Safest
A1
Ayer'a rJarsaparUIa. Young nod
' bid are alike benefited by its uae. 7or
. tbe eruptive cia
eases peculiar to
children nothing
eln ic to effectlre
a tbla medicine,:
while iU ap-eea
tie flavor. ruikeJ
easy to admiii.
' lter. ."-r
"Mr Httle oh?
l:d large ncrola
lone ulcen on tail
f ieck and tbroat
front wliioh he
, ruflered tovriblyi
w oj. phyalclane.
attended him; but be grew continually
were miliar tlieir care, and everybody
: expected ho would di. I bad heard of
the remarkable cura effi-tel by- Ayer'a
.: Sarsaparllla, and, derided to liave my
bey try it. Shortly after he began to
take tbie medicine, the ulcere cofn
- menced healing, and, after nalng several
Vottlea, he wax entirely cured. He is
now a liealtliv and strong it.t any boy
of his aga." William lr. lJougheriy,
' Hampton, Va. J
"In May last, my youngest chiid,
- 'fourteen month old, beean to have eorei
rather on ite head and-body. We an.
plied various simple remediee without
rail, The sores increased in number
uddicliaixel copiously. .A physician
was called,, but the srfrce continued to
multiply until in a . few months they
nearly covered the child's head and body.
At last we began the use of .Ayer'a Saf
saporilla. - In a few days a marked
change for the better Waa tuanifest. The
kores assumed a mora healthy condition,
the discharges were gradually dimin
ished, and linally 'ceased altogether.
The child is livelier, its skin, is fresher,
and its appetite better than we have ob
served for months." Frank M. Griffin,
Long Point, Texas. '
" The formula of Avar's Sarsaparllla
presents, for chronic tiiBeaae of almost
very kind, the best remedy known to
the medical world."!), M. Wilson,
II. D., Wlggs. Arkansas.
flyer's Sarsapariila,
Dr, J. C. Ayer ic Co., Lowell, Mas
rrtee $1; six battles, $S. Worth ft a bottle.
PROFESSIONALCARDS.
J AS. E. BOYD,
. ATTO&VEt AT LAW,
' Qreemtboro, JV. C.
Will bo at Orrham on Monday of each w e't
t attend to professional business. Sep ii
J. I. TlEli,IVpiIL.E.
A TTORNEY A T LA W,
Practices in the Htate and Federal Co ntr
Wl'.f laulitiillvand promptly attention. U bn
entrua(ed to him "
JACOB A. LOISTCi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRAHAM,
May 17. '83.
N. C,
Wm. E. Teasley, D. D.S.
Office : 3 door West of J. W. Har
den & Son's store. Will bo at Haw
River last Friday of each month and
the Saturday followlnfr.
. Jffl-Assisted by J, It, Btockaed, Jr.
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6ELE0TI0N8 FROM THE WRITINGS
CF ARTEMU3 WARD. .
Ttie CDKvmsa Xtocvuiea Captain of
Volunteer Company, ' and Breathes
Forth Threats mill Slanstiter lie At
tends a rublio Meeting,
Copyrighted and published by special nrriBR
- ment with Q, W. DiUir-ehamj New York, pub-
, - rrv, .
the was itvmt in B&lbmviLLS.
SSOONasrarecoO
pernted rny physikil
systein, I went over
into the village. The
peasantry was glad
to soe me. The
ckoolmaster ecd it
was cheerin to sea that gigantic lntel
leck among 'em onct more. That's what
he called me. Hike the skoohnaster, and
allers Bend him tobacker when I'm oflon
a travelin compane. Besides, he is a
very1 sensible man. Such men must be
encouraged. -..
They don't git oews very fast i3 Bald-
insville, as nothin but a plank road runs
in there twice a week, and that's Very
much out of repair. So my nabera wasn't
much posted rip Id regard to the wars.
"Squire Baxter sed he'd voted the dimi-
cratic ticket for goin on forty year, and
the war was a dam black republican he.
Jo.. Stackpole, wb.d kills hogs for the
'Squire, and has got a powerful muscle
into his arms, sod he'd bet $3 he could
lick the Crisis in a fair stand up fight, if
he wouldn't draw a knife on him. So
it went sum was for war and sum was
for peace.
The newspapers got along at last, chock
full of war, and the patriotic fever fairly,
bust out in Baldinsville. 'Squire Baxter
sed he didn't b'lieve in Coercion, not one
of 'em, and could prove by a file of Eaglet
of Liberty in his garrit, that It Was all a
Whig lie, got cn to raise the price of
whisky and destroy our other liberties.
