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«lwa4v|»hiitc to Nuivoleww
BY E. a POS1KU.
Farewell, farewell, yes, forever;
Could my soul its fetters break,
' I would now Its lifo-time sever,
And no thrill of pain awake.
But for those whom Heaven gave mo
To illume my coming day.
W.ln:n through yoArs of lonely misery,
I shall speed my weary way.
I would still tho anxious yearnings,
I would say submit ray soul
To tho deep and sore heartjburninjfs,
-Thou wouldst In thy prido control.
All my cradle life was sorrow,
Childhood too was most unbb'st;
And to-day and each to-morrow,
Will roy bafll'd hopes attest.
For the watch-fires dimmer, dimmer,
On love’s altar seem to burn.
And, alas! that feeble Mlimmer
Must to hate my bosom turn.
Pimlsairitf in mournful numbers.
Ail tho wrong of woman’s heart,
All tho agony that slumbers,
Ero her prido would say, .depart!
And they tell us loyt? is worthless,
When Its whcmtli and truth are dead;
It m ust be undying chan«oloss.
E’en when earthly shrines are lied.
Stir not up thesleeplng fountain,
Whence tho bitter waters flow.
Shako no more the heaving mountain,
With its pent up flrosuf wo!
I had strangely thought that never
More on earth I’d be deceived;
Trusted long and Roped on e* or,
Every pledge of love believed .
All the hopes in life I cherished,
All the pride my nature knew,
At thy feet have long since pet ished,
But to flnct thee, too, untrue!
Though ti*' lo ir to tame and splendor,
1 have brought your kingly Hue,
Yet what wealth of love I render—
Hortense and Eugene are thine!
Si urn not bow, my poor oblation,
France may think it no mean thing,
When my blood shall give the Nation
Monarchs proud to rule as King!
»*«»*****
Now. with purpose firm and steady,
1 renounce my faith in the,
ForTull lung I've known thee ready
To recant thy vows to mo.
Farewell! ’Us thy country's glory,
Elll’at tky.muhty Kingly soul;
May thy future biiilUnt story.
I’e her richest, proudest goal!
THE KOICItE'* Oltll'T EIGHT
ONE COMPANY OF BRITISH SOLDIERS
AGAINST 8,000 ZULUS—REPEATED
ATTACKS’ UPON THE FORT KE-
1TLSED WITH TKUKIBLK SI. A UGH.
TER- FOURTEEN WARRIORS KILLED
FROM O.N1J SOLDIERS WINDOW.
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CHANGE Ot SCHEDULE.' '.
jAkfARY 1, 1^76.
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Lparc Charleston
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ivVJiclpont’Ille -
e at Augusta - . - ,
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Atrlv* Chatieoion - - «
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A rriye Charleston - - a
Paliman cars on all Night Trains.
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U 35 a. m
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’J 00 p. m,
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frail Mall Gazatte.'j
On tlieeatne dny us the fatal battle
and disaster at Isandiana, a Zulu at my
numbering at least 3,000 men attacked
with great bravery and persistency the
post at Burke's Diift. It was held by
B Company of tbe Second Battalion of
the Twenty fourth Begiment, under
Liout. Gonvllle Brotnhead. 1 ho com
pany numbered ninety men ; besides
three there were forty “ casuals ” prt a-
ent, thirty-Dvs of them patients iu
hospital, left behind ill when tho col
umn advanced into Zuiuland under
L -id Chelmsford. The whole of these
were under 'the command of Lieuf
Chard, Boyal Engineers, the senior of-
tieer, under whose able snperiilten-
dence and orders Lieut. Broruhead and
his men worked and acted. At 3 o’clock
In the afternoon of tho22J Lie^t. Biom-
head rectlved a hastily written des
patch from Capt Gardner, Fourteenth
Hussars, inf uming him that tbe camp
of the third column had been taken by
the enemy, and that he would be at
tacked that night, (’apt. Gardner had
been engaged In the fight at th® camp,
had stayed till tbe last moment, and
then galloped for his life. He escaped
across the Buffalo Biver hot(y pur
sued^ managed to write the warning to
Lifut, liromhead, and then rode on to
Helpmakaar, another post in the line
of ■communication.
