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MONl) A Ura, Ina«peaa«nt, iMcal Hwrspaper. SCBSCBOUDI;' =—^ -HI roSOLE COPT, a CKSTt^^ \ . -lUL? yohii. WEST NEW BRIGHTON, S. I., SATUBDAY, JULY 3, 1886. IFO. 15. ' A PiscoTicRY hta heeik n*de tiy ivlifoU Om \klK o n pwehmMit a M rwtored m to render tiM nrriiiilg perf^W j legible. Tlie proeeee l a moiBtenine tlie piqter with pmssing over the lines, iA wriftiBg a bnsh whielt ban been wet in ft eolntion of ammonia. Tbe writing wfll immecliatel/appear quite dar k in color, and thia color, iu the cane of iparchmcnts, it will prenerre. On pa* •per, howeYflr, the color grodoally fades ••agAin« bat it ma y be rtotored at pleaa- •nre b y tho application of atilphide. ST A. B. sumr. OKE ol Jolin Kits kin's latest deliver- ftnoea » one of his best: *'Tlie Bible k the greatest group of writings ex- tant in the rational world, pnt into the KTsndcst language of the rational world lii the first strength of Christianity, b y rin entirely wise and kin d ^aint, St. Toromo: translated afterward with beauty and felicity into every language 3f tho Christian world, and the guide, lince so translated, of all the arts and ids of that worhl which havo been • soble, fortunate, an d happy.** A TnEASuny expert says that it is rci7 ilifiicalt to detect counterfeit gold .•oin. Ho says: \Thos e filled with platinum have a fair ring, au d the joint ' in tho edge is cflhccd b y remilling. IPlatinum is M'orth only about one-third if the value of gold, weight for weight. [ liavo $20 gold pieccs, out of whic h K4. -vrorth of gold had been taken and reiilacod by platinum, makin g an ex- icedmgly dangerous counterfeit, whic h snty a good judge of coin can detect. The riug is good an d tho weight is ihoro, while tho whole outside of the roin is genuine. IjORD SiiKFKiKLP is on irritable, srotclicty man, with an imperious tem- pter, and, although a despot wh o brooks ' oo contrndiction, is liked by hts tcn- ' ints. I n his park ho maintains cricket ground which for beauty an d ijunlity is not oiualcd iu England . The ground is provided with pavilions an d - public stands, and whe n a great match takes place tlio park an d grounds are thrown open to tho public freo of charge. Ue also maintains a numbe r of professional cricketers to tcach the fonng Sussex idoa ho w to handle bat And ball, entirely at his ow n expense. A ceend ttaot* np frosi the T«U«r, - Throogh the tall tiinc trees. •D d the taintest oaor of incctts^ Is bone on tbo breeze: Xb* lesTM ot the rote* flatter And fall to the groaod. . And liUee are white in the tTrilieht, AM I list to the •ottnd. It eomos from a stately bolliling, Wbsro tae lights gleam dim; X'or the saintly aans arc cLuttlng A Tciper hymn. And \Hail\ they cry. sweet Mary, For His dear sake. For the shadows all wiU lies WheD tho day begins to break. The white-robed iciest at the altar IntoooR but a solemn lay. And softly tho Toiees ehoros The re^jniem of the day. In one ring* a sound of sorrow. Another a tone of pain. And a note brine • to ns the bygone days That naver can come again. Bnt the dim. faint light iu the chancel Shows faces so pare und white. And lips that in iirayer nro moTing For wimlom, grace, and ileht. And-Hail.' they cry, sweet Vary. For His dear Bakt*, I.et tlio shadows fleo away. And light begin to breaic. Bat seo the parple twilight Is fading into night. And tbo pale inoou In the heavens Gleams with nncertoin light; For tho mt-Jt lli s o'er the raUey, And the place looks drear and Ibne, As ever to my cant is wafted Tlmt Had monoton?. Floating through tho pine trees Comesthe glitnu ' - •• \ s the nicht RTOWR bright. For still they cry -llail, For His dear sake Mary,\ Boon Rhall the shadows yanifth. Soon shall the morulng break. Thronghthe rale in Rilcnco, T o the peaccfal lake. An d on it.<t ripiiling waters lonelr way I take. Ifo lireath dUtarim tbo qnlet, K o sonnd tho Mileinn nJgUt, Save ft ffUut. low luuimur Near a clist lut light. Bn t onward atill. and onward Sly boat Roea on her way , Ti U I. too. long for morning Anil I tfiht of coming day. For \Hiil they sav, the shadows Ronn shall they flee awity, Eoon shall the darkness vrJitah I n the fall light of day. THE MIDNI6HT ASSASSIN. wsta smcbty mirows Ih fin sttftniy brawa, XJONG hair down bis •boaldera eozled; His chiawa* bars. I n fact. I could not help shsrisg. to a e«r* tain extent, in. mTccmrsde's fear; but we were in for it now, if danger was intended. \We soon learned that oar host was a ri- olent partisan of the South; that he had lost two sons upon the bsta^fleld, and thathe would have shouldered anns him« self if it hadn't been for the old woman! \He did not seem to eonsider ns foes, and Frank thought it necessary to egress sen- timents in faror ot tho man'ii principles. \A s we were preparing to retire for the night the door opened and a stout yoimg ma n entered, shaking 1h* water from his clothes. 