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P " ' -, i write, but I writ? to bo purpose;
1 I write j,,urnal will notice my work.
I WJSi i quires of letter and foolscap.
I" IV St X Utter my only desert.
To 8B Vj brd oo a fellow.
I ' t " nrint to behold my own writing
i 4W'&V -veV riiwl could think or indite.
I bwn. e nof in u or , mall pica.
But ,,h1i thought ever gladdened my sig ht
?""ThsVViac lise of ambition?
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! ouitt ."'ton. in finding a rhyme; ' f
,AgJKc' Slt eaf.v to print in no time,
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'n if", that wwmphic and true; .
I"' ?'? T to w 'that are blue.
tZnZii composed. ln Plneuc nu comic.
fficient to make me quite famous.
fitted by a mortal.
I , . ,v H fine freniy. are ever imwuiu
; -? ey that true ream doth in mVabide.
'Eii the use of it all, when the printer.
( M TVthemroU. never fails toecide .
01 .Tto squelch my productions ?
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t- ' . . id! Moonshiner" and asked it to publish.
I -,Vj$$ght. to besure.the-BulldoierSrould
b f."; ni'itSer would set up in type, my productions.
ivh -h in-teal were returned with a typical hint
E-v "Iihat dampened jny spirits.
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i r ectl. rre thi.. to be bound in morocco,
? 1 And ili-l n the tobies of parlors so fine.
' " Where. ilt-eJsexi and ; engraved. I would show
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AndWuimonplaee books would, surpass and
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t ' - j i lJut I shine in a bushel ! ' !
f 'lelivc S will quit and r raiding strong onions,
'.i'-Or-ilu'seiuething more likely to pay and succeed.
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rom such undertakers-
lit eei skeii of my motto or ml desperandum.
I lie one tnai l vet-mug iu so iuug wun sucu
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For it Kives me no comfort or cheer that is hope-
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I'll another adopt that's more likely and fit
i ; To give consolation.
ji farewell to my prospects of fame and of glory ;
Iet tnem siumoer anu ren in uie u spins 01 we
Though my genius lies smothered and prostrate.
It ?h41l not be subiect to printers to rasp.
unpnnteu, ' i
And keep in a ndget.
t. I will hope with my might all my life.
o falsely allured amid woes and all eviL
clear that my fate will be nothing but
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printers and hope, that will end with the
(levilr
lint not With a printer's.
Rockixoham.
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, iTalmae on Amusements.
Pr. Talmiige preached last Sun
day frqm the text, Jndges. xvi, 25
14-MAiritl ft came to pass, Athen their
hearrs Hvero merry, that they said,
Gall for Samsou, that he may make
j us Bpqft." j He spoke thus : .
4 Ko5r all opera houses, theatres,
i-bowliiifj alleys Jskating rinks and
fal( styles of amusement, good and
bad, 1 put on trial to day and judge
Qf; them by certain cardinal princi
ples,!'! (First, you may judge of any
airitisement by jits healthful result
orbyj jts baleful reaction. There
are people,' who seem made up of
Sard factsi They are a combiua
i.tiou ' of, multiplication tables and
rstatistics. j If you, show them an
eiqUisito picture they will begin
tq discuss the pigments involved
in the! coloring; if you show them"
a beautiful rose they will submit it
to . a'i botanical analvsis. which is
only the post-mortem examination
of a flower. They have no rebound
in their nature They 'never do
anything inord than smile. There
are no great tides of feeling surg
ing ,up from the depths of .their
ioul iin billow after billow of re
verberating laughter. They seem
as if Kature!had built them by con-
:?alr w' . L . .1 ? l 4.
xracc aim inaue a uungting joo out
;of it. ;But, blessed be God, there
1 '-.' -Atten SU
1 . e to be quoted ana reaa Dy. we lair ;
Sr.- - A tiTamdertineU to never be printed.
i st rJfv weotness to waste on the wild desert air
if I dii'
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1'or it'
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. t ;are people in the world wno have
jbright faces and whose life is a
jsong, an anthem, a paian of victory.
'tbeiri troubles are like the
M a-
Vines
that crawl up the side of a
great tower, ion the top of which
the sunlight sits and the soft airs
of summer hold perpetual carnival,
they are the people you like to
have come to your house. They
are the people I like to have come
to pay. house, j If you but touch the
heiri of
their garments you are
hea)ed.
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SUBJEGTj TO TEMPTATION.
KowJit is these exhilarant and
sympathetic! and warm hearted
i people that ,are most tempted to
pernicious f amusements, in pro
portion jas a ship is swift, it wants
: a strong helmsman ; in proportion
as a horse is gay, it wants a stout
driver ; and these people of exube
vVant nature will do well to look at.
the reaction of all their amuse
fmeiits.i If an amusement sends
you home at night nervous so you
cannot sleep and you rise in the
1 morning, not because you are slept
1 out, but because your duty drags
I you from your slumbers, you have
' been where'you ought not to have
f beeuf , There are amusements that
l,send a man: next.' day to his work
" bloodshot, jyawning, stupid, nan
' seated and they are wrong kinds
, of amusements.' There are enter
- tainments that give a man disgust
i with the drudgery of life with
tools because they are, not swords,
with working aprons because they
are not robes, with cattle because
, they are not infuriated bulls of the
arena; If j any amusement sends
i -you hbme longing for a life of ro
rdance and thrilling adventure,
love that takes poison and shoots
itself,' moonlight adventures and
, Hairbreadth escapes, you may: de
pendiupori it that you are the sacri
ficed J victim of unsanctined pleas
ure. Our, recreations are intended
i to build 03 up; and ifthej pull us
j down, as to our-moral or as to our
i physical strength, you may come
to the conclusion that they are ob
noxious. ,iy j
1 1 Hull turther, those amusements
I sire wrug which lead you into ex
penouure- oeyonu your f means.