The advance guard of tbe Zulus ap
peared at first at 4 p. m. It came
around the south corner of the hill Iti
a body of from 500 to 600 strong, fed
by a chief on horseback. They baited
tV raomettf, and then advanced quietly
but quickly, at a run, taking advant
age cj evjrjgtdwfcot 4^X1$. It seemed
as K fhey-Ue<f expected to stwpiae the
camp. Our 'men opened fire' at 500
yards. The first man to fall was the
chief. Ho was shot by private Dun-
-bar, and fell ( IT his horse headlong.
Numbers of the enemy fell at once.
They hesitated, broke, and the great
est nurSber scatHired to their left, and
occupied the garden and orchard,
where there was plenty of cover. A
few got up close to the house and lay
behind tbe field oven and kitchens
. . —- —rr *
that there were built. Scarcely #ny
of these men had guns or rifles. Oth
ers came on In a continuous stream
occupied the hill above, and gradually
encircled tbe two houses. All the men
who had guns were stationed on the
bHF, and kept up a continuous and
rapid fire on the yard. It caught onr
men in tbelr backs as they ware guard,
log the garden side, and five men were
thus shot dead. * .2—V -
It now became dusk. The Zulus
crept up nearer and nearsr. Under
cover of tbe bushes and long grass
they were able to get Within five yards j
of the hospital without being seen, j
From this point, in parties of fifteen
to twenty, they repeatedly attacked
the end room of tbe hospital. They
made these attacks in the most delib
erate manner, advancing after the
manner of their cfabtHng, with a pranc
ing step and high action. They cared
Dotbing for alaugttter, but endeavored,
la the most persistent manner, to get
ov«r the barricade and into the hos
pital. Mary times, seven or eight at
least, Lieut. Broruhead, collecting a
few men together,' had to drive them
off with a bayonet charge. Then they
would retire, and all of them In eporus
shout and strike their shields. Our
men cheered tn answer, aod let them
have It. There was plenty of ammuni
tion. After the first half hour there
was no waste.
How delibsrate and telling the fire
was may be gathered from the follow
ing Incident: Private Joseph Williams,
a young Welshman, under two years’
service, bad a small window in the
hospital to shoot from. Next morning
fourteen dead warriors were counted
outside bis window, and several more
down his line of fire. As soon as his
ammunition was all expended, he and
the other men with him defended the
door of the room till the enemy, by
sheer weight of numbers, forced it
open. - Poor fellow, he was seized by
tbe hands and arms, dragged out, and
killed and mutilated before the eyes
of his comrades. Another Instance:
Private Dunbar, the same man who
shot the chief on horseback, was post-
■) ed watch the hill. As the Kaffirs
streamed down from their light, this
man (also a Welshman, and of less
service than tbe aoove mentioned,)
shot eight of the enemy in as many
consecutive shots. Lieut. Chard was
standing by him rts he did It, and the
bodies were found heaped ono on the
other next morning.
The enemy at last effected a lodg
ment in the hospital. Thirty of the
patients were got out fn time. Most
of them were pushed and pulled
through a window which opened on
the yard. Sergeant Ntaxfieldj a fine
young soldier, was very ifl with fever
and delirious. He could not be moved
and he was killed in his bed. T^ey
now set lire to the hospital , fl?be roof
was thatch, and it quickly blazed. By
its light our men were enabled to se.e
melt foes better, auu ru.uy leu before
they retreated to better cover. After
a pause, encouraged by a chief who
from time to time shunted his orders
from the hill side, they came on again.
The fighting in places became hand to
hand over the mealie sacks. The as
sailants used only their short swords.
Three they did not throw, but ussd
only as stubbing weapons. Directly a
soldier showed his head over the
parapet to get a shot he was thrust
at. Once or twh e the Kaffirs actually
seized the bayonets and.tried t® wrench
them off the rifles. One of our men
loaded while a Zulu was tugging at his
bayonet. He pulled the trigger and
blew the plucky fellow to atoms. They
next tried to set fire to the thatched
roof of the store. In face of a hot fire
they got up to the house, and one fine
savage had his brains blown out as he
was holding a brand agafnst the eaves.
