Outward Hound. I nit and watch the nlupn K" out Across the widening soa; How one by one, In shimmering sun, They anil away from me! I know not to what lands they sail, i Nor w hat the fruighta Uioy txjar; I only know they outward g >, While all the winds are lair. Beyond the low horizon lino ' Whore my short sight must hut, Sonif other eyes a watch will keep, Where'er the ships may sail; 1 Hy night, by day, or near or far, O'er narrow seas or wide, These follow still, at lore's sweet will, Whatovor may t>etide. So round the world the ships will sail, • To dreaiy lands or fair; So with them go, for weal or woe, Some dear ones everywhere; ( And tlusei will speed each lagging keel When homeward it is laid, < Or watah will keep o'er surges deep, i II there a grave lie made. Oh, human love, so kind, so true, i That knows no mete or bound, But follows with unwearied watch Our daily changing round— ( Oh, love divine, oh, love supremo— , What mutter where I sail, i So 1 hut know, where'er I go Thy watch will never fail! —A. I>. F. Randolph, in O&itrvtr. \ ABOUT A DEMIJOHN A GEORGIA WOMAN'S REMINISCENCE OK THE CLOSING PAYS OK THE WAR. Although I was in hearing of the bat tles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and in the vt ry tliiek of the tiglit at Resaea. and lived for two years in constant dread and terror of having to face Ki deral soldiers, owing to tny home being within the lines of military opera tions. yet, strange to say. I never met this objeet of my terror till the close of the war, when I was a refugee in middle Georgia. Here, at last, I tuet my lirt blue-eoat, and. drolly enough, lie i-, as soeiatt din my mind with a demijohn. j i It was in the spring of 'OS. Gen. Slier- ' man had made hi- ntareh to the sea, and Gen Wilson liad started on a raiding expedition through Georgia to capture Columbus and Macon, places Slierman had passed hy. This, of course, threw the country through which lie parsed into the direst confusion. All the popu lation that could th-d front their homes and lu took themselves to the swamps, leaving their lioim - in charge of tln ir nrgr<>< A- lu k would have it, tlie friend with whom I wa staying lived directly on the route taken hy Gen. Wilson on his march front Columbus to Macon. To face a k party of raiders in a town is not pleasant: , out to face tlc-in in tliejeountry is al>-<>- iutely fearful; one has then sueh a lone h, unprotected feeling; and if face tltent I must, I would have much preferred to , have returned to Macon and tln-re await the dread interview. Hut Mrs. Wil is, the friend with whom I was staying, entreated 1 would not desert In r. Her husband was off with Gen. Johnson in North Carolina, and she and her four little ehildr n were alone on her plantation. So I promised, and we rode ovr to her brother's planta- ] tion to hold aeouneiiof war with him. I He wnlbat home on crutches from a 1 wound received in one of the battles | around Atlanta. By him it was decided that we had I letter follow the example of our neigh iiors, pick up nil our portable property, take nil the mules awl horses and th<>*c ' negrrxs that would go and betake our selres to the swamps; and no time was to lx> lost in nytking our arrangements. It was dusk when we reached home, hut Mrs. Willis sent a runner to "the quarter" to tell tic* n<j?roe* that she wished to see them. 'fliTe nre two : •rones in this, tny last campaign, thnt are indelibly photograph'si in my mind : one is tl.e ait venture of the dctugohn, which I will tell a little further on, and the other is Mr*. Willis' tirst effort at stump- ! •peaking. To this day I ran see that double row ' of stalwart blacks, their dark faces lit up ; by the red glare of the torches held by a j ■quad of half-grown negro hoys, while ! . groups of negro women, with babies in • tlieir arms snd little children clinging to their skirts, flitted around. But all eves j turned to the young and pn ttv woman who stood on the steps, telling them that | •he had to leave her home and asking who would go with II T. reminding them , that when ;heir master had gone to the wars he had placed her and hut children ' and all that lie had in the care of li's lour head men, and they had protni- •! le faithful. At this nppeal Adam, the sites maker, here literally the first man, stepped out of the ranks saying, "I will go. Miss : Fanny." Adam was Mrs. Willis' own personal property, and prided himself 1 on "comin' from d Gibbs family." (Gibbs was Mrs. Willis' maiden name.) At this Jasper, the blacksmith, a most majestic colored man, stepped to the front and made a how. He was a Willis negro. Whereupon Adam, not to be outdone, hopped upon the Iwttom step waving his hat. This hurst of enthusi asm brought out Scott, the third head man. and captain of the "hoe-gang" and cotton pickers. Scott was as stupid as the day was long, hut as faithful as ho wa stupid; it had just then entered into his head what was wanted of him. So he stepped out of ranks, dragged ofT a black tiling whieh