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u,-:r ... . . . o : - J c! REDG J. H. HALLIBURTON, Editor and Proprietor. MORGANTUN. N. C, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 28 1SS0. VOL V. NO! t aaa.S-a-ea. THE BLUE E BLADE. 7 i nwi tin t ourn waroxu Koutm Bod by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes M A At um BrauUst extended aim in Boston by u array af Utenrj eelebriUee an the event oi hli 70th blrtk y.J What if thU mtrltreh you ire kindly greeting? Mat unfamiliar to mj ears hit name, Nor yet unknown to many a Jooue meeting In oajre long vanished ie he itUl the earner Or, ehaagel by y eats, forgotten snd largetttng, PoUjjred, Weighted, slow oi ejwecli sni fl Verlne eU, degenerate pneent fretting, ft ben ail gon wrong ud nothing a it ought 014 gjthe gray beard I Wett, indeed, I kMff Shru.k, tottering, beat, of eehee end lb tke T00' fT WJ picture, v a bwi hub Ban my earliest day In m eld iEsop, toiUi f with hh bnndls- ilia nea at mrka tviH t.i. -.1,1 .i oout ;.j . r " tailed fcrwouH he lugortrtuv J?- ; --Hia fair slay He wee exeat 4ti&( '" V J Ay-allhepreacheTV-- - , In that hut chapter, where the wor-o5t teacher . . ; , Btglu o'er the loosened cord, the krukan bowl 1 Yea, long Indeed, I've known him at a distance, And nnw my lifted door-latch shows him here, I take his shriveled hand without reaiaUnce And iind him amUlng aa hla atep draws near W hit though of gilded bawbles he bereaves ua, lirU the heart of youth, to manhood's prime; Think of the calm he brings, the wealth he learn us, The hoarded epoile, the legacies of time Alters oner flaming, Mill with Incense fragrant, l'awlons' uneasy nursling r'k-yl asleep, Hnra-saiu-hur faster, wild dusire leas vibrant, Life's flow less noiay, but the at ream l.ow deep. 81111, as the ellver cord gets worn and sender Its lightened taak-work tuss with leNAniii-i strain Hands nets more helpful, Toices grow more tender Soothe with their softened tonea the aluiubrjua 'brain. Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remem bers, . Sits by Ihe raked up aahea of the past, Spreads i!.s thin ha wis bore the whitening rmheri That warm its creeping life blood till thelaat. Pear to its heart is every loving token That comes unbidden ere its pulse (.Tows cold, Ere the last lingering tlea of life arc broken, " Its labors ended and its story told. Ah; when around us rosy youth rejoleee, ior ua I lie? sorruff-laden breezes srqli, And lhp;Urh the chorus of its jocund v-dece 1xni the sharp notes of misery's hopeless cry. Ason the gauzy win ot laney flying , l'nian s.iue far orb I tjark our watery sphere Home of the strusglini!, sufferine, doubting, dying The silvered globule seems a glistening tear. But nature lends her mirror of illusion To win from aaddemng scenes our age-dimmed ' oyet And misty day-dreams blend in sweet confusion Tbe wintry lundscajtt'aud the summer skies. So when the Iron wrtjd shuLs behind us, And life fi rv'iui us in its noise and whirl, Visions that shunned thrglnnn,; noonday find ua, And glimraeruig starlight shows the gales of pearL I come not here your morning hour to sadden A limping pilgrim, leaning on his stflft - I, who have never deemed it sin to gladder,. This vale of rrows with a wholeaome lau;h. If woi.l nf mine another's so.-.:U l,a ItrUrhtenH, Tiiv iii toy dumu iijw t:w neat eu-oefl message e-ime - . 11 hand of mine another's t.v.ii hps lightened I felt thcK'.iidanee that i!-dare notetaint. Bul oh! mr Tins-' tlii il!e aMeii, oh ! my l.rothers, sown nuw Hakes Liut of toil'a re- These feebler pulies bid me leave to others J Thy tasks olieo wolcome; evuniiig asks fur pece. 1 ime claims his tribute; silence now in ! h ni , Iet ine not rea the too long surlerlnii fyre; auouii i Tiiui ime uui;rui sua 'lerioKen The eui ii r tells mi' covers up the fire. And now niih grateful smile and aeeenls cHeerfuI, Anil wai!i!;T heart than loot or W"rd can ell, In simjilevt p'irase lliiac tre.itoious eyes are t- IUI : I Thanka. brothera. sisters rhrdrp anj farewell THE ENDING OF A FEUD. The feii'l between the Kentucky families o( Ueynolils and Garth had its origin sitne tiinr previous to the .great civil war; liut that elrire of lection against section, State against Htate, and brother aprainst brother, added fuel to its tire ai d intensity of its bitternef s. ' When the war broke out the Reynolds faaiily ranged themselves on the side of the Rebels, and the Garths, probably for no better reason tban opposition to their old enemies, espoused ti e Union cause. It is not to be supposed that either of the families cared much, if anything, for the principals involved in the con test, the Reynolds tribe seeing in the struggle a pretext for devoting them selves to the destruction of the Garths, and the Garth tribe rinding in the war an excuse for' the extermination of the Reynold. Thug it happened that uo member of either family was regularly enrolled in anv armv. but all the Rey nolds and all the Garths preferred to serve their personal ends by engaging In a style of warfare which was generally regarded as illegitimate. They called themselves guerrillas and partisans, but other people gave them the designation of bushwhackers. Thev tarried on the business of bush whacking to their mutual extermination, , if not to their entire satisfaction. So thoroughly was the work of the bullet and the rope done, that there were left of the two tribes at the close of the war only Thil Reynolds on the one side, and John Garth and his daughter Iottie on the other. It was then supposed that one or the ntk nf il,a r.wn mala snrviTOrs would terminate the feud by. completing the extermination of on family or the other, but the general expectation was disappoiuied. John Garth, find ins: himself obnox ious in the neighborhood because of his alleged Union sentiments, quittea Ken tucky, and crossed the river to take up his abode in Indiana. John G.rth made an end of his exile within a year. His property was going to waste, his old ncteaborhood had set tled down to a condition of reasonable ouietude and toleration, and be re turned to his farm, accompanied by his daughter Lottie, then a tall and hand some trirl ot eiehteen. " It was then believed that the feud use of those farinaceous