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.-MM .!.'.!- ' I :.'! r ..."-,f l: t'l U'A -'' v.'I i- i ,h..! 'i.'t .1 1 D5f I f J Ml f. .' rs , ft :, ft 1 X, v.- v-h ! V V " t -if tJ f.i--i. i!":i o in .anil fSI ' ..1 ' r : . - . . ' f 'A FAMILY PAPER, DEYOTED. TO P.OIJTICS,vACPJCTJLTUr,r;, 1:1 ! , "v s f i .. i.. 1 ;i i. -i i t ..i i j COH:iEr.CE,;AXn MISCELLANEOUS HEADING, '1 1 - i - r 1 1 1. in ' 1 in , God keep yon safe, icy lii'Je love; : T " AU tlOuh the night ; ; j Ket close in E'seicircIiD5rin8 . V.-1 H'rt,''i-1 My heart ts with you as I kneel to pray. Good night! , God keep yon In his care alwyf Thick shadows creep like silent ghosts . i '"' "I lose myself in tender dreams, " ; ; YTLUe overhead .. ' - The moon oomea etealinjthrongli the window ;..ir..-- -1 1 " -. --- . bars, . - ' I ; ; . .A-eilver sickle gleaming 'mid the stara- , " i ' -i i . T ' ' : ' :..;;. ' rJForlrthocghlmlrway,--jk' ; Feel safe and strong; f 'To tfuBt yon thus, dear los-and yet-4'; ;. -': 11 ' ' The night is long " - ler' :txsobVg ttea'f-Qfld fond Ijer Good t! ;5it I Sweet dreams : God keftp jou j everywhere! DravoT . . . lr HI n t J il was late ii tlie-evenmgoh the. 4th of September, 1799, hot ftiA Hlmnpmr Panl- Hussla lw&4exi4&edl.y pacing his plainly-furnished bed-room - ''Every' now and' then he stood still and glanced , at a letter which he held in his hand. -j .She'eanpot 6nie, ihe writes.' f he exclaimed. "Holr Ivan, she must JcOiC i am oc er 1 t morea or Tier? -The p iclcal lux iicr iciuoai u He burst into a scornful laugh. ; -- f "Jealousy he cried, stamping hht , iDOt,angrHytv n nat uojar.w i Vri Jealousyjof Buchjan Qld'cunpiidgeon -as the-Coant JEreschlasky; wtio-ifr mared. . tj t"3? cbarmng yWing yue in the ; -world I JShe cannot possibly Jove him. r -- He Is too old and aeir for that, - Mine : ' shetnukt and shall' become;1- and ! am t;.ure from what sh-bgi,ve,B pof to up... . r-;dersta'ndv that she 6illd inOt be very averse to hecome myt "mistress, if she could safely lo so.'-' Bui' how shall arrange this? t cannot 8end; .Count v h -Ef5s j-iy," W seif f rrjC ;,aother t8- and WfaithfullyT toSiberia-, nor can I carry off his wife by main force,?' Thft.tEwperor'8' brutal; face assumed an expression of the most violent rage. . t 4 ne'g&mp-ga his foot angri, Intfgave Jr jent to. the most; shocking , blasphemy. - '- Then ''. he '1 threw;, hunselfv upoja his -t coiicbrana.ksH-aa bis- habit; speecjily fell asleep. f,-? .7- . .'.-. f . " - . - Ifeit hiorn'lhg he' awoke in a very ad humrt, .V vt: ?jri: j . When his valet entered the bed-room " ' ' 'in order "to-trresrtil' v 1' 1 f rf illr. f - 'A iwater at tLa teiiiAed serf ant,and en ordered 4- ; i-him.to,send. for. the Alinister.of ; Qlice. That functionary, who had tolmake .'5V ,very ' morning .an oral report to the '. ' Emperor Paul,; was already in, waiting in ono of the; ante-rooms' of the Winter Palace, when he was summoned to tlie bed-chamber of bis imperial master j i -"Well, shouted the Czar to him in his coarse ''.way, what ; da ou Report . ' to-day , Baron Couheref,'?-,',;.," I , i '' Very.i little, i your JIajesty,'.Twas the "Minister's humble reply j f Only .one i .rather remarkable, man arrived yes terday at St. Petersburg.- i-. '. WLois he?" ' X-H 'Yf fA ; l. . . Baron Ix)irot..D,Estang,:aFrericb; " -ref '""clfl 3 f IT---f 1 .iiiat ys Jiare 1 remariabla about s (him asked theEmpcror. j , j y ! " , "i -The ; Minister , 'replied,-ia Jan AmdefS; tone : "Your Majesty I Qannot aav f whether what I. have heard about thie ' " Frenchman 1 is ! true orl riottbut hT)i- .. ruy ., "That ' miserable ; rench .spy i-yoursrTj . -." ' --i.:--. -.l S-l .1 "Yes," sire. Duruy telh me tha P'ron Loirot DT tabgisa rreatscour 'drel." ' ' : ..' 