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N. 0 " ; ;BERTipE'S CAPTIVES.- Nothing was to be'hearJin Hhe forei eavo.tho rustling of tho snow falling upon thoc3dars as it had boeri failing iince nudday, a fine, powdery mv-tliat spread nporttho branches a frozen moss, upon tnoirs a coating.of silver and troon the road3 and pathvayrf, aii imrnenso" cariiet, soft fd whitQ, and which intensified the staincss 01 this sea of trees. , - Bcforo tho 4oor of - a forester's' hut n young woman with her doovea rolled .up to tho elbowa was cutting wood with an ax upon a stono- Tall, suppld and Btrbng 0 was a ixuo; daughter of the forest' and tho child -and wife of a forester. Sud denly a vxrico camo from' tho' interior-of tho house: ; vV aTSi alono this oaiinif.' IVtt hi ' camo in and mate everything fast.- There. may txATussians as well as wolves in the forestJxj-night.V , : -The' wood chopror responded with'orc-' eouridingjptroko of the -ax. "I JKave-ncarly finfehod, Eabthor,'? eho aaidj .besides, there is no need of fear yeti it . is. still daylight. " Nevertheless;' she brought in' her fagots and sticks -of .wood, anil piling them up in tho chimney corner went out again to close up tho shod; then ?ro-cntering the room she pushed to the door and locked and bolted it--. ' .) - . - - , -V Her - mother, an eld . cud wrinkled woman whom age had made timid and norvoiivwas seated bythQ' firsiclepin- " do not Eke it, .Tterthino;! :air she; Jwhen your father, is from homo two women are not strong" ' . - - 4lBirt I am not afraid,-' trie girl' re Bponded;V"Ican defend rrself from a wolf or ja Prussianail thersame"-. and she glanced tagniflcantly at a' huge re volver -suspended above the ". chknnoy piece.- - , - s ".. Berthino's husband ; had been in the army ever since the lKpnning of the Prussian imtision, "and theso two women had. remained " -alone , with, only tho old father,' Nicholas Pichon, the gamekeeper as he was called ja ds- neighborhood, -who Iiad cbstinately refused to leave his dwelling and seek protection In the city. '. Tho c4tgr nearest . tho Pichon hut was Rethcl, a quaint and ancient place perched upon a high rock. ; filled, with patriot? isin, the citizens had decided to resist in vaders to shut themselves up, and4f nec essary sustain a siego 6uch as had taken place in the time of their f oref atl?rr-f or twice already 'the inhabitants- of RetheV in tho days of Henry IV and Louis XIV, had rendered themselves" thus !Uristriovis.: Purchasing a supply-of cannon and; gunSj equipping a militia, and forming them selves into battalions and companies, tltey exercised daily - on the Hace -dArmes. Pakers, grocers, butchers, iiotaries; law yers, cabinet makers," librarians and even druggists, maneuvered in turn at tlie regu lation hour I tinder the command of M. tdvigne,j an ex-omcer . of dragoonsvand fa .Tay) t1nbrj to- Xuo liaviig r m&r-rcd the daughter and lieiress of the shop keei)er, Karedan the richest and most in fluential man in the city. . - -v And thus they patiently waited z the Prussians, tlie Prussians who ncver-came, though twice -they had been seeHin the forest,- in the neighborhood of Pichon 's hut, wlio had run to warn tho city. r f This house of Nicholas Pichon's served s a sort of advance- post in the forest of Avehne; and twice a week the old .man went into .the city to jfarchasd provisions and to carry to the citizens the latest news of tho campaign. - . --v - -s His errand to Rethel to-day was to an nounce that a small detachment 'of Ger man infantry had halted near his, house about 2 o'clock that morning. They did not remain long, nor did ho know tho di rection they had taken, but all the same, as soon as- they had gone again Pichon called histIog3. and started for the: city, instructing his wife and "daughter to bolt and, barricade ! the. house when night should t ts&lr. starl on no account to open the .door no matter who mighi knock, -. Bcrthijic was afraid of "notJiing, but the bid ;woinan: trembled and constantly re peated: 'It-will end badly-r-iyou will see -it will end badlysuxet'faixd to-night: she. seemed more "Imquict than usual..; ,1 VKno west,' thou at, what hour ,thy .-.fa ther will return?." shofEaitLta her tLjughr ter, presently, -jf: . ;:f : '- " "Not "before li, caiaWy.KWhen far' tiier dines with the 'major commandant (the "title Lavigno had conferred upon himself), ho never returns till late," .' and Bertiiine hung the pot over tho fire and prepared to make the soup;" All at once she ceased to stir it; she was listening to an indistinct noise that came ' down the flue of the olumney. 