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VOL. IY.-NQ. f3t. .jx" j jk . -.Ill'- i ; G ive him i WU don't kol Drayet. . 6f inr tze wilb Ha deir f. jl'TJ ?The mn U down, and his great need J v If ?dy telp, not priVar'andTcrei T ' .r- " :, iT -tU- Tin time' when the. wounda . are washed . , ; healed- . Tff.t.l., '. f that the Inward motive be revealea. ;' ;' ' ' Btit now, whate'er the spirit "be, '1 , ' Mere word are oatmooJteVy. - ti ; " One grain of aid jost now ia, more '. ' To him than tomes of M&uy)ote f" I vJ- Pray, if joamtBtin jboi' h'ear, '' ' n ' : But give him i lift, giv hni start. - The world isuff of good'avW ' ' Of prayer, and prtiee, and' (preaching nice-r Va the generous souiawnp aia mankind fA Are scarce as gold and hard fofindT ,.4 .noble Utehe beat o( jyeeds' , J ; AtM he Bhall wear a royaj crown . I w Who gives t iem a lift wfied'theyare down. J l" . Xota. word luul she utterpd, jiot a sound bad escaped her lips, bit' ahesat lookinCT!eaI,,' neaffhe'nnreafne,,1and "Mrt lie- speaker's ercswftltii fl(htoffelv I'ste' WaatM hahd flBierWoT hW ,vtaK -tlte- speaker's J eye!r WftlMi fl(htogely -wistful gaze wholly unlikftthe prourfbeauty who had been the theme -of oaTritin with almost all of her, .acquaintances, for her apparent coldness and lnddmitaBle wilL "Have you no word of .congrktulatiqn, Zaldee : have vou nothing t6 W?aAkle the young girl, looking wond3rp"gly,ii)tD 1 the fast whitening faceof Zanlet. Clare. I "I wish you every happiness hf the world, Deu." " ' ; : 1 j j . She spoke at last, fecQve?rinheJaelf with an effort. ' L - ' j 1 'We are to be married ip the fall, ,r Ttell Continued, turning the tirllHaritdianiond on her hand, where it flashed Uker a tear, not noticing the compressed lipsand fr6zen face before her. ' '?We shall go to Italy and Switzerland, in fact wherever I please, and you may be sure I shall please to go almost everywhere. . I knew you would be glad "ft Is puch a comfort to have a friend to talk to. Re member it is to be on the fifth "of 8eptem-1 ber. I wish you would be my bridesmaid, however. 1 shall see you a great many times before then and we can talk over it.", With a breezy laugh and a merry nod the visitor departed, taking with her all the sunshine in Zaidee's life. Zaidee Clare was an heiress, young and bewilderingly beautiful, with a face and form of unequaled loveliness. Her eyes were large and black, not with the hard brightness that so often accom panies eyes of that color, but great, shining, velvety eyes that seemed to betray every emotion with a strange hdelity in .one so sproud."- ' 1 - tit4 She had a pretty way, i some i would ' look like affectation, of letting the full white lids fall slightly, veiling the dreamy glory of hereyes that only' shone duskify through the fringe of thick black lashes. Her hair was marvelous in its length and quantity, and of a rich browa that ran into rare, golden lights. She was, indeed, beautiful, wanting for nothing that wealth could buy, a haughty, petted child of luxury. . With the utter abandonment pf her na ture, she loved Slark Reyburnvand yet 0I4 inscrutable" fate lie loved" another, at least sq iDeTl said. . ' . "' f She fii up tairs, lightly humming some merry pallad, $hat those around jifir might . not see! the horrible burning heartache she '.was trying tdhide, trying to keep from tahowiiig in her eyes, or from bursting in a long, quivering sob through her lips., Ah! what a to-morrow of yesterday. Only last night he was breathing love words in her ear, rSa'eyes looking" deep-ihto hers, his hands clasping hers and now He should never know-from her what she suffered. He was not worthy of her love, and she would root it out if it broke her heart. ' ' t ' 'Her first "impulses was to confront him with his perfidy ; but his words were smooth and sweet ; he might add to his sin with falsehood. , Ah, no 1 she ccmld never believs in him again, or in -anyone, slie thought, sadly; and the thought of seeing him was too much; she could not bear it- . Used to her whims and fancies, her parents thought nothing of her sudden an nouncement that she was going to see her Aunt Jeannie in her quiet, out-of-the-way little seaside home. : . "When are you going my dear ?" asked : her mother. "Now. I ara tired of city life. I believe - I am tired of everything," was the rather impatient answer. "What shall I say to Mark when he comes?" "Nothing. Just hand him this note ; it cwifains'ButfloieHt explanation." t vWie mother looked Sharply into tlfe un 1 tradable jf ace of her daughter, and inwardly sighed aseeae thought she; perceived a trace of pauiiid untesl ia voicii "Such a stranM fancy, my dear. You will bury yourself entirely there." i r -' 'I always did like Aunt Jeannie, and somehow I long Jor the salt sea air, and to ! Ree the waves come and go, and to run my hand in the sand, and let it sift through my fingers like a rain of gold, just as I did when a ichiltL. Mother, I wish we' were "ill ways children. A quiver in the steady voice alone be trayed emotion, and the next minute she was out of the room, making full nrerjara- - JtgayandasiiBarjpoachaUeaaarook giving Jtfera here, and there -about "her, plants and birds in her usual self-contained - manner Three Ifo' fbtrrs later found her on hpr wv. Ihe house belonging to her aunt and uncle was a quaint i little cottage, buih -of gray stone, with wide, airy rooms, and full of nooks and crannies.. It stood on an eminence that fronted the sea, whose beat