powders or pay the penalty of having their fair skins transformed Into hides. The origin of these living organisms would be at last fousrht out to a fatal termination, but no immediate 'conflict occurred between the survivors -ot tbe hostile families. Phil Reynolds and John Garth both went arme"d. but that was the custom of the country, and the care with which they avoided each other exceeded the eagerness with which they had sought a n etting during their bushwhacking dsys. At last, as Reynolds was returning from the mill, he met Garth in a narrow path on the side of a hill, and a glance at their faces was ieucugh to show that (he fatal hour bad come. Kelther waa willing to make way for the other, and the first words that broke from their lipa were those of abuse and mination. After a lime ot this wordy warfare they drew their pistol and opened fire. . . , . When all the chambers oi weir re - had been discharged, the result of the action thus far was seen to have been latal Lu rKV uuilu, iuu.c muu - aor.se, while the two men wen tUffcUy They renewed the fight on foot, clinching ud wrestline for the mastery. Then Simrth Hpp.jd and fell, hw nttoniit fslling upon him. With a yell of triumph Beynolds drew hi knife, and prepared to wipe out til ecores with a death Stroke. At that moment Lottie Garth came riding up the hill, and with one glance she took in the detail of the scene, and realized her father danger. Without pausing to dismount; she im plored Beynolds to spare tbe life of the prostrate man. Her tearful eyes, her outstretched arms, and her agonixing accents, might have melted a heart of stone, but they could not change Phil Beynold's heart of fire. He only taw in her appearance another cause tor tnumpn, a cnance to inflict ice to liinicr jj..i!. v. t -i STT Wlw.' f f uiuvo mi ucftij aoui w uienearxoi ine man beneath him, and John Garth's fighting days were ended. Lottie Garth shook and bent in her saddle like a sapling in a strong wind, and it seemed as if she would fall fmm her horse ; but she recovered herself, and fiercely faced the murderer as he rose irom bu bloody .work. Phil Reynolds," she said, and her voice rang out on the mountain air ai clear aa a silver bell, "yon have mur dered my father, though I begged you to spare bis lite. As sure as God lets me live I will kill you for this deed I" teynoidi was fairly cowed for a moment. Perhaps he felt the enormity his crime; perhaps the words and' one of the orphan girl cnt him to the quick. 1 1 He made no reply, but picked up his pietol, and hastily began to load it, as if he meant to complete the work of exter minating the Garths, and at the same time to get rid of a witness. But Lottie turned and galloped away, and was soon out of his reach or sicht. Lottie Garth did not expect that the slayer of her father would be punished by law, and he was not. He was ar rested and held to bail, but was never brought to trial. Ihe feeling was that such a feud must have sucn an ending, and that it was a matter of little conseciuence whether Reynolds killed Garth or Garth killed R''vrjolds, though there was more runathy with the latter than the former, on political grounds. l ne girl gave her testimony at the nquest, aw that her father was properly buried, and then bade farewell to her few friends in the neiirborhood. after putting the ;;ir!h farm in the hands of an agent to be disposed of. It was un derstood that she had returned to Indiana. It was some six months after the death .Ir.iiii (iarth that a stranger made bis appearance in the settlement. He was a boy, beardless and with curling locks, but active, intelligent, and able-bodied. lie said that his name was Ben oeliew. that he was from Barren County, that his i'atfior had htmn killed in Uu) war. J am tnat the recent death ot ins mother had left him an orphan, with his own ivny to make in he world. Just then he wanted farm work, and he easiiy found it in the settlement, as he waa neither afraid nor ashamed to work. He proved to be a sood harvest hand, and made himself useful in thatspecialty to everal farmers, but finally accepted the o8er of Phil Reynolds, who proposed to give him a home for the winter and a small allowance of money, in return foi his services. l'hil Reynolds was overjoyed at the pojiiisitiou of bis new farm baud. The ex-bushwhacker was a lonely man, and lie lived alone, With the exception ,of such chance negro servants as he could j'ick up, Mint they had peculiar ideas ot independence since their emancipation. Ben Sellew professed and proved him self to be capable notorly of doing field work, but ot preparing the meals ana keeping the household in order. As he offered to make himself generally useful for a small stipend, he was a god-send to Reynolds. The stranger from Barren County did his work well. He was active and will ing. To use a word peculiar to that region, it would be hard to find a more " biddable" boy. Phil Reynolds had not been so comfortable and so well eared for in years, and he regarded Ben wnrv r.ni oniy a-, - ir?s'r but as srw'dutelv neeesry to his esrisfece. Thus alfSTfg proceeded smoointy ot the Reynolds' farm, until the owner wa taken "sick, about a month after Ben Bellew had accepted his employment. It 's a strange illness, and the neigh borhood doctor could make nothing of it. The sick man complained of unac countable pains, and became so weak that he was obliged to take to his bed. The physician, unable to make a satis factory diagnosis of the case, dosed his patient with various drugs, by way of experimenting upon their effect, and the symptoms became aggravated, until Reynolds sank into an apparently hope less decline. Ben Sellew attended him with the utmost faithfulness, preparing all his food and giving him all his medicine, and he showed the deepest concern when a medical consultation had decided that there -was no hope for Phil Reynolds. Ben was charged with the duty of break ing this sad news to the sice man, ana he did it tenderly. " If there is anything on your mind," said the boy. " perhaps you had better clMuitof', " I have been a hard case," replied Reynolds,;" but there is only one thing that really bothers me. I killed John Garth when his darter - was beggin' for his life." " 