But the old 'Squira'got putty riley when
he heard harW the rebels was cuttin up,
and he sed he reckoned he should skour
up his old muskit and do a little square
btin for the Old .Flag, which had allers
bin on the tickot he'd voted,, and he was
too old to Bolt now. "
The next toornin I 'rose with tha lark
(N. B. I don't sleep with the lark, tho.
A goak.)
My little dawter Was execootin ballids,
accompany-in herself with theAkordeon,
and she wisht me to linger and hear her
sing, "Hark, I hear angel singin,
angel now Is onto the wing."-' . -
"Let himfly, my child!" sed I, a-bncldin
on my armer, "I must forth to my Biz.
1 had a serfs time gittin into my mini-
tary harness, as it was bilt for me many
yean ago; but I finally got inside of it,
tho' it fitted me putty clost. Howsever,
onct into it, I lookt fine in fact, aw-in
epirin.. "Do you know me, Mrs. Ward?"
sed I, walkin into the kitchin.
"Enow yon, f on old fool? Of course
Ido."
I saw at once she did. - - - v r
We air progresain pretty well with our
drill. As all air commandin ofusserg,
there ain't no jelusy, and as we air all
exceedin smart it faint worth while to
try to outstrip each other. The idee of a
company composed excloosively of Com'
manders-in-Chiofs, orriggernated, I spose
I skurcely need say, in these Brane. Con
sidered at a idee, I flatter myself it is
putty hefty. "We've got all the tackticks
at our tongs' ends, but what we particlY
excel in is restln muslats. .
Our corpse will do its dooty. We go
to the aid of Columby we fight for the
stars!
WeUbe chopt into sHsxige meat before'
well exhibit our cote1 tales to the foe.
Well fktbtfill there's nothin left of as
but our little toes, and even they shall
defiantly wiggle! "Ever of thee.
A. WARD,
' .A WAR MEETING.
Oof complaint just now is war meet-
in's.- . They've bin havin 'cm bad in varis
parts of our cheerful Republic, and
nat'rally we caught 'em here in Baldins
ville, . They broke out all over ns. .
Posey Comity is aroused. I may say.
indeed, that the pra-hay-orieS of In
Jianny is on fire.
Our big moetln came off the other
night, and our old friend of the &ugl$
was elected uneerman.
The Bunle-Horn of Liberia is one of
LMldnnsviiies most eminentest institoo-
tions. - The advertisements are well
Written, and the deaths and marriages
are conducted with signal ability. The
editor, Mr. Blinkers, is a polished, skar
CJistic writer. , Folks in these parts will
not oon forget how he need up- the
Eagle of Freedom, a family journal pub
liened at Hnootvuie, near here. The
controversy was about a planks road.
The road may be, as onr contemporary
says, a humbug; bat our snnt isn't bald
beaded, aud vw haven't got aV one-eyed
sister Sail Wonder if the- Editor of
the Eagle of Freedom sees iff" . This
used np the Eagle of Freedom feller, be
cause bis aunt's head does present a
skinned appearance, . and his sister
Sabab is very much one-eyed. , For a
genteel home-thrust, Mr. Blctexbs has
tewekala.
I was fixin' myself np to attend the
great war meetin', when my daughter
ratered with a young man who was evi
jently rom the tity, end who wore Ion a;
luair, a d had a wild cxpreswon iUo Lis
eye. In one harld he carried a port
folio, and in his other paw, ciaspt a
bunch of small brushes. My daughter
introduced -him as Mr. Swkibieb, the
distinguished landscape , painter froa
rbiUdclphy. . - ' ... . -' , , '
"He is a artist, papa Here is one of
his master-pieces- young mother gas-
in' admirinlyupon her first born." and
my daughter showed me a roally pretty
picter done in ile, , "tiijt not beautiful,
papa? Hd throws so much soul into bis
work." . - 'h
"Does, he? dpesef isaid I "well. I
reckon I'd betterffifre Wm to whitewash
onr fence. It needs it. What will yon
charge, sir," I continued, "to throw some
soul into ray fence?" ; :
My daughter went out of the room in
yen short mooter, takin''tiie artist with
her71iid fromlhe "emphatical manner to f
which the door slain 'd I concluded she
was summat disgusted at my remarks.
She closed the door, I may say, in italics.
I Went into the closet and larfed all alone
by myeelf for over half an hour. v I larfed
so vi'lently that the preserve jars rattled
like a cavalry ofUS3er'3 sword and things,
which it aroused my . Betsy, who came
and opened tho door pretty suddenly She
seised mo by tlio few lonely hair3 that
still linger sadly upon jtny bare-footed
hed, and dragged me oat of the closet,
ineideatally obsarvlng that she didn't
exactly see why she should he compelled',
at tier advanced stage of life, to open a
assylum for sooperanooatcd idiots.
