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VOL. II.?NO. 49. BEAUFORT, S, C., OCTOBER 25, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
If Yon Love Mo, Tell Me So.
If von love me, tell mo so,
Wait not till the summer glow
Fades in autumu's oli&ngefal light
Ambor e -?u la :r>d purple night;
Wait not ti 1 t!io winter hcnre
Heap w.ti. snow drift all the flowers,
Till the tide of life runs low?
If you love mc, tell me so.
If yon lovo D.e, tell me so,
While the river's dreamy flow
Holds t'.io lovo enchanted honrs
Stooped in musio, crowned with flowers ;
Ero tho summer's dreamy days
Fado in mystio, purple haze?
Ere is hushed the musio flow?
If you love me, tell me so.
If you love me, tell mo so,
Lot mo hear the sweet words low,
Let mo, in life's morning fair,
Feel your kisses on my hair,
Whilo in womanhood's first bloom,
Ere shall come dark days of gloom ;
In t':o first frts'i morning glow?
If you love mo, toll me eo.
Louise Lenormand's Prophecy
- ROMANCE OF HISTORY.
On of December, 1804, i
?U\J1, .. n., ii. a ioug gray over
.- out, ii . n . i! .:?><?rstep8 of a largi
marble building u L' ri-\
Ttio muii rang the' bf.il, and a tall
elend' r Inuuctt.) >}.i u< the door t'
liiin. j.j ? I Lor, despite the re
sistance sL olloied v? his umbiac.c.
"tsirol sii-i " s' . os-laimed, icotoat
ingly."
" Ob, don't ca?. uo so, beauty,'
no repiieu, still keep / L'a ?ruis arouni
lier. "You shall ten me tuj f
again to-day."
The handsome brnnettc In ngtigei'
h rs ill from hi* arms. H. . <
n vnce assumed a somber air.
"Sire," sue said, gravely, "do .
ask me to do that any more."
" Why not?"
" N ipoloou Bonaparte," she said, al
most solemnly, "I have bad news foi
yon."
" Bnl news for me, lionise? Yon ar<
joking. Who can harm me? Am I not
all-powerful?"
"Oh, yes, now?now I"
" An I nil it is in store for mo?"
" Sire, do you want to hear it ?"
"I do."
She led him into her boudoir. Then
sho took from her desk a pack of cnri
ous oards. She laid four of them on. the
table.
" These cards," sho said, " signify i
name."
" What name ?" he asked.
" B?L?U?C?H?E?R."
" Blucher 1 Who is he?"
" He is a Prussian general."
" I never heard of him."
She pnt four morexsards on the table.
" This Gen. Blucher, sir, will bring
about your ruin."
XT 1 I 1 1-i- l ' ' ?
at upunjujj uur?l llitu latlguior.
' A Prussian general should be able
to ruiu me, lionise ? Yon are mistaken,
my beauty."
" Ab, sire, no ! I love, 1 revero you I'
" I know it."
She pprouched him with a tender,
though sad glance.
" Then let me warn you. Before nit
I see a held of battlo, on which Gen.
Bluoker will rout your troops, and then "
? She hesitated.
"And then?" asked Napoleon, smilingly.
"Then you will be transported to an
island in mid ocean."
The emperor laughed uproariously.
" What has got into you, Louise? ' he
asked, merrily. "A Prussian gem ral
will rout my troops, and then bring
about my transportation to un inland in
mid-ocean ? 1 never heard suoh non
sense. The Prussian army will be anui
kilated by my veterans; it has nothing
but blockheads for generals, and I "?
" You, sire," she said, " are the
greatest man that ever lived, but yon
know my supernatural powers."
"Ah I" interrupted Napoleon, "nc
one can frighten me with Prussia. Yes,
if you had bilked about Austria, Russia
or England '?
"Ans ria and Rus-<ia," she said, grave
ly, "your majesty will bring to the
verge of ruin next year."
" Is that true, Louise ?" oried the emperor,
joyfully.
" Perfectly true, your majesty."
