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SILENCE.
There Is no ripple on the lace,
2sb breath upon the hill;
No sound the sleeping echoes 'vrake,
The aspen leaves are still.
And in the dim and peaceful wood
I feel the silent solitude.
The fall-orbed moon looks coldly down
On the untrodden snow;
Beyong the slumb'ring town.
The frozen stream below;
Above the solemn dome of night
Liftsupward to the infinite.
Intue Soul's deep, there, too. Is rest ;
Love needs no voice, no token
Faith calmly sleeps on Hopes bright
Truth's promise is unbroken, breast,
"While Angel Patience, smiling still,
Unconscious valts the perfect Will.
THE
OR
Wlio "Will Save Sex?
CHAPTER III. (Continued.)
"You, the daughter of Benjamin
Darknoll, parish clerk, once lodge
gate keeper, brought rue for a mar
riage portion five thousand pounds."
"The gift of iair Hugh Wen tworth,"
said the woman, with a contemptuous
toss of her handsome head.
There was no heightening of her
rich color as she said this, no beating
of the heart or quickening of the
pulse. It was a coarse nature endeav
oring to face out and beat down a
coarser nature.
"You were n wife to be welcomed
at any price," continued the calm
lawyer with one of his blandest
sneers; "but you were none the less
welcome for the money you brought.
I was a poor devil of a lawyer's clerk
then; I am now Mathew Bookwood,
Esq., with five clerkB of my own to
badger and bully."
You admit I made your fortune?'
'You assisted In doing so, yes ; but
men of my talent are not easily kept
under. I gave Mrs. Mathew Eock
wood admission Into society, made
her respectable, In short. In return,
she gave me, judging me wisely to be
a rising man, live thousand pounds.
Don't lbse your temper. Nothing's
got by losing the temper. Think your
self in a witness-bos with Eawkius
at work uponyou, and keep calm
whatever you do. In a happy hour
you told me the story of Philip's
birth.'
For a moment, the proud head
drooped.
For a moment onlj.
'You found it out for yourself,' was
the reply.
'I guessed it all along. Benjamin
DarKfioIi Is u close saving man, but j
lodge-keepera do not usually dower
their daughters with five thousand
pounds. !)n our marriage-day, Di
ana, you thought you wore a robe of
mystery bah! I haven't followed
Old Bailey practice for nothing; your
robe of mystery was as transparent as
a pane of glass.'
'Aud knowing all this, you married
me
'
'It was an investment, my dear,
without there being the slightest
probability of my suffering n loss.'
'You played upon ray woman's
weakness, my woman's vanity, my
woman's sense of undeserved wrong.
Besides, I loved you then, Mathew
Rockwood.'
Tne woman uttered a heavy sigh,
the lawyer's eyes twinkled.
lTte7i." he repeated emphasizing
the word. 'Thak you, Diana
thank you very much !'
'You know with what cruel pa
tience and cunning you gathered up
thread by thread of my story.'
'Old Bailey practice, my dear Old
B Hey practice! It's a maxim with
r that s thread picked up to-day
may beec-lne a pair of hand-cuffs to
morrow. You love Philip Went
worth, who, in ignorance of the con
nection between you, is unaware of
your very praiseworthy devotion.
Urged by you, I have lent the foolish
spendthrift money, much money
taking security, of course. That Is to
eay, I have peculated largely upon
him, and so am deeply interested in
him aldo. Sir Philip Wentworth, in
possession if the estates, will represent
to me a good round sum,' he tLrjw
his arms abroad, aud gaily snapped
his fingers. 'For that reason, the
estates must come into his hands, and
into no other.'
'And tho girl this Gertrude? Ugh !
how I hate the name ! What is to
become of her?' asked Mrs. Rock
wood. Mr. Rockwood rose lightly from his
chair, and, standing with his back to
the fire, touched his wife several
times lightly on the arm, with a con
fidential air.
'A question not just yet to be satis
factorily replied to, but it is one un
der consideration. A girl'tf life is but
a fragile thing at most to stand be
tween a man and large estates.