7'. --r. - ' "Some one. is walking .in the vwood,": sho said ; "seven or eight people at least. " The- old - woman, frightened to death, stopped her wheel and began to whim per, 'j. .-Vv .1 y--. ."Mod Keu, BeriJunel" she cried; Vand thy father & from home!"' - - , - But Bertriine did not reply, for at the moment there : wasa? knock at the doori and " a guttural voice ? demanded admits tance. J - ' . - . 'Open or I'll preak te toor," the same voice shouted a little later; Slipping the revolver into hef ; pocket, theyoung w.o man . crossed tho room and,' placing her mouth to ; the- kpyhole, shouted in tetuifi: 'And who' are; you?";.- VA- tejacloment fromto .udder J6ideI'"WelI what do you want?" -'Someting3 . to eat; 'I haf pcen lost since morning in te woods; open or I'll preak te toor IV -1 - - Without waiSmg for him to put his threat - into ;; execution;Bhe slipped :.the bolts; the door swung heavily upon its binges, and she saw in tho pale,- snowy light of the forest a group x of soldiers Standing upon the : step-f-the'anio iil fact, she lwl seen the evening'before,- - J .: This i. no time-of -night to ask. for food, " she contiimed, in a resolute tone,'V "hesides, I am, alone in tlie. house,, with oniy my mother.""' "-. ".- - . ' "Dat is hotting, V replied the officer,' who seomedT to be a-good sort of a fellow;, "wo shall do-you no 'Iiarm, but we must haf sometings to at; .we fall mit hunger and fatigue. " . ,. '.-7- . - 'Very well, "then, she responded, ntfir. ntid I will see what I can do.V Tlie men appeared, as the oificeF jSad said, to be worn out wittt Hunger ana fatigue. V. They had placed their guns and fans in the corner, and how sat about the table watching .with the eager looks, of j lialf starved animals the preparations tor ihe pot-au-feu which Berthme was,e-: gaged in making; ; The old mother, every now and then turning a frightened glance ujjon the invading 'soldiers, had resumed her sphming, and nothing was- heard in tho room but the light -whirring of the rolling-. wheel ' and the "bubbling of the water in the pot. . They ato-voraciously;! tlipir - mouths spread to: their widest extent 0 an effort to 8 wallow the more, and their round eyes opening and shutting with "every move-, mont of-, their jaws. '.The '-"noise they made in 'svaIlowmg souaded like' the gargling of a water pipe. - As they-were' thirsty as well as hungry, Berthino at last descended to the cellar to" draw them some cider. To reach It she was' obliged to pass a low, vaulted cliamber or cave, used, so they said,' during the revolution as a prison or lace of concealment. You Huld only enter "'it by a narrow- stairway leading from- the ' floor of: the. i&tchenj closed by a heayy door. t Berthine was gone a long time to draw, the. ciderj and -when ; slie reappeared elo was laughiixglaughing softly to herself;. Soon,, the' -Isoldiors had finished their supper nd "were .hodding around " tho table. .-.Ey cry -now - and -then a; head would, fall upon the " boards -,with a re sounding thud. ' j- , v - : VYou can stretch- yourselves by the fire, if ,' you - like, said - tho f dretiere, kindly. , . 'Mother and I. will climb to the upper floor." , " . , t ' , A moment later a k'ey turned in tho lock overhead there '; was the -sound; f .footsteps on tho floor, and then- silence. : With their- foot to the fire "and their hcadsKsuprarted upoh their fenapsacks, tho PrusJs'were soon fiaoringi loudly Theyhatf iept perhaps an ; hour, when suddonly fcra ; was the report .of a gun shot," a Aor - and an'otlier, loud and near.:; Tysy leapqd to ' their feet as the door of , the staiie - leadinar to the upper floor was thrown open and Berthine ap peared, bare footed, half clad and. wild with affright. . ' , - r . ,"It . is the French,"'- she ' cried, "at least a hundred of them! i For tlie love of God, go into the cellar and make no noise; if you do, we are losti'I -' . - "I viU, I vilL"tlie, officer Etammered, bewildered and excited, "but how can we got down?" - She lifted the. trap in the floor, discloi ing tho narrow stairs, and-the six. men quickly disappeared; .. When tho brim ' ot the - last hat had vanished from sight, Berthine replaced the oaken flap, as thick as. a wall and . hard- as 6teeL fastened