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PLYMOUTH WEEKLY DEMOCRAT.
VOLUME XIV.
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1869.
NUMBER 4;.
Poctrn.
THE KINGDOM OF HOME.
BT WM. RANKIN BI RTEE.
Thk followincr I the pri. sons to which wa
awanlel tbe l"0 offered uy the pubMsherd of
IlAirth ami Iftrmt :
Dirk is the night, and flffnl and drearilv
R'ish.' the winrt lik; th-.; wave of the sea :
kittle care I. a here I sins cheerily.
Wife at my side and my baby on knee :
King, King, crown me tr.oKinsr:
Home is tbe Kingdom and Love id the King '
Flashes the firelight upon the dear faces,
Dearer and dearer as onward ve go.
Forces the shadow b-thind us, and places'
Brightness around us wiih wan.itb in the glow.
Kin?, Kin?, rr wn me the K ng :
Home is the Kingdom and Lo m is the King !
Flashes the lovelizht. increasing tl e glory.
Beaming from Bright eye with warmth of the
NU,
Telling1 of trust and content the sweet story,
Lifting the -hadows that ov.-r ns roll.
King. King, crown me the King:
Home is the Kingdom and Love is the King !
Hictaer ttcvn mi?er with perishing tr5asure,
Served with a service no etHMjUNl could brirg .
liuppv with fortune that word- cannot measure,
Ugat -hearted I on the hearthstone can sing.
King King, crown me the King:
Homo is the Kingdom and Love is the King !
Selected JHtocetlatro.
OUT IX TITfl RAIN.
BY (1R.M'F OAUDXER.
PWUHUJll rain: mowirl right down
on Millie Warner's tasteful little hit and
graceful shoulder, unprotected save by a
thin shawl, no-withstanding the beseech
ing glance of the prettiest pair of hazel
eyes that ever looked up to a cloud in that
way. The inexorable, stony-hearted thing
joVt poured ami its delrging treasures
without minding them thj leust bit in the
world.
Mow, Millie wasn't afraid of a shower,
nuless there was thunder an! lightning;
but she had quite a regard for her pretty
hat, which was not two we eks old, and
-did hate dreadfully to have it spoiled. Be
sides, she knew vain Iii tie girl that it
was exceedingly becoming, Her glass
told her that, and Squire Johns, the great
man of the town, had whispered lo her
jutit the same, looking at her very admir
ingly all the while. It was too, too bad.
Andouicame Millie'i handkerchief, which
she tiirew ver trie hat, just about halt
covering it. She drew it off, the next mo
ment, and laughed. As if such a deluge
of handkerchief could do any good, she
said to i.erself : :' How could she be so
silly f
Millie, not so very wise yet, tried next
to run away from the shower ; but, in her
haste, ran into several mud puddle?, there
by muddying the pretty little fett in a per
fectly scientific manner.
Sir; waiked quite leisurely, after that,
saying, philosophic illy :
As my hat is spoiled already, there can
he no use in hurrying. I am neither sugar
nor salt."
Nevertheless, when Millie came to a
large white farm-house, sae very gladly,
and rather hastily for just then there was
a heavy peal of thunder opened the gate
and went up the flower bordered path to
the house, and knocked for admittance.
Nobody answered, and as another peal of
thunder was heard, accompanied by a
vivid flish off lightning, Millie entered
without OMBOn, She look in at a glance
the contents of the first room she came to
a large square room, plainly but neatly
furnished the cane seated chairs, the
pretty chintz covered lounge, book-case
filled with books and sheet-music; the vio
lin in its cas, in the COfMf, the vase of
faded tl werj, and the ornaments on the
mantel There was no one there, but she
heard childrih voices in the room, and
again knocked. A dark -eyed girl of ten
or eleven yefirs, opened the door.
Mi lie exr lamed why she was
there.
With the eaae and good manners of one
much oider, the child bade her welcome,
nlAed a chair near the stove and took
Millie's dripping hat and shawl.
"I was just beginning to get dinner,
that was the reason I didn't hear you
knock. It will be a long time before the
shower is over, and von must stay with;
us to dinner. It will be ready by the time
Ben comes ; but that will not be for about
a half or three quarters of au hour."
"Est, dinnie'li he weddy when Ben
turns," lisped and laughed a little girl ol
three years.
The elder child, whoae Dame was Hetty,
resumed :
" I can't get a very good dinner, I ain't
quite old enough, buf Ben says I do nicely.
He puts it on tor me, and I see to it. But
nu- does not allow n- to take off kettles,
for ear I will burn or scald myself; but I
think I am lrKe enough to do that. I like
to have "very thing ready for him when
becomes tired and hungry. I can't
make biecm I wish I could, for Ben
likes them eve." much; but Martha,
who comes in lo i?iake bread for us, says
she will teach nie."
Where is your mother ? " asked Millie
of the little Eva, when Jtl'itty was out ol
the r om.
" We is got no mudder but Ben," the
liH'e one lisped.
When Hetiy came back, Millie said :
"Now I have got nicely warmed, and
my dress will dry just as well at work as
sitting still ; so I will help you get dinner.
If you like, I will make I me biscuit, and
we will have dinner ready in a very hkort
time."
flettv was delighted. Ben would be
glad. Might she look on and learn how ?
