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VOL. III. NO. 31. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1873.
Together.
"Within a garden shade.
A garden sweet and dim,
Two happy children played ?
Together; he was made ,
For God, and she for him.
Beyond the garden's shade,
In deserts drear and dim,
Two outcast children strayed
Together, he betrayed
By her, and she by him.
Together, girl and boy,
They waudered, ne'er apart;
Each wrought to each annoy,
Yet each kuew never joy
Save in the other's heart.
By her so oft deceived,
By him so sore oppressed.
Thjy each the other grieved;
Yet each of each was best
Beloved, and still caressed.
And she was in his sight
Pound fairest, s'ill his prize,
His constant chief delight;
Sl?e raised to him her eye*
That led her not aright.
w And ever by his side
A patient huntress ran
Through fores',* dark and wide,
And still til* woman's pride
And glory was the Man.
Whvjn her he would despise,
She kept him captive bound;
Forbidding her to rise,
By many cords and ties,
She held him to the ground.
At length, in stature grown,
He stands erect and free;
Yet stands he not alone,
For his beloved would bo
Like him she loveth wise, like him she
loveth free.
So wins she her desire,
Yet stand they not apart;
For as the dof.u aspire
He growa, nor stands she higher
Than her Beloved's heart.
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A lfAUIfcLUirS S1UK1.
I am an old bachelor. At sixty-five I
can say I shall never be anything else ;
* but, like all other men?all I have ever
met, at least?I have loved, and once
hoped to be happy with my chosen
bride.
That passion, and those hopes, faded
forty years ago. Since then I have done
fenance for the hasty act of one night.
have shunp.ed the society of women,
and forbade myself the shadow of a hope
that I might patch my shattered joys
with new ones. '
To none who know me liavo I ever
told the tale. I should have been esteemed
a liar, or a mndman, and no one
would willingly accept such a reputation.
To you, unknown reader, I dare
recite the events of those four and twenty
hours?events which turned my life
into its now well-worn channel, and
made me the lonely, hopeless man I
am.
At the age of twenty-four I was clerk
in the establishment of Messrs. Carp &
Cavil, lawyers. I had energy and amliifinn
lipnlth nrwl nnnorfnnifv?AVPrv.
thing, in fact, that could be wished for
by a man who hoped to fight his way up
in the world and win wealth and reputation.
I was engaged to a young lady by the
name of Grace Hunter, a pretty, delicate
creature, so quiet that her pet
name, Snowfluke, seemed to be the only
one suitable for her. Her step was
noiseless, her movements soft, her voice
sweet and low. She never herself eu*
tertained a large company by her conversation,
nor did any of those things
that give a woman a reputation for brilliancy
; but her mental powers were
very fine, and in a tete-a-tete she was
enchanting. A lady to the heart's core,
in my eyes, at least, a perfect beauty,
she might vet have been forgotten by
most men in a room full of giggling,
chatting girls.
I adored her. I had felt that herlove
was a jewel worthy of an emperor's wearing,
and I scarcely dared to utter the
words that told her all I felt. Even now
her high bred reserve kept me at a distance.
I was proud of her. I felt unworthy
of her. She was at once the
saint whom I revered, and the being
whom it was to bo my delight to cherish
and protect until death should part
us.
Six months had passed since she had
promised to be mine. At the end of six
more she was to give me her hand. I
had a small salary, but my grandmother
had left me a legacy winch would enable
me to go to housekeeping in plain
but comfortable style, and Grace was
willing to fight life's battles by my
side.
Life seemed bright and joyous to me
on that night of midwinter, forty years
ago, when I walked through the city
streets with Grace upon my arm, and
looking down at her in her white wrap
pings, with gleams of frostv starlight
touching her black hair, wondered it the
angels were fairer than she was.
We were going to spend the evening
at a mutual friend's residence. There
was to be music and dancing and cards,
and a sociable supper. I went because
Grace desired to go.
Her sole society at her own home
was more delightful to me thanjany other
company ; but I was young and light of
heart, and when I had once entered the
lighted parlors I did not sit silent in the
corner.
I talked ; I sang ; I turned the music
for musical ladies; I walked through
the Lancers. At last I found myself
flirting with one of the female guests.
There are women a mau is obliged to
flirt with. He does not admire them,
respect them, or love them one whit;
he does not even desire their society ;
but he must be more than man ere he
can refuse to respond to their advances.
One of these women I know now, having
played the looker-on for so many years,
can make any man appear to other women
desperately in love with her, while
he almost detests her. A woman of
that kind was among the company. She
had hands that delighted in soft touches
of hands masculine; eyes that could
cast glances bright and entrancing.
She possessed attraction rather than
beauty. What she said was nothing;
her conversation had no interest, but I
kaew that I seemed absorbed by her?
that I really was absorbed ; in two-words,
that I flirted abominably with her.
