The Democratic Watchman.
IIit.LEFONTY:, PA
AUGUST
The fruit is turning on UN oroluud trees
To golden vollow and ruddy reds
The litter lily, with dropping head,
Resigns hsw twilit to the robber hews,
The mountain slopes to the level Onin
With darksreien infinite of e) press
The grata IS garnered in bounteous sheaves
The later summer is costs Again
I mt by the river of Men alone,
Idling and dreaming the 110111 N nwny,
Tho wrinkles deeper, the hair mere gray
And life a drearier monotone.
Theo when I loitered, years.ettb
By the NMI, black WAWA of Mendon Mere
What Plghe and sounds de I aoe and twar
An the strewn' rens by In eudlene flow'
A mOuntwin valley that niTtehee far,
A league to the right, a league OD the left,
A mountain of rank wnh mom): a cleft,
MEtlM==l
A loot prockession of mountain epure,
Wilh Pointe abutting upoiethe etreem ;
A fisielotwk railing with nngry scream
Above the lexehtot And gloomy dreg
A heron wading the quiet pooh , :
The Warm nun gliding the river rod ,
A rork-grnittle dremming upon hie tog,
And trinapmil en uninge in,ving - ming veltoul
rink find pvll,le and sther ' , and
The rl‘er ix munnurlng soft and NW.
An old lime sung that 1 love and know
A song I shall ne%er understand
Mid new a of yore the woods ate rife
With Karate murmur of sylvan 'wombs
And me, the 11111• are tags r 111.11nd...
And a rest deer running to min his life
All, well I 'I IN •nt well to patter rhyme
And wear mu vigor un ryli an “letrta
rip cringe rind flatter Al efirO% enlirtP
tr trim onr amila to the renal ttme
A BARGAIN
Ile staked me for the eholoeat gift
'I'M'S. an my paw or W Ake,
I could not say my inlet nay,
An no I bade hfin tlvo
Within my heart,
U, births heart I
Thy filth on kith noa ma) eg.
tht bonded knee, lie pr,,mißed tur
A price--he has not paid'
He pledged We honor /tilt' Ma truth,
To 'me Ull death should part ,
With love he bought the pent' he tought,
And thus chtaine.l my heart.
it. happy time !
0, happy eljme,
Through which we idly atrayed
What joy was our., as through ihr flowers
A fragrant path we made'
Hut scion we reached the enter edge
Of this our Eden land ,
Where love has reigned. nail Imply frigne4
To do the King's command
it, loving heart
trustful heart
lice was th t rust betrayed'
With !nye he y ught the heart he oonglit,
But has the price been paid t
1f I should live a thousand year•,
I ne'•r again ahould know
Thututine regret. or could, forget
Thong days of long ago,
When firm( my heart'
TM* foolish heart
Its choicest wealth displayed :
With lore 'twos nought, withmoo bought
Rut has that price been pain,
The rareleem tone—the unkind la tont—
The changed and chilling nioo,l,
Are thooe the things affection limp.,
To prove Ito promise good
fool odi Mort I •
lie loth to part
With love, though love entire ,
So eharp a trade with heart. a nitwit.,
IA e 11 pay their pro e
—Hours at Mar,
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lowa Ob tions
MIZE'
MK Emma —Our last article bro'l
us to the peat marili of Lake Eagle
We now propose to gi‘e ti a brief -
count of its formation, for the particu
lars of which we arc indebted for some
extra( ts, to the Hon C A Rhi e s re
pert of his geolo veld investrgatnins in
thin portion of lowa.
ECM
in some parts of the world, ha , . rag
moist atmosphere, it is found o.cupying
elevated yiitions; but to 11114 State it
may be in‘ariably looked for in low
marshes, most of %Inch have detthtl,•-s
once been pond• Wherever such ponds
existed, rank grasses, rushes. and other
plants, ha•e grown upon Its border•, and
the frosts of each PllCeeedillg year laid
thorn beneath thd surface, their commi
nuted fragments narrowing the 4re e,
and )11110.1 niiir the depths of the waters,
until the surface harnme tile proper hab
itant of IL INV Lhar nn'-s, which contin
ues to flourish upon the rapidly decom
posing bodies of the parent stems, with
out a proper root, and which with the
remain• of the grease.. and other plants
which grow upon it, has filled some' or
rltr earlwrnacerms matter thug produced
Peat, in a country so dry. a ours . , can
never be found where there has been no
ponds
W LIBRE Vol*NI)
But in a level country, where streams
have their rise, the depression will for
a part of the year at least, be tilled with
water, because there is no ACCUPlUlittiult
of water beyond to send a current across
them to cut a channel for their out-let.
