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BARNWELL. C. H., S. C., THURSDAY, AUQUST 23, 1883.
$2 a Year.
BY THE YEW UEDOR
Up and down the terrace pacing, whore the
winter sunlight glowed,
And the sound of falling waters timed my foot
steps as I trode,
Pacing where the tall yew hedges kept the Ut
ter blast away,
And the noontide smiled like Sommer on the
January day.
Up and down the terrace pacing, for a musing
hour alone,
While tbe river's mnsio mingled with the baf
fled east wind's moan;
And a presence seemed beside me very close
and very dear,
A-strong band my hand was clasping, a low
voice was in my car.
Words of counsel, words of comfort, words of
~ dear companionship;
And the blue eyes spoke as koftTy as the mo
bile eager lip;
Hope grew brighter, grief grew sweeter,
doubt, ashamed, shrank quite away, -
As we two paced on together in the . January
day.
slow
8sift and sweet-th#'momenta passed me, as
tbesun-liine paled o'erhead,
And to common life returning, fell the
r< iucUnt tread;
Vet mj Ludicd heart Trom Its commune, pa-
ti nco, strength, and courage drew;
And noi th skies, with southern sph-ndor gilded
all the daiklirg yew.—Alt the Year Bound.
N" elson’s-Protege
It was a bright morning in spring,
and the English fleet lay at anchor in
Portsmouth harbor, awaiting the
admiral's signal to start out on a cruise.
The flag-ship, a huge, formidable ship
of the line, with its dark sides bristling
with guns, was all in commotion. The
admiral, the most famous sailor of his
day, was coming off from the shore, and
the ship was ready to receive him. Al
ready the guns ot the sqnadron were be-
nninug to thunder forth their welcome,
md soon the vessel was wreathed in
-moke, and quivering beneath the ‘dis
charges of her heayy ordnance, ss Ad-
uiral Nelson touched her deck, sur-
ounded with a brilliant staff. Standing
near the edge of Hie quarter-deck, and
watching the scene with intense eager-
ess, was a yonng lad of about eighteen,
le wan dressed simply, but neatly, and
iis checks glowed and bis eyes kindled,
is be watched the exciting events that
vi re going on around him. As he re
timed the salute ofihe ofticers, the ad-
nirnl ehaneed to observe the boy r
‘•Who is this?" he asked, turning to
he captain of the vessel.
“He’s a young lad that came on board
few hours ago,” replied the Captain.
He insists on seeing yon, sir, as he
ys be has something of importance to
ay to you. ”
“Well, my- lad,” said the admiral,
.imlly, “speak out freely.”
“If you please, sir,” said the boy,
T’ve come to ask you to take me to-sea
vtth yon.”
“Is that all you have to say, you
/oung scamp?” asked the captain,
iir.rpty. ‘
“Tea,” muttered the boy; “and we’ll
be there too, before night. ”
Nelson glanced at him approvingly.
“There’s a chance for promotion for
as all in there,” he said, smiling.
He was right. The fearful encounter
which carried such sorrow and despair
to so manj English homes, brought to
these two fame mid honor. Through
the whole action the admiral's eye was
on the young “middy,” 'and all throngh
that long and thrilling smnmer night it
never lost the gleam of satisfaction
which had illumined it ss he heard the
young sailor’s words in the morning.
The some dispatch that greeted him as.
Lord Nelson informed him that his re
quest for a lieutenancy for young Leo
was granted.
Steady devotion to his profession and
couspicnons bravery in times of danger
soon made the youthful lieutenant a
noted man in his Majesty’s navy. The
battle of the Baltic was a memorable day
to bim. It was truly the greatest battle
be had been in. Though severely
wounded, ho refused to go- below, and
stood at his post until • the close of the
action. Then Sir Hyde Parker gave
the signal for discontinaing the fight,
Lieutenant Lee reported it to Lord Nel
son. The' admiral, putting the glass to
his blind eye, said, with mock gravity,
A STRANGE TRIAL.
a SINGULAR STORY ITHAT COSIES TO
US FROM BUNG ARY.
