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VOLUME XLI.
Day by day we fold away _ •
Some treasure that our heilte hold dear,
Some cher4hed thing to which we cling
And bless with many kiss and tear.
♦ ahead of , lace rosy bold a place
That JeWela rare coald ulprer win ;
With lore untold a rlWo,lreal
Ia laid our dearestahVine
A little tress we fondly press
Unto a bean that aches witlipain :
Then, with a sigh for days gone by, •
We fold it trout our sight again.
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And is there not a hallowed spot,
in linomorre casket lytrig low,
Where day by day we fold away - . 4.
Our heart-thoughts lest the World should 'know ?
filaby a one. now lostand goiie,
In sweet day dteaudrigs we behold,
tt ho. In our, sleep, com back to keep
With us their vigils as of old. "
And yet, alas: such dreams must imes;
I.lfe's sterner duties must be met.
Qulcktrali inrn and stare to learn
That cruel iessou—to forget 1
i
When from the gleam of love's sweet dream
Our hearts awake In sad surrrisr,
How dimly burn, wbor'er we turn,
The lesser lights that meet our eyes
Sep 25,•79
Whoa o•er the dead our tears are stied,
NV • Ile on the silent lip we press
The last fond kiss,-ot, Is not this
T e summit of Ilfe`s
Rims. M. Rxes
And yet we know, though all Ile lowl
Whom we have ever loved or known,
Stall we must leave . and learn to give,',
To earth the,ilaims it calls its own
O grief untold with hearts &own 01l
Like flowers blighted In a day, E.
How fondly then from eight of men "
We fold our dear dead loves away.
May 1, i 9
The wise people—those who man
age their neighbors' atTairs in theory
much better than they do their own
in practice—shook their beads in sol
emn conclave when, Mr. Hepworth
married the second • time ; but an
added shade of venom was in their
councils when the- village paper no
ticed, in a flowery paragraph, the
birth of a son and heir at the great
house.
Feb 27, `,9
Poor Clarice," they said, " has
no chance now. It was bad enough
when Ilepwo'rth married ..i. chit of a
girl. who, of course, cared for nothing
but his money ; but now there is Le :
ison, there is no hope for Clatice."
A young, fair woman, herself in
the very spriiig-time of life, yet hav
ing already taken the holy tics 'of
wife and mother into her-pure heart,
knelt in one of the rooms of the
great' house—knelt to bring her-beau-
tifurface nearer to the cradle pillow
upon which rested the soft cheek of
her baby boy. -
The child of wealthy parents, she
had married the matt she loved and
who- loved her,. 41 1 4 lutd gone from
one home of luxur3i: to preside over
another.
She was very beautiful, and many
hnd thought great sacrifice'-when
she married a than as old as her own.;
fsther, yet io her sweet humility she
onlj prayed to be worthy of the love
' bestowed upon her.
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F.LSFIREE
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Jan. 1, 1875
Tu ICA ND A. PE NA" A +.
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TOW A NUA. PA
TOWANDA, PA
$125.000
N. N. BETTS, Cashier
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FOLDED AWAY.
THE WIFE'S HPEAIi.
A low knock at the door aroused
, her, and ilising to her feet she an
swered thefsUmmons.
Upon tile threshold stood a wo
man; a few years older than herselt,
who led by the hand
. a handsome
boy who had seen two summers only.
The woman was poorly dressed, in
shabby moupfltue, but the child wore
dainty white gardi,nts.
" hid von wislko see me ?" Mrs.
Ikpworti_ asked, smiling upon the
• May I come in ?" was 'the wo
man's question; in return. .
" Certainly. You look tired "
The strangcli accepted a chair and
looked sadly around the room.
" Everything is"altered," she. said
in a mournful .v.oice. ---" Perhaps I
had better stayed away. Mrs. Hep
worth, you have heard of Clarke
Manderson
"I have not," was tie reply. "I
am almost a stranger here. We have
been traveling ever sine I was mar-
until n few months ago."
" A nil Viouueyer 'beard of we
1_;
sail the strarraiir, the tears rising .
her eyes; " then my errand here is
indeed hopeless. If, in his new hap
piness as your husband, my father
never spoke my name, it is useless to
hope he williforgive me."
"Y=our father? Hepworth
your.firther ? lie told me he had
lost his only clang-liter."
," Not that I was dead. I waS'ilost
to- him by my. own disobedience.
You love my father ?'1;1.
Just a stuile;' . pkond, happy `and
tender, inswered, her.-
" Then you will understand ice,"
said . Clarice, " When 'I tell yon I
loved my husband better than father,
home or duty. Father would not
hear of our marriage, and sternly.
forbade me to speak to Lucien Man
derson, assuring Me that he wa-: a
fortune-hunter, a.igambler, and,un
worthy of my love. I would not be.
lieve. this. To me he was the noblt.st
and ;best of men, and for him I left,
all' it fly secretly from home and
father. : I have been bitterly pun
ished. When the letter imploring
forgiveness was returned to me by
my father, with a few brief words
casting me from his heart and love,
my husband proved what I had so
fondly hoped' was false. He' had
married the only child and presumed
heiress of Hepworth, the millionaire,
and found himself burdened with' a
penniless wife. I spare you the his
tory of the four years of married
misery that followed. Then my hus
band and eldest child died of. con
tagious fever, three Months later, on
the very day this, boy,was born. I
beard of ,my fathef's 'marriage. I re
turned here, hoping for pardon but
the, house. was shut- up. When you
came,l determined to make one more
effort for forgiieness, hoping you
would plead for ;ne: Oh, by your
love for your child, plead for. me.'
Think if he was an outcast from his
father's love,'sorrowing and penitent,
and begging Of a stranger the,gift of
his - birthright."
