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The Martyr of Antioch,
This Is the title of a dramatic poem
written by the Ear. H. H. Mllman who
was, then, the Professor of Poetry In the
^BUniversity of Oxford, London. It was
You can’t make your child love you by j published a little over sixty years ago
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LEGEND OF THE FUCHSIA.
A legend of this little Bower
I heard long years ago;
*Tis said that angels whispered it
To mortals here below.
’Tis this, that when upon the cross
The sinless fsavlor died,
And the soldier with his cruel spear,
Had pierced His precious side.
The holy drops Bowed to His feet.
There fell upon the sod,
Where Mary kneeling wept for Him,
ller Son, and yet her God.
An angel who was hovering near,
Thus breathed a prayer to Heaven,
Oh, f ather letithem not be lost,
These drops so freely given.
But In some form of beauty still
Let them remain on earth.
And here upon this rugged hill.
Give some sweet floweret birth.
Then forth from the ensanguined sod,
A Fuchsia sprang that morn;
l’.n li crimson, djed with Christian blood.
Wrapped !n His "Robe of scorn."
Drooping in sorrow, still it bows
Ever its grateful head,
Shivering in the slightest breeze.
Trembling with rear and dread.
For the d&rk shadow of the cross
Can ne’er forgotten be.
Where all the perrume of Us breath
Vi as spent on Calvary.
Yes, offering Its rich fragrance there,
As incense at Ills feet.
The Fuchsia though so beautiful,
Can never more be sweet.
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THE LEGEND OF EASTER EGOS.
Trinity bells with their hollow lungs,
And their vibrant lips and their brazen
tongues.
Over the roof of the city pour
Their Easter music with joyous roar,
’Till the roaring notes to the sun are rolled
as he swings along his path ot gold.
"Dearest pa pa," says my boy to me.
As lie merrily climbs on his mother’s knee.
"Why are these eggs that you see me hold,
Colored so finely with blue and goidV
And what is the wonderful |blrd that lays
Such beautiful eggs on Easter days?”
Tenderly shino the April skies,
Like laughter and tears lu my child’s blue
eyes.
And every face In the street is gay.
Why cloud this youngster’s by saying nay?
So I cudgel my brains for the tale he begs,
And tell him this 6tory of Easter eggs;
You have heard, my boy, of the Man who
died,
Clowned with keen thorns and cruelued;
And how Josep h, the wealthy, whom God
reward,
Cared for the corpse of His martyred Lord,
And piously tombed It within the rock.
And closed the gate with a mighty block.
Now close by the tomb a fair tree grew
With pendulous leaves and blossoms of
blue,
And deep in the tree's shadowy breast.
A beautiful singing bird sat on her nest.
Which was bordered with mosses like
malachite.
And held four eggs of an ivory white.
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Now when the bird from her dim recess,
Beheld the Lord in his burial dress,
Aud looked on the heavenly face so pale,
And the dear feet pierced with the cruel
nail,
ller heart nigh broke with a sudden pang,
Aud out of the depths of her sorrow she
sang
A:1 night long ’till the moon was up,
ijhc sat and sang in her moss-wreathed
cup,
A song ot sorrow so wild and shrill.
As the homelesc wind when it roams the
hill,
Bo lull of tears, so loud and long.
That the grief of the world seemed turned
to song.
But soon there came through the weeping
nig lit,
A glittering angel clothed in white;
And he rolled the stone from the tomb
away,
Where the Lord of the Earth and the
Heavens lay;
And Christ aroee in the cavern’s gloom.
And in living lustre carno from the tomb
Now the bird that sat in the heart ot the
tree.
Beheld this celestial mystery,
And its heart was tilled with a sweet de
light.
And it poured a song on the throbbing
night;
Notes climbing notes, ’till higher, higher,
They snot to heaven like spears ot fire.
When the glittering white-robed angel
heard
The sorrowing song of the grieving bird,
And heard the following chant of mirth,
That hailed Christ risen again on earth,
He said "Sweet bird, be forever blest.
Thyself, thy eggs, and tby moss wreathed
nest."
And ever my child, since that blee
night,
When Death bowed down to the Lord cf
Light,
The eggs of that sweet bird change their
true,
And burn witli rod, and gold, and blue—
Reminding mankind in their simple way
Of tiie holy marvel of Easter day.
tho English press. The heroine was a
young and beautiful woman, the chief
Priestess of tho celebrated Temple of
Apollo st Antioch, sn Important city cf
Syria located on tha beautiful river Oion-
tes. We have thrown portions of the
work together using prose enough to give
a partial view of the facts set forth in
Mr. Mllman’s poetical work. The ex
tracts wo make will, wa think, impress the
reader with the beauty of the author’s
style.
