The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, December 25, 1879, Image 1
fRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., DECEMBER 25, 1879. VOL Tir-NO 1A1
"ROCK ME TO SLEEP."
Daekward, turn baokwiarj, 0 Time! to your
flight
Make me 4 o' ,ild agaiuo-jiust for to-nigint!
Mother, come back from the echoless shore,
,'ao mo again to your heart as of yore;
Hiss from my forchoads the furr wo of care,
Hmoot'I tho few silver throads out of my hair;
Over my slumbers your lovitig watch keep
Rook me to sloop. Mother, rook me to sleep!
"Backward. flow baokward. O nwift tide of
years!
I an weary of toil, I am weary of tears;
Toll with :ut reeotupansc%, tears all lin vai,
Take them. and give me my childhood again!
I havo growen weary of duit and decay,
Weary of flinging my soul-woa:th away,
Weary of sowin; for otherd to -oap;
Rlook me to a'eo . Mothor, rook me to steop!
"Tlrad of the hollow, the baie, the untrue;
M->ther. 0 M'ther my heart calls for you!
Many a 'dum:ner the grass his grawn green,
Blosioming an I faded. our faces between:
Yet with sutrong yearning and passionato patn.
Long I to-ni ht for your pr aeneo again,
Come from the slonce so long and so deep
Rook me to sleep, Mother. rook me to sloop!
"Over my heart In the days that have flown,
No love like inoator-lovo ever has shown:
No other worAbip;abielos and endures,
Faithful, unsolail', and patient, like yours;
None like a mother can charm away pain
From the sorrow nz soul and the worid-%veary
brain;
Blumber's soft calm o'er my weary lidi creep
Rook me to sloop, Mother, rook me to sloop!
"Come lot your-brown hair just lighted with
gold,
Fall on my shoulders again as of old;
Let It fall over my forehead to-night,
Shielding my eyes from the flickering light,
For oh! with it's sunny-edged shadows one
niore,
Iaply will throng the sweet vi-ion of yore;
Lovingly, softly its bright willows weep
Rook me to sleep, Mother, rook me to sleop!
"Mother, dear mother! the years have beon
ong
Siico last [ was hushed by your lil'aby song;
Sing, thou again!-t> my soul it shall soo:n
Womanhood's years have boon only a drt am
Clasp to your arms in a loving embrace,
With your soft, li .ht lashes just sweeping my
face
Never h reafter to wake or to weep;
Bock me to t-le p, Mother. rook me to sel' pl"
Mr Parsons' Will.
it was my first visit to London since I
had !aken up my abode and entered on the
practice of my profession as soheltor at
Southampton.
In London I had a very dear friend, my
old college friend, George Dikaon; and as
le was the only person I knew In the great
nictropolis, of course I lost no time In look
ing him up.
Three years had passed since our last
meeting, but ten could have scarcely pro
duced a change' more marked than had
taken place in the appearance and manner
of my friend.
Our first greeting atid friendly inquiries
over, I longed, yet forbore, to ask the
cause of my friend's melancholy. I felt
sure, in dhue time, of being made the con
fidant of the secret, provided no motive of
delicacy prompted its concealment.
That evening in my room at the hotel,
George told me his story. He had formed
an attachment for a young lady, whose
graces of mind and person lie portrayed
with all the fervor of a lover's eloquence.
She had returned his affection, but her
fathter had opposed his suit, having set his
heart on the tmarriage of his daughter to a
nephew of lig.
Thlis nephewv was a young surgeon, of
profigate character, my firiend assured me
-bunt that uay have been pr'ejudc-whio
had long, but unsuccessfully, wooed his
cusin, to whom his offers were as repug.
nant as to her father thtey were acceptable.
Sotme months since, Mr. Parsons, the
young lady's father, had gone into Iamp
shire on business, accompanied by his
nephew. At Southampton lie was seized
with a sudden illness, which terminated
fatally in three days.
On the day preceding his death ho had
executed a will (which had since been duly
proved by the depositions of the attes',ing
witness), containing a request that his
(laughter, to whom Ito left the whole of his
estate, should accept the hand of hisa
nephew In marriage, coupled with the. pro
vision that in ease the latter offered, and
she refused within a specified time to enter
Into the proposed union, the whole estate
dlevised for the daiughlter should be forfelited
to the nephew.
To sacrifice her fortune to her heart's
choice would net have cost Julia Parsons
a moment's healitationu; and nothing could
have more delighted George Dickson thtan
so fair an opportunIty of showing how
superior his devotion was to all throught
of perpe~nal. advantage. But her -father's
dyingzentiest, fi Julia'a eyes, was sacred.
It hbleurprls4 and startled her, it~is true,
as int their conferences on the subject Ihe
)tad never gone beyond the most kindly re
monstrances, and had never hinted at any
thing coercion.
magnanimity to forego his ungenerous at
vantage, ie might have been content
with his co'.sin's fortune alone, but his
right to that depended on his offer and her
rejection of an alliahce which she f felt in
conboieficebotnd to accepto The brief sea
son of grece'thibh she had beefd coinpelled
to beg oven wih t'oars had already neirlyg
passed, and a few more days would wit
ness the condemnation of two lives to hope
less misery.
