The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, July 29, 1879, Image 1
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"IN TBE LONG RUN."
This old-fashioned saying,
So lightly expressed,
And so carelessly uttered,
Is one of the best.
Oh, pondur, young trifler,
With young life begun,
The deep earnest meaning
Of "in the long run."
For "in the long run," b9ys,
Tho seed will spring up
That was sown in the garden
Or dropped in the cup.
And, remember I no roses
Will spring from the weed,
And no beautiful fruit
From unworthy seod.
How many a stripling
In trouble to-day,
By YLotous living
With com ados too gay
With cbaracter shipwrecked
And duties undone,
Will be sorrows harvesting
"In. the long run."
And "in the long run," will
The toiler fare best
Who performs honest labor
And takes honest rest.
Who, contented and happy,
Hastes not, in a day,
Or a year, to heap riches
That will pass away I
The good and the evil
That bide on the earth,
The joy and the sorrow,
The pain and the mirth.
The batt'es undeeded,
The viotories iron,
Will yield what was sown lads,
"In the long run."
LETTIOE.
A bitter day.
Not a pleasant lay to travel on, by any
moans; but then Lettice Mainwaring was
one of the sort that makes the best of every
thing.
"It's a long journey over the hills, miss,
said the wife of the landlord of the little
one-story tavern that was perched on the
crest of the highway, "and the snow's
powerful deep."
"I think a Winter landscape Is the pret
tiest~ thing in the world," said Lettice,
cheerily, as she wound her tur round and
round her neck.
"And old Stokes's stage Is awfully un
comfortable," added the landlady.
'I like stage riding," asserted Letty.
"You'll not get there till dark."
"Oh, that is sooner than I expctcd."
And Letty climbed up into the stage
coach which stood creaking and groaning
at the door, having just rumbled up from
the next village, a miln or %n (Inwn the hill.
One solitary passenger occupie tie op
posite corner- --a tall, dark man, with a Span
ish sort of complexion and clear, dark eyes,
who wore an odd sort of olve-green cloak
or'mantle, heavily trimmed with sable fur.
Ie nodded briefly in reirn to Letty's
smiling recognition.
- Our little heroine would have talked with
a polar bear, had a polar bear chanced to be
her traveling companion.
Lettice arranged her bags and her basket
and her bonnet strings, and wondered so
cretly how tar the tall man was going.
"Can I be of any assistance to you ?
courteously queried the gentleman, as Let
ty searched in the straw at her feet for it
dropped glove.
"Thanks--uo," said Letty, coming up
again with very red cheeks, and curls a lit
tle disheveled. "Are you going all the way
through ?"
"As far as the Stage goes-yes."
"Oh," said Miss Mainwaring; "so ai
I."
The gentleman nodded interrogatively
and went back to his paper.
"Cross thing," thought Letty, involun.
tarily pouting her cherry lips. "Why can'l
he talk and make himself agreeable?i Ani
lhe knows very well that we are to be shuli
up here together for eight long hours."
But the wild landscape, as it flitted by,
white, gleaming with snows, and darkly
fringed with the waving boughs, was, afte
all, nearly as good a study as the "humar
facq divine."
Letty soon forgot her temp)orary annoy
ance and chagrin in the white, skeleton-liki
wail of a deserted old paper mill, long since
dlisused and fallen to iun.
"I 'wonder if it is haunted ?" said she
aloud.
The stranger smiled and laid down li
paper.
"Do you believe in such things ?" h,
asked..
Lettice Mainwarlng laughed and colored
"Of course not. And yet-, Are yol
much aequainted with this part of tha
country?9"
"I hmavo lived herecabouts a good deal."
"Oh I then perhaaps you know Easterhani
Hall?"
.His face brightened.
"Oh,.yes. You are going there ?"
"Yes,. : I am going to be governess to th~
little childiren," said Lett'y, making haste ti
enlighten hhimh as to -'her true position, L
oudhr that he should fully comprehend tha
she was no el4gant young lady coming t
the Hall to miake,a visit, but a humble lit
tie workirig *lrl, Wvho wiaR obliged to to
steadfastly for the daily. bre%d she ate.
"Indeed I" he said.
.And Letty was vexed at herself for nc
ticlng the'-polite indifference into which hi
t4ne subsided.
-". suppose it is a very fine old place,
she went on.
* 'Very--for those who fanc.y 'fine ,cl
places.' To my taste they are apt to b
oyerrun 'with rats, full of draughts and pk
ttl)squely inconvenient."
And haupted, perhaps ?" misohievousl
'put in Lettice, the roguish sparkles conmin
back tier eyes.
"86far as I know, Easterham JTall
freefrom'apy suipernatural occupants."
QL am sofry for t1ipt," said Letty.
Hle arched 'hs eyles.
