The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, November 15, 1879, Image 1

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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, 8. C., NOVEMBIR1,17.VL 1.N.14 FADES THE DAYIGHT. Fades the daylight, and the shadows Slowly gather on the lawn ; Now the night falls on tho meadows, And the light of day is gone. In the darkness which enfolds mo Tender memories come once more How each thought enehains and holdd me Of the dear ones gone beforo. Not in pain and not in sorrow Think I of the loved ecos gone; Every night has still a raorrow, Darfness but precedes the dawn. Were it not for heart-ties r.% on, For the friends that come no more, There would be ~no hope of heaven In the bright forevermore. So while shadows darken o'or me, Sit I at the close of day ; Loved, lost features are before me, Faces, which have passed away; Voicos which made happy laughter Come again in tones of love; Sweetly echoes follow after Twilight angels bond above. Is it daylight which is fading P Light of day which now must fleo ? It is but the happy shailug Of a brighter day to be. So when twilight dreams have found me, Twilight voices All the air, Loved, lost beings gather round me, And their forms are passing fair. Led. by Jealousy. It was grand and gorgeous on the first morning of spring. It Is not the tapping of the woodpecker in the hollow beech, nor yet the nuthatch humming at his breakfast, that soft rap-a-tapatap one hears. It is only Mr. Ernest Black, knocking out his pipe aganst the garden seat. Happy nai I to have such a charming nook wherein to smoke his early pipe. 1His comfortable mansion of Shrublands, a cosy modern building, warm and roomy, with glass houses clustered about it, and its con venient offices at the rear, lies on the slope above. In front.of him stretches a pleas ant lawn, and he looks over upon a sweet river valley, bounded by purple hills. reaches of water showing In silver streaks here and there. A warm, pleasant little dingle encompasses the grounds, sheltering the house from the north and east, and sloping down toward the south, and here the first breath of new-born spring is felt, and the first green leaf of the year is seen on the slender white birch, whose brown catkins are dying for love of the earliest blossoms of the season. Ernest thought that it was very good to be here, as he smoked his pipe on his gar den seat. But everything comes to an end, and by the time he had finished his pipe and knocked out the ashes a cloud had come over the sun, the air was chilled and the beauty of the morn tarnished. It was time, lie found, to start for his train. He went into the house to say "good-by" to his wife, for lie hear d the carriage wheels grinding en the gravel as It caine round from the stables to the door. He seemed to be a happy fellow, too, in his wife, who was a fair, pleasant-faced woman, of charming figure and full spirits. "I didn't know you were going away." she said, a slight shade of vexation coming over her face. "Didn't I tell you?" said Ernest, "I n tended to. I shall be home to dinner. I'm only going to town to see the old masters. They close this week." "Ah I if you had told ine in time I would have gone with you." To say the truth, Ernest did not much care for company when he was going to look at pictures. "Pity, ehi?" he said, carelessly putting his hand wider her chin and giving her a kiss., "Well, anc.ther day, perhaps, Tot tio," -her name was Theresa, but her pet name was Tottle,-"and then, perhaps, I can go shopping with you." "Why didn't you think of it before?" "You should have told me you wvere going." "Yes, it was stupid of me; 'however, there's no help for it. I have only just time to catch the train. Good-by." And away lie wvent. Theresa sat down once more to her book of household expenses, but the totals ran Into each other and the same row of figures wouldn't come to the same amount twice .running. It wasn't like Ernest, thought she, not to ask her to go with him, HIe had never gone off anywhere before with *out asking her to accompany him if it were Spracticable. His manner, too, was so cold. "Whlat could be the reason of it?i * She took up the newspaper to distract *her mind. She -rarely looked at the daily papers, but this morning slie felt uneansy, and could not settle 'to anything. Sud denly she sprang to her feet with a cry of distress. Shre had taken up the outside sheet of the paper, and thereon she hdredaa vertisement. t ret ldra na "Constance toEns.To-day at Vic toria, 12 noon." That was the reason, then, that Ernest had gone off to town so suddenly. Yes, she knew it; bhie had been wronged an dleceived ; could It be possible that such treachory, such betrayal of all the ties of fredhpand affection could be permitted ealus ispsiton.Certainly Ernest had givn hr n'case forjealousy hitherto, as fras she kn6w, but she had always im agined it possible that at some time or other he would,' and niow it seemed to' her as though her forebodings had been justified. Constance Brown had been her earnest friend, h fer ischool-fellow, her one dlear dompanion, for whoni 'her affection 'could never 1>e adimm ed., Ad .t)is friendsh.ip had dotae urabat .1 for a whole tw'o hgad*tr.e marrIage .to 'Ernest, during hi hdbeen her chief' delighit to .en ta gVonstance at her new hoe. Now ' * 'i1 