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Year: 1879

dearest hopes, spoke of his love, of his
future happiness, of their speedy mar
rage He reminded Matilda that her
hand belonged to him, and he requested
her to look often upon the ruby of his
mothers ring while thinking of him. He
concluded by announcing a happy tiding.
He was charged by his ambassador TO be
the bearer of important dispatches to
Paris. Before month was over he
would again see his beloved Matilda.


The letter was put into the counts
hands. He saw through it all. He went
to Matilda's apartment with the open let
ter in his hand, and, handing it to her,
said coolly:


Il can imagine your scruples, but why
did you not explain yourself sooner: You
have sworn that your hand will belong
only to him! Very well as soon as h,
arrives l shall take it upon myself to
make your promise good, added he, with
a frightful smile.


Matilda did not even shudder; she
seemed to have nothing more to fear upon
earth


In short time Napoleon returned to
Paris; but he was much altered. Grief
and despsir had preyed upon his heart, for
he had heard of his misfortune.


The day after his arrival small ebony
box was presented to him, which had
been brought by servant in livery. He
opened it. His horror and anguish might
more easily be imagined than described.
That casket contained a bloody hand
the hand of a woman-Matilda's hand
On a paper, stained with blood, he read
these words: $50 does the Countess
de - keep her word" Roaring with
rage and Indignation, he took his pistols
and flew to the counts house.


The count and Matilda had disap-
peared during the night, few hours
after the bloody deed, and no one knew
whittier they had gone.


On the night Napoleon had recognized
his mothers ring on the doctors chain,
he had gone to that ball because secret
presentiment had urged him thither.


The next day DIR. Lisfranc and his an
tagonist met in the wood of Nincennes.
The doctor received a severe wound be-
low the armpit. He lay long in danger,
but hopes were entertained of his .rccov
cry. Before leaving his adversary, the
doctor related to him the incidents of that
terrible night on which he had been COM
PEELED to commit a crime for the sake Of
humanity.


However" added he, Matilda could
not have suffered much; sublime exal-
tation sustained her courage, but am
sure she was happy in her suffering, in
the thought that her hand, at least, would
be returned to you. And when it was
over | heard gentle voice murrmuring
from behind the curtain that hid her from
my sight: Tell him, beseech you, that
my heart will 20 toward him even as my
hand Had it not been for the ring |
could not have fulfilled her wish.
Year: 1879

Tiger" an old white horse owned
by DR.. J. l.. Allen of Saco, aged 80
years, died recently. When Tiger shoe,
were loose he would come and stand at
the shop door of the blacksmith. He
seemed TO be able to distinguish the
Sabbath bells from any others, and on
Sunday morning needed no guiding to the
church. When the bells rang out he
would start off for church, even if the
Doctor was not behind him. No longer
ago than the first Sabbath in this year
he was standing by the stable door when
the church bell struck, when off he start
ed for church \ clergyman passing
caught and returned him to the house, re.
marking he had heard that Tiger
would walk off at the bell stroke, but
but now he had personally seen the re-
mort verified.
Year: 1879

A Boy VINO NEEDS A THRAsHTSG.-
A woman getson the train and says
very warm hearted goodbye to a great
cub of a l6 year old boy, who sets down
her bundles and turns 10 leave the car
with a gruf grunt that may mean good
bye or anything else. There is a little
quiver on her lip as she calls after him:
"Be a good boy, write to me often, and
do as ! tell you He never looks around
as he leaves the car. ! have one bright
spark of consolation as the train moves
on and see that boy performing clumsy
satire of clog dance on the platform.
Some of these days he viii treat some
man as grufly and rudely as he treats hi.
mother. Then the man will climb onto
him and lick him; pound the very saw
dust out of him. Then the world will
feel better and happier for the licking he
gets. 1t may be long deferred, but IT
will come at last. almost wish had
pounded him myself, while | was young
and | felt able to do it.
Year: 1879