In the northern portion of lowa r the
etreams are numerous, and the• region
consequently well drained, but many of
the streams, having their rise in the
northern part of the Vitale, the physical
comptioaaixiat there 'which are neces
sary 'to the formation of peat. They
havepot so well defined bottom 'aniline
a majority of the streams of lowa, but
tl..ure is generally a gentle and almost
imperceptible de'uxint front the higher
lands between them. The whole stir
face from near the streams to the low
dividing .ridges is undulating, so that
the appearance of the descent is some
times obscured. Xelit , marshes are as
numerous among the to knobs of the
divides as they are near to , the streams.
r.
PrterEPl (5r wool,
When the border of njogat marsh is
reached there i 4 a /widen and almost
entire change of vvgetaticyi. The peat
vegetation, auay b 9 a. singular
Spaniel of mgas s ansl.another of peculiar
grass. While other plants inay,and
often do grow upon aril eater into the
aospposision of,peat t mineral impurities
such as aerninen 'Oil and olt•nd, form an
inolespensablo constituent to the growth
of these. plants, A. Vets correct judg
ment may often be formed of the char
acter of a Inrush, by seeing it Vegeta
tion without going 4p9n it, ,Xo44l•P•en
notieedAbfit-yvhere the scouring rtnli
growr'profusely a niour i .the real )eat veg
(dutifl we do unit tomfilly MIA he peat
verbtliietlG nor very pure, yet none of
the k‘r.i.leos are entirely free from the
(In •exntai g n , i
moFtinnett 11 a o a w r e. tli
moil fu~~ ,
der, lee prelkenee d growing m
among the 90tiripty.4tritiriti grass and
plants.' - - The moss- increases i
quantity as the trlee hotiomee wore
moist, and upon ingthe peat stir
tweet we 44041044 y Oinel 44 rowte,a44--
thick, syfterpet of moss at thp.rpttlf Of
the wife ruse. To walk a Ht ie ur•
eko'v $ l l l.
depth, we ?receive it quaking beneath
u•, producing the feeling of danger
that we may slip through the Poll, hut
tough tuxd into the soft mom below.—
Cutting through thiti w it h n sharp sp`ado,
we find it a thickly interwoven mass of
moss and grass roots, in different states
of decomposition, increasing with the
depth, so that the lower portion of it
may be easily pulled to pieces witli the
fingers. This and all between it and
the earthy Munk at the bottom is peta l
yet the sod itself when dry will make a
good light and fuel.
The lowa poet varies considerably in
quality or ripeness This peat is of r the
fibrous quality, but not of the lightest
kind When twinging up specimens
from various depths, it hna been fraud
that the deeper ones will usual!) dry in
to a more compact mass than the oth
ers: This is consequently a letter fuel,
not that it will burn an) inure perfect{) ,
but being more compact it is more dura
ble and capable of producing more in
tense heat Peat in tho marsh holds
within it. , substance almost an incredi
ble amount of water, the surface rising
and falling to a limited degree as the
moisture drips out by evaporation, or is
supplied by rains.
—EJOnne;
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• Peat has no commercial value now, in
consequence of the undeveloped condi
tion et the country, hut its use has been
fully tested and in course of time will
add vastly to the material wealth of the
oountrv. It is a fibrous vegetallle de
composition, which has to undergo con
siderable manipulating before it reedy
for use, and %pm pr, perk , dried ninkft
strung hcat,ibut not so durable a fire
It exists largely in many of the adjoin
ing Les which fact will prevent any
tnnnopoly of trade
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As we stand upon the higher lands
and look over one of these marsh...a, al
most the only growing vegetation upon
it that meets the ete is the p.culiar
gram heretofore ftlitiaed to, us alp wire
grass This grass has never been klown
to flower or seed. it increases and re
news its growth by lateral budaiii g near
the roots These roots together form a
somewhat loose surface The leaves are
long and slender, and IWIIIO% hat round
ed, being nearly a uniform length The
level marsh, stretching more than a
mile away, presets more 60 appearance
of n lake a, the wind blows t,‘ es the
caving grass
eight west of the itiort
house, flow. what it callid the ea.t
branch the lowa river, the head wa
ter, of whit h are about tin mike north
-1.1114. This stream 110 el• n4ot attain the
digitof it rater to a Penmylvanian,
but it. aPpearance would much Niter in
dicate a Flue, tremendously elongatttd
There is but little water to be aeon mid
its course is marked ht ery prolific
growth of vegetation, I. nown HS the
" ' whteh crow. Fitc Or seven feet In
height In trnselling from Concord to
Eagle Lake we were accionwned by
Mr .la. M Elder, and n Mr Minh erg ,
the one representing the legal profe.“
loon and the other the interests of the
county.
