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CATALEPTIC PHENOMENA
Susan Godley, the Tennessee "Sleep
ing Beauty" in St. Lows---A Com
mittee of Physicians to Investigate
her Case,"
the t..g Ltr ttrrhly 'm.4.1111.101 the
St 111.1.1 ui
hhil N.. limlding, S.O
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1)1..1 T. 1:.1%%ar , 14. l'nion Tits,
14,4 et .1...1 141 !curate uwiie
of 11, the
the tt iii ttt l unit n :t,
1111 '4.1.1 \. 11F %1 11,
who 1•11, the
bell tit idthat-t• 111 .011 ll,t
ilaVe nrter he:ir I tit! , toxii.t ,, rditiar
,•1 h.r more than lAenty
year. totz./h. , 1 the tfn,,t etilmeta
cult, (..”111IrS find 1:11rOpY. %‘e
de.cr.l... the ,S 4011•111 anal her 0.1,h-
ti 1.14 e%, will
she I,t ..r, , s ,o 1 11
wur h.,r n In 411.... t.
Just a. r im— f
SIX
'ler 1.11,104 %%ere eciremelv ponr
and 11,t‘.1 in a Kovtll log huure Oltit.lll,l
tog mil ‘•
(.1 a. , r the virl
itts,,l4 1 .•;11thy, at. I .oq•niv.l m nu
irimv ri•,11311S:11.1e kt that age,
VYI ^hi'
AI I%ll'll I f VI• It
I)th auettileil Lc tin ckitenenvi t tl
phi-tut t n,, title) -1)11111.1,1•1•1,4,1 Illy el,
ea/.r ' I he :Zirl Pul,k lieu A 41Amillt•r
whit Ii 1,11 , 1 /1111 111111.1/MII% leillt!
and In,illt nw,ikrweak. halt will T.
lhr -nritrt - e ul tilt . 111111 , 1% a n d
Clllli- 1,1,00 , 1 11 , 5.11,e hilt it It,
Iflllielle -, alt VII elle again %eta to "deep
Frei, I;et, until the pre-red
t :tnil three 111"11L11., she leas
net , • lit et, awake tlittrelli:l,ll eight min
nlee .Iliter
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a et
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at Lk,.VII/. 1
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till n•_
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1111:1• 1:W14'1-11111,11, th 1,1 unll i5%14 • 1 .
1 , ..1,11in twir 11 , ,t1r 4 I),irillg the
linu• r11•rl $
Alit I.ll+ NOT 11•1• P ill rO ititrvrtur,
and a rolTrOf hell 1:: ctt-t her titt.ttril.,
! ra t a'', titttarttt.ltetl
if itidt , .l -Ile Itreatll4 at all, 14 riot qui
ficivw t., otir the 11,411te-t dOWO 4114-
pett , .l agAlla • Iter t Hlliett
tbrc
When her remarkable conditior, Le.
MM. Ln,nvn. Ilil) SIC 1;1114 flocked from
the 1,,111•11 . 1r II) see her
Non. were :kble to Hattafdetordy lle•
Wll.ll -jrl the phenomenon, alLhomllt
mans theories were advanced, The
true never to this day been
deter although the woman Cul
altermitel v to sleep anti wane
with the tegolaTov nl clockwork. 'rise
ph),,,,5 , v, DPI Mica and (clover, are
now in attend:Liter npon her, and al•
thomgh the cornier hay 11.111.4 her eom
Bantle for .1 X il`en sears, he east still
form nu opinam regarding the eS,ii.e
She i+ rather under taedmin size,and
With the eXeeption that she is some
when Awake with nen
1/31111.1 in the head and reek, and
that one arm is slightly paralysed, as
far a,- she can enjoy anything, she
enjoys good health.
Her hawk tire extremely small and
delicate, being scarcely larger than
those or a doll out leans or age. Am
other remarkable denture nr die case is
that while her hair has grown to a
great length, her finger nails have riot
ttown any since she was first stricken.
TIER APPE tRA NCR
A.. before stated, vie is slightly nu
tier medium height and in of slender
but graceful figure. lier face in oval
tnd the head welLtorme , l. She has a
nags of iinrk auburn hair, well formed
forehead, dark hazel eyes fringed with
heavy Itinhen, well shaped none and
small mouth. Although her cornpley•
ion in clear and fine, yet Owing to mi
litant confinesuent to her bed her face
is eo white as to be almost ghastly.
