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VOL. II.?NO. 34. BEAUFORT, S. C., JULY 12, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
The Little Old Shoe.
Dear little Edna's wornout shoo!
Thero ie the hole bor toe peeped through !
Tiny shoe?with the knotted string?
Quaint littlo precious, speaking thing !
Tells of her 'witching joyous glee?
Her winning ways?and yonng years three.
Hor sunlight hair?a halo shone !
Soft eyes of bine?a glory her own !
On my heart hor fairy feet fall?
Still I hear hor gentle voice call
On all our names?dear littlo child?
Wiiugitig our hoarts, o'en when she smilod!
Hush'd the musio of her sweet soug !
Which prattled joy, the whole day long,
Closed the eyes, so lovingly true,
Asleep in death, hidden from view,
8ho whom wo watched, 'mid hopes and fears?
A mom'ry now?enshrined.in tears.
Hor littlo shoe a talisman seems?
Weaving tender, entrancing dreams?
Wherein I see her angel faoe,
Feel her krme in a close embraco?
Her baby kiss and clinging loveWinging
my soul to spheres above !
EARLY LESSONS.
Though neither bora in a garret nor
breil in u kitchen, Jasper Jar via whh far
from hiving first seen the light amid
wealth. His father, a mechanic, while
not tho victim of great vices, could not
- boast of auy prominent virtues; his
mother, however, was a religions woman,
living in the fear of God; every one of
her thoughts being filled with an every
increasing desire for well doing, both as
a duty to herself and an example to all
around her, and t > tench her boy lessons
of righteousness by example and
by precept; so that Jasper. while he had
no bad examples from his father to corrupt
his young miud, found plenty of
sources of good in the observation of
his mother's pure life.
But the day came when Jasper left the
parental roof to seek a livelihood among
Strang rs. On that day, as his mother
placet! on his forehead her lost fervent
kiss, her v>artiuc advice was kn slum V?ul
company and beware of evil couusols,
word* which in Inter years bore their
fruit.
Once his own ma-dor, as boys love to
say they are when they have gone beyoud
parental jurisdiction, Jasper's
temper, manifested principally in the
practice of dariug public or private
opiniou, soon l>ognn to overmaster him.
It was uot a sudden change from mildness
t j irascibility, but a gradual inclination
to self-will.
At first, if the cause of irritation was
not extremely marked, the good effects
of his mother's early lessons asserted
flu-mselves and checked the rising
anger; but with the fleeting years,
as he grew older and became more accustomed
to his life of self-reliance, his
fits of passion became more pronounced.
Now that the restraining hand of
his parental guide was no more there to
direct him in the choice of pleasures
and companions, his selections were
made without much regard for ultimate
consequences. To him the present "became
all ; tho future nothing. That
class of yoaug mou, nice of dress and
glib of speech, who usually lonnge
around corners aud barroom doors,
are ever on the alert for fresh
victims?boys, particularly, with money
to spend aud easily misled. A
few of that class soon entioed
Jaster in their midst. The first step
thus takou, his strides in their mode of
life, habits, and vicos. became rar?iil At.
first only n passing vulgarism of speech,
then an inclination to idleness, and finally
drink and the indulgence of accompanying
passions.
Of tlio victim of an irascible tenfper
tho spirit of daring is a characteristic ;
the desire to appear fearless usually
rules in his breast. There is a charm
to him in the approbation of guilty companions
at such exhibitions of self-will.
And Jaspor was often led into dissipation
and recklessness by the challenges
of his associates.
The jeers and tauuts of his companions
led him to enter a barroom ;
and when they applauded him for that
act, and then dared him further, he
raised the glass and rum passed his
lips. His first drink caused him a few
pangs of remorse, but that soon woro
away under. tho laudatory words of his
false friends; and if Jasper did not go
down to tho bottom of the scale of error
and crime, it was duo to- an inoident of
his married lifo.
