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^' measuring the baby.
I the riotous lvat>y
'aXmI tb« 5 ot W.*“‘ h
X 111v at the throh-'ld,
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• as just as t*ll !
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Without ih« blue hir»l* whistlfd *
lllS urto U.boM ropMfM,
A." ioa.il fro at the window
A nL rod rose r^ ked her been ;
An t the wee pink firat of the baby
War never a moment itill.
Sint* him? as shine and ahadow
That da need on the lattice nlll !
IIin ores were wide aa bluebells—
Itis iuouth like * flower unblown—
T*o little bare feet, like f inny white mice,
Peeped out trom nia anawy ^*mn ;
And we thought, with a thnl of rapture
That had yet a touch of pain,
Wbrii June roils around with her rotes,
W e ll measure the- boy again.
Ah me ! la s darkened chamber,
With the aunahine ahnt away.
Through Wara tu»i fill It*, a bitter rain
We meaauru i tho bov to day ;
And tbs little bar o feet, that were dimplod
And swcctaaa buddi.tg rose,
L»y aide by aide to.’etb r,
in the huah of a lung repose !
Vp from the dainty p How,
White as the risen dawn.
The fair little wee Jay s niling,
With the light of heaven thereon—
And the dear litt.e hands, like rose leaves
lirojpxl from a rose, lay still,
Never to snatch at the sunshine
That crept to tho ahro id.sl still !
;Vo measured the aleepin* baby
*V it It ribbons w.nte as s ow,’
For the shining r >sewool casket
That waited him below ;
An loot oft I - darken* d < hainber
We .vent with a cittkilm inoan :
To the height of tne sinless angels.
Our little one had >n»wn ?
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■i»Dv4r.
Pompeii is among the wonders of the
world. Here one enters into such associ
ation with tlie ancients us he can have
nowhere else. The town lies about twelve
miles cast of Naples, five or six miles from
the font of Vesuvius, and not far from the
bay. My conceptions of its destruction
were vert erroneous It was overwhelm
ed, n >: i.y lava, init by ashis, or dust, or
cinders, or all toge;lier. The lava descen
ded, by the law of gravitation, down the
declivity ot the mountain to H rculaneum;
but tlie fine duo was b own by a north-
westerly wind to a distance ol several
miles Iroin the rutuntain, and tell on the
doomed city. We may easily understand
the laws by which it was destroyed. The
almost impalpable dust issued from the
top of the high mountain, whence it was
borne by a wind, settling in the usual di
rection, over the plain at the base of the
mountain, and falling, as it naturally
would in its course, it reached tho earth
at Pompeii, and in its vicinity. Its fall,
at first, was prob ibly not rapid. During
the recent eruption, the wind blowing
from the east, Naples was covered to some
depth with the same kindol dust,causing
darkness in the day time, and a consider
able panic. As the dust gradually fell
on Pompeii, there was probably an alatm.
which soon iricw into a panic. Most of
the inhabit mts tied, carrying with them
their lighter and more valuable articles.
Some persons weic reluctant to leave thc>r
homes; some were unable to do it; and
some had confidence that the threatened
oatastrpphu would be averted. Several
fac:s arc illustrative of these supposi
tions. In the museum at Pompeii is the
body of a female. She wns evidently a
woman of some refinement. Her feet and
hands were small, and her fingers were
adorned with rings. It is almost certain
that her delicate condition caused her to
resolve on remaining in her house, and
running the risk of perishing in the city,
rather than to venture out amid the dark
ness and th : tailing cinders. The most
splendid mansion yet discovered in Pom
peii was just without the wall, on the
road to Neap ilis or Naples. It covered a
large space, and was evidently the abode
ot wealth and luxury, Among e ther con
veniences, it contained a large wine-cellar,
in which may still be seen rows of earthen
jars for holding wine. This building, ns
inscriptions show, belonged to a man
named Dio m-de. Very naturally he was
reluctant t« leave liis abode, his hoarded
treasures and his delicious luxuries. His
w nccellar afforded present defence again--!
't tearful storm, and he was willing to
n-k his litc to protect his property.
Mure than a dozen bodies were found in
tile wine-cellar; and near its entrance a
body clutching a bag of gold. They
slowly reached the conclusion to make
their escape; but it was too late. Most
of the inhabitants took warning and fled
from the impending tpln. Mcanwhil
the dns*. continued to pour on the city.
Gradually the streets were filled, the houses
were covered, their roofs were crashed by
the incumbent mass, every vestige of the
city was concealed, and not a monument,
was left to mark the spot which it had
occupied. The destruction was as coin'
- pietc as that of Sodom and Gnmorah,
% and by means quite os wonderful. For
nearly eighteen centuries no effort was
e mode tp discover the site of the buried
-.. city.- i-. k - ^
Now. it is supposed that JhV-tTiird ot
Pompeii has been disinterred and tho
work of excavation is in constant prog
ress. The ashes, while they crashed the
roofs of the houses, preserved everything
else in perfection. The walls of the
buildings, the frescoes, the paintings, the
statues, the domestic utensils, the jewel
ry, aud tlie multitude of things ot convey
niencc and taste, have been found pre ;
ciselv as they were left by the terrified in
habitants. You ntay wander through the
streets, narrow, well paved, nnd worn by
wheels into rats. There are the places o?
