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YOL. III. NO. 3. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1872. {&ftpcEo5^??
Deserted.
He took her hand, and looked at her;
No sound did that deep stillness stir.
Even the weary, wandering rain
Had ceased to beat upon the pane ;
Only about the perfect mouth
A sigh, more faint than the faint soutu,
Hovered a moment's space, and then
T>ied into nothingness again.
The words he spoke were brief and slow ;
V.'hat could he say she did not know?
WTip.t pulse of that impetuous soul
But owned her calm, serene control ?
No need for him *o test her heart
V'ith cmuing : nee of verbal art;
Only to ..si; ai.vl wait her will,
And. winning?losing?love her still.
Perhaps she wavered ; ave, perhaps
The shadow of the cloud that wraps
The futnre from our questioning gaze
Let in some glimpse of after-days,
Some hint of all she mig'at possess
In that true spirit's tenderness,
But if her weaker life might move
Unto the music of his love.
Perhaps! Who knows? He only knew
The large gray eyes were dim with dew,
Saw only on the mouth's s*eet bloom
The shadow of reluctant doom,
Felt only one sad gentle word,
And then through that deep stillness htard
- Once more the weary, wandering rain
Beat dull against the window-pane.
[ Applbtons' Journal.
ONE OF THE LEAST.
" ifallie, would you like to drive down
to the island with me ? I am going to
visit a patient there.w said Dr. Max Marshall,
putting his Jiead in at the door ol
the sitting-room, where Ilallie was practicing
a sonata.
"Yes, indeed! anything to escape this
horri 1 practice !" she exclaimed, jumping
up with an air of relief.
"You are llattering, upon my word."
> 1 i <1 *1! _ _1_ J 1
said IK r oromer, smiling, as sue uasueu
out of tin- ro >m in search of her hat and
sack.
" flow does the pic-nic orne on ?" hequeried
when they were fairly on their
way.
"Oh, capital! I invited them all to-day,
and not one of them declined! There is
one girl in our class that I did n >t invite
But I am sure my reasons are very good
(fties. The girl's name is Huldah Limb,
and she lives over on the west side of th?
island. Her father is nothing but a common
fisherman, and as poor as poverty.
He's coar>e, and uneducated and common.
Belle Elmer has seen him : he went to her
father's not long ago with fish to sell.
Huldah used to go to school on the Hand,
when they *>ad any, but it has been cIom* i
for the past six month's. Last term she
came to our school, and Mr. Kerby put
her into our class. To tell the truth, she
is a smart scholar, but she is dreadfully
disagreeable in other ways. She talks
very unai am matically and dresses horribly;
then, too, I feel very sure she lias a bad
temper."
" Suppose Huldah had your opportunities
and advantages! The fact tint she
comes to school proves that she has some
ainouion, ior 11 inu^i w a iunn uisiautv
How does she manage? Does she walk
to town every day /"
'' She has a boat and rows up when the
weather is not too bad ; then she walks.
It is three miles bv land, I heard her say
one day; and she has not been absent
once."
" Now, Hallie, I wish vou would invite
her to your pic-nic. Give her a chance;
vou do not know what a kind word, or
look, or art may do. But of course you
must make up your mind to treat her pre
ciselv as you do other guest>, with the
same welcome and friendly kindqess ; and
indeed you will be obliged to watch a little
to see that others do not slight her or
wounrf her feelilies by thoughtless ?r un
kind remarks. 1 know that this will not
be quite pleasant, will, in fact, require
some sacrifice on your part, but, iny word
for it, you will not regret it in the end."
"But," sail Ilallie, rather reluctantly,
" I do wish it was aov other occasion; I'm
afraid it will spoil all our pleasure. The
otner? will look upon her as an intruder."
" They will soon cease to do so if you
use lact; and Greta and I will be there to
help vou."
" But I do not see what good is to come
of it."
" ' Inasmuch as ye have d?,ne it unto one
looof tliocwt. nr? ! Keotliron \:o lio Vo
vi vii* ??t VIIV?^v ii * Mivvui VII T v ?IM?\
done it unto me,'" Mux * aid, gently.
"Is tint Hulrtulfs home, do you suppose?"
asked Ilallie, pointing too weatherbeaten
cottage situated at the termination
nt the road, and some distance below them.
"It must be. as T was assured there
was no other house near the bcaeh. 1
shall have to be a little careful in dr iving
down. It looks rather rough."
It was rough, out they got along nicely,
an.I soon drove up to the doer. Ju>t as
they stopped, HuUlah herselt came round
the corner of the house with a pair ot'oars
in her arms.
t: Good afternoon, Huldah," said Ilallie.
cordially. u We are just in time to citch
you. I see. L? t me make you acquainted
with niv brother. Dr. Marshall."