Aud so the fight continued till after
midnight, froin which time till 4 a. m.
they gradually withdrew, only every
now and then making a charge. They
carried with them all their dead and
wounded that they could. The last of
them left just before dawn. They left
370 dead on the field. These were
counted and buried in heaps. Many
of them were recognized by their
shields as belonging to one of the
6rack royal regiments. The majority
were of a certain age, in poor condi
tion, and of small stature. Our loss,
counting five of the patients, was thir
teen killed and ten wounded. Tbres
of the latter have since died of their
wounds.
I KK OF THK
UK*AM.. JM
A SERIOUS ACCOUNT OF
A REMARK-
%
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A Fatal Wave.
An accident most distressing in cir
cumstance, and causing the death of
Mrs. Mary Klinklnbeard, of Marsh-
fit-id, occurred in Coos county, Oregon.
With a party ol friends the lady had
gone to the ocean beach to view the
storm-angered waters, and while Stand
ing a little distance from her compan
ions, near an Immense ires trank
stranded on the beach, nearly washed
by the waves, which, following each
other, cache higher and higher,’she
pointed lo the sands at her feet and re
peated ; “Thus far shall thou ooras
and no further.” The next .billow
came wifh resistless force, lifted the
trunk by her side, dashed i£ against
her, and billed her. Her companions
fortunately recovered the body. Mrs.
Klinklsbeard was forty-six years of
age, and was one of the pioneer women
of Oregon, having rtaehed the State
In the fall of IS47: She wH the moth-
erof thirteen children,several of them
being still von—-
1 • *»'— 'V ' . •
Georgia ie prowd of the eredlt which
lias enabled her to be first Among tbe
States to plade 4 per cent bonds fn
market and have them fWpped up at
once. - * *
ABLE HISTORICAL EVENT.
tKewaand Courfc+.j
On tbs morning of the 7th of Novem-
b«r,4880 1 1 was~Infdrmed by Corporal
Finley, of my squad, that I was de
tailed as one of twenty picMd men to
capture the Charleston Arsenal. Not
feeliog particularly warlike at that
time, and believing all that our speak
ers had told us, that there would be
no war, merely a peaceable secession,
I suggested that it might be taken as
an overt act, and might lead to un
pleasant consequences ; besides, I had
an engagement to walk with a young
lady that afternoon, and !I would be
awkward for me to get oft But my
appeals were in vain. Duty calls you,
(though I could not hoar /t calling)
says the Corporal, to do or die, and I
did. Bushing to my friends I informed
them of the compliment paid to my
desperate courage and my soldierly
qualities. I borrowed from them ev
erything in the way of weapons they
bad, and a pocket flask. I was pre
sented with a beautiful Bcarfas a trib
ute from “virtue to valor” by the
“ girl I left behind me,” and by my
mother with an umbrella in case of
rain, for the night looked threatening.
Then biddnig farewell to my slaters
and my cousins and roy aunts, who
were not as much distressed as I
thought they shotrtd be under the cir
cumstances, I buckled on my armor,
compoeed of three large and one small
revolvers, State rifle, bowie knife and
bayonet, over the magnificent uniform
of the W. L. I. I thought of the Leop
ard and Chesapeake, the winter at
Valley Forge. I repeated "The Sol
dier’s Grave,’V* How sweet to die for
your country,” as those who never
tried It say, “ Freedom’s bAttle once
begun,” (was the^re any use In begin
ning it,) “ What perils <jo environ,” &c.
Of these I felt the force, apd they
weighed upon my thoughts as niy ar
mament weighed upon my a pipe.
Thus dressed to kill I repaired to the
rendezvous, Mr. Poftet’s church, Ash
ley street, stopping on the way two or
three timee to bid good-bye, and real
ize “ that drlnklnrr •* P # *-
sure. There we met under the pale
ligh't of the moon a little before last
bell ring.
