North Carolina Newspapers

7 Co Jb :RANKLIN URIER GEO. S. BAKEE, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS : S2.00 per Ynmim. vol. in. LOUISBURG, X. C, FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 1874. NO. 42. 11 11 11 A Shadows, Did 'yon ever look at your shadow Htretched out before the unn, And think what a flue Btraight fellow Yoa were wLen all was done, And torment some Blender shadow By blotting the two In one ? Did you say, with a Jest and laughter, " So, love, it still mnit be ; The wife in her unsband'a shadow Hhould hid e entirely, Aa a thinjr flnng ont of the sunlight, Too r.acred for men to tee ?" the leMHer shtdow renent it, "Or cloHelier press with thine. An often a sweet little shadow Has swept along with mine ? Now the shadows have faded together, And the sun has ceased to shine. New suns will rise in the heavens, And shed an bright a ray ; I5ut tho shadow that with my shadow Had glided day by day Is th a shade of a cross in the churchyard, ' And it shadows all my way. A ROMANCE OF THE RIVER. 4 d A 1 T - aii, James, my ooy, givo us your nana, iiere i am, safe and sound, and you iook a uttio seedy. Hum. well, yoa re uin, Diue as a newt, now is business ? James lied ford occupied the next office to my own, in Leverett's block. 44 Uusiness ia good enough. Did you nave a good time ? Might have writ ten!" - 44 James, don't tear your coat-sleeve. no man couia vrite under the circum stances. JLet mo unfold to thee I am a married man ! louro what?" shouted James, leaping from his chair and scattering a nan-piup or ink over the desk and floor. " Married, by jingo! Give us your hand . The bride's at the house waiting to p ee you to tea at five. " I don't believe it. Nor will I. Here an afllancpd lover like myself is totally forgotten for a month, and a man who never had a sweetheart brags of beinsr married. Salem Mott, you're an in sufferable well, I believe in nothing." You will bo more considerate of my "honor when you hear the story of my adventures and seo the beautiful wife I have. Wo left St. Louis--that is I and my precious face in good spirits, innocent and happy. The Phil Sheri dan had a comfortable set of passen gers, and to avoid the confusion I im mediately went to the hurricane deck. Here I sat for hours, smoking and thinking; thinking how delightful it was to get away from the cares of busi ness aud takiug a pleasure trip. , By-and-byo this thing got monotonous. 1 thought that ono thing over fifteen thousand times, and then began to think it all over again. 44 But just at that time the steamboat sidled up against the wharf-boat at Al ton. A number of passengers came aboard. There might have been a thousand 1 only saw one, and ono sight done would have made me proud of having seen the loveliest woman in the world. She was the most magnificent looking woman you ever saw no, yon never saw her, but you will soon. I rushed down into the cabin forward to the clerk's office and saw her euter the cabiu. Her cheeks were as ruddy as the bloom of peaches, and her skin as clear as isinglass. And she was proud proud as a queen at least I tkonght so. Everybody made way for her not for the jaunty traveling suit, nor the dainty shoe, nor tho dia mond cross hanging to the satin round her throat, nor the Paisley shawl, but for tho princess ithat carried them. 44 For two days I watched her ; I was the worst case of lovesiokness you ever heard of, and now I look back upon that complete capsiz&l of manhood as an opium-eater does upon a season of exaltation. I stood near the cabin door while she played upon the piano ; while ehe sang I leaned over the railing so stark mad that had I then been in formed that she wa3 married, or even afflauccd, my life and my briefs would have uomo to au untimely end in the boiliog flood abaft the rudder. There was a very handsome man who stood guard over her. He was not her husband. There was also a young lady companion about her own age. These three I had reason to suppose cousins from suatches of conversation which could not escape my ears from time to time. . "The evening of the third day was eventful and wrought wonderful changes in my prospects. Soon after nightfall the band began to play, and those inclined began to dance. She danced like a sylph or a Psyche, or some other divinity, and all I could do was to look at her. and endure a severe headache. Completely overwhelmed by my infatuation, I rushed out of the cabin find breathed the fresh night air abaft the wheel-house. A plank had been broken off from it about as high up as the railing, and I bent my' face down closo to the great flying wheel and let the cool spray dash against it. Scarcely a moment had passed in this refreshing occupation when who should hippicy-skip down the narrow passage bnt my Queen of Love, hex face wreathed in smiles and her eyes aglow. I was staggered, knowing that some mistake had been made and that I should make it worse by blunders. "She, had mistaken me for hex cousin ! i "Well, now, that