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m MCTIMOND COUNTY ADVAN^ J. CElfFORD. Jr, PoUislHir ant Pronnetor. A Jdve, Independent, Local Newspaper. SDBSCBIPirail S-'^-^il^rfB^g^ VOL. I. NO. 39. ns yAHlT'S MBMAqB. BX XAXOA. I . caocauEB. BMit ci my heart, thli blossom brings A ilient message, sweot, to thee, r cHnsB 'Please think of me.* A* in its parple beauty IiOT*'s mate ai)i>ea), ~ All Moom batb Innguaco, ort so sweot That smiles and tears commingle there. As th* leaflets elastor round your feet In sentiment ot lore's fond yraver. HOW swcot that tuev our paths fttt< Aaom the altar, vreatbo th<> tomb, Apd carrj- fritmlsblp to a friend. M y interview -with the paroled giiemUa aoaed by my relating a most interesting in- cident, •which occurred early in the wintijr, .wbici had been the talk of our little army ' ;of occnpatiou, and, of which this man had • 'also heard, as will appear. The outpost at Summit Point, some miles easterly of Winchester, was held by the •Thiztieth Massachusetts—on excellent reg:- So. •whSie vo«r bark beats on Its way O'er lifers dnrk. troubled, boist'rons sea. Clasp doss these buds, aod mlud the day They breatheil this meuBago, -Thluk of m?.' '^And didn't j-ou hear of Mosby retaliat- ing, and leartng half a dozen of your •ol-: dicrs he had taken swirging to the tree*; •with a placard ou the breaat of each? I hnro heard him Bay more than once that he'd liang one of Sheridan's soldiers fox ever}- one of hix that was execated; and I think he did.\ ''What made you fellows throw trains ofl the track on the Baltimore and Ohio Bail- road. between Maitinsbiirg and Harper's Ferry?\ • \Oh!—that was for the greenbacks. Sometimes np in the mountains Tve known Mosby to catf a lot of us together and talk j JOrl who hved ^ f™™ nbout^liket this:: 'Now,, m%n,, aW fi\ | considering huw the guerrillas swarmed about tliiti section; bnt, then, he was not jnent. i One of its LienUnants (his name I have forgotten, and it wonld hardly be fair to give it if I kn«w it) had, during the c^- , made the acquaintance of a \ irginia And sometime, •when the weather's fair, Aud wo haTe faitbfnt proved, and trnu r trust, we'll laugh at care. Deep iu my soul this song's attuned. abou like this 'Now men o'clock this afternoon there's a train due at Harper's Ferry from Baltimore. After a short stop it goes on to Martinsburg. There'll be a \Yankee paymaster aboard, with a chest full of greenbacks, to pay the troops at Martinsbu^. I want those green- backs! Yon know bow to get them.' And we did not often fail to do it.\ \I hone you don't call it civilized war- fare to throw railroad trains off the track, with women and children aboard?\ \ I don't call it anything,\ he repbed with a laugh. \Mosbv wanted the money, andonlerednstoget'it; and we took the onlv wnv we could. One of those'green ilollnrs' wos worth two in Confederate monev anwhere in the Talley.\ Strange as this last statement may ap- pear. I know it to be true from personal observittion. \But I said, \what I particularly want W e will take a Ion- jump at the start, ^^ Jj^o^^' there were no more bitUes to be fonvbt, . and it , plain onongh that the imr,>onse | ttkt rmen „rmi« wonld m a very l.me 1« ! JtSpeeabl e niRhfa tramp lif... wbieh iB alwavs a very serion^ affnir, | althonah it ba? no \Ana perhaps yon were alonp !treat from Smoker 8 Fe __ „ ii meoRer in its wnrd and tono: This colli; uH'.I b!ot;soni bave coiumiined • To make my heart's best wishes known. Bere, take my hand. No; take my heart! THE PARTISANS OF VIRGINIA. BY JAMES FnAXKLlX FITTS. -tn\ 1 **And perhaps vou were along on a cer- I tuin retreat from Snicker's Ferry through the gap to Washington, the month before ^ Ah, was I not! That was the weaiy nifirch. when soldiers already overtasked God bA' The uumilitnrv reader might noturally \-r* ' —-—T' sav that nolhlnc interestiuK could bo ex- m^ch . when soldiers already o^w^keil to happen at such a time as thaL i\/h e tomd Julv weathe^^^^^ £ it would ay,ear; yet it was at just that j time that an lucideut occurred in the part of the militory situation where I served that, while not very important in itself, s t Tf«ltn«rZ opened to me a whole fieUl of the most in- np all teVestiug