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VOL. XIV. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 9
i iliin ( Poet.
,n flo -lcling hrI. t fint f,tiln on <owny wing
?'outl tt ,; Wit I' to.-herlu4lls to sotr an1l singI
]Ol'oun ini ks, cm whomt the4 no (4iloor" oo'r has
I'o lock yotu In, "till i1lent and all lnnitedl"
1'heso I)ootia Onil irreeat In other 'lays,
It1 Wilting no%w, 'VIb141 havo to innl' thiIr
Thy thought t1o inuch, aind, on I hr ' hinking
lIwnt,
Withli'i trole couplets verc Content.
lIut wo' 4 1ll4 who rnsh l\" nm- ren:nts
'he inv: Nurc of a (.oltl.=tith or it ICentsl
OIne for n, anide only on', could tervc 1inm
wo(rPe ---
Let no 1(IVe poet viit e410 on blank verse.
I f yo0 orinitlit yi;is::u;c,it:;
lo sure that Ari'ter' hus: woniul cl"spI')' It.
Keel) 0% the grnss! Ittcn:a1~n-r In or old walt?
Ilc insipnhlienit , a1ui1<l1h11 his I.n1i1
IIecc.n " tsophListlIc tc". an4l nt41 r -rc"c 1
Amsrht , t en otion y)u nr.v o4ba,nc"c' to feel;
Tis i"x" ert!h'e "e4r14 'ti i 44n st ill-b'I:l.
.%On)V c "..s 44o Ii'.nu th hearl, hull 1'rom (I4!
11.4,|.
'i . I m'y 4ilIe - 4nan4-r 4un4:
phill? eIt rie"s 1 lo t " IIw 'i- in's elt04a1 -
tlor t .ag;az. ins w"nto v\'e :"c:ix min tnhs atllead
i ). fe,llow;ngr myi" :,4lvl t ,; uou'\," e" 1e uere<d
' Ynni i',
I-'* 1ot to Sign in 1'111 . ,r ini,l.i') nau',
i / l(t In th,i i " 'nr. , ..;!, ", r-\ "
1 4401 no ii<bhl4, , n::,,h"-.-; v th,,,,n:ht nu4 1nul.
4t 1.4' in 44in4' 1('entury.
.,Ihe w1a- y'o:ln'r : lI deliate, andl fair
4ith11 1h fairne-; of pr:ily.
Ma11trk Mla11eri1n rtouei b,y her side, a
world-worn m0.1u of lhirl -live: not nec
essarily a1 111a1 w.-hoiml 'he world had
tau<trhlt her ernt'l vt., but a 11an41 who
had bulfl'e'tedl forttune, who h:141 earned
his livin. 1rm1 1 boyhood by t"lo-:o a)pli
Cation to work-lc, tI ha:t ,1:;,l left him no
tiltuc1 to 1 (In,me at 14;'? of soc'iiety.
Yet fo',r a;l ""lrultt;s was: :in honor
b11)le man." h fh a 'oi far the inferior of
the ,1r:- v1 gIrl h -id4e hi- n thant lie
couil not Summ1 n sull4t Sliie'ient nt"rve1 to
tell hert1 how dea1:ri' shtr w\"a; to him,
11111 ho)\w he wviI;ewd to mal'rrv le' am(l
Show the world til frc""1 c"re"aiure,
with her fra.nk, spaking eye, a- the
brigIt fairy wh wa to 101 11him up
w\"anet am4el lnw, V ri d I th'uh1 Ill th le4 fit
ture.
'"\Itruc-l!c!" called a1 hit h tr'el
vliCe, a1ml the g)Idecn oppI)ortulitnity" was
lost.
1e'm'l1le':1c Cn1tered thO Sitting-rooml
wvhoso p;leas :nt, w\'hi!e-curtained w\-in
d[ows opecnedl upon th e ho)nev'\sucllkle
emb1);we-red[ Vrr;lt;ua up,on which therv
had been simntlinge. :'heu entteredW l It)
meet a you.1-", attractive ma:1 n advan:4,
inl tIw::rel Iwtr.
".M r. 'I're.ntumrh it, my .ar. is not a .
qu1aintedl with. Atr. _hm:lg. id
her mo4 li(er softly, - o I thou htl I 1::,
better \al )1o."
l4rmt4 l turnt'(d back t o the 1piz:a
w;ith hc'r ;;rac efull, frankl.:nr.
"1r. \lan:ne rin, let, mne intr<ouce
you to A 'Ir. T te r.1 "
T 4:he n:)4 ti, but M\[irk"!c \::lnne"r
int14 . -. I ... :11:::u::t. t11 1 be4414an44
mlakin ii: hi :e1.. u.
The young m:an h dl edl him with a1
look borering n dilik1, d was
doublltlt';, only too we!Ill le"ased w\he4n
the first, calk.r took hli; departure.
Theod ore 'lTremInnor wa: ; 1 0.d414:it1y a
favorite; w\'illh .1lrs. ('h-lhoroll g' h, and
of this lle was doutlelt 11s :nar11e, "i-'1
her 111:1 ' el in- r:n " ft) - th(" young.
1an441 aIs at vi lit' :t hI-"r" h44 e' wa"1' open
I l had l d 1 byei t,\ ' h i n i,t' h tr.
Yotung'Tr,"mnnr knt"\w whyt i at
tent ons t(4 \lr,. ('he b4e)orouh'- t:migh;
tt'r were" e"ncoetura,_ede.
H is f"ather;" h:' d rc', nt't!v died, : 1l he
was 1epulltedtl to b worh pr1)Ity to
the amnotn:t t;f 1,t"ar y lo 1 million.