threat was a source of great comfort. This girl was not his sweetheart, but in a fair way to become mine. What a glorious mistake this was ! How to get safely out of it that was the appalling problem. But every moment was too sweet : I didn't care to get out of it. - "Come, said she, I want 5 on to see him. He has the handsomest eyes in the Mississippi Valley ! ( That's what she said, James !) I'm quite in love with him.' (Just then I stood erect.) " I didn t say anything, of course, but trudged . along. I would have walked right over into the boiling wake had she asked it as a favor. But she didn't. I don't exactly remember how it was, bnt soon we were dancing. Didn't I dance, though? We just whirled ! So we danced until she sud denly stopped and cried " Why, I can't find him. He has t ma. m leit ma solitary seat, men some one gave us an unmerciful thump and we moved out of the way. Her eyes sparkled. She turned red. Then we withdrew into corner. "What is it?' said I. " 4 There there can't you see? Cousin's waltzing with him I How did she get acquainted with him ? See her look into his face why it's downright bold. Aren't they pretty familiar for strangers ?' (I thought she seemed a little disappointed at this). ' I don't think he is so handsome after all. He has got a crook in his nose, hasn't he ?' "I saw the man who was my reflec tion, and, to tell the truth, was a little flattered. We both, wore clothes of the same pattern even the same style of watch-guard. " I saw there was disappointment in her tone, and was quite happy. My hand was still on her waist, and I at tempted to draw her to the deck, 'for fresh air,' I said: " 4 No, sir,' she replied, ' I don't want fresh air yes I do, too. Come on. 44 4 1 have something to tell you,' I said, as soon as we were under the shadow of heavy timbers. She looked up with a winning, innocent smile Tell me.' " Don't you fall in love with that man 1' Then she looked mysterious and cun ning. She pulled my beard. I couldn't help it, Bedford, I couldn't it was wrong but very sweet I kissed her hand. Bless your soul, James if she didn't give me a piuch in return, with all her might. 4 There,' she said, 'that's for your impudence.' "Keep your seat," said Bedford, " and have another cigar. I didn't know how interested I had become. What did she do then ?" " Do ? She edged up to the door and watched the progress of affairs in the brilliant cabin. Then I was quite ready to get on my knees and avow my villainy in concealing the mistake. I staggered up to her the perspiration on my forehead and my knees knock ing together. My heart gnawed as with desperaiion. I sought for words. Every thing swam around, and I felt faint. 44 ' Cousin,' I said, grasping her arm, though not roughly (I did not know her name) I I am I am acquaint ed with thia gentleman you like so well.' " Courage failed me, and she stared in my coward eyes, 4 1 don't like him you know I do not tell me about him.' "' Yes, of course' and the man in the moon must have mistaken me for some nebula my mind gyrated, and electric flashes encompassed me about. Oh, yes h'm he's a good fellow that is, he is a he's a lawyer in St. Louis. Name is Salem Mott. Lives with his mother loves her pretty well that is, I dare say he loves her don't you.' " "'Me! I never saw his mother has a pretty name how you act ! what is the matter ?' " 4 He goes into society some with her ; he is bashful perhaps a little deceitful in one thing. 44 4 Is he ? In what ? she asked rap idly glancing in the cabin door. 44 4 Oh, no, I guess not deceitful ; but he hasn't much property ; rather am bitious, though. His looks are against his making a matrimonial spec' 44 4 Looks ! He's better looking than you are. I do think he's handsome. See him laugh with that goose of a cousin of mine 1 44 4 You are very complimentary.' 4,4 Well, I do think he is noble look ing, like you, deaf cousin. Don't quite angry with you. I've kept com pany with Charles ail the evening. " 4 What a fib that is. You are jeal ous! Fie, Charles and I have been to gether until this moment from the first ;' and just here the eyes cl my late partner in the dance shot fire and con fusion. Mutual ire was rising. 44 4 Then we must quarrel, I suppoee. One of us is wonderfully mistaken, and it is you. 44 The other the sylph for she was much the more beautiful of the two sulked, and muttered, 4 It is you 1' 44 4 To show you that it is not me, cousin, that has made a fearful blunder, let us go and ask. I know that Charles and I wondered very much at your per formance.' 44 4 Performance ! now that is too bad.' " I could have shaken the unwelcome truth out of that girl for hex imperti nence, although I knew she was cor rect, for my quasi cousin's eyes were filling with tears. 44 4 Why,' said she, 4 he knows all about that mai. His name is Salem Mott, and be is a lawyer, and he's got a mother in St. Louis, and he likes him ever so much, and and and what a dainty handkerchief caught the falling tears. f 4 There, there, there, dear cousin, let us go end find out.' " 4 How?' 444 Ask them ; how else would you ?' " 4 Well, come on,' said Sylph, look ing up with a bright blush. 