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Half-ivay Doin’s.
Belubbed fellow trabelers ln holdin’ forth
to-day,
I doesn’t quote no special verse for what I has
to say.
De sermon will be berry short, and dis here
am tho text:
Dat half-way doin’s ain’t no ’count fcr dis
worl' or de nex’.
Dis worl’ dat we’s a-libbin’ in is like a cotton
row,
tVhar ebery cullud getleman haß got Ills lino
t 6 hoc;
And ebery time a lazy nigger steps 'to take a
nap,
De grasß keeps on a-growin’ for to smudder up
his crap.
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When Moses led the Jews across de waters ob
de sea,
Dey had to keep a-goin’, jes’ as fas’ as fas’
could be;
Do you s’pose dat dey could ebber hab succeed
ed in der wish,
And reached dopiomised land at last—if dey
had stopped to fish ?
My frien’s, dar was a garden once, where
Adam lived wid Eve,
Wid no one roun’ to bodder dem, no neighbors
for to thieve,
And ebery day way was Christmas, and dey
got their rations tree—
And eberything belonged to dem except an ap
ple tree.
You all know ’bout de story —how de snake
come snoopin’ roun’, —
A stump-tail rusty moccasin, a-crawling on de
groun’ —
How Eve and Adam ate de fruit, and went and
hid deir face.
Till de angel observer he come an’ drove ’em
off de place.
Now, s’pese dat man and ’oman hadn't ’tempt
ed for to shirk,
But had gone about deir gardenin’, and ’tend
ed to deir work,
Dey wouldn’t hah. been loafin’ where they had
no business to,
And de debil nebber’d got a chance to tell ’em
what to do.
No half-way doin’s bredreil! It ’ll never do, I
say !
Go at youi task and finish it, and den’s de
time to play—
For eben if de crap is good, de rain ’ll spile de
bolls,
Unless ycu kebpg a-pickin’ in de garden ob
your souls.
Keep a plowin’ and a hoe in' and a scraping ob
de rows,
And when de ginnin’s ober you can pay up
what you owes;
But if you quits a-workin’ ebery tiiae de sun is
hot,
De sheriff’s gwime to lobby upon everting yon’s
got.
Whateber ’tis you’s drillin’ at, be elibi'e Und
di ive it through,
And don’t let uuffin’ stop ybiij bvit do what
you’s got to do ;
For when you sees a nigger foolin’, den, as
shore’s you’re btuu,
You’s gwine to See him coinin’ Out de small
tend ob de’ horn.
I thanks you for de ’tention you has gib die
afternoon—
Sister Williams will oblige tis by a-raisin’ ob
a tune— 1
I see dat Brudder Johnson’s ’bout to pass
aroun’ tie hat.
And don’t let’s bab no half-way cWin’s wHen It
con. es to dat!
Tlid True Honor of Man;
The proper honor of man arises riot
Irom those splendid actions, ami abilities
which eftbite high admiration. ( outage
and prowess, military renown, signal
victories and conquests may render the
man famous; without rendering his
character truly honorable; To many
men we look up with wonder, because
w e have heard their praises sung. They
stand, as it were, on an eminence above
the rest of mankind. Their eminence,
nevertheless, may not be ot that sort
before which we bow with inward es
teem and respect. Nothing more is
wanted for that pfirpoße than the con
quering arm and the totvefing rflind;
The laurels of the Warrior must be
dyed in blood; and bedewed with the
tears of the widow hhd ofpliati. But if
they have been stained by drunkenness
and inhumanity; if Sordid avarice has
marked his character, 1 or low and vile
acts degraded his life; 'the great hei’O
sinks into a little man. What at it dis -
tance we admired bec'otfies mean; pet - '
haps odius, when examined mote close
ly.
Observations ot the sarfle kind hfay be
applied to all the reputation derived
from civil accomplishments—both' the
refined politics of the statesman and the
efforts of a literary career. These be
stow, and within certain botfnds otfght
to bestow, eminence and distinction on
men. They are shining talents; and
become highly valuable, when employed
in advancing the good of mankind, But
a distinction is to be made between fame
and true honor.
Instances are often found in bistofy,-
either ancient or modern, of men whose
lives have been famous, and yet the
man himself is far from being honored.
