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. fvr - !THE KE,fclNOIlTn WESTi" " THTJ1TSD A Y, DECEMBER 30, 1880. AT REfJT. Oner more tb ripened year unnlds' itl j J y Her pennona, gold embpeat-f V " 1J I J i I U And where the grind oaks, temsest-totMed, Lift bd bare arm, communion bold .With hfm who ha Wtu4 hae eet Foe hnmaav lonflnf a. 4 rfiprt I While bleaaed Rest, In alohiber deep, ( j -"- On drooping eyellda lay a band, . , . --.And.apreadlns; white wings oV the land, $ida atare eternal Vigil keep, - - ' Till aleep'a aweet Influenoe ahall restore " The earth to fraltfulneM once .more l-t -f " ,i. " ;; r " 'i Thoa the full. reejso llglitly rmirtdn .v " 'Her Jlolahed meed of Work? and sUnHfs . 7 " KmlUnt, though her folded) handa '.' f " Aeaare.ue thai all peace eboanda.v ; ' "And paat all longing and regret. V -" . - la the fair goal ber aoul had aett ' ' How different we I We trembling aland ' ' fw rtnr hrlnKr anil' MHndnf ! ( n ir 1 To all the transient hopea which fling - Thai Slftir livhta atnnv thu strand i '' T And till our star of life baa aet Cheat na with longing and regret I . - Oh, tjpe of everything divine jtv Dear Nature draw na eloaer yet,. "And lead na where no vain regret ., Can oar unwilling eoula confine, i And fold na tn thy fond. embrace, When we ahall meet Death face to fate I Hi 'THE WIFE'S DEFENDER. I shall never forget my first vleion of William Denton. It was. fn the Court House at Little HockArkanmag lo the Bummer of ,1834. - The oc casion Itoelf possessed a terrible interest, well cal culated, to fix in the memory all its circumstances. A vast concourse of spectators had assembled to witness, the trial of a young and very beautiful girl on ah Indictment for murder. The Judge waited at the moment for the sheriff to bring in hia prisoner, and the eyes of the impatient multi tude eagerly watched the door for the expected advent, when suddenly a stranger entered, whose remarkable appearance riveted universal atten tion. Here is his portrait, done as accurately as a pen can sketch It s A. figure tall, lean, sinewy and straight as an arrow; a brow massive, soaring and smooth as polished marble; Intersected by a large blue vein, forked lite the tongue of a serpent F;eyesf itddlth yellow, resembling a wrathful eagle's, as bril-J llant, as fearfully piercing; and finally a mouth light, cold and sneering the living embodiment of unbreathed curses! He was -habited in ; leather-ornamented after the fashion of Indian costume, with beads of every color in the rainbow. Elbowing hts way proudly and slowly through the throng, and seemingly altogether unconscious that he was regarded as a phenomenon -that "needcd explanation, the singular being advanced, " and, with the haughty air of a king taking his throne, seated himself within the bat, crowded as It was with" disciples of Coke and Hlackstone, several of whom, it was known, esteemed themselves far superior to those old and famous masters. - The contrast between the disdainful countenance and outlandUh garb of the stranger excited especially the risibility of the lawyers, and the Junior mem bent began a suppressed titter, which soon grew ouder and swept around the circle. They doubt ess supposed the Intruder to be some wild hunter of the mountains who had never before seen the Interior of a hall of justice. , Instantly the cause and object of the "laughter .perceived it. Turning his head gradually, so as to give each laugher a look of Infinite scorn, he ejaculated the single word, . - 'gavaees !" , yo-pea can deexrlb-tl-inspfNiknMewalreeyf tne aenant torce wnicnnemrew intotnat term ; no language can describe the Infernal furore of bis' utterance, although It hardly exceeded a whisper. But he accented every letter as If it were a separate emission of fire tnatacorched his -Quivering lips, laying horrible emphasis -on the . V both at the beginning and end of the word. It was a mixed sound, Intermediate v betwixt the growl of a red tiger and the hiss of a rattlesnake Savages 1" - It cured everybody of the disposition to laugh. , . The general gage, however, was then diverted by the advent of the fair prisoner, who came in urrounded by her guard. The apparition was enough to dase even a' cy ttlcVforhersrwa astyler of beauty to bewilder the tamest Imagination and melt the coldest heart, leaving In both imagina tion and heart a gleaming picture enameled with fire and fixed in a frame of gold from, the stars. It was the spell of an enchantment to