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SOL. MILLER, EDITOR iXD rCELISHEE. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION. ' i TERMSr$2.0O PER ASXIJSl, IS ADTA5CE.
VOLUME i,( ' , WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1857 - . NUMBER 10.
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. ' A PARODY.
BT ARTHUR MORRILL.
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With aiy eleUiee an My prefect, win fade;
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rata luy to work t mj trad.
, I MM leek It to rwry hifh aaaS?,
Whee offered aa oliee so higher
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Of alt p-wtie, .H-r tlx earn:
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Ooty r whM " "
Who bi-U? I wiH trr io key Major,
Fot the mm mT two dolter. a day,
With eeaal Hfctt (fee wagert
For JaaM K. Folk or Henry Clay.
Aad ifiwitWoftk. rs ia ral,
Fot tho xilaUHi" I thee o baaJ
Ahhsvt tMf U aot, I will front.
Exactly My Batire load.
I Bat. then, what of that! I am aot.
By a rreat deal, tho firrt of tho kiod;
- Then are away like mo, who hare aeof M
- AadrooadaWrajoattotheiroiiad.
Who bide? Not a to.!, I deeUre!
Aad anaat I la tabor apiof
No III Ham or IT1 rteal SrW, I rwear,
' Siece Pre tried lor aa olSeo ia rain!
A GEM.
BT HOOD.
A lake Bad a fairy boat.
To tail ia the nenlic'it eleer;
Aad Merrily we woold Boat
Frew the Dragaoot drat watch a here!
Thy rem ahooM be tnow.whlto litk;
Aad itriae of orient peerla.
Like erHeameri dippe-l ia Milk,
BhoaM twioe with thy rar.a ecrlt
Red rubiet hoaM deck thy haad,,
Aad dimrm h iHoatd be thy dowtr;
Bat r.irie hare ! rake their waada.
Aad wiping hw laat iti powr!
f fleet Calt.
THE PONY CLUB.
A TALE OF THE B4CE!-W00US SEt
TLEMESTS 0E GEOEGIA.
(Otncluded.)
The report of the rifle had also attracted the
attention of the party in the hat, aad at Daly's
shout they came boiindin to the pens. As soon
as they tid leaped the fence, they caught sight
of the two bodies. A fine-looking horse stood
orer them with dilated eyes; but when the men
approarhed, he snorted a stream of warm blood
from his notril, and da.hcd .wildly amon- his
follows. For a moment the stricken party stood
speechless. At lenjth they shouted to Daly, but
he had already pot beyond the reach of their
Toices. Then, one by one, they stooped down
aud examined the dead bodies.
The silenc? was broken by Dore, who ex
claimed, " By Hraren. the Squire his killed the
trader, and Da'y ?-as shot the Squire.
He hirn't done no such thing,' said the
boy, quickly, 'twarn't Snap that made that
sound.'
He his killed him in cold blood, for what
passed in an-er,' said Sh ittlin. I did not think
that of Daly, I kin hardly credit it now.'
Who else bat he could hare done iti asuea
Jim Cooler, the Squire's brother. He has killed
him and ran oft.'
Again they shouted wildly to Daly; there
was no answer but the echoes of their own
voices.
Havini lifted the bodies from the ground, they
bore them into the hut, in the presence of the
two assistants, who were seated on a Ion bench,
biund hand and foot. Horror-struck at the
sight, the younger of the two cried out, Oh,
my Go-i, Jjhn, they're cut his throat for his
money.'
Money f shouted Jim Cooley, 'what money
had the euator, my ladT
Nigh upon thirty thousand dollars, in bis side
pocket
With the speed of lightning, Dore pounced
tapon the corpse, and commenced searching for
the money. It was nowhere to be found.
' It may be in the pens, said Frank". ' It
might bare dropped out in the scuffle.
In an instant the four men were in the pens,
but they sought in rain for money or pocket
book. I tee it all now,' said Shatlin, Daly has kill
ed the Squire and cot the money. He has bro
ken the rules. Where is heT Well after him,
and make Urn answer for this.
. While they were tons debating, the boy Frank,
wno knew that part of this was the truth, and
who feared that all might bt correct, started off.
unseen by the party, and followed, in a sort of
trot, the steps of his uncle. Reaching the cabin
almost at the same time that Daly did, the boy
cried out, "sarc yourself, Ned Daly. They hare
found out all They are t wearin' rerenge at yon
for killin the Squire.'
I am going, Frank, bat I didn't kill the
Squire,' replied Daly, sadly. That little Row-
ell did it as Cooley sat upon the trader. A mere
boy to kill such a man.'