theo begiannn, at any rate, ap)1~ofObsta:ncp, pid used to think I5~~Qr ~ bore. Anythidui was ~r%i~V~4e, han having his ife in a e <n' buely. odestators , lie ~Ak Ooan to come and spend a~ few days". Astin,wnt on;however, little aipa ofenp inroe betwveen. the two fends, o6n tarcq as -ot ani adaptiye -natr,and fnder of b1~ume tha of F' tdale Sh n gether she grew in grace and favor vith the husband, and declined ha equal measure in the wife's esteem. She was too keen witted herself not to perceive this, but the Incradicable love of coquetry and mischief that lurks in every female bosom forbade her to change her tactics. The end of it was a desperate quarrel between Constance and Theresa, and Constance's hasty depar ture from Shrublands in a rage. On her vart, Theresa vowed that she would never have that deceitful girl in her house again. "All right," Ernest had said ; "if you dton't care about it I don't." But Theresa's jealousy, once aroused,was not to be quieted by any such pretenses as these. It was all very well for Ernest to say so, but his saying so did not deceive her. Having once thrown her influence over Ernest, Cotistance, sha knew, wouh, not be satisfied to resign her power so easily. She didn't doubt but that Con stance would in sone way or other contrive some way to see him, and this morning's vaper had given her a clew to the means she adopted. Very well, Theresa, too, would be at Victoria at 12 noon. ''he carriage had Just returned from tak ing Ernest to the station ; it should also convey her to the next train for London. She would have sufficient time to reach the trysting place by noon. Victoria Station, however, is rather a wide, open place, not adapted for conceal ment. How should she so disguise herself that she might witness the meeting unob served? Then she remembered that Aunt Blake, who had been a widow for a couple of years, had left behind her a widow's cap, bonnet and veil, having the opportunity of a visit to her niece to resume the ordinary costune of womanhood. Bonnets are not formidable things now a-days; and heresa put her aunt's weeds, with a black crape shawl, into a travelling bag. She I)ut on a black dress with a white shawl over it, and her usual travel ling bonnet, that she might not give rise to surmises at her sudden assumption of mourning, and then started off. The clock showed five minutes to twelve when she arrivet at Victoria. She hurried off to the ladies' waiting room, donned her bonnet, cap, shawl and veil, and came oui upon the platform a demure widow. Sure enough, Ernest was there, walking up and down. She gave a kind of guilty start as he pas$ed her, and he looked rather hard at the young widow with the nice trim figure. "So," she thought, "that is the way you look at young women when I am not by." The next turn that she took she started as she saw approaching her from the op posite side of the platform the very double pf herself. Black dress, black crape shawl, widow's cap, bonnet and everything! She thought at the first moment that there was a mirror opposite her, and that she saw her own rellected image. But it was not so. The lady throw up her veil and revealed the features of Constance Brown. It was only for a moment, and then she drew her veil closely over her face, and making a slight gesture, as it seemed, of caution, she made her way to the booking office, went up to a porter, and asked in a clear, loud voice, when the train started for Brighton. Theresa glided into the office by the op posite door. The pretended widow was waiting her turn at the tickct-lha'hi. With the quickness of thought Thierei..& ran up to the barrier. A genial-looking old man was taking his ticket. "Might I ask you, sir, to get me a ticket for Brighton?" "Most certainly, madam," said the old gentleman. She grasped the ticket and hurried oi to the departure platform, giving as she went the same signal with her hand that she had seen her double make just before. Yes, lie, had recognized the signal and followed her. The train wvas just due to start, and she hastily jumped hiito a first-class carriage. A. gentleman jump)ed in after her. "Faithless fellow," she thought. "Constance," said a tremulous voice at her side--"dearest Constance." "You wretch I'' cried Theresa, suddenly unveiling. Bnt the effect was not wlfat she antici pated. It was niot her husband at all ; It was Captain Potter, late of the Plungers. It Is nowv necessary to revert to the pro ceedings of Mr. Black, to account for his presencee on the scene. Ernest had intendcd to take the iiews paper up to, town witih himi, having -been interested in an article ho had not time to finish. But having, wvithi lis customary carelessness, left it behind him, lie bought ainothier at the station, and' then the adver tisement caught his eye-'"Constance to E1rnest." Yes, lie knew what it nieant. Erniest Black and Ernest Potter had been schoolfellowsa and cronies in early days; but their friendship had long siince decayed. Potter wvas a reckless spendthrift, who had been obliged to leave the Plungers and sell lisa conmmisslon, swamped with inu,umera ble debts. He had been an old friend of the Browns, too, and Constance had for mierly been infatuated with him; but her father, who was a very violenit, self-willed old fellow, swore that she should never marry such a scamp. Constance had a nice little