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MARCEL’S PORTION.
H NOVEL IN THREE PARTS.
BY SAIVDY DfTAVARKS.
Entered eccordteg to Act of CopgrtM, by the Hkeald
Fcblmbino Compact, in the office of the Libra
rian et Washington.
[Continue* from loot Sunday]
PART SECOND.
CHAPTER IX.
CHXBUBS TEADDEN MHM A MDJTAEE AT THE
mm auLPHua sraiaos.
True to bis promise, Charley, daring the
first week of Jnlj, started for the White Sal-
phar Springs, in Virginia. At this time the
distance from the springs to the nearest rail
road station was silty miles, and the trip was
made by old tashioned stages or, as was not
frequently the caee, by the prirate eqnipage
of summer tourists.
White Sulphnr Springs had long been a
place of fashionable resort. Over ninety
years have passed since the waters have been
nsed by others than the Aborigines, and for
the pain half century the springs have been
yearly visited by large numbers, especially by
those wealthy Southerners whose sectional
pride forbade them going to Newport or Sara
toga. Here the most distinguished statesmen
and politicians of the Sonth met daring the
recess of Congress, and hen numerous polit
ical measures were discassed and political
problems solved.
When Cbsrley reached the terminus of the
railroad Mrs. Carroll's carriage bad not ar
rived, although he had written her, accord
ing to request, in time for the letter to reach
her before his departure from Gorem. He
was, therefore, compelled to put up at the
hotel in the little village and pass the night
there.
On the following day tbe carnage arrived,
but as the horses were jaded from their long
journey, he decided allowing them to rest
until the next morning. Meantime, he
whiled away the time by watching the negroes
making merry at the depot, and by convers
ing with two planters who subscribed for the
Repeater and had introduced themselves
upon observing his name on the register of
the hotel. These gentlemen, with the char
acteristic hospitality of Virginians, endeav
ored to persuade him to spend a few days at
their residences before going to the Springs,
but he was compelled to decline the invita
tion.
At daybreak he entered the carriage and
was driven along the dusty road with all the
rapidity that two thorough-bred horses could
attain. By night ho reached a small town
situated thirty-five miles from his starting
point, where he rested. Early next morning
Charley renewed his journey, which was quite
without interest until the carriage began the
ascent of the Alleghany mountains. Here
the scenery became very grand and imposing.
All along the route dense forests, seldom trod
by man, beantilnl in their green foliage met
the eye. Whenever the vehicle ascended
some more than ordinarily prominent position
little valleys, half hid from view by the sides
of the mountains, came in view, breaking
the monotony of the wilder scene by their
cairn and tranquil appearance. Springs, sur
rounded by a luxurious growth of wild flow
ers, gushed out from tbe roadside at every
few yards, and every hour or so a mountain
stream was either crossed or one was seen in
the distance, its waters glistening in tbe sun
shine, as they calmly murmured down the
mountain side or leaped over abrupt descents,
forming tiny cascades and waterfalls.
It was twilight when the carriage drove
through a gap in the mountain, and Charley
found himself in a lovely valley surrounded
on every side by highlands. The evening waa
cool and balmy. Dimly towering some eight
miles in the distance, rqae the top of the
Alleghany, from which came the evening
breeze that fanned the cheeks of the traveler,
invigorating after a day of tiresome journey
ing through a fierce July sun.
Crossing a sluggish stream of water known
as Howard's Creek, the carriage drove to the
opposite side of the valley, near the lowest
part of which the Springs are located. As
he drove by the hotel and through the village,
which was evidently full ol visitors, and en
tered the road, he passed a lady walking
along in the same direction. She ha.lud the
carriage, which was promptly stopped, and
as she came up, Charley aaw that it was
Liottie.
He alighted and she welcomed him very
kindly. He insisted npon walking with her
to the cottage, and ordered the coachman to
drive on and announce his arrival.
“ We hardly looked for you before to-mor
row morning,” she said. " Your letter did
not reach us until the very day you wrote
that you intended to atari. Mother ordered
off the carriage immediately, but Henry, our
coachman, is so slow and thinks so much of
the horses that we feared he would delay on
the road/'y, rm rmr
“And your mother—has she been wall ? "
“Not so well as we could wish. She has
bad one slight spasmodic attack since our ar
rival, and although she has recovered from it,
she Is, of course, quite weak. I was so very
much alarmed when she had it, as all the doc
tors can do is to alleviate her sufferings. All
have declared that nothing can’ be done to
cure her.”
“She is not confined in bed, I hope."
“Oh.no. She is about, but she seldom
leaves the grounds surrounding onr cottage.
Every evening, while she is well, I take a
stroll to the village, where I have a number of
what bad been a mere fancy deepened into
affection. Knowing that she loved and was
loved, and had pledged herself to another,
whether raebly or not it was not for him to
decide, he nevertheless continued to love her.
Vainly, he knew, for she had never given
him the alightest encouragement, and when
they were atone she invariably spoke in the
most affectionate terms of Marcel, never
hinting at their engagement, it must he ad
mitted, bat still speaking in language that
coaid not be mistaken for mere friendship.
