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'MB College'Surgeons, Ontario.
CO' ONER County of Huron. Office hours, 8 to
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J3tels.
'MAPLE LEAF HOTEL, LIMER-
ICK. This hotel has been lately built and
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dern comfort for the traveling and farming public.
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FAT, Proprietor. Every attention paid to
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hostler. Bestlsrands of liquors and cigars to be
had at the bar:
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IfoLEAN, proprietor. 'bus rn as in con-
nexion with this hotel to and from all trains. The
choice/it liquors and cigars kept constantly at the
bar; also sample rooms for Commercial Travel-
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0DE TO SUMNER, leye to them -all for me, for I won't go
Summer's tai.nningl Summer's °minuet
Hark! the early bees are humming ;
Vast the infant buds aro springing'
Fragrance to the summer bringing,
See, the rose -beds, lately sleeping,
Sweet in modest beauty peeping—
Bursting buds, in countless numbers,
Waku'gfrotu their winter slumbers.
Buttercups, that youthful fancies
Link with moonlight fairy dances ;
Foxglove bells, that zephyrs tingle,
When the light and darkness mingle.
Marigolds and pals pinaroses—
Gems in rustic lovers' posies ---1
Star the yen:lent meadows'graoing
Grassy plains where kine are pacing.
Come, sweet laughing Summer --
How we wait the welcome comer!
Teeming earth and air aro / humming
Countless hymns for Summer coming,
Glowing buds, that beauty blisses,
Ope theb oweet mouthe VIY
Pure and fragrant incense breathing,
Allaround them sweets bequeathing.
Lost to sight are skylarks chiming,
High at heaven's own portals climbing.
Hark! the far -spread woodlnads ringing
With her thousand voice' singing
Gladsome ; heart-wakening‘treasure !
Sweet -mouthed warbling lost to measu ie.
Oh, the heart -felt, joyful chorus
When the balmy breath come o'er us !
Come, with Summer's riches laden,
Bring love's emblems to the Imaiden ;
Golden bud, and silver blossom,
Fair as is her own pure bosom -
Bring the butterfly to childhood ;
Bring rich beauty to the wild wood ;
To the bowers of ham lovers
Lend thy fragrant shady covers.
Breathe upon the hills and mountains ;
Smile on baubbling rills and fountains;
Touch the teeming garden's ireastub—
Fair beyond a poet's measure?
Life, nor joy, nor bounty lingers,
Where thou lay'st thy fairy Lingers
Ali, in fond devoted duty,
Leap te Life. and LOV,., and &law.
Thrillng, with a deep devotion,
Earth and air in sweet emotion :
In the gushing tide of feeling,
All the heart's best love revealing.
Come, sweet Summer! hours are fleeting ;
Gardens, woods, and meads are greeting—
Waiting for their summer dresses,
Flowery garlands, tassels,tresses.
Many Tears Ago.
One summer night, a good many
years ago, two young lovers paced slowly
up and down a garden belonging to one
of the many pretty houses in the neigh-
borhood of Quebec. They were talk-
ing earnestly in low, almost whispering
tones., as if they feared to break the
silence that reigned around, and ab-
sorbed in each other, seemed perfectly
oblivious to the marvellous beauty of
the scene before them.
The garden lay behind the heuse and
and fronting the St. Lawrence, and the
path where they were walking was on
the edge of its rocky, precipitons bank.
At the foot of this steep descent spark-
led the ahousand scattered lights of the
Cove cottages, and beyond that lay the
broad river gleaming like a mirror of
steel in the moonlight. Far in the dis-
tance the heights of Point Levis rose
clear and distinct against the dark blue
sky. The sombre gloom of their pine -
crowned slopes relieved by the scatter-
ed villages, whose tin -roofed spires
caught the moonbeams and gave them
back a thousand fold. But lovely as
was the picture the brilliant moon re-
vealed, it was utterly wasted on these
two wandering up and down beneath
the pine trees. There was light enough
to see each other's faces, and they look-
ed no further.
" Alan," said the young girl, in al
voice which she vainly strove to steady,
" must you go to -night ?"
" To -night," repeated her companion,
in an abstracted way. " What time is
it, Maud, cleared ?"
" Oh don't think about that ; surely
you are not going to leave me yet 1"
she interrupted, with an imploring
look into the handsome face bent to-
wel ds her.
" My dear little girl, you may be sure
I don't want to go," he said tenderly.
" It makes my very heart sick to think
-of leaving you here. I have an uncom-
fortable presentment—but what a fool
I am to put such ideas into your head."
" Indeed you have not put them
there," she answered sadly enough,
" they have come of themselves. Even
now, Alan, I would give worlds if you
would give up this voyage, only "—with
an effort—" I know it is absolutely
necessary, and it is wrong to try and
detain you."
