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TliK VEST.
L. t he ,viirt flowers sweetest gr,.W
[ , ie t |, tree* 000 l shadows oast,
L . Hi., joftsst mid loveliest breez
[ e* blow,
Li t;i.- nuibeainu »>»*«••>• last.
I tu< distant, misty hill .
h,apple iwnliabt broods,
, ,||Tt‘i'y songs of the wild bird
I trills
It,Hl. h the elfln hearted woods.
L ||„. lilh 's fragrant blossoms
| fringe
L, hanks of tin* silvery -twain
I winds through woods and leaf-
I strewn ways.
I , silver tinted gleam
[ i ( i|iit blooms of tlie stately llag
Ii i o'er the waters bright,
fchehntk'rtly -preutb its golden
I wings
I th« anilM*! 1 light.
L ilu-mgh !h** sunny summer
I *'( sviiifolii tHihoe." ling,
■ lieu summer s lr:i~ranl llow-
L ir bright* >i t»lT«a lugrt bring,
L.llow nod their graceful heads,
Kti dreop to the winding shore,
luleiuier rare for the violets fair,
Lt si .angle thegrasse- o er.
vn sc K 11. \N V
ti tl.TlM* » niMSI I.K
L j _»Li. ,
|\'hat is that I hear, inquired
l 1 o hiy ‘unu oi tie* da**! boy
ini pa 'fighftrrg a due
i:. minis'tr in voar bad.
L :ii(l W (Til’d '} ££ liilli iil ltl6
Ld li hi rying to drown 1 • i
Ijj (lie r; .II ■ One of Volli.
It • WftS ill b f H' Q lh'S
Li'- ii ' dill In;' t l.' ic IV ib.
kin) ii vi ur Imivn *
L .'i,i. mi ! -hey were going t>
■thepolice pull jour place a*
[ i , hous ! Ihilit yon
wiS Am "t * In* whole
:i..i ,i
11 iii iin.i limy hit
■ hH,' k> “ii Mil n l , id ns. or we
I will I'- ill'in iln-in i i !■!<*. You
l«.or )•« thut lunching o
i w don't go cut any,
iioßv' it :■ ■ tea ii tfo ii'in nia i
f-‘.v t risi.de t ppei-il
<• il ii-y.
i ,i ([, i
lilfMin ; th* 1 g* ups milk. \la it
RvilM :I,(* u. in s'it tii ng ilmryit.
uoflinr -.ni' ;i i- i ii- im n *,•!'! ■ n
EUia’h : unr to la’k. yoi
i ,
j^B'
jIBB ami aiig' 1 * ompmvd
when li.-v
1 got 1 e lmtl
Ibi vn.tangle my fi-ili line, an.
'i* and leoul
ft" a - -' use 1 the
i
gBM •' •>!<; ii,it dnriT'd if 1
.stole over
: if) of m oi um
' ' i
IJ» K ’ ■ : ;i■ t-r one si oi tame
Igjß •'••l'injiiig to ,a farmer, nn-
BB'"" o»t‘i' grindstones in
mm i .il-ige store ;) night,
mid run. ano'iiei
HE" -’"tl eggs and go out i>
H "' boil t and
"' • 1 * orsi in i
|H lu ' v • l U a se.u, with some
"■
raising
' lei ined 1 1ms re ,m
IB" ' tr> >r 1 off suspicion, he
tW" ! " 1 ' ne.'i next ,| ,v and
d'l'dar I/, let ii.iii fi -.1; jr,
1 the, k'.ked 111
■ ii” " S H! ” no jront and tin
' f Jutii! ilk troiii were sto
to some dutch boys
these men were
S|jg ! ' x i‘ 1 *- iee. if they ev
■III !t "v '•' when they
EH "eoi l p aving Mill ink
1 I should think
BH
MMBI 'lt off. I'lW >|. he i, II
Hh 11 1 "d v . when ill- line
■B ‘ I' •i' I itelj
n irjlm r ~n•
mm in ole I nil
'* iu
eaiil he would till the fell..w full of
-a t if i.w eat'git him, and while
they were talking npituirs im
heard u roosner squawk, uud she
went to the stairway and told pa
here was some' ody in the bon
homie. L'a jumped up and told
the visitors io follow him, at d
thev would see « man ruauing
down thti alley full of salt, and l.e
rushed down vvi'b tin; gm, and
tile w, 1 followed him. IV is
shorter than the res’, and It ■ pa.-s
ed under he tirsi wire clothes iine
in the yard r.gt.t, and was going
for the lien bouse on a jump, wit* n
ui< to.i 1. eauglp'ihe seeond wire
clothes line jusi as ihe minister
anil two deaeons outgo; their
necks under the fir-t wire. You
I now how a wife, hitting a fellow
nndir lie throat, will set him
back, head over appetite. Well,
sir, I was looking out of die win
dow find 1 wouldn't be positive,
bul f think they all turned a back
summersault t.ud struck their ears,
anyway, pa did. and the gnu must
have been cocked, or it si ruck the
hammer on a stone, tor it vent off
and it was pointed toward the
house, and three of tlie visitors
goi salted. The minister was hit
waive, one piece ot salt uikiiig him
in tlie bind leg, and the other in
lip back, and he veiled as if tho’
it wa* dvnami e. i suppose when
you sle o a man with -ait i lull's,
like when you get corned beef
brine on your chapped hands.