JSloney speut m recreation is not
thrown awaj. It is all folly for us
to come from a place of amusement
feeling that we have wasted our
? money and time." You may by it
lhave made an investment worth
I more than the transaction that
! yielded you a hundred or a thou-
Isand dollars. But how many pro
jperties havd been riddled by costly
r amusements T The table has been
I robbetl tb par the club. The cham
Ipagne has cheated the children's
1 wardrobe. The carousing party
i has burned up the boy's primer.
1 The tablecloth of the corner saloon
; is in debt to the wife's faded dress
Excursions that in a day make a
tour around a whole month's wages,
ladies whose lifetime business it is
to "go shopping," have their coun
terparts in uneducated children,
bankruptcies that shock the money
market and appall the church and
that send drunkenness staggering
across the richly figured carpet of
the mansion and dashing into the
mirror and drowning out the carol
of music" with the whooping of
bloated sous come home to break
their old mother's heart.
When men go into amusements
that they cannot afford they first
borrow what they cannot earn, and
then they steal what they cannot
bdrrow. First they go into em
barrassment, and then into lying,
and then into theft, and when a
man gets on as far as that he does
not stop short of the penitentiary.
VICTIMS' OP EVIL AMUSEMENT.
There is not a prison iu the land
where there are not yjctiins of un
sanctified amusements. How often
I have bad parents come to me and
ask me to go over to New York
and beg their boy off from crimes
that he had committed against his
employer the taking of funds out
of the employer's till or the disar
rangement of the accounts ! Why,
he had salary enough to pay all
lawful expenditure, but not enough
salary to meet his sinful amuse
ments. And again and again I
bavfr gone j and implored for) the
young man sometimes, alas ! the
petition unavailing. Merchant of
Kew York, is there a disarrange
ment in your accounts f Is there
a leakage in jour moneyrawerf
Did not the cash account come out
right last night T I will tell you
there is a young man in your store
wandering oft into bad amuse
ments. The salary you give him
may meet lawful expenditures!, but
not the sinful indulgence in. which
he has entered, and he takes by
theft that which you do not give
him in lawful salary. You may
judge of amusements by their ef
fect upon .physical health. J The
great need of money, good people,
is physical recuperation. There
are Christian men who write; hard
things against their immortal souls
when there is nothing the matter
with them- but an incompetent
liver. There are Christian people
who think it good sign to be poor
ly, and because Richard Baxter
and Robert Ilall ware invalids
they think that by the same sick
ness they may come to the same
grandeur ot character. I want to
tell the Christiau people of my con
gregation that God will hold you
responsible for your invalidism if
it is your fault, and when through
right exercise and prudence you
might be athletic and well, i
The effect of the body upon the
soul tou acknowledge. Put a man
of mild disposition upon the auimal
diet ot which the Indians partake
and in a little while his blood will
change its chemical ! proportions.
t will become like unto the blood
of the lion or the tiger or the bear,
while his disposition will change
and become fierce, cruel and und
enting. The body has a powerful
effect upon the soul. There are
good people whose ideas of heaven
are shut out with clouds of tobacco
smoke. There are people who dare
to shatter the physical vase in
which God put the jewel of eterni
ty. There are men with great
hearts and .intellects in i bodies
worn out by their own neglects
magnificent machinery capable of
propelling a Great Eastern across
the Atlantic, yet fastened in a
rickety North River , propeller.
Physical development which mere-
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y snows liseii in iuuuiuus iiiuug
or in perilous rope walking or in
pugiustio encounter excites only
our contempt; but we confess to
great admiration; for the man who
has a great soul in an athletic body,
every nerve, mnscie anu oone oi
which is consecrated to right uses.
Oh, it seems to mo outrageous that
men, through neglect, should allow
their physical health to go down
beyond repair, spending the rest of
their life, not iu some great enter
prise tor uoa anu; lue wonu, our.
in studying ! what is the best thing
r- m a 1
to taice ior uy8pepsiaj a. snip
which ought, with all sails set and
every man at his post, to be carry
ing a rich ! cargo for eternity, em
ploying all its men in stopping up
eakages ! When you may, through
some of the popular and healthful
recreations ( of our time, work off
your spleen and your querulous
ness and one-half of your physical
and mental ailments, do not turn
your back from such a grand medi
cament. 1
- King's Mountain Tin Mine.
Baltimore Manufacturers' Record. j
The King's Mountain, N. C, tin;
mine, about which there wa so
much excitement a few mouths'
ago, seems to have taken a new
start. A party of Cornwall, En4
gland, gentlemen have offered
$100,000 for the mine, and the
proposition is now under consider!
atiou. That the ? six inch vein is
almost perfectly pure cassiterite is
certain. The price offered by the
English capitalists for the Clay-
well mm is considered very small,
and the proposal (will probably be
reiecieu. xue ore is saia oy ex
perts to be fifteen and five tenths
per cent richer than the cassiterite
ore found in West Virginia, and
eighteen aud seven one-hundredths
per cent richer . than the ore re
cently found in the Black Hills.
