Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Alh, no; I could not bear the pain, Of never seeing thee again; I cling to thee with thight and nain For over and for evert . Alh, leave me not! I love but thee! Blessing or curse, whioh'er thou be, Oh, be as thou hast been to me, For ever and for evert A WESTERN GIRL'S STORY. "Afraid!" cried I, with a laugh. "Why on earth shohild I be afraid?" And I suppose my face must have irrored forth the ca:eless independ-' ice of my spirit, for my brother's rug ed countenance,, brightened. up as I oko. We lived alone upon a solitary road iiles away from any human dwelling lace, in one of those antique gable-. nded farm-houses which look so pic resque to an artis''s eye in the sum-? er time, and indescribably desolate he. November gales are howling ound the chimney tops, or winter tows heaping up their feathefy pearl a.pon the door stone. We-that is, the ld bedridden aunty, my brother and byself. As, for a servant girl-dear ie, when I became. rheumatic, or lost )e usb of my.limbs, I might need one, ot before. . "Well, mind you don't let any one. i, unless it is a neighbors"- said Bob, iuttoning:up his shaggy overcQat, atnd owering his voice sq that Aunt Jemima hould not hear 'his words. For poor lunt Jemima was apt to be seized with ts of nervous apprehension tt ,the aost inconvenienlt times. t'Because, you know, there's only-two 'women of you, and-" "Go along with -yourself, Bob, and dor.'t you talk nonsense," said. I,*with an air of dignity. "As if I wasn't quite able to talie care of ,myself with out your advice. Nobody has been here in a week, and I. doin't think' the rush Is going to begin to-night." "The loaded revolver js on the top slielf o next to the bag of hops'and the paper of dried catnip," added Bob, "and the big stick " "I'll take the big stick. to yoh, if you don't clear out" cried I, 'merrily-itnd so Bob mounted old Nailny and trotted way. We had just received a hundred dol 'rs from the railroad people for the ,ear's wood which Bolt had cut,and "tauled to. the junction-a hundred-dol ars, all in nice, clean, crackling tens jind Bob and I, and Aunt* Jemina, all h gred-for once entirely unanimous hat so much money otght nyt to re-' nain over-night in the house. "Suppose there should be a fire?" aid I. *"$uppose a gang of niasked burglars hould break in!" suggested Aunt Joem ma, who had been reading the papers. "Suppose the rats and mice should :naw their way into the hair trunk!" aid Bob. So Bob was taking tfie hunidred (101 trs to the. Ottarsfleld Bank twenty alles away, over a rough and unevon ridle road! And I and Aunt Jemima 'ore left all a.hone. "Dear me," said . Aunt Jemima, that's twice my needle's dropped, and ;uck in the floorj We're going td have 3mpany!"* "I hope not," said I, "with nothing the house but corn-bread and pork, ndl dried apple sauce." "And there's a winding sheet in thme' a~ndle," gloomily added Aunt Jemima, 'lie was addicted to harmless little su orstitions. . "Somebody's going to "I think it's extremely -likely," I ob 3rved, with philosophy. 'I've had a creepy feeling' down my ick ahl- day," said Aunt Jemima, "just -if some one was measuring me for y shroud! Are you sure theo doors 'e all bolted, Gertrude!"' "Quito certain, aunt. ' I bolted them ~.yself." "And nails all over the windows?" "Every one of thoem. Come, new, ntiy, dear, let me fix your hiot drink, - d tie on your nightcap nicely. We're a,t as safe as if there Was iA hollow )uare of soldiery all round us!" .But in spite of re-assuraice, Aunt miim a persisted iin goinig tq sleep vith Sflat-iron and two pokers under het l51ow. . And then, mercy on me, hoW she dtd snore, to be sure. I. sat before the lire ,until past nine o'clock finishing a pair of grey mixed stockings that I N as knitting for Bob. Aid then, rising with a yawn, -I idoked out of the. window. It was raining, and, Merciful Heaven 1 I started back with a low cry, as I saw a wlhite, wild face pressed sutldenly ugaiust the guter side of the pane-,-a heavy black nious tache, and hair -thb most raven-jet I ever saw. My-first Impulse was to run and hide, my second to face the matter out. "What do yOu want?" I asked, open ing the window a little :way. "Who Ake you?" "I am a belated traveler. I need food-rest-rags to bihd up Iny hurt foot. Seel" And then I saw that one of his feet was bleeding. I hesitated an