North Carolina Newspapers

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' rBhding into and ont of the hand, j f : And men go down In ship to the aeas, 1 i ' -And a handled shipe are the aame aa one j ..AAdjMckward. and forward b ows the breeze. And what i it all when all ia done ? ' . Vi r A tide with never a shore in i ghi ', . Setting steadily on toward the night The fishemun droppeth his net in the 'ream, An a hundred streams are the eame aeene; The maiden dratunetli her lore-lit dream, : And what is it all when al) is done The fisher's net the burden brfaks.i, . ' i , And after the dreaming the dreamer awakes. ;tf. Pinleafs Proposals pr !"V l ire aaJ glistemnglilte a . mammoth Clbridal veil, thft-Deegmber un lay-over, all t he 3New Hampslilre hills dark and 4eM ) cfe liktf'th? fttiseryxi laCorki tlib leaf- loij -rfoods held dp their boughs against "the I cAizzing mater - skyaod :-tke ;- Jtererend Peter Palmleaf :nidyirig p?et aa'sembryo up where a blackbird was wllistling in the caiementqd thought to himself what a lovely world the Lord bad' made.' ': i " riTWhen,? fXttafi V suadeitLnr Shrill Jreice C J Alledlbiougii the'entry: 1 - - ' j n:ar Peter,. the horse is ready." ;ji,; ,; wTVhat horsef asked the Bev.s Mr. Palmleaf," - : : i "Oiir horse, to be sure!" said Hiss Pau J,JJipa, his sister.",-',,-, .',,,'-1', ...... .i j ii Wha Jot j " demanded the parson, stasr jng through Jiia near-sighted spectacles at the dooR ,r yt: ",. r 'ir. :yf s "To take you to Mr. Darrow's." - f W?r?l 1-goiftg to Mr'"Panpw'sr -5. rtfrfh' qifeStidhed the nian of theology. ! Jfc'l T'efi, rl "peverlsaid Miss' Bauhna, akUicHigitt)toM stady,t with a' yellow jppctet ;handkerchie tied around her head anijier, gleeyw , rolled bi a businesslike "faRhtoB op;itof hei; elbDws," PeteryQU grow nMiiwody iodibaent-rninded every dfiyotydurlifel. Have you forgotten our duasioniAJthe breakfast teblef U Why, you are going to Mr. Darrow's after a girl, tobesure!" i'u.rst;J'-. ; "A girl 1" repeated the young minister; ,eamllyTuWighis,orebil:' lOh, I do recall someluing of the conversation A hired girl Uaii'i ta tai 1 - ' "Yes," nodded the lady briskly. "SherY - going to leave ;fr. parrow's this morning, because the family is so large and work so heavy. : She can't find that fault with our establiglinjenJuessi" Aete hee-how much wage jbU jvautiif jwd Jiowt old he is, and ask her whether one has any followers a. r fol lower ns the oneithing I eant tolerate, iiell her and be sure 'you bring' her back " "1 ybi j bundles;.. Jw j piust have jher or some person to help me before cousin Pbl lihcto's JoUcs.Wmeifram tlfrlaty,p I ' 'Bift 'suppose she' wbnH 'comersaid the ...young linister, dubioiisly, fitting on the fingers of hig gloves. ' ' ... J "Their' you must make lber come, "'said - Miss Paulina, hurriedly retreating, to look ,'afteiaajceruia. kettle, Which ! was .noisily , - boiling over, at tlie, back oi the house. . , And thus, charged with 'his. mission, the' Reverend Peter Palmleaf got Into the onfi , jliprse cutter and jingled merrily ,away. t : ' Mr..l)arrow'8 f armhouse!ne8tle under; a, TiiU,'in the. protecting shadow 0S'y a" cluster J.t of , vergreeus. with a green, jfence in unt t.iibt itf a. red banl a the, -rear; nd a colony lf dovehouses at the sunny southern anglfe; nd Mr. Darfow himself, a ruddy-faced,' eli derly-mien' with afrldge'of white whiskes A around , his chini Vas . shoveling away1" the . pearly masses of snow in front of his door.". pSf'd"Mri?arnmeamig oh the fiiandle of his spadi M thJ hells jiugh fl up jarpoar-oTrous. gare, .anu- tnen- sioppeu, f flftwt Vhfc ttV yhe.' iinister .i3ood Snornine. ft Palnrieaf-KOod mominir! Tlthre8uliday8ewfion o-ypEts?wa8 a nnaatemidca. Ale" and Bauire Senhex'i ",' rVes?Vsm.3Irr Palmleatf- leisurely J alightasfftod tyjigtae bdrse tQ-the post. X-liav'ecalleM husiaess thiflofning. , koPoTv'Mr.-. Palmleaf' waff' emxihaticallv a' nan!irf' one Idea; forthe tirile heing, the ""hired girl "had chased all theology out of 'headv.', : X:. f i ' "'EhWsaia.MrDarrow-, "business?'! r -Oi!-' have domaifjer young woinan," "said iniiuer.i:f , , t lt .'Mrafiaxtow, dropped the .spade inthe middle of the anow-drut. .r.nini: i t 1 f Do you mean, Dolly t " .he aid. . j Ir.fiTiit ttalt s he name-ves, asserted i Uie Sirftiuister,'1 solemnly?'" .' ni v i t , '-'Tb dont"meaa'tiiatMt is o"' be ah eneaeement?" cried Mrf'Darrow. J ! . . t ."Well; ythatjis,"lif we" suit each , "B''"6ther,w said Mr.' Palmleaf, mildly-- ' : . "f ''V JerusalemI" "said Mr.;Porrow, who had . ' plways heard that JUry falmleaf, like most ... men of-genina, was -an ' eccentric, but haJoeftalizeafitjAefoH-p. P'Have yod t r '..to j. l' jinawamA IT. . T'uln-t- ' ' leaf. ''Of course I shouldn t think of sutn a thing withoutMeingTrou first." i "rystraightfMardDf you, rmsure," ft.iid tue larmer. ""But, 01 course," 1 can hrernfrobjgctionr if Dallr herseif-is suited. Though," and he. smote one red nutted ' 1 1 uyru his knee,". "now'I come td think "tit it, ypa've'never seeu'Dolly" , 'Isol', B.iidw1ie, t,rnmister' serenely. -"iut uiai nceu nite nyiuiuereuew.