they all yelled and pa seemed o
have been knock >1 silly in some
way, for ho prance I around and
seemed to think lie had killed
them, He swore at he clothes
line, ami then I missed pa and
beard a spU'h 1 ke when you hrovv
a caw in o the river, an i 'hen 1
thought of the cis mo. rnd I went
io.vu and we took pa by the col
lar and pulled him on'.- 01, lies
aw l til du tip. No, so. i' was tro
duel rti nil but a nixideni. IMid I
tidii t i ave anything to d > with
it. The gnu wasn't loaded to
lull, and the salt only went trough
the skin, but those did yell. May
be i was my chum stirred up the
chickens, but J dqn't know. He
has nut commenced toieftl a dif
ferent u r e | et. and he might tiunk
it would make our f dks aiek if
nothing o cured o make them pay
attention. I think where a family
having a good deal u exercise, the
,Y;iy ours has, it hurts them tu
>i»ak off' to* suddenly. lint
hey went home, real quick, after
,ve got pa out of the 'ffsttrn, and
bo minist'r told ma lie always
telt, when he \va« in our house,
a j though ha was nu the verge of
i\*in ng era er, ready to be en j
gulfed any minute, and he guess
•d be won dt’ come any m n’e. —
Pn change 1 his clothes an l told
ma to have them wire clotheslines
changed for rope ores, I think
t is bard to suit pt, don't ? "
“Oh, your jin is all right. What
he needs is res'. But why are you
n,t working ai the livery stable ?
if n li iven t been discha'g d h Tu
von t" And die gr icery man laid
i little pa-oo (»1 conceu rated lye.
hat 1 sit ed like map e sugar, qc a
cake of »ugut tl nf had been bro
|x<jii, kn >wing the boy would nibble
i, sir. 1 waa not disc hanged,
but when a livery mat* lends me h
‘licking horse ’o take mv girl out
riding 11 at settles t . I asked the
,o,s i! 1 <• mid i'i i uve a quiet
lorse • hat w ulil drive hisaclf if 1
.'ound d.o lines ai. ‘ffnd dje whip,
,n 1 he let me have one that would
jo all lay withuu driving. V'‘H
know bow ii is, when a fellow Hikes
i girl out riding he don't wuut
ins inied occupte 1 hoisting hues
,Vell. g > my girl in, and we went
int on the white fish tin math
i ml it »a-i jc't lof re dirk, and
; ,ve in le along mnlyf diet <_-ee, arid
1 [ wund t lie Hues arouiid th“
[ whip, and put one ann around my
! .ill, and pelted her under die chin
with in- othei land.iudhu mout/{
ooked sn g in t an i her blue jyes
o iked up a me ai l twinkled ss
j mtieU as In dare me to kisv her,and
[im ail of a ireuihle. and 'hen
i uiv lul l I Willi lele.l nl'oUtld l*b ml
uel' e..j: and J dry.v jp I I V d up to
n: and give ur i mu cii. Hay,
tßrit was no l.iud of u I or»e to give
ito a frl ow i i l ike ago I nut rid
: mg. Just 1 swicked her 1 felt
Lawrenceville, Georgia, November 20 iBB3
I asi ihought the bnggv had been
s' ruck \vi ha pile diivtr. and
when 1 looked at he horse In- was
running away arid kicking the bug
gy, and tin* lu.es were on die
lines were on the gi nn I. I was
scared I lull v. u. L w, n e.i to
jump out, but my girl threw hei
arms around my neck and sn-'im
ed, an I said we Will id die togelli
er, and jus as WC Wi re going to
die the buggy ;. nick a fence „rd
tl e horse broke \ < d went oil
leavi ;g us in the buggy, tumbled
dowu by tile da«h board, bit not
hurt. I'iic old Innse stopped and
weil to chewing grass, md .elook
olup a me as ihoiig i In- wanted
to say ‘phiiop ue ' I triad to
catch him but 1m wouldn't >■ ucli,
and then we waited iii) duk ami
walked home, and I fold dm livirv
man what I thought of such treat
ment, and he said if I hid a t* lid
fid to my driving and not kiss.* I
the girl I would have been ail
right. He arid i ought to h .ve
told him ilia! 1 wanted u Inn s.* that
won Id u i shy a kissing, bu* how j
did I k ow f wus gt ing iu gel up
courage to kiss her 1 A livery
man ought to take i: im granted
when a voting fellow goes out
with a gril he is go ng to kiss her.
