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MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1873.
NO. 35.
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A LESSON IN HISTORY.
A. I». ittoa.
Il wit« it «animer evening,
Old Mr. Smiili bad coins
Fron» »San Francisco, by balloon,
To his suburban home —
Where, by the «bora of Klamath Lake,
Hi« pleasure he was wont to take.
He saw hi« grandchild, Coif*sine,
While plating at croquet,*
Hull something large and «mouth and round
To her brother, Henry Clay,
And a»k the young sport if he knew
Where that queer pabeoeoic grew.
The old man Smith stepped up and took
The relic in his hand,
And shook it till it rattled out
A gill or two of sand.
" 'Tie some squaw Modoc's skull," quoth lie,
" Who fell in the great victory."
"Now tell us what '(was nil about,
Young Henry Clay inquired ;
While on her mallet Collaxine
leaned with a look inspired.
"Come, tell us who the warriors
And why they killed each other here."
"It was the Yankees," said old .Smith,
"Who made the Modocs
Itecikuse they coveted the lundi
The red men limited on.
It's Some«hat mixed, but all agree
That 'twos a famous victory.
"Men, babes and women, fifty-three,
Followed the Indian chief;
One hundred times ns many whites
Urouglif Mr. Co to grief ;
Ami every red wus killed," said he,
'In the great Mo,lot tic lory
"Hut what good came of it at last?"
Asked gentle Colfuxine.
"Good ? Why, we got their land, you bet
The home you
And man y a heathen scalp
Iu that brave Christian victory.
"Great praise our Colonel Killem gained,
And eke our Hag. I ween ,
"Hut did they rend the Bible then ?"
Said pitying Colfexiae.
"Why, that I cannot say, quoth lie;
"Hut 'twas a glorious victory."
re liviug in ;
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popular Jfliritrllanp.
MRS. ROBERT E. LEE.
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This vcoerabU lady, who has been pay
ing a visit to her relative Mrs Fitzhugh,
in Washington, for some weeks past, has
her home in Lexington. During her visit
here she has received in a quiet way every !
mark of esteem and respect to which her
position as the widow «if tho chieftain of
the lost cause, aod her noble and lofty
traits of character as a woman, reuder her
to etuiiKtidy entitled. .
l b. M aabington IlrpuUua» eo.t.tn,
the I» I"w,„k aceoun «I an interview with
Mrs Jj«e, which to«»k place ou luesday,
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St the residence of .»1rs I'ltzhugn .
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Mrs Lee, widow of the late « encrai
. . . g. .. to
llnbert h. Lee. is a granddaughter of the .
wife urG«ur r \y. , b" , gt<.n.t,da daughter
of George Washington Parke Lustis,whom :
Washington adopted .1 tho age of six
mouths Mrs Lee is, apparently, about
«*'7 >"" r * «»«8« » » l,ll > wb '*'" ;
noble character and Khr,st,an grace. f
der her an ohjeot of reverence to »I w hj' ) ,i
meut I,or Ifer mind r, cl, ly stored with j()f
thv rueollectton. of pair,",," mil) fated. (
and dl.tingut.hed persons «b« will "" ■
be prominent tn our national history » j
among our Governnieot » wisest statesmen,
and »■>,„« of whom -ere her own nearest
kinsmen I. her ehtldhood.lhe home and
famtly and associates of the great \ ash*
ingtoii and his dignified and beautiful wife
were all familiar . ;
rite heme of her youth and „tamed life c
( Arlington) *»• built by her father, (.«orge
IVaaltingtou Darke Oustis To thie charm
iug place she was carried when only cue
fuouth ulJ, »ml all (be ansuciatiotis of her |
life eenter in and cling to this spot.— :
Among t.ie elsssiosl localities which our j
Government claillll aa its property Arling- I
tou is one of the first, and is aluioat equal |
to Ml. Veruon in its histot ieal memories |
Here were entertained all the •taleainsn
and meu nf letters prominent in our early
history. Here all distioguilhed men, for
eigner, were iuvited in the uame of Amer
jean hospitality, and year after year, as
summer rulored her heautiea to tha yards
and gardens aod fields of this noble estate.
which included tuns limits eleven hundred
acres, all American visitors were mad
free guests to enjoy tho cool retreats.and
free to rxamine the instructive rvlics,
hooka and papers there prvieryed.
Upen-haodad hospitality reigned at Ar
lington. In 1832 Mary Cnati* married
Robert E. Lee. Her father, George
Washington Parke Custia, dying in 1857,
gay. to Mrs. Lae, by hi. will, tho enlir.
Arlington oatate. Tha Urms of tbe will
vested tha property in her absolutely. Be
yood tba atinple duties of an executor,
General Leo bad no control of the proper
ty. and uavar, either before or aine», aa
aumad or attampud to a.aum. a .ingle
right of ownarahip.