Grace, meanwhile, sat apart from me.
She talked to others in her low sweet
tones. Once she sang a pretty love
song. Quite calm and self-possessed^
with no appearance of noticing my conduct,
the thought that it troubled her
never occurred to me. So that when
the evening was over, and we had left
the house together, I was astonished
beyond measure to see an offending look
upon her face, and to hear an offended
tone in her voice. I offered her my arm.
She rejected it, replying that the ground
was damp, and that her hands were occupied
with her dress, but, I knew this
was merely an excuse ; and feeling myself
in the wrong, and having swallowed
more wine than I should at the supper
table, I grew very angry.
"May I ask what I have done? " I said.
"You know," said Grace.
"i know!" I repeated. "Nay, I know
nothing of womnn's fancies. You must
explain."
" I scarcely think it -worth while,"
said she. "If you do not know that
you have done wrong to-night, I really
should not care. You have neglected
me, and devoted yourself to that vulgar
woman. I heard a lady near me say
that you seemed to be tired of your
bargain. She thought that you were in
love with that creature. So did other
people. Under the circumstances, I
have a right to feel offended, insulted."
Perhaps she thought I would deny
her charge. Perhaps she expected me
to plead for pardon. God knows what
possessed me. I answered only:
" May I not talk to a pretty woman
because I hope to marry you some
day ?"
" You were flirtting?almost making
love to her," she replied.
"She is the sort of woman with
whom men fall in love," I said; "irresistible
in her manner, I've heard she
makes conquests everywhere; I don't
doubt it."
Grace looked at me with a stern face
?white in the starlight as a marble
statue.
" Other women are always jealous ol
such women," I added.
" I am not jealous of her," she said.
"I would not be like her for a kingdom.
She is a terrible woman. But
since you admire her so you are free to
tell her so after vou have seen me to my
I door."
I n i99 r j
"" urace ! 1 sum.
" Miss Hunter, if you please, Mr.
Rutherford," said she." "We have both
made a little mistake easily rectified ;
that is all."
I felt, as I stood looking at her, that
the effect of the wine I had drank upon
me was stronger thai) I had thnyght.but
I gave no heed to the warning of
my giddy head and rapid pulse.
" Just as you please," I said. " I
should think that a jealous woman
would curse any man's life. " I'll go
now. I won't trouble you longer. Goodbye."
We were not at the door of her home
?we were about half a block from it;
but I turned on my heel then and there,
and left her. I staggered a little as I
walked, and I was hot and angry. I
made my way home, and without undressing
fell upon my bed and dropped
asleep.
In two hours I awakened sober. I
sat up and looked about me. The scenes
of the evening recurred to me vividly.
1 I saw how blameworthy I had been, aiid
I a terrible grief oppressed me. I put
i mv head down uuon mv hands and
burst into bitter tears. I had lost her,
i and with her all that made life precious.
Then hope dawned upon mj soul. I
' would write to her; tell her how, unURed
to liquor as I was, the wine had
i affected me. I would tell her that to
; my sober self there was no charm in the
woman who had seemed to enchant me
the evening before. I would draw the
I comparison I felt so keenly between her
pure self and that of the bold-eyed flirt.
; I would pray for forgiveness and she
| would forgive me.
Springing to my feet I rushed to my
desk. I drew from it pen and paper,
j I wrote a letter overflowing with remorse
I and tenderness. I read it and re-read
| it. Then, leaving it upon the spot
i where it was written, I stood at the
window wniting for the tardy dawn,
very jealous of the slow hours that kept
my missive from my darling.
I had put out my candle when I left
i my desk, and the room should have
been dark ; but as I turned my head,
after a long and anxious reverie, I saw
it was full of a pale radiance like that
of a moonlight. It startled me. Whence
did the light come ? Had a miracle occurred?had
the moon risen again ?
Suddenly, amid the silvery light appeared
a still whiter radiance. It slowly
took form. A female figure, in white
garments so bright that they dazzled
the eyes, stood bending over my letter.
I remained motionless?to speak or
, stir was not in my power?and gazed
on the strange object with terrified intensity.
The figure seemed to turn the
pages ol my leuer wun us transparent
linnd. I heard a gentle sigh ; then the
head turned toward me, and I saw a
face I knew?the face that seemed the
loveliest of all on earth to me, endowed
with a mysterious divine beauty for
1 which no man could find words?the
glorified face of sweet Grace Hunter.
At the sight I burst the bonds which
held me?bonds as tangible as though I
j could have seen them?and rushed for:
ward. I strove to clasp my love, or her
shadow, in my arms. A shock such as
one might experience from an electrical
' machine flashed through me, and I fell
powerless to the floor.
When I recovered, the day had
dawned, and under the blue looming
sky the city had awakened ; but my day
j never dawned again. My heart never
awoke to life's sweetness.
To end the story in a very few words.
