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TDEM AHB NOW.
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The snnllgbt sifted thronirh the trees,
Gilding their mingled hair;
The lake laughed low beneath the breexe,
" The blue-bells blossomed f-lr.
With tinv hands she touched his heart,
Searching each minor kev.
Skipping harsh notes with nappy art,
' Mingling Uwe's melody.
His laze bore down each silken lash.
Bore np her throbbing hreast,
Tlie lake laughed low with sneering plash.
The breeze made mocking Jest.
The love-son died; years came between;
The sunlight sifts its gold
On her demure with married mien.
On him grown hard and cold.
let as the rippling wares i recede.
And the lake lies laughing low.
He bears the music, minor-keyed,
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A FAMILY PAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL NEWS.
VOLUME I.
PAIXESVIKLE, LAKE COUXTT, OHIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1871.
XUMBER 22.
.i,. .c .!, nifrhr at William's, admiral, for she said a dozen times in
i n fTT.i .k., Krr.hin oald I sneakinz-of vou. 'How brave he is! what
. . . . V -;1I-n 1. nAhta rV.llrtCp'
rn ms m riw mnniuun ui uic aji uiiiau . i - -- .
He irave an his bed to me. and went to
tleep with Cello. For me, I fell over
come with sleeD UDon the pillow of sea
weeds, and did not wake till after sun
rise. 1 was cured, jmv wouna naa
healed over without inflammation and
withont fever. I had a confused reeol-
lectien of the events and emotions of the
evening before; but I had no leisure for
She was very polite
to me also. She thanked me as if it were
worth "while, and recommended me net
to let you be assassinated by the bandit.
When I think,' sne saw, -mat ne migui
have killed him there, two paces from
me, and on my account! Indeed, your
young friend has too much courage.
He is not made like a Norman Hercules,
and he has not the wickedness and per-
long reveriea. Stephen entered my nay 01 mat who cat w nuiu v ou tan .
room, looted at me, ana saia, -it s au ".
right, lour Diooa is pure, ana you are i y uymS iu 's' "
voting, it woiua taite a neavier uiow uu i j ' ".7-- -
than mat w Kin - you. lrew j uurku,
JIEMOHV'S BELLS.
- BY It. T. ADEINB. "
I - i Soft and low, -. i s -feweet
and slow.
Waking the echoes of the long ago.
The silvery music is ringing.
Of memoir's bells,
, Which sadly tells, " . '
While the far-off cadence rises and swells.
The mournful dirge they're slowly singing.
Out of the'deep
The shadows creep
The deep of the past where the fairies sleep,
'Awaked hrthe lingering notes,
ml as thev come
ji !!"' vmi out tne srloom
1 That hovers oronnd the mouldering
They list while the music sadly ni
tomb, ' '
oats.
Now fast and fleet,
. r ,m-To the iuuio sweet, - -
' , They're chasing each other with flying Teet;
: Sow in, now out, with a mazy round, .
Within the walls
Of memory's halls,
At the mournful melody rises and falls,
c Kff-pi"g time tm the low, sweet oud.
Sal is the strain ,
nrt.:..f Ikit, airnin
Can waken the dead with its mournful refrain,
Bnt still ring on, v oiim uki ki.
Tho' sad. yet sweet,
. Thy strains shall meet
And mingle with those ofheaven, and greet
And welcome my tired soul at last.
THE OLD PBOFESSOB.
' KV T RB tOKIWO. -
The old professor taught no more,
Bnt lingered round the college walks; ,
Stories of him we boys told over,
Before the are, in evening talks,
I'll ne'er forget how he cmue in
To recitation, one March night.
And asked our tutor to begin; ,.. .
"And let me hear these boys recite."
i As we passed out we heard hiin say,
"Pray leave me here awhile, alone,
' Here in my old place let me stay.
Just as I did in years long flown."
Our tutor smiled and bowed consent,
Rose courtoous from his high-backed chair.
And down the darkening stairs be went,
Leaving the old professor there.
from ont the shadows, faces seemed
-' To look on him in his old place,
Fresh faces that with radiance beamed
Radiance of boyish hope and grace;
And faces that had lost their youth,
Although in years they still were young,
And faces o'er whose love and truth
The funeral anthem had been sung.
"These are my boys," he mnrmqrred then, .
V M buys, as in years loag past; -.-'...
Though some are angels, others men,
Still as my bovs I hold them fast.
There's one don't know his lesson now.
That one of me is making fun.
" And that one's cheating: ah I 1 1
" ' I see and love them every one.
"And is it, then, so long ago
This chapter in my ine was somr
while I tell vou what happened
He told me that the Brazilian had set
off before morning in a post-chase, which
he had sent for the preceding evening.
No one at Michael's having been able to
tell him my name, even if they had wish
ed to, he had threatened to set fire to the
village; bnt as Michael and his family,
scandalized by his malice, had answered
that they would repeat his threats, it
was not probable that ,he would ever be
heard of again. "The man Is a coward
at bottom," added Stephen. "He has
physical courage, but no mrai courage.
There is no need to trouble ourselves
about him any more; with his jaw so
lately broken' he will not follow after
women any longer for some time; no
more will he risk laying siege to the
chateau of La Canielle, knowing it so
well iruarded. At present we must find
some way of getting rid of his lackey,
whom tie has perfectly forgotten Here,
withont leaving him a cent, and who is
bemoaninz himself like a sea-gull. This
imbecile has asked to see you ; he is up,
and for an hour has been walking in tne
gallery to catch you as you pass. ow
that you are ready, let us let mm in, ana
one if necessary. 'For all that-,7 said
she, 'I shall not sleep quietly so long as
that bandit is here.' Really, my aear
fellow, she is a good girl, and not at all
sillv or prudish. I am likely to go to
her audiences and her lectures; she
gave me permission."
ne arnvea, dui notning coum pre
vail on Stephen to enter to say good
morning to niv aunt : he saved himself
by pro jiising to come to see me the next
morning before the ladies of the house
were up.
lime, de Blossay was aione in Tne par
lor. Ernestine, under pretext of read
ing, was taking a nap in her dressing
room. On seeing me, my good aunt
trembled, rose, and parting my liair,
Let's see this wounu:" sue exciaimea.
Ah. eood Heavens! it is frightful, so
near the temple! Is it really true that
there is no danger?"
What!" said I ; "yon know
"I know all : yes, all, my poor child !
Mile. Merquem wrote me only a line
yesterday; bnt this morning at six
o'clock she was here. She came to me
while 1 was in bed to eontitle to me her
own secret and yours, lou love ner,
then? vou love her really t At least
don't forirct that ho takes vou for one of you think you do! It had, indeed,
Mtnwnnnt" .......... I seemed to me that there was as much
Exactly." I answered. "I should In your menasmp ; out i Knew ou veic
not be sorry to know what hopes M. the
Marquis had in intruding here.'
I had resumed my sailor's dress. The
person introduced threw himself in my
arms, weeping, and calling me his pre
server and his friend. How he loved me !
He loved me as much as life!
I cut short this ridiculous scene by
saying that we would make a collection
for him in the village, so that he could
go away without begging, hut that I
would undertake to oDtain una nein ior
him only on condition of a sincere and
full confession. He hesitated. "Come
now, you must speak or have nothing,"
said Stephen. "We already know your
master's name; tell us what.were. his in
tentions.
'My master?" he exclaimed. "He is
not my master, thank God ! I am a
guide, a guide ny sea and iana, a goou
rider, and a good seaman, and I know
every coast and road in France. I had
been at Etretat three days when that
so enthusiastic! And then I counted on
Celie's prudence and good sense ; I was
not wrong. Poor Celie! she is.. very
frank and very true !"
"Why do you say 'poor uciief aim
I entreat you to tell me all that she said
to you."
"Yes, I will tell you ; she dedired it.
But you set out to-morrow for Italy."