Max lilted ids bat with as much deference
as if Huldah had been a queen. She
in return flushed, and bowed rather awk
wardly. Site was, a< llaliie had said, ' a
striking looking girl" of rather a gypsvish
cast. A brunette naturally, she .a* rendered
still darker from constant ex p. sure.
The t-ileet \va? iieutialized, however, by
the rich color that glowed in the rounded
cheeks. H? i dark liair was cut short and
clung to her head 111 close curling locks,
like a boy's. Her eye* exactly marched
tier hair 111 color, and were very Crank and
pleasant in expression. Altogether she
was anything but impleading, and Max was
wrv much struck with her appearance.
*' Won't you come into the house ?" she
said, putting the oars down. Her voice,
t<K>, was pleasant; not th^ hai-h tones
that Max had expected to hear.
"Xc. tiiank you; we will not detain
you, T have come to invite you to a picnic
1 ;.m to give next Wednesday, to celebrat"
my fifteenth birthday. All the members
of cui class are going, besides a lew others.
Mv brother, here, and s'ster Greta art
goin?, too, to keep u> young people out ol
mischief," and lia'lie laughed merrily
'' We are going in a yacht to Thompson's
Giove, at the lower end of the island.
We can stop here for you, and that will
nave you the journey to town. I hope
you will go."
"Thank ye," said Iluldah, hesitatingly.
" But I s'uo-ethe rest of tiie girls will be
dressed up, ar.d you'll be ashamed of me
in acaliker."
" Indeed I shall not. I shall wear one
myself, so we will keep each otuei company.
You must not hesitate on that ac-J
count."
11 You will lose time by coming in .after
me, when you are fairly under way. and
p'raps the captain won't like it."
"It is nothing to him any way. We'
hire his boat for the day, and of course he
is bound to do what we wish hiintu. Wc
are to start from the wharf at one o'clock,
but I don't suppose we shall reach here
before tw?> unless the wind is very favorable.
"You will go, won't von ?"
"Yes; I'll go," was Huldah's conclusion.
" You were going rowing, Miss Huldab,
were you not ?" said Max.
"Yes, I go every day, almost. Wouldn't
you like to go? I'd love dcarlv to take
you."
Hallie's eyes sparkled. " Qfc, I wish we
might, Max!" she said eagerly. "You
can row, too, and help Huldab, you know."
"I should be most happy," was the response
; and in a few moments they were
skimming over the water, propelled by
I Huldah's powerful arms, for she refused
Max's offers of assistance with a laugh.
" It's notbin' but play to me, I'm so used
to it." sbedeclated.
" We have bad a delightful low, Miss
Iluldah. I do not know when I have en
joyed one better," Max said, when they
were parting an hour later.
" Yes. indeed, it was perfectly splendid,"
' added Hillie. "And oh, I forgot to say?
tiia* if it stonns on Wednesday, we shall
C have ttie pie-uic on Thursday. Good-bye
till then."
Wednesday dawned fair and cloudless,
and all was bustle at the Marshalls'. Boxes
, and baskets and pails were transported to
the yacht; Fred in his jaunty sailor suit
darting in and out, up stairs and down,
calling, now for t wine, now .ornails; pressing
everybody into service, and creating a
great commotion after his usual fashion.
At last everything was carried away, and
the house resumed its wonted quietness.
The party assembled promptly, and just
as the town clock struck one thet:Swift,"
with swelling sails left the wharf.
' Now we're oft'!'' shouted Fred Marshall.
" T n ee cheers in honor of Miss Ilallie's
birthday."said Hairy Perkin>, waving his
hat. and all joined lustily in the shout.
Mirth prevailed, when suddenly Charley
Lombard, Fred's particular crony, and fully
his equal in mischief, exclaimed, "Why.
we are putting in to shore; what's that
lor r*
" We are going to take in the last of my
guests. Iluldah Lunb,"said Hallie,quietly.
There was a movement of surprise, and
Beile and Maude looked at each other with
expressions of disgust, while madcap May
t'vriel whispered, "I wonder if she will
wear her mai m'sbest go to-meetin' gown."
iluldah stood on the beach, looking very
bright and pretty. Her dress of pink and
white calico though plain was neatly .
made and especially becoming.
' I bad 110 idea that Miss Lamb was
such a fine-looking girl," whispered Gu<
Maynurd to Belle Elmer. ?
" She is good-looking enough if any one
admired that style," she lesponded, rather
ungraciously.
I fr>i ?. ., A.../.c..r.f
JL iJUIliJ?UJLi ^ uiuvc vv a lavuiu^ itoun
for pleasure parties, being a pleasant drive
or sail, and affording every facility lor
nukes or pic-nics. The wind was lavoiahle
to-day, and the "Swilt" did not belie her
name, making unusally good thoe.
