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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-22

A SCOTTISH traveller, who stopped for
few hours in a city in the interior of
India, caught glimpse of a white
woman in a native dress. She was in a
palki, borne on the shoulders of slaves,
which indicated that her rank was high.
On the following day she sent a message
to him that he was the first European
she had seen since her childhood; that
she remembered being dragged away
from her family, while their house was
burning, when she was five years old;
that her name was Lucy; that she had
grown up among the natives, had forgot
ten the English language, and was the
wife of an Indian Prince, and that she
desired to inquire of the traveller about
her parentage. The messenger implored
him to see the woman, who was weeping
at home but before he could do SO she
was removed from the neighborhood,
presumably as consequence of her
communication with the stranger. The
inference is that Lucy is survivor of
the mutiny massacres of 1857.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-22

He who receives good turn should
never forget it; he who does one should
never remember it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-22

ALTHOUGH Hiram Powers is dead,
says recent letter from Florence, the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-22

business of the studio still continues
under the direction of his son, Mr..
Longworth Powers, in connection with
the widow of the senior Powers. The
sculptors are Messrs. Preston and
Longworth Powers, the two sons, both
of whom inherit talent for the art.
Mr.. Preston Powers is at present en-
gagged on portrait busts and Mr.. Long
worth Powers's work is about the same.
The latter has just completed in clay the
bust of the late Oliver Charlick, of New
York. Among the works for sale are
Hiram Powers's three busts of " Faith,
Hope and Charity y"-all exquisite
pieces. They have also just finished
another copy of his " Loulie's Hand"
gem he priced highly. The original
plaster of the celebrated "Greek Slave"
still occupies place in the studio, as
well as the fine figure of "The Last of
Her Tribe" in marble.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02
The Indian Pony.

Tim Indian pony is no coward. He is
quite philosopher, and, although full OF
life and mettle, will not vince ifa volley
is fired beside him, or when his rider dis
charges q carbine between his ears. The
Indians chief care is to accustom the mus
tang to the sounds of battle, so that he is
quite manageable when he is called upon
ITO stand fire. This is an estimable adj
vantage in the war-horse, for in fight -es-
pecially in an Indian fight-a FESTIVE ami
NAL is plague, a nuisance and danger.
In this sense the American horses is far
behind the Indian pony. He will not
stand quietly while the bullets are whiz.
zing around him, and it often takes years
to make him endure the sound of a rifle
discharged from his back. This explains
why our troops have been so awkward, and
for the most part, unsuccessful in their In
dian encounters. Indians, like the Arabs,
adore their horses, and cannot rest easy in
one location. Their nomadic habits the
concal shape of their tents, their untutor-
ed generosity, their superiority on horse
back, all go to prove them Of n kindred
blood with the fierce warriors Of the Afri-
can desert. Their ponies are, in appear
ance, degenerate Arabian horses, having
all the beauty, without the size, of the lat
ter. The Indians and their ponies are well
mated. How strange that, after perhaps
thousands of years the Spanish colonists
should plant in Mexico and the plains of
Texas,th breed of Beroar horses, to furnish,
at this day and for generations past, the
American Arab with means of transporta-
ton.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02
How he Rounded the Lake.

