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SALEM, N. C, AUGUST 26, 1880.
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My Window Ivy.
Over my window the. ivy climbs, "
Its roots are In homely Jars; " . ,
But all the day it looks si the sun,
And at night looks out at the stars. - .
The dust of the room may dim its green,
But I call the breezy, air; '
" Come in, come in, gopd friend of mine !
And make my window fair."
So the ivy thrives from morn to morn,
Its leaves all turned to the light;
And It gladdens my soul with Its tender green
And teaches me day and night. .
What though my lot" is1 in lowly place, ,
And my spirit behind the bars t
All the day long I may look at the sun ,
And at night look out at the stars.
What though the dust of earth would dim,
Where's a glorious outer air
That will sweep through my soul If I let K in,
And make it fresh and fair. . .-..''
Dear God ! let me grow from day to day, -Clinging,
and sunny and bright ;
Though planted in shade, Thy window Is near,
And my leaves may turn to the light.
" Forward, Black Watch I "
GRANDFATHER'S .STORY i
The Forty-second,"or "Black "Watch,"
the regiment to which I hacUthe honor
to belong,! passed through during the
'Peninsular War-all the vicissitudes
attendant upon the life of a soldier;
but nowhere did it displpy itself to bet
ter advantage than during the days of
the distressing retreat from Astorga to
Corunna. ; '" 1
Brave, high oi hope, and light of
heart, were the bosoms which beat be
neath the tartan, when the British host,
under Lieutenant-General Sir John
Moore, advanced fro Lisbon to the
Douro to form a junction with the
Spanish General Romana ; and not less
brave, if heavy and desparing, were
those same hearts when, after the dis
persion of the native armies', they
turned their faces resolutely eastward,
and began that ever memorable retreat.
Desolation sat upon the mountains;
heavy snows blocked up the roads ; tor
rents of rain and sleet, born upon icy
wings of the winter wind, beat inces
- santly in our faces; .our drenched
rJumea and tartans hung abjectly about
us, like rags upon sticks in a corn-field;
horrors, seen and unst en, accumulated
tfrourid us ; 'death hovered in our van,
and the advance guard of the French,
r like a pack of hungry wolves, hung
upon our rear.
Suffering from the pangs of hunger,
for rations were scanty,; destitute of
fires, for ihe'soaked wood would never
burn j marching anil sleeping in our
dripping-wet . clothes, with exhausted
strength and diminished numbers we
drew near to Corunna.
It was during these last days of the
retreat that an incident happened, the
results of which were to exercise an
all-powerful influence on my future
nation to stick to his regiment to the
last, and if fortune bo ordained it, to
have a parting shot at the enemy.- - 1
That the French would attack u we
never doubted, for they were numeri
cally stronger, and the position they
had taken up ln"rront of uswas more
advantageous than that occirpiedMby
our troops; but as to hby ohen ttiey,
would deliver theif attack wecoujd'
only, of course, hazard aguesaand'
meanwhile our embarkation .of, t!he.
sick, the cavalry, and the -stores wpnt
on uninterruptedly.! 7' ;-' ' '
On the morning of the battle Allan
Stronach and I were sitting .together
conjecturing about thia and; otlter like
matters, when he Suddenly: changed
the conversation by Bavins; abruDtlv
I say, Gordon, I had a queer -dream :
last nichtAn I'm very doptfu,', whether
I'll evertoss thj Gi iiaaa again.H
I held out my hand and he grasped
it firmly.
"You may depend upon my fulfilling
your request, Stronach," I answered.
" That is, if anything serious does hap
pen to you ; but in the meantime, put
them back in your pocket, and let us
dismiss such dismal forebodings."
Meanwhile signs of activity were
everywhere discernable along the ene
my's lines, and about one o'clock in
the afternoon of the sixteenth day of
January, 180& a day I shall never for
get the French Marshal began to mass
troops upon his left flank, a movement
which was soon after followed by a
s win. ana resolute attacR upon our
right.
The right of our line was defended
by our division, under Sir David Baird,
supported by a division under Lord
William Bentick, and with us was the
Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Moore,
who personally superintendend the dis
position of the troops.
Before three o'clock the action had
begun; soon the iron hail from the
Ayonngtnannah Alltotronach, frankaJ J ' QTf I 0
enemy's cannon was falling thickly
around us, and tearing up the ground
in long jagged furrows.
There was a village on the right of
our position which, from strategic rea
sons, was destined to become an object
of stubborn contest, and towards which
the French column of attack flowed
steadily on, like a torrent of red-hot
lava rushing down a mountain side.
On,, like irresistible: drolling' ocean
waves, rolled the ranks of living valor,
crested with fluttering eofteri and; glit
tering . -bayonets ; its proud, : defiant
eagles swopping forward in thf vfitf?
s: Our pickets'' and advanced posts re
ceived them gallantly, but they could
not check for a moment the rush of
that torrent of steel. But swiftly, sud
denly, a long line of white vapor
rushed from the front of our lines, fol
lowed by a broad sheet "of flame,' and
the simultaneous discharge of the
musketry of a" whole division, sending
up when the advancing grenadiers
having caught sight of the outposts,
sent a volley across the field ; and the
sheet of flame had scarcely died away,
Stronach staggered, and fell forward
iieavily on top of me.