be felt as well aa seen. You might feel it In the flashes of her countenance, clear as sunlight brilliant as the Iris;, in the classic contour of her features, symmetrical as If cut with an artist's chisel; in her hair of rich ringlets, flowing without a braid, softer than silk, finer than gossamer; in her eyes, blue as the heaven of southern Hummer, Urge, liquid, dreamy ; in her motions, graceful, swimming like', the gentle, waftures of a bird's wing In the sunny air; in her figure, slight, ethereal a sylph's or a seraph's ; and, more than all. In the everlasting smile of the , rosy 1 Ins. so frank, soserene, sojlke starlight, aniLjct thrills ing tne aoui as a shock or electricity. -As the unfortunate irlrl. so taafefullv dressed. SO Incomparable as to. personal charms, calmly took her place before the bar of her Judjre, a mur mur pi admiration;. arose front the multitude, which- tlie prompt Interposition --of -the-omirt coukl scarcely repress from swelling Into deafening cheers. The murmur was followed by a loud, un earthly groan from a solitary bosom, as of some one In mortal anguish. All eyes were centered on the stranger, and all were struck with surprise And wonder, for his features writhed as if In tor ture torture that his rain of tear could not as -,- euager- Hut what could be the cause pi his sudden emotion? Could any connection -exist between ,hlm, the apparently rude hunter, and that fairy nri. more ueauuiui man m uiuwom vi cummer, . .Alt i A. ' ana in countenance ceiesnai as m star r Th ludiro turned to the prisoner : .a : 1 rrtBmnTitrrwnigafniH that your counsel.-Colonel, Linton, Is sick, ami tan not attend. Have you employed any other ?" he answered In a voice sweet as the warble of a nln-htlnrale: and clear as the song of a skylark I " "Aly enemies have bribed all the lawyers, even my own, to be sick ; but God will defend the in nocent!" -r' f ' . - ? At - thi4 response, eo f touching in Its simple Gtthos, a portion of . the auditor buxred applause, n the Instant, "however, the leather-robed stranger, whose aspect had previously created so much merriment, approached the prisoner and whispered . something in ler ear. ie bounded several Inches from the floor, uttered a cry, and then stood julc and trembling, as if In the presence of a ghoet 4rom tlte grave. AH, n6W, could per ceive that there must be some mysterious connec tion between the two. and the scene assumed the profound interest , of a genuine romance. . The stranger addressed the court In accents jas sonor ous as the tone f ah orgn. t. - - "May It please your honory l will defend the legal rights of the lady.' " v ' - "What!" exclaimed the astonished judge ;-"are you a licensed attorney?" , . - "The question Is immaterial and Irrelevant," replied the stranger, witli a sneer, "aa your statute entitles any person to act as counsel at the, request of a party." i . -4 "liutuoes the prisoner request it?" asked the t her speak for herself." said the stranirer. ' -MI do," was her answer, as a long drawn sigh escaped, that seemed;, to rend her .very heart strings. " I ' !'! -- "What Is your name, as It must be placed on the record?" Interrogated the Judge,. ! "William Denton' said the stranger.. The case , Immediately progressed. "WewllI briefly epitomize the substance of the evidence, ' About twelve months previously, the defendant had arrived in the town and opened an establish ment of millinery.' Residing in ia small back room of her -shop, and all alone, she prepared the various articles of her trade with unwearied toil and consummate taste. Her habits were secluded, modest and retiring; and hence she might have hoed to escape notoriety,- but ior- the -perilous gift of that extraordinary beauty, which-, too. often, and to the poor and friendless always, proves a curse, She was soon souirht after by those gay fire-flies of fashion, the business of whose life everywhere is seduction and ruin. , But tne. beautiful stranger rejected tneni all alike with unutterable scorn and loathing. Among these disappointed admirers was one of a character from which the fair milliner had everything to fear. Hiram Shore belonged to a family at once opulent. Influential and dissipated. He was him self licentious, brave and revengeful, and a duelist of established and terrible fame. It was generally. known that "he had made advances to win the favor of the lovely Emma, and had shared- the fate of all ber other wooers a disdainful repulse. At nine o'clock, on Ch 1st