At the conelusion of my friend's narra
af ter be ilovl9 , ,qt Mi~~ eres
I prevailed {6pon ton' 1 acom ~inny me to
a place of amusement to whlekb had pre.
Whed wertedhed the Uhbatie thd Viers
fori64 1 &441 f4ady begfdttb$i/M *e4
eceded in finding seats which commanded
a fine view both of the stage and the audi
ence.
In a few moments George touched me
on the elbow.
"Observe the gentleman nearly opposite,
in the front row, seated next to the column
leaning his arm on his cane," he whispered.
I looked in the direction Indicated, and
saw a face whose striking resemblance to
one I had seen before caused me to start
with surpr) isO.
"Who is it?"
"Ethridge Parsons," was the reply.
"ihe nephew of whom you spoke!"
"'Does he resemble his uncle?" I was on
the point of inquiring, but just then the
stranger drew the glove from his right hand
and I saw that the first joint of the middle
finger was missing, a circumstance which,
for suflicient reasons, absorbed my atten
tion.
"Do you know the exact date of Mr.
P& rson's death?" I asked, when we had
gained the street at the close of the per.
forniance.
"Yes," said George. "It was the twen
ty-third of December. Ills daughter re
ceived a telegram from her cousin announ
cing the fact the same day. But why do
you ask?"
"I have a reason which may or may not
prove a good one," I returned, and, stating
that I had business engagements for the
whole next day, I parted with my friend,
pronlsing to moet him on the following
evening.
Next afternoon found ine at the house of
Mr. Parsons, the nephew.
"Mr. Parsons. I presume?" were the
words with which I accosted the gentleman
I had seen at the theatre.
"Yes, sir."
"You may not remember me, Mr. Par
sons, but I believe that we have iet be
fore."
"I beg your pardon, sir, for not recollect
ing the occasion."
"You were in Southampton last winter, I
were you not?"
"I was," he re)lied, with some embar
rassment.
"I am the solicitor on whon you called
to make a draft of a will."
lie turned pale, but made no reply.
"I saw a record of that will at Doctors'
Commons, this morning," I resumned,
"and-"
"You speak of my uncle's will," he
hastily interrupted.
'And yet," I continued, you said it was
yours when you applied to have it written,
You represented yourself destrous of exe
cuting such a document, preparatory to
embarking on a perilous voyage. The
paper was drawn in accordar.ce with your
instructions. leaving the date to be filled in
at the date of signing. Your locks were
gray then, and you certainly looked old
enough to have a marriageable daughter;
but your disguise was not perfect." .And
I polnted to the mutilated finger.
"What do you mean?" he shouted in a
denant tone.
"Simply that your uncle's vignature to
that will is a forgeryl" I answered, rising,
confronting him. "Ile died on the twenty
third of December. V our own telegram
to that effect is in existence. It was the
day before Christmas that you called on me
to prepare the document now on record as
his will. The interenee is plain; you un
dertook to manufacture this spurious testa
ment after your unele's death, and, wvisha
ing to clothe your villainy in legal. form,
you procured from me the required dIraft.
You, or some one at your instigation, sim
ulated the signature of the deceased. The
'witnesses, who have since perjured them
selves in their depositions, were procured
in some manner best known to yourself'
"Enough, sir," he ejaculated, placing lisa
back against the door; "you have shown
yourself to be in possession of .secrets, the
custody of which proves dangerous.". 1
"I am not unprepared for your threats,"
I replied. "In the first place, I d1id not
come here unarmed; in. the next, I have
prepared a full written statement of the
facts to which I have alluded, with infar
mation, besides, of my present visit to your
self. This paper will be delivered to a
friend to whom it is directed, unless within
an hour I reclaim it from the mnessenge'r,
who has been Instructed to retsh: it for
that length of time."
Ills face grew livid. is frame quivered
with mingled fear and rage, and his eye
gleamed like that of a wild beast at bay.
"What is your purpose?" said he, in a
voice hoarse wilth suppressed passion.
"To keep your secret while yen live, on
one condition."
"Name it."' - '
"That you write instantly to Julia' Par.'
sons; ronouncihg all pretentionsto her hand
and absolutely withdrawing your proposal,
pf martage.
After a moment's pause he penned a:
brief note, 'Ivhich lie submitted to my, in
sie6(ibn;M~ We <ite.atf 6.-E
M'Ie so good as to seal and address it,"
I said.
lHe did so.
"I will soen that it is delivered," I .sail,
takIsj It up,%nid btiuin if dett.
Wheri jm ter Eb Dis thlat p
'in ,'hlt ld ""lleg" ' k Ad . 6 balck."
tteiiacd An~'i ten (fi .The next
thing was to take me to see Julia; and it
is neetlgsitofay what a happy evening we'
spent together, and that a happy nmarriago
followed not long after.
iigka~tMtGnifmtally btod1r i'of the
"London," and went down in that Ill-fated
q waio seseo V ~ e ~ I&
nernit's Peak.