' Why, there's Tom Harrison's sailboat!
I wonder if he's in it?" said Fred, as he
caught >ight et a sail at a little distance.
u ll it i*, let's ask him to join the party
He's i eal jollv," he continued, casting a
sly glance at Greta.
They were not long in overtaking the
boat in which was seated a young man
with a particular merry countenance, who
acccpteu the proffered invitation with great
readiness. DisciubaikatiOn did not rake
long, as all turned to with a will and
transported the various articles from the
boat to the grove. Then the croquet set>
were placed, and those who wished to
play cli >-e sides, while some stopped to
watch the games, and others strolled away.
Huldah formed one of a merry group
who started off in search of oak leaves for.
wreaths, and Gus Muynard accompanied
the.11, greatly to Belle's cliagrin, lor she
was devoted to croquet, and had counted I
upon Gus for a partner. But he had taken
a decided fancy to Huldah, who appeared |
particularly well to-day, and kept the i
parry laughing by her witty smiles and i
shrewd remarks.
" Why I'd no idea there was so much in
her," said on*- of the girls to Hallie.
Nor I," she rejoined frankly, "but I
suppose it is ?>;u own fault that we have !
not found it <>ut before."
" See how it is clouding up," remarked i
some one as they rose from the table, after j
supper; lor they had a table extemporized |
for the occasion.
" Do you think it i- going to rain, Cap
tain Wheeler ?" said one of the giris, anxiously.
' 1 hope not, tor it would spoil all
our fun, fireworks, and then a moonlight
night home."
" W-a-a-1, no; it looks to me l'ke a
change of wind. I shouldn't wonder if it
bio wet] pooty haid for a spell, but guess
'twill clear away pleasant by the time
you've ready to star; for hum."
The wind was even now blowing pretty
hard and the 2ray waves dashed against
the rocks with an ominous sound. Dr. I
Mai shall was smoking his post-prandial
cigar, a* he paced the beach, when some!
'Mir l?Ml* lie U IJJUI UII I lie itllllj UUU, UIIUUI^I j
; he beheld Huldau with an auxiuus expres
sion on her lace.
"l)r. Marshall, your brother and May
Tyrrel wont <>ti in Mr. Harrison's boat just
[ alter supper, and they have not come back.
, I have been up on the rucks to see it I
could see them. The boat is 011 the other
I side of the bend, and quite a distance
1 below, with lull spread sail. It is very
rough, and the wind is against them ; it
looked to me as if they were in trouble?
at any rate, they will be in great danger
, in a little while, I am afraid. Does you
brother understand managing a sailboat ?"
4i Nut in a squall. The foolhardy fellow !" ;
1 exclaimed Max, throwing away his ngar,
' But how can we help them ??
4t There is the row boat belonging to
> the yacht. It you and Mr. Harrison and
. myself should start immediately, we could :
1 reach them m a little while."
t Just at this moment Tom aud Greta
made their appearance.
; 44 AY hat is the matter ?" exclaimed the
latter, as she noticed their undisturbed
I faces. A few seconds served to explain,
1
and Torn Harrison started to disengage the j
boat.
lt But you must not go. Miss Huldah ; I j
think we can manage without you, and I
cannot consent to you putting yourself in
peril." (
" I arn not afraid, and T am very strong. ]
I think my help will not come amiss, and 2
I may be able to do May some good, I
have understood that she hasn't much '
presence of mind,"sa:d Huldah, quietly. 1
Max gave way, and in a moment more 1
they were tossing upon.thc waves, while t
Greta with her paieface and anxious heart
watched them from the shore. The boat
was a small one containing but two oars, 1
and it was very hard rowing. Max in 1
particular, felt the laoor severely, for of i
late he had been so confined to his practice
that ne had no time for rowing. He gave
up his oar to Huldah after a while in order 1
to rest. And so by resting in turn they f
made very good progress, and soon rounded (
the bend where they saw the sail boat, j
The sail was still spread, though the/
could see that Fred was at work on it. '
"Ship ahoy!" shouted Tom Harrison, <
making a trumpet of his bands; instantly t
a handkerchief was waved as a signal of j
distress. The sailboat was pitching fright- *
fully ; it seemed as if she would be engulfed
before they could reach her. The next 1
few moments seemed like an eternity. It i
was a fearful struggle. With set teeth f
Tom Harrison and Max Marshall bent to J
their oars, while Huldah steered. At
length the goal was gainea. v
" Throw over the painter !" shouted r
Tom, hoarsely. Fred obeyed, and in a ^
moment Tom was in the sailboat and at
work on the sail, which had become tan- 1
gled in some way so that Fred could do c
nothing with it. Tom's strength and f
skill, however, soon told, and the sail
came rattling down. The relief was instantly
perceptible, as the motion of the C
boat was eased considerably, and May,who *
had been crouching in the bottom half dead ^
from fright and sea sickness, looked up, }
and said, 41 Oh, Huldah I you there ! How ^
dared you come! 0 I 1 am so glad to see
you. I never expected to see any one s
again," and she burst into a fit of hvsteri- f
cal weeping. v
" I think, I)r. Marshall, that you can ^
make that little cove over there. Father
and I iiave been in there several times in c
rough weather," said Huldab. f
44 It is useless to try to think of getting c
back to the grove until the gale subsides,"
said .Max. 44 We can tow the sailboat.
