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1 RANKLIN URIER GTSO. S. BAKEB, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS : S2.00 per Annum. VOL. III. LOUISBUEG, K C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 i8?4. ftO. 50. V Co Before ihe IUIu. Wo kr- it wouM rain, for all the mora Ah.- it o.i hlender ropen of mifet Was y firing tho goMen buckets down Into tho vapory orcethyet, Of msn-bes anl Hirarnpn andiaiamal fons, Scorching tho dew that lay u tho flowers, Dipping the jwfti. ,- of the eca n ....... J ' a w i-priHKie tnrrt ar the Jan.! oul(l lain, for tho poplars in hhowers. We knew it J Tlw white of their loavofl, the amber grain Wimt.k m tho wind- tho lightning now Ih tangled in trimulou wkeinn of rain ! THE TELEGRAPHISTS' REVE6E. f FROM THE GERMAN), Thero were eight of us belonging to the telegraph department of the German army, and wo had had another long and hard day's journey. At a little be loro midnight wo arrived, with our two vngoris, at a pretty little town near Le Mans. As wo reached tho outskirts of the pince, thf! courier we had cent ahead met us with the billets for our quarters. Ah ho handed them to us his face as sumed an expression that I knew only too well how to interpret. " Onr quarters are none of the best. eh ?" I asked. ."Them have been some Bavarians hero for a whole week," was his laconic reply, which paid quite enough. It was ojny wneu they found a very great .nuundttucH and their stav was verv Rhorfc tht our blue-coated allies left anvthinc . i . . wiiimi morn. W t il, our billetp, in our respective judgments?, promised very little. I, for example, was sent to the house of a lineti-veaver. Now, at the mere men tion of tho word linen-weaver, a ieel i -. iug oi j i linger ana misery comes over me, probably on account of my having, in my boyhood, so often sung the song or "The Weaver of Silesia." Tho others, being no better pleased with their billets than 1 was with mine, readilj' acceded to my proposition (to go to a hotel and pass the night at our own expense. mi m iiio man nau arrived only a day or two previously, and consequently we nil had money; not much, 'tis true, but enougu to pay our reckoning lor a night ut least. The house to which we were directed was called Tho Shark." If the name was somewhat ominous, we consoled ourselves with the thought, or rather the recollection, that,in the olden time, on a certain occasion, a very distinguished person found himself very comfortable in u fish's belly. The landlord, when our troop enter ed liii house, made an awfully wry iaoo ; when, however, ho learned that wo had not been quartered upon him, but came ns paying guests, his physi ognomy assumed an entirely different expression. We Germans, despite the hatred of the French for ns, had a good reputation among the landlords ; and I nm convinced that, if countrymen of the proprietor of The Shark had pre sented themselves, he would not have been so well pleased as he was with us. But his suave manner did not please us. Thero was something too fox-like . in his physiognomy. While the tongue of the little man was giving utterances to polito phrases, his little, sharp, dark eyes seemed to say, 41 If I only had the gold in my pocket, you might go to the deuce, for all I care !" Such-like landlords were not new to us, and consequently the contradictory expression of his words and his mien gave us no uneasiness. He could in dulgo in any grimaces he pleased, pro vided his larder was well tilled and his wino was cood. The man knew his business, that no one could deny. He ran oyer the list of his culinary delicacies with wonder ful volubility, and praised his wines with an eloqnence that even a Geneva Calvinist would have found it difficult to resist. As for the former, they tasted very liko the remnants of a din ner warmed over ; and, as for the latter, . . . -. . i i i:t II J- 1 it had certainly ueen nuerawy wmcicu little town of dear remembrance, which Tve reached about nightfall and where we were to spend the night. We re- puriu ourselves at tne commissary bureau, where I had the good fortune to and a good-Latured asquaintance in the officer in charge. In tho course of conversation. I told him how I and my wuiFmuuo uuvx un robbed by The Shark proprietor a few days previously. I know the fellnw " xnere nave alreadv been a cood m&nv complaints about him : but I have de termined to send him as ihahv of billets as 1 can with any show of jus tice ; in that way one can, perhaps, get even with the rascal." "Ah, an excellent idea!" I cried. " Send me and my comrades to him that is, if you can." "Why not? Eight men ves. cer tainly I can send you to him. The fel low is rich ; the other houses are full, and he has only three or four Bavari ans. Yes, I'll send you to him for tonight." Fifteen minutes later our watrondrew up before tne door of The Shark. On tho way I had unfolded a little plan to my companions, with which they were delighted. When our worthy host saw us he was radiant with delight, and his satisfac tion was apparently increased when we excused ourselves for troubling him again so soon, and begged that he would have our tired