44 4 , No, you must come to Charles, said the other. . 44 4 Of course. Our cousin Charles. Here he is, out this way. I know he is catching spray from the wheel. Come on.' . 44 4 No, no, that is Mott; there's Charlie don't you see him ? next the lamps on the other side. 44 4Oh, my head ! my heart ! Can it be? I tell you that's Mott, cousin. Of course it is !' 44 4 Well, well, come, let us see. IH ask.' 44 The two girls started off, brave enough. I could not hear all they said, but I guessed. The confident other cousin had almost reached the place where 4 Charles ' sat in ignorant bliss, dragging the other girl with her, when her courage gave out. She was not quite sure of his individuality. She stopped dead still. Her heart beat. 4 Suppose it should be Mott, after all. Do you want to ask your cavalier ? She said,1 suddenly, addressing her com panion. 44 'Of course I do, if I can find him. Ha, ha, ha ! You have made an awful mistake. Come out on deck.' "'What have I done?' cried the other, piteously, following the lead of my destiny. ' What shall I do ?' " So back they came to where I was hiding. I darted into a shadow. At the door they stopped. 44 4I cannot do it.' " 'Oh you must,' pleaded the other. thought sprang f nil-born into my mind, and I returned from the door to Bed ford's desk. He was so miserable. 44 Bedford," I shouted, "what was her first name ?"- 44 O, Agnes Ob, Agnes," he gnashed between his clenched teeth. I laughed outright in the face of his misery. I squared myself in front of the fallen man and plunged my fists deep into my pockets. He did not no tice me. 44 Ho, ho, ho," I laughed again in his ear. 44 What do you mean, fool?' he ex claimed. 44 My wife's name is Laura." " What?" Bedford jumped over two office-tables at a leap and fell fainting into the arms of my wife. She had been waiting an hour in my office next hall door and had heard my voioe as I opened the door to go ont a moment before. She jumped back, and the postman entered the office. Bedford woke up speedily. The let ter received that afternoon told him why 44Aer" letters had been scant. His biide-elect had been my sylph's companion ! Bedford is a happy hus band, too, and so a small romance is concluded. TWEED IN PBISOX. How II A TERRIBLE SPECTACLE. Prize Fight Between an English Dwar and the Bulldog Physic. ' 44 4 Oh, you can't escape me, Charles 1 Stand right still, I've something to tell yon ' ' She made a plunge for my arm ruby lips, and rather testily said : and caught her prisoner, one was . torturing me with grace and beauty and the most charming abandon. 4 There is a man in there who looks exactly like yon,' she said. I must know him. Introduce him.' 44 Like me?' I quavered. 44 4 Yes, like you ! only better look ing. Hasn't such an awf al hook in his nose prettier month, too. I have seen him wandering around so lonesome- like all day. I pointed him out to 44 4Suppose what, darling? " 4 It might be Mott 1' 44 'Of course it is Mott.' t""rv 1aov ilon I o am r fr9 Charles ; what a fool I've been I Why don't you go and get your Charles ?' and upon my word she. burst out cry ing, where other eyes could see her, at tracted by the impulsive sobs. 44 Just then the immovable photo graph of myself left his seat in the cen ter of the cabin and approached the twain. The dance, fortunately, was brought to a close, the big light was dimmed, and the music ceased. 44 What happened next I do not know. I stole into my berth, Jand at about three o'clock in the morning came to the conclusion of addressing her a note. I never write disagreeable notes twice. It appeared thus with the first writing. I'll read it to you, Bedford. It's in my pocket. By the way, I put the name and address next mornincr. getting them from the clerk : 44 4 My Dear Miss Mitchem, : I am so thoroughly convinced that what I did last evening was wrong that I do not expect pardon. Nevertheless 1 ask it hopelessly. It was not done malicious ly ; I shall give you the truthful cause in three words : 4 1 love you ; and I can show you through your cousin Charles that it is not improper for me to address you thus. - I beg you to meet me again, that I may tell you something of the admiration which led me to take advantage of your mistake. Had I gone to the wheel-house last nisht for any other DurDose than to : a w f laugh, Bedford ; this is what she said- f cool my aching head of its wild aspira 4 He looked so lonesome and so sad I tions after you I would have told you of came very near creeping up behind him, your mistake at once. I could not. taking him by the my services as a cers." What won 44 4 Me? Why, God bless vour lonesome. There is no man on the boat so wormy or so willing, 1 trunk, to oe your cavalier on your trip. Why, he would love yon to death, I'm sure.' 44 4 Oh! oh! ohl Cousin has left him alone. Good-bye.' 44 She