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[Y.jrethe.h nj wttkel , to birth;
ri’he *}™**mm and buttercups, too,
and the dew.
l<«a3S£f'wendiHK along—
V A \ud merry and mellow with song
k re *rUteuKncWa of grass.
griSKTriridesthat pass.
slrt ttSivSd leaping afar!
FMt Forever the''beautiful are.
the lip
plethoric flood
EU sad turned into blooil
MISCEI.EANY.
|r>V 'I HE battlefield
Or the 18th of August, in the
| jei r 1870, a number of the iuhabi
■Uats of Berlin were seen rushing
I wildly toward the pillars ontß.de
■ Litfasz’a ‘in order to get the tirs
■ glimpse of the victorious bule
■tins that had just been put up
■there.
i 4 stout old gentleman, with
■ spectacles on nose now begged
I for quiet, and when this was es-
I übluhed he read out in a clear
I voice the dispatch from Point-a-
I Mansion, announcing that the en
I emy had made a sortie from Metz
lon the 16th but had been driven
I bask 4g*iu into the fortress, after
I twelve hours 4gbtingr
I Heavy loss on both sides was
I howeve., a sad ending to the glo
|)iou> news
crowd was just beginning
to disperse when an open c&rrage
drove up, tpid the tastefully dres
sei} occupant, ordering her coach
mim to stup oloae to the pillars
void the footman, who hastily
jumped dawn, to tell her at once
the contents of the telegram.
“I can spare your servant the
trouble, Madaine," said our gray
haired old friend stepping to
ward the carriage'and lifting h:s
hat politely
!‘Ah, good morning, dear Doc
tor," cried the lady, very pleased
"I have no seen you for an age;
please tell ms quickily, have we
gtiued another victory?”
:*Qenorel yon Ljorfeg and voxi
Wendel are killed, and yon Rauch
and von Qruter are wounded,”
replied the Doctqr
"4n4 is tljtre qq hiag tybouf
hieute iact vqa Rhridonf ’ ques
tioaed the lady in an anxious tqne
•‘No, Madam, your husband is
not mentioned, ’ srnillfeg good
naturedly at her naive question.
• '‘Then I must telegraph at
once,”
"Wjjo was that interesting flook
‘UK My? asked a bystander of
the District Inspector.
"Thst litle lady is the priiuu
d U)n* of oqr opera, Pauli
He Lqcca, the wife of Baron voq
vyho is now a\yny with
army.’’*'
Wiup Ettcpahad scarcely entered
hoi door when the porter placed
• telegram in her binds.
Hastily tearing itopen,Bbt read
Lieutenant von Hhaden is woun
dsd, but not dangerously ”
Ah, it is as I feared!” she con
t'luded. “I) was not so/ nothing
1 is t 1 dreamed three nights run
*l)9ut snakesj Jj/is •rue the
i p l e 8 r H4t aayt* h® is not d&ugerguv
bounded, but I am sure he
“* Ust Wtt “t nursing; and here lam
undreds of miles away from
him!'’
Then speaking to herself, she
continued: “No, no-I know my
dl Jty and will fulfill iu John
(| tt »t not take the horses out, I
i « . ,1 >
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
TYLER M. PEEPLES,)
Editor and Proprietor. (
must drive off at once. Where
is ray maid?—Edilia. y,.u have
just come in time. Get eyery
thing readv, we start at once.
Pack some changes of linen m ray
small trunk—dresses we shall not
require, as we shall certainly not
be asked to Court. Here is some
money, go at once and by every
thing that will strengthen my sick
husband; pigeons, chickens, meat
extract preserves: if il ere is any
caviare, you can get a small barrel
from the old Russian in Charlotte
street, and don’t forget the very
best cigars, and take one dozen
bottles of the oldest wine in the
celar. But i must have a pass from
Court Eulenburg, the Minister of
the Interior. Quick, quick, Edi
tha, pack everything into one box
and send it off to the station.
As soon as you are ready to start. - ’
“You are reallv giving yourself
unnecessary expense and trouble
insisted the Doctor “If you want,
to take something with you, let it
be compressed vegetables, con
densed milk, Tiebig’s extract, cos
fee, tea, sugar; all these he can en
joy, and if you like, I will go and
make the necessary purchaser.”
