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CHS SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established Apr. I, ISo-O.
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ft
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CHAPTER L
"USN Rush
Hurls tone
X7 as five
years-old he
played with
children of
seven and eight;
when ho was ton
boys and girls of
twclvo and fif?
teen wero his
companions; and
when he reached
tho :naturo ago-of
fifteen his frionas wero young men and
maidens of eighteen and twenty. It was
not surprising, therefore, to those who
knew him best, to find him at twenty in
love with a woman of twenty-five. Yet,
with ail hi3 fondness for older people,
Rush Hurlstone was not a particularly
serious young man. No ono enjoyed lifo
.more than he; and he enjoyed the gayc
ties of life, too-so well, in fact, that at
one time his family had fears that he
might fall into fast ways and not realize
the brilliant expectations they had form?
ed for hini. His father dying at the
close of the civil war, and neither of his
brothors seeming to realize the situation, j
though both of them were older than lie, I
he left college and went to work at once I
to settle up his father's affairs. Capt. j
Hurlstone had nothing but his pay to I
livo upon, and when he died that source i
of revenue was cut off.
The mother owned the house she lived I
in at Farmstcd, an old fashioned Kew |
York village; but there were fivo chil?
dren, including Rush, two older boys,
John and Philip, and two girls,' who
were younger thai1 he, Marion and Rosa?
lind. John was ii. the army with Iiis
father as a volunteer. Ile was an amia?
ble, popular, selfish fellow, who found
his lieutenant's pay hardly sufficient to
cover Iiis own expenses, and quite inade?
quate to do anything towards meeting
those of the family. John came home
with a negro servant and 'wo horses after
he was mustered out of service, and set?
tled down to wait for something to turn
up. Philip was studying law in Judge
Gunn's office in Furmsted, and he in?
tended to finish his course let come what
would. Thero were still t wo years beforo
him, and some one must pay his ex?
penses-he didn't know who, and he
.didn't care, so long as they were paid.
The girls, 12 and 15 years of ago respec?
tively, had their education yet to get.
If Rush remained at college (he was in
the junior class), ho realized that ho
would not only he putting no money in
the family purse, but would bo depleting
that small treasury; so ho carno home,
fully determined to take advantage of
the first opportunity that should oller it?
self.
Of ail professions in the world he pre?
ferred that cf journalism, and, The
Farmsied Free Lance being in want of a
general utility man-one who could do
.all the necessary reporting for a weekly
paper, write the minor editorials and the
New York letter and think himself weil
paid on a salary of $000 a year-lie ap?
plied for the situation and got il. There
was no competition to speak of. A crack
brained auctioneer with a weakness for
Shakespeare ciado a formal application
for the post, but Editor Dwyer ?aid that
tho love of poetry was the root of all
evil, and ho didn't want any ono spout?
ing Shakespeare about his establishment.
So the auctioneer returned to his block
and Rush Hurlstone entered upon thc
discharge of his duties in tho office of
Tlie Free Lance with energy and enthu?
siasm. The journalistic sense-the news
sense-was fully developed in him ut an
early age, and he easily filled the col?
umns of his journal with original ac?
counts of the sayings and doings of thc?
good people of Farmsted. Before long
his local 6tories began to be largely
.copied hy the state papers, and The Free
Lance gota reputation that it had never
had before: the column of "Glittering
Generalities" glitteredforthe firsttimein
hs history, /us for the New York letter,
it would have astonished the New York?
ers had they read it.
At tlie end of a year Rush thought he
had learned all of his profession that was
to bc learned on Tho Free Lance. There
was not a department of the paper to
which lie had not contributed; and ho
liad even learned to "stick type," that
he might say that he had dene as
much in the way cf newspaper work as
Franklin di.l. Benjamin Franklin was
his hero, and he sincerely wished that
his father had named him Franklin,
instead of after that other distin?
guished PhUadeiphian, Benjamin Rush.
Nev; York was tho goal towards which
ids mind turned, and ho determined to
try his luck at gcttingon a paper in that
city. He had fully determined to suc?
ceed in his profession, and ho could see
notliing to prevent success. How to get
Ids foul on tho first step was the serious
question. That once accomplished, he
feared nothing, for he had a. sublime
faith in the efficacy cf hard werk, sup?
ported by enthusiasm.
Judg.- ti ann. who for a country lavr
yei had quito an extendive acquaintance
in New Y- rk, knew a man on one of the
gA.it dailies, Tlie Dawn, and gave Rush
a kiter of introduction t-> him. He
didn't know i.i exact!;, what department
his friend belonged, hut was sure that
he was au editor of some sort. This
sunnis . pr? >\ ?. ?1 correct, .'ir. J: un es Spar
was the shipnmg news L<"-1 or, and had
about as much idea of tue wants and
.Management of the other departments
ns Judge Gunn himself. However, he
was a kind hearted nam, and, bein :
struck hy the handsomo young face of
Rush Hurlstone, he determined to-put
him: -If out, ii necessary, t<? aid him.
in ch . first place, he talked over thc
chances of journalism with the young
man, and di I his best to discourage him.
. \A journalist's lifo i> a dog's life,"
said ho.
