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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1880. N0. 9. VOLUME XXVI.
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Castle ttorr.
Proud Castle Morr, above the lake,
For centuries stood in solemn gray,
And round ita brow the thorn and brake,
Entwined and trailed, as chapleta lay.
From cliff and tower the eye might range
Along the breast ol Scotia's isle, I
And view, amidst no cosmos change, t
The shaft of many a ruined pile. 1
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Lord Melmont, proud of blood and name, i
Was master long of Castle Morr,
And grandees to his banquets came (
From sultry Ind and frigid Nor'. r
The lights were lit in Melmont's halls, c
As evening June had veiled her head; ^
And proudly shone along tho walls ^
The symbols of the glorious dead. I
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Hie shield, the mace, the mail were thero, g
l'he javelin, bow, the swinging glave; s
And plaided clans, with strong limbs bare, c
Smilpd . (rnin th*>ir nnrtmit.q nn thn hrnvn
The banquet spread, the gallant guest e
Was bowed to place around tho board; t
The bow's returned with lolty crest, f(
r And manner grave, and civil word. t<
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Ami lairest damrs ol high degree, f(
With melting love npon their lips, ?
And sbculrtors bare, and bosoms tree, ?
Advanced with smiles and coyiah slips.
And Dorah sweet, the nnptial bridfc, t<
With curving neck and regal head,
In all the wealth of beauty's pride, a;
t By bowing valor forth was lead. A
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The banquet o'er, the song went round?
The knights sang praise of woman's love;
Tho ladies, by nice lavor bound, J*
Song Scotia's lords high over Jove.
Now why doth Melmont's face grow pale, tl
On this his eve of marriage vows ? g]
What low, sweet voice floats on the gale ? 8(
What sndden pain contracts his brows 7
A soldier proud was Melmont brave,
Whose valiant deeds on India's plains v
8ei.t loes in legions to their grave, P
And gave a peace to broad domains. s(
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When battle raised its ruelul head, 01
With waviDg plume and saber bright, r(
On champing steed bold Molmont led,
With Piincess Salla at his right.
When " Charge the loo !" he guvo command w
And quick and thick the missies flew,
Pair Salla waved her dauntless hand, ?i
And irom her zone her weapon drew.
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She fought two battles locked in one; g{
While courage swept her to tho loe,
To 8;>ur and cheer her troopers on, a
Her love engnged her lover's woe. gj.
Pale, sunk with (ear, she saw the bolts
That rang in air round Melmont's bead, to
And all ber prowess met revolts ps
In sudden darts of love and dread. g?
Nor laggard shown in Melmont's love; 88
Behind the window of his thought,
And fierce resolve his name to prove, w
Affection's web love's weavor wrought.
C\W Nauttw Aartl OK lnftlflooo r?harcrA
vu, ucu.j no;. "?*> ? n- m
That bore iair Sal]a to tbe van,
Whore, fighting on the battle's marge, i
She captive lei! to Iliudostan!
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' hat doom awaita thia lover tree, m
Who flod her rajah's royal balls, 0f
/ nd irom a Scottish ohieltain diew <}(
That love whose thralldom disenthralls 7
Deep passion now was mixed with pain fa
In Melmont's ardent, raging breast; hi
But well the soldier could restrain
All outward sign ol rude unrest. Ti
The Brahman plot and Hindoo skill
Returned 'he Prinoess to hor sire,
Whoie kindly breast o'er captious will r
Could never oi affection tire.
As fancy's lamp pursues the light pi
That floats around in Action's mind, B
Throueh glcair.ingfi slight ol hope in night
Sad^lelmont becks his love to find. Uj
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He storms tbo shaman priest's retreat,
Ho storms the mjah's lrowning wall; r.
He's everywhere, with flying leet,
And bulwarks echo at his call. U1
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> Of priest'fa and rajah's stern control, hi
Swilt vanished hopes and hollow sounds
Are all that reach sad Melmont's soul. ??
Now ten long years their tides have rolled )?
Since India's air his brow had fanned? 1
Siuce Salla sweet and Mclmont bold R
Their love and lite had pledged and planned. "
nd now that voice again is heard, UI
Despite of friends, despite of foes, "
That won the heart of Scotland's laird aAlong
Himmaleh'a broad plateaus.
She pings the song he loved to hear a"
IMow the stars, when winds were still; 80
When lrom the heart there swelled a tear, a~
Which rose and lell at music's trill.
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A gem illumes his searching eye? of
The ring he gave her with a kiss, gfc
When love, like waves, rolled mountain high, m
And all the world was vales of bliss.
Now darker shades rise on the wall,
And whispered words, in lighter tone, 80
Conjecture lorms, and keenly lall
On fears that all dislike to own. ej
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All sa-lly from the banquet rose mi
The noble hoet of C'astle Morr;
And his proud heart seemod lull of woes, 9
Which nono divined the reason for. f 1
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Now hurried looks meet anxious eyes, fo
And Sall&'s calm and gentle mien d(
The scrutiny ol all defies d(
Of who she ia or what has been. m
Her olive hands and olive face, ^
Her liquid eyes of Orient hue, ?
Her gliding step and languid grace,
Where'er she moved could all subdue. ^
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Sho quits the hall with gentle ways, ar
And follows fast in Melmont's wake; cL
While jealousy the bride betrays, m
And speichless hurries to the lake.
The kinsmen of the noble bride,
At Melmont's conduct sore enraged, th
Now flash their dress-swords lroro their side, al
And hot in converse stand engaged. sb
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Their worrls are lew, indignant, strong;
From what they heard and what they saw j
01 Dorah's griet and Melmont's wrong, ,
Suspicion leeds on lines they draw. ,,
Enough! enough! Revenge is near! th
Through lawn and bower and vista lair fir
The pride-stung nobles search and steer, ga
But find not Melmont anywhere. ne
There ia a room In Castle Morr, s!.'
A lecrfit chamber, mmint umi mnd.
Which lew e'er know the service lor, th
Save he whose word was in command. lie
hf
To shield her from undue reproof,
By tongues unruly, sharp and lree, pa
There Salla's placed, lrom all alool. jjj
And cautious Melmont turns the key. jn
Now lrom the window where she sits t
The Princess mu9es on the night;
While shadow alter shadow flits SO
By lern and fir, within her sight. th
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Fox Mclmont's life those shadows seek, cj
And for his life he boldly stands, 8j
In calm defense prepared to speak, ^
And lairly meet all lair demands.
But passion rules the omened hour, B
And lury strikes him to the ground;
Which Saila sees lrom yonder tower, tc
A i:d breaks her heart-strings ut a bound.
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Now pity's tongue the tale will tell fc
flow gentle hands, unknown to famo, g(
Had set a plant where Melmont fell,
And called it by that hero's name.
E'er since that honr, at midnight tide, r<
A curtain ol the blackest lace tl
On windowed Morr is drawn aside, fl
And there it* seen a pallid lace. E
It looks a'minnte down the lake,
" Jlglancos round in secret pain, v
As it it feared some foe awake, .
And then the curtain's drawn again.
For eons iolk have come to see, B
O'er hill and dale and jagged tor, b
The Dor&h lake, the Melmont tree, li
v And Sal la's ghost at Castle Morr.
?Hugh F. McDermott.
