nao rm ————————————————————— Se SA THE ENEMIES, Mine enemy, who time and oft And trampied on my answer soft Tiil 1, too, smote with angry words, Is dead, and 1 am fairly quit God give him rest. Ouce well away, Seeing he loved me not a whit, No heart have I to bid him stay. And vet mathinks the God who framad Both him and me had made as such, That we wore scarcely to be blamed For loving not each other much, The littic good there was in me, It was not his, nor in his way; His good 1 haply might not see, Because he lacked ona dazzling ray. We liked not, and misliking lent Our virtues its own fatal sting. And many a shaft that anger sent Was feathered from a virtue's wing, To-day I saw his resting place— A grave that friendship’s flowers en- twine And wondered, with a troubled face, If any hands would cherish mine, The space about was kept, they said, For some who wished their bores to lay As near as might be to the dead Whom I in life had wished away. God give him rest! The single crime, Misuke of me, should hardly blot His tame with one who many » time Can sootlily say, “I like me not.” Perhaps we never fairly met That part in each God meant should live, And so incurred no lasting deb! And have but little to forgive, I OTRO SAVED BY STRATAGEM. Dinner was over at last, and Waiter Currie, English at the up-country station at Hutta- Buggin. in northern India, had gone out upon the verandah with his wife and his § guests—Col. Ayres and Major A trong of the —th Infantry. While da gudden clamor ot angry voices from the road below drew them all to the front of the yerandah, The cause of the distuabance was vis- ible at once. I'wo half-drunken Fog- Hash soldiers, swaggering along the road, had come into violent contact with =a pative boy who was running past, and one of them, enraged at the collision, had felled the poor lad to the ground, and was unclasping his own belt with the evident intention of beating unmercifally, “Served the young whelp right” ghonted the colonel, rubbing his hands; **that’s just what they all want.” The other officer, Major Armstrong popularly called Major Strongarm—was a huge, brawny, silent man, whose forte lay in acting rather than talking. To leap to the ground twelve feet below, to dart across the garden, to vault over the high stockade beyond, was the work of a moment for the athletic major; and in another instant he had raised (he fallen boy tenderly from the ground, while saying to the foremost soldier, in the low, compressed tone of # man who means what he says: “Be off with you!” “And who the deuce are you, shovin’ yer nose jin where you ain't wanted?” roared the infuriated ruffian, to whose ayes the Major's plain evening dress commissioner w ” you— the sound of that last msolent defiance, awhole squadron of Sikh ealvery, fell fike s sledge hammer upon his oppo- nént’s face, dashing him to the ground ae toouth of a gun, “Well done, Major,” shouted Currie from shove. name, and no mistake,” Mr, At the name heels; and Armstrong, without even looking st bis prostrate antagonist, pro- boy. The latter was sorely bruised in many places, and the blood was trick- ling freely over his swarthy face; but erect, and to keep down every sign of the pain which be was enduring, a soldier come day,” said the Major to nim. in Hindoostanee, *‘Come with me, and I'll see thai no one you again,” Mr. Curries hospitable house presents a very different spectacle. The pretty den is tramped into dust and mire, and the bodies of men and horses are lying thick among the fragments of the Lalf-destroyed stockade, The windows of the house sre blocked up, and through the loop-holed walls peer the muzzies of ready rifles showing how steady the besieged garrison stands at bay against the countless enemies whose dark, fierce faces and glistering weapons are visible amid the ball-ruined bmld- ings and matted thickets all around. The Sepoy mutiny is blazing sky high over northern India, and Col. Ayres is blockaded in Hutta-Bagh, with a oer- tainty of a hideous death for himself and man of the few who are still true to Mm, unless help comes speedily, Day was just breaking when two men held whispered counsels in one of the upper rooms. half rations the food will be out in four days more,” o then we'll just right at them and eut our jy thetugh or die for it!” fed the old eoiovel, with a grim harshness and injustice, Col. Ayres was “grit” to the backbone, “We musn’t say anything to them about ft, though, added he, with a side glance at Mr. ding in the further watcbi the was lying hid among the bushes yon- der,” answered the lad, | the colonsl, facing around, *‘Have I you really beea in the midst of these { cut-throat * vilinins, listening to what they said, Whatever did you do that | for?” I “1 did it for Sahnb Arvmstrong’s sake, i" | was good to me." “Bat if the troops are beyond the | river, how oan we communicate with | ened by the shouting, had risen and jolued the group, | near enough to hear the firing, and we | “Fear nothing for that mem-sahtb,” | (madam) said the Hindoo boy, quietly; | eried Mr, Carrie, thunderstruck by the spoke of a task from which the hardiest “Listen, Sanib,” answered Ismail, 1 deserting from you to them; and you kindly, and I'll tell them that you're all thirst, and that they need you, 80 that they won't care to make Then when they have no suspicion, and think I'm quite one of themselves, I'll steal away and slip “But are you quite sure the Bapoys believe you?” asked Major Armstrong doubtiully. “They'll believe this, anyhow,” re- plied the boy, deliberately making a deep gash in his bare shoulder, and staining his white frock with blood, as he glided from the room, followed by the Major. The plan was soon explained to the men below, and a moment later Is- mail’s dark figure was seen darting like marksmen at the loop-holes. The sound drew the attention of the SBepoys, several of whom ran forward to meet him, In another instant he was in the midst of them. “J can scarcely see for those bushes,’ said Col. Ayres; ‘‘but he seems to be showing them the wound on his shoul- der, and telling them it was our doing.” At that momeant an exultant yell from the enemy came pealing through the still air, “That's the story of our being short of water, for a guinea!” said the Major; “it was a very good idea of his, If it unly delays their attack two days lon ger there may be time for help to ar- rive yet,” Slowly and wearily the long hours of that fearful day wore on. The heat was so terrific that even the native soldiers of the garrison could barely hold their own against it, and the handful of Englishmen were almost helpless, Had the Bepoys attacked them then, all would have Deen over at one blow; but hour passed after hour, and there was no sign of an assault, At length, as afternoon gave place to evening, & movement began to show itself in the enemies lines, Their curls of smoke nsing above the trees, showed that the evening meal was in prepara- tion, and several figures, with pitchers in their hands, were seen going toward the river, amoung whom the colonels keen eyes soon detected Ismail, “By George!” cried the old soldier slapping his knee exultingly, “‘that iad's worth hus weight in gold! There's his way down to the river right open to the least chance of sus. picion! Why he’s a born general— nothing less,” Every eye within the wall was now turned anxiously upon the distant group, fearing to see at any moment some movement which would show that the trick was detected. How did Is. mail mean to accomplish his purpose? Would he plunge bodily into the river without any Jisguise or had he sowe further stratagem in preparation? No one could say. Suddenly, as Ismail plunge his light wooden Jipper into the water it shipped from v stream. A cry of dismay, a loud laugh from the Sepoys, and then the boy was seen running frantically along the bank ying in vain to clutch the vessel as it floated past. “What on earth is he up to?” grunted the colonel, completely mystified, “I see!” cried Major Armstrong trinmphantly; *‘there’s a boat yonder amoug the reeds, and hes making right for it, Well done, my brave boy!” But at that moment s yell of rage from the SBepoys told that the trick was discovered, Luckily those on the bank had left their pieces behind, or poor Ismail would soon have been d of; but the alarm instantly brought up a crowd of their armed comrades, whose bullets fell like hail around the boat and its gallant little boat, “Lot us fire a voliey and make a show of sallying out,” said the colonel; ‘it'll take their attention from him, But in this he was mistake, The first rattle of musketry did indeed recall most of Ismail’s assailants, but at least a dozan were left who kept up sn un- ceasing fire, striking the boat again and again, All at onoe the colonel dashed his glass to the floor with a hitfal oath, Between two gusts of smoke he had seen the boat turn suddenly over, and go whirling away down the dark river, keel upward, “There's an end of the poor lad,” muttered the veteran, brokenly. God bless him for a brave little feliow! And, now, old fellow, we must just die hard, for there's uo hope left,” The first fow hours of the night Jasied ‘quietly, sud the exhausted de- a rl ay out, slept as if with opium. But a little after veteran officers—the and crouching together in the dark- ness, the doomed men took what they fully belisved to be their last meal on earth, { ““Phey're coming,” said Major Arm- | strong, straining his eyes