That is my own brave girl," said
Alan encouragingly. " After all, these
fancies are only moonshine, and you
will eee me back in six mouths as jolly
anythiug,. and then, dear, we will
begin the world, togotle,r"- -and he
proesed the little hand that lay on his
arm olosar against his heart, She did
not speak, and he weht one—
" Will You promise to think of me
very often, and if any ono elloald tempt
you to forget me --"
" Foegat you, Alan ; do you think
that probable ? " and Maucl's blue eyes
looked in fi ai tei y oft chilli. Alan
almost smiled at her earnest tone,
" Not ptobable, dear, but just bare-
ly possible, and I vault to tell you what
you aro to me to make it still less so.
Remember, Maud, all the hopes and
ambitious which make life dear to a
man rests in yea, and trust you so
completely, so entirely, that I am quite
centent to leave them there."
As he spoke, lae Waned. and looked
down steadily ieto the loving ere rais-
ed to his. But they met his gaze tin -
flinchingly ; there was not s„ shadow in
those azure depths, but a Mist of tears
dimmed their brightness, And the eye -
tide quivered and (trooped till their long
lixeshee rested on the fluahed and tear.
stained cheek,
" And tioW, dear, I must go; it meet
be good-bye sweetheart ` last," be
said with a sad smil6.
God forbid," said !Maud, hastily,
remembering the fate of that ill-starred
heroine.
" I Will go up te the benlee withyett,"
he Continued, " and you can say good.
They walked in silence, up through
the- pineseheded avenue, to the wide
Piazza stens, and there Alan nut Ins
arms around the weeping and hold-
ing her close to his fast -beating heart,
repeating in a low hoarse tone :
" Remember, my own love, be faith-
ful and true; never forget all you have
promised to -night, and I will come back
again to you,"
Then, with one long, last kiss he was
gone • and Maud stood alone in. the
moonlight, feeling as if with him all
the light and happiness of life had pass-
ed away.
Maud Hamilton was one of a large
family, and the eldest and fairest of
four beautiful sisters. She was just
eighteen at the time these events oc-
spurred, and had been engaged for some
months to Alan Gordon, the son of a
merchant in Quebec). a -They had grown
Wp together, and their affection- for
each other was far deeper and stronger
than the sudden passion which springs
up in a night, often, unfoituna,tely, to
wither as soon, Maud's beauty was
unquestionable, and during the pre-
ceding winter she had been acknow-
ledged belle of every dance or pic-nic at
which she had assisted, though her
her early engagement had prevented
her profiting much from this distinction
in the way of flirtations. She was
rather tall, with delicate features, fair,
pink and white complexion, and the
most exquisite violet blue eyes, soft en-
ough to be tender, yet sometimes shin-
ing so bewitchingly bright that her
sentimental admirers were given to
liken them to stars. Like most Cana-
dian girls, she had a good figure and
walked well, cariying her dainty head,
with its wealth of golden hair, in a
stately imperial fashion peculiar to her-
self.
Her young lover Alan Gordon was
what is usnelly termed a good -I loking
young fellow, tall, eed broad. should-
ered, with no particular features to
speak of, but with a mauly decided ex-
nression in his sun-tanned face, and a
great deal of good temper, shining out
of very pretty brown eyes. He was
going as euper-cargo on one of his fath-
er's vessels, one of the large lumber
merchants in those days owning their
own ships ; and the voyage to which
Maud had found it so difficult to recon-
cile herself was to the shores If South
America, and would last fully six
months.
The next morning, almost at break
of day, found Maud down at the river'
walk, as they called the path, looking
out on the river. There lay the Cana-
da, trim and stately, moored in the
centre of the swit-flowing stream.
Early "as it was, all was life and bastle
on board, aud, through her glass, Maud
could even see the figures moving about -
her deck. Suddenly a little steamer
put out from the shore, puffin° and
blowing with frantic- energy, aird the
hurry on board redeubled. Ten min-,
utes after, Maud saw strong ropes
thrown out from the tug and fastened
to the the vessel. The " stately ship "
moved onward through the yielding
water. Maud stood and watched
her course till she reached the jutting
point which hid her from sight ; then
the girl turned and walked homeward
like one in a dream, and the ship sail-
ed away with its precions freight, to re-
turn, alas, never—never more.
Two years had passed away, and the
18th of June had come around for the
second time since Alan's departure.
They had brought many changes in
their train, and the sun that looked
down on this fair June showed a very
different scene from that of two years
ago. Business had net prospered with
Mr. Hamilton. A couple of bad lumber-
ing .seasons had severely tried his re •
courees, and now he had serions
thoughts of selling the beautiful home
on the banks of the St. Lawrence, and
removing to a smaller house in town.
This was a dreadful trial to his wife ;
her proud spirit could not eaeily stoop
to humiliation, and years of lavish ex-
penditure had not fitted her for a more
economical style of living. She mur-
mured deeply, but maid get no sym-
pathy from her husband beyond the as-
surance, not very consolatory, " that it
would be well if that were all she was
called on to endure."