was gone gone after her lady cousin and I watched with beating heart for the outbreak of a coming storm. Ah, how I wished the mistake had been told by, my lips. Now she would find me a guilty wretch. She would bring that cousin to wreak vengeance upon me. I crept tip to the door-post of the cabin and looked in. The two young ladies came up near the door and stood silent, a moment. I strained every nerve of hearing, and trembled. My The following account of a prize fight between a dwarf known as 44 Brummy " and a bulldog named Physio, in a . low sporting den in Hanley, England, is taken from our English files: The dwarf, however, was not to be stormed and defeated all in a moment. Once the ghastly fight begun, there was a dire fascination in it, and I now noted close ly the combat. . The man was on all fours when the words 44 Let go " were uttered, and making accurate allowance for the length of the dog's chain he arched his back catwise so as just to escape its fangs, and fetched it a blow on the crown of its head that brought it almost to its knees. The dog's re covery, however, was instantaneous, and before the dwarf could draw back Physic made a second dart for ward, and this time its teeth grazed the biped's arm, causing a slight red trickling. He grinned scornfully and sucked the place, but there was tremendous excite ment among the bulldog's backers who clapped their hands with delight, re joicing in the honor of first blood. The hairy dwarf was still smiling, now ever, and while Dan'l held his dog pre paratory to letting him go for round two, he wa3 actually provoking it -as much as he could, hissing at it and presenting toward it the bleeding arm. The animal, flushed possibly with its first success, made for its opponent in a sudden leap, but the dwarf leaped forward too, and smote the bulldog such a tremendous blow under the ear as to roll it completely over, evidently be wildering it for a moment, and causing it to bleed freely, to the frantio joy of the friends of the man beast. But they in turn were made to look serious, for with astonishing energy Physio turned about, and with a dash was again at the dwarf, and this time contrived to fix its teeth in one of his hairy arms, a ter rible gash appearing as the man snatch ed the limb out of its ravenous jaws. The bulldog was licking his lips, and had fewer tears in his eyes as his master drew him back. As for the dwarf, he retired to his corner for a whet of Spends Ul Tina Ills Visitors and Ills Occupation. A hospital steward, who has just left Blackwell's Island, tells the fallowing story of Wm. M. Tweed, and his con finement and occupation there:. An assistant orderly's duties consist in waiting on the physicians, adminis tering medicines, applying bandages, etc. In addition to this he is to keep a small book in which a record of all medicines ordered daily must be en tered. Mr. Tweed, Donohue asserts, has never yet waited on a patient, and all the stories of his fatherly manner in 44 binding up the wounds "'of patients and cooling their brows with patient applications of water must be set down to the imaginations of writers who have had imperfect and unreliable sources of information. His duties are per formed by one of the convalescent in mates of the hospital. The record of medicines ordered daily, however, is duly entered in his little book. He records them once every two weeks from the doctor's book, which is left with him for that purpose. Sometimes inis amy Decomes lrssome and it is omitted. As. for example, when the Grand Jury was expected to make their last visit, "Mr. Tweed's book had not been written up for four or five weeks. W sT . T 1 m xur. uononues doox, nowever. was brought into requisition, and Mr. Tweed copied the curious characters of the apothecary's table from it, until he had brought up his record to the date of the visit. Mr. Tweed rises about efeven o'clock in the morning, and after reading the morning newspapers, of which he takes six, goes to breakfast. This involves pleasant walk of a little less than quarter of a mile to the Warden's house. After enjoying the sociability of the Warden s table until about nine o'clock, ne returns to his dungeon. The dun geon, meantime, has been carefully put in order by one ot the prison chamber maids. At half-past nine his private secretary reports to him, and Mr. Tweed transacts business with him and con verses with other visitors who may cal until one o clock. Then he leaves his dungeon and takes a leisurely prome nade to tne Warden s house again where his midday meal is taken, fol lowed by a siesta which lasts unti 11 . . 