The Sentinel, 1881-04-22, Page 2Voting Then and Now.
The ballot's a grand institution!
At least, so I've heard people say;
But there's uone of the fun of our grandfathers'
(lays
Since the ballot -box came into play—
Then, men voted open and boldly,
And early, and often, and so
The man that bid highest was sure of tho vote,
And he isn't se sure now, you know.
I heard once a tale of a blacksmith—
Iles dead—relit ieseant his bones;
But I'll tell you the tale as I've heard it told,
And the reason he voted for Jones.
The blacksmith stood over his anvil,
The forge tire smouldered low,
And the pluughsharo that lay in the ashes was
C( ld,
For the bellows had ceased to blow.
A hundred odd times through the doorway
Bad entered in questiouing tones,
And now more anxious than ever it came:
" Do you vote, sir, for ,Imith or for Joues-?"
A crafty old man was the blacksmith,
'1Vel1 versed in political shows,
Whose cree,1 was: " The politics going that pays
Is the kind that pays as it goes."
;A
Again came a voice through the doorway,
In entered a head with the tones,
In followed a body along with the head—
'Twits Smith, the opponent of Jones !
Says Smith, "1 will purchase your anvil,
Four pounds.1 will pay you ; and still -
You shall have it to use as long as you choose;
You will Vote?"" Yes," said Vulcan, " I will."
Now. Smith had scarce gone from the smithy,
NVhen-Jeues entered in at the door,
And purchased- the bellows for twenty-five
pounds,
Jest as Smith -bought the anvil for four.
When Vulcan marched up 6' the poll-boothy-
• Smith gave him a knowing grin, -
'While Jones.(of the bellows; stood off at one side
And chuekled and stroked his chin.
." For whom lo you Vote; Mr. Vulean ?"
Asked the clerk in indifferent tones;
smith sun -ted aghast as the blacksmith replied:
"1 vote, sir, fur Mr. Jones."
• -
Jones laughed in his sleeve in _the corner,'
But Smith followed Vulcan away,
And said in- a. voice of -surprise and disgust: • -
" Didn't I buy your anvil to -day?."
Says:Vulcan: ." You did; I confess it ; _
You can have it, or go where its place is,
For Jones boug14 -the bellows - for twenty-five
pounds,. ... • -
• Anil it•lilew your anvil fa blazes'. " •
,Bur„it'iediffereut no*With the ballot, •
- or was just the other day
When BreWittook.vciur goll and with promises
" fair,-
Mn.rked his banot the other way.
you: wouidn'tifoguch a meanthiug;. •
. But other folks win, you see
Your neighbor's a•sneak round the corner
The_btillot's the thing ,” says he, • .
•
- . 'W. ,RHINSON.
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• Lignor-Law'Laconic*. • •
. •
•The Rhode Islan.d Helm yesterday,:by 03
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to 21, postPoned • the:.:.Prohibition' Dili till• ::
hext'sessien;-_ One -member stated that ha
'had been offered $100.te vote-admit:Mt" a -pro-
hibitory law.' A conimittedof investigation
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•
was .appointed. ".
•. The, Halifax.- -lignot. -dealers- have ex-
.
• perienced lL reat deal of trouble thisyear
in .obtaining the signatures of u triajdrity of
the ratepayers of the distrkts in Which
they Carty.On hash -less to their 'petitions
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•
for, licenses., -,atidthe consequence.is that.
;although a- m:olith.- .has : passed _since the'
heeneee for- 1080 -expired,: lese.-tha."n.one7-,
third...of:them:lave_ beeti_renewea. Iii order
to:protect thetiOs.elyes and -their -interests,
• and.te.tnore:effectliallynaake their influence
• felt In the City, itis reported that: a number
of.. the dealers are or nixing _themselVea
for .tiio•purpoad Boyce tting.Z-,ail those.
who refused to Sign their petitions for
licenses. -• -
- The- Nebraska Legislature 'has-Vassed.
•-stringent -.license lava-. Among its .provi-
sions are alieense fee of ,5-1;600 per year for.
• each-saldon in -el -dee of :10;000--p-eople„-- and
$560"-io citi of Ieee' than; 10,000 inhabi=.
•- - • -tanta-----ilie2saleonkeeper'must give a --bend
of. 55;000; and -mita -present_a petition
sigiiedg-thirti.freeholders before lie .can
• 'obtain a license ; no bondsinan can go -upon
but one no. liquor Canhe given away ;
Screene, are te be permitted_ over Win--
dOWS or dOOTS druggistedo" not have to
_take a iicenee: but have to keep a- faitlifnl.