Fred will you take your place," Huldah *
noticing how white she looked. L
t4Come in here with me, Huldah ; then ?.>
I shall feel safe," said May, eagerly. Huidab X]
made no objection, for she could not do
any more good. She had turned her wrist 11
in grasping the painter, and it pained her F
severely, but she would not mention it at n
such a time. , t]
With a good deal of exertion they
reached the cove and glided through a e
passage among the rocks into compara- ^
tively smooth water. Here they waited n
for nearly an hour. The wind gradually sj
subsided, the clouds passed away, and the ^
stars peeped out one by one, as they glided
out into the bay again. The wind had $
changed, as the captain had predicted, and
they danced merrily over the waves. May
clung to Huldah, however, and would hard- w
ly loosen her grasp for a moment. All the t:
pic-nickers were gathered upon the beach, V;
and greeted them with welcoming cheers. ^
Huldah was quite a heroine for the rest oi
tue evening. *
After all, tney had their fireworks and F
moonlight sail home. When tney stopped \j
to leave Huldah, Max went "p home with ^
her to give some directions respecting her .
wrist which was very lame. Gus Maynard ir
accompanied her also; for the pleasure oi pi
it apparently. al
" Brave pal, that," said Capt. Wheeler j(
as they sped on their way again.
"A regular heroine," asserted Gus, en- lt
thusiastically. "
"She will make a noble woman I've no in
doubt," said May. t|(
" If it hadn't been for her where would ?
Fred and I be ?" shuddered May.
"Oh, Max!" whispered IIullie with
uailul eyes, "instead of being the east, sc
she is one of the greatest among us-'' ai
But Belle Elmer, with unturned nose,
fll
declared afterward to her mother that she
"had had a perfectly horrible time, and w
for her part was sick of the sound ol IIul- bi
dab Lamb's name." tc
- s
Pyramid of Chkops.?A man who has *11
lately visited the grand pyramid ot Cheops, a><
wading in the sand fourteen hundred feet c^(
before he had passed one of its sides, and 111
between five and six thousand feet before ' 1
he had made its circuit, gives a trite illus- ll
traiion of its vast bulk. He says, that *l
taking one hundred citv churches of the
" W
ordinary width, and arranging them in a
hollow square, twenty-five on a side, you 11
would have scarcely the basement of the u
pyramid. Take another hundred, and r'
throw the material in the hollow square,
and it would not be lull; pile on all the
bricks and mortar in the city of New York, sc
and the structure would not be so high and di
solid as this great work 01 man. One di
laver of bricks was long since removed pi
to Cairo for building purposes, and enough ci
remains to supply the demands of a city of ei
half a million ol people lor a century to V
come, il permitted to u>e it with perfect hi
freedom. Cheops was built two thousand in
one hundred and twenty-three years be- i>;
tore the Christian era. ft
Disasters.?One year ago the great o
Northwest r.*as v sited by a series of the w
most disastrous lires which are known
to history ; indeed, for extent and clean- H
ness of sweep they are unparalleled in ?
this or any other country. Disasters of t(
this sort in a country of such immense
recourses as this, if not reiterated too a<
frequently, do not work irreparable "
damage, and in one year most of the de- tt
stroved cities and towns have grown up n
again more vigorous than before the w
tire. A new danger now threatens them 111
from the fierce tornadoes which have n
lately done and may continue to do a 01
great amount of material evil along the a!
borders of and upon the lakes. Huron ai
Michigan, and Erie, have thus been n:
visited by almost unheard of storms n:
which have caused great disasteis to
property and life. 5
4
A Pioneer Expedition.