"You are td way s somebody's slave;
you must go where you are hid and do
.ts you are told. You must turn night
into day and work fourteen hours-out <-t
thc twenty-four. You may do your best
and g< l no thanks 1er it, and though
what you write may '-make people talk,
?he} v. iii never know who it was that
wrote it. All the credit goes lo the
pap r, or io Jolm Gasper Plummet!,.- tho
proprietor. And what are tho rewards
of journalism? Perhaps you will make
?20 a week -if? r a while if you are clev?
er; and you may Imp some time, when |
y^u arv? a middle aged man, lo work-up \
toan editorial position at $."?() a week. 1 ?
have boen here rivo-and-twenty years
and coy salary is $ 15 a week. 1 have ?? ?
wifoa?d four children, three of whom !
take care of themselves, for ivJ.vh 1 j
thank heaven, as it's not much thai I j
could do for them. 'ih>- yyun .. . ? i
giri, is homo with two fatherless litt
ones; but she is welcome; I don't coi
plain. I onlytell you what this prof*
sion is that looks so attractive to y<
end to other young fellows."
"But look at Horace Greeley, Jam
Gordon Bennett, Henry J. Rayinon
Charles A. Dana-and half adozenothei
what of them? They have found bett
rewards than thoso you mention," r
plied Rush, still undaunted.
"To be sure, journalism rewarded the
well; but they aro the exceptions."
"And why shouldn't I be an exceptio:
At any rate, I am eager for the fray ai
willing to take the chances.*'
"I seo you are not to be -discourage*
I suppose you know that there is r
royal road to journalistic success-th:
you will have to begin at tho bottom?"
"There is no royal road to any succe
that I havo ever heard of. I am read
to break the ground, as better men ha-*
done before me." And Hush button e
his coat and straightened himself up 1
his full height, as though it were manu:
labor with a crowbar and pickax tin
lay beforo him, rather than brain wor
with a pen as his tool.
"Come along, then," said kind old M:
Spar, "I will introduce you to the cit
editor. Every one has to go through hi
mill. It is like that of the gods: itgrinc
slowly, and it grinds exceedingly small.
"I follow," said Rush. "Show me th
miller."
Tito place in which this conversatio
was held was a gloomy ante-room at th
head of a flight of Avinding iron stair?
There were half a dozen people sittin
there, some writing at a rickety roun
table; others looking over the files c
newspapers on the racks; others sti
coming and going on errands of variou
sorts; telegraph boys, .people with griev
anees they wanted to air, cranks wit
patent flying machines they insiste
upon exhibiting and indignant politi
cians who wanted to know if themanag
ing editor was in. To all of these tho ol
doorkeeper was most polite. He neve
for a moment lost his temper, though h
was sorely tried at times. He seemed t
know his business thoroughly, yet h
was always in doubt as to whether th
person asked for was in or not. He wa
quito willing, however, to go and sec, i
the gentleman would only bo gocx
enough to tell him his name and busi
ness.
Fifty times an hour ho had to unlocl
the glass door that led to tho mysterie:
inside and closed with a spring behint
him; and as often when ho returned h<
had to extract the keys from tho-depth;
of his pocket (an operation which h<
always performed with the air of a dis
coverer) and unlock the portal Ther<
was a sort -of pitying expression in hi:
eyes as ho ushered Mr. Spar and Rusl
through that little door; and ho shooli
Iiis head doubtfully and spat a mouthfu!
of tobacco juice on thc mat as tho doot
clicked behind them. Tiie narrow wa}
was lighted through glass partitions, bal
it was only a step to tho city editor's
room-thc city editor's den would besl
describo it. Tho placo was only bh:
enough to hold a desk, a chair and s
reporter. It was lighted with gas,
though the tinic was high noon. Thc
editor sat at Iiis desk and was busily en?
gaged talking with somebody at thc
other end of a rubber tube: "All thc
Great Jones street firo copy has gone
up," he shouted. "Put a display, head
over it and send down galley proof. Bc
sure and kill Tho Widow Mulligan's
Baby." Then, after a moment's listen?
ing/ "All right; good-by." Turning
round, he exclaimed, "Well, Mr. Spar,
what eur. I do for you? Anything
wrong at quarantine?''
"No, Mr. Musgrave; it's all quiet down
Lhere at present, though there ought to
be some news. The Catalopia is overdue.
But I carno hero on other business this
morning. I want to introduce my young
friend, Mr. Rush Hurlstone, of Farm
sted, who wishes to enter the ranks of
New York journalists."
"Another victim," said Mr. Musgrave,
laughing good naturedly. "I'm afraid
cou'll lose that healthy coloring before
yon Ita ve been at this work long."
Rush looked at tho slight ligure und
palo face of the city editor, made paler
by a dark beard and mustache, and then
it the whiter rims around his eyes, and
wondered whether journalism would
have that effect upon his robust constitu?
tion.
"I'm pretty tough. It would take
?omet h ing harder than reporting to
[mock mo out," ho replied, with the con
[idence of youth.
"I'm pretty tough myself, or I shouldn't
be alive today. So you want to be a
journalist, and you aro a friend of MT.