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An ingenious person has discovered
lhat the three most forcible letters in s
our alphabet are N R G; two which
contain that nothing are M T; that four 1
express great corpulence?O B C T; I
that we are in a decline?D K; that four r
indicate exalted station?X L N C, and r
that three excite our tears yet, when
pronounced together, are necessary to a \
good understanding?LEG. I
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MRS.BLYSTER'S ROMANCE. u
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Mrs. Sims' hoarding-school was a liV
high building and it stood on a hill, loi
My room was in its third-story, and I de
iad often sat looking out over the cily w?
rrom its " sightly " windowsJ(as!Peggy, cb
;he maid, called them.) The hill was sj
learly conical in shape and terraced on w<
two sides, my side being one of them. '
\.t the foot of the hill ran a broad, in
landsome street, and on a prominent I
:orner of this street, in plain sight from th
ny windows, stood a large, rambling J
>ld mansion, about which we girls had foi
voven many a romance. We wondered thi
vho lived there. Ladies and gentle- re;
nen promenaded through its pleasant his
grounds; carriages rolled up to its wide sp<
:ateway many times every day; profes- '
ional-looking gentlemen went in and sai
utofit. What could it be? "t
One day I found out. There was great got
xcitement that day in Mrs. Sims' hai
oarding-school. I had been feeling ill '
Dr some days. My head ached and my Iss
angue was dry and hot. The doctor fas
aid at last that I had the scarlet "
;ver and must be removed at once, giv
Better take her home," he said, yoi
She isn't fairly sick yet." rue
41 Home!" groaned Mrs. Sims. "Doc- '11 /
>r, she lives in India!" "
"Good gracious!" said the doctor, thi
ad he scratched his head thoughtfully. J
.t last he said: "I have it! Here's wit
?r. Dolby's hospital right down here? "
ist the place for her." So I was she
'rapped up and driven to " Dr. Dolby's we:
ospital," which proved to be no other in :
lan the dear, rambling, romantic old "
ouse which, with its wildly over- sai<
rown hut delightful shrubbery, had dea
) long been the object of our specula- am
ons. Cri
They put me to bed in a large, quiet do\
>om. The open fire looked wonderiully toe
teasant. A quaint, old-fashioned tea clai
:rvice, with cherubs and gillyflowers "
id various other incongruous designs Mr
1 it in blue, sat appetizingly on the ' j;
>und table at my bedside. Three or hin
>ur easy-chairs were mingled among but
le others, and in ono of them, after I put
as nicefc " tucked up " and ready to kin
) to sleep, I beheld?yawning already I
id casting wishful eyes toward her Bly
wnue cot near oj?my Duiom unc
irse, Mrs. Blyster, who had been en- I'll
ured expressly for me. S
How fat and good-natured she looked! jur<
nd how the white cot creaked when '
ie finally sought repose! sai<
The next morning I wa3 worse, and a v<
r several days i tossed in delirium and "
tin, but by a week more the fever be- saic
in to abate and Mrs. Blyster said, re- in ?
isuringly: ma;
"You hain't dead yet, miss, and you
hat's more you hain't a goin' to be? ha\
)t with Sarah Blyster to see to ye!" moi
ben good Sarah Blyster gave me a Bly
otherly kiss on my lorehead, fumbled gab
rer my already painfully tucked in bed sill
othing in an attempt to express still T
ore forcibly her affectionate zeal for bill
y welfare, and sat down with a sort ord
' good-natured grunt at the back win- sitt
>w. far*
I closed my eyes and was just about one
lling asleep when I was aroused by a 4<
ilf-suppressed sob. tat<
" What's the matter?" I said, faintly, awi
0 see happy Mrs. Blyster in tears was her
io much for me. fell
' She's dead, miss; the woman't lives hin
. the little house back. They're a hejvin'
her funeral this blessed minute." A
"A friend of yours?" I was im- tibl
:essed almost to tears mysell by Sarah felt
lyster's manner. "
"Law, no'."said that lady, starting che
p and assuming her own radiant coun- his
nance again. " And what I'm a a P
hinin' around here and givin' her the to t
lues for, I'm sure I don't know. Cheer put
a, Sarah Blyster, cheer up!" for
1 smiled faintly and soon dropped oft was
to the nap which Mrs. Blyster's sob ain
id interrupted. nur
A day or two after Mrs. Blyster was ?y
snivelin'," as! she expressed it, again Ble
t (ho txt i ri H r? w T cfrnnapr
id better now, and asked, cheerfully: ? S
"Not another funeral, I hope, Mrs. fev<
lyster?" was
"No," said that worthy lady, still tim
lable to attain her wonted serenity; tior
but there's a boy?her boy, I s'pose? tan
workin' much inside, and he?and h ; eve:
he's a shakin' out her clo'es and un<3
foldin' 'em up, and it does seem's it Bly
me o' the female relatives oughter be Thf
helpin'of'em." Peg
Surely it did. There was considerable han
ithos in the way of stating it, in spite prir
"the "female relatives," which only T
towed that Mrs. Blyster had mingled rusl
uch in scenes of woe herself and knew the
:>w they ought to be conducted. whi
"I wouldn't look that way," I said, wip
iothin^ly; "try the other window." to
" I did," said Mrs. Blyster, " but my car]
res would go that way somehow? w
rerything shows so plain from here, said
here was a black aipaca, as good as "
:w. T see her out in it the very day "
come here to take care of you. She "I
ok sick the very next day, I reckon, fell<
r I see her curtain was down and the don
jctor there, and now I think she'a "
:ad. and there's that alpaca dress re- hrul
indin' them!" and Mrs. Blyster sobbed iool
rain. awl
I had been sitting up for some time, his
I'll lie down, now,. Mrs. Blyster," I "
id, hoping to divert the good creature rup
om her sorrowful reflections. And in "
ranging my bed and getting the pre:
lerubs and gillyflowers set in order for you
y tea she forgot the alpaca dress and twi
j departed owner. t's
But oniy temporarily, for, two or mo<
ree days after, sitting solemnly and "
most tearfully again by the window, lool
ie began in the tone which people use 41B'
hen they are tellingthe " particulars." "
"You jest ortersee them, miss"?for firsl
bad utterly refused to glance in the you
rection of the grief-stricken house? clar
it's so ouchin' iike. He's a-siftin' like
e ashes now, miss. She done it that bea
st day we come. She had on an old if y(
.likar?they gave it to the woman a-ki
:xt door afterward; and then she star
icked up her kitchen and put on the "
paca and went out a-callin' or some- Mrs
in'. She seemed to tbink a lot of her '
'ighbors and they of her. I see they ant
id a houseful at the funeral." " pet
"Mercy!" I exclaimed, quite out of to b
itience with Sarah Blaster's prying 'Tai
Bposiaon. iuu suouien t De iook- nen
g in at their windows, Mrs. Blyster; on
isn't polite." Y
44 Humph !" said the good soul, with
me spirit, 441 ain't a-looking in at
leir windows. I see it all without 0
okin'; can't help teein', they're so wai
ose and low like; and I've seen a smf
ght o' trouble and death, and it ain't and
i me as it is to a giddy young thine do\>
ke you," and with this "crusher" Mrs. peri
lvster went out to take my tray. mel
"the next day the doctor sent her out an 1
> take a walk and she came in radiant.
441 went by the front o' that little 4ouse,
you know, where she died a fog
>rtnit at;o. Jest as clean, you never 44
;e ! Them two men must a' scrubbed ply
le steps and front theirselves. An' -4
ach a nice rag carpet on the front- sha
jom floor, an' the clock a tickin' on
ae mantelshelf. My ! it must be aw- 41
il lonesome without her !" And Mrs. her
tlyster drew her face down dolefully
Ah, la!,Mrs. Blyster's heart was get- ow
ing enlisted. The dear old house, if it dei
ras only a hospital, was not going to ?
e without its rnmanrn nftoi. oil
" He goes to his stoop every mornin'," boi
aid Mrs. Blyster, irrelevantly, as she the
irightened up the fire a day or two 4
ater. chi
"He? Who?' I asked, stupidly. ou
Mrs. Blyster started like a child coi
aught at the cookies. sis
"1 jest sec that man over there," and to
he nodded in the direction of the back de;
vindow. " I see him a splittin' some cai
cinllins an' then a goin' off to his work, pei
; rayther guess he's a carpenter, but
nebb? its a mason, or mebbe its a shoe- '
oftker." Ki
"Sure enough!" I rejoined. "But a
vhat difference does it make to you,
klre. BlyaterP" lw
-" I, j f1' ^ -J-"r" ,
"Law!" said Mrs. Blyster, bridlin
jrou haven't no interest in your felloi
in's. Now here's a poor man,
Lely a man as I've seen this many
tig day, gone and a-lost his wife?tl
arest creetur to him prob'ly in tl
:>rld." And Mrs. Blyster's voi
oked up. " And you haven't no mo
mpathy with him than nothin' in t
:>rld."
There was an eloquence of reproa(
this which quite silenced me?tnoug
feebly protested my innocence?ar
e subject was dropped.
Sunday, however, was the grand dr
Mrs. Blyster's observation, f<
m the " inexpressive he "?it was
il trial to her that she did not kno
i name?was at home all day. SI
?culated on his name a great deal.
' There's a bearin' about his mien
d that lady with some sentimen
hat seems to sorter show he hain
; no common name; now I know t
in't got no name like Smith."