Ah! It is Italy now: wen: 110,1
will not go. I would rather know noth
ing. I cannot understand why this ad
venturer, whom I hope I have deprived
of auy wish or power to injure me for a
long time, can inspire you aud Celie witli
so much fear. No, you must not ask ine
to renounce my happiuess on the very
day that I passionately grasp it!"
' "Happiness! Ah! poor Armand, do
yon believe, then, that you are loved ?"
"No, but I will be; I wish to be! I
have conquered ner esteem ana ner sym
pathy ; and even should I stop there, still
that." comimr from such a . woman, has
bandit hired me by the;diy. He payed ven me more pride i nd Joy than I have
,.in i ,i. ,h.) ... L. ever experienced before since I came 111-
Jid all of them thus come and go.
And have I reallv rrowo so old?
Sol here are my old pains and joys,
. Mr book once more is in my hand.
Once more I hear those very boys.
And seek their hearts to understand.
They found him there with open book,
And eyes closed with a calm content;
The same old sweetness In his look
There used to be when fellows went
To ask him questions and to talk,
When recitations were all o'er:
We saw him in the college walk
And in his former place no more.
A DEAD LOVE .
Her love, she said in coldest tones, was dead:
' ' Her face seemed like a statue's carved in
ttanai
She took, with trembling Angers,- from her
hands
The rings I gave her end laid them in my own.
t mlwht hitn snnVen manv bitter words.
For bitter thoughts were struggling in my
. . . ' heart; . ...
Bnt forcing backthe angry flood I said,
"If it be so, 'tis better that we part."
Does she remember? we had wandered where
Mf lips first whispered love unto her ear;
Twas in October, in the maple's leaf
Wore the rich crimson of the later year. -
The golden reed upon the uplands glowed
- And through the fields the narrow pathwa;
The painted sumac's swaying branches waved
. . X heir nery tassois in tne autumn winu, - .
She gave me back my letters, and unclasped
I7nn her slender wrist the band of gold:
And when her touch met mine it seemed to
freeze
The blood within my nones, it was so cold.
, And sew and cold the parting words we spoke,
; t So different from the lingering farewells,
The sweet good-by," in which I seemed to
hear
A distant music, as of marriage bells."
decided me to follow him, though he had
not gained my good will. As to tn 00-
I ject of his excursion here, I can tell you
that.-' 1 waited at tne uasino ana neara
all. They spoke much one evening of a
wonderful lady, whom they said was
rich and impossible to conquer,
excited him, and, whether the
was true or not, be said that he was ac
quainted with her and on the best terms
with her. They replied that he was
boasting, and on that he made a bet that
he would bring back proof of its truth at
the end of eight days.
' "ne intended rather, I believe, to real
ly try to marry her, for he had made
such lively worK witn nis money that it
I was beginning to run short. He counted
on his looks and his gift of gab. He is
so impudent!. We came here then, as
you know, and succeeded In seeing this
lady, who is very well, and whom, 1
would take, my oath, he had never seen
before. After that, finding the people
here very suspicious, he took me to anoth
er little place on the coast, and there ask
ed any number of questions. At last,
yesterday, he hired a miserable sort of
a man-trap, the price of which they
made him deposit, seeing that he
wouldn't have a pilot and pretended to
be a better sailor than any of them. As
long as he was willing to listen to me,
it didn't go very badly; we kept along
the coast, which I knew a little ; but his
idea was to go to the isle or Uuiiieraots,
because they had told him below that
the lady often ; went there to breakfast
with the fishers. . We saw in the distance
a boat moored there ; be fancied that it
was hers, and went round among the
reefs to land on the side where he would
not be seen. We found there a lad of
this place, whose acquaintance we had
made last Thursday. He told us that the
lady was not there, . and that the real
roes or the uuuiemots was rurther out
at sea. He was unwilling to show us
the way there, saying the Doat was too
to the world!"
"Well! be it so; but you must stop
there. With her love is impossible, and
vou must give it up yourself."
iNever,uniessi renounce me wiui it;
Calm vourself. We must talk ser-
1j,at I iously, but now you are too much excit-
thine - 5 oesiae, 1 near my uaugutci , 110 is
Thiseveuing, when we are quite alone,
and when I see that you are in your nat
ural state "
I was forced to submit. It seemed to
me' as if the day would never end. At
last, at ten o'clock 1 touua myseit once
more alone with my aunt. I had suc
ceeded in appearing calm to her, and she
saw that I really was not ill. "It is no
longer," she said, "through fear of this
strange adventurer that Mile. Merquem
wishes you to depart; sne Knows mat
he went away in the night, quite dis
comfitted and very ill. What she dreads
is your illusion, your hope your love,
in short, since it is love. She has given
me the choice between two courses ; eith
er to persuade you to forget her, or to
leave you master ot your actions Dy re
vealing to you a terrible secret. It is for
you to decide ; do you wish to keep your
youthful illusions, to carry in your heart
a sweet recollection and never see Celie
again? or do you wish to be cured by a
heroic remedy and one that is as bitter as
Dossible? Speak."
"I wish to see her again at the cost of
any suffering."
"Well, then! I have need of all my
courage to tell you. : This adventurer,
this bully, this wretch, she knew him,
she recognized him ; he is one whom she
loved "
"Loved! No, it is impossible, a cow
ard : "
"He is a scoundrel, but not a coward.
at least in a bodily sense. He has a he
roic side, it seems ; be is a kind of Byron-
ic corsair, a Lara, one or those destabie
heroes of romance that set young girls
j i ,
ton ESS haTe pss,ed ,ince the: tw"1 f? shaky nd the tide too strong, and beside No ,&,8 0thiiglike it, I assure you !
the shipwrecked child was her own, at
leat that she might have been a mother,
and, in offering to take charge of her
protege shall I confess it? I had per
suaded myself that if she had another
son being brought up mysteriously else
where, she would open her heart to me
and confide her real treasure to me. It
was a dream. I have lived only in
dreams for two month, and noiie of
them seemed to me unattainable, so full
of predetermined tolerance and devotion
was my love. What I have just learned
is beyond what I provided for. The ob
ject of her past love could not present it
self before my thought under the repul
sive features of an adventurer of so low
a stamp. To succeed to fhat gentleman'.
Anil who knows if there is not still some
bond between them that she cannot
break? The child that I supposed and
accepted exists, perhaps. She once told
you that if she had the happiness of be
ing a mother she would not endeavor to
conceal it. and would have no shame of
it: but what can we believe of her now!
She knows very well how to lie when it
is necessary. Alas, alas! that is the ef
fect of her confession on me. She makes
me distrustful of everything."
"I expected that," said my aunt; "that
is the effect of all confessions from wom
en. Instead of disarming men, they ir
ritate them, and lead them into supposi
tions which stoD at nothing. Take care,
my friend ! You have not been encour
aged, you have no right over her; Celie
did uot owe you any confidence. You
must not behave like a jealous husband
when you have not even the rights of an
accepted lover."
1 y aunt was right. The bitterness of
my heart was unjust. I feigned to re
nounce it, and, seeing her troubled by
the effect of her disclosures, spoke of my
sorrow with a resigned gentleness. She
believed me in a fair way to be cured,
and advised me to take a short journey to
distract my mind. I replied that I would
think of it, and we took leave of each
other as gloomy and depressed as those
who have just been burying a corpse.
I would have liked to rush out into the
fields to lose myself in the solitude of the
forests, or to wander on some lonely
shore. My head was on fire, my mouth
bitter and full of gall, and my heart felt
crushed and icy in my breast ; but my
aunt slept lightly, arid I knew beside
that she would not go to sleep before
having questioned every noise without
and within, ready to take the alarm if
she should hear me going out. I went
up lightly to my room, and, without
daring even to open my window, went
to bed. I remained immovable, seated
on my bed till morning. I believe that
no martyr extended on the burning bars
ever suffered a worse torture. I was up
on the red-hot coals of rage
and shame and despair. I Eavv, like an
image fixed for ever in my thought,
Celie in the arms of that wretch. I at
tempted to kill him ; he laughed and
was effaced with her in the shadows of
the hateful past, to reappear as soon
again, arrogant and scornful. He show
ed me ids broken jaw, and the idol of
my love polluted by his bloody kisses.