lie called his hat and scratched his head. This net of al legiance carried,all before it. The other negToes, following the lead of their head man. offered to go with their mistress; even Mingo, one of the cargo of the Wanderer (who was so pleased with clothes, that a<Bunct of civilization of which he was ignorant till he reached Gwirgia, that he never could get enough bright colors to wear), all promised to east in their lot with her. All hut Al fred, one of tlig head men, who said lie ' was too old to go on sueh a iatint, hut would stay and look after the women and children. Alfred was an old bachelor, an uneommon tiling with n negro, ami his affections were fixed upon a tremendous gray mule, called "Wiiltc Mike." I will fiere state thnt Alfred proved recreant to his trust and fled away the following night on the hnek of Ids idol to join the raiders. They, having no sentiment, confiscated "White Mike,' and put him to pulling artillery out of the mud, and wiiat became of Al fred 1 never heard, for he was ashamed ever to return. The next day, under the management of three head men. the douse was dis mantled and the furniture hid in the fl 'ids. or in the negro houses. For wc were apprehensive that the house might lie burned by the raiders, as was olten lite ease. And hy sunrise the morning nfior, with wagon packed and a long train of tnttles nnd horses with negro men and boys on them, all under the care of Adam and Jasper, and the old fashioned family carriage witli Mrs. Willis, her nurse and halites and myself all packed in, under the charge of Scott, we wheeled down the avenue to join Mr. Gibbs and his cavalcade. Mr. Gibbs, mounted on a pony, with his crutches hung on the pommel of his saddle, attended liy Mrs. Willis' two lit tle hoys as aids, headed the procession. We made an imposing array as we jour neyed along, looking tike a small army j train. We heard that morning that the raiders had taken Columbus, were press- j ing on to Maeon, snd were then at But ler. a little place not twenty miles from us. so there was no time to lie lost in our leaving. They were marching up to ward Maeon, we going down toward Columbus, on parallel roads. Should anything cause them to strike across the country and travel the road we were on, j we would surely fall into their hands. | The prospect was not pleasant. After we had traveled some time, we eatue to a fearful piece of road in a deep cut; here the mules and horses struggled and floundered, and the vehicles nil red up to '.he hubs of tlieir wheels. We got | out of the carriages and let them go over empty, for fear tliey would break down ; ami while the men piled saplings iutollic mud holes, six or eight mules would he hitched to a wagon, and with much shouting and whipping ami pushing at the wheels, they would be dragged through. Whilcnllthis was going on, we Indies stood at the top of tln* cut, anxiously surveying the road. That night we camped hy the roadside near a spring. A deserted log cabin I sheltered the whites; the negroes made up large camp fires and slept around them. Byctimes wc started the next morning, and traveled on some eight or ten miles, meeting no one: the house were deserted: everyone had lied to the swamp-, leaving a few old negroes to guard the premises. At last we left tin road and turned into the wood*, making for the swamps, that general refuge. At last we reached the edge of a tremendous swamp. It was densely wood'd and looked like a jungle. A little amphi theater of hills sloped gently down to It. On a little plateau at tin foot of one of the hills, in a grove of large pines, we made our camp. Our tents were simple, hut comfort able, two tall posts with a ridge-pole and a carpet drawn lightly over it and pegged along the edges to the ground. A bush arbor, frack and front, kept off tin sun. Clean, fine straw with a cornet spread over it made a nice floor. Tin wagons containing houv-hold i-ff'-ets were unpacked, ami w<- began to make our selves comfortable. The mule- and hor-.-- were pi< k>-ted on the hillside. Rations w.re i—w-d out to the men. k ßach family liad brought tlnir cook, who began to prepare dinner, while the children rati to look for a spring, which was easily found along the elg<-x of tin swamp. I was aroused at midnight hy the voice of a strung* r talking with Mr. Gil>l><. A party of raid* r, he said, had followed down tip- road Ix hind us. and might find us in our hiding-place, tin the morrow by twelve M. ho thought they would pa-s fry, and if we saw none till then we might feel safe. He was a Confederate scout, familiar with the whole country, and lie left us to g<> and warn other |*xir refugees. I did not sh-ep much after that, and I was glad when day ramo. Tin- guns were all hidden in' tin- bush es. 11-nrv and Walt, r Willis, aged ten and twelve, wen dlractod, is COM tin raiders came, to tiy to the swamps, tak ing ail the negrrx-s with them. Mr. Gibbs would have his hands full parley ing with the intruders. His wife and sister had their little children to look after, and to rue, the single woman of the party, wascon-ignrd—the demijohn. In those days it was all but impossible to get a drop of whisky, ami as a g'xxl deal of it was used on a large plantation ' for medicinal purposes, Mrs. Wiilis. who was the wealthy owner of a five gallon <!