amusement—the theatre and uinphithe'
atie. The houses were, with tew excep
tions, only one story high, built around a
• o.irt or open space in the centre, with
small chambers. The few second stories
"ere reach'd by steps outside of the
buildings. There are the wine-shops,
conveniently nrranged fordipping up the
'leverage for thirsty customers. There,
,0 °. arc the bakeries, with their stamped
loaves, dry, dark, and no longer fit for
mod. There, also, are haunts of licen
tiousness and infamy, with their obscene
intuits.justifying Paul’s in detment of
leatlienUm, in the first chapter of his
cpis’le to the Romans. Everything that
cmid lie moved has been carried to the
museum in Naples; and the visitor is snr*
pnsed at the number, variety, and ele
gaocc of the articles of use and of oraa-
ntent "‘at have been preserve I. Recent-
•y. a museum lias been opened at Pom
peii, and relics now found are deposited
there. This arrangement will greatly
augment the interest of a visit to the dis
interred citv. Amp’e plans were adopted
or draining the old town, and on a de-
ciining street stepping-stones were plac
ed for pedestrians to avoid the torrents
caused by copious showers. Many of the
leys were too narrow for wheeled vehi-
h«*«,1 , sorac 'be streets, well worn
> wheels, were too narrow to allow car-
RC3 to pass one another, in these
i ‘ ’"'"ghfarcs all the vehicles passed in
tic direction ; or by an understood
j-J‘ n S e 'd cn ' went in one direction for a
; *b* B ' n the opposite way for
?h£ ™ bfc-like is the *cenc
that one could hsuxMy help expecting to
behold some old Pompea/startoutTrom
wW g m - W#U * to know
7/ ™ W bOMDCS9 wc ,,ad »b«o—JWvio«.
If it wasn’t .for {he law, a man cou
make a fortune in half the time.
An editor may not be religious, but he
generally has. an umbrella wjdch keeps
lent.
‘•Stump tailcd monopolist” is the chaste
epithet that a Chicago editor slings at a
rival.
Little girl at the breakfast tablm- “Mam
ma. this is very old bnttcO—»Fve found a
gray hair in it.”
Susan B. Anthony wants the name of
the Pnllam cars altered either to pull-
man-and-woraan or Pull-irrespective-ot-
sex cars. -• - > - ' i * *. ]
The editor of a Nevada newspaper
gives notice that he cannot be bribed
with a five cent cigar to write a five dol
lar puff.
Three hundred Jnpnnc e’ girls are on
their way to this country to be oduea’el
and taught the mysteries of the new grass
hopper twist. ' -
The recent marriage of a Mr. Day with
a Miss Field, presents this singular anom
aly, thnt although he t/aintd the field
she iton the day.
Notwithstanding all they say against
it, there is not an editor in the State who
would refuse to accept “back pay”
—trom subscribers.
The Boston Trantrri/tt thinks that the
* ambitious ; ouths who lircd the Ephesian
dome” was a traveling ngent for a patent
fire-extinguishing apparatus.
News is scarce in Minesota. In the ef
fort to present something fresh a I.anes-
lioro paper has found it necessary to pub
lisli the Ten Commandments.
From the New Orleans Itarald.
A GENUINE GHOST.
He Keeps his Nocturnal Watch in a
Honse on Common street, and
Scares tho Inmates ont of
their Wits —HIs Peculiar
Mode of Manifestation.
his; so both of them agreed to sleep( - ,
The young lady who has evinced such
deep interest in the hero of a certain
criminal rase is often heard to sing, “Let
me kiss him for his murder.”
A Western editor closes an nffection
appeal to delinquent subscribers as fol
lows : “May tbe famine-stricken of from an
editor's baby haunt his slumbers.”
A Western editor, in acknowledging
the gift of n peek of onions from n sub
scriber, says: “It is such kindnesses as
these that bring tears to our eyes.”
A merchant who has a class in Sunday
school asked, “What is solitude i” and
was visibly disturbed when a miserable
boy answered: “The store that don’t ad
vertise.”
A Cincinnati paper states that the find
ing of a small gold locket in a pound of
sausage meat, explains the mysterious
disappearance of a young lady of that
city.
The new jail at Danbury lias five occu
pants already. Although comparative
ly a young institution it is so mnnngcd
as to command the confidence ot thepub-
pe.
A new English edition of the Prayer
Book changes, by a typographical error,
the verse in Psalms. “Thou hast broken
my borda” into “thou hast broken my
bones.”
A printer wns boasting tlie other day
about his wonderful nbility to set type.
“I know what you can't set,” said a com
rade. “What is it?” “Two hens on one
nest.”
Yen snnte mail sclilnps me on dershoul
der und snv. “I va* glad to hear yon vns
so veil,” und den sticks behind my pack
his finger to his nose. I haf my opinion
of dot vcllcr.
A Chicago woman tried to commit su
icide by swallowing two yards of shoe
strings, but had got so accustomed to la
cing that they didn’t have any effect
upon her.
An Alabama editor has found a new
premium to offer subscribers. He will
name his new boy for the patron who
pays for his subscription the longest time
in advance.
“Shall I cut this 'oin rf mutton stddle-
wUe r said a gentlemen. “No.” said
one of guests, “cut it bridlewise, for
then I may have a chance to get a. bit in
tny mouth.”
A story is told a person asking another
whether he would advise him to lend a
certain friend money. “What! lend him
money i You might give "him an emetic,
and he wouldn’t return it.”
A lady who did not think it respecta
ble to bring up iter children to work,
has recently heard from her two sons
—one is bar-keeper to a flat-boat nnd the
other is second-clerk to a lime-kiln
- ‘ J J , | » | |
Tobacconists and drink-mixers lose f 10,
000 by swear-offs on New Year's day. but
make double that sum the third week in
January, when the lambs, come back to
the flock thirstier and hungrier than ever.
An enthusiastic African, who lmd
“spent de winter in Jamaky,” found it an
earthly paradise. He slid he could “lie
abed, and. putting his arms out de windy,
pick oranges, pineapples, and Jmnaca
rum right off trees.”
The patent chum is the latest item cre
ator yet produced in the l.oundless West.
A little girl nt Clinton, Wis., was recent
ly caught in the gearing of one these im
plements, and ere she could lie rescued
looked as if she had been spanked with a
curry-comb.