Ah, this love! How completely it takes
possession of poor humanity, especially vrtien
it ia a first passion. And it was the first
time that Charley had ever loved a woman,
although he knew dozens of pretty and
amiable girls, who would have not been alto
gether averse to have guard the affection of
the good looking journalist and future pro
prietor of the Gorani Daily Repeater. But
none bad touched his heart uutil chaooe
threw this little brown eyed girl in his path,
and then, knowing that be was yielding to a
passion that was utterly hopeless, he became
the slave of IaHtie Carroll.
Sometimes he wondered whether ahe did
not perceive that he loved her. For his part,
he believed that be could not help showing
it Every glance from beneath her long
lashes, every touch from the little white hand
thrilled him through and through. Hating
to be with her, he could not resist her invi
tations.
And she, ignorant then of his sentiments
toward her, innocently did all that was in her
power to make his visits agreanble. and press
ed invitations upon him with genuine warmth,
“ for your sake, dear Marcel, "as she privately
wrote that young gentleman.
The morning for the pic-uic arrived. Pre
vious to it Charlsy had been introduced to
the Misses Graves, two charming young
ladies, who had promptly included him
among the list of select gentlemen invited.
The time, too, had passed away pleasantly.
Lottie and Charley had strolled through the
hills and through every part of the valley in
company with the Misses Graves. They bad
never, however, ascended to the top of the
mountains, the pleasure of this trip being re
served for the grand occasion.
Mrs. Carroll being too weak to bear the fa
tigues of a ramble through the forests mud a
climb up the mountains, did not go, and
Charley started with Lottie alone. They went
down to the village, where the party, to the
number of over three hundred, assembled.
She spoke as indifferently as she could, but
her words, instead of dismissing the subject,
as she hoped it would, only brought about
a* avowal
It can and will always be of inestimable
value to ins,” he replied. “I know thdt it la
very wrong for me to say this to you,” he add
ed, “but it had to come sooner or latex, and
it is bettor, perhaps, that It be said wow, so,
that yon may understand in the future why I
cannot continue a visitor of your mother. I
avoided coming here last summer because I
foresaw that 1 should tell yon how dearly I
love yon if we were thrown together, ae we
have bean this day.”
She had risen to her feet when he began
speaking, bat she listened quietly to all he
had to say, and waited until be was done
before ehe told him that which be already
knew so wall.
“I am very sorry, Mr. Fradden." she said;
“I thought you knew—”
“That you were engaged to Marcel," he
interrupted. “Yes; he told me of it before
he left for Europe. I am aware what you
think,” he continued. “It is very mean of
me to speak es I have done, knowing what
your relations to my friend are. But I do
not desire you to harbor one thought of me
inconsistent With your loyalty and your love
for him. For my own part, I would not per
form an act likely to injure Marcel in yonr
estimation. You will bear me witness that
I have not sought your love. Except to
bring you his letters, which I promised him
to place in your hands, I have not thrust my
self upon your society. Even my being here
now was hardly of my own volition.
"I have been to blame, Mr. Fradden,” Lot
tie observed. “I importuned you to come
here. If I bad snapected this 1 would never
have caused you to fesl the pain that you
most now feel. From my heart I beg you to
forgive me.”
“I have nothing to forgive,” he replied.
“You hava been innocent of all efforts to lead
me on to loving yon. You must pardon me
for speaking as I have. To-morrow I leave
here because, of course, it would be indeli
cate for me to remain longer. I desire now
to take along with me the assurance that you
do not regard my language as insulting to
you. “
She bad been inclined to feel aDgry with
him when he first boldly avowed his passion.
But wheu she looked at the young mau, and
saw how utterly broken and sad he was, her
anger melted into pity, and she considered
The programme was to drive to the base of i how her own conduct might have influenced
the mountain, and then to ascend it on foot, j his passion. Trne, she hud only treated him
Some thirty Degroes, with three wagons filled | w ith marked kindness for the sake of Marcel,
with edibles, accompanied the excursionists, but he was not obliged to know that.
One of the Misses Graves, escorted by a I «*X do not regard it as an insult,” she said,
young attache of the French legation, rode in I and she spoke with more than ordinary gen-
the same carriage with Charley and Lottie, tleness. “I feel very flattered at your pre-
who, it bad beeu agreed upon, were to be J ference. You have done me quite au honor,
with the Senator's party. They laughed and I It makes me very sad to think that you have
chatted gaily as they drovq along,Miss Amelia j entertained any such sentiments towards me,
Graves, a lively-, witty girl, keeping the others i because, us you aie aware, I am privately en-
in good spirits by her sallies at the expense of j gaged to Marcel, and-and—and, we love
cel's letters wounded his self-pride, but he
perceived that she could not have spoken in
any other wsy.
“Oh, I’ll bring them regularly os usual,” he
replied.
They kept silent until the carriage entered
the hotel walks, when he half turned and ad
dressed her:
We will not see nraoh of each other ia the
future," he said. “ But if at any time I can
do anything for you—if I can serve you in
any way, you must not hesitate to call npon
me.”
The carriage stopped before the ladies en
trance of the hotel.
“And now # good bye. Good bye, dear
Lottie, good bye.”
He took her little hand in bis and pressed
it to his lips. Then opening the door of the
carriage, he stepped out, and aided her to
alight.