He was a tramp, bound Chicagoward,
and as he boarded the couplers of an in
coming engine, just across the line of In.
diana, one recent dark and chilly night,
he had faith to believe he had " soft
thing" of it for a cheap ride. But the
conductor, with his eagle eye and railway
lantern, soon espied the moneyess passen-
ger on his uncushioned and comfortless
seat.
Did he order him off?
No. He had a deeper plot.
He let him remain, while on and on
went the train, from station to station, I'M
til it reached great tank where the en-
CINE stopped to water up.
Now for him." grnned the heartless
conductor, as he passed to the front.
"Now for him." he maliciously contin-
ued as he grasped the water trough from
the freman's hands and directed it over
the back end of the engine.
"Now for him." he tendishly grunted
as he heard Noah's deluge pouring over
the head and down the back of the luck
less tramp.
All grew still, and the conductor order
ed his train on its way, convinced that he
had drowned the tramp, or at least flooded
him so far away that he could never get
back again.
But when the conductor drove into the
depot in the early morning there was a
surprise in store for him.
"Be you the CONDUCTOR" inquired the
shivering voice at his elbow, as he stepped
on the platform.
yes" said he, looking around and
gazing on bedraggled and cinder-covered
man.
"Then l want ter ask why yer don't run
around the end of the lake in comm inter
town 2"
81 do" said the conductor.
eyer do ?" exclaimed the man.
Certainly" Was the reply.
WELL" muttered the stranger in be-
wildered tone, " blest ifI didn't think yel
swum through the lake"
Then the conductor knew that his tramp
still lived and was water-p proof.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02
THE EGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, MAR. 3, 1877.
The Two SparrOws.

Two sparrows, votaries of Love,
The Mars and Venus of the grove,
Had been, for years, such constant mates,
You would have sworn the very Fates
Were impotent to break the bond
That Joined pair so true and fond.
Together still they sought their food;
Together played in field or wood;
Together built the coy nest
That served for shelter and for rest;
Together fought the feathercd foes
With whom they came to words or blows
In fine, they lived as lovers ought,
Without single selfish thought,
Save such as might concern the twain,
Their mutual joy, or mutual pain.
At last, one day, they CHANGED to get
Their feet entangled in net,
"a vagrant boy had spread the snare
To catch and keep the pretty pairD
And soon, despite their noisy rage,
They both were prisoned in a cage;
Where-much grieve the tale to tell
A sorry scandal now befel;
They scold, recriminate and fight,
Like arrant foes from morn till night;
Until, at length, the wretched birds,
In cruel acts and bitter words
The very furies emulate
Aud all their love is turned to hate,
MORAL.
Full many couple come to strife
And hatred in connubial life,
Whose days of courtship promised fair
AS those of this unhappy pair;
But, like the sparrows in my tale
When trouble comes, their tempers fail;
They blame each other for the fate
Which both should strive 10 mitigate;
With patience helping to endure
The ills that kindness fails to cure.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02

PREcoCIoUs CHILDREN.-Baillet men
tions one hundred and sixty -three children
endowed with extraordinary talents,
among whom few ever arrived at an adj
vanced age. The two sons of Quintillian, so
Wanted by their father, did not reach their
tenth year. Hcrmogenes, who at the age
of fifteen taught rhetoric to Marcus Aure-
Illus, who triumphed over the most cele-
brated rhetoricians of Greece, did not die
at an early age, but at twenty-four lost his
faculties, and forgot all he had previously
acquired. Pico di Mirandoa died at
thirty-two. Johannus Secundus at twenty
five, having at the age of fifteen composed
admirable Greek and Latin verses and be-
coming profoundly versed in jurisprudence
and letters. Pascal, whose genius devel-
oped itself when ten years old, did not at
tain the third Of a century. In 1881, a
child was born at Lubbock, named Henri
Heinneken, whose precocity was miracu-
lous. At ten months of age he spoke dis
tinctly, at twelve learned the Pentateuch
by rote, and at fourteen months was per-
fectly acquainted with the Old and New
Testament. AT two years he was as iamil-
lar with geography and ancient history as
the most erudite authors of antiquity. in
. the ancient and modern languages he was
proficient. This wonderful child was
unfortunately carried off in his fourth year.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02
A Dead Mans Order.

