Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, May 25, 1876, Image 1

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"What alls papa, mother?" said a sweet little glr',
Iter bright laugh revealing her teeth white as
pzarl;
•'1 lose ..him, and kiss him, and sit on his knee
But the kisses don't smell good when he kisses mar•
"But mamma'•—h?r eyes opened wide as she spoils
"Do you like nasty kisses or •baceo and smoke?
They might do for boys, but for ladlfs and girls
I don't thlni them nice," and she tossed her bright
curls.
"Don't - nobody's papa bare moutii titre and•cican?
With kisses 'lnc yoars, mamma—thara what I
mean;
want to kiss papa, I love him so well,
Bat kisses don't taste good that haro such a smell!"
"It•s nasty to smoke, and eat 'burro, and spit,
And .the kisses aln 7 t good.-and ain't sweet, not a
bit:"
And her blossom-lito faro wore a look of disgust,
.As she gave out her verdict, so earnest and Just.
"Fes, yes, little darling, your wisdom has seen
That kisses for daughters and wires should be
clean;
For kisses lose something of nectar and bliss
From mouths that are stained and unfit fora kiss."
TitE FATAL . SHOT.
"Help! Help!"
That desperate,hopeless cry echoed
but faintly among the wild, craggy
rocks that abounded-'on the east side
of a small island off kthe coast of
Maine, for the splashing of the waves
upon the beach below, f w►nd the sigh
ing of the wind through the wide
rifts and over the ledges, partially
.drowned it. By aid of the full,
round moon, which seemed to be ris
ing directly out of the gently-ruffled
waters, that stretch away as far as
the eye can reach, we discover the
form•of a man, who is hurrying down
towards the shore, with a struggling
female in his arms.
"'There, my pretty one," he S4id,
" don't make such a noise, fir 1
doubt if your voice will be beard in
this wild region. We'll reach the
boat soon, then you may cry or sing
to the stroke of the oars till you are
tired!"
At length he paused, and, placing
his fingers to his mouth, gave a shrill ,
whistle, which was quickly answered.
Seemingly satisfied, he proceeded On.
presently reaching the beach, along
which he rapidly strode with his bur
den..
64 Be lively, lads," he said, upon
nearing a place where the rneks pro
jected some distai l ice into the water,
not fl - frinn which, two men stool
waiting with a hoat drawn pp
wit3*on the . sand. "Let us get
away from here as' soon as 'pesSible.
!list! who comes'!"
Scarcely Intl he reached the boat,.
when, a tall, athletic youth bounded
.forward, and pushed one of the as
tonished men into the water, a re
treating wave carrying him far out
into the little bay before he was able
to make a strokt to save himself; then,
'Springing upon the oter, he dealt
him a blow Which sent him sprawl
ing into the boat, and dashed his
head Wltl_such violence against one
of the thwarts, that insensibility in-,
stantly ensued. , .
The abductor quickly placed the
maiden on her feet, and drawing a
pistol, lev'eled it at the head of the
intruder, but ere he could discharge
it his • throat was grasped by the
hand of his opponent, the weapon
wrested from him, and himself rude
ly prostrated.
" Now,'' said the youth, pointing
the pistol at the fallen man, and
slowly retreating backward, • with
one arm about the waist of the maid
en, "if you attempt to rise I'll send
a bullet through your brain. 1 - will
do you no further injury, though, if
you will allow us to depart in peace."
" You seem to have the advantage
at presentl" returned the other; "But
I shan't :forget this ! You shall sue
the time you crossed my path !" -
" I thank you for your friendly
'warning, and will perhaps profit by
; but, take the' advice of a young
friend, and leave this neighborhood
as soon as possible, • for I perceive
you don't belong here, and you are
certainly gaining no friends."
Slowly the young couple moved
away , from the place where.the short,
decisive struggle had occurred, till
at length a tinge boulder hid them
from view ; then they turned and
hurried up the- steep ascent which
led toward the home of the girl.
" Oh, Walter," she said, as they
proceeded rapidly .up the treacher
ous path, hand in. hand, " how can
I ever repay you for this kindnesS ?"
"The only reward I ask is a con
tinuance of the same warm lore
you have lately showni: me," ;replied
the youth ; you can bestow it,
Rachel, can you not ?" ,
" Certainly, I Can. have I not
assured you of my devotedness long
ere this?", •
Yes, yiys:;,but I thought:peril:lly:
your sentiments had ehanged, since
you were just now trying to elope
with that fellow Whom we left (town
On the beach," and the young man
laughed lightly at his facetious re
mark. " I happened to be on my
way to pay' you a visit," he., contin
ued, " when I heard you call for
help, so I turned[my steps in the di
rection whence came the cry, and
overtook you justin tine to prevent
your being carried away from me
perhaps forever. But who is that
fellow ? and how came he to get hold
of you ?"
I don't know who he is, but I
think he is the captain of that strange
vessel,. which you have perhaps seen
anchored at the.entrance of the bay
for the last two days. I met him
- yesterday, and imiinsulted me, but I
Massed on without seeming to notice
him. This evening he came to the
house. Mother, as you know, has
been very ill for the. last few days,
and this =ruing she was somewhat
worse, so father started up to
to get. Dr. Benton and Uncle William
to come and see her. He has not re=
turned yet, so when this _man came
in I was alone with mother. With
out a word of warning, he caught
~ t,
rite 'up in his arms, and hurried
away with Inc. You, mow the rest."