ing, surging voice lulled, the inmates to sleep at night except when a storm arose ; then it was too awe-inspiring and fearful for any one to slumber, or do aught else but listen to its wild, dull roar as it dashed itself to pieces on the rocks, as if in despair, receding onlv to gather fresh strength and force to run up on the land again, breaking into a thousand foam-flowers that blossomed hut n HiA - s - - - . , Her aunt wefcomed her cordially. Zaidee Tiad always been a favorite with her, and the eight ot her loved face seemed to bring sunshine: into the lonely cottage.' . - 1 " The inonths passed away, and still Zai dee lingered, dreading the time when she must go. Already the letters from home were beg- ft i. reasonaDie excuse tor stoymgjnuch longer. One ttorniBgjiftjIy jhreeBcaitae- after sheiiaG Been there, ;a sudden Um. tight came to betji. was Ue very day that Dell had tteotjoeed w her wedding-dy, . , The full force' at her sorrow- caine -upon nerwlth the t"howhf he hsu irisH n li it down,-bot th relenttess fingers of mem-J wy MJfeine-wounaopenafreslii and with Mindrngtearain bereyes she leaned against :thtr huge, bleak rock temde ber.-- t She" had wandered from thd ufew amber stifled" hart siifrwaiAadTRiarealr n101? 90m tU1 tP!" 'Whtchiwaaeat- mg iiuooer neartBiKt brjnn. a a wo , J-sOnce or twice she nutrwii inert bnbsbi 'in impotent misery, ' the coking8oha''ahakirjg hen slight,flgrB froW head o fewt'land strangling fa hfer throat y mh s uft Wfttt'ak aciiritf tiek. 4ihSA -rrmees TntBrTBwneffJ afTTrjwrjMftfiful f "trjjrt Of WflltBfoe-wftvey f& Wnced 1 t.i I Bit V tm J rn ill I . . . - u J i; 1 1 . 2zZT22mL epiev,; jwipwiroy run- mg-nnr' ay frarwirrrwrjryfhfWanr capped rWfiew mawie- fsit : j "'-Wfco 'WBhciflhHowlf the path tt i t6eWjv6ntlea raguey? nal strange tBSlfMfct:' ' t- . g" Dosom to cjuiet the tumultitofis; Ihrobblng. Surdturelyi i was"Mfc" TWr wbild seemed slipping way from ner, the roar (of Itfltsvwde'ifi.har ea aif, iiffl9 by distance, , " J, . Um h u:r ' " nri darKne V L IS Ui The-werds thrilled her, asd then came tne temDl&realj2atiio,Jhat for .an instant his presanci hM dMaeiLithit he had ho right to adrMsyiier In Hhfc WSnner. "You forget yourself," she said, coldly. He had imprisoned her hands, and wjas looking down into her, eyes with a grave questioniug glance.': , ' She ceased.. to struggle, aud waited waited with proud, high head for his words. A moment he stood there, then dropped her listless handsi and folded his arms, keeping his eyes bent upon her face. "Zaidee, what meant you by this note? Y"ou dismiss me without a Word of expla nation ; is this the -way you love me! "At first I thought I would not seek you, but you have so grown into my life, my heart, that I have broken all barriers of pride, and have come to ask what I have done, to repair the fault, if by any fault of mine I have offended you,, and then oh, God to bid you farewell." the peculiar, shitting light tell across his face, and his voice rose and fell with the liquid intonation of the sea. vShe looked unsteadily at him as he ceased speaking, and still disbelieving him, she gathered her dress up haughtily, and tried to pass him. ' " f He put his hand out and stopped her. "You shall answer me," he said passion ately, his' voice Vibratjng with inwardiib- tion, What have I dope : what have 1 done f One word, dear, only one word. Do not k't us part forever, for the'sake of pride." She turned proudly toward him. "You are the most detestable creature that walks the earth a flirt. Your place is not here, but by the side of your wife." "Wife." he said in a moment, falling back a pace or two." "Are you not married, or going to be ?" she faltered, a little wonder struck at the clearly honest air of her lover. . "No, nor am I likely to be, except t o yourself." "But Dell gomers," she said, .still puz zled, but 1 growing very white. He burst into a loud laugh,' and she angrily turned away, and commenced walk ing swiftly toward the house, "One moment, dear," he gasped between laughing and trying to keep up with her. "Dell was married early this morning to " and he gave out breathless. "Whom?" she asked, stopping short "My father." - She saw it all then--they had the same name ; he was by no means an old man, and had always fancied Dell ; but she had not dreamed of this. Blinded by pride and iealousv she had asked no questions, had secluded herself from all -f urtherknowledge, had, in fact, nearly made herself iriiserable for life. She smiled through her tears as he gath ered her to his breast, this time without any resistance; ludicrous as it was she shuddered when she thought of what the result might have been. Hones in Mexico Horsfis are bred in great numbers at the various haciendas in the provinces, some of the largest estates having eighty or a hun dred thousand cattle and fifteen or twenty thousand mules and horses. The pasturage is green all the year round, and the animals receive no other food. They multiply as the birds do. and with as little profit to their fdwtBBr9Qefterairyspalto&J they run wiHuntfl wanted when fUiejr re caugnt vitjh alasspioodjrialtfl j3 laaredjately mdnpted. Fpr the &$ fifteea otenty minutes the eXeVfthefr wlidle' strength to ftin rvuf rfriW. tut flndThffftef tfBorts LurJvailiagi palehtly suhmitanfl generally rgfye btit little Uouble afterward. Owing to their immense numbers, horses are sold very cheap, the average price for an un-. broken herd being eight or ten dollars a