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BANNER .1832. ATHENS, GiL, TUESDAY MORNING.MARCH 1.1892. — - "i j ONE DOLLAR A YEAR THE GRAY WOLF. Hero is what was recounted to us bj the old Marquis d’Arville after dirmn at the house of the Baron dee Ravels Saint-Hnbert. We had started a stag during the day The marquis was the only one of tht guests who had not taken pursuit. He never indulged in During the entire time of the repast wi had talked of little else Hum the iminis ere of animals. Even the women inter ested themselves in the sanguinary ant often incredible tales, and the speaker, mimicked the attacks and the combat, between men and beasts, gesticulating with their arms and conversing in ex cited tones. M. d'Arville spoke well, with a car tain air of poetry, a trifle sonorous, bm full of effect. He had often repeatec this history, therefore be spoke fluently not hesitating to find choice wards ix which to depict bis images. Messieurs,” he said, “I have never hunted, nor did my father, my grand father or my great-grandfather. Tbit , last was the sen of a man who huntec more than all of yon. He died in 1784 . I will tell you how. He was named Jean, was marries j and was the father of this child, wht was my great-grandfather, aod be lived rith his younger brother, Francoii ’Arville, in our chateau in the midst o! forest in Lorraine. Francois d’Ar . iUe had remained a bachelor through ' 3ve of the chase. These two hunted one year’s end to the other, with- t repose, without stop, without de. They loved nothing else, nothing eLse. talked of lived for nothing else than tht This terrible, inexorable pwesioL them to the heart, had invaded m entirely, leaving no place far any- ng else. ‘•They had prohibited any one from terrapting them daring the chase any purpose whatever. My great- dfatber was born while his fathei as following a fox. and Jean d’Arville. of interrupting the run, swur; the name of the saints, the raxsal ght better have watted until after the inntr His brother Francois was even move ed away by this passion than him- From the time he arose in the he went to see the dogs, then te horses, then the shot birds in theim- iediate vicinity of the chateau, up to the tne of leaving to start some larger pe. They were known throughc t neighboring country as M. le Mar aud M. le Cadet, the nobles of that r not endeavoring like those of om time to establish a descending hier- hy in titles: because the son of a mar- |s is no more a count, nor the Sua of a rount a baron than the son of a gen- 1 is a colonel by birth: but the shao- ranity of our day finds profit in this mgement 1 return to my ancestors They were, it apj*?ars. huge. long, ry. violent and vigorous. The yonng- even taller than the elder, had a ice so strong that, according to a fend of which he was the hero, all the ives of the forest trembled when he rated. And when they leaped into saddle to depart for the chase it was superb spectacle to see these two ats bestriding their great horses. Now, toward the depth of the win- of this year, 1764, the cold was exces- > and the wolves became ferocious. ;y attacked the belated country peo- , wandered around the houses at ht, howling from the setting to the hg of the sun, and depopulating the bles. ‘And soon a weird rumor circulated, ey talked of a colossal wolf, wrh iv hair, almost white, who had eaten d children, devoured a woman’s arm, angled all the watchdogs of fhe intry, and who penetrated without V into the inclosures to sniff under doors. All the inhabitants declared they had heard his snaffle, and that made the flames of the lamp* And soon a panic ran through province. Nobody dared go out nightfall. The darkness seemed haunted by images of the beast. d’Arville brothers resolved to animal and kill it, and they ac- ngly summoned all the gentlemen country to a grand chase. It was They hunted the forest over searched the thickets, but did not ter it. They killed plenty of but not this one. And each after the chase, the animal, to avenge itself, attacked some or devoured some cattle, always m th" place where they bad been rag for it. At last one night it ted the pig stable of the Chateau and ate the two finest porkers, brothers were inflamed with considering this attack as a bra- the monster, a direct injury, a They took all their strong mnds, accustomed to the pursuit oubtable beasts, and entered the their hearts provoked to fury, m dawn until the hour when the sun descended behind the great, they beat the thickets with ding anything. Finally, Ians and desolate, and astonished mat ir skill had been baffled by this they were walking their hones a path bordered by boshes, when ere suddenly seized by a sort of