"You would 1k sQhare your room wit
Aghoet or:two t' >;'
"1IK;but I d&hk 1 little tinge ofr
Inance about'the pIl omething to sot
above id bo'n4I*.e!t 6i othe comnmot
strangely things are ordered in this world
I am going to cast my lot among them."
"How does that happon?" said the ge
tleman. lie could not very well say lea
in ordinary politeness, and yet Letty fe
triumphantly that she had "drawn hi
out."
"They wrote to Madame Moligny, n
old teacher, to select a governess qualitc
to teach two little boys ; and madune kne
that I wished for a situation, and so here
am. I wonder how they will like me ?"
"I hope you will like them," said tl
gentleman, stifling a yawn.
"That isn't the question," said Letty, in
peratively. "Mr. Easterham is a dreadfl
bear."
"You are acquainted with him ?"
"Oh, no ; only what I have heard," at
swer %; Letty. "You are a neighbor ?" sai
Letty, doubtfully. "Perhaps I have sai
too much already."
ie laughed with more animation tha
she had yet seen in his manner.
"Depend upon it, I shall not betray yc
to Mr. Eastorhaim. So he is a bea
Well, I have thought so sometimes m
self."
"But lie won't bite me if I am a goc
girl and do my duty to the little ones; ail
Ilhey tell me they are very nice boys," pe;
81sted Lettice.
"They are very like their father, I bc
nove.
"'Oh," said Lettice, -laughing, "I ca
tame young bears ; it Is only the full-grow
specimen, with sharp teeth and long clawi
I am afraid of. Only think," and a demure
apprehensive expression came over Letty
round, blooming countenance, "lie goes a
round the house, all day long, and neve
says a word to any one.
"le must be a savage, indeed," observe
the gentleman.
"And Miss Electa Easterham, the ol
maiden aunt who keeps house for him, la
quarreled successively with every governei
they have had," went, on Letty, patting he
little foot on the rustling straw on the stag
loor ; "but she shall not quarrel with inc
I won't let her. I am too good-nature
and too accustomed to humoring people
more especially old ones. Madame Moligkn
wrote me word that she disliked young an
pretty governesses particularly. Now, I'il
not young-not very yomg, you see."
"No ?"
I was twenty last week," said Letty'
solemnly, "and I am not pretty enough t(
disturb her mind.- I am only tolerably do
cent-looking. Now, if iiadamno had select
ed Olive Daytors, who used to be In th(
same class with ine-she was a regula
beauty, with great shady eyes, and a com
plexion all pearls and roses-there woulk
have been danger then."
The stranger began to look interested.
"Tell me more about your school," sak
lie. "I have a sister whom I think o
placing in some desirable institution, and :
shou!d like to judge whether youe' Maudain
Molign'y's would be a good home for her.'
dened, nd her little tonigue was ooseiiea
once.
Her traveling companion was social an<
chatty, and the time llcoted swiftly away
"You are going ?" she cried, as at a lone
ly glen inn, overshadowed with slive
stemmed birches, a light chaise drawn b)
two white horses was waiting.
"I have reached the end of my journey,
ie said, courteously touching his fur cap.
"I had intended to keep on to the end o
the route, but I see they have sent to im
here. I wish you every success and happi
ness in your new task of bear-taming."
And, as the chaise rolled away, Lett;
felt herself flushing deeply.
"I'm afraid I have been talking to
much," thought Letty ; "but what is a bodl
to do, shut up all day long in a stage-coac
with a conversable gentleman V"
. And the rest of Miss Mainwaring's -jour
ney was just a little tedious.
It wvas dark when she arrived at Eastet
ham Hall-a snowy, chill dusk which mad
the glow of lights through scarlet morec
curtains and paved hall, as seen through th
half open door, most delightful and wel
come.
Miss Electa, a tall, prin old lady, i
snowy cap ribbons and a brown satin dresm
stood ready to welcome her.
And just behind her Letty saw a ta
gentleman, with two little boys clingin
about him.
"This is my nephew, Philip," the ol
lady said.
And Letty felt as if the blood in her vekt
was turning to fire as she recognized h<
traveling compantion of the day.
"Do I look very much like a bear, Mib
Mainwaring ?" he asked, laughing, as :slh
stood tremblIng and tongue-tied, befoi
him, "No ; doii't color. I promise ye
to allow myself to become very t.amnal
And you must itot cry, either," as tihe tea1
caime into Letty's eyes. "There's nothiui
for you to cry for."
"Why didn't you tell me Who you werel
she asked piteously.
."Because you never asked mue.".
JIetty resolved within he'rself that al
would leave Easterham the very next da3
But she (lid not keep the resolution.
At the year's end shte had neither qua
3 reled with Miss Electa nor Mr. Easterhan
Sand the little boys thought Miss betty wi
i perfection,.
t So did their father.
