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,,,-imiuFnt writing from
u. ihf following iuter-
' , !i occurred near tliat
•*'! ,l, v . since, Henry
i.f-Canyonvillepre-
', -..,0 the mountains to
When about
hi, two dugs got
Z\ "after a severe cliase
filing the bear to climb
that Mr. Uhm.1 and
• ; | foot of the uee an-
L hear suddenly put in an
and savagely attacked the
• .liatc presence ot Mr.
I Tlu* iDlit now became
Z furiotw, 'logs and bear
-r each other in the dentil
I ,i vai a steep moimtam intothe
... lii-iuil wa-s armed nun a
but dared not shoot for fear
j. tltll'S.
ll„- ijiiestiuu how to rescue
,]v two cartridges were in
t’hev had to be used to the
yirs. Bland urged her
[J tlic assistance of the
_li, ah me and unarmed, un-
k, .■;> the ferocious monster up
lie-tnrtfl down into the can-;
the conflict w> raging,
v, Ip, of the flogs and
-iwl n.t ti moment too
Hint, was evidently getting the
i fv.tild only be pacified by
,f til,- now empty ritlc.
c „|„.,i Bland returned to
[ -• tiu- I--*! the tree. The
"j. suvtbing but flattering,
ritlc" was of little use, and
radiation of Mrs Bland to
i, |„arlic -anted home for
The lady, being
■1„ bleeding flogs, now felt
;. of tin- situatif m.
from li-me, in the midst
attain.-, this imlffiuitablc
• hid at hay one of the
... iii-tors of the forest.
; liking his new home,
. hscotiil the tree, but our
f mi:, a stick and die barking of
d Bruin to take a sober
•In.ami, taking up a position
v.illi eyeballs of fire lie
- b-l.itr: but our bunt-,
iblaaved hv the presence of
iiipinii.n. hut stood guard
' ! ,-k, when her hu.-baud
■ .in,.- to her a-sistanec.
r home through the
. 1 erg f tile nioim-
■ :l - . and ii wa.- midnight
arriv'd at her own
A. H. Stephens.
The following little poem was written
when Mr. Adams was a member of the
House of Representatives, and is repro
duced now as an instance of the
wonderful power of Mr. Stephens in
drawing men to him in the strong links
of friendship. It will he of interest,
too, in connection with the growing
wish to have Mr. Stephens for Presi
dent in 1876:
TO ALEXANDER IT. STEPHENS, OF GEORGIA
Say by what sympathetic charm,
What mystic magnet’s secret sway.
Drawn by some unresisted arm
We came from regions far away ?
From North and South,from East and West;
Here in the Poople’s Hall we meet,
To execute their high behest
In council and communion svrett.
We meet as strangers in this hall,
But when our task of duty’s done
We blend the comnion cood of all,
And meet the multitude ut one.
As strangers in this hall wc met;
But now will* ooo united tiem t,
Whato'er of life awaits us, yet
In cordial friendship let us part.
JOUN QUINCY ADAMS,-
of Quincy, Massarhuse its.
11. It. U. S., June 14, 1S44.
l»v;ir \V;i- .-hot. 11c
t.'.f hirjriv-t of those
.1
aiiiiir.- in
tuny mill
out of einf-
Mibject of
The fear?
bo :i thrown
*:ilt«' t-. In* tilt
tin iv.
I ri,>t ani-'iu: tin* tli-tivs.-ed peo-
'•< v-.-itatul tin- aiiLMiuntinir of
••*r«*v* t**r tiii* juirjMi-t- «»f «jucll-
-tt;ruiiirii may arise, ami
! ’X it"I lah«'r«T- arc daily
•*y t:i..-aut!inriih>, who promise
- -a a* tlu- lu-iv.'.-ary pro-
•i-* arraiijri-d.
nt-v at -oeietios in the
ali in their power to
e di.liti.in of the .'Ufieriiur,
: ' A ” tii"ii-:iml person- having
■ • r hy them daily thus far.
• > •' wa-- are fortunate enough
•''•it 1 an* m-'n^aninir it in
•m. ai'.iiey for Mipportiu*r
■*. :nnl others who are liot so
»..\eh;ui;_pii;_ r tin ir furniture,
•om-ln et<\. for ft"h 1 ami the
sirie.-.
l» Viriu.ir :*•* >ut tln-.-tivet-.
*«l»lf -torie- of imHvitlual
r. i"*rte.l. hut the larire num-
• :uak« - it u-eless to partieu-
■ sty ha- expended twentv-
‘1-liar-, hut it has done
- •'«•*»• 1 *i-trial committees have
l " p'-rsuade, if p..-<ilde,
Gt:::vr- to roiinie work.
■ are .-ullen and hent oil
have gathered at the
uiin^r •• J Jrtad or blood
;:rv V t>Mi,l.U*i.l y mount barrels,
. : ;: g that stands ennveuient,
“V wlm listen and inter-
' » -rk nr bread" the inllam-
1 '■ h i-1 v» n prnposed tu
■ a st..r.-s. The account
■; at tin bi'ginning of the
" ' l ' r a Mcillrine,
‘ ! .‘" u ' ''"'f. two individuals
111 " Ilv v--*in verv sick, one
:tj.-l llicilmi-'with an ag-
I’" ," 11 ' '“wu'ps. They were
nif-ded every
■ "a- ih-.aglu .ImiiIiU'uI if t l, 0
■ -ever Would r
"iltllliilg |
II,
^ ■■fftfk the siek men as
they laughed heartily
.veil or twentv minutes,
a T ,a, “ t - i".the morning be
" va-tly improved; said
’ sudden a turn for the
’ iu'eupandwell. Who
>lfe best„f medicines?
