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HomoCircle.
Horns h the sacred refuse of our life1,
Drpden.
NELL: .
''Here I am,- Elinor Royston : my edu
cation finished and myself ready to com
mence life, with a fortune of tin-He hun
dred a year, a large and varied assortment
of old valentines, a canary which cannot
sing and a png dog with a bad temper.
Oh ! and a heap of hideous dresses and an
adorablo now ulster."
So exclaimed a young lady as she stood
in momentary stillness upon the hearth
rug, after a breathless burst into the drawing-room
of Oaktreo hall. The master of
the mansion, - Graham Daglish, had been
reading in the peaceful enjoyment of a
splendid firo and a luxurious armchair;
which, , upon tho girl's entrance, he had
quitted, and came forward a few steps to
' greet her.
Well," said Miss Hoys ton, after a mo
ment pause, in a tone of wonder, and
gazing frankly into the eyes of her com
panion, "are you not" going to ask me how
I am f
"How do you do Daglish nod.led
coolv. ul tbou rltt vim' v!ro tnn mnMi
vngaged iu takinj; that inventory of vour
propuiiv lor sucli a ceremony as shaking
hands. ' . . "
"How do you like my ulster? Don't
you like it! It?s all pockets," she said,
.thrusting her hand into 0110 receptacle,
then into another. i
"What a billy baby yon are," Daglish
cried, trying very hard to frown, and not
to smile, at the lovely, glowing face now
mined to his.
"Do yoit want '; everybody "to be the
Mi-thnsclnh thai yon are T" Elinor pouted.
A shadow crossed his countenance at
i,.io rauiiom worus. janitor ltvsNu was
nineteen; Graham Daglinh nine and thir
ty; and as the dew and sunshine are nec
essary'to the life of tho flowers, so seemed
this wnvward, wttmtng girl to Graham
Ibiglish to bo essential
When twelve' vcars niro
orohau' to their euro both
to his existence.
she was left an
Daglish and his
mother regarded the trust
as a serious and
mi welconuv responsibilitvL
but time had
changed their views. The old ladv called
Kliuor Iht sunshine, ailid Graham had
ifrown to love the' sweet' vnrinus-mnodud
girl with Jill the strength and devotion of
Ills resolute nature. I
Klinor's lato absence at school was a
source of deep n-givt, and now upon her
return homo for good, high festival would
be held in the hearts and in the mansion
of Oak tree.
"Are yon not glad that I have finished
with tiiat detestable school F she continu
ed after a short pause. i ;
"It d epends upon how much you know.
What can you tell mo conscientiously you
have learnt, Nell f1'
She took her stand immediately before
1 ,.H" I.,... llot.
on tho pretty fingers of her left hand as
i
sue ppoKe.
"Insie," she answered.
"Voice and piano gymnastics, I should
rather say."
"Geruiantho whole of the French lan
guage. Drawing and painting. Geogra
phy." ''Could you stand a iood examination
on the capital cities of Europe?" he inter
rupted. "I should not like it," she frankly al
lowed. "l?ut what does it matter? Ev
erybody is not an old bookworn like yon.
Perhaps when I am your age I shall know
nothing else." ' y
j "I hare yet to learn I hat ignorance is
interesting," said Daglish, crossly, under
the iiritalion of her allusions.
"So I arn ignorant nov, and I was silly
before; yon need not haVo told me so in
the first hour that I am at home at Oak
tree, I mean," she said, j in proud correc
tion oi nerseii.
. Occupied with his own
bitter reflections,
Daglish did not notice thk halt and change
of expression. But his
indifference was
differently construed b
tho
gathering up her hat aiid gloves, swept
gu
I, who.
"Hegavome no welcome, although I
offered hiin so many opportunities," she
6aid to herself, ns,. brusl ing the hot tears
from her eyes, she closer the door..
However melancholk , though,' tho ef
fect was upon his intel ect, Mr. Graham
Daglish had very soon i o witness the ter
iblo process, for next di.y the mansion at
iktrco filled with Chrhitmas visitors, and
a of these, Mr. Arthur Young, fell strait-
y in lovo with tho hf lliant beauty and
lining waviJ of Elii or Itovston, and
fender sentiments Mr. Young by no
3 concealed from an interested world.
Itovston seemed, too, to be receiving
I
c
g"
cut,
Mitions with favorjnnd complaisance.
!ish might witnets the position of
vith despair of spirit, but as her
i he could nako no reasonable ob
Arthnr Young, who was an hou
mio young fellow, and heir to a
riy. Beforehand, though, he
would not have supposed him the kind of
man to WtraB bright, original Nell lioys
ton. --jfer' preference, however, -tvas clear
enongh; Ui fact, with t the encouragement
Young received, the only marvel was .that
he did not urge his suit 'more boldly. '
t ' ". . . ' :
tt'Ti10 "eW ,yer' Lnd CO,U and a11 tlie
Hall guests were'gone save Arthur Young,
and he would appear to-have tuken tna
permanent residence there.