'He was a neighbor, apparently, for the roaster addressed him iu a familiar way, and as we followed cor hostess from the room, I observed a signal pass between them, followed by glances, menacing, I thought, cost in our direction. \Th e apartment into which I was ushered was small, with no fornitare except the bed, and without a aoor. \My companion was to be in on adjoining room. Tbo woman made an awkward apology for the *poor place,' as sbe called it, and ended by saying that *her sons had once occupied the room^, and mebbe my friends had killed Ihcm.' *-Tlii>« suggestion came so abruptly that it startled me. It was the first intimation given that our profession was tmderstoou. \I made some commonplace remark, and was left alone, to sleep if I could, vhich was not at onee. \ I heard the famUy retire; then all was still save the patter of the storm outside. I felt oppressed, as though with the sense ^^iiE eating of flowers is rapidly be- *';oniing an American mania. Accord- ing to tho Boston liecord, \crystallized plolcts, at $C a pound, aro tho Tory latest thingii in confectionery. Candied rose-leaves are also very popular. Oirls liko to cat ilowors, and will pay as high &s $10 a pound for some of tho most expensiro kinds. The y are all brought from Franco, bnt with the growth of things Americiin w o shall doubtless $oou seo a beginning of the flour-can- dying industry in this country, and the girla Vl'l begin to munch crystallized pumpkiir\t>\08S.oras and johnny-jump- ups.\ --- A \WAHitiNGTON letter to the Phila- delphia PresH says: \Miss Cleveland's Qoccssary withdrawal from hor old post is a source of rcgiet to tho Cabinet la- dies, by -whom she has been muc h ba- . lovod. When thoy so expressed it to hor at ttio marriage, sho said: ' I hare •eon this event in prospect for two fears, and have know n for ono year that tho arrangement had been mad e be- tween m y brother and Miss Folsom. I f yon will recollect m y course last winter fou will recall man y things that wer e done or not done in roferenoc to this change. !My ne w sister is a woma n eapabio of great development —a muc h itrongor character than appears on the . surface. Sh e is a superior person.* CX CATTAI K JAME S MONTFOIiD . \Iu the spring of 1802 I was wounded in (he arm, and obtained leave to return hom ;3 Cnr a few weeks. \Tho wound was slight, and a month had scarcely passed ere I was strong ns ever, m d began to feel that uneasy ssn^^ntioa, I oan scarcely call it longing, which comes upon a soldier when far away from the field where victories and defeats are falling to his comrrtcl -s whom hf- knows so well. \Three weeks before my leave of absence expired I left home again aud started for hcBeld. \Whe n I arrived wilhin thirty or forty miles of the i>oint where the command was tationed, I found that the track Imd been torn up, and that wo must remain at the small station until tho mi U could again bo laid. \While loitering about the little town a chance occurred for the purchase of a horse nt a very moderate price, considering the times. \j struck a bargain r^-ith the owner, and reso .-ed to ride through the country to the poim where the troops were stationed. •This would be more i)leasant, ns I know t Toung man, who was about to enlist, in- tontling to go ^ the tniin, which was now at a stnndsUll. \He was a native of Phoneton, the town where we were detained, and was perfectly acquainted with the country surrounding it. \Immediately after purchasing the horse 1 hunted him up, and it was soon agreed that we should ride across the country. \Bright and early the following morning he rode up to the little inn where I was stopping, and in less than thirty minutes we were cantering through the \-iUngo street ' m the diiectionjof «ie camp.^ ^ _ jyt wjj>dSleaFant dny;'a storm Wa-. pendine, but not likely to fall untU ni^ht. \ I never pawed a finer time on horse- back: but nothing interesting occurrcd. and I will hasten on to the story. •A s night approached, and my compan- ion offered no information in regard to our distance from the camp, I began to consid- er tha(^ as we had ridden at a };ood m!c all day, we must be near our destinaUou. \ *Well, Frank,' said I , 'we art- nearly at the end of this journey, are we not?' \ 'I guess we ttT^, Colonel,' ho renlied- •• \Then yon are not certain about it?' * * 1 thought I was,' he replied, in a puz- zled way, and looking aoor.t for Liud- inarks. D o yon recollect where you are?' I of approaching misfottune. \Th e form of oar iU-looking host was conjured