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MONUMENTS,
GREENSBORO N. C.
I POETRV.
Ttl E ,M\KTV \\ I) M\]!,
I Titer j were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold;
' But one »vas out on the hills away.
Far off from the -rates of gold;
Away on the mountains wild and bare,
Away from tl.a tender Sl.ejl.eid's (rare.
"Lord thou hast here thy ninety and nine :
Are they not enough for thej?"
But the Shepherd mil le aiswer: "This of mine
Has wandered away from me ;
And, although she road bo rough and ste;p,
| I no to the desert to Bnd my sheep."
I But none of the ransomed ever knew
llow deep were the waters crossed;
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord
j passed through
Ere he found his sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert he heard its cry—
Sick and helpless and ready to die.
"Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the
way
That mark out the mountain's track?"
"They were shed for one who had gone astray
Ere the Shepherd could bring him
back."
I "Lord, whence are thy hands so rent and
torn?"
| "They arc pierced to-night by many a thorh."
And all through the mountains thunder-riven
Aud up from the locky steep,
There rose a cry to the gate of heaven ;
"Rejoice! I have found my sheep !,'
And the angels echoed around the throne :
"Rejoice ! For the Lord brings back his own!"
—As mng by Mr Sankey.
TUB PIANO Tl NKB,S HTSRV.
Yon are a pair of precious young fools,
and that's the best I can find to say abon 1
you! said Aunt George.. s
Her name was Miss Georgianna An
derson; but the sweet abbreviation
"Georgie" was never used to her: as
soon'might one think of venturing on fa
miliarities with a bishop! Everybody
called her''Aunt George;" and as she
walked with a measured, heavy tread,
like a grenadier, the name didn't seem at
all inappropriate.
She was Lizzie's Aunt George;— not
mine. And she had brought Lizzie up in
her queer downright fash on, never giv
en her a kiss or a caress or an endearing
word, y:t withal being kind to her after
her own way.
I wish I could describe Lizzie Ander
son to you as she really was. A little,
dimpled, blue-eyed crea ure, with long,
shady lashes, and a shy way ot looking
at you, like a child; a girl whose voice
was low and flute sweet, and who mov
ed about quietly and noiselessly, like a
sweet spring wind rustling the flowers.
And only eighteen, too; that was what
aggravated Aunt George the most of
all.
I wasn't married until I was five and
thirty ! said Aunt George; but you young
people can't be contented without rush
ing headlong into the vorlcx. It would
be different if you were rich; but dear
me! and she rubbed her no§e perplex
edly. Joe is nothing on earth but a
poor pianoforte tuner, and you havn't
one solitary penny of your own Liz
zie.
We shall be very ecomnical, Aunt
Georgia, Lizzie answered, cheerfully.
And you'll have to be, answered the old
lady, grimly.
It is my intention to be perfectly frank
with the reader. I shall not disguise
from him the fact that I had, in our con
fidential talks,asked Lizzie if she thought
Aunt George would do anything for us
in a pecuniary way.
Oh, dear, no I Lizzie had answered
shaking her brown curls in a most de
cided fashion. She always told me never
to expect anything from her; aud be
sides, Joe, she has really nothing to
give!
There was no getting over these two
facts, taken eitner together or separate
ly.
There's one comfort, Lizzie, said I
stoutly: we arc young and strong and
brave-hearted, and we'll not ask aid of
anybody.
Of course we won't, Joe, said Lizzie,
her blue eyes sparkling like dew-wet
violets at sunrise.
I did wish, once or twice, that my
business had been something more lu
crative than piano tuning; but it was
what I had been brought up to, and I
bad a pretty good run of custom on the
whole: and, as Lizzie said: A little wil]
go a great way when you are careful of
it.
You'll see, Joe, 6be added, blithely,
that I shall make a splendid house-keep,
er.
We had just seventy-fire dollars to
fur ish our little second floor with; but
I can assure you ohr rooms looked de
lightfully cozy, with the red and green
carpet and neat stained furniture. Liz
zie said it looked exactly like a doll's
house, and perhaps dhc wasn't rery fur
wron"f.