and give him a horse according
Bui i quit Inn) oi'c*e. 1 won't
work for a man thu’ hasn't got.
ser.ee. (Josh ! \\ hat kind of ma
pie sugar is that? Jeinstkm,
whew, give me some v. al r. O inv,
ii is taking i he skin otl'my iuou‘j.' 1
The grocery man got hi a some
wa cr and seemed sorry iliai the
boy hail i a ken lie concent) :el
ly# through mis ake. and when die
boy went out tl e * oc. >ry manppund
ed his hands on his kmc-, and
laughed, arid presently lie wi u 1
out in front of the store and found
a sign “Fresh lotis. linen picked
tnore'n n moridi 1 tirV r'n ti k
L’ei k’s Sou.
The I'liuiesnai Scats iu the
House.
Amon.r the contests f, i s .ats ill
the next Congress tie re will lie
several of peculiar inkiest. Vi
pers In.ye ty 1 ialv l iiui tiled widl
Mr. McVliu'-on, d,e ebuk of the
House, in the following rases:
From tl e vecond district of A’a
luma there will he mo coxteHt
ants—O. H. Craig and J. \V .Topeu
for the seat of Olmrleu M. Bbcllv.
Benjamin F. Frederick will contes'
the seat of Janies tVilron. of tl e
fifth Inwii dis : rict. S. N. Wood
claims that he wrvs fk-picd ft ,m
K'sDsas ins ead of Haninel it.
lVors. tin rge F. Garrieiiii clm!-
leti: «s the right of Robert M,
Mayo to the seat belonging o die
first disijic of Virginia Ju (lie
seyetidi (iistritu < f Virginia the
iortifi(» ewasgJvi-nt) Jihn Paul,
gubotq ently appointed United
Sia'es judge. Tiie <Governor of
Virgo iih >s made nrj uvo'ision
fop a f penhil tl«‘C ion o fiilihi
vacancy, and ii is supposed lie
prefers i > waitand see what i c : nr>
the House will take on Ihecono si
made by C T. foi. the
stilt lie m s' inte ves mg con
tests will be in- ween Olndniers
and ylspuing., pf !!»»• secoud Mi-s
s rippi, and Win. .Ni. McKinley Jr.,
and Jonathan H. Wallace, of the
seventh Ohio district These two
cases are lik< !v to iccqpy ,wu,sider
I able time and c..«use a arm dieima
j s:on. There Wore si v. ral o) er
| notices of con esi file t soon after
the election, tint hev have s : n«e
i been withdrawn.
j LUe veterans of the Confederate
army of Northeii Virgin a ettni
inemorutcd 'be Imph- of Fred l r
lckhViurg in itu lim< ud on Wednes
day, ttie adurftis being delivered
by Geneial A. M. .Scales, of North
Carolina. Iu clos'.ng In said :
“Let Dixie and Yankee pO'd.e
live side by suit-. Tiny hid thvir
origin in the asjiira ions of liberiy.
We cherish them hqih l.t. 1 Ma
inis.su>-, i* reueriiiksiiurg, hihl Cliuu
Oelloisvilie, Kings Mountain and
Ycrklown, live in uur meiuories
toge her. never lo be forgo ten.