Jew* Charged With the Hinder el a Chrte-
Uaa Girl fhr a Saerliee.
From time to time the Atlantic cable
brings ns scraps of news about a crimi
nal trial going on in Hangary, at the
littlo town of Nyiregyhaaa. The defend
ants are several Jews, charged with hav
ing murdered a Christian girl for the
purpose of obtaining her blood for their
Passover rites. The trial has caused
immense excitement in that region, and
the remarkable character of the charge,
which is like a reminiscence of the dark
est periods of the Middle Ages, the
strange contradictions in the testimony
enveloping the whole ease in mystery,
and suggesting some strange psycholog
ical puzzles, and, finally, the interest
taken in it by tbe European press, moke
it a genuine cause celebrt. ■ —
The facts, as they appear from the
"■‘act of accusation,” are as follows:
At Tisza-Eszlar, a village not far from
Tokay, on April 1st, 1882, about the
middle of the day, a Christian servant
girl, fourteen years old, named Esther
Solvmosi, was sent by her mistrers to a
i rvallysignal 4ei¥~ -shop in a neighbering village to get YAtiTtntt^iTIwrflidtmr
afoi gome whitewash and painters’ colon.
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“Let him alone,” said the admiral,
-nighing. “What position do you want?”
ie Ri>ked,,tumirig to the boy.
“If you would lake me os your cabin-
)oy, sir," said the boy, “I should be
cry glad.” __
“That's a poor chance for you, if you
vish to rise above it,”»ad the admiral,
t{ndly, t
“ It will be a beginning,” replied the
iad. „ “If you give mo a atart I’ll work
ny way up, sir. Yon did it, and I mean
to doit, too.” ■■ • ^ .
' The admiral gazed at him kindly,
hut scarchingly, and then said, with a
smile:
“ill take yon with me on this cruise,
and if you want to rise I’ll give yon a
chance. What is your name ?”
“Edward Lee,” was the reply.
“Very well, then, Edward, I take yoa
into my service,” said the admiral “I
shall expect you to prove yotmelf worthy
of the trust.”
“I’ll do it, sir,” said the boy, ear
nestly, as he moved aside, respectfully,
to let the admiral pass.
In two boon the Yangnard stood ont
to sea, followed by the squadron, to join
Earl St. Vincent at Gibraltar. The
young valet of the admiral made a de
cidedly favorable impression upon the
officers of the ship before the comple
tion of the voyage. _ _
“’Tia too bad,” said the admiral t<
his flag-captain, one day, “that that bo'
should fill a menial’s position.”
The captain agreed with his com
mander, and the result of the mattei
was, that, in a few days after the arrival
of the Yangnard at Gihralter, Edward
Lee was given a midshipman’* warrant
by Earl St. Vincent, at the special re
quest of Admiral Nelson.
, • Then came the famous cruise in the
Mediterranean, in search of Bonaparte
and hia fleet In the terrific gale which
dismasted the admiral’s ship, yonng Lee
proved that he merited the kindness his
great commander had shown him, and
won praise from all on board. Then
came the brief halt at Syracuse, the ar-
rival of the wished-for ^enforcements,
and the departure for Egypt As the
dawn of the memorable 1st of Angnst
revealed to the eyes of the English the
tricolor floating over Alexandria, and
the French fleet in the bay of Abonkir;
Edward Lee was standing by his chief
on the deck of the flag-ship.
“There they are,” hunt from a soon
of voiosa, as the distant vessels in
Keep our closer battle still flying. That's
the way I answer such signals. Nail mine
to the mast"
It seemed that the fortunes of the
great admiral and his protege were mys
teriously united, for this victory, which,
made one s viscount, made the other a
first lieutenant, though he had bat just
come of age. He followed bis com
mander, who had become warmly at
tached to him, throngh''all the years that
intervened, so that, when the great day
of Trafalgar came, he was the second in
command to Captain Hardy. As the ac
tion began Lord Nelson approached him,
and, placing hia hand on his shoulder,
said, “We are going to have a hard day,
Edward. I hope yon may pass through
it safely.’ r . ; r'
“I shall try to do my duty, my lord,”
said Lieutenant Lee. “But,” he added,
pointing to the uniform and decorations
which the commander wore, contrary to
to his custom, “why does your lordship
render yourself so oonspicneus to-day ?