[ ; . ''.‘""''s the writer of another
a;., wa- mi fieri n ^ from
' 1:1 l '"' throat, which at
aij llult >*a life
1.;,! " ;. II- liousehold came
1 -1iii L- , | 1, ' ,n farewell. Each
, ■ •'-n iiail.Is With the d V i 0 g
u,‘"? » M ‘t away weeping. Last
.ui'ri " l j'* :, pe, and shaking the
' U1 ‘ !l "\v also with its hands
r&; ,u 7 a sight that the
that the 0 . “““'I 1 ’ an ' 1 laugkcd
^>avcil. u h-er broke and his
IDA DELZONS.
Chapter XX—Pepping.
The ride through the city, from the
paria.to thp- p.alazzo, was constrained
although the party seemed all anxious
for a reconciliation, aud affected a
pleasantness it did not feel.
As the ladies dismounted, and the
gentlemen were taking their leave, Ida
whispered to Gilbert,
“ Gilbert, we both made fools of our
selves.”
“ Yes, I see it; we were to blante en
tirely’. Please reconcile M’llc McConnell.
We have treated her rudely.”
“ Yes, on my knees I will beg her
forgiveness, and hy way of penance will
apologize to Eugene. Come early in
the morning and I will arrange for
another ride. Wc will he wiser then.”
“ Yes. .-Ii/ re roil- /”
Ida hurried in to join Kathleen, and
without waiting to remove her riding
habit, put her mans around her neck
and said,
‘‘Oh, Kitty! will you please forgive
me—me and cousin Gilbert? We were
lib pardonably rude, hut we are so
.sorry!”
Kathleen almost sobbed as site an
swered,
“Oh, Miss Ida! I feared that it was
I who was rude. I oughtnot to have so
neglected you. Please forgive me, and
I will he more thoughtful in future—
that is, Miss Ida, if you can ever trust
yourself with me again.”
“ Xo, Kitty; yours was not the fault—
it was all our own selfishness. I will
apolo gize to Eugene, and you both must
forgive me.”
“ < )li! vou make me so happv, Miss
Ida!” _
“And you forgive me, then? Then,
wc are friends again." And Ida kissed
her. “ But tell me. Kitty, were you
really so pleased with Eugene?”
“Oh, yes. Miss Ida. I found him
very pleasant; and we were talking so
pleasantly of home and Pat, that I for
got all about everything else "
“ Did you, darling? then 1 am sorry
again that we disturbed you. But never
mind, Kitty; he is coming in the morn
ing, and we will have the ride over.”
"And I hope M. Gilbert is coming
too. And oh, Miss Ida! please say to
him that 1 am sorry I displeased
him?”
“ (>h, the surly dog! "twas he that did
it all. He felt piqued that he should
have to play second fiddle to Eugene.”
Kathleen gave a quick, glad start at
the words, and the crimson Hush mount
ed to her cheek; and then, as if ashamed
nf the surprise, she blushed again.
Early the next morning the gentle
men were on hand, and in a fine flow
of spirits. Gilbert anxious to retrieve
by his urbanity and pleasantness the
disagreeableness of the evening; and
Eugene naturally Hushed with the pros
pect of making an impression.
Ida and Kathleen were ready, and
after a cup of coffee they set out,
" Wc will try the opposite C'ampagna
again this morning, Miss Ida—our
yesterday morning's ride,” saiil Kath
leen as they started.
Again Eugene spurred to her side ;
but the companionship was not so
exclusive as the evening before, and at
every turn in the path she had a word
for Gilbert and for Ida.
The evening was spent at the Vatican,
antid the splendors of art. Here Gil
bert's refined taste found a delicate ap
preciation and an enthused companion
in Kathleen, and the two were drawn
together. Ida, too, was not without
sympathy, and the riches of that splen
did collection were thoroughly enjoyed.
Only Eugene showed by a restless
fiuttering to and fro, and an impatient
tap with his cane against liis polished
hoot, when the tribute of a hushed
admiration trembled on the lips of his
companions, that the rugged expanse
of the Campngna was a far more agree
able object to him.
So pleasantly was the evening spent
that it was resolved to spend the next,
and the next, there. The mornings
were devoted to the Campngna, and
only one night to the theatre.
Eugene completely monopolized the
society of Kathleen in the rides. Gil
bert had a softening compunction of
conscience for the rudeness of the first
ride, and he expiatingly yielded her to
him. Only one more ride was left
them—for Monday had come, and on
Wednesday they were to break up their
life in Rome and return to Maisville,
and then—Home.
“ I would like so much to have the
benefit of M’llc McConnell’s familiar
ity with these ruins. Her taste and
her experience has doubtless detected
all its salient beauties, and it would he
a pleasure to have her point them out
to me.” This he said to Ida the even
ing before.
“Would you? Then I will butter
a bonbon and choke Eugene off. I can
possibly endure him for one morning,
and you can ride with Kitty.” |
“ You are a charming girl, and I will
pay you in advance,” said Gilbert, kiss
ing her.
The next morning Ida met Eugene.
“Eugene,” site said, pouting her
very prettiest, “ do you know that you
have almost murdered my vanity?”
“Ah! how?”
“ You have never ridden with me
one single time, when I have been
almost, dying with envy to ride with
s y car - until you. See I” she said, ungloving one of
I the fairest hands in Christendom, “ I
■ A gen-
" "’at- li "v,t night,
kt tile liur.-e wlien-
' :U T t" aiiiiiiiiister
■ i-l.i imtii watch-'
I lie man with
file cluck, and
;give the fever pa-
- unable tu speak
1" 'l’tiuu of his ooily
"V'' 11 •-ei/.ing a pillow he
" "atelier in the face
- - if !<ly- awakened, the
■a hi.- seat, falling to
'"Wiling In,tli the nurse-
have gnawed my very finger nails off
with sheer envy. I am tired to death
with Gilbert—he is as prosaic as one of
those blear eyed statues yoq laughed so
at in the Vatican. I want one" ride
with you—one jolly ride, all to our
selves ; and I mean to shove that stupid
old Gilbert off on Kitty and ride with
you!”
