THE CARTHAGINIAN.
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FOR LOVE OE HIM.
li2 - I tH
TRUTH "WITHOUT FEA.E.
Wie ' 1.
CARTHAGE, HDBTH CAROLIH THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1818.
Wsr 6.
BY SARYKEED CK9WXLL.
'Makry him ! Marry Mm ! Ki Des
tine have'you taken leave of your senses,
; or are you simply trying tojpjike-mc, dis
gusted with you'?''
Tbe music from the brass band was
pulsing; joyously the loud blare of the
cornet, tbe silvery tinkle 01 me picu,
Iia tanAor altn (if the violin, and occa-
eional thrilling peals from the drums
were fending tbe young blood through
Dell Dessingtoh's veins in riotous exu.
' bcrance as & stood there, tapping cne
dainted booted foot, and looking impa
tiently for the recreant cominof her
.partner in 'that dorioa? waltz-qtfadrille.
She was a dangerously beautijfiri girl
Bgirl wbo had been fed on admiration
"and , worshipful flattery ever since she
could remember ; to whom the world
had been rose-hued and violet-pathed all
her lovely yo'uiig life ; whose be witeh-
' jDg eyes darkly blue as hevfavorite
wood-violets were te'nderly dreamy and
aglow with unawakeued possibilities of
love andpassionate devotion; wbose
1 delicate.beauty of roses-and-cream com
plexion, and brightness of sun-gold hair,
and sweet witchery of banner, and gay
willfulness of girlish caprice, made her
. particularly da gerous to tbe peace of
mind of the' men with whom she ame in
contact.
- She was not rich this bonny Dell
. Dess'rogton, gave in her heritage of per
sonal 'charms. "She had run safely the
gauntlet of t"0 season,and yethad never
experienced a tbrub of peculiar interes
tednessl in any of the lovers who sighed
at her feet. '
Then, beatt whole, beautiful as a
dream, willful, almost insubordinate to
a degree that sorely tritd the gentle
patience of her elder sister, Ernestine,
who was at once duenna, companion and
chaperone Dell Dessington a-nd Cail
. Longstreth were to'meet,!and Ernestine
had' pointed him put to her sister at
Mrs. ErVa reception, and pointedly sai l
she .hoped Dell would lall in love with
Imqq and marry him.
And dainty Dell had given-Mr. Long
streth a long, critical look, as, all uncon-
: sc'ious of her gaze, he stood- talking rath
or boredly with his hestess.
Then she turned almost angrily on
Eraestine, and uttered the above-quoted
remark, and then began to peer about
for Chaunccy Steele, for the. present her
most devoted slave and unmercifully-ordered-about
admirer,
i Presently he ap'peared an apology on
. his tongue that Dell checked promptly .
"Never mind why you were not here
eooner, Chauncey; there's a side vacant
get it, quids! '
" And they scudded off, straight past Mr.
Longstreth, who caught a little p,uff of
some dainty, delicate perfume as Deli's
lace skirt brushed swiftly past him.
"What a horrid fellow that stranger
friend Of yours is that that great tall
gawk there bj the door, with the sar
- -castic eyes and the cold, stern mouth."
, Dell- took the first opportunity after
the salute to partners and corners to say
it, and Steele looked astouished.
- "Who not Longstreth? Why, Miss
Dell, there never was a finer fellow !
Look at big splendid figure'
"Like a prize-fighter, and look at his
cross, ennwjee expression . Why didn' t
' he stayhome unless he could have mus
tered up a less disagreeable face?"
Then all waltz," interrupted her for
a moment, and at its close; wiile the
head couple were repeating their, grace
ful figure. Mr. Steele took up the subject
"He looks bored because he is bored.
' Confidentially, Miss Dell, Longstreth
nates society and, very confidentially
as flirts.'
( Dell'a fraLk, tender eyes were looking
instantly into his.
"Does that mean me, Chauncey? Tell
I .- me, do you think that great, awkward fel
low maans mi ? Because, if he does"
, - -The little compression, of the eoral
v red lips and the smi! that followed it
, -was eloquent of Dell's meauine.
