North Carolina Newspapers

...i.rui-SCBCSESS Blade .Blue Sidge .:;T-T17' FnbUihed by AVERT & CROWSON. In the Interests of Western North Carolina. two Dollars per Year. I- ,- vA- 1 f) y - i . . , ' .' ,;-;Vr.-- '' : : " t-fYOi. I.' MORGANTON, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1876. NO. 13. ..- - ' ' .' 1 1 i - P Pi Ml if f 1 Asm Before. Out O Uttt bod, that faded ere It bloomed ; A settem. tilM.dM Mrx -U aenm i(r, oarksoed bet or tbf 9090$ Oesjaawli iiwl. ib,nllUHl, St thosrt wtlh a proctaos rthly seed I sees mM look beyond this lowly sold . A woem the harvest will requite my need. if mns aw mh Mft ii mm Owrety, iimI Infant-love, tnoo loosest etui To rest Ikes ob my breast when ev'olng. fells. 1 for toidwwo to any foot wing will. As, owl wttt tae there to no need of rest j Bo leasing rounds tho horn of Ihy day i Tku MnwlM ciddMO frowi my wlirsbe- ' la, " Ho 9mTmgtt9 mm tbj fixity- mtm imii in nnii iiiiiiiiiiir - Oo, Wr4,lM)btRwn swejk to hoavenb; TO biqom. (Ml OPWr, sfy fceslvpath alone l 8o dreary wo tho fairest days below, lt tboy who Miiy die or highest bleat ; from babyhood to fall swost Ufa pro few ad. And yet, I fain moat nuke tile heart's wild moon; Howaen I lire bow beer ny glial eo sore r Where we ware two; bow learn to tread .- alone . How see the light and eee thy reo do more 7 Hot with tbee, bat taog after stay I eoaas I tea aa tonoly that fate weald diet Tans UMte oweet, with thy tonee omll mo mining apirlt, lead m sot - hi, i jfaVB LONG DAY. tMwAMP-r-- - v Above the plain fronting ue glen hung the tranquil autumn moon. The .air wan filled with a nlw thai 'floated like a curtain at the remoter hm ite of tbe nlain. The nine and beeches of the glen stood mate, their voices bushed in heavy moisture, ror down the plain a jagged blur of light ahoweel where the oitj slept, and from eitAVr edge of this jogged blnr of light the river atretohed like a sUrar belt with the oitT for a golden clasp. In the glen no sound stirred the si lence, save when a dewdrop fell from a spray or bong and shadderod abnmgh the steeping Leave to the ground. Tho ahadows of the tree filled the place with jmwmlmUM dai4asa, - iiafi wef down ihe glen a blank parapet, Teaching from aide to side, oat the fleecy air. A fariong farther np than the Vridge, At and high above the shadow it oast, stood Irlarge white cottage fronting the moon. Jfiom the lower levels of the glen it looked like a aloud- iwhioh had wandered .itathe sky and floated down tbe glen until it rented on the ledge. ' rr Xbe ailenoe wv- fanplA length was Awoken,' sod footateps appvoaohed by the ' path along the dry bed of the torrent. From the shadow of tho parapet two fig ures Emerged slowly. As they dw near th" opt : ago they looked black .' against tho ligiit; bat where the arm of the womuQ twut IbvbI with the mouii y k through tb urm of tbe matt,. the sleeve Snowed a Biuriue oi u uiw iringe to uie moon. Tliu hoad of the man inclined so t as almost to mvut hertt. Now and then he raised Iter hund and touched it with ' hh Hps. 'p fMmj advanced until they were oloso , j to gnnln wall of the oottagt. In ' the pulhc-Ieas utillnesirof tho hour their vofoes flonted wiile and neemed t ' clothe tbe gleu with mystic life. Thw 'listening Hpiritof tbe verdurous araaden echoed thetf words in Hoe, faint toneM. "The time won't . be long oomiuff lsvemdf darling." He pot bis arm about ka sad braahed the hair back from her ' "Wo, JLuke." " And, Jane, when the day does oomo you won't be sol ry, will you f " iTi Hf pressed her closer and drew her ayauB dowo opoir hi boulder . : " Ton wou t be sorry, June, he re peated, v" whna the day comes aud I raise the-vcU and kiss my wife t" She did not apeak, bat along tremu lous sigh floated into the night. Ho oontinued to spook : " And when you are my wife I will ,j not only do all I can to make you happy J while I am with yon, bnt work bard to , assure your future wben I am goue ; for, Jft,Iam ten years oiler than you, and men are shorter lived than women, , nd I shall die long before my dar-, t"' "Hashl Stop, Luke t What do yon Lmean f Wby do yon talk of dying i" " There 1 I wilT not agmn. " I ' But, Lake my Luke, yon are strong. Why do you put snoh thoughts , iato my head f It has always seemed - be me as if yow could never die." She1 - , amng to him and held him wildly, look- 1 lag with distracted eyos into bis face, as . If she feared evil approaching from be hind thow mute, watchful trees. M Don't l uneasy, Jane. Never fear. I shall life as long as ever I can for you. Why, it seems ti me as though I shall rm- Mve forever ill am to have you. I was fool to talk as I did. The moonlight :i made me melanoholy ; it always does. . Sweetheart, do you hot feel my arms louud'yout What harm oould oomo while we ace thus I and as for the future : ' v But you will go away now." r 'Andia one Short, month you will Some awav with me," Oh,tker' - 'Wbatr , -, -"- " I dare not nay it, and yet I cannot keep it to mysolf." Y s Tell m. Trust e. . " A month beems so long. I know it flen't be sooner bnt a month. Yon jwitt 'om to-narrow owing, won't "tea; and every evening." Iwmsyronow. Ion will be here -arow evening, surely V "Surely." Swd oight.". Oood-nighk 1 'To-caorTow evening." "To-morrow evening. " with a err Hint wan lialf a moan, sho & ran swiftly td the oottagtyand he strodu fctrwly down, breasting the moonlight ai tearing hm shadow into a thousand faatastio shapes among ' the tangled v . Weeds and shrubs. Wben sha reached her room she knew he oould not sleep, tthe drew back the arts in of ker window and let in the ntoonlfarht. ,Thn tnoou was setttnff. It uwmited about au hour of mnliiiftht. The r,fiiuoka of the oity struck, no sound jlfwueu fr. one ouwui o auniw uu I words. ' Tliey made a tumult in her : brain. Do what she might, they came trooping in upon bar ears, like unbidden guests. Over aud over again she tried to banish them. She sought to stimulste her 1 imagination pleasantly about the future, She strove to think of her new borne and of tbe love between her and Luke daily deepening into a