remiuisceneo.. .... nlSSi W ell, sir, on both those times I rode iloug with vour coltimus, riding sometimes with some 'General's escort, and picking the fiist man who got into trouble by run- jiing after a prettv face—and he probably iwiU not be the hist. ; One afternoon he sat with the lady at her home, probably conversing about things that were remote from war and slaughter, •when he happened to look oat of the win- dow. Two men had just ridden into the Tard. Thev were both yonng; both were jessed in Virginia homespun; both roae ipowerful black horses. The Lieutenant's horse was m the bam, feeding on Virginia com. • The Lieutenont looked do%TO the road. A dozen more horsemen were coming. - A very bad scrape it seemed to be; but the Lieutenant had pluck, coolness, anti determination, and these high ciuahties baved him. • He did not wait to fmd his hot—iior to say good-bv to the lady. He bolted for he door—it was locked! He raised the sa^ and jumped out. ' The foremost of the two, however, was in the act of throwing himself from his horse, when a bullet from the Lieutenant's ihirty-eight-caliber revolver sprawled him 'dead on the ground. The other rider had not time to draw a pistol when another ball went through his shOTiIder. . . The Lieutenant ilid not wait for any more enemies. He jumped on the dead inan's horse, pave him the spur, cleared the fence with a Hying leap, and thun- dered down the road toward the camp, iwith the guerrillas yelling and firing in hot But he had the leaders The incident was the coming in of two of Mosby's band to (ieueral Dwight's were' dork nights, as vou know, and nobody \ - blue overcoat was a could detect me; my blue overcoat was a not to take up arms against the United Ubput ready to^leave^oue^ States. _ vour infantry [led off a few rods for some- .. ^ —w - . soldiers straggled Off a lew roos xor some- 'Xheywere the first of this noted band Jibing or ^J^^old hS wC Ww ^ ho ba.1 claimA.1 ihis Drivileize. and the in- \iV l'»stol, told him who I and who hail claimed this privilege, and the in- cident natur.illy excited some interest and curiosity about head«inarters. My u^rra- tive must not be unreasonably detained with the details of what is properly history, or by the whvs and wherefores of the case as it reliited'to these men, and it will be sofHcient tinder this head to say that, wpoii hearing of the snrreuder of Lee, Colonel 3)Iosby assembled his command^ at one of Uiat l' would shoot him if he did not go (luietlv along before my horse. He was too much astonished to disobey, and I took him right away as a prisoner. It was no uucommon thing for us to do this.\ \Were your horses all good?\ \As a rule, yes. It was rare that one of lis did not own his animal, so we had uiauvreal Vu-ginia thoroughbreds among iiH—' Witn such horses we could do shau : REMISISCE5CE S OF PL'BLIC B¥ BEX : P«B1XT POOBE. Mr. Webeter iised to tell a story at the expense of Peter Little, who hod in early life repaired clocks and •watches, but who had for some years represented a Maryland district in the House. On e day h« had the temerity to move to amend a resolution by John BandolpK on the aubject of military claims. 3Ir. Randotph rose tip after the amendment had been offered, and, drawing lua watch from Ma fob, asked the Honorable Peter what o'clock it was. He told him. \Sir replied the orator, \you cau mend my watcli, bnt not my motions. Yon understand tic- tics, air, but not tactics Grace Greenwood, in describing the electoral commisaioD» and those who witnessed its proceedings, spoke of l^ree Indiana boys, George W. Julian, looking somewhat careworn, Ambrose E- Bumside, a mild likeness of Kaiser •WilHam, and OUtct P . Morton, with a pale, pugnacious face. The three re- minded her of a very entertaining ac- count given her by an old friend of the trio, who knew them well when they aU lived in the town of Centerville, Ind., and were young, Julian, Morton, and Burnside. good friends and jolly com- rades, much given to frolics and prac- tical jokes: Tbe first, bo wm a lawyer. The second, he warn a batter. Tbe tbinl. he was a little tal-lor— Three rcugish chapa together. They were clever and ambitious, and may have cherished wild hopes of ris- ing to modest military