Spar? We're pretty full just now, and
there doesn't seem to bo much going on.
The host I can do is io givo }'ou a chance
if one occurs. You may report here to?
morrow at half-past ll. Send in your
..ard, and if there is anything I can givo
?rou to do I will do so with pleasure,
[lope you'll like your new profession.
Jood morning. Mr. Hurlstone; Mr. Spar,
?dieu. >-'ow, O'Brien, what is it? You
couldn't see Senator Miggins? Nonsense!
ibu must too Senator Miggins and make
lim talk. If the man at the front door
ivon't let you in go in through tho area;
jut-sec him you must."
'-That was soon settled, thanks to you,
Mr. Sov.r," said Rush, as they passed out.
'And IOW for work. 1 wish Mr. Mus?
grave had said to begin today. 1 am so
.ager to begin lint it seems like an eter
ilty lill to mo.row. Ia the mean timo 1*11
ook for lodgii.gs. The Astor house is
.allier expensive for a reporter. 1 thank
rou very much for your kindness, artd
lope you'll never have reason to repent
. ?>
"I'm sure I never shall,'* said Mr. Spar,
shaking tho young man by the band.
'Let me know how you arc getting along,
jood luck {.) you."
Tho old doorkeeper fumbled for his
keys, and let Rush out into thc antc
r?om again; and again ht? shook his brad
Imprecating] y as ti:*- young m.?a ran
ightly down the winding stairs. IVofore
Tinner tb:!'.1 he had found a very com?
fortable room with a French family i;>.
West Eleventh street. Everything about
.:;<. idaee v.;-; neat as wax, und lu* bar?
gained f"i" ;i third story room looking
mt into a pretty front yard -one of the
few in New York. The landlady, who
iva's j J eased with hi.-; frank manner and
imuscd by Iiis broken French, made a
.-..i.-1 arrangement with him, which in- !
'hided a cup of cafe au lait and a roli hi j
die morning. His lunch .and dinner he j
would get wherever he happened to be. J
A newspaperman's lunch is virtually his j
bri ni;fast, for if bc does n..t get tb Ind j
!.,..'. - JV half past 2 or tl in the morning j
he is not likely to be up and out much j
bei' ire iio' >:?.
After writing.-i few lines home to tell
his mother of Iris!;.:.] hiek Rush str died ;
;?:t into the street, crossitl over to Union :
ajuar?.and :-.-|t down upon one ol tho '
benches there l<>think ovvr-tho situation, j
i'o be sure, he had lavn ;:( college for .
two years, and had worked as an inde
. ndent man o:i The Furmsted Free
Lance, but he liad in ^.v ti ii the perfe< i
.'mancipation from ail restraint that ho '
. realized at this ?ornent. ?t college i
{ was little more than a school boy, ar.
I on The Free Lance he had-lived at hom
j but now lie had outadrift and was abot
[toset up for himself. With all his el:
j tton a touch of home sickness came ov<
j him, and for a moment he felt a wi]
j desire to take a late train and surpri;
j the folks at Farmsted. Not, of cours*
j that he wanted to see them so much, bi
they would be so delighted to soe 'hin
However, he gave up that -idea and b<
came interested in looking at the peopi
around him until his country appetii
warned him that it was time togct-soin<
thing to cat.
Ile knew tlie principal streets an
hotels of New York, but lie had only
general idea of the plan of the city, an
of anything off the beaten track h
knew absolutely nothing. Setting OL
in quest of a restaurant, he walked dov.
Fourth avenue from Fourteenth stree
until lie came to a place- where a sign a
thc door announced "French and Italia
Restaurant. Table-d'hote dinner, wit.
wine, 75 cents. Macaroni a specialty.
Going up a Hight of stairs, ho entered
room at one end of which a black eyec
curdy haired Italian sat at a desk mal
mg change. On either side were row
of little tables, between which dcxterou
waiters bearing aloft dishes of smokin
viands hurried to and fro. Rush Hur
stone was not a man to bo daunted hy
new experience. When ho was ur
familiar with tho ways of a place, h
took in the habits of its frequenters at ;
glance, and did as they did. It trouble
him for a moment to know whether an
language except Italian was spoken, hut
remembering that many Italians speal
French, he was just about to hail
waiter in tho latter language, when th
man called out to him, in excellent Enc
lish:
"This way, sir, if you please."
. Rush seated himself at one of the littl
tables and took up a bill of fare, stii
.firmly believing that ho would have t
give his orders in French; but before h
had made up Ins mind what lie wcuL
.have a dish of steaming soup was laii
before him. This was followed by fisl
and meat, and then a heaped up plato o
macaroni with it3 savory sauce, toppe<
with Parmesan cheese. Tlie only maca
roni Rush had ever eaten before was th
sort best known in American cour.tr
towns, which is covered with slices o
cheese and baked in an oven. Thc Eng
lish call it "cheeso pudding," and servi
it after tho salad. The Italian spaghett
was new to him; but ho saw an Italiai
eating it at an opposite tablo and fol
Jowed his example with something o
tho sensations of Sir Walter Raleigl
when he first lighted a pipe of tobacco
Ile wound tho siip'pery ropes around hi;
fork and finally ate them with as mud
enjoyment as if seventy-five cent dinner;
in italian restaurants had mado a par:
of his every day life. Birds, salad
cheese, fruit and coffee followed in easj
succession. Everything tasted good ex
cept the wine, which was of the waterec
California variety; and when ho Jightec
hi3 cigar-young men did not smoki
cigarettes in those days as they do nov.