calm, un broken. fulL-tooed neaos. All in vain. Turn where aha would, the vista ended at tomb. At length, in despair, she .closed the curtains on the setting moon, and, with a plea for delivery from her fears, went to bed. At two o'clock the moon set. A light wind rose and blew tbe vapors from the, plain and fanned the stars into trem bling flame. Soft musio wandered throush tha trees. Still she oonld not sleep. As she lay the striking of the distant clocks oame to her on the wind. Three o'clock drew near. Ths moniruriitg of the leaves and fatigua began to dull ner bearing. She raenowtna drowsy at lesi. i snou m a oofteep before whxwe,w she mosad, dreamily, "sod when I awake it win oa aay, ana na wiu come in ine At half Das three she awoke with a violent , start. She had had a fearful dream which she was unable to recall, lint there had been err eat noises in it. great noises of bells and shoutings o( aespair. She sat no. The casement was now quite dark. She brushed book her hair and listened. All the olooks of the city were striking together. What a noise they made in the rilent night 1 And how long .they continued striking ! She had been listening several minutes and they were all striking still ! She pleased her band over her face, and rose and went to the window and looked down at the city in the plain. The air was coot and dear. The sounds came fuller and deeper. No dock now, bnt bells. The bells of the city ringing an alarai, and in the core of tha city a red patch like tha heotio spot on a dull oheeV BomMhinaT in tha sound of the bell and . sight of the fire stimulated her strangely. She drew beck, dressed her self hastily, and stepped with great cau tion out of the bouse, and stood awhile at the low garden wall watching the throbbing spot in the plain. She turned her eyes inquiringly from right to left. No foot of man or beast paaaed over the grass. .Drawing her shawl tiglitry around her she descended to the path and moved rapidly in the direction of toe oriiige. wnen sue guinea it sue leaned over the parapet. The clamor of the bells could now be more distinctly heard, and she oould see that a great fire was raging in the most popular district of the city. A wsgua tenor took powsesston of her. His words were still wandering through her mind. His talk of death now seemed a Krtfnent preface to a great catastrophe, riven by tbe breeie the fire crept in the direction of the glen. His boose lay straight in the way of the flames. Where waa lie now f Had those awful bells aroused him f Waa' he, like her, look ing at the conflagration f or was bo ipiag m auw peen or uie uestroyer i he' turned her white face to tbe calm stars and then glanced round the glen. She felt half oonsdous that her alarm waa exaggerated, that the risk was slight ; but as often aa she quieted ber heart some silent specter seemed tn point to the city, and some mysterious voice cried out she knew nut what. .Tear less and terrifled, she grasped tbe pora oet and watched. Her nerves tinjrld and her breath came quick and abort. At length a last volume oi atnoae, ani sparks, and flame shot into the air. Then for a while the fire abated. , Pres ently bitter, eager tongaea flaw; up tn wards heaven Bearer to his koaow, dnser to where he, perhaps, lay sleeping anil dreaming of her. The effect waa elec trical. She hod no ofmsciunHuean of hav ing moved until h" found benwlf at th end of the glen begiunitur to cross the Elain. For one brief moment ebe threw erself ou her knees and lifted up bar hands and heart. - Then she rose and ran onward, without looking right or left. Luke had heard the first alarm. He hail risen aud gone oat. 'The lire origi nated in a Urge carriage manufactory. Poll of inflammable substances, the place burned with amssing fury; noth ing oould save snat building. All enorts were directed to arreetioir the. spread of the dement. But, aided by tb wind, it soon extended its lines until on whole side of the street was biasing. Luke hod been among tne earnest volunteer. The brigade was entirely insufficient to deal with so colossal an enemy. Tnerefore the rank anu-nie or the brigale became captains of amateur bonds. u When ruin nad reached the end of the-street people thought it would travel no further. The flames were not long enough to bridge the roadway. A barrel of varnish, saved from the carriage manufactory, hod, with other salvage, been thrust into an archway under a honse on the opposite side. Suddenly, when all Had begun to nope tne worse post, came a dull explosion from tne archway, and at roaring mans of flame broke out of it into tbe street and up the front of the honse, like an inverted, cataract. A wild cry of terror burst from the people as they dashed back in nay. Mv danarliter 1" shouted an old rray boarded man, breaking from tho general masa of the crowd and standing in front of the doomed bouse. Aut one in there t demanded a fireman, standing by. Yen: mv dauirhter I Mv danchter Jane 1 Help, for Heaven's sake 1 Look I She is at the window." . All-eyes were turned. upward, and at a window of a top floor the figure of a young girl oould be seen through ' the smoke and glow. " J'rcak in tne noon snouted tne fireman, seizin' a pole that lav near bv. She must be saved through the door. The escape. would be burned before it could touch the walL " In an matant the door new open. Uut the insidious flaming liquid had found its way. into the ball, and a pool oi fire barred the way. Through the waving banners of flame tbe staircase could be seen. Already the balustrade had begun to writhe and twisc "The roof t roared the n reman. " The roof is tbe only hop". To the roof I" He gesticulated wildly at the girl, but she stood still m one froaen. " Will no one save my danghter? My little Jane 1" wailed the old man. " It would be certain death to try the ball. Here, awdioeman, let no one go this way." Two policemen placed themselves in front of the door. Then, crying "The roof I the roof I" the fireman burst in the door ( an adjoining house and dis appeared, followed by a doaen volunteers. " It is no