The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, September 11, 1879, Image 1
*1ll-EEKL EDITIONWINNSBORO, S. C., SEITEMLR II, 1879.
The fairest action of our human life,
Is scorn ng to revenge an injury
For who forgives without a further strife.
His adversary's heart doth to him tie
And 'tis a firmer conquest truly said,
To win the heart, than overthrow the head.
If we a worthy enemy do find
To yield to worth, it must be nobly dono
But if of baser metal be his mind.
In base revenge there is no honor won.
Who would a worthless courage overthrow,
And who would wrestle with a worth oas foo?
We say our heart. are groat, and cannot yield;
llocauso they cannot yield, it proves thom
poor :
(lreat.hoarls are lashed beyond their power
but sold ;
The weakest lion will the loudest roar.
Truth's school for certain doth this same allow,
High heartodnoss doth sometime teach to bow.
A nobler heart doth teach a virtuois scorn;
T.) scorn to owe a duty over long
To scorn to be for bonofits forborne
To scorn to lie ; to scorn to do a wrong
To scorn to bear an injury in mind
To scorn a froo born heart, slave like to bind.
But if for wrongs we needs rodress must h'tve.
Then be our vengeance of the noblest hnd;
1)o we his body from our vengeance save,
A""d let our hato prevail against his mind.
What can 'gainst him a greater vengeanco he
Than make his foe more worthy far than hoe
Her Love or her Life:
The road that led from the smatll railway
station to the businegs part of the pleasant,
town wouid for nearly a mille along the
banks of a picturesque streaml, across a
voden bridge, and up 'a broad avenue
flanked by handsome villas.
.l ust.across that bridge, at the close of a
dark, sunless day, I stopped before the tall
gate of a plain black iron fence, and scruti
nized interestedly the grounds and house
within the rather. grim enclosure. 'The
place attracted me irress'ably,although the
uilding was decidedly not a miracle of
are.hiteetural art, nor were the great shiver
ing pines behind it suggestive of anylking
particularly cheery. The low polygonal
structure was of brick, red :is jasper, heavy
crimlson curtans shaded the (intaint win
(lows, and the only door visible was broad
and solid, and panelect in curiously carved
oak, black with age. Weeping willows
and mountain ashes bordered tile wide gras
sy walk, and the scentt of hidden violets
filled the air.
Back under the pines I saw a tall, me
lancholy figure moving to and fro, his dark,
handsome head bowed, and his white,
shalpely hands looked behind him. 'I'll
clash of the iron latch startic(j,,him; he
looked up, smiled, and ti. once.)lurried to
wards me.
"You have come," he of ervod laconi
cally, but affably. "How do ydu like the
place?"
"I can scarcely decide that as yet," I re
t.urned smiling at his eagerness; "hut it
looks to me something like the nest. of a
wild bird who by mnistake'builded in a
garden of roses. It. Is very tihlike the gay,
modern mansion on the other side of the
avenue."
"I hope you do not, regret having
bought it, Philip ?" he commenced un
easily.
"Not at all, Horace," I assured him
pronptly ; 'my business keeps me In this
town at least seven months of each year,
and I.am heartily tired of the noQisy hotel
over yonder. I like the quiet of a ret.ircd
home, and I shall employ a housekeeper
and make a bachelor Paradise of the houise
you are leaving."
"'I have somec fine old wine you must
taste before youl go," lie remarked as, after
conductiing 1me thlrouigh the open dooer and
sp)aciouis hall, lie led mec Into a large, dhm
room.
"Thanks for the wine, if it, will 11elp ex
pedite our slight task of busIness," I said
lightly ; "I must catch the next train, you
know."
lie acknowledged miy hint withI a smile,
alnd left 11e alone.
I draw back the crimson curtaIns of a
broad wvest. wlndowv, and gazed( curiously
about the apartment. The ceiling was de
icatcly frescoed, and the walls exqul
stely painted in seine pale-pink tint. The
scatedorwthdainty red rsebuds. A
tabl ofroseoodandmarble stoodl in thle
centre of the room, and .as T aat down be
sideit golen eam romthe setting siun
flashed through the pre utiso h
window and lighted a large pictuire on the
wall before me. It was the life-sIze paint
lng of a woman-a young creature whose
for'm was all queenliness and grace, whose
yellow hair was woumnd In; great snaky coils
about a haughty but: :aust lovely hlead,
whose laughing, imocking lips were as red
as rubles, whose akin -was as daintly white
as the leaf of a lily, whose eyes and brows
and1( lashles were dark as night. She wc)re
501me 01(1 Venetian costume of purple vel
vet, draped witih cloudly lace and sownl
with moony Yearh. . With a .shudder I
tuirnedl away from that ictured vlslon of
wickedl, smiling beauty.
