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vol. STATE3VIL ULT r KJt , k - . Scene in a London railway BUtion iler&r tore ef eE'-i.'.a farliTerpool, ' ' Ay I mark ye well i'.e anguish of tho parting . , That cry of Gone!" Ia wrung from hearts through which fierce ; pkla ia darting. . - All hope withdrawn ; TSi souls of women and of children Bmaiting While life drags on. . . ,. CLi'dloes 1- but not through heaves divine " aUhctioD, v.. ,. , . . . - Ia help'eaa age ; " And husbandleas ! oh! eorrowheyond fict oa, . Words cannot gauge ! And fatherless ! where lies the bene'iotion . That ean assuage. ; ... ';-?k not to them. The words of consolation No help reveal. , : - ' Tillin that hour of awful separation , Thiol, what they feel, ' ;; 1 " -j the paia with. owlyresirrnation,- ; That gold might hts,L 4. : -8 i i. The itisiir ' cf i To bear the woes that fa'l in quick succession . Is ail their lot ; ; -.. - They form no scheme that leads them towards redression. , '-'TVhile tears fall hot '' " Then gaze with coldness -on their .voiceless - wailing,. " ; f . . ' Ay I if you can j . """'" - Think, of the wanderer on tbe ocean sailing ; '."I .'. '. Thou richer man I Couid'st thou not bear his anguish without - - quailing ? t. i Then find some plan. ; Such' misery is not of heaven's sending, - - '-. IS-a. .ft-...... - ... - : V , ..... .... XWJjUlUtMU UUIBO) " .. . ' The orrows that are not beyond earth's mend- . ' i Let none endure. ' ,. - ''With yon,'' cries One in clouds of light as- : : eending, ' . . ' ' ' - .' - . . : : ! leave fiiy poor i r . . , . (Ilarsery's" Secret. f 'Heriiy Sleet, the blacksmith, had s cosy .-iittle' "house in Newburg, which he called .his bird's nest.' It; with, ten good acres at tached, had bean in the Fleet family for three generations The one son hadal ; ways followed the occupation of the sire, as though they were born to the business, ilarry had , a pride in his work, and to those friends who had a large ambition for him, he was wont to say "I was born a blacksmith; I like it, and will remain one." " Tt, Viio Wrrl'a npat nestler. his wifft. "Martr. ery and his little son. They were, the joy v.and light of his work-a-flay Jife. . ;. -j For a number of year Ilarry had been - m ra Tianrnr man- hnt. n. - eland hnrl cmtrt. .... f .rrJ . n iered In the sky, and at last it had moved . along just over his cottage, and there it obstinately stood. He had stood as bail ' for an old friend who was in danger of los iS his liberty in couideration of certain Lu.. a. ihe friend had lurched him. . - Haxgery -knew something had gone wrong. He tried to keep the whole story to himself, but the shrewd little- woman managed to ascertain lus secret trouble. :- tM.Tr tr " T JM T mou see, lutirgcny, x uuu i iiiiuu, jl iui work for you and the boy well enough, but the homestead, there , is no, help for -5f tTint tm nnt rrs o n if Tioo liDan ill tTlO ' Fleet family ever since it was a wilder ness, .."-." " Harry told her the responsibility. Said he: "Old Squire Mitchell has it, and! have mortaged the place, lie has gven me sereral months in which to redeem" it, 1 a , : . t .a wall t.lra it Ttmxr ATa rfrflrV :. UUb lie lUlU-H" am " , "V ;I shall be no ietter prepared to , pay . it then." ' Harry went to worn, auu ojiargcry uj ruminating. She had always been able to adapt , means to ends, and supply the means too, if necessary, for a " wise little thinking cap she was in possession of. But this time she was sorely - puzzled. She spent the afternoon in endeavering to plan ai J -M t. i t. :a. nrA 1 ucuiuu ui IKiiei, uut ik ucpk una. j auu :. she felt tired and defeated.. i -It was supper time. She heard her "hus band's foot strike the graveled walk at the same time she was struck with an idea. She put hia supper on the table without a "j word, and instead of - sitting down with , tim as usual, said: "Do you mind looking after the baby awhile ? I want to run out." ;- A nerlibor came in soon after and - in- . '!5Le Las gone out," he repliedl ."Itniurt Lave been her I saw going into Lawyer Knowles' cSce a moment bo," tid tie lie: jLbor. -' . - Ilarry did not reply, but he did not like It. Your j Unowlos Lad once teea a suit- - 1 a a a Jt t. Or Ci - ry 8. ai.a.j wa t:.; j, b. xa. Lis Et''tionjlor Le w;.3 a sLrswd yo-irt f r- j ' ' if-ar-.- f- Ink s lokLj al-. .;a to ...a r..u:n c". .res, ar.il' "j: tad no fartaie I t 1 rT t-r -wi tl.ra vrr.3 a runor t'.'.-t i i tl 3 cf L.r r:-.'. 3 tL'.t ta u-3 ii a "t" ' tr .tcf tie cr--r.try Lri I .": Lcr . j? '".--7, r,-crecr lc:s and her r''lTC3 i -1 : -'- "3 it f rP--f t--t -9-ti:3J,.ia c' I:." : - f 1 i To1---'-0 cf 11 tL:'" ' II . Lljlaart to . . .. a t... . Ju3 . i rs- v,ti net trouble: she never sr'lo cf tl..lr r leg 1083, aid re cflen f..;:il 3: r E.n:r, merry as a lark, but tl 3 . 