' I k no wed yon didn't,' said the boy, ' I know
- ed'twaan't Snap that eried then. But yon most
cut for iu They'll kill yoa if they meet you
' here. They know yon hare money, and that
yoa re broke the rules.
Seeing in a moment how foolishly he had ac
ted ia aot staying until the other came up, Daly
1 prepared to fly the temporary storm, and hastily
seizing piece of dried eniaon, and filling
"snjH gasket with povb brand, he said,
' I'll go to the care at FallooU. They won't
find me unless yoa tell them where I am. To
night, if all is quiet, saddle the horses, take
some brandy and renison, and meet me there.
We'll go to the West together. AU depends on
you.
There ain't do fear of me,' said the boy. and
they parted. .
In the meantime the party, whoso suspicions
had been increased by the flight of tho lad, after
some cooowtaaxjrm, afcrtenalaed to proceed as
quickly as possible to Daly's boose. They freed
the assistants from their cords, and obtained
from them a couple of bridles, a saddle, and
some rope; and having caught two horses, they
laid the Squire's body on one, while Moss tad
died and mounted the other. As soon as the rest
of the party had got on their beasts, the four
men started with their dead companion, and, ri
ding at full speed, reached the cabin without in
terruption. Some time, however, had been lost
in making their arrangements, so that Daly had
left his house at least twenty minutes before they
came up. -
On their arrival at Daly's, they dismounted,
and, having entered the hut, called loudly for
him. No answer was returned; and on looking
closely, for the room was nearly in darkness,
they saw that, with the exception of the Ud,
who was sitting by the half-smothered fire, with
his face buried in his hands, and of the negro
boy, who was snoring loudly in the chimney cor
ner, the cabin was empty.
Where's Daly T abruptly asked Dove.
I don't know,' replied the boy f ullenly. I
haven't seen him. ".
Doubtless yoa are speaking the truth,' said
Dore, with a sneer.
I tell yoa again, I don't know where he is.'
' But yoa do know,' said Jim Cooley, fiercely.
Uncle did not kill the Squire,' said the boy,
who was somewhat alarmed at the angry appear
ance of the'mra. ' He told me he didn't, 'twas
young Rowell killed him at he sat on the tra
der's body.'
' If you tell me such an inferntl lie again, I'll
dash your brains out, said Dove fjriously 'a
minute ago you said you hadn't seen him, and
now it seems you have. If your story be true,
why didn't Daly stop and face us? why didn't
he tell us the fellers had money? he is a traitor.
He has broken the rules of the club, he has
pocketed the money, he has fooled us, he has
done more, he has killed Tom Cooley.
' He did not kill the Squire, said the boy,
firmly; ' when I came ' here I axed uncle all
about it, and he sworethat he hadn't lifted a fin
ger THinst Tom Cooly.
Where is your nnclef
I cannot say, replied the boy, 'and if I
could I would not.
For a moment the men consulted together in
whispers; and then springing suddenly on the
boy, they bore him out, and in spite of his strug
gles and threats of vengeance, bound him se
cure on a horse. They then mounted again, and
after riding briskly for about half a mile through
the forest, arrived at the hat in which the decea
sed Squire had resided.
Having dismounted from their horses, Jim
Cooley and his companions entered his late
brother's hut, bearing with them the Squire's
body, and leading the boy Frank, whose hands
were tied behind him. The corpse, which was
covered with blood, ami presented a ghastly spec
tacle, was laid on the bed, to one of the posts of
which the lad was tied. It wis now morning;
the grey light came dawning over the hills,
though the forest had still a cold, I ombre ap
pearance. After some whispering among the men, Jim
Cooley approached the lad, and said:
Frank, where ia your uncle Dily T
' I don't know,' replied the boy, sullenly.
' We'll make yoa knew,' said Cooley, sternly.
' If you don't tell us, we'll strip yon, and thrash
every inch of skin off your back.
The boy cast his eyes dowa, and preserved a
moody silence. Again the men whispered to
gether, and then Dore turned suddenly to the
boy, and said:
Frank, lad, have yoa ever seen a horse in the
scratches tied by the nose, while they were put
ting the blue-stones to his shins and hoofs T The
lad looked up, apparently surprised at the ques
tion. ' If,' continued Dove, 'y the time the
sun that's now risin' on the hills, shines in this
door, yoa haven't told ns where Daly is. 111 wring
your nose in the same way.
Having said this, be directed the men to seek
oat a bit of stout whip-cord, while he pulled out
bis knife, and commenced preparing a stick for
his instrument of torture. From the pockets of
the party sundry pieces of twine were prod need,
one of which he selected, pleasantly remarking,
' This will hurt the most. It won't cat the skin
too quickly.'
These preparations, which were soon made,
the boy eyed sullenly, but silently.
