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MORGANTON, N. C, SATURDAY? MARCH 1, 1879.
VOL.- IV.-NO. 2.
AVIIOLE NUMBER 158.
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. AH OLD SONG. i. '
An old song, an old iong ! Bat the new are
not so sweet
Sweet though they be with honeyed words,
and sweet with fancies fair,
With thrills of tans in surer troop of an
swering echoes fleet.
With tender longings slumberous upon en
t . chanted air.
' An old song ? Bat across its verse what view-
less voices sing !
Through all its simple harden what human
poises stir !
More Intimate with grief and joy than any
precious thing
That the years have wrapped in frankin-
cense end myrrh !
- Lofjprs hare song It, aommer itighta, when
earth itself seemed heaven;
Sailors far off on lonely seas have given
it to the gale;
Mothers have hushed its measure oh the quiet
edge of even.
While soft as falling rose-leaves dear eyelids
dropped their veil.
Long since the sailor made his grave between
two rolling waves,
The lovers and their love are caught, moth
er and child are dust;
But to-night some maiden lifts it, to-night its
sounding staves
Are blowing from the stroller's lips on this
balmy blossom gust
A part of life, its music flows as the blood
flows in the vein ;
: Laughter ripples through it, tears make its
charm complete ;
For the heart of all the ages beats still through
this old strain
An old song, an old song, but the new are
i not so sweet '.
"I assume the right and demand an
answer."
"I never answer demands; you "
"Do not be ottered, Annie. It was
wrong for me to speak in such a man
ner. But please tell me if you love
me ?"
"Can't you answer that yourself ?"
. "I might not answer correctly. For
the third time I ask you, Annie, do you
love me ?"
He was now straining her to his side
and his eyes were bent searchingly on
her face. She felt prevarication to be
useless as she slowly answered : I can
net tell you a falsehood, Ethel, you are
dearer to me than my own life."
- "Will yoa be my wife, Annie : I can-,
not offer youmy love.but Tofferyoumy
name and protection ; and I promise you
the storms of life shall not fall heavily
upon your head if I canward then! off.
As I told you before, I cannot love you
as 1 think I should love my wife; and I
esteem you ;very highly, and I know
you will be a true and faithful compan
ion : 1 think we can be happyf to
gether." 4
Her heart gave a great bound, uhen
seemed to- stand still as if she ' would
suffocate-
in getting hold of the reins and throw
ing all her weight on him, thus some
what checking his speed. Just then
the stirrup gave way releasing
Ethel, who, with the exception of a
sprained ankle and some bruises, was
uninjured.
The horse, now completely maddened,
reared and plunged until her hold re
laxing, Annie was dashed violently to
the ground one heavy hoof crashing
down upon her chest. Ethel dragged
himself to where she lay -tnd raised her
head tenderly upon his breast. For a
long time she lay so motionless that be
feared life . was entirely extinct; but
after a while there was a shuddering,
then a faint moan escaped her, and her
eyes opened slowly. A bright smile
overspread her countenance, showing
that she was perfectly conscious.
"Are you much hurt, Annie ? It
was wrong for you to risk your life as
you did." The words were uttered in
the kiudest tone, aud Ethel felt at that
moment that he would give worlds had
he possessed them, to lie in Annie's
place and suffer as he knew she suffered.
The white lids partly veiled the eyes
as she murmured, "lie chides me for
Lack of GnMaaea'
The other day ayoung man of lour
and twenty, waiting around the depot,
seemed al vl v anxious to ret into a fug
with somebody. tiewas well put to-he came into wrden, and
not goipg to stay there to be killed ;
that's why,' answered his wife excited
ly. . "Wouldn't fiddlesticks!" he exclalni-
Trtty an the Baxa-frolle.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
gether, seemed to have lots of muacle
and no one seetnid anxious for trouble
with him. By i ud by an oldish man,
who had been wktcJOjng the fellow for
a quarter of an iou,-made free to re
mark: : '
"You seemed determined to pick a
fuss with some c aei" '.
"That's what I fwantMister," re
plied the young kian-; 4j'm just roast
ing to have somelone ftanl off ih .met",
"Why do you Visa to'figlit?" Inqui
red the gentleman." - '
"I'll explaiu," was the auswer. "I
never had a fight in my life, and I don't
know whether I'd run or stand up to
business. I'd kinder like to know how
I'd behave. If I stood right, up, then
I'd have confidence in myself after
wards ; if I took a backseat, then I'd be
mighty careful how I told a man he
lied."
