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ff BLADE. RIDGE VOL. IY.-NO. 40. . Si . MORGANTOX, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1879. WHOLE NUMBER 196. "i FADES TIE DAYLIGHT. Fflei t$e daylight, and the shadows' Slowly gather on the lawii ; Now the night falls on the meadows, ., , Aud the light of day U gone. lu the'darkness which enfolds me Tender memories come once more : How taoh thought encWins and holds me y Of the dear on :-s goue btf ore. Hot in pain and not in sorrow ! Think I of the loved ones gone ; i En ry irihi has istill a morrow, Darkness but precedes the dawn. Were it not for heart-ties r en. For the friends that come no more, . There would be no hope of heaven In the bright f jrevermore. So while shadow darken o'er mo, ' . Bit I at the close of day ; -Loved, lost features are before me, Faces, which Uava jp&saed a.wy ; Voices which made happy laughter Come again in tones of love ; ' Sweetly echoea follow after Twilight angels bend above. Is it daylight which is fading ? light of day which now must fieo ? It is bat the happy shading V Of ft brighter day to be. . So when twilight dreams have found me, Twilight voices flU the air, Loved, lost beings gather round me, ABd tbeir forma are passing fair. Led by jealousy. It was grand and gorgeous on the first morning of spring. It is not the tapping of the woodpecker in the hollow beech, nor yet the nuthatch, humming at his breakfast, that soft rap-a-tap-tap one hears. It is only Mr.-Ernest Black, kpocking out his pipe against the garden seat. Happy man ! to have such a charming nook wherein to smoke his early pipe. His comfortable mansion of Shrublandsf a cosy modern building, warm and roomy with glass houses clustered about it, and its con venient offices at the rear, lies on the slope above. In front of him stretches a pleas ant lawn, and lie looks over upon a sweet river valley, bounded by purple hills, reaches of water showing in silver streaks here and there. A warm, pleasant little dingle encompasses the grounds, sheltering the' house ( from the north and east, and sloping down toward the south, and here the first breath of new-born spring is felt, and the first green leaf of the year is seen on the slender white birch, whose brown catkins' are dying for love of the earliest blossoms of the season. '" Ernestj thought that it was very good to . lie here, asjie smoked his pipe on his gar den seat.1- But everything comes to an end, aud by tjhe time he had finished his pipe andkndcked out the ashes a cloud had come over the sun, the air was chilled , and - the beauty of the-movn tarnished. -It was time,- he found, to start for his train. He went into the house to say "good-by"'to his wife, for he heaid the carriage wheels " grinding on the gravel as it came round from the stables to the door. He seemed to be a happy fellow, too, in his wife, who was a fair, pleasant-faced woman, of charming figure and full spirits. "I didn't know you were going away." she said, a slight shade of vexation coming over her face. "Didn't I tell ypu?" said Ernest, "I in tended to: - I shall be home to dinner. I'm only going to town to see the old masters. They close this week.", "Ah! if you had told me -in time 1 would lfave gone with you." To say the truth, Ernest did not much care for" company when he was going to look at pictures. . ' "'Pity, eh ?" he said, carelessly putting : his hand under her chin and giving her a kiss. "Well, aucther day, perhaps, Tot tie," her name was Theresa, but her pet name was Tottie, "and then, perhaps, I can go shopping with you. " "Why didn't you think of it before ?" "You should have told me you were going." "Yes, it was stupid of me; however, there's no help for it 1 have only just time to catch the train. Good-by." And. away he went. . Theresa sat down once more to her book I of household expenses, but .the totals ran into each other and the same row of figures wouldn't come to the same amount twice - running. It wasn't like Ernest, thought she, nut to ask her to go with him. lie had never, gone off anywhere before with out asking her to accompany him if it were practicable. His manner, too, was so cold. What could be the reason of it ? t . . She took up the . newspaper to distract - her mind. She rarely looked at the daily X IWPtre, but this -morning she felt uneasy, and eould not settle to anything. Sud denly she sorang to her feet with a cry of distress. c She had taken up ' the outside sheet of . . Uifc paper, and thereon she had read an ad vertisement. "Constance to Ernest. To-day at Vic tor 12 noon." That was the reason, then, that Ernest had gone off to town so suddenly. Yes, she Tknew it ; sbe- had been wronged and ' " dectiveM ; couid it be possible that such . treachery. iir.h beiraval of all the ties of , friendship and affection could be permitted ' . to exist ; Theresa was, perhaps, of a somewhat . jealous deposition. Certainly Ernest had given her no cause for jealousy hitherto, as . far as she knew, but she had, always im 1 " .