Mr.. General Leo ha. for many year,
boon a groat «uff.r.r from inflammatory
rh.umattam, and quit, unable to move
without asaiaUnoo ; but in her age and af
motion aha ha. a nubia and dignified ooun
ta nance. Her feature, much re.emble
tho.. of M.rtha Wa.hin.tou. With her
.ad yet firm .xprea.ion of fao. aod eysa,
beautiful aod sparkling with tho uneotn
mon inUtlifeoM which ninrk« her conver
Mtiuu ; with her almost snowy bsir, fins,
•oft, and iu wares and curls, framing her
full forehead and ^ covered by her plain
widow'* eap. abe tit* before one a grand
nnd lovely picture, combining within itaelf
much of tha history and glory of the im
mortal past with th« modtru events of our
history,
SO
in hia will an obligation that all the slaves on
belonging to the estate should ho set free |
after the expiration nffive years The ;
; time of their manumission came on in lxtl"
I and right in the very height of the war.
I General Hubert K Lee, as tbe executor of
I the will, summ.mcd these slaves together
j at a convenient point within his lines, and
gsre them free papers ami passes through
the ( uufadcrale lines to go whither they
j wunld.
Concerning these two great and itnpnr
tant facts we have reason to think the «r
No one can see this much-suffering Isdy
and hear har accounts of her old home and
not feel convinced that on the day our
Government shall have remunerated the
niiatress of Arlington for its loss,and made
that settlement with her which is esteemed
just and legal by all who fully understand
the circumstances of her nbsolutc owner
ship of the estate, it will add to its repute
for jual and honorable dealing
Front Mra Lee herself it was definitely
ascertained that not only wos Arlington
her unqualified b-quest from her father,
hut that Gi-iiernl Lee Merer participated in
any way in its ownership or control,i.lwiy»
refusing (from scruples not unfreqiient
with gentlemen iu regard to wives' estates)
to arbitrate in important matters relating
to it. and from the termination of the war
to the dale of his death lie constantly
avoided nny authority, control, right, or
itidi-psiidence relative to the estate,and re
fused to act concerning it in any way.
When Mrs Leo's father died lie made
community generally have not been quite
familiar. They certainly have nil impor
tant bearing upon the case Mrs Lee
does Hot u*k to have the entitle restored to
iler It ha* become a national ct'inMery .
end an nurh »he promîmes, with other fit -
ixen», it will ever remain ; hut »lie doe> to
expect n reasonable remuneration for the
ground
Thero am eleven hundred acre» in nil.
and nomc two hundred neren of the estate 1
are occupied as a soldiers' cemetery
land at tho time of if s lire» a!
••ipition by "f
j tho (fovertiment could not have been worth
less than two hundred dollars per acre
Since that time its value, for various re»
T : i
I sons, has rapidly appreciated. At the time
j of its nominal purchase hy the tîove
1 ment for tin? faintest sort of a song, under
tho operation of a tax-sal -, tin
i several of Mr*. Lee's friends ready to mnk
purchase for her or to pay the into* They P
were uot allowed an opportunity to d *
either, and more serious in calling in que«- al
I lion the validity of the presen» title of the r
Government to the land than even high
l.-pnl suthoritjr within the litivs of the Guv
crnnieut itsvlf. j
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Neither does Mrs Leo regar-l questions
^ |o Vll|illi , lf |he
h „ r pr , M . . •
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seized, cotinseatd in short, und without
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tl»«? slight«»» remuticrati'in being granted
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to her. Injustice ha* been d«me, nml sh« ►
. fft . n „ rnU|| ,i„ verntll( . Ilt
, „„ eultghtetKd publie opinion'. «
: wi || wr ^ 1 '
The F lr0 ^woman!,„ 0 .| and the i
' f M , ,
; revealed iu the Virther fact that she cm
f „ rICI , Hpon wh „|„ . .. j
) ,i t ig|e expression or shade of hit'erness. i
j()f am , his mlminis,ration !
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■ ,'.„ n , (l , lllirr | y calm mA in
j lho . . „ , h „ {tm . ,|,r
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ft no^n^
^ g( .. ^ f whcn , l , ln U „.
now fhn rec lilf ,
nn nece „j,y f,, r other state of thing«
; than that ôf profound peace, amity, and
c „ ncorJ brt .J cll ,, 10 No ' rlh ami s.- outh
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Modem Egypt.
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: The land of the Khedive is likely soon
j to rival in greatness the ancient kingdom
I of the l'lurimbs and the l'toleuiies Mod
| ertt Kgjpt cannot, it is true, compare with
| aneieut r.gy pt iu the number of its in bub
itauta. for Diodorus tells us that the latter '
contained Ut), OÜÜ lowus and villages,while j
Herodotus says that in tho reign of Amasis
there were in Egypt 20, OÜU cities What i
succesaive sovereigns, however, front Sv
sostris to the caliphs failed to effect, or ac
coniplisheJ only iu part, has been omit- j
plctely achieved under the rule of tbe Mn
dire hy tha opening of the Sun Canal,
Alexandria aud Cairo arc fast becoming !
cities of palaces, and the wealth of the
country is every day increasing |
Weatern prejudice attributes the present
ignorance or the Mussulman population ol
Turkey to lalatuient, and concludes that !
the religion of Mohammed is a har to all
human peogrosa. Any one. however, who !
viaited Egypt ten years ago, and could
oow see the vast improvements that have j
boon and arc being made by lho Khedive,
would at once have hi. prejudice, vary I
much modified, if not altogether removed,
He would ace the harbor of Al.-andri.