Grace Huuter never reached her home
that night, and never was heard of again.
The family imagined that she had remained
with her friends, and were ho!
anxious about her. I had left her
within the sight of her own door, and
why she did not reach it I shall never
know. But I do know that in some
woeful manner she died that night, and
; that her parting spirit paused in its
1 flight to bid me a long farewell.
{ I have outlived my youth, and the
suspicion that fell upon me and embittered
many years of my existence ;
but I shall never outlive my love for ,
Grace Hunter, or my remorse for that Q
night's woeful work. I shall never outlive
the knowledge that in the madness ?
caused by wine and an evil woman's enchantment,
I was the cause of my dar? t]
ling's death. j
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An Odd Wooing. c
The Milly Sisters are the mulatto girls ?
who are grown together, like the Si amese
Twins, and whom nature has endowed
with fair voices and a very fine musical
ear. After being exhibited in this coun- .
try, they have been starring it in Germany,
and they are now in Berlin.
They have there found an admirer, a
Russian Baron Nerger, a man of con
siderable wealth, who has, by an in- ^
sane freak, fallen in love with one of .
them. J
The Milly Sisters stop at the Hotel de
Rome, the most fashionable caravansery ^
in Berlin ; but live in the strictest re- .
tiremeut. They never go out in the
daytime, and the^ receive absolutely no
visitors except tneir agent, rreaericn *
Hunt, of Cincinnati. Consequently,
when the oddly enamored Baron von
Nerger sent his card up to the two sis- f
ters with an urgent request to be per- t
mitted to make their acquaintance, he r
was politely informed that that was im
possible. He next sent a handsome _
diamend ring to the one whom he was *
enamored of, describing her in an ac
companying note accurately enough for
the two sisters to know which of them
the present was destined for. But they c
sent the ring back, too, and an effort ?
of the Baron to obtain an introduction j
, to the object of his passion behind the v
scenes at the Victoria Theatre, where ?.
the Milly Sisters are singing, proved ?
equally unsuccessful.
The baron ascertained that the sisters j
were anxious to appear during the im,
pending universal Exposition at Vien- ^
, na ; and that they had found it difficult
to obtain an engagement there. He a
, wrote to the manage^ of the Leopold j,
i Stadt Theatre in Vienna, and offered to ^
pay their compensation out of his own r
> pocket. The manager did not hesitate
to accept so tempting an offer. He sent j:
Baron von Nerger at ofice a formal con
tract for a two-months' engagement. t
i The baron communicated this to the
, agent of the Milly Sisters, and on the
following day he was introduced to
them, and the contract with the Vienna
manager was signed. Since that time
the two sisters have appeared every day t
in the baron's sumptuous carriage in ^
the Thiergarten Park. The crnzy fellow
has repeatedly declared in public
that he will marry the object of his admiration.
Struck by a Whale. c
When the New York apprentice ship H
was in the Gulf Stream on its way j
home from a voyage, a singular circum- v
stance occurred to the vessel. The ,
Dosition of the ship at the time was
latitude 36 degrees 10 minutes north, c
longitude 74 degrees 17 minutes west, j
heading north, with a fresh breeze from ,
the east north-east. About 10J o'clock y
a. m several large whales, of the species {
known as finbacks, were observed pass- y
ing toward the south-west, appearing E
above the water to blow at regular T
intervals. A few minutes later, while r
several persons, including the captain,
were on the poop observing them, a
severe shock was felt, as though the
ship had struck bottom, and immediately
an enormous whale passed the t
port-quarter, the water about him being 8
red with his blood, and showing by his ^
furious movements that he had been
injured. The shock was felt by all on c
board, and so distinctly that the ship c
was hove to to ascertain if any injury p
had been done. It was then discovered f
that our cut-water had struck the whale, {
carrying away the false stem from the .
water line to the depth of about twelve (
feet, and stripping the copper from y
each side for some distance. The copper
bolts, about an inch in diameter, e
which secured the false stem to the ves- y
sel were bent double, and showed plain- c
ly how violent must have been tlje con,
tact. Whales are in general very shy, y
and the circumstance can only be ac- l
counted for on the supposition that the ?
, animal was moving but slowly, and that 11
the ripples and constant agitation 01
; the water usual on the Gulf Stream
prevented it hearing our approach. The
animal that caused this damage was at
| least fifty feet in length, with a proportionate
girth, and when he threw up
his flukes as he sunk below they appearto
measure at least twenty-five or thirty
feet across. To judge from the writhing
of the animal, he must have been
severely injured, but if the force with
which the ship struck him can be
judged from the damage she sustained,
, lie must have subsequently died. The
ship was going at the rate of nine knots
an hour, and the force with which she
struck the monster must have been
fatal to him.