use. ' There is no trap door. My danghter 1 My darling little Jane, abod-bve I" The old man waved his hand, bent his head, and broke into eobs. -"Boom I" shouted voice from the heart of the crowd. " Boom 1 Way there!" The people receded from a point as If tnere naa Been an upueavai of the earth, and a tall, powerfully built man pushed to tha-front. He ran post wnere ute old man atooa, saying " I'U save vour daughter or perish." The police at the door drew dose to- getner to oar tne entrance. " Stand back I" cried tbe man. " Book I" heahouted.in an excited voice. " Back I" and, without giving time for further combination ajrainat him, he sprung forward, and. clasping his hand before him so as to form bis arm into a wedge, rushed with all hi weight be tween the two policemen, drove them heavily Isdd. and diswjnsniwfl i aha A faint wall passed thronjrh the crowd. followed by a deep silence, and for a moment the vast gathering seemed not to breathe. Then, a though a tempest oi wind prayea, a great cry went up onu shook the poll of smoke and made the flying ember tremble. Behind the 01 rl ei the window stood the man. But np to this she hod shown bright against a oars Daozgrouna. now imw figure and that of the man showed dark against red t For the glare of the fire had reached the landing and was flood in gthe space behind. . The manojd not remain a second in active. He wunmenoed knotting long strips of sheeting aud counterpane to- S ether. Again a shout went up from io multitude, and then ten thousand voioea were still, as though speech bad never been known. All eyes were watching him and calculating the issue of the race between him and the flame. At that time the white figure of a woman came hastily along a distant edge of the crowd and approached the burn ing house. The woman was young, scarcely more than twenty. Her long light hair followed her mistily, half borne by the air, and quickened into vivid gold by the ruddy rays. Ere she reached the burning honse the rope was complete. The man bad tied it under the arm of the girl and waa leaning out of the window counting the risk. Alreodv the fury of the flam ing fluid was exhausted. There came but fitful rliekers, still enough to destroy Now and then his eyes ex men nis eyes plored the room. Flames had by this fame crossed the threshold. People be low oould aee them shoot round the ceiling. For a moment the man left his post, and was seen .'rawing some neavy piece of furniture to.rde lh window. With the sublime patience of capable heroism he waited and waited, oou.iting the ohanees. Volumes of smoke buret thratuh the sash and the sin' fell with a sharp metallic oUttar to the ground beneath. Mv daughter I My Jane I" oned ta old man, in an agony of hope and The man above bo to ui mi, i"g trumpet of his hands. s out: In a moment yon shall have her aofe. Oouragel" The woman in whit looked up. " Lake?" she ecreamed. He passed his hand across his eyes and then gsaed into the street. Onoe more he spoke: " Jane, stand book. The floor is hot. Stood beak. If the floor falls the walls wtanee into tbe room and uoe more at tbe windows, hrongb whiob tbe flame shot now bnt erUom. be lowered the form of the girl froot the sill aud paid out slowly. ". (t. i all tbe rope waa gone she still a. f several feet from the ground. Bo toruag into tbe reoan be undid the ropv. He advanced gradually to the window. HtiU the rope was some feet short. Stniow men stood below with ont tnwdMsrmstoreeMvetbegiii. With out warning she fell into their arms. The rope fell with her I . AU looked up. In his hands were a few feet of the rope. Despair had taken pusaeeiiion of his face;- A blade of flame had shot out of the window below and cut off his onlv mean of reaching the ground. Auotner rope i muse anoiuer rope i Quick !" shouted o man of the brigade. 'The man above paused a moment ir resolute. Then he moved book into the room, and those who stood far off in the crowd saw him tearing up something. All at once he shot downward from their view. A mighty crash followed; a flight of glittering splinters swept into the air aud hung in a poll of dusky red over the four bare walla With a cry that was half a groan, half veil, the people b waved hither and thither; and thun, as if by some univer sal impulse, they bowed their heads and stood still. 'A Thft g'n famous for its blackber ries, and olten in tne holidays onuuren go np there with baskets on their arms. They all know Jane, who wanders up and down by herself. She doe not rak unless she is addressed, but then answers very civilly and in o sweet low voice that makes the eyes of the children open wide; Onoe a saucy boy ankeil her if she did not feel lonelv au Vv hwonir tn the fflrni. Bnt she said "Yes, dear. A little lonely now. But evening will soon come, anil Luke will then lw here. He promised. If yon meet Luke', dear, as you go home, tell him you saw me, ana sbk mm to oome early. Say mother died, but I am wait ing still. , Tbe reason I want him to oome. early is because he frightened me last night with his foolish talk. Do yon hear all the Delis oi tne city ringing i But it's not for our marriage, dear. We're not to be married for a month. The bells are ringing all day. It's some one's marriage. ' The bolls are so loud I oant hear the birds ainor. But tn the evening, when Luke comes, it will be quiet, and no Dells will ring, and it will DO OOTK. on 1 J. W1HU. in Wo Bioiuug I It's a Ion dav a long day a long day." And then she raised the ruddy boy lu her arm and kissed him, and went As soon as tne ooy got nome ne torn bis mother. She took him up and kissed him and wept, he knew not why. When! he waa in bed ahe come and Bat by hi Bide,-and bent over him until he was asleep. "She looked." the boy said afterwards, "as if she waa saying prayers for Jane with her eyes. " I'll scratch your eye out," hissed on innensml female Dunoentfer in a horse oar, who imagined inot tne genuei msn by her side was going one eye on ber. uu, scratcnaway, nanam i ue qmeuy responded, " it's glass. ' Fashion Netea. AU new suits are composite. Holbein