it with a monstrous bolt ;' and ... began - to laugh - againv.to laugh like a maniac,as she. softly danced above tho heads of her prisoners -shufc up in" their' box of stone, and as they.had promised to 1x3 silent as the tomb, knowing that they were ,per- fectly secure and well supplied with air through a vent in tho wall guarded by a strong iron grating, site gave herself no further concern regarding thenv but ' set about replenishing the fire and the pot of "soup in readiness for: her father's, re turn. 51 ; h It was" not long, however, before -she heard them stirring uader her feet and the sound of talkingr . Berthine. listened; it iiuia-olu" tiiftt -tiaK-PrusfaMa-Wier begin ning to suspect the ruse and -would soon demand release. . She was not mistaken,' for a moment later some one stumbled up the wmding stairs -and - began to beat upon : the trap with his fists. - "Open te toor; open it, I say!" 6houted the: voice of the officer, -'lor I'll preak it in!" : "Preak it In, my good man," Berthine answered tauntingly,' mimicking . bis broken-5 accent; : -preak vit .in, "" by all means!" -, But the effort was useless; tlieir nsta, the butt ends of, their muskets and all their kicks and poundings were pow erless to Teleaso them J. that door was stout enough, to have defied a catapult. Con vinced of this at last; they again descended and once more all was; Bilence, broken only by the ticking" of the clock on the mantei shelf." As the hands pointed to tho midnight hour a distant' baying was heard in the forest and the young woman arose and opened tiq door. -. The figures of a man;and the two enormous dogs were approaching across the snow.- r . r - "Do not -pass before -the "vent 'holey' father,1 said she, as soon as he was near enough to hear her;.'there are Prussians in the cellar.':- . - r ' Prussians in: the cellar!" Nicholas Pichon replied astounded. Prassiansin tho cellarl TWliat arethey doing in: the cellar, child?; Tell me, quick Y- " . - They "uro the sane you. -saw: "yecter- day," she responded' "Tliey" were in the forest and aro in the cellar now be cause I put them there,". and she" pro--; ccodal.to tell him how she had frightened them by firing ..off the old revolver: and then; 'through fear, - caged them in the' unused-prison hole. t. -, - "As soon as you have, eaten, -""father,' she - continued, f you - must return - and bring the major commandant" and, tlie troops; - ho .wilKbe very happy to receive the pi-isoners.'-" '7 - 'Tlie : old "man agreed and : taking liis seat at the table, eagerly "consumed luV soup while Berthine attended to the dogs, and twenty 'minutes from the time of their arrival they wel-e on. j:heir way back to lletliel, the f orestiere' waiting alone."- - The prisoners - had .once, more, com menced - their, uproar,, cursing,- shouting and beating their guns.; against the walls of the prison hofo, At la3t they began to' fire through the grating, doubtless hoping to attract the attention of some passing detachnient whicli might clianco to be; in .the neighborhood. ; Beiihine: paid no at tention to the -noise, however save to. caution "her, mother to remain, in,; her Chamber; "hut a "wicked, anger: took 'pos session of her and she" would cheerfully have rhurderedthem, il only to keep themquiet " ' " - " . -. Her father liad now, been gone an hour - and a half. -Surely he had reached the city - and the-troops were on the way. She -pictured to herself the air of "pride With which he related the affair, to the 'commandant', . all fire and .'excitement as he called fori- his sword and:; uniform. She even ; fancied that she heard the drums as theya-oUeftlirough the' streets, calling the citizens; to the coldand bitter -marchm the' snow, i Sm-ely another hour would see them here, : the prisoners taken and the troops txiumphantly returning to the city. r - "t" , - ; , But how long it seemed; how tho hours dragged, and tlie hands of tho-cloclc fairly ! crawled around tile dial! j Nevertheless, rthe moment for their return came at last., iBerthine got up from her seat and threw open the door. Out upon the white car pet of the forest a dark object was stealth Hy - crawling i towai'da her. - She -.. was alarmed .and called -ont: "."Father, is it thou?". ' - , o 'Yes, I, ",he returned; '-'I am sent in advance to see if anjifting has changea since my departure, u ; ' responded"' Is the same; , Pichon. placing-a whistle, to iis ,lipB,i sent forth into the night a : long, shrill blast, and goon, in the misrMng beneath ; the trees, Berthine saw the figures ;of a band cf men, 4 the advance" jruard of ' the arriving troops. r -. ' , - - ' .v 'But don't pass before-fho vent Jiole!'' Pichon.. shouted,' as - the men; appeared; and "Don't pass before this -vent hole!" solemnly repeated lhe--soldjLers ta those hehind- Soon the whole- troop waavisi ble to 'the - young - womaiu.a hundred strong, each inan carrying ia his'belt 200 cartridges,- and .lad by ;Xavigne..Jihnself, l : : Placing his men.