I b&veifc vague recollection of leing
trampled .upon by many feet ; of hear
fngimligtlnctly the steady tramp of
heavy masses of men ; the roll of mus-ketryjjuid-l16
belching of the deep
rnouthed cannon ; of mad rushings of
men, bac)twd and forward, and of
hearlnir' bJtrh above the confused din
theweU-knoiwar cry of " Scotland
foreyer?'! if f t ' I I
r: Whjan-I regained fully the possession
f of my slases, I was being lifted from
the ground by my comrades. j
Strohach's body was laying in 'front
of .me, face upward, and I saw that the
bullet had struck his left temple, and
penetrated to the brain.
Bough as J was, my feelings over
powered me, and I could not refrain
from shedding tears; but there was lit
tle time, to indulge in vain regrets,
therefore I secured the Bible and the
letters, and covering his face with my
handkerchief, I pressed his icy hands,
and muttering a last farewell, permitted
myself to be borne off to the, transport
with a soul full of unutterable thoughts.
I learned afterwards that the gallant
Baird had lost an arm, and that the
heroic Moore had laid down his life 'on
the field, to preserve untarnished the
honor of the British army; but all
the irreparable losses of that glorious
but dearly won battle, the mot-t irre
parable to me was the youngthero from.
Elgin, who laid down his life for his
friend.
Shortly after my arrival in Scotland
I visited Allan Stronach 's father, and
placed in his hands the sad tokens of
his son's death ; but it is foreign to my
nature to intrude upon the privacy of
any sorrowing spirit, therefore I will
not dwell on the deeply felt and nobly
borne anguish of the bereaved parents ;
but a few words about a certain mem
ber of the family is still necessary to
complete my story.
Allan's sister Was a charming, come
ly girl, but I do not think it was her
beauty which bewitched me; rather I
think, her guilelessness of heart, her
virtue, and greatest charm of all, she
said she " lo'ed me best o' a'."
Well, we were married, and now,
rsvith fhe frosts of sixty winters on my
head, I look'back' upon my wedding
day as the luckiest day of my 'life.
I am proud of my wife and" my fam
ily, and proud too, of this halt in my
walk, caused by the gun-shot wound
which is my souvenir of Corunna. :
4,000 a year. So that the King, while
enjoying the impassioned oratory of the
Lord Mayor, must have had it in his
mind that he was getting something
out of England much more substantial
than fruit, flowers poetry. He has got
alUtleXavy.comprisingtwoiron-clads,
and manned by 884 sal Ion, and it may
be hoped that the crews are keept in
good order as they are commanded by
no fewer than 289 officers. He has also
got an Army, the normal strength of
which is 14,000 men; and here again
the same attentive provision for disci
pline is observable, for 3,000 officers
command 11,000 privates. , The trade
of Greece is almost entirely with Eng
land, and appears to be curiously sta
tionary. Ten years ago the exports
from Greece to Great Britain amounted
to 1,528,000; nowjbey have risen, to;
1,763;000. TheWexports to Great
Britain consist almost entirely of cur
rants, as Greece has nothing else to
send us. The imports of BritUh pro
duce into Greece, consisting chiefly of
cotton goods, 10 years ago reached
974,000 and now reach 982,000. In
short, Greece, having nothing ehte to
send, sends to ui in England currants,
and takes back a trifling amount of
cotton goods, and both In regard to its
supply and its demand stands to us
almost exactly as it stood 10 years ago.
Her Majesty's State Crown.
, i belonging to our company, wti nad
hitherto, trailed his weary limbs after
i him with unflagging spirit, now sank
! down utterly exhausted.
It was well-known that every avail
able means of transport for sick and
; wounded were filled to overflowing,
i and to be left behind new. when so
i near the goal ; to die where he lay, or i
i to fall a prisoner into the hands of the
! enemy , seemed to go to the poor fellows
I heart like a knife." '
1 He made a piteous appeal to those
around him, and particularly to his
! comrade, to support him even for a few
miles. .
"Geordie," he pleaded feebly, "dinna
L leave me lift me up man, anf let me
i lean on vour arm for a bittock o? the
road: This faintness will wear off, man,'
an' I'll. be a' richt in a while. Do it,
'man, Geordie. Eh, I would have done
far more for you." ,
But appeals of this kind had become
common enough by this time, and
Geordie only shook his head mourn
fully, and passed on. . ,v
You may think it was a heartless ac
tion, because your ideas of war are at
variance with the bare reality; but to
ray mind that mournful shake of the
head told of the tumultuous, unspeak
able feeling surging through the poor
fellow's soul. '
Alas ! alas ! War in all its phases is
barbarous and cruel, and man is mor
tal ; therefore it is hot to be wondered
at if, in such extreme moments, former
friendships are forgotten in the all
engrossing thought of self-preservation.
....
I also had until then passed on, shut
ting my ears against the piteous cries ;
turning my eyes away from the out
stretched hands; but the desparing look
of poor Allan Stronach -went to the
depth of my heart, and being still coni-
paratively steady on my legs I lifted
him up, and with some assistance
placed him on my back, and in this
way managed to carry him for mile
: ortwo ' ' ' 'f'-f '-r-J "
When T set him down again, he
- seemed to have recovered wonderfully,
and with the aid of my arm, and . an
' occasional lift on my back, he succeeded
in staggering forward until we reached
Corunna. V ' 1; "
It is needless to say that during these
few days a lively friendship sprang up
between us. "
He was sincerely grateful for the
help I had been able to give him, and
Ids manifestions of the feeling, coupled
with the simplicity of his manner and
the honesty of his heart, drew me irre
slstably towards him.
