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Vempip'r Law Drelileea.
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ly from the postoffloe-whether directed to
hia mme or another’s, or whether he haa sub*
aonbed or not— ia t eapontible for the amount.
2. If a perron orders hie paper discontinued
be mmt pay all arrearagra, or the publisher
m <v continue to send it until payment la
made, and colleot the whole amount,whether
the paperia takes from the offleo or not.
3. The court* have deoided that refusing
to take newspapers or periodicrls from the
postoffloe, or removing and leaving them
uncnlled for ia prinia fade evidence of in-
lint otn»l frnuH.
The darties who arc conspiring to
cheat Uncle Sum out of the property left
him by the millionaire Lowis are coming
to grief. In court on Monday it was proven
that the certificate of marriage produced
by the woman who claimed to be his wife
was a rank forgery.
Tx financial circles abroad the fol
lowing classification is made of the finan
cial condition of three States: Chili is
poor, has few debts and pays promptly.
Peru, notwithstanding its rich mines, is
poor, with n big debt, which it promises
to pay but never does. Bolivia is also
poor, lias a large debt, promises nothing
and pnys less.
Tiie eminent journalist, Emile de Gi-
rnrdin, speaking “in the name of three
millions of illegitimates that exist in
Franco, and to the number of which
lie does not conceal the fact that he be
longs,” argues that illegitimacy is an er
ror of the law and not n disgrace of the
person. He depicts the family of the
futuro thus: First, the mother, a dow
ager, and adininstcring her own fortune
in virtue of the regime of the separation
of goods, which is to become the legal
regime of France; second, equality of
the children before the mother nnd be
fore the law. In order to approach this
ideal he thinks the institution of divorce
must be introduced, but only ns u pro
visional means.
The country need not be alarmed at
the great influx of bills in Congress.
Nearly all of them will go quietly to
their long sleep in the pigeon holes of
the committee roon s. Almost every
congressman has a number of constitu
ents who think they have a call to take a
hand in national legislation. As the ol>*
stinato and unapprecintivo people will
not send these amateur law-makers to
congrfss, they have no resource but to
prepare bills embodying their erudite
conceptions and send them to “our mem
ber,” with a request that lie present
them. The obliging member complies,
but 1ms no further interest iu the mutter.
This is why so ninny unwise measures
lire offered. It is a sort of ventilation
that docs no great harm, while it makes
many persons happy.
The night before thanksgiving an old
couple in Mercury, Massachusetts, wero
visited by a stranger, whom the mother
at last recognized as her son. Morethnn
fifteen years before he was with Cushing
iu the exploit against the ram Albemarc,
and never being heard of afterward, was
supposed to have been killed. He- was
struck by a picco of a torpedo, and was
taken ashore in the Confederate boats.
After his wound was healed lie was set
at liberty, knowing nothing of his name
or home. Finally he took employment
with an nx-coufederate surgeon, who
opened the wound and lifted or trepanned
tho skull. His condition so improved at
the end of a year that his memory
turned nnd lie went home to his
thanksgiving dinner as though nothing
had happened.
Official whippings arc contimiqd
regularly at Newcastle, Delaware, and
arc regarded ns a matter of count* by the
residents, though strangers arc sometimes
shocked by the sight. On the last whip
ping day live convicted thieves 1
punished. The first was a German,
who was not Fcvercly lashed, and lie
walked away smiling. The next w
miserable tramp, who boro Ihe ordeal
without flinching. Two negroes
came next, writhed and muttered under
pain of severe blows. The fifth w
boy of fifteen. lie w*ns so frightened
that it was necessary to force him in
]> nit, and at the first blow he dcspciutcly
freed himself by pulling bis hands oi
the staples. A handkerchief was ua*d to
fasten him, but he got loose again btforc
the prescribed twenty blows were tom-
plcted nnd pathetically begged the shtriff
not to strike so hard.
THE BUTLER HERALD.
W. H. BKHIVH, I
JAUdM ». M(?M, | ■«*•»»•
‘LET THERE BE LIGHT.”
Subscription, $1,50 in Advance.
VOLUME IV.
BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1879.
NUMBER 12.
SOVTIIEHN SEWS.
I Lynchburg (Va.) News: In u suit
j pending in the corporation court between
Six newspapers are published at Bris- Q. and S M it was found necessary to have
tho deposition of Mrs. M., of Tennessee.
tol, Tenn.
Gold is more plentiful tlian greenbacks
in Augusta, Ga.
Columbia, 8. C., wants to be made a
signal service station.
Coal from Richmond county, Ga., is
soon to be put upon the markot.
Some negroes in Lowndes county, Ala.,
have been arrested for counterfeiting sil-
Athinta, Ga., will have a fair for the
public library next month, to last a week
or more.
Extra fine lump coal is selling in
Knoxville, Tenn., at ten cents per bushel,
delivered.
Fifty locomotives und over five hun
dred cars arc in use on the Western &
Atlanta railroad.
The question that concerns the south
ern planters is: “ Shall we sec fiftcen-
cent cotton ?”
Dullas, Texas, is prowded with negroes
on their way to Kansas, who stop there
for supplies.
Col. Alfred Rhctt has been appointed
by the governor chief state constable of
South Carolina.
Oranges sell on the streets of Lake
City, Fla., at from fifty cents to one dol
lar per hundred.
Rockdale county, Ga., lias voted in
favor of prohibition, nnd local option is
becoming popular in the state.
The negroes held a big convention at
Forsyth, Ga., Saturday to consider the
feasibility of emigrating to Kansas.
The state authorities of Texas have
sent out detectives to watch how the
bell-punch is rung by the saloon-keepers.
There arc already fifty-three applicants
for the position of secretary of the de
partment of agriculture of North Caro
lina.
California salmon aro being extensively
distributed in the streams of West Vir
ginia by the fish commissioner of that
State.
McMinville (Tenn.) Now Era: The
celebrated Ducktown copper mines were
sold at public sale a few days since for
the sum of $03,000.
There were only five deaths at Jack
sonville, Fla., during November and
of tha number was a colored woman
said to bo 125 years old.