:-.acCouitt of all sales.. -
• The practic.e of drinking- by ieniales of
the better elass is sold to be unfortunately
on. the -increase.-_in Eiagland...,TSornetirae
- since- :u. Well:known firm itt TottenhamcOurt- "road, London, applied to the St.
- -Pancras: licensing: authorityfor a license to
- • ,
serve the 200 to 300 lady -.customers Who
• luneh. OEaily in their ,,eStablishinent, with
Spiritsi.wine and beer ; atpresentthey can
only Supply tea, coffee ,and en:oiler:1)0er,
• ages,: raticli,- they: chlinied„te. thedissatis-
faction OL their nainerona Jady_costeniers;
7 WhA fOr.-twenty. years' past :have unapt-
.. rneuely been proseitig, their..claims upon-
• , ,• thein "for Wine, bceriLnd spirits."-.• .Sir
• :W..-WYatt, befere.whona . the de/nand Was
'made, with emphasis. -'refused to grant thc
-'Iicense, aTtcl- -addOd that,- ‘'--ta save -trouble
.-future, the _opinion of the bench was
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unaniteens.7" .- • - • •
.
An official inquiry" has revealed that:the
:total amount .•of Iiquor sold andneed in
Boston each -year under the name of vinegar
is estimated at about -3;000,000 gallons. .; Of
this less thaii'onio-telith is pure apple -juice,
the rest:.-being,Pla _villamotte decoction of
: molasses, glucose, acetic .aeid, sour a,le, lager
• _ beer, distillery slops; etc.„:made for ..abOut
.the lowest possible -coat of purecider
-Vinegar.: But_Wereethatt this, oil of vitriol
• and ether • mineral: weide I are brought
• into .requisition: One ""centts worth of
-phurid.acid is eufficient... for_ the :Itiannfac!.
. ture.af four gallons-. of vinegar, ,and.wherr,
disguised by Other ingredients its presence
• cannot be deteeted.: by tie*: alone:: No
Wonder that, with .KuChvinegar at nine
.--cents and e3iela siit.cOntli a gallon, while the
•"genuine article: eannotrhe-:-manufactured for
• lessthith abouti2cents- a gallon; -the high:
- death -rate in that eity-ehooldhe attributed
• largely to this. and other 'equally villainous
adulterations. of foods, •
•-Total abstinenee bus .indeed made pro-
- • grese itt England; now that, it -has
. umplied. ...dyer the :traditions:, of ". civic
The:Mayor-of Leeds -hap -en-
tertained at ahaioqnet nine teetotal mayors:
Among them • were the_ _Lord --Mayor Of
_• York and- the Mayors. of Winchester and
Worcester. The report does not Mention
the eontentS of the leying... cop: orlwhe.tlier
-there was a Toying cup at -Probably
-the Mayors all hated: each -other
.----Str,Pietre.Yeron,,.. in it recent "article
- “:-The Age ;of :Adulteration," relates
• tha.t a Wine reerehant, giving death -bed
• injunctions to:. his' .son,:_ ".-Alwar3
. bear in Mind: .that -wine may 'made With
. anything—even (With:.ainelaiichO/y•smile)-
..:.gtarie juice."-
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AFRAID OF HIS SHADOW.
A Man Pursued to Bibs Death by the Mem-
017 of Ills Crinws-Suicide ot a Sup.
posed Murderer -Heartrending Pre.
paranoias.
The following are the latest particulars
in regard to the terrible tragedy in Hart-
ville, Pa., referred to in a previous despatch:
The little townof Hartville, on the Susque-
hanna, a few miles below this city, as well
as the borough of Shickshinny, Just oppo-
site, was thrown into excitement last
evening by the suicide of an Irish laborer'
named Jack Freeman-. He went to work
at. the mines in Hartville on the 5th of this
month with a large number_of others, who
were engaged in the openiEg of new collie-
ries at that point. Freeman was not a
miner, but was engaged in hauling sand for
the cottages in process of erection. He quit
work yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and
went honie. After entering his house he said
to his wife, " I am not going to let them
get any -advantage -of me, and I am going
to shoot my -self." His wife replied, "Why,
Jack, what is the matter with you 2 Are
you crazy ? " Ile answered, " Well, if I
don't shoot myself they will arrest moand
hang me." He went in search of his gun,
which he found and With it walked into his
bed -room. It was an old army musket,
and he proceeded to load' it with powder
and shot. He then -sat down and penned
the following lines upon a piece of paper
which he pinned upon his heart : " I am -
not guilty of anything, but I can't stand it."