'J. : ; fPthawITf interrupted the Cza: . '! lot 'l of the French refugees here in fet. TtUrsburg are.!I:;U'-J f'iTery .f"',0,,)Tour Uajjsty 5 1 :l D(u ?ruy,told l.j tt M.'D'Istangis a very peculiar sort cf a scoundrel. He is an aristocratic bravo, a professional duel ict,.thQ f?r.AC'ert4" sr:a cZ raoiey, will challenge the person . who has be come obnoxious ,!to the man that has hired blnn'' He i3 a matchless swords "r in, and inyariatly tills his advtrsar- : i-s very thotht- il. rous f ".ow," he Sill,- 8f-.r a pawsa. -,r I ; .The linister crPol'ce took a sheet cf 1 vn . . ' - " - " : - : I. lie , . . . f!r Trsnch '-'( ' Pa- i ?, Duke , , '.c:i- . e 1 .. . - -oytl :r p. :;.r ::t 'to T hire. J cf kill Acs 13 o .1 1 1 in I'Svaat," 'he-' said to" Mmself . "When he haa f one, Bay jhiddinc I shall see to it that he speedily disappears;" 'Ail' hoti? later" the '"1 Hhi'sfer'c .'Police jeiurriecf to 'the" Winter Palac, kcQoi. panled by Baron Loirot P'Estang. f Te latter wfs. fi-5-r?"T ''1,rI pol ished Frenchman. His fa-. , rather a good-natured expres Jon. P j eyery now- .and then a si Ki? " r .' e ar from his black eyes indicate ! Us true charac ter ,whchf wa that c an infernal vil. win? foot Ls iajeeds were muchy more numeroua and -horrible than what was said about Lini in; the report of the Minister, of Police. J " , He( was ushered into the privata cabi net of the .-Emperor. . Paul,, wl jhad meanwhile risen frbri his ted and put tle chl'ria of a " is ' : iwTl ; I d "ilar - .lhal D'T" bowed -Ti"- a0- of a 4 p&u2u courtier. c 1.' wioneu to the Minister of Police to leave the room. - Then- he 'said sternly to the Frenchman: f-" 7, 'J jwj jou antecedents, Baron D!LiiigifiTe a iiouuui to send ou to Siberia for the impudence you dis played In coining to St. Petersburg' . Th iFrfenchmani turned dly pale. he stammered. . - ; ; I ,s, "I .am in dead, earnest, monster,' 'said Paul, with a terrible scowl. ! H ave a notien to rinff this bell and. send . .. ...M t i I ou iortnwitff jo lTKutsK." . . f J J Paul kept silence for several mlnute. men ne saia in a ioua lone 01 voice to '.'fjjiey say,Jlikrpu, that yqu are an excellent awprdftroan." , ' lf "I am, Yonr Majesty" vTi J r ' !Are you sure you, can kill any ad versary that may be "ttda. -.!' Ivoh?' i -.- ' , r- I fit : -i "Well, then, Baron," said the em- neror Paul., "I; have in mv res-iment riJ4U-Ga&rd&, an 'oScer Cohat tw shinsky whOj has doneysomething if of which he'deser ves death; Imt I prefer naDj Jo iiave. him. executed & ! Challenge him, kill him, and' you shall not ! be sent to Siberia.. You. can see, Count Ereshinsky on parade to-day, In, front Of the Winter Palace. You know now wliat I want, Baron D'Etang?" 1 "! .; The latter,bowed and ; "In"-twenty-four' hours Count Ere shinsky shall be adead man.'.' be mur- Now leave me, Baron," said the C?ar ; "but remember that my police wiij S2LjJiur$ter;u.ii!.Jpvi have ful filled your promise.,,, h . -j , ? 71 The Frenchman saw .Count JEreshir sky on parade and insulted him. ;-: They exchange cards and a duel be tween them was arranged for the fol lowing morning. . -? , , t ; . J As usual, swords were chosen for the occasion. . i i Count Ereshinsky did -not know the terrible: skill of .hstrnscrapulous-an tagonist. ' - ,l r " " I A minute after the duel commenced he fell pierced through the left lung. He was conveyed to his "residence, -where - ex' roi -f h" : "fter amidJ.. jlat.Vij.it' 'A. ft.ifiVuiig wife endthisson , Tit a fprmerTi'ifJ hadbs r ,wh'o was then a.lad xt sixteen;3 v?i t; j ; ; Aid how: o'cicrurrect gQmething'ieally stranrftla t.ls'f c:tr; ii2ai iT Voir x ' t : . . 1. J 1 . : j p eirtd o s C 6. the young widow f his victim, and et once became deeplyensrnnred witii her . He I manajrea-to rHin access to Berv &ne did hot repulse hinv 1 ?r sl.e -waited :to .,.