The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 13, 1890, Image 1
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tit for tat.
• -—— '
itiilcn. or o»mtr rptf xiny.
A brxrt that vox lislit am a f<*atij«*r >
Buoyant and free, and bright a* Uir day.
So matujr what kind was the weather.
Hello, little nmtil, I won't l»e raoli—
* you don't look it;
But, aa my beiui went off like a Oa
l-«urt uf- tmaglond you took it.
“Now I hatu to believe that a fare.
The angeU might oorct for le-uuiy.
W ould be Uoke*l with #o dorp o disgrace,
And yet. to tadieve u my duty
H. ruy heart went just aa you come;
A moment before tt wa>> Kle»*piiig
Own up at once your jiort in tliia game -
1 m certain lbejthiu|''a In your keeping
\oti won't glj* it back? well, now ihot'i
cool;
Some folks would make quite a case of It!
But tit for tat'a a very gixxi nile.
And I'll Just take yours ui place of It.”
He did.and the eud'a nut hard to t»-Il —
T«a« an easy way out of the bother
They tramp through life now. happy and well.
While each keeiei the heart of the other. ^
— William I.yle iu Buffalo Kspriwa.
THE FUTURE.
engape to Rupply me with berenteen
attoboiwMarlly similar,li. th»." -—mu ..
ImpobBihle. moiiKeigncur, «aia the That marble door * -
jeweler*. “1 hare only six of this putteni Admit# 1>o fruit of all our Mug end<'avor,
in stock. Still." lie addetl. after a tuo- * No fame wreuthed erowa we,
I uiuiit'a reflection, “l might perhaps he
able to manage it. May 1 ask how s«»ou
| your higlim ss intenda leaving ParisT’
i "Li a^Artnight from t*Klay." — —
"That will l»e quite suflinent. The t>ix
Ilavxia. ^ r - c " 'ill wan at ^tv A FRENCH DUDE* FT5H1WQ.
time it* feeXle health, vv as te remain at •
ho5p»tality.
’HaU 0V€R*MR0r
Nogmrnerud loro
worn,
What can we liear Vn'yond tho unknown portal?
No gold, uu gaiiut
Of all our lolling; iu tho Ufc immortal
No liosnk-d wealth rriiutlua,
SorgUda. uor ataiux.
Naked fr#i out thnt.far ab)<at behind ua
We enlen'd h<*rn;
No word came w ith our coming to remind ua
What wondrous world waa tiuar.
No hope, ua fear
ftnulT boxes sliail be distributrsl irumctli
Htely. In a few ilays t»ix more will be
reatlr, and I think I can promise the re
maining fire before the time fixed for
your highness’ depatiure." j,
On the following day tlie six lioxes. Into tha tilent. atarlms night before ua
each accoropamed. hv a compfimcntanr Nutasi *• gikia; ;
, *. , . , So baud baa inupptsl the couatidUitloua o'er ua,
letter, written by florin and signed by No comrade at our tddev
the pasha, were duly transmitted to the ; .—:— N^efcan. dogulJo. ^—r^===*
privilegetl individuaU heiidirig the list. , , . ,.
Toward the end of the week the jewrter ^
rcapiieared ac^ordiiig to promise with a Our roouiej* fam;
second installment of another half dozen, The beckoning of a Futimr'* hand we follow—
'A PASHA’S SNUFF BONKS
which were also forwarded to their d«rs-
tinution; and J^efore tlu; furtniglif had
expired live more snutf boxes were in his
highness’ jiossession.
The pasha expressed himself perfet'tly
sati-ified with the pion.pt e.\ecutiou_of-
his order. "It ij evident.’’ he said, "that<
the t'ecipients of mv gifts are highly
pleased. for 1 have received the most
Mattering letters from all of them cx'.vpt
one.”
_ .‘:Iin:cpt vnur highness-aai-?’--
Some half-n dq/xn years previous to
the sadden collMpse of the Napoleonic
dynasty, in 1870. a eertnin sensation wjuj
excited in Paris by the arrival In that
city of an oriental potentate of ambigu-
tHts nationality, but |K>pularly known
and spoken of as "the padia.” Whether
he cam# from Turkey , or from K/v jit*
was regarded as a matter of con»i»ara-
tirely small iui porta nee; the iwu csm>ii-
tial }*oints in his favor were, first, that
he was undoubtedly the |s»s£fc.sor of
an immense fortune; and. secondly—no
slight n-coimdeiuLition in the ImMian
capital—that he sjmke French with tol
erable fl>iencr._ .\s a n):ULc-r nf e.mrse
NO dosTriJdo an acquisition to Parisian
•ociety iNX’ame the lion of thp liotir. and
no sooner wju. it ascertained that a spa
cious hotel overlooking the* Park de
■ i riY 1 ^ l, ”i ipi»i i. l 1 "' 1 In" ^
cy ai’id suite than a shoal of vi-iters.
IIK lov<«alt>n'' Is there,
No^uret:, uu cart*. ,
-Augusta C. Wlnthrop.
home with her mother and children
until tho return of the party.
In the following spring Cicnti returned
hon>c, and to the inquiries of his wife
and mother-in-law regarding the non-
appearance of the three girls, quietly
explained that the trio had died of yel
low fevet*-two rta eekS Ik-fore his depart
ure from 4iavana. This startling irftel-
! lige/ico wull nigh killed) old Mrs. Paine,
i who was then well advanced iu years.
In the summer of that year she died iu
' a mAnuer similar to her husband, her
' illness being short and painful.
• The property belonging to the Paine
i family now reverted to Cienti’s wife,
I but as no actual proof existed as to the'
death yf her Ln.ithcr-su- ^wMers. a -irtTir J
clay foll'>wed l>cfoix* the decision of the
courts ui tlte matter was rendered.
Meanwhile Cienti, who nbw appeared fi»
possess a considerable sum of ready * nibble, immediately c.vcryjjy_
cash, began to grow dissipated, and ill * turned on the little red fl&ur on his
la a IWvIIm
charge that Uic old
A SOLDIKli’S STOBY.