At length the sun broke gloriously over the
hills; the dew sparkled in its beams, the squir
rel leaped gaily from branch to branch, the birds
carolled in its rays; it seemed to gladden all
things; but Frank trembled as it gilded the
threshold of the hut, for he well knew the char
acter of the men who surrounded him.
' Are you ready to tell now? asked Dove, as
he approached the boy with the novel instrument
of torture.
'Why not ask me where the stag slept last
night?
Ton know where Daly is, said Dove, as be
applied the loop to the boy's nose, and commen
ced to twist the stick. ' I'll tw.st until yoa tell
us where he's hiding.
The boy, though evidently writhing from pain,
remained silent. Dove continued his operation
as slowly as possible; the iveat rolled front the
lad's forehead, the blood forsook his cheeks,
few drops slowly forced their way through the
pores or the skin at the extremity of the nose.
Will yoa tefl me now r asked Cooley.
No,' shrieked the boy, and fainted. The cord
was instantly removed; the nose had been near
ly severed, and a bloody ring remained ia the
place of the string. .
' Hell bear that mark to his grave, said
Dove.
' Twill not disgrace him,' said Moss, who
was sincerely attached to the boy, and who was
endeavoring by the application of cold water,
to restore him to his senses. ' If you'll leave
him to me, when he comes to 111 worm the Se
eretfrou him.'
In a few minutes Frank opened bis eyes, and
encountering the looks of Lis oppressors, slowly
closed them with a groaa.
Moss instantly approached him. Frank,'
aid be, 'if your nude did not kill the Squire,
we won't touch him: bat we mast see him and
get the troth from him.' Where is he?
The boy made no reply, but looked earnestly
at Dove, who was drawing the shoe from his
right foot
What's that for, Dover asked he.
I'll wring every toe on your foot as I've
wrong your nose, unless yon tell,' replied Dove,
and he quietly applied the instrument of tor
ture. ftand me some water, Moss,' said the boy.
Moss complied with his request. The lad drank
it, and said: ' Go on now, Dove. It can't be
worse than the other.
But he was mistaken. At the third or fourth
turn of the stick the agony seemed insupporta
ble, the perspiration gushed from every pore in
his skin, and the large tears rolled slowly dowri
his cheeks.
' Speak, Frank,' said Mass. But the boy spoke
not.
Dove, who seemed to take pleasure in the
torture he was inflicting, kept turning and turn
ing, all the while keeping his eye fixed upon his
victim -
' Did your ancle know of the money? asked
Sbattlin.
There was no reply.
' Did he kill the Squire r asked Moss.
Still there was no reply.
Loose the string, Dove,' said Moss.
Dove removed the blood-stained cord, the do
ing of which was evidently painful, for the lad
shrieked fearfully.
' No more nonsense, Frank, said Moss.
What's the use of hurting yourself in this way?
If your uncle can clear himself, he shall come
to no barm. But we must see him. Where is
he?
The kindness with which Moss spoke seemed
to move the lad more than the tortures that he
had suffered. He sobbed loudly for a moment,
and then said:
'Moss, I cannot tell you. My uncle has raised
me from childhood.'
. Again Dove approached with the instruments
of torture.
Stop, sai 1 Moss, who seemed to be 3 truck by
some sudden thought, ' stop. If you won't touch
the boy till I come back, I'll soon find out Ned
Daly's hiding place.' '
Having obtained from the men a promise that
nothing further should be done to the lad until
his return, he rushed fiom the hut, and springing
on his horse, rode furiously to Daly's cabin.
' Abel!' shouted he. ' Abeir
Thus called, the negro boy raised himself
from the chimney-corner, shook the ashes from
him, and poked his black face cautiously through
the door.
Ah, data yoa, Massa Moss? What the deb
bil yon hab do with Massa Frank?
' Come here,' said Moss; and, as the negro
slowly approached him, he continued, holding
up a hickory stick, Do you see this? Are you
awake?'
Berry wide awake, Massa Moss,' replied the
negro with a grin.
Were you awake when your Massa Daly
came home last night?',
' Ees, Massa Moss, I was.'
What did he say?
'Tar as massa Frank begin. He say dat mas
sa must cut and run, for dat yoa was comin' ar
ter him to kill bim.'
Well V said Moss.
So he said he did't kill de Squire, but dat he
hab some money; and be took some benzon and
powder, and some bullets, and some brandy, and
him pipe and baccy. Ugh, but he be berry cole
out here, Massa Moss.'
Mind,' said Moss, as he held up the hickory.
I see 'em, I see 'em. He tck some benzon
and powder and some bullets, and him pipe and
baccy, and he say Gor-a-mighty, Massa Moss,
your horse very sweaty and smoky.
