, j
s Carpenter and his sisters made their |
- way in safety to Lieutenant Scbofleld's j
1 camp and thenort to Bozeman. That their !
1 lives were Bptired was mwiug to the fact \
t that at their form the Ortrpentera were !
<0way8 in the habit of treating the In*1
dians kindly,- givitlg them bread, m
acd vegetables aH they passed si
son through the Missouri Valley.
Messrs. Arnold and Dinjee say tl
tnst before the firing began Joseph si
ot them: " You had better get ont
here the beBt way you can, if you wi
to save yoiir lives. Get into the timl
and don't go near the -wagons. I w
you well, but I have a number of w
riort who have. lost relatives in bat
and they are desperate. I cannot c<
trol them, and they are determined
kill you." They therefore concluded
attempt an escape, and ran for th
lives, nearing shots behind them. Th
were five days in the hills, without coa
blankets or arms, and having for fo
only four small fishes. At last they f
in with Howard's scouts and were sav<
Mvers also escaped, though the Indii
followed him for eight miles. They si
Oldham, who was riding at his side, a
Oldham fell, exclaiming: "lam kill
?go on.. You can do me no good,"
A Perambulating Printing1 Office.
The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise saj
" Some printers of this city are conte
,plfltingtbe fitting up of a small prij
zng office which <?n 'be moved fn
pflftce t6 place on wheels, as are 1
traveling photograph galleries. Th
intend making their start in Californ
and will travel through the small tov
where there are no papers publish
and no printing offices. Once they i
anchored in a town they will Bend th
' devil' flying about the place with
the latest news of the neighborhood a
the advertisements of the business mi
They will print cards, bill-heads, cir<
lars, and all else required, and wL
they have supplied the wants of a to
in the printing line they will give soi
ranchman or livery stable keeper a 1
puff and an acrostic on the name of J
favorite daughter to hitoh to their of!
and to haul them to the next tov
where the devil will again be set flyi
about and where the 4 bugle blast of fr
dom' will again bo heard. Thus tL
will go from town to town, remaini
from a week to a month or two in
place, making money and frier
wherever they go, and having a jo
good time at all the balls, parti
weddings, and funerals. They n:
even werk their wav up to Oregon,
down to Arizona, out what they n
think of doing is to establish a circuit
good towns for their business and vi
them several times in the course of
year. The boys concerned in the ent
prise are confident that they will be a
to make it a success as all three are gc
printers and writers, and their conte
plated 4 devil' is not only a fair type-s
ter, but also a gem in other respectsflying
around, for instance. Their lit
paper will be called the Postal Can
The Society of Amana.
An nhrcnre communistic socie
called Amana, occupies a tract of ferl
lnnd near Town City, and has 1,624 me
bers. There are seven villages, and
each a boarding-houae sufficient to
commodate the population of the 1
lag6. To these all the people go to j
their mealB, the hour for which is gr
by a bell from a central tower. Th
are also laundries, where all wash:
and ironing are done ; so that no hou
keeping really is done in the famili
which leaves the members to other 1
partments of labor, and every meml
of the society has something to 1
Once in every year the executive offic
.make an annuity apportionment to ei
family or single individual, which is
befor use for that year for personal
penses. There is in every village
store, in which all kinds of goods 1
kept, and which ivre delivered to m?
bers of the society without profit;
record of ejich person's purchases
kept, and at the end of the year 1
amount is deducted from the annuity,
that very little money is used. I
member withdraws from the socie
what he put in is returned, without
tereat or increase. If a member di
and is the head of a family, his share
interest in the society is divided amc
his leciil heirs, and placed to their ere
on the books of the society. There
three physicians, -whose duty it is
visit the sick. Their medicines ?
teams are supplied by the society, f
also, schools are maintained.
A Moth Exterminator Wanted.
Miss Grundy has returned to Wa
ington and says : " The residence
ex-Senatof Stewart, of Nevada, genera
known as 'Castle Stewart,' has b<
rented, I hear,' for $6,000 for 1
session. This is a startling reductii
as the price per anuum was fixed at $1
000 heretofore. It was reduced prol
bly because the superb furniture, c
tains and carpets have all been ruir
by moths during the two years it 1
been without a tenant. The upholst<
was very costly and elegant. The rid
embroidered satin which covered 1
chairs, sofas, etc., iu the parlors, as w
as the Gobelin tapestry curtains, \
purchased at the last Paris expositi<
and brought here to bo made up. I
not think moth ever cut silk or sat
but all the materials containing -wool
the house, including the Gobelin tap
try, which draped many of the windc
of the parlor floor, have been serious
if no irreparably, injured. jiiX-oeuu
Stewart, has occasionally j lived th<
since his family went to California, t
only as a lodger, and the rooms have i
been opened and aired properly, oth
wise the moths might have been at
dned, though they are always mi
difficult to exterminate here than in f
other place with which I am acquaint
Greatness in a Hovel.