The speaker's eyes met his wife's
dark orbs fixed sternly, iuquiringly
on his face. No words were necessa
ry ; they understood each other ; the
soft, panther-like, smiling man the
handsome, terrible woman.
Romance, indeed ! Why, in this
nrosaic age this ago of telegrams
and penny postage this praotical age
of 'free breakfast tables' of religious
'platforms' and tract socities here
we have Macbeth played over again,
in a snug dressing-room, near a blaz
ing fire, in the house of a highly res
pectable, and remarkably well-known,
Bedford Row solioitor.
Crime has no epoch. Sweet Au-
lilEVTiHflDTII
burn has its resident Borgia, and
hearta as black as any that beat be
neath embroidered satin or slashed
velvet are covered by the latest inven
tion In modern stays, or 'the last
thing out' from Poole's, in the shape
of coats.
'Should Sir Hugh speak I mean,
should he, moved by his new-born af
fection for this girl, speak the truth V
It was the Mrs. Rockwood who put
the question ; her husband replied to
it thoughtfully.
'It would be a bad thing, my dear
ruin In fact; but hitherto, Darknoll
your worthy and intelligent father,
has had no fear of such a result. In
falling from hia horse, Sir Hugh in
jured the brain, and it was to have
been hoped that a country doctor
wouid have done the rest. I leave
this place for Wentworth Abbey to
morrow or, rather to-day, for the
clock i6 marking the small hours al
ready.' 'You! But you know Sir Hugh
won't see you !'
'I shall not Intrude upon his hospi
tality. Your father will give me
house room, from whence I can
watch and direot. I have myself al
ready provided a doctor and a nurse,
both of unblemished character and
highly experienced. There is not an
M. D. in all the London Directory
in whose hands I would sooner trust
a case thau in those of David Mal-
yon's provided they were steady
enough to hold it.'
'And to that drunkard she
commenced ; but he stopped her by
an authoritative gesture.
'Nonsense nonsense, Mrs. Rock
wood! Don't call names! I pick out
my own agentB, and trust whom T
please. I can trust Maiyon perhaps
because he is a drunkard. At any
ratebad he not been one, I should
not hold him under my thumb as I
He put his thumb down firmly on
the table, illustrating his meaning;
then, with nothing apparently dan
erous about him but his cruel, shiftly
eyes, went on his in light, jaunty
way.
Have we forgotten to say that Mr.
Rockwood's hair was pale gold and
curly; that his moustache and beard
were flaxen also; that bis skin was
pale and much freckled on the cheek
bones ; that he was a colorless man,
in faot, pretty and fair to look upon,
but all want of color was made up by
play of expression, and a restless ac
tivity of movement Mathew Rock
wood was seen at his worst when un
conscious that he was being seen,
which was rare.
'We are about to play for high
stakes, Mrs. Rockwood, and each
must carry out, without scruple or
question, the part allotted. Maiyon
will report on Sir Hugh's state to-day
or to-morrow, aud upon hi3 report I
shall act. We meet at your father's.
By the way, I shall want you to make
the acquaintance of a certain Mrs.
Prudence Catt. She goes down with
Maiyon as a nurse, highly recom
mended. A very worthy woman,
and one likely to relieve Miss Ger
trude of much trouble.
'And my part in the plot?' asked
Mrs. Rockwood, on whom the very
mention of Gertrude's name had the
effect of the spur to a fiery horse.
'The most important of all !' said
the lawyer, speaking now very seri
ously, as though he wished to im
press every word upon the memory of
the listener. 'The one great obstacle
to our success at present is Philip
himself. I look to you to remove
that.'
'I don't understand.'
'But you will you will; only have
patience, and listen. Selfish and
heartless as I know him to be there,
there, don't let us quarrel over a dif
ference of opinion he would throw
us over to-inorrow, if believing him
self to be the rightful heir, he found
himself once in possession of the
Wentworth estates. True I have him
tight enough in parchment fetter and
bond but it is my custom to make doub
ly sure. He must play the game with
us play it with his eyes open. He
must know that we make him what
he is to be, but can as readily unmake
him, should he prove rebellious, and
I fear, I am very sorry to say, it is
in his nature ungrateful.'