1 -WT mree or lour ociock. ms supper is brought down in a basket, by a prisoner employed in the Warden s bouse, abou eix o'clock, and given to the night watchman of the prison, who sends it up-stairs to his room. Mr. Tweed is waited upon every day by his sons, who bring him wines, liquors, and all the delicacies of the season, of which he always has an as sortment. James Carey, the hero of the bogus express company, performs the duties of a valet fur him. He blacks 1 etters were torn in two. and each half plaoed in the ttove, and watched until it was entirely consumed- He receives a great many letters which he also de stroys as soon as they have been read. Jo one will ever know who his corre spondents are, nor what they have had 10 say 10 aim. lie careinuy studies each letter he writes, after e has fin ished it. His summer suit consists of an alpaca coat, black pants, white cravat, and straw hat with a black band. He v cuangea nis linen every day. ne no Items of Interest. : Yanderbilt say a he'd give $10,000 000 to be set back to thirty years of ge again. A Minnesota man set fire to M barn to drive ont the xnooqnitoea, but he hadn't time to get out his three horsrs. The city tax of fifteen dollars pr quarter on all Chinese laundry men in San Franeisco has been declared uncon stitutional. An old gentleman died recently at onger wears the great diamond which I four time, the cermonie harinRUken is generally associated with him. He carries an open-faced cold watch guarded with a black chain ; wears plain gold studs and black rubber sleeve buttons. A plain gold ring is on the little finger of his left hand. He has a 'larceny prison suit which he keep carefully hidden under the bed.- He has worn it just four times since his in carceration. The first occasion was place on his fortieth, fiftieth, sixtieth. and seventieth birthdays. . , Frederick the Grat kept an aid-decamp who had a foot the same ftize a his own, to wear the royal boots until the were broke in." , Sometimes when he wore them too long ho got kicked for his paica The great Eaat river bridge is it ill vuwc; B.iuu. auo lues uvvuiuu was I , . , . . when he was visited by the Grand Jury; Ti'fi Jf" JVn th nn? hpn ftiV T..mht,n TV! lT.he Brooklyn tower has reached an rain A tr A fi-rruwTful tri Ytait IKa nriann the third was when the Prison Inspec tors examined tho prison ; and the fourth was when the full Board of Com missioners of Charities and Correction visiiea ine prison several months ago elevation of over 220 feel aire high- water mark. The New York tower is 123 feet high, A man who drove through a camp of grasshoppers near Port Dodg,' Iowa, rectntly, declares that ihey oovt-rtHi life, Over each cell in the prison and over each bed in the hospital is sn?peaded the occupant's 'tally.' It ir Vecord of his crime, name. ace. natrnty. re ligious belief, occupation, date of con viction, and his sentence. Over the head of Mr. Tweed's bed in the hospital was tacked a card bearing the following inscription : S.. : Conviction, by' verdict : or a Jury, or aiTemeAnor. : 57 ILU1K M. Tvixd, : : 14 IV New York, . Btateraim. : 12 yrs ind : : November 22, 1373. 12,300 line. : The P.' indicates that he is a Protestant. In conclusion Mr. Donohue says that Mr. Tweed has always a kind word for everybody, both prisoners and keepers, and a better-loved prisoner is not on tho island. On the other hand, he insists that ho is surrounded by all the comforts that go to make life happy. He does nothing but what he pleases, and there are many men Mr. Donohue thinks, after his eighteen months' ex periencewho would readily exchange his freedom for such confinement as Mr. Tweed suffers. He goes where he pleases and returns when he pleases, and if he wished he could escape at any time, and wonld be absent for hours be fore he would be missed by the prison authorities. in general makes him comfortable. The furniture of the 44 dismal cell " that overlooks the river to the east is of French walnut. There is a cabinet washstand, a desk, and three or four chairs, all of the same handsome ma terial. The ordinary prison bed con sists of a straw mattress covered with one sheet. Mr. Tweed is forced to lie on a spring-bed with two hair mat tresses, a hair bolster, and two feather pillows. There is a patchwork quilt and a white counterpane. A green rep sofa, which whenaordered was found to be too large to be taken into his room, sianas iusc ouisiae ana serves as a con during a time of considerable pnblio square half-mile of ground, and formed excitement on the subject of his prison a living, squirming. " wlglln mas, urcr mire iocue uum uu - wo sn rsn. Wherever they camp vegetation is to tally destroTeu. . , t Give me the boy who rouse when ho is praise!, who profits when bans en couraged, and who cries when he is de feated. Such a boy will be, fired by ambition; he will be atnng by reproach, and animated by preference jj never shall I apprehend any bad conse quences from idleness in such a boy. Qulntillian. f A deposit of one dollar per we k in a savings bank will accumulate in five years to $300.31 ; in ten years, to 8703. 