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The Alamance V. V . ii ; VOL.. XII. GRAHAM. N. C.,-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. NO, 33; THE CHILD srv. ' ' ' Tbey United him Stenne. young Stenne. . He was a real Paris' boy, puny and pale, i perhaps 10 - and perhaps . 13 ' yenrs-old, for with these imps you can never tftll. '' H's mother was dead, and ,n's father, formerly a soldier in marines, j. wns the guardian of a square in the : ' Quartier du Temple. "Everybody knew '! Father Stenne and loved" iiim, babies, nurses, poor women and the old ladies with their campstools, in fact, the whole : of that part of Paris which seeksa refuse ' ' ' from carriages in these flower plots sur- 7 "4 rounded by sidewalks. Everybody knew "What a pleasant, sympathetic smile the Z,. ... 'M fellow hid behind' his bristling mus iii : 1 tache, the tenor of, both dogs and loafers, '.' - . and they also knew but to call up that ' -smile-they had but to ask: "How js the little boy to-day?" . How old Father Stenne loved that boy! ' He felt so happy when the littlo fellow came for him in the evening after school, and they walked down the alleys "hand '7 in hand, stopping before each bench to greet the ; regular visitors and answer ','-, their polite questions. . . ' Unfortunately the siege changed all this. Father Stenne's square was closed and petroleum was stored there; so the poor Old man, ever on the watch, and not . allowed to smoke, passed lus lire wanuer ,'fri alone among the deserted, over turned shrubberies. '' Ho could not see hia son now until late at night, at home, and you should have - heard him talk .about the , Prussians and seen his mus , tache bristle up fiercely I Young Stenne did not complain much of 1. lis new life, You see a siege is lots of fuu for the boys; school is closed, no more examina tions now, every day is a holiday, and the streets are like a fair. ;'' The child used to stay out Until night .fnlL running about everywhere. . Hofol- lowed the companies of his ward as they. ':,','traiped off to duty on the ramparts, '" and always picked out thoso 'that had the best band. Young Stenno was well Up on tins subject, and he could tell you : : why the band of the Ninety-sixth was , poor, and why that of the Fifty-fifth was jf ii aoigrxid. Then again ho watched mo biles drill.' Besides these amusements; r i9i' there were the waiting processions, which formed before the doors of. the 'butchers and bakers, in the dark winter Mornings,- when the lights were all out,' und lie would stand up in file like" the rest, with his basket under his arm and his feet in the slush and water; here ho j hiade acquaintances nnd talked politics, and, as he was the son of Mr. Stenne, . ' very body asked his opinion. But what ;.,.; was'.' most fun was pitching pen nies,;; and that famous game ' of .si, .'"galhfche," which the Breton . militia had bi'oughWn to fashion during the siege, When you could not find young Stenne either on the ramparts or at the baker's, be was pretty sure to be at the game of .''"jtaloche," on .the Square du Chateau d'Eau. He could not play, of course ' " that cost too much; but ho looked on, " und opened the biggest, greediest eyes in ' the world. ' Tliere was one fellow in o blue smock whpni he admired especially; he only bet , -s dollar chips, and when he ran you could L hear the silver jingle in his pockets.. One day as he was picking up a coin which had rolled away and 8top;cd jitst . at young Stenne's feet, the big fellow said to him in a low voice: "It makes you squint, does it'i Well, if you want to know I'll tell you where you can get ( ' 'eome." -' ''j "I I TVfc , tVin rr'imn t-r, a nuw lio 1 nit Kim . " 'to a corner of the square and hroposed to ... . j( jj jo Q wjj j,jm an(j gej ueWspapors '.' tri the Prussians.; he got 30 francs a trip. Stenne refused . at . first and was highly i l; . . . i ,. i i . Jfiuigntuiu r or Hiree uavs lie wuumuui i , i i ifo back to the game wljat awful days . those' three were! He could not cat or sleep:. At night he dreamed of piles of ,-fcalochc8 at the foot of his bed, and of chining dollars, slipping along on their ' face. 'The temptation was too strong. " und on the fourth day lie returned to the . Chateau d Eau, saw the big fellow, and ' allowed himself to be talked over. One snowy morning they started out. " '. ' ; each with a cloth bag slung across his - ' '' ' shoulder, and with the newspapers hid- r"f den' under his blouse. It was iiardly flight when they reached the Flanders 'rugate. ' The big boy took him by the band and led him up to. the sentinel, a good humored, fat old fellow with a red nose, and said to him in a winning voice: M :, , "Kind sir. do let us pass, ple:ise sir; i ; ,.lnother's ill and father's dead, and my young brotlier and I want to get into XH U0 field and try to find some potato." i : '"l ' l He was actually crying. Stenne?' -t anamed of himself, hung his head. Th sentinel looked at them a moment, then -TI down the solitary, white road. PasB, then, quickly," he said, stand- teg aside, and they found themselves on the road to AubervilUers. How the big fellow laughed ! . f i r f Indistinctly, as in a dream, young i . e . Btenns noticed the factories that now j . ... wa 1 I. III. r r:i( H xnil parn k IHI " trttiiwei rags, and the high chimneys '. ' that pterced the fog and threw up their i. ; , empty, broken walls toward the clouds. ' Here and there a sentinel, hooded oltlcers scanning the horizon .through their yuan. III kIC Kill BtMUkCV ""ii .uanui ". eaow before which the cam pfi res were 4iMg. The big fellow knew the roods -.Veil, and whore to rut across the fields . d ! avoid the pickets; still, notwithstand ing these precautions, thy fell upon an . otstpost of sharpshooters, wrapjied in 1 . . V. ... 