mas Eve, 1833, the peo ple of iJttle.lvocK were startled by a loud scream, as if from some one In mortal , terror ; while fol lowing that,' with hardly an Interval,' came'suc cessjve reiwrts of fire-arms one, two. three a dozen deafening explosions. They flew to the shop, of the. milliner, whence the sounds ema nated, and pushed back the unfastened door. A dreadful scene was presented. ?There she stood In tne. centre -of tne room, witn a revolver in eacn hand, every barrel discharged, her features pale, ner-eyes nasmnir wiwiy, and ner lips parted witn an awful smile ! And there at her feet, weltering- In his warm blood, his bosom literally rlldledj with shot, laid the all-lreadcd duelist, Jllram Hhorergasping In the last agony. He articulated but a single sentence. "Tell my mother that I am dead and gone to hell t" and instantly expired. . "In Uod's name, wno did tins T" exclaimed tne apmlltnl spectators. . C - ,"I did it,", said the beautiful milliner, In her silvery accents ; "I did It to save my honor V " Bueli Is a brief abstract of tne essential circum stances, as developed on . the examination of wit nesses. Tlie testimony closed and the pleading began." " - ; - - -, -:v-v., ........ ,.tA First of all, Fowler, Pike.and Ashly (all famous lawyers at that, time in the southwest) spoke tn succession :fortherosecutlon.--Tley'bout equally partitioned their eloquence' betwixt the prisoner and herfcdvocate, covering the latter with such sarcastic wit. raillery and ridicule as roel4 fnattMMrfloubtethe was the party then on trial. w Jienton seemed to pay not me sugmesi attention to his opponents, but remained motionless, with his forehead bowed on his hands, like one buried in deep thought or in slumber. When Jils time came, however. he: suddenly sprang to his feet, crossed the bar and took a position almost touch ing the foreman or tne Jury, lie tnen commenceu In a -whisper d wild, peculiar and Indescribably distinct as to fill the floor from hall to galleries. At the outset he dealt In pure logic, analyzing amLcomblnlng the proven facts till the whole mass of confused evidence looxed transparent as a irlobe of crvstal. throusrh which the Innocence nf his TilietttKhom luminous as a sunbeam.-while the Jurors noddeil to each other signs of thorough conviction. . That thrilling whisper, and concen trated argument, and language simple as a child's, had satisfied the demands of the Intellect, and this, too, In only twenty minutes It was like the werk of a mathematical demonstration. . He theri changed his posture so as to-sweep the bar, with M glance, and,' Hke: a raging Hon, rushed upon his adversaries, tearing and rending their sophistries into atoms. His sallow face glowed like red-hot" iron, the forked blue vein swelled and writhed on his broW, his eyes resem bled live coals, and his voice was the clangor of a trumpet. I have never, before or since, listened to such appalling denunciation. It was like Jove hurling thunderbolts in the shuddering eyes of In ferior gods." And yet In the highest temjier of his farvJie seemed wonderfully calm.- He employed no iresture save one the flash of aiong lony fore finger directly at the pallid faces of his legal foes; He painted their venality and unmanly baseness In coalescing for money to crush a friendless woman, till a shout of stifled wrath rose from the multitude, andsomb of the sworn panel cried "Hhame !" And thus the orator had carried an other point had aroused a perfect storm of Indig nation against the prosecutors and this, also, In twenty minutes. T , v He chanced his Ihctue once more. Ills voice grew mournful as a funeral dirge and his eyes1 tilled with tears, as be traced a vivid picture or man's cruelties and woman's wrongs, with special applications to the ease of his clleut, till half the audience wept like children. v 'Hut tt was in the peroration that he reached the senlth both of terror and sublimity. His features were livid M those of a corpse t hit very hair ap- f warrd to stand uu end thls nerves -shfwtlt-ns-wiUv I ' a a a a a a pauy:: ne tossei , nis nanus wildly towaru heaven, each -flngeg-spmad a naxt-and -quivering like the flame pf a candle, as he closed with the hut words of the deceased Hiram Bhore. "Tell my I mother that I am -dead and gone to hell 1" Ills , -. -...U.m emphasis on the, word hell embodied the elements of all horror. It was a wall of ' Immeasurable despair wild howl of infinite torture. No lan guage can depict its effect on all who heard