The peanut crop of Virginia, Tennes
see nnd North Curolinn is estimated at
about 1,835,000 bushels—an increase of
500,000 bushels over last year.
Thirty-five gin houses have been de
stroyed by fire this season in Georgia
and Alabama, with nil estimated loss on
machinery and cotton of $50,000.,
Greenville, S. C., had u disastrous lire
Sunday, destroying the Academy of
Music, valued at $35,000, and other
property in the building worth $16,500.
The liquor dealers of Galveston, Texas,
who were convicted of violating the Sun
day law, have been hired out under the
county convict act at the rate of two
dollars and a half per month.
Dr. Edmond Strudwiek, a prominent
physician of Hillsboro, N. C., aged sev
enty-eight years, accident Uy swallowed
a few drops of belladonna, and died be
fore a remedy could be hau.
Near Lexington, Vn.jU few days since,
a farmer named Gillespie was killed by a
negro named Mitchell, who had been at
tending his farm. The dispute arose
over the division of the crop.
The board of aldermen of Richmond,
Va., has rejected the council proposition
to submit to the voters of that city the
question of voting a subscription of $750,-
000 to the proposed Janies River Valley
A Carious Punishment.
Tho Dutch settlers of New Netker-
land, now New York City, administered
.. lingular punishment to disorderly .
sons In the records of the colony,
which are preserved in New York Ciy
Hall, there is the following item:
“October 14, 1638, for drawing hs
knifo upon a person, Guysbert Van R«-
gerslara is sentenced to throw himself
three time from the snilvard of the yaclt
Hope, and to receive from each sailer
three lashes, at the ringing of the bell.*'
Those Dutchmen believed in tie
efficacy of cold water andcounter-irrit*
tion to cool tho angry pussions. Thi
bell was rung every morning and even!
ing to call persons to and from thcil
labor, * ‘ ‘ ‘
railroad.
The number of Methodist churches in
Orange county, Fla., lias been increased
from seven in 1875,«to thirty-five in 1‘
present year, an average of seven churc
a year. Other denominations have also
largely increased.
Nashville American: An average of
forty car-loads of freight arrive here
daily over the Evansville railroad. This
does not include thirty car-loads of coal,
which are received every day from
Southern Kentucky.
The bell-punch register has come to lie
regarded in Texas us a mere farce. In
Houston one leading saloon which regis
tered over 1,300 on the malt register for
October, shows onlv nineteen glasses of
beer sold during November.
Montgomery Advertiser: Another Ala
bama lady has entered live field of histri
onics in search of fame and fortune—
Miss Louise Clarke. She has recently
rend to delighted audiences in Atlanta,
and will soon begin a regular tour of the
southern cities.
Lexington (Va.) Gazette: The ™
of this place are now dressed in full uni
form, in very respect similar to that
worn by the Philadelphia police. Their
new overcoats were made in Philadel
phia by the contractors who supply the
police of that city.
A prominent agent at Memphis who
has kept up with the reaction following
the exodus furnishes statistics showing
that 8,000 persons have returned from
Texas during the nine days ending Sun
day last. A large per cent of this class
return to bust Tennessee and Virginia.
b accordingly issued to “any
.justice or notary public”
A process
commissioner, _
to take said deposition. Tli’o process
was placed in the hands of a negro con
stable, who made the following return:
“this witness is sick in bade Chile one
wake ole.”
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser: On
Friday last the supreme court room was
the scene of an event that has never be
fore occurred in our state. On that day
resolutions were introduced commemora
tive of the death of ex-Chief Justice E.
S. Dargan and ex-Associate Justice Ly
ra Gibbons, both of Mobile. It has
ver before occurred that the death of
two ex-judges of the supreme court was
officially announced on the same day.
Dallas (Tex.) Herald : The Sanetificn-
tionalists arc gathering here again, audit
is whispered mat they are holding dark
lantern meetings. This fact was brought
to light by Mr. William Buchanan, a
prominent and respectable farmer of Na
varro county, coming to the city in
search of his wife, she having preceded
ith the avowed purpose of mining the
band. He is an old man, and she is rep
resented as being a rather young woman.
Memphis Ledger: We sold more cot
ton Thursday than any previous day in
the history ot Memphis. Wo have now
the largest stock on hand ever held at
one time, and our receipts a week ago
last Monday were the largest on record.
The receipts of the past six weeks are
40,000 bales ahead of last year, und wo
are close to receipts of year before last,
when nothing obstructed the movement
of the staple at any .time (luring the eeu-
son.
Fourteen years ago a Frenchman
named Bossett was imprisoned at Rich
mond, Vo., for counterfeiting, and soon
nftcr made his escape, leaving the coun
try. He left a wife in Virginia, who,
after mourning his loss for several years,
married again nnd finally married a
third timo. Only a few days since Bos
sett appeared in his old neighborhood to
find his wife living happily with another.
She was arrested for bigamy at the in
stance of Bossett and is now in jail await
ing trial.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
The Neunto.
In the senate on the 9th, Mr. Mnxey fr
tho committee on military affairs reported
, 1"
favorably to the senate to-day the bill mak
ing an appropriation for the erection of
. , mfo r the protection of
Huitablc i
ted States, or anyplace subject to their juris
diction. Section 2.—Congress shull have
: by appropriate
legislation.” Adjourned.
In the house on the lltli,
offered by Mr. Shelly (Alab
for the appointmo
uui) und rcfci
of the
Htigate the causes of tin
exodus from the Nontli and report sue!
urea as the exigencies may require
house then went into a committee
whole on the lull authorizing an allowance
for the loss by leakage or casualty of spirits
withdrawn from distillery vare-lioum s for
exportation. Mr. Morrison (Illinois) who
originally introduced the bill spoke in its
support und stated that it hud tin- approval
of the commissioner of revenue. The com
mittee llu-n rose ami reported the lull to tlu-
house whereupon it was passed. Mr. Hub-
bel (Michigan) from the appropriations com
mittee. reported the pension upproi riation
hit‘h was ordered p
The bill are
of about $3,000,000
iation. Tho house then adjoi
,000, II
Over the Abyss.
|R.«Jln 8 Bdgta]
If it were possible to turn gray of terror
the hair of Miss Floyd Jones of New
York should be aB white as snow, in con
sequence of an awful adventure which
•he passed through at the Briggs Colliery
of the Lackawauna Coal anu Iron Com
pany in this city. She is visiting the
family of W. W. Scranton, General
Manager of the iron company, and
pressed a desire to visit tho mine for the
purpose of witnessing the interesting nnd
perilous process of mining and preparing
anthracite for use. Accordingly Mr.