Hence it follows, that in order to dis
cern where man's true honor lies, we
must look, not to any single sparkling
quality, bnt to what entitles him to rank
high among that class of beings to
which he belongs—we must look to the
mind and the soul.
A mind superior to fear, or selfish in
teresi and corruption—governed by the
principles of rectitude and integrity—
the same in prosperity and adversity—
which no bribe can seduce nor terror
overawe—such is the mind which forms
the distinction and eminence of man.
One who, in no situation of life, is
ashamed or afraid ot discharging his
duty and acting his part with firmness
and constancy ; true to the God whom
he worships; true to the faith in which
he professes to believe, and true to the
cause he has espoused j faithful to his
friends, generous to his enemies, warm
with compassion to the unfortunate;
self denying to liitle private interests
and pleasures, but zealous for public in
terest and happiness, magnanimous
without being proud ; humble without
being mean ; just without being harsh ;
simple in manners, but manly in his
feelings; on whose word we can entirely
lyre; whose countenance never deceives
us; whose professions of kindness are
the effusions of his heart } in short, one
in whom we can trust as a friend and
love as a brother—this is the man, whom
in our heart, above all others; we do, we
must honor.
Wliat it Pays to tlo;
It pays to manage the farnl with econ
omy, and this is biought about not so
much by economizing in one important
particular, as in many. It will pay to
keep the fence comers clean, so that
grass will grow in them, and so that
your neighbor will not take oflense be
cause of the thistle and other fowl seeds
that you allow to mature and find their
way Into his eieaiily kept fields. It will
pay to build cheap gates, as they will
save enough valuable liiiie in the busy
season of the yea’ - , to pay expenses of
constructing them many times over. It
will always pay to have wood and water
handy and near the kitchen.
It will pay to build the dwelling house
with the view of saving steps.
In constructing and remoddeling their
houses, farmers would do well to consult
with their wives, for they wbuld suggest
ideas by which the home could be made
more convenient.
It will pay to use! more paint, indoors
and out.
It will pay 'to encourage the chil
dren. Give them an occasional day for
recreation. Give the,boys a colt or calf
to raise, and let them have the money
when it is sold to invest iu seme way
that meets your approval.
It will pay to make home so attractive
that it will always be pleasant for the
man to think over his boyhood days.
A plessaiifhome will make better boys
and better meg.
It will pay to supply the house with
an abundance of good reading matter,
such as agricultural papers etc., and as
good a library as one can afford.
It will pay to plant and cultivate fruit
trees of all kinds. Plenty ot good fruit
prohlotes health and longevity.
Finally, it will pay to do all the things
we have enumerated, and an hundred
others that are now neglected, which
many Of us would do. if we would nnlv
iuKe tune to irnr.K.
Shipment of JBarytes.
For three days past, car load after car
load of barytes stone has been passing
through this city. It arrives on the Air
Line Hailrnad, aud is iiei'e transferred to
tbe Carohua Central. This stone is
taken from the quarry near Wooten’s
sta’ion, Gaston county, and is being
Shipped to Bath, Maine. The third and
fourth shipments that have ever been
shipped ffom this mine, and now in
traitsitii, the first havitfg passed through
here about six weeks ago. Barytes is
used in the manufacture of white lead,
and is the heaviest of the earihs, its
Specific gravity being four. Its weight
very deC’feptiVe; and when 18,000 pounds
are put in a car the floor is hardly more
than covered. When the first Shipment
was fnade; th’e train bands who were
loading it on the Air Lino train put in
40,000 pounds to the car; under the im
pression that they were [fitting in very
small loads, arid the oorisecfuence was
that several cars broke down. It is' said
that barytes is also used iri the rriaritt
factufe of granulated sugar. This is
done in the land of vfmodeh nutmegs
and kerosene and strychiiirfC whifky. —
[Charlotte observer.
Way Side Warnings,
flon't let the treasures of this world
hazard your prospects for'the next.
Don't disregaid thb rights of others
in trying to exercise what seems to be
your own.
Don t preach charity and leave some-,
body else to practice it.
Don't think it condescention to speak
pleasantly to that form beneath those
tattered garments. They may, per
chance, cover a form as comely, or a
heart as honest, as your own, into which
might be reflected a ray of sunshine by
even a pleasant look.
Don't retard the progress of others
because you tail to keep pace with them.
Don't dwell too much on the great
ness ot your ancestors,- test your hear
ers think the stock has Sadly degenera
ted.