3 no lor;-r perfect conrli, -nee L.tf. c-i t" ;m. .TLre wolU 80E.:tLi;j-she k"-'rj Lid, La thor -t. ' And flarcrc-ry ell tiv3 a secret, and k; t it the old ad; 33 nct-K-ltliEtani-ipT,, . . . , l'irI'.y the Cry arrived en which tie date of the Eiort;oe expired. ITrry's fy 3 had a set look. . Always in tie way t3 tnoi-rit, when around t 1 tc::33, watchiz !Icry whi'e defJy elsrvricg up things. Tveithing she touched yielJc-d Lie magic. This morcirg she was unu2ua:'y Ehilf uL and not a trace of regret was there iathat Epark hc ce cf hers. . " Ilarry w?3 wocful!y cast don. Ilij clouded face EC'sr-i a reproach to her. lie had not rt.::ed t1- e lr.cney, and could net Le said." Th3 f "J?3 c !T:vl Lmi au e:t " ' " cf t'-me; 1 1 " " tl -3 : place is not worth more than the money you loaned me. I will make you s deed of it, find you may write that the mortgage is satisfied."- " . y He produced pen and ink, looking ' all the time like a man abput to sign his own death warrant. .Then baby was hustled unceremoniously into his cradle, and Marg ery unlocked a little drawer on her hus band's desk; producing a package, and placing it before the Squire, asked him to count its contents. It was found to cover the whole amount for which her husband had given the mortgage. "It was left to me by my uncle : Heth,'" explained Margaret. "Lawyer 'Knowles was in need of all his shrewdness to straight en the matter out, but I paid him a round sum for his services." " " Harry called himself a -slow man, and it did take him some time to get the better of his amazement. He had barely succeeded in comprehending the whole, as his' wife turned from the door, from which . the 'squire had made his .exit. Then, for the first time, th , little woman broke down. She threw herself into the strong arms that were ready 10 receive her. ' "Oh, Harry ! how could you how could you be jealous of me?" ,f -. He answered not at all, but held her as if in one of his own iron vises. 'Presently he fell to kissing her hair, forehead, cheeks and lips; and looking up, she saw what she had never seen before; on -the cheeks of her Vulcan were two round, big tears. . Harry did not go to the shop that day, and the baby was sadly neglected. ,j ; ' 'It was several years ago that', this event occured, and Harry's bird nest, is- now called "The Dove Cot'r by the observing neighbors. - Tbe Grace Cuj. , - , , 4, The or'.trin cf the f-'e c"-, c as it js sometimes called, the '"loving 011,,". passed round from guest to guest at state banquets and city feasts, is thus accounted for. "The grace cup derives its name and use from an amusing little fact illustrative of the manners and customs of the Scotch nobles in the eleventh century. That royal Christian civilizer, Margaret Atheling, the consort of Malcolm Kenmore, observing that they had an irreverent habit of rising and quitting the taole before grace could be pronounced by her chaplain, promised to reward all who could be induced to tarry for that ceremony with a draught at libi tum flora a large gold cup of the choicest wine, which was passed from "hand to hand round the board, after the thanksgiving for the meal had been duly said. The bribe offered by the beautiful young queen was too agreeable to be resisted by the hitherto graceless northern magnates', each was eager to claim his share oi the grace cup,' as this social goblet , was called; and thus the custom instituted in the palace became so popular that it was observed in the Baron's halls, and wherever festive cheer was to be found throughout the land. The fashion of the grace cup was of course adopted in England by all degrees who could afford to honor a custom' so much in unison with national taste. Every per son Of consequence could boast of a grace cup in the liiddle Ages, and even at the period of the Reformation they are occa sionally enumerated and described "in in ventories of plate and jewels, - and be queathed in wills." ' .. ' Why There Is no Bain In Fern, In Peru, South America, rain is un known. The coast of Peru is within the region ot rxsj-petual southwest trade wind3, and though the Peruvian shores are on the verjeofthe great BO"'hea:-t boiler, yet 'it never rains thca. The S3u.he;:t trad3 v, in;i3 ia the Atlanta oct: a fh'st f: He the water on the -cor. t of All: a. Travcllng to the northet they blow oli::;!y acrcrs the ocean until they reach ths ctust cf ErazJ Ey this ti:re V -y f-3 l :-en with v?pcr, which t!""y cc '..- to lr r alu -r t::;-3 thecciill : t, c' ;:..jit fs t1 7 (rf r'T-' T' ". " - ' .'"3 r . ' - j " J' dalii,!.. v p i r r t. . ex k j An- "I. I'l 'iyt y r - .h t" i srtcv t -.1 - ; 1 . i n 1 - f it' - n ti 3 L 1 1 '.' 'i( u.' ' t ; a 7 1. v t 3 c 3 t. t. I. 5 5 -i.lt cf t" "t r -3 t yr-v t ; J - '-nr.i c;l s 1 i -y t ' " ' c ii 3 1 3 .