'What! Philip know?' She here
started angrily to her feet, but the
eyes of the lawyer never leaving
her face for a moment kept her sub
dued. 'Either from your lips or mine.
Make your choice. As I said, we play
for high stakes. When all are dip
ped, the game is both safe and sure.'
'And the details of your plot?' said
the woman, after a long and, upon
her side, painful pause. 'You have
not told them.'
'I shall be governed by circum
stances,' he laughed. 'We are all in
the same boat, my dear, and you may
be snre of one thing the Wentworth
J estates shall not go out of the jam-
1 T- -
xiy r
He turned to the clock, compared it
with his watch, which he wound up
with a yawn.
And now, Mrs. Rockwood, with
your permission I will take a few
hours' rest before starting on my
journey. In less than a dozen hours
from this I hope to be within a few
minutes' walk of the bedside of Sir
Hugh. Philip is sure to call in hot
haate to-day. I will leave a letter
for him ; you must do the rest.'
He replaced his waich in his pock
et, turned sharply on his now moody,
wife, laid his hands womanly in their
.long, delicate formation, and spark
ling with rings, upon her shoulders,
and said, 'Once and for all, listen to
me, Diana. In suoh a matter as this,
the first thing necessary is a head
that head must be mine. Work with
me, and the ambition of your heart
shall be gratified. Upon his conduct
will depend our chances cT success.'
And Gertrude?' she asked almost
savagely.
It was the second time she had ask
ed the question. Rookwood removed
his hands, and ligthly caressed his
beard, and laughed.
Why, how a woman's jealousy
magnifies matters! Miss Gertrude
Wentworth is an obstacle, no doubt,
but one that vnll I make disappear, be
assured of that.'
With these words Mr. Mathew
Rockwood relighted his chamber can
dle, and betook himself to rest.
He had a good digestion, and was
not troubled with dreams, so we have
no doubt he slept well.
Not sq Mrs. Rockwood. She drew
her chair up to the fire, and rested
her feet on the fender, and looked
down brooding into the coals.
Morning dawned damp and chilly.
She was still there ; the fire had long
ago gone out, but she had not stirred,
nor had her eyes once closed.
Motionless as a statue, she sat on,
the knitted brows and clenched teeth
alone denoting the tempest that was
raging in her breast.
A mournful sight, that handsome,
brooding, desperate face, with the
eyes fixed uuconsciously upon the
fireless grate.
All is not gold that glitters, and all
is not happiness beneath the roof of
Mr. Mathew Rockwood, of Bedford
Row.
CHAPTER IV.
AMONG GREEN LANES.
A stretch of English landscape,
very beautiful to look upon, glittering
with sunbeams, and bright with gold
en mists.
A foreground of lofty trees, shed
ding cool shadows down upon a pleas
ant labyrinth of hedgerows full of
bloom and beauty, glossy leaf, and
pleasant scent.
To the lefta magnificent park slopes
downwards in gentle undulations to
a sparkling river.
To the right a wilderness of copse
and thicket tending away into the
thickerand more majestic woods.
A thoroughly English scene; the
blue smoke o' farm-houses rises above
the tree top's; 'their windows glisten
in the sunlight; and the bleating of
flocks, the lowing of cattle, is every
where enhancing, rather than dis
turbing, the stillness of the ecene.
From amidst a great clump of state
ly elms rise a cluster of turrets aud
chimneys, the turrets dominated by a
grand square bell-tower, surmounted
by a huge weathercock, around which
the quaint old chimneys, of every
conceivable fashion and shape, clus
ter, shouldering each other, as if ea
ger to take their time from the old
white-faced clock whioh solemnly
ticks, as it has ticked for a century
past, in their midst.