ous fear. , beast is not an ordinary one,’ oldest. “One would almost say had human attributes. ’ e should have a hall blessed by usin, the bishop,’ said the younger; ive same priest pronounce the necee- ords." He cessed speaking how red the sun to,' replied ‘The big wolf will de some thin night 1 had hazdly spoken these words his horse reared; that of Francois kicking. A large chimp of boshes ~ with dead leaves opened in front and a colowsal beast, all gray, up and ran off into the woods. *hew emitted a sort of joyous bending over the cheats of horses they threw them for- with all their strength, rushing sbead at such a pace, exciting urging them on with Toice, gee- spur, that tie yusaful xidam to carry their beery beasts be* their thighs, and to lift them up fluff would fiy away with They went thus, belly to the ground, breaking through the thickets, crossing the ravines, climbing the hills, descending the glens and sounding tbs horn with full lungs to attract the at tention of their companions and their “AH of a sudden, in fids wild run, my ,ther dashed his fore- branch, which _ he fell to the ground _ _ stone dead. Hia bone, mad with fright, agnized everywhere far just what they ROBLNSOX’S GHOST. “Boahi I don’t take aay stock in ysnn like that, and itfs positively absurd fez such men as wo are”—a party of three lawyers, a doctor and a journalist—’“whs pride ourselves on oar common sense, to discuss such stuff eerieoaly. Modem science has thrown so strong a light on " iHusioos that they oogfat to be reo- the: I this i [from l disappeared in the shadows that veloped the wood. “The younger d'Arville stopped short, jumped to the ground, seized his brother in bis arms and saw that his brains were pouring from the wound, with his blood. Then he seated himself beside the body, took the rod and disfigured head upon his knee and contemplated the immobile face of bis elder brother. Little by little a fear invaded him, a singular fear which he had never frit before: tiie fear of the shadow, the fear of the solitude, fear of the deserted wood, also fear of the fantastic wulf which had killed hia brother to venge it self upon them. “Darkness was falling rapidly, and the sharp cold made the trees crackle. Fran cois rose np shivering, incapable of re maining there longer, feeling himself almost fainting. One could hear noth ing, neither the voices of the dogs, nor the sound of homs; all was silent. And tins gloomy silence of freezing night had in it something homble and strange. “He seized the colossal frame of Jean in his bands, lifted it np and laid it across the saddle, in order to carry it back to the chateau Then he slowly started to. return, his mind wandering ae if he were tipsy and pursued by horrible and startling images. Suddenly in his path way through the night a monstrous form passed. “It was the beast. | “A shock of fright agitated the hunt er; something cold, like a drop of water, glided along his loins, and, like a friar haunted by the devil, he made the sign of the cross. He was distracted by this sudden reappearance of the frightful wanderer. But his eyes fell upon the inert corpse lying before him, and his fear immediately changing into chsler, he shook with rage. Then be spurred his horae and dashed after the wolf. He, followed it through the copse, through ravines and through the forest, travers ing woods which he no longer recog nized, hia eye fixed upon the gray spat which flew before him in the night. His horse also seemed animated by an un known force and ardor. He galloped straight ahead with outstretched neck, the head and feet of the dead man across the saddle dashing against trees and rocks. The brambles tore the hair of the corpse, the forehead battered the enormous tree trunks, spattering them with blood, the spurs ripped the bark to tatters. “Suddenly the animal and its pursuer emerged from the forest and rushed into a valley just as the moon appeared above the mountains. This valley was closed on all sides by immense rocks, without possible egress, and the wolf found it self driven into a corner. Francois then emitted.a bowl of joy. the echoes of which were repeated like a roll of thun der, and jumped from his horse, cutlass in hand. The bristling beast waited with rounded back, its eyes gleaming ftke two stars. But before offering bat tle the hunter lifted his brother down, seated him on a rock, and supporting by means of stones his head, which was hardly more than a patch of blood, he cried into his ears, as though he speaking to a deaf person: ‘ ‘Look, Jean: look there!” •Then he threw himself upon the monster. He felt strong enough to overthrow a mountain, to grind the stones in his hands. The beast