A little girl in Hartford, Conn, was
sent to a store the other day to buy
some lace. The clerk, after putting up
the package, said; "Well, there is one
and half yards of lace at ten cents
a yard. How much does it come to :
To which the miss pertly replied: well,
I'm not going to tell; | have to study
arithmetic all the rest of the week, and
I'm not going to bother my head with it
Saturdays"
Year: 1879

The young Matilda de - (the names
are too illustrious and too well known for
us to point them out, even by initials,
the Young Matilda de - was the
daughter of one of the most illustriouS
soldiers of the empire. Her father had
acquired an elevated place, great glory
and high rank in the army; but he was
one of the few generals whom the en-
peror had not enriched. Matilda de -


had, therefore, no fortune to bestow upon
Year: 1879

Mr.. Jarvis, who has become Gov
ernor Of North Carolina by reason of the
election of Governor Vance TO the United
States Senate, told the people in his in
augural address that when as poor 10y,
years ago, he toiled on a little farm, he
heard of tho Office of Governor of North
Carolina, and imagined it to be the high
est position in the world, which it became
his ambition to reach; land now says
the satisfied man, Il have reached the
goal of my youthful ambition The
school committee man should learn this
story and repeat it as often as possible, in
order to increase the army Of Office seekers.
Year: 1879

A great many persons were under the
impression that to-day was the last day
allowed Mayor Moore to either approve the
Street Railroad Ordinance or send it back
to the Board from which it originated, We
toed. By reference to the law in regard to
the Mayors powers we find that His Hon
or's day of grace has not yet arrived, but
that he has until the Board of Aldermen
meet, to decide what to do with the ordin-
onna
Year: 1879

Tonight at the Grand Opera-house we
are to have Lotta, the brightest of actresses,
in an entirely new play. Her appearance
is always an event of great interest. but
coming as she does this time with new
piece, it is doubly so She has not been
here for over three years, and will receive a
hearty welcome from her admirers, who in
clude all classes of theater goers.
Year: 1879

WILL HE VETO THE CHINESE BILL?


WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Information from
the State Department and the White House,
coming in different ways, all tends to the
belief that the President now purposes Veto
ing the Chinese Bill. He is strongly in fa-
vor Of some modification of the treaty, so as
to reduce the immigration of Chinese but
is equally as decided in his objection to do
ing this by means of legislation such as is
proposed in the bill.
Year: 1879

Yesterday morning. some dozen persons
were on the platform in front of the stores on
stopping his team made the remark that there
was flag. meaning the one bearing the name
Of Joseph l.. Smith that an honest man could
walk under and not feel ashamed of himself.
Thereupon solid farmer from Mt. Vernon
replied that people up his way did not talk
like that and would go out of their way
rather than walk or ride under a flag bearing
the name of Smith.
Year: 1879

A party of young ladies and gentlemen of
this city went down the river early yesterday
morning on the tug City Of Lynn. Besides
other means of enjoyment. they intended to
take dinner at the Samoset House, and per-
haps have n dance there and make the return
trip home bv moonlight.
Year: 1879

large number of entries ALREADY made for the


New England Fair. to open on Tuesday. no
new entries of cattle, sheep or swine will be
received after this date. Invitations have
been extended to the Boards of Agriculture
of all the New England States to be present
and locate their headqnarters on the grounds.
Year: 1879

At the convention of the Reform Clubs in
Skowhegan. Sept Sd and +th, it is earnestly
desired that every club in the State should be
fully and ably represented, as matters of vital
importance will come before the convention.
Year: 1879

A night or two ago, man residing in


the Eighth ward Was awakened from a
sound sleep by mysterious noise. as
Of some one trying to open the window
OF room adjoining his bed chamber,
which looked out upon the roof of back
shed. Thoughts Of robbers trying to
enter the room, fitted across his mind,
and mentally calculating, "Goodness
me, what was that !' he leaped out Of


bed. Going down stairs he looked fol


his revolver, which he found after mucl


difficulty and loading it proceeded VI
stairs again to the window, where tn
sound were still being continued. Ii
cooked his weapon and drawing asid
the blind raised the sash, and to his sur
prise discovered that was the famil.


cat that was trying to gain an entrance
Year: 1879

Now is the time to bluff the public for
Il bet on next winters Ice crup.-D,-
t0YU Fr,, PrySs.


u is wise schOolmaster who EMPLOYS
cuHs to take the starch out OF his
scholars.-l lOrks-s Ga-stis.