- i t ' Jer"sa!eia !t' agaia uttered'. the farmer. It uooh t .tha-way-I used to look at things' wb'-u I was r f . "1 (iTo 4ao IJr.Paliiileaf,! a .... 11.. t-j I'" impaiient at this lengthened discus- of oi.. you can see her,1.' said' .ir. Durrfi". -"p'ie s in the dairy, skim. f-'nui'" ml. Cc" j-1 .Ipollf'Taisinz his voice to a wd beiiow. "Here's the Rev erend Mr.Palmleaf,'",wanU to see you! There's the door, just to the left, sir." Z ' r . ' - ' ; - c'sKted way,, the f Snis- ia' n. ...,. a i,.vj i;'m.T Darrow-'a cairy, where a rv-cheeked girl, with jet-black hair, bru. brow. a a ,"! y from 1 a low, ohve-dark q !" o T.rvr.'i of Sl'.PTTT Wine, t..e Cn-aiii from miiiutudin , -to a tnii'e stone pot. ji,:;;:!," ' J '.'" PaJraleaf, ' 9 upon her a nazed 1 V'l 1 ' t ..1 i t e f . c toer-'.e yourself! -.j: ", ? i-r s'ioob coming to Ml i ,id t. wrinkly and of tue cre.a on a particu- j . v.ords," explained J'r. Palm " do you "rant a g od home ! " ' 11 Indeed, sir, I never thought of such a thing!" said Dolly, all in a flurry. ; - 'How old 'are you!" - questioned Mr. Palmleaf. v - , y ' 'I am eighteen,," said'Dolly, in confus ion. , . ..'v - ... V Have you any followers? "Sirf ' fluttered Dolly. .Beaux, I mean," elaborately explained the clergyman. "Of course, I haven't," said Dolly, half mcunea to .laugh, bait to be angry. 'Than I think yeVll suit me." said Mr. Palmleaf; "or rather my sister. Our fa mily is. not large; the work is light, and Paulina is a most considerate mistress. Uet vour bundle." . : . My whatl." said Dolly in bewilder ment. - . ", Your clothes." I am to take you back with me immediately, smd Mr. r'almleaf. "Paulina exoent anmoanv. It' is ftwential rhaTeoStain help at ouce".'" ;: Dolly Darrow looked up with cheeks crimson like any rose, eyes lull or deep brown sparkles, and lips around 'which danced a perfect galaxy of dimples. " s , Wait a minute please," she said. "Certainly," said Mr. Palmleaf. And he sat down on a wooden stool in the corner, and fell to meditating on the "thirdly" 'oT his uncompleted "sermon, while Dolly sped up stairs, three steps at a time." . .-. "Father," cried she, flying into the pres ence of her parents;'; "the minister has mis taken me Tor Bridget!" " "Kh!" said air. Darrow. -"You don't tell me, said Mrs. Darrow. ? "And he wants to hire me," said Dolly, her eyes gleaming with fun. - "And I'm going. . Quick where's .. my ,.; hat, . and shawl, and mufflers?" Mrs. Darrow rose up in the majesty of her black silk gown and gold watchchain.. Dorothy Darrow, ?: said she,-"you're never going to hire as a servant?" v.- s itf,l am," saia uoiiy. ... "its oeuer than private theatricals. He's so nice and absent-minded, 'and Paulina is a jewel! Oh do make haste or he'll be tired of wait ing 1" . ', X..; 7 V' ' i s" ' 1 And Dolly succeeded in carrying ; her point. Fifteen minutes later she had got into the cutter, with a parcel, which Mr. Palmleaf stowed snugly away under the seat,. and the minister drove home with se cret exultation. Miss Paulina was in the kitchen frying sausages for dinner, when Dorothy Darrow walked in, with cheeks like carnations,, hair blown all - ver her face, and the bun dle under her arm. UHere?I am, Miss Palmteaf,'' said she., r"The hired hel, aVyorir service. I" : - , Miss Pauhna started. " f r i VWhy, it'a-Dorothy,"" said slie." " "And I sent. Peteef ter " T-"- ! " Yes? I Itnow,',. said ,: Dolly ; brightly. But "Bridget was" gone, and he mistook me for her, and he has engaged me to work here. And oh. Miss Paulina, please don't. undeceive him. "Because T ami a emarM little housekeeper, and I can help you just as much as any Irish girl could.: Just give me a trial, that's all.", v J"',;" '.. f Miss Paulina had a shrewd appreciation of a joke; her hard features relaxed with a smile, as she stood looking down at the ra diant little burnette. . ' WelL" said she, "I dout mind if ;I TFor one month Dorothy- Darrow officiat ed as. hired girl at the parsonages V Then she came to the clergyman, one tiayr ! S'Mt Palmleaf," said she,,,"! am going" to" leave the placet" .- !,,,. , ? Mr. ' Palmleaf looked Tip in. amazement and.dismay.