Not long ago, in the Court ot Appeals,
a certain lawyer, of Celtic extraction,
while arguing with earnestness bis case,
stated a point and then proceeded—“And
if it plazc thccoort, if I am wrong in this,
I have auothcr point that is equally con
clusive.”
A gentleman who takes a business
view ot iuost things, when reccptly asked
TwpcctfnyB person of quite a poetic tem-
peramen^ replied“OI>. he ts .one of
t hose jnen who ha ve soarings after the in
finite and divHtgsirtttif the unfothorablc,
but who nover pay cash.'’
A talc of two Norristown husbands
One, upon leaving -his office, the other
night, stopped at a book store, paid $1.25
for a new novel, and weut home and
presented bis wife with “A Pair of Blue
Eyes.” The other, after leaving his of
fice, stopped at a saloon, paid $1.25 for _
whiskey, and went home and gave his i
wife a pair of black eyes.
Texas vigilance committees ride up to
a house and shout, “Is Smith in 7” Mrs.
Smith comes to the door and replies in
the negative, when the leader continues,
*T knew lie wsn’t; he’s hanging to a black
jack over tbar!” Then Mrs. Smith goes
in, gathers her boys on her knee, and
tells them how hard it is to steal a horse
in Texas und escape punishment
As a fashionable young lady, fresh from
boarding school, came to her honest fath
er’s breakfast table, instead of speaking
English and saying “Good nioming,”she
spoke French, and said. “Boqjonr.” “Of
coarse, the bone’s yours, if yon say so,”
respondedjthe practical old gentleman, as
the htMdcdf her the ossified portion of tho
beef stenh.
• Save me.and hover o’sr roe with your wins*
You heavenly guards! What would you, gra-
x clou* figure?’* i ? f
Jn ci store which opens on Common
street and extends hack to Gravier,
quite convenient to the Herald office, a
ghost is nUedged to keep his lonely
watch every night with the most uner
ring regularity. Only within the last
*ew weeks, however, have his visita
tions been discovered; his walks being
entirely confined to the third story, a
place sacred to snperanuated boxes and
retired broomsticks alone, and seldom
visited except in the day time.
This place was desecrated, some
years ago, by the suicide of a shoe
maker, nnd ever since that time a kind
of chilly fear surrounds the unhallowed
spot. Tho sclf-destrnetion of the tflif-
guided Crispin was calculated to leud
color to any ta’es that might be circu
lated concerning the place, and slight
circumstances of an unaccountable
character, when heightened by au over
wrought imagination, might lead to
gigantic superstitions, and, in fact, be
liefs. That such is the ease in this
instance we are perfectly satisfied; but
we will give tbe statement of the par
ties concerning the establishment, all
of whom claim that they have seen a
genuine ghost—and would rather not
see it again.
About four weeks ago two of the
clerks, who n we will call Smith anti
Jones, remained in the store over
night to wind upsome^unfinished bus
iticss. As well as they cau recolleet it
was after 12 o'clock when they con
cluded to go home, and Smith went up
stairs to the second slory to get his
coat. He was in the act of adjusting
the coat on his back when suddenly a
tremendous noise was heard in the
story above, which struck Smith with
terror and alarm, made his hair stand
like
paled
which almost made his friend Jones go
off in a faint, upon seeing him after
wards.
The noise was repeated with renew
ed violence, aud Smith stood like one
trausfixed to tlie spot—anxious to get
away, but his limbs utterly iiica|>able
ot locomotion. The noise, according
to Sm tit’s subsequent description, was
like that of chained animals walking
through tlie house with their heavy
treads, and unceremoniously kicking
everything about that cante in their
way. Smith was in utter consterna
tion, and although, as he himself de
clares, he would not fear a man in the
flesh, he almost withered at the idea of
encountering a spirit—an airy nothing.
Smith would have shouted down to
his triend Jones, but his courage sank
within hint, and he durst not ojien his
together ifvtha room of tho former! v
Smith was so harrowed, body And
sou l, that the god of sleep did not cob-
ffldw bib a qualified receptacle j fbr
soothing slumber, but Jones, after
much tossing, finally hugged &orpheus
ip his firms. ’Twas evident though
that his sleep was not the sleep of rest.
He was all night loDg wrestling with
ghosts and mumbling something that
indicated perturbation, and cold per
spiration found its way out through'
every pore in his body.
Next day Smith and Jones repaired
to the store where they detailed the oc
curences of the night previous to a
skeptical crowd. A. force connsting
of all the man in' the establishment
was organized, and they.proceeded up
Abiirs to see % wreck that Jones and
Smith represented
FOEB ACRES OF SNAKES.
,/ t im ol in
mm- IJK.r.1 ~'i.l~.l. —,1- h*«i* narfndnTy
on*month. t|fH/ g JUT OT
; Onr city readers-all know that Dr.
Pirner, druggist, oWns a four-acre
jutch of ground oh tbe hill between
Central College and Tilton Davis’ resi-
dctice, and that for the past two .years
he has been growing corn, potatoes and
other vegetables; bat tew of them will
credit tis with telling the unvarnished
truth, when we inform them that he
has also been raising—breeding,, we
should tay,—an immense number of*
toptUek, and that his patch may now
bfc the abode ot half as mauy beauti
ful, parti-colored creepers, of all ap
proved breeds, as there are hills of
corn. Last year Dr. Pirner had not
lessthan thirty pairs of snakes on the
place. But he has since made many
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Mack’* Niagara Letter to tho St. Louis Dtasocrat [North Carotins L«U«I to the mchmoad Easttlran I
,..| THE NIaGA'RA TRAGEDY. , : A Ball Agent Decoys a Greensboro Girl
K .1
An Appalling Suicide.