At this critical time a Mr. Staunton
began paying most devoted attention to
Maud, and dearly did Mrs. Hamilton
deplore the " foolish engagement "
which prevented her encouraging so de-
sirable a partner. Maud's prevailing
fault was love of admiration and enjoy-
ment, and at this time she certeinly
encouraged Mr. Staunton too much ;
but, ae menthe crept on and Alan did
not collie, her heart grew too heavy for
such amusement, and she spent every
leisure hoar at the river walk, tecalling
in the mita= storm tho h appiness,
and. joy of the bright dane days which
wore paesed, he the winter wore away
and with the en;inee Toe tidings of the
wreck of the Coatada. She had found-
ered in a gale, 9,ila the men who told
the story said that two boats hed left
the ship, but only one hod survived the
storm when morning broke ; the other
had disappeared, and eif Alan they
could give Do aCCOlitit ; they. only klAW
that he was net with them. it was a
terrible bloW to the hopes Which Mead,
almoet unkuown to herself, still 'Cher-
ished ; and it, became doubly hard to
bear when, the follewing wintee, Mr,
S perserving devotion eathe tO
a climax, aed she wee (tailed upon to
decide her fate. it °Mild wee...only he
said to he left te her 'to deoide,, Mr.
Hamilton repreSented tho invaluable
aseistanCe kith man like Me. Statin
ton had boon and ..Weatld be to.
Hot mothee paihted gleWing eolore
the value 'of wealth .and Hpesition, and
the neeessity eadeifieitig hers " if10,
bid," feelings for the good, of the fealty'.
SO,' aft& long. Wayoring,, She ethifiented,
Oa Aft: Stitailt611 WOUld fain haVo ha&
the wedding before Lent, but Maud MIS
firm. " Giee Ito eetil June," she said,
aud:they were obliged to yield.
With what her sist thought aft ilinie•
entintable whim, maaa had elieseh the
atiniaekettey Alan'e depattake foie her
wedding day. So now, on the 18th of
JUne, she good, &eked: hildal at*,
changed, how mooli from the sunny,
laughing ,Maud of phi, Serene and
stately, she is a beeettiful woman now,
as she virss a lovely girl then ; but the
violet eyes have dark shadows beneath
them, and the sweet mouth is contract-
ed as if in pain. e aiter old nurse, whose
esPecial derlina Wred Inisl always been,
watched her anxionsiy ; but Mrs.Hamil-
toil, scrutinizing carefully her &algid-
er's white -robed. form, could see noth-
ing beyond the gleaming sill( and cost-
ly lace, and took no note of the pale
face and heavy eyes which told of sleep-
less nighte.
Suddenly Maud turned to her. moth-
er, and said, hurriedly—e-
" Am I ready now mothei ?"
"Quite, my dear, I think," said Mrs.
Hamilton, with a final comprehensive
glance. " Stop ; I think the flower is
certainly crooked. Let me—"
" Oh, never Muhl," interrupted hor
daughter, impatiently ; it will do very'
well. What einie it,,nairse-2" 'se
" Five minutes El eleven, Miss Maua
You are to start at eleven."
" Then I have just five minutes to
spare." And, turning to her mother
she said, more decidedly than dutifully,
perhaps, I should hke to be alone for
a few minutes, mother. Will yOU see
that no one comes in ?"
" Certainly," said Mrs. Hamilton, ele
vating her eyebrows at this broad hint ;
"if you wish it. But you are very
strange, girl. I should think your
mother would be the last person you
would wish to exclude; for you wil
never get such unselfish love and devo
tion again, or such careful regard for
yore real interests in life."
And with this parting suggestion,
Mrs. Hamilton swept out of the rem,
followed by the nurse.
Maud stood quite still for a few min-
utes, a smile of contemptuous scorn
curling her lips, Then her face soften-
ed suddenly. She slowly crossed the
room, and stood with folded arms be-
fore the French window. The house
stocd high and those upper windows
looked out over the heads of the belt of
tall pines that rose between the lawn
and the river beyond.
A ilewly-arrived ship lay at anchor
in mid -stream, and a b .)at looking in
the distance like a tiny black speck on
tile water, was pulling swiftly from her
to the shore.
What strange thoughts the scene
brought to Maud's memory, of that
morning, long ago now, when she had
watched a ship sail away—of the days
and months, and years of waiting—o
hope deferred, making the heart sick—
of the tidings of tempest and shipwreck,
and the despairing certainty they
brought --and through all these words
which haunted her even now, " Be
faithful and true and I will come back
to you again." 'And how had she kept
her promise ? Her word broken, her
faith pledged to another, and this morn-
ing, this very hour, she was going to
set the sell of her treetehery.
As she' stood there, bitter, passionate
thoughts rose up within her till the
pale cheeks flushed and the slender
fingers closed tightly over each other,
and then, stronger even than anger
or h ite, the tide of memory rushed
back to dreams of love and happiness,
filling her heart with such utter deso-
lasion as only those who have loved
and lost can feel. She could bear it no
longer, and with a low, despairing cry
she sank on her knees beside the wide,
easy -chair, and buried her face in the
cushions.
As a clear and perfect vision of his
past life flashes over the eyes of the
drowning man, so in these moments of
misery, all the confliction of the last
few months seemed swept aside, and
her actions stood out clear and distinct,
undisguised by the veil of expediency
and duty with which they had beeu so
cunningly clothed.
