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The Meriwether County Vindicator:
VOL. 7.
THE VINDICATOR.
rrauMOK* nut moiv
BY WM. T. REV ILL,
AT $2 00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE-
Office North Sick- of Uk Public Square
RATES OF ADVERTISING;.
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OT A litxrat deduction made to those
advertising by tin- month or yntr,
For Young Men.
Ihe Burlington Hawkeyr preaches the
ftdl*wi*iff *l**l Uil vitj (t|irtfriAi< tuid
ftceibk* urniuMi U* li*r y>uit£ ge&t* wV>
>iavc JuM jrntduaUsJ .Atnl pm
poae t< jto birth u* neck titrir fortune* en
lighten mankind and make hum
irenmllv
\ti(l niiH'iiih'f, .%hi thai ttit* world i old
cr duiU you an by several >trn , that for
t liooaafHiM of yettr* it Ims ktn an full of
smarter voun£ tneu I ban ynumlf that their
feet Ntuck out • >t IW dormer wunltius ; that
Kltiii the\ died the old went whirl
mg on, ami not one in 10,000 went to their
tuneroi nt i*v*!i heard of their death lie a.-
•marl you tan of coumc Know a* much
na y* hi oan. without blowing tin (tanking out
>f your cylinder head* mlmm) (lie light of
w iwkmi alNroad in th world hut don't
people alHHti it Vtul don’t imagine
: thing I* sn hiUi|)i) IhrtUia* >*Hl m\ It I*
rf h>n*t be tm nt> f‘H your father be* amt
In know:* fvt intuit lean thatt \ou do lb
member tin reply <f Dr W.iyUnd to the
*1 talent of Blown 1 inveffrity, who said it
ivjw* an enNv < noygii thing to tnnk< proverb*
ma<‘ii a** * olomon wroti \(nkr it ft w
trfm ly replied the old man \n*i we never
lu-atd that flu voting limn u ul ;*Tiy Not
tool than two o* thro am how |he
'fill h;w yt vat ne dot vmitg men but mi
greater needfhnu VtHiltg nun hat* of it
' wir elothf?* fit \ou twttef tnd.iA ih.tn v oui
father at fit him tin \ to** more m<.n< \
th\ arc m. n Ml v HrJi sour nu h !!:. I, |
i*nt r 1114 <ut of \<mi> hair i Inin r nnd
\ou.r ate prettier oh f*r jaerfier than
1 ■ ■ -■ ym: ’ ■I i *• , j i .n i ’ |i-| i ifi 11
v'*‘t* tin bigg# m 'ftiur s , ami hir boim-lv ,
m rumbling 4igitruui< <n tlu IniHinrHp iml of
H-i hrek will drain Muifi moin v out of tin
laink in fl\ uiirmti tliM j v*n <-<Hild gi-t olt
web a rentn of |nv|h and j , r (>!*u miy
naturi' lit ►!', month Young iin rr are mu
fill, Ami t h') hr j/mou ntid nmj v
all |ov them and wr rouMn i i‘Hjrtior
jnerm oily without them Hut
tln \ ru< not nnvrltio, mhi fhi no
nothing of r|n kind In \ have lr***ri lien
Ifm Ihni’t I** -o modest u. tb k|iu' vhu
m■( bat Oilt but ill MI tlk ho fnnh in* to
U (Hit In tin <Nml to ki *(* from Ajaoilitig
la<- not Ih a fruit) flint yutir mmciu will not
be diw over***! I*i'4tl nil over flu* w<irld
mrr tainting for you. ami if \* hi are worth
Orwfttfjr lbe\ will (iml y*Hi fhnumrui Dit t
m> *n*Hv f'HJMf) aa tjunr*/- (n bltlf . )m* (n<(rU
f4fr it nil flu- i4Hn i>
SHE SOWED ON Ills 111 ITONS.
Old Hliiuiiis'T I* tijffit listed Several
*!'iv ago l* mud P> hi. wtf<* “ Maria, 1
wsiit VIXI bf ksik over tiift! Isnsilt'Mll' lie!