Millie Wäg young, and frank, and gay,
and she anil the children soon became very
well acquainted over the biscuit. She
said, presently, trying a potato with a
fork :
"The potatoes are done. I will pour
the water off so, then put them on again
to dry. That will make them mealy. In
a few moments we will peel them, and
then dinner will be all ready except taking
it up."
Th dinner seemed very meagre to little
Hetty as she ran over the Heins in her
mind potatoes, pea, pork, biscuit, but
ter, cucumlxrg, milk, water. 8he had
wan'ed to make tea for her visitor, but
she declined decidedly. The poor child
said, apologetically
" When father and mother were alive
we used to have a good many things for
dinner, and Martha, f ur hired girl, used
lo get them all, but when they died, and
Squire Johns said he bought a mortgage
on our farm, and that we had got to pay
every cent the day it was due or lose
everything, we had to do without a good
many t hi ms, and are very poor now, and
Ben is afraid we can t have enough U pay
it, ami thy all say we may look for no
mercy from quir; Johns, for he is a very
hard man to the poet, and he has always
wanted our farm, becuc it joins some of
his own laud where he wants to build. I
heard all about it when one of the neigh
bors was talking with Ben., though he
didn't want me to know about it.''
Millie had listened to this with a curi
ous mixture of feelings, for Bquire Johns
was a declared lorer of hers, and though
she had not yet accepted him, she had
been both pleased and flattered with his
attention, and had certainly given him
encouragement. Moreover, he was to re
ceive his final answer in three days from
that time, and the was not sure the answer
reserved and laid away for that time wai
"no." True, Millie was not in love with
him, but she had waited so lorg in vain
for that ecstatic state of feeling she had
beard and read so much about, that she
was quite decided that she was not capa
ble Of love, and that to like any one was
as much as she could expect. But she
certainly liked Squire Johns as well if not
better than any one, and his love must
certainly be disinterested, for he could not
Know that . But now Millie
stopped. Could he not f Might he not
have found out in some way? If this
story were true, would such a man be
likely to marry a poor girl? For Millie
Warner was really an heiress in a small
way. 8be was sole inheritor of a tine un
encumbered farm from her father, and
five thousand dollars in bank s'ck. But
the farm was two hundred miles south of
this town, where she was visiting a cousin, j
and nobody knew of it; and during her i
visit she had helped her cousin in her
work as she had always helped her moth-
er when she was at home capable, iudus- !
trious little girl that she was.
This story agreed with things that she
hid heare hinted at, but only hinted at,
and even that the next moment ?va
smoothed over, for Squire J hns was a
rich and influential man, and people could
not afford, without some reason, to lote
his favor. She remembered it ad now.
CouM he in realty be such a scoundre' f
She could judge better about the t rut h
of the story when she had seen Ben.
Who was Ben? Two or three enquiries'
hail amounted to nothing. The children
spoke just as if everybody must know who
Hen was. Was he an uncle, cousin, hired
man, or what? Evidently somebody very
old by the way Hetty spoke of biiu.
Whoever it was, what woul 1 he think of
her intrusion ? But she couldn't help
what he thought, and she Shrugged her
shoulders jA she looked out at the st 11
pouring rain.
Von ig Ben Hazwell, out in the field,
pitched up the last hay on the load, leaned
his pitch-fork against a tree, and took off
his straw hat to cool his moist forehead
Iiis gaze followed the hay-cart, went over
the broait lands, and returned.
"The hay is all gone in." he said, with
a loug breath of relief. "I couid not al
ford tc loose even one load now. I don't
kn w that I can do it; but if I can eil
part of the land I may. It will be a hard
pull though."
There was a noise of carriage wheels,
and he looked towards the road Li s
brown face darkened as he looked
"I could, perhaps, have got an eaten i n
of time if that villain had not got the
mortgage in his bauds; and, dastardly
rascal, who makes it his bu iness to r
and defraud the poor and ihe fatherless,
he may take this farm ; he will if he can ;
for he has been mameuvering tor it a long
time ; but he shall have it with the sound
est horsewhipping that ever a man h.d.
Twice! thrice the number of strokes of
the united years of my tender little sifters;
and my arm is strong." And he looked
after the carriage with his hands firmly
clenched.
"My two years at college did me bat
liMle good. If I could have finished, and
got a profession, or had a good trade, I
should not have been so helpless, If Ihe
worst comes to the worst. But I won't
look on the dark side."
The young man followed the cart into
the barn. The storm was at IIa height
when he went towards the house from the
back way. He stopped in surprise, as he
saw through the window some one stand
ing at the table, with arms bear to the
elbow, mixing flour. It must be Mnrtha.
No; those fair, white arms are not Mar
tha's, neither her's the deader, graceful
figure. As he came nearer, he could dis-
tiDguish the sparkling piquant face. She
was laughing and talking with Hetty, and
evidently giving her the directions fnf
what she was making. Hetty was gazi
upon her, eager and absorbed. Little Eva
was sitting at the table in her hi?h chair,
working at a piece of douih.
" A täte for Ben." It was as black as
her soiled little finders could make it ; but
it did not occur to Eva that that could be
any objection. It was a pretty, pica -ant
sight in that long desolate home ; and he
stood there, unconscious of the pouring
rain, eagerly gazing at this fair young
stranger, hlnvelf a picture of manly b .u
ty, till the voice of one of the men calling
to the oxen, awoke him from his reverie
By-and by there was a spluttering t
water heard in the next room by Hetty.
" Ben has come," running hastily for
ward and opening the door.