"it Is the Portrait of Horace Chichester's
renegade wife," 1 thought.
I knew very little about the domllestie
sorrow of my friend. I knew that lie had
married one whom lhe had loved passionate
ly, that she had ;doserted him, and his
trouble had inade hi a misanthrope and1 a
wand1er,er; but Ijnmg hcth.ihg more. Al
though we hiad leen; Qoilfdehtiai associates
in our coliege days,. we hiad boen for sever
al years* almost strangdts1alfd ne I -did
not care to qluestion lIi$m of a dreui le that
he evidently did not.wl*h g dIiiise. But
I had no kindness or m6roy fot' th e ilfe
who, I believed, had mad6 him the wook
lie had become, and whoen I had never
acen, .
MTtat day hie spoket le~o hier1V th.
first time. We had llnished our business
and our wine, and lie had accompanied me
to the gate through the gathering dusk of
the Spring evening.
"I shall travel," he said. "I Intend to
find my wife wherever she has lidden
from me1. I sinned to win her, and if I
cannot have her love I shall have her
life.'"
I could not bear to look upon his agon
ized countenance expressive of misery akin
to madness, and as I turned my eyes away,
a line of cabs came rattling down the slope.
From the window of one nearest., it beautiful
young face shown for a moment like a star
thronith the twilight. I saw the janlty
hat with its sweeping white feather, the
dazzling hlue eyes, and then the cab rolled
On.
''A traveling operatic troupe,"explained
my companion, observing, but not. rightly
understanding my evident sudden interest.
"It Is hilled for a concert at the Academy
to-night.
"And I have lost my traint and must.
wait for the next," I answered rather ir
ritably. "G(ood night., Chiehester. 1 shall
take the weird old road around the cemne
try to the station. It will be a glorious
walk in this unl)expe+ted loonlight."
The full, unclouded moon was rising as
I loitered on, now around a curve where
the stream widened like a sheet, of silver,
and now under a dim arch of budding trees
that shook their scented dews upon me as I
passed.
As I reached the bridge, a tall, slender
wolan. wrlpped in a black cloak, hurried
out of the avenute As she saw mle, she
littered a sharp, startled cry, and shrank as
if in fright. At the sam2e mlolenlt her hood
fell back, and In the splendor of the moon
light I aw the white face of 'the stranger,
who had passed me anl hour before. She
was trembling nervously, and sceeed so
helpless and bewildered, that I stopped in
stantly.
"1 1111 sorry I start.led you," I apologize:!
kindly: and then noting her doubt ful, crit
ieal glance, I supplcmented: ''Or perhaps
you have lost your way?"
"Not at all," she disavowed quickly; "I
1111 going to the station. WVhen I saw you
I thought-"
5he paused, glanced blackwatd appre
hensively and shuddered.
"('an I help you lin any way?" I asked,
puzzled.
1I think not." She smiled as if my
voice had calmed her, "I only wish ocatch
the traill, that I may meet the New York
express at the inext station."
"Are you not afraid of the long walk
along the river?" I inquired wonderingly..
"Yes," she answered, frankly, "'I aml.
But nevertheless I must go. I was to sing
in t.he concert to-night," she went on hur
riedly ; "but there are reasons, imperative
reasons, why I must go to New York at
once. The manager was angry---quite
furious, ndeed--so, to avoid a scene, I
quiet.ly ran away."
She said Ihis with such charming nctivec
that I laughed, and that laugh made uts
friends then and there. She seemed inno
cently pleased when I informed her that I,
too, was on my way to New York, and
should be glad to care for her comfort onl
the journey. But not until we were whirl
ing away through the moonlight on the
idi(lght express did the shadows vanish
altogether from huer most. heauteous face.
But thlat wild rush through thle delIclAns
air seemled1 t.o inspire her, and often she
wou01ld laugh like a happy child. I parted
from her at last at the house of an elderly
lady with whom she residled when not
traveling.
'"You have been very good to0 rie," she
said, as I was leaving lher.
"Have I commended myself to your
friendshilp ?" I queried.
Herm answer was satisfact.ory, andl for
weeks I saw her every (lay. I knew she
loved me, and I knew, too, that I had loved
her from the first. But atlwiays when I
spoke of marriage she seemed troubled and1(
tundecided.
''We are just as 'happy now as5 we cani hbe,
Phillip," site would say sweetly.
"No, we are not, Edith," I would pro
test ; I want, you for my wife, and1( 1 mean
to have you."
But at lengthl she yielded, and wve were
qulietly married. I was very proud of my
wife--proud of the admiration that followed
her everywhere-of the honor andl rever
ence she won frem all who knew her. She
was a heing madle for love and( for a husband
to adore. No ignolhe human paissioni Or
emotioni ever dist,uurbed her' sweet soul;
alnger ando hate and( all p)etty feelings were
thIngs her nlatuire could niot know.