\ .4
I never shall forget the splemnity of
the scene, the awful stillness, so unlike
afourth of July parade, thechttreh, the
place for a gravqyard perhaps for us ;
no music, no leasts, no health drink
ing nothing but tbesuppresssd braetb-
ing of the twenty picked men as they sat
on Mr. Porter's Cburoh door steps wait
ing (or the order “ Fall In.” Soon this
was given " according to height.” Now
this amendment put me uncomforta-
ly near tbe front file, so I moved that
we go left in front as we could not be
isft behind. This motion was duly
seconded by the tallest maa of tbs
twenty and was put with the prompt
ness which I have since found out al
ways characterizes the soldier. Th#
short pnes were too many for us and
we stood n* we Wtrh, tbinklngof home,
the vacant chair, and of her, and I was
wondering If she was thinking of me,
and if she would like to be a man, and
If she was a man if she would ex
change placed wl^h me ; and so I was
thinking when the lieutenant paid ;
“ Soldiers! In obedience to the call of
our country, our captain and duty, ws
meet, ready, as I see by your counts-
nanoes, to rush through the imminent
breach or mount the tottering wall.
Remember Leonidas and .his SparUn
few. Remember to preserve—” (‘'Silence
in ranks,” be abruptly said, to stop
one of, tbs picked who was telling him
bow his grandfather had told him bow
soldiers had been shot crossing tbs
streets in Mexibo, which wa^ having
a demoralizing effect) " Rejbforce
mints,” continued tbe Lieutenant, ” if
required, will be sent us. They are,
or are supposed to be, holding them
selves in readiness at the, Military
if all.'” One of us aaksd, “ How npany
men there were at the Arsenal?*
“Twenty,” he replied, M counting tbe
women.”
I”could no longer keep quiet, and
falling back on the reserved right of
every citizen of tbe great and glorious
country, viz. the right of speech,
asked if our country and our captain
thought it a fair fight between us am
regulars. Why not brfpg up the reta*
forcements and make victory certain ?
Wky not let me g» for the 4th Brigade
I was willing to voluntewr to K° OD
that forlorn hope. Here the fellow
that told what bis grandfather bad
told him abqnt shooting soldiers to
, as jwc
seb, with
the&oys
home before we called, but the Lieu
tenant said that was not military, and
off to the Arsenal gate we marched aod
there halted, fronted, ordered arms
and rested, and there the Lieutenant
congratulated us on our steadiness in
marching and tbe quickness of the
march, for said he we reached here be
fore the gate was abut for the nighty
otherwise we would have been forced
to escalade tbe fence, which is very
dangerous over sharp-pointed fences,
and he, did not know whether there
was a dog inside or not.
Then, for the first time, as ^we
marched in after the speech
heads erect, (up to thia time
bad been hanging their heads down to
reduce their height and dodge shot if
necessary,) and with no foeman’s steel
to bar our way, I felt now, “ duloe et
decorum est pro patria moil.” March-
ng up the pathway a brother soldier
said to me: “Ton see anything your
side ?” Looking ahead I saw a field
>lece with three men near it. “Ono on
my side too, he said, pointing right at
us, * (Juice et decorum left here.’ Have
they arm^f” “ Two of them have,” I
answered, “ but the third has but one.’’
have sines beard that he lost It in
Mexico. He whispered to me “ It is
an ambush,” and while explaining to
me (bo was an ex-oCQcer of. the Beats,)
what an ambush was we marched past
the guns and the men, with and with
out arms, up into tbe very centW of
the Arsenal, and stacked our arms iq
the barracka of the Arsenal, in tbe
building formerly used as a church by
our chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Porter. Ws
heard afterwards that this good man
bad asked the officer in charge to take
good care of us. How much pleas,
anter it would have been if we bad
known this when we were attacking.
For tbe truth of history I must re
port tbe casualties. My breeches, eith
er from tbe weight of my armament
or from my taking tp° long ahreetb>
broke do#n behind. I stuck my bay
onet through the upper portion of the
seat And held them up. What might
have been bad I no bayonet I would
not like to tell. The other was the re
pulse of a sentinel by a United States
cow, which the garrison drove off, cry-
ipg remember Oowpens, and re-estab
lished .the poat.. * \ ,
■ twrjr
*T-*r-
GeaT Dick TayUr.