-1 3 L :1. 1' ' iro c-'-- -1 F" - r i r - : - 3 1 ,r 1 th. t f -p ' "1 f j - 3 ' ' i ca t ' r;; -- 'i 1 , t 71 ' i r 1. 1 JT3; t I Z V t ' t . : ' ! l' 3 .' '- " i s C ; 1" 3 1. - f . IV. 'i! 3 ' 1 tl 3 r' . i cf C . f ii. , ;. 3 . t ."7 c l' t h f toward him, WE3 chicri Bubble's Learne 1 C.:t, 1 "J. rubble was a wcll-to do oil font, and if Le til any rtlo'uh.r wehrio;-3 it was for traiclrg birJj a. id animals, . ILs Louse and tarn .were f led -nith then, crcat'.y to t' 9 cl-j'.ist of lira, Eabble, v,ho Lated ' . i- ;cf the lilrid. lie Lad a learn ' -, j.-scdcIous roc "?r, a trick d ;- a c .-iprc. ':.JlE2 cow, ani.r. .J.ous horie, an e-.ic:.tid rat,a.l the Levi l.zos how many other tl ng3. II t r 3 3-t t Le 1 no learned cat, and Lis Lcdt j f;r one, He Lii tried to triij t-' o or three dlTrent on- but L:3 tr.il d: :1 1 a trl.h cf worryir-j te-3. out of- esi:. , cr c..t cf the 1 : J.hoihood, and so, L--".'.e v,-;3 sjIII und-.r a cloud. If heoUyLp ' l;3.rnr:i cat he felt tht Li3 cup of Lapf L-v would te corr"l.-;te. 7 . -" ' Firrllyhscl ' .sdafra larfs Er-echr.ert, : e qrJ te lare e. . 3" h to t -3 I ' 3 0 wn t :j t, - j frasthe dej wu conc-r , and Le at ' -:e set about tducatir. z Li t. Contrary to ; former c-xoric -.ce, Le f juj.d Lis new t ' hi c-"t3 t'fiv?, rilii a faw wechs taining a comparfy of friends to dinner, Bubble had to tell thim about his ' latest animal wonder-. - s "You would be surprised,"" said he, "to se what a genius .there is m that cat Tom my. -.; . . - Some onte suggested that . the wonderful feline be summoned into the presence of the company, and accordingly "Tommy was sent for, ' , "'Now, my friends,, as the prehminary overture to his performance, I propose to show you how nicely he can walk over this table without disturbing the least thing, or offering to . eat whatever may be in his reach." - - " : "-' - Mrs. Bubble protested, but! he would have his own way, .and Tommy was order ed to leap upon the table and walk oyer it carefully. . ..' , - , -, : . 1 ' But learned cats are qu'rte ' as unreliable as any other, and Tommy didn't 'appear to be ambitious for fame on that occasion. The first thing he did was to turn around and put his hind foot in the butter.; Then he started forward a little and in trying to get at that buttered instep ho knocked, over the cream pitcher,' the sugar bowl and be coming more and more demoralized be, put one of his tore .paws into a cup of hot tea. Then he gave a growl of pain and made a dive to get aawy, knocking the tea-pot over into Mrs. Bubble s lap, and receiving a cuff which started him in another direction, and caused him to overset a dish of gravy. Into this he stepped, and then jumped upon the head of an old fellow without any hair, and producing a'stampede which tipped over the-table and produced a regular hurrah. Bubble was all the while calling :; "Come here, Tommy, poor Tommy." but hiai calls were disregarded by that educated cat, and Mrs: L$. seized a stool and sent it nying af ter poor Tom. The v stool . and Tommy went through the window- together,'.carry- ingaway the sash and all at one fell swoop. After comparative quiet had been restor ed, Bubble tried to convince the company tht the cat was a little out of training,. but on account of : a subsequent conversation held between him and his wife, it is safe, to say that he will not exluL.it his learned cat again right away. : ;. j The ceremonious xhnners at , the "White House are as much matters of course as the reception of the President's wife by day and his own (usually called levees,-no one knows why,) by night. Custom has made it oblijratory on our Uhici magistrate to give several of these dinners during each session of Congress. A spacious apart ment, forty by thirty feet, known as the State dining room,'" is provided for these banquets. . There is another-smaller room, where the President and his family take their meals, and where they often entertain their mends. Twenty or twenty-nve can comfortably dine therein- - The "State dining room" adjoins the red parlor and has a door of communication with that and two with the hall. Jt has a handsome carpet and antique, . substantial furniture, including a' solid mahogany buffet ot the largest size, -which looks as if it "Lad been in use half a century at . least. There are two windows fronting south, reaching from floor to ceiling ; there is a nianlel-piece and fire-place at one end of the room and side tables ot mahogany in convenient places. The walls are tinted a pale hue and paneled with gilt bands. ' The table- used for ban quets is long and broad enough to seat forty guests and leave abundant space for the servants to pass around it. ' A nurror about two feet wide and long