The Gallic &4c» of Sport Typified
raruiait tMacolor. .
lunnll never forget a feflow I aaw
one lay last summer, just* ouUido of
Pari i, fishing in the Seine.
To pn-ludc. theTktWs am very strict
over there in reganl to fishing und
shooting. The seasons open und shut
like a jack knife witli n snap, und
woe to the transgressor. On a certain
day iu Julv, I think, the season o|m>us,
and long \jfcforw uuylight of tfie day
the banlwK of tho l iver all along the I
Bci.s dc iknilogne arc lined w ith tishcr- 1
men silting side by side, almost elbow ,
to c)l>ow. I strolled down tothe>river :
oueday and wiUM>aatd theaport. Tak ]
JL.HgjpiU. _a. cigar 1 pmd a woman «iwrr ' try cmisim
sous for n chair, and sat down tnTgi't n regular vIm
wrinkle in Preuch fishing. For half
an hour all sat in silence with not u
movement.' Presently one fellow had
a nibble. Immediately every
of th« Old TaaMowd
llM«aoiM f.»r tb« Cliaftjpr.
There is something more than the
talk of the traditional grumbler inHhe
fashioned virtue
T4 . . Tl*« Startliac Cry w*. fiblpbrtwrfi— I
AalWtt •» fiosr ——
There fs no eound.i
moralixing aj that
board 1” It strikea terfor totba bant
rl - .. t*. .» i . \* ■ , of the bravest of men, and only tha
of lio.piUI.tj ..on the d«)u.e. W l.«« u»t ducipliuW ‘ '
in the oeys of our father! or crane- 1 .U-tume rt u«utliT lKtriu<
father! .1 >ra* not unusual for |>eople i arerv .hip hose oeculivniSof
U, have their houee* literally ore. j fofr Wl. occufrSStTb* '
llow.i.g n.th (ju.*sta, it.. now hanl-lo , cor.rrrp.1 .rranertneritv however, are
Iml onyhody who ever think, of en ; ,rf U .. inapplicable, and Ak
terniinintr more thui. one or nt the luais | } . , he mmd if u,o
n.o»t two at a tmio and it ha. become „. aU .|' i1h . Iuall , t (U | ife baoy, and
» exception rather' than U.o TO e ,| 1C uonual eemditia.. of .the bnak
that it used to be for anybody oQbiide
of a country liousu in sununer to have
guysU ut all. Tlie .succa^iou of conn-
Til vvtro -\vcrd once otmort us ' ^ u ^j 0r ( j 0
anxiously impiired Dorr.
• "Yas. My secret an informs me that
TiTTFTfr'Yhe gentlemen at whose house my
present was left is absent from Paris^
which Accounts for hi-t .silence, and that
he is not exf*ectcil bock until Sunday, tlie
dtry AfTer my Intended departure. ButY
continued tjie pnsha. “Imw ii_iikisa AL
In a small town in southern Now
Ilnmpshiro lives Capt. John Godfrey,
one of the most genial of hosts. If any
of my readers In-hove he is a myth, says
a vvrilPi; in Thrt llidton riiminna..i..> Raat.
letin, th«‘y will fiml him a somew hat sub-
ftiiarrthrl one and rat Tier a stublsyrn ftx- to
tnekle in spile of his seventy o«ld years.
(JurUmbly enf>ugh each f»f the knot of
gue»ts gathered Ix-ueatli hfs rfn.f hail
seen MT\ic<.' uml.-r I’nelt- Sum. I here is
always q f« Ilow ship among old soldiers
-fHnt t*rg**iA ( i111fiden, |flitTeotTSuju•• n11>■
treat Ins family.
One by one the children sickened and
diet], and in the end liecky herself took
To her bed, ond in a few weeks died, as
did her parents, after a short hut )>aiiifii)
Illness. ‘Dy this time suspicion became
aroU9*-d that C'ienti was in some manner
connected w ith the death of the mem-
l»crs of the Paine family as well those
of Ida own." *
In those days detectives were well
nigh unknown m New Hampshire, and
a criminal who might prove to lx* an
effective actor did not experience much
difficult} in evading j'*>tice. At a secret
meeting called by the farmers in our
ntighN'rhobd a'iitl the udjaceni TTIIHge.
(I will (YhanimoiLiiy agreed iho anthori-
e w as
‘tors to all well regulated j ||Car tfieMcrtt
-ity dwellings ns the tax collector and ! ^ lllC o{ncCf of ^
the gas man. ares«*ni nonitm- hwever; 1 ” v . ..
and the modem housewife would , h*
s<n)u'think of
tHk nun has got
OHrit -peT-wnirttuaj^
deck »hc
should bo
cool and colh-cUrtl.
.line. The lloat moved j»erceptibly.
The man, with every nerve MraimHl
Qiid eyes riveted on the lloat, bretitli-
Icss with excitement, watched. The
float dipped u- r aiu. The man pulled,
und the cork cinnc to lhcaurfa<M‘, but
no fibh. All along the lino of tishcr-
men there was an ejaculation of
"Ah!” Tlie disnp|>oiiilcd fisherman
o(H-ning n boarding
house ut once os of havitig her home
so overrun as it wrtiin tlie dny» of her
grandmother.