She saw in its true light the weak
compliance with another's will which
had led her to break her faith. She
saw the unacknowledged love of wealth
and admiration which had made her
fear poverty so deeply, and, worse than
all, the falsehood and deceit which pro-
mised love and honor where there was
none to give.
How long she knelt there Ma,ud never
knew. It seemed alike hours:: it could
only have been a few minutes ; buf she
was aroused by her mother's voice at
the door.
" Maud, are you ready?" Then
more impatiently, " It is really quite
time, Maud ; you will certainly be late.'
"I am coming," said Maud, rising
slowly. Then, with one parting look
at the river, smiling in morning sun-
light, she went out and down the stairs
to where they were awaiting her.
They are a few p eople in the world
who can cry without disfiguring them-
selves, and 141a,m1 was one of these.
Her beautiful eyes shone all the bright.
er for the tears which so lately dimmed
them, and her malty pale cheeks were
crimson with excitement. Exelama-
tions of admiration from the assembled
household greeted her appearance,
which were given as earnestly, but in
lower tones, as, loaniag on her father's
fueri, she walked up the eentre aisle of
the Cathedral.
She had b en very silent during the
drive, and her father wisely forebore to
remark oil it.
A short delay oceured at the altar.
By seine unaccountable mistake, the
Bishop was not forthcoming, and so
splendid a wedding as this could not be
celebreted by one loss important than
the pastoral head of the Church in
Quebec.
The bride stood calm and still before
the rails, awaiting hes fate, when the
side door opposite the Vestry opened
with a swing, and a man entered with
his hat OD. All were expeoting the
Bishop, end the astonishment was great
at the sight of thie very unclerital fig -
are,
He was a tall young man, in a sail.
oral dress, with thin, sun-tanned tea -
tures, and the hat, which he had appar-
eetly forgotten to remove, proseed 01680
down over big eyee. came ferweed
to one of the front Soitta and sat down,
Then, tal if slidderily remehibering it,
toek off his hate MA pushed the hair
badk froM his forehead, iti beivildered
way, As he did ser, Maud, who had
wide open blue eyes, moved a half step
forward; then with a Pry of " Alan
oh, Alan !" fell inswibible at Mr. Staun-
ton's feet.
My story is done. After such a the-
atrical denouement, the most persever-
ing of men might be excused far wish-
ing te renounce his claim, and Maud
was free to givo her hand where her
heart had ever been. There were
many stormy scenes, Mr. Hamilton de-
claring that no daughter of his should
ever marry a man who had behaved as
Alan bad done, though in what the poor
boy had erred, excepting in coming to
life when he ought to have been safe in
the depths of the ocean, remained a
mystery. To this decision hp adhered,
and Maud was very closely looked after
indeed, until Melee departure for the
States in July. However, one lovely
August morning, the old nurse, going
sto call Miss Maud, found her room
empty, and a eheit and hurried ate fer
her meeker lyieg on the dresSing-table.
Sho had gone—fled with Alan—and her
father's auger knew no bounds when he
discovered the truth,
A cove laborer told how he had seen
a young lady scrambling down the
rocks below the river -walk, and how,
suspecting something was up, he had
watched her on to the booms,
where a boat and a tall young man
were waiting to receive her, and how
they had pulled away in the moonlight,
and at length disappeared on the shad-
ows of the Point Levis shore.
Having concluded to elope, they had
done it romantically enough ; and, rash
and imprudent as the beginning of their
married life seemed, patience made it a
success after all ; for, many years after,
a prosperous, comfmtable looking
couple, with half a dozen beautiful
children, visited Quebec, and were wel-
comed by their friends and relations
with joy and great gladness.
a Terrific JErial Trip.
The adventure of a Clerk an a
Tratpeze Bar.
Correspondence of the N. Y Sun.
BEADING, Thursday, May 21.—Yes-
terday afternoon John H. Shearer, the
Pronaut, made a frightful journey
through the clouds in a snow storm
from Pottstown to Coopersbargh, Leigh
county along the line of the North pen-
sylvania Railroad, a distance of forty
miles,in less tin n an hour. The fero-
naut used Do bes tet, but ascended to the
clouds revolving upon a slender trapeze
bar dangling from the netting of a large
balloon. The sight as he journeyed on
toward the dark banks of ctouds low in
n the heavens, was one of thrilling in-
terest. Perched upon a bar, after going
through so.ne Lazerdous evolutions, the
feronant sat looking down on the as-
sembled multitude. Clad in tile scant
costume of a circus performer, he must
iave suffered in the damp air of the up-
per cureense: Then aie waved his
handkerchief and bowed to the masses
below who were standitne in breathless
silence, after which he lifted his posi-
ion, went through more evolutions and
hen sat down complacently on the
slender bar. The monstrous air ship,
'the Globe," with 22,000 cubic feet of
gas, went rolling off in the heavens to-
ward the north-east, and in a few mo-
ments ihe rain descended. Smaller
and smaller the balloon appeared, until
finally the feronaut and his ship went
hrough the elouds, and was lost to
sight. His journey through a terrific
rain and snow storm, accompanied by a
gale of wind, his terrible adventures in
frost and woods while effecting a land -
ng, the sights and sounds of a journey
through the clouds, his bruises, wounds
and scratches, and how narrowly he
escaped being hurled into eternity, I
partly learned from his own lips upon
his arrival here late last night, and
this morning I received the remainder
of his thrilling story.