enou-h to extend nearly the entire length cf the tahle i3 one of the heinooms of the Late L.ouse, and is always placed horizontally s.lorjg the cen tre of the table when fersts are given. It has an ornate gilt frpme and serves ss the foundation for the tuhle (Lcor. ' h-"s. TLers are other Landiorne ornaments LJ.r.rjing to the "White House which arescuaCtlmcsr -3d thc:e occojioas, as, for exumlrj. the Hia watha vase, rcpresentlu IIlaTrr.tha in a sirle-mast?! vs".el on acry:'.."i l a (a rir-T) en whe- trf!r-3 ara r rota tions in silver of a-rieous pkc'.s 1 .: 1 r hl' i,"3 aiirs; 3. ih.3v--o wujp..:- . if.r the ur.3 cf ths ,Lll3 IIor-3 ty I " 3. Cr. r.t ttthe CcutwUulJ. ExhlhrtL-j. -11 3 t .hi 3 11 : 1 13 very fi3. Th3 g" 3 13 tl 3 f - r t vihl.e cut f ' --, E3th"ar- -t1 " -. Tl 3 v 1 hh 1 -. . 'ti. t. I. C. r -, r ' c "3 r 1 " -11 3 c L C V. ii to pro- iuvi:u"l-3 tD thee.'"" "'3 t) I ?. v, 1 lira. L.1-, :.:c- If -.tM " 63 til h?.i t) e r;... . "if-. fr-fc er; t e It ..C. .It'n wrrec. : Hot : r ; .3. 1. "li3f.rt at' t. ;.'l 1 t.3 xh-.-ri. ' tlv3 ai Ll3 f -"7 t" -3 ( 3 c.' - r stt as as-.' -"lcr-".: t to t 3?-. j-:- '3, t 3?Lot.3 iit i th - j V.o ! t3 1.. . r cf C -"-'-TtDuJ io. I .1. ir t; ia 1 .3 13 1 tn .--r'.:' ...1 7 ' -Lyary lic3. 13 cl." s L ,it7i id. e.zii r-re prh: ctcd ur.lt 1 oV.;..l; f. .cr. m f - .la there r. 3 t t" 3 f ' 3 ; s f ) CTT' It' 1 '. 3 r L" ' ry t: it it 13 C f r t - , r-! t i3hh'3Cft"3 t ."3t3l."i t' "r t t 3 s ..3 r b c- 7 f. 1 to '. 1 r h3. II. .--09 it is s.t-,."r-.-.3 tl. ; th. t ce- . 3 '1 r.2s:t -each ether : t' .t c - iL;."l7 .'. '3 cf th3 col t.:r:, cr.3 e . 1-3 T 1 "3 th3 cth r 1 aru:3 do.Ti, . v" 3 v.i. Vari '-sh r'ir"s' If -5. which seem woi Ji recordlnj. h so: "thrush -lines her c nest withcow-rlur ' ad clay; and it is usuallv considered by orni thologists that, as she builds very early in the spring and frequently m exposed situa tions, the mud lining protects the c 3 and the young brood from, the fierce Harei winds; ! Early in March we found a thrush's nest in 6ur garden, containing four ; but the nest bad not a vestige of the usual mud lining.. Unfortunately we found ths nest destroyed one morning before the bird had time to hatch, so it was impossible to note whether the' inclement weather had any effect on the eg-rs. We have at this moment a b'ickbird setting upon six e."fj9, four of which are her own and the ocaer two those: of a song-thrush. Vhen first the nest was found it contained two of each kind, a thrush having laid in the blackbird's nest. Although sparrows will sometimes appropriate swallows' nests to build in, and thpugh.seyeral birds will build a new nest on an . old foundation, it is, 1 think, very unusual' for '. one species the cuchoo, of course, excepted to make use of a nc:t built by another species. , The third curios, ity of pest building is the nest of achahloch, placed in the fork of an elder bush near our house Usually the chaffinch assimi lates the color ef her nest to the situation in which she places it ; if she builds on a Jiedge she' generally covers it . with preen moss; but it she builds, as she often aoes, on the bare branch of an old apple tree, She uses the gray lischens, which are .usuJly near at .hand, and covers her , nest with them so-skillfully that though quite open and exposed it becomes bidden by its re semblance to a knob orexcresscence cf -the tree itself. Jin this case, however, .though the bird- has recognized the necessity of covering her nest with something, she lias rendered it most conspicuous by . sticking little bits of white decayed wood all over it The wood is so white that the nest looks almost like a'snowball in the branches. Possibly this bird may be color blind, or she may be just a little bit "wanting in her instinctive faculties, as human Lv.in9 are occasionally" in 'their reasoning povre-3. Why not? .- -". : ' 'Tt aad 1" are rarrl S." Ama ia ...4 Vi ..j a v.. z . 1 . children, became enam ore d cf i uing woman and procured a dlv- ; t3 La fc obscure town in Indiana. He clld rt sr a word about i at home. One i?.y L' i eld est daughter 1 iived a parcel cf p-..r;rni from a lady Li Indianapolis. In it was aa old copy ot a country newspaper. An ad vertisement attracted her attention; it was an application for a divorce for her fat he -from her mother. - The young lady desi. e to visit her friend in Indianapolis, 8 d'l make an excursion to the town whe. 3 tl. divorce had been granted. he rcturcc . with ample evidence that her mother was living with a divorced man. She shov e 1 her father a copy of the advertissment, end told him that she had found out ail ab ut him. He walked the fioor for a minvae, and then turned to Lis daughter. "I have been a very bad and guilty man," Le V.id; "but it i3 not too late to n:t.ke amer? 13. 