would have bitten him and tried to dash at his stomach, but Francois had seized it by the throat, without even the aid of his weapon, and slowly strangled it, listen ing to the stoppage of the breathing in its throat and the beating of its heart. And he laughed wildly, closing tighter and tighter his powerful grip and cry ing in a delirium of joy: “ ‘Look, Jean; lookl* “All resistance ceased; the body el’ the wolf became limp. It was deadl Then Francois took it op in his arms, carried it and throw it at his brother’s feet, repeating in a tender voice: ~ ‘Thine, thine, thine, my little Jean; there it is? “Then placing the two cadavers across his saddle, one upon the other, he set out on bis way back. He returned to the chateau laughing and crying like Gargantua at the birth of Bantagruel, emitting cries of triumph, stamping with joy in recounting the death of the ani mal, groaning and tearing his beard in telling that of his brother. And often in after yean, when he spoke of that day, he declared with tears in bis eyes: “ ‘If only poor Jean could have strangle the brute, I am sure be would have died contented.’ “The widow of my great-great-grand father inspired her orphan son with hcsHw of the chase which has be< His rutted from father to son down to old pax.» **£§8** Marquis (TArviOs finnw asked* “This history is a legend, is it noCT “I swear to yon that it is trne from IB end to the other," he responded. Then a woman said in a soft, tittle are - nothing more than the result at mental disorder. What do yon say, Robinson; doyen believe in ghouls,as our friend, the doctor, seems toT The speaker contemptuously throw away the stamp of his cigar as If it were the of fender he was berating instead of the dseter, who had just been spinning an "Tte 1 believe in ghosts? Well, reaHy, Brown, 1 don’t know. Bnl your speak ing of the sciences Teorindrm* I once had a remarkable experience with a ghost” Robinson readied for the bot tle, filled his glass stowly and held it to the fight with an air of tenthrisoenl meditation. After a short pause he went on, in answer toour inquiring looks: “It was five years ago, just after I had ly office hero and taken young OnebotJnly I received a telegram asking me to go at once to B-?—, a little town out on Long Island, to draw up a wCI for a man who had been one of our beat clients. Johnson was out of town, so 1 had to attend to the matter myself. “A glance at the time table showed me that 1 should have to stay in several hours, and just aa I was leaving it occurred to me that itmight be worth while to take my camera along—John son and I were both ’Kodak fiends’ in those days—as qpy business might not detain me long, and 1 should probably have aa hoar or two to spars. 1 had barely time to catch my train, so 1 has tily picked np the camera from ray desk Just asl expected,! soon finished the wfil and started out to get some views of the sleepy old town. 1 kit B is a rather commonplace vil lage. and 1 saw nothing 1 thought worth my camera at till 1 had reached the outskirts of the town, where found a picturesque old mansion' that caught my fancy. “If waa a quaint, rambling-old boose, gabled roofed and overgrown with vines. i to be deserted—in fact, almost a rain. It stood at some distance back from the road, and aa there appeared to be no one living there I went into its garden, which was aa unrestrained tan gle of weeds and tall grass, to get a nearer view of the budding. I was just about to take a picture of the porch j when an old man appeared in the door-! way. He was very feeble, but a rather • condense tor yoa.no*’ •£>*» doce his words and his Scotch aocent: “During the war of the rebellion Mr S lived in this house with his wifi and an only daughter. Miss Annie, t beautiful girl, who was about twenty yean oid at the time at which I aa speaking. She was the idol of the Cam fly and loved by all who knew her. Sbt to have been married to John R . a fine young feHow who lived near by. but when the call for volunteers wa* made hsr lover went off to the war. Shi almost overcome with anxiety fm him, for her heart had gone with him One day soon after, one of the early bat ties—I forget which one—my friend tin gardener came up from thetown with > telegram. He met Miss Annie coming down the stairway and gave her tht ragBL She stopped on the landing opened, the envelope and read the tale DISCIPLINE. [ federate sheU went crashing through the Federal ranks, and the hero sank by hia gun to rise no more.