up l>efore my mind, attentled by all the villainous circumstances and inci- dents (hat an active imagination could fur- nish. \At lest, after tossing about for hours, 1 fell asleep. Ho w lone I lay nnconscious 1 know not; but when I awoke it was \sith s start, and my faculties were upon the stretch at once. \ I heard some one in the hall without my room. He came with the stealthy mo- tion of a murderer stealing upon his victim. \My knavish host was coming to avenge the death of his sons, was the idea that flashed into my heated bmin, aud stealing from the bed I began to feel about for my weapons. \They were not where I had placed them. Ha d the assassins removed the pistols, that they might perpetrate their meditated crime iu safety? \S o it seemed, and taking a large, strong- bladed clasp-knife from the pocket of my pantaloons, I stole toward the door, re- solved to meet the villains, and lake them by surprise. \ I reached the door in the dark, and ere I knew it bad stepped outside. Some form was before me. I could hear a stifled breath at my side, and the nest instant was grasrwd bv a pair of strong hands. \M y knife was knocked from my hand, and 1 struggled with the desperation of a madman to prevent the blow which I ex- pected would fall. \I endeavoreU to throw my nssailnnt to the floor, but his limbs seemed formed of steel. X dealt and received several blows, and at last we fell, and rolled over and ovei upon the floor. \.\11 this occupied but an instant; bnt I was already becoming winl^d. ily antag- onist was too strong. \Suddenly I made a last desperate effort, and we fell upon the stairs, roiling ovet : until we reached the bottom. \Th e fall separated ns, aud as I staggered to my feet a light appeared, earned, in tho hand of my host. His wife was looking out u]>on us through the partially opes door of her bedroom. ns BATTLC OF SHILOH. Be«idons of army organisations coll to tnind (dd associations, and thrill me often with reeollections of my experiences dtxring the war. I have noticed since i u close the popi^ impxession exisU that at Shiloh theentinanny was rooted, and fell bock in the fora part of the day, and that no {.art of that grand army held tho enemy to ex- ceed two hoort. Now , air, from my standpoint, j n com- mon with a part of my brigade, x^^mbere of the Seventy-first Ohio. Fifty-fifth IIU- nois, and the Fifty-fourth Ohio; we Kaw matters in a very different ligltt, and as no or General has done ns justice for what we did on April 6,1 deem it my dutv to correct the impression, and let the world know what a mens ddrmish line accom- plished without reseWes or artillery. Our camp was amid a peach orchard in bloom. Vfe had been theni some three weeks, doing fancy band-box duty. As o few straws or leaves accumulated in Ciimp a det^ was made to clear it. Heuce w« made no preparf.tion for the reception of the enemy. Al^ough the flower of the rebel anny lay some twenty miles away, in command of on« of their ablest general'*, we had no pickets out. It was quite early on tbat memorable lovely morning of April C, 18(32, that heavy casmonading was heard far down to the right from our camp. It increased rapidly and seemed to near u^. brigade i*on- sistedof the Seventy-first Ohio on the right, the IHf^-fifth Illinoia in the cent-r, aud the Fifty-fourth Ohio on the left, and was the First Brigade of Shennnn's Division. Whe n we took our places at the front oui brigade was isolated from the rest of the division, and sent to the extreme left flault to guard a ford on Lick Creek. The re- mainder of the division was sent to tht right. Our positiou was on the nea'trest ridge, a little over on the north side. Ever> part commanded the ford. The creek ran sections, i say there was no water m . ravine as per General Grant's story. On Saturdav, at G p. m., it began to rain, and the rebs* made their debut across the run at the same hour, and formed a line. Onr folks did not molest them until they opened with some twelve-pounders. Tw o volleys and then a volley horn oar entire line silenced them, and we heard no more from our neighbors. There was no sleep for ns that night, as everv fifteen minutes our gunboats on the river sent a shell creeping through the tree- tops, whde the rain poured iu solid sheets, and at daylight it was still nunlng. St 8 a. m . wo were relieved, and near the landing we had the best breakfast I ever ate. Boll-call told a sad tale; onr company left camo Sandav mominc with fiftv-seven men, auu to answer lu tuetr place now were but nine. After all was over we were introduped to Stuart as his \immortal nine,\ and the regiment was dmwn up in line before Sherman's headc^uarters, and re- ceived quite a demonstration. A few days