Scranton, acting ns her escort, took along
Mine Superintendent Reese G. Brooks os
an extra precaution against venturing
into danger. After inspecting the mine
and seeing the men a work, the trio,
guided by their flickering lamps, re
turned along the subterranean halls to
the foot of the shaft for the purpose of
making the ascension. Superintendent
Brooks signaled to the engineer over
head, Albert Rosekellv, and told him the
party wanted to be hoisted directly to
the tower of the breaker, which rises* 150
feet from the mouth of the shaft and is
450 feet from the bottom, where they
were standing at the time. Tho object
of ascending to the tower was to make
an examination of tho screen rooms,
rollers and other departments where the
work of breaking and cleaning coal was
going on. The engineer answered down
through the tube, “all right,” and the
trio, taking their places on the platform
of the carriage, were hoisted swiftly up
out of the mine into the abaft of the
tower.
Upon the carriage approaching the
•heave-wheel at the top, Engineer Rob*
kelly lost control of his engine nnd the
prty was hurled against tho heavy tim
bers of the roof, snapping the wire hoist-
. snapping the wire hoist
ing rope asunder with the visitors over
an abyss 450 feet deep. It was a moment
of awful fear. They expected to be
dashed to the bottom. They felt the
carriage slip sharply down a few inches;
then came a sudden jolt, a halt and tiny
were standing still. The safety catches,
; which are generally more ornamental
i'; than useful, sprang to their places and
duccd by Senator Muxcy appropriates *200,-
000 for the purpose of erecting such military
posts on or near the Rio Grande frontier, as
may lie deemed necessary by the secretary
of war for adequate protection thereof. The
committee also reported favorably on tho
senate bill to enable the secretary of war to
purchase land for the arsenal at8an Antonio
Texas. On motion of Mr. Davis (Illiiui
at 1:05 the senate went into executive i.„ . .
sion. The senate in executive session con- 1 held the carriage there. Even then tho
finned tho nomination of Secretary McCrary situation was painfully perilous. Tho
to be United States circuit indue for the i * — * ~i-l* -
8th circuit without debate
jourued.
u. Ad-i
catches to slip agaiu, and everybody
In the senate on tho 10th, the house con- | breathe. The position
nt resolution, to adjourn from Decern- 1 »“ which the halt wus made was not
adopted. At 1 p. ■ within easy access of any landing,
•eutive session, 1 nnd the party warm fnmarl ra
i forced to remain
her 10th to Jununry 0th w
m. the senate went into executive session,' and the pi . ..
and when the doors were reopened ad- j there until the workmen came with lad*
journed. | ders to their relief. This took a very
In the senate on the 11th, Mr. Plumb In- ( few minutca, yet it seemed nn eternity,
traduced a bill to amend the icvised slat- (and it was with feelings of deep ami
•lilting to taxes oil bnnks and bankers. , h ear tf e lt thankfulness that they touched
SSVotth' revlMa » I “ ndin 8 °»« ">»™. Tho onlv
statutes, or any sum under name of deposits bodily injuries inflicted by tho shock
which may bo deposited with any other us- were a slight cut which Miss Jones sus-
sociution/bank or banker and which is sub- tained on the side of the head when the
j.-ct to taxation in such association. The bill rope broke letting a bolt descend from
* *—* ! -mde- the top of carriage where it wnn attached
It provides that no
nnd savings fund ini
where the deposit
firm or corporation
the (
XT.
to be lii
ey, the s
that amount is
»le to tax. On motion of Mr. Max-
thcii took up and passed a bill
ppropriating «200,000 for such posts
near ihc Rio Grande frontier as the secretary
of war may deem necessary for the ndoquate
protection* thereof. Mr. Cockrell withdrew
liis objection to the consideration of the
joint resolution for the removal of the Utes
from Colorado, and offered an amendment
that the Indians be removed to some suita
ble place not in the Indian territory. The
amendment was agreed to, and the resolu
tion ns reported and thus amended was
passed. On motion of Mr. Itutler, the sen-
look up and passed u joint resolut
utlioi
i* of V
. . . Cbarlei
•!, to the trustees or the Holy
arch institute for its use and
n. At 1 :'>6 tlie senate went it
ifdon, und when the doors we
idjourncd until Monday.
Tlic lions .
! the
no way
Sorrows of Genius
Homer was a beggar.
Spencer died in wont.
Cervantes died of hunger.
Torrance, the dramatist, was a slave
Dryden lived in poverty and distress
Sir Walter Raleigh died on the scaf
fold.
Butler lived a life of penury and died
poor.
In the iiousj on the 9th, Mr. Pound ( Wis-
cousin ) introduced a joint resolution pro
posing an amendment t>* the constitution
providing that alter the Ith of March, 18S. r »,
the president and president shall hold
their office for six years, and shull be inelig
ible for more than one term consecutive,
and that'members of congress shall he elcc-
eeded to a null of the stales for bills’foi
efercwcc. Under the call of the states about
lireo hundred bills were introduced. Most
f them are of a private character. Among
hose of general public interest were the fol
lowing: By Mr. Money (Mississippi), de-
Col. John B. Palmer bus resigned the
presidency of the Charlotte, Columbia
. and at*9 o’clock at night to an- & Augusta railroad, a position he has
nounco the hour for retiring. Guysbert,. ,u ‘ lt J for many years. He will be sue-
therefore, received not only three duck- roe ” c ” Associate Justice Haskell,
ings, but also three lashings, and doubt-1 ')’" 0 retires from the Supreme Court of
less ever after kept hia knife in its sheath * 50Utl1 Carolina to accept the position,
when his temper was hot. Charleston (S. C.) News: The bill to
The bell-ringer was a notable man. He regulate the sale of patent medicines,
before the general assembly, pro-
Bv M
during certain kinds t. ,
and defining the duticH of the postmaster-
general iu connection therewith. This hill
was prepared by the law officers of the post-
office department, and embodies the views of
that department with regard to tiie lottery
question. By Mr. Goode ( Virginia ), to aiil
the (duration of the colored rare by an up-
proprintion for that purpose of unpaid li
Fcltoi
„d pa
( Gei
’ soldier
By Mr
s the court-mc«senger, the grave-dig
ger, the chorister, and sometimes the
school-master. When the minister was
absent he read u sermon to the congrega
tion.