work grow in favor. Sortie du bal are half dolmans. Ibile ctAUaoe is o new drees fabric. The oniraas is still the popular ear Spanish blond is the lace of trov Loos capes and flchus or atfll jx vogue. Linen parasols lined with brown or shown. ' - Tbe reign of the basque and tunic to not over. Black promises to remain the fovorit street dress. Gentlemen 'a boots ore Square toedt ladies' round. I The hair is worn low on the forehead in large waves. Oambrio suit are to be worn or the street this summer. ' Marrow sravaQi of shown lor ereatiemen. Jean d'Aro belts, made oi tortoise shell, are very elegant. ' . Sashes are made of soft ailk, with heavily fringed end. Black corsets are worn by some lies when in mournioir. Gheoked foulards make very p tty and inexpensive suits. in wun tne new gooos. Oraeses apne to seed or very ashion able for hat trimmings. rne " uueen Kiisapetn i tne name of the new leather belt. Smoked pearl button ore shown in dark blue, brown and green. Breed oiooK velvet oanaa arouna e neck have been revived. Button holes on ladles' dresses this season are worked, not bound. Mixed array cheviots ore-oonght after I or gentlemen a oversocas. IMntennioJ masqueraae will oe in vogue sa soon a Lent is over. Pain hln end neJe roue ore favorite ooiors for striped batiste suits. rne most lasnionaDie spring wraps have long, square montilm fronts. Bustles ore made to throw all the full ness at the bottom of the skirt. RnnfFanta. nnnh and sash loons are worn stiU, but low down on the skirt. White Lisle thread stockings are em broidered with white or colored silk. Verv flue diagonals ore fashionable for frock coats and cut-o-way. Cream colored cashmere lace smoulder shawls will be worn in the summer. Rvenuur suppers or woes for nulies are made of the same silk as the drees. Dog skin gloves with embroidered books ore shown in all the spring shades; , Black ailk continues to be the material for sacks, dolmans aud mantillas. . The favorite dress of the Princess Beatrice la pale lilac, with seringee bou quet. linoleum is tbe floor covering for halls and kitchens; it is better than oil cloth. ' Prematare BaxlaJ. I pity the stronger who dies within Bales or Munieb. riu. Every one here is treated with equal in justice, be he high or low, friend or foe. The body of the deceased is taken al most immediately to the cemetery, where there is o chamWr of death for its re ception. A row of windows look in upon the many conches, and almost every hour there ore anxious faqes peering in through these windows At the bodies that are laid in state, side by side, until the hour of burial. Each body is dress ed in its bent; there are those who are borne to the exhibition hall in bridal robes: some are attired tastefully and some gaudily, for it is thought that their ix hi lea may yut oreaioe agam, ana every precaution is taken to make this await eninff as aorreeable as possible. There are' wires attached to the bands or breast, so that the" least motion will oommuuicate with an alarm bell, and at this strange summons the watchmen are prepared to rush to the assistance of the poor soul that baa not yet escaped the trials of this life, but is delivered up to new suffering and a aeoond death. ' Tra dition says that once or twioo this bell bos rung, and the watchers arrived in terror to bear away the1 half col scions body, ere it had knowledge of its gloomy surronndiegs. An Incendiary Machine. An insurance oomnanv lately unearth ed the latest inceudiary device in con nection with an $1,800 barn loss in Schoharie county. New York. It is to be hoped that the machine will form a port of the underwriters' Centennial exhibit. Tbe apparatus consists of a board covered with . sandpaper that faces another board filled with matches, so that the sulphur of the matches can rub against the sand. These were set against a hay mow, and with the matrh filled board attached to a ten foot leve with its bearing in tho middle. At the end of the lever is a tin milk pail, aud set above the pail was an ordinary fun nel supplying the bottom to a bushel box filled with fine sand. ' This sand was allowed to run into the pan; and when tbe pressure was sufficient to move and the balance of the sand, dropping suddenly into the pan, moved tbe lever, and so the board ignited the matches, thus nrine- tne barn. . A belated traveler passing discovered tbe thing in working order, rusneu in, and saved ic, auu pre sented it to the insurance adjuster as an evidence of the ingenuity of man. He Was Belayed. A Detroi t lady purchased a jacket at a Woodward avenue store the other day, and the olerknaid he would send it right home inside of half an hour. In about four hours a package boy appeared with e varment, aud the impatient way ex claimed : You boys are the fin stent nuisance in town. I siippotio you stopped to play marbles or hunt up a lost dog t" Indeed, i didn t, he replied. " 1 went up home to ohange hats, and ma she had to try on tho jacket and parade before ths glass. Then Katy she put it on to make a call, and when she got back ma was determined to walkjover on Woodward avenue to ehowifcff, and I got here aa quick as ever IDould." After Tea Years. Considerable " excitement has been raised in Sussex county, N. J., over tbe arrest of Mrs. Enos Mann, charged by ber husband witn naving poisoned to death a former husband a farmer, named John Saveroool ten year ago in Stillwater. She married o few months after her husband's death a ma, named Enos Mann. They have not irved hap- mly 'together, 'and now Maun alleges that his wife teu years ago poisoned her firatii us bond. Husband and wife are in too. THE PRIZE BIMO.' Just think how cruel and beastlike o thing it is to be o professional fighter, Bovs Howell Gardner, once in the busi- nee. aow out of it. Suppose here are -myself and smother moo, both in the ouauiesR. and ne is tne ness mena a have in tbe world. We love each other like brothers. WelL some night a i I'll be Vl.UUU Howell Gardner own whii my friend, miad yoa, ' f don't believe he say the other. " Dollars rs the first