horses well at tended to. Oh, you are very welcome, gentle men, he replied, rubbing his hands with a sort of satanic glee. " You do my little house great honor 1" (" Here I have tho eight dunces again," he thought to himself.) We made ourselves'as comfortable as possible, and, in our endeavors in this direction, we were ably seconded by our host. When he asked us how many rooms we wished, we modestly replied that we were by no means particular how many we had ; whereupon he has tened to allot to our occupancy eight rooms in a row, up two nights of stairs, which, he assured us, were as comfort able as any rooms in his house, and I have no doubt that, in making the statement, ho was not very wide of the truth. Of ordering our supper, we made equally light work, leaving the selection of the bill-of-fare entirely to him. Yes, we even went so far in evinc ing our confidence in his judgment and discretion as to allow him to select our wine for us. "Perhaps I shall put a bottle of champagne on ice ? he suggested. " I hope Messieurs les Prussiens found mv wino to their taste the other evening." Power of the Eye, Qctiiey has cot a new do, savs Mar Adler, and I am sorry to say that he is exceedingly vicious ; indeed, that very few of the neighbors hate courage enough td enter Cooler's yard. Judge Jc'itman, however, had to go in there the other day for the purpose of collecting a bill, and he told me that he wasn t a particle afraid, because he possessed, the power of holding a wild animii witn nis eyes, wnen ne looked straight into the eyes of a dog the brute quailed before his glance, and slunk away. He said it proved the su periority of a human being with a soul and a resolute will to the mere brute creation. So he opened the gate and went in. Cooley's dog heard him com ing, and immediately flew to meet him. The Judge fixed his eye on the animal for the purpose of holding itt but the dog didn't seem to notice the circum stance. But still the Judge looked, and still the dog came on. Then it seemed to occur to the Judge that per haps his kind of an eye might not hold this kind of a dog, and he suddenly moved toward the apple-tree, with the dog close behind him. He became panic-stricken, and made a furious ef fort to climb up the trunk. He had just reached the first limb when the dog arrived, and made a snap at him. The dog's teeth caught in the lower part of the Judge's trouser-leg, and as it is a bull-dog, he held on ; while the Judge lay across the limb on his stomach, out of breath, frightened and uncertain what to do. If he dropped, the dog would certainly eat him ; if he climbed further up, we would have to take tne dog with him. He had just made up his mind to stay where he was while his strength lasted, when he thought he heard the limb cracking, and then he yelled for help. Then Cooley came out, and after making the Judge promise to take 20 per cent, dis count off of the bill, he pried open the dog's jaws with the kitchen poker, and dragged him into the stable. The J udge came down, hot, breathless and mad ; and he has said to me since, pri vately, that the next time he wants to hold a dog with his eye he will impale him on a hay fork first. That is a safe way, anyhow. ex- Reproof of Foppery. Dean Swift was a great enemy to travagance in dress, and particularly to that destructive ostentation in the mid dle classes which led them to make their appearance above their condition in life. Of his mode of reproving those persons for whom ice, l replied. "Perhaps three, messieurs." "Four if you like." "Bon, let us say six." " You are very kind, monsieur." " My duty, my duty ! I think I know what is due to such guests as you are, gentlemen." And so we continued to compliment each other until our jaws were busy with supper, which, thanks to the gen erosity of our host, was truly Lucullian in its character. Our host watched our glasses with Argus-eyes, and hardly were they empty when the waiters, in obedience to his wink, filled them again ; this we gave him an opportunity to do very fre quently, especially when he brought on the champagne, which, to do the Shark justice, 1 1 confess was very good, and, unlike hia. claret, had not been watered we swaqowea witn neroic courage whatever was set before us and it is astonishing what eight healthy, willing fellows can accomplish in this direction under proper encouragement, after a hard day's march, especially if they have been on plain fare for a few days. We repeated lyd rank the Shark s health, an honor the significance of which he was destined not to learn until the next morning. Finally, at a late hour, with. heavy heads and limber knees, leaving a formidable battery of empty bottles behind us, we retired to sleep the sleep of the avengers. The next morning, bright and early, late as it was wnen we went to our But our stomachs had not been cloyed beds, we were all assembled round the nersona for whom ho hurl nnv " If you choose, you may put two on esteem, the following instance has been recorded : When George Faulkner, the printer, returned from London, where he had been soliciting subscriptions for his edition of the Dean's works, he went to