A narrow, well-kept road, bordered
by carefully trimmed hedgerows, leads
to a railway station, of which the
white gate is just visible, with the tall
signal-post stretching out its arms
against the clear blue sky.
The name of this station is Dripsey
Bridge ; the village just visible from
our point of view rejoices in the same
name, while the mansion with the
many turrets, and huge clock-tower,
is Wentworth Abbey, one of the old
est residences in the neighborhood.
A gentleman, very young, and what
the fast young ladies of our day would
call 'awfully handsome,' is seated on
a gate at one of the many entrances
to Wentworth Park. At his feet is a
small valise, whioh he impatiently
taps with his walking-stick, an occu
pation only varied by the rattling of
his heels ag'ainst the gate. He cer
tainly is very.handsome, though not
at all pretty-looking. A fine tall lad
of about twenty square head, a broad
forehead, around whioh the curls
cluster thickly ; honest, fearless Sax
on eyes; a well formed nose, and a
chin which, like the rest of the face,
denotes energy and power of will.
Though not exactly one of those
'athletes' so bepraised by our lady
writers, this young fellow's figure was
full of nervous strength ; every
movement was graceful but wiry
withal ; a strength which iu a few
years would develop into a perfect
manhood.
'The train can't be far off,' he said,
speaking to himself, while he beat
the valise with redoubled ener
gy. 'Not but what I would lose
twenty trains rather than lose the
chance of seeing her. Who knows
when we shall sleet again ? I would
have had a talk with her long ago,
but that old villian Darknoll haunts
the Abbey like an evil spirit, refusing
either to permit an entrance or to de
liver a message. 'Sir Hugh mustn't
be disturbed!1 he croaks; 'as if I
wanted to disturb him! Not but what
if Sir Hugh were up and well, I
should be admitted readily enough.
I think she'd coming!'
He stood upon the gate', and gazed
wistfuily down a winding path that,
half hidden in the tall grass, ran like
a ribbon through the park. After a
careful survey, lie resumed bis Beat
with an expression of much disap
pointment. 'Now if old Bleek had played me
false about the letter, and not deliver
ed it, I'll never" trust in human na
turethat is to say In the power of
money again ! The moment I slip
ped a sovereign into her horny palm
how she did promise ! Note, number
one, when starting in life, the
enormous number of promises a sov
ereign will purchase! Note, number
two, to be proved the amount of per
formances likely to follow ! And, af
ter all, what harm.is there in me?
As if every soul in dear Dripsey
Bridge, God bless it! didn't know me!
from my noble tutor, the rector, down
to Peter Applethwaite, who carried
my bag when shooting, my rod and
flics when fishing, filling up his va
cant time by a little nocturnal poach-incr.
He paused a moment, musing ; then
again the bright, frank smile broke
out upon his face.
'And I know they all love me; ev
ery man Jaok of them except, per
haps, old Darknoll, who looks as grim
and ancient as n battered Death's
head on a moss-covered tombstone.'
He had resumed his tapping of the
valise, and was again about to recom
mence his attack upon the gate, when
a slight figure the figure of a girl,
who had glided under, cover of the
hedges, unseen, behind him laid a
small gloved hand on his shoulder.
'If Mr. Everard Corbett fails in thi3
world, it will not be for want of hav
ing a good 'opinion of himself.'
With a joyous bound the young
gentleman addressed as Everard Cor
bett leaped off the gate, opened It,
and with a flushed face and rapidly
beating heart, welcomed the new
comer. 'Oh, Gertrude ! Miss Wentworth
thi3 is jolly ? Is it you ? I had hard
ly hoped and yet I dared to hope
that I should see you once again be
fore I left Eugland. You were not
the girl, I knew, to let a fellow go
without saying good-b3Te!'
'You are going a long way, Everard
to Bombay, is it not?' asked the
young lady, in a quiet, musical voice.
"Well, it is a precious long way,
when a fellow doesn't want to go at
all. My mother died when I was
born a nice business of profit and
loss that was. I wonder my guv'nor
didn't strangle me. Then, you see,
there is the guv'nor.'
