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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-30
A ROMAN VENDETTA.
How the Skill of a Sculptor Be-
trayed Him.

1
trayed Him.
In Rome last year there was 9
mOdel.girl named Guglia Setacci,
who was a wonder of beauty among
all the painters and sculptors. Two
nsted sculptors, who were brothers,
Ernesto and Gabriel Bagnagetti,
fell desperately in love with the
siren, who was as ccquettish as
beautiful, and the result was fierce
quarrel, in which Ernesto was killed (;
after which the beautiful cause of
the fratricide fed with young bri-
gand while the murderer escaped
the law only to fall victim to the
most racking and maddening re-
morse. The image of the dead
brother returned to him in the guise
of love, as he had been before the
beautiful Guglia had estranged them
and his love for the woman turned
to bitter hate. He conceived what
the Italians believe in as a sort of
superstition and duty, a vendetta,
that is, sworn vengeance. He dis
guised himself, and, upon the re-
port of visit to Paris, frequented
the haunts of the thieves and bri-
gands of Rome, where Guglia habit
ually went. He was not long in
finding her, but it took six months
to persuade her into his residence
and win her confidence; which be
did, however, at last. and under so
perfect a disguise that she never
suspected who he was. In carrying
out his vendetta he had become
poor, and was obliged to work at
wood carving to make q livelihood.
He carved figures of saints, and the
work was so beautiful that the saints
never waited long for purchasers,
One day Gulgia disappeared sud
denly, and three days afterward her
mangled corpse was found in the
Tiber; but who the murderer was
nobody could even suspect. The
wood carver disappeared ten days
afterward, and in his room the land
lord found the blood-stained gar
ments of the beautiful model-girl
and keep sculptor's tool, with evi-
dences on it of the crime; so that
it was plain that Guigia's last friend
the wood carver-had done it.
But where to find him was the qnes-
tion which no detective could an.
swer. In the meantime the sculp-
tor, whe had been supposed to be
visiting Paris, appeared in Rene
again. A month ago, long after the
crime had ceased to interest any.
body, an artist happened to be in
the police headquarters and noticed
figure in wood Of St. Sebastian,
and was SO much struck by its beau.
ty that he inquired why and how it
came in such place.
Why, said an officer, that saint
was made by the wood carver who
murdered the pretty model-girl. He
left it when he ran of.
Then" exclaimed the artist, 81
can tell you who the murderer is
for I'll swear that figure is the work
of Gabriel Bagnagetti. No other
sculptor in Rome could have done
it,"
Gabrieps remerse had been wiped
out by the accomplishment of his
vendetta but no sooner did the off,
GERS confront him with the figure Of
st, Sebastian, and The opinion OF
the artist, than he burst into a fran
tic fit of rage and confessed the
crime. His artistic skill had be-
trayed him through all his precau.
tions, and by means Of his patron
saint.
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The medium.sized bov aniovs h;

The medium-sized boy enjoys his
mornings practicing baseball, aud
humiliates himself afternoons by
teasing his mother for half dollar
to pay for the broken glass next
door, with an earnest plea mot 10
let on before dad
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form that We can really appreciate.
This conclusion, however. may be
problematic. but we shall anxiously
await its determination. trusting that
it may be in our favor.
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Cipher This.

If our readers are inclined toward
deciphering the mysterious, we Of
fer them the annexed puzzle and
recommend the original riddle to the
careful consideration of cur readers
who think it means them:
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-30
Viii.