* "Letty," said he, "the year for which
- ae eu is over."
i "Ys, 'she responded, sof tly.
"Will you stay another year?i Will y<
stay with me always, Letty ?"
-And so, within the yellow shine of
a wedding ring, Letty found herself a pri
oner forever at Eastorhami Hall.
* Eftfets of Perfume on Realth.
An Italian professor has made somie vol
agreeable medicinial researches, resulting:
y the discovery that vegetable .perfumes e:
( ercise a positively healthful influence<
the atmosphere, converting its oxygen In
a Qzone, find increasing its oxydizing infi
once. The essences found to develop t1
largest. quantity of ozone are those
cherry, laurel, clover, lavender, mint, jnr
ii per, leos,op, fennel and bergamot,, the
that giye it in smaller quantities are snha
~- nutmeg and thyi. The flowers of tl
it narcisu, hyvapinth, migtionetee, hell
-. tr6phe i(nd ily'of the valley develop ese0
in: closed ve#sels. F' lOoes dest ituto
pruedo not deoelop it ahdic those whi'
m bae btsligh p~~~ oe .It In anm
qattes. oaoi fotAce4ts t
Grappling a Grizzly.
Mr. Rogers recently went squirrel hun
- ting near Calaveras, California. In his
walk he cale upon a monster grizzly bear.
i When discovered the bear was not over
twenty feet distant-a space that Rogers
had not the remotest desire to diminish.
Y Man and beast discovered each other's pro
8ence at the same instance. Rogers is a re
solute map, a splendid marksman and well
I inured to the dangers and experiences of
backwoods life; but, as with a full know
LO ledge of the characteristics of the ferocious
animal facing him, he realized his situation,
- hope died away in his breast. For a mo
il mont he stood irresolute. Ilis first impulse
was to run ; but his better judgment told
him that if he did so, and should be pursued
by the grizzle, escape would be impossible,
d and that he would be taken at a disadvan
d tage lin the struggle which must invitably
follow. Dreadful as was the alternative of
n facing his terrible enemy, it was his only
hope, and Rogers firmly resolved to stand
u his ground, and if the worst come to the
- worst, to at least sell his life as dearly as
possible. There was a chance that the
grizzly might not attack him If he retained
d a bold attitude, but whatever hopes Rogers
a builded upon that foundation were speedily
dispelled by the bear giving a low growl,
dropping his mutton and advancing toward
him. The hunter's heart leaped to his
throat as the threatened struggle became
n an unavoidable certainty, and the agonizing
" thought that its result might leave his wife
5 a widow and his children fatherless nearly
unmanned him. The weakness was but
8 ion:1entary, and then with every muscle
and nerve in his body drawn to their ut
r inost tension, the man, awaited the onset of
the beast with as much coolness as though
his life were not at stake in the unequal
contest. As the grizzly slowly came to
wards him and had got within a distance of
8 about fifteen steps, Rogers drew his rifle to
8 his shoulder, and with a steady aim planted
r a bullet in the bear's breast, just inside the
3 point of the right shoulder. The aninal
was hit hard, but no sixty-to-the-pound
I bullet ever stopped a grizzly. Throwing
aside the now useless rifle, and drawing
his knife, Rogers braced himself for the
d death struggle. As the shaggy monster
reared upon Its haunches, its great, black
convex head towering two feet above Ro
gers, the latter involuntary threw up his
left arm like a pugilist on guard. The bear
seized the arn in its month, and throwing
its great paws over the shoulders of the
hunEer, hugged him in an embrace so
cruel that his eyes seemed starting from
their sockets, and the blood gushed from
his nostrils. Rogers' right arm was free
and he drove the long, keen blade of his
knife to the hilt in the side of the grizzly,
close to the shoulder. The blade reached a
vital point, inflicting a fatal wound, but its
Inimediate effect was only to increase the
grizzly's ferocity. It hugged Rogers the
closer, its long, sharp, clisel-pointed claws.
Tearing gaping wounds in the unfortunate
bones of the left arm were crunched and
ground to powder in the vise-like jaws of
his terrible antagonist. Wild with the ago
nies of his wounds, Rogers plied his knife
with the energy of desperation, driving it
again into the vitals of the bear, literally
carving it alive, while the latter, with claws
and teeth lacerated its human foe in the
most frightful manner. It was, inded, a
struggle to the death. Rogers, weak from
the loss of blood and half delirious from
pain, now fought more intution than any
- thing else, having only a vague conscious
ness that his life depended upon putting an
end to that of the bear. The terrible
wounds of the grizzly were also commenc
) ing to tell upon its vitality. Rogers' senses
wem not so dulled but that he could distin
1 guish that the grizzly was gradually relax
ing its hold, and the ray of hope the know
. ledge afforded stimulated him to renewed
exertions with his knife. The bear endea
- voring to support itself despite its cruel
a wounds, wavered for an Instant and thlen
1 withl a low moan thmat sounded almost hlu
man in its expression of pain and dispair,
. the huge monster toppled over, dragging.