-i: : ' -, ... i i hope, Dolly," said he, "that neither my aster or I have unwittingly offended 1 8aid.UoIly. toattine her Uttle foot on the Staring green leaves in the study- carpet, "but oh, Mr. Palmleaf, 1 have done wrong, and I earnestly beg your pardonl" Dolly IV Cned out the Reverend Peter, in mild surprise. .. . i4 ' ," .Because you are . so good and true," sobbed the girl, "and I am not a hired girl, and I only eame'here for a joke, - and I can't bear to thing I'm de-de-deceiving you1M ' And Dolly "began to cry piteously,' behind the corner other apron. t'.," , lfiliH;You came here for a joke, eh?" said the'minister. ; ;i j ,s!iu;,jt ... i j ' "Y-yesi 'confessed Dolly, behind - her artron.' - ' ' -' - 1 '' Y V I" Well ihen,"' said the' minister;; gently drawing her. toward him, ."suppose you stay in earnest?", -. . , "Sir?" faltered Dolly. Ji :-n. ! - "Mv dear,'! said Mr. Palmleaf. "I have got used to you around the houses I should miss you terrible if you should leave us. Doyou think I am too old to think of a bloommir wife Uke vou?" ' " . : i. "Not a bitl" cried Dolly -indignantly. V ?01d you!" .",:f ::: : , r 6Gi' 4ftoo vou like m little bitr', . r " A great deaL 'said'Dolly, laughing and "Then you will stay-with me aiwaysf And Dollv nromised that she would. : Everybody -"wondered how to' bashful a man as the Rev. Jttr.' Palmleaf ever muster ed.. 'courage for- a -proposal; but nobody knew that an "engagement", begun for a joke turned out sober earnest. i f , ' -' ' - ' '' Thought from the French. - In some people ,nountaihs develop legSj fn other wings. ' ' 1 ' 'J ', . He. who travels alone .is oepenueui ou nobody and at the merey of everybody. There is only one thing less endurable, than a fool's folly to wit, a wise roan's. 1 5 j i little queer how giving- the law to fhe"'world'" in fashion "console! us for no longer giving it the law in anything else. V The most intolerable Of traveled folk are those who have come back from everywhere without having been 'anywhere.' f .. ' ! An Englishman never travels without his field-glass, a German without his spec tacles, or a Frenchman without his eye g!;i8. ' -.' - ' . . Real distinction is to be obtained not by doing anything d'.-'-.-n t from what your neighbor does, but by doing every tiling better than he does. i - - . r .. AdverllmlnsCiieaU. ' " ' ; . , It has become so common towrietne beginr'"- rf j i lnterestiux article and tacj ruu it into some adver tisement ftet ! tra'A all. such cheats and simply caU tt.-ention to t"a criu of Hop Eitters i.i as plain honest t'-rms as possible, to Induce pec ' i t"s !ve th-a or: 3 trll, as no one who l oa their value will ever ua anytiici t' .a. Aneedote of O'Connel, . He was examiaing a witness, whose inebriety, at the time to which the evi dence referred, it was essential to his client's case to prove. Be was a fellow who may be described as "half foolish with regury." . ' - . "Well, Darby, you told the truth to this gentleman ?" " ' ' -. ."Yea, your honor, Counselor O'Con neU." - "How do you know my name V ' . " "Ah, sure every one knows his own pathroit." ' i "Weil, you are, a good-humored, hon est fellow. Now tell me Darby, did yon take a drop of anything tnat day f" ."Why, your hooor7i,toafc my share oi a p,inj oi sjir..'.r. - -"Your share of It I Now, by virtue of your oath, waa not your share all of it all but the pewter T" . - . - fcWhy, then, dear knows, that's true for you, sir." "The court was convulsed at both question and answer. It soon, step by step, came ont that the man was drunk, and was not, therefore a competent wit ness. Thus O'Connell won the case for bis client. . Here is another instance of his read y tact and infinite resource in the defense of his client. In a trial at Cork for murder, the ; principal witness swore strongly against the prisoner. " He par ticularly swore that a hat, found near the place of the murder, belonged to the prisoner, whose name was James. ', 'By the virtue of your oath, are yon sure this is the same hat?" 4 "Yes." .; s;. ; ... .. "Did yon examine it carefully before you swore in your information that it was the prisoner's?'. 3 - "I did." . ' ; "Now let me see," said O'Connell, as he took up the hat, and began to exam ine it carefully in the inside. He then spelled along the name of James, low ly, thus: "J-a-m-e-s." "Now, do yon mean to say these letters were in the hat when you found It?" 1 1 CIO." ' . "Did you see them there?" ' ' "I did." , , "And it is the same hat?" "It is." . - . , Now my lord," said O'Connell, holding up the hat to the bench, "there is an end of the case. There is no name whatever inscribed in the hat?" The result was an immediate acquit- taL. ' When I met Simpson one day after 1 had been absent from the city for sev eral months I noticed that he had a de pressed look and that he wore a wig. I asked him the reason for assuming the wig, but be said, "Never you mind I" and appeared to want to avoid the subject. When I reached my of fice I asked bsm in, and I pressed blm to tell me what was the matter. Final ly, he consented, and locking the door and pulling down the window blind, he said 1 . . - - i 'You know old Partridge the phre nologist?" ". "Yes.!,V. "... , "You know he has an awful pretty. daughter, Sally ?" - ' . - "Yes." Well, sir, I was in love with-, that girl, and I thought she loved me. And so, one day, I called at Partridge's place to kind of . sound him to see If I stood any chance. And the old