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THKMAnHOH'llTMIIlNl'lli:.
nr ions iwmi.ii o'nxu.i
Where the f)t of the window imrlillip ArM,
AntlUifUfwurrfplimUnl glow,
The rarth will lmitM Irfsmrr )i'M,
As the oldrn mry (fur.
In a cfjrll cup r tli" dUmotid AM
For lilin who fan lftly ch
0rr torrwiit and prrf Iplf" wIM,
To Anil thr rainbow's wandering h.
There we rr two In tiin Arid t work one day,
Two bmthrta, who llllhHy ting,
Warn scrnM their II, deep winding way
Thr glotlou airh wflung,
Ami n w naught bill b.n of tain,
And imp feared for'hli Mirare unbound (
Ami one U swa), otcr immnUlii and pUIn,
Till Uie in) .Ural treauirn I found,
Through foret and stream, In bllfi,l dream
Thr ralnUiw I ii ml him out
With a rltrn'a guile It loitered awhile,
Thrn league away wa gone.
Orer brake inl biler he followed Arrl ,
The jwoplenoffid ho pl i
Hut In thlrit and lir-t, and with wounded fret,
ll rioted on the prise l lat,
It U cloer and rtom h win the rate
On strain for thr goal In tight:
lU radiance fall on hi yrartilng fser -
Th blended rnlofi uiiltr-r-IIp
Urn hi brow- In the Irl lH?m
Hf teatlie Ah, wool tlio muih1
From the rolMy gulf where he end Id dresm
Atiil the cryital rup U found.
TW th old, nlil tlorjr Onn man will rrsd
lll)f.K.nof tll In tlir kyt
Whll notiirr I blind In the present need,
Hut see wild the aplrlt'a eye.
You inn)' grind their soul In tlio selfsame
mill,
You may hind them heart mid brow;
Hut tlio port will follow Dip mltiliow Mill,
And hi brother will follow thr plow
TIIK PAHSOVH IIOKHi: lUlK.
IIAIIIIIKT IlKWIIKH STOW,
"Wall now till ho'O does bout nlll
I wouldn't a thought It (if tlio deacon!"
Ho spoko Kttni Lawson, dropping In
a discouraged, contemplative uttltuilo
In front of ancuuallydlsooiiragod look
Ing horse, Hint liml lust been brought
to hint liy tlio wlifow slmpkltis, for
medical treatment. Among Sam's no
compllshmchts, lio was reckoned In thu
nolgjiborhood nn nraoln In till matters
of this kind, especially liy tlio woiiitin,
whoso helplessness In mooting such
emergencies found unfailing lolncu In
hi compassionate willingness to at
toml to any IhiiIiiom llmt illil not utrlut
ly Imlong to litiu, nuil from wliltili no
jiunlnry roliirn o)iill )ollily tin ux
pcotod.
Tlio widow Slmpklnn liml linulit tliU
liornn of Dunoon Alklni, nppurontly n
fntrly woll-nppolntod lirnto. niul enpn
V Ida iu ho wiu LMMiildooklnir. A Rliort.
im) drive wlion tlio dencon hold tlio
rolim, hn.il hown oft hU poliiU to ml
vnnUjfv, mid Iho widow n mll otook
if rcudy Mivlnjrft hud t'oiiio forth frooly
in pnynu'iit (or wlint nho thought wru n
liArgritn. When, noon nftor ooiiiIiik In
to pomoiiloii, who dUoovoriMl that hor
horn, If drlvmi with nny lirmtu, pnnUtd
In a fonrful nmniiur, and thnt ho npponr
id to lm kiowIiik Inmo, ht waxud vory
wroth, wont to tlio donoon In nngur, to
ho nut only with thu aniooth ronilndor
thai thu nn i in id wim all riuht wlton ho
took him nnd thnt alio find noon him
tried liormilf. Tlio widow wnn of n nn
tnrtt aaniuwlmt aploy, mid oxprowd
tirniulf wnrinlyj
"It'a n chi'iit nnd a mIiiiiiio, and I'll
takn tlio law on yo."
. "What law wftl yod takof Whmi'I It
It a fair ImrnlnP'' Midd tlio unmovod
doaoon.
I'll tako tho law of Cod." anld tho
widow, with Impotonl Indlimllon. nnd
alio dopnrtod to pour horcnroi nnd nor
row Into tho ovor-rvady oar of Sam.
Having axaumod thu earn of tho anl
tnal, ho now aat conti'mplntliip It In n
aort of franco of mulmiuholy rolleo
tlona.