Far from anything repugnant in , her
appearance, even when sleeeping, she
would donittlega he considered a very
hergirl by those unacquainted with
her condition, She retains what
knowledge she possessed at eight years
stage, but ham not been awake enough
since then to learn anything more. She
knows her relatives arid friend., and
converges with them in her cotiscionn
looments.
Before asleep it slight hie ..
cough or ellOklllg ,011,1 proceeds al
iiiirently front hur throat. She then
4 11 11(1;1 . , Itect;iiies insensible that she 18
..11114.111111.8 111111111 V to 6111811 it sentence.
or in en a word, while talking. \Viten
about to awake the same choking
stmt.! bi repeated from her throat a
!mintier or times at regular intervals.
When this is heard eleseiti times with
oui intermission her body 811Ill•-eS 111 It
spasmodic manner, anti she instantly
awakens. asleep or awake
her hands tremble continually.
Site is 1111elliled by her mother, now
an aged and reettle woman, her broth
er, her niece and two physician., and
is temporarily stopping at the house
of Davis, oh \Valtilit, between
Fifth anti Sixth streets.
Itr. Edward. stated Satitrilav night,
belore the Jirdical Society, that he had
known the lannly lor a number of
tear., and knew that there wit, no de
ception or humbug. Ile asked that
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Might be appointed twin the 11n•ei
I`lllll4 present to watch the subject, and
sttl.. that the case was just as he repre
sented it.
motion of l)r 11. Z. 1;111, the
l'rew,lent appoinied the following, gen•
tlemnn ns ihe emnnotiee
1011111.1 d, 1;111, .Julinston,
gar and Niel'ner , .."'
They vi.ited the girl at tr.. (1."1"rk
te , terlty morning, and sill remain
wuh her 11 , lona it 4 thi.V uI IV drelli II
itt•et•Asnr, Le 111.4 . 1 . il;1,
Their report, %vhieli it ill he handed
al the next t•lt ,
S.ttiirtlay night, will, no Jouht, be uu
Intel est I ite, one.
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Frolll 111. )
The 'committee called shoot ten
o clock a. in, (.41ertlay lit the home
mentioned, and coon utter their arm al
the girl lithhhe 111 ehlrh h "r
Ica nlnnllew l and (Iwo lell brick 0110
her e-tale of urvenNlhiluy anhl
The ihlliviathhhh round that her puke
heat 1-0 shunt 108 ,hr 109 per minute,
and her tetitrheraltire l%:19 from 93 1..
97 'wilt:nem were Tuttle its to her
diet, her emhverrhatihhrh and her pnvl hr
hwy. Atter making their olhwervationg
athhl taking it hint 1)10,1 the (:1,11111111 . 1 . 1 •
reiirehl mu-11 1113.10 at
in the afterthhewh. and :oh
,tither at teth ul the eVer ll,, '•T'ho ol '..
Vlag. F 4111 1 ,1 10 110 0111. V 11111•11 hull
been itariVeled in their e‘ihutlellee•
hhe telhort hhhh‘t
s i ihirhl•h% w ill. nn dmnlLl, hr intele-1111 , ,z,
l'lhe Ihh l lhh,rthig 1/lithie , lllo , acre weer
ta,,,,•.1 lie•htfir‘
tin+an I' 'i+ev, the mobjeet of the
Itelaiet , tttentt -wee %earn (4 al' - .
sta , 4.0ral +,ten nlllt ‘se-t
hill, Grit 1400 1,111101, Tertne- , ee, I.ere
Ler paretlte kept t ,W11:111 lane. Iler
Goode removed to Olio neootrtr.where
-i.e II Sliflg,llll, 111..:11111V lotle girl,
:11).1 -lie tteet ,soh them, Alter the.