-in a-line around vtho house, with a liberal space before the hole leading to"- the ceUar,.he f major com mandant valiantly jentered -the house to inform himself as to the'streigth and at titudo" of the' enemy; now roqaietthatit seemeds if they had fiownj Pounding lieaviiy,-upon th doorpv?or thfj pris kmers' . heads - he J called jf aloud: - M. i03if er-rM. ' Prussian Ofiicer-I wish to Sleak.to you.-". Tlie German - did not reply. " 'Tis-Xunny,V. said JLavigne to ,Iiin eelf very funny) Txmnding again an I. receiving na-response.:... Tor twenty minutes more he consumed to call upon "them to knock and pound and snrnmon them to surrenddybut without the slight .est sign from the enqny of either consent or" hostility. ' " , . J . - . : .'.In -the 'meantime the." soldiers cooled jthsir heels in the sn6w outside faitiifully guarding the ventf hole, slapping their Jiands to keep thora" from freezing, and with a cliildish but ('constantly Increasing desire -to crass- before- it simply - because forbidden to do it: - --' :,Suddenly-one of tliem, bolder than the rest,, and who ran like a deer4 .made tlie attempt. ; It was successful; the impris .oned Prussians seemed, as if dead. -' Em boldened thy their comrade another and another followed in.lus steps.- It had become .'a game, or a" race -for ; life : in whicli tlie devil could take the hindmost. - They had -lighted a tremendous fixe to "keep themselves from freezing, and the ruddy glare of the flame fell full upon the laughing faces f ".those prankish guards as. they voyaged rapidly from left jx right and from right to left again;-- - All at once some oue called out: "Matheson, it is now your turn; come, hurry, my Lboy; hurry upL"" . " . - - - i Now,. I must tell , you Jthat -, Matheson was the baker of ; Rether.Tari enormously fat man, whose, inflateil-stomach,' big- as 'an "ordinary balkxn, f urnisjied unending merriment for his frolicsome comrades. He hesitated and tried to draw out of the race, but they jeered and mocked hinrtill he, too, started, ; breathless; and H with little mincing steps that ehook his paunch hke jelly, across the intervening spacer ; The whole dctachnient laughed - until thoy cried, shouting -and urging ' him on with a storm of v bravas and encouraging word3.' . - - :i Half way across tlie open space a' large red flame darted from thvent hole a sharn - detonaSc fcJlowedv.and the biH Eether baker fell upon his nose, with a ball in-his thigh. As no one rashed to succor ; him ' ho dragged, himself on his hands and knees until out of -reach- of the balls, then -quietly; fainted ayvay more from fright than pain .of ".the wounds for tlie ball had scarcely more than ploughed tlie .flesh below the. thfch bone. At the sound of the musket sliot t he major com- manaant rushed from the house, v - ' "Tinsmitbs!" he roared, "tinsmiths, come forward! ' , .-A man, .followed by. two ''Others stepped from the ranks and stood before the commandant. . -Take the gutters from the house"' said he, S"and bring them hero. V."' f - .r.":.f A few "moments later twenty metres of water- pipe -i lay at his feet. Then, with a thousand "precautions, a holevas chopped in the -corner of , tho.trap doory the 'end of Uie pipe inserted and the other end -fastened" to :"the spout of ..the pump.; ' -- r - ' " ' ,.-.' ''The "Pmssians can stand, a," groat deal,'' cried M. ' Lavigne witli a beaming smile, - -but it - remains to be seen if. they can- stand the drink we shall give them Pump., toy boysnpuirip with a willy" and with-- a wad . hurrah tho-mon obeyed. Soorj -a silvery stream of water - flowed along the tubing and fell to the cellar below-with' the- murmuring" of a summer casoader, HQUTiafter- hour ran- byr and still the Water 'fe!L"a.nd stiE the enemy I held the ground, though every now-and then- a stampmg of - feet and -curses loud and .deep came from the depths below - About 8joTcJock in the morning a voice, suddenly came from the cellar calling for the commandant, l "I vish to" speak mit him at vonce.'