—General Cullen A. During the winter of 1863-4 it wro my Bottie in Drake’s Magazine, fortune to be president of one of the court martinis of the Army of Northern Virginia. One bleak December mom- j “She stood perfectly stiH for an in ■teat as if she could hot realize it.sue taro—the gardens’was just in tune te save her from falling, as she fainted The telegram announced the death oi Lieutenant John R , killed on tht battlefield. Miss Annie never recovered from the shock, and she died insane in » few months. Her mother soon followed her, and Mr. S left tfie town, 1 lonely, brokenhearted man, and never has returned. The place has never taeea rented because it is said that the on fortunate girl’s spirit haunts the house, and especially the stairway, where sht beard tas news of her lovers death. 1 had photographed the ghost. Duties of Our Coast Polleo. In addition to feeding the hungry, urbfln tfin mn w rn.rofl im P eriled ths mg, white the snow covered the ground Hfc Jjao a* revefene cutter s duty Sod the winds bowled 2kri>Ulld OUT camp, 1 Minwn— imitiniftR. «tingylfnor I left my bivouac fire to attend the see- J enforce the neutrality laws and the si on of the court. Winding for miles j quarantine ptotect mer- along uncertain paths 1 at length ar-1 chant vessels from piratical attarks, rived at the court ground at Round Oak I protect wrecked property and guard Church. I the timber reserves of tiie United Day after day it had been our duty to I States against depredations. The con- try the gallant soldiers of that army. I slant and frequent inspection of the charged with violations of military law. I vast fleet of merchant vessels that But never had I an any previous oa»- I trades along oar coast forms* very im- tkm been greeted with such anxious j portant duty of the service. MT> ^ imm> spectators as on that morning awaited j which. if not performed, would befal- fbe opening of the court Case after I sowed by a very general neglect of the oaaewas dispwed of, and at length tiie I customs and navigation laws, case of “The Confederate States versus I Even with the rigid and in- Edward Cooper" was called—the charge, I spectioos, from 1,000 to 8.000 violations desertion. A low murmur rose span-1 are detected each year ami reported xo taneously from the battle scarred spec-1 the proper authorities. It is not alone fetors asm young artillerymanroeefrom in the examination of the ship’s docn- ti» prisoner’s bench and, in response to I meats and the ascertaining that tiie has the question “Guilty, or not guilty?” an-1 no smuggled articles on board, that she sweied, “Not guilty.” I is engaged in the trade for winch she is The Judge advocate was proceeding to | licensed, that her marine documents are open tiie prosecution, when the court, jin force, that her regularly authorized observing that the prisoner was unat tended by counsel, interposed and said to the accused: “Who is your counsel?* “I have no counsel,” he replied. Supposing that if was his intention to 1 tipi went himself before the court, the .TO BEAT BENNIE- DEEP LAID SCHEMES ARB SAID TO EXIST. SENATORS WORKING IT. [captain is in command, etc., that the I importance of the boarding duty is most 1 strikingly shown. —Scribner’s “Now that I knew the story of the gin i judge advocate waa directed to proceed. that picture took a stronger hold on mt: Every charge and specification against w e _ than before and the mystery was only • the prisoner was sustained. The prison-1 ManuaL The first case before him was intensified. I could not get rid of that' er was then told to introduce bis wit-1 that of a cowboy far a steer. MoHom ta.a Coart or Jcutlea. A rather erode citizen of Seguin, a small town in western Texas, elected justice of the peace; and ’ the' only law book be bad was Cushing’s face. It haunted me mere'sorely than the poor girl’s ghost ever haunted the stairway, and 1 could not shake off the faecinatttm. In abort, 1 had fallen in love with a ghost, and 1 envied that Lieutenant John R . “It was a horribly uncanny feeling, but calling myself an ass did not help me to forget the face. And thro the puzzle of it all, the problems it suggest ed. Could it be that the camera war able to open a new world to ua? Was its unerring vision dear enough to j When the case was called the h-Hreg “I have no witnesses,” he replied. I lawyer of the town, the Hon. John Ire- Astonished at the r zlraiw us with | hud by —m*, waa -there to tK. which he seemed to be submitting to I prisoner. what he regarded as inevitable fate. 11 said to him: “Have yon no defense? Is it possible you abandoned your comrades and de serted your colors in the presence of an enemy without any reason?