Shearer is a young man about thirty
years of age, and by occupation is a
clerk in one of the leading hotels in
Reading. For some time past he has
been paying considerable attention to
balooning, and since his first trip to
cloudland he has made nearly a dozen
ascensions. He has discontinued the
use of a basket altogether, and now he
ascends on a trapeze bar hanging by
two slender ropes attached to the bal-
loon netting. It is quite an interest -
ng study to inspect the rigging of his
balloon just before she sails away to
the clouds. Occupying the centre of a
square partitioned off by ropes and
stakes is the balloon swaying t,o and fro
with the wind. The netting comes
clown and is fastened to en iron ring
about one foot and a half in diameter.
Two ropes lead down from this ring -
to the ends of which is the trapeze bar.
Around the ring are sand bags, con-
taining ballast well secured. The bags
hang with their mouths downward, so
that when the aeronaut wishing to
throw out ballast all he has to do is to
pull a string untying a bow -knot, when
the bag opens and the sand descends.
On the ring also dangles a white bag,
something like a pillow case. This
contains the ordinary clothes of the
aeronaut, together with a bottle of
spirits and other refreshments to be
used in the clouds if foend necessary to
stimulate the system and warm up the
body. :A. barometer is also securely
fastened to the ring, while next to it
generally hangs bundle or two of
printed circulars to he distributed from
the clouds. The toronaut gathers the
weights, takes an upright position on
the bar, and ropes are cut, and up shoots
the air ship as buoyant as a bird. At
the ascension yesterday he f..at down on
the bar as the loalloon raised, end be-
low could anticipate anything of the
kind the, teronaut when 1,000 feet high
gave a sudden turn and intentionally
dropped headlong downward from his
seat and gracefully eaught himself with
hiS right hand, and in this position
sailed beautifully away toward the
clouds. When the teronatit dropped, a
wild shout of fear and terror ent
from the speetatora.
Shearer Was stiff, Ore bruised and
scratched this•itierning when I asked
came near having my head cut off about
thirty feet in the air, as I was trying to
land yesterday afternoon. I was drag-
ged over the top f a dense woods and
as 1 went crashing through the limbs
at lightning rapidity the rough boughs
caught me under the ears, and might
have robbed my very head off. It was
the most frightful journey I have ever
experienced or read of, ,
"When I ascended out of sight of the
people at Pottstown the air suddenly
became cold and the rain descended,
The wind blew fearfully, and when I
had ascended to an altitude of 3,000
feet I noticed that it was snowing.
When the barometer indicated 5,000
feet above the level of the sea a furious
snow storm set in. My balloon
shifted to the northeastern wind Cur—
rent, and was wafted along at a fearful
rate of speed. The beautiful white
flakes settled on the side of the balloon
Alia fell (learn and completely covered
my head and shoulders. The balloon
swayed backward and forwta d, and I
then mounted from tbe trapeze and
took a seat in the ken' concentrating
ring. r made an effort to put on my
heavy clothing, but founa it utterly
impossible. The balloon was swaying
and rolling about in the air at all alti-
tude of over a mile, and I did not dare
to dress myself, for fear that a sudden
twist or jerk of the balloon would hurl
me headlong down. You can imagine
I shivered and shook in my thin attire.
My clothing consisted of skin-tight
shirt, drawers, and trunks.
"The storm became more furious and
the clouds seemed to be racing with the
balloon, and up there, was as still and
as silent as the grave. The snow
flakes dropped on the side of the bal-
loon anti descended. The creaking
cords and twines of the balloon made
a slight rustling noise, but nothing
more. It is impossible to tell the ex-
act velocity in the air when there is
nothing. stationary to compare with.
When in the storm I must have travel-
ed over a mile a minute. With the ex-
ception of the clouds, the snow, and
my balloon, I was alone in the world.
Nothing more could be seen. A sigh-
ing of the netting aloneadistirbed the
silence. One moment the balloon
would reel, then it would sweep across
with frightful velocity into another cur-
rent as it ascended or descended. The
little ropes that held me to the balloon
were taut, and the trapeze swung emp-
ty in the wind below. I then pulled
the valve rope. This line extends up
through the neck of the balloon, and is
fastened te the doors of tile valve at
the very ton of the gas chamber. It
requires considerable strength to pull
it. My hands were numb, but I suc-
ceeded in opening the valve, and I
could plainle bear the gas rushing out
of the top. The balloon descended,
and it was not long before I could see
thousands of feet the first faint speck
of the earth below. The rain had
ceased, and the snow 'flakes eattat: not
toebe seen. ,Lower and lower r des-
cended until I could see the tiny streams
of water like so many silvery serpents
stretching their slender bodies over the
land. Woods, houses, and hills grad-
ually came into sight.