With a face full of emotion and sympathy,
she stood on the steps which led to the door,
and waved a farewell with her handkerchief,
until the vehicle waa hid from view by a sud
den tarn in tbe road.
(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)
Monsieur Ducros’ English.
Upon alighting ana ascending to tbe top of
| each other.’
I know it.
God help me, I know it.”
the mountain, the party broke up into smalt j And the young journalist turned his bead
bodies, each going a different route to view
the scenery. Mr. Graves engaged in a polit
ical discussion with a Senator from Alabama,
while his wife joined a group of matrons
whose duty it was to see that the dinner was
ready in time.
For a little while the Misses Graves and
their escorts rambled through the woods in
company with Charley and Lottie. Then
Miss Amelia and tbe attache strolled off, and
their example was shortly alter followed by
Miss Grace Graves and a handsome young
man, the son of a Southern Governor.
“We are deserted,” remarked Charley.
Yes. Amelia is determined to carry on a
flirtation with Mr. Ducros, and Grace is en-
aside to hide his emotion
Lottie stepped beside him and placed her
hand gently upon his shoulder. He turned
and saw her sweet eyes looking upon him fall
of pit}' and sympathy, of kindness and affec
tion. And he also saw that behind her sor
row there was none but the purest and ten-
derest affection for Marcel.
“Let us leave here, Mr. Fradden,” she said.
“As we cannot bear any other relations to
wards each other we can at least be friends.
I will not ask you to remain at the springs
any longer. Neither will I expect that we
shall remain on intimate terms with each other.
1 shall always regard you as one of my best
friends aud so will Marcel” she added, “when
gaged to Mr. Dutton; so I suppose they wish j he learns how kindly and how nobly you
to bs alone.”
Shall we continue our stroll, or shall we
return ? ” he asked.
I must first show you a small bit of natu
ral scenery,” she replied. “Marcel and I used
to visit it frequently wheu he was here.”
They moved on in an opposite direetion
from where the others had gone. Through a
narrow path, evidently but seldom traversed,
for the grass grew in tbe roadway, and from
amid them rose the tiny yellow butter-cup
swaying in the mountain breeze, she led the
way down a hill. Then she turned and
walked along the base until the abrupt walls
of the mountain stopped their farther prog
ress. A steep wiuding path beaten out by
the stiff earth, with here and there a step
hewn oat of toe rock by some tourist, or
have acted. Shall it be so ? Are we lriends?’
“As you will.”
He took the baud she gave him, and led her
down the steep menntain side. When they
entered tbe little valley below he stopped and
spoke to her.
“ You will give some excuse to your mother
for me,” he said. “Tell her anything. Say
that important business compels my immedi
ate return to Goram.”
“ You had better see her yourself," she re
turned. “She would think it strange if you
left without bidding her good-bve. And now,”
she continued, suddenly, as they were about
to resume their walk, "I wish to say some
thing by way of explanation to you. Marcel’s
letters had led me to believe that you loved
Mittie. I saw how cold and indifferent she
probably by the orders of the hotel proprie- I was, and my purpose of paying you unusual
The Father of All the Darkies.
From the Mt. Sterling, Ky , Sentinel.
Fortune Snow, tbe 124 year old darkey of
Tennessee, an account of whom we publish
on our first page, and Reuben Bain, tbe 133
year old darkey of Southern Kentucky, pale
their ineffectual ivories before a colored an-
tedeluvian named Sam Bowles, who lives near
the foot of that wonder of nature, Carring
ton's Bock, one of the attractions ot that
charming resort of Rummer, the Olympian
Springs, in Bath county. Sam ia so old that
the clock in his rude cabin long ago ceased
ticking off tbe hours, old Father Time haying
given up in disgust the job of numbering the
hours, days, weeks, months ■ and years that
stretch out that old nigt er’s life a long ways
back towards the dying hour of the late Mr.
Methuselah, who was said to have been no
spring chicken when he handed in his checks.
Sam claims to have been tbe cook on ihe
vessel thkt brought Christopher Columbus
over. He doesn’t exactly know his own age
at the time, but thinks he was upwards of
forty. He was born in Africa, ana was pre
sented to Queen Isabella by a Moorish prince
who courted her favor. He is one of the most
remarkable specimens of humanity in exist
ence. There isn’t a hair about his person,
and he says he hug been bald-headed all over
for nearly two hundred years. He does not
remember how long he has beeu blind, but
distinctly recollects that the last sight bis
eyes ever looked upon was that great warrior,
Ponce ae Leon, kissing an Indian princess
behind an angle of the stone fort that eminent
military general erected at San Augustine,
Florida, and which still stands as a proof of
the correctness of the old darkey’s memory.