- agined it possible that at some time or other he would; and now it seemed to her as uiouBu uer.ioreDOdings nau ueen usuuuu. , " w -,t i1P rouid . , Constance Brown had been her earnest and save her f he : could frteiul. h,!, u.i,nnl.fallnw hpr one dear Ai " ccuw gether she grew in grace and favor with the husband, and declined m equal measure in the wife's esteem. She was too keen witted herself not to perceive this, but the ineradicable love of coquetry and mischief that lurks m every female bosom forbade her to change her tactics. The end of it was a desperate quarrel between Constance and Theresa, and Constance's hasty depar ture from Shrablands in a rage. On her part, Theresa vowed that she would never have that deceitful girl in her house again. "All right," trnest had said; "if you don t care about it I don't." But Theresa's jealousy, once aroused, was not to be quieted by any such pretenses as these. It was all very well for Ernest to say so, but his saying so did not deceive her. Having once thrown her influence over Ernest, Constance,, eha knew, would not be satisfied to resigo her power so easily. She. didn't doubt but that Con stance wuld;n somejwftypr other contrive some wayto -sW liiftyitfKL this -morning's paper had given her a clew to the means she adopted. Very well, Theresa, too, would be at Victoria at 12 noon. The carriage had just returned from tak ing Ernest to the station ; it should also convey her to the nxt train for London. She would have sufficient time to reach the trysting place by noon. Victoria Station, however, is rather a wide, open place, not adapted for conceal ment. How should she so-disguise herself that she might witness the meeting unob served 1 Then she remembered that Aunt Blake, who had been a widow for a couple of years, had left behind her a widow s cap, bonnet and veil, liaving the opportunity of a visit to her niece to resume the ordinary costume of womanhood. Bonnets are not formidable things now a-days; and Theresa put her aunt's weeds, with a black crape shawl, into a travelling bag. She put on a black dress with white shawl over it, and her usual travel ling bonnet?, that she might not give rise to surmises at her sudden assumption ol moutnmg, and then started off. j The clock showed five minutes to twelve when she arrived at Victoria. She hurried off to the ladies' waiting room, donned her bonnet, cap, shawl and veil, and came ou upon the platform a demure widow. Sure enough, Ernest was there, walking up and down. She gave a kind of guilty start as he passed her, and he looked rather hard at the young widow with the nice trim figure. 'So," she thought, "that is the way you look at young women when I am not by." The next turn that she took she started as she saw approaching her from the op posite side of the platform the very double of herself. Black dress, black crape snawi, widow's cap, bonnet and everything! She thought at the first moment that there was a mirror opposite her,.and that she saw her own reflected image. But 't was not so, The lady threw up her veil and- revealed the features of Constance Brown. It was only for a moment, and then she drew her .veil ejjjselj over her face, and making a slight gesture, as u seemed, ot caution, sue made her way to the booking office, went uo to a porter, and asked in a clear, loud voice, when the train started for Brighton Theresa glided into the office by the op posite door. The pretended widow was waiting her turn at the ticket-hatch. With the quickness of thought Theresa ran up to the barrier. A genial-looking old man was taking his ticket. "Might I ask you, sir, to get me a ticket for Brighton?" "Most certainly, madam," said the old gentleman. She grasped the ticket and hurried on to the departure platform, giving as she went the same signal with her hand that she had seen her double make just before. Yes. he had recognized the signal and followed her. The train was iust due to start, aud she hastily jumped into a first-class carriage, A gentleman jumped in after her. -"Faithless fellow," she thought. "Constance," said a tremulous voice at her side "dearest Constance." 'You wretch !" cried Theresa, suddenly unveiling. But the effect was not what she antici wotoH Tt wns not her husband at' all ; it was Captain Potter, late of the Plungers, It is now necessary to revert to the pro nf Mr. Black, to account for his V,V...?e 7 nroannrp on the scene. Ernest had intended to take the news nnner nn to town with him, having been interested in an article he had not time t finish. But liaving, with his customary carelessness, left it behind mm, ne Dougm another at the station, and then the adver tioompnt rancrht his eve "Constance to Ernest." Yes, he knew what it meant. Ernest Black and Ernest Potter had been schoolfellows and cronies in early days; but their friendship had long since decayed. Potter was a reckless spendthrift, who had been obliged to leave the Plungers and sell his commission, swamped with innumera ble debts. He had been an om menu ui the Browns, too, and Constance had for merly been infatuated with him; but her father, who was a very violent, self-willed old fellow, swore that she should never rvnstance had a nice little fortune of her own, and she had just come of age, so ;r oi. noraiatpd in throwing herself luai " "m. - - , , hop fortune awav. mere was uo nap he said, with a jealous pang that he laughed at himself the next moment for feelmg. Whoever it was, she jumped into the car riage, and the captain after her. The guard whistled off the train, and Ernest turned away thinking that lie had been rather a fool for ha pains. Then he saw another young widow gaz ing eagerly about her and running here and there, evidently looking tor some one she couldn't find. At last, apparently over come with emotion, or fatigue, she flung herself upon a bench and hastily