I knew that he came from Elgin,
though having spoken to him while in
Lisbon and elsewhere; but now he
, : told me about his family1, and I learned
i i from the narrative that he had a father,
,i i-v motherfand sister alive, ,
V' Shortly" MTtefottr arrival in front of
i U the fown,I advised him strongly to'put
i ,'- himself on the eick list, as he was al-
I most " knocked up ; but he would not
. 1 listen to thls,S8uring me that he was'
all right, and expressing his determi-
VOlley followed vouey in rapid suc
cession, and trie bead of tnerr column
sank down before the deadly lead storm
like long grass before the scythe of a
mower.. - . - - ,- -
But they advanced . unfalteringly ;
deployed with the utmost precision and
opened upon us a withering fire. Thus
we stood, enveloped in sulphurous
clouds, the death hail whistling around
us, the stern 'commands of our officers
ringing through the vaporous veil
above the incessant rattle of the mus
ketry, until the living tongues of fire
which leaped from the muzzles of their
guns seemed to blend with the broad
sheets of flame which flashed from the
front of our lines, and we felt that
they were, advancing with irresistible
force.,
" Forward j Black Watch ! " shouted
Sir David Baird, throwing himself at
the head of the regiment. " We shall
not give them an inch of ground." f
A wild cheer burst from the ranks,
splitting fissures in the smoke-clouds
above us, and we burst' out on' them,
and swept them away before us, as a
simoon sweeps the sand of the desert.
Our company was full of impetuous
spirits, and Stronach and I found our?
selves borne forward in pursuit of the
retreating enemy, almost to the muzzles
of the reserve companies' guns.
Here a close and deadly volley was
sent into us, and awakening to a sense
of our danger we began to fall back on
our own lines.
We had not retreated many paces
however, when a musket ball struck
me in the leg in rear of the knee joint,
and I dropped like a winged pigeon.
Stronach was down -beside me in an
instant, " What Is it, Gordon ? " he
said anxiously, "where are you hit? "
I told him through my clenched teeth,
for the pain was insufferable.
"Thank Providence it's no worse."
he said. " We'll ?surelymanage to.
Rapid Progressive Printing.
Three years ago, at the tTaxton cele
bration in England, Mr. Gladstone il
lustrated the progress of printing by
holding before the audience two books,
one laboriously printed on movable
blocks by Caxton after months of work,
the other, a Bible, printed and bound
at the Oxford press inside of twenty
four hours. James B. Osgood & Co.
have lately shown with what rapidity
a book can be brought out fn tha coun
try. Mr. Osgood obtained a French
copy of Renan's recent lectures in Lon
don, on Thursday. He called on Mr.
Clement, the author of " Artists of the
Nineteenth Century," who promised
the translation of the lecture on Mar
cus Aurelius Tor Friday morning, and
the whole copy for the printer on Ion
day. The manuscript was t fn" hand
when Monday came, and Rand, Avery
& Co. had the book printed, stereotyped.
folded and ready for the binder on
Wednesday. On Thursday, at 5 P. M.
the edition was ready for the market
and a book 6f 169 pages, 16mo., was
beginning to go out by mail and ex
press to all parts of the eountry. Three
weeks is the time usually' taken,1- and
even that is counted rapid work.
The above is an exhibition of rapid
work, but is surpassed by Messrs. Dick
son AGflling, printers, of Philadelphia,
who in June, 1880, printed, folded and
delivered complete copies bound in
sheep of a work- of 1146 pages octavo,
in six days from the time the MSL
was placed in their hands.
Greece and King George.
. King George at the age of 18 accepted
the crown of Greece, in 1863, so that he
has now reigned . 17 years, and has
passed from boyhood to manhood in
his 'strange home. His time, has . been
largely occupied - by the formation and
resigrlation of Ministries, the average
duration of his Ministries being less
than a. year. His kingdom enjoys a
reyenueof a little over 1 ,600,000," and
indulges in an expenditure of a little
reach tM lines. rPut your arms 'atoand over 2,106,000. The . deficit iu the
The Imperial State Crown of Queen
Victoria, which her Majesty wears at
the opening of Parliament, was made
in 1838, jwith jewels taken from old
crowns, and others furnished by com
mand of her Majesty. It consists of
diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires,
and emeralds set in silver and gold ;
it is a crirx son velvet cap with ermine
border, and it is lined with white silk.
Its grdss weight is 39 ounces -4 penny
weights ' troy. The lower part of the
band, above the ermine border, constats
of a row of 129 pearls, and the upper
part of the band of a row of 112 pearls,
between which, in front of the crown,
is a large sapphire (partly drilled )
purchased for the Crown by His Maj
esty King George IV. At the back is
a sapphire of smaller size, and 6 other
sapphires (3 in each side),' between
which are 8 emeralds. Above and be
low the 7 sapphires are 14 diamonds.
and around the 8 emeralds 128 dia
monds. Between the emerald sand
the sapphires are lijtrefoil ornaments,
containing 160 diamonds.. Abovtf the
band are 8 sapphires, surmounted by 8
diamonds, between which are 8 fes
toons, consisting of 148 diamonds. In
the front of UiecroVriYarid in the cen
tre of a diamond Maltese cross, is the
famous ruby said to have been given to
Edward Prince of Wales, son of Ed
:wfcikLm4felIa&K& Prince, by
Don Pedro, King of Castile, after the
battle of 'Najera, J near Victoria,' "A. D.