Aw-a-n-y to omana.
[Barltogton na«kcy c .j
Occasionally you will meet a young
man who gets on the train somewhere in
Ohio, and when some fellow passenger
asks him how far lie is going he will say
“Omaha!” in the tone of a brakeman
calling a station, and then looked up
and down the car to observe tho amaze
ment nnd awe of tho other passengers,
ami you will notice that he looks a little
bit disappointed because they do not
to make it unlawful to sell
tatc any medicine the combination of
vhieh is unknown, unless an accurate
orniula of the component parts l>e at
tached to it.
A young lady at Jackson, Tenn., was
(itertainiug a gentleman friend the other
foiling, when he offered her nn insult.
^ie at once drew a pistol, compelled
lira to kneel on the floor and remain
tl her mother came in and heard the
Wole affair, after which she allowed
bin to sneak off.
ialveston (Tex.) News: A young
gdtlcman of this city had the pleasure
ofiating nn oyster that harbored within
its hell e ghty-five little pearls. They
wqa exhibited at the News- office, ami
rafe in size from a mustard seed to a
The oyster name with a ship-
hats and ask to shake
bunds with him and want to know where
lie comes from and all about him. But
by and by, when he learns from casual
remarks dropped carelessly now and
then that the man behind him is going
to San Francisco, and tho one in front ,
of him is going to Japan, and the old by
fellow on the other side of the aisle is j dayt-
just returning from St. Petersburg, the . legn
vouug man drops bis voice to a husky ' coni
whisper, shrinks down into his duster so pn-i .. .
that no one can see him, and tells tho j by t|- officials to lie manufactured to-
i Indianoln.
r) itrly one million
ing leaf tobi
nlhon pounds of leaf to-
d nt New Orleans a few
enuc officials for an
f the revenue law,
by hvdraulii
ii bark ami all pr
i of IV
of duty. By Mr. Cliiilii
Natchez. By M
^tiie power <
offici
'«««•
allow
. . ..satisfied land
claims and vesting that power in the United
Slates. By Mr. Wood ( New York), to amend
tho laws relating to the internal revenue, It
provides for the allowance of u drawback
• included
of March 14th, 1879,
equal in value the
the nil'
all manufactured i
provisions of the
which drawback shall
amount by which the 1
bucco exceeded the tax of sateen cents
pound now imposed. By Mr. Felton ( CL
' ‘ ’ occnt persons from ci
It provides for tiie repeal
inal prosecutions. It provides for th
of section 1822 of the
der to prohibit the use of criminal inf«
tion in criminal prosecutions and give <
criminal tiie right of trial under the regular
indictment by a duly cmpunncilcd grand
jury. By Mr. Myers (Indiana ), to retire na
tional bunk notes and substitute United
States treasury notes therefor. By Mr. Ken
nited States. By Mr. \V
the appointment of a seleci
d dur-
ihnrgciihlc to the
urner (Ohio), for
itigute the qu>
commerce. Mr. Wrod (New York) offered a
concurrent resolution providing for the ad
journment of congrci ' *‘ 1
flld I1H
next man who asks him about it tliut ho i !meet and therefore liable to a t
N only going out here a little wav. j rixleh cents per pound
which ia believed |
i. r
ing the date of adjournment th
instead of the 23d it was agree
In tho house on the 10th, nf
d Mr. Burrows ( Mich
the t
l n jo:
: the following i
Union: “ Article—
t within tin limits
liacon lived a life of meanness and
distress.
Plautus, tho Roman comic poet,
turned a mill.
Paul Borghcse had fourteen trades,
and yet starved with all.
Tasso, tho Italian poot, was often dis
tressed for five shillings.
Steele, the humorest. lived a life of
perfect warfare with bailiffs.
Otway, tho English dramatist, died
prematurely, and through hunger.
nimftorfnn tho child nf n-oniiiM
Chattcrton, tho child of genius, and
misfortune, destroyed himself at 18.
Bentivoglio was refused admittance
into a hospital he had himself erected.
Savago died in a prison at Bristol,
where ho was confined for a debt of $40.
Tho death of Collins was through neg
lect, first causing mental derangement.
Goldsmith’s “vicar of Wakefield ”
was sold for a trifle to save him from tho
grip of the law.
Yielding lies in the burying-ground of
the English factory at Lisbon, without a
stone to mark the spot
Milton sold his copyright of “ Para
dise Lost” for $75, at three payments,
and finished his life in obscurity.
Camocns, the celebrated writer of tho
Lusiad,” tho great Portugcso epic,
ended his life, it is said, in an almshouse,
and. at any rate, was supported by a
faithful black servant, who begged in
tlic streets of Lisbon for him.
Result of Absent Mlndcdness.
[II*:
“ Aha! you won that bet, I see,” said
a Main street man to his neighbor us
they started for the train yesterday
morning.
“ ‘Won that bet?’ ” ho wondcringly
plied; “ what do you mean?”
“Oh, you know what I mean; let mo
congratulate you upon looking
this morning.’’
Seizing his friend by the arm, the
‘ looking so
t going to Like
io from you;
id about it,” said
only compliment-
TU TWO BUM
W« two will stand in the shadow born,
To s«o tbe hrtds ss shs |imms by;
Bing soft uud low, ring loud sod clear,
Yc chiming bolls thst swing on hlghl
Look! look! sliacomral Tbe sir grows swsrl
With (lie frairranl breath of tht orengt bloon
And tho flowi
Lie In s flood of n
■hoc
While the gmit orvan dies nmi swells,
Soaring to trembling heights of prayer
Dbl rare are her rol.cn of silken sheen,
And the pearls that gleam on her boson
But rarer the grace of her royal mien,
Her hair’s flue gold, and her check’s yot
That there aro rough paths for other f«
For lore hath shielded her: honor kept
slch b
And evil out fro
Trailing with slow length far away.