Libel Law in Pennsylvania. 1
The Philadelphia Telegram says, a t
i writer or publisher in Pennsylvania who (
, undertakes to discuss the doings of 1
public officials is entirely at the mercy *
, of any judge who may happen to be on 1
the bench, and any twelve men who 1
i may happen to be put into the jury-box, *
in case exception is taken to his utter- 1
ances by the person or persons criti- *
' cized. Unfort unately judges are some- f
times venal, and are oftcner prejudiced, I
while, especially in cases in which 8
i prominent politicians are interested, 8
the jury-box is frequently packed with (
i men who go into it with their minds c
already made up with regard to the ver- |
[ diet to be rendered. The present status ;
of the law of libel is, therefore, most I
unjust and most injurious to the public 1
interests. No matter how outrageous
may be the conduct of a man in public }
station, the newspapers cannot de- 1
s uounce him without risking a libel suit; i
and that justice does not always rule in 1
. the issue of audi suits is a fact too well f
; known to need demonstration. In the *
matter of libel, journalists do not ask 4
[ for any other privileges than are granted '
to other citizens, but they do ask that
s it shall be allowable to prove, as a jus1
tiflcation, the truths of an alleged libel, t
i and that it was published from proper 3
motives and in the public interests, and 1
not from private spite. 1
Pile Driving by Gunpowder.
A recent number of the Liverpool
ourier gives the following description
I an experinaent at driving piles by i
unpowder:
The pile is placed, aa in an ordinary
lachine. between the guides in which
he monkey, or "tup, moves. Workag
between the same guides, and restag
on the top of the pile, is a cast-iron
ap of a ton weight, the upper part of
rhich has a cylindrical hole of seven
aches diameter, bored to the depth of
bout two feet. This cap, or cannon,
eats on and follows down the pile with
ach stroke of the monkey, which is of
,800 pounds weight, and works in the
ame guides as the cannon. This
lonkey is of cast-iron, with a stem of
wo feet in length made of wronghtron,
with a steel expansion ring at its
termination, and this stem enters easily
0 the extreme depth of the bore of the
annon below it, when the monkey is
llowed to descend. Into the cannon
tore is thrown a cartridge of compressed
lasting powder, one to two ounces
reight, which is coated with tinfoil or
(lumbago, so that it will only explode
mderhigh heat, the greatest success
eeming to be attainable by the slowest
iowder. The monkey being raised to
ts place about ten to fifteen feet above
ho top of the pile, or, rather, the canion
resting on it, an operator throws
nto the cannon bore a cartride, and the
arty at the base pressing on the brake
llowe the monkey to fall with its stem
nto the cannon's mouth, when, by the
udden compression of the air in it,
nough heat is generated to explode the
artridce. the effect of which is, first, to
orce down the pile by a pressure simiar
to that of a hydraulic machine, and
nth a power enhanced from ten to
welve times greater than the impact
orce duo to the weight and fall of the
aonkey alone when no cartridge is used.
addition to which the monkey itself
,t the same moment is thrown up above
he cannon from ten to thirty feet, acording
to weight of cartxidge, and is
.utomatically caught by the brake at
ts highest point, and remains there
teld until another pressure of the brake
erases it for the next blow. Thus the
?owder is made to do a double duty in
orcing the pile down while the menkey
s forced up to the requisite point for
he next blow. The advantages obtainid
are:
First?Rapidity of work and perfect
ondition in which the pile is left, as,
.lthough it is forced down with so great
lespateh, yet no rings are ever used on
he head of the pile, as it is never in
he slightest degree split or shattered,
hue utilizing the entire pile, and only
n extremely stony ground is it necesary
even to shoe it, while in soft
ground the pile drives well even when
:ut square off at the end. - ,
Second?The cheapness by whicn
uch machines can be made to do the
luty assigned to them will be apparent
vhen we state that each cartridgo will
lot average a cost of over a halfpenny.
In the experiment of yesterday it is
inly just to state the first four and a
lalf feet of ground into which the piles
vere driven was composed of bricklats.
stones, cinders, <fcc., with about
iighteen inches of original soil followng
it, while the substrata above the red
landstone was seven feet of marly clay,
vith boulders?an exceedingly resistant
Material to penetrate.
Newspaper Postage.
The misunderstanding relative to the
iction of the last session of Congress
is regards newspaper postage is general.
Che old law read as follows :
Sec. 159. That on newspapers and
>ther periodicals sent from a known
>ffice of publication to regular subscribers,
the postage shall be paid beore
delivery, for not less than one
luarter, uor more than one year ; which
jayment may be made either at the
iffice of mailing or delivery, commencug
at any time.
The amendment to the old law finally
iettled upon by Congress was attached
o an appropriation bill approved March
t, 1873, and was as follows :
Provided, That all laws and parts of
aws permitting the transmission by
nail of any free matter whatever be
md the same hereby are repealed from
ind after June 30, 1873.
