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I BV MRS. C. K. NORTON.
Come, Patrick, clear up the storms on your
brow ; '
You were kind to me once, will you frown
on me now ? '
Shall the utorm settle Acre when from Heaven
it depart.,, .
And the cold from without find its way to
YS p'Vk' W"rely the wintriest weather
Is easily borne, while we bear it touetber.
Though the rain's dropping through from
roof to the floor,
And the wind whistles free where there once
was a door;
Can the rain, or the snow, or the storm wash
away
All the warm vows we made in love's early
day? .. . ,
No, Patrick, no, surely th dark stormy
weather
Is easily borne, so we bear it together.
When you stole out to woo me when labor
was done,
And the day that was closing to us seem'd
we care if the sunset was bright on the
nowern,
Or if we crept out amid darkness and
showers?
2o, Patrick, we talked, while we braved the
wild weather, .
Of all we could bear-if we bore it together.
Soon, soon, will these dark, days be gone by.
Aud our hearts be lit up with a beam from
tlie sky.
Oh! let notour spirits, embitter'd with pain,
lie dead to the sunshine that comes to us
then.
Heart in heart, hand lr band, ler us welcome
the weather.
And, sunshine or storm, we will bear it to
gether !
" NERO," THE NWF0UNDLAN0.
A group of young roughs stod laughing
and chatting at the side of a huge pile of
lumber near the Liverpool docks. Some
of them were amusing themselves by tying
an old tin kettle to the tail of a dog which
they intended to ch ase i tlie others were
looking on, and enjoying the Sport.
The dog was a mete pup; but after a
former experience, it did not seem inclined
to take it quietly, but was whining pitcous
ly, and vainly striving to escape from its
tormentors, who were beating aud kicking
it, to bring it to the ueccssary degree of
alarm and anger.
"Let that dog alone, will yon !" shouted
a voice sufficiently loud and resolute to
make theta desist and turn towards the
sjeaker, who fearlessly advanced, took
hold of and freed the dog from its encum
brance, and permitted it to scamper off
with a yelp of delight, ere tho astonished
roughs could fully realize what occurred.
"Is the dog yours?" said one of them,
squaring np to the intruder defiantly.
,"Xo ; but. it isn't yours, and I won't
have it bullied," was the firm but quiet
reply. Whereby tlte blusterer collapsed
and slunk back abashed. Cruelty to ani
mals and cowardice are closely allied, and
the whole gang were afraid of the young
fellow who had bearded them so fearlessly,
and whose broad shoulders, brawny arms
and eagle eye indicated at a glance that
his strength and courage were a match for
any half dozen of them.
So, standing still for a few minutes in
their very midst, to show that he was uo
afraid, the stranger quietly and uuosieuta
tiously walked away.
Caleb Murray, whose kind heart had
prompted him to rescue the unfortunate
t"g was & young engineer who knew from
experience what it was to struggle unaided
against adversity, and the value of a help
ing hand. . Naturally enthusiastic and of
an inquiring turn of mind, he had received
a good practical education, and with a
view to iKsfect himself in every depart
ment of his chosen profession, had Icarnl
carpentering and various allied handicraft.
Unfortunately, when he had barely accom
plished this, he lost both parents, and with
them his means of support. This, how
ever, only nerved him to exertion and be
lieving that America otTeted better induce
ments for an individual so circumstanced
than the old country, he had the pluck to
emigrate, to push his fortune in the new,
and was to sail that very evening.
The above narrated incident occurred
during a spare hour before embarkation,
while strolling about, keenly observant of
all that he saw and heard, and ever ready
to pick up any scrap of information from
the innumerable sources in the busy world
that then surronnded him. The most trivial
event may mould our future. The little
episode of th dog had au important bear
ing on that of Murray.