"The wind was blowiug a gale as I
approached earth. It swept tbe bal-
loon down toward a dense wood with
frightful rapidity. I drew up the tra-
peze bar, for I did not wish it to catch
in the tree tops. In a moment after-
wards, tile balloon swept down and
carried me crashing through the tops
of the trees. It waslike skipping a stone
across the surface Of a pond. The foli-
age was not yet out, and bare boughs of
the trees were sharp and scratchy. At
the time my head was somehow or
other lodged between two limbs, and
the first thing I knew I was bleeding
fearfully from a deep cut in my neck.
"How I became extracted I cannot
tell. I was being dragged along at a
fearful rate. I threw out my ballast
and the balloon ascended again, and we
cleared the woods. When over a, rail-
ing fence I threw out my anehor. It
caught, and in an instant the fence
was demolished. I then threw the an-
chor toward another fence, when it
caught and jerked off,the top rail. The
balloon swayed and shot off again, when
I threw the anchor toward the stump.
It caught, and immediately tile rope
broke. The balloon started off again,
dashed through the pine woods until
finally I watched an opportunity, grap-
pled with tho top of a tree, and by
twisting the branches about the con-
centrating ring I at last secured the
balloon. The gas I allowed to remain
in for fear the bulk of the muslin and
netting would come down and sufficate
or throw me from the tree top to the
ground. Finally help come, and after
cutting down several trees I landed
very much used up. During the ties-
peraae drag through the woods I re-
ceived all my injuries, and several times
I intended to jump, but did not. I con.
foss the journey was a fearful one, but
I shall try it over again.',
ratr.
A Nashville paper thus poetically de.
scribes the onbeyoung man in rayettes-
ville as follows :—He was young, he
was fair, and he parted his hair, like
the average beau, in the middle ; he
was proud, he was bold, but—the truth
must be told—he played like 11, fiend on
the fiddle. But, aside from this vice,
he was everything nice, and his heart
was so loving and tender, that he al-
ways turned pale when he trod on the
tail of the cat lying down on the fender,
He clerked in a, store, and the way that
he tore off calicoes, jeans, and brown
sheeting, would have tieltled a calf, and
made the brute laugh in the face of a
, , ee .
quarterly eieetitig. rie cut quite a dasn
with s darling moustache, whieh he
learned tO love and to cherish ; for one
girl bad said, While she drooped ber
proud head, that %would kill het to eee
the thing perish. On Senday he'd
seareh the proud road to Effie church,
unheeding the voice of the scorner ;
and demurely lie sat, like a young
Thomas cat, with the saints ih the tar
hint for a story of his trip. A red gash anion corner. Ile sang like a bird, and
about ail inches long extended around his sweet voice was heard, tugging away
One Pia() of his neck, 4.4Tlils,''' said the at long metto ,,,. and. we speak but time
before the tall eheval glasil in her watehed him over shied his entrance aeronaut, roiating to the wound truth when we Sity that tliis youth could boasted so long of its thorough discip.
dainty ehlutz-furnlAhed Oe .roOPer 1314 Vith a strange fixed expression i.t4 .LOt'• "might have resulted in my death. I onto logs hungrymosquito, lin% now contained otiieetg whotoliad op. histrates the twee Of wetwet.
/ ,,,,,
„Iliewerine an Captivity;
An occasional coreeapondont of the
London Daily Teleoraok SIAPPlies to that
ournai, under date of May 9, the fol-
lowing account or a visit to Marshal
1.3azaine:
A few days ago I started off early in
the morning from Montone en a jour-
ney of three hours by rail to Cannes,
for the purpose of paying a visit to my
old friend Bazaine. The French Gov-
ernment had given me permission
nearly two months ago, but Sad cirenin-
stances intervened to' prevent me from
availing myself of their consideratien.
The railway curves gracefully round
the beautiful shores of' the Mediterran-
ean, and passes through a series of
towns whose pleasant sites and health-
ful climate have made them favorite
winter resorts ever since the days of
the Romans. At Cannes we took aa
lioat modelled after those Used 2,000
years ago, and very soon we had reach-.
ed Isle St. Marguerite, which is about
three miles from the mainland. On ar-
rival it is necessary to ascend steps
some 200 feet to the fortress, which is
built upon the rock and overhangs the
oeean. The garrison consists of one
company, about 125 men. I was es-
corted to the presence of Monsieur
/sfarchez, a Corsican, Director of the
Service for the Interior Department,
and controller of the fort and the guar-
dian of the prisoner, Desiring that
my companions might be permitted to
look at the inside of the fortress, I made
the application, but a message had to
be sent them outside the walls : " No
one enters here without permission
from the Government." Politely enough
the Director received me, and instruct-
ed a subordinate to escort me to the
Marshal's apartment, We passed
through the guard room and ascended
a staircase ta reach an open space, pav-
ed with bricks, in front of Bazame's
window. On entering the roam the
Marshal met me at the door, and cor-
dially pressed my hand. Let me here
say I found nothing in his appearance
changed. His manner was easy, unaf-
fected, and composed as in the days of
his freedom and power. Before enter-
ing I observed to tbe Director, " I do
not know your regulations, but I have
half a dozen morning papers, which I
have brought for Bazaine, if it is per-
mitted. a Not at all. He cannot re-
ceive anything." So I laid them on
the mantlepiece, knowing that I could
easily tell the Marshal all the news.
