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VOL. XXX.
SALEM, N C, MA11CH I), 1882.
NO. 10.
Astray.
I travfcletl a forbidden road,
Which first appeared so flowery fair
That onward eagerly I strode
Till to 'my horror and despair !
All bnda and blossoms blooming there,
All tender boughs and twigs of green
Stood changed to burrs and nettles keen,
Whose angry points my garments tore,
And 1 1 tcked my ha nds 11 they were eore.
Bewildered at the wondrous change,
That should have warned me from tho place,
I kept my course with swifter pace,
And saw a marvel still more strange;
For cruel flints sprang through the ground
To meet my feet at every bound,
With gash on gash they made them bleed,
Then time it was that I should heed 1
Just at the moment of my need,
A shining man stood at my side
Whoso luster fell on all around,
Aud tpread a glory far and wide I
" And who art thou ?" I trembling cried.
" Give eir," said he, " to what I say:
lam the guide of all that stray.
To point then back to virtue's path,
Ti e guardian of thy erring way;
And etep by step in love, not wrath '
'lhese angiy flints and briars I Strew, - .
To warn thy feet from wandering so."
I knelt and kissed his garment's hem,
And cried: ' Oh, angel scut from heaven !
Make sharper yet each thorny stem S
Increase the flints to seven times seven 1
I will endure and not complain t"
lie fled, and I with deep remorse
Turned back from my forbidden course
But, oil, bow many weary hours
I traveled o'er thoe blighted bowers
Kcbloonied with all their former .flowers.
lieodorzT&lon,
TJclocking the Shackles.
The Bun was just getting at the close
of a long, hot dsiy in June, when El
Black and myself-drove our wagons np
the bank of Red river, on the Indian
Territory side.' We were hauling
freight for the United States govern
ment, and were on onr way to Teias for
a load.
"We signaled the ferryman, living on
the Texas bide, and as soon as he came
over began to cross. The boat was too
.small to pnt over both wagons at once,
so I crossed firat and came back to
assist Ernest. .
He had two refractory males which
bud always to bo held in a ferryboat,
and it sometimes took both of us to do
so. ;
Just as the fern boat
Chickasaw nation siae a Jarge, power
ful horse, but evidently nearly ex
hausted, came into view around a bend
iii the road, a double burden on bis
back. A young man of noble -appearance,,
bnt looking weary and harassed,
rede in front behind a beautiful girl,
nearly white, but with sufficient Indian
blood showing through the clear skin
to add a piquant charm to the features.
They rode up to the wagon, and tho
young man, without dismounting, spoke
to Ernest : - .
"Sir, lam a white man, and some
days eirsce had a quarrel with another,
in which, unfortunately, he was acci
dentally shot. I am pursued by his
biotbers, who are close behind, and
who have sworn to kill me on sight. I
ask your help to cross the river, if pos
sible, unseen."
" Why do they " began Ernest ; but
the stranger cut him hort.
" Time presses, Bir; you must answer
yes or no !' If not I must do the
best I can for myself. I decline to
bhed blood, but if I am too closely pur
faued " and the gleaming of the blue
eves finished the sentence.
Emest took another look at the open,
manly face, which, whatever might be
written there, showed no trace of crime.
Then ho spoke, and fast, for the
trampling of horses feet rapidly ap
proaching could now be heard:
"I suppose you wish to take the lady
with y.u. Get into the wagon, and
under a wagon sheet which you will
lind there loose. I will hide your horse
a the bushes."
The young man dismounted, assisted
off the girl who was riding behind him
and did as directed, cowering down in
the bottom of the wagon.
After depositing the sheet so as to
look as if i . had only been carelessly
thrown in, Emest led the horse a
short distance from the road, and, after
having taken off saddle and bridlo
turned him loose and returned to his
team. .
I had witnessed tho scene from the
boat, which by this time had reached
tho bank, and the wagon drive in. After
piving the ferryman a caution to silence,
Ernest turned to me :
" I may be helping a fugitive from
justice to escape, but I will risk it.
Loose the boat and put off, Beecher 1"
he added to the ferryman.
At this moment, however, a pair of
horses, covered with dust and sweat,
came round the turn in the road, and
their drivers drew rein at the river side.
They were two powerful, evil-looking
fellows, with belts stuck full of revol
vers, and a rifle across the pummel of
each saddle.
The elder-looking one of the two ad
dressed Ernest:
" Have you seen anything of a man
aud a woman on one horse anywhere
hero ?"
As he spoke his eyes roamed, to the
wagon and sheet in it, and both men
dismounted.
" Why, what do you want til them?"
asked Ernest.
" He has killed a man in the Choctaw
nation, is trying to get away, the
woman with him, and I want to arrett
Lim. If you help him. to get away it
will be the worse for you. I believe he
is under that sheet anyhow!"
And he stepped on the ferryboat.
The other remained on the bank with
his baud on a pistol, ready to assist his
brother.
The one on the boat approached tho
wagon and was about to raise the sheet,
when, Ernest, with his eyes gleaming
dangerously, spoke to him:
" This wagon is in the employ of tho
United States government, and no one
but a regularly authorized official can
search it." ,
The fellow, however, still persisted;
but as he laid his hand on the sheet a
weu-careeted blow from Ernest floored
him.
The one on the bank started to draw
his revolver, but before ho could do so
I had him covered. One learns to be
quick with the pistol on the frontier,
where a man's life mav depend on his
"getting the drop" on toae ruffian.
! The ferryman, terrified at the scene
before him", had remained quiet, but
now, at a sign from Ernest, pushed
the boat from the bank.
- Emest, keeping the prostrate man
covered with hi3 pistol, spoke to the
one left -behind.
" I Bhall take your companion with
us as a hostage for your good conduct.
If you shoot after us, he suffers. Re
member 1"
We crossed the river without acci
dent, the' baffled ruffian on the bank
making tho air resound with curses.
When we reached the Texas side, Ernest
turned to me:
" Frank, drive my wagon up the bank
to where yours is, whiie I see this fel
low back across the river. Beecher,
take your skiff and row hiin over; ho
will hardly hurt you. If he tries,
will put a bullet through him."