The Site of Paradise.
The Rev. Canon Rawlinsou, an
admitted authority on all questions
relating to Biblical antiquities, has
contributed an article to the Inter
preter on "Biblical Topography,
in which be discusses the various
theories advanced regarding "the
site of Paradise." Canon Rawlin
son believes, with the German
Kaliscb, that a distinct locality
was before the mind of the writer
of the book of Genesis, and he
gives it as his Judgment that the
locality was in Assyria.
Cleveland at Gettjsbnr;. .
Washington Letter May 4th.
President Cleveland's visit to the
Gettysburg battlefield took him
away from the White House for
the first time since be entered up
on the duties of his office. The
trip was made at the request of
veterans of the Army of the Poto
mac, ex Gov. Curtin and others.
A special excursion train was run
for the accommodation of the vete
rans and their friends, and to this
was attached the hotel car St.
Nicholas for the Presidential party
aud the President.
The President, accompanied by
Mr. Dinsmore, the White House
doorkeeper, was at the Baltimore
and Potomac depot at 7$ a. m.,
fifteen minutes before the train
started. Mr. Clevelaud wore his
usual .black suit with a spring
overcoat of dark material and a
silk hat. He appeared to be heavier
in flesh, but did not look so rugged
as when he lived in Albany and
walked more. He has become
known as yet to few persons in
Washington; and he was not re
cognized by more than half a dozen
of the small group of persons about
the station.! The colored porter
who had stood at the steps to the
special car stopped Mr. Cleveland
with the remark that "This car is
reserved." Sergeant Dinsmore ex
plained, and the porter was profuse
in his apologies for bis failure to
recognize the President. Mr. Cleve-
and was pleasantly greeted by
Vice-President Hendricks with bis
perennial smile, . and by hand
shakes from the handsome, gray-
laired Secretary of War, Judge
Endicott, and the distinguished
ookiug Postmaster General, Col.
Vilas, and the equally distinguish
ed Secretary of the Navy, Mr.
Whitney, j J'
The seven cars carried in all
about four hundred persons. The
rain made the ran to Gettysburg
in three and a naif hours, very
ew stops were made, and, as the
coming of the President had been
made known in advance to only a
Small number of persons there were
no marked demonstrations at any
of the stations along the route.
The President had stipulated be
ore coming that he was not to be
asked to speak, and he was not
even formally introduced to the as
semblage. Gov. Pattison, of Penn
sylvania welcomed the visitors, and
speeches were made by Gen. J. C.
Black,of Illinois, Martin Maginnis,
of Montana, and Gen. Kosecrans.
Before the exerciser were con
eluded the' President returned to
his carriage, and was driven over
to the cemetery grounds, which
were a part of the battlefield, and
command a view of the whole scene
of the great fight. It was a familiar
spot to the President's companion,
Gen. Hunt, who commanded the
artillery of the Araiy of the Poto
ac, which was planted on the
very hill and mowed down Pickett's
men as they inarched across the
long yalley and up the grassy,
slopes in the vain effort to gain the
hill aud break the-Onion centre.
From the brow of the cemetery hill
Mr. Cleveland was shown the long
line of ridges in front, across the
valley where the rebel lines were
stretched in a semi-circle five miles
long. To the right he could see
the wooded slopes of Culps Hill in
the distance, and on the left Round
Top and Little Round Top, the
scene of Sickles7 desperate fight.
To the rear Meade's headquarters,
and over beyond the town below
was the stone bouse which was
Gen. - Lee's headquarters. After
getting this outline of the field the
President was driven to the vari
ous points of interest in three days
fighting. lie saw where the lxmis-
lana tigers ciimoea the mil ana
fought the Union soldiers hand to
hand, the memorial stone shoeing
where Gen. Hancock fell badly
wounded, and the spot where Gen.
Sickles lost his leg. He visited
Round Top for another view of the
field, descended into Devil's Den,
and then visited the Theological
Seminary 1 for still anotherview,
and saw the place where Gen. Rey
nolds was killed. ;
Mr. Cleveland was a very close
listener throughout the journey.
He asked few questions aud made
i -w . ....
no comments, lie only augntea
twice from his carriage tor short
excursions put of the beaten path
way. The tonr of the field was
completed before sundown and the
party was ready for the return to
Washington by 6 p. m. Dinner
was- served in the car on the way
to Washington. At a little station
a short distance from Gettysburg
a boy created some excitement by
firing a pistol into the air near the
side of the car. Passengers with
lively imaginations thought for a
moment that the President had
been shot at,' but their fears were
allayed by those who saw the act.
Some of the veterans were dis
appointed that the President did
not say a few words at their meet
mg at the cemetery. They did not
expect a speech, but they thought
they were entitled to a brief ac
knowledgement of j their, services
from the. Chief Magistrate at least.
At 9.30 p. m., the seal-brown
horses landed Mr. Cleveland at the
White House door.!
Snake Like lllsslBf.