He cmbracod her fervently.
" If thlt is true. Lonise vnnr nl V* t %
prophecy will fall bo tho grouud. What
will Prussia do alone cg&inst me ?"
Sho shook her head gloomily.
" The cards say to the oontrary, siro,"
she rejoined.
Napoleou laugh il again at her.
It is a well known tact that, like all
Oorsieaus, ho was very superstitions,
and the wonderful predictions of the
charming fortune teller, Louise Lenormand,
which had proved true in every
respeot, had made a deep impression
upon him.
Her beauty had caused him to fall in
lone with her, and she, like most of thy
beautiful women of tho French capital
at that time, had only been too glad to
receive his homage.
He left her with the namo of Blnohei
flrm'y impro sed upon his mind. Hi*
wonderful memory never forgot anything
which concerned him personally.
Two years elapsed.
The emperor of the French had artfully
managed tocauso the foolish King
Frederick William HI. of Prussia, and
his equally foolish advisers, to declare
war against him.
Everybody knows tho disastrous consequences
of this rash act of folly.
The terrible battles of Jena and Auer- t
stedt were fought. Almost in a single
day the Prussian army was routed, and
the humiliating defeat at Rossbach was
more than avenged.
Only Blucher's division, which had
periormed prodigies of valor in the
great battle, made an orderly retreat in
a northwesterly direction. But tho
French corpB under Marshal Viotor,
flushed with victory, pursued him with
the utmost vigor.
Tho Prussian soldiers were half
starved and utterly exhausted when
they reached the ancient city of Lubeok.
There, after a brief struggle, destitute
of ammunition and provisions, they
wero compelled to surrender.
Blueher and most of his officers broko
their swords rather than give them up to
their hated adversaries.
The vanquished general was treated
in an almost barbarous manner. Haviug
refused to givo his parole to tho effect
that he would never again bear arms
against the emperor of the French, he
was confined in a dungeon in the basement
of the city hall.
Four days after Marshal Victor received
from the Emperor Napoleon the
following laconic letter:
" Cauce Blueher to make an attempt
to escape. Then havo him court-martialed
and shot. N."
Gen. Blueher, who was then already
1 sixty-four years old, was smoking his
pipe gloomily in his oell. Suddenly a
s haudsome young woman stepped in.
Now the grim old Prussian general was
> anything but a hater of women. His
> enemies asserted that he fell in love
* with every pretty face he saw, ami when
his fair youDg visitor entered his cell
" his faoe brightenedjat once. He rose politely
from his stool and offered it to
^er.
"Fair lady," he said, in his most
1 ? i toons manner, " what brings you to
j r\is dismal place?"
1 She answered him in French, telling
him that she was the daughter of Masillon,
the celebrated pulpit orator of Ber
lin, and that she bad risked her life in
order to free him from captivity.
Her bearing toward the grim old sol
" dier was so seductive that he fell an easy
r victim to her charms.
" We must flee from here to-night,"
) she whispered to him, as he held her in
^ his arms.
441 am ready," he replied. 44But how
am I to get out of this infernal hole?"
441 will be here again at setting in of
dusk," she said. 441 have procured keys
for every oell hero and a French uniform
K .for you."
44A French uniform!" he exclaimed,
' in dismay. 441 shall not don a French
uniform. Never I never !"
1 44 But, general, is it not better for you
to do that than languish here any more ?"
she asked, fondling his gray mustache.
44 Yes, my darling," he replied, "and,
besides, it will only l>e for a few hours
? von't it ?"
44 Only for a few minutes, general. As
soon as our carriage is out of the city
> yon may throw off the nuiform of the
hati <1 invaders," she replied.
Hlid lelt him after a fervenf embrace, 8
> ami a few minntes later the keeper of
> the jail, u white headed German, with
an honest, open face, entered Blncher'B
cell.
Jin bowed respeotfnlly before the
i grim old warrior, and then said :
" General, may I ask you one ques>
tionf"
; " Why not, my friend!"