'Why, hoy," hn hroko out, "why
didn't alto conic to mo .foro alio hoiiKlit
thin orltturf Whv, I know all alimu
hlmt That urn crittur win Jot rulnod
n year ago lant amninor, whon ' oni, thu
doiKHin'a luy thr, comn homo from
oolliK. Tout dtlv htm ovur to Sltor
hum and hack thnt oro hot Font th of
July. I romomlHir It; 'omi-o I aaw thu
urlttur whun ho como homo, and aot up
with Tom taking unro of him all night;
that crittur Imd tho thump till night,
ami ho hiwn'tnovor tioon good for iioth
log nlnco. 1 tollud tho dotioon ho wan
a gonod lto.11 thou, mid wouldn't nuvur
bo good for nothing. Tito doacon hu
took otT hU altooi ami lot him run to
puntttvu all aummor, and lio'a boon a
foi'dlng and a nuraitig of him upt ami
now ho'a put off on tho wlddor. I
wouldn't n thought It of tho duaoont
Why, this hoaa'U novor bo any good to
hor; that oris'!, a uaodup orlttur, any
fool may ool Ho'll myalhi do for a
quarter of an hour on a aniooth road,
but como to drlvo him m a Inxly wanU
to drlvo, why, ho blows Iiko my bcl
lowaU; and thudoncon know It must a
known lit"
"Why, Sam, ain't tho duacon a good
want" wo oxulalmod.
"W'ai, now, there' whoro tho ahoo
IilnohoAl In a rinoral way tho doaoon
i a goodtuan. llo's conginorablo moro
than mldtUIn' good glnorally ho't an
honor to hli iHirfoialon. On moil all
ptnta I don't nor nothing agin tho doa
oon, and this horo ain't a bit Ilko him
but Uioro it ll Comn to Iiomc, thoiv'a
whoro tho unsanctirlod natur comot out
iollu will cheat about ho.vo.H whon
they won't about nothing olso."
And Sara leaned back on hla cold
forgo, now empty of coal, ami aeomod
to deliver hlniaolf to a mournful train
of general reflections.
"ii, hooi do aoora to bo sort of un
regonorato critters,' ho said, there's
wmolhing about hofses that decelvos
Uie ver)- elect; tho Tory best of folks
git tripped up when thoy comes to deal
in hossos."
"Why, Sam, Is there anything bad in
horsosl' wo Interjected timidlv.
"Taln't Oin hosstvs, boys," said Sam.
solemnly. "Lordy massy, tho bosses
is all right enough bosses is scriptoo
rml animals; Elijah went up to heaven
in a chari't with hossea; and then, all
them lots of hossea la the Ravel allots,
black, and white, and rod. all sorts of
color! That thnro ahows that hor
go to liciwonj but It's liinrn'n thn folks
that hov 'uni I likely to, f they don't
look out."
"MlnUt'irt, now," contlnui'd Ham, In
n aollhHiilrlng vein, "folks allrtn thinks
It's siithln sort of shaky in a tnlnUtcrlo
hnvn an) thing to do wh Iiomi;.-- nro
to grl Vm Into Iroiiblo. Mure win old
I'nrson Wllllnma.of North lllllriky got
into a drrlliil mc nlHiiit n ho. Miidy
intfuy, Iim wnru'l to btnm, noltlmr, Imt
hn got Into thu dnirulcat acrnpo you
evttr lurnnl on-)ino nigh to onaottlln'
him."
"Oh. Snm, loll ii all nboiit It," wo
hoy lioiilil, dollghlod with thn pro
pent of a story.
"Wnt, wnlt, now, till ! git off till
crittur' shoo, nnd wo' 1 1 takn lilin up
to tho pnturo, nnd thou wo nan kinder
act by tho river nnd llh. llopy want
nl a mo of llh for aiippor, nnd wiu a
onlculatln to got aomn for hor. You
bo) go nnd bo dlggin' thu lull, nnd gll
yer linos."
And o, a wo worn sittlnir trnmiullly
bralilo thn Chnrloa rlvor, watching our
line. Ham's narrnllvn bognnt
"Yo are, boys, I'nraou llllnm hos
dond now- lint whim 1 wa a hoy hn
was one of tho groat mim around horo.
Hn writ (Hulk's. Ho writ a tract ngln
thn Armenians, and put 'run down, and
hn writ a big hook on tho lullloriluin,
(I'vn got thnt urn hook now); and ho
wns narnnrt proaohor; folks nld ho liml
Invitations to sutllo In Hotou,aud thnro
ain't no doubt ho might a Imd a lloston
parish i;f ho'd boon n mill' to takn It,
lull ho'd got a good sntlloiuonl ami a
hniidaomo farm In North lllllriky, and
didn't enro to movo; though I s'poo,
thnt 'twas hotter to ho nuiiilmr one In n
little plncn than utimbor two In a big
un; nnywny, ho carried all before him
where lie wns.