You will surely draw upon you the fire
of some marksman.”
“I have a presentiment,” said the ad-
admiral, “that my race is run; so I have
put on all my harness to-day. In honor
I gained them,” he exclaimed, proudly
laying his hand on the insignia, “and
in honor I will die with them.”
The presentiment was realized. It was
the last action, of the great sailor. As
he fell on the deck, in the heart of the-
battle, the captain and lieutenant of the
ship sprang to him in an agony of griet
“Go book to your post, Edward,” he
said, as the lieutenant knelt down 1)7
him. Then he added, gently: “God bless
von, lad."” ..'"*7^" 7 *"*
.-'A' ,-1 *?-*>*•■■ . y v - .j; ,
With a sad heart the yonng man re-
turned to his place. The fate which had
seemed to unite his destiny with that of
his commander was fully realized on
On her way bock she met her sister
Sophie and exchanged some words with
her. But she never reached home. Her
absence was remarked an hoar or two
afterward, and search for her, was made,
but she bad disappeared, and has not
been seen alive to this day. Some time
afterward, in May, 1882, a rumor sprang
jip that the Jews had murdered her. It
was said that Moritz Scharf,fourteen years
old, the son of the keeper of the .Syna
gogue, Joseph Scharf, had made to
Homebody a confession to the effect that
Esther had been killed by Jews in tbe
Synagogue. Thereupon excitement be
gan to rise, and the mother of Esther
called npon the district magistrate, who
opened an'investigation about a month
after the girl had disappeared. The
suspected parties, as well as the boy,
Moritz Scharf, were pat in close confine
ment, and the latter made the following
statement: ^
On the 1st of April the girl Esther
Solymosi passed by his father’s house;
his father ordered him to call her into
the boose to arrange some candlesticks
on the wardrobe, it being the Jewish
Sabbath, on which the Jews do no work,
and the “Sabbath woman" of the Schorl
family having failed to appear. After
Esther had done this she was Asked by
another Jew who had come in to go into
the Synagogue for a similar purpose.
About a quarter of an hour after Esther
had entered the temple he (Moritz) heard
terrible qrifta eoming from the building,
he went to Hie door, which was looked;
looked throngh the keyhole, and saw
JEsther stretched on the floor, partly an
dre«*©d, two men holding her down,
while another man eat her throat with a
knife such ss is used by Jewish butchers.
Taro earthen vessels were held under her
throat to catch the blood; then the body
gained, a heavy discharge of grape from
a French ship-of-the-line swept the deck
of Lord Nelson’s ship; and when the
imoke cleared away, Captain Hardy saw
his liqntenant lying almost in the same
?pot where the conqueror of the Nile had
fallen, with his breast torn open by the
terrible discharge.
Taking
this day; for, just as the victory was _ WftB dretwed again and put into the veeti-
’ A woman who elopes takes great
chances in England, under the new
“Married Women’s Property Act,” if
she takes any of her husband’s property
along with her. Mrs. Margaret Fletcher
has reason to regret her foolish set. 8he
ran away from her home at Workington
a short time ago, and carried with her
(jewels and wearing apparel valued at
' $80. Her husband first sued for a di
vorce and got it, and then prosecuted
her for a thief, and the Judge sent her
to jail for three months.
“Liquoriho Up."—“Dram drinking,’
ays the London Telegraph, “is a curse
end a plague with ns, aa it is in America,
but it is, comparatively speaking, re
stricted to the lower classes. Tippling
at a bar ia certainly not a custom in
modern and reputable English society,
although ‘liquoring up’ with glasses of
xherry is said to be far too habitual in
certain circles; but tbe universal popular
ization in our midst of that cocktail which
in America is gulped down in all hoard
of tbe day and all the year round would
nc a national evil which would eventual
ly become intolerable.” .