- ''Doyou surrender?" shouted Lavigne bending to the" floor .; ;.'If so, pass up your arms. " A handcome ofet of - the hole and a musket fell" at his feet; another and another, until finally a voice cried:: "Weohaf. ro more make:- haste and stop, te pump"; ; we trown mit vater. " -v The-; commandant " had; -: the pump stopped, and the soMiers, crowding about , tlie trap as thev bolts "werej "withdrawn! rwatched the Germans ascend,' six; white heads with , water soaked hair and a ha& drowned stare in their pale blue eyes. ; ' '- ,' As - they feared - to ; be . surprised - the Eethelites did not ;linger-but started for thejeity, on half uf the eolumn -bearing betvveen ' them the" shivering 1 prisoners, the other half 'bearing - Matheson- ex tended upoiT a mattress supported by poles. --"---' --1 ... - For tlie bravery and gallantry: with .which MJ; Lavigne had: captured "i "the advance guardof th& Prussian army;" as Ecthel papers quoted it ho Was" dec orated with the cyosa 'of honor while Matheson; received a medal. -"For Berth ine notliing could be done;, she was only a woman, and it' .was impossible to adorn her -as a warrior. Translated from the French" of Guy de Maupassant ":for New Xorkjilercury. t7 J , . " The Honey'Bee'a Sting. t Naturalist .Clark, of Canada," says the bee'ssting is - by no-. "means' madefor stinging.- only,- but is;used in .-doing "the artistic; workv capping the comb - and in fusing i the -jf ormic . acid, . by i means- of which honey - receives its keeping -qualities. Tlie sting is really a" skiltf ully con trived little troweL- with which the bee finishes off and cap - the celLj .when they axe 4 filled' brimful of honey. This-explains-why honey extracted-. before it is capped ? over does not keep well.. - The f ormicacid has not been injected into it, New York Sun.-- ', ? -- ." EI .Shifaa (The -Cure) is the, title oHTis only medical-journal published in .Egypt. It is printed in Arabic . j No," ' she t" , AvClock Tnat Beats Ji.ll .Ctners." S Another great clock , has been "added to the hdrological .wonders of "the world a piece of meclianism that will vie with" tho elaborate marvel of -Strasburg cathedral,- and - put v the; processional curiosity of 4 jserne iower into, the shade. ; TIhj latscst effort of the renowned Christian- Martin, of Yillihgen, in the Black Forestjiis said, . in' its way, to surpass anythingof the kind yet attempted. .It is- three and one half metres high,? two and. three-quarters broadband shows the seconds, minutes, Quarter: hours, hours, .days, f weeks, months,..the four seasons, the -years and leap years until the last sound of tlie year '9D,t)99 of the Christian era; -"" :- t, noieoyer,-it tells, on its face, the cor rect time for various' latitodestogether with the phases of the moon and a variety pf useful information generally confined to tho pages' of an almanac' - T ; ?- - i . It also contains a vast number of work ing figures representing the- iife of - mair," tlie creed of Chiistendom and tlie.ancient Pagan and Teutonic -mythologies.- ' Sixty BCJiaraty , and individualized statuettes i strike tbe sixty minutes. Deatli is repr resented a3in Holbein's famous dance, in tho. form of a skeleton.' In another part appear the , twelve apostles, the seven ages of ' man;? TJcdeled after "the ; descrip tion of Shakespearoj the four seasons, the twelve signs of the Zodiac; and so "on." " :. Dming the night time a watehman sal lies forth and? blows., the .hour upon the Horn; while at sunrise chanticieer : ap-1 peats" and crows lustily.7 The cuckoo also calls, but only once a year-on th& first" day in spring.