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OLD SERIES—YOL. X- NO 15. CEDARTOWN. GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 10.1883.
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Sunrise fresh, and the daisies small,
Silver the lawn with their scarlets fair;
But the blossoms of noon shall he stately
and taU,
Tropical, luscious, of odors rare:
Ah well!
Noon shall he gorgeous beyond compare.
Noon, and the sky is a blinding glare;
The flowers have tainted while we have
strayed;
We wandered too far to tend them there,
And they drooped for lack of the dew and
shade;
Ah well!
Evening shall right the mistake we made.
Evening; ’tis chilly in meadow and glade,
The last pale rose has died in the west;
The happy hour is long delayed;
Our wandering is hut a long unrest;
Ah w'ell!
We will home to the fireside. Home is
blest.
Nothing hut ashes gray? No blest,
Eaint glimmer of light on roof or wail?
A weary search was this long-day quest.
And on empty hands the shadows fall;
All well!
Let us creep to bed and forget it all.
WHY HE MARRIED HER.
Everybody at Mavport said that no
body knew why CoL Reave married Eu
nice Perrang. Everything bntlier .looks
seemed to do against the girl. Even
her name was used to her detriment,
for no one ever heard it anywhere else
as that of any family, either good or
bad, unless, perhaps, it was a corrup
tion of the French Perrin, in which
case it implied that the yonng woman’s
own branch of the family mnst have
fallen very low to have accepted so
vulgar a pronunciation.
Bat the name was only the beginning
of Miss Perrang’s drawback. Her
father had nothing bat money—gained
by compounding liquors—to make him
prominent at Mayport, and m spending
this his taste was bo bad that he seldom
succeeded in not being offensive. His
wife wgs a handsome woman who was
not without dignity, but an unfortunate
fondness for opium and other stimulants
Bad occasionally caused her to act so
strangely when in company that invita
tions to her parties became more and
more productive of regrets, and they
were returned less and less. When,
suddenly, Mrs. Penang realized her
position she changed her set for the
one of which her husband was most
fond, and her habits also changed for
the worse.
People did not drop Eunice as thor-
onglihly as they did her parents. W Jule
at school the girls’s high spirits, good
temper ana generosity made her
favorite, and as she was handsome
well as lively the yonng men joined
their sisters in defending 1 her whenever
they heard her alluded to merely as
“as one of the PenaDgs.” Beside,
there were many mothers and fathers
who pi tit d the girl and were quite will
ing that their own family circles should
make, some amends to her for what she
lacked at home. But as she became a
women and found herself the favorite
of most yonng sen in the town, many
maidens and their parents perceptibly
cooled in their apparent regard for her.
Regarded only as a young woman, she
was at least the equal of any of her old
schoolmates, but as a girl who might
marry and compel a blending of good
family names with that of Penang, she
was too dreadful to be thought of lor
an instant.
The girl was wise enough to detect
the general change of manner as soon
as it began and to know the-reason.
The effect was what it would have been
on any other young woman of propel
self-respdot. People who tried to keep
her at a distance or to let her alone were
vigoiously ’‘cut” as soon as their pur-
pose became manifest; so she was soon
compelled to choose between no society
• and that which her father’s ostentations
use of money attracted. She chose the
former, or almost that, for of hor old
acquaintances about the only ones who
remained faithful were Col. Reave, who
spent his occasional leaves of absence
at Mayport, Hr. Moraely, who was
rector of the church which she attend
ed, and Mr. Bonnarton. a New York
merchant, who had plenty of money, an
inyalid wife and two disagreeable
daughters.
People then said if poor Eunice ever
married, her husband would have to
come from her father’s detestable set,
for Hr. Moralev, although a widower,
believed it a sin for a man to take a
second wife, and he was a man of char
acter so strong that he never would
abandon a principle. The Colonel was
not to be thought of as a cossible hus
band; many a mother had attempted to
win him for her daughter, but the
Colonel came to Mayport only to be
near the grave m which, fifteen years
before, had been placed the woman
whom he had engaged to marry. Mr.
Bonnarton was far more likely to be
come a husband, for had not his wife
been ill for years?
But some* people had heard stories
about Bonnarton, A young lady who
once dissappeared suddenly from society
in New York was never afterward seen
at the theatre, the seashore or in Eu
rope except with Bonnarton as her
escort. His manner was engaging, his
will persistent and his principles no
higher than absolutely required by
business. So when Eunice Penang
began to ride and dine with him, seem
ing to enjoy his attentions, a number of
fathers and mothers who had conscien
ces began to repent of their course
toward the girl and even to try to change
it, but when they attempted thin thev
found the girl’s own will in their way,
so, as people always do in such cases,
they attributed her manner to the worst
reason that suggested itself. They
confidently expected a scandal, for some
unfortunate speculations had recently
deprived Perrang of all his money, and
soon afterward liquor robbed him of his
life. What could be expected of a girl
like Eunice ylien she had neither
father nor money, and was loved, after
a fashion, by a rich man. who already
had a wife”
A few people begged Dr. Morsley to
redouble his endeavors to exert a good
influence over the girl; they got for
their paixs some lectures, severer t.i,aq
any one not a clergyman would dare
give, for their own neglect; indeed, the
good rector’s indignation cost uim two
families who had always occupied very
high-priced pews. Others wanted to
■peak to Col. Reave, but he had sud
denly become almost unapproachable;
he accepted scarcely any invitations; he
seemed in bad spirits, and were if not
that he was seen oftener than usual at
the grave of his lost sweetheart, Ins
acquaintances might have believed that
he was piqued at Eunice’s preference
for Bonnarton.
As for the merchant, tin personal ap
pearance and spirits improved steadily,
and those of his neighbors who were
familiar enongh with him to drink his
wine said in confidence to other inti
mates that when rallied about Miss
Perrang, the merchant would smile as
if ho had every reason to be satisfied
with his prospects, and when asked
hypocritically, how the Colonel was
getting along with Miss Perrang, the
answer generally was that the Colonel
had almost ceased calling, for whenever
he came the yonng lady was almost
snre to be entertaining better company.