"I wish I had one of those crimson roses
that are in the conservatory," said Miss
Royston late one afternoon, as .they all
sat in the drawing room.'
"They are all well out now; von jean
have twenty, said Graham Daglish, look
ing off his pager fpr a inmate, v- . w
"Let me get thenar. your .Miss Roys-
alacrity Graham Daglish thought. "How
shall I find them ?" " " :
"Thank you; you are always kind. 1
will show you the tree," replied Miss
Royston, with still more unnecessary -alacrity,
, ill-used Daglish considered. . .
. The pair strolled away into the conser
vatory, Daglish wisUng, too late, that he
had 'offered to get the blossoms. To tor
ment himself further he pulled out his
watch to observe how long the offenders
would be gone.
But at length the guilty ones reappear
ed, just as twenty minutes were completed;
not a bad allowance of time for plucking
a couple of roses. Dollish surreptitiousl v
pocketed his watch, affecting not to no"-
uce meir return; Out everv gav lano-h ofj
iNelis went into his bosom like a poniard
The next day was one of siunlar beau
ty as regards weather,, and the saddle
horses were ordered round early, for Ar
thur and Elinor proposed to take a lou
ride.
' As she stood by her steed, Daglish of
fered to help Miss Royston nionnf. '
"Yon need not trouble," said Elinor,
coldly, the incident of his neglect with re
gard to the flower rankling in her mind.
"I prefer the groom; you either lilt me
short, or nearly fling me over on the other
side."
At the same time Young rnshed for
ward, and seeing only a servant in atten
dance, cried:
"Let me put yon up, Misa Royston." .
And she accepted his attendance with
the most gracious smile.
. Upon their return, which was not until
three or four o'clock in tho afternoon,
DaglUh.fltttkeii.ahftWElikwr ixshaj verv
much subdued in spirits.
To this circumstance, though, he did
not attach much meaning1 or "impoitance
until an event the following morning gave
the depression and ailment a new siVnifi-
anco. The event was AVlhur Younr's
making the startling announcement in the
conrse ot i.rcaUtast of a uecessitv for his
leaving by the hrst train.
"Is it possible, Mr. Yonnir? and so
Slid-
tenly, too!" esclaimed Mrs. Daglish.
1 "Yon don't reallv mean it', old in.n,l;'
cried Graham Dairlisli.
.... 3
man!
1 he only person who showed
prise was Miss Elinor Rovsto-i.
no sur-
"Well, Nell, arc we to have a wedding?"
asked Mrs. Daglish, while they were slill
sitting in the unsettled state in which; a
hasty ileparture of one member leaves anv
fainilv.
At that same inopportune moment a
servant entered with a message' from a
poor wilow, a" pensioner at the Hall, beg
ging she would see 1)er with respect to
some trouble that she was in.
( Off bustled the kindly old ladv, leaving
Graham and Elinor to discuss the delicate
topic she had introduced.
"ls that true. Aclif askt! D
;iriisli
h
in
ow tone.
"What if it be?" said Miss Royston,
flashing defiance upon him IVoni her eves.
"It is nothing to you."
'Nothing?'' he cried. "Jt. is much,
Elinor," he said, speaking calmly, but
with a certain tender gmyitv, "Your hap
piness is almost my chief concern. Ar
thur Young is a good enough fellow, his
position suitable,' and all that, if yon feel
that he is calculated to make yon happy,
and yon love him."
"It is something to be loved to feel
that one is cared for. Love to me is what
water is to a man dying of thirst," she
cried passionately,
"El inor! Is that speech the fit reward
of your treatment here?"
"Forgive 1 me foririvo me!" sho rU
buisting into tears. "I
am ungrateful:
, 1
lint that is just mv-trouble; I am a soecic-s
of dependent; the recipient of 'charity
kindly, generous charity still charity.'"1
"Well," he said, and" he took both her
hands into his and looked straight at her.
"I think yon should know how "much your
presence is . vabied fiere. To my mother
yon are almost necessary and as for my
self," ho added, with a curious break in
his voice, "gone, you leave me a solitary
man for life. Hut heaven forgive me ! I
never meant to distress yon by saying so
much." .. . j .! . ' '' ';. ' ' ";:
"Why should you not? Your yonr
conduct "
Then Miss Royston's tears flowed afresh,
choking utterance. ' Her head she turned
aside to hido her tell-tale face. But not
before Daglish had caught something of
its tell-tale expression. p
"Child, let there he no misunderstand
ing. between us in this supreme moment.
If you havo given your heart to Arthur
Young marry him, and happiness go with
von.
"You have no right to say such a thing,?
pouted Elinor, interrnpting" him. J
' "Mnch right and much reason, I think,"
he answered; "although yon will very like
ly set it down for jealousy."