1 . M. 1 .. r in a I . 1 - . 1 1. ...IT . (I.., .1a iv, the railroad track of SoLssons. Here tiie : .-: big fellow repeated his tale in rain: they : WwiWt not allow him to pass. While he i ' stood there complaining, an oi l sergeant ' sw und out of the cnming-keMper's - ne s; nts bair was white, anl with lus "" WTinkJes be looked somewhat like Father -" ' Stenne. . ; "Come, come. boys, dnn't stand there crying." he said to tl children; "they'll let yon through after your potatoes; but Just eome in hers and fret. warm. That ;, ; yo-tngster looks fmxen." , , Alas! Young Stenne was trembling afl ever, nit with cold, but with shame and fear. Inside they found a fe-ut dirrs crouched around a dying fire, a real widow's fire, as . they say, in the Rame of which they were trying to thaw some biscuits on the point end of their bayonets. They moved up close to make room for the children, and gave them a little coffee and a" drop oi brandy. While they were drinking an ofiioer called out to the sergeant from the door, said ft few words to him and hurried offv The ssijfeant returned in high gloe. "Boys!" he said, "grogairTotHid.jp nighl; we have got the password of the Prussians, and this time I tliink we'll take the Bouret away from thenr." 'There was a burst of applause, and the men began to dance and to sing, while some of them polished up their bayonets. Taking advantage of this confusion, the children escaped. : Beyond the trenoh they struck theplain, at the end of which loomed up a long white wall, broken by loopholes. They made straight for the wall, stopping at every step to-look.'as though they were picking up potatoes. "Lot us go homo don't let us go on," young Stunne kept saying, JThe other merely shrugged his shoulders and kept on advancing. Sud denly they heard the clicking of a gun being cocked. . "L'e down!" cried "the elder, throwing himself on the ground.' : ' ' As he lay there he whistled and an other whistle answered over the snow. They advanced, slowly creeping on all fours. Oil a level with the ground, and just before the wall, a yellow mitstaoho appeared under a greasy cap. The big boy jumped into the ditch by the side of tht! Prussians. ' "That is my brother," he said, pointing to his companion. -, 1 The boy Stenne was so small that the Prussian began to laugh as lie looked at him, and seized him in his arms to lift him up to the break iu the. wall, on the other side of which rose heavy eartliern embankments, cut tree trunks and black holes in the snow, iu each of which you just saw the same greasy cap, and the. same yellow mustache that laughed as the boys passed. In one corner stood the gardener's house, with tree trunks for casements. The lower floor was full of soldiers play ing cards, while soma were cooking a stew over a largo fire. It smelt so good of cabbage and lard; ""hat a difference between that and the sliurpahootors' camp? Up-stairs the officers were play ing the piano, and uncorking campagne, and gave. a joyful cheer as the boys en tered. They gave tiieir papers and the men began to give them wine and to make them talk.y Most of the officers looked like proud, fierce men, but the big fellow's slang and his caddish, monkey ish manners seemed to amuse them vastly. They laughingly repeated the words after him, taking a curious de light in wallowing in the mud which he brough themrom Paris. Young Stenne would hare liked to say something, too, so as to show them that ho was no foot either; but something em barrassed him. A httle to one side, and. f. icing him, sat a Prussian older than the rest, and more serious looking. He wus reading, or pretending to read, for he never took his eyes off tlio boy, and there was something of tenderness and some thing of reproach iu ids look, as though he was thinking of his own son, just about Stenne's iige; and was - Baying to himself: . "I hud rather die than have my boy do such a thing." And young Stenne felt as though a hand was placed upon his heart and kept it from beating. To prevent this feeling k. until soon everything liw hr ill tit Ufa) hearing U.e word "spy" in- the noise- of the wheels and. in the rolling of tbo drums' the boys were practising on alonf the canal embankment. He reached home at last, and went to his room at once, thankful that his father had not come home j'et; the crowns that seemed o heavy to him ho hid under his pilliw. ' Father Stenne had never been so good or so jolly as that evening when he came home. The news from the provinces was good, and prospects looked' more, cheerful. While he was eating . supper the old soldier kept looking up at his gun that hung from a nail in the all, and said to his boy with a good-natured laugh: "Hey, little man, how you would go for those Prussians if you wore" big enough." ;' ' A bout 8 o'clock they heard the guns booming. . ' "That is at Aubervilliers. They are fighting at the Bourget," said the old fel low, who knew all the ' forts by heart. Young Stenne grew very palg and went up to-bed, saying he fwlfc tired, but he could not get to sleep, nnd tlio guns kept on