The New Orleans Republican tells this
wicked story: A sugar maker, who might
as well be called Onesimus Smith as any
thing else, died recently in one of our
country parishes. He was not long ill,
and the day before he died he had ordered
Il bill of goods in New Orleans. The news
of the mans death flew on the wings of
wire, but the rrquisilion for supplies came
along on Il slow steam boat way; and ar
rived two or three days afterward. A por-
ton Of the order was sent to a wholesale
drug house for an article used largely in
sugar making. 1t was well managed
drug house, and its order clerk below was
in the habit of communicating through Il
speaking tube with the book keeper
above before filling an order, the object
of this shooting of whispers back and forth
through TIE tin communication being to
ascertain if the pers1n ordering goods was
entitled to credit. In the case we refer
to the order clerk shouted up, "How's ac-
count CT Onesimus Smith y and the infor-
nation was slid down, Accounts o. K,
but we've advices that Smiths dead.''
That's all right" said the man below; "he's
sent for ten barrels of sulphur"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-15
Maine Central Railroad.
CHANGE OF TIME.

On and after Monday, Oct. 9th, 1870,
trains will leave Augusta
For Portland and Boston, 900, 1l.40 A, M, and
1918 p. NJ.
For Roekland, 900, ll.40 A. NJ.
For Pennington, II 40 A. NJ.
For Bath, Lewiston and Portland, 600, lI.40 A,
M, l.25P NJ.
For Waterville and SkowhegaR, $50 P, NJ.
For Belfast Dexter and Bangor, 3.,}5 A. NJ, $50
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
sTKENGTH or GTBR.GLr.IR.

Gibraltar, for more than one hundred
and seventy years, has been in a condi-
I ton TO defy any quarter. 1t is 4 mass
/ of solid gray marble, connected with the
southern extremity of Spanish Auda-
lusia by narrow peninsula, which Is
entirely commanded by the fortress.
The rock, at its highest point i ,439 feet
above the level of the sea, is completely
honeycombed with batteries, bOmb-proof
and every species of defensive contriv-
ance. Cannon of the largest calibre
frown along its face, steep esearps bar all
paths up the almost perpendicular as
cent, immense cisterns and magazines
furnish abundant supplies of water and
ammunition, and there is always a sufii-
cient stock of provisions to last three
years. The ordinary garrison consists of
about 5000 infantry, 900 artillery and
picked corps of engineers; and in case
of emergency there are accommodations
for double this force. The last and most
memorable siege Gibraltar endured
begun in June, 1879, and ended in Feb
ruary, 1888. The combines armies and
fleets of France and Spain pounded the
impregnable walls in vain for the three
and eight months, and then gave up the
hopeless task. The British lost 333
killed, 536 from disease, IS from deser-
ton, and the wounded numbered ,OOS.
The casualties on the other side are not
known. Since then there has been no
attempt to rob England of her priceless
possession; a possession, by the way, of
which she robbed Spain. The presen:
strengthening of Gibraltar means that
England does not intend to be caught
mapping" and that the government does
not know how soon this matchless citadel
may be needed as base of operations in
the Mediterranean and the further east.
Louis XIV threatened to turn the tide
less sea into Ga French lake. Alex
ander, if he had the opportunity, would
gladly make it Russian lake; but as
long as England holds Gibraltar; the
key of the western door; the Mediter-
ranean is, to all intents and purposes, an
English NashUiHe 4merican.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
TIE GR-fNDPI.

the grandpa IL an individual, aged
somewhere between fifty and one hun
dred years, and IL common occurance
IN most well regulated familys.
Next TO a healthy mother-in law, tney
have more bizness on hand than emmy
other party in the household
They are the standard authority on all
leading topicks, and what they don't
know about things that happened sixty
iive yearsago, orwhat wiIlhappenfor the
next three years to come, il damage for
everybody to kno.
Grandaas are not entirely useless /;
they are handy. to hold babies. and feed
Pig, and are very smart at mending
broken broom-handles or putting up the
Clothes line on washing days.
| havesee grandpas that churn good
but konsider it a mighty mean trick te
set an Old man over eighty years tc
cl urning butter.
an. willing to rock the baby Will,
swimmen fosks are bling soap; 1 an
rsddy to kut rags to work-int rag car
pets; they kan keep me hunting hen'i
eggs. or picking green burrants ;or 1 vii
- evendip handles or kore apples for sass
but won't churn.
have examined myself on the subject
aud will be; jacknife that Josh Billing
wont churn.
Grandpas are poor help at bringing uI
children they are full Of precept anc
k&tskisnn, bat tae young ones all seem t,
understand that grandpa minds them ,
hrap lssare than they mind grandpa
josh E.Hngs.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

