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"v yr r . - f v. C 1 - ( l-STAI'.I.ISHEI) IN Strength for To-Day. A tl,. o- t t . ;i uraiormw ; r,w will i-row.- )-ut aiiCrtiitr u.ij, j,, ji-i.ii- .f . y a.-.'l Harrow. Witt, ; With tu-. urit- ui..J rlstenee, Aid M;.t-. ..! it f' m r 1 of 111 v. t J,: i r,r (, t m.i'i!"- l;tr! For th- illli.t' I. mi 1 hi-? n.iiii-t'-r : 'I U ii t ly IrWi.'t r i j -Jhl.'-r 1 Mn-iii'h f'.r t!ay-- b ' U.- ;,r-v '''"'" In tl t,:i?M- lor r'r M hk (i;;iil '"t ; Ami tl.- . Irt-lli.!!!..'.! w t-lttr tens, ;,, n . 4urch f x in;. -!! "' Sir ei t d :.,r t-l';iy on 1 1 1 " l'1'1 tr:u Thai uj, fur up on the t.MuT I rv : iifc U.i n,:.v Kil-ly mlly. Mrrnth t( r Ui liny, timl our Wlous j ulli !,;. pli t-hun tunptiition, A M-l I 1. 1 i J fioiu tl.f tit-- t" f S- of Min (in ni.'ii; J Hire JoiHi.Iitt ion. Mr titli r tMJsyiii 1.mum--i.ihI 1 'lo j;n. ft Ice. folbtiiruii-- !!-' 1 1 i esittr kliul vh.mIh ami loving U n', Hill UUbtlUK ! (jlcluj.W'U-ly. ittrenth forKMla lt all that ven 'l, An t t-r ni ver will !- a t-!norrow ; I or to-n oj tow will it,t l.ut ai.otl.i r !:, Willi It in'iiin t- of 'oy ;tiil mnow. .Ml. M. A ' I 1 1 ' I . H. Just in Time. I i i . 1 1 -1' was ovt-r :it !;ivt( :nui Mr. :ill-r 'in ri-, l-'.nirli.-h ( 'onmiissiom-r :tt 11. ni'-rduntrv station at lftittie Hai.'li in Northern India, hak iront upiti'thr v rninla. with hi" wih- ami -hi- t w o . u t. tli- olnu I :ni major of thr'-th liht infantry, to enjoy the nol of the evening. On thrt hioU-M the hone was -ur-roiind (l hy itn eompoiind, a larje en-(!- ii -l itre, serving tin- j.iirj.oe of u eourtyarh - lit the fourth wasoiily-e siratnl hy a small jiatch of iranleii from the 'Ulli' road' along whieh a numher of native women were avi ing with their little jiitehers on their head-. 'J'he siwlit of them 'naturally tiirnol the onv i i t i 1 1 uj on a favorite suh-1 jeet with all A nglu-1 ndians, viz., the t-harat tr of, the native and the iet method of dealing with them. "There'M only one way," said the colonel eiLH-hatieally. "Tt !l Vm w hat j they are to do, make 'em doit, and thrash Vm well if they don't. --rThat's my way." " Well, 1 venture to ditl'er from you there, ( 'olonel,' said Mr. ( 'urrie, (juiet- The eohmel's hroail face reddened ominously, and an eijdosion 'seemed imminent, when a sudden clamor of ungry svoet?s from tiie road Inelow ilrew them all to the fr nt 'of tlu ver anda. The cause of tin disturhanee was visihle uta-Kjiiiite. Two In If drunken Km;li-h sol n rs, swaggering along the road, had come int a vioient con tact with a native hoy who was run ning past ! and one of them enraged at - the eollision, had felled the poor lad to the ground and was unclasping hi own helt with the evident intention of I eating him unmercifully! "Serve the young whelp rigid," shouted the olom 1, ruhhing hishai ds; "that's just what they all want." The other otm-cr. Major Armstrong lptilaily calletl Major Strongarm a huge, hnvwnv, silent man, w hos' forte lay in acting rather than tu talking. During the whole discus-don he had rat like a great hron.e statue, never uttering a word ; hut at sight of this ma i ill-using thl- child he woke U rather startingly. To hap to the grouml twelve ft et he- low, to dart across the garden, to vault over tile IHlTH st Kiule leotnl. Was tht: wt.rk tf tin in-taut for the athletic major; and in 'another .'moment he Jhuji raised the fallen hoy tenderly "front the grouml, ; w hile saying to the foremost soldier, in the low compressed tone of a man who means what he pays : " I Jo" oil with you !" "Ami who the deuce ar" you -hov-in' your- nose in where yon ain't wanted?" roared 'he infuriated ruf fian, to whose eyes the major's plain welling dre-s bore no token of his be- ing an otVuef: "just you" The sentence w a- never finished. At the sound f tluit insolent th fi ance," Armstrong's sorely tried pa tience gave way altogether, ami the lowriui right had which, hud hewed its waj through a w hole squadron of Sikh cavalry, t U like a sledge .hammer tiHn his opiK!lK.mys f.u.Vi dashing him to the ground as if he had been blown from the mouth of a gun.' ."Well done, Msior A roi Jroo.r M shouted Mr. Currie from above, j riges as I go. Then the Stqo will re " You deserve your name, and no mis- j eeive me kindly, ami I'll tell them that k'.'' . : 'you're dying of thirst ami that they At that formidable nau,eTtJie soldier j need only wait one day more Ui k 187S. took to Ins heels at om e ; and Arm" strong, without vt n looking at his f prostrate antagonist, pro- ceded to ex amine the hurt- of the hoy. The latter was sorely hruist d in many places, and the hlood was trick ling freely over his swarthy face; hut the little-hero still did his lest to stand erect, and to keep down every ign of the.pain he was enduring. 