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LUMPKIN &. JORDAN, Editors and Proprietors
VOLUME 11.
_ln financial circles abroad the fol
lowing classification is made of the finan
i -ial condition of three States: Chili is
|f“)or, has few debts and pays promptly.
Peru, notwithstanding its rich mines, is
poor, with a big debt, which it promises
to pay but never does. Bolivia is also
poor, has a large debt, promises nothing
and' pays less.
ne eminent journalist, Emile do Gi
* l,1 > speaking “in the name of three
m dons of illegitimates that exist in
Prance, and to the number of which
e does not conceal the fact that he be
-1 ngs,” argues that illegitimacy is an er
ror of the law and not a disgrace of the
person. He depicts the family of the
j:uturc thus: First, the mother, a dow
ager, ami adminstering her own fortune
irFvirtue of the regime of the separation
Oi. goods, which is to become the legal
regime of France; second, equality of
t-'O children before the mother and be
fi a the law. In order to approach this
ideal he thinks the institution of divorce
'"ust be introduced, but only as a pro
visional means. t ■ a . >
The country need not be alarmed at
the great influx of bills in Congress.
Nearly all of them will go quietly to
their long sleep in the pigeon holes of
tlm committee rooms. Almost every
ci. gressman has a number of eonstitu
en is who think they have a call to take a
nd in national legislation. As the ob
nate and. unappreciative people .will
not send these amateur law-makers to
congress, they have no resource hut to
T "'.pare bills embodying their erudite
< iceptions and send them to- “our mem
r,” -with a request that he present
mm. The obliging member complies,
nit lias no further interest in the matter.
This is why so many unwise measures
n v o offered. Jt is a sort of Ventilation
* that does no great harm, while it makes
many persons happy.
_ 1
TIIE night before thanksgiving ail old
:o iple in Mercury, Massachusetts, were
itc.dby u stranger, whom the mother
\t last recognized as her son. More than
fteen years before he was with Cushing
the exploit against the ram Albemare,
id never being heard of afterward, was
supposed to have been killed. Ho was
struck by a piece of a torpedo, and was
taken ashore in the Confederate boats.
After his wound was healed he was set
at liberty, knowing nothing of his name
or home. Finally he took employment
with an ex-corffedcrate surgeon, who
opened the wound and lifted or trepanned
the skull. His condition so improved at
the end of a year that his memory re
turned and he went home to his
thanksgiving dinner as though nothing
had happened.
Official whippings are continued
regularly at Newcastle, Delaware, and
arc regarded as a matter of course by the
1 ssidents-, though strangers are sometimes
shocked by the sight. On the last whip
ping day five convicted thieves were
.punished. The first was a German,
who was not severely lashed, and he
talked away smiling. The next was a
miserable tramp, who bore the ordeal
without flinching. Two negroes who
came next, writhed and muttered under
pain of severe blows. The fifth was a
Pfeoy of fifteen. He was so frightened
•that it was necessary to force him to the
post, and at the first blow he desperately
freed himself by pulling his hands out of
the staples. A handkerchief was used to
fasten him, but he got loose again before
the prescribed twenty blows were com
pleted and pathetically begged the sheriff
not to strike so hard.'
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Six newspapers are published at Bris-
Tenn.
fid is more plentiful than greenbacks
. igusta, Ga.
Columbia, S. C., wants to be made a
3ignal service station.
•Coal from Richmond county, Ga., is
soon to be put upon the market.
Some negroes in Lowndes county, Ala.,
have been arrested for counterfeiting sil
ver.
Atlanta, Ga., will have a fair for the
public library next month, to last a week
or -r+oje.
a fine lump coal is selling in
i He, Tenn., at ten cents per bushel,
dtmVred.
Fifty locomotives and over five hun
dred cars are in use on the AVestern &
Atlanta railroad.
The question that concerns the south
ern planters is: “ Shall we see fifteen
cent cotton ?”
Dallas, Texas, is crowded with negroes
on their way to Kansas, who stop there
for supplies.
Col. Alfred Rhett has bpen appointed
by the governor chief stale constable of
South Carolina.
pranges sell on the streets of Lake
fly, r la., at from fifty cents to one dol
lar per hundred.
RISING FAWN, HA DK COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1879.