An exchange Says: All over th'6 land
women are feeding their babies from
nursing bottle with while rffbb'ef tops
The preparation: used irf bleaching rub
her is a horrible and deadly poison—
white oxid of mercury and kindred
drugs; and the constant mumbling and
chewing rubber so prepared, | laces a
child’s life in danger; Paralysis has
been caused by it, and many a baby dies
in consequence of its use. A trench
mother or mn*Sc corvicted of putting
one to a babe's lips is fined 20 francs or
imprisonment 10 days; and to sell one
is a grave misdemeanor.
The Women’s Centennial ConWiittee,
ot Cincinnati, has agreed to raise two
thousand dollars toward paying Wagner
for the grand march wherewith the ex
hibition is to be opened.
At best life is not very long,. A few
more smiles, a few more tears, some
joys and sorrows—then our little plane*
will close. Is *it wortlj while to hale
each other such a brief span ?
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The Chicago Legal News wants wo
men lawyers to take off their hats when
they addiess the court.-
CONYERS, GEORGIA.: THURSDAY, APRIL 137, 1876.
A Point of Order.
Diogones Sliute lived in one of the
mountain towns. At town meetings he
made big speeches, and in the village
lyceum lie argued right lustily.
At length Diogones reached tho sum
mit of his great ambition. He was
elected to tho State Legislature; and
went dawn and took his seat. It was a
stupendous advance. Only one thing
remained : lie must exhibit bis powers
of oratory. He believed he should sur
prise the august assembly when he did
so.
By and’-by the occasion came. A bill
was before the house for changing, or
amending the pauper laws. Diogones
thought he knew something about pau
pers. He had been’ himself reared in
poverty, and had fought his way out.
Let others do as' he had done. It so
happened that the bill had been offered
by a political Opponent. Diogones had
been elected on strictly party lines, and
he ccfi/ld not properly support a measure
originating with tho opposite party
Finally Diogones. gained the floor.
He spoke grandiloquently. He seemed
a huge pair ot bellows, from which high
sounding words were puffed in spreading
terms; while his long arms gyrated like
the sail yards of a windmill. In the
midst of one of his most tempestuous
outbreaks he stopped to take a drink of
water.
As he raised the glass to his lips a
friend ot lliC tall, lank, elderly
metttbef Started to’ Iris feet:
‘Mr. Speaker,-1 rise to a point of or
der !’
The members wondered what the
point could be.
‘The gentleman will state his point of
order,-’ said the gpeaker.-
‘I think, sir,’ returned the member,
pointing his long boriy finger toward our
orator, ‘that it is entirely out of ovder,
in a deliberative body, for a windmill to
run itself by water!’
A Britannic Pomeroy.'
William Gilbert Ilarrod, a boy only
twelve years of age, was indicted at the
London, England, assizes, for willfully
murdering two boys, one ten years old
Toward the elder of tne hoys he appears
to ha'e entertained an ill-feeling for
some time, and, according to a letter
written by him whi'st in custody, lie and
stakes. After beating him over the
head, Harrod threw the body into a
pond, where it was found the next day.
Trie jury found him guilty of manslaugh
ter, arid he received a sentence of fifteen
years of penal servitude.
Unfeeling Butterwick.
HOW HE WANTED TO GO DOWN TO TIIE
GRAVE WITHOUT BEING INSURED.
When Benjamin P. Gunn, the life iir
suranoe agent, called upon Mr. Butter
wick, the following conversation ensued :
Gunn—‘iir. Butlenvick, you have no
insurance on your life, 1 believe ? I
dropped in to see if I can't get you into
our company. We offer unparalleled
inducements, and—
Butterwick—‘l don't want to insiire.’
Gumi—‘The cost is just nothing wor h
speaking of—a there trifle. And then
we pay enormous dividends, so that you
have so much security at sucli a little
outlay that you ban he perfectly comfort
able and happy.’
Butterwick—‘Bat I don't want to be
comfortable and happy. I'm trying to
be miserable.’
Gunn—‘Now, look at this' thing in a
practical light; You've goi to die some
lime or other. That is a dreadful Cer
tainly to which we must all look forward.