1 haw heard of that, and I think you might have showed a little mercy mere- " Did he Bhowanv merev when ha ehnt my Drotnerr- asked Reynolds. Did you show any mercy when yon sanged his sonT answered Ben Sellew. Well, it sail donnainH anna That: ral of Garth's swore that she would kill me, ana 1 mow she meant it- !vs hn lookin' for her ever since, but I reckon uc wji miM ner cnance. " Don't be too sure of that," said the ooy, as he left the room. Ben bellew went out to find tbe negro manthe only person then on the place besides himself and Reynolds to send Vi I m t. - a . " r uiiu lf mi ueareet town ior some wine which the doctor had ordered. The messenger was soon jogging along upon his favorite mule. As tie nearest tnwn was some ten miles away, and the roads were bad, he could not" be expected to return under four hours. It was dark when the boy went back to via ticx man's chamber, where ha lighted a lamp, and mixed t dose of medicine. i c 1 " Take this," said he, as he put the ' I f bus to ReynoldV lips. "It will be the , last aose you will need. " Have I got to trooffao soon as the r i aked the terrified patient, when he had j anuuvcu uio urauglH, " So tbe doctor aw iJilVr d' " What do yon mean f "lam Lottie Garth." burS!1,poi8onedme, iu vv3!!eo 1116 v?60 man returned, he found Beynolds dead in his bed. He called ,n the neighbora, and theTw "PPer Pned to the dead maa'e breast, on which these words were writ? "ma"i John Garth, and J,hn Gaih'$ daughter hat killed him!" The boy from Barren Countr harl ri,v . j , .. . .. - - "V1-; tm feud had at last burned- out for lack of fuel. A TERbIbLE 5IGHT. BeceJlliaar sue lauMnt TTeare Ue-Fnte tm Dearth Vm taw Ktwer. A writer at Eauinnnk. P relate the following Tad story: Raftmen, returning from down the river, bring news of the death of Mrs. Jacob Moser, of Mosertown, Northampton County, which recalls the frightful work of a winter night filty-two years ago, by which the deceased was made a window. It is a reminiscence of the davs when transportation between Philadelphia and Easton wa9 by Durham boats, a style of craft unknowji to this generation. une aay m January, 1828, Jacob Moser, his brother-in-law. .Ternmo Mil. ler;,his brother,, Rinaldo Moser, and a cousin named Certright, were runniuga Durham boat from Philadelphia with' a cargo of whisky. Jacob lbser was a powerful man of thirty ; Miller was about the same age, and Rinaldo Moser and Cortright were lads of eighteen. iNight was approaching when they were in the vicinity of Bristol, and they were caught in a violent storm of wind and sleet. Unable to make a lawling on either shore, they ran their boat on a small island. 4.s,itgrew dark the storm increased in fury, and it was hitter cold. feople who remember that night say that it was the mist fearful one ever known on the river. The mercury stood below zero and :the wind blew a gale. fhe storm had .commenced with rain. and, as the cold, increased, the rain was irozen into great pellets of ice. which the wind hurled about with tremendous force. To this awful war of the elements the four boatmen were exposed, with not a scrap of wood on the island with which a fire might be kindled, and nothing to shelter them from the storm. Xbey attempted to keep warm by run ning up and down the inland, and, after au hours incessant exercise in that way. which reudered'but little relief, one oi the party suggested the rolling of a bar rel of whisky from the boat and setting it on fire. This; happy thought inspired o ....1. w wick UeP, M'nth- great difficulty they unloaded one of the barrels. Ihen the appalling discovery was made that there was not a match in the possession of the party. From that moment Jacob Moser lost his heart. He would not make any iurther effort to keen warm, and for a Iont? time his brother and Miller dragged him about tbe island, endeavoring to keep his blooa in circulation, all to no purpose, for at the end of an hour he was beyond all hope, and they were dragging . a frozen corpse between them. When the dis covery was made that there was no matches, young Cortright knocked the head of a whisky barrel in with a stone, and let himself snto tbe liquor up to his chin. Miller and Rinaldo Moser con- inufd to ficrht all nieht long asralnst the terrible death that assailed them. When. daylight appeared they were discovered by other boatmen, and a rescuing party started after them. At the Bight of the boat approaching, the wonderful nerve that had . kept Rinaldo Moser alive through the fearful night deserted him. and he fell to tbe ground unconscious. Jerome Miller, although his hands, ears, and face were frozen as white as Bnow, and his feet were so stiff that he could scarcely move, never lost consciousness. Cortright's face and ears were terribly Irozen, the latter bo oadiy that tney dropped from his head. The cold had nolr penetrated where the whisky cov ered him, but from his neck down he was one immense blister, the liquor burned him so.! The three survivors of the awful night and the dead body of its victim were removed to Bristol and subsequently to Mosertown. liinaido iloser s legs were amputated at the thigh, as they were so terribly frozen that it was impossible to save them- He lived, and became one of the most robust, men on the river. He took up his residence with hia siater-in-law, the widow of Jacob, and for forty-nine years supported himself and her ferrying people across tbe river and by fishing. He became known as the " Legless Terryman," and no character was better known than he waa irom on end of the river to the other. He waa a most expert oarsman, and had few eauals as a scientific fisherman, the facility with which he got around on his legless body was wonoeriui. ue niea m December, I8it, agea sixiy-six years. Jerome Miller and Uqrtnght both re covered, but both met tragic deatha soon afterward. Miller, was drowned in 1829 in the Delaware, and Borne year afterward Cortright waa burned to death in New Jersey. Jacob Moser left two tons. One of them was drowned iu the Lehigh River a few years ago, and about the same time the other was drowned in the Delaware.; The death of their mother removes the last survivor of the singu larly fated family. She was about seventy-six years oia. Thi decision of JsdgBaJL at Zanes vilie, covers ground of importance to trades n a ions and employes effected by them. The Judge holds that such a union as the Glassblowers' Association, which undertakes to say who shall and who shall not work in a given shop or factory, is in conflict with the laws of the State and of the United States, and enjoins its members from interfering in any way with non-members, or even en-t-rir.e b pitemieei where they are t " Do cot kick every onein your way." is the advice ito a yourjg rSan given by one of our exchanges. No, sonny, don ', lick every oae in vour way It is tt to only tick 'a few the little fe!:.ws: ior intiirce : ibey canfi-ck back. Never kick tbo-e big si x-f octers with should ers tike a brawn none frott. It migtl be dangerous. Pss them by in siieil f-corn, and when you aie far enoueb away, throw a brick at them. Derrick. 