-he felt that he had dined well.
Having plenty of time-on his'hands hi
called for Tho Evening Post, and wher.
he had read all the news lie looked at ki?
watch and found that it was half past 7.
Ho liad thought it must be at least 0.
What could lie do to kill time? Cote
the theatre, or, better, to the opera, if it
was an opera night, for if there was one
thing he loved above another it was
music. Turning to tho advertising col?
umns of The Post I io found that it was
evidently a gala night, for he read:
ENGAGEMENT EXTRAO^DESARYl
Mr. Max Maxroann ha3 tho honor to announce
th?j; ho has secured tho services cf tho distin?
guished American prima donna,
KISS BELEN KXCKXTC.V,
for a few nigh us only, previous to her departure
for Europe. This, Wednesday evening, "La Tre?
vista " Miss Knowlton hi lier great rob of Vio?
letal. Seats may be secured at the bes cilice.
" 'Traviata,' the story of-Dumas' 'Dame
aux Camellias,'" said Rush to himself,
"and Miss Knowlton as Violetta. Just
the thing! 1 have never heard her, and
tliey say sho is fine." So he walked
around to the academy, bought a good
seat for two dollars and settled down for
an evening of solid pleasure. Every
note of thc overture was a treat to him.
Ile knew enough of music to appreciate
the beauties of that now despised opera,
and he wondered how the people who
had tho boxes could find it in their
hearts to come so late. But he enjoyed
Geeing them como in, and he was quite
enchanted with tho oretty girls wfeo
graced the front rows. The scene is
beautiful enough even to old opera
goers, for there is no theatre in the
world that shows off an audience as
doca the Academy of Music, and it must
have been .simply dazzling toan impres?
sionable young man to whom it was all
new. The last notes of the overture
died away and the great curtain rolled
up, showing the room in Violetta's house.
It is not necccssary to follow thc story
of the opera: enough to say- that Rush
Hurlston could scarce!/ believe his eyes
and ears. The music entranced him,
and the prima donna turned Ins brain.
Before the-opera -was over he was madly
in love. He had been more*or less sus?
ceptible to tho-charms of thc gentler sex
ever since he left off petticoats, hut this
was something new. He hart never felt
this sensation before, lie wanted to kill
tlie tenor-a mild eyed Signor Messalmi
- and-lear tho divine Violetta from Ins
arms. Altogether, he was beside him?
self, ix -was-an extreme case of love nt
first sight. Do you believe such a fire ts
certain to die om as quickly as it is
kindled? Read the following pages, and
you v. ill know better.
If the departing audience had not bo?
run to walk over his feet and to express
itself rather vigorously at the stupid
manner in winch he sat in his seat after
tlie curtain was rung down, Rush Hurl?
stone would probably have romaine J in
tlie Academy of Music till morning.
After h iving nearly upset a tall, near
sighted young man, and having heh! a
stout elderly lady on his instep for haif
a minute. Rush cy I looted his scattered
wits, and soon found himself under thc
oahu evening sky I hat l>u:\; over Irving
place. The one thought uppermost in
his mind was the prima ileana he had
just seo?,-sud whom he must sec ?gain
before he could return to his lodgings
ia West Eleventh street. But how was
lie to see a j" rson so hedged about? The
star;o door* She must -come through
that passage to take her carriage, and
as [die passed him he <could catch ono
moro glance -of h?r U'witc'iing face.
A few words of inquiry brought Iii TM
to the f pot. A roach was drawn un by
thc sulfcwalk- hoar c.^aeh! lie knew it
instinetM"cly,.;:nd tl? re was a large street
lamp -IwiWiingn'ghl ai its door! 1 !e weald
make I, heve that lie was getting a light
for his cigar, and would be Kian ding m
front of tho coach ns she put her dainty
foot upon the: tcp. Leaning against the
iron fonce at tho entrance to tho stage
door were two dark browed men con?
versing in Italian. A couple of fashion?
ably dressed young fellows stood <-u the
opposite si le. Half a do^en passers by
; stopped when tncy saw thc coach. |
! "Knowlton will be coming out in a min- '
} ute," said ono of them; "lot us wait." !
"Knowlton," he called her, without any i
Miss or Mademoiselle. Rush's fingers !
closed over Iiis walking stick; lie had half j
j a mind to lap the speaker across the face j
for Iiis insolence. There was acrcaking j
of the stage door, and by tho wind blown j
light a female figure was seen emerging, j
The heart of tho country boy stood still, i
But tho figuro stopped, and, after -ex- j
changing a few words in Italian with tho j
two dark browed men, took the arm of I
ono of them and set off in the direction j
of Third avenue.