1 I will go to her and conf-s alL aid undo what 1 have done. " "Confess trst to r.;e," said the girl, ''ltialliss who -is tl woman m the case, is it noli" "it is" I thought as much. Are you to marry trxV "1 was to have married - Ler." "You must not go to mamma yet. Khe mu..t Lc your wife arjnin before she knows the f sar ful trutha" "The your 2 lniy wr.3 equ;d to the emergency. The twentieth 8 '.miver sary of her parent's ir3rrir3 w"3 clo. 3 at hand. She invited all thr f.:a'!3 tr.I Lad thera m?.rriel r - la ly tl 3 ; 3 rula- Lstr who pcifor- 3lthe ccri. rry teuty y- 3 before. L3 tock p ' rsto f - e Lcr mother's' rival pr.'ent, audr-. 1 ci to Lcr in a corner: 'Tc-i Eud ruumrira a r "rried c -tta as f-.rt i.3 the law cr. 1 do it. V"LctLc te truth i3 ever known c;-cnyou. Tf-a v 1 i rvr t"1! : i t . p-'rs, er-i for n'Tf-.'s '.3 I: :" ". .t it cots s:-c-m to t 3 c ,r, t c: her c hru-.s rr. 1 t :y:t re u.- t .ttcr thsn thl3. 3 c ' f T - J , - .-I g---'. rc . t . 3 a a . " : ...r.:-.oe in Iva' r ;h t, ...". ia 1.3 L.;c.ry. . ,cry rruiiou- 3 ruu.o. htl . .1 i.ot 3 c" tnct. J f . r Lira i 1 C..1 ".-rui 1. 1 f - 3 wo. i cut cf Jsrry i.. . x t v ..rcfas" .mluZJ.3 -u:,-, r .3 L-.dc'e-Lu- i ) J '. 1. Very, I hl-.I. Ha rr, te c.i.:r 1 1 rrclchhj 7 f " : 9 ore ia a Li cf a: '.r. c" t! s r t r: .'j's c .r t:;t t ( ". J:y v i a r-- hi t"--.t - hh - ci th,.t 11 :i. ,hc - 3 i 0 Ll3 rn;?;- ?.r 1 1' Ijact anl lover utll 1 c? r L's eyei.- Jciy v s i Ci ---3 Chij-aOOd 1.' V3. Lid : 1 rr 3. hr'jcf w-rk. -ci-3. J.rry a r - ; r- r r H3 juld be tahiag cLar" s with the ore iiCKet. - Ha was -Larncsiecl to a water cart, but kicked the head out of the water barreL Next he was placed in a team. His habits were demoralizing to the ; other mules in the team, and lie was removed from their, society, rr Oire evening he and another mule were tied together to keep them from wan dering too far, and turned out to browse for the night. The next morning one of them was dead. Jerry wouldn't work at anv thing. He just wanted to wander . around and enjoy himself. - ' ' - ' 1 It got bo he had nearly all his time to himself. , Lie roamed about the - camp and vicinity. One ' day he fell into an aban doned shaft thirty teet deep. 1 No one tried to get him out. ? It was thought he might end. his1 useless existence in there. He could 1 be seen at - the bottom nodding., rina;iy. alter ne naa Deen in eve days, Tom Kerrigan took pity on hinv Tom was kind to animals. He said Jerry was a bad mule but he ought not to be allowed to starve! Tom rigged ropes, got help and hobted tim out. Then he walked up to Jerry, and patting him affectionately, said: "Had a peoty rough time, didn't vou. oldboyf" ; . , , - ; Tom disappeared in the shaft, Jerry had straightened out one of his hind legs. Tom was taken out very seriously injured. He lingered between life and death for a long time. He had to have one of his Ie?s am putated, and finally got up with a stuf arm. He. is making his living as a musician Lb Ban Francisco now. A hand organ, Jerry did not have a paint-brush tail. His owners had always seemed to like just Li3 natural tail. They loved life. ; v s , v Jerry -was getting to be prominent ia Ivanpaugh. He was a rising mule: . His conauct, however, was beginning to tell on his owner. . Joe Singleton Lad come into camp a steady youg man, but he was get ting a uttte recKieio ana cia.pa;ea. i rouble on Lis mind. ' " " . - . .' Joe was getting poorer and Le needed his mule's sr. Stance. He" triad Jerry once more, d-i-s lng the car ia and out of the tor-"1, -.J.rry drew thee rout once, in a f hlrgrr rner. Just as Le returned from t i r -:th cf the tunnel to ths face cf it a I J' t vert cffpre-tiV-Out-hls t 1. 3 V 0 t .1, ; t "y 1 h the . ha to- s.e if the -31 -a wc; ' ir t t the f ,ca' were inj ured. a. 3 Lh -t L .1 r.. .hi sa uusxpecte'lly-lare 1 3 ia the flocr cf tie tJ-r.oL When the - tchs gre-v lc-3 d. Jerry was dlscov crrd t.inlr3; at the tcttOTi of this hole, ivhirr, chewing a piece of fuse. Jerry t z-Jli eat almo&t ar.ythinj. He' was par f J to pieces cf Laooa rind, wr jon covers r,d colors. He could make a comfoftahla - 1 on axle grea3e. . At one time he was . .'.lr;g trjley from a Er.ck; there were te giant cartridges mixed m with the L ley; he picked up -one of ths cartridg3s; a nuuiber of men were watching Lim, ex pecting to see Lim die a most horrible death; they thought it would be a fit ending of Lis career. Jerry chewed, and the car t.Ue exploded. Ei3 tud made a little tremulous move that was aiL He spit cut the shell and took another cartridge. A new man from California came into the camp. lie-recognized Jerry and Joe. II 3 s..ld Joe Lad not pvsa a Lundred dJ ! 3 for the nu'.e.