" Ben has tum ! " echoed tbe little one,
clapping her hands and iisning, as be came
in, bright and smiling, what she had in
store fr him: " I is made a tale fr oo,
I is "
He caught her up in his arms and gave
her a kiss, while she laughed and h uited ;
bu his eyes were seeking the stranger.
Hetty said, prettily : " My brother Ben."
Then to him : " This lady got caught in
the shower, Ben, and is string until it
clears up. She has been so kind as lo
help me to get dinner, and has made some
splendid biscuit."
They both stood mute a moment, she
with surprise at the real Ben. voumr. hand
some, and well bred: he with admiration,
and a strange new feeling he could not de
tine. He had hardly made her welcome,
with a return of his self-possession, when
there was a loud rap at the stru t door.
Hetty went to the door, camn back pule,
and whispered to Ben: "Squire .lohn'.''
Midie drew quickly back from the halt
opened door. Ben we nt in to his visitor,
ciosing the door after him, hut every
word was distinctly heard by Millie, f r
Squire Johns did not speak in the low
suave tone she was accustomed to hear
him, but loud and peremptory.
"lam in haste, young man; I just
stopped to say lhat the time for the p iy
ment of the money due me being day
after to -morrow, if it is not remly I shall
be obliged immediately to resort to severe
measures."
Impossible ! " exclaimed the young
man in a surprised and excited tone, "you
are very ranch mistaken. It is not due
till the 28th, it is now but the 18th At
that time, if I sell the piece of land I part
ly expect to do, I hope, with some other
money coming in, to be able to pay it."
" Your are laboring under a singular
mistake, young man. Here is the Mort
gage, and you can see for yourself thai it
is the 18th."
M Let me see it."
The figures danced upon the pace.
He
passed his hands over his eyes and calmed
himself with a great effort. He grew f shy
pale as he read.
"It reads s , certainly, but I can't under
stand it." He went to the desk. " Here
is a note my father made 1 the circmn
si : nces, and it is the 28th, and he was a
very rare, methodical man, and would BOt
be likely to make a mistake that might be
(Taught with very important and evil con
s quenccs to him. I believe " a sudden
ra picion coming into his mind, as he de
tected a lurking triumph in Squire Johns'
eye, " I believe there's some villainy about
this matter, and lhat you are at the bot
t m of it," he exclaimed excitedly, fixing
his eye firmly upon the lawyer, who
changed color in spite of hfcMMu.
" Be careful what you say, young man,
as you may get yourself into trouble,"
he said angrily.
" Yes, sir, I believe that you are a base
villain ! I remember that you are the
lawyer who made out the mortgage at tne
time, and know that you have been aching
years to get hold of this property. If
there is Justice in law you .-hall be ex
p sed P
" In the meantime you had better have
the money ready," cooly and insultingly.
" That is Impossible as you kuow. You
knew very well I could not raise so much
money in two days, when you inaüe your
diabouca plans."
' Then yon know the consequences."
" And what is to become of my young
sisters ?"
" I neither know nor care. That is your
lookout."
The young man strove to repress his
passion yet.
" Squire Johns, by the 2Sih I can pay
this dent, I expect."
" That will do you no good. It must be
ready by the 18th, or I take rion. I
might hve hown you mercy but for your
insinuations. Now, none."
"That is blsel liar! villain! and you
know it You never showed mercy in
your life. You have won your ill-gotten
wealth by robbing the widow anil ihe
fatherless. If you lake ttds property, msy
it .' ring you a enrse with it, now and ever
more ! I Jut while It is in my hands J'il
kick you from it, you dastardly scoundrel?"
The Sqivre was a Miiall man as well as
a Coward, and while he was l:.nv umo
miniously ejected from the house b. I e
angry and excited young man, Hetty
wa crouched down dose to Millie, pale
and frightened. Kva Whs Bobbins in her
lap, ard Milde it would be difficult to
describe her feelings.
Ben did not come into the room f r
sometime atterward. When he did, he
looked haggard and aged, tad wa-; passing
thn ugh hastily, as if to escape notice,
wheu Millie, business like and straightfor
ward little girl that she wa.;, began :
"Mr. Hazwell, I wAut to talk with yon
a few minutes. There WOlUd ie no u.-e
in pretending thai I haveu't heard What
you and Squire Johns have been saying,
lor I have heard every word. I think I
know of some one who en help you ; bu
first ma I a-k you a few questions"
Ben, at firs', looked displeased and
haughty; but her kind, straightforward
manner disarmed him. He bowed assent.
" What is tbe amount of this mortgage ?"
" Two thousand dollars and interest,"
was the brief reply.
' What is the total value of the farm ?"
" My lather valued it, at ten thousaud
dollars."
' Are there other mortgages ?"
" None."
" Very well ; I am quite positive I know
some one who can loan you the money. I
am Mill'e Warner. Call on me to-morro w,
al my cousin's, Mrs. San d ford's.
B n's u reams were strangely mixed up
that night with mortgages and hazel ey ,
The next day was a long time of suspenso
and anxiety, and early in the evening
found hon at the Sandfords, where he WSS
received by Millie herself
Tin- next m orninir, accompanied by a
u brhbor, he called on Sejuire Johns,
"He was at breakfast," the servant ?aid
An angry light shone in Squire Jon:
cold, l'i;i eye, when he heard who was
his visitor.
" How dare he come here? I warrant,
though, the chap isn't quite s high ano
as he was the last time I sw him.