His blindness was brought about by his*be
ing stung iu the eye by a musquito or an alli
gator or a buffalo, he doesn’t know which, as
be was asleep at the time. He lost his last
tooth one hundred and fifty years ago, aud
owing to chronic rheumatism iu the gumshaH
been compelled to subsist by smelling his
victuals. Taken altogether, old Sam Bowles
is a curiosity, and we have no doubt of the
truth of his story, for he proved it to us on
the spot. “Why, massa,” said he, “do you
see dat dornick out dar ?” meaning Carring
ton’s rock. We assured him that we saw it
very plaiuly. “Well,” said he, “I planted
dat dornick when it was no bigger dan a
warnit, (walnut), de day I fust settled heah,
an’ you may know dat’s been no
little while.” We believed him, and
came to the conclusion that lie is
really older than he claimed to be,
for, though no geologist, and never having
tended a crop of rocks, we are satisfied that it
took substantial old Carrington several thou
sand years to reach his present imposing pro
portions. When we suggested that it was that
anciant mariner, Admiral Noah, for whom he
cooked, he emphatically insisted that it was
Columbus, who, he maintains, was a better
sailor in a minute than Noah was in a three
years’ voyage. Not being posted in nauticle
matters, we gave into tbe old darkey’s superi
or knowledge of things pertaining to the sea.
He thinks hie life has been prolonged by
drinking the Olympian waters, the only bev
erage he uses, a barrel of which Mr. Gill has
had hauled over to his cabin regularly every
week for about a hundred years.
Art Items.
Foreign Notes.
A family festival of rare occurrence recently
took place in Fischental, Centon Zurich,
when M. Kneoht, District Judge, and his wife,
celebrated their diamond wedding. A singu
lar circumstance connected with the affair was
present on the occasion. All three are still
robust, and enjoy the best of health.
Tbe London Echo remarks that the list of
visitors to Baden-Baden seems lately to have
been drawn up by an individual cherishing
somewhat exaggerated views of the degree to
which female emancipation should be carried.
Tbe following entry" occurs among those of
tbe earliest arrivals: “No. 1,473, Mme. Rosa
Schreibner, wife of the first Rabbi (Ober-
Babbiner’s Gatfcin), with her husband, a
child, and a nurse.”
The Swiss Times notices that the higher
Alps are attracting a large number of visitors
this season, and some successful ascents are
recorded, among others that of the Jungfran,
which has not been attempted by the Roth-
thal since the catastrophe of last year. “A
few days ago,” it adds, “this dangerous ex
periment was accomplished in eight hours
and a half by Dr. Dubi, of Berne, accom
panied by two guides from Lauterbrnnnen.
The return to the the little Scheidegg, by way
of tbe Silberlncke and Guggi glacier, was ac
complished in nine hours. A Frenchman, j
named Haberiin.is also reported to have made
the ascent of the Finsterharborn by an entire
ly new route. On the 30th ult. a M. Lavater,
of Zurich, succeeded in climbing to tbe sum
mit of the Grand Combin, one of tbe peaks of
the Great St, Bernard. It is the first ascent
of the mountain this year.”
“Antiquary” writes to the London tim*s
to call attention to the fact that the house
occupied for many years by Sir Isaac Newton,
in St. Martin's street, Leiceater-square, is still
unprovided with one of the disks generally
placed on the houses which have been inhab
ited by gentlemen of distinction. There are
several in the immediate neighborhood, but
tbisfeouMais still unheaded. Its look is dirty
and dilapidated.
A return recently issued giving statistics of
new work executed by the Telegraph Depart
ment of the English posf-offic© shows that*
from the 5th of February, 1870, to tbe 31st of
March, 1872, a total of 46,146 miles of wire
has been erected, 215 miles of underground
telegraph laid down, (including twenty-three
Varieties.
A fuel-saving cook—The one that “boils
with indignation.’’
Delaware City is eating fcu.ter tL- -ants >0
cents to the pound.
As a watering plaee, tbe ^-uBgara rails are
rapidly lolling away.
It takes twenty-four hours to make one
day, but a good dose of physic will make one
weak.
The war cloud now hanging over the Ar
gentine Republic appears to lack a “silver”
tors, was next ascended, and as they neared
the top the splash aud murmuring of water
met their ears.
“Here it is,” exclaimd Lottie, lightly
springing on the top ot a small rock which
Stood to the left of the path.
He clambered up to her side, aud looking
in the direction to which she pointed, saw
that they stood upon the brink of a precipice.
They were probably eighty feet from the
miniature valley below, and the descent was
so steep that not even a mountain goat could
have walked to the bottom.
Just below them a large spring of water
gushed out from the side of the mountain,
just falling into a basin formed by a project
ing shelf of rook. Over this basin, which
acquaintance*. 1 met some friends from! thing.”
South Carolina this afternoon, one of whom
spoke very highly of you.”
“ Ah! Then I have an acquaintance
here?
, ‘Do you speak from
! Lottie ?”
experience, Miss
She blushed and turned her head aside.
“Dear me—no, indeed,” she replied; “but
attention was to aid you in your suit with her,
as much as bee inse Marcel thinks highly of
you.”
They walked on, again ascending to the
top of the mountain, where the great body
of the excursionists were gathered. Neither
spoke again ou the subject, although they
conversed with each other on various topics
and acted so that no person present suspect
ed what had occurred between them.