I have had the curiosity to inquire a
good deal about the young people who
went over {he foils in a boat about six
aad Buries Mother and Child In Rich
mond.
And tbe angel said uuto me,
Write.” Til write it: Some time ago
a Miss Carson, of poor but honest pa-
weeks ago. The tragedy hasbeen well 1 rents, ia Guilford county, was employ-
written and uuiVcrsally^ read—how a ed as a companion to an old lady in
matt, with his intended bride
and her brother, hired a boat a few
miles above, nnd, in attempting a
pleasure ride, was carried into the cur
rent and swiftly dashed over the foils.
I yesterday, visited the place where the
boat was hired, and talked with many
who were fomiliiir with nil the inci
dents of the sad happening. I was
astonished to hear them all agree that
Greensboro, whose son was then a mail
agent on the Richmond and Danville
road. He would arrive in Greensboro
late in the night, and this pretty young
girl had to undo the door and let hint
in; and, as the sequel shows, to her
own undoing. Not long since, under
pretense of the girl’s visiting her rela
tions in some place in Indiana, sho ac
companied this young man to the city
been inevitably made.
Smith’s'float was found intue* where
it was originally left, aud all the
brooms and boxes overhead seemed-
not to ha,ve undergone the slightest
disturbance, though.ihe affrighted pair
believed beyond a peradveiiture that
they must have been scattered into
“ smitheren,” to use their own ver-
raculnr. • * *
The ridicule of the house was now-
leveled on the two, till they, unable to
bear the taunting jeers ot their com
panions, offered to put a five dollar
bill on one of tbe boxes in the third
story, for anybody who would have the
hardihood to go up lor it after mid
night.
The offer was accepted, and prom ptly
after 12 o’clock in the night the book
keeper and auothcr weut up stairs to
get the desired prize. But they had
no sooner got up to the second story,
than they made their way hack again
stealthily, with their eyes directed
toward some object above, and their
feet noiselessly descending the stairs.
When they got oil the ground floor
they didn’t wait upon the order of their
going, hot fled as though they, were
swept on the wings of the wind, and
the parties who remained in the store
iiu- aim «i mi uuut •..*•> se e them faithfully perform their
ke quits on the fretful porcupine, and i ^ LS ^’ 1®*}. w *^ 1 . swiftness after
ialed down his cheek to saffron hue, 'hem, without knowing why.
--- - - - And thus it remains. Nobody will
stay iu that store after hours, and even
the warehouse factotum will approach
that dreaded third story in the day
time only with fear and trembling.
to them as balviug' iCOnsideratioa areasotiable natural in-, 'he matter, it wash case
crease, there probably not less
■’ 700 snakes at home there. He is
i:— *■ . xeptilea on scientific
i.-thfl keen perception of
iCflavangers iW; i°sec'
\4lUable additions,-and taking into!”” l ^ e P" 1 "' , 0 ^ 'h e principal actor in of Richmond, and there they put up at
fiQDlSdfV&tkfll ft MflonhnklA tmtnfal in. the matter, tt was a case of deliberate » nrivato lumrilmir-tmiK*. Bnt the
an excellent night-guard to his garden
stuff, as it is only a very ignorant or
desperate creature who could be pre
vailed upon to enter the enclosure af
ter nightfall. We are assured by
persons who have loitered about tlie
place on moonlights, that the spark
ling eyes of many of these reptiles
can be seen as they coil up the corn
stalks or stomach it about uuder the
c.ibbage plants. Dr. Rimer’s variety
of snakes is very choice ; being com
posed mainly of one, two and three-
Vfar-old rattlers, a handsome turnout
oi the single and double-horned heel-
elippers, about eleven pairs of cobra
decapelloes, perhaps thirty moocasins,
ninety cotton mouths, and a sufficient
number of hoop, whip and garter
. . , i} T - r , , , ,a private boarding-house. But the
Suicide. He had run away from home crime soon leaked out, and they had to
with his fathers money, and wasabout | leave the hon«e.
to make a forbidden marriage. He
had got his license, and was to have
been married that afternoon. He pro-
posed a boat ride, to which his intend
ed bride an’d’-tjec brother consente
He hired the boat in which is calk
Then they went to housekeeping in
Richmond. But the girl was neglec
ted and .badly treated, aud she terete
home fo her parents tolling them of it,
, and. gave the letter to (thisanaii agent
to mail. He broke'into it'tfnd rcmHr
Chippewa creek, which empties into an d t ore R up, and wrote another let-
the Niagara river, about two miles j ter, dating it from the place in Indiana,
above the falls. He was warned of I to which she had seemingly started, and
tho dangerous current in the middle of | then iuclosed this in a letter to tlie
the river, and said he had no in ten- ; postmaster out there telling him what
tion of going into it, but purposed to to do with it, and signing his name and
stay in the creek, or confine himself to office as mail agent. The postmaster
the quiet Water along the shore of the “smelt a rat" and sent on the letter to
« ver - He pulled directly for the raid- the Postmaster General. Tn a few
die of the stream, which he kuew to days the mail agent received his “walk-
be inevitable death, and when the strong
current struck the boat aud headed her
for the rapids and the falls, he made
no effort to avert his fate. A young
man who saw it all, assured me yes
terday that it was a clear case of inten
tional destruction—that after the strong
snakes to furnish food for the pure- c “ rrent had been reached there was
bloods, should the season be unpropri-1 s *'® salvation possible in steering for
tious. He put in this spring two I 'he shorc before she had struck the
pairs of mammoth blacks, but he fears; ra l 1 ‘ ds > ^ u ' '* ia ' no effort- of the kind
1 was made at all.. There was no current
to drift the boat into danger, as was
lips. Jones had heard the noise over
head, but with lessened violence, and
he merely thought it was .Smith tossing
Texas — A Father Rapes his
own Daughter—Assassination on
Tehuacana. -- Marlin, Awjmt 20.—
A man was brought into Marlin yes
terday and confined in jail fbr com
mitting a rape on his daughter Satur
day night. She was about eighteen
years old. After her father had com
mitted the awful deed, she went to her
friends and informed on him, after
which time there was a warrant issued
for his immediate arrest. He was
very much frightened when he was
brought to town, and did not deny the
crime. The penitentiary will soon
have another victim, which the gallows
justly deserves.