* “There was a reason, but it will not avail me before a military court.” “Perhaps yon are mistaken,” I replied. “As there is no counsel for the other side,” he said, “1 make make a motion that the case be dismissed.” . The justice looked over his ManuaL “A motion has to be seconded,” he said. “1 second the motion." promptly re sponded the prisoner. “The motion, has been seconded that the case be dismissed.” said the court. pierce the mists ot a spirit landand as- j “You are charged with the highest crime I “All in favor wiU please say‘ays'” The sure us of the testify, of a ghost? And; known to military law, and it is your I piawr and his attorney voted “aye.” if so, how was it to be explained^ I laid duty to make known the csuob that in-1 “All opposed will say Ho.’ ” Nobody the matter before the Society^or Psychi- j flnenced your actions.” cal Research, but they only talked a! For the Gist tirize bis manly farm long time, about it without suggesting trembled and his bine eyes swam in mudL-aad' for all T know they're at t tears. Approaching the president erf the court he presented a letter, saying as he did so: “There, general, is what did it" I opened the letter, and in a moment yet. But I never shook off the spell of that phantom face.” Robinson paused a moment, lost in • faraway dream. Brown, the skeptic.at voted. “The motion Is carried, and the case is dismissed,” repeated the court. “A motion to adjourn is now in order.” The prisoner made the motion, and the court adjourned.—Ijancaster Law Review. length aroused him with a short “WeU3”i my eyes were filled with tears. It’ Robinson lit a fresh cigar and continued. p«M*t fmm one t» wwIm-t chy***"* | “For a week after my return that until all had seen it, and those stem picture, tiie mystery and the beautiful - warriors, who had passed with Stone-1 Me . “When my children were little,” said a rather original mother, whose meth ods, although somewhat eccentric, were fine looking old boy. 1 at once began to; fee® had such an effect on me that it al- wall Jackson through a hundred battles, in the main excellent, “1 taught them apologize for trespassing on his grounds, bat he stopped me and told me to take as many pictures as I wished. He turned out to be the man in charge of the place. “1 soon struck upan acquaintance with Mm and was not long in winning his good graces. He told me the house had not hero need for many years; it be longed to Mr. S , who lived in Eu rope and who had left tins place in his charge, he having hqro the gardener. He was very willing to show me around and invited me to look at tiie inside of the bouse, which I was glad to do. The first glimpse of the interior pleased me so much that 1 decided to make a view of it for my first picture. “The door opened on a broad hall run ning clear through the house: there was large winding stairway at-the back with a landing place half way up, upon which there opened a beautiful oral window, overgrown with ivy. The light waa good and 1 snapped my camera at this fine old stairway and window. 1 took a number of views ot the house and grounds and had barely time left to catch my train back to the city. time after my return I was very buy, as Johnson was away and all Ae work fell« me, so it was at least a mouth before I got tiie negatires of my pictures <rf the old house. But I remem bered all the incidents weH, and was much pleased to find my views as good as they wen, but you may imagine my astonishment when I looked at the nega tive of my first pfctnfO rod saw in it tiie figure of a beautiful young girl standing on the landing place of the stairway. “The whole negative was excellent; * girl's picture was especially clear rod weH marked. How m earth did gat there? I had certainly never her before; rod I was absolute eertaza that there had been an girl the stairway whro I took the picture. “Bat there the stranger was standing, as if zto had paused a most unfitted me for work, and 1 heartily glad whro Johnson came back. 1 told the whole thing to him and then showed him my strange picture. He was much interested in the story, bat when he saw the picture 1 Aught a wicked twinkle in his eye. After a mo ment he drawled out provakmgly: “ ’Yes; strange; very strange. The old man to ******* But, Rbbmaon, yon might as weH return me my camera—you evidently took mine instead of your own that day. _Your mysterious phantom beauty is my sister Kate. You took your picture on the plate I had already used. r. Kate’s photo seems to fit in remarkably wefl. The joke is on you, old man.’ “Johnson introduced'me to his sister the next day. She’s Mrs. Robinson EL L. Pangbom in Journalist. “It la a fine thing to have soeh pas- atona.”