- Besides these figures there is a whole series of movable figures in enamel exhibiting in 'succession tho seven days of creation and tho -fourteen stations of .the cross, .'At 'a certain hour a little sacristan rings a: bell in the. spire and kneels down and folds his-hands aa if in prayer; - and. aboVe all, the musical works ar&'saidto' have a sweet and der j- licious, v flutelike tone. :: St. -. James Gazette. J ' - "Hungry -Joes" of Society. " " . : I wish somebody who could would tell me what special fascination there is in a meager lunch," with tea or coffee, for peo ple, who spend hundreds of dollars aweek to run their home -tables; .that" evenr the wealthiest and best folks nn society will pull - and push 'and: almost' tear each other's ."clothes-off to get "a cup of poc tea, or-a, thin ham sandwich, or a half dozen raw- oystera sacrificing breeding self respect and all the usual courtesies due from- one individual to "another on such occasions for this modicum of re freshment? It may seem ridiculous, but it.' is nevertheless - true,rthat some ladies have fasted for iorty-eight hoius to- get their appetites in trim fcr an - afternoon' tea or an" evening entertainment where they expected a partictilarly good table. ' And when the evening came these ladies were not alone with their unwhet- ted appetiteaT. : There 'were " others- there, too; crushing to the front themselves or sending their re ala: friends to .jostle and jolt and struggle with each other for the coveted edibles.'-" Sitting : on stairways and clustered in hallways belles and mat rons who would .scorn such an indignity to the -privacy ? of their own houses; sip their tea or Burround the alippory oyster and seem perfectly content." See the sac rifices ' madd . for ' this - little free lunch. Ladies forgottingtheir manners and gen tlemen wrecking their nerves and putting' themselves into perspiration besides mak ing positive vulgarians of -themselves; for 'a plateful or a cupful of refreshment that might be had at any restaurant for 15 cents or at the utmost 25.-Cor Glob; Democrat;. '..-.'- -. ' --' , - Treatment of "6ty.H-- " - -" v There Is a row of small glands, which discharge an oily material for lubricating purposes along - the edge of each eyelid. vnienever-Lthe : outlet - or, onebf : these glaxids" becomes closed, inflammation be gins and.'ftv"8tye-.ls the result -These r"? troublesome;' sometimes-; painful. When a Vstye" begins to form,-' shown by swelling and redness of a pomt on the edge -of "the lid, 'apphcationSiOf cloths wrung ".butot water as ,hot as "can be borne often' rapidly stop ; the "progress of the iiiflamrnation; probably "by ' freeing the outlet of the gland. - - When" matter forms, shown by thai appearance of a yellow point, it should be opened at once. Sometimes a email cyst or sacfilled with fluid, forms m the substance of tlui carti lage of " one -of . the lids. ; Ther ; may , be more ? than r one, forming S httle v hard, nodules,' which are unsightiyf . -vWhenever inflammation h occurs : in . them matter (rfus) is formed, and there is much pain. Whenever they form they should be cut bito. and :-their contents - removed. rfThe Nsac that lines, the cyst, should be ; taken away at the' same- time, to: prevent .'re newallof; the trouble .: by "its refilling. Globe-Democrat. , - - - ; ' v" 0 J National Tnnea in 'France. -2 3 Gen. .Boulanger has supplied the bands" of;, the. French ? army with a -complete collection 'of the;, national ; music of all countries. - When the emperor, of Brazil visited Paris some years ago considerable difiiculty was .experienced in hunting up tho national-anthem of Brazil;. and" it is to guard against similar trouble - that the, great- war ; ministor has armed the buglers,;, with ; the i material in ' question. Tlie list, " of course," is long.) ; It includes the.war eongof the" Japanese; the '"Ode; to KosciuscO, V the favorite' song of the Poles, and the March 'of Rakocsy,'-', which has so often roused the--enthu siasm of - Hungarian - poets and patiiots. ,"Hail Columbia" is there, - too So "is "God Save the Queen," which is said to be a French air, originally composed in honor of Louis XTV and in time stolen, captured or borrowed by Handel, - who presented." it ' J - George -I of - England, And, by ;the way; it is a sort of semi official tune in this coimtry, too, and is called America. ' New York Sun. - 1 . ' Jlevo'ntlyto Be Wisfibd. "I firmly beheve tliat a way of ridding the lungs of the tubercular bacilli .of con-1 sumption .will yet be; discovered, " said a well known medical man-recently. ' 'That there is an ageny . tlirough " wliich v this may be accomplished I have not the least doubt.' How or when this will be discov ered no one knows, but many minds are actively ;yet secretly at work on the sub jects " My impression.' however,' i3 that itr wul be an accident that will reveal tlie method to successfully combat and ovcr- Lcomo tho jconsumption seed. . Ninc-tentb.3 of the human race have 'inert, if not active, ..consumption, end when success - - - fui