Blast you!' said Moss, as he cracked the
boy sharply upon the bead. What did Massa
Daly say?
He say he go!a to Falloola Falls, to hide he
self ia the cave.'
Now jump up here,' said Moss, delightedly.
' Tou must go with me.'
Ton gwiae to thrash me again, Massa
Moss?"
No: come along. Yoa and your Massa
Frank shall have a good breakfast together.
Poor fellow! he needs it
Seizing the boy by the arms, he jerked him
up, placed him before him, and rode back to the
but.
Yoa may loose Frank,' said he, as be enter
ed the cabin, for Daly is hiding at FallooU.'
If I had my way, I'd wring every toe on his
feet,' said Dove, as be roughly mmound the boy.
Give os your hand, Frank,' said Moss, point
edly. I'd rather shake it than the hand of any
man in the room. Had your ancle been as true
to as as yoa care been to him, there would have
been no need of all this.
Finding, by a further examination of the ne
gro boy, that there was no necessity for haste,
the members of the dub fed their horses, and
then leisurely proceeded to refresh themselves.
An old aegress, a servant of the deceased
Squire, was ordered to wash his body, and to ar
ray it ia proper banal clothes; and about an
how before noon, having persuaded Peter Flap
the miliar, aad another neighbor to join them,
they set oat ia pursuit of Daly, feeling sssined
that with this addition to their numbers, they
would be enabled to surround him ia his retreat,
aad take hint.
We most now return to Daly. Leaving the
hot with a sad heart, he walked for. a mile or
two rapidly along the steep ragged road that led
to the Fallooa Falls. . Gradually, however, M
the day advanced on him', he slackened his pace.
partly because be feared no pursuit in this direc
tion, and partly because, having passed two anx
ious and sleepless nights, he was becoming ex
ceedingly fatigued.
Ah,' sighed he, as be ascended the apparent
ly interminable kills, a heavy heart makes
heavy feet. Was I seekin a new home with all
this money in ay pocket, and nothing on my
conscience, 1 coaldjusatat these hills as lightly
as a squirrel.' . - .
In this sad humor he had proceeded about
nine miles, when, moved apparently by some
sudden impulse, he turned abruptly into the for
est on the right, and, having gone about fifty
yards from the road, quietly seated himself at the
foot of an enormous pine tree.
' They won't think of coming this way, said
be; and I told Frank not to follow me till
night So fmight just aa well count my money,
eat my breakfast, and take a nap.
Thus saying, he drew out the pocket-book,
and began to arrange and count the notes. The
case, which was of an usual size, was literally
crammed with money; and as Daly counted
and counted noti upon note, to the large sum of
thirty-three thousand dollars, he could not help
exclaiming:
Well, I reckon a man must want his throat
cut that 'ad toll so much cash about him.'
For a few moments he gave way to the emo
tions of pleasure which the possession of such a
sum would naturally excite; but it was not long
before other thoughts rushed upon him, and
rendered him as despondent as before. He felt
that his position was a critical one; that, as the
supposed murderer of Cooley, and as the pos
sessor of so much money, he would be hotly
pursued ; and that, if eves he found anewhome,
he must find it ia the Far West, beyond the
reach of his deceived and exasperated compan
ions. Dam the thing! said he bitterly, as he
fined his eyes upon the pocket-book that was lay
ing on his knees. I'd give all them bank-notes
to be where I was yesterday, to be sittin in my
own cabin, with Frank and Tom Cooley by my
side.
A mouthful of venison, however, and a draught
of brandy banished the most bitter of these
thoughts; anai, having lighted and smoked his J
pipe, he restored the money to his pocket, and
stretching himself out in the sun, was soon sound
asleep.
When D ily arose from his necessary and re-Ai-i'iing
slumbers, the tun was casting long
s'mdowg to the eastward,. I didn't mean to
sleepliere so' lo?,'. aJid'ie'; 'but no mttter,
there's yet time enoticS to reachths Falls be
fore dark.' With this remark he picked up his
rifle, and slinging it across his shoulders, he
pushed his way through the forest into the road. J
He had not proceeded, however, more than a
few hundred yards before he perceircd the track
of horses. As the road at that time was but lit
tle frequented, this sight somewhat surprised
him; nor was that surprise diminished, when,
upon examination, be found that the animals
must have been urged at som speed towards
the Falls.
Kin Frank hare proved falser mattered he,
'kin my own sister's child have betrayed me?
Why not? why aot? Didn't I prove traitor to
them who had trusted ae with all?