tho finoat. probably, in the world, crowd
ed with the shipping of all nations, with a
new breakwater and new dock, in course
of completion, warebouaea filled with cot
ton, grain and other agrioulturi! produce
ready for export, railway, in operation or
in cour.e of construction—everywhere, in
fact, the sign, of iucre.sing civUiiatinn
and prosperity. He would tee Alexawona
itaulf more like a European than an Eat
tern city, with it* magnificent building*
aud its "Plaos des Consuls," that exceed*
in sise and beauty any square to be found
in Kurope. He would see tho land, irri
gated bv the Nile's overflow or by mean*
of mtehinerv. everywhere teeming with
rich crop, of wheat, malic, barley, beans
aod peas, clover and flax, rice, sugar-cane,
tobaeço md eottOQ, coffee, indigo and mad
der; «ha garfi'-nt, producing n prient* in
May: peaches, plums, anplca, pears and 1
caiuba in June ; grapes, figs and prickly
pears ill July; pomegranates, leninns and
dates in August ; oranges in ^ October,
sweet lemons and bananas in November,
and tbe mulberry aud Seville oranges in
January. In old times we know there
was "com in Kgypt;" now there is also
"cotton in Kgypl,' and cotton, too. of the
Lest description. Even six years ago
there was not less than two hundred steam
plows a' Work in cotton cujtivatinn. livery
mechanical aid to production has. in fact,
been nude u-o of. end <h» r- solt is an
enormous increase of wealth both to the
people end their ruler. ^ _
The romance nf travel in Kgypt is fast
disappearing. A new bridge has boi n re
ceutlv built by the Khedive over the Nile,
SO that travelers ran now go direct in ear
ringos from their hotel to the pyramids
without being obliged, as formerly .to cross
the river in boats and HnMi the excursion
on camels or donkeys The old " dnha
| bealt," or Nile boat. I« giving way to the
; comparatively luxurious Nil- steamer, and
the charms of that dreamy I'.gi-irean life.
floating up and down the grout river, wi.i
soon become a memory of the past No
more encampment« beneath the myriad
stars and the wondrous sky of an Kgyptian
night, amidst the labyrinth of pillars, obc
lisks and fil'ett temples of Luxor or Mir
oak Instead of, as heretofore, passing
the night on land under a lent, the travel,
«r now shtp* hi* c«»mfortnble berth on
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R . , . , , 0i . n
a firs -Clus, .. was from 8 .1(1
mo„"t for "tree or four mou, I,.;..
1"'" :
board tlm Klmdiv«*'* steamer, and
the Nile in three week«, ins tend of three
month*, n* in the palmy day* of the delta
bealm During the winter of 1#71, he
. I-re tin* ntruiui-r» began to ply, tho price
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to JJIJOU
cataract, und hack again, can he made hy
1 the passenger Mratiier* on the Nile belong
ask cl f.
the voyage — milen— I
Cairo to IMiilu», a few milen above the first
while no
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ing to the Khedive administration at a c
"f g -J JO, imduding steamer, living, guide*,
and all other necessary expense.—-A*. ./
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al * " ul "" ,or , * ' 1, "
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vu, '' s " *' lV, ' ul
vutivcrsuti.M, ».tii . I cuiiimt make »
j msjor cl j»u, 1 m- sstj ; 1 must, tlivrc
f-iri-. Kivu y.Mi uwitu; you slisll tntirrv
Kmiliu lîu.nilninitii» >lo- i
Lnvelletio's Wife,
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'Oil»* d .1 V ,* *• h*« ' r V «"» the Cullllt L lVel
let te. 'wir II I III I ;. «il, I '.Hill'd lh>tiu
eXpi dite ill
We Ta? reijuir* «i
order«'d In*
tb«* tit
to
•Jrive along the to*
Hotlle- \
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j, v , ry band'
Do you know ■
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ifinng to Vinca
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«ill become, in such a case, of mv f
« iJ " w ■' lh"i"e> 1 have no (treat likniR
for marriage.' 1 M*n must marry to htv.
i "I'^r- 1 * 'hat is the chief aim of life ,
Killed vu niav he ; well, in that ea.e
»'■" «»' »•« »•>' »•«•"» '••>' ««*"■- |
j .le-ramp-of a defender of his country
i S1 '" have a pension, and may marry
! ■•*««'"!« .-«J N "« "I"' »
>l«..tthter of »" «-""Brant that nobody will
in have; my wife .. ...» introduce her in
»<"•*">'• «•'«■ T""' R"', de», rves abet
ter late Come, tins hu-im »s must 1 „. ,
. « .. «
„. Madame II..at le about ,t ; her .. er
, has already given her « ..
.. . "*ke pUe** in eight days
*'H alh-w yu a |ori,„ K l,t f,„ yur honey
moon, you . .. ...
' Toulon on the i'.ltl, ' (It
i tltli ) I cmtl.l not help laughing ell the
while he spoke ; ut last I said. I will do
wlutr ver you please Hut will III- girl
have me ? ' I do nut wish to force her in
cliuuliolis ' She is tired nf her hoarding !
school, und she would lie unhappy if she 1
were t" go to her mother's During your :
absence she shall lias* w ith In-r grand -
' father at ..iuhleau You will uot be
j killed ; and you will find her when you
come hack Conic, come, the thing is
i settled Tell the ooacbinnu to drive
home.'