He slammed around for a few minutes
and then went out for a glass of beer.
There was a big one-eyed hackruan in
Here was all of earthly iap- saving his life, and he so dear to me the saloon to get a bill changed, and
A Woman's Sacrifice.
'Rest assured I shall not cross your
path again, if I can iavoid it. I will go
out of my wav at any time rather than
annoy you with a sight of me; and the
only regret I feel is that our paths ever
met."
The speaker, Annie Grey, had been
left an orphan at an early age. With
out property, she was thrown on her
own resources for support. Through
the kindness of :an uncle she managed
to keep soul and body together by
teaching. ,
For two years she had swayed the
"birchen sceptre" in the little, brown
school house at the end of the shadylane,
that formed the principal street of the
village of Weston. Here she met Ethel
Wynne, the pride and boast of the vil
lage circles. Thrown much in each
other's society, and c-f congenial na
ture, a, warm friendship soon sprang
up between them, ripening on Annie's
piness that she ever expected to enjoy
aid temptingly within her reach; she
had only to speak and it was hers. 'But
would he be happy ? Might not years
of devotion and tenderness win his love
to her ? -
"Ethel, you are good and noble to
make such an offer; and to be your
wife, and minister to you, and comtort
you, and bask in the sunshine of your
smile would make earth a heaven to me,
but I cannot accept it. One of us must
suffer, and it is bettej that I should.
Your lifa is all unclouded, your path
way strewn with flowers, while my
feet are often bruised and pierced with
treading on thorns, and my sunlight
often obscured. I am enured to heart
pain, and am strongest to bear it. Take
back what you have said, Ethel. Ican
no be your wife. A loveless union
would render your life miserable, and
I cannot consent to anything which
will cause.you to suffer."
"Is this your final decision, Miss
Grey ?"
"I am sorry that U is."
"It is well : but perhaps you had bet
tcr take time for consideration before
you positively decline."
These words were uttered in a freez
ing tone, which showed plainly
he was displeased. He had put her
from him, and now stood before her,
that Heaven will be dreary without the stranger danced up to Mm and
him." The long lashes drooped down cheerfully callei out:
on the pale cheek, there was a twitch- "I'm the boy who cau take care of
ing about the mouth, and Ethel Wynne that other eye for you !"
was alone with the dead. Don't fool with a wild elephant,"
growled the hackmau as he counted his
change.
Wild elephant be llowed! I can
"1 can never learn it, there's no use Saw vou in two in three minutes."
trying; I might as well give it up, first The fight opened beautifully aud
as last!" aud Frankie threw down his closed rapidly. The voung man was
Frank's Table-Lesson.
lable-bock with a very despairing face.
"But I'm sure vou can." spoke a
voice.
Frankie started : he had not thought
knocked over a table one way and
kicked other it from the other, and a
blow under the ear, as he made for the
door, helped him ten feet. He trotted
caught sight of the shaggy aud highly
perfumed visitor.
The goat bit off another mouthful of
thjs basket and regarded him with a
mischievious twinkle of his eye.
"You won't go hey?" exclaimed
Burdock, trying to kick a hole in the
enemy's ribs. "I'll show you
wheth "
The sentence was left unfinished, as
the goat 4ist then dropped his head on
Burdock's bosom ; aud before he could
recover his jeqailibrirrai, heJaad, been
butted seven times in fresh spots, and
was down on his knees, and crawling
around in a very undignified manner,
to the horror of the family, and the in
finite glee of the eleven young Bob
inks next door.
"Look out the goat don't hurt you !"
screamed,, Mrs. Burdock as the goat
sent him flying into a sand-pile.
When : Burdock had got his bald
head out of the sand, he was dirt all
over his clothes, and tried to catch the
brute by the horns, but desisted after
he had lost two front teeth, and been
rolled in the mud.
"Don't make a living show of your
self before the neighbors!" advised his
wife.
"Come in, pa, and let him be !" beg
ged his daughter.
"Golly, dad, look out ! he is comin'
agin!" shouted his son enthusiastical
ly. Mr. Burdock waxed profane, and
swore three story oaths in such rapid
succession that his family held their
"You are a mean boy, Trotty Willi
ams, and you shan't come to my party ;
so there!" and Cathie paused to note
the effect of her words.