Over Miss Royston's features a brilliant
smile flitted, sufficiently expressive of suc-
cesstul mischief. JJtit her triuuin h was his
ublis!!!U Myrover,
also, for he saw and interpreted the si"n
not altogether incorrectly.
"Nell, could you ever 'learn to lovo me r
he asked abruntlv. - .
;Miss Royston apparently- needed time toj
s0"S. capacities in that respect, for
she gave Graham Daglish no reply for a
minute or two; and wlile she hesitated two
strong arms stole around her, and a voice
whispered: - ; ... -- - .
"Are yon mine, to be my own darline.
cherished wife?" V
Mi.ss Royston seeinel eti 11 to lo affected
with a difficulty of speech, bat she suf
fered, without opposition or even remon-j
strance, tho bondage m which she was do-
tained. .::"-'- ' '
"I am soi-ry for. that poor fellow Youn
I '".wora wm," said lJagtish pres-
eutly, with the- f?ener(sitv of.lmmiim.t.-
.4
worn ue u ait recovered tromj his first cc
stcies of joy. And then suddenlv a pain
ful doubt assailed his mind.
"Ebnor, you gave him no promise ves
terday, did youf he asked, in quick dread
of losing his new-found treasure. "What
passed between youf
Never mind," she answered, blushing.
it was his own fault, and Mr. Youn r will
recover it in time, whatever it was."
"Well, I am afraid yon used him bad I v."
"There! you begin to lecture me at
once," she cried, starting away, and hold
ing up tier Hands admouishingly. "Not
so bad as you mav
imagine.
Public im
pressions were carefully corrected in pri
vate." T 1
Paris correspondence N. Y. Herald.
A FRENCH ACTRESS PHOTOGRAPHED IX HER
' COFFIN.
Sarah Bernhardt objects stronglv to the
imputation of singularity, and yet, if it
were not rude to contradict a ladv, one
would admit that she sometimes does ec
centric things. Her latest proceeding js
to nave lierselt photographed in her cof
fin ! The coffin has long been a nart of
tho furniture of
beautiful thing
her home, ami
i very
it is. it is enough to
make
one long tor death. It was origi
.. . . o
nally a present from a friend, who has
spared no pains in making it worthy of the
lady's acceptance, and it has since been
largely embellished by the recipient.' It
was a fancy of hers, which she shared, or
might have shared, with the late Admiral
Lord Nelson, and with others of the great,
to have her last lodging constantly in
view,, and, as it were, under repairs at the
hands or the prospective tenant. When
ever "she" has" a bit of lace to spare oilx
new idea in quilting or embroidery, she
has it put into the coffin. For a lou- time
she used it as her bed, but-tlrat 'practice
was finally abandoned, at the earnest (so
licitation of the doctors, as tendifi.r to ha-
ten cue, approacli oi the. moment when she
would have to take '.it for good and all.
Muing of late on that moment and its in
cidents, it occurred to her tlwt it would be
a good tiling to .leave explicit directions
for the mariner of her funeral, anisoshe
forth with laid lierselt out" w-itlr exquisite
taste, and called in a photographer to "fix"
herein pictorial black and while for the
purpose, of exemplifying her testamentarv
instructions. The man did his office, and
there he lies, ns Mrs. Gamp might put it,
"the sweetest corpse." Only four copies
were made for strictlv private keeping
which it never will, it
.i me . jiu unu coniii see one or lliem
would insist on
there being
a thousand. Tho eofiiu 5
half smothered in flowers and branches of
palm, most artistically arranged, and it is
placed on an incline, 'ro as to permit von"
to have a good view of the occupant. She
lies on a pillow of white satin; she is robed
in white cashmere, anil her bare arms are
crossed meekly over . her breast Ophelia
going to her gravo. The eyes are closed
and all her features beautifully composed.
Everything is done to curry out the idea
that death is but a dreamless sleep. Ask
me why the greatest actress iu France and
the most admired,: a woman who has Won
her way to a throne of genius, should Lave
such fancies, and I must frankly admit 1
cannot tell you. There is only'this to be
said, I think: her very delight "in her pres
ent glory makes hep morbidly sensitive
iu speculations as to the future Death is
ever iu her thoughts,' but not so much the
death of the body as" the death of fame
that terrible forgetfulness of a onco roat
and popular name of which she hasseen
so maTiy examples in her theatrical career.
It would be awful to become like B. or F.
at the Francaise, and to have to maintain
a running fight with age and the public
indifference at ever-increasing odds. Wel
come mere bodily death a thousand times,
rather than await this other and most tru
ly fatal stroke. Her desire is to dio in
the plenitude of her powers, and this thor-
ouguness or mortuary rehearsal is but a
great actress' effort iii the preparation of a
final part.
There is a piece of rock standing. on the
ridge running up thq Sonth Mountain at
Egan Canyon. One morning in 1863 an
Indian was discovered standing by this
rock, calmly snrveving tho scene below.