The two soon reached the girl's
home,—a plain but substantially,-
built It ut,the interior of which, though
scantily furnished, looked , neat and
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comfortable. Upon a small table,
which stood between the door and
one of the windows, was a lighted
candle, nearly burne_ t( - ,ia the socket,
and a large wood fire inirned in ! the
broad'open fire-place, while various,
little artitdes which lay j upon, the
mantel, or bung behind. the door, in
dicated that the male occupant was a
fisherman.] '
In one corner of, the apartment
was a bed, upon which reclined a
middle-aged female, whose,
cheeks and wasted form beipoke long
and terrible suffering. When the
latch wit's lifted, and the door swung
open, she! raised her head with a
nervous terror to see who had come.
" Mother it is I," !saiii Rachel,
stepping quickly towards: the bed,
and bending over her. v, u How do
you feel now ?"
" Oh, my 'dear, dear child," said
the invalid,' stretching forth her thin
hands," " ilfeared you were gone for
ever.! Where is that villain Who was
here?"
"We left him down, on the beach.
Walter, here, rescued mel.from his
clutches just as he was lifting me in
to his boat."
The yoUng man approached the
bedside, and suffered his toil-stained
hand to be grasped by the sick ,
wo
man.
. "Bless Sou, Walter!". she said,
fervently. "God bless you, my dear
bOy ! and,lwhen I am gone, 1 hope
you will take goOd care of Rachel."
•° BUt yOu must not talk of leav
ing us yeti Mrs. Chester," said Wal
ter, soothingly. "Are you not feel
ing
. bettcr now."
No ; I believe I
. am- growing
worse. I am so nervous to-night
that the slightest noise startles me,
and causes my heart to throb so
violently, that it seems at times as if
it would burst from my bosom.
Rachel, isn't it time your father re
turned
.t‘ Yep, ,mother ; but Ido not see
biin coning yet."
Rachel looked out through the
window upon the, moonlit waters,
hoping to See her father's'boat com
ing around - the point at the entrance
to the little bay, but in vain; so she
returned to the bed Side of her moth
errand carefully arranged the pil
lows beneath her head, and brushed
the long black hair from her face.
Presently .the invalid dropped -into a
quiet sleep, and the young couple
seated themselves before the lire,
and began' to converse in low tones,
occasionally turning and looking out
at the window, expecting to discover
the approach :of the old fisherman,
and wondering what could keep him
so long..
Slowly the moon rose toward the
zenith, still shedding a mellow light
over the face of nature, and preSent
ly the old clock on the mantel struck
eleven, causing the sufferer to start
nervously in her sleep, but she sank
back again, without waking.'
" I must leave' you now,"
said the young man, pushing his
chair awayl from the ere, "for I was:
up late Wit night, and I promised
Dan Duncan I could be ready to go
to with him at four o'clock
to-morrow anorning. not be fit
to ch.; anything unless I have a lew
hours sleep. You're not afraid to be
alone, are you ?"
"Oh; no 1" replied the girl ; "there's
nothing tolfear except that man who
tried to carry me away this evening,
and it seems to me you have better
reason to fear him than I have."
Don't be alarmed about me,,
Rachel, for, I shall be on my guard,
though I, hardly think he will show
himself arOund herd again. 'Be a
good girl, land don't forget, me in
your dreanis. ;Good night." •
" Good-night, Walter."
The lovers' lips met in a long; af
fectionate kiss; then the young man ,
ppssed out, and started towards his
humble hoMe. Rachel watched him
until his. form mingled with the
shadow of,a, high, jagged rock, and
then turned and . closed the door,
and, perceiving that her mother was
still sleeping, seated herself before
the tire again, waiting anxiously for
the coming of her father;
Half an ihour passed qbietly but
tediously hey when, upon looking
out at the *indow, as she had done
nearly a }Mildred times before, she
bounded tO her feet with a cry of ter
ror; but,; quickly recovering her
self-possesaion, she slammed to . the
window-shutter, which opened on the
inside, and fastened it, and then bar
red the doOr.
" Rachel ; • Rachel! what is • the
matter? Where is Walter ?" cried
her mother, nervously. starting up,
but sinking back again upon her pil
low, with both hands pressed over
her wildly throbbing heart.
" Oh, mother, I saw two *hideous
faces peering in at the window just
now, and one of them belongs to that
man Who I was here this 'evening!
What shall I do? Oh, mother, Nvliat
shall—"
Iler utterance was'interrupted by
a loud knack at the door, to which
she designd no response,;: but in an
agony of Iterror kept close to the
bedside °flier mother. The knock
was repeated, and the blood seemed
ready to freeze in her veins as the
latch was I impatiently lifted, and a
heavy weight pressed against the
door till it seemed the bar that held
it shut mist give . way,,and place her
at the mercy of the ruffians.
" liallo,lneighbor, let us' in won't
you, at length, came a voice from
without '• " we are
. travelers, seeking
shelter for the night."
This, Rachel was positive, .was
falsehood, for no pie ever came to
the little island except to transact
business With those who lived there,
and it was not so large but Mat one
might traverse through it froth end to
end in a Couple of honks ; so she
maintained her position without ut
tering a is=ord.
.
"I say there, my fine girl," con
tinued the speaker, after waiting a
few minutes, his tone of voice and
manner of rattling the latch showed
that he was getting exasperated at
not being i admitted; "if you don't
open thigdoor pretty suddenly, well
burst it open I" And,again the bar
seemed ready to give. , way under the
heavy body pressed against it.