.Such a pair of fools! reiterated Aunt
George, in a prophetic mood, but
GRAH VM, N. C„ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1875.
there's one comfort—it won't last long
Why shouldn't it, Aunt George? ask
ed Lizzie coloring a* d smiling in that
pretty, flower-like wr.y of hers.
Humph; said Aunt George. If you
coine to that, why don't the Sun shine
•a«t forever.
So il might if there were no clouds
Lizzie answered, sof'ly.
Ah, child! sighed Aunt George! you're
young now. so enjoy it as much as you
can. Wo can't be yoii'ig twice over
mote's the pity.
So wc were married qnituly, as be
came our humble estate ami moderate
expectations, and went to spend a lew
days in the country, where I hail a sis
ter living on a breezy, old-fashioned
(arm. Do yon think Lizzie and I will
ever ..forget those days, even if we live
to he as old as Methuselah?
It was a November evening when we
came to the doll's house, where the red
merino draperies glowed •varmly in the
ruddy shine of the fire and the tin kettle
was singing out its homely lay ot wel
come.
Lizzie, said I, softly, arc you glad to
come home?
And she answered, more'with her
eyes than her lips, Oh, so very, very
glad: for wc are going to be happy
here. I know it as well as if, 1 saw all
the years stretched out before mo on a
map.
Our first year was very blissful, es
pecially after the baby came to make our
lives musical, with his little cooing
voice; but after that the hard times
came. Not that we repined. Lizzie
and I were brave to endure whatever
we could btar; yet it went to my heart
to seo her growing pale and thin,
through sitting up at night to sew and
earn a little extra money, because my
business was dull. And, almost before
we knew it, tiio bills began to accumu
late, and the rent got behind.
'lbis won't do, Joe, said Lizzie, grave
ly. Wo must do without meat.
That is nothing, said I, laughing al
though I felt 'ittlc enough inclined to be
mirtltful; but wc cannot very well do
without a roof over our heads.
Don't fret, Joe, said my little heart
some wife. Wc shall not want, seme
thing will be a*rre to happen.
But what can happen. Lizzie? The
days of miricles arc over. There are
no Elijahs and ravens in these times.
Yes, there are, Joe, said Lizzie, cheer,
tully,although we don't always know it
at the time. 7'herc is an order tor you
to tune a piano up in &outh street; isn'
that a raven?
And the held the strip of paper tri
umphanriy up before me.
When I came back from South street
Lizzie met roe at the door with humid
eves and a troubled face.
What is the matter? 1 tried out, anx
iously. Lizzie—not the baby ? Nothing
has happened to him?
No, 1 izzic answered ; he is quite well
aud fast asleep, like a little white lamb.
But—Aunt George is dead.
Aunt George! I repealed, vacant
ly.
Yes; she died this morning, and I
could not be sent for in tituc to receive
her last breath. O, she was very, very
kind to me.
Are we men iialu rally so selfish, or
was I, hun Led and driven by want, an
exception to the ordinary rule? For I
confess thai ns Lizzie stood thorn look
ing tearfully up into my face the first
thought thai followed the entranco of
this unexpected news into my brain
was; Would Aunt (Jeorge leave us any
thing? 1 was her sole
•fving relation, anatarcly, in all these
years, though her income was small
she must have saved something. Bat
lain thankful to remember that 1 never
told Lizzie what was in my mind.
Sne wai very old, dean. I said, striv
ing to comfort my grieved wile; over
threescore and ten. It is the allotted
age of humanity, and you know she
had grown to be very feeble.
And I know she is better off. said Liz
zie but. Joe, she is all the mother I ever
had.
We went to Aunt George'* funeral
and her will was read—a verp brie: doc
ument—in which she bequeathed her
simple household furniture and belong
ing to a nephew in Wisconsin, "Eliza
beth, wife of Joseph Allen as a token of
the affestionate remembrance of the de
ceased, her piano.
A tuneless, jangling instrument, half,
a century old, with carved spindle legs,
ornaments of inlaid brass and keys as
yellow as Aunt George's own complex
ion. I laughed contemptuously when I
heard the words. But Lizzie laid her
hand gently on my arm.