Twenty-six years ago the first expedi
lion ever fitted out for the invasion o
i foreign land by the United states sail
id in three transports from the port o
New York for California, under the com
nand of Col. J. D. Stevenson, which ex
sedition was known as Stevenson's Regi
nent of New York Volunteers, destinec
ror the invasion of California. Wink
he regiment was quartered on Gover
lor's Island awaiting transportation
nany regarded the expedition with dis
favor, and all appeared to consider th<
dea ridiculous, that a single regimen
)f 1,000 men, and volunteers at that
vas capable of conquering au 1 holding
California, and the officers and men whe
;omposed it were regarded by many a.?
eckless fellows, who knew not the dan
;er they courted. The expedition sail
;d on the 26th of September, 1846, amj
irrived in the Buy of Sun Francisco, ii
Vlarch, 1847, where the members found
he American flag flying, the country
laving been taken possession of by tht
American inhabitants of California, organized
as Freemont's battalion, and
lie sailors under command of Commolore
Stockton. The arrival of Stevenson's
egiment settled all doubts of the ability
,o retain possession of the country, and
ts final incorporation into the Amerijan
Union became a settled fact long beore
the close of the Mexican war.
Nov, when California is regarded us
me of the greatest and most important
states of the Union, a few pause to ask
vhat has become of all that bund of galant
men who twenty-six years ago, left
heir homes to plant their country's
taudard upon foreign soil, and lay the
oundation for the mighty possessions
ye are no -v enjoying on the Pacific coast,
["hey did not come to California for
fain, for their pay was but S7 per month
or services and $2.50 per mouth for
slothing, just one-third the value of a
>air of shoes in California at the time of
heir arrival. They were not lured here
>y the gold-fields of California, for the
;old discoveries were not made until
learly two years after they left their
lative homes. They were actuated by
atriotic motives. During all the excitelent
of the gold discovery, although
lie 1,000 men of the regiment were postd
from La Pazu, in Lower California,
3 Sutter's Fort, on the Sacramento,
ot more than twenty-five left, for a
ingle hour, their post until honorably
ischarged by order of tlie President.?
'an Francisco Paper.
How it Feels to be Hanged. ?Though
ould-be suicides are sometimes resuciited,
it is seldom that half-strangled
ictims of the law's majesty return to
>11 of their experience. A man named
ranks was sentenced to be hanged in
iji, last summer, for the murder of a
[r. Thomas Muir. It was the tirst at nipt
iu Fiji to carry a capital sentence
ito effect, in a civilized way. The probations
were buuglingly made, and
iter the drop fell Franks was apparently
sad for about three minutes, when lie
wived, raised one arm, and got hold of
le rope. One of the officials on the
iipulse of the moment cut the man
>wn, and soon after a reprieve arrived,
ranks *aid that when the bolt was
rawn and he fell, he thought he felt
imething break at the back of his neck,
id he *vas praying, and thinking of God
id Heaven. Then the memory of a
reck from which lie was rescued passed
afore his mind. He saw himself cling
> the chains until washed away; then
sizing a rope attached to a floating spar,
id clingiug to it until washed back
rain on deck by a heavy sea. All the
~i. ,:i t ? ~ k u:.,
L t'l Ho Ui LI1C piiaaCU UUUU^Il 111^
lind, and then came the thought, ''Why
0 I not die?" Finding he could breathe,
e suspected an intention to torture
im by prolonging his sufferings. The
ijians seem to have had enough of the
Western method of execution, and it is
uderstood that Franks lias been banish1
from the country. Whether Fiji will
jturn to the roast-oven system remains
? bo seen.
Inventions. ? The greatest inventions
jem to have been almost simultaneously
upiicated. Faust and Guttenburg still
ivide the honor or discovering tire art of
rioting; and of the rival claimants of dis;vering
the invaluable use of ether,
ther may receive the praise. When
lratt cudgeled the steam engine out of
is brain, it was found that a mad Frenclilan
had projected the whole thing on
apor long betore, and been imprisoned
?r boring people with his diagrams,
f hen Morse threw otf the magnetic telerapli
as a spark from his electric mind, it
us only to tind that Ampere was already
imiliar with the affair. And poor Elias
owe could not be allowed to have the
lory of making the sewing-machine all
> himself, but Thimounier disputed his
aim, and made all France believe he had
jtually designed the thing, even though
le cunning Yankee had got the start in
je small matter of execution. Thimoniei's
widow died a few weeks ago, and
as buried in great pomp, the sewinglachine
manufacturers turningeut in great
umber to pay their respect to the memry
of the inventor of their craft, and
Iter the funeral they dined together and
lbscribed two thousand d< liars for a
lonument to "The Inventor of Sewinglachines."
A Russian farmer of Odessa owns
00,000 Merino sheep.
Woman in Sickness.?In no situation
| and under no circumstances, does th<
f j female character, appear to such ad
-\ vantage as when watching beside tin
f bedside of sickness. The chamber o!
- disease may indeed be said to be woman's
- home. We there behold her in kei
- loveliest, most attractive point of view?