By this amendment newspapers were
!ut off from the privilege of sending
papers free in the county, and all exjlianges
between newspaper offices must
jay postage.
It is still left optional with newspapers
or their subscribers to prepay
lie postage. One or the other must
prepay it, either quarterly or yearly in
idvance, at the old rates?five cents per
jnarter for weekly papers. It is Lot
pbligatory upon publishers of papers
o prepay the postage under the law
vhich goes into effect June 30th any
noro than it is now.
The Peach Crop.
Some time ago house-keepers were
cd to believe that the peach trees in
he different States had been so seri
msly affected by the frost that the
peach crop would not be large enough
o furnish them with anything like a
lecent supply this season. Subsequenty
a well-known tree culturist announced
hat most of the States would have no
rop at all. A third story now comes,
,o the effect that " the peacn-growere
ind traders of the Delaware and Chesapeake
Peninsula have held a meeting,
tnd have arrived at the conclusion that
mother market than New York must be
ound." The immediate cause of this
letermiuation has, it appears, to be atributed
to the fact that last year "the
STew York market was so glutted with
peaches that growers and traders be:ame
convinced that it would be unsafe
o trust it any longer." Philadelphia,
Baltimore. Boston, and other cities, are
n future to be the points of destination
or the peach product of Delaware. It
vill be observed that nothing further is
mid on the subject of "short crop," so
hat, all things considered, we think
,hat the house-keepers have no cause
or alarm on this point.
The trial of Mrs. Anna Adair, for the
dleged poisoning of her husband, in
[moraine, 111., last January, resulted in
ler acquittal, it being clearly proven
hat Mr. Adair co&mitted suicide.
Hon Dirorce Evidence is Obtained.
A young man sometimes fond of a
" lark," but generally speaking honest,
and otherwise respectable, had amused
himself a little too freely of late, and
found himself in th6 bar-room of a wellknown
Cincinnati hotel rather late, and
rather tipsy. Here he Was accosted by
" a dark-complexioned man With piercing
eyes," who asked him if his name
was not G . That being, in fact, his
name, he assented, and the stranger
proceeded to say that he had heard oi
him, and thought he could put him in
the way of making some money. To this
usually agreeableproposition Mr. G
lent a not unwilling ear, and invited
further disclosures. The dark man
thereupon, plunging in mediae rce, announced
that he had a divorce case on
hand in Aurora, Ind., and that he wanted
some testimony. " Now, you," proceeding,
with delicate appreciation,
" are just the man to give it." To this
G artlessly objected that he had
never been in Aurora?or, indeed, ic
the State of Indiana?in all his life :
and that he neither knew, nor had evei
heard of, either of the parties to the
divorce case. To this the lawyer, whe
called himself Shaeffer, made sweet re
spouse that these facts were rather ol
advanage than otherwise to the purpose
in view.
He then began to look meditatively al
a new ten-dollar bill, which, soon after
found its way into Mr. G 's waist
coast pocket. " The fact is," Shaeffei
presently said, with an outburst of af
fectionate candor, " we've got the whole
11 ' V*" ati/3 V?t
tiling written uuu hoi oj ?uuu <uv
brought forth a long document writtei
on law cap?"and all you've got to d<
is to fill in this blank with your name
or any name you like, with your age
and then sign your name at the bottom
That's all. You'll have to go dowi
with me to Aurora day after to-morrow
and?just as a matter of form, yoi
know?go before a notary there, b<
sworn, and fill out the paper." At thii
Mr. G mildly demurred. H<
thought there might be some risk abou
the business. Perjury was no joke
and ten dollars . "Just so," sai(
Mr. Shaeffer ; " but then you'll get tei
more at the depot before we start, am
ten more as soon as you sign the paper
Besides," he added, by way of a clinch
er, "you can drink nil you please whili
you're there, and we'll pay all expenses."
This adroit shot soon brought abou
capitulation. At least Mr. Shaeffe
thought it did, which was principally
to the purpose. For the bibulous, bu
Eliant G thereupon agreed to mee
is tempter as arranged, to take trail
on the Ohio and Mistissippi Radiou
two days after at 6 o'clock, and to star
for Aurora. Thus, rubbing his hand
with satisfaction, as over a good dee<
worthily accomplished, Mr. Shaeffer re
tired.
But "the best laid plans o' mice am
men gang aft aglee." The fertile mini
of Mr. G? hit oh a variation from th
contemplated scheme, which he forth
with carried into effect. This was notli
ing less than to take the affidavit?whicl
proved to be one of the most scoundrel
iy exercises in lying aver put togetlie
by an unscrupulous attorney?straigh
to the office of the Cincinnati nnqutrct
in the columns of which sheet it appeal
ed in full on the day appointed for th
meeting with Shaeffer. The astonish
ment of that gentleman over this nea
turn given to the situation may be easil
imagined; but whether his surprise wo
increased, as it ought to have been, b
finding himself locked up to answer
charge of subornation of perjury, w
have been unable to ascertain. Ther
can be little doubt that the infamou
kind of work, of whicli this is so pr?
cious a sample, has been practiced i
Indiana to a shameful extent of late
and we shall be glad to be able to r<
cord some instances of sharp and whole
some punishment.