It was only ono of thechorus-girls go- j
ing home with lier husband, who l:c>;t a I
little cigar store around tho corner. More
chorus girls, with little bags in their
hands, came through the door and dis?
appeared in the same direction, some
! with chorus men by their bides, others
alone After-standing -out in tho chilly
night air for three-quarters of an hom
Rush was rewarded by seeing the stage
. door flung wido open. The fashionably
dressed young men straightened their
neckties; the others leaned eagerly for?
ward; the remaining dark browed Italian
cuffed a street Arab who stood -in thc
way; there was a sudden perfume of
roses; a handsome young man in evening
dress, with a light overcoat hanging
gracefully over his arm and two enor?
mous bouquets in his hand, stepped out
into Fourteenth street, immediately fol?
lowed by something completely envel?
oped in white fur and lace, which hur?
ried to th.o carriage, followed by an
elderly lady in black, attended by a
French maid carrying a black bag in her
"hand. The stage doorkeeper ran after
them, hat in hand.
"What shall be done with tho flowers,
the baskets and tho stands?" ho inquired j
of the elderly lady.
"Send them around to tho -house in a
cart; wc can't take them with us."
Bang! siam! What was that loud re- !
port? Nothing, only tho quick shutting j
of the carriage door. Tho coachman ?
snapped his whip, tho horses sprang-for
ward, and in a second the carriage had |
disappeared around tho corner of Irving j
place, and Rush had not caught as much j
as a glimpse of the beautiful face. His |
first impui?O was to run after it at full j
speed, but he-remembered that ho was
in New York and -not in Farmstcd, and
that ho might be arrested as a lunatic at
tho very outset of his.career.
"By Jove, Harry," said one of the wei!
dressed young men to the other, "she
didn't sec us at ail."
"I didn't suppose she would, Bob,"
said the other; "but I thought wc might
have seen her."
"That isn't the worst of it; our flowers
are going round to the houso in a cart
with thc rest of them. What fools we
are! Well, come along, old boy; let's go
to Del's ?and be happy." And Bob took j
Harry's arm and tho two sauntered oil in j
the direction of Union square.
"I'm cr.eof thc fools," said Rush t? j
himself, and lie, too, turned his face in I
the same direction.
There was a sharp wind blowing up |
Fourteenth street, and he raised his hat ?
that it might cool in's throbbing brow. I
Tho very thought of the room in West ?
Eleventh street stifled him. ile must j
niovo about out under the sta rr,;.per haps j
bo could walk oil' ids excitement, i
Around and around Union square ho i
went, at a rato that would have aston- j
isheda professional walker. His legs .
were trying -to keep paco with his ?
thoughts, and it put their agility to the j
test. After ho had circumnavigated the
.square for nearly two hours, a policeman j
hailed him with, "I say, young icrier,
you must have walked 'em efl' by tins
time. Don't you think you'd better move
cn?"
The sound of a voice .peaking directly j
to him aroused Rush from the spell that i
scorned to lie upon him. Ile -looked at j
his watch by the light of the moon, and j
saw that it was just half-past 2.
"You're quite right," said he lo the j
policeman: "I think it's about time for ,
me to turn in." And then ho added to j
himself, "Well, I have begun to keep j
newspaper hours with a vengeance!" In
a few moment she was at his lodgings. !
and by 4 o'clock was sleeping assoundly !
and sweetly as a child.
[TO DE CONTINTEO J
~~ THki COUNTESS WALEWSK?. |
-
lier Visit to Napoleon anti tho Suspicions
Aroused Thereby.
One-day something happened to dis- ;
tu.rb tho calm routine of Napoleon's j
I lifo on the rnour.tain. The emperor ;
i had airain and again swept the horizon !
with his glass. It was apparent that j
he expected to sec something which
failed him. Suddenly he bade Ber- i
notti, his orderly, speed down to Porto j
Fcrraio, prepare a four horse carriage i
and three saddle horses, take them to j
a certain part of the shore near the I
capital, and follow the instructions of j
? Gen. Bertrand. Tho sun was already j
! about to set. Thc man did not, there- ?
j fore, reach tho place indicated until ii ;
I o'clock at night, ile was just in time. I
I A Genoese sloop approached tho isl- ?
land, ??hort Iv afterward two ladies, a j
j little boy anti a Polish colonel landed ?
j from it." Bertrand received them, and i
j stood bareheaded under thc moor. '
! while speaking io the ladies. Then
! one of thc ladies and the boy stepped ;
\ into the carnage, the oilier lady and
? tho soldier mounted horses, and, ac- j
[ companied by Bertrand, thc whole j
! party made for Marciana, the townlct
at the foot of Capan na.
j They were halfway when the era
I pcror, on his white horse and with j
1 several attendants, met them, ii was
pitch dark by this. Thc emperor at
once joined the lady in the carriage
and they continued their journey. At
Marciana thc lady and little boy took
horse, and tho cavalcade began to
climb tin' mountain. How they did it I
in the dar!;, t, for one, cannot con?
ceive. It is at a ny time arduous enough, j
and not without its moments of peril. I
Some of the partv were thrown, but no
one was hurt. However,'at 3 o'clock
in th?; morning, tho "Hern) i taire," as ;
it was called, was reached. "Madame, :
behold my palace 1" said Napoleon,
uncovering and indicating hi-? lent, j
This occurred in thc night of the l>t
of September. The visitors staid on .