GF.VFRAf.
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NEWS.
aauvx VUXJC
aw wv a**wut-. xvnny.
was the Charleston Arsenal captured.
Ohe Who Was Thikr.
the streets of Mexico, said his gtfttid- journall
—TV.—rr-rf
Cardex® awd HnsalU.
, On April tbe 23J Governor Simpson
pardoned ex-CongresSman Smalls and
ex-State Treasurer F. L. Cardozo.
Cardozo was convicted on tbe 8th of
November, 1877, before Jqdgs Town
send and a jury of six white and six
coioned men, of conspiracy to defraud
the State, and was sentenced to two
years’ imprisonment in the connty jail
of Richland and to pay a fins cf $4,000,
or In default ,qf the .payment of the
fine to an additional year’s imprlsloq-
ment. From thia sentence Cardozo
took an appeal to the Supreme Court
of tbe State, which appeal was ,(ils-
missed, by the Supreme Court, on the
29th of November last Shortly after
wards Cardozo, who bad been gt large
on ball, pending the decision of tbe
Supreme Court, returned to Columbia,
surrsndsred himself to the sheriff and
was inoaroerated in the Richland coun-
Mr. Smalls, was tried and convicted
before Judge Townsend and a jury of
six white and six colored met) os tjie
11th of November, 1877. Tbe charge
was that he had received a bribe of
$5,000 as State Senator on tbe 18th of
December, 1871 He was sentenced to
three years at hard labor In the State
Renilteatlary.
Bmalla also appealed to the Supreme
Court of the State, a motion in arrest
of judgment having previously been
made and refused by the State Court.
The Supreme Court dlstqleevd this ap
peal at the same time as tbe appeal of
Cardozo. Smalls, however, took bis
case before the Supreme Court of' the
Uoited States. On Tuesday these pro
ceedings weje (Hseontinyed by Smalls,
who threw himself on the mercy of the
State. _ ; .
Running a Newspaper.
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He stands on tbs street corners,
with his hands in .bi«t pockets, and
tells, how. he could rqn a newspaper;
bow he w.ould be gs indepehdep} as a
hog on ige, and oall things by th eir
right names; how he would expose
corruption in high places ; writs sense,
and noim of yoi^r fgvolouf try-to-be
funny stuff. Then he er^ioiaes other
people's methods of conducting news
papers, and just wishse fomebody
would give him a chance to sjioii bis
0 ability. Tbe way to cure
father told him that when be was in
the Florida war they always sent two
meu or mow to carry dispatches fn
case one got killed; sad he volun
teered to go with me, and so did ail of
them. As this would have broken tbe
storming party, the Lieutenant deter
mined not to send for retnferoements.
Another fellow proposed that we send
to the Aiseo&l to see If they were at
Gen. Taylor’s first remarkable ser
vice In the war was in Stonewall Jack-
son's famous campaign In the Talley
of Virgina. At Fort Republicthe Louis
iana Brigade carried the day and re
sponded With cheers to Jackson’s com
mand, “ The battery must be taken 1”
Gen. Taylor was not * great,afiralrer
of Jackspo, whom be has described as
a man given over to lemon-sucking
and prayers. Op this occasion, riding
on the flank of his column, bstweeu it
and tbe hostile line, he saw Jacksen
beside him. Taylor did not consider
that this was .the place for the com
mander of the army, and ventured to
tell him so ; but he paid no attention
to the remark- “ \Ye reached a shal
low depression, where theeoe(ny,p>uld
depress bis guns,” says Gen. Taylor,
and bis fire became close and fatal.
Many men fell, and the whistling of
shot and ebsll occasioned much duck
ing of heads in the column. Tbie an
noyed me no little, as It was but child’s
play to the work Immediately in hand.