honor in the State militia, or of being elected to the Legislature, but hardly of ever being called to lead a grand army, or to be- come the makers of national law and ^a^i returning spring after Mr. Webster began to descend the hill of life he would seek recreation at Piney Point, on the lower X'otomac. Taking three or four friends •with him, almost in^variablv voung men, and a liberal supply ofVhat he called \small stores,\ he would leave behind the cares of the client of his land bv lutikmg t ny ?ort of red-coated stat<»!rent!' Daring this speech Brm e was walking up and down the bar, greatly excited, and coavinced that his case was gone, knowing, as he ilid, the prejudice of the jury agamst anvthing British. While, however, Bamab y was gesticulating, and leaning forward to the jury in his elo-iuent ap- peal, his shirt bosom opened sligjitly, and Bruce accidentally tliscovered that Barnaby wore a red flannel undershirt Bmce's' countenance brightened up. Putting both hands in his coat pockets, he walked the bar with great confi- dence, to the astonishment of his client and all lookers-on. Just as Barnaby concluded Bruce whispered in the ear of his client, *I've got him; your case is safe;* and approaching the jury he commenced his reply to the slaiiguter- ing argument of his adversary. Bruce gave a regular history of the ancestry of his red-coated witness, proving liis patriotism and devotion to the country, and his character for truth and veraci- ty. *But what, gentlemen of the jury, broke forth Bruce, in a loud strain of eloquence, while his eyes llashed fire, *what are vou to expect of a man who stands here to defend a cause based on no foundation of right or justice what- ever; of a man who undertakes to de- stroy our testimony on the ground that my witness wears a red coat, when, gentlemen of the jury, when, when, when, gentlemen of the jury iHere Bruce made a spring, and, catching Bamabv by the bosom of the shirt, tore it open,\ displaying his red ilanuelj, when Mr. Bamaby himself wears a red flannel coat concealed under a blue one?* The etiect was eleotncaL Bar- nabv was beaten at his OWTI gamv, and Bruce gained the case.\ Tire LITTL E FOLKS . Hmw tlM Sliip* Cwne He set his ships aSoat-a hapyv chad WUoie hair was brown liiie chettonta latne soa . Vho»e cheeks liaJ dimplM in them •when be ey«-» Wfx* fuU of -wondprinifUt and Inn- He 6trt Ui-i •hips of carren -wood afloat. Ana as he uatchedthem sail and Bail away A tearful 6L>b rose in hlti little throat, Vntil he thought—\Thev will come back some -Ye... those white -waTcfl will bnatf them back, of eonrse. And full of everrthing I want: indeed. That's whv I let them ga ThereT1 be a horse, A dc'g. and geld to bay all things 1 need. -Perhaps ni be a man befcjre the? einue. A big man as uiv father and grvat: SoIUpickupaiv'sheU^ and take tbem home. And i n l«e goo.1 Ute muilien^hil* Iwaif ilv litUe Ikw : He waitied. aad be grew •i-aller and tall-r as the rose-trees prow. Sweeter aiid Btroatfer. till the child I knew changed into this losing 'Jian I know. He has his horse now. and bis dog. and gold To buv so many things with: but twaa he , Who Worked and won them all. He and sold. And has one large shii> sailiaij on the tea. •T«a5 Yesterday we walked alone the shore Antl 'found some old brown Bhingles in the saUd. He ricked tiem up and leN.>ked ajjain for more. Then held them lor a moment ia his hand: -See: vears and vears aco upon this sea I -ieiit •'ome btUe TvcxKJen boats away. And tii »ut:ht they would come back and bring AH thiuBs I w i-bed for on that sminy day. -I bave mv wishes, every *imde oee— And won.ler bow those Uttle wooden chir« Came to their euding when the day waa done Aji.I night UK> dar» to j^ail sush bits of ships. -l'o.>r little shii»^ of w.^! and little boy Who laughed and i'lu>tfd here when the sun- bt.'aiii<s bhouc: Now I'm a liiaa and live a liJt- «'f joy. .