The approach to the lowa river is
very boggy, and in fording the strea m
we had quite an adventure. It so hap
pened that our horses became unman
ageable in the marsh and went down, ,fn
their effo:t to draw us f the rixer
What might bate happened, ru n no t
prepared to say, had it not been for the
assistance of our western friends who so
recently joined us. A worse experience
of the same de s cription happened on our
return trip, but Ilegentlemen in ques
tion were again equal to the emergency,
in ettrionting us from n probable death
among the " ball frogs."
Among the native attractions of this
region are the White Cranes. There is
also another species of them, birds to b•
found, know as the " Sand 11111," which
are of a brown color They , rear their
young near swamps and mardwit, in an
unfrequented port of the country, and
are to be seen flying around in great
numbers, or walking about in gigantic
dt(nllltaueo,s is their custom. When
standing erect they are near!) the height
of a roan, and ate exceedingly interest
ing in their sportive., gitmbols ftpon the
prairie. These birds ars easily domes
ticated. We captured two young ones,
which were unable to fly, and brought
them with us on our return fifty-one
miles to Charles City.
qUALITY or LAND
It mast not be infored becauao we en
countered difficulty in the swampy ap
proach to the lowa river, that the land
in generally of that description. Such
in not the case. Moro end there aro
ponds which dry up when the land be
come)) cultivated around thorn, and oc
casionally a "peat" rnarth in to be wan
along some of the little lakes and,rivers,
bt.t they do not embrace altogether the
ono hundred) part of the land of Ilan
cock county. The county contains as
good land for agricultural purposes as
there is in lowa, and the prospects of
the speedy completion of the McGregor
and Sioux city railroad, will enable it to
take a frotd:rank among the counties in
this portion of the State.. lUnio. proved
pralrie land near Muglc Lakes, along
the lino of the railroad, is said to be
worth ten dollars_per acre, while lands
not soicTiite — lbleican tie purchased at live
—more remote from'the public Improve
ment/nit can be bad at three dollars per
acre. ,
A Tennesseeryomh of 22 confeesee
*eight murder'.
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All fll gold ham ttlined , •
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Mee . the titre scan I,rlgliltinlierrilll3.:?
I.r 11. e one line of her yotilli
Falk, like her, 1., rhow qq truth.
(h. perellittetit,tl Jolla
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11,1r)PyliR1,-11111fre,[t bl 0. , .
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Tifl4 ereallA t e tiiee'reee, •
As alternate holiv, and feats
1111(.infoklit
(him II not ball. I In*
With in Itt;or tlearititlea anon ?
See what nnee were Hushing rose).
Withered—peter to rev 11 e !
She w Ito gilt e n.. snore eau glee
Aud en ihat foonah pacord eine.
A faded lea-11 seen t of earth
is all the trenente now Is worth
What'n here—•o hearv—ehill and worn 't
le thin 14 1 / I \l I have known to rind
'ltesponnii e to:the rrvtar(ro—
(hu•e full fol lone, TIOW hill of neon' I
Lel that go, tOO--I have no part
In a nit Bold mot weary heart
—One: a Wild,
Gossip About George Washington
1144 !louse 'lnd Habits sit l'hilwra
Awhile attire, in looking over a
Philadelphia Director For 1797, my
heart gale a great h nunl at, I eanie up
on thie catty ;
11 , .. High rlrei t"
To the disgrace of Philadelphin, that
bruise, Heeond 0111%• in historic interest
to Independence It all, aas i i )any y e ars
ago th ii ,lishe 1.
But, for a fen charmed hours an
midsumnit r evening, that mansion has
stood again for me, and Washington
has walked beibre y eyes " 111 his hab
it fib he lived ," and yet the wily magic
•Aonjuration nas the olear memory of a
gracious old man, nho, in his snit)
childhood, n as a neighbor of Washing
ton, his pot-cuts hying, I helicte, on
Sixth street, neat High.
St the house of a friend in Philadel
(dais I nap yrtunate an to meet Mr
Hobert F. Otte man past four Score,
but wonderfully well preserved—look
mg mud' younger than his years—a
gentleman of the old school nn coon
trousuess 01 manner, in elegance and
neatness ,d,Elress, stately in figure, n tth
a fresh and" handsome countenance.
In person and demeanor lie reminded
one strongly of Waller SaNage Lawler,
as I can him in his eighty first rear.