tihe man withl it, the latter falling partially
a underneath. Summoning all his remaining
strength, -Rogers plunged his knife into the
grizzly's abdomen, tihe hot life blood and
Iviscera spouting full in his face. The bear
relinquishled its hlolds, and Rogers, torn,
lacerated and bleeding, crawled far enough
away to escape being rent to pieces by tile
terrible death struggle of tihe grizzly. Al
Sthlough victorious Rogers' condition was
rcritical in the extreme, lie was a mile and
ra half away from home, so weak and faint
that 11e could scarcely stand, and in danger
a of bleeding to death before 11e could reach
e help. Ils left arm hlung crushled and lifeless
at his side, his left scapula and clavicle were
ibroken, tile blood trickled from thle terribile
wounds -In his back, and is legs were lito
'rally furrowed by tihe cro""~ zieaws of tile
bear's Ilind feet. Conscious that he must
soon hlave help.or perish, he summoned all
is resolution and staggered along in the
direction of home, more dead than alive, a
trail of blood marking his footsteps. HIe
0 managed to reach a spring in sighmt of his
-house, when is endurance at last gave
way, and lie fell in a dead faint by the
~- water's edge. Fortunately he was soon
I, alter discovered by Is son, a lad of some
LB twelve years, who immediately gave the
alarm. Rogers was taken home and his
wounds temporarily dressed. His left
I arm, literally -mangled and torn to shreds,
has been amputaled at the shloulder. is
loft clavicle and scapula were fractur~ed,
ui and the three lower ribs on thle right side
broken. The flesh and muscles on his back
a are so tron and abraded that tile vertebrs
5- are actually visible in places, while, as be
fore stated, his lower limbs are literally
seamed and furrowed.
A Man ilth a Iemnory.
y "Buck'' English, is said to possess the
'a best memory of any man in the State Call
C~ forniai. He has been knowO to listen to
"sernions preached from the pulpit, requir
o' ing thiree-qularters of an hour for their do
Slivery and then go out of church and ro
ne.jemms wer for word from be
a.gining to end. Whlen dloing this after di
vine sermon one Sunday, in Middletown .a
few mlouth ago, tile clergyman heard him
Sand could distinguish no dlifferene between
10the wQrda used.lyy. "Buck" and those of .his
e.sermoa, 'and he theronr turned td his
SWritten discoinrae, and aaEnlishp gead
with tbe iterateon, thie diyine trcdthe
lines of his written psermon and doo red
there w&i nodtYotfe . '
A ChinObe 10 Factory.
The Imperial ti manufactory ofT
China is located wi In fifteen miles of
Pekin. In this fact ry all the yellow ti
tiles and bricks req rod for Imperial il
buildings are made, is 1130 large iiml- F
bors of green, blue ind other colored fc
tiles for various oriimetital purposes. P
TIho material used I a hard blue shale w
nearly as hard as sla . 'ls is allowed8
to lie iII leaps fo 501110 time. It is ol
then ground to po" or by granite roll- 1
era, on a stone ft r, thirty to forty II
feet in diatieter. '4e powder Is then. al
stored in heaps and akei to the works ti
as required. For rdlnary work the g
powder Is mixed \witii a proper t
W
proportion of . watbr and moulded I
Into large bricks, %jhleh are laid out tr
to dry for sone houis, after which they h<
are dealt with by th imowelers. When d<
bricks are to have a inouHing qpj them, h1
say forcopig a wall, Liheplan of oper
ations is as follows: Tjo pleces of
wood, each out to the shape of the a,
moulding, are placed upright on a slab. tc
Tihe clay brick is placed letween thom, T
and two mnen run the mouldings rough- 0)
ly along with chisels. Ilov then ap
ply stealght edges to testthe accuracy cl
of their work, and finally rub the edges II
with moulds somewnat in the same gi
way as plasterers make moildings at at
home. Tie brick is. ther passed to a ti1
third man who cuts any necessary holes tI
in it, and to a fourth, who trims it oil
and repairs any defect. Tie more or
namental tiles and bricks representing w
fabulous animals, etc., are first roughly I1
moulded, and afterwards finished oir pi
with tools exactly similar to those used W
for modeling in clay in Europe. All c)
the bricks and tiles are baked in ovens
and then, after having the glaze put, O of
are baked a second time. All the work p,
done at this manufactory appears to be b<
first-rate, and the number of people
employed when they are busy is about n
5,000.
The Two Murphy's.