41 You're a hrave lad, and you'll make a soldier home -day," said the Major to him in Himloostanee. "Come with me. ami I'll see that- no one mol ests you again." ( The kid seized tiie huge hrown hand which had defended him so hravely, ami kissed it with the deepest reverence'; andthetvyo walk.-d away together. Six months have come and gone, and M rv( 'urrit 's hosjitahl house present- a tiy tlillereltt 'spectacle. The .pretty garden is trampled into dust ami mire, and the Tb'odie- of men and horses are lying thick among the frag ments of the! half destroyed stockade. Ail the windows of the house are h!ocked;up, antlthrough the loop-hole wall's peer theinuzzles of ready rilles, showing how steadily the heseiged garrison stands at i;ay against the ftitmth-ss nemies, who.-- dark, fierce faces and glittering weapons are .visi hle amid the half-ruined huilding and matted thickets all around. The. Sepoy mi. tiny nf-lK-"7 is hlazing sky-high ov i Northern Jmlia, and Colonel; Ainu shy is hlockaded it Hut liagh, with atitainty tf a liideous death for him.-tlf and every man . of the few who are stiih true to him, un less help comes speedily. Day was jn.-t hreaking when two men held a whispc redcouncil in one of the upper rooms. -i "No fear of the water running short," 'said Major Aim.-trong; "hut, even upon half rations the food w ill he out in fo'ur tlavs more." And then we'll jn.-t go right at them, and cut our way through or die for it!" growled the old colom 1, with it grim smile oifhte iron face, for, with all his harshnes-s and injustice Colo nel Annesley was "grit" to the hack- hone. "Ye mm n't say anything to them ahout it, though," added he, with a side glance at Mr. Ourrie, w ho, stand ing in the further corner, was anxious ly watching "the thin, worn face of his sleeping wife. At tliat moment a loud cheer from helow starUdlhem hoth, ami the next nton ent Isttil (the "Major's hoy," as every one now called hint) hurst into the room with a glow of unwonted ex citement on his tlark face. ..iiiiii, 1 1 uu i nni nr, iiieie ! hope for us vet! A detachment of Ingleez (Knglish) are coming uj) the other hank of the river; if we can semi word to them as they p:iss we are saved!" "How 'do you know?" asked the major, eagerly. "I heard the Sepoys say so, while I was lying hid among the hushes yon tier," answered the lath "An ong the hushes yomh r ?" roar the colond facing around. "Haveyoi reaiiy neen in t tit midst ot those cut throat villains listening to what they -aid". AN hat ever tlid vou do that for?" "I dil it . for Sahih Armstrong's siike," replied the lov nioudlv; "1 cause he was good tt me." The Colonel turned hastily away to hide the tlush of hot unmanly shame that overspread hi- hard face; ami Armstrong smiled -lightly a.- he heard him mutter : "I.v Jo'.c! tm -ceh:ip-aren't sohhtck as they 'p- painted, after all." "Hut if the troors are bevond the river, how t an we communicate with them ?" a-ked Mr-. Currie, who awak- cued by the -bottling, had ri-en auti joined the group. "They may not jass near enongli to hear the lining. and w e have no mean- of .-ending them word." "Fear nothing for that, mem-sahib," tmad.im, an-weretl the Hindoo boy, j ! quietly. "1 will carry, them word my i self." "Hut In OA- cab youjKis-ibly do it?" cried Mrs. Currie, thunderstruck by ; the confident lone in which this mere child sKkc of a ta-k from 'which the j hardest veteran might well kave ; shrunk. "Listen, sahib," answered Ismail, "I will slip out of the house and make a tiaZ-h into the eiiemvV lines, as if I Lwas deserting from vou to them, ami j you can tell tell your" people .to tire a shot or two after me with blank cart- HlhLSBOHOrGIh X. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1881. m xnv of you, ho tliHt they wont care to make another attack. Then, when J they have no suspicion, and think I'm j quite one of themselves, I'll steal away j Then when and ship across the river." "But you are quite sure the .Sepoys j will lulieve you?" askel Major Arm- strong, douhttully. i "They'll believe this, anyhow," re plied the hoy, deliberately making a deep gash in his hare shoulder and staining his w hite frock with the blood as he glided, from the room, followed by Armstrong. The plan was soon explained to the men below, ami a moment later Is 2i tail's dark figure was seen darting like uu irrow across the open space in front of the building, followed by a quick disciiargei of blank cartridges from the marksmen at the loopholes. The sound of the tiring drew the at tention of the Sepoys, several of whom ran forward to meet him. In another instant he was in the midst of them. "I can scarcely see for those bushes," said Colonel Annesley; "but beseems to he show ing them the wound on his shoulder, and telling them it was our ioing." At that moment an exultant yell from the enemy came pealing through the air. "That's the story of our being short of water, for a guinea!" said the major ; it was a very good thought of his. If it only delays their attack two days long er, there may be time for help to ar rive yet." Slowly and wearily the long hours of that fearful day wore on. The heat was so terrific that even the native sol diers of the garrison could barely hold their own against it, ami the handful of Knglishmen were almost -helpless. Had the Sepoys attacked them, all would have been over at. one blow; but hour passed after hour, and there va no sign of an assault. At length, as afternoon gave place to rening. a movement began to show itself i if the enemy's lines. Thin curls of smoke rising above the trees showed that theevaning's meal was in prepa ration ; and several figures with pitch ers in their hands were seen going to wards the river, among whom the colonel's keen eves soon detected Is mail. "By George !" cried the old soldier, slapping his knee exultantly, "that lad's worth his weight in gold ! There's his way down to the river right open to him without the least chance of sus picion. Why, he's a born gentleman nothing else !" TCvcry eye within the walls was now turned anxiously upon the distant group, fearing to see at any moment some movement which would show that-the trick was detected. . How did Ismail mean to accomplish this purpose? Would he plunge boldly into the river, without any disguise,or had he some further stratagem in pre paration? No one could say. Suddenly, as Ismail stooped to plunge his light wooden dipper into the water, it slipped from his hands and went floating away down stream. A cry of dismay a loutl laugh froni the Sepoys, and then the boy was seen running frantically along the bank and trying in "vain to catch the vessel as it floated past. "What on earth is he up to?" grunt ed the 'colonel, completely mystified. "I see!" cried Major Armstrong tri umphantly; "there's a boat yonder among the reeds, and he's making right for it. Well done, mv brave bov!" f , tor Hut at that moment a yell of from the Sepoys told that the trick was discovered. i.u- kily those on the bank had left their pieces behind, or oor Ismail would soon have been disnosetl of: j but the alarm instantly brought up a I crowd of their armed comrades, whose i bullet fell like hail ar und the boat ami it gallant little pilot. ; "Iet us lire a volley and make a show of ullying out," said the colonel; "it'll trtkt their attention from him. i Hut in this he was mistaken. T se first rattle of musketry from be hind the house did indeed, recall 'most of I.