Humble enough this morning. I wili hold
0 it hopes of mercy until he grovels ai o
begs my pardon grovtls low as he laid
tin , and then I'll be revenged. To morrow,
this splendid farm, ad2ed to my other
property, and the possession of Millie
Warner's hand and fortune, will make me
a rieh and happy man, in-leed. I will
tantal ze him to bis heart's content "
He went leisurely into the other room
" You are early this morning, you g
man. I conclude you bave come to pay
the money," he said ironically.
"That's my errand," replied Ben,
c oily
Squire Johns started back aghast and
than ier.struck.
" Do you mean to say you have rais d
the money ?"
" I do, and I have brought Mr Foster to
prove that it is all riht. There is two
thousand dollars. We have each oouated
it. There is the intere i. Now I will
take up the SOfftgage, Squire. John'-'."
Liv-d, and trembling with passion,
Squire Johns was compelled to yield the
mortgage, and exeente the usual release.
" Now, 8 i Mire," sai l Bon, "I have one
word m -re to say : I) n't you ever dare
set foot on my land avain, or I'll kick
you otr Mind that. N r ever dare to
speak to me again. I d 'n't know such
rascals as you !
" I'll have satisfaction of you ! " and the
Squire literally foamed with pission.
" Have it and welcome," replied Ben,
coolly, " as long as you haven't got the
farm. Come, Poster."
There was no trace of the violent p is
sion to which the Squire gave free license,
when, the next evening, he drove up In
Sand ford's He looked happy and smil
ing. Theifl was a queer little smile on
Millie Warner's face as she saw him
through the Clo-ed blinds. It was a little
ominous that bo was compelled lo WStt
in the parlor alone five, ten, fifteen min-
ntes, still more ominous that she came in
at last, distant and unsmiling. Still, he
could hardly believe he heard aright when,
to his suit, she gave a prompt, uncom
promising "no!" lie nrged; she was
tinn He threatened ; she flashed out,
brave and indignant, something of what
she knew and felt, and spurned him and
hll suit with scorn and loathing.
" Such a threat to a girl hj wot thy of
you I of a niece with your conduct lo the
Hazweds! she SOded,
"To the Hal welts! What do you
know about them ? I'erhaps you rtre the
one who loaned the money to them?"
" Yes, it was I. I went In there lor
shelter from tbe storm. 1 heard it all ;
every word."
The Squire muttered curses low and
deep, but Millie did not stay to hear them.
She only saw him ride away, with that
same queer little smile on her face.
Squire Johns rode a long distance out
of his way, six months after, to avoid a
wedding party just returning from church
Ben Hazwell and Millie, his wife
which he came very near blund ering upon.
' - n ns -
Fower of Imagination.
It was during tbe famous Jersey cam
paign of 177-78. Attached to the com
pany to which he belonged was a private
soldier, an inveterate fault finder, sour,
crabbed, perpetually "disgruntled " about
something, but io, nevertheless, was
never suspected of leaning toward the
enemy, and had always done his duty as
a good soldier of the Continental army.
On one occasion, a lieutenant and a
part of his company, including the suhject
of our story, were sent out on a scouting
excursion, instructed to watch the move
ments of a body ol the enemy who were
prowling in the vicjnity. It was a very
warm day, and the party, after a three
hours' tramp, came in sight of the foe,
who, being in greater numbers than was
intidpfttA I, compelled the Lieutenant and
his men to use "the better part of valor "
and prepare for a retieat.
On this " Old Grouty," as he was called,
lowered his musket, broke forth into a ti
rade against military duty in general and
scouting parties in particular, and finished
by ik el iring that he had done enough for
one day, ana WOl determined to remain
where he was for the remainder of it.
To the npran ntation of his comrades that
he would be captured by the enemy, he
replied that such an event would be pre!
erable to an v further exertion, and stay
he would an ! abide he result.
After exhausting argument and entreaty
the Lieutenant informed him that rather
than sutler him to be taken by the British
and give them the information they would
seek concerning our forces, if he persisted
in his determination to remain, he must
ih tot him iu order to secure the general
safety. The reply vas, Shoot aud be
hanged -1 shall stay w here I am."
On this a hurried consultation was held
I the officer with his men, and it was re
solved to experiment with him, and avoi I
If passible, the sacrifice ol his life. He
was told to take a seat upon a log in the
Sjoodl where they then were, and to avoid
I arming the enemy by a general volley B
single soldier from behind was to send a
bullet through his heart.
The announcement w as received with a
dogged resignation and an unaltered pur
pose. All being ready, the soldier detailed
as ex- cutioner, at the word of command,
Ired a blank car' ri ige, while by prcar
rangement asecou'l simultaneously threw
a suiüll pebble at th'j spot intended to be
hit He fell and groauec, and the Lieu
tenant approached, expressed his opinion
that the wound was mortal, and his sor
row that bis duty compelled him to the
measure, bade him adieu, and then led his
party to the rear, where they concealed
th mselves to watch the rest
The martyr to itubhomess lay Cor some
time, uttering ov. -io ai groan, varie.l
wi;h maledictions upon the service, his
fate, the redcoats and his comrades. His
wrath toward the latter seemed to be kin
dled by the bungling manner in which
they had performed their duty, leaving
him to a lingering death instead of dis
patching him at once.