I lifted my arm to hurl a stone at him,
and so remained inert and cateleptic, un
til, falling on my side, niv benumbed
hands seemed like dead members that
did not belong to me. I had not foreseen
that I should suffer in this way. I had
boasted to myself that I would accept all
the consequences ot Celie s mysterious
life; had I then lied to myself ? Had I
not yet loved her, then, when I believed
mysell strong enough to tane tnat stoi
cal resolution, or was I a man less sound
in judgment and less firm of character
than 1 believed myself to be ? Perhaps
I had not yet really loved her ; but only
my man's vanity been brought into play,
aud my nice and difiicult temperament
as a man ? Had I let myself be dazzled
by the difficulty of a conquest reputed
impossible? Was nothing left tome of
my sublime resolutions but the rage of
fallen pride ?
At day-break I dressed noiselessly and
went out into the fields. I did not for
get my dog and gun, in order that my
aunt might be told that I had gone out
early to shoot as on other days. I had
not gone a hundred paces before I saw
Stephen on the road. I had au idea of
flying from him, of hiding myself; but
he had seen me and was coming toward
me across the fields.
"Devil!" he said, a3 he looked at me
closely; "this won't do! you're a per
fect chrome yellow this morning!" He
lifted up my cap to see my forehead.
"No swelling," he added, "no inflamma
tion. It's a movemeut ot the bile, troin
the rage that that venomous animal, ex
cited in you; coolness first, reaction af
terwards, I know how it is. Take exer
cise, and then hold! news, which, in
the state ot your system, will uo you
good. The marquis is arrested. Yes,
on my honor, having with difficulty trav
eled last to the railroad station, hewant-
A'ECDOTS of PUBLIC .'.
BY COl. J. W. FOEXET,
NO. XLV.
David Paul Brown, of Philadelphia,
has been for half a ceutury the favorite
orator of the American bar. His renown
was national before he was thirty; and
as he not ouly never sought but resolute
ly declined office, and rarely practiced in
the courts of other States his fame is
mainly the outgrowth of professional
efforts in his native city. He is still liv
ing in Philadelphia, iu his seventy-seventh
year, the most active veteran of his
time. Who can not recall him in the
flush of his manhood? Of middle height,
compactly made, with a full round chest ;
ins forehead high and oroad, eyes DiacK,
Practice at the Philadelphia Bar," a work
published by subscription, in 1S56, in
two large volumes, is a mine of learning
to student and statesman. After a re
view of the practice of the law before
the Revolution, and its history from the
Declaration of Independence to the year
1856, we have a series of biograpldcal
sketches of distinguished American law
yers, with an entertaining description of
tiieir personal appearance, manners,
dress, otc. Justices Washington, Tilgh
man, Breckinridge, and others, now de
ceased, are passed in review, and then
be takes up the living. The celebrated
trials which have occurred iu our civil
mouth large, and filled with the finest and criminal courts (iu many of which
I from their author than their author will I blame that he was severely rebuked be
derive from them." I fore the whole staff. The secret of the
He has written much on other subjects.
'The Forum; or, Fortv Years' Full
teeth, he is frequentl v seen on the street!
almost as erect and graceful as when he
thrilled our court rooms and was fol
lowed by crowds of admirers. Mr.
Brown was always rather au exquisite iu
his dress, and to this day his blue coat
and brass buttons, buff vest and light
pantaloons, gloved hands, neat boots,
and ratiier rakish hat, prove the worth
fuluess of his tastes and the gayety of
his disposition. He is, perhaps, too fond
of dress ; but he defends his peculiarity
by saying "that he had never known a
man to speak well in clumsy boots, nor
to have a clear mind with dirty hands
aud face; that he had known many a fop
that was not a fool, and many a sloven
that was not a Solomon." "A becoming
decency of exterior," he says, "may not
be necessary for ourselves, but is agree
able to otheVs; and while it may render
a fool more contemptible, it serves to ein
belish inherent worth. It is like polish
of the diamond, taking something, per
haps from its weight, but adding much
to its brilliancy and attraction."
Another peculiarity of David Paul
Brown is his disregard of money. He
lias often been heard to sav that he never
was so rich and happy as in his early
vouth; for then, in the language of So
crates, he wanted least, and therefore ap
proached nearest to the gods, who want
ed nothing. He is not extravagant in
the mere pleasures of the world. His
attire is rich but his habits ample anil
abstemious. To these he attributes his
entire freedom from pain and diseases of
every sort. Money lias no value in his
eyes" Its receipt gives him no pleasure
its expenditure no annoyance. From
his early manhood to the present, though
his professional income has exceeded a
quarter of a million, the same indiffer
ence, the same recklessness, in regard to
wealth, has marked his career. A char
acteristic anee Jote is told iu this connec
tion. He studied law with the late Wil
liam Rawle, a lawyer of universal celeb
rity, whose writings and example are
fondly treasured bv the profession. The
preceptor and student met one day. after
the latter had attained a high position at
the bar. "My dear Mr. Rawle," said
Mr. Brown, "fifteen years ago I gave
you my cheek for $401), in return for
vour valuable legal instruction ; since
that time 1 find I have received for pro
fessional services upwards of $ 100,(MK).'
"I know," replied the perceptor, (liiui-
selt a most liberal-minded man,) "you
have been vr ry busy, and it. is necessary
he took part) are described, with anec
dotes of the giants of the bench and bar,
and a chapter on legal wit. "lhe tiold-
en Rules for the Examination of Wit
nesses," and "Capital Hints in Capital
Cases; Instruction from a Father to his
Son." are still in demand, and have
passed through several editions.
lie can not yet be said to have left the
arena in which, for fifty-six veavs, he
has been so conspicuous an actor. He
lives in honored and vigorous old age,
keenlv alive to all the great events of an
eventful era. Even as I write I have
some of his MSS. before me. His thoughts
are clearly stated, and his contributions
practical and pleasing, ile is still averse
to party politics, though, as ever, an ar
dent Republican patriot. His passion for
literature is unabated, and if he touches
public questions it is only in a tolerant
and judicial spirit. Few men have en
joyed life more thoroughly ; few have
seen more ot our mighty minds; and
none survive with a warmer love of
country or a larger share of the love of
their countrymen. He has passed the
Psalmist s age, and bids lair to live to see
the hundredth anniversary of that De
claration of Independence, of which he
has been one or the most git ted of inter
preters and champions.
earnestness with which this mimic game
of war Is played may be found in the
fact that the capacity of every officer is
tested on these occasions, failure in these
manoeuvres beingjviewed as equivalent
to failure in war. At the close of the
day the victorious force bivouacs on the
ground, while the defeated armv
marches some four or five miles off, to
the spot selected for the manoeuvres of
the morrow. Both sides throw out
pickets, as in service. In order that the
full amount of instruction may be de
rived, when the crisis of the battle has
arrived the halt is sounded, and the
commanding General, having assembled
the officers, in their presence criticises
the movements.
PERKIK9 HAS THE TOOTHACHE.
.BY THE SUFFERER HIMSELF.
PRISSIA5 lim FIGHTS MIMIC
WAR PLAYED WITH EARNEST.
NESS.
BY C. G. COLTON.
The Prussian manoeuvres last from
a week to a fortnight, and they resemble
in every respect, the operations of real
war, with the exception that only blank
cartridges are used and the contending
forces do not cross swords or bayonets.
In every other particular no tronble is
spared to make these "dress rehearsels"
as much like the real thing as possible.