My wife ia one of the best winrfn on
this continent, altho' she isn't always?
gentle as a lamb, with mint sauce. No,
not always.
But to return to the war meetin'. It
was largely attended. The Editor of the
BipjU arose and got up and said the fact
could no longar bo disguised that we
were Involved in a war. "Human gore,"
e.iid he, "is flowin'. All ablo-bodied men
should seize a musket and march to the
tented field. 1 repeat it, sir, to the
tented field."
A voice "Why don't you go yourself,
you old blow hard?" ;
: "I am identified, young man, with a
Arkymedian leaver which moves the
world," said tho Editor, wiping his au
burn brow with his left coat-tail: "I al
lude, young man, to the press. . Terms,
two dollars a year, invariably in advance'.
Job printing executed with neatness and
dispatch!" And with this brilliant bust
of elekance the Editor introduced Mr. J.
Brutus Hinlrins, who is snflorin from on
attack of College in a nabcrin' place. Mr.
Hinkins said Washington was not safe.
Who can sate our national capeetle?
"Dan SEtfCHEix," I said. "Ha can do
it afternoons. Let him plant his light
and airy form onto the Long Eridga,
make faces at the hirelin foe, and they'll
all skedaddle I Old Setch can do it."
"I call the Napoleon of Showmen
said the Editor of the Bugle,"! call
that Napoleonic man, whose life is
adorned with so many noble' virtues,
and whoso giant mind lights np this
warlike scene I call him to order." - r
I will remark, in this connection.
that the Editor of the Bugle does my job
printing.-':- ' - ; ; :
"You," said Mr. Hinkins, "who live
away from the busy haunts of men do
not comprehend the magnitood of the
crisis. The busy haunts of men is where
people comprehend this crisis. Wo who
live in the busy haunts of man, that U
to say, we dwell, as it wero, in the busy
haunts of men."
"I really trust that the gent'l'man Will
not fail to say suthin' about the busy
Haunts of men before he Bits down.
said a. - . ,'.
"I claim the right to express my senti
ments cere," said Mr. Hinkins, in
slightly indignant tone, "and I shall
brook no interruption, if I am a Soft-
more."'
... "Yon couldn't be more, toft, my young
friend," I observed, whereupon there was
cries or "Order I order!"
"I regret I can't mingle in this strife
personally," said the young man.
. "Yon might inlist as a liberty pole,'
said I in a silvery whisper. -
"But, he added, "I have a voice, and
that voice ia for war." The yonng man
then closed his speech with some strikin
and original remarks in relation to the
star-spangled banner. He was followed
by the village minister, a very worthy
man indeed, but whose sermons have a
tendency to make people sleep pretty in
dustnou8ly. - ;
"I am willin' to inlist for one " he said.
, "What a your weight, parson?"
asked. .
"A hundred and sixty pounds," he said.
''Well, you can inlist as a hundred and
sixty pounds of morphine, your dooty
bein' to stand in the hospitals arter a bat
tle, and preach while the surgical opera
tions is bein' porformidi Think how-
much' you'd save tho Oov'ment in mor
phine."
Ha didn t seem to see it: bnt be made
good speech, and the editor of the Bugle
rose to read the resolutions, as folders:
Resolved, That we view with anxiety
the fact that there is now a war goin' on,
and - e, ...
Rtaolvcd. That we believe Stonewall
Jackson sympathizes with the secession
movement, and that we hope the nine-
months men -
At this point herwga interrupted by the
sounds of silvery footsteps on the stairs,
and a party of xritrJu, carry! a guns and
led by Ecrer Iksz. who braniiuth d
load and rattlin' umbreller, burst into
the room.
'Here." cried L "are some nine-fnontha
wiminT -
"Mrs. Ward." said the editor of the
Bugle-' "Mrs. Ward and ladiaa. what
means Uiia einrora n rv cemonstranon
it means." said that remarkable fa-
male.' "that yon men air makin fools of
yourselves. 1 on are wuiin to talk and
crge others to go to- the- warn, but too
don't go to' the wars yonrrclvm. War
raeetiu's is very nice hi their way. but
they don't keep HtokewalL Jacttbok,
fronvcon.ia' over to Mary la ml and help
in' himst-lf to the- fattest beef critters.
What we want is more cider fcnd kai
talk."
Gentrmen." snid I. "that's my wife!