Next morning the Atlantic was well out
at sea. Murray, who was somewhat sea
sick, rose early and went on deck. As he
recliued on one of the sets, the whining of
a dog attracted his attention. Looking
down he saw to his sstouishment that it
was tlie cur which he bad rescued from the
roughs ; which, on being noticed, wagged
his tail, jumped up, laid his paws on
his preserver and looked foi.dly into
his face. The. unfortunate animal had
lost his master, and for weeks had existed
on charity. Murray's was the first kind
ness he had experienced duiinghis vagrant
I life. . JJcnt on attaching himself to his
deliverer, he had followed him on board,
' and secreted himself, lik a stowaway, till
there was no chance of his being put on
shore again. , ,,
lie was a long legared, uncouth cur,
somewhat out of form from privation and
the wandering life he had lately led. Bnt
Murray took a fancy to and adopted him.
He was of ah almost pure JScwfoundlnnd
breed, ud eio the end of the brief voyage,
EBEXSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1876.
cleanliness, kindness and a plentiful diet
had converted him Into a presentable dog,
very different from the half starved animal
which had smuggled himself on board.
He was soon a general favorite.
The pleasant voyage was nearly over.
All look forward to to morrow's landing in
New York, and little dreamt that a subtle
current had carried them northward, con
iderably out of their course, and well to
wards a very different haven.
Scarcely had the passengers retired for
the night, and the watch been set, when
the steamer gave a heavy bump, suddenly
stopped, and then keeled over to one side.
She had struck on a rock, and in a moment
was placed in a position of the most im
minent peril. The rock was a mere pin
nacle, but all the more dangerous on that
account; for it made a huge hole, through
which the water poured in torrents. She
drew less water forward than aft, and
thorefore glided over it till about amid
ships, where she stuck fast. There was
deep water all around, and a steep rocky
coast a quarter of a mile off. The night
was intensely dark. They were out in
their reckoning, and had lost their way.
It was well that she stuck fast, at least for
a time. Otherwise she might have sunk
in deep water, or run stern on to greater
danger. As it was, the passengers and
crew had time to dress quickly and get on
deck.
The heavy ground swell made their posi
tion more hazardous every moment. The
long vessel alternately rose and fell at each
end like a see-saw, thus grinding a larger
opening, and increasing the likelihood of
her parting amidships; a catastrophe from
which few could hope to be saved. The
unusual motion resulting from the peculiar
situation made it difficult to hold a footing
on deck. There was great coufusioii and
terror. The captain kept his head clear,
but it was impossible to restrain or calm
the half frantic passengers, even if there
had been time and opportunity.
The constant rolling and pitching soon
told on the vessel's strength. Ere a quar
ter of an hour Itad elapsed, and before the
boats could be got out, she-broko her
back, the tjro halves bow and steru im
mediately slid off the rock and sank in deep
water. The majority of the shrieking pas
sengers several hundred in number thus
suddenly thrown i.ito the water, struggled
for a time in the darkness and gloom, till,
becoming exhausted and lie numbed, they
succumbed to the inevitable and sunk.
Murray, like most on b ard, had been
taken aback by tho suddenness ef the final
catastrophe which carried the steamer from
under them. But. he was brave and self
possessed in time of danger, and could swim
a little. Vo rtunately he soon came across
a hen-coop, which buoyed him up. He
had scarcely seized it when he heard a
faint cry for help, and in the darkness
discerned a white figure striving to reach
the support to which he was now clinging.
Beaching out his hand, he helped a young
girl to temporary safety, and the assistance
which the coop afforded. Like himself,
she could swim a little, but her dress clung
about her and clogged her movements, and
but for his timely aid she would soon have
sunk like her mother and the majority of
her fellow-passengers.
The coop, however, was too small to sup
port both, so that Murray had again to
resort to swimming. But he could not
desert his young companion in her sad and
lcrilous emergency, and therefore tried to
tow the raft toward the shore.
It proved fortunate for. both that they
had thus met amid the waste of waters in
which they were individually struggling
for dear life. As they progressed, presum
edly landward, Murray tried to cheer the
flagging spirits of his fellow-castaway.
The distant barkiug of a dog attracted
their attention. Murray recognized it in
a moment. All had now become silent at
the scene of the wreck ; and for all they
knew, they were the only survivors. Nero,
however, had escaped uninjured as the
steamer went down, and was at home in
tile occanr where h;s water-dog instincts
had full play. His quick ear had heard
them talking, and, eager for companion
ship, he barked and swam towards them.