On the return of the party to the village,
Lottie retired to prepare for the ball, and
Charley sought out Sirs. Carroll to inform
her of his intended departure on the follow
ing morning. She was quite surprised at the
announcement, as be had not hinted the
probability of bis leaving so soon, but she
overhang the ravine, the water poured, at accepted the explanations he made, and ex-
first in an unbroken sheet, then breaking ------
into separate streams, continued to descend
until it became mist, forming a beautiful cas
cade. The borders t>f the precipice Were
fringed with a luxuriant growth of shrub
bery, and back of that was the forest sur
rounding and shutting it out from view until
they stood upon the very edge.
“Don’t you think it pretty,” *,aid Lottie as
they stood together gazing down over the
edge and watching the silvery water as it
broke up into mist.
“A very romantic spot,” he answered.
“^ust such a place, 1 imagine, that lovers
would deliebt in strolling to and whiling an
hour away.”
Oh, it is quite famous for that sort of
A Boston man has discovered that stars
have the peculiar effect of making him dizzy
when seen in the early morning.
Note by a chiropodist (in the country for
the first time).—“Most be very painful—corn
in the ear. ”
The New York Graphic thinks that Lo, the
poor Indian, is getting lower and lower every
day.
Why does the sting of a bee carry convic
tion with it ? Because it makee you a bee-
leaver at once.
To cure nose-bleed, tbe Scientific American
says, vigorously move your jaw*. Mothers-
in-law never have it.
It has been found that red cedar chips and
cloves sprinkled on a shovel fall of coals will
clear a room uf flies.
A Wabash (ind. > editor returns thanks for
a centipede sent him by mail from Texas, be
ing the first cent of any kind he bad seen for
a month.
Piano-fortes bear the beat character of all
manufactured things, since they are classed
as grand, square and upright
“Closed in consequence of a debt in the
family,” is the communicative announcement
on the door of a fugitive haberdasher.
A Jamaica negro defines heaven as a place
where one can lie in bed and have his jug of
mm brought to him by a slave.
As the quickest way of making a fortune,
a contemporary suggests marrying a fashion
able young lady and selling her clothes.
A placard in a Brooklyn barber-shop win
dow announces “Boots blacked inside;” but
must that not be very bad for the stockings ?
The editor of the Baltimore Gazette, after
ded a Bad-looking man in the middle aisle.
The orator seemed to be disturbed bv the in-
miles of pneumatic work,) and 248 miles of years of experience, says: “A woman is like
cable submerged. The total number of new ! tar; only melt her and she will take any form
instruments brought into use during ike same j you please."
period, leas those which have been removed, j -Where are the patriotic men of ’76»"
is 6,421. These figures include private tele-| s houted a patriotic orator. “Dead,” respon-
graph work. ' ' ..... --
Victor Hugo, says the Atliemoum, has near .
ly finished a novel, which will be published i formation,
in the month of February, 1874, under the Joueph Cady, of Philadelphia, bore it for a
title of Quatre-Vingt Trei'e, with the sub-title j year while his neighbor scraped a violin, and
~ ... — then hia patience gave out and he rushed in
and gathered the player to his father.
A Pennsylvania preacher, while holding
service recently, gave thanks for the prosper-
‘Premier recit: la Guerre Civile.” The
plot carries the reader for an instant to Paris,
and the imposing figures of Robespierre,
Danton, and Marat appear upon the stage
but the action lakes place almost entirely iu ( ous condition of their crops, “excepting’ O
the Vendee. The relations of the Vendeena i Lord, tbe corn which is backward, and the
to the English, and those ot the Channel , oatSf wbich are migbtv thin in spots.”
Islands to the Breton coast, are illustrated l y m : , ,< t». , ,
documents hitherto hardly known. An en- The response m full of Mr 11,chard
hardly
counter between au English frigate and a
French squardron is said to be grandly told.
The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mali
Gazette mentions that great consternation
filled the Radical camp when it w as announced
Grant
White to the Graphic invitation, is as follows:
“If I could re»d my title clear
To mansions in tbe skies,
I'd bid farewell to every fear.
And with yonr gas arise.’’
that M. Henri Rochefort
An exchange says :
about to start headed man follow
‘When you see a bare-
i cow through the front
for New Caledonia. He was sentenced to , gate, filling the air with gardeD implements
transportation by a court-martial more than | and profanity, vou may know that his cabbage
tnrn vhoki Knt ran «1w> nlax tliat Lin KaaaltK i . , > , . ..
two years ago, but on the plea that his health
would not stand the voyage he was allowed
by the late Government to remain in France.
plants have been set out.”
A North Carolina murderer who expected
rieved, exclaimed :
yet got ready for
uy iut) iiu« vjruveruuieut iu idiuhiu m a i, , , , , . • , , •. ,
This indulgence formed the subject of au angry I , 7 repneT , ed ’
debate in the Chamber, but a medical board ! * ” eT " V 8 ° 7 t
reported against the removal. It now appears I bUt * hut s&meihm « came np to
that another board reported the ex-editor of j P
La Lanterne and the Mot d'Ordre to be quite
well enough to join his fellow Communists.
The commercial statistics of France for
the first half of the present year have been \ tb em.
published. The total imports during that
period Amounted to 1,561,000,000 francs
against 1,678,000,000 francs in the same
I hate anything that occupies more space
than it is worth. 1 hate to see a load of band-
boxes go along the street ; and 1 bate to see
parcel of big words without anything in
liazleit.