In the evening I went to see Madame
j llonaparte. She knew what was going
forward, and was kind enoughto show
some satisfaction, and called me her j
! nephew 'Tomorrow,'she said, 'wc shall
go to St Germain. I will introduce you
| to my niece. You will be delighted with
her; she is a charming girl!'
ol -Accordingly, uext day, the general,
! Madame U-ioaparle. Eugene and 1 went ;
all in an open carriage to St Germain, and
! .topped at Madame C.mpan's The vi.it
was a great event at the hoardit-g selmol ; !
j s || the young girls were at the windows, j
in the parlors nr in .he cour'-tard, for
I they had obtained a holiday We anon
entered the garden*. Among the fort»
young ladies, I -ugh, a„.i„u»ly her who
Î,.» to be wife lier cousin Horten-«
a led her to u"., that she might salute ,1..
general, and .-mb,.her She was.
in truth tin- pr tti M ,.f them nil Her
stature was tall, an most gracefully el
or pant; her „-"ure- ,-harming; and
in the glow of her l»nn'if.il complexion was
height om-d by her c-mfuMnn Her hash
fulness wa. - great the general could not
help laughing at her, but he went no
further It wa* dfcidcd that we should
hroukfuM nn the gr*** in the garden. In
tho meantime I felt ex»r«*!iu*ly uneasy
Would she like me? Would ahe obey
without reluctance? This verv abrupt
marriage, and this speedy departure,
grieved me.
'When we afterward got up. and the
circle waa broken, I begged Eugene to
nml wdl educated
1 have
I have
ecu her twice,
no fut tunc,
in »v I»«* kiih d —
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then the
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conduct hi, cousin into a aolitnry walk,
1 joined them, and he loft us. I then eu
tered on the delicate subject. I made no
secret of my birth, nor of my want of a
fortune ; and added, 'I possess nothing in
the world but my sword, and the
good will of the general; and I must
leave you in a fortnight Open your
heart to me I feel myself disposed to
love you with all my soul ; but this is not
sufficient. If this marriage does not
please you, repose a full cnnfi lence in me ;
it will not be difficult to find a pretext to
break it off I shall depart ; you will not
be tormented, for I will ke. p jour secret.'
While I waa speaking she kept her
<yea fixed on the ground ; her only an
swer was n smile, and she gave me the
nosegay she lodd in her band. I cm
braced her. Wo n turned slowly to the
company, and oight days afterward we
went to the municipality. Tbo follow
ing day, a poor priest who bad not taken
tho oaths, married ua in the »mull convent
of tlm Conception, in tho Hue St. lion
ore.' s
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Scottish Perseverance. :
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A person in the west of Scotland trim
|,ad ..I in the manufacture of a cer
description T goods, then recently '
introduced into that part of the country".
j t necessary, or conjectured it might
bo profitable, to establish a permanent
connection with some respectable mere, mi- 1
|j| e ||, n i*e in homlon. With this design
i be packed up a quantity of goods, equip
ped himself for the journey, and tin it du
parted I","'11 hi. arrival he made vlili
gent inquiry as to those wliu were likely
to prove hi* best customers, uml. ae".« r ,|
,„|| „p,.,, ...
I,.;.. ,,, aient drapers, « i, I, »bo,.- re
: solved to establish a regular eorrespon*
deuce \\ lien Saunders entered the dra
iib
i"d hi
per'* shop, be found it ull crowded
eimtomcrn, und the clerks all hustling
busily at flic end of the counter, handing
.•ut tli* ir s vt r;il
art - to tin ii
r j-» et i ve
waited wlmt lie
id Cl
CUst IIKT»
thought a reasonable time, tln ii laid down
j hi* pack, hi* h mnet and at-iff upon the
i count« r.
-I inquiru.l it, hi- bro:„l Scot
Mult .1 i:l 1 ut, l'..r "lit.- Iu ., 1 o' l!,o 1,0
I iii" mI t Ii- eh rks asked
h.it In
lilted
III
"V otebm in * answer
quest»"ti. AYant \«*
*tr ?" -NV
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aught in my line,
a* the prompt T' ply "f the
inten "gateil, who u«' >n»pt
p II
I|»«*SV llahic II' gltive
ith n I.Mik of
\
j tempt t-.r tlo* ii
itin rant »'■»conish
no tuk' a look o' tin
Saunder s c xt «|tiery
con
app'.'llMllce of tli
•nil
reliant.
"Mull
ye
-No.
t at all :
* have nut time.'' replied tin- clerk, "t ik -
■ 'h-m away —take them away " --VeT
ablins (p.-rhaps) llml tli-m
d I'll ili'iilitna hut ye'll huv.
as he coolly proceeded" to
sir",
•«»)' f"
' ,0 *' 11 Utuv * w,,h m pnmm«*. I»ut
, tlu- per.evvrtt'ß Seotehmau Mtll p.-r-i-ted
(, et along you .-II .«much tool, encd
| ,hf eK-trk, eumpl-tely nut of temper, as he
'he already exposed
' l >" b *8 "« "> ^' u " ir
"j'',' 1 U! ' "v «'>' lu.l ;
f «''" « w " '' «"..uth and an enlarged
I"»' '-t eye. then l"..ke'l down to b.s
™i.t.-that L> s.att-rel among »•■ f-et.