man, and, to make o rtolka." savs story soon, tney make up a mason i is Dim, are ao Knowing anytning about it, and havinar no reason for fljrht- ing. The next morning we are told of it, and put In training, and aU tbe while we ore m arantiag we meet every wees. rh. end -ve a talk aver ta in ends etui, mind you and we each asek to get ourselves in tbe best possi ble oondition. for what? Why, each to beat the life but, or nearly out, of the best and dearest friend he baa got. Gardner soes on to say: Wben men oome to enter tho ring they find rules for everything there, and all tbe forms of etiquette already provided. Each man comes forwardwajlLaasyn perfect condition, clean aa a whistle, in the highest health, with an eye like a hawk, just ss pretty as if he was fresh out of o bandbox. There are two rings, an in ner and an outer one, made f ropes. Outside the latter are the spectators. The referee's aud timekeeper's places are between tbe ropea. One man comes up and throws his cap over into the ring, as his challenge Use, and follows it men tne outer tnraws in nis aboeptonoe of the challenge and follows it, amid the shouts and cheers of the multitude for by that time, let me tell you, everybody around is pretty full of excitement. The four seconds next enter the ring, two for each man. Generally each man trainer is bis head second. When "time" is called the men about to fight walk for ward to the center of the ring and shake hands. The two head aeoond also step forward, and, crossing their bands over those of their prindpols, go through the some friendly form. Then all step book to corners, choice for which has been decided by o toes; each bead aeo ond kneels on one knee and takes his man on the other, and there he site until "time" is called. A timekeeper, a referee, and a doctor ore chosen by mu tual consent. Suddenly " time " i colled, and each fighter; leaving his second's knee, advances to the oenter of the ring and put his hands up. If they only wouldn't hurt each other, the prettiest sight o ntan ever sew, of any kind of machinery, la to see two men, well trained and stripped for battle each with eyes like o hawk'e, looking as if their keeu, concentrated gase would pierce through his antagonist; each with flndv-devdoped muscles and skin like natin sparring for on opening. Great caution is exercised here, for often thwe is a sjseeS deei of money bet oa ret blood, as on nrat knock down and first i all and the least incautious look or movement, and you are gone. That is why the opening is always so slow and the men stand so long, moving their arms with tbe precision and grace of beautiful machines, but after first blood, and first nock down, and first fall are Incident, then the battle, the quick, des- leriite, merciless hard work com mences. Then there is not so much beauty. Then it is give and take, swift and cruel, from tbe moment " time " is colled until one or the other man is fell ed tj the earth. As quick as a mou falln his seconds step forward and pick him up, with one hand under his shoulder, the other under his thigh, and carry him back to bis corner. He is not al lowed to move a hand to help himself. All nis stnuiBftu must oe reserved ior the combat. He is handled as if he was a child. In his corner they have brandy, linen, a sponge, and some water. If his eye is badly bruised it is lanced, and perhaps the clotted blood sucked out by one of-his-seconds, They sponge him off, give him a little water if bis throat is parched, and if the fight is going hard with turn a little brandy, now the ngut is horrible in its brutalities, and I need not pursue the subject further to the last moment, when a sponge tossed in the air is the confession of defeat of one or the other poor battered, disfignrod, hideous, moodv wrecks of tne two beau tiful machines. I saw -in a paper the other day that two men had fought a battle of eighty-seven rounds. Well, that must have been o desperate fight. It is sickeninar to think of it I know one of these men. He's an unfortunate fellow never wins; serves him right, he to ngnc Doe It Pay to be Bom I A vounff contractor In one of the larare Sprinfffleld manufactories, in company with his wife, a sad looking little woman in threadbare dotbing, entered one of tbe town meat markets one recent Saturday evening, and, after gasing around tor a moment, the man ordered a soup bone for Sunday. WhUe it was oeing wrapped up, a spruce iwoa ing young man, with a massive gold watch cham, attired in a suit cut in the latest fashion and $60 overcoat, entered, and pompously ordered four pounds of sirloin steak at twenty-five cents per pound. The ' little woman looked wist fully at the tender, jnioy steak as it was being out off, and then at the bone which was to forniBh her dinner the next day, and, turning to her husband, said : "George, wby can't we have as good meat a that man ; he works nnder you at tbe fthopt" "I know it, Jenny," re plied tne contractor, drawing inmwu np to his fuU height, ' bnt he's only a poor bench workman and I'm boss, and it'B worth something to boss, you know." " Y-e-s," said the wife with s sigh, which said plainly that Bhe would much rather be a poor workman's wife and' eat eirlion Bteak than the wife of a boss" snd live on soup. The Wicked Story Teller. There was a wicked story teller who went to a doctor and said: " I'm a wicked story teller, and though I'm a rood and our vounsr man in every other respect I can't get over this dread ful habit" " 1 11 cure you, said, the doctor. " Take this capsule and chew it up. Don't be afraid; chew away like any thing. You'll get used to the flavor after tbe first bite or two, and then' I dare say you will find.it very pleasant. " Bv all that's filthy!" cried the pa tient, as he came over deadly sick, " it a -cod-liver oil l - y - "That no be ! said the .doctor, ' Try, one more, and yon 11 be complete ly uureu, out ue wuuiuu . A CITY'S TRAGEDY. BuUt UAs oe Tela Or to Mew Twk The sreat city is full of tragedies. Looked at with uvoboloario eyes capa ble m piercing dieguiaea, every street would be