——
Rockdale county, Ga., fias" fflton Tip
favor of prohibition,wild
becoming- popular in-tile sfcaA*.' • *- 1
Tlie upgmes held a q*
Foi-sytll, Ga., Saturday*to-roanar -the
feasibility of emigrating .to KaysiM-
The state authorities of Tgxe* •riia’f'fp
sent out detectives tSNvatch how* lire,
bell-punch is mug by wloqrSptef >|r£."
.There are already
for the position of
partment M’ agriculture, q£
WtAa'lftlbn
distributed in the streanjs of West Vtr
srinia by th<f fish commisricfner of- that*
State.
McMinville (\Tenn.) New Rra-: Tho
celebrated Duektown copper jollies .\Vero
sold at public sale a lew US
the. sum ofU"o,
There were Only live deaths at J;g;k
sonville, Fla., duriijg No ve hi tier, ami
of that nuuiher was a colored womuy
said to bo 12fj years old..
The peanut crop of Vi ruin hi, Tenues*,
see and North Carolum-is-estimated af
about 1,885,000 lmshcls--aii increase of
500,000 bushels over laeUypar. •~-■ "• "
Thirty-five gm’houses have been de
stroy cl Ijy./uc in IJHrgiJi.
and A-labuma, with an estimated lot-s >n
machinely and cotton of soo’,oo
Greejiville, S. C., had a disastrous fire
property in the building worth $16,500.
The, liquor jJefiJelM of G a} vfiston j To aft,
who were comnctM of violating the Sun
day law, Imre been *hfeed out under the
county convict act at tfie rate of two
dollars and a half per month. T A H
Hr. Edmond -Strudwick, a prominent
physician of Hillsboro, N. C., aged sev
enty-eight years, accidentally
a few drops of belladonna, add died be
fore a remedy could lie hail.
Near Lexington, Va.,a few days since,
a farmer named Gillespie was killed by a
negro named Mitchell, Who had brim at- j
tending his farm. The arose
over the division of the ‘crop. s '
Tlic byard of aldermen of Richmond,
Va., has rejected tlie eotiiihit
to submit to the voters j>£ that city the
question of voting a subscription of $750,-
000 to the proposed James River Valley
railroad.
The munbei-of Methodist ikurrhqg in
Orange -county, Fin., has bccn-iiicioHsed'
from seven in 1875, to thii-fy.Ovo in the
present year, an average of seven churches
a year. Other denominations have also
largely increased.
Nashville American: An average of
forty car-loads of freight arrive here
daily over the Evansville railroad. This
does not include thirty car-loads.of coal,
which are received every day from
Southern Kentucky.
The bell-punch register has come'to bo
regarded in Texas as a mere farce. In
Houston one leading saloon which regis
tered over 1,300 on the malt register for
October, shows onlvnineteen glasses of
beer sold during November.
Montgomery Advertiser: Another Ala
bama lady lias entered tlie field of liiftri-*
onics in search of fame and
Miss Louise Clarke. She has recently
read to delighted audiences in Atlanta,
and will soon begin a regular tour of the
southern.cities. . • -
Lexington (Vn.) Gazette : - The police
of this pjaee are .now dressed ii> Ml uni
form, in very respect similar -.to that
worn by the Philadelphia police. * Their'
new overcoats wire mmlo'iu Philadel
phia by the contractors who supply the
police of that city.
A prominent agent at Memphis who!
has kept up with the reaction following
the exodus furnishes statistics showing
that 8,000 persons have returned j'rpm
Texas during the nine days endirtgGnn- >
day last. A large, pgr cent of this class
return to east Tennessee and Virginia.
Col. John B. Palmer has resigned the
presidency of the Charlotte, Columbia
it Augusta railroad, a position he has
held for many years. He will he suc
ceeded by Associate Justice Haskyll,
who retires from the Supreme Court or
South Carolina to accept the position.
Charleston (S. C.) News: The hjlLto
regulate the sale of patent medicines,
now before -tlic general .assembly, pro
poses to make it unlawful to sell in this
state any medicine the combination of
which is unknown, unless an accurate
formula of the component parts be at
tached to it.
A young lady at Jackson, Tenm, was
entertaining a gentleman friend the other
evening, when lie offered her an insult.
She at once drew a pistol,* compelled
him to kneel on the floor and remain un
til her mother cams in and heard the
whole affair, aftyj; which she allowed
him to sneak off.