He then called.three ()this children to him
and kissed each one :tenderly, the tears
streaming down his cheeks as he did so.
Then he turned gently to his wife, who stood
by sobbingand mourning as :if her heart
would lreak, and kissed her. „To each he
whispered a trembling " good -by." -Taking
the musket up he walked out doors. He
had gone but a few steps when he turned
and asked where Willie Was (another of his
children). Ile was told that he was iti
the loruel near - -by. He called to him
and •the little, fellow presently Made
Inet appearance and came running toward
his father. The _latter Stooped 'and kissed
WM-, farewell. Then- he returned to the'
.houseand sat down" quietly: in. a Chair. - In
-
the course of :a few- moments the inether
despatched one.... -of thechildien'.. to Jthe
spring fur wateriand as :he did:net bring
enough "slie,,,Went -.herself. 'While on her.
way -back froni -...the Spring she h.eard .the
report of- a gun, and- 'running - to the house
she asked ono of . the boys where his father
-
was,- • 'rhe boy pointed_ te-a bed -room and
eaid that he'. had gone 11f-there:end. had
. .
told one of them to:clasetliedoer aed not
. .
to,come.in,„ The poor wife instantly passed
into :the. :apitittrient ,andwas horrified ta
find: her-linshand. 'lying Upon the.fleCti coy-.
,
-ered With- bleod., tcip of hie head was.
blevin . off,: s.nd brains and -pieces of .hie
skull were scattered o11 the walls- and- cell--
inger;!- Neighbors Were at Conee, einntrion ed and::
a. inry•Matie 110,_ lT,poit„.the. examination
facts were elicated:stlich proved, that the
sineide,Tif not a murderer,' had-011ie guilty
thing weighing upon his &nisei -One.... -For
a longtime past: he has hail MoodY• spells,
and -the . presence Of 50 many -De.* laces itt
Hartvilleworried him". At first -Mal Wife
seemed- , disinclined- to testify; but she
: -
finally startled ithe -Jury With- the rein ark;
" Well, he!.is-cleacl nowand I dare She
intimated tha:t some -years ago her husband.
wasimplicated itt the in:Order of, a III1L1I at
:Janesville. Vie., alicr that: lie:Iwilaancoaed:
otrhaving.a-hand. iia -throwing a man into.
Siisqueliapna ftoni--- the .bridge -that
'crossed the river -at • this eh -Y.- -It was-. . _ , -_
fur-
ther Shown that Freern-aif-:- always -.went
arined with: a 'knife and revolver: .:There
_ _ _ _ _
was a great-affeetion existing between hint
.and_liieWife:. andfatioily„and it riethought
_hy!.some.:that the_lwite-_wasimere
willisg-
that as it did than
'Open:the :which -she: :: evidently -
thought might be his fate if he lived.. -
OatItirttalt af Cholera. Probable.
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_ .
Dr. Willard.Parker speaking -.At -the New
York medical ".menting Said It.. Must he
understood that -within. a -.few daYs. -we
:shall:have the heat - Of, -Salmi:net:Upon tui,
-and the'effect..of that.Will-be fearful. It is
7well to Lignite' what we shall -do in
In.10.19--the. last Visitation ofcholera
hroko:out-oh the -1.7th'.9f May. have
only - to then ;toget this '.city -
..cleaned -that is, we have only one inenth:'
If *lie heated Weather were [0 cornethere
never- were•SO factors -tor producing,
disease; at one time, that:IL-there-are- now.:
We Want, then; .8.1p6wOr to act.at once. We
-haye-alreadyindicationa.of-neStilence: The
**ere winter --bus. enervated us, for .We
always:find after a severe Winter that wo
avea great deal otaicktiess:-It is b_eartase
the neryoue systeno.is SO enervated by the
pressure of ter- that the conditions are,.
-found - favorable to -an -onthreak at- pesti-
lence, if -there is iteCompanicatherewith a-
cainie for pestilence; In the --present- cir-
:curnatarices of lotir -city 1 think, that- the.
"cenditiOns are Jfavorable for such an mit-.
:break in'our ruidst. if this'shoUld...bethe:
case it is inapossible-forrne to say what the
effectofthat will he:', Great guilt will be
at the door Of smile oliei.;-"i will not Call it
murder; .Leannot calI ittriarislaugh ter, -It
is killing, and. yen May: Call it what:yen
• choose.: To guard this city • against
lential invasion is :the:first .importance,
for this eitY.isa sort Of .key tetlie Outside
World. .Pestilenee-oreheleraie.fanamis for
trivellifig in' broad .highways, and if yod
have cholera it will he itepeseible to hedge
.it itt thia city alorie;:fer: it Will travel along
the states,- find its 1WaY to :tietY j.efsey.a.nd
the New England States, - and,,thus disserai::
nate itself.civer every part df theTpUlon.