At length, with a dolorou exertion, he
raised himself on his elbow and looked
over and beneath his shoulder, as though
to determine the nearness of his exit by
the quantity of blood that had issued fn n
his wound. Apparently astonished at
tin. ling none, he next, with6lfw but seem
ingly less painful movements, commenced
feeling his back for traces of the bullet
hole. Unsatisfied with this, he raised him
self io a sitting posture, and with much
exertion took ofT his coat, and finding no
perforation, the truth of the trick flashed
up n him at once, when seeing some
stragtrlers of the enemy in the distance,
he started up, seized hi3 musket and ran,
as none had ever seen him do before,
toward the American lines. He arrived
long in advance of the Lieutenant and hi.-
party, who never had occasion therafter
to censure his balHod subordinate.
Dueling Anecdotes,
Tnrc ensuing incidents, gathered from
the French, illustrate the spirit of Umttgc
when a duel was almost necessary to the
reputation of a man of fashion and honor :
A terrible aud fatal duel between two
brothers-in-law was fought in the horse
market at the back of the Hotel de Ven
doma. The Dukes of Nemours and Beau
fiirt, though so closely connected, were
actuated ny the werst feelings toward
etch Other. More than once they had
been on the point of crossing swords. On
one occasion they exchanged slaps on the
face in the presence of Mademoiselle de
Mont pensicr. At last they quarreled
about some ridiculous question of prece
deuce, and nothing would satisfy Nemours
but an appeal to u mis They met, each
accompanied by fbui gentlemen. Th(
weapons were swords and pistols, provide !
by tne Due de Nemoura When they
came on the ground the Due de Beaufort
exclaimed: "Ah, my brother, how dis
graceful this is I let us Ik; good friends."
But the other made answer, "Ah, you
scoundrel, either you must kill me or l
shall kill you," and with these words he
pulled the trhrger, but his pistol missed
lire. He then advanced upon M. de lleau
fort, sword in band, so that the Duke was
compelled to fire in self defense. M. de
Nemours fell to the grouud dead, pierced
with thre balls, with which his own peo
ple had loaded, the pistol. Two of M de
Beaufort'l seconds died within twenty-four
hours, SJld a third was badly wounded.
The other "inbatauts escajKid with com
parative impunity.
Towards the close of the eighteenth
century, two officers of the Oardes Fran
caisescame to words, which ended in one
of them receiving a box ou the ears.
Baron d (! , wiiohad raftered this hv
explicable insult, forthwith gummed on
hii cheek a puce of tsffel l the exact fde
of the .aim of his hand He then polite
ly invit-d his adversary, the Chevalier de
T , to accompany him to the back of
the Hotel dee uTalidea I a onunuquenee
of that meeting, Um Chevalier was con
fined t his bed for two months. The
Baron, on the other hand, before leaving
the ground, drew a p iir of scissors out of
his pocket, and cut ofl a narrow strip all
around the piece of taffeta. The Cheva
lier had hardly rc v. rt 1 of his wounds,
when a valet, came to him one morning
and said that a gentleman with a piece- of
tafteta on his cheek was at Ike door, and
had declared that the Chevalier expeeten!
him. "Yea" replied M onuenr deT ,
"teil him I will he with him in an in
stant." Again the two di '.appeared be
hind the Invalides, axain the Cheva ier
took to his Ud, again the taffeta was trim-
med all round This was repeated time
after time, until the taffeta was reduced to
a small black speck. " I have c nie to my
last scrap," said the Baron to the Cheva
lier, "and you to the end of your trou
bles.w So saying, he ran him through
and killed him on the spot.
The Regiment du R"i, in earrison at
Nancy, had acquired a pre-eminently bad
reputation for dueling practices ; and so
much had discipline raftered, thai the Due
de Brissac wss commissioned to restore
order at any cost. The day after assum
ing command of the regiment, the Duke
invited the officers to a grand dinner, and
when the servants had retired be addre i
ed them iu a courteous tone, with a pli 18
ant smile upon his lips, and told them hi
had no intention of interfering in their
meetings. He was one of thone, he said,
who disliked the idea of rust collecting on
a sword. He begged, therefore, they
would go on and amuse themselves as they
pleased; "only," continued he, "before
going out you will come to me and relate
what has passed, and I will tell you what
I think of it. After that you will be at
perfect liberty to lunge away at earh
other, if such be your pleasure. Do you
agree to this, gcntlemeu ?"
' Yes, Colonel," exclaimed his guests
with one voice.
The Duke was the first to quit the table,
and hardly set foot in his owu apartment
when he was informed that two young
captains wished to speak to him the Vis
count Richard de Ii , and the Chevalier
Armand de T .
"What do you want with roe, gentle
men ?
inquired the Colonel.
" Monsieur le Du--, we came simply to
inform you that we are gome to tight ore
another to morrow morning."
"Indeed? Why I fancied you were
friends of a very old date."
"You are quite right, Colonel; we are,
aud always will be, united in the bonds of
the closest affection
"And yet you mean to tight one an
other ?"
"Certainly, aud with good cause, as you
shall judge for yourself," laid the ( lb v
Her. "1 maintain that at Versailles o e
may go to the court in a roqueLaurt and
without powder, while Richard unci
the contrary. We have sgreed, therefore,
to settle the point elsewhere.1'
" The subject of dispute is a very asfroui
one, undoubtedly," the Duke grai , r
marked.
The two young men oc' snged glances.