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SPEBAXnra .ABOUT DIAMONDS AMD TUB
love we have tor them, reminds ns that-
the great diamond mine in South Africa,
which is 880 feet deep and 1{ milea in
circumference, has caved in to such an
extent that it is estimated that a year
and a half will be required to clear it,
and the expense £250,000. The mine
has yielded £8,000,000 in diamonds in a
year, and the collapse ia a very diaaa-
trona one for the nrintBg eompaniea.} oflSwad them good pay to
Several leading operators have committed
suicide in oonaeqnsnee of their financial
A Fkxhoh lion tamer quarrelled with
hia wife, a powerful virago, and was
chased by her all aronnd hia tent. On
being sorely pleased, h4 took ref age in
the 6ege among the lion*. “Oh, yoa
pfutemptihla coward!" she shouted,
“ooom oat if yoa dm* 1” ’
bale, where he saw four Jews so sur
rounding the body as to conceal it from
his view. Thereupon he 'hurried into
the boose, telling his parents about it,
bat was silenced by hi*' mother, and
finally one of the Jews he had observed
in the temple came in and told him to
shut up the Synagogue, which h* did,
seeing nothing of the body nor any traces
of blood.
A younger brother of Moritz Scharf,
Samuel, five yean old, also told hia
st ry, which, however, differed in some
important points from that of the other
boy. According to him, their father
Joseph Scharf, had participated in the
murder, and he (Samuel) and his
brother Moritz liad held the vessels to
receive the blood. Azide from this, h«
said only in a general way that Esther
hod been murdered by his father and
other Jews during a rehearsal ci tht
hymns and prayers which were to b«
used during the Passover.
Bnt a stranger thing was still to come.
On June 18,1882, the body of a girl
found in the river, near Tisza-Eszlrr,
dressed in Esther’s clothes, or clothes
exactly like hen. This body bore no
marks of violence at all If thia was
really the body of Esther, the story a
the murder in the synagogue was con
clusively disproved. Several persons in
the village recognized it aa the body
of Esther, but her mother and a few
othen did not. Of a commission o
physicians examining the body, several
declared that it was the body of a woman
at least nineteen or twenty yews old,
while a commission of university profes
sor* subsequently consulted, held that
it might well be the body of a girl cl
fourteen. Burthen another moat start
ling piece of testimony came in.
Some raftsmen “confessed” that on
Jnne 7, 1882, they had been induced by
a Jewish raftsmen named Smilovies.who
body which would on a certain day at a
certain place be delivered to them, and
that on Jane 11 they received that body
from Smilovies, and from a dark woman
a boat thirty yean (fid, apparently
Jewees, a bundle of clothes in which tbe
.body wss to be dressed, while a hand
kerchief with some red and blue color
was to be tied to its left hand The
body, so fitted, out, was p«t in the water
to the raft. It was then produced by
the raftsmen, who said that they had
•onnd it in the river. The impressiou
produced by this confession was, oi
course, that all this had been arranged
by the Jews for the purpose of account
ing in some other way for the disappear
ance of Esther, and Urns disproving the
murder.
Thus the case appeared in the act of
accusation. The trial st once put it in n
different light The examination of the
witness^ began some time ago, and wn*
watched by the Jew-hating populace with
the in tensest excitement Esther’s moth
er testified that she knew that the Jews
iad murdered Esther for “God had an-
lightened her" on that point. The prin
cipal witness, the boy Moritz Scharf,
presented a singular spectacle. He re
fused to testify in German, his native-
tongue, and spoke only Hungarian,
which pleased the crowd. His testi
mony was given in a low voice, a sing
ing tone, and always in exacUythe same
forms of expression, os if he were read-
tug or reciting something by rote. In
the cross-examination he stuck well to
his story, but many questions which
seemed to be unexpected to bim, he did
not answer at all, although they bore
npon points which h* should have
known. He made several statem ;nts
which created a great sensation.
tell the truth, aa he was telling it, he
would be imprisoned for life.” If he
did tell the truth, as he did, “the Minis
try of the Interior would take core of
him.” It was “part of the religions law
of the Jews to kill Christian children;”
he knew it, for “Catholic priests hod
told him so.” He “hated the Jews and
wanted to be a Jew no longer.” He hated
his father and his stepmbther; he had
once “thrown a knife at the latter, and
was not sorry for iv’ H«f “wanted to be
a Christian.” His testimony has re
mained unsupported by any other evi
dence. Some women said they had
heard something like a cry of distress in
the neighborhood of the Synagogue on
the day of Esther’s disappearance, but
they differed about the hour, and it
seemed not to have occurred to any of
them to raise an alarm or even to speak
about it at the time.