'I'm afraid we never shall know,
lid, soberly; "I'm getting well verj
t, Mrs. Blyster."
i in ?*v./>
lis juu. uu; uiic ^uuu suu
ing me an affectionate hug. ,;Y(
1 be; an' I'm triad enough if it do pi
out of a job. But likely the doctc
jet me here again."
' Oh. yes!" I said; " but what do yo
nk that man's name is now?"
Irs. Blyster returned to the subjec
;h evident alacrity.
Likely 'taint nothin' like Perkins?
said, interrogatively. The Perkinsc
re a great lamuy, who uvea near o
i grand mansion.
You know I haven't seen him,"
3, half ashamed of drawing out th
,r, old creature just for my owi
usement. " Perhaps it might b
ppen." The Crippen's lived iurthe
vn the street and, though not so aris
ratic as the Perkinses, had sti!
ims to consideration.
That just about suits him." said goo
s. Blyster, with some enthusiasm
Ir. Crippen! That sounds quite lik
1. I declare I'm ashamed at my ag(
; rainy as 'tis I could really aJmos
, on my gums and go out. I feel s
der anxious to git hold of his name.
couldn't help laughing. "Mrs
ster," I saia, "I do hope you wil
>w some clay, and if I ever find ou
tell you."
omething in my manner quite ir
jd her feelings.
I s'po;e you think I'm silly," sh
i, in a hurt way; "but, indeed, he'
2rynice man."
I know he is, dear Mrs. Blyster,"
1, penitently. "And I'm every bi
sarnest, and I want you to promise t
kc me some of that famous toast o
^ AT I T r T
irs io-niguc. -ttias: i ieur i suaa
re much more of it"?for I was al
9t well. This cleared good Mrs
ster's face in a moment, and sh
tened to set out the cherubs am
yflowers and ran to get the toaster,
'wo days later I was to go. Th
s were paid and the carriage wa
ered, and Sarah Blyster and I wer
ing before the pleasant fire having i
swell chat, when suddenly in burs
of the maids.
Mrs. Blyster," she said, in an agi
jd voice, "the doctor wants you righ
ay. There's a carpenter lives bac]
1 1 a.
e on iiic nine uuuk. suuta, nuu uc
off the roof. Oh! it's awful. I sav
l, and mebby he'll get well an' mebb
won't."
Irs. Blystcr's rosy face erew percep
y paler and her comfortable han<
cold as it touched mine.
It's him. miss. Mr. Crip?" sh
eked herself, " but likely that am'
name. And, miss, I do believe there'
rovidence in it, and here I'm a goin
ind out his name without a havm'ti
on my guns at all; but, mercy!1
she had suddenly realized that then
i no time to ruminate, "Ihope h
't a goin' to die. He ain't if goo<
sin' '11 a save him! Good-bye, mis
es I'll call up to Simses sometimes
ss your heart," and Mrs. Blysterwa
ie.
0 I went back again to school. Thi
jr had not spread and everything
1 as quiet and stupid as ever. Some
es letters came, and I spent the vaca
i with my mother's friends in a dis
t place. I forgot almost that I hac
r had the scarlet lever or had beer
ler the care of good, efficient Mrs
ster. The tall term beean anc
mksgiving was close upon us wher
gy entered my room one day anc
ded me a card upon whicn wa;
ited: " Mrs. Sarah Blyster."
hen it all came back to me, and ]
jediDto the reception-room to giv(
good creature a loving embrace?
ich quite upset her, and made hei
ie her kindly, susceptible eyes?and
ask, the first thing: "How's the
aenter that was hurt?"
trs. Blyster blushed violently, and
1, with a simper:
You hain't a-forgot, sure's I live.'
Of course I haven't," I said, warmly,
take a great deal of interest in my
>w beings, in spite of your thinking J
't. How is he?"
Law, miss, he wan't hurt so awful
; still," raising her eyebrows and
ling serious,44 he was pretty sick loi
lile, and he broke a ieetle bone ir
foot, which makes him rather lame.'
But what's his name?" I interted,
impatiently.
That's it," said Mrs. Blyster, imssively.
44 Wasn't it strange enougL
stiouKi a-saiu unppenr i Knew
in't no common name, and it ain't
Crimpton; now don't that sound
5t'y like Crippen?"
It does, indeed," I said, trying tt
i as surprised as I lelt I ought to
at how did you get along?"
Oh!" blushing again," we got alon-j
t-rate, and tuat's what I come to tel
,. We?that is?well, miss?I de
e," and good Mrs. Blyster lookef
; a fifteen-year-old girl vith her firs
u. " I come a-expectin' to ask yoi
ou would do us the honor, you havin
aownall the circumstances from tin
t, to?to?"
To what?" I cried, as interested a
5. Blyster herself.
Well, if you must know?it's a pleas
room, you know, with the rag car
and clock a-tickin', and we're goin
e married there Thanksgiving day
in't ben a year yet, but he needs me
1' lame you know?and mebbe vou'l
le to the weddin'."
ou may be sure that I irent.
Called His Sister Names.
n one of the hottest comers of Wood
a avenue, ueiroit, ai uign noon,
til boy with a bootblack's kit sa
ler the full blaze of a sun pourin
rn for all it was worth. The bo;
spired, roasted, blistered and almoa
ted, but he had stuck there for ha]
tiour when a lady passing by haltei
said:
Little boy, aren't you afraid of be
sunstruck?"
Yes, ma'am." was the prompt rc
Then why don't you get into th
,de?"
I can't."
; Did any one tell -you to wai
e?"
'No, marm, but I'm doing it on m
n hook. It's awful hot and I'm mo<
id, but I've got to stand it."
ihe "looked to see if lie was tied, an
s about to go and regard him as th
1 of a brutal father in a saloon aroun
j corner, wiien the ]ad explained:
' There he is now! That boy is th
ftp I was waiting for, and I had to s
t here to see him when he turned tt
rner- ne s me iener mat caiiea m
ter a poke-eyed rabbit, and I'm goic
jump in on him and lick him most 1
ath! I wish you'd hold my box so
a get the bulge on him before he su
its anything."?Free Presa.
The Princess Eugenie, sister of tl
ng of Sweden, ia enthusiastic to for
society of the ladies of Sweden 1
pport missionaries among the La
iders.
g; Water Funeral In Norway.
?! One of the chief men of Christiansui
had died, and was about to be burie
u His body was to be conveyed across tl
waters of the bay to the church, whe
the funeral ceremony would take plac
The day was intensely tiot; the si
u poured down his rays from a cloudle
sky; not a breath of air stirred in th
landlocked, hill-sheltered bay. All n
1 tare seemed to rejoice in sunshine ar
! j prosperity. The bouses on the slope
one above another, looked white ar
tranquil. Nothing could be less in ha
mony with the ceremony about to tat
a place. In the distance, on the oppi
site side of the bay, a crowd of peop
1P could be discerned, quiet, motionle3
A landing-stage was decked with gree
>i boughs and garlands, terminating at tl
't water's edge in an arch of green leave
At the foot of the landing-stage son
ie eight or ten boat3 were waiting. Sue
denly there was a siight stir in tl
? crowd. The coffin was being borne c
r men's shoulders down to its appointe
boat. A few minutes more and tl
] cortege set out. The first boat co
' tained the musicians, and anythin
jt more sad, solemn, and mournful tha
)r the dirge they played could not I
imagined. It was distressing in wai
u ing gloom and misery. A certain occi
sional discord mingled with the ha:
mony, the very embodiment of despa
and heartbroken sorrow. Immediate!
it following the musicians was a boa
,3 richly decorated with garlands of leave
y and dowers in the form of a canop:
that might rather have decked a brid
I than the dead. Below this gorgeoi
e and beautiful canopy, covered by n
a pall, cumbered by no trappings, repose
e the coffin. The boat had ail the ap
T pearance of a triumphal barge. Th
[_ sight was one of the strangest, most ir
[1 teresting, most impressive I had eve
seen?perhaps partly from its ver
d novelty?this quaint mode of buryin
i. the dead. For a quarter of an hour w
e watched the procession in its sIots
stately, and solemn march. The oai
it were muffled, and not a sound marke
o its progress save the wail of the musi(
" which never ceased in melanchol
Bhraina. Everv time the discord cam
li it jarred the feelings and shot a shive
,t through the Irame that no self-contro
could resist. On and on they wenl
t- boat after boat, that one containing th
coffin always the mo3t conspicuous, th
e eye ever reverting to it with a mourn
s iul fascination. The procession passe
onward until it entered a narrow cant
I between the islands, and was lost t
t view. Less and less distinct, slowe
o and slower grew the wailing sounds c
f the music, until they ceased altogether
t Then we knew that the procession wa
. landing, and was about to make its wa
on foot to the church. A state funera
e in Westminster Abbey, with all th
j glitter of pomp and ceremony, the stir
ring strainsofthe " Dead March," ha
e never impressed me ns did tnis simpl
3 procession. This water funeral re
e mains among the most vivid and dis
a tinct, most interesting and most solemi
t recollections I have kept of Norway.The
Argosy.