booming,"" He fancied that he could see the sharpshooters going out into the night, so as to surprise the Prussians, and falling into an ambush themselves. He remembered the sergeant who had smiled at him, and ho fancied he Eaw him stretched out in the snow, and a number of others with him. The price of all this blood was just tliere below his pillow aryl he the son of Mr. Stenno, the son of a soldierl All! the tears were choking him. - In J the next room he heard his father walking up and down, and then open the window. On tho square below they were beat to arms; a militia battalion was forming, ready to start. It was really a serious baltle;Jio could not keep back his sobs. "What is the matter?" asked Father Stenne, as he opened tho door. The child could not stand it any longer; he jumped out of bed and threw himself at his father's feet, and as ho did bo the crowns rolled out on the floor. "What is that?'' asked tho old man, trsmbljpg all over. "Have you stolen;" And without drawing breath ' young Stenne told how lie had gone ' to the Prussians and what ho had done there; as he talked his heart grow lighter; it was a relief to accuse himself. Father Stenne listened and his brow kept grow ing darker; when it was all told ho laid liis face in his hands nnd wept. "Father, father," tho child began. The old man thrust him aside without a word and picked up the money "Is it all here?" he asked. Young Stenne nodded. The old fellow then took down his gun and cartridge box and put tlio money into his pocket. "Very well," he said, "I am gomg to give it back to them." And without an other word, without turning round again, he went down and marched away, into the night with tho.militia men who were just starting! Hj never was seen again. Translated from the French of Daudot. ' "I'iri going to be married," ho softly said She looked up in swift surprise; - Tho color from out of hcr'brisrlit face fled, The li$ht grew dim in her eyes. "You're going to bo married?" she ochoed,- lpw, -Her voice had a steady tone. "I hope you'll be happy where'er you go." A cough bid a little moan. ... "I know that your brldo will to good and true, Yon iicvcr could love any other." She Htcarfily lo:jke I in ids eyes, dark blue; j "I tmder you joy, my brotner. " "I'm golm; to be- married-that 1j, I kopo To be, though I hardly know Dear love, biiall I lon.T pino and mopof I tremble tor fear of 'no. '" The color Hint ont of her f:ice hiul fled Came Iwick with a deeper hue. "Why, isn't it funny?" s:ie shyly said; -"That I'm to be married, :!' ' Uoxbury Advocate. INVENTION OF "BEETHOVEN. Better Ho Blind Than Ooafnntl DainV. Are not th-j blind proverbially cheer ful, and is not this ft beneficent, useful, and compensating quality in them? As a rule, we carry our cross gayly, and it is n constant source of wonder to many that we can keep up our spirits in face of the calamity, Contrasted with tlw deaf our bearing is remarkable; they are prone to look gloomy and morose, Hiiiu we are, I think, usually the reverse. The secret is that it is far more, depress ing and miserable to live insilenco than in darkness. A proof of this, watoii a deaf person sitting apart with saddened expression and suspicious glance quick traveling ia all directions. The-whole aspect and demeanor of the man changes on the instant some ono speaks to him in his own tongue on tlio lingers, that Is to say. Tiie silence in which he lives is dispelled; he has found an equivalent for his ears. . Uive, then, the blind man in h:n fingers an equivalent for ids eyes und the dark ness in which ho lives is dispelled. His mood, if happy, simply becomes hlippier, iu that ho has an occupation, the tiourco of all happiness. The situation is not changed if the'cicctipn'tion ba c!ireetm;$-4 or listening insteud of technical, bit; 1 must repeat this is a misunderstanding of the powers of the blind which has I hitherto retarded their fullest' develop ! liient. They have been too much rele- gated to tlio ranks of -the incompetent, j too much set aside ; as a class by tiieni j selves, instead of being accepted asintcl I ligent, useful, working members of. the community. Fortnightly Ueview. . This ltliwlc Mail' vn Country. V It is only too certain that tiiu emigrant is not wanted iu tho Capo colony. It is What Tliuc:korny SHy In u Novel Slirowd Froprlctor or a Mtiflla Shop.- -- Sir George drove explains how it has come alxwt that a piece of music called "The Dream of St. Jerome," by L. V. Beethoven is now on sale. It was in vented by Thackeray,, who was not a musician. In his novel, "Philip," Thack eray speaks of Beethoven's "Dream of St. Jerome," which the narrator of Phil ip's adventures on his way through tho world ays "always soothes mo and charni's-ine, so thrtt I fancy it is a poem of Tennyson's in music," and ho declares that "tho nuisic with its solemn charm nfakefr ua.ill.vury . hnprutjiniLkiiid- hearted, and enobliw us somehow as weTie"cOtaitTyf-Hh-lliick -uumLthiit around hiin was turrilliLT ruimil. 