It was Aunt George's dear she said
softly, "and we must cherish it for her
sake. Besides, in a whisper, think how
it will amuse the bubv.
And that was the end of all my ex
pectations of ait inheritance l'rcm Liz
zie's Aunt George.
'1 lie old piano was duly carted home
the next day. If it had been a fashion,
able instrument, ot modern make thev
could never havi golen it up (he narrow
staircase; but il looked quite friendly
and home-like opposite the fire-place, its
lank proportions covered -by a faded
green cloth.
I shrank back Willi a little grimace as
Lizzie touched tire keys to make the ba
by laugh.
Ot course :t is out of tune', Joe. she
said, inerilv; but you'll goon set that
right. And I shall rub up my practice
again in no time.
It happened to be a very dull time
just tln'ii; so I had nothing else to do but
to take Lizzie's advise and in just half
an hour had the old instrument nearly
dissected, much to Mr. Baby's edifica*
lion, as he sat gravely on the floor in tho
midst of the interior dclopmeuts of the
ancient piano.
Aud now comas the most marvelous
part of my story.
Ail piano tuners know that when you
take away the front pieca above the key
boar.l there is a hollow place of consid
erable extent, in any instrument ot or
dinary size. Ana as i stopped to blow
the dust away from this place Isa a
bundle or roll of bank notos fastened
i-uniid with a yellow slip of p.tpor on
which was » ri:teu: For mv niece Liz-
Lizzie! I cried, breathlessly, Lizzie!
and she,was at my side in an instant.
And if you will b lieve ine, there were
so,ooo. the caeumulatcd savings of Aunt
George's frugral life; and tills waa wliat
she had meant by giving her piano to
us.
That so,ooo was the starting point of
hc snug little fortune we have since
scraped together; and if Aunt George
could know how much her bequest has
done torus, I think it would do her
kindly heart good.
A IIINTOKICAI, PIIKABB DISP(J.
TED.
IFrom the San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 16.]
At a banquet of the Veterans of the
Mexican war, held oil Tuesday evening
L. 1). Mizner, of Solano, iu the course
of an eloquent address, took occasion to
correct a fabrication which had passed
into history, attributing to General
Taylor, the hero of Bucua Vista, the
admonition. "A lit to more grape,
Captain Bragg." Such language wan
unworthy of the man and the historic
moment, when the result ot the most
desperate and memorial battle of the
war was wavering in the balance, and
nothing, said Mr. Mizner, would have
been more foreign to the character ot
General Taylor in his manner in trying
emergencies than such an exclamation.
"Holding 'lie position of an interpreter
on the stall of General Taylor," said the
speaker, " I was seated on my horse
immediately near him, when Captain
Bragg da-shed hurriedly up, saluted the
General and reported: "General, 1
shall have to fall back with my battery or
pose it." Several of his guns bad al
ready been dismounted, a largo part of
his men were prostrate on the heath.
On receiving the report General Taylor
turned on his horse and surveyed the
situation lor a few seconds— he requir
ed uo field-glass, for lhe scone of con
flict was not far removed—and the re
ply was, " Captain Bragg, it ia better
to loose a battery than a battle." This
was the interview on which was based
the fatuous slang phrase that was never
ntterad by the General to whom it is
imputed. Captain Bragg returned to
hix battery with renewed determina
tion, and by the efforta of that gallant
officer and his braVe command the tide
of battle waa turned, and the greateat
victory ot the war won."
aCAIKV BY A IVUTINQ TMA
TOCAJV.
Aa a Columbia Pa., lady was sleeping
the sleep of the innocent;• tew nights
ago, ahe was awakemled by what
sho supposed to be the noiae of a
burglar aawing his way through the
window. Her husband waa asleep,
and thinking to show her herolam sho
quietly stole out of bed, got a pistol
and approached the window under
which she had placed some newly »n
ued tomatoes. Iler terror can be
imagined when au explosion took j
place and site felt the warm blood trick- '
ling down her face— she was dying.
The lm«band was aroused by the report
a light was brought and it was dirowred
that one of the tomato onus hnd bursted
scattering its contents ail over her, and,
the noise she supposed to be sawing was
the escaped gas from the can.