Eugene’s vanity could not resist this
pouting appeal, and he strutted like a
turkey-cock as he whispered,
“ I have been dying myself for this
very thing.”
“ Have you? then Kitty, datling, will
you be so good as to relieve me of
Monsieur Gilbert, and let me have
Eugene this morning?”
“ If M. Gilbert will condescend,”
bowed Kathleen.
“ M. Gilbert is only too happy,”
answered Gilbert, as he held her reins
for her to mount. ■
“ What ride shall we have this mom-.
ing?” risked Ida, as she mounted and
reined up to the side of Eugene.
Kathleen appealed to Gilbert. lie
deferred to her own choice.
“Then to the Porta Cavalleggieri.
We will trv Monte Mario.”
“Oh, Monte Mario! that will be
charming! We have not yet visited it”
“ Xo; I reserved it for the last. I
wished to carry away its memories
freshest of all.”
“ To the Porta .Cavallcgierri, then.
We will lead on, Eugene. Gilbert is
such a snail that I can never get him
out of a trot. Give me a wild rollick
ing gallop—don’t you say-so, Eugene?”
“ Yes, that is my style. I could ride
down the wind! Did you know that I
spent a year in the Indian Territory,
among the Creeks, with an occasional
dash among the Comanches ?”
“ Oh my! did you?”
j “Yes; it was one of the most excit
ing years of my life. It was the year
after I left college. I was a rollicking
lark, and just ready for anything. Oh,
I could tell you some wonderful stories
of my adventures—my hair breadth
’scapes.”
“ You interest me!”
“ Oh, yes; it was grand—galloping
over the prairies and. shooting the Co-
manelies. I bagged six of them in
one day—one morning before break-
last.”
“ Oh, that was exciting!”
“ Yes, they all gave it up that I was
the best rider and the best shot in the
Territory. And on one other day I
brought down five more, to say nothing
of an old squaw that I accidently shot.”
“ Oh, that was unfortunate!” *
“ Yes, it haunted me for an hour
afterwards. I never believed in killing.
the squaws, like some hunters did, X
didn’t 'mind shooting a little boy
papoose at all, but when it came to tire
girls and women, my Christian gallant
ry would revolt. It was purely acci
dental that I killed old Frizzle Tail—
that was what they called the old
squaw. You see, the way of it was
this. I had a splernM tong tange
rifle—”
“ Long bow, you mean ?”
“ Xo—rifle. I could bring ’em down
half a mile every pop. Well, I got
three fine bucks—great strapping six
footers (painted down to the leffiins) in
a line one day, and drew a bead on
’em. I pulled trigger, and down they
came, every yellow skin of ’em; and
would you believe it ? the same ball
went a hundred yards farther and
killed old Frizzle Tail!”
“ That was a remarkable shot!”
“ Yes, it gave me quite a reputation.
I was a little put out about the old
squaw, though, and I finally determined
to quit the nation and come back to
civilization.”
“ Oh, Eugene! you interest me very
much. I do not wonder at Kitty for
being so charmed with your society.”
“ Oh, she is a duced fine girl, any
how, isn’t she ?”
“ A lovely girl, indeed. And have
you ever told her of your adventures
among the Indians ?”
“Oh, no. She is rather piously
inclined, and doesn’t seem to relish
such stories. She keeps my invention
bust-, however, with Pat, You recollect
l’atj don’t you? — that great blear-
eyed, spraddle-tocd garcon ?”
Ida’s lip unconsciously curled.
“Well; would you believe it? he
has grown into quite a tall handsome
fellow. Fact, par Hercules! and what
is more, is getting rich and becoming
famous.”
Ida’s lip delicately uncurled, and she
bowed.
“ He is sharp, too—sharp as a briar,
and has the most perfect gilt of oratory
I ever heard. And Miss Ida—entre nous
—I am puzzled sometimes what to do
about him.”
“ About him—what ?”
“ Oh, about him and Isaura. The
poor fellow is dead in love with Issy.
Ah! you blush; I sec you are amazed
at his presumption. But really, Miss
Ida, he is not by any means the low
fellow he was when you knew him.
lie moves in the best society now, and
has all the breeding of a horn gentle
man. Indeed, it was at the governor’s
hall that lie first met Issy—and she,
simple hearted child as she was then,
has grown to like him quite well. In
deed, I believe she loves him. And
that is what puzzles me—puzzles all of
us. I f McConnell continues to tirosper,
in a few years he will he a good match
for anyone, and I don’t know that Issy
could do any better — although, by
Juno! Issy is a glorious girl, ns regal
as a queen, and she and Mac are the
envy of the ballroom. I was a little
put out with Issy at first, but as Mac
began to crawl up, and everybody else
was courting him, I somehow began to
squint at her predilection; and now—
this is confidential, Miss Ida—now,
since I have seen Miss Kitty and find
her such a glorious girl, I—I—believe
that it wouldn’t be such a bad thing
after all. Tell mo what you think of
it?” , ,
“ I hardly think that I clearly com
prehend you,” chokingly answered Ida.
“ I mean, a general family arrange
ment. I don’t see why I should he
ashamed of Miss Kathleen—nor Isaura
of Mac—do you?”
“ I cannot possibly imagine the most
remote reason that you should,” stiffly
answered Ida.