Mr. Steele looked caufused- for a uio-
,incnt, then he laughed. '
"I'll. throw myself on your-mercy.
JU-iss Veil. 1 weuty minutes ago Long
rjreth , singled you oat especially as the
c -' ' most heartless coquette in the room, and
i -said that no man of ordinary sense woul
be fooled by you if they understood
themselves."
Dell libtened, little -alternate flushes
, , and pallors chasiug across her (ace as she
and Steele obeyed the call "'all waltz!"
It was a wide 6weep they took, and it
was in the direction of where Mr. Long
streth stood : and Dell looked at him
once half. angrily, atfd met his coolly sar
castic eyes fixed on her with a contempt
uous, smiling, amusing look.
And then Dell spoke to Chauncey.
"He is, without exception, the ugliest
piece of masculinity I e.ver had the -bad
luck to 6ee ! Nevertheless, Chauncey, I
wish . you to. introduce ma tie minute
the quadrille ja over 1"
And the joyous strains, of the waltz
went on, and Dell's dainty feet twinkled
in rhythmic movement, and there was a
look in her cyes that made Ernestine,
from her quiet corner, wonder what the
girl was up to now.
prise that told how her own heart bad
suddenly owned its master, was so
sweet, that he took her in his arms and
sealed their love with kisses of betrothal ! ,
It certainly was strange, very unex
pectedly Btrange, but neverthe'ess true !
And of all happy, loving, betrothed
maidens, Dell Dessington was the hap
piest with Carl Longstreth for her
lover.
And the glad days went on, and the
girl's willfulness, and headstrongness,
and coquettishness, faded in the light of
the love that; glorified, her young life.
Love was supreme lord of all, and Dell
often -wondered at how.; strangely it all
had happened, and then, thanked Heav
en that it had happened as it had.
ering through the lips that had lost
their tempting bloom in those six
months of terrible illness that bad seized
Dell, when sberealizedler jover really
had leu-, her, after that' miscbrefVmad
night of the bail whei ehe went with
"Dell, you must not!"' A palely
angry face-, out of which looked stern,
determined eyes as Dell's lover said the
words with intense emphasis.
"Mr. Longstreth I shall do just as I
please about it !"
And Dell's eyes looked equaljy de
fiant, although-there was a smile on her
lips as she thought how ridiculous it
was that Carl Longstreth or any man
should for a moment suppose himself
icapable of governing her actions.
They had been engaged four months
I hardly know how to tell -the story of
the three months that followed that pre
sentation of Carl Longstreth and Dell
Dessington to each, other. If he had
been annoyed and provoked by her decid
ed efforts in the line of successful coque
try before he knew her, he certainly
was indignant at her conduct when he
came to know her indignant, mortified,
until pique anil astonishment took the
place of it until he actually began to
take an interest in, ner wiiiiui caprices
until he actually decided she was worth four happy, happy months, in which
cultivating for the sake of her origin- Dell -bad given her lover all the wealth
ajt oi devotion and worship tuat nerwnoie
And Dell well, the night 'of the re-1 soulcd womaL's nature possessed, when
ception when her sister had noticed the she had so completely- yielded her
excited sparkle in her eye-s it bad not individuality to him, tht she had her-
been for nothing it had meant that she self' wondered at it, but wondering was
had sworn to punish Carl Longstreth gladly content that love had so sub
pupish him mortally with .the very jngated her,
weapons he despised. Then, very, very gradually, , Dell's
And she had gone about her work willful old self asserted itselt again.
with, a wiil only exceeded by her tact. The novelty of being even the slave of
She- had first beamed all her matchless love wore off, and the chains that had
Deaury and charming grace and unsur- only seemed flowery girdles now clank-
passajble fascination upon him, until he ed as metallic a steel. Not that she
had been less than human had he not loved him an iota the less not that she
been charmed and 'fasc;inted somewhat, did not perfectly worship him, but only
Then, just when he thawed out a little Dell lelt that she could not endure to be
from his sarcasm and indifference, Dell always, everlastingly in subjugation.
would Buddenly cViaugo her tactics and ! , So,.ibe X&bellei .cccasioi
treat mm wuu suca supreme uisaain ana in a-preuy, ginigu -way luuwnas punt
saucy coolness that he would have been tively bewitching. Or, again, she would
more than mortal to have stood it quiet- coax her lord abd master into, or out of,
ly. Then, when he had made up his a set opinion concerning her and her
mind positively, inclisnantlv, that he doings. Then there were times when
would have nothing more to say to herv she openly denied or defied his author!