But it does appear that th^local mag
istrate conducting the first examination
in which Moritz Scharf s story first took
shape had pursued the case with, the
ardor of a fanatic. The public prosecutor
himself, who afterward took charge of it,
soon came to the conclusion that Moritz
Scharf a elaborate account of the mur
der was an invention, pumped into the
boy by constant drill, with the aid of
threats and cajolery. And cable dis-
pathes speaking of the tortnres inflicted
upon the raftsmen to wring from them
their “confession,” indicate that the
employment of snch means was not con
fined to Moritz Scharf. -
Spontaneous Combustion.
In tho spring of 1780 a Are* wan dis
covered on board a frigate off Crons tadt.
After the severest scrutiny no cause for
the fire could be found. .The probability
is, however, strongly in favor of sponta
neous combustion; for in the following
year the frigate Maria, which also lay at
anchor off Cron*tadt, was found to be
on fire. The fire was, however, early
perceived and extinguished. After
strict examination nothing could be dis
covered as to its origin. A commission
of inquiry was held, which finally re
ported that the fire was probably caused
by parcels of matting tied together
with pack-thread, which were in the
cabin where the fire broke oak It was
found that the parcel of matting con
tained Russian lampblack, prepared from
fir-soot moistened with hemp-oil var
nish. In consequence of this the Rus
sian Admiralty gave orders for experi
ments to be mode. . They shook 40
pounds of fir-wood soot into a tub and
poured about 85 pounds of hemp-oil var
nish upon it. This stood lot an hour,
after which they poured off the oil. The
remaining mixture they wrapped up in
a mat, and the bundle was laid close to
the cabin in the frigate Maria where the
midshipmen had their berth. To avoid
all suspicion two officers sealed both the
mat and the door with their own seals
and stationed a watch of four officers to
take notice of all that passed throngh
the night. As soon as smoke should ap
pear information was to be given. The
experiment was made about the 26th of
April at about 11 a. m. Early in the
following morning, about 5 a. m., smoke
appeared issuing from the cabin. The
commander was immediately informed
by an officer, who through a small hole
in the door saw the mat smoking. With
out opening the door be dispatched a
messenger to the members of the com
mission, but, as the smoke became
stronger and fire began to appear, it be
came necessary to break the seals and
open the door. No sooner wa Old air
admitted than the mat began to burp
with greater force, and presently burst
into a flame. MjGeorgi, of the Im
perial Academy of Sciei
pointed to make farther
the result of which confirmed
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
A PROPOAITION TO BE*TOW A TITLE.
G«vf*rs«r flatler’a FrlssCs Ask H»» AImts
(ish Is flratsir m THU mm IllM aa4 Tkrs
Glv# Oac wMk a Vrrrmd.
(From tbe Detroit Free Prrte.]
Every member of the club seemed to
feel that something unusual wa alxmt
to occur. The President end Givcadam
Jones were observed consulting a dream-
book in the moat careful manner; Way-
down Beebee opened a new bottle of red
ink with much formality; Samuel Shin
walked around with his hands in his
pockets and his left eye drawn down;
Prof. Mugger Oatoth wiped hia brow
with one hand and patted Shindig Wat
kins on the back with the other; and all
in all eves Corduroy Taylor and Elder
Toots couldn’t help but realize that the
nsnal routine of events was to be inter-
rupted. At length the President nodded
to the Janitor to sound the triangle, and
when the meeting bad been declared
opened, he arose and read the following
communication:
Boston, Mam., 1883.
Bbothxb Gabdnbb—Harvard College
lias refused to give Gov. Ben Butler a
title. Can’t your club do something for
him in this direction ? Any honors that
yon may bestow will be heartily appre
ciated by him and his
— , T .Manx Fjurnds.