" Rachel," said the. nervous inva
lid; in, a. hoarse whisper, while. her
eyes, the Pupils of which had, grown
min:dm:l4 large-and bright with
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terror, seemed to be on the point of
starting from their sockets, "what
if they should get inside ! Tie
would kill me, and carry you away !
Shoot them!" she cried, horrified at
the thought to which she had given
expression ; " take down the gun and
shoot the villains , !" .
Reddy to adopt the first plan that
came to mind, the girl sprang, upon
a chair before the fire, and e took
down from the hooks in the; wall,
•over the mantel, her father's old gun,
together with the powder-horn and
bullet and cap pouched. Theselatter
she carried to the -table, and . then
with the expertness Of • an experienc
ed hunter, drew the ramrod and
sounded the depth of the bailie', to
iseovpr, if the weapon was loaded.
It was pot! so she blew into, the
muzzle, 'and found that, though it
bad not been used for a long time, it
was still in good condition.
With a look of fierce determina
tion, she poured a quantity of pow
der into the palm of her left hand,
and slipped it into the barrel,ramming
the wad down upon it with an ener
gy that fairly made the weapon ring.
The bullet was next dropped in, and
as it did not lit snug, a wad of pa
per was pushed down upon .it to
keep it in place; the hammer was
then raised, and. the cap carefully
adjusted; then, with her linger op
the trigger, the resolute girl at once
advanced toward the middle of the
room.
Meanwhile, the knocking and rat
tling at the door had ceased, but
presently it was resumed, though not
with the seeming impatience that it
was before.
"Father," ventured the girl, hop
ing it might be her parent who had
returned, "if it is you, speak, and I
will let von in."
. She waited, but no response came,
other than a nervous clicking of the
latch, and a • pressure like that of a
foot against the bottom of the door.r.
With an inward prayer that God
would forgive the deed, she raised
the gun to .her shoulder and pulled
the trigger, the ball passing thrOugh
the door a little below where th&-bar
crossed it. A groan from without,
as some heavy body sank upon the
doorstep—a shriek of agony from
the bed in the corner—and all was,
still, save the sharp ringing in her
ears which the report had occasioned.
Hastily dropping the weapon on
the floor, Rachel sprang to the bed
side of her mother, but to her horror,
found her lying upon .her side, her
pulse silent, her, heart silent too I
" Oh, mother,. mother! •Speak—
speak to' your wretched, child, and
tell me I have not murdered You!
Oh, tell inc I have not 'murdered
you!"
The wards ended in, a wail of deS
pair, and a 6 the purple lips still kept
silent, the .poor i girl sank upon the
floor bereft of all consciousness.
At length she was aroused by a
loud knock, and a voice, which she
recognized With a glad cry. -calk ! .
Rachel, open the door OA:
For heaven's sake, what is the matter
here? Open the loor, I say
Racheli sprang forward, and too
dowii the bar, ami admitted the ul
fisherman, her uncle, mid Dr. Beam
who-'bore in their arms the form of
man, bound hand and foot an
gag g ed, and from a small red spot i
the forehead a tiny stream •of Woo
triekkd down over his face.
" Oh, my God, %Vatter !" cried Ra
chel, rushing to the side _of the
Wounded man, and carefully remov
ing the guide; " have I done this ? "
"It was not your fault," answered
the young man, speaking with great
difficulty, and looking with a - sad
smile into the face of the maiden ;
"that man who sought to carry you
off this evening. is the cause. of it.
He and one of his pals' caught me on
my way home,. but I managed to es
cape, bound as I am, and,While they
searched for me I approached the
house and pressed the latch with my
chin,,doping I might be able
. to,
somehow or other, let you know who
•Was there. lint never mind it will
soon be over!' Kiss me,'Rachel, for
—for I feel as if I would 'not last a
great while. Iliad hoped we might
some day be happy together in a lit
tle tome of our own, but it's all owr.
now !-Lit's all over now !"
Rachel pillowed his head in her
lap, but did pot press her bloodless
- lips to his as she 'had been requested
to do; and after a brief silente the
sufferer gashed for breath, his head
sank back, the lower jaw dropped,
and the physician who was looking
on—for he could do nothing—knew
that the soul of Walter Kelsey had
left its tenement !
A. wild, maniacal shriek burst from
the lips of the poor girl when she
made the discovery, and she pushed
the , warm corpse from her as if it
had been so much poison, and sprang
to her feet, her eyes, gleaming like
balls of fire.
" lie's dead!" she-shouted, clutch
ing her father by the arm. " lie's
dead, I, say ; and so is she !"—point
ing toward the bed—" and I did it!
lla, ha, ha! I did it! Dare you say
I didn't ?"
The old fisherthan disengaged him
self from her grasp with ashudder ;
and it would be impossible - to tell
the anguish that racked. his soul
when he realized that naught ! but a
maniac daughter was left to
_cheer
his once happy homu!
'Radial's shot had, liked, been a
fatal one.
TliE ENGINE DRIVER'S STORY.
In the autumn of 1856 I was engi
neer on the Galena and Chicago Un
iOn Railroad, now the Galena► Divis
ion of the great Chicago and North
western Itailway,• and was sent one
Sunday from the Junction—thirty
miles west of Chicago—to Harlem,
to bring up, several cars ',loaded with
railroad iron. On arriving at 'Harlem
I found the turn-table broken, .and,
therefore, went down to the limits,
then Halsted street, to turn my en
gine about. At that time there were
no houses between the city and Oak
Ridge, nine miles out, it being a
smooth, lavel prairie all the way, and
but little travel except on the cars.