"I'nraou Williams was ntall.atrnlght,
piTHonnhlo mini comn of good family
fnthor nnd grnndfnther before him nil
mlnlators, ho wns putty up and down
and t'otiimnndiu' lulils waya.and thin:'
litul to go initty much ns lie said. Ho
was a good deal aot by, I'nraon Williams
wns, iiml hi wlfo was u Durby.sud ouo
of 'm rluh Hnlom Dorliya and brought
him a lot of money, ami so thoy lived
putty uny nud comfortably so far its
this world's goods goes, 'Well, now,
thn I'nrson wasn't ronlly what yau uall
worldly-minded, but then hu was one of
thorn folks that knows w lint's good In
temporals as well as spirituals, and
liked to havo tho beat that there was
goln', nnd ho niters had an eyo to a good
Iiom,
"Now, there wns I'nrson Adams nnd
I'nraou Homiitou, nud most of tho other
mlnlstiirs, thoy didn't know tun I didn't
enru what hois thoy hud; Jost Jogged
round with these 'ore poundln, pot
bellied, sleepy critters tlwt minister
mostly lies, good enough to crawl round
to funerals nnd ministers meetlns, and
associations and sluh. but 1'arson Wll
Hum ho allor would havo it hoss as
was a hoss; ho looked out for Mood,
nud whun these ere Vermont fellers
would como down with n drove, tho
I'lirson hu hod Ida eye open nud knuw
what was what. Couldn't none of em
ohoat him on hos lleh; nnd o one
time when thiol was down with n drove,
the doctor ho bought tho best horse In
tho lot. -mm salil ho rover seen a par
son afore that ho couldn't cheat, but ho
aiild thu doctor rooty know ns muuh as
ho did, and got tho very one hu'd meant
to a kept for hiuiaelf.
" Tills ore ho was a peeler, I tell
you. They called him Tamerlane.from
some heathoii feller or other; the boys
called him Tain, for short. Tarn wa n
grent charncter. All tho fellers for
miles round knew the doctor's Tarn, nnd
used to como clonr over from tho oilier
parishes to see him.
"Wnl this ore sot up Cuff's bank high,
I tell you. Cuff was the doctor's nig
gor man, and ho was nat'lly n dreadlul
proud urlttur: tho wav ho'd swell and
strut and brag about tho doctor and hi
folk nnd hi thlugl The doctor used
to give Cuff his cast-off clothes, and
Cuff would prance round iu 'em and
seem to think ho was a doctor of divin
ity himself, nud had tho cha go of all
naltir.'
"Well, Cuff, he reoly mndo an Idol of
that ere ho, n reg'lnr graven Image,
ami uowoii iiowu nnd worshipped hint;
hu dldn t think itothlu wa too good for
him; ho washed mM brushed and cur
rled him, and rubbed him down till lie
ohoiio Ilko a lady's satin dross; and he
took pride iu rldln and drivln him
causo it wn what tho doctor couldn't
let nobody else do but himself. You
oe, Tam warn'l no lndy's horse. Miss
William win friUd a death of hlm.iiud
thu pnrsou ho had to git her iv sort of
of low sperlted crittur that she coujd
drlvo herself, but ho liked to drlvuTam,
and ho liked to go around tho country
on hi bnuk, and a tine Hguro of a man
hn wa ou him, too. Ho didn't let no
body olo back him or handle the rein
but Cuff, nnd Cuff was drvdful set up
abouUt, and lie swelled and bragged
ahout'that ar hoss all around '.he coun
try. Nobody couldn't put in a word
about any other boss without Cuff's
feathers bo all up stiff as atom turkey's
tall and that's how cuff got the doctor
Into trouble.
"Yo see there nat'lly was others that
thought they'd got hosses, and didn't
waul to bo crowed over. Theru was
Hill Atkins, out to tho West parish,
and Ike Sanders, that kept a stable up
to PiHiuot Holler; thoy was down look
in at the parson's horse, and a bettln
on tholr'n.aud a-darlnCtiff to race with
em.
"Well, Cuff couldn't stand it, and
when the doctor's back was turned hu'd
bo off on the sly, and they'd hov tholr
race; and Tam, ho boat em all. Tam,
ye see, Uns, was a hoss that couldn't
ami wouldn't hov a hoss ahead of him
ho Jest trouMrt'.. Kf ho dropped dead
iu his tracks the nest ruluit, ho would
bo ahead, and ho always got ahead. and
so his name got up; and fellows kept
comln to try tholr bosses, and Cuff 'ml
take Tom out to race with fust one and
then another till this eru got to bo a
reg'lar thing and began to bo talced
about.
"Folks sort o' wondered If tho doctor
knew, but Cuff was sly as a weasel. and
always had a story ready for every turn.
Cuff was one of them fellers that could
talk a bird off a tree master hand ho
was to slick things over.