pay his respects to him, dressed in a lace waistcoat, a bag wig, and other fopperies. Swift received him with the same ceremony as if he had been a stranger. And pray, sir, what are your com mands with me ?" said he. " I thought it was my duty, sir," replied George. " to wait upon you immediately upon my arrival from London." " Pray, sir, who are you ?" " George Faulkner, printer." " You George Faulkner, the printer? Why, you are the most im pudent, barefaced scoundrel of any fellow I ever met with 1 George Faulk ner is a plain, sober citizen, and would never trick himself out in lace and other fopperies. Get you gone, yom rascal, or I will immediately send you to the House of Correction." Away went George, as fast as he could, and having changed his dress, returned to the deanery, where he was received with the greatest cordiality. "My friend George," said the dean, cordially, " I am glad to see you return safe from London. Why, here has been an impudent fellow with me just now, dressed in a lace waistcoat, and he would fain pass himself off for you, but I soon sent him off with a flea in his ear." Preparing: Fish for Winter. It is estimated that at present there Orphan Asylum Tortures. An investigation of the stories of tor ture in the Orphan's Home at Wormels dorf, near .Reading, Perm., confirms their truth. Boys of six or eight years old were kept shoveling coal until too tired to continue, and then whipped for stopping. In bitter weather they were kept standing barefooted until their feet were frosen. James E. More, agent at the railroad station, among other incidents related the following : The superintendent, accompanied by one of the orphan boys, came to the station for some freight. The boy drove tho horses, and the animals back ed pretty hard against the freight house, as horses sometimes do even with the best driver. Ferryman said to the boy "Don't jerk the horse so ;" the little fellow simply replied " I didn't jerk them." when Ferryman said in an excited manner " Don't call me a liar," jumped on the wagon and with his fist struck Ihe boy so violently in the face that the blood gushed from his mouth and nose. One of the little fellows remarked that he had been kicked in the side so severely that the blood came. To the question "Is there any truth in the statement that Mr. Al bright cut the finger-ends of any of the boys?" the reply was "It is true." " Well, how did he do it ?" Here one of the boys took a knife and showed how it was done, by cutting the tips of the fingers in one direction and then cutting crosswise at right angles. A physician remarked ." That was a hor rible punishment, as the finger-ends are very sensitive, as you may well think," for the blind read by the touch of their fingers, and a person can feel the slight est particle upon which the fingers may rest. In January last a boy named John Lang left the Orphan's Home and walked to Philadelphia, where his mother is living. The constable at Wormelsdorf was sent after the boy, and when he met the mother she stated that she had secured a situation for her child in a factory, and begged the con stable, with tears in her eyes, not to take her little son away irom her ; that he had come to her with ragged cloth ing and torn shoes, and his back and legs black and blue from the brutal whippings, and she would rather see him starve at home than to be taken back and be so terribly abused at the Orphan's Home. The constable was mobbed while on his way to the depot, and the little boy taken from him. He then secured tbe services of a Phila delphia policeman, who went with him and explained to Mrs. Land that there was no use resisting the officers of the law, as the boy would have to be taken back to Wormelsdorf. The little fel low was then given up to the officers and brought back to the Orphan's Home. These are but specimens of what is being brought out by an official inquiry now in progress. The testimony brought out the fact that the children were . choked with nooses for punishment, kept lashed in boxes for hours ; and that the teachers were profane and brutal. Four of the teachers are under arrest. FRENCH BALLOOXISU. Fashion Chit-Chat. All things have their day and fash ions coma and go with meteor-like ra pidity. Thus the long black lace scarfs with out which a lady would hare considered the perilous balloon ascent from Calais her toilet incomplete last season have have been rescued in the North Sea. now beoome too comfilen to be worn by An rno nf ihft Rttrantiva features of a the roallv fashionable. Thev ate re public fete given at Calais that day, it placed by lace collarettes composed An AMent from CaUli and a Plnng In the Itorth Sea M. Dmi-onf Ilutorjr ot a Pai-lloua Vayaft-e. M. Duiuof and his wife, who made was announced tnat tne adventurous aeronaut and his wife would go up in their balloon, the Tricolor, and if the wind was favorable they proposed to make an aerial voyage over the Channel and land in England. The wind was squally, and moreover blew in the wrong direction. With a southeasterly current the attempt would have been made, but it blew variously south and southwest, and the only prospect