'the Chesbourough we \-r); also wvealthv\
a:d of a~ g 4f4:nily".
timeC ~4 141r 41. 1:er I 1l4f t iehl4
becau4(se(.'' 1- ne 'o wII her moth1 r
d111( ned4 ('-r 44o 4 w.: by maci:w14-,
and'14. he k4' w. ea 141 1with: tO\lr
rlI oins in441 youn. Tremn(or, 1I'(l4r.
14Iirs. 1('hesborou444 4gh, t4 the44 la1t m1]i
and1(1il Tremnor. 1('roni4in-C 14o1 call 4nd
(tak4e an1:4 it of his w 4'ith(V im(14 ih)
not1( only (4o44d 4slowly,~' but( rarIly.
lro4era daswewll over,''l1)4 11( (44 aId(p4
ur0n 1'4erIc' * aj'iiolla:4, ((14k14.-w ((44,
heiore11 entering hrad, tha t111 1(14thing1
11flresieon th's4 fol 14ni 41 1ht 11(
'1'he ex111c 1gluv lif 411' the- lohl4 1:44
143l41)(Tremuor's4ony reat3 I inl I 1 the iy'
Tht he w14 111 inth l ife1111 of a1 fa,h-1 k
ineyoung man14 o she as 1ellware
lrl, wot ((4sh4' <lid (44 ait 4'ViM)w. ('l
Had44 any1.4 4444 1(4hi44 -r1 d the114''01 tord'
Atn l proert his father1144)1 1'lef1t, him
11pe1dily nogh, 41nd4 (n444ow1y thebt
his1 fash1ti 1n folly031 have' 144d 1him1 into
thiaehinki.rc ohi;fui
Aos 111mme1 ag:un4 to me. S(114( po1i1i1 i)CH
honyo)'WIO LLi---iIln oe h
iout o the0 iitioyfhsfrn
But an unconquernblo drowsine
had taken possession of Mertmelle, a1
conscious that Sh1o was yielding to
kind of sleep, yet utterly unable
throw it off, site at last lay back in t
carriage in a state of complete tn' O
S(.ou t les3?.
. * * * *
TIhe m oon1 ilooded fields and woo
with it< ot"aline sea of light.
In Iticent spl nlor the ocean rock
to and fro upon the beach, while i
moanings died away in the diist:anc
and left a s;Ilettce tnblroket and pe
fect.
Not far from this bleak shore, w.1
its itll ruined lighthouse, ittight I a
,cen seen a boat out upon the waters.
Slowly it neared a point of 1,m
about whlic"h somue lishermi nt's hu
were gathered, and tI her it 1 ew . a
boats lay rocking upon the waters.
To reach this poinit, however, ti
boluatn must pass the pr"omontot
wlie stood the old tower like stru
ture we have lescribedh.
As he drew iear" sonethin Iis,o
fiit cry reclied his ear. 1He listenle
it camne ngain, aiti1 seetet to e lcanal
fromt the lighthous".
Then a small1i 0llim lit up1 (the h11
w indow"; it 1lashed, thien tluttered dION
-dowtn the rugged Old gray wall to t1
,romid.
lie imnale all speed to land at ti
nearest i oinl of safety, : nd made h
way at once to the i"lithouse.
As le reachted lie si"ot, Ie aga
heard a wona .'s .t:eem, and it w
plain tI- t sunme one was calling f
help It tie -iunmit of the edifice.
lie -ra g up the broken stairva
D)ark.r mal htdrker it grew, lit only I
th-- ewca ionaIl 'le Im froi a slit-lil
winldow. II stru k Im .t Ie, o .i
his way.
Sutdtlenly he 1 e:r( just ahead ci li!
"lther fe- i tre:lin the windling(; stai
way. 'TIhey halt (I, but the man froi
the boat per"sever"ed. :and present1
Stood facing a fashionablyv-:attired your
lii; face was white as chali: lie a
temlptc(d bravado, !owCVer, as l. sa
determnination 1t on Ith fact, of his pi
ser.
"Mr. 'I'helodore '1'r;niinotr, wh.t dol
this mean?''
"It means iihat ou' re a cursed fot
al yot'd het ter Iurn back andi
about your hu, ine.s.''
"Not until I tind out who is in di
inl this building at such an hotr,
said the other.
he spoke he attempted to pam:s ti
nia:, who now completely barred b1
A he took it ste; forward41, the (tl
natcliled front his oeket a re' olv'
and took aim.
A\nticipating this, his coljppa1;h
dtl I, with one blow against Trot
n11r ' Ahoulter, hi:tself :1tul his weap<t
".ral step: lh>wt him. "It t
wVOrk, o' a nmoment, and11 the next
w:s ru(shlingr up thle stair=.
I" it-mnor, si t uggling Io his feet, setu
dcd do n III st airs, and liedl tltrot1
foot- p iat : li!tih. till lie rechie~i
oint trIlctc s1t1 1 ( :ttringe and tI
e r.
"Dlrive liikt' nau-stop for nothing'
to - - Statimo. tout will be wi
paid!"'
.\ml the next trait whithih left f
L,lun carr ictd away T( heo-lure Trel
>o n h w y , Ito 44t e coa!i'!t!t.
;.f alttwh!il. ,' \ernieltc ('he..b l"on!
lookedl up1 from the r"'tten plamkswthe
u- h:t ain, he;riig naught hut tl
w:tves :nll the scuttle of rats near
hind, to 44 Ountet witIt a shudder t
fa -e, not of the one she most drea<
and expected, but that Of a deliver
--t he face of her frient, Maik Mannli,
lloiw lie cam e she did niot atsk. B ri
Iv she ttohl hnt of the evet;ng's pie
formanciei-of thle 'ircumstti.Iantes whIlit
ht:al tph ed her:j ini Tremnor's power.