; (Front the St. Louis Times ]
A TERHIDI.E H TORY.
Tlir Eelly nud Patejtf Tfarre Beautiful
Mister*.
Our readers may possibly recollect
the circumstance* of a fatal duel, wide
ly published at the time, which occur
red on tho 3rd ot April, 1874, on the
old dueling ground on Ihe sandy stretch
of shore fronting Bay St. Louis. .The
participants were Artelle Bienvcnue, a
broker, and Audrea Phillips, a lawyer
of New Orleans. » • • •
Aside from the fatal termination of
the mee'ing, the contest betweea Phil
lips and Bienvenue would not have been
unusually remarkable but for the fact
that it was the final scene in the tragic
wedded livesot three women—sisters—
whose husbands fell by the hand of vio
lence, incited by the evil course of their j
wives.
Born of reputable c.rcolo parents
tliese sisters were inheritors o( vast
wealth and a stainless name, and dis
tinguished for personal beauty in aland
where the lovlinesg of women was pro
verbial. Tenderly reared and brilliantly
educated with possessions that rivalled
iu extent and excelled in value a Ger
man principality, it is not surprising
that they became the flattered belles of
society, and were the boast aud pride
of the merchant and planter benux ill
all the wild coast country. * *
* * *
Nor is it astonishing that they exer
cised the fatal influence they did upon
men. Their beauty was glorious.
And now for the story of their lives.
The oldest sister was married to Dr.
Sharp, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., a polished,
graceful gentleman, whose love and de
votion might have contented any
man less prone to (lie allurements' of
society and the admiration of tneu. It
was in the lirst year of the war, and
the most brilliant society iu (lie South
was gat hired at Mobile ami New Or
leans. With an appetite whetted to
fever heat by a few month's abstinence
from social pjeasures, sho plunged reck
lessly into a whirlpool of gaiety. The
married flirt wears no armor of inno.
ccnce. Jler love of admiration is pitted
against man's duplicity and cunning.
She staked and loift From folly there
is but me step to imprudence, and that
step was taken, despite n husband's
jealousy and sense of honor. The end
was inevitable; a challenge and duel,
and lit r husband fell pierced to the
heart by the bullet of her seducer.
There was no pity lor a woman like
this; society repelled her, her friends
discarded her, and rhefled to New Or
leans to lead the lile of un adventuress.
The second sister shortly afterward
married the sou of h distinguished jour
nalist in Mobile. The fate of her elder
sister was iiu bar to a career ol similar
folly. Society received her with open
arms. Wealth, influential connections
and alliances with a distinguished fam
ily obscured for a time the recollections
of a sister's imprudence. But gossip
soon grew busy with her name. From
one folly to another she passed with
fatal haste and seeming indiflercnce,
until in a fatal hour bet-husband learned
that the woman he loved, the wife that
he.idolized, was a thing to be scorned.
It broke his heart. With the downfall
ot his idol, his leason wavered, and he
perished by his own lmud. For all his
brilliant talents, and the promise of a
splendid future he died the victim ot a
woman's perfidy.
The younger sister became the wife
of Bienvenue, a young broker of New
Orleans Rich, beautiful and accom
plished, she was at once a leader iu
society, Courted flattered and carrcsscd,
she plunged headlong into the vortex.
Men lavished praises upon her-woOiau
bated and united upon her. What
cared flie? beautiful, reckless, heartless
and indifferent to all alike, she cared
only for that social admiration which
was the sunshine of her life, ller
large fortune gave bcr an iucomc in
ber individual right. This gave wings
to her extravagance and enabled . her
to contract bills in her own name.
One of them—a milliner's bll—was
overdue, suit was brought and execu
tion issued which Phillips, the lawyer,
had levied for satiaiaction upon her
carriage and horses. In an interview
subsequently had with the lady regard
ding the settlement of the bill, words
which she construed into an insult
were charged upon the attorney. Her
husband resented it—a challenge en
sued—and then the fatal duel on that
sad April inoruing, when a husband's
life ebbed away its purple tide upon
the lonely beach, the last unhappy
victim of the fatal sister's folly and ex
-1 ravagance.
