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cur in JOB mw it tn -t .- V' -jA '"' - ji ' f : i; the ppxss ica dc p Art t pit VERY LOWEST PRICES ' , -a . -.- I ' ' -- i - -$ - iriiritwiwiii)aiKtti ta T TA fJKr T7S ST, "fwT'-TTiVT r . reBLISHBKSf affr PKCW'KPJTORS. I ' ' ' .. .11 a f Terms: Cash in Advance. II 11 , 'JJ .M.iii v,i.:o I . ; i f .5 I i - ..i i . I : 'H xxv it: SALEjM, JS'. C, JANUARY 9, 1879. . NO- 2- asr Liberal Discount to Clubs.' . i. i 1 brU U -Mllttl'lf ll mi '"? rvFi 11-7 III : I, . v f II . II r : e V . ; ! " . ! THt .WASHER; AT THE WELL. - A BRETON' LBiSD. " " ! Nigh a league to the castle st ill ; Twelve I lnkiiw the bell Woin tlie tAd (.-Un-k-tower . Now, brave mare, for the streU-h up the hill, Then just a gallon of half an hour. . - ' . .- Half an hvaf, liiA "home alia Yetftf5 ' ' ' ' " Is she watching for him on the oriel stair, Or mulling the babe on her silken. Ireast lu the hush of the drowsy chamber there ? . ., . Hula l;',ililMilbHlt!"" -;i '' : Sc:u'ed at the wind, or the owlet's flight ? Ha ! wlMtfe4fe$l4bf;Wfyg WeH . ; , , Who goes thereat the dead of night? Over thfe ttesuo ldliw Uie sloj), - . ' here the women wash their webs at noon, A form like a shadow wuui Ut grie. Doubtful under the doubtful moon. i iixnl inotlier, your task is late and Idh9.k . (. ; : All goes well at the rastle ? say ! Not a word speaks the withered crone. Gray as a ghost in the moonlight gray. ' -1 ' ..?toue-stil oe tliftjjilBS atreuui,- - -' - laying bMwettooiigUl"OiB agleairu-.j W I Out aiul in, with never a sound , Never a sound save tb.e blaseil oak . . . c That shakes in the Jviad, and tlie babhlingf Well ; i This is no face of the peasant-folk ! . With the sign of the cross he bars the spell. Slowly, slowly she turns aliout ; Oh the creeping horror that chokes his breath 4 As slowly she draws the linen'out,' And fashions its folds tu gnise of death . Long and loose, like a wluding-slieet ! 1 bo sharp he pulls at the bridle-rein The mare stands straight on her trembling feet Before she cowers to the groand again, - 1 ow he knows,' with a shudder of dreads The V host of the Well be has looked upon Washing the. shroud for some one dead Some one dear to him, dead and gone ! 'Well and washer and funeral-pall Swim under his sight in pale eclipse. The good God send that tlie shroud be small '. 1 He bites the words in his bloodless lips. Over the lonely moor alone,- Praying a prayer for the dearest life, ' Stifling a cry for the dead uuknown, . Child or wife : is it child or wife? i f t t , Over the threshold and up the stair', And into the hush of the deathly room. To a motionless form in the midnight there Under the tapers' glimmering gloom ; And the babexm jherbosofti child and wife ! Child and wife T and his jonrney done." Hark ! overhead, with a sullen strife, The bell in the old clock-tower booms On . Kate Putnam Osuood. CHANG-HOW AND ANARKY. "Gret Beezle !" ' A disinaj'ed silence while Anarky, our cook black as night, eyes set square in her head, that head set level on her stout black shoulders yalked around the Chinese youth my husband liad brought home as an experiment in oar domestic life around the Chinese youth with his wiry frame and insinuating stoop of the shoulders, :and, a smile -of neutral tint ly ing placid but wary on his buff counte nance. ' "Lordy-mussy !" quoth Anarky. An other vehement, aggressive pause on her part, a silence observant and self-defensive on his. "Name o'Satan, Mis' Maud ! what is it?" -i ;. " S .,; - r , ; ... ''This is to . be your fellow servant, Anarky." ' 'Gret "Beezle ! Wish I may die ef I didn't think it wor a yaller rat !'.'. "Anarky, I am ashamed of you ! "What should Mr. Smith want with a yellow rati" . . -. . - --. "Thought he bought it at desukus iu New York, -aa'-gil' U you like lie did dat monkey. Ef H ain't, no' Kit,- anv ain't a monkey, name o'Satan, what kin it be 'I 'Tain't a. 'ooman, for all dem gret long sleeves : you know dat yo'se'f. . An' 'tain't like no man as eber 1 seed. What dat hangin on to its head? An' what matter v id its eyes, sot crank-sided right 'ginstits nose, kickin' up der heels.pintin' ' ebry way. for Sunday one en' uv urn ez . sliarp as a 'nittin' -needle, an' tudder en' , ez roun' ez a marble?" " - Chang-how sent one eye skirmishing in my direction, and the other toward Auarky, and the rsaine deprecatory yet wary smile rested like moonlight on his placid, hce. -. "That will .do,yAnarky,'l saidI.-i --"I wish you to understand that.this.is to-be your fellow-servant. You will cook and wash as usual. Chang-how will attend in the dining-room, and do I don't know yet exactly what else ; but I wish you to be kind to him, remembering that he is a. stranger in a strange land, Also, I will have no further remarks on his personal appearance." Silenced by authority, but unmoved by my eloqueneeAnarky, made another tour of inspection silently' raised the end of Chang-how's queue, disgustedly let it fall, and went 'to the door. There she stopped and looked at him again. "Good Lord ?" said she under her breath by way of parting salute. 