When I asked this noble relic of the
past kir hie, recollect ions of Washieg
ton, he snit : Blers you, I ha% e little
to tell. 1 nits so very young at the
time %%hen I knew. him, that I hare
onI) childish recollections, mere trifles
which will scarcely interest 'tat." On
toy assuring loin these nem Just the
things I wanted to hear, be talked mod
estly, and with much question ing. of
the old days of Philadelphia, and of the
gteat President and his household.
In his childhood, lie sand, the place
where ne then mere, on Tenth street
near Arch, nith the roar of the great
city about us, nas quite in the rural
districts Ile remembered going to
bathe in the hale !said' near the conics
of Si N. tit amt Arch streets, a secluded
and shaded spot High street, the
fashonable iiiernie, was only planted
nub rows of the Lombardy poplar
nearly 0111 to the Schuylkill, and nas
the fa korite Sunday promenade of the
"Wamhington'm house," said Mr.
Grey, "a am thought a yen fine mansion,
It ram what was called 'a house and a
halt'—that is, the hall was not in the
middle, but had two windows at the
left. It wits two 4 toriem ROA half high,
with dormer wooloum. It was rented
for the Premitlent of Hobert Morris, but
originally belonged to Galloway, the
Totv."
"Wae Wasliing(ou Ike mtately awl
formal personage lie hat 3 bern represem
e I 7"
" Cli. he vi UM a Verb dlguilied gentle
man, Wlth the w ort elegant auuinerw
%erg mce in lin , dres,,, careful and rune
Mal. i murpt,se lie nould be tholiglit
it little Id nownda vit." -
"DO you ever hear him laugh hearts
?"
'yhy, no, I think I never del."
'Was he al vea)s Kruk, ao you re
member lion, or did he smile tiutv and
then ?"
"Why, hle-s you, yes, he alwapi
smiled on children I lie wan particular
ly popttlar with Neill! Wye. Whew II('
went in state to Independence Hall. in
his creain-coloreil chariot, drawn hy six
hays, and p - 4 , 011 one and out-riders, and
when he net out for and returned trout
Mount Vernon, wi boys were on hand;
be could alwaco 001114 us in, to Ituuza
and wave our little for hini,u,wl lie used
to touch his hat to Ile as politely . an
though we had been fin many veteran
soldiers on parade."
"Were )ou ever in him house, as a
'Oh ; after his great dinners he
used to tell the steward to let in' the little
fellows, and we, the boys oldie imme
diate neighborhood, who were MVO, far
on' ou such occasions, crowded about
the table and nude quirk work with
the remaining cakes, nuts and raisins.
"Washington had tt bad hal it of
pacing up' and down the large front.
room on the first door, in the early twi•
light, with his hands behind hint; end
one evening a little boy, who had tlver
seen lam, in attempting to climb tip to
an often window to' look in upon him,
fell and hurt himself. ' Washington
heard hint cry, rung for a twrvaut, anti
sent him to inquire about the accident
—for, after All, lie was very soil-heart'
at ieast toward children. The ser•
Cant same hack and said: 'Tbt try
wan trying to get a look at you, sir.'
'Bring him in,' said the General, and,
when ti, boy came in, he patted him
on the head and said : 'You wanted
to see General Washington, di¢ you?'
Well I.Ant General Wenhipgton.'
the little Shook hie had and
raid : 'No, you are only just a man, I
ttatt nt to nee the Preeidens,',
1 ' ';They 01 Washington laughed and
i.. tile. boy-Lliat he was the President,
r aw & mum for all that. Then he had
illc scrip ive the little fellow sonic
tints and c 8 and 114411188(Ni 111111.
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the 'us ii,i 17 4 ill
es h sit ; 'I en w i
at t % id m, ivi nu •it.
W i n tl II e. '
.
icy (thr lot •e to lave eft a v y
viviiLitint ,„
,human impression on his
tneliairy. With their tine clothes and
company manners, with their atten
•dn eta, litters, daerieg , fted music nuns
tent,
,- limy - irm.rt • hirer -eterre44—rery
tilltietrwit,oiflat'll.sHille,4 11( tpeFitielbid ,
11 • nmipm 1 1111424..,1t55:
and-easy children of Ile neighbor
hood. _ .
"Do jolt remember Wasliingion's Fe
ro's, Dad Mrs. Witehington's drawing
rooms?" 1 asked.
I remember hearing about
them. All the evening parties .were
over by y o'clock, and the PresiOnt's
house wax dark and silent by ten. They
were great wilitirs, hot I was too young
to know much about tbetn. I attend
ed his horse levees. I was very fond of
vl'eiting his stables, early ire the morn
ing, at the hour when lie always went
to inspect them. I liked to see him at
fhat work, for be seemed lo enjoy it
himself. Like President-Grant, he was
a great lover of horses. I can almost
Clink I see him now, come striding out
Of his louse across the yard to the
stables, booted and spurred, but bare
headed and in his shirt-sleeves!''