The nutioher:bf deaths in 1802 from cholera
was about 'twenty. thousand ; in. 1849 the•
_
number- 'VMS about - -fourteen.- :thousand.,
Prevention, is better .than. Cure.
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GETTING MARRIED.
Marrying Girls and the Other Kind -Why
Men Do and Do Not'
Marry.
(New York Times.)
There seems to be two sorts of girls—
those that ought, _because specially fit, to
be married, and never are married, and
those that never should and never will.be,
and yet invariably get married. The
former are usually the -demure, industrious,
unworldly, domestic; the latter are the
easy, careless, merry; imprudent, frolic-
some, saucy girls, of whom men become
enamoured for no reason at all aud in site
of themselves. When a man _falls in love
and can't crawl out readily, he avails him-
self of marriage, and is often extricated
thereby without intending it. He is no
more logical in matrimony than in celibacy ;
the same thing that makes him a lover
turns him into a husband, and he is thrice
blessed if he does not discover a sharp and
sudden difference between the two. It is
passion, not reason, and it is called the
divine passion because it is so thoroughly
human.
Men generally like one kind of women and
love another kind. The one kind they are
commonly recommended to wed, and don't:,
the .other kind they are advised not to wed,
and -do. Which is the better --to take a
wife because you -like her, or to take a wife
because you love her, Hymen alone knows
and he won't tell. If you do either or
neither, you may- repent.. . '.gliere is no
absolute safety in: wedlock or out -of it. No
man's experience is pod for another man,
and -our own experience in erotid, affairs is
rarely valuable ; for every time a man
falls in love—and he has great alacrity 111 -
this way—the accident varies,though the
effect is unaltered. No. man can say what
sort of woman will be his wife ; and if he
be wise he won't express any :opinion.011
the subject. He may cherish many views
aue have many beliefs thereupon, but -.the
more of these he has ,the, less likely_ they
are to be :confirnied.,- Iletyhoineiste, in his
bachelor , days, that bialwife shall be a
beauty, is apt. to find her: plain. Ho who
cannot:endure a woman without Intellect
surrenders to o-ne net..snepeeted of it. • The
devotee . of order discovers himself mated.
with -Ithe.entbedithent of confusion, The
stickler for, eieganceseee, ;when the glamor
Of courtship has 'been .reinovedthat -.he is,
joine(l-. to adoWay; ::" . '•
Alarriager goes, to a . certain 'extent„by
contrahits,-it, nut contritrie4 wothan; still
less than :a ::man, gets -..the .:Inislialid-: sbe
paints -to her fithey; 'Her 1.:6thinublarideas
arecernmon y regulated1 by , her rLge and
experienee.:,.. The Man she desires at 10 or
.17 'w'ould be -a. burden- at 26„ land • her :Ideal.
itt.20 might- Prove a bore itt 2. She begins
With•sentimentalisin and -ends With - sober.'
- - --• , •
nesii ; vanity impels .. -:her but
sni-
pttthv holds her lailtr.:..She is frequently
surprised at- the ,offers: site receives„ rind
stilt More surprised itt the offers she'does
ipot receive. ” The love that- tonics at first
-sight rarelv. remain' s.; it is apt to be -borne
of the eye, :not Of: the teinperarnent,- 'The.
love: that growsgenerally elidoreatuld pre,
dueetr,frtiit.. Love and; Matria0e are Daf
:related 0 .We tliitik they should
niateilies often _turn. out -At-and -thatches
without --love turn - well. No one Can"
tell what- :dove 5, nor- Can any-pue--gueas
What Marriage. will 1,ririg. We
:When young, full of -thoughts- and theOries
abont-._ loath, - and individual -.exPerience ia
ever' ecintradieting what;we'lia.ve: learned.
Marriage is ifripenetrable 5.5 eye, - Few-
,us,:fare :prepared ..for tl}eir..aiselosures.
We .may.love,ited niatty.-60.in .-and .• again;
but:Our-ideal-of-Love* marriagelealmoat
always wh011y -unlike the thing- itselt,
(EKED Bir:PRA1ER-; .
An.„.:Ex traordinary „itlanifestation, Out
Wel. t. :
It ,fienow'reore than: a Wleek• since Miss-
. v.
