The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-01

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and mental energy, counts It's victims by
tens "f thousands. 4 holocaust OF minds
sacrificed to the demon of diSc0rd. the
foe OF happiness. III morality. Of success.
BORNE IN ON US"
One of the most striking of these
stories of presemtimcnt. OF how Il fact ex-
iStin@ was borne IN on the mind of one
able to act on il tor good uses. was told
rs many years ago by il sweet. mild, low
ing and piolS Quaker lady. who had all
the virtues. if this one special weakness
Of her sect. She said that her mother
provisions. and to whom WAS vouchsafed
precognition of facts greater tan that
given to most. In Oldcn days she would
have been Il Soccress: and in the days
which believed in witchcraft, how great
Socyrr her piety. she would have been in
danger or the stake. Living in more en-
lightcned times, she was respected for
the faculty which once would have been
Tor her condemnation. About two miles
across the fields from her house lived a
Quaker couple. of slender means and
painful history. Always i'll poverty,
they were often assisted by the Friends
who lived round about. and they We're
kept from starvation mainly through eN-
trancuus aid. One winters night, about
- o clock, the mother of our friend was
suddenly it was borne in on her, that
her two poor co-rcii~ioniSts two miles off
across the fields We're in distress. This
conviction was SO strong that she packed
up basket Of provisions took ii lantern,
and. late as it WAS. set Oft to the house in
question. Arrived there in due time. she
SAM light under the door. They had
not vet gone to bed. She knocked, and
it was opened to her. She found the
couple sitting on two chairs in the middle
of the room. without food or fire with
only the light Of their own candle to il
iumine their utter wrCtchcdneSS. They
had been for two days without food. but
they expressed no surprise when they
saw her. They simply said, I'VE We're
waitin" to see what the Lord would send
us in answer To our prayers Forever
after this dear woman and her daughter
our friend. believed III divine inspiration
of that thought that fear. which sent Il
delicate lady. then no longer young. two
miles across he fields on a leak
winters night But were ung"aly
enough to say. Ii this were really divine
inspiration. why not have come i'll the
daylight? Or. better STILL why did not the
man 90 Up to the house himself, max"
his wants known. and have them relieved
without exposing his bene!actrcSs to the
risk Of losing her life as the result Of her
clarity?" When We anaiyzr these stories
,cc always come on such lapse Of COM
mon sense is This. To have gone out
and sought practically and actively for
lelr wouIi have been Il mort righteous
and mani, wa> 81 seeking he lord than
to remain quietly and snpineiE III the
house. letting others have all the trouble
and the risk.
Another less touching and far more
ghastly story was told us not long since.
Some few years ago there was Il specially
horrible and revolving murder in Russia.
The details were too fearful 70 be even
alluded to here: but we remember the
story quite well, as it was given in the
friend who told us the following story of
prcseutiment-a Gernal-EuSsiall-aSk
us if we remembered this special murder.
We answered in the affirmative, Then he
said: - had q strange piece of present.
ment connected with that man. lie was
my Russian master the Count, our
Ceurland-''.l man whom | never liked.
yet of whose private life knew nothing
evil: indeed. there WAS nothing then to
know. One day, when he came to give
me my usual lesson. had the Strangest
and the most overpowering feeling. Some
one seemed to touch my shoulder, and
some one seemed to whisper in my ear,
'Ged lid of him When the lesson was
over paid him all owed him. and dis
missed him from further attendance. He
made no remark. and left in peace. Two
days after this, Il friend OF mine who
wanted to take lessons i'll the Russian
language, asked NE for the address of
this man. ! said We should pass by his
house. when we could call. and my friend
could arrange terms and hours. We
reached the house and Knocked at the
duor-knocked hard and ottcn-but re-
ccivcd no answer. Then we left, with
the intention of calling again few hours
later We went to the public gardens
and sat there for some time, then set out
again for our second visit. rs we walk
ed along the street 4 policeman stopped
us, sti't "l''hN w INV. Nv t'NNSt -
knew anything OF this man. | said yes. |
did, and that was now on my way TO see
him. NO. he answered, Ito not go he
is dead. He had committed suicide
after having committed the murder, NJ
tended bv he most revolving. the most
awful details to which We have alluded
and the very moment whcn the Count
and his friend knocked at the door of his
apartment he must have been in death
agony. = have always Thought. said
the Count. III conclusion. :" that this was
a true prcS"nt,nrnt do not pretend to
say how it came or why: but il was
true.
GEN. BUTLER AS A LAWYER.
General Rullcr'S income from fees
alone is between $50 900 and 5000 900 a
year. Some time ago he received Il re-
tainer of 500. 00o i'll one case. His lib
cra!itV Is great. and his brother lawyers