1 . The look of mild unconcern that had rested on Chang how's features was rip pled by a quaint, cunning i smile, and for the first time he cast a quick glance full at her, then stood again with folded hands, calm, submissive, . apparently, unobser vant. Seeing the antagonism ' that was likely to exist betweeft-4hemrI myself showed Chang-how and , unbundle to the room he was to occupy, land in a short time he emerged clad in a neat white jacket,vhis queue deftly bound around his head; ready for business. The fellow was exceedingly bright and quick, and, though he never seemed to be "takin' notes," nothing escaped his ob servation. He learned oar w&ys in an in crediTrfyrttiTnelandfeen those vays did nbttafte&n fcbtiAicfcb'itit anyofaabit previously formed he adapted himself to , them at once ; but woe to any pet notion that interfered with Chang's preconceived ideas 1 That notion had to go to the wall. However, that has nothing to do here. Whether ,Changhpw had been "takin notes'.' 'wa a debatable point, but that somebody was taking everything takable on the premises soon became a self evident proposition j aad thiClvas uncomfortable for fn6re rwtsoto than one. Mr. Smith and I almost quarrelled about it. .He would not believe it to be Chang-how, ; and .;-Jl'-frafi jdterminedit should not be . Anarky. 'Said he, "Anarky is taking ad- vantage of the popular idea . that the Chiuese are invariably dis " "Now, .whk &Ferbeifd anything like that?" I interrupted.' 'What does' An' arky .know about the popular idea con- ... cerning the Chinese? About as much as I should know if you were to talk to me about the TeutDnta idiom ibr , mezzotinted phonetics. . .. "You, have, convinced, .me. my dear, that Chato-how ' is the guilty1 party ; but the idea 1 meant to "convey before you . knocked me down with those big words was this that Anarky, knowing what people think of the Chinese, indulges her dishonest yearnings, believing we shall suppose the thief to be Chang-bow." .' .; 'But X know' it isn't Anarky, .berause Anarky 'always had a blundering, .AKi ward, al6ve-boanl ,way of stealing that made it only taking things, and she was always getting caught ; and Chang Uow always manages not lo ' be found put. And I know it is Chang how ; I know it by that. ; It shows lie is Used to it." ' " Mr. Sinith laughed. "' ' ' , ' "It des ! and I know it is Cbang-how: and it tin't Anarky." Then Mr. 1 Sraitlt ' langhed again, and said woriien werei Ujrn to te- lawyers. Chang-how would come to me (he was dining-room servknL, you rememl)er)-. ''Evly one spoon ee no come horoee.' . ' "How you mean, Cliang-bdw 1 n Where spooneego?" ;, : r .,v . ,'J "All no light : all longee. Spoonee go V i KU-filid Wrm. - " ''lh.- Irat vot mutt flritt-'th.iHn. Chane-1 ho w'.i: How many go 2Z "Four spooneei" 'But they are solid silver ! You really must find them, V r' f A i ' 4You fell where lookee, I go lookee." "I am sure I doti't know 'were you are to look. And tio. forks ;were missing last week !' : ; - j - ' : :i : . '- ' . - 1 stared reflectively at a June-bug on tlie window-silL i Chang-how stood with folded hands and drooping shoulders, a seraphic calm upon his features, as of one who had stood upon tlie burning deck when all but he had fled. Evidently he had done his duty. I , was so impressed with this fact, and that the responsibility, if not the guilt, was now mine, that I simply said, "Go set the table then, Chang-how. Mr.i Smith will have to tell us what to do when he comes home." Exit Chang. Enter Anarky : ;"Mis' Maud, how many hank'chers you sent out dis week?" "Twenty-three, 1 1 believe." "An' now I ain't got but nineteen. You see dat? How many socks for Mas' Jimr.'- r J KJ Ci X Ui. UL-2. "Six or seven, I suppose. Why?" - ''You see dat again ? Ain't but fo' par left Ef I don t beat him, shoze I in a nigger T. 'Your Mas' Jim?" I asked- smiling. : Tain't nobody" but'dat yaller varmint dat's stealin' rounl de lot. Lor' ! Lor' ! ef I jes' could cotch him 1" Anarky, while j we are talking about it, I I ieally wish you would manage a little better about the biscuit and well, the eggs, and and a good many little things of the kind). I am sure we have an abundance of everything, and it mor tifies me exceedingly not to have it at ta ble. Haven't you and Chang everything you want, and as much?" "We gets more'n 'nuff. An' what goes outen de kitchen gjoes correc'. Whar dey lands 'tween dar an' de din' room don't nobody know but dat yaller dorg.- ,1 misses things cornstant things dat I ain't took my eyes off 'em, 'cep' ter wink ; an', bless de Lord ! while I wor a-winkin' de lard done took to! its heels or de flour flewed away," j The next evening, when Chang brought in supper, Anarky walked by his side in solemn state, empty handed, dignified, watchful. He appeared totally -unconscious of his escort; J and7T made no re mark ; but Mir. Smith sent him into the hall on an errand, and during his absence Anarky rose to explain : "Which yoju see all dem biskit. Mis! Maud?" Yes ; I am glad we are getting all right again, Anarky." j "Well, I got dat many " mo' in de ub'n now jes like I use ter hab fo' - dat " .Here an appalling j idea seemed to strike her. ''War dat Chow-chow nigger?"' she exclaimed, and made a dash toward the door. As she reached it Chang-how quietly elided in