" General, I don't like to speak about
it, and I hope you will not communicate
to any one what I am going to tell you."
" What an idea f I never betray my
1 fri? nds 1"
" General, lot me oak you, then, do
yen kn- -w the?the woman that came to
| see you to day ? '
' "No. 8he said her name was Miule'
lino Musillon, the daughter of the Rev.
1 Dr. Masillon, of Berlin. Is she not
what she pretends to be ?"
The old keeper shook his head.
I "General," he replied, "her true
name is Adele Broisson. She is a bad
1 woman?she is Marshal Victor's mis1
tress."
Blocker sprung to his feet.
' " What does the fraud she has practiced
on me meant" he exclaimed,
t " I do not know, general, but I saw
the marshal himseif help her into his
carriage after she had left your oell." a
x no general man sou too old keeper, 1
who went ont. t
He became very thoughtful. c
At setting in of dark, true to her '
promise, the fascinating oreature entered ?
Blncher's cell again. 1
" Everything is in roadinoss," she 8
' said.
" Is it, Mile. Broisson ?" he asked, 4
, dryly. ?
11 Yes ; make haste?the carriage ig t
waiting for ns. But why do you call J
mo Broi3sonf" t
L " Bt canse I know you. Get out of ?
horn ! I don't know what you are bent F
1 upon, but I know that it is mischief you t
are nutting on foot. Begone !" a
She bit her lips, and hurried from the 4
i cell. t
Next day a French general fell into f
i the hands of a Prussian regiment. v
1 lyncher was exchanged for him. I
1 Nine jrears later the prophecy of d
1 imiise lienormand, the great Parisiau r
fortune teller, proved true.
i . , . t
When the first newspaper was started g
iu Japan the editor asked a Japanese
gentleman if he wished to have the t
paper sent regularly. " No, I thank o
you ; I have a oopy," he replied. The li
1 gentleman of the old school had no idea t
i that a newspaper oontained fresh matter
with every iRsue. a
ROMANCE IN NAPLES.
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kn llrlrma Abducted and Hknt up In un iU|
Aayluoa far Lunatics. m<
A correspondent at Rome writes: Miss 7?
ferniori, still in her teens, has lost her m<
ather, and lives with her mother in 8aorno.
She is beantifnl, clever, and ao- he
lomplished, and inherits 120,000 due- 08
its, or about half a million lire. Her 813
nother is completely under the power '?'
>f the family physician, Dr. Cosimati, wt
?ho posos as protector of the widow and *h
>rphan. Eligible offers of marriage ore
nade to Miss Vemieri, but are skillfully U3
itaved off by the doctor and his dupe, ha
ho mother, their object being to enjoy
he administration of the young lady's
neaus, of which the mother was simply ?h
ho depositary, and of which the pros- mj
>ective son-in-law would become abso- D1
ate master. At last Miss Vemieri at- hj
ained hor majority, and her guardians *h
mtioipated her intentions of matrimony re
jy proposing to her as her fiancee her *h
irst consi . This young gentleman re- I8'
tided in Naples, and thither the mother, ]
lauguror ana iauiny doctor repaired to
mange the nuptials. Tho youth, howiver,
found no favcr in tho oyes of Miss
STernieri, who, on the contrary, became
lesperately enamored of a young odvo- ^
sate whom she met under the roof of an c"
innt in Naples. Her passion was recip oeated,
and the mother's opposition m
nade the daughter ODly more resolute *1)
n her determination to marry the young ?n
idvacate. So doctor and mother to- m
{ether changed their tactics. One morn- *ei
ng Madame Vernicri saii to her daugli- P1
or: "Are you really determined to ltB
narry him." "Yes." "Then, as I
sau't bear to sco you unhappy, I give se
nyoonsent." Tho young lady fell on mi
ler mother's neck, nnd wept with joy,
ill, gently disengaging herself, Madame *?
iTernieri said: " Now, as yonr lovorand w."
lis family live at Naples, it is better
hat we should go there to tlx tho day of m'
narriago, and ?get your trousseau
eady." They started accordingly, and nn
ook apartments at tho Hotel Fiori, aP
lear the Fiortiui theater, intending to nn
ake a house iu the conutry for the en- e
uiug summer, tho marriage having *9
>eeu arranged for the end of autumn.