1! firm, without being harsh ; teuder, nol
e weak ; active, yet not quiet; gentle,
patient, uncomplaining, vigilant. Ever)'
> sympathetic feeling that so peculiarly
graces the feminine character, is there
- called forth ; while the native strength
t of mind which has hitherto slumbered
> in inactivity, is roused to its fullest en>
ergy. With noiseless step she moves
? about the chamber of the invalid ; her
5 listening ear ever ready to catch the
slightest murmur ; her quick, kind
' glance to interpret the unuttered wish,
' and supply the half-formed want. She
1 smooths with careful hand the uneasy
I pillow which supports the aching^kead,
or with cool hand soothes the fevered
; brow, or proffers to the glazed and
' parching lip the grateful draught, happy
' if she meets one kind glance in payment
' for her labor of love. Hers, too, is the
' low-whispered voice, which breathes of
life and hope?of health in store for
L happy days to come ; or tells of better
I and of heavenly rest, where neither
sorrow nor disease can come?where the
dark power of death no more shall have
dominion over the frail, suffering, per'
ishing clay. Through the dim, silent
watches of the night, when all around
are hushed in sleep, it is hers to keep
1 lone vigils, and to hold communion with
1 her God, and silently lift up her heart
in fervent prayer, for the prolongment of
1 a life for which she would cheerfully sacrifice
her own. Aud even when, exhausted,
she' sinks to brief repose, forgetfulness
is denied. Even in sleep she seems
awake to this one great subject of her
care. She starts and rises from her
slumbers, raises her dropping head, and
watches with dreamy eyes the face she
loves, then sinks agaiu to rest, to start
with every chime of clock or distant
sound, which formerly had passed unheard,
or only served as a lullaby to her
sweet sleep.
Outrageous Cruelty.?The South
African diamond diggers, in their anger at
the continued thieving, are very violent in
their punisnmcnts, and some brutal cases
are heard of. A Kafir laid a complaint
before the magistrate at New Rash on
Thursday, that his master, after accusing
him of stealing diamonds, of which he was
innocent, had held him down whilst a pair
of carpenter's pinchers were fetched. On
the pinchers being brought the complainant
was told that if he did not confess
every one of his teeth would be drawn out.
j The complainant said he had nothing to
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I uuuiu^a, aim uid uicolci uistautij oct iu
work and took out his teeth. As the
man's teeth were gone and his gums and
lips dreadfully lacerated there appeared to
be 110 doubt about the fact. John Creed
Hurley and James Craig have been committed
for trial on a charge of murdering
a native. As the case now stands the accused
are alleged to have tied the hands
and feet of the deceased together, and
then beat him with a rope until be was
exhausted, and that they then took a
knile and cut him about the head uutil, a?
is believed, he was quite dead. They
j went to Dr. Thome and reported to him
that the unfortunate maD hid been drinking
hard, and that ne bad died ot injuries
and exposure arising from falling and lying
out in the cold. The prisoners are to
| be tried at Kilpdrift.
The Invasion of England.?Sergeant
: Bates will be remembered as the Union
: soldier who carried the United States
! flag during the early part of the year
i 1868 through the South from Vicksburg,
: Miss., to Washington, D. C., on foot.
Next week the Sergeant leaves for Liverpool
by the steamer Manhattan, to carry
the American flag from the boundary
i line between Eugland and Scotland to
! the Guildhall in London, the conditions
I of the enterprise being that the flag is to
be of regular army size, and to be borne
on foot in the day time without Hindrance
or moleslation between the points named.
It seems that when the Alabama treaty
controversy was vehemently carried on
throughout the country, a merchant of
Say brook, 111., named Warren, averred
his belief that tin* English hated the
Americans, and if any damages were
i awarded to the United States bv the
Geueva Tribunal,British blood would be
so embittered as to seek the tirst opportunity
to do this country some injury.
Sergeant Bates said he believed no such
fellings existed, and instanced his faith
in the general hypothesis that nations
were nearer together than is generally
supposed by instancing his tour South.
" I bet you SI,000 to $100," said Mr.
Warren, u you can't do that in England.'
u Dnnp." snifl t.lip Kprorfvint jind hf-rwe
the tour soon to come off. The articles
of agreement has been drawn up.
Pink Snow.?Dr. Cholen in a letter
from Norway, says: One day, after
travelling along distance over the snow,
he suddenly saw a large patch of pink
snow, and afterwards came upon two
other patches. He remembered then
that pink snow is often seen on the Alps,
and that it Las been found that the
cause of it is a little insect, which can
only be seen by the help of the microscope.
Brevities.
I West Point has at present 249 cadets.
An Indiana boy has been poisoned by
eating castor beans.
All the Illinois villages are making
! cities of themselves under a general law.