"' Ikntew inothinug sine wre left, il
retauanitit till I topnedt( tily teyes t) fi1
mynel a~I lon e hter'. Yet , I recall tIl
t'ircuti anc 'tes, atnd gutessed at thle recs
h'r'e. l1Iark- --what is that? iIe mm
comle at any1 mii oment. WVhere canil I
hlave gtonit?"
"I net Itimi on the staiilway on h
way up. Butt hie will not co:no tim
Vent' nothling; het is hut toti well lla
dl to 144' afhtr meietinig mec. Coin
wit ht nit Mle rmelle--\-~l iss (Chesbort)'t
thmy boaimt is near'. I will get you s:a
lionmi to yourt moltheri."
Mermelle bt'oke into1 wild sobs (of r'
''Ohl, whlat kind fate wats it. tat se
you to til detliveriancte'?"'
-hte iriste, :tit at templdtd to feel hi
wayv, with b : Manntring orii a guide, dowI
stanit's.
Bitt Mainnttrin plted al strong at
:taiout hir, antd bore' her btelow itsi
Al-- (io'noboroui was ill ai condiitio
ter, witih Mmlark Matnnering fot' a ou
paion ilt: her way into th Ie lion
siforo'lokini t iitrnintg.
moniitanctes. Whteinat- Inst slth id s
-,b' to-e andt seiz'edl Mark by the hiatnd
"Whal,t -what gir.-t iiitng," ' si
tmoth'stly, '"mtil it- is agiieat thinig, at
it i. tis-: I love vote' tdaughiter' dear'l
:ante if I cantii~ I iher great weatlth,
4an give her'i tie prottction that.i
honorbha nan nn bstow WOi '
Mru-. ( 'hitstbotreogh - htsitted', buit
Sihe i a' h t m ll a n tt
WVit hiout a wtordI siht took the line
litr dm rg:h iteln ph1-etd it withlin, th
of lMark Abunnria.it.
elates mi thet St ait i'. It has ito telegr'ap
IiiIhiunt t iage titde o~f twelytil
nile,s.
Iie Priine o Wa:les is only' forty-fib
Uitt i ytou countt his age ont the liti
tInrtee '5 pl.m by thle funi lies had, hu
li uetst three hiumitredt, says Li& B08.
-> COL. HARNtsY'S rEVENGI".
1d
a "Ned Tumnttlin('" ICeminiscenler. of the
to Seminole War.
10
1- When the massacre of the (:aloosa
hatchio ended the truce which ha'l for
* a brief time suspended operations
Is against the Seminoles, writes "Ned
Buntline" in the New York lWurld, tho
,l war opened with renewed activity. The
ts naval force on the coast--to which (lie
vriter hereof, th:-n i midshipman, act
in g as icutenani., was at tached --con
sisted of the topsail schooner Flirt,
h Wave, enid Otsego, commanded re
- speetively by Lieutenant. Commanding
J. T. McLaughlin, Lieutenant John
d Rodgers (late admiral) and Passed
Midshipman Edtlnund 'Templar Shu
brick, about whom I will shortly write
a tragic history. The army force con
0 sisted of the 3d artillery, 6th infantry,
2d dragoons, and a part of the 7th in
fantry. The 8th infantry cane later,
under command of Col. Worth, who
Ssoo11 after was promoted, and, reliev
. ing Gen. Zachary T''aylor, pushed ac
tivo operations ntiil the w::- was prac
tically endel. I ai thus p:articular
1 now t)ce:nuse inl these pape. s alI the!se
1 uarties wvill have a place.
e Col. IIarney was raging mad when
hie reach(.( Key Biscayne onl our"schoont
cr, sweari'rg the bittere t ve"ngreanc"e on
is the red niirderers of I is brave lmen.
For it was murder in the broadest
sense. '1'he men fell not as sohliers in
battle, but. were surprised inl bed, shot
)r down, slain and seal: edl, with no
chance for resi.tance. On the island
which forms ('ape Ilorida there were
several cotmpanie of the 3:1 artillery
and two conpanit s of tie' :h dr..goons.
Harney :!s lieutenant colonel ranked all
the officers at the post, and the naval
men having a la1 ge number of cypress
canoes that had been made expressly
for our use in following the Indians up
the river, lagoons, and bays aloIng the
coast, made his plans easy of ac("om
shinent.
Calling for voluinteers to go on the
- expedition. the brave 11arney soon had
20) picked mnen, sailors ant soldiers,
ready for a start. I forget just now
the namies of all the oflicers who Went
along. I am almo,t sire that (eneral
ticrlln1n, nmow retired, was one--or he
was at the rost . a licutnaat. I know
that the late (;en. Ord was there, as
w ill be seen in later lines i:i this sketch.
Lient. l{odne"y, of Delaware, a gallant
I dral;oon, also ('apt. ult onl, of t he same
regiment, Francis Key \lurray, John
I Contee, and Lieut. llogcr, were in the
naval contingent.
'r onung man," said Ilarnley to mm
.vh(en we were littintr out the canoes,
",have you :rny smal, stroig ro; e on
board of the Ostego?'"