L'hey had been only two days iu tho
lotel when Dr. Oosimati came in with a
Jignor Miragiia, whom he represented
is a cousin of his, and as desirous of
uiuuug luiiii v ermeri s acquaintance. Sa
Che visit teemed oue of pure courtesy, all
Che young lady chatted pleasantly a ?
nongh on current topics with the new an
.oilier till ho took his leave, and she St
bought no more about him. Forty- yc
light hours afterward, the doctor pro- w*
Hj.sed a drive into the country, at. which Fi
ho ladies wero delighted, and nil three be
vere soon in a carriage bowling along ci<
ho Via del Camp. th
Miss Vorniori asked many questions th
is to tho pal isai and villas they passed, in
ill they approached a grand edifice gr
vhose niAgnillcent site awoke her admi- wt
ation. Whoso was it t The doctor as th
f suddenly struck by an idea, ordered he
ho driver to stop. " Here," he said, A
' is precisely what you want, a eountry ue
esideuco till tho close of November, foi
Chis palace is divided iuto suites of pr
ipartments. Come in and let us sec how stc
'on like them." They alightod and eu- kn
ered, and tho doctor asked for Madame ha
^lourens. An iron gate was then open- wl
;d, admitting to a courtyard, from which wu
hey mounted two flights of stairs, and on
lieu they were ushered into a drawing- wt
oom where they were politely reoeived ga
>y that lady. Dr. Oosimati then inti- Di
uatod that Miss Vernieri wished to take br
partments for the summer in tho pa- Je
azzo, and would like to bo shown aa
hrongh the various suites. Madame pa
?louren3 was only too delighted, and of- ex
ered her arm to tho young lady, who fol
nechanically took it. Then tho mother m<
aid, languidly : *' Yon can go alone, my ve
loar, and mako your choice, which is 1
inre to satisfy me. I am tired, and will B1
vait here with tho doctor till yon come st<
lack." Madame Flourens and Miss ?tir
Vernieri then moved off, and the mo- an
nont the door closed behind them the Sti
notlier and doctor slipped stealthily th
(ironoli fi nriontn noorano 1 i1?
0 I fs??uwvj tUB WS
itaircasc, aud'.were soon in tho courtyard. on
tleanwbile Mi:<s Veruieri was making stt
lie tour of the apartments, and it wan do
lot long before Miss Yernieri learned cri
hat she had beeu left in an asylum for U>
unatioa. hr
After her discovery, Miss Vernieri a ?
isked Madame Floureus, the lady super- jui
ntondent, how she oould have consented
o become an instrument in such a base
lonspiracy. Tho lady smiled sadly.
4 Figlia mia ! were I to believe all ,
hose who say they have been brought
lere as the victims of a conspiracy, I
hould have few patients on my hands!"
4 But," remonstrated Miss Vernieri,
4 what legal proof have you that I am a
It subject for an asylum ?" 41 The dooor
who came here with you," replied *
dadame Flourens, 44 applied to me for ? J
ue admission of a patient. I told him ?.
te must first have a certificate of the
atient's modnens, signed by the direc- ^
or of the establishment, who is the first
lienint iu Naples, Dr. Miraglia.
' Ah," broke in Miss Vornieri, to whom P
his name was a revelation, " the per- , *
idious plotters t That consin of his, ^
rliom Dr. Cosimati presented to me, was
)r. Miraglia, then f. Bat how oould the ,.
loctor certify my lunacy ? I talk
atioually enough. Oh 1 the monsters I" '
' J Hglia mia!" behold my justifies- ?
ion," and Madamo Flourens prodnced
he oertifloate of the alienist, Dr. Miraglia,
the director of the asylum.