The viperous, malice laden
ton
gue of a wieked, depraved and evil
minded person is an affliction to
any community, and its execrable
bissine is but the foul breath; oi
the devil through the villainy coat
ed mouth of his chosen agent. Mis
erable and1 wretched and sin cor
ered indeed must be the heart of
that one, who is so ready to hiss
out, like a stinging serpent, air the
unkind and lying accusations which
their own depravity and meanness
hath engendered and nursed. Such
a being is : a black, ugly, loathe
some wart npon the beauteous
face of refined ; society. Wilson
Arfraactf..
Name your man. -
GREENSBORO, NJ C, TUESDAY, MAT 12,
' The Confederate Censtltntlon.
How the Confederate Constitu
tions were preserved and what be
came of them is thus related by
Mrs. G. F. DeFountaine, of New
York, in the New Orleans Time-
Democrat :
Until! within the last eighteen
months I was the honored custodian
of both j the "Provisional and Per
manent Constitutions of the South
ern Confederacy," a guardianship
wuicu x cuusruereu next aniu io
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that of the "Ark of the ConveuanL"
During all of my journeying, after
the fall of Richmond, they were
among my most sacred j treasures,
having! been buried under the
ground on two occasions to prevent
their capture. Immediately after
the war, when the feeling between
the two -sections was still hostile,
these touching souvenirs of the
"Lost Cause" were seldom exhibit
ed, and then only to a few of "the
loyal."! j !
No thought otherwise than that
ot retaining them as relics or do
nating them to some historical so
ciety was entertained until within
the past two years, when fate de
cided differently, and they were of
fered for sale. Feeling that the
South j was the proper place for
such mementoes, I wrote a person
al letter to the Governor of every
Southern State, (I think without
exception) offering them to the
States. In not more than one or
two instances did I receive even a
recognition of the letter containing
the information of their existence,
and in no instance an offer for their
purchase. Then it was proposed
that a syndicate be formed of the
States mentioned in the "Constitu
tions,'' in order that each State
should become part owner in this,
their Magna Charta, but this, too,
failed to elicit auything but a neg
ative reply. !
The historical societies were next
tried first with a stated price and
then with the request that a price
be made by them. Out of all the
societies written to on the" -subject
only one, the Maryland Historical
Society, called a meeting and laid
the matter before the board, which
board decided that they were "not
in a condition to make an offer for
the documents." This was sup
posed to be the richest society in
the country.
The principal colleges, universi
ties and libraries were! next tried
with similar results. It was then
suggested that they be offered to
Congress, but not wishing to ask a
Southern man to introduce a bill
for the sale of documents, each
clause of which he had sworn to
defend with his life, and fearing
partisan feeling on the other hand,
would recall old issues, and rekin
dle smouldering fires, I decided not
to make an effort in that direction.
Feeling by this time that patriot
sm, as far as large organizations
were concerned, was really a thiug
Of the past, I decided to offer them
to private individuals recognized
as wealthy persons, who did not
hesitate laying out immense sums
in bnc-a brie and curious, x rom
one of these, a gentleman residing
in Atlanta, who, by the way, bad
ust paid $3,000 for a set of china,
l received a letter stating that if
"both" the constitutions were in
"perfect order," he would pay the
manificient sum of $1,000.
The first letter manifesting any
interest iu the matter I was from a
woman of course "Last at the
cross and first at the! sepulchre,"
the women of the South. God bless
them 1 They know . what it is to
"suffer and grow strong." This
lady; was Airs. W. J. DeRenne, of
Savanvah, Ga., who, emulated by
the public spirit of her noble hus
band, became the purchaser of the
"Permanent Constitution," which
subsequently,! believe, she donated
to the Georgia State Library, i ;
Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the million
aire banker of Washington, wno
pays out annually immense sums
for pictures, &c, was the next ap
proached by friends in reference to
the Provisional Constitution. It
was thought that he, who had been
such a patriot during our war
struggle, would be willing to pay a
large amount for thisj the first act
in the great drama of that war, but
the price offered by him was refus
ed.! Finally, however, negotiations
were again opened and he became
purchaser at the same ! figures.
Hundreds of letters were written
I.. . ;,. '-VP .
on the subject, for l ueterminea
that it should never be said that
they were disposed of without giv
ing the South a chance to possess
them. 'Ml I ! '
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She Is Net Likely to Forgive Illm.
I Richmond Religious Herald.)
We werit out in the country the
other evening .to I preach. We
stopped at the house ot a brother
for supper, and were most gracious
ly; entertained, the ladies of the
house making themselves specially
entertainiug j and devoting them
selves ardently to the promotiou of
our comfort. Leaving the house in
advance of the family, we hurried
to the church, ; and began the ser
vices. The members of the family
came afterward and took their seats
with the rest of the congregation,
without our observing their! en
trance. After the - sermon we an
dertook to play the agreeable, and
began to sbake .hands 'with the
saints, and chat around to the best
of our poor ability.' j Presently we
found a strinkingly good-looking
sister in front of uy and, holding
out our hand, expressed a wish to
form her acquaintance. I A vicious
titter rattled through the crowd,
and the sister looked a little scorn
ful. We asked what it all meant,
and to our undoing found that the
ladv in Question was the one who
gave us our supper,1 We spont ;.
good part of the night trying to ex
plain how it happened, but we can
not say that our transgression win
ever be forgiven.