-.,lvr.-!.--i.-i- j-l'i.'::- ti j eiicn irom-ni'T ine true reasoir wiy , - ' ofj R juarr?lwith her hus-. A kifled-h! n' i.-with 'tbemlltsVc the . vreaturethejnchnittirtoli all about jthf . ;7",r?roJ Paul havicj hired him to assassinate her husband, ';Tben el's drove tirxithjeirf im precations from her preseace, and wrote the Cr ar.n scathing letter, in which she upbraided him for his infamous con duct. . '' ' "' '' ' ' : j - . .Paul, divining that the French bravo had betrayed. him, caused tbe latt r to te se as s ; ttoi eria,- where 1. 9 v . ;.s placed ' " j withdrew ."uss'-t, t S9- j in a f ':r 1. Hi?:. . er ar 'hal -my, In 1.... . 5 1. ..j a "colonel, d such w: " -.': ' ank o- ' vLoirct r w uv..i Paul's fuitwour, Al exander the Fi-?t y-vo did not know' the true character of the man, had U:i tl 3 eve cf the tattle cf Leipz'-, C 1 . Ge: 3" b. t. . j.c i.ct iJ'Tlstar f eci ler.tly. in front of the teut c: . 1 . ' ih . 1 jvi. "" " . en Ereshinsky heard the French 's i.:ii:.e, 1.3 :.M to Lici, "Are net ,3 V Dhl t vt shot Lf i '.', ul man 1pLivCj, mrcy, Y4ur Maj5ty P z'.&A i Freichmanl falling Jori jhia f, f The failure r of the heirs Of BriLcim ToL0 10 agree in t button of his property will ij &lJity, ciitoe .Miviui tiiat wi. lata 1 W the attention of the whole .tv-.,r r ad jyreate as ?muchiScajidar as thepreseC l-sguabble pver an-3ertilt's estate. The I eontestants-wilt-be-25 wivi3 Sr their heirsi c6hsist!nr 'of 45'Chtlu-erl. The Pr et.U;; aily'.teli'ev'fcLto'lhave haMy l$.i f , :3'xbut.this'is uudonfct edly .a .mistake; -aad if the law isin: voked it will probably be shown "that Brigham had no less tLari '23 wv.es and; ;wQUl4 hava had 30 IX he cciHia have persuaded certain good-lookirg ladies to join his, family. Among most notarx" of i r.s--war -.ur-erous jrc, ' :xl li- S Lain, ' jr., "Jooepa, AiiCd .aiiU Linj' children ?o'f his first wife;' Alita wanjt ea to marry a.llr.uofcin,; ti: j;ri -nam. gave her to his confidential "clerki jHi- ranVB:!GlaWsoni"who already' I aa, a wife, , xuuaJ : wasf.wili land, tL Prp- pifet ooEkmarried her off to. a Harmon gentlema'aTIitiey' Seely's' sdn1Ue'ber has aireidv teen mentioned aanef of the .'-worst -boys In Salt Lake.- Mr WftS "0fp'in: .e rp Talfr Ui&eiy the Wifly tea i r t . e'ak elve years old. went,iRtot the kitchen ind undertook to-hlp himself to .anyttin his ttoulddrmith.rtkefcok, 'would'; -not iperuir.ii t-hW.hen; lleber seized afork,: and, wltSf- oaths;1 tr Jel to stab him.'' This bpy-affd. aBOn of Har- failed. iV-MiarnHamTttOii J rtfOre marriage with theProf het ; t aua.Hi-J ter; vil'ate, whom He per. Young,! nd Fe,ramez Little wanted to marry, spt what ultimaWly became of her", I do lit knowi. Formerly iBriham- tet ill's wives in't2e Dmijoufesprtt'of hp4 tel where each had her separate apart ments i The building 'coki ' ab6 uf 1 1 30.- 000 and.was as good asoal 1 'e'.huil In me atates lor. -f&o,ouyirA ihe casement contained cellarswaslv robmsVkiBcheii's) dish rooms, . a,. flining-rooV,pail,f y coachman's room, school room and two large halls. The second-story had fourr teen' apartments fThe; third 'storyi or; ..11 1 a , . . . ... . .1 , reaiiy.tue eeconu -siory iner ' "eni being under the. ground) ha . k. iily-. one apartments. Tht? rooms were large, convenient and well furnishedl Brig- ?