Now In her perfect womanhood,
In nil the wealth of her matchless cli
Lovely and bcnutiful, pure and good,
She yields herself to her lover’s arm
Hark! how the jubilant voices ring!
I/.! ns we rtaml in the shadow here,
While far ahovo us the gay bells swlnj
0 gleam ot a happy
The
.Ido of II
with n
. I pr;
fcre I ho sun g.*es down in the darkening s
And nl^ht falls around us, chill and gia;
In the dim church porch jb hour ngo,
ilcture for you aud u
nek for the- shadow here;
shirking overywlien
a of desi«alr.
hud up the flights, n« we still ascend, ’
Creep stealthy phantoms dark and grti
Enter this chamber. Lay by dny.
Alouo iu this chill and ghostly room,
A child—a woman—which Is it, prayf-
Lcspair 1 ugly wait* t«r tho hour of door
I dm
i glooin of a we
-l help her not
o not Judge he
If? 8 You inow tho tsta
ll her mlitery 1
if you wear that Urea*. You want to
“ Yob, I want to look aa near like you
oa possible.’
Well, that won’t bo very difficult.
Your hair and eyes, and even your
mouth, is like mine. Your face is too
white, though. But you can alter that
with a little dirt.”
They changed drewes, and soon the
youug, rich and noble Mario de Nantes
wuh clad in the rags of Marie, tho Pauper
Of Paris.
The history of Marie de Nantes was a
sad one. Her father and two brothers
had fallen victims to tne remorseless
fiends of tho Revolution, and a third
and l ist brother had been seized. But
iris rate bIio waa ignorant, although
glio expected that it would be similar
to that of her other relatives. He had
been torn from her side but a few la..if*
before.
After the exchange hnd been made the
pauper looked on tho stockingless and
shoeless feet and ankles of the lady, aud
said:
“That will never do. Your feet are
too white und delicate. Let me arrange
matters.”
In a few moments Marie was prepared
end in tho tilth und rags she emerged
Into the street.
She now took her course back toward
Ihe guillotine und nt length reached the
square where the bloody work was still
going on.
Gradually slto forced her way through
tho crowd, and nearer nnd nearer she
came to the scaffold.
She even forced a laugh nt several re
marks she heard around her, but those
laughs sounded strangely.
Tho Theater Effected Her.
Wednesday night, a littlo after 11
waifs
•2'xiF. dance for drunkards—the reel.
Government pap”—tho Father ol
his Country.
Next to nothing—a girl walking with
the average dandy.
“A” ib a go ahead letter. You often
hear of a leading industry.
You’ll always find a good looking-
glass.
Married life often begins with rose
wood aud mahogAny aud ends with
pine.
Can a pig-iron a shirt— Cincinnati
Commercial, No, but there are lots of
A little girl the other day referred
to the mustache of a young man as a
“bang” on his lip.
A REPORTER on a daily paper got some
o’clock, the guests occupying rooms on good points recently by climbing
the east corridor of the Pit!
I only kno
hands could boar I
While to tho bri
It brought all
I onlv know (hi
Laden with he..-., -
Its gifts to ihe other were woo nnd shm
Aud u burning pain that ihall
and joy, and pcoco:
. t theaoulofon#
llna been a pearl In a golden case |
o other ■ pebble thrown
tol tho .
Idly down In a wnysido placo,
Where nil dar long at range footsteps trod,
And tho bold, bright sun ’ ’
drank up thedswl
ct uoiii wero wurnuu. u righteous God,
Thou ouir canst judge between the two!
She now stood within a few feet of tho
platform.
She swept it with her eye?.
Her brother was not there.
Tho cry was now raised: “Hero comes
another batch.”
Her heart fluttered violently, and slto
felt a faintness come over licr aa site
heard the tramp of the doomed men ap
proaching.
The crowd opened as the body of men
passed.
Marie gazed among them.
A low cry escaped her.
Her brother was there.
But ho walked proudly and fearlessly
forward, and ascended the
which led to the block.
MARIE, THE PAUPER.
During the “Reign of Terror” in
Franco there wero many deeds of daring
performed, even by women, and many
noble examples of affection exhibited.
Tho very streets of Paris were deluged
with human blood, but near the guillo
tine it ran in gushing torrents.
One dark morning an unusual number
of the aristocracy had been marched
forth, aud countless heads rolled from
the block.
A gaping multitude stood by, aud
with iniouts rent tho air as the aristoc
racy wero thus butchered.
Among the assembled multitude that
dreary morning, were two females. One
of them was plainly clad, while n cloak
was thrown nround her, with which she
kept her features nearly concealed.
But a close observation would betray
tho fact that the woman had been weep
ing.
Der eyes wero inflamed and red, and
she gazed cngerly upon the platform,
while a shudder passed over her frame
as each shock of tho glittering knife
severed the head from the body of some
one who had been unfortunate enough
to fall under tho ban of tho leaders.
The faeo of tho woman was very beau
tiful, and she was young- certainly not
more than sixteen or eighteen years of
Up to this time the strength of poor while the o her nineteen were standing
Marie lind fniled her, and she was unable | sympathetically about. Tho expression
to put her resolvo into execution. | on the face of the groom as the vision
But now a sister’s love swelled up broke upon him can better bo imagined
in her breast, and Ehc recovered her than described, but he was made to ap-
itrength. j preciate the situaton without any Be riots
She sprang forward, bursting through j demonstrations, and he finally thanked
the lino of guards and ran up the steps. I his ahirtless benefactor with all the
Grasping her brother by tho baud, I enthusiasm that could be expected from
•he cried: a bridegroom of only twenty-four hours,
What docs this mean? It is only j and relieved him of his arduous position
tho aristocracy that aro to die.” i with great alacrity. We refrain from
"Away woman!” exclaimed one of the ] tbankiug by name the philan-
executioners. I thropist who held the young bride so
I will not away until you tell j gently until the arrival of the husband,
mo why my brother is here, and thus
*K®-
The other femalo was quite different
In character. Her face was fair, but
there was a brazen expression about it.