_
Addle Ci6odrielii of, N • the .state
-Of .Illitthis;_deeidea-to'stop taking :Medicine,
:andtrust wholly to prayer. :Geed -
rich, Wha has been.bedriddenfor years,Je.a.,
deveutr.Methodist, •and., soine:-daYe2.,age a
.friend read to,her from the New TestaMent.
:the: story, T.ot a miraculous cnre,,-iind then
prayed -that she; too, might be -leaded, As
Tito Dedmal Systew _Rejected. •
• . 1
Mr. Aghton-Dilke recently • moved in the
BritishHouse of Commons That theintio-
dUctien of. a .decimal -.system ofdoinage,
weighte and measures ought no longer be
delayed. Some of the argil-noel:Its for and
against the motion were singular:. ,
Mr Stevenson maintained -that the deci
Mat system dill not -lend. itselftoMental:
arithmetic; add Was not cenvenient bitradS.:.
Dedinalg. were ;hot iir." accOrdatiao with
butharthature..' On the -contrary, human
nature worked by dazene.
Mr. Anderson remarked that people had
not 12 fingers and 12 toes, :but 10 :fingers
and.10 Uwe, and that waett.natural sugges.'
tion itilavor:of the deeintaleystem.-
- '-The Motion: was rejeeted large
majority. • •
THE FIGHT AT 'SPITZKOP.
How the Last Stand w44 Made Against
the,Boers
AN .ENG-1,,ISII EFEAT.
(The Loudon Stalitlard.)
We had been exposed
unceasing fire, and had be
to the constant humming
at noon almost ceased,
wearied with the exertion
night lay down to sleep.
by heliograph had been
the camp, and confidence
holdnur own had increa
abated. Lieut. llatoilto
with his few men had b
enemy alone througho
without even receiving
general or his staff, did
general assurance. A
came back from his
minutes to tell us that,
nutnbers of the enemy p
underneath him, h
they were up to
Reinforcements, were
and he returned - to
these, as I now know, d
until it was almost too lat
ward Major Hay, of t
Stewart, Major Fraser
discussing the situatio
expressed au opinion the,
strong enough to repulsel .
Iliad remarked that the
hany make their final ef
the evening, as they did at
we were startled by a lou
rattle of musketry, the
•shrieked over ciur-heads i:
Lieutenant Wright, of t
back, shouting outfor ini '
mente. The general, star
sleep, assisted by his staffigot about gt
eting
these forward, and tlien r the first time
it dawned upon Us that we. might los, the
hill, for the -soldiers mo id: forward but-
elOwly and hesitatingly. 1 LlIt •was mil, . toe
"evident that',n. they. did it like thetvork
before them,: By dint Of i me hard shout-
ing, and ,eveli pushing, t ' y Were um t of
them got Over the -ridge, here the , -lay;
ddwn eome distance both Illanailten and
hid •
., , , .
, -
,
o five hours of
me accustomed
bullets, which
ben the general,
tof the previous
ommimication
established with
n our abilityto
id rather than
however, who
n opposing the
the morning,
visit from the
ot share in the
le after 12 he
tion for a few
ing seen large
to the hollow
feared that
e devilment.
rounsed him,
is post, but
not reach him
4 Shortly after -
el 92nd, Colonel
d myself were
Ile former
we were not
night: attack.
oers would pro -
t at about 4 in
tile In.gogo, when
and sustained
pets of Which
a perfect hail.
92nd, rushed
4cliate?reinforce:
ed up frozTi Ma
TIIIN LINE OF RIG/ NDEAS,
who, although opposed. to Out 500: 111011 nt
igo. yards,. ha,dr.rnever bud ed an,inch.- .:It
seenia 'that the.advance o he enemy bad
been .:thorou0h1y checked; hen one -.,o our
. . ,,
peoplean officer; , I _ beliee---Lnoticing• the_
Boers for the -.first time, : adulated, ." -Oh;
there they are, :quite dead .-andthe Words
were -.hardly- ont Of .his,lip• ere- everyniau
Ofllie.newly:arr'iyed -reinfe eipepts bolted-
-back.panic,strielien...• :This _as -more thin •
tlesh:aud, blood could Stan and the-skirt-a-
ishingline un -der 'Hamilton gave way also,
.
