Feliciana sentinel. [volume], December 08, 1877, Image 4

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FELICIANA SENTIN'IL.
A TERRIBLE I4ETTER.
INew York Times.J
A great deal of discussion has
arisen sirco Mrs. Stuart committed
suicide, as to the nature of four
letters left by her and written just
before she took poison. The rous:
strenuous efforts have been made
by the friends of the deceased to
supv;ress these epistles, and Coron
er Woltman has refused to make
them public. It has been learned,
however, that three of these letters
were to relatives. and merely sta
ted that she had determined to live
so longer, bade them tprewell, and
asked their pardon for her deter,
mination. 'Iho fourth letter was
addressed to her husband. It was
couched in mild and affectionate
language, but was absolutely terri
ble in its contents. It called the
attention of Mr. Stuart to their
wedding six months ago. It refer
red to the homes they had left to go
through the world together. It re
minded him of the blessinug, happi
ness and prospects they had started
out with, and recalled the good
reasons the bride had to look for
ward to the future with the most
sanguine expectations. It spoke of
their vows- hers to love, hoeor
and obey him, and his-to love,
cherish and support her. It said
that if ever a woman went honestly
and lovingly to a husband, she went
so to him, and if ever a woman had
been a trte and effectionate wife,
she had been one. It then, in pain
ful language, showed how the
change had come over her dream,
and how she had seen the rich web
of her fancy gradually drop from
her full and glowing ideal until it
left the mere skeleton of her hopes,
an unbearablc, ghastly reminder of
what they had been and to what
they were reduced. It pictured in
the language of youthful despair the
gradual sinking of her husband into
the power of the vice of drink, un
til he became absolutely lost to him
self and to her, and became .cold,
selfish., repellant, cruel and finally
intolerable And then, it said, all
this being so, absolutely so, un
changeably so, she had no wish to
live any. longer--her every Iote
was gone, and she would follow
the m. She said she could not help
it-she asked his pardon for her
determination-told him that she
still loved him, bade hint farewell,
and their took her life.
THE LARGEST SNAKE IN AMERICA'
[Shreveport (Ln.)Times.
We were yesterday informed by
Mr. Smith living on Quapaw Ba
you, that while he and his sou Wil
liam. aged about thirteen years,
were out in the woods on Monday
afternoon last, driving up their cat
tie, their attention was attracted
by the bleating of a calf some dis
tance from them. Thinking proba
bly that the poor animal had hog
ged, they started to its assistance.
They had zone but a short distance
down the bayou when they diecov
ercd a yearling, in the coils of a
huge snake, the body of which was
suspended from the limb of a black
gum tree about twenty feet from
the ground, and which projected
from the bank immediately over
the water. Mr. Smith And his son
were almost terror-stricken at the
sight, and stood speechless for sev
eral moments, unconbcious y watch
ing the movements of thto huge rep
tile as hl entwined himself arou: d
the already dead body of the year.
ling, and at every coil of the snake
they could hear the bones of the
call break.
.After ceiling itself around the
lifeless form of the yearling and
crushing every bone in its body,
the serpent lot loose its hold flrom
the tree and aropped down along
s'de its victim, and bgan licking
it all over, preparatory, it is sup
posed, to swallowing. About thi
time Mr. Smith recovered his sen
ses, and, after watching the mon
ster snake oren its capacio;s nmouth
several times, hlie fired on it with
his rifle, striking it near tile head,
and was quickly followed bIy his
soi, who discharged a double-bar
reled gun loaded with buck-shol.
B .th reloaded as quick as possible
and again iired on his snakesi.ip.
In thIe mantimue the reptile had
coiled itself into a huge mass, and
wa? making a htssing sound that
could be heard fully one hundred
yards, and was protruding his for
ked tonigue several feet. After
discharging about a dozen volleys
each, Mr. Smith and his son suc
ceeded in dispatching onre of the
largest snakes ever seen in Louis,
ionna, atnd, piothably, North l / meri
ca. It measured thirty-one feet it,
length, and the. bdy mneasured,
ten ifeet from the head, thirly inchez
in circ,.mference, and about the
centre of the body forty-two inches.
It has a regular succession of spots
black -oid yellow, alternating, ex
tending from his head to his tail,
whdile either side is a deep purple.
Mr. mitlh has no idea what kinin
of a snake it is, but thinks it must
he of the boa cnnstrictor spec es.
No doubt this snake has for many
years inhabited that section of counI
try and depredated upon the young
calves and animals that came within
its reanch. The skin of this huge
snake has been pr<served, and will
be sent to Shreveport and put on
exhibition.
PLAY TIME.
Don't try to reduce the child, en
to order by scolding them. Let
them play-give them a chance to
work off some of their superabun
dant energy. Don't be too much
afraid of water. Roll. up your lit
tle girl's sleeves, pin a thick towel,
or better still a square of flannel in
front of her dress, and let her wash
dolly's clothes. Have a basin which
wil! not t.pset easily, and teach the
children to blow bubbles. Let them
sail boats in the bathtub. Teach
them not to get wet while doing so,
but do not magnify a wetting into
a crime. It is not getting wet, but
staying so, that does the mischief,
end clothes maybe changed.
We know one sensible mo'her
whose small boy found in the hy
drant, as so many small hogs do, a
magnet whose actractions r o pun
ishment could outweigh. She made
him a waterproof suit-bought him
rulbber boots, and thus protected
let him ilay, only requiriing that
these clothes should be put on bc
fore playing in the water. No cold&
were taken, and nto harm was do-e
thereafter. Constant repression
does more harm than good. Hus
and stop, may be said all day long,
and produce nothing save ill temn
per. The secret of managing chil
dren successfully is to teach them
to amuse themselves. A busy child
is always happy and sc.dm naugh
ty.