“Gemlen,” added the old man as he
laid the document aside, “we will con
sider de queshun as befo’ de honse, an'
I should Uke a gineral spreahun of opiii-
yun.”
Sir Isaac Walpole had heard a good
deal about Ben Butler. Three or four
years ago he considered him a tough
cose, but of late there were strong rea-
hous to hope for reformation, and he
was in favor of encouraging him with a
title.
■ Hon. John Mnlcher, didn't know much
about the man, bat if a title would im
prove the looks of his wood-cuts in the
illustrated papers he should tote for s
title. —
Elders Smith, Wilson, Davip and Wat-
.%on were each in favor of a title.
.-i«a --
Judges Cadaver, Cahoots, Crampton
and Jones wanted to know if Ben Butler
had ever founded a colored orphan say
him Sr gone bail for a colored man
charged with stealing a mule ?
Almost every member had inquiries to
make or suggestions to offer, but when
the matter was put to vote it wss de
cided to grant a title.
“Den de queshun arose* what title to
gin him ?” said the President. “LL. D.
may mean a Doctor of Divinity, or a
doctor who (loan know a case of measles
from smoll-pwb-- Besides, it's cheap.
N. B., or O. K-, or P. S., or N. G., am
common tides dat any man kin haul in
wid a fish line from any wharf. If Gub-
'ner Butler has turned to dis dub in an
airnest manner, aa I believe he hoe, we
must not disappoint him. We mus*
him a title and a legend combined. 1
shall now proceed to crown him wid
D.B. O. A. L. W. Y. O. T. a L 0„
which stands fur: ‘Doan’ Sot On A
Limb When You Go To Saw It Off!’ 1
not only believe the title will be heartily
accepted an’ highly appreciated, but 1
shall draw on the Gub'ner fur $8 to pay
fur do bar’l o’ lemonade which now
stands in de ante-room to honor disoooa-
shun. We will now take a recess d
sc ben minits te^pay our respects to de
aforesaid beverage, on ss dor’ am on)j
one dipper Til start fust.”
WIT AND WISDOM.
Loss of sleep, it is said, is making i
small and puny. This is a feet,
look at the difference in the physique of
a delicate scholar and the robust night
policeman.
Lavatob could tell a man’s character
by the crook in his nose and the end hi
Ushaiy, It was he who said,*‘The af
fectation of sanctity is a blotdS on the
> face of piety.”
A a heat many people in this world
praise goodness, and then do m they
have a mind to. They follow the advice
of George Herbert to “Praise the sea,'
bat keep on land.”
Tun fnrniturf dealer knew that she
had not been long married when she in
quired for a matrimonial fruit basket.
And being the father of a family himself,
he knew that whit ihe wanted was a
cradle.—Boston Star.
"Wax do you put the big strawberries
on the top of the box?” asked a Phila
delphia housewife. “Because tbe big
ones ore very mellow, and if put on the
bottom, they might bo crushed,” replied
the dealer, complacently.
In modern Egypt a young man ia noi
permitted to see his wife’s face before
marriage. As a consequence, not infre
quently soon after marriage he makes
ap his mind that ho never wants to ses
it again.—Lowcff Citizen. ■— ^
A PniDADBuniA man refused to pay
the bill of the lawyer who had procured
him a divorce, and claimed that the at
torney’s services had been an injury in
stead of a benefit to him- The new wife
he married proved even worse than the
first. • gab
SuFKnnrraNDBNT United States nib
Hatchery, Washington, D. 0.—Many
thanks for the 1,500,000 young shad you
sent us. A more tender lot we here
never eaten. ' Send u* some more,
please. Yours, truly, Hudson River
Perch.
Timur la a man in Burlington who bis
failed in business fire times sinsubs was
twenty-three years old, and Mb
tost anything but his temper, hai
fifty cents on that—never gets
than half so angry as other men.—
Hawkeye.
Swimigno is becoming a favorite
amusement with New York'ladies. It
lias long been known that husbands of
New York ladies often find it difficult to
keep their own heads above water, and
now, perhaps, their wives will help
them.