. _ . . ,
the-. retreating . troops -bpi 0 --expos-ed. : of
\
course; . to, the- Ilner 'fiee., WI\ , iSs.strotni
effect , I was (411 the left ai e of . ie- Ado&
wben the imen canie back o us, 'ai d w s
witnesSof the "wild...tenfiis n whi fr. Illien-
&evailecl.: 1:.- saw MeDen d. Of the. 02nd .
revolver _in hand, threatel to shoot any.
niam\-vhe paseed hirn-;. and; indeed,:-.eVery---,.
body..-s„y.as hard at Work rall ing thellr,oken.
,
treope.. - "Many Of - toiiree - et itWaY,. ilia'-
, _ , : ,
disappeared. over the .:eido f the .4111 next
thena,rnp but some hundre -and fifty good'
-men,- mostly•Highlanders, • tie je..ckets, and .
ola =Soldiers:of the -56th, re ained to man -
the -ridge '10 a final ristand Scottie Pt the,
:Beers:, appeared, -_and the lire. that .was..
:Inter,c_hanged wae Soinethi awfq1;.....T.1.1-ree.
:tittles :they _showed thein - l.ves,i-iind three
;Vines as -quickly_Withdrew , .iir men, v eu ,
that o.cciirred,at once stop nig their lire. - I
&mid beti...t the.sOldiere:eja .'ilate, ,' .. -..! •
-_" N'VE'LL NOT StliGE •M ThIS
We'll give them the boo
.closer ,'?: and - so on, but a
ping .fast,;- tor ..--the Boer
apparently got" to Work in
and every shot. told; the
hit, mostly -through the Ito
yittSOT, of the 92nd, one of t
in the corps, dropped close
the...Worth. were littered, : Miss ..Goodrich lege, shattered to pieces,
-affirms that she_ feltsa-sudden-accession of bus regiment, . whom -I
strength and a:desire to role from he .bed,
• but her frierel dissuaded her. -Then:she'
redaufiled her prayers for.-healtli. 5,1141 got
allher -.Plots _friends to pray for her.
doctor - told:: her-- to 1)taX�r
-
Strength .to -get 'out -of bed the next :morn::
Jug; --apsuringler of his Confidence- thatthe:prayer would be. ansWered";.'• With this
enco_nragement; :she prayed ;„..dontintionely
_until the -Morning arrived; and :with *it lb e.
.doctor. - Ile r. prayed, and a sister prayed;
S44,theu-Niss. Good*chgotDp, exolaiming,--
"-Sa.viour, give ineetiength :.-and-.1walket1
to a-diair-LifOr. the first tithe hi nearly four
yeats-.- shice .she" heen- growing
!Afghanistan; Met a_sinoll
their daye of 'soldiering We
honorable close. Altegeth
live Minutes but neverthel
thOught at . the. time we e
:own. expected -every tin
'order given -for.a -bayone
order unfortunatelyliVer
I am :sure -the . Men .yaould.
to .4. - But -our flanks
and- the - enemy, . ,chec
were. stealing around the
helloW.- en -the Side _of the
_camp we 'had -no one, and a.
evidently ;itiaxiglis .about
stronger -anditlieneighbers look 'at her with quently looking • over ti
awe. , Her .oVin-firm- belief is that shelias: Ceionel Stewart sent "Me .o
been, supernaturally cured: and the 'singular matters were going T
feature of . the cage, -is that -the attendant alt dear, and; indeedi.if
:agrees with her. iatteinpted to storm the *hi
.physician
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A 1Parrot Story.
•
iThererharkaiiiadeby.parrets,.apparently
With pertinenee,-,are sometimes- grotesque
and •astalinaidg7-as.in• the :story told .of
parrot who was preeeut on board Ship dur-
ing:: very had Weather, Vthett the f sailors
knelt on deck in -a circle -to'prity -for
deli-
erauce. 'Ihe-- -parrot wa.tched their Move-
n:161AS no doubt; for :he Correctly:Tomei"),
bered the .eireurnstance. It said, the
captan.earrienp--from the Ca,bin, -Where lie
had been to examine the phart;.-,while the
men Were :it Prayer,- and •lcried -aloud
" I-46"aie off.praying„Yeu Libbers, and get to
the Pli-M.ps;-We're - nearing . land I" On: ar---
riying iti : port; pally Waaetild to a
and -in due course was placed in the
Vicar's :.The first :Morning
after his arrival:there, hesasYthe servants
'come into the room afteri another and
:kiieet.down. to. prayers With, the
:meinory instantly reverted . to -the_
Beene 'on -board-ship; and he dried out With
a _loud. yoiCe g- Leave -off- praying, you
labberki; arid get to the.puippsi. were near-
ing land !."1. - A bombshell inirfalling•-among
these devout persons .conld,. not have 'put
them. "itito 'a greater -consternation than
they Were Put by, this', irreverent :exelitina!
tioui--Aniina1 World.