threw up her veil, revealing the pretty, agitated face of Constance Brown. Ernest spraing toward her. "Constance," he whispered, "you here, and in this disguise ! what does it mean ?" Constance burst into tears, and sobbed out that she didn i know. "I know," he said severely ; "you have an agreement with that infamous Potter." "Infamous, indeed," said Constance; and he has eone off with somebody else." At this moment a man in livery ap proached and touched his hat to Ernest. It was his own coachman, an old and faith ful servant who had been coachman to Er nest's father. Beg your pardon, Mr. Ernest, for com ing up here without leave, but have you seen the mistress, sir ?" "No. Wrhat do you mean?" "Well, sir, she drove to the station after you left, sir, and she seemed so wild like and unaccountable that 1 made bold to fol low her, for fear she might come to harm; and I followed her here, sir, where she changed her ress for widow's weeds, and got into the Brighton train, sir, with Cap tain Potter." Ernest turned pale and fainted. He recovered himself with great effort. "I know." he cried. "I sent her to Brighton, and have just seen her off. How dare you follow your mistress, sir?" The man turne"d away in blank dismay. "Ernest," said Constance, "we have both been deceived. " "Stuff!" said Ernest; "it was a trick we played you, that's all. We found out the plot, and counterplotted to save you." But still there was terrible doubt at his heart. What could it all mean ? "Come into the waiting room, Con stance,' he cned, "and let us talk. Ah, what misery! he muttered to himself. They turned into a waiting room, and Ernest threw himself upon a seat, leaned his arm upon the table, and groaned. What do you intend to do, Ernest (" said Constance, clutching him by the arm. It is all very well to tell your servant such stories. I admire you for it, JLrnest ; but I know better. It is deliberately planned, We are both deceived. ' "It is impossible," said Ernest. '-; "How blind you are," said Constance, "I always mistrusted Theresa; she Was my earjy friend, you remember, and I believe that Potter used to come to our house on purpose to see her, using me as a blind, Oh. Ernest, what shall we do?" "I shall call a special train and' follow them, said Erneac " "ThenJ will go with you," cried Con stance. Ernest rose and staggered to the platform once more. "Ernest !" said a decisive feminine voice at his elbow. He turned and beheld his wife and Cap tain Potter. Hullo!" cried Potter, "Ernest, my boy. how are you? Gad, I've got into a pretty rscss with all tms amouscaumg, wiuu6 party after all, jolly row, pull the string, stop the train Clapham junction, guaru in an awful rage. Give us in into custody, eh? Ha, ha! Here we are again, back first train. I say, old fellow, i ll ust change widows with you. 'Come into the waiting-room, cnea TClark- "luirl tell me what it all means. Pctter, I consider you an unprincipled fel low to inveigle this young lady into sucu u trap. Y'ou know you only want to waste her fortune as you ve wasted your own. Oentlv old fellow." said Potter, "all a mistake. My uncle died last week and left nip 43 (inn ft vear." "Then why do you make off in this clan destine way " . "It s all right, iJIack, l assure you. x .c got a special license in my pocket, parson waiting at Brighton. 'We're both of age, you know." "Then whv all this disguise?" "Oh, that was my doing," sobbed Con istance. "I was so dreadfully afraid of The Chancellor and but Doc in Vienna. "My dog! Where is my dog?" were Prince'Bismarek's first words on alighting on the plaifomi of the Westbahn , Railway Station one night, and, sure enough, there he was, the sleek quadruped who so seri ously imperilled the preeious existence of Prinee Gortschakoff during the Congress. With a bound Sultan, who had travelled seeond-class, was at his master's side, cov ering him with boisterous manifestations of canine affection, and not taking the slight est notice of Count Andrassy and Prince Keuss. who kept a respectful distance until Sultan had satisfied himself that, the Prinee was none the worse for his journey. The meeting between Count Andrassy and ", his illustrious guest was a cordial one,, and arm- in-arm they wauted to toe uourt carnage, a Dri vate brougham of the Ewrwror's. that was waiting to take Pre 'rck to the hotel where he is stanS? Jf" . Hardly were t.beri-o Tesmen seated and ready to scan ere down went the win dow on the near, side, and a stentorian voiee cried out. "Mein hund ! Who ist mein hund?" If anything had befallen that blessed dog while Prince Bismarck's attention was momentarily turned to another direction, it is my firm belief that it would have been all up with the Austro-German alliance, and the Incensed Chancellor would have taken tke next train back to Berlin. Sultan is, however, an experienced travel ler, and has v. very good notion of how to take care of himself. In a twinkling he was out of ih.2 carriage door, and, assisted by two court flunkeys, he sedately took his seat on the rug at the feet of the two gentlemen in side. Judge of the stupefaction of the crowd assembled outside the Hotel Imperial on seeing the four-legged occupant of the court brougham leap out with a bark, and, contrary to all etiquette, greet the nearest bystanders in a most unpleasantly demon strative styley. I never saw such a ndieul ous sight in my Me. People fled in all di rectlons, for Sultan has a bad