she e,,11.1 111.C:1.11M:11k 1410(1.11 11l 11,1111
1.111111. till Icier, 1.111 Miti !partially re
lieteil lit the to.e, (II lll.lwne. I lit the
tut Atigtoo, ISI9, when clue tta,
ilearlt eight tear. , of age, lhr lell into
a toria , l, I enionited condi
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remained 11111'11111 the In4t
‘vse,.l litre sprint, V/1111 , 1111111 ,vrt
noigillar tool 1111p/1r 111111,1 1111/11e
1,11111.113, it 1111•11 gull, mill 151111 the ;11,11
r:tee iit t•loek nark Es ert imornirw,
pn•rwelt• al the tir•l unit tong ol
.he L found attake • etttie lit
ttaketillee.4s, loose, e r, 1111(...1 not ora i lh a
alt la.o tor none Ili In 11,111 G,iln 141
eizlit minute% Vert rarelk I I•o'll
1411 11111111i1 , . Vi,1111,1114111•V
drinks, and
.11:er has in awake I.ir [hi
Hine rowed. the patient 14 then 5 , ..711
with a 1.11.1 o 1 e.inn tilsnin, her head
11(1,5 II Irolll One the fIIII4IW In
Ole (01..1', 'II WII:11. I 1 ealled "a lateral
motion " •motions are IrerV lap
1.1 4111.1 appear entirely uncontrollable
She (Min li,rward her head 1111.1
It hurl ol liteemighing 14 heard in her
throat, and she finally NIII4I , IVM Ink?
her former torpid ottilition : her eyes
are elosed, her lips are brats vont
pressed, and no motion ex
rept a eiatirtant agitation of the handl,
w lu. h move about perpetually. Tl.,
prises In repe:tiell every time she
wakea, and also at Intervals when
Itslerp. A nem:: the curiol'ill tarts
mentioned, in connection with tints ease
Is that ol the numerical regularity of
the symptoms whirls precede the awak
ening
kik., 'Oil S Cr)
In a rew riiimiten after she In seized
with the convulsions and the Intend
motion as described, she has twelve
then adding One each lime tin
tit she lias sixteen, This takes
half an hour The order of number
are then reversed After having had
convulsion, followed by sixteen hie
cups, the number in gradually lessened
until eleven in reached and then she
awaken. From six to twelve in the
morning die waken once in every hour
In the afternoon, however, she meets
until three o'clock and then at nun
down Dining the Ingle she awaken
at nine and eleven o'clock. The next
time in three in the morning.
It will thins he Heel/ that thin lady,
who in the a.!loject of some nervous de
rangement, in going through a Henen
of convulsions, in the midst of which
she waken at regular hours, tind after
a peculiar bound ban been einitrE.r
Whea'anleep Ole in alike inseneitile to
the elfecta of Viotti sound and pain.
I)neing the last flee °rill: yearn lime
Goilney had Wien subject to neuralgic
pains in the head and spine, and in al
most constant pain when awake to feel
it. Iler , mind in perfectly rational
while she is awake, and she readily
distinguishes her mother and the
friends who attend on her. Of course
she has had no opportunity of enlarg•
tug her ideas, and her mind is in al
most the same state with regard to
knowledge as vhen she was eight years
of age. She is unable to stand or walk,
but cart speak in a low tone of voice.
She s she is never sleepy, and never
liiingrv. Small portions of well cook
eil food ore doppli...l to lo .r Jolly, but
shy .t.' , lont Amy, at prelo r.•nrr :14, to
what she eats.
l
she drink s it and coffee sometime.,
and ‘ery tre qtly asks for water.
she Wreathes n a low and subdued
manner. Personally she has very
frank, intelligent teat nrel black hair,
small morilli, and dark complexion.
She line tor years been attended by Dr
'l/lover and 1)1.. lilies. This 18 the
lire( time she has been so far away
from home, haring been brought for
the loirpose of onikrgoing a medical
insp.
•ction. The patient hits been ex.
lammed by numeropm eminent ph V4l
mons, and her symptoms are consider
ed to he the result of an abnormal con
dition of the nervous system, utiparal
leled in the history of 1111411(nd ticiellt.p.
—St. Louis DemocrO.
The Toui ists at Gravelotte--Ordered
Home
The armed truce, which js the ac
costumed counteritat or peace In 1:11
rope, is eyer lull or shadows, and one
three it) hare darkened the
of the little SWIN4 11411
on the mountain stile, as the three
riend,Psat down to Irreahl'ast, ul Nutt'
of the straggling nun ray that loatr
a prism of the mist from the coney
urn.