"We meet to
part
no more,"
said the bald-neaaea man
to. his
hair brash.
THE FBA DIAVOLA OF PARIS.
The Crimes of an Extraordinary Paris
ian Mnrderer- -Cay, Fascinating and
llaadMBsc . ,, . ; ! j
A correspondent of the New York
World wnting from Pans, says :
! There is nothing that rejoices the
Parisian public like a sensational
murder. In the excitement it
creates everything else is forgot
ten. If the murderer writes lettret
(Pesprit and pretty Verses, like La
cenaire, the joy is turned into a
general delirium.' Lacenaire, the
author and murderer of a dozen or
fifteen years ago, had more rogue
at the time than even Victor Hugo.
it has been always so in France.
Mme. de Sevigne wrote more let
ters concerning the prisoner Brin
villiers than about the great Tu-
renne, and the murderer of Tiquet
was more talked of in the Court of
Louis XIV. than the victory of
Denain. The names of Menesclon
and Troppmau are known to more
Parisians to day than are those of
any two members of the French
Academy. 1 ,
The present Fra Diavola is a
youth named Charles Marehandon,
who, until his arrest for a murder
in the Rue dt Seze, lived the life
of a fashionable country gentle
man, supporting himself and his
pretty mistress on the proceeds of
series of daring robberies that
puzzled the ingenuity of Parisian
police and detectives. Marehandon
is a young man of 21 years, of ele
gant figure and faultless dress.
He is remarkably handsome, and
his beardless face and soft mild
eyes give him a look of childlike
nuocence. He belongs to a highly
respectable family living at Batig
uolles. He has been arrested on
several occasions, but always suc
ceeded in effecting his escape by
his'cool audacity and cleverness.
About seven months ago he hired
a pretty country house from a re
tired military captain in the little
town of Compeigne, where he lived
A Life of Elegance and Luxury
with Jeanne Blain, a pretty girl
"rom the provinces. He adopted a
. a OiO'O il
new method ot maintaining tuis
pleasant and luxurious existence.
His custom was to go to Paris from
time to time on business, as his
riends were iuformed, and to pre j
sent himself at an intelligence office
iu search of employment. Owing
to his handsome face and attrac
tive appearance he had no difficul
ty in gaining admission to the man
sions ot some of the most wealthy
citizens of Paris, especially when
it was the mistress of the house
hold herself who visited the office.
He usually remained' a few days
till he "located" all the valuables
and iewelry in the house, and he
would then suddenly disappear
and the valuables with him.
Complaint after complaint had
been lodged against him under the
various names he assumed, but the
police found ' themselves always
baffled. A few months ago he stole
15.000 fraucs from a resident in the
Rue de Marignan, and to throw
the police off his track he went
immediately and engaged himself
with M. Worth, the Tamous coutu
rier, ub valet de chambre, under
his real name of Charles Marchan
don. A detective ere long appear
ed and took tljp valet into custody.
Marehandon mad not the slight
est resistance, and seemed not in
the least disturbed. lie chatted
with the detective as they walked,
and at an opportune moment trip
ped him up. threw heavily on the
ground, and was out of sight before
the detective had recovered from
his surprise. Marehandon boldly
returned to M. Worth's, and ex
plained to the servants, with an
air of injured innoueuce : "Did any
one ever hear of such a misfortune f
was arrested by mistake for some
other person, but I had no difficul
ty in establishing my innonence."
The detectives, not dreaming that
the prisoner would i return to M.
Worth's, did not think of going
there, aud Marchandon's escape
was easy. On the occasion of each
steal, Marehandon was accustom
ed to go to an old clothes woman's
shop, and procure a disguise with
which to escape from the city.
Marchandon's Country Residence
at Compeigne was a model of ele
gance aud good taste. Thousands
of francs were ! expended in fittiug
it np to the liking of his gay young
companion. He kept a talon which
was frequented oy the most renneu
residents of the town and vicinity.
It was enriched with rare curiosi
ties of decorate art, some of which
were adorned with his initials and
count's coronet. The furniture
was richly carved oak and the cur
tains of rose colored silk. In one
chamber was a Heuri II. bed. cov
ered with a red satin spread, the
pillows embroidered with the ini
tials "J. B." and the count's coro
net aud the curtains in black silk.
In a wardrobe was a complete uni
form of a gendarme. The eoidis
ante Mme. Marchadon had among
her belongings an ebony casket,
also surmounted by the coronet, in
which were found! many packages
of letters received by her before
her connection with Marehandon
began. Each batch was carefully
arranged aud endorsed "Corres
pondance du Chateau du ," or
"Correspondence ) de Ie Marquis
," and sq on. ! These had evi
dently been kept for blackmailing
purposes. She also kept a diary,
entitled "Le Petit Livre de Mes
Souvenirs." ' Several albums filled
with portrait of I the cavalry offi
cers of the Compeigne garrison and
of other neighbors were on the ta
bles of the $alont and on the mantel-piece
was a portrait of Marshal
MacMabon with "Vive le Roi"
written urderneatb it The Le
gitimists of the hour all gathered
there. ; :. ' ! ji - j. ' ;
To his neighbors Marehandon
represented himself as an illegiti
mate son of Worth, of Paris, who
bad settled on him a generous
monthly allowance. He was re
garded as a model husband,: and
1885.
Jeanne passed as a model wife.