- That Jerry, was "from t..e Sua Jou-uln valley, -where Le Lad been a proruluout karllzg mule. That there had 1 o?a rr.m meeting of the citizs there to terrr.;je how to get rii of Jerry. He v - 3 th-uuing out the farming CGa-aaiur.lt y. 1h..t finally the -county court cf I.:-rc-r r ?v.nty gave Joe Singleton, who was p: - 3 i -g tl rou,;h the county, ten doila to t .3 t' a r:7.3 to Arizona. Joe'3 Luriurcd ".-l-1 v ttory vj3 exrlrc'L II j w 3 j .. i s hcut it. He drank Larder. Jsrry waudc-red further aul . the r at .7 f ""a the c 'oe Laid reicf Li.i. ( ..:rr-iul- 1 not a. .3 Ml.h Lhru 'i icy felt i ...aisi in Li3 pivreucs. II3 C 3 "r ti Ivarr," h I HI o came into c -. a. 3 tr.r 1 zvxCj thv- r Lcadjr,.r' -T3 :i t 3 1...'3 c:ch t A'eu'y n. 1,3 away. II3 - 3 ! 1 tr'. .1.13. lis vc ' i to 3 t o 7r. h - : o r 3 t' 3 f " ' r. IT3 r ,l I : ' - thhf-eatf. ' ,r. V , iru . I ti. 3 3 i:73t tt t. rn- 1 . ; r - . r -. ' T " ' -.. ' ::? vie' f hit V.I13 . -. 1 3 t'TChl.f." ' -1 cl.' . 1 i a c 1 : 3 t 1 f:r v- 13 - I j-otltion, aid tad, it is pr-. rned, with r-c:.t rret-rice cf clad, xihavorcd to cpen the serrated iron jrs which held Lhn fit. ut thor-h ihirrtT is said tv.) djuhie the'r"r'h- of srin, the trap re fa3d t3 five i;j Its prey, aad, as at each mover .'.t cf La bouy the iron teeth bur i'l tl.-1-:;.'- Ive3 d;cper and' dcrper in his L;3 e-?ry must Lave bPtn of the r...,.t erquh.ts ds-ritlon. ITo prof.rxhly c.fttsd tul wouli Lave co'.h.;,-l to thout, Lc-evcr hopi ' - iy, fjr he'p, Lai it not been fjr-the f,..r"o( attracting the wclvcs that x.: X Le 1 .':- ; ii the n ' ' Lorh - J. lis L' 1 u- hr V3 cc.t a f 'l L .'ci.t; anl with t' ' ia t1 a er-.t cf L:3 Lv.Irg at.j.cl;ed Ly the crcaiol a;J.s. ; 1 e tru. .j! to t' h.nd Limj.lf. As t! e 1," ht ler-, " ened, t e mooa rc-e, p- i sht-d L 1 rule li.-ht ov,r the foic t. lis n:.iy lo-v Le pictured i.:.uiov' is, with eyes r. ..1 cri ri the f"'j t ; 7) f.3 to 'y ia t" 3 r X ex cmri' -j t r""r;t, 11 V; i r-'j 1 v-hlr-. All tt c c3, h. , v.ry f -, c.l, (.3 L.u c 1 r- '- - cf i 1 -' t f - , ' . ' ' ;r 1 r i' c i ' ried direct to the zt tbyte tiall3 set for the destruction of his destroyers. ' I ear pot being part' of hia hardy nature, he by al most superhuman efforts, and in the awful moment forgetting all pain, contrived to drag himself and the trap toward an oak tree, against which he placed his back. Here, with his hatchet ready to strike, the young fellow, full of courage, doubtless of fered up a short prayer to his God, and embracing, as it were, in his mind his poor o'.d mother and his bride, awaited the hor rible result, determined to show himself a tsue child. f the forest, and meet his fate like a man. A few minutes more and he was surrounded by a cordon of . yellow flames from the eyes of the brutes, the ani mals themselves,-which he could scarcely1 distinguish, sending forth their horrible yells fullin his fae. On thefollowingmorn-( ing.whentheunfortunateforesterwhosetthe' trap came to examine it, he found it at the foot of the oak, deluged with blood, the bone of a human leg. upright between the iron teeth, and all around, scattered about the turf and the path, a quantity of human remains. Shreds of a coat and other arti-. cles of clothing were also discovered near the spot. With the assistance of some dogs, which' were put on the scent, three wolves, their heads and bodies cut open with a hatchet, were found dying in an adjacent thicket. When the venerable cure of the village, after -previously 'en deavoring :ln every possible way by Christian exhortation to prepare his aged mother to hear the' sad tale, informed her that these . remains of humanity were all, tbat was left ot her boy, she laughed. Alas ! it was a laugh of madness ; ' reason had fled. : ' ' ' -4 -! ' . r ' The Hero Urn .of Washington; ' " X I ' ' ' ' u ; ; ) " c 1 - y ( , ' t f JL careful study of the history of .!,VaDey Forge cannot be too earnestly recommend ed to all who would fully .; comprehend the greatness ot the character of Washington. At no other period of the war does it seem so purely heroic, and at no time tlocs the patriot cause appear to have been in - equal danger of ruin. To this day it seems a miracle that the little army was kept . to gether at alL H3 give forty-five years to t" i r rj-i-"" -" .r ''',""' ia v, ' t J of thr-Ti all c.d Le uj 1 j i-aaa to . .re estabilJi it? Superior to evil fortune, stronger than the elements, and wiser thau all the delegated wisdom of the colonies. hardly knowing in whom he might confide or what professed triend might prova ; a virulent foe, his military geaius underval ued and maligned by men unworthy to 1. ' 1 Lis stirrup, he seems . never to Lave lost either his equanimity or his hope. Contrast Washington at Valley Fonre his naked lit tle band shivering around Lini, with' Napo leon