Having smiled her commissa
riat department, Mine. Lucca
got into her carriage. aßd drove
to Court Eu'.enberg. whom she
entreated to grant herself and
maid a pass to the seat of war.
She got it
Early on the morning of ihe2lst
of August, we find Mine. Lucca
and her maid at the railway sta
tion and soon they and their bag
gage, ineluding ihe much discuss
ed commissariat hamper, were en
route for the seat of war. After
numerous iuterruptions ami stop
pages her journey was concluded.
It wis la ein the evening when
the train reached Saarhrusken,
where Lucca and her maid got
out; the officers bade a friendly
f«rewill to thejr ‘.Comrade Frau
von Rhadea,” and with many good
fishes for a speedy meeting with
her husband, they has’eued away
in search of their respective quar
ters. Turning to a porter, Lucca
asked him where she could get a
nights lodging.
“A night’s loJging!” repeated
he, looking a‘, her in surprise ;
“tli ire’s no chance of a lodging
anywhere in Saarbrucken, Tbp
wtyole place is eranpned with sol
diers.”
‘‘And lip so tired !” exclaimed
Mine. Lucca. ‘‘Don’t you know
of any place vyhere I cogld rest for
fmnjghtl Nq ma l ter how small
op poor, I would reward you well.”
The porter shoved his yap on
*ide, scratched bjs thqught
for a raqment amt tlfen sa -4 :
«The engine bquse—there I
poult} arrange yon a good bed of
clean straw or hay; ; f you think it
is respectful enough.”
‘•Respectful enough ! And rhy
not ?’
“Becau e, madam, in peace time
■ <■ i in. i
we often shut tramps up 'here,
“My go id man, tlm* won t tronb
le in the le^s 1 eopld you
not ge up some blankets?"
“Oh, yea,” answered the porter.
“I can get plenty of blankets from
tfye qfljcers. if \ say tliyj 4re le
qqired for laifies.
Reeling secpie |iv die Vnoyy}
edge thftt they were guarded, mis
iress and u aid lay lown and thor
ougbly tir-d oil', did not awake un
til four in the morning! in hen sud
denly drums began to beat, bn
glea to sound, words of command
were shouted out—warlike noises
were heard all round; somefhing
jitraordiniqy muff l ( e jjuiiijj gn ip
The bairh ade was quickly re
moved, and Mme. Eui'Ca stepped
ou 1 , just as Lieutenant von L
c ime spurring by on his fiery dies
nut, reporting hurriedly : “Thei*
is an alarm, Madame, the French
' won’t wait any longer' Every
j thing has gone on, and hays
Lawrenceville, 3-a. Wednesday Oct, 17 1883
been left behind to leport io yon.
An revoir ! but stop -I had very,
nearly forgotten to tell you that
your husband is in the hospital at
Pmt a Mousson."
"And how far is that from this
place ?”
“About forty miles; but, pardon
me, lam called away. Adieu !”
and off he galloped like a bullet
out of a«chassepot.
The aspect of Saarbrucken was
indeed desolate when the troops j
had left. Seeing an old man com
ing along, Mme. Lucca asked ;
“My good mao. is any of your ar
pay still here ?’’
“Only the Grand Duke of Olden
burg; there he comes up the stree
with his staff.’ and off he went.
•Good inorning, your Highness,
said the prima donna, in loud
voice.
The Grand Duke, surprised,
pulled up bis horse, and looking
down at her sa d : “Can I be mis
taken? no, surely it is Frau Lucca
our prima deuna! Many a time
have I bad the great pleasure of
hearing you at the opera.’’
“Your Highness, 1 am delighted
that you graciously remember my
insignificance. In Berlin lam in
troducad to Dukes at court; here,
however, I must do i myself .n the
open street.” I have conte to fetch
my husband, who lies wounded at
Pont-a-Monsson. 1 entreat of
your Highness to h-lp >oe.”
“That, dear lady, is, I fear, im
possible, with the best will in the
world,” answered he pityingly .