-mairs assailants, but at least a dozen were left, who kept up an inees sant firing, striking the Uat again and again. All at once the colonel dashed his glass to the floor with a frightful oath. Iktween thetwogu-ts of smoke he had sevit the boat turn suddenly over, and gu whirling down the riwr, keel ; upward. "There's an end of the iioor lad,' muttered -the veteran, brokenly. "God bless him for a brave little fellow. And now:, old friend, vvt- must just die hard, for there's no hoj left." "What the deuce was that?" exclaim ed the colonel, suddenly. "It look e rnw nuig pai. ii s worse than that," said the ma- jor in a low voice. "The rascals are ! shooting lighted chips of hamhoo on to j the roof to set it on fire. Send the women up with buckets to flocd the t hatch; there s not a moment to lose." "I'll go and see to it myself!" cried Mrs. Currie, hasteniug out of the room. Hut the ower of this weapon had already become fatally manifest. The he use was .an old one, and dry as tin der from the prolonged heat, and -as f;ust as the flames were quenched in one place they broke out in another, When day dawned the fire had al- ready got a firm hold of one corner of j the building, and a crushing discharge was toured ujkjii all who attempted to extinguished it, while the triumphant yell of the human tigers below told them that they felt sure of their prey. "It's all over with us, old fellow," said the colonel, grasping his old com-' rade's hand; "hut at least we shall have douoour duty." " Give me one of your pistols," whis pered Mrs. Currie to he'r husband, in a voict that was not her own. "I must not fall into their hands alive.'1 At. that 'moment Major Armstrong was seen tti start and bend forward, as in listening intently ; for he thought although he could scarcely believe his ears that he had suddenly caught a faint sound of distant firing. In another instant he heard itagain, and this time there could be no more doubt, for several of the others had caught it likewise, and a gleam of hope once more lighted up their haggard faces and bio vishot eyes. Louder and nearer came the welcome sound, while the sudden terror and confusion visible among Jthe enemy showed that they, too, were at no loss to guess its meaning. Then high above all the din rose the well known "Hurrah!" and through the smoke-clouds broke a charging line Of glittering bayonets and ruddy Eng lish faces, sweepin.' away the cowardly murderers as the sun chases the morn ing mist. "That boy's worth his weight in gold," said Col. Annesley, as a few hours later, he listened to Ismail's ac count of how he had dived under the boat and kept it between himself and the Sepoys, that they might think lim drowned. "He's the pluckiest ittle fellow I've seen, and, although le belongs to the major I'm going to take my share of helping him on, by Jove!" Western Cattle-Raising. KXTRNT OF THE HUtf I NKSS AND HOW IT IS CONDUCTED. Neaiy all the cattle men of Wyom ing are getting out of Texas cattle ami are breeding up their cow herds and getting young stock from the extreme Westorn country, Idaho Oregon anil Washington Territory. The drive from the above points into Wyoming this year has been about 1"0,(hm) head, which found a ready market. All the country lying north of the Union Pa cific Railroad is considered better than the country South of it, tin account of grass, winter range and water. The loss to stci- in that country peryearls very light, not being over 2 to o per cent., ami very seldom reaching 5 per cent. A ranch of oM) head can be run for one year at an expense of 1 per head. With a ranch of W.ooo head the cost would average from To to SO cents head, ami 2L',0t)0 head would not cost much over oO cents a head. It requires to run a ranch, say for.o,M head, about four men during the winter months and ten men during the sum mer. It is generally estimated that they require two horse for every hun dred head of cattle, which gives to each man alout ten horses during the smnmer. There is notingingaftotin that country. Everythiug is done on horseback. Horseflesh is the cheapest j muscle that can le em ployed. A stock j ranch is letter off with ten men and j one hundred horses than with twenty live men and fifty horses. The horse are ridden until they become tired out; then a' fresh horse is taken until the cow-ltoy-uses allthe horses allotted to him, then he U-gins again with the horse first tire! out. Each ranch has a