"Yes, cohe tI. 1Iere is a coil of
~ deep-sea lead-l ne, t hi ch will hol I a
'l tratin of 5) ( pounlds, andl it i; small, as
1t is the very thii:!! timd t he oil
of rope to myI boat. I'Il inake good iis
,h of it b'fore wVo giet b a"k!' le ans.cred,
clinchio lis remailr;; ' th one of hib
usual liter oa-th ag ainu-t lhe "nlurtder
ing red niggrr.
ho nake the story short, we g'ol
awatv:y jusit after dark', pro ti:,ionedi Yot
ten (lays, but armed and mu1n1iitione(
for at week's stt dv tllighting, if it cai
to that. We hi:u l (i iv bot:Is and t a
noe, verasini aboiut :;evein men iE
ca I. We lllied - -ilent y as pos-i
hli)e up to oI l':ort 1).I"las, at the mouth
of the ILittl: Mi:Inni riv t. ::uid enterin
t pi he.! rpidiyi i up ito the et r
t gla es. I:;r.t thiing lci tnlld on one
takin'Y the 1:1dianls by surprise. 'le
tI stritie t tnii rs werni''-g i nu to fire a
+ull, o t' ti gi- :in order ini :i loud
i t :-i u- ail I he otin-r. lii>~ c t ini
r- o1- : onie i oubl lbe kepth to
ui l,oo all ii t to . a-. up thI shia
ld w , .I,-0 . 8tr : 1 a n d i:l t. o :i r l i t ol
itdistanit i.sh:iuls ini xit ot' OurS. Our
aw I .ii n Ic .ii .' .- i I -w ' cbu it evi e
issga ofI occuimtloi, bult no0 5 gi of
iv alarmn to showv that our piresenlce in the
glides had been dIiscoveried . We knew
that we were iieair thle hiauint of "Sni
i(Jone s," or Arpu aka, the oblct chief in
the S,emiiinoe iiation, andii of Ch(ilkik,
the iant ishiing~ cihie<, who was sup
piosed to be at thle headit of t'.ie party
tha t oimmiit ted thie iias:acr- we were
A\ll 's'y, i stling andI sleep Rig a< much
ras~ wei coiiM, wie laid hu. e:ttimg cookei
provisionis, mai:kning no tire, and nat tinig
foi niighit to covetr our fuiit her ii ove
mi mets And.righit glad wve were u lien
Scm,aiid just clioudy enouiirh --iot
too dlark- -to cover our appr ioace to (lie
~slanid, whlich we k new was ocenpied.
1Every man was now on thle alert. Aims
ver'e inispeut ed, ord(er' g iveii to keej
in line uniii Iilose0 to thle island1(. Thleni
0certa in (let ai led boats were to lay off
arilountd it to cut oIl escap-e, wvhile threo
rlanding parties wvere to ad vance and
su rpr'iso (lie enemv.n noti a shot to bo
Sfired uiit-il we v.cr'e discoveredl by (t
Indi(ianis. '"Th'len," said 11 arner, withI a
itteroat , o for work. ~Kill o
captuire all yout see -youing oir 0old, hoC
or she. Spaire thieni only as5 they spar
ed my poor boys over oni thle C aloosa.
hatehije!'"'
O,sowvly anmd steadlily, miillied p)adI
dis rimg aind falling withI miealsuredl
endIenice, we~ pushed thIirough shall ow
water Jid stillf saw-grass. It was not
itmorei thin iisix or' smeni iiles, appiar
aently that we hind to go, yet we were
till near midniiigh t gettIing intoc position
for ac-tion, cl os up I to thle t reeoveredl
Sislan md. We had so fa r heCard no soumnd
except (lie occa, ion al yelp of some In
ofdianu (dog on thle island(. I it now, un
at ers t and(ing their orders, thle oilleer Is of
eachl det achenii it mo( ved forward.
I Iarnuey and his.. draigoonis, with eiar
ines, took t he centetr, thte artiillherymen,
armied with muskets, the iighit; the nia
vy mtren the lieft , supplied with United
Stats:iger titles.
- Sooni thle hanin ig part its were ont
shiore. Yet no sounid of alarim. "i- or
e ward" came lie order, pa:lssed i hi
pelrs firom oIllic r to muan, 'dlong thli
lbne. Oii --and( soon1 a scenit of smoko
gr'e-ts ouilr nostiils. St ill onwiai d, and1(
a chorus of yelping (curis break the still
hniess of the nii ght.
'd 'For'wardl-d oule (iuick!"
m Then ini a few .i 'Is woe burst itt
a villago of , itnane houses
sith smoldering fires arind and among
them, andi a horrible yell and a scatter
ing fire from the startle I redskins greet
us as we rush in, firing as we go. It
was the quickest bitof work I ever saw,
yet, the surprise was so complete that it
was har"dly like a fight. Fifteen or t
twenty shots on their side, a full volley I
on ours, and we had nothing more to
shoot at, for all who were not down,
deati or wounded, fell to the earth in ti
suhmissian, excep)t four or five, who
fled oil' in the dark ness among the trees '
and shrubbery. Among these was seen
the gigantic ihikikai, dropping his rifle P
from a broken ari as lie ran. A brave
private in the 2d dr&igoons--his~ name
was Hull, and he was made a sergeant
soon after-saw C'hikiki as lie ran, and
followed, carbine in hand. Ile never
lost sight of the chief, tut kept .ni until
he could get a sure shot. Wounded 4
and bleeding Chikika found he could
not escape. IIe halted, threw u1) his
left uninjured hand, and cried out in
his broken English: N
"No shoot! me good l:ljun--heap
good! No shoot" -
"Take that, for Caloosahatchie!"
shouted 1Hall, as lie sent a ball through
the chief's heart. An instant later ho I
tore the scalp from Chikik's head, and
then ran batk to the vil.age to present
it. to Col. larney. Tie colonel was
standing by some wounded oflicers and t
mien of the commani:d lookintgsternly at
the group of territied prisoners and a
small I ile of cad ald dying India::s.