instant. He perceived my doubt. "You 'are afraid to let the vagrant in," lie-said, bitterly. "Well, I don't wonder much. But there's no danger. Let me in, as you have a dear father or brother of your own. Give me but .a crust of bread, a drink of milk. I will go on my way with the earliest dawn or morning.' My decision was taken at once. Ills pale face, 'his blood-stain'd foot, - his p,tE us voice so unli.ce the professional whine o the regular iendicant, all ap pealed to my womanly pity. I remem bered my brother's ckution, but I also remelpbered that there iyas an unused one-story wing, on the north end of the house, fitted up in atude- sort of way fot the occasional sleep ng place pf the additional farm hands thAt ,we needed in the hight of the season or harvest. "Go around to the farther door," said I. "I "wlll let you in." I admitted him accordingly. Gaunt, pale, and limping; he came -in. "There is a bed," said I. "And here is food. .Whil? yod eat I will get salv and a bandage for your foot." When I returned lie was -eating 'as greedily as if he had not tasted food- for a week and drinking long draughts of cooee. "You are hungry," said I- kneeling to my:task. "I hope you)1l never be as near star vation as I have been tlils day," lie re sponded in 4 low, thrilling voice. "Thank. you, young. Woman-the foot feels easier now." So I left him. I haid meant to slip across the bolt on the outside of the door that led to the other portion of the house; but I now perceived, for tihe first time, that the bolt was not there. Bob must have taken it out, to use in the stables. A ,thrill, half of apprehension, passed through me at this unwelcome discov' ery. "No matter," said I, valiantly, tg niyself, "i must risk it. I dare pay we are all as hafo a's if there were a0score pf bolts on 'the door. Only I'm glad Aunt Jeminia sleeps as soundly." So I wecnt to bed and fell fast asleep in less than fifteen minutes. The sourld of the o11,d'wooden .clock striking three - or something else roused me, and opening -iy eyes, I -saw the light of a dark lantern in the room, apd by its glimmer three men searching the contents. of the old hair trunk that stood underneath the window. I started nip with a scream-probably the most imprudent 'thing I could have done-but I did not stop at that in stant of terror to measure conse quences. - . "Stop that gal's squeaking p)ipe,"' muttered a low, threatening tone, and the niext instant an Iron hand was upon my throat; iy eyeballs seemed starting from their sockets, and a horrible death by suffocaLlon, seenied closing around me. In the self same second, however, I saw the deadl'y white face df the'man I had so recon'tl15succored and fed, in the doorway. I hieard'the click of a pistol being cooked. My first impressi'on was that lie belonged to the gang-that'he had made an entrance Into the house through my.weak pity, and afterward, admitted 1lis comrades; but oh! how unjustly I judged him. "Let go of that girl's throat, or I'll send, a brqco 'of bullats through your brain!" lie shouted; and instantaneous ly I was free. "Now then, get out of this! Drop ' everything. Quick! Do you see this pistol. It carries charges enough to. send every one of you to kingdom come, quicker than lightn ing.''. IIis eloquence wvas.of ti most persua sive nature. Ono of the men drbpped a roil-leather pocket book of - papers that I recognlhed as Bob'sl another lot"fall a &aliqWbag cont4ing Aunt Jemima's six silver teaspoons, and all three t.umbled out of the door in hot haste. My ,.. knowa friend calmly examined the fastenings.. "Thle bolt had been pried back," said he, "but I can fix it in a minute. And even if I did not I hardly think they will be likely,to come back again after the lesson I have read them." "how 'can I ever thaik you!" I cried, almost hy$terically, in my min gle.d terror and gratitude. "I was thinking to-night as I watch; ed you..liind up my foot that I would like to do something for you,i' -he said in ,a low tone, "a .d I have done it. Good--night." Early the next morning I carried a tray of breakfast Iii to him, but lie was gone. From that time to this I. have never seen. nor' heard of him except -that, once. in an illustrated nefspaper, I saw his portrait, as the detected mur derer of half a dozen traveler%'on the Omaha Via ins-an accomplished vlllaftj -a cold-bloodad wreteh, who thought no more of