The troops.lwhich are divided" Into two
nearly equal bodies, placed under com
manders who, within the limits of the
general plan, are intrusted with full
discretionary power as to movements,
take the field in regular service order
and without tents, and each army as
sumes a strategical positiou having ref
erence to its supposed and pre-arranged
obiect. Here it may be remarked that
the object which each army is to strive
to attain is the only thing which is set-
ftlusb
Beside the fragrant garden's graveled walk;
Tha cream-whita lilv. with her neart aflame.
Bends low upon her slender, tapering stalk-
Ana still 1 Keep sne trinitets ana tne gems.
As one might keep some relic of the dead,
Shut close within a casket from all eyes.
The bidden souvenirs of moments fled.
I sometimes lift the lid and look within, . ?
.- And sometimes read my letters o'er again,
RMtminv like one who has a nleasant dream.
And, waking, feels a dull, vague sense of
pain
ftnrh dreams as linrer on the edare of nieht
And vanish with the morning's earliest beam.
: When, raising neavy eteuas to tne iignt,
We grieve to find it only was a dream
Tet though ear love is dead, like some poor
nower
Which never more by garden path shall blow,
f - I sometimes wonder it inotner worms - v i
Dead love a resurrection may not know.
For often when alone, In silent mood
And from the careless crowd I sit apart,
Its ghost will come with sad and pallid face
To haunt the vacant ehamber Of uiy heart.
CELIE.
BY GEORGE SAND.
F1KST FART.
CONTINUED.
Tis what you wish;
ship, if you accept
it Is friend
it without
4-nr.rl mo mv wtinlA lift!
' Tell me to throw myself to the foot of
this cliff rather than say to me that you
will he offended by my love. I have
sworn not to pronounce that word, but
It is vou who have compelled it from me
bv vour Questions. Must I lie; I cannot;
I do not know how. To-morrow, per
haps, I will try ; but to-night I am as
sensitive and weak as a child, at the
same time that I am as excited as a man
with a fever. Have pity on me, and say
no more. Leave me this one night of
happiness!"
"Well. then, let us separate," she
said. "I have not the courage to ans
wer vou. vou see."
She let me kiss her hand, and led me
authoritatively back to our companions.
There she said to me, before them, "you
hall sleep at William's bouse; that is
arranged. You ought not to return to
your own house with that wound and the
fatigue of to-day. i ou must sleep in tne
village. Your aunt will not expect you,
as a messenger has been sent expressly
on your account to tell her that M. Ste
phen will keep you till to-morrow.
Obey and sleep well, I wish it ; take
care of him, my William, and au revoir,
that, the lady was no longer there. The
Brazilian persisted, saying that he want
ed to become acquainted with the place.
llis idea was, aouDtiess, to surprise the
lady some day or other ; to play some
wicked trick to get rid of her crew ; per
haps to take some bandits like himself
there, to pick a quarrei and remain mas
ter or the field, tie is a man capable or
doing anything, I warrant you. At
last, by dint of promises and threats, he
got tne ntue one to go witn mm, and
you can guess the rest. We landed, but
were unable to moor the boat, which es
caped and returned to be flattened on
the rocks. or an hour we worked at
getting out the fragments, as if they
could have been or any use. For my
part I was discouraged, and lay down
weeping on the top of the reef expecting
death, as I saw the tide rising. It was
very hard for a young man, and one full
of beautiful hopes, to see his death thus
approaching without power to avoid it!
Here the narrator ventured on some
philosophic reflections and a little de
scriptive poetry after his own style. He
ended bv saying thathe wasa ruinedman,
tnat ne bad lost a valuable pocket-book,
some jewels. At family papers, and a por
trait oj a woman. When he thought us
sufficiently affected bv his fate, he beg
ged us to proceed quiekly to the collec
tion, ano to present mm to tne lauy, wno
would, perhaps, receive him into her ser
vice as cook or secretary
"For the last point," Stephen answer
ed, "no cne here will recommend you,
seeing that you are a poltroon and an in-
grate. x our master is a rogue, we
know, but in saving you he displayed
the courage of a madman, and you owe
your life as much to him as to my com
rade, say nothing more about him,
then; you have no right. Here is
enough to take you back to Etretat. Go
o't immediately, and don't let me hear of
your again."
The valet beingdismissed and the mas
ter gone, we went t orcaKiast witn Wil
liam's family, and, as the ineldent or the
past evening still had power to affect us
in the retrospect, as always happens on
the return of calm, the repast lasted a
long time, I let the hours go, hoping
that Celie would come to walk in the vil
lage; but she did not. aud I was obliecd
to think of rejoiniag my poor aunt, who
was pernaps uneasy on account or my
absence. I took my seat again in the
carryall, and Stephen signified his inten
tion of accompanying me as far as the
gate of our garden. On the way, he ad
mitted tnat ne nau told all that he knew
of the Brazilian to the little admiral it
was thus that he called Celie as ha
He is not even a Lagarto ; he is a vulgar,
abject animal, without education, with
out poetry "
"But he is handsome and brave, and
he may have appeared formerly in mys
terious and romantic circumstances; I
know nothing of them, Celie entered in
to no details. She said only ths t she had
been a child and foolish, exactly as anv
other might have been, and that she suf
fered the penalty, one oiusned ior her
error; but the past had left a stain upon
her life, an inenaceaole stain
"A stain! an act! she yielded?"
"I do not know. I did not dare to
question her too much, she performed
her part so courageously I uut sne gave
me to understand that it was not simply
a young girl's fancy, dispelled without
result and witnout remorse ; it was be
cause of him that, she refused Montrogcr ;
whether she still loved him or loved him
no longer, I do not know. She saw him
again in her long journey, in which she
learned what ne was. ai last, whatever
the circumstances were, she was cured
by scorn, and she has made a vow never
to belong to any one; not wishing to
live under tne weignt ot a pardon, and
unwilling to deceive a man of honor."
lo deceive no one I sne has deceived
everybody!"
"Alas! sue must either have done that
or disappear, shut herself up, become a
nun I know not what. She says that
she has been wanting in courage, or that
she has had too much of it. Not wishing
to renounce ner irienus and ner agreea
ble connections, she confessed nothing
to any one, counting on her strength of
mind and her prudence to assist her
against inspiring love in any one. Up
to this time, Montroger excepted, who
did not die or it,- she has not be.n called
on to endure the appearance or any too
lively affection. She believed herself
saved, and after all, why, with her es
sential qualities and a course of conduct
henceforth so wise, should she have sac
rificed her reputation, and made a show
of repentance which would have occas
ioned more scandal that it would have
done good in her community! For my
part, In reflecting on it, 1 do not see that
she is so blamablo, and I have no less re
gard for her on account of it; but I un
derstand that love is not proof against
such trials. I really said ttiat it is cruel
in the very midst of your beautiful ro
mance and your young enthusiam I My
heart bleeds to bring you down from
heaven to earth; but the evil must be
cut off at the roots before it can bring
forth its fruit. She has confided her un
happy secret to me, not hesitating to
tied beforehand. Every morning "the
to be verv bust- for a voune- man to make general idea" of the day's work is di
such a sum in so short a time." "Oh ' I tributed among the officers, each of
but," rejoined Mr. Brown, "vou don't whom is provided with a tleld-glass and
know how busy I have been. I have a large-scale map ot the district. 1 hus,
spent it on princtyle. There are two instruction is not confined to general
kinds of extravagance; that which arises and staff officers, but every one has an
from love of disnlav. and that which opportunity of profiting by the ma-
snrintrs from enntemnt of wealth. Mine noeuvie. By this means not only is the
is the last. If I could become rich, I
should become indolent, and lose in fame
what I gained in money. This is not the
case, perhaps, with all,butitis with me."
The old gentleman laughed heartily at
the amusing candor of his tormer eleve.