4 ‘ If my prayer will keep son here,'
Clarke; you .shall not leave , . your
father's, house again. Mr. Hepworth
is in the library, and I will speak to
him at once.". • r"
She ..waited a Moment tabathe the
traces of tears from lice4facc, tOd
3
INI
came again, smiling, to the anxious
group.
! Cheer up, Clarice," she said
bravely; "what is your little boy's
game ?"
" Stephen. It was the name of
my brother Who died.' My first boy
was called after my father."
"Stephen," said — Mrs. Hepworth,
opening her arms . , "come here, dar
ling, and kiss your grandmother."
The child sprang at once to the
lowly grandmother, kissing her
Again and again.
Putting him 'into his mother's
arms, the young wife lifted her own.
baby from its own cradle and left the
room. '121..t
In the darkly furnished libraity,
lilt.. Hepworth was leaning back in
his arm-chair.
Alight step roused hini from his
reverie and his• wife stood before
him.
Over her morning dress of delicate
rose color, that suited well her freSh
young beauty, fell the long white
robes of the infant that , she carried
with all the pride of motherhood.
Her husband opened his arms to
Caress both; and laughed as ho said:
" Oh, these mothers? you sup
pose,'madame, that babies are: admit
ted into the sanctums of legal gen
tlethen ?"
"I do," said the mother, "if the
legal gentlemen have the additional
honor of being their papas." .
" Listen to this most conceited of
mothers, comparing legal' honors
with the ownership of little pink roly
poles like that!"
" Did you know, Harold," said
Meta, her lip quivering slightly, as
she felt the deep import of her
words, ." that this is my birthday,
and you have.given me no gift?"•
—Fidelin
"You are impatient, little 'wife,".
he answered, thinking of tie costly
bauble that was to come without fail
- by noon.
" But I would like to eboose my
Own gift," she persisted. .
" What can I give my- rosebud
that - she has not already."
"floes not vour office include the
'power of pardon ?" she asked, her
sweet face paling with her earnest.
ness.
"In a limited degree does," lie
replied ; " but, deai• one, I should ,not
like it to be known that I had shoWir
clemency to a criminal upon your
solicitation. You would by con
stantly annoyed Loy the loving • rein;
tives of scamps and rogues, trying
to move me to pity through yourin•
tercession."
"But this is not a Case,of roguery,
llakild—only a true penitent,
.one
who erred in extreme youth was led
from a path of duty .by a love as
warm and true as our 'own, but mis
taken. Oh. dear husband, do you
not knoW for whom I plead? Can
not you guess for whonf I would beg
your pity :Ind forgiveile42"
" Clarice,*l lie asked;' hoarsely.
who has told you of her?"
"She has come rself to ',seek
, your forgiveness." .•
" She is here ?"
"Yes. You trill forgive her? For
the sake of your own boy, Harold,
let this be a home tor . her and Ste
phen."
" Stephen'!" he cried, :starting.
" Her soh. , Her husband is (lead.
She is widowed, poor and lonely.
Let her return ,to your home and
your love. Harold."
Th re was a moment of silence,
and the mother softly -carried the
str ng, right hand of her husband in
her own until it rested upon the head
of the babe in her arms.
•
Ile looked down, and said : •
"I will grant your birthday wish,
Meta. • Take me to'Clariee."
With a tender, loving kiss upon
the hand that still ..rested upon her
child's liead, Meta reil the way back
to her own prettyrgitting-room Where
Clarice waited the result
.of her er
rand.
She waited, with fast throbbing
heart and trembling limbs, for the
words that were to give her sorrow
ing, lonely heart peace and rest, or
the stern mandate that would close
the doors of home upon her and •her
boy: forever.
Iles gratitude could never fail; slip
felt sure, for the beautiful woman
who had so lovingly undertaken the
elite of mediator on-her behalf, and
the tears rolled down her cheeks as
she thought of, the unselfish-;tender
ness of her stepmother.
,'-'
As she heard' the steps coining '
across the wide hall toward the room
where she was seated, her agitation
became too great for patient waiting, i
and she stood up, holding her child
by the hand, her breath • coming in
quiek, - panting sobs. her- eyes dilated
with suspense, and her whole, •tigure
quivering with intense einotien.
'lt was this eager, thiilied face that
met the father's eye as he opened the
door—the face of the Child to whom
he had given the entire strength of
his love for years. .
lie forgot her } waywardness, her
disobedinee and the six years of her
absence.
He remembered only that she - was
his only daughter, the child of his
dead Clarice, and' he open his
arms, with a smile that eariie e
4,nd forgiveness to the sore. heart.
There was a glad Cry of--- , •
" Father, ilear, dear father I" i
' And they were folded fast in each
Other's arms, while Meta drew won
dering Stephen into an inner room
and closed the`tloor.
Not, even for her ears, she felt,
were thoSe first sacred words la re- -
conciliation.
I,
..
. It was not ong that .teplien ' was
withheld from his grandfather's kiss,
for father and daughter. alike earned
again to-the gentle influence thathad
united them once more.
The gossips are divided in their
opinion as to the exact amount of
hatred and jealousy existing between
the young' widowed daughter' and
the young wife at the great House,
but it would be quite beyond the
power of their narrow minds ,to . un
derstand suiflt. true sisterly love as
exists between Clarice Mariderson
and Mr. I.lepwortlsecond Wife.
IF Dr. Buchanan will return and blow
into the muzzle of a shot-gun, to see if it
is loaded, all will forgiven.—Tituseitte
Petroleum World.
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TOW.ANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., • t.THURSDAYORNIN,SEPTEMBER 9
THE - HOLY BIBLE.
The New EaMirk Translation of the
New Testament-The Two(Veretonel,
Compared—Changes NatiV - te.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Times, writing from London, says :
TEe. Queen's printer, who alone by
sileient statute law is permitted to
publish Bibles within the realm, has
mit his signature upon the last sheet
- moot' of the new revision of the New
Testament, and within a week the
first shipment of. the bound volumes.
will. be made to kmerica,'Cunada,
A 4tralift,-aild wherever the English
tongue is ,spoken by Protestants.