"There was folks as said they believ
ed the doctor was knowin to it, and that
he felt a sort of carnal pride, such as a
mlnUter oughtn't fr to hov, and o shot
hi eyi. to what was ngoln on. Aunt
Hnlly Nlrkerson said alio was sum on It;
'iwn. all talked over down to old Mi
liiiiiunliiger's funeral, mid Aunt Sally
she said I lie church ought to look Into
It Hut everybody knew Aunt Sally,
ho wa altera walchln folk' hatting,
and intllu on herself up to jcdgn her
neighbor
Wal. I never Mlrved nothln agin
I'nrson Willlnni; It was nil Cuff' con-
I trlvnnrn, hut the fact wns thn feljers all
goi uieir moon up ntm more was noa
rncln In nil of the parishes, and ll got to
bo so they'd even hov hos race Hun
da) s
"Wal, of course, they never got thu
doctor's hos out of a Sunday, Cuff
wouldn't a durst do that, lord ii-tuaaay
not H wn niters there In church slt
tln up In the doctor' clothes, rolllu up
hi u)o and looklu a pious as ef he'd
never thought of rncln bosses; he was
an awful solemn look In nigger In the
church, Cuff was.
"Hut there was a lot o' them fellers
up In IVquot Holler Hill Atkins and
Ike Sanders and Tom Tutors nud them
Hokum l)o)s-tied to go out nrtor
mcotln' Sunday afternoons and rnce
hons. Yo see, ll was oloso to tho
Htnte lino, and If tho s'lcctuiou wns to
como down ou 'em, thoy could (tut
whip over tho lino, nnd they couldn't
tako 'em.
"Wal, it gol to Im a great scandal;
the fellers talked about It up to thu tav
ern, and the dencon and tlthlngmnu
they took It up and went to Parson rVII
Hams about It; ami thu parson hu told
'em to keep still, not let the fellers
know that thoy was being watched,
and tho next Sunday ho and the tllli
ingman and tho constable they'd rldo
over and catch 'em In the very ad.
"So next Sunday afternoon I'nrson
Williams nnd Deacon I'onkln and Hen
Hradloy (ho was constable that year)
thoy got onto their koo and rode
over to reipiot Holler. The Doctor's
blood wa up, and ho meant to come
down on 'em strong, for thtl was his
way of doln' In the parish; and they
were In a sort o' day o' judgment frame
o' mind, nud jogged along solemn as a
hoarse, till como to rise thu hill above
the holler they see three or four fellers
with their hoos getllu' ready to race;
nnd the parson says ho, "Lot's count on
quiet and get behind these bushes, iiiul
we'll see what they're up to and catch
'em in the act.'
"Hut tho niUohlef on It was that Ike
Sanders see 'em comln' nnd he knew
Taut In a mliiit -Iko knowed Tam of
old, nud hu Jlst tipped the wink to thu
rest.
" 'Wnlt, boys,' says he, 'let 'em gll
uIohu up ami then III give the word,
and the doctor's hoss will In, racln'
ahead like thunder.'
"Wal, so tho Doctor and his folks
they drow np IhiIiIiiiI tho huhes, and
stood there, innocent as could bo, and
saw 'em glltln' ready to start. Tam
ho began to anulllo ami paw, but the
doctor never mistrusted whal ho was
up to till Iko sung out, 'go it hoyst' and
tho bosses nil started, when, suae as
you live, boys, Tam gave onu liy, and
was over the bushes and in among 'em
going It like chain lightning, ahead of
cm all.
"Deacon I'opkln ami Hen Hradloy
jet stood and held their breath to see
'out goln' It so Ilko thunder; ami tho
doctor ho was took so sudden It wns all
ho could do to jct hold on any way, so
away ho went, and tree and buheand
feirces strottked by him tike ribbons;
his hat (low off behind him nud his wig
nrter, nud he got cntched in a barberry
bush, but l.only ntassov, ho couldn t
stop to think o' them, lie jest leaned
down ami caught Tam around the
neck and held on for dear life, till thev
come to thu stopping plucu.
"Wnl, Tam was ahuad o' tl
icnt all,
sure enough, and was snorting mid
snuffling a if ho'd got the verv old Iniy
In him, and wa up to rncln' some
moro on tho spot.
"That 'ere Iko Saunders was the Im-
uideiilM feller thnt ever von see, and
io roared ami luiw-haweil at tho doc
tor.
" 'Hood for you, doctor,' says ho;
'you beat u all holler,' savs he; takes
a parson for thai, don't It boys?' ho
said. And thou ho and Iko ami Tom
ami the two Hokum bovs thev int
mated and dun cod round like wild edi
tors "Wal, now only think o' It, boys!
What a situation that was for a minis
ter -it man thai had como out with tho
host of motive to put a stop to tho
Snlilmth breakln'l There ho was, all
rumpled up ind duty and hi wig
hanging in the hiihc. and theo 'ere
umrodly fellers glttln' tho laugh on htm,
nnd all acausoo' that 'em ho. There's
times, Im)s, when .. inllers must be
tempted to swear. If tltoro ain't pre
venting grace, and this was ouo o' tho
times to Parson William. Thoy say
lie got red iu tho face, and looked as if
lie should burst, but ho didn't say uuth
in;' he scorned to answer, the sons of
'eriilah was too hard for him, and ho
let'em have their say; but when they'd
got through, and Hen had brought Itim
tils hat end wig, and hruhod and set
tled him ngln, the parson ho says:
" 'Well, ooys, yovvo had ycr say and
yer laugh, but I warn you now 1 won't
nave this thing going on any more,'
says he, 'so mind yorselves.'