Ireland's Eviction Law?
s The laws by which evictions for non
7 payment of rent are authorized hav
e been on the statute books in Irelan<
only thirty years. It was not until 185
* that quarter sessions were empowere<
J to decree evictions for non-payment c
flint, and it was not until 1860 that th
? same power was given to other courts
The attorney-general for Ireland in i
recent debate laid stress on the fact tha
1 by the Roman civil law, and even th
? [aw of Scotland, if, through some super
vening calamity, such as extreme in
e clemency of weather, a tenant's crop
? does not repay his labor and his seed, h
1 is not liable tor the rent. In one ease
3 where the tenant's crop had been de
* stroyed by a tremendous fall of hail, th
3 Scotch courts held that he had sufficien
cause for not paying his rent. Th
3 London Echo contends tbat the Englisl
* law of distress, as it applies to the land
is an unjust law. It gives the landlon
" a right accorded to no other creditor, fo
j it permits him, by means of a short
1 easy and summary process, to obtain hi
i ronta with nut. the exnense and delav o
r legal proceedings. But it is generosit:
1 itself compared with that under whicl
| the Irish tenant lives. Such a thing ai
1 ejectment for the non-payment of ren
J is unknown to the law of England. B.<
. the terms of the contract between land'
| lord and tenant it is stipulated to observe
J the covenant; but, unless there is s
\ covenant that he shall be ejected fo:
non-payment of rent, he cannot bi
| turned out, except alter the usual notice
! whereas in Ireland, provided he is t
, year's rent in arrears, or four month:
1 behind the time when his rent i3 ordin,
arily paid, he can be summarily evicted
r Make Friends,
Life is very critical. Any word ma*
be our last. Any farewell, even amit
glee and merriment, may be forever
| If this truth were but burned into oui
consciousness, and if it ruled as a deep
\ conviction and real power in our lives
wouid it not give a new meaning to oui
human relationships? Would it no
make us far more tender than we some
times are? Would it not oftentimes pu
1 a rein upon our rash and impetuou;
r speech? Would we carry in our hear 11
the miserable suspicions and jealousiei
1 that now so often embitter the fountain!
of our lives? Would we be so impatien
' of the fault of others ? Would we allov
trivial misunderstandings to build up i
wall between us and those who ough
i to stand very close to us? Would w
1 keep alive petty quarrels, year afte
: year, which a manly word any da;
f would compose? Would we pass oli
1 friends or neighbors on the street with
\ out recognition, because of some rea
or landed slight, some wounding o
2 pride, or some ancient grudge? 0
would we be so chary of the kind words
3 our commendations, our sympathy, ou
comfort, when weary hearts all abou
" U3 are breaking for just such expres
sions of interest or appreciation as w
have in our power to give??Christiana
Work.
' Curious Intermittent Spaing in
tiaateinala,
M. De Thiersant, charge d'affaires c
France in Guatemala, gives, in L
. Nature, tbe following account of a pht
a nomenon witnessed by him in the lasl
t named country. At about ten mile
p from the capital, near a town called N?
y japa, on the lowest declivities of th
I volcano of San Salvador, there is
spring known in the country under th
^ name of Rio Huido (fleeting river]
which, for a period of seven consecutiv
years, furnishes enough water to form
true river. The waters of this sprin
are crystalline and wholesome, and, i
is said, are excellent for certain disease
e like leprosy, and for strengthening th
system when debilitated by the climat*
As soon as the seven years are con
Bomfltrflfflra Hiaonnoor aV
pJCLCUy iillCSC OillliTT(*kVlo uunfj
certain definite hour, the spring ceast
y to flow, and the river bed, becomin
,t completely dried, exhibits thereaftc
nothing but sand and dust. The intei
d mittent periods have been as follows
ie From 18G6 to 1873 the water flowed
(1 from 1873 to 1880 the spring ceased; an
in the month of January of the prosei
l(. year, the spring began to flow again.
it ???
ic During the last twenty years tl
iy United Presbyterian church in th
ig country has added to its number <
bo communicants over 25,000. There wei
I then 408 ministers, now 675; then 61
s- congregations, now 798; then forty-loi
stations, now sixty-live; then 55,5^
communicants, now 80,(592; then 21,2(
Je Sunday-school scholars, now 73,11^
then contributions to foreign missior
to $8,574, now $36,290; then averaf
P* yearly contribution per member for a
purposes $4.31, now $10.35.
~i iT**"i r
FROSTIER TRAGEDIES.
id Two Incidents of tlte Old Days on t
d. Plain*.
tie
re I was talking of starvation days, ai
,e> they recall to my mind as 1 think
jn them many curious and some pathei
sa episodes. If you want to experience ti
is purely adamantine side of humanity,
a. commend you to a community of adve
. tnroi-a in oparnh nf wnalfch. T was on
g present at an extraordinary scene in
l(j large dog kennel. One of the dogs f<
r_ sick ana lay down and whimpere
ce" whereupon the other dogs fell upon hi
"with angry tooth" and tore him
jg pieces. Something of this wolfish spii
g I saw manifested on several ocoasioi
q among the two-legged animals wl
ie were hustling and elbowing each oth
s in that roaring and overcrowded tow:
One beautiful summer morning, as
I lay on my comfortable?well, on my se
tion offloor?wishfully dreaming of tl
>n possibility of some good angel lettir
,j down a bagful of provender as they di
once to some of the apostles, a pai
|Q laced young man appeared at the aoo
~ He was trembling all over, and seem<
* to be almost on the verge of delirium.
)e " 1 am sick," saia ne, in a pitnui ion
i " and I want to get to the hospital."
" "There is no hospital here," said ]
" "there is no money tosupporta hospit
any longer; it has been closed up."
" But I tell you I am sick and hungr
* What am I going to doP"
* " When did you get your last meal
, "Up to Fort Sanders yesterday."
[' "You don't know your luck to lia\
fallen in with a meal so lately as thai
It ought to last you a week here."
? The poor fellow began to cry. "Will
can I do if I get nothing to e&tP"
" "Do?" cried a gruff voice from tt
other end of the place, " the best thin
you can do is to get under a locomotive.
? It was a cruel remark, yet I almos
? forgave the fellow who made it, knov
| ingtbat he had been existing jfor fi\
days on some dried apples which h
stole out of a grocery barrel.
f The stranger whined, "I suppose 1'
a i j:- ?
, ulive tu uie, iucu.
'? "Suppose so. Can, if you <vant t<
* you know," said the gruft voice.
? "Go around town, and see what ca
i be done for you," I suggested, and th
' man walked sadly away. He was wel
l' dressed, and had the air of a fellow wh
e had been well brought up. But he ha
e lost his grit.
\ About two hours after that conversa
, tion I was walking along the railroa
11 track when I saw the mangled body (
0 my visitor of the morning, tue head tor
* off the trunk and the limbs smashed int
J1 a pulp. He had taken the advice oftb
' man who spoke to him, and had delibei
3 ately thrown himself under the wheel
? ot the engine.
^ That was rather a harrowing episod<
e I T nnln rana 11 if oKnnr a r\Vio on r
?UU JL VU1J & VVMli AW IV OUVTT C* *.