, hv-ked up again, and exclaimed, "An
»'V?*
..* I "'" «• »""» ««'*•'•
« r "" ? rnri, T l "" 1 l "' lf I
" Are ve in earnest, frieu'?" "Yes, eer
" W! ' 1 ' ll "' reply, and that reply
«os sueec ie.l with an unequivocal pro d
! " f »'"eerily on the part of the p rsoit who
1 "•»•!" «*. win it lie picked up Saunders'
: hnnuct. an ! whirled it into the street
- ^ he old Scot eh man stalk« >t di-liherately
ß r * vl 'U '" quest id Ins Stewarton
headgear. After giving it two or three
hearty slaps mi the wall outside the door,
ho re-entered very eoinposeilly, wringing
the inmsturu cut of it, looked over to the 1
person who served him an, ami sunl with
a g. nuiue Semtisl, sun " ; " Yen was hut
an tll-fattr d turn , _ye II surely tak a look
j ' ,,u f?"' 1 ''" """ U"' > l, "l' , ' r
himself, who was standing all the while in
'' ,e »hop. admiring 'lie patience and per
-" veram-e of the old man. and feeling a
'i" 1 " cmupunetimi at the unceremonious
'"»»»« »» wlncli he was treated, examm
; " d contents of the pack, found them
>" be article« he stood in need of, pur
«-based them; ordered additional regu
; ! '»r supply, end thus laid the foundation
j "f »» opulent mercantile house that has
»«•« n.iu.ished for several generations
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A young man from one of the suburbs
appeared from u store on Wc.t street, on
flmuiduy noon, in quest of the family
team, hit no, discerning it. stepped quick
ly the corner «-f Main street and looked
up that avenue just iu time to detect the
I familiar e.-lahliahment about turning into
White street on the homeward course
| Then ho took his hat in hi. hand and
struck out on the chase at a speed that
<vaa wonderful. A clerk in a store that
he shut by, ran out to see what was the
matter, and finding a man fleeing for dear
life, he |>ut after hint. This created a
curiosity in a man who was digging out a
gutter, and lie firthwith dropped bis
shovel and joined in with commendable
alacrity. And then a milkman who was
getting into bis cart suddenly chsngcd his
mind, and went legging up tho street in
to rear of tho others. Two merchants talk
•irth vt
Ini".
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*ai-l S.iutid* r*.
untie and
hi* hut dell.
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"Get nbu'g
saying he *l»wly tfithcred
up. und r«-placed them
"Get out of the *l»op, sir," wuv the
perctnphiry and angry eomiinttid that fol
tilh
tliei
' ter.
the eoun
I hi* lu*t
■i I
S »under*
1
U P,
ing about uiatcriuli.ui dropped the subject to
and picked up their heols in tbo anine di
rcclion. Then five boys instinctively took
a leg in. These were followed by a num
her of elderly people, and before the sub*
urban youth resulted Whito streut, he be
came painfully aware that ho was pursued. I
This led him to redouble his exertions,
but the increase cotnmuuioaled itself to
the surging mass behind. And when lie
turned into White street, his eyes stood *
like billiard balls, ami his hair pointed :
heavenward nio.tly. Ou this avenue be 1
found himself so sorely pressed that lie
jumped into tbe first open hatchway and
disappeared in the dnrkncs of the cellar,
The panting and eager crowd shot up to 1
tbe entrance, and nlinnat Into it, and after I
peering into the darkness without seeing \
anything, ... to look at each
oilier Then tbo silence was broken
--Who was bo?" said one. "I don't
know," said another "What bad lie
been doing ?" asked the third. "I dun't
know," said the fourth. Then they
s nred at each otlior again, and the first
man said, --Don't any mao know who he
: r ' - N 1 »•»••or. and then the first man. i
who appeared to be burning up with cu
riositv, added, "what in the thunder did
you run for, then ?" "Hrcnu-c I saw the
' other* run Wlmt diJ you run for?"
"Well, iliul'a tho reason I run " This
seemed to exhaust the topic, and the crowd
gravely dispersed. — Dtinhury AWs. |
1 — • _
Hftinf»
1
J„ >| r Stern's ' Scintillations from
„,. illrlcb ,| W| „- oc ,. ur .be following
.„arks; B i
Wit isolated i* worthier j
,„ rm „ lV0r ,. l | lil) „ . 1
J ' * '
We must seek the history of pools in
their poems, and there find their deepest |
coiifidettees.
Victor Hugo is tbe greatest of French
liyroii s death affreted me deeply. IK
ras tbo ouly man with wliotu I fuuud my
self mi sympathy. j
1 bought i» invisible nature ; nature is r
visible thought.
The young girls say : "The gentleman
must be very rich, for" he is very ugly "
In like manner the public sa*s: "The
man must be quite learned, for "he is rx- ,
eessiVL-ly dull." This, in inativ iustaiiei s.
accounts for the surcess of Germans in
1
els
P
i'..
ing Frenchman is a spectacle more pleas
ing t«j tli«: Lord than .1 praying Kn-Misli
,g 0 i« polite and w« ll- '
wvsrs L'l.ivo anJ lilt.
or,Is nt St. Il.-lcnn —thnt,
,i>rhi tvnulj
suive ils If into Aiuerieuti repiiMie.it,
1 am firmly convinced that a blaspl
:
-
,j lM .