“Let go that jib—let go that jib, quick !”
shouted the captain of a down-east sloop to a
■iftuusk iiuuvn iu wc muib , , , - - .. . T . , . . -
period in 1872. Of this an or the precious I m “T? .k ‘ tonchtug yer
metals amounted to 221,000,000 francs against | old J lb . , replied Jonathan tndtgnafltiy as he
211,000,000 francs in the first six months of hls “ 8ts dee P er lnt0 h,s "ouserloons
Michael Angelo would hare been just 400
years old if he had lived until next ye^r.
New Bedford has secured one of Bradford’s
Arctic pictures for her public library.
America has only thirteen pictures at the revenue of the first six months ol 1673 shows
last year. The total exports of France
amounted to 1,952,000,000 francs against |
11.727.000. 000 francs in the corresponding
period in the preceding year. The customs
revenue amounted to 113,000,000 francs
against 78,000,000 francs. The revenue de
rived from indirect taxation amounted to 404,-
0 X),000 francs, against 325,000,000 francs.
The total revenue received by the French
Government was 504,000,000 francs, against
404.000. 000 francs in 1872. Consequently the
‘ It is Mr. Grave*, the United States Sena- j this place hes the reputation of having been
tor from South Carolina. He says he has met j the spot where many engagements have been
you on several occasions in Washington. His , made. There was once a young lady who fell
wife and daughters are here for the summer, over and was dashed to pieces below,” she
Do you know them ?”
“ No. My intercourse with Senator Graves
has been purely professional.”
“I must introduce you, then,” she return
ed, “they spend to-morrow evening with us,
for the parpose of making arrangements for a
grand picnio and ball, to be given by the vis
itors one week from next Monday. It is to
be quite a fashionable affair. The President,
several Senators, and twotor three foreign
ministers, besides a number of other distin
guished men -will be present, and we expect
to spend a very pleasant time. Of coarse you
will make one fif the party.”
Conversing thus theyfcwalked aloDg until
they reached a beautiful cottage situated on a
rising ground which ^overlooked the village
and the entire Valiev, as far as the eye could
reach. It was surrounded by a large and
tastefully laid out garden, near a fountain in
which they found Mrs. Carroll seated on a
low chair, looking very thin ami sickly. She
greeted him Very cordially, begging him to
•xcuse her not rising, as she felt quite weak
and expressing the hope that he would 6pend
at least a fortnight with her.
After retiring to his room and changing his
wardrobe, Charley took supper and then
went into the parlor, where Lottie and him
self practised the now music bad bought
and sang—at least she did—until tbe evening
was far advanced.
1 do not wish to be regarded as desirous of
making a mystery of what the reader is
already aware. Charley loved Lottie and did
not attempt to disguise the fact from himself.
He had taken a fancy to her from the day
when he met her, then a mere girl, on the
car while en route for Baltimore. Thrown
into her society frequently after that day,
continued. “ This was the very spot on
which she was standing when the earth gave
way. It is hollow underneath, you know,
and forms a kind of cavern. ”
As she spoke, Lottie walked nearer to the
edge of the precipice, and pointing to the spot
where the tragedy took place, pressed the
earth with her feet. It gave way, and she
stumbled, but before she could fall over
Charley caught her by the arm, and placed
her out of danger.
pressed the hope that he would find time to
pny another visit to the Springs before the
season expired.
“W* will not return to Baltimore till the
middle of September,” she said; “ you may,
therefore, be able to come and see ns again.”
He would not promise to come, but he told
her if it was possible he would do so, although
he declared it exceedingly doubtful.
The same night he escorted Lottie to the
ball and danced with her three times. The
Misses Graves teased him about her, asking
him if he intended to publish an account of
their interview at the cascade; to all of which
he replied by saying that if he published what
had occurred, the young ladies would be dis
appointed with the perusal.
“Dear me, Mr. Fradden,” said Miss Amelia
laughing, “you don’t mean to say that Lottie
has refused you. That is the only thing that
could disappoint us.”
Charley laughed in return.
“No, Bhe did not refuse me,” ha replied,
“and for a very good reason,” he added, “I
never asked her to have me.”
“How disappointing,” put in Miss Grace.
“Wo were building all sorts of castles about
you and Lottie. Amelia and myself were to
be bridesmaids, and Messrs. Ducros and Dut
ton were to be groomsmen. Now you have
spoiled a delightful arrangement.”
Observing that Lottie had become very red
in the face and was indulging in a succession
of blushes, Charley parried these thrusts and
changed the subject. She was quite confused
at the open language of her young lady
viKzx i« __ j f , a friends, and was glad wheu Monsieur Ducros
She was yery pals and frightened, as she nl „, „„„
sat down under a large lire oak.
j came up and remiuded her that she was en
gaged ta him for the next dance. A lew sec-
gravely, after she had become composed.
“Yes,” she answered. “Suppose I had
fallen over ?”
“I would have followed you.”
She looked up as he spoke, for the tremor
of his voice sonnded strangely in her ear, and
there was a depth of tenderness in it that
startled her. Lottie saw that he was pale and
trembling.
“You are very gallant and very kind,” she
said, blushing. “I am glad you were not
called upon to sacrifice yourself.”