•' Washingt on in his shirt-sleeves?"
"Yes, madam; but he was always
NVoshingtnn. The grooms stood aside,
silent and respectful, while he examin
ed every stnll mid monger, and regular
ly went over eiety horse--I MCIln, he
passed over a portion of its coat his
large white hand, always looking to see
if it was boiled, or if any loose haat had
conic citron it. If ao, the groom was
reprimanded o nil ordered to do his work
over. Generally. however, Washing
ton would say : 'Very well. Now, John
get out Prescott and Jackoom his white
chargers. 'l'll he ready by thu time
you come round."
"Did he ride at so early an hour
"Yeti. Generally between 5 and fi of
a pleasant morning lie was ofr; and he
almost always rode up to joint no
Point, on the Delaware, a little way
above Richmond. Ile was a fine horse
man, and being a long lashed, man,
looked grandly on horseback. It was
a sight worth getting up early to see."
Ilene Caine a pause, and then I pro
is Honied the momentous old question .
"Did Washington ever swear ?"
' Well, as for that, I. can not speak
from my own observraititik: Washing
ton hail great selrcontrol-kiithe was a
moral religious war 4, for those
times, and dui not swear upon small
occasions, and. I should say, Dever be
fore children . lint, trom what I have
heard my father and old sonnet, sae, I
thibk he must hare blazed swat eon
ei ter lilt in timer of great i•Si ut anent.
Ile was very tender of lua Ntionle
horites,antl, at one tone,l remember to
have heard a ming aide or secretary
ash kale to ride one or his w hite Char
genii, on the way it, Mount Vernon, anil
the General allowed him to, but 1./M
-ilt/11(41 111111 not to rein the horse too
tightly. Alter awhile. Waidongton
saw he was a orrving the annual, and
cautioned font again ; but the yellow
kept pulling and Jerking at the bit un
nl the creature became almost unman.
agenble
"Then Washington broke upon him,
like a whole hatters., ordered him to
dismount, and swore tremendously. I
remember, too, that 1 once heard an
army officer tell abou this cursing some
General who disobeyed hint in I tittle."
."Lee, at Monturatthr
"Vex, I belie e eo. nyhow, my
iir
torutant vial it wax the .treateet furl of
it wearing,
.‘ et v44tets't yo awful tut Waelt
ingtott's fare at the time. lie Raid, I
remember: never Maw the detil be
fore '
-"Theme things were told of tom, but
nut told aptowt lllln. It was the
101 l of dome iimee IN - meter, 1 iteter
heard a rough word front hint, or saw
his fare alien it was not petteerul abut
pletuut Grace Grectotannitti ' !fourth
and Honk.'
A Sensation in Cracow
thecorryy of a Num hamatirtd tn
ill a Ca ;made Nuna.o . y TAr Curl
Atithm•thes Cause Al I R,.uunui--la
digHliliOn Of the IllAh(111ua &el/lye/11
Mitoses Condition nfthe Amu Wretch
the aim el 01 Ilie steamship .11a% a
we have later details of Fdiroinatti new P.
'rite Austrian frees in crowded with the
incidents of a horrible discovery just
made at Crac o w. The police intigistrit
cy 01 Cracow lately reveled an atimiy
1110118 letter stating a 111111 hail heel, 110
inured in a neighbour,, cloister since
1848, and hugging that justice might lie
done her. The inuneut Ore NMI Is Bar
tiara Abryk. She was born in 1817,
joined the cloister cilbarelootetiCarnie
lite nuns in 141, whether nit a nun or
as un extern is mit yet judicially ascer
tained, and in 1848 was confined in the
cell where sine was feria. The nun
very where_i i at_ witt_j_inapred lien in j
one of he prelliest faithourgn 010-0 cow,
near the Flotapical (hardens, dfitvorite
resort ni the clliaenti. Lithe did they
fancy that witt A in tiwwc.olonsterc a scene
was being enacts!l which, if Ihescritie.l
by one of our sensational romance wri
ters, We nhould 'regard as the offspring
of a iliwariwi nti icy, b it - which here uas
a frightful reality_
The ulagiatracy being informed, inn,
tikdiately took active steps to aeCerta in
the truth. Whether they wire bourn
to apply to the Bishop to 'aid them, I
do not know. Under the ,Concordat
thez 1 1, n..g 61 ;* lons ta-Lave
which wait granted, while* the same
time he suggested that Might rrove
a 'Mystification. With Dr. Ciebhardt,
the represten Wive of the'lmaglstrsoy, he
wtt also a reverend,prelate, Pr. i tipßal.