Galveston (Tex.) News: A, young
gentleman of this city had the pleasure
of eating an oyster that harbored within
its shell eighty-five little pearls. They
were exhibited at the News office, and
range in size from a mustard seed to a
small pea. The oyster came with a ship
ment from ludianola.
Nearly one million pounds of Jeaf to
bacco was seized at New' Orleans a few
days since by revenue officials for an al
leged violation of the revenue law, in
converting leaf tobacco by hydraulic
pressure into a form which is believed
by the officials to be manufactured to
bacco, and therefore Jjable to a tax of
sixteen cents per pound.
Lyncldiurg (Va.) News: In a suit
pending in the corporation court between
G. and 8., iff was found noee-sary ta have
the deposition of Airs. AT., of 'fyyViie-see.
A process was accordingly is.-fued.to “anv
commissioner, justice or notary public”
to take said deposition. The process
y Faithful Ift tkv Iliffht, JbeMrletti J&ainst the Wrotiff.”
‘wa; placed in th& iymds p£ a qcgpp eojw
sfetbWwlio piaderne Tolfowrng• return:’
.Mhis Aritpess is sick in bade Chile one
Wake ole. —*
Miyitgninlry„(Ala.) Advertiser: On
i ijdijJhjf last jlm tu|Acmr court'- room wq*
ithp.sttim.ofjan event that has never he-*
Tore in our state. On that day
introduced cijiraftembra
'trPf f.rWm death of ex-Chier Justice E.
id ex-Associate Justice Xy
u*ah*? s*i*>lis, both of Mobile. It lias
Wm hsfox4
Aavuex-judgp of the supreme frTurl was
fflwmly anpouuaed ©a Ule.same ijay, •
T*433BEs (Ttx.) Herald : The Sahctmca
gathering here again, audit
ftVh?q>6ro<j that they are holdiligdArk
lantfbii! meetings. This fact was brought
to: light; byj Mr. William BifeITiTTTTTTr, a
prominent ihuLrespectaljlc farmer of Na
lifHPSI county* A-dnMig \if the’-cm r in
'siau'di of hi* wile, she having preceded
witji the avowed ]nuqJofc of .joining tlie
baridt He an old man, and she is rep
fesenii|t af oeing a rather young woman.
M < jup his ! r : Wc - sold more cot
ThursdiF- than any *mevio.iis d#v in (
the fitstory of Memphis. , We have ,noW
thedm-gost. itoejt-. pn iuuifl cvyr h4d at
one time, and rtTfv' loeeitits a -week ago
last Mondaw were n n-eorfi
The receipt* of the past usix wftcfcT are'
40,000 baleslaljead of last ye.
arc close to i-eceipts of, \vp.f lasj, I
when nothing <>b>truewPMME6vVltMp
►of Um staple at jipy'.time during the sea
son.
Fourteen ) * n Frenchman
,-emei Bosseti-was JirtpifiMMKtt’ at. Rich* |
monel, Vn.jfos and soon
after made lis escape, kwiviiig -
try. He left a wife in Virginia, who,
lifter for fecvei'al }_’cars,
married airaiiiaifi 1 ! finally married a
third timo. (tallya few days since Bos
sett appeared in his old nt‘igMxniu>od,tp :
flnd.liitdlc living ha yßif>. with smother.
Shp was arrested wir Tflgamy at the'in
stance of Biisett and now in jail await
ing trial, j- *
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A Reverse of Fortnue. .
When Roberf Stephenson wa^rcsid
ing in Columbia and on the point of re
turning hoinc, ;|e arrived at of
Cartagena, we:-ied And waiting for a
vhip, atid while “sitting one day in a
targd; bare, comfortless public room of
the miserable hotel-nt which he put up,
he observed, two stranf ert whom he at
seitoived to be English. One of
’the sirangdrs Was Vtatfb gad:it man,
shrunken and hoflow-iooking, shabbily
dressed, and apparently’poverty-stricken.
On making inquiry, he found it was
Trevethick, the builder of the first rail
way locrimotivc! He was returning
home from the gold mines of Peru penni
less. He had left England in 1816,
with powerful steam-engines, intended
for the drainage and working of the Pe
ruvian mines/ lie met with almost a
royal reception on his landing at Lima.