1 Scott's first Lere. OeeeafWeek. It is an old aaying, " Whom first we' love we never wed' and this, though not strictly true, may be applied to 8cott, Byron, George Washington, and many other men of note. It is interest' ing to observe how poets generally pre sent their love matters to the public. The personal experience of sucn men will crop out. Scott, for instance, fell deeply in love, in early life,1 with a girl of aristocratic family, and as he was then merely a poor barrister, there was no prospect of success. Hia father, knowing this, and being desirous to bring the matter to close, suggested to the parents the propriety of terminating the acquaintance, and this was done in the least painful manner. The lady was tbe only daughter of Sir John Stewart of Forfstahire, and she afterward married Six William Forbes, the noted Sdinfcjsrgh banker. JU Scott wa a well-eaucated young man, of fine-personal appearance and agreeable man ners, there could be but little reason for giving the banker preference, except his wealth and v social rank. Scott felt this keenly through life ; in " Rokeby " he revives the episode at some length. Matilda, the heroine of the poem, rep resents the object of hia love, who there rejects a poet in faver of one or higher rauk, and this scene becomes doubly interesting as a picture of Scott's early experience. In 1811 Lady Forbes died ; but she lived long enough to see the once penniless barrister the first poet in Scotland. Her death was deeply felt by Scott, for. although he had been married for twelve years, the old name was not extinguished. "Rokeby" appeared next year, and Lockbart says " that there is nothing wrought out, in all Scott's prose, more exquisite than the contrast between the rivals for the hand of the heroine."' Six years afterward Scott wrote thus to Miss Eflgcworth: "Matilda was at tempted for the person of a lady who is now no more, so that I am flattered with your distinguishing it." As this took place nearly twenty years after the dis appointment, it illustra'es the tenacity with which the author held to hia first love. When Lady Forbes died, Scott was so affected that he called on her mother, and both fell to weeping over the sad affair. It is a curious incident in domestic history to see a man carry ing his first love so tenderly through life while married to another woman to whom he always showed great attach ment. Scott evidently made Matilda the ideal or dream-wife, who accom panied him to the last. Having re covered from the worst effects of his disappointment, he met a French girl, whose father had saved both life and fortune by fleeing from the dangers of the Revolution. At the time referred to M ins Carpentier (or Carpenter) was an orphan, and to her Scott transferred his affection', as far as this waa possible. Hejappeared, aiias been said, much attached to his wife through life, and sinoprely mourned her death. She was, however, intellectually and physically inferior to the Scottish ladies of that family may, in some degree, be ascribed to so unfavorable a union. I.JTT Plantation Proverbs. .-Mlp.niic Constitution. Dem w'at eats kin say grace. Ole man Know-All died las' year. Better de gravy dan no meat 'tall. Tater vine growin' while you sleep, nit takes to birds fer ter make a nes Ef you bleedged ter eat dirt, eat clean dirt. Tarrypin walk fast 'huff fer to go visitiu'. Empty spose house makes de pullet holler. Wen coons take water he's fixin' fer ter fisrht. Corn makes mo' at de mill dan it does in de crib. Good luck say: "Op'n yo' mouf an' shet yo' eye.-." Nigeer dat gits hurt wukin oughter show de nkyars. Fiddlin'" nigger say hit's long ways ter de dance. Rooster makes mo' racket dan de hin w'at lay de aig. Meller mush-millon hollers at you from ober de fence. Nigger wid a pocket ham kcher bet-1 ter be looked arter. Youk'n hido de fire, but w'at you gwine do wid de Bmoke? Rain crow don't sing no chune, but youk'n pen' on 'im. Ter-morrow may do ae carriage drivers's day fer plowin'. Hit's a mighty deaf nigger dat don't hear de dinner horn. Hit takes a bee fer ter git de sweet ness out'n de hoar-hound blossom. Ha'nts don't bodder longer hones' folks, but you better ge 'rounj de grave yard. The Future Tenter of Commerce am! Cnltnre. As Mr. 'Gladstone h.T. thnueht tha; the commercial center of the world may shift from Lyndon to New York, so M Littre, tho fusions French lexieog rapher, thinks that the center ef eui turewill move from the Seine to the banks of the Hudson. This geut'icmaii is of opinion that tbe ruling lai rungeol the fulure will be AnglSason, and it chief seat of learning wiil be in thf United States. As regards population, that i ace comes first; its numbers iu a generation or two wit piobal rear n 400,(XK),000 of tbe human race. Attn then comes the Chinese, equal ,in nurr ber, but, as a static people, unworthy t. rank with Western races as a factor in the world's development. Afler the Anelo-caxon, as governing rare, M. Littre puts the Russian, and then th Spanish, to whom he concede' in the fu ture the greatest part of the South American continent. The capacity for expansion of the United States ami Russia may possibly menace the inde pendenee of old European states ; but, in this respect, M. Littre arfrues that the security of humanj.life individually which has followed injthe wake of civil