To show that high estimation in which
the pupil was held by his reverend pre
ceptor, I transcribe the following letter,
written by him toMr. Brown, some ten
years after his admission. The applause
of such a man is worth more than that
of a whole theatre of critics :
My Dear Sir: You borrowed of me,
some time ago, the first volume of Guth
rie s Qiuntillian. Will you allow me to
send vou the second, with the request
that you will receive them both into your
library .'
The plain binding will not effect the
internal merit of au author who, the first
that is known to us, systematically and
fully laid down the precepts not only of
torensic but general oratory, and who.
were he now living, would be delighted
to perceive a full illustration of what he
requires to form an accomplished orator
in yourself.
With unfeigned respect and esteem, I
am, dear sir, lour altectionate mend,
W. Haw .
(March 31, 182S.
(To David Paul Brown, Esq.
MnnuMir Xtpnlien "
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- She shook bands witn an oi us in turn i climbed me pain witn ner the evening " fiii " m raw
and disappeared in tne snauows oi ine oeiore. -rruai, couiu i aor-' ne said, " j
sne questioned me witn so much auth
ority about you ! She wanted to know
all the details before, during, and after
the adventure with the so-called mar
quis. I don't know how to Invent, and
then it was necessary for her to know
that, if the wretch should reappear, the
park, where art old keeper waited for
iier with a lantern. 1 remaineu naueu
to my place. Did she love me, or did
she only pity me? Perhaps she was
playing with love as with something un
known, and fluttering herself that she
.could easily cure me by her candor aud
her kindness.
Stephen took my arm to lead me down.
Being no longer sustained. by the pres
ence of Celie, I felt worn out with fa
. tlgua and overpowered by drowsi
iie, 1 bad we thought even of resisting
best way Is to make him descend the
cliff after the manner of the swallows.
I did not betray the little Barcot; but
you I could very well betray yon, with
out making her vexed with you, and I
assure you that she haaa heart, tha little I
"Yes, doubtless," I answered, "she
has done well, and her secret is safe ; you
will thank her for me, aunt ! She might
nave dispensed witn tne trouble ot tell
ing vou the other day, in my presence.
that she was afraid of no scrutiny into
her conduct, and on other -occasions she
declared hersclt irreproachable with a
little too much coolness. That is all, on
my account, that I have to reproach her
witn. The rest does not concern me.
In becoming in love with her I accepted
everything, and 1 admitted, if not that
ed to bolt for Kouen : but the police clap-J And il is as an orator that he deserves
ped hands on him. It seems that his hon
or had a little weakness for cheating at
play, and that he took off from Etretat a
too-well-hlled pocket-book, come now,
doesn t that put you in spirits ?"
I tried to smile, but the news added to
mysunering. 1 lie more completely the
man was unmasked, the more degraded
was Mile. Merquem. Stephen, thinking
to amuse me, proceeded to give me more
information concerning my infamous
rival. One of his friends had written to
him from the .station to excuse himself
for not being able to see him at La Ca
nielle, and in a long postscript had given
him an aecouut of the arrest which he had
just witnessed. He had met the self-styl
ed marquis at tins the year before,
whence he had been disgracefully expell
ed as much for swindling as for the as
sumption of false names and titles. He
called himself then Count de Virville,
and an American had recognized him as
a pirate of the worst kind, who, thanks to
theconfused state of affairs, had just es
caped the rope.
It was over then! This villain would
probably undergo some infamous punish
ment in France. They would pry into
his whole life, both the past and "the re
cent events at L.a Canielle. God knew
what revelation his trial would lead too,
and what publicity the impudent avowal
of his relations with Celie would receive!
Possessed by fear and grief, I felt only a
great pity I may say, an overwhelming
tenderness for her whom I had called
my beloved godmother only the evening
before. It was at least a heart-rending
solicitude. All my wrath vanished, and
seizing Stephen by the arm, "My friend,"
I said, "cau nothing be done to prevent
the wretch from bringing the sacred
name of Mile. Merquem into this ignoble
trial which is about to take nlace? They
will want to know why he is severely
wounded, thev will know where lie pass
ed the days that preceded his arrest. If
William's family are questioned they will
tell the truth. They must tell it; I my
self would have to explain "
"1 understand ; I understand the rest,'
answered Stephen. "Devil! ves: I had
not thought ot that myself! I recollect
the guide's story. His worship has al
reany puouciy Doasteu at jumat ne
willboastagain. Every kind of absurd
calumny is in the armory of these rascals.
Sacreblen! why didn't you kill him at a
Diowr we would have, thrown liimm
the sea, and that would have been the last
of it; and when I think that we risked
our carcasses to pull him nut of his grave,
wnere ne. wasso wen on: i,et ssce: we
must think about this. First of all we
must put the little admiral on her guard.
But what risk does she run? Bah! it
will be a bore to have the papers talking
about her; but she will come out only tin'
whiter. A woman like her can't be soil
ed because a snail tries to slaver on the
end of her slipper "
"No matter." I answered, "she miirlit
be agitated and unhappy on account of
what has happened if she knew it. Do
you think she knows it already ?"
"Upon my word! ves; I told the Wil
Hams of it, who have told her by this time
Suppose, you go, then, and cheer her up,
to bx coyirsciD
instruction imparted even to the young
est subaltern, but his intelligent co-op
eration is secured. Ji,verv appliance.
every precaution required in actual war
is made use ot. JCieid telegraphs, pa-
trolls, recounoissance, outposts, are an
employed; and parties, single officers,
videttes and orderlies are, whenever op
portunity offers, captured with as much
eagerness as if a real enemy were in
front. Consequently it becomes as dif
ficult to obtain intelligeance as it would
be in a real campaign. We learn that
an adenturous general who approached
too near the opposite lorcewas so closely
chased by a detachment of cavalry that
he onlv escaped capture by riding across
the country as for his life, and that some
of his staff, worse horsemen or worse
mounted than some of their companions
were actually made prisoners. .very
elevated spot of ground, each steeple in
front of the armies, is occupied by ot-
fleers who, witli field-glass to 'the eye,
scan every approacn with tne closest at
tention. Every moment either signal or
written or verbal reports respecting t he
movements of the enemy arrive from
the front, and a stranger finding himself
suddenly in the midst oi the troops would
imagine that in a few minutes a genuine
general action would take place. 1 ne
Prussian military train, re-inforced by a
lew country carts, brings up supplies
and, indeed, every department of the
army performs its work precisely in the
same manner as on service. Signs are
erected in certain spots, which signifv
that those spots are to be avoided, if pos
sible : but no consideration ot trespass
or carnage of crops is allowed for au In
stant to hamper the necessary movements
of the troops. At the close of the day
the damage done by the armv is asses
sed by a mixed board of civilians and
officers, and the amount is paid within a
short period afterwards. As a matter of
tact, the total amount ot compensation
is not verv large, owing to the season or
the year selected for the manoeuvres,
Care is alwavs taken to protect the rn
habitants from every annovancc which
can bo saved them. For instance, in
the defense of a village or farm the
men stand against the outer walls of the
houses, and are not allowed to enter
them.