The reasons for this change are nu
merous. In the first place, tho in
creased facilities for traveling of mod
ern times has made it w> coxy for visit
ors toeome to town that if tiro d«»ors
sw ung as liospiUibly o|mmi an of old it
is feared that tho rightful owners of
Hear Admiral S. B. L^co lays down
the principle that the nu»Ht important *
cpusideruthMie whett. a nrtm fall! over-
amatinjp the
boanl are; Finder
most efTcctuul way of
khip’s nrogren and bow to keep
near the spot where the man fell afi
imwihlc. Hrodnd, to preserve the gen-
erui diacipline of the ehiji, to maintain
silence, and to enforce the most
prompt obedience, without permiting
l „ i htfdhanly v^dturteceing fifty kjild
t mt on n frrsh pMyof teirimd waiMl. -yiy given domicile would bo lii w-rious . Th j rT | t to ^ t h«t the boat appointed *
Presently the fish took hold aguuu danger of being crowded out of their ' to l)e used on thear occasion! U plficed
und this time he had him. Carefully own premise*. There is, moreover. m 1 i 11 > T TT v r . C
he worked him in to the bank, and uu the increased rxpen*« of ttvtflg aruf" | IKJ ^, * nH»mciit «fld -when ready
attendant slipjicd a delicate landing the complex I’efljjjriiiiimltt-of-modorn— f <tr t n ttt mm*.
net under tho fish und carried him up cew*i#.ty- fi inip™ i " ,KI ' > >r> ' ■■■■i mnrTnijil aiv #■ mThM is •
the hank. There was u cry ah Along Ifiyp up the old fashioned' customs, | 0 jj irspcctq when thy
the line of fifty or -mum fiUu-ruuui of | wfili iHtimnottl i^'inyr oljyfimliwj*zmr J woler. ronrtlj to take
"Brni.-hon,tre^jAh.S<’I'er^TTMiJih>wn * oru!nary income and anv ordinary 1 ;
' ‘ ‘ ‘ a-Bl
w i _ . tl*rir ro<l» and gatherssl unMuul the , strciigth ln»ptde*ly overtaxeiL Mo*. gWi unn tier
Duit? 'Ton Ti.Tve bfought me only liNv wlu-n I .imLisI him a rather liui**rtincut tie!4 :i1 l , * ,rts,n °utli U* ut om e requ bUsl lyoakei, lined with leave**, in which the •rur housekeeping, it is U» be added, is { Ami, lostlv, to bftYfi 1 suflBcient h
U».\»*s. Where is the sixth? It is abso- question a* to the tcnotit of a grave tliat 1( > cause tlie arrett of fiemi unun HiiAuir-l-fitefi-wn# camfnHy plaord. He was a io much more elaborate than that * ‘
lutcly oitsenti:.! that no one .ou my list lav in the very center of his be.-t hav cion of murdi r. monster, nearly six inches long, and which ohtaine*! in tho uliicii days that
should Ik* neglect**!." . field, he reatlily told the f*.How ing.local New? of ihc nsscmilling of th**se men muxthav* wrightrtHibom four ounc<!;T1t cannot
wi
iug the boat neither
sw amp her nor to pitch
in lower*
stars nor
e men out.
her of the shai
"Your higlim-.s* may rent HHsuml that
■m 4* i lire utruMr/ 1 "
history, which in every J. tail litL-rallv
.trth.M 1 -' ' ——=z-
re;»chc*l Gicnti.-. car*- w bo. p< >•**...* .... 1 Im... ».il
oflh-ial and nnn-oflicia!. duixtened toHn
srrilN* tlicir itaiues in a book (U*pusit*'d
f*ir the purjMMse in the portf-r s hnige.
Every iLiy brought u fresh inMalluient !
of •ignatures, until before a w.*«*k had '
elapsed the list .^threatened to rival in
l«*ngth the traditional catalogue of Lcpo-
rello. m J
IIuHseip Pasha—<ni oasuini'd title, 1
fancy, tad the only *»ne by which he wan
generally known—waa short und corpu
lent, of sallow coiuplctJi>u -«bd referred
manners: hehnr>k. A jittle. but what hedid '
►ay wo* <*onci>e .and to the point. He
waa extremely oWrvant, but chary c-f
cxprvseing his opinion of w hat he saw or
hoards—only *hh? instaiu'e being recorded
*.f a tciu|A>rwry de|>nrture from hit habit
ual taciturnity. Having liecti jn'r^uad. d
by a memlicr of tin* French Jockey dub •
to acoom|>nnv him to iheo|M-r.i. he wan
escort'd U*twee»i tin* acts by hiscicerone
to tl»e foyer de la dun-'O, thereby occa
sioning great exciu*in*-nt among the cor|.8
de Iml let, many *»f whom doubt lc.v*antk'i-
|taU*'l th:4. in accordance with ea.stcrn >
cumV'Hus. the reremouv of throw ing tiro
lumdLerdiief would In' reviwd for their
own «*»*pecial gloriiicaii >n. Nothing *»f
the sort, however, *»ccurr*-d. After a very
cursory glan<*eat thea>*cmbled a* Iphidi a
AH'! a muttered ejaculation which aoiind- j
etl remarkahlv like "niaucoa a bal.ti” j
(br'MMii-xticks). the visitor ttirn<*d abrupt
ly on hi* hceU and curtly intimated In*
derire to n*turn to hi* b .x.
A few minut*** later Fount w»m
Atari led by a sudden dispUy of anima
tion on the part of hi* c*mi|»auion, who
wan ga/.iug with ahaurbed-uitemion at
an enonu'tualy stout lady occupy nig tlie
enlin* front of one of the stage boxea.
"Ah. la hello femme!” enthusiastically
rxclaimed tho |kaahx "Look, is she not
su|ierhjr"
"li’m!” renlie l ihe'Jockey clubexqui-'.
site, hardly”able t , repress a smile, "that
I* a matter of taste. Di<**not your ox-
OPilwuay Uiink her porhaj** <Jh t!ic* whole
a trifle too voluminous?"
"JarnaiH trop. uionsicurr* indignantly
retorted HusA -in, "jamais trop!”
After a sojourn of threo months in .
I'urih the |Kksha. who had employed h
considerable portion of Ins time in a
practical atudy of tho latest inventions
and improvement*, scientific and me
chanical, with the \iew of introducing
them into hisowndominion*, announced
lii* inU-ntion of breaking up his estate
liidiment and returning to the east. IV*-
forr doing so, however, lie w as desirous
of exprcSioing hi* ackfiowl**IgmentN in
the shape of a suitable pres**nt to certain |
officials of high standing who iiad i**eu
jiarticulariy M-rviceahle to him in hi* ro* j
nearehn*. ninl consult*.*! his secretary, an
intelligent young Frenchman, ou tho
subject.
"M. Morin," he said, after explaining
his project, "it seems to me that the
simplest w ay would l*j to send a few
thousand francs to each of*them.”