\tKl all 1 wished and worktf'lli'r i-»myo*».'' TubUliu'« IJiittt. ••CRcT. rendezvous 1 almost anything. Bidize and the Potomac, told them that the \ . ' on wa^ended, that they had uothing^^^^ night when I wa. to do bat to go oud peacoablv subm t i ^ „ friend's honse. My hon^ to tbe authority of the X uited States, nnd ^ \1 \ ^ ^^^^ tmsaddled and unbndled. that he should claim the natjoual protec- , y nothing bat a rope halter loand his fckrn for them. Immediately upon dtslmnd- Y was^ np-stair5, abed asleep. • ins his troop, be sent a message to Oenend ' Hancoak, who at this time commanded lu tbe Shenandoah Valley, asking jf his luen were to »)c accorded the sam • terois thtit Grant had given to Lee. The character ol Mosby's warfare in this section had been vach that Hancock was in some donb about the matter, and telegraphed direct to Citv Point for instrnctions. , , The reply came promptly back, that these n»en were to bave the same treatment^ other Confe<lerate soldiers. The diM>atc.i waa sent to Sloaby, and lus gnemllas hast- ened to cive their paroles nnd receive theit Sectio n papers.' The two who came tc onr headqnarters were the \advance-guard of this\ movement. Gonoral DwigUt .t Ihte fame commmded • division ot mlmt hml been the Army ot Ihe Shenandoah, and I was au officer on ™ - A soldier conld not possibl.-^ •tt o never slept with both eani; 'he tramp of CBTalry roused me. »- heard mv fSend's whisUe below. I knew it was Sfck or nothing, and it would have been prudent to surrender; bnt prudence was The last thing we fellows tVongbt of. I inmoed np. put on trousers and shoe.., and, Sg S nothing else, raised the wm,low and d?op!«l out to the ground the soldiers were coming up stotrs. They had surrounded the house, of course, I pected to be seen and hailed as I darted for the bam: but I paid no nttenUon to that and a carbine-ball whLstled over my head anil u curi'njc-w.i.t \\\ — ^ -- —•• -- _ as Lniu. I cut the rope, jumped on and rod? out right through half a dozen of the cav.,lrymen. 1 knew bow to make my maie CO from the start -and to she did, taking fence at a leap, and flying up the road „ .bower of balls after u«. Xeilher of the best of the lot; he escaped the illets and reached camp in safety. A aetachment was immediately sent over to the scene of this n'mark-ible escape. Save ihe liieutenanl's hat, and some blood ou the ground before the door, no discverles teere made. The girl was crying bitterly. She insisted that she knew nothing about the guerrillas, but our Lieutenant never doubteu that this modem Delilah was tbe betrothed of the guerrilla leader, and that he had himself narrowly escaped a clever plot for his capture. -Did you,\ I asked of the paroled man, \know anything about thia?'' , , , He smiled at first, and then looked \^I'should think I ought t.>. sir: I was one ot the squad that chased the othcer to camp. W e came back and found the Cap- tain stone dead on the gro^d. and our Lieutenant with a woiffitj tnat he E>ef vei*. ' -Xne Captain was one of Mosbv'^ SesfoBcer;. The*^ Colonel felt dreadfully •when he learned what had happened. Hut that Lieutenant ot yonrs was a splendid fellow—just the kind of man Mosby likes for hi« officers.'* W.imeirs Hard-Hi|»i. Since tho \Song of the Shirt,\ at least, the hardshiiis of sewing women have not ceased to be a matter of senti- ment and of frequent practical efforts for alleviation. Hut it is doubted if, in the long mn , their condition is better than it was when Hood sang lits song. In mode m davs the makers of overalls another a dUapidateil drum; here was have been cited as perhaps the most geen a cocked hat, vrith Itt gilt monnt- pitifiillv oppressed, but, from what ap- ij,g3 tarnished with age: there a knai>- iears from time to time, there doesn't g^t or cartouch boi, moth-eaten and iMm to be a great deal to choose from cmmbling to pieces; some were dressed e the whole range of work. That I jn t^eir ancient regimentals, and some • dm or ino rouiiuur out hearing mnch-^ d perhaps seeing •onwlhingAf Mosby's goemllas. I had 5ES of them, and, as will appear hid seen something ot their work: Sd no^at aU the bloodshed was past, I hSd a great desire to see and talk with of them about Uieir novel experience, ud their peculiar way of carrying on war. - S o lKipportnnitywas likely to occur ° U» n Uii.; sb when our provost t^hal \ bad Kotthtiiugh with these two disbanded wcJiiSniX^lal o Confederacy, and toey «n> .IrolImK about onr headquarters, tat- 5S, note of Snch that wa, now and .Irange tottaem, I took them under my