A guard pf honor was appointed to at
tend him, and, it, was even proposed to
erect a statueot Don Ricardo Trevethick
in solid silver. It was given forth in
Cornwall that his emoluments amounted
to £IOO,OOO a year, and that he was mak
ing sr'gfgnn tic fortune-.- Great, there
fore* was Robert B:ephenson’s surprise to
find this pfltent Ricardo in the inu
at tagma, reduced almost to his last
‘shillnTVTTmd unable to proceed farther.
He had indeed realized the truth of the
Spanish proverb that Vh silver mine
brings misery; a gold nSne mi in.” He.
amt fife friend had lost everything in
tliciv jeufney across tbc & edi nfry from
Peru. TlicyJihd forded r-enijpnd Pan
dered throng* forests, Jjpving-all their
1 baggage behind them, and had reached
thus far with little nrmro"'than the
! clothes on their backs. Almost fyeVnly
precious me tab'“saved by Trcv'etiiick was
a pair of silver spurs, which.lie took back
with him to tMfnvtall. Robert Stephcn
rsou lent liinFfSO to Tnable him to reach
England; and; though he was afterward
heard of as an inventor there, he had
no further part in tho triumph of the
locomotive. y
Building a Church.
Brother Gardner stated that he was in
receipt of .vapcrsonal letter from a col
ored man in Indiana,-asking the club to
contribute fiaancial aid to assist him and
Tour other colored men in bunding a
church. “I favors de church,” ex
plained the 'president, “but afore I
make any Contribution to de cause, I
want to he sartfin that those five culled
men can't do all de prayin’ that am
necessary right at home. If devCan’t,
find fftust have a ckprcli, will dey pay
their pew rent? Dat’s de stick. Some
men will clan off a doc tab’s bill; some
will hang off when dey owe a butcher;
oders will w r alk a mile roun to keep
away from the grocery what doy got
trusted for a codfish; but de sixty y’ars
I has put in on dis earf lieV taught me
dat de man who am Yeadyto come right
down wid pew rent when it am due, hez
yet to be born. I know fokses in dis
townqwho hav’ been ’ trablin’ to'rds
heaven for ffe last twenty, y’ars, prayin’
in a voice loud ’miff to shake de
plasterin’ yet in debt to the
church for pe w rent lilt dey crji't reckon
up de riggers.” .
® Deciding a Bet-
There waa a discussion among a party
of miners, at Leadville, as to.pliyaicul ef
fects of hangiug. Edwards declared
that, on a wager of *5, he would permit
his compnnions to draw 7 him up from
the bottom of a shaft‘by a ; rope tied
around his neck. His. belief was that,
.by throwing head far back tho pres
| sure of the rope would bgwholly on tho
back of his neck, and consequently he
ffouldj not be choked at all. His calcu
lation proved erroneous, for he was
nearly dead when he reached the surface,
i and it was with great difficulty that his
■ fife was saved.
the two mutFi. 1 '
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BT JULIA DOBH.
i Al?
We two will t.iul In the shadow here,
To st'O t ho hride M she passes by;
Ring soft and, low, rfns lend at*! eleer,
ife ehlmtftg hells that swing on high!
Look! look! ahocomes! The air grow*sweet
With the fragrant breath of the orange blooms,
And the tlow.-ra she treSds beneath ly.r feet
Ule In * fit of rare perfumes 1.
Bhe comes! the comes! The happy hells
With theh Joyousclamor fill tli§ air,
While the prat orAn dies and swells,
Scaring to’ rembiing heights of prayer
ate her robes of silken sheen,
And £' * ‘ ttrl s that gleam on her hoS#m- r low i
But, ra: g-sce of her royal mien,
ii er Iw. „ gold, ami her cheek's young glow
Dainty ml fair ns a folded rase,
Freslt ns a violet dewy stVfwf,
Chaste as f. lily, site hardly knows -
Thr.t thiijt arg rough paths fueuthar_leet.
For love ha shielded her; honor kept"
Watch be-i<!o her by night and day,
And evtl oul from her sight hath crept,
r . Trailing jlow length far away. ( - 4 -
Now In her perfect womatthfail,
Juxell tho wealth of her matoilless charms,
and , K-a4 , '‘ul, pur--airljjiaiil, f
She weld*hcijiell to her lovers arms.
Hark i’itow iuMlant voices ring!
I/O I a sU/cl- so M in the shadow here,
W hiio us the guy bells swing,
I oalcE tl.o gleam of & happy tear!