'Ulric., my good fellow,' fif Ila (
Way, 'What lICO4 l u n•e you Oila 111. , rim
nig ? Yeti arc an glum- as a Scotch
nave new (lint volt Eng.holi arc
sfav frost, -1111 Hummer
rill -dim' iiiv dem
'mewl, I nnrvt give ;I l i
,1-01 11/ p/111 ChitllCall ;it GIASk ' i. I IIIC
11111 ordi•ied Imme
, II 11111 rt`l , lll , l the 1 . 11 . 11i'1l
'though olv lea,e itle.ence it
Hill yet hall expo-ea. Thei 51,1'111.11
tbreltielot trouble, It St . l . lllS,
lind I 111 , 1 qt he with tile elorit,.ster,
There , veined to be already it some
(hoc!, 01 r,weed 1110 studied coldness in
lie manner of the hitherto polite nu , '
genial towitc
'But you, [lnc,i' said Conway, 'you
are not in the ariny
'All tire soldiers; nnil I tun
of l'llkom in the first hiiii
of the I,:iihkelir. role, this tiiattcr
properly settled I shall kill no par
tridl!e. wills Tilt neu
•I rrrl only hulr that Ton will and
ire iir.ieticitig sit Frviirit
ik•idloi the
ono li tie gun t
'tt WWI . , or .hall rot' the r:sk of
It. late, awl that %soul,' be a rertotiti
Front 111$ SiMi 1 111,101 . there
11l be WI tighilll;r, hilt If there
l 111 r inn 1111 , 1 WI be 111 ill.
•.% 11111 - 4 I{ , ell leSenll4,' growl
ed the Frenchman, rising from bit ,
Iranllr t:llte,l I realda-t 'lt there
tr, '',l tt I shall tteerely regret. the
VIN irt Prance 111 I he, '4l rlin
I,lt‘e hrrn there hefore '
hII 'I II crew Of the I terattlll'lol4 , lll.
Anil 11111ilell , allt light,ltitt lie repited
ST ith,tot. rl-tag.
German swords ran keep the
Rhineland. e%rn it no Blucher 111111(.4
1111.1 , 1 114 '
The ,Prang to
.'wolo• —Von II 11111 t -htir ,leer
I.•!:oa., I t'en't littv.e It (tor! ul iill4
Ittitltt-tt NVe eltiotot !fleet at lira, t•
hot.', :Ind iWO 1111% nut ClOlll. it,
'Wilt !wither illy I.llrtridge.., lett the
ts:tr, it there in to he tote, elhtll te,l
le gill here, 'Alai". 111111114 1)0%1', Bill
it'iri 111,e g h ett !needs, and a 4 peel red
hier- tin well. NVltivit nl )nu, 11 the
prtetptier, , AVillti
nit! hr tt Itltolier lu hitii9'
•-• rough in his way %%am
' Twit , i ith his Iltige proportl.l,lll.l
\.llov whinkery, and he was Hell ,
als 1,111%1111,g at 1)14 uau 111110 . 11 W -0%
hilt lie hail truck t he right Owed, and
Iwolyn fellow toimeti4 extended their
haled , with ft marked cordiality that
hail -U1111010144 01.1111111 C nI It.
'1'4,11 III; p•I my dear lilend, pardon'
11:111 the wi llnn • rt /It
ravelot te. Remember me momt kind
It In v4,ur hirnily, mid e , 4 p e e hi ll,, h,
the f,u uluu, l our ht, , ter. Wur doer
li//1 1/I , t I retf•r
.lear Ile SenliA, I hope there
will Ire no tsar, stud if there IN, the ilay
ni.iy come when we (hull
meet ILL Grarclutte, atl good IrLeriilB an
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'Even the King and the Emperor
would promise 11". much as that,' hall
oliserv(il the Englishman
It it,' he added, 'it will he a fearful
pi, In linse 111011 7tH you cutting
CAI h WIWI' s II rOlliM 10 keep the 1111,11 i
111 . 11 s Iron making it bail Spaniard out
iit a very good dutchman. I hope they
won't ijrag 114 islanders into the mess
The breakfast was 1101 very eold,and
the three timv forced themselves to ti;)
it Justice; but when that duty was
done there wail nothing lor it but a few
hasty hul Sery good humored and wan
ly farewells,
And so they parted.
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It was late in the afternoon of the
great battle, and the shattered colornrim
of the Freneh had slowly retired from
a shot-torn slope whereon the heaps
of mangled forms testified to their ()an
obstinate montage and the destroying
power of the needle gnus.
A cloud of Prussian cavalry was hov
ering in the valley below as if meditat
ing pursuit, and the leaden rain drops
of war were still falling everywhere;
but all that dui not seem to disconcert
the movetnents•of a tall figure in citi
zen's dress that moved slowly on front
man to man amond the dead and dy
ing.
The white cross on his breast indi
cated that lie belonged to the volun
teer sanitary corps—the most Chris
tian of modern inventions—and lie dis
played some skill in the rapid atten
tions which lie gave to one and another
of the 4LuilTerers.