Trotty's face grew long.
"You aren't going to have a party"
he said.
"I am" replied Cathie, "a barn-frolic
; it's this afternoon, and I came to
Invite you. But I won't have you,
now !" and with a flirt of her skirts she
turned and hurried down the road.
Trotty stared after her, too much dis
appointed to think of aught save the
unlucky teasing which: had brought
him intomieli a. sad flx"3JV-.
"Such a time as they'll have," he said
to himself. "Such jolly fun, -and I at
home alone all day. If I only hadn t
laughed at her bonnet? But "and
Trotty, as he always did at trouble-time
perched himself on the nearest fence, to
think' the matter out.
He must bear his pduishment, and
learn never to make fun of girls' bonnets
again. So Trotty was just making up
his mind, when suddenly came a
thought which changed him into as
sunny a ten year old boy as one might
wish to see. It was a charming
thought; every minute Trotty" liked It
better; and finally he settled the matter
br lumping off the fence, ana ex
claiming jollily :
"I'll do it, sure as my name is Trotty
Williams!"
Trotty wasted no time in carrying out
his plan; he wheeled his new barrow
iato the orchard, and halting under the
big bough-apple-tree, began shaking it
with all his might. Down tumbled the
any one near. He looked up to meet into the depot pale as death and head
swelling up, as he inquired for water
and a towel the gentleman who had
conversed with hi uv came forward ana
inquired : "!
"Did you find a fight?"
"Got licked all to thunder!" was the
lonesome reply.
"And how about confidence?"
Haven't a pinch ! The minute he
hit me I wished there was a ten acre
lot between us. That settles that ques
tionI dasu't tight a boy ten years
old." j
Uncle Rob's quizzical glance.
"I can't," he said, "I'm sure I can't,
Uncle Rob!"
With a quiet smile, that gentleman
nicked a bright silver piece from his
r. "
nnoket book, and balanced it on his
x I
thumb, before Fraukie's eyes.
'111 allow you an hour to learn that
lesson, Frankie. Then, if you know
it, I'll give you this. What do you say,
boy?"
Frankie's - eyes glistened ; you
wouldn't have believed him the same
boy.
'I cannot decide otherwise; but-
Thinkyou not
Burdock's Goat,
'I'll do it," he replied promptly, and
snuggling down into the window-seat,
he wa9 soon deeo In the mysteries of
the. nine-table. ,
Frankie was so elated by theifoirthne
,.t infn atrnnr ttachment-which, Ethel, do not be angry. ,
unhappily, was . not reciprocated by it Is hard enough to put you. sway put
01 my me, anu wun yyu u i raum;
happiness that can ever be mine to live
Last Monday afterrioon the eleven
Boblinkjjoys surrounded and caught
an enormous, shaggy, stroug-smelling
goaFSi the tSItfe" gender, turned
him loose in Burdock's garden, nanea
breaths ; and a pious old lady, who
lived in a house in the rear, shut up
her windows, and sent out the cook for
a policeman or a missionary.
"Run for it, dad I" advised his son a
moment later, when the goat's atten
tion seemed to be turned away.
Burdock sprang to his feet, and fol
lowed his offspring's suggestion. He
was legging it in superb style, aud the
chances of his reaching the house
seemed excellent, when the flagrant
brute suddenly clapped on more steam
gained rapidly, and darting between
hi9 legs, capsized him into the ash-box.
His family dragged him inside,
another candidate for rubbing with
arnica and a blessed haven of rest.
The back of the house has been her
metically sealed; and Burdock now
proposes extending an iuvitation to the
nimUs regiment of Rstoir"iO come
down and practice marksmanship off
the root: promising to rurnisti a live
Ethel. When she first loveu mm, or
how long since, she knew not : some
times she thought it must be an inher
ent passion existing always in her bos
om for him, for she recollected the very
J first time she ever beheld himhow'leal
ously she had watched his attention to
a lady acquaintance.