J v
The fageart is qver. Como with me
" To the other aido of the town, I pray,. * . ? J
Ere gods dowu in thodaxlieuing sea,
Atal night faljs'around us, chill and gray.
Iltlhe dim ehuteh porch an hour ago,
We waited the bride’* fair face to See;
Now life In sa sadder light to abow,
, v -A dark*© picture for you and me.
No need toseelofor the- shadow here:
Thwe are shadows lurking everywhere;
These stre -ts in-the brightest day are drear,
And bhwk as the blackness of despair.
But t his is the Souse. Take heed, my friend,
The stairs aro rAiSO, tho way is dim;
And ifp the llights, us we still asdend,
CFoep srealthy phantoms dark and grim. *
. Enter tUjchanfber.. * Day by day.
Alone in this chill and ghostly room,
A uiiild—woman—which is it, pray ?
'* Despairingly waif? for the Hour of doom! '
Ah! as she wrings her hands so pale,
Ng glooui of a' wedding ring you soe;
There is ifbthing to tell. You know the tale—
God help her new in her misery 1
I dare not judge her. I only know
That lore was to her a siu uud a snare,
While to the bride of an hour agp
It brought all blessings its hands could tsar!
I only know that, to one it came
Laden with honor, and joy, and peace:
Itagiits to the other were woo and shame,
And a burning jaih-that shall never cease!
I only know that the 9001 of one
Has been a pearl in a golden cpte;
That of the other a pebble thrown
Idly down in a wayside place.
Where all day long strange footsteps trod,
And the bold, bright sun drahk up thkriew!
Yet both were women. O riglitaous God,
Thou (pxly canst judge but-gecn tho two!
M£UE; THE PAUPER.
by r. DcroxT,
Durinw the “ Reitffi of Terror’YFfli,
France tnere were many deeds of
performed, even by women,
noble examples of affection exhibited.
The very streets of Paris were deluged
with human blood, but near the guillo
tine it ran in gushiii^orrents.
One dark morning an unusual number
of the aristocracy .had been marched
forth, and countless rolled from
th& block. .
. A gaping multitude by, and
with shouts rent the air as the aristoc
racy werq thusbutelmred. ’
Am,,. mbßd multitude that
dreary morning, wereMwo females. One
of them was plainly "ul, while a cloak
was thrown around her, with which she
kept her feature* nearly concealed.
But a close observation would betray
the fact that the woman had been weep
ing. ) * -
Her eyes were iDflamed and red, and
she gazed eagerly upon the platform,
while a shudder passed over her frame
as each shock of the glittering knife
severed the head from the body of some
one,,who had been unfortunate enough
to fall under the ban of the leaders.
The face of the woman was very beau
tiful, and she waa young—certainly not
more than sixteen or eighteen years of
The other female was quite different
in character. Her face was fair, but
there was a brazen expression about it.
She was clad in rags, and as each head
fell she would dance, and in various
ways express her delight, and then ex
claim:
“ There falls another aristocrat, who
refused me charity when I humbly sued
to him?”
Each expression of the kind would
create a laugh from those who heard her.
But any thoughtful person must wonder
how one so young could have become so
depraved.
The first female watched this creature
for a few moments, and then, pressing
her way to her side, she laid her hand
upon the shoulder of the wretch, ana
whispered:
“ Would you like to become rich at
once?”
The female in rags turned about with
a look of surprise, burst into a loud
laugh, and replied:
“Of course I would,”
“ Follow me, and you shall be.”
“ Enough. Lead on.”
It was with considerable difficulty th*t
the females extricated themselves from
the crowd; but they did so at length,
and then the first female asked of tli6
other:
What shall I call you?”
, ** Oh! I’m called Pauper Marie.”
“ You live by begging?”
Yes; but what’s your name, and
what do-you want ?**
“ My name is Marie, the same as your
own.”
“ Are you an aristocrat?”
“It does not matter. If you know
where we can tind a room lead mo to it,
and you shall have gold.”
The pauper led the way into a narrow
and filthy street, and then down into a
cellar, and into a dark and filthy room.
The other female could not hut feel a
sickening sensation creep over her, but
she recovered herself. After contom-
plating for a time the apartment and
what it contained, she asked:
“ Are you well known in Paris?”