•if mine and pul new Isittonx on it eauw
Flll going Pi s * ard psny 10-nigh'
Hut, Ely,' aunwereel i!i liluiioiu r. I
haven't any InitPnis to iiih'i h lliai xm*
and ’ ”
••n.tmdef lirok* in Hluuins-r “Us
iipw iff s KOiOisn keepinp leniKi lye long h*
y.si linve amjiyi-teisling to lx- out of Ini!
ton.* Ily (reoPgi | lieheve x'nl'ij ok me
t“r ns me', lo box ‘in witii niylTt
Tlist evening Hbirnmer horru-'l ilrfou/h
his o[i[sr Hist Is gn arraying hi mix-If for
ti*'- • ftfl |*nx Presently he ntßa) j., f
tin-’ hr‘iHfh ii>oi via and Mr. Blnuiioer.
with marvel,mu |r<ui[iti!u(li Inoidesi it to
him Iff P4t it liastily unfokpxl it ar*d
•hen, as lie P.A in biseimipb te a|>|x-araw:
In Mi.xJ a* one traoshied. It ** a six
butpiri veK. and tb<fe w-r* xtx buttons ,i
it. and the ila/xi optic i/f Mr IliumuxT <Si
s'rved that tlie ftrK or top one, was a tiny
sliirt buti'in. and the re x’ was a lints* army
overrent fnjtPm with L" 4. gleaming ujxin
it. and that number three was an oaydiaed
sifVer affair and that number four was a
Ixrrn button evidently fmm the liack of one
of the Puritan father.' rtstis, awl then run,
a tjjq*niler fsitPm, and then as the dmt
ri'd eys* of old IJiumin*.-r readied U*e
bottom taittoo a [sAer chip (found in
Biurnmer'i jsx ket, w ith two holes punched
thrrsjgb it- he gave a wrt tiiat nnwP the
chffaßw jingle 1 here is, after all, a fine
•eras' rff bunse alxiut Blumnsr. awl Is;
laughed UR he cried, awl there won't Is;
any tsitPio-neiney grudge.} in tiiat ieiuxe
lsdd iisreoft/T. —Oevelood Herald.
KATK
A pair of rats produce, as a rule, thirteen
litters of young ones each in three years,
and the young one* do the wire after be
coming 8 months old. TV grand total
frwn i single pair of nu at IV end of three
year* is 838,404. Rau Vve migrated to oQ
porta o# the wv*M. 1 hey are fond of eat
ing turtle oo tV Island of Xmxuioa TVy
have reached India. China arid abound in
Japan
OKEENVILLK, MhtilWETllElt COUNTY. GA.. OCTOBER 10. IH7O.
The Untinished Prayer.
• Now I ky,"—‘ repeat if darllnp'.’—
•'Lay the tiny lsp*
04 m* ttuttphti r kticclinjj. beiuHng
O’er her foliWsl fluarcr tijw
••Down to siceyt." die HMIBWI.
Awl the curly hcu.l Ijcnt low
“1 jiniy the l<orxl," 1 gently ailitot
"You can nay it all, 1 know "
"Prsk the Utcd" tin 1 annul I'uiiii' faintly
Kainti-r Kill—“my *kl to keeji,"
Then the tinal licati fairly nothled.
Ami the clithi wait fad aaic p
o
Hui the <U-wy eye* half otieucil.
IMh'u 1 clas)n il her to my breast.
And tin- dear voice aottly wliia|wriHl
Maunna God knows all t-lic r<vi
A Wife Worth Uaviitu;
A gentleman who resides a few miles in
the country anmninccd his intention of oiim
iug to the city to got a few yf the nwessn
riea of life Ills goat wife, who evidently
riitds Um' papers and know s wliat is going
o*i. furnish.' Ih *r “old limi’ 1 wrh tin* fol
lowing naMioraudu.il rvc lgniriiig ili<* fan*
that ' ttii-sn men am so stupid ' rut always
ftirgc* wdial lin y an- scut lor Hut here is
the s.'.iaona hie U> of necessaries, w llicli
111 nigh not In ider tly ft mi! IN never:
fo the |Himl, and w*©ll t .ileul tfr'd Iti make a i
unj)reH.Ni.m on tire mbul
j lift ri (R'Uhd ttl tea
And d'Mi't foryer t gt. t! Tin'Mu'* dm/
; ntore aim! get eig bt. ptHind** •f en|>er.iN anti
1 (lint <f entbolh u* nl
tie! u dulhir'K w nth of l * if ’ i • w
I ring a doyen lemons
If you have a *ha net Non had be!!*i
bnng.*i buNht'l of lime
"-SV e tiuglit ii hiv • a j Mid <tf m I
l imutat'd and Home ginger
(Jet a galltiii of oil and lc*iitij*din "f
vv
ini ye. I *-bit \ * Hie eoid (ml into tlu run. and
| tl*e W hido \ 111 tile tleUlijollH
If \ oil st-e n fUt'e |Mt oj \ t'ii
might bring me enough for a wi.ijjh i
(o to t tr\uakiH ami get a Ik• t' i• of h:*
black la rt \ nn i uf>
and he tloijr iu out
lb t aretul mill dt*l‘! think an\ well w a
j U r w hil* In tow n
Ik Milt and get a lailtlt* o|. I lainlli ,n eltol'
1 era fin *
j We oiigiit to ha' l a 10/.i a knives uid
frk for Hu klt4*hetl.