'Colonel Corbett,' said the young
lady.
'And he's a devil of a martinet, he
is all curry powder and black pep
per, so they tell me; but for all that I
know he's got a heart as big as the old
Abbey yonder, or he wouldn't have
been so good to me. What happy
days I've had at Dripsey, to be sure !
The dear, cozj rectory, and jolly Rec
tor, with -hl book aud his pipe. To
think of exchanging all ibis for a
scorched-up bungalow, a muddy river
and scores of crocodiles !' And he
kicked the much suffering valise
fiercely into the road.
Nonsense! I won't stay with you
another moment, if 3ou taik in this
mad wa3". It is but natural your
father should wish to see you before
he makes up his mind as to what you
are to be.'
'I mean to be a barristar a barris
ter at law in England, of course.
Why shouldn't I be? I've eloquence
i
Tho young lady interrupted him
with a little laugh, which sgaiu
brought the blush to his face.
'You've a great deal of conceit, Mas
ter Everard,' she said ; 'but young as
I am, you must take one rule of con
duct from me 'Obey your father iu
all things.' '
'In all but one thing, I will,' was
the steady reply. 'I have your
pledged word, and you have mine. I
marry none but Gertrude Wentworth.
Oh, bless you! I know the gulf at
present between us; but, with ruy
energy, I shall be a Lord Chief Jus
tice in no time. And, though I know
your brother hates me-and, indeed,
hates you '
'Everard!
'You shall soon be independent of
him if there's virtue in law-books and
parchment. We've plighted troth,
my own dear Gertrude, and that bliss
ful memory will run like a golden
thread through the dingy spider's web
of the law.'
It was very pleasant 10 hear him
talk thus so strong, so hopeful, so
full of youth a great, generous spirit
opening out upon the world, yet one,
when deeply stirred, as ready for at
tack as for defence. He drew her to--ward
him, she girlishly unresisting,
in full confidence in her own and Ev
erard's honor.
'Oh, how happy we Shall be, darl
ing! There never was such a bright
future a3 ours shall be! And Oh!
how good you are, my own dear, dear
Gertrude, to say you will wait for me
a thousand years, if necessary !'
Ten thousand, if necessary." was
her laughing reply.
And will never love any one else ?'
Never!'
And thus the boy and girl talked
on, painting everything with the rosy
tints of youth, and building blissful
castles in the sir.
'Your father, asked Everard at last,
as having forgotten something, which
he certainly had! 'is there no change
for the better?'
Her head drooped on his shoulder,
and her voice was scarcely audible as
she answered,
'None. Wo expect a great doctor
from London, a nurse, and other peo
ple. Benjamin Darknoll, who has
arranged all, says there is nothing to
fear aa yet, and you know he loves
my father devotedly.'
For a moment the strong-, open face
of Everard Corbett looked no longer
young. His forehead was furrowed
by two deep wrinkles, and his voice
was stern and harsh.
I have never found anything to
like in Benjamin Darknoll, or any
body that he liked. I believe him to
fee a very bad man.'
'But you have no proof.'
'No, I have nothing to urge against
him but my personal dislike. Now
tell me, Gertrude, for that horrid
train will be here in a few minutes,
you will let me write to you every
day of course I mean every week, or
every mouth, at the least telling
you what my father says, for I shall
tell him all about you, and what my
plans are for us both, and how, loving
you as I do, I am bound to get on. and
should things go badly with Sir Hugh,
take you from your brother Philip's j
guardianship,' be could not repress
a shudder as he uttered Philip's name
'claim you, with my dear father's
consent, for I shall know how to make
that sure, and claim you as my
own.'
'I shall read all the letters you wyte
to the good rector, and if they con
tain enclosures, I dare say Mr. Mild
may (the rector's name) 'would read
them out to me.'