For many reasons that will . readily
Oteur and-heed• not be enumerated,
the new revision is an epoehiin Pro
testantism and a red letter day in all
Christian churches the world over
lis ndvcnt, looked forviard to for
over a decade, and the hope of thou
sands of Christian minds, will be 'a
subject of absorbirig interest.
The revision is catholic in its na
ture; cathedral in its form. It is the
joint work of the new and platorlds;
of all branches of the Protestant
Church; of learning and piety joined'
hand in hand p priests and laymen,
prelate and scholar, working together.
Its origin was in that "cradle of
Anglo-Saxon. ChristendonnXbe Con
vocation of Canterbury, presided
over: by the primate .of England."
The necessity for a recision of the
present text has become imperative
itnperatlye clergymen , and
scholars alone know—and. for many
years previously there had been care
ful inquiry and discussiotrathong tht
bishops, clergy and theological pro
fessors, as Well as laymetn•in regard
to the best means by which it ought
to be brought about.. Tide ,plan that
has been sloWly maturing under the,
,
am tee of the. most eminent minds in
I this country and America was pre
sented to the convocation May
hr ike committee having it in
chaoe. The plan was solve!' digest
so broad in its catholicity, yet so
conservative in its aims, that it - t - net .
. with prompt approval, and the work.
now completing was begutn without
delay. The scheme could never have
had any hopes of success had it been . .
confined to the Established Church,
and it therefore contemplated a union
of learning and special fitness - f,er the
labor that Weudid embrace the whole
•world ; that would unite all . EiTlislo
speaking races and all denominations;
that would produce a text to be. at
peepted, iii all lands and among - all
peoples as an "authofized version "
and a mirrect.rendering of the origi
nal text.sb far as the or'irliml text
could be agreed upon by sehOlars.
,
When the present translation was
made there had lucen coMparatively
no comparison of Ananuscripts- for
the elimination of errors'', there were
very few marmseriihs available ; no
very old manuscripts were, known :
the inaccurate 'Vulgate ( Latin trans
lation) of that day was the stair upon
'which the forty leaned ; and texts
known to be corrupt had to be used
for •Want of' better; T-im.oldest copy
of a manuscript that they consulted
was of the middle ages.
Within the prdsent gcneratiolttwo
copies Of the Bible, made about :;.1(
A. D., have been brought 4o
the pages photographed, and copies
distributed among scholars. These
are' the celebrated "Codex Sinaiti
cus," fotind by Tisehendorf in a con
vent on Mount Sinai, and the
to
dex Vatic:inns," found in the Vatican
library to Rome, wheie for centuries
it had'reposed unno,xined and uneared
for: These two alohe have been of
Priceless value in deteetthig errors of
transcription and in lea-rmonizing
discordant Onssages satisactorily to
the skeptical as well as thei,,eredulous
seeker for truth. The pretpt ver-ion
of the Bible is based upon hvery•
few modern manuscripts, not exceed
ing five in number. That now before
us is made front careful comparison
of over twelve hundred. ninety-eight
being ancient—from the fourth to
the tenth centnry. In addition, all
the, q u otations by the patristrie anti
early writers• have - been collected.
and the early translation- into Syriac,
Latin, “othie, Egyptian, Celtic, Ara
bie. and Slavonie.
Three cent tines ago the translators
of King James had few aids and lit
tle material foi - the work. Those, of
Victoria havt. the accumulated treas
ure of ten ; thousand ableorkers and
stdrehouses • Material.
Astonislonent must be expressed that
they have.found so little of vital im•
porlance to Christianity to condemn
in the work of their predecessors—
not that they have made ten thou--
sand trivial and one thousand im
portant changes in the New Ti.stui
merit
GM
TIIF. rTWc) VERSP INS coMpARF,D
'The trauslattO of King James was
more a new revision than the otilered
translation ; the revision of Victoria
is more a new translatiOn.than the
ordered . revision. In each case the .
exigencies of the lab a
or compelled
departure from and compromise with 1
the instructions. In the !atter case
there is less reason than in the former, '
but after the first excitement dies
Away it will not be ieretted.
The new r6vision ot i l' the NewfTes-
Lament issued from the 'University
press will at first slim* the Protes
tant "world: • It is nut recognizable
as a bible. The chapters and verses
are gone; the runninOread lines are
gone; verses are musing, changed,
pared ; familiar tests . that have be
come graven on the minds of church
people for generations have disap
peared, and in their,AAnce are words
foreign to. the eye and strange to the
ear. Verbal and grammatical changes
- May be quoted by the tens of thou
gands.
The first general idea that Will
*strike - the scholar, however, is the
delightful faithfulness with which the
Greek text jaixeu
. reproduced for
the English reader. The. narrative
is , unbroken 'by• disfigurement of
chapter and verse, but the papital , g,
pupetuatiim and parag.raphs lacking
in the original are, .of course, sup
plied; and, for conveniences of refer
ence to the present version, the pres
ent divisions are marked, parenthi
eally. , The misleading headlines
disappear finally, without a sign' to
denote their improper intrusion.
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REEARDIOiN OP DENUNCIATION PROM ANY}QI'JIARTER.
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`The effect is striking and a marked
improvement. - .iThe sequence of the
gospel nartntiyes, the. logic of St.,
Paul, • take on a new appearance and
force that is not all owing to the im
provement in grammatical co l isti c
tion Of- , the text, although in a first
reading it is difficult to - distinguish
how much is owing to one and hoW
Much to the other. . t
Take this illustration (Oeb. iv., C
-7), which is -a fair example of this
point: •
(L 1) FiTYLE. NEWO4TYI.I7.