man, you know,':h? was a little reserved, but he told me that any man who wanted to get favor from him could do so by permitting him. , to shave off his hair and map out his scalp. Said, you know that he wanted a living subject to lec ture from instead of a plaster bust." j Tou refused, of course ?'," ' . ''Well, you see, I was wild about his daughter, s like an immortal , idiot I let-him practice on me.:; He 'took' off every hair" clean, and then got a stick Of caustic and laid out my scalp in town lots, with a picture in each reservation. Just look at "that t, "Isn't ithat infa-i SimDson removed his wis. His head looked J.ike a globulac, checker ,boar d, with frescoes of the most amazing and hideous characters daubed .into, each square. There was a prize' fight . in progress upon his bump of coubative- ness, two piacK uoves inai. uxjjteu. iijko buzzards were billing upon his bumjp' of amati venesg ; $,'g rimy 1 angel vtth parasols for wings, stood on his. veneN at ion b'uiiip ; and on his bump of philo-' progenitiveness there was what ap- peared to be a comic picture often little Indians standing in a line.." ' It was the most startling spectacle I ever beheld, and I said to Simpson ' "Old fcl'ow, I pity you !" " , "Pity me f Humph ! Why blame it man, do you know that those frescoes will never come off? Carry them to my grave,"jus as they are. And then you know, Partridge wasn't satisfied! with that. He said that my bump of acquisitiveness was. a great .deal too small.- And when I asked him what he was going to do about it, he said it must be swelled up somehow. ,; He Bald if he ever - had a son-in-law It roust be a man whose amativeness was strong. So that fetched me and I told him to o ahead. Ra first proposed sawing out a square inch of my skull and setting in a bump that would about meet his views; but I was a little shy, you know, and so he said fce could either cup me like the man in Uar- rrat's novel, or el?e work me op rise ,;...rt cl a i j-urii..e Is- or su .on cr so... ' ." '.- . . . ; I 1 Li do it?" -"" " '""" - " "Well, all I know is that X was kep in that office for four eights and three days with, a backet on my head, put there to hold the machinery down ; and that I was so delirious most of the time that he had to strap me to the bookcase-. When I came to, I found I had a bamp over my er M lage ss a four-cent loaf of bread, and old Partridge you know, was standing there exclaiming,"Splen did ! 8plenflidjJ' and decorating it with a caricature In caustic of a miser grasping a bag oi- goTd t I'll kill that old idiot yet, if I get a chance !" ; ; "You recovered though?" . " ' '" J ' J vYes.; and next day i artridge said he roust have a cast of that noble bump at all hazards. Said Jie wtnted It to use to illustrate ! annual address be- fore ' Pie rvv ''" ' fWi,"- -Co, lilte" the infcreticaifass that 1 "am, "I yielded. He put medown on the sofa plugged my nose witLqullls, and then daubed some kind o' Vhite mud over my face.' - I stood it - patently till the stuff hardened, and then th old man took the mould off. About jan hour later he bad a btist of me, wimont hair and with a bulge; on one side lhat looks like a cantelopejskewered ori a water melon. He has; it on his table now, with busts of miirdurers," pirates, pick pockets and paupers." ' .. . . "Yon got his daughter, though?" 'That's what was coming to. Af ter he had finished the bust, 1 thought I'd done about enough, and so I asked him plumply if 1 could have hr. And do you know What 'the ' beastly old buccaneer said ? ' Actually row up and said that Sally was engaged to young Jim Duncan, and the announcement would be made oj Tuesday ! Laid, me right out ! ; The girl had gone back on me, fair and square!. And so here I am. 1 bought a wig and went off to hide my misery'Jj'' '.' '. '' Then Simpson said good morning and left. It striick me that bis case was rather hard, oaking it altogether: . CarrTBg Pistols. Georgia has a itringent "pistol law. The penalty is forfeiture of the pistol j a fine of fifty dollar and.at the discretion of the court, imprisonment for thirty days. A short time after the law went into effect, Judge Lester 'was holding conrt in one of the mountain counties of North Georgia, and, right In the midst of the trial of a cause, he asked the attorneys' to; suspend a few -moments, and told the Sheriff to lock the court-house door-annr let no ont without : permission from - him, Then said the Judge In his firm,' decid ed way : "Gentlemen, I saw a pistol on a man in this room a few moments ago, and I cannot reconcile it to my sense of duty as a peace officer to let such a vio lation of the law bassed unnoticed. It may be that it is my duty to go before the grand jury and indict him, bnt if that man will walk np to this stand and lay his pistol and a fine of one dollar down here. I will let him off this time, otherwise I will go before the grand jury and testify against him.""'