Heart-stricken by these thoughts, he remained
standing for some minutes in the middle of the
road, uncertain what course to pursue. At length
he determined to go forward; but, deeming cau
tion necessary, he struck into the woods, snd,
keeping within fire or six yards of the road,
forced his way painfully through the bushes to
the rocks that overhang the Falls.
Here, tied to trees, he perceived six horses, all
of which be recognized. Convinced now that
his meditated retreat was discovered, he decided
at once to cross the Falloola Fords, anxi to seek,
for the moment, a hiding place among the rocks
on the other side of the river. Feeling assured
also that Frank bad betrayed him, he came to
another resolution, namely, to make his way
through Tennessee to the Far West, as soon as
he could do so safely. Rapidly descending the
mountain aide, he regained the road, crossed the
ford, and by extraordinary exertion, succeeded
in reaching the summit of the northern Falloo
la rock by dark.
I must bow go back a little in my story. It
as about four o'clock when Dore and his party
reached the Falls. Wishing to take Daly before
night, they immediately descended to the cave,
and shouted to him to thow himself. No answer
being returned, Moss approached to the narrow
aperture, and examined it carefully.
Daly is not here,' said he. Neither man nor
beast has entered this bole for months. A fox
could not have passed by and that grass cobweb
remain as it is.'
Then that darned nigger Bed,' said Dove,
furiously.
I dor?t think it,' said Cooley. Abel had no
reason for telling a lie. Daly ain't far from here,
unless he's changed his mind and gone into Ten
nessee. ' That ain't sich a had guess,' said Moss. If
be hadn't meant to go to Tennessee, he wooldn t
a come here. He can't escape it He most
sleep oa the road-side to night, and even if he
walks hard, he'll find neither bouse nor horse
till to-auorrownoon.'
' Let's follow him at once,' said Dove.
' Not now, said Moss. Ia the dark we may
over-ride bim. We had be tie sleep here to
night, and by starting early ia the morning we
shall be sure to catch him at Tom Lawson's.'
The party having determined to abide by the
advice which Moss had given, began to reascend
the precipice. The Falls of Falloola, which re
ally merit the attention of tourists, are accessi
ble, except to the most enterprising, only oa the
southern side. Immediately over the grand ba
sin into which the river, by a series of magnif -cent
cascades, empties itself, stands a massive
projecting rock which it is impossible to roach
bat by a descent of nearly torn hondreM yards
along the moot perpendicular tides of the moun
tain. Even m the present day, although acme
effort hare been Bule to facilitate this object,
the descent to this spot is to ptriloaa sa to deter
many. In the days of the Pony Quo, everything
being in a state of nature, it was of coarse much
more so; and it was only by clinging to the lit
tie branches of the kalmia aad rhododendron.
that Moss and his party could gain the heights
upon which they had left their horses.
Twss well for as,' said Moss, aa they were
ascending, that Daly was not ia the cave; for
he'd picked at off these boshes, one by one, as
we nick squirrels from a tree.'
WUh the first grey light tk mea started from
their dumber, and prepared to mora. After
snatching a hasty meal they were about to ride,
when Dore said, Somehow I don't think that
Daly has gone on. I rather guess he was to
meet the lad here. So if yoa think that five oa
yoa is enough for one man, I'll go dowa again
and wait till yoa come back.
Roused from his slumbers by the morning
light, Daly sprang to his feet and approached the
edge of the precipice that overlooks the ford.
Accustomed ss he was to the wild scenery of the
picturesque counties of Habersham and Ra
bun, this rude man stood apon the brow of the
rock gazing with wonder at the scene before him.
To the north lay the blue hills of Rabon, capped
with mists; to the south, twenty miles of forest
were spreading their autumn dyed leaves to the
sun; below him, at the depth to twelve hundred
feet, were the boiling waters of Falloola.
"Tain't often,' said he, as he folded his arms
across his breast, that the sun shines on sich a
pictnr as this.'
At this moment the party was crossing the
ford.
Shattlin,' said Cooley, as he pointed with his
finger to the rock, what's tbatr
At this question the party looked np; and Io!
Daly, who had also seea them, was retreating
from the edge of the precipice.
TU he,' said Shattlin, in a shrill whisper.
' He's our's now. He's oar's, money and all.'
Urging their horses through the ford, the men
rode at full speed up the sides of the mountain,
and when, from the nature of the ground, the
panting animals could go no further, they dis
mounted, secured their beasts, and continued the
ascent on foot At length they reached a piece
of level ground, out of which arose, to the
height of sixty yards, the almost perpendicular
rock to which Daly had retreated. Here, at the
distance of thirty yards from its base, they de
termined to call a parley, and having fired a ri
fle to attract his attention, they made woods the
echo with the name of Daly.