after, part of my brigade marched out in front eight miles to a rebel hospitiO. As we rested in a valley a flag of truce came over the hill, twrne l>y some dozen rebels, members of the regiment that 'engaged us on Sunday, the 0th. \We soon entered into conversation about the battle and many qcestions were asked; in fact, all hatred was forgotten, and it was the most interesting iuquirv meeting I ever attended. They asked what'kind of guns made a hole in them big enough to throw a rabbit through. They were most eager to know if otur men were not all in line on the ridge. Thev explained to its that some half hour after tho b: ^ openetl they tirged Chalmers to chase that skirmish line and take it. He paid no attention until they grew desperate, when he said it was sim- THE LITTLE F0LK9S. Tb « Urvatsdana SkM^ WThen tossing en jroor restless bed. Yo u cannot faU asleep. Just reaolutelr clc^e yonr eyes— See a field i>ath before vosr eves. An d caU the dreriafand sheep. The v come, ther come, a horrring era-rf, Swift btnmding one by one: The y reach tee wall in eager chase; Th e leader finds the lowi-st ilace; The y cross and on thoy rim. 1 Kleepless nights a throng. Their pretty heads, their noolly back«— A s crowding in each other's tracks. The y l^ress and race aloi-g. A t the wall-gap. each i>lants its feet O n one stone—etaiiainc still-*- Mabe s itn small Ifap like those before. The n with its matfs. wrore afurr score. Goes scampering do«-n tlic hiU. I try to count them, but each time reckoning at the wall •Riey come from where thf gray mists Vlerd- I n mists they vanish at the end, Wit h far, faint bleat and ctUL Off drop the day-tlxne corf R. Awa y Th e nervouH fnncjps faU : An d pt'act-fully I fiOl aslwp. AVatching tho prt-ttv drcaiulatid ».necp Crowd tlirongh U>e \dreamland wall. —3frs. L. li. linau-h. Cirrru. th«« Orator. Marcu s Tullius Cicero wa s bom at his father's country houso u p in the Volscian hills, in 'the year KU B . C . The elder Cicero, a gentleman of means and literary tastes, was ambitions ^or his .sons, anjl muc h a modern father sends his bovs to college, placed Marcus an d his brother Ouintns under tho care of an uncle at Kome . After pur- Atticns. i n these leUers w e Isd not a firm, heroac old Homnn, but a nervous, prostrated, despuring man . Cicero lacked •'badt-bone,' as we sayia these days of expressve words. Hins- ever, there shoiild l»e n o doulit that in plac ^ of public trust, an d in hi5 ^iro- fession. h e scorned corruption of any kind, an d that the only serious hlemish in his ^aracte r was a n occasional dis- play of weakness an d indec^ion. He wa s only huma n in on age when man y me n were brutes. Cicero wa s a brilliant orator and ac- complished writac. Hi s s^le . polished b y stndy an d incessant practice, has remain^ a model throtigh centuries. Besides his orations, h e wrote works on phUosophy, essays on *X>ld Age \ and •\Friendship and a treatise on re- ligion. Cicero is a type of the literaay gentlemen of Home . Hnd Hom e ha d m^azine s of art an d }>hilosophy, Cicero wotdd have been the leadfng contributor; if a \Roman bureau ha d aent its lecturers through Italy. i.*icero would have headed its li^t of sttczike^; an d ha d a literary club met in some palace on the Tia'Sacra, Cicero vrotild have been its president.—Hide Jiccic . V/ ^fto pull the wool over their eves and in rhetoric, grammi ^ and the draw thein in to charge. Thcv also srud^reek poets, at seventeen J.arcus be- pim v.v^- Chalmers had orders to take his command ; gau the .etudy of law —the bc^t a northeasterlv direction into the Ten- j » the left flunk of the Union army, aua [ aration for public life at Kome- Fo r \ \ wipe out a small brigade at the ford, then , in those days all important «-aseM-were to go on to the landing, and destroy all j tried before thousands of i>eople, in the the transport trains, anil all the appnrte- i ©pen forum, and a gifted luw^ er might nances of Lincoln's army. U e would then 1 ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ positions bv a single have been in the rei^, the front would have i gp^^pj^^ Attaching himself to a famous jurist, . Beeohe r and Talmftge ara the most nnafleciod ot me n in their personal interconrne, »ojr» a New Yor k letter- writer. I chanced to nee them at tho offlce ol a pnbUiher who contemplated • joint inneo t their sermona. \HeUo old fallow,\ uid Beeoher, *liow are ;jron r \First-talc Teaponded Tal- mage, gracin g tlm extended hand ; \ho w d o yon feel?\ \liike living ten ,eara to preach yonr fonen l iiermon.