reputation. He nearly upset the Congress by a uniusti fable attaek pon the Russian Pfcnipoten tiary, and sin$e then he has maimed one.ot the Berlin Foreign Office officials, tor lite, because he sat down on the chair usually occupied by Prince Bismarck. The worst of it is that he is not the genuine - historical favorite.of the Chancellor, but only a spuri ous imitation. Sultan the original Sultan I learn was Doisoned a couple of years ago, and. nothing can snaice prince uis marck's conviction that it was Social Democrats who did it. This is vjio banter of mine, bufca well-authenticatedfact known to every Deruner. u is, uuuuuja, lu yic serve Sultan the second from a similar fate that six Berlin detectives arrived last night, and, together with the police of Vienna, have taken unwonted measures ot precau tion in the neiehborhood of the Hotel lm perial. They were certainly not wanted for the safety ot fnnce BismarcK, wuo runs no risk whatever. the promiscuous collections one sees in a second-hand store.; The state dining-rooms in which the magnates who visited Washington in his retirement, were right royally entertained in the good old anti-Murphy days of wine punch and strong wines, is the most preten tious apartment ini the house. The chief decoration is an elaborately carved mantel piece, the gift of an ardent Italian admirer of the General's, j Tradition savs the vessel conveying this work of art was captured by French pirates, who upon learning that it was destined for the decoration of the home of Washington. spared the ship and sent her on her way re joicing, this mantel is now surrounded by a wire screen to protect it against the sacrilegious hands of the relic hunters, who, less considerate than the pirates, did not hesitate to disfigure it by cliipping off pieces of the precious marble. An ancient harp sichord, presented! by the General to his niece, JNeliy cugtw, occupies a corner oi this room,' bat is never nowadfliWtiJiened in the presence of visitors, for fear of mutila tion by these beasts of prey. Before this rule was adopted a number of the keys had been abstracted by the cunning and audac ity of these crazy creatures. A chair that came over in . the Mayflower, presented to Washington by a New England admirer, is one of the curiosities of this room. It is estimated by the Secretary of the Associa tion that upwards of one hundred thousand American gable ends have pressed its seat since that of W ashington rendered it tor ever sacrefl. Passing up the rather narrow stairway to the second floor, we are con fronted on the hret landing, by an old- fashioned, uprieht Dutch clock, which stands a silent witness to the thieving auda city of the relic-hunter. One of the tribe a few years since wrenched the gilt eagle from its pedestal on top of the clock, con cealed it under his coat, and disappeared before the loss wad discovered. After a glance at Nelly Custis' room and an inspection of the old-fashioned furniture used by that damsel, a run through another range of rooms, all containing some sort ot relic, including a highly sacred bed quilt made out of pieces of Mrs. VV ,'s old gowns, brings us to the room in which Washington died. Here is the! bed on which he drew his last breath, the little old-fashioned med icine stand that stood by his bedside during his last sickness, and numerous other Telics of more or less interest. A Terrible Experience. BRIEFS. October's Eventtnl History. Mount Vernon. get the widow's It was stfii F.mrst thought it was his duty a, it if he could. He flattered himself influence over Constance; i,o mnldn't Dut an end to the affair ,. .,. i,o ,,ii(rVt vpf, nrevail upon her aiiogeiiiti, uv, r-- - to have all her money carefully tied up. The advertisement meant an elopement, Ernest thought a clandestine marriage, hP snorifice of a girl's future to f rthle scamp. He would be there, too, to roll 1(1. on the Ah he found himself irreuu, oe scneo -renow, ner ime i i - . . noon AQ companion; for wither affection could J P atrmof ,-xpected, never iw timtmea. And tins ineuus.up . . . nwn. evidently expecting Fmpst didn't take any note of i ni, ouoniprii an-xious uu m anu i uin-i - . papa. "And how did you tilings, Constance? "F from -your Aunt Blake. not very wicked, was it?" "I think," said Theresa, wno nau lay ered her equanimity and her usual aspect of proud serenity, "I think, Constance, you had better come-back to Shrublands with me, and be married in a respectable, oraer- Anrf thPV artt Pfl thflt SO 11 wiuum i- Ti,0,- oil nt lrz tn hiiruDianus, aim ( 'nn at rW' A WAS married that next week, not the widow 8 weeds, but in lull Driuai costume, with several bridesmaids. "Ernest," said Theresa, aneciiouaici , whon it -was all over. "1 11 never be jealous aain, but for all that, I'm glad that artful minx is sateiy aisposea oi. one ouan uC w enter my doors again, never." Potter always speaks ol his mena ciac. with affectionate commiseration, and says that the worst five minutes he ever spent in his life were passed in the Brighton express in company with Mine. Iheresa. had coni'miinl ,i,,,jhati..l fnr . whole two years after her marriage to Ernest, during ! somebody l.inli it i i. i.:..f H.,i;,ri,t tn en. i him : and .