The Pagan Priestess of Antioch*
At Antioch, in Syria, the followers of
Christ were first called Christians. The
Emperor, Probus, was a bitter persecu
tor of the Christians, and messengers ar
rived from Rome bringing commands to
Olybiue, the governor, to increase the
severities against the Christians, many of
whom had sought safety In the neighbor
hood of Antioch. Margarltta the chief
Priestess, In the Temple dedicated to Apol
lo, had seen and heard the story of the
Christians, of Christ and his death, and
becamo a convert to the Christian faith-
One day a hymn intended to indicate the
dose of the soletnui rites which had just
beea paid to Apollo, was sung and at
its close nothing was wanting to com
plete tho splendid spectacle of the aay,
but
"The crown and palm-like grace of all,
The sacred virgin, on whose footsteps
Beauty
Walts like a handmaid; whose most peer
less form
Light as embodied air, and pure as Ivory,
Thrice polished by the skilful statuary,
Moves in the priestess’ long and llowlsg
robe.
While our scarce-erring worship doth
adore
The servant rather than the God."
The assembly waits In breathless and ad
miring expectation. At length a priest en
tered and announced that Margarltta is *ot
to bs found, and that the laurel crown,
the iyre unstrung and the dishonored
robes of prophesy were found scattered
here and there upon the pavement. M a-
ny Christians had been devoted to death.
She soon enters clad in sackcloth with
ashes strewn upon her head. The multi
tude hail her with enthusiasm.
“She hath fallen down upon her knees:
her hair
Is scattered like a cloud of gold; her
hands
Are clasped across her swelling breast;
her eyes
Do hold a sad communion with the heav
ens
And her lips move, yet make no sound.”
The priests attribute tho few Incoherent
words and the distracted manner of Alar-
garitta to a special visitation 1 rom the god
Apollo, and they lead her away amid the
shouts of the people in honor of Olyblus,
"the Christian’s scourge.’’
Fassing alone, at night through the
grove of Daphne, Olyblus Joined her and
declared his love. Bald he:
“In the Varthian’s iiery sands
I looked upon the blazleg noontide sun.
And thought how lovely thou before his
shrine
Wast standing, with thy laurei-crowned
locks
And when my high trlmphant chariot
tolled
Through Antioch's crowded streets when
every hand
Rained garlands, every voice dwelt on ray
nemo.
My discontented spirit panted still
For thy long silent lyre.”
She soaght to disengage herself from
him and by her ambiguous words and
manner, raised his suspicions of her faith
and purity; but as she dared not as yet
explain herself, or avow her new creed,
because, as it appeared afterwards, she
was on her way to warn the Christians of
their impending danger from the new
edict of the Emperor. She therefore ab
ruptly quits Olyblus, and, arriving at the
spot where the persecuted sect meet a 1
night, relates the purpose of her erro*d.
At the close of this conference the Ro
man soldiers were beard approaching.
“They come;
Pale lights are gleaming through the
dusky night,
And hurrying feet are trampling to and
fro;
Disperse—disperse, my brethren, to your
homes;
Sweet Margarltta, in the Hermitage
By clear Orontes, where so oft we’ve met,
Thou'li find me still.”
At daybreak Margarita returns to the
Temple, where she met her doting father,
who flnds her hanging over her aocustomed
lyre, and halle her with delighted pride.
“My child!
My own, my loved, my beauteous child!
once more
Thou art thyself: thy snowy hands are
trembling
On thy loved lyre, to hymn the triumph
of our God around
The pile whereon these frantic Gallileans
writhe and expire.”
Then, she avowed her falling off from
his faith (he was the chief priest of the
temple) and her determined adherence to
that of the prescribed and condemned Gal-
lileans. Excited, he exclaimed;
“Lightnings blast—pot thee
But those, that by their subtle incantions.
Have wrought upon thy lnnoceat soul!
Look there!
directing her attention to the image of the
God, and asking;—
Cans’t thou see
The terrible brightness of the wrath that
burns
On his arched brow?"
She replies;
"I see a silent shape of stone
In which tiie majesty of ItumaM passion
Is to the life expressed. A noble image.
But wrought by mortal hands, upou a
mode;
As mortal as themselves.”
Calllas, the father, says;
“Ha! look again then.
There in the East. Mark how the purple
clouds
ThroDg to pavilion him; the officious
winds
Pant forth to purify his azure path
From night’s dun vapors and fast-scatter
ing mists.