selfishly fiyiug from. the wr'-k - of the most magnificent army which e od the 3 , we iagton other his by a culiar plains of Lurope. , we fe contemplate the spectacle, that . was "all in all to the cause."' . -man might have destroyed it by tuoua ambition, ty an overestun own ability, or on the other h. Eaiural incapacity to manage the resources cot.rldod to Lim. . It may be truly said that ' no historical character has eo grown ia the estimat; m of ruarjhind. There are other revolutionary- persona trs who are still rememlerpd freshly, ia v.Lom we see fault3 ad e ..a " caknesses. Frosn these, Vt'tt -lair .oa w.i? n,t utterly free for he was human; bat cun-another be found who erred so seldom, v,io th-covered and p-.re Lis error so rroirtlv. who V-3 bo w;-e a..d yet so t-lanpie, who w3 so utterly mcar-raLIe cf suh- rtir-jro dt-f -.t vl.iie even adepperate cr?03 cf :cc 3 r-ar.!nej, or .who did e wo.'c - v 1 ich L !a l.and3 found to do, ; ... -riij3 ol.rtr:'.tl.n3 and .J. " . , 0 pcr..l -natly and so thorourjh- TH "Walhalla. . T1T.'." ".a is r r I' '.on. V,"it t" 3 Tc .3 cf i. -i iifjriiav -,i, 1'. 3 ; al.'l ci f - C. i'U f.r t' i C Ti. . " j 1 r . c..3i. r- L It : ; :ynt -r 5 r- -. 1 t a -. 1 . '.a It c . . '3d C . -7. e' it -7 r- 3 1 : c r c s r 1 ( 'i v 1 1 '. : y. it : -Ut :-ry, ' 1 ty t - 3 -: AO c 1- .1 . . 3 , i . ; 3 1" f . r ; ii a n a 1 ! Grentmav's Yfolf Urj-. - "Only one more Ei.-irj', alKnit n 'a you were a little girl and lived in the vocxLs, said Frank. G.-.nJaia drew off Lcr Fpecl.uh8 an shut her book. he h ancd Ler head t u k ag'viast tl.e large tusy-chair and sLut 1. r eyes, thinking. - "I remeii.hcr, as if it were ycst-r by, she s.d, r-, ...-Ther he-;l and LsA,;-' ut the chih'.ron vtl.o L:vl f-T.ben'd -oyiJ Lcr. -1 was crs'y sovi'a ar;d ryh'ti Lrotl.tfr wasa't a year old. 'I'm g :. r to V c pr. 1 ,'-Loi..,3,' gftid r:-.thtT, V . 1 v 11 .-. t st-y ia t' e rwa a" 1 r t" c ! I. wtiKts.' t 1 ti k r..y l.r.i't.i' - f.r I 1 . i k arm d t i kn!., i vury , n-i 1 cf the s'-ocki:--; ti Slv , " .r ? ti-i'. -r rry a-r.u It ws a c. i 1 c! 7, 1 . ? i-i 1. 0 IVi, B.-i 1 ail th v . -'3 i " t. y t C 8.1 I kci'.ed :,rl ..ft! : r. Ii. a i.e trie E.il - 1 f ) cry. - I- r'-t ' vn f --n 7 X 1 It 1 i ;rd a- . : - t 1. -i, ' ' ' ! ; 3 1 ' .!. fc" , .a l,a. ill 1. , iwa-aai he had 6- vi'ed crj-i and could hear mr heart thu-a.h. thu.iab. ihnn.hf - 'All at once there came a cruel kind of bark, and then a snarl. , A moment affr me winaow Drone witn a Joud crash, and I saw the long head, open jaws, and fierce eyes of .a wolf p-lar. ig in upon me. An angel sent by our Father In heaven must have told me what to do. The wolf was climbing in through the small window, and to have lingered but a second would have beea death. Moved as if by a power not mv own. and without think ino- wW. wo. best to do I ran, with baby in my arms, to me stairs mat went into the lort: Scarcely had I reached the last stern ere ha wm in the room below. With a savajre Krowl he soranaf after me. As ha did an T let. tSa door, which shut like a rpllar Annr full over the stairway, and it struck him on the J 1 I 1 . I . , . uvea unu Koocneu mm dock. a cliest stood near, and something told me to pull this over the . door .80 I laid tha huhv dawn and dragged at the chest with all my strength, j ust as x got one corner over the door the wolf's head stnink It anr. lmnrkAr. it up a little. ' But before he could strike it again 1 naa me cnesc clear acroea. . This would have ko.nt him hank if I hurl another chest over the door, and piled ever bo many uiinfrs on lop oi tnese. now savagely he did growl and snarl ! : But I was safe. . , "And now I thought about my mother. If Bhe fehould come back from the Ppring house the wolf would tiA.r - - - , a-" W-IM There was only one window or opening In uie 101c, ana matcua ncn loot toward tae SDrin? housjr. and tin f war in ' whir'K T could give her wamintr, or let hr know. 11 sue nau seen me .won, mat we were safe. For a lorn? time the wolf trind ai.fl trinri t get at us, but at Ljn I conllhcar Lim going uuwu uio Biaira. ne movea aoont in the room below, ' Lnockir, y things around for ever so long, and then 1 heard. Lira spring up to the window. At the same moment I heard my fathers voice shouting not far oH. Oh, how my heart did leap fur glad ness! Then camo Lion's heavy bark, which grew excited, and I soon hoard Lira vcllim down the mad ia tl.e wild. ;t -v. Thowoif wn F'i'l ii V 1 v'-' -v. I ' '1 1 1.' . . 1 r cd : " 1 . Li ju wa t1 .il....a,LLiicy f..:h(.r cihl ' 1 !.' a ( M 1 x command. All wtis s.lent now, L it the E.it'nce was quickly Ircka by the thup crack of a ritle, killlrg L:ra Li Btanlly. ."Fal r, lULerl" I cried from the L.ft window, lie tol 1 me afterward t'.::t ivy voice tujie to Lim like ot. e from t'o i' ai lie ran ucur.i to thi.t ehie cf tha L .. e. JIotLrr was with Lim, IcxAing as vihte a a sheet. . 