When ho took a wife it was with the
purpose, among others, to mend his
ways, but little things in his domestic
life, which to others would have been
unworthy of even a passing notice, irritated
him. His fretfnlnoss returned;
anger, oaths and self miserv followed.
and tho homo he had promised to cheer
was made desolate. The homo-lifo road
he had promised to strew with the floversof
]>atience and industry was blocked
up by tho thorus of passion and drink.
Tno swoet tempered wifo ho had vowed
to cherish, ho almost abandoned; ho
blasted hor hopes of joy and contentment,
and wrecked hor aspirations for
happiness. In lion of smiles and pleasant
words, ho gavo her sour looks and
blasphemous utterances, and though
lovo for her existed in his heart, passion
dulled it to imporceptibility. Then
came little children to play around his
knees and make swoet music with their
innocent prattle, but Jasper understood
no pleasures but debauchery and drink,
and he turned away his little ones with
cruel "words, and often with blows.
^ Nothing that his wifo did for him was
ever acceptable; nothing she said possessed
any charm; he came to hate tho
vory voices that God had placed around
him, and what, with unjust complaints,
fault finding and cruel words spoken
when under the influence of liquor, the
poor, uncomplaining wifo found life a
burden indeed, and her tear swollen
eyes and palo, hungry looking features
told plainly that gaunt misery and deep
wretchedness had crossed the threshold
of the home, about whoso protection aud
care he had perjured himself. Tears
and entreaties sometimes recalled him
back for a while to his old self; but the
voices of his companions in debauchery,
their taunts about allowing othors to
bo his masters and dictato to him, and
their invitation to participate in " only
one glass," always turned him from the
path of sobriety, industry and care of
home, which ho had but a moment before
resolved to follow. Each succeedinc
deviation seemed tr? Virincr nnlv in
creased misery for his family.
Ho had no\y a couple of boys, one of
whom was aged about six years, and
possessed of much intellect. To say
that Jasper loved his children, as the
world understands that term, would be
claiming too much, for he would never
have gone to any great sacrifice of pleasure
for their sake; but he loved them
after his own fashion?he would willingly
have given up his life in their defense?yet
he would not have denied
himself a gloss of rum to give them a
pair of shoes, so overmastering was the
passion for drink in him. ^
One day?it was a holiday. Thousands
of people were abroad; jollity seemed to
fill tho very air, and musical sounds
echoed on all sides. Jasper was alone
with his wife in their wretched home.
Their children had gone to the sidewalk
to play, when a cry was heard?a cry of
anguish?that to Jasper filled the air
with a thousand heart rending eohoes.
Ilis wife rnshed to him, with several
n sighbors following at her heels :
" Jasper ! husband ! our little Eddio
is dead ! killed!"
It was too true.
While encaged in boyish sports, his
oldest hoy hail been accidentally shot
through the heart by a playmate with a
leaded toy arm. Amid the desolation
that spread over his home, Jasper sat
silent and tearless, accepting this trial
as an evideuco of Divine wrath at his
shortcomings. Thus believing iu Providental
punishment, ho resolved to conquer
I is thirst, for drink, and to attend
more closely to tlio requirements of his
home. The re -olution was earnest, but
it seems that his habits were too deep
rooted to he obliterated at once. The
principal cause, however, was the wrong
remedy rosorted to. Yon cannot eecapo
the lacerations of tho lion's teeth by
throwing yourself into his mouth.
Neither could Jasper overcome his evil
failings, of drink and dissipation, while
still associating with the companions of
his debaucheries.
One eveuing, when ho had refused to
Eartake of "anything stronger than
eer,"ono of his friends twitted him
with being soberer than usual.
"What's tho matter, Jasper," he
said, with jeering look; "are you on a
sober tack to-day ?"
"No; I don't feel liko drinking,"
answered Jasper, too morally a coward
to speak his resolve, and tlio promises
ho had made to his wife."