protecHon •\•aBlTwit h tho younmir of the two, a idtaken his home and - Med ilcby npon the commencement of CuUliSl^jiirt'^\ «hoo«md. of young \vSSSlS went lo Stuart, Ashb.v, and IhSTtom lofe ot excitemMt ad- and-withoot velj much tjiongnt or IS. M to^ich side w m right ot wrong. A 1 rem?mber it—what > kJ^ fflntntTSie characlar mi style ol - SSTwuttlarwarfare in the Shenandoah S^tlZStiMta soldien now. since lenbat OUT amy in the vrf- [•» been used to legard yon so. -Yon people made yonrselves very useful to the C.mfederacy seizing our wagon- trains, last fall,\ 1 remarked. -Yes. that was always one of the Colonel's strong points. He had a sys em about it, too. Ho usually chose the tone when the traui was drawmg out of park, in the morning, and there was l^re or less confusion among the mules and teamrtm. Twenty horsemen dashmg in at with a .veil, wonld put the team^\ Bight, and leave_the \s Jhe m. Senate or the State Department and go down to Pinev Point to enjoy tbe salt air and the 'fishing. One day, on his return from an unsuccessful etlort to capture a \sheep's head,\ he remarked, in reply to a question, that \he had only secured one sheep's head, ami that was his own.\ **\Vere such sheep's head as yours to be caught here,\ re- marked the proprietor of the I'aviliou, \ I -would be angling or drawing the seine all dav.\ Kept within doors one day bv a i>elting rainstorm, Mr. \Web- ster indulged in reminiscences of his life, and narrated, With evident gratiti- cation, his recollections of the laying of the comer stone of the Jiunlter Hill ^Monument in June, 1S25. There was a Ibnc ^fWession, which had moved from the State Hous ^ ^ Boston, each lU vi- sion of which had its uUotteil position on the hill around the platform from which the oration was delivered. The most interesting of these divisions was one composed of Revolutionary soUUers, headed by Gen. Lafayette, riding in open barouches. Lach had some time-worn badge, some relic of the Kovolution, which he wore on hi.s person or dUplayed from the carnage. B v one was borne a tattered color, by A, I'Un to C<cape tho Tjranny of Fa-ihlonahU' Dres^. So let us welcome that step of prog- ress which introduces among men the wearing of corsets. Let us hope that in time the stnfltd cushionn and tlie steel hoops and the length and weight of cloth will be added, too. Then they will see the absurdity of it, and may- be the system will collai)se. Even women who are independent in most things cannot rebel here. They are bound hand and foot, and are help- less. .A.ud so far from being a sign of freedom, the unendnialde. tailor-made dress is only an additional link in the chain of bondage. Keallv and trulv, if women are ever to use their brains and their bodies successfully they must be physically free. Blood can never rise to the brain through a tight-laced for^ct. AVomen are simplv fools to expect it. ^Vhile tho sex 'dress as nine out of ev- erv ten upon the street do. there never wUl be a woman statesman, or scholar, or inventor. The handful of really ^ great women the world has seen wer«- ' untrammeled bv conveutifaatii;**^ of dress a«5 of other thinss. IJeorge Sand dre>sed a m.in. .Toan of Ar was a stablt> maid, with liroad shoulders, splendid strong arms, and shining hair that never knew a crimping pin. A corset would have l>een as muoh . ut of place upon her as upon an angel. It is all very \ education for liV MISXU: E. KESSKV. Tw o little girls sat on the broad fiat rock under the spreading branches ol the old elm. Their i>ink snn-bonnets were very close together, and they were so absorbed in conversation that theii dolls had slipi»ed unheeded from theii arms and lav unnotioed at their feet. ~ Ye«, she* di-.l—1 know she 'lid: for you see no'l>odv else could possiblv iiave done it,\ said Tabitha, decisively. Til tell all the other girls; for they ought to know how bad she is.\ Cientle little Lois list»»ned to her friend's words with a troubled face. \Bnt maybe slie didn't,\ she pleaded. \I'erhaps you'll lind it somewhere. 1 wouldn't s'av anvthing about it yet.