After seeing his captive into-the skiff,
flret discharging all his weapons, he
spoke to the now cowed man:
" When you get to tho other side,
stand on the bank until the boat re
turns. If you attempt to go into the
bushes.or try any other tieachery,! will
shoot yen.
The ferryman put him across the
river ana returned, and Jurnest came
up the bank to where the wagons were.
Meanwhile I had driven up the hill and
relieved the occupants of the wagon
from their uncomfortable covering
They were nearly smothered, but had
made no movement until all was safe.
The young man jumped to the ground,
and, with a simple grasp of the hand,
and the earnest words, " I than1 you
both," assisted his companion out.
Ernest now came up, and to him the
stranger turned:
" I owe you my life, and if ever I can
in some measure pay so great a debt,
trust me I shall not be wanting."
" I am glad to have been of service to
you'.said Ernest, simply. "I think
you are safe for the night. There is no
other ferry within about twenty miles,
and they will not cross any one after
night. Red river is too high to swim
over. If you remain with us to-night
we can make the lady a bed in the
wagon, and the rest of us must take the
ground. You can tell us then how you
managed to get into this scrape.
Alter some i urther discussion it was
arranged, and we went into camp. Sup
per over and the horses staked off, the
young lady retired to one of the wagons
while tho rest of us, at some little dis
tance, reclined on the blankets and
saddles, guarded by our faithful do;
Nothing could come within a hundred
yards of the camp without his giving us
warning.
T'hoTi tho Ehrnfrr whnsn nam wns
neared the I Herndon, gave us an account of how he
happened to come to the mer in sucli
a nliffht.
" Some months since I was fn the
Chickasaw nation buying up cattle,
when I became acquainted with a Mr.
Williams, who had married and settled
among the Indians.
" 1 found it convenient to go very
often to his house about, cattlo 1 per
suaded mvself at first, but I scon had
to acknowledge that the . attraction-was
his daughter Lily, the young lady who
is with me.
"She is only an eighth Indian, well
educated, and as to her beauty you can
6ee for yourtelves. She soon began to
look with favor on me, and I atked her
of her father. He was willing, and we
were engaged.
" But there were three sons of tho old
man, by a former marriage with a white
woman, who hated me from the start. I
think they had hoped to get possession
of Lily's property, but knew, if I married
her, there would be but littlo chance of
that. Matters went on, however. I was
too happy to caro much for them, al
though they became more unbearable
from day to day They bore no good
reputation in the county, and I waa
warned against them more than Once.
" Three days ago the explosion came.
I was walking with Lily, when the
youngest of the three met us, and, after
a few insulting words, accused me of
dishonorable conduct.
" It was. .more than I could stand,
and I sprang toward him to strike him.
He attempted to. draw a pistol, but I
closed with him and attempted to take
it away. In the struggle the pistol
went off, and he was shot dead. I
stood for a moment stnnned with hor
ror, when Lily's voice roused me.
" 'Oh, fly, fly ! Tho others will kill
you wh3n they see you. They will
swear it was no accident I'
" Not much of an accident ! i saw
the whole thing and he shall swing for
it, said a voice behind me.
"I turned, and there stood one of the
other brothers, with leveled rifle bear
ing directly on me. I attempted to
speak, but he would not allow it.
" ' March straight to the house, and
if you try to get away 111 kill you like
a dog. I would shoot you now, but for
the pleasure of having you hunR I
'My own protestations, Lily's tears
and entreaties, were of no avail, and to
avoid immediate violence I thought it
best to comply.
" On the way to the house we were
joined by the other brother, and, after
a few words in some language unknown
to me, they both hurried me on. The
old man was not at home when we
reached the house, and after another!
consultation they chained me securely,
and then made preparations for a jour
ney. 'As I gathered from hints pur
posely let drop they intended to take
me to Fort Smith to be tried. I did
not exactly see the object of this, Binco
if the case was ence brought to trial I
could easily be cleared by Lily s evi -dence.
. . '
"After sending some of their servants
to bring in the body, they mounted me
on a horse, tied my nand3 behind me
and my feet under the horse, and, with
one riding before and the other behind,
we set out.
"Lily begged to be allowed to go,
but they refused. It was a lonely
country whore Mr. Williams lived, no
house within twenty miles, or she would1
have gone for help to stop them.
"The first day's travel passed with
out incident. My captors were taci
turn, saying nothing to mfe and but lit
tle to each other. At night they loosed
my hands sufficiently to , let me eat,
which was a little more than I expected;
but after supper my . hands and feet
were securely chained, the chain car
ried around a tree and fastened with a
padlock.
" ine next morning our journey "as
resumed. We had reached the Kiamatia
mountains, over which we were going
by a bridle-path a wild, desolate re
gion, fit place for a deed of crime.
began to fear, from the looks and words
which passed fiom one to the other,
that I would never reach Fort Smith.
t would be an easy matter to kill me,
cast my body down into some one of
the ravines which we were constantly
crossing, and invent some plausible ex
cuse for my disappearance.
"Aa night came on they frequently
stopped and held consultations with
each other, casting the while glances
of mine led hate and triumph on me.
It was easy enough to tell the meaning
of this; but even if I bad condescended
to entreaties it would have been of no
avail.
Let my fate bo what it might I
must meet it in silence. Many were
the thoughts which passed through my
mind on that hurried ride, but it is
needless to dwell on them.
"The night of the second day we
camped on the edgo of an old Held,
grown over with brown. crasa. - Ther4
game precautions were taken as on the
previous night, and soon my captors
were wrapped in slumber. I knew that
in all probability it was my last night
on earth, and many conflicting emotions
filled my mind, driving away sleep.
But chiefly I thought of Lily.my prairie
flower, left to the mercy of these rude
men.
"About midnight my meditations
wero interrupted by a soft rustle behind
me in the bushes; but before I could
speak or make a motion a voice, which
I never expected to hear on earth again,
said, ' Hash !' und in a moment Lily
was beside me.