.,' Ethel, perhaps, realized the true state
;of her feelings sooner than she did her
self, and at the time of the opening of
our story he told her candidly that he
did not love her, and suggested that it
" would be better if they were less to
gether. . "I respect you," said he, "very much,
and it affords me a great deal of plea
' sure to be in your society ; but I do not
love you as I think I should a wife;
and I think it wrong to offer you my
hand without my heart in it. I have
" always been your friend, but my bosom
never thrilled for you; with a warmer
feeliug than that of friendship.'-'
For the first time A'nnie realized how
dear he was to her ; each word pierced
her soul like a dagger, while mortifica
tion and chagrin that her preference
was known to him elicited ihe afore
mentioned retort.
"I hope you arc not crying ?" said
Ethel in reply. . '
"Oh, no; you must not think that:
but you sajd we had better not meet so
often, and I was merely assuring you
that our meetings in the future shall be
studiously avoided by me. I shall
neither tjhrust myself into any one's
way, nor solicit a friendship not freely
given; as for love, my lite has not been
replete With it and I can live without
it." - .
"My friendship you shall have with
out solicitation."
"You said but just now that you had
- been my friend, which means that
which has been shall be no more."
"I meant no puch thing. You tor
ture my words into a meaning never
intended."
One evening shortly after the con
versation referred to aDove Annie, as
was sometimes her wont, remained in
the school room after the children were
gone, for the purpose of writing a let
ter. Being busily engaged, she did not
notice tne approach of any one, until
she was startled by the opening of the
door, when, glancing up, the tall form
of Ethel Wynne met her eye.
"What has brought you here !" in
voluntarily sprang to her lips as she.
laid her pen aside and rose to her feet ;
but she checked the exclamation, and
bidding him good evening, waited to be
Informed of his errand.
For a moment an embarassing silence
ensued, which was broken by Ethel's
asking for a few moment's conversation
with her, which was granted.
iJ Coming over to where she stood and
taking her hand, he drew her to a seat,
saying, "It's a strange place to come to
on such an errand . Annie, do you love
me ?"
"What right have you to ask me such
a a 1 iL.l I.
111 Store IOr mm, wia.1 ne uevnr uutx , , . , mn vvMiaa& - , ,
1 I itn o than wont nnmp and I . i :i .r- ... nl in
thought how he had cjiangeil ; he did "f s"-. , --- goat lor tarsci,, uu tc. aj,...
not even notice Um lc Rob's extra
in the same world with you, yet never
look- on your face, never hear your voice,
without having to bearthe weight of
mirth. .
"Nine times one are nine ; nine tiuies
two are eighteen eighteen " lie began.
'It48 Ureaaiui nara out, on, my: a
whole tenpence; nine times three are
"Happiness, life-long happiness, is at twenty-seven twenty-seven that's a
wile will
your command if being my
bring it to you, but I doubt if you are
depriving yourself of an earthly para
dise after all. I guess a fairer prospect
lies behind this refusal."
He knew he was wronging" her, but
her rejection of .his suit wounded his
pride -because it was unlooked for, and
because, man-like, he imagined he was
doing a magnanimous thing. It had
cost him a. struggle to do as he had done,
but he pitied her and thought It was
his duty, for he knew that in frequent
ing her society as he had done, he had
encouraged her in belieyir.g that he
cared for her. ' And so certain was he
of success that he only had pictured to
himself her grateful, perhaps eager, ac
ceptance of his offer. But when he
saw the look of agony that crossed her
face at his cruel words, he giieved that
he had uttered them.,
"Oh," he exclaimed, clasping ner
nands and turning her white face to
wards him, "urge me no more. You
will bless me some day for saving you,
and do not leave me in anger."
He regarded her a few minutes in si
lence, then extending his hand he said
said kindly, "Goodbye, Annie, I am
sorry I have pained you; you must for
get this," and was gone..
She laid her face upon the desk, and
in bitter anguish prayed that she might
die ; but death comes not when we most
desire it. How long she wrestled there
for strength to bear her burden she
knew not, but when she emerged from
her struggle day-light was dying, and
the birds were singing their vesper
hymns.
flattened their noses against the back
windows to watch for coming events.
Before his goatship had speut three
minutes in the garden, he had managed
to make himself perfectly at home,
nulled down the clothes-line and de-
' t
voured two lace collars, and a pair of
undersleeves, and a striped stocking,
belonging to Mrs. Burdock, and was
busily engaged sampling one of Bur
dock's shirts, when the hired girl came
rushing out with a basket of clothes to
ring for the first prize.
British India.
mellow fruit and Into the barrow Trotty
packed it with a merry chuckling laugh.