'What do yon want with me'' asked Daly;
who, completely screened by boshes and rocks,
had been watching the nhanceavr of tho party
below.
We want tq know why yoa killed the Squire ?'
shouted Moss.
' I did not kill him,' replied Daly. 'Twas
young Rowell did it'
Yoa lie, Ned Daly,' said Sbattlin, stepping
forward. . Yoa did kill the Squire. You killed
him to get the thirty thousand dollars. Yon've
got them, Ned Daly, but yoa shall never spend
them; for, by the living God, if we stay here
for one month yoa shall die for this deed.'
Then die first, yoa dog,' shouted Daly. And
Shattlin fell pierced through the brain by a rifle
bill.
To shelter, cried Moss, as he hid himself
behind a tree. The three others immediately
followed his example.
Stir from jthose trees,' said Daly, 'and so help
me God, I'll serve each one of yoa as I served
Shattlin.'
Leaving the men in this strange position, Daly
retreated to the side of the precipice that over
hangs the falls. It was the only side from which
escape was possible; but accustomed as he was
to the rocks and precipices, Daly's heart sunk
within him, as he looked down the gulf that
was boiling fearfully below. Tis no use look
in, said he, it has been done, and it must be
done agin. I was a foot to catch myself ia such
a trap.'
Drawing out a brandy-flask, he drained it to
the dregs, and then, after trying several places,
be commenced the descent in earnest To his
surprise, however, he found it was ss easy to de
scend to the water on this side the falls as on the
other; and he regretted, when half way down,
that he had left his rifle on the top of the rock.
In the course of an boor he had descended to
within twenty yards of what is termed the rim
of the basin, and that which at first was barely
a faint hope of escape was fast becoming a cer
tainty, when the report of a rifle rolled and rat
tled along the cragged sides of the mountains,
and Daiy, springing backwards, plunged head
long in the foaming waters.
' Now for the money,' sbouted Dove, from the
other side of the stream. The body must come
up at the ford.'
Slinging his rifle across his back he began ra
pidly to climb the precipice. But the tragedy was
not yet complete; for, when he arrived within
eight feet of the summit. Dove heard some one
calling him by name, and on looking op, his eye
met the disfigured face of the boy Frank. He
was kneeling oh the edge of the precipice, hold
ing in his hand a heavy mass of rock.
Dove,' said be, ' if yoa stir a finger, I will
dash yoa to atoms.' Dove remained stationary,
vainly attempting, aa he held by the boshes above
him, to find a solid resting place for his feet It
was a positioa which he could not long sustain.
Fatigued by his previous exertions, he gradual
ly felt himself growing more aad more weak;
and yet, whea he remembered bis cruelty to the
boy, he dared not hope for mercy. At length,
however, urged by fear and pain, he cried:
For God's sake, let me come up, Frank. I'm
growin taint I caa't hold oa anch longer.
Bat the boy remained inexorable.
Oh! save me, Frank! shrieked Dove; save
me! The waters are goin over me- I bear
them sound ia my ears,
They have rolled over ancle,' said the boy,
who saw an moved the arms of the banging
wretch qui raring from exhaustion.
At length Davs turned his face apwardrj. He
was too weak to speak, bat his face spoke vol
amea. Moved by its agonized expression, Frank
threw the rosk aside, ud eried:
' Come up, gove-eome up I forgive your
Twas too late. Dove raised himself aa iach
or two, and then his hold was loosened, and be
went pitching from rock to rock, a: til he sank
in the very basin to which be had consigned Da'
ly. His rifle held him down, and to this day,
perhaps, the water of Falloola are playing apon
the bones of the most cruel member of the Ponv
Clcs. "
Stsr&I rati num.
Measures of Length.
v Measures of length are the distance of one
object from another, according to so some agreed
standard.
A line is the twelfth of aa inch, and the one
hundred and forty-fourth of a foot,
A geometrical pace is 44 feet English ; and
an English mile contains 1,200 paces, or 1,760
yards, or 5,230 feet
A Scotch mile contains 1,500 paces ; a Ger
man mile 4,000 ; a Swedish or Danish mile
5,000 ; the Russian mile 750.
A hand, used ia measuring the height of
horses, is 4 inches.
A surveyor's chain is 4 poles, or 66 feet, di
rided into 100 links of 7.93 inches- A square
chain is 16 poles, and 10 square chains are an
acre. 640 square sores are a square mile ; and
4,840 square yards are an acre, 69.58 yards each
way.
The Irish acre is 7,840 sqttare yards. The
Scotch acre is 1.27 English. A French arpent
is J, of an English acre. 121 Irish acres are
equal to 196 English. 43 Scotch acres are
equal to 61 English. 11 Irish miles are equal
to 14 English. 80 Scotch miles are equal to 91
English.