head, with but little demand at that. It sometimes occurs that the government pur chases a few-hundred for the army, but, generally speaking, there are very few , oc casions when they can be sold. Mexican horses, as & rule, are not handsome, and are seldom more than fourteen hands high; still, they have nothing of the peculiar build of the pony about them, r ed en tirely upon grassy they; yet "endure more atigue and are capable of maintaining a rapid gate for a longer time than the grain fed horses of other lands. In the towns and cities they receive the scantiest of care and the meagerest allowance of food. Tied up the whole day in the stifling courtyards, they stand patiently awaiting their evening meal: Frequently they are turned loose together, when it requires the use of a lasso to catch them. So familiar with this in strument do they become that the moment the animal feels the rone about its neck it stands stock still, when -without it it would not sutler itself to be saddled or bridled. it is proposed to erect a statue to L,afayettein DruklHill Park, Baltimore, at a cost ot siz.WO. It Is estimated that the people of Aew York paid $30,000,000 for home made lager beer last year. U.OKGANTON. N'. The Wolf nA tfre Fox. V1 : J .i I A wolf. ooceJurTitf tirftf ftiilHif a thx It happened one day thafcJieywe tioih going through the forest, and the wolf said to his companion? 4Gef me'"lme food. or. i will eat you np." " - t vij ; The fox replied; "I Rw'farm-yard where there are a eouple"Mf Fydohg' fcmbs, which, iryoa wish, wewffl TetchV'' ! . . This proposal 'pleaseif - the wotf 'aoney weM, and the fox, "stealing' first one' of the lambs, brouht it tp.the. wplf, and then ran away.' The; wolf devoureqjt quickly, but WaS cOt htented'and 'fpfy, tqtPtdx 'the other lamb bv Kimselt but he 'did It so awkwahiiythaflifc' aroused .the attentadn 'fit th Thrttnoi- nrKrt JKonron fri" n-n ntt Kloof udly,' sQ.that the peasanU ran.up2 .They then founae wo"Iff7apdi leat'hinVso un mercifully "tat be.raflqv"ffQgaM Emp- iave.,ieu wem ioi peasants came it'', x t j ''- 1 n n it hnat mn tamh n ' " Wby. are-xou .!kufk.aglutionX.' sked tnelox.- - f The nexfidavThevwent2iu fikotthe fleMai iaaVK4l WvetsJai wtf said theH fox, "Get me something to eat how, orll1 Tpill novntlr -irrtn 1" ' . IT 111 . uui JUL! 1 The fox said he knew a country house where,lheTsbokB7Aslg()'ag JJiHUeVemng to mabe-'sorrfe pancaies, 'and thither they went. When they arrived, the fox sneak - ed and crept round the house, until he at last discovered where the dish was standing, out of which lie drew six pancakes, and took them to the wolf, saying: " There is something for you to eat !" and then ran away. ,"HeVwd f 'aispatdhed these in a minute or two, and, wisning to taste some more, he went and seized the dish, but took it away so hurriedly that it broke in pieces." "The noise of its fall brdught out the woman, who, as soon as she saw the wolf, called her people, who, hastening up, beaf him with such a'good will that he "ran home to the fox, howling, with two lame legs ! " What a dirty jlace you have drawn me into now ! cried he ; " the pea sants have caught 'me and dressed my skin finely ! " , -- "Why, then, are you such a glutton?" said the Fox. When they went out again the third day, the Wolf limping along with weariness, he said to the Fox, "Get me something to eat now, or I will devour you !" The Fox said he knew a man who had just killed a pig, and salted the meat down in a cask io- his cellar, and that they could get at it. The Wolf replied that he would go with him on condition that he would help him if he could not escape. "Oh, of course I wilL on mine own ac count!" said the Fox, and showed him the tricks and ways by which they could get into the cellar. When they went in there was meat in abundance, and the Wolf was enraptured at the sight. The Fox, too, had a taste, but kept looking around, and ran frequently to the hole by which they entered, to see if his body would slip through it ' easily. 'Psfeseotly -the Wolf- asked, "Why are you running about so, you Fox, and jumping in and out f ' want to see if any oae is coming," replied the Fox, cunningly; "but mind you do not eat too much!" The Wolf said he would not leave til! the cask was quite empty : and meanwhile the peasant, who had heard the noise made by the Fox, entered the cellar The Fox, as soon as he saw him, made a spring, and was through the hole in a jiffy; and the Wolf tried to follow his example, but he had eaten so much that his body was too big for the hole, and he stuck fast Then came the peasant with a cudgel, and beat him to death; but the Fox ran away into the forest, very glad to get rid of the old glutton. Sam Patch- ' Sam ratch was an impostor, but m his brief career he always performed all that he promised in a straight-forward and honest way. He never resorted to the use of rubber straps, coils of wire, or a para chute, in order to render his leaps free from apparent danger, Sam Patch, as he was familiarly called, was a native of Patersoc, N. J., the son of "poor but honest parents," and for some years lived there alone with his widowed mother. He is said by some persons to have been a lazy, shiftless and dissipated fellow, but I was assured by an old and reputable merchant of the, place, a few years ago, who knew Sam well, that this was not so. The same gentleman kindly took me to the place where he made his first leap into the Passaic river, of some eishtv or niaety