The glad earth wakes in adoration; all
The voices of all animate things, lift up
Tumultuous orisons; the spacious world
Lives but in him, that Is its life. But he,
Disdainful of the universal homage.
Holds his calm way, and vindicates for
his own.
Th’ illimitable heavens, in solitude
Of peerless glory unapproachable—
What means thy proud undazzled look?
to adore or mock?”
She remained unmoved, acknowledged
the glory of the Imagery before her, but
claimed it for the new God she had found.
On the following day the Christians
weri brought before Olyblus who, profes
sing to discard from his breAst all partial
affection, declared the condemnation to
torture and death, all who shall be found
“guilty of the Gallilean faith.” Some
shepherds bring in a veiled maiden, whose
robes and Wlet indicate her to be a priest
ess of Apollo, but whom they found In a
cave by the Orontes.
Frantic with wrath, he bade them drag
him forth
To cruel death? Serene the old man walk
ed
The orowded streets; at every pause the
yell
Of the mad peopla made, his voice was
heard
Blessing God’s bounty or imploring par
don
Upon the barbarous hosts that smote him
on.
Then didst thou hold mo up. a laughing
child,
To gaze on that sad spectacle. He pass’d
And looked on me with such a gentle sor
row.
The pallid patlerce of his brow toward me
Seem’d softening to a smile of deepest
love,
When all around me mock’d aud howl’d
and laugh’d,
God gave me grace to weep. In after time
That face would on my noontide dreams
return;
And in the silence of the night I heard
The murmur of that voice remote, and
touch’d
To an tcrial sweetness, like soft music
Over a tract of waters. My young soul
Lay wrapt in wonder, how that meek old
man
Could suffer with sueh unreplning calm
ness,
Till late 1 learnt the faith for which hs suf
fer’d.
And wondered then no more."
Calllas, unable to turn his daughtet from
her faith In Christ, appealed to the Prefect
for mercy. Margarlttajwas conveyed pri
vately to the sumptuous palace of Olyblus
who, after pointing her attention to the
horrors that await the condemned Chris
tians on the morrow, and contaating it
with the rich and voluptuous scene that
surrounded her, offered to make her his
bride, and queen of the East, if she would
renounce her faith. This she refused to do
and she was sent back to prison. Polybius
instructed the executioner to see that Mar-
garitta should witness the executions,
some to bo cast to wild beasts, some to the
stake, and others to tho block, and that
iter execution should be last. Indeed, he
had determined that sho should be saved
even if she did not falter at the execution
of others. But this intention was frustra
ted by Margarltta herself, who, from
some cause prevailed on the executioner
to perform his duty, in her case, without
delay. Polybius is represented to have
been deeply affected when the execution
of Margarltta was announced. He renoun
ced the sceptre and purple, and in a short
time the wholo of the citizens of Antioch
were converted to Christianity as if by a
miracle, at the sight of Margaritta’s death.
She has ever been hold in high and sacred
repute, and has come down from age to
age as the distinguished Christian Martyr
of Antioch. This occurred in the second
or the beginning of the third century of
the Christian era.
eral letters were found of a suspicious
character, but as they contain the names
of people In middle Tennessee, we decline
to give their contents.
Tho discovery ot the den has caused
great excitement in the neighborhood.
Numbers have visited the place, and a few
have ventured in. Mr. W. C. Blair, on
whose land the cave is, refused to have
anything disturbed until the people could
see it. He permitted A. M. Lee to remove
the dragoon pistols, which have John A.
Murrell's initials stamped on the barrels.
Any person wishing to see them can call
on him at the postoffice In Huntingdon,
where he will take great pleasure in show
ing them.
“Pouring upon the still and skuddlng air
Her hymn to Christ.”
It is Margarltta.
Thus spoke Caiiias:
“Great Judge! Great Prefect!
It Is my child—Apollo’s gifted priestess!
Within that holy and oracular cave
Her spirit quaffa th’absorbing inspiraUoa.
Lo, with what cold and wandering eyas
she looks .
On me, her sire-lt shokas hsr voice-
these men,
Tneee wicked, false blaspheming men
have leagued
To swear away her life.”
She now avows her faith—the rest of the
the cljrlstians exult in theirs and the
whole are led out to prison. In that pris
on, Margarita tells how she was convert
ed to her new creed, as follows:
"Dost thou not remember
When Dedus was the Emperor, how he
came
To Antioch, ann when holy Babylas
Withstood his entrain’ lo the Christian
church.
MURRELL'S DEN.
A Strange Story from Carroll County,
Tennessee.