Waco, Aug'Jit 20.—Jim Miller was
some boxes about, and paid no lteedT ' Vi *ylai«lland assassinated on Tehuacana ^er to successfully raise thesebcauti-
Iu the meantime the cold sweat poured „ night, twenty-eight buckshot taking f u ] creepers, Dr. Pirner has been care-
effect He was an old and highly-hon- {ul to burv a num ber of rotten logs
ored farmer, and stood above reproach - -
liis purc-blood rattlers have bitten them
to death, but he may be wrong, and
it is possible they arc temporarily ab
sent on an obstetric mission.! These
black snakes were nine feet long, hav
ing been imported from Germany at
the time Dr. Pirner made his impor
tation of celebrated hardy fruits. It
would be a real misfortune to lose
them. He also put in one pair of the
ugliest monsters ever seen, but whose
name we have forgotten.
They were only about two feet long,
but were as thick as a man’s thigh iu
the centre, the mouth being nearly
one-fourth as long as the body, the
tongue being four-forked—said to be
the most dangerous creatures in the
world, as their chief hours for business
are late at night. When hungry, the
snake hasbeen known to invade the
dwellings of people, in search of food.
It is strange what a fondness some of
these reptiles have fbr the babies of the
colored people. We have heard a
story about how one of them penetra
ted a house in a city and wrapped it
self around the body of the sleeping
infant, where it laid ull night snug
and warm, but bit the child to death
the moment it was disturbed. In or-
demonstrated to me yesterday in a
boat ride over several i ilesof Niagara
river. It must have taken strong pull-
ing to get to the heavy curreut which
swept the unfortunate young people to
destruction. There was no possible
destination for the man in the direction
in which he was rowing—across the
river—and lie certainly cannot have
hoped to row across that swift current
and back again unharmed. Having
gathered all the facts that were attain
able in the exact locality of the tragedy,
I am convinced that the theory of
design is more plausible than the theory
of accident.
ing papers,” and I have heard that the
postmistress iu Richmond got wind of
it in some way, and lmd him dis
missed.
But the saddest is yet to tell: The
poor girl died in child-birth while lie
was away, no one with her but au old
negro womau, and the infant lie after
wards had placed in front of one of the
orphan asylums in Richmond, aud it,
too, died in a few days. If he had
just boldly braved his error and weak
ness, and in face of the talk of the
worl[|, had thrown his arm around the
poor young woman as her married hus
band, and worked for her and protec
ted her through life, then this pen
would have been silent. But as it is,
let him catch the scorpion’s tail that
every true newspaper man should fix
to his quill to lash the seducer through
the land. The man is still in Rich
mond.
poured
down tins latter, and he would have
given all his earthly goods, and surren
dered his best hopes in this world if he
were only at a safe distance from that
spot.
Smith is a brave man, has faced the
fire of a thousand muskets without
shrinking, and heard the fearful roar of
a hundred deafening cannons, without
the shadow of a desire to shrink back ;
but this—this was too much for him.
The apparent clanking of chains and
the internal din created by the tossing
of boxes and broomsticks struck terror
to his soul, and he would have forfeit
ed liis title to a second Paradise if he
had had it, provided lie could be trans
ported to o safe distance from that ter
rible spot.
By an almost superhuman effort he
struck motion into his limbs, and made
liis stealthy way toward the stairs, his
right hand nervously, but firmly,
grasping a lighted lamp. Near the
head of the stairs liis light was blown
nut by some su|>ernatural agency, and
lie made a desperate plunge for the
banister, clutching it with cold ner
vousness, tbe lamp at the same, time,
falling out of his hand and smashing
into infinitesimal pieces.
Tlie noise of the fallen lamp attract
ed Jones to the spot, and he made his
way up the stairs to find his friend
hugging the banisters almost breath
lessly. The alarm in the upper story
had by this time ceased, and every
thing had its normal silence.
“ For God’s sake, Smith, what’s the
matter?” said Jones-
But Smith was unable to answer,
aud merely pointed tremulously toward
the stairway of the third story. Jones
looked, audio! a figure clad in long
garments of an inky hue was faintly
visible at th>- head of the stairs. No
motion could be detected in the figure,
aud the foce was scarcely discernible
to their affrightened visions.
Jones tugged at the arm of his utter
ly powerless friend, and in a dead-alive
way moved down stairs, though how
they accomplished this feat was more
than they could afterwards remember.
Remote from the dreaded spot,
strength was soon struck into their
trembling limbs, and with the speed of
pursued buffaloes they made their exit
through the back door, Smith leaving
his coat behind him to the tender mer
cies of the uncouth visitor. As though
lightning was stuck to their heels, they
sped their way through the streets till
brought to a stop by a pursuing watch
man, who mistook them for burglars,
or some such illicit species of midnight
workers, on account of the fleetness of
their limbs.
An explanation released them from
the claims of the viligant officer, and
they went away with comparatively
quieted minds and slackened paces,
now that they had seen somebody who'
was unquestionably mortal/
Jones wouldn’t sleep that night by
himself in his own room, nor Smith hi
until lately, when he was arrested and
charged with killing S. Miller iu
June last. Tlie examining court held
him over, and the grand jury, after
consuming several days on his case,
ignored the hill entirely. He left
Waco yesterday evening, and said he
pprehended no danger now, as his
enemies, who had maliciously endeav
ored to ruin him, had now come to him
to beg pardon, and were now liis friends.