feet, and "which he re peated several times. During the summer of 1829 Patch went to JNiagara ialls, and made one or two successful leaps into the seething waters below. In October of the same year he came to Rochester, and gave out that he would leap from a small island above the upper falls. This was the last of October, and was an occasion that called together more people than Rochester ever saw before, r un nriy tnousana were on hand to witness for the first tinea daring feat that no other man had ever attempted in this country. On this occasion I took my stand below the falls, close to the water's edge; and-nearry unaer me projecting ruca. from whioh he was to tump. Promptrr at the hour announced Sam made his appear ance on the spot, and greeted with cheers and a tiger such as any human might be proud of. After surveying the vast assenv blase for a moment ne rem.wea ms outsiae garments and tied a red Danaana arouna & . . . i ii . . his waist Soon ne waved a iareweu to the people on all sides, which no doubt sent a thrill through many a oosom, ana, wim ; . . ' . Jl -.1. arms extended, leaped into the waters be low. I shall never forget the sensation as I looked up and saw him coming down. Just as he reached the water he brought his arms to his side, and went in without a rip ple upon the surface. In an instant he re appeared and swam ashore, with no injury save a slight bruise on ms smn against sunken tree. He was taken upon the shoulders of tome present, and carried up the bank, where he received the hearty congratulations of all the vast, admiring crowd. On the ninth of N ovember follow ing he made another and his last leap ; this time from an elevated platform twenty-five feet high, making the whole distance of the leap 125 feet It was a chmy,. unpleasant day, with some ice in the river, and, to raniivt himself from the cold, he drank rather too freely of brandy, as we noticed in following him close oa to the island, from which-he was destined never to re turn, i He ascended to! the place of leaping with apparent ease and ososaess,- and, 'after looking out upon the sea of heads for a moment he. as before, removed all his garments except pants and shirt, and, tying - 'C, SATURDAY, OGTOHKR 4tke4wdariguawti&d to bodyf tie motioned to ail a last CarewielL and walked Pftteaatoaet taatafitaVathg aHa atmosasheJ -water as at breast, aad aatioleeeeV error mm wtf felf sun that for hiufixus var'4he last of earth," Diligent seareji was si once made fox his-body, but all inVain. - Early the next spring,, however, was' found floating at the mouth of the-iiver at Char- nbtte,: with the handkerchief exOI en." His remains were 4eceifilj iaterrad j $he vil lage vcemetery. . Soma iwy jronder what became' of Sam's' bear, fhapras also to make a similar leap that sae",day'' If I remember rightly, it was bought' by eoevof Qqr jnljage. barbers by the who fed him a, few months qnitfc fat14, then he killed ' StiffilS Tm the 'bear's oil" business to th oTtjarber mS XoT jearor fwo. aLjjiat Old Sjart, as he 'was leWght "of Asa; be sees on the street and in- stores with a basket eHftaraiiig severatideaen1 boRlesf tear's grease, together wM bheoi the fee or the feet of the oldeaBimseTf -as aft evidence its genujtaeness The ean ai w iyell remember, was quite a big fellow, brft bi musthayeJbeen extremely well Jfttted, JtjMm "Jrom, the. greaatoOear's gVfesettikt ears ffispoBed of.' "The'4ioaey that Sam oolJcfed; and that paid, for the oeaf, was airsenYw rfls rSother at'.atei'- . Jameson, the XjrisU Nlmrod. , Mr. Jameson, the young Irish Baron, who for the past several years has journeyed from the Green Sod to engage in hunting and fishing sports in Montana, was unusu ally successful this season, his wagons re turning to. lieiema, recently loaded with the antlers .of elk, mooses, deer, mountain sheep and anteiopei and the pelts of grizxly and black bear, mountain Jion,i lynv wildcat, other splendid trophies of the chase. These valuable possessions, caref uljy preserved and packed, have gone forward to the old coun try, while Mr. Jameson, disbanding his party'of four, and accompanied by his body servant, starts soon on a journrey around the world, sailing from San Francisco for China some time in September In this con nection an adventure, in which Mr. Jameson and a bear were the sole participants, is worth relating. One night last month. while bivouacked on Cascade creek east of the Muscleshell, well defined tracks were left about the camp, indicating that while the party peacefully slept, the premises had been invaded by a huge grizzly. The fol lowing morning, while breakfast was pre paring, the young Irishman, armed with his trusty rifle, started down the creek, trailing the beast a half mile to a point lead ing into a thicket or under-brush skirting to a considerable extent the stream on both sides. Making a slight detour, James push ed his way cautiously into the thicket the slight noise of his carefully picked footsteps being muffled by the rollicking waters leap ing and tumbling over successive falls, Halting suddenly and parting the bushes- die intrepid htmter espied his game, leisure ly at est scarcely thirty fxfmSwtft. '"He concluded the bear was his, and with steady aim at vital parts sent two bullets in rapid succession into the broadly' presented side of the beast. There was a fierce growl, and the wounded animal, parting the brush and saplings like grain stalks, pushed vigor ously toward his assailant. , Unable