--l--'Oip . a.n. but codW jiwaiwiTS 'Aeeif do,, a "rows in the family. The Prophet rose ear dressed and shaved every morning, and tkr "-- 1 -'i riwm '- Children for..... ...... ... thy-,w t - hre-k:'ist . t 1 :c'; was serve! i ... a . - -ge f : .1. s I a" p -it! at the head of t.e tatie'aiid Lucy Decked, at the foot and joured out the co-aee. The children had side-tables and their mothers could eat -with' them' if Jthey wished. Jt was "to t all appearance f a happy family and as. weU.behaved.vpo- lite and mannerly as any in -the r land. Whatever heartburnings there, weri? or jealousies the . women ' kept . them' to themselves, and' not even . the boldest dare show her temper .at ! the 'tatle be fore the Prophet, whom they all looked tip to' as a; god. Of latfl' year's, Urfgr ham did hot eatwithi'wl-vesjhis preaKiasc ieipg simpiy n-vuwt 01.jp.rea. and milk. '5 On xising each lady putLo. room,in order, making up the' bed aad sweeping'. After breakfast the women walked out, sang, played tlie" piano br sewedTJ. Several of, tVerr, e-' roidered beautifully, 'colored tiJth, and were very preu'dOof their handiwork. The Prppbetkeptseveral carria' thib Iadieg cealda thoppiiig or es, and or tuiueg whenever they.pleased. In the evening all wehf to the : theatre, -- here T ri l ham's -'ive'3' and cL'il fren Lai re: :fved seats J..Jt is siiil 'th'e'Prcpket wa3 very liberaland gave, his wives plenty f pin money;.'- They had a dancing" ;nas- Ti a-i rencn tea :ier ana an, iiis;ri.;j- tor in music..;. Duilr.0- 1:1s !::::r ye;.rs Youilg endeavored to ive e.v:'Ii."of Li 3 favpritf wivesa'cottz eand $l,C30ayear in pin money-- It is said 1 e of red a house "a 3d'-Jl, C 73" ter sr.-. ura' ta' a :iv od-loOiiryc -nj -layJwLo' -".culd marry, him i i . . .- ' i .t. EepLt; Dc irwi.. 3 1 . ) L ( -. - HI! ( .. or f : ' methoJ there ticec , Cv... Ae tj . :i thi ons e 13 i c r f . r I . a day :c .h : nest cf wool i pen." At no t : 1 c." . t;r, Brlpham Toong's Estate. ! o; 1 J ' -v l: vcrk,'.Wb .-.tcl ti3 i tis.'suj-per, dlin't k. , 5. fr- . i..d ' -'.y,"! or "IZomijy'o''"'' 1. ' ' I, tiii. ';;"Who;tlia,Ll i t fcelin I . ,". and v here's ha gos ; ; ' - :' "Yon-1 ii?:',r j J yi ell fc'.. yu '.i v L j 1. - 7 expect't .bo., -. u , . . 4l.Ia thebatiu-.-iic.---, it; 1 WhereVth.i , av Kenrywiih' his t;c ' i. - 1 ..ter'tTT' ' 7"Yoifll 'rei'i. tr . .4 ouknow i r and I 1 up nr.-Ued 3 ; and conauct. ixenry '."- ., ;.i 3.lt- clola and cccl . ' .... : " -?d Ci'i.a . . 3 fc j , '' ""r, ; J. I -Loi. " i. a up j. . ve a &y y X, pd, and L.3 I j Luti? rr.j on tLe' tc6e so alTeol' .':a,i iIl3l1rOli, .m-0 1.-o-sri-rnfy I m-e-r.-o-L-A-y ! where 'xu.' tLli trth have"-the:"aw .'ally "rascally '-".wretbiies tiken y oai t6,?I and the old laJ kst d6wrf Vsaely!'rtipon the coal scuttle iwita her' iprcii 'ever'Eer ye's;'' but llSithUhavlng laid a hot flat iron fnion top of the coal she got 'up quicker" than: a professional grasshopper; ' I , t!.Theioidm'an had jilat sat downj to "3f iior but he turned artdnd to Uar'tha,' hii beloved dau'hter, Saying V sl j a'Look"ee' i.here,tr Mart:i,wli;it'sr th'e niatteir'wirh the old wpmibi'-anyway.' Seems-tof mi tLerVs a j'" awful Ictiof r'acket',goiiig 'oii here fuf Vniair ,to eat hls'eatper ind feel thankfiir in." -' "Why.-taBa : 'Evmriivfs rone'.' J t "elllll xl ,!it ilct: 'L..j":fo1'j:1 aik'l tryia' t6't'. ;p L;d;:Pii Viethetq" fried tatt3. r,j.:.v...-.-M i.J. -iHenryi(Ardhibald'';v'rema iu iauy its eue icaueu t-iiuriy. agaiuss thestair ' 'door. : "lr I1' ever knowed ydtf was such afl fctifeeiin'-wretch ien you made love tame in ihe'lane't, ehy three years agdlasfThursdu Pd ajast busted Vour head with1 aYeuce-' rail j if i ijjj to rap iur iue i.ii "Haint you got no more breading honse,"grtriiteyi?enry4, 7 . - " i, y Ma'rtha f get that oil glutton all the brea! he-wants and'kt hia1 stuT hiin,- self lo C&ihtlt U want! fo4.' ;' ! ; -f "Better-.at-you'r su'-'-'er old -wonian -u uut . up liicj e jt-jLuu-aii jas. thop '"oraf body! fi'ad7j ted ypu against the stalr door for the advertise ment of txc"'"" "t a side show".', ; "Eat, heartless yiliaiu How can you I ass; me to ear. t'a I my .ommy 's fone and yoTi don't '? ear t ' re a cer 1 1 t - 1 i "I'll go fcrazyj I knc.v I i' :,.' : j ': i Ycn'$ have; far J'ta ''.