After' three months of content and happi
ness, 1 took Edith to my hiomie, in thle town
wvhere I first. met her'. It was early In May.
ThIe scent of wild violets was in the an', the
trees were buddl(ing aund the grassy lills
wore golden withl dandelions. My grim old1
hlouse, set among itsi pines andt weepilng
wdllows pleased her.
"I shall have that picture taken dowvn,"
I said to her one day. "I cannot bear to
have ev'en the portrait of poor Chiehester's
wicked wife in the- same house with you,
Edith."
"Ohnchester lI' she repeatedl, her blue
eyes fixcd on my face with a look 1 could
not understand.
"Yes, dear," I resumed. "Ilorace fitted
up tIs place for that woman before she do
sortedl him and ruhtmed him--body, brain
amnd soul, I fear."
"But that is not the picture of thle girl
who was his bride, but never his wife,"
averred EdIth, wh1o had grown stratigely
pale.
I looksed at; her in itte wonde.'
"I know the whole sad, shameful story,"
pursued mny wife steadily. "Hforace Chich
stor' donceiyed a mad passion for a gal1 whoa
had not. the slightest feeling of friendship
for him. lHe came to her one night with a
pitiful, false tale of her father's dishonor. i
'Marry me now, this hour, and I shall save a
your parent from a felon's fate. Refuse
me, and he will be in prison before another I
day,' said her cruel suitor. Site was scarce- y
ly more than a child, and she believed him, y
and in her terror consented. An hour after I
her marriage her father was brought, home
dying, and his last words were a protest a
against Horace Chichester's diagraceful act r
and unwarrantable accusation. She be- It
lieved her vows to be no longer binding, a
and refused to see or speak to her husband
over again. Though he never held her i
lis arms or kissed her lips, though she has
steadfastly resisted his claims, he has pur
sued and hunted her to-- " 1
"'l'o death I'' thudered an awful voice b
at the open door. t
For one moment I stood motionless he
fore that. savage apparition, and then I I
Hung my arms around my poor Edith' b
Hut I was too late. There was a sharp re- i
port, a smoking pistol was dashed down at i
my feet, and, with a wild shriek, the crazed
Chichester rushed out of the house, through
the lmioaning piies, on towards the river.
Edit Ii locked her sweet ara; around my i1
neck. t
"lie has killed me. Philip,'' she sighed c
faintly, and with her lips against my cheek n
she died. at
''hat was the end. Aly love-life was i
over forever. a
I understood now why my poor girl had
so abruptly left the operatic troupe that '
night I first saw her-she had seen Chich
ester as she drove past the gale where we C
were standing together, and it was from Li
him she was fleeing. The picture in the cc
dii old parlor was an ideal piece, and was
in the house when he bought it.
Chichester's body was found in a shallowf
of the stream, with the white water-lillies Ia
drifting over his upturned face. hi
It was -well for me that he was found
thus, for I know not what rash thinkr I h
might have done in the first agonies of my p
grief, with poor Edith's young life calling
upon my love for vengeance.
Ieild This, Girls, tI
Learn to darn stockings neatly, and
then always see that your own are in
order. Ik not let a button be ofY your I
shoes a minute longer than needful. 0
It takes just alout a minute to sew one hi
on, and oh, how much better a foot If
looks in a trimly button boot than It ti
does in a lopsided affair with all the "
buttons oft. Every girl should learn to a
make simple articles of clothing. "
We know a little Miss of seven who
could do all this, and who also made
the whole of a blue calico dress for her
self, and pieced a large bed quilt. She
was not an over-taxed child, either, h
but a merry, romping, indulged, only
daughter. But she was "smart," and at
she did not (lie young, either. Indeed. as
we have selton known children "too
smart to live." Very few die of that t<
complaint, whatever their grandmoth
era may think. So never be afraid a v
bit of' overdoing the business. help at
all you can and study over the business 'e
daily. Once get into the habit of look
ing.over your things, and you will like
it wonderfully. You will have the in- b'
(dependent feeling that you neced not
wait foir any one's convenience In re
p)alring and making, but that youl can
be beforehand with all such matters. a
'lThe relief to your weary mother wvill a
be more than you can ever estimate. h
St.ron 4 Tea
Sil
General John Bleatty, on one occasion g
whe~n on a long march regaled himself
wlth,what he supposed to be tea, buta
was in reality, tobacco juice, and had t
been concocted from a paper of chew-d
ing tobacco which the General had
handed to the servant by nisatake. The
General thought once or twice that the
"tea" seemed slightly lipregnated
with flavor of toLacco, but attributed
It to the fact that ho had been smokinga
more than uisual for some tinme before, b
and that the tobacco taste was there
foire not in the liquid but in his mouth. h1
When tihe General returned from his t<
mot-ch, he happened to mention to lia
servant that the tea tasted like tobacco u
Juice, and was astounded at r'eceivingr ,
the reply, "It is terbacker juice, siri" e
"'Why, yout must be an Infernal fool' ii
John," said the somewhat horrinled t
General, "to give me tobacco Juice to
drink I'" "Can't help that, sir; you g,
gave me paper o' terbacker and tole me t
to make tea of it. Did jest tas you tle
me sir." The reasoning was conelu- b
sivo, and the General was obliged to t
content himself with pom'ing the rest,
of' the '(ea" out of his canteen.