`lf I don't mean to be hit,' growled
he, 'I must get away from this. Ifs,
that wasa close shot ! Hallo,hereconies
snipe Uhlans I Well, it won't do to run,
and I don't I blink they will disturb me.
Yuri. I saw him fall, and not far
from here. Ale. CA lily 1114 poor
mother! here he iv. Stmlo.?'
'Comvay, nry Irtend, you here?'
The question came in a tone of mi
me:mired amtonislonent,from the beard
ed lips of the leader of a 811)1111 column of
Prussian light cavalry,or Uhlans, who
had ridden rapidly up the slope.
'lllrie, is that you, my dear fellow ?
Ye..., lam here. Don't you tee my
white cross? We three have met at
t;rat eloite, but the count cannot wel
come you.'
'What ! De Senlis-7'
'lt mi., ten !ninnies since but now--'
and even the pelf contained Englisli•
eilithl only 1111.118 P and poirri to the
dill titiivvrtil corpse.
The blue eves of the German cloud
ed as he leaned forward in his saddle
to look at the while face of his dvlloty
tonrrnt.
(4raveloti-e 7' he mannered,
as it' speaking to himself.
'That village away yoniler,'. said
I'onw•ay. 'Don't you see that burning
hnnse ammo!, the t reps about halt tray?
That was Ile `enlie's eountry seat, I
%%:1!.4 there this morning with his moth
er.'
Brief WAS the Collierellee, fir, as a
Lucie-call ratite !waling lip the slope,
the captain the Pilaus shook his
head, waled his band in lare%%e'd, and
w heeled his horse to retre.tt. As he dill
be oitildenly reeled, tool then
straightened in his stirrups, al d while
(nn id his mrn spurred torw•nril to sap
part lii falling form, he turned his
In•nl, us ut with a dtmug etioli, nail
•
1 ' .lilll il, I 1111 , 1 11 n 1.. , -11g1 . /I" I 1i•
I 111 , 111 II 1 v it I wet him :II
1;$ P.1.!,5‘11:
( . 1,11113% ,l/4` , left .mulling, alone, hilt
11, him Io stn,
eml 111.^1111111 . 1,111111 , 1 the re
trcatiwz lIIICu nl the French.
\ I:vcr a Par:u triornitig
rip,: rt.:ll:wird, among it. other \%:II
1111 , 1 01 111-a...ier
the :Into+ Fratree, the 1 . ..H0t5:1,g Item
Englishman, who hail been One
of the ta , , ,, t (hiring and ti-ctrl awe , ' of
our lcruriun InvililerA, tinder the in't.
It 11.0 lit tern mg in the Niiliiiiteer 6alti
Wry was' n6ol by order of Gene
ral --- alter the battle. He wit,iaelit
ally tern, by hetrral ~11iver4on rimittlit•
nu•nurui with the enemy on the battle
fie l d Ih•ath to all sloes!
The three lours-bt are trill at Grave
hdte.
Hasty Words
Englodi 11l the Lou
don Christian 11 . 01/41 The c‘il that
1.4 in the oorld, Ihal noshes down our
ilevii.latingliorne.,ruitiing hap
pie-s, arid lay tiyr. tta-le the pletvotiit
I laces 11714 many toulititin-i. Sin does
it, deadly nork Tii many way., aml ror
rot% I,IIICY 11,111 it ‘nriet% of sllllrce4.
.\nd lirp•t‘ ,ttoril4 hate certainly 11104).
In answer 14. r aniong the rest. NVe are
apt to think that a word or tno
not matter, that we need toot trouble
oiir.el,e , l It) Le Titer particular as II)
011:1t. we .oy_ But thut is only one of
oar 1111111 V 111141/IkV4 Words live.
There 1,4 so much vitality in them
that the\ take root ei.eti upon tery urn
like .11a.ly %%or& are almost
-Tire 1,1 hate little Rt.!~ and less
he.. 1111111M] Thee are not the MI
,
.ping o 1 and quiet spirits, but
pa , -ionate tempers, 'All men
are liar.'