"How lucky they don't have refresh
ments at barn frolics," he thought,
"and how lucky these are ripe!" and
his packing finished, he hurried to com
plete hfs plans.
Suddenly his voice sounded at the
window where his mother sat sewing.
'Mamma, will vou please give me
some cookies, and a pot of jam?"
Mamma laughed: she was used to
Trotty.
"What for my boy ?" she asked.
Trotty looked very wise and shook
his head. "I'll tell yoir to-night," he
said "and I'm sure you wont object,
and so mamma, who could well trust
Trottv. gave him a plenty of cookies
and a pot of jam, and with a smile on
her face, watched him and the .wheel
barrow go down the road.
As you may guess, Trotty was.bound
for the barn frolic; and on he went, a
little unceitain as to what the girls
would say when he got there. Sill he
thought hopefully : She might resist
jhe apples and cookies, but Cathie likes
hang up..
The saints
preserve us!" she ex-
nice wa to throw a ball. Tom Dakin
but, oh, my ! nine times four are thir
tv-six thirtv-six " ami so, at lirst
f w
went Frankie's lesson.
But the table grew harder, and Fran
kie was obliged to con more steadily ;
pausing for an occasional glance at the d coming to a dead halt, and
ClOCH ailU pecy u tilt, .wU .w., ... .n-mnnrtiml at thp rnnt
wuicii 61,111 ij " . was oalmiv munching awav at
mil) 9 iuuiuu. ti.. ci,:.:
., ,,,, 1, ! H. "" '
SOUlllgenuy uiu riaiiB. iu-P" hau- chow thprp !" sm-eam-
.1.. 1 .! 1, fH , .. , .
time, mat ere tue sua, e(1 the giri, setting down the basket,
quite sure or tuewme; hum. "lc taking her skirts in both hands, and
clock struck he steppea prouaiy to
Uncle Rob's side
Such a success as Frankie proved
Never was a table, better recited, nor
with a better will. Uncle Rob's eyes
gleamed triumphantly as he finished.
T was right, after all. Fraukie." he
said : "You could learn the lesson,
yon see;" and, w;Ith a dexterous twist,
he dropped the bright bit in the ready
little hmd.
Suddenlv Frankie remembered his
late despair.
"Yes. but I I." he stammered, blu
shing.
"Oh, I understand," interrupted
Uncle Rob good humoredly :
"Silver bits
Do brighten wits.
That's the secret, eh, Frankie? And
I'd like to light up all the hard lessons
iust this way, 1 don't wonder boys get
tired of them ; You see I'm not much
of a preacher, Frankie. But I think
vou could have learned that table just
shaking them violently towards the intruder.
Then the goat who evidently consid
ered her movemeuts in the light of a
challenge ; suddenly dropped his wick
ed old head, and darted at her with the
force of a locomotive; and just one min
ute later by the clock, that girl had
tumbled a back sommersault over the
clothes basket, and was crawling on
her hands and knees in search of a
place to die, accompanied by the goat
who was butting her unmercifully ev
ery third second.
It is likely that he would have kept
on butting her for the next two weeks
if Mrs. Burdock who had been a wit
ness of the unfortunate affair, had not
armed herself with the family poker,
and hurried to the rescue.
"Merciful goodness, Annie! do get
up on your feet!" she exclaimed, aim
ng a'blow at the beast's head, and
missing it by the shortest kind of inch-
eS. It Was not repcateu, uwiug w
Of the 191,000,000 inhabitants of Brit-
1SH inula, uitsir uenuuiiuauimo c fc"- iam ;
en as follows: Hindoos, 139,34,820; Merrv sounds issued from the barn as
Sikhs, 1,174,43G; Mohamedans, 40,867, Xrotty came near, children's voices
125; Buddhists and Jams, 2, 822,931 ; (lueationiiig how to finish a game. As
Christians, 897,682; others, 5,417,304; he reached the door, he beard Cathie
pnd "religions not known," 532,227. gay .
The united military forces of the native "Trotty Williams is the only one that
States are estimated at 300,000 men. The unnjerstands it all, so we may as well
gross revenue of the chiefs amount to giVe it up."