' it *t \ * and get n.- b. .f t b r|
, \ < (tin till.. IF. t V birtl.ds.
I l.n‘t bring any yt • home to
make Ilu ltiUlreii Ut k.^^
Don’t forgot ttu tlu* tienn
i john mu! Ik sore I. n it .
Dot- lit i-\i‘r'it fill*! ifft a rout •h* •) t **\r
j 0(1 t,f l*la.‘kljcrr) ami ginger
< J*t a (Hill of i i 't)i;u breidv
K - | n A IV from tlu ril ilant v (• • ad-* nole^i
fh* V hre fl I)***l up
lf \ oil * an\ g'xm 1 tlbinfe* taid bring
H* HIM* ll< HIM
<44*i a (mhjiul "f tf .i* Ut fn anti n and
| s.him* oatmeal
If v*WI H‘* 11* <U'Utr Sink hi.M . ;ivr you
j a prT* It #;ur*Jiul* lit
( Jin ful him) lofi l l>t'*;ik 11 j joint.
MjrtitY !**<ln h pair *| *l<**m
V<mi Imd lx Mi r mil *t il ntori**
atn) *m < who ltit jf'H t|* Ixirt < until
ri **•
Non fif/'t ;iiv of *) *' :n<l
I*♦ in your )tf wh< r‘ you ( iui
flu*! if
< ouM* liofm* <*nrl v
A **•! fitr /< lof'k ) •fUfUty lifUTllom
h< ftiari with th uW'iiiorarxlum might liavi*
I*ii -i /oiftg Mit IJio.alwav with Jill hi*
' hor* ‘iuld <lmw, hi* ro kuwttv r wunhlhig
! tin- h#*|ital riun of un army orp*
1 If tin <loWh 'V*T out in that lir*lln
nt v. tit m#H*l with rw*|jton
Kamctl it is Salary
During one "I hi* through hi' 1 1,1 1
•list isrtil, tlandlord of He I'alni*r
House. ( hicago. entered u roan suddenly
*lt'l discovered a window wa*l*er Icisnrr )y
engaged irt reading a ierwjj*T ib-ing
yify active bllllSclf. lie had If) Use t’* • l Hr >
aunt. ore* who slight* lit** work He
discharg**! bis wash* r'm the *4" f sod or
rh-ted him to go to tls office for lit" I 6 *)'
The limn obeyed, (fo hi* money. went to
liia room on the upper fl'mr, arrayed him
self in hia ttunrlay suit, (racked up Ilia <lu<la
j ami litlVtended v> tie- servant* apartment to
| take leave of hia former associate*. .Use it
this time Mr Palmer entered, tail did not
rccognizr hia quondam employe in hia
Clot he*
‘Here, sty man. you look a* there was
1 yiod work in you do you want a j<rb 7”
The ex-waalter somewhat surprised
j admitted that he stood in need of 'Ale
“Can y<ai waali wimiowa r*
The man stkiwed lie
■'Well,” aaid Mr Palmr-r, “f have just
diarharged a man who lute lieen doing tliat
sort of w ork. 1 j>sid him rndy 20 a month
lajt if you take the place and go Hgiit to
work, IH pay you ¥11"
The pripraathai aa quietly a<.rjef>tJ ami
is half an hour . the diatkaryed employ
waa actubhtnf away in the wune oi
rrjrn
Statiytua prove that women’a teeth decay
'at an earliT aye than men'a, which concia.
j aively prove* tliat apnir e ytun i neire inju-
I rioua than tobacco.
Tennyson.
Alfr! Tonuyson, tin* Eujjlialt ioct-k*mre
ant, hM juK his 70th yenr. 11c is
third in of :t clergyniau in the esitibU*hed
church, and was born in Somerhy. Lincoln
sliirv, Aug. 4th. 140.1, lhsviviiif; his curly
education fmm his falher, ho oompleted hU
studii** at Trinity Collc.se, Oiunbridire.
While yet a laiy he published a volume
•if [avals, in eoniHvtion with hi* Itmllier *
Charles. ' Dtirini) bis eollcjja career he j
wane a price [x vm iutd in 1430 published
, a volume of lyrical pivms. In 1433 he pub*
j 'islied another volume.