On one of the rare occasions when
the Colonel allowed himself to aocept
an invitation, he and several other
gentlemen were taking wine with the
host, when one of the guests, who had
taken something stronger than wine be
fore arriving, said:
“I heard to-dav that Bonnarton had
bought Martin’s place .at the Ridge.
It’s a charming little nest, bnt it’s two
miles from-anywhere. What do you
suppose he wants with it?”
“Noboby could guess; those who
might have done so saw Col. Reave
fiown, so they thought it best -to re-
mam silent.
Don’t you understand?” persisted
the informant, with a half tipsy leer
that was nevertheless-significant.
No,” said the host hurriedly, tak
ing the fellow’s arm, “nor yon, Robin
son. Gentlemen, suppose we join the
ladies?”
All acted on the suggestion but the
Colonel, who begged to be excused for
the remainder of the evening. An old
wound was troubling him, he said, and
he would rather be no company than
bad oompany.
Bat instead of-going to the cottage of
an old soldier servant, where he was the
only boarder, the Colonel strode in the
opposite direction. Dr. Morsely, who
had been a fellow guest, and had heard
of what had been said, begged his host
to Jet him escape from the house unseen
and follow the Colonel, for he feared
something might happen should the
soldier meet—well, he wonld mention
no names. The host understood, and
smuggled the Doctor’s hat and cane
from the dressing-room, and the rever
end gentlemen escaped by a side door
so speedily that he reached the sidewalk
almost as soon as .the Colonel. By
walking on the sodded portion of the
sidewalk, he followed readily without
making any noise.
But the trip did not progress exactly
as the Doctor had expected. Instead
of going directly to Bonnorton’s house
or to the Perrang place, the Colonel
went to the village cemetery.
The Doctor promptly became
ashamed of himeeli; although be was
glad to have the Colonel as regardful as
himself of Eunice PerraDg’s reputation,
and was rather sorry that the Colonel’s
abrupt departure bad not been caused
by the insinuation he had heard, the
errand upon which his military friend
was now bent seemed of far higher na
ture than chastising an old piofiigate.
The old man was about to retrace his
steps, when it occurred to him that tbe
Colonel had been in such bad health
and spirits for a month or two that he
might not be safe company for himself
at a time when he preferred a lonely
graveyard to a cheerful feast. He had
heard of middle-aged lovers killing
themselves at the graves of their dead
sweethearts; so he felt it would not be
indelicate if he were to watch the Colo
nel for a few minutes. The grave was
near a hedge that separated the ceme
tery grounds from the garden of the
Doctor’s parishioners; so the old mao
tiptoed through the garden and close to
the hedge just in time to hear the Colo
nel say:
“It is not for my sake, Agnes, but for
her’s.”
Then the Colonel arose from his
knees, passed out of the cemetery and
walked rapidly towards Miss Perrang’s
house. The Doctor followed rapidiv,
his head in a whirl. The Colonel en
tered the house, and a moment later the
clergyman peering in the parlor window,
saw that only Eunio^ and the Colonel
were there, and whispered:
“Thank God!”
The Colonel complimented the lady
on her appearance and was told‘in reply
that Miss Perrang had never seen him
looking better. The assurance seemed
to please the Colonel, for his eye bnght-
enened as if his mind had been cleared
in some way. He answered quickly
that no man whose heart was so entarely
ana worthily filled could help looking
his best
“Ob, Colonel!” exclaimed Miss Per
rang, playfully, ‘ that sounds very much
as it you were in lova. Do tell me who
the happy woman is?”
“May I tell you in confidence?” asked
the Colonel gravely; he extended his
hand as he added, “we are old friends,
you know. You won’t laugh at me if
you don't approve my choice?”
‘■Laugh at you, Col. Reave?” ex
claimed Eunice. ‘-No woman could do
that The woman whom the one great
catch of Mayport is in love with is ”
“Yon, Miss Perrang,” interrupted the
Colonel. ‘‘Forgive an old soldier’s
bluntness if 1 ask plainly will you marry
but the Colonel, who seemed to be in
high glee said:
“Good evening. Mr. Bonnarton, yon
have arrived jnst in time to be the first
to congratulate us on our engage
ment.”
Mr. Bonnarton merely glared and
exclaimed:
‘‘The Devil!"
Miss Perrang without tbe slightest
sign of fear returned his look, upon
which Bonnarton said: ‘ Good night,”
and abruptly quitted the room. As he
did so Dr. Morsely sneaked away from
the window where he had been listen
ing, dropped on his knees behind a
neglected rose-clump and offered np a
prayer that he had never seen in print.
A few weeks later he joined the Colonel
and Eunice in marriage, and everybody
who was anybody came to the wedding
and visited the bride always thereafter.
The Colonel, in spite of his long devo
tion to his first love, became a very
happy hnsband, AsTor Bonnarton, he
was so unmercifully chaffed that he
speedily drank himself to death.
A Long Journey
Stature's Protective Colors.
Nature, like a caretul mother, equips
her children as best she can'for the battle
of life. She gives to animals colors that,
by resemDlmg their aurrourdings, protect
them against their enemies. The brown
or gray color of the wild rabbit blends
with its surroundiDgs and hides it from
hostile eyes. The mottled feathers of the themselves to witness the performance,
quail and partridge closely resemble the “Oh, we've all been served that wav,” one
w *tich the young of them said, “and it is a neighborhood
""m«^ 0D - C 1o Animals that custom to give the victim the laugh.