found draped with ohodi Amid this compact den of misery it u difficult to disengage the attention and fix it on a aingle cose, however peouliar in its network of happiness ana misery or however steep tne descent. Bnt an instanos of sudden wayward ness and wont - in tho very building in whinh the fJrarJkin ia nrinted nromnta us briefly to outline us more salient pomes. On tho fifth floor the Utile family lived, the mother and her two bones, in very humble apartments, to which they were made to feel they were weleoms. The father of tbe family wo formerly known for his excellent habtta, and he officiated for some time as s sort of jani tor's assistant, but he became diasolnte, stayed out lots at night, and Anally de serted his name altogether, and at tha time of which we or speaking nod not been seen by any of the family for months. The mother hod heard that he bad found a situation in one of the tram elevators, but she knew he ss no onaer worthy of her respect, and re solved to maintain herasl. and her little brood by her own unaided exertions. She was a patient, sod eyed areatnre, never complaining, but never hoping one of the last in the world that would naturally be suspected of any desperate deed. She was always neatly but cheaply dressed, and had a grace and dignity of bearing that bowed ah had formerly been more happily circumstanced . No body ever thought of in o airing into her history, and ahe seemed incapable of speaking of it If o friend sought her confidence, she appeared to say, in gentle deprecation : " No, no 1 Let us not talk about that" She mode herself quite helpful; ahe brushed all over the buildfng every morning and made her self a general favorite. At last the little ones got so that they oould toddle about the building, Tommy leading his younger taster. They were not much in tbe way, and they soon be came favorites among the workmen, who liked to share their lunches with the in fants, who opened their wide gray eyes at the novel world, aud gased oantionely the nnsxlng machinery. - One dav in the last winter month oo ourred a calamity which some of our readers may remember, and that will not be soon forgotten. Tbe industrious mother wss out earning the bread for the family and the little ones were in tbe iress-room waaoning toe ongnt snens iv from the ready Angers oi our great four-cylindar, when horror seised on the foreman. LitUs Bessie wo in the machinery I How she got caught was always s mystery. Her pain wo but for moment. Her funeral wo simple, 1 but her loss was ainosrdy mourned, and mly mc left o the shocking accident shadow on the establishment. Tommy was even more to his mother that, one eemea to eung to nini with a desperate fear, and went around apprehensive and heavy hearted. One evening of tbe very next week he was missed. . He was sought with passionate anxiety. A policeman hod Been him in the company of another small chap ou tbe next corner. In the morning his re mains were found in the dock. His mother never spoke after that. She was calm and tearless when the corpse was brought into her apartment, and took no notice of it She went about in o . mechanical way, eating lan guidly what was placed before her, but savins; nothing and never smiling onoe. She wss still beautiful. She dressed as scrupulously as ever and had a wiatful, far away look, as if constantly waiting for somebody who never came. Onoe the janitor found her late at night in, on oten window, as if about to dash her self upon the pavement below. in a week she was miasm, noooay seemed to be much surprised. Hod she gone out in the night with the Key in si was always within reach t Search was cautiously begun. A polio" mon had seen her walking on the roof with ber hair floating in the wind and eoarceiy at all protected from the cold. Her body was found next morning, stark and stiff, at the mouth of o sewer on the North river. ' Her fate was hard and ner lot was pitiful, but she was o moat tender, motherly, faithful, and exemplary oat. Care of the Child. A ChiDpewa Indian, a noble looking man, by-the way, who lectured, some time hack, in one of our large cities, ad vised all mothers who heard him to tie their babies, as soon as they were born, to a board, bind tnem down ngnt, ana keep them there, most of the time, till they were ten months old. ' Put a hooo around the head." he flays, " and then, when the board gets knocked over, it won't break tbe child's nose." He summed up other advantages as follows: " You see, ladies," holding up o speci men, " tbe child's hands are tied down, so it can't scratch its mother's breast; it can't wriggle about and get very tired; it can't bend over, and must grow straight; when the mother goes out after herbs, she can bang it on tree, and snakes can't bite it; when it cries, the mother can swing it across her bock and rook it, and carry it a great distance in this manner, too; sue con set it np side of the wigwam very handy; and when canoe turns over, the child swims off on the board and don t drown; and its poor don't break across its mother's arms, be oauw the board supports it; the child can't crawl into the fire and burn up, too; can leave it long, all sale, oo i in in this much the best way, ladies much tbe best " The ladies gave in their as sent by a general laugh. Hkhbattokal. The' San Francisco itvla of ajlvertifun? in rather sensational. Here is a late specimen from one of the journals of that dty: " Away from the land of her birth and loved of her youth she met the relentless conqueror, bowed ber lovely Hbod to his stroke, utner hands smoothed the Ions. brown treason: other fingers closed the blue eyes, and folded tne genue lianas upon tne peace ful, sinless Posom." " Pure pork sau sages six pounds for $1, at William k Cook's, under Exchange." Sid bt Bid. They were sitting to gether, he and she, ond he waa Arduous ly thinking what to say.