"Bring that coil of rope fron my
boat!" he cried out to one of his ien; I
"'and be ---- <11iiek about it. We'll
na e a hangin '- before suniiri'c!''
A i Armiless W'oman's Feats.
''Nowv, let me shiow~ -oni what I canI
0do. )inner'll be hero in just a mom
ent. Thread a needle! Of course I
can; see?"' and suit.ing the action to
the word, Mrs. Thomson picke<l ip a
fin - ne, die with the large and second
toe of the right foot, held it tightly be
tween the tii"s, and taking some yarn
in her left loot, rolled the end deftly
on a small smnooth stone, put it to her
mouth by bending lier body almost 1
double, and deftly .nserted the yarn in
the tcedle, more easily than a bar be
for threads a large needle with ve: v
fine tIiread. Next she took a hani
some tidy on which she was erocheting
and w.tlh rem arkable deftness held the i
work with her right foot while with her
left she guided the needle inl and out,
eatehing tee threads with ease andl
fashioning the ligrure as fast as "my
lady" in the sitting-room does with
her soft haml . lier right eve giv ug
her some troule diuing this work. she
defthy pushed bari: the spectacles\which
she wore and with the second toe rubbed
the eyelid. Tt;en she bent forward and
brushed i ack a few :tray I airs from
her forehead. Taking ii the pe i he
tween the large am ee and toe of h1ir
left foot, and holding a slip of t aper
with her right toes, she wlote in a fet
inine hand, small an,d rather neat: "lie
that lends to all shows good will but
I tt e sense. Ann E.. L. 'hon on.
Iorn without armns, IDe. 23, 189, (Ga."
This written, she put tle l en down,
took ip a blotter with her left foot,
placed it over the wr itini, aini dried
tl - ink. 'l'akin(g ump a patir of large
scissors with the largc' and third toe of
the left foot, she eleverhy cut off t e
port ion of the paper on i bithi he had
wNritten.
"Iere comes my dinner. Notw yot
Call see me eat--tiot that it's suci1 a
sight, bit you lmay find it odd to se,
one eat with toes inste:ad of lingers."
Alr. Thomsonl spread out: a napkiin
on the platform, andl pla.cd on it tlie
ditner (of ai personi in good( hlIthI.
Mr's. Thiomisoin tutrnedi aroxiund ini hier
seat, took a tupl o: teh ini tier foot,
st irredi it til withi a spoon bel in he(r
right toes, and. half hnd inig, hxalf ris
inig the cup to tier lips, dr ia Ik olithie
tea and p)llaed the (-upi oI !I: 1 p.a 'r.i
Th'len she grasped a tlat-hand led lier
knife ini her left toes, caught a for k bi
tween the: tirst two toes oif her ri''lit
foot, an icu xt somie steak inixto piece
Part of it was tonugh. but she had(( no
m ore trotuble ini (-utt ing it thanxi ai or
dlinary p)ersoni wouild hiave. A piece of
meat held on the fork was t ranisferred'x
to tier mouth, anti w~as followedl by a
piec.e of biread( br oken from a slice by
her- larige and( seoiil toe -
As soxon as she had hiniishexd t his nove'l
meal, IAlrs. T[honmson coiitinued: "I1 for
got to tell you about. my~ school in g. (O,
yes, I went to school. T1hie pupils weire
-ind, an.d I hiad a little iaised platforim
for my use. I held iiy books ini may
toes, aiid readi andx st udieud as well a's
the rest of the girls. I held a slate in
my right foot and the penelil betwveen
the toes of my left anti mnagedi to tig-~
Tire as wvell as anxyone. Aly righit lib
is shorter t han my', left, and I learnted
to write w,,ithl my left. foot, as you ha vt'
seeni. I learned aill thIxat was tauxighlt. in
the commnon schio(ihr of Geoirgia biefore
the war."'--Detroit imes.
A well-educax:mtedx person who possessC5
Cs a c,ol lege shieepskini, i-cads his I iblxe,
his Shxakspeare atnd the tiaily paxpers
seldlom uses lilorei thxan 8,000) or 4h,0 t
wordis in actal ''onv',ei'sat ion. Acxc-u..
rate tin ikers -tnd close re-asonters, who
atvoidI vague and gneraxl expr essionls
andt wiit till theyx fintd a wvordt that ex
netly is thetir iiieaing, emloty a larig
er stocxk, andx x n eloientI spemakr' m:niy
iise to) a coinuniandx of 10,00)0. Shuaks
pear-e,w~ho dispilamyed ax grca tr x--a,xriety of
ex prion0 t hani pirobiably any wr-it er ini
anly language, p roiducedx aill his pl )ays
with aboiut. h:.,u0x w,ordd. Aliltoni's
works al-c built op with 8,01,0, aind thiof
Old 'l'estamin t .says lli that. it hias to i
say w',ith 5,416-2 worsil-. In the x Enl Iish
lanlgualge thierx aixe, all tol, 7'0,000i)
wolrds.
Ilishiop Wi'ill inam Thayler-, w,ho is abi ou t
to go to A fica t) enigago in miissionarmiy
wvork, tils dleterm'.mde to Itah the na
tive.s English by thle phioniet ic systemli of f
Mr i. El ias L oniglxy oif (Cininni ati, xonie of
lie oildest andix best-kniown~ phionograplh
er-s andx sipxlliing reformextrs of thle Unxitedxi
Stattes. iIe blxiieve.s thIxat thiis stp will
la rgely aidh thle spread~ o(f r-eligion. If Ic
quai:intly says: '"If tatughit txo rxead the I
>ld oil hoxgrapihy, as5 soon as they'', aretr
Cnaled'x t) mllerl-standt the lixily Scrip-i
tuires t he Il)evil woui li brust undxer their
eves all mnnaer xof infidel andI x-orupt
mng reaxdinig max:tttr, hut. tIme puriity of
lie fonetIix'c11 abihabt hias not yet been
deslfilmh ini thti. w:x '
MAL'Er<i. ANI) ANGOICA.
o>tnet'iIng Alcwtvu n5crrt of Pecty tinat .11tny
Laille- I'relet- to Smtinl I)oj;.