It Seeing titereforell ' Sinee.ithernfore, it re ,
retnalneth that some malue th that !tome enter
ono must mile; there- therein, and they who
in, and they To, whom titrnterly received the
It was first, preached glad promise entered not
entitled not In because in itei rinse or .11Nutle.11-
of Amtrak : ,ctwe, lie agalit'. fineth a
7. Again. he Ilmiteth'eertalo day, ti.lay, say
'ci.rialn -day, eayfng lug en lenc r a thoe.attern
to I>aeld, To-day, after ward to Ital. Id (at halls
0 n lung a time t as It. Is said heron.),
said, 'fo.day, if loco:111day, if ye shall hear his
hear his vulre, harslet) voice, harden not your
hot your hearts. hearts.
erMISSIONS FTtoNI TOE TEXT.
'.The fourth 'gospel suffers most at
the hands of the revisers, the synop
tics less even than the Revelation,
and the catholic 'Epistles least of all.
The limgest excision i 3 from the fifty
third verse of the seventh chapter to
the eleventh verse ,Of the next, inclu
sive paSsage is4iat of the wo
man taken ikadUltery, as follows :
53: f And every man went-uutO - hii
own house.
CHAPTER VIII. -
'Of the Adyllermts 11Te4hali
1. Jesus went unto' the Mount of
Olives.
2. And early. in the morning he
Came again into the temple, and all
the people came unto him ; and he
sat down and taught them.
3. And the scribes and-Pharisees
brought unto hiM a woman taken in
adultery; and when they had set her
in thei
4 They say unto him, Mater, this
woman was taken in adultery,- in the
5. Now Moses in the law Coln
inntled us, that such should he
stoned i but what a vest thou ?
1;.. This they said, — tempting
that they might hive to neemse him.
But Jesus stooped down, and with
his finger wrote on the `round, (z
thwpqh /i( hen td them Rut. •
7. So when they continued asking
him, he lifted up himself :End said
unto them, 11.43 that is without sin
ziniong you. let him cast a stunt at
her.
Aral 9rsin he : , toopeil flown 114,1
wrote on the ground.
U. And they which heard it, being
convicted by their ( - ) rii emo-eienee,
\vent' out (one by one, beginning at
the eldest, (Teti unto the- last ; and
Jews was left alone, and the woman
standing in the midst.
10. When Jesus, had lifted iii
and saw .nOne but the-woman':
Ile said unto her, .Woman, where :at
those thine acc•nsers? Bath amlnnn
contlemned thee ? _
She said, No innn, Lord.' And
ic,us said unto her, Neitlnq do 1
condemn thee; go, and sinho more.
The following Verse ih which
Jest's declares Himself, the light of
the world, IS joined upon.and is a
reply to the scoff of the Pharisees in
the .preceding chapter, that out of
Galilee ariseth no prophet.
The next deletion of importance it,
the angelie:colorin.r; . of the &scrip=
tion of the : pool of
.11ethsefla, in the
fifth chapter. The following passage
is omitted the revisers:
3 4 4 Waiting for the
ing,of the water.
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1. For an:, angel- went down at a
certain scaFionl, unto the pool, and
troubled the . water; whosoever then
thirst atter the trembling of the *ft-
ter stepped. in, was maile whole of
whatsoei-er disease he had.
The famous text of the three Heav-
enly Witnesses (l..ltohn v., 7—s) is.
of souse thrown out. the following
words being expunged :
• Pn lie:vVi:n, the Fa
ther. the Word, and the I I oly Ghost:
and these three. arc one.
s. And there Are three that bear
witness in eaith
Anot notable omission of the
revisers is;,to he found in the conver
sion 'Patil as recorded in Acts ix
The words expunged are :
* ft is hattl for thee to
kick against the
he tremhting and aston'-
ishol said, Lord, what wilt thou have
inc to do? And the Lord soul unto
There are laaily other familiar pas-
sages that hax e disappearea: Many
be esite,l but few chosen," from Mat
thew xxii., I t; "If any man has ears
to hear, let him hear," from Mark
vii., 11)
Some of the happiest changes are
of a single word, as "alive " for
quick." "They had swallowed us
up alive," has a very different sense
than - t''swallowed - tts pli quick:"
A gain, ; " is *Washed needeth,
not save: to wash his feet," becomes
much mare simple when rendered
" Ile that has taken a bath needeth
not save to wash his feet." " Dark
ness over all the earth," and "over
all the. land" (Palestine), are very
different things. -In every change
the reVisers lessen 'the strain upOn
faith.
TILE GRAMMATICAL CHANGES,
"Minor changeS have been hinted
at. It would take too long to sort
out, arrange and classify them. I lere
are a few that -collie hap-hazard:
"As we have forgiven," instead of
" forg.ive" "our debtors " "The
pinnacle of the tem: , le," instead of
." a pinnacle "_ (there was . but one).
'The first fruits of them that are
sleeping " instead . of "slept." - " If
one died forall,lhen were all dead,"
instead of " then did all die" 'Paul
did not pray the .Lord'to avenge him
on • Alexander. lie said : "The
Lord ' will' Award him according
to his works," hot "the Lord reward
Mtn." " - Supposing that godliness
were gain;" instead of "gain is god
lineF.,..s." ?" The Word became (in
stead of was made) flesh." "'born
of a Woman," instead of " Made of a
woman.% "For we saw his star,"
nbt " haV seen " it., Such changes
as these are td the found in every
terse, a I it will not - require a very
esreful reading of either of the gos
pels to see how many changes have
Ibeen made that do not change the
spirit, yet add to-its clearness and
I force as well as accuracy.-.•
SUPPORTING THE GUNS.
How a Fiell Battery, Comes into Action
. Did you ever sce_l a battery take
position ?