Thereupon Miss Vornieri addressed tei
lernelf to tho task of devising her extri- fni
ation from tho Flonrens asylum. Vigi- "
ant ly watched, she yet suoceeded in get- nil
ing a letter conveyed to her lover, and on
le went straight to work to rescue her hi
nd bring her persecutors to justice, th
He got the procurator of the king
nil forthwith to the asylum aninstru
g judge and a notary. . These gent
3n obtained immediate aooess to t
ung lady, and examined her, with t
rat painstaking minnteness, putti
lestions of every kind, laying traps 1
r, and taking down her answers. S
me out of the ordeal triumphant
d tho result was the immediate ore
r her release, and criminal proceediu
re at onco taken against Dr. Oosima
o widow Vornieri, and Dr. Miragl
a sooner set at liberty, than Miss V<
eri fled to the aunt at whoso houso s
id met her fioncee. Their marria
ok place immediately.
Meanwhile the conspirators, whe
?ject it had been to prevent t
arriage, and to invalidate Miss Y<
eri's right to the control of her fortu
r making her out mad, wore put up*
eir trial at Balerno. They had i
ady taken legal steps to compl<
eir nefarious design, when tho you;
Jy's release upset "everything, a;
mod them from appellants into r
ndaut.s. Tho section of accusation (
e Italian phraso goes) acquitted t
other as tho dupe of Cosima
iraglin was admitted to have act
th bona fides, and he, too, was c
ired guiltless beforo the law. T
ictor was fully convicted. The pub
mister demanded, as his sentenc
r? o years' imprisonment?a year f
cu day during which his victim w
imured iu the asylnrn, and that Re
nco was pronounced by the jndgi
r. Cosimati appealed, and tho term
iprisonment was reduced to ono yet
ot content with this remission of t
utence, tho doctor?alwayB, bo it i
irked, enjoying provisional liboit
nt is, not imprisoned at all?appli
the court of cassation ; but his pi
is rejected. Then ho solicited t
ng's mercy ; but Signor Vigliani, In
inister of justice, refused him tb
>o. Tho eighteenth of March can]
<1, with it, tho Left to power. T
peal to the king's mercy was reuewo
d his majesty was advised t> grant
ntenco was commuted to iuterneme
a prescribed locality from May
ivember.
Fun that Ended in Death.
The persistency of Jennie Bonnett,
n Francisco, iu wearing malo attii
tot making her whim for several yet
iivcrsion for herself and her acquaii
ces, has ended in her dreadful deal
10 wus born in Paris, twenty-sov
nrs ago, and h' r father and moth
>vo actors. The family went to S
ancisco in 1852, and Mr. Bonne
iug able to speak English with sul
mt accuracy, was omployed durii
e next dozen years or so iu the poor
caters. Alter that ho was employi
u mercantile establishment. Jem
ew up about as she would, and h
tys wero wild. One of hi r fancies w
o wearing of malo attire, and she wo
r hair short to assist in the disguis
companion 01 ners wan JHiauclie Jb
au, and a few days ago they were o
r a ride, and something occnrring
event their return to the city th
ipped at a hotel, the landlord of whe
iew Jennie and her whims. Blanc
d an accepted lover, William l)ene\
lorn she was engaged to marry. 1
is a Frenchman, and extremely jei
s. Once he saw hor with Jennie, w
ib nnknown to him, and whom he 1
rded as an interloping yonng ma
Linevo at that time upbraided Blanct
it she did not undeceive him us
nnie's identity. It is believed that ]
w or in soino way learned of her i
rture from the city, and was furious
cited by her apparent fickleness. J
l:owed them, and watched their moi
snta until the terrible end of tho s
niuro.
The room in which Jennie a
anche were to sleep was in tho ill
)rv, adjoining a balcony. Thoy :
ed late. Blanche got into bad fir
d Jennie was preparing to do i
iddenly, without previous warnii.
ere was a gun flash and a report at t
ndow, and a heavy charge of bucks!
ter??<l Jennie's side, killing her :
intly. Blanche ran screaming to t
or, nrousing the household with 1
it s. The /tightened landlord hesitat
go to the balcony, and before
seed his conrago sufficiently to ma
i< arch the mnrderer had escaped,
ry gave a verdict against Denevo.