“Would it not have been a sucrifico worthy
of the object?”
Lottie held down her head and her face
flushed up. There was no mistaking the
meaning of his language, if even she was in
clined to ignore the affection that beamed
from his eyes as be stood lenuiug against the
next tree looking down upon her. She was
quite startled nt this manifestation, for she
had not even suspected it before.
“You place a higher value upon the object
tbau it can ever be worth to you,” she re
marked, finding she w.mld have to say some
thing.
| The next morning after breakfast the car-
! ringe was announced at the door ready to
! carry him on his journey. He bade Mrs.
Carroll good-bye, aud was about entering the
vehicle, when Lottie appeared al the door.
“You did not intend to leave without bid
ding lue farewell ? ” she said, iu a slightly re
proachful tone. “Do you mind my going
with you as fur as the hotel ? I am to spend
to-day with the Graves’.”
He banded her in the carriage, aud follow
ing after, took a seat beside her, just direct
ing the driver where to stop.
“ That was treating me very shabbily,” she
remarked as they drove along, “ going off
without freeing me. Remember, wo promised
to be friends.”
“Rut these partings,” he returned, “are
they not all pain on oue >ide and pity on the
other? However you are right. We are
friends. ”
“Theu let us act us such, ray friend, ’ she
answered. “But about Marcel'* Utter? Won’t
you come at all to see us again ?”
j The connection between his visits aud Mar-
Yienna Exhibition, while France has over one
thousand.
The Shah has ordered his bust from a dis
tinguished English sculptor. The preliminary
work in plaster has already been exhibited,
and is prononneed excellent.
R. H. Parks, tbe sculptor, has settled down
in Florence, where he has plenty of commis
sions. He is now engaged on a large scrip
tural group, “I am the Resurrection and the
Life.”
Some repairs b£iog 'effected in a fountain
at Narbonne, Aude, tbe discovery has been
made of a splendid mosaic. The design con
sists of a medallion representing Bacchus
holding the thyrsus in his hand, the whole
being surrounded with vine leaves and a mag
nificent banner. This work of art is to be
transported to the museum of the town.
Mr. Brown, tbe painter, has abandoned tbe
picture he had been commissioned by Mar
shal de MacMahon to paint of the shah’s
charger and favorite dog, in consequence of
the difficulties which were thrown in his way
when he wanted to see repeatedly the saddle
and royal caparison for his work.
M. Couder, the artist, died recently in Paris
at the advanced age of eighty-five. Although
his paintings show rare talent, Americans
have a standing joke on his picture of the
surrender of Cornwallis, which hangs in the
palace of Versailles. The pleasantry is that
Lafayette fills the foreground of the picture
and George Washington is scarcely visible.
The magnificent collection ot ancient armor
purchased by the late Emperor Napoleon III.
from Prince de Soltikoff is still exhibited in
the restored chateau of Pierrefonds. Those
beautiful objects were about to be offered lor
sale by the liquidators of the imperial civil
list, but they will now probably be purchased
by the nation, as negotiations with that view
have been commenced by the represeutativej
of the State.
The Morning Post states than on a further
examination made yesterday of the principal
fresco paintings in the new houses of parlia
ment, it was ascertained that a similar pro
gress of disintegration to that detected a year
or two ago in the painting by Mr. Maclise, R.
A., of tbe “Meeting of Wellington and Blu-
cher at Waterloo,” was also apparent in the
opposite picture, by the pame artist, repre
senting ilie “Death of Nelson,” and that
traces of decay are also observable m the
splendid work of Mr. Herbert, K. A., depict
ing “ Moses Delivering the Tables of the Law
to the Israelites.” The first named painting
is regarded as the chef d' ccuvre ot the artist.
an increase upon the corresponding period of
last year of 112,000,000 francs.
Although men are accused of not knowing
thteir own weakness, yet perhaps as few know
their own strength. It is in men as in soils,
where sometimes their is a vein of gold which
the owner knows not of.—Swift
At a ap.ritual seance the other night, the
spirit ot Fulton was called up. Instead of
talking about steamboats and things as every
body thought he would, he could only be in
duced to say over and over—“ Tom. they
give me to eat of nothing but cold waffles up
here, and if it keeps up I shall break Gabriel s
head with his own trumpet.”
Csesarism.
In the action of widow Milliere against
Captain Garcin for shooting her husband
without trial on the steps of the Pantheon, at
the period of the downfall of the Commune,
the civil tribunal of Versailles had delivered
the following judgment: “Whereas, the wid
ow Milliere demands damages from Captain .. . _ . * _ ~ , . „
Garcin, pretending that it was by his orders ; i0,k 3 ' r ‘ :d wlti 8 *“
LINCOLNS DESIBE FOB A THIRD TERM—HOW
NEAR BEX BUTLER CAME TO BE
ING PRESIDENT.
The respective merits of asphalt and wood
paving have been under discussion by the au
thorities of the city of London. When hones
fall on asphalt, their legs, it is urged, are
“spread out,” and they become injured for
life. Falls on granite paviug are not, as a
rule, attended with such serious results, nor
do horses fall on wood paring to the same ex
tent as they fall on asphalt. The question is
still under discussion.