to get another unobstructed shot, and understand ing his penl, Jameson, with great presence of mind, quickly retreated toward the creek, the bear pursuing and close' at his heels. There was no time to halt or turn aside, and reaching the . bank the hustled sportsman, holding aloft his rifle, leaped for the water, landing in a pool to the depths oi his armpits. A moment later and the enraged brute, bursting through the willows and saplings, confronted him on the margin of the brook. Jameson, prepared for his enemy, with promptness and precision put two more snots into the great beast and in the very act of taking to the water after his prey, tumbled to the ground dead. Jame son, scrambling out of his unpremeditated bath, returned to camp, intercepting on the way two oi hia comrades summoned by the report of his rifle and hastening to his aid. After breakfast a team was hitched up, and strapped to poles the huge carcass of bruin was hauled up to camp and skinned. The heft of this monster was placed at 1,000 pounds, and the pelt, exhibited to a num ber of men esteemed to be good judges in such matters, more than sustained the esti mated weight of the beast. Jimmy's Last Ride, James Brant, or as he is better known, "English Jimmy," was a Montana stage- driver. Many years ago he took the reins on the route between Butte and Deer Lodge and served the public faithfully. Jimmy s horses loved his affectionate pat and stroke about as much as they did their oats. He for the purpese of playing tunes With the lasn in the sharp mountain air. One morning, a few weeks age, Jimmy's horses jolted out of Butte with a coach-loafl of men, women and children. . A passenger, sat withlilrii on the box. Tie, stage awepi along the road ft a good rate, and soon the. first relay. Girards, was reached. There the hocses were changed. .. Jimmy ' re marked that tha horses men. not .his old friends, but strangers to, him. He (directed the stableman to arrange the harness care fully, as the team was evidently spirited. When all was ready a .mischievous boy called out, "Now you go," Jimmy !" at the same time slapping one of the leaders with his hand. The leader reared and shot head long away. The four horses sprang Imme diately into a dead run. Jimmy threw his every muscle into the lines. He called out, "Steady, down there !" for the benefit of the passengers, gritted his teeth and bent to "his task. The horses dashed on at the top of their speed. They were crossing a level olain and making dead for a narrow gully, down which the road ran before it crossed an insecure, unwalled bridge. Jimmy fixed his eyes on a farm house in the distance and on his route. He knew that if he could rein his horses through several piles of soft grass shocks near the bouse he could save the passengers. He told the men to h readv to lump as they ran through the grass. "Take the babies," said be, and, as tho marh swerved under his powerful arm mA ran in among the shocks, the passes trpm leaned or rolled out, some bruised, but nnt hAW hurt A few minutes later Jimmv'n body was picked up under the hririra from which the coach had been thrown to the rocks below. The poor fel low's legs and arms" were broken The Montana Miner "says that ' he uttered one sentence: "Girard. this is Jimmy w ride, but he did his duty." He died in an hour. 25, 1879. 3 -Pa Bream.1 dr I f l -' -. , . t, Be winter evenlne about fifty years aim. if arpeafhaiseVIb'k sInB:WfiriHemn in side ldroJre-tip4oHhO-North of Seotland. w where passengers who wen going to crass to. Orkaejra,usu)ally spent the nighty, The .gentleman, whom we will call Mr. McT , was-the owaer or a large 'estate; and an old houHe.whicb had betoeeti (b hifffamily-for hundreds of years La the-mainland, er chief uf, the. Orkney islands, and was, now about to visit hLs'DTOnertv. it'was. a blusterimf stortnjr hightTbut that Only made,, more J (, r,r 1 : L ' t aat chatting with) landlord, who Fas an old.. friead. butlL othis lather and ing me .yuong, lairo, ; aa ns caua, nun, with his wildest tales of, adventure oa,the sea." "Taiy'ifflrTSot, however, sit - late, for tne jJrKney packet sailed very early in the morning., and .MacT. soon found himself in Ms cosj well-appointed- hjyJe .-bed-fooni k.m t '"?lT Ti7?..J V.ttZl.. accoaaDanimant Mar.Toved tin sunxlfQr tb,ei lp4 often bewtha lullap J - W -F T -J . 7 X T on cjoucKgfiwteH asiee& j,! somenouiB ncaieni wnnnui an lmace or thought reaching his mind ; but at Jength, -1 when t"w mpnujig was glimmering gray in i me Jttst, a Hiraug.ureatu calue, io irouuie him. He dreamed that he was in the an cient' banqueting hall of his old house in the Mainland, sitting at the head of a very long table, Ihe uauuuetting hall was now in reality almost a ruin, Out in his dream Mac T. saw it hung with a hundred lights. The table was filled on both, sides, aud he thought he glanced curiously down its length to see who his guests jvere. As "he looked, he shuddered in his. dream. . those who sat at the table with him twere all his dead ancestors fqr many, generations back He knew their faces and dresses well from their portraits in the picture gallery. Next to him sat his father, who had died about a year before. And at the bottom of the ta ble sat a fair-haired man in a dress of skins, who was a Norse chieftain, the foun der of the - family It seemed to hint that he sat for some minutes as if spell bound, while'the; spectators murmured to gether in low,: hollow tones. At length they