Something That?s FooIuh,
Tlo think the moure a man eats the fat
ter and stronger he becomes.
To conclude that If exercise is good, ti
the more violent it is, thie more good b~
is done.
To imagine that 'every hour taken l3
from sleep is an hour gained,
TLo act on the presuimption that tIhe s4
smallest room in the house is large 14
enough to 5sleep in.k
Tro argue that whatever remedy al
causes one to feel Immediately better,Is K
good for the system, withotut regard to a
ulterior effects.
To eat without an appetite, or to con- "M
tin ue to eat after it has been satisfied, y.
merely to gratify the taste. -h
To oat a hearty supper for the plees- ki
ure experienced during the brief timo~ f4
1$ is passing down the throa$, at the Q
expetlse of a whole night of disturbed i
sleep, and a weary,waking Iia the mori.
What lim Wife Wanted. I,
At the farmhouse gate the other t
iorning, Mrs. Whitehall said to Joseph i1
s he was ready to drive Into town: a
"Remnember,. now, wfhat I told you. 11
want a spoo1 of thread, No. 00, ten
ards of calico with a dot in it, and a p
ard and a half of;Ibrown drilling to t
no the waist." \
.losph drove int he city as straight P
s a bee line and a tappy as an old gi- t
til'e when the olrae14. Is out. lie sold I
Is butter and eggI Nvas on his way to
dry goods store ben.Phe met a man d
rho once came vet 'near marrying his t"
Ister. This wds I' son enough why o
icy should drhail bther, and they It
rank. When a in meets a fellow who a
light have been h it ier-in-law if a s
tule haun't kie gt.he prospective
ride aross the d river, he can't. .
ilwlvhen to stop inking. Farmer fi
Vhitehall couldn'ts tnenber whether
e imbibed seven o 'evenf.een glasses,
ut the result was same. When he
nally got ready t o his trading lie
ittered a store and aid: 'I
"hiir, I want sI cty spools of dots e
'iz a waist in 'cm I ni
That was as plai li he could make it o
I any of the half ( Zen stores lie en- a
ared, and by and ie suddenly dis- ei
,vered that lie n n't In the right d4
iood for trading. e foind another ti
tioon and more be , and It was even- t<
tg when he enter a .ieotelry store ti
ad said :
"Shir, I want a y rdatiiia"lalf of dots ti
Iz shixtv in 'em !'. -
lie was turned oit, and late in the ec
vening lie fell dows on the street, too a#
red to go further. ; As the ofilcer rais- fI
1 hin upl he mnurmbred: 01
"Slir, I want ton'yard di'illin' to line w
r shpool thread wiz.'' ' Ii
Ile wis quite sober when walked out i
>r trial, and, moreover, a little anx- a
ms to know what had become of all al
is.vest buttons and one coat-tail. A
")o you feel better?" kindly asked k
is honor, as Ie looked down at the a
risoner.
"No, sir-I feel worse," was the an
ver.
"Nice time you had rolling round In y
ie street ]ast night."
"Squar' '' began the man, as Lo faced t<
ound, "this Is the lust time I ever S
ade a fool o' myself with both eyes b
)il! I've got 'leven dollars down
are in my vest, and you kin take It all
you'll let me go. I'll bet a cuennter
to ole woman didn't sleep a wink last b
ight, and shu'll putpt)e o' the boys on Ii
hoss and send hin up the road after
e this mnornin."
"Then you plead guilty ?"
"I do. I'm.,guilty, and em idiot to ea
)ot 1" t
"'D)o yo'u want dust right out for \
3me ?"
\1'
"Do 1? Why I can't hardly stand I
ill. I want to meet, the boy as fur out
i I kin, and I'll tell him I got u psot." al
"Can you remlemiber what your wife al
Id you to get?"
"1 kin. She wanted sixty yards of
aist lining, a yard and a half of dots, al
id ten spools of calico, and I'll get a,
in as I go out." 17
Well, you may go." itt
''Thankee I Whar's my hat-good- ai
ve."
Womannm Esoapeo fromn Wolves.