1 Milk even at ten cenfs a quart, is the
i chadnr>sf nnimrtl fnrvl fhnt can hp nsprl
I
, ; Beecher in the Pnlpit.
i j Henry Ward Beecher in his seconc
* : morning sermon since his return tool)
}! liis text from St. Mark, ix., 24:?"Lord
f ?
I believe ; help thou my unbelief." He
1 commenced by saying that Mark in his
Gospel gave more striking pictures than
any other evangelist. It was by the use
" of single and strong words that his senses
started forth in their minutest details.
He was evidently an eye witness of the
facts which he records. The scene in
! question was minute not merely in re1
gard to outwardness, but the passage has
1 the same sharp discrimination of det iils
in respect to the inward state of man.
' The disciples had been over mastered in
the chaos of demoniac possession, The
victim was a mere child, who had from
birth been subjected to this evil. The
father seemed to have been a man of
strong affection. When the Saviour
comes he appeals to Him, identifying
himself with the boy, for he says :?" If
thou canst do anything, help us, being
moved of compassion towards us."
It was not true that the Saviour was
accustomed to work miracles for the
purpose of exciting faith ; His motives
were those of benevolence and humanity
and, indeed, faith was demanded as a
condition precedent to the success of the
miracles. He did not intend to teach
men by the spirit of wonder, but he demanded
that there should be belief.
" All things are possible to him that
hplipvps " fn throes of nain thp fathpr
bursts out, just in the agony of suspense
"JLord, I belie\# ; help thou my unbelief."
There -was no doubt that he did
belief in a certain way; he knew that the
curing of the child depended upon a certain
state of mind. He said, 441 believe,"
but he would have said so
whether it were true or not. There was
at the moment that invincible earnestness
of purpose to press the Master onward
in the miracle that whatever was
necessary he proposed to have or to fulfill.
At this time he hoped that his belief
was not insincere. He wanted to
believe ; he half believed, while in doubt
whether he really did believe; and so,
prompted by this impulse, he added the
cluuse, Help thou my unbelief." The
lesson of this episode in the life of Christ
was that although there was a high
standard for man to aim at, yet He did
not refuse help and encouragement nor
cast him off because he was not perfect
| and had not reached that standard.
There was nothing throughout the New
Testament more grand or iujagiuatlou
satisfying thau that limning of character
toward which we are to strive with all
our might; there is no lowering at all of
the standard in the New Testament, although
there is a lenience shown towards
those who tail to attain it. It is
the ideal of manhood and character; but
God's sympathy and pity for sinners was
great if they strove to obey His commands
; and although they did not succeed
and men, though imperfect, needed
not to hesitate to go to liim for help
They should not be deterred from praying
and beeking Divine assistance. If
your physician had warned you to be
ware of luxuries, and tiie lempiaiion 01
tlie table were too strong, woukl you not
go to him again for fresh help and advice
? Jesus so administers His love as
to succor those who ask Him for help, to
cheer those who grieve for past sin and
to comfort those who are now only half
way right.
Mr. Beeeher closed with an exhortation
to those different classes who needed
the Master's help for their unbelief?
those who believed they were once
Christains, but had fallen back into the
old way, discouraged with but a half
foimed purpose, and who looked wistfully
at the right path and who wished
that they were once more truly consblent
Christians. God would accept
their half faith, their half wish if they
would only go to Him.
There was another class who were
under great trial; whose lot was darkened
it might be, by suffering or excessive
sorrow, the effect of which had been to
throw them into an unsettled state of
doubt and dispair. Je?>us was ready to
help them, and the more so because they
were in this sad and unfortunate condition
of mind. There was no such
thing as perfection ; men must go
through life and the portals of death
partly imperfect. If they walked in the
right spirit they would receive encouragement
indeed. God listened to halfcries,
heard half-faiths, succored halfbeliefs,
and took men, who were even
but as a grain of mustard seed, the
smallest of all seeds, for His Mercy's
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SUKC ;lll(l I or lUL'ir Uttu, -L lie iviiif^uuiii
of God began at the minimum, and
grew into all strength, all grandeur and
all glory for the life that was to come.
England's Postal Service.?The
Post master-General of England in his
annual report, quotes, among other
things, the following complimentary
letter from an American gentleman,
which goes far to prove the perfection
to which tie postal system has been
brought in England: "Having recently
arrived in England, and not knowing
the present whereabouts of a sister, 1
addressed a letter to her late residence
thus: 'Upper Norwood or elsewhere.' I
received a reply in ordinary course of
mail, saying it had been delivered to her
on the top of a stage coach in Wales. I
venture to say no other country can
show the parallel, of would take the
1 trouble at any price."
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A Cheshire, Conn, farmer expects to
, harvest 3,030 bushels of apples this year.
A society has been formed in Indianapolis
to assist girls in finding employment.