— 1 Translated from the French by Guy de Manpaaaant far the Boston Herald. YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW fays hare three stem*. Hoping. Having am Had; The hands of Hope are empty, sad the hereto Having is end; For tbs Joy «e take, Joy we Had le K» gboat. Hear, which is the better—the Joy 1 n* . and m slightly ■toed and leaning forward a trifle, aa if laakmg at acme one in the hall below. II waa utterly inexplicable to me. I aaror seem that face, and the had tali me that Ae house wa habited. I do not befiera that there eanid have been such a girl in B , yet there ah* wee. As far as one could judge from an small a photograph, i* was a' face of rare beauty. I nletelv m ratified. ' “As luck would have it I waa obliges to go to B again the next day, rod" took my negative with me, prozmaint myself to look for the mysterious beauty of tbs stairway, for the face had strange fanrinatitm for me, and I deter mined to find the girl whose picture had so unaccountably takan, if I cook possibly do so. “1 harried through my business off to seek my friend the gar I found him and at once sbowee Mm my puzzling negative. The moreen be saw it be dropped into a seat on tin bench beside Him ae if he had been shot trembling flke a frightened animal anc with a look of terror in his eyes. In moznentcr so he found hia breath anc in my •Don’t i «•*. i!ii! Aa>! the dude exclaims, a nder ankle I’ve pat fre said me for whom b “I have aome Salvation OiL” **Xy time is np,” said the doctor to the patient whom he found using Dr Ball's Cough Syrup, and he was correct, far his cough bad been cored. Oea keep my «*» away from me. ili'ii IF ilBK ** ‘Good God, it’s Miss Annie? “You may imagine my surprise. Th* old man looked at me and at the pactun with a scared look, as if of some unholy relation with the devfl. “But after awhile he calmed down tittle, ana a good stiff drink from I happened to have in my pocket to brace Him up and persuade Him that I was not an imp in disguise, and aftei invigorated through the awhile I succeeded in getting the follow ing »TTilmi«6<»i from him, which I wiL ^ ”* rente -*3Z - VO - C -T-C - _ ' ‘ --V ( ^ . ... - j y - ■;. V-'-: pSSfj it i ' / *' •• -.-.TVjf ' Jsis.gf.W -*«-•- - ' . j ' K wept like tittle children. As soon asl [ had recovered my self possession I read j the letter as the defense of the prisoner. It was in these words: Jfr Dus Edward—1 hare always been prouu ot yoa. and since your coenectiaw with the Confederate army 1 have been prouder of yon than ever before. I would not hare yon do anything wrong for the world; bat, before God. dear Edward, unices yon come home wo an*l die. Last night I was aroused by little Any Body to Beat Harrison, Seems to .'s$5 be the Plan of detton—They Am Quietly and Earnestly at Work at the Came- WasHcenoM, Feb. 26.—A deep and carefully bud scheme exists in Repabli- ean councils to prevent President Kar- risonh renomination. A close compact, which is expected to be enlarge4 to accomplish this end, has been formed by republican senators from New York, Pennsylvania, ZHtnoie, Michigan, Wisconsin, North and Sooth Dakota, Iowa and Odorada. They are quietly hut earnestly seek ing te have the delegations re their states and other states instructed far one other than Harrison. If they cannot do this they will try te have the delegates seat uninstracted. They have not decided en whom they wfllcombtaa. Their cry is "anybody to heat Harri- «.* ' They look to Platt for substantial eop- port in New York. Of the states named this council behoves that New York, Minnesota, Nortk Carolina and Sooth Dakota, Colorado and Washington will go mninstrncted. They expect Michi gan to iastraet for Alger, Fransyhranie far Blaine, Illinois far Collate, Wiscon sin far Rash, and Iowa for Allison. PROM THE CAPITAL. She SUrer Caacas BM JfwZ AreewwZ Fa Awythlwg WjlSHRKROH, Feb. 28.—The sftvsr caucus ended in nothing, as was exprot- ed. It seems Hkely that a fee* silver hill will come before the house. One plan to defeat it is to allow sufficient diecu’sioa to Mt everybody go on record and then poet pens a vote till the next session. Another plan is te amend the bill hy providing that all shneld be paid in gold. Ia tk« Hawse. OTarzaa of Virginia, from the com mittee on library, reported bills for the erection of .monuments to General Dan iel MorgaAat Winchester. Md., and ' ' 3 Y m fm Wm I was in Grimsby not long age, a went into one of the few fishmongers’ shops in that capital of fishmongers en gros. The worthy shopkeeper was in a talkative mood, and among other things told me that he was under orders to send a small hamper of fish daily to Lord Tennyson. In support of this statement he produced a letter from the poet lau reate's residence, and in handing it to he said: “It’s not from the lard *m- seUL It’s from hie eon, Master ’Aflam. In wotfs doing the poetry now. An he added confidentially, “they do say as 'am it isn’t a patch on the aid man's.' I thought the worthy fishmonger's idea that as a matter of course Lord Tenny son V son, on his father's accession to other duties, weald take over th* poetry just as in due time his own l succeed him in the fitimw- gartag Due, sufficiently amrnuug to be chrotriele& r rOar. Pall Mall Gazette A tittle Csriboa ghi a taort time ago id five grand fathers tiviag on her father’s side of Ae family. Mainecaa good illustrations at re- what we called an ‘emergency cate chism.’ 