fortune of her own, and she had just come of age, so thiat If she perslsted in throwing herself and hier fortune away, there was no help for it. Still Ernest thought It was lisa duty to stop it If lie could. He flattered himself that lie had some influence over Constance; and If lie couldn't put an end to the affair altogether lie might.yet prevail upon her to have all her money carefully tied up. The advertisement meant an elopement, Ernest thought-a clandestine marriage, and the- sacrifide of a; girl's future to a worthless scamp. . Ie would be there, too, and save her-if he could. At all events lie found himself on the platform of Victoriastation~ at noon. Ah! here was Captain Potter li e expected, italking up'and down, evidentlyr expeeting sonmebody. Eraest .didn't take any-note of Idm; and Potte'r seehieti 'anxious on his part to avoid any recognitiop. But there was no C2onstaracd. - 'He- kept, however, a sharp lookout on the captain, and, all of a iudden, lie not[ced thit liis eyes)hIt, up, and, burning quickly round, Eirheet eawyM lady in deep mnourning pass into the -bookn )fReCe. . i . Potter now took up a position close by the wicket that opened to the departure platform,where the an stood who punched oles in~ the tiOkets. Pfesently, lady in black bruuhid *aiddly paet Eristfol. lowed afwpaees6 ~ adebre,btipsolt it w,as not B 3 ~~ Ne; theelady wa.fgoleap4 figure fron& C9hitt omroe~ lt o'wn wife, lie said, with a jealous pang that he laughed at himself the next moment for feeling. Whoever it was, sie juimped Into the car riage, and the captain after her. The guard whistled off the train, and Ernest turnbd away thinking that he had been rather a fool for his pains. Then lie saw another young widow gaz hig eagerly about her and running here and there, evidently looking for some one she couldn't find. At last, apparently over coni with emotion or fatigue, she flutig haself upon a bench and hastily threw up her veil, revealing the lretty, agitated face of -Constance Brown. Ernest sprang toward her. "Constance," lie whispered, "you here, and In this disguise! what does it mean?" Constance burst into tears, and sobbed _put that she didn't know. "I know," lie said severely; "you have an agreement with that infantous Potter." "Infamous, indeed," said Constance; "and. lie has gone off with. somebody else." At this moment a man in' livery ap proached and touched his hat to Ernest. It was his own coachman, an old and faith ful servant who had been coachman to Er nest's father. "Beg your pardon, Mr. Ernest, for coni Ing up here without leave, but have you -seen the mistress, sir?" "No. What (1o you mean ?" "Well, sir, she drove to the station after you left, sir, and she seemed so wild like and unaccountable that 1 made bold to fol low her, for fear she mihrht come to harm; and I followed her here, sir, where she changed her dress for widow's weeds, and got Into the Brighton train, sir, with Cap tain Potter." Ernest turned pale and fainted. lie 1-ecovered himself with great effort. "I Linow," lie cried. "I sent her to Brighto!, anu have just seen her off. IIow dare you follow your mistress, sir ?" The ian turned away in blank dismay. "Einest," said Constance, "we have both been deceived." "Stuff I" said Ernest; "it was a trick we played you, that's all. We found out the plot, and counterplotted to save you." But still there was terrible doubt at his heart. What could it all mean ? "Come into the waiting room, Con stance," lie cried, "and let us talk. Ai, what misery I" he muttered to himself. They turned into a waiting room, and Ernest threw himself upon a seat, leaned his arm upon the table, and groaned. "What do you intend to do, Ernest?" said Constance, clutching him by the arm. "it is all very well to tell your servant such stories. I admire you for it, Ernest; but I know better. It is deliberately planied. We are both deceived." "It is impossible," said Ernest. "How blind you are," said Constance. "I always mistrusted Theresa; she was my early friend, you remember, and I believe that Potter used to come to our house on purpose to see her, using me as a blind. Oh, Ernest, what shall we do?" "I shall call a special train and follow then," said Ernest. "Then I will go with you," cried Con stance. Ernest rose and staggered to the platfo.rm once more. "Ernest I " said a. decisive feminine voice at his elbow. He turned and beheld his wife and Cap tain Potter. "uillo I" cried Potter, "Ernest, my boy, how are you? Gad, I've got into a pretty L.css with all this ambuscading; wrong party after all, jolly row, pull the string, stop the tram-Claphan Junction, guard in an awful rage. Give us in into custody, chI? Ha, ha I Here we are again, back first train. I say, old fellow, I'll just change widcws with you." "Conic into the waiting-room," cried Black, "and tll ie what it all means. Potter, I consider you an unprincipled fel low to inveigle thIs young lady into such a trap). You know you only want to waste her fortune as you've wasted your own." Gently, old fellow," said Potter, "all a mistake. My uncle died last week and left me $3,000 a year." "Then why do you make-off in this clan destine way ?" "It's all right, Black, I assure you. I've got a special license in my pocket, parson waitiing at Brightou. We're both of age, you know." "Then why all this disguise ?" "Oh, that wvas my