Old Squire Griddle was one of the most
peculiar men in Arkansaw. You could
take bis wagons am! plows, his cows and
steers; but you must net take one of his
horses away from home. One day a young
fellow who lived m tbe neighborhood, hav
ing lately become a member of the commu
nity, had occasion to make a horse-back
journey. He did not own a horse, and ac
ting upon tbe suggestion of a fellow who
understood Griddle, he went to the Squire'
house and meeting him, said :
“ ’Squire, I have occasion to do some
horse-back riding, and as l do not own an
animal of the moat noble species 1 have
come to borrow one of vour spirited
horses.
The 'Squire looked at him for a mo
ment, anusaid: “All right, sir, you are
perfectly welcome to ride one of my horses.
John,” to a aervent, “saddle up Napoleon
for this gentlem n.
In a few minutes the animal was leady,
and the young man, taking the bridle reins,
was about to lead him through the gate,
when the 'Squire exclaimed:
“What are you going to do with that
horse!”
“I’m going to ride him, as you sa:d f
might do.
“Yes, bnt you mustn't take him out of
the lot. Ride him around the lot as much
as you please, but you must not take him
away.
The young man, completely “sold,
turned away and suddenly encountered
several ot the neighbors, woo had secreted
me?”
The lady’s self- possession forsook
her; so, apparently, did her tongue.
All she could do was to stare blankly.
“Have I offended you?” asked the
Colonel gently.
Miss Perrang regained her power ot
speech and replied.
_ “You haye honored me as no other
man ever did. I can at least be frank
in return,” She averted her eye and
continued:
People have talked about me and
yon have heard them—there, there,
don’t break a soldier’s word for the sake
of being polite.”
“1 have heard scarcely anything and
believed nothing. I will believe nothing
but wliat you yourself tell me.”
“I can only say there is nothing to
tell,” said the lady.
“Certainly not,” said the Colonel.
“But,” continued Miss Perrang,
“people will say cruel things about a
friendless girl.”
“Then people should be kept in order
by a man who has the right to speak
for her and whose word no one dare
impugn,”
“Yonr name and family is held in
high honor—”
‘-Care for them, for me,” interrupted
the Ctfiunel, “and let me guard you in
return.”
Whether Miss Perrang wonld have
hesitated longer is known only to her
self and the Colonel, for the latter
hearing the gate dose and steps ap
proach the house, quickly threw his
arms around the astonished girl and
kissed her on both cheeks, A moment
later Mr, Bonnarton entered the room
and seemed displeased at what he saw,
roam at night, as do the rats and mice,
bats and moles, are usually of a neutral
tin!; such as escapes notice in the dusk,
the helpless tree-toad takes the color of
the tree on which it lives, and his bitterest
enemy has hard work to find him. The
animals and birds of the hot desert* are
tawny and gaudy m hue. Bo the lion
conceals himself by crouching in the sand,
and thence springs upon his unsuspecting
prey. The tiger stalks among tbe jungles
of India. The vertical brown lines which
adorn his lawny skin enable him to lurk
unseen among the bamboo Btems. The
spotted ekm of tbe jaguar imitates the
changing spots of light and ehad% among
the leaves, and thus conceals him in his
lair. The puma has neither bars nor spots
on its skin; it does not need them. It
waits for its prey by crouching along the
limb of a tree, where its dull color escapes
notice.
White animals and white birds are, as
a rale, dwellers in Arctic regions The
white suit of the polar bear indicates at
once its distant home amid the snows and
suow-helds of the north. Borne animals,
like the Arctic foxes and Alpine hares,
wear their white livery only in winter, and
appear in summer clad in brown or eray.
Jn the thick tropical forests, whose bright
foliage is never touched by frost, live the
brilliant green parrots and paroquets that
seem so out of place here. Nature also
seems to take pains in providing for her
weak and helpless creatures. The upper
surface of the wings of some ef our com
mon butterfies is of a bright color, but the
lower surface is dusky. When they light
on a tree or wall, and- close their wings,
the color of which closely resembles the
surrounding surface, the insect collector
needs sharp eyes to find them. Moths
that fly by night are gray, or neutral, in
tint. Some tropical butterflies resemble
withered leaves, anil even the marks on
their wings appear like the veins of a leaf.
Our grasshoppers lake the color of the
grass. Beetles frequenting mossy banks
are green in color. Beetles that live on
the bark of trees are rough like bark and
frequently resemble lichens. Some de
fenseless insects are protected by their
resemblance to insects able to defend
themselves. Some flies, which possess no
means of defense, resemble wasps and
hornets. In t iese and in many other
ways nature watches over her children so
that none, from the least to the greatest,
shall lack protection.
The young man went home. He medi
tated revenge. He couldn’t sleep. Next
morning early, he went out and sat down
in tbe forks of the road, and pondered.
Finally he shook his head with a satisfied
air, and arose. He went straightway to
the ’Squire, and said:
’Squire, I want to borrow your horse
again, to-day.’’
“AJ1 right, sir. Like the one you had
yesterday, I suppose. Yes, well, you shall
have him again. John, saddle Napoleon ”
In a few moments the animal was in
readiness for the prospective journey,
suppose,” said the young man, preparing
to mount, “that you object to anyone tak
ing your horses out of the lot.'
“Kes, sir. If you want to ride you
must ride inside the lot.”
“All right," said the young man,mount
ing. “Good day, sir,” and he began to
ride around the lot. The ’Squire looked
at him for several minutes,shook his head,
went into the house and drank a toddy.
At noon the young man stopped and yell
ed: “Hello?”
'Hello!” replied the ’Squire, “won’t
you light!”
“No, 1 haven’t got time. “Thought I’d
stop and see if I could get something to
eat. Houses are rather scarce along tbe
road. Bring me out something please. ”
He was supplied with a dish of turnip
greens and bacon, and his horse was given
a bundle of fodder. After the hurried
meal, he said:
“Good day, sir, much obliged.”
“Good flftv*' rpnpatoH t ho ’G
A Courier from Napoleon.
Helene Mareovicli.