85; in twenty yesrs, tol,7iiS2 or nearly $2,000. How many parent, who never saved a cent, might have put by a dollar a week to give their child a good start in life on attaining twenty one years of age. m They tell of a landlord in Newport, R. L, who lately, wishing to get rid of a sick tenant, threw several pails of water npon the floor of a room alcove, and allowed it to run through upon the poor connumptive'a bed. Afterward, when the tenant had been removed, ho hoisted a flag npon the premise by way of rejoicing and to show his disregard of pnblio opinion. The tenant has since died. A good advertisement In a good newspaper is the best of all possible salesmen. It is a salesman who never sleeps, and ia never weary; who gos after business early and late ; who ac costs the merchant in his shop, the scholar in his atudy, the lawyer in his office, the lady at her tea table, who cn be seen in a thouiiand places at unco, and speaks to million of people evrry day, saying to each one thj best thing in the best manner. How to Find Water. M HaArpA V 1 a aw r fI.Hf.v-tf mab an iai . .1 uwiko suavji ui uuciii. fiaa tu nis ooots seepa ms room in order, and Hudson, the Mar says, a few days ago brandy and a moment's comforting with yenient seat to lounge upon. A seleo- the towel. He was ready and smiling again, for 44 round 3," and this time it was a fight in earnest, the dog worrying the man and the man dealing it terrible blows on tho ribs and on the head with those sledge-hammer fists, till in the end both the man's arms were bleeding, and a horribly cheerful business was going on behind 'the ropes at two to one on Physic. But let me make short work of the ensuing seven "rounds," which in some of their details were bo shock ing that more than once I would have left the place if I could. The company generally, however, were made of far less sensitive stuff. The more furious the ghastly fight, the keener was their relish for it, and in their excitement they leant over each others shoulders and over the ropes, and mouthed and snarled and uttered gutteral noises when a good hit or snap was made, just as the dog and the dwarf were doing. By the time , round ten was concluded the bulldog's head was swelled much beyond its accustomed size ; it had lost two teeth, and one 01 his eyes was en tion of standard books adorn the shelves of a commodious library, and the floor is nicely carpeted. On Sundays Mr. Tweed replaces the old afternoon siesta in his spacious stables with a First-day loaf in the coal yard. This is his invariable retreat when he wishes particularly to avoid visitors or exclude himself. He has learned to feel an affection for the place. Last Fourth of July he looked downcast, and his thoughts were evi dently of the times when he ruled the great city from which he heard the myriad sounds of rejoicing. In com pany with Keeper lUfferty he left the the hospital at nine o'clock, and, after having his breakfast, went to his old resting-place in the coal-yard. There he remained all day. Several visitors called on him, but when their cards were sent to his room an answer was returned that he was assisting the phy sician in an operation, and would not be at leisure during the day. He re turned to the prison about six p. m. and immediately retired. He did not make his appearance again until the next for the purpose of finding streams of water (if possible) on the Joel T. Simp son farm, this gentleman having re cently erected several dwelling houses on the farm, and being desirous of lo cating wells for the uee of his tenants. Mr. Macy brought to his 'aid the fork or two united branches of a peach tree, the ends of which he clanped tightly in each hand, and thus walked about the premises in search of water. When a stream was crossed the peach tree rod would bend forward until the butt was perpendicular, and when Mr. Macy took a step over the stream the end wonld quickly return to its original po sition. It was quite an interesting sight to us to see the rod work in Mr. Macy's hands, as it was the first time wo had ever seen this kind of mani festations. The gentleman informed us that he' had found hundreds of streams in various parts of this county and in the State by the use of this rod, and had never been disappointed with the result of his discoveries of streams of water, as in every case good wells had been secured. The rod .will not work in every person's hand ; indeed, there are but few who are gifted with sufficient electric action to have the rod designate where streams of water are located. Mr. Macy relates many in stances where he has been tented se verely, but in every case he has con vinced skeptics that they were not too eld to learn the fact that there are a great many mysterious things in the world, and that a simple peach tree possesses astonishing powers. I V -w m - I I rU vr l Fill r n ' nr 1)1 I II II U " I 1 II 1 1 wa. F" I v. . .A. K mm ..M. y-y . -f U ------ M V B ear and offering him Until you miorm me of the punishment rr-v V ;vi this is his usual hour of risin. Then partner for the "L.an- 1 am to receive l remain your hopeful r Tr. rr.TJT ' "w b rrw u non h- i1rAr,1 fci. Id you have said?' suitor, Satem Mott.' u "AVT , I would have said 44 Hello there, Bedford 1 What on ate wag to him. however, inl coal-yard on the west side of the woman s heart! He is earth is the matter t ion are ill I Ain tha hniuo frrh prison. Here he remains all day. only i a i i" i - 0 w ic . i - - Speak ! , Did she answer you?" gasped the young man, rising. 