The road was an air -line, and when
I had got half over the distance, 1
'saw walking on the , track a young
man and a young woman, each one
carrying a small parcel and having
the appear a nce of fugitives,. That
was'' lon g before Mr. Greeley had in
stiitietthe young men to "g 6 west,"
aid this pair bad .really got the start
of the Tribune seer, for they were
gOing West as fast as they could
walk, and at the" time of .my.meeting
Wein, baka long stretch before them
that promised no pleasing company
e*c..ept as they found in each other.
.'After turning my engine litarted
14ek, and in a. short time overtook
the wanderers; when I stoplied Elie
engine and invited them to ride. At
first they seemed a little timid, but, I
qtrieted their fears, ,and having got
'them nicely seated in
,the cab
learned that . the 'young man bad been
in' m employ of a farmer in Chautau
qa N. Y.; that the girl was
the' only daughter of the farmer ;
that they had determined on getting
niarried,against the will of the pa- -
rents, and had run away, seeking
t4t haven of rest, Chicago. •
`Mere they got out of money, and
asrJhe young man failed to'get work,
they had started out to rook • for a
Aloe among the farmers. I took him
toy the Junction, where his story
a*akened a good deal of interest for
th* among the railroad men, result
ing placing him at De Kalb, as
night-wiper of locomotives. - Irere
they continued
to
the winte , ,
anal.as I used to see them at time:
thfnk I never saw two persons whO
seemed to be better or more lovingly
mated . than they. The following
sPring I lost sight of them, but sub
sequently learned that they had re
turned East.
few days,after Christmas, 1875,
I went into I.:verett's dining-rooms,
Vi 4shington Market, New York, and
ordered dinner. While waiting to be
sei7:ved, I saw a well-to-do fanner
lodkincr individual` enter and take a
seat nt the next table. lie was in
eblwersation with a butcher, and I
thOught I recognized soniething,
miiar fljn the voice and, features - of
the new comer. So impressed was I
with the belief ,that I had seen him
before, that on finishing my lunch I
approached awl asked him,if we had
not met somewhere. lie failed to re
mdlpber having ever seen me, and I
waTs about to go away when I asked
Him had ever, been on the North
western Railway. At first he an
sv*ed in the negative, but quickly
correcting himself,. he said : •
Why, yes, I was out there years
irzi
is Did you work for the company
Ves.! I wiped erfghles at De K:01,
7,
on p. winter.
, Then, for the first time, it Occurred
toMe who he was, and I asked if he
remembered being. up one 'Sunday
be teen Chicago and Oak
jE I shall. never forget that!" said
he "and I know you must be the
who lbefrionded me then. How
Ilk wife ;would like to see • . you !"
kild he arose and grasped my hand
n!*oken of my former kindness and
iiti!remembrance of it.
learned that his wife's parents
Oil sent for them to come back the
lj ink th a t 1 ►r.issed them ; that he
IA finally come iii possession of the
on the dcath.of his father-in-
hail ; laW hl been very successful, and
••
w4s at.that time delivering two car
loads of stock to the butcher by his
mite. I spent a halt' hour with him,
and we parted, I promiising to call
on',:him some good day, and he assur
in me that a good wife and two
children would join him in welcoming
m 4" to a pleasant farm home in Chan
tapqua. county, whenever I came
thiire.—.R9che4er Express.
A TRUE S Y. ,
inc cold ,Alay in Iviiiler, a lad
stood at the outer door of a cottage
in! Scotland. The_ snow had bees
falling very fast, and the poor boy
hAked very cold and hungry.
Mayn't - I stay, ma'am ?r' he said
tO4he Woman who had opened the
defor. "I'll work, cut wood, go for
wiiter,.and do all your errands:"
;1‘ You may come in at any rate,
with my husband comes hinne," the
wiiman said. " There sit Own by
WC fire; you look perishing'with the
cold;" and she drew a' chiir lip to
the warmest corner ; then suspicious
l glancing at the boy frotn the
corners of her eyes, she continued
setting the table for supper.
;Presently came tho tramp of heavy
bOpts, and the door was swung °pea,
with a quick jerk, and the husband
entered, wearied with his day's work.
7-,A look of intelligence passed be
t Ween his\ wife and himself. lie had
I&.)ked at q the boy, but did not seem
very well pleased ; he nevertheless
Made him come to the table, and was
glad to see how heartily he ate his
slipper.
.fllay after day passed and yet the
hoy begged to be kept " until to-mor
r4w ;" so the good - couple, after due
etmsideration, concluded that, so
leno as he was such a good boy, and
corked so willingly, they would keep
•
One day, in the iniatile of white
4.!':petidler, who, often traded at the
opttage, called, and, alter disposing
(iT some of his goods, was preparing
tij go, whenlhe said to the woman:
" You have a boy out there split
ting woo 1,, I see," pointing to the
Yes ; do you know' him ?"
I have seen him." replied the
06ddier.
Where ? Who is he ? What is
1%.6 ?"
4 " A jail bird ;'' and then the ped=
iler swung his pack over his shout
tier. " That boy. young as he loolis,
''saw in court myself, and heard him
sentenced ten months.' You'd do
Sell to look carefully after him."
j ! there was soinething . ,sO dread
in the word " jail." The poor
!Woman trembled as she htid away
{the things she had bought orthe petit
tiler; nor could she be. easy tilt slit
,Oldled the boy in and assured him
that she knew that! (lark part of his
history.