** Tabitha shook her h«ad as she drew a string of buttoua from her >>Ofket and ran them thrcngh her lingers. She was very prond of it, for she 1ml more different buttons ou her string than at^of ber SL'hoolmatea. and it was a fa>-«rit6 fasuiou just then to collect ' iKi'ttons. \It was the prettiest bnttou of all,\ she said, regretfully. \ I don't believe I shall ever have surh a lovely brass button again, unless I ran make Orp^ h give it back, and she won't; for, if sh^ was mean enough to steal it, she will be mean enough to keep it. I shall certainly tell tiie girls, for they ^y ought to know a\H)ut such a wicked CBitea wildly about a n-uamg button; and Hiss Ark^ght pnx^xled lier 'faaaBS not a little to guess what it -wm that the child so positivelv denied having touched, and why ahe so ultHuDr begged to he believed. The good doctor wcaidered.toa what was weighing on the childidi mind: and Tabitha. started with a gmlij blush when her father asked her onen^ght: -WTiat is this abent a buttoQ that distresses Orpah so much? Do you know anything of it ~2»he stole my prettiest button,* ast- swercd Tabitha: \and w e wouldn\! speak to her for it at school\ ''Are you sure?\ asked her father, a frown restmg on his grave face. ••Those art» but poor reasons to judge an ort'han child so harshly on,'* he said, as Tabitha told her «aiy ; and he was beginning to reprove her for her unkindness when he was called away io a patient, much to the little girl's relief. That day Tabitha resolved to put her desk in thorough order: and at re- cess she took out all her iK^oks and pencils, and rais^sl the paj^er that t^hc had neatlv laid in the iK'ttom- Sometl^g fell from its folds and rattled on the floor. \O Tabitha! I.ot.kT cried 1-oia, as she picked something up, her face bright with htti'pincfts. A crimson llu-'h overspread Tal'itha's? face as the girls l»urst into a chorus of exclamations, and for a mommt I am afraid she wished, in tbe depths of her heart, that the l»utton had n»'ver In^en found, and t >ri)ah's innocence i»roved. Better impubn^s came tcLher soon. I am glad to sav. althoush ft was hard to Itear the repr^acht-s of h^'r sehot.lmateis. so -we havel»eea treating Orp^ bidly all this time for nothing I\ eaid one. ••Anotber time you ought to he snre vou are not mistaken l»efore you call any one a thief.\ said an»'ther. Taking the button, which had l»een tne cause of mu. h tronl'le, in her han.L Tabitha ran h. mc. -Father!\ she cried, rei»entuntly. -1 did make a mi-take. I found the button ju-t now under the paper in my l Q ytm take me to see «Vr^'oh, and let me teU her it was a mi^tal e'i\ I'he l»oi't«»r shook hi« head, t.adly. \ I TtTTi afraid it is too late for Orl.ah toknowtliat her inno.-once is i-stal.- \WLv . fatli, r-'\ asked Tal.itlia, \ well trtXof iiiglier ' thing. X o one else coul.l have possibly I^nl.n Aut tbe\ taken it, LoLs. for I had it this jnom- ———T -T- TT .\i til • inc and sliowe-l it to Iier jnst before never gain « while tne worm j jj in my desk at reoess. Thev will never gain any intellectual prize worth having as long as they con- tinue to dress in the present absurd and painful fashion. Dr. llichardson. of London, says so. The subject of K - ^i, . \Ikatfa , OIIE Viv.ot faiti^ guard was generally .mall, and wonld surrender at onee. _ -I ean tell yon of one ^ „ lows didn't dare attack,\! oh«tveA Nw the last of Septeml^r Oie «« and Fourteenth Se\ idan from Harrisonburg back to burg, an hundred mile, or loaded with \'\^•\•n'f^\\ We made tho whole distanM, and wo t back to the army in time to lo«e haU our S^to the batUe of C^ we alway. had flanherm ont. and mM y S bwi ^ reported ^nt. When we camped inieat waa formed to a aqnm.aRMnd tnc •IlBila po<« Mlo w w* J among the whole range c of making cravats, the >e w lor k ^yorld says, afifords as many sad fea- tures as nnv. It is something of an art or, at least, a matter of skill. There are manv things about the work that have to be taught. In about a week an intelligent woman can learn all there is to know; after that it is a question of nntuial aptitude aud prac- tice. There are places where this teach- ine ia made a regular business—schools thiy might bo caUoO. Th e learner pays W She is kept from three to Sve weeks at the work—domg useful dmdKerv—having to take a good deal ot chaff riong with tho few grains of wheat. At the end of that time, hav- ing .pent