-
• :Josh Billirigs thinks' out his' sayings ,as
he walks "along the -streets, :iiia.when he
gets 'one suitedtomind-he. rushes in. a
-doorway and- ijots it down on a pocket
tablet. ' • ' „
he Would have been deciina
Of his ewn:.people aimed
side- We were' most anxi
•right.flank. It was cvidcn
were stealing :routicl'it,so
to Trotting the position th
chiefly blue jackets, led, by
:officer; and, as I watched
up, - the third=tinletli
yicgon flashed -across inc t
LOSE THE um
There was a knoll on the th
Up which the ireinforcemen
Some Of them wen
top of the, plateau to the
others. went Tonna. 13y
confusion an the knelliteel
men- on it stood upndwe
down, And at last the whal
-vverehotdifig it gave' .way.
they Were at once 'followed
who were able then to pou
our flank in the main lin
instant the bill of Majubit,
was sauve qui pent. Majo
Singleton, of the . 9210,- a
Officers„werkthe last to I
were Mainediately 'shot 41
prisoners. ":The general ha
the last -of all towalkafter
trobPs, when he ._:also
through the head: A Minn
viously Lieutenant Hainil
the general to excuse hi
had asked for a charge, as
not Stand
t •
-; A. bo ...
t if they come
the time dTp-"
arksmen ad
cure positions,
ii falling_ back
. Color-Segt.
e finest soldiers'
o me with both
id many others
hacl known'. in
t _ •
r • fate, just las
drawing -to an
.-
r it was it net
SS r personaily
ou hold011f
tite to hear the
tcharge. That
althongh
ve responded
ere exposed,
in - front,
across tite
hill 'facing the
the. men *•ere
itt:_pdnt,
fre-
ir Shouldes,
--
er. to see ow
!ere:I reperted
_
C enemY had
cnr that -face
a -by the_ fire
rona the .other
Us about our
iliat theenetny
en Were takPn
e. ' They were
• -
a- brave young
leni follow. hirn
t:day, the -con-
at we should
I
eatened .point,
sl hesitated' to
backoverthe
further ridge,
Jye there was
Some of:the
6 at Once shot
ckIitelttlie6:Skeit
ewlie9r
bY the Beere,
a volley into
,1 from will&
as theirs: it
Captaik.
4 sod, -other
ye, and thete
za and' taken
turned - round
his retreating
.1 shot dead, -
e ter two , pre-
requestin -
presuimption,
e men.would
replied, " Wait until they come on, we will
GIVE THEM A voei,i_y
and then charge ;" but before that moment
arrived it was too late. To move over
about one hundred yards of ground under
the fire of some five hundred rifles at close
range is not a pleasant experience, but it is
what all who remained of us on the hill
that dayhad to go through. Every moment
I expected would be my last. On every
side men were throwing up their DIS, and
with sharp cries of agony were pi in
forward on the ground. A buliet strhek t e
rock at my heel, the splinters hitting .iny
leather leggings, whilst overli-ad and on
either side the missiles shrieked past with
the noise of a thousand locomotives. At
last I reached the shelter of the further
ridge, Colonel Stewart and Lieut. 1 ill. of
the 68th, being dose to me. The latter,
who had behafed splendidly during the
action, was shot through the arm, and I
gave him my handkerchief to bind the
wound. The officers were calling out to
the men to rally, when a soldicr cannoned
against me and knocked me into the bushes
on the precipice underneath. The Boers
were instantly on the ridge above, and for
about ten minutes kept up their terrible
fire on our soldiers, who plunged down
every path. Many, exhausted with the
night's marching and the day's lighting,
unable to go further,
LAY DOWN BEHIND iiocEs
and bushes, and were afterward taken
prisoners.; but of those who remained on
the hill to the very last probably not one
hi six got clear away. The period during
which I was suspended in the bush at the
mercy of the Boers' firing, only some three
or four yards above my bead, was, I think,
the most unpleasant of the whole da,, . 1.
did not expect that men" in the heat of
action would spare me; but they did, and
helped Meat last out of . my awkward posi-
tion on to the ridge again. There, after
being divested, by my captors of spurs„
belts and some money,- I -demanded to be
taken before the general. 1 -wag let go and
told te find him myself, and maile'my way
to the hollew where he had passed. the 4445-'-
1 there found Myself anaqtagst a crowd. of ;
'Beers; prisoners, and wounded anddYing
Men.. There was a group round one body,.
and I was at anee pounced upon'to say
who: it was. .1," responded, "-General
Colley,'" but they 'would hardly believe
'The Boers Were everywhere, asSisting, our.