Helene Marcovich, widow of Colonel
Maroovicli, who attempted on October
23 last to shoot King Milan, in
prison, committed Bnicide on the
12th of April Helen Knitnanin,
who was undergoing impkisonment in
connection with the same offense, took
her own life in prison some time ago.
The attempt made upon the life of King
Milan I, of Servia on the 23d of Octo
ber last, created something of a sensa
tion at the time. His cousin and imme
diate predecessor, Prince Michael, fell
by the bullet of an assassin while walk
ing in his garden on the 2d of July.
1868. Milan was then a lad of fourteen
at school in Paris, and the tragical cir
cumstances under which he ascended
the throne made snch a deep impression
upon his youthful mind that lie appears
ill at ease to this day when in public.
Helene Marcovich, who attempted to
assassinate him last October, and who
has now ended her life by suicide, was
the widow of Colonel Jefrew Marcovich,
who was executed with several others
by Milan’s order, in May, 1878. The
charge against him, and for which he
was executed, was that of complicity in
treasonable conduct of the Topola Brig
ade of the National Militia, which upon
one occasion refused, when ordered to
march against the Turks. The preva
lent feeing in Bervia with reference to
the trial is that all the defendants, in
cluding Colonel Marcovich were entirely
innocent of the charge brought against
them, and pnblic sympathy with the
unfortunate men was greatly strength
ened by the unseemly haste with which
they were tried, conducted, and dqne to
death.
The widow continued to brood over
the wrong which she had suffered by
her husband’s execution, and at last
worked herself np to such a pitch of
frenzy that she fired two shots at the
King while ne was at his devotions in
the cathedral at Belgrade. Queen Na
talie, who was with the King in the
cathedral, fainted and was carried in an
unconscious condition to the p*i«“*»
The King accompanied her thither and
then returned to the church unattended
and remained until Hm end of the ser
vice. The crowd attempted to lynch
the would-be assassin, and subsequently
an effort was made to prove that she
had been in communication with the
revolutionary party in Belgrade, and
that the latter. had instigated her to.
commit the murdepona attempt. She
was the daughter of a Hungarian phy
sician, a little over thirty yeats of age,
of superior education, and’ great per
sonal attractions. -Ss
“Hope you’ll have a pleasant journey,
and the ’Squire shook his head, went into
the house and drank a “snifier of apple
jack.”
Just about night-fall the young man
stopped at the fence again,
“Hello!’'’
“Hello,” repeated tb ; ’Squire.
“I’ve been riding all day; have come
great distance, and my horse is tired. I 1
like to stay over night with you?’'
“Get down. John take the gentleman _
horse. Come into the house, sir. You
say that you have come quite a distance,
and you look tired. Won’t you have
something to drink,’’ continued tbe ’Squire
when they had entered the house. “Drink
hearty.”
“I’d like to get an early start in the
morning,” said the yonng man. “My
destination is yet a great way off, and I
will be compelled to ride hard in order to
reach it by to-morrow night.”
Early next morning the traveler mount
ed his horse and began his circuitous jour
ney. Just about noon he stopped at the
fence again.
“Hello!”
‘‘Young man,” said the ’Squire, walk
ing out addressing the traveler, “you are
the boss. 1 have met a great many
people—”
“My friend, 1 haven’t time to talk,
have a long journey bet ore me, and unless
1 hurry on I cannot reach my destination
m time to transact the business which
awaits me.”
“Never mind the journey. 1 say that
you are the captain, and to show how 1
appreciate your genius, I’Jl present you
with Napoleon. He’s the finest horse in
the Slate. Take him home with you.
Good day, sir.
—According to the official statement
of .the United States Treasurerrthe total
debt of the United States on the first of
the present month was $1,881;451,099,
and the total interest-bearing debt $1,
354.834.75t. Decrease since June 30.
1882, $102,638,346. Decrease during
February 1883, $9,630Jft8.
An Old Family.
A recent number of the London Times
contained an interesting review of the
history ot the Dukedom of Norfolk and ot
the family of Howards. This Dukedom
will be four hundred years old next June,
and the incumbent is the premier Duke ot
England, ranking immediately after the
princes of the blood. Sir John Howard,
the first Duke of Norfolk of the present
title, was tbe descendant and ancestor of
sovereigns, and his famuy, even in Pope’s
day, was taken as representing 'the quin
tessence ef English nobility as attested by
Pope’s line “all the blood of all the How
ards. ” The first Duke wss killed at Bos-
worth, attained by Parliament and the
honor of his house forfeited, but his son,
the Earl of Surrey, recovered the title on
the battle field of Flodden. Two ot this
Duke’s grand-daughters became Q teens
of England, and the grandson be com
manded the British fleet that vanquished
the Armada. The third Duke escaped
execution by Henry YHL, who died on
the day he signed the Duke’s death war
rant, which, in consequence of the King's
death? was never earned oat His grand
son, the fourth Duke, was less fortunate,
and was executed during the reign of
Elizabeth, and the title extinguished by
his attainder. It was nearly a century be
fore it was revived, the fifth Duke being
the great grandson of the fourth. For two
centuries there has been no disturbance of
the title, though it has passed bom the
direct line to branches of the Howard
family. The stoiy of this family is inter
esting, not merely because it is associated
with many of the most stirring events of
English history, bat because it goes further
than most family histones in sustaining
tbe theory of hereditary genius. For hun
dred of years the Howards, on their merits
as men of intellect and courage, would
have been leaders in any conditions of
society. The family has. been almost
equally distinguished in battles upon land
and sea and in literary attainments. It
has produced philosophers and poets, as
well as soldiers of distinction, and, when
ever an aristocracy is recognized, is en
titled to a front rank. This is so seldom
the case that the fou -bundredth anniver
sary of thejtakedom of Norfolk becomes
interesting even to the most pronounced
Democrat.