Ashamed and distressed,- the boy
ping clown his head. Ms cheeks
seemed bursting with the but blood,
hislipi quivered.
Well," he muttered, his frame
linking, " there's no use in my try
to do better; cvcryhody hates
4nd dispises me ; nobody cares for
Me." 1
spi" Tell the," saitt the woman, " hoar
t.itine you to go, f4o ; young, to Una
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Where is your moth.
eiY"
6 4 Oh V,' declaimed the boy with a
burst of grief that was terrible to be
c,4l • I hadn't rio -- mother ever
since 1 was a baby I only had, a
mother," lie continued, white tears.
gushed from his eyes, " I wouldn't
haVe been yllonnd out, and kicked, and
cuffed, andhorsewhipped. I wouldn't
haVe been saucy and got knocked
doWn, and„:run a*ay, and then stole
•beciinge . IF' was hungry:. Oh! if I'd
only had a!niother ?" •
The strength : Was all gone from the
.pocir boy, and he' sank on his knees,
sobbing gr eat choking
.sobs, rubbing
the :hot tears away with.the sleeve of
his jacket 4 . _
The
_ , woman Was a mother, and,
tho Ugh all ier. children. slept under
the 'cold:sOd in the church-yard, she
was .a mother still. She. put, her
hand kindly on the head of the boy,
and 'told him to look tip, and said
fropl that time he shbuld find in her
mother: "!7). - es-,. even put her arms
around the, neck of! that forsaken,
deserted child. : She poured from her
mother's.heart sweet; kind words—
words of counsel and i of- tenderness.
Oh!. how Sweet - was her sleep that
night—hoW soft:her pillow ! She had
_ .
plucked. some thorns: from the path
of a little sinning but striving mortal.
That piper boy y is now a . promising
man. Ilistfoster-rather is now dead.
Histoster-Oother is aged and sickly,
but she knowa no want. The "poor
outcast " ij her support. Nobly does
lie repay the trust reposed in him.
" When father and mother forsake
me, the Lord will take me up."—The
Sta?idarq Pearer:
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SOCIETY Cl_' 0;' PENITENTS, NEW. MEX
._ 'ICO..
The extraordinary' credulity and
fanaticism of the people .are seen in
the strong* light,; however, during
Ifoly-Week, when large numbers.
t liroughoutthe Territory participate
in the exercifies ,of the Society of
Penitents, =Which is discountenanced
by the prie4s, though it originally
sprang froip the '.Church. The head
quarters oP;!this :organization are at,
Mora, and its branches extend in ev
ery directiOn, including among its
members.keonsiderable part of the
population i :)othmale.and female. It
meets in the l'orada or assembly
hall, and its transactions are secret,
but its avowed object is the-expiation
of sin' by ;thc infliction of violent
bodily punishment. Toward - Good-
Friday there is tan unusual activity
in the society, and the town-hall is
occupied nearly every evening by
meetings, which are signalized to the
outsiders by disinat cries, groans,
told the niV:;,n-lOus rattling of chains
—preparations which result on Holy-
Thursday iat the: public scourging of
those members Who desire to chasten
themselvesand make atonement for .
their otrei*es. !The day is regarded
as a festival, and a crowd of eager
spectators
~gatlie'r about the hall.
After many preliminary cereinonies,
the door is thrown Open, and the
Tit dine., fl e mto the A pri twi ight
if the snOw-coVcrell street to: the ,
pipeful muSic of a S'brill reed inStru
meat played by an attendant. They
re 'destittile of other clothing than
a thin' pair of under-drawers and
heir headS aml facesi are Mimi
white cotton wraps. ] so that their
neighbors 'pay not, by recognizing
them, havt:l; cause to] wonder what
crime theyexpiate. The leader stag
gers undo the weight of a heavy
cross about twenty feet high, and his
companionS, shivering with cold as
the wind beats 'their naked bodies,
carry thick bunches of the thorny
cactus in their handS: The attend
ants place them in a position, and at
. given signal the procession moves,
chanting a plaintive' hcmn to. the
time of the' musician's pipe. At eve
ry second iitep the men strike them;
selves over the shmilders with the
cactus, deeper scar with
each blow, until the• Skin is broken
and: the lacerated, flesh pours its:
blood in w'carmine.trail on the snow.
Selveral ate bound at the ankles by
rawhide thOngs,la dagger, pointed at
both ends.'being secured between the
two,-feet in such' a way that when
they stumble, it stabs them in - a,
Most sensitive part. ] The sight be
comes si*ning withiborror, and re
press'ed nipans of anguish fill the air
as the 6c:tits brushes afresh the
streaming ir quivering wonnds. No one
is allowed: to retire. ,and when the
cross-bearer sinks to the ground from
exhaustion, the, attendants quickly
raise and urge him on again
with his heavy burden. • The route'.is
traced 'along the white road in cilia,'
son footsteps, and after parading the
alleys ot7the .town, ] the ,prneession
turns olr. toward steep hill, in
ascending; which their bare; feet arc
cut to the bone by the sharp pro
jecting rieks. 'Flie‘ eminence gained - ,.
preparatiOns are made for a new and
surpassing. torture. The cross is s laid
upon tl p ;round, and the beaeer
so firmly 'bound' to it by lengths 'of
rawhide that the circulation of the
blood i retarded, and' a gradual dis
coloration of the body follows. His
aims ar('',i outstretched along the
transverse beam, JO which a sword,
pointed fij, both:ends like the
before mentioned,. ikatiaehed, and if
he alloWsthein to drop a single, inch
from their original positiegn, the
weapon penetrates the flesh. Amidst
the unearthly oroanS' of the by-stand
ers and the shrill piping of the musi ,
cian the cross is raised,
cru
cified tdrns his aOon to
heaven, While the bloottslowly trick
les 'from Ins wOu9ds l and :t livid hue
overspreads his! skin'. How long] lie
remains is only a ipieStion of claw.
anee, foi• eventually he- loses con
seionsueks, and not until then is he
reletised.-!; At the conclusion-of this
I , arbarotlx pe ITO rump ce, wh i occa
ion ally .rcsult4 in death, the 'pen/-
ten/es return to'the Morada,,and the
celebration is brought to a close:—
liarper'..ofaga:zine. . ".