A good story is told of tihe Irish coim- h
edian Joe Murphy.
It wjis durin.g the "blue-ribbon" ex
Clteniont and Joe was Journeying to a ia
small town in the vicility of Pitts- in
burg. As tile train steamed into the ol
depot It was boarded by lalf a dozen PI
men, who, after a htirried conference t
with the conductor, approached tile
comedian with beaming faces.
"Mr. Murphy, I believe,"said the n
spokesman, hat in hand. 64
"Delighten . -ice, sir," replied J--: v
a committee appointed to take you ll 1
charge," and they fairly dragged the
[tstonlised Joe from the car, placed B
him in a carriage, and they were ft
whirled swiftly away. *a
"God bless us," thought the expo- F
nent of Irish peculiarities. "This is. a]
very kind. Never was in this town U
before. A man's reputation does
travel and that's a fact."
In a short time they reaclied the hotel
and the committee having placed Joe
in the best parlor suite, prepared to de- o
part.
")Ve will call for you after supper, f,
Mr. Murphy," said tile spokesman.
"One moment, geitlemen," cried
St. Joseph, as lie pulled the bell-cord
vigorously, waiter, drinks for tile
party."
"Drinks I" shIrleked the conolave in
a chuorus. "Mr. Murphy, are you (
mad ?".
"Mad ?" echoed Joe, "not a bit of It. d
Nkme your beveragps, gentlemen." bi
"Oh, tis is terrible backsliding,"
said one. "Francis Alurphly ordering r<
"Francis Murphy," repeated tile per
pliexed Joe. "I'ml Jo. Murphly the a
comedian."
Tihey saw It all, and rushed wildly
from the room in search of tile temiper- e
anice apostle, wvho was even tilen toilng a
painfully from th% depot onl foot, "tot- y
ing" a hluge carpet bag.
Both of tile Murphy's drew large q
audiences that night.
usili, blue Enagineer.
The little steamer was passing Riverside.
Above the foliage on the illside stands two a
buildings, one of gray stone, whichl looks
like a castle, thle othler standing in thle back
ground, an oblong and red brick structure.
TIhe former was Edwin Forrest's Castle, tile
latter is Mount St. Vincent's Seminary. It Ii
was to theOse buildings thlat tile old conduc
tor called the attention of tile group assem1
bled on deck. "You will remember," ho
said, "thlat it was hna this castle that Forrest a
sought rest and relaxation in Is own pecu
liar way. It was his abode in tile summer
months, and his favorite exorcise whIule at a
the castle was horseback riding, lie wast
accustomed, so he informed me, to rise at
six o'clock in the morn(ng, from late spring
till early in tile fall, to bathle in tile thud
son, wiich lie did in this curious manner.
Hie would divest himself of all his clothling 1
save a pair of tighlts, and mour *ung one of
his most powerful horses, plurige into the
river, ride up and down, somIetimels going
nearly across thle river, and would conltinueI
the feat until tile hlorse became exhlausted."
"Many a chilly morning in October, 1
when I was in charge of an early train, theo t
attention of my passeng~ers would be attrac
ted by this novel sight.' .
"It was in the fall of '50," he continued,
after a pause, "when Forrest nearly met
hie death. He was then to attempt a new
role in the Old Bowery Theater. I have
forgotten the role and the name of the I
play, hut he told me that he spontAnuch I
time ila te study. During the earlier hours<
of the day it was his hlabit to stroll bver the
Castle grounds absorded in jh study of this
ne0w chaater. At 11 oks he would
board my train and gQ $9 t 9ci for e
h an~. lie would froeqife i rid on the
oliewith Bill1 Jenning% fall, stalwarti
tolo,w~*had seen m ien the
pal. ore hzibttne heldeable in
~ an~~*~tingsof th~ oegne, which
as announced to appear at the Bowery
heater. I had Intended to see him that
ght, in his new role. Our train had been
!layed some0 time up the river, waiting for
ie express going north to pass. We were
r(een minutes behind time at Riverdale.
orrest, who always waited on the plat
irm, was nowhere to be seen. I was in
itient to be off, and asked 11111 to blow the
histle and ring the bell fiercely. Ile did
o. Still Forrest did not show up. 11o
ay have remained in the city last night,
gone down on an earlier train, I thought.
owever, I became uneasy, but the train
ust go ahead, and at last I shouted, "All.
)oard." We were obliged to make up lost
me in going to the depot, and we had
)me along probably half a mile when a
irious signal of down breaks was given. I
ent to the forward car and saw the brake.
an put on the brakes. I looked down the
ack for the cause, and, with a thrill of
)rror, saw a man on it. With head bowed
wi and hands clasped behind his back,
was plunged in deep thought. I was
ire it was Forrest. le was walking dowg
i track uncouscious of danger. 'I he sig-'
fi did not arouse him. The train would
trely reached him, and America's great ac
r would be a mangled mass in a twinkling.
lie thoughts of the sorrow that would be
pressed by the people and the actors
iflied through my now quickened brain.