doing," sobbed Con stance. "I was so dreadfully afriid of papa." "And how did you get the widow's things, Constance?". "F-from--your--Aunt Blake. it was not very wicked, was it ?" "I think," said Theresa, who had recov ered her equanimity aiid her usual aspect of proud serenity, "I think, Constance, you had better come back to Shrublands with me, and be married in a respectable,- order ly way." And they settled that so it should be. They all wvent back to Shrublands, and Constance was married that next week, not in the widow's weeds, but In full bridal costume, with several bridesmaids. "Ernest," said Theresa, affectionately, when it was all over, "I'll never be jealous again, but for all that, I'm glad that artful minx is safely disposed ef. She shall never enter my doors again, never." Potter always speaks of his friend Black withi affectionate- comnmiseratioq, and says that the worst five minutes lie ever spent in his life were passed in the Brighton express in company with Mine. Theresa. * 'Naterals." On one occasion, while journeying through the White mountain region, Agas uiz and his scientific companion, seated on the top 'of a stage, 'irritated the driver by repeatedly calling 'upon him to stop when they noticed anything Botanically fascina ting on the road, and Jumping down from their seats in ordor to obtain it. Prof. Fci ton who was with them, kept his Beat dur ing the whole ride, and told the driver in explanation of their conduct that they- were naturalists. On the iiext day, when the coachman had another load of passengemrs, lhe narrated to these near him on the box the stranger freake of his yesterday's com panions. "Their keeper," he added, "call ed thenm natorals; and certainly they be haved themselves as sich. --America has 10 exhibits at:the yde xiigg hc was opened --The f oole' pnifl In t'etas is. StNei flg. de~t ear he prod The Olancellorm and hi DoW in Vienna. "My dogl Where is my dog?" weir Prince Bismarok's first words on alightiig, oil the platform of tho Westbahn Hallway Station one night., ani sure enough, there he was,. he sleek Ai nped wio so - sorl ously imperilled the eious oxistece of Prince Gortachakolf iring the C6n'gress. With a bound Sultan 1who IaA" travelled seeolid-clasis, was at h1 master's side, cov ering him with boiste us manifestaitions of canine affection, and I t taking the slight. est notice of Count irassy am d Prince Ileuss, who ) kept a resectful distance until Sultan had 8atisICd hinself that the Priice was none the worse for his Journey. The meeting between Count Andrassy and his ilistrious guest was a cordial one, and arm in-arm they walked tAthe Court CarriagV, a l)rivate brougham offtlie Hmperor', ' tha, was waiting to take Prince Bismarck to the hotel where he is staying. Hardly were the tVvo statesein .sbated and ready to start ore .lown went the will. dow onl the near Rid. I and 118 .atoriall voice cried out. "M h i hund 1 1,01.; .t, meinl hund ?" If m' -thing hald befalin that blessed dog whil Prince Bismarek's at tention wa moimentWily turned to another direction, it is my firnif belief that it would have been all up With I tihe Austro-Geinian alliance, and tile incensed Chaticellor would have taken the next trhain back to Berlin. Sultan is, however, au1 experienced travel ler, and hias i. very good notion of how to (ake care of himself. i a twinkling he was out of ihe carriage door, and, assisttd by two court flunkeye, lie sedately took his seat on the rug at the feet of the two geiflemen in side. Judge of tle stupefaiction of the crowd assembled outsfle tile Hotel Imperial on seeing the four-legged occupant of the court brougham leap out with a bark, and, contrary to all etiquetle, greet the nearpst bystanders in a most unpleasantly demon strativo style. I never saw such a ridieutl ous sight,.in my life. People fied in ill di rections, for Sultan lm a bad *ireputal ion. IIe nearly upset the Congress by at unjusti flable attack uplon the Itimsian Plenipoten flary, and since then ip has maimied one of the Berlin Foreign Oflice oflicials for life, because lie sat down on the chair usually occupied by Prince Biqmarek. The worst of it is that lie is not (lie genutiie historibal favorite of the Chancellor, but only at sipuri ous imitation. Sultan-'the originail Sultan -I learn was poisoned a coupil of years ago, and nothing can shake Prince Bis iarck's conviction that it was two Social Democrats who did it. This is 1no hanter of inille, but a well-aut henticated fact known to every Berliner. It is, doubtless, to )re serve Sultan the second from a similar faite that six Berlin detectives arrived last night, and, together with (he police of Vienna, have taken unwonted measnures of precau tion in the neighborhood of tile Hotel Im perial. They were certainly n3t wanted for the safety of Prince Bismarck, who runs no risk whatever. *.