• ruijolm ot it. had foolishly lugged it into the great wrxxls aft-r tier. Being .well aware of the great danger we ran in ease a hand of roving soldiery should i p t hold of it. *he determined to de-troy , it, but rashly postponed it till the last I moment. I "When the raiders came unon us, Charlotte must take the demijohn and run off and break it. Sin has been under fin- so often slo- won't get fright ' ened and lose her wits." Mrs. M illis said, I and pleased with the compliment, I 1 teadlly undertook the job. ft was but a trifling nmrt'-r. I thought. 1 had a vivid ' recollection of the extreme hrittlencs* of all glass demijohns; of He number I had smashed in my childhood, and the trouble I ffot in for*o doing, nn<l I liked the Idea of wreaking it out on this one. All our arrangements being made there : was nothing left to do hut wait, and that I have always found the hardest thing ' under the sun. The hours dragged slowly on. Every noise startled us. ; Every time a horse neighed or a mule brayed we thought that we were lost, j But at last tlie longed for, the dreaded twelve o'clock came—and passed; ami we began to breathe frs-Iy. Afternoon came on and we felt safe. "Now." said Mr. Gibbs, " nssoon as we hear that the raiders are in Maeon we will go home." The weather was mild and halmv.and made me fee 1 drowsy. Ho Mrs. Willis and I betook ourselves to our tent to take a nap, Mr. Gibbs ami his wife following our example. It was late in the after noon when I was aroused by a scream, , ; followed by a rushing sound, and, i springing up, I saw Harry and Walter dart by, a troop of little darkies at tin ir heels, flying for the swamp. "The raiders! the raiders!" they cried, ami plunged into the morass. Rushing to the door, we looked out. The whole hillside was alive with surging, plung ing horse*. To mv dnzed eyes it seerwd as if a regiment of cavalry were riding down upon us. It was. in reality, not fifty yards to Mr. Gihbs' tent, but it seemed to me that I would never get there. 1 had seen a good deal of active service, f„r a woman, and had stood un der fire without feeling a particle of fear. But now I experienced my first panic. My knees knocked together and I could hardly make mv trembling limits support me as I tottered along in the wake of Mrs. Willis, who, in sniteof her tittlp girl clinging to her, made ex cellent time. Mr. Gihbs stood in the doorway of his tent, leaning on his crutch, and ven in the dim twilight I could IK-P how pale liis swarthy face looked. His sick wife had crept out of her bed and stood look ingorer his shoulder, quite still, with the calmness of desperation. Even in the midst of my panic I could hut feel sorry for Mr. Glob*. as lie stood there, crippled and helpless, the center of a group of trembling, terrified wouien. "Oh! Brother John. Mr*. Willi* gasped, " have the raiders come?" Isxiking nt tin* waving hillside and hearing now the loud talking of men, Mr. (libbs nodded hi* head without uttering a word. " Brother John," said the irrepressible Mr*. Willi*, "thedemi john! hadn't Charlotte better smash the demijohn P" " es." lie said, harshly, "and lose no time about it," Here all theother females of the party, except myself, ran to fetch that pernicious jug from it* hiding place in the back of the tent. I bad entirely forgotten the demijohn, and now that it was brought to my mind, heartily wished it to Kamsehatka. To tell the truth, I did not fancy going off all alone in the dusk with that dangerous luggage. But being a celebrated veteran, I was asham ed to object. " Here! here!" said Mrs. Willis, thrust ing the dangerous burden into my hands. " The raideis are roiuing. Hun! Hun' What makes you go so slow?" Now, a five gallon demijohn of whis ky is mighty heavy, and my trembling limits could with difficulty support my own weight, and the energetic shove she gave me nearly upset me, as I tottered unwillingly away with my odious load. I could hut think what a fool I was to run So far and then at last he caught like a rahhit in the woods, and I heartily wished myself in Maeon. While such unph asant reflections flitted through my mind I staggered along with the hated demijohn toward the swamp. On its edge I stopped, fur I was afraid to go any further, and getting behind a large pine tree I threw my burden down, cohfi itently expecting it to smash. But it did nothing of the sort, hut lazily rolled alsitit tin its fat side. Tln-n it burst upon me that there was n vast difference be tween the soft swamp soil of middle Georgia and the rocky ground of the mountains where I had destroyed the demuohns of my childhood. I looked wildly about for a friendly stone, forget ting that that was a thing unknown in this region. Then 1 l<>k.