Go in. old pair and-1 throw'd cp my
ancient wait hat in perfec-k rapWrs. -
"Is this roll book to be filled np with
the name of men or wimin?" she cried.
"With men with menfond onr nuoty
was made np that very night. - I
. . a. WAsn.
,' Mignonette. ;
rni'
1 rhwiped rour tuuxt In nefnec '
Tho wind rAine naClif frora t)ce bQ
And hroagbt the oen of pine.
The birds earn; Vrres the krrar enn , '
Came o'er the port of inlet .:
Willi eatrer feot. anU baateniivaWa,
i TiW valleya Upa be ktartd. ' v
I tanked Into j-onr happf eyes.
Hitch love Ihtht there did dwell,
Twb like a aiimpee of Pnradlae,
And then your laohoa fnlk '
And then yoar tremblina; hande andid
. The flowora that yon wore,
Ail. with yoar lovely face half hid
And bJoMhlog more and more.
Upon rar,mat yon pinned a apray
. Of fratrrant nilenoactte, '
- Aivl said, "Thbt happy, horipy day
Will yoo, sweetoearU foreotr"
Dear heart, since then, etill aid by etde
. AVeVe trod life's lioth toother,
And love, alnoo then, line boon our guide
In fair and storm jr weather
I look Into your oyna divine,
Tho muw love light la thoro
That wondrmiHly tlid In t'edjBhlna
That anminer mornlns fair. .
A h, aa I. then, fonrot the day-t
Tho bwt of memorv'B atoro . .
-Whoiuwitk yoiir heart, yon (rare tho upesjr
. at inlrDontte you worur
. , lutfiumGrockott in frnnX Lcello'a.
A YANKEE TRICK.
' As a soldier under two governments
1 have fought Bepoysj ' Boers, Hotten
tots, Maoris, Indians, Malays and civil'
ized white men, but for real, downright
ferocity and dogged perseverance I give
the medal to the Afghans. Such a
thing as' coWardi.ce Is unknown among
them. They aro ready for a fight at a
moment's notice, and they can stand
the oold steel and grape and cflnister
longer thun any white troops I was
flyer opposed to. They are fanatics to
.. , . a . i, L.. a
Tne last arop or Diooa,. ana wnon an
enemy fully believes that death on tlie
battlefield means eternal praise tot Ills
name and eternal rest iof his souL be
becomes doubly dangerous.
; in tlie march to Caooi, wnicn won
laurels for the British arms only that
t hey might be covered with tlie dis
grace of bad diplomacy. We found the
Afghan on bis own soil and on battle
fields of his own selection, and though
we could drive him in every instance,
-ach victory cost ns some of the best
blood in tlie English rtrmy.
One of our outposts, as the colnnm
was encamped in the Coota valley to
meruit Its strength and bring -np sup
plies, was nine miles to the north,
where it oofored a strategic point. A
detachment of 100 men was kept there
for fifteen days, being relieved every
five days, and I went oat with the last
detachment We 'were all Infantry,
and we had 100 rounds of ammunition
iot oar muskets.
! The post was not In the valley, bat
rip among the lulls, where it covered
three different passes, and It Was a ter
ribly lonesome spot. It was among
the ruins of an old temple, and tho first
companies holding it had used the
great blocks of stone to build a fort
This structure was about 100 feet
square, crowning a steep bill, and tne
walls were about twolve feet high.
Two sides of it were the waits of tlie
old temple strengthened a little, and
while it was a rode affair as a fort it
eyas a stout and safe retreat ia case of
a few men being bard pressed.
Tbe blunders made in that Mstorie
campaign are too numerous to be re
corded. Tbe rooRt impartial historians
are Agreed that incompetency was tbe
leading feature. We had been at the
post two days when the captain In
command took fifty of tbe men for
wbnt he called a reconnoissanee np one
of tbe passes to tbe north of ns, and at
tho same time sent tweoty-flve men on
another fool's errand to the east. We
bud been put there simply and solely
to prevent tlie enemy from coming
down tbe pass right at onr door and
entering the valley. What was beyond
ns did not matter. There was mutter
ing .ninoug tne men as tliey wore
marched out, ; each carrying twenty-Ove
rounds of ammunition, and they called
"farewell" to tlie twenty-two of ns left
behind. Half an boor after tliey had
passed out of sight we heard sharp fir
ing to tbe north arid enst, and not one
single man ever returned to as. Tbey
were ambushed in the defiles and
slaughtered, just as might Lave boon
expected.