We were iinsncx’essful. That
proves nothing an Ii lie. right.
I’i y principle i<un h mgeil. iui
parti d hisleiy will vindicate 11-,
slid to Unit mbut a wo commit
die L >st Cause 'there need l e
no Ci utl e iu ail this with oui du v’
o ihe Union, Lit the Iqiy <•'<
evfery ciiuen in pv sei ye it ;u
jieiicc and dtf--i d it in war, and
(nine will leap in d t • liiat, dmy
with more uhuvi'y tli.ail ill*; battle
smite I\e era lis li a f 1 owc.i L•'
and .lucksi u un i tinir deseeml
HlltS.'
J >EVOTE I) TO NEWS, I.TTFRATUuF AND LOdAl, AFFaIKS
| ritoi KssioNM, iii noKivis
t i
George Peek. the father. oMh ■
"bad hoy.” was here a lev, luty
fV'o In the past few yfcais Peck
has become one of the most 4li. -
cesaful of professional huu*sdF
His income is said to bn h-Sjr
5525,000 a year. In ISTd lie w as.a
reporter on the Xev York Herald
"several hundred dollars worauFqli
than when lie was dead broke.'
“He left New York with a rcsiWe
"never to come back until 1 had « ‘
cumulated 5! 18.” Peck origin nttiio.
and grow up in Wisconsin With
“Brick Pomeroy ill; went to v.”
York to start a Democratic papey
He was fortunate, losinglmf S2,(M)O
—all that he had, however. Aftri
reporting on the Hfivuhl for *ll
shori time he returned to Wise.ln
sin, and, locating at Lai rouse. star
ted Peek s Sun, which has lu'o’i
rays of brightness to many houses
on .lark and gloomy day s. j 'iye j
years ago ho removed to Milwmi- I
kce. and there he met with cm tin- !
iious success. A friend to him" •
told me, a few davs ago, tlmt lie 1
owned tile whole town. That’s .
perfectly natural. It's a way wc ■
erlit.u's have. The Sun consists ot
mostly of real and sparkless wit,
and humor. Peek does nearly all
the editorial work hiniselt. His evs j
ponses arc light and his profits ;
Luge. The humorist is about for*!
ty y- ai of ago. heavy set and •
wears an immei.se imperial. Ho
has fitted up an elegant office and
lifts a beautiful homo. Ho is very
popular, and especially so with *
the ragged newsboys. Not long !
ago ho gave several hundred Of!
them a banquet, and they in turn :
pie/, unfed him with a pair of dia-'
uioud cuff buttons. , , j
Dili Nu\ aiiotlicr Western hu
morist, and the funny man of ihe
icocky Afounlun ~ i.-- bald iioitued,
and the top of Lis Loud shines Jikol
•ft'stnrt-■bosont j.i-Ae bands of **
Chinaman. He is married. He I
inn tall man. wif.L fuff brown
beard mid brown eyes, and has the
gein rql a ]'i u ai'Mice of a prosper
ous country m«a chant. Me is qui
et in his way ~ and to look at him
one would not think he could
cause Lis fellow beings to laugh.
But iqijiear.iijccs qix, iWoptive.
Thou- a H"i.n Wattwkou, Ven
ple say lie looks iike the very indi.
vidua! who is supposed to run
things into an excessively warm cli ,
male. Bid he isn't such a person,
nutv. jlh.-uunding lie lives in Ken
tucky, and '.iusc-, the Democrats
sonn times. Nye was a justice of
the peace in Wyoming. IJ< v, j i,.te
a number •»? Ivtfc-i’s to flu- Dcyvcr
Tribitiit,, They contained I'onsid
erabh' i xaggeiated liumor and j
gave him some local notoriety. A i
few years ago lie starts^thu Boom j
erajig, and ugs i,uvcee<Ld in mak. j
ing about ><15.000 jnofits. He j
; ban long wanted to establish a frn I
Inv paper in Minn<*s«*ta and 4>is j
j friends say he y ill a ion ffiiiite :
i lienv Sf Vital
'i'iic editor of Btick.Mosfph Kej
pier, an Austrian with dark Lair
and eyes, and niodestj and cordial i
in manner, formerly lived in St. j
Joe, and Sf Louis. Missouri. He i
was born in Vicuna fd-uiii bury !