It 'hasn't the ; •thrill of a cavalry
e rge, nor thel, grimness of a- line
of bayonets moving slowly- and
determinedly on, but there is a-pecu
liar excitemen. about it that-makes
old veterans rise in their saddles and
cheer,-
, 'We have been fighting at the edge
of the woods. Every cartridge box
has been emptied once and more,
and a fourth of the brigade bas melt
ed-Away in dead . and wounded and
missing. 'Not; a cheer is heard in the
Whole brigade. We knoW MO. we,
are being. driven foot by. ftiOt, and
that When we break baek'onee more.
the line will go to pieces and the
enemy will pour through the gap.
.11ere'comes help! •
Down the 'crowded highway gal
lows.a battery, withdrawn from some
other position to save ours. 'The
field fence ) is sc , itt - Cred while you
could count thirty, and the guns rush
for the hill behind us. "Six horses to
► picee—,-tliiee riders to et di gun
Over dry ditches where a - farTer
would not drive a wagon; through
clumps of buzles, over logs a foot
thick ; " every horse. on the .gallop,
every. rider lashing his team and
yelling-t-thc sight behind us makes
us forget the foe in front. The guns
jump two feet high as the heavy
wheels strike rock,.or' 117.; but not a
. ,
horse slackens his pace, n ,
ot a connon
eer loses his seat. Six, .guns, six
caissons, sixty, horses ; iighty men
race fir the brow of the. hilt as if he
who mielieti it first would be knight
A moment ago the battery was a
confused mob. 'We look again and
six guns are in position, thc detach
ed horses hurrying away, the aaituu
nition etests opens' and along our
line runs the vounuana, "Give thi-rn
oue more volly and fall back to sup
port the .guns!" I,,ave scarcely
obeyed When. boom 'boom! boom !
opens the battery, anti jets of fire
jump down and scorch, the green
trees under which we fought and
aespaired.
The shattered '-old brigade'has
chance to breathe for the lirA time
in thrive hours,
battle behind the guns and lie down.
What grini, coot fellows those, can
noneers are ! Every man is a perlvet
tit:tibia. Bullets splash
. dust into
their faces, but' they do not wince.
Bullets sing over and around lion,
hut they,.do not dodge. There goys
one to the earth, shot through the
head as he sponged his gun. The
machinery looses just one beat—
misses just one cog, in the wheel—
and then works away again just as
-dam.
SOIv - •-the•are changed for
grape and can.Ster, and the guns are
screed - so fast ,that all reports blend
into one mighty refs. The shriek of
a shell the-wickedest sound in war,
hut;tiO'ildng makes the, flesh crawl '
like tbedemoniac singing, purring,
whistling grapeshot and the serpent
likeldss of eauister. Men' s s legs and
arms are not shot thromr, but torn
Ileads'are torn froM bodies, and
bud les cut in two. A. round'shot or slityl
takes two men out of the ranks as
crashes through.. Ora pe and canister
mow a swath and pile the dead oti
top of each other.
Every gun is using short fuse shell.
The ground shakes and trembles—
the roar shuts out, all sounds from a
battle line three miles loner, and the
shells go shrieking into the swamp
to cut trees short off—to mow great
gaps in'the bushes--to hunt out and
shatter and mangle men until their
corpses cannot be recognized as hu
man. /Yon.. would think a tor Ado
was howling through the forest, fol
lowed by billows of tire, and yet men
lire through it--aye ! We can hear
their shouts as they form for a rush.
Through the smoke we cart see a
swarm of men. It k not a battle
line, but a mob of men desperate
enough to bathe bayonets in the
flame of the gulls. The guns leap
from the ground almost' as they are
depressed on the foe, and the-shrieks
and screams and shouts blendi into
one awful steady cry. Twenty men
out of the battery are down, and the
[hing is interrupted. The foe ac-
P, .
etpts , it as a sign of wavering; and
come rushing on. They are not ten
feet away when the guns give them
a last shot. That discharge picks
•living men on` their feet and throws
them into the swam, a blackened,
bloody mass.
EMI
iTp now, as the enemy are a mong
the pins! There is ~I,, s ilerice of ten
seconds, and then the' flash and roar
of more than three thousand muskets,
and rush ftirward with. bayonets.
Wor what? Neither on the right nor
,
nor in front of us is - n living foe !
here arc corpses around us which
:lave been struck by three, four and
even six bullets, and'norliere oathisl
acre of ground is tt;, wounded man
The wheels of the ginns'carinot move
until the blockade of \ dead is retuoy
.ed. Men cannot pa.s from caisson:
to gtu without climbing over win
rows of dead: -Every gun and-wheel
is sineered with blood--every foot
of grass has its horrible stain.
Historians write of the glory of
war_Burial parties" saw murder
where historians saw glory. •
IsN'r it. funny ? The man who has
about forty-seven hairs growing' on his
face is always possessed to wear a full
beard, and goestithout with a ctiuntenance
like a thinly-s , ittled huckleberry pasture.
while the man Ilia . : can beat Aaron of old
clean out of sight with a full lieard,
shaves close owiee a w&l: 'and the restof
the.time his face 1-oks like a sheet of
4 emery paper. - They ate each reaching
tor the impossible, and miss it by.a hair.
Ibtrtn Reybiter.
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Timm arc more ways than one to keep
a husband at home evenings. The wile
might put up . a cask of beer in one corner
of the dining-room, cover the floor with
sand, and hire two or 'three, dirty fellows
to fill the place full of smoke from vile
s-gats.. A woman with .any sort- Of tact
ean_make home as happy aud. cheerful us
a beer saloon.—tifle Orleans Picaya e.L
A SOUTWESTE;LNspeaking oia
large aud,fat contempor.44•,' remarks that
if all des!) was grasA, be. 'ntaist be' a - load
of hay. "I expect I am," - said the fat
man, •t from the way the donkeys are nib
bling at me."