the last week really » cravat makinir. her tuition ia ended. She gets nothing for her labor, and tho tether lAwiaU her work and sells it. Girls coming to learn thia business are told they CM make from SIO to I\ raaiitT thej make about one-third of those soma. In applying for work at and when I came back it was gone, and no one but Orpah had heen near the desk. She said so herself, for she was sitting there studying her spcUing-les- all the time. Of course she toot Uiuma pmii.i —i _—.J — an esUblishment the girl has to make a sampla in the presence of the pro- iriator. She has to make it from ma- «rial fnmiahed by him, and he keeps the complete article, whether ho give, her a job or no^ I n the eo^^ Sf a Tear these samples nnmber a great maOT, and the eatablishment is just thirt mnoh .head-hj.vinB -.weat.d- the'Ubot tor them. Th e work is geu- mm IW taken home. When retume <l, ^ cSSUt differ, tho lei ^ UWe W t trom«h.o»b«8,H h«.^to berecO^ and no par U allowed lor nny work raUtt lidOTe. She hM to take her tnrn in waitinK for the exammatron of \\\obb reporter Ihrt dw stood in line one day from ^ oreHxA in the mor^g nntU » o el^ in the afternoon betore she got to the £U«<nan and had her work < clad only in homespun garments, simi- lar to thoso they wore on the day ot the battle. On their arrival on Hunker Hill the veterans left their carriage.s, and were escorted by the marshals to reserved seats dUecUy in front of tbe platform. A s Mr. Webster procroded hi his oration he addressed these Revo- lutionary heroes, saying: \.enerable men! yon have come down to ns from a former generation. Yon are now where you stood fifty years ago this very hour, Vith yonr brethren ana your neigh- bors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country \ , \Ye-e-sl ye-e-s!\ said one of them, a hoary-headed old man in his second childhood, who rose and began to nar- rate his personal remmiscencea. 1 remember aU about it It wm this hour fifty .Tears ago. 1 wm here; I stood aa it might be there,\ pointing with his sUff to a spot some W paused,\ said Mr. Webster, \on being thus unexpectedly inter- TOpted. and finding that the old man WM disposed to bo garmloM I sug- gested tEat he stop trnta I had told my tfto^whenheco^ldtellhi^ Bat the old biro had told his tale too often to listening ears to hare it passed b y then, and he went on: , . ^ •• <1 stood Tii^t up there,' he con- tinued, 'and it wa . there, right n p there, that Warren fell—' ^at then.\ Mr. Webster would go on i o old «>ldier feU himself, or WM pilled down on ^ eompuwna . who kept him qmet.- Then I w^ton without further intermp- tion. of social reformers. _ 1 asAerJ\ I have a plan to escape the tyranny for myself. I walk home in my dav-dream, kicking my friphtful tailor- made dress about my feet at ever.v step, I picture to myself a future. There is a little farm oil the river, not far from CincinnatL There is just the spot for dignant. _ -Did vou asVTierJ\ said X .01S. \Yes.* and her face turned red; so that proves she took it,\ answered Tabitha. \Sh e cried, and said she never touched it; but, ot course, she would sav that, -^ny one that wonld steal would tell a slory about it.\ \ Tielded Lois, there is another c<)ndition now, added by the large experience of the years. In summer I sh^l wear a short calico dress, with jtist as little cloth in it as possible. In winter I shall wear a flan- E It---^\o^rtt as^-^i^^-SlS mmm and cot hermoney.Md -other woA •Hmb pui m twm-45'oenb a grm to -, — JMI; be'3C ezperta can. Another good stoiy. eM>>taUy told by MtWebrtSr , iUuatiated hij^ly pro- fearioaal Ufa in Hew Ham|ishtn •Wheal wm > yomg said Jfr. Webster, there wm but one ^^'th* Kew HMnpahira bar ol .nd^iirvM.old BanMOv- Thew were bat few men SodS^ to eater the lia*. with ^nu Tta iBMM^laiM^ltoM Before school time the next mormng, Tabitha had kept her word of tel''- her schoolmates, and sensitive OJ felt that she was in disgrace as soon aa she entered the room. . In manv wavs she was far from bemg rommer^ial-Goretfe. n^Xw^ce fTSe frailfiea of I childhood, btit expected, and eia<^ as far M she WM able. ebsolTite perfec- tion. Sow and then ahe had to bear unkind remarks from her «aioolm^M concerning her dependent oonditian; and if it had not been that her te«iher wMunifonaly kind she would often have KiBdaM« «e Children. A writer in speaking of the ne^J-' makinl! homo attractive to chfldren MMT^The t.me| comes fMt enough w^ there will be no litUe carelM. •hand to make a -mmM\ on tho cWu ; uihappv. Sow . ahe knew SSS doth, no toy i iJot taBe-a thins, round, n o cUt ^olcM^hf «t | ^^ .