"It is evident," continue 1 the Colonel,
that the rsfndfisnra is only worn in the
mornine. Hut when does Ihe morning
end? Viscount R maintain I that the
rufwfattm cannot he worn without
breach of etiquette in the early pari o!
the day. The Chevalier T Bays thai
item. The Insull is euipha'ie. Fight by
all means but light in arnest A dm
a c -ntemptihle atTau if nobody is killed.
And he dismissed them with a iligl 1
movement of his hand.
On the morrow the Duke, perceiving
the two captains at the head dc their r
pective companies on parade", remarked
in an antrry tone, "The affair did not come
off then, gentlemen ?"
"I beg your pardon, Colonel," replied
the Ohevsüer ; "a id the proof of it i.
-uperb thrust which I received, ' p .
to his arm in a sling
"Hem f a lernten! and you stopped
there! You forgot that the point at issui
was a most serious matter a question i i
etiquette! Come, gentlemen, you must get
to again, till one or two of you is left on
the ground."
The two captains fought a s-.-cond time,
and the Viscount received a wound wh h
confined him to his bed for three months.
In the meanwhile several offici rs had d
manded permission to fight, but were de
sired to wait until the two friends had
settled their little diflerences. One day tin
Duke met the Viscount taking the air
leaning on the Chevalier's arm.
"Ah, ha!" he exclaimed. "So you I
once more about again? Tint's rig'...
Without further delay you will have the
goodness to begin agon to-morrow. And
this time let there be an end to it; 1 don't
like quarrels that drag on for such a length
of time."
The poor young men concluded the af
fair very completely this time. They r u
each other through, and both fell di
upon the spot The Due de Brissac then
called together the ottieers who Imd ap
plied for permission to fight, anel said to
them : "Now, gentlemen, you are at liber
ty to bring your disputes to an is ue ; but
as I cannot allow the service to be preju
diced by tbese affairs, they must come otr
one at a time. And it must be understood
that each quarrel is carried cut to a con
elusion similar to the one that has juat
terminated.
The ofAcen withdrew without a word,
but they did not tight. Dueling ceased,
and the regiment became one of the most
orderly and disciplined iu the whole
French army.
Josh Billings ou the "Joi"
Tiik gote Is a hoarse wollen sheep.
They hav a split hoof and a whole toil.
They hav a good appetite, and a tan
guine digestion.
They swailo what they cat, and will eat
ennvthing they kan bite.
Their moral karaktcrs arc not polished,
they had rather steal a rotten turnip out
ov a garbage box, than tew eutu honestly
bi a pek ov oats.
Tne male gote has two horns on the
ridge ov hiz bed and a muatash on hi b t
torn lip, and i. the plug ugly ovhis uaber
hood. A maskuline gote will fite euny thing,
from an elephant down to hi shadder on
a ded wall.
They are faithful critters, and will stick
law a friend az long ss he livs in a shanty.
They kan klime enny thing but s cr
lMie, and kno the way up I rock,ai n Ural
az a woodbiue.
They are h. certain tew raise ax. rung
ones, sum family arc baff gotes, sad t ic
other hall children. They are good eating
when they are yung but they leave it oph
az they git stronger.
They are alwus poor in the noddy, but
phatt in the stutnick. What they eel
teems to all go to appetight Y i mite ss
well agree tew phatt an injun rubb' r oi I
shew bi tilling it with klam shells, sa lew
riae enny adipose nu inbrane OB the out
si e oust ov a gote.
A phatt gote would be a literary ctiri
Obity.
They use the same dcilckt hz the sheep,
nnd the yung ones speak the language
more fluently than ihe parientsdo.
Than iz only two animals ov the earth
that wi I eat tobakko- one iz S man ami
tuther iz a gote, but the gote Bttderstand
it the most, for he swailers the spit ohaW
and oil.
Tne male gote, when he Is pen-iv. I I
venerable aud philosophy looking old
cush, and wouldn't Bsakea had professor
ov arithmetik in sum ov our aoUegea
They are handy at living a long time,
reaching an advanced age without arriv
ing at enny definite konklusi on.
How lone a gote livs without giving it
up, thare iz no man now old enutf tew
toll
Methnnelar, if his memory wuz bad at
forgetting, mite iive a good-sized guess,
but unfortunately for science and this
e Methuzelar aint here.
G ttes wUl live in enny ktiinate, and on
enny Tittles, except tanbark, and if they
evfrcum to a sepiare death.it iz a pro
found sekret, in the hands of a few, to
thi3 day.
a an
Oeeiegieal ciiauges
Tuerk id no quell thing as perfect rest
in nature. If no alterations occurred
there would be no progress. It does not
require a scientific education to convince
any one of common understanding that
the hüls and dales were once uuder wa
ter On the bight st mountain peaks in
8yia between Jerusalem, and Damascus,
the traveler sees marine shells which be
belonged to a primitive sea. Fur inland
on the Atlantic borders of the Southern
States, immense beds and reefs of coral
show clearly that the sea once occu
pied the regions of dry land where thjse
o'ieus of geological changes are found,
ilow plain it is thai the mijrhty seas
end oceans which cover very nearly two
thirds of the earth's surface are slowly
but steadily shilling their borders! 8
gradual are th-" movements of the wa
ters that centuries of careful observation
would. ie required to defiue the exct rate
of encroachment in some countries. But
nail paced as it is, the water gradually
creeps over the laud. While gaining in
one direction new land i3 coming into
view in another, bringing on its uprising
crest the remains of theauimals and plants
peculiar to the watery element! Like a
Spanish fandango, while one side goes up
the other side goes down. Thus every
atom entering into the organization Jf
this magnificent globe moves and shares
in the neve r en ling motion on which the
lability of this and the whole material uni
verse depends Krr&rae.
has
''S.