Lookir'g west up the river from Las Vegas,
New Mexico, the most notable object in
the distant landscape is Herinit's Peak,
towering high above its fellows. It ;s
a'jout twenty miles distant from town. It
is a bold granite mountain toweling at a
perpendicular a] titude of 2,000 feet above
the bed of tho river, it Is difficult of as
cent and there is but one path by which
the top can be gained. The summit is bare
of vegetation and the altitude renders it, as
it looks, cold and inhospitable. It has been
an inhabited place, however, the abode of
a veritable hermit. In1 1860 there appeared
in town an old gray-headed man, who
seemed to have been the victim of sonm
great ill fortune. He gave no account. of
himself, but simply gave his name, how
ever, as Juan Augustine. Ile was a man
of much !earning and extensive reading,
but did not hold mneh commniunciation with
his ftllows. le selected the high peak
abode town as the place of his abode, and
for three years he lived there solitary and
alone upon the highest pinnacle of the
mountain. He abhorred lire, and never
lighted even a candle save on one day of
each week, when he kept three small t'pers
burning. le was a religious devotee who
appeared to be doing penance for an early
life of sin; or perhaps for some crime. Iils
history was shrouded In mystery. 11e
spoke French and Spanish fluently, and
some English. His religious zeal and mys
terious habits and life created much inl crest
unong the simple natives of the surround
lig settlements, and they looked upon him
with superstitious awe and reverence. They
thought it their duty to aid him, and during
the whele time of his abode in the moun
ains they carried him food and provisions.
In this.way he existed like the patriarch of
L~ld fed by the ravens. During his three
years of self-imposed exile he occasionally
made a visit to town, but could not Iso pre
vailed upon to enter a house or go nea a
fIre. At the end of three years lie left Her
nit's Peak and went to the Bernal 11111,
southwest of Tecolote, where he lived some
timc. An ancient cross Is still there to
mark the place of his dwelling. He fan
.led high places far removed above the or
linary- walks of men. From Bernal Hill
i6 journeyed into the wilderness of Grant
younty, where the blood-thirsty Apaches,
6vith as little respect for prayers and
)enances then as now, murdered and
icalped him. lia history and real name
ivere never learned, but he gave an endur
ng title to the hiqh mlountain west of town,
he "Hermit's Peak."
English Stories.
I was at Buxton, in Derbyshire, the
>ther day; so was Lord ledesdale. Ilis
Uoidship is of an inquiring mind. A
milder was at work on a new house. The
>lan was old. 'Where is the back door
if this house to be, imy man?" asked the
garl. "I know nothing of no back door;
I build to plans and mind my own busi
less." said the workman. This kind of re
)ufr Is very characteristle o1 the lower Ncs
ies of the English. It reminds one of the
tRev. I. Venu Elliot's experience in Wes
tern England. lie was being driven from
Bristol to Btha, and sitting by the side of
ie coachman, was anxious to draw the
'whip" into conversation, and at the same
limo to increase his local knowledge. To
ncarly every question the coachman ans
wvered, I don't know." Exasperated at
last, thtL parson exclaimed, "What do you
know ?" "I know how to drive you from
Bristol to Bath, was the ready reply. A
itory characteristic of English dining pro
alivities is just now current at the military
Dlubs. A few fellows determined to give a
hlinner to a brother officer who had just re
turned "covered with glory" from Zulu
land. When the night came and dinn. r
was served, several men who did not know
io hero whom they had met to honor,
isked which was lie. This led to inquiry.
"Where is the captain ? "Don't know ;
hidn't you bring him?" "Not I," was the
general answer. Everybody thought some
b~ody else would do that, it turned out
ihmat the guest of the evenin~g know nothing
ihout the festal distinction intended for
lilm. So his "brother oflicers'' sat down
md eaijoyed themselves wvithout him. Here
is another story which Is being told of a
Nfajor who has won the Victoria Cross, and
.a yet one of lie most nervous of public
peakors. Indeed, when he is on lisa legs.
xcept for warlike purposes, hie leses his
head. Yet they made him get up the other
norning at a wedding breakfast, to propose
.he health of the bride. Ie wanted to com
plment the young lady, as wvell as her
nether (a great society dame of title, and a
beauty in her day), and he had a vague
idea that he had been successful, though
lie set down amidst soloin silence.
"And, lhe had said, inm concluding a few
itammering remarks, "I can not wish the
lovely bride a higher dower thiam to hope,
is tine rolls on, she may grow up to be
more beautiful than her mother, and, and
-more virtuous."
A Kobber at Ilome..
Frank Paulin is thme leatter of a band of
robbers, in Berks county Pa. hie was late
ly convicted and sentenced to seven year.
lHe lived alone In a cabin on the Blue
Mountains. is cabin was built of logs
andl the roof was thatched with leaves,
hickory poles -and straw. 'ihero was a
rude floor In it, covered with a buffalo skin
and thme skins of various animals thmmt were
kislied on the mountains. Paulin was a
bxxi-.shot eind always went armed. In
appeni-Aac6 ho resembled a border humnter,
and Wvae never known to molest any one.