Land particularly the overland station to
the YV est then ganisoned by a number of
soldiers, lie was sol far off that ho enjoy
ed the excitement produced by his appear
ance, and made a very significant gesture
of derision and contempt "for the soldiers.
One of them determined to replv to his
salutation, and fired at Lira from tho sta
tion with a rifle, and, strange to say, with
wonderful accuracy of aim, shot, him
through the head. His remains were bu
ried behind the rock on the mountain, and
in 1873 his skull, distarlied in some way
from its resting-place, was exhibited among
the miners at Egan as a relic of tho war
and of the disaster which overtook the In
dian, who was ignorant of or conceitedly
despised the virtues of long range. It
was a shot of nearly two thousand feet.
Corner Alii! arson and Old
THTIBSDAY; PEIiKUAKY
A TUpihUX'i'ADVEXTCKE.
A merchant, ui- T to celebrate his
daughter's wedding, collected a parcel of
heryofung compr.: : They circled a
round ber.'wishing ? uJi happiness to the
youthful bride r I 1 chosen one. Her
father gazed proudly -Y.Lia Tavorcd child,
andjioped that a? liL-ht prospects for tho
future -might open f-r the rest of his chil
dren, who were playing among his guests.
' Passing ihron-h io liall of . the base
ment, ho met a ri
ff lighted .candle i?i
-candlestick.' He
pbndnct, and went i
about the supper.
xvithoiit the taudle.
t, w ho was carrying
jcr hand without the
I ' mied her for such
the kitchen to see
girl returned, but
The merchant imme-
J ttely-.reeoUected :-t several barrels of
gi!Iivrtr Md )Lc3&i rxtLMM. cellar
dunnsr the dav. and Mnt-nnn l,.,,l
o - . i v..v hum iva ii im
pelled, i ';
"Where is your candle!" he inquired, in
the utmost alarm. ' , -
"I couldn't bring it hp with me, for un
arms were full of wood," said the irl.
"Where did you put it?"
"fWell, I'd no 'candlestick, so I stuck it
in some black sand that's in tho sand bar
rel." j
iter master ilashed down tho stairs. Tl
passage was long and dark; his knees
threatened to give j way under him; his
breath was choked; his flesh 'seemed dry
and parched, as if he already felt the suf
focating blast of dcqth. At'tho end of the
cellar, under the, very room where hischil
dren and their friends wero revelling in fe
licity, he saw the"open barrel of powder
full to the top, the candle stuck lonsclv in
the grains, with a long red snuff of burnt
wick. The sight seemed to wither all his
power. The laughter of the company
struck his ear like the knell of death. He
stood a moment unable to move. The
music commenced above; tho feet of the
dancers responded with vivacity; the floor
shook, and the loose bottles in" the cellar
jingled with the motion. Ho fancied the
candle moving was falling! With des
perate energy he sprang forward but how
to removtf it? The slightest toucb would
cause the red-hot wick to fall into the
powder. With unequalled presence of
mind he placed on each fide of the caudle,
pointed towards, tho object of his tare,
which, as bis hands! met, was secured in
the clasp of his fingers and safelv moved
away from its dangiroupiu' ion." When
he reached the head of the stairs he smiled
at his previous alaj-m but tho reaction
was too powerful, rind he fell into fits of
tin mos; powerful lnitefr' Hewnswn.
veyed to his bed isc&scliss, and inanv
weeks elapsed ere Ids, evstem recovered
sufficient tone to allowhi'm to resume his
business. ; ! i
- i, i r
The Microscope iA$, a Detkctive.
Some years since it mas discovered by the
authorities of a railway in (lermanv that
a barrel which, on biog despatched from
a icertain station, contained silver coin
had, during the journey to its destination,
been emptied bf it contents and been
filled with sand. For some time no due
to the perpetrator of tbc robWry could be
discovered; but at length a learned profes
sor, haying been consisted on the subject,
called in the aid of thS microscope. And
this was how tho thfcf was found out.
The professor, knowing that evsn though
in; the very minutest degree there wasa
distinctive dirTcrrnco in tho saud found
near the various stations along the rail
way line, sent for a sample of it brum each
of the places through which the train con
taining the silver coin had passed. With
the microscope ho careful! v examined the
sample, compared it wuh "the sand found
in the barrel, and thus identified the sta
tion from which the latter had been pro
cured. -Having, in this ingenious manner,
fonnd out the station he wanted, little
difficulty renuiined lf.,c tho railway ser
vants employed at it; by one of whom the
robbery had been coinmitted, were so few
in: number that tho culprit was readily de
tected. ! ' J
ie
.-II est roil the MixD.-When the daily
occupation is monotonous and unengros-sing,-a
full supply of excitement for the
leisure hours may be 'desirable, Imt where
the mental powers Jkiv.4 been taxed to
their utmost through the hours of labor, it
is absolutely necessary to health and hap
piness that they t. entirely released for
at least a portion of the time that U left
It is not enough that tho usual amount of
timo be spent in tho absolute rest of sleep,
if every waking hour be filled to the brim'
with eager, serious occupation. It is not
enough that certain hours be see tired free
from absolute work, if they aro still per
meated with energetic thought, intense
feeling, or exciting pleasures. The mind
needs rest froin effort in its waking hours
a timo when it. may rightly lay . aside
its activity, and enjoy being acted upon
by calm and gentle'inflnences.