be fore the voyagers was a descent in the German Ocean, unless they could reach the distant shores of Denmark or Nor way. The authorities forbade the as cent, but part of the crowd, disappoint ed of the sensational episode of the day's amusement, taunted Duruof with cowardice, and, stung by their taunts, he and his wife made the desperate effort to carry out their engagement, and Le Tricolor was seen rising into the clocus just as night was closing in, and drifing over the Ptraits of Dover toward the open sea. So it continued to drift for ten hours. when the gas being partly exhausted it still prettier zouave jacket is composed generally of thread or Maltese lace made on a silk foundation. The latest style of linen cuffs are trimmed with a double box-pleated ruf fle at the wrist. Collars to match hare the ruffle only at th back and turned down corners in front. Ruffles of crept lisie are much used for evening wear. 'but the high stand ing f raise of silk and muslin is very little seen. Pretty ornaments for the neck and wrists are jabot of Maltese lace, with colored ribbon loops between the full ing and corresponding sleve pieces. Black lace capes are worn small and without ends. They are usually of thread lace or guipure. The little tight-flttitg black lace jackets are likely to supersede them. Very pretty jackets are made in the zouave shape of small puffings of white Swiss muslin, divided by rows of nee dlework embroidery. These jackets have no sleeves and are intended for evening wear over high' silk waists. A fell into the North Sea. Then they saw and were seen by a Grimsby fishing smack ; the crew hastened to their rescue, pursued -the car. which dipped into and rose out of of alternate rows of blue brocaded rib bon and white Maltese lace insertion. Some of the newest evening dresses from Paris have tabliers of satin! in three pieces, each piece fringed and the water like a flyiag-fish, and finally, looped back to form a sash. The wai6t nas sua sieeves, wiin aeep aaun cuns, and satin folds and bows trim the front. A pale mauve satin made in this way over a black silk looks very handsome. Birds are more used in hats than ever, but wings are preferred for bonnets ; they are usually placed near the face. Fans are of white or very slightly tinted satin, with ivory and mother-of- pearl handles. Clusters of flowers worked in lace are placed on the satin with good effect. Very elegant fans for evening wear are tipped with mara bout feathers. Stylish walking dresses are made of coarse, thich Irish frieze, trimmed with bark silk bands and bows down the front : sometimes the waist has a silk vest. Very little lur naturally is seen on the fall jackets. They are nearly all of black cashmere, beaded and braided, long in the front and short at the back. Few bonnets are entirely self-colored. They are usually made of dark velvet trimmed with a lighter shade of silk. Black bonnets have a great deal of jet and a good many ostrich tips on them. There has been a great change in buttons since last winter. They are now as plain as they were then elabo rate. Those which are worn on woolen walking dresses are frequently of plain black or brown bone. Oxidized silver buttons are seen on dark cloth American Religious Statistics. with luxuries of late, and, especially for tho last three or four days, our fare had been so very plain, that wo found the supper The Shark landlord set be foro us very palatable. Although we had had a hard day, we were, neverthe less, in a convivial mood, and, after our host had persuaded us to take ono bot- tin nf phamrmerne. ho did not find it difficult to persuade us to take a second, a third, and a fourth. So we sat drink ing and merry-making until three o'clock in tho morning, when we sud- detilv brolio ui and hastened to our j .beds. At six o'clock wo were all assembled nomn n nm ml the table, busy witli our coffee, wheu the Shark appeared, and, with one of his friendliest grimaces, banded me our reckoning. Good Heavens ! I thonght I should sink to the earth when I glanced at the TMimr ! Kne.li imposition 1 had never j i - - . - before witnessed. "Two hundred and thirty-three francs !" I cried ; " that is impossible 1 it cannot bo !' " Si, si, monsieur.it is quite correct," nnsvured the Shaik, blandly. "Mon Dieu ! Messieurs les Prussieng have ttiiuloi eve rv .thine so dear with U3 in Franco what can we do ?" ' Tho ra?cal !" I thought, and told my comrades what the fellow demand ed of us. Tiny, very naturally, were not less i net used than I was ; but what could we do? There was no time to enter into a discussion, for our wagons were already waiting at the door; so we emptied our purses, and, witli Muh iind Xoth." inado up the sum the villain demanded, which be pocket ed with ft nonchalance that clearly Rhowed it was not the first time he had preyed upon the unwary. We went our way, all feeling very savage, I particularly, for it was my fault, if anybody's, that we had lalkn into the jaws of the. monster. - I had no expectation of ever seeing the littio town or The Shark landlord again ; but Providence willed that it should be otherwise, and kindly gave me an opportunity