In the year 1849 (lied ini the town of al
reene, Me., an old man uiied Thomn- hi
m, who had a thrilling wolf story of fr
is own to tell, though the experience vi
as too early for his memory, lie being 01
the time a baby in arms. Alr. George h
,Verney relates the adventure in the
ewistOwvn .Journal. Mu's. TlhOmias wvas at
fisherman's wIfe w~ho Ii ve< ini the TI
>wni of Bruniswick, M~e., wvhere Bow- vt
>1n College now stands. A t one time ii
at
mid( not COmeC home, she start.ed oii
'ot to Hlarpswell. a distance of ten
iles, to see him, carrying her young- qi
t child In her arms. Returning with -
load of fish on her.back as well as the fc
irden of her babe, she heard a wvolf ,
)wi in the fom est, and teror quickenedli
3r pace, although she was already fain
sink with fatigume'
She was midwvay of the flyve miles of bI
ibrokon woods witen the howl of the as
olf again smot,e her ear, and this time I
her voices, one after another, joined P~
'lThe pack had gathered on her
all!I
She must climb a tree, one would w
,y'; but she d'd net. She (did not even a
irow away hpr fish, er
Thei wolves gainedl uponi her moment at
f moment, the great gray 'voives of "
1e North, that stand as high as a man c
iien they rear. It was a mile and ag
rif to the nearest house when she first tI
mighit a glimpse of tihe appi'oach of thme s
3mons . ft
She had for time last t wo miles walk- at
I at her utinost speed: It was now
me to ruin. Yet st,ill held( firmnly her U
tl>e and her fish. it
A qularter of a mile more, and swift
as sho-had passed it, the wolves
ore wvithina a few yards. $he could
e their white teeth and hear their d
boring breath above her own. She M
osened and threw down.a single fish, al
id ran. Th'le Pack discovered rare am
mie, and fought together for its pes- n
ssion, 1b
By7 the time it was eunten the brave si
oman had gota qilarter ofda mile in ad-. m
lnee; -but the pack were soon at her ta
sols again. A nothiertlfih heoked them ti
md their snarls and yelsas they again a~
mught eadh other for a bite 4f the say- i
r'y freh.h codfish, hur ried ,the labor- ~
us flight of the weary we nml
Ifel'bdAaenmyedh h.?y tb aktng It
ikd received fromi til aid nace at hi
iigth cried lustily, calling the wolv
> renewed pursuit. III Valin the po
tother tried to soothe her Infant, b
nothter tlsh was followed by a fre;
ight and precious delay of the pal
Again and again the action was r
eated, tuntil at length the barking
v hunge dogs alarmed the wolvt
'hile the almost exhaust ed mot her ra
ast the friendly brutes to the door
to farmhouse, thrown open to receh
er*.
The great (logs are traineod to the
uty, and no sooner was the fugitive
to house tlat they also retired in got
r<ler to the same safe st.ronghold, lea
ig the foiled wolves to rage outsid
nd tall before the gun1s that we]
)eedily brought to bear utpon them.
The weary mother found safety an
3st, but whether she saved any of he
shi tradition does not relate.
Tito Locuiot.
The Hebrews had several sorts
>custs which are not known to it
lie old historlats a(d modern tral
ers remark that locusts are very i
eirous inl Africa, and In mnany plae
I' Asia-that sometimes they fall 111
cloud tlpuan the country, aand eat It
mery thing they meet with. Mos
escrihes four sorts of locnsts. Sinm
iore was a prohibition against usin
vlusts, it is not to be qiest,oned th;
lese insects were commonly eaten I
atlestlane and the neighboring conI
es. I)r. Shaw, N lebuhr, Russell an
any other travelers In tile ealstel'
unitries, represent their taste a
;rceable, and inform i1s that. they al
eeluently used for food. Dr. Sha
serves that when they are sprinkie
ith salt, and fried, they are not ur
ke, in taste, to our fresh-wat,er era,
3h. Russell says the Arabs salt thet
id eat them as a delicacy. Niebul
so says that they ire gathered by ti
rabs iii great abundance, dried, an
apt.for winter provisions. The ra
es of the migratory locust have bee
,:partiel r tttes, so extensive as 1
y waste the vegetation of whole di
icts, and even kingdoms. In tI
mar 593 of the Christlian era, these ht
cts appeared in such vast numbers r
cause a famine in many countri
fria atnd Mesopotamia were overru
r them in 537. In 852 immen:i
varms took their flight from the ca18
'n regions into the west, ard destroy
I all vegetables not evenI sparing th
trk of the trees nor the thatch
o>uses, after deovouring the orops c
>rn, grass, &c. Their daily marche
ere observed to be about twenty mhlt
Leh ; and it is said that their progret
as directed with so much order thr
lore were regular leaders among thei
ho flew first and settled on the sp<
Ill was to be visited at the san
>ur next day by the whole leglon
heIr 11marches worn al ways i dertake
sunrise. in 11-11, incredible hos
iicted Poland, Wlallachia, and all tI
hjoining territories, darkening til
in with their nuImbers, and ravaglin
1 the fruits of tie earth. 'he yeai
47 and 1748, alforded a mi emorab.
stance of tle ravages of these Insect
Germany and other parts of' Europ
far north as England.