The new way of dressing the hair on
the ton of the head is called the
''Josephine."
stable-keeper in Chelsea, Mass.,
was lately bitten by a spider and died
from the effects.
A number of French priests are said to
purpose following Pere Hyacinthe's matrimonial
example.
The popular preacher, Stover, of Kentucky,
has been an ''elder" since he was
thirteen years of age.
The mother of a charming Dubuque
girl would not let her marry a conductor
because she didn't want her doors
slammed off.
The average salary of eightfejn Baptist
preachers in North Carolina is a
trifle over one hundred and twenty-fivo
dollars a year!
"Insults," said a modern philosopher,
"are like counterfeit money; we cannot
hinder their being offered, but we are
not compelled to take them."
In view of the style of political warfare
prevailing in the present aampaign, ft
sermon is promised from the text, "Consider
the lie?lies, how they grow.''
A man in Charleston, S. C., has been
relieved of a Guinea worm which bad
taken lodgement in his leg. These monsters
will grow all through a man.
The celebration of the beginning of
the year according to the Jewish calender,
5,633, was continued this year by
appropriate services in all the synagogues.
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rne otrasDurg uazeae says mat ouu
Alsatians are now serviug as soldiers in
the German garrisons, of whom 125 are
volunteers. The latter will be liable to
military service lor only one year.
A farmer in Concord, Michigan, has
kept an account of the potato bogs he
has gathered this season from an eight
acre piece, and he says they amounted
to twenty-one bushels, actual measure.
"Of all the reverses experienced by
me,*' said a penurious Croesus dwelling
in a fashionable avenue, "the only one
that gave me satisfaction was my discovery
that I could reverse paper shirt collars.
One of Hartford's popular dry goods
merchants was asked the other day how
he spent his evenings. His reply was,
"At night I store my mind, and during
the day I mind my store." He was
alive at last accounts.
Alsatians are preparing to take up their
residence in Nancy, and numbers of others
will go to other places. r>uitu6 m*. 1?4
fortnight 18,000 have left Metz to seek
homes under French jurisdiction, and the
city is already reduced to a population of
onl 10,000.
The celebrated Spanish monastery of
the Escurial was struck by lightning, aad
enveloped in tlaines. The Royal Palace,
the rare old books, paintings, and costly
manuscripts have all been destroyed, and
it was expected that the mausoleum and
summer residence of the Spanish kings
would be consumed also.
A passenger train from London to Edinburgh
came in collision, while running at
full speed, with a freight train near Car1:
1- ry l n.tU in.
IIMe, \jlilll un l mm V^'UIIVT, v,auoiu^ HIV mstantaneous
death of eleven persons, and
injuries to many others so severe that it
is feared several will die. Such an accident
is almost unpreceudented in England.
Facts about Dyspepsia.?Dyspepsia
is a weak stomach made weak by overwork,
and, like a man made weak by
overwork, it needs rest, needs repose ;
but, as we cannot live without eating,the
necessity must be met by giving the
stomach as little work to do as possible
and that work should be easy, just a* we
ourselves, in the weakness of recovery
from disease, invite our strength back
by doing but little work and that which
can be easily done. The cure of most
cases of Dyspepsia becomes extremely
simple and very certain, if these few
first principles are judiciously applied in
any ^iven case?to wit: give the stomach
but little to do; let that little be of a kind
which is easily done, and let both be so
arranged that the stomach may <^o its
work easily and speedily and have
abundant time for rest. The work of
the stomach is called "digestion,5* and
means the process of preparing the food
for yielding its nutrient portions to the
system, to give it warmth, growth and
stj^ngtli. As a general thing, dyspep
tics should not drink anything at meals,
because there is a liquid in the stomach
which dissolves the food?in a sense,
melts it. If cold water is drunk, it cools
this stomach-liquid, and it loses its power
of melting the food, so to speak; as
the cooler the water is, the less is it able
to melt the ice in it. Of course, every
physiologist knows that this comparison
is not critically true; but it conveys the
essential practical idea to the minds of
the masses.
How to Live Cheaply.?Dr. Dio
Lewis relates how he lived for a wee*
on food that cost 54 J cents. He worked
hard meantime, and gained half a pound.
He took two meals a day. The following
are specimen ones: Sunday breakfast,
hulled Southern corn, with a little
milk. Dinner the same. Total cost,
sii cents. Tuesday breakfast, two cents'
worth of beans, with a half a cent's
worth of vinegar. Wednesday dinner,
two cents' worth of beef stew, a quarter
of a cent's worth of pepper, and a cent's
worth of hominy pudding. Saturday
dinner, lobster, three cents; bread, one
cent; hominy salad, one cent; cracked
wheat and aqlk, two cents. This day he
had u " uree"?cost, seven cents.
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