He' wAM quiet, reserved anid gentlemanly
in yiemniannere, about thirty-eight years of
age, light' ablatrna hair, auburn mustache,
we i eared for, light eyes, light complexion,
pn d well formed. H~e Isl about medIum
iniheight, and lisa frame is well knit. isl
figtthfml ~qpanions were two nmaptiffs, and
for' eathrs he had been hcdokd upqn
ad quise suspidions clhettof. Ner~
every~ every$ ovenibg'tho blue -simoke curld
up from the rude chimney of'ise cabin,
and persons yho passed thet way frequenut'
ly otated that the moat. eavory smells bf
dolgn cani ofr~qm o~fire-pla~o of Paulin s4
mountain~ home. Tbn pgain, a number
of mysterious sranger men who liad bad
looke, freguently won ed tlioir way to thme
caliin'and ide beeqtiently. seon in the
cjnisf of XAin66m the rgbuntahls. is
is o~ywab nnkneWn, oxcep$ 'that It was
n&alyup$6 e'd he nas A 'Gerthap by
brth and had not been' attracted'td the
~iritifns by a desire.to load the-life ofs a
hermit. lie f.md 60e vieible rued of an
Suspicion rested upon him whenever any of
the farmers were robbed In the valley be
low. Stores, dwellings offices, burns,
smoke-hous(s, cellars, railroad stations and
chicken coops were marauded night after
night all along that section bordering on
the Blue Mountains, and it was generally
supposed that Paulin with a number of
professional tramp thieves was at the bot
tom of all the mischief. Near to the cabin
of Paulin was another cabin, occupied by
the Strausser family. Thoy are a rudeandt
coarse backwoods )Cp , and l'aulil
found use for them in mna y ways, such as
washing his clothes, recei, ng stolen goods
and hiding his ill-gotten iHns un: il such a
time would arrive as lie could safely dis
pose of them. Finally the thieving opera
tions became so frequent that the farmers
of Windsor and Upper Bern townships
united to put i stop to it. Constable Sheldy
and. a possec of men shadowed the cabin of
Paulin and by the merest accident discov
cred a splendid lap blanket that bad been
atolen front William Reno. Soon after
this Joel Mengle, another farmer, shot at a
burglar, and Mathias Keiser (who was
one of Paulin's dissatisfied cnompanions)
testified that Paulin had acknowledged that
he was very nearly killed by that shot.
Keiser took the standand swore that Paulin
had comiutled a number of roberries at the
farms of George Sunday, April 12; WiL
liam Sheip, May 24; George Reigel, Feb
ruary 11, and others, at least a dozen in
all. Paulin was found guilty. lIe was
then put on trial with Herman Sirausser,
Isabella Strausser and David Strusser, on
the charge of having committed other rob
beries among i he rich farmers and business
inen of Northern Berke and the southern
section of Sehuylkill counties. Tle oper
ations of this band of thieves also extend
ed over into Lehigh county. The gang of
tramp robbers recently arrested and con
victed in Berks county are all more or less
acquainted with Paulin, with whom they
worked very frequently. During the severe
weather of winter, when the robbers de
sired to get out of the sight of civilization
after the perpetration of some crime, they
went to Paulin's home and there passed
the time in the most convivial manner
imaginable. Tney had plenty of money
and employed the Straussers in various
ways. The robbers had rum and pipes,
chickens and beef, and lived on 'the fat ot
the land," in their own rude way. In
this manner they would spend many days
together, plan robberies and then go out
on dark nrghts and execute them.
Death Dor.
Two hundred and fifty miles north of
Chicago, on the west shome of Lake
Michigan, a peninsula projects from the
main land (Wissonsin) Into the iake in a
northeasterly direction. Beyond and in
the same direction, is a chain of small is
lands extending nearly to the disjointed
portion of the State of Michigan. These
Islands and the peninsula form Green bay,
which is the highway by which most of the
great lumber and ore products of Wiscon
sin ind thoir way In m1arket. Between
these Islands are several navigaule entrances
to the Bay, but the one most, traveled is the
south entrance, known as Death Door.
About the time of the first settlement of
the country by the French, nearly the
whole tribe of lPottawatomie Indians were
drowned while attempting to cross this
passage, and the French called it Port du
Mort. A small island at the entranee to
the door, on which is a light house and fog
signal, is officially known by this name,
though among sailors and fishermen It is
called Pilot Island. It contains less than
flive acres, and for nine months of the
twelve is the home of the light keeper his
family and two assistants. North of Door
Bluff-the name of the northern extremi
ty or cape of the peninsula-two miles is
Plum Island, containing probably two
square miles. It Is uninhabited and cov
ered with a heavy growth of pine and
cedar. This is the condition of all the
country in this vicinity, the few inhabi
tants depending almost entirely upon fish
lag for support. Four mnilea east of Door
Bluff is Poet du Mort, which is two miles
wvest of the south point of Detroit Island.