On arririmitt tht coutterAte, had some.
difficulty in olitaming elitieriellout
thi swasoverconie by the presence of the
prelate and the sanction of the Biehop
to their admission. When the Haigh ,
bratty-informed tit Irtlltif'w) lls ec,ei . '-''l
them that - itii had coats to
h. she to
h.
speak with therm she
shrunk back, to 7 et th,t.il i wlts
• ' ' ave
I i t . ',
fi lV ti nt I " fbilf i t b e 9 r, but
t p rent ,
_flab 11, tfihoing
g
' t r ti e v g e. A ' oc hl on h a n h a relf, i)ei t t li t t i t i n e ,
yt le tins, he *end
ed to the upper corrit r, wile betwixt..
the dining room Ralf - the. clotteo they
were shAwn the cell of the nun, with liB
strongly fastened double doors Oil en
beriog--44se- 4).11- ab--apeoloolo oust, thous
ttlt"l3. to he deseri bed, and yet i! pupil
e t01d,,, for it Atom, *lint it
wrongs inay - 17i. - perrAiira if bull v iditt
alp, arehatakd over tp the tender niiir c
ci es of (1341 (inn 114", Om( tO, a eVt'traryi II
responsible role. rue cell "wtim some
seven feet in length by Aix feet in
breadth. The window was a ailed up,
and' tot)r eh rhapli ' kit oft Moir% ' chin 111 ts
ray of Sunlight cyithl priletrate. There
were no latilea htil' elirfird, Mid I& shot e
to furnish heat ill the inclement winter.
The stench of the cell was hardly sup
portape. In a corner, lying on rotteu,
sthiliiildrfiiNi; tar 'lltY'tittor'Yritfldh4it
creature "balls .Alcoarh, listifi 7'hiet, half
human, brll brute, half 'savage, half
mad, utterly naked." her body filthy,
for she had riot been washed, for veers..
Her lean hones hallsio,g. loose, her
client; sunken, her hair disheveled told
dirty-11 ICOrfill bOiliF, whom VI I:11 1
haste, wills III• amantig iinaginati,e
force, ermiti not have portrayed Tim, I
pour Skeleton of a ,onion, at the sight
01 her ,isitors, shook herself up, and,
folding her hands nod bitterly weeping,
said: "lain hungry , have pity on we
—t!it e me tool ( frixrh ), and I will be
obedient " The ningistrate immediate
ly sent for the Bishop, a ho, to do liiiii
justice, shooed as strong indignation ,
its any other. Let the name of liisliop
bitileaki he honored for it. He called
the abbess, the nuns, arid the father Nile
fessior into his presence, mid reproached
them with the utmost severity for their
inhuman conduct. 'the a retched nb
Less Ile commanded to conduct the nun
lirarbarn into another cell, to jx-elothell
and eared for. As the poor mitt retired
she asked if "she wit , to he led to bier
gra% e again." The abbess) seemed quite
Una illing to olcy the ecclesiastical or
der. She et idently thought that in
sparing the nunnery a scandal she had
s tione a a ork pleasing to God. The
father confessor of the cloister retail r
efl to say that:Lhe inn m wing of the min
had been knot, n by the ('hurch author
ities, a hich both the Rish Op 11911 the
prelate indignatitiv dented Its an utter
falsehood, and the former suspended
litni and the !tithe's at once from their
Mlle( P. 'file nuns fried in their turn
to excuse themselves, but with as little
hIICCCAP "Is illi., • ' lie'snid, "tour !me
of your neighbor 7 Will sou reach
heaven in don a nt i )011 ( furit(l, nil hi
trrther ) buries, not women 7" And
a hell the) attempted to answer—"be
hilelit, " he thundered out ; go out of illy
sight. )toot alio hate scandalized rell
gion. - Ann N Wlth you." The ',nor
nun was asked a 11), she hail been im
mured. She ansacred, "I have broken
the tow of pitrit, :" but then added
a itli a fearful getout: e aiel a a 11l spring,
"i'lle-e tomb are not pure. the) . are no
angels " Then she sprang on the eon
lessor, erring "Thou beast. • The lot
lowing day the nun aas ,'sited by the
medical authorities I" their opinion
she IS rattier "ern trild,rl, ' heroine wild
and savage, than deranged, and they
hold out hopes of her recover, AS to
her confession of riiiscoinliict, it still
remain- to he seen a holier this be not
at delusion of the brain. The abbees
drnli not seemed to lint e tier-used het oh
all) thing but madness, it ae ea n, indeed,
count that tiny accusation.