“ That’s what I have been thinking.
Miss Kitty is a lovely girl—pretty; she
is tolerably smart, and I think a good
hearted creature, and I believe that I
might afford to take her up. _ If it
wasn’t for that d—d old hut in the
swantp, and her little dirty bare legs—
I beg your pardon, Miss Ida—when she
used to paddle in the mud up nnd
down the river, I mean—if it wasn’t
for thinking of these I wouldn’t hesitate
a moment Even with all these when
I look in her heavenly eyes I can
hardly • keep from opening my heart
and tellitig her to jump in.”
“ I am sure that you are very gener
ous, Eugene; but your heart will-have
to be a great large one to hold the half
of Kitty’s worth. But, n'iuiporle—let us
talk of something else. It is hardly
right for us to talk of our friends so.
Tell me some more of your Indian ad
ventures.”
“ Oh! they were monstrous. I had'
adventures, and fights, and escapes out
there ‘thick as leaves in Valombrosa.’
I could tell you tales that would make
your hair stand on end.”
“Well, do tell me! This rugged
wild is the very best for a thrilling
story. One is half frightened already
—only, look how wierd and shadowy
ittooks, Eugene!”
They had galloped ou far ahead of
Kathleen, and Noltrieb and Ida had
reached the rugged spur of the hills. It
was a wild and desolate spot, encum
bered by mouldering ruins, half cover
ed with vines and rank weeds, tho path
overshadowed by rugged barked chest
nuts. The whole aspect was suggest-
ve of lurking danger—of hidden , ban
ditti, ready to pounce out upon one
with flashing stiletto and murderous
jargon.
Eugene glanced quickly around Ida
caught the tho glance, and a mischie
vous smile lit up her face.
“ Oh, Eugene!” she cried; “ let us
hurry through that dark ravine ahead.
This is the very place Kitty told me
about—the haunt of Peppino!”
“The what, Miss Ida?” uneasily-
asked Gilbert.
“ The lair of Peppino, the wretched
bandit.”
“The devil you say! oh, I beg par
don, Miss Ida; but are you really in
earnest?”
“Earnest? why, Eugene, don’t you
see I am frightened! Let us hurry
l.”
“No—hadn’t we better wait here for
her and Gilbert?”
“Wait? no. It would only be to invite
an attack to wait a moment. We must
hurry through the ravine, and wait be
yond.”
“ But how do you know there is any
danger?”
“Didn’t Kitty tell me? and only last
week an English gentleman and lady
were robbed at this very place.”
“ Surely you jest—”
“Jest? no. And they caught Kitty
one morning.”
! “Did they?”
| “ Yes, and they were so charmed with
her. that they escorted her out of the
dell and gave her a ring as a safeguard.
Oh, I wish Kitty were here.!”
! “ I wish so, too.”
i “ Hark! what was that ?”
“Oh, I djOn’t know—a noise in the
woods—”
“ It is the banditti—wc must ride for
our lives!”
' And down the rugged path, through
the dark ravine and up the hill beyond,
they dashed — Ida almost read}’ to
burst with merriment, and Eugene
pressing closely to her side, thoroughly
frightened.
On the open summit beyond, they
drew up.
“ We are safe here. Ix-t us look back
and see if we can see Gilbert and
Kitty.”
“Arc you quite sure we are safe
here?”
“Oh, yes; Peppino never ventures
beyond the two ravines.”
“ But won’t Gilbert he in danger?”
“ Oh, Kitty’s safeguard will protect
him. But I cannot see any thing of
them.”
“ Nor I, either.”
“I can sec the road beyond, hut
there is no one.”
“ No.”
“Suppose they have taken another
route?”
“ Oh, I don’t know.”
“ We couldn’t go back through that
horrible place."
“ No.”
“ But couldn’t you shoot them, Eu
gene?”
“ Oh, I haven’t got my pistols.”
“Oh, don’t you wish you had your
squaw-killer?”
Eugene smiled very sickly. He was
not so sure but that he was being
laughed at. Ida continued,
“ If you were only armed, I wouldn’t
feel so frightened.” And the lady gave
a little shiver.
“ Is there no way to avoid that
ravine?” asked Eugene, reassured by
Ida’s shiver.
“ I don’t know. Here is a path
leading down into the plain. We
might follow it, and intersect some
road below. But then we would miss
Gilbert and Kitty.”
“ Oh, they will be safe any way; it is
clear that they have taken another
road, and wc are in for it.”
“ Yes, that is plain. So come on; we
will try the plain below.”
“ Yes, better there than that cursed
den behind us. We can perhaps find
a guide who will show us back to the
city.”
“ No, no, Eugene. The peasants
here are all in conspiracy with Peppi
no. They would only betray us into
his hands.”
“ Good heavens! Miss Ida, we are in
a miserable plight!”
“ Indeed we are, Eugene; and if I
were with any one else I would be
frightened to death.”
And with this they turned from the
mountain path and descended into the
plain.
(To be continued.)
The Union JJtdt In
On Thursday last a British,
with all her bunting-flying, enti
port of Havana, passing by "the
forte defending the entrance,
the usual courtesy of dipping
and even' without this. eerenj< v
Spanish ships of -war- lying lot -the
liarbor, arid anchored in the deepwater,
near the wharf eti).’