16,000,000, and they pay 275,000 trib- what a shame !" cried one.
ute money to tne cntisn uovemuieut. I ...It,g t00 meau!" chimed in a dozen
The British receipt and expenditures 1. peeping througn a chink)
lor inaia , averse auuu, ,vw, - d the hogteM with
year. The Empress' army numbers ' her
ctnn nnn f -ViifVi 7n nftn ar Encash -
t,J. ' Tn the numbers mav be ad- The next minute Trotty and his wheel
ing 190 000 native police who also per- barrow stood amid the group
fnrm frontier service. Thev are un- "1 wasn't asked, 1 know," he said,
der the command of British omcers. turning to uattne, -out i uiougin, as
There are under British Government, you meant to ask me if I hadn't been
not including the native States, 493,444 rude, that I'd try and make up for it
villages, townships, etc., of which 480, and come. So I brought apples aud
447 have under 5000 Inhabitants. The cookies and jam," he added, smacking
average number of inhabitants is 211 his lips, "and I'm sorry I laughed at
per square mile. There are forty-four your bonnet, and, of course, if you don't
towns or cities, with a population of want rue, I'll go !" and he looked a little
more than 50.000. the seven largest be- doubtful at Cathies sober face.
Ing Calcutta, 704,345; Bombay, 844,495; But Cathie stepped quickly forward.
as quickly without the silver,if you had I oat gu(ldenly rising up .on his hind
' I. . ho orwl afrit-
tried.
And Frankie resolved that, in
future, he would try hard.
the
Two years elapsed. Annie still fol
lowed her old vocation in the little
schoolroom, and looking into her calm,
white face you woul 1 never guess that
she suffered, or that she was slowly
withering as do the flowers.
Ethel had been out to see the world
aud had returned. Riding out on
horseback one evening shortly after his
return he thought ot Annie, and a cu
riosity to see her seized him. Suppos
sng that she would be returning home
from school, he turned Into the road
leading toward the school-house. He
had not gone far before he saw her ap
proaching, but while they were yet
some distance apart, his . horse shied
suddenly and he was thrown off, his
foot catching in the stirrup. This so
frightened the animal that he ran at
lull speed, dragging Ethel over the
rough ground.
' Without studving the consequences,
intent only on saving the life so dear to
her, Annie placed herself resolutely in
the road in order to stop him. She
might as well have placed a straw there
a question ?" she inquired in an angry but seeing that he was determined to
tone. pass, she sprang forward and succeeded
Agei ef Animals-
A bear rarely exceeds twenty years;
a fox fourteen or sixteen; lions live
long. Pompey lived to tne age oi sev
enty. The average of cats is fifteen
years; a squirrel and hare seven or
eight years; rabbits seven. Elephants
have been known to live to the great
age of tour hundred years. A dog
twenty. Pigs haye been known to live
to the age of thirty years; the rhinoce
rous to twenty. A horse had been
known to live to the age of sixty-two,
but averages twenty-five or thirty.
Camels sometimes live to the age of
one hundred. Stags are long lived.
Couvier considers it probable that
whales sometimes live one hundred
years. Ravens frequently reach the
age of one hundred. An eagle died at
Vienna, at the age of one hundred and
four years. Swans have been known
to live three hundred years. 1 Mr. Mal
lerton has the skeleton of a swan that
attained the age of two hundred. Pel
icans are long lived. A tortoise has
hn known to live to the age of one
hnndred and seven years. - -
fMt waltzing towaru ner, anu strut-
Ing her in the small of the back, hard
enough to loosen her finger nails and
destroy her faith in the blessed im
mortality. When Mrs. Burdock returned to her
consciousness, she crawled out from
behind the grindstone where she had
been tossed, and made for the house;
Madras, 397,552; Lucknow, i4,,
Benares, 175,188; Patna, 158,000; and
Delhi, 154,417. The whole number
of Government and private schools
in British India, is something over od,
708, giving instruction to an approach
to 2,000,000 scholars. The schools ex
ist in regular gradation, from those
which give the humblest elementary
instruction to the highest colleges; and
the best pupils of one grade are able to
pass through the other grade by means
of scholarships. To complete the sys
tem, at each' of the three Presidency
cities there is a university established
on the model of the London University.
the medium of education in the ele
mentary schools is the vernacular lan
guages, into which are translated the
best elementary English treatises.
There are normal colleges, for the
training of Masters. The study of. the
classical language of India is maintain
ed ; and the English language is taught
in the Angio-vernacuiar scnuuis uu
"I'm Sorry, too." she said, softly,
and you'd be just as welcome If you
hadn'd brought a thing, Trotty."