It Men groaned, women shrieked,' and one ' poor mother was borne away in convulsions.': The en tire speech occupied but an hoar. " -The Jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" without leaving the box, and three tremendous cheers, like successive roars -of-an earthquake, shook the Court House from donie to corner-stone, testifying the Joy of the people. At the same mo ment, the beautiful milliner bounded to her feet and clasped the triumphant advocate in her arms, exclaiming: ' 'V ' v v "O, my husband ! my dear husband 1" . r Denton sralledK seized herjiand, whispered a word in her ear. and the two left the bar together, proceeded to the landing and embarked on a steamboat bound for New Orleans. - It seems that they had previously parted on" account of his causeless jealousy, alter which she had assumed a raise name ana come to inline jtocx. Jlow be learned- her danger, I could .never ascertain. Keene (AVJ.j Sentinel. WOMEN, NORTH AND SOUTH A Southerner, who had been spending the Bum mer in rural Connecticut, has presented In the Baltimore Sun his impressions of the New Eng land woman, and the Augusta (Georgia) Cvnrtitu tionalisl makes the letters a text from which to preacrnt sermon to the women of the South.' ' It would seem from the preachment, for we have not seen the epistles to the Sun, that the visitor; from the South wks astonished at the indefatigable In dustry In manual labor of our feminine tfolks; that on the whole he was as much pleased as he was astounded. The editor of the Constitutional ist, therefore, draws a parallel which, evidently- restrained, Is fair and suggestive.' The theory is, that while on the whole the women of the North do too much work, becoming thereby narrowed in mind and worn in body at an unnecessarily early age, thewomen of - tne -bouth, although more brilliant, and of course unapproachably craceful. do not perform as much household work aa they well might for their own advantage and the profit of the community. Heading between the lines. It is easy to see tnat the editorrwouid exnort his country women to a more active participation in tne duties of lire, in other words, he would Incul cate the idea that labor is meritorious and honor able; and that the ladies of the South would not among sensible people at home lose anything by turning meir attention more man they nave hitherto done to the ordinary work fit and proper for woman In the home, - Just the opposite exhortation is demanded, as a whole, in New Enir land. Takinir countnr neonle srenerallv. the work of women. is. far too unlntr- mlttingr There-r IsprobablyfnothinK-nioref healthy than housework, out-taken washing and ironlnir. and It Is not these duties which are to be charged with the ill-health or depressed spirits of our women, it is. rather, in these latter days, at any rate, the continuous strain, uninterrupted by holidays or vacations. . it has tteen well said that it ictrot work which kills 'men, but worry; much more true is this of women who have the careof children, and who are responsible for the neatness. comfort-and-frugality of .the household. Thelr4 horizon is narrow ; if they love books, it Is only at night that they have time to read them; to the energetic matron truly "woman's. work Isnever done ;" in It there is not the same variety as In that of man, who, even if, he labors wholly in his own town, meets new faces, is occupied In a mul tiplicity or arrairs, breathes an ever-chauglug atvL mosnnere wees; Dy wees. me uieTuaoie conse quence Of the confined sphere of woman -Is, that when she should be in ner physical and mental E rime, she Is too often utterly disinclined not only go abroad, but. for society at home. Hire has become a slave to her family, and to the petty cares of every -day life, . There is a.rurther and equally- disheartentne consequence. Just as the boys of NewTr.nglahd have been of late years moving away, f romthe farm because of its dreariness, so the girls are striving lilalnchool-keei)! ng, .1 nj U ecou in t- ing-room, or tne store, witn tne consent or the mothers, they are educating themselves for any thing but the duties and delights of a home, to be consecrated by Intelligent oversight or actual per sonal care. 