It was well understood be£g|e the;
Gulf Stream left Havana, that, this
British ship brought special I
tions to the consul at Havana, “
ence to the Viiginius affair, t
there was a special meaning
omission of the ufcual saluti
entering of a sloop of war
harbor of Havana. ■
It is some relief to ns, though withal"
mortifying, that a,British sloop .’of war
Should have proceeded so promptly, to 1
the city where Americans,and Britons
are exposed to. cmstaht dangijr and,
insult from the violence and audacity
of the Spaniards in Havana. r
It will be seen by the statement of
our reporter, who interviewed tife oflX
cere. of the Gulf Stream, that no
distinction is made between Amfiicans
and Englishmen in the bitter ammdei
ty of this crazed people. Therd -were
about equal numbers of both nations
among the murdered at Santiago. It
is not a proud, reflection that, tbps-far,
the British have -been far more jnanly
and prompt in resisting and demand
ing satisfaction for the outrages .at
Santiago than our Government and
navy have been. . "
It will require.something ycry’decis
ive to obliterate from the thirds of
bur people tire consciousness, of -tb«r
debasement of our Republic itt the
negotiations which ltavcbeen conducted
by our foreign secretary with tbaSpan-
ish minister in this Yirginius affair.—
X. O. Herald. " ' «
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|rfd ’ll
t . n» rammers mmia *ni sammerf go,
u..t efrtoj !«■*«*!•
| r • liawf WuiarfK fha >
(li ot Xbwdpth ibakitamw osU sad go.
j" fed* ennui n
Whether my life to sad or no, . ,
Tfie Winters comm Hit WttLin so.
XU mnsHae pUys.Trtlli hsby losses j.
Henry Ward Beecher on Interest.
No blister draws sharper than does
the interest. Of all industries, none is
comparable to that of interest. It works
all day and night; in fair weather, and
foul. It has no sound in its footsteps,
but travels fast. It gnaws at a man’s
substance with invisible teeth.
It binds industry with its film, as a
fly is bound in a spider’s web. Debts
roll n man over and over, bind liiin
hand and foot, and letting him hang
upon' the fatal mesh until the long
legged interest devours him. There is
but one thing on a farm like it, and
that is the Canada thistle, which
swarms new plants every time you
break its roots, whose blossoms are pro
lific, and every flower the father of a
million seeds.
Every leaf is an awl, every branch a
spear, and every plant like a platoon of
bayonets, and every field of them like
on armed host And yet a farmer had
better make his bed of Canada tliistloe
than to be at ease upon interest.
Farm jLlfe. j
Theglcry of tire farmer, ■ is ’that, i
the division of labor, it is his ’.part to
create. All the trades rest at last on
liis primitive authority. He'stands
close to nature; he obtains ftfin the
earth the bread; and the food,-which
was not, he causes to be. The first
farmer was tire first man, and atl his
toric nobility rests on the. poqi^ssion
nnd use of land. f
Men dOTtotlite hard work bu^every
pan hn3 an-exceptional respectior till- 1
age, and feels that this is the original
calling of his race, that be himself is
only excusi d from it by some circum
stance which made him delegate it for
a time to other hands. If he haft not
some skill » hicli recommends him to
tire farmer, some product for 'which
tire farmer g vos, corn, ire must himself
return into his .due place among the
planters.
And tho p-ofession has in all eyes its
ancient charms, as standing nearest to
God, the first cause. Then the "
of nature, .the. ,
pence of the couMry."liis independence
and pleasing airs, the care of bees,
poultry, sheep, hogs, the dairy, the care
of hay, of fruits, of orchards and
forests and the reaction of tire work
ingman in giving him strength and
plain dignity, like the face and man
ners of nature—all men acknowledge.
All nren keep the farm in reserve as an
asylum, in case of a mischance, to hide
their poverty, or as a solitude in case
they do not succeed in society. And
who knows how many glances of re
morse are turned this way from the
bankrupts of trade, mortified pleaders
in courts aud senates, or from tire vic
tims of idleness and pleasure.
Reading Farmers.
Colemans Rurtd World says close as
financial affairs are at present there was
never before a time in which so many
persons were subscribing for agricultu
ral papers as now. This has reference to
the Northwest, and wc hope our South
ern friends arc not going to fall behind
their Yankcceousins in that particular.
Agricultural reading is one of the
necessaries of the age—the man who
neglects to read up is sure to tell behind
his reading neighbor and enjoy o. dimin
ished degree of prosperity.
In this connection we would state
that wc are preparingto give thfe Register
an additional agricultural value through
1874.
While it readily ranks at the top
among the news, tniscellaofcous and
political papers of the South, we are
resolved that it shall stand equally up
among the agricultural publications.
We are not ashamed of wlnrt .it has
been in the past, in an agricultural way,
but progress is the word—we arc going
to make it better in the future.-
It is hardly necessary for us to hint
to our agricultural friends that the pres
ent is a good time in which to subscribe
for 1S74; and we hope thereiffill beno
need of asking those already subscribers
to show a copy of the paper to such
neighbors as have not heretofore been
taking it.—Mobile Register, i
-DUUrblng a Religion. Congrtgaaon.
.Ejlbt Cabounia, Nov. 20.
earth beneath, nr "tije •waters tinner the
earth beneath, anif no'sUch has
adjudicated in a court of supreme ap-
.ls, Your readers.shall hives it in
so. It needs no comment:
State v». ypUKitvi iLuilhau!. - Indiet-
mefit for misdemeanor, tried before Rus-
sellj Judge at Robeson 1 ’Superior Court,
spring term, 1873. jrff fu.i •/-
!. Defendant Was imJScISd for; disturbing.
i._! Jbg evidence, 1
’ sses, was sub-
,‘i4-a tnember
of the -Methodist ChuhSi.’ • He sings in
such a way as to disturb *flre congrega
tion. At the end of epch verse liis voice.
- beard pfter the, other singers have
these; Jtendeuqies <hen» and it is sotaeirtat
m-ysfenoosiv
e life of every person in the household.