;: Reversed Speech. Messrs. Jenkins
and Ewiug have recently made some in
vestigations into-the capabilities of the
phonograph for reversing sound when
turned in opposite directions. They state
that both vowels and consonants are un
altered by ,being spoken backward, and
that, whetlifr the pulsations of air be made
in given order or in reverse order, tho ear
accepts the sound as indicating tho same
letter. Consonants between single pairs
of syllables, ns add, uTmi are identifiable
quite as well backward as forward. Ab,
however, said backward becomes 1m:, and
thus the investigators suggest we have
here a standard of .what does really con
stitute a single letter or element of articu
late speech; it is any ono reversible part.
The w ord vohsaeesossa . pronofthced in the
phonograph is re-prodiiced very clearly as
association. r
. . . . ft
: Censwire is the tas a man pays the pub
lic for .being eminent.
Streets, Fayetteville,
20,. 1879.
THE LEGEND OF THE MOUSE TOWEC
Below Ilingen tho river become the
true "castellated Rhine. Here bfgins
tho narrow gorge of tho Ithinc, cut through
a chain of mountains running nearly at the
righUangles to tho stream. It mav bo
that the river burst throngh a great moun
tain wall which opposed its progress at
Bingcn; and it is certain that a wall of
rock runs obliquely across at this place,
and has been broken through artificially
at what is known ns tho "liingen Ik.-Ii"
or "Hole of Itingen." The deepest part
of this channel lies under tho castle of
Ehrenfcls, built by the Archbishop ,f
Maintz early in tho thirteenth century. It
was stormed iu tho Thirty Year' War;
but its destruction, liko ho much rlo in
4 Li .country,-" lu to the FreocLi a 4 CSD.
it rises very picturcscpiely almve the river,
while vineyards cr c p up to it from below,
and the fohling hills unkc a fitting back
ground. Archbishop Hallo's name is con
nected with Ehrcnrtls, but not more justly
than with tho quaint XIausethuiiii, o'r
Mouso Tower, on its Wand iu the river
below. Every one visits tho Mauscthurm,
and every one knows how the cruel Arch
bishop induced the famishing people of
Biugcu to enter n great barn.
"Then when he aw it ri.uld Ih.Ki no nn.iv,
liii-liup Ilitttu he niaile f.iM ir iltM.r.
And while f.ir merry en Chri-l lhi-v call,
lie t-t tirj to the barn, nm! burnt i'h-ni all.
So he went back to KhrenfeU "and sat
down to supper merrily." i IJ.a that night
was bis last. A vast army of rati; ifi7rd
from the smoking barn. ,Tho Bishop, in
his terror, lied to bis river tower. Hut
thero was no escape fori him. The rats
swain the river, climbed tho walls, nod
crept by thousands in at the window and
loopholes. Then "all ut once to the Bih-
op they go." 1
"They havt. whetted their tts-lfc a.iinM ihoMoi.e
And now thev pick the JlUhop's U,ne;
They ".mawed ,e nVh from ererr limh.
For ihejr went fenl to ! justice on hiiu."
There are quaint picturesiu tme old Her
man books which show us the rati scalin
the tower, on tho top of which appears the
Archbishop, wiili cope, mitre, and pastoral
stuff, whilst a couple of huge rat liav
made good their lodging on hi shoulders.
The story is "in p'nnt,? and if not "in
choice Italian," yet in the choicest high
German. And yet, as far ns KWiop HaUo
is concerned, it marks but the irony of
iate. ne was by no means a hard hearted
prelate; and tho-Tower, which is much
later than his time, was built for'collect
ing lolls from "thn" vessels' thai passed1 np
and down the Khiue. The name story is
toMfif other l.itdiopH and of other ratn. It
is widely scattered, r.nd occurs in Switzer
land, in Sweden, in Poland and elsewhere.
w!in has collected many
of these parallel stories, suggests that the
myth "points to sacrifice of chieftains and
princes in times of famine" .:f course in
Iicallieu days "and . that the manner f
offering the sacrifice was the exposure of
the victim to ratu.w Vr.-mww Ku,;.
Thk Arabian Nights. The original
authors of the "Arabian Nights" are un
known; nor is it known with any certain
ly where or when the talcs wcro written.