into the gloom : through a loop-hole, ‘I hear them | creeping forward, though I can’t yet { see them," i “What the dence was that?’ ex. | olsimed the colonel, suddenly. “It { looked like a fiery arrow flying past.” {| “It's worse than that,” sald the { Major, in a low voice. ‘The rascals are shooting lighted chips of bamboo { on the roof to set it on fire. Send the | women up with buckets to flood the | thatch--there's not a moment to losel” “I'll go and see to it myself,” cried Mrs, Currie, hastening out of the room, But the power of this new weapon { had already become fatally manifest. { The house was an old one, dry as tin- fast as the flames were quenched in one dey dawned, the fire had already got a firm hold on one corner of the build ing, and a orushing discharge was poured upon all who attempted to ex. of the human tigers below told that they felt shure of their prey. “It's all over with ns, old fellow,” | sald the colonel, grasping his old com rade’s hand; but at least, wo shall have | done our duty.” “Ciive me ope of your pistols,” whis- pered Mrs, Currie to her husband, in a voice that was not her own, “I must pot fall ito their hands alive,” At tbat moment Major Armstrong | was seen to start and bend forward, as if hsteming intently, for he thought ¥ faint sound of distant firing, other instant he heard it again, and this time there could no doubt, for several of the others had canght it likewise, and @ gleam of hope once more lighted up their haggard faces and blood-shot { eyes, Louder and nearer came the welcome sound, while the sudden terror and confusion visible among the enemy showed that they, too, were af no loss to guess its meaning, Then hgh above the din rose the well-known “Hurrah!” and through the smoke- clouds broke a charging line of glitter. | ing bayonets and ruddy English faces, sweeping away the cowardly murderers as the sun chases the morning might, | “That boy's worth his weight in | gold,” said Col. Ayres, as, a few hours later, he listened to Ismail's account of how he had dived under the boat snd kept it between himself and the Sepoys, that they might think him drowned, —————————— About Walking. Every healthy person, man or woman, should be a good walker, able at any time to walk six to twelve miles a day at least, and double that when gradual ly brought up to it. The points to attended to are to see that the walk be brisk and vigorous, not of a lol dangling kind, that there be some « in the walk besides it being a rot constitutional (1. e. not the promenade of ¢ orthodox and, possible, in ompany; ti whether for the feet or the body, which will constrain or impede the t movements of the limbs and that the walk be taken as { ie in the fresh country air, to the latter particular, although towns Are increasing so rapidiy as Ww make it almost a journey to Mi f we have many suburban tramways and railway lines thal in few minutes we can find the country, where the air is fresh and pure. Whenevergan opportunity pre- sents itself for a little climbing in course of a walk, it should be taken advantage of. We gain variety of mus. cular action, as well as increase the ex- ertion, and we get into regions of purer air and fresher breeze atl the same time, What may be considered as the weak point in walking as a mode of exercis the comparatively small play which it gives to the muscles of the shoulders and chest, while it is still less for those of the arm, This should be compensa. ted for by the use of hight dumb-bells or Indiana clubs, or some other form of exercise which brings in play the arms and shoulders, One of the forms of exercise which requires the action of the muscles of the arms and shoulders, as well as those of the trunk and legs, is swimming. This, however, for many reasons, cannot be used as a means of | exercise except by a few, and at certain | seasons of the year but where possible {it should always be practiced. The i great pity is that boys and girls do not {learn it, as a rule, while'at school, { Every large town should be well provi. (ded with swimming baths, and if it { could be made compulsary for scholars (at a certain age, say 12, to learn to swim, it would be a great advantage to be Wing or iid tat iixe Bain th ladies’ picasant sik the Pugs + $100k . Jak there be no Light ciotl SCHOOE j, il . £ $3 gel oul of them etill foot, still #0 OLISesves In the many lives, 10 make an emery wheel, take a cast. | wood, secure leather bands around the periphery with wooden pegs; then cover the leather with glue and roll in loose emery, snd lay aside until dry, | after which the operation can be repeat. {ed if a thicker coating of emery is de- sired, When the wheel is worn, the glue oan be washed off with hot water, and fresh glue, eto., be again applied. Polishing buffs can be made of India rubber coated with emery, which ena. The Story of a Murder. It is the testimony of many travelers that the scenery on portions of the upper Ohio is not surpassed by that of | any other stream in America-—perhaps not in the world, Bixty miles above Cincinnati. and beyond, the views which so ¢ ‘light travelers, especially in the autumi.al months, are tl ¢ borders of an arm of the bluegrass | which exten 13 in the directi i northeast irom central 1lentucky. Nearing the river this arm s.