'It would . be easy to enumerate the conditions which have led to over-work on the lart of tlte mothers, and the causes which induce, sometimes compel, the daughters to flee from housework ; but itwould be quite as easy to show that jn both cases the highest enjoyment ofjthe whole being Is necessarily lost. The truth would seemto.be, that neither in the North nor in the South has woman found or accepted her real des tiny, while in both sections the demands of the I present civilization tend to keep her from gaining the path or highest eironrana Trust, anannost pcr manent pleasure. In the South, work must be more highly 'esteemed; lnthe North, it must be better regulated, and. directed. iVot-ucnce Journal, y : . ;v ' : " r Vonders or Droox Corn. Broom corn is likely at no distant day, to revolutionize the breadstuff supply of the world. A process has ..... . We learn through a late correspondence of , Mis . Jjelen Stanley that the very important discovery has been made. in Jerusalem of what purports to be the original manuscript of St,iVter. We give the statement as she makes It t- ' ' . . On the 13th of July, 1879, there died at Jerusa lemn certain poor man known throughout the -city for his great age, which was reputed to bef 106 years. For the hud. lialf century this hermit had lived retired from the, worhf, without' ex changing a word with, his neighbors, by whom he was regarded as a saint. 1 At Tils death, as no one' knew any of his friend or relations, the local au- thorities took possession of all that" hV had -On visiting the grotto inhabited by the man, whose ' name was Core, situated at the foot) of the hill of htrHctnBemaDe tney fre surprised to find It deco- raiw wim some uegree or elegance, n was over- laid with tigers' skins, and the. actual couch of ; the deceased ho1 been composed of these materials of very great value. After the removal of the skins,., a trap door was found, which led Into an under-ground-passage, five-yards- long- by-three or four yards high. .There a case was found fastened by an Iron bar. On opening It, the explorers came upon a heap of bioney of different countries and . periods.' A large quantity of gold: was discovered English. Turkish aud Grecian the fruit prob ably of a long career of mendicity on the part of the Jioly man. .The value of tne treasure has been i estimated at X8(XK). Under the layer of coins a packet was'disclosed, wrapped up In old newspapers.-After this coating had been re moved, a handsome cashmere shawl appeared,, much the worse for time and damp, but estimated' originally at about 80C The shawl again con cealed several papers attesting to the origin of poor Core, who In these was declared to be a He brew belonging to a very-rich family established atcStockboirnrFlnally,-nder-these Iier8 a-i voluminous manuscript on papyrus was brought to light, wrapped in a piece of green silk so en tlrely consumed by age that it fell to pieces at the first touch.. The papyrus bore, written in beauti ful ancient characters, the following words : "I, Peter, fisherman and disciple of Jesus, the Son of Ootl, and conthuiator of ills works, speak to the people of the earth who hear the Iru ac cording to the love and in the name of the very HoIyOod." r - The manuscript Is sisrned in an elecant and original manner : ' . , , "I. l'eter, fisherman, In the name of Jesus, have finished writing the-word of love In the fiftieth year onhiy age, on the third Passover after the death of my Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, the Son of Mary, in the house of Belierl, rtherscribe near the temple of the Ix)rd." . The papyrus of thrsmarruscrint" is "tolerably nexioieamt resisting tn-srHieor-its fteefiMl-tie- ink Is still very black. That led the discoverers- leen discovered by which thejineet and most nut trltlous food can be maue irom tne seeu to tne ex tent of one-half Ita weightpattdJeave-theother half for making beef and milk. The average yield tier acre Is three hundred bushels, and in many Instances five hundred bushels, or thirty thousand pounds, have been secured. ' Nor does it exhaust the soils as Indtan corn, from the fact that It feeds from the deeper soil, and assimilates UslocHliroml dentatem belongs -to tne same genus as the norahum $accharatuij or sweet cane, com monly known as sorghum, which, as an article of food, is growing rapidly in public esteem. ; - M aa aaSaaa-aaaaa Miss' Betsy Roatlr, of Greenville, Conn., CeleJ bratcil the - l(K)th-anni vfrsary-of-her . birth . last week. She la In foil possession of; her faculties and does not apptar to be 75 years of ape, J She has lived all her life In her present home, has been temperate In her habits, and for fifty-five years has eaten but two meals a day. 