' human nature in ita very hardest as
pects, when the law of self-preservatio
e asserts itself in the presence of calam
'r ity. Under some kinds of pressur
" mankind becomes, " more fell than an
Q guish, huneer or Ihe sea." I saw i
- crowd of idle laborers on the railroai
looking curiously at the torn remain
_ us they lay there under the beatin
sun and not one them would turn ove
his heel to fetch a covering to hide th
i- terrible sight from the public gaze
e When called on to help pack the frag
i ments into a box, they walked awa^
0 with some contemptuous remark abou
1 the poorsoul who could not stand th
if buffet s of that rough world.
e A few nights after t&at I witnessed j
i. scene of a more inspiring character
i but just as characteristic of the man
t mers and customs of the overcrowdei
e dog kennel. It occurred in a dance
- house, where the lamps shone o'er, no
- fair women and brave men, but an as
s semblage of cut-throats, gamblers am
e women such as few lamps ever had th
i, privilege of making visible. I ha<
taken refuge in the sheriffs office tha
e morning, and about evening tha
t functionary was aioused from his lai
K? on intimntinn 11mt. t.hfi vitrilanifi
i were on the war-path, and that the;
t had two horse thieves and a murdere
i in hand. Sheriff Jim quietly turnei
r over on his other side, muttering tha
,, he would see about it in the morning
s but I wa3 curious to see a>-real liv<
f vigilant, so I went forth into the dark
p ness to take a peep at these ominou
i birds of night.
s Aaown the main street came a for
t midablc looking body of men, al
j masked. Instinctively I approached th
. gang, as I had often done in street pa
; rades, but a score of stern voices cried
1 "Away from here, and mind your busi
r ness." I obeyed without a murmur, fo
2 there was something grim and solemi
, in the attitude of those avenging angels
i Hearing the lively tum-tum ot a guitai
3 and the squeaking of a fiddle in a dance
. house, I llew thither for shelter, and be
f held a gay throng of revelers, cvidentl;
mad with whisky, whirling around i:
wild quadrilles?a veritable dance o
warlocks and witches, as fantastic a
f that in the celebrated ale-vapor drean
I of the Scottish bard in the "haunte<
. kirk." Plainsmen, clad in tatterei
r buckskin garments, Indian fashion,wer
> plunging luriously through the set witl
, gay gamblers in nobby attire, and for
r lorn looking types of femininity arrayei
t in suits of " frayed magnificence." I
moH mntlow r>rnwrf anr>h n?t Snl.ft]
t might have piped to, and all engaged ii
3 celebrating the liberation of a desperad*
3 called Charlie Martin, who bad that da;
3 been acquitted by a jury " of his peera'
3 on the charge of cold-blooded assassina
t tion. Charlie himself was the loudes
t of the revelers, and was the hero of til
v hour.
t Just as the mirth and fun was at it
e height, and the murderer was calling fo
r a round of drinks lor the crowd a ma
j entered and tapped him quietly on th
i shoulder.
" Come out for a minute,1' said h(
1 " there's a friend of yours at the doci
,f wants to speak to you."
r Charley stepped out, and the ma
i, locked the door behind him. I ha
r managed toslip outunnoticed, and ther
I I saw a semi-circle of men in mask
i. waiting to receive their victim. With
e out a word they gagged him, and witL
II out a word they dragged him away t
the end of the street wnere a tripod ha
been erected. The fellow struggled an
fought like a lion for his life. He fougli
until the noose was fastened round hi
r neck, and until the life was choked oi
u of him.
, It was a strange contrast to this grh
scene to go back to the dance house an
" see the revelers continue their orgy, a
unconscious of the dreadful deed th?
had been done just outside of their fe<
e tivity. And when the sun rose thf
a morning it rose upon a wonderful siler
,e city. Men talked in whispers and pointe
'? to the dreary sight, while groups of me
e wandered around to the " Elephar
a Corral" where the body of a horse-thii
? hung in full view.
lt The other horse-thief they dismisse
8 with a few scattering charges of bucl
f shot in the rear, and sent him skippir
for protection to Fort Davy Russell.Chicago
Free Lance.
8 Caring the Bite of a Copperhead.;
A little daughter of John Telford, <
' Moon township, Pa., was bitten by
.. copperhead snake. Her mother toe
iher to a grocery store near by, where
J salt mackerel was applied totne woun
and a pint of whisky forced dow
the cxiiiQ s tnroat. la tne meantime
chicken was caught and ripped op(
alive; the mackerel was taken off; tl
ie wound and the poison had turned
is green; the warm entrails of the chickc
were then applied, and another chickc
re killed, and subsequently placed on tl
*4 wound; the entrails of both were tun
ir ed green. By this time the child wf
17 stupefied in consequence of the liquc
she had drank, but seemed to suffer r
I; pain. She was taken home, and the le
is that had been bitten was placed in sa
Sand water. These prompt remedies ha
the desired effect, and the child was coi
ftidered out of danger.
William H. Erarts,
hc A professional scribe has been mal
a personal sketch for a Western ne
paper of William M. Evarts, secrel
a<* of state. Notwithstanding Mr. Eva
?* remarkable thinness, he is said to h
'ie extraordinary vigor and endurar
^ No member of his profession is caps
* of greater find more continuous w
n" He sesma to be composed of will i
ce steel; he is never ill; he never sh<
* signs of fatigae; and yet the amoun
labor daily performed by him is p
"? digious. An instance of this is givei
P1 the Beecher trial, which lasted
months, and wore out all the lawj
and judges except Evarts, who atten
13 court every day, and at the close of
10 celebrated case addressed the jury
er eight days without appearing any
worse for it. The secret of his hea
1 and elasticity lies in his calmness i
c* coolncss. He does not waste hims<
ie ho understands the science of adapt:
I? means to ends; he does not fret or fi
ia He takes excellent care of himsi
e" When he works ho works, and when
rests he rests. He enjoys the pleasu
:a of tho table, and lays a solid bar of sL
between the days.
e? Besides being a lawyer and statesm
r. he has a rare talent for society, be;
Lj distinguished as a host. His conv
al sation is easy and brilliant,full of hun
geniality, wit, sentiment, and ?
' touches of art. that shine like natu
His house in town is old-faahion
spacious, comfortable, abounding
pictures, engravings, books, bronz
. bric-a-brac, and his country seat,
Windsor, Vt., is delightful, with its!
t acres of highly-improved grounds a
ample facilities for the entertainment
many guests. As an after-dim
? speaker, Evarts has few equals even
ft this land of natural orators. He
it wise, witty, learned, and eloquent
turns, much of his charm depending
' his variety. Professor Tyndall a
g other Englishmen who have been
table with him have expressed their i
ji miration fa tale nt compa-atively ra
in their own country. Evart's prof
_ sional income is estimated at $75,000
J' ?100,000 a year?it has been as great
$150,000?but he is not, in New Yc
e sense, rich, owing to his liberal mc
i of living and his large family, consisti
" of twelve or thirteen children. He is I
j head of the noted firm of EvartB, Sou
mayd & Choale, of Wa'l street, N
York, consisting of tenor twelve pa
^ ners, and many of the most promini
bankers and merchants in the city i
_ among his clients. His fees are amc
0 the largest in the country, $25,000
e $50,000 not being unusual. He is n<
about sixty-two years old, though
jl docs not appear above fifty, and he
as alert as he was at forty.
1 ????^???
Fifty-Three Days WIthont Food.
n The fasting of Dr. Tanner in Ni
[. York has reminded one of the cor
e spondents of the Albany Argiis of t
. case of Reuben Kelsey, reported by t
a ate Dr. James McNaughton, of tl
$ city, as follows: Kelsey, on the seco
s of July, 1829, declined to eat anythii
g assigning as a reason for fasting tl:
r when It was the will of the Almigt
P that he should eat he would be lurnish
i. with an appetite. For the first six wee
i he went regularly to the well in t
v morning and washed his head and fa<
t and took a bowl full of water into t
e house. With this he occasionally rins
his mouth, and drank some of it. I
j parents were of opinion that he did r
drink more than a pint ot water
1 twenty-four hours. Compulsory mea
4 to make him take food were found v
. availing. On one occasion he we
t three days without taking even wat
h but cn the fourth morning he was c
4 served to go to the well andtodri
Q copiously and greedily. On the eleven
4 day of his fast he stated to his frien
t that he had not felt so well nor so stro
t in tw> years as at that moment, a
r consequently denied the necessity
s taking food. For the first six wee
7 (forty-two days) he wa'.ked out eve
r day, and sometimes spent the great
i part of the day in the woods. He walk
t steadily and firmly, and hi3 friends ]
; marked that his step was unusua
3 elastic. He shaved himselt until abc
. a week before his death, and was al
g to sit up in bed to the last day. I
mental faculties did not seem to becoi
impaired as his general strength (
1 clined, but, on the contrary, his mi
c was calm and collected to the end. J
. voice toward the last became feeble a
. low, but continued distinct. Towa
^ the close of his life he did not go ir
r the fields, nor during the last week ev
a to the well, but still he wa3 able to
up and go about his room. Daring t
first threa weeks of his abstinence he f
away very rapidly, but afterward he d
. not seem to waste so sensibly. His col
P was blue, and toward the last blackis
q His general appearance was so ghasi
f that children were frightened at t
3 sight of him. He died on the twenl
2 fourth of August, 1829, having liv
3 fifty-three days without food. At t
j time of his death Mr. Kelsey was tw?
e ty-seven years of age.