;
-, ,, ,,
-«ThiKixu I »nun-. . I at. HK* I ben
«a" an elderly Indy, from Sugar Hollow,
d 'fading in t otihelt s More, Nelson strict.
>alurdny .«lie bad been looking attlu
e itlec and sugars, and
hair pins by tilling th-Ri t-> see 1
lin y wi n gi iioitu , w n n 1 sti | p* d - n
" parlor mulch, »hu ll was lying '-n the
•>° ,ir - ' he explosion which followed s >
startled her that she jumped In one side.
and. tu m doing. Mi uek against e harre
the 1 "' axe-lietvca, and ov.-rturtieil tli-m. lo-t
"««■ lialanee, »ought to sine licrselt t.y
", U '''"f,''hut
w.nt diwn »tilt tin. an Inlvts,
' r drawing a badly demoralixed_ »hnw-rase on
in '"I'"' "'' r - ''caGy elmking licrselt to
a«:«tli with n Hull-swallowed hair-pin
a <>» Monday, the agent r,.r parlor matches
, '» 1 "" 1 |, "" w k" ,0< "'
*"' inimwliately pounecd upon hy |
l| i* 1 individual, who, after knocking him
down dragged bun out on the walk, and
M* warmed
''tin with an axe-helve, ami Mrs Kohliett
has P"" rcd ""'® r 0 ." »*'* waialhand. Iheiiiy.
('obhelt told lus wife and clerk ,n hold !
lum win .- he went tnto the house tor a
S"''-. »'" 1 " was during lu» absence on Im
on ""~'J «" «rprimt, .hat the agent aue-,
"»eded ... getting on ... fee. and out of
f be . ,,, ' , f' l,bo l rho0 " ', kl ; n » » b ' ,c
bo b "' h * undo J ubteill Y ,0 " n -
the ". tj0bl,eU . , 1 <H } k ' ,d Brou, ! d fl,r bl '"
into w,,b tbc gun ' ul "' 1 l#,B 'hat night, with
any success-Du,Aeas.
and --* -
that Canal Life.
that -
the 1 llarge lilo on tho I)ueh oanals is a curi
ous study. When a young couple marry
a and cannot afford house rent and other
a expenses of life ashore, they tako to a
bis ! life on the sewer wave. They buy, beg.
borrow or rent a barge, and pass their
was time carrying slow merchandise up and
his down the canals. Brown e.rthernware
in pota, cucumbers, and melons, art favorite
* source« of income. The barge lies close
Iu Franco, c <
bred, and honesty
it* ha!.
Na|"«l"on'*
iu the cat!y futur«' the h h«d»'
Hii-muii iin| m-i i.i 1 1
e a most «
i*
■ •r
ging t»r< |dicey
The lohlttig d'en* of the French
n to the most iiotoiioti* Mc«salitia
,ln
her hu*b.iiid paliently atublc*
d
at Ii r side.
Fruity woim n without religion arc like
(l*«w r* with mt pcrf'ittie.
TI.« i" i* only «»tie writer in wh
1
tiling that
«it rev tue** «'f *t vie which is found iu the
Bible
•mind* me of the
find * '
it is Shakespeare.
While Iraudutiug the Bible, Luther
created th" liertnan latiguag«*.
eh ieal pi
than plijMcul, and if I had my eh'.ie«*
bet we- n a bad
1 should choose the I trill r.
F
i* more easily 1"
and a l ad tooth
ctctieu
examining
to the street, you can easily step in and
out and make your bargain. When a^
cucumber falls into the eanal the trader |
will stop buMucss, and spend twenty
minutes or more to speare it in the filth* I
mud and fish it up. This is Dutch thrift,
I wonder who buys these dropped cucum-!
hers ' One end of the bargo is often ! 1
tastefully fitted up iiku a lif.lo house : tun
I'uintcd green aud white outside, the
* windows hung with clean white blinds, B "
: trimmed sometimes with a colored ribbon,
1 Inside there arc two or three coinpart
mente, a fire plucc, paper on tbe walls,
and a carpet ; and there is many a worse ,
place for a honeymoon than the inside of a ;
1 snug, clean and commodious barge. On !
I feast days the barges sre deserted, aud on
\ every one goes ashore. It is curious haw
fond all Dutch peuple seem to bo of walk- my
ing about the streets Wc doubt whether
any one is ever run over in Amsterdam;
there is ootbiug but an omnibus or two lu
run over them. High aud low. young
and old, towards evening, especially on
Sunday, emerge in troops-family troops !
and social troops; late at nimht. nln-s ! |
i noisy, convivial tvoops. They go to the I
market, then they go back oguin ; they
go down one side of tbo Koken, aud ur
tho other side. Tlt.-n they crowd into tbe
strorls full of fashionable shops, and
crowd out again ; but the crowd is almost
always deeorus. Canal life in America
| is exactly similar.