The latter is a young woman of 24,
of extraordinary, beaut and' most
engaging manners. She is tall
and graceful, with brown, .wavy
hair, a sweet, sympathetic look,
and a face: of what is called the
Andalusian type. She 1 is the
daughther of a coffee house keeper
ot Vesonl, where she lived till her
eighteenth year. An eminent judge
saw her, 1 proposed .marriage and
she accepted, but he died suddenly
i 1 TT
ueiore me union iook piace. nis
death was a little suspicious and
Jeanne was subjected to an inter
rogation on affair by the Police
Prefect, but nothing came of it.
At this time she made the acquain
tance of j Marehandon. From that
hour she ceased to frequent the
places she i was previously accus
tomed to, visit She preferred the
pleasures and repose of a quiet
country life. She belonged to that
class called popotte, who love a
tranquil life and to be mistress of
their own home. She adored Mar
ehandon,1 whom she described in a
letter to a former lover as "a darl
ing young j fellow with a budding
moustache.? L
It was. to' please the taste of
This Beaatlful Girl
that Marehandon hired the fashion
able mansion at Compeigne and
robbed aud murdered to maintain
it. M. and Mme. Marehandon
were most rigorous iu the practice
of piety in the presence of their ad
miring neighbors. Madame went
to mass "regularly every Sunday at
seven o'clock and seemed to pray
with edifviner fervor. Merpbundou.
if not so punctual in his aedauce
at church, was a severe champion
of morality. A house of doubtful
repute had been opened within a
little distance of his residence and
his sense of propriety was so shock
ed that he formally petitioned the
municipality to remove it in words
of vehement indignation. He like
wise wrote numerous articles to the
local press in the cause of mortal
ity, and endeavored to persuade
the editors of their duty to oppose
all scandal and decry every ap
pearance of immorality. On seeing
the published account of the mur
der in the Rue de Seze, and with
the blood of his victim hardly yet
washed off bis hands, he remarked
to a gentleman who happened to
be at his house : "A terrible crime
has been committed in the Rue de
Seze and the police are unable to
discover the murderer. If he be
caught I hope he will be guilotiued,
for murderers are increasing at
such a rate of late that no honest
man can go to bed in peace."
The Cnme for which Marehandon
is now in custody was a murder of
the most brutal kind. He gained
admission, by his peculiar method,'
to the house of Mme. Car not, a
widow lady, living in the Rue de
Seze. He rose during the ni?ht,
secured what valuables and money
could be found, and, entering the
bedroom where Madame was sleep
ing, began to ransack the drawers.
The old lady awoke at the noise,
aud Marehandon, flinging himself
on her, dealt her two ; strokes with
a clasp knife, severing the carotid
artery. He then bid ( in a closet,
where he remained till morning,
when he made his escape. ! He then
hurried home to his chateau in
Compeigne, and settled down' quiet
ly to the enjoyment of the proceeds
of his last coup.
i
Uls Arrest Ingeniously
Accomplished.
M. Gaillarde. ignorant of Marchan
t
don's resideuce, but remembering
that a certain frxptere or old clothes
woman of the locality furnished
criminals with disguise suits,1 pre
sented himself before her as a friend
of Marchandou, and said :j "Mar
ehandon was to meet me here yes.
terday and I want to know if I can
wait here and see him tb dav."
"AlTl" replied the old lady; thrown
off her guard, "he has gone to his
home in Compeigue." That was
enough. M
When Marchandou saw the
Chief of Police enter, he j turned
slightly pale, but did not make the
least resistance. Jeanne was also
arrested. and Marehandon, although
denying his own! guilt, was parti-J
cularly anxious to impress on the
Chief that the girl was innocent of
any offense. After reaching Paris,!
be was brought into the room
where the murder had been com
mitted. He was cool and indiffer
ent, and insisted that another bad
struck the fatal blow. He after
wards confessed that he himself
was the murderer. An immense
throng had blocked the streets
around and would have torn him to
pieces but for the gendarmes.! As
he was driven away, surrounded by
the police, the maddened crowd
followed for blocks shouting, "Kill
him ! kill him !"
Among the persons whom he had
robbed and who was summoned to
identify him in the room of the
murdered woman was the Priucess
P. the police preserve her! in
cognito to whom he had applied
JOT service a Huurb iiiue ueiurc.
prepossessing in appearance was
he that he was engaged. The
Princess, however, asked for refer
euces, and Marchandou answered
that he had served with the Coupt
Bredeville aud gave his address.
Oa passing out he remarked to the
other servants : "This is a good
find. I'll be here $ to-morrow at
seven o'clock." The Princess wrote
to the Count de Bredeville and re
ceived in answer an equivocal let
ter. Her suspicions aroused, she
went to the address add questioned
the conccirge, who replied that no
Count Bredeville lived there, but
that a young man; came on the
Monday previous and asked her to
keen for him a letter addressed to
that name. The next morning the
Princess read in the paper of the
murder of the Rue de Seze. I. The
truth flashed on her, and she bur
ried to the police station and told
her story. The Chief of Police
took a photograph from the drawer,
and the Princess exclaimed :
"There he is P When confronted
bv the ! Princess, he admitted lha
he had forged the letters from the
alleged Count Rredevilie. -
l "Why did you not return next
morning f " he was asked.