Thus spoke the Angel and the
Devil, in each Of whom instinct had
proved itself so much more power
full than interest; and ever since
then each has resumed his former
functions, and still the Angel pro-
tects the little feet for which the
DemOn ceaselessly spreads his
gnares.
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By a careful and oon.
tinued application for
8 time it may be solv-
ed. and we can but
think, when solved, a
not very great length
of time will elapse be.
fore the benefit of this
solution will be felt in
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Meantime not far from there a
chubby, sturdy, boy ef seven. COW
citing birds nest, had scrambled up
into tree. The Devil, like the An.
| gel invisible, hovered around, wish.
ing to approach and protect the
child from danger lest it should
break It's neck and go and be an an
| gel and with the angels stand, but
it is difficult for the angel of the pit
to vanquish his aversion to the So
ciety of such sinless little souls.
The boy placed his foot on a
treacherous bough, which sWayed and
cracked beneath his weight. Now
was the Devils time to lend him q
wing and hold him up, but from
sheer force of habit His Satanic Ma
jesty added trifie of pressure TO the
bough. it snapped, the boy fell head
long to the ground below and the
innocent soul auttered straight up to
the gates of Paradise.
VII.
A cloud came up in the sky and
the children went their ways, as did |
the Angel and the Demon.
''It is very clear to me-" said the
Angel, ''that all I'm fit for is to love
and protect the children. Statistics
are all very we'll for men, but for an.
gels they do not begin to answer.
Let me, therefore, continue to be
the guardian of innocence, feeble
ness and beauty; then if when he
grows up any one Of my wards insists
on courting perdition that will be his
lookout"
II never was cut out for a nursery
geverness." soliloquized the Devil
at the same instant, "for 1 cannot
bear children no matter how good
Or rather how bad they are. Let me,
therefore, continue to spread sRares
'or their little tootsies pootsies; +; If l
make no profit out of the young
,nes it will be hard if when they
grow up the tables of average ex-
of immortality are not
proved accurate"
VIII. }
Thus spoke the Angel and the :
Devil, in each of whom instinct had
proved itself so much more power
ul than interest; and ever since
hen each has resumed his former
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"Heavens-that is to say not
Heavens - exclaimed the Devil as
he laid down the treatise, II will be
that is to say, I've discovered the
biggest thing on ice-I mean on fire
and birthstone. If all humankind
should perish before coming to years
of indiscretion and go straight to
heaven that would be the end Of this
little winter resort. What 1 must
see TO, if 1 hope to keep abreast of
the times, is that no one shall die
before coming Of peccable age. What
an aGjectived fool 1 was not to see
this before 1t is not absolutely in.
cumbent upon me to turn dry nurse
to the little darlings. That would
be encroaching on the other angels
department but it is clearly souls
10 my pocket to see that the dear
children-Heaven bless them =
don't get into any more trouble than
1 can help"
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Nv. Z.

So soliloquized the two angels,
while on earth one mother, behold.
ing her frst-born attach a tin can to
a mad dogs tail, cried, "The very
devil is in that young one u and an
other, seeing the image Of its father
roll down a long fight of stairs in
company with a coal-scuttle, ex-
claimed, "If the Guardian Angel
had not had his wings around and
under thee 1 might have put away
thy little wagon thou wOuldst not
have needed it any more"
They were both wrong.
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Behold, therefore, the Guardian
Angel and the Enemy of Souls going
about their days work, each con-
vinced that it was his duty to change
his course of action, the Angel anx-
ious to see the little one break their
necks as speedily as possible and
the Devil on the alert to answer the
prayers of fond mothers that their
children might be spared to good
or, to speak more accurately. bad
old age.
Thoroughly permeated with the
spirit of their new characters they
stationed themselves In the Park of
a bright summers afternoon, when
along every avenue Of the great city
trOoped the joyous little creatures
that the Angel instinctively regard.
ed with pride, delight and ssIicitude,
and the Devil as instinctively with
gloom aad repugnance.
Among them in particular was q
golden'headed little cherub of four
years, around whom the unseen An.
gel lowered, in spite OF his resolu-
ton, like butterfly around a flower.
Escaping from its careless nurse,
the little thing had squeezed its
way through the iron railing that
surrounded a fountains basin, and
was tottering on the brink of the
water aud just about to tumble in,
when, just at the critical moment,
the Angel, yielding to its good in
stinct, with one touch of its pinion
pushed the child back and invisibly
melted its nurse to rescue it.
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"Great Heavens !" remarked the
Good Angel;" "what is this dis.
cover? The longer a human being
lives the less chance he has of reach.
ing heaven, whereas if he dies during
his years of innocence he infallibly
comes here. This being the case,
it is the height of absurdity on my
part to guard and protect the little
ones, and it is to their interest as
well as to ours that they should
break their blessed necks ere they
reach the age of temptation and sin.
What an arch.idiOt I have been not
to have sooner discovered this singu-
larly simple trath! Of course it is
not my place to push the babies
dow stairs or to tip over their peram-
bulators-that would be trespassing
upon the province of my honorable
friend the gentleman lin black from
down below. but hereafter 1 Ger.
tainly shall not put myself out to
spoil fun for the coroner"
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ASSORTED GUARDIAN AN.
GELS.
A Memorable Reversal Of Their
Functions and What Came
of it.