-eads it- self over the large county of Mason, which is a broad expanse of villages, connected by superb macada- mized roads. Nowhere in the State ican be found more charm.:g rural drives over the old Maysville and Lex- tractive, past herds of cattle from im- | ported strains, past growing crops which represent the source of the wealth everywhere apparent. One of the first j counties to be formed in the State, Mason has furnished her full share of the statesmen, military leaders and pro- fessional men who have built for Ken- tucky an honorable name. It was in the midst of these charming surround ings, and in connection with of the best families in the Stale, a tragic event took place lwo ge since, the effect being interest of the Lucky. Desha Valley, one spots of the county, lies { west of the great turnpike j to—a thoroughfare among 1 he country before roads, Here was the home of ti Governor Dasha, still noticeable {i | substantial character of the brick built early in the seems to-day to give promise of ing longer than the work Any mo- dern brick mason. Trades were thor- oughly mastered in those days, and honest work the rule, not the exception. The custom still prevailed of selecting the most useful men in the community to represent the people cities, so it caused nd Thomas Metcal honest bullder, who had worked for wages for the rich planter Desha, succeeded the latter as Chief Executive of Kentucky. It is not known whether Metcalfe was em- ployed upon the Desha mansion, but when, a few years ago, oid built pear by for the bene- of the Governor's sons was i shed, there was found beneath the cor- nerstone a copy of the contract which Metcalfe perform [he stonemason’s appr became in Lime the own pointed out to b of the turnpikes leading « as “Governor Metcali’s ma The most interesting of ; HOWEBY neared for some that werations tt re Li LO chalient € whole peo f Ken- of the garden few $ pan dl SU referred miles greatest int the era of rali- ie ale ir Lhe man sion cent of in pubic y surprise when Capa fe, the the stone schoolhouse {it demol- under ¢] the mason tonne ence, the © ted to Bue Xis VEArs Bn unexceplional ed reputati t was the blight s home, suddenly ing, just as new y the name the State, tl nade } in the house atl i bring them bad Monday weve Fwara, ning. } ad ha An approached the house of Moore, who kept a place of t for travelers we y high and handsome was a young man, d ith coat and pantaioon ied Walsioo aYen, wore i carried we sine from the November 1, before thu ira 1} ‘ i Zedidiah entertam- SLIAnger roe pare, and # # as . He Blue itd thu the th the Ohio river. irmed and seem. 3 + Hireclion wing CES, SpOoKe Of rom sid intended reaching Fhe stranger was 1 od to have bul ULL He fie Hh Vvihbg brenge a ‘“Srofic. of which ent evidence was given by his appearance and his e of *bitters’ duri his stay al Moore's. Barly the next morning he called for his horse and rode house of Richard Doggate, where he breakfasted. He was soon again on the road, accompanied by another guest at Doggate’s table that morning. After this morning no evidence of his baying been seen alive was ever obtained, A week later it began to be reported that vil 3 i# hia VALLE RUMIL 51S Heron. on § OF to southern edge of Mason county, con- cealed by a fallen tree, near tie road | between the Blue licks and Maysville, But little investigation was needed to identify the corpse as that of the strange young man from the South. Near the spot where the corpse was Desha. to whom The corpse was brought to the house of i General Reed, where it remained for twodays, being examined by all the i neighbors. Young Desha regarded the { body with no seeming concern and slept | in the house on one of the two nights, | But Desha had been noticed as the guest at Doggate’s, on the Tuesday | morning referred to, who bad started { on horseback with the stranger, the two | disappearing upfthe road to~ether on the last day on which the stranger was seen Besides, Desha had been seen { alive, | some parties claimed to be that of the murdered man, This aroused suspicion against Desha, but he calmly met every charge him with a plausible an- | swer, weeks later a grand jury in | Fleming county—for it was just be- yond the Mason line that the corpse lil been found-—indicted Desha for the murder of Francis Baker of Nat. chez, Miss. The indictment set forth that two mortal wounds had been in- flicted, one with a dirk inthe throat,an- other with a loaded whip about the J 17, 1825, befo a | Jan 3 4 ew Lopincure Ie an act ng a change of venue to Harrnson A from the bench and the Hon, George Shannon was chosen to preside, Wil liam XK. Wall was attorney for the Com- monwealth, assisted by John Chambers and Martin PP. Marshall, an able array of counsel, John Rowan, T. P, Taul, James Crawford and William T., Barry appeared for the defense. The latter had just been appointed Chief Justice of the “new court,” Rowan had been a Judge of the old Court of Appeals and Marshall was a nephew of the Chief Justice of the United States Bupreme Court, Witnesses were introduced to show that the prisoner had remained at the house ber 1, and that he had both a silver he left Doggate’s with Baker after day be was seen on a road little fre. quented with two horses, his own and identified as Baker's; that spot; that a part of a whip was found in the road corresponding with that miss. ing from Desha’s whip when shown on trial, and that Desha’s hands and clothes were marked with blood when he fi @ww him with the IMAre. Thus, link by link, the claim of circum- stantial evidence was forged about prisoper until his case seemed ¢] The defense atten Desha’ came from cutting knife and that the could not have been exposed so long was claimed, decomposed, fate was prosecutor, antly it stranger’s thie ed Lo prov v : biood on Add corpse « f would have been The evidenc outlined by Wall, to the ICAVYILG grou i for Messy Barry 1 B strong impassioned appeals to jury, claiming that Desha had been such that the sion of murder by him was ne ¢: that the identity of ul never been proven who first reported { st wo men named Ball, ular wputal — B11 gnce of definit or ii Hole in his address 1 4 OWn the character of tes Baker's and that those nding partic ld pected in the rather than Desha, The father of the pris fice at Frankfort to be present « part of the tr He desired, aft i} mer eit counsel began to have certain the court deci order, On the returned a verdict upon trial on the j intimidated the demanded a prisoner new wea tha jury had been reaso] got have found him mie new tral bul sey Oe IaLET wa by the (Lxovernor, 1rt-room wtitied the ‘3 postponment o before th ad the court by ann been deci I Win Ihe execut that this bappened on Already n nals doned inZi. 2 distracts ways, and the course of the public min n pardoning h setion., drew Wo abuse such as ba recent Gover storm o the lol of any said in Lhe Hod 4 Slate, NAS S0e n the neigh a report of the | Fhomas T. SK « twnpdd 5 SU PDT wlduce { robbery, vel Ti COrpee Was probably all t Deshia owned both iarm and a proaiabi assigned why he should nol have Deen suspected of murdering man for money. The parents of Francis Baker, who had been & teacher and the editor of the Natchez “Mississippian,” came lo Kentucky and had his remains buried a granite slab mm the burial Dake i valuable POS sega, “ fanvard, a reason “ 5 Shannon, Mason county. The which probably is still standing. The mission of Baker northward was mar- riage to a young lady in New Jersey, who, upon learning of the murder of her afianced became a maniac and died in an asyium. Such is the story of the haunted house in Mason county. . ili ssi Wine Making Along the mudson, it 1s probable that within a few years grape vines will take the place of peach the grape pays well, growers are graa- nally paging wore and more attention Last year Concord grapes from slong the Hudson sold at tive ceuts per pound, wholesale, It is said that the grapes raised here have a peonliar pleasing flavor very much prized for wine making. For three seasons past agente from French Canadian wine making houses iu Montreal and else- ‘gheiled” grapes at Middlehope, Marl. porough, Milton and Highland, Ger. mans from New York haveslso invested argely in Ulster Uounty Concorde, they obtained, blended with another variety ol grape, 1 excellent, The prediction is made tua! in less than ten years the west baile of thie Edson viet Sof # Gittaice one of Remarkable Hecord, - oss tom Nelson W, Miles is one of the young- est brigadier generals in the army, {has had » most remarkable military | record, The close of the war of the ro- | bellion found him at the age of twenty | five a major-general, Custer was the | only other boy-general who was younger | than Miles, sand Caster was only two | months younger. This grade of majors | general was not an orpsmental one, | handed to Miles through political influ- ence after the