seven yffci'v •>g<*- Wliffn in his
teens he became an actor, and
p’ayed m Austria, Jtailv and Kwitz
erland. AVhcu In- wa- twenty Uiun
j yeais of age he ciinig In America
| and went to Mtusouri to join bis
futbu, wiio was ix-kitg tn make
his oi-fuc i Tile hitter desired thq
son to become a jHiyaieiatt *and
sent liiiu to St Louis to study med
icine. But tlie ymuig man t««>k
the stage and lequivd to bnxogie
•t nmnagcu' Fortunately, no oiift
was ever killed by lihn ah a dec
! tor. oi c*oi|iuelitxl to ho tortured
by looking; at him fnan actor. His
itsjib irtion to be stage manager re
sulted in linnkrupicy in a. very few j
weeks If that kind of lightning |
would just .paketwo or ihreo hull
vU'od alleged stage managers that '
aie now loose! But lightning nev- |
er strikes twice in the game place
Kejipier, after hi* baiikruptvy, be
i(i a vying UujnorQais pictures. 1
Seven yeais ago, with his partner,
! Sohw'urtziimu. lie whs emptoywi by
Bi-Sue at ?k'>d a wee k. I hey .-uiv
i il and borrowed ■''i oiMt urnl' stmt
oJ [ uck L*. -.ii- iiruphosied that
t*ie eutwprise wwahklaih But it
didn't, and iu three wet ks. tlu pu
per was on a self sustaining basis.
Within a year it had u circulation
of 2m,(100, uud now. I understand,
100. non copies arc issued weekly.
Both Keppler and Sohwartzman
are enjoying an income of 5550,000
ft yc:U\ - I‘itw.mjiOltt J<»tn>nt
Sn.llj flUert.
\ny one who thiul'.s his mission
on earth will not be fulfilled unions
ho preaches t* > tho Indians may go
and preach to them,' -aid the Rev.
Mr. Mob wood, “but I prefer to
preach toother people 1 was
very enthusiastic some time ago
ft] d thought it whs my duty to
preach to the 'poor, deluded In
diim. but my experience has taught
mo that 1 misunderstood the situa
tion. Having made application, f
was commissioned to go into the
territory rind distribute the word
among the red men. My first np
p.'influent was at a little log house
in the Choctaw nation. Quite a
congregation had assembled w hen
T arrived, and 1 felt very much on.
coitniged. Without introducing
niy.-.t ls I went to the rear end of
the house, where I found a rude
table, and asked the congregation
to sing. No one responded, and
I sang a hymn Then 1 prayed,
after which 1 took inv text and I>o
gun to preach. I noticed that the
congregation became very restless,
and thinking it was because I did
not exhibit enough spirit, I doub
ed mv efforts. l’retty soon a
white mail, who seemed to have
great iiilluencfi over the Indians
arose and sqid:
‘Ho'd on a minute, cap’u. We
want to know when the show is
goiri’ to commence V
‘Shotv l gasped.
•Yes, show. Although we don’t
Ihiiilc much of a one man show,
yet we concluded to come and see
what you ufjuld do. Quit your
“tailin' iftv bit down to business.* I
d lid not come lo give a sliSw,
my good people,’ said L I came
to progeh to" you.’
•That's n i very well,’ said the
white man, ‘but we know’ what
you'Come for. You comb to give
us a show and now want to back
out. We ain’t |;oin ! to have no
sueff shirkin' as that, an’ if you
don’t give us a song an’ dance,
wn’il tie you to a tree an' whale
y-.u tiff you can't squeal ’
•1 bcggiff ffnt to no jmrpose.