-o,'':'ctservei Henry, not noticing the coming storm.. iThe're wa3 a pauso of silence as hig'as the 'Mammoth' Cave" for about a second, and Ttheh." Mrs,: Arciibald : said, with evidently constrainel feelir 3 ;';;'' ''Henry. ArchibalJ,vdoJ .you ' mean .'.that ?.'',,'."S. '?;'.' r..',.. ;..J'r-" ; :. .; j ;- "Of course: I'm mean enough 'tor anything,' :r; ;v'.'., , I v "Henry, do you know who Uomrny laV- - " , -7 :.:"' , ,f''" , " 'lenry', turned 7 v'' "-"Ir and ' " 1 old V . h 0 1 ji glar' he in Li. ej o &s a,e jted v . fHe's my c-a-a-a-t, an! somebody's stole him" !; Convinced ' Ileriry that the "kitchen f- ' ' ing r 1 "a "" - too i .acheu ir"LU L-t," and missed it ty j.bout t'.ree iachesj-hnt he struck tLe Etret u or ulsappeared through it l";s a p - -t Eliss ghost, and the rtt'e' cf the -"-'-g cosl -" Iseuttla eoavi.iCi.1 1.' 1 t"t he had . hia fcccori J too ac :.ve. As hejased Oxtoliy Jo-'- '-3 over f - 7. ri r;-.te h - vid ; 1 -t v ' " the reArk:7 - '-' - "I'll rr : - 1 ; iaa. r-iriute; I'm -' -: r : " - - : vl.-:re fr a reck of f 3I1" I' i ch a ' 3.1 't'EfC i f f X: -.3 -1 - - ' their r cn 'I.i 1- , c: taking more than a glassful. After supper,' they sometimes - engaged in sword play, challenging each .other j to friendly co rabat,; iq : which .they Oaly joined their extended handg and points of "their ; swords,' without , injury, , ut sometime? they brcran to fight in earn est, wounding each ,other; in 'which case they became Irritated, and' if, the otLers did not interfere-ihey fought till ueathr "In .former- times,' 'also ' the taougest- would' t-ke'"? 'the'liaiti cattle, pnJ, ir chalhged by any, they f-l.t v iuIi s re- u.ul cud was killed In Cel-cil-., ..e I- 'hta 'were brousht in by boysr whe ! "cried out, "vincamus;" and speaking of.lihts, it inay't, no ticed .'that 'a"' 'substitute "for a caudle among the' C...1 and - Scots' farmers generally, is a si' '..-.,.i.-i Zr wood dJ0 oat cf t 3 tv: 3 dried. This Is calldd gi.o 1 uii or tlair.'and is held t elide the' guid miri during; rdeala by x v. . . x. ' . e .i. . ; l ' 1 . rWPiild; se.?m.ti?t, ancietly- the chiefs had servants for" the purpose of.hpling their rude- flambeaux; and a. story! is related, of an earl of Braidalbane shoiw iiig some English jfrlends these tor(jhr bearers,' lnl' proot that' he possessed u ch.tdore .valuable1 chqhdetierl 'them, tAose of silver' exhibited to hira in 'tdie South.- ;OId Gaelic poems tcentida' wax candles aa in' use: ,: The master' of--the lighta,7an o2cer irrthe King of. Wales' household yr&s bIigfed.to. hold f a Mpef near,the kpgs dish when' eating.; 5 r ..-..Aj Injured Female's Tricky This is not at. bad story of a robbery! A.t any rat:2f iff .demonstrates i thIinge rruity oi the female braiaJ :. The scene is laid in Austria'. ' "A. 'woman in' tear the seij ks'yqit are ; probably aWare tart ta 1 xxr ntra nf'nrill 4-ii rr thn 'htA(a'ii, '.yorks ; ' they 'find 'them'.sO usefiil--ar-rived at the' house of "a" "priest, and poured into iis kindly sympathetic ears : harrowing: story, of ill. usage. 1 Jler husband was: "a drunkard,' was in the hkbit of cf ueliy; beatln her! wa's--iri short.the' ds'dat 'tale,' and, tier 'prayer was that hiS reverence Voii'ld-'eeua. for Tief .worser-half'andijSoundly J'ecture mm, ootimf.ebajrifr. ,-iloyed. by the evident sAncerityof her grief-r-it showed his ignorance of woman's 'wiles the good father readily consented i'aod the good wife ekrnestly thankedhim;-wipd. ( hir eyes and went on her way re jo! Ujijjl" Her watook.her to a shop of'a sllrerf 6mithto'w$o'm.she;saidVthe' pries' n question wished tQ: see 'some handsome -snuf-boxes, frotn' which to select one r'a r -eser.t,'1 and- r r-pciiteCfor Mi tl.e ojjd father had previously agreed a3 the'tiiiie "wben '..the; lecture be ad micUtered. The worthy.'