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.:.Sbe Was the JaziesXllttle woman '
That ever eV - A mortal crazy;
marvellous how my erring,spiriA
Could be wildued b one so lazy:
To niunasyllablez addicted, ,/ •
To use all else exceeding loath
Asked which of two things she preferred,
She only murmured, "Both V' A
It is no paradox- tofiay so
Her every movement was repose ;
Mon a summer day the ocean
Sluinlwra' while it ebbs and Slows.
Yet was the:l - latent hire ; her nature .
That of the . pahther, not the sloth.
I asked her Once which she resembled;
She only murmured, "Both:"
'tier person—well, 'tying simply perfect,
!Matching the graces of her mind;
Ti, perfect face and form she added
A keen perception, taste relined. '
challenged her to tell tue, ,
- What I knew myself In truth,
Whether wlt'or beauty charmed rue,
She only murmured, "Both
ProvOked at last andpever burin:
This lazy little woman'; point,
I scanned her armor, anti discovers-4
Happily therein one open Jetta..
-In careless tone I 'asked her, knowing,
Her word was hit/ding as an (Atli: -
"Shall love, or friendship, be between ins?'
;the smiled, atal 'aurora : !"
—tin a _Franc-fee, Ne we-Let te r
!A Day at the White House.
There is probably no man An the
country who doeS more
. work than
the PreSident. Quite- certainly no
man in the country does more irri
tating and aggravating work than
the President. It is pleasant enough
to receive a social call or shake hands
becomes a duty, and receiving all
sorts of callers a Aecessity, the pleas
ure of the thing dwindles - ,,rnagt mag-.
nificently. President . .11aAs begins
work Shortly after nine o'clock in the
morning. Ile then appears in the
"President's room," situated in the
right wing of the White House.
This ix a large apartment, plainly
but handsomely furnished. It is on
the - second. floor, and opens into the
ball, and looks from its windows, at
the rear upon the well-kept grounds
and the Potomac beyond, also upon
the alleeed Washington Monument.
The White House, especially this
room, is excellently Ventilated. Even
in the most sultry summer days
there is always a pleasant'
: breeze
blowing through. The President sits
cane-seated chair at a polished
table aliciA. fifteen tea long and five
broad. His face is to the (toor. To
hip left, near the wall, sits Mt. Webb
Hayes.- 'Back of the' President is Mr.
Dustin, his stenographer. Around
the room are chairs and one. or.two
sofas. 'There is bilt one picture on
the walls—a life-sized portrait of
George Washington, painted by a
South American! artist, and present
ed by, the President of the United
Stat(4of Colombia.
Although the President is ready
to receive callers at an early hour he:
never finds the visitors wanting.
Members of Congress and the Presi
dent's advisers walk past the 000T
kettper without showing their cards.
Other visitors must first send their
cards: in by Charley Loeiller; the
door-keeper. Sonietimes there are
as many as twenty people in the
room at -a time. Members of Con
gress take their turn at talking to the
President in the order in which they
entered the room, keeping the tally
thern, , elve. The President indicates
to the others when hp is ready to
hear them. The interviews are short
or long, generally the former. When
.
the President desires to consult with
out interruption with callers, they
r etire . to, the library adjoining.
Everybody who calls is received ex
cept those upon business striely per 7
taining to the different departments;
such as minor appointment. The
President positively refuses to .hea,i
applicants 'for such places. They
are referred to the departments. It
is his 'rule not to inte,rfcre in any ap
pointments in the departments The
people he receives during the day,
up to half-past two in the afternoon,
generally average ahout two hun
dred. ,
•
As a general rule each caller is On
a different business. Delegations
sometimes take eight or ten in on the
same mission—except in Baltimore
delegations, which split 'up when
they get, before the - President, and
each man urges separate candidates.
The number of people who call to
"pay - respects and shake hands" is
great alit' growing. They ,mumble
something, seize the'Presideut's hand
and depart. It is a great thing for
the principals of 'foutle seminaries
in adjoining states to fetch to Wash
ington whole batteries of beauty,
and bring them to bear upon the
President. Bridal - partie4 are quite
numerous. 1 $ oln e times they ar
nounce to the President time they
are newly married, but whether they
do or not, that fact is perfectly ap
parent. When no attempt at the
concealment of -their happifie§s is
made, the President presents the
blooming, blushing bride with a flow-
.er from the large, fragrant boquet
Which is always on:,his table. When
concealment is intended, he looks
unconeious, while the groom is re
markably conscious. Tlie•President
oaf' a good deal - of attention to
bridal parties, evidently remember=
ingthe time when he was a happy;
and fortunate groorri.. Another elas,
of visitors.are excursionists by hunt
dreds. These and, large delegations'
are .received in the east room. There
are frequatly as many as five him
dred people on one of these exi,,ur
sions. • The member of Congress,
whose constituents they are, arranges
with the President for their rectiption.
Ile gets them in line, and as they, file
past the Member introduces eackone,
and makes lots of votes for the next
'time.
Then the persons whom he has.
made iirrangements to see during the
afternoon arrive. When they. have
left he always takes a drive; unless
the weather. prohibits. Ile returns
from the drive In time for dinner.
After dinner there are more visitors
to be seen—visitors whose business
would occupy more than the time
that could conveniently be. given
durini the day. The President is
, seldom able to join his family after
dinner. Frequently the only time
that he,bas with the family'. is before
goes work in. the morning, at
i a il y ~
81.00 per Annum In Advance.
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lunch and at, dinner. This - is'about
the day's routine at the. house dur-=
ing the busy Congressional ' days.
During the summer the President
drives in from the ,Soldier's . Home
about ten in the morning, and leives
early in the afternoon. ',He has kit,
few callers. A great many people
go out to the Home to see him 3 on
business, later in the day.