“for at this moment there is noth
ing at hand but the baggage-wag
on which follows ns with the ser
vants.”
“Serene Highness.” exclaimed
Mme, Lucca, ‘ had driving is bet
ter than good walking. If thatj
is your only objection to the bag
gage-wagon, please order down
throe men, so that I, my maid and
baggage may mount.”
The Grand Duke laughing com
plied, shook her hear ily by the
hand, excused himseif that he could
not do more for her and i*ode off.
Mme. Lucca and hex maid got up,
and the wagon slowly rumbled off
to Pont-a-Mousson. It was late
the following day when they at
last reached the town. The whole
of Pont-a-Moussoxi was covered
into a huge hospital, and neqrly
every house haij (feneva flag.
Prau Lucca went iqdefqtigably
from one to the other, till at last,
she got the information : “Lieu
tenant von Ifeaden sevepply woxynd
ed. First floor —Rooiq No. 9.”
This confirmation of her .'ears seem
to take away her cqunyge.
“We hqpe tq pujl him through
yet,’’ said the doctor reassuringly
■‘pray, Madame do PQI lose heart ;
all will gu well I hope. Follow me
up the stairs, hut only after I have
prepared him can I allow you to go
feto his room.”
She stepped in, her looks anx
iously stare 1 /dug for her beloved
husband: but what a picture met
her eyes ! In a small close roorp
itood a bed, to judge by its length
only intendeif fi rachild, on which
lay a 1 all inrpily figure of a*, leas,
six feet, the legs hanging over th e
ptuf, the head and face bandaged,
leaving nothing visible but a nqse
and mouth, fearfully swelled, upd
she color of leaif.
•;!s 1 hat tqy husband ?’ Frau
Lucca a-ked in a broken voice.
eyes, flmt is Lieutenant von
Bhadoii,”
She sank down on a chair, cov.
ering her face with b >th hands.
“Pauline f murmured flie pa
*l! | *
lieiit almost inayiicqiately.
' “.Ppay, Madaipe, go behind the
heq lof the bed/’ naid the doctor,
«‘Your husba*'d is about to awake
and vour unexpected appearance
Lure might do him harm.”
The patient moved again, and
the doctor came and felt his pulse.
“You have had a good sleep. Ba
ion; do you feel any easier ?'
“i. litfle,” Ife whispered, “f had
such a pleasant dream.
“Of yopr wife ?—-you called out
her name."
“Yes, of tay wife—of Pauline !
It was like reality—l saw her stand
at my bedside, bending over me
with tears in her eyes, as she wilts
pered ‘Adolph’"
“And what if the dream were a
reality ?” questioned the do .’tor.
"Alt, impossible." murmured the
sick man: “I would as soon fancy
an angel from Heaven coming
here t‘ me."
Mmi. Lucca could eon tain her
self no longer.
“Adolph, 1 am here !” she cried
in a voice choked with tears, fall
ing cn her knees beside him.
We will not fnithar desrcibw
this scene; suffice it, that the doc
tor, by means of persuasions rnd
threats, brought Mine. Lucca to
her former composure, telling her
of what real use she could be.—
The patient, as Mine. Lucca after
waid related with great satisfac
tion, had no less thru five cups of
this coffee, she herself feeding him
For ten days Mine. Lucca nursed
her husband indefatigable, and not
withstanding all the disagreeables
attendant on wounds, never left
his bedside. Her maid every day
cooked and prepared a portion of
the comp.iessed vegetables and
soups, which the patient could on
ly take in spoonfuls at a time; bn',
thanks to good nursing, his haalth
improved rapidly.
On the tenth day the doctor call
ed again. “There has been anoth
er cavalry skirmish,.’ he said, “only
a mile from here. Now, our out
posts are only about 800 paces
from the French, so that with a
good field glass one cun plainly
distinguish their kepis.
“/ have brough my glass with
me,” quickly said Mme. Lucca.—
“Could I not go ard see this
French on peart 'I Chn you tell iwe
where I can get permission to go
‘here ? ’
“The only person who can gvie
you leave to visit the outposts is
teu Etappen Commandant, Cap
tain H , of the Uhlans.”