Dell would woo him with her most ai t- ty over her
less-L'uilelessness and play her pretty re- "As yet, Larl, she saia, lauguingij
and a httly angrily.
pentauce for her witkqd temper with a
girlish gnce that WuS simply irresisti-
bie r -
And thus tl;e little romance, beguE in
'Then if you refuse to obey my wish
es now, what am I to expect of a wife
such as you will make?".
ml TV .11 aI-J V. ,1 l;4-tl
fiuoui rtTT .flue f .1 , T mrl hnf t-ifoil Ir.im . -1- .. w" I
before the Winning to end, oh ! so dif- "eaa viug.y ou ulB
fer'entlv Uso this nrfit.tv Tittle 1ov affair oked up m .his halt-reprovingf bait-
sii.i tii t..: jj aamirmff ees,
. '! J , . . . .. "You shall think that never had man
nave, eeen supeilativeiy indignant bad ... . , , . ,
, j. , . , . . a vine liiuio ivuuv. J
J - r Pnil rAii mncf. tnk hne.k what vou said
W ,-,f 1 XlO fi.lt in 1..-. rtl, PnJ TnV " " J"7
i I u v wi'y All IV j Uill VUil IJUHl. I . l-D'-f a
about mv accepting inariie incuara
stretb ! bhe in cainest in the notorious
flirtation they were carrying on 1 Never !
She was determined to punish hiin for
his remarks about her she was "deter
mined to make him eat his own words
that no man of ordinary common-sense
need befooled by her; She wasset, soul
aad spirit, to fool him and people
thought she was in a fair way to accom
pli-h her obpet.
Even Carl Longstreth himself wonder
ed what it meant. From the very first
there had been something about her that
attracted him as no other woman ever
had done, even while he was repelled as
far as h:s judgment went. Certainly
her raie sweet beauty was one of the at
tractions, 'assuredly her winning grace
and-bonniness were others. But beyond
beauty and grace and witchingness was
somethings-some influence he felt, that
fight it as he would, conquered him,
udgmtnt,! head and heart, aad he ended
a long, long strife by admitting to him"
self he loved her with a passion of
which he; never had believed himself
capable. ' '
Ab d this girl ? Tlris venturesome,
capricous, strong-willed girl, with her
starry yes and dirJpled'mouth?
She listened when he told her he
loved her, and he poured out his words
in a whelming torrent tlat betrayed
how passion had mastered the man. Dell
listened, with her exquisite face a'.l
delicately flushing, her eyes downcast,
her slender form trembling.
.Then, she raised her white lids, and
gave him a glance that sent tingling
thrills to his very finger-tips.
: "Oh. Mr. Longstreth I Why I do
love your'
And the coafessioD.. in a tone of sur-
escort to the ball to which you refuse
to go. B9-good, dear, aad tell me to
have a nice time 1'
"With Richards?' No! Dell, I
know the lean is foolishly m love with
you my betrothed - wife. L I know jou
are a flirt yes, Dell ! Go with hitn.
then, under the circunistances ? Dell,
you must tot !" , .
Then Dell had crested her head, and
looked half-merrily, half-angrily into
his pale, earnest face.
"Mr. Longstreth, I shall do just as I
please abost it !" 1
fcuch bitter, bitter woids tollowed
after that flinging down the gauntlet.
Proud stubbornness afld passionate jeal
ousy op his side ; angj-y, hot-headed
willfulness and defiance on hers ; and
they parted in fierce wrath, he forbid
ding her to go if she. ever wanted to see
him again, she insisting she had a per
fect right to se her own discretion in
the case.
Tbey parte! too angry to feel the
woe that came afterward, too excited to
realize it was a death-blow they gave to
their own happiness.
"Ernestine!".