Then, with her arms around me, her
lips close to my ear, she told that she
had overheard her brothers talk of kill
in g me on the way, being afraid to do
bo at home; had caught two of her own
horses (the best in the country) and had
followed with tho hope of rescuing me.
"She had a key which sho thought
would open .the padlock fastening
tho chain that held me. The
KATE SOTHERN.
ThrllllBB Msrv mt a. Wife's Revai -A
Once Blaaaiala Bella la a (rata Frie
-Aml Waaaea brUrr VlaalraiU.
was one of tne spring Kind, witn tlio
keyhole, a simple slip, at the bottom.
The key is a plain, flat bar, with various
indentations in it to fit the wards of the
lock, and by simply pressing on it the
lock flies open.
"Lily tried the kev, but it would not
fit. As I could see by tho moonlight,
an expression of dismay flitted over her
face and she pressed her hands to her
head as if to think. As for me, I had
so long given up all hope of life that I
sat in silence, awaiting what she would
do, unable to offer any suggestions.
Then, with the murmured words,
It may do !' she left me for a moment,
going into the old field. Then she re
turned, bringing a handful of the
broom-grass with her. Selecting a twig
of thistle of just sufhcient diameter to
fill the slit in the lottom of tho lock,
sho thrust it perpendicularly as far as
it would go, broko it ofT a quarter of
an inch from the lock. She did this
with other straws, until the whole key
hole was full, breaking them off evenly
only on the outside, though, of course,
the inside ends fitted into the wards of
the luck. Then she pressed on all the
ends and the lock flew open.
" So quietly that not a link rattled.
Lily unwound the chain, and I was once
mere free. We started for the horses,
but unfortunately had gone but a few
feet when I stepped on a dry frtiek,
which broke with a loud crack. Lily's
brothers' were light sleepers and they
awoke immediately. Not seeing me,
they rushed hither and thither in search,
and just as wo reached the horses one
of them caught n glimpse of us and fired.
The ball struck Lily's horse and killed
it. n a moment I had seated her be
hind me, and, concealment being no
longer possible, rode away at full
speed.
" They saddled au l came nard alter
us. We kept our distance; but on ac
count of the double burden which our
horse carried were never able to get
far out of hearing, while they followed
with a persistence worthy of a better
cause. Not caring to stop in the In
dian Territory among the Chickasaw
nation, I rode for tha river, which 1
fortunately reached just in time to meet
you and baffle them. Our horse, good
as he was, was nearly exhausted, and
could not have carried us much
further. Thanks to you, I hope we are
safe now."
The story was ended and we were
soon asleep. Ia the morning we took
Herndon and Miss Lily to the railroad,
where they took the train for rort
Smith.
We received a letter from him after
ward. He stood his trial, came out
clear, and married Miss Lily. The
Williams boys were boou afterward both
killed in a drunken frolie ending in a'
fight. -
HEALTH HLNTS.
An Atlanta (Ga.) correspondent of U
Cincinnati Commtrcial writes as followt:
Five years sgo there lived in Pickets
ccunty, among the mountains, as fair a
lass as uch a region is proverbial for
producing, a rosy-cheeked, brown
haired, blue-eyed maiden, with the form
of a model and the grace of a gazelle.
She was tho daughter of a well-to-do
farmer, and her smiles were courted by
the brave-hearted young mountaineers,
who engaged in honorable competition
for a monopoly of her society. Among
those was a dashing young man. hand
some, of princely carriage, and whose
fame for courage made him known ia
all the counties nrennd. Dauntless in
love as in all things else, ue laid siege
to the heart of this mountain belle, to
whom she capitulated, and though but
a cirl in years seventeen she was
they were married. She idolized her
husband, and clung to mm with a wor
shipful devotion, happy only when with.
and ready to sacrifice her life if need
be for him- And he, feeling secure in
her love, repaid her attachment with
indifference, and gave more attention to
another, a former rival of his wife, than
was consistent with bis obligation as a
husband. She bore this long in silence,
and tried to persuade herself that there
was nothing wrong in her husband's
conduct. Bat the seed of jealousy was
planted in her heart, and found nourish
ment in the buoyancy that once ex
isted there. Ere many months the bloom
c her cheeks faded, the brilliancy of
her ere departed, her merry laugh was no
longer heard, and the once light-hearted
and happy girl was changed to the dia
consolate'and brooding woman. And still
padlock I no complaint of her husband. He would
I a. 1 t. A. T a.
come back to ncr. sue inougni. uui
her confidence was mivplacod; and at
last, when one night a dancin f party
was civen at her father's house, where
sho lived, and the source of her un
happiness was among tho invited, sho
approached her husband, and af
fectionatcly entwining her arms about
his neck, beeced him for her ske
not to danco with tho woman she hated.
Playfully chiding her fer her jealousy,
he cavo her his promise that her re
quest should bo granted. She did not
engage in tho festivities, but pleading
illness retired ; though not to sleep.
however, for the knew that her husband
and her rival were under the same roof.
With weary eyes and aching heart she
watched the dancers, but nothing oc
curred on tho iart of her husband to
excite her jealousy until midnight.
when, believing her to be asleep, he
took his potation in tho next quadrille
with the woman he had promised hi
wife to avoid as his partner. Stung to
the heart at this exhibition of perfidy
under the roof that sheltered her home.
she watched the dance for awhile, her
senses seeming to deert her, and then
she left her room and Bought her father.
from whom she borrowed a pocket
knifo under the pretext of want
ing to cut a tooth brush Securing
the knife sho returned to the room
which the dancing was going
her little girl dying during her stay at
the Washington county camp. After
eleven months in Taylor ooonty she was
removed to Barton connty. where the
family of the lesee resided, where she
remained in the capacity of a domestic
unhl last Febroary.wben (be lenae. Col
onel C. B. Howard, removed to Atlanta,
bringing with him the fair convict, who
is still retained as a servant ia his
household. Her bnsbsind remains with
her and acU as her eeort, no sarvrtl
lnee being kept on their movement.
They attended the exposition frequently
and alone.