-... . . -v- I no.i tn nvmd anv recognition, teriaiu oustance at her new nonie. -o . H keDt however, a Ernest t at tie beginning, at any rate, was no Constance. He kep t, m , at all fond of Constance, and used to think sharp lookou t on, UjaJ her yUits rather a bore. Anything was sudden, he no ticed thatlns eys UP better, however, than having his wife ini turning quickly tht booking the doleful and on such occasions he j in deep mourning pass into , the booking afSaU to contend spend a few ter now took up a position close by j AS time went on, however, little disa greements interposed between the two friends. Constance was of an adaptive nature,' and fonder f masculine than of feminine sccie ty. She professed great in terest in Ernest's pursuits, which were rather of a miscellaneous character. Alto- the wicket that openea w ulVwi platform, where the man stood who punched holes in the tickets. Presently a lady ui black brushed rapidly past. Ernest fol lowed her a few paces to assure himself it was not Constance Brown. o; the lady was of quite different carriage and figure from Constance more like his own wife, TiaterMls." - On one occasion, whiie journeying through the White mountain region, Agas sizandhis scientific companion, seated on the top of a stage, irritated the driver by repeatedly calling upon him to stop when they noticed anything botanically fascina ting on the road, and jumping down from order to obtain it. Prof. Fel- ton who was with them, kept his seat dur- tiirr tli will rinV nd told the driver in explanation of their conduct that they were naturalists. On the next day, when the coachman had another load of passengers, he narrated to those near him on the box the strange freaks of his yesterday's com panions. "Their keeper," he added, call- ed them naterais ; anu cerunuij haved themselves as sich.". America has 150 exhibits at the Svdnev exhibition, which was opened on thelTth of September. The only woollen mill in Texas is at New Braunfels. Last year the pro fits were 81,00Q. . A recenfc visitor iount yernon, the home and last resting place of George Wash ington, thus notes his impressions : Above the trees peeps the little red cupola. and as the boat makes the wide sweep ren dered necessary by the shallow .water in the immediate front in order to reach the pier below, we catch transient views of the col umns of the portico that runs the entire length of the mansion. Owing to the dense foliage these partial glimpses are all the nassinsr traveler sees of the "sacred fabric." The display of a little of G. W.'s talent for hatcheting on these umbrageous branches would effect a decided improvement in the view from the river. From the pier at which the boat lands a well kept carriage wav leads up a ravine directly to the tomb. To the right of the road, in a mucky spot in the bed of the ravine, stands a clump of Weeping willows, which a guide-board in forms you were propogated from cuttings from the tree that shadowed Napoleon's grave at St. Helena. . This is a favorite preying grounds for the relic-hunting pirates, aud were it not for the close watch kept over the trees, they would soon be cleaned nut rnnt and branch. Bv the way, one of the main objects of the Association is to protect the grounds and mansion from these vulgar vandals, who would, n not cioseiy watched, soon make a desert of the place The tomb is a plain, weather-beaten red structure, built into the side ofj the hill at the head of the ravine, with front toward the river. An iron grating extends almost the entire length of the front, through the bars of which visitors can view the marble oa,-.r.iiiirri rnntninininsT the remains of George and Martha Washington. Both rest prone on the stone floor, that of George on the right, w ith Martha's on the opposite side of the entrance. George has a spread eagle above his breast, while Martha rests beneath a plain slab, whose only decoration are the carved letters of her honored name In the dark vaults beyond rests the remains of a number of the Washington family, and in the front and on the right of the tomb commemorative of the part hi v honors and heavenlv virtues of these None "but the sentimental linger long at the unimpressive mausoleum, and as the matter nf.fnrt are senerallv greatly in me lnaiuiuj the tomb Ts soon deserted for the lunch tables, a number of which have been placed by the sensible officers of the Association in shadv snots, for the convenience of pic- nicers "who carry a comniissionary depart ment while for the improvident a retresh mot ,tanr1 where creature comforts can be had at reasonable rates, is provided, T.unrh over, the inspection of the mansion tmna First in order is a peep at the v;t,i,n with its hure fire-place and ,ri,nt rrane. both of which excite the aw and admiration of the females of our flock tn a orpater extent than did the coinns con taininc the remains of those who consumi-d .the food here prepared. Ti.pn romes a ranee through the library with its large book-cases and seventeen closets, including a secret one above the mantel-piece, in "which the silver was secre ted before the days of burglar-proof safes; the every-dav dining-room, where the family took their meals wlftn not inflicted with visitors of high degree, for whom a more sumptuous apartment at the other end of the building was reserved, through the rpntrehall. where the brackets for Wash ington's field glass are pointeu mi, uu the lantern-like box in which is suspended the famous kev of the Bastile. presented bv La Favette. is seen. Washington's own hands, we are told, placed the key on the hook about eighty years ago, and it has never since been disturled. On