- - The Judge paused, and an attorney who was sitting down Just .before the stand got up, slipped his hand In his hip pocket, drewicit a neat ivory-handled Smith & Wtsson six shooter, and laid it and a dollar down before the JndgC. 't .;)" '-; - r -;'. This -iir, all right," remarked the Judge, "but you are not the man I saw with the pistol." :, j t At this another attorney, sitting: im mediately in front of the J udge, got up and drawing out a small Colt's revolver, laid it and a dollar, bill upon the stand. "This Is right again." said the Judge, "but yon are nottke man, I speak of." . Thereupon, a large' man, just outside of the bar, walked around, ran his hand In his bocom. and drawing out a-, huge old army pistol, laid it and a dollar; on tue stanu. . v . "I declare'," f xolalmed . the J udge, "U this don't beat" all;",: yon have "done right, my friend, but you "are !pot. the man that I saw with the pistol. '' . '. This process went on u ntil ' n Ineteen pistols and'nlne teen dollars were lying on the Judge's stand, . Then there, was! a pauee.tod ty 'xt a If the crowd was pretty well disarmed ; "at least,, if there were , any mora pistols In the house their: owners idid not seeni dls- posed togive them up.: p "Gentlemen,3; resumed ;:1he "Judge," "here are nineteen persons -who have acted Uke men in this business,' bnt the man that I saw with the pistol baa not comfe up yet, and"now'cdntlriued;he, pulling out his watch and-looking to ward the far side of the court-house "I will give blm one .minute to. accept my proposition, 'and if he does not do it In that time, I Will point him out to the Sheriff and. order him to, be taken Into custody." '-' -: '' : r -.''"! : ' ::. !.! Immediately two men from the back part of the house began to move toward the Judge'sand. C ue they. "topped and looked at. each -other, and then, coming slowly forward, laid down their pistols, and .their dollars;" As they turned to leave, the Jude said v "This man with the black whickers is the one that I raw with the pistol'." ;' Then Judge Ler gave a short lec ture upon the cowardly, foolish and wicked habit of carrying concealed weapons, and assured his audience that in future the law woulj te strictly en forced. The Court proceeded wich Its regular business, and it la needless to add that In that county the habit of carrying rise's was brol.e i up, :" t-ut't; r ' ' to an"er; .-.it .eJ.of u.e ;.. .0 t .uu hast; tl.rce sre::s thou Bi.all rro near iy t:,-r t. 8 C A fir In" China. i.r. f A person who was present at the late fire in Hong Kong. China, say : I trust never to see Such a sight again. The long road" shaded with trees lead ing from our part of the town' to the populous part, was alive with Chinese carrying their goods, women .huddled together over beds, baskets, stools, Clothes, crockery1 anything and every thing in the way of personal godds. Small-footed women tottered ' alongi held up by their children ; while others bore some good bit of bronse ' or- some family treasure. - Several sewing ma chines lay on the road, and 1 met a su perb American piano carried along. Sick people borne past in blankets told us that .the hospital was on fire. Still we made our way to the froift, tnrougn the smoke, np a street of small honses, mostly those of small Prsee merchants who were huddling out bales of cotton, silks,; embroideries, framed pictures, etc., while so great ' was the mass of broken, looking glasses that walking became difficult. - At last we reached the cordon of soldiers . and beyond it a blazing mass was all that - remained 1 of the civil hospital and eight other large houses. : The "governor and general stood there ; and the 'governor said to me, "I had to blow It up to save the jail 'V and then he whispered, ''God knows what we may have to do ; there are nearly one: . thousand prisoners." Now came the shrill blast of the bugle "Stand oack all." Out came from .the smoke the engineer officers, having just laid the charges to blow up the rear of the hospital, which adjoined the jail yard. 'Another' explosion of bricks, blazing bits of. rafter, a shower of sparks and blinding smoke and a gor geous cloud of colored flame showed the drugs stored' in the hospital were alight. ' Then came a commotion which. I did not understand.- Soldier marched up, fresh cries" were raised, and a stran ger coming up said, "You had better stand up on the rise of thehill, for they are about to bring out the prisoners," It was like the riot scene in "Barnaby Rudge." " -1 could hear - the order "fix bayonets, and then down through! the crowd and dust tramped the soldiers, with about onehundred hancuffed crea tures in their midst. ' When X and I returned ' we followed the governor through the back entrance in the jail, passing through the central police sta tion,' where the" inspectors who are married . tuen haye lares. .