44 Answer ?" I shouted, 44 why, she is my wife, and new in my mother's arms." 44 O, heaven !" he cried, as his head fell to the desk. 44 It is all explained." 44 What is explained did yon know Miss Mitchell ? Speak out, James ; was she " 44 Yes, yes, she was ; but it is welL It is all explained. Do you think I and foaming with awful persistence of leaving it to go to dinner, fnrv Vmt Witn ArArt trrri th On a recent visit of the - j i - r dwarf dealt him a tremendous a tremendous blow un der the chin, and with sufficient effect that the dog was dashed against the wall, where, despite all its master could do for it, for the space of one minute it lay stilL and the wretch who had disgraced what as pect of humanity was in him was declared the victor. I shall have gone through that horrid spectacle to little purpose if any such tour- Grand Jury to the institution he remained in the hospital all day wearing his prison suit. After the Urand J nry had inspected the prison and had expressed their satisfac tion with all they saw they proceeded to the hospital. On entering several of the Grand Jurors who were acquainted wun xweea aavancea vo nam wim great cordiality and, in turn, grasped him by the hand. "How do yon do, Mr. Tweed ? they exclaimed ; 44 is there could have heard your story if yon had Mme&u future wagd at Hanley. anything we can do for you ? If there with spoken that name before ? 44 O, Bedford 1 she cannot have done wrong. It is a mistake." 44 No, no : it is no mistake. It is her sylph opened a pair of rare beauty, Alton ; her cousin Charles; her name ; no letter lor six weeks tsaiem, it is no mistaae. lou have a good girl ; a good girl,' he continued wrathfully. 44 bnt false as Satan false as Satan false false 1" He wept bitterly. I closed the door that there might be no stranger wit nesses to his agony. I was deeply moved. It was a cloud over my new .happiness. 44 Ah. he murmured, 44 that ' Vrtrt mAC him nnii Ht.ivwi him and and what else 1' 44 The cousin looked askance at her, and then glanced down the long room in silence. Finally she turned to the sylph and asked: 4 Danced with whom ? 44 Why, with our lonesome family prototype. Can you present him to me?' 44 4 Present him to youl cried the Cape Cod. Everybody knows, says a Boston pa per, where Cape Cod ends, but where it begins is almost as uncertain as the birthplace of Homer. The boundary line seems to be an ever-receding point. sandwich is commonly considered as constituting the line of demarcation. but arrived there yon will hear the people speak of going down to the Cape. At Barnstable the cry is still onward. Ihe best way is to press on to Prov ince town, and theie yon are certain of why having really reached Cape Cod. The is let us know, and we will see if it can be brought about. ' Product or Carbonic Acid, A French writer thus estimates the amount of carbonic acid annually thrown into the atmosphexe. He Calculates the yearly consumption of coal through out the world at 13,000.000 toss, con taining about 98,000,000 tons of carbon, which be asamnea is converted into 3oG.000.000 tons of carbonic acid. He calculates the other f uels and illumi nating substances to yield about one fifth of that from the coal, making in all about 427,000,000 tons annually, to which he adds a weight of gas no less than ten times greater, as the product of volcanic craters and fissurea, whence he says it pours in torrents. If we take into consideration the amount of oxy gen abstracted from the atmosphere by tne respiration oi animais, ana auo mat which goes to form the caxbonie acid above mentioned, it wonld certainly seem that in parts containing little or no vegetation we ought all to be poi soned. Fortunately, however, we have He replied that he was getting along winds and plenty of planU to dispose he murmured, " that is m w a s si i a mm w .is ' o a . i cousin. ' l am perplexed Dy what yon tne wedding day was put cn nnui win- beautiful tuy in which the village ox say. I -saw you dancing with him as I ter. That is why no letters have come. 1 Mash pee is situated affords excellent Cousin Nell, and what think yon she graciously as though yon had known I It will kill me ! Mott, you are innocent J facilities for sailing. It is here that said ?' him for years. of my murder. I know you are, but " I the Crosby brothers build their famous 44 Can't cuess.' said I. 44 4 Oh. don't pester me. replied "Be calm. James; be quiet a mo- pleasure boats, and they or others' 44 4 That's just like you. She said if sylph, shrugging her matchless shout- ment, for there may be some dreadful skilled in sailing are always on hand. to I you ran away from us again she would der. 4 Come dear, don't bother me. I mistake." accompany you on excursions. Cotuit get this man to go home and play off a do want to know him so much indeed 44 No, no 1 I'm ruined, ruined, Go is on the bay, a few miles off a pleasant trick on your relatives. ThiLk ox that I do I leave me alone." onoe, and come to your sens as.' . 