Barbara, the nun, ha , . Pinee been
taken to no ti.slUIA for the isle:tile, and
she seemed a little ret ived by the fre,di
stir, hut she tressibleJ on entering the
institution, Id finding that she, was
to be under the (lire (it the "Gra./ Sis
terhood " On examination the 1,,t01y
Superior said she Lad slut up Barratra
on the doctor's ITC01111:111.114111114M m IS-18.
The present doctor, who has held the
potation retest years, atatud that he had
neter even seen Barbara i.nue.
In the meantime, front the time of
the first t wit of the otlieerm, the know I
e dg e 01 this awful re% elation begun to
spread ahroroi,arol create a sculpt 1011 or
indignant horror throughout the whole
h owl , (hi Frida) morning hundreds
of people had its...lidded b e for e therm,
vent, emashed all the minilows, and
ely 'Jig, Aunt itith the nuns; had
alieudy hrol,t•n limit the Mt ero , r , w l ich It
tasty of anllliers armed in time to pet,
lent them.
0,, Satiostav the satne thing was re
pealed, in spite of adjurations of the
papers to the people to watt calmly.
the eu ening wo detach !vents •. nol
diera lied been called•ont • for the mob,
which hats aweld (' d Ip 4,1„)(.1
t doing chat more eitieelii,r it
ercould
to the C'artnelite Corry4eirt, Weill off to
attack ,thuto.lulio Jenuita god, that of
the FT:Tiel , T,uu•. It Wits a c:itical
hour for the whole monaatic order of
Cracow. The Jesuit rector wait ipsalt
ed, many Jesuit* wounded with stones,
arid every pane o( Flags ih the monas
tic lidu4il Walk Iltokeit to pieces. For
these litiotif.sitolomt of their iiteligna
tion to immense 1111inher of people have
been Wrrested, but n. ittrge petit.on has
heen nent up to the Town Connell tc re
move the Jesuits and Carmelites out of
Craoow.
Far into timidity morning the diatur•
bancen were still going
c i Later in
the day the Lady Super;and her 1111-
mietunt. were taken, tinnier it. military / es.'
cort to he kepi inward; ;Corder to ap-
Natio the peoplc. Holdiere, however,
et patrol the
—Professor 11., die"ettilrient eleetri•
clan, was - traveling lately in the ears,
when a man Caine up and asked blur
rnrhim fare. , "Who are you?" saidl3.
"I/ iny mule is Nom!, I atn the
• wducter.,l' , • ... 1 , •
"Oh," Paid the professor, very quiet
ly, t•that can't he, for wood is a non•
conductor."
- ,
All Sorts of Paragraphs. ~
—A Yousinil.buiglar—Ooo who,breltks
into u tune.
—Wbo was tiii , ,biggost lint . in liiered
history. Go.lish,
—A colored (Mizell is under arrest at
Itßslr 14,111 T.", fin- ft • viog nine wir es
—Dickens makes 540,000 in gold f ront
his readings each winter in England
—When do oarsmen resemble Indian
chiefs?' When they feather their set
—Competition has reduced the faro
from Liverpool to Ireland to three penve
—The New Yorkers complain of a
dellcienoy of shade trees along their
street.
—Offenbach celebrated his silver wed
ding on tho HMO day ac the NalNiki ii
teriirry.
' —The Minneapolis Trihman (vtitnntri
the wheat crop of At innelo.la 20,000.
taNI, bushels.
Motto for n rejected ,oitor--11,,
wooed, nfid slit, Wrltildri 't He cooed,
hut Rho coilldn't.
—There fire no two things so touch
ttilked of, and at seldotn Feel], Uh I Ift
find trtlt friend!.
—A Hongnrisn, desiring to remark
on the domestic habits of young Isdh
toil : "Oh, lois+, how hotuay ) ou ore!
—Fanny Fern hey ng Filld Ihnl "111 ,. 11
Or the proient day Aro twit," - Prentee
replier the! they hove to be to catch the
w ((((( en." •
"l)o you enll it trunk ?" gro‘%l‘,l
dejet.t..(l porter It only ne , d•
lightning-rod t he rniPtil ken fort' bowl.
ing house
—A country editor linvi.rrg rillrn
I,,ng article on "hop," U. %al pap, r up
braitl4jmn for introrltwing fano])
Trreit,TA in the public
—‘• Isn't Itstrunge," remarked It Inds,
“that the Misa Smiths arc o gro,'
"Not at all," was the reply, tlum
father was a grocer.'•
—Thn negro school teacher, Stepku
Dallas, has been convicted at Mohuk,
Ala., of (outraging one of 6i pupils, ar,l
goes to the penitentiary for life
—S01114• of the newspaper, have hw.
redly slated the 1101011111 of untern.d
revenue receipts for tobacco for the par
ending June It Is $22,200,000
--A. dispatch front Bombay, hind,
has been received in New York over tt,.