-jnrtar Here English furniture, books, orna ments, dresses lay about drenched with water. The governor of the jail told told me that the jail was saved by the blowing up of the civil hospital, but that the danger then was from the po lice , station stables. Very soon' they were gallantly broken open, principally by sailors, and huge piles of hay handed from man to man and thrown down the steep streets; and that ; night mkny homeless Chinese were cuddled under the bay.- Now the block of build ings in front of the Oriental bank was to be blown up. I hastened' thither, through a never-ending scene of dis tress, 'to find the bank hung over with the handsome carpets soaked with wa ter.1 Within doors pa.ier were being packed in safes," bank notes In fire proof boxes, and so sent down' to the harbor escorted by soldiers and placed In steam launches. I watched the blowing up of Roes' tailoring establish ment, a fine block of buildings. Sev eral fifty-pound charge of powder were laid, the bugle sounded again and Ross' ceased to exist. This however saved our end of the town.' Words cannot tell the scene in Queen's road, one of the sights of the city, fof here are (or rather wereX the curiosity or bird shops." The ' place was deeply lit tered with broken glass and shattered vases, burning siiks and gauzes, smash ed ivories lovely lacquer cabinets- in fragments. ,T tumbled over a lot of hares;. ducks,' geese, 'pheasants, etc.i the whole' of a poulterer's stock. 1 The fire "brigade, mostly volunteers j' were still worklngj looking thoroughly ex hausted. -Before one shop an Irish lad declared he could not let the birds be burned, alive; : and though he was warned that a nrty-pounu cnarge was 1b the heuse. he dashed In. broke open the bird cages with his axe, and a flock of little canaries was ail over- ijueen's road in lees than five minutes. By six o'clock in the evening' all was over, smouldering ruins nnd falling walls only left.'' t i .; i.- i.j ):.'i!tj.w r ' ' ' ' I' .', ' Ci1-. -A. I -' ' - - !' ' f(ji-iter."".'"? . ' On the 14th of September,, 182 .there might have been seen two travelers making their way on foot across the hill-country to the east of Macquarie Harbor, Van- Die men's Land. I Of all parties consisting of two persons moving at the same. time, upon the earth's surface; or at sea, we mav safely affirm that there was none placed in such strange circumstances as were the men we write of... ""Others,' like themselves, might have been escaped criminals, 'dreadiag lest they should-be pursued, and brought back to chains and labor; others, like. themselves, might have been, suffering the acutest pangs of hunger,' not to be appeased by gras and nettle-tops, boiled in a tin pot,' which wa all the food they could procure ; but even then their circumstances would have been commonplace, .compared to the position of the two men in question. - Hy reason 01 famtness and the difficulties of the- way, their progress was very tardy ; yet, slowly as the leader advanced, who carried an axe (or thev would never have nis-ie tln-ir way at ail) the other man kept well in tje rear for he was afraid of Dei.. ' k.. . ana ea A few weeks back, these n 1, who v call GreeBhill and Pierce, had t - pauions Traverse, Kadman and J... s who had ned wuh them from the ; .1 col"py, in hopes to r';ke ts.-tr way .- tl-e ' -a" ' rnie of the ea cm settlcii . Th.. wcie sooo su"e enoi1 i from pu. . t of man, b..t starva'ionj w..h its iow 1 1 i.i ' certain step,' gradually overtook ' them. They had drawn lots which ef the live should die, and the fatal slip had fallen to Badman. They . then drew iota whict should kill him, which feU to . Traverse, who put him to death while the others col lected wood for the fire. This dreadful provision lasted them some days, and then it became Matthews' "torn to die." 'By the time he was all eaten," saya Piercefor we have his own confession, "Traverse through fatigue fell lame in hi knee o much so that he could not proceed ; Green hill proposed that I should kill blm, which I agreed to." But now even this supply was exhausted, and the two men were alone in the wilderness, each pretending friend, ship, yet each seeking the other's life, in order that he might prolong his own. Neither of them dared to sleep. The strug gle resolved itself into which could hold out I theAwar?rtmatlpe,y',r' was the first to give way. Pierce snatched his axe and slew him, and with recruited strength, and carrying his ghastly victuals with him, made his way to a human habi tation. , . : ; Convict to. begin with, it is probable that this man had but little sensibility of any sort, but the rapidity with which he became demoralized was frightful. Having been remitted to the penal colony, he again made hi escape from it in company with one Thomas Cox. ..This man had very eagerly preased the attempt, although Pierce from experience knew something of its utter