On Tuesdays and Fridays there
are Cabinet meetings. The members
of tho Cabinet drop in one , b - y one,
but tliey are all on hand by twelve
o'clocl. Each member brings his
portfolio. The President sits at the
head at the table,. and Secretary
Schurz at the foot ; on the right,
next to the President, is the Secre
tary of State, ikirt to him the Secre
tary of War, and beyond him the
Postmaster-General. . On the 'left,
next to the President, sits the Secre
tary of the Treasury, the neat to him
-the Secretary of the Navy, and next
to - the Secretary of the Interior on
that side the Attorney-General.
After the Cabinet meets it is ten or
fifteen minutes before the members
get to work. That ten minutes is
taken up in greetings and off-hand
talk, in which the sprit '4)f fun and
humor crops out a good deal: The
Cabinet are all men with astinny i
fun-loving side, when out of official
harness. Judge Key is perhaps the
olliost, thougli the Attorney-General
pushes him hard for that distinction.
Secretary Thompson is a proverbial
lover of a pleasant joke, while. Secr
etary Schurz is hardly equalled in
telling one. Secretary McCrariis a
, food story-teller. Secretary Sher:
man• does not indulge in humor often,
but when he does, it is, on account of
its unexpected character, the more
enjoyable,. Secretary Evarts is one
of those of the quietly humorous sort.
is. fund of dry humor and wit is
uexhaustable, and though not up- .
oarious, is keetely enjoyable. the.
President has probably the heartiest
Cabinet that any President ever as
sembled around' him. • The old bores
who keep at them day by day are
unmercifully dealt.with by the heads
of the departments when they assem
ble. The Attorney-General seems to
take peculiar delight in joking Sec
retary Thompson. At a recent Cab
inet meeting the naval Secretary
took a list of the midshipmen who
had passed their examinations. The
Secretary called attention to them,
and said he would like that their
nominations:Tor promotion - to-ensigns
be -sent to the Senate as goon as
possible. "as, they are worthy, young
men, who have thoroughly earned
their spurs." "Mr. Thompson," in
terrupted Mr. lleyens, "how long
since have they been ',wearing spurs
in the navy?'.' At a later meeting
the Attorney-General announced that
there was a story afloat of a character
so derogatory to. the inland marine
secretary that it, ought to be.met.
Judge Key called out, "let's have
it !" 44 . 11 , was when he was first made
Secretary of the Navy," proCeeded
Judge nevens, willingly. "A corn
mittee from the Nary Yard invited
hini.iO go down on a visit of inspec
tion. Ile was taken through the diff
erent shops and , works, and finally
on board , a man-of-war, which was
lying at the wharf. 'After being
shown over the different parts of the
sl:ip. the captain stopped by the
hatchway, and asked(,! the Secretary
to look , down. iompson took a
look of some length, and finally ex
claimed 'My goodness! the, Burned
old thing's fiollow.! n The naval .see,
rotary bore the bantering with &plan,
imity, and reinarked that the joke
was a good one-in its prime, but.now
had an ancient and fish-like smell.
After this ten minutes of boy play
before school; the President calls the
meeting.to order, the regular bdiness
• taken up, the -Secretary of State
leading off with his' budget.- 'The
discussion is conducted in a conver
sational way. The meetings - gener
ally lfts,t about two hours.-511ashing
iogfon.Sfer.
Wanted to See the„Editor:
A man on the cars was offered a
newspaper. lie took looked at
the heading, and then threw it.aside
with disgust and remarked :
"I don't want news from that pa
pen',
' "I supposed everybody read. it in
these parts," I answered. "Has it .
been pitching into you ?"
"Pitching into me ? 'GreatOresar !
I should think it had. But you just
let me meet the editor of that paper."
qYou never make anything by
striking an editor," I sai4"better
grin mid bear it."',
"Yes, that's all right for you to
say, but just let me meet the man !
I'll-show him how to run a newspa
per,"
"What did he. do ?"
'Do ! He did a deal. Here's low
it is : I often go to Springfieldin the
evening and conic home on the first
train in the morning.. Well,- one
night I met an old cr9ny and we
went to the Music. Hall and the
theatre. When we came out we met
some friends. Of course I couldnot
get' right out, so I treated;in fact
we were havitw a pretty good' time,
when some fellow came in and tried
to raise a row. In less than no
time the police. were in and had us:
The next morning I was • hauled- be
fore the court and fined $7:40. I did
not care mneh4ecause I gave a false
name, and I knew my wife couldn't
find it out ;. bilt the very next *morn
ing be enternally confused if that
paper didn't have it ail in, and my
name too." - .
"Did yObr wife see?" . -
• "I should say she did."
"Did she make a fuss ?"
"Fuss! Godfrey Elihu! Are you
married ?"
3I1:s. SNooatErtx says that she has
taught her children to stick to the old
flag; and made them familiar from: infan
cy with the national motto of E Pluvius
Unicorn.--Cincinnati Times-Star.
THE Greek army is to be sent to. tight
tbs. brigands. This is good uews. A.
gang of thievish ruffians are to be cleaned
oat whichever side wins.—Boston Post.
THERE axe two distinct kinds of boys
in the world—the human boy and the boy
who exists in Sunday-School bOoks.-r-An
draws' Bazaar.
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A Texan); Emu* Meivy.
Yeaterday, says Ake St. 'Louis
Giobe-Dernocrat of duly 10, a big'
boned Texan, with an .eilormc9s
broad-brithmed hat "ands sweeping
moustache reaching nearly to his
shoulders, stood at the lAftldelfotet
- office, carelessly examining the regime
tern— slight at his coat
skirts was: passed by. unheeded, but
a more vigorous pull caused him to
look around. saw nothing; -
and
.was turning back to the. regist er
leaves again when his glance fell
upon such a wee mite , of a girl, whose;
head WSW so shoit a distance from
the-floor that it was no wonder he
had not seep her. The wild looking
face bent dowm to the little one, and
a deep, bass voice- asked : "What is
it; little gal ?" '
"Please, mister, won't you buy my
matches.?" came in- weak childish
tones, so low that the words could
not have been understoixi had the
appeal not been 'reinforced by the
holding up of a box of matches. ,
The little figure' was barefooted,
and the one , calico garment rent,
faded and torn.