Always an admirer of delightful Uncle
Toby, I bad contracted the most vll-
anous habit of bis beloved army in
Flanders, and, forgetting Jackssn’s
presence, ripped put; 'What the h-1
are you dodging for ? If there is sny
more of it you will be belted under
this fire for an hourl’ The sharp tones
of a familiar voice produced the de
sired effect, and the men looked as
though they had swallowed ramrods;
but I shall never forget the reproach
ful surprise expressed In Jackson’s
fac* He placed a hand ,cn my ebeul-
der, and said, Jq » gentle voles, ‘I am
afraid you are a wicked fellow,’ turned
and rode back to the pike.”
Easy Lesson is Magic.
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Almost all tricks of legerdemain owe
their effect to some cunningly cob-
trived apparatus, aod not to skill on
the. part .of the performer. Abase
tricks we are about to describe are an
exception. No apparatus is needed.
Th* Eqa Twcx.—Although this
trick may seem to partake of the mar
velous, it is in fact very simple. First,
pass the egg around jour audience to
convince them that it doesn’t contain
—~••tiuj>ir at
tention by relating a little story about
hen in Oshkosh that laid four eggs
on each week day, and seven on Baa-
day. This will put the ssdience in a
good humor., ffihen call upon a young
man witfl light trousers to sssiet you
in tbe trick. When he comes upon
tbe stage, motion him towards a chair,
and, as ts* is in the act of sitting dowq,
deftly place the egg under him.. You
will be astonished at the fluent man
ner in which bn. quotes profane his
tory. In. performing this trick, always
select a small man to assist you, as it
will prove healthier for the perfor
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Th* Magic Jam.—.Take a jar of black
berry jsm, about etx months old.
Place the vessel oh the dining table
In th? preeecn of Johnnie and Willis,
and remove the lid or cover. Then
leaye tbn room five minutes. When
you return yoq will be surprised to
find the jar empty, and Johnnie and
Willie fulj, of Jam. .This trick never
falls to please the boys who are left
alone with tbe jar. ^ •
da Sunday last, about thirteen miles
from Augusta, at Mr. Newman’s, a
swarm of bees )eft .their hive. Five
little, children, finding the deserted
house, ate th« honey and thehoney-
aomb. One of the children died in
fifteen minutes after, apd tbe others
were made blind temporarily, and
only, saved by free us? of sweet oil and
milk. It is supposed that the honey
was poisoned by being made from yel
low jessamine. .The jlttle girl, that
died could not be pmdo to take any
oil or milk. The others received their
sight, and are now nearly well of thsir
honied poison.
There is a touch of romance about
the marriage of the Emperor and Em
prees of Austria., The Empress is his
oouslo., H?r, eldest sistsr, now Prig-,
cess qf Th urn-Taxis, was destined for
the imperial throne ; but the'young
monsrqh, on going to Munich to visit
his Ipteoded bride, VM so stqck with
the beauty and charms of her younger
sister that, after a ball at th? pslaoe
of her father, Puke Max. he presented
the simple youqg Bavarian girl, then
but 16, with a tolling her she
was henceforth Empress of Austria
and Queen of Bohemia and Hungary.
otto of these chaps is to get him to
agree to write a sensible artkie every
day in a week. Mors. the week
is out, he Is itrre tp be pumped
dry, and will gap worse for an Idea
than a chicken with the pip.
If you want short sermons, send
your minister a couple of fat spring
chick Cos Saturday night
AnvEBmiNa.—While the advertiser
eats and sleeps, printers, steam en
glnes and printing presses are at work
for him, trains and steamers ate bear
loft his words all oter tbs land, and
thousands of meu are reading with
mors or less Interest tbs messages he
sends them through the columns of
his local paper. No preacher ever
spo^e to so largo an audience, or so
eloquently as you may do with the
newspaper man’s assistance.
The Methodlat Church owns more
property than any other denomination
in the Union, that sect having $69,804.-
191 invested in church and other prop-
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Out of twenty-aeven thousand
deaths in Now York lust, year only
; two were the result of email pox. Sys
tematic vaccination waa the cause of
this small mortality from a dangerous
disease. ;, { ... J :
Geo. Grant js in China. He will re->
'turn to the United States by way of
San Francisco., The Republicans ero
preparing for a grand oration to him
as he crosses th» continent, , ,, ,, M
Mrs,. John i Borins, of Anderson
county, Ky., gave birth to live chil
dren at*once. Sbe has before had
two of a kind, and then, aftfrwards
three, and now has a etraight flunlir
“ Are you not afraid to go away
from your ^hop without locking It?” a
traveller asked of an Egyptian. “Ob,
no,” answered tbe -man, coolly, “ there
is not a Christian nlthip three milts.”