the other side of the hall we pass through a room containing a large glass show-case, filled with the relics of the great man, which strikingly resemble, without arrangement. The Vine Month as our Saxon forefathers poetically called October, numbers among its countless anniversaries several of so much importance including at least three of the world's decisive battles as fairly to entitle it to the foremost place in historical association among the months of the year. On the 1st beean the fatal Afghan war of 1838. which ended in January, 1842, with the most signal disaster that ever befell the British arms. It was also the birthday of Lord Bolingbroke,: the most brilliant and heartless of all Queen Anne's statesman authors. On the. 2d died the great Arago, one of the ablest scientists and most single hearted politicians of modern times. On the 5th occurred j .Bonaparte s sanguinary repulse of the Parisian "Sections," in 1794, the last act of the Revolution and the first of his own wonderful career. The 7th, by a strange coincidence, witnessed General Mr. Jacob Fike, a trealthy farmer, Uvea on what is known as the Barker farm, ten miles north of Marietta, on the Ohio river. His house is a large brick structure, well calculated to attract the attention of tramps and idlers. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Fike and his wife came to this place, leaving their daughter Mary at home alone, her two brothers being at work in a distant field. Alnnit three o'clock P. M.. Miss Pike went to the well for a bucket of water. The well is under the roof of a side porch to the house, and just as the young lady stepped out of the door two tramps accosted her and ftskpfl her for something to eat. She was alarmed at the rough manner of the request, but with great coolness told them she had no time to wait on them. She then pro ceeded to lower the -bucket into the well. One of the men griped the lady by the arm. and in a threatenine manner said thy would have somethiife to eat or she would suffer for it. Tfibw tlioro"irhlv alarmed the poor girl struggled' 4J ga free, Tt the rascal said something to his confederate, and each one grasping her by an arm and her dress below they crowded her through tin. 1ot of the well and down through the opening into the darkness, and then fled with all haste. In her e xtremity the victim imisDed the rone, and there being some twpntv.fivi' feet vet on the windlass, this ran rapidly off, and with a sudden jerk left her suspended twenty-five feet from the top and thirty-five feet above the water. The sudden jerk of the rope, while it almost tore the girl's arms off, probably saved her life, for by some strangs twist it threw one or two coils of the rope around the girl's ankle, and this enabled her to re lieve the terrible strain on her arms until she could find a foothold in the wall. In this terrible position the brave girl stood for one hour and fifteen minutes, not daring to cry out at first for fear her would-be mur derers would know that she was still alive and finish their -hellish work. At last she heard the joyful sounds of the barking of her favorite" dog as he accompanied her brothers home from the field, and called' loudly for help. After some little delay a rope was lowered with a loose knot, into which Miss Fike willingly sank, and she was drawn to the surface. The alarm was immediately given, and parties were sent in all directions in pursuit, but with no suc cess up to this evening, although several suspicious looking parties were arrested to day and brought before the lady, hut she did not recognize any of them. Miss Pike is sixteen years of age, a handsome, finely developed little brunette, and is to-day the wonder of thousands of visitors, .who have crowded in to see her and congratulate her nn her wonderful pluck and endurance. She looks badly shaken up, however, and as she was relating the story to-day when her eyes wandered to the well a slmdder ran through her whole frame. She says that while in the well she could see the stars above her, as well as their reflection in the-water below ; but she never lost heart She ran onlv frive a poor de- The first gold mine in the United States was discovered in souin Caro lina in 1790. In 1S77 2800 machine-made doors were gtnppeu to jLnjjianu, iasi jei 45,000. . . ' Thtfatate of Ohio stand fourth In manufactures, the value of thenuual products being $270,000,000. An ice-raanufacturlng company of Boston is turning out 12,000 pounds a day. It is sold at $10 a ton. England's national dobt on April 1, 1879. was 778,078,540, or about $J,- 890,3S4,200. There are 150,000 miles of iron road In the world, of which more tha,n half are in the United States. ' ' From statistics prepared In'Chlca i ii"TrlruT rrnjrnf the Northwest this year wlllheibSat 5,000,000,000 reet. Over 1,000 person! Clark and Wayne cunOa,ai3,eiXlielr Uv-; Ing by the turpentine Industry. The experimental cotton factory at Atlanta, U-, ia.jrettlag Mono, with orders ahead for 600,000 yards of cloth. - Many Lancaster county farmers Viotrp nnt nrnviil1 Hllfllctftnt StorillfT 80-- comodations for their tobacco atid much of It Is spoiling. The British war steamer Mercury, lately completed and tested, is said to be the swiftest vessel in the Vorld. She makes 22 miles an hour. In 1880 the new organization' of the French army will attain Its full devel opment. The active army will consist of 497,793 men, It is estimated