She was clad in rags, and as each head
fell slto would dance, and in various
ways express her delight, and then ex
claim
There falls another aristocrat, who
refused me charity when 1 humbly sued
to him?”
Each expression ol the kind would
cieate a laugh from those who heard her.
But any thoughtful person must wonder
how one so young could have become so
depraved.
Tito first female watched this creature
fora few moments, and then, pressing
her way to her side, she laid her hand
upon tho shoulder of the ‘wretch, ana
whispered:
“ Would you like to bccomo rich at
once?”
The femalo in ravs turned about with
a look of surprise, burst into a loud
laugh, and replied:
“Of course I would.*
“ Follow ute L and you shall be.”
“ Enough.
, 0 ... Lead ....
.. _ with considerable difficulty th?.t
tho females extricated themselves from
the crowd; but they did so at length,
and then tho first female asked of tho
otlu
‘ What shall I util you?”
“ Oh! I’m called Pauper Mario.”
“ You live by begging?”
“ Yes; but wliat’s your name,
ritat do you want?”
“ My name is Mario, the same as ;
: to it,
“ Aro you fin aristocrat?”
“It does not matter. If vou
where wo can find a room lead m
and you shall have gold.”
The pauper led the nay into a narrow
and filthy street, and then down into a
cellar, and into a (lark and filthy room.
The other femalo could not but feel n
sickening scimtion creep over her, but
she recovered herself. After contem
plating for a time tho apartment and
what it contained, she asked:
“ Aro you well known in Paris?”
“ Yes. Everybody knows Mario the
Pauper.”
“Arc you known to Robespierre! If
go, I want to make a barg; ’ ~
astonished
sweet.” turned purjdi
yelled:
“ Ixiok-a-hcro! I’in
any “taffy” or non-
what are you giving m
“ You i'ecdn’t ^et iu
the taffy tosser; “ I wa*
ing you <>n your new hat.”
Tito '’sweet looking” man yanked oil
his head covering, gazed at it abstract
edly a moment, and exclaimed:
“By jingo! it's my wife s Derby.”
Then ho lifted up his voice and bel
lowed.
nt?”
STATISTICS show that the number of
Freshmen in the different colleges is os
follows: Yale, 228; Harvard, 209; Cor
nell, 12-5; Princeton, 110; Amherst, 109;
Dartmouth, 81; Brown, 80; Williams,
70; Wesleyan, CO; Union, 57; Roches
ter, 40; Colbv, 36; Pennsylvania, 84;
Trinity, 23; Colorado Col logo, lo.
I am. What do you wi
You sec my clothing is better than
rown, and I wish to exchange with
you. I want you to consent to remain
(tore, and not to show yourself at nil for
a short time, or until I come to
again. As recompense for aiding
will givo you a thousand francs, and
when I come back I will give you
thousand more. As security for ltty x
turu take this ring.
The lady drew a diamond ring from
per finger and gave it to the pauper.
Then slio handed her her purse contain
ing gold.
The girl appeared a littlo puzzled and
asked:
“ Well, w hat are you going to do with
iny dress.
“ I want to put it on aud go where I
first met you.”
“ Oh, f under.-'and new. You want
to see '.he chopping go on, and you are
afraid you will uo taken for au aristocrat
lutcr House a spiked fence,
were startled by the most piercing When a man so far forgets himself
screams of a woman apparently in great fts to go fishing on Sunday, we lose all
distress or peril. One of the guest!*, de- respect for hint—unless ho divides,
scribing the event, remarked that the! opuRimtN recently •»»»«, ’line were
voice shot down the light-well, on which to write his life, it would seem to he fic
tile rooms opened, and with sudden and tj on> KO marvelous wero some things
startling effect, appeared to bo front a w |,j,’.h bad occurred.”
person in one of the rooms. Some j •« Tun fairest of the fair,” Is not al-
twenty gentlemen, in undergarments vms the chairman of the awarding
and other array hardly orthodox for committee.
calling on a bride, rushed in the direc
tion of the voice, and ft und a ltand-
feomely dressed and interesting woman of
not more than 20 summers, in room 270,
screaming, “ Currie is dead!” and repeat
ing it as fast nnd us loud as aho could
articulate.
were a bride and groom from Peoria, and
they had just returned from McVicker’s,
where they had witnessed the Bowers-
Thompson combination in the presenta
tion of the “Court of Charles li.” and
tho tribulations of Richmond had
affected tho bride greatly. After return
ing to tlieir parlors in the hotel, tho
groom had gone down to the office to pur
chase tickets for St. Louis, leaving the
bride to “pack up,” in anticipation of an
early 6tart the following morning. Ihe
first thing she took hold of to pack was a
cabinet picture of her sister “Carrie”
that stood on the bureau, and the reac-
The worst of dying by poison is that
you never can tell exactly where youi
stomach belongs.
A NEW song is entitled “ My Love She
is a Kitten.” Kittens scratch like tho
mischief, and so perhaps does his love.
Now is the season of the year when
the sciasor-oditor sharpens his shears and
smashes up his crediting machine.
“Are you going to the ball to-night?”
•aid a bachelor to his married friend.
« Oh, yes,” was the reply, “ I'm going to
tho bawl; I've got a crying baby at
home.” Then each went hia way.
Adot.pitub: Yea; if she D continually
casting sheen’s eyes at ewe it would be
perfectly sale to say that her eyes are
lambent.
The New York papers announce tho
marriage of Mr- WaNm to^Ji>a U’atson.