“I once enjoyed the high honor ef carry
ing letters from the Emperor Napoleon to
Josephine,” remarked Mr. Charles Martel,
a French wig-maker, at No. 802 Walnut
street. Mr. Martel, a venerable looking
gentleman, who is in his eighty-fourth
year, feels very prond of the services ren
tiered his Commander-In-Chief on that oc
casion. Whenever he can be persuaded to
talk of the affair bis wrinkled countenance
lights up with emotion, and the bid man
relates with evident pleasure tbe particu
lars of how he came to be selected courier,
and how well he discharged the task as
signed him.
Mr. Martel was rather disposed to evade
the interrogatories of his visitor at first,
but he was eventually prevailed upon to
tell the story. “The Emperor was ad
vancing upon Moscow at the time I speak
of, which was in the early part of the year
1612,” Mr. Martel began. ‘-The army
had arrived at Warsaw when Napoleon
issued an order for a courier to instantly
tet out tor France. I was bnt thirteen
years of age at the time, and was a drum-
mer boy in the Fourth Regiment of Hus
sars, Our General came to me, knowing
that I was a good horseman, and told me
that the Emperor wanted to see me. Upon
being led into the presence of Napoleon, I
found three other soldiers there, who had
also been recommended by their respective
Generals to act as couriers. His Excel
lency had summoned the four of us, in
order to see for himself and make his own
selection. When I entered the camp Na
poleon smiled, and, turning to my General
aakvd: “Do you think the boy will do ?'
Though I was only a lad, and knew noth
ing of the contemplated mission beyond
the fact that there was a long distance to
be covered on horseback, I was ambitious
to be selected. You may imagine how
my heart leaped when my superior vividly
recommended to the Emperor the tricks
he had seen me perform with several of
the cavalrymen’s horses. 1 had learned to
ride well, and even at the age of thirteen
1 could manage a horse as well as any
body, Napoleon appeared somewhat
pleased at the recommendation of mvGener-
al, and remarked:' “He will do.” He then
selected another man, mueh older than I
was, because at the time it was customary
to send two couriers by different routes
with the same messages, for fear that if
only one were dispatched the letter would
not reach its destination. After dismissing
the other two soldiers my comrade and I
remained to receive our instructions.
When all was ready and we were about
mount our horses. Napoleon said:
think the boy wifi arrive first, though his
rcut$ is nine miles longer. Such encour
aging words from the Emperor ot France
fairly set me wild, and 1 resolved to hand
my packet of letters to Josephine before
my companion, though I should fall dead
at the feet of the lady the moment alter
domg so.
“I securely placed my package in
belt arouDd my waist. The oniy food
took was some crackers, a few slices of beef
and a flask of brandy, which 1 stowed
awa“in my saddle bags. Upon receiving
the Acord ‘go’ I sprang lightly into the
saduL and dashed away, closelv followed
byjut other courier. I determined to
ciraw'j,way from him before arriving ai
the forks of the road. Digging my spurs
into the horse 1 gave him the whip, and
in a few moments 1 had the satisfaction of
seeing,hiin falling behind enveloped in
cloud of dust. I mounted a fresh horse
every twelve miles along the road, which
were kept in the Government stables tor
the especial use of the Government’s
couriers. For sixty hours I rode along in
this way. Though I was very much fa
tigued I never gave up, for 1 was deter
mined to prove the truth of the Emperor'
prophecy that I would arrive first. Night
and day I sped along through the snow
and ram, with only qce idea on my mind,
and that was to win the race. The dis
tance is over 500 miles, but I managed to
get to Paris one full hour ahead ot every
competitor. Arriving at Josephine’s man
sion, which was seven miles outside of
the city, I was immediately ushered into
her reception parlor, though I was covered
with mud from head to foot. The noble
lady graciously took from my hand the
letter, and, with a simple ‘thank vou,
turned away and departed. The Emperor
caused a message to be conveyed to me
tendering his sincere thanks for wliat 1
had done.”
Natural Decorative Art.
In the wine-vaults of London, the
wine-vanit fungus sways hither and
thither in the most graceful profusion.
It is lighter than cobwebs, and takes
shapes like crystalization. It grows
sometimes like coral, forming pendants
which are swnng by every zephyr, and
are finally brought in contact and cling
together in great festoons. The ceiling
or roof is covered with a field of the
fnngus four or five inches in depth, and
out of this grow or gather the most cur
ious formations, the most interesting of
which are the round balls like hornets’
nests, in color and shape, or great gray
sponges,
In the vanlts where oil is used they
soon get black and dirty, but when gas
is burned they remain as white as snow
for a long time, and are exquisitely
bemtiful. If the light is held np to
them, as soon as they feel its heat, they
shrivel away with a sickening odor and
disappear To the touch they are damp
unpleasant and sticky. The vault men
are very proud of them and they dis
like to see them destroyed, although it
sometimes becomes necessary to do so.
Their presence is regarded as a proof of
the adaptability of the vault. If they
gather quickly over a lot of wine that
has been recently laid down, tne wine
and the cellar are both deemed to be
good. Down in Lewes is what is said
to be the best vanlt in the world. It
was used in former times as a prison and
torture chamber, and it reaches out un
der the sea qnite a distance. It is very
lofty, and wine has been stowed there
since 1814, over which the fungus hangs
eight or nine feet long. When it gets
filled with dust and becomes too heavy
for the delicate fibre that supports it,
it breaks away, and being too light to
fall entirely down, it floats through the
vault like an enormous balloon, with the
most extraordinary ghost-like effect.
Our guide explains all thin as we go
from one lot to another, completing onr
tasting list, which ranges through all
the still wines you can name, and he
leads to one dark corner where the fun
gus hangs in mushroom forms, and de
clares with a proper pride that that
particular comer has not been cleaned
since the vaults were built in 1803.
Training Geraniums.