The Missouri Legislature has a
novel proposition before it to punish,
voters who stay away from the poHa
three elections in succession with for
feiture of their right to bold any office
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When we bear a man harping upon
|S man’s services in the war we fellilke -
taking him out on a^sbip. In a time
that every man was in tbe war doing
bis duty, it was no especial honor to
have been there. . .
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The United States Supreme Court
will be 750 vases, or two years, behind
when it %djourns May Uk The Court
is not gaining on Its calendar either,
aa the number of cgsap involving con:
stltutional questions is glowing larger.
An English boy was beating a don
key unmercifully, when the minister
lof, that parish, coming up, censured
him vfor his cruelty. The boy resent
fully retorted : “ I’m sure you need
not care ; it's none of your congrega
tion. •,. ^
“ I meant to ijavje told you of that
bucket of coal that I left at tbe bottom
of tbj» stalls, tor you to carry up, Bar
ry/’ said bis wife from the upper land;
tall swearing. ‘‘ Never mind, I’ve
found it,” he replied.
Connecticut wifi, Jf the Senate sbonld
pass and the Governor not veto the
bill, adopt the Moffat register. Vir
ginia atii! uses it, Louisiana has just
abandoned it, Texas is about to try it,
aud Alabama, Florida and North Caro
lina have decided against it.
Senator Gordon’s sheep ranch is at
Ty-Ty station. It Comprises 40,000
acres of good land. Tbe Senator's
son, Hugh H. Gordon, (a tbs manager
(-of the ranch in bis father’s absence.
He is an enthusiastic sheep farmer,
and is jflst.s>tarting with a flock of
1,700. Seven miles of wall have been
pat wp,.
At this season.of the year tbe small
cabbage fly is very destructive to th*
young plants, and frequently destroy
them as fast as they make tbelr sp-
pearaqps above ground; always keep
them well dusted with planter or ap
ply strong tobacco Water until they are
sufficiently large to withstand such
attacks.
Soon the first apple%f the season,
with a hectic worm-flush Oh Its ver-
jdant cheek, will Insinuate itself into
the confidence of the Irrepressible
dimlqutJy* Jqveplle, and Wfll play with
bis stomach as wfth a hand bellows—
and tbs fond mother, aniious to allay
the intestinal strife, #111 Castor oil up
on the troubled water*
Every now and then some chap
writes to a newspaper for a recipe to
prevent hair from coming out. If
me* would go heme ftou the lodge be
fore midnight With tfasfr legs sober,
their hair wouldn't come ont so rapid
ly. We always go home early, and we
have more hair now than the day ws
were born.—Norristown Herald.
I would keep “ better hours ” if I
were a boy again; that is, I would go
to bed earlier than must boys do.
Nothing gives more mental and bodily
vigor than sound rest when properly
applied. Sleep Is our great replenlsber,
and it we neglect to take It regularly
tn childhood all tbs worse for us when
we grow up. If ws set up late ws
decay; and sooner or later ws con
tract * disease called insoman la, al
lowing it to be permanently fixed up
on as, and then ws begin to decay,
even in youth. Late hours are shad
ows from tbs grave.—J, T. Fields.
A young lady named Suaaq John
ston, of Unlootowo, Ky., whole ad
dicted to reading novels, dressed her
self In boys’ clothes, aod, armed with
two platols and a dagger, took the
packet for EvaaStrllTe, intending to
lead a Ufa that would be a terror to
the foe. On die boat some deck hands
were moving some freight, aod a big
rat ran out and scud In the direction
of our hero. M la* Johnson jump vd on
a bale uf -tobacco and
| They' can icd her to lUv ladles’ oabkl.
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