French cable in right tomtit., aft , r rt
wits sent front the Bombay office
—Wlithi it man and tilionan 1114 .
011 l• by the clergyman, the (1111141..11 r•
who is the one. Sometimes theme 1-
long struggle between them befor.:
matter is finally fettled.
—Mr. Boardman, on the Sauk rit
Minn , recently, in digging a w 01.1.11111..
to branches; of Vett. twenty-six fee-la.
low the surlitira i The wood if Ia rfnr tiy
sound, neither flowing any fign.
rinctitlon or decay
—A newspaper in the flooded dotri.t
of Tisas mild that though the 1611111'4'
was great Qie people do not need into
outside assistance A neighboring t
declared that such a remark wag "ill-tun.
ed and lin thoughted '
" —Thirty-ninest/lc:ides in a single t
Eleven murder.! Eighty-100 fat a l n ..
cidents ! One hundred and
persons yearly dying in despair, or sud
den calamity, in Sun Franciwo San
i+ the brief story of the Count) ('mono r
—A Quaker in:lihnotnington,linlint,,
who observed his wife looking to nt
kitchen door %hale he was embro tug
the servant, girl, thus add!, ssed h r
'Betsy thee hind letter quit peepour,.,
ithic will cause mdisturhance to the 1:1,11
113
s fa,btit Khe's not hand
Nrnith "
" I, J0n..., thAt'S Hour
opl plump and plain, ant 110 %
"You nra right, Smith , that..ext. C%
in) notion , sho•'N vary plump and
piniu "
—The number of cows In Fran , ,•
noire than five millions In Carn th•
ron.utnidion of nulls i. tteitrl huh
dr,d thousand quarts a day Milk 1•
sold at from ten to forty eentitto,
quart, according to Ow lueslit) 1111 d Oh
(1. silly.
—Some elderly geatiewne Viii id .4
inform the public , whether the yam H
grunter when • 111/W cute his teeth
when hia teethcuth him 7 And uOw
it in wore di igreeable to hn%e nn ap°.
tt to fur 011(1 1 11 iil onor, or no diffeer
ene's appetite?
—Au old lady tvho rocently si.)))1
Oneida, S. Y , was 'liked on her noun
if the (1111111 1111•. , 1 through that tilling ,
poured rt %, 1104, and ftinwered 'I
Fuesb net —I didn't Fe'. it --unit if )1 Jul,
it must have gone through in thc night,
when It was ashalp."
--A young lads , ono, tinarriierl a Twin
by the yf Dust against the ar , h , .
or • r !nautili Arty: n shert tine. thi
lived together, and blie
turnsal to her fathenpa housn but hi.
rolused her, saying. “Pust thou art sold
unto Dust thou shalt return '
—A. wealthy merchant who Lad Iwo d,
a bankrupt was mot, same Linos after le,
in t u f lend, who asked how
he w" going . .en. "Pretty well," ,aid
be : "1 winsAriuy lug? again • ' "Iloii
already 7"- "Y(,, rhe% 1.1.1•11
to pare tvith my carriage and horses, mild
now nuts,,t walk "
—A curious trial lieeurrixl reerintly at
°diem, in Russia. The wire Of a justice
of the rare had greatly insulted coach
man, who surntnoned her before her own
husband in. his official capricitY•
Justice of the peace issued a warrant ler
his wire. investigated the • afrair, and
fled her Oft' roubles.
—Lot every young man swing hi, tot
in honor of 141814 Rorie, daughter of the
ex-Sparomry of the Navy, who lately
r4tso a young Baltimurer iron ,
crowning ht Cape May : The voting
130ffirmisiktin had guns beyond liTn &Fah,
and was sink*, when bliss Boric, being
an exrt swimmer, struck out for Win,
iteixed pe by the scalp, and towed him
ashorei •
—Rarity Itlaing.—A gentleman from
Nnviu.la t .tieing asked by an old lady In
TWALtipri ,to the walthro of a favorite
kcal raw of a nephew who had gone
bin b tliat4Ritc, informed her that the
yliginft •grisin. had died from "early ri-
Ong, '
.This puzzled the old lady very
much until, by dint of Inquiry , Alio
lenrnat " ea rly rising" is the 'Neva
da tert'fi for hanging.
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