^e denied having any tai^V tton; and ahewM Iwth to think that her sdiool- thioe* roun i no ^ I her when she denied having , on the .tairway. TieA Vf^ ^„ of '.ha button: and ahe cover all the mjrk. Kit and angry to think that her ^t eonceal ttie Jffmates wouldi readily believ. evil of ^oninff .thee wo^*; her. and condernn her nuh^^ »«.hfr eager r f athHTtai\..— - startled tones. . -She is siiikinp rapidl.v, and to-nifTUt mav l>e her last. Von cannot see her. lint 1 1 ronii^ vou I will irive h.-r your messatr-' if Iier cauwon-ness lelnm betore th.-en.L \ , . , her father went awav, Talutlo tlirinv biTseW prostrat.; on ttegriKs.ia an a^-.-nv lemor-e an.l i-ontrrtion. rerhaiis'* r^tah wnnld die without ever knowing how she rt^^ented of her im- kindne-s and hastv jndjnnent. I'oor little motherless un.ah: Xaliitlm f^ as if she conld never forpive herseli for ber in^watic^ Evening aii.5 bedtime eft me. liTit still her ^ return, and labitha sobbed herse^' Vjleep- -Father. how isStie?\ yet fearful .inustiou as her i home carlvin the moramp. lootmc weary and wan after his long night* \^The crisis is f.ast. and I think ^e will live now.\ was the answCT that brought tears of jov to Tabrtha s tear- stained eyes. - It was a long time lK>iore riie conld m, to see < >rpah; and when at last she was admtttedtu the sick-room, and saw the fraa shadowv-looking form propped HI. on the niUows. all that she had wanted to sav went away from her. and she could onlv murmuT broken wor^ of sorrow and\ love as the clasped the thin hand. . ,, Sweet-tempered Orpan forgot all the pain that Tabitha had caused her. and iovfuUv accepted the praffered fnend- slup. Whe n at last she waa aide to re- sume her phice among her schoolmal^ a loving welcome awaited her. and she felt that their kindness far more than atoned for their in justice. But Tabitha never forgot the lesson, she iMm^ that aad evening, when ahe feared ahe might never see her little si-hoolin^ igiin; and she often tells her litje granddaughters the story, that th^ may beware of hasty judgment. r reameHn ia ihe Sealh. Tho large increase in the nunte pi creameries establiabed in the Sooth m the last year and a half, remaAs the Tiuia-Democrat, of >'ew Oileaa . las aroused conidderable interest m the Sorth, which sees here ani^er^tam w of Sonthem competition. JUanssqi ^ Tenueasee. ATrginia. and Kenta^ have secured most of these new eataa- Hshments. but with the improvMnent in stodt and the incresee Sn.Btadrf cat- tle these crcamerien murt soon ot^ over the entire Soath aniraikeita nized: that tUa section js m yM adapted for wtimg. on m wou«ww«» , — .— boyish pranks that rtiU remai^ the SothSr-. eve and heart may cl^nsh M *Biea to the memory of the absent rK» Moial, wholMome, tolerant at- ' toy „a tho girl wiUj o „ the varione atagea of gro^ ^Uhood to adult life, droppmg ^halemr is in ita nature jurenile. little m arturiUy m the b,^TOe 'Sn^Seenbal Ie*»; but thefoi^ SSIS^J^ patimice of ^ father and indieHXia mother who wai not be Tabitha i s the leader of the sdool. uS oMies Miorced idlMSMu.: <Mow aatet ot.tha .«iiA^i>,thatior •-wiBt-SBJ.—M--* .«i»t _ _ it mU InS. iwtheplK— hw Two 4Daa one dw went lioa hnnt- i— amm U th«M being eamartdog B i I hi I - ' edaeatku and the - - ' and nn and the girU aU yielded to her away ; K> poor Orpah wM -«mt to C OT ^.\ with the aingle elcepBon of IM tender heart would not lethertreat her sdMolmale eddly. evm Aoa^ herboaon: fHend commanded her to ^°Poor little girl! He r hen t achrf with and a keen aaaae ef Sfirtiee: tor die had syJiy tqf r wh «idiessidahehadao»t«l-d the buttoe. AU she cowld ho^ WM Mae dar the prl . mda dte their •Mlake.aadte ha* tMri^f tb^tlKUa is a «a e erietler^ ter. cheese, etc^ ere no moe pi iiBfalile ptodaels thaa these. Ifce e wUdi lead theeomliyimtta^ their farm proda^ whoHy to their asild {^-^•mnOA TStiia han fhewhtde