A Curious Apple Tree
There is growing in Pochuck, N. .
apple tree which bears both sweet a
nr apples. Not only this, but sw<
d sour apples grow on the same liml
d some of the apples Are both sw<
d sour. Oiio am pick au apple a
id it intensely soar, then pick unotl
>m next to it and find it exceeding
eet; still another can bo picked fr<
e same limb and it will be both sw<
d sour?one half sweet, the ott
ar. Over a quarter of a century iif
o William Babb, now deceased, in <
rimenting, took a bud from an ap]
?e which bore greenings and anotli
>m a tree which bore sweet appl<
itting thorn in half, he placed the so
d sweet halves together, and, buddi
era to the treo, the above has been t
mlt. Somiof the apples are cntir<
pen in color, while others have a y
i?i<?h cast.
Good farming?"Sambo, is yon mi
p a good farmer ?" " Oh, yos, flrst-n
rmer?ho makes two crops in ono yeai
How i? that, Sambo!" "Why, ho sc
his liny in the full, and makes mon
co ; then in the spring he sells t
den of tho cattlo that die for want
e hay, aud makes money twice."
to Eccentricities of Genius.
A C irk manager tells how he engaged
,f~ Geo. Francis Train to spout in ilia
,0 theater. After the engagement had
been duly heralded, the opening night
. & came. Says the manager :
,or The night eame! The street was
I ? blooked with people. The house was
y full to overflowing, and I was informed
II by the call boy that, althongh it was
?8 ten minutes to eight, and tbe music bad
. ? been * rung in," Mr. Train had not put
ia- in an appearance.
9r" Hero was a dilemma! I knew the man
too well to hope. I hastened to a hotel,
2? and found him seated, slippers and
gown, reading a paper. "Mr. Train,"
!so I cried, " do you know what time it is ?
lie tlieater- is jammed with people, and
9r" the music is already "?
uo " Never get excited," interrupted he ;
"take things quietly. I have decided
a not to speak to-night."
Tbo coolness of his reply angered me,
Q2 and I said:
I "Yon shall go to the theater if I carry
, you there." I then rushed around the
.tlfl corner to tbo theater, and ordered the
7.0 brass band from tbo balcony to the hotel
at once.
ed ,< There's one condition," said Train,
|f" meeting me at the door of his room,
be < 1t _;n ? ?? "
I. u^ -ui uutwu x win auwuiptuij jvu.
lie << There's no condition, sir," I angrily
r?? replied. " I have ordered the band
or here, and yon must follow them, or
119 prove your superiority in strength over
u~ mine."
>Hf Apparently in a delighted mood at the
of joke, he followed mo "to the hotel en|r*
trauoe, followed by the band playing
"The Rogue's March." At eight o'olook
:e' precisely he walked upon the stage,
J' leisurely removed a handsome light
e" overcoat and a pair of gorgeous kids,
ea and >:mid thunders of applause bowed
to the immense assembly before him.
its Two years ago," said ho, beginning
iat in that oratorical manner as few, having
Je? once heard, can ever forget, " when I
110 came here, you desired to crown mo
5J. kii-g of Ireland, but yon made another
lfc* stupid blunder! You placed a twentytwo
inch crown upon me, when you
to ku"w my head measured twenty-four."
His discourse was one of his noted
mc urges, jumping, as the Cork Herald.
termed it, " from Halifax to Jerusalem,
and returning by way of Hong Keng."
of His voice was in perfect tune, and his
re, wonderful gestures were carrying his
irs hearers by storm, when a voice from the
it- gallery sung out: "How about that
:h. case ye have against the English governen
meet for damages, George?"