and handed Mr. Smith the paper he had gone for. The next moment a sound came from the kitchen something between a howl and a roar and following in its wake came Anarky. Almost, inarticulate with rage, she shook her brawny fist in Chang- how's face. , ' You good-fur-nuthin yal ler houny she exclaimed.' Mr. Smith wheeled around on his chair and lckearher lUWTtrsOTpMser Chang-how stood his ground and gazed at her "with- the unruffled" calnT6-of afhlr moon beaming o'er a raging sea. ' She turned - to - us, trembling with ex citement : "Well, ef dat ain't de beat- mest trick et ebber I seed ! Think dat yaller houn' ain't stole ub'n? An', ' 'fo' Gord he'd been out o' here long to snap at a fly ! L you shusest " She stopped and glared at him with the despairing, silent! venom of one who felt herself a pauper in words, a ver bal failure, a wretched creature who in the supreme hour -of trial was proving herself the wrong . person in the wrong place. i i Chang-how's hands were folded, and his. eyes rested dreamily on the floor. Evidently, he was contentedly rolling tea leaves in his native land. - Suspiciously regarding the abnormal appearance of Chang-how's neat White jacket, I forbore to rebuke my sable favorite, but Mr. Smith, not having ob served the little protuberances which had attracted " my "attention' toward " his more delicately-tinted . protege,' said with de cision, ,Go to the 'kitchen,; Anarky, and send in supper or bring it yourself ; and make haste about it,,' Anarky, turned again to Chang-how and fixed, herl great blacks eyes on him in silence. Then she i sounded a note of solemn warning : "Lord ! Lord ! Shang- nai out square pieces 1, Yo' mammy, won't want what'll be .-left. uv. yotv 'cosji 'twon't be wuf berrym I ' 'Shut , upee ! to washee T.I :f ) r 'A their frtrtiacW Tfipy tuiT ' M-gottwf that misdirrctcil labor is but a waste of Mi'ljcau' man do walu e( irv.r'.( . ". jtivity. Tlie 'person who would auc ' Wt?'wonab &ti 'mb.'. . ,d is like a marksman' firing' at a tar- "Au Iiinif 1 I XviisTiw'one dollar:' . if hi Miofa1 irrlvi tli' tuxrle t r.rv tire a waste 6f.TowJer.. S in tbc iireal iainib'of lifei wkiU man doc uiut W. (aiiMl.Uie news w.m CMUiuiunic-.Ued by LU luauo lucoti'tti.MtT it. misnt iuuhvi im i pcrYaui in iur coti, wnoaoon urxuiau-u will tvavoiii: 'eu undone; . bvery aiderable vior tha'extraraganc and IWnUotuui-As 90 common among aaid ia-rotiage, rtferrUij; to the caaea of CallutniM) II.. of UuMla: Ixmit XV.. . t j VfcrVweli:f AsXAiri'lhen: ' X loii jeave riinitfinsMionf grttrf JtRe Humify. Alio, VVSiig, ii" iiiivc rtm vnw. "Obok'td'tnntfh! "UtlKi-. coAkeVi ' bmi egg. y Wi ri .td il nr ' A : j I. Well. vou no makir moke' rns.s ier- hapsITvyWmoVe'iM'y.' ool-aiff "All light; IIw ninchre? "No matter -Tn:iN-t." t; ' " ,;' "Aft' "A.hattUliel"-;JiLp "rri -Jr . if1 Goiaig td rtie'fciuudry,-1 eaid t' Anarky; 'Cliang-how will jai. you In tU-jriHiiat to day, so that you . ca get thnu4h luickly t and lww...ny. ..friends some f -our best eooking, Anarky. I do Iuhhv-"' Ul J-What ...Sbang duodlu know : 'bout i'mftnlf' ykeil Anarky. sulkily. ... -l iHir he knows 'ever no iam-h, said I with cheerful faith ; "and I do hojie you -will try to get ,on n'tccly with him tliis time. You. know what the Bible say about brther8 dwelling together In unity, and all that ?" ' " .'.L, r ; "Chang-jaw ain't hone o my b'nuliler. an' I 'ain't tvmv o' his'n," r'sisU-l An arky. ; . . . . "Oh yes, we are all brotht-rs ; and if you will rnly be Chang how's 1nuf enough to' get Ihrongh with the ironing, I will give! you almost anything you want." , .IT ; " ' " "' ; '.; ' ' V "Gimme a ntgger all day long." said Anarky : fa'rly hates a Chinee an' a Orrisher.'- , . ;? , Try it to day, though, Anarky, for my sake," said I persuasively; and she con sented, though sulkily enough. -' : : Hearing Chang-how comiug.; I sealed mvself on the stairwav- leaxlin? into tlut laundn. turious to see how ttier winH work together. - AfiarkyfInted-authAriLitlvel heap of lried 4 linen. "SprickW . doui AT cloze.? fcddtlwe' lo Chanc. !,'Ibi'. jriliie out in ce jard lo tit what's on da Uot1 1 WhH sire wa-gone. Chang-how a.4 h the manner of his people, filled his mouth with water, and was blowing it in a fine spray Over the linen when Anarky ap peared tljar'ooorway, a brisket ol flotnei A TRRILLING STORY. IkxIj knMvlUnjavio in ' his-- circle nf frteiifljs. who, thouh always aetfv, has ll,ia vrn rtf hliolW' 1 'TKrt liilnnltu.p u we may can u au n, exiiioiu iiseu in various ways. At4iOUl?, vasea thenan him merely an exicitive cAxi ity wbrn slioulif have a dim-live one; in iWlier, lanuairc, be nuikes a capital clerTi. for huuMJJV ht n h6 ought to do UK"thuiViuii of thelMiiiieKa. , In otl;r caeS'Wbai i.idoue fcs iiot.dooe iUtr at thert?ht'tim-orrn the rinht'wayt Enejv.riJiTeeliyJftiderxUMiil. : ia ac- tiTitj pToportit'tied to the cud. i i t it? I - Tim Jol lowing incident actually oc--u-rnl, Tirt lorl of a British frignti, ainV')rt'ris opmrrnraicatcd to the writer, several ye;in ago. by an old idan-of- war'e mau: -. , , !A timid boj, aliout fourteen yearn of liie, heltatrtl to go aloft, but bv the captain's orders, was forcibly put in the main rigging, and theu a