that bad weather this season in Great Britain hatf'in Me ted a loss of $200,000,000 upon the agri cultural districts. ' A sum of over 57,000 francs has been collected to build a - memorial -chapel in honor of the Prince Imperial in Paris. The largest sum ever paid for a horse in England was $72,000. given for Doncaster by the Duke of. West minster. y From 1873 to 1879 luclusTvo. the United States mints coined 376,841,340 pieces of money, aggregating Id value $419,071,313.30. ... Chicago packers have slaughtered 1,481,000 hogs since March I. to date, against 1,643,000 for the corresponding period a year ago. ' It Issald that the entire population of the world could be provided tor in the United States bv alio wine each scription of the men who attacked her, and cigar8 thinks pne-was-a tail ffercom riiu moustache and a straw hat.- The whole country is aroused, and it may yet result in a case of lynch law. person one and a half acres of land. Three Exeter gentlemen recently walked up Mt. Washington, stepping over the 13,578 sleepers which are four teen inches apart, oa the cog railway, A careful political economist close ly calculates that women in this, coun try might annually save $14,500,000 in ribbons which the men migtitspenu in The Panther-Killer. Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga- the turn ing point of the War of Independence and the death of his son, Sir John Burgoyne, the famous military engineer of the Crimean war. The Chicago tire has immortalized the 8th and 9th. Arnold's naval action on Lake Champlain the 11th. Upon the 12th Columbus first saw the shores of the New World. The 14th has the three-told re nown of William the Conqueror's victory at Hastings. Frederick the Great's defeat at Hochkirch by Marshal Daun.and Napoleon's decisive overthrow of the Prussians at Jena. Mukhtar Pasha's crowning defeat in Armenia (1877) marks the 15th.. Ou the 16th Harper's Ferry was seized by "Ossa watomie" Brown',1 who was wounded and made prisoner on the following morning by the Virginia Militia. The .first liombard- ment of Sebastopol took place on the 17th, also Austria's, expulsion from Italy (1797) by the Canipo Fonnio treaty. The 8th-saw the close ot the three nays name Loipsic, and the repulse of W ellington before Burgos. lhe fatal retreat trjm Moscow beiran on the 19lh, the anniversary Yorktown. The 20th witnessed Mack s surrender at I'lm, in 1805. Balaklava was night on the 25tlu and Met, surrendered . , ?-.. or, I. TV. tliia V jlarsnai naaiuc on 11.11. w (ing list must still be added Turkt-y's decla- ration ot war against uussia in io.j.j, me Anglo-French capture of Pekin in I860. .Bismark's summary dissolution of the Prussian Chamtier of Deputies, and the birth of Edward VI. of hngland. Jonathan Edwards. Marshal Saxe, the French ter rorist Danton. and Sir Colin Campbell, af terward Lord Clyde. The man's name is Bombonncl, and h is specialty is panthers. Several panthers in Africa fell under his sure aim, but with one of theTtrile, he was near coming to grief irretrievable. This is the-story that makes him an famous in Paris, and on account of which people so run after him, that on the compared with the valuation of last Boulevard you may be obstructed by M. ysar. Bombonnel as by a crowd ol venu les, ine un tne 418t OI d uiy i,oo rneire, neither renuires to be shot at her first 0r in round numbers, about 7) a miles. During the past three years 132 American railroads, covering nearly 17,000 miles, and representing an In vested capital of $728,463,000, have been sold under foreclosure. Although the exodus to Europe during the past summer was very large, It fell, behind that of VMS by nearly 4,000 the respective numbers being about 16,000 and 20,000. The total valuatiouof real and per sonal property in Vermont for this vear shows a decrease of $11.18.) as x 'i. . .1 .1.1.. .l.n.il. rul ell.i spring, tor, U not inoniugnij uinamiu, m. flies at you at your first move. She has no organ of smell but her ear is so quick that a pin-drop would startle her. On one occa sion M. Bombonnel nred at a niagniuecm panther, and shot off her "two front paws. The, beast fell, and lay still. He waited thought her dead ; he moved she flew at him in spite of her wounds, and, flinging her whole weight uon him, threw him to the ground. He was under the animal innermost. Oncning her huge maw. she bent over him and took in his head. Then raine one bite, and another bite, and an other, and at each bite her fearful fangs went through his flesh. The work of bit ing, however, did not seem easy, forthefull play of the jaw was not left her ; and her victim, with great presence of mind, seized her throat and forced her to relax her hold. Having once extricated herself from this perilous position, and knight the -fierce creature lo a lilieral want of breatli, she was subsequently got rid ot ly the nunicr s Mine. Petroleum a a Remedy for Conumptjo. Eye Gl8es i the French Army. The hostility with which the old school of niilitarv men in France regard the Repub lic and all its works will not be lessened by a circular recently issued by the Minister of War. Orders are now given that soldiers in the ranks shall be allowed, when a sur geon has testified to the necessity, to wear spectacles. The officers who obtained their promotion when the Empire lasted of pos sessing the neatest and liest equipped army in Europe a boast which was afterwanls found to be not incompatible