*d for a pine knot, hut strange to say, not one could I see in the gathering gloom. In my im potent wrath I kicked the dcmiiohn; but. Alas' my -hoc* were <'onfederate and thin and soft. All the while I could lear talking going on at the tent and did not know at what moment some investi gating raider might come in pursuit of me. In despair 1 pulled out the stopper and trb-d to turn out some whisky. But tlie exasperating demijohn calmly w>nt "guggle, guggle," and discharged its contents with a deliberation that Iron aied me. Worn still' I board footsteps approaching. Great heavens' I thought, they are following nie and if they find tlii- whisky we are lost. With lliucour age of desperation I stepped quickly in front of the pine tp-*. Whin.' wlii< h I had the dreadful jug and facial nisiUl, standing with hands ne•< hanieally clinched, ready to meet the intruder. The ne\t instant, in the dim twilight, 1 p . ogni/ed Mr-. Willis with a hat. let in her hand. Snatching it from her 1 darted hack and shivered the glass demi john at a blow. The whisky flew in the air and hatln-d us in a*v. r'y odoriferous shower. "How did you g' t away from the raid er-?" I asked. " There i- but one." "On- ! Why. where j-ali that cavalry I saw riding down the hillside?" " Those were i.ur horse-pit kctsl tie re. whi h took fright and tried to stampede." After all the mu. h-dr. d< d raider had come as a im-** lig> rof peace. It seems that the ha.l of G'ri Wilson'* raiding column had rwliwl Macon, when, ru mor* of (Jen. I*ec"s surrender having arrival, the nuthorith-* had lb* t<*d an armitiee fur ten days in which to h-aro the truth, On hearing of the armistice the colonel commanding the rear guard -• nt squads of m< n in every direction along hi- route to tell the inhabitant* out biding to go borne. Engaged in that • rrand he stumbled upon our enmp. "How do 1 know you are telling me the truth?" ask-sl Mr. Gihbs. " I am lo re alone and unarmed." said the man; "you might kill tue if you elnoe." That was so: for one of the two negro men suggested that we should lie the raider to a trce.in the swamp and leave liitn there, and was nrpri.*<sl at our de clining. The new* of an armistice con veyed no id*n to his mind. The Federal soldier spent the night at otir camp, sleeping on a pile of carriage cttshinn* in the front of Mr. Gihbs' tent, took hp-akfa-t the next morning and es. '•orted us a part of tle way on our jour ney home. No ourning h.a<! le*cn allowed -ince the raiders left t'olumbiis, *.. „ur houssa were tm iitjiir-d. w. return d P'-aeefully ♦<> our home*. I had uiet my lir-t Federal soldier and broken my last demijohn.— Fr<t /V,-s. To Relieve < atarr.li. A writer in an exchange gives the fof ; lowing eight hints for relieving catarrh : Inhale through the nostrils a strong solution of salt in water. I would ad vise a* strong a solution as an ounce to the pint, though some will toh-ratcmore. I.i this strength it is not painful, but arts as atonic and astringent, relieving congestion. :<nd preventing the endos tne*" < 'fleet which Would accompany the ii":* of pure water or weaker solutions. But it is a mistake to suppose that salt water will tue all CRM of ratanh. When the condition is one of chronic congestion simply, with acrid accretion, it may lie sufficient; but in the worc forms, where tin re is a dc p-sealcd In flammation with ulceration, nmre power fully astringent, as well as stimulant, and even eecharotic solutions are re quisite to i ffcot a cure. Inhale the smoke from pine tar. Get a pint or more of pure pine tar (not the oil) from a ship chandler; heat a poker red hot. and stir the tar with it; a thick smoke will rise. Hold your head over it, keep your mouth shut, and inhale through tlc no*, tril*; heat the poker three or four time*, ' until the room is HIM with *mok<\ shut | door* nnd window*, and remain in tin* room a* Ion? a* possible. It i* a good plan to smoke mullein in one'* IMrooinjuM liefore retiring; after smoking open a window from the top; the smoke slowly escape*, hut enough remains to be of some tcn< fit Mullein leave* should IK? thoroughly dried and then used the name a* tobacco in a pipe. The smoke should be pressed to the bnfjk of the mouth and exhaled through the nose; once or fwice a week will suf fice, and should be persevered in. If properly cured there will not be an acrid exudation. A lit tle piece of sponge in the bowl of the pipe will prevent the juices from passing into the mouth. Mullein will he strnngrr gathered be fore tlie* frost injures it, but will answer even if dug from under the snow. It will also be found an excellent remedy for cold in the head. A Story of Two C'OiiMneßts. A New York correspondent of the l>c trolt I'ont tells this story: Not very long ago, a young lady, the daughter of a French gentleman resident in this city, but herself American born, I think, went to the French capital with ln r mother, sister and sister's husband. Luring their visit they met a Parisian who fell, or