10 which they would answer glibly as possible, standing in a row and saying it together -to the great amuas ment cf those who heard them. Here are aome of the questions, and the an swers yon can easily supply for yourself: ‘What would you do if you were lost in New York? ‘What would you do in case of fire? ‘In -rase of being in a run- JSS'lr^aad ^*What | Mray? -fa case of floating off in a boatT kUt.rautre.Eddter^^-^-okra^ U care of drowning, if 00. tried to save you? and a number at other qoee- ms. I'm 50 hungry!” d«.Kny Lccj. she never complains, but she's growing thinner and thinner every day, before God. my dear Edward, unless you home we must die of starvation. :• ■ Torn Mart. After reading .tiie letter 1 turned to Ae prisoner and said: What did you do when you 'received this letter? Did you apply tor a leave of absence to Ae proper officers?* “I made application for a furlough and it was rejected: again I made an application and it was rejected; a third time I made application and they re fused to grant it. That night as 1 wan dered backward and forward in the camp Ainking of my trame, with the mild eyes of Lacy looking toward me and the horning words of Mary miring deep into my brain, I was no longer the Confederate soldier, but 1 was the father 0# Lucy and the husband of Mary, rod 1 would have peered those lines if every gun in the battery had fired upon me. 1 went to my tome. Mary tan out to meet me—her angel arms embraced tne and Ae whispered: “ ‘Oh, Edward, 1 am so happy! I am so glad you got ydur furlough? “She must have felt ms shudder, far she turned sepal* as death, and then, catching her breath at every word, she timw of °—- nature.” “Did they ever have cause to apply them?” said one amnned listener. “Only once,” was the answer, “and that waa whro a pair of ponies that 1 waa driving ran away. The little dears sat perfectly still just as they had been told, bat it might have hero sheer fright after alL” —New York Tribune. Hunting Bear* iw Maine. “Charles Smith, the Jackson bear hunter,” said a trapper, “followed a track through the snow some winters ago and finally it disappeared in a ledge. He was bound not to give it up that way, so he made him a torch,-and tak ing it in one hand and hia single shot' rifle in the other he entered the (ten. He wasn't long in spotting a pair of 'eyes in advance of him rod to fired. Retreat ing until be was satisfied Ae bear hr be dead he again entered, but there the eyes wer*, apparently as before. Again to fired, and when to next entered the cave he found to had killed two bears rod both big onec.*—Lewiston Journal. Nathaniel Greene, at Guilford court house, N. C. The committee of the whole, Mr. Ba lov at Tennessee, durirman, made n effort to recoze consideration of the trills on the private calendar, bus the house preferred to resume discussion at the Crsig-Stewart contested election ca^, and it was addressed by C. W. Stone of Pet£IU ’t* support of the claims of the A BRUTAL OUTRAGE. fuHjv-H* Bwt Tb«t* Kmpl«x«4. MasooCTaH, j Bis., Feb. 96.—A GHm- tan county . co.iw taM* has brought Ae news here at » trzhf outrage pnrpe- tested in th* southern part of that c*u»> ty several day* ago.- Borne days ago a bachelor fanner h j the name at Schooner, fh lived be- torero New Memphis and Dazaaicvrill*, took -into his employ two men elaimrng to be brothers, who gave their asms a Schmidt. . Everything vent well uatffi day the Schmidts-became angry and best their employer rate ineeneihfl- ity with clubs. They tliri ran to twe neighboring farmers who were ea bad terms with Sctoener and toft them that to had tried to kill them with a kntfs while they alepfe. Ywz the farmers re turned betoener wa huring Marti into his bachelor hem*. He wa eea- ] wUed to rise; and wa marched off am : oot fore miles to a country jane* at the peaenkftaawsr to A* charge at •to- tempted murdzr.. Wha to etsggwsi a fell hia captors tout him wiA risks “ •Have you com* without your fur lough? Oh, Edward, Edward, go beck! Go back! Let me sad my children go down together to the grave, bat, oh, far heaven’s sake, save the -honor cf your A Womea*B Revenge. Husband—Mercy 00 at Where did I you get this set of Royal Worcester I - Wife (calmly)—I bought it Husband—Bought it? Great snakwd Why did you buy aoch ruinously expro- 4 ii WAITING. [ foliar bands aod wait, 'wind, nor tkfo. nor an t’■einat time or foie. Aalere. awake, br afeht or day, The Meads I zee* are seeking No vied oea drive mj berk 1 I welt With Jor the eaainc yean; My heart shall (sop where it 1 “I at ones returned, and here 1 am, gentlemen, not brought tore hymflil ary power, but in obedience to the command of Mary, to abide the sentence of your court.” Every soldier of that court martial felt the farce of t Before them stood j eloquent pleader far a husband's and a father’s wrongs,. but; they had been teamed by their great leader. Robert, & Lee, to tread the path of duty though Wife (wiA suppressed emotion>—I bad to hay it to nmtdi that aided saltcellar yon got at Joblotfs far ten cents and gave me for a present.—New York Weekly. FELICITY. A agsaBd. Udeooz vmn. where ttreaa Week With vomit at a hundred marine aims, mttorecernlen calls me. aadova tore All la th* sable reek that waatealy One may at least eurmlae the sky ztin trine. EVU here the aayriad slaves eC the 1 [overheard a kind eyed firl relax* To her companions, bow a tavorinc < By some few ahfllings weekly had to Data the soolet Toe Mowerst noddtnc la the wind Is ready plfchted to the bee; And. maiden, why that look aaUadf Tor lot thy lover aeeksth thee. The tidal wave t happy, having all we wished.” It lay little than ia visaing alL Fehdty. indeed! Th aw her tones < Spreader at foils _ r __. No gnOe may capture and no force surprise: Only by them that never wooed tar. won. earn with wide desires and spa* beneath their fesL and nooroed the I But fortunately far humanity, fortu nate'y for the Confederacy, Ae proceed ings of the court vrera reviewed by ths commanding general, and upon the reo- ord was written: HRADOCAKtEKS ARJST ▼trot an BIB 1*. Edward Cooper. Is win report to hie company for daty. B. E. Lze. UenereL During Ae second battle of Cold Har bor, while shot and sheU were falling “like torrents from Ae mountain cloud.’ £b£«£ £S?aiWt?r£^ ^ my attention waa directed to Ae fact AehyaaSpteineai. whew that one of our batteries was being The ceremony and dreams ta: silenced by tin concentrated fire trfAe T# **g*f „ . , • uro w no —WiUiare Wataon In London Spectator. Union forces. { When I reached tbs battery every gun The worst of it. but one had been dismantled, and by it g^You look as though yoo had raised It to qn ir probable that yoo may need stood a solitary Confederate soldier. Ned m your club last night, the Btrvxxs oLm pbjsxiaa someday; but wiA the Mood streaming from bis side. ; He—I did, and what is vvucan p*stpnne <*- time indefinitely fay ** 5f°S°fed me ha elevated Ms «e bect-Brooklyn Life. ” . ^ Vl , nr voice above the roar of Ae battle and keeping yu* Wood pure and yoar system fiaid . shell left Tell Too canntoglr do ye aecamalate Appliances and t and atock zharpened sticka Wbea they reacto&A* : into hi* 1 they reached A* justice efi , - aim justice had Ae released gas tuned hum evar a doctor far treatment. Schceasr’s xorety is dpubgaL, Ttatoffilte nave disappeared. j; YELLOW FEVER ON BOAR0. VMlne NnrYosz, Feb. 23.—Tbs Advance is held in quarantine. lit fever occurred during Jezeege and three deaths resulted from it. A fourth waa nearly dead from in juries received ia the engine ream. Otief Officer Baker died the second daw after leaving Rio'Janeiro after aa ifl- ■ of twenty-four hours. AR traces of the fever plague tod disappeared when Aa Advance reached ton, and tor detention by the health anthwritite tom precaution. , -« . . Fire h> Kwhiin*. > Niismu, Feb. Sffi.—Fir* destroyed J. J. Anderson’s wagon fast cay. Bell’s paint shop, Mintonfa turnery, and R. A Jones’ hverv stable. Loss estimated at between $30,000 and $35,008. with $8, M0 8ah Fkascssoo, Feb. ML—The jury fa th* careoGCurtu, the actor, was unable te agree and was discharged, it stead teu far ooariettou and two far acquittal. nan old said: | “General, i hare < aved Ae honor of Mary and . e of Ayrr’* Sar- Prevtction is better than me> j Lucy?” 1 raized my hat. Once mors a Con- » T - -* . v --te ’1 a’i t te __ ... . Jmr'eh 88 BBHBffitiBHHBBBHHBH Om Way Out of It. Clara—Do you see how Ae shape of gown could be Improved? Maude—You m-ght get soma other girl to weir it.—Cloak Review. FALLING 0FFAL0G. “Aa eesy ez falling oft a log,’ 1 saying When it was first uttered, nobody knows. Nothing ■ easier, ankm it is the taking uf a dors of Dr. Pk rot's Peasant Pellets. These act like magic. Nognp- iag or drenching foUowa, as » ihe rose wiA the okt-fati>kmcd pills. The reBrf that follow* restmMes the vetioo of nature to Ae dormant liver » of Ihn Sick btadachp, ' Is fT?:W