A war correspondent says: Got
Studen is' a wretched village of a f
hundred inhabitants, the Turkish qu
ter being on one hill and the Bulgar
on the opposite height. The formei
deserted by its proprietors and 1
houses have been unroofed by soldi
to get at the wooden rafters, fuel be:
scarce in northern Bulgaria. The 0!
building remaining in this part of 1
village is occupied by the emperor of
the Rnssias. It is Jinilt of unburnt c
bricks, and its low roof covered w
rough tiles. Here in this hovol tho an
crat passes his days and nights, auxiou
awaiting news from his various armies
the field. Tl\ere is no pomp surroui
ing this humble imperial residence; t
Circassians on the guard with drawn
bers were, when I first saw it, all tl
stood between tae czar ana me ouib
wbrld. A short distance from the lioi
is a large tent, where the emperor dii
at six with his staff and invited guefOn
the opposite side of the little str
or road in the tent of Gen. Ignatififf.
England paid about 370,000 tax
playing cards tea* year,
ilk BLOODSHED IN KENTUCKY.
BO*
Four lVell*kno\rn Men Shot Dead Coining t
l(lt from Court-?Terrible Vend Between the !
lid iHnupIn Family and n fitfhtlnff Constable. .
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, wrote recently from Richish
m01K^? Ky., as follows : Jasper Maupin ,
af was a member of a large and wealthy
" family living a few miles east of here.
jn_ The family numbers in all its branches .
perhaps thirty or more men, noted for
their horses and honnds, their love of (
#/-> ? o+irl frrr tl?pir nfctar indiffer
gjj. ilirnvrng, -w
ence to danger.
* Johu Buraam was constable of Glade
|Q(| township, that portion of the county J
whero the Manpins lived, and is a tjpi- ;
Bcj cal Kentuckian. In person tall, broad 3
ins Mouldered, handsome, qnick on the 1
lot ^r'Sgeri but unfortunately quarrelsome,
I and indeed, it is said, rather fond of kill- <
ed ing people.
In January last a quarrel sprang up :
between Burnam and Jasper Maupin, i
wliich resulted in the shooting of Burnam
five times by Maupin. Yesterday |
,B the trial was to have occurred; and Bur- j
nam, partially recovered from his j
a{._ wounds, was in town, evidently with the i
3m determination of having revenge upon
.jjg Maupin. He was backed by four of his .
|ey friends, the chief of whom were Ballard .
and Cornelison, while Maupin was backed (
by his relatives, each armed heavily with i
IO(1 heavy revolvers. The party first met in |:
tlio corridors of the court house, ana regk
volvers were drawn, but by the intervena2j
tion of friends they were induced to re- !
frain from shooting. After the adjourn- )
;n ment of tlie court, however, Burnam, i
j * accompanied by his friends, stationed
^ himself on the sidewalk near a livery i
^ stable, where Maupin must pass to go <
to his house. The Maupins, seeing this <
3j_ action, consulted for a mdfaient, but only
kig for a moment, when Jasper, putting his .
jce hand upon his revolver, started boldly !
m along the sidewalk in the direction of '
' the stable. His backers, many of whom .
e?_ were already mounted, stopped about j
ie_ fifty feet away to watch the result.
n*L Maupin walked quietly down the .
a street till he got opposite and nearly :
1(j0 past Burnam, still having his hand on ,
U his revolver and looking back as he j
eg passed. Suddenly Burnam drew a heavy
' revolver from under his coat, and stepping
quickly toward Maupin, without
ow saying a word, placed the muzzle nearly
0f against his forehead, and, before Maupin
could draw, fired. The ball entered the
a brain, and Maupin fell to the sidewalk.
er. Then Maupin's friends opened fire
from the corner, jumped from their
>od h?r8ea aud rushing up toward the party.
ln_ Lee Maupin ran toward Burnam, and,
levelling liis revolver, fired. Burnam
_jn fell dead upon the sidewalk, his feet
ye resting across those of his victim. . Lee
^ ? Maupin rushed again to the body of
Burnam, and, stooping over it, sent an- '
other ball through his head.
At the same time the others had
ty, opened' fire on Cornelison and Ballard,
tile who both received shots through the
im- head, and after staggering a few steps,
in fell dying.' The example of Lee Maupin
ac- was followed by his fellows, .who deliberril
ately approached their victims while they
jet were dying, sending the heavy balls from
fen their pistols through their heads. Then,
ere there being no more of the friends of the
nnv+v rn nininrr alivo
Uig vuu^uiouwu 2/h* V *v -??p ?
se- carnage ceased.
es, The brothers of the wounded Maupiu
Je- gathered about the dying man, kissed
ber his pale face and wept like children.