There is no other plant so easily grown
or trained inlo good form, more pleasing
for its brilliant bloom, or so tree from in
sects as the scarlet geranium. When
grown in the torm of a tree and well
pinched back to mass tbe bloom, and well
cared for, thi3 plant will easily bear a
hundred clusters of its bright scarlet flow
ers at one time, making a brilliant show
that few other plants can rival. To pro
cure such a plant we may proceed as fol
lows: Take a cutting as Btraighl and long
as possible from another plant; one a loot
long is best, and root it in a seven inch
pot. 'When the buds begin to start, rub
off all but the top one, and let this grow a
foot or so; then leave some side branches
to grow to strengthen the main stem, but
pinch off all the blossoms, and keep the
main branches shortened in. Continue
thus for a whole season. Then cut back
the main stem to about fifteen or eighteen
inches and remove the side branches. New
side shoots will start and ali these must be
rubbed oft except the top ones; of which
several may be left t» grow iq a proper di
rection to make a well balanced little tree.
It is now permitted to bloom and rest
the next summer; pfter which it is again
ent back, and treated as before. Each
year a little more old wood may be left,
until in five or six years it may be as many
feet high, and may need a fifteen inch pot,
having a dozen main branches, and scores
of blooming shoots. The Scarlet King is
the best variety to be grown in this way;
and while it is a thing of beauty each year
it yearly grows better and belter, and pays
well for the waiting and working.
Iron Columns In Building.
Iron colonels in buildings might, it is
suggested, be protected from the action of
fire in two simple and inexpensive ways.
One, which has the advantage of making
it passible to highly ornament the colnmn
with little trouble; is to enclose the column
u nogs of terra cotta, put on the top when
it is set up; and the other is to fill the
column with water. To do this all the
columns in the tier should be connected
with short pipes through the bed-plates, a
small escape pipe should run from the up
per column through the roof to the air,
and st the base of each tier a pipe should
connect with the street mama, so that aii
the columns may be filled with water
either permanently or on emergency.
With the escape pipe at the top for the ex
pansion of the water or steam the columns
would stand until every floor was burned
out, and if the girders were hollow and
filled with water in the same way, both
girders and columns would doubtless stand
intact and could be used in rebuilding.
A Glittering? Heap of Gold*
A HeautifulY'alifornia Valley.
The still, dry air, the genial spring
temperature (six or eight degrees higher
than that of Banta Barbara), the gentle
repose, the aspect of peace and fertility,
the soft carpeting of grass and flowers,
the stretching perspective through the
breaks in the range, the beauty of the
abundant woods, the picturesque dispo
sition of tbe shapely, isolated trees, the
myriad of bright-colored birds, the con
cert of melody always going on in the
branches—these tilings combine to in
vest the Ojai Valley at this time of the
year with an idyllic charm which I have
yet seen nothing rival. There is one
toad in particular which everybody
loves. It follows the valley of a little
stream, near the base of the southern
ridge, and wanders for miles through a
leafy glen where the boughs interlace
overhead, the grass is clean and fresh
below, there are few weeds and bashes,
sunshine lies under the branches, and
one can look far aw.y, through dancing
lights and shadows, into the depth of
the wood; until the eye looses itself in
mysterious traceries of gray and green,
and festoons of the wild grape. To walk
here always makes me t.liink of the syl
van scenes in S iakespere. This is the
Forest of Arden. I shall see "Rosalind”
and the “Banished Duke” presently.
Or is it perchance the wood near Athens?
If I come by moonshine shall I find
Titania caressing Bottom transformed?
Is the whole lovely picture only a mid
summer dream? Shall I wake in a mo
ment to find the mystery of the wood is
dispelled, and that what I took for the
tattle of the brook, the murmur of wild
pigeons acd the clatter of garrulous
woodpeckers it only the morning salu
tation of the hotel Chinaman, who
brings the pitcher of warm water with
the remark: “Heap hot. I just cook
him!”
Crime in Hungary.
Some time ago, an old man named Jack
Harkey, living near Matthews station,
just across the line iu Union county, North
Carolina, died and the little old house in
which he had lived alone for many long
years was locked up by bis executor. Not
long after the old man’s death the execu
tor found $600 in cash, which it was
known . the old man had, and cleaned
everything out of the house except an old
cupboard that stood in a corner of the
loom. As it was not in the way and was
not a bad looking piece of furniture it was
permitted to remain undisturbed. The
house was rented to a family who moved
into it recently, and to whom the golden
secret of the old cupboard was unexpect
edly revealed. The wife did not like the
looks of tbe old cupboard and proposed to
her husbaind that thef should move it'"to
another part of the room. This the hus
band consented to, and the cupboard was
accordingly removed out of the corner
where it had remained for perhaps a quar
ter of a century. As it was away, a small
tin box, suck as is used by business men
m which to keep papers, was found on the
floor covered with dust. The man gave it
a kick and was surprised to find that it
was no, easy to move, and on picking it
up was further surprised at its weight! A
few blows of an axe broke open the lid
and a pile of bright glittering gold pieces
met the gaze of the astonished husbana
and wife. They set to work counting out
the coins and found that the pile amounted
to the snug little sum of $1,200. As soon
they had counted the money they replaced
it m the box and hid it, when the man,
with honest haste, went straight to the
executor of Mr Harkey’s estate and rela
ted the circumstances ot the finding and
closed by inviting the executor to accom
pany him to the house and take possession
of the money. The executor followed
him home and obtained the gold.
Cov.rlng Boilers With Silk.
—Cabmen receive only 15 cents an
hour in Italy.
it is well known that silk is an excellent
nonconductor of heat, and some recent
experiments m Germany would seem to
indicate that it might pay to encase boilers
in this costly material.