to be fully avenged. Nine days later we were ordered to repair a short connecting-line near Le Mans, Again we took the road to the table enioving our care au lait, and in all the better humor in consequence f the success of our little plot. It was with a sort of triumphant satisfaction that I 'watched our host, as we drank our coffee, making a copy of what bo an interminable account-book a big list of before seemed to entries in him. Now he is slaughtering us," I whispered to my comrades, just as one of our drivers, a stalwart Pomeranian, presented himself at the door, and cried out, " The wagons are ready, gentlemen J" Before our landlord could recover from hia astonishment, we were out of his house and in our seats. But he was close upon us with his bill, which could have been measured witn a yara-sucfi. I glaneed at the sum. It was, as we intended it should bo, larger than the previous one. " W hat is it you wish ? ' 1 asked witn all the naivete I could command. " The amount of my little bill, mes- sieur8, il you please, repeated me Shark, in his blandest tone. "lour bill ! how? why. we were quartered with you.'' " Eh ! wh what ! qua quartered with me ?"- he stammered, and at each syllable his under iaw fell lower and lower. " Certainly ! Is it possible that I forgot last evening to give you our bil let? Why. here it is now!" and '. drew the document from my pocket and handed it to him. " I beg a thousand pardons, mon cher monsieur Driver, go on ! . And away, we drove, laughing heart ily. The Shark, however, did not seem to relish the joke. As long as we were in sight he stood still, " with murder in his mien," looking now at us, and now at his " little bill." We, however, for the thousandth time, struck up our favorite song, which rang out merrily on tne morning air : " Lieb Vaterland. magst ruhig eein. Feet fcteht and treu die Wacht am Rhein. Does anybody doubt that the land lord of The Shark looked after the Quartierbilkte a little more closely after this adventure? .Probably not are stored in New York city about 250, 000 pounds of valuable fish in a frozen state for next winter. These stores will not be touched while freshly caught fish can be brought to market. Terra pin is one of the luxuries of the table. Those who catch them have to hunt for hem as far south as Galveston, and Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C, urnish supplies, and some very fine errapin are caught in the Chesapeake Bay, and are eagerly purchased at Bal- lmore, where they have been sold as high as $15 per dozen. In order to get anything like a supply for the New York market, a leading wholesale fish dealer found it necessary, several years ago, to lay in a stock during the sum mer, at which time, in consequence of heir voracity, the terrapin are more easily caught. As it is necessary to preserve the terrapin alive, he caused a large pen to be constructed on the shore of Pleasure Bay. near Loner Branch, about 100 feet Equare, con structed with a fence of planking 8 inches wide, 2J inches thick, and of or dinary length. The bottom and shore was artificially constructed so as to give it a gradual slope, and the shore was made of white sea sand, while the bed of the pen was composed of ordinary I sea mud and sand. Here for three or four years past the fish dealer stored his terrapin, sometimes having as many as 10,000 terrapin in the pen at one time. As the food they appear most to enjoy can be easily had, the cost of maintaining the pens is small ; while the revenue, should the scheme prove moderately successful, will be very great, as even good fat terrapin bring in this market from 3 to $15 per dozen. The most systematic method of put ting an end to one's existence occurred at West Troy, N. Y. A man fifty years of age, Martin Supple, by name, left his wife and children one evening, re tired to a bedroom, took an old gun, loaded it with a double charge, placed the stock in a vice, pulled off his shoe and stocking, tied the string to the trigger of the gun, made a loop which he inserted in his big toe, aimed the gun at his heart, pressed his toe down wards, and went into eternity. Americans cannot but read with in terest the statements circulated in Eu rope as to the increase of religious bodies in the United States according to the census of 1870, 1860 and 1850. The Methodists count 21,000, 19,000 and 13,000 churches, in round numbers, severally, at each of these dates, thus showing an increase of eight-thirteenths in twenty years. The Baptists count 13,000,' 12,000 and 9,000, er a gain of four-ninths. The Presbyterians, 7,000, 6,000 and nearly 5,000, or a gain of about two-fifths. The Roman Catho lics number 3,800, 2,500 and 1,200 churches at the three dates, or a gain of twenty-six twelfths. The Christian Connection (Union Baptists) number 2,800, 2,200 and 800, or a gain of twenty-eighths, a remarkable increase. The Lutherans count 2,700, 2,100 1,200 churches, or a gain of fifteen-twelfths. The Congregationalists return 2,700, 2,100, 1,700, or a gain of ten-seventeenths. The Protestant Episcopalians 2,600, 2,100, 1,400 churches, or a gain of eleven-thirds, an increase to be ex