On tills very someday tbe main array
decided to advance. A eoarier was dis
patched to notify an octpost, but be
never reached as, el titer turning back
through fear or having been picked off
by some concealed riilcman. About S
o'clock in tbe afternoon the natives ap
peared In ktrge numbers, botb above
and below as, and then we knew wliav
bad luvppened ; indeed, they taunted
ns with tbe annihilation of out coo
radee. and gave as the news that the
main column, had moved on and de-
erted oa. An old sergeant who had
peaawd twenty-two years In the servieo.
was in command of as, and as eoon as
he fully realized tlie disaster which had
come about be Called the men fcigetber
and said: . -
"We have no choice in this matter.
A thousand men could not push tlieir
waydown into the valley now to try
and overtake the eolinnn. We mat
remain and do what we con."
,fJut what can W 5orrai3.cd c cor
poral. j. ' ,
lher replied the srrgrant "That s
what wo were sent out bere for, any.
bow. We are twenty-two to hundreds
and thousand We must kill as many
of the devils as we con and then lie
down ourselves."
Titers wasn't a glimmer of hope.
We knew the Afghan. In that long
and bloody campaign neither side boCi
eroJ with prisoners. ' If we captured
irt tcu, C'Aj or a liundml it was ptiSl
bartgt nnd they wore Isft lying dead
as we niArded on. If one of onr men
fell into tltoir bonds hH head
Hipped oft or a spear sent throogh hbn
before lie' could wink twie. r: TJwyM
have tbe nfe of every man, even
they yielded cp twenty Bvee for one.
Some would follow on after the col
umn, but hordos would be loft bubtnd
to harass the outposts left along the
line of eotnmunloniion,
It stood us in hand to moke good
nee of the ftrw lioura loft to ns. The
Afghani were eliited and excited, and
showed no disposition to attack that
evening, but. we .know the morrow
would open a sicao wiiich might last
until there was no longer a man to do-
fond the fort As tliorrfwere five days'
rations for 100 men, the twonty-two of
us bad close npon a month's provisions.
As for water, there was a spring bub
bling np within the fort, and all the
irep,trations we could mako' consisted
in strengthening the position. Coring
the night we built a bomb proof,
honied in a large supply, of firewood,
nnd not one of us got a wink of sleep.
Day Iiad scarooly ijrolien wnen we
found oursolvea snrronnded by at least
a thousand natives. The first move on
tlieir port was to demand a snrrender,
This was promptly refused, and mus
ketry fire was then opened on tbe fort
We muda no, retuHvbut avoided the
portholes as much as possible, cooked
breakfast, and most of the men slept
until noon. ' ', "
I told yon onr fort was on tlie crest
of a stoop hill. Tlie earth slanted
away from it in all directions for about
forty rods before tliere . was any cover
for an enemy. So far ea musketry was
concerned, they might blaze away for
a year and not hurt any one, but we
knew , they would soon bring np field-
pieces ogaiuat trs. There was only one
spot whore they could plant tlie guns
to got tlie proper elevation oa us, and
that was just opposite the north center
of the fort, oa a little plateau forty foot
above the traveled trail. -During the
day we backed this wall with other
blocks of stone, and made It as secure
as tireumstnncea would penult, and
when night came the enemy had fired
6,030 ballots at us without indicting the
least damage. .
Wehadnt the lumber to build plat
forms around the wulis, but we bad
snfQeient to build three lookout sta
tions at three comers, and tliere sen
tinels took their stations when darkness
felL What we feared was a night at
tack with scaling ladders, and that was
exactly what they were planning fur,
Instead of taking time to make ladders,
however, they made a rash oa us about
1 o'clock In the morning with a detail
of men, carrying long poles to rest
against tlie walls. Tito sentinels gave
as , timely notieo, nnd standing on
blocks of stoiw so as to bring ns nearer
tho enemy ns he showed up on top of
the wall, we tumbled him oil with bal
let and bayonot so rapidly that ho drew
off In great confusion.
That attack was a good thing for us.
The enemy gave ns credit for three
times oar actual strength, and there
fore decided to move with moro caution
in tbe future, and It gave ns tlie Idea
that oar ponitiou coukl be defended
against big odds. During tlie next day
the Afghans kept np a slow and Irregu
lar fire against us, simply, wasting their
lead, and all tho men, except those on
uooaBsary duty, wore permitted to sleep.
When night came again we disooyered
the eauaa of their apathy. We plainly
hoard them clearing away the small
trees oa the platoaa and using the
spade, and knew that thoy were going
to plant artillery to use agnlnat us.
The artillery branch of the Ameer's
service was very .weak, the guns being
of light caliber and the ammimrtiaa
generally poor, but no one eonld doubt
that if a gun or two was got to bear on
as, and tho enemy would kcop pegging
away, tlie shot and shou would in uino
effoet a hreacli.