"Pardou me, your fughne*.*,” objected
the secretary, "if 1 venture to remind
you that a present of money would be
considered a broach of etiquette and con- i
aeqnently resented as an insult.”
""^.u French are very singular people,”
obaerved the pasha. "With us no mat- '
ter how rich a man may be, he is not fool |
enough to refu e piaster* w'lien ho c;in
get them. What, then, would you au
vise mo to do?”
"May I lie allowed to suggest," re
plied Morin, "that an object of artistic
value would bo a fitting token of your
highnetM* good w ill—a gold snuCT box,
for instance." . .
"Th© very thing,” said Hussein, sp- |
provingfy. "Where sro such articles to
to found?"
" A t DurrV m tbo- Koe de !« Pntx." ~ *
"Guo*! I>H him know exactly what
) require, and see that he is hero precise
ly at 12 to-morrow.”
On being admitted to tho {tasha’s '
preaence at the appointo*! hour, M. Dorr
luced, among other specimens of his
tepTuvTiae jeweler. “If M. Moiin will
kindly al'tpiaint me. w ith the name and
address of the jw-r^.n for whom't!ie ls.\
isdeslim*d it ►ball he d> livered to him
Wednesday without fad.”
"Exactly sirudur to ili.Kse, of course?"
"1 cau-aafcly giiaramee, luoiiM-igm-ur,
that there w ill not I** a siiade *.f <lilfer-
ence between them."
"Very g»sxl.” Haul the |iasha; "I r*-l\
on your punctuality. My secretary w ill
pay you the T'i.uiO fiam**. ami on my
next visit to Paris you will probably
hear from uio again. Au re voir, M.
D.rr.”
If any one endowed w ith the pcculi.-yr
facullic* of A-uno.il u* had p'-netratod
some leu evening* later into the small
room forming the l'a<-k shop and private
sAiH-ium «*f tin* well known j^wrli'T of
the Um* de la Pait he would ha\e been
onlighteneil as to certain supplementary
tidjtmcss to the ordinary business earried
on by M !> >rr. He Wri>uld have* seen
that otinialde tradesman K-at*sl at a
tal.le on w liich wa re 1\ i;tg six gold snuff
tJottuirfr.nu tlu> dUlike ti». his pr«*s***nce.
Years U-fore her d-ath. wild the cap- ;is r.vcntly sirown iu the action of the
tain. I nocame acquainted with the wo ’ t**w nsp-o|.lo toward liiui, that he was
man w ho mm-lie* Intried ^xunli.*r»-' Her KHspected of crime, suddenly disap-
name was IW-cky Paine, and her mother l** ;ir,, d. ^ A f**^ night* later all huiidingr.
w as at one |s-i i.el of her lift* a slave In ll,e 1>ail,,> Wt>r ” destroyed Iry
the household of Gen. George Washing- ,iro ' T1,e coUntr - T for ,mUlm around was
ton. After tho Revolution slie* married f; ‘* ll ‘ f “lly scoured by band* of farmer*,
nt Portsmouth a light complexioned ■ t ‘ arch,,, « f,,r ,1,e fu e‘l*'e Cieuti, who;
negro, w ho might easily liave passed anv- uas Ulievvd lo !iUVt ‘ a,llJ, ' d ;ir * on *•*»
wlu-re as a Guban or Spnuiard. In tm\, <>‘»‘«*r crime*, btit lie ultimately succeeded
he was ls»rn In Havana, and omthl both—in ui oidingampture.
write nml converse in Spanish with eas** 1 lie most remarkable part of tny story
and fluency. He wa* a plain, hom-st remains t*> lie told. As I have already
T
dtacorrriiii
board, but of pniDtinjr tl
ooC
out to
! (prat etitforenec. The 'l»oui*‘ki***|»*‘r of
rcsently a cab drove up and there t«Klay i* at the head of too intricate a i tnr.n ir> «i.^ k^-s u olbfir*
cluhu- - r uynifiAuft Ilia * IMiiemf* mr" “f^tuow in what direction to pul!
With etcumcra the diflcultaes to
l<M>kmg fellow. And, as 1 now remember
him. had nothing of tlie actions of a ruf
fian or d**s|M*rado alsiut him, despite the
fact that he was said to have In-en at one
time a pirate on the Spnnisli main. He
tlmt/as it may, Dick Paine soon accumu
lated C'»n«iJcraMc | u.p riy in llu.s »s-c-
tion. ati'l although it w as never rightly
known how he obtained his money, cer
tain it is that Ik* always «pj»caiod flush,
und in time commanded the rctq«ect of
his neighbors.
I Aanalsiut 10 years of age whin the
Is'.ves Is-arhig a suspicious resemblance! daughter Dcvky.tlicn a young girl of 1^, <
M’t out on a voyage to (Julia, uccom* !
p:ini«*d by h'-r fath<-r. In the Paine'fam
ily were five childn n, four of their nuiu- |
lier li**ing c*ml black. Becky uloue |>os-
SPsaing tlte somewhat ghastly complexion
Of In.r father, bhc, however, was fur
from ill looking, and had it n<*t lieen for
the ncgio blood flowing in her veins, I ^
am of the opinion lhal more than one of
the fanner lads living h*-rcai»outs would
have lieen satisfnoi to wedlicr. j
After an a'fcencc of eighteen months
told you, I wa* wounded in the head ut
Cold Harbor. Contrary to tho pr<*«lic-
li m of the surgiMii*, I did not die, but
lived to be in limo r«'move*l to Frederick
City and Liter fo tl»c Lincoln hoi'pUji!
Washington.
A fter a. while I bcco»i»e eonralcwcnt.
and w as granted |N*rmissiqn to Imard at
a hot. I, it In-ing stipulated by the sur
geon in charge that I sluail.l n-port for
treatment at tlie hospital twice daily.