ocit.swain's mate was -icmimaaIed to 1U! blin like a doj4 until' be learned fo run alotl. The poor fellow's legs and arms tn m bled, lie grased the alirouds, lie cried, he prayed ' the inhuman captain for God's sake to have mere)' on him; but all in vain. The boatwaii'B mate wan ordered to lay on harder, and harder, regard lead of the boy's piercing s Teams, which made even veteran wnmen turn Jtoui the l)ruLil..fcctmo with disgunt. His clothe were rent from his back, tlicblood followtnl th lash, aihl still the tyrant roared out, "I Ay on, Niatswaiu's mate!" . - With one wild scream be sprang from under the lash, and bounded up the ruririnjr with amazing rapidity. He the first evolution which, had maJe him a maniac - . . , ,.4 , , A , the, Miilor's story runs, the ship arrivtxl at riyni'mlh to be docked and r'(iktl. . Thi tmiLain. Availincr himvplf I oTFra.ni- and (1nrl..a W r,r t.n Of tho leisure, was Kiug to li married, I aa hitUnci-. The Uttrr's rrout o l'arlmmvut lo grant a dower of 30,f00 crowns Ui Uia daughter, I.uLvi, at her marriage with a lvnih Trincr, some nine vtikOja while Ue tvuntry suf ft ivd from fatuioe, and the poor Swede in Ajncri-a w re Miiding rvlleT acrOM tlie a-an I rtamj- d a4 an ai t of In fernal haUurU.ktO, reciting a tarai of Ihe athing a.iUre whub Rlward Axu, Swedish wnti-r, 11 on that ihu.mou adJiH-d ti t"barles XV. ' After li-U-niog lo mj. argument a few momenta nuinr, the two jdrangvr Uale ru ad leu, the tall one. remarking : l "I should 1 glad r-e tou airin -Mime the ronveriatioo Miiii von r or tu prrm-oi mj bu-'ineas calu ine mm "-J. Varieties. What pupil la moat lo 1 )Urd.' Tlie . impil ui Urn t-jis, brcaitar il i al wa)t iumWt tUe UaU., , I.,,;.. WLm tl world has ntw frA Ik 41 of a lip. It is atmil$hiie lvw brd tt H to frH t rinttf thr'woit.!.1 . -. - . .. - . .Vu.tn-. IfmM ('alod W-a U; circuit tMn within )t UxTiUirj ui aUimun Si.vuliUciMMHcra.' x ; ? TriMrerrrlUn -anil'. i l mm Urn tdeioii Iih t - - f4Vrtih-r r- 0 ' rouijJil! and tin u)-cvir (; abvwt 9ne mile t ro-a lo.4.ink.iita , The' hultan of Tnrkvy ticdl3irfa U bav-". Miitr rlotbe Tti w Jmrx I! nerer nr tl aam gniTit r it, r- Life b a sUte of rtuliTTiJ a p-1 aralioit ftr lif. A tuau U U-A .nft- jl-(-ly lnt until lit ula kvsm thi Jogh death. An f KLtwa (Pan.) Aldrtnn waj atUn lr-l by a I Mr.' Tin- AMirmn te rtneml fnnii tlp' fltrt.'tlf tr it w " on her Imidlier knacklfc4 on Jier;!! .doubW the TutUn k riggiug like a rat, s she caught sight of Chang how moist ening the linen with water from his mouth she stopped : she staggered, her basket fell to the flixir, and. stooping down, he threw her hands alove her head, then brought them down again .with a violent slap ort hrt knve. ' - - i " Good Lor' ! come down," said she, "an' look at dat yaller houn' a-epiuin' on Mis' Maud's cloze. I got you uow I Cant nobody blame me fur beat in' you 'bout dar." Then she flew at him. aud h.t a scene it was!. She, black, brawny,' Of Immense physical pawei1 he, lithe, sinewy. 'supple as a panther. It was a spectacle ! First one, then the other, seemed to have the advantage. She would catch him in her powerfui grasp, and, lifting him orl" hi. feet, swing him in the air aa.if abogt to slam him to his final resting place, when by some inexplicable manu'uvre he would writhe from between her Angel's or wrig gle himself to the back of her neck and mash her nose flat against her breast as if bent on suffocating her or breaking her neck. In a moment fhe would reach back with both hands and pull him over her head very much as men doll' a shirt Likely as not, Chang came down with his heels in the air, and at it they would go again. Presently she was tripped, and fell with a violeuce that shoukl have broken every bone in her IhhIv, but lefore Chang-how could pursue h"u advantage she had wheeled on her side, wound Ins queue halfway up her arm and bad her knee on Ids brqasL,.. ; . , . , , ".Good for vou,uVn ! I inesio. arent you .ashamed of yourself? Stop! for Heaven's isake, stop! Von miht kill him.", 1 , t r As well have spoken to the winds. n WW...1 m lYiu tj-ktiiu-aut ami tntvillint .riguiug with undiminished sjH"cd,ahiu tied the un rattled royal ringing, and perrhi-d himself like a bird alongside of the penn-.int whkh strvnined from the masthead. Ilrrt; he fau'd, lxkin fearle.ssly upon. the deck tielow. All bauds tauie., up lo hce him Ids erica and cruel treatment bad already en lifted their sympathy, and, if oaible, had lnceael their hatrvd of the cap tain. ; The monster was smiling compla cently at-the success of his exjcriinent; he as one of those tyi-auts who toasted that the ro, properly applied, could make men do any tiling. Still he was apprehensive that the loy might de stroy himself, and tbetirvumtaocea be used against him at the Admiralty, where he knew represeutatioiiH ol his cruelty had already been made. The men gazed in silence, looking first at the boy and Ihen at the captain, who was suited uear the larTrail. They dared not to be seen speaking to one another it was a flogging offence; even at night spiea p:issed under their ham mocks to ascertain -if they whisird. Tlie olfitvrs walked the Ice side of the marler-deck, KcasionalIy cunting their eyes aloft, but were as silent a the men. Still the lny clung to the mast head, playing ilh the ennant, apjKir ently unrooscious of the interest h exeiu d U-low. Tired with gazing aloft, the captaiay juiTj--ont thrwnjh thr sM-aking trumiiet, rotn from alofl! Down!" Th boy sprang urn tlw tniek at a liound, and rainiug himself erect, waveil it oo Lhe tarth-detk amoue llmmen. who curwil him and all hi kin. His servant came on boal of the hulk when the men were lodged, the even ing when theffcafiCaih waVio'K- mar ried. Crazy ,I."e (the name Ue ln was, known bt tnet him at the"gangwar, and 'akVd intcllienUy If 'the raptaln would I married that inning, and where V The servant gave him the ifi rmaiioM .he denim I, nd Weot!iout his busim-u. !