It is believed, however, that many or them,
as well ns the plan of tho workwere lor
rowed from a collection of Persian tales,
written a few years after the Hegira. The
majority of them were written, beyond
doubt, eUhcr in lVrMa or Syria, in about
1454. That they wcie not composed sub
sequent to that timeis evident froiq the fact
that coffeo is not mentioned throughout
them but three times, and tobacco but once,
and these references are presumed to Ik?
interpolations. Had these luxuries then
been in use they would most certainly have
been made a feature in every tale. To
Atitoine (Jalland, a Frenchman, is the
world indebted for the first translation of
the "Arabian Nights'! into n European
language. He was born inlGlG. Hav
ing acquainted himself with the (Mental
language, he accompanied the French min
ister to Constantinople, and then visited
the Holy Land. In ICC-i I e n t imed to
Paris with so many rate medals and anti
quities that he was dispatched to that
country again to collect m.-innsciipt for the
celebrated Colbert. This was iu 1G79,
and it was during this I tour that he prob
ably came into possession of the "Arabian
Nights Entertainments." In 1GS2 the
tales were translated 'into French, and
were soon read in almost every language.
The original collection is called tho etories
of a "Thousand and One Nights, but thus
far only live hundred and sixty-eight have
been discovered, and; only portion of
those have been translated.'
A Tragkmax ox Actoils and Crit
ics. John rtlcCnlliMigh says there are but
three tragic actors iu tho United States
Booth, Lawrence Barrett and himself. He
says that Booth is an excellent actor, but,
like all men who get to the top round of
the profession, receives more criticism than
he deserves. "This business of criticism,"
8a id ho, "is peculiar. -There are men now
writing mo up with t-incero enthusiasm
who will in n, few years hence, if I have
better luck, make np their minds that they
had better begin to pull me down. That
is the only trouble with Edwin Booth. He
has had the largest following and tho tast
class of support of any pcrson on the stage,
in England or America. It began in his
youth, and in his following were scholars,
editors, scientific men all of the verv
best. He has improved, but, of course,
there will be pauses ami reactions iu everv
career. It i. the same,w continued the
philosophic McCullongh, "with I)in
Boncicault, the play writer; I bavo wen
recently a dozen or twenty references to
him as played ont."
No man is nUnys wrong. A clock that
does not go at all is light twice iu the
iweiitv-fuur hours. ,
N. cf
AX AM EXTt EE OX MM !..m.
We l.a.l got uiilia 100 fee t of the ton
of Mcgharaandnl ,in safety, when there
was a stop. The five txxd'e Cre lead
ing, then came Jocram, end I bron-bt np
the re.r. We had not put n the roJ,
bnt were walking clow together. I aidcrd
what was the matter, and then a bamlnni,
which one of the coolie Was mdng a
lick, was ti&nded to me, and I was atked
what had h.ipH-t.cd to it. It un making
a luring noio, somewhat like damp wood
burning. I nt once ll.ougli of electtirJtv;
bnt ns there was no metal amit the bam
boo, and as my ice axe waswlcnr; 1 Land
ed It back, Mying I, f in cicd that it was
probably only tho wood expanding with the
damp. Wo had not advanced three Hep
whew there ruwtler tKp.-nd the fur-.
moid, coolies cried ont that tin ir god mm
angry, and had Mrnck them on tho bead
as if with a bullet. They hydounon
the Mor, preying their hand's to their
heads ns ir in pain. Jot-ram, tLinVing thi.
was home noiiK-npe, advanced, bul'he ali-i
cn'ed out that be had U-n struck, an 1
pressed his band to Lis bead. At the
Kime instant I reerive.1 a seni-iblc thougl,
flight hmrk iu the bead, and at once be
gan to crackle all ovit. From my tempb h,
tdiouLlcr, cll)wsaud k tiers tln-re preced
ed a tuic exactly tdtuilar to that which i
produced when one draws iq.arks futn an
ibtttio tuacLiue. The -usation of j rick
ing was alo Minilar to that exp iicnccl
w hen the p.uk are drawn. Whether we
were hparkling (all were crackling) I can't
say, as I di 1 not, under the tirenmrtar ce,
pay attention to such detail. Immediate,
ly we received the bhock I t-honted to the
coolies "Lightning! get down as fat as
you can !" Wc all set out dow n the ridge
as hard a no could run, utteily regardht
of precipices, avalanches and such like.
Tho duckling t-till fctnck to os, till 1
hhoutiMl to tho men to throw awav every
thing made of iron viz., their axes. 1
Muck my icc axc in tho .uow, and the
C4Kdie, on my adding that of courw I
should pay for them, did the same with
their nsw. We then in & few paces "ot
rid of the crackling and t.f the pt uw g
seu.iatuHi. Not Uing an electrician, I do
not know what amount of danger, if any,
we wero in; but I do know that we bad a'll
TT.. I 1 "... 1 m . . 1 . . I
vvv m lumv vi ii'M sevcro fleet uc
shock, and that we did not feel inclined to
ruk the repetition, even of that, to mVo-
imng oi any tiling worse.