" I guess tho old woman has been
giving you fits, that's tho reason yoti
won't driuk."
The thought that his friends might
believe him afraid of his wife hurt Jasper,
and a few minutes later he was
drinking rum.
"That's tho way to be a man," said
another of his companions; " if you
listen to the women you'll liavo no
chance to enjoy yourself. "
" That's so," chimed in another.
" Yes," continued tho first speaker;
" and if you don't do just as they want
you to, give 'em all the money you make
aud then heg of them the price of your
beer, they start a-crying. Don't wo
feed our wives to mind the babies and
wash tho dishes; what else do they need ?
I don't allow mine to bother me, and if
you put your foot down, they won't aunoy
you again."
When Jasper reached home that night
he was drunk.
His poor, pitiful wife had to assist
nun to oea ana waccn mm lest ne slioulci
awake and call for something, and in the
morning whon the drunkard rose, because
the meager breakfast, for the
price of which she hod worked many a
long hour, was not quite roady, ho
abused her.
One day his wife, returning from the
cemetery, called his attention to the
condition of their little boy's gravo.
"Jasper, darling," sho said, "if you
would see the wretched condition.of our
little Eddie's grave, you would try to
work and savo money to buy it a headstone.
The grass is so long on and
around it thnt it is hidden, and no 0110
would ever think thnt there is a grave
there."
" I've got no nionoy," Jasper gruffly
replied.
" But you might save enough in a few
weeks; it don't cost much."
"I don't cAre; wo're the only ones
who care to go to the grave, and I'm
suro wc can find it without a tombstone."
"And yet, yon havo nevor beeu near
it since wo buriod him," was tho wife's
rejoinder.
"Do you think I've got time to lose a
doy to go to the cemetery ?" askod Jasper,
nugrily.
"Time? Why, darling," roplied the
meek wife, " jou have lost days, only to
drink "?
" Drink I" exclaimed Jasper, with an
oath, " you always throw that up to nio.
I"?
His wife checked him by entwining
her arms around his nock.
*' Don't be angry with mo, darliDg,"
bIio spoko, softly. " I don't moan to
hurt your feelings. I wouldn't do it for
the world. I love you too much for
that. I don't mean to reproach you for
anything yon may do?it is only that it's
killing mo to see yon destroying youisolf
and injuring your family."
Jasper mado no reply, though his
looks wero far from inviting.
On the following day ho visited his
child's grave with his wife. It was well
lie was not alone on this visit, for he
would never havo found the grave, so
nncared for was it. On his return home
Jasper resolved to do something about
having his boy's last resting place properly
attended to. For a few days he did
not see his companions, and hope
sprung anew in tho devoted wife's heart
that a change had come at last. But,
alas 1 a week or so later his companions
again proved a stronger attraction than
his duty, and Jasper receded from his
temporary reform.
Once more the thick clouds of misery
gathered aronnd the loving wife's head,
intemperance again mado home desolate;
and the children cried for tho very bread
to sustain life.
One evening when Jasper had failed
to sccuro the money ho had asked of his
wife, he upbraided her for what ho
termed hor extravagance, and for spending
all the money,
44 You ought to save more," he said;
44 I cannot afford to give you my money,
and then fiud that you havo spent all
when I want a few cents."
44 You'vo given me less than ten dollars
a week, to pay rent and all, for the
past two months, darliugl I'm sure I
don't spend ft cent foolishly."
" But I say that yon must treat yourri
if when I'm away from home," ho replied,
angrily.
His wife east on him a look of deep
reproach.
" Oh, no, papa," spoko up his remaining
child, a boy about four years
old. "Mamma gibs you all do goot
things; mamma eats only try breat."
The child's words seemed to go deep
into Jasper's heart, but ho spoko not.
On the following Sunday the
three members of this unhappy family,
two of whom had so suffered through
the result of evil companions, wended
their way toward the cemetery wherein
lay tho remains of the dear little one.