Ten years later, in 1443, lie attracted at-,
. lent ion by means of two volumes contniM*
iue the p.a*ius be Inwl already [Mibllshed to
tretlier with the “Mart d’Arthur,” “levks- j
lev Hall," and the' .May Qusm.” Their
milhor was given a fnini [Kwilion among
the [Kiel* of the time.
j “The lVr!n<s'ss" was published in 1441.
n id tn 1430 “fn Mentorlam” was nwived
wiili sreal favor. The [svl's |nipularitv
was inereasixl to such a decree that on the
death of Wordsworth, ill nil, lie succeeded
him ax p.vt-Laureate
| Since then lie has given to the world, in
addition to otmimeuioralive poeuw, “The
Idylls of the Kiii£," puhlislnsl in 14.14 ,
“Knoi li Ardeen," in 1404 , "The Holy
tlruil,” in 14. H), and his dramatic |aa>nis
Mr Tennyson is Well known in America
b\ Ins wrilinex. and in po|nilar esibpation
h"i.|.itjila. w illi I. oil* t • llow \\ hit tier Mild
lb (ant
I dirk ami I dilior.
*1 ks*
ll iht* Ik>\ who At laimw, *.lihi my ln*’U.’ *
V\.*N Iml 1)1 lil l* Ut*))M 3N\, ll)N la/.i
unto 1 or "JuNt my (n2i(|Mi(iou 1 M
( olulfll \\H)f< nmiih jn*\ Bn il< Mil “L'l* U
.liiti LaUfr Ii woiiltl h* wi ll foi our Im>\m
t*i momt*ri/.r llu in
Ldt Ui* V! .tilin*/ fr mo;iicf It !)•' 1c turn
op
L:Biot will) W4*4*ll • v * :tii.! Rlroti'f will,
\\ ill loro up nook iliitip
Lurk ii< -4 in In ti iiidl witolii M ill* jMkMliiiai)
w hiM hriny liiut iii’wh of a lyn* >
LiUm tui mr out hi (I o’olork, iiiul will)
Ihim\ jwmi *n r’m/iii" Umnio* r I.ivn (h*‘ fon
lt(i*) ll 1 It * 0|0|M’()l|l t*
Lo< U wlihu’4
I ,nior wliini I* * %
Ln U *mi ('lhmcf’N
I4lmh oo I’liaru** <t
Lock nlip* dowii t i iiiligco*'*'
I I,:!*m*r xtriiN uj)Wiir*l lo inilcpcnilrucc
I! 11- k Dooi units.
** *
1 lmv<* nuolc (li**m hv a Loiml of
.flic ni/.t 1 rimi. Niiy )w*lv<* ly
t wml\ fotil )t •< ll* n, Illltl *)(*' IIK ll tltirh
B*r* Itoic two in* li*‘n npmt with u thri***
<§*i:i ct 41 ititli ho Ink* dm loan) corn lin*k^
UM 4 fill ll* tlluwn i I)(*) f 11**8*' lol*’M l>y iH'iUlf
(tcijlili.l liver i mIooI Mirln/ Draw lll**
l**p of liiihKh 11)1* mij/Ii llx- 11* *l* N* H' up !
4*hv*- mi < • |ii ii |>ofiiim ou 4 aii ni*l* of tlu*
I h !ir*) i lieu ** a i (It*-|i)i|><‘<t or <loi|l>|‘*l **n |
i>l tii* 11*i-s)<d v\ ))cn tli** Ii*•)• *w an- fill* ! tli*
Illltl I* *i<)!!*\ unl** <M von ;cl I II * , U*.'P *1*1)
Kl.lr of *11*1) *-lli to H(r**M/lll**M tli** lioan)
\N h<*n on* nMc ./4Hp v\ ( turn i *iv**t hii<l
oh* (In- <Hlr**r ait)*- Dim* m**! of loiNkN will
) )tt( u v*-r. inti (lx- Inmnl #*hm fn-
HJftllf i _____
THE HE/IINNIMti *
< .i/anlic*r< hiiHh oh* a Pprifi/ fr*)ji a Minall
L< piniiiii/ V* nr* ny<>, a man Mailing !*•-
l aeon New York anil Norwich said to the
I apt (till of the tfllip : "I Ikli I lliel Home,
thin/ <o do ' Whereupon tin* eaptiiln wild'
Do \on we Ile> < Vmudle-- :nul |Hu kay .H Inr
tie berth ol mv alate rmirn ? Tlielr imnihef
la irii're;iaiuy i-very trip ; mid the cure and
atieiiUoh I have to ylve them eotiwime*
more lime 1 1 1 ou I cun afford Hupp iv you
eolleei-'and take elmrye of theee private
pa/ kn/i-H for n lair eomfauinition I think
| you dill eaaily lull lit Up it |mvin/ buiueiw ”
The man whow mini" wa* Adam* tmik the
hint, and from him Ii ;i la-itinidn/ ori/inateil
ihe Adam* Kxpre** < ompanjr.
A fiin* for Mtiinbranoiis
Croiip.