. silversmith repaired to the priest's house andj was received at tb9 ioor,.hjt the; woman: he had 'already seen, land, whom, in-the innocence of his heart he believed to be the servant5 She directed hliri to leave hii. parcel, with her and proceed, lip St"alr3 tb .the ' sitting-room;. . Arriving there, his host1 lost no time, ia7.com- me'ncing the exhortation, when, ensued first , astonishment, .'next' indignation, and finally explanation. : Of course by the timebota meii Lad thought of 4ook i'ng after-the sham wifeand the snuff boxes 8he.and.ter prunderhad entirely disappeared. - j " ... Bret r rte and Ieatk Sate. , -'Tret Harte was lecturing in Pensyl vania a short time ago. At one of his ap poln tnienta; he felt -yery ! much de- pressed.'. v.. ! - -;;,.: ' n It i3 a 'pseculiarity of humorists, 'we are told, to be uuaccountahly melan choly and gloomy at 'times'. ; Harte' wa3 ii til's idooi now. " '-: J" " ' ' ; : "; "One of the conmiittee w'ent In tack of the scenes to see 'hisii 'and Cie de p humorist welcomed him as ft glearaof unusual good sunshinei '. They hanui-A.a-te earnestly, and the c ... . .Ir. Ilui ti," he said, gravely, "you 1 iid ' thli an -unusually healthy ' . ..- i i i i - '- .'-!j i ' Ah. I" said- the pleased haniorfstl -1 ' JL t 3 3 o.atii rats 13 oiiiy one a -lit: ..nctara Ilarta took tl,e'cota- .1 1 3 trn, and Larric 'I? 1.3 (I t 3 crm'. t' 3 GV."' ' J i' . :r?, or re; - : ' 1.:, 3 th wa.3 ' ' I . e:1 o Of ' a ; " 1 1 ? !; ' ;i VictoVllJgo describe8! his' return to France from-the fourth exile, and give the following account of Sedan.- Thu paradise was a sepulchre; the valley was round and deep as the bottom of a crater; ; the crooked -river resembled serpent; the high hUJs la, successive ridges surrounded this mysterious place like a, triple rank of inexorable walls. The sun was buruing; the birds were singing' the" 'ploughmen "were goihg along whiatlin and sieging; the sheep and thd dovea here' and there; the oliage siiveied arid whispered;' the thick graoa wa4 full of flowers.' It 'was f righ tf ul - He ' could ' see th e blazi n g sword of the angel trembling over the valley.; He gives a historical: descrip tion of the battle of Sedan, and of the defeat cf the French, army, which he assi na to tlie superior- numbers of the Germans,' The Germans, he says, were three' '6i perhaps 'our against one. They had '253,000- men ; they held the high ground', toitht an incomparably ... . . stroriger artillery i Thci French army which was below; had almost no artil lery andt nJ .ammunition; they depend fed,ionly;ion thelrniitrailheuse.: The Germans had the ambuscade ;the French had, nothing except, Jieroism. In describing the battles after the Germans had set fire to the. villages, he contln nes : ' The German artillery opens fire, and the French soldiers fall and die Among the dead which cover the field, there was the corpse of an officer, ri whose body) was found, after the battle-, a sealed; note containing the- following order, and signedJ 'Napoleon ;" , "To day, Jsfi of September., there will.be, rest fofj the whole,. ,army.'! In about: one hour everything was destroyed. The regiments pell-n ell retreated to Sedan. B. ut Sedan w'as in flames; the ambulan (6es were too'; there waa nothing left but to open a passage. 1 The Third Zouaves, dismayed,' eave the example. Cut off from the rest of the army,,they. have opened a passage and escaped toBelgium rrfitwas.a flight jof lion,r:,AU at once, in th.e, mid8t t of -disasters,., amidst the immense piles of the dead and the dying, in the midst of this unfortunate hero ism, comes ,the shame. ,The white flag is hoisted. There , were Turenne and Vau ban, both' present, the former by the statye and the latter hy'tbe citadel. The i statuehand the citadel assisted in the' frightful capitulation.' What an awful "state f the-' country I What eternal shame t n '. 