41 'Why, my cousin darling, I am Quicker than a flash of lightning a well as could be expected, but was very much obliged for their kind offer and for the interest they expressed in his welfare. He receives the evening papers about seven o'clock, and spends a couple of hours in their perusal, after which he retires. He occupies a great deal of his time in writing. Alter he has writ ten several pages he often destroys them. He seems to be very cautions that nobody shall see what he has writ ten. This extreme caution has attracted the attention of all who have seen him at work. ox lax more calculated. carbonic acid than is here Kar Tiews or Frttr Ylllare, The Cvnjrrgationalitl contains an editorial article treating a peculiarity ot American villages. People who travel much by railroad are in the habit of asserting that 44 country towns are all back-yard." The ConyrtyatlonalUl savs : It used to be the habit in the coun try, when paint was dearer than, it is now, and the ways of the people were more thoughtful as to petty expenditure, to paint the back sids of the house if it were not left wholly untouched by the brush red, when the front abd the ends were white, because red was a less costly color than white and laated longtr. Take the prettieat and tx-t kept tillages of New England, and we doubt if a tenth part of even the most pretentions mansions, and the moat ornate cottages, will bear etaralftation in the rear. Instead -of brlnr nic ly finished in all their petty dome Us de tails and convenience), and kept snug and trim, with trim grapIota ; with all the subordinate aveeoes and garden approaches well (rrawled, clean wept and free of refuse' and every th xv g wholesome and orderly, these ia apt to be a look of general nntidinet, aa if all the residual rubbish of years had been dumped therein. Not' tit fre quently a railroad runs its tracks in such a manner as to expoae the rear of plenty of house to the 3 e of the trav eler over it whre aenae of xieatnc ia offended by square rods of back-yard lumbered up with every c&norivaMe variety of second-hind, damaged, and Invalided articles known to dometio use, from a horsecart diaabled by bro ken thills and wrecked wheels to the ghost of tho baby carriage which sur vives two gene rau.vj. of children; in ter peraed with n.aned crockery, rutty and condemned tinware, old boots, sar dine boxes, diaabled junk bottles, hoop skLts which wonld have outlived all uaef ulness if they had ever had any, chips, burdock, mullein, ashes, half- burned lump of watted coal, and all imaginable litter, trash, debrit and dirt. Were tho traveler to alight at the next station and take a carriage to any one of these habitations, he would doubtless be charmed with the ceatnet a of the front approaches, ana1 tho 44 on exhibition portiona of these very homes, the a'atterniineea of whose por tion not thus conaaousij on public view had just disgusted him. Floored. A religious society in one of tho towns in Connecticut wss afflicted, as many other societies have been and are, inasmuch aa the pw owners had a real estate xlght in the property. Some of them would not give np their right, nor sell it, nor consent to any action bj tho pariah which could be legally resisted. Hero wss a case of tyranny. In a free What it is that ha is engaged I republic oligarchy ruled the majority. on can only bo imagined. It is poaii-1 But invention is the offspring of neces ble that this particular action is merely I sity. and Connecticut is its home. At vj a v a a oo I a a. . m ii . t . a village, where several gentlemen summer residences. have a peculiarity in the transaction of his business. When he first came to tho prison he was seen to destroy a great many letters. These were not care lessly thrown into the stove, bnt burnt separately, with tho greatest care, Tho a parish meeting of the society it was voted to floor over the tops of the pews and build anew. The real estate re mained peaceably intact below, and the unyielding owners feund themselves literally Zoorcd. A Desperate Art, A stone ginger-beer bottle, loaded with gunpowder and sails, and with a lighted fusee attached, was thrown lately into tho bedroom of five brick makers in a lodging-house at Miles Platting, near Manchester, c gland. A loud explosion followed, tho force of which threw two men out of bed. The bed, which was overturned, wss set on fire, bnt the rimes were soon put out. Tho only lodger injured was a lad named Iidnea, who wss rather badly scorched, The five men who were in tho room sre brickmakers employed in turning out machine-made bricks under a contract for tho Lancashire and York shire Bailroad Company, and their doing so is known to have given great offense to the hand brickmakers in th neighborhood.