Wiutei halter, tho painter, who not loug
since died at Frankfort, where ho went to fin
ish the portrait of a lady, has left uforture of
4,000.000 francs. His eight last p:uutirg<
are now being exhibited in the art guiltry of
the above named town.
that her husband was executed; whereas, on
the 26th of May, 1871, the insurgents contin
ued the criminal and formidable struggle
which they had undertaken against the army
which entered Paris on the 23d of the same
month ; whereas, the execution of Milliere
was not an act personal to Garcin, who only
obeyed the orders he received from his supe
rior officers; whereas, civil jurisdiction has
nothing to do with act of the army, the supe
rior principle which regulates the separation
of powers uot allowing it; admits the demur
rer, declares itself incompetent, and condemns
the widow Milliere m costs.”
Gatling guns are to be sent to the Gold
Coast. The London Standard says: We un
derstand that the field artillery at Cape Coast
Castle is to be reinforced by tbe addition of
two 0:45-inoh Gatling guns, wbich were dis
patched from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, a
week ago. About 10,000 rounds of ammuni
tion have been supplied to each gun, which
would admit of continuous firing for a period
of several hours in case of emergency. A
lightly constructed field carriage has been
forwarded with each gun, contrived with lim
ber boxes to hold eight or ten drums ready
filled with cartridges. Two non-commissioned
officers of the Royal Artillerj' who have been
trained in the Gatling mitralleurs at Wool
wich—a practice requiring very skillfull man
ipulation-left for Cape Coast Castle last week,
and will conduct all operations with the Gat
lings ou their arrival. When we reflect that
800 yards' range nearly every shot from one
of these guns will strike a moderate-sized tar
get, and that they have the capacity of tra
versing automically, we may reasonably pre
sume that the effects produced by them upon
undisciplined bodies of natives will be con
siderable.”
The French Government, recognizing the
importance of improved agriculture, especially
at the present time, issued a few months ago
a programme of international trials of reap
ing machines on the government farms at
Grignon. These prolonged trials have just
concluded. The American and English makers
were there in full force; the former were
Burdick, Johnston, Whitheley and Wood; the
latter were Hornsby, Howard and Samuelson.
Hornsby and Samuelson also sent over their
own trained horses and men. All the ma
chines were severely worked for several days
in heavy crops of winter and summer wheat
and oats, a good deal laid aud twisted; and !
alter varied aud protracted tests the judges—
all of whom were anpoiuted by tbe Minister
of Agriculture—maae the following award:
Howard, of Bedford, England, first; Burdick,
of Auburn, America, second; Wood, of Hoo-
siok Falls,, America, third. Further trials
were then gone through with selected ma
chines in the English and French sections,
and the judges gave Howard, in addition to
the first prize, the gold medal of honor for
the best machine in every class.
I cannot think it possible that Grant wants
another term. He has often expressed to me
a wish to get back to his farm- away from the
cares of office, where he might enjoy peace
and quietness for the remainder of his life.
His ambition has been satisfied. He has
been the commander of the largest armies
the world ever saw, and stands with
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and
Lincoln in securing the suffrages
of the people. Then, he has been prudent in
his investments, which will give him an am
ple competence to live on. No, I can not
believe that he will be a candidate for a third
term; and as for the office-holders around
him forcing and flattering him into running
again, I don’t fear, as he is not the man to be
moved by eitheir force or flattery, and yet ve
cannot tell what may happen. Lincoln was
Grant’s counterpart in patriotism aud honesty,
and yet I know that it was his desire that he
should have a third term. Seward and Stan
ton were for a third term, and the policy of
the administration was to have been shaped to
that end. I don't know how well known
it is, but I do know that it is true. I
had Lincoln’s confidence, and Stanton wi s
made my successor in the War Department
at my request; therefore it is natural
to suppose that I had bis. Lincoln and
Stanton thought highly of Butler, and
I will now tell you of another fact that is n- t
generally known,|and which will show you
how near Butler came to being Pnridtnt in*
stead of Johnson. In the spring ot 1864,
when it was determined to run Mr. Lincolu
for a second term, it was the desire of Lin
coln, and also that of. Stanton and myself,
that Butler should run on the ticket with him
As Vice President Accordingly, Lincoln
sent me on a mission to Fortress Monroe to
see General Butler, and to say to him that it
was his (Idncoln’s) request that he (General
Butler) should allow himself to be run as
second on the ticket. I, accompanied by
William H. Armstrong, afterward member of
Congress from the Williamsport district in
this State, did visit General Butler and made
the tender, but he refused to accept the posi
tion. He said there was nothing in the Vice
Presidency and he preferred remaining in
command of his army, where he thought he
was of more service to bis country. I hope
Butler will be elected Governor because he
wants to be, though 1 would rather have him
remain iu the House or coiue to the Senate.
There is a lady at Saratoga who is fond of
pets. She has nine singing birds, one parrot,
one tame dove, one peacock, six dogs, nine
cata (some of which are kittens), two squir
rels, two gold-fish, three turtles and a young
alligator. Amoug the dogs is a black and tan
weighing only two and half pounds, for which
she paid $75.
A young lady at Cipe May attract* con
siderable attention in her la?t* bathing suit.