"It was then I saw Bill, the engineer,
utch a huge billet of wood in his right
mnd and go out upon the tender of the en
ne. lie threw it with all his force straight
Forrest's head. It struck him full on
0 right side, knocking him down and off
e track. just as the train rushed by. I
ought he was struck by the train, which
opped about a hundred yards below
here Forrest stood at the time when lie
as struck by the billet of wood. The late
oses 1-. Grinnell, who had witnessed a
urt of the above scene from the rear car,
as one of the lhfe to jump off. We all
cpected to find Forrest's mangled body on
ic track where lie was struck by the billet
wood. Instead, the great tragedian waA
Uting with his back against a telegraph
)le, cooly tugging away at a damaged
>ot."I
"Are you hurt much, Ned I" Mr. Grin
11 anxiously inquired.
"Not as muchi as this boot is," he ans
cred, with an effort at a smile.
"The cow-catcher had torn the sole off
s boot and Injured his foot slightly.
"What were you doing on the track, and
ich a distance from the depot?"
"I became impatient over the train's do
y," lie replied, "and thought of saunter
g down the track. It is bettor walking
the track than the side road. My lin
itience made me nervous, and I thought
work it; off by "walking. I fell into (loop
ought, and unconsciously walked along.
ad I been left alone I would have walked
to the city. 1 did not hear any signals,
>r know of my danger until I found my
if rolling on the ground. I could not con
n1en 1 found that Forrest was not serious
injured I again shouted, "All aboard,"
id the train started on its way to the city.
fter reaching the depot, Forrest found out
ill, the engineer, and thanked him kindly
>r saving his life. Ile remembered Bill
ibstantially afterward. Bill and I. saw
orrest in the theater that night. ,Ile was
)plauid after every act, and we were among
iose who applauded the loudest.
"I On'y Tuk Folvo Clts Worth."
"Mary A. Cialley."
She danced merrily up to the bench
r the 'olice Court and exclaimed :
"I'm here, Yer Honor, but It's no
tilt o' moine that I am.''
"You seem to be remarkably bright
nd lively this morning, Mrs. Clak
"I kem of a folne, loively family
'or Worship."
"Indeed ? But how Caine you to lie
own on the street last.nigh t to slee p ?"
"I was jusr, a little bit toired, Judge,
arlrin', an' I sat down to eat a litt,le
read an' milk.''
"Oh, now we'll be able to get at the
aot of the trouble. The bread aiid
dlik made you tipsy?"
"Oh, no, Yer Wurshily, but I had
"I thought so."
"Yls sor. Sure in this warrum
reather a woman needs a wee dhrap,
n' I jlsth axed the man for foivo cints
rorth o' beer afore I dhrank the brea.d
n' ndlk, but faix It must have been a
uart phin it affected me so."
"I guess we'll have to try you on the
reati and water plan. How will that
0?"
"Och, Judlge, dlear, wumd ye murther
dacint woman in couldl blood ?"
"What is your business ?"
"I'm a ,cook, sor, an' as good a wan
5 iver-'
"Well, they want a good cook on the
sland."
"hBut I ain't sarchin' for a place."
"Ten day13s, Mary."
"An' is it tin days on .wather an'
n--"
"On regular rare."
"Thiaink Yer Honor," and she skipped
way, h umming joyously until she set
led dlown behind her f avorite post in
lie ten-day house.
A Comely Brvunette.
She wvas a comely squaw, and had
ourchased the gaudiest pair of stock
ngs to be found in the town. Her taste
vas guidled by the same idea as the
mutcher boy, wh'o was satisfied to have
its eart painted any colo'r "so long as
v was red," and her selection fell to
hat hue. Striding out of the store.
he monopolized the sidewalk as a
iressing room, and aeon had the hosl
try filled with solid flesh. Her feet
were encased in.a p)air of' daiuty No. 7
mowhildes, and, as the fashion -reporter
me it, the general touC ensemble'was
'avishing. The moat ludicrous part
>f the performande was to watch her
trossing and recrossing the .etieet, in
variably taking in a mud.hole. in the
iay and when she reaphied itshe naade a
lisply that would have jgh;od the ~tt
f St. Anthonmy' had he run to b~i
valk full of lotangers ittaIu I
diem. w(th qqte sa
ravetit on her i11e ststei~
A Lone Widow.
"Is this a lone widow with seven clil
dren to support?" asked his Ilonor as
Sarah M'Farlan smoothed down her calico
apron before the desk.
"Not quite, sir; I'm a poor lone chai
beriaid on a ste"uboat and I got left," she
replied.