To the r sders of five years ago the
same of this woman, the circa mt&nce
of her crime, the trial, conviction and
deth sentence will be familiar, for
Kate Bothera appeared ia th coi"
omns of every newspaper printed ia
this country and in many out of it The
victim of her outraged love was Nar
cissa Cowart, or " Cis Co wart," a she
was better known.
Although only twenty-two yesrs old
now, Mrs. fMbcrn bears the age traces
of thirty, ner countenance wear the
shade of a deep melancholy, asd her
great blue eves a pcrpetau expression
of sadness A visit to her by your cor
respondent has led lo a revival of the
tragio history of her life, bat not for
the purpose of pandering to th sensa
tional appetite of the public, r sr from
it. The columns of tne Cum wirrcitf sre
sought with a higher aim, which is an
appeal to every wife and mother in this
broad land to lend her name to a pe
tition to the governor of Georgia for
Kate Sothern's pardon. Men havo
killed their fellow men for a like provo
cation that Kato "Sothetn killed lar
cissa Co wart and were not only acquit
ted of crime but applauded for the
deed. It is a husband's conceded right.
nsy, his most solemn duty, to protect
tho sanctity of his home; and wncrcin
is the wife to be lea comuended thin
the habnd in a like effort? Again,
if the purpose of tho law ii punuh-1
ment for crime, in whst nicaie ha
the law been satisfied in its execution
of tho sentence of Kale Solhern?
Clearly she was either guilty or not
... . a t a
guilty. It guilt v, tne should nave been
Ennifcbed according to the degree oi
er offense. If not guilty she should
be set at liberty. Her punUhmept has
not been in sstifction for the crime of
which she was found guilty, for she La
virtually enjoyed unrestrained ldwitj.
hich is wrong if sno is innocrnu
Certainly the authorities ' are not dis
posed to regard her as gouty, since ner
sentence is permitted to go unserved,
and it would appear thai whatever the
extent of her crime, she has atoned to
the law and society in the four years of
her detention at the camp of the con
victs, and it is believed that the adop
tion of the suggestion herria contsinAl
is only needed even ia part to induce
Governor Colqu tt to grant Kste
Sothern's pordon. It is left for tho
ladies. Let them sek it
is
Lat Hoars of John
I sever witnessed
fjsinrj Adam.
Educite the stomach. When it is
once accustomed to simple food, vo
racious appetite, distress and disease
will disappear.
There aro no two substances known
that can furnish better sustenance to
the body and brain than whole wheat,
unleavened bread acd cow's milk.
On matters of life pertaining to health,
there is at present no coscience with
he people, but there should be one,
nd you and I ought to help create it.
A five minutes' nap is often better
than a hour's sleep, because you do no
wake up with that half-dead feeling
which some people complain of when
we urge them to rest, and the sleepless
ness is gone.
Whooping cough has been success
fully treated by turpentine vapor. Th
theory was discovered by allowing e
child, sick with the disease, to sleep in
a room freshly painted, when a notice
able improvement took place.
8even rules by which to get well and
keep well: 1. Keep the head cool. 2.
Keep the skin cooL 3. Keep the feet
warm and dry. 4. Keep bowels open.
There is no such pro vok stive cause to
disease as constipation. 5. Rest regu
larly and profoundly." Empty the brain
at night of all the day's proceedings.
Train the will to help to do this. 6.
Be careful in the choice cf associates.
Do not be demagnatized or vampired
by people. 7. Go to bed and get
up at regular hours, thus cultivat
ing the habit of sleep. Invalids need
in
on. reaching it mst as the last set
ended, snd going up to her rival, who
was moving toward a seat, seized her
by the shoulder, and frenzied with
jealous rage, said, " You have dan cod
enough I" at the same time drawing
the open knife from the folds of her
drees and plunging it deep into the
worn an" h neck, making a horrible gash
which penetrated nearly t) the heart,
and from which tho blood spurted sev
eral feet ia the air and spattered over
the late dancers. Again the deadly
blade was uplifted, and again it de
scended, plunged into the left breast in
search of tho heart, and yet again
another blow, when tho victim sank to
the floor dead. So quickly and so
quietly wss the awful tragedy enacted,
that not until the woman fell, and the
blood from her wounds was discovered,
did any one know what bad happened.
When the discovery was made, a rush
waa made toward the 'prostrate form.
and voices cried :
" Where is tho man that struck that
woman ?
To which tho answer came in a tone '
and an attitude of proud defiance from
the wronged wife :
" I am tho man that did. it"
The horror-stricken crowd surged
about the door, when her husband, re
alizing what his flirtation had brought
about, grasped bis wife and drawing his
pistol, said:
" Gentlemen, I am going to leave
this house and take my wife with me;
and we aro going through, if I have to
shoot through."
The crowd gave way before him, and
going out into the night, husband and
wife disappeared under cover of the
darkness, and for a whole year evaded
the vigilance of detectives, with the in
centive of S250 reward offered by the
parents of the dead woman and $150 by
the State for their apprehension. They
were finally heard of in North Carolina,
where they were arrested and brought
back to Pickens county and lodged in
jail, and with them a little girl baby
which had become a member of
the family sinoe their flight. The
woman was tried for murder, convicted
and sentenced to death, but through
the efforts of friends the governor wss
induced to commute her sentence to
ten years in the penitentiary, and on
the 29th of May, 1S78, she passed
through Atlanta on her way to enter
the service of her sentence at a convict
camp in Washington county. Ho famous
had this girl-wife and murderess bo-
come her name and her deed already
the theme of two continents that the
announcement of her presence attracted
the largest throng ever assembled in
the city, with the possible exception o
one or more grand special days at the
late exposition. The surging multitude
grew wild over the desire to get a
glimpse of her, while she appeared un
conscious of her surroundings, main
taining a dejected and listless air. Her
husband and child accompanied hex.