The Pari* .nmreafiondeiit of Her New
Y'H< Trilnirie w ritiii
1 A |iiiye of g‘**l new* for neither* Dr.
lime le-t, on a newly diw*iv
er<*l pliarm:u<-ut|e vegetalile pnehet of
Brar.il, tin- Juice of the enrtea paimya. ha
aarertaineil tint it diwolve* tie- falae rnetu-
I liraiea. which <iltrie , l tie' t.hr<mt of n jm-
Uent auffi-ring from croup. Thi* anljatance
i* uael in llni/il to jrfve tenderne** to v<tv
freali nrut. Intestinal womui plunged into
a toluteai of it are noon reduced to a pulpy
eofimstency The famoua *nvant Wurtz
Iran analyzed Dr IVaidjct’* n;w remedy f'ir
the U-rrihle nuilaily which nttlayl Queen
Vict/iria last winter of lev moat Interring
ilaughUT the I'rinomw Alice.”
On a homeward law ml (Tiarleston car a
Jolly luoking Irishman was a/a*e<J with
tlie remark : “Tim your Iks te wa blown
away.” Tiedad but it isn’t,” he anitwerpd,
• for I have tin- kay in my jss.-ket.”
We lielieve MerlwethfT eounty l* the
moat prosperous of any in tin- Htale The
people, the dwelling*, the rtahles and the
forms look like such thing* did Ijef'ire the
war No “Virginia hospitality” ever ex -
celled, that which la bestowed by the citi
zen* of Meriwether. -{Senoia Home and
Farm
lH dnee.
SStwarl reckonbnpi make long friend
ship*,” says the old adage ; so if you em
ploy workers of any siirt jvav llicm prompt
,ly. There is often much unnecessary dis
aatisfaction in tlw minds of hired latmrers
heswuae their wages are not promptly paid.
It la unnecessary, tH-causn it osild Ik l |r(‘-
vrnteil. Sometimes s!ni]ik* forgetfulness,
sometimes not aitie-vtliei excuaahie in'Rleet,
sometimes grcnit pressure of oth.tr huainess.
, somclbik-s the charms of pleasure or the at
traction of good company causes delay in
[laying wagis* No'matter what the cause,
not supply the wants of the |s*>r
nMUtjp his family, or prevent his having a
hvling of tvin* wronipai A etnvrful pay
ment of silver dues lias often put a smile on
the face, elasticity iu the step, energy in
the arm, and more and better work in every
hour. Money is a wonderful help to la
l>ot>
—
Splitting it Snake.
I
•'l'slinw ," said < rardine, as lie seated
! himself in mir sanctum, "the snake storb's I
that are going about are all too iliin. Why. |
jnsl look here t.asl spring 1 went out into
the woods. I look an umbrella along, ]
which 1 laid onto sortft' rocks Well. sir. j
aboiil an hour afterwards i went to gel my
umbrella, us it had begun lo rain a little 1 {
took bold of (lie handle, and as I gave it a j
shove something Ivgan lo tear, and as the
umbrella flew o|hui ii live bliu k snake fell lo
tlje ground, spill in two from ils bead to its
tail The confounded critter had uctiinllv
swallowed mv mnbrettei. and I never no
ticed ll until I shoved the diini thing and
split tile animal fmm stein to stern." W hile
hall Times
Tlicre w ill be live Sundays in next l'eb
ruary. Tlilnk of so inueh" ''iindiu night
alius in tin* sinni< si mouth Bui ilit>ik (bin |
iv<’i t ImpjH ii iii/iiill in io?t\ M-jirn Li t tin*
•id ((t'lifltitinn rtMiifiubt r ibis am! !m* Ii)(h
I ill \v la'll hf Uy-H ill bis wilitf if O.il sii| )pl v
N*w York IC\jrN4
A j/ciifltnuin fr\i on tlu* rr* *nt
l\ Miiifl lo tin* *-4||4|i|4 for "Htipixwr tlu*
briikcs m)iimitt (/ivt* wav, wlirn* would we
(fo to ?" )<• roiidm hu rrmaikt tl (Imt it
whj4 imjHfHNilib lor tbciii to /ive wav But
tlie yt lit Itaimn iij/ulu iiHktal huiiii* t(iieH
tloii, wiu’ti the roiidm tor iv|li*<l “It in
1 nil nwintf to vvliut your |mihi lift* luih fM*eii”
Til** Piillad'-lp Ida Tliiicn rejHtilH that tb**
Be V \ \ \\ iIIItIMn•nM M|mll * I. ailtl |e||M
lllt*Mlol \ illhnit lib i . A Quuki I met Ill'll li*
lie relurued from Un lleld, with hla /nine
bag Well filled, said to him In n tidnionili t v
tone T'Ylend WillilH, ll teeiiiNtoiiielli.il
il bird Ims h rigid hi live until ilx lime hue
come lo die ” TTie doi lor replied Friend,
you mid I agree (M'lfeetlv, for I Hod I lint
when I gel my gun 1 1 allied oil u bird hia
linn io die liiin eomo !" r
■'How dure ym swear before me?'' asked
u man of Ids son, recently “How did J.