11b could hear indistinctly how his comr.id wa laughing at the national guard and at their awkward drill, much to the amusement of the listeners, or how he imi tated a false alarm, tho. turning-out at night and the rush for ramparts. After awhile the big fellow loworod his voice, arfd the faces of the officers grew more serious as thoy. drew nearer. Tho wretch was warning thein against the attack of tho sharpshooters. This ' time young Stenne could not stand it, and suddenly sobered he cried out, "I won't havo that now; none of that." 1 . But tho big fellow only ' huighed and went on; before he was through all the officers iiad drawn around Iiim. ' Ono of them pointing to the door said to the 'b: . "Get out of here!" And theydiegan to talk aonng them selves very quickly in German. The bigger boy stalked out proud us a king, and rattling his money. Stenne passed, hanging his head, and as hepusscl the Prussian whoso gze ha 1 embarrassed him so, be heard him rny in. a ftitd tone of voice: "A'pal-t tjo; apa'H tj.ip, this," .and it brought the tears to his eyes. Once out in the plain, the boys began to run quickly towards home. Tiieir bag was full of potatoes, which the Prussians had given them, an 1 so they passed tho sharpshooters' trench' without a hitch. Hero they were getting ready for the night attack. Troops kept coining in silently raid forming, behind the Walls. Tiie old sergeant was there, look ing happy and busily placing his men. He noticed the children at they passed, tnd smi-ed at them .kindly. How that ' rtnile hurt young Stenne! He was on the point of calling out to them: "Iwn't go tliere! . We have betrayed yen!" But his Mimpanion had warned him: "If you peach' we shall be shot," and so ; fear kept him from saying anything. ; At Coumeure thy entered an aban- : doned house to divide up the money , and ' truth obliges me to -owi that thetliviuon was a fair one, and that , wiien young Stenne heard tiie crowns jingluig in. his j pockets, and thought of the many giuit-s , of "galoche" he should be able to play, . his crime no longer seemed such a horri- ' hie one. i As soon ss be was alone, however, he ' began to sutler misery; the big A Nap lu tlio Afternoon. In a very interesting colloquy tlio other day with ono of Brooklyn's oldest and most prominent medical men he said, as we sat on tho rear piazza of tho Grand Union hotel, languidly gazing ut the robin jx-dbreost c hopping about the sward. "This pure, balmy air is a perfect brain rester. I can conceive of no greater benefit tthe tired business men of our largo cities than to come hero for a few weeks. His whole method of life is com pletely changed. Brain and body are at iLtiwiM'jwnil.yainml- ngra8-&rw relaxed anil the vital forces are renewed. " I listen." It was inevitable that readers of Thackeray should desiro .. to know the music; and a demand for pie piece was made at a certain music shop. Probably it was made at many music shops, the proprietors pf which regretted they they were not acquainted with the piece, nnd promised to make inquiries. But this was not the answer of tho shrewd proprietor of one particular shop. He perceived that there was likely to bo n demand for the music, and he deter mined that the mere fact of its not be ing in existence should in no way pre vent him from supplying: it. Tlio omis sion of Beethoven to write such a piece as that which Thackeray described him as having written was one which nn en terprising publisher felt must be imme diately repaired. " 'Sir,' he said, addressing the cus tomer, 'the pieco is for the moment out of print, but we shall have copies in a few days, nnd one shall be sent you;' and then', turning to one of his myrmidons (who shall be nameless), ho said, 'Now , you know your Beethoven; look sharp and cook up soms'thing." Tlia myrmidon was worthy of his employer; tho piece was concocted and engraved, and h;i3 been on sule ever since." Thack- BConierot clothes, tlio mime savage. White labor languishes; energy fails at the moment prospects open. ; The lioer, tlio most adhesive of nffulals, rests con tented with a xqualid home and a pros iiect of unfilled acres more extensive than his eyo can survey. Tho true colonial instinct is. wanting that inde scribable intellectual capacity of taking robt where the foot falls. Ambition here seems to impel a man no further than a desire to obtain money enough to enable hiin, whether ho be an Eiigiisliinan or a German, to return homo and stop there. A posterity may arise that will be us tho vino bush iH, or the gum tree a pure growth of South African soil, but with antecedents -with a beginning In white hands. But down to tho present moment the symptoms nro not those of a coloniz ation such as created u great republic across tho western ocean, Bueli as has builded un empire of cities and jNipulous towns in the distant Pacific; I say it is a pity; for you cannot think of the mighty tracts of "the green and beautiful country stretching in mountains ami val leys and plains to the equatorial latitudes and of the dreadful poverty you see mid hear of anil read almiit in London and throughout Great Britain and Ireland without deep regret that the laud should A BUAVE MECHANIC. fin The Nouvclle Revue was a very pow erful story of the Franoo-Prussian war, from which we selected the finale for translation. The narrative concerns the efforts of a Prussian artillery olficer to compel a French machihist to repair a road-engine destined to draw a monster -cannon to tho siee of Paris. The German machinists audenineershavo been killed; tho Frenchman refuses to do the work. Finally, by seizing: and maltreating the wife and child of the mechanic, he is forced to oliey. How ho olieys the follow ing recital will tell.J The place, where the Prussians had left their locomotive was alKiut halt ft league from the village, on tho plateau. Of course, we worn