The influence of a universal sym
pathy secured immunity from prison
regulations, and she was allowed to
wear her customary garb instead of the
so impreive a
. a I . if . i .
aceue as mat ia ine oia nau oi iiic
House of Representatives on the 2Ut
of February, IStS, when Mr. Adams
was stricken down by death at his seat
He had partially rien as if to speBt
then grasped the desk with a coovol
sive rrotion, and would have fallen bad
not his nriahbor. David Fisher, of
Ohio, caught him in his arms. The
repre"entative snd tbos of us eorre
spondenta who bad aests on the floor
hastened to the spot, and there were
-. a. ia a r : a. i
cnea oi " ntana ueca i - wive cim
airP " Carry him to the win
dow V Nearly all eemed ranic-
stmck and confuted, but Mr. Speaker
Winthrop main'ainod bis self possena.on
and aljourned the lione. uea.iy nanas
brought a settee, on which Mr. Adams
was' carried into tbe rotunda. The
fresh air. however, did not reviv Lira,
and by invitation of Mr. Winthrop he
was taken into toe speaker's loom,
where a bed was scon made on a large,
old-fahio2ed sofa. Five physician ,
who wero members of tbe Houfc, held
a harried consultation, and by their
Snbjaxaliar Aalaai.
In Hindoostaa aoata-cbarmio
branch of a bolnes that includes
breaking, rat-catch i a g. monkey train
ing and other occupations that moat
give their adepts a peculiar insight into
tho faculties and foibles of animal sa
tore A tame snake is only a side-ahow
of the OunnmUa, or trsvellBg vermin
dealroyer; or, so to sav. a liviLg diploma
of his materhfp. lis usts a trained
cobra as a botin a-lvertsemssU
Jugglers with dancing snake are
on every Bengal market plac. bat the
sracd masters of their craft exhibit
very differvnt tricks. L"rd Dalbonaia's
gnrawalla-en-cbef oj-d to call rata from
their bolea ia broad daylight, and had
a water snake tha foUowad him lik
do and could not be driven out of tb
room aa Ions? a4 its master waa rteaeot
n hsd evidently eablibed soma bold
on the affections of his strange pet, tor
he oever failed to bring her back by a
single whistle after flinging ber into
the middle of a pond where she could
easily bsve ecfJ if her sujctioo
had been an involon'ary servitude.
His favorite trick waa to gel a lot of
common black tre-fnke (OJuVr
Hryno) and by a mere word maka them
engage in mortal combat-snakes
which but a minute before dm lata
coiled torether in a alajrgub rrpoa
frm which no other human voice could
rouae them even for a moment By a
alichtlv different sound bo would In
st ire them wiln a ranic tbst sect them
darting out of tbe room, and out of the
konw if tbe door were open: nor did
he troublo himself a snch occasions
to roTsptare them. for. after a few hoars
manipulation, a batch of frch caoght
rakes would servo bis purpose
well.
The professional jogglers prefer the
cobra only as the leaat eipnire of all
aensationai animal, for crocodiles and
nvthena sre riaallv tamable. Tbe
watdensof the scrcd crocodile pood
near Bcoarea keen their pet noler
perfect control, and. as Cat-tain God
win Bachanart satares us, through in
flaenci1 which hunger is enly a amor
itm ilia nnir.inn lMm confirmed bv
tLo statement of a famous npanih
beaut tamer, proprietor of a owkpit
snd pnliue shop in Tararic Mcuco.
The efllaent canal of Tampico Lan
is well stocked with alligator, wboae
services to the health polic Lavo made
tlera a sort of public proteges. They
live uron tho offal of tha slaughter
houcs snd Uiev are so well fed that
they can afford to spare their two leered
fellow citizens: they cund their own
buines aud give bathers a wido berth.
But the cockint landlord Las a ncgro
of all-work who for a couple of coppvr
will convoke the caymans as a farmer
would summon Lis pig nay, often
without any audible signal, by merel
going to the water's edge std
landing with uplifted hands all
the allitratcra throng arouod him ia
crowds, lie d.-clinea to divalgo Lis
modas operandi bat bis era plover i
poi live that be never foods or touches
bu ets. -t7i rt-.
IDE THE LA DIES.
BeaaaraakSe Tf a4 Wian.
Tha rtmarkabU type of KihUirt
women ara well known. Vera frUaa-v
litcb.wboaa shot l&aaguralrd terrorism,
was the moat modest of her sex. Ia the
court roots she tlohd a hen ah rr
ceivadaay ooa atarisg at bsr. Lydr Fig
Ber, a charming lady and aa areotar4ibed
aiager, got her eigtt years ia tha 8;l
riaa miiM by situnj U the parW anJ
p Laying tha piax for weary bonrs, Irv
ing to drosra tha sou mala by the
secret rriatinx pre la tha eett room.
Anna Labedoff. a frieat's daughter, ia
tha dUguUe ol a wife cf a srsnfrheaa,
lived la a watch bssMs ra tha railrosvl,
mi a aa-fwr1 co aV5t ERed snih
dynamite, chalUag with tha switch waa.
Bot by FcroTskaja, tha daiibter of a
general and aeeaW, who declined tba
dignity of maid of booor to the eta pre
and eaterad tbo rubuM fraternity, dar
the Moscow miae and directed tha laia
extra aeaaaaiaatioo. Bcphy liaidia.
who was welcomed aa a ahiatag Ur ia
tha literary horizon, wrote a few poems
bib, though gems of Rasaiaa liter-
alar, were treasonable, and tha aisgifig
of tbam was a slate rrioa.
1 raa -Si 1 1 1 r tiaW.
Taui ax W.
Waa&as Xrvm t
TV rW 4 ar4 aaa
If rr J ia W aa
tu Aa tl afi-a.
TUt t la l.-iai Ct.
arwu a U rev
TS raie c4 wlJV aara
I f t nar aV 4 m to fa
I gt a Va as
latl i Vu aJrte 1 ia.
trial I f tals f
rata a W.aa.