A12t,werp from a Chaurch~ Spire.
After wvandelring th1rough1 the cathledr'
d( its chapels we scended the spire1
veC a yiew of the city. Five hiundredl as
uirteen stone steps) load to the top), anid tl
ow repays tile clim2binig. You look dow
I the narrow windh112g streets and ti
412ses with their smalh 00ourts, tile p)eOp
nak like children. the parks and gardei
retch out as8 far as you canl see to the bht
a-like hlorizonl of Flanders and Hlollan<o
lie Scelodt looks yellow and silent, Li:
seels aleep 0on Its breast, the sires <
e churches rihse up below you, the ol
,uses8 by tihe (quay lean downi to theo wta
id the guide shows tile house8 of Chiar
e F"ifth, the 01(d Spanish 1101180 anId U:
wer necar the watier of the (lays of tile Ii
diaitioni-and1 n10 one knows how (11( it
-and( the bells and2( cihhnes are all1 ringia
r the Fete Dieu1, and1( youh go dlown to 11hi
0ecrowdos ill holiday attire, pou1rin1g froi
mee8 and church. TIhe houses are 11un2
Ith garlands of paper roses 11nd( lighte
ndies and imallges of the Madonna ani
inuts. Oldl women withl long cloaks an
oad flapping lace caps counit theIr beat
they standl( waiting withI candles in the
mda(1, and1( through the stree0ts 'where tIl
o0nessionl passes0 thley are sprinkling wihi
n1d, and1( over thatt daltSies and1( green leave
ie crowds 1line the narrowv siodewalks, tl:
slice clear the streets, not a horse <
1lgon to be 80021, and1( amIid( the ehhining<
thousand 1)0lls the procession1 leaves LI:
thedral and2( colles slowly dlownl tl~
reets. A band plays a solemn gran
arch, a ehorus of niale voices foliow, the
>me thle onicials and1 dignitan~es of thi
by in black suits, bared heads, whil
oves and1( caIrry'ing huge lIghted candles
en the altar boys In scarlet aInd whil
riniging inicenise, ai processionl of piests I
il robes, hearing banners and crucifixo
idl th10n a goldlen canlfopy uphe21ld by fot
'lests and und1(er it the archbishop carryit
e host, chtildrenu dressed In white thro
>wers befere It and the pophle all kneel
passes.
wonderful Tencity of Life,
Thiirty-three years ago, an Egyptis
sert snail was received at the Jirith
uiseumn. The animal was known to 1
lve, as it had withdrawn Into its 81101
id the specimien was accordingly gummeco
outhi downward, on to a tablet, duly la
sled and dated, and left to its fate. 11
iad of starving, this centented gastropc
inply went to sleep, in a quilet way, *at
Iver woke up. again for four years. TI
blot was theni placed in tepid water, ari
e shell loosened, wihien the dormant s
ddenly resuscitated hImself, began wall
g about the basin, and finally eat for hb
rtralt. Now, during thee four 1ear
e snail had never eaten a unionthful 4
y food, yet he was quite as ivella as
)trishing at the end of "the period fts i
id been at Its beginning.
J3cic JakFinehart.
)r Jack t"inehart had a noted name
It in Texas, in A riz-na, in Kansas, in
New Mexico; not a gamb,ler fron'i'ex
as to the Black Hills but respected the
0 name. An expert gambler, an uner
ring shot, unequaled as a companion on
a spree, he was. nevertheless, serupu
Il lously honest, teider-hetrted, sensitive
i and easily provoked to tears, lie had
one love allair, and it was the rinance
in his life. I don't know the history
of it. Nobody does but .Jack, and he
"was not comunicative abcut it. It.
seens that his brother was equally In
' volved about the girl, and, after nuch
bitter feeling and exchanges had been
e indulged inl between thein respecting
the lady, they came to an understand
d. ing thoroughly typical of ti'e hard, un
'tr compromising nature of western qu,i'.
rels The understanding was to the
ef.ect that the in pledged themselves
never again to speak to the girl, the
f penalty for an infraction of this rile
9. being that. one brother should kill the
other. This was the compact. To alny
i- one ftiiiliar with the history of the
-' West there is not,hing straug', utinat
e urial or startling about It. Tie broth.
P era separated, and each went his way.