Jo. Then ho was carried into a store close by
ers and expired in a few moments,
ich Jasper Maupin was about twenty-four
to years old. He received one shot above
ox- the left eyebrow, passing through the
s a brain.
are John Burnain was about thirty-one
sm- years old. He received one shot above
a the left eyebrow, passing through the
is brain, two through the right shoulder,
the one behind the right ear, and one in the
so right hand.
f a William Cornelisou was about thirtyty,
five years old. He received one wound
in- in the right breast, passing out uuder
es, the left shoulder blade, and one shot in the
or back of the right arm, about five inches
ing below the shoulder blade.
dit Kit Ballard was about twenty-nine
are years okl. He received one shot in the
to cheek, one in the temple, one in the
ind back, ranging through the heart, and
3o, one in the right rear hip.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was :
"Jasper Maupin was killed by a pistol
shot from the hand of John JBurnam.
Burnam, Cornelison and Ballard came
sli- to their deaths by pistol shots from the
of hands of Lee Maupin, Brutus Maupin,
Jly and William Gooch."
;en __
J? Fashion Notes.
an,
8,- Peacock satin for dresses is mixed of
Da- striped velvet.
it- Bronze and olive are the colors for
ted traveling chips.
J88 Short skirts are being made of turquoise
flannel.
kg Black, cashmere sacks are trimmed
rgll with bronze passementerie and fringe.
ms The favorite trimming for dark dresses |
3D, is clair dc lunc, jet embroideries and
do bands.
in, Many of the fall costumes are made
in en chalc, or square, to be worn over
es- chemisottes.
'ws For afternoons square-toed shoes are
ty, worn, with navy-blue stockings clocked
fc?r with light-blue-silk.
sre Paletots made of coachman's cloth,
"it plush, and all kinds of rough fabrics,
aot will be worn this fall.
er* Wedding invitations are printed in
the s-.ime style, on square card sheets,
3re I folded once in a square envelope. They
riT' 1? -- a'waa aiiif. nil I
CM1 UO XU {jiauuucvu w ?ed.
fancies. No monograms are usett* on
wedding envelopes?occasionally a crest
or coat-of-arms. The colors nre white
or pale cream shades. For dinners, re|uy
ceptions, etc., invitations are printed on
ew large square cards or unglazed note-pa,nr*
per. The envelopes containing these j
ian iuvitatious should always be inclosed in j
r 18 larger ones, whether sent by post or
the by hand.
ers rfhe day for tiuted and elaborately
engraved cards and stationary has passed.
The late styles are plain, printed
^ie in English script. Visiting cards are
more oblong than square. They come in
!ay four graduated sizes. The largest is in-1
scribed with "Mr. and Mrs. Blank," the i
to" second size is simply "Mrs. Blank,"
B}y the third for the eldest unmarried J
1 in daughter,whoemploystheprefix"Miss,"
3d- omitting the Christian namo after he*
wo first season in society. The third and [
8ft" smallest is intended for gentlemen, with j
[ia^ the prefix "Mr." and the name of their j
ldo olub or residence in one corner. They i
ise are all in oblong shape.
aes m
its t ..??i?- 1 '
, luiuiiwu uii 11 ir? ?uinui|u;cvi <in <* |
e in Banavar. Until two years ngo the |
people worshipped the ounion itself ; I
liilt, Mih English government, taking j
on poH8i'bB;ois of the weapon, the Hull was j
Mtranted and placed in ?l (*hrin?\
Items of Interest.
"W'hat it) the difference between a poor
jun and a borrowed masquerade costume
? One is fired and doesn't hit, and
the other is hired and doesn't fit.
" Am I not a little pale ?" inquired a
lady, who was short and corpulent, of a
crusty old bachelor. "You look more
like a big tub," was the blunt reply.
r*..v 1 1 1 _1 ^1
F1L11016 H&Cl TViiUll tile <1/11 iDYci
was at its height a postal delivery ranking
third in Pennsylvania. At the last
election the town polled six votes, and
it is abont to give up its charter.
Of forty-three'verieties of apples tested
by M. A. Truelle, of the Chemical
Society of Paris, the red American rennet
was found to contain the largest
amount of stigar.
The finest crop of raisins ever produced
in California is promised this fall.
The grapes are not growing so large as
in previous years, owing to dryness, but
their quality is better.
A young man woke up tho other night
md saw a ghost in his room. Seizing
bis six-shooter he approached it, and
found it was his collar, which happened
to be standing on the floor.