TJ 1...J A,, ai.A n ? i._ j
icr Jiin in.iucu iu uia huu jlu u vuiuw
aii of ihuuder shouted :
tt, " rwouly-four hours after I'm Presi[fi
dent oi the United States, I'll collect
g thai hnndred thousand pounds, or I'll
er bang the British minister to a lamppost
ed iu front of the White House !"'
lie The next minute I saw Mr. Train
er walked off the Rtage by two polioemen,
as and only by the. moat strenuous effort
>re did I get the house paoilled and the
io. speaker released,
iu
He Went and Married.
to
oy Joseph Hammersohmiut, of Brooklyn,
>m N. Y., who recently spent seven hours
ho at the bungholo of a cask of precious
-o, wine to prevent the escape of the liquor,
qe was mairhd. Hammerschmidt's custom
al- ha been, when a cask of wine arrived
ho from Germany, to shut himself in his
re- cellar with bis favorite dog and a bunch
in of hologua sausage and cheese, and
ie, spend the day bottling the wine. On
to this bottling day he refused to allow
he any oue to remain iu the house except
le. him iclf. His housekeeper spread his
dy lunch in the cellar, put his dog there,
de too, and wont away. When Hammerze
Schmidt went bolow he found the dog
ul- was eating his lunch. He angrily took
hold of the animal, tied one endof arope
lid to its neck and the other to the spigot
ret of the cask, and raised a club to beat
re. him. Tbo dog jumped the full length
Bt, of the rope, and took the spigot with
to. him. The wine spurted out in a stream,
,g, and Hummerschmidt, dropping the
be club, ran to the bunghole, clapped bis
lut han l over it, and soon stopped the flow.
in. Ho then begun to cry for help, but as
be uo ono was in the house to heed him,
,er the echoes of hi3 voice died inside of
ed the cellar. For seven hours he railed
be tor help, and held back the wine. At
.be length, late in the afternoon, his cries
A weio heard, and he was relieved when
he was well nigh exhansted. The dog
and the spigot were going around the
cellar together out of the man's reach.
Hammcruchmidt made up his mind to
j run no more risks, and offered himself
*? to a widow, who aocented him.
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t)s( A Born Trader.
. et ff j16 Chinaman is such a born trader
that he has been known to attempt to
take the advantage of the missionary
:?y who sells him portions of the Bible. A
5n? o 'lporteur writes from China: You offer
?e* Matthew for ten cash. A man buys and
ier turns to go. No man should beoome a
S?? missionary to the Heathen Chinee who
cannot count ten. You count, and find
5le eight cash. Yon call after the man and
l0r repeat the price that you have repeated
t?F* tifty times?mayhap it is all you oan reur
peat. He looks dazed. You hand back
the money with an emphatic " don't
'i want!" With tho air of .? bankrupt he at
3y length produces one more cash. You
el" again kindly but firmly illustrate, on
your fingers or otherwise, the theoretical
distinction between nine and ten.
as- Ho overwhelms you with violent demonite
strations that he has not another cash in
r." the Morld. You repeat. Ho repeats,
dls At last, with a smile that is " childlike
iey and bland," he calmly extracts the other
.lie cas i from his car, where it has been all
of the while, as everybody but yovt knew,
takes his book and departs.
Kot All a Bed of Flowers.
Managers of theaters, sajs the Sun,
in an article on the subject, tell me that
it's rare event when a lady calls to ask
an humble place, and whon she does, it
requires no over quick eye to detect the
printed oopy of Borneo and Juliet she
carries in her hand half oovered by her
veil.
Injudicious friend? and hired teaohentinflate
the little head with inordinate
self-esteem, and ruin the girl before she
makes her first step forward.
And if teachers cannot make an artist,
still less can friends. Every year some
woman is puffed in the press, heralded
in "sooiety," and swung about the
circle of amateurdom as an artist and a
genius. Occasionally a manager is hired
to give her an opportunity, but usually
her backers secure a matinee at a theater.