He carried no arms. It is deeply re
gretted by all good tnen here. Cir
cumstantial evidence is almost conclu
sive against two men known to the
authorities. No arrests were made.
Mark Twain’s Last Adventure.
—1 got into the cars and took a seat in
juxtaposition to a female. The fe
male’s face was a perfect insurance
company for her. It insured her
against ever getting married to any
body except a blind man. Her mouth
looked like a crack in a dried lemon,
and there was no more expression in
her face than there is in a cup of cold
custard. She appeared as if she had
been throi gb one famine and got about
two-thirds through another. She was
old enough to be great grandmother to
Mary that had a little lamb. She was
chewing prize pop-corn, and carried in
her hand a yellow rosc wirile oj. hand
box and a cotton umbrella nestled
sweetly by her side. I couldn't gues-
Wh ether she-was on a. mission os
charity or going West to start a saw
mill. I was full of curiosity to hear
her speak, so I said: “ The exigen
cies of times require circumspection in
a person who is travelling.” Says'
she, “What?” Says I, “The orb
of day shines resplendant in the vault
above.” She switched around unpasily.
like, then raised her umbrella and
said, “ I don’t want any of your
8ass—git out! ” And I got out.
m , m L
Suicide of a PKH-tfTM pig 'o,
have been greased and run -for at the
festivities at Carlin’s Springs, deferred
on account of the weather, a “piuo
rooter,” fleet of foot and “thin as a
rail,” was brought to town yesterday
and delivered to the managers, but be
ing a high-spirited animal, and unable
to near the contumely of a “coop,” or
the degradation of the “ring,” delib
erately beat his brains out against the
bars that confined him, and thus cheat
ed his owners of their gain and the
contestants of their prize.—Alexandria
(Fa.) Gazette.
A Strong Hint.—“Does vourarm
pain you Tasked a lady of a. gentle-
man who, ‘ id mixed aisetiibly had
thrown his arm across the back of hqt
chair and touched her neck. .,,
“No/ Miss, it don’t, bnt why do you
fysfe y
“I noticed its was oat of its place,
sir'/ that’s aH.”
Theatre was removed.
and to plant stumps all about the
ground. He also dug a number of
holes the first season, in which he put
certain kinds of rubbish und the snakes,
covering over the top with earth, but
leaving air holes for health and as
doors. Although not what might be
called a lich man, Dr. Pirner lias
shown most praiseworthy and commen
dable enterprise, and promises yet to
become famous as the most successful
breeder of snakes for menageries in
the world, which will doubtless add
greatly to the now not inconsiderable
revenue of this growing and lively
city
Owing to an unusual rush of busi
ness, Dr. Pirner forgot this spring to
inform his neighbors on the hill of his
enterprise in this new and peculiar line,
which was quite unfortunate for one
of his sisters of a colored church. Had
she known Dr. Pirner was engaged so
largely in this busipess^- for which
nearly all colored people seem to hhve
a horror, doubtless she would not hare
ventured into the field ’q few nights
since. But beiffg ignorantof tbe fact,
she simply dropped over the fence to
get a few heads of cabbage and a little
pail of nice fresh potatoes, and perhaps
to see how near the coco- was ripe.
This move was her unconsidered mis
take ; for aosooner hnd^hfticlippdd off
a head of cabbage, ihai tfteri .fund
ed the ornnions, warning, ready to
strikd rattle of. a pure-blood, which
made her curly hair streighteu out.
In such an emergency/ a head of cab
bage was not to be considered. It
fell to the ground; and the affrighted
/‘woman and sister” made a bound, as
if she would take the opposite direc
tion. Not so fast; in her path, not
two feet before her, reared the battle
Challenging, head of _ qnpther of the
ritroe tribe, who shoor bis tail and
showed fight. Then a bound this way.
But three others were {h e TO - Their
rattling grew to a conceit. ; Then
that way; but no; there too was a stir
in' tlie weeds, as if a thousand monsters
were crawling toward her. It appear
ed to her that she was surrounded
She was. A wild scream, as of a wo-
man ftf distress, rang out upon the
night air. “O, my God!” “Murder!
murder!” “6, Lordy!” ,! *t> save
or me 1” and a dozen othet appeals brought
timely/re ief. in the persons of half a
dozen' brudders ana as many curs,
vybo fought Mr. Timer's pets until the
prostrate body of the colored lady was
gently borne to the fence and thrown
ontofdauger. -Naturally enough, this
estimable colored lady believes that
she was providentially saved; and is
now a better church member than
ever, singing all the day long, * the
touching songs of Zion. She will nev
er again venture over that fence.
* " tUl'M
The women of Galveston don’t
e, wear hoops, bustles, ruffles, false hfur
- - yonf high fasafod itmast and witt get -tip
* Sunday bonnet out of fifty cents.
WHEN TROUBLE ROLLS.
A Arty at a Melon Lunch
Frightened—A Knife Dancing on
t.ie Table Without any Visible
Cause—Strange as a Fairy Tale
—Wc noticed some time ago a carious
phenomena in reference to a bottle that
had taken an unaccountable walk
around a tray in a room in this city.
Wc did not attempt to account for this
fact at the time, but some of the papers
throughout the State facetiously re
marked that the bottle had contained
spirits, and hence others charge us with
belief in spiritualism. Great as was
the difficulty of accounting for this
caprice of the bottle, we have been ac
quainted with quite as mysterious an
instance of hidden agency, that occur
red yestertlay in'a house situated be
tween Mill street and Broadway. A
party of five or six ladies and gentle
men were seated at a short distance
from the table eating melons. On the
centre of the table lay a large knife,
which, without any apparent cause,
raised itself up, stood erect on the point
fora few moments, then turned a som
ersault unto the end of the handle aud
commenced to dance quite lively in a
circle of about one foot in diameter.