>pt er n. A recent' visitor to Mount Vernon, the home and last resti,g )1tacc of George Wash ington, thus notes (is impressions: Above the trees peep) the little red cupola, mid as the boat makes the wide sweep ren dered necessary by-the shallow water in the immediate front in order to reach the pier below, we catch transient views of the col umns of the portico that rtun the entire length of the mansion. Owing to the dense foliage these pirtial glimpses arme all the passing traveler sees of tile "sacred fabric." The display of a little of G. W.'s talent for hatcheting on these umbrageous branches would effect a decided improvement in tile view from the river. From the pier it which the boat lands a well kept carriage way leads i) i ravine directly to tlic tomb. To the right of the road, in mucky spot in the bed of the ravine, staimil a cluimp of weeping willows, wvhichl a guide-board ini forms y'ou were propogatedl from cuttings fronm the tree that shadowed Napoleon's grave at St. IIelena. Thits is a favorite preying ground(s f6r the relic-hunt ig pirates, and were it not, for the close watch kept over the trees, they would-soon hbo('leanedl out, root andl branch. By thle way', one of the main objects of the Associaioni . is to protect tile grounds a11( nd ansion fromi these vulgar vandI(als, whlo would, if not closely watched, soon1 make a desert of the place. Tile tomb is a p)laini, weather-beaten red structure, bulilt into the side of the hill1 at the head of tihe ravine, wvithi front toward the river. An iron grating extends almost the entire length of the front, thrnotugh the bars of which visitors can viewv thle marble saircophiagi cent ainining the remainas of George and1( Martha Washington. Both rest pr0ho on the stone floor, that of George on the righlt, with Afartha's on (lie opposite side of the enltranice. George has1 a spread eagle above his b)reast, while AMarthla rests beneath a plain slab, whose onily decoration are the carved letters of 11cr honored name. In the (lark vaults beyond rests tihe remains of a number of the Washington family, and in tile front and on time right of the tomb arc monuments conmiorative of tIle earthly honors and heavenly virtues of thlese. None but tile sentintental linger long at thae unimpressive mausoletun, and as thle amatter of-fact are generally greatly in tihe majority, the tomb is soon deserted for the lunchl tables, a numnber of 'which hlavo bcceg-placd by the sensible officers of thle Associationt in shIady spots, for the convenience of pie nicers who carry a commuissionlary depart ment, whmile for the imp)rovidenat a refresh menlt stand, where creature comforts can be hlad at reasonable rates, is provided. Lunchm over, thle inspection of tIhe mnansion begins. First in order is a peep at tIle room~y kitchen, with' its lhugo fire-place ~and giant crane, both of whmichi excite the awe and admirationt of' the fenmles of our flock to a greater extent thain did the cofilis con.. tainling the remains of those who consunmed the food hero prepared. Th'len comes a range through the library, with its large book-oases and seventeen closets, includinug a secret one above the mantel-piece, in whlichi the silver was secre ted before the dlays of hurglar-prpof safes; thle every..day dinIing-room, wi4ire th&kamily took their meals when not infflcted withl visitors of highi degree, for whiomi a more sumptuous apartmtent at thle other end of the building was reserved, through the centre hall1, where the bracets for wash-. lugton's field glass are pointed out, and, thle lante,rn-like box in whlichl Is suspenldd the famous key of the lastile, presented by La Fayette, ls soen. Washilngton's OWnl hatids; we ttg told, placed thm' key on the hook about 'elghty yeats ago, and it has never since boon distutbed. ' On the otheoz side of- the hiali,we a through a i'o,m coniihing W larged iAss ilhow-edad, fit4 with the TWId Pof"~ gthiMt mom d,~ (MlngIy r00mb1di W1 thu wigee tile promiscuous collectioiis one sees in f second-imnd store. The state dining.rooms in which th( magnates who visited Washington in hik retlireiit, were right royally entertahied in the good old anti-Murphy days of wiic putich an( strong wines, is the most pretet. tious apartiment in the house. The chilef decoration is atn ChboratCly Carved mantel. piece, the gift of ait ardent Italian admirer of tie Generai's. 'radition says the vessel conveying tih work of tit- was captured by Frentch pirales, who upon learning that it wasH destined for the decoration of the hoimle of Washinl"ton, spared the ship aitd sent her on her way re. joicing. This mantel is now surrounded by a wire screen to protect it against the SaICrilegiots han(s of the relic kIHIters, who, Jqsp considerate than the pirates, did not hopitate to disfiguro it by chipping off pieces of the precious marble. An ancient harp sicliord, presented by the General to his t.1co, Nelly .Cust-is, occupies a corner of thi.room,.but is iever nowadays opened iII tihe presence of visitors, for fear of mutila tion by these beasts of pey. Before this rule .ws adopted a number of the keys had been,abstraeted,by,the cunnin; and audac ity pf these crazy creatures. A chair that came over itn the Mayflower, presented to Washingtotn by a New Enghlid admirer, is one of the curiosities of this room. It is estimate(d by the Secretary of the Associa tion that upwards of one hundred thou1sa1d American gable entids have pressed its seat since that of Washington rendered it for ever atred. Passing upl) the rather narrow stairway to tile secoId floor, we are con fronted on IIthe first landing, by. ' old fashiloned, upright Dtuteh clock, which t'ls t silent. wit,ness to tile thieving aulda cit3 of tile relic-lti.ter. One of tie tribe a few years since wrenched tile gilt~ eagle froi its pedestal on'top of the clock, con ccaled it uIder his