-.. . n. i. -.i - . ' That nighV while- Um claln wa nnilntnarniT. hr waaTiirtl kt ttw tbt'iii ami dratrged to the bridal Is-d. 'IKk. fair lady, on me," said razy Joe. "but do not scream, or I will kill you. Iook on me. 1 hold within my i:ta a devil, who delight.- in cruelty a mercileHS fiend who has scourged the a. mm a m a. A a n narks or JiUtvin-ds ox irntve men a ruffian twho has robled me of my rea son; I hold him within the i;rap of dealh. , at the very monent hU black soul Ihoughl Itself within the reach of Llisfi. Monster 1 look upon your lady thiuk a moment of the leaven of eartli ly joy almost within your reach then think of me, poor C'ray.y Joe ! and of the liell to which I send you 1 Die, wretch, die 1" . . When the alarm wiui given, the btrHiigh-d body of the captain wa. found laying alongside of tl bridal bed ; but the maniac who killed him was never recognio! afterward. He -lic'.ongeil lo Cornwall, and probably found shelter from pursuit iu the mine until the cxcitmenl t-ax J away. Tlie lady stated at tlie time, and. Joan y yeara afterwards, that the attack of the ma niac was so suddVn anil silent that she knew nothing of il until the curtains were pushed aside and she Tell the pressure of the captain body l-ut over tlie edge of the bed. Je held his victim around the ueck with the right liand, and turned him from side to side aa easily as if he had tHn a. child, while the forefinger andthumof the left hand giaped her own throat, ready to extinguish her lit if she at tempted to raise an alarm. llUtarv. was pale aud deathlike, his eyes started, but were motionless, and every word he uttered are rued to isue from the very depths of his soul. The captain's looks were terrible bcyoud description deth lr ft the impreaa of ferovity upm his darkened (Vatures. How the maniac entered or left Um room she never? knew; his deartute was as noiseless aa his entrance. So paralyzed wa she with fear, tliatan hour elapsed lefore she could muster courage lo call for help; but she UwinktdGod, when the captaitrs cruel character became gen erally known ashore, that she had been recued from his-alliance. LrmdvH JVl'tl"U. ifdLTOir. 1K You know that tall crntlcmin?' I asked Ihe waiter girl, after they had left. Tle sirl smiled. "Indeed I do, air. He is Oscar II., King of lswlen.n THE CRtAT WALL OF CKWL 5 Tlie greiiL wall of China was measured in many phveas by Mr. I'nthank, an American enaieer, lately eugagvd in a sury Ijr a Cbuer railway. His toeosureutents give a beigld of i-uliUvu fet t and a width ou Urn top of fifteen fr-cL Keryfew huudml yatiLt there U a tower twenty-four feet square and fnau tweuty lo lwnity-lle in thigh. Tlie foundation of the wall Is of sulid f:ranO. Mr. Cut hank tirougbl with iiiu a brick from the wall, which is suppoel to have U-u tuale two Lun dred ) -.irs l-fore lh Utue of Chri-O. In Uukling this immense alone fence to keep out Uu Tax tax a, Um builders tieer attempted lo avoid tnouulaina or chasms to save expense. Ir or thirteen hundred milea the wail over plain aiid mouutain, aid eery fowl f th foundation is in mdid granite, and the retof the structure U 4ui masonry. In some 4ats the wall la built up smooth against lh bank, or canons, or precipice, where then la a aln-r desceut of a thousand fr-U Siuall streams are arched over, but ou the larger stn-ams lite wall tuns to the water s edge, and a tower is built on each side. Ou the lop of the wall tlrf-re are brrat works, defence facing in and out, aothat the defending forces can pasa from on tower U auvtter without kui expieml to. lite enemy from either side. To calculate the time of building, or the of this wall, is beyond human akilL So f ar aa the magnitude of the work is con cerned, it surpasses everything In ancient or modern times of which there is anyAtrare. The Iyramtds of Kgypl axe uuthing compared to IL fc-rjTi',ir-. ii r- i t-i-iairj-vk-eable on tbViitpta. Ami !B-thpr'TH'iirfjorrf-'rfrrihK-r in- eani(t,J'l.bMiii. lAar. ;UA.t-eheIo LI lib eal around las head; th en. sLrotcb- T1 . . . . I . " . t t "Stop, Anarky I (Murder ! murder !) mg ins arms out, gave a who inugium; Here, Chang, take Ue poker. (Ju srTanT,nTtrrew" himself -fhtwardr u r der!) Great Heaven ! don't Tho captain jumptxl to his feet, ejpect- hither with it ! Stop, Chang-how 1 Mur . iug to see tlie boy dashed in piecca on tl erl Oh, mercy! somebody -ome !) deck; but when clear of the shade of the Here, Anarky.uke the pota iMar he saw him sliding along the main d 4 rrri .to aiaflher:.J andl t diV (jlf-l-rder r-iWU bmi-th Wl Inthal nd heard him launh and he kills you first. Oh. mercy ! rKntl lik a mmirov. am if enioviusr siort. He reached the masthead- safety, and then descended along the n-gallant bnckstay hand-over-hand. he captain looked at him, and was 1 m n m a a - I UIVUl Vi BirHk, LTUa IIHI1H 'llUt HOT broua;Tit the neighlors ami tl kill unless I f mrmr I I ilAn !