I'm inguisitiye young lady asks :
What is the most popular color OF the
bride?' The New York Star answers:
Ii We were going to marry, We wont /
prefer a white one.


Whom can We trust ~ is the black
type inquiry Of an exchange. Ii is Of no
consequence. "WhOm can we induce
To trust ms, is the soul agonizcr.-Ner
Harm Register.


A correspondent asks: elbow long
can bottled cider be kept" That de
pends upon circumstances. II YOU put
il in a safe, lock it up, and sling the key
into the river you can keep it for some
time, but you won't get much fun out
of it.-BOsiou Poet.


Grace Greenwood relates as an in
stance OF the extravaganza Of New
England humOr, that when Young
farmers wife made her first bows pants
precisely aS simple before Is behind, the
farmer exclaimed: "GoodneSS, he won't
know whether hc is going to school or
going home''


They were going home from Pima
fore Said she, ''it was Just splendid,
hut il made me mad when they brought
that silly hardly ever into it. You don't
hear anything else nowadays, and /
should think they could get along with
ont bringing it into 'Pinafore p"
In about two weeks more Gen. Grant
will have 10 begin TO keep house, and as
he goes down the back street at Galena
with market basket under his arm, he
will find ID far different from travelling as
a distinguished guest. He will a good
deal like country editor when he gets
home from an editorial convention. The
contrast is what is the matter-Psct's 8
!NUi.


The gold leaves


Ger the valley spin,


And In the


Woodland murky,


And wake a sense


OF anguish in


The bosom OF the


Turkey
Who is looking Thanksgivingward p
Year: 1879

General o. D. Howard has gone from
Oregon TO army, headquarters in san
Francisco.


An exhibition of the works of the late
William Morris Hunt is soon to be Civ
en- in Boston


PETER COOPER is about TO add another
story and magnificent center dome to his
Cooper Union.
Year: 1879

We the grand jury of the Sept. 1879 term of Pope Circuit Cour., would re- spectfully report tolyour Honor that we have inspected the county jail and find it to be insecure; we also find theIprivy attachment in a filthy condition. We would further report the door and fls- tenings of the jail door as wholly un- safe.

 We would respectfully recommend than an iron cage be made inside the jail in order to keep the prisoners se- cure; and, also that a strong high fence be put around the jail at some dis tance from the house in order to keep intruders away. The privy attach ment should be repaired.

 We consider the Court House as a very unsafe place to keep the public records in, and liable at almost any time to fall to the ground-rendering it not only unsafe for the public records, but hazardous to the life of those who have to be about the building. We would recommend that the records be removed to safe place.

 We condemn the building as wholly unfit for use as Court House.
Year: 1879

Some one over the signiture of GA Southern Methodist" has wrote letter to, the St. Louis Christian Advovate, charging me with violating the laws of God and of the land, by selling spirit uous liquor on the Sabbath day. Allow me to say that the author of that charge is either mistaken or guilty of a delib- crate falschood. He also says that in common with OTHER saloon keepers was arraigned before Circuit Court on the above charge, which is another mistake or falschood. The GENTLEMEN who were arraigned before the Court in company with me, are all good men, one of them is a member of the M. F.. c. S., and one of them is member of the c. r. Church, both are living in Russellville now, the other is living in Little Rock; neither of these gentle men are saloon keepers, and l am posi- tive that two of them never enter sa- loon unless to collect draft or rent. Further, the whole article is a misrep- resentation of the truth, the author of it knows that it is almost impossible to keep drugstore in this country and not sell liquors If GA Southern Meth odist" or any one else wants to know the true facts in the case let them call at my store and they can have them despite GA. S. Ms" many witnesses. Respectfully,