allv rose, and slowly, one by one, in turns, left the hall. But before they went, each one paused at the . door, and turning, raised his hand in a warning attitude, fixed his eyes on MacT., and said in a deep voice, the wordr Beware. "llie pacset starts in twenty minutes, sir," cried a loud voice at the door, rousing MacT. suddenly from his sleep, j Confused at first, yet soon remembering where he was, he sprung out of bed and began hurriedly to dress him self. Being a pad sailor, his first glance was naturally enough at the sea, close to which the inn stood. The wind had risen in the night The waves thundered on fae shore, and the little Orkney packet Was tossing up and down Iike a limpetshell. As he gazed, his strange dream arose up with sudden distinctness before MacT, a mind. He was infected with a good deal of thorough Scotch superstition. Besides he did not much like the look of the sea, aud so he resolved not to go till to-mor- row. That dav the Orkney packet was lost with every man on board, and MacT. and his little wile who was left at home with the babies, had to thank that warning dream for his life. The Power of Kiuduess. "There is one chapter in my life's his tory that I have always kept locked in my heart,' said John Haviland, as heiaced the little group in the parlor ; "but to-night I feet as if it was my duty to open it for your inspection, and I doit for the love of woman for the love of a woman who made me what I am worthy to be, the husband of a good woman. ' "Why, John said Mrs. HavilaniLsoft ly approaching babe still had held tight to her bosom "you frighten me. " "Let s have; the story, said the rest of the group, certain that something good, might be anticipated ; and John commenc ed, at first a little timid, but gaming conn dence as he proceeded. - ' ' When 1 first came to New i ork, at the age of twelve years, to seek my fortune, call myself a precious chap without dan ger of being accused of an unusual degree of self-appreciation." I was quick' to learn everything, the bad as well as tlie good. My employer used profane tanguage. I picked up the oaths that he dropped with a naturalness that surprised even myself The boys in the office all chewed tobacco. This was a little the hardest lob I ever at tempted, but after two weeks of nausea and indescribable stomach wrenchmgs, I came off victorious, and could get away with my paper a day with the best of i em." True, everv word ot it j said the speaker. "One afternoon l was senr wv.n a note from my employer to a house ia the upper part of the city. X hadn't anything to read, but 1 had plenty ot tobacco, ana wun xnat 1 proposed. jojentertAin myself, during the two or three hours I must spend in Uiepas aam ' Fnrmme distance I did not notice who were besid me, but by-and-by a ladyJapituiatklr"iih(io1ialljr. said, very softlyin pleasantly : 1 "Would you please, little boy, be more-careful f I am going to a party, this arternoonv and I should hate to have my dress spoiled.' , 1 looked into her face. It was the sweetest I ever saw: Pale, earnest and lov ing, to my boyish heart tt was the face of an angel." "What did you say I , lnTejruptea jus. Haviland, her bright eyes filling with tears as she saw how the memory of ' this beauti ful woman affected her husband. "Say! -TBeTerBS'VeryliUle -I could say. i thmlr all I did for some nme was to look. " - 4 "I managed to dispose of the tobacco, however, and wiped my mouth very care fully, all of which I felt certain she saw and mentally commented upon. "Have you a mother, little boy?" she next asked me ia the same low tone. " 'No, ma'am,' I answered, and felt my throat filling up, and I knew I must swal low mighty hard to keep from sobbing. " You have a father, then, I suppose P she kept on. ;, " "No, ma'am, no father.' . . " 'Brothers and sisters ?' " Neither, ma'am.' . ' " Then the Bttle boy is all alone in the vcorldf ' i ' " 'AH alone, ma'am:' f 3 , ; ' " 'How long has hht v$tee& &&t and the dear .woman looked awajfrqinjBV face, antfwaitedrrilf tcWld'ipel3dT ! " Two years,' I' answered. x ' "And you loved her V eame next IWrlv ' wu all I nmilH mt " She was Blent for a moment, and r. . J . . rTzz nr : then she said so sweetly oh, Iahall, never forget it., ' , . , " " 'And wnat '"oV you think? our dear mother would say-how do you think she!: would feel-4-t knew. tthat .her-fit-tie boy was guilty of such a disgnrttng habit as this ?' pointing to the teJl-Ulaquid which I had vainly tried to hide beneath; the seat " 'ITnust leave now," she Continued ; 'hut here is'my card, and, ifye ' come to me 'most any evenings I ahall be4dad to see you, and, perhaps, we may be of ,aome ser vice" to each often . ; '"She gave me'her Httre tKrf&b -hand. aad to my dying day' I .sti)Aavr tor- get, the, ejisatioB..AaiiBesjfcf. ?j could not bear to part with her wilhm her I tnought f could1 do&huMi-wilhler I-cOHld grew maifs'eBt!at-ifim in the 1 infill ill i mi iiim anil i m "as eoonas, i couia suaamoa courage 1 c&ueu upon me iaay. ,n en ao. i remeni ber how nry heart'' bAtf'wahed -In tjii elegant parlor for her to comewflan ner private sitting mom.., She APtat av ttypoinf ofTffly u andTbeore Lbade hef fcoofl-'byei fVas aTrange51,thar,t shtfttll UpenaVtttasaiigar each house, and studv on the occasion- lust what she thought best. - - -Pfo lover eveKJboked forward to, the meeting Of the iuls of his "heart any more ardently than 1 did to these meetings with my friend. ,.,':-1 1 grew careful pf my persona, appear! ance, eareful of my .conversation,, Aau4 strove fn every way to be worthy of the not. ble friendship. - Two years passed 1n thU delightful manner two years that made me. My friend not only attended to- mv studies, striving also all the while to sow the tight kind of spiritual' seed, but she prol i r-. . i. . i . . . .. - , . . - ' uurcu iur me a uusiness situation witn $ friend of hers, where I remain to this day,' Aivyyifuj UUl uuu U1UHI WWII A OWC Ullf woman. During the last three months of those two years I noticed that she grew con stantly pale and thin; she never was betrayed into speaking oi nerseii. sometimes, when I would ask her whether she felt worst than usual, she would reply : "Oh, no ! 