The great feature in the Prussian
manoeuvres is the appointment of um
pires. Without them, indeed, there
would be endless contusion, numerous
disputes and very little profit. The
king or senior general is the umpire-in
chief or final referee, and he is assisted
bv a certain number of officers of suffi
cient rank and approved excellence,
These umpires, distinguished by a white
band round the arm, and each attended
by a couple of dragoons, post them
selves here and there on the high ground
between .the two armies. They hav
full power to order the troops to retire
given distance, to remain halted for
given time, or, in case of assumed capt
ure, to take no iiiriiier part in tne dav'i
operations. While an umpire is engaged
in considering a case, tne coutendin
forces in the part of the field are .bound
to remain stationary, the officers sheath
ing their swords, to indicate a susnen
sion of hostilities. It is also the duty of
thejimpire to check any breach of the
rules laid down, or fo put a stop to any
manliest aosuruities absurdities which
can scarcely be guarded against without
umpires, and which have for years been
the chief charactistlcs of our few sham
rights, in l'russia skirmishers are not
to be remembered. As a criminal law
ver he has few equals. His examination
of witnesses and his appeals to the jury
illustrate ins peculiar talents. A voice
of rare compass and sweetness; a com
maud of the best phrases: a master of
iietioii, his pathos melts and subdues, his
invective startles aud dismays. Once, on
a celebrated trial, he objected to a certain
witness being heard because, the witness
was a convict. Great consternation en
sued. The witness was indignant, spoke
of his good character, and defied llis ac
cuser. But he had mst his master. Mr
iirown fixed his searching eves upon
him, and then spake: "I have objected
to your evidence, sir. were you not con
victed and punished in the State of Dela
ware for a heinous crime?" "No, sir!"
ihis was uttered witn an evident as
sumed boldness. "Never?" was the
next question. "Xo, sir!"' "Now.
said tne lawyer, "it l were to strip up
tne sieevc3 oi your coat, and point to the
letter 11 branded on your right arm, neyr
the shon'-ler, and sav this was done at
.New castle, Delaware, what answer
would you make?" The poor wretch
was crushed; his artificial courage niel
ted away before the lire of an intellectu
al eye. it is scarcely neccssart- to add
that Mr. Brown won his cause. Indus
trious and persevering, lie never was the
slave of a black-letter. He always de
lighted in literature, and was a consum
mate Shakspearian interpreter. Chief Jus
tice Gibson, of Pennsylvania, a very em
inent authority, said : "lie does not quote
snakspeare ne speaks Shakspeare
It was natural that he should effect the
drama. llis rhetoric, his manner, his
voice, were modeled alter the best stand
ards, and he firmly believed that the very
best case wasunpiv ca bv being set forth
gracefully and eloquently. Hence he
alternated, or rather relieved the heavv
toil ol his profession by reading and
writing poetry, by lectured on "Ham
let," by orations on patriotic subjects,and
by a mass oi miscellaneous composition.
"How is it possible vou can do so much
business?" was the question of a friend.
"Because," was the practical reply. "I
have got so much to do." "But," was allowed to push on as if the fire of the
ine rejoinaer, -now can you indulge in enemy caused or delayed ; lines are not
poetry and general literature?" "Be- permitted to approach nearer than sixty
yards. If they come closer, both sides
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When I went to bed that Jnight, I ap
prehended trouble. Along one jaw, the
left one, occasionally capered a grum
bling sensation. It kept me awake an
hour or so trying to determine whether
that was all there was of it, or whether
there was something to come after, that
would need my wakeful presence to con
tend against. Thus pondering, I fell
asleep, and forgot all about the trouble.
I don't know how long I slept, but I fell
to dreaming I had made a match for $50
a side to fight a cross-cut saw in a steam
mill, and was well to work on the job,
when the saw got my head between its
teeth. I thought this was a favorable
time to wake up, and I did so. It imme
diately transpired that I might better
have 6tayed where I was, and taken the
chances with the saw.
I found myseif sittintr straight un in
bed with one hand spasmodically grasp
ing my jaw, and the other swaying to
aud fro without any apparent cause.
it was au awiui pain. Jt shot round
like a dog that had been cruelly cain
pliened. It bored like lightning through
the basement or my jaw, darted across
the roof of my mouth, and then ran
lengthwise of my teeth. If every pang
had been a drunken plow chased bv a
demon across a stump lot, I think the
observer would understand my condi
tion. I could no more get hold of the
fearful agony that was cavorting around
in me, than I could pick up a piece of wet
soap when in a hurry.
Suddenly it stopped. It went, giving
me a parting kick that fairly made me
howl.
I thought I was rid of the teethache.
but a grumbling set in the next morning'.
It was just like the feeling of the night
before; and a still voice said tome, "Look
out, Perkins."
1 did. 1 went right away to the den
tist who had pulled the teeth of our fam
ily and Knew our peculiarities. There
was an uneasy smell about the office. It
was very suggestive of trouble, and as I
snulled it in l experienced a sinking leel
ing iu the pit of my stomach. I looked
at him, and sickly smiled. He was never,
even on a holiday, the handsomest ol
men, but now his appearance was very.
very depressing. He looked like a corpse
with a lighted caudle inside ot it.
I told him what tlie matter was with
me, how that 1 had been up all night
with a four story pain ; how my wife had
oeen thrown out ot Ded Dy the violence
of my suffering ; how
He asked me if I wouldn't sit down. I
sat down on what was called a hogshead,
but now cut down and newly carpeted.
He held back mv head, opened my mouth,
and went to fishing around inside witli a
piece of watch spring.
And while lie angled, he conversed
Said he :
You have caught a terrible hard
cold."
"I have."
"It seems the trouble is with one of the
bicuspids."
Of course I didn't know what a bi
cuspids was, but I thought it wouldn't
look well in the head of the family being
struck with so short a word as that ; so I
asked, with some vigor :
-iv men oner"
"The tumorous," said he.
'1 am srlad it ain't any worse," 1 re
plied, throwing a sigh of relief.
1 he frontal bone is not seriously af
fected. The submaxillary gland is some
what enlarged ; but it does not necessari
ly follow that parotitis will ensue."
"I am proud to hear that," said i.
which I certainly was, although if the
parotitis hadensued it is not at all likely
that I should have minded it much, un
less it was something that would split,
and l was dressed up.
He kept on talking and angling.
"The esophague isn't loose," he next
remarked.
'All," said I, winking at him.
"Oh no, the ligaments are quite firm
I might say "
"liid it hurt you ?" he asked, as cool
and calm as the lid of an ice-cream free
zer.
"Hurt me ! Great Heavens, did you ex
pect to split me open with a watch spring.
and not have it hurt me? What was the
matter did you slip?"
"Certainly not," he said, "I was sim
plv getting hold of the tooth. Just hold
vour head back an instant, and 1 will
have it out at once."
"I guess I won't try it again." said
with a shiver. "The toothache is bad
enough, but it is heaven alongside of tiiat
watch spring. You may come up some
time, snd pull it out when I ain't at home.
I think I could endure the operation if 1
was off about eight blocks. Dome up
when you can.
Miss Susie Haron of Perrysville, Ohio,
was burned to death Monday by the ex
plosion of a coal oil lamp.
A man named Wilson, living on
Kickapoo Island, a few miles from
Leavenworth, shot his two sous Mon
day. One of the Doys will undoubtedly
Frederick Beasly, an idiotic negro, was
run over by a train at the Nashville anil
Chattanooga railroad depot, and killed
instantly, his body being shockingly
mangled.
The carriage of Wm. Brent, containing
his family, while crossing the Ouachita
River, at Rockport, Arkansas, on Tues
day, was turned over, and two of his
children drowned.
Thomas Sweeney, the Chicago Dia
mond thief, who escaped from the Illi
nois Penitentiary some mouths ago,
was arrested at St. Louis, Wednesday,
and taken to Joliet.
Four boys between the age of ten and
fourteen were sentenced on Tuesday,
at Norwich. Conn., to two years' impris
onment in the State Reform School, for
committing eight burglaries recently.
A gunsmith named John Meyer, native
of Germany, wasfound about four miles
below Memphis near the Mississippi and
Tennessee railway, shot through the
head and hack. There is no clue to the
murderers.