Monto Ca patina until tho evening :
of llie *3d. Then, :?t ll o'clock in the
night, thc return journey was begun
with the sanie secrecy. Napoleon de?
scending the mountain with Sus guests :
as far as the seashore. During the in- .
terveuing two da; s nial niants thc j
lady and Napoleon were closeted to
gelber, nor did she once show her j
face outside thc ilenuitage. The Loy, ;
however, was allowed t;> climb about
thc rodes. ?Such an incident, so dra?
matically contrived, bugeiy e\* i : ; ti
the spies in I "-Iba, especially as their
victim had fera week or moro leen ;
out of their way. They wrote to their \
respective chiefs, and had no doubt
that this visitor was t lie em pres:? her
sill'. Maria Louis:? of Austria. They
argued, therefore, that great events
were brewing. Lut ..the v wtrewro*,^.
Thc lady was a 'beautiful* Pole, th?
countess of Walewska, whom Napo
leon hud met for the first time a
Warsaw in ISO?, and the little boy wai
her son bv the emperor. It is said o
her that she had given "him a gold rim
inclosing a lock of her fair hair, anc
with tiie inscription, "When you cease
to love me do not forget that I lov<
VOIL" The devoted woman, hearing
that Maria Louisa was not with bec
husband in Elba, had traveled thithei
to offer him her own loving attentions,
lint out of regard for the empress,
whom lie believed to be detained or!
thc continent against her will, Napo
leon would not let her stay with him.
Ile [7robably had some affection foi
til is lady even in 1814, for when hh
orderly rejoined him on the night ol
her departure he found him seated bj
the chestnut tree with a sad expr?s
sion on his face, as he leaned with hii
cheek resting in his right hand.-Th?
Cornhill Magazine.
Thc Fat 3Ian and the Scnsih.'o norse.
There was an unfortunate charge-i
whose duty it was to carry an ex?
tremely fat and heavy Indian gen?
eral. Feeling that ?his task wai
more than could bc reasonably requir
ed of him, the intelligent animal in
variably lay down and refused to gd
up whenever the general tried tc
mount him, and so far gained his ob
ject that his owner sold him to a
young ofliccr who was going to a dis?
tant station up country. Two year;
afterwards the general went to inspect
"some frontier cantonments, and as he
traveled to his destination in a palau
?[uin, was-obliged to -borrow a charge*
or the purpose of thc inspection.
There wassomedifiiculty in finding one
up to his weight. At length an officer
resigned to ?him a powerful horse for
the occasion, which was brought out,
duly caparisoned, in -front of the
line. Thc general came forth from
his tent and proceeded to mount, but
the instant the horse saw-him advance
he thing himself flat upon the sand,
and neither blows nor entreaties-could
induce him to rise. It was the gener?
al's old charger, who from the mo?
ment of quitting his service had never
once practiced the artifice until this
second meeting. The general, who
was an -exceedingly good humored
man, joined ?heartily in tho universal
shout that ran through tho whole line
on witnessing this ludicrous aifair.
The Horse and His Rider.
- -p. ?<.<>? ^memmm
History of Floods.
The Johnstown Calamity Compar?
ed With Other Disasters.
It tm>y not be generally known, but
it is tree, that the great ?ood at Johns?
town in Pennsylvania is the most dis?
astrous, so far as loss of life is concern?
ed, that has occurred in either Europe
or America for nearly tiree centuries.
There liavc been floods and floods
since the deluge, it has boen no -un?
common thing to look for reports of
oveiflows in tho Valley of the Nile,
with great loss of life. Nor do floods
in India cause any great surprise, for
the frequency with wk ic h the Ganges
and other rivers of India break their
bounds is well known. The same is
true of the rivers of China, and was
once true of those of Spain, lu the
olden times the breaking of dikes in
Uollaud earned d-csoiatio2 'Into many
thousand families.
Hut since James I sat on the throne
of Englaud there has been no 6uch hor?
ror known as that caused by the floods in
South wtstern i^nnsyIrania, t?ith the
esceptiou of one in Africa and one in
China, although eveu in our own coun?
try the Mississippi and many smaller
streams have played very serious pranks
with the people who happened to live
near their banks.
Probably thc most disastrous Euro?
pean flood eu record within the last five
hundred years was caused by the failure
of the dike in Holland" in 1530. A
general inundation, followed and -10;'),
??0 persons arc said t:> have boen
drowned. The greatest following
th:s was the no.ids in Catalonia in
1017. whoa .30,000 petsns lost their
lives. By such records as can bc got
at it would seem that the Johnstown
tragedy is second only to that in Cata?
lonia 2~2 years ago.