claimed to fall, violently in j love with the young girl, and indue sea- ! son became engaged to iier, pressing for an early marriage. The brother-in-law j felt a violent prejudice against the lover at first, but having found his reference j satisfactory, could take no step toward interrupting the course of true love. The trousseau was ordered; the European tour eut shoVt, and filially the day set for tin* expectant bride and her mother to return to America in order that the girl should be married from her father's bouse. Then, contrary to all French ethiuette, which is extremely rlgorousjn forbidding a lover to travel with his betrothed, the amatory Frenchman in sisted upon crossing the ocean by the same steamer that bore bis future wife. This stili furt her roused tie* suspicions of | the brother-in-law and to some extent of | the mother; for she was still influenced | by the customs of her native land, al- I though she had *o long lived away l from it. ! The voung lady herself, having been I reared in tin* freer atmosphere of the re public and doubtless feeling a pardon -1 able pride in tin* devotion of her lover, thought very little of tin* matter, and ultimately th< lover carried his point in spite of theearniwt remonstrances of the ; mother and the brother-in-law. No sooner had the party of three sailed, however, than the brother-in-law. who with his wife had remained in Paris, applied to the perfect of tin Paris |*lioc for the history of the man he distrusted. In tliri** days he was *<-nt for to come to I the prefecture :ind there handed the ifowr of Ids sister-in-law's impatient twain. It began with his birth at such a pla< e on stub a dale; gave bis real nana*, which was quite different from the one in* was passing under; tin* name of hi* parent', the place- of tle-ir birth and their occupation; in what towns la* bad lived, the street-, number- and room lie bad occupied, with the price lie had paid for hi- lodging* at the different houses; the journeys lie had made, the luggage, naming number of piece* and e.a h article that lie had esn li lime taken —as, for in*tan<e, that he had gone January 2.1, infiti, from Hru**e)*toGhcnt, carrying a sole leatlnr trunk, a black bat box, a canvas traveling hag. and a brown rug in a shawl -trap—and in fact the niinut'-t detail* of bis misspent life. inchp|in„ the most important points of ali, that on a c.-rlairt date he had tn*en married to a Belgian lady, by whom Je had several children, stating the dat'** and places of tle-ir birth, and that he was then want'-l by the Belgian gov ernment on a criminal but not extradit able offence. The happy brother-in-law. delighted with thus ea-ily and promptly obtain ing the evidence fie want'*!, cabled to bis father-in-law in tbi* city to *topiij] i preparations for hi* marriag< tli hi* let t< r* were rc*civ*d : and wh< n tin* lovers arrived in New York they w<r* met by tb* stern parent, who forbade any com munication betwi <*n them till In learned ! the nature of tin* charge# against the would-be brid<arr-xim. In due tinn* tin* whole thing < anie out, ard the wret'*h'*l - amp offi n d to l>e bought off for hut was finally i*>nt' nd'sl with ?!<*• and t'sik bis d< parlure. leaving tin unhappy girl be bad imposed U)s>n verv thankful .or her .*eape and for the efficiency of the French police. Ostriches In the Army. It having In-en seriously propped l>v some one to utilize o*trielic* Instead of horses in the l'nit*l State* cavalry ecr vl(v*. ttie Detroit Frtt /Ycm refers to the matter in a -pirit of ba/linage, thus : it is retxrt*l that a gniti-squr genius some years ago , ~|,i eived the idea of import ing and utilizing ostriches for the I 'nit'd States cavalry instead of horses, and actually imported eighteen of tln*< long-legg<sl birds. I In-seloid nunn rt>u eggs in the sand* of New Mexico, and the flis k of ostriches now numlwr II? stalwart mcmlsr*. It i* added that Colonel II itch, of the Ninth regiment of cavalry, is alxiiit to mount one of his companies on ostriches. " They* an* -tmng, docile, fl**t a- a burs'*, will live for days without eating or drinking, and nod litt> or no grooming." It is to I** hoped these birds will not supplant horses in our army. Our cavalry liavi never, or. at least, hardly ever*. Jjeen j known to fly, hut if ostriefn - an intro i dueed lying will become common. There will th* n be too many wing* in • lie army, which hitherto has only had I the right wing and the '.ft wing. It | would also lie extremely difficult to pre- I vent our troops from showing the white feather, in fact several white featlier*. j Beside*, It would be itnpossibl' to keep ' the guns, swords, etc.. from tln se binls. a* it is well known that they dote on I SUch dclicai-ies. while a iunefi of ten ' penny nails i- tin ir special delight. Any ] thinking man will at once see that the I Introduction of ostriches in OUT army would Ik a calamity, and. Indeed, taking it ail in all, a fowl Innovation. A Big hrapetlne. ' The Stockton (Cal.) n-lrnt men ' fions an immense vine growing ox*er the residence of \V. J. Phelps, oniy a mile ' from the city: The vine was planted nineteen years ago a* a cutting, and is now twelve inches in diameter at tlie trunk. A foot or two above the ground it divides into three main branches, each over five . inches in diameter at the base, and from twenty to forty feet long, spreading over a large trellis and covering the i whole rear of the bouse. It is of the i Mission variety, nnd is yearly loaded with grapes. Mr. Phelps estimates that he has already picked at least one ton of ' grapes from it. and at a fair calculation ' It now has not les llian a ton unl a half of grapes still hanging upon it. The leaves have begun to fan from the vine, so that the immense mass of fruit with which it is laden can Is* seen to ad vantage. It Is a rare sight to behold. On one side of the house j* another vine of the same variety, and planted at the same time, hut as It was placed on tlie north side of the building, where it re i civ.il less sunlight, it has not attained such a great size, but it is. nevertheless, very large, and would of itself he a won der for the mass of fruit it Iwnrs if it were not compared witli its larger com panion. On the south side of the house Is a vine of the Black Prince vnrietd hut seven years old, which lias tak*n possession of n peach tree and frstooney all its branches with great mosses of grapes, nt less than half a ton in the aggregate, PRINCE NAPOLEON'S TALISMAN. ■■uiorr or III* 11*11, |urr thai (he Zitlua llralil* ||| a ||< M J t ■ r In the will of Napoleon 111. occurs t li<* ollow ng remarkable passage: " Willi rc K „rd to niv son. let him k<.*,, lU(,tallo man tlieseal I used to wear attached to my watch, and which ('tones from rny mother* Jet him carefully preserve everything that comes to me from the Emperor. my uncle; and let him be con vinced that my heart and my soul re- ' main with him." The telegram from < 'ape I >wn which announced the finding of the late ex-Prim c Imperial contains tin-e words: "The body wo* found stripped of nil clothing, hut hod not suffered any mutilation, and the re liquary which In* wor. suspended by a chain from his neck, together with his watch and rings, which wo* found lying near the spot where he fell." The " talisman " which the late Km ! peror so solemnly enjoined to his son to wear, which he (lid wear, aryl which re turned to his mother from that wild scene beside the Toinhakala, is almost certainly tin*once famous charm of the < harletnagrn*. ft has a more int'Tcsting story than any g<*ni in Europe, if not in j tin* world. In the course of studies for other purposes I have recently conic upon leg. ndary traces of this object. " La pin- Im-Hc reliqu.de I'Lurop.*,".*!* a French antiquarian des.*rilM.*d it in the lost generation, was by one myth said to have been contrived by on.* of the .Magi belonging to the court of Iluroun-ui- Kas. bid, who catue from the east to pay homage to the great eiup. tor of the w<t along with certain ambassadors. Tl.<* wife of (,'barl. mairro* Fastnwla, ask' d the Magi for a talisman which would j always cause her husband to be faocin at. .) i.v its wearer, aid this ebaria wae framed nt b*r instance. But another fab <• nscrilM .) to it the following origin : While Charlnooote bad bis mm at Ztim Igi.'b, n< ar Ztirb b, administering <*xa< t justice to all. I.e had a column fixci lit bis gat' s Willi a bell and a rope. It was op.*n to any on.* demanding jus ti.*e to sound this 1**11; and wL<n the emperor h.-ard it, even though at his meals, he would instantly nnswer tin* summons. On one oc a'ton this bell was repeat.-dly rung without any per son being found n*nr it. At length an enormous *. rpent was found twined around the rope. The empt-mr hearing this immediately went forth: the <-< r l**nt inclined respectfully before biro, and then move l slowly .iff. Charle magne followed it to the river, when* h<* *aw a monstrous torttl sitting upon tie* nest and eg.** of tin* serpent. H< solved to administer justice to all croatur* tin* ctuperur ordered the toad to I* buried. A t< w days after this serpent crept into the judgment hall, bowed low to the empertr. crept upon the tabh . and having dropped a precious ton* i o a golden goblet. glided quietly awnx Hie • uip< ror. iinpr. -set by tbi- marvei, i uiit <>n the spot where "tln- wTpent's n*st bad lw< n a ehurrh called " IVmst* k< i h." H<* gave lb'-precious stone to his beloved spou* . Fastrnda. The -t<>n< *o dr. w* toward ln r the emperor's love that lie could hardlysufFr her out of his sight. In the hour of her d< ath tin .m* pre*-, dr.-ading l.*t another should su<- • i i- d her in the affection* of the emj**ror. p 1 :ued tin* g. tn 1,. n<*.'iUi ber tongue, and it w*;ui bund witli ln r. Charlemagne could not separate himself from the I*sly. and for eighteen years carried it j aUiut with him. At length his con few •or. by some I,la. k art. disrnvrjrd tlie -ton* and it - virtue*; after which < 'bar* letnagnc allowed the body to be in terred, nnd tran-femd his affection to the confessor, who IK*came his prime minist' r. nr. lil>ih<.p of Mainz, nnd chancellor of the empire. But then, cither in a moment of repentance or anger, this individual threw th. ston. into a lake n.