I don't know half the time whether
am here in the body or not. It is lust
like going into another room-into that
room (pointing to the open parlor door
near HIM. why, this world and the
next are Joined as closely as my two
hands opening them and placing them
together, one above the other, with palms
reserved; there they are-no break, no
break between, no gulf to pass. / feel
every dav like one who walks by hedge.
and is looking for gate, gap to 20
through, TO walk on the other side
After that the subject Was one of COM
mon talk, and was spoken of in the
midst of everyday sffairs. Frequently.
when he was spoken to be would look
up, smile and place his hand. as / have
described saying. Ne break, no break
God was good to him. He had tried to
lead the people to ts4;:ss aud right in this
-'7 II not gireisss - = - sss,- -ss-zsl
to lead them gsnlSarther-to belief in
the life beyond, toward the great Center
OF Truth and Right itself"
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

struck her, and then fell down on the
floor. ] screamed, because l thought be
was dead. The black man, who drove
the horses, came up stairs and helped
mother to get him to bed She said he
was sick. He used TO scream and fight
if any one went near him. 1t was the
red wine thst made him 30, mother said.
And then one night he died, and there
was a grand funeral. After that mother
packed up our clothes, and went 10 live
where she could earn some money I'VE
have only got two little rooms, now.
Mother sews on machine. Sometimes
she cries all night, guess"
He had been talking very fast, but
stopped suddenly.
Mr.. Leonard moved easily.
tn's r '''--.- pan wanted to tell me-
Yes, sir. Every time i come by the
window and see YOU sitti9@S.-sa,e sCSss5s
make me sass-.l...r ~. =. ~
c'efets11'1f YOU had any'little boy athetnes;
and how be and his mother would fcss II
ysu should die of the red wine" And
then the tears came and Eddie Boynton
slid down from the big chair and stood
beside Mr.. Leonard, who had turned his
face away. Eddie wondered if the gen
tleman was crying, too. lie could not
see the big brown eyes, for his head was
dropping upon his breast.
I'm going now, sir. Mother wi
have my supper all ready, and be fright
ened if / don't come" And before Mr..
Leonard reused from his painful reverie,
the child had slipped from the warm,
CHEEKY room, and was running down the
dark street, home to mis- waiting mother
In all the years to come, Arthur Leon.
ard and Eddie Boynton, man and boy,
may never meet again. The room in the
luxurious clubhouse is deserted the fire
Is out, the room is dark. the heavy cur
tain drawn at the big window; but in a
beautiful home the brown eyes look
lovingly at sweet woman, and 70 the
rosy boy that hangs, about his neck, the
father whispers, "God bless you, my
child, and keep US from the destruction
of the red wine"
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
4 Thoroughly Iraciicai Joke.