"Nero ! Nero 1" shouted Murray. To
which the dog replied by a joyous yelp,
and ere long was alongside the swimmers.
To him they owed their subsequent safe
ty. In the darkness they had been drift
ing and swimming seaward. Nero's sub
tle scent and sagacity at once detected
this, and showed it by barking and swim
ming in an opposite direction, occasionally
looking round to invite, them to follow,
which they at onco did.
They had not proceeded far when a dark
object loomed before them. This proved
to be. a rock, on which they found a safe
temporary resting place till daybreak, Nero
helping to select an easy landing for them
on its steep sides. But for bis aid, both
would inevitably have been carried out to
sea, and drowned.
At length day dawned, and help came, to
rescue them from their still jcrilous posi
tion. - It was fortunate for them that they
had landed on this rock. On the inacces
sible and surf-beaten coast close by, they
would have been dashed to pieces. A few
others, chiefly swimmers, were saved in au
equally miraculous manner. ,
I Rosa Blake's relatives arrived shortly
' afterward, and carried the motherless and
' alUictcd girl off to her home in New York.
After traveling with her parents in Europe,
ibey had taken passage for America, Only
an hour before sailing, a business telegram
had made it imperative that her father
should remain a few days longer in Eng
land. His wife and daughter, therefore,
proceeded, leaving htm to follow by next
steamer. The detention doubtless aaved
his life.
Murray, who likewise proceeded to New
York, was not forgotten by Rosa or her
grateful father. To htm they owed her
life. Singularly enough, Blake bad wit
nessed Murray's little episode with the
Liverpool roughs, and immediately recog
nized him on introduction. That alone
bad favorably impressed him toward the
young mechanic. His courage and kind
ness toward bis daughter bad sinee won
his esteem. And not only was Murray a
frequent and welcome visitor at the house,
but be was helped to obtain a sure footing
in a leading firm, where his talent and en
ergy soon made him valued, and ultimately
raised him to the enviable position of junior
partner.
While thus prospering in a business
point of view, his private worth and virtues
were fast making way to establish his social
happiness. As ' Rosa developed into
womanhood, her youthful partiality for
her deliverer gradually ripened into love ;
so that when Murray asked her band, he
found that her heart had long been his.
They married, and have since prospered.
Rosa's fortune furnished capital for her
husband's projects, which, shrewdly plan
ned, and skilfully executed, have brought
both wealth and fame.
His office is a favorite resort for tho
most intelligent and upright business men
of the city ; while his home is one of the
brightest and happiest to be found any
where. And in the latter, Nero is of
course, a great favorite. The gratitude of
the dumb animal was not excelled even by
that of the master. Neither of them found
his kindness unrewarded.
RAILED TO DEATIT.
On the 3d of February, 1SCG, several girls
were murdered in a mysterious way at I'faf
fenberg, near Kaiserslantern, in Rhenish
Bavaria. Among them was a Miss Juliet
Shcffer, the daughter of a wealthy miller,
who was found to have been strait geld to
death during her father's absence from his
house. The police made efforts for the
discovery of the guilty parties, but not the
slightest, clue was obtained. The affair
was almost forgotten, when a thrilling in
cident at the Kaiserslantern opera heuse
not only brought it again into vivid light,
but also led to the discovery of the mur
derer of a number of young creatures.
On that occasion Donizetti's "Daughter
of the Regiment" was played. During the
second act a loud cry resounded. Theu a
man arose and, pointing to a well dressed
gentleman in a proscenium box, he shouted:
"Polict ! arrest that man I" A great up
roar ensued. Three or four police asked
the shouting man what he meant. Point
ing again to the mentioned man, he said :
"Arrest that man ! He is the murderer of
18G6 !" This added to the excitement.