[Correspondence Nashville World.]
Huntington, Tbmn., February 13.—On
the 11th instant, we left Huntingdon for
the southwestern portion of this county
for a few days’ bird and squirrel hunt,
having for our companion A. M. Lee, the
acknowledged prince of postmasters; and
let us say when Huntingdon loses him
sho will lose a post-master that has plsas-
ed every one without a dissenting voice.
His duplicate cannot be found. Being se
curely seated behind a two-forty (hours)
thoroughbred, we were soon on qur hunt
ing ground, it being in the Immediate vi
cinity where we were both born and
raised, as a matter of course we were well
acquainted with the woods. While follow
ing a rocky branch, known as the Gin
branch, we came to where it sklrtod the
margin of a high hill, our setter, Charlie,
made a dash at the rabbit and both rab
bit and Charlie disappeared in the hill,
The entrance was what we supposed to be
a crevieo In the rocks, as the margin of the
hill was covered with large, sand rocks;
In a moment the bats came pouring out by
the hundreds; the weather being chilly
they fell to the ground In a stupor as soon
as the air struck them—their slumbers had
been disturbed by the dog. We were en
joying the fun, when, to our astonishment
several large horn owls came Hopping out,
ono gave a dismal hoot as though he had
not seen daylight in years, or wished to
’ frighten us away. Becoming uneasy for
fear our dog could not return, Mr. Lee
went to the entrance of the cave, taking a
pole and probing some six feet, he found
It made an abrupt angle to the right; the
opening was barely sufficient for a com
mon sized man to enter; he groped his
way until it became so dark that he re
turned and revealed the terrible news that
it opened out into what he believed to be a
large hall, and that he could hear Charlie
running around and whining, as though
ho was lost aHd could not flndlhls way out.
We sent to a neighboring house and pro
cured a lantern, determined ;to rescue
Charlie at all hazard*. With lantern In
hand we both entered, compelled to crawl
on hands and knees for some distance be
fore we could walk erect; the entrance
turned flrst to the right then to the left, in
a zigzag form; Anally wo met Charlie and
his bark, as It echoed and re-echoed as
tonished us to such an extent that we
raised our lantern over our heads, which
threw a bright light around. We stood
dumb for a moment; we were shocked and
horrliled; the surroundings were revealed;
wo were In a large room, ceiled on sides
and overhead with rude clapboards. Bo
fore us set a large table with a mutilated
pack of cards In the center; heavy wooden
chairs around tho table; a couple of large
and rough shop-made knives on one corn
er. As soon as we could collect our senses
and calm our staggered brain we found we
were in a secret oave that had once been
occupied by a bund of outlaws, but who or
when, was the question. Xu surveying the
room, which was 18x18, we found, in one
corner, a black something; holding the
light close, our blood was chided; it was a
large, black man, bis skin and flesh dry as
those who, lu ancient days, were given
passage over Sharon; a large and rough
made chain was It* ked around his ankle
and fastened to a staple in the floor. In
the opposite corner lay the dried frame of
two tiuge blood hounds, In an old and
heavy wooden box was found two old-
fashioned horse pistols with flint locks;
they had undoubtedly done service in the
revolution; there was also several pair of
handcuffs. We began to think that we
were In the regions of the damned. When
we looked on the rough wall there we saw
“tho handwriting.” It was “John A. Mur
rell, 1828." We were In the great outlaw’s
den; we could then see that the man chain
ed had been stolen by the bold bandit—
brought there and chained until they could
run him south and sell him. The presump
tion is that when the cave was deserted he
was alive; tho doom was sure but what
agony he underwent—chained and alone—
his face like Milton's devil, “grinned hor
ribly a ghastly smile.” The blood hounds
had been kept for the purpose of re-cap-
turing any slave that might escape. As
we were about making our exit our compan
ion, Lee, called our attention, in an excited
manner, to another object. We turned
around and he was paie and the lantern
trembling in his hand; he pointed under
the table, and there lay tb« form aad
dried frame of another human being. Ex
amining close It proved to be that of a
once beautiful female. She too was chain
ed. She had died a horrible death—starv
ed to death. Her long yellow hair still
clung to the dry skin on her head, which
hung in goiden tresses over her bosom
that once heaved with the breath of life,
though now cold; her once ruby lips w«e
parted so as to disclose a set of pearly
teeth. How came sho in a robber's den?
She could not have been a victim to cupld'a
dart. If so why chain her? She undoubted
ly was kidnapped and held for ransom.
But our heart grows sick as wo writs; sov-
M1W. SURRATT AND STANTON.