’I'Ll. liiqiiiffs crowded around and
swore that iby jvoulcl Hay me
ilii■-c unfess I gave them a show, l
saw* that it was useless to argue
with them and f took off my root,
struck up, ‘When I can read my
Title < 'lear. to jig time mid cut ca
pers to the best of my liinitoff abil
t,v. When l luolialod the song
luu.'i vfaviiee l wanttsl to stop but
they would not hear to such a ‘cut’
ami I was compelled to w'fftx ‘A
(.'halve to keep T have.’ Then
they cii.llud for anothni'jig and I
: igg. <uul ikiucnff, ;Cuiun all ye Sin
ners. Lt wes siiameful lait I
could not help* it. After awhile
tile wllitenian Min (in nct-d flint I
might (pin. I lost no time in 1 aiv
ing the accursed place, let igv as
i sure you. -Itiwi i was erossing
i file i,.auer. 1 Haw a man limping
(-along and catching ujl with him |
asked him the cause of the impedi )
j meat in liih step
"I've had a terrilile time buck
1 yonder.' he said, pointing to the
1 tenitjopy 'I am a show man and
my ntoiie is Billy Arlington, iam
a one man show, because I find it
easier to, keep myself (irgimi/ed
tllftrf if 1 Imd it company I wag
:id\ ertisi-d to giyo h show in the
Territiwv— ime jierfonnance free—
, mid went over to fill my engage
i ujeut When I got to the
i place 1 found quite a large fiudi
* ence of solemn looking Indians,
but the solemnity of the affair did
not encoUMigi': ute. Well l got up i
and Uigiui to siiuffie when a fel- j
low hopjied nji and said, ‘None of ;
that. You have come here to I
pleach and you've got to preach.' j
I told them flmt l was u showman,
but they sasl if 1 didn't jireaeli
they’d skin me. I didn’t want to
be skinned, and after one big fob
, low came up aud gavt Ute U welt
tnai aiuioil. ffroko iuy Jeg. I cou
<iiii<\av\ to pi e.n-h. Oh, but it was
:t spirited sermon, and T was tick
fed nin-nthey told me I might
quit.
I saw ff all. (htn. We find got
our appointments mixed, but the
discovery did not renew mv enthu
siasm. Any man who wants to
preach to the Indians may do so
but I shall always respectfully re
quest to be counted out.’— Ex.
The night, Spirit He % olii
lion
lue Re . Wi liam Stephens n
Delivered a memorial diacourse in
llu gers iTsliy teiiah church. Mud
is. n avenue and Tweuty-ninth
Air- et, on “Mur in Lmher, the
Man und Ilia Work.’ Da tlmlOth
d«y of this month, said the preach
ur, 1000 years will have passed
since Luther was born. The
world was then in the 111 robs of a
mortal and iij'eliec.nal death, for
ten centuries die moral heavens
had gathered gloom, lie eardi
had been trample ! iuio a dread
ful moral rigidity, and die human
mind had become 11 wilderness of
dying (bought. Humanity lay
crushed and bleeding, while m h
less In lids tied her free-born ongue
ihe church had lost her vitali'y ;
her glorv had departed. She wus
dead and. far worse, she was cor
rupt. The irregularities tha dis
honored the priesthood dishonor
ed also the nalace of the l'oiniifl'
while the prostrate millions were
lost to every feeling of right and 1
religion
Man in Luther was the migiity
sp rit selected and raised up 10
revolutionize and to transform. —
He seems, like auo her Moses, to
come down to us from the eloml
and the moun'aiu i/.p, his face
lit upas with condensed lightn
ing gl -ams, radiet from liis inter
course with Dad. Sin tried hand
e l he menaced the thwed atrocity
of die age, broke the bondage ot
imprisoned truth and sen the
daughter at God free am m* the
sous of men
As ev presenting «• in* w’ba a
length, ihe principal points in Lu
iher’s personal history—lns school
days, his monastic life, his conver
hi! ion, his marriage wi*h (’« hr
rim de Bora, Ins ffutue lie, wliioh
is repreecnied aamo*tchiiimi.ig—
Mr. Stephenson said that, for a
tme the point iff' looked iq on the
movemen Bof Lutlief as the va
garies of soige unb ilia need enthn
si istic, but was soon forced to a
differkm conclusion. The scath
ing nnnifesto “Against tie Bull
of an ichris ” fell us a than ler
crush, and its echo lingers among
the hills of Genuauy to the pra**-
em hour. The ponii/1. like Bo
liali, advanced, oonfidant of the
sufficiency oftfie sword,and spear
while Lather, l*ko David, went
forth w i ll a single sling and atone,
cf the iiiUure of the Hock ut r ges,
and the lesn't was the overthrow
of Itoinaiiism and the decapitation
of papal eiipremacy in the i.eruum
The tire kindled has m
Tolved intenwer power, and, de.
spite many a blast from the old
quarter, it is yet destined to burn
till it shall have illumined were
quarter.