But it seemed to me a restriction en-
tirely superfluous, and not in keeping
with civilized ideas, thus to deny a pri-
soner of State the privilege of reading
what was passing in the world. Ba-
zaine's sitting -room is a small but com-
fortable one, neatly and plainly furnish-
ed. Hanging upon the wall was a fine
likeness of the Pope, with a Latin aut-
ograph. A bright boy of eight, a hand-
some girl of five, and a chubby young-
ster of three4were raeingland romping,
chattering and laughing, heedless of
the -Marshal s repeated injunctions, in
paternal tones, to keep quiet. They at
least knew no unhappiness ; the bright
color of youth and health and all their
movements proved that their hours
flew fast away upon joyous wings. We
chatted for some time, occupied by me
mainly in giving him information on
contemporary incidents. Then we sal.
lied out upon the paved promenade,
bounded by the parapet, where a small
space was reserved for his use, and
there we paced up and down, discus-
sing various topics in connection with
current events. The parapet iu front
of his door extends about eighty feet;
the width of the pavement is about
thirty feet. The height of the wall is
about eighty-three feet, and one looks
over at the sea breaking upon the foot
of the cliff 100 feet beneath. Along
the sea wall another parapet runs per-
pendicularly to the first one, until it
reaches a wall some hundred feet dis-
tant. Toward tno interior a newly -
constructed wall, about twenty feet
high, connects the house with tha para-
pet, and cuts off all communication
with the fortress. P issibly this was
done to pievent passible sympathisers
from demonstrations or offers of ser-
vice. An effort had been made to esta-
blish a miniature garden inside the
space within the sea.wall ; but it is not
permissible to use the sea -water for
flowers, and the Marshal was druid
they might be perched to death before
a rain came. When the blazing Sum-
mer sun comes down upon those stones
and bricks in July and August, it must
be pretty hot. But the Marshal is an
old campaigner, and I presume can
stand it very well.
If anybody wished to escape from
this place it seemed practicable enough
Looking over the battlements the de-
scent is not difficult ; it could be made
with very little exertion, and a boat
stationed beneath might easily carry off
at night an escaping prisoner. But a
thought of that kind would never enter
the Marshal's brain. He has always
been rather indignant that they did not
crown the edifice of his persecution by,
shooting him. But as the Government
did not dare to do that in the face of
the civilized world, Ire is content to bide
his time, and live under the fostering
care of France's present rulers. It
gratified him much to hear from me
how great and general bad been the ex.
pression of dissent, out of France, to
the finding of the court. A Colonel of
the late Paris Commune had just been
degraded, and I mentioned the descrip-
tion of his mental sufferings, as given
by the Parisian Press. i4 This is some-
thing that you at least have been
spared, by the dispensation froni that
affliction,' said I. " tut," said he,
the moral punitton tuts been executed ;
all the force of the law lute been exert-
ed against me, and I should Mit have
suffered any more at the mere humilia-
ting ceremony. I preferred to have
been shot, but the ituthoritie3 did not
wish it. And my opinion of the con-
viction and own easy conscience, made
nie entirely indifferent to any action
*MA they might have dh0801,1 to take,"
My views on tho sad moral deaniante
exhibited so painfolly on too many oc-
tiasions in France during tile PitSt1 three
year% he did not attempt to controvert.
Ile discussed frankly the singular faros
maly that the French army which had
en'v ring the their in-
, -
*cone ttua mutinous evira,aud their'
conspiracy with Wont, of the Qom,
mune, and others to overthrow him `
daring the siege o'f Metes: And yet net
one of these (ewers locrottve cen-
sured. 8orae had beefi prancer/ed.
fae kw from the paeapet was meg,-
eificent, the Qtalinee the.c9,ast Oiow,
citrit,1:1;:etissi Ltt r be tu;ii ltiri 1:5111:1a011;n1::(1°11
the sea, while at k, oinrIZM InOnn.
Was COVON3 With fore* and' the rich
verdure of Spring. A gay gotin4 9f
sail -boats dotted tbe waters of the bay.