"Wal, tho boy "see that tho doctor's
blood was up, and they rode off pretty
quiet, and I oollovo thoy novor rodo no
moro on that spot.
"Hut there ain't no tolling tho talk
this 'ore thing nude. Folks will talk
you know, and there warn't n house In
all lllllriky. nor in tho south parish
nor ctmtor where it warn't had over and
discussed. There was tho deacon and
Hen Hradloy was there to witness ami
show jest how the thing was, and that
tho doctor was jest In tho way of his
duty; but folks said it made 'a great
scandal; that a minister had no imsl
ness to have that kind o' hoss, and that
ho'd give tho enemy occasion to speak
reproachfully. It reoly did seem as if
Tarn's sins was imputed to tho doctor;
and folks said ho ought to soil Tam
right away, and get u sober mlttUter's
hoss.
"Hut others said it was Cuff that had
got Tam in bad wavs, and thoy do say
that Cuff had to ca'tch it pretty lively
when tho doctor como to settle with
him. Cuff thought his time had come
sure onourh, and was so scared that
he turaed blacker' n ever; ho got enough
to cure him o' ho ruclng for one
while. Hul Cuff got over it arter a
while, nnd so did tho doctor; there was
a rumpti ami a fu, And folks talked
and talked and sdviacd, ever) body had
their ay, but tho doctor kep right
strnlghl on, nnd kep' his ho all the
sniiio.
"The ministers they took it up In the
aaaoclation, but como to tell the torr
ll set thum all laughing, so thoy could
n't Imi very hard on tho doctor,
"The doctor felt aort o' streaked at
fut when thoy told thn story on him,
ho didn't jiit like it. but he got mod to
It, and dually when ho got twisted on
It, Im would sort o' smile and sav,
) ny i am iraai 'urn, wal one
comfort."
The Hiorj of a TwadThe Uiirf r Pet ef
a nilllsniiportlflJl.
Homo of tho little one of our"Houo
hold" ask for more torle. ao I will
tell them nbotit my pels when I w'as a
little girl eight )oars old. He wa the
largeat toad I ever saw, and I named
him "Hob." This Is tho way I hap.
pencil to got such a iiiecr pet. Our
man was nt work in the garden and ac
cidentally cut the toad with his hoe.
Ho was about to kill him to put him
out of hi misery as It was a very
deep, bml cut ou the lleahy part of his'
hind leg when my father, who stood
uy, picKeu wo poor Wing up, and call
ing to me, put It carefully In my npron
nnd told mo to tnke it carefully into
the Iiouho nnd nttend to Its leg. I
knew just what to do, for my good
mother kept a box of rags whoru wo
children could alway lind them; and
a bottle of bloodroot sleopcd In brandy,
which Is very good for cuts and bruis
es. I mimed my funny pet Hob thu
very llrst thing so I could talk to him,
and try to make him know I was mix
ion to cure him. I pressed tho edge
of tho cut carefully together, after llrst
washing it Iu warm water, nud bound
It up snuirly In soft linen rnirs. as I hml
so ofUtn seen my mother do for our
numerous wound; then I wet It well
with bloodroot, and although I know it
smarted very much, Jloh held quite
still and kept looking nt inn with his
bright eyes, as much a to av, "thank
you." I was never afraid to handlu
toad as most little ;lrls ami Woys are.
for father had taught mo how useful
thoy are to destroy insects in the gar
den, and when I wont out walking I
brought homo all I could see (In my
apron) and put them among the melon
and cucumber vines I was shown
how to handle them so as not to hurt
them, and I knew they could not hurt
me, so I held poor Hob very carefully
In my lap while I built him a little
hmisu under a bush, where ho would
not bo disturbed. I llrst madu Mm a
soft bod of nice, cool graa. nnd laid
him on It; and then I got somo tiles
and other Insects to feed him and
watched and attended to him overy
day. I changed the rag on his leg oc
caalonally and kept It wot all tho time
with blood root. Ho kept very quiet,
nun t nw imi nm was noniiinj nicely
After I had had him about three weeks
went one day as usual, when lo! Uiu
door of Hob's housu lay Hat on the
grass and there wa no toad there! I
hunted about for him for a long time
In vain, until llnally I spied something
white moving along on the ground, and
running to it found Hob trying to hop
with the rag partly off his leg dragging
behind him. I took It off then, as tho
cut was pretty well healed, although
there wits a very bad scar that would
always remain, so wo could never mis
take any other big toad for him. He
hopped with a funny little limp that al
ways mndo us all laugh. Hu was vory
tame and never went faraway from the
house. When t was sitting by tho
kitchen door 1 would call "Hob." and
hu would come ami sit just as cl-xe to
mo iv ho could get. I never handled
him much a It hurt him; but 1 uaed
to think ho understood all I said to
him. Ho would go iu to the kitchen ou
hot afternoon mid catch Hies. When
cold weather cantu he disappeared
mysteriously, and wo never could lind
out where Hob spent his winters.