Tiio father wassullen, while tho mother's
sad features were faintly lit with the
pleasure of some expectation, and the
little boy clung to his mother's skirts on
tho side further from his father, once
in a while casting a glance at tho latter,
as if expecting a reproach, if not a loud
imprecation.
Thus, silently, the trio reached the
graveyard. Jasper remembered tho location
of his child's grave, and at once
struck out for it. Arriving at what he
thought was tho spot, ho stopped and
looked around, but failed to recognizo
the place he was in search of.
"Where is Eddio's grave ?" he asked
01 ins wiie.
" There," she said, pointing to a neat,
sliady spot.
Jasper followed the direction indicated,
and saw a neatly trimmed mound of
earth, surrounded by flowers and covered
with a handsomo crown of immortelles.
The grass around the grave
had been mowed, a handsome rustic
seat stood on one side, and at the head a
pretty headstone, surmounted by an
Agnus Dei, and the inscription :
" Eddio, son of Jasper "?
lie read no more. Ono look at his
wife revealed the author of the wonderful
change in the looks of his child's
grave sinco he had seen it.
* It was you who did this," ho said to
licr, " and you went hungry, wliilo feeding
me on the best, to do it."
" Yes, darling," was all the answer, as
both husband and wife, with their child,
dropped on the rustic seat to weep.
" Then here," said Jasper, very earnestly,
" I swear by the memory of the
dear one gone before to shun bad company
and becomo a better man !"
And so he did. His early lessons,
those taught him by his good old
mother, finally won the battle with evil
counsels. He abandoned his companions
in dissipation, becamo a temperate and
an industrious man, and fouud that,
though ho had swerved from the path
pointed out to him in his youth, he could
still return to it, and scorn the sneers of
hose who revile duty and laugh at
sobriety.
The Ruling Passion.
The ruling passion of bull-making
strong in death, or its near neighborhood,
was strongly illustrated in a story
MeQee was fond of telling?that of two
Irishmen who wer^j strolling along tho
docks of Liverpool, penniless and without
any prospect of sVcuriug mouoy or
employment. Prcsontly they camo to a
pluoard:
Royal flumano Society.
?2 reward for saving a life! .CI. 10 for recovering
the body !
" Mike," paid Dennis, " Mike, d'yo see
that? I'll fall overboard and you'll
jump in and resheuo me, and wo'll divide
the reward, which will bo a pound
apiece." " Agreed," said Mike; " litre
goes," find a minuto later ho was floundering
in the water. But no aooner had
ho fallen in than Dennis, to his inoxprcssiblo
horror, rememl>ered that ho
didn't know how to Rwim, and so instead
of springing in and returning tlio
drowning man he stood leaning over the
rail Rtariug at the bubbles which marked
where Miko had snnk. Once Miko ca.no
up, but Dennis gave no sign. Twice he
came up, but Donnis could neither
move nor utter a word. For the fatal
third ho came to surfaco and faintly
exclaimed: " Denny, av ye ain't
mighty muck it's only fifteen shillin'B
aic'u w.,'11 get for rocoverin' the body 1"
The King or All the Cats.
Talk about cats, says tlio London
Telegram, none of them equal Cato, the p
recently deceased, tho property, when Y
alive, of Mrs. Stevens Rogers. Theani- si
mal lived twenty years, lacking one si
month, and when he departed, was g
mourned for by a large circle of friends, si
Onto was a religiously inclined cat. 01
Told, "Cato, it's time you went to bed," k;
his catship walked solemnly to tho chair lc
or stand, and placing his paws over his ly
face to shado his eyes from the glare 01
and glitter of a sinful world, engaged, g;
apparently, in earnest devotions. la
Mrs. Rogers is an old lady and rnthpr al
feeble. Cato used to go to call her up sc
in the morning, would wait arouud until m
sho was ready to go down stairs, and in
then would mimic his mistress in the d<
manner of her descent. Mrs. Rogers tn
was compelled to steady herself by lean- di
ing against the balusters; tho cat regu- m
larly went through the same exercise; d?