Who hut a Mall In a pas
sion would lute said that? The 11NNer
.erh11n 1.11 weeping and that
David had not prefaced a by his
said in my haste,' we
nut have understood it. Per
the reason why such words are
that the speaker feels 11110
fill aggrieved. We °lien do in this
lily ol ours • we cannot have all we
wish in nl ion- brothers and sisters,and
s., we allow our.elt en to grow fretful
and angrN We are unrea.onalile
enough to suppose that all thrinzs
should he our., and when we find only
a sew things coining to our ...hare, then
we hecione 411,40114.'11NA and peCVIAI,
and speak lity.ty word. Then we 14119
ery hard things to each other, and
wont sintallv may, Hi our hearts if not
with our tongues, hard things of our
wise and litho} hither.
Seeing that hasty words arc HO tin
kind, unjust and untrue, how can we
prevent ourtiekes from uttiering thew,
and HO escape the need of alter-repent' ,
'ince, which is their consegiience'."lle
that liehes ell] shall not wake haste.'
Is riot the Ferret or our impatience to
he 1011114 111 our lack of faith in God?
II air hearts were stayed upon loin, if
we were like children resisting in our
fathers arms, would every little thing
that. ()centred around WI have such
power ot er ? If we knew, 40 as to
realize the fact, that nothing happens
to us VW kola hel permission, that what
•.eenis as provoking to hose that are
about us would not be allowed to
trouble us unless he willed 11 NO, If
we saw that words, trials, ineonven
iences, and even unkindness only come
to us according to his pleasure, surely
then we should cease to lie hasty !
AN UNDicitrAKINII —A man once
doubting the joys Of mingle ble.sedness,
iiodortook to prove the contrary by ex
perience. ()wing to n utelnncholy, riot
to hay ;:rateftilly acknowledged illness,
his wife was brought bi her death-bed.
Unfortunately for hor husband's aspi
rations for freedom, her death occurred
in winter, and her husband, wishinc: to
offer every respect to her who could no
linger be but the semblance of herself,
Ordered the pall-bearers to escort the,
body on their shoulders. Owing to an
extremely slippery pavement they slip•
ped while turning a sharp corner.
bringing the remains to the ground
with such violence that resuscitation fol
lowed
Time wore on, and the husband be
came again a living monument of pa
tience. At last the wife actually died,
and her dutiful spouse being obliged to
ignore his private suspicion by her near
relatives, was obliged to give the same
respectful orders as before This time,
however, ho himself formed one of the
corps de grdr, and though 811rnmer was
the season lie could not restrain his feel
',iv, but as he renehed that fatal corner,
whispered :
• 1.: , 14 , 11 MI iv/ iter,lPoyi E-A - 4 4 Y
NUNS'
A Strange Visitor
Tha I)Dctor took Ills grape juice alid
began :
"In 1848, I had Item' in lm , inesa rl
year or so, nail wan beginning to luck
lip stray cis-e. On night in the small
hours the night-bll rang faintly over
my head I wanted wok in those day.;
and it , clamor wa, not liiiitevo altogeth
' i.r horrible iis it became in aftei-)var , ;
so I jumped up, and putting on my
, wrapper, opened the window and celled
aloud to know who wanted rue. Hear
ing tro answer, Bad the night }wing ut
terly dal k, I n liprd WI Illy ehotilleg and
went down to the door. 'l'o my surprise
there xviii no one visible, and the street
WWI blind; and silent Ann, you at the
impatience of In vi•-itor, I went , ilently
hack to bed. The next night, at the
cone limir of two Wel., It, the bell rang
again, and, as before, faintly, tike the
ring of a child The next night wax
C 1.1 1 ,11094 and t h e 1110011 iirilhnnl , but no
o n o was o n the ~r near them. In
.tantly l ‘ x , a, posse.sed with I 1 strange
impre••ion tor,"or as I (loved the a, in
dow and stood 1114111411tr11l be
fore going hack to lied. I had -earcely
fallen asleep when the tall rung uurm
more. fin 111.1.11411111 I
dr,,,,51 in.
stantly and went down to the door
therm, wan no one in's.iglit Still
in doubt; I Weill, out and lot ittorril ni
vein the dark sine 4.1 the.treet and near
er shadow,- Volt limy laugh, colonel,
lint the thing was It .}•w0111
Wert night 1 P , olVell to •11 u 1 mint I'llllll
111 0 111•Illt bor. 0%'1.11114 111 volt . it. re
lore, ts ith u good -to I. I lett the -tieet
aidoel,ed, a• to I e es-v opened,
L ., ..11111 tli l. ll lit ~1 , 4 1,1;, 11114 ‘1 , t11 , •11 lIIN
111 n ' ~t iler. PIIII
01 0 1 1 , 1 k k t ‘‘., thedoot bell snag
.so I ,e got NIIII at 111 , II 11011.