countaractant is discovered I predict : that the average life cf man will be in- r-T"iSod X3 -; i X-. - fZ&x& Herald, - cxecutjon -of-women; , 1 Methods of Capital Fanisliment in Ohleii' ; -TlmeaVarioos Laws.,- In the early days of England" men were too humane -to execute, women, btit they: drowned, them ; During"- tlie reign of nenry III, however, a' woman was hanged but as she did not die after being" on, the", gibbet for a daythey cut her down-jand -she was granted; a ; pardon; J Aaiuterous women ana sorceresses were drowned or smothered .in mud. "Stones were fastened to their necks to'prevenl theirswimming, or. they wero sewed up in sacks. Sometimes they were drowned in j company .with aZcat,-a dog -and a snake. ; The -Anglo-Saxons drowned wo men guilty f theft.-v The criminal Was thrown from the cliff or submerged, Ir the Tenth century awoman was drowned at . London bridge; "Women-were pun--. ished by frowning in Scotkuidr In 1505 the north lock and tliere-drowned till she be dead."-; " - - ; , A memorable instance-' of 'crowing o currea jxa mvanaoeff. 14 1430.' i Agnes Bernaurian,.-Wife-rf Duke Albert tlie Pious,: was dropped off the bridge of the 'city, of Strasburg into' the: Danube, - by order ,of her father.. She appears not to have been put into a sack, and her J iimis nox vuf nave oeen securely uouna, for she rose to the surface': cf the, water and 'swam, to ther shore crying itliclp,7 "help," bi;t tlio' executioner fut a long polo into her hair and kept her down, v. According to the Danish- laws, women were buried alive .for theft, a method of punishment not unknown in France. ' In :133l -Maroto Duplas was scourged 'and subjected to this cruel death, at Abbeville, and - iu 1460 a. woman .named Perotte Mauger, u notorious thief nd receiver of stolen goods was, by'order. of the provost of Paris, buried alive in frontof the gib bet in" that city.' - In ancient German his tory wo read .cf' female" criminals being impaledlrf the mud and, incparativoly recent years, the remains of eovetal bodies have -been found-to - provo ' the truth of this assertion;.; Jha.v early England a cook" once poisoned fourteen persons; The. au thorities did not behove they had a pun ishment sufficiently severe for - her case," I so & law was passed making " her crime puiU3hablaby; being boiled to death. The Earth. " ' ' . . U - " , - v--:.- -v Diaenchanted Montana Boya. f 'f ? Most of -$he cowboys looked upon their coming to Montana - to head cattle as the mistake of : their lives,-' ..The glowing stories of thrilling adventures"and sudden wealth of the ; cowboys'' life which -are common in'-the east are in most cases re sponsible, for their entering the guild, but the reality,. is quite a 'different,- matter Many' of the economical ? ones have been enabled by their savrngs to return to their eastern homes.: , -1 , t - - . '-j 1 People who have not been through the bad lands have but a faint; conception of the utter desolation" and worthleeeness of a cowboy's home. 'He ia roasted in sum mer end frozen in winter." , The lands can never be used for .anything but grazing; and the distances are therefore something immense. : One peculiarity of tlie country. makes rapid ndingt a very diaicult, not to i say dangerous,', undertaking. .. .The earth is so friable that "a tiny watercourse will speedily cut for itself a. deep gully,: or Vcoolie," as it la called,' the depth, of which when filled with, enow is" entirely prooiemaucai. ;. norseman wno. noes with "a cowboy's recklessness ; may 'sud-. denly Und himself at.the bottom of a six or eight foot coolie;; with his horse on top of him; and ho way of -getting out-f-if he happens to be still alive save turmelling tip to 006 head of the streanr through the snow.- '.Then one of your broncho's feet is as likely as not to sink : -suddenly- two feet down into a coyote's hole when he is going at a furious pace.'. Result j 'His legs snap off liko-a pipe stem, and you arc shot through the air to a point far beyond, and picked "tip more dead than alive."- The water ia generally bittor' with . alkali and scorches your throat as'your swallow it; there is Tittle to eat, and that is hard to gct.--Tomah Enterprise. - Mrs.-LanfftTy'B JOody Servant. Two-years ago, when the Jersey-lily visited San Francisco, her attention was directed to a bright eyed - native of Can ton, :by hame Wong Afoo.i She tlwught that'it would bo a surprise to her New Yorkimd British friends if she possessed, among her other peculiar treasures, a Chi nese ''bcdy.'''SOTvantrNegibilatic:-wero entered into between Wong Af 00 a father and : Mrs.