Two Strange Stories Told by William F.
Wood, Ex-Chief of Detective*.
From the Washington Gazette.
Some time after the execution of Mrs.
Surratt, Freaident Johnson sent for ma
and requested; ate to give my version of
Mrs. Surratt’s connection with the assas
sination of Fresident Lluooln. I did so,
and I believe lie was thoroughly convinc
ed of the innocence of Mrs. Surratt. Ho
assured me he sincerely regretted that ha
had not given Mrs. Surratt (he benefit of
executive clemency and strongly express
ed his detestation of what he termed the
"infamous conduct of Stanton” In keeping
these facts from him. I asserted my un
changeable friendshlplfot* Mr. Stanton un
der all circumstances, and while I regret
ted the course adopted by the secretary
of war towards Mrs. Surratt, 1 would
never hesitate to perform any act of kind
ness for him. Fresident Johnson oom-
mended me for my devotion to friends,
and the subject of tiie assassination waa
never after wards discussed between him
and myself. The great war secretary of
the union was no longer In power. Ho
was a plain citizen of our republic, broken
tn health and tottering between life and
death.
The republican leaders had, arter much
pleading, induced Fresident Grant to name
Mr. Stanton for a judge of the supreme
court. The senate promptly confirmed
the nomination, but Grant, for soma rea
son best known to himself, did not put
his signature to tiie commission, or if be
did sign the commission he did not for
ward it to Mr. Stanton. It was at this
time the latter sent for me and I called at
his residence on K street. When ushered
Into his presence I was startled at his woe
begone and wretched appearance. He in
quired if I knew the reason why that man
(meaning President Grant) withheld his
commission. I told him. Then we drifted
In our talk to tha executions herein referr
ed to. and he rebuked me for not making
greater effort to save tho woman that waa
hanged. Ho said he would have trusted
bis life In rny keeping; that I would have
saved him the torments of hell had I been
more persistent in my efforts. I remind'
ed him of my call on Fresldont Johnson to
plead for mercy for Mrs. Surratt, and that
I was met by L. C. Baker at the entranoe
of the president’s house, and Baker pro
duced an order under his (Stanton’s) signa
ture which set fot th that X should not be
permitted to enter the building or com
municate with.the president.
“Too true,” he responded, "aud the Sur
ratt woman haunts tue so that my nights
are sleepless and my days miserable, and
Grant aids my enemies by refusing to sign
my commission, which would afford me
temporary relief and perhaps prolong my
life. He will not do It, and. Wood, this is
at last the end. Flaclng his hands to his
head he continued: “I cannot endure the
pressure; I am dying, dying surely, dying
now!”
A few parting words were exchanged
between us, and the following day the
death of Edwin M. Stanton was publicly
announced. He never received his com
mission as judge of tho supreme court,
though he had bean confirmed by the sen
ate of the Unlttxl States.
Mercury and Potash Vanquished.
Mr. Wiley F. Hood, known to almost ev
ery man, woman and child In Athens, bears
tho following testimony as to the virtues
ot Swifl’e Specific, (S. S.S.)
For twelve years I suffered from mercu
rial poison, with all of Its torturlDg pains.
I was treated by several physicians, and
was dosed on Iodide ot potassium abun
dantly. This treatment increased my
trouble. My blood was thoroughly In
fected ; my skin was thick and yellow; my
stomach was weak so that I could not re
tain my food; my person was broken out
with sores which became offensive ulcers,
and my strength was gone. Mercury
brought on rheumatism, and potash had
ruined my stomach, and I thought there
was nothing loft for me to do but to die—
so thought many of my friends as I went
hobbliug along the street. I tried all the
remedies within reach, but to no avail. At
last a friend suggested the use of Swift’s
Specific. Like many other drowning men
I was ready to catch at any straw that
Game in sight. I procured six bottles
from Dr. Liong. The flrst bottle gave me
hope. The nausea of the stomach disap
peared, and by the time I had taken the
third the hard lumps on my neck went a-
way; the ulcers were healed; my complex
ion cleared up, my skin smoothed off, and
my strength began to return. I have tak
en ic all about thirty bottles. It has made
a new man of me. I am a man of 63 years,
but am strong and vigorous, eat anything
and do any kind ot work. I am sound
and well. It Is my honest opinion that
Swift’s Specific lias taken mo from the
grave’s mouth and added many years to
my life. 1 would recommend It to suffer
ing humanity everywhere, not as a univer
sal panacea for all diseases, but as a spe
cific for all blood and skin diseases, such
as blood poison, rheumatism, scrofula, ec
zema, tetter and catarrh, for X have seen
It tried on most all of these. I am ready
and more than willing to answer all Inqul-
riss tending the above points. I am well
known In Athens, and refer to any one or
all of the old citizens ot this city.