rntSIDEXT MADISON'S HolSL
MontiHlicr is now owned by Frank Car
son, formerly of Baltimore, whu purchnt-cd
it oi ins brother many years ago. It
situated alout four milVs from Orange
court houM', a station on the Virginia
Midland railroad, is an undulating and
picturesque country, lying almot m the
dadvs uf iho Blue Bi lge, and lrdt red
on one side by the Bjpi .,n. The man
sion, which is built after the English i-ivlc
i t its d.n s, stands back half a mile fr'.m
the road, and is a large, subtaniial build
ing of brick and tone, w ith spacious riMMmt,
not unlike in their ntraugciuciit to Ailing,
ton house oppo.-itc Wniington, and Moiit
icclh, the home of Jefferson r,cur Char-
lotlcsvillc, and ilbiMrKtiiig uitLout as well
as within the architecture of countiy build
jugs that giew up with the colonial H-iio,l.
The estate, which was much larger in the
time or President Madison, only covers
now sonic 700 ncren. Madij-.u'aud Ids
wife arc buried a abort diftanre rt the
right of the tnaiiMon as ono approaches it,
in a large lul I. Their guves atccnrbiM-d
bra 8ul.tjn:i:.l brick wall, quite one bun
drel fil spiare, wiih a plain iron gale,
with "Madison, lb-'0,in iiuti letters n.n
it. On a pedestal of fonr granite blocks a
granite oW!ik, omo twenty fei-t hi-h, is
placed over the grae r.f the fourth pui.
dent or the Uuitel .States, with the simple
ii.sciiptiou nK.n it, "3IadiMin, loni March
10, 1751." The ilale of bis death is not
given. By the side of this monument tUro
is a small marble oU-lik over the grave
of Holly l'aync Madison.' The other
graves in the iuchtsnrc are nnikcd bv nw.n
r.metits to telalives, though Mis. Madlm
left no chibltcii. Tho inaiiMon and laud
nri in a fair condition, though but a small
riion f.f (ho latter is under cultivation.
There is but b?e left in the bom; which
was iu ne by Mr. Madison, and the at
tractions conMt snleir of the nnnsioo it
self an-1 the supetb view from it. .
Daniel WnwTrr.'s Face. TLedaik
complexion of Daniel Webber ami bis ro
bust frame oftcu startled strangers. When
ho was in undress, limiting or tihinf lu
dicrous results caionally occurred fnmi
his singnlar apjearanc. A slagr-lric-r,
on a road where to or three dating rol
lKiics had been committed, was onco a
larmed at having Mr. Webster as the on
ly passenger, thinking fiom his looks Lc
might le the bold highwayman.
Oa another occasion, while shooting a
few stray shot from bis gun, bo wounded
a man lying down ont of sight. TLe
frightened man rose at once, and bis angry
tones and words betrayed bis indignation
and Alarm. Mr. Webster hurried to him
with an earnest apology, expressing a fear
that some of the shot had hit him. TLe
man looked at him from head in foot, and
said to Li i.i, half iu anger and half in a
larm :
''Yon have hit me, and from yonr looks
I should think I am not the Jirt man too.
have shot.
("cncral Stark, under whom his father
served, once paid him an ambiguous com
pliment: ''1 should knoar yon,' said be,
"to Ik? vour father's jon: I never coald tell
whether hi black face was from odi-r
or not, and yoo arc a blamed-sighl black
er than be.
Motives are like barlcqnins there is ab
nv a iKxrond dress bcupatU the firsL
WHOLE NO. 277.
Around Iho World.
Variety if Ike jic ( tiff, nrymml.
John Wh3tc McKillc, He bovtllu, is
Ti e Kin of Bullish
1. - ' ... .in..
iiir sicr.
Ireidctit Alcantara, of Vmo..i. a-. i
ic 30ih ulU '
19 total clcU or Virginia is -;vr0 l
Onille (itant Las Utn ttlcal fr. tU
lunatic im lam.
A Chinaman was Lang t Brid-e
Cal f jt murder.
ci I
Tb e Ifou rotr. n.; t Ire
i .j-i
lave
m,-.i rat-m in act OO.
Ihcto Late IctO Lcavy uw sin
throughout ihe EaMcrn Slates.
Clenrral lU a.urga.d ba, im mt'tnAuU-d
Adjutant (iriK-ul t,f I.u'u'ur.a.
The total vote cast tut, Cottrnor ia
lc nnei,M-c allLe lat c Icxtb a mas I C,5l5.
Ex t'otetnor Fo.te Las U-rn r.-.;tl
sujH untendent .r tbc New f UU u ndtt.
s. naior rutr.4 u . i, i,;,.
Sl, 0 a day fjoui oce or Lis mine-, ia Ne
vada. lVrnindi,,,, ' ta hc tis'.tir.tii
CLmamei., thte ..f wll t lU
lato cleitiou.
Tlietw Lave If-cn c-ty Leary mic s im
the Eastern Sutes, and tW s.tira'ms are at
fl .I Leight.