* Tb< a Uwy oat dow n for a chat, an d were aa jolly aaichoollHvii. Beeclier nd Talkit^ ara favoritea with nen- paper repoctera, becanae, thqr Mwa f ruriily wha n Ike y waah t<«,. iMoa e IMiUlalyirlMii they MUfmi umt pn i (• airo. BaMhw .'ia :(aitiealariy MO - Miialibna lu bia Mmautia with »- rntten. . MT HiMtMaa ot trtdiitr, hawUl «a la gf^ot laigtli to ouia* s avwr* mMC {itm^^p nessee, and our'line was nearly parallel with that river for some miles. A ledge ol rocks on the south side rendered it im(H>s- Bible for an amy in column to cross except at this ford. At 9:30 a. m . we could begin to hear mus- ketry, and we were all in line, eager for the firay. A10 a. m . we were saluted by c twelve-potmd battery, on the bluff; wt htigged mother earth, but they threw the Btiot into the tree-tops. Very soon, a liltlt past 10 a. m.. General Chalmers, at thf bead of his brigade, pa^-sed at Die fora and did not attempt to cross, but moved down the creek until the center of his«;om. mand rested on our left flaalc. and con-eu' Tated his fire upon our line. We La*! to ;et out o* that, as a \military necessity,\ >r soon they would have saved ns the nouMe. In that we were outgeneraled. >Ve moved over to the next ridge north. He moved back and crossed the ford, and Drdercd a halt in a valley, at some twenty rod4 aistant. Kow , reader, our skirmish line was strung out the leniirtb of two rc{;i- ments, the Fifty-fifth Illinois and the Fifty- fourth Ohio, and they covered our front with a full batUe Hue, with a gap on our right, left by the Seventy-first Ohio. Such was the situation in David Stuart's briga le when the ball opened. David Stuart was actinq as Brigadier; Scott, Lieutenant Colonel: Oscar Malm- bra^ was acting Colonel of the Fifty-fifth Illinois; C. F . Thurston Adjutant, and X . P. Sanger Major. I saw our positiou would allow them to flank ns easily. M y poiritiou in line happened to be in th»j rear of an oak iree four feet thick. It might have been ordained to grow there before the world be- gan for our benefit. It proved a splendid \ntinie halter,\ and seveml ste^^d in rear ol it to load and deployed to fire. The rebs were partlv ambushed by yotmg bushes and dead leaves, the color of their tmiforms, so that been t.«ien care of, and thev w«)nld have ha<l it aU in a nutehell.—Sco»ir, m Chicarfc gjcdaer. ^ Foster, the Medium* , Som e years ago, whe n Foster was giving sittings on Girard street at a Mucins ScLVola, the young fieero fol- lowed his patron about, closely obser\- ing and taking notes of everything.' At this time Cicero worked with untiring energy. He studied law all da;r, and giving sittings o n uirar a sireei an-y a • —. , : , Jit, h i wa s visited b v a friend of mine, ; far mto the mg it i>ored over the Gr^k aian of intellect in d common sense, Poets, and declaim ^ aloud aft. r the and vet whe n h e came awav he was in panne r of Bemosthen^ If Oc^ an d vet w^hen h e cam e awa y h e wa s m i ; — —, ^ .. a coipletelv dazed eonditiin of mind, orator, it Tvasthe resnlt not knowing what to think abont what , of downright hMd work. he ha d witneascJ. Le t m o relate ono Lie Cato, Cicero saw somo tag o thing that amazed' him. He was nsh- i iHfi ered into a small rei*eptiou-room and ! h e did not distingnish himself we. ma y told to write his nam e ou a pieoc of paper an d with his ow n hands seal it in an envelope. He sat dow n before the be quite certain from ths fact that he does not mention this campaign—and Cicero was the last mM to do himsell CiceroV ^irtable^ the r^nrand w^ote his ^justice b y keying silence. CiceroV uame-wewil l assume it t® be John first case was the defense of a persona Smith-a s directed, takinir care to .«o friend, Sextusirosciu., whose acqtnttol \G o on. Colonel,\ I cried; \why do yon j ifter the first fire I could see naught but a line of smoke, although the musketir was a jolid roar, miugled with peals from the Iha d been battling all this time with Frank, the new recruit, and my good host was as inno- cent of all sinister intentions as the sleepy chickens whoss slumbers we disturbed. \My comi>anion had gone to sleep, op- pressed with tmeasy thoughts concerning the master of the house, a terrible dream Kad lui*cycd, and still under the influence of the 'ghastlyhttg -^ho^ldes our dreams.' he had risen from his bed^ -ly to awaJas to grapple in the 6t^lgglB.^9/life^W^ll-. followed. \We rode away the nest morning with better feelings toward our rough but hearty friends of the cabin, and did noc trouble them with the susp^eion we had formed of their character.\ inquired, after a short silence. <^Ho admitted that be did noS and. al- though h* declared 'he d dn't kuow how he could havo niada snsh a nii&ta'te/ I realised that we must be seeking a .Io<lging for the night without delay, for the'storm bad gathered violence, und would soon di-?