Wiley F. Hood, Athens, Ga.
Jan, 3,1885.
The Best ;*i the Market.
I have been afflicted with a blood humor
and indigestion for fifteen years. I have
used various medicines, hut with little pur
pose. I nave received more benefit from
Swift's Specific (S. S. 8.) than anything
else I have ever taken. It Is the best blood
purifier in the market. A. J. Brooks.
Feb. 13,1885. Roand Rock, Tex.
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseas
es mailed free to applicants.
Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta,
Ga.
Washington Letter.
Froiu Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, March 23rd, 1885.
The political situation in Washing
ton was never entirely devoid of sen
sation. It will be the province of
history with a retrospection of fifty
years or more to portray the great
and important changes, the slow, but
potent revolution that is now takiug
place. The observer of to-day can
catch only here and there a scene
and a sign in the progress of events
ns they aro evolved around him. Mr.
Cleveland’s administration may not
be precisely what many of his sup
porters have hoped, but their disap
pointment cannot equal that of the
supporters of Mr. Blaino, who see iu
the wisdom, the caution, and tho
conservatism of the administration,
the refutation of their predictions
and tho ruin of their hopes. With
tho exception of tho appointment of
the now celebrated Mr. Higgins,
malice itself has been able to find no
fault with those who have been
placed in office. The torrent of ani
madversion that poor Higgins has
received must strike the average gov
ernment employee as very absurd,
for even if the worst said of him is
true, it follows that he is only as bad
as the thousands whom the party of
‘moral ideas’ has cherished in its
heart of hearts for at least sixteen
years. Higgins gambles, ho stuff's
ballot boxes, he is smart and tricky,
is the cry of the saintly rascals and
roguos who supported a man like
Blaine, and men like Robeson and
Belknap, and who stole the presiden
cy only eight years ago. Why,
large number of the republican em
ployees in office now are drunkards
and gamblers, men with salaries of
from $1000 to $25oo, who would not
be trusted for five dollars, and who
would bo dismissed to-morrow, if it
were not for the fact that they serv
ed in the Union army. Ye jiypocrites
First cast out the beams from your
own eyes and then wilt thou see more
clearly to pull out the mote that is
alleged to have been in your brother
Higgins’ eye before he was appoint
ed to a subordinate office in the
Treasury Department. It is curious
grotesque, and moralesquo to see
what a high standard the Republi
cans have set up for those from whom
a few months ago everything vile was
vociferously predicted.
A great change has come over the
city of Washington, has permeated
all the Government offices, has af
*eoted the homes and even the shops
of the people. That the now admin
lstration will fulfil its contract to
conduct tho Government on business
principles, in the interest of the peo
pie, instead of, for tho office-holder
is now believed by all. Government
Clerks no longer feel the sheltering
arm of tlieir rei>ublican ‘infiuence
and Jare working in a way that
surprising. Those who before the
election were blatent and abusive of
Domocrats ea*not now be hired to
say a word against them, and some
have even taught their lips to utter
praise. The average government
clerk is very unhappy. Ho is awaro
that he has very little to do, and that
ho is not qualified to do even that
little. Ho has heard that the new
administration will reorganize the
Departments and discharge the use
less, the incompetent, the idle, the
drunkard and the gambler. He
knows that this means him. He
knows that outside tho government
office ho cannot make a living; that
better clerks are working in business
houses all over the country for one-
half and one-third the amount ho is
paid; working constantly for ten and
twelve hours a day, while he has been
doing sham work for only seven hours
per day.
Shop keepers, especially those who
sail cigars and tobacco, as well as sa
loon keepers, tell me that times are
very dull. Goverdment clerks are
economizing in preparation for the
day of dismissal.
Ir making its appoiutmonts, I un
derstand the Administration will be
very careful to select only competent
and sober men, and It is expected
that the moral tone of tiie service
and of the city will be improved.
Improvement is already disceraable.
President Arthur’s ^administration
was comparatively respectable, but
it was at best a succession of tho
Grant regime of vulgarity and dis
honesty and the Hayes regime of
fraud and hypocrisy. I think Presi
dent Arthur thought more of his dis
tinction as a flue gentleman than of
his fame as a statesman. There is
now a promise of simpler manners,
purer laws. Washington during the
next four years may not be the Mecca
of fashion and social ostentation, but
it will be moro than ever the Ideal
Capital of a decent democracy.
bERMAN REL
FOR 3PAIN.