extinguishing the spark of humpn life 'than others do of killing a fly-so read his biography-ahd -I shud dered to recollect how utterly we poor women .were at his mercy on that Db. cember night, and of how he sparbd and sh.ielded us! $ -1 Bob never knew of that uigit's .ad. venture. Ant Jemima never knew. It is a secret that I keep to myself. TORtN TO PIECES BY HORSES. A Ghastly Tragedy. in the. Paris Bas. tille I.mss Than a Century and a Halr Ago. One gf the most ghastly scenes which was ever witnessed -in this house of hor rors "occurred- in January,.1757, when poor mad Damiei s ajermpted to stab. Louis XV with a very small penknife. "M. de Machault had him seized and immediately tortured. His lqg~.. were burned with.a very red-hot iron." Still Damiens would not confess t. an at tempted murder. le had only intended giving-the kink a' salutary.lesson. The fearful question of the bcot was' applied to the miserable man, aid "there were twenty other exeeutioners, present from virious places in the provinces." The ghastly finale of the tale is told'at great length, and a' horribloin 'ittite it. 1w which Colonel Bingham give% of the aexecution of less than a century apd a half ago at the metropolis of culture. The "leering twenty executioners," the silent priests, the heartless brutes who applied the "question," the spell-bound multitude, and the center of interest, the victhb, with agony.and undaunted courage mingled in his drawn features. Tha3 boiling fluid has been poured into,the wounds, which a strong, stout executioner "has had great difficulty in inflicting by tearing away with his pin cers piecesIf flesh, and then The Sorses, eaCh held by. an' execu tioner. now gave a pull. and tie same ceremony was repeated a quarter of an hour afterward, then again and again without success. Damiens raised his head and looked around. It was found necessary to add two more horses to those harnessed to the thighs, which made six horses, but this did -not suc ceed. -At last Samson, the executioner, seeing there was no hope of making a finish of it, sent .to ask the genitle'men., of' the Pariamenit if they would not like him to out Damiens to piees. - Or ders, however,'were given to make fresh efforts; but the horsest turned res tive, andi.'one of those harnessed to the thighs fell. After several more attempts and an application* of the k'nife-th6 details arc too 'ghastly for translation the terrible tragedy .was brought to a close by the trunk of. the victim being burned. The hideous spectacle lasted sixteen hours. -Origin of '"ake.". The word "fake" has been -used for fifty'years at least In the theatrical pro fession to express the .idea of a make shift. Thus, to. "fake a dr'ess" is to get up a costume wvhichm Is not correct, but which qan b.e made (o aerve its purpose on a 'pinch. Costumes of this kind are called "fakements. " TQ "fake a part" f's to play It imperfectly, with out proper knowledge of Its lines. In the old days of stock companies a com mon expression among a'ctors who knew they were Imperfect in the text or dress of their chara.cters was:' " Well, 12 o'clock has got to come, and I will fake through it somehow.," Men much given to this sort of thing were krtownm In the profession as fakirs, and I regrot to 'say there are a good1 many of them. -Madame Munkaosy, wire of the painter, has been so impressed by her husband 's glowing accounts of America phat she -sa made-up her mind to pay t,his country 'a visit at the earliest op portunity. In the meantime she is paying particular attention to Angeri can visitors in Paris, to whom she ex tends. an' open-handed hospitality. Madame Munk~acsy wsw the widow of a. wealthy Austrian baron when she married the Ilnngarian pnmter.. UNPI AOT4AV -'WORKI4G *OMIDN. Jill 1iaks ..it Unpfrasant for Jaiok's Pocketbook. Thei are few sadder. sights 'in the world than to see an intelligent, sober artisan narried to an 'drdinary domest ic servauit (such unions,are very com xnon), .and observe the progress of their lives, say for i year. They have both sayed a little mdney and take a cottage, which they furnish, "not wisely, but too wdll,", and comuienc lie -under, apparently. the most favorable circum stances. Ttuy have 'delightful break fasts and dinners. - Jack never lived so well in his life, bven wl;en a single man, ani he thinks what a real treas ire he has found in "Jill." She