Karly in the spring hu enmo out of his
hlillng-plat'u ns brisk a over. I left
him nud nil my other pets, with many
tears, live years afterward, and went
away to school. While I was gone my
parents moved to another place, nnd as
It was in cold went her they could not
take Hob, as ho was not to be found.
So, 1 never saw or heard of him again,
much to my sorrow, for I was very
fond of him, and I think ho loved mo iu
his poor, dumb way.
A Slury of the Vlokshiirir Campaign.
It appears that after Vicksburg had
been Invested and the South threatened
nt other points, (Jovornor Alton, of Lou
isiana, conceived thu desperate Idea of
capturing the person of (ieueral (irunt.
Ho believed that (Irani was tho evil ge
nius of tho Confederacy, ami that if lie
could bo killed or taken prisoner, tlio
siege of Vicksburg could be raised and
tho Federal army driven back. Ho sunt
for Joo Lee and Imparted to him his
thoughts, and asked him t hu could de
vise a plan. It was readily taken to by
Lee, who Immediately proposed to exe
cute tho daring enterprise. At that
time that Is in the spring of 18GI
(rant ami his army were encamped at
Mllligan's Hond. nosr Young's Point,
on tho Mississippi, somo eighteen miles
above Vicksburg. General (I rant's
hoadmtartora were In tho dwelling house
that belonged to a magnificent planta
tion, much of which can be seen from
tho deck of a passing steamer. Joe Le
proposed to go to that house and brine
away the liody of
OKNKHAI. UIIANT, UKt UK AtlVK.
Ho chose llvo out of his most trusty
men. They were tho two James broth"
ors, two of thu Younger brothers, and
John Jarrwtt.- -Thev with himself,
made six. There never wore six better
men for such an expedition. Young,
strong, and as bravo as tho bravest.
Already they had seen all there is in
war; had been tried in tho most trying
places; had suffered all manner of hard
ships; did not care much whether thoy
lived or died; were the quickest and
best shots in tho world, and rodo tho
fleetest horse in the land. It was just
before tho Federal army set out on that
surprising march down the west side of
the river. Marshes, bayous and ino
raasea tilled the country, so that the
natural advantage for the execution of
the plot were good
The plan was for Joo I a'" and hi live
truty follower to dre up In Federal
uniform, rldo ou hor-ehack to Milll
gan'a Hond. go direct to the houie that
(iratil was stopping at, rush In and o
curn hi tierron, put him on a spare
horae ami then ccapu to the wamps
that were near by On one Saturda)
evening late tho j-nrly et out from
Dlckaon' house, near Delhi, and rode
loward the Miliippi. Not a soul on
earth Im-IIc thum'lic and Governor
Allen knew of their deaerate mllon.
It wat upward of twent) llvo mile they
hail to travel, and the night w.i a dart
one, but lWoro they arrived at theedgw
of the wood thntbor lered on the iilnu
titlon of Grant's headquarter No en
emy wn there to attack Jrom tho weal
side, nnd thnro wa no particular pro
cntitlou about guard. All the picket
were pac beforu sun up, and, while
tho General jet lay iwlcep, tho guerillas
rode iMildly up through the open Held
townrd tho houe. There they were -six
men aeveu horses; th empty sad
dle for the commander of tho hundred
thousand men who encamprd about in
every direction. They upnroarhcd In
almost a stone's throw of the houH,
when they mel a neirro: thev were dis
covered. It was an old man whom these
vory men had run away from Delhi not
ten days before. Hu knew them all,
nnd Immediately gave tho alarm. In a
moment there was a irreat tumult, and
tho six guorlllas had nothing to do but
save their lives. All broke through tho
Held, and lit the twinkling of an eye
were back In tho wood, but not until a
hundred shots had been llred at them.
Hvforu thu sun went down they lauded
safe at their favorite rende.vous. Thus
was frustrated one of tho rnot daring
plot of tho war. It is not probnblo
thnt General ("rant took anv particular
notice of the affair, and it f not al all
probable that he ha ever realized the
valuable services of tho old colored
man. Whal lutcprctatlun the olllcers
of the army put upon tho presence of
the strange and hostile men at audi a
time ami place is not known, but if
there were any dotibu a to their mis
sion, tht bit of history may servo to iu
m ivo them. HI. .ok'm W.
MKIIITATIOMN AT MKMPIIH.