fighting was over, He reached that rank during the war, and | for a short time was in command of the | Beecond Corps. He is still a young man, He is only forty-four yess of age and has been a brigadier-gencral in the regular service since 1880, and is mn | command of the Department of the extreme Northwest. He Is a very sol- | dieriy-looking man. He is slightly | above the medium heigth jwith a romnd, well filled-out figure, His head is | large, while every features of his face indicates decision of character, There is not a weak line in it, His forehead is broad sud high. His nose is a fierce Iloman hook, undervesth which is = long, drooping military mustache, I'he rest of his face is smooth shaven, with the exception of one eh of beard in front of each ear, He is what might called a dark blonde, His eom- plexion is as fresh as that of an Eng- hshman, The expression of frankoess and manliness upon his face makes friends for him at once, He goes no- where without making a pleancst un- pression, He 1s happily married and 18 devoted to his family, His wife is a niece of General Bherman and a sister of Mra, Don Cameron, General Miles is passionately fond of military science, He has made a specialty of the study of our coast defences, be emma IAI os ts oA Fortunes of “Freaks,” Bpeaking of the savings of freaks of nature, a prominent eircus and mn- seum manager said: “They are nearly all economieal, and nine out of every ten sare filled with a desire to own =a farm. Tom Thumb spert a great deal of money, snd yet leit a snug fortune, Millie Christine, ‘the double headed girl,” has made $60,000 or $75,000, but he lost the greater part of it backing the circus of a friend a few years ago, I suppose she is still worth §20,000, Hannah Battersby and her skeleton husband, whoflive in Philadelphia, are worth £10,000. John Powers, the fat man, accumulated $10,000. Captain Bates snd his wife, big people, are worth 850,000, They have a fine farm west, If Lucia Zarele, the Mexican midget, had received all the salary she earned for her manager, she would be worth 825,000. As the manager, Frank Uffver, has the money, minus $4,000 or 0 he has paid Lucia’s father, wer, the legless aan, has $6,000 Cooper, the 1%, has pearly as much, The dime enms have raised the salanes of reaks so much that they will all arms ff the managers’ pocket-books olds out.’ The fraternal in the * is 18, i to i UAaLK, TBVE feeling existing smong freaks is aptly shown by the cases of Hubert Ferrer, long known as the Toronto Chant, and Edward Skimeer, the Armiess Wonder, These two men, both over 70 years of age, are now liv- ing at a littie cottage outside of Eridge- port, Ct., where an old colored man and woman, for mauy years a stableman and wardrobe-keeper with circuses, tend to ther wants and look after the peaceful decline of their days, The cottage, the old colored people, the and the armiess man are all dee it on a small monthly assessment up from the freaks exhibited al every circus, museum and side show 10 the United States, Down the Nevada. A writer gives the following graphic swcoount of the mode adopted in Nevada for gotting logs to market: A chute is laid from the river's brink up the steep mountain side to the milroad, snd while we are telling it the monster logs are rushing, thundering, flying, leaping down the dechvity. They come with the speed of a thunderbo:l and some- what of its roar. A track of fire and smoke Jollows them fire struck by their passage over the chute logs, They descend the seventeen hundred feet of the chute In fourteen seconds, In doing so they drop seven hundred feet perpendicularly, Thoy strike the | deep water with a report that can be { heard a mile off Logs fired from a ! cannon could scarcely have a greater | velocity than thev have at the foot of {the shaft, Their average velocity | throughout is over one hundred feet | per second, and the instant they leap | from the mouth of the shaft must be { fully two bundred feet per second. A | sugar pine log sometimes weighs ten {tons, What & missile! The water is | dashed into air like a grand plamo of | diamonds and rainbows, the feathery | gpray is hurled to the height of a han | dred feet. It is the grandest fountain ever beheld. The waters foam, secthe, and dash against the shore, Oue log | having spent its force by ita mad plucge | into the deep water has floated so as to | be at right angles with the path of the | descending monsters, The mouth of | the chute is, perhaps, fifteen feet above | the surface of the water, A huge log hurled from the chute cleaves the su and alights on the floating log. You know how a bullet glances, but ean you imagine a saw log glaneing? The end
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