2 This case was perfectly authenticatf
The post-mortem proved the man died
j starvation, and that proved the sinceri
[ of his delusion.
i ??
Singular Animal Friendship.
? Mr. Adams, of Van Shaick islai
says the Troy Press, id the possessor
" a bay horse and black Newfoundla
t vrrVtrv horrn fnrmec\ a "arrmHpr fill
e tachmcnt for each other. They i
inseparable companions, and one is r
3 easy if the other is out of its sight foi
r moment. Whether in the stable or t
n pasture the dog sleeps with his equi
e friend. If the horse is harnessed t
dog is on the alert and follows wheret
!? driven, and when the horse stops t
r dog is close at his head, and it is a pie
ure to witness them exchange caress
U The horse will scratch the dog's ba
d with his teeth, which delights h
e greatly, and in return the horse's ft
3 gets a thorough smoothing from t
' tongue of the dog. Sometimes in sp<
l* the laorse will seize the dog by the na
? of the neck with his teeth and raise h
d in the air, but the dog does not whi
d per, but retaliates by watching his <
portunity to give the ear of the horsi
13 pinch with his teeth. They will fit
lfc for each other wickedly, If the dog
attacked by other canines he seeks sb
" ter under the horse, and tLe teeth a
o feet of that animal are active in his d
fense. What the result will be if one
lt those devoted friends should die befi
5* the other is a matter of some concern
Lfc the owner, who values both very big)
it
d
n One dismal antagonist to all I
brotherly, uniting, harmonizing
fluenccs of the day lil!s us witli dire r
prehensions?the war spirit of Euro]
d It appears to laugh to scorn all the m
but steady influences that are fitted
l8 draw the nations together. It is p
? haps, the most humiliating fact c<
nected with our modern civilizati<
^ that in an age of universal traveli:
international exhibitions and c<
af eresses, commercial treaties, Christ;
a confederations, great common inter
>k in the literature, the science, the ind
ii try. and the institutions of differ
d, ountrie3?in an age with so much
n draw the nations together, and to c<
a vince thorn that the prosperity of e;
m depends on the peace and progress
ie the re3t. it should yet be deemed nec
it sary to keep up such tremendous m
sn tary armaments, to discourage indus
in by oppresive military taxes, and to
ie vote the highest skill and science of
i- nations to the contriving of engines
is destroying human life and proper
jr Such is the example that Europe seu
10 the rest of the world.
sg ?
It The annual potatoe crop of the Unil
.d States is estimated at nearly 200,000,i
i- bushels, ofwhich New York State al<
furnishes 25,000,000 bushels.
Hunting Wild Hogs In Tenness
:ing A letter irom Tennessee appe:
wa. the Cincinnati Commercial as fol]
>ary The early settlers brought hogs
Lrtg' them into Tennessee, ana having
ave or no food for them, suffered the
ices stray off among the hills to ro<
tb]e their ewn living. The mast, whi
ork very abundant in these hilis, coi
an(j of hickory, beech and chestnut, as
)WS as acorns, so that ho^s, deer
t 0f turkeys grow fat on it in the fal
,ro_ winter. Hogs stray off miles i
! jn from their owners and become wi
for deer, and it requires as much skil
rers cunning to capturc the one as the o
ded and in course of time their whole ni
the is entirely changed. Instead of th
for lazy lubbers as we see them 01
farms, or as a house-pet in an .
shanty, they become ferocious
in(j beasts. They grow tall and slab-s:
,]f. Their ears stand up straight, their
[n? rows 21ong and wiry, and, in short
iss. arc a different animal in nature, hi
j]f* and appearance.
'he Mountain wolves are plenty in t
res mus, out tnev seiaom attempt to
eep ture a hog from the drove, knoi
they are likely to be captured tl
an> selves.
ing The people who live in the hilli
er_ pend almost entirely on game and
aor hogs for their supply of meat. The
ine hog is not fit for food in the sum
Te. bnt grows fat in the late fall and (
ecf winter on the great abundance of i
in' in these great forests. The wild
?3 here is not considered the proper
at any one settler, but is looked upc
200 common stock property for all who
n(j choosc to pursue and capture him.
; 0f After a hard night's rest on a bla
ier before a big log lire, we are up by
in light to find about three inches of s
ia on the ground, just what we wai
by Even the long Kentucky ride is
on hanging in the rack in the cabin.
,nd outfit consists of a stout hickory
-at and a butcher knife, the latter tig
id- oenea arouna me waist in a iea
ire scabbard. These are the only spoi
es- tools.used for hunting wild hog
to these hills, and they are very effec
as as we shall presently see.
irk Some seven or eight of us, wi
ide many stout dogs, set out that mon
ng and after a tramp of three miles or i
the we begin to discover signs of game,
th- now halt and hold a council of
ew Our old bushwacker. Jack Newlan
rt- chosen captain of the party, and
snt plans of the hunt chalked out by hi
ire " You see, boys," said Captain J
mg " here is the range of a drove, and
to see by the signs and fresh beds, as
dw as the tracks in the snow, that the
be about twenty hogs in the drove, big
is little. Most on 'em is big fellows,
will give a hard fight. Now, Jim
Ned, take two of the dogs and go r<
that pint of hill over thar. Sam,
and Kob just kinder crawl around
ew that ar' nob, and lay low. The re;
re, us will follow on the track. Wh
jjJ see the hogs I'll holler like an <
Then you answer, hoo' hoo! hoo! s
|at as me, case I see the hogs rootin'. 1
pitch in and head 'em off till the
lg come up."
The snow gave us a good chanc
lty see the hogs a good away off, and
had not proceeded <ar before we sig
ka them a few hundred yards away, bi
he turning up the leaves in search of f
,e Here we halted behind trees, and <
jjg tain Jack gave the call in imitatioi
|e(j the big-horned owl, which was
{j8 swered by the other two parties. '
(0j. was the signal for attack. VVesto
jn in on a run to surprise the game,
n8 soon the doirs had brought the hog
bav. The rest of the hunters now
,nt rived with all tlie dogs, and the I
er commenced, each one urging his dc
,b' seize a hog by the ear, and, watoi
nk his chance, would jump astride of ]
and holding on with one hand, w<
idg put his deadly blows over the head ^
n? his club, and as soon as down, out i
nd his butcher knife and plunge it up tc
0f hilt in the hog's throat?then ofi
,]j9 another. The cbase and slaugbtei
Ty thu3 kept up for a mile or nu re, or
ier til the dogs and men are tired out o
'ed the hogs killed, when we retrace
re_ steps and make arrangements for g
lly ingup our game.
mt We have seen a stout hog boun
3le through the woods with his rider w
Ij3 the dog was last to his ear, and c
ne both a considerable distance b<
je. being killed. The sport is ludicrou
nd the extreme, as well as being attei
[is with considerable danger; and ui
nd one is familiar with it he is pretty a]
rd get severely hurt by the side wipi
ito the hog's long tusks. Whenweengi
en this drove the tight was exciting
sit furious. As for ourselves, though r
he coward, we must confess that we c
ell preferred to take refuge up a sapling
lid watch the light than to participate i
or The day was far advanced when
ih. sport ended. We all assembled
b]y built a large fire, and proceeded to <
he the slaughtered hogs into camp, w
jj. proved a very laborious job. Whei
ed the killed had been brought in
he counted eleven large fat porkers.