The same proem farfNriAgftgeafcis'feo-
ing on through the community. No mate
lives tq himself, .and;p*maadia|k*Iu»3
(self. ' _ ■
.Others are built up and straightened
|By' ! 63i'-uh : cdrisdons'dfefedsi wBifiTcrtKers
ntey be Wtwichcrfdrf'df their places and 1
thrown; down by.our unoonscions inflirJ
was the same then heat ri’ | ,. r ra- -
.:J i -_..iuaii o*fi tnwmo) j ’‘it was Pliitt Evans, of Ctaciitoati, who
taught liis friends hAw'to buy ! lender
geese, but he could hot always get them
in market. One morning he.saw-a lot-
and inquired of—thfe. farmer how. many
therewera- - . .J,/ .it-- i<
“ About a dozeu,” was the/eply.
“ W-w-well,” said' Platt, " I k-k-keep
a' b-b-boar3ing house, and my b-Kboartl-
ers are the darndest^ e-e eaters you ever
s#*aMr. P-p-pick mo out mn-nine of the
thefrytw Xhiokr -Bislwp, thah the,,ef
fect. of Bishpp,,r
[that' of his mem
feet the Protestant
tiiiscountrjijnni
. ?‘Nd mnnv shy’ than a . mosquito! bite
Treatment of I-leitl Wounds.
Every person should understand how
to treat a flesh wound, because one is
liable to be placed in circumstances
away from surgical and veterinary aid
where lie may save his own life, the
life of a friend or of a beast, simply by
tire exercise of a little common sense.
In the first place, close the lips of
the wound with the hand and hold
them firmly together to check the-flow
of blood until several stitches can be
taken and a bandage applied. Then
bathe tire wound for a longtime in cold
water.
“ Should- it be painful,” a correspon
dent says, “ take a panful' of burning
coals and sprinkle upon them common
brown sugar, and hold Aft-‘wounded
part in the smoke. In a fe* minutes the
pain will be allayed and recovery pro-;
ceed rapidly. "
“In my case a rusty nill had made
a bad -wound in my foot The pain
and nervous irritation was severe. Ibis
was all removed by holding it in smoke
for fifteen minute, and I was able to
■resume my reading in comfort. We
have often recommended it to others
with like results.
“Last week one of my men had a
finger nail tom out by a pair of ice'
tongs. It became very painfulj as wap
to bavc been expected. Held in sugar
smoke for twenty minutes, the pain
ceased, and promised spc&ly recovery.”
Ah -applicant for a pair of boots at
one bf’.our shoe stores, was asked -what;
number he Wore, and" replied, as soon as
he could recover from hfe
" Why, two,-of course.”
surprise:
Gi16 of the witnesses being requested
o describe defendant’s singing, imitated
t by singing, a !serse in tiie voice and
manner of defendant, which produced a
B of- prolonged and irresistible laugh-
oinvulsing alike the spectators, the
he jury and the court;
rosin evidence that the disturbance
wed by .defendant’s singing was
decided and serious; 4ha effect of it was
to Tnake one .pert, of ^ie. congregation
laugh ^md (lie other ■'lgad ; that the ir-
relijioas add fiivoloife 4ajoyed it as fun,
Whfle the serioos-addedavout were indig-
fuuila.i . .‘novlc’-u -.
It was also injeyidepce (without objec
tion)‘that the'congregation .had been so
E ch disturbed by ft that the preacher
1 declined to sing the hymn, and shut
the book without singing it; that the
S ing-elder had. refuscd to preach in
sirefi on account of the disturbance
oned by it; and that on one occa-
l leading member of the church,
Appreciating that (here was a feeling of
Solemnity pervading the congregation in
conscqnenco of the sermon just delivered
And fearing that it-would be turned into
ridicule, went to the defendant and asked
him not to sing, and on that occasion he
Aid not sing.
I lt also appeared that on many occa-
ions the church members and authorities
expostulated with.' the defendant about
his singing and the disturbance growing
outoiitl To'all oF" which "he replied
“that he would worship his God, and
that as a part of his worship it was hii
duty to sing.”
Defendant is a strict member of the
church, anil a man of exemplary deport
ment.
It was not contended by the State upon
the evidence that he had any intention or
purpose to disturb the congregation, but,
ou the contrary, ft was admitted that he
was conscientiously taking part in the re
ligious services.
* * * There was a verdictof guilty,
judgment, and an appeal by the defen
dant. _
The Intelligent Storks.
’ A great fire once broke out in a little
German town, near where stood a toiler
About eighty feet high, which form fed
part of the fortification on the town wall.
On the summit a stork’s nest had been
built for so many years the building liad
received the name of “ Stork’s Tower.”
At the time of fire there were three
unfledged birds in the nest, and the poor
little birdies were in great danger. But
the old storks soon showed their good
seme and their love for their young, for
by ;urns they eneh flew off to some fish
ponds just outside tire walls: here they
took a good dip in the water, and filled
tiiefr beaks with as much as they could
oarrv away; then, notwithstanding the
smoke and names, they flew bock to their
ljttle ones, poured the water from their
beaks over theip and at the same time
shaking it from their feathers.
Thus during the whole day did these
fiuthful birds act as a winged fire brigade
till toward evening, when aIXdanger for
their young and, their nest was over.
Ia Change Coming in National Politics.
, The Philadelphia Ay^ealls attention to
jie observation f of an' oldlstatesmin,' tnkf
jo party ever sorvivfed-’the downfall of its
Inancial policy, and adds:
As to political dogmas they could be
twisted and turned to meet the exigencies
oef the occasion. But when men’s fortune
Had. been reduded, their business broken
up or destroyed, their future stand impair
ed by financial system of partv, the finan
cial system of a "party was the death of
that party.