Once upon time there was pub
lished in the other world book, By
these esteemed bad, by those good.
It was volume Of statistics show
ing the ages of those who passed
from life ana their average destina-
tions, and it made very clear the
fact that the longer one lives upon
earth the greater the chances are
that he will sizzle 10 the DEVILS fry
ing-pau.
On the day that this book was
published not copy of it remained
unsold. Every one purchased it.
either to gloat over it or to anathe-
matize it, the result being the same,
of course, to the author and the
publisher. Not a being was there
in either sphere that did not read
this volume-its author was a sky
waiter in st. Peters custom house
and it is not difficult to imagine that !
the Guardian Angel and the Devil
devoured it's contents eagerly and
came to entirely different conclu-
siens concerning them.
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2. Child has bad earaehe. Dip a
plug Of cotton wool in olive oil, warm
it and keep it out of draughts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-08
DIED.

DIED.
CABILL or cholera infautum, on Monday
morning, july =, lS5s at u oeiocf n ma n jon or
seven months and seventeen days.
Funeral viii take pla from the resi- 1ence Of his
parents, No 1ll7 New Jersey avenue. Bat geen Ne0
attend. a
COIN. Monday morning, July 2, 1879, ct IL
O'Clock, HENRY COIN, well known citizen. In htG
Funeral from st. Joseph's church, at Q O'Clock
friends are invited to attend.
EICHHORN On July z. 1879. ct 4 80 Pm. Co
ClIl ELIZABETH, dauRhter Of Rudolph and Ann =
Eichhorn. aged seven months and fifteen days
The funeral y Ill take place Wednesday evening"
at O'Clock, from the residence Of her parents. No
COZ bird street northwest. Friends Of the family
are rsspectfuly invited to attend tBaltimcss
KARNER. At IL o'c'ock July s, ls79cf consump-
tion at The residence of her brother In law. Jou9h
Willard. $50 Eighth street northeast. ERMIHA J.
KARNER.
Funeral services at the house. IL NJ July 9. In
ferment ct family burytng ground. Aiexandr1As
MURRAY. On the morning OF July z, 1878. HuaR
HTERAY. seed fiftyshIes ye.rS ...., ,,,s,~
July g. at AZ O'Clock, from his late residence ooe
ner Twenty fourth etreet ana Pennsylvanta av1nuA
Requiem mass 1T St. Stephens church.
STEEP. OF meningitis. ON Monday. July Z. 1873,
T. NJ. and Mary A. Steep. aged years. months
No bitter tears had he 20 veep,
No Gins to be forgiven;
But to close his little ey q In sleep,
To oDen them In Heaven.
Funersl win take place from his psrents' rod
derce, No. 1905 New Hampshire ayenus northwegt.
on wednesday, July 9th, ct 81 O'Clock m Hala-
ayee and friends are respectfully invited 70 attsnAs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-08

MAsToDON SKELETON FoUND-On Satur
day some bones Of a mastodon were discovered
In the swamp On the farm of Hugh Kelly In the
town OF New Windsor. seven miles southwest
or NeWburgh, NY. Excavations were irnme-
ciately begun and still continue. The follow
Ing have been secured, and it is thought the
entire skeleton Will be found: The dimensions
In inches-scull Is long, IS wide, % high. 23l,
Between tie eyes; diameter OF nostrils 6inches
nostrts extending into the head 2 feet, Four
teeth were found 10 each jaw In an excel
lent state Of preservation. The enamel Is
OF blush tint, and unbroken. The four
teeth are eight-pointed, measure by
81 inches, and stand inches out OF
the jaw. The four front teeth are six
pointed, and measure Az by ~ inches All
the bones OF the legs have been found except
two pieces. The length OF the foreleg fnclud-
ing the sEoulder-blade, is feet, and the Shout
der-blade SO by % 4 inches. The sockets OF the
knee joints are from to inches fn diameter.
Twenty-four ribs have been found thus far. the
largest measuring &c inches. Numerous verte-
bl &c have been excavated, with part OF the feet.
The pelvis and other portions OF the skeleton
have not yet been discovered. It Is supposed
the animal stood IL feet high. The bones have
been found In muck from to feet deep. and
were resting on blue clay In the same swale
where the famous skeleton mentioned In all the
works On paleOntolOgy, and now In Boston, was
found In 1915, three miles distant from that
SPOT.
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THIS AFTRRNOON.
rHOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.