It is tearful enough in any event, but
how much more so when a man knows
ihat he leaves nothing behind him 1 We
all shrink from death, we all hate to
think of it, the contemplation of it fills
us with awful dread ;■ but reflect, What
must be the feelings of a man who en
ters the dark valley with the assurance
that in a pecuniary sense hislife has been
an utter failure 1 Think how ’
Butterwick—-dJon't scare me a bit. I
want to die i been wanting to' die for
years. Rather die than to live any
time.’
Gunn —‘I say, think how wretched
will he the condition of those dear ones
whom you leave behind you. Will not
the tears < f youi heart-'broken widow be
made more bitter by the poverty in
which she is suddenly plunged, and by
the reflection that she is left to the ehrr
ity of a cold and heartless world ? W ill
not— ,
BtftterWick—‘l wouldn't leave her a
cent if I had millions. It'll do the old
woman good to skirmish around tor her
living. Then she ll appreciate me.’
Gunn—‘Your poor little children,' 100.
Fatherless,' orphaned, they will have no
one to fill their famished mouths with
bread, no one to protect them from
harm. You die uninsured and they en
ter a life of suffering from the keen
pangS of poverty.- You insure in our
company and they begin life with enough
to feed and clothe them, and raise them
above the reach of want.’ .
Bulierwick—‘l don't want to false
them above the reach of want. I want
them to want. Best thing they can do
is to tucker down to work as I did.’
Gunn—‘Oh, Mr. Butter wick ! try to
take a higher view of the matter. When
you are an angel and come back to revis
it the scenes of earth, will it not fill you
with sadness to see your dear ones ex
posed to the Storm and the blast, to hun
ger and cold V
3 jiutterwick—‘l'm no’ going to be an
augel, and if I was I wouldn't come
hack ’
Gunn—‘You are a poor man, now.
How do you know that your family will
have enough when you are gone to pay
your funeral expenses, and to bury you
decently *’
Butterwick—‘l don't want to bo
butied.’
Gunn—‘Perhaps Mrs. Butterwick will
be so indignant at your neglect that she
will not mourn for you, that she will not
shed a tear oyer your bier ’
Butlf.twick—‘l don‘t want a bier, and
I‘d rather she wouldn't cry any.’
Gunn—‘Well, then, s'posen’ you go in
on the endowment plan and take a poli
cy tor $5,00 >, to be paid you when you
reach the ago of 50 V
Butterwick—‘i don't want $5,000
when I‘m fifty. I wouldn't take it if
you were to fling it at mo and pay me to
take it.’
Guun—‘l‘m afraid, then. I' have to
say, ‘Good-morning.’
Butterwick—‘l don't want you to say
good-morning ; you cau go without say
iug it.’
Gunn—‘l‘U quit.’
Butterwick—‘Alia! now you've hit it!
I do want you to quit, and as suddenly
as you can.'
f [Then Mr. Gunn left. He thinks he
Will havdly insure Butterwick.—|_Plnla.
Bulletin.
A Baboon Mother.
[Mr. Hazley’s African Lectures.]
A woman belonging to a settlement of
about 150 souls went one day to gather J
some wood, and left her child on the 1
ground to lake care of itself. While the
mother was gone a female baboon ap
peared on tbe scene, and espying the
child approached and began to fondle it.
The Child was allowed to partake of the j
baboon's milk, which deprived it of any j
appetite for its mother's. When tho
rfiothei' returned she noticed that the
child was carefully covered with leaves
and had lost its hunger. This was done
for several days before the mother ascer
tained \tfho' pefforrifed the unthankful
act. When the mother did find out the
doer she induced tho men of her tube to
lie and wait for the baboon trie tiextjd.ay.
The animal noticed the men raise then
weapons to fire, and began to wave her
hand, or paw, as it asking them not to
kill her, and, at the same time pointed to
a young one at her breast But iho na
tive* kffjeti---, N.X unniwr had t.liev
put ill its appearance, and, by a loud
shout, summoned others of his tribe to
tho spot. Then, in a body, the animals
attacked the natives and forced them to
flee fo therr hurts for safety. One ot the
baboons tracked them to their settlement
and the next day they were visited by
about 500 baboons, who assaulted them
with coooanuts and competed them to run
away from their homes. flic animals
kept a watch over the hilts for several
days and prevented tho natives from re
turning to their dwelli”gs.