While strolling .through Vermont a\**v
nuc 1 chanced to pome upon a group of
darki«*s, in tho midst of which wen
several women. Judge of
descended from it u dude in an
calc sporting costume—eyeglasses and
a broad brimmed bat Yv nlking lci& j
urely to the bank, a man who hud ev
iilenily been sent ahead to st-enrea po- ;
silion vacate*! * A servant brought
from tho cab a folding stool and
placed it on the bunk ; reluming to the
cob ho pmducvd a delicate rod and
satchel. The rod wits put together;
the satchel was opened and n small sil
ver bait box. a towel, a pkee of soap
and « bowl Were placed on another
*too) alongside.
The servant opened an umbrella nnd
Meld it over the fisheruiau's h«-ad to
>cn*cn him from the sun und the fish- v |
mg began. It was a
oite
mis*; scvcnii more monies auu niiss**s,
und presentiy then* was a HnH. sure^ 1
. nough.
overeome in n scuing a tpskn overboard
urn «**>mpunitive!}* few, inasmuch as a
Ktcam.vrwfl*) is always under control
so’ long to* her machinery if in good
order. The nile is lb stop aaauiekly m
ifrboat, and
long wait for a
iMi wnjrp
arrival t>f guest* which threw out of
gear the whole mechanism. We arc I
more selfish than of old, and Wc are j
forc**l to bo if wo hope to keep un ut j
all to the reatiifoments of so*!icfy. \\’e •
arc asked to txiublo to do so much that
tlie country cousins, the jsair rela I
lives, the strangers of all sorts, must'
be utleuded to iu Some other way than •
that of having the house door* o^icucti
t*» tlmin.
The sense of individuality which !
has been developed so greatly within !
the last century has. undoubtedly
much to do with tho present suite <A
tilings. It is recognized that a man a j Acamanltke qualities.
-I
|Mn*siblc, lower the lc*i 1
pick tiro man up. The
points of sremanuiip cot
fiua
ihl Xl.
w hen sailing ships are being ba
Tho ortlrwl is a trying one for the befit
of oll'u'crs, und the foaog reamea
w h*> can properly place a large sailing
ship and rescue a man that has fallen
ovcrl*oard deserve tho highest credit
tho Link was intense. With the aid
of the landing net tho fish was se
cured. The servant essayed to take it
oil* the hook, hut the fisherman uu
^ Lliciputed him and held it up in tri
...v. airv , r : umph. Hut this operutian wet tho
, i , ,, . , , \ dmlc’t* glov**?*, and Iro took them qtf
at being ^addressed l*v name by one of . i yu
tite fatter, whom I had htilo difhcu tv
house must bn hi* castle mentally ns
Finally there was a nibble and; ax well us physicallv if hois topre-
x; M vcral more nihblrs and misscH, servo ^iix individuality fr**m tlte im
litly then* was a t1*h. sure # ! portumties of tho unsy mpathetic, the
The excitement nil along j vexing, the vulgar and tha idle. It
may he a Buhlunale*! form of so I fish
news, but it is otic of the things which
iu recognizing a* Libbie Puinf, whom 1
huil nil along ln-ln-vcil to he 'Icii*!
In a few words the girl told uro her
story. AfU'f having home ,Jn;e Ficnii
had procured |>OMSAge in a hark for her ;
and h.-r sixters to Charleston, S. C. Here ♦
he deliberately sold the girls into slavery, i
Lib'oio wa* fortunate in being purchased
by a planter who fcxm afterward re- [
moved to the eastern shore Of Maryland.
Things were getting interesting and
exciting, and blank the c&j>ctifle.
Presently another fish, which, being
to tims** recently purchaHcd by In.* hi ;li-
r..->s the pasha, and carefully |iolu<hing |
each in turn w iilYti silk handkerchief. ■
“Th.-y all conic l»:i«-k to me a:.un.
every nne«-f them,*'’muttered *.M. Dorr,
w ith a M-lf saiisftevl chueklc, w hile *1« li- ,
entely r* f i»io' ing a s|**« k of dust from
th** last of the half dozen. "Noone e* er |
ke**j*s thetu l‘'t\g. for snull lH>xe?i are ,
loek(*d up ('H{Mtai, an<L overylx».|y, from :
N.i|»ol*s>ri downward, knows thi* valuoof
r*-a 1y money. They discover my iiainc !
inside the ls»x and itaturallv bring it to i the girl returned to Portsmouth, and ul- i , . . • j . .. . ,
me. and. as 1 treat th.-.u liberally. 1 am timatelv reached home, where she wa* [ 0f ,H ‘ r t**-***™ fate she knew qoth , ConvcrsqlKui with much gcaUculuting,
safe to sec them again. A ve* r> f.dr i 'varndy wcleinned by her family and im- 'l"- [* A ' t f^rls hmrtng been sent lo | ■wmjiigl} U piOtG^ Hgoiim StICh iii*m
fortnight’s work, 1 must Kay,” he added,
consulting an open account l**H>k. in
winch the following statement was Fg-
Ibly Inscribisl:
tho ago demand*, and to wliat tho ng<
demands it is pretty hanl not toerreode.
Nor is the n-sult wholly without its
good hide. People arc certainly jpore
interesting who do defend tneirfudt
viduality, und develop their iiereonal
ity, and in the stress of our over ner
vous time and climuto it would be
practically impossible b> meet tho re
secured, the servant dipped up water quirementA which stAnd ready to meet
from tlie river und hunded the dude
thcb*>up and towel: and he wushed hi> .
hands. This was repeated every time !
he caught a libh. All this time a gen- |
durme had been walking up and !
down, and approaching the lucky lisli
erntau there followeu . an aniiualcd
T*i.
At
t Tom
richtern cv)l«l Anuff •■otc*#
T?.om
Dflqct from abuvti commiss.yn to
»sTi*.ir}f ('*!*harp-'f<-ll.i\\, iliit, bf
thr wav.” |>-»r«:utlu-ti-.illy solilo-
quiya-tl M lv>rriat ^Ifr.uu-s p-r tir'i
T<* rv|inn-li.-vs^ of •■iirlU-s-u cW %Mtlt
1«>x<*h Irom tlwur oivneni at
fratK-sracB
00)
warmly welcomed 1
mediate neighbor.*. Accompanying her
was a slender, graceful young man to
whom she had lx*en married while so
journing in Havana. This young fellow
wits likew ise^ifiiicgmexti'actum. and lie,
too. stood well in th** ***tiroation of thc^
Georgia soon after Ix-ing purchased. ! criminate slaughter.