I "Because I talked with the ser
rants going oat, and I understood
that there was not much hope for a
good steal," he answered. .
. "You learned from the concierge
at Mme. Carnot's that you would
have a better chance t" v ' . I
"Exactly ; that's why I went
there. - i
j The Princess almost fainted at
her narrow escape.
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L Death of the Widow VanderbllU
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderbilt, the
widow, of Commodore Cornelius
vanderbilt, died of pneumonia,
Monday morning May 4th, at her
residence, io Washington place,
New York. - She was taken serious
ly ill last Tuesday, with what was
then thought to be pleurisy. It
developed into pneumonia, and on
Sunday she was given up and bade
farewell to her family and friends.
She was conscious to the last. j
She came of a Virginia family;
and was distantly related to the
Vanderbilts through -the Hand
family Her father, was a lawyer
and cotton planter, and. was a
cousin of William H. Crawford of
Georgia, at one time a candidate
for the Presidency. Mr. Crawford
moved to Alabama and had bis
plantation near .Mobile, and there
Mrs. Vanderbilt was born in 1846.
She was married early to a Mr.
Elliott and went with him to New
Orleans. She obtained a divorce,
with t permission to resume her
maiden name. She returned to her
family in Mobile, and ' there her
father died during the.war. On a
Visit her-mother to New York in
1SCS, she met the Commodore, who
was then mourning . the death of
his first wife. Miss Crawford was
tall and slender, with fair complex
ion and black hair. The old Com
modore, forty-five years older than
herself, became infatuated with
hen On May 20, 1868, an ante
nuptial contract was drawn up, in
which he agreed to beqeathe to her
in his will $500,000 in first mort
gage bonds of the New York and
Harlem Railroad, at par. f
Sue would not consent to imme
diate marriage. She was at Sara
toga that summer with her mother,
and the Commodore was there also.
He pressed her with all the ardor
of a young suitor, and finally in
duced her to agree to a marriage in
Canada, ' to avoid neighborhood
gossip. They went to London,
Canada, and were there married on
Aug. 21 by a Wesleyan minister.
Augustus Schell went along, and
was the Commodore's best man.
This was fifty-five years after the
date of the Commodore's first ; mar
riage. : The couple returned at once
to Saratoga, where . their appear
ance as bride and groom in Con
gress Hall created a sensatiou.f
uominodore vanderDUt died on
Jan. 4, 1877. He bequeathed to
his wife $500,000 in five per cent.
Government bonds and . 2,000
shares of New York Central stock,
and gave her the use of his bouse
and furniture,' 10 Washington
place, for life. She had remained
there ever since, . with her mother
and her brother, Robert L. Craw
ford, and his family, i
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State Board of Education.
This board was in session last
week. The object of the meeting
was principally in regard to school
books, particularly the selection of
the new text books on physiology
arid hygiene. A number of agents
of publishing compauies appeared
in the interest of their respective
hduses. . The matter of the drain
age of the State swamp lands was
also considered. There were two
proposals in regard to the body of
300,000 acres in Carteret county.
One was by a company which pro
posed to lease the lands for grazing
purposes; the other was oy a com
pany which proposed to drain the
lands, as the phrase goes, "one half
for the other."
The board adopted "Steele's Hy
gieuio Physiology," published by
A.! S. Barnes & Co., of New York,
as the text book for the public
schools Webster's school diction
aries were put on the list Former
ly only Worcester was used, The
following of Webster's were adopt
d : primary, common school, high
8ehool,; academic and counting
house, i Arrangements were made
for exchange and retail prices.
The j proposition as to swamp
lands received much attention.
Mr. B. L. Perry proposed to drain
the laud for one half. The) board
agreed to give him 10,000 acres to
drain, he to pay all expenses, apd
the lands to be surveyed by the
State engineer.
v There was a proposition by Mr.
Fly nn to , lease for a few years a
part of the Hyde county lands
(known as-the Bibb and ,Carrow
tract)' in case the State bids them
in at the sale to take place on the
11th inst. There are 300,000 acres
of these lands. Mr. Flynn's scheme
ras to lease 15,000 or 20,000 acres,
for the purpose of testing their
utility for stock raising. If valua
ble, be proposes to purchase. The
board postponed actiou on the mat
ter until the next , meeting, which
will be after the sale alluded to.
There was a request by citizens of
Carteret county for, the construc
tion of a road through the open
grounds of Carteret belonging to
the board. This proposition was
also held over until the next meet-
i!,g ; ' . "
! Trifling with the World.
Old Mr. Bantly I see by the pa
per that a revised v edition of the
Old Testament is to be published
soon. ' -: - :J .
Old Mrs. Bently Does it .say
who writ it! I
: Otd Mr. Bently No. 1 V
i Old Mrs Bently -Well, it's per-
fectly scandalous. I s'pose it was
that man Ingersoll. ;
vww trmr x tftr. iaidua -w-
Flirtation. f
OVjW1iatbn.''Titiao!
: Saltation . p
A pleating 221 '
That past expensne
- n e aero i
' ' There 11 be once moreT
Just aa of jrere,
Damnation at too beaches-
And sad to tell.
11a knows fall well
- Who his experience searches. - r
v There's often been,
Plain to bo seen,
. Damnation in the churches-
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Lyrics of Culture. ,
Far in the depths ef the mighty woods.