We hod above 6,000 rounds of car
tridges, as onr slaughtered comrades
had loft three-quarters of their store
behind them, and the sergeant ordorcd
us to roan tlie ten portholes on that
side and keep np a steady Arc on the
plateau. It was firing at random In
tlie darkness, Imt we doubtless knocked
some of Dioin over,, and quite cortninly
delayed tlie work. , When morning
came wo could sno that, thoy had
ck-amd the ground an d begun to throw
op a small fort to hold the guns. ' Oar
tire had drivtm them off. Daring the
day they made bulk-t proof Trwns of
boughs and mats and paid ns but lit
tle attention When night fell thoy set
up tlieir arreons and worked behind
thorn, and though oar firo might have
inflicted soine slight lows, it did not
prevent theni frora getting two guns in
predion. Tliey bad an earthwork six
foot high to protect tbe gunners, and
as the sergeant looked out and saw
what hnd bnen done ho grimly said : ,
"Wdl, tr shall Imv- few days less
to live."
While we wero att breakfast the gnns
opened fire with rulid sltot Tliey were
only forty rods away, and yet tbe gun
nery was so poor that the first nine
shots were tlrrown away. When tlM?y
began to atrikn, however, we rcalixrd
tbe damtyy they might Inflict Tbe
stones were bet l.ttte harder thnn snnd
stone, and wSiilo too heavy to bo bnriel
down they Uahod and crumbled n rider
tbe impact . We nmnnorl the portholes
and Cnxl at tho embrasures, and in this
way we clioked tliough we cotud not
aikoce tlie Ore. Tliey got the guns
trained on one particuhir spot, and bo
fore night catue we knew they eouU
broach us In two days more. As dark
ness closed in their fire was suspended.
They eould see tho progress they bad
niado, nnd there was no noed of hurry.
We had with us a Active burn Y wa
tt who hndfonght rinder almosf evert
flog and taken tho oath of allegiance to
lour or five governments, and early tn
the owning we noticed hha overhaul
ing tbe ptle of poles we bad clnagged In
lot firewood. H at langth seleetedoot
fonr or five which bad ail the Spring of
American hickory, and then nnfoldod
his idea to the sergeant It was uSmpio
enough, but no one bnt a'tonkee would
have over thouglit of It We first laid
fire shoit. pol on the ground and
pinned thorn fast Then three feet hi
rear, of them, we .elevated five otTicr
short poles about two foet froth the
ground on crotches. ; When the end of
a long pole, was pot over one of theoe
and rested against the one on the
gronnd we liad what would have been
a spring boavrd, if thoro had boon any
board about it . We tlien nailed box
covers, to tlie other ends of. the poles,
made ropes fast to bend them down,
and wo had a principle made nse of In
war 1,600 years ago. ' .' t
; .Kow, then, pull down tlie end of tlie
polo, plaoo a stone on tho pan and let
go, and the spring eunda the atone flying
sky high,' to come down with A crash on
somebody's head. In an hour we bad
the five read? and playing away, there
being plenty of broken stone in tbe fort
for ammuniUon. Tliere was spring
enough to the poles to throw a five
pound stone sixty rods, nnd we beard
Bounds to prove that we drove the
enemy from a dozen different positions
during tho night
: Tbe guns opened on ns early in tlie
morning, and tlien a funny thing took
place. It may seem almost aboard to
you, bat I m giving yon only what was
officially reported wben I say that with
oar five spring gnns, as you might call
cm, we actually drove the gunners out
of tli at redoubt and suonced their fire.
After a little practice we could get Just
the right sjrlng to send tho jstor.e soar
ing away like .a bonib, to fall upon
their uncovered heads. A Jagged stone,
wolghmg from one to five pounds, and
falling from a height of fifty or sixty
feet, is not to be donpUed. They tried
to get a shelter over them, but with
our musketry (Ire at tlie embrasures,
and our rocks dropping from above,
they liad to doaort the redoubt : Wher
ever we 'found a body of the enemy
sheltered by rock or thicket to fire on
ns we -trained our Yankee inventions
on them, and they hod to withdraw.