--. -a mfmt DA t . IVBVU I - dflf hiskit nntpn net I J-- - - - r Ue ! I didn't know ,?M.Mm ta 'nuff for a dog . ' ,. , ,. U - 1 viiia air iiii-UKiiii' hit iirt n. : 1111c s 1 aint'tde oudai- 1 t,at- t,u.. 1 ir.-.,.i, 1 1 1 fire !" This lie 1 saia sue, pit eDoer 1 aoe$ cotcoiyea ian out,ef ebber ! does' f it t a; good -hoiron yourril t ar 'yoa-airto much jawee," said Chang-how benignly, and dreamed again of his native land, j But forttkree;8!9 nothing was missing in 'Anarky 's depart ment, and so far Chang-how escaped with unbroken bones. I -" , - , On the evening' of the. fcurthlilfty;!.! ' ceived at letter announcinghe coming of visitorg,' and it unfortunately occurred to me that Chang-how might assist Anarky in the laundry, . thusl affording: her ari bp portunity;fox greater display in the culi nary department ; so I called him up : " x ou washeeman, Chang how ? ' "You help Anarky. iron to-day I give you more money.fi rmii 01 i nn.iZd "All light! Howmuchee?" h2"Onedollar." i i "Two dollar." "One dollar." t i. nn,,M s-t "No washee one dollar0saia Chang. "No washee at aUUienJ? "One dollar ap.v I nei Jhbors ckil4reni abd : their Brfh!4ra: and their neighbors children, 'and finally a forlorn policeman. who marcbed Anarky to the magistrate's office and left Chang to da ap hiff pigtail at leisure. uadTtfleet hoWonen he had slrmeif ahdoua! Un- whipt of justice, and now, in the hour of peace and in the act. of duty, retribuliofc naa aeuoerateiy sougni mm . om, ana found him and disposed of him a afore told. j - - - It seems that Anarky went quietly enough to the magistrate, who gave her the choice between going to jail and de positing five dollars a security for her ap pearance next morning for examination. Not having five dollars to- deposit, she was allowed an honr in which to seek some one who would go bail for her. 1 At the end of that time she- returned to the office panting, exhausted, wiping the per spiration from her lace with her blue col ton apron. r xr.m T f. '-- " W ho is going bail tor. yoa Ci the was asked. j .... Calmly ' turning down ' the sleeves that had been 'rolled above her shining black elbows, she" replied with contempt. "1 ain't been arter 00 bail : I dim bon itraue an' fiafeU heatin rlelite ouien dat valior houn,. Dat all de ltail I wants I "Vhich ef .eTmybody'sJookin,' "furhiro, dey kin fin' hiapifUlL aa. mavhe aT.piil uv Lis cooo headarsti. kia'atiU-Juii'- d chkk'n at' Ma3rJlm'a N4tvy? kTar nu jT lerame res'.' 1 boun' he "don't spit o on no mo' cloze got ter haa'le !" ACTIVITY NOT ENERGY. , There are some men whose failure to succeed in life ia a', problem to others, as well -aa to tliemsel ves. They are in dustrious, pruMent and economical; yet Alter a. innf me 01 ttrivincr nm turt- finds trrcto'Ill-ToT. Tbey complaTo of ill-luck. They' say fate is always' against them. But the fact is that they miscarry because they mistake iriere activity for energy. Contounding two things essentially different," they have words. The boy frothed at the mouth and nose; bin eyes seemed starting out of his head; he rolled upon tlie de k ia convul-ions, staining it with the bloo.1 which ttiU trickled from his bark. He was a maniac. Tlie surgeon's skill in the course of a few weeks restored his bodily health, but not his reason.! ; From that time forward le wa fear less. In the" darkest night, the fiercet gale, he would scamper along tlw deck like a dog, aud bound alofl with a swMtd which no: one ou board could equal. He would run over the. yards without holding, pass from mast to mast on the stays, aso'iid and descend by lht leeches of ihe sails, aud ruu u,m tlie studding sail booms. He was as nimble as a cat, a.KT had forgotten fear. Some of ihe licht dutiew aloft he learned to dis charge in company with them he did as they did, but could not l trusted to do anything himself. One ord-r he al ways obeyed without hesitation. At the" command, "Away aloft,1' he wn off, aud never paused unlil he reached the masthead. As he was harmless and rarely spoke, the captain kept him on board, and, in the course of a year, sent him aloft for amusement. His strength Increased with his years, but his bulk and height remained nearly the same at eighteen as when he be came a maniac. His ribs, breast and back seemed one case of bone, and his sinews and, mus cles made his legs and arms appear like pillared columns. He waa fair, with light blue eyes and delicate, skin ; his face oval and full, but void of expres sionneither love, fear, revenge nor pleasure could le traced to its stolid outline. . His eyes stared at every thing without appearing to we, and, when be spoke,' there waa rarely any meaning in his words.! He followed toe men iu their, various dutiea like a dot; follow ing his master. Whenever he waa struck or