ization, will also beiaccorded to the States, and that Euia and America, unlike the ancient Babylon and Egypt, will develop without injury to the na tions upon whose frontiers they may touch. A Strange Burial. The funeral of -Mr. Basil M. Yates, at Chatham, N. C, the other day, was very peculiar, and his own directions were observed very minutely. The cof fin was seven feet long, three feet wide and eighteen inches deep. In it were placed a feather bed and pillow, on which the corpse wasaid, dxessad in a neat suit of home-made jeans, with his boots placed at (not on) his feet, and his hat resting on his hands, which were crossed on his breast holding a pair of gloves. An im. ense crowd attended his burial, and a grand dinner was served to all attendants. , : . A Thit to Chuebetta, Tke Paris correspondent of the New fork Trfm4 recently bad an Interview with & French President, and we copy bekw Ids description of the toion it the Prtsidancjc: Wken I was in the talon I bad time to note the alterations which have been made in the upholstery since I went at the beginningof last summer to pay a visit at the Palais Bourbon. A long perspective of open doors was before me, and my curiosity prompted me to explore it to the end. The first time I had Hea at- the Presidency of the Cb'.nfoer, the whole suite of talon fac ing the garden and the quai was in ailk damask, with carpets of a uniform pa tt-a on a uniform, chocolate ground. J-i at the end nearest to the foreign o.llf '-re was a little boudoir in sky- 'jir1 w ana ceilings were done up jsT-s1H of this color, like the kfidwf a jewel casket, and it wu fur nished with low easy-chairs, couches and pouft in the ame stuft. It was ex plained to me that in the time of tbe Due de Moray, the natural half-brother of the late Emperor by the maternal eide, this room was sacred to the Em press Eugenie, who, when she came to balls at tbe Presidency, was received there by the lady of the house and a small group of women of official rank. When her Imperial Majesty had ex changed compliments with the select few admitted to her presenee here, she took the arm of the Duke, and followed the Emperor, who led the Duchess into the ball-room. Eugenie wished the blu cnamDer upholstered with light sap green like her own sitting room at the Tuileries, but the Duchess de Morny resisted her pretension in this very sturdily. The hair of the Duchess de Morny was very fair and beautiful. It was flax gilded by feeble autumnal sun beams and not sufficiently ardent to look to advantage standing out from a light-green background which suited tho more auburn shade of Eugenie's tresses, which were aiso thickly over laden with gold powder. The Luchess, therefore, in justice to herself, insisted oa the blue, which is favorable to a pa e blonde, provided her complexion n fair. It suits lilies whether they are intermixed or not with roses. I had these details from an old man-servant at the Presidency, now on the retired list, who had been behind the scenes there from the time of the first Napo leon's corps legislatif. " I assure you," he said to me, " that the upholstery of this room was a cause of heart-bumiugs in the highest places and very near being fraught with consequences of Eu ropean import. If the czartoryskis had not been Royalists they would have had the Empress on the side of the Poles when that people levolted eiehteen years ago. It required all the tact and influence-of the Due de Morny to keep her Majesty quiet. She wanted to have her own way everywhere and in evasf thing. But the Duchess who waa a Rus sian, and had Russian ideas about the empire, waj resolved to be mistress in her own house, and would not put up beside the Emprews.' This servant also showed me the marks of the Shah's greasy head and hands. The latter members after re pasts, which were generally taken in the blue drawing room, were wiped on the backs of luxurious arm-chair?, though table napkins had beea amply provided for the Emperorof Emperors by the trench Uovernment. lhis dirt, observed the old domestic, " is ignoble. M. le President intends to have it all cleaned and done up again." And in my ramble thrbugh the long suite of drawing rooms I found that Gambetta had done as the servant said he would. The gilded arm-chairs in the state rooms are covered with velvet of the pale moss tinge now fashionahe with damasks, ana with Beauvais and Aubuseon tapes tries. Double-pile carpets of a neutral tint, which gives value to the splendor of the furniture, is on all the floors. This furniture was brought from' the Garde Meuble, or State Pantechnicon. As to the luxurious temple to Beauty at the end, It is now done up with pink and pearl-gray satin, and lighted with a polychrome Venetian lustre. I had been pacing up and down some time when the man Francois came in and said that M. GambeCU had just telephoned to him frem a committee room for me to be taken into the study, where I would find books and news papers to enable me to pass another baff-hour without being too much and at length entered a snuggery at the bored. I waa taken from talon to taUn end of the palace nearest to the Cham ber of Deputies. A desk table was cov, ered with a litter of books and docu ments of all sorta, and three waste paper baskets which were before it were stuffed with letters which had been cast into it. Gambetta's chair an office chair in leather waa at the center of the table and with its back to a fire, in which burned gigantic logs. ' I took up the " Memoires of Madame de Kemusat, the leaves of which were cut and the margins covered with pencil annota tions in a hand which I at once recog nized. Gambetta's estimate of the moral character of Napoleon I always knew to be a low onr, howeTrr great hie admiration for his brain power. I waa curious to know how he was impressed by the revelations made by the confi dential lady of honor of the Empress Josephine of the domestic crime- of Josephine's imperial husband. But my curiosity was doomed not to be catis fied. In a few momenta a door Cew open, and Gambetta. mopping his fore head with a pocket handkerchief a sign that he had been talking a great deal entered and advanced toward me, excusing himself as he did so for not beitifc able to