The Cap lain was just reading
the patrol’s x-eport, according to
which a battle was expected near
Sedan. An aide-de-camp iad
hi ought hup orders to strengthen
fee oiqpqsts c n the heights of
and to do his ut
most to prevent the French troops,
sea tered round there, from rt form
ing
An orderly came in and announc
el: “A lady from Rerlfe >yfehes
to speak to yoq.”
“A lady 1” exclaimed the Cap
tain, surprised. “Did she give
you any name ?”
“Fran von Rhaden, she says.”
“Die Lucca !’’ cried the captain ?
jumping up and himself going to
open the door,
“Madame, lam both surprised
and delighted to welcome you to
my quarters.
••I just want to visit the out
posts and liaye a look at tUe
French.”
The Captain feoucht he could
not have heard rightly. “You
w}sh to visit the joutposts ? The
theatre of war is very different to
tied ol the opera
“Oh, I know that!—on the bat
tie field the clmssepo bullets tuk*
the soprano, the mitrailleuses the
baritone, and the shells the bass
parts, Rut 1 should like, just for
once, to bear su h a concert,"
“And what it a bullet hit you ?’’
he asked
“Oh. nq fyar ‘ flench bullets
qre much tpc poljfe to do that, —
Please, please Herr Ritunaisten
giye me u pass and a couple of
Uhlans,”
“Really v Madam* lam very sor
ry, but I cannot grant your re
quest,”
•*lf you only besiuyte on that
count, I wyll qbsqlve you in writ
ing hum all responsibility.” say
feg which she took a piece of pa
per from the table, wrote a few
witfds and handed it back to the
Kittmeiater. -Here is your war
rant. she said.
*Of course, if you thus insist. I
must giye in. ” •
Aud without further delay he
handed her a pass* told of a Ser
gfcnnt and ten I hlans as escort,
and the whole party were quickly
e« route to the heights.
It was the .’loth of August, the
sun was streaming down hot and
fiercely, and Frau Lucca, her sun,
sh-ide in her right hand and glass
es in her left, walked bravely on,
humming an air out of “Figaro,”
aud the Lilians following behind.
After half an hour's rough walk
islg. through badges aud across
ditches, they reached the tirst line
of outposts, where the sentries,
like moles, had thrown up the
earth, to protect them from the en
ennes tire.
A’veu on their way thither, sin
gle bullets had come across from
“over the way,” but fortunately
passed harmlessly over their heads-
Now, however, when the party halt
ed, thus giving the French a mark,
the bullets bagan to fall thick and’
close, oue of the penanis was shot
from a lace and the horses began
to restive. The Sergeant rode up
sabred and said :
I rau Baronin, if I remain here
a quarter of au hour longer with
my I hlans, I shall not bring back
a single man unwoun.led ; for the
sight of a Lilian always makes the
hiench spend a fabulous amount
of aimmitiou. Even as lie spoke
n bullet grazed his hoi ’ses ear.
“For Heaven’s sake,” -.tried Luc
on, startled, “don’t let any one’s
life be endangered on my accouut-
Pray, gentlemen, turn aud ride
back as fast as you can, and take
my very best thanks to your Cap
tain.”
There was no need to repeat her
command. Tie Uhlans, having re
ceived instructions to obey the la
dy in everything, dashed away
wiih lightening speed, ami were
soon out ®f sight. Shortly after
their departure the enemy’s fire al
so ceased.
Mme Lucca \yas now able to
look arunnd, and taking advantage
of the quieß went on ‘illshe reach
ed one of the foremost sentries.—
Here she found uu old, shot rid
dled Stump, OU which, being rath
er tired, she seated herself, und
taking out her glasses was plain’y
able tq see the glysteniny of the
Fiench bayonets at no threat dis
tance, The ground between the
French and tiermun outposts was
literally plowed up with shot and
shell. Here she waited foraquar
ter of an hour, but no fqrfex r shot
came. On her return to Pont-n
aha heard a soldier re
mark, “She is bullet-proof: she
must be a witch !”