trusty foreman, whose wages arel about H per annum "ana louimv asked, "If broken-winded The ordinary herdsmen get lut 3 j hfrfte waJ brought lo you to cure, r month and found. They are a; jQU .70 promptly rough, hardy, industrious set of men, j To sell him as jsoon a- ii- and generally very trusty. The t-om- bIe mon dead-lat Is not - going out there to j of the ruughiu Iif.MuIU"lcaLIn women were unitri.ic trance and thealem-eof dL.satmn. . I the w,untry,hould and the men generally lay up money. , There are no stabling, no h f tii. winter. The cattle run junt as the buf- NEW BERIES. falo used to do. There is no cutting of j I't us not U too ra-h with the li lt ay to le done and garnered for the 1 tieiaiis If it wasn't for iridic, many winter's fodder. The cattle do their j who are too lazy to earn their liv- own mowing from one year's end to j the other. in the lastem States it has i len said that the pitehfork has to U handled by the farmer aUmt nine months in the year. In summer the new-mown hay litis to be spread'," turned, put into cooks and loaded up and unloaded-into stacks and mows, add during the six winter months b used as fodder. In Wyoming the cat tle drift from fifty to seventy-five miles from their resiective summer range. Duriug a cold storm they generally move with it, and keep jiiugMjll they get into a sheltered dace in some ra- j vine or behind a ledge, travelling some times in this way twenty-five miles during a heavy storm. Hut to w hat ever distance they may stray during the winter when spring comes they are tl riven back to their respective ranges without hvss, where the herds men attend to them until the winter sets in again. At one "round-up" la.-t spring there were thirty-five men, thirty wagons and 1U00 horses. That "round-up" is ruii by a regular organi sation, and is commanded by a captain whose orders are implicitly obeyed, he having entire charge over the oe ra tions. The cattle are all separated ac cording to the brands denoting their owners, and then started back to their ranges. The Wives are also h ratified and again turnedoose with the herd. The operation of collecting, separating and branding at a round-up -occupies about two months before the cattle are got back, during which the whole country is scoured by the cow-boys. It is generally a time of wild and boister ous excitement, reminding one of the annual assemblages of the old fur-traders when they met to exchange their peltries for supplies brought up from St. Louis. Pickings from the Fields of Humor. Night Lights Glow-worms. Pot Luck Collecting old china A Notorious Eavesdropper Rain. "Chest" protectors Good PaUlocks, . j Direction for an organ recital Mi nd vour stops. Creatures that can not have too much cheek Pigs. For what port is a man bound during courtship? Hound to Havre. What mountain hi st resembles the sound of a sneeze? Catarrh-din. A gunsmith's shop is like chicken pie, because it contains fowl-in pieces. A littleold maid says that the small est women look hopefully to Hymen. It is remarked by a would-be, philo sopher that some eople are wise one day and otherwise the next. A young lady, speaking of one of her aversions, said, "He's almost a perfect brute; He only lacks instinct." Query. Can anyliody explain why late comers and early goers at jwqiular lectures invariably have creaky-boots? Singers often complain that they are not in voice. Now what is always in voice? Why, invoice, to be sure. A lady hearing that a tun.iel cost o,0W francs a yard, Imjiortuned her husband to buy her tt dress of that ma terial. Shakspeare's "Seven Ages of man," Mess-age, lugg-age, saus-age, ramp age, marri-age. narent-agu and dot- age. While sunlight is the most favorabh for haymaking, it is a well known fact that wild oats are best sown by moo u- light. A little 1kv at his first concert inno cently asked, when a singer wan en cored, "What's the matter, mother, didn't fhedo it right?" Charles Lamb, when sjakin of out of his. rides on horseback, remarked hat "all at once his horse stopjed, but lie kept right onx." "Sav, Samlsi, did you cb-r s-ee tie Catskill mountain?? ?" "No, I nebU-r did; but I have seen dem kill mice." "Yaw ! yaw- Mrs. Partington will not allow Ike to day the guitar. She says he had jt once when he was a child and it nearly killed him. Mrs. Malaprop, good ui! proi to di-tribute tracts among Teetotalers, who, she regrets to hear, are living in j ai.suiie oi .