It was the same attractively sweet
voice that bad made many a nan's
heait throb, but it was bereft cf all its
pr tty little dictatorial tone, all its
authoritative command. It was sweet,
pitiful matching exactly the pale,
haggard face that was white with physi
cal and mental pain.
Ernestine laid djwa. her sewing and
went instantly to the bedside.
"Yes, Dell. You want what, dar-
A little heart-broken sob cure quiv-
Richards. . ' I . - i ..
A terrible illness, t lat begin . with
heartache, and continue! throagh-fever
and decline, and was . it) ingin con
sumption. ' -tfe,:
Ably Dell did,, not Jcjtdw it-. Hhft
irnew she was strangely sreak and sreje,
but beyond that tbrejE4beAWuSnd?r
happiness again, if only Carl would
come back Carl, her one beloved', her
always bfloved. He had made tio sign
of regret in all those weary days of sep
aration, but Dell knew it was his pride
tood in tie way; and her pride had
been equal in intensity until lately, and
ately, through weakness of body and
onging of heart for- the one thing that
could comfort her, Dell's, defiance lad
melted, and she was eager to ground her
arms at his dear feet.
"When patient, faithful Ernestine an
swered her gentle, loving summons.it
was to find a glad excited glow in the
sunken, bister-circled eyes,
"I have conquered myseif at Iasr, ftr-
nestine love has conquered pride, I
want you to write to Carl and tell him
all about me and' how I have almost
died because cf our estrangement for
I have been very sick? But I sha'l get
well again; oh,. indeed I shall, when
Carl comes and forgives me and loves
e aoain ! Write, Uarnestine, and. bid
him come hear my prayer for pardon
bid him come cure rce. Tell him that
on Tuesday next, at five o'clock, in "the
afternoon no sooner, no later, because
I want to knDw exactly when to bo lis
tening for his dear footsteps that he
must come to me. I know he will
am as suie as that lam alive that he
will come."
She looked so bright, so happy, even
at thought of it, that it made Ernes
tine's heart ache, for Ernestine knew
itlUkfeeUt-woiild acver recover, not'eyen
i v . ; -.wi-AAiVwO'f-'-
wilh Carl's arms around-, her, fighting
Azrael, step by step, for her sweet young
life. !
Nevertheless, she wrote a letter that'
told, in simply eloquent words, all the
pitiful stovy, and told "him, too, that
Dell was dying all for love cfhim
Told him of her unwavering faith iu
him, of her solemnly-glad assurance
that, if he was alive, nothing would
separate them after five o'clock on the
Tues-lav.
Then she and Dell waited for the
Tuesday, and with every hour the. girl's
excitement grew, until her. eyes shone
with luster and hercheeks grew pink
"You must take me out of the bed
Ernestine, to-day. I will not lie here
like a ghost among these awful white
pillows ; I km going to , get up on the
Iqunge, and have my white wrapper on
and .blue ribbons in my hair, and a
bunch of forget-ice-notslat my throat.
And I want my hair crimped and
brushed pompadour Carl never liked
it any other way. Oh, Ernestine, 1
never was so harnv in mv liie 1" And
in hertscitement Dell never saw the
tears in Ernestine's eyes, or the speech
less agony on her face, as she patiently
dressed the giil who bad barely strength
to be carried, a feather's weight in her!
sister's arms, from the bed to the couch.
"Of course I aVn weak,'' Dell said,
after she had lain back treatkless and
panting among the blue silk and lace
cushions "of course I am very weak-
people always are when they lie in bed
so Ion" as I have done. But I shall soon
get my strengthxgain when -Carl comes
to pet me and take me for'easy rides
sha'n'tl, Ercestine?" ,
And Ernestine could only choke back
her agonizing scbs and whisper, "God
grant it, dear !" ' '
It came noon, and Dell made a brave
attempt at eating a lunch.
"I must eat a tremendous. !imch to-
dav. mustn't I? It wiil never do to let
my bapptiness take my appetite. Really
Ernestine, 1 ia positively hungry." '
And Ernestine pretended to think
that Dell had done well, because the
girl had. made such brave pretense, and
actually took four prapes, aad a tiny.
tiny piece of toasted cream bread.