An Undying Flame,
after thirty-hour years TWO DOWERS
MEET BY CH.tftOE, AND CONSUMMATE A
UNION projected INJTOUTII,
A bedding of a very romantic chwac
Ser occurred in this city yesterday morn
ing. It was the denouement of a court
ship of thirty four years ago—a happy
consummation of youthful love—showing
how incurable are the wounds invisible
that Love's keen arrows make.
Dr. Joseph It. Smith, now oil a visit
to Louisville, is a wealthy merchant and
influential citizen of Ely ton, Abba'ina.
When quite a young man lie loved a,
young lady in another State, arid in
return received the most undying] as
surances of her affection toward him.
But fate intervened. Circumstances of
a peculiar nature prevented their union, |
and, after the first pangs of disappointed
love Were passed, both werfe married and
went their separate ways with their com
panions.. A few years later they lost
gight ot each other, but never forgot
their youthful attachment.
Die lady married a gentleman named
Kilpatrick, with whom she moved t>
Missouri., A tew years ago her husband
died, and abcut two years ago Dr. Smith
became a widower.
A few weeks ago he resolved to take
a trip North in search of his boyhood
sweetheart, whose place of residence
Was unknown to him. His first stopping
place was Louisville. Arriving here in
the part of last week he took a
room at the Fifth' Avenue Hotel _ and
commenced looking after some business
among the merchants;
Two days after his arriual, while look
ing over the hotel Register, Dr. Smith,
to his great Surprise, read the name of
Mis. Kilpatrick from Missouri. lie
sorfght an interview at once, and for the
first time in thirty-four years beheld his
old-time sweetheart. The rest of'the
stor_v is of necessity brief aad already
anticipated.' .
At nine o’clock, yesterday morning,
Dr. Smith and Mrs. Kilpatrick quietly
left the hotel in a hack together, and
drove to Chestnut street Methodist
church, where they were married in the
presence of a few friends, who had gath
ered tln-re by invitation of the groom,
Rev. pastor of the church per
forming the ceramony. The parties then
returned to the .hotel, where they will
remain a few days and then return to
their Southern home.
A dog got into a hydraulic pipe in
Nevada city recently, was forced through
a five inch nozzle and landed against an
embankment sever J hundred feet dis
tant. The journal that records the fact
adds: ‘ln bis canine flight a Chinaman
was knocked into the current and both
animals perished simultaneously.’
Huai Individuality.
\ STKANGK NARRATIVE;
Some years since a ship carpenter, at
Sunderland, turned lecturer. His name
was Anthony J. Oliver, and the subject
of bis lectures was mesmariam. He was
a great reader and an extraordinary mes
mj'io operator, aid whan be made his
first appearance in public,, bis nfaniiesta
tion ot the odylio force astonished his
audiences. llis progress through the
towns ot the north of England was one
continued harvest of shekels. Old and
young, of both sexes—doctors, lawyers,
clergymen and scientists wept to scoff at,
hut was all spell-bound by his mesmeric
power. Among others in Newcastle,
Miss Jennie Hobson was a profound ad
mirer of Mr. Oliver. So great was his
influence over her fluid by the force of
his will he could at t l, e distance of a
mile or over induce the mesmeric sleep,
and compel her to proceed to him. This
extraordinary fact was demonstrated in
the presence of a committee of scientific
experts, when collusion was Cut of the
question. On one of these occasions
she climbed a garden wall sefeu feet in
height, and fell head- foremost to' the
ground. She was taken up senseless,
and medical attendance was summoned,
but in vain. She lay for six weeks in a
condition bordering upon death. Just
here it may be well 10 disgress for a mo
ment. Mr. Oliver afterwards studied
medicine. After the war ended in these
United States, he, with a number of bis
English friends, settled in Virginia.
Every newspaper reader remembers his
tragic end. He betrayed an aiistooratic
Virginian‘s daughter and her father.shot
Oliver in cold blood. Winn Miss Hob
son recovered her consciousness she was
blind and deaf, and she continued so for
five or six weeks. The sense of hearing
returned suddenly, birt Sight rt-tiffifed
more gradually; bift iff the end perfectly.
The ufoSt extraordinary feature of the
case,- htfvfeter, was the fact that she had
lost :fll former recollections of her for
mer life. She did not know a letter of
the alphabet, and she could not play an
■ air on the pianoforte. Her father and
! mother were strangers to her. Her pet
dog was angrily thrust away. She was
ignorant of the use of knives and fofkjr.