?n. was now near dark, and we conCli
to camp there for the night, retun
;d. to where we had left our provision
of the morning. On first discovering
ity game and bringing it into camp
hung up the hogs to have them r<
for transportation. We cut out ten
loins and broiled them on the live &
and enjoyed a hearty supper and br
fast. During the night we 1
id awakened by a pack ol wolves w
o had assembled on a neighboring hi
Qd give us a grand serenade. We c
at- not see them, but should judge, fion
ire great noise they made, mere were
l0t at least, and had we not eight oi
' a tout dogs and a large tire they wc
be poubtless have made an attempt to
?e ture and carry off our game.
ne
rer "
he
as- The Color of the Sea.
es* The changes in the color of the
^ have attracted the attention of seafa
men irom me earnest wmua. j
struck with wonder the Phoenic
'~r when first they ventured out of
Mediterranean into the Atlantic; t
im exc'tcd the astonishment of Coluc
and terrified his companions, whil
search of the far-famed Indies;
,p" they arc no less a surprise to the mo
V7 navigator, to whom the march of
is covery has left few unexplored re^
j in store. One of the most remari
j and most widely distributed contras
j color is tliat which is known to <
'of between the intensely blue seas situ
rrp between tbe tropics and the green
F? of higher latitudes. It appears as
; ji result of recent observations, and i
' especially of a series of experin
made on board the German fri
li.. Gazelle, that there is an intimate
tion between the color of sea water
" the proportion of salt held in solutic
the latter. On comparing the sp(
oe. ?c ?th?
MI glclvlLj Ui natci "nu uuc
I blue water, it was found that the li
JL? is always heavier thantbe former,
therefore, at the same time more
Jl the two differently colored waters
ing supposed to have the same temj
ture. In other words, the greate
lesser intensity of tbe blue color of
eat water may be taken as a direct ind
u_ its saltness and of its specific graent
so that when we observed the col<
to the water successively change ;
Jn. deep blue to a bluish green and a
IC^ green, we may conclude that the v
0f has become at the same time iess;
,C8_ and less heavy.
ilitry
Queen Olira. of Greece. has a kit
de- bo admirable in all its appointmer
the to be tlie wonder of that classic:
for It may be said that she has made <
ty! ing a fashionable accomplishmer
i to Greece.
A fabric of dress goods is being n:
teil factured in Germany from a prej
000 article of glass, that is to say, gin
one the basis of the woven goods. It
fine as the product of the silk wor
ee. Concerning Members of Congress.
arsin Five thousand a year sounds like a
ows: little fortune itself to many a man in the
with South whose hard earnings annually
little fall to $500 or less. But as a rule
m to Southern men coming to Congress since
>t for the war have come with depleted purses
ch is or involved in debt. To such men life
asists in Washington is a continual struggle
well between motives of economy ana a
and laudable desire to creditably represent
1 and their people in social and official life,
iway Many of them strike a fortunate middle
Id as ground between the prevalent extrava1
and gance of the capital and that plainness
ther, which in a Senator or Representative is
iture put down as meanness. Some live in
efat, high style, have a glorious time for a
i the few years, and unless they strike a lucky
Irish speculation in stocks or accumulate by
wild fortuitous ways, peculiar to certain
ided. classes of legislation, go home deeply in
hair debt, and have to borrow money for
, the their next canvass. There are memabits
bers who Stage cheap] quarters, spend
little or no money on receptions, thea'hese
ters, carriages, etc., take thirty-cent
cap- meals at restaurants, walk a mile or
ving two to andjfrom the Capitol, or on rainy
lem- days indulge in the luxury of a five-cent
ride in the street cars. Men like these
3 de- save a considerable part of their salwild
aries, and at the end of tbeir terms are
wild richer as well as wiser men. In the
? A /iKiMrfin
uier, meantime tiieir wivco wu vuuuivu
sarly have been living in some country town,
mast deprived of a share of eiyoyment of" the
hog honors the old man gains, and of the
ty of pleasure of a few years1 residence in the
as capitol city. In most instances they
may really had better be in the country
though they probably don't think so.
nket I knew one Senator, a brilliant man,
day- but indolent in habit and shabbynow
genteel in dress, who drew from bank
ited. at the end of his six years' term the
left comforable sum of twenty odd thousand
Our dollars, accumulations oi savings from
club his salary. He lived plainiy and re;htly
mote from the Capitol; and would walk
ither more than two miles to the Capitol
'ting when the thermometer stood in the
s in nineties. He said he walked for his
tive, health. Once I hunted up a certain
member of this Congress for spccial
Lh as reasons. He occupies a second-story
ling, room on a street that might almost be
nore called No Thoroughfare. The entrance
We is through a narrow brown door at1 joinwar.
ing the shop in the first story, and at
d, is the top of the dark stairway, which
the brings you to his chamber, you grjpe
m. your way to the first door?the one with
rack, a large square hole in it, near the top,
t?/-m 11 hin Th?M on tirt arjo firfnrpfl in t.nfl
well room. At night the long many-jointed
re is fixture in the nail is drawn through the
and hole in the door, and being doubled back
and so as not to interfere with the movement
and of the door, is lighted. Long strips o
mnd ancient papering hang down from the
you walls in some places, and the furniture
over consists of a very plain bed, a few
it on chairs, a square wooden washstand with
en I a hole in the top almost losing the
owl. china bowl and the pitcher, and a small
ame painted table,covered with congressional
Chen bills and documents sprinkled with
dogs crumbs of smoking tobacco, stands on
uncertain legs near the center of the
e to chamber. Tne occupant of this room
we receives a salary of $5,000 u year. He
hted will not resign on account of pecuniary
isily distress.
ood. Members of Congress have many unJap
reasonable demands upon their purses,
a of merely because they happen to be in
an- the public service. Day after day they
rhis are importuned. Often an unknown
irted man asks for money to get back to
and Augusta, or Raleigh, or Cincinnati, or
s to to some other place. Another wants
ar Lis check indorsed, another wants a loan
dght to go into business, another pleads his
>g to war record and poverty to extract a
hing loan. The forms of demands for money
iim, are as varied as they are numerous, and
>u Id I aonmpiv n. rent ia ever refunded.?
'Villi Charleston News and Courier.
vith
> the '
The Buoyancy of Water.
un- Speaking of the Seawanhaka disaster
r all the Trenton (N. J.) Gazette says: Presour
ence of mind, and a slight knowledge of
ath- the specific gravity of the human body,
would have saved much of this frightful
d off loss of life. There was loose wood
rhile enough about the boat to have floated
arrv ten times the number of passengers on
;fore the ill-fated vessel, if it had been used
s in with judgment. The human body
ided weighs about a pound in the water, and
lless a single chair will carry two grown per3t
to sons. That is, it would keep their heads
es of above water, which is all that is necesiged
sary when it is a question of life and
and death. Thejburning vessel was close to
lot a shore, the water was calm and warm,
>ften and all these passengers might easily
and have jumped overboard and paddled
nit. laughing ashore, if they had only
the possessed and used the simple knowland
edge that one finger placed upon a stool
drag or a ohair, or a small box, or a piece of
liicu board, would easily keep the head above
a all water, while the two feet and the other
we hand might be used as paddles to propel
It toward the shore. It is not at all neceslded
sary to know to swim to be able to keep
ning from drowning in this way. A littl
is in experience of the buoyant power of
the matter, and faith in it, is all that is re?
we quired. We have seen a small boy who
?ady could not swim a stroke propel himself
der- himself back and forth across a deep,
oals, wide pond, by means of a board that
eak- would not sustain five pounds weight,
ivere In fact, that sometime small boy is now
hich writing this. Children and all others
U to should have practice in the sustaining
ould power of water. In nine ca lf' out of
1 the ten, the knowledge that what 7/111 susfifty
tain a pound weight is all that is necesr
ten sary to keep one's head above water,
iuld- will serve better in emergencies than
caps the greatest expertness 03 a swimmer.
A person unfamiliar with the buoyant
power of water will naturally try
to climb on top of the floating object on
which he tries to save himself. If it is
** i a
large enough, tJiat is au rigut. jdui it is
sea generally not large enough, and half of
ring a struggling group is often drowned in
["hey the desperate scramble of a life-and:ians
death struggle to climb on top of a piece
the of wreck or other floating object, not
,hey large enough to keep them all entirely
abus above water. This often happens when
e in pleasure boats capsize. All immediand
ately want to get out of the water on
dern top of the overturned or half-tilled boat,
dis- and all are drowned except those whom
;ions the wrecked craft will wholly bear up.