but upon getting within three or four nf
steps of the landing ho would spring ni
clear down nt a leap, and then look w
around in a way that said distinctly: h<
"Why don't you come down in that lc
shape ?" K
Mrs. Rogers one day fainted, and at- tli
tcution was called to tho fact by Cato, tli
who ran to the old lady's daughter and
succeeded by pulling, and pushing, and rc
crying to call hor from auothe.r part of t'1
tlio houso to tlm mother's assistance, di
probably this being the means of saving tl
the latter's life. w
Thero used to bo kept in the house a 11(
little box in which from timo to time C
wore deposited pennies for" procuring ft'
food for Cato. Gate understood the hi
arrangement, and would watch over his fn
pilo carefully as could any little boy, P<
manifesting anxiety whenever the sup- vt
ply of cash ran so low as to be sugges- t*1
tivo of short rations. If the box of cop- tl
pers gave out altogether, Cato knew ?h
enough to go to the next pocketbook.
Cato would allow the canary. to hop
around upon his back, and would play g}
at " catch-paw" with it upon the floor. si
When Capt. Rogers died tho cat
manifested the utmost grief, and would f?i
sit and watch the portrait of his deceased w
master exactly as if he saw a resem- 01
blance between it and him. James, a
son of Mrs. Rogers, came home, aud K
one day concluded ho would havo a
smoke. He purchased a pipe and tobncco,
and laid them on the table, at fti
once interesting exceedingly Cato, who
commenced calling "Papa, papa," as
ho ilsed to do whm Capt. Rogers was 1"
still alive. A comb was set apart for tho 8V
cat's use, as a matter of fun. And dailv rc
Cato camo to have bis toilet made by w
some member of tlio family. ft
When finally he was taken sick the h?
neighbors of Mrs. Rogers used to come kt
in to see him; and when at tho very last *1)
Cato saw ho was going, he raised himself
up in his bed, waved an adieu to Be
his friends, and sunk back into tho sleep 1?
from \tliieh ho never fairly awoke. w<
di
A Sharp London Thief.
A rustic individual came to London ev
by train to witness the reception of the R
Prince of Wales. A man who had come ju
in the same third-class carriage with him bi
admonished this rustic when they were gi
parting just outside the London sta*ion at
that ho should be very careful of his cc
monoy, as many thieves would be in the
crowd. "Oh," said the rustic, "no- or
body'll get my money; I have only one in
pound, and I mean to keep that in my te
mouth." This remark was overheard <P
by one of tho small hut clover street Ir
boys, who watched his opportunity, and tb
when the honest couutryman had got a ht
few hundred yards on his way suddenly
scattered a few pennies on the ground
before him and begun to pick them up
agaiD, crying to tho rustic as he did so : ,
" You gimoio that sovrin I" Tho rustic ja
looked bewildered. " You gimme that j)(
sovrin," shouted tho small boy. "I ^
seeu yon pick it up and put it in your a
mouth." A crowd begun to collect and ^
asked tho boy what was the matter, q
"Why," cried tho littlo rogue, "I was
agoiu 'long with one pun sixpence in my e,
hand, carryin' it to mother, 'n somebody nj
run agin me an* knocked it all on tho cj
ground, 'n this mnu he took up tho qI
sovrin, an' I seen 'im put it in 'is mouth." '
Tho astonished rustic attempted to ex- .
plain, but his voice was thick; some- h
thing plainly was in his mouth, and an 15
honest British public forced him to disgorge.