a On WIEN s 81 EAE9
G GER4aaeaEIf40M HSpk p o. HMPKoyEP By
THE ROBINSON BROTHERS. ""nND 0A
by virtue OF deed OF trust. dated on the IL
2a No w. Z. ls.s 1 d ny 9ss
records Of the District Of Columbia and subject to
ssnother deed Of trust. dated On the 9th August.
No. !5S, at PAGES ~, &C, under which said last
mentioned deed Of trust there is due the sum Of
$4,000 with interest thereon at the rate Of ten (I0
at the written request Of the party secured
by said first mentioned deed Of trust, the sub.
scrlbers will sell at public auction, to the
TUESDAY. the sth day Of July. is7S, ct O'clock
town, in said District. and described as follows: Al
in peters Square" beginning for the same 1t the
southwest corntr Of said Lot u. Water street"
and extending essterly on said street "a IL feet
said front and northwArdfy l23 feet to an alley.
with the improvements, rights and appurtenancss
to the same sSfongnE and also all the tools @pe
the grantors in said first recited deed of trust in
their business constructed upon said hereinbefore
desSr1Dea ap sssmses and noted upon schedule
the be sold For the real estate prov e.
It Ss and
centum per annum, with the expenses Of sale and
taxes III cash; for The balance the purchaser shall
twelve 2 months after sae with interest at six fSj
per ceLtum per annum from the day of sale. snd to
be secured by deed Of trust upon the premises
conveysneing at purchasers cost. If the terms Of
sale be not complied with in five days from time of
eaae resale will be had at cost and risk Of default
CHIMES 81 hhGE M. mArrHnws,} Trustees.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES
STATE.

By virtue of a decree OF the Circuit Court Ia
dsr sqa &c oG %
sslI at public sale, at the Mansion House, on "Oxon
II ns Ve1hs oh ssE
the Si,t day of July, 1879 at the hour of II O'Clock
osl ssi tie Ha pary 81
Thomas Berry. az follows. TO wit:
R oso Tsf III dsrc
said county, and be rdering on the Potomac River
sssrso Seher with s
Manor. !" Pleasant Hills Barnaby Manor" and
o3on @Ggs Or s Th
the woodland % above described. contains 6s3 TOO
the a has
Sy pss
Il IS distant aa1 m
.h PUBLIC
which is part OF tue place 1t win be sold in Lots
suit srS OF as Whole It has npon
1xe,l2 hhg the pStom &C River and the cities of
npaldinss district in said county. at or near Suit
37i acres more or less This farm is situated about
ducts OF the county It as Isen divided. By recent
So Part Of ., Trac. Of Land. called Marietta"
situated at GLENDALE" on the Baltim ore and Poto
mac railroad. in Bowie district in said county con-
aiming, by recent survey, 222 l-16 acres, more or
leee The soil is kind and well adapted to the growth
Of fruits and vegetables It's easy accsss from wash
ington ana Baltimore by rail- and its healthfu loca-
ton. renders it valuable both for market purposes
and residences.
Terms Of sale: One third Ct the purchase money
to be paid In cash the day OF sale, or ratification
thereof by the Court and the residue in equal in
salments Of and two years from the day of SALE
the Whole to bear interest from the day Of sale and
the purchaser. Nth security. to be approved BY the
Thu e+ The Trustees will require the purchasers
to del cst with the at the time of SALE amounts
proper tomato to their respective purchases from
*58 to $500.
Persons DESTROYS Of purchasing are invited to view
the premises prior to the day Of sale.
Convey anti ing at cost of purcha sers.
+ 3 RHh + HhsGNsEErs. JAZZ Trustees
IT n. B-Address Trustees, at Upper Msrlb ,ro',
or tlaus nsburg, Prince Georges county, Md.
July 4, 1879.
fafd JHoMAs e. BIRRY are hereby notified to file
,beir csims properly anthepticat-d with the CLERK
Of the Circuit Cou within three months from the
day Of eale
JOSEPH K. ROBRTH, JR,t ,uu,..
jy8.2aw8t N. O. STEPHEN, Irus'ees-
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SE-ATchbishop Purcell has arrived home In
Cincinnati In excellent health