"Of course he woutd," chimed in the
merry fiolickers; but after all they ate
the apples with a relish, they reveled
In the cookies and jam, and had a better
time, altogether, through Trotty's offer
of peace.
Dueling to Florida.
-redden."
stopping only once, when the goat came miiPtrM established for the rducition
after, and butted her, head first, into 0f tne middle andVupper classes of so-
the grape arbor. clety.
Once inside the house, the door was
locked and the unfortunates sought
the solitudes of their own rooms, and
such comfort as they could extract from
rubbing and growling; while the goat
wandered around the garden like Satan
in the book of Job, seeking what he
might devour; and the eleven little
Boblink boys fairly hugged themselves
with pleasure over the performance.
By the time Burdock returned home
that evening, and learned all the par
ticulars from his arnica soaked wire,
the goat had eaten nearly all the week's
washing, half the grape vine, and one
side of the clothes-basket.
"Why in thunder didn't you put him
out, and not leave him there to destroy
every thing?" he demanded angrily.
"Because he wouldn't go, and I was
The bowie-knife was a favorite weap
on with the Floridians. Only "dead
game" men could stand before this ter
rible weapon. The usual method of
fighting with knives, was to clasp the
left hands of the combatants together,
and put very keen broad knives in their
bands; the seconda then stood within
reach of the men, to interfere with
pistol ball if either combatant violated
the rules of the fight. There were
many affairs with bowie knives In the
ante-bellum days of Florida. One of
the most noted, was a meeting between
Major Jim Jones and Colonel Grinard
a Frenchmen. The bowie In this case
seems to have been a compromise be
tween the sword of the Frenchman
and the pistol of the Florldlan. T. is
duel was fought in 1852. It was very
bloody, both men being gashed fearful
We were talking to a mission school
on Darius throwing DaBiel in the lion's
den. We made as clear as we could the
tact that Daniel had abetter time that
night than the King, slept more sweet- , d Joneg w& flnally cut into slices
. a . I I I - I J ' . . . . .
lv, and all because ne nau a quiet wu- .TOAn breast, and killed outrlgnt
science. . u U said that this duel was remarkable
"Darius couiun t sieep, cuuiu ue haying been fought In utter silence
By unanimous consent, o, sir . Though the kniyes slipped in and out
"And why couldn't Darius sleep?" q( tfae of eich m)in neither said
"Because he was bad." a word. With their Hps clenched and
Havingthusdevelopea tne conscience . t ,lk . vice, thev fought
point, we launched our final question sllence Xot a sound came from the
with a good deal of confidence. mth f either. And when at last
"Well, now, dear children, what is it Jonet fen i death, Grinard turned
makes the dm sou r , . , Uood from hll face
Oniric as a nuu irom a iour-yer-viu - -- . , , ,
cam ute7eply7"Fedders.'' That closed spoke for the first time, addressln
the ethical diacussUm. 'second.
There were hurled in Turkey, In
Europe, 129.471 Russian soldiers, and
of the 120.950 sick and wounded sent
home, 47,950 died, Total, 182,421.
rive butchers' driven bare been
arrested and fined in San Francisco for
carrying meat on their delivery wagons
exposed to public view and dust.
Adelina T -1 was, at last accounts, '
laid up at Berua by an accident to her
knee-cap, and her physician stated that . ; .
amputation might oecome aeosjitry :.
Despite the cold weather, 150,000 ft
California salmon, hatched at Troutdale.
N. J., were recently placed In the npper
Delaware. ; v? K -'-? "-t ; .
--The stained 1rli wrndV4raeroft
to be placeoTiir "Westminister Abbe MejS
a memorial to the late Dr. Livingstone,
will soon be finished.
There are about 24,000 hives of
bees owned in San Diego county .Califor
nia, yielding, it is estimated, a million
pounds of honey a year.
Apparatus for teaching the metric
system has been distributed to the Bos
ton grammar schools, and the primary
schools will soon be similarly supplied.
The London Hornet announces the
death of Mrs. Mann, the mother of the
late 11. J. Montague, the actor. It will
be remembered that she was for some
time an invalid.