What the magnetic or weird influence
was that existed between the melons
and the knife, or-how the juicy fruit
acted as a conducting medium for some
invisible power emanating from those
who were eating, that put the knife in
motion, we are unable to explain. The
paity were as much jiauic stricken, for
a few minutes, ns if a case of Asiatic
cholera had happened next door, but
eventually gave it up as a thing that
no fellow can find out But some of
the theologians can settle the difficulty
simply by saying it was imagination.—
Daily Lexington Press.
A W ealthv , Pennsylvania
Farmer Found Pickled in a Uni
versity Dissecting Room.—Dis
closures made by the Police Depart
ment in Philadelphia, reveal a sad
state of affairs at the city morgue.
The body of Thomas Munce, a wealthy
fa raer of Washington county, who
left his home in the early part of July
last, has been found pickled in the dis
secting room of the University. It
had been sold to the college by some
one connected with the morgue. The
family of the dead man were in the city
to-day, and identified the body. The
discovery was made by finding the
watch of the deceased m the pawn-
office, where it hod been pledged by
one Wm. McEwens, who was driver
of fhe coroner’s wa^ou. , Munce was
found drowned on tlie morning of July
3, and McEwens removed the body to
the morgue the same day. On the 5th
it found jts wav into the college.
McEwen has been arrested, and an in
vestigation is in progress. The deputy
coroner states that he holds the receipt
of tbe superintendent of the city burial
grounds for the body. It appears that
at the time of the inquest deeeased’a
name was not known.
A Noble Historic Scene—surren
der of General Pillow to General-
Smith—is thus de crihd by the Now*
ark Advertiser “Pillow came into
Montgomery afoot and alone, sat down
on a curb stone, and shook the gravel
out of his touch army shoes, ana then
walked into Smith’s office. The cere
mony was simple. He said, “How are
: you, Jack?” The reply was, “Good
God, Gidf is that you? Have you had
your bteakfost?” T6 whreh Pillow re
sponded: “No, rind I havn’fc a dollar to
pay for one.”
When trouble rolls, is the time for
reflection and resolute action. It is
then that every nerve should be braced
and every encouragement be summon
ed : so that the dark waves of misfor
tunc and sorrow may be successfully
breasted. Un they come, dark and
threatening, and the heart faints with
fear and doubt. This brave heart,
reckless with disappointment, and with
out a hope to cheer, sinks down to ruin
without a cry—that timid heart falter-
ingly meets the raging storm, but gain
ing strength from convictions and as
sociations that throng around to aid
and cheer, toughly buffets with trouble’s
roll, and again aud again emerges from
it, bright und hopeful.
There is always a desolation in sor
row, dreary as the storm-tossed ocean,
and it is then that the cheering word
or ready hand is anxiously looked for.
When no such brightness emerges from
tho cloud of woe, the heart must in
deed feel stricken, and ready to bow
dowu and die. Brave stragglers on the
world’s benighted path are daily fall
ing in the way for want of such a light.
Strong at first, they breast a trouble’s
roll, and then another, and another,
until at last, amid a sea of troubles,
they sink to misery and despair. What
can cairn the force of such a sea and
bid its waves “ be still ”? What can
light its darkness with a cheering ray,
and reveal a she re of comfort, glowing
and inspiring as that which the strug
gling mariner sees, when, after wrest
ling with the waves and death through
the hopeless hours of night, his eye sees
the shore at hand, clear in the early
light, and his expanding lungs feel the
recruiting influence of the morning air?
What, but an organization whose
cherished aim aud object makes the
watching for such cases eren to the
world’s horizon, with a mother’s tender
ness and a. father’s care, a main and
sacred duty. - That, when trouble rolls,
steps lightly to the side of those drench
ed in its pitiless surge, and without the
presumption of King Canute, when he
vainly tried to stay the tide of ocean
but effectively using his words, with
more than his power, boldly and en
couragingly says: “Thus far shalt
thou go, but no farther.” And the
overwhelmed victim is raised up and
rejoices, and in the midst of Friend
ship, Love, and Truth finds prosperity
and peace.
Prepare for trouble’s roll. It comes
when least expected, even as the calm,
sunlit sea is suddenly darkened by
clouds and roughened with storm.
Prosperity and happiness may be yours,
and an overflowing cup of all* good
things your portion; but trouble’s roll
is always around you, and when least
expected may be at your feet . See to
it, that when its anguish advance is
suddenly heard, you have the proper
sign that surely brings the needed coun
tenance and support. In the hour of
joy, no such prudent thought may be
welcome to yoor mind: but then is the
time to prepare for trouble’s roll. Get
guarded without delay, so that all the
pleasantness and usefulness of earth
may be as much as possible secured.