- charee itself. »• We must make inquiries at lh-.» first house,* I said, and nryiug the tired horses cmwaid, we kept a sharp lookout for some habitation. **But this was not met with when destrctl. We httd ravaged tho country, and a treat many of the bonses we passed were unten- anted and dismanUed. \A s it grew daiker and darker, tho pros- pect of remaining outside at tho mercy of 4be storm began to cause some discomroi-t. ** 'There's a bouse!' shouted Frank at last, and, following bis eyes, I saw a light a short disUnce back from the road. \It was a snMll building, nnpamted, and did not promise much. in the way of enter- taiumcnt. Keveftbeless, any kind of sheU tor is better than none in a storm, and we loda in tbrongb the open gate and dis- ^^^trwew saluted by the barking of dogs ftam 'Ike back ot the house, and before .we hadreaebsdtke door itwas opened and a manvtfotmfA, . ' . ^We aM fke way to ear destmatiooi Md Boott fom d thai we had allseed many aileB fiom the direct road. «* •Ybn'U htfdir git thar aaM lafasa lod|li«i iar owasltw aM iMicaea Hop e Ahead. The doctor came, and in du e course Johnson wa s c^ed in to see the little stranger. When h e entered the room h o looked iuexpreMibly anxious, half hope, half fear, and turning to the doctor said, in suppressed excitement: -Is it a boy?- **Ah—ura—\ hesitated the doctor, •ah , I belieTe not; \ for h e kne w what the father's hope had painted. \What! not a boy? \ said the parent of five girls, \not a boy ? Well , 111 b e da d blasted if it ain't too twd^\ \Oh no, \ meekly intermpted Mra.J , from her couch in the comer , \oh , no, don't say that, dear. for. the next &rm ma y b a w bogra.\ This WM too much , an d Johnson left the bonae an d tried to bribe a atreet>ear driver to mn crer hi m an d eat hin in two.—Jlerchant Traveler, EDrcATio K ia of fen Tftlaed not for it- •df, bnt merely aa • stepping atone to wealth. We give it to Uie youg nn d they take it not so mnc h that tbey |uay beeome throngh it better, nobler, hap- pier, an d more nsefol me n an d women , aa that they may gain the powe r of rising from a loww to a high^ atatioo, from-poverty to madioerity. or from •Mdk^rity.t o wMtth . Tto.the eda- that flta fthMB oalsr toagora • dMiidMS iMOt h Mi a rbo^ sM fills ftlwmi»d I for ita o« m aetivilj aa d -pmrfteilaj c l.'OOftfM^jdiNiO batteries. I will notice some incidents ns I proceed, %s thev occurred, .^fter a half hour tbey ieeme'd to fall back, and our company's Dfficcr>» rushed forth and called to u« to ^Come on, they are retreotin.?.\ Soon a volley from the second relief sent th-m back. Tho enemy was relieved at inter- rals of half hours all through. Some of the bovs in my company had •boasted before thev were near the enemy \ifidrcben thev should be in action we would not s^-tbe© crouchiog l>ehind l<y^and stumps, but thSJ-^ould stand out in Ma relief. Glancing to a^ \Sht I |aw Ser- «iant S . D. Cronchbrest, St.?p^en, son are a »ipleudid mark.\ At ti^ he fell, and such was the fUe of nearly air who did likewise. As the south wind cleared the smoke, I taw that manv brave boys had fallen. One of mv shoes was covered by clotted blood. [ looked to the rear, and there Mr. Ford lay, his bea<l ia reach of my feet, a mans of blootl. I said to mv^^lf he is surely dead, bnt he afterward turned up, recovered. . After some two and a half hours of fight- ing a breeze cleared away the sn^ke in front, and I saw some eight or ten rebs in s clump ot bushes flaunting their colors. It made my blood boil, and I said now is my opportuni^. I brought mv gnu to the side of the tree and fired twelve well-directed nrands at the color-bearer, praying he would take one or more of them to heart, and at last the colors feU to esitb. ThebatUemged and both parties stood vhexe they did at first. I and nearly all of Mr men had eighty rounds of balls, and by this time our bovs had acciuired confidence and felt that we could hold the fort if the Kood Ijord or somebody wonld bring car- tridge*, for ours w«re growins few, and the rebs kept up a bold front Ou r water had riven out and there was not a eiacker in party. We had left them all in camp for the Johnnies, and I doabt }t they Uumked ns for them. After six bouts of terrible flghtjmff onr skirmiah line said, -If y<m come orer this ifTM* you will eome over us dead. I no- ticed the firing in parts of our line was less. I knew thea some wers oat of cartridges. I hadthieeleft. Ilooked atound and found IwasalooeoBtheUne: h»d les^to the lesr. I Ifcd m y last bell and followed ftem, and found theaa tsying to drink a ofeekdiy. IbeMttiem. Wetheamoved op the MlTTiidisii file. Oarcom|^ ^fsQ beaidsabigtieeandweleft ^ for dead, b«t he tamed «p aU right m doe lima. : Whoiva vanhidf.win'mthcyahsiwcrBd haUa. On the't g