'We are sure to be happy, Gertrude;'
and the brave, confident lad
snapped his fingers in defiance of all
the powers of evil. 'If we could on
ly have been near each otherl'
'But that can't be !' said the sweet,
calm voice.
'Not just for the present Why, no,
and the light again faded from his
face ; 'that's true. But' and he rais
ed her hand passionately to his lips
'I solemnly swear as I have often
swore before that Everard Corbett
takes no other wife but Gertrude
Wentworth, or goe3 unmarried to his
grave!
They were, a3 we have said, bat
boy and girl speaking like this this
in that quiet autumn evening; but
there was something not so much in
the words of the boy. as iu the face
which wore the stamp of manhood
and truth that Gertrude a3 seized with
a vague foreboding of danger, cluDg
to him.
'Oh, Everard, you know I trust to
you ! We have grown up together ;
and I suppose It's always thinking in
the same grooves that we have but
one heart!'
'But one!' he anwered, folding her
to his breast. 'Don't give way, dear!
don't give way! His own head
was averted, to hide the fnst-coming
tears. 'We ought both to be happy,
believing, as we do, in each other
Won't you kiss me, dear, before I
go?'
'Why, not?'
Two tender hands were raised fear
lessly to his face r and, half laughing,
half crying, two lips, like rose-bud3,
met his twice.
A railway whistle had sounded ; a
train the down train from London
had come and gone; but the lovers,
in happy oblivion, iiad neither heard
the whistle nor counted the flight of
tiine.
'Love took up the snnris of Time,
and turned it in his glowing hands.
Every moment lightly shaken ran
itself to golden sands.'
Bright recollections of the past, as
to whether it was at the Manor House
or the Grange they had first met,
where Gertrude oh ! how hotly she
denies the accusation! was flirting
with a handsome Guardsman, though
she admitted she was jealous of Ever
ard's attentions to a red-faced, snub
nosed girl in blue.
Both accusations end in a confession
of love at first sight, and a vow,
taken again and again, with clasped
hands warm kisses, and tearful eyes,
of love eternal, and therefore always ;
and so, whispering of fond hopes for
the future painting bright piotures
on the broad and temping canvas
which Fancy had spread out before
them repeating sgaiu and again that
word so ' betters weet, farewell they
were startledbv the sound of footsteps
near them.
TO BB CONTINUED.
Gold in the Air.
The Oregon pajiers describe some
boiling springs in Wasco county
whence flow streams of chloride of sil
ver. The waters are so surcharged
with feoapy gray silver that a stone
will not sink in them, and when a
crowbar is forced down into a pool the
specific gravity of the mass will throw
it back into the air like an arrow shot ' pose an absurdity. Fiction is most
from an Indian's bow. The amalgam I powerful when it eontaine most truth ;
is worth $9,000 a ton, and there are 160 j and there is but little truth that- we
acres of these springs. As a matterof! get so true as that which weflnd iafle
course, the Comstock lode will be tion. So long as history is written by
abandoned and all Nevada will move ! partisans, and science by theorists and
to Oregon! A Gold Hill reporter philosophy by hobby riders, the faith
springs to the rescue of Nevada. The ' ful studies of human life, as we find
streets in the town were macadam
ized with silver ore of low grade from
the waste of the rainejand are literal
ly paved with silver. A handful of
irravel which the reoorter Dicked up
In a trench yielded $2,35 gold and S,75
silver, the average being G to the ton.
The rarity of the atmosphere in these
Western towns seems to favor etustie
ity of imagination. Ex.
A gentleman making a speech at
the opening of a cookery school in
Edinburg, Scotland, said that every
young woman before marrying should
be able to exhibit a diploma showing
that she is a good cook.
It was Mr. Choate who once refer
red to Charles Francis Adamsras 'the
son of the last of the Adamses.'
Robert Burdette is the name of the
funny man of the Burlington Hawk-eye.
Facts aud Figaers.
From tbe Chieago Tribe as.