Join with those who with song and
heart and main unite to help ana cheer
their Brethren, and keep back trouble’s
roll, and of evety one of whom it can
be written or said the world over:
T‘t * "Ml HINTS 6fF FALL tiTFUk
.linnf J. -■li.ff.TWtto ■
Some early hints of the styles to bo
worn in tbe foilnre {gathered, froiftt&ei
letters written j home from Enrep# Jjjf
buyers for the large wholesale hpiM#
These report that double-brqo»te4.gay-
men ts have by nbvmfca'wfi «#p|tta
height oft their popularity, bpVi W
continue in! favor for the foil and,win
ter. The English walking jacket? *ito*
ilar to the garment of, that name word
last year, but more closely fitted, will
dispute fovor with mantillas as fall
wraps. A pretty garment,, showings
compromise between these two wraps,
ia already illustrated in Fteiich maga
zines of fashion. The .front has long
square mantilla ends, tho back is,a
snugly fitted jacket, and the sleeves are
coat-shape. Th?s composite garment
is stylish aqd new, and will be quiffoief
black cashmere or camera hair, ip be
worn with varioiW*Weri! Tqq4o>lVf-
breasted f'epot .wiW alaO’be ; retaiqe(i.fri
polonalsea: spd rediugotes*
fresh varieties arc promised- The
deeveless bRsqwe.and'thcioekmr boaqutf
arc still in vogue abroa'd; aot sfU) W
found’' among iroportritfoMf' Ktf fort
season. For illustrations aritf JSttifttt
of stylish basques the reader if referied
to Nos. I. and VI., in the rtrepletnent
of Barer No. 33, vol. VI. "f hfl ftftfof
number, with light back and open
front, closed only at the. toroat, a^d
finished around the neck bji a ruff; is
especially handsome. We Commend it
to those who are preparing their foil
wardrobes as au aveudooureut of nexd
season’s fashions. v* to
The puffed skirt is another Parisian
suggestion for fall dresses. This is
merely an amply-long basque rind tt
single skirt; but the skirt is sq elabo
rate that an over-skirt would be super
fluous. A long walking-skirt cf qajn-
bric is made, and plainly covered with
silk from tbe knee down., On this is
sewed the silk skirt, held in Ifen^tlfWlso
puffs from thc waist down, gradually
widening toward the bMt6m*, fmdfbijn-
itig below'a hollow box-pleating th!a£
gives the effort of* 1 donned around the
skirt. The puffs are separated by
ruches, iind a bow conceals tho erid of
each ruche. The basque/ is deeply
pointed in front behind, and Cf
quite short onthe hjpi. It is triiqmed,
by a ruffle of hollow pleats, graduated
narrower on the sides, and quite d^ep
in back and front. This skirt is new,
but it is the ofit growth of the’foshioiV
now prevalent Of long puffs in the front
breadths. Over-skirts on many im
ported dresses are open in front and
lapped from side to side just beV>w the
belt. There is a deep,point on each’
side, and the back is caught u£ h BJa
sash almost to tho belt.—’.HarperVqw-'
ear. - : i «n *•»•••! it*?:-
“ To UK* ao widow told her woe*
And found them unredreaped:
To thee no iblearing orphan, eamo,
But found s home ud teat."
nuMber of Jewish citizens of
Chicago hato petitioned that during;
their Sffbbrith trade in the vicinity ol'
their places of worship may be dis
continued.
. p- From the Kicbianfd n
Voodooism in Virginia.
An old negro Woman/ of thib city,
who has a daughter afflicted with • fits,
has long been under tbe convictiob that
this affliction was due to sohife cyil
spell wrought by her enemies'.- Re
cently she discovered in frohtf 6f hter
door and under her door-step’a 1 lot of
old rags, nails, hair, leather atod’ either
odds and ends, aU well under'stbod to
be effective agencies in “trickery,” anti
Aunty was confirmed in het* previous
belief’, She laid UiewJiolA; rilhtter be
fore a solemn cbDVocatiofi'dflfor color
ed friends and nejghbflra;- and they
unanimously agreed fbriV sho should
carefully collect all tbc stqff hjf Which*
she had been “goophertd',” flriwy .it .tty
a running streatif' and throw it fri.
Full of the Asaurimco tlvdiby this pro
cess she would relieve her household of
the evils afflicting it and break the ma
licious spell overshadowing it, she gatb--
ered the bits of rags, hair, * nails, &£/
placed them in her old meal-tub, Wen
ded her way to the bridge nibbing
from the Tredegar Works .to Brown’s*
Island, and there, inspired by a strong
if uct holy faith, she threw her sacre*
ficiril burden, tub and.all, wUrlhlf
rushing flood. Her act .was. observed 5
by a colored boy, who informed*8e^-
geant Perrin, of the second phfiflb sta
tion, and she Was arrested wMlkpicioir
that she had thrown the body of d child!
into the river, but investigation dis
closed the above state of fobta Wrid sho
was discharged—going on’ lfof Wrijr re
joicing. 0/ "' ’■ •’* ’
• n I •• • ri -*»i,wr
A dispath from mtfnSffold;- Ohio,
•ays that some time W. H. Dobbs
a former; attempted to outrage a. little*
girl named Barnard, hWf mired m .hirf
attempt, a,nd was aiVestld. A suit BT
now pending in the cotirfo rigriiiist I i «
In order to prevent thfe attendance of
the girl and her father da witness,Dubfas
eniploved two ruffians named Lighffoot
and \tiudfield. to bib#,up barnard’s
house. VVindneltl betrayed the others
in time to prevent the execution 1 Of thef
scheme, which was to have takeri! place
on Wednesday night. Dobbs * and
Lightfoot were arrested,- andf 2p,uq lat
ter’s possesion was found & quantity of
powder and a fuse. Thtesfiatf created
much excitement, •■g/i ■. m
Culpable Cruelty. Ik* new
and cruel invention at Long Branch is
the introduction of living bottqfiiee
into the center-pieces of ffowere whfeh
usually adorn the middle of the (abb
of the fashionable-dinner., and «upper
E artics. The poof insects are fastened
y a fine wire, which is passed through
their bodies aqd concealed! M
flowers. The . Convulsive qtriver of Cm
xcparfded wings, as the tortnred but
terfly Struggles in its dying riaouiuv ia
supposed to represent charmingly (be
graceful waves of the same above some
freshly-opened flowers.
A Western farmer, it is reported,
refused to look at a simple'sewing ma
chine recently, as he a]w*ytrf%rWeo
wheat by fcand.P He is snid to be rela
ted to the mriit Who did nqf fffDt •
thnediing maehineQn.^iis forin}.!*ft$) ,
saidlm^give' p.ea hartM'M «*«
barrel stave, andI<au»jH«J my foftiflf
toe the mark according to lew end
Bcripter/ ‘