"Did the boat icave you, or you leave the
boat ?"
"It was sort o' both ways, sir. You see,
sir, the boat she caie to the dock last even
ing and I wanted to conime up town and see
my sister."
"I see nothing wrong in wanting to see
your sister."
"And my sister was glad to see mc, sir,
and she had a new tea-pot and I drank some
cold tea out of the spout."
"That was well. 1 had rather drink
cold tea that way than out of a silver gob
let. I regret nothing more than that times
have so changed that it is no longer fash
ionable to drink water from the old fashion
ed (in dippers."
"Yes, sir, so do I, and then I started for
the boat."
"Yes, go on.
"But 1 got dizzy, sir, and I guess I was
sitting down on the walk when one of these
gentlemen said it was too bad, and he
brought me here till my head got easy."
"Just so. And the boat was gone ?"
"I think so, sir. Some boats wait for
their dizzy clambermaids and some don't?"
'Cold ten, el ? Well, people getting in
toxicated on cold tea must face the music
just the same as if it was on whiskey. It
took four men to bring your body in here,
and you woke up only about daybreak this
morning."
"Yes, sir, and I shall let all kinds of tea
alone after this, now that I know how they
affect Inc."
"I was thinking of fining you flve dol
lars," observed the court as lie scratched
his head.
"And I was thinking that I could take
the train to Saginaw and catch the boat,
and you'll never see me again--never I
never I never I" she replied.
Iils Honor looked straight at Bijal.
Had the old man said wlt lie was aching
to lie would have been suspended from duty
and pay for thirty days. The danger
passed over, and the dizzy chambermaid
took a rapid gallop for the depot to catch
the train.
Not Too Brave.
Many Frenchmen, it must be said
and many foreigners, too-who live in
Paris are far from conceding to M. de
Cassagnac, the chivalrous character
which is so generally attributed to him.
Ie is not always the brave man, the
beau gareon, the cavalier sans peur et sans
reproach. There are many stories cir
culating of times and occasions when
his heart has failed him, of men
nerves and skill hedared not encounter
all which are more or less apocryphal.
It Is said he is generally careful and
quick to give the offeuse that he may
choose his weapons. le is a superb
swordsman. But le has fought duels
with pistols. Yes, but at (istances
which would be called absturd arud cow
ardly in America. It Is related that
while taking his coffee one evening at
the ca.fe Holder on the Boulevard
Italienis, a French ollcer who had
great. reputation for courage, strength
and skill in the sword exercise, passed
along and deliberately stirred M. de
Cassagnac's cup with the point of his
walking stick. The latter quietly took
the insult, said nothing, and with great
nonchalance emptied the dregs on the
floor and called a garcon for a new sup
ply. No duel followved. It is said
again there is one man in Paris of
whom Cassagnac has a most careful
consideration. He is a young doctor
of medicine, a rising politician, an ox-s
treme radical, an ambitions fellow who
sp)ent some time in America, mnarried
a rich wvife there, and now lives in a
modest sort of style in the Mon tmnarte
dIstrict of Paris, from which lhe is re
turned by the p)opulace to the Chamber
of Deputies. Hie is a man of excellent
parts, cool-headed, pale and thin faced,
cold eyedl, and a most remarkable left
handed swordsman. His name is Clem
enuceau. You may have noticed his
name Irequently of late in the proceed
ings of the French Congress. As a
leadeor of the extreme Left it is not at.
all improbable that seome day day soon
ho may find himself pitted against M.
do Cassagnac, of the extreme right
Some say lie is slightly importunate for
such a confiet. The same unreliable
authority credits M. do Cassagnac with
a strong desire to avoid sany such anm
extremity.________
Small Expectations.
A foreign Minister hero who represents
well, say Patagonla--was called upon not
long since by the guardian of an orphan
lady to whom an attache of the Patagonian
legation had offered his hand, his heart
and his fortune. The guardian had evi
dently heard some stories reflecting upon
the young diplomat, and lhe questioned his
superior officer concerning im, beginning
with his reputation for temperance.
"Yes," replied the Minister--from Pata
gonia, be it understood-"he is temper'ate.
'le does not drink much. Heq cannot
drink much, receiving as lie does only $40
a month salary."
"it has been intimated to me that he
gambles," suggested the guardian.
"Yes," answered the Minister-froni
Patagonia--"all young men play a little.
But he does not p lay much. How can he,
when his salary is only $40 a month I"
The guardian, not at all gatis4e4 with
these responses, ventured to ask a thir<l
question about the young 'attaQhe a mforal
character.
"Ah I" replied the Minister--froni P'ata
fonia-.-.")t isexellent. How, sir, oik
m o,thi 9le b,as not & egn) to squainde I
plii
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
A man used to violsitudes Is not
easily dejected.