Libbie, who wa* now well advanced in ! „. fhe du ‘ ,c, indignant aud quit.
men and w-otnen the moment they
step over their ovni threshold, did they
a lot make that threshold u bur to the
claims of tho outside world os far os
|K>ssiblc.
The danger perhaps lies in the di
rection of tho home life's becoming
stagnant, and the Kanetuary's Ikxoui
tug a mere resting placv*. There is,
Uto. iu the exerefiw* of perxonnl A*ie]>i
tality u lino bruudciung of the char
year*, was extremely anxious to obtain T,,e wvant uujointed tho rod,.gulh- i acU-r which ia to be cruijii at
| Itenr Admiral Luce, one of ths basfi
seamen in the Fnitcd States navy, ami'
now on Ute retired list, bad a favorite
huhit while in command of |he North
Atlantic Kquadreu of ordering a told-
sliiptnan to relieve the officer at tha
deck from duty, and the instant tha
young mnu took bold of the speaking
trumpet tho obucrvuijr uAorr would
quickly pass a signal and .in a twink
ling the terrible cry of *‘3fcin over*
board!” would ring through the ahio.
it was all done to test thq young mid-
shipman’s Irorve and fitneaa Tor bis
railing, and the admiral's delight ia
catching a young oflicer napping waa
amuxiug. Generally, howevpr, eom-
mandiug o^lcers refrain from allow
ing the cry to he sounded solely for
practice purposes, inasmuch'as sea
men havu been known to jump over
board to tha rescue of their supnoeod
unfortunaK slnpuiatc. Tlie gulc is’ a
stringent one jhut no ^dlor shall jump
overboard f*>r retiring purposes un
less ^lemiilled by the pdteef of tlte
deck, but many brave MRotredo so iu
spite of tlie regulstioa. and «io few
M»T
«*r about him three* grnndchihlrcn, all of
the latter b**ing a* block iu color us their
grpniliuolhcr.
Paine was then held to Ik* worth some
where in the neighborhood of ten thou-
_ Kiini dollars—a princelv fortune,’ hv the
Total n*t profit S.VKX ! . ‘ .
wnv, in tlK»e «!av8. Tin.* was some tune
"Not to mention,” pleasantly summed 0 fu T Uurwitr of 1812. Just what tlispo-
up the jeweler, "that the smitT »»oxer | B ition the old. man would mako of his
pob.M'tit'ions was hardly known, 1 verv
much doubt w hether he* ever thought of
such a tiling as making a will, a.* no
document of that character was ever
found after his death. It is true that in
presence of witnesses Iu- had more than
Threngb a friend employed in the
js-ople residing in this conunuruty. Mu l-Freodmen KlMireuirl now-procuredtrahs-
limi? old man Paine was ennhled to gath- i
^ is to be yxujjn at kJJliLyiMr— llnat bsnretest-Iwtadhardv un
news concvrhiug her parents and C'-icuti's y , c Y 11 P ^ ll< ’ Aluukk- imifirelia Mid fish oflit r wny so surety. Whr chntuAj of dertokinjs.—New A*ork Tinsesk
Hi f c ' basket ilTid plural them in the cab. entertaimng angels unawares is i*o , *--■■ , v
w hich had been waiting. Tlie dude much diminislted by modem fashious
! entrre*! and v'as driven oTT with his that there is js#uin for f**aring that we
catrh, imnils-i'iiig about six, tho ug
gregatc weight of w hieh niiglit have
l>ccn two |ioundw—uu iuiinciiso suc
cess. 1 have no doubt tins great catch
shall nil too soon forget how it might
seem to entertain tfie heavenly visi
tants at ul! Of courro each must
in lhi\ os in other mutters draw' the
are ready for a tweond edition of the lu
ll** game.w hen ever another (Kisha hap
peii* to come this way.”—C’liarles Her-
vcy in Tiro Argosy.
Du* ChrUtlMN lliiilillia.
Tlie' late J. t’roftsett. the lnd«*|iendent
American missionary, is described in an
official eomnmnication to the stab* de
partment at Washington, in the highest
terms, um devoted to doing goo«l to the
portation to her homo ft»r Libliie, w lio !
iinmediatelv started on lu-r way to thi* i
place. After cx|M*riencing no end of |
trouble and delay s mIic at length fully es- :
tahlished her right to what property was .
left lielonging to her deceased faoW. all |
of whk h w as in land situate*! hereals*uts. 1 | 0 s|. ~ ~ 1 nearer Uio old fashioned idea Uian is j
and which property she in time disfK*sed I had learned how the French do it generally doue iu these days.—Bewtou ,
of at a bargain. Evidently a littl^ fishing goes u long ! Courier, - )
In the bumiu«;r of j870 a letter was re-' way wifu a Frenclmiau. No doubt >
ceived at ihe town clerk * office here, my little man went home, took a lose
postmarked Havana. Tho missive con-j water bath and lay down for a rci*t *
A Owi* •( rm«
Tlie day will doubtless come .when 1
shall think 1 have found a man. hut,
if ay, I shall .deceive-myself wofully,
Writes Marie Baahkirtself in lierjour-
tnadc an item in next morning’s ini per, • line for himself, but out of regard lor ,, T 41 ? S er 7 ^ ^bat day;
with the usual lie about tho weight of ! himself und for his own character it \ *b :i " be blind. I sar this now whuo
the string uud tho big one that wa^ will he well if he draw it a great dHil ^ V e4r -^ cam .