She was simply anew born infant. With
Ibis difference, that she oould acquire
j v, .--'Ji -- ii-.. „4„
! geography, French and music were ea-
I gerly studied, and anew circle of friends
wis gradually formed. Here again there
was an abnormal fastidiousness. The
friends ot her fbtm'er self weie ditaste
ful, and a young gentleman who had
loved her, and Whom she treated With
cruel ridicule, suddenly becam'e hor prime
favorite. It soon became known that
Mr. George Henderson and Miss Jennie
Hobson wero engaged. The young
man's parents consulted Dr. Gibbs, the
doctor consJited Dr. Forbes winglo'w,
and the young people were urgently ad
vised to postpone the nuptials. Parental
opposition precipitated the uni m. A
runaway match made them man and wife
in May, 1850. At tho birth of their first
son the poor mother remained uncon
scious! for three weeks. Similar symp
toms followed the binli of a daughter in
1860. One morning she awoke iu her
foryier natural state without any intima
tion from memory or consciousness that
anything unusual had happened. The
four years of married life were to her as
though they had never been. She
shrieked with rage when her hu-fb’aud
approached. The house was strange to
her. She did not recognize her own
dresses or her own hand writing. She
took up life again at the. precise point
where she had left it when she fell into
the mesmeric slumbers and tried to scale
the garden wall. Existence with her
husband was unendurable, and she was
taken back to her mother. Parental
interference resulted in a judicial separa
tion between the husband and wife.
Miss Jennie Hobson, as she again call
ed herself, was annoyed by any reference
to her abnormal individuality, and her
parents yielded to her eutrea ies to leave
the towy and reside in the rioutli of Eng
land. Near Damnouih arid gained all
her former health and spirits. Fossess
ing a graceful fonn and pretty face, she
soon became the focus of masculine ad
miration, and finally a wealthy young
farmer offered his hand. l’ere Robson,
in spite of Jennie’s tears and entreaties,
insisted that Fredrick Hood should he
informed of her previous mental defange
merit and marriage* The poor fellow
was too deeply in love to fear consequen
ces. Then anew obstacle arose in a ntvf
form. Her husband heard of her intend
de marriage,’ arid threatened Fredrick
Hood and Jennie wilh ‘‘proceedings” if
the match was consummated. Where
upon Mr. Hood with Jennie enfigi ated
to this country. Boon after the pair
proceeded to Southern Minnesota and
established themselves on a truilfu! farm.
But, alas 1 misfortune overtook them.
In August las. Mr. Hood was out driv
ing with his wife in a buggy, when the
horse ran away, the vehicle was upset,
and Mrs. flood thrown violently to the
ground, receiving a severe concussion bn
the back of her head. She remained
unconscious for two weeks. When she
recovered consciousness it wa3 even as
he feared. “She did not know me from
Adam,” as he expressed it, “and I could
uo more convince her that I was her hus-
band than I eou.d stop the earth in its
orbit,” Whenever he approached her
she repulsed him with anget for spiriting
her away from home. All the old affec-
tion for her children and her former bus
baud returned, and poor Hood had uo
peace till he started with her on her Way
back to England. The pair reached tins
city from the West on Thursday last,
Number 4:o*
and a friend of Mr. Hood's who saw th'q
pai\-, iiftorniecf the writer that tho coldest
and most severe polite existed be
tween the two whilonf rififfi and wife.
No sign however can pfisuude the lady
that she is not the Victim ot Hood’s
machinations, and rrfemory revert ft back
to Uie immediate circumstances gfdfceed
ing tbe Wrtlf of hUf brtdy in iB6O.
Sensation Proiri Vnfpif fitted Limbs.