What cannot be repaired Is not to be
regretted.
Example is always more efficacious
than precept.
Few things are impossible to dili
gence and skill.
Earnestness of purpose can spring
only from strong convictions.
What's done we partially may com
pute; but know not what's resisted.
Let prayer be the key of the morning
and the bolt of the eveni:g.
The tear of sensibility is the most
honorable characteristic of huianity.
Exhaust every expedient and then it
will be time to talk of impossibilities.
Human life Is everywhere a state in
which much is to be endured, and lit
tie to be enjoyed.
I shall long to see the miseries of the
world, sin,ce the sight of them is nec
ossary to happiness.
The more quietly and peaceably we
get, on, the better lor ourselves and our
neighbors.
Men resemble their God in nothing
so much as when doing good to their
fellow creatures.
Knowledge will always predominate
over ignorance, as man governs the
other aninmals.
Man believes that to be a lie which
contradicts tle testimony of his own
ignornuce.
People are sooner reclaimed by the
sidewind of surprise than by a down
righ t admonition.
Aflection endeavors to correct natu
ral defects, and has the misfortune of
always missing it.
What you keep to you, you may
change and mend; but words once
spoken can never be recalled.
The excesses of youth are drafts up.
on old ago-payable with interest,
about thirty years after death.
Deeds always overbalance, and down
right practice speaks more plainly than
the fairest professiot.
Uood counsels observed are chalis of
grace, which, neglected, prove haltars
to strangle undutiful children.
Hearts are flowets; they remalu open
to tie soft-falling dew, but shut up in
the violent down-pour of rain.
"Do come and see usV" sound- very
well; hiir how mtulch heart is there In
it in many cases?
Those who have little are always
ready to strike an average with those
Who have much.
The flower which we do not pluok is
the only one which never loses its
beauty or it4 fragrance.
Scholars are closn awl frno-al nf.thllr
for ornament, if they will notserve for
use.
Every man i8 a miserable sinner in
church, but out of church it is unsafo
to say much about it-except to a small
111011.
What men term friendship is merely
a partnership of reolprocal interests
and an exchange of favors-in fact, it
is but a trade in which self-love always
expects to gatin something.
flow beautiful is youth; a little
moonslne, a few musical water drops,
the strain of a song, and the young
hearts experience poetry as It never
could be Intrusted to paper.
However wicked men may be, they
do not dare to apuear openly the ene
ies of virtue, and when they desire
to persecute her, either pretend to be
lieve her false or attribute crimes to
her. -
T'here is a burden of care in getting
riches, fear in keeping, temptatIon ini
using them, guilt in abusing them,
sorrow In losing them, an'I a bdtirden of
account at last to be given tip concern,
lug them.
Let no man thInk lightly of evil, say'
ing in his heart, it will not come nigh
me. Let no man think lightly of good,
rnyin g in his heart, it will not benefit
me. Even by tihe falling of water
drops a water-pot is filled.
Many a true heart that would have
come back like the dove to the ark,
after the first transgression, has been
frIghtened beyond recall by the angry
look and menancing taunt-the savago
charity of an unforgiving soul.
You, willl confer the greatest benefits
on your city, not by r sing its roofs,
but by exalting its soull. For it Is bet
ter that great souls should live in
small habitattons than that abject slayes
should burrow in great houses.
It Is a fatal mIstake to suppose there
camn be no aposta'ey from Christ, where
we are not absolutely calle. .upon to
'renv is n"mn. or to buln ineense toe
an idol. We deny our Lord whenever,
aiketimat 1Lemas, we, througgr love of2
thisp present world, forsake the: coutrse
of d uty, which Christ. ha plainly
pointed out to us. We deniy4ur Lord
wvhenever we lend the sanctionz of our.
countenance, our praise, or Our sienne
to measures or opinions which may be
popular and fashionable, but which we
ourselves believe to be sinful in .theme
selves or tending to sin. We deny
ouar Lord whenever We:.forsake a good
mant in affiotlon and refus&t to give
countenance, encouragemenit and sup
pot t to those who, for 0od'S- sake and
for the faithiful discharge of their duty,
are exposed to persecution anid slander.
It Is not enomtgh to b6 'dea4 unto the
world. it Is not enough to be a corpse.
You mtust be a ne y creation 1 Christ,
Alive to evetr goiwork $oetlmes
indolence is si shued f6i evto
and the poor viOti is~ perseaO tled
ittactivity is the highest;gpade.
sing, "I a'n yesting bord,-t te,
whedi the Matr.Is eryin l th4Il
'Go Wor to-day in
They sing 'GIold the for
opmmmad tle 'to 9gu n 6
the land" AqlvIt .
out of rebehllo ahd
Into the sklii
hbinae selftito i