All this coast Is lime stone, and the chan
nels betwveen the islands and at the en
trances to the bays are full of. reefs of the
same stone, and to add to .the danger of
navigation there is most of .the time a
strong current flowing sometines one way
and sometimes another, so strong at times
as to make a boat unmanageable.
rrofltable PInheu.
There some difficulty in stocking a
stagnant p~ond with good kinds of fish. One'
cannot have the choicest without the very
best conditions for their cultnre. Trout.
require cool spring wvater, and it should be
a fiowlng stream unless there are abundant
springs at the bottom of the pond, spring
inr from the gravel beds. Black bass is
thi, next best fish to trout, and may be
kept In a pond if there is an ample supply
of fresh water and foodl The yellow
p~erch comes next, and thIs wiji thrive
where bass will not; a pond wIth muddy
bottom, if It, is planted with aquatic veg
etation, will provide a comfortable home
for this variety, Thon come sun-fish and
eat-fish. It is well to put in some cat-fish
and let them propagate andi increase for a
time; then add some yellow perch which
would live on the cat-fish and Increase as
these diminished until they took possession
of the pond. It would' then be necessary
to provide some food, if a large sto~k was
deeired. Cat-flsh can be easily caught
with a hook, put into a tub of water and
transported to ei pp d for a long distance.
Yellow perch. c6iid b 'ocuged' 'In
same Way, A fe*. dozhne a. d
stocksapond of hdmi a.,''cr6.- n
hire 'put 1if6to. pdn&t ovuld *efl 'to
transplant s6thie watr plants by ki*tip
roots of watct' lilies, ete,, maiking*el of
miud about them arid proIigtheo
the water here and the
Be~sist the temptation at: circulating, ill
reports; .sprea4 them apt, at , sll, f you
'cannot speak well of another, at least do
not speak ill of .him.. fever spa 19 of
ahothgabhhind his back. Wb aird you
consider his charaaeter of 1,ea . Que than
yot own. , ' ok of 6thers tt
were they) 9,b~ ad' hi)'
Consd# yorirdeif tl~ eMIh6beih
acM~f t6s' e rho o
would i+sh'othi's to grirdo )eeo
lb your absenee." Whofi ViWi~~b
needed to nention-abh h t^ the shad
A Rouinantic Ituner.
lie rambled into the restaurant with a
smi1le on his face, which seeled to indicate
to the crowd that his soul was made of the
perfuie of roses, and that his nature was
soft aind sweet as June sunshine.
The waiter walked up to bin after ie
was Seated and said:
"'What'll ye have, sah?"
"Give ine a sea-lion cutlet rare, and
plenty of gravy.'
''We don't keep dei, sal."
"'Then I'll take soie nightingale soup,
but be sure there are no feathers in it."
"Did you say clam soup?" inquired the
waiter rather awkwardly.
"No sir, 1 did not," responded the other
with warmth: "I ordered nightingale soup
sansailes."
"Don't keep it."
Illave you any reindeer jelly?"
"No sal."
"I should very much like soens girafle
stew."
"We ain't got n1one."1
"Well, you ngy !'' a:ig me soine lizard
fritters."
"Dey ain't down on de bill."
"What kind of a place Is this, anyway.
You don't keel) any of the delicacies of
the season. I'm tin operatic composer, 1
atim, and cannot eat any of your ordinary
stuff."
Tie waiter then puxhed the bill before
hin and lie said:
"You haven't even gold-fiuh omelettes,
Dh?"
"'NO sahl)."
"Well, then, bring ime a plate of pork
,r.id beans forsatisfaction.'
The beaus were brought for hih, 'and a
mioiment after lie cotmeticed to devour
themu, lie called the waiter and inquired:
"Will you bring me an extra napkin?"
The napkin was brought anel he had not
naten uore than two mout.hfuls before he
::alled the attendant back and , arrolled:
"I am really sorry to disturb you, but
will you go over to the window and see if
it looks like ralin?"
The waiter did as requested and lie no
inore than got back than the guest in
:1tiirc(:
"Won't you please hang a table-cloth
Around imy neck; and allow it to meander
.lown the back of the chair, it always
makes beans taste better to me."
"I can't do dat, sah "
"Then I must. reque.st you to stop that
bird singing. I can never enjoy a meal
while a canary bird is singing his stereo
typed melody around."
"I can't stop the bird."
"Than I'll stop eating. I'll take these
Ieans along with me in th1i paper bag, and
eat them down in the City Ilall Park where
Iliere are no birds to bother me."
lie then bagged the beans and went. sol
anlily On his wily.
Color anct Cont.raets.