I do cot think there ts a land ia tha
lit of einkred countries that pradaecs
women so generally eotssdy at tbe
daughter of Caba U. Aa a rate sb
has a rcaad figure, eot Isrg. bat in
clined to datspliagahapa. Whatever
el aha may be. aha is never what
the Americans call scrawny." Dat
herfica. ahile seldom want it g ia la
teiiigeoc. is hardly aver vicious. A
sameoeas, a deaert-tika mocc-toay of
eirresaion. pervades tha x. sircar.
trasts of individaal character are rarely
indicated. If tba rradsr has ever aeee
a nock of cue mora ca tneir way to
the nearest water ho has a fair idea of
this littla woman's gait and geaeral
air. Her hair is often a "glory to
her, and is sometime of that Ltae-
black shade only pcaaiblo with the
daughters of Southern Earope and their
dceceodante, tboagh oocaaio&ally th
Calaui girl vanea tba rogramoe by
being a blonde, and, to ba plain, rather
fat This lady is often a arcmaa at
twelve, and tbe mother of a Urge (am
tit at nineteen or tsre&ty. So pretty ia
her jcolb, ia age she beocmca either
leau snd dried, or fat and unwieldy.
KLe fade earl v. and f .r srast of strength
of character Is apt to loa control of
her hatband, who, Deverthcleaa, still
contiaaea to need sach control as baJly
as any man cf Lis time. Eat whatever
she mav arrow to seem, ter eye never
fad. To tbe laet, throagb all vicii
InJea. they ax big and black. J-aoi
a
on l m&o.
Chip i no loogey faehiooabte.
Caahmer and India shawls will bs ia
high favor.
The Uteat form of th poke bonnet is
th - London Witch."
I f r -l - vast,
l sat tan cm artla.
7W tW (4V Ca.
- JTx O.mia'ra Pvt.
Ill' HOB 01" 1UK fJ IT.
Fiodett: WlatUfoliUralssxwctayr
Risnicg oa tha Ik kt with a ery
t-h can a bo will pxll J era threat's.
A at 1 of my eS haal sror k," as
U teusi aa'. J U tba rr-Has eax
r cler. a tb latter was pax kit g IP
-Oh! for a U'.tev half f aaU tba
amosiag srt-aee when be lcrV a
enatterfetl ftM-eA tea aorf ku
ehasge. t?-af. TSlVt.
Vcon iri'l abrsal carry al4er
boey rise with gold lead, Lite lb
jrorg 1 wis al Uom carry yum aaa
at I of caa a&4 wxolrt I. .
Vor aai mw of ii: " IVt HUk
voamlf aafallr sraait." ail Trowa to
Kog, who Lad Jt a'teer-l a sharp
tt.iag. "Oi. no." rep'iM Fore. "I
ibisk yoa exait Aatos 7
Ts a ixkvsi ajra.
Y. anws-1 ia a avJt aa
Wi; er im'l jvm iep,
la n tv a al a ai4
Aal a M aat aba aaaaa.
Indian Xan4 Itslldeia.
We are not. moreover, without
leati
direction mustard poultice were ap-
Clied to his feet, prod uciufr, however,
nt littlo effect. Meanwhile Mr.
Adams, with seme female fneods and
the fam.ly physician, bad arrive i. tjup
pinir was then resorted to, and about an
hour a'ter he bad fallen the dying patriot
opened his eves and said to Dr. I ey-
ton: Tfcta is tne last oi cann, uui i
am corapoeoJ."
These were the last worde spoken by
John Qiincy Adams. Th remainder
of that day and through the two follow
ing daya did he linger on the verge of
existence:
Ilis hielory closing aa Ufe aej.tora od I
He "had mitltved ail foee, till tn aurld were bis
friends.
Statesmen of all parties, including
Henry Clsy, called upon him, but b
knew them not, as he lay with closed
eyes, apparently insnimato. He lin
gered until tha afternoon ol tne x-ii oi
February. Hia spirit quietly took its
flight, and liurling, liealey, raiirey ana
others who stood at his bedside might
have exclaimed, in the language of
Beaumont:
How asrerlly
Even death embraces tbe I Tbo peace of
Heaven.
The fellowship of all groat sou Is go snth thee.
A few daya later the remains of Mr.
Adams were escorted to their last rest
ing place at Qaincy by a large Congres
sional committee, who were hospitably
entertained at Boston after the funeral.
The old speaker's room in which he
died is now the room of tbe nouse
committee on banking and currency,
and when Mr. Sam Hooper waa chair
man of that committee he had a bust of
Mr. Adams placed there, with a slab
beneath bearing an appropriate com
memorative inscription, written by
Charles Sumner. lien Ptrlry Foorc.
Knttflnara sallow erarai oal ia nbboci C O C3 TooJv to aeo bow ll
. - . r 1 . m
As a vousg shaver of Ce or aix jeari
. a a a
SMir.it; kl Mbo cbcv, c ram
open the aa. "Keep thy lo-f"B
frnm evil asJ tby up mm srsua.
Master Ilfpsfsl JrasUd ct, Keep
iby taitie from su aid U.y
bps -from-giila.
IJ'tl FraUdi. whew visilUg a fcesrb-
bci's Lu, was off. rol a pkr of braad
and t alley, witch te arfTeJ. us
shLmi asv show of rraiUaJ. 'WLal
do von y. FrcJ.ii r Lutd tha lady.
riitcUag Lim to ay -Tbaxk row."
I say it aiat caar, lw
poa
"Mr. Prowa, da yosi eat mashf"
akel a fonr year 44 11-od of hi ajteea
Uax -Wh'v, Johnnie r reepoavdaJ
Mr. Brown. ""Co sW says aba
wibe joa woatdal talk lik yt w Lad
a moalhf al of taush." rte faiatsaad
r.rosra rrraeol rs Hat be has aa -
agetae!.t ia Australia. h'mimk GJ
A srsall sisr J &3f l"y burg a tbe-
mometer cat ia mtt cf tba I rvs
a oil I
to be reconstitutionalized. Genius and
intelligence should be locked up and I penitentisry stripes.
laid away while tho process of rccon- At me nasnington
county camp ahe
Btruction is going on. No human being
can get well in defiance of Ood s law.
Princeton college at Princeton, N. J.
is soon to have a telescope which will
far outrank: any in size and definition
owned by an American college.
The pensive mule is not easily re
garded as susceptible to pathetio emo
tions. And yet he occasionally drops a
mule-Veer.
remained neirly a year, during wnich
she was occupied in making clothing
for the other convicts, her husband re
maining with her and holding tbe posi
tion of guard over a squad of prisoners.