'disabled men. Dr. Landon, who, -when the. •
hill. was abandoned by our -panic-stricken
troops, had steadily - remaineu b, iis
Wounded, was lying on the ground with a --
shot through his chest. The Boers,: as .
they rushed' on the plateau, not seeing or
not caring for - •
• TIIE GEN-EVA:CROSS,'
had fired into and kncicked'Overhollrliiin and.'
•his -hospital assistant sothat there was only
one (Dr. Mahon) left to look after it.great
number of very bad cases. After sdne diffi-
culty. I found Smith, the Beer general, and
explained.to-him my huffiness,- asking- Per- - (--
mission to proceed to the British camp-. It • -
WAS:SOtHetil/10 before he Would allow me to . -
.go, as be said that ..O-eneral..Ioubert ,-Wonid
-probably like to see Me tint atlast
nobextatindetild.....7 pass 0/1 condition that I. -returned
. '
ITII*S COLE'S TEETH. .
. _ •
Fourteen- Of Irlieni Wravelling .Aleotind
."
All (tier- Ker.-
A most remarkable atory- domes - frOm
Oringecounty.Y. Amaiden.
lady at that place on the -;5-th "of ;January,
1069, Swallowed a new set of 'false teeth,. .
svhich became -separated front the. rubber .
mould in -which they had.-;beeil- -SOt,s While --
masticating .her food; Before she could .
ejectthe food fr.orn her mouth .the -teeth
had gone down into her stomach._ The
family 'physidiart was sunimoned, but all his
-efforts were unavailing. The ..teetli caused „
l'ier no. discomfort, and in a. short tinie
the matter was ' entirely forgotten. - few
days ago 'Miss...Cole, th0. lady in qu-eation,
felt a sharp pain near her left-Shoulder„and
upon -examining the spot- found -what -itp-.
peared like a wen-. under:the Skin. Wit -h
the aid of a penknife she extracted S, hard
substance, which proved to be a tooth, She
Was -at -aloes to know hew the -tooth cancte
to be in :suth an unusual spot till slie .sud--
denly recollected that she had,twelye veare
ago; swallowed her J3et of teeth. During
the pagt four days the lady bus been orating
teeth all oyer her liod31 and had, at last .
accounts, recovered twelve of the fourteen_ -1--
teeth that had formerlyedastittitedher "
get.- - .anXiOttsly _awaiting; the arrival -
of the other two. She has placed theteeth.
in a _glasseage keel.> them as nte-
tnentoea. •
British Iron -Childs
. • .. •
At the present moment England has -
eight irondadaeither on the Stocks or,
launched and being .fitted for sea, namely:
The Inflexible, :11,406 tons; the Ajax and
the 'Agamemnon, each of 0492 tons ; the
Colossus and -the Majestic,: each of %Lig -
tons, the Conqueror and the Collingwead,
each of 6,200 tons; and the Polyphemus,
"-
an %armd-ored ram of 2,040 tons While two •
armoredruisers, each of over '1,000 tons,
are about to be begun. France has twelve
iron dada either on the: stocks , or being' -
completed for sea; and four more are to be
begun at once... . Italy ha's three nonclads
building or completing for sea, while
another armoredshipof itkout 12,000 tons
is to be taken in hand this. year. -Russia
has only one armored cruiser in course o1.
construction at the present Moment, while
Austria is not building any--irpn-clad, but
is completing the 'llegetthoff, of 7.399 tank
Of the smaller maritime powers, Denmark -
is building atrarmored. torpedo ship, while
Holland -Norway and Swedenhave no iron- -
oladson the stocks.. •
--There has been -e:fatio-iiy jar, , ." Come,
mother, come,". says the So117inlavy to' the
old lady, in Obedience -tb the Pitifurrequest
of Ili§ *ife not to be,disagreeable, " let us
make it up. -I said there was no ifoman
in the world as -Unbearable as you are,
didn't Let which you felt hurt ? Well, I
take it•all.back, there are -others
Three persons went out together for, rifle
:practice.. 'They - Selected a field hear to is
house, and putyp - a target ins, tree af:a
distance of 100 yards. Fd-iir or live shots
were fired,- and by Orie of7them a boy Who
was -in a tree in a garden at it distance Of
393 yards Was killed.. It was not 'cleat _
'which person fired the shot that killed the
boy: Held that all three were guilty of
manslaughter.—English decision.
onger.Cohleyi
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