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Too Goon to i,a Ioasr -Traveling in ! »
1 bis buggy alone not long ago, in going to *i'?
one nf bis appeintmonts, one nf our good
brethren in the I'resbytcry of Memphis
i over took a ' foot-pad" with bis carpet- be
j bag in hi* hntnl. The road* were muddy. P
1 and be was just at tbe time »bout catering der
a miry bottom With the poll,ones, for
which he is noted, he asked the pedestrian '
| (»U entire stranger, if he would uot take
a scat in the buggy, until, at least, they
bad crossed the mud and the mire. The
invitation was readily accepted, and tIt «*
e-nv. rsalioti for a ti.oe was tree nod easy. I •>
about tilings ordinary and general, l'rvs* wa
j ently, however, the good brother, with a
r view to make the conversation profitable,
t-ked toe stranger if he was ready to die.
Not knowing the character of the person
" who had invited him to take a seat with
him, and misapprehending his .suing
, " l " 1 su-pcetiug foul play, he waited not ,
I" reply but sprang from the buggy im
mediately, un I ran for life through slush
and water. Tbe clerical brother wishing he
meant no :
no
t • assure the str inger that jc
harm, called to him nt the top of his voice |
to , * , "P 'his only hastened his speed.
and like a «card hare, ho ran until he
' y«»nd hearing anl sight. Î 11 his hasty
HiRlil lt>-luft buliiml his rarpot ssck, wbich ! •"•
mr brother has tinw in hi» possetrim.
h. ,ng the richer for his failhfulm-s» hy Hit
-i.I.Jiti'.n of a (nititti shirt «ml n pair uf m>
'threadbare trousers and a little "backer "
1
n savage, sangt, inn r y and revolting to
the ,,f rjvilizcrl society
> |j h( , ,| l0 »bjeetion» I will he at the
|,| ar( , nrn „.,| in the manner dc-1
,,. n |, ( „| aII ,| w ;n ,| t .f rn ,i if f roro any
„„ mo •• \Vhen the du.-l
t.y ,, 1nu , ,, ff | M , wa , mortally wounded. a
returned Hieltie's fire and continued to
, Hvancn „„ |,i m .and .when within striking
on , )iallllltee j rcw |,is sword, giving Kicbie »
to n „ ,| 10 | ip w |,icU was all the
wnull ,| | al(or ,j re g Pleasants lin
^ on) a f( , w ,|, vll a0 ,| Hichie ended
"'- |,is life hy remorseful dissipation.
hy | - # _
F'ie Danbury Ae,rs man says. An
aged couple on \\ oos.er street are very
fond "f checkers, and play quite frequent
Iheiiiy. W hen he heats at the game she loses
! her temper, and declare, sho will not play
a again II vexe, htn, to have her act . 0 ,
Im hut lie controls the irrt ation. and taika to
aue-, her about it He tells her l ow .roug tl,
of for people at ther age tn life to he dts- :
,c . '" rbe . d b 7 •*'**' b tnflrw o,,J -how., her so
n - ! l ' ,Mrl ï ,b " *"«8 °. f •'" rb 1 cour :° ,brt * b "
'" ashaim-d of her weakness, and
returns to the game, and p aja it so well ,
that she beat, htm 1 hen hr throw. bp -
ehooker. in one direction and kicks the
ofay' wiVänybmi»*who'Xa s C .o"all firld'
play witn anyoouy wnocneau ao a it n rad
J' * m Î f 1 T™ ! ? 0 * ■ * n ** Tel '
; cr 0 P ,c
1 * . M 1
a "Transactions in Hoir, is the heading
beg. given by a Detroit editor to an account of
their Ä ** rect *
and , m« nn u - I
i " Bn W * mi,tCr * btt ' W ° man " Ä |
:
close ! OvcrUod route Up in a balloon.
If an)«'«" hlmul'l hear the owner inquir
in'' f r such g »«id*, they an? at lih *rty to
direct him t«» ihi* office, where fuller in «o
btaitifd
«
]f,ni phi i
«T
be
i'-'fin iti^n
l'ritl fjt> rinn
eau
*uli
A Dt »:t. Timtrv Vt:
Am»—A
forma paper reprints the *t«»ry of (hu «lud
1 thirty year* ago, between .I««hn llumplen
t«»r of the Hit hwmtl II A/«/,
of the
The challenge from
an ! Tlmtnns llitehic, »Ir .
Flen*iiit*.
lit
tnn
/ /:
the faet«'ry, between the river
ry »«i/» r
FI"U*:ints t«» llichic wa« «me of tho most
«•xtra«»r*linury ever *< nt : l will ho on th"
Manchester *i le of tliu .lam
We will ad
river, near
l canal,
to-morrow morning at û o'clock. armc«l
with tille, pistol and
vnnee and lire on each till one or tho oth
Thi* was the substance of Mr
ord.
«•r full*
Fleaxnnt'* challenge. Mr Hitchie object
« «I to it f«»r various reusons. among which
"Because it gives the challenging
party the choice of time, place nnd wenp
•ui*. u right invariably accorded by the
•code' t«» Ihe challenged : because its terms
N«»twith
ere ;
1 rio,0f ot 'ho National Hotel in Waahiog
tun * '?> B Michigan 8enator was among hia
favored guests. Guy dressed like Case,
B " d although not aa portly, hie faee, in.
eluding the wart, was strangely similar,
*->„« day a Wcateru friend of the houeu
ealno • » *f ,cr • l**W|g ride, dusty and tired,
■•»«•. wwlkissg up lu the offiee, eneountered
>•«• <-'a»a who waaquitel* standing there,
Mistaking him for Guy, he slapped him
on the shoulder, and exclaimed :—"Well,
fellow, bete I am ; tbe last time I hung
my hat up in your tbaoty, cue of your
clerk» sent me to tho fourth story ; but
now that I have got hold of you, l iu»i»t
upon a lower room."