-ar Ingcthum. Tien tli* affection of Cliorlemagne was divert.*! from his forni'T favorit" to the lake, and In* built b-*idc it a pola.-e, for whose decoration his other imperial residences were mnd. bare. But wh< nCharh magne came to die his throe* were long and violent; and th<* archbishop, ktlowing the cause, had tin* lake dragged for the gem he had thrown Into it. The talis ■ man having l*.*n restored to the per*>n i of the monarch, hedied peacefully (s.|4). The tomb of Cliorlemagne. at Aix-la- Cbnpel e, was opened by Otto 111. in !*!'". and it is said tbat the wonderful g r m was found su*pcnd<d from his neck. However that may Ik*, the gtm had l>ecn for a long time the most valued rc iie in Aix-la-Chape]|c wlien it was pre sented by that city to Napoleon I. It was at a moment when he seemed to many, pre-eminently to himself, an ava tar oft harlcTuagne. Napoleon presented it to hi* favorite llortcnse, ri-ifrrnnj (Jnern of Holland. At Iter death, in Is.'lT. it pa-e,l to her son. Napoleon 111 It shared his imprisonment at ifatn and accompanied hint through al, his vicissi tudes. htkSßi<W< o| ji long history tic I precious stone has undergone evolut ions, j The nut-like stone constituting its basis I is surrounded by antique filigree of tine i gold, anil Is set with various gems. I There arc several relh*about it. I It is open to speculation how far the , voting ex-prinee Was infiueui cd l,y tiiis i talisman. That which his father wor at his watch chain the son wore sus pended U|K>n liia breast, as Catholics wear the most sacred reliquaries in whose protective virtues they believe. The strange mystical oddrcsses to the l>city found among this youth's papers reveal a degree of superstition alntut himself which amount* to cal phenomenon. At till'seat of war, in Africa. hedi*p'ayedam*klesne* which ho* led some to believe that hi* desire to do " -omething to get liim*elf talked alvotit "(word* reported from him by Id* intimate friend M. AmigUc*) amounted to insanity, wltile others be,(inve that he sought death. But it is possible that a natural rashness of disposition, and the tradition Uiat a Napoleon must begin with a military halo, were turned to fatal forces by secret faith in tlie potency of this talisman.— Afanrt(rt n.(bn>rau. tit Warper's ICci-fy. — The Fan She Bought. "How much for that fan?" she in quired, na she admiringly held up an elegant specimen of hrceEc-di*i>cn*ing architecture. "Twenty-eight dollars snd a halt, tna'am," smilingly observed the clerk. "And this one?" holding up another which was much larger ami bad more wind power. "Oh. that. Fourteen cents," not half so smilingly. " I'll take It." nnd she gazed longingly at the igh-prieed one as she slowlv laid the change on the counter, and careftilly counted the rest of her funds to !k> sun* that she had a horse-ear fareleft.— te Jbren ftyufrr. American Physique. It has Wn. and j* with a Jarge r) tva "I people to-day, a gem-rally received '{''J.".' Americans m a whole ore i i i physical dmlojinicni, The ' * J .Jonathan, a lean and withal wiry specimen of humanity, ha* ixx-n popu iarly looked U|oti ao the typical Ameri can citizen; hut let u.x we if this theory is liorrie out bv adequate evidence, A distinguished lecturer connected witf< the Harvard Medical School recently stated before one of hi cliutscH that, on a careful comparison of the vital statis tics of in hool children in this country with those of the same cine* in England, he found the Americans slightly superior to their English cou-ins in strength and stature. This statement, coming as it dix-s from so high an authority, must be 11 >ri r,,ih ' '' V( ' n to many scientific men. I i lie fact Is there has been a vast change in the physical condition of American citizens during the past half century. I I lie statistics of our army surgeons in the late war show that our native soldiers were taller and stouter than their comrade* from England, Ireland or Germany. All our representative iii'ii of late years, with few exceptions, have been men of magnificent physique. J he members of our present t'ongnxis are remarkable in this re*p<-ct, and un doubted]y afloi il the lin'-st siHs'tai'lc of ldiynic.il development to be found among existing legislative bodies, Mr. George M. Heard, writing in a r< ( cnt number of the AtUniw. < oneern mg the future of America from a physi cal standpoint, records very v< urat<-iy the cause* which have led to these < DMtgf -. Thcp are throe important lac- ' tors ill the physical development :>T non devi Opne nt of any nation, viz., race, c.imate and surrounding-. !'