EXPLOSION ON THE SDTV.
cause," he replied, "because it enables
me to return to iny more rugged pursuits
with greater alacritj' and renewed
strength. The mind takes its direction
from habit; if you wisli to strengthen it
you must direct it tor a tune Into other
channels, and thereby refresh and ini
prove n. A mere lawyer is a mere jack
ass, and has never the power to unload
himself; whereas I consider the advocate
tlie thoroughly accomplished advocate
the highest style of a man. He is al
ways ready to learn, and always ready
to teach. Hortensius was a lawyer,
Cicero mi orator. The one is forgotten,
th(! other is immortal." He wrote "Ser
torius; or thei'oman Patriot," a tragedy,
inl.SIiO; "The Prophet or St. Paul," "a
melodrama, and a faree called "Love and
Honor; or the Generous Soldier." The
elder Booth took the leading character in
the first, which was presented niiif times.
Mr. Brown was not vain of these pro
ductions. He said, quaintly enough : "I
must say they derived greater celebrity
to remain halted till the umpire decides
which of them are to retire. Cavalry
and artillery arc not suffered to remain
halted under the cross fire of infantry,
and neither skirmishers nor artillery are
allowed to cross a plain exposed to be
swept by tlie enemy's cavalry. These
and a few other rules are strictly ad
hered to, and no officer is allowed to en
ter into any discussion witli an umpire.
W hen the action begins, every endeavor
is made, not to achieve display, but
rather to obtain advantages, which un
der similar circumstances, would be
valuable in real war. We hear of a
battery of artillery and a regiment of
dragoons being separated from each
other when retreating across a bridge,
and of each being captured ; also of three
batteries being taken prisoners by a sud
den attack in flank by the enemy's horse
men. On the latter occasion we arc
told that the colonel commanding the
aiililtiiy was eoinddrd o mub to
A Pillar of Flre(SO,0OO nilea Higlt
Mr. C. A. Young, the astronomer and
observer at the head of the Astronomical
Department at Dartmouth, has commu
nicated to the. Boston Journal of Chem
istry an interesting paper on an explo
sion on the sun, which occurred ahout
noon on the 7th of September last :
"Tbere appeared an enormous protu
berance or hydrogen cloud on the eastern
limb of the sun on the lith., which re
mained until noon of the 7th, described
as 'a low, quiet looking cloud, not very
dense or brilliant, nor In any way re-
I markable except for its size.' It was
r 1. a. i t, rrr l r- i rft It..
aooui iuu,uw nines long uv o,uuu nine
high. The observer was called away at
12:30, aud returning in about half an
hour found that there had been a grand
disruption.
"The whole thing had been blown to
shreds Dy some inconceivable upheaval
lhe air seemed to Denned with aeons.
mass of detached fusiform filaments,' rap
idly ascending. When first noted, after
returning to the observation, some of
them had reached a height of nearly 100,-
000 miles, continuing to risi with a mo
tion almost marked by the eye, until
ten minutes the uppermost were moi
than 200,000 miles from the solar surface
"The filaments gradually faded as they
rose, and at 1 :1a only a lew llimsy wisps,
with some brighter streamers lower dow
to mark the place, were all that remained
Mr. Young noted near one end of the
cloud a nebulous mass similar to our ter-
restial cloud known as a thunder-head
which presented a wonderful change.
It became active, and, enveloped in
mass of rolling fiamo, apparently crowded
down toward the sunace ot the sun, the
shot up pyramidally 50,000 miles in
height, when its top was drawn out into
long filaments ami threads, which wer
curiously rolled backwards and down
wards like volutes of an Ionic capital
"This faded away like the other, and at
2 :30 had disappeared. The whole phe
nomenon had tho appearance ol an ex
plosion benerth tlie extraordinary prom
ineuce, spending its force mainly in an
upward direction, somewhat outward i
all directions, followed bv an inrush as
though a vacuum had been created."
Stfj'hen sayshe would rather be laugh
ed at for uot getting married, than to lie
uuatoltolm;u Dsvuus litis married.
J. Terry, brakeman on the local
freight train of the Bellefountaine and
Iudiauopolis Railroad, was caught be
tween the cars while coupling at Cale
donia, Ohio, on Tuesday night and fa-
tuiiy crusned.
A murder was committed in Indiana
polis on Monday afternoon. .James
Foster, a worthless vagabond, shot his
Droiuer-in-iaw, James natitield, and
attempted to escape by fleeing to the
country, but was overtaken and is now
injail.
A vidow. Mrs. Emilv Adaire, of
Clyde, Ohio, committed suicide on Tues-
ay Dy hanging herself to a Dedpost
with a silk handkerchief. She was bur
ied in Sandusky on Wednesday. No
inquest was held, and there is ho clue
to the cause.
A farmer named Dennison Miller,
seven miles from Detroit, on the Chi
cago road, was murdered in his house
Tuesday night, bv a burglar. He was
staobed with a knife, and died mimed!
tely. The murderer escaped, and the
officers are in pursuit.
Captain Miller of tlie canal boat Fash
ion, of Hamilton, Ohio, in attempting to
climb from the boat to the side ot tne
lock through which he was passing at
.L,ocKport, unio, last 1ue3uay, snppcu
and falling between tlie boat and the
side of the lock, was so crushed that he
died.
On Monday evening, at Tremont,
near Springfield. Ohio, a young man
named Kiser became engaged in a diffi
culty with a fellow named George nol-
tciu, on account of a girl, and shot him
through the hand. Kiser wa3 uomui
over to the Common Pleas Court in the
sum of $1,000.
The store of T. J. Gutman, in Man
field, was entered by burglars at an
early hour on Tuesday morning, by
bonng through a panel ot the door
About five hundred dollars worth of
silks and other goods were removed
The family were sleeping in the build
ing, but were not disturbed.
Captain Hendricks, Secretary of the
Missouri State Senate, attended a ball at
Bowling Green, 1'iUe count.v, on I- riday
evening last, without having been in
vited. W. H. McCallister, one of tlie
proprietors of the hotel at which the ball
. ...... wr ...
was given, attempted to eject neiidricKS
when tlie latter drew a kmle and cu
the external carotid artery in McCallis-
ter's neck. At last accounts McCallister
was dying and Hendricks under arrest.
Edward F. Tevsher, formerly City
Marshal at Corydou, Ind., was arrested
in Corydon 011 Monday, charged with
attempting to rape Alary I'otterhelel, an
orphan girl, thirteen years old. There
was great excitement at Corydon, and
threats of lynching Tevsher, who was
taken to New Alb.iny for safe keep
ing, and Wednet lav held in !f500 bail
He claims he was only romping with
the girl, and there are some doubts as to
any guilty intentions.
A little girl named Anna E. Whittin-
;er, about eight years old, was instantly
;illed on Tuesday morning while at
tempting to cross the Bellefountaine
track, on Washington street, Indianapo
lis. A pony engine, with seven freight
cars, was backing down, when a nttl
boy ran across 111 front ot the train
barely getting over in time. Tlie girl
attempted to follow, but stumbled and
fell directly across the track. Her body
was severed and her lower limbs crush
ed.
Between seven and eight o'clock Mon
day evening the body of a man was dis
covered floating iu the lake, near the old
passenger depot, 111 Cleveland. it a
taken out and removed to Howlaiid's.
It was the body of a man nearly or
quite six feet in height, large and stout
built, evidently from fortv to fortv-llv
years of age, dark, line hair and a shon
beard. The bady was lully dressed, ui
though the clothing was filled with sand
and much worn bv the water. It con
sisted of a dark or black coat, vest and
pants, the latter fastened around the
body by a leather strap in lieu of sus
penders, checked woolen shirt, knit
woolen drawers and large heavy boots
A leather pocKet-booK entirely empty
a kaile with black handle aud one
blade, a clay pipe and two or three other
small articles were lound in the pockets
No paper of any kind, or any thing that
would lead to his identification could he
found. There was a sev ?ve wound upon
the head, but in what manner it was re
ceived is onlv a matter ot con lecture. I
may be the body ot some sailor lost from
a vessel, or of some person who accident
ally fell from one ot the piers,or possibly
a victim of violence or suicide. The
facts given above may possibly lead to
his identification by friends.