plained partly by their missionai movements at the West, or perhaps by confounding German Reformed with Dutch Reformed churches. The Quakers, 600, 700 and 700, a de cline of about one-seventh. The Universalists, 60r 66, 53, a gain of about one-seventh, which may be wrongly reported. The Unitarians, 310, 264, 245 churches, a gain of 65 churches or a gain of about one- quar ter. The Mormons are reported at 171, 24 and 16, a gain of more than ten-fold, and the Jews at 152, 77 and 36 syna gogues, or an increase of more than fourfold. We have not taken these figures directly from the census, but from the official tablea of a leading Eu ropean Year Book, and we have only calculated the average increase of each denomination. According to this state ment the Roman Catholics have gained more, relatively, than any other leading denomination, having more than tripled their churches in twenty years. Next to them come the Lutherans, who have more than doubled, and next come the Episcopalians, who have nearly doubled their number of churches since 1850. after a chase of two hours, saved the half -drowned aeronaut and his wife in the middle of the North Sea, some 170 miles from the Spurr Lighthouse. According to these data it would seem that the balloon had traveled about three hundred miles in a direct line, its rate being between twenty-five and thirty miles an hour, or about twice the average horizontal motion of the air. Subjoined we publish facts taken from M. Duruof's narration of his voy age and rescue : The balloon went up amid the accla mation of the crowd, and for the space of 327 yards went in a northerly direc tion ; but upon attaining that height our course changed to the northeast, and shortly afterwards we saw the French and English lighthouses at sea, and we seemed to be going more to ward England than toward France. There were no vessels to be seen at sea, and night was coming on. I ielt that, in case I should be obliged to make a long voyage, I must economize my bal last, and I decided to pass the night watching the extremity cf the rope, which was seventy-six yards long, and every time the rope touched the water I threw out a very small quantity of ballast. At fonr a. m., just before sun rise, I threw all the light ballast out, and I discovered that during the night I had been driven in a northeasterly di rection. Not knowing the distance 1 was from tho nearest land, and fearful of being driven by another current to the northward, I resolved to try to lower m j self to a vessel. I manoeuvred so ' as to get down, and toward five o'clock I succeeded. The lower cur rent of the Wind was blowing north west. It is impossible to describe my extreme thirst. The sea was very rough. Without any fear I opened the valve, and descended until the ropes were trailing in the water, and in an in stant we were past a vessel. At seven o'clock we again sighted the smack on the horizon, and saw that she was pur suing ub, and by degrees we noticed that she came closer to us. The cold was very severe, and our limbs were becoming benumbed, our strength was failing us, and the hope of being over taken by the smack was the only thing that gave strength to our arms to hold on. My wife's limbs were benumbed, and at eaoh jerk of the balloon she be came weaker and weaker. The smack continued to approach us. I pointed it out to my wife, and it renewed her courage. I saw the danger they were in. and 1 beean to cut tne ropes tnai trailed from the balloon. I had cut the greater part of them, when I was dashed against the boat, and I let my self fall into it. I, like my wife, lay helpless in the bottom of the boat. The men then let go the ropes of the car, and the balloon started off with a mighty speed toward Norway. The boat returned to the smack. We were put on board and taken into the cabin, where a good fire did not fail to bring us round. Mark titaix9 xeit plat. Ttaa Glided A(vA 8ropU mt t Plat Mark Twain has taken a hand at play writing, and "The Qildd Age" ia the result. The plot deals with a fam ily, the Hawkinses, who have emigrated from East Tennessee to Missouri, in obedience to the advice of Colonel Sel ler, a visionary Southern gentleman with a very Urge heart, an active brain, and a sanguis disposition, but without any money or any practical executive aDiuiy. . The play opens with a scene snowing: the Hawkins family in the new country discussing their prospect and p!n. Si Hawkins, the head of this family, has two children, Lafayette and Emily, and an adopted son and daughter, Clay and Laura. The other members of hia family are Mrs. Si Hawkins and an old Uncle Dan!. The act deals entirely with the domettic affair of this family. Colonel Sellers has in vested a large portion oi Di iiawains s money in a new steamboat wnien is ex pected up the river momentarily, na Laura has a'lover in the person of Col onel Selby, an ex-rebel officer. The act closes with the approach of the steam er, which is soen to be racing with an other boat. For a few moments the in terest of the party is entirely engrossed in the spead of the vessels, and Colonel Sellers becomes inordinately enthusi astic about his investment. Suddenly