Chits. Carter, of Philadelphia, i
writes to correct ur: article, the
hub Bit nee of which was that a
brother of Gen. ftohert E. Lee
once figured as a defendant in a
murder 'rial. Mr Carter writes:
(leu. Lee had two brothers older
than himself and h half brother
still older. The brothers were
Oharlt s Carter, who lived and died
u Virginia farmer, and Sydney
Smyth, a ciiptH’u in the United
States navy. The half brother
was Henri, ihe son of his father's
first wife, who w»s a daughter of
Philip Ludweil Lee. None of
these brothers ever figured in any
mu der trial.
A' a civil rirh s meeting of col
ored jieople in Birmingham, Ala.,
on Saturday, the chairman «aid he
believed ihm the Southern peo
ple, without regard to party lines,
would piove die last refuge of the
colored jieopl**, and would help
them to reach a bight r
and nobler manhood quicker ilian
their northani friends.
lffHt! homesteads Imve beuu er
lex d in Florid i during the pres
ent year.
Fx, (iov. Urown, of Georgia is
!to get $25,000 per year us Pren
i * lent of ihe Florida shipeaiml coxa
jpauy.
« oh«* Talks A klttlfc.
"Everything is adopted, ’ savs I
“Cube, you museut s»v adopted,
foi you mean adapted.' "Well, I
reckon so, say he * Evervtliing
is adapted. Everything lits to
evi ryhiug Tic r.- is ilift- h mu’
dog a mimin' ihai rabbit and die
dog is ad ipteil to the rabbi and
the labbii is adopled to i)i«. dog.
Och Was made for die totin.i' to
run. 11 there waseni any r.ibbirs
there wouidv lit be auy holin' dug,:.
Hoys is a hjpted to squirrels If
; there waaent any boys there would
lent beany squirrels. If iheie
; wasent any chickens there would
j old be any lu.wks, for hawks it
adop ts! to chickens, and if dieiol
w sent any < hickens and lords j
I here vvouldent, benny bugs and
worms; and the aiga and worms i
is ad ip ed to the Daves and vege I
tables, and .here is always enough
left of everything for seed and for
white folks to live on. Hog- i i
adopted 10 aoors, and if there was
ent any bogs there wuuldeut be
more tlmn eight or ten oeorns on
a tree—just enough for seed : an !
hogs is adopted to folks, and if
there w isent folks there would
ent bs any hogs. There would
ent be any for 'em, I'll tel,
you, major, everything was lixed
ed up about right as shore us you
are hot n, nud nr
lived up for uv.
sausage moat an,
lings, and souce and backbone
and sptueiib and laid uud hum
and shoulder uuA jowl to eat with
turnip- gross, and its all luigley
good iU'I I'M all adop ed.
“That sail so, (Jobe," said J,
“cveiything is udap ed, wlmUier
it is adopted or not.”
“Yes,'' said he, “and ire notic
ed it fora long time, wheu die
whe,t is cut off liter hinTl
comes up fo> hay, and if we
off anutner crap comes up unit
kcnjis the not sun off’ of tne land
a id One crop follows uiiliofher,alld
if we make a poor crojj one year
we make a belter one the next
year and if wo don't tve can live on
Ope and cut, down expenses, and
work ihe hurdar to tix up, and
Burnt) how or other or Home how
cine weull get along, ai d when
there is t gap we fill it up with
roiue lit ng and we alt get along
and nobody periHliea to death in
ihe name of the Lord for eveiy
thing fits and everything is adopt
ed.”
“Well, s.tys 1. ‘(Jobe, that is all
so—not only so, bin also biq
there are a heap of things coiue
along tliai don't seem to be ad pt
ed, as you call it. Here comes
the army worm, and the grasahup
pen*, and the caterpillars, and al!
so ts of vermin, and they arc not
adapted; and what are we going
to do with them. What are you
going to do with suakes, mad dogs
tind tonus, and pestilence, mid
(Bp lieritt. »tid sum pox. and all
such afflictions * Are ihey adopt
ed or a*e they adap’cd. or what
are they V
“Well, sir," says Co w, ‘T|| (ell
you. I haven't been troubled with
them things yet, but if 1 wus I
know there would lie some off-sett.
Something to ballatiee tic account
I never kuovvd a man lo go b.jTtX
as bu'. what he w rit back that theje
wane)it anything to brag off after
he got there. The good ihings
of tins life are pretty equally dis
tributed if we only did know L.—
A rich man haiut got much advan
tage of a noor man it the poor
man ti any account. Some poor
folks is bid stock, aud don't wani
o work aud goes about, grutn
biiug- They ti just like a lad
stock of horses or cal tie or dogs,
and ought to die out aud quit, the
country.