nil anxious to see the thlnff lust as anybody is curious to see what comes from a distance. So I aid, HrII. The houses trembled; th prtvemenfri shivered with bursts of lire; It Was a cy clone rushing down the street with -thunder and lightniitK. Jacques, silll ridliiif the engine, wl,th hhtgrlpe on. the throat oi the Prussian, looked like n devil ss he passed. We heard him ouce again" slioul "Viva la Fratice,"'thtn down belew at the turn-across the hedge'-the whele" thhlg disappeared In the ravine-It wn an awful crash! Yon can not imagine what, it sounded like, unless yon, think ut lightning suddenly demolishing this house we are talking In. " And the next minute there was a dead Hieuce. Nobody could ?peak. Tho women hid tiieir fafts In their uprons; all of ns felt sick, as if our hearts had been' wrenched from their places, Would you believe it, sir, I can't think of tho thing now without feeling my flesh crecp It was ' fifteen ' years ago; nnd it looks foolish to feel' like that after lifteerJ years. But I can't holp it. Well, to cut the story short, It toox those nil. r..t 1.., n. .11 ir 1,.1-iif Ii! Tlin 'run. J.. nt imhuTtn e,lt. ,.!" Six or seven i Prussians more than six weeks to nsh np; of tui started after Jacques, keeping step iray was thinking, it nppean, of a song i be universally declared to oiler no op- whi'oh Mooro " "adapted" from one of Beethoven's most " familiar sonatas.; London Standard. IKirtunitieJ to thso in need of bread. Cor. London Telegraph. ' An Art-Sti(lnt'ft Lift) In lurl. . A Detroit youth studying in Paris writ"s home: "The improMionist is not j upheld, even ever so slightly, and a stu- Ktoclllli!! on Ihe Junger rrlnolple. . In laying down tho law Professor T.i...i. .ur(a i, n it .am u.ilit t.t lw i lio;Lliliv-vnn -tuiwt vmr-woil fmm li.n i dent cannot work as ho likes. First of I ...... i,..,i i,. ,,.. ,.!., nf H,r i all drawings must be "in ch ! Loot Tim wn.il nfi.T l,eiMr ulu.rrr from--r-Mayons, i;iicils, or stumps are allowed : If he was at homo. behind the Prussian escort We soon saw in tho middle of the road a big black thing guarded by n small force of men who seemed to havo been en eauiped there nil night. It was the rinmuable nmu'hlne, sure enough a road loeouiotive, 1 believe they cull it; apd be-, hind Jt, upon two c.nri all bound with iron, was a camion and its carriage. Lord! sir, If vim could havo. seen that cannon! A monster cannon! God havo mercy ou us to think Hint people can invent such things. Why, two men could easily have eat iu the muzzle of it! God knows how muny quintal! It weighed! Ono -shot from il would have made n hole lira house from tho utile to the cellar! And when we heard that ft gun of that calibre had a range of nearly seven miles, we thought to ourselves, sadly enough, that the Purisnns were not going to have a pleasant time of It. '" Ohlyr yoh can. understand, it was no easy job to movii amass liUo that! It woHld-liavc taken .more than thirty norses Jiist to move it. move the thing: itlneer killed nnd the locomotive broken! "All!" wo thought to ourselves, "what a pity Jacques ever allowed himself to be caiiLrlit! If ho could only- manage now Uj disarniiii'a something, so that tho ma chinery wouldn't work!" Hi; theturn of a hand the locomotive was all rhrht ngaiu; for Jacques, was a tip-top ma chinist, let mo toll you! Then, while they were gett ing np steam I heard him giving nil sorts of explanations to tho (itrmuu commandant. Tin) oi'bur was a sty old dog, and ho was afraid about moving the gun down tlio slope of tho hill. . But Jacques tried to reassure him; he said ho would slacken off at the entrance of the .Village; ho would put on the brakes; he would lock tho himl-wlieiJs; if necessary, he could reverse steam. . "Don't lio at all afra'd,"ho said; "I'll answer for every thing. All those k!nd of engines knew mo when I put my hand on them. Only you hud belter send some men there to shovel away tho snow upon the slope. It might ccuso ns to slip." Yon must know that It had snowed very heavily eight (lays ngo. Since then the snow had been trampled down by tho feet of people pawing by, but Isjtween the paving stones it had remained solid, and during the night thero had been a hard frost, so tliiit tne road glittered liken look-hitf-ghiss.. The commandant had noticed nil this. "'o. are right," bd wild to Jacques, Atid a few minutes afterward ull tho Pru-vimm hi tho vlli.i.'o were at wwk-rleur-iUK the nil,-.vay with pieiiaud shovel" and bnx their cannon out of the hollow.. Thore. in tlio mud, lay tho most awful mess of twisted iron, dislocated wheels, crnmhled ilown earth, ' broken trees, splintered itones. When they did manago to ret tiie" cannon out of tno wreck, it was too late for tho bombardment thu siege of PurU wns over. -. ' - Brave Jncqncs Emlefert that wns Just what ho wanted. And toNhink that w eouldn't even bury him brave us he wan! lie was so crushed out of all shape that all we could find of him a few days after, warf a few shred? of bloody flesh; and even thou we could not fell whether they leluned to the I'renehman or the German. But we took them to tho cemetery, almost without any ceremony for tlio Prussians were still In the village, and all usuwul as they could be after the i-ninstrophe. Afterward we pu a stone over Ids grave, with his name, on ity and the words, "ilort pourlaPatrie," and that was all. In thirty years iimr nobody" will remember, wiitf bo