If we combine two primiary colors, say
bluc and yellow, in order to make a sec
ndary rmnlor which in this case will be
Kreen, tius adconmuty w ..mu -4... ..
naximumn of intensity when it is placed be
1ide its coiplementary red. In the same
way orange will be intensified by blue, and
vioiot by yellow. On the other hand, red
)laced beside green will seem more red,
wango will intensify, violet will make yel
ow more brilliant. If, however, we take
liese very colors which intensify each other
by juxtaposition, and mix them together,
hey will be entirely destroyed. If we take
red and green of the same intensity and
nix then together in equal proportions, we
wvill obtain a pure colorless gray; the same
with blue and orange and with violot and
yellow. This phenomenon is called achro
natism. Achromatism Is also produced by
fnixing the three primary colors in equal
proportions. Sulphur, campanulat and
c.apsiclne mixed equlally will destroy each
other and produce a colorless gray. If,
however, we put sulphur beside garnet,
which in the rose is exactly opposite to It,
these two tints being complemnenttary will
utct on each other, and will mutually heigh
ten each other's color. Chevereal says that
when we mako a stroke on a canvas with
brush full of color, we do not merely tint
with this color all the part touched with a
the brush, but the surrounding space also
is tinted by the complementary coloi'; so a
red circle if surrounded by a blue halo, a
yellow by a violet one, and the reverse.
When two different colors are juxtaposed
they receive," says Owen Jones, "a double
modification, first as to their tone, the light
colot- appearing lighter and the dark darker.
Secoondly, as to their tint, each will become
tinged with the conmplemnentary of the
Anl Old Story Re-told.
Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson was a great
sea captain if ever one lived. When, on
the 15th of September. 1805, lie hoisted
his flag on board the Victory, and arrived
oft Cadiz on his birthday to take command
of the liediterranean fleet. he meant
fighting. Thero was no suspicion of hesi
tation in his tactics. The force under him
consisted of twenty-seven sail of the line
and four frigates, which he withdrew from
the vicinity of Cadlz to a station aixteen or
eighteen leagues to thle westward, "In the
hope of inducing the enemy to put to sea."
These were the days of dash and manhood,
and great nmst have been Nelson's exulta
tion when, on t~he ziorning of; October the
21st, jumst,qi, daybreak', the combined French
an4 @3paulsh .hetp, consistinjg ,of thirty
three salt 'of t.ollne and seven frigates,.
were seen ahead, to 1eeward twelve miles.
The Admiral lost no time, for before twelve
the MIrtishi fleet was bearing down on the
crescent shaped position of the enemy, and
then it was that Nelson hoisted the signal,
"England expects that every man will do
his duty." Them only fear was that the
cenmy miight ,rvp for 'refuige, therefore
'Nelson notifled t~ oIhingwood, "1 intend
to pass through ..i van of the enemy's
1me1 'to pr a~tt, 1 from getting Into
Cadis." '1here was an affectionate anxiety
aboiut the impetuosityr and determination of
the commander, go Captain Blanewood pro.
posed that the F'em'eralre shioulid go ahead
of the Victory, In ease that vessel might
draw the principal attention of the enemy's
fire. '"O I yes, let her go ahxend," replied
Nelson ; but at tlze' samje time he had
clearyfpointeptioP of.Allowin~ any .stich
thhi, fr h 14not permit an igen of
canyas t be' tken Ih, and the Vi o'y~ -
tinu to lead the' olhi .9oql u
e re.4I W~' ng po,
~~ thde d vi.
ite it is 't I e
I 'found
lingwood to Captain Rotheram, and at th<
anie instant, without a spark of jcalous)
at the enviable position of his friend,
Nelson observed, "See how nobly Colling.
wood carries his ship into action."
But at twenty minutes past noon thC
Victory was in the thick of the fight.
Scarcely a minute after the ship gol
within range, seven or eight ships opened a
terrible and destructive fire upon her. Thc
Admiral's secretary, MNr. Scott, was shot
dead, and soon the mizzen topmast of the
Victory was carried away, and also het
wheel, necessitating the process of steering
by the relieving tackles below. Yet nc
hail of fire destroyed the dauntless and
(logged courage of Nelson and his sea-dogs.
When a splinter from the fore brace bits
passed between Nelson and Hardy, and
tore away the buckle from the shoe of the
latter, the Admiral only smiled and said:
"This is too warm work to last long,
IIardy !" Still, warm as it was, the Eng
lish Admiral was determined to make it
hotter. The Victory's sails were hanging
in ribbons; she had lost full fifty men
killed and wounded ; but soon It was her
turn to begin. Determined to pass under
the stern of the Bucentaure as the only
mode of breaking the line, the Victory's
lieln was put hard aport, and there was
scarcely space for her to go clear. Sailing
close to the larboard side of the lucen
taure, the Victory poured in such a well
directed and tremendous broadside that
the French ship heeled two or three streaks
on receiving it. All this time Nelson was
pacing the quarter deck with Hardy, their
walk being bounded aft by the wheel, and
forward by the companion ladder. The
distance was 0ny. about twenty-five feet,
and it was here, when the Rledoulubtable
brought up, that the fatal bullet struck
Nelson. lie fell on his knees just where
31r. Scott had fallen, and said, "They
have done for ine at inst, lardy ; my back
bome is shot through." The victory was
all but g:ined when Nelson was compelled
to go below. In that dreadful moment he
thought of his nen, and caused his face
and his scars to be covered by his handker
chief, in order that lie might pass unnoticed
by the crew.
A Gir'l Deer Stalker.