Tire crew is net so bad a bird after all.
It never sho s :.the white feather, and
never complains Without caws.
',SIM dyed for rne,',' said 'a young hus
band when be beheld the dark leeks grad
ually returning to their original red.. •
ts fora th reshi ng machine !"
exclaimed a young East Side boy, when
he saw IIM card on one for :sale. , " Why,
mother pigs only Z 3 a pair for her slip
pers."--11/1 tratekee
$2 per Annum In Advarsee.
TRE GREAT CORMS REGIRE,'B
FOR THE - OEBTENRIAL
• The contract between the Centen
nial authorities and George II: tJlor
-1
lisS - of Providence, 1t 1., obliged ,he
latter to have. his -great engine in
Maehinery'llall completed and read3,-
foraction by the 10th of April. The
'announcement 1 circulating: tlirotigh
the gronnilsAlutt in the, eveninf.si this
gigantic source . of the Motive, power
that will operate upwardW a deZen
acres of machinery• Would . I)elscit, in
motion for the first I time . , l a gr at
erowthof employees Ind others :c n
gregated about;th,e:iten giant be,f , re
tivp o'clock. Steam had been dreg ed
in Tour 'of the twenty boilers regal ed
to feed the enaine, - and I was tub ed
upon" the latter, half lan hour la r.
There: were so 'many', sooty-looki, g
men perched away pp at variOus
points outside, inside and" on top .. iof
the . 'monster, oiling, polishing land
finishing inferior details of the IcOn
strnction, that . some of the Specta. ,
WO began to fear that the prOpi:+d
starting of the engine that eVening
Was a hoax. Questionafter•qtiestion
was asked as-to its size, weight,; etc.
. 1 i
. FEATURES OF THE IRON tilANI'...
The curious interrogators;owere
told, not. for the first time; - thati it'
weighs .fi 0c) tons ; will - driv& eLlit
mile's of shafting; , has a fIY-vvbeel
thirty feet in diameters and weighing
seVenty . tons ; is of 1,400 horse-Po!w
,
er, i with a capacity of being forced Ito
2,500; had, two Walking-beams,;w6'g,li
inn 22 tons each ;. two 40-inch eflin
ders, a 10-foot crank, 'I crank Shaft
'l9 inches in diameter and 12 feet in
length; connecting rods 24 feet, in
length, and pistong-ods Gt inches in
diameter. The platform upon!whiph
it Tests is 55 feet in', diameter land
composed of polished ,iron plates,
resting upon - brick foundations that
extend far down_ into the earth', ,the
height from the floor to the toPlof
the - walking-beams is 39 ket: {Mr:
Corliss is the inventor, patelit4e;
builder and owner, having had lit
ereeted for the double purpOse of ;
exhibition and furnishing .mbtye,
1
poWer, which Will be sppplied fgra ti=
itously, but only for the purpole of
exhibiting machinery' in operation;
no , Machinery- being . allowed to irpn
longer titan is necessary for that puri
pose; except by permission frOm the
chiCrof the bureau. Of the c i ight
lines of shafting (four on each side
of I,he transept) seven will li - av i e la,
sped of 120 revolutiobs per thin: tc
'and one of 240.1 -.
AN ENTIIUSiASTfC SCENE
At twenty minutes Past six '(J'elo
mossenAr was sent' for Dil•qti
General . Goshorn, who arrivejl
linutes afterward.' The hal4 sp i
lb/lire of . Mr. Corlis4 kept tlittu
fyoM point to point; i whereYer
eagle gray eye detected some fmlci i
seqpie disorder. The oihy, spo i
wo,rkmen climbed down thetWouri
ladders - reaching from the to oil ti
wOking,.beams,• and al few milsciul t i
fellows, with a heavy lever acting
Ole cogs of the 11y:w1101 as a. *neigh
cansed several turns of thelatttir
prOve that all was clear beforl.,
ing steam on. The inventor.,Wtitho
the slightest.anxiety depietedlin
conntenance, placed his silk; h i , :
jarintingly on the ironlgray
made. One last rapid survey pfd ti
Sithation. By this tin n the' Di;recti)
General and other prominent cifficia
liad mounted the platform and t it
their stand between Ithe• eyfindei
The expectant throe; below; . 0i
prlSed nearly all officially colir4t4
with the exhibition who happined
bd in town
At precisely half-past six o'clock
04 Director-General raisedilislailm
asca Signal, Mr. Curtiss pat4Nl i his
Inige iron pet as if it were if filislsy
nag that he was coaxing to-_ . in° - e,
lilien a slight lulling was ' leai4,l i ot
near so loud as• that of a railway o-
cojnotive when about to start, one) of
the beams began to descend and t i tle
fly wheel to turn and !the engOle; was
! motion. Without waiting,i for
more, every spectator; took hid L~;tj in
Ids hand and swung it in the lie
action being acCoinpanied by a qh{er
so deafening that notjiint could ex,
teed it in enthusiasm exe64l he
cheers that followed it.. EvcrybodY
appeared . to understand the !sigudi
eance of the mo Ilea! and the Inaetl
cal appreciation of it shown: NV I ,(P'II.I
be worthy of the . openin , day:-
InOtion- of the en!rine was astonikli-
.
ingly noiseless, notbinfr being* he. l
above a uniform murinur,'yesenil.
the well-known sound of a ive l l
1-,'
wheel' in rapid revolution. i 'IThl
were but fourtee - 4 pounds of ste t
generated bythe four boilers and
1
-revolutions of the 11 - -wheel at l I t:.