(lloomy Kfflecllons for Returning Itrfti
gees.
A few moro days and the 110,000 ref
ugee Memphians, who aro scattered
over tho union, from tho Atlantlo to thu
t'aolllc, ami tho lakes to tho Ohio river,
will return to their homes. Thoy will
be welcomed by a fow, vory few, tho
survivors of what must pa Into his
tory as the great plague of 1878. They
will have many question to ask, and
will look In vain for friends who have
long since been mustered with tho dead.
Nearly four thousand of their fellow
citizens, counting those who died far
from homo nnd friend, havo fallen
victims to the scourge, among them
hundreds of men and women who were
of the most valued of our noiiiilnilun
Men nnd women who by industry, tal
ent and energy, and force of thosu vir
tues tho good prize most, had won for
themselves a recognized place in every
avenue of Industry and society. Preach
ers and priests who ministered at altars
now desolate, who were tho exemplars
of an earnest piety and tho leaders of
Christian hosts, are "silent now for
evermore." Many of tho counsellor,
guides, and advisors of tho coming gen
oration who in nil tho 'occupations of
life wore looked up to with pride, have
lolned tho "innumerable throng."
Hundreds, too, of tho honest poor, the
patient multitude who bear thu heat ami
burden of tho day, will bo missed, and
none will be able to toll more of them
than that they havo passed away, have
laid down the weary load of life, havo
ceased to struggle, and aro at rest.
Children will return to their school and
call for loved companions who can no
longer hear tho summons, and the ser
vant will ask for tho master, and the
master for tho servant, now dumb in
death. Day after day will roveal to
the returned absentee the dreadful
wide-spread destruction of life, and
perhaps after months of Inquiry, the
full effects of the visitation will dawn
upon him as wo know It who havo with
stoed it face to face. Then the torture
of suspense ho himself endured will
dwindle down to nothing, 'nnd the
plauge will reveal itself in all Its force
as a warning against tho indifference
and reckless disregard of health nnd
no iiiiu nave iiiiiieriocuaract rueii u
The many hundred orphans, tlio help
less widows ami tho men who walk our
streets in muto despair, all that Is left
of once happy household will heighten
the sad picture, intensify its glttom,
and perhaps quicken tho" impulse for
prompt reform which should lie a re
sult, which must be a result If wo would
avoid a repetition of the sad experience
of tlio last six months. We must havo
sanitary reform; wo must havo the
Nlcolson pavement taken up this win
ter, whet nor we can replace It or not;
we must sewer the bayou, and wo must
establish a health board on a basis so
strong that It can enforce Its own de
cree through tho courts and compel
obed'enco by poor and rich alike to the
laws, tho disregard of which has cost
us so much sorrow. If this Is not done
a recurrence of the plague is only a
question of time, and another such
visitation means tho death not only of
good cltixens. but the destruction of
Memphis. Life Is too short, at the best,
to be jeopardized even every five or
twentj'-flvo j-ears by tho yellow fever,
and no prospects, however flattering,
will repay the loo In trade which our
merchants and business men have this
fall been forced to liear. ManjJtit Ap-
JKil.
Nad Fa ef a Rsataatle Marriage.
A curious divorce suit now on trial
in Hrldgeport introdr.ee plenty of ro
mance, with the old moral against
runaway matches. Miss Elizabeth
Adam years ago lived in Syracuse, N.
Y. She met clandestinely one Charles
K. Hill, who soon after went as clork
to China. She kept up a correspond
ence with him, but her parent did not
know she even had his acquaintance.
One day she started on a journey with
her mother, but got left at a way sta
tion and disappeared. She was not
heard of for a week, and then came a
letter thai she had sailed lo marry Mr.
Hill. The ahlp was wrecked, and for
fifteen days she wa t.med atxni m Ab
open boat Finally he wiu recoJ
and married Hill. Now she sum for
divorce after all that she endured u j-rt
her husband. She came home twW
after marriage, and In 1MW her ('bln,
servant were the wonder of Suscute
Of reent jear Mrs. Hill liabtVn lr
eling abrovl Not long ago. at Hrldge
jHirt, she Mod a bill for divorce He
heard of it, and. being very rich, wrote
to a Maine friend to give her ITA.OiXi
If ahe would make it a quiet separation
Subsequently, hearing that the affali
had Iwcomc public he reduced hi ofl!?
to iiVOOO II.. friend called al thr"
Sterling Ilou" to talk it over with her,
and immcdlnt-'iy ahe broke a pitcher
over hi head and had hi in arreaiod for
assault Ho n..i complained against
her. They are .u it Hill i1!M tiled a
bill of divorce, tind i on the wav hojhe
to tight, and then it stand. !v-antfft
disgrace, discord, e'e . all the natural
fruit of the onesided elopement of long
ago. llurtjord Countnt,
oldtinnki.im; piTte. .