The gentleman in the proscenium box,
upou hearing what had occurred, turned
pale, and said that the man who called him
a murderer must be insane. But the ac
cuser, who gave his name as Valentine
Ery, made the following startling state
ment : Oa the evening of the 3d of Feb
ruary, ISCO, abont dusk, I escaped from
the house of correction in this city. Being
afraid of falling in with the gens d'armes,
I climbed into one cf the linden trees in
front of the sawmill at Ffaffenberg. 1
could look into the attic window, which
was lighted. I saw in it a young woman
who was lying asleep in bed ; a few minntes
later this man entered on tip toe, and he
seized the woman's head and with a ham
mer he deliberately drovo a nail into her
head. She writhed a moment and then
expired, lie covered the spot where he
drove the nail iu with her dense hair and
then left. I was so horror stricken that I
was una bio to niovo or speak for' several
minutes. I tied, an hour afterward, and
crossed the Alsatian frontier. I do posi
tively identify the man as the murderer of
the young woman. I did not tell this be
fore, because, being an cx-couvict, I was
afraid that it might not he credited."
Tbe accused gentleman had listened to
this horrible charge with visiblo agitation.
He gave his name as Bcitliold Humbert,
and said he had left IZaiserslautern in lSO,
having been a school master there, and had
gone to New York, wbere he had been a
music teacher. He denied the charge, but
his conduct was so suspicious that he was
detained in custody. On the following
morning the remains of the unfortunate
woman, the miller's daughter, were ex
humed, and in her skull the fatal nail was
fonnd. Tho sight of. the skull with the
nail in it caused Berthold Humbert to con
fess be had murdered her, as well as four
other young girls, on the same day at
Pfaffenherg. He refused to say what his
motive bad been. '
TELEORAPiTERsare guilty of sad blunders
sometimes. The Prince of Wales tele
graphed from India for "Five Milner's"
Mtlner lieing a great safe manufacturer
"three with drawers, two without." The
message reached London : "Five milliners
here with drawers, two without," ,
' The Automatic OfirjH't Sicecpcr. I
James E. Calliper, is a Sixth street man
and a machinist of considerable inventive !
talent, which has recently developed itself j
in a new Automatic Carpet Sweeper. The !
idea is an excellent one. All the woman
of the house has to do is to wind it up, set
it on the carpet and move a spring, when
away it goes across the room, taking up
every particle of dust, old paper and lint,
and depositing It in an internal receptacle.
As soon as it strikes the wail it hops just !
its own Jength sidewise, and goes back
ward over the next breadth, and it keeps
this np till the carpet is swept, and it stops
in the last corner, from which it is picked
np and emptied in the ash barrel.
Calliper has spent many pleasant hours
in showing his neat, practical idea to ad
miring neighbors. When he went away
to work 3-esterday morning, bo wound the
machine up and laid it away, but during
the forenoon some lady friends of Mrs.
Calli-er called in, and she thought she
would like to sbowtnem how nice the new
sweeper worked. She took it out, and
winding it up some more, as long, in fact as
she had strength, she sat it d nvn on the
parlor carpet, and touched the 'spring.
Away it scooted like a scared rabbit, and
struck the wall with a bump that knocked
down a good chunk of plaster, at the same
time hopping out into the middle of the
room, and making a dive for the feet of
one of the ladies, causing her to hop around
like an excited politician in a ward row.
It next tipped over the rocking chair and
grabbed up a mouthful of the surplus of
Mrs. C's wrapper. She shook it off with a
hasty scream, while the visitors mounted
chairs and held up skirts out of its clutches.
It made a short circle around the room,
and struck out into the hall, whete it
wound up the tail of the family cat and a
short, sharp and decisive conflict ensued,
wheiein tlie cat lost four inches of a valua
ble tail. ' Tho row brought the Spitz dog
on the scene, who attacked the machine
with great fury, but in five seconds he had
a bare stripe down the middle of his bnck,
which looked as though a hasty streak ft
lightning had passed that waj The
woman folks fled through the dining-room
into the kitchen, while the cat ncd lg
took refuge on the garret staiis. Tle
machine danced after the ladies as thouoh
it was af.'aid of being lonesome, gathering
up a pair of gum shoes, the stove-lifter and
iron-holder in its way.
Mrs. Calliper at this juncture had tin
presence of mind to open the kitchen-donr
and rlee for her life. The idiotic contriv
ance at once sought the open air. and nftei
cavorting around on the back porch for a
few minutes it tumbled down into the back
yard, where it amused itself by racing up
and down after the terrified chickens and
shaving the grass off as clear as a skul!
that had been operated on by an cxj.cit
Comanche.