Tbo General, a moat dignified person
age, taken abaok by the startling salute,
oolJly r. plied You have committed a
miwlwko. uir. I am not Mr. Guy ; 1 am
Gencval Casa, of Miobicao," and angrily
turned away. Tbe Western man waa
»booked at tbo unconscious outrage he bad
cemmitted ; but before ho bad recovered
from I*'* mortification, Ceil. Haas, who
bad passed around the office, confronted
him again, when, a accond time mistaking
him for Guy, he faced him and said:—
"Here you are at last. 1 have just made
» d , ev , il . of Ï mi,uke : \ " ,et " ld '' BBB B " d
*i'? k 1 , fur 7°"- " d ■» , ,fr " J ,b#
•'•'elngaiider baa gona off mud.
l> "eraU as. would havo said may well
be imagined if the real Guy bad not a| -
P rot ™ ei * an « roacued the innocent often
der from the twice-assailed and twiee-.n
P^d .Ute.m.m-A'eom the .Wofes r/
' "«*c .l/en JoAn Abruey.
•>- "»' a daily visitor, and where thero
wa * * handsome daughter, who was.ia
have a large fortune. He did so The
father e,i'|uiretl his means, the lawyer
»«W he did not exactly know, but ha
would enquire. 1 he next day he saw his
young friend, and asked him if he had
any property at all.
"No. replied he
"Well,' replied tbe lawyer; "would
you suiter any oue to cut off your nose if
he would give you twenty thousand dol
: l»rs for it ?"
Gen. due rad John Guy.
Guy bora • striking resemblaoaa to
Gan Lewi» Cass, and white ha waa Pro»
What
A young man of Nuremberg, who bad
no fortune, requested a lawyer, a friend of
his, to recommend him to a family whero
|
* lis well, replied the lawyer,
hn«l a reason f*»r asking.'
The next time he saw tbs girl's father
! •"• »»'J :
' ' havo ctiquirud about tli« young
"in»'» eircumstauoe». Hu bas. indead,
m> ready muney, hut he has -a jewel, for
«hielt to my knowledge, ha baa been
"Not for tho world !"
"l
-I**'
but good for a square meal,
Mbaxi'HINO TII» Ati.axtic — Sir Peter
I' ar ker called to Cudjo ( a black fellow
a pilot who was sounding the depth of the
water)-"Cudjo," says he. "what water
have you got there?"
-What water! what!, mas»»? why
Ia |, wa u. r to he sure'.—sea water alwaya
(a |t water! ain't lie, mas»« ?"
• • y,,« b'lsek rascal ! I know it was salt
w , tl . r 1 only wanted to know how much
water tou have there
"How much water her» mas«»' how
0 r here massa ' C.od bless me'
water here^ mass.
8 8 i I P°
was right down imnudenee • at d
! '' t 's; r l r V «ô.vG nltul.d utao wsi
tickle.l with tha idea of measuring tho
tl, ,,13.
: » C " a \*"rt/,I '^„,7
» » JU " 'J ' * • ort,r
1 _ *' _
j ^ lUrlholomew Lynch of Now
, f . j. 7| „„„bjiiti,,
- ^ Aft« li.UuD.« tô . tT
, ornent b T lawyer Him tha
other day" h. r.faj him Jit »Iww^Sl hi.
. ... mildl»"Ar.
' » 0 u through, Mr.Hagan f' "Ytt air."
"Arc you sure ynu'er through?*' * 'Yss
1 quite sure.* "Well sir,** remarked
..» our ariumnt hat had no more
of e g ect yp 0B the Court than a spoonful of
* water on the back of a dunk. There's
I been judgment entered un against v« for
| ™ hour V morT» ^ ^
»
öfter cd mil refused J'dO.OöO "
This iiuluecd the old father to consent
«o the marriage, which accordingly took
place; th«»ugh it is saivi that iu the *c«|U"l
lie often hhook his head wben be thought
«T the jewel.
(' v n't Swallow this Story—A t
Harm.m s show, one day, a young hu*
band, the happy father of a chubby, ro*y
cheeked baby, wu wandering about tin»
com et n, and after nwhile m ured tho head
quarters of the 'Wild l'igi Cunnibul*.
Holding the aforesaid offspring in hi*
he stopped t«> view th
iiutiinn lle.-h. .^lr Fiji accosted the papa
"I'attee baby : wbits man ;
eat; teuder. Fiji man like him.
muchce price? Fiji man pay Mdikeo
feeder* on
arms
thusly :
man dollars
8""8
How
Tin? horrified falber drew back aghtst,
hut hastily responded in this wise ;
NS hut 11 you give, uoble savage?"
"Fiji man give ten do'lars.
"Too cheap ; worth uiora ; but I'll tell
you what I'll do I've got n time old
tuother-iu-law at home 1 11 sell you for
tivo dollars ; she's rather tough eating,
uieasuro
Beal ait fur a mag -Exvrciaa.