with deficiency in more serviceable fighting qualities have been scandalized beyond measure by this order. Thev sav that the Republicon ad ministration'of the! arm;abus'H the maxim, 'a eit ( t ab h 'wtc dwfri." and rushes into an unseemly imitation of the German mifitarv,svstem." even in its pettiest acci ,i,..o " Thi. Kf-nrnin. it is well known. never obiected to the enlistment of short-sighted soldiers who could see well enoughfor service in the field, with the aid of glasses. But the professional pedantry of French officers cannot endure to look upon a soldier in the ranks arrayed in pan oplv provided bv the optician. They have the fear of the caricaturist too constantly before their eves. ! According to a French correspondent, who declares that he was a witness of the actj an officer was seen the , Aar in anatrh the snectacle? from the IJllltl ' 1 ' . . 1 I face of an amazed reserviste of the bne, and to tramnle them rAibBcly under foot, as a solemn protest against the scandalous prac lirf It is difficult to believe that! this vehe ment upholder of accepted miliuVy usage or, ciiTiiit to remain in the arm V after the recent circular of the Minister of V ar. Seven morei furnaces are about to be started at Hollidaysburg, 1 a. The seenea, which are daily witnessed at the Oil works' at Point Breeze, to which numbers of consumptives resort in order to inhale the vapors from the stills and obtain crude oil for internal application ; -have their counterpart over in France A Gov ernment report, recently puplished in the JirlMin-xi Thcrapeuiirjw, narrates that a refiner of petroleum was prohibited by a Prefect from distributingpetroleum in med icinal doses. Some of the sufferers appeal- and the Government orderea i-r. ed. Blachc, a prominent nicuicai praciiiioiici, to institute an investigation as to the utility of petroleiun in affections of the chert. Native petroleum from Pennsylvania and Virginia was experimented with : Dr. Blache, in his report, stated that he found that, in chronic brohchitis with abundant .v..tnr.tir.n it mniillv diminished the amount of the secretion and the paroxysms of coughing; while in simple bronehitis rapid amelioration was obtained. Iu em plovment in phthiss was continued for too short a time to warraoi auj uiuiu ,cfi'" ing its efficiency, beyond that it is amuniitn ing the expectoration, which also lost its purulent character. Dr. Blache says that the petroleum is popularly taken in doeesof a teaspoonfuJ telore eaeu uiou, wi after the first day any nausea which it ex- eites in most persons disappears. Bhbop Twlgg says there shall be nn mnr marrlaees auer o,-2 r. at. the Pittsburg Cathedral. Tn the middle week of August Eng- in,i ha exactly 17 V. hours of sun- laiiu j r shine of the St. Gothard Tunnel through the Alps had been bored. ' The tunnel w ill not be finished this year, It Is announced that.. wells have been bored upon the lands in South Australia subject to drought, and 10.CO0 gallons of good water a day been ob tained. The annual rate of mortality in England and Wales wa 22.20 from 1840tol350; 22.24 from 1850 to 1800; 22.51 from 186$ to 1870; 21.04 from 1870 to 1877. M. Thiers Is said to have left no writings, except the 2,000 pages of, notes which were to form his great -philosophical work. These were de posited with the Baik of England in November, 1870, and are still there, Mr. Asa Pavne, of Scott county. Kv., the son of General Payne, ( the War ol 1812, Is said to be the oldest liv ing graduate of West Point. Uc U !1 years old, and was a member of the fist class. Two Indians from Hampton are to serve as teachers for the 250 young Indian pupils whom Captain 11. C. Pratt is collecting In the Indian coun try for the new Industrial school at Carlisle, I'k. Canadian high protective tarlfTdocs not seem to put money Into the Domin ion purse The revenue for the month of August, 1878. was $2,05S,43.53. This year the receipts were only $1, 970,08.36. Chicago is the great cattle market of the Western world. A fair quota is 21,000 per-week, but during August the supplies were about 4,ww uauy, or between 23,000 and 26,000 per week, nd they broke down the market. The cotton year ended with tho month of August. And the summation of receipts ot bales Is unprecedentedly large, the yield for the year being 5,073,531 bales, against 4.811,265 bales for 1878, In 1859 the yield was 4,833,- 770 bales. Th. remark that Bismarck receives $13,600 for his Chancellorship elicits the fact that the uerman lhi'immuui - London baa a salary of $4J,ow anu one of the finest houses in Ltftiuon. jori Beaconsfleld has the $,uw a year i in used to receive. The Texas cattle drive has nearly atUined the proportions of that of last year. The number counted passing Fort Griffin the present aeon is 257, 927 against 265,646 In 1878. Last year 83.458 passed Fort Worth; thla year, 137,552. 1 n The OjftcLal Journal of St. Peters burg hia published the report f the flrm tn KUMIt mine niouui v j Texas sold one million bales of cot- There were 2,833, and the total loss U ton last year. Twelve years su uwu to sell 75,000 bale. Tb European beet-sugar crop la estimated at 1,610,000 tons againSt 1, 500,006 tons last year. estimated at over & t millions or rou fl ies. The cause of fire were incendi arism in 424 cases, neglect in 674 caws, lightning in 374 cases, and the remain der undiscovered. 1 V ! I ! 1 it Si i X
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