1 am only a little tired that is all." - - ' l "One evening she kept me- by her sofa" mucn longer . titan was her custom, while she arranged lessons, and laid out work, it seemed to me, for months. " " 'Why so much to-night f I mauirerL' conscious that my heart ached, and. vaguely BUBjjeuiiug luc cause. " 'Because dear,' she answered, I do not want you to come for the next week, and I am anxious that you should have sufficient work to anticipate as well as to keep you busy. I think 1 can trust you to be a good boy, John.' "1 think you can, ma'am,' I answered almost sobbing. "If 1 should see your mother, my dear boy, before long, what shall I say to her for you r "Then I knew all, and liiy grietnad no bounds: It s no use to go now. She died two days after. " Queen Victoria Popped the Question. On June 20, 1837, William IV. died and Victoria, then a young maiden, ascended the throne. It had been planned in diplo matic circles to have her marry Alexander, the brother of the King of the Netherlands, but that project failed, for Prince Albert of Cobourgh came to England in 1839 and won the heart of England's Queea. On the 14th of October her Majesty informed the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, of that import ant but delicate fact, and the following day the Prince bad an audience with the Queen. The two lovers were placed in a very pecu liar position. Ihe social position of v ic toria was so superior to that of Prince Al bert that lie could not make the first ad vance, nor offer the lady his hand, as is usually the case between lovers now-a-days. It was rather for her to make the proposi tion, and offer her hand, and she accom plished the somewhat unusual task in i very skillful manner. With a gracious smile she handed the Prince a small bou quet of flowers, which he placed as near as possible to his heart. As he had no button-hole or pocket in that region of hisclose fitting uniform, be took his penknife, cut a slit, and slipped In his precious token. He then expressed his thankfulness and pleas ure at being so well received at the English Court, and especially at his reception by Queen, in reply to which she asked him the tell-tale question : ' 'If the country pleases your Highness, so well, perhaps you would not object to remain with us ?" The Prince replied that was the great desire of his life, and the Queen, feeling that the decisive moment had come, though quiveribg with womanly delicacy, confessed to him hon estly her great love for him, and assured him that it would be the cause of her great est happiness if he would consent tf make the sacrifice necessary to besoms the hus band of the Queen, of Engjaad for -be could be nothiag more, than th$r husband,' and would have nothing to do with politic al affairs. The rnnce was charmed, and Tief -were married on thet l&b of February,. 1M Their marriage was, in every way, a happy One, and their wedded life unalloyed until death seized the Prince ss his' prey. Calu mny and intrigue never poisoned the sweet ness of their family life, which stands to day as a model, not only for crowned heads but also for the humblest of human kind, A rest 1b Potato Dta-Klng- v Greycourt and Chester, two villages ? X- t. ...... -V V wom iinllailftllv cited recently, oyer ft jonderfnl feat in po tato digging, which was accomplished on thp fiwrourt Meadows. Thomas Pi nan. of Chester, one of the pioneers who re- churned the Greycourt lowlands, aad whe ia a veteran grower of potatoes and onions. offered to wager $10 that he could produce a man who would dig 100 bushels of pota toes in ten hours. Mr. Finaa'e money was soon covered bv George Howard and A. B. Smith, who thought that the feat could not be accomplahed. Mr. Finan, produced his man the following Monday morning "Jar-V Whttmorec a Sturdy laborer, who reflkiea in Chester. Jack went to bis task, at seven o'clock in the morning. He used an f-lr talriiu. un rows at a time, throwing out a hill on one side and then the other. Three men, and a portion Of the time . four1. Were kept busy picking up' potatoes. Whitmore stopped about an htfhr at noon-tkie, and when he quit wool t anSD? m.. lie had turned out of the ground 135 measured bushels of potatoes. During the day n hitmore ma not taae drop of stimulating liquors of any kind. WHOLE. NUMBEIim r; BRIEFS, The drills at the artesian well of the railroad company, .In Altopnac-Pa., have feaofaed adepth.of a taouaaodfeet. -TheWi9wns(a.uJvm"lScopli have drooped Greek, trlaonometrv and astroBoniz froa. their cuieajpfatudy- Thar wra BCT1 lahita strlkea hi"En V In It'll w.,uur.O A. xinnxJ 'fc mlaedl7; went bask to. workmen em ployers' terms, 25.