 M WIT TGON
Year: 1879

Some excitement was caused on our streets Tuesday morning by the arrival in town of three wagons of movers one of the drivers of which was bleeding profusely from gunshot wound in the breast which he said he received at the hands of some strange man who was loitering about the Norristown old grave yard. The wounded man was an old, gray bearded man, He said as he drove by the grave yard sitting in the front part of his wagon in which his family consisting of wife and sever al members, were riding he espied . man stationed in the grave yard with q rifle in his hands. He supposed the solitary gunner was on a deerstand and that his companions were out ma- king the drive. He leaned forward out of the front of his wagon and said to the gunner in an interrogitory way, "On stand for deer, are you?" Im- mediately, and without uttering word the strange gunner raised his rifle and taking puck aim fired directly at the the old gentleman. The ball ploughed a furrow across his breast and passed through the fleshy part of his left arm between the elbow and shoulder. The lone rifeman spoke not word, but slowly stalked away. Although the old mans party was composed of several men with good fire arms in their wa gons, they did not attempt to return the fire being taken so completely by surprise that they knew not what to make of such strange proceeding. The movers gave minute description of the rifleman. and from their account it was at once inferred by our citizens that he was none other than Mir. John Ferguson,I we'll known to most of our citizens.s

 The saddest part of the affair is that Ferguson has been crazed with grief for the past few days over the death of a child. It was thought however, that the poor man was entirely harmless, and hence when it was found that his mind run in such a dangerous channel, some apprehension was felt, and con- stable Coston at once started to search for him and have measures taken to prevent him doing further harm.

 Since writing the above Mir. Fergu- son has been brought to town, and is being cared for by the authorities.
Year: 1879

For the benefit of our readers we give this week a sure cure for collie or belly ache in horses. To one bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment add same quantity of molasses and same quantity of water and pour down the horses throat
Year: 1879

OMAHA. Neb., Feb. 10, 1879.
40 THE EDrron OF THE HERALD:-


Allow me to suggest-yes more than that-ear-
pestly beg of you tomake an appeG! t' the govern
ment in your editorial columns for somc mercy TO
the poor remnant of Cheyennes now at Fort Lcaven-
worth. To-day they passed through Omaha. never
want TO see another such There Wild
Hog, the finest specimen Of physical manhood on
this continent. with his wife and four children. beau
tifui children. trying by gestures and through his in
terrcter to explain TO the white people who crowded
around that he bore i'll will to the whites that
they left their reservation because they were sarv
Ing aDd because forty-eight of their people had
died with the feyers prevalent there. "why could
not go?" said Wild Hog. There is lots OF land
for tho white man. and we only wanted n little piece
Of all that which once ours TO live on with our
wives and children where they would not die with
the fever. Our bad young killed some white
people. They did IL when the old men were not
there. and now the soldiers have killed all of our
people but these few, and they to be taken back
10 die with the fever. is there not he said point
ing with majestic gesture to the northwest, "in
that great country, where the white men have not
come, little reservation where we might live? Tho
fever docs not there He evidently suffer.
ING much from the wounds inflicted himself IN his
ATTEMPT ~ commit suicide and his heart crushed
with the loss Of his near rclatives aud man who
did not understand Indian character would not know
that he was suffering either bodily or mentally hut
when gave him the sign of the order OF "Bed Men
for one moment he almost lost his self-posscssion
aud that look ~ sadness which came over his face
will never forget 10 my dying day Has not Carl
Schurz had blood enough? Must these mon, whose
record proves them to be as brave as ever trod the
Year: 1879

When the head of Main street
family passed the weekly appropri-
alton bill Saturday night he tackled
on rider providing that on and
after that date there should be no
more cold dinners on wash Gay but
when it came back with a veto
showing how utterly unconstitu-
tional il was as well as revolutiona-
nv in character, he had to take wa
ter and adjourn downtown without
tlebate.-Bridgeport STANDARD.
Year: 1879

washington EoSb'