Where the snapping tartles ran, -. !
And the brindle cow la the branchaOjhrood
From the dawn to the set of son; . t
Where the earibon and the panther fight.
And the hungry eoyotes bark., i
And the bine fox hew Is the lire-long night . -a
Near the den ot the Bojum snark :
Where the framptious mugwump makes his lair '
And the amorous gnrascntis .
His lore song sings to the grixxly bear.
You'll find the pink arbutus. i :
The Latest Bone;. ; f- -.:
Oh. mamma, dear mamma, come home with me now !
l wonder wnat papa will ttunk I .!
Hell meet yon to-nicht with a frown an his hmm
For staring so Wng at the rink. j
Ho lamp has been lighted to-night in the haU. ' .
And there 1 1 was sore, dearest ma. yon would fall. ' f -.
Some sight your poor neck will break.
Come home, eome home, r v
Oh, mamma, dear mamma, eome borne.
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r . The Month of Lore. U
New o'er the hill tops trippeth merry May. ' H
And modest flowers spring 'neata her (Useing feet , !', :
Ere long to crown her brows with garlands gay.
..Jl 1. : i iV i .
xinu uwj uuua wii uer coming greet. -,;,
The bullfrog in the marsh doth gayly Ang ;
Once more nootural carols to his mate. '
And Corydon and Phyllis, oourting, swing i j :
At dewy ere anon toe garden gate.
Stand Hear the lien. ; j
When lorely woman throws a rock, ' 1
f A contamacions hen to scare, -Itgires
th' artistic eye a shock ; ft '
To mark her attitude and air. - K
Bat be not to your danger blind.
If you should be beside her then ;
At once a place of safety find,
That ia to say, stand near tn e hen.
Facta and Fancies.
Song of the German pastry
cook Wait till the clouds roll pie.
MNever eat between meals,"
cautions a writer.. We never do.
We board. !
A bride's cake is often as
heavy as the groom's heart when
the bills begin to come in. J
"Every cloud has a silver lin
ing.'7 ; That's wbere the clouds get
away with the vest pockets. ,
The man who thinks the boy
who lives next door to him is a
good boy has not been found. 4j
The widow;of a Hindoo is !
about the only individual' whose
career really ends r smoke."
a man content to live in an
oleomargarine boarding-house does
uot know on which side his bread
is buttered. ! . : !
A West Lynn teacher asked a
ittle boy the color of the Atlantic
ocean, and he said he guessed it
was water color.1- i t
"I am a belle ringer now."
remarked a Bedford avenue young
man as he put an engagement ring
oil the finger of Lis dnlciana. : , i
"He who has pie has friends."
says a Russian proverb, which, be
ing freely translated signifies that
the doctor and. the undertaker
stand in with the pie-man every
time.... : " .'L-'-
An item is going the rounds to: .
the effect that "some of the Doeti v
Willis's best linefr were written in
a boarding house." We haveofteu;
heard that hunger was a spur to
iterary work. "--r-1 '")
It is noticeable that the old
joke, the combination' of bulldog
trousers, young man, father and
trout gate is being fixed up for its
summer tour in the funny columns
Of contemporaries.
'The gorilla does " not build a
house in the native jungle," says a
returned missionary, ifrobablj he
can rent one cheaper. The old
maxim is "A-fool builds houses,' a
wise man rents them." i i
How innocently unfortunate is
the the frankness of childhood.
Young Orotund Delsarte.the dram
atic reader, was taking tea, on in
vitation, with the family, and in
the evening favored- the cueists.
with a few of his most startling re
citations. He was approached by.
the midget of the family, a fairy in
looks, but with au early develop
ment of speech. "Now, I know
why you talk i so ' loud when you
speak pieces," she said to i him.
"And why, my dear!" with a little
patronizing stroke of the golden
hair. 'Caese you're a Bellowcu
ist ma said so." That child will
be put to bed early after this
Stonewall Jackson's Daughter. .
Baltimore American.
."Richmond society is deeply in
terested in the announcement juet
now of the engagement of Miss
Julia Jackson the only daughter of
Oen. Stonewall Jackson, to Mr.
William E. Christian. The marrt
age will take place June 2, at the
Second Presbyterian church j ant
the ceremony be performed by the
pastor, the Rev. K Dr. Moses D.
Hoge, who was a dear friend of the
Confederate soldier, and conducted-
his funeral services from the same ,
church in which Miss Jackson is to i
be wedded. The lady is as I well
known In Baltimore as in Rich- k
mond. She is universally popular.1
Mr. Christian is about 23 years of I
age, and one of the modt popular;
and successful business men of
Richmond. After service of several!
years fii a large banking house of j
this city, he Degau onsiness iasi i
fall ou his own account, as the geu-I
eral Southern representative off:
McDermid & Co., of Chicago a
firm of which Mr. C. W. Smith,!
general manager of the Chesapeake:
& Ohio Railway system, is a promH
fient member. While actively e'n
gaged in business, Mr. Christian is
distinguished for his broad culture
and great polish of manner, having
received the advantages of a bourse
at the University of Virginia, and
afterwards at one of the German
universities." j ! j
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The-nooverrHill mind, Ran-
dolph county, made $6,198 during
the month of March, from 574 tons:
of ore.. -. . . . "; , ; ! i
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