The poor rustic was glad to get
off without his pound and with whole jy
bones; the boy went off with the gold in 2d
liis pocket, aud tho honest Britisli pub- 21
lie distributed itself, each member 22
thereof satisfied that a scoundrel had .,'j
been defeated in his attempt to rob a 25
small boy engaged in filially supporting 2G
his aged mother. 27
What Tobacco Dhl, j,(
Tobacco is generally classed as a sed- ni
ativo rather than a stimulant, yet its p,;
-- ro-iiewous use a cucmicfti term) p(
are sometimes as violent as tboso of al- ti
cokol. Recently at Hobart Town, in Tas- ol
mania, a jury which had failed to agroo tl
on a criminal case was locked up to en- gj
force a verdict. Tho result showed tho bl
dan gov of keeping twelve persons of different
views in the same room for an indefinite
length of time. Weary with
fruitless discussion, some of the jurors
commenced smoking ; others, equally pi
weary, but hostile to such a solace, pro- ui
tested vehemently against it. Discus- in
sion swelled into rage, and words wero ai
followed by blows. Tliero was a fright- M
ful row ; the furniture was broken, tho tn
windows smashed to atoms, chairs?but sr
fortunately without their occupants? tc
hurled into the street, and the iuhabi- m
tants of Hobart Town alarmed and scan- la
dalized. After all this, the jury agreed f<
even less than before, and tho judge, in w
despair, finally discharged them. b;
A High Toned Hotel.
Tho Suitem House, Strive & Swee
roprictorH, Soponacoous Springs, I
., lias been built and arranged for tl
iccinl comfort and convenience <
immor boarders. On arrival, eat
uest will be asked how he likes tl
tuation, and if he says the hob
uglit to have been placed npon tl
oil, or down toward the village, tl
cation of tho house will be immediat
' changed. Corner front rooms, i
ily one flight, for every guest. Bath
is, water-closet, hot and cold *ate
undry, telegraph, restaurant, fir
arm, barroom, daily paper, ooup
wing machine, grand piano, a clerg;
an, and all other modorn oonvenienc<
i every room. Meals every minute,
isired, and consequently no seoon
bio. English, French and Germa
ictionaries furnished to every guest 1
ake up such a bill of fare as he ma
^sire, without regard to the bill affa
terward in the office. Waiters of evei
itionalit.y and color desired. Evei
aiter furnished with a libretto, buttoi
do bouquet, fnll-dress suits, ball tal
ts, and his hair parted in the middli
very guest wili have the best seat i
iG dining hall and tho best waiter i
ic house.
Any guest not getting his broakfoi
d-hot, or experiencing a delay of si:
en seconds after giving his order fc
oner, will plenso mention the fact 1
10 office, and the cook and the waitei
ill he blown from the months of cai
ju, in frout of the hotel, at ono<
iiildren will be welcomed with deligh
id requested to bring hoop sticks an
iwkeys to bang the carved rosewoo
irnitnre especially provided for thi
irpose, and- peg-tops to spin on th
Ivet carpots; and they will be allowe
i bang on the piano at all hours, yelli
te halls, slide down the banisters, fa
>wn stairs, carry away dessert enong
>r a small family in their pockets i
nner, and make themselves as disi
eeable as the fondost mother can d(
re.
Washing allowed in rooms, and ladi<
ving an order to " put on a flat iron,
ill bo put on ono any hour of the da
night. A discreet waiter, who b<
ngs to tlio Masons, Odd Fellows an
uights of Pythias, and who was nev<
iowu even to tell the time of day, hi
;en employed to carry milk pnnchc
id hot toddies to ladies' rooms in tt
rening.
Every lady will be considered tl
die of tlio house, and row-boys will a:
ver the belle promptly. Should ar
>w-l>oy fail to appear at a guest's do<
ith a pitcher of ice water, more towel:
gin cocktail, and pen, ink and pape:
'lore the guest's hand has left the bel
10b, he will bo branded "Front " c
e foiehead and imprisoned for life.