- . - v Vj.;s -England's debtYertfUfc tflatonnek numbers, stands at about 1 4,000.000,000. and yet she enjoys the best" credit ta the world. IndirproduMSrto'HO.OWftOO to 2su,ow,ow bushels or Wheat annually, being as-much as tha jroflnfon -f pance or Kussla. ... , TAlota'Ts' larrtrls larrer than New .-nsvnvf f I.lM England, a.nd Its people arw beginning to agitate Its division into three Terri tories ma t,x iSa-.'u-? Nmljt thf Pennsylvania caal .flgldj the ayeraw pay ofhe miners4s4ilMay, of thejaborers 1.28 and6f the boys flffy cents. " -'. J hr-BoWor Tempsrtwce GoMer about 80,00 rn Itorth America, vthe Xempje pf Honor 2Q.0O0, and the Goqd Templars, .whose'order extends to many nations; number some-450,00o: KanSa ha now 659 churches. 9 of which are Baptist, 69 Congregation al 1st, ii Lutheran, 22 Episcopal, 152 Methodist, 99 .Presbyterian, and 15 United Presbyterian. During July 12,710 Immigrants landed at New York, against 8689 in the same month last. year. For the year ending July 31, the increase In Immi grants Was 29,106. The'" Western Union Telejrraph Company purchase about 20,000 nlles of, wire annually,, which gives some idea of the enormous extent of their business. -A recent official return of the na tional debt of Great Britain puts the exact figures on the 1st of April last at 778,078-,840. In 1878-9, 803,127 was paid off and 6,2811,123 added. Some gentlemen In Tarry town, on the Hudson, have offered to give one thousand dollars for i monument te Washington Ii ving, and also to give the land on which to erect it. The remains of an old furnace or forge, long since dismantled, which supplied the Continental army with cannon and ball, are still visible on the Black Eock road in York county, Pa. The raising of sees has become a business of great profit among the far mers of '-Washington county, Pa. It pays better than wool, and the dogs are not as hard on the bees as on the sheep. Eight horses have been sent from Chester county, Pa., to England, These animals were selected with special refe rence to size and style, speed being a minor consideration. None are less than sixteen hands- hlgh " The old church In Bread street, London, wherein John Milton was bap tized in 1608, was torn down last year,, aad on the buildings erected on the site is placed an inscription and a sculptur ed head of the poet." The United States have 25,000 flouring mills, affording employment to more than 60,000 persons. Their annual product of flour is more than 50;000,000 barrels, some of the large mills producing 2,000 barrels a day. Judge J. L. Rice, of Keokuk, Iowa, who died last week, bequeathed $10,000 to the Library Association of that city for the erection of a bul'dlng, $5,000 to Williams College, or Massachusetts, and $1,000 to St John's Episcopal Church, of Keokuk. The corn Crop of this country In 1878 was 1,250.000,000 bushels. The crop of 1879 will probably equal If not exceed thecrop of 1878. The export of corn from this country from September 1, 1878, to August.31, 1879, will proba bly reach 85,000,000 bushels. 1 A Toronto "Magistrate has' filled that shaving is a work of necessity; and consequently Is lawful on the Sabbath day, and some of tbesbarberiol the city, who object to keepmg open shop on thut day,' have determined to appeal against his decision. The Army and Navy Co-operative btores or London comprise 13,000 share holders, 6,000 life members and 1SXK) annual subscribers. The capital Is 60.000. Last year the profits were over 42,000. although prices had, been reduced. - The Rev. George Schamback, Pas- . tor of the German Lutheran Church at Newark. N. J., sued Christian Volk, an undertaker, te recover $18 for nlue funerals be bad attended at the call of Volk. The suit was decided In favor of the undertaker. In 1869 there were 39,368 Ihopf lf cerned for the sale of 'tobacco ini'arU. nl the numbers of eac.year, hare gradually increased till In 1878 there were 4X749" retail dekterr In tobacco Of these I8,61 aoW tobsceo alohefwhtW 13t were aase -engagad. aa-.ufBctol agents. .. ,,) . , . .. The San Francleco Board of L nuer- writers have voted to give Captain1 Armstrong and his daughter1 $500 each, for the courage and fortitude they dis played In bringing the ship Templar in to port against adverse winds, and after many of the crew had been lost from yellow fever, i t.-. 4 The Municipal Council of Paris re cently decided to have the statues of ICXi personages arected on the facade of the restored Hotel de Vlfle. Among them areUeranger, Berryer, Cavmlgnae, Co rot, Daubigny, Delacroix ( Dioot, Hale vy, Ledru-Rollln, Mlcbelet. Alfred De Mus et, Regnault. George Sand, Scribe, Engene Sue, and Horace Vernet. The elder brother of the Pope, who died recently, of apoplexy, was doubt less Charles Fecci. an eotogeaarlan, who resided at Borne, on the street of Santa Chiara. The second brother, Baptist, is married and ' the head of a family; the third U Cardinal Pecci; one. brother died not long ago. The Pope also has two married sisters still living. ' The government has at Washington the largest printing efflce In the world. Lu annual, cost is nearly $2,000,000. iince i( was established in. 1860 the treasury has paid out on Its accodnt $28:090,000. an average of over $1,500.- 000) year. The amount, of material Eon hand Is enormous. It has never been Inventoried. For one thing the office has. on bad over 3.000.000 pounds ' of type.
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
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Oct. 25, 1879, edition 1
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