A sea league ia 3.4536 miles, or the twentieth
of a degree. 6,078 feet are a sea mile.
A degree at the equator is 365,101 feet or
69.143 miles, or 69 1-7 nearly.
Nartrai ano Ast. Upon examining the edge
of a very keen razor, with a microscope, it will
appear as broad as the back of a thick knife :
rough, uneven, full of notches and furrows!' An
exceedingly small needle resembles a rough
iron bar. But the sting of a bee, seen through
the same instrument, exhibits everywhere a
polish most amazingly beautiful without the
least flaw, blemish or inequality, and ends with
a point too fine to be discemable. A small
piece of exceedingly fine lawn appears, through
a microscope, like a hurdle or lattice, and the
threads seem eooner tliin yam wUh wkich ro poo-
are made for anchors, but a silkworm's web ap
pears perfectly smooth and shining, and every
where equal. The smallest dot that can be
made with a pen appears when viewed by the
microscope, an irregular spot, rough, jagged and
uneven. But the little speck on the wings or
bodies of insects are found to be most accurate
ly circular. So great is the contrast between
the work of God and man.
Rear ros Dtiettxtt. As the season is at
hand when all classes are liable to be afflicted
with dysentery, diarrhoea, tc, we deem it oar
duty to make public the following simple and
efficacious remedy, which has been known to as
for several years, and which we have repeatedly
used with complete success :
It is simply to take a tumbler of cold water,
thicken it with wheat flour to about the consis
tency of cream, and drink it This is to be re
peated several times in the coarse of the day,
as often as yoa are thirsty ; and it ia not very
likely that yoa will need it on the second day.
We have not only used it in our oa a ease, but
bare recommended it to oar friends in many in
stances, and we never knew it to fail ia effect
ing a speedy cure, even in the worst stages of
dysentery. It is a simple remedy, and costs lit
tie; Firmer' Otaeiiti
The polite trick of placing the thumb to the
nose and then performing certain fancy gyra
tions with the fiSgers, is older than many per
sons suppose. Ia a book published in France,
in 1610, occurs a passage, of which the follow
ing is a translation:
A falconer in Paris seized asbek to beat hie
servant who had offended bim. This aot being
to the servant's mind he fled, plunged into the
Seine, and swam across. When half way across
he turned round in the water, and patting bis
thumb to his cheek, moved his band liks a
wing, and made grimaces at bis master oa
shore."
Tm Brra or Snozas- The papers record
numerous cases of poisoning by the Wte of
anidera. In most cases, says the Providence
Journal, they have yielded to treatment, ia a
few cases they have been utaL Whether these
Insects are more abundant this season or mors
venomous, or whether the eases have been more
generally recorded, we do not know. It is said
that catnip, externally applied, is a remady.
Whisky taken freely, is said to be too much for
almost any other poison.
Totaeco Saotx as a Rtantar- The Louis
iana Baptist recommends tobacco smoke sa s
hirhlv valuable remedial scent ia the treatment
of flesh wounds, lock jaw, etc, the smoke to be
blown apoa the affected part through a pipe
stem. Many persons ' are aware of the beahn)
virtues of tobacco when applied awirt to s
wound.
VicamTioii a CtXTAnt Coss voa Hoorneo
Coossv Dr. Alexander, of Atlanta, (Ga.) says
that be has vaccinated upwards of two handxed
children, sad Bads it a certain aad speedy core
for hooping cough. -
S .
Rownsc Never punish a girt for being a
romp, but thank heaven that she has health and
(pint to be one It is much better thaa a dis
torted spine or hectic cheek. Girls ought to be
creat romps it is better than paying doctors'
bills for them.
Habit ia a child is at first like a spider's web f
if neglected, it becomes a thread or a twins ;
next a cord or rope ; aaally; a cable ; and then
who ens break it ? , - "
A TEW SHORT YEAE5, A2TO TSZ3.
A fcw aheel yean-ead una
TlMaVoaaaarNBtwIlho
Like ehadoworf a aaavaJaeewi
la it reality!
A law ah.
TW M anod the aa. m
Wll boob la el their arid away,
Aj Mali too bob to root!
A hw ahatt jeaii aad atoa
Oar yeoec baerts Biay ho Mt
Of evy hope, aad Bod ae fkwat
Of cUUboed'k eaaaeiae left
A few abort yean Bad Omi,
laBBorialoC HabHaa,
Tho weery eaoj ahafl aaok oa hifh.
A beaerhoaao thaa Uui!
The Honjeliold "Good-Viglit."