There have, however, been some big
floods during tho present century, both
in this and ia other countries, that wore
damaging enough in their wjy. It
was but short?y after tho opening of
thc century, in December, IS0'2. that
?he River Lifrey broke its bounds and
did a vast amount of damage; m rsc crt y
of Dublin, it was even earlier iu tho
same year that Lorca, a city in Spain
was-destroyed by the bu sting of a res?
ervoir, which inundated twenty leagues
and drowned more than 1,000 perseus
In 1S11 tho Danube overflowed at a
point near Vc*?\, and swept away
twenty-four villages and their inhabi?
tants, ami these floods were followed by
others almost as disastrous in thc sum?
mer of ?Slo, when whole villages in
Austro Hungary and Poland were
swept away. in September of I'S lo
thu Danube rose ano .-wept away a
corps of Turkish troops, '1 U0? >trotig,
who were encamped on an island ia the
rivor. near Winder. Daring ?ho .-ame
year O' OOO mon and women we re dresvu
?d in Silesia, ?id 4.00t* in Poland.
From h.:o the record i.; easily fol?
low? d
lu IS-IG. in January, there wore scv
cral floods at Strabane. Ireland, caused
by the meting of the snow on the
mountains lu the same year the ricer
Vistula overflowed and destroyed 10,
000 bead of cattle and 4. 000 houses,
besides numerous lives. During IS10
?hero was a flood in the fen Counties in
England, when ? 000 acres of land
were inundated, la ISoO there were j
.Treat fl.?od iu Wein, and in l^o'? came
thc S'tcat overflows in China, when
1 O?0 persons were di owned in Camon
alone. In I$10 Lyons. Marseilie* snd
other r r. ns in France wore partly sab- i
merged bv a break in thc banks of the
? iw r Rhone And so the list g ?os. ?
ib re is s unethiug like ihc ehrouo'og- j
?eal order i i which various floods ec- j
curred : ?
j - Jd Over?ow of thc river Loire
ii ti.v- West and Soo?hwefl of France
l>atn.igo, &?O.0UA) OOO. The Lure
ros : fool in one night.
ISP.?: May- New Orleans flo ?dod
by tho inum!a:ioi! f f ; lie Mis-i-Mppi
IS.'J Floods.-al liol m firth in Frbru- j
?iv Ov?ik iw i-f the Rhine and liliane ?
in S ptemb C^y o? Hamburg ilood- '
id i>\ the ikhi
IS?O. Floods in ike South of
Franc*-.
I$c2 to:tv thc~*auU ?tuc in Hoi
land submerged. ?mradatiaas in
France. ? v. *.^t.\
1864. Bradfield reservoir, EnglasdJ
burst, March?? 1 ; ?50 persone d?tW?re<C
I860 September-'Great fOCft&?t
tiens in the South of France. ?OTI?D?^
ber-Great .floods iu Lancashire, Yorlfc
shire atod Derbyshire, England*? S*S|
wre carried away, mines were flooded*
railroads were topa tip ssvd -many lires
were lost. . ?* - *?? .':tt ".-.^
. 1869. January-C;>rk, Dahlia cot)
other Irish cities were, flooded sod
much suffering was^sacscd. . -?,.> J ,? .4
1870. Ht>ei,e ^as inundated ao^,
many lives were lost. The. $?tog,3?8
obliged relieve the 8u5erer^frijb-100055^
1872. In October there were..,gre*i
floods in Northern Italy . and. tbons&n;/^
of persons .at Mantua. Ferrara aud other
towns were left homelees - y r+ <
1874. Tte Wire of the. Sfr*??**.
Uiver were swept and many lives if;t?r?.
io^t. May 16, die .reserTC?r WBfflft
Northampton, ,Maw., tfcrst.mueh jo tho
same manner as did tha^above .Jqbnjty
town. Mill River Valley was.s wept bj
the flood, and 144 persons, ]pst^ ^IMS;
lives. July 24 a waterspout h a rs teil, ai
Karaka, Nevada^ and' many lives w.?r,e
lost. July 26, .220 persons ^etf
drowned ip 'Pittsburg and..Allegheny bj
the rising of tte "rivers ra Western
Pennsylvania. -, .,..^..r
1875 Ky. the rising cf ibe"rife&
GaroDne in Franeera^ort?e? pf Toulouse,
was destroyed in June, andjl .ChOO lireja
were lost. From July jintil.?ov?mb??k
of the same year England and Wales
suffered from ;heayy. floods. . During,
the same period serme ^/OOO, jjerjs?jjfl
were left homeless io India by the saco
cau?e. . ... -i ;"
1876. . March--Severe ; .-floods. r\Q.
Frauce and "Hollaud. December
Floods iu England. ... ?; . .f.rT
1876. N,ew. Year's Day ft:b<n*$eTi
overflowed the piers at Dover, F^e^
stone and Hastings, ?ugland, oaasiog
mu sb dau.age. .tj .. . /j -r" 0
1878. April-London suffered from
inundations for several days., ... ?,;f|^
1870. Auood in Szeg.eodin, Hoc;?:
2ary, swept away tte .entire, tqjffi^
Over one. hundreds .persons ?;wcr$
drowned, aud more than six- thousand
dwellings were destroyed. Jane--Jh,*
Rivers Po and Mincio overflowed, pars?
ing mach damage, in the Ner,t& qf ?taly.