loves him devotedly thinks sh.e can. never do enough f>r him, and that nothing is too good t give him to eat. Seio had "helpe(3. the kitchen" in her -last place, d a being an observant girl, with, pospept of, a honl of her own, she watqlied cook, and' certainly learn ed a good-deal. But, unfortunately she had piclied up, not oiily cogk's skill, but lio ex'. travaganae, and when Quarter Day came roilbd Jack remembei'ed, . with a start that they had both forgotten it, and also ,he uninteresting but undenix able fact hat boots and 'clothing we,1r out, and tthere was no provision at all made fox replacing them.. They had been very happy, and enjoyed them selves voiy much aiid' Jill declared that they really had "nothing out of the way,,}ftor all;" only she forgot that the style qf cooking practiced Iii a rich man's kitishen is not suitable for a poor man's cottage. Fried fish need not of ,necessity be an expensive dish, but, ac cordingly Indestible into the bargain, soaked As It generally is with lukewarm fat, and half smothered.in a semi-dook od mess called "melted butter," one half of which is invariably wasted. Then)tltere is total ignorance with regard to the use of ie. T hree.times as much coal as is really nede?sary is' burned; juce-pans, frying-pans and kettles get:worn out in no time. These may seem ordid and uninteresting de tails, ) ut to lhe working man's wife tliey u or ought to be, matters of vital ii tance, ap4sl oilld be taken into consideration; for ft'ii th' wages are spent on being comfortable and having things nice, there is a good chance of poverty coming In at the door even before love has looked tow ard the windows. , And - yet in such a case the woman is scarcely to be blam ed;,she means well, but she lCnows no better. She imitates. to the best of-her ability what she has seen presumably better informed people do, but she is absolutely ignorant both as to the value, of the food she buys and cooks, but also the proportion 'of wages that should be spent on it. In fact domest ic servants make about the worst, in stead of the best wives for iworking men, for they haves ideas beyond their means. With better trdfining-witl} any training-they would understand that what might be a very 'appropriate "dish" for a wvealthy idle man would.be In no way suitable for a poor hard wprking man. If economy were -prac tised amongst the wealthy classes, the poor would unquestionably soon benefit by it. If servants were properly tramn ed and children properly educated, much of the sinful waste that goes on every day would be avoided, and poor people would be much healthiei and happier. There is 'hardly any class .(unless the very wealthy) who 'do not suffer, more or less, from extravagant cooking and waste. In lodkings to per sons with fixed -incomes, it becomes a very serious matter; ,milk, butter, eggs, sugar, cheess, spices and such things, vanish In the most astonishing way, though the landlady and 'the servants may 'be most .scrupulously honest. They have simply got into a wasteful way, and until that way is amended, 11o amount of culture or amusement or increased -wages, will liprove the do mestic condition of the wives or work ing men or the homes of working wo men. - The Land of Politeness.' Gentleness Is the most notable qual ity of the Honduranians; says a corres pondont'of the Chicago hemald. This impresses the straliger first of all. It matters not whether It be the pale, chivalrous descendant' of Spanish lne bility or the' dusky Iid'iasi maid who poises like an exqumisit, bi'onze statue, ella upon her head, at the entrance to the plaza, And gatches .with wvonderig Interest the rie*omeg~ oh thehi( tired mules4 riding down frorn the inoliins into the valley. The'very humblest of the p'oople show this grade of, gentle ness. The pure Hlonduranian type. that is to say, the descendants of the people who for hundreds 'of years back inhabifed thuis baunifn1 country- is n less to be admired than the grandchil. dren pr children of Spaniards who have come hither. To, ma the bronze com plexion, the chiseled features and the proud carriage of the former. are won derfully fasoinating. I think I nay say truthfully that I have seen loss gatcherie to the squar.e yard of humanity here than to 'the square Inch in the United States. It Is Impossible for a Honduranian to to be rude-or boorish. He may get an .gry, to be sure; he' may challenge you to como out Qn the leona (hte moun tiin side) and fight a. duel; but ho can never descend to coarseness. The wo men ate pure and beautiful.