1
ing were fifteen - per minute. '
shafting coca-wheel, . purtioni;
wirik . :ll rtse .abovc. thi i !.iloor in 'dirt
iiirts of the litiiilling, though re i v(
itig with great rapility, Were le i
inure noiseless that I heir gi , /,;if
motor. It was long„ befor. - ! the !st'
' t:itors could turn 'away fromJ l
1 - '
• 1
n• - rand sight.
1 r•. , ,-, : t
NOTES ON THE .INTERNATIONAL 1.,93
•
Auk V: 12-'2,1%-.4;01.1 , E.N, Trxt : I,l`rtr-rj.l
The cite& of this tromendous jkitlgtl
Ananias and Sapithira was iile:- , ea
Ity a series-of .rnrackdons
siime 'as the imiiressi4m made , y
evehts of rentveost w;,..„:: : - Areitgthetidd
.t these werelm
etintinued. (3:13.) 'flu
elesi of mercy, not
Nit:aught not upon be
tipon unbelieyAy
still the instnunt•ntal'
hands of the Apceitlti
divine power operated
,Inch difference it
the meaning of the 1
The moot question isi
''hall) . • One answer
Apostles: (llaeliett.)[
.to the whole body of
Bishop Neweirime: Ales
have a swell and exp:
that seems ineonsiSten
:limit&ion as the
tAine to the latter opa
Suppose that as t:he
1 ..: ~ i
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- N -T I LIM - P.E - Tit
ITS FIRST TRIAL.
THE ENGINE .4TARTS.,
iS7G
si-:coNr, QLNItTZIi., f.rF7SON
I ')f jildgllll4lltit
•lievers• so mile.
A
he Apostle Is
agency "by
thi:ou;tl.l
l )pitqin existi
•
tst
elauso of
who are 'rein
confine 4 to
•
Another , ejzt i
sander.) The!m,
ansion: of,o4ai
.§ 9 .ln4rt
t.
itolic body,ti
n
number!of!.iii,--34!
‘
had become too great tobeaceommodatct
elsewhere, their religions services
,were
held in the spacious portico called Eldloi
mon's porch; or that this'portico h;x3 1 :0
theirt favorite place or ;iisort itnd social
meotaig., This ,elaum may, have _bee4
thrown in to show hoW boldly they
.pro
fessed Chrlist., ' • •
Y .
Verse 13 has also oCeasioned - a great
dealdpf perplexity. t3Orne suppose the
moaning to be!„that no oho ventured to as
sociate. with the Aposiks; otbers t. •
that it was merely unbelievers who, .f • •
to rntingle, with them. This theory,
either form ofjti does not seem probable.
btter. vieiv is that "the rest" mean
others 'of; thc,saMe etass! as Ananias and
Sapphira, and that suchwere, deterred by ,
the fate of these 'from reeking a hypocrit•
ical Profession. - ,:of piety. "The salutary
fear thus engendered was the Meals by
which it -pleased God to ;preserve the
churc:li, in this its infant state, from the
intrusion of impure and, hypocritical pro
t:essorp." Dr. J. A. .a.lexander's explan
ation is original and Striking. "The whole
connection, thns, explained, may be para
phrased as follows: deatkof 'Ana
nias and Sappthra filled tbe public mind
With awe, and this was. afterward' Main
tained by a continued series of miraclfs,
in consequence 'ofwilich. tip disciples were
allow4d to constitute a body by themselves,'
witliotit molestation or lintrusion•;from
withoid, and is they had now gradually
formed the habit of assembling daily in
the prirch of Solomon, no Others.ventured
to mix. with them there, -but the people
• t -
were content to look on as More specta-
tors from the cOUrts , adjeilting, and eon
tinua4 magnified (i. e 4 I admired and,
praised) them; as a company .among
whom God Vas present in:a new and most
`extraerdinary manner.',7l
Altliough deep awe r i oted upon the
popular mind, it did not Prevent numer
ous conversions. 3.lultituds of believers,
both Male and Temale, were added to the
Lord; I not mereli to the chureli,'as in the ,
case of Ananias and Sapphira. Kitto
thinks the number of belt vers in Jerusa
lem Must . haVe reached ten thousand.
There; is no need of the parenthesis in our
!EngliSli ' piblek: by which the 15th v. is
connected withi,the first .clause ef tbe 12th
v. There'is nothing to forbid the olOou.s
constriiction of the clauses as iirimedately
i
successive; "and believerS l were. more ad
ded to the Lent! Multitudes both of men
,
and NV, omen, se ,as to bring,, 0. (or, so that
they torctight);forth the sick, &c." Tho
crowdj was so great and 'Constant that it
was itoligiblij to bring an the sick and
demonized ititOthe presence and within
reach of the hands of tho' Apostles; the
best tliey could* was. to• iet them under
the shidow of the 'Apostles, and especially
of Peter, .as the )nost copApicubus alad4c-
tiro or the twei+e. The — shadow in'this
case answered the same 'purpose with the
words and gpsSies used on other
by connecting the object with the
channel of healing. Thcsfi sick mere not
contluqd to Jertiiialem; but•were brought
from the Whole 'itirrounding courtry. The
utimbiir must hac beeiigicat,'"and they
were healed • •
~ .
