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fWfeccUancousi.
From the Saline (Mo.) I'roijress.
lloninlsaentrs «>f oltl Bob ('arson.
Tin’s celebrated mountaineer and trap
per yet lives on the Missouri river, nig
the town of Arrow Ilock; is bale, stent
and hearty, aide ami willing to in do
many more like trips. He is full of an -
ccdotes and gives us many ! airbreodlh
escapes from mountain storms and In j
dian fights.
He says the last light place he got ini
was in ti e year IS4G, during the M
can war. The Mexicans were cmiii .
ting di predations et all kinds, and iiad
Stolen some of our government I ’s*
and mnlis Capt. Price - afti-rw*ai ■!-
Gen. Sterling Price—was in cnmir'.!; ’ !
of a company of U . S. volunt< ci ;■■,
were ever ready lor a scout or a i ... ■!•
He was ordered to make a detail o.
twelve of his hoot non and send liom in
search of the stolen property. 'I wehe
choice and well tried men were chosen j
Then came the query—who is aide and
willing to take command of this squad.'
It must he some man who can tad. with
the different Indian tribes through which
they may have to pass in pursuit of the
Mexicans.
Luckily for the squad, at this moment
Boh Carson rode up, well mounted oa
his favorite limiting horse Leo, A
shout from the twelve brave men hid
him welcome; then* object and
requesting him to take command. Noth
ing suited Carson better than this.
He told Capt. Price tl at he could fol
low a cold trail as fast as any living
man could, and to give himself no unea
siness, that lie wcuid bring his twelve
men back and not loose a scalp.
The sequel shows how he succeeded.
The second day out they struck the
trail; late in the evening they saw in
the distance a large party of Indians, j
and as they were on friendly terms with
the different tribes, Cais-ti aid his band
hurried to overtake them, hoping to gain j
some information conccrnii g the stock.
The Indians saw them approaching
and halted I r them to come up. As
Carson and his men mine nigher, Ins
keen eye discovered they were on the
■war path, hut knowing m fear, he rode
op, and the Indians, 1,400 strong, closed
wings and cemph tely surrounded them.
Sandivcre, the chief, rode up to Carson,
exclaiming:
"Yeds tedoly”—you arc my prisoner! ;
Carson, after questioning the cliiet a
short time, found that they were u ! s*> in
pursuit of lest stock, stolen as they Con- j
siderrd by the U. S. 'iro< [s.
'1 ho Mexicans had told him this tale
to screen themselves. But all of intrigue
could not induce Sundivere to release
him and l:is twelve men.
The next morning the old chief com
menced making preparations to shoot
and scalp his prisoners. Carson called
him aside for a talk, and finally persua
ded him to send one of ins best runners
to Capt. Price’s camp, and if things
were not found just as represented, that
on the fourth day from the departure of
said runner, at twelve o’clock, lie might
do with his pi is mere as lie pleased.
The runner started. Carson and his
men, sanguine tiiat everything would
prove satisfactory to the chief, remained
their prisoners, cheerful and happy.
On the morning < f the lumtli all were
momentarily exp cting the runner to
appear. Ten o’clock came and no run
ner in sight; 11 and no runner in sigl t
Everything in camp was excitement and
commotion. Saiidivcre was certain that
Ids runner had been In ly dealt wi
and in his anger made preparations f -i
summary veng a .*-■• i ■ ivo o’eb ■• !.
and no runner in sight a > far as tiro >; •
could reach.
Carson thought his hour had c :oe, as
preparations w*. - mode; nod, v
ing the terms Would he compiled v. ::i
1 e called Sundivere and told him he
would like to talk with him before he
and his ui-u were shot. G-irsju an
Mm H# : M If i*‘l'%% (f s"' ' ~ -v-a
j _ m 0 -i/h/ 1 v ■-./ - ./v t -v-s'dy'Xy .* s> . v '’ 5
Sundivere commenced their talk, Carson
in the meanwhile walking slowly and
leistirly from the camp, tolling the chief
that the horses, saddles, blankets, etc.
were all donated or willed to him, the
gicat chief, and that he was not com
pelled, on account of this donation, to
divide them among Irs warriors.