I•4I ni my Wroli Oil the top
Ririe 112:11re .1 a i hod nl out nine
1.111, us 1 judged, Itarefoot.d,
nl
th,nmgh thi• mght loot
11 thing like the torn half of a
tagged coverlet
q:i , 1111. ui Out a the 0,141, 9 I -aid, 'and
tell 'Ho %%hat
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light I ,11 %1,111,1,4 endw,•xn.,tltt
tl.•
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tsitigloi lour, 1111.1 white 111,,
wh^h
, Nfainwv
k, •ir
. 1 put nr lily overomt uui wrnl Lit
will, hvr, `nL
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I, llt. In thi , drn , • ' 1 . 4. r 110. thing
~..m "1 I, in ,•11nrt %lute, l„4ltu,ul
uud
wiih.ifit n g..tt
'Sir triad , tin • in, reply, e‘eept to r.
pent, Corn , ' thit, wo went
" 11 hat our e•ald I
"
..Nron't you
Wen• loci here hit night ' I Hll , l
MI a •Ild lei
"'\\h.
"'li'n't kmrw
\VIII,' did yuli run iiwAy
" •I)on't kooky '
the little finked fret trot
ted on ill lfit ino
drily linrinn•nl •Ireet, dived
10,art Ilere •h.• op.
Hind I 1.,11.,...n1 hr rup •nlinir - • \Vi
elnrinonl Om , nnt• , rin•nn ..11% 111 0 nll,lll—/1 , 11
me . stain .1— 1111'•int• suddenly mtopped
IWrlal . 11 Inc 010alit , , whir II •Ill•
eliellOd In Inrn , •oo that ur n 'nt r
int.. it el , le garret
deadly loot I "nw by n lln koring
tallow en collo a tired , — ban, floor
%. rY •Igni nnl nln•nninn•nnt
inninnn•ry
t t x•n'
()t1 n -trasv il(1.••• W.'
11111 11111 , 11,1 and linv:•4“rd, livr burl•
Ire, wise Ow 11.1 , 1 11111WII the 'runty
Mg up
_3lllll 3 t h,r 111,4,
Willa tun I )nn 7 ' I sand
nrnn•tnz hor with dllii, ally
" . .I , ;othtn4., I.niol ft Wi•lik 111111 . 0, tiu , k
and broknn 'I am star% nil—that
Then rohtpsup4 1111 , , a d,dirmn fr , .m
whin 11 tny wnr,l hurl 0n11.,1 hor fnr
111 , 1f11 0 11t, SLIP 61••/In to v,/tlld.r
' Ulnin tliti I turned to the r hilt! To
my burirrl,e, Will Gone, I.•ii 11 , 4 Inv
hull with the tly trig woman Kneel
utG hegiile her, 1 ealleil nloml to her
ear, when sho ngain grew partially. hen-
1.111. Child' I ••ind want
her to call some one itt the house,
to get a little help '
" Thild I' she said 'What
"'Sark' 11/11,1 I, recalling her name
"At this thin woman suddenly Sat II p,
pointed across the garret, and exclaim
ed, 'Skov I She's over yontl..r--been
dend these three das3 his Starved too,
guess ' and so say ing she fell back,
groaned, struggled an instant, and won
111`11(1
"Shocked at the horror of tint scene,l
slowly got up from roy and tak
rig the lading candle, walked over to
the far corner, where a Vl,lll'll-10 110/ii,
Illy on 11111 floor COVI`I,I.II Weill 11 torn
enunterpatie 1 raised tho r Orner, and
bending saw I.ll'll, 1110 111'1111 5503 11 41011,1
child, and that its filen W/1,4 that of the
little wanderer who had Summoned roil
a few minutes hofore As I looked the
candle sputtered and went out, and the
cold, pitiless moonlight fell through
thin broken panne upon t tin floor I got
out and went home That's toy story,
colonel." -rprpui-tt.,
The New York Nua's Indiana di
vorce correspondent write+ • 'A pitiable
case is that of a (mod little wile in the
Western Itti+eve „Jvhose hus
band would lock her up alone in their
house in the country, at night, and
leave her till midnight or daybreak.