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lumbago. Bich«che, Heidache. Toowacnc.
i»r< Throne. SwcUlh«i$$MklB«*BrullW.
_ pUihft.l.-
Harms, trald*. Tromt B1U».
AID ALL OTHF* BODILY PAI1W AID ACHKS.
I t»r VrwsgUm and Da*.art awarrv»hare. Fifty CmU * lx*
Plrmrtlona In 11 Langnac««.
THE ( lURLEit A. VOGELKK CO.
cs» n we to A. TOOim * 00 )
Nov. 4. 1384.
UaitiaMM. 1A, C. A A.
eow 17 ly
BY THE XORTn SKA.
Milei and miles and miles of desolation!!
League* on leagues on league* without a
change:
Sign or toKen of florae eldest nation.
Hero would mate the atrauge laral not so.
at rango
Timc-iorgoiten, yea since time's creation,
Seem these border* where the sea htnls raugc.
Slowly, gladly, full of peace and wonder
Grown his heart who journeys here alone.
Earth and ail lufthoughtfl of earth sink, under
Deep as deep In water sinks a stone.
Hardly knows !t If the rollers thunder,
Hardly w lence the lonely wind is blown.
Tall the plumage of the rush flower tosses,
Sharp and soft lu many a curve and line.
Gleam and glow the sea colored marsh mosses,
salt and splendid from the circling brine,
.Streak on streak of glimmering scashtno crosses
All the land sea-saturate as with wlue.
Far, and far between, in divers orders,
Clear gray steeple* cleave the low gray sky;
Fast anil firm as time-unshaken warders.
Heart* made sure by faith, by hope ma le high.
These alone In all the wild sea borders
Fear no blast of days and night that die.
All the land Is like as one man's face is.
l*ale ar.d troubled still with change of cares.
Lkrabt aud death pervade her clouded spaces;
Strength and length of life and pet.ee arc
theirs;
Theirs aloro amid these weary places,
Seeing not how the wild world frets and fares.
Firm and fast where all is cloud that changes.
Cloud-clogged aunliglit, cloud by sunlight thin
ned.
Stern and sweet, above the sand-hill ranges
Watch the towers and tombs of inen that sin
ned
Once, now calm as eart h whose only chan go is
Wind, and light, and wind, and cloud, and
wind.
4—From Swinburne's .studies in SoDg.
HUMOROUS.
A man once asked a celebrated balloon
ist what he would do if in want of refresh
ments In his aerial voyage, as there were
no hotels. He instantly replied he would
have no use for them; he would stop at
some of the ‘castles In the air.’
Bhubabb to Begin on.—“Whar ye bln?’
he asked, os the other boy suddenly came
around the corner.
"To the doctor’s."
“Fur yer mother?”
"No— fur me."
"What ails you?"
"Tongue all coated—see there?”
“What does this mean?”
“Heaps!” chuckled the other. “That
means rhubarb to begin on, and loaf su
gar, sweet cake, a velocipede, roller skates
and a jaokkife before I git through. Don’t
you wish you was me?”—Detroit Post.
Even in benighted India woman is ris
ing to a level with man. A library for wo
men has been established in Calcutta, >-n<l
one of the most popular vernacular jour
nals is conducted by a woman.
The most decided case of Nativeism we
have recently known is that of a Person
who was asked to attend the Pilgrim Ball
at Plymouth, on the 23rd ult. He replied
that he was not goln« forty miles to at
tend a celebration In honor of the arrival
of a parcel of foreigners.
A Frenchman is about opening an "hy-
menial academy” in this city, at which
young ladles will be taught the marriage
service, with all the proper sobs, sighs and
hysterics, in three *arsy lessons of a guin-
| e* each.
Hadn’t Caught on to Slang.—She had
just returned from Vassar, aud papa was
stroking her hair fondly.
“I hope, my dear,” said the old man,
“that you haven’t acquired any of the vul
gar slang phrases which so many of the
Yassar young ladies are said to use.”
’’You bet I haven't papa,” she said
brightly, “when anybody catches me talk
ing slang he is especially invited to slug
me tn the seventh rib.”
“That la right, my daughter; never In
dulge In slang. It gives a young lady doad
away."
A Chancellor's Opinion.
Hon. James Harlan, ex-Vlce Chancellor j
of Louisville, Ky, a brother of Justice The new Duohess of Westminster, wife
Harlan, U. S. Supreme Court, savs of St. ! of one of tt.e riclieot men in Europe, was
Jacobs OU: “I use it, and I kno
Apropos to the Occasion.