was. : TUtwifei dead; tho house was sold, and tbo son Kotbmgbuirste and Ihnro was the en-.. '?""'" ) " iL ITU etui it i;jiutii.a if f.'J lut w,v Prussians, he's the one that will go lu with a good will. . But it's very seldom ho comes back to tho village; and except him, and ono or two old men like myself, uy body thinks auy , mure abuut Jacques Brnle'fert. See liero, sir, you urn f mart man you outfht to writo up his. history. It Is only the fiiir thing to give him credit. I Just Ull you, with all their battalions and their big guns, the l'russiuns would have hod the devil to pay In tSTii, if thero were many of us Frenchmen like Jacquerf Brulefert. ' '"' "And now, sir," salttho old man. "I've been gotwipiu lulig enough. Must go tor Work! Here's to your health"! I drink to Franca, 4'cro Sauvage; and to the memory of Jitcquc-t Brule.'ert. And I promise you thutl will write this story." ' George - Houord iu icw Orleans Times' Democrat. ' An Artut UlsKiHtuil wlib Jlinnm City. "Yes, I've been out west," said A natty, clgarette-snnikimi. blg-cravated . young! man, on an cast bound train, "out I di.n'6 like it. You sen, I'm nii artist oil port raiu are my specialty, though i do everything in iny line. Well, two week nu I settled lu KaiiR:Ls City. Beiifjd studio, put up my sign, and waited for customers. Dtdu't want to put on too much stylu fr a new place, so 1 had my sign read 'painter,' in stead of 'artist.' Waited nlniut ten days, and never a rap at my door. Filially man called n b!g, Ktrpphig chiip, with Riiy- to all my patients when they are going to the mountains and lakes not to light ! doesnot use any dyes, preferring us ho j against the tendency with which they will i rays to keep tho wool in its natural con- ( become fifloctcd. , Give way to it. If dilion. Stockings on tho Jaeger principle- spread c!r.y over the tloj.e, from the t p to the bottom. r Jaeipie.i was waitliur t'ier,i all tho time. The locomotiv e was all rliiht; he sat down irciial no on it-.niid swkd his pipe us-carch'-jsly as Htiil the l:Tmaii riu.i- i .i i 1 1 . i i ..!.:.. nmti'l'T Ws not nuius ciinuueiit nmmi. ... ,r.H...,...K u, w,,cll t1(;U18 c;tmo ,0 start I very line rsinthke Him,. In making lm tIl!1 ft ,ieuu.Iinnt Pl ,! say l; a study from life ,no must use charcoal M,tT,ct.ttill Orrnmn. 1 heard every syl paT, and your study must bo llniHho.1 j )i,icb!it 1 could nt tell what It was. without resort to nibbing flat shadows I Thi lieutenant kent iiiiswerimr 'Vn. com- ThT..h ' '-.J tmiit rlniltlrlj M'll'.''l , on P"-''" ot "Hut ana shadow made mandant! n, commaivtanti' i lien i it is at nil practicable ?Wes! 1 HUB you see your siuuy is urawiug Hi the sheen is woven lengthwise of the flbers, which are laid side by ido as in their natural state. This is known as tlm stockinet process of weaving and audits in the ubrption oC tho suoutanccs mn.liiy i.u ami an enormous ioucn us; aiiM wi'li spauesiney i n.-vt. " 'Air yo a pr.lnter? he Inq-tlred, liwklnj me over. "'Yes sir,' I replied, modestly, thinklnij him some big cattlo kni.g with a big siaeK of money and a bi heart; "i there any-' tldug I can do for yonfr 'Air yo a tmt r.ite painter?' lie in- after a long, sleepful rrtglit you feel drowsy, sleep on. Sleep in tlio afternoon, too. It is a niandato of nature that should be implicitly olieyod." t "How do you explain this strong uis positio to sleep, doctor?" "Yery easily," he replied. "In tho city onp's occupation keeps the brain in con stant and tenso notion. Beeideri, thero aro the thous.iu.1 and ono impres sions that act uncons:-ioifsly on the mind. Noise, catching trains and boats, reading tiie bulletin beards and signs as we pass t! trough t"'.e streets, nnd the countless other small things wv are eter nally und ii!.i-inctivi-!y doing in cities. Here our l.v - are antipodean to all this. are equipped with five toes, just like a glove. That, it is claimed, prevents tho formation of corns and allows the foot to throw oh tho elTcte sulwtances. Tho leather shoes are lined with wool, and by supplying tho heel with a vent com municating with tho perforations under tho inside o'.e, a free current of air j around the foot is kept up when walk ing. As example of what can be made of wool, handkerchiefs are woven, lino and white as the purest linen. The hats ' aro lined with woolen bands, and even ! cufTsNind collars are made of wool. I Professor Jaeger claims thafr-tho odor i of camel's hair, which is so easily die , tinuishahle, has a most beneficial use. The sii-.il i being removed, nat'ire applies , He asm-rU that it product's sleep in .er- ucrself to the task of retrieving and renn- sons sulfering from -iiisomma, and he valine the hard worked brain, and she d. i. x it by making us deep." Sara toga Ciri-s;md.