startled by a boatswain's mate, he ran up the main rigging. screamjng at the top of his lungs, and ARGUING WITH A KING. I sojourned in tho beautiful (ue-n of the Malar, Mockholm, a few weeks last summer. One day I took a trip acrm-. the. little channel which separates the city from that splendid plat of recrea nt ion. Djurgarden, a park where such liifhts of genius aa llellruan, IJduer, Kjell-.;rvn, and others all clustering around that dilettante King, (.ustavu III.. Si to'.M year ai were wont to upend their It iure hours 'In taking a social gloss. ; .which, by the way, wan the absolute, ruin of the. In all resj"-cts, immoderate tragic rct lletigt fadner. Here the quick-witted iSeJlruan impm vixl Uth wonls ami music b a num Ut of his popuLir lays,and here stands his bunt. Well, in rmtany with a friend, 1 went over to the (Janlcn of An imals (Djurgarden) in a little steamboat, took a long stroll about the ma'nificent place, admiring its'jpUndid villas. Its tine roads, its grand trees, its fragrant and liracing air. A ",tenr altracllvr looking n-staurant was too tempting a scene to pass by on a hot day, so in we stepiel, onlcring soiuf rvfirahmenU, and were wailed uion by a U-autilul aud polite ynuog laiiy, who could speak a ittU) brokeu Knglkn. After a while two other gentlemen entered, one, of whom attracted my alU-nlion 011 ac count of his sreat bright ami distin guished ai r. They also ordc red n- f re U- SINGINQ IN THE FAMILY. Cultivate singing in the family. He gin when the child la nl yrl three years old. The songs and liymo your mother sang, bring lh. m all back to memory, ainJ teach Ihrm lo your little ones; mis them all together, to meet the similar rnoods, as in alter life they come over ussomvsUriouly anv-timca. Mauy a lime and oft, in the vtry whirl of business, in the sunshine and gmycly of the 'slreeta, and amid lh pk nJ.-r of theunvcsin a arit, some little thing wakes up Ute memories of early youth uc 01a tutu, tne cool spring, the hady tree by the little acho4hou and Ue neat instant we almost ae again tlie ruddy checks, the smiling faces, and the merry ey es of the acbool tnalca, some gray-beaded Bow, mo I "lie tuouldchng iu the grave.' Aud lbe -ng your mother sang" springs unbidden to the lips, and soothe and sweetens all these memories. At other tin, amid the crushing muhaH t4 buainea,a merry ditty id the olden time t?p9 up ila hi lie bead, breaks in upon the ugly train of thought, throwv tle mind iulo another channel; light breaks in from behind the c loads in the sky, and new courage Is given to as. The honest man gn singing to his work, and when the day's labor is dooe, his tool hud aide, and he - on his way b"me, where wife and chlkl, and tidy table, ami cheerful firvwide await him, be can uol but whiUe or sing. supposed that if the? were always basv they would be certain to be advancing I never paused until he had performed ments, meanwhile keeping up a very animated conversation. uddenlv the tall mail turned around and fixed his dark eyes ou me. "Are you an Kngtisbman, sir ?' he aketl with a strong witluh accent. . Xi,sir; iamacitizno( the United SUUr, Ah I Is that so? I beard you etak ing Hn!ish. Well, ao mach the better. I have always admired the United States.' . . . - ' 1 am very lad to hear you say so," I repliei. - '"in a monarchy like Swe den one could hardly expert to ttear mux h aaid in behalf of the - CI real Io public, except it t from tlie working, clauses; but even they aeeru to be sroing lack on her now on account of tlie hard times which have prevailed In the Cnlted States for tbelt few years. Well Slr, (Um six-fol-and-foor-inche--tall stranger kept up the conver sations in Kmlih, although oeraloo ally with appotxi'l difiieolty.) "that jut ' what I have always expected. Human nature Is the same the world over,' and -a working man stand as good a chance and Is as much respected in a monarchy a In a republic,' "In this I beg leave to differ with . a. a a a m - . tou, -aid I. Here 1 raiieu lor anoiner ottle of claret,1' inviting ' the1 two stranoera to partake, which, they ac cepted with thanks, llesuming the conTrsatlott, I expressed my innate hatred to the monarchical system, pointing out and vehemently de nouncing, among other thing, the en ormous salaries wbicit the ovcr-our-dened people had to pay ll paraMles of aneiely called Kitijrs, tueens, Dukea and Princesses: how the system creaUsI ao absnrd, Imaginary dulinctioo be tween the rulers and tlie ruled, de grading the people In their own self esteem, mod falsely exalting the "roy al family.' I also emphasized with cou- MARR1AGE. Terrta,- nothing aliow Ihe exileoc of th lirine idea in marriage so mm h as ila incompreliensiUe mystery, whkh all those who enter it, sate the to I frivolous and thonghllea, are obliged lo recognixe. feeling them.rlie aa much surrounded by it a if they lived among lite great, primeval agencies that Cm set the world ging for to all il seems a alrange a if they were the Crt and tnlv one, and they were at a Um U explain il or penetrate the mean in of the deep taid sacred enigma. They understand a mother lore (r the flesh of her rteslt in her children, a child's love for tlw- visible provdne of it father; but