It came later, three, four, balf-past
four, and then, even Ernestine could
hardly control her excitement, while
Dell, with a glorious serenity on her
sweet, wan face; nekled among the blue
i.-il.. . l
-t cusnions ponecuy cuiutui.
,1 hen, exactly as tbe bell in an adja
cent sieeple rupg silverly out its five
slow, resonant peals, there came a sud
den, imperious summons at their door
bell, and Dell, with a deathly pallor
spreading over her face,' followed by a
flush of hap'py ecstasy, laughed aloud '
tbe first time in months.
,;Jsn't that Carl all over again? now
we used to scold him Jot abusing the
bell. Run dowi, ' qnick, dear, and
bring him right up. Oh ! ray love, my
'She heard; Ernestine's light,, eager
footsteps go rapidly, dow ; n.d 4iten-
there came a 8ound of sous that couldn't
be checked deep, suffering, gasping
sobs from Ernestine, as she came in the
room. ,
"Deil, Dell, pray God to help you !
Oh, darling he he is not here. He
se,nt a telegram to reach you at five
o'clock it is his weddiEg day he
could not come !"
Ana ueu listened, s rup-jmng mio
rigid uprightness of posture; listened
with blanching face, and ttaring, tear
less eyes, and compressed, nnquivering
ips, until Ernestine prayed her speak.
Then she parted her parched lips by
an effort that was terrible to see.
It is hsrd oh, God, it is too hard
for me to endure! He does not come
becoaeo it is Ttis iced-ding di;$!
Ernestine it will kill rue. I loved
hinj, I never never dcubt-ed." And
th? aasnin" plaint was ended all her
Leart-bruken woes -were elided ty the
sudden torrent of iife-b'ood that came
n an awful tide between her iip".
So sho died. She who had nerer.
known love till Carl Longstnth taught
her; she who had never known heart
sickaese till for him she etduredit:
sbe who diet for love of Jhim who es
teemed her too lightly.
Well it was best. She wa3 woman,
and how infinitely better that the brok
en heart should rest in dreamless sleep,
with white, still hands cr. ssed over it,
than go on, dead in life, suSering. and
enduring and never knowing peace agairn
iisGod knows,? fnany a woman is doing
to-day. 'j
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A Wild Man ot the Mossaitains.
A gentleman who resides near
Faiwiew, Watauga county, says
the Statesville (N. C.) Landmark,
writes us that, in cofispariy with
several gentlemen, he went out
prospecting in a portion of the
Globe Valley. While iri the
heart of the valley, some miles
from any place of habitation, their
attention was attracted toward a
peculiar specimen of humanity,
some forty yards distant- . They
neared the object, or giant as he
seemed,, until they came within
twenty steps of him. Then they
stopped still, to advise with eaeh
other as to whether they should
go nearer. While they were con
sulting, erne of the gentlemen gave
a yell and jumped toward the
wild man when he started toward
the party a few steps, stopped stilt
ary3l)egon to pound himself in the
breast with his ponderous fists.
There he stood for two minutes,
evincing no power of speech.
Suddenly he turned and bounded:
offwith.the speed of a deer. The
party then repaired to the bouse
i e . 1
ot one 01 tne men, secured a gun,
pistol and other articles of war-
lare and went in pursuit of this
sttange being.1 They searched the
balance 01 the day, but cotmng
could beseenof theobiect of their
pursuit. Duririgthe search they as
cended the crags of Blowing Rock
and discovered a small cave, in
Lwmcn wasiouna .1 oea 01 leavep
r 1 1 ii- 11
ana many Dones, reseeioiiiig inose
of the opossum. It? is supposed
this cave has afforded this wild
man a home for many years. Our
correspondent describes tbe wild
IjOvoJj- Woman anl lier Ways,
The following remarks clipped from
the Louisville Journal, arc so approprir
ate to the times that we insert them in
our paper, and, trust that all our lad
friendi will give them a scanning :
" It is indeed a funny and ridic-
uloussight to see a lovely woman
stop at a street crossing, give her
body a teariul twist, stoop low and
reach backward and downward
nearly to her heels, aad grab from
lorty to tilty pounds of dress t air,
full of dirt and dust,, shake ,it five
or, six i times.'niUe V.birzza'jfd fixing
its wings to ny,; then hobble across
the street like a lame turkey to the
other side, there to " let go," turn
round four or five, time and start
oft likeasternwheel boatiuastorm..