- There is no scandal. The news-papers are clean columned. The man who indulges in too much aguardipiito or other spiritu ous beverage Is about the worst suiner. 'his "land- of deepnesses," as its name indieates, is indeed a sort of "blessed couiitry". rest. LINCOLN'S MILITA.tY tNSTINCT. .What Gen. sherman sayd-..Military ScionGO in Untecluiioal Torns. .He never professeci any knowledge of the laws and science of -war, yet in his joyous moments lie would relate his large experience as a soldier in the Black Hawk Wgr-of;1832, and as an of ficer in the .o'msn, war-' at ;'auvoo, in 1846 Neve,thess, Pu'ing the pro gress of the civil v"ar he evinced a quick comprliension of the prinOiples of the "art, tibugh . never using mili4ary phraseblogy. Thus his letter, of April 19, 1802, tot Gene McClellan, then be sieging Yo ktown, 'exhibits a precise. knowledge of the strength, and purpose of each of the iiany armies in the field, and of the 'impoktange of "concentric action.' In. his letter' of June 5, 1803, to Gen. Hoolker, he wrote:' "In one word; I would not take any risk of being ibntanglefi'upon the river (Rappahannock), like an ox jumped half way'over ' fence, tnd liable to be torn by dogs front and rear,' without a fair chance to gore one way, or to kick the other." Agtn; June 10, 1808, vitiig, to Gen. 'Io.1l,er: "If ,eft,to mo, -I iy(Qild not go south of the I#a1paih'annoct'ujon' lee's mov ing north of'it. 'If you had Rich&iond invested today, you.-would not be able to take it in twenty days.' Meainwhile four . Con runioatinsiand- with'them your army, would be'ruitied. I think Lee's army, and not Richmond, is your objective point. If he comes - toward .the Upper Potomac, follow him on his flank and on the inside track, shorten ing your lines while lie lengthens his. if he stop, fret him and fret him. This is pure science, tho gh the lang guage is not technial. * It is related by G'en. Grant in his memoirs that when he was explaining how he 'proposed to use the -several scuttered armies so as to accomplish the best results, referring to the forces in western Virginia, and saying that lie had .prdered Sigel to move up the valley of Virginja from Winchester, make junction with Crook and Averell from Kanawha, and go toward Salt ville or Lynchburg- Mr. Lincoln said; "Oh, yesl I see that. As we sa'y out west, If a man can't skin, lie must hold a leg while somebody else does." In his. personal interview with Gen. Grant about March 8, 1864, Mr. Lin coIn recounted truly and .manfully that "lhe had 'never professed to be a mili tary man, or -to know how.campaigns should be conducted, and never wanted to interfere in them'; but the procras tination of commanders, and the pres sure from the people at the north and congress,' which was always wvith him, forced him to issuing his series of mili tary. orders, one, twvo, three, etc. lie did not know but all were wvrong, and did - know that some were. All he wanted or ever had wanted, wvas soe one w~hio would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the as sistance needed, pledging himself to use all the power of the government in ren dering such assistance." At last lie had found .that mani. -A Lantern ror Hlumani Throats. -The young English electrician to whose ingenuity I believe, Mr. Irving owned .thd cleverly-contrIved. effedt of the spaiks which fig frdn The blade of .Mophisto's sword in "Faust" has been further proving what .1I may call his elpotrio vei'satiliti. Is latest . hlivel) tion, I understand, turns electricity to an account as an aid to laryngosdopical examinatioti by means of a tiny elec tric lamp, which is actually put dowi? the throat of a patient. It 'was with t.hiis novel electric apparatus whioh Mr. Versey has invented that. Sir Morel Maokdnzie examined the throat of the Crown Prince. -'Tihe lamp Is appended at the end of what looks like a long, slender penholder, and the proportion ately small battery which supplies tihe electricity is worn about the examining surgeon's neck. Every thought which piety throws into the world -ars the aorl THE SAMOANS FAMOUS PRJINK. How the Beverage is Mauuiotured. Stbry told by a Traveler. The mode of ILving or Samoans is vey simple, and .lays