It could not retain power. Its sceptre
must pass into other bands. Other men
must fill the offices, and.give systems, and
policies and laws to people. This is the
condition of tlte Republican party of the
United States at the present time. Their
financial system has collapsed; the bubble
has punctured, and the nation has been
shffering in all ita business interests.
This presages the advent of the Demo
cratic party to power. The late election
also gives assurance of such change in
the views of the country as will -soon
push the Republican party from its seat
of power and will install the Democratic
party in its place.
Bishop Potter, or New York, on the Cum
in lu Secession.
Bishop Potter of New York holds very
high - rank in the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and his views are therefore en
titled to much weight on all questions af
fecting that church. The Herald, at least
entertains that opinion. 8o an interview
er was dispatched to hear his opinion of
the Cummins secession. From an ac
count of the ^interview wc make this ex
tract :
“I notice, Bishop, that Bishop Cum
mins in tins interview expresses his utter
inability to meet this Romanizing tenden
cy while_ remaining in the church, aud
urges this as a justification for liis coming
onf.”
“Yes, he does, Hit what he calls Ro
manizing tendency, or ritualism, was in
it before ho teat into the church; it was
certainly then pefare he was consecrated
bishop, seven years ago; he knew all
a lkrgfe iatent’w
country, 'to'gb A long way .towards
, ie,iu its worship, and partially mats
g rerms of faith ?” ^
I '“Ncr, sir, 'we,are not going to.Rome!
true that there arc few rndivwT.
tho run into excess at one end or-the
,but that need not affect, the peace,
ft rfftdwiW pfejfegj
, [In a large .ecAaisuXuy
like the" Episcopal CndrcnTMHT
necessarily, a great direi^idhee of
and practice. Before condcmnhl
mpde of this a large latitude should be
giycu and^allowance maderfug ,thq ; vary
ing condition and circumstances ip. which
each church fifiife itself. ‘Tnfei'e ft’aqotb-
br-Teasom’why we-ebuldfcbe^fr'ttPBmne.
The Romish Church demnmti-’of fits -peo
ple implicit subscription lo ife triues.
It armies the authority t tf) promulgate
<foc£nnes, as in. the doctrine. tbe\Tm.-
mncnlnte Conception, Anil on tne.-ptoiilT-'
gation it asks and deifiands obedience.
At tho other end is freedom-of opinion,
individual responsibility and the. right of
the individual—put j)f which has come
the rationalism of Germany. The Epis
copal Church of England and our own
Church stands midway between these.
Wc enquire, as to doubtful doctrine or
B racticc, what do the Scriptures say? And
’ we need enlightenment as to that we go
back to the Fathers, as they are called,
of the Church—not the mediaeval age,
but of tire firstfour centuries—to see what
their comment is, and thus we hear the
Scriptures and the Churfeli. Now this is
essentially different to tlrt- method of the
Romish Church, and cannot be confound-'
ed with it”
The farmer complied, and laid aside
th'e'titHei; three tendei; ones. Platt picked
■tjiree tendeijboes. Platt picked
hree’tender (toes up carefully, and
ngtifem into his basket, said:
“I b-b-belicvci’lLt-t take these three.”
ft!?.}
Great Treasure Trove.
A case long standing lias just been de
cided in the tribunal of the Seine. In
1867, while repairs were going ou at the
Lycee IV., behind the Pantheon, a work
man discovered a. large number of
Roman coins- in a sewer. The law re-
Wards, in such cases, one-half of the value
jo the finder, and the other half to the
proprietor of the ground, in this instance
the city. .i :
The contractor, iff whose employ the
workman was, stepped iu claiming liis
share; but he lias now been non-suited,
and the municipality have paid the find
er the sum of 18,302 francs, his half of
the.treasure, which is now deposited at
the Musee Carnavalct This establish
iw Orleini PiemTuue.
iffj&l
§ jfall'signrfieancc bf' tKe-rfcceftt SbcStms. 1
Very many overcautious and'donbttng;
observers of ewehts bave been inclined •
to credit the; political revolution as
being more pibparenithan. real. They
have attrfb'nrea tliewbakingloose from
party ties aa-io’mewliat accidental and
due to the indifference exhibited nsn--*
ally in tire off-jfeaat- at-the political
canvass., r . n .;„i .rf .
I If. tire defection front, the Radical
party had been as insignificant as has
heretofore recurred at elections other
thAn Presidential and Congressional,
the opinion of our gloomy and despon
dent friends would be entitled to some
weight. But from a review of the
whole field we find the losses of tire.
administration party so enormous and
the gains of the opposition so far sur
passing all expectation, that we cah Ar
rive at but one contusion, namely, that
the reaction in political sentiment is
thorough, actual mid universal.
By reference toThe following tables
will appear the majority for and against
the Administration this year as com
pared with the Presidential election
last year:
States, 1S72. , Hep.
California — 10200
Connecticut 1— 4300
Illinois 53400
Iowa 1— 57800
Kansas 33400
Maine-—. 32200
Maryland ,— ^
Massachusetts—i 74200
Minnesota 20400
New Hampshire 5400
New Jersey 14100
New York 53400
Ohio 34200
Oregon 3500
Pennsj-1 vania—- - - —136000
Virginia : — 1900
Wisconsin 17600
0pp.
900
Total,-- 564000
8 tales, 1873. Rep.
900
Opp.