• A few days a ter the, battle of
Sedan y«n Rhaden, care
fully bandaged and well wrapped
up, sorted for Berlin accompa
nied by his wfle aud her maid.
At Neuendorf, near Mannheim, a
Berlin b, nker asked Mme. Lucca
wlyit had hrougl t her here in this
time of danger, to which she re -
plied: “I have just been to fetch
my uld man from the seat of war,
for I think 1 shall nurse him bet
ter at borne than the Sister of Mer
cy could di in the hospial.”
Four months after these events
Mme. Lucca became the happy
mother of u charming daughter.
—s «*-
‘I should be glad to have a par
ol,’ admitted the doctor.
‘Well, it’s agreed then. I will
send you one in as jw days ; but
have you a cage to put the bird
in ?’
‘No, I uave not. How much
does a cage cost ?’
‘Oh, you can gst u good uiie for
$2.50,’ was fee reply,
Dr Appleton handed the young
man 'he amount required to buy
he e ige, anu that was (he last he
ever saw of the groom, bride,
cage parrot, or the $2 50.
jVol. XIII.—No. 30
He kissed me did I dreiun it
Ah. to-day how «au | *u\
For in summer'? starry stilln, ~
If a dream tis passed uwav.
Aralyei I think this inomiua.
Whether wrong , lr whether right
... ‘ 1 VV lv ‘beamed he kissed me,
w hy. I hope I'll dream to-night.
Nineteen yetrs ago a Tennessee
tatlier refused to lei his young
daughter go to a candy pull', and
she disappeared. The other day
she returned, lifted eleven chil
dren out of the wagon, and enter
ed the house and took off her
thiugs as if she hadn t been gone
over a day.
hat station did you sav this
was r inquired a passenger of a
gruff brakeman. “Rigsby,” grow l
ed the polite employe, who was
mad because his first was not dis
tmet enough to be undersioood.
“Ah smiled the tiaveler, ‘then
you must feel perfectly ai home
here. The brakeman slammed
the door from the outside and
then bit of! a piece of iron railing
John C. Flynn, a Cincinnati
newsboy, twenty two years old,
sold out his stand locently and
stalled for Denver to engave in
the hotel business Young Flvnn
has been „ newsboy for thirteen
years, during w hich lima he has
accumulated *2*2,000. His profits
tanged from $5 to *l2a day, and
his money was regularly deposit
cd in bank, He lived at the Beth
el, where he paid regular rates for
boar 1 ami lodging.
How is it you can tell such whop
pers/ asked a caller addressing
the editor of the fish stoiy depart
ment.
;Well, you see, .replied the
editor, ‘our wife's name is Anna.’
‘What has that to do with it?’
*A great deal. When we are wri
ting fish stories we usually have
Anna nigh to help us.’
The caller was carried to the
hospital.
•4 Hrddiug Fee.
There is no end to the laugha
ble stories that the clergy tell
about the queer marriages that
they solemnize, and fees
which they reeeive i or sometimes
don’t receive. One of the lw eHt of
these is told by the Kev Dr Sam
uel E Appleton, of Philadelphia,
Pa., and is to the following es
feet:
A young couple called ,»n him
not long ago and asked him to mar
ry them, which he did. The hap
py groom then walked reluctantly
to him and asked:
‘Doctor, how much is your fee?
‘I have no fixed price, bm gen
erally received #lo,' was the an
swer.
rim bright smile of the Jersey
Iff out seemed to leave him then ;
but braoinghimself he said:
‘You see, doctor, I am a little
short at presen:, but would like
pay you. lam a bird fancier and
am importing a lot of educated
parrots from London. Now, in
steud of paying you in cash, sup
pose I preseut you wt'b one of
these birds on their arrival ?
liiKerawll on llcnlli
The following lines are an ex
tract taken from a letter recently
written by C*J Ingersoll from
Loi\g Branch, to a persoual friend
who had suffered a bereavinent in
the death of his mother ;
‘After alt there is something ten
derly appropriate in the rereue
death of the old. Nothing is sad
der than the death of the young,
the strong, Hut when the duties
of life have all been nobly done—
when the sun touches the hotizon
when the purple twilight falls up
on the present, the past and the
future—memory with dim eyes
can scarcely spell the records of
the vanished days, surrounded by
kindred and friends, death comes
like a straiu of music. The day
has been long, the road weary, and
Wd gladly stop at the feu.