get away cooner from the budget committee. State-Mounted Soldiers. A corps of skaters, a force peculiar to the Norwegian army, has been lately reorganized, and consist now of five companies, each one hundred : and ten men, which, in time of war, can be re enforced by calling in 'wo hundred and seventy skaters belonging to the land wehr. The men of this corps are armed with rifle", and can be manuvf red on ice or over the snow-fields of the moun tains with a rapidity equal to that of the best trained cavalry. Tbe skatee they use are admirably adapted for traveling over rongh and broken ice or frozen snow beim? six inches broad and between nine and ten inches locg. In ascending steep, slopes, the men take a zie-zag course, tacking up the mountain side as a ship does against a head wind As an' insures of the speed at which toinXdf st 8 ooTLmomi a? rived Tt rnthflim at 9 80 in the iven- ii, rJ d.J .v?rJ n. Znt y twenty iSe. eV&ZnZ uffll horn! j mentioned that but 1 - 1 1 " FACTS A3TD F15CTES FOB THE FAI1 Tkaiss are very plain this season. Thz&k are three Japanese lady stu dents at Vassal. Two sixes of buttoni are used for most costumes. Bright tints take the lead in nearly j an oi ine mixed goooa. Houhi polonaises are made quit bouffant, and are really long basques. Ladybcgs of red enamel are the last charming substitute for buttons. Or fifty member! elected on the Lon don School Board, nine are women. Neckties ef a narrow band of fur fastened with a bright satin bow are pretty. "Sotjjto women should set good ex amples, for the young men are always tuiiowing them. Trees'! many a slip 'twixt the cup and the Hp, and not a few between the nrst kiss and thetlg. A Philadelphia, woman owns the largest colored diamond ever brought to America. It was wittily raid of a beautiful French literary lady, that she had but one lault a husband. )T woman had the ballot what would she do with it? It isn't long enough for a oeu or Dig enongn ior a bustle. Qua eh VicTOKiA'i gift to Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris was a miniature of her royal self set in precious stones. A Wetzel country girl says one hug is worth a dozen love letters. They can not be introduced as evidence in a breach of promise suit, either. Accordino to Borne o! the English fashion plates, we are threatened with a revival ef the " waterfall" style of ar ranging the hair. It is said that the fashion of turning down one corner of a visiting card was originated by Gen. Schenck in a fit of absent-mindedness. GrvE a girl long eyelashes and smal' hands and she will' put up with No. 6 feet and marry all around a curly-headed gin wearing ones and a ball. The daughter of General Sherman refuse to dance " the German." Float ing Item. Are they equally conscientious about walking Spanish ? What did the young lady mean when she said to her lover, " You may be top late fer the train, but you can take a' bus?" Before marriage a girl frequently calls her intended her treasure," but when he becomes her husband, she looks upon him as her " treasurer." Yon may meet with twenty men in the day who stutter, but you never heard of the woman who had an impedi ment in her speech. A p'oet out West, describing Heaven, says " It's a world of bliss fenced in with girls." Where is the man that won't repent now? AtONgciE.vdE void of oflence is an inestimable blessing, because it gives a pleasure which no rancoringof malice cau destroy ; it is proof against malig- .l,i'.r.'?'(l smiles upon its most san guinary i tost autt His -me Doctors. '.("sir .111., ArfUS.t Several days since Mrs. Yost received a dispatch.from Hot Springs saying that her husband was dead. She hastened to Cairo, sorely stricken with sorrow, ex pecting to receive his body here. Heie she received another dispatch saying her husband was not dead. These different duetchei confounded her, and she hastened os to the Springs to find out his condition for herself. There the contradictory telegrams were explained to her. To all appearances her husband was dead, and he was laid out as a dead person. But after the lapse of several hours it was discovered that the body did not grow cold as it should. A con sultation of physicians was held, there being nine in council. The majority insisted that Mr. Yost was dead, but gnc, a Dr. Reed, insisted that he was not dead. In deference to this opinion two galvanic batteries ere applied to the bod, and immedia;ely it begin to show sigus of life. Bringing tbe dead back to conscious life was a slow process, but wat eventually accomplished, and Mr. Yost has been gaining ever fince, until he is now able to partake of a fair me.'il, converse, write, etc., and ho ap pears to have a better prospect for re covering his health than he has bad for some month?. 'i .. ; ry for KcsU A phy-ici.t.'i eays tlist the cry for rest has alnay-. Iven louder than tbe cry for fix -d. -Not that it is important, but it is ofi jier h.ir.ier :o obtain. The best rett cotes froia ewnd sleep. Of,two men or sxMttcu, otbeiwise equal, the one who sleeps the beet will be the most m ral, healthy, and efficient. Sleep will do much toi cure irritability of temper, peevishness, uneasiness. It will restore to vigor an overworked brain. It will build up aud make strong a weak body It will cure headache. It wnl cure a broken spirit. It will cuje sorrow. In deed, might make a long list of nervous tyid other maladies that sleep will cure. The cure of sleeplessness requires a c:ean, good bed, sufficient ex ercise to produce weariness, pleasant rjuuu fiituwu, guuu an, nuu uui i.j.,vf&iui room, a clear conscience, an avoidance of stimulants and narcotics. For tho-e who are overworked, haggard, nervous who pass sleepness nights, we com mend the sdoption of such habits as shall secure sleep ; otherwise life will be short, and what there is of it sadly im perfec' The earthquake of Li-bon. In IToofwas felt over a surface of 16,306 000 square miles, or over a twelfth part of the earth's surface. Such extensive shocks are generally attributed to volcanie actioc Observers at the centre of the area perceive a vertical oscillation ; the movements become more oblique on go ing from tbe centre, Use waves being propagated with a regularity which ti i not observable