'Although she has lived opposite the railroad fur forty years and has six nephews In Its employ, she has never stepped upon a steam car, , 7 ......... iki : - A German newspaper .contains an obituary In which occurs the following : "Our dear son Gustav lost his life by falling from the spire of a Lutheran hisitriw-idw-MHw4th4chureh. Only those who know the height of the Steeple Can P1,r" 1 "n-p r nnr grij.i " The French Minister of Public Instruction has appropriated 100,000 francs for the establishment of a normal school for young women. - M AN lisCIt (PT O F ST.- PETER. to think It was the work of Core : but tlie savants- of Jerusalem, after a lengthy examination, during Which they vainly endeavored to decipher sundry antique terms, came to the conclusion that it was " impossible for a modem author to write ancient . Hebrew with such ease, purity, and propriety of language, presenting both-an acquaintance with the siirnflcation of certain words, and a narticular arcnaic-iorm peennar-to-thaf tongue at its best- perlods.- itesides, everybody, knows that papyrus Is no longer manufactured, which proves at (east the antiquity of the documentBut can itreally beTa manuscript of the Apostle St. l'eter? , SUNDAY DISCUSSIONS. i laSM ' ' One thing Is noticeable and regrettable in these , . 1 . . -. . . a 1 .- . ... . 1 . . . . uineussioiin, iiaiuei, mw uiiwibb hiiu uiiuiHerimi- natlng way' in which ..dlllerent Kunday oceupa,- -lions are classed together and condemned. iBishop Bloomfield, for example, seriously Injures his case when he places drinking in gin-shops and sailing In steamboats In the same catetrorv. I remember ... II I . 1 rri. i......... with my lamented friend, Dr. IJence Johes, wheti ' a steamboat on the river, with its living freight, passed us. Practically acquainted with tlie moral ' .and physical inllutiiu rlerxl exclaimed, "What a Messing for these people tot 1. I I . .1 . . .1 M V 1 ....!. air of the country " I hold the physician to have been right, and,, with all respect, the Bishop to nave neen wrong, uisnop MHoomneia aiso con demns resorting to tea-gardens on Sunday. . But -we may be sure that it is not the gardens, but the minds which the-people ring to them, which . i .1 1 -.1.. ru.... l. 1 tureof the citv. to which the llishon seems dls posed to conflne tnem. Wisely and soberly con-; 7t . . I I I . I . .1.. ......1 l.l UUClvJ nuu l IB vrifl.ljf jn-nr.i MO.,.i.j vniiuuiu' iUCIll wimrij i v. win. ij .imiTD ij.iuw converted into aids toward a me wnicn tne isisnop would commend. Purification and Inrprovement are'ttften txssihle, where-exti net km -ls-Jielther- r JIVW1UIC IIVI UVDII.UIV. A ru, ...M... " day afternoon in the public gardens of the little, university town of Marburg, in the company of Intellectual men and cultivated women without -observing a single occurrence, which, as regards- morality, might not be permitted in the Bishop's- lMimrln.anAnl ' I ai I I .. I t f f Ilia Tlnl llOl AlttUllU. lllslW a J a wm M nii a ayw aa a hiivviv a -wmm-,m vat ion made at Dresden on a Sunday, after.the suppression of the Insurrection byvthe Prussian soldiery1 In 1849. The victorious troops were en camped on the banks of the Elbe, and this is how they occupied themselves: Some were engaged In physical games and exercises which In England would be considered Innocent In -the extreme;, some were conversing sociably : some singing the songs of L hland, while others, from elevated plat forinsr-recltedlo listening groups- poems and pas--sages from Goethe and Schiller. Through fhla; crowd of military men passed and repassed the girls of the city, linked together with their arms, around each other's necks. During hours of ob servation, I heard no word which was unfit for a modest ear, "while from beginning to end h failed to notice -Jt:slnglecase of Intoxication. rrof. Tyntiall. in Xinetesnth Century. . , We are sorry to see that a feeling of bitterness is Arising -between Cleveland and Cincinnati Both of these pleasant hamlets are situated In Ohio a State which has received some notoriety on account of its proximity to Chicago. Chicago Tribune. -y - - . -- ...J, ' "Til ' Let even an affectionate Goliath get himself tied to a small, tender thing, dreading to hurt it by pulling, and dreading still more to snap the cord, and which of the two will be master ? No mairnnnrtdnTTfflrtirof hard times who can afford to use rum or tobacco. - ... .. .. ...... i i .ii supplylhem with broadcloth and roast beet " , -. . ... v . - ... V