hopelessness. "I bad irons on at the time, but Cox knocked them off for me with' the axe. We came to King's river, which Cox said he could not swim. I remarked, that had I known that, he should never have been my companion. The arrangement for crossing the river created words, ' and I killed Cox with the axe, and ate part of him:" They had been in strait for provi sions, but there seems really to have been no necessity for such diet. - Had not Pierce already partaken of this food four time, he would certainly not have touched it ; nay, he even appears to have bten actuated by the very f eehng that prompts the savage; he desired the flesh of his enemy. " ' " . - After a day of lone wandering and priva tion, Pierce's heart (ailed him, and he de termined to go back,- and give himself up. "I threw most of the flesh away ; but some I carried in my pocket to show the com mandant that Cox was dead." . One of the wardens, at Macquarie Harbor, therefore, upon perceiving a signal-fire In the direction of King's River which Wa a common en ough aign of some escaped convict getting tired of his freedom took boat thither and found out the Anthropophagite! Having! confessed that he had killed Cox, Alexander Pierce was executed, June iiyl32.' " ' ' The Quaker's KcXs. .t i'' .1' 1 I 111 i U. ' i.-t n -1 A Quaker grocer In a country Tillage ' became motor! exist-fee- aallloc The village gossip were ready to tea-, tlfy that he bought large and fine-looking eggs, and where he could find so many small-sized eggs as he dally sent out to customers was a mystery they could, not fathom. There were two mysterious looking boles In his counter about the slse of an egg, and curiosity was excited to the highest pitch to as certain what , use they wore pat to. The only answer anybody could get from the old. man, when questioned concerning the use of these hole," was : "My friend, if 1 tell thee the truth, It would not benefit me ' nor thee, and I don't wish to tell a falsehood. It la a pity lying Is a sin, for It comes In so easyln trade."'.'":' " -- At last, It was resolved by tome of the spinsters to watch hi actions through the crack of the shutter after be bad closed his shop for the night," and thas endeavor to find out their use.'.Tbl resolution wsa put Into execution and the ladle caught the grocer passing eggs through the bole by the light of a penny dip. All those that passed through the amalier hole be placed in one basket; and those that passed through the larger one he pat in anotb -er, and all that weald net pass through either he placed In a tin pan and took them to bis own house. r i. ,' - On his way thither, he heard the rust ling of the women's dresses, and he saw that he was eaught ; so h called 1 them tohimand'in 'the .blandest -manner, said: - vi. I ' .:. ; 1- ,: ) f..fil j "Sisters, ye have given yourselves much trouble to appease thy carloaixy, and I will therefore, explain all to; ye. Te see, I sort my egg tut three: slaws by gean Of thsse.i hnhse- Tto 'lJtsMl I are' in my own family; the next slse ell a hair-penny cheaper on a Aoaen than any of my neighbors, for asfe; the smallest I send te those who will buy no other way than on credit. . u: i ; The ' ladies were- satisfied with, the lesson inf trade, and spread the news abroad." : '" " '-' yv- "3 ! . 1 1 '. . f 'fs.f la'.CarissMse. ) f.- '.Vat At the elty Of Medina, in Italy, and about four mile around-it, Whenever the earth is dug, and the workman arrive at a distance of sixty-three feei they come to 4 bed of chalk, which they bore wl th an augur, five feet deep, They then withdraw from the pit be fore the. augur 'is removed, and Upon Its1extractIon the water burst up through, the aperture' with great vio lence, and qulckl fi'.'.s the newly matt well, which contlnnes fu'.l and Is af fected neither by ; rains nor "drought. Bnt What Is the most remarkable In this operation is the layers' of earth a we descend.' ' At the depth of fourteen feetare found the ruins of an ancient city 1 aved streets, lionse, Coora and difl'erent pieces of mason work. ' Vuder this is found a' soft, oozy earth, ma !e t pp of ve tables; at twenty-six fi- t, Ur"- t, s, wU'u'the 'walnuts -1 :.. . ' - t i the :!!, an.l t"..e 1 and br t" .-!: t". : v f i.i a l erf i t i ( ; r va- . At t en i Is fou -5 !, of " t r li j a h 1 a v ,t q. ,e 1b J ...es are FOOD FOSl THOUGHT. Be not proud of wealth, nor complain 'of poverty., 'i ," Vi'. - - . - I ' '0 v r ' : -He who doss not soar high, will suf?. fer less byjt fall. , " The torment f envy m like a grain of sand id the eye.!: t;-.'; i,,; Envy not thote who ha ve, nor des pise those who have noU. . . - Theetrorof a moment beeomea the sorrow of a whole life. 