The chief was much interested and
pleased with this donation, and by this
lime they were eighty or one hundred
yards final the Indian Camp, when Car
een, with the dexterity of an old moun -
taineer, pulled from his boot !eg an ugly
looking holster pistol, cocked and pie
j sented directly in the face of tl.c old
chief exclaiming:
“Stand , sii! yon are my prisoner.”
“What do you mean?” asked Sau
di vr re.
‘I mean inst what I say—if you move j
ore inch y* u ;u* a dead man.’
The Indians seeing their chief in dan- i
ger, started to bis rescue, lint Carson ;
told him to notion Lis moo hack, or lie
would shout him on the spot. TliO old ]
chief, well knowing tl'c man lie had to:
deal with, instantly c* mplied and mo- j
tinned li sm< u b ick. Carson then told j
him to order up bis twelve men with ’
their horses just as lie received them, and j
Leo with them. Ties was instantly j
complied with. Carson then mounted j
the old chief behind one ot his men and ■
stalled for Capt. Price’s camp, when
Pandivere found things as represented
'ey Carson. The runner had lie ri there
1 ut had lost the trail, which had caused
the delay. Capt. Price gave the chief j
many presents, ami escorted him to his ;
tribo, lie over afterwards was a true |
friend to the whites, and in many install- :
cis did very valuable service.
Thus by the coolness, cunning and :
downright bravery of Bob Carson this |
devoted bai and of twelve bravo men were j
rescued from .certain death. Persons
right litre weie with Carson at the time
and can vouch for the truth of the above
statement.
Long live Bob Carson. .7. I’.
Jonh Billing- on Court liii».
fourth) is a luxury; it is the pla spell
of the sole. The man who has never]
courted lias lived in vane, lie has beer |
a blind man among bu and scapes, lie has I
been a deff man in the land of hand .or- i
mans and, b the side mtirmurln <* •• ils
Court in is like two little spri igs of wa
ter that start out from under a roi k at i
the foot of a mountain, and runs down:
hill side by side, singing, dancing and j
sputtcriii each other, ed I vin and frothiii, ;
and kaskadin, and hidden under the I
bank, now full of shadder, bimbv they ;
jine and then go slow. lam in favor of:
long courtiu; it gives the parties a I
chance to find out each other’s trump |
cards. It is good exercise, and is just i
as innocent as five marina lam! s.
* * * *
Perhaps it is best I should stale some!
gor.d advice to thn young men who an j
about to court with a view to matrimo- j
ny ns it was.
In tl.c (list place, young men you
ought to get yi.ur system all right; then j
find a young woman who is williu to be ]
courted on the square.
The next thing is to find out how old
she is, which yon can do by asking her. i
and she will sa she is 19 years, and this j
you will find will_riot he far out of the ]
wa.
The next is to begin moderate, sa otic j
every nit© in the week for the fust six 1
months, incrciisiu the dose as the pash - ;
cut seems to require.
It is a fust rate way to court a girl’s :
mother a little on the start, for there in :
one thirigthut a woman never despises, i
and that is a little good courtiu if it is ;
done on the square.
After t o in. year you will begin to j
like the bisim ss.
There is one thing I always advise, j
that is to not swap photographs nftonei j
than w’unst every 0 ilaz-, unless you for
get bow the gal looks.
Ockasiimclly yon want to look sorrow
and draw in your wind as tlioyou had n ,
pain; thie will ait the gal to t ezin yon ,
to find out vvliat ails you
Even in etins are a good tiling to tend
It will keep your religion in tnne, ami i
your gal happens to be there hy acci
dent, she can a»k you to go home with
her.
| Asa general thing I wouldn’t brag on
| other girls much when I was cortin. It
! might look as though you knti tew much
; If you court three weeks in this wa, all