Tho Mctroj-.liia,, i;:,.,,,! i;od, of
-M li.tk.ratnol ttun tnilllon
gers iu n( months. r
Tbe liabilities .r the Wrt of K.Und
and Sooth Wales disuict l.an, suM- tod.
cl, are S 1 7,00,000.
A car.1 of Atunictn rli! and Wr
Lis Utii lauded r.t IbikyLcad, EcUud,
in Splendid cotidlliou.
It is rstimate.) that. during tLo lt
eight years Tela (. fucieai in popu
lation at lost 100,000.
IV f. Jersey says that the IUaV Hills
arc declined to 1 ibe gie1et cold-io-ducing
country iu the wctld.
Advices Lave lea rrccivr-l from Mag
ador that a terrible famine prevails their,
the deaths averaging 25 daily.
TLe MoflVit. Kll ),nueb Ut.V the -.it"
of pntich that the luemWr of tLe 'iU-
tare wu to
itiiuie
ut to a
vet r gnat
extent.
0
The Vot le Mribvi cornddcis the tnnt
der of tnc-iily-five 1'ioteMauts in the htat
of iVbUonc of the ttulu of ixli-ioi s
IiU-nv.
Lact wwinn iLe Ix-Ulxintrf a!nibe.l
thclicoi-u Stale It-.nt l f JIe.4lth, and
now a bill has U-t-n If. iol Uli!.ii.
lb.rc.iu of Agticuliuic. "
A couple i u Conticclictit iccri.tly rt !c
bratfl their gddrn -llig on lL .a,o
day that the ir q an I dauhtc in la-
cx-lcbrate.1 th-ir iUer wellii.
It t said that Grant Las 4p-.ne,l L'.s
return, asd Las ronclu le,I to c u Aiia.
He may ?o - Africa, as l.r mm tu4.
of clunn.tLis may, arc C"t.n iurd.
Judge B!d It, of the I'liitfl Statra
dUtrict c.it for ll.L-ag., im in .Ut.-.r 4
imjKachmcnt. He ujptvmr-l a -ijntr
indicttucnl agant one .f Lis f. -...
The fiit shipmctit r.f L-tscs fmta Atucr
ica, f.H- the n f ihc 1'ieocti at oir, at-me-l
at llatrc lat meek. TLe tJUlit
itiertois aic moth plcasod mith tLc-m.
TLe. SV il-.tn Tisort cfTTS a ojodal
valued at S100 f or the X cu r) trf
ing the gralitnde e.f the fU.ua taid the
l.ple of the Nojlli fr iu kiad&eM daiir.g
the epidemic
A mm in NVm Vk Lmm tl'tmcaxt-ti.
smc hf U of ran.a mLUL ait sT l
to explain lL laUtJil and Loiit.ctl r-
toKpetUre contlalivc laagttial gtaiir
of the g TOSCO p.
Senator lWk Las iutro-lneo-I a t
tcpal the law prohibit in &iivw-:mo U
served nndcT I te Omfclcrate g'vc-roiartit
from leing apj.ii.icJ ta any -m kq ia
ll.c it-gular army. j .
Taper teeth are a near iorei.tiua in Clrt
man y, and a imruWi tf sperimews ti
diipUye-I at the Ute pajr ralibi;i. itt
Bel I in. TLey are marratitcd fallr as !t-
ablc as any o;Lcr tcth.
a a
yrara ago, a perm mith
the Iepiov altted on Bayou Lf.nLf,
and the disease has sprra I iinoa; the mo
pie, onlil, d, iLerc are aloafjjtj Je-is
in Ifourche l'aiih, Iuiana.
The maniage cf a Saa FiamiA
ower to Lis ttepdaughter so liiplenwl Lis
neighbors tlat they slack lax and feallt-ra
op Lis door at a Lint of what they monl 1
do if Le did not move am ay. lie moved.
The King of Den mat k, ia aanonnc'ng
the engagement f Li daughter Tlat a Vt
the Dako of Cnmlieiland, says that tb
ntdon is the resalt of lov on'Utb sides,
and Las no to'ilical significance.
A freiLt car arrived at Meri.'an, fmri
Mobile, the other dar, which mas r jul I
the Lirtoiic 'IVjau Lrr, fi.r thrtc -ie
t'4odoz"n or tr.oic lramjs roncrs!el i
tLe Ixiwrls mLo mere very Crm-rr ! a. I
who, it mat fcaictl, would' talc the i'lr.
Thcranscrf the ei-Emprrwi E'ursi
and Ler son again! lL- S:ic is j4, o..w
Uing tiioi in I'atis. TLrr rlaitti cnl;u
rojrty or Najdcon I If. as U-lonn;(
them, particnlatlythe Konlaiut I Vau Cl i
neiK Musenra, tho rcdUtiimi of arwots at
Cotuj'elgne, and a gtcat luisy rt.a.
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