After tho failure of. the artillery to
In-each the walls, the Afghans sot down
to starve as oat Tho idea was to wear
us out as well, and a fire of musketry
was maintained dny and night Tliey
probably didat expect to do any groat
harm by this fire, but they knew it
would keep ns on tbe alert and annoy
nnd irritate. It did have that effect,
and thoy harraesed us farther by threats
of oaroult : We on our purt kept them
dodging with our missiles, and I have
no doubt wo wounded a good many of
them in that way. They couldn't make
oat wlutt sort of guns wo liad which
fired without noise and tlirew rocks. In
stead of iron .or lead, and this puzzle
was what prevented thorn from carry
ing our walls by assault. .' ; -'
For thirty-six long days and nights
we were cooped up tn that fort, not
suffering for food or drink, bat a prey
to constant anxiety, and ttion the sec
ond main oolunin came np from the
ooast and sent us relief. In the tight in
tlie pass below the fort over 500 natives
were kiiiod, and uX the down eapinred
aQve every jana of thorn expreuMed a
desire to soe oar strange' guns before
being disposed of as prisuuers were.
Tliey were brought inside and permit
tod to Inspect them, and tlieir; curios
ity was unbounded. ' Poor ' devilal
They were backed against . the wall,
not twenty ' feet away, end shot to
death even as their faces still expressed
wonder and nrtouijiluuout A'ew .Xork
Son. ;'.'.- j . .
- , ' Enral Argwatlna.
All fho country traversed by tbe raH-
rond lines is devoted to pastoral and
agricultnral Iridu3mcs, and tbe land'
scapo, wifh tlie exception of "the hilly
district Of tbe Sierra de'Tandilrthd the
Bicrra de la VentannV is always the
some bare pnmoa, with stretches of
moral ica nnd small l.tkes abounding in
wild iowL As for tiieentxuiciav towns,
villogos and colonics, wlien you have
tn r.oe yon have scon ail, and all are
equally uupictoresqna.
ilia life, too, has become leas fertile
In picturesque in-idunts since the in
ciosure of tlie land with wire fencos,
which nakra the' nmnaijPiuont of the
herds much tttnpTor, an J .enables tho
estaucieroa to Aizpomc with tlie jruord
of inountod grtocfa, who are now to
pa seen only in tno very distant intent.
At itrcsont tlie majority of. the popula
tion las no partionlar cbanx-tr, bring
eomtxised of Italian nnd VnmcH Imuii-
grants, of liasqncs with red or Hue
cloth caps, and a few native gortebos
with brortd belts- constellated with sil
ver coin. long ponclios and vkii ori
ental troasers like petticoats, generaTI
black, Inrt somotiinos striped with brill-1
iant color.
ISowailaya, liowever, the gaocho Is
losing liia indivklaaUty. abandoning his
peculiar owturno, atxl becotuing aojiru-
lUtud in dross and liabitat with the
swnrcM of muraiianeous Karoneeuia
who hare peopled tlie modern Argen
tine, and mads the Lnndrcds oL 9elv
nics and towns tlutt have sprung into rs-b44ce-wi:bitt
the pst ten years. To
visit tliere .young orators of so-oallcd
civilization is no ple.vnt task. Theo
dore Child In Harper's.
Taw Truth. r;
"Just about where was this Korth
river slind caught P asked tbe cua
totner. .."OS WllrainstTn," ro'.flml t!ip r.b
stnt uhiJ-1 dculor. ilariKy's Buiir.
A JtoI Da! - '
nHrt often that a healthy Sfofcyf-
A rwi .AtMtm nn jotm, twin,' frMunjatlMk iflM1
mvm ( - ..v. , wv-n. whv vii .ii,
mr a. itl wlf S m. liimtr hnt tt
sr happened swocntry. A , gtmtjeanaw
named West of Iflrcn, Kaas., can tail
yon oil about It lie was hunting hi
Kingsbury and came oat npon .Thorn .
I'.rook, where ho passed; to rest All
At once lie beheld a hoWo looking deer
stalk ' out npori the brow of the hill
above him,-. He let ,dr;7e one barrel
and the' doer fait , Hastily he scrambled
up to examine Ida priz and found to
his griof that ho liad shot one hand
some horn (ff dose to tlie annual's
. . n.. a . . . a.. 9
uono. ; J no uoor was appamraiy aoou.
Half in rcvorio he fitted the horn back
upon the doer's head in order to see
how the animal would look when in
tact , '
To Ida amazeroont tlie deer sprang to
hia foot and, " thoroughly maddoaed,
pitclied into' Ills assailant with all th
fury of an animal at bay.? Nr.; West,
retVnlng the diaoonnected' horn In hif
hand, commenced; to belabor the anU
I mal, and tlie battle roged furiondy. I
tlie heat of tlie hielee both toinbied
plunk into the brook and this ended
the conflict Tle deer swam for ond
bank, while Kr. Went clambered out
upon the oppositcwet, scared and mod
clear tLroagh. ' His clot bes were tort
and he recciyod several painful bruises. -but
hung on to the horn. He carried
tho trophy Iwk to Lynn with him and
left a standing offer of IStf for the'
moia -Bangor (Mo.) Newa.