In tho heavy stage coach, as we roll
out of Leadvillo, aro seven meu.
Ono is an army officer who has half
a dozen scars to prove his bravery.
Cut off from his command, on the
plains last summer, by a score of
Indians, he entrenched himself and
fought the band off until help arriv
ed. Two of the others aro despera
does, who have killed their men.
Three of tho others are stalwart mi
ners, each armed with two revolvers,
and they look as if they would
prove ugly customers in a row.
The seveith man might do some
shooting on a pinch, but he hopes
there will bo no pinch. In the crowd
ars ten revolvers, two derringers,
three repeating rifles and four or five *
bowie knives, and there is perfect
good feeling as the stage rolls along.
It is tacitly understood that the ar
my captain is to assume command in
case the coach is attacked, and that
all are to keep cool aud flro to kill.
It is ton o’clock in tho morning.
The windows are down and the pas
sengers are smoking and talking,
and seeking for comfortable posi
tions. The coach has just readied
the top of a lliill, when every horse is
suddenly pulled up.
’’If it’s a b’ar wo’ll have somo
fun,” growled one of tiie miners, a3
he put his haad out of the window.
“If it’s a robber gin me the fust
pop at him!” whispered one of tho
desperadoes.
No ono could say what the troublo
was, when a wiry little chap about
five feet six inches tall, with black
eyes and hair, clean face and thin
lips, appeared at the left-hand door
with a cocked revolver in either
hand and said;
“Gants, I’m sorry to disturb you,
but I’ve got to make a raise this
morning. Please leave your shoot
ers and climb down here, one at tho
time!”
It was sudden. It was so sudden
that it took ten seconds to under
stand tiie drift of his remarks. Then
every eye turned to the right-hand
door, and the two revolvers held by
a second robber were seen at tho
open window. It was a trap. Tho
rats were caught, would they fight?
“Gents, I’m growing a leetlo im
patient,” continued the first robber,
“and I want to see tho procession
begin to move!”
Let’s see? The captain war to
lead us, and we were to be cool and
fire to kill. But the captain was
growing white around the mouth,
and nobody had a weapon in hand.
The rats were not going to fight.
One of the miners opened the door
and descended, and the other six
humbly followed. Tiie seven were
drawn up in line across tho read,
and while the robber held his shoot
er on the line, ha coolly observau to
hi3 partner:
‘Now, William, you remove the
weapons from tho coach and then
search these gentlemen.”
As William obeyed every victim
was ordered to liold his hands above
his head, and whatever plunder was
taken from his pockets was dropped
into William’s hat. Four gold watch-
os, two diamond pins, a telescopo, a
diamond ring, a gold badge, and Si-
200 in cash, changed liands in ten
minutes. Not a man had a word to
say. Tho driver of the coach did not
leave his seat, and was not interfer-
red with. When tho last man had
been plundered the genteel j Dick
Turpin kindly observed:
“You are tho most decent lot of
m»n I ever robbed, and if times
weren’t so blasted hard, I would
make each of y*u a present of $10.
Now, then climb back to your places
and the coach will go on.”
Tho crowd “dumb,” and the »ehi-
cle resumed its journey. Not a weap
on or a time-piece or a dollar had
been saved. Seven well-armed men
had been cleaned out by two and not
a shot fired or a wound given. Each
man took his scat without a word.
Mile after mile was passed in silence,
and finally the seventh man, the one
who might fight on a pinch, but
didn’t, plaintively suggested:
“CanT some of you gentlemen
think of a few remarks which would
be apropos to the occasion?”
No one could, and the silence was
renewed.
How He Struck it Very Rich.
Mr. J. B. Franz, proprietor of tha St
lull well
whereof I 6peak In pronouncing It a must
extraordinary cure for all that Is claimed
Tor it by its proprietors. Eveiy family
should have it.”
married In a drew* of white foulard, cost
ing seventy-tlva cents u yard. This cer
tainly Is economy, and economy It is to
use Dr. Hull’s Cough Syrup, tiie great rem
edy for coughs and voids.
James’ Hotel, Mansfield, O., Is in luck on
account of Ihe purchase of a ticket In The
Louisiana State Lottery. Several weeks
since Mr. Franz, who has previously
drawn small sums In the lottery, invested
in one whole ticket and five one-fifth tick
ets, paying $10 for the same. Yesterday
(Feb. 10th.) the drawing took place and Mr.
Franz received a telegram notifying him
that his whole ticket had drawn $0,000 In
easb, which sum is subject to his order.—
Mansfield (Ohio) Liberal, Feb. 11.
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