-nce Brooklyn Eagle. An llnllttil eli.ntl.t'M ilxpprimfiiiti. ' In Gin deep eliiln-". if ona listwni to a faintly heard Bon.i I. l:!;c that of the tick ing of a tvuic-h, it wi!l bo noticed that at advises them to sleep on pillows covered with camel's hair and tu!fud witii feath ers. New York Star. Ptrtnra of Count von 21oltk. ; Speaking of great jieople, A-nmst r.ft overlofik tho genius of warHhat veritv i Mo Mars thu Count vii M.iltke, the ! irri'-ular intervals t'.ie tones are wholly i master of the "last argument," as IVinne j inaudible, v Into at others time thevaro distinctly recognized. Sig, Jtiggi, an Italian H-U-ntint. ha ascertained by cx-N-riiiieuts ond.trerent p.'rsoni that the intervals of silence uiiiiully vary betwef-n seven and twenty two seconds; -while the periods of sound-perception a.o be tween seven and eleven seconds in dura- I tiov. with a maximum of fifteen, lie j also found that the variation was not 'due to extraneous sound3 nor to tiio ron, Bismarck la isnti-r of the curlier dialects of Intenwtional con'roversy. As I was waiting one day In Il lleviio av- t entie I mv st in.hng tijm the curbstone i a thin bt'.le man. wit!i an absent look, j wf oring a tall I.I.i' k cap with tho red j stripe which all 0-rman ollicers wear, and with a greit military coat thrown I over his s!iouMt.i, the sleevra dangling : by his sid-s. I upjKse lu wat waiting for som.'liody,- AVhen h tnrnl and i looked you in tti f.f-o you might see ' blood circulation or respiration, and con- ( eludes that it results from tho inability that his ryes were ly nt means dull, al : to keep the attention for long periU at thoug!i he wi over Hi ch-an- ; a suflicicnt degreo of tension for the per- j ..haven, wrinkled t;vs and thin white I ception of faint sounds, or porsiUy to a , hair wer3 not hind.ine, but impressive. variable physiological receptivity ui tiie , though his herd was small an 1 lus cy.-.t low bad left him as soon as th. y bail passed the gate, and then the crowns in his pocket began UJ rtow heavier ana uditory nerves. Chicago NeDrs. rril hj Mthmaihleal ll.non.tllofi. Tint hi, of course no use disputing tiie truth of a thing that can lie proved by inatlwrnatical demonstration. . Por in stance, this proposition advnncel by a protestor of mathematics to his pupils: "It is evident that if it takes one brick- fel- ! Lijer twelve days to erect a wall of given ! set too nf-ar Ix-Umt. Tiie genius -f I war, this thin wrinkle 1 symlxl of force, ' ' l"ft his curli'to:. an 1 n-d s!nly . down the street, giving the military - ; i lute now and then to thoe whom be : paswd i.n hi wsj Cr. Itjrlmi Cjiu- ; iiH-n-ul Bu'.iHin. i every stage, una you can not resort to i tricku or accident. In drawing a ; head or , tiie anatomy of nn ' arui . or leg one is taught by this means not only the use of a point, ' but he is insti uctcd most swm ately in I' actual movements of the musides, ten j dons and bones; thus fixing in the stu i dent's mind with more certainly arid ; more lasting effect the values of art ! lines and physiological construction. Jt is tlruwing in the true sense of the word, 1 without any nonsense whatever, j "Student life does not seem exensive. I On the contrary, it is proving qui to ra j sonablc. Wo get wt-ll-c joked liinnors in I inimt quaint and nrtistic-tittle ri'tau . rants for - francs-i-40 cenUiof our money and our studio cost us hut $"i a month ' with coffi-o incluiled, served each luorn . ing in our htudios. Our selriol, our tui- tion, is 1- a month, and s-i you iec ono can Uve well henv" Kxe-hange. i . . The J'otf Ihl ot C.'tint fti.tin. 1 It Is ono thing to think by resem blances and another thing to think by syuiliiiLs. A fctory was recently published by M. liubuc of a' pointer which had I. an.ed lifter a few years that its nuisU r went hunting very Sunday, while on the other 'lays he wi-i.t to biirun -ss; and M. Dubuc concluded that tin. iiniuial bad Ivurniil to count up to seven. Tiie conclusion is not legitimate; it may even Ik? said to be wrong. Tiie doj distinguished .Sunday by soma feature that were i-oi-ul.ar tn il by the move ments about the boue, tiio behavior mid Sunday tlrehs of tin? sf mini, tiie (Irisiof t!iemi(Ster,oi any OHMoriuoreof a luuuiier of things that make Sun-lny ditferi-nt from other days i.f tiie wii k; but we limy say without contradiction yiat it did not count s?ven. We. our Mlves, if we were n-strirt'il to a life alolut-ly nniforln, woi;M not ! able to dutingiiisli th. seventh day witbfMit nnnnote.hnic aids, nnd as a ml we p Horn retolleet. tho day or the date except by tho asi.-.Un.e of in Iriiitic cin unu'tani-'-s. popular S-itnte Mo. on tiie loeiimutive ihhhii'-"'it the officer shouted from III honw "fit;C here, you engineer tiio llrst move ment you make to gut away, Jon will be shot!" " "Shot!" that was nil the brnto knew how to say! Jacques simply shrugged his shoulders. "1 don't want to get away," life an swered. But to make unroof t!ilnfr tho (Jennan oilicer ranged his men in two lines, one on cither side of tho engine; then he took the head of tlio Cvlumn, and shouted something In Herman, nnd gave tho command, 'Forward, march!' Tlio j engine whistle I, panted, lugged with all i ste.im; tho cimiuu quivered and moved ! with a tretnemhuis', ebitterilia of Iron; and I tho whnbvsfTitir besati to sdvnnco Mowly ! between the two hues of soldiers slowly ' marching along the level We the rest of us, ran onend-to- tho y 1 j ; villa re to l ll the people thai mo cursed t Inai hire was (.Killing; and nil the folks J men, woui 'ti an I c'uidren rnue I them- ; j n-lvesaloiii tho ruadklds to sec It p .ss. tti j a little while -'i;i?L!y shu'ite I, "Here site I co:ie! here -she eor.jes:" An 1 there It j ' way, sure enotigli, an top of the slope, j ; riljt ngninst the sky nil black nn I stunk- , ; Ing. ( Vdu ran the j.lnce ln.ni here, j 1 slr,,if y mi Icarna jmle Uim way.) it 1 Just 1 U n'netjs fr'.n our house. You see where ' the riMi l ends, ari l tho street pavmnent j ! tx-ttln-h That's where the deseelit begins, , . and tliere is a little sio.ie befirj you come j t to llie bin one. 1 At that momei't the fJcnnn rfllcer ' turned iu his saddle, and shouted to . Jaui-s: I "lakecsn: quired, still looking at me curiously; 'kin ye do a good joo ul 'most anything ye turn yer hand to' A 'I will try fo Rult yon, sr.ys I. 