- Finally he burst out with: "In this land of. noble achievements ond undying glory, why is it that women do. not oome more to the front: why is it that tbey do not climb the ladder of famef" "I sup pose," oatd ahe, putting ner linger in her mouth, " it is all ontoooount of their pull backs." And then ahe sighed ond he sighed, aide by side. A HUppery Pines to Pop tbe Question. She come tripping from the church door, her face flushed by emotions Bwakened-by the just uttered diaooume, and eye bright with lovinsr expectation. He shivered on the curbstone, where for an hour he had waited impatiently with a burning heart fairly palpitating in his uiruae, auu iruwu augur iu uie pawns. They linked arm and started for tbe residence of her parent. After a few momenta' hesitating silence he said: " Jane, we have known each other long. You must know just how I feel. Yoa must have seen that dear down at tbe bottom Ob, Mooes I" He had slipped down on the ice with so much force that his spine wss driven up into his hat, and his hot woo tipped over his nose, but she was a tender hearted girL She did not lough, but oh carefully lilted him to his feet, snd aid: V lii Jnttm Ii.ii m slipped that thefoundotionr Oh, good ness r She slipped herself this time, and saw little stars oome down to dance before her eyes, but he pulled her up in haste and went on. ' Yes: just sa I ssid, dean down at the bottom of my heart is o fervent love, on which I build my hopes. That love ho helped me stand face Thunder ! ' ' He waa down again, but scrambled up before she oonld stoop to hdp him, and she aeid, breathlessly: "Yes. yes. John. Yon remember, you just said a love which helped you stand and face thunder. And that you found ed your hopes on This podty ice I" There ahe sat. John grasped tne loose port of her sack, between the shoulders, with one hand, and raised her to her feet a one j would lift o kitten from opoil of water by the bock of the neck. Then he said with increased eern- Of eonrse, darling, ond iiiave long ed for an opportunity to tell my love and to hear those oweet lips whisper Whoop I" Somehow John's feet had slipped from under him, and -he hod oome down like o capital Y with his head ond feet point ing skyward. She twined her toper fin gers in his curling look and raised him to the stature of o man, set his hat firm ly over hi eyes with both hand, ond ( cried in breathless haste: I understand, ond let me assure you, John, that if it ia in my power to lighten your cares snd make brighter your journey tnrougn life John stood alone. ond said, with breathless ' ii f p , ' na. "f"" be my lifelong pleasure to lift you from the rude easaulta of earth ond surround you with the loving atmosphere of Texas I" And there thev both sot too-other. They hod nearly reached the goto, and, nana to nana, ana witn oearta overnow ing with the bliss of young love 'a first confession, they crept along on their knee np the front steps, ond were soon forgetful of their bumps on the softest nusninn of the pr" aofe The Quaker! Hat. The first occasion on which the Quak er's bat came publicly and officially into trouble was at the La uncos ton assises, in London, in the year 1656, before no less a person than Chief Justice Glynn, " Whiw we were brought into the court," says Fox, "we stood a pretty while with our hats on, ond oil waa quiet, and I was moved to say : ' Peace be amongst you! 'Why do you not nt your nets om said tne judge to us. Ve said nothing. 'Put off your hats.' said the judge, agsiu. Still we said nothing. Then said the judge : The court commands you to put off your , hats.'" George Fox, with amazing aim plicity, asked for some S.riptural in stance of any magistrate commanding piisoners to put off their hats. He next asked to be shown, "either printed or written, any low of E'-igiand that did command such a thing. " Then the judg" grew very angry, and said: "I do not oanv my law books on my back." "But," said Fox, "tell me where it it printed in any statute book, that I may read it" The chief justice cried out: ' ' Prevaricator I ' ' and ordered the Quakers to be taken away. When they were brought before him , again the chief justice asked Foxwheth- l er hats were mentioned at all in the 1 Bible? "Yes." said tbe Quaker, "in the third of Daniel, where thou mayst read that the three children were oast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchodnes- ! sar'a command- with their ooota, their hose aud their hots on I" Here was o proof that even a heathen king allowed mau vj "our . una iu utm preeuiiue. This plain instance stopped turn, soya Fox, " so be cried again :. ' Take them away, gaoler;' accordingly we were taken away ond thrust in among the thieves, where we were kept o great while." After nine weeks' imprisonment " for nothing but abont their hats," as the chief justice told them, they "were again brought before him, grimly wearing the offending headgear. "Take off their hats," said the judge to the gaoler. Which be did," soya Fox, "and gave them unto us; and we pnt them on again. Then the judge began to make a great speech, how he represented the lord protector's person, and that he had made him lord chief justice of England." The Quakers were incorrigible. They were sent back to prison, but not really so mnch for the wearing of their hats as for the suspioinn that they were roy alist emissaries affecting religious sin gularity in order to win their way among the extreme Puritans. Two Friends. A few years ago there resided at the Mission Ban Jose, in Alameda oountv. Oal., two-young ladies, between whom, although not of kin, a strong friendship existed. They were macrjVd at the same time and bv the same nvryioe. They then took up their residences, one at tl ay wards ana tue oiner at ojvaroao. In the course of time they gave birth to children on the same day, the birth of one child preceding that of the other by two hours. Three weeks later bow ohUdren died pa the same day, the eld est just two hours' before the other. Three weeks after the death of the ohU dren both mothers died on tbe some day. Served Bight. A would-be swell. wishing for an excuse Co speak to o beau tiful lady in the street with whom be was unacquainted, drew his nice white cambric handkerchief from his pocket as he