Thkuh are many kinds of kake some
of one kind, and some not.
The "ho-kake Is particularly adapted
to thai kind of i x'lety who have nothing
to bake, and nothing but a hoe to bke it
on. it is a native of ''Westward, ho!"
Ice ka'v; is good enough to weigh down
k tnon peek in dog days'; also to hold but
ter ?hat would o her wise travel on the
pule; also, toothache.
Grease kake, otherwise called doughnot,
sKas "crulls" la made by holding hunks
i A loa, bi ;hc fh g. rs, in bilin' hot grease,
fhey are a very common but unhealthy
beverage.
" Pound kake" is my favorite. I rdways
m to get one tnat runs cighteeu to
twenty os. to the pound there is more
good eating in It for the money.
Sponge kake is like pound kake, only it
U a lit le different, nJ don't run so many
; he pound, though an Uupraklikai
eye woul I thiuk it the cheaper kake.
oil kaivc is the Bqaeesius of a oil mill.
They ate good for cows' miik and fat
horsea, It is never knoed in a well-regu-tated
dairy, as it makes the hair too slick,
and r,dn having no effect on the milk.
44 Bride's kake " I don't know much
about this kake, as I never was a bride.
But I suppose they make it very sweet.
A Touching War Incident
Many iutere&ting narratives and expe-
riences arc told at Henry Ward Beecher's
Friday evening prayer meetings. Last
night one of the prominent citizens of
Brooklyn, doing business in Wall street,
related the following. I reproduce the
siory as it fell from his lips :
M Not long 8ince I found myself at Cin
cinnati with a little spare time, and I
tli ught I would improve it in visiting
so : of the Southern battle fields and
'mml places. 1 first proceeded to Nash
ville. On going it to the Soldiers' Cem
etery, I observed a man planting a tl wcr
oyer a grave. I approached him and asked
If In s u was buried there.
" 1 No,' was the response.
A son-in-law t
"'No.'
"'A brother?'
4,4 No.'
'"A relative?'
44 4 No.'
" 4 Wb se memory then do you cher
ish?' I ventured to ask After delaying a
moment and putting down a small board
Which lie held in his hand, he replied :
' Well, I wit! tell you. When the war
broke out I lived in Illinois. I wanted to
enlist, but I was poor and had a large family
of children depending upon me for their
dily b:ead. Finally, as the war contin
ued, I whs drafted. No draft money was
idvt n me ; 1 was unable to procure a sub
stitute, and made up my mind to go. Af-
er 1 had got everything in readiness and
was just leaving to report for duty a' the
conscript camp, i young man whom I had
known e une to me and said : ' You have
a big family whom your wife cannot sup
port while you are gone; I will go for
you.' In the battle of Chicamaugs the
ir, t felloe dangerously wounded.
Owing to Brsgg's offensive demonstra
dons on Chattanooga, he, along with
others, was taken back to hospital at
N uhville. After a lingering illness he died
ui'l whs buried here. Kver since hearing
of his death I have been desirous of coin
ing to Nashville and seeing that his re
mains were properly buried. Having
saved sufficient funds I came on yester
day, and have to-day fouud the poor fel
low's grave " On completing his story
the man took up the small board and in
serted it at the foot of the grave. Turn
ing to look at it I saw this simple inscrip
tion, an 1 nothing more " He died for
me" If. Y. cr. CM(vjii Tfrumaf .
A ffOtnxO man having preached for Dr.
Edmonds one day, was anxious to get a
wor.l of applause for his labor of love.
Tin- grave doctor, however, did not Intro
duce th subject, and bis younger brot her
was obliged to bait the hook for hint. 44 1
b ipe, ht, I did not weary your people by
the length ot my sermon to day ?" 41 No,
sir, not at all ; nor by the depth either."
The young man wns silent.
m m m
Venice is built on 177 islands. The
grand canal cuts the city into two equal
parts, end Is 'serpentine in its course.
Prom these start out a reat, number
Of smaller eanals, which correspond tO
-.(rev's In nnaller ci'ies. Tin re arc 180
in vd c iiials ; sd I to h c the small roads
or ItreetS of the city, and the whole
amount to 2,480. The canals are crossed
mo hr gi s.
. i rs Vennes fersest advertises po
tatoes " junt fifteen minutes earlier than
the Kirly li.Hje."
FACTS AM ETtiUKES.
It costs $50,000 apiece lo kill Indians
in Arizona.
Toledo clerks have formed a prated
ive association.
A. T. Stewaht has devoted six millio ns
to hotels for working women and wofki ;
men.
A letter was rec -ived at Sacramento,
Cal., the other da , which left Paris only
eighteen days previous.
The Vermont Agricultural Society w . -organized
in I860, with ninety- five cor
porators. None nre now living.
The Daniel Webster farm and kens,
stead, in Franklin, New Hampshire, I
been sold for Slö 000.
Maine has 196 Congregational church ,
representing 50,000 population, contribu
ting 4u.0'JU for charitable purpo -
Adolphe Tiiieks it is si 1, has deter
mined to write a history of the Revolu
tion of 1848, and of the Second Kmpire
The Russian ffsfTrtes1 uTsnsffs say th it
Russia has already paid upward of 900,
000,000 roubles to American railroad con
tractors, A Philadelphias, travelling in South
America, has found at Ositssjo, State t
Canca, some of the prettiest women iu
the world.