"Is it possible," asked a reporter,
that Malteso and other fancy eats ar'e
aking the place of dogs as l:dlies'pets?
1, is said that in Washingtont ladies go
ut shopping taking n itlh thenm Maltese
ats fastened with gilt chains to ti it
irdles.'
"Well, I don't know whether cats
ill over supplant dogs in the atleetions
f the ladies,", laughingly replied Su:
,eon 11. Gl. Dovey a. :t he ,a t in Ik of
ice at No. 2G West Fourth street, in
ront of a door marked '"l'rivate,"
vhere both dogs and cats were for sale
nd under. meredial :nd sirgic"al teat
nent; "but there is no doubt that the
d'altese an(1 A ngora (at Iave be;omue
reat favorites. Still, there is to r 'eat
r demand for t: e fortnl(r than there
vas three years atro. The Angora cat
las probably increal:rtl in popular fa
-or, and now, oin any line day one mary
e ladies driving in Central 'park with
he beautiful creatures in lii I.t<.
L'he Malte e, too, are often taken for a
Ir.ve, atind both they :i([ the Angoras
cemr to enjoy the fresh air fully as
nuch Is t heir iist reses clo. No, cats
tre not often taken out w"alkinr. A
at is not fond of long walks where
ero are no fences to elimub, and logs
nay b.. encountered, but the Ilazy lux
try of it earrigo seems to stilt them.
['le Malt es :tit Alrora uat.; are cery"
loeile and a:1ietiotnate. 1The \lalte-e,
)robal;ly, canl be onlre easily and thor
nighly domesticatel thatn any other (If
he felino tribe. 'T'hey are less expen
ye than the p eerle=s A ngora, but still
hey come pretty high. I ann sell a
till-grown manle for about 'l , :::ad
nale kittens for from Ik to 1t) ea,.h.
l'he females are c"heaper, bIin'g wIorltI
thout, $2 ea-h. A well-grrowii altt-e
'at should weigh about t welve plout.
['hey ar long-live1, aml, if lrl)erly
reated, shouild ; tI a ore of Vem-' .f
perfect Maltese I at shoul he alto
rether slate-c'olorel, without a partic'le'
f White. Most of then have six toc
tnd ve-y large feet, i it ther mtiay bi)
ItIe-bre(l and h,\*(, slall f(tlt :m1 only
IVe tm.s. They" t':une u1ri+i:lll tr'0111
le island of Malta, it ti-lav' Amir.
ca, or even Newy York stati, produmes
uore Maltese cats than Malta tlm,ts.
"'The i\altenc eats, a s a ruh-l,l, -u-t'
rartly', but they are us"l:lly ktept -o
:asely confined to the houe, amd of ten
ec o injtulie'tltsly, that they atre
imble to it iinlig -t'ion, tl r' il liver,
unl filt-. W1henl the tits alppear <it':ah
s likely to b e >se l behiil. 1hel a-r'
)ro'lght to tme often wthen tIer -i Ill
lime to treat them. Stil t m e I ai
"alled upon to attend a cet all etedl
bvith whatt owner thine'wnfrltk i - an ab
tlea-:, or a tumlor, but whie .re,liently
tents.
eessfully. With d ogs < ancer i-- nur.l
more comlmon, :und I Often hat(. to rt
mlov'e it. Somnetimes I use ethur, Somle
times not, as theeir-cumstanc11es r'equire
but I can save .ife far more fr'e(enlhi
tlam :-urgeonls w..ho treat hum11a:m pa
"A litter of Maltese kittens nitnher.
from thbree to Seven. T1hc,t rrow, qunicl:
)'y, and are v'tJryt' playful anid inlt(erest inl,
l he Angorl eat is a s <lilltreut as po.sii
ble fromt the Mlaltese. iy wife t:k
xilursive char'ge of tur st'(k, an<l is as
levloted to theml as though Itev tere t
hiltre. The Anttra c:ne, ail
.'Ollns yet, :ro Ptrl l,t i A raise a1
ro(I al; Ill tl i li ' .nli-rt):t. '1 )O . "r e
if v"ariouls eolors pure white, I>ac-k,
01hite an<lt hhtck, yellow mad tl h ite,
raly andite, ha ltee 'sml wh\e and
nTtha-Cot aI ll' artalikee-'tifl.
Soei far is vey expriencant gong,h pll
iut' gta thos o ae of lTeir earl
tre soit agl atit farlp:-t, (If ther-cott
ot'v fcongsr.Tey fronts fro ten i'v--li(ve'
y thirtyt ti y ars I piteY1 they ioe'rato
or mle anittis itital'ete. I am itlffi tuEgoen
a les i5: forifemt h-.kit ise.t>. mtal
(ora,i tl ilt I t Ik, tll han-, lliliet
mall animalI thatI~ lite. .F n
iTerrait (f-tta5 tr Housel'cott.
teiataei aniti mera its ofv ter-ct'ta
vor fcing; s t' fronts. When proper-:nt
ylt I bured t Il is. asluI.tl tiervou to
>fiany-fdescitin t - iibu. hl h
igtii of the :lites~ t huiblig-stnes,
bird gr.netier thanthatf'rtan
ton; i isin> aborbnt grat e.