:able If they would simply trust the water to
its of sustain ninety-nine hundredths of the
?xist weight of their bodies, and the disabled
lated boat the other hundredth, they might
seas all be saved under most circumstances,
the An overturned or water-filled wooden
nore boat will sustain more people in this
lents way than it will carry. It would keep
igate tho heads above water of as many peoreia
pie as could get their hands on the gun and
wale. These are simple facts, easily
in by learned, and may some day save your
;citic life.
it of 1
utter Teachers.
Senator Bayard, in an address to the
.an, Wilmincton hich school, said : Thprn
1 be" is not a nobler or more useful profes)era*
sion than that of instructing young
? or minds and educating their faculties. I
sea should be glad to see an higher encoure*
? agement and recognition given these
71ty? men and women in our midat who de<
>r 01 vote themselves to this lofty calling.
Were it in my power I would make the
dar'? names of schoolmaster and scnoolmiarater
tres3 t^mg 0f public as well as private
salty honor, aud I would affix such just and
proportionate compensation to theii
services as would make their positions
chen not on^ those of honor in society, bu
its as profit, so that every inducement should
land be offered to embark in the profession
joofc- of instuction of the young.
it in "
There are now three Hebrews jn the
United states congress? Messrs. jonas,
ianu- Morse and Einstein. In the House
>ared there are six German Representatives,
.as is among whom are Heilman, of Indiana;
is as Foeliler, of Minnesota; Muller, of New
m. York, and Deuatcr, of Wisconsin.
- - - - I HllldtoLULILL.
To the Terrestrial GIob?.|
BT A MISERABLE WRETCH. '
Roll on, tlioa ball, roll on!"i {. . v s
rhrough pathless realms ot apace
Si?i .
What though I am in a sorry case? * v u
What though I cannot meet my bills
What though I anSer toothache'* ills
What though I swallow countless piUit
Never yoa mind;
Roll on! ' f
ltoll on, thoujball, roll on!
Through seas of inky air
Roll on!
It's true I've got no shirts to wearf
It's true my butcher's bill is duo; |
It's true my prospects all look blue,
- * * - -N
Bat don't let tnai unseiuo you:
Never yon mind! \
Roll on! } ;
? fV. 8- Gilbm i- <
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ITEMS OF IHTEBEST. - * *-r,
The simple flowers are sociable and r
benevolent.
The mule always puts his best foot .y .
backward.?Boston Tramcripi.
" 'Tis sweet to be re-membered," u
the man said when he got a cork leg.?
Aruireu sl" Queen. * " *
The Emperor of Austria has set the <
fashion ot wearing a golden nig as a pin >
or watch charm. ' t
There are 2,000 hives of bees in the
United States, and the estimated annual
reven nefrom them is $14,000,000, u :
The demand for chairs that Washing f V -vV
ton once sat in is keeping the furniture v
makers very busy.?Boston Post.
A Philadelphia policeman who, in the ,
discharge ot his duty, shot two rowdies,
has become insane through remorse.
One of the original tea stamps, which* ' .
caused the rumpu3 a century ago,is . .
advertised for sale by a London.. firja'./ -/ ^
The seal is especially fond of musfo,
he will follow a boat to listen to a * '
musical instrument, or even a chorus of '*
pieces.
There is a Latin term for cod liver -.
oil, but none for the taste of it. The. * ?
Latin races were not well up in pro- '
fanity.
44 All work and no play makes Jaok dull
boy." Very few Jacks will be'
come dull boy if left to themselves.? .
Boston Transcript. * ' * / An
umbrella bird has been imported ,
for the Central Park zoological garden d]
from South America, much to the de* light
of naturalists. /
Heliotrope is the prominent color in * '*
most elegant toilets, and shirring is
the noticeable trimming of all light and
semi-diaphanous dresses.
A tall man having rallied a friend on * > ^
the shortness of his legs, the friend re- ; ja
plied: "My legs reach the ground?,'.
what more can yours do P"
Minnie Westerfield, of New York. .
aged one year and four months, died
from facial erysipelas, caused by having
her ears pierced for earrings.
A petrified canoe of good size and
shape has iost been found at the bottom
of Latce Neufchatel, Switzerland. It
must be thousands of years old. - - c
Grandmamma?" Now, Nellie, spell
ice." Nellie?" I-c-e." Grandmamma
?" Do you know what ice is?" Nellia
?" Yes, grandmamma, it's water fast
asleep?Philadelphia Times.
That curious little fish, the stickle- " V 1.
back, builds its nest like a bird, wher<**n
its spawn is deposited and protected.
This fish rarely grows to be over two
inches and a halfin length.
TT7" rooni^eH some verses from
I! C uavv 4 vw. , w
an unknown poet, beginning, "Hoir .
can lease my throbbing brow?" Did * ' k.?ysj
you ever try a wet rag bound around
the head ??Cincinnati Saturday Night.
It is a curious fact that Proatrum,
Italy, was famous 600 years before
Christ for its roses, which bloomed
twice a year?in May and November?
and the same fact is annually exempli- _ ...
fied now. v
St. Louis had in 1870 fifty-three flour 1
ishing kindergnrteas, with about 4,000
pupils, 130 paid teachers and sixty-five
volunteer assistants. The entire cost
for the year was a little over $20,000 *
$5.70 for each pupil.| ? . *.
Some woodebopper- at Canton. 111., ?
sent a boy to the top of a tall tree,which they
had cut almost through, to sway it . -.1
in the direction which they wished it to
fall. The plan was successful, except
that six bones of tho boy were broken
A Chicago man makes a living by
finding lost articles. He goes to puouo
gardens, parks, etc., every morning be*
lore daylight, and looks for anything
which persons may have dropped dap*
ing the previous even t*. i
Breaking an awkward silence. Mrs.
Montague Smart (suddenly, to bashful
youth, who has not opened his lips since
he was introduced to her a quarter of an
hour aeo)?"And now let us talk of
something else!"? Punch.
A New Orleans lady procured, a year
ago, over 2,000 siik worm eggs, from
which she raised 2,000 cocoons, and
from these she bas obtained over HO,000
eggs. The silk is pronounced by manufacturers
to be of a very superior quality.
The empire of Austria is composed today
of the following countries, all of
WillCD Have ai BOme lime enjujeu wiporate
existence: Archduchy of Austria,
duchy of Salzburg, duchy of Styria,
principality of the Tyrol. Trent and the
Trentine, kingdom of Bohemia, Margravate
ot Moravia, duchy of Silesia,
kingdom of Gallicia and Lodomeria,
kingdom of lilyria, kingdom of Dalmatia,
republic of Ragusa, Bocche di Cattaro
and the Primorie, kingdom of
Crotia and Slavonia, the Military Confines,
the Voivodina and Banat, kingdom
of Hungiry proper, priucipality of
Transylvania, Sanajaks of Bosnia, Herzegovina
and Novi-B izar (R ischia).
Florida OrangesA
letter from Florida to the Boston
Herald says: Nine years ago a man and
his wife came down here in the winter
season. He was in bad health, and his ,
phrsician told hioi be would have to
reside every winter in Florida. His
financial condition was verv weak, and
he calculated that it would be cheaper
to establish a home and cultivate his
eatables than to live at a hotel. He .
came up to Palatka, and purchased and
laici out a home. On three or four acres
oi this land he sowed orange seed. An
orange grove is one of the prettiest ;
sights in the world, and gentlemen
originally set out groves for their beauty
and adornment rather than with any
pecuniary result in mind. Such waa
this gentleman's design. They told him
that in eight years he would have a
bearing grove worth thousands of dollars.
He smiled, and said he bad no intention
of remaining in Florida half that
time. Circumstances, however, have
1 kept him here, and to day, instead of
' his Florida residence being a heavy drag
' on his business resources, his Florida
; estate pays him over $4,000 a year.
Those men who, investing no capital,
1 receive from tho ground such an ini
Qin nnn ftrf> singularly
come 2u iaj v*v,wv ,
fortunate. With other orange growi
1 ing there is less romance and cauM
no wonder at their success, siBce they
buy a grove for from $15,000 to $50,000;
! but even then the income on the invest,
rnenc is unequaled in business annals.
! Orange groves are, however, beginning
i to.be appraised at their true commercial
value, and bargains are getting scarcer
and more difficult on the part of the
purchaser to consummate,
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