; Itmqntaa Pormlmr roeea. :
Tlie qucon -of Koomania was on rt
visit to London and staid at one of
the1 West End hotels. It was noiaed
abroad that aim intended leaving, and
In order to witness her departure a vant
crowd of pooplo surrounded the hotel
staircaon. Our informant forined one' .
of tho crowd, and it so happened, that
Iio had Jitst been to Covcnt Garden,,
whesre he had purchased a bunch of
mignonette, of which lie was a lover. ,
' A few, minutes after his arrival the
qnocn.of Kotuunnia passed down th
hotol staircase, holding in herluuidsa,
beaa'fJXuI' bonqnet of flowers. ? Saizctf
with a midden luipnlae to present tbtf
queen , with his bunch of mlgnonetto,
oar informant stopped forward, and iol
a rougli, though kindly way, asked the
qnecn if she vou Id accept 'theinkjnou
ctte.'' Tlie queen at once threw away fhj
bouquet of flowers which she held In
her hand, took tho rough bunch at
mignonette; nnd, kissing it ssidt
"Oh, thank yon very mnch. I love M
so; it Is my favorite flower." Londoai
Tit-Ulta. 1 - . ' '
1. 'a tle rfaaiaaerlpt jDlrloef ,
June 1. 1873, tlio city of nichmond.
JIa, was visited by a terrible cyclone.
The residence of David Whitaier, tbe
possessor of the' nntnnacript of tlie
"Dook of MoniKn.",wa directly in the
storm's path. Althoagb the boase was
almost totally demolished, one room,,,
that In which the book was deposited
being an cxtonsjon'of a porch, con
sequently .not as substantial ns the1
other porta of the house was left un
injured in tho least degrees not a shin
gle was removed or a single exackruadi
in the plastering. '
Like the Athenian watch tower it '
stood, pilod np with wrecks on all sidea, '
Itfuif an wrecked. Wlmn tbe etUaane
of thoafSicted city barord of t! atxrit
facts tliey, formed a cotnanUee and
made a report oa tbe utlntealoas pro. .
ervntion of the room and Its hlfhlr vai-
.nxsd' bnawwa. The written n-port ut
ttie 'eotnmittoe Is now in possession of
on'e'of the prominent aftorneys of the
city In which lite events related eo- :
currod.--Cor. Gt Louis Kepubuo.
Bt. Leana Dook Oot1eeTe.
IlerlKrt J. Crawford says; pW
cities In tho west eon begin to oocif-re
witli 6t Louis in tlie matter, of hook
collectors. : Recorder of Voters AVill
Luns bus one of the choicest eollectiotat -in
this or adjoining states, and there'
are hooka in his library which money
couldn't buy. I don't think he knows' -how
to say no when a really valuable'
and r&ro book b offered him. ' Jndg
JSo:mi!a la another great book collector;
1 and Judga Jindloy b equally fond
choice literature. Cpt D. P. fclattery
has a very exteoxive library, the etxt- :
tcnta of whicli ore worth many tliou
sada, and Copt Bryan wfll nlwayr
buy a rare book if it is m fair order.
Fathers Donocura and O'Sbea Iiavaf
also great reputations as expert book
valuers, and only a greenhorn in the
business would think of offering either
of thtnn a woris of only medium Inter-
est Thoro'aro In i aH nlmut fifty genn
ina book cranks in tho city." St Xouar
Globe-Demoaat ; - '
. . Bww has Baye Caa Tim. ,
The 4-year-old son of ChnrVa CTff
ford, the pagUist who is hi jail tv
probably fatally wounding Duvid A.
Crecvor, tbe stockman, is preweiouev
and a "chip oft tho old block. -
Folico Stirgoon loan, while trykyj far1
entertain the lUJbliow at the potto
station pointed to his benXlng dogeaial -said:
, ',
: "Those's a nice dog.. He can eaaVh'
boH in Ins mouth when-1 toss cm t
Um.-, - -:
' "That's nutfcin'," said the boy: Tre
got a dog that will catch op afiok ta
il, toeth and bat the ball back."
- "But this do ecu rituiba tree," said
Et. Inert, slyly winking.
That's within'," &nn) rrtortod the)
boy, "All the dops climb Urea where
I livfe liy dog gor to school with ma)
and is In the adme class." Tbs poCcs
sonreon's luratth" wss ttken away aa
be liad uof-ujyj fRrtiier to kkv. J
us City I'ta-j