know you wauled lo swear first ?" said lid'
"||iilh and ur< bln
Mi I‘artiiigton, s|s'iikliig of Hie rapid
maimer in which evil deeds were perpelru
fed, siliil limn |l only required two hci omls
to flgtd n duel
Au lii'liman who had on a very ragged
cottt was uskeii of wlir* slnlf il. was made
''llciliul. I don't know I think tlie most
of it Is itfade of fresh all ”
“At wlial age wen you married ?" asked
si iv, inquisitively Hut the other woman
was e.|iuil lo lh< emergency, and quietly re.
Njmndeil "At tlie pariemage."
Ktiideiit .fresh from college, n> eondiU't
or; "I wish to gH oa the penultimate car
I Vssluelor “we have jwu mil ear you
can take the smoker.” (Mutually disgust
ed.)
“Jennie did you divide your paper of
chnoolate with your brother ?" “Yes, cer
tainly, instiitn.’i I ate the clwsolaU*, and
garc him the motto he is fond <‘f reading
you know."
Jlrs lleajamin ol Hmynm, 111,,
lias, ja lr With yearjlisit J H -r seventh Ims
band. sail il is claimed that she <till'll hail a
vision whir h told Iwr that ala' would liuvc
eigiit. Hx of lier Imslauids were wi<lo|tt.'r
wle a she iiiarrierMhem and had many cfcll
•Iren, tlie never harl any of Iwr own.
Hit iiusl.aods were hy the same
undertaker.
EFFECT OF KLOQI’KNCL
A story ig uAii to the effect that Hufu#
< Tioote ran* mover 1 a client to trle-d leqj|M
Th< man, who was on trial forsomr-ofTensc,
listened to tlie elorpient pl*-a, until over,
crane hr? said, weeping U> n friend •
“I 'lld’iit know I was such an Injured
man.”
A similar effect is said to have been pro
duced on • home-thief by I lie ek* t ia n(ij of
Gov. of North ( arolina. At fhr
trial th Goverrsrr marie such a touching
arldrcs* that tlie Jury acquitted the prison
er.
“Jem,” aaid an old acquaintance, after
tie- prisoner harl lc'ii discharged, “there's
no 'laiifer now ; but didn't you stra! that
horse r
“Weß." replied Jem, “I've all ahaig
tkougiit I tnrAt that horse, but. sire e I hr aid
the Governor's upeoeh, I <iout lielieve I
\
K aymoml ! 4 Dliiidncs.s.
John McCullough, John T. Ksymned ami
Wilibim 11. Crane have Iven making tilings
lively around Fourtwnlh street in New
York. Mr. Crane arrived from Liverpool
oil Satiyxlay. McCullough and Raymond
met hint, and they say the three found
themselves, on Monday night, in s little
billiard room near IJuio.i s ipmiv. They had j
taken in Coney Island, and, returning on ;
tlie cars, Raymond especially distinguished
himself as a practical Jitker. They sal in
the billiard hall, weary and dusty. Conver
sation (higgl'd and Raymond fell sound
asleep. Then a diabolical idea ent cred tin*
minds of McCullough and Crane They
would try a practical joke on Joint ' . Upon
one of the liiltfard tallies half a doyen ball*
were thrown the gas was extinguished,
leaving evert Ik sly mid everything in dark
ness. Crane and Me iillnngh then licgan
to lamg tlie laills idxml and slemt tlie score
they were [riling up. #
Rang ? from Hilly.
“A line allot!" shouted McCullough.
I " I wenty-one.”
| Rang ! bang ! once more.
| “Fine eiinuil twenty live I" yelled out
I I 'rune
Bang I bang ! ban- ! This thing went
i run a few niiimtes. when Raymond was
' heard to move.
" U here are you. Hilly John eh ?” said
1 lie.
' .lolm’x just walking aw ay with me,” re I
plied rune
“Hang! again “Thirty live"
' "John Hilly w here ale you ?” ejacula
ted Raymond, with great agitation in tils'
voice.
Another billiard ball made the circuit of
l the table "Two more for na ' said Crane
and, turning to Ravmond '‘What's the
mutter with von ? W liv dmtl von o[ien
! y our eyes t
"Hut," Ironi Raymond, lie 'oinlug ner •
votis “I can't ace you !"
I'Wasll your eyes," suggested MeCul
lough.