Providence, R. I., enacted that
lodgers at her station houses in 1870
should work for their entertainment, :
and the number ot lodgers diminished
from 5191 to 1508.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has won
anotbei- Buit at New Orleans which
gives her possession of a large tract of
land on the Mississippi river, in Ascen
sion parish. La.
The expenditures for building in
Providence, R. I., in 1878, are reckoned
at $1,876,000, which Is a decrease of over
$250,000 from 1876, when, however.
there was a larger outlay tor puouo
buildings. T
The Emperor of Germai.y and his
wife are eminently sensible and good
people. Ttiey have announced that at
their coming golden wedding, they do
not desire personal gifts, but would be
glad to have.the money devoted to char
ity Instead,
The eldest daughter of the late
Princess Alice, a sixteep-year-old girl,
is said to be exceedingly lovely. Intelli
gent nd pure lu character. She has the
scientific tastes ot her mother, and pro
mises to be a Princess by right of brains
as well as of birth.
The English Board of Inland Rev
enue has decided that, in cases where
an officer prefers riding on a velocipede
to riding on horseback er driving, and
where he can do his duty as well, he
may draw the extra allowance made to
officials that have to keep horses.
Governor Prescott. of New Hamp
shire, has been chosen President of the
association organized to raise money
for a monument to be erected on tne -
Bennington battle field. Governor
Talbot, of Massachusetts, is one of the
directors of the organization.
Nine hundred and seventeen fail
ures were reported In New York City
during the year 1878, the liabilities
amounting to $03.o,4uj, wnue tne.
assets were valued at $18,695,531.
This is an increase over the year 177,
the total failures for which were 847,
with liabilities of 51,037,000.
Mary Francis, of Walllngford,
Conn., who died recentty, disposed of
her property, some $12,000 in value, In
a singular manner. She left It lu
equal shares to all the heirs of her
uncles and aunts. The heirs number,
as It happens, about 150 persons, and
they wil receive, accordingly, $80 each.
Lieutenant Frank Greene, wl o wss
sent by our Government to observe and
report upon the Russo Turkish war, re
ceived, it Is reported by acorrespondent
of the Cincinnati QazttU, a medal of
honor from the Grand Dnke for several
bits of bravery. Lieutenant Greene l
descended from General Nathaniel
Greene.
The number of vessels from foreign
porta that arrived In New York during
the year 1&78 was 7348, an lncrej
over the number In 1877 of 1104, and
over that in 187G of 1617. One-third of"
the arrivals were American vessels, and
another third British vessels, there bo
ng 28 more of the former than of the
latter.
The Providence Journal gives a
summary of all the savings institutions
Rhode Island. The total amount oi ,
deposits Is $44 200,832, a decrease in a
year oi $o,3UU,vu; wnoie numoer oi
depositors. 93,053, a decrease In a year
of 05 73 ; excess of assets over liabilities,
$1,647,870; amount loaned on mort
gages of real estate, $24,400,000.
The Belginland. the first of the two
steamships tor tne Red Star (Philadel
phia-Antwerp line), nas just Been
launched by the Barrow Ship Building
Company. She Is of 3700 tons register.
400 feet long and 40 wide, with 3i
leet depth of bold and engines Of SOU
horse power nominal.' The stater vessel
will be launched in aiarcn.
Portland. Me., has a venerable
Post-office clerk, who thinks he can see
nothing without the help of his specta
cles. The other morning be toon a pei
of spectacles from a druwer, put them
on and finished up his work In good
shape- On completing It he tooa on turn
' . . . i i.
spectacles to wipe tnem anu ivuuu m
thev consisted of a pair of bows with
out any glass In them.
A new benevolent and sanitary
nlan has been adopted In London. Two
. i i,, v. i . i.
weeks ot rural me win ue giTu m
village of lialstead, near devenoaas, tJ
poor London cuiiuren, on toe rawn
mendation of any clergyman, sargeon,
school teacher or other responsible per
son. Preference will be given to girls
rather than boys, and to delicate rather
than robust children, cnuoren win oe
taken in rotation from March 1, to
October 30.
The English Revisers of the New
Testament have finished their second
and final revision. The company have
held eighty sessions, and hate spent
337 days on the work, having begun It
In June 1870. The total number of the
company U 24, and the. average rate oT
attendance throughout has been 15.
There now remains the consideration or
any farther suggestions that may be
made by the American CompMJ. Df
the adjustment of some questions wbleu
have been reserved till the end.
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