My! Watsons ought to follow fuYf
tion from the excitement of tho wedding union,
ceremonies and the effect of the scenes I . _ Ihe naughty boy that,
at the theater combined, appear to have
j his family pew must fe
been too much for the young wife, and painful necessity f<
, —tpletely away, her
the form of convic-1
■'^s pins in
here is a
uprising
her nerves gave completely away, her i among his relatives,
hallucination taking tiie form of convic- A MAN never realiz n he is
tion that the aforesaid sister was dead until ho bursts a suspt. * >•. -in from
There appears to have been no ladies his pants among a gro and
about, owing to the lateness of the hour, j finds himself slowly faiim a ; .*».
but some twenty gentlemen responded , ^ deaf ntnn can got out of a crowd
to the calls of distress, aud, with cologne-1 ag ao on as any one when a collection is
bottles of strange shape, the upporhalf i to bo taken up, nnd yet tho fact has ol-
.i -_«• i- «~*i » - ♦••* i-i-* 1 wa y a puzzled philosophers.
covered with leather and a tin or trickle
cup covering the bottom of the flask, or,
we should say, tho cologne-bottle, gave
soothing assurances, and the bride was
partially pacified. When the groom re
turned she was sitting in an easy chair,
and a guest with only his undershirt ana
pants on, with suspeuders hanging, was
sitting on tho arm of the chair, with one
cry stepis I arm around the bride, and with tho
' other quietly bathing her forehead,
bound.
“ Your brother?” was tho echo.
“ Yes, this is my brother.”
“ Well, who are you?”
“ I am Marie. Don’t you know me?”
“ The Pauper?”
“Ay!”
“ But this is not your brother?”
“ It is. Ask him—ask him!”
Young Antonio do Nantes had turned
scornful gaze upon the maiden, but a
light pa&eu at once across his face, and
he murmured:
" Uh, nty sister!”
“Is this your brother?” asked Ro
bespierre of the suppoied pan it* r, ad
vancing near her.
“ it is.”
“ But his name is down differently.”
“Then you are mistaken. He is my
brother. Ask him.”
“ Does Marie speak tho truth?” asked
Robespierre.
“ She does,” was the brother’s reply.
“And you are not Do Nantes?”
" I tell you I am her brother.”
“ Why aid you not tell us tlris be
fore?*'
“I attempted to speak, but was si
lenced.”
“ But you might have declared your
self.”
“ You would not have believed me.”
“ But your dress?”
“It belongs to an aristocrat. For-
bans to him for whom I was mistaken.”
l&bespierre advanced close to young
Nantes and gued earnestly into his
face. Then he aproached Marie, and
looked steadily into her eyes for a short
time.
a moment of trial for the poor
girl. She trembled in spite o! hef
efforts to be calm. She almost felt that
•ho was lost, when the human fiend,
whose word was law, turned and said:
“ Release tho man.”
The chains were instantly removed,
nnd Antonio do Nantes walked down
front tho scaffold, followed by his sister,
while the shouts of those around rent tho
air, for they supposed it was a commoner
who had thus been saved.
Tho young man worked his way
through the crowd as rapidly as possi
ble, lending Marie.
They hua scarcely escaped it. before
the poor girl, fainted, from tho intensity
of her feelings.
The brother scarcely knew what to do
but a hand was laid on his arm, and a
voice said:
“ Bring her to my room again. She
will be safe there. 1
Tho brother conveyed her to the apart
ment of tho pauper, nnd asked of her:
‘Have you seen the fetnalo before?”
“Yes, 1 know all about it.” returned
the pauper. “ She borrowed my clothes
savo her lover. Sho has done it and I
n glad.”
Before the noblo sister returned to
consciousness, tho brother had learned
When she did so they both sought so-
(juarters, ufter rewarding the beg
gar-girl as had been promised.
“ Do you think Robespierre was really
decided?” asked Marie de Nantes.
“ I think not,” returned the brother.
“Then why lie did ho order your re
lease?”
“ Ho saw your plan. He admired
{ •our courage. Could a fiend have done
css?”
“ Perhaps this was the case. But if so
it was a deed of mercy, and the only one
that ntan ever did.”
“ You are right.”
consideration of the feelings of u wife
of 6otne years stunding who is now in an
other part of the country.
Expensive Education.
[Pt“l
“Everything is expensive now-a-day
writes the mother of a prosperous fam
ily. “Jt is not tho first cost of any
thing or its given price that is so alarm
ing, but the incidentals the first outlay
always entails. I sent mv daughter to a
convent school, feeling aide to pay the
rates of tuition and boarding, nnd also
for French end music, which wero ex
tras, but not more. She had hardly
been there a month when bills came in
for books and sheet music, nnd these of
course I hud to pay. Then there was a
j men vile charitable society among tho
girls under the protection of the v trgin,
and sho had to pay a monthly fee to that.
Then sho wrote me that sho was*one of
the ‘ Ribbon Girls,’ the four best girls in
the school being monthly decorated with
’ihbous, and that she was expected to
treat the other girls to cakes,
and wine. This had to ho’paid for, after
which 1 said I did not want her to be a
‘ Ribbon Girl’ any more. On her birth
day I sent her a cake and soiuo sweet
meats for herself, but she wrote me she
never got them. I went to the convent
to inquire ubout the lost box, and found
that tho nuns hnd opened it nnd placed
the cake on the supper-table for all, and
my poor child only got one little piece
of her own cake. 1 tell you that I was
mad, and I flow at that nun and told her
I did not intend to feed up the whole
convent for th* m. My daughter’s things
were here own, and 1 meant her to have
them. The nun said that it was always
their rule that a pupil should divide all
her gifts with her class.
‘“Then,” said I, ’you may find idiots
enough to let you make rules for tho
disposal of their hard earning, but I
not one of them.’
“ She commenced talking about
France and the nobility, but. 1 told her
that this was not France, nnd i was not
the nobility, and if she liked tlieir way
so much that she ou^rht to have staid
among them, ami I picked t.p my little
girl and*brought her home, for I con
sider taking her cako and giving it to
the others was no better than highway
robbery.
“After this, I sent my daughter to a
S oung ladies’ boarding-school, near Me
in, and the chief object of that school
seemed to be to build churches, and keep
them in repair. Tho girls were always
working for fairs for that purpose.
They would buy tho most expensive
materials to make fancy articles, and it
was a cry for money, money all the
time. Now, is it not an outrageous
thing that you caunot educate your
daughter withouthavhi" to spend money
for things that aro of no interest to
you""
ental expens
t pri-
gretted that when a gi
rate school, the inciuc.
alway so great.