If the Russians would only say that;
they were whipped when they are
whipped, and the Turks would acknowledge
defeat when defeated, one could
have more patience in putting the tape
line on the long names 01 generate.
President Clark, of the Massachusetts
State Agricultural College, who recently
returned from Japan says : " The Japa cse
are a people able and willing to do
right. I never saw a quarrel in Japan,
iud never saw nor heard of a Japanese
student in America or Japan accuased
of inmorality."
A new counterfeit fifty dollar United
States note has just been discovered,
and the following description has been
given: Series of 1874. No. E352000;
female head, coarse work on hair and
crown poor ; the word " Union " very
indistinct; the lathe work & the upper
right hand corner is very poor; lathe
work in center and back is good; the
shading below the words "United
States " is scratchy.
Adrianople Described.
Adrianople is about one hundred and
thirty-five miles from Constantinople..
It is about five ndles in circumference,
surrounded by old walls and defended
by a citadel. Its streets are narrow and
circular, but adorned with fountains and
mosques, of which there are about f^orty.
It was taken by the Turks from the
Greek emperors in 1362, arct maae ine
seat of their empire, which it continued
to remain for a great many years. It
possesses manufactories of silk, woolen,
and cotton stuffs. Rose-water and other
perfumes are made here, while the dyeing
and tanning establishments have
quite a world-wide fame. Its exports are
wool, opium (for the poppies here are
the finest in the world), leather, honey
and wax The population ip about 100,000,
of which one-third is Greek. It is
here that the Turkish difficulty lies.
The Greeks are to a man with Russia,
and in event of the civil war which has
broken out in sub-Balkan Bulgaria
reaching Adriauople, one-third of Adrianople
may, sword in hand, welcome the
Russians. The bazaar and the mosqce
at Selim are the great attractions at
Adrianople. The former is a building
about two hundred yards long, and offers
for sale all the rich commodities of the
East. The mosque is built like a theatre,
and from the ruins of famagusta, in
Cyprus. Its principal balcony has an
ascent of 377 steps. Adrianople was, it
need not be said, one of the great classic
cities of ancient Rome, and it figures
frequently in Gibbon's " Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire." It remained
practically the nearest approach
to an old Roman city until it fell under
the Turkish power in 1360. It remained
-- ' *? xt. _
the favorite residence ior tilts SUlUtuo
until the last century. Adrianople once
more awakened to political life in 1829,
about tho time of the great successful
Greek struggle for independence and
freedom from the thrall of the Turks.
In that year the city was taken by the
Russians, who had overrun Turkey thus
far south.
The Dlscovercr of the Moons of Mars.
Prof. Asaph Hall, the discoverer of the
moons of Mars, began life, it is said, as a
carpenter and with a meagre education.
He married a school-mistress, and it was
this wise lady who induced him to study * .
higher mathematics, and who herself
became his instructor. He rapidly surpassed
his gentle teacher, and at twentytive
became an assistant in Harvard
Observatory. Shortly after the astrononomical
activity of the Naval Observatory
at Washington was revived, in 1861,
a number of professors of the navy were
appointed, and Hall was giveu a position
as assistant. In 1863 he was promoted
to be a professor. There he has remained
ever since, heartily appreciated by his
associates. It was on the night of August
11 that he first saw Mnr's attendants.
Between the lltli and the 16th, when
the weather was unfavorable for successful
observations, he both hoped and
fpured. but his wife, to whom alone he
communicated Lis discovery, was enthusiastic
and confident. While impatiently
waiting to confirm his discovery, his
generous disposition almost induced him
to communicate his chances of success
to his associates, so that all could share
the honor ; but the thought of his many
years of labor without any " luck," convinced
him that it would be foolish to
throw away his first really good chance.
One hardly knows what to admire most.
Hall's persistent and successful struggle
with his untrained mind, or his wife's
brave and womauly help and inspiration,
?New York Tribune.
An Heroic Old Soldier.
There was a private soldier named
GardieiT who won fame and death in an
heroic manner, writes a war correspondent
in an account of a recent engagement
in the Eastern war. He was an
old soldier, but had, not long ago, fallen
into dis grace. He bad received severe
punishment for disorderly conduct, and
on being permitted to resume his place
in the ranks, tlft commandcr of his
squadron had said to him: " Gardieff,
you had better get yourself killed, or -io
something now that will make us forget
your past follies. The brave fellow was
seen to dash wildly into the fight; slash
ing right and left, lie killed aviIIi ins own
hand four of the Turks within five minutes,
when he was surrounded and literally
hewn and hacked to pieces. It was
the intention of his regiment to give the
body a ceremonial burial on the following
day, but the battle prevented this
from being carried out, and bniv (hirdieff
wan committed to the earth *??*!?.ng
t^e ordinnrj d?adt
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