The modern Diama is a 31ies Clark
Ilendershot---an appropriate nme-daugh
ter of Thomas Hlendershot, who lives in a
log cabin flve miles back of Shohola, Pike
eouity, Pit. She is eighteen years of age,
can row a boat, shcot a gun, or trap a hear
as well as any man in the country. The
other (lay she started to row across a lakv
in a light boat, taking a gun with her.
Midway of the lake she discovered a black
(leer that had been driven to the water by
dogs. Taking aim she fired, Inflicting
a wound in the deer's neck. The anunal,
enraged, struck at the boat with its front
foot, completely shaltering one side of the
fragile bark, which sunk leaving Miss
IHendershot in the water with the infuri
ated buck. She was plucky and could
swmn well, and as the deer came toward
InIt tm e
instantl3. She then called for help, and as
none arrived she swanm to tie shore, about
a quarter of a mile and hurtied home. She
put on dry clothes and procuring another
boat, rowed out where the dead buck was
floating and towed it to the shore. When
dresssed the animal weighed nearly 280
potds. This is the seventh deer Miss
Hendershot has killed, and she feels quite
proud of her last adventure as she hab a
right to.
"ihat Was, My Pot You Tuki"
Father Scully was chaplain of the Ninth
Massachusetts regiment during the war,
and as such, was zealous for the moral wel
fare of the men under his care. IIe was
specially opposed to gambling, an~d never
hesitated about acting vigorously whenever
occasion required. One day htalf a dozen
of the oficers were havitng a little game of
poker, and as the "pot" amoumntedl to
$9.75, there wvas great exitement as to who
should beI thie winnter. Just as the question
was decided, Father Scully sprang in ut~der
the ten~t fitap, grabbeLd the stakes and put
thenm in his breast pocket, with the remark,
"There it is, and there it will stay!" No re
mionstanice was offered, an~d lie walked -off
with the counscated currency. In a little
while pay (lay Catre round and the usual
collection was taken up for the chaplain.
Father Scully was soon informeod of the
amioun~t, and sat in his teat waiting to be
brought to him. In a short time t'.e oilcer
who ha I takeni the collection-and lie was
one who had been disturbed at the little
game a few days before-approached with
the m)oney, whieh he handedl over. Thme
chaplain counted it, and thon turned sharp
ly to the messengets with the question:
"Where's the other $0.75?" The officer
had been waititig for this moment of tri
umph, and, drawing himself up he slapped
his hantd on the breast of lis coat and ans
weredi: "There it is, and there It'll stay :
that was my pot you tuk." And it did
stay there.
. Hi Sweet, Way.
"I like a shoemaker's shop," lie said,
"with the awls of all sizes, and the smell
of new leather. There is no tune played
like that played by a htammer on a lap
stone. It is the drum beat of diligence.
And ah I that lap-stone, licked into shapes
and comeliness by the old sea, -as a she
bear licks her cubs. By the way, merry
cobbler, hare you a pair of uncalled-for
boots that would fit me 1" I happened to
have a nice-pair of .his pize, gpr, ho triad
thorm on "Elegant I'" he exclaimed4; "my
foots rests on thieni as easily as a b~aby in a
cradle, flow remarkablei I believe that
these boots were destined for me. 'There
ts a destiny that shapes our ends,' ete,;
you know the rest, cobbler,. I guess,, on
the whole, I will take those boots and
leave mgv present old ones for-permanent
repairs. '"And if you believe me, he
somehow or other got away with the bran.
new hoots," said the cobbler, and heft a
pair of wretched, -old, worn-our brogans."
"Woll, how, was it," we asked, "that
you alwed hbin to come it over you sot
"1e annot say," replied the cob lor; '"h
kept ftlking in such a. ,Wet sugary ,Wa
all about the anptentshpo krq, yn aq le
gotte the dooy Ibe,eja pd hi laa 4. t9 li
foreheadand dnete that thoere was nlort
?corrtption onj)ae1 judicial bencha than ot
tirehema er' e h nd h was
out withwa afghpa
S u 9
Mammoth Men.
Profane histor ans mention giants; they,
gave seven feet of height to iiercules, the'
first hero, and in our day we have seen men
eight feet high. The giant who was shown
in Rouen in 1835 measured eight feet some
inches. The Emperor Maximin wasi of
that size; Shenkins and Ploterus physicians
of that stature, and Goroplus saw a girt
who was ten feet high. The body of Or
ostes, according to the Greeks, was eleven
and a half feet. The giant Calabro, brought
from Arabia to itome, under Claudius
Ciesar, was nearly ten feet, and the bones
of Secondilla and Puflo. keepers of the
gardens of Sallust, were but six Inches
shorter. Farnuin, a Scotchman, who lived
at the time of Eugene the Second, King of
Scotland, measured eleven and a half feet;
and Jacob Maire, In his voyage to the Straits
of Magellan, reports that on the 17th day
of December, 1615, they found at Port De
sire several graves covered with stones, and
havhag the curiosty to remove the stones
they found human skeletons ten feet long,
and some eleven feet.