The author of "January and June," thai
prettily sketches a scene familiar to every
"Home :"
"Good Nujbt !" A load, clear voice from
the stairs said it was Tommy's. "Goodnight!"
murmurs a tittle something from! the trundle-
bed a little something we call Jenny, that filled
a large place ia the centre of one or two pretty
large hearts. "Good night T' lisps a little fel
low in plaid rifle dress, who was christened
Willie about six years ago.
!fow I lay aao down aa alee),
I Bra? tho Lord aey Bool to keep i
Aad if I die before I w-a-k-e "
and (he small bundle ia the trundle-bed baa
dropped off to sleep, but the broken prayer may
go up sooner than many long petitions that set
oat s great while before it
And so it was "good night" all around the
home-stead; and very sweet music it nude, too,
in the twilight, and very pleasant melody it
makes aow, as we tklnk of it, for it was not
yesterday, nor the day before, but a long time
ago so long, that Tommy is Thomas Some
body, Esq., and has forgotten that be ever was
a boy, and wore what the bravest sad richest of
us can never wear but once, If we try the first
pair of boots.
And so it was good night all around the
boose ; and the children had gone through the
ivory gate always left a little ajar for them .
through into the land of dreams.
The MoTBia add thi Widow. The follow
ing well portrayed picture we take from a re-
t. T .1 . V! -ft.
iigiuw poT. u uiere is any auuauoOs wa
deserves sympathy aad commands respect it Is
that of the mother left by the lots of bar hus
band, her earthly stay and support, to buffet the
elements of adverse fortune alone.
"We are slow to acknowledge any womanly
character, living or dead, ad superior to (hat of
Aegotd mother such as we find her ia all oar
communities. She is perhaps called to no single
great act of devotedness but her whole life is
a saerifice for he good of others. How she
works to bring up ber children. No labor istoo
hard; she, denies herself every comfort to give
hem sa education. She would part with her
town heart's blood to make them happy.
"This devotedness becomes more remarkable
when, by the death of the father, the mother la
left alone to struggle on through life. If we
were to set out to explore this city, we should
find many a poor widow, with fire or six children
dependent upon her, straggling for their support
with a patience and courage truly heroic; with no
friends to help her, and no means of support bat
ber needle, she undertakes to provide for bar
little family. 8he makes hor home inn attic,
and there she sits and straggles with poverty
No one comes to eee her. She hears only the
cry of those hungry little mouths, which call to
ber for bread. And there the toils all day long,
and often half the night, that she may not want.
And yet she does aot eemplaia. If only ber
strength holds out, and ber efforts are sue ocas
fol, ber mother's heart is satisfied and grateful.'
A Ksowtxw Hoaaz. "E. M." of Belcher-
town, writes to the Amherst Express about a
very intelligent horse, of which be is the owner.
The following incident among others, illnstratea
the matter:
."One day last week, be was drives a rw
miles oat of town, and on bis return, sometime
ia the afternoon, was fed with Basal md eat
feed as asaal, but for bis sapper be bad nothing
but dry bay, which d not sgree very well with
his sense of right, ; '.ar traveling twenty ariloa
with a load, through snow drifts.. However, he
kept bis thoughts to himself MQ we were all eat
of she way for the aright thaw, srmdsrins; his -rope
In some way, he passed through the sow
stable, crossed the barn floor and the carriage
room to the granary, at the further end of the
barn, some forty feet, where ha bad often seea
us get the meal for bim ; be there (band two
bags of meal standing by the bin, tied op tight.
bat the top one being too heavy for kirparpose.
be threw it aside, and after exsnnaing the other
bag, which weighed bete sen fifty and sixty
pounds, be took it bt bis teeth aad carried it
about twenty feet, to a eleaa spot c the barn
floor. Finding it diScnit to untie, he cut a hole
ia the side sad shook out shoot a peek of meal;
and ate what be wished ; aad seeing (ha eow
(the only companion be has these long friater
aights) looking with a longing eye at bis pile of
meal, be took up the bag again, and carried it
about tea feet further to bar avaager, and shook
oat some more meal for bar. They were found
in the BMrning feasting together."
Atbos mast be a Heaven for baebelefBV The
January number of the Edinburg Review says
that women are not allowed In the pe&inaula
The monks sriyfjrbiddea to eat flesh aad a
rigid rale excludes all things (cmlolne. It m
believed that ao aaiaul f that sex can live
there. Dogs are kept for setmriiy.aasVsoca eats
foramasement Males are the ?rSaary beasts
of burden, and slip la saunter, o4caeand
dotntfuL Honey is ana of tivtirstapto srodue
tiena, and so the qnoes-bee hi allowed, and rats
and mice as well as wild animals are aJsoexeep
tions. and "multiply sad devour" as w.Haaiii
less favored places- .