In one trial three boilers of the same size
aqd make were ranged in order, one cov
ered with the ordinary felt, another with a
coating of silk only five-eighths the thick
ness of the felt, while tne third was left
altogether uncovered. They were all filled
with water having a temperature of 100
degrees, Centigrade, and examined at in
tervals. After the lapse of three hours it
was found that the unprotected boiler had
lost twelve degrees of heat, and the other
two each two degrees. After a further
lapse of thirty-three hours, the felt-covered
boiler had lost thirteen and a half degrees,
and that covered with silk only fourteen,
so that there was no appreciable difference
between the protective powers of the silk
and those of a casing ot felt nearly twice
it3 thickness.
With regard to the cost of the material,
la said that in ail silk manufacturies
there are waste scraps which it would be
difficult or impossible to utilize in the
trade. These can, it is asserted, be made
up into baDds and rolls, coating compara
tively little, and sold at a profit to the
makers and users of boilers.
As to the lasting and wearing powers o'
silk as compared with felt nothing is said,
and there has not, perhaps, been time to
apply an adequate test: but it is althe least
possible that in this respect the finer sub
stance may possess great advantages over
the coarser and cheaper.
In no other country in Europe is life
and property so insecure as in Hungary.
Murders and robberies take place al
most every day. but it is only when a
big gun happens to be the victim is
public attention called to them. It is
oniy a short time since Count Andrassy’s
palace m Buda-Pesth was broken into
by burglars, and it certainly was not
their fault that nobody was killed dur
ing the operatiou. The murder of Connt
Majlath has created the most intense
sensation throughout the whole of
Ansfro-Hnngary, especially .as the
deceased judge was iu his way a most
remarkable personage. He was aa ex-
ceedingly haughty man, and very proud
of his lineage, although not on friendly
terns with any members of his family.
His elder brother, who died a few years
ago, was also a very eccentric individu
al, and although possessed of consider
able Wealth, lived in the most simple
style on his estates at Perbenyik, and
althongh he had a fine chateau, pre
ferred to reside in a peasant’s cottage.
Ou his death it was found that he had
left all his property to his natural son,
and this gave rise to litigation, which
has been going on ever since, and was
engaging the atten tion of Count Majlath
at the time of his assassination. So
bitter was the feud iu the family that
rumors were started to the effect that
hatred and not robbery was the motive
which prompted the murderers, and the
affair is still shrouded in mystery, de
spite the nsnal police formula that
“they” have a clue. It is well-known
that the Emperor of Austria, ever since
the tragic end of his brother Maximilian,
has had the greatest aversion to signing
a death warrant, in consequence of
which nearly ali murderers kuow that
they will escape with penal servitude,
or an inadequate sentence of a few
years imprisonment, ou the few occa
sions ou which they are found out.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
—Many Virginians are settling in the
West.
. —Among the ladies of Vienna fencing
is very fashionable.
-.John Ruskin is lecturing at Oxford
‘Recent English Art.”
■It is expected that 000 miles of new
railroad will be built in Michigan this
year.
-—The estate of the late Nathaniel
Thayer, of Boston, is estimated at $17
000,000.
—At the last Queen’s drawing-room
the Princess of Wales wore two shades
of green.
—It is estimated that 2000 persons a
year, mostly prisoners, take their own
lives in Russia.
—Seven Chinamen have been killed in
Grant county, N. M., during tlie last
year by “ rustlers.”
—The British Misister, tbe Hon. Lio
nel^ Sackvfile West, has engaged rooms
at Saratoga for tlie season.
—Tbe light-house at Sydney, New
South Wales, has an electric light of
over 12,000,000 candle power.
—Xew Zealand lias introduced the
American common school system, and
* as 836 schools and 64,400 scholars.
—Some of tbe European steamers last
car cleared from $40,000 to $50,000 ui
leli round trip of four or live weeks.
A member of the Pennsylvania
legislature has introduced a bill forbid
ding tlie running of Sunday railroad
trains.
Jlr. Gladstone would utilize wet
lands by growing water cresses and im
prove railway embankments by planting
fruit trees.
Love-Philters.
There is uneasiness in the market for
fertilizers ou account of the uncertainty
regarding future supplies of Peruvian gu
ano. The quantity remaining in the
nitrate beds is °tiil very large, Dut the
difficulty of removing and loading it on
ship-board continually increases, and al
ready in some large deposits this cost ex
ceeds the value of the material. Natur
ally the deposits most easy of access are
first worked and the claims are abandoned
whenever the expense passes the profitable
point. An investigation was recently un
dertaken by the Chilian minister ot finance,
the representative of foreign holders of
Peruvian bonds and the attorney of the
syndicate which recently purchased .one
million tons of Peruvian guano, with a
view to ascertaining just bow much can be
shipped and what tbe prospect tor the
future is. Chili will strip the deposits as
rapidly as posable and no matter what tlie
outcome of the protracted peace negotia
tions will take can to absorb everything
of value in the-territuy she now claims as
the prize of her conquest. It is said that
the Peruvian Guano company of London
has disposed of its entire stock in Europe
at a round profit.
The philter of the Greeks, was, as its
name implies, a iove-portiou, and since
“aU is fair iu love and war,” it was
looked on aa a recognized weapon not
only to be used, but also to be guarded
against. Hence arose the custom of
applying, counter-charms, which, when
employed with the cabalistic songs pre
scribed for the occasion, were sure of
success, unless a more powerful one of
the order should counteract the spells
of the officiating witch. The ingredients
mingled in a love-portion were such
that it may well have tasked ail the
gallantry of a reluctant lover to aocept
the proffered cup. Some of the com
ponents most in favor were the bones of
toads and snakes, a portion of the fore
head of a new bom foal, called “ hippo-
manes,” the feathers of a night
hawk, the blood of doves, bones torn
from the mouths of famishing dogs,
and the strands of the rope with which
a man had hanged himself. Among
such a heterogeneous collection of
materials some must have had injurious
propertie . And, either in gratification
of private hate, or to make good their
reputation from time to time among
their votaries, it was in tue power of
the dealers in magic to prepare a de
coction which should arrest the reason
or even flow the of life.