While we promenaded Mine. de Mar-
echale Mtn° out nod joined us, walking
between us and taking her full share in
the conversation. She is, you knoweed
Mexican, with daek, lustrous- eyes,
black eye -lashes, and eye brows beau-
tifully curved, a mouth indicating urn.
seal resolution and a radiant, lovely
face. After all', if a man is deprived of
liberty, his position is somewhat ameli-
orated when such a coruneni,n and the
three charming children are present to
share the captivity. So far as commu-
nications with the outer world are con-
eerued, the wife is a prisoner under ex-
aetly the same regulations as her hus.
band. During a brief interval, while
the Marshal was engaged with the Dir -
Peter, I turned to the Marechale, 'and
expressed my awn, and I think, the
general admiration of nor wifely devo-
tion. Her reply appeared to meetouch-
ing and dignified. a In Mexico, the
women as well as the men are all very
brave. They do not desert friends in
extremity. When I reamed the Mar-
shal I was seventeen. He was not tho
summit of power, with fortune and
friends to support his future, and uot
shadow to overcast it. He gave me
that bright and enviable position, and
when pco, • it fortune and aflrlienthd:
vanished, en side, to
share the sweat of
privations with
affection that were
?;t4a1
` the
zenith of his prosperity." nt-
ly, alluding to a fervid eulogy on her
conduct in one of the Paris nowsPepers
" I did not see it," she esereAaalidding
with a contemptuous snaPaa~, fin-
gers, a I do not care that fora itasaif The
outrageous treatment of the ',Marshal
has made me as utterly indifferent as if
none existed." g'
s
Naturally in the course of our4on-
versation the talk turned upon the pen-
ding battle in Spain. Bezaine seemed
to think that the civil war would still
rage, even if Don Carlos achieved a sig-
nal success. But, notwithstandiugethe
great intimacy which has existed be-
tween him and Queen Isabella, Mine.
Bazaino was frank io the admission of
a different opinion. The Spanish blood
end temperamsut Were very (Niel
and impetuous. Don Carlos, entering
Spain with his drawn sword auet with-
out resources, creating an army, and
fighting battle after battle, virtually
conquering a kingdom against hopeless
odds, would, in the evens of a success
at Bilbao, find it easy to enter Madrid.
Enthusiasm would quickly kindle, anti
the general acquiescence follow, So at
anyrate, thought Mme. Bazaine. In
reference to her husband's usual state
of mind, Mine. Bazaine assured me
that he was cheerful and never sad.—
had nothing to be sad about, unh•ss for
the ineratitude and treachery of pro-
fesseffriends. The cowardly manner
in which he had been treated should
give rise te no other feelings than those
of disdein or indignation.
With regard to the future it will not
surprise you to learn that Bazaine
bases no hopes on the supposed good
disposition of the present government,
and the Radicals, he knows full well,
are his bitter enemies. On the other
hand, M. Thiers was ever his fast
friend, believing in his loyalty, aiding
Lachaud in the defence by suggestions,
and dissenting from the decision of the
court. Convinced by the injustice of
that condemnation, M. Thiers would
certainly take steps for his liheration,
even if temporary exile should be the
commutation. The Bonapartis SO
would certainly liberate him y
were in power. Need I say that- the
two persons who, in the Marshat's
opinion, have deserved best of their
country in the hour of her humiliation
are the ex -President and the ex -Em-
press ! The Empress because at a
time when she might have saved ber
dynasty by a timely application of the
lead and steel at Palikao's command to
a few hundreds of the Paris mob, the
very men who afterwards set up the or-
gies of• the Commane, refused to do it
because she deemea every drop of
French blood precious to the national
defence. M. Thiers because of his pat-
riotic and successful .efforts to repair
the misfortunes of a war against which
he protested, but was powerless to pre-
vent.
CURE FOR BALDNESS.—A gentleman,
who had lost nearly all his hair after a
very severe Attack of fever, consulted a
French Pity sician of great reputed suc-
cess as a hair iestorer. The prescrip-
tion given him was a drain of the ho-
meopathic tincture of phosphates to one
ounce of castor oil ; the bare spot to be
rubbed with this mixture three
times weekly for an hour each
time, of the head had been thoroughly
cleansed with warm water without soap.
This treatment was faithfully called
out about six months, the hair soon
began to grow, and in a year from the
time of first following the, doctor'e ad-
vice his head was, as thoroughly cover-,
ea as ever, the new crop of hair being
about two shades darker than the oht
To Grow _Large
When a melon gets as largo hs cu-
cumber take a large darning neediaand
pass a yarn thread (perliers seaertti
threads twisted together will be the lei350
through the stem of the melon, so that
the end of the thread will come nbar
the top of the stem. Now plade the
lower portion of the thread in a bottle
and fill with water. The melon will
soon drink up the water, when more
should. be added. it is said that they
will thus consume a quart cif water,
per day, and will eventually grow to an
enormous size, They will not, how-
eVer, possestl the SWeetneSS of those
grown in the natural wale
b u hma 'Y'v S011uervceer otf6isiti ef coir n haet ofn°*rlesg os Ili 71:
that I plade full reliance the, plan.
Perhaps by sweetening the water and
adding' some spices, any desired flavor,.
could be imparted, Who will test the
Matter by experiment ?—Burott
gentleman of Louisville hat a dog,
—a pointer. Tho dog ran up the ettlea
of a 110USO and refused to COMO &Ate.
Ma blaster teliewett aaa IOWA, "A.
Partridge on the deer plate. TWO