1 fhw them both cli-p tin :r 1 !3 tog thcr and lift their ets ia thaaaakf.,...! n to God. Wheal tried to put the ch. i awsy I could not move them an inch, too fatlier hud to chmb up by a l.l ! r to the loft window to rcIiM3e h:Jy aril roe from c ' ' .ce of refuge. Ih t'-.T d. 1 m.t know .pg of our dangT u .l r' e Lii I f.. " h woik at the sjiii;: r LoL.--'. Ju.it as she came out c-id saw ti.e wc.il's h(al at the window, at ti.e R-.uie r; '!:t f-thtx and Lion appeared in s' lit." "I wonder the wolf 1. ..i't c-.t y-ou, "t.id Frai.'.t, witii vido-opn ti L:ci.thicg deeply. . ... - ' - - ClotI lalnm. Come, now, what 1 7 ..ity U t.'.l.) leaving a clothes lino c.t after c!, :kl A great deal of funny comniri.t LnsLcf . r-" 'e upon thi scu.-tom of th. hth .s p--; . ,t 1 it is a most serious n-.?.'."..r, and it 13 1, "i time the tomf j"'--y a. ai'I 1 p L are jiiat as rca.iy 3 s.bo.!y to e otic funny side of a tuiar, but wo L.ive c ,1 , 1 to obr. rve asj'thirg a'r.'i. 'rr ii L' '. g expectcl'y piw i a- r-ss t' e ri or ru 1 aro?'? ti.j f.o ly a t!-:i.is l...o. It ii tlr.a tl.pro v 1 a i ;'.'..tiv3 c. :r.."t t; either Lai:. Tc' :' 3 li"r !-' 'y i t , ve the ci.'th, tr i. ".e I- -.v. t t fe- r l ' t-f .'J a f ' 1 '..'. o. I. ii a rv ' i ' ' ' . ..'.2 f t t . t a ti ' 3 li"'3 ii h' 3 1 ' ' r I' t f ' "i r If t'. 3 y... i . , i . . , - ;a: 1 a'i t t 'ii 0 f ....,( L ....... , " (,, , .a '3 f-.;in..' b i t" 3 v ' ' ' ; ' 1 , f ; .t , . v .111 t ) 1 r 1 j j .'.:. A ! ' r 1 i i3 1 : . ; . . ; rvi '-?. or t . . . L 1 i', v 3 ') 1 tl . i ', ( "i-- t t', .t i; ; . , '. ! ' i; n n f Oil. I' j ' ( ii f V , 3 t c . : 1 . . . t 1 v , . . . . l"lel x , x.i i ' i ! 1 r ! i 11 - -1 f T,f!'i -in: iff df.yu ti one t f i ; u'..!.!ij r -1 v. : )(r 1 . and tt.. : n'-out a ( ' ' .1 r 1 r t 1 t .ti :he .. In t" r lia : f 1. 7. I : 1 f t "I ill .!, . . . v) "i r." r.- .-vr irr: iiMf ion."- - "P. :t this ! a r."- m! hat "Wo ('. m't w u .t f. y s ' - I ' i i T t r it T r-f we doj't v 1 b v 1 scandal's, or r.ini..r.e. a ia .. v. 1 tuilm't Will you not t-Ji.e my word f r itr : The BPrr'y irsii mcrio':" Y ' " 1 -itb fci glaring eye for a L.hrn. "T-tj Le tmd : 'No sir." You will not!" . "Not for 1 mnmonti"-Tiiirn.i,n,I f V this manuscript of mliie nl. 11 be printed." "But why 7" ' ' ' r "isecaufe X represent tht X'"" 1 "The press L .VVlmt pras ? ' ' "ThepreBSOf rarnt" ' ' The editor oaaM-d. T!vtii' In V ' .rr. reer in Parisian loiirnaH im lm hm mm with nothing like this. At La. I ho mid. f.lall. "Bo vou demand tllAt "wb hii! rrint mir article"' ' - "Yes, was the reply. . .v r "But I IflSllrfl TOU Wn llrtli t nnt aanw thins; but editorial article a. - "lhcre, air.- Biiidtho A'y man, Uyinir his hand upon his threadbare bretut "I will sacrifice character of your paper. ( I, sir, will maka an euiujnai 01 my story. , Vt hich desk aha.il IUkeT" ' .' The editor st irvi---4. '. nfl r. t. intruder a seat, ,Tlm ed.torlal wu w-rltien, printed and rxtid-for: -ami next rin ihn Figaro told the story We Lave given abovt upon itself. m it m 1 , ' - , a., A vourtr Iiiaaa who look.., aa if h hail a heap of thiasni on Lis mimL nut who atmir. pled hard to appear outwardly calm, put a uve-uo.,ae on irus )"Hic oi a JJutroit lawyer the other -day and auJif ' "1 want to a&k yoa -arfew leading ques tion,: .,.!, -:-To- ., , : was qviiekly thrust out of t uit "If I am err;.r;BJ to a rlrl and I go back on her. what can she do?" "fue you for breach of promise." 'I-ut if she rK-a ba k on m ,.t rn I do?" - - . "Hutit up another." "Urn I J;. ., I h-ive r-"''.l Ipt 'i&ill at .ret .... La . I and a n.-g r ' . , . j . "The a ahe's so irnich aiie i L" "if I bcheye that L.f-r Kv.'.i: is'Sd f an other is Lut a r''h-g - Li. -i 1 I .irih a revolvi r ar.d W.'i oC so'.. : hU then!' "Her father v i'l prr,! ' 'y ; i, k you np and drop you u.tj t.,o f.;nt tl. 1 1 pu.idie." . "L'laJi.; 1.1... i 1 - ntM her mother with a twenty a'...;ir un.lrtJ'.ar "Then si ;1 keep dry.,r "And 1 ri... '.-r ...a a.i a. .rleaar" . "TLeaL-'ll -Uon-y ti.. 1. ' -.ly-m. "tJu,' poae, lr,.I.laja.l, I r f.,o aake of r'-.hir- mj-'o if n .hd -htc1. 1 cuii, pre s. ..led hitu -ith 8:xten d ..u' worth of WaU;l.-dfg ?''' - "He'll act Lira u;vin you if you have any txouMc." . . "L'ral IIve I no r- : ' "YiS pi ai.d Lkt.. 1 ,7. ranrrr who 1 ;.i stolen away yj r f.' " afltio tioris." , ' .- "ni.:it.' - . . ;. "7 . 1 to Lear It. I'll ('...fci! 1 your cat ii',,,;-. ' ' t . 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Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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July 17, 1880, edition 1
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