When Calliper came home in the evening
he found his house cold and deserted,
while the machine was engaged in a des
perate attempt to take up the back-yard
pavement. lie took a ten pound sledge
and soothed the exuberance of its spirit,
buthe was unable to persuade Mrs. Calliper
home agaitt, until he t')ok a basketful of
the fragments to the neighbor's house
whither she had fled, aud showed her that
they were harmless.
TnE Wife's Solicitude. Tuesday a
young and handsomely att ircd woman, w it h
an air of - deep solicitude upon her counte
nance, called at the oiTice of a prominent
practioner, and, with a choking gnsp. said :
"O, Doctor, lam Mrs. S. My husband has
been here to connilt you about (here she
laughed hysterically), aliout his h-heart."
"Pray, calm yourself," replied the man cf
medicine; "he has." "O, Doctor," sin
said, pleadingly, v.ith her beautiful eyes
filled with tears: "you will tell me the
truth yon will not hide nothing from me
I am his wife I will be very brave but
you must teil me all, nil." "Then," my
dear Mrs. S.," Said the physician kindly,
"prepare to learn the worst. Your hus
band cannot survive six months ; he n.ay
climb tho golden wtairere the spring time
comes, gentle Mrs. S., and the llvvvcis
blossom in the vale." "Kerect," replied
tho woman in a voice that betrayed her
deep emotion ; "that's what an old rooster
told mo that I paid to take souridiiijrs of
his lungs before I accepted him. Well, I
hope he'll peg out quick, or elel.oM over
to next fall, for black is awfully stuffy t
wear in summer." and winking guilefully
at the good physician, she swept from the
room. .
'TnE custom of appointing young lawyers
to defend pauper crim'un's ' received a
backset the other day. The judge had ap
pointed two young lawyers lo defend au
old and experienced horse thief. After
inspecting his counsel for some time in
silence, the prisoner ro;e in his p'a e and
addressed the bench : "Air them to defend
me?" "Yes. sir," sai.I his Honor. "Both
of them?" inquired the prisoner. "Yes,
both of them." replied the judge. "Then
I plead guilty," said the poor fellow, taking
his seat and sighing heavily.
He was a new boarder. As he h lped
himself for tho-fourth time to the steak,
the landlady timidly sueges'ed : "You are
fond of Meak?" "I can't; say that I am
Farticularly fond of it," he muttered, "but
eat it if it is ou the table."
NUMBER m.
IilI,Li:i iT TJIU ILs'TAJi.
On April 3d, 18G1, the Federal troops,
stationed at Charleston harbor, from time
to time threw a shell into the city, but no
body seemed to be disturbed.
Miss Anna Pickens, the daughter of a
fotmcr Governor of South Caroliua, would
not leave the city. Despite the representa
tion iff Gen. Beauregard, t,he remained,
biaving shells and Jr e'e fire, tending the
wounded and cheeiing all vitli her pres
ence. Among the wounded officers under
her caie was a Mr. Andrew de Rochclle, a
descendant of one of tho noblest Huguenots
of the city. The young man was full ,.f
the liveliest gratitude for his nurse : p-rafi-
tude gave birth to a more tender senti
ment ; his suit was listened to ; Governor
Pickens gave his consent, and the marriage
was fixed Tor the 23d r April. Lieut, de
Rochello was on duty at Foit Snmnter in
the morning, and it was determined that
tne ceremony should take nlace at the ie.,.
dence of General Bonham, at 8 o'clock.
At the moment wheti the Episcopal clergy
man was asking the bride if she was read v,
a shell fell upon the roof of tLo building,
penetrated to the room where the company
was assembled, burst, and wounded nit e
persoas, among them Miss Anua Pickens.
The scene that followed cannot be describ
ed. Order beinr at last. -.ncint.iM.i
- - -- . n .'I t.ll I V 11,
the wounded were removed, with the ex
ception of the bride, who lay motionless on
the csrpct. Her betrothed, lcanincr and
bending over her, was weeping bitterly, ami
trying to staunch the blood that flowed
fiom a terrible wound under the left breast.