1367t . This ruby was worn In the hel
met of Henry V. at the battle of Agin-
court, A. D. 1415. It Is pierced quite
through, after the Eastern custom, the
upper part of the piercing being filled
up by a small ruby. 'Around this ruby,
in order to form the cross, are 75 bril
liant diamonds. Three other Malta
crosses, forming the two sides and back
of the crown, have emerald centres.
and contain, respectively, 122, 124, and
130 brilliant diamonds. Between the
four Maltese crosses are four ornament
in the form of French fleurs-de-lys,
with four rubies in the centre, and sur
rounded by rose diamonds, containing,
rapJfJvelv, 85, "80, andjgj rose dia
monds froni fy Maltese crosses Issue
four imperial archecoaiosed of oak
leavvpi acorns; the leaves contain
728 rose, table, and brilliant diamonds;
33 pearls, form, the adorns set in cups
-Cohtalniag 54 Tose diamonds and one
table diamond. The total number of
diamonds In the arches and acorns Is
108 brilliant, 118 (able; and 559 rose dia
monds. - From UfrCjiupper part of the
arches are suspended 4 large pendent
pear-shaped pearls, with rose diamond
caps, containing 12 rose diamonds,
and stems containing 14 very small
rose diamonds. Above the arch stands
the mound, containing in the lower
hemisphere 304, brilliants, jSnd Jo the
upper 224 brilliants the zone and arc
being composed of 33 rose diamonds.
The cross on the summit has a rose-cut
sapphire in the centre, surrounded by
4 large brilliants, and 106 smaller bril
liants.' SUveramUhti1 Trade Journal.
"Learning" His Wife How to
Swim, .
u That's a fact," said Mr. Hopkinsas
he laid down his paper the other even
ing, " every man, woman and child In
the country ought to know how to
swim. No one can. tell what minute
he will be upset, blown up or knocked
overboard. Amanda, I'm going to
learn you how to iwlm,"
44 Learn me?" queried his wife as she
paused In her sewing.
" Yes, you. Your life Is very precious
to me, and I don't want you to lose It
because you can't swim ashore when
an accident takes place. I can swim
like a duck myself, and I feel guilty to
think we've been married twenty-one
years and yet you'd go to the bottom
ke a stone If you fell overboard."
Why, I never had the least fear,"
she replied. "There is always some
hero around to rescue a lady."
M No one wants to depend on heroes.
Of course I'd jump Info the water to
save a lady ; but there are lots of men
who wouldn't. Stand up, Amanda,
and let me give you the motions of
swimming. Now, then, put your
hands so; puh them forward so ; take
a sweep and bring them lack so. Bet
how easy it's done? You mustn't for
git to kick every time you move your
arms!"
She went through the motions sev
eral timet, but o awkwardly that he
called out :
"That Inn't the way! The motion
ought to be perfectly natural. Now
Imagine that you are out on an excur
sion," '" You lean over the rail to view some
floating object."
" Yes."
" You suddenly grow dizzy and tum
ble headlong Into the river. Now,
what motions-would you make as you
rose to the surface T What would you
dor'
"Well, if a hero jumped In after me
I'd lean my head on his shoulder like
this and let' him put his right arm
around my wait! and support me until
help arrived"
" Hero be hanged ! A hero would
look nice holding up 190 pounds,
wouldn't he 7"
" He'd look as nice as you would ! I
dont believe you tould keep your head
above water to save your life."
I couldn't, eh! Then I won't
learn you a single stroke about swim
ming!" " Then you needn't !"
"And If any man ever jumps over
board and rescues you I'll punch his
head t"
"And i. you ever jump In after any
body I know I'll have to pay their
funeral expenses out of my share of
this property !"
I " Very well,'' said Mr. Hopkins as
he. put ou hi coat, '! see I am not
wanted in my own house. If I am
not at home to night It won't do you
any good to telephone me at the office,
for I shall have the wire grounded !"
arrest, and the Empresses were In real
ity govern In gthroojrh the regent Prince
Kong ; and Gen. 8hangyu little knew
that his Incautious remarks had been
repeated. When the petitions of the
day were submitted to the Junior Em
press his was read, and he was ordered
to be. beheaded. There was. nothing
for It but to obey the Empmi'i orders,
and a decree "permitting" him to
strangle hlmselr was . Immediately
drawn up, and sent to him with the
usual package of' silken cord, , But
Shang-yu didn't take at all a proper
view ef hi- duties, and he did not. lend
himself to the operation. It was not
etiquette to call In the Jailers to stran
gle him, and the bearer of the bowstring
and the governor of the jail were hard
ly strong enough to cope with a toler
ably muscular man who objected to
letting them hanx him. However, they
got the cord round a beam, and afire a
long course of reasoning got him to
mount a stool and put his neck in the
noooe. It must have been very much
like Punch and Judy. For fear be
rhould change hi mind, they did not
allow him to kick the stool away him
il f, as Is customary, but pullrd it awsy
themselves, and when hie wives came
that day as usual to dinner, they were
shown his corpee etill hanging.