-juhvuji jru-n tut". student at a verterinary college - - VOh. I.-NO. 19. K with their hand would tv pau- Prsr "Will you remember me?" H was a man with no lower lihiW to jq-eak of who made thf remark as he stotnPin the presence of a manufacturer of cork legs. Fotlight Flickerings. Clara Morris salary is $-JVn a wevk. Htdon went wild over Hernhanlt's Vamille . fr'alvini served as a soldier under Gar ibaldi. Colonel Maplesou is f30,Ot0 ahead on his Italian oper season thus far. The gross receipts of SalviniV Phil -thlphi en gag ineiitwere jv.. Ford's Comedy Company pleased Charlestoniaiisin "Fun on the Pacific.' "A 'olden (tame," with Shannon' and Kdeson, is delighting Cincinnat ians. May Anderson is doing her round of parts at the Fifth Avenue, New YorK. It is ruinon-d that Lydia Thompson will return next ttcason with a bur lesque trottjM-. A Union Club member in New York has Umght Hernhanlt's statue of her self for ?10o0. Host on has t new variety theatre, the Novelty, of w hich Join McFadden is manager. "The H inker's Daughter" hu suc ceeded "Danial KochaC" at the Union .Square, New York. The six weeks performance of Anna Dickinson's "American Girl" in New York brought in $-.,4!Mj. f Miss Nellie Holbrook, stump speaker forGarfield, is now playing Ha!let," but she doesn't play it well. Sol Smith Uussell, in "1-Mgewood Folk's" and " The Naiad Queen," has been delighting Leavenworth, Kan. Slavini's (Hhdlo delights the New York critics, but the supporting com pany is rather severely handled. Joe Murphy, in "Shaun Kline," ami Robert MeWade, in "Hip' Van Wink- ," are San Francieo attractions. Clara Louise Kellogg and Carl Kosa talk about unitin r in running an Kng lish opera company here next season. (ins Hall, formerly of the Alice Oaten froupe, has succeeded James ('. Meade in Lcavitt' Hurlesque Troupe. Mr. (iettrge S. Knight last week pro duced in Cleveland Hronson Howard's new play, "Harm Rudolph," ami it U said' scored a success. Ges'er, Cary, Ravelli, Del I'uente and Corsiniarein theca-t f "Martha, ' by Majilesou'H troupe, in .New York. A strong team. Miss Li..ie MeCad, wh has become. Mrs. (ietirvre Harry Wall, has reignei fnuii Frank Mttyo's Comjiany ami te tiretl from thTrprofcsion. Fretlerick Paulding, stiporteu by Agnes Herndon, has been playing Hum lt; Shy lock, Claude Mtlnnftf- ami tuccio in Providence this week, with "Deacon Crankett" a a rival attrac tion. 0 A combination known as the Jollities in ji musical abstirily, "Thfc Electrical Doll," are giving a very pleasant enter tainment at the iaiety, Roston. Thejr are all gtssl singers, for a wonder. A. M. Palmer, whose letse of the Ciion Sxpiare Theatre, New York, ex pires next May, will move up tovrn and build a'H heat re near Hrojidway a id Thirty-thirtl ami Tldrty-fourth street. Two of Rice's oratic comp,-inies ar playing in Cinciunatt this week, one in "Caino," the other in "The Pirate of Penzitnce." His third trouj. h iiolny "Hiawatha" in New York. The Ieavilt bur' esq uc "Carmen" de lighted the Cincinnati nutr-er Is yoml mt-:urs'liut the iaz tt trutli lully say- that as a hurierque it fell fiat, and tiiat iust of the music was variety songs. Kz. I John McCullough tiresn inhtLU in a garb new to the character strictly." Venetian, and the actor claims it U historically corre i, He ay he never felt tiL-y in the third act of "Othello" ; till he hit upn this dress. Clara Morris is actiug.in New York Isctween js UrJ.m we hear nothing of Mr. Clara Morris, w ho thhc years ago played a railroad engagement in the character of the avenging angel. Kt. Lord Bray brook has preenUsl bthe English Public Record tJfllce his cl lection of American and Eat luditn papers of Charles, first Marpuu Cttfu wallis. Mr. Jea!fre?sn has prefireil a reort ujin them, ami &to ujjtm the family jajr stilt remaining at Adu ley End, which will apnr in the. forthcoming Eighth Heport of the Historical MSS. CmmLiitufc. 5 -