William Sol m, of Virgiffm City, Ne
vada,had one of liis feet so badly crushed
by an accident on tho Virginia and
Truokee railroad some days ago as to
require amputation. The operation was
successfully performed, and one of the
‘loctars took liis todt home with him for
dissection. While limit engaged 1 , * •bo'f
arrived; and said that Wo mW p'otffe (of
the foot, tliat Mf. Sold?! Wiflitedit. Tfdj
loot was accordingly hilton away anil
placed, in a bureau drawer in Solon’s
room near his bed. The victim at once
became very restless, suffered intense
pain; and it'll' the Opiates administered
failed to give him’ relied. lie said he tell
as though bis toes were doubled ufndef
bis feet, and that he was standing with
liis whole weight on tjiat footalso* that
there seemed to be a knife Slick Iff g in hUf
leg. The doctor, who was by tins time
at the patient’s side, went to the drawer,
and, taking up the foot, fiuiid.the tbejf
•doubled back, and sticking in it a gm’ifl
hook-shaped instrument used in taking
up arteries. The ins l foment was removed
and the foot placed in an easy position,
when Solon declared he was free from
pain and felt quite easy f indeed, ,s>on
fell into a sound sloop. This reiifarkable
case is not without parallel’s, But jth'e
phenomenon is a character that, while it
lias been the suhjebt of much thought
and investigation, is still a puzzler and
without even an approximately sattiffcfo
tory explanrftich.
Mexico.
Tho'troublcs in Mexico anti long tho
Texan border are attracting much atten
tion at Washington city, and a move-,
merit for taking possession of that coun
try would obtain strong stippcrfo
A member of Congress femnfked, the
other day, that he thought tho best thing
the government could .do would be to
call lor volunteers to place Mexico under
the stars and stripes, and ho was satis
twenty .dour hours.
An M. C. from Texas thought a larger
force than that wb’dKl bh required, for,
said lie, those who havg Casti'ian blood
in them; ate good fighters, and not
j easily ri'vorfc’ome. We Could riot tort
quer that country as easily as we did in
i *847. , .
Another Hit. C. also afffo'&fte'd tffOYe
merit on Mexico. Why, said he, the
cost of such an expedition would be
repaid in a short time in the minerals we
should take out. Now if you engage
in ifdker miiiif/g )vt Mexico Ittft l make a
hundred thousartd dollars, and the Mex
ican Government find it out, they will
take it riwa'y ffom you. It Grant had
turned his attention to the acquisition of
Mexico; it would have been a much more
popular triovo tha'n this San Domingo or
Cuban intrigues, or liie attempt to in
volve this country iu war with Spain.
Ou to Mexico 1
The Jockey.
For a red hot speciality, yu hav got to
hunt kreashun class to find an equal to
the kuntry boss jockey. He is allwcfii ft
man ov plesent tempermenf, vain ov hiz
opinyuns, often ov more fancy than judg
merit, and quick to deside, lie haz but
little affekshun for a boss, and only luvs
him ior the cheat that i in him.
lie \t allwus reefery to trade for enny
thing fum a yerling koll to" a kavalry hoss
llfrft General Butler rode at the battle ov
lirimdywine. lie never kndwd when he
gfts cheated, and ertef thinks that the
last nag he gdt Vk the best ortef he ever
owned lie iff not bothered/ with too
much koriswfe'/ice, and would aif soon' lay
out a traveling preacher in :i Swap az hiz
own father-in-law, and do lt without en
ny malice; but jerft for the' IfOiior ov the
profesli itrf. , .
I don't kno whi it \z iftst a man lean
trade kows aqd be pius, or swap oxeu
and be a good dcakon; or even negosni
ate dogs and be looked upan favorably ;
hut when he goes irito the boss biziness
enterprize,. if’be kant cheet, he haz miss
ed his calling and ain’t happy.
The boss Jockey iz suinlimes honest
frond p/ollcy; but needs az much wotohing
az a sworm ov b's doo who are just get
ting readdy to sworna.
Josh Billings.
James C. Watson, of Michigan Uni
versity, who accompanied one of thb'
transit of Venus expeditions, reoentJy
delivered a very interesting leoture, iff*
.which he referred to the intense anxiety
of his party as the transit, for which’ so
much preparation had been 1 made, ap
proached. He said that. his telescope
had been adjusted so that it should bear
upon the planet as the transit began.
When the moment had come, to his
great atarnV he found that the planet was
not in sight, and he. was in great anxiety
lest the instrument had been falsely ad
justed. After a short time, which seem
ed hours, Vends appeared, one minute
and thirty seconds behind time in a cycle
of 105 yews.
Thotrfas Jefferson rode 6h hbnfebacfe'
to’ Washington, hitched his hoftse to a
rail fence and walked over and was in
augurated, but it would't be safe fo try
thul now, for while ho was being sworn'
in, one ot his Cabinet officials might
steal the horse.'