WYomian's Devotlorl.
My son, 1 am pained to lcarn tha
you are becolning sonewhat cynical il
your views concerning tho natural tend
eIcies and qualities of womaukind ii
general. Reneinber your mother wa
ia womn1lu. The only thing I cnn recol
leet: :t all dero;atory to her blesset
memory is that she was too coy witl
roil andt household boot-jack. The n11t
ural consequence is, you are rapidl;
running to seed, and fast 1 ecolning a
tit subject for condemnation by al
memubers of your mother's sex. 'You
inother was a good >v)nuan, but sh
list escaped being a perfect mnotle
whell she held her hand aloof from the
bllnll of your self-esleem.
It is a wonider to ine that the Lort
do 't permnit the spirits of departt<
lnothers to eon' back to this reablu jus
to shake the no u nnse out of their oil
spring, or paddle them with the pro
verbi:l gobltc'n slipper.
You snee'rIig' reinark, in the easta
inanni1er akinl to your (lass, tlhat wo
iall's devotion is a sham1111. You ais,
a<hl,that tl e grette:.t devotion of we
nan is laid upon the shrine of fashion
Now, niy yotug liinb of the sidewal
posture, your mother was a huly c
fashion. I cannot say that she Nvor
out your father's patience teasing f
a sealskin saci<ue and a forty-doll
bonnet. I have no recollection of tli>
still, she may have done so.
Once, I well remember, you gof int
a street fracas :init had your Grecia
nose den0isled of its pristine line c
beauty. You ran to your mother; sit
app1ied a t\wenty-dollar lace handket
chief to staunch your life blood, who
a ten-cent towel would have sufficed
She didn't stop to <ilestioln the taus
of the fraca;. No; hiut she ruined tlia
ele,r:ilit hit of lie in the utter abat
dloieut of ma;terial instinct :ad noth
erly devot:in. The genuine cause c
yol' iliasaI l u rga i's disaster waS--yoI
tried to walk t1\er a poor little st-ce
Arab, who proceeded to do you up :if
ter the style set downi in hIlie volumli
knowni ias "''he Manly Art, of Self l)e
fence.
'i'it, li1y soi,is a saliple of wo\'ln
dce'otiou; a specitinen of elfl'et withou
eong)r behind the ret iurnis to get at ti
l'ntlse,
'ltile yout are i11uniu. hli e r1irliiih
ais, busiy earagel w%ithI tIe lini'
plhcrieal ivories on a ;reen-baize t alb
there's a light inl a senihle girl's ipa
Ior not bIirliin for the. One of the"
day \on will open y'olr eves to It
fact that the livts-liui,el uechlanie a
the de:dlwood oii' yo, :l-o ~ot the gil
'ui thouight you hi i, sure pop. Att
hle's gone andi muarried lier, yout'll li1
aiuil a big hunp of n:is:aitiiropy an
sw\ear that wom:i;ui 's tevotiton is 'all
tnyth.
'11o y, you've -got to coine dowin fro
your perch. hlie re are too iany of tI
pri ne :n-tiles, hlnio stun, Iloatin
arounl this piart of the globe. for w,
1ieuin to ye arn after such game as vt
ame. You iuist ilp ihis vapid i;n
- t:It u s of your fool It lr:in a: n iml-k
l i:n to hiz, else you'll get left wItt
tihe eake of lcltnest ie ;li-s is passed.
-A winnt:It's hseart ju'-t gushes fou
is io ptu ilevot io,n. If yo-. 11o1
rec,"\e suine of tlie 4llhieid l irops it
I,ec .(Itu :re Iroving Iy your dlai
o111u'1s :1114 oing that Noul are on
1\1'thiy of :ii1 exi.ten et'l i%lich is envi
t Ib tim cohl hillyl .u i 11u m shee
A "' / "b b , d acheh -'s prolri >iol .
//. i. /G :c r, i l i'atin />i i ''iam-.
11. li.. l ' h
1 'h ii it 11e 1" ti.- illi:t'ntte
Tr i- ii u t!:- .i I i
for.' I e ient liii pu'itti
or~ vaiey itut1 !
enee libr:i-pforti
tory, ut w;/
gi:a.t' itti 'I ~ ci i~ tli' of ir0t
w ii ii -i ii I i-i liiut ' \ r[l e feru
cdii ii 'i or t ale an. .b
-iiiI li- -\hIo''Iii iiti'- :iud th <lii
I I ii lii lii" ii i iii:i,t li ( a 'l
V *',i tt ' irs o l( n is
hi-edn' In - w :i: .1 l :e -btheri ith ert.
ohuihnuii . i o te geteac.
r:oim o-t ii thrt-h i. hatf ''hor
dii I jith' ' I tislaiit 'X't y i eite
lik partie:ui at ,i irt of iii hY other
WIT AND HU3IfOt.
The Jersey farmer felt the shake
On Sumday's sudden fleree earthquake,
And shivered, as If racked withp
lIe looked around In mortal dread,
And, seeing nothing, shook his head,
Hut feebly smiling, simply said:
"I've got tho blasted 'uhakes' again.
-Now York Journal.
Dr, Paxton, of Now York, says that
- the Scotch arc the only people who
i have succeeded in solving the difficult
problem of combining punch with
1 piety.
The latest freak in ladies' head-gear
is called the "pen-wiper bonnet." It
has a hugo rosette, simulating a pen
wiper, on top. Must be very handyfor
reporters in public gatherings.--Bur
lington Free Press.
t Twenty-five years ago there were fif
ty eats where there is only one to-day,
- says a statistician, and the Philadel
phia Call adds that twenty-five years
ago there was one set of furs where
there are fifty to-day.