Wouldn't Marry for Life.
Albert Knight, a graduate of the Noi
mal School of Albany, N. Y., was t
have been married to one of Malta'
(Saratoga county) fairest daughter!
and witliul a woman of some pecuniar
means, as well as of unblemished repi
tntion. The guests were all assembled
The would-be bride and bridegrooi
were decked in their gayest attire fc
the occasion, and the Rev. M. Webste
of Jonesville, jnst arrived to put on th
finishing touch to the nuptial knol
when Mr. Knight wished a private ir
terview with tlio minister. The intei
view being granted, ho refused to b
married unless Mr. Webster would leav
off the part of the ceremouy where i
rends, "as long as you doth live.
For, says Mr. Knight, the laws of th
State grant a divorce for certain reasons
and I do not know as I can live wit
her all my life, aud I do not want t
take vows upon myself that I might nr
be able to fulfill. Mr. Webster rcplie
that he was not there as a lawyer. H
had come only in an ecclesinstical wai
and if ho wished to be married he woui
marry him according to the rules of th
church. Whereupon Mr. Knight cntei
ed into a logical discussion of the sul
ject, until the divine, becoming dif
gusted, sought the woman's mother an
informed her that Knight did not wis
to marry her daughter, and left fc
home. The tired guests then sat dow
| to what was to have been the bridi
feast, which had been kept waitiu
r1nrinc the lone discussion.
I
A Boston Gibl's Devotion. ? Th
following passage occurred in Ml
Bartol's Fast Day sermon at Boston
" ' I shall die of consumption,' said
beautiful daughter, ' in two years if
htay in this climate.' 'Does your fathf
know it ?' 'I would not have hii
know it for the world, for it is for hi
sake I do it, as he needs me in his ol
age.' That was a fast from life itse
worthy of the name?the self-denii
t and joyful sacrifice that God loves. TL1
daughter died as she said. She onr
sat in yonder seat. The old man ou
lived her a score of years, and has i
last just gone, scattering charities b<
hind, showing that the unpretendin
James Savage was a good man."
The Bidwells and Macdonnel, no
under arrest in New York city, are no
positively deolared to be theperpetmtoi
of the Bank of England forgeries.
Incidents of the Atlantic.
Daring the voyage of the Atlantic Sout
there had been but twelve of us at the lators.
Cuptain's table. The Captain sat at the Mast
head of the table, and the purser at retired
the foot. The twelve were Miss ^ y
Scrymser, Miss Barker, Miss Brodie, an(j'an
Mr. Sumner, Mr. Kruger, Mr. Merritt,
Mrs. Merritt, Mr. Price, Mr. Camacho, , Bug?
i and myself. Miss Merritt had been ducetl
i sick during the voyage, and had remain- A m
ed in her stateroom. On Monday she way fr<
was better, and had came out to dine wives,
with us, making thirteen in all. Mr. j)ani
Price said, in a half-jocular, half-serious 2 065 ;
way, 111 won't sit at this table ; there ?
is thirteen at it." A lady replied, smiling,
" We don't want you here." Mr. Q I?
Price moved to another table. Of the ,
i thirteen at the Captain's table, Capt. cue9 rc
Williams, Mr. Brandt, and Mr. Camacho The
survive, and thirteen is the number of been f<
, saloon passengers saved. 1*?^ P<
i Themostinterestingcouplein the cab- The
1 in were Mr. and Mrs. Sheat, of Nevade. ain las
i Th?y wore jewelry to the value of about for eat
; $30,000. Mr. Sheat talked of nothing
less than millions, and poor, lamented ian(j8
! Kruger of Exchange plnce, New York, are dy
) used to joke with Mr. Sheat by talking m,
millions back. Mr. and Mrs. Sheat and ., i?