‘Life is a ifeadawy, strange and
winding toad, on which we travel
for a little way—a few short steps
just froai the cradle with lullaby
of love to to the low and quie'
waytide in, where all at last must
sleep and where the only saluta
tion is “Good night.”
“Nearly forty eight years ago,
under *he snow in the little town
of Cazeoovija, my poor mot her was
burriedt I was but a few years
opt. I reinem er her aa she look
ed in dead*. That sweet, cold
face has kept my heart warm thro’
all these years.’
•
The first du<\e we believe was
vai.kee dudle who went to t »\vu
Upon a little pony.
AH— /
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(•ciieral
Heal estate in Valdosta is still
on a boom.
H'e often have to diet in „rd,»r
to live it.
Joseph Hanserd, of Columbus,
died Friday.
Columbus received 1,010 bales
of cotton Thursday.
rite Stuart hotel property at
N aliloHta, is offered for sale.
A tramp called his shoes corpo
rations because they had no soles
The cotton receipts for Atlanta
are 10,000 ahead of last season.
Dr. Hale, of Ocala. Fla , has
moved to Athtns.
Ihe late session of the Legisla
Hire cost the State about $lO2
000.
Considerable real estate is offer
ed for sale iu aud about Miller.
1 he pipe for the jyatef works at
Athens is being laid very fast.
Mr. Dockins killed a deer Fri
day not one mile from TallulahUo
Ul.
At Lexington the vote on cor
poration stood 51 for to none a
gainst.
The Southern Express Com may
is to soon build an office at Valdos
ta
Smith* C jviugtou m ird i-e. w.i \
convi :te l of manslaughter.
Mr Isaae G. Swift was elected
Mayor of Hlberton. A good seine
tion,
Raines Huguley was fatally in
jured by a gin at Litiran m a few
days ago.
Tlteve is to he aball at the Dent
psev House, in Jackson, on the
25Hi of October.
1 here are 150 Bchollars in atten
dance at the Sandeisville public
school.
Dr. Long, of Newnan. has pur
chased the old Long ding store at
Athens.
Rev .1 T Richardson killed 07
squirrels near Warnerville one day
last week.
Idle colton receipts at Greens
boro are much less thin last sea
son, at the same date.
Rev. Mi. Hawkins has accepted
the pastorate of Canton Baptist
Church for the year 1884.
A thief tried to steal valuable
live stock fro»»j F Sterne's place in
Agus a the other night .
1 he merchants of Southern Guo
rgia say collections have been
vorv good considering the small a.
mount of cotton sold.
A thousand dollars in gold, it is
said, weighs four pounds.
Cases of leprocy are reported in
one or two oonniies of lowa.
Twenty five of the thirty- eight
States have Democrat ic Gover
nors.
A boy in Pennsylvania lms been
awarded $2,500 damages for a
dog bite.
A young mar in Germantown,
Ky., on a single acre has grown a
SI,OOO crop of onion sets.
Raleigh. N. C.. has Id factories
and mills.
Mt. Jefferson Davis is the high
est peak in Nevada, its altitude be
ing 13,075 feet.
It is not unusual to rea I of the
poisoning of people by canned
geods.
A California farmer has raised
three watermelons weighing 101.
98 ami 24 pounds
Texas audiences are delighted
with 'eotures by a seven v#ar old
girl named Jennie Scott
Spurg on, the famous London
minister, has only two children,
and they arc twins and Baptist
clergymen.
An exchange says clergymen
would make good brakmuen on our
railroad* becruse they have done a
good deal of coupliug.
There is a cessation of newspa
per hostilities in Cincinnati pend
ing the invention of some new
and sulphurous adjectives. The
old supply hits been completely
worn out
The Boston Star says“ The
bigger a newspaper is the more
bustle 'hore is about it. What it
means is, the Rigger a hustle is
the mure newspaper there is about
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