20000
Connecticut 1000
Illinois 20000
Iowa 16000
Kansas 10000
Maine 10000
Maryland
Massachusetts 12000
Minnesota 6000
New Hampshire 2000
New Jersey 5000
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania 20000
Virginia
Wisconsin
15( M H1
. 800
1200
25000
12000
ment, founded by tbeeity inthe old hotel- CARfemiA^-—— • — 20000
of Mme. de Sevigne, has thus come into ’
possession of a ready-made collection of
upward of 800 gold medals, all of the
size which numismatic antiquaries call the
aureus, answering to the twenty-franc
piece, but of a value onc-third higher
They form a series pertaining to the
history of Lutctia, from tire reign of
Septimus Severus; with very few inter
ruptions it comprises all the emperors
and empresses of that period, viz: with
in the years 41 and 163 of our era. They
are all in perfect preservation; those
nearest the time at which the money was
buried look as if they had just come from
flie mint, such as those of Commodus,
Pertinax, and especially Septimus Scv-
erus.
But the most brilliant period of the
monetary art, that of the Antohines, is
amply represented. There are more than
fifty Vespasians; of Titus there are fewer
but there is one, with the exergue—Di-
vus Titus on the obverse, and tire sella
eurulis on the reverse witli the thunder
bolt, which is extremely valuable. There
Ls a Julia Domna, mother of Caracall, an
iElius Casar, two or three Plotinus,
which are extremely rare, au aureus of
Antonius Pius, with the exergue, Concur-
diac acnernea ou the reverse, etc.
This treasure must have been hid aliout
the year 163. There evidently were at
that time collectors of old medals as
there are now.
Camphor as a Medicine.
The Scientific American lectures those
who make frequent use of camphor as a
medicine. It says:
The physiological action of camphor
is not yet understood ; but, judging by
the symptoms that follow the taking of a
moderate dose, it may be called a nervous
stimulant. It is somewhat like opium
and alcohol, therefore, in its action, when
, jiven in small quantities; but when taken
n large doses, it causes excessive irrita
tion to the nervous system, producing
convulsions and death.
Camphor acts to irritate and congest,
nnd finally, to inflame the mucous lining
of the stomach, causing in the milder
cases a form of dyspepsia, and in the
more aggravated ulceration of the stom
ach. From these two actions, namely,
that of nervous stimulant and local
irritant, come all the good and evil of its
use. We can, therefore, readily see how
unsuited this drug is to lie a liousehold
remedy.
Resolutions Adopted by the IIlluols State
Grange.
Bloomington, Dec.. 13.—The State
Grange adopted a long series of resolu
tions, setting forth that tire objects of
the order are for the social, intellectual
and moral elevation of the people; ex
pressing fraternal feeling for farmers’
clubs and similar organizations, the ob
ject of them being identical with the
order; favoring a system of free bank
ing; condemning the increase of Con-
C 'onal salaries; requesting the legis-
s not to meddle with tire present
State temperance law; declaring that
Congress lias the power to and should
control the interests of commerce and
transportation, commending its action
thus far in this rcgnrd; asking for the
modification or repeal of the tax on
foreign bottoms; favoring the improve
ment of rivers and canals by the gener
al Government as a means of cheapen
ing transportation, and also favoring
the building of additional railroads,
with the proper restrictions, and, as a
last resort, the building of. a freight
railroad by the Government solely for
the benefit of the people; .declaring it
the inherent right of the people to con
trol corporations, and opposing any re
peal or essential modifications of the
State railroad laws. Tire convention
then adjourned.
Total- 76000 150000
Last year, it will he observed, the
Administration in these 17 States, em
bracing the most populous of the
North, liad a very popular majority of
563,000 votes. Tire same States in the
last two months have given a majority
of 74,000 against the Administration.
This gives a change from one side to
the other of 637,000 votes. Of course
no such ciiangc as this has occurred, and
those journals which declare such to lie
the result, deceive the people.
The popular vote was so short of hist
year that much of tire apparent change
of 637,000 votes may be accounted for
by a failure of Republicans to attend
the polls. But take alone this fact of
abstention from voting, and we are
cheered by the spectacle of half a mil
lion Republican voters refusing to cast
their ballots for their party.
While the apparent Democratic ma
jorities in such States’as New York and
Ohio may not be relied upon in the
event of a general election for Federal
officers, it is clear that the prospect in.
even those Stales is decidedly -more fa
vorable for an increase of Democratic
votes upon a poll than for an increase
of Re]nil5Tican votes. So great w.as the
defection of Republicans that the full
force of the absentees can never again
be rallied to the party line.
In other States, however, there has
been an actual and indisputable gain
for the elements of opposition, and a
clear and .ruinous loss to the Adminis
tration. Whatever may be argued from
the result in New York and Ohio, the j
Republicans can recognize nothing but
the fact of a complete and thorough re
vulsion of public sentiment in the vote
of Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Minnesota, Kansas and Iowa.
Pennsylvania Jam’s Verdict.
Tire Lancaster Enmiircr gives an ac
count of the suicide hy hanging of
young Henry Walters, near Mountjoy.
As a curiosity iu its line we publish
the verdict of tire coroner’s jury in his
case. It reads as follows:
That the deceased, Henry Walters,
by not having God before liis eves, but
being seduced and moved by the in
stigation of the devil, and in a certain
woods near Mountjoy township, being
then and there alone with a certain
hempen cord which he there had and
held in his hands, and one end thereof
put about liis neck, and the other end
thereof tied about a bough of a certain
oak tree, himself, then did there, with
tire cord aforesaid, voluntarily and fel
oniously and of malice aforethought
hanged and suffocated himself; and the
jurors aforesaid declare that the said
Henry Walters then and there, in the
manner and form aforesaid (as a felon,
of himself), killed, strangled and mur
dered himself, against the peace and
dignitv of the commonwealth.
" (Signed) Jacob Sounds,
Deputy Coroner and J. P-, and also
signed by six jurymen.
How is it possible that mankind will
take advipe when they will not so much
as take warning?—Swift.