oC^tteite rnlnail tfalwhaiu fwn il as a hsalfal ^ boys, w a koOow afoare. WeaUthoMM WBTO to b e aaariirs .1 to the ammj^^ Smith—a s directed, taking care conceal the writing that it could not In- seen from abcve or from any other di- rection. He placed it in an envelope, sealed it and hell it in one hand. Th e attendant then withdrew. I n a few- moments Foster entered and eyed h's visitor with a piercing glance, as though reading his innermost thoughts. Sud- denlv exteniling his right baud, he ejaculated, \How are you, Mr . Joh n Smith? \ The visitor started back in surprise, as he was certain Foster had never seen him before. **How do you kuo w my name? \ he wondering'y inquired. I n deep tones Foster replied: \It is written in m y bloo<L\ \>ith that he bared his left arm to the ellK>w,-and seizing the still se.aled envelope from Mr . Smith's hand, cmmp'e d it vigor- otisly over tho under and tender part of his arm. Ove r that inemb t spread a glow through which bright crimson lines appeared, and in a few moments, emblazoned on the arm in fiery letters h e secureiL .This success brought him more legal wor k than he foulil under- take, and suJfering from ill bea'th he left Kom e aud spent two ye^ tra^;el- ing in <»r^cce and Ionia. On his r^xm Cicero ectered public life with ambition ontTability. If Uom e ha d a dailv paper conducted on tho American plan it might have announced his arrival somewhat in this fashion: \Mr. ^L T . Cicoro. the lawyer, has jnst returned irom abroad, ilr. Cicero •was born at AiT>enum in 100. He graduated at the University of Rom e and afterward stndied law in the ofEce of the noted jurist, Mucins S.-avola. Mr . Cicero gained no little rc£»uttttion in the great Itoscins case, and no w re- turns from a two years* trip tlironpb the old world, where he has studied literature and law.\ Th e accomplished young lawyer rose rapidly- He was made nu'stor, and served in Sicilv with honesty and fidelity. Verres/a corrupt pr.i tor, was Etiquette ia the Supreme Court. • A correspondent of the Xew yor k 3fatla»id ij-iTM * writes: Informer times lawyers were expected to ajipear ' before tlie court in full evening dress —but that mle has l>een relaxed, and the rustomory dress for inemlxTs of the bar is a black frock coat and Mac k troTisers. Occasionally, though, a de- Vjxtion from this is observed, chiefly . j amon g lawyers from the West , where such things are not closely attended to, and the court passes it over. But whe n ' * a Western lawyer some time ago pre- sume d to api»oM before the court with- ' f; out a cravat the judges caused it to b e intimated to him that such free and = easy attire was not agreeable to them. - The Suprem e Court takes prect-dence \ - of every other lK»dy in the Govern- - ment, ranking in oflieial etiijuetle next to the Tresident and his fain3y. On formal occasions the meml»ers walk nest the President and his Cal 'inet, and thev are entertained at dinner at tho ** ^^*hite Hou« ^ before either house of ^ Congress- On tht» day they oromiae S _ « for the fall term—the first Monda y in October—they immediately proccfd to the Whit e Hous e to pay their re- spects to the I'readent. A s soon as the meml>ers of the court ore ushered 1 into the east room the I'resident ap- ' \* I^ears. To keej) the court waiting five minutes would b e a n nn}*ardonable breach of etiinette- On Xew Year's Dav , also, thev precede everybody else. A .'discussion arose as to whether the jj diplomatic corjis or the Supreme C<mrt^. ^V ha d the right of way at Xew Years,*\ the nr.. e \of\ - J^h n Lronght to trial . t Vome . a=a Cioero wiww , , I. Ttinilo tln> chaTfre--vvhlch was so OTor- Smitlu\ The amazed visitor, at Fos' ter's invitation, tried to -wash the letters ont *-ith water, but the more he nibb-'d the brighter they became, until he was convinced—which wa s the fact—that the letters were beneath the skin and were cansed by the man's ow n blood, Wonderlnl you say, and that is wliat I ias ^he n I Srst heard of it Bu t I aidn'tbefeye it was snpematnral, for the very •!'» ' bodied ^spirits r.],.,.,. i„.tt(»r to i this plot, delivered' a scathins oration they have certainly some^'.'f'B better to ^ Catiline fied to Hs do than to ^'t\??Soops in the conntrv, only to bo de- arms in order to enable a sconi^relj ^ - to put s fire-aoliar note in his swell ng , ^---Y-s^^-ir SS idc de'lar^ Cicero pnJw . Now that I kno w ho w the trick joyedjl^''P^.^P?