The Rain Tree.
Soma travelers in Colombia, South
America, in traversing an arid nnd
desolate tract of country, wero struck
with a strange contrast. On one side
there was a barren desert, on the other
a rich and luxuriant vegetation. Tho
French Consul at Loreto, Mexico, says
that this roraarkablc contrast is due to
the presence of the Jamai ca*pi, or
the rain tree. This tree, which grows to
a height of sixty feet, with a diameter
of three feet at ita base, possesses the
power of strongly attracting, absorbing
and condensing the humidity of the
atmosphere. Water is always to be seen I UdU
dripping from ita trunk in such quantity • wcmin
Mow, but
Time*
Man wants but lit
it is the opinion of
that ho .-houlil alw.i,
known through the co umna o: a
paper.
Grace Greenwood, they any,
embraced spiritual ism. Bet you a dol
lar spirituuiLmdidn’t reciprocate.—Hu
has
dellc.
It ia a malicious woman who will
Slyly put long hairs on a man’s coat just
to mala his wife j*v H ard
D.ech.-
,l' r
ml r that
£ starting
ng lady of
They
fellow in tins
alone association
his acquaintance
*1 HE Vist cat*!-apc rem riuin * unsold
is like tho most uupo'Uni m..n in a
hotei dining-room; it is a head alter
Send up tho sauro kraut, please.
Here is tho choicest conundrum of
tlic season: What is the difference be
tween a pumpkin pie a::.I a muzzle?
dog-on-good.
A writer
the other is
that “humor consists
ofasericsof i urj)rises.” If that is humor,
the fun that exists is a colony of wasps
is immense enough to move a stona im
age to laughter.
When a Chinaman makes love to a
girl he doesn’t rave about his heart pant
ing for her, etc. No; he simply tolls
her that he loves her better than he doel
rats, and she believes him.
Why will people persist in com mend
ing honest industry when they see,
every day, that it brings thousands of
masons, carpenters aud plasters to the
sjaifold?
The Boston Journal of Commerce, in nn
article on tho exports of Boston, makes
no reference, strange to eay, to “Rever
end ’ W. H. II. Murray. If he is not an
ex-sport of Boston, what is he?
“Long Metre” inquires “How do
you euro hams?” Dear Metre, it de
pends on what ails tho hams. If they
nave a slight cold, soak tlieir feet in hot
water nnd feed them composition ten.
Tf there are symptoms of consumption
slico thin and fry aud the consumption
is assured. If you wish to prevent tho
consumption, hang the 1mm out doors
where the sun can strike it for a week or
two. ,
“ If I punish you, said mamma to
her little girl, “you don’t suppose that
I do
; Then
my pleasure, d«
whoso pleosu
it for,
Tiie Graphic says that no really good
nun will geek a rich wife. Too true;
the rich wives are all reserved for tho—
ahem—clergy.— N, Y. Commercial Act*
vcrtiicr.
The hardest work many a man hai
dono this fall haa been to sit on a nail
keg in a count 17 grocery store and tell
what a powerful man Iris grandfather
was to husk corn.
The most courageous are frequently
embamissed wb i le add reusing a m u 11 i t u do
from a platform, and the tiring is all tho
more demoralizing if they happen to bo
standing on a trap-door.
Man’h inhumanity to woman makes
countless thousands crawl out of a warm
bed to kindle the firo these cool morn
ings, while they roll over and take an
other snooze.
I never nrgy agin a success,” sava
1 nrgy ng
Josh Billings. “ \\ hen I see a rattle
snake’s head sticking out of a hole, I bear
off to the left and say to misclf, that hole
belongs to that snaik.”
When a tramp was offered Iris dinner
If ho would wield the scythe for an hour,
he soliloquized: “To dine—no mower.
Ayl there’s tho grub.”—Uackentach
Republican.
We suggesr -hat celluloid might bo
used in the nmnufaflturc of false teeth.
It is capable 1 ugh polish, is hard with
out brittlene.- snot exorbitantly high
in price. There s one objection, to be
suro—its in.fluramability, The j^rson
with cellu’'-: would hav<- to lie
very carefui ae^wZ to give utte mco to
hot words, or even to talk too gbb«y, lest
the frictional heat should set his teeth
off one after another, like a bunch of
Chinese crackers in a barrel. Tho result
appalling. But perhaps this
very objection would prove to be
greatest recommendation tho celluloid
could have.
A California Story.
Pigs tun at lan r > Kern County, an»l
become wild, ’.n *w u g no owner. Thi/
1- — „ v dry year ha-* mad > forage scarce. U j
You can always tell whether an editor Atmosphere?”Watcria always to be seen I usual collet ”ot n 'mv been notice*
is a single or a married man by his sedeo- j Gripping from its trunk in such quantity I seeming! council, aud pigs in pa to
tion o'poetry for the paper: Hie single • fl8 t0 conver t the surrounding soil into a • have i•<•■•( seen to leave by differr4tf_
one always clips verses on “ Love, and vor jtablo marsh. It is in summer routes, nr v supnos d to be prospect 3
“ To My Darling,” and that kind; while i e8p ecially, when tho rivers are nearly parties, because lately there has he
the married one belects something rela-! j^cd U p ( that tho tree is most active, geur rai stampede in the directis.
tivo to the cheapest way of keeping jf this admirable quality of ihe rain treo Buena Vista -Lake. Into this ktkj
house, or on the tooiihhness of fashion Wlia utilized iiftho arid regions near the plunge daily, and fish for clanu
os displayed in dress. equator, the people thore living in misery screw the lioUcm/under cover ofjj
on account of the unproductive toil two feet of water. Their muitii
TuEYmy » broiucd face U hand*™.would derive uj
:linu to diet Is ivtiShea, slau
IHJ ITl'ia UWUIl a ****'*.'* J j 1_._ t. i. -m
dead.
, Vm!'!!r, n „„! 0 ^ r 1 ^<^ , o r .dc° ur .t r ic wWottiaclimate — - H
«hen ho g, fa up. n a X $ rad droughts are froquont. | preparation.
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