in the ordinary carta ; quakes of non volcanic -untries. Ir. Tniessing, u discTWg some of the Swiss earthquakes, considers the amount of in 'rganic matter that is brought to tbe surface by mineral springs. Ii has been estimated that a single' spring in laukerLid. annually brings ahmt S.AOOO pounds of eypwm to the sur face, a quantity sufficient to lower a surface of 1 200 square yards more than 5J feet in a century. In the valley of the Viege there are not less tbaB a score of gycslfetous springs, each of which carries oS annually about 260 yards of k-of thousand. of fountains, and tae immense duration of &01f ve my form 8me ldea ot importance of the tran.formaUoc the violent .uparficial oscillations to which they give rise. THOUGHTS FOB 8CXDAY. Uood character Is above all thinp lse. A flRAix of prudence Is worth a pound of craft Yod will never loo by doing a good turn. NoTHrxa overcomes passion mere than silence Ha who has nothinf to do has no business to live. Wast of good sene is tha worst o! all poverty. The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. , It costs more to avenge wrongs than to bear them. A a band safeguard for doing right is to hate all that is wrong. We are apt to consider an act wrong because it is unpleasant to ua. Halt the ills wa hoard in our hearts are ills because we hoard them. By being contemptible we set men' minds to the tune of contempt. Happiness and unhappines are quali ties of the mind not of place or posi tion. We have little pity for others until we are in a situation to claim it our selves. A leaf, a sunbeam, a liiiuscape, the ocean, make an analogous impression on the mind. To know how to listen is a great art; it is to , know how to gain instruction from every one. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hor nets break through. A wise man may be pinched by pov erty; but only a fool will allow himself to be pinched by tight shoes. It is by attempting to reach the top at :i -i l'e leap that so much misery ii produced in the world. h' thy conscience smite thee once, it is an admonition; if it smite thee twice, it is a condemnation. Whin gratitude has become i matter of reasoning, there are many ways of escaping from its bonds. Tub man who can hold his tongue longest in controversy is the one who will come out successful in tbe end. 'o not be dogmatic in your assertions, ai i . ti og to yourself much consequence in yur opinion. Ik those who over-eat and those who half t-tarve were to strike a balance, the world would be well-fed. No one can be happy without a friend, and no one can know what friends he has until he is unhappy. The most terrific itorm of real woe in a man's heart rarely fling its froth and fi aiu as high as his lips. A man may practice sin Tor years aiid never know ththe possesses a con science until his sins are found out. Wi: learn to climb bv keening our eyes not on hills that lit behind; but on the mountains that rise before ns. " Tix late," and "no more" are the ni-urn Jul , iters, children of a sire pxi-' i-t t Vie bravery tin y might ! ct 'W iir bt !j :!f of lhe;r reighl'-Tt. Ui:lM'. is (be sanity of th- i::ui'l. lite hei'l-h of the bodv, iJip pra't llie city the rrcurity of the .""tate. an" r I Mi, bigotry and 'carding -iii- srf ii-u.illy the jri i ii'-t l .i.'.u'e m -n-.biiiiirs and a pu-silisiiiiuous wilt. The reason that so many people up set and sink in the stream oi hie is be cause they put up more sail than they can carry Thekb is no saying shocks us so much as that which we hear very often, that a man does not koow bow to pai In time. Don't despise tbe small talents; they are needed as well as the prest ores A candle is sometimes as useful at the sun. Maintain dignity witkout the ap pearance of pride; manner is something with everybody, and everything with some. Relinked. Un one r.ecaiim a t..tlil'ir:iisn beiiisr re ceived bv Mr. C-trlyle. with bis habitual denunciation of tho Lieut It public, tudiireil It caliulv to the enil. and then observed : '' i- atn-nd, Mr. C.-i rl ve. I like to h:.'ar you rtbuJp the I.'i'Iim! Sinus, for it seems to do von goml, aid it doesn't do us a bit of harm. You've bad a good deal to say of wind ba. I confer-- that we're pretty windy on tbe other -ide but we can't come up to vou over there. Now, you iinpresi me as the bk'trc-t windbag you say you like tan dor I have ever seen. If we should take the wind out of your liflv odd volumes, what would be left of tl.eml They are all wind and you know it. I don't blame ycu for wntint them, how. ever. You made your wind pay, and if you bad any cocmon sense, and were fifty v-ars younger, you would surelv mane, if you'd come and live with u, prettv Rood American. You ve ex pressed your views of my country, and I've expressed my views of you. I sup pose we're about even. Do I owe you anytnintr, Mr. uariyier ii i ao, i n pay you. lbe author is reported to have , smiled grimly by way of response, and to have said afterward that the Call- furnian was tbe least uninteresting American he bad ever seen Tie Orerroa Way A certain voting nian jn Oregon fell In love with a beautiful young lady rt sid mtT nenr Port lownsend. His pa'sioa heme promptly reciprocated, marriage was n prono-j'd but the young lsdy'i parents would Have none of thi. The father sod s belligerent uncle threat ened to do tbe young Borneo serious per sonal injury in cae his attention to bisf fiaucet were continued, and forbade hint ever tzain entering the premise. The vi-ung lady i represented as having bvvn bitterly per-cuted on -Account of her refii'a! to diouunter.aDe the dis carded ruitor. The youne msu becom ing aware of thi fact, determined at tore to ronaumate tbe nuptials. Ac cordingly, procurine s license snd the services of the nece-sarily contitutd authority, and withal a good wincnes- .uu, .