At Meridon, Conn., on Monday after
noon a rumor prevailed that a man
named Vetts had murdered his mot he
and then committed suicide, but it wa
not credited. A reporter went to Ih
house, about a mile and a half from
West Meriden, aud found that the rumor
was true iu everv detail. bome tw
years ago it appears Vetts was attacked
bv mumps, which subsequently struck
downwards. It was necessary that h
should submit to a painful sur jieal oper
ation, and he lvfused. He grew snlii-
cicntly better to attend to his business of
peddling milk, aud till within a week
ago things went on smoothly. Sim-
that time he was confined to his bed
and had watchers by his bed side. O
Tuesday night he was dclirous. H
was engaged to be married to a voun
ladv named Maschmcver, at Thank
giving. He was greatly attached" to
her and sho to her. His mother was
opposed to the marriage. On that after
noon young Vettslsistor, Bertie, hearing
a noise went into his bed-room. She
saw him lying bleeding on the floor, his
mother be'.ng. part ally concealed by a
heap of bed-clothes. She screamed out,
"Father! father I" and her father, who
was just uncoupling hiseam at the
time, rushed into the house only to find
his wife dying and his son dead. Dr.
Gay lord was sent for. and promptly at
tended. He found the woman" still
breathing, but unable to articulate. Sho
died within a few mimitcs alter his ar
rival. An ugly gash upon her throat
and one ipon her son's told the whole
story. Marks of blood upon the walls
and marks of blood upon the kitchen
door leading to the Hed-room told of a
fearful struggle between the mother and
hr mauias sou. -
'Orated' is tha latest.
A poor place tha alms-lionso.
A leading article a locomotiya.
A misnomer 'Sound' steamboats.
Parlor magazines kerosene lamps.
Capital furniture the weather bureau.
A Louisville girl swallowed a mosquito.
The Grand Juke I3 getting to ba a grand
joke.
'Hard to deal with' an old pack af
cards.
Cash advances attentions to a rloh.
widow.
What is it you can take without hands?
A hint.
A Tax no one like3 Attacks on on'
pceket.
What the teamster told his horsas
tale of whoa.
Another euphemism for bar-tender la
fusil artist.'
Are auctioneers naturally a forbidden.
class of men?
The banks of the Tweed attract many
eager vwitors.
What ailment may we look for on. aa
oak? A-eorn.
Elopement in California la called tha
Pacific slops.'
It is easier for a man to bo engaead.
than engaging.
Sacramento has a'flying man. H U
not a Tammanyite.
A Cincinnatian married the dlvoread
wife of iiis own son.
It is odd, but true, that most people
sleep hardest 011 soft beds.
The Russian officers accompanying
Alexis are mostly blondes.
When is a catlike a tea-pot? Whan
you're tsasin' it (tea's in it).
An oleaginous fact whale a boy rand
you will find him full of blubber.
The only man not spoiled by being
lionized' was the prophet Daniel.
A New Orleans ball club is named tha
R. E. Lee.' 'To what 'base' Uses.'
The man who invented a peach-pra-
scrver wishes to be known by his fruits.
An affectionate Kansas City negress pat
ted her husband's shoulder with a razor.
A South Bend orator gesticulated with
such violence as to knock down a by
stander.
Mexico is said to be like the earth, In
that it has a revolution every tweuty-
four hours.
It is said that Boaz married because ha
feared his laborors would think him a
ruthless master.
The matter with Deacon Hanna, of
Dover, was, that he blew down a uon-
explosive chimney.
Gas-trick juice The trick by which tha
gas companies are playing tne "jeuca
with their customers eyesight.
What is the difference between a fish
erman and a lazy school boy? One baiu
his hook, and the other hates his book.
'I'll be in the fashion if I die for it.'
said the ambitious belie whose hair was
uot of the ruling shade. And dye she did.
Appropos of 'Eos3' Tweed's blundsr
in retaining high omce, -Ji03' is Pigmn
cant of eminence, but it also meaun a
bull.'
Person; should always dress to suit
their figure. A humped back lady,
for instance, ought to wear a camels-hair
shawl.
'Leaves have their time to fall, and
falls have their time to leave.' This
touching sentiment is from the Louisvillo
Leader.
Rending is a fifth rate town In Penn
sylvania, but Mrs. McFar nd Richard
son is nuking capital of reading In New
England.
A Washington railway president hat
been fined $20 lor holding the opinion
that one horse can pull live tons weight
on au up-grade.
A gricf-ftr cken Connecticut widow
telegraphed 10 the friends of her lata
husband : 'Dear John is dead. Loss fully
covered by insurance.'
There are two reasons why some peo
ple dou't mind their own business. On
is that they have no business, aud tha
other is that they have 110 mind.
A Western editor informs a correspon
dent that the words '110 cards' accom
panying a marriage notice, signify that
the wedded pair don't play, poker.
A clergyman named Fiddle 'respect
fully declines' the degree of D. D., be
cause, as he said he really did not wish
to be known as the Rev. Fiddle, D. D.
Tom 'I say, Jack, what a beautiful
complexion Miss Smith has! Do you
know her?' Jack 'No, but I know a
girl who buys her complexion at th
same store.'
A young convert down in Maine
demonstrated the force of habit by re
marking, in a conference meeting, that
some, of the proceedings were not 'ac
cording toHoyle.'
A young lady requested to be released
from her "marriage engagement on the
ground that when contracted she believ
ed her lover to be a 'duck,' but had silica
found him to be a goose.
A man in Leavenwor:h attempted to
bridle a woman's tongue by placing hi
thumb in her mouth. It was amputated
and tlie Commercial reports the attack of
the victim by hydrophobia.
Reynolds, the dramatist, observing to
Martin the thinness of the house at on
of his own plays, added, 'He supposed ic
was owing to tlie war.' 'No' replied tha
latter, 'it is owing to the pic.-.'
While a committee of the citizens of
Houston, Texas, were bathing a horse
thief in the l iver, tluir hands accidental
ly slipped and he sank to the bottom. Tha
sad event is much regretted by the com
munity. A Danbnry,Conncctcnt school boy dis
turbed the symmetry of a family 'heir
loom by sawing oil' iiie tops of his great-gramlmother'sbcd-posts
for a set of cro
quet balls. And the night he did it U
slept very warmly.
A nartford editor having twitted an
editor in a neighboring city of being
bald, subsequently apologized and ex
plained that, 'as hyig as can fold his
cars over the top of his head, he doesn't
need any hair anjhow.'
A worthy woman In Iowa drove the
reaper through lhe harvest for her hus
band, aiid then closed her labors by tak
ing a rake in the shape of one of tho
farm hands, with whom she departed for
fresh fields aud pastures new.
In speaking of 'I ntellectnal Vagrancy
the CAurcA.'iian depreciates 'a 'deadly
mental dyspepsia that has had its foun
dations laid in many of our American
girls, between the ages of seven and four
teen, by the gorgiug of washy Sunday
school books.
The following advertisement nppesrt
in a city paj-cr :' l'aiited A girl to do
housework. She will be permitted to
receive company every day in the week,
and a good sub.-iantial fence will be pro
vided io lean against while conning.
and ample time will be accorded for that
recreation, but 110 piano will be fur
nished. Gret. 'How conies this dead fly in
my soup?' Waiter -In fact, sir. I hava
no positive idea how the po. r thing came
10 ils death. Perhaps it had not taken,
any food for a long time, dashed uo:v
the soup, ate too much of it, contracted
an iullamation of the stomach that bvo't
ou death. The fly must have a very weak
constitution, tor'wh-n I serve I the sanp
it was dancing merrily upon the surface
Perhaps and the idea presented itself
only al this moment it endeavored t,-
swallow too large a piece of vegetable;
this remaining last in his thro.u, cau?ed
a choking in the wi mlpipe. This ig the
only reason I could give fur the dcalh of
thj'ilsii'U