Story or a Life Passed Mostly UaVr
ground. Old "Tunneling Pete" was what he
was always called, and If he had any
other name it was never heard on the
Pacilic coaat. It a aaid that ho was
from the lead mines of Galena, III,,
where they to this day tell how ho bur
rowed his way through the liuicfltono
from cave to cave iu search for 'miner
al,' making the cave last found hi
abiding place. F.von in those days ho
was nearly alwajs underground. How
hu managed to endure tho light of dav
long enough to cross thu plains has al
ways been n mystery to all who knew
him. Some assert that ho traveled onlv
luring the njglit, and others that ho
wore a huge pair of goggle of hlacia
glf
In
Mas. Old Pete lam
led In California
IHt'J, ami a soon as hu struck th
golden soil took pick nnd shovel, and
went out of sight beneath it. During
the ten years lie mined lit California he
wa under tho ground most of the time,
only coming out to the light of the day
at night, us it sou of Kriti would say
Ho appeared to hate tho sun,
which kept him winking and blinking,
even when hi eyes werv half closed, as
they always were whoi. ho was on the
surface. In California old Pete mined
tho gravel baukw Mexican fashion, run
ning coyote holes In them till they were
a greater puzzle than was the famed
labyrinth of Crete. What ho done with
tho gold ho found no ouo over knew,
as ho was never seen to havo any in
his possession, nor wns hu over seen Ur
purchase either food or drink. It was
the same In the lead mines, anil a story
canto from Galena that ho was not a
human being, but a gnome in disgraco
iu some shape with the beings of his
race. Ho was seen hero on tho Coin
stock soon after silver wn found, but
straightway disappeared under ground.
No onu saw him on his way hither or
knew ho wa coming; tho llrst Intimar
lion thoy had of hi migration wax when
ho was scon hero. 'Ihere were those
among thu prospectors of thnt day who
swore that old Pete had merely extend
ed one of hi California hole's and so
"como square through the Sierra Neva
da mountains." It is reported that
after tho day of his arrival he was not
seen for over two years, when ho final
ly cumo out near whore tho town of
Sutro now stand some now sav that
Mr. Sutro followed in on "old Pete's
hole" whon ho dug his tunnel, other
wise he could never have found his way
to tho Comstock. Tho story goe tha't
when old Pete's head popped out
through thu ground by thu verge of thu
valley, it vas daylight, nnd when ho
saw tho eottonwood trees nlong the
Carson Hiver hu is 'aid to havo boon In
a terrible rnge, a he had supposed ho
was deep enough to pass under the
channel of the Carson and get beneath
the big peaks of Como. All day hu sat
winking and blinking nnd cursing and
swearing in tho mouth of his hole for
old Peto wa fearfully wicked and at
night ho gathered up his drifting-bar,
pick and shovel, and crossed over tho
hills to Flowery District, where he sel
to work, and was out of sight under the
lno of a big ItUI long before morning, f
Ho was seen on thu surface, in the
twilight and of moonlight nlghU. two
or three time oich year by tho miners
of Flowery until about three j onr ago,
when hu seemed to havo disappeared
for good. No one cared much whither
he had gone, for ho wa an unsightly
old man and exceedingly snappish and
dlagreoblo. One morning aliout JK
month. ii go somo Indians rinded into
the village of Flowery iu a terrible
fright, saying the "devil" had apttcar
ed lu their camp. A few miners went
with the Indians and found old Peto
sitting in the big hole, through which
it was evident he had jut risen. Tho
old man's eyes were glassv and his
gray hairs were matted with"clay, Iiko
those of a badger just dragged (mm his
hole, and It was eay to wo that ito was
on his last legs. Hu said ho had come
to tho surface to get a mouthful of
fresh air in order that ho might havo
strength to die. Ho had lust lifo enough
left to saj that he had been away up
under tho roots of tho Comstock during
tho past three years, and had there seen
more wealth than Fair, Mackey, or any
mining millionaire of them all nad ever
dreamed of. "Thoy will novor find
it. though." chuckled he; "they will
never find It! They will never go down
to where It is; they will become dis
couraged (ar above, up among tho
twisting clays and cross-course and
faults and great horses of orphyry. I
must die now, but none of them will
over find what I have seen no noveW"
So saving, tho old fellow suddenly
pressed his hands to his breast, a rat
tling came from his throat, he fell back
upon the ground, gasped, and clutched
the gravel with his bony fingers, a
tremor passed through his frame, he
straightened out, and was dead.4
rirginia City (.Vv.) Enttrpritt.
Oajtt tablet. A Frenchman roasts
coffee, grinds it to flour, moisten it
slightly, mixes It in twice iu weight
of powdered unite sugar, and then
presses It I a to tablet. One of thee
tablets can be dissolved at any tlmea
hot or cold water, making at once the
very perfection of coffee; and it I
claimed that it will go much farther
this way.
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