\ young man of eighteen or twenty,
student in a university, took a walk one
day with professor who was commonly
called the students friend, such was his
kindness to the young men whom it was
his Office to instruct.
While they were now walking to-
gether, and the professor was trying to
! lead the conversation TO grave subjects,
they saw pair of old shoes lying in the
path, which they supposed belonged to
a poor man who had nearly finished his
days work.
The young student turned to the pro-
fessor, saying, g Let us play the man a
trick. We will hide his shoes and con-
ceal ourselves behind these bushes, and
watch to see his perplexity when he can
not find them"
Ny dear friend, answered the Po-
fessor, 4" we must never amuse ourselves
at the expense of the poor. But youare
rich, and may give your.elf much
greater pleasure by means of this poor
man. Put a crown apiece if you have
them, in each shoe, and then we'll hide
ourselves"
The student, luckily having two crown
pieces, did so, and then placed himself
with the professor, behind the bushes
hard by, through which they could
easily watch the laborer, and see what
ever wonder or JOY he might express.
The poor man soon finished his work,
and came across the field to the path
where he had left his coat and shoes.
While he put on his coat, he slipped one
foot into one of his shoes. Feeling some
thing hard, he stopped down and found
the crown. Astonishment and wonder
were upon his countenance. He gazed
upon the crown, turned it around and
looked again and again; then he looked
around on all sides, but could see no one.
Now he put the money into his pocket,
and proceeded to put on the other shoe;
but what was his astonishment when he
found the other crown. His feelings
overcame him. He fell upon his knees,
looked up to heaven and uttered loud
and fervent thanksgiving, in which he
spoke of his wife sick and helpless, and
his children, who, by sons unknown
hand, would be saved from perishing,
The young man stood there deeply af-
fected, and with tears in his eyes.
Now" said the professor, are you
not better pleased than # yeu had played
your intended trick ?"
ooh, dearest sir, answered the youth,
you have taught me a lesson now that
l will never forget. l feel the truth of
the words now which | never before un-
delstood--'It is more blessed to give than
TO receive" :"
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
IHHOR T1IITTJ.

The wife of W. :. Robinson G. War
rington," the well-known newspaper cor
respcndent), in her biography of him
says:
"a few weeks before his death he sat
one day, as was his wont, before his open
fire, in a meditative posture, with his
hands at rest. His wifi; spoke to him
and he looked up, with the bright smile
SO we'll remembered by all who knew
him, and said: 1t is curious how the
immortality of the soul grows upon you.
As have been sitting here day after
day it has come to me, and I am sure oi
of it-as sure of it, and of living again
rs am that am here-more sure for
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
FOL. XIII. NO II.
LAsrsIE OF GfaRlLrIR

=
The most memorable, in some respects,
q all the fourteen sieges TO which Glib
idltar has been subjected was the last,
called the great SIEGE" one of the
tighty struggles of history, which be-
ean in the year 1879. The famous Gen
ga. Elliott was commander ofthe fortress.
spain, in alliance with France and Mo-
tJcco, endeavored to surprise Gibraltar /;
Int Swedish ship gave Elliott the
siarm. The garrison comprised but five
companies of artillery, and the whole
--,rce was less than $500 men. The
knemy's force was 1900. The siege was
commenced By the blockading Of the
port, ami a camp was formed at san
siogue with the design Of starving out the
Garrison. When the English governor
esolyed to open FIRE upon his besiegers,
laaa in t. garrison fred the first shot.
tve15 = X rnisa-sqare f.nriops4
,zzs11- did slSs for nearfy rnfee yc-----ls1,.s'S
garrison was often reduced TO sore strait:
Of food a goose was worth a guinea
and Elliott trieI upon himself the ex
pertinent Of living upon four ounces &
day for n week. Exciting stories are
told of the privateers that ran in, amidst
terrible dangers, with provisions, and o.
the storms which threw welcome wood
and cork within reach of tn, besieged
The rock at one time would assuredly
have been taken had it not been for Ad
miral Rodney, who, sailing OFF the straits
captured small fleet of Spanish ship
and merchantmen, aud clearing tb,
straits of besiegers, brought his prize:
into port. But all danger was not ye
averted; Gibraltar was again blockaded
scurvy broke out in the garrison, anC
Morocco refused her harbor to the Eng
lish ships. The enemy crept closer anC
closer, but relief coming now and ther
enabled the English still to hold out
The bombardmen were fearful to en-
dure. "The city was almost destroyed
scarcely house habitable, and thos
left standing pierced by shot and she'll.
At one time the desperate garrison fel
to plundering the town; Elliott shot thu
leaders in this outrage. The long agony
full of terrific c9mbats and frightful pri
yations, ended by the final abandomen
of the siege in 1883. If in that year the
English had to make up their minds tina
they must let 20 their American colonies
they had at least the consolation tha
Gibraltar was still theirs. - HaylcT,
Magazine Jor June.