Such fantastic, fashiouable freaks
of folly as we see sometimes upon
our streets are certainly very un
becoming to all that is modest,
beautiful and lovely in woman.
Think of it. The idea of a fash-,
ionably dressed blonde or brunette
stopping dead still upon the street,
kick, out and up like a cow at an
army of loose hornets, grab ber
clothe? in her hand, and with a
body bent, looking!,out from under
a little hat perched upon one side
of the head, and making a public
exhibition of her heels and hose as
she skips across the street like an
ostrich on a run, an exact copy in
style and dress of the woman who
rides a spotted horse in aeircus and
jumps through a paper balloon for
$15 a'week and applause. Look
&t the modestly dressed, , sweet
faced, humble girl, walking home
ward, having been on a mission for
her mother, perhaps No foolish
ness about her. She lives, dresses,
acts and looks plain. ' She and
fashion aro strangers. Loafers and
blackguards don't stare at her, and
make 'all kinds of remarks about
her. No ! She commands respect
by her dress and conduct upon the
public streets. See her4it spotless'
white, looking line an angel. j
Kneeling at the .bedside with her
face and eyes lifted heaTmrward,
and in accents low and sweet
breathing from her pure lips the
language of her soul in humble,
prayer: " Our father who art in
heaven." Angels put their ears to
the twinkling stars and listen to
her prayers. The one a meek,
humble, Christian young woman,
whose affections are fixed on things
above the foibles and follies of a
fashionable world-whose very oa!
pants for the light and love of a
home "over there." The other, a
thin-visaged,. "made-up" woman
of a fashionable world, whose
whole heart and soul is engulfed in
the great whi(!pool of mock hap
piness and folly ; who never looks
m the Uible one-hundredth part as j
much as she does a looking-glass,
whose whole idea of life is td'have
fun with the boys" untiPshe is for
ty, and then take the chance of
fooling some old man into "buying
incr," if she can. The one breathes
her prayer and lies down on her
downy bed to dream of heaven, add
The other comes out
'' Cnrlosltlef of Suicide.' ' '
The latest report of the Criminal
Administration of France con&n
a very curious series, of statistic, ,)f(
relative .to the suicides committed .
in that country lathe year tV1'
It appears that during thai peT64v.1,
5,617 persons killed themselves; i. t
and that this total ia grsater than,,?
Had ever before been reported.;
Of these unfortunates, 7? per cent. ; t
were men arid 21 per 'cent. vn 1
men. df 10-5 suicides tbe 1&e
could not-W idetenioriMWt'. ftf?8',
the reniniag!ih,S9Li
der J 6 years of age, 1 ,bween ,
16 nrulSl, 1,477 betweea 21 arid
40, 2,2 4 between 40 and 60, t
1,500 over tb.e last rneotioned i
ago, -
Leaving out those who commit
ted the fatal act while laboring
under mental disorders, ia . all , .
1G22, it is interesting to compare .
the condition of the suicides witb
the cause which impelled them to '
make away with themselves, :
How prolific a source of suicide
unhappiness in the. marriage re 1
lation is indicated by the fact that
43 per cent, of the total were
married, and that ootof 5,136 sut- 1
cides, regarding which authentic 1
particulars were obtaiued, 70 L,
killed themselves because of fami-. '
ly troubh. It will also be nofed
that the rgreater number of sul"!
cides were people past the prirrw '
(if life, indicating that dissatisfao ,
tion wkh a washed or unsuccessful
existence determined their putting , .
an end to it This is further sub
stantiated by the fact that out of
the'5,l3G, G-5-2 are known to havp : -.
killed themselves because .of e,
verses of fortuse ....