October 16 17-Floods ra Alicantfc^o-i
.other Spanish provinces destroyed,
1,000 Jives aed. swept aw.sy..se??raj
thousands of houses. ?eceurberrr
Hungary was again visited, by floods^
1880.. Tn^ . midlaod Cou^o?eav. of
Eoglatrd supered severely from over?
fleWS. . ! . : . . , . ry
1882. In January there were
floods all through the Ohjp and ^isafa;
sippi Valley,?, and .there was Bock less
of life and property- .... ? ?.? \*,
And so the record goes.. It might fa
exteuded were it necessary, but jt ??3}
be seen that of all the $sastera .tfea?
have taken place since toe Catalonia^
floods of 1614 there have been none, so
terribie as that which has jast.cast %
pall over Western Pennsylvania, an<|
has moved the whole nation to monro,
with the stricken people. .fii
The memories of tkese former floods
will certai-a-hy be recalled now. Many
of us wiro have uot read 4'Put Yaor-j
self in II 19 Place" foi;; many years *iR
remember Charles . Reade's vivid, de-;
scription of Ransome7? mad, ride, as
described in chapter 4S of tjbat^greaj.
novel. The flood in the. Hill
Valley on May 1-6,1874, has.been cost-,
mcmorated in a somewhat similar man;
trcr. But tte Northampton tragedy
was a small ope when compared . wittk
that which has just struck the country,,
He will bp a master mind who.can tatlx
j describe the latter, djsa>ier%> either ^ip
! prose or verse, with ree sceoes attend?
ing it
?The South ?Su^essfttlly.rt?ds
f For an Iron. Contract ia
Boston,
j For the first time in the history oT
! the city of Boston bids h^ive been re*
j ccived.from a Southern ?rmr- for Jro^
I required fo: the building of abotlt %
I odie of fence on the oew Harvard
j Bridge. This new departure will profc-.
i ably iu the future lead t,o tnore.coaipe
! tition on the part of Southern, concerna
! enga^e? in the iron industry,, and tfe$
I prediction recently made that the Sput^
would yet be the ceutre of that industry
I for thc world may yet bc verified. : .
Thc proposals were as follows : Geo;
C. McLaughlin k Co., Boston. ?1 C6|
? per foot; \\\ & F. Smith iron ?flfflfg
pany, 1> >s:cn, ? 1. GI BuiWeraV^rotj
Locton. ?191; Patrick J. .Diu.u,
Boston, $1 03-; Smith k Lovett, Boston,
?2 GO : Chelmsford Iron Foundry^
,^1 4S ; Manly Manafachirinc Company,
paitoa, Georgia, ?147. The epptraet
was awarded to the Manly Manufacture
inc Company, which will furnish
lot" teet. .
-- ii im~* ? ? 'll
The census will be taken next.year,
h is highly important that accurate
statistics bc obtained relating to farm
products and live stocks. The enumer-j
utor in tho house to house visit he will
make dat inj? the month ofJune!890r
ir constantly met with the fact.that
farrar rr-keep no bocks and hence re?
turns are not infrequently- guess work?
The census year begins June 1st iosL
and ends May 81st, IS'JO. If farmers,
throughout thc ccuntry wou?d n?te tfii?
frict and keep account of the products o?
their farms during the cebs??. year i^
would bo of material aid iu.^secfirtp^
reliable returns for the Eleventh Census.
^TtlY WOMKN FADK. ,?
Yt< r..an lose [??cir beauty ,hcc in.<o co'd? ?nu
ii?rmiiic their liie. Dr. Acker's English B*?r
euv f..r e*tir>-?iirj-.:i.?n is ?'>so!a?e core for
c< Li.-. S .? i h\ Dr. .1 K. W I>eLi>rmo.
i?o NOT srrFK? Axy LONGER. ?
Kuitwiri ' ilia? -i ctiugi? ena b? checked in ?
.J t v. the i:?>? s'^ge^ o?- cn-p.???:ption hr^kef?
?n li* week, we i>ereh>" r:?rV?'?:? ?>r?-.-Acker?a
IC?I"??M? l?cn:e?Iy :?r ?.:..Wu-?? ptir^? and wUl r?r
??al^The tii??ney to ;i? wh<> Uuy.. tafe?,it a*-|*t
itireetf????. a*.'? <.'" ?.."' ??*l-"tiT?laitmootcorrect*
S.-.vi bj V W- l?oh^rujc.
... -1 . . *
EIOW 5>OC*T?!tS ( 0%01'Elt BE\TH,
l?r. W.iir.r lr.. ttaJi:tr.oiitl S-XV?: "A flor a. lon g
exPiT?cuec i Uatc fo??? .i?.t?e conclusion, tb**.
t'uii if -f ;??! iloaths ?renxeuttgh?, nneumoni?
ufi'i consump?iai uiiet: : *M avoiJad il' Dr?
Ackt;l V i ?ver.uniy ??U <*?'i."umptioii. W0T?J
..ri v en r?t ut ly '>t-? i? ti-av." .This wond^rfu],'
?.tin. .iv :. ;j ....'i-iviv- Hsilive ?ud.-aateo bj