F their $30,000 worth of diamonds are J, ??yj
s floating around in the cabin yet. Miss
Davidson, whose mother, oppressed by A y
t some strnnge ioreboding, hud sewed in quires
, her daughter's dress directions what to *or h?:
- do in case of her own death, was a hap- Two
r py school-girl, who said she loved the likely
ocean, and seemed to consider the offenn
i boundless waste of sea a relief from the The
* pent-up boundaries of a ladies' board- 0pinee
) ing-house. She said she was going to exemp
) California, after stopping a few days^n ? j
, New York. On Sunday, her body lay - fi
, beside that of her mother on the rocks A , f1
. at Meagher's Island. *
) Capt. Williams calmly told a reporter
, that he felt he was ruined for life, and . A
i he expected that his certificate would indict
i be revoked, but before God and in his judgei
3 own conscience he felt that he had done "iau 4
J nothing unworthy of a seaman. "But A j
t I will notblame them," he added, "if blown
, they take away my license. Tho loss have
1 of life has been so terrible that an ex- his sw
1 ample must be made. People 6eem to gch
1 think that I had goge to bed. I had once ,
. lain down in the wheel-house, where I their j
- could touch the man at the wheel, and their i
s was within hailing of the man at the
" bridge. I had given orders to be aroused "
t at three, but was not aroused until the v
r vessel struck on the rocks. It seems to just si
f me like a terrible nightmare," he added,
t " from which I would fain awake." father
t Tho first 164 steerage passengers did A v
3 not average more than $0 to each, when who <
1 rescued from the plunderers and search- been
t ed under the eye of the magistrate, and of tho
s from the 31 steerage passengers fished divide
3 up by the divers on Sunday, more than The
1- the whole amount taken from the 164 deton
who obtained. This makes it evident Jay G
3 the bodies washed ashore and picked the bi
i up the day alter tue wreca muss nave to tlie
e been most ruthlessly plundered. The ,
i- fishermen are not alone to blame. Ras- orQ '
i- cals belonging to the crew of the Atlan- jjjnn
h tic helped. It was a bad crew, "as
1- good" said Capt. Williams, "as crews jjeen
r are nowadays." J
it _: , ,Th<
tnct
A California Zephyr. 000, h
e Joseph Johnson, for a long time a
i- school teacher in Sacramento, Califor- tt
it nia, now liveB on a large ranch in Sur- enn8'
y prise Valley, in Siskivou county, near A d
e Englesville. On the night of Jan. 6 since
y last, he, with his wife, was sitting by a partnc
a roaring stove in the lower room to their two ri
e story and a half house, and listening Nine
e with serenity to the storm that was seven
is roaring along the valley on the outside. An
i- Two boys, brothers of Mrs. Johnson, tainet
n were snugly abed up stairs. of pa^
;, Suddenly, Jchn and his wife heard a husbi
!- sound of a wilder tempest than had courti
been blowing all the night. It was like ages,
the hoarse roar of the ocean on a lee spons
shore, and increased with frightful
speed. With a presentiment of coming ^auel
evil, Johnson grasped his wife in his t()
r- arms, and at that very moment the jftW p
o whirlwind swooped down on the build- o?ni!
a ing. It lifted it high in the air, car?,
ried it many feet, turned it completely jggjj
y upside down, and threw its roof to the
i- ground with an awful crash. The ceil- , ,
I. ing fell on the roof, the boys being "J
n saved from death only by the bed, now 18tr!
?r turned bottom up. Mr. Johnson and
r his wife lit on their heads among the f;'
e debris on the roof. feyt,
The floor was torn out and blown "l re
i- many rods away, one wall was torn out
" and blown forty yards one way, and ane
other sixty yards in an exactly opposite Tin
e direction. A can of coal oil wjis burst, Islnw
it and spoiled the winter's provisions, cembi
The fire from the stove fell into a trunk are ni
e and burned the clothing and papers nativi
?, therein. In fact, the house and its Durii
h conteuts were an utter wreck, and that the r
o all should escapo unhurt except Mr. Then
>t Johnson, whose left hand was very bad- menn
d ly burned in keeping the stove off his men
e wife, is miricnlous. islam
\ The frightened people extricated An
it themselves from the ruins, and through eonsu
e the awful tempest felt their way to a Scoth
r- neighbor's. The next dny the wind resuli
>- having abaited, the residents turned to tea, c
i- and temporarily rebuilt the broken more
d house. Mr. Johnson took account of pies <
h stock; and found that of household rnm,
furniture wherewith to commence the ation
n winter anew, the hurricane had left him ftt lea
il unbroken three teacups and a lamp tage <
g chimney.
one b
A Post and Rail Fence.?Set a row reccn
e of posts about a foot nearer together for r
r than the length of your rails; then readi:
J spike on a rail to the post, near the assuc
a ground, with forty-penny spikes, then "Jac
I drive a stake outside tne ran ana Dina and s
,r it to the post with a No. 9 wire near Newg
n the top; then lay in your rails between tence
j? post and stake, end over end. The w],icl
d height of rail from the ground will de- i0us i
]f pond on the kind of stock kept therein.