the favorite explodes, and the curtain falls upon a scene of oonsUrnation. Nothing, however, can discourage the hopeful and enthusiastic Seller. , He sees a fortune in mules, in hogs, in land improvements, and devises magni ficent schemes involving millyns. Hawkins, involved and almost desti tute, struggles on hopefully. And Laura is discovered to be tbe wife of Colonel Selby, secretly, married. The arrival of her brother Clv exposes Selby's real character. He already has a wife in New Orleans. The discovery of this secret and its attendant misciy end the second act. We then have an episodical scene ia Colonel Sellers' house.a eceno of in finite character and humor. The place is shabbily furnished, indicating the proprietor s poverty. The rickety stove has a lighted candle in it,doing illusive service for a fire, and the broken door is propped up with a poker. In the midst of this distress, Colonel Sellers preserves his grandiose hopefulness aud his show of pecuniary ability. His hospitality is boundless, though tlwro is nothing in the house to eat. His plans are princely, but he is without a cent. Clay Hawkins has called ujon him in tho interest of the family, and his practical, doubting disposition comes out in strong contrast with the effusive and visionary character of his host. He knocks down the poker and exposes the candle. Bui the Colonel is equal to the emergency, and explains the circumstance away with easy ex travagance. He even invites Clay to polo- dinner, and Mrs. Sellers announces that naises. there is nothing in the bouse but raw A new fabric, with open work stripe, turnips and water. The gracious in is called Goaly. It will be worn over genuity of Sellers at this discovery is dresses, made up into over- evening skirts. Some eleeves are puffed from top to bottom ; others are the straight coat sleeve, with deep cuff. t A Lucid Charge. If the jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff and defendant were partners in the grocery, and that the plaintiff bought out the defendant, and that the defendant paid note by deliv ering to the plaintiff a cow, which he warranted not breachy ; and the war rantee was broken by reason of the breachiness of the cow, and he drove the cow and tendered her to the de fendant, but he. refused to receive her, and the defendant took her home again, and put a heavy yoke upon her to pre vent her jumping fences, and by reason of her yoke she broke her neck and died ; and if the jury believe that the defendant's interest in the grocery was worth anything, the plaintiff's note worthless and the cow good for noth ing, either for beef or milk, then the jury must find out for themselves how they will decide this -case, for the court, if she understands herself, and she thinks she does, don't know how such a case should be decided. A Miraculous Escape. William Baum, son of David Baum, of East Brandy wine township. Pa., de scended to the bottom of a thirty-five feet well on the premises of Mr. Baum, to get an axe which had fallen in, there being but eight inches of water in it. When within one foot of the bottom the wall began to cave in. A man at the top looked down, only to see a mass of stone settling down and "literally squashing" the pump stalk, which was a cucumber one. After the noise had ceased, he called to the young man to know if he was living, to which the young man replied, ' Yes, I'm alive, and not much hurt." The man at the top of the well gave the ahum, and by that time the young man's father was seen coming. When help arrived they had not the proper machinery for re moving the 6tone. Messengers were dispatched to secure windlass and well buckets a distance of one and a half miles. While they were gone, those who were there removed several fett of stone by hand. After the machinery came, and while removing stone, the young, man called to them that he had given up all hope of being rescued. The men encouraged him, and after five and a half hours of terrible labor, dur ing which time 200 windlass buckets of stone were taken out, he was xouna partially wedged among the stone, nearly frozen. Great was the joy and surprise of those at the top when the tidings reached them that Wilmer had sustained no serious injury. The Chicken In he Efff.i 1 The hen has scarcely set on her eggs twelve hours before some lineaments of the head and body of the chicken ap pear. The heart may be seen to beat at the end of the second day ; it has at that time somewhat the form of a horse shoe, but no blood yet appears. At the end of two days two vessels of blood are tbe distinguished, the pul sation of which is visible one of these is the left ventricle, and the other the roof of the great artery. At the fifti eth hour one auricle of the heart ap pears, resembling a noose folded down upon itself. The beating of the heart is first observed in the auricle, and af terwards in the ventricle. At the end of seventy hours tho wings are distin guishable ; and on the head two bub bles are seen for the brain, one fer the bill, and two for the fore and hind part of the head. Towards the endtot the fourth day, the two auricles already visible draw