Hang ! again
"You don't iiii'iiii to say you're in this I
billiard I'lKilll, xloliu V" asked Kaymond. Ills
Voice laden w illi emotion
“Of course we are, and [ilayiug bil
Hards," returned the two Jokcm rlmullane j
olisly.
'My Heavens!" shrieked John “Me
Cullougli Hilly I’m blind !"
McCillloiigti srivs tlmt the way in wliieli
lli Is ncelamalioii was littered eonvlnee* lilm J
that Hnymond I ‘ tin* pailielie inlor lie Inis'
l*i* u < lnl)U***l 1c !m\
Tliiff (foltl.Mi Kiillh.
It may not lie generally known Unit the
I/uinr *)f hilliunU ci ij,'imii*'<l m a pawnhrok
* i'h hlicj) In fix’ lalter purl of lli** ni \Uanili
***i|torv a London pawn!>n)k**r, William
Ki-rr, whm in tli** liaLit of hliiiHclf
in wH wi’alla’i, wlii’ii flan* wen no cih
loio** h, v. ii It pitoltltipr JiLoot thiv<* ImilTh oil
Hi** f'oiinicr with a yard lUHimir*. Tlilp
mu v*'tii , i| alx Nil'll will Mill** pock **l h An
nM iicoiiiH* rlpt mi\ n “Ma.Mlcr William
K* rr *li*l tnak** on*: Board whereby a iani<*
ix will) Ili*•• Ihillh and all lie- i
votin*/ in'n r* erenli**l ili*-M*af, * hlefly flu*
yooii# from St Paul’* ; hfiio 1
on** of ye H(r*k* M wrh named it 'caiiiioij’
having Imm'ii by one of y* * l*iyvnn-n
invented The pain** in now known by lb**
liana* of hill yanl,' Im*uoh** U illlain or I ill
K**rr did flint play with the yard ineitMiirc
he Htlc.k in now <*idlc’d o k*w’ oj ’kue ’ ”
rh* hill yiiwl in now
mid kew into * u<*.
Turning I lie .Joke on
.loker
— t
From tin- Detroit News
A facetious young mini who lionid* in s
hotel not very fur from drum! River avenue
was badly taken down ut the dinner table a
day or two ago TV servant who took his
order wax agowl l<x<kirig xoil of n girl, and
when toward the end of tlie meal she asked
lilm if he want'd anything more lie replied,
“Yes I would like a kiss." The girl left
the room, followed l<y a loud guffaw, and
told h'T grievance Pi the laiidliuly, who Imp-
peta-d to lx- in I lie kitchen. VV it Uoul Buy
ing a word, I Ik- venerable flume wiped her
willx-red li|i* mill prooeedod to tlx- din
iug-room. The young man mil in liiw chair,
Hf 111 laughing at the girl’* discomfiture, hut
lie quickly changed hi* tune when tin- old
wotuitn threw her arm* iilxnit hi* neck mid
l>rew-d lu-r dawy lip* to hi* again aiidagiii .
The fellow *1 niggled to get away, hut the
old woman held him fmK, mid ahowered ,
kiwx-u upon hi* hurtling far e until Ik- fluidly
made it Ktipretnc effort, tore liimaelf loose
from ln-r dutches, and fled for dear life, |
puraued liy tin- mix-king laughter of hi*
companion*.
N. B.—Thl* i* a true *t<iry, and esempii
fle-* tie- oitl adage tlud truth i* it ranger than i
fiction.
John AJaiiiw at Court.
I
The presentation of John Adam* and hi*
wife to Oeorge 111. and hi* Queen wa* turf 1
without a humor mi* aide, which a writer In
Forney’* f*nigr> thu* sketches :
On liotli oocadoo* u I Mr. A>lani*' meet
ing with the King and Queen he wa* armed
with a lengthy and preconceived addrt-M |
for which the royal couple were unprepar-
NO. 43.
ed.
Tlie King readily collected his scattered
senses and made rather an able reply, but
his e[ i illy elopnnt burst of oratory to
Queen Charlotte quite overpowered tho lit
tle woman for, though a Quetiu, still only
a woman and not nearly so fluiaiiod in man
ners nor possessing the "aplomb" of the re
publican amliaasiuinr'a wife- anil her only
answer to hi* lofty rhetorical explosion was-'
“I thank you sir'for your civilities to mo
and my family, ami am glad to sec you ill
this country."
Then the Queen relapaid Into a frk'iufly
conversation with Ihi* American official in
wliieli all the royal family could lake
part.
Wlien Mr Adams and ills daughter at
tended their first "drawing-room," at Bt.
James' Fmlhcc, slie was quite ns nonplussed
by the iiiitinl address of the King as hisroy
al consort had been wane time [irevious ly
tiic exalted s|*'(xb of Mr. Adimut.