The office clerk has been careful!
lected to please everybody, and ca
ud in prayer, play draw poker, mate
ursted at the village store, shake f(
inks at any hour, day or night, pla
lliards, is a good waltzer, and ca
nice the German, make a fourth i
ichre, amuse children, repeat th
eecher trial from memory, is a goo
dge of horses, as a railway or stean
>at reference is for superior to ac
ride, will flirt with any young hub
id not mind being cut doad when " j
imos dowu;" don't mind being curse
iy moro than a Connecticut river pili
ul room forty people in the best rooi
the house when the hotel is full, a
ud to tho annunciator; and answ<
lestious in Greek, Hebrew, Choctov
ish, or auy other polite language i
10 same moment without turning
dr.
A Girl's Chances,
The Cincinnati Enquirer gives som
leer statistics thus : A very sweet yonn
dy of the West End, who has evident!
en giviug the subject serious reflei
on, gives tho followiug table as showin
woman's chances of marriage betwee
10 ages of fourteen and forty year
f 1,000 women, taken without selectioi
is found that the number married i
ich ago is as below. Or if (by a
ithmetical license) we call a woman
lances of marriage in the whole ooun
' her life 1,000, ho chances in each tv
ors will bo shown in tho tablo :
ir. Chanr-t. Age. Chane
! 32 SI
'i 10 4 3i J
: i Qoi
i aiu i
if 33 f
'i 233 t.
> 35 f
!i 105 30 i
I > 37)
I 102 38 1
if 30 f
CO
f
We hardly think it ft fair thing for oi
dy friend to stop at the Ago of thirty
ine, as there nre very few ladies wb
wo arrived at that age of single blesi
InesH from whose hearts have been e:
nguishcd hopes of over soeing tb
losen one. No, indeed ; so long t
lore is still an old bachelor left, wo sa
ive the old maids ft chanoe, and don
lame them for still clinging to hop<
The Itlfle Match.
The twelve are selected who are t
ractico together and supply from the;
amber the American te.im in the grei
iter notional rifle match. Among thei
o three of the victors at Dollymoun
[eanwhile the Scotch riflemen are mail
lining a spirited contest among then
Ives for places in one of the foreig
unit to take part in tho Centennii
iatch. Tho rivalry displayed in Soo
nd, Ireland, Canada and Australia, a
irds promise that all these count
ill be represented in the United Stati
y their best marksmen.
How the Emperor Climbed.
t, The janitor who had charge of Banker
f. Hill monument, arriving at about halfte
past seven in the morning to open the
af premise^, found two strangers m waitih
ing. Ono, a tall, gray bearded man in a
te slouoh Hit, asked if they could ascend
el the monument.
10 "Yes," said the custodian, " you can
le for twenty-five cents," holding out his
e- hand.
ip The stranger produoed the money,
s, and the custodian unlooked the door
rjl mud forthwith commenced sweeping out,
e- raising a cloud of dust, and paying no
e, especial attention to his visitor, who was
y- looking about him curiously, until, half
38 choked with dust, he inquired "if these
if were the steps f"
id "Yes, all right, go ahead, go right up
,n till you get to the top."
<o The visitor and his companion did as
ty they were bid, and stayed some half an
ir linnr onmvinor Ilia haunf.ifnl nanaramin
y view from the summit, after which they
7 descended, and were quietly walking
l- away when they were hailed by the oub0
tod inn with:
a. " H'yar, just write your names in this
n book ; all the visitors who go up the
n monument sign their names here.'
The gray bearded man laughed and
at signed his name, and the two departed,
c- Tho oostodian never looked at the
>r book, but some hours afterward was
x> electrified by one of the offloere of the
rs monument association who chanced to
1- come in, asking him, in the most agi3.
tated manner, when Dom Pedro, the
t, emperor of Brazil, had been thero f
d "Hasn't been here at all," was the
d roply. .
it "Hasn't been here! Why, here is
ie his siguaturo on your visitor's book,
d What does this mean ?"'
n " What!" said the custodian, rushing
11 up to tho volume. " Why, good grak
cious I That was written by o tall man
it with a slouch hat."
i- And so it was ; but tho tall man was
3- tho emperor of Brazil, and this was the
way he asoended Bunker Hill monument,
is just like "any other man."