' This was some years ago. ''his sum
e ier Jack sought, out, his brot.her, atd
g found hiim in Deniver. Hie told hit
t briefly that he had broken his oath,and
It that he wanted the cothpact kept.
- There was nu.thing about Jack's de
d neanor that indicated fear. lie war.
ii tmelancholy -ind quiet. This indeed
Ls was his habitual man ner. lie wits firm
I In hits determination to die by his broth
1 .r's hand. The witness of the coi
d pact was in Denver. lie was found by
Jack, and the fact was narrated to him.
lie offered renmonstrance, of course;
n Jack was as tirm as iron. Hils Influence
r over the wItness, and the desire of the
e latter to see it out and put inl as many
d obstaeles as possible induced him to ao
company his friend. '1'he brother was
n waIting, and tuey walked out on the
0 Platte river bank. It was late in the
;- alternoon. The sun was making count
e less beautiful shapes and colors over
' the niountains. The air was cool and
s dry, and the earth looked very fresh
andl([ green. It was a singularly invit
u Ig aspect, and the world never ap
e peared more tempting as a place of res
idence. '1'he men spoke not a word,,
but strode steadily along, Jack In front.
e The witness was alarmed and horrified.
lie knew not what to do. It was,.Ln.
possible to inlluence those men; but he
could not now back out. They at last
reached a quiet spot in a shady valley.
t The Platte ran beside them, and would
carry the body of Jack along with It in
a ow motnents. They paused. Jack
drew t Derringer and examined It care
fully. Apparently satisfied with his
inspoetlti, he cocked it and handed It
t.o his brother. Then walking a few
c rods he turned a two-thirds profile to
o wiard him, presenting his heart as the
mark to shoot at. There the Texan
g stood, with his arms folded and an Ox
o pression of quiet melaicholy on his
face.
"I ain ready," he said, casting a sin
gle glance at. his brother, with whom
lie had previously shaken hands, and
then tnr'ninig his gaze toward the rivet'.
The brother took (iClbibeate aim, and
pulled the trigger. Tihie catrtIdge did
not, explode. Jack fluing a quick look
Sat it, and1( seeing his brother about to
n try againi, on1cC more gazed at the rivet'.
e After another long ahn11 the brother
e suddenily t.hre'w the pistol into t,he iv
s or andl wheeled a bout. Jack advanc-.d
In anger'.
"You're a pejurer," hie saidl. "'I
Swould have killed you.''
d 'The brother' did not reply, bitt turnt
r 0(1 atnd walked toward home.
'Jack followed with the greaitly re
0lleved wItness. lie did not utter' a
word unztil they p)arted In D)enver. Hie
made repeated efi'orts to induce his
d brot,het' to carr'y OUt tihe cotmpact, aind
ai soeemed more anixIous to (lie the more
h~le rnoected upon01 is escape. lie apj
d pear'ed to court death with moody anx
lety, and1( lonigafter' this affair had eens
a 0(1 to torment lhim, this stranige, res5t
r less desireC to meet death by vIolence
e seemed to haunt him, A t tht ree o'cloek
eon the morning of hIs (death (he ro..
mained upi beeatse lie was fillied with
eh ufoatIng sense that death wvas
,comig), lie wvalked down SIxteenth
e strect witih a frIend, and said :
C "It's contling, comlig, I feel It in the
(i alt'; butt I don't know how, anid I'd
"' lIke to knowv, I've got tihe 'sand' to dlie
a game, and I'll die ini my boots, but I'dl
like to know how it's comting."
, "You ought to go somewhIere,Jaick,"
ni said his fr'iend.
, "TIhere is not a sp)ot in thIs wvestern
r counitry where Jack Finehtart, Is not, in
gdanger," lie replied.
At ten o'clock lie was atteniding to
Ihis duties as yard-master. A switch.
,ongitie was goinig dlown the yard be
[hind a piassenger' tr'aln, ancdJack,knw,
n .lIg the engineer to be a Deonver & Rio
hII Grande man, and being dllstr stiul of
e him, jumped on the step and relalo'tg
wIt,h him. Tihe rloketty engine wvas
'goinig very fast. It wont off the rails
'and fell over, and Yard-master Flne
h iart was crushed to death 'and badly.
m nitilated. The engIneer was also
d killed..
C '. T think that a man who was cover
d ed from head to loot with knife and pis,
ol scars *a man whose d46t1 was manay
ties duo, perhaps, fr6m'ti hands of
Uother, men, should thieef ttat laselby a
; alofagdp. fudera Was a*
f tendel byg1at n an ache
die h A'eme
o fago id sli
Anoatotes of Napoleon.
One (lay the Emperor Vas ilding by
a window,through it he saw a tailor at
work. Being inclined to have some
sport, the Emperor stopped opposite
the window which was open, and cried
out
"What Is your employment, my fine
fellow ?"