- Langtry, and the result was that the": boy : entered mto - her service, His father states that he allowed the boy to go under the condition, that he -was to be tauffht .to : read and - write , laighsh, How much tuition Wong ; Af 00 . received in the rudimenta of - the language while under tho Lily s motherly care is a probr lera. T It is learned that her accompanied her east and also to England,- .-'When the duties "of the" stace roauired Mrs. Lana: try's presence,- Wong Afoe went to the theatre, but in what connection his duties were utilized in the green room Wong is not willing to state; neither 'will ho lift the veil which i enshrouds the Lily's sur roundings. " The boy, who is about 16 years of agehas. just returned to this city, his father' having . written : to Mrs. Langtry to 1 allow; him to leave her em ploy; and ho is now engaged in pursuing his studies jn a far, different - atmosphere, than that in which he was accustomed to intbe-Lilyte residence in New York city. San Francisco Chronicle. V "; ' f vTha Westerne and the Dnde. .' ' v A tall, fine looking man," clad in the garb' cf a wild westerner, strolled into the Fifth avenue hotel;" Now York; the other night. A dude clad in a dress suit stared at him as if he were a wild beast. -.-"The westerner stared back for a, moment- untfl ho had looked the dudeoufr cf .countenance, and their walked' over to-tho young swell and said in a thundering voice: "V7eil,-what Is it?'!-'- "What is what?" asked thodudey turning red. "You must have forgotten your manners to stare at me as you did. I know I forgot mine or I would not speak to-you about it. -'I look - rough, arid all that, -but you are probably more of a cu riosity to me. than I ' am to you; still. I knew better than to be so rude as to stop and look "you over as if you were on ex liibition. " The incident . attracted con siderable attention; and the dude lost no f time in getting away. New York Letter , - - Thedome of the United States Capitol r is 287 1-2 feet high. The weight of ibo iron alone in tho dome of ' the Capitol ia 8,S92,'w0 pocud - ,. 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Awrrw vtates, xrownsvuie, Xi, X, ; ' : -'i "- Iwas attaekea with' HIHous Tever,'-. whioh was followed by Jaundice, and was 80 daHgerously'ill ,thatT my: friends -de- - Bpairedt of my recovery. -. I commenced taking Ayer's Pills, and soon regained my ; : customary strength and vigor. John C. -Pattison, Lowell, .Nebraska. ' ; . " - Lasr spriag I suffered grestiy from a -l: troublesome humor on my side, - In spite ; of every effort to cum this eruption, it in ' : creased until 'the- flefeh, became entirely - .w,. ,1-was- troubled, at the same time, " .Jitb, Iodigestioni and distressing pains in - V:" "The"Btwels.rV.vr? By the advice ot a, friend I began taking ' A-yer's Pilla. In a short time I was free from pain, my food digested properly, the J sores on- my body commenced healing-, ftnn. in Ipsa thnn nnn inAnfli T a.'.n Samuel D, White, Atlanta, Qa; o . , 1 nsveippg used Ayer's Pilb, in my - , family andhellevo them to be the best;.' .ills made. --S. C. Darden;Darden, Miss, v ' iMj wlfe end little, girl were taken 'with Dysentery a few days ago.- and I at once '. began giving ttiem small doses" of Aycr'g- Pills, thmkiBg I would call a doctor if the :A disease became any worsen In a short ? time the bloody, discharges stopped,, all--' Bain wentr nwii, onrt TinaTm , ' I --Theodore Esling, Richmond, Va.. I Prepared by.Dr. J. C. Avar & da.. Twcii Uu. .- Sold by all Uealerfl in nr Attain. .1 ' ':' j. . - , 'v--.-i-T-.j-n- -, ; 'I . ,4-4 p. C. HACKNEY - - - JOHN A. NOKLL, " - : i Support". YourH! ; : ; UUUUJYPilPEll, i THE courier; p.TT Ry .tq m? n tv " -" ava v aAMWAlAVA 1,1 at.v '9 - - AVER'S ' 5 , - 1 -THE-i 7 l -1 i i Only. Paper Published Iq RERSGN GOUIJTV, if - ---t.- - 1. :t X'l- -r ,""-- V- --IT IS j i . r r 7T1 '-i'. fV-'k 'J'S$",' -l----- . -- - i.ANu ' . . ALWAYG CIVEG -jTHE .ATEST. -1 r . 1 SUBSCHIPTION PRICE;"' OWE YK'Ali'J V 1 0150 f f Always In Advance. -i-'lr 1 - v : - - . 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The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 11, 1887, edition 1
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