J Five rails to the panel make a good rCBCn
ie fence for so small amount of material warn
,e Posts may be sharpened and driven jyve,
t_ down with a heavy maul, in the spring wj,er,
when the ground is soft. e<j f
2- muti]
B In 1869 Great Britain possessed 26,- broui
367 mercantile vessels; Italy, 18,822; termi
France, 15,778 ; Germany, 5,710 ; Nor- tims
w way, 6,833; Holland, 1,985; Austro- The
w Hungary, 3,114; Sweden, 3,357; Greece, band
rs i 5,512 ; Spain, 1,414 ; Russia, 2,648 ; hosti
j Denmark, 2,853; and Turkey, 2,200. venti
iiems ui xaicioaw
h Carolina has 101 colored legislachusetts
refuses to pension its
judges.
annke is a Milwaukee German,
alderman to boot,
tr duty in England is to be re50
per cent, in May.
imber of Mormons are en their
jm Utah to Arizona, without any
ng the year ending March 31,
more people died than were born
-ago.
ieae boys now "play horse" in
rancisco by using each other's
ir reins.
latest heiress to a fortune has
Dr some years living in the Cleve- s
jorhouee.
total meat supply of Great Britt
year was seventy-eight pounds
:h person.
people an d the sheep on the isori
the Irish coast, off Galway,
ing of starvation.
New York city charter passed by
ate Senate retains all the present
of Departments.
onng lady of Lewiston, Me., re60,000
grains of opium per annum
r own consumption,
of twelve good men and true are
to get into trouble in Chicago for
g to sell a verdict for $2..
Attorney-denerai 01 asqbk
i that it was unconstitutional to
>t mortgages from taxation,
laine man asked to be excused
erring on a jury, saying he is "so
aat he cannot hear it thunder, and
very ambitious." ,,
[emph'is (Tenn.) grand jury has
ed all but four of the county
i for drawing 150 per cent, more
heir legul compensation,
roung man of Peoria, 111., has
out what in another man would
been called his brains, because
eetheart would none of him.
uylkill Valley farmers are for
satisfied with the appearance of
jrain crops, and have adopted as
notto, " Wheat rye to please."
ite neckties for full dress are
rorn very wide ; our fathers wore
ach neckties, and we shall soon
:k to the "stock" of our grand8.
rill made by a citizen of Amenis,
lied thirteen years ago, has just
discovered, much to the disgust
se among whom the property was
id.
i New York State Assembly has
nined to bring William M. Tweed,
ould, and JonnF. Dutcher before ?
ir for contempt in not responding
Erie inquiry case,
ts related, as an instance of Westnergy,
that a man at St. Paul,
, sneezed the other day, and so
ed his spinal column that he has
helpless ever since.
) quarry inen of the Enghien disJn
TT?rtnniilt,_ to the number of 2.
lave struck work for higher wages. f
attempted to make demonstrations,
le gendarmerie dispersed all gathJ.
esperatc fight occnrred a few dajf
in the small town of Olonne, Delent
of Vendee, Francp, between
ival companies of strolling actors,
of the contestants were killed and
d injured.
Indianapolis landlady who de1
the trunk of a .woman in default
pment for the board of herself and
ind, has been compelled by the
s to give it up and to pay $10 damthe
husband alone being held reible
for the bill. ' r
althy Americans with handsome
iters, whom they are about to take
trope, should know that a French
rovides that sons-in-luw may claim
>rt from their fathers-in-law. Paris
I of "barons," very baudsome, and
edly impecunious.
Chinese servant was brought home
c gentleman of the house, and his
pR8 inquired his name. "Yung
Wing." " Oh," said she, " I canill
you that: I will call you Char"
What your name ?" he asked
turn. " My name is Mrs. John
ning." " Welle, I calle you John!"
med the Celestial.
i total population of the Sandwich
Is, according to the census of Deer,
1872, is 56,807, of whom 51,531
itives. This is a decrease of the
9 population since 1866 of 7,234.
tg the same time the increase in
mmber of foreigners was 1,172.
i are over eighteen hundred Chinand
about one hundred Chinese woincluded
in the population of the
Is.
analysis of the food and drink
med by the citizens of Dundee,
ind, has produced some startling
TVorir onmnlo nf bread, butter.
offee, and cocoa was found to bo
or less adulterate*, while the snmof
claret, port, 6herry, porter, ale,
and brandy were free from adulter- ' >
; which shows that in this city at
st the drunkards have the advan>ver
the temperance men.
0 boys of respectable parentage,
eing the son of a clergyman, were
tly tried in Manchester, England,
obbing a church. Inflamed by
ng tales of highwaymen, they had
aed the names of " Dick Turpin,"
k Sheppard," and "Claude Duval,"
trove to imitate those heroes of the
fate calendar. They wore send
to short terms of imprisonment,
1 may perhaps oool their burglarurdor.
patches mention the return of the
e party sent out to protect and
the surveyors on the Cimarron
r. The party reached the spot
-
B t06 I our SUrveyum were uiuiumtnd
found their bodies horribly
lated. Denning's remains were
;ht back to Arkansas City for insnt.
The remains of the other viowere
buried where they were slain,
rescue party encountered several
s of Cheyennes, all of whom made
le demonstrations, bnt did not
ire an attack. ?