A Maine Lumberman’s Adventure.
A curious accident happened to a
scaler of logs at a camp among the Ka-
tahdin Iron Works, about seventy miles
from Bangor. He had been setting
traps some five miles from the camp.
Oh returning he struck through the
woods to reaoh the camp above. He
came across a small camp which had
been used for shaving splits. This
camp was full of shavings and dry as
powder. He built a fire to warm him
self and lay down for a nap. He had
been asleep about twentyminutes when
he was awakened by a roaring, snapping
sound ail around him. The shavings
had caught fire and he was surrounded
with flames. He leaped for the door,
but before he could get out his slothes
had taken fire. His whiskers and hair
were burnt off and his hands and face
and portions of his body were badly
burned. As soon as he got ont of the
burning camp ne extinguished the fire
iu his clothing by rolling in the snow.
He was in a sad plight when he came
into camp, beardless, hairless and al
most naked. It was a narrow escape
from a terrible death.
Another start is, it appears, to be
made in that march pf progress in which
np to the present time, China bus made
such a sorry show. It has been deter
mined that the mineral resources of one
of the largest provinces shall be proper
ly investigated, and a German mining
expert is to be sent there to report on
the underground wealth of the province.
—Columbia college, which was started
in 1759 on tlie proceeds of a lotterv, now
lias an endowment of $5,000,(XX) and
1857 students.
—Tlie Delaware Lackawanna and
4V estern company is reported buying
large amounts of coal lands in the
IVj oining legion.
—The two court theatres at Vienna
paid $22,500 during 1882 to authors and
composers, and the two court theatres of
Berlin paid $14,000.
—Of the old live cent pieces there are
nearly 128,000,000 in circulation, of
three cent pieces 28,000,000, and of one
cent -pieces 500,000,000.
—It is estimated that 2,500,000 tons
of clear solid ice have been stored along
the Hudson between Troy and New
York during the winter.
—The new depot to be built by tbs.
Pennsylvania railroad company at Har
risburg, and for which ground lias been
broken, is to cost $300,000.
—Queen Victoria lias signified her in
tention of opening tlie International
Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensing
ton on Saturday, May 12.
—A brilliant Anglo-American ball
was given at Geneva on the 12tli of
March, in which the honors were carried
off by a young Scotch lady.
—Secretary Teller has appointed-Mrs.
Helen Hunt JacRsBh a special inspector
of malterSjiehliing Wand titieaanmng
the California Indians.
A single book in the Earl of Ash-
burnham’s library, known as the “ Al-
bani Missal,” an illuminated ancient
MS., has been valued at $50,000.
—Fifty thousand pairs of shoes daily
are made in the prisons of New York.
The outside manufacturers claim to be
unable to compete with the contractors.
—During the past year there were
cari ied over the Pennsylvania railroad
and its branches, 8,263,350 tons of coal,
and 2 888,787 tons of coke, a total of 11,
157,147 tons.
—For brutally whipping one of his
small pupils a school teacher in Ackley,
Hardin county, Iowa, was compelled t«
resign, and was fined $25 and costs in
tlie Police Court.
—Colorado mined and shipped during
tile year 1882,2,000,000 tons bituminous
coal, 2,000 tons of anthracite and 100,
000 tons of coke, producing a revenue of
about $4,460,000.
—The projected Scottish Temperance
Life Assurance Company of Edinburgh,
which is to have a capital of 4.100,000,
will insure tlie jives of total abstainers
“at greatly reduced premiums.”
—There are now doing business in
this country and Canada 415 street rail-
ways, employing about 35,000 men. ■
They rim 18,000 cars and more than 100,
000 horses are in daily use.
Senator Edmunds, who has been in
South Carolina, has gone to Florida,
where he will remain with his family
until very warm weather. His journey
will then be across the continent.
Tlie death is announced, at the age
of 90, of Mme. Hummel, tlie widow of
the composer. Her maiden name was
Rockel, and, before her marriage, she
was a puma donna at the Vienna Opera.
—Tlie United States leads the world
in its number of cattle, having 38,000
000, to Russia’s 27,000,000 and India’s
30,000,000. But Russia has 20,000,000
horses, and the Umted States comes sec
ond with 10,500,000.
—According to a recent speech in tlie
Cortes, tlie Spanish Army is surprisingly
“over-generalled,” hating 1 general to
every 518 men. In France the propor
tion is 1 to 1,566; in England, lto 1,759,.
and in Germany 1 to 1,514.
—The Spaniard drinks less wine than
his neighbors—14 gallons a year only
as compared with 16 in Portugal and 25
in France. He sends abroad yearly
about 176,000,000 gallons, which may be
valued at £9,000,000 sterling.
An Indian woman, said to be 120
years of age, lives near Fitzpatrick, in
Bullock county, Ala. She was on Gen
eral Andrew Jackson’s staff as a cook
when that worthy cut a road through
the country to Florida and has some pots
and kettles in which she used to cook the
hero’s frugal food. .
—New York annually imports from
tlie Mediterranean about 110,000,000
oranges and nearly an equal quantity of
lemons, of an invoice value of over half
a million sterling, besides a considerable
quantity from the West Indies.
—Austria supports 70 schools of-agri
culture with 2,200 students, and 174
agricultural evening schools with 5,500
students. France has 43 farm schools
with 30 to 40 pupils at each. The Gol--
ennent pays the board of each pupil, and
allows him 70 francs a year for clothing.
Paris lias 3 department schools of agri
culture anda National Agricultural In
stitute.
—Of the million and a quarter of peo
ple living in New • York City in 1882
about one-half had their homes in tene
ment houses. There were 37,951 deaths
during the year, and about40,000 births.
The number of prisoners arraigned in
the police courts was 66,867, of whom
44,578 were held, and 22,289 discharged.
Of these 4,903 were charged with Crimea
of violence.