'The more talent are exercised, th more they will be developed. . Mind your tongue 1 Don't let It speak hasty, cruel, or wicked word. Never" exhibit anger, Impatience or excitement when an accident occurs. The Integrity et men is to be measur ed by their conduct, not by their pro- eions. - . ... fall to cloee the door after you, and never slam It. ' ' -Unhappy la th man for whom his own mother, has made other mother, venerable 1 -n ,. '. All that is wise has been theught al ready: we must try, however, to think It again. J :' : j . . . . .. : The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor maf perfected without trials." ..' ''! - . yi t ... ' The man who combats huoself, will be happier than he who ooatoad with others.. , -, . ', Never exhibit too much familiarity with the new acquaintance; yon - suay giveoffence. .': r,: : . . . Men show their character la Bathing more clearly than by what they iLlnk. laughable. .,."., Expression U of more consequence than shapeit will light up feaUire other wis heavy..' or: ! 1. ' : All virtue lias In a power of denying our own desire when ceaaon does nut authorize them. .- '.l " ' . " The mind'hath reason to ' remem ber that passions ought to bo her vas sals, not her masters. . - ' ', Never fall to offer the easiest and best seat in the r001u10.411.Xu valid, or elder -'j peraonsT s iadjf 1 j gv ) t if f Generallsatlonaaod great eli-ooncblt are al way preparing the aot lament able nilshapa. , .... . . Never neglect to perform the com mission which the friend entrusted to you. - YOU knout hot forgew-i ut 'Ordinary' ipprehanslowv or a correct view of human affaire, lathe general heirloom of common eae." r , . People' do riot reflect thai thy miy soon die1. If theyild their e.aarrele would quifckly terminate, t . ..3 v, At present let aa remove what U bad : which must always be done before good of any kind cau spring UPv""1 ''' rei severing tnedlferrtylimtreh more respectable, and ot usupeakbly more use than talented inconstancy.. . , . . In everything th content of all na tion Is to be accounted the law of na ture, and to resist It 1 to resist the law of God.- - :::s -. ,.:;'.: 1. liet every man sweep the eaOW- from before hi own door, and not busy hint self about the frost on hi neighbor tiles. ,' ' .Who will feel the tenderest participa tion In Joy let him not look at happy children, but at the parents ..who rejolo to see them happy. . Though the life of a man falls short of a hundred years, he give himself a much paia and anxiety as it he were to live a thousand. . -v - .;-. .'True friendship is a plant of alow growth, and must undergo and with stand many shocks of adversity before it is en'ltled to the appellation.' '"'A man to be a success must not be a pare Idealism, but he must have Ideas. Us deee not want to be aun-dsxrW or sun-blind, but ha must keep him from knocking himself against the wall. - The dspled of some rweple are the looked-np to of other. Wsre It not so, the little one of the earth wwuld not be able to hold np their heads under the contumely ot the great one,,, it a ,. ; -The wise man make equity and jus tice the basis of sll hi conduct, th rlrht forms th rule ot his behavior. deference and modesty mark hi exter ior, sincerity and fidelity aerve him for acoompUahments. . , - Witty saying are a easily lost aa the pearleellpplng off a broken string but a wora of am one is seioom spoasn in vain. It w a teed which, even when dropped by chance, springs up a flower. All the jiaths of knowledge are con nected. They all ran Into each otber. Tbeyareall one. There I no end to the thing w anna issrwuia oruar is . wrluu sbssi he lis.t sm ' " any pn thing. .,-) 9 ., . . ,'.1 If you would be exempt from u n easi ness v do 'nothing which you know or suspect Is wrong; and if roa wish to enjoy the present pleasure, -always 4e everything in your powce .whica r know to be righs.i i-. l ( .',.' i -. I -! Socneanknownphnoopher,bsre: "A liuJsglrt whcaa putoa a square patrh-may not be so aoooiupllsbt-d a one who can work 4 greeh worsted dog on a yellow 'ground,' but she i far more value In the community " u' The' great' high 'road of tnhia'n wl lare He along the Ok! highway ef stead fast well-doljig, and they wb are the most persistent and work in th trsest spirit will invariably be U- most suc cessful; success tresdaon I eeU of every right effort. , . , ' - ." The' only certain trst by Which we can ascertain 'the-sincerity of-our re gard for out friends I the fueling with which we receive the news of their happiness and agrBdisinent, the more especially when fortune has rais ed them above our level,'. ( ' , . He who would proceed too fast I li bl to take very f It iatter not t what time, but on what term, a negotiation Is eoncludwl. ' It is much belter to-conclude jii;ti.T later than to ruin them by fr i; ran ; n 1 It of ten barren that we iU - ay, I vour I TP li . iiai' T! a f It I. i to j.u.m I r 1. u ms 1 t niiw-t I, ..-' t:. 1 an 1 r' t v -i t....i ; ) l .-oi 1 ! ! I.i- t v .' I : 11.... 1 a i. w hfe r. Oil t -iVPIl -t hi 1 1 t It tue r 1 ,1 e on ti t4 mo-t u nvii ' 1 4A 1' I 1 r it