"Have you taken a walk this morning ?'
lie said. Now the entire forenoon tuul been
nccuplml in dismlngtite court costumes, up
on tlie construction of wliieli so many day#
have been s|icnt, and the lady w;ia inclined
to tell ;he truth, but iqxxi n flis'tion merely
answered in the negative ; ii[xsi tills the
obluse sovereign drove her to tlie wall by
asking if she did not enjoy walking
and now the |>isir, [wmecuU'd female was
obliged to offer the base fabrication "tliHt
she was rather ludohmt in that ru
-1 Xpert."
The (jneen was always embarrassed fu
j the presen.s* of Mrs, Adams, while the lut
j ler remaine I undsA/Jed by the foreign court.
She was a plain spoken, democratic Amcri
• in. with ixinskli'ralile cultivation and tin*
! eommon gip,l sense, and ther.! fore never it
favorite al the shrine of arrogant, pedantic,
vulgar title worship
Saying “ll;itel r nl” Tilings.
What a strange disposition is lliat wliieli
1 lead* people lo say “hateful" tilings" fortlio
mere pleasure of snying them ! You are
, never safe with such a person. When you
| have done your best to please, and arc feel•
j lag very kindly and pleasantly, mil. will [sip
‘ some miderliaud stub, wliieli you alone >ain
; uiiderxliiiid ii sneer wliieli is muuked, lull
which is too well aimed to beftnisunderttood.
j ll may be at your |icnuiii, or your liumtai
j feeling, your Imilisli lillbit of thought on
some little secret opinion confessed h) a mo
I ineut of genuineroiilldenoe. It mauitrs not
how sacred ll nisy be to you, lie will imvo
bin lilllg 111 '* I and, since wish is to
moltc you suir. r, Ii" is all tlie lia[>)>l(ir the
n.'arer he touche* your lienrt. Just half a
do/.en words, ixily for tlu* pleasure of K'e
iog a cheek Hush or an eye lose Its bright
ness, only s|xiken be cause Im is afraid you
are 100 happy or 100 conceited. Yell they
are worse than so many blows How biany
sleepless nights have such mean attacks
caused, tender hearted men ! How, after
them, one awakes with aching eyes and
head, to remember tirni sjs'eeh Ix-fore every
tiling tlnii bright, sharp, well.aimed nee
dle ot a speech I hut pmliml the very center
of your soul !
MUNKY MLim DoTIL.
i
| The making ol a fortune enables a man
to cross the chasm which separati.** too wldc
ly the griitli* from ilie liandleraft classes.
Ills money just does (Ids, and no more. Hut
the newly emielsst man stores the future
with inorti Neal lons for lilmself who fsneie*
lon mere wealth will gain lilm distinction 111
flic circles of gentlemen. 'The tone of good
society Is e<|uality. Hlrtli, wealth, beauty,
talents, may constitute eligibility for socie
ty ; but to Is' distinguished in it persons
ijiiihi be admired for admirable, and liked
for agreeable ipinlltle*.
Ik-iiolit of Poverty.
Nortlieote, tin* painter, was once asked if
a certain gentleman, whe Inel sliown skill in
drawing, would not make n great artist,
"No, never," he replied ; "for la! lias
*O,OOO u year.”
Tin* man lias no motive to undergo the
drudgery and l onlinuoiis study necessary to
tlu? making of a great artist. He needed
Unit which lias spurred many men into
greatness tip! stimulus of poverty.
Isrni Eldon was poor wlien he la*gan tlie
practice of law He applied to lord Chan
cs'll.a Thurlow, who was Ids friend; lo a[)-
[x>lnt him a < otnmissiimer of liankruptey.
Thurlow r<*fus.!d, saying lie did him a favor
by a|i[xiiutiiig aiKitlier [x-rson.
Years after, Kidisi saw tlmt tire refusal
wim a favor and wrote, "Wliat be meant
was, that Is* had learned tlmt I was by na
ture indolent, and it was only want that
would make me industrious.”
Many rue i have Ix-en hidden by tbeir
wenltli, who. if llwjr iiad lieesi pcxir, would
liave become ilpistrious
‘ My landlady,” remarked a man, "makes
her ti-a so strong that R breaks the cups."
“And mine," aaidanr/li<*r. “makes here
so weak tiiat it can’t lx* run out of the
pot."
“At tlie very hour of ids departure for
Kuro|*\" according Pi the New York bun,
"Grant's last telegram was addressed to
Italxvs k and Shepherd, the men of all oth
er* who hail ixTsonally most contributed to
the disgrace of his a<l inislration, and
whinii lie upheld in the face of llie Cisnitry,
and that with tin* evidence in his own poo
session of their guilt and venality.”