pass sometimes withodt a Samoan parta4ing of any hot- food. Cocoanuts, bananas, pine apples, yam And more particularly the bread fruit, once in a while sopefsli . nd a piece of hog, especially when it happens. to be' one, of your white neighbor's hogs, conclude tho simple bill of fare. One of tle greatest bever= ages among the Sanoans is "ava." The ava (macropiper methysticum), which grows in clusterB from six to ten feet in height, is -a species of pepper. From its dried-root is made an Intoxi cating beverage which, wh?n .taken in small doses, is a delightful saporiflo. To drink ava is all very well if you do not see how it is manufactured. But if you witness the process, as I (lid on one occasion, when I hrst sampled this native drink,,I feel assured that your taste for ava will be sonewhqt changed. While taking a stroll over Samoa one fine afternoon I came across a large number of Apmns, men and women, who were sitting 9n th4 ground around dne of the native huth, appare'ntly on gaged in some very int'resting work Having lost my way and being anxious to see all there was to be seen, I ap proached the crowd, greeted my friends with a "Kolloffah," and, with all the Samoan at my command, explained my errand. The natives treated me very kindly and and at once invited me to take a seat in their family circle, offer ing me the best place, between two charming young' girls, who wore noth ing in the shape of dress but the usual "lahpihlahpah." I noticed that all the women and young girls were engaged in chewing at a root, while on their laps rested small cocoanut bowls, which I took to bb spittoons, as they allowed the juice,of the roots to drop into the bowls. In the center of the circle stood a larger bowl, and whenever any of the women had,ohpwed enough of the'root she would empty the contents of her bowl into the large one. I watched these proceedings with great astonish ment, and could not imagine to what end thes'a-damsols- exeroised their jawa :on those, gray roots. . After. the bowl in the centr had been about half filled with this bro*nish, fluid some Jiies and oranges were pro duced and mixed with the rest, and the milk of a number of cocoanuts added the whole completed the Satnoans' famous drink called "ava." To see its manufacture was bi enough, but qidw came the hardest part. I wa' supposed to drink this stuff. I ivas at a loss what to do. I know that if I refused to partake I would be insulting my host. I tried to make believe that I was.not thirstyt but this did ikot seem to work at ai, 'and to. my great ,horror I was offered the first drink after the mixture had been bronounced .by the oldest chief present to be all right. My fair neighbor to the right offered me qnite a large bowl filled to tile brim with ava, and I had to partake.' I took a sip and tried to return the- bal anice because I did not like the peppeo.y taste, but it was no go, I had to finish. It was all that my life was wvorth. IL managed to get thrQugh as best I could, and wvashed the whole down with cocoanut milk. I afterward learned had I refused .to drink with. my Samoan frien~ds I certainly would have beeni, compelled to quit their presence in dis grace. Thomas A..Becket's Bones. Thomas A. B3ecket's b9nes have at: last boon found. in a rough hewn stone coflin under Canterbury cathmedral, where heretofore their exis'tence'was only legendary. The skull is well, pre served, and is said to be magnificent in size and proportions-in fact, one of the 'finest ever seen. Its crowr. b'ears imn makable marks of a'sword' cut, which the chroniclers relate took off' the top ef his scalp.. ---In the large plns known as the Llandees, in southwestern .France; which are almost always flooded, the people ar9 in the habit of using stilts. The -latter are not held in the hands, but are firmly strapped to the sides of the leg. The person wearing them carries a long pole to balanice himself and aid him in walking.' This pole has usually a cross-piece at one end, so that,' by putting it -at a slant on tihe grourid ,behind him, the "stilter" can sit down on it and rest. It. is a com mon occu'rrence to see onen and'womemi perched in this exalted positi'on, while the sheep they are tending wander about -the plain. They wear their stilts aill day long, putting them on when they go out in the morning, and t'akirig them off only on retturning home at night.