She waa not restrained is her liberty,
but remained with and had the privi
leges of a member of the family of the
lessee. At the expiration of a year ahe
fell to the lot of another lee ee, whose
camp was in' Taylor county, whither aha
waa removed, her husband following,
Te Animas of rTerk.
The world likea heart in ess and earn
estness, These will often compensate
for the lack of some other sterling qual
ities of mind and heart. Zeal ia infec
tious. When a fjremaa of a factory
tnovea about among hia men with spirit.
and drop a quick, earnest word nero
and there, tba workmen about him na-
concloualy become imbued" with like
earnestness, and ha will by mere force
of example secure better results from
hia employes. How often have we
known a farmer ia tha olden time, be
fore mowing machine were invented,
to ret nearly 'double tbe amount of
work out of tha same rang of men by
starting out at tha head of tho a rath
with cheery words and a gamey air,
bidding tho boya to come on and see if
they could, tep ap with him. Ckkaw
Jrreu
monr to th fact that tbe present Indian
tribe dil build mounds. Lewis and
Clark mention tbe custom among th
Omaha, raving lht "one of their
creat chiefs was buried on a hill, snd
mound twelve feet ia diameter snd six
feet ia height erected over htm." Ber
tram state that th Choctsws covered
the pvramid of coffins taken frcm tbe
bone-'hc us with earth, thus raiding
conical hill or mound. Tomochkhi
pointed out to General Ogletborp
isrge conical mound rear Savannah,
in which ha said the Yamacrsw
chief wss interred, who had, many
vrars before, entertained a great whit
man with a red berJ, who entered
the Savannah river in a large veaael.
snd in his barge came up to lb Tata
srrawblzff. Featbcrstonbsugh, in his
Traw ls,' speaks of the custom among
the O sages, referring to a mound built
ovrr tbo bodv of a chief, called Jean
Defoe by th French, who unexpectedly
died while bia warncrs were absent oa
a buntir expodiUon. Lnoa their re
turn tbev heaped a mound over bis re
mains, enlarging it st intervals for a
long period, until it reached ite present
height Bradford say that many of
tbo timuli formed of eann. and oc
casionally of stone, sro of Indian
origin. They sra generally sepulchral
mounds cither the general cemetery
of a village or tribe, funeral moon,
menta over the grave of tbe ill .11 ri
ous chiefs, or upoa a battlefield
commemorating tba event and en
tombing the fallen, or tha result of a
coatom, prevalent among soma of th
tribe, of collecting at stated iotervals
the bones of the dead, and interring
them in a common repository. A mound
of tho latter description was formerly
situated on th low grounds of th
Bivanna river, in Virginia, oppoit th
site of an old I adian village (Jefferson's
Notes of Virgieis," pp 10J. 103). It
was forty feet ia diameter and twelve
feet in 'height, of a spheroidal form,
and surrounded by a trench, wbeac
th earth employed ia ite erection
had been excavated. Tha cir
cumstance attending tha cui
ton alluded to were tho great
number of skeletons, their confaaesl
position, their situation ia distinct
i trala, etmoiung amereni ruge oi a
composition, and tha appearance of
bone of infanta. A mound of similiar
character, and constructed in Layer or
strata at vucceasiv periods, existed
near tha south branch of tbo 8baaa
doah, in the aama State. A tamalua of
stones, in New York State, is said to
have marked tha grave of a diatia-
guiabed worrior. Beck's Gazetteer"
state that "a mound of the largest
dimension ha been thrown ap, within
a few years in Illinois, over lb remain
of aa eminent chief. I'rrfror S. H.
U'l.cAeZ.
Th Ohristian Atmanac for 1&33 give
the following statistics of U.a Evan
gelical association : Whole number of
member 113,871, being an increase
over last year of 1.671 ; newly convert
ed, 10.469. a decrease) of 2.013 from last
year; adult baptized, 1.324; children
bspUzad, itinerant preachers.
9 12; . local preacher, 611; number of
chorches, 1.S3I ; piraonarr. iid ;
value of church propeity, $3,732,273;
Sunday-schools, 2,016; catevhamana.
8 632 Buaday-ftcnool f enoiars, IX.
557 ; total of contribution, $100,920 47.
sal other millinery goods.
Domtooa of moire, black, yellow, red
and wbite sre ia high favor.
Th maaculina styl of drras fer
wetaea is goisg cut cf vogue.
A pcaf jut below th back of Ih
waist Is on th newest drasea.
Sicilv and Tnrkey red la brigit raby-
Iik shade will b much worn.
All shad cf color sr represented la
the grounds of the new sateens.
Quarter trains ara mora stjliah than
either short skirts cr Cemi train.
Narrow bands or Greek fillets of
silver ribbon are worn oa th hair.
New ridinghaU'a hav narrower and
shorter skirts thsa tho hitherto worn.
Jasmin asd whit 1 lacs are mingled
with crane bloaaome ia bridal wreaths.
Small and large figure acd fiowera
sre equally faabioaable ia drea good.
Th prettiest of all th darned lace
ara tbo called Oriental or Maure-pe.
Gilt caila, with fiat square heads, ar
used to fastra doth drtsssa Instead of
buttoca.
A hoop el coile d bead is used for
gathering ap tha rahmr drapery of
a?lhe4)e ooa ante.
Flower aa large a Ufa, sometime
larger, and ia th mot vivid colors.
irrear oa tha ground ol soma of the
new sateens.
Th largest imperial iocs of Gaahmer
and India shawls mad ia this country
hav beca put npoa tha market daring
th past week.
Bom of tha new straw poke sr of
immaa six, with briefs that Car Bp-
ward over tha forehead La tba old Dun
a Labi a bonnet sty!.
Tb nw color ar copiad from
nature's own tint a fotiag sad cower,
and ara by no means con Coed to sickly
greecs aad dirty y allow.
Black la tba fashionable color of tha
moment aad with tha quantity of lac
worn trans terms Parisian ladie almost
Into Castiliaa dame of th ail leer Ih
century.