“ Yes. Everybody knows Marie the
.Pauper.”, 4
“ Are yon known to Robespierre! If
*o, I want to Tnakc a bargain with
you.”
“ I am. What do you want?”
“ You see my clothing is better than
your own, and I wish to exchange with
yon., I want you to consent to remain
Lere, and not to show yourself at all for
a short time, or until I come to you
again. As recompense for aiding me I
will give you a thousand francs, and
when I come back I will give you a
thousand more. As security for my re
turn take this ring.
The lady drew a. diamond ring from
her linger and gave it to the pauper.
Thefa she* handed her her purse contain
ing gold.
The girl appeared a little puzzled and
asked:
“ Well, what arc you going to do with
my, dress,
“ I want to put it on and go where I
first met you.”
“ Ob, I understand now. You want
to see i/he chopping go on, and you are
afraid you will be taken for an aristocrat
if you wear that dress. You want to
represent.me.” .
* r Yes, I want to look as near like you
ipj possible.”
“ Well, that won’t be very difficult.
Your hair and eyes, and even your
is like mine. Your face is too
white, though. But you can alter that
with a little dirt.”
They changed dresses, and soon the
young, rich and noble Marie de Nantes
was clad in the rags of Marie, the Pauper
oi Paris.
The history of Marie de Nantes was a
sad one. Her father and two brothers
had fallen victims to tne remorseless
fiends of the Revolution, and a third
aud last brother had been seized. But
vf his xate she was ignorant, although
Bhe expected that it would be similar
to that of her other relatives. He had
been torn from her side but a few
before. 4
After the exchange had been made till
pauper looked on the stockingless and
shoeless feet and ankles of the lady, and
said:
“That will never do. Your feet are
too white and delicate. Let me arrange
matters.”
Ia few moments Nlario waa pro pa raA
and in tlio filth and rags she emerged
Cnto the street.
She now took her course back toward
;e guillotine and at length reached the
square where the bloody work -was still
going on.
Gradually she forced her way through
the crowd, and nearer and nearer she
came to the scaffold.
She even forced a Laugh at several re
marks she heard around her, but those
laughs sounded strangely.
She now stood within a few feet of the
platform.
. She swept it with her eyes.
Her brother was not there.
The cry was now raised: “Here comes
another batch.” ,
Her heart fluttered violently, and she
felt a faintness come over her ns she
heard the tramp of the doomed men ap
proaching.
The crowd opened as the body of men
passed.
Marie gazed among them.
A low cry escaped her.
Her bother was there.
But he walked proudly and fearlessly
forward, and ascended tho very steps
which led to the block.
Up to this time the itrength of poor
Marie bad failed her, and she was unable
to put her resolve into execution.
But now a sister’s love swelled up
in her breast, and she recovered her
strength.
She sprang forward, bursting through
the line of guards and ran up the stops.
(trapping her brother by
she cried:
“AVhat does this mean? It is only
the aristocracy that are to die.”
“Away woman!” exclaimed one of the
executioners.
“No. I will not away until you tell
me why my brother is here, and thus
bound.”
“ Your brother?” was the echo.
“ Yes, this is my brother.”
“ Well, who are you?”
“I am Marie. Don’t you know me?”
“The Pauper?”
“Ay!”
“ But this is not your brother?”
“It is. Ask him —ask him!”
Young Antonio de Nantes had turned
a scornful gaze upon the nnfiden, but a
light passed at once across his face, and
be mumuved:
" Uh, my sister!”
“Is this your brother?” asked Ro
bespierre of the supposed pauper, ad
vancing near her.
“ It is.”
“ But his name is down differently.”
“ Then mistaken. He is my
brother. Ask him.”
“ Does Marie speak the truth?” asked
Robespierre.
“ She does,” was the brother’s reply.
“And you are not De Nantes?”
“ I tell vou 1 am her brother.”
. “ Why did you not toll us this be
fore?” ''
“I attempted to speak, but was si
lenced.” f
“ But you might* have declared your
self.”
“ You would not have believed me.”
“ But your dress?”
“It belongs to an aristocrat. Per
haps to him for whom I was mistaken.”
Robespierre advanced close to young
Nantes and gized earnestly into his
face. Then he aproached Marie, and
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looked steadily into her eyes for a short
time.
It was a moment of trial for the poor
girl. She trembled in spite of her
efforts to be calm. She almost felt that
she was lost, when the human fiend,
whose word was law, turned and said:
“ Release the man.”