nearer to the heart than before. The liver appears towards the fifth day. At the end cf seven hours more, the lungs and the stomach be comes visible, and four hours after wards the intestines, loins, and the upper jaw. At the one hundred and forty-fourth hour, two ventricles are visible, and two drops of blood instead of the single one which was seen be fore. The seventh day, the brain be gins to have some consistency. At the one hundred and nineteenth hour of incubation, the bill opens, and the flesh appears in the breast. In four hours more, the breast-bone is seen. In six hours after this, the ribs appear, form ing from the back, and the bill is very visible, as well aa the gall-bladder. The bill becomes green at the end of two hundred and thirty-six hours ; and if the chicken be taken out of its cover ing, it evidently moves itself. At the two hundred and sixty-fourth hour, the eyes appear. At the two hundred and eighty-eighth, the ribs are -perfect. At the three hundred and thirty-first, the spleen draws near the stomacU, and the lungs to the chest. At the end of three hundred and fifty-five hours, the bill frequently opens and shuts ; at the end of the eighteenth lay, the first cry of the chicken, ia heard. It afterward gets more strength and grows continually. till at length it is enabled to set ita!f free from its confinement. Sturm' Refection inimitable. Oh, never mind," he exclaims, "raw turnips and water will do, if it's a good article of water. But provide the best Provide the best the market affords, Polly, It's a close place, but cheer up, girl, cheer up. Providence will tide us over the scrape somehow. Don't let us weaken on Providence, sweetheart. We always dine simply on Thurs days," he says to .Clay, aa they sit down. " But it's a healthy diet. Let me tell you, Clay, things are working pretty bright now. The air is full of money, I wouldn't take three fortunes for one little operation I've got ou hand now. "Anything from the casters? No? You're right, perfectly right. Borne people prefer mustard with turnips, but I take them plain. None of your embellishments for Mulberry Sellers. High living kills our beet men. Take some more water. How does the fruit strike you I" The scene then shifts to the national capital. We are given to understand that Colonel Sellers has projected a vast scheme by which the Government is to purchase a large tract of unavail able land in East Tennessee belonging to the Hawkinses, and there found a national university and farm for the emancipated negroes. To hasten the appropriation all the family have gone to Washington. Laura has become the belle of the town. Senators and Cabinet officers dangle in her train. She is using all her influence to work the appropriation. But her passion for Colonel Selby interferes with all her plans. In an angry altercation with him she discovers his coldness, and in a fit of rage aud despair draws a pistol and shoots him. The fifth set furn ishes'a trial scene, in which Laura is a prisoner. There is nothing distinctly novel in the scene except the character of Colonel Sellers. His actions, his testimony, hia sincere emotion, and his whimsical earnestness and humor are evenly preserved and stand out vividly in an otherwise barren finale. you He When a man reminds you that owe him, just make a note of it. will take more interest in the matter u you honor him in that way. Marrxo Statxxzsts. The New York Herald in referring to a Brooklyn slander case aaya : ' Everybody has made a statement about somebody else. I, thou, he, we, you and they, he, she and it. have or hast made statements. There are almost as many statement makers as there are candidates for the Vice Presidency, and they constitute a large percentage of the population. Now, this ia our statement. Having read all the statements of the other statesmen, ia it not time to state that i any further statements axe ft bore? I We think so. The San Does 5ot Set, Campbell.in hi Norway travels,says : The ocean stretched away in silent vast nets at our feet ; the sound of its waves scarcely reached our airy outlook ; away in the north the huge old sun swung low along the horizon, like the slow beat of the pendulum in the tall clock of our grandfather's parlor corner. We all stood silent, looking at our watches. When both hands came to gether at 12. midnight, the full round orb hung triumphantly above the wave a bridge of gold, running due north, spanned the water between us and him, There he hhone in silent majesty, which knew no setting. We involuntarily took off our hat ; no word was said. Combine, if you can, the most brilliant sunrise and sunset yon ever saw, and. its beauties will pale before the gorge ous coloring which now lit np the heaven and mountain. In half an hour the sun had swung up perceptibly on his beat, the colors changed to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the flood, one songster after another piped up ia the grove behind ns we, had slid into another day.
The Franklin Courier (Louisburg, N.C.)
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Oct. 16, 1874, edition 1
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