approached her, and inquired if she hadn't dropped it The lady glanced at the handkerchief, nodded assent, took it, thanked him,' and marched on, leav ing the exquisite to be laughed by hia companion. By Friend. Hie friend who botda a odrror to my faea. And hiding bods, Is not afraid to tames My faults, lyewilliet bleauehes, within Who friendly were, reprovee ate if I etn AJtbovuh tteeeoMBoteo he la wo friend. lmtlMwbe,eternawii)g, tfve dm preiee. Who ne'er rebukes, sor eenwsrea, nor delay Items of IsAerest. Thirty-four governments will be rep resented at Philadelphia. When o man 1 so busy.th as be i 0.0000 United State, witl and tsOOOLOwe Basils , Ooneideroblo iliitntanl Mrm ond O lit tle type starts s paper ; but it takes the printer's devil ond a good subaeription hot to keep it pang. " What is Heaven's beat gift to msn I" asked o young lady the other night, smiling sweetly on a pleasant looking young mon. "A horns," replied the young man, with great prodence. A remarkable accident ooumied on n recent Sunday in London. A telegraph wire waa broken by the fores of the wind, ond hi its retraction almost sev ered the head of on omnibus driver from hkibody. A new comer at the dty prison in Berne, Swibwrland, having told his mates that a prisoner bad escaped from the Zurich jU bv cutting out wooden , keys, o number of them set to work, snd actually succeeded in getting out in the oome manner, o few only being recap tured. ' An old farmer soya of hia boy: From sixteen to twenty, they knew more than I did; at twenty-five they knew oo much; at thirty they were will ing to hear what I hod to my; ot thirty flve they ask my advice, and I think when they get to be forty they will ac knowledge that the old man knows A man nooned into the nooVofflo and wanted to know how much merchandise he oould send in one parcel. " Four pounds,'" waa the reply. Then he bland ly eaid he thought he would send to Arison four pound of those red toy balloons, inflated; but he had difficulty in getting out ot the door in time to ig o mau nag. f Tbey were talking abcmtenirgen iDouy osseaa muaiuoKuagi gar what be would do u suddenly piseea m great peril. Hs said he hardly knew, thought be should follow his usual practice and crawl under the bed. Tbe ladle in the party thought be must bo. afraid of thunder storm a, but th mow exchange says : Beeonss wo hop nan an Oak new our snosgnai i torn Sunday afternoon's gunning, it si lay anernoon why half i m why should i nersons should inquire tour for ool lectin ir snbaoription money. The times are hard, and ammunition ooeta too much money to be wasted on delinquent subscribers just now. This is now a sufferer tries to define ohronio rheumatism : Swallow two quart of carpet tacks, take a running jump bare-legged into o barrel of broken beer bottles, let s swarm of enraged hornets roost on your head, and then roll into o bed of fishhooks, and yon'U get a faint idea of tbe nature ond sensation of o first-class rheumatism when it gets hold of yon and means business. The other day a Lee (Mass.) man, while arranging hia combination safe look, missed one or two small pieces that he had taken out ond laid on the floor, ond for a while he sought vainly for them everywhere. He finally con cluded to administer dose of ipecac to hia dog who was standing innocently by, and, sure enough, the miming property oame to light Device for cheating in games of chance are extensively advertised. The circulars sent out describe the goods. Marked cards are made in great variety, the bocks ohowing to the initiated what ia on the faces ; also cards cut in slight ly varying lengths, oo that advantage may be taken in cutting. Faro boxes for unfair dealing, loaded dice, aud ap plieanoBs for holding extra cords, ore offered. The president of paper company o Connecticut, arrested for o $50,000 for gery, hasn't had a very good time since he deored out, last June, He says he had just two dollars when he left, and has sinoe been very destitute ond has spent much of th time in tramping. He traveled about New. York ond Dela ware, port of the time picking peaches at aeventy-flvC oenrao day, ondpart of the time doing odd jobs ss o carpenter, ' .An engineer's presence of mind saved a train on tho Southern Oalifomia rail road the other day from o fearful dis aster. The train was oroseing the bridge over the Son Gobril river, when toe engineer felt that it was giving way, and ot onoe crowded on a full head of steam and slipped aerost jus before the water earn on the lail. The shook of start ing the train shook the pewengers np considerably, and o brakeman was thrown the whole length of the oar. FUlag tbe Bote. A Sacramento gentleman, whose J i remises were overrun with rats, was in ormed that the best way to get rid of them was to give them s feed of yeast cokes, tbe idea suggested being that the rodents, finding' tne onkes palatable, would eat on long as their stomach had room, then take a drink and retire. Tho water ond gastric ju'oo in their stomachs would immediately cause tbe yeast to act, and, aa the suggSNter of tbe plan re marked, " it just raises 'em up I The oitis3n purchased some .yeaxt cakes by way of experiment, and, next morning, discovered some very fat but greatly in disposed rota in hia yard ond dispatched TVrbot a u Creme. Take five pounds of halibut or owl ; boil thorough ly in .salt and water; when done, drain it, and, when cool enough, flake it tak ing out all the bones. One qustt of aream set iu a saucepan of hot water, half of an onion, some sprigs of parsley, two tables poonfuls of corn starch; cook ft until it is flavored, then otrain out the parsley, odd o half pound of butter to ' the cream; take the dish yon serve it In, and put first s layer of flub, then a layer of cream, s sprinkle of cayenne pepper, then a layer of cracker crumbs, and so on until the diah ia lull; put the-last lay er of croaker crumbs; bake it one hour at least; garnish with parsley. To ooM with eagerness and grasp ory band, and paroo sat, ere psroon 1 eomood ' Be la my eneaty, although be aeew ay fries ftHboer.