99
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g. A Picturesque Failure.
d When the Nioolai railway was oon3r
structod, in 1818, from St. Petersburg
18 to Mosoow, the work was done under
>B contracts with American engineers, and
10 the cars and engines were supplied from
Bultimore by tho famous establishment
16 of the Winons Brothers. The Bussian
Q- priests oppose every modern innovation,
'J and of course they were " down " on the
>r rni I wav IVhpn Hio rnn/1 ma nnanal
3? they determined to stop it, and so they
'' went in foroe to a point on the road and
set up a holy picture to stop the new
in work of the devil. The train came
slowly along and the engineer seeing the
'y picturo standing on the track thought
n there must be a man behind it, and so
h came to a halt. The assembled malti)r
tade raised a shout and the priests
y called ont that the saint was all-powerful
n and would prevail against wickedness.
The officer in charge of the train came
out and took a survey of the situation.
Then he told the engineer to run back
a quarter of a mile and bring the train
>y to a halt. The shouting was redoubled
V> and the priests were in the most rapm
tnrous delight. But their exultation
was soon changed to grief, as the master
of ceremonies told the engineei:
m ' * Put on all steam and go ahead without
t- regard to consequenoes." . The engine
-r went ahead and down fell the picture,
e? torn and crushed by the wheels of the
looomotive. Modern civilization was
a triumphant, and the priests and their
followers no longer shouted in triumph.
ie Ringing Rocks.
g Pottstown, Pa., can boast of as great
i. ? *i.? dl..?
J U l/Ul AUDlljr | CUM J O VUO X. UAiaUCi|7UiM JL J WW,
c- as nearly any town in the Union. We
g speak of the ringing rooks, that are situ>n
ated three and one-half miles northeast
e. of Pottstown posi-offioe. We started
a, early in the morning, and after walking
at through and gazing on as fine and pion
tnresqne scenery as can be found in this
's State, we came in sight of the rooks. A
wilder looking plaoe it is hard to imagro
ine. On tho rooks are advertisements
and autographs of people from all parts
? of the country. Tnere is an eating and
15 refreshment stand olose by for parties,
etc. On striking the rooks with our
hammer they sent forth as rioh aud deli14
cato sounds as the finest musio box. By
striking different rooks we oould get
8 sounds of every note of an octave, audit
? is certainly the oddest freak of nainre
wo have ever seen. The rooks oover
l about one acre of ground, and are a
perfect mass of confusion, being piled
together as if they had been upheaved
by an eruption. They are visited every
J" summer by hundreds of people, and no
f- doubt will be visited during the oenten?
nial year by thousands,
s- ;
^ Marrying by Proxy,
ts When our prinoipal tar, Admiral Pory
ter, was presented to the emperor of
r. t> :i i J i. : A. . u T L. J
I iira/iii, 1111 Btuu lu UIH uiBjesiy ; JL uku
3. tlio honor of attending your wedding
before you did." The emperor enjoys?
joke, and woe well pleased with this one,
which, paradoxical as it sounds, was
<0 literally trno. Donna Teresa, the emir
press, is a Neapolitan prinoess, and was
it married to Dom Pedro by proxy in Nan
pics. Admiral Porter, then a young
t. officer, was with the United States fleet
i- in the bay of Naples at the time, and
l- was present at tho marriage. He was
;n also on one of our vessels which formed
*1 part of the esoort of the bride out of
t- the harbor. This vessel was on its way ,
f to Bio, and reached the Braailian cap's
ital in time for Admiral Porter to wftjr
noHH the actual marriage of Dom Pedro
and his bride.