az Archbishop Purcell has arrived home In
CINCINNATI In excellent health.
az Baltimore negro went home drunk and
docked into bath tub to sober himself; but
he forgot to take his head out OF the water, and
was crow6ed.
u Chas. Norton has been detained ct Ma
con, Ca, on requisition from the Governor OF
Pennsylvania, charged with constructive lar.
ceDy and bigamy. Ii is said he has had dvo
wives In different parts OF the Union.
"a Daniel Moore OF Fayston, VT, believed
Mrs. FoSs to be widow when he married her
thirteen years ago, and so did she; but Fuo8
las returned alive, and the woman has eorroW.
fully separated from Moore, although she ro.
fuses to rejoin her first husband.
eE The man who goes fishing and sits in q
cramp inviting posture on q narrow thwarC
from early morn TIL dewy eve, and calls IL fun,
Is the same chap that never goes to church be.
cause the pews aren't comfortable,@t Yoakeya
Gazette.
U-The city council of Pueblo, Col, passed
an ordinance against the carrying OF concealed
weapons, and on the following day most Of tho
male residents appeared on the streets with re-
volvers and daggers stuck In belts outside Of
their coats.
IK-Stong drink is the curse OF Africa, &C.
cording to Mr.. Mckay, Missionary on the
American Board. go where you wflI,r he
says, ..you will find every night, when grain ID
plentiful, every man. woman, and child reeling
with the effects OF alcohol"
eEA grand jury at Spartansburg s. c., has
lynchers was IAN outburst OF popular indiana
ton which merely anticipated the sentence OF
the law OF the land, /" and refused TO tndict any.
body concerned in the outrage
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THE EVENING STAR.
EUESDAY......... s. 1872
The Harvest.

The harvest OF winter wheat has progressed
northward TO nearly the extreme limits OF the
winter wheat-growfng sections OF the western
country. except the Michigan district which in
cruces horthern Indiana and northern Ohio.
Wnere the wheat viii probably be cut during
me coming week. Two days OF continuous rain
the past week has retarded harvest work and
put pack threshing about a week In most OF the
ONO valley, but this has not, necessarily, In
JuIe1 the kernel OF the wheat, The fall barley
Wn!cG has not been secured, will doubtless be
stained: The quality of the winter wheat is
generally good. Most OF the Kentucky wheat
winch has come to this market 80 far is injured
by smut, but that from Indiana Is IN prime
oIoer, ara the indiana Farmer OF last Saturday
says That its reports from nearly ali the coun-
Ties In the states give assurance that the
quality Is unusually good In all respects and
mat the yield Will turn out more bushels
than ever before In the history OF the
state. The Fultze wheat leads all OF the
newer varieties In acreage and in Yield, and
the Ciawson has produced well. In few coun-
ties the Old Mediterranean has been largely
grown. Regarding the wheat In East TenneS-
see, the Knoxville Chronicle says that It is OF
crop exceeded the brightest antictpations. Ia
some sections the yield was hardly up TO expac-
!atlonS, but In others 1t was greater ana all has
peen secured In good condition. In Virginia
ana Mary land the wheat has been harvested ia
good condition, and the yield and quality are
both satisfactory, the crop being, It IS Thought.
d iall average. In Illinois the winter wheat is
unnoImiy reported TO be OF good quality, and I'm
champaign and surrounding counties the Yield
Is reported TO be above the average, but In
In Northern and Western Missouri and I'm Fast.
ern Kansas there Is a large yield OF wheat. ard
The quality is unusually good. Fayorable
weather for threshfng is ali that is now re.
crops ever garnered In this country.-[cincir-
matt Price Current.
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How TO SwIM-The editor OF the London
Truth, after observing that probably not one In
twenty OF the persons who indulge In boating
readers how to acquire this accomplishment
Nothing" he says. sis more easy. When the
air Is out OF body its owner sinks; when the
air is In the body the owner floats. Let any one
slowly draw In his breath as he draws back his
legs and pushes forward his arms, retain it
While he Is preparing for the stroke which is to
propel him, and slowly allow 1t to go through
his lips as his arms are passed back from before
his head to his sides, and his legs are stretched
out. The action OF the stroke should not be
quite horizontal, but should be made on slight
pie take weeks TO learn how to swim Is because
swimming professors either do not know or DO
not choose to teach the philosophy OF breath
Ing, so as to render the body buoyant. would
engage to make any one tolerable swimmer
III an hour, unless he be congenital idiot"