It is estimated that this years cotton
crop will reach 3,850,0U0 baled.
NO 39-
I'll A KMC tAKKOI.. «P OAR.
KOI l.'l ()>—A KKMitIMIiNCK.
11l the year 1820, after all Fare one of
(he band of patriots wh se signatures
are home 011 (lie Declaration of Indepen
dence had descended to the tomb, and
tlio venerable f Caw il alone remained
among the living, the' government ot
[ the oty of New York deputed a com
mittee to wait 011 the illutflions surviv
or ami obtain from liiin for dc|K».«it In
the public hall of tl.e city, a copy ot the
declaration of 1776, graced and authen
ticated anew with his sign manual.
The aged patriot yielded to the request,
Hud affixed with his own l.mid to
the copy of that instrument thi>
grateful, solemn and pious suplemeuta
declaration which follows.
"Grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings which, through Jesus Christ
our Lord, lie has conferred on my be"
loved country in.her emancipation, and ,
011 myself in permitting me, under cir
cumstances ot mercy, to live to the age
of eighty-nine years, aud to survive the
fifiicth year of Amcrin independence,
and certify by my present my
approbation of ihe declaration of In
dependence adopted by Congress on the
4th of July. 1776, which I originally snb
scribed 011 the 2nd day of Augnst of the
same year, aud of which I am now the
1 ist surviving signer, Ido hereby reoo
meud to the paesent and lutnre genera
tions the principals of that important
document as the best earthly inheritance
their ancestors could bequeath to them,
and pray that the civil and religions lib
erlien they have secured to my eouutry
may be perpetuated to remotest posteri.
ty, and extended to the whole family of
man.
"Charlks Cahkoll, of Carrollton.
"August 2, 1826."
Speaking of the heat ot tho Ohio
campaign the Chicago Timej says:
" JVot biii'-e the war has snch heat and
bitterness been aroused from political
differences. Ohio friends have been
permanently abjured relatives aliena
ted and as for political lines they have
been very nearly obliterated. In the
Alien family Ul3 Governor refuses com
munication with his nephew Thnrman,
though dint gentleman did all he could
to aid the old man's cause, raining his
own prospects in the effort. On the
stump Allen Thnrman, the Senator's
son and the Governor's great nepheW
spoke against his relative. On the street
tho Allen family passed by and ignored
the Thurinnns, and the other great
houses stand similarly split up by the
tend. ——
If \vc die to day the sun will shine as
brightly ami the birds will sing as sweet
ly to-morrow-. Business will not be sns
pcmled a moiueiit, and the great mass
will bestow but a thought upon onr
memories. HU'D dead? will be the sol
emn inquiry of a low days, as they pass
to their work one will miss us
except our immediate connection, and
in a short time they, too, will forget us,
and laugh as merrily as when we sat
beside them. Thus shall we all. now
in life, pa«B away. Our children fol
low closly behind ns, and they will
soon be gone. In a few years not a hu
man being can say, "I remember him."
—We live in another age and did bus
iness with Ihofre who slumber in the
tomb. This is life. How rapidly we
arc passing!
" Father," asked a Vicksburg boy at
the dinner tabic the other day, " aro
you a big man?" "Well I diuino, mu
singly answered th - parent. " Why?'*
'• Cause I heard some men talking over
.-it the hotel, mid thev said that you
were one of the biggest inen in town."
" Well I I do stand pretty high,"
replied the parenr, looking pleased ind
OOMseqaautial, There was a halt a min
utes silence, and then tlic boy added:
" They said it was a wonder how you
canicd your feet around!" Tho boy
can't understand yet why he should
nave received a box 011 tne ear wbich
made his head roar for two long hours.
During the eight yeurstho fnuions
trotting mare, American Girl, who
died recently at Elinira, has been on the
turf, she netted her owuer the large
sum of 102,000.
Augusta Ga., claims the largest cotton
factory iu the South. 40 buildings aro
iu process of erection, and houses to the
value of $350,000 have been completed
this year.
The mammoth hotel to be built at
St. Louis by Boston capitalists will be
12 stories, 800 feet square 170 teet high;
and will contain 2,000 rooms accommo
dating 3,500 lodgers.