■■■
1 why litei, since there is ndthii)
tamed a full confession t»a Uio'part of! after such a fatiguing and exciting
tho fiend Cient! setting forth the fact of -episode. f
his having 8*H*rc*tlv murdered Paine’s i would like to get that chap out in tjie
onlv Kon. and 1a»cr of having poisoned ' liockie* on u tiiorn bush creek, of a Hot
once promised Ins own .-hiMfen tiiat'tli'o ! th *’ remainder of the family, w ith th> 1 da J'* aud biin ‘be stream.
‘ ... , f , execution of tiro threo irirls so’d inin : w ith un occasional stumble over a slip
bu k of hi* property would be L-ft Ukmu ’ t,^ v ,01^1^111 mrwal do, c ! bowlder and a souse under.
Ht In* death, and -lie u!m> sjM‘cilit!«l the , 4i ' cr - v - 1 l,H V lion s.uo Willing was Uonc I»*| t n4 . v ,^ r trfvnl *i would do
1 by him out of revenge for the-slight catst . , ‘ il a w i ou ‘? rto
him, and what fun for nic.—Torest
Lug but
lucawaa ami wickedness It, the
woridi Whyl Because 1 am Vscon-
eil^d ip t’nt know led go that this is so;
Tba\ Crotelirtjr Meter. j bccnutK*, VluttCVOT pcOpU may Saj,
A gaa moicr is to mv notion o thing ‘ i* ytry bcautifv.I. And because.
uinouiii he desired to go to each indivki- .
ual. His wife, who was an i;
norant,
objoc
p«x>r: "Ho was known by the Cliiuese a.* g<»rwl n-itnr.w| c**h4-, rp^
the ‘Christian Buddha.* He w a*attach'd tion to tliis plan of her husband, simply
to no organisation of men. Ue was a declaring that she was content to
missionary, pure and simple, devoted to sjid de chilluros.”
charity rather lliun prosckrwm.' He | S<jme time early in the twenties old
literally took Christ as hi* exemplar. ' Paine died. afu*r a painful illness lasting
Innkeepers would take no pay from him, t nearly a fortnight. A day or two before
an<l w ere ever gla<l to entertain him. hi* death the dying man called to his
"It must l>o said that hi* wao < t«i were bedside the tneiubors of his family/the
upon hi* family by the elder Paine ut his j
deotLi, and to ubtatlT'VvTmt he coufd of *** *' rc '* 1111 '
few. He wore the Chinese drc.>», had
no regular meal*, drank only water, and
lived - on fruit, with a liltlo rice or millet.
He aimed at translating his ideal. ‘Christ
into reality."’ He foupd good in all re
ligious. After a long conversation with
hint ono day, 1 told him he was not a
Christian, but a Buddhist, lie answered
that there were many good thing* in
BuddhiKiu. He completely sacriticc-d
himself to the good of the poorest of tho
j»oor. He acted out his principles fo the
end. He was jioor und lived o» plainly
a* the pooreMt «*f his patients. On’char-
latter haring also Miimmoned as wit-
m'K'-es my fr.thor and two other tieigh-
Imre, I, Uk>, being prrteut. Pame, in a
char voice, made known bis wishes re-
ganling the di»i>osiiion of his property
after, hi* death, and for the first time it
was learned that he did not favor his
daughter Becky's union with hor hus
band, Jose Cienti. Tho latter appeared
to tr'-at_lig!nly the fact tfiut neither
himself, liis wifo nor children wero to
receive any |>ortion of the wealth left by
their dying relative.
Two yearn later .Gsurge-Eaim\ lb«
tho lattcrs proiiorty. Tiro letter further
^staK*! that Ciciiti was then aliout to suf
fer death by the g irroto in More rattle,
in which prison he was confiued ^ a
charge of munlcr and robbery.
Every effort was ma'le by the author
ities here to ascertain the whereabouts
of Libbie’s sisters, but no traces of them
could over Ik* obtained. Libbie herself
^ of cousctiL I wqpjd like tohavesome . if one does not analyze loodccply, one
I though to^niyself how 1 1 uiic couvineo me that it in any way » niay live happily. To count neither
indicates the amount of gasburnao,! wn fnendship nqr |rratitude, nor lov-
as a bushel or a pound represents ulfy uor honesty; to elevate oo^s self
S'Mirothiug that wo can prove up. The • courageously above lbs meannesses of
gas meter will .refirister air blown into humanity, (Jtd take one’s stand'bo
lt ;u» wcli*ns gus that passes through iL I ^ wgen them ami God; to ffik all one
Would it not be a more rational, tray ^ can out of life, and that quickly j^lo do
to us«eKs gas bills as the wafer depart 'If 5 ‘“jury to one’s fellow beings: and
nient does—-ou the basis of the num to make cues life luxurious and Vitag-
her of rooms in a house? Ally one, pificent; to be independeui, do far aa
who will make the experiment will . ^ P'jssiblc, of olhen; lo poamas
Und that if every burner in tlie house } T K5 ' rer l jiower!—no aiaUcr by
is lit and tumwl full head on every . w ‘‘ a * means'.-—Uiis is lo be feared, and
night fora month that the bill fortluu •
month will be no larger than u*ua! j
The gas that is forced through tho j
: meter, if uot burned, will le^k away
anyhow. That is tha explanation of [
Th* Thumb Ring.
It has taken a long while for the
thumb ring to mike any headway in
New York, but it is very slowlv gain-
jug grouna. Mr. Dixey was tlie th-st
.man to wear a ring upon bis thumb,
and he has clung to it tenaciously for
two yours. It is a plain gold I mid.
respected; this is to be strong, and
relfcity.
thaj
is the height of hutnatf
died a few years ago ut th< r *si<ivaDced age-F- lx.*low the joint, and it was
of 93. her bent form and.yeucrablc cp- : there at flrst merely aso.lark.
peoranco la*ing for nesrlv n quarter of a 1 < x<nted so 0‘ueb talk among the
cenrury a familiar sight to every inlialv | w ^° kn 5 W ^ e t b . u t rl £*l u4
/f t,.. n that ho has refused to tako the ring
itaot ot this Tillage.—True Fla^. ; — - ^ r -|f rinff Actow
always have a certain following
among young men whose bruins arc
not of dangerous weight and who are
capable of devoting their energies to
small things. The small tilings have
taken the form of u thumb ring, and
: pis bills rendered lor mouths when a
| nouse is closed up and no gas btlmod.