Between the fright and cruelty she be
came deranged, and her husband jour
neyed to Indiana for a divorce. Ire
obtained it, of course; and now the
poor victim ie housed in a log pen
apart from her father's dwelling, and
the livelong night cowers In the corn
er in abject fear, makes the night hid
eous with the cry, 'Dont leave me !
Come back
In one of the district schools, the
master wee examining a clams in or
thogrn ph Y.
"Spell and define floweret," said he.
w-e-r e t, floweret, a little flow-
"Wavelet."
"W a-v e-l-e I, wavelet,a little wave."
"Bullet."
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, All Sorts of Paragraphs
AN ill-bred Inan--a sick baker.
A ORATE altair—tho la.t ditch.
A TAIL wags—it cart tAI
BEASTS Of the 111'1d—drunken reap.'
1 t.on I INO capital—Rich pc,,pl.h
bathing
I'LLADINOI at the bar—Begging rnt
drink
c A it erogs-eximiintition be ngm
ruotired one?
THE round of domestic life—A M
'Dirt
‘V II AT is hums without a piano V,
(ilot
A noCvrc nniv gn it bilnli but ii
vor
SroNTA KYo t m critrrtmstion
p tit 1111 111,1111
\V II r part .peecli 1s ki9sing
c•onjun, (11,11
IT i, hard to rcroember the poor
Nu stomach. •
fvuttirca in Congresillin
111
Ii• is Miter to carve p.m. num,• ,
imiirt4 (loin Tinirl,l44,
, yl itoLowc . :tl: ity —llorid
going to dim,
A mAN twiy litn jugly by
hal he blitmeN m ”thcig.
only per.oiN who null •n
hod 6i•nith aro thy•
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Hitt
.\liven IL WWI 11. "lonlpnlole hit
Is there any good res•kon wby it
t% h., ii.•%,•r pat h.,.4-11 . 11kIT •i,
11.4 be 11 fr01..11.,14er I
A BA I Ull KA UKU 1111111 WILY Id ,%
peCt to find a frio•wl and aympatiii,
niatitifactur,r .if wig..
Tiff': proverb that •toll n 1,1•-i, •
•••Wl•et, is enfmeod by the Get that
140111• Nilly coma from lasses.
YIIIyr W 111•111•11 ••ft,rl keep their I ,
tears '• ' NA) t nllll,
1 . 11,11 beef, II preser‘.4l by bro..
A' 4 -old toper being r..queded rod. Is
hard drinking., said 'lt WWI hittlll4 tJI
rot k and sliming r old water '
Thu contemplated new transit
East River is Irk,' a Hibernian ett .
marriage lt iA it proposal to had:;'
IT Is likely that a set of rnine-e
deners would be aide to mind at
•lonti tone, both their l'etts and th
Queues •fr
GILA \ r Pays he don't care nnyth
about the party of the future —nil
t.nrs I r Is the party of the pre,ont
him)
'I'M farmers —Thy only common'''.
lion; )ott aced bo afraid of "runtittn,
thc ground"- the plough Ittittry.
NI It Iticbmond's lath) boy in 1;',1
tried to „'Milt a vat, but brought dour
young •n 'ter Instead. Unfehnt. you
%Aril Cu spur KR is propo<ed
Secretary of the Navy. No one (o
excel huu uI "Sillieling thu noun La.,
li' is nearly its itrilareuble to get n,
ey out, of a nose us it would be Ir.
Intl helor to get lamb chops from a I
tering rain
IT DMri tho head of "Crimos 11114
%pi I te+, " a rural paper
that a rival editor has juit pubh-h,
OEM
IT was said of ono who rernernb ,
everything that he lent, but oath
that he borrowed, that lie has lent 1
his memory .„
miscalled Century plant is
to bloom whon it is thirty years of
Hence it should be called the thirty p
century plant.
v should a common soldier w
has born in the ranks a long tune
al raid to meet MI excise officer 1 Weal
he's a private still.
ONE of the religious papers has a e,
demolition of those popularity-seeki
preachers who gives a ' , hogshead
words tc every pint of sense."
JOSII BILLINGS says that" 0110 OV
hardest things fur any man to do, is
fall down on the ice whon it Is wet, a
then git lip and prate the Lord."
Tar, neat thing In dog robes thim ,
son is to have the family monogram
gilt upon the blanket. A dog with
a monogram blanket is of no aecomi
A I , I*KR 1111 tliore k not much differ.
between the follower. , l in.l opponent
1)r Jenner The WI , 1111' 11. OM/
and the others are raccute-balers.