The chains were instantly removed,
and Antonio de Nantes walked down
from the scaffold, followed by his sister,
while the shouts of those around rent the
air, for they supposed it was a commoner
who had thus been saved.
The young man worked his way
through the crowd as rapidly as possi
ble, leading Marie.
They had scarcely escaped it. before
the poor girl, fainted, from the intensity
of her feelings.
The brother scarcely knew what to do
but a hand was laid on his arm, and a
voice said:
“ Bring her to my room again. She
will be safe there.”
The brother conveyed her to the apart
ment of the pauper, and asked of her:
“Have you seen the female before?”
“Yes, I know all about it,” returned
the pauper. “ She borrowed my clothes
to save her lover. She has done it and I
am glad.”
Before the noble sister returned to
consciousness, the brother had learned
all.
When she did so they both sought se
cure quarters, after rewarding the beg
gar-girl as had been promised.
“ Do you think Robespierre was really
decided?” asked Marie ae Nan tea
“ I think not,” returned the brother.
“Then why he did he order your re
lease?”
“He saw your plan. He admired
your courage. Could a fiend have done
less?”
“ Perhaps this was the case. But if so
it was a deed of mercy, and the only one
that man ever did.”
“ You are right.”
IVAII'S AND WHIMS.
The dance for drunkards —the reeL
“ Government pap”—the Father ol
his Country.
Next to nothing—a girl walking with
the average dandy.
“A”is ago ahead letter. You often
hear of a leading industry.
You’ll always find a good looking
glass.
“ Tfif. fairest of the fair.” is not al
ways the chairman of the awarding
committee.
The worst of dying bv poison is that
you never can tell exactly where your
stomach belongs.
A new song is entitled “ My Love She
is a Kitten.” Kittens scratch like the
mischief, and so perhaps does his love.
Now is the season of the year when
the scissor-editor sharpens his shears and
smashes up his crediting machine.
Adolphus: Yes; if she is continually
casting sheep’s eyes at ewe it would be
perfectly safe to say that her eyes are
lambent.
The New York papers announce the
marriage of Air. Watson to Miss Watson.
My! Watsons ought to follow this
union.
The naughty boy that Bticks pins in
his family pew must feel that there is a
painful necessity for a religious uprising
among his relatives.
A man never realizes how frail he is
until he bursts a suspender* button from
his pants among a group of ladies, and
finds himself slowly falling to pieces.
A deaf man can get out of a crowd
as soon as any one when a collection is
to be taken up, and yet the fact has al
ways puzzled philosophers.
Grace Greenwood, they say, has
embraced spiritualism. Bet you a dol
lar spiritualism didn’t reciprocate.—Bur
dette.
It is a malicious woman who will
slyly put long hairs on a man’s coat just
to make his wife jealous.— Henry Ward
Beecher.
They are proving so popular that
a fellow ir. this city thinks of starting
alone association with a young lady of
his acquaintance. — Sadie Stone.
The last cabbage remaining unsold
is like the most important man in a
hotel dining-room; it is a head-waiter.
Send up the saure kraut, please.
“If I punish you,” said mamma to
her little girl, “ you don’t suppose that
I do so for my pleasure, do you?”
“ TLen, whose pleasure is it for,
mamma?”
The Graphic says that no really good
man will seek a rich wife. Too true;
the rich wives are all reserved for the—
ahem—clergy.— N. Y. Commercial Ad
vertiser.
The hardest work many a man has
done this fall has been to sit on a nail
keg in a country grocery store and tell
what a powerful man his grandfather
was to husk corn.
The most courageous are frequently
embarrassed while addressing a multitude
from a platform, and the thing is all the
more demoralizing if they happen to be
standing on a trap-door.
Man’s inhumanity to woman makes
countless thousands crawl out of a warm
bed to kindle the fire these cool morn
ings, while they roll over and take an
other snooze.
“ I never argy agin a success,” says
Josh Billings. “ When I see a rattle
snake’s head sticking out of a hole, I bear
off to the left and say to mieelf, that hole
belongs to that snaik.”
AViif.n a tramp was offered his dinner
if he would wield thesevthe for an hour,
he soliloquized: “To dine—no mower.
Ay! there’s the grub.”— Hackensack
: Jtepullican.