The authorities of France have recenl
ly obtained indisputable proof that three
persons executed for murder in 1855 were
entirely innocent.
M. Rm iif.fokt's father ha written to
the Rumpel to say that hia SOB, who wns
in receipt of a large bsoosne derived Brot i
the sale of La Linter tte, had left him i
distress.
Thk increase of the number of horsts
intl. United Stat.-s since 18tJJi eSUSnatl d
At 1.700,000, 07 25 percent. The whole
number is said to be about 000,000, val .
ed al $ 2. 506,000,000.
A PKOtfal feature of the Fourth of
duly pr.ce88iou in San Francisco was a
procession of boys, more than ten yean
of age, who were b rn in California since
the discovery of gold.
Joseph Kerk, a cabinet maker of Lsn
castor, Fa., a man of some 00 years of
age, has not had ball" an hour's contiuu
ous sleep in 4 years. Opiates of aim
inconceivable strength fail to have an.
effect on him.
The King of Sweden recently mid lo a
gentleman who complimented bini on
efforts as a poct and litterateur- "My
dear sir, my merits as SB author cannol
amount to a great ileal. I never yel i
osived altogether (990 i)t my literary
productions." -
Some citizens or Savannah, Ga., wh
bought a lot of rubbish at an auction ssk
of M unclaimed express parce s," threaten
to bring suits agaimt the auctioneer, al
leging thd the packages were never sent
by express but were packed up for swin. -iing
purposes.
Pktkk GunoMfc of Tonawauda,
who was drowned a short time ago in the
Erie canal, aged about seventy year-,
drove the first team that towed a b nt
after ihe completion of that canal, -n the
Wth of October, lio. He has driven on
the canal every year front that day untd
he was drowned, making in all forty-tour
seasons in succession.
A contract has been made in San Fran
cisco for the supply of 20,000 Chinese la
borers, to be employed as plantation hands
in the State of Tennessee. It is under
stood that the passage of these laborers
will be paid by their employers, and they
will be paid $30 per month. Another
force of 25,000 is being contracted for to
proceed to the State of Mlaaiejipni
A hand of wandering gipsies in the
State of Delaware have been detected iu
attempts to kidnap handsome young girli.
The object is supposed to be ransom. It
is a dodge resorted to by the lubbers of
Italy and of Mexico, oaly they do not
confine their kidnapping operati n t
children, but grab anybody wnose friends
can raise money.
A nkw monthly paper, entitled the D
MreMj is about to be started in Paris, witli
the object of legalizing divorce. The
prospectus states tUat there are not fewer
than 45,000 separated men and women
living in France, that the Courts have at
the present moment 1538 demsadi for
separation, and that, moreover, the num
ber of couples separated voluntarily is
immense.
A PtTTSBURon witness put on the
stand by a defendant, who was having a
hearing tor selling UspoK on Sunday, tea
tiffed that be had broken the bar open an I
taken liquor and treated t hi nrkmds;sisn,
that he had frequently got liquor on S.m
day at the same place. He was munedi
ately arrested and pmesd under bail,
charged with violating the Sunday Liquor
law.
The total value of the real and personal
property in the city and county of New
York, for the year 1809, according lo I
recent official statement, is . 1 100,597,
against ft908.4S6.S27 in 1808, being an in
crease of fv ,001,270. Tin- separate items
are as follows, in 1''. : Reel estate, ftft&l
1 10,708, and personal estate, $379,959,820;
in I860, real estate, $088,830,555; p rsonal
estate, ft2S5.100.772, s tho the real e
fate has increased f 00,001,21;. and the
personal estate has increased $5,239,943.
Among the items of personal estate, the
bank shares are valued at 7 1 öl". 1 U in
1808, and $76.098,019 in being s dc
crease m 1808 of $1,450,88 i
An American, some tfaneagn, arrived
at the conclusion that lea es turn red at
the end of the seasou through the ae ion
of an acijl, aud thai the HUOU eolof OOUld
be restored by the action of an alk ili.
The conclusion has In en verified, the
London Athmtmm now declares, by es
periment. Autumnal leaves placet! undt r
a receiver with fapof of ammonii in
nearly every instance lost the red col r
and renewed their green. In some, such
as the sassafras, blackberry and maple, tin
change was rapid, and could he watched
hy the eye, while others, particularly Cef
tain oaks, turned gradually brown, with
out showing any appearance of green
The numerical strength of the Pres
byterian Church la the world Is stated by
the ProtsitUint Churihtiuxn as follows:
t'nitfrt State,
(itvat Britain.
Iloll.tnri
...(MIO (1
t.-m.mm
i.tim not
. l Ms.e
Franci'
Bwhssitaas i.&hmihi
Austria tut Rants l,ln.0iM
Biliha a TlaUiS Qalaahi seo,oiia
Total M.uuu.mw
Thesi fourteen millions consi ltule one
'seventh ot the entire Protestant popula-
i . . . a li a f 4 a- a 1
lion ot the Hiooe. iui u tn imsc are
added the fourteen millions of the United
Kvangelical Church of Prussia and BBS
(termaii States, which is Presbyterian in
form, it would give them a total of twenty-eight
millions i. e , a numerical supe
riority over any of the Protestant forms
of polity and lelief.