The official returns of the late elec
tion bring to light a number of inter
esting facts whieh are well wonth giv
ing to the public. The Democrats are
in the habit of saying that the Re
publicans have declined in strength,
but the figures below exhibit a very
different condition of things. We
copy the New York Tribtms tables :
In tbe&nowhfeutbtotkePrefctoBtialTete
of th RbMIwbs la the twwty-tw 5rta
ern States ks eeatrasied wtj tfcIxnesvta
efer before east by tfeai pasty la tfeese
Statee:
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la Mala and Vermont Um OMtMve eiws
t loos were hM in Sapcamber. mm! tfee Re
publican vote in both States -wag mMh lar
ger than ever before, though tbe FresMeBtlai.
vote wm not gaite full.
Compare those great gains wfth the
election in certain Socrthern States
where the White-Liners applied 'dis
oouragements' to Republican voters
with the view of 'causing them not
to vote;
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Arkaaaaa.
vtnenua
Texas
Alabama .,
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Total M4M1 Mt3 lWVtt
Instead of this lee of more than a
hundred thousand votes, there ought
to have .baeit an inorwaee of at least
that many, awu" could have bean but
for the illegal obstructions the Tliden
ites placed in the way of Republicans
going freely to the poll. TfWea. by
foree an fraud, has secured a Majority
of the popular vote in the South. Tho
New York Tribune, commenting
thereon, says:
'We congratulate him upon a ma
jority obtained by diligent use of
knives aod revolvers, whips aud ri
fles. Many men would eeora U
countenance stieh a terrible erime by
claiming an oftiee as its fruit. Mr.
Tilden, it seems, raises tn more ob
jection now than he did ia 1S6S. when
the State of New York was robbed."
The Voio of JttiiieoS.
Buehauau's bloody-banded Dem
ocracy rushed from all parts of the
Solid South, some years ago, to brew-
beat and intimidate Kansas into giv
ing a pro-slavery Deoiocratio vote.
Hundreds of white Republicans (thero
were no negroes there) were murdered
iu cold blood ; their houses robbed and
burned; their steek driven off; their
wives and daughters .ravished before
their faces, and then left to perish like
wild beaate. The town of Lawrence
was sacked and burned, and ite streets
ran with blood, in a raid made upon
its principal citizens by Quantrell, the
Democratic guerilla. President Bu
chanan and Samuel J. Tilden lodked
with approval on tit ia method of prose
lyting Kansas to Democracy by the
same taeties white Deaooeraoy have
preserved for the last ten years in
Leufeiana, aud especially this jieac and
last.
And now Kansas, redeemed and
disenthralled from the military des
potism of Buchanan Demoeraey, with
not a soldier in her , borders, and ex
ercising her local freedom to the ful
lest extent, gives Haye forty thous
and majority. Every county in the
state has gone Republican. Let
Louisiana Democrats take warning.
The day is not far distant wben not a
single parish in her' boundaries will
give even a Democratic vote, for Dem
ocracy will become more odiotts there
than it is in Kansas. For every Rep
ublican murdered there, for opinion's
sake, will come a hundred to taka'his
place. The pelican Is now feeding her
young with her blood. ZomsvUts
Cominkreial.
The Truth of Fiction.
To suppose that netted oouM per
manently appeal to so auuiy glasses of
mind if it were only fiction, is to sup-
them in the best noyels, are the truest
things we have ? and they can set fail
to continue to be theeoureeofeur fav-
J orite knowledge, our beat amusements
. and our finest inspirations. Dr. J. (7."
Holland; Scritmcrfor December.
Charcoal has been discovered to be
a Eure cure for burns. By laying a
small piece of charcoal upon the burn
the pain subsides imraediatly. By
leaving the charcoal oft one hour, the
wound is healed, as has been demon
strated on several oeeasioae.
A young widow was asked wbpshe
I was-going to get married fio soon after
the death of her first huebaact. 'Oh,
la!' said she, 'I do it t present fret
ting myself to death on aeeotrnt. of
dear Tdai.
Adam Smith said : Man k as.aaf-f
mal that makes beffgttias.' Sodees
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