wtw'ia locvoiprahead the lovef Ihe hustund, who, arrived at maturily, with all his prejudge forrnrtl, hi course marked out, tnerU one who, in careely more than an in stant -beoatea more to him than father or m-lher, si-.ler.oc Ijrother, or ail Ihe world in fthort, "o mbmm preence the happiness of the world binges? And who shall comprehend the detotioo 4 m wife, who, if Deed were, would die for her husband? , A Cincinnati man la responsible for the following : Km years ago at ths funeral of a friend, I waa seated to av carriage . with a person who la fare earned all th Walimenuof ww. 1 was not aware he was acquainted with the deceased. I became inquisitive. Ssv I. "Are yoa a relation ? "No. A friend T" "No. In Yaakee fahioix, I said. "Why at lend hi fo neral. and look so r" He said, "In fart, I am IroaLL-d with dyvpefeia. VI y doctor advised me U tide. I am too poor to hire a carriagv, and there fore ride free to lanerahv, A cheerful situation for a dyspeptic, w ahosid aay. that died. lieu res etervisea men with trials, , )akb in its handf tlie Lnnim of fJnuf a, -and del rut 1 be men's lot acvrd.bg U their ronduct. (..,. Nueare nnn apartntl)J .yaliant thaU tbeissid wlten freel fr)fu dan ger. Wliat is Ut in reality finds a supply iu asuin4ion. ' l'rinee Di-uiart k Is le-rtHiiing ery corpulent. Wfe weighed teYtitly at Klertirea, In tiermanv, -W mlletl up two bundled and forty puutds: -tirmuii and Aultian law foil.l tlie sale of dead iHh.' The fern ale broii sbt from lli M-a fc Hier tn tanks and are killed after l-iii sdd. There I a rr"rtfri tu f.id a new rm-eraUiry In rrifrrdeelama- lion and for teach ttrg artr aid tresnrn.setiaraUux lids br suehf tutu that of the musiol prufexMoit. . Opinion slKuld riHe In pwU af fairs, not feeling. Iqntoti t-erouixll on ctretiinatanees, c-n i4ctarva4a, sad 011 rerWtkai. Feeling arts liosn tm pulte, whnb I Kit ut." i , Franc-- Ahee llUitoff, tl,e fVlfr- nia titaidewi, I dead. She was frt j -fur, toiI SIX f erl ix lltcljem, was a native of New Vftk, and lcl travelled with 1e A: Marshall's tlrews. " . Tlie sale of MaAhal Haivii's work tu his lljrape fnu ltt St. Marguerite," is inter dieted iu France. A nund-r of tie pm;4ilet were re cently seirel on the iyTruei frontier. A lad of rvn.idcrabe lral releliiily at Auu-ta, Ita., is a one-artiM-Ji tT nan ed Tlieodoivottli-MU, wo, tltouich be has lul one arm, U an expert sw im mer and has sated four -r-o from drowning. Mrs. Fanny Waahiitvtuu Finch, the greiU-grandHiierw of Waahiatun, and uptMU to be hi inaret liwng relathe, is ke-ng a brdl!ig loue in Wa4iiiitrt-ii. and ha reuettUy hV ber f umil ureal tacbed by a landkf d lt rent, . . ... ' A Hartford (tr.u.) nwyer, as- signed to defend a thief attheuperor t "ourt in l-T-l. receHed ti"-n t.s fr his service, but has Just n-refi el in 'IS New Z'alawd a Mlir fnm tle thief asking for hi V f.uite .!!.- (a fler t pay Mm. , . . , Mr. Iuckyer, the FugUIi atio tner. wbiie atatltor al LaXs Vc, eX lhlHalo, WlUariSnni S W lC--pVUU It waa of rrmar kal4e dimensious atel vrt J tocnpMo. It traversed about twa tniioi of IU.e rlrie before lairsucrg, ml was in f uil U-m ail the tuae. , Ir. J. S. Myer, ef Virginia Otv. Neala, ta rrlisonrml a ke FrrT" liao ait. He tempers cojper ts o a more tasliug cutting elg titan steel tool will bold, similar to that of the copj-r impSeUirnt wiih whkl tl tone for Ue l"yramlds was rut. '"' - ' . 1 .V new -pecies cf tA siaTuU re-ta- . Uing tlaU wtiKii grow In Cam, ha nu diwvered in Armeiiia, t- Tie buund. The peasant inrfk Um b-aes and dry them in t!e sun, "and laira quanliliea liave te-u sect to l'ersaa, where tle new product Is lughly sf-preriati-d. Mr. lleul-n I'aersMn, id Iutlory, Maw, aged ?7 years, atel w ifc, M. hate.U-rn married uty years; lie taad r ru children, four oti and three daughters; also twehe gran.lcbndren siel nine gredraitdhiklren( aid no death has evrr t-tcuned auofig their de eulan la. To tittle fellow found a Luaded rrtolirr 00 . siuAj is s UiH Is Cter OMinly, and .oe ol t beta l:u snapping it at Us tAhet. Tclxa lers wete nrt laded,lait the third OoO tloM m. bullet, wktrli u sent tulo tlie rWliJ ut of tte of tie- lad alius, inrlietltog a alaf ul woutuL . Tbej axe at this taotnrtit the un- prrrrdetiied number of thirty-three ifwocUds iu cuiuiln in the llrltuh uaj, Ude many unariooted frigate and ivottle f recent oMilmcti. a. D( Hi. irtmcU.1 in nommissioa four teen are in the Mehterrarras with Admirals Hoinl') and laird John Hay. one or fii'.bm Niuit'i I'ofuaiu of Wahtnlo la Un prw-Usl U tl- Marylaud ilrtal TH). It was oriiually pwslod foC the Ute vVr 000 Kiting, ol laaOiaaww, saU was irtvea to tx rwcsrty bj to liihi, who was pi-et m a nut! 4 por on while lbs sxtisl was letloruufcg hi srof k. ' - A it l !. Ut H slid systetuatk etj WatUw of the ai-tViuili-" f tie- Eui-hrate Valley- It is pro-"! to organhe an rnddksa la leae lgUnd during neit itg, the fund Pr which are to be raieU by contrvbiitlvfU, t!e Uornment having refad iUaVJ. The orxanlralk fr limp cam imt out of tte srhetne i t t on the mil ctthe iVeriiiie rtj4v ra tion Fund.
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Jan. 9, 1879, edition 1
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