The :remainder of the lesson:treats of
the in4i . risoneMnt, miractilotis liberation
ancl•re•iarrest oC the Aw'stles. • .
1 •
1. TJie impyis6nntent., vs. 17-18... :We
have here the" second hostile movement
from without. the. 'first; bein - g that record
ed in 4: 1-22, 'lU•ii the air Of Ananias and
Sapphira was tlii.tearliest qisturliiance l from
within. It gre - Wdirectlyinit of the state.
-,• • , ,
.gs ffesciAbed in the immediately.
ing verse .4., The hOstile, parties are
iosthood, 'and the Sadducees. The
?riest wii4 ,probablY Ananias. He
4," i. e.;:; lie add4ssed himself to
proceeded to emPlby active meas
-1
Tile Saddneecs•aret. especially men , .
1 beca use', they were ihe . nnost bit ter
Oats of the A.Postles, on acconnt of '
making sfilirominent: the-doctrine of
. iirrectim : - (4:2) The Word "sect"
here "5ch0..;1,", or k r party,": These
ers of the, Sanhedrin "were, filled
. ,
iidignatipn,"•i. e., with party spirit,:
zeal,. and . maliOant , Jealottsy and
Laying:.their hands upOn the-Apos- t
,23. placed:them in the publib prison'
.e. keepin4 , , : mita the: tnothing. This
r
red °nee : before (•4:1) and they as- -
1 it would •:again.: But while,,mau
les, God disposes. - _ .
Me Miraculous Libel:Won, vs 19 26.
if as effected by an, (not "the'') -1 ) apgel
Lord. During the night ho lned'
Ison doorS and led them. forth. i (S.Ce
The. do Ors may haVo been opened
trisiblY ailnot to have been beard by
lards, hiit:ive Rannot. see hoiv they
'awe failii: to see the angel and the
es follonfing after. • ' ri seems neces
suppose it supermitnral effect•upon
Mises, rendeKing theni unconscious of
ecurredi and yet without their be
vartiLof nny such ' change wrought
:hem. 4 lis manifest that' they had
f
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11.) kill
owledg,e or suspicion that the piis
had escaped. The:location of this
. prison sCeeannot determine.
ones
iobjeet or: tlieir deliverance was not
to g,ivetbein their freedom laor to
Tll
I^l't
displ: y rniraetll9li,; energy, but that `the
Word of God should pot 1),3 bonne]. They
were to co at price .(the 'tint? inast - ha.ve
been pear npriling) inte thci temple en- . •
t.l"sur - e and to 'proclaim to the people as-,
'
sernbling thcre,the whole Gsisper. "A.nl.
the v i ords of this . life." "This lifemhich!
emb,-,ces the resurrection, ps!Christ himj, -
self i r L; the restu:reetion and thellife," (Johti
111), and lia.i broitglit,life t 'and iinmer-t
talit' to light through the gOspel. (2 Tim'
1:10." . The Priests hated ',the author et
••the life," thesaddnceeg, the glorification.
6f it in the, reSnrivetion of the body and
I
he ife eternal; : But, cls], " fitepersecutioni .
boy were to proclaim boltlly and public'.
cvliole truth, and le:..Y.d the.consegnej
4 - • I
vitt' their..oot]. This contr . /laud they
ied out without hesitation or fear... I
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The lie i 4 try, vs.2l-26; 'rho next.
the 110,1 Pricy ealle 4 rtlie Sau?
•in togetbee for the trial of their ease.
Itlition•ta the counilit, "all the seiii - 4
to eliildren'ef Israel!' was summonet
1 word tran4lated "senate?' Means
.
ip.;and 'ito• )vould • seem that;beside s
ug the ti;inhedrin tUgether, a •part.k,
in were Oler, tlttif sununoued 1114 i
(the elders of the Jews." It was pro+
au extraer:linary Session, all the ell
the natihn. being trailed on to giVr
F advice iiphis great emergency.
' • ri
'.at tend ing on theSanhetlri i
•
;:pat to lie a the o.i.,;,ticrs before thp
but tlit;Y returned .empty hamlet!.
y do not :seem surprised; they - weir
iuiuri aeed3binned to signs and woni
t through the Apostles. Neiih•et do
. priests anti Saddneees' express airy
zement; their only trouble and dolt*
as to what this 'would Leconte. Tlie
isle could : not'. be tlenhid, and thtly
_
•t 1 the tionseq i
uenees of t... 130 hearhig
" •.
'they were•stantlii4 in the temple and
thing the people, they sent the eaptaiii,
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11+e
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call'
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and
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112.
r i t by
the
t he Levitical•guard with hi's assistan,
towing them into their presence, wiri4h
wat done gentle and respectfully; lest tt:a
' • •
people,p in their entlinstism for the Aptis
_
tics, should catch up the Stones lying an
the sacred enc'osure and compel themio
beat a hasty aril inglorious retreat.. Vie .
.I+stles, as jVta their Custem, obeyed Om
citation, and'in our next lesson we *co
thif rit before the council. •• I
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