Soma of tha new saleesa hav groaada
ia all ahade of color, white, and black,
over which ar fifing Cocks of Urge
birds, carrier pigeon, falcon aad
swallow.
A novelty la ornaments foe evening
wear is Cowers of gold, uv or si eat
nlagrea. They ar worn ia tha hair,
oa lb corsage, aad looping tha sash or
skirt draper.
go dosra." AbBU wetl c-nt to lo,
for it ia C st.iiote Laal that tt
Lai goaa doaa ia Barling slip aad va
till gciag. A tea -1-v tal takra tt la
rhrr ,V
Sibttsirgecus dsat.d a'caoUsi rata
to rea30veaca,ractugara taatai
charge to tbow y ra ev . Well,
If lie cataract rraoveJ try u aargsoa
is a largo a th on aboaa J c u by tha
Niagara Lacamen, Lis cWf I not my
too steep. AtJ, IcaiJea. yea CUUt
tct bo all to t Va of II !& iw
was t4 f e tag red. .Wvi f mrn trail.
uctttji utaoraor.
TV (nmt a-&a la aa4Mg a a.
TW irltV p"ala it p. t
Ta fvmut lalca as a
Tfc o-al er 7 7
At rveerHteSMt a a,
TW acSor,Wy VA I I i
km cv"a aatall.
A Racine foutty farmer Lai SS0 bath
els of oaU stole from kta barn, aad La
is offended. Whca tt get so a farmer
La got to hav a barglar proof aaf to
keep Lis cats anl Ueat to. ua revs
oa farm I eg wdl Ui small. They)
should b a stlcr.al courtesy aaceg
firmer to sach sa extent tLat a Ha ot
oa's cr a tttsw tact is aa: astoaxa
ilh ml being stered ia a vault , s
On a evening, reosaUv. Profcvwof
Williams, cf Tale CoUegv, received a
dispatch from th interior of Cb'B,
hich had been seat tha day before.
I Tha distance ia 19,000 Bike
liaeU a4 Cyea far Uaaalaa SeMJen.
By aa imperial order J oat Us sad coo
sidarabla chaagea ara to L LnUodaoed
into tha anil arm of tha Baaaiaa army.
Bnttoaa ar to b rigidly sapprsani.
and tnatr place sai -plied by hooka aad
eyea, aad two breast pocket ar to b
worn ia all caaea foe holding lb re
serve cartridge oa ooravsiorta wheo th
troop ar coapeUd. la goUg I&to ac
tios, to tear their kaspaacks bahiad.
th c doers aniforma ara to b o aim
ilar mak. with tha differ) that they
ara tab adiosted to th Cxur of tho
waist aad thai button ba all wed for
iLfhin their evmvlet. I tho eaa cf
tha draarooaa tba laaaUiar Sep i
ehaka arato b repUoad by aa Aatraka
bd ornama&ted ia front with a cockad
and tha imperial eagla. Tha Uparial
guard, oa ti other band, wall rtteia Us
creaeat aaiform aad cap. A writer La
theWUds AaM ciplaiaa that tbaae
acd other minor modi Sra Uooa has for
their chief obtect th slapLfyiag of tha
work of supplying tha army wlta cietA
isr. tha uniform wader th esreya-
tem being mora easily adarCad to th
varying sixea'.aad figure of tha sex
reaaUe ef a FlerUa Ferrst.
TLe sprit g seaaoa is th moat favor
abU lim tee stewing Florid aoeecry.
Th Bsgoolia then wears it regal
crown H creamy a hi to the qaaea cf
fioweriag tree. Tha dogwood snisghM
it snow fiaka bloasoma with tb gUstesv
is g graca cf bay -tree leave. TLe holly.
with ite clutter of vral fcie. Is tea
rival of the oleander, which rxhiHte alt
shade frcm deep ranaia to peart.
Tha ayrtte droop ite ringlets of pw
p! ber and there oa tha hill aid and
by tha stream, whil towrrit g over all
is tho Bsjeatte paim, weaxtcg Ua tuft
of leave aa aa lodua doe lbs f rathe a
oa his head. Looking to lb earth, t
auxfaoa is sara covered with plaate ax 4
ahrab, which, ia their radiant frcsh
neea, ref-ect all colors la a most deligbU
fal coef aaioa aad fill th sir with fra
grance. Hraxlsh aaoa tha twrvalesl
J parasite of all tha On If coattry Lasgs
1 pendant from th treoa, cr, la Hating
I creepteg f vte or grasria f vine. tasU-cs
I itealf la grefal feaioooa, sway tag tte
aomber gray la fa aerial aspect aal
tb variegated fiawrrs aad th verdant
raiment of the tree.
This aemi-lrotncal foreat is tha bom
of birds of rar pUmar ai ravishlsg
aocg. The mock Lag-bird slag to iu
male throughout tb esure Kixsvaai
caroely rest by day. Tba rad-tiid Is
slmcat aa incessant ia his carols, aad
ranks kith a masicifaav. Tbaeaa-btrl
atleapu to HtsI tho tnoek tag -bird aa
in as lor. Tber ara aaaay ou-er
warbler deserving me&uca, asd tho
rarrxruK should be rpeeially warned aa
oa of tha astiv btrd wearbxg gay
oolora. Bat, beasUfal ia Lhsir feaihevs
as ar tha birds oa tha traea, thoa fa
tho water sarpaa thecs ia tha rich
of their aliira. Tbe nevoa lamuy red.
white and Mee-ael tha gosfeowa
car lew datplay eoslaeae thai grew thasa
a highvalaa ta lb caaraeta, aava iaea
wad.sg birds ara mac a banted ta tha
winter nvrelha lor tbeir loag p -
Al this aeaaou they ara eery wild, bat
ia th spring they era quite tasaa acd
may oi apT-roaah. 1 her ar also hal
ters ef ether birds, bat aa tha marks t
for theta ia sa rally at JacksowviUa,
th headquarters of lmilM from tha
North tho forests of We Friia ara
sldaa disturbed. exoetH tor tha 1
aad rsrtew. whoa feathers fifid a I
am-rg comtroval travelers ta asj cl