--T". n " -u. .k-j- ter rifle, he repaired at once to the abode of the young woman's paren En- mnntanm the tamer ana u irate uncle in the yard, he bade them " hands off," declaring that they had threatened to do him personal injury and that in the eyes of the law he would be Justified ia doinz serious execution with hia rifle in case they attempted to execute uem, rndTght there, , before the gaof the ; two ..i belligerents, with one eya Axed on them, the other oi the fair one -hii .jds, and with one hand clutching trifle and the other grasping that J Ms affianced, the nuptiaT kriot was Ued, ; when tbe happy couple departed aTtTUIW lie JsHva teres sreSre W Aee aB k wtafcol 1iim kaa He grabbed see as Is seik Me ereas, Ab4 shrieked, '-See Julias eriee bee!1 Ansvbes beraeetlHV seven! seer Aad eew he ke Hi siateee ker; Sb alried tke ardrfclr lowtae teere, A TrUee, ' 0k,jelle, eeee I TU ole. ease elee beat kla ertte An bemi steal 1 .1 ' I k. Ok. am,' tke eraent yeatk rarMj "be1 T-wWkl eta," Ike Fur m 'tie Jnet tke Wblle I Ilia leave a k'.ver ekall Julias As4 I ibra thev esrtertwieeS eseia, -Dd I VU yea keaer bttekt. elr, nlxed were tkey. Use eM atea eaaSi And " Way seek, sew Jslias, be'a Mrl WAIFS ASP WHIM. THRRBlsadosa wnatctfcm (rood reuse and good nature than Is com- arionlv eiiprmeed Pages in blue and scarlet are now re quired in order to open a New Yoik door properly. If a man really wants to know of how little importance he is, let him go will his wife to tbe dressmaker's. We are hanging up pictures every day about the chamber walls of our hearts . , that we shall have to look at when ws lit in the shadows. Otje striving against nature is like holding a weathercock with one's hand ; as soon as the force is taken off it veers again with the wind. The most fashionable jewelry is al ways that which costs the most money. Pin this to your sleeve and It wilt save mauy inquiries. All the Ragt, a new comedy by Will I. Kn ton, dramatic critic of the Chicago 7Vw.v, will shortly be produced at Ifaverly's TheatreBrooklyn. A man can only rise to the nii.acle ot success upon a staircase built from tim ber furnished by others failures. Whitehall Time. A milkman makes an excellent can- - didate for office. Practice with tkt pumphandle enables him w sliais hands without experiencing fatigue. Formerly, when great tontines wers made only in war, war was a busines" ; but now when great fortunes are only made by business, businesa is war. i'Sset, one of the new colors, is de scribed as a mixture of orange and leiiMii with a purple gloss. If it only had a dah of green in it it would ssem perfect. In all waters there are some fish which have to swim airainst tie stream ; and in every community persons are to be found who delight in being opposed to everybody elee. ItnasiR Turneti, the heroine oi ineo doreTilton's nocturnal rambling, is not sick, nor is she starving, but she Is try ing to act in one of the Union Square (New York) traveling companies. One of the correspondents writes about a gown with half short sleeves ending about ten inches below the eluow. a long-sleeved gown frooaoiy TTPrtn oIlTalfoflr inuwuueii iun m h'.ni in Galveston, Texas, as a dis j 'ii;:iry egent. A boy had k poured :i hi' throat for smoking, and a girl i it rubbed on her lips for swearing. W'omkn somehow gel over ranMish ii"! ions i Dat men never outgrew, r-ome ii.tr celebrate the aniversary of every hi ihdsv as long aa they live, while women quit doing so almost as soon as thev grow up. No language can express tbe power and beauty and heroism and majesty of a mother's love. It shrinks" not where men cower, snd grows stronger where msn fainN. and over the wastes of wordly ( - ime, sends the radiance of Its uenchb v fidelity like a star in heaven. Lavd-btewakd to tenant-farmer ' Well, Giles, what are you going to win here?" Farmer "Ain't 'zactly made up my m ind, sir; but if we. could put in a few stewards and land-agent they seem to thrive best on the land nowadays I" Ltndta Fun. Ose-tiurp of the gold that is mined goes to wear and tear, one-third goes ' into circulation, and one third into the arts and manufactures All the gold in the world would make a pile only twenty-five feet widt, forty-five feel iong and twenty-five fee; high. Tbebe is nothing -iO charming ae the Innocence of children. " Mamma." said a five-jear-old, the other day " I wish you wouldn't leave me to take care of baby again. lie was so bad that I had to eat all the sponge cake and two jarb of raspberry jam to amuse him." Thxu Is nothing so certain, we take it, as that those who are the most alert in discovering the faults of a work of genius, are the least touched with ite beauties. Mi-s Payne, of 8t Paul, became a secret smoker. Wheat two gentlemen called she hurriedly thrust a lighted cigarette into her pocket, and was soon ablaze, receiving burns that were almost fatal. A Vii no lady of New York, who is panislly 'leaf, ia in the habit of answer ing " y.o ' to everything, when a gentle man talking to ker, to fear ha might prw to ber snd she not bear it. THE Itinghamton KeptibHetm says: " Among the curiosities at the) Parish Aid Loan Exhibition is the pipe smoked by the Hit Nations at their last council lire in Oneida Castle." A pipe thsr hss been mkfd by six nations must be nice snd strong. t i "A ' i !' iianer in tan Aiit'.n o, 'Hi - u.r -o insiinelit' that h-y disr. ! :i !-d.i!Jsr from tbe prx iel of tbe ir,t'r A few niirht , at the Vail 1 vil.r. that fMt .Mim Ada e ci mb railed down a lierfect ah';wrof a.ircr ruin, along with a pair of gold b:ari-iet Mies Jasxre BcamcsT, the pretty eighteen-year-old ! who Several year" ago eloped with a Russian naval oR' from Hud Francisco ie now wearing i-lowi' weeds at Ut. Petes sinrg. Her husband left the navy, and died ' Krenrh port while in charge of a vt e! r.-.und to the United States, where the ml' buried him and then returned t. e Russiaa capital. Tue fa'e which dogs Kate Claxton aud tbe Two Orphan seems as remoree- 1.. snd stubborn as we ancieni iu Mtimon , ,t jn the vestibu . dari- the n anri stubborn as the ancient tunes. !e of inr the msti- nri the tumult snd confusion Kniiht on a panic The word "fightj" was mistaken for "tit" when the audience rushed for the door crowding and trampling upon each other, shriek ing and crying. Luckily they were nearly all ladiei and children and a stout policeman' succeeded by sheer force in pressing them back into tbe s udience room; where by the appeals of the u-bera and actors they were finally quieted without serious carnage result-int. v 1 . - .
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
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