"I am a tailor, sir,'' said the man.
The reply waR so appropriate that
the Emperor took the Cross of the Le
glon of Hlonor froa his own breast,and
maie hlint a Topographcal I Enigineer
on the Spot.
In the earlier part of sprilg, Napo
leon was in the hablitof rising early and
walking in plit dross by the side of
the Seine. One morning in the course
of llls perambulatio's, ho onceountred
Jne of' the fraternity of wash'erwomnia
comnionly known as laiundresses. See
lug her drinking something, the Em
peror said:
"What is that you are drinkluig,
madame ?"
''Water," said she.
"Water?" said the Einperor.
'Yes: one miust needs driiik water
wheln one can get nothing else.''
'ie Emperor said nothing at the mo
ment, but the next day the old woman
was surprised upon being Informed
that his Majesty had been so pleased
with her exhibition of contentment,
that he had assigned her a pensio01 o'a
hin(red thousand francs per year.
A farmt laborer was walking with lils
shoes in his hau'.l along the road, when
it happeoned that the Emperor was
passing.
"W13hy do you not put your shoes
upon your feet, iny good fellow ?" lie
said.
"All ! I may injure them oti the peb
bles of tIhe road," said the peasant.
"Why, then, by avoiding that, you
may injure your toes," said the Em
peror.
"True, sir, but they will get well of
their own accord again, while a shoe
out of repair, will cost something to
mend."'
Napoleon admired his economleal
philosophv so mtuch, that ho illmedi
appointed him liinlster of Finance to
the Empire, with the title of the Due
-de abot.
mediately after the battle of Aus
.' ftz, Napoleon was riding over the
in,$of battle, giving directions as to
:,hie wounded and dead. In his pro
ess he saw a caimp follower, who
appeared to have been wounded in the
cheek.
"You appear to having been doing
a soldier's duty." said Napoleon.
"Oh I a pitch plaster vill Make It all
well in a day or two,"
'I'ho Emperor, struck with the intre
pidity of the man and the originality of
the renly, made himi a Marshal of the
Empire on the field, and ever after held
him in the highest respect.
Reptiles in the Stouitch.
Dr, England, of Newark, New Jer
sey, lately took five lizards from the
stomach of a colored woman in that
place. When called upon the doctor
exhiblited twvo of the lizards, preserved
in alcohol. One Is four iliches in length
and1 tile other about two and one-half
Indes. T1hey are of a light mud color,
amnd are perfectly formed. The larger
one Is half anl in1ch in diameter at the
thickest part, near the shIoulders and
hlead. D)r. England said thlati when he
drew the large one from Luqy Davis's
thlroat shle ecreamed so loudly that a
score of colored pleople flooked'lnto the
room. When they saw the lizard
crawling on the floor they stood with
mlouths agape and eyes starting fromi
tihe sockels. lie never saw such a ter
rified set of people in his life; Lucy
Davis's ease, Dr' England added, was
all unulsual one, although lizards h1ad
before existed in the stomlachls of hu-i
man51 beings. Hie tempted the largest
lizard up in Lucy's thrloat by puttinig a
decoetion on her tongue. Whien the
head( or tile lizar'd appeared, lhe seized it
with an instrument andl quickly pulled
it out. "WVhen I was a stude,nt with
the late Dr. E. P. Whetmor.Q pf Brook
lyn," said D)r. England, "I. as.slated in a
some1whalit similar and. ver'y pecullar'
case. Dr. Whetmore wassumiponll Lo
attend a lady living r.ear Flatbysh. lie
took meC with him. We st'rived at tihe
farm in the afternoon, and saw, the pa
tient. Dr. Whietmore toh'her not to
eat anything that evening,'and he
would attend to hler the next day,
Early the next morning the old doctor
without saying anything to nib or tile
lady, procured a pan of frdsh, warm
milk t rom thle barn. 'lHe eartled thle
milk int.o tIle house, and told the lady
to sit In a chair near the wlnd6w. Hie
then bandaged her eyes, and made
mue hold( the pan of milk close to her'
month anId no.triis,. In a-.few minutes
the lady began to bresthe as though
she was being smothered.. ,.D Whet.
mnore, who had been -apziously looking
down her -throat, suddenly.nserte4 an
Instrumen t, and in a few sepo.rQs p)ulled
.out a milkt snake, Th.e,bui Went into
convulsions, but soon recovered. T1he
snake was as beautiful a stpo9@gin of a~
milk sukke I ever saw. It w.nses.i
twvo feet in leghand.half anriah
olrcumference. it was ot 1lupe.
color, Wvith creams'bre~oe
lady recove 4d he6 l
cause ob r I ;