- was done I am surprised • oulv- at its simplicity. I n the first place, Foster has to ascer- tain his visitor's name. This he did by a simple device. When Mr. Smith sat at the only table in the room he was unaware that l>eneath the writing pa d wa s what is called \copying paper,\ an oiled and blackened sheet, which, whe n ilaced beneath the paper one is writ- n K npon, conveys the impression to another pieceofpaperbeneathit. The same kind of paper is used iu making dnpUola copies in tpy« writing. A hard peneQ wu placed vhere Mr, Smit h would pick it np, an d in order mad e the charge, -which wa s so over whelming that Yerres did not stay to replT. This case made Cicero tjie leading la-wyer at l!ome, and to com- plete his suc.'ess, lie soon reached the goal of his ambition—the consulship. Cicero never forgot, nor let other for- get, this eventfnl year. IlaringtUia consulship (\atiline a dissolute and daring young nolilemaa. formed a con- spiracy' to seize the government nod plunder the citv. Cicero, informed o! the diplomates claiming thai the New Year's reception was expressly fi-r Iheir benefit. tSir Edvar d Thornton, an im- \im^tant an d fnssv personafxe, wh o was deano f tlie dipl^tic corps as well as British SlinisWr/^lsed to bustle^. _ ahead of the judges, la' sicci! 3iis tSne the judges have refuni&l t^ie place to whi; h thev were entitled- ^Vhne sit- ting. the\ justices treat all lawyers ex- actly alike, the country attorney from the backwoods being accord^ , the same undivided attention a- Evarts, Attorney Ji vnO. o. . Senator Edmunds , y^or wonld th« most eminent counsel in the Cnitcd States dare to sHsnme anv privilege be- fore the court It is related that Mr. Clav, with that monumer.ad and cap- tivating assurance that distiaguwhed tlxe great man , stopped short one djty, in the midst of a n argument, an d step- ping n p to one of the- justices, wh o held a snuff-boi in his hand, airily toot a pinch, remarking: \1 see that your honor sticks to the Kcoteh!\ Justic® Storv said of It: \I hare been on this bench for thirty-four years, and I do not believe there is a ma n in this conn- trv wh o could have done that ba t Hen- ry Chiy.- Bu^r African.;. Belgium lia.. planned evtensive nies ou the ni>per Congo, and x>erhapa furtherance of those projects a - spondent of the licruc Jtelfjt,' vances the strange theoiy inhabitants of the African ma y have been decimated b y famine, bnt liave never ' to write hM nam e L « unoonscionBly bore dow n npo n the copying paper. The at- tendant aipertly withdrew the copy an d carried it to his employer. Now to B for tba Uood aet: your ar m to tho elbow. In the right han d bold a thin piece ol steel, bat with a aUghU y rounded edge that will not cnt. Am yo n probdily d o not poaaesa aneh an inatnunent. take a'por- tjoabta vary atiff .visiting or bnsr^s caid, an d bearing iU edges rather hard nno a the nnder portion of TOOT arm, bOlo v th« oMlinHol an j letters^ fdiocae. TI m Inaatt'nUbebarel?-dIa- l «hit a liaaa that aoon pan awaj. Fin miantaa latar. with yonr hiiS en.* «»ami>lad p:aco of p^per. Sw^therot'iii^r-Ooantry.- This the proudest hour of orator s Wt It became the reference ponii. SI ^ history; everything was before, during^ or after his consulship. Lik e the ma n who has been abroad, and is always saying, \When I was in Europe, \ Cicero for the.rest of his days Icioked back fondly and frequently to the time \whe n he wa s consuL\ I n crushing the conspiracy Cicero mad e one grave mistake. He pnt to death two well-known conspirators without triaL Tliis waa iUegal, and an enemy of Cicero proposed, and by bribery ha d passed, a law banisliing any one wh o had nut a Itoman citizen to death -without trid. Cicero did not wait for the sentence, bnt, completelr broken down, left Bome , the scene ol all his trinmphs. Hom e thst h e loved, with aU his heart. Durin g his exile he wrote man y letters whidt an still pre- aeired, an d which have not increased the reapect of ^terity for his chai^ acter. oSantrr.* For»«me h e enjoyodhis ftner* popnlariiT an d distincfioa, S'^'^jari^ Diet^ tl y friend ol the fallen Fompey . altho^ . RMTTIMTFT. 1 1 •• IM I to be m like their northern an d . Iwra. -Th e imperial battle-vmcerf the Soman centurion has been tamed to the fal-etto of « queniIon!i- the Bedouins are to-day ago ; the negroes ot oeuegaiil^^^\-.. still boast of the brawny Mxmm ^Ut \ - tempted the dav e traders of anoen t ^ Home; the Egyptians an d KnUans have ^ lost the heritage, bat not tho supple - limbs, of their forefathers. If-waxfua were still a matter ot phvi^t prowess, the French adnut that ths r troopa -would not havo con jnered Alter s i n a oentmy.* I t ia true that tba mahhood of the Semitie raoes seems to le^ th * ioilnaiee of a -warm rfimaie, fcnt it la also tme that the athletes of Alpac a ; and 21orocco ca n be matc^wtd . in. ite / Moale m provinces of Brits A - ladia.- Mdiammedaais m eneont^e s warTiha hahi u an d phniea l edncasiaai. sad ; above ^ it diseomagaa iiiiaa^ii i tnra.