'If yon will he so kiud as to favor Lie. with your order.' 'Wall, young man, I don't take toek w hoi if r.U ui-uiiiigi; UK i'od. Jjonee work 1 fruess I'll pit ye to coin:) iiiil III 1118 J country 'bunt four mile and -put twoeoattf o' white on my hois barn.' - "I started for Chicago tii" next day, an'l hero I nfti." Chicago Herald "Train. Talk." WliltA 8)avry Among the Alpentnw The padrone business has been sqnclctinl on tills side of tho Atlantic, at least north of the Kio Ornnde. but in the Appcnlne tlio trnlflo in children continues to tlunr Ish. Thero nrettravelintr agonts who il liver their cargflof whito slsvcs lu Mnr llllfe or Am.er.!a:n, wncra tiieir acioia plices ply a retail trndj under ilia rgn nf nn employment agency, and who will take a short-time order I'- a batch of thre or four dio-n youngcon:itrym.,n of I)nut, The Juiihir. Koveintiifiit. tries toclrcnut SCillie.lha traillc by quite a iiumlier of hv. laws, bur among me peasants i.ioai" I-tiines there seems to bj no uithciilty orl t.iat account. Tney part witu a Mirer' Hiiinerary chil l fur a trlmng advance par mi nt and tbo pnirnise of u- equnlly mod est iH-rcentsgo i:i tiio prospective wsgf-s of the )'onngiter. For n fe ahlidonr.t scudl they are ready V rednquUn alt rihts. Including tho right of nuking i a;iy questioiu whatever. Br lelix I Oswald. T n t;lrl to One Felloir. j Ono of thefoat'.iruiaithe Urawl nper i house last night waj a yC iu;; man rnotrl I Ing ten idrl. Ho l.nd hecepted a w'agor that he duln'tsUre tolnviro all the girls irt j question to go ou the same night, die ex I phiine-l matters to the ten yount; lw!ie, I and all of them met him by appointment 'All rlifht," said Jacques, "I'm going to j nt 7:43 o'clock at a drug store in the cen- put on 1 ho brakes. tral part of the city. At the show lie dis" Weil, H.r, II I live 101 years, I'll never ' trilmte! the Kir s evenly shout Mm anl forget what, li'tppo.ied the licit minute j endeavored to entertabi them ss imp'.r- r.o and m.Unly who saw It eon Id ever I tiullv ss possible. The most diificuit rmrt "f Ior. t It. Then 1 undertK-l why Jne-pies , (,8 undertaking came when he took thn v IVhol Whah- dimensions, twelve bricklayers ought to do the work in one day, '2.S3 in an hour, IT. 20 in a minute, and l,0.lO.NuO brick- I l.l.rrli-. ut n. r4-!'l-. lishcrii-i are tal.!oIil 'ell along t!i! const f rgon aiidCahforuiu. and uuin'oers of wiiaies are taken in the.r heavier, and the hand that was clutch- j layers in a second." Jfew York Sun. uig bu liean uguieneu lis grasp, r.rs seeated changed; tiie people in the street !o.-keJ at hiin disapprovingly, as if they Genius, unrewarded by apphriJC, first . MttrustS anil then d-stpiae itself. i Tlia t'nlnrklwa of Spi ling s.lt. The pipu'ar g'i:titioa cimcrn'n l!ie nniui kmiss of i-ii' n ' salt t rolahlr original ! in Lwur.li d.t Vinci's ho- j. loigrati'.i.s down tin.- tiKtsi, while srhahi tureof -Tim Lm-1 S-ip;r.". where Ju i is I have ln taken up north with hirps.ns In lliem is-lonemg lo &on uivo . a.-m Jlonleicy v.-hah-r. knew where be had been, and be kept I A P-xI parrot bved IZS jtr is rpiwnte4 as overturning the salt. Some m always 'hruw a .im-li of III spilled salt over tin-ir li,'l.t slinnii.'cr. hoping thrreby tupi-t luUforl juie. LiXvlunge. It ix singular liiat the tst tiiorii-! ot a character I,!,s:i nsi-j sny kio.V . coiuings. WJi.UjiU Tiiimt. hful ordered his wifu and son to leave tho viihie, slid no to their, uncle's It would have mwle theui crazy fur lifo to have iwn what I did. ' - Iord: Itmu-a-t of putting on the brakes, hr uti'lilt-iily put m ail steem leapel at tho lieutenant wrenche 1 tho revolver from bis h;in.. nn I held 1,1'm fast with an Ir.n Kr.p. iuuti:u witii ail the force of his fcre.it '.in.;s, -vive la France!" And Ihe rugiaa kape-l fvrwunt. ami rushed down I he Iiiil. ri-iMUiiidlng over the pnvuig Ki-nes: and down rushed the jrreat can non. tuuii.!erii.g behind it, nnd the chii-niai-cerriftge w ith a-noise like ha'.l let knsr. Tlw German officer bsd only Jit time to get out of the way. He screamed bke a madmnn; be roared all kimls ti orders to hu soldiers. I su;iuMf b must bare been ssyimr: "Itp him! kill hi:n: SAh! stop I biin. iii.iee.1! Tl.e nwii eras'r, -.iljfel with asluuishnKMit an I Wrini. liv, yoq ' noht as well have tulkrd of to;.pnu . e.rpii ss trniii smug at lull si'MU' .(Ti r-i ' ijins stot fc:ra.i;ht a!;?3(I iVi.uiir I Kills home. Tne tronjie inarched cheer lully through the streets, dropne 1t nieiub?rs here and there, and si a tvr minutes after midnight the yoime msn'a task was completed. Syrsene Standard. Ttmnun Quails far llltnslv Quail, once so plentiful H Illino.s, hTo become very scarce, and Illinois faroicrs, who rccoirnizo their vnlue as insect de stroyers, nro mnkini arraiiKeiuents to slick their farms with Tennessee blids. Chieagi Hernld. . The I'orlrall Hurt III Frt-llufs. Henry Wntterson is reported to liar said that lie could survive the ohttn.sry notices published at tiie time of his Uv ness, but (be portraits hart bis feelings:'- -tichsugs. . The larger ani in sis an being rsp.iHy tr-tarininnte-I in Alperia, and the boa tdC Jul Jesert if f4st be.-ei.iin; a uiyt!i. ' 'V't-"!enr trt-'sw-:: br'iifvt pa tlej in Yivs to. a.