The Chevaller Scory, in his voyage to the
Peak of Teneriffe, says they found in one of
the sepulchral caverns of that mountain, the
head of a Gaunche which had eighty teeth,
and that the body was not less than fifteen
feet long. The glaut Ferragus, who was
slain by Orlando, nephew of Charlemange,
was eighteen feet high. Itioland, a cele
brated anatonist, who wrote in 1614, says
that some years before there was to be seen
in the suburbs of St. German the tomb of
the giant Isoret, who was twenty feet high.
January 11, 1813, masone digging near the
ruins of a castle in Dauphine in a field
which by tradition had long been called the
Giants's flehi, at tie depth of eighteen feet,
discovered a brick tomb thirty feet long,
I welve feet wide and eight high, on which
was a gray stone with the words "Theuto.
bochus Rex" Engraved thereon. When the
tomb was opened they found a human
skeleton entire, twenty six and a quarter
feet. high, eighteen feet around across the
shoulders and five feet deep from the breast
bone to the back. His feet were about the
size of an ox's foot, and his shin-bone meas
ured four feet.
Near Mezarina, in Sicily, 1515, was found
a giant thirty feet high. Ills head was the
size of a hogshead (?) and each of his teeth
weighed five ounces. Near Palermo, In the
valley of idazaro, in Sicily, a skeleton of a
giant thirty feet long was found it the year
1518, and another thirty-three feet high in
1550; and many curious persons have pre
served several of these gigantic bones. The
Athenians found near their city two famous
Akeletons, one thirty-four and the other
thirty-six feet high. At Totu, in Bohemia,
in 1758, was found a skeleton the head of
which could scarcely be encompassed by the
arns of two men together, and whose leg,
which they still keep in the castle of that
city, were twenty-six feet long. The skull
of the giant found in Macedonia, September,
1691, held two hundred and ten pounds of
corn. The c-lebrated Sir Hans Sloane,
who treated this matter very learnedly,
does not double these facts, but thinks the
4112ninrna. onnlhn eI.Whnks
other~ enor1us1 iinftls. imnt a dMeniMnR-- -
bones may be shown for those of giants,
but they can never impose on connoisseurs.
Whales, which by their Immense bulk are
more properly to be substituted for the
largest giants, have neither arms or legs;
and the head of thit animal has not the
least resemblance to that of a man. If It
be true, therefore, that a great number of
gigantic bones which have been mentioned
have been seen by anatomists, and have'
by then been reputed real human bones,
the existanec of giants is proved.
Tho Diamond NeokIace.
The chief actor in this affair was Iamotte
Valos, a French adventuress, who died in
London in 1791 at the age of thirty-five.
She was born in Champagne, where, after
marrying a Count de Lanmotte, who was a
spendrift,she wvent to Paris, and succeeded
in being introduced to Mario Antoinette,
who took some interest in her, and to Card
inal de liolhan, grand ahnoner to the king.
She persuadled time latter that she could con
ciliate for him time affection of the queen,
who, she told him, was desjrous of getting a
magnificent diamond necklace then in the
hands of tihe court jewellers, which 'was
worth about 1,600,000f. She induced a
Mile. D'OhIva, whio resembled Marie Antoin
ette, to personate tier at a midinight inter
view with Rtohan in the gardens of Ver
sailles. With the real signature of Rohan
and a forged one of the queen, the countess
got possession of the necklaco(Feb. 2, 1786),
which Bile sold In London, but pretended
that she haid delivered it to the queen, and
for several months concealed thme robbery by
producing forged-notes, apparently written
by time latter, Finally, a direct application
of the jewellers to her majesty awoke suspi
cion, which resulted in a public trial before,
time Parliament. All France was excited
over the affair. Thme cardinal was discharg
ed from all accusation, while the couintems
was sentenced to be whipped, branded on
the shoulder and imprisoned for life. After
being incarcerated about two years at the
Balpetriere, she escaped June 5, 1787, and
fled to London, where' she publhished libels
against the queen. Her husband'sdr-vived
tier, and twice wrote a complete history of
the affair; thme first manmiscript was taken
from him by the French police; the second
was mutilated in Its proQSt important parts.
Cenetderhes a Paris.
Paris contains ten cemeteries within the?
walls and two outside,. the former beng,
generally reserved for each dilRerent dv-n,
slop of the city; that of Montmartre frti
first, second, egth, ninth aned tenth ad' ;
dissemnent s; Pre Lachaise - or 'the talrdj"
fourth, eleventh,. twelfth and 'twentieth ;
Montparnasse for thoffth, ti eeth,
thirteenth and fourteenth~1sipl~ Sgr
the seventeentli; lifarcad* i' or
the eighteenth ;-La Villote!X 'tLe nine
teenth ; those# of Urenelle' *'Vugirard
for the fifteenth ; and) those o~ass and.
'Auteul~ for the sigteth, p
1861, Bareh 'Iaussman once
of the6 anstalid of th-udbu i
munes, Iasued a doee" olOednk All 'h
b!e..ceneetele. exceptnig for jatuior
uk~ure posseeors of pypenQpafl
, oundrr . e, d
ctieeilop te
ths f ShtOt osi