Spiders.
Divorces in France.
All-About George: Eliot's
"lT" " Husband. J I 1
me,and PI1 lift yoii up.""
I did so, and half-carrying, half-dragging
me, the brave fellow hurried for
ward, f , ;t ,
But he was not destined to reach the
goal, for. ere we had advanced many
yards j I beard a voice in my rear utter
a sharp word of command, and on
turning my head I beheld the bearskin
caps of the French grenadiers looming
through t he smoke-mist. - . -
"Drop me. Allan," f cried, "drop trie
and run.'. The enemy have re-formed
and. are advancing to deliver another
attack. Let me go, Stronach, 'and gave
yourself."
"" Never ! " . he cried, clasping me
still more firmly round the waist. "I'll
take you in, or die with you." '
We were now within , pistol-shot of
ouroutrposts,and some of them alarmed
at our shouting, were rushing towards
f
'
last year for which a return has been
published Is larger than, that In ordina
ryyear.-, owing to tne enorts ureece
has recently been making to argument
its military strength.- Bnt there is al
ways a deficit in the Greek finance, and
we find this habitual deficit attributed
In the Stdtemnan't Tear-Book to the
excessive number of Government offi
cers, which is said to amount to one
twelfth of the total population. As the
total population is calculated at' some
what over 1,600,000, there would thus
be 140,000 officers, a number which we
have no means of disputing, but which
should have thought simply incredible.
The King started well, for not only
did he bring with him Corfu as a pres
ent from England, but . he had a-Joan
granted liimi of upward ot 2,pQQ,O0Of
guaranteed by England,; France, and
Russia. Each power guarantees its
Mr. John-Cross Is an excellent man
of foify4wo yearf7, rbzCarid an old and
devoted 'friend of the Lewescs. Mr.
Lewes was very fond of him. He lived
close by the Leweses csuntry place, and
came in and out like an attached rela
tion. He admired , Mrs. Lewis pro
foundly, and always said he would do
anythlng'in the VorVd' for er. ' He is
not an intellectual companion, like Mr.
Lewes, but a strong, solid, reliable man,
who gives you at once a sense of confi-
dence, a thoroughly reliable, kind, up-
The recent report of the French Min
ister of Justice for 1878 shows, ssys
QatignanCi Memmgrr, that the num
ber of j udicial separation decreed In that
year was greater than ever before, 8,
277 coses having been before the tribu
nals. In 202 cases the demand for
reparation was made by wives. Class
ing the cases according to the social
position of the parties to them, 1,575
petitions were lodged by working men
or their wives, 928 by persons of nde
pendent property or who were mem
bers of a liberal profession, 520 by
tradespeople and 405 by cultivators of
the soil, while In 248 cases no Informa
tion on this head Is given. It may be
observ ed that In 38 per cent of the caws
there bad been no children of the mar
riage, while with regard to the time
which had elapsed between the mar
riage and the suit for separation It Is
stated that 16 were commenced within
a year of marriage, 718 of two years,
989 after ten years, 1,082 after twenty
years, 371 after thirty years, 92 after
forty years, 28 after from forty to fifty
years and one after fifty five years.
With' regard to the causes of the sepa
ration In nearly 3,000 cases the motive
alleged was cruely or neglect, there be
ing only 169 charges of adultery against
the wife ly the husband and 92 against
the husband by the wife. In 31 cases
a separation was asked for on the
ground of one of the parties to the mar
riage having been sentenced to Impris
onment for some criminal offence.
out or tne mz,'zzi cases 438 did not come
to a hearing, but of the others the tri
bunals only rejected 283, pronouncing
altogether 2,550-decrecs of separation.
The woptt thing about this poor in
fect U, that It I so thoroughly ugly
In it nature has sacrificed everything
in the formation of the industrial ma
chine necesnsry for satisfying IU wants.
Of a circular form, furnUhed with
eight legs and eight vigilsu t eyes, it as
tonishes (snd disgusts) us by the pre
eminence of an enormous abdomen.
Ignoble trait! In which the Inattentive
and superficial observer will see noth
ing but a type f glattony.-. A Us! It is
quite the contrary. This abdomen 1s
Its workshlp. Its magazine, the pocket
In which the. rope-maker keeps bis
stock; but as he fills his pocket with
nothing but his own substance, he can
only Increase It at his own expene by
means of a rigid sobriety. True type
of the artisan. "If I fast to-day," he
says, " I shall, perhaps, get somebody
to eat to-morrow; but If my manufac
ture be stopped, everything is lost, and
my stomach will have to fast forever."