The play is oast, the debutante
in the leading part, of oourae. The
house is packed with friends. The cui'tain
rolls np. All is expectancy. On
she comes ; $1,000 in flowers are thrown
to her. The play proceeds. Dresses
costing $760 to $1,600 are exhibited, act
after aot. The debutante is called before
the curtain. A grand dinner follows?and
that's all. Why! Because
the cool headed manager sees that bad
reading, faulty elocution, awkward
gestures, and inordinate conceit can be
cured or eradicated only by long experience
on the stage in minor parts by
a patient, willing, ambitious member-of
a stock company, whereas the gorgeous
creature who has dazzled her friends,
believes herself above criticism, and far
beyond the necessity of the stage training.
That ends her.
Girls oome here from the interior to
study for the stage. It costs them :
For board per week $8
For waebing, eto 2
For threo loeeons 16
For car faro and inoid6ntals 8
Total $28
Perhaps $25 can be made to oover all
expenses, but if so the pupil must live
on wind pudiling. After she has had
three months' schooling, she begins to
seek a position. The theaters are overstocked
already. The streets are lined
with real actors, who can get no employment.
She goes to the manager's
offi e day after day?her board still running
on. After a few weeks' trial she
seeks " inflaenoe "?and nine times in
ten "influence " condemns her with the
manager.
Let ne suppose, however, that she
succeeds. What does she get f
Mr. Daly told me that he was overrun
with people who want to play for
nothing. To some debutantes he pays
$7 a week, some 810, and if they snow
merit, ho gives toward the ofose of the
season as high as $15 a week.
Bnt no Julias, nary a Juliet, not a
sign of a Constance?nothing but walkee
on and walkee off for the sake of practice
and familiarization with the stage.
On the whole, is it not a discouraging
outlook for the sighing Bomeos and the
emotional Juliets ? The best and greatest
of them are restless, unhappy, and
full of a thousand disappointments we
know little of, and the inoonspiouous
lend lives of self-denial, privation, and
physical discomfort.
A Servant of the Saltan.
Signor Donizetti, a nephew of the
famous composer and pianist to the late
unfortunate sultan, Abdul Aziz, describes
his experience thus : Ton are
summoned at eight o'clock in the morning
to play for three hours. You must
be in full uniform ; you wait for seven
hours in a elegant gallery, where yon
are forbidden to sit down. From time
to timo they come to tell you what is occurring
in his majesty's apartment.
" His highness is going to ariae." The
moment you hear this you must prostrate
yourself. " His highness is going
to the bath." Again you prostrate yourself.
"His highness is dressing." You
prostrate yourself lower than ever. And
so the intelligence oontinuee, until you
are wearied beyond enduranoe and the
sultan is nnaiij reauy. xnen an immense
grand piano is brought in without
its legs, for the floor of the gallery
is a precious mosaic of the rarest woods,
and must not bear the weight of a piano
oven. The immense instrument is laid
on the backs of five wretched Turks,
suitably placed on their hands and
knees. "But," say you, "I cannot play
on a live-Turk piano." Suppose you
complain that the instrument is not
level, they oaretnlly put a cushion under
the knees of the smallest Turk and tell
you to proceed, without suspecting the
sentiment of humanity that has occasioned
the delay. The saltan appears,
and, after all manner of prostrations,
you ask for a chair. There is
none ; no one ever sits in the presenoe
of the sultan. Yon protest yon cannot
play aniess yon sit, and the saltan finally
orders a chair to be produoed. Yon
play for an hour or so, and, after the
sultan has watohed the effeot on his followers
until he is weary, he rudely
thrusts you side and takes your place.
The eunuchs and the rort awake and
appland his discords with raptnrons exclamations,
and, after he has amused
himself thns until he is satisfied of the
superiority of his musio over yours, you
are dismissed.
A piiaouk Stricken City.?Savannah
suffers from jallow fever as if it were
the plague A member of a relief assooiation
thus describes their work:
We are feeding 15,000 persons and
nursing about 7,000. The supplies of
provisions and money sent us have enabled
us to meet immediate wants, but
we shall need all the aid you oan give us
until frost oomes, to keep people from
, absolutely rotting in their houses or on
the streets.