Some safeguard against waste is to
turn off the gas behind Che meter dur-
; ing the day. —Irntemuf in St'‘Lotus
Globo-DcmcxyTiL '
A Southern Sympathizer.
Von IWeall-W,. you no, undn«Un.l
linislu-d. and cncirekd wuli modnralo " ,e - tjl< ' v? 1 O -ulh Oo-morrow.
sized diamonde. tho interior of tiro lid
bearing the jowpier's name engraved in
microscopic characters. Husiw'in ev-
amined it tuiuuteljr und inquiiud tLv
prico. - *
"Four thousand francs, your !nghneex.r_
replied Dorr.
"a wiii uka it on canditioa that yon
jUfclfi^ , S^ftv~t.Tz^T" TmtVS^h'TTi the family, uiyst'-riously di
to him was practical. Is*t this American appeared from view, aud was never
bo enshrined in tho annals of men who afterward, to tny knowledge, board*
loved their fellow men.”—I]all’s Journal from. About thi* timo Becky’s hus-
of Health. . baud, who heretofore had proved to bo
* a rather shiftless sort of a man. l>egun
lo display more than didiuary activity
ns a farm* r Ho,; too. in timo. l»c*g:ui to
in some way accumulate wealth, and
I'oing now placecTm cliarge.of tiro Paine
farm he w/is well com{H*nsated fur his
bi-rvice*. considering the amount of
wages lIron paid to farm help.
One fall it was agreed upon by the
rh*ee unmarried Paine girls that they
should accompany Jose (.’-rooti upon a
Uosiness trip cvuteiuplatod by ym to
A G'tod Hoy.
"Been ffround tow n any, sirT asked a
bootblack of a man smiting at the De
troit and Milwaukee depot tin-other day.
"No, buh. I haven’t," was the reply.
"Shan't I call a carriage for you£\ , _ , , , ,
:rva ronropyy fb psvTor sucli ^ber younginFfFIwnridwh who are
luxuries.” ' following Mr. Dixey’sexample.—New
"Ofin't blow in $2?" Vork Sun.
"Not ever/two shillings, my boy."
"Humph! TLat's too bad. If I only
Mr. Or»4j*s Honk LUV
At homo Mr. Grady was full of fun
and frolic. Oac of the funuiot scenes
1 ever witucs.se«l was during a (buner
at Mr. Grady's bouse. when
seated ourselves at tho Lablo
ncigr ^,
because one's f<dlow. beingfiara then
muzzled, and either through cowardjre
or for other reasons will not ssik to
tear one to piecea. > ’ j
Is it not strange to hear me WffcfiM
in this way! Yea, but tins manner of
reasoning in a young creature’like me
is bnt another proof of bo# bed the
world is; it must be thoroughlyaet-
uratVf with wickedness to liave so sed-
deiss# me in so short a time.* I am
onlv Me* ^
wo
I ll'ore isavfry counJpft^i) porUun X
~ ~ a, who had
Tw* BemarkaJM* Ii
Some of the roonasterie# ItMjr
nnd France
commenced to
chickens, as .she said:
llnalnew la nosloc
bad & key to the pfdice box I’d ring fora Insurance .
patrol w.igon and l«*t you hsv* a ride ^ hat did Mr. New<
life Insurance Agent (out weet>—
'’hat did Mr. Newcomer say 1 - -
and tee-kmiio of the business streets fur** —Assixtiwit- He wouldn t talk with
nothing. ’—Detroit Free Press. 41
Have you nothing to lay?
* Miss Lucy (coolly)—Yes. I ran say
earnestly and from iny heart, that —
Von B. (aside)—Sweet girl, 1 knew she’d
be sorry.
Miss Lucy—That my sympathies are
entirely with tho south.—Ijtuhurg Bui--
ktin.
In the utiU of a codfish. or.Jn the
water in w Inch vegetiiM«-» havo been in
fused, the microscope discovers animal-
full iv minute that 100.000 of them
would iMA^xyeod ia hpHr a* stogie ratss-
turd seed; and the infinitesimal creatures
are supplied w ith organs as rooipWtc as
I those of the * Bale cr elephant.
bus bant
curve the
"Henry, I am going to say grace.’
With a resigned air Mr. Grady sat,
bis bead a little inclined to the right,
his lips pursed »p. Mrs. Cb^Iy, who
was a devout Methodist, began*to say
grneo, while Mr. Grady Let A up ac
undercurrent of soft toned, sotto voce
parentheses: "Now, dear, the chick
ens are getting cold.” "Now, dear,
« A
'*» *
uto qt all ; said he was too busy to
think* al*out life inauraiioc.
"Well, I'll hang around his house cus are ro
lb-night and shoot holes through hikf don’t make it longer because you’ve
windows, and when ho eonira down got company." "Now. dear, these • ?
town iu the nu>rwuig ytm hid'* l)rhind jx-ople can’t* be thankful; they look -
V I'ooa _p
a feiidte in some vacant lot nnd put a t nadv to .tat me.” And yet bleary
frw bells through the tojvof his hat. ('»ran v v.ks a ^inurolj' religiotm man.
i lien wlien lie rearhes his office I'U ITe ottnp'y c«)uld not supureoT his bub-
drop in and. talk life iirouivM* again. ” . Wing spirtU. That’s all. -i’hiladci*
| - New York " ockl^. ^ ^ • ^hu Nt-x.
in Florence was a watch but tbeioufth
of on inch iu diameter, having*threw
Lauda, minute hour and sectmd, be
sides so indicator which p«UM
the day of the week, mu
A monastery in Brittaq;
tributed a plain
tables w itli an inlaid
surface. The inventor, oronj
desires, seta the _
sits alone ou one'
plays cautiously, and ifcr
teces move automatically
t the
requentiy come out
edds bow
tifieoll
• piaya. Tiiere is no
ent beneath the table
{ to be a solid
Louis He public
, \
, ia~w zm