“Ob muk?” exclaimed Mrs. Handy,
who was mflflfeing the kitchen depart
ment at the ohuroh social; “what am 1
to do? Haven’t got half spoons enough.”
“Never mind,” remarked Fogg; “plenty
of spoons out there in the vestry.”—Als
ton TrantcripL
A Peoria girl reoentty planted a lot
of feathers with JH ho P e
would bring forth an early crop of sprihg
fhfokftM- She is closely related to ths
young lady who wouldn’t eat veal be
cause she thought she could never after
ward look a cow in tbe fsoe.
At this season of the year, when black
berries and plums constitute the ran!
editor’s bill of fare, a chicken pis is*
luxury of no small magnitude. We sat
down to one this week, and the world ha*
looked unusually bright ever since.- -
Sparta (Go.) Sunbeam.
A Military Murder.
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AB EXttUBff 1ih8* —_
An amusing anecdote has just been
told by the famous naturalist Brehm, in
a lecture on Siberia. A few weeks ago,
an inhabitant of the village of Tomsk!
Sovod went ia his wagon to a neighbor
ing wood to pick up some sweet pine
apple kernels. His wagon was already
more than half full, when the peoaant,
coming back to it with a new load, saw
in the middle of it a large bear, devour
ing with undisguised satisfaction the
fruit, of which hia race is exceedingly
fond. “Hu hott!” cried the terrified
man to his hone. Off, of course, went
the hone, the more so that, although he
had not seen the bear, he had perceived
its presence by tbe sense of smell Bnt
the bear himself was the most frightened
of the three,-and began to howl lament
ably. This made the hone speed away
all the faster.
It being confirmation day, the anthori-
ties and *11 ths people won standing at
the village limits, waitiag for the arrival
of the Bishop, On a signal given by a
boy who, from the steeple, had seen the
cloud of dust raised by the peasent’s
wagon, the church belle rang joyously,
and all the throng of people struck up
the hymn, “Gospodine pomiltf.” Judge
of their astonishment, when, ee the
wagon rushed into the village, instead of
the Bishop, they sew the miserable beer
tumbling an ell rides with the jolting of
the wagon, and howling ss often as he
could get breath enough to do ao.
Major, Aldermen, priest, .choir boys,
*P-
picion of spontaneous combustion in the
Rigarian official mind in a remarkable de
gree. — Cftqmfierf’s
The Health Journal says that you
ought to take three-quarters of in hour
for dinner. It is well also to add s Urn
vegetables and a piece of meat.
suiosmi cm a
XHB SHOOTING OF
-—A4 the
wmr orders had been given by the Ger
man authorities that any peraou found
sheltering Sri French frano-tireuza
should be shot with them.
A party of these frano-tireurs who had
taken possession of a farm house, were
surprised in the night, and, after severe
fighting, token, prisoners.
Ths brutal major in command of the
German*, ordered them at onsetobe
shot, but a young German Hen tenant
begged bim to spare their Uvea. ‘
The yonng lieutenant was very pale,
“For the last time, major, I implore
you.” 4
“For the last thus, Lieutenant von
Henan,” the major said, brutally, “I
order you to do your duty, and by
heavens, if you speak another word I
will put you id arrest.”
The young lien tenant luiaai riMfcrity
away, called up twenty men, and oeiseed
them to place the franc-Hreun and th*
peasants against the wall.
Not a man of the franc-tiraun begged
his life, but stood upright against An
wall Two of the pearants
their example,-aa did a boy of
fan
thirteen yean of age. Two
of the seme age end a pe
their knees and prayed
life. The tyoung officer t
the major in one now
was in vain.
“Put your rifle within a toot «f
heads,” the 1
When the
We
and peasants fled in all direatksmwnd •
few mrirutM mtsr the wagon having
been overturned, the beer limped bask
to his native forest
Thursday is risen shirt day with
i, and it oosaptetsly kaorim out a wo
man to have her flusbai
company Wednesday right, “Mother, is
ay other ahhtduMJBr.
firidi
The
with*
pale i
steady step,
but