MIORALITIEF. OF GAMBLING.
[Brooklyn Eagle.]
The fact is that the proprietary
gambler, like Morrissey, is, in the
sense of the term, no gambler at all.
He simply provides the means for
other men to gamble without :ak
ing any risk himself. ard he recelves
his profits with precisely the same
certainty that the broker has or the
merchant who sells on commission.
He provides a tab!eand implements
If it is faro, his business is to take
and pay bets made betwren the
players, reserving to himself the
profits of 'splits' which recur wi h
a certainty that is marked with a
fixed percentage. His risk is a
most nothing, his certainty of gain
fixed.
There are few live men who have
not at some time bet mo.ey. The
practice of gaming in a small way
is almost as commnon in a communi
ty as that of eating. All cla-ses,
except a few conscientiously strict.
play the national game of poker.
No disgrace or reproach is implied
in it. We do not argue that pro
viding a gambling house, as Mor
rissey does. is not reprehensible. It
i. highly so. The law forbids it
and the lion. John is called fright:
ful names because he breaks the
law, and does it openly. Yet pen
pie who thus charaeterize hint
should remember that after all it is
not Morrissey who breaks the law.
but the tmen who patrorize his hou-e.
and in obedience to the demands of
whom his house is open.
The writer has seen at one time
in Mcrrisseys gambling hooue three
clergymen, interested spectators of
the game of faro. They thought
they wese incognito. One was a
professor In a well-known college.
Another the principal of a larg'
seneminary. A third was and is the
pastor of a thriving church. They
were not-there simply for the pur
pose of learning the facts of what
they would denounce. They ,e
mained too long and exhibited too
keen an interest in the game and
the excitement. Theirnamcs shalll
be kept a sacred secret. But by
their oresence there, through mo
tives of curiosity, they were parta
kers with the proprietom in break
ing the law.
TO TIHE RIECUE.
(N. O. City Item.)
Now that the ladies have
taken up the New Orleans Pa
cific Railway question it is
bound to become an assured
success. The meeting held
yesterday, at the St. Charles
Hotel, was merely prelimina
ry; another one will be held
at the same place on Friday
next at 11 a. mi., at which at
rangements ;or a ,oliciting
committee will be perfecter..
and the sensible and solid la
dies of the land will set out in
earnest on their grand missi,,n
of redemption. When ,by
precept and example they
show their interest in the en
terprise, and place their hands,
as it were, upon the mane of
the iron horse, his glad shorut
of triumph will soob be heard
in his trav els Texas-ward.
COULD NOT TELL A LIE.
Not long ago, on an Eng
lish steamer, four days out
from Liverpool, a small boy
was found hid away behind
the cargo. He had neither
father nor mother, brother
nor sister, friend nor protec
tor, among either passengers
or crew. Who was he ?
Where did he come from?
Where going ? Only nine
years old ; the poor little
stranger, with ragged clothes
but a beautiful face, full ofl
innocence and truth. Of course
he was carried before the first
mate.
"Mow came you to steal a
passage on board this ship ?"
asked the mate, sharply.
"My stepfather put me in,"
answered the boy ; "he said
he could not afford to keep me
or pay my passage to Halifax,
where my aunt lives. I want
to go to my aunt."
The mate did not believe
the story. He had often been
deceived by stowaways. Al
most every ship finds, one or
two days ouT at sea, men or
boys concealed among the car
go, who try to ge, a pausage
across the water without pay
mug for it. And this is often
troublesome and expensive.
The mate suspected some of
the sailors had a hand in the
boy's escape, and treated him
pretty rongl.ly. Day after
day he was questioned about
his coming, and it was alwnys
the snnie story-ni thine more,
nothing less. At last the
mate got out of patience. as
mates will, and seizin,, him by
the collar told him nle s he
confessed the truth iri ten min
utes he would hang him on
the yard arm, a friglht'il
tor.-at indeed.
Poor child, with not a friiend
to stand by him ! Around him
were passengers and sailors
of the midday watch and bo
fore him the stern officer,
with his watch in his hand.
counting the tick, tick tick, of
the mirnutes as they swiftly
went. There he stood, pale
and sorrowful, his heard erect,
and tears in his eves- ; but
afraid ?-no, not a bit'!
Eight minutes were alteady
gone.
"Only two minutes more to
live," cried the mate. '"Speak
the truth and save your life,
boy !"
"May I pray ?" asked the
child, looking up into the hard
man's face.
The officer nodded his head,
but said nothing. The brave
boy knelt down on deck, and
with hands clasped and eyes
raised to heaven, Ieueated the
Lord's prayer, and p'raved the
dear Lord Jesus to take him
home to heaven0 He could
die ; but lie-lnever ! All eyes
were turned towvards him, and
sobs broke firom stern hearts.
The mate could hold out no
longer. He sprang to the
b-y told him lie believed hi,
story, every word of it. A
nobler sight never took place
on a ship's deck than this-a
poor, unfriended child, will;ng
t.o face death for truth's sake.
He could die ; but lie--never!
God bless him ! And the rest
of the voyage, you may well
think he had friends enough.
Nobody owned hiim beforei
everybody was ready to do
him a kindness. A nd every
body who reads this will be
strengthened to do right, conme
what will, by thIe noble con
duct of this dear child.
EDW IN W.
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