coat, anl disal)peared before tite loss was discovered. After a glance at Nelly Custis' room ani an inspection of the old-fashioned furniture used by that damsel, a runi through another range of rooia, till containing some sort of relic, including a highly sacred bed quilt made out of pieces of Mrs. W.'s old gowns, brings us to the room in which Washington died. Here is the bcd on withih he drew his last breath, the little old-fashioned ined icine statd that stood by his bedside during his last sickness, and nunerous other relies of more or less interest. October's Evienutui Hitory. Tle Viihe Month as our Suxon forefathers poetically called October, iniutbers a1mong its Coutless tUaniversariCs several of so much importance--lncluding at least three of the wbrki's decisive battles---as fairly to entitle it to the foremost place in historical association tnmong the months of the year. On the Ist. hegan the fatal Afghan war of 1838, which ended inl January, 1842, with tile most signal disaster that ever befell the British arms. It was also the blirtlday of Lord Bolingbroke, the most brilliant and heartless of all Queen Anne's statesman authors. On the 2d died the great Arago, one of the ablest scientists and most single hearted politicians of modern times. Ont the 5th occurred Bonaparte's sanguinary repulse of the Parisian "Sections," itt 17114, the last act of the Revolution and the first of his own wonderful career. The 7th, by a strange coincidence, witnessed General Burgoyne's surrender at Stratoga-the turn Ing point of the War of Independence-and the death of his son, Sir John Burgoyne, tie famous military engineer of tle Crimean wtar. The Chica,go fire has hmmortalized the 8thk and Oth, Arnold's naval action ott Lake Champlain the 11 Ith. Upon the 12th Columbus first saw the shores of the Now World. The 14th has the three-fold re nown of William the Conqueror's victory at Hastings, Frederick the Great's defeat at Hlochkirchl by Marshal Daunt,and Napoleott's decisive overthtrowv of theo Prussianis at, Jona. Mukhtar Pashta's crowning dlefett in Armenia (1877) amarks thte 15th. On the 16th1 Unarper's Ferry was seized by3 "Ossa watomile" Brown, who was wounided and( tmade p)risonter Ott tile followintg mnorning by thte Virginia Militia. ''Te first, botmbtard mct, of Sebastopol took pla8ce otn the 17tht, ats aulso Austriat's expl)Ision from Italy (1797) by the Ctampo Formlo trceaty. 'Te 1 8th saiw theo close of thth iree days' b)attlc of Loipsic, aind thte repullse of Welilington before urgos. 1'Te fatal tetreat fromt Moscow began on thte 19th, tile atnniversaty of Yorktown. T'i'h 20th wittnessed Mack's sutrrcender at Uhn, it 1805. Balakiava was fought ont the 25th, and( Metz, sutrrend(eredI by Marshal Bazaine on the 27th. To this lotng lIst nmust still be0 a(dded Turkey's decla ration of war agtdit, Russia itn 1853, the Anglo-Frenchl capture of Pekin In 1800, Bisnmark's smtumatry dissoltioni of the Prusian Chaumber of D)eputties, and thte birth of Edward VI. of Engltand, Jonathatn Edwards, Marshtal ISaixe, tite French 'Tor rorist Danton, and( Sir Colin Caumpbuell, af terwardl Lotrd Clyde. FEy Olasseos In tthe FrencLh A rmy. 'rThe hostility witht wichO thle 0o(1 schtool of military men in Fr'ance regard time Repubtl lie and all its works will not be lessened by a circutlar recently Issued by the Minmister of War. Orders are now givetn thmat soldiers in thte ranks shiall.bc allowed, wh1enm a sur.. geon hia testified to the necssity, to wear spectacles. The officers whio obh?ined their p)romotionI when the Emnpire boasted of peos sessing time necatest and best, equtipped army In Europe-a boast which wtas afterwards found to be not incompatible witht defIciency in more serviceable fighititng qualitIes-have been1 scatndalzed beyond measutro by thmis ordler. T[hey say thtat the Repumblicon ad ministrationl Of thte army abuses thte maxim, "Fa. Cat et ab hiosto docceri," and rushes itmto tin unsecemly imlitation of tile German military sysatem, even in its pettiest acci dents. te Germans, It is well known, htave never objected to the onlistnmetnt of shtort-sighted soldiers whto could see well enoitgh for ser'vice ;in theo field, withI thte aid of glaspes. 'But time professional pedantry of French officers cannot endttre to look upon a soldier in thte ranks arrayed in pan oply prtovlded by the optician. They htave the'fear- of .the caricaturist too constantly before.thleir eyes. According to a French correspondent, who declares thtat 1he was a witn. of the acet, an officer was seen tihe oth,er ~hyto snatch the spectacles from thte face g~in atmazed reservlsts of the line, and to trample them publicly nnder foot, as a soremn protest against the scandalous prac tic. I i diilcltto elivethat tl ee nment upholer of accepted militr usage canl sutbmit to temai'iin tile ~yaor' thb Lrecent cIrcular of thio Minister of 'ar. 4'-Sey4n more furnages are about to be star,ed at HouId a a A Terrible Experience. Mr. Jacol) Pike, a wealthy farmer, lives on what is known as the Barker farm, ten miles north of Marietta, on the Ohio river. 11i8 house is a large brick structure, well calculated to attract the attei.tion of tramps and idlers. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Pike and his wife came to thiis place, leaving their daughter Mary at home alone, her two brothers being at work in a distant field. About three o'clock P. M., Miss Pike went to the well for a bucket of water. The well is under the roof of a side porch to the house, and just as the young lady stepped out of the door two tramps accosted her and asked her for something to eat. She was alarmed at the rough manner of the request, but with great coolness told then she had no time to walt on them. She then pro ceeded to lower tile bicket into the well. One of the men grasped the lady by the arm, 11and In a threatening manner said they would have something to cat or she would suffer for it. Now thoroughly alarmed the poor girl struggled to get free, but the rascal said something to his confederate, and each one grasping her by in arm and hir dress below they crowded her through the box of the well and down through the opening into the darkness, and then tied with all haste. In her extremity the victim grasped the rope, and there being some twenty-five feet yet on tile windhias, this ran rapidly off, and with a sudden jerk left her suspended twenty-five feet from the top and thirty-fIve feet above the water. The sudden jerk of the rope, while it almost tore the girl'R arms off, probably savedl her life, for by some strangs twist it threw one or two coils otf the rope around the girl's ankle, and this enabled her to re lieve the terrible strain on her arms until she could find a foothold in the wall. In this terrible position the brave girl stood for one hour and fifteen minutes, not daring to cry out at first for fear her would-be mutr derers would know that she wis still alive and finish their hellish work. At last she heard the joyful soids of tile barking of her favorite (log as he accompanied her brothers home from the field, and called loudly for help. After some little delay a rope was lowered with a loose knot, into which Miss Pike willingly sank, and she was drawn to the surface. The alarm was innediately given, an<d parties were sent in all directions lin pursuit, but with no suc cess ill) to this evening, aithlough several suspicious looking parties were arrested to day and brought before the lady, but she did not recognize any of them. Miss Pike is sixteen years of age, a handsome, flueiy developed little brunette, anIld is to-daly tile wonder of thousands of visitors, who have crowded in to see her and congratulate her on her wonderful pluck and endurance. She looks badly shaken ip, however, and as sie wis relating the story to-day when her eyes wandered to the well a shudder ran through her whole frame. She says that while in the well she coilld see tile stars above her, as well as their reflection in the water below ; but she never lost heart a moment. Bie can only give a poor do scription of the men who attacked her, and thinks one was a tall person, with a sandy moustache and a straw hat. Tihe whole country is aroused, and it may yet result, in a case of lynclh law. The Panther-Killer. Tihe mnan's name is Bombonnel, and his specialty is panthers. Several pantlierS in Africa fell under his sure aim, but with one' of the'tribe, lie was near coming to grief irretrievable. ' This is tile story that makes iihn so famoft ill Parls, and oil account of which peopl so run after him, that on the Boulevard you may be obstructed by M. Bombonnel a1s by a crowd of vehicles. The panther requires to be shot at her first spring, for, if not thoroughly disabled, she flies at you at y'our first move. She 11as no0 organ of smell but her ear is so quick' thait a1 pinl-drop) would startle 1her. On one occa sion M. Bombomaiel fired at a magnificent painth1er, and allot off herI two front paws. Thle beast fell, and lay still, lie waited thought her dlead; lie moved-she flew at him11 in spite of hecr woulnds, andl, flinging her whole weight upon01 hin, threw hhn11 to the ground. lie was und1(er-thle animal upp)1ermuost. Opening her huge maw, she bent over hhn1) and took in is head. Tn camne one bite, and( another bite, and( an other, and( at each bite her fearful fangs went thlroughl 111s flesh. Trho work of bit lng, howecver, (did not seen easy, for tihefull p)lay of the jawv was not left her ; and( her victim, with great presence of miad, 8seized hecr throat and( forced her to relax 11cr hold. Having on1ce extricatedl hierself from this p)erhhlus position, and bought the fiere creature to a liberal wat of breathl, she wais subsequently got rid of by the hunter's knife. P'etleum as a itemedy for Consumption. Thie scenes wvhichl are daily witnessed at. tile oil wvorks at Point Breeze, to wleh niumbers of consumptives resort in order to inhale the vapor1s from the stills nd obtain crudle oil for internal appliicationl; have their counaterpart over in France A Gov ernment report, recently puplished in thle Bvictin (<te Therapeutique, narrates thlat a refiner of pietroleum was prohibited by a Prefect froml distributing petroleum in med iclual doses. Bome of tihe sufferers appeal ed, and thle Government ordered Dr. Blache, a prominent medical 'practitioner, to inistitut'e an investigation as to the utility of petroleum in affections of thle chest. Native petroleuml from Pennsylvania and VirgInia was, experimlented with Dr. Blache, in his report, stated that lhe found that, in chronic brohcehitis with abundant exp)ectoration, it rapidly diminished the amnount of the seeretioni and the paroxysmns of coughing ; while in simple bronehlitis rapid amelioration was obtained, Its em ploymnent in-phthiss was continued for too short a time to warraot any opinion regard ing its efficiency, beyond thlat it is diminish ing the expeetoration, wlehl also lost it's purulent character. Dr. Blacho says that the petroheum ie popularly taken in dosesof a teaspoonful before each meal, and that after the first day any nazises whlich i6 ex cites ini most persons disappear. - --Bishop Tlwlgg says there shall' be no more marriages after og~ P. M. in the Pittsburg (..athedral. -In the middle Week of August Eng land has eMatctly l'l% hourtr of sun shino. -Tekas sold.one millilon bales of oqt,! tbn last ear. Twelve fearq she,used to el 7,9O~ble BRIRFS. -The first: gold mine in the United States was discovered in South Caro lina in 1790. -In 1877 2800 machine-made doors were sh.pped to England, last year 45,000. --The state of Ohio stand fotrth In manufactures, the value of the annual products being $270,000,000. -An ice-Ianufacturing company of Boston is turning out 12,000 pounds a day. It is sold at $10 a ton. -England's national dobt on April,, 1, 1879, was ?778,078,840, or ab6ut $3, 890,394,200. -There are 150,000 miles of iron road in the world. of which more than half are in the United States. -From statistics prepared in Chica go, the log crop of the NorthWest this year will be about 6,000,000,000 ftet. -Over 1,000 persons In Clark and. Wayne counties, Miss., earn their liv lug by the turpentine industry. -The experimental cotton factory at Atlanta, Ga., is getting along, with orders ahead for 000,000 yards'of cloth. -Many Lancaster county fAirmeri have not provided sufficient storing ac comodatlons for their tobacco and much of it is spoiling. -The British war steamer Mercury, lately completed and tested, is said to be the swiftest vessel in the world. She makes 22 miles an hour. -In 1880 the new organization'of tile French army will attain its full devel opient. The active army will consist of 497,703 men. -It Is estimated that bad weather this season in Great Britain has iflic. ted a loss of $200,000,000 upon the agri.. cultural districts. -A sum of over 57,000 francs has been coUected to build a memorial' chapel in honor of the Prince Imperial in Paris. -The largest sum ever paid' for a horse in England was $72,000. given ; for Doncaster by the Duke of West minster. -From 1873 to 1879 Inclusive. the United States mints coined 370,641,340 pIeces of money, aggregating in valte $419,071,313.30. -Chicago packers have slaughtered 1,481,000 hogs since March 1 to date, against 1,543,000 for the corresponding period a year ago. -It issaid that the entire population of the world could be provided for in the United States by allowing each person one and a half acres of land. -Three Exeter gentlemen recently walked up Mt. Washington stepping over the 13,578 sleepers.which are four toon inches apart, on the cog railway. -A careful political oconom lot close ly calculates that women in this coun. try might annually save $14,500,000 in ribbons which the men might spend in cigars. -During the past thre, years 182 American railroads, covering pearly 17,000 miles, and, represeiting an in vested capital of $728.403,000, hae been sold under foreclosure. -Although the exodus to Europe during the past aftmmer was verylarge, it fell behind that of 1078 by nearly 4 000-tte respective numbers being. about 16,000 and 20,000. --The total vpluatlou of 'real aid poir soial property in Vermont for this year shows a decrease pf $11,185- as compared with the valuation of last year. -On the 31st of July 13,626'metres, or in round numbers, about 7X miles, of tile St. Gothard Tunnel through the Alps had bee'n bored. The tu'nnel will'9 not be finished' this year, -It is aninounced that .well~ haveA9 been bored upo'ui the lahds ~in South,4 Autstralia subjoct to drought, and10,0O00 gallons of good water a day >beon'ob. rained. -The annual rate of mnortality i En giand and Wales was 22.26, from 1840 to 1850; 22.24 from 1850 to 1860 22.51 from 1860 to 1870 ; 21.64 from 187 to 1877.. -M. Thiors is said to have left no writings, except the 2,000 pages Qf notes which were to form his 'greMv philiosophical work. These were d posited with the Bank of. Englandii ' 1ovember, 1870, and are still there,, -Mr. Asa Payne, 'of -Scott count. KCy., the sonm of General Payne, sof.t&& War ol 1812, is said to be the oldest i." lng graduate of West Point." He i$.0 years old, and was a member of the iI1t class. -Two Indians from Hatapt4 ro to serve as teachers for the 250Oubg1 Indian pupils whom Uaptai' ui Pratt is collecting in the'Indian~ coari try for. the new industrial, schoolb t Carlisle, P& . -Canadian high protectivetaifce not seem to put money into thei~ g ion purse. ' The revenue forth ti of August,.- 1878, was $2,5484& This year the receipts wero oR~y1 -Chicago is the great cae e'~ of the Western world. A i" io 21,000 per week, buit durih 4 the supplies were about 400 a~ between 28,000 and- 26,00 and they broke down thp uI --The cotton year enCq 1 month of August. And h4u~j of receipts 01 bales'is unpeeOt large, the yield-' for te 5,07 81bales, agalaist 4AI, for 178, .In 1gp59 theye 770 bales. 8,0 fo hi Chanceflor~s fact 'that thQ, #ira.&Z9 Londoni has s aa'.o ' of the ftnedb ossIiI~~ B3eacohs1Yetdbath used to. e0OoivO 4I 9 . 927'' a ,.nt2 '