In character the spider is watchful and
cunning; in disposition timid, uneasy
and nervous- being" endowed with a
more sensitive nature than U possessed
by any other Insect. These character
Istics are the natural results of Its mis
erable condition which Is a state of
constant, passive, weary waiting. To
be forever watching the ceaseless. Joy
less, careless dances of the fly, which
pays no attention to the greedy desires
of Its' enemy, or the gentle whUpers of
'"Come here, little, one, .come this
way," is to be in a state of constant
torment, to be continually under-going
a succession of hopes1 and mortifica
tion. The fatal question, " Shall I get
any dinner?" Is continually present
ing Itself to the dweller In the web, fol
lowed by the still more sin later reflec
tion, " If I have no dinner to-day, then
no more thread, and still less hope of
dining to-morrow." The male spider
often makes a meal of his progvny :
while the female lovs them so tender
ly that If she cannot save them In dr-
cumtances of peril she prefers to per
ish with them, The love which she
bears to her little ones she does not ex
tend toward her mate. HomeUmes
after having In vaio-attempted to pre
vent him from devouring their off
spring, -the ids appears suddenly to
present itself to her mind that the can
nibal is himself good for food,on which
she Instantly falls upon him and eats
him up.
He Stood'
General Shang-Yu.
it as Long
Could.
as He
A few days ago while an excursion
from out on the Lake Shore Road was
spreading Itself over Detroit, a pair of
lovers seated themselves on the steps of
the City Hall, and of course took bold
of hands. Some of the officers In the
building noticed this, and one gentle
man offered to bet a dollar that they
would squeeze for a straight hour with
out once breaking their hold. The bet
was taken. It was an awfu not day,
bat at the end of forty minutes two red
hands were still tightly cUsped. Then
the young man made an uneasy move
ment, and said : " 8amantha, I'm go
ing to let go of your hand for a minute,
but you won't be mad, will you, dar
ling? I wouldn't lt go Ull you did,
only some sort of ant ! crawling down
my back, and I cant keep my mind
on you !" . , .
Gen. Shang-Ya, who, during the last
China war, commanded . the body of
men which treacherously seized Blr
Harry Parkes and several others un-
right steadfast man-, thorough sup- fellow.l lng afterward In great tor-
; . ...... ment was one or those Indiscreet men
be thankfulto have near her as a con- who(W t too o for tbelr
stant and devoted friend. Nothing is After the war he took a local
more wise and more happy than that having once been re-
r-fP i?, frifWdb;, buked by Uhe EmpreeA-mother. ln-
lOWea IO supply UlS aairy Care ana I Hulcrnl in mm wmirki mhruit hr rhr
affectionate companionship which his
admiration and his affection both made
him long to give. And Mrs. Lewes Is
not the woman, with her tender and
yielding nature (so unconsciously
sketched in Maggie Tulliver and Doro
thea) to resist the soothing support of
such, devoted aflclonfl
'Mi
us,, when Allan's foot slipped in a fur-i own third of the loan, and by. subse
row.wnicn nad been ploughed up by a i quent arrangement wnai ureece nan u
cannon hall, and we roiled together on
the ground- Vt"c fiTl frfi
,' He was on his feet in an instant, and
was in the act of 'stooping to pick me
pay for ach third of the loan was re
duced to a sum of 12,000 year ; and
outof our fraction we Very kindly al
low theKing by way of pocket-tooney ,
Native Christians on the Islands of
New Hebrides recently shipped to Lon
don some 8,700 pounds of arrow root
to pay for an edition of the01d Testa
ment, now being printed .for them In
their native tongue.
acter. Of course; some kind friend
told the Empress, and some time after-
I ward, a suborblnate of Shang-yu charg
ing him with some offence, he was or
dered to the capital for trial. He came,
boldly trusting to his great wealth to
escape unpleasant consequences. He
was lodged in prison, but allowed to do
much as he liked, ana some of his wives
used to come and see him dally. He
stayed so long, and so comfortable, that
he began to think he had been forgotten,
and In an evil hour he sent In a peti
tion to be put at once on trial. The
Emperor Tankwong had died since his
Bonaparte's Youth.
TBS POPCLARLT-RBCXJ VED KOTIOX OF
THE FIRST COXSCIS KAXXY CA- .
aSXR EULBOXBOCS.
Very much as certain cherished
stories of our childhood are being
stamped as myths is the chronicler of
to-day dealing with the character of
Napoleon Bonaparte, William Tell and
the apple, John Smith and Pocahon-
a, and even Washington and the
cherry tree prove to be nothing jnore
than cunningly-devised tales to mislead
confiding youth. It la as bad with the
commonly-received notion of the First
Consul. Instead of having a bead
twenty-four inches In circumference it
required only a No. 6) hat to accommo
date him ; yet he covered his twenty
one Inches of skull with a monstrous
chspeau to deceive people. That he
was without moral control Mad. de
Remnaat has shown In her spicy mem
oirs, and the Metternlch memoirs
and the Bogaalawaki papers have alao
contributed to the-literature of disen
chantment. Now cornea a, couple of
volumes (with more rxromlsed) from
the pen of M,. JaD, ti which more of
the disguise Is remorelmly stripped
away from the Napoleonic legend. The
Bonaparte family eeem to hare been
liars of the mart aablushlnr sort.
There was so much deception on the
part of the parents that It U even now
uncertain when Napoleon was bori
and what his given LkM was.
" Was the future En peror born at
AJ socio on the 15th of August, 1789, or
at Corte on the 7th of January, 1768,
and was his name really Nabullon,
Napolione or Nspoleooe de Buona
parte r 8och are the questions M.
J sng diacuaw at great leogth. August
is, I7S9, Is the dste universally ac
cepted and officially celebrated, and It
U the date borne on the certificate of
baptism prfverred at Paria. "Napo
leone Bonaparte " Is the name there
given In a certificate granted July 1.