A surgeon came and declared that Miss
Pickens could not live bu t two hours. We
will not paint the general despair. When
the wounded girl recovered hir conscious
ness she asked to know her fate, when
they hesitated to tell her. "Andrew," she
p,tid, ! bog you to tell me the truth : if I
must die, I can die worthy of you." Ti.a
young soldier's tears were his answer, an I
Miss Anna, summoning all her strength,
attempted to smile. Nothing could be
more heart lending than to see agony cf
this brave girl s!:-nj-i::,g i,, Hie embiuea
of deith ai d at'aiust tnoitl ain, Gov.
Pickens, whose on rage i known, almost
without c :it!,Ho!t,no.s, and Mrs. Pickens,
hv.ked upon her oVl ? with thedty haggard
vc of one hnu icto-on totters.
Lieut. le Ri-ch-'de as !l.e fust to speak.
"Ant-. i," he cried. "I will .lie soon, too,
hut I w .11".,; have y.;i die my wife. There
is yet tinte lo uniie u."
The young gitl did not reply. She was
too weak. A slight flush io for an in
stant to her' pale cheek ; it cmild be seen
that joy and pain were struggling in her
spirit for the mastery. Lying on a sofa,
wilb her bridaldress all stained with blood,
her hair dishevel. J, t.he had never been
more beautiful. Helpless as she -s,
Lieut, de Roclielle took .her Hand and re
quested the Rev. Di. Diekei)on to proceed
wiih the ceremony. When it was time for
the dying girl to say yes, her lips pai ied sev
eral times, but she could no-, a:: iei late. ..t
last, the word was spoken and n slight, foini
rested upon her lips. The dying ajrony
was near. The minister sobbed n he pro
ceeded with the ceremony. A:i hour after
ward all was over an 1 the 'br dai chamber
was the chamber of death.
Fun With ttte Bakikp. An Augusta
correspondent of an Oneida ciniify rWer
tcl!sof the following new r.nd interesting
game peculiar to that loctlMy :
fjuit! a baby show of first borns or both
sexes, born within a few drys of eac.'i
other, and aged about three months, cam j
off in this part f the town a few flays ago,
on the occasion (.f a social part) of V $
yrar.tr married parents, whose names are
withheld on account of the extreme delie icy
of the scarcely initiated mothers. While
the men vee our, the ladies cot rn a l-Mla
f-ccne for the general merriment'. They
placed the wee ones as near together anj
in a circle as possiblr, their bodies horizon
tal, but the liny feet and limbs elevated mil
in a close cluster, then covered the faces
and clothing elVeciitallj from siVht. That
cluster of wondei fully s!ike baby extremi
ties at once began to kick and pyrate and
mix up In a beautifully grotesqne manner,
which brought forth screams iand peals of
f. minii e laughter. The fathers camo in
ai d wi -cinyited to select the-r own fn ni
what as in irw. One came forward and
looked until lie was sure, then seized a pair
in most active motion, and d'Tw from lite
pi!?, when, lo! hv had fastened upon ti.a
left tnei.iln;r eif a boy and the riht one .jT
a girl! II is success In ought down the house
nain, and the show crtdd.
A CnA.xr.T- of Tf.n Yfatis. She was at
a pr.ity. He had not jet arrived, but. bl-o
was momentarily expecting him. The hunt
of conversation throughout the room !t1
ii-5-ignil.ca1.ee for Ler. All ber faculties
were hen', on the front dt.or. Eveiy tune
it opened, at evey step in the hallwav. she
would Mart, vl.ile her face -would "flush,
find her eyes light up nith feverish ex
pectation. Then the color would go b.ac'c
from her cheeks, her eyes would dull, a.id
her heart sink, n hi n another than he came
into the room. Kint-Hy he arrived. -nd
took a seat bv Iter, and she leaned over his
shoulder and joyoas'y nun inured :
"My darling ! my darling !' she was
too happy to say aught inore.
Ten years later, and he again waits
It ia in her own house now. His step is
on the stoop. ,e opens the door. cJie
springs quickly to the ball.
"Clean your feet ! she screams
Ten years ago thc were not man led.
Now they are,
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