- "No ; I don't want any tciAy,
sissy," said the Texan.
"Please, mister, won't you buy my
matches ?" with -the second pull at
his-coat.
The man 'turned again, impatiently,
and .glanced at the little one; the?,
as if ashamed, with. a furtive glance
„around asifio see4f he was unobserv
ed, put his fingers into his vest pock
et, and the next instant a bright
half-dollar gleamed in his grimy
-fingers. With a half sigh the big
hearted fellow said half to himself:
"Poor little cuss."
"please, blister, Idon't you: want "
the -matches, and I hain't got
.uo
change ?" • l•
''.Oh, no (with an oath) : keep the
change'and matches, too."
'folding the precious-coin in both •
hands the little
_match girl vanished
like a shadow through the front door,
and the Texan, fith a muttered
"what a fool .I titurlollowed.
Around the corner and down Sixth
street pattered the little naked feet,
~
unconscious that she was followed,
and up to one of .the small streets -
devoted to small dealers and a per
fect nest of pawn-shops. Into one
of the leak clean and imposing of
these she darted and whispered some
thing to the }woman, who took a par- •
cel out of a 'drawer and handed it to -
the child. _ 4'he child tore off the
paper with- nervous lingers, and there
was the sole treasure of her. heart , -
—her de. ' She . hugged it to her..
breast a d kissed it What was said .
between woman and child could not
be heard, bust when the little waif
laid the half dollar, an the counter
the woman shook her head and push- ,
ed it back very far toward the child,
as if her resolution might not hold:
out. The child looked amazed, but
turned to go, hugging her dolly; and .
at the door stood the, Texan, with a
very suspicious moisture upon his.
cheek and a big lump in his throat. •
"I've got allittle girl . lite yotr at
home," sai,d he "Come along and
show me where you live."
Well, you may be sure that the
sick mother and the little girl', were
rendered more comfortable; for 'an
hour afterwards she had a receipt for
a month's rent - in her hands and a
doctor's .carriage stood at the door - of,
that tenement house. -
How He Got Ahead of Provi
dence.
Many years ago there - lived in
Salem, Conn. air eccentric than nam
ed Atnasa K ilborn, about whom num
berless stories are told to this l day.
On one occasion do summer he liSd
a tive acre lot of choice grass,. cut
and spread out to dry. In the after
nOon a shower came up and drench
ed it. The newt d , ..y the hay was
spread out to dry. Another shower
came up and redrenched it. On the
third slay the same programme was
.repeated. - On tie fourth day, after
the hay had been properly ilried and
!liked into winrows, a
--cloud pillar
moved up over the western horizon,
and a distant growl of thunder echod
from' the hills. Kilbourn was. mad.
He looked at the hay and looked
'at the cloud, "Run up to the liouSe,
boy," said he, -in a voice trembling
with resentment, "and bring doWn a
fire-brand ; quick, now 1" The boy
asked no questions. He came back
with a blazing torch, and Kilbourn
touched off each windrow. "There,"
said he ; "I'll, see if this hay will grit
wet again 1"•
EPIDEMIC Cvcr.E. Dr. Arthur
Ransome, of Manchester, England, a .
physician of some. eminence, ; has
made- - some very extended and care
ful observations, on which he tiiises
the theory that there is a regular
succession of 'd ertai4 epidemics in
distinct cyclical periods. Whooping
cough, for example. has a cycle of
about tour years; small-pox, before
the introduction of vaccination, had
a_ cycle of froth four to ten years; the
cycle of measles: is about, seven
years, while scarlet fever recurs as a
great visitation once -in fifteen or
twenty years. 'Tr. Ransome dismiss- ,
es the theory that these epidemic cy
cles have some connection with the
sun spots, and he accounts for the
curious facts which he considers that
his observations have established on
a much simpler and more sensible'
the*. This is that a certain desti.'
ny of the population at susceptible.
aged is necessary I before a disease
fi., ,e
can spread with the vigor of anlepi
deMic. , I the 'facts can probably
be accoun d for cm the supposition
Uri these; disordeTs can only become
J .
epidemic when the proximity- be
tween susbeptible persOns becomes
sufficiently close for the infection to
pass freely from t.ne to another.
When, therefore-, an epidemic has
reached neatly all the susceptible
persons in a population, Mostly-did
then and infants up to a certain age,
i it must wait a certain number of
years for a gradual restocking of the
nation with material fit for it to, feed
upon.
Ax exchange calls 'Murat .Halstead, of
the Cincinnati Commercial, "the Maud
Muller of the Ohio Valley.' -It may fit,
him, for all we know ; but for the Demo
cratic editor who is addicted to, dinging
dirt at General Garfield, the "Mud Maul
er " would be a more appropriate title.—
Terristotriziferalcl,
\
AT the Wentworth Hoase, Newcastle,
N.\ 11., there is a &I-washing machine --
which - does the work of ten ordinary wo
men, anti is warranted to break no dish
es.—:.New York Evening -Post Then bow
in thunder does it do the work of ten or
dinary women ?-Boston Poe!. .
NATURAL : Bishop (reproving
'delinquent page)—`• Wretched boy l Who
is it that .sees and hears all we do, and
before l whom even I am but a crushed
worm ?" Page—" The misses, my Lord."
—.London Punch. .
- A REPORTER calls at a banking house,
and takes notes, aid it's all right. Along
comes another fellow, takes some notes,
and gettijnitged tor five years. This 11,.
histrates the privileges enjoyed
. by the