Seven hundred and ninety-eight
people died. to avoid physical suf
fering, and 4S9 beeause of various
unclassified troubles. The fact'
that out of the S15 who where
brought to self-destruction by ' dis
sipation, 572 owgd their misery to
drunkenness, is in itself a powerful
temperance lecture. It is not easy
to understand why spring and sum
mer were the seasons in wbiclt
most suicides occurred. The per
centages. are 23 for winter, 19 foe
autumn, 31 for spring, and 27 for
summer. This would seem to neg
ative the statement which has often
been made that most cases of self
murder occur during gloomy
weather, which aids iu depressing
the spirits, for certainly there are
more dark days in winter than f r
summer and fall. Again, it might
be supposed that the privations in
cident to winter would lend an es
pecial impulse toward the crime.
As to the mode of death chosen,
more than seven ten Uis preferred
either strangulation (2472) or
drowning (1514), Showing that,- ,
vhile the suicides were wjlling to 1
throw away their lives, they proba
bly shrank from any mode ef se do
ing which involved mutilation of j
their bodies.
Domestic Life of the Preridenta,
Washington was niarrie
the angels.
of thcnarlorat a late hour, like a
tired and hungry coach horse, rush
es to the pantry, grabs a pickle in
one hand and a cold haai-bone in
the others then to her room. She
swings her ''harness" over the back
of half a dozen chairs, scatters the
other ' make up" abont the floor,
and forgets the duty she owes to
God and herself, and dives into bed
like a wharf rat into the canal,
rolls and tumbles all night as if
the bed were full of hornets, and
rises at eight nine or ten o'clock
next morning, as stiff and lifeless as
la biliy-geat that has been run oyer
by a freight train. Isow, which
one of the two think you God and
the anneta smile uncn the most
man as being about; j six jeet nvetj,e beautify! Vomn.n or thefash-
inchestall, witn breau shoulders jonab!e vonnir lady?"
and long aneish arms smooth lace
and funnel-shaped head. Hi's
d, but
had no children. Adams" was
.married, and had one son whom he
lived t,o see President. Jeffertoa
was a wiJower; his wife died
twenty years before his' election.
They had six cltildreti, all daugh
ters, of whom oaly two survived
infancy. Madison was married,
but had no cfcildre. His wife
wis the most elegant woman tkat
ever adoraed the Presidential
mansion. She survived hiw, and
was for many years the pride of
Washington society, ttavtng lived,
to liaar Clay's farewell speech' in
the Senate. Manroe was married
and so was John Quincy Adams,
Jackson, was a widower, and so
was Van Buren and . Harrison.
Tyler was a widower when he pn
t ered onicc, but, soon afterwards
married the heiress, Hiss Gardiner,
of Cincinnati. He was the only
President that married during, his,
term of office.. Poik was a mar-
IIappixess" between husband
body covered with ?dark bron'aiid wife can only be secured by
hair near, two inches , long. His ! that constant tenderness andparej ried man, and Ih wife survived
head and a greater portion of his of the patties for each other! him a number of years. Gen
forehead is covered i with long, i which 'are basjed upon warm jaiiii j Taylor was a : widower. Pierce
luxuriant, dark red tresses. Our demonstrative I love. The heart j was a mar'ied man, but Buchan
corresnondent affirms that this is demands 'that 'the man shall not nan was a I bachelor The social
the hrst time this wild man ha? sit reticent,. self-absorbed and si
lent-in the midst of his family.
The woman who forgets to note
and provide for the peculiarities of
her husband's tastes and wishes
renders her home undesirable for
him. Ia a word, ever-present and
ever-demonstrative . gentleness
must reign or eUe the heart
starves.
ever been seen or heard of in the
neighborhood. .
A gikl worked the motto : ''I need
thee every hour" and presented it to
her chap. He siys he can't help it; it
takes him two hours to milk and feed the
pigs, morning and night, and business
has got to b? attended t?. ' " -
condition of such men as Lincoln,
Johnson and Grant needs no refer
ence, except to add that Grant is
the first President who had adaugb?
ter married while in'of$cer'
It would be iaterettiog to know jas$
what thoughts rash through the mind 9?
a man who tits down on coil of ho
1 3team-jipci to rest.