The stalwarts insist that they
must have Grant in 1880 to s'rebuild
the republican party" Let us see
how that party grew under Grants
fosterning care. When he came in,
on the fourth of March, 1869, there
were siSty-three republicans to
nine democrats in the senate, aud
the republicans had a majority of
one hundred and sixty four in the
house. Before Grants second term
expired the radical majority in the
senate was reduced to fifteen, and
the democrats held the house by a
majority of Over seventy. That
would Indicate rare genius for
party building.
Year: 1879

To keep gun from rustlng' clean
the barrel occasionly and cover the
exposed portion of the metal with
a tilm of linseed oil. For lubricat-
ing the lock purified olive oil or
sperm oil is best. rH.f
Year: 1879

 A fsllseeptiblesyoung gentleman who was engagCd d to a beautiful lass in Montreal, offered to give her all the money he had saved, amounting to several hundred dollars, and it was deposited in bank in her name. Not long afterward he fell In love with another girl and was anxious to have the money refunded. The first sweetheart was willing to cancel the engagement, but regarded the bank account as a matter os business and refused to refund the money.
Year: 1879

A little boy was told by his grand
mother to turn down leaf in the family
Bible every time he told lie. At the
end Of q week the old lady asked him
how many lies he had told during the
seven days. lie silently handed her the
holy book. She turned page after page.
and at length said angrily: "Wby. you
little brat. you've lied all the way from
Genesis to Revelations, and half way
the Psalms"
Year: 1879

Vat recent wedding the bridegroom
being an officer. wore his side arms at the
nuptials. A little wide.a awake brother
Of the bride was attracted by the display
of weapons. and as he had another sis
ter. whose true love was carpenter. he
boldly inquired, "Mary. when jenkins
comes to marry Milly. will he wear his
saw by his side p
Year: 1879

Governor Robinson, Of New York
thus speaks of the people with view.
and minds of their own: "As to that
I think a great deal too much blame
is bestowed generally npon boiling and
boilers. on rule. rather like both.
1t implies the exercise CT strong wills
to bolt, and I like them. l have one
myself. l think that the people also
have the same liking Of an honest bolt
that that they have Of an honest veto,
to which we alluded a little while ago.
But as to the moral right to bolt for
any cause not involving moral princi.
pie. after taking part in the nomins-
tions-well, certainly, that sometimes
would not be commendable."
Year: 1879

The farmers of this section have dis
covered that the chicken cholea never
comes upon the farm where goats are
kept, and the consequence is that these
animals are getting in demand. The
loss from this disease has been enormous
but it is now claimed that the remedy
has been discovered! Perhaps "Nanny
Tea" which was formerly used for the
cure Of the measles, will also cure the
chicken disease and the expense and AZ
noyance of keeping the mischievous
goats.
Year: 1879

Il very lively and exciting contest was that
orer the Silver bill in the House yesterday.
The proposition to limit the free coinage to
American bullion was, defeated by quite
large majority; and spRn'cER's amendment
that the Government should receive all the
profit aocruing from the coinage Of sil~
yer was rejected after close de-
bate. EwnG's amendments head off
spanaER-providing that, the market
value Of tnllion should be the highest price
current in San Francisco and New York for
u week previous to its purchase, and that
silver dollars to the extent Of 40 per cent Of
the outstanding certificates, which are to be
a legal-tender, should be retained in the
Treasury, aud that the remaining SO per
cent be applied to the payment Of the pub
lie debt-were adopted by the casting vote
Of the Speaker. The House adjourned be-
fore vote could be reached On the main
question. ;, ::
Year: 1879

Those rurd Democratic editors who are
disturbed by the vehemence Of some Of
Senator CHAsDLER's utternnces in the Senate
ought TO be present sometimes in Q Demo
cratic caucus Of their party in Washington,
called to devise ways and means to back out
from their present embarrassing dilemma.


The hard swearing done by tour army in
Flanders was pious diversion compared
with the way the Demo- Confederates Let out
about the political situation and the uncom-
Portable fx they are in The gag has had to
be applied in several instances CHANDLER
is the mildest-mannered man that ever cut n
Confederate throat with figure Of speech.