• rhajis the most important factor of all is cjirnate. It is tlie difference in climate lietwcrn this country and Eurojx- wliiej, Los wrought su' Ii wonderful changes in our people In so short a time. To this cause alone may b< aserilied our t< n deni-y to nervous diseases, for such things as BeTTdtU WftlMftfaw and ner vousfi \<r w. r. comparative ,v unknown during the Jirst century of this nation's exist.nc. Our ancestors, com ing to th'sc then inhospitable shores, brought with them tli ir English hm- I" ram< nl which lia<! b<*en developed through ' • !>turi"-of re-id' nee in a ni"i*t and equable climate. Time wax re quired to bring about a '-hang'*. hut from llie day tli' - i'ijgriin Fathers landed on tins continent tli'TC lias been a gradual evolution of a new race. The fevers in • i lent to residence in a moist climate have given place to the alarming train of nervous aff" lions which ar< often r< gard'sl as inytliical by many wlio >-ti,2 retain the Anglo-Saxon Pmjrament. With time also, w-aith has incp.vd; people are letter fed, 1* tter clothed, let ; Ut able to withstand tie-sudden changes so injurious to a foreigner, and in this act u initiation and in iff Itm of ntn illi Mr. lb ard a-., find- tie ag'-nt* wlii. Ii ut to alleviate nervous disorders. With * d pri'sptrity comes leisure, and witli Jeisun- pliysieai improvement, and the ais've-mentioned writer pictures to hinis. If an ideal slate of sih jety in which the wealthy few will lie occupied in ad vancing the t< tnporal w. ifare of the needy many. His summing up of the roult of race evolution during the past hi-tory of th' - nation is. how vt. n --tiri ly satisfactory ; lie says: "During the last two decades. the well-to-do classes if America have Is-cn visih.y growing stronger, fuller, healthier. Me weigh mop than our fath'Ts; thewomen in all our great centers "f population are yearly becoming in'ire plump and bead tiful. and in the leading brain-working occupation* our ni<-n arc also acquiring pihu-tncss.famplitude. quantity ollsing. <hi all si'hn there i a visible reversion to the 1m tl< r physical ajqiearanoe of our English and < rman ancestor*, a thou sand boys and girls, a thousand men in the prime of years, taken by ar< id'-nt in any of our largo cities, are heavier and more substantial than were the same number of the same ag< and walk of life twnty-five years ago." ft hence it appear- that the American, in spite of bis much-d'Tidcd want of '-n --thusiasm for athletic sports, stands even now at the le ad of the nations in I>1:\ -i --oal development; nnd this certainly t's a g'MMi omen for the future.— lh,dm Trav . cZlcr. Area and Population of Texas. Texas has a vast domain. Iletwccn the Sabine rix er on the cast, the Red river on the West, and the 400iui)c* of coast line on the south you inclose 274.- m square miles, nron r 175,900,000a res of territory. This tine State j# larg. r than the Kingdom of great Britain. larger than F"ranee, and larprthan the Herman Empire. You could earre out of Texas thirty-five Sint<-* a* large as Massachu setts, or nearly six as large as N. w York. Place the six New Flngland States on Texas, and you have covered hut little more than one-fourth of the Gnat State. Add all the Middle State* and still you luive covered only aliout two-thirds. Not till y<u have combined Maryland. Virginia and Ohio with the Middle and New England States, do you equal the immense area of Texas. And this " lone star" is not to lonely as some may imagine. It already ha* a ts population of 2.000.0n0. and the niar velous immigration now pouring into the State increase* the numlier at tlie rate of 300.000 a year. Tli'v new <•!- tiers are mostly from the Northern States *nd from Europe. Well, let them come— "tTnele Sam I* rich enough To bay n* nil a Ism." You could rather the entire popula tion <if the Unite}. States into Texas, and not hax-e it more crowded than *onie parts of our land an' now.— TVoy 7Vws. Desperate Duel Between it omen. A frightful due] w** louglit some rears agobv two girls employed in the ritval tobacco faetory in Seville, that factory in front of which the firt art of tlie pop ular opera, "Carmen" is supposed to a eventuate. The eluof actresses in this' Spanish tragedy of real life were voting girl* of twenty, perfect types of that Iberian lieauty which the painters and poets love. The day selected for the fight was a lovely one in midsummer. In company with their friends, the ene mies breakfasted at separate tables in a wine shop a couple of leagues out of the city. Then they sent their witnessea out, barred the doors and windows, and fell upon one another knife in hand. At the end of t n minutes lb* doom were forced. Both g'rls wre groaning on the floor; on- wa< bleeding to death front • ten wounds, the other expiring with her throat rut. Both still gripped tlielr ensanguined knives with clutches whi> h even tlielr last agonies eould not loosen. For a wonder the suthoritie* took a'-tion on the ease. They sent the ain-onds to prison for six montlis. and enacted an edict against the carrying of knives, which every one, of course, disobeyed.
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