1 i 1 ;.'A -rr ... : - , lofty Homes, Jh2 visdtrt l::,-'- urh I3 generally interested in the enormous tenements of the old town, which tower to the sky as high as steeples.. The narrow doora at the' base, of these -monumental houses stand open, and tbere are children play ing on. the white stone stairs that lead up and tip, ten and twelve stories into the sky; Lower 'Edinburgh lives up there In decent poverty. 'Little children look out of the lofty, windows into the deep. gardens and the , railway sunk in the , valleynearlr two hundred feet belowt, There are flower-pots here and there, and white curtains, and perhaps rows of tinyr stockings hung to dry. Few' fashionable' people climb to these lofty1 homes, but let us try the experi ment, ' and "see what we- shall see.' The first block Is'a black and lofty ten ement having an elevated sidewalk at the second story, :above the jjtores in the street. We pause before a tiny window, scarcely as large as a ; napkin, and a narrow door, surmounted by a sign, "Cigars and Tobacco-" With se vere crowding, we get into the box of a shop.' - There is a little 'counter, and the young woman behind it seems to fill the entire'place, and makes a pretty picture of herself with jars of Bnuffand fes toons f pipes for a background, She talka rapidly and cheerfully, and seems well content with her lot..' We spend a pleasant quarter of an hour with, her, makesome trifling purchase, and with draw. Then" we enter a great stone hall and climb eight flights of stairs in an ancient tenement. This is not the top, for there are three more stories above; this, hit ts - high; enough, cer tainly. . A rosy-faced natron opens to c'.r knock, and bii3 rs welcome, with prof .--e apologies, fe' " has j 1st moved i'l and 19 harth j s"ourp 1 l'p.' ;e '-:e tve little shop von: an, U smilinz B 1 I , ' 1, puor, would f fi'.a t 1 ,ani. j ve th.uhy; a i to , it ii to a ; next i-.i.ii to a -r . en-gr.er'8 , a 1 cf a p 1 , p h 1 wi.li c.,b- ......1 ; ,Z 11 j " I;:, ly w i low In 1 Ih.ci... ' ; ". i ii 1 .. 7 v, hh ter e,'anl we tin v. ihi l.cr l ,.t a n.c t. More i.h f7.hT, an 1 ia every we f " 1 frr t ':-!": and cou- , r 1 r n i.it! 1 : x r i 3 rew Us rr, r 1" u s 1. i.re;i J rv-'ni ior t;,e r, ,1 c the h. i .1 1 r v. ? .T . oral. Oi even 1 '.int the t. IV 1 - ire 1 Ihall r t The' Battle of gd'aB.' TOOD FOR THOUGHT. ' -Everr-dayj clieerfulness is a fortuns In I Half. KuasUina does not have a luor e marked effect on all around. If you begin by spologlrlng for what cannot be. defended, you will end by defending what Cannot be apologized : n, : ! ti .'.- - :. . : . ; . 'Satan's promises are like the meat that fowlers set before birds, which ia not meant to feed them, but to take them. ' -'J It is" doubtful If a man could, by any possibility, do hit' noblest or think his deepest,, without a preparation of suf fering!' I esteem greatly the Ignorance of a man- who believes and confesses bis knowledge, to be confined to what he knows, It is far from being one cf the b--t features of human iisture, that, while we love those whom we hsvs hone -.ed, we. often hate those who have bcnciUied U8. . ti .., ', - -The.unknown is an ocean, and con science is the com pas of the unknown ; thought, meditation and prayer are the great mysterious pointing of the nee dle. . ;-. , Few men know the force of habit. , A cobweb a thread a twine a rotxs cable. Yenture not upon the first; th last la nearly past hniaaa effort to sun der. . y . j- - The best application for the improve ment of the countenance la a mixture lb equal parts or serenity and cheerfol nees.' Anoint the faoe morning, noon and night. , -i , . Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so;' it Is this which distingumhes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sjcophanta and admiration of fools. , : Man Is only weak by the dispropor tion there is between what he can and what he is willing to do; the only way be haa to Increase bis strength is to re trench many of his leslrea A Chinese proverb says, "Great souls have strong wills; others only feeble wishes." .The proverb might have added that good health makes the will strong, while feeble bodies weaken Id .1 The' sweetest life Is to be ever making sacrifices for Christ; the hardest life a man can lead on- earth, and the most full of.' misery, is to be always doinr his own will, and seeking to pleaae himself. Religion, -. like all other wholesome growths, loves the sunlight and the air. If we keen it in our cellars it will wither and die. or else send no a slcllv and coloi-less shoot, that will bear do healthy fruit.- . . , -. , . , The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love, the members of so ciety aa themselves. The eternal, uni versal, unchangeable law of all beings ia to seek the rood of one another. Ilka chddren of the same Father. As follv on V a one Isl. thourh It should enjoy all it can desire, would, notwithstanding, never be content: so. on the' other,' wisdom ever acquleaces with the present, and is never dissatis fied with, its immediate conditions. The friend who pardons a wronr. ao quires a-superiority that wounds the self-love ot the pardoned man, and how ever much the latter may admire the generosity Of the giver, be can love as he had previously done no more. If you are' a wise man you will treat the world aa the meon treats It. Show It only one side of yourself, seldom show yourtelf too much at a time, and let what you do. show becalm, cool and polished.' But look at every side of the world. r r ..; i -.' Kind' words' and-smiles, and reoial greetings and good wishes, are seeds that thrive and bear fruit, each after Its own kind. Cheerfulness is like the widow's,- measure of meal the more spent the more remains, and both the receiver and giver are enriched. r It is astonishing how much one with out money may give. A kind word, a helping band the warm sympathy that rejoices with those who weep. Ho man or woman is so poor aa not to be able to contribute largely to the happiness of those about them. We have nothiog'of our own but our will ; all the rest Is not ours. Sickness deprives us of health and life; riches are taken away from us Ly violence; the talents of the mind depend upon the disposition of- the body; the only thing that is truly our own is our win. The goodness which struzles and battles, and goes down deep and soars high, is the stu3 of which heroism Is made, by which the worn Is salted and kept pure. ' It Is the seed whlcn bears fruit in martyrs, and makes men nobler than their nature the dernl-god and the prophets of a better time. We have but the trials that are Inci dent to tumsf.ity; th-re is no'.hir-j pe cuhir In our c -, en 1 wa r .1 1 1 p r buruc.s l. f 1 of 1 art t'-.aOf 9 r -1 1. (. v Jc..-7cf. 1 rt-1 ' Ives. C U h t, t r ..it 1 i 1 t -hy i- 1 f c ;;. ,h it r:ny a'.h,!.i t , in never t ,-nfcr re .l 1 t. ...rl ;: t r ..;,, reJ, , i re r, ! r, t c-": -ia l-'r survive t r cc-w.U ' a. d, l.e t..a ', :,-t t the- r...-:r : forever t&nr.t l ,e f ul tl 9 t -1-t t; ul.'.ij f. e p h s i f tX th F'-! ' ' 1 t'::' ' !' wctl ily f'i . ''' f, 1 A 14 -3 t ' - f , " it 1 J I ,,.,," hi it : v 1 1 1 1 r 1 rev ' r 1 t . 0 1 ... i . l.i.. h v f a i 1
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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Aug. 24, 1878, edition 1
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