At bay: le-"Ilow snubby you are
with these young men. That last one
is <ute broken up." She (who lives
ikn a collegiate town) -''I really cannot
, help it; I am 'o tired o: educating oth
e er peophe's ehihdrenl."- l.i/e.
r A men dicanit apptroached a Westehos
' ter man on the ears, the other day, and
saul: "l)ear sir, I have lost my ler," to
which the W\este"hester man replied, as
o he hurried aw:y: "My dear iriend, I
at have not seen :nything of it." - Wrcst..
f chester Locai Xe ws.
"Is your overcoat at home?" asked
ia merchant of his clerk, who came
n sliiverii into his ollice. "No, sir," he
cheerfully replied; "but my ulter is at
my uncle's.'' As neitherof them knew
what the other thought, the business of
the day procvededl as usual.
A lawyer in one of the courts lately
threw an inkstand at another's head.
t Ihe court recquired him to apolo-izo
for it. 1le did so, and added, "Whlle,l
am about it I may as well apologize be
forehand for thro~wing anotherinkstand
at him the tirst chance I get."
s What is the difference between the
t man wt:n is "transfixed with horror"
a and a l'opard's tail? Answer: One is
"rooted to the spot" and the other is
t spotted to the root. (P. S.-If the
leopard's tail is not spotted to the root,
this conundrum is declared off.)-Nor
-risltw 11kralcl.
c The wcll-groundvd belief that money
e is all-powerful hais sustained a severe
t blow. A theatrical company is travel
1 ing over the State with a play called
''Power of Money,'' and it doesn't pos
Ssess sullicient low e' to draw a house
d big enough to p,y their hotel bills.
a .rristown Ih rtHl
n 1er Dying 1t iuest.- Lily is very ill
Sdangerously ill. ller mamma is very
anxious about her. "Say, mamna, amt
L going to die?" asked the little pa
tieut. "Hush, child; you surely don't
want to break your poor n:other's
heart?" "No, ma dear; only, if I di,',
I wvant you t. i all ay dolls .)to
mnourninug!"--Xwudays/.lrl
1- Parson Whangdoodle Baxter distin
't gushed himseli once more at the fu
', neral of an aged colored man: "Our
ly diseased brudder was married foah
ly times during his life," said Whangdoo
-- dle; "but only one ob de widows am so
ts fortunate as to be able to survive him
- long enough to be present on (is heah
sole1nmious oceashun. "-Texas Siftings.
An inspector, who had been explain
ng to a class that the land of tlto
world was not continuous, said to the
boy who happened to be standing near
(est to himu: "Now, eould your father*
twalk round the world?" '"'No, sir,'"'
was pr-omptlIy aniswe-ed. ''Wh 'notP"'
'"Because lie deQad," v' a' the altogeth-.
or unlookedl for respor se--All thec Year
Roeund.
H Je had just hou his hair cut and re
Itur'nedl home,.'in "u!'' lhe says, after
i examining him5elf in the glass critical
- ly, "I guess I shall have to go back to
- the barber's shop again. This' 11 never
t (10!'' '"What's thie matter?'' says his
f wife; "hias he cut your hair too long?''
I "'No, confound him; lie's gone and cut
L, it too shoirt. I'll make himi cut it over
3 agan' '.--FJrenche Paper-.
S There are a numnber- of very eligible
young mn of Pemnbina County, Dako
ta, but no0 youngv women. Although it
is not sprmng, thie young mienl's facy
light1y turns to thoughts of love, and
:>oling their issues, they have (depulted
one of their number to go to Boston
andl securo wives for the rest. It is
commnendable for the young men to take
utothienisel ves wives, but wvhy go to
The Tartariy yoiung man who breaks
his engagemenut with his girl does Ao at
his pci-il, for then lhe has to engage
himself to the next older sister'. If any
thing happens to her ho has to take the
next one, and so on dowvn. rThe family
that matrimonially catches a Tartar
(doesnt't let go its grip lint il grim death
ha:s been very busy, for TIartar families
are alwar;s blessed with a large bevy of
girl.- 'terMAceian.
A Texas cattleman imarriedl a refined
young lady beoni ginig to the bes't sooie..
ty of D)allas. Afriend meeting hinm
shortly after- his marriage co)ngratulat.
ed hin on his happy fortune. "'It's all
r'ighit, but I had to make sacrifices,''
recpliedl tIe niewly-miade husband, shak
mui his headI. "'What sacrifices?"
"lFve hadl to give up going to bed with
- my boots and spurs on when I comie
home tired."'--Texas Sif'tings.
At a scowing circele all the women
were talking, andl some of the subjects
got hlelssly confused. For instance,
the subject of crickets and church
cboirs, "I never heardl such a horrid
noise as they made last Sunday,'' said
one0 woman, referring to the choitr.
"'Nor I eithier,'' said another, thinking
sho refeirred to the F"allecrickets. "They
say they make that inoiso W.itht their
hind legs.'"-- Cl/eland Leader.
.Col. Elliot, who is the To'ras Commis
sioner at the New Orleans Exposition,
has got hiimself into troubhle. A Dallas
youth, who imagines that lie is an art
ist, hi-ought him a beautiful landscap,e
lie had p iainted, andl told himn he want
ed it exhibited at Now Orleans. "Cor
ainy, sir; certainly,'' replied Col.
Elliot. "'But I want a car-d put on it
stating that it is not for sale.'' "Idon't
think that thierec is the slightest necessi
tfor-that," reniarked Commissioner
Elliot, taking another glance at thq
work of art, Te.rus .9{finas,