We don’t send round the settle
ment to git a poor dog or a poor
cat, or a poor hog or it poor cow.
We want a good stock of anything
and there ti about the same differ
ence in folks that there is in any
thing else. There is some rich
fulksthat are clever and some!
that are mean -some grind von
down and some help you up, but
them who grind you down down
don’t have much enjoyment. They
are too mean to enjoy good health
They are never happy unless they
are miserable. I d rather bo poor
titan to be some rich men that 1
iVol, XIII.-No. 85
know My chlhlien have a jitter^
•i'ue ' ding simuioHa and
- '.'ing
t > -
■ jtk
'l'lmreuPH|HH
lik oikiug fojdkt gHT
and icing contented with
mdiou 1 love to see rich folks do
' 1,1 ; '•' h lor they help out the
; eon nt r y tm, I build mil roads,
, laetorics. and oar shops, atpd > :Aj
up (he iron 11 tines, and f kgiow
l!i:i it nv^-'iyly was jvoor" 11
am i!n country prosper,
and ii looks like everything, wei
j a !,,]'(> I, and we nei.'d ricli oiks t<>
1 1 linn and poor folks to woi k, and
: tiny oniildont get along without
'us any more than wc could get
aloiu without them, I don't
want their fine clot hoe, nor (heir
tine house, nor their carriage and
horses, and they don’t want my lit
tie old mule, nor my boptail coat,
ami so its all right nil round, and
every tiling is adopted.
It -'on i take ine bat u minute
and a half to git ready to gc. 10
merlin ~<r hlH'vu got to do is to
put on my coat and comb the
cuekleburs outen my hair and
wish mv face and git a couple of
chaws of tub moo Htr kfe hike ■,,,
and go
d ">r a h^B
I hear all the preSBB
has to sav and t hank the Lord
his goodno.-fi, and that in worships
enough for a poor man,l reckon,
and its all adopted When I see
line things and fine people I'm al
ways thankful for some favors
that are pow’ful cheap contide r
mg ‘hu money runs
•v“ have got good heiil.h and good
ipperitee hi my house , utt
Imj^t^^Bl^B
mun. Wc lminf|flß|
nor (nan burn and nobody haint
silting me for my land fori hain*
got any and my wife can make as
good corn bread as unybody and
our rnldes is a good kind and the
old cow lies down her milk abouL
right and can live and do"
wuh' oi being cunied and fj^j^l
• in.’ tin mnl^E
. ,'B
/ at
vi,
'’ : 1 w&mm,
,
if *
got, a chaw or I wo of thu
bitcco you, ulwuws have I fliujt -
bi|e or two, for that is one thin,,
tb tl I iike boner than poor folks e,
tmecer. Us one thing fliht l
think is a leoUd hotter adopted
ilmn any thing else. V leasiT
tike it better.
Cone got. Ijim lobnero and dunk ,
• 1 bin lit'le iuiilm with him heellentP
shoes and galoped away ia pence.
If he is not adopted, j know bo
feels a lopted. Oolie has peculiar
deles aml h pccul ar lapgfisge.
11l ulw vs eaystbut thunder lined
n man, »iid when I told him tha
it " ns lightning ho said, -U oil, L
know they say it is lightning, but
I've always noticed that when it
strikes a tree or u man or a mnlo
the thunder and the lightning
comes nil in a hunch, and you
cant tell totho. from which.” "But,
Cob a says 1. “whenagon shoots,
the nois ■ dont hurt anything ; ii
is the shot. “Just so, says he;
"hut there is no shot about this
thunder business." < j* 5
Bu.l Akk
The-e was a time when you
could ha dly go amiss of it. bur
now it is only once in a while that
you catch the wrangle of voices
fr. m Mini' b ick y ird:
• I s 11 i_v knock !”
I *
I' isn 1.
You missed the arch !” / ?
“1 hope to din.”
“You moved your l>all !'
I never did."
-I don't eaie! You arc aoreat
cheat I"
"And so are you!"
"I won’t play!"
••Don't then." . wtaß
1 “And don't you ever speak s
| me again as long as you Ji,e: "
1 "Pooh! Who wants to*"
It is reported that the Govern
insnt will disecontinue using pus
'ul cards.