1771, and copied June 23, 177S. But
there b also In the archives of the War
Department a Latin certificate of the
baptism of Corte January 8,1788, of the
child of Charles Bonaparte and hie
wife Lsrtltla, born on the previous day
and named " Nabollone," while In the
records of Ajacrio there Is an Italian
oiy '-'a certificate of baptism In which
the child Is called "Joseph Nabullon. '
Against the genulneneM of thtslarf
certificate are the facts thst It only pre
tends to be a copy of an unknown orir-
; Inal.that It 1 In a handwriting different
j from that of the register, and that the
I name " Jcwph " Is French, though at
that time the French language had not
maoe Its way Into Corsica. In the
"Memoirs of Joseph Bonaparte he
ets hlmnelf down as the eldest son,
bom at Corte In ITftft, but In bla mar
riage contract (August 1, 174) he calls
himself a native of AJ socio, and the
witnesses to his identity and bachelor
hood declare twice that he was born
and baptised at AJ socio. Napoleon'e
own marriage certificate says he was
born "February 4, 1788, but here
there Is clearly a clerical error as to the
month. Josephine wptmoted herself
as younger than she was, at the same
time that her husband added to his
age, the object being clearly to render
the dl parity lens conspicuous. Fur
ther, Nspoleon In his letter to Psoll,
Jane 12, 1789, says: M I was born as the
country perished. Thirty thousand
French soldiers . . . such was the
odious spectacle which first met my
gaze. The cries of the dying, the sighs
of the oppressed, the tears of despair
surrounded my cradle at my birth.
Now, If Napoleon was born at AJaccio,
August 15, 1789, he could not have
heard these cries and sighs, for the
Island had then been pacified, but If he
was born at Corte In January, 1783, his
cradle was environed by the last strifes
between the Corslcans and the French.
A solution la sought In the fact that a
child of more than 10 years of age was
not eligible for admission at Brians ;
In December, 1770. when Charles Bon
aparte wished to place one of his sons
there, only the boy bora In 1789, was
eligible and that boy Joseph - was too
quiet and gentle to make a promising
sailor, while hie senior Napoleon
was quick, ardent and decided. Ac
cordingly the father mixed those ba
bies rip " and launched' Napoleon at
Biiense with Joseph's record, and Jos
eph at Aatun with Napoleon's. .When
Louis, on the 4th Brumaire, year III,
was made a lieutenant of artilery, he
credited himself with services he had
never performed and "several wound?
he had'nevet received, while Joseph
(September 4th, year JI), when be was
made a commlsslsry, borrowed from
Napoleon the title of " LieutsnanVOol
onei of Infantry (N to qualify himseif
under a formal law, though he had
never served. Ten years later Joseph
Bonaparte drew up his own record
when hs was to be brevetted colonel,
and et himself down as an arUiery
cadet In 1788, staff-officer In 1792, adju
tant in 1783, as a participant in the
campaigns of 17B3 and 174, and as hav
ing been slightly wounded at . Toulon.
whereas he had never been cadet, staff-
offcer or adjutant, had stayed at Msr
selllca throughout 1703-4. and had not
been wounded at Toulon.
Bonaparte made a very poor subor
dinate. Almost his first act was to ask
for five and a half months lea ve on pre
tence of Illness, though In reality to
settle his family afSalrs In Corsica and
pursue his literary studies, and. when
It expired, did not return to his regi
ment,, nor even ask for Its extension
till some five weeks had elapsed. In
September, 1789, he obtained six
months leave, and his coo duct was
such that lt Is surprising he was not
shot for mutiny. Another leave of four
and a half months was obtained on a
false representation of illness, and after
It expired he remained nearly four
months away from. his regiment-
In effect a deserter but succeeded in
excusing himself on the pretence that
head winds had prevented hie p
When in J one, 1791, he left his regi
ment, being promoted to a lieutenancy
in the Fourth Artillery, he had
absent on leave thirty-five rq' out
of stxty-alne, and of 'the period of
ninety-nine months of aervkw which
Napoleon Bonaparte passed bewteen
nis aeoui as an ensign ana his recep
tion as a general oClcer, just fertyooe
were passed with his corps ma active
duty. M. Jung's researches has been
made In a prolific field, and he has
brought many facts to light which It
was the policy of Napoleon to keen
from view. The Emperor himseif de
clared that his public life begun at the
alegeof Toulon, and most chroniclers
have touched very tenderly on the pre
vious events of his career.
National Sporta.
TaoTTiso at ncrrALo. ,
Brrraux The unfin!-' race for
2S horses was eooeJaded. Tb
considerable speculation as to the wln
ner. Hsttie Woodward, bcrwever.hsd
beeall at t Vf IS ad t - ' ' r tbe fleki.
Hsttie Woodward was the wis ner, re-'
during her record to 2.1' la tbar
ood heat. The following la a sua-tnary:-
5 ,i j. ..' '
as of HA wnta
Ham WooSs-ars.
Win !!
H.wMaalaa Hahsw.
iW.l H
T
I 'f
SU.
1 .
W tmm rr IUl.JiAAI Kr
Nirv 7 rva. t
wurxaxa AT BCTTAXC
The socresaful - horses, with the
amount of winnings, la the fire days
events at BaSalo. were :
V.
ISM MM4 M iMt
B m HftUJ W OBm-
M M ltmtmT LM SO
(t(4raiMM
Hi k g llbr v a
f.rcitarkrr roes' hm
" -
us Kmwjm r
B I m Miuk art
1 lir. b.
h f X S4
Hi ! niu j-n
H I It w
B li jk ixrvoaMS
!. . . IV
It g (rwj l o(
motm , n. . . Ka
COiiUJUs-
iv.
j Miy'inv!!
In the second noon trui eg meet
ing at Harrtsburg. Psv,T. J. MUdah's
MUhsp woo the four-mi note purse la
iAo.ittand 2. 44.' : Tbe sperUl purse
event was won by A. B. Oorrdnrs Lit
tle Nell In 2.47J, 2.45 and 1C
The b. g. Dan 8milh, by Reporter, a
on of i Iambi etoc lan. who, with K.
Remo, comprised W. Barfraiit's stable
In the Philadelphia tprtcg meetinrs,'
was a conspicuous horse at HaV-a.
In the second best of lha2J rlacs be'
led to the first quarter a 5- seconds, a
2.14.
Tbe result of the 2.23 rare si BuSklo
seemed to please the CLles-x l porta,
and the jockeying of Ppisn , w he drove
Wedgewood, the winner, was warmly
admired by those who sou ht to keep
life In the field. The Plii-urg tern.lt '
Is aald, dropped about 1 17,( anl ocv
of them feUdtoualy 'exrrwMHi lb
Pittsburg sentiment at the close of the
races, when he exclaimed, "Caught
for a sucker.' . ' .
At the conclusion of the sixth beat
of the pacing raos at BuZalo a New
York man entered the Judgta stand - -and
berated the Jodgt for allowing -a
drunken man to drive Ida race, lit
aald that Keyea was totally unf.t to "
drive Lucy. The Jodgee rrj-lisl tha
as no complaint had been made, and
Keyea owned the mare and krj-t hia
place In the race, they could not Inter
fere. At least 118,000 a as riaoedla LLe
pool box on Lucy. '' ,
Ulx yearlings, five colt and ne
filly, that were purchased by Mr. J. R.
Keene at Messrs. Alexander A Faa4-
ford's sale, were shipped on Batorday
from Lexlcgtoo, Ky, to New York.
Tbe youngsters comprised a brown
colt,by King Alfonso, dam Quickstep;
bsy colt, by Pat xaloy ,dam I & vemrss ;
bay colt, by King AL'vc, Hi4"e
Wood ; ch. colt (brother U Ci '.en more ,
by Glen Athol, dam Lotu ; Uy coa,
by Gleneig, dam Xfinz, and Uy filly,
by King Alfonso, dam Heater. The
lot will be sent to EnglanJ Immedi
ately, where they are entered lo aH tie
fixed stakes.
back as to.
At Worcester Worcester, J; Bof-
At Boston Chioss-o. 8: Boston. X.
Only half tha ninth Lsolcg wss
pUyed. . . ' .
At Providence--Providence,; Clew-
land, &
The published Announcement of the
disbandment of the Globe Clan. Phila
delphia, Is antra. The eiob Is la a
prosperous eoodltkm, and will plsy tie -
It. rod nloe st rhliadelphla. -
Jim White. after cooaldersUs ir-
uasion, joined the ClnrinnstU.atTrpT "
on Friday. He played at centre field.
but did not add mneb strength to the
nine.
Old Deacon Dobsoo always boaUd
that he was "prepared for the worst,
but he changed his zalad soon after
getting his second wife.
The extent of rich uncultivated land
In the Delta of the UWaMrrl River is
not generally known. On this point
General Abbrt, of the United, i'Uies '
Engineers, says i Th total area of
the bottom lands' U about thirty-two
thousand square miles, whkh a tuere
narrow atrip along the maJa i!--anjt
and Us principal tributaries ana Uvl
ous, has been hersiofore open taculU.
vaUon. Protected again!, the river
and properlv drained this would ren
der available at Least ZJ V.rrii mm-m r f
igar land, or more than dtxitle tha
amount heretofore planted, about 7 O.C
000 acres of the best cotton lin a.
world, capable of yielding a bale to tbs
acre, and not leas than l.ao.uo mcTTm
of corn land of Qnama
haustlbU fertility.
Pressed for tlma M mum lea,
ShafrVr has been laid qS the Cleve
land nine, and McGreary has taken
hit plaoe. It was a poor exchange, for
licOsary made four errors la his first
gaxna, and assisted la losing tha 80
game srith the Provtdaaoa.
One afternooo In Galveston there
crowd of excited darkies rath-
ersd ansxnd two negro boys who had
eunensa eacn ocoer and were f.r.n-
away for dear life on tLe trtsuai.
There was one negro man preseat, and
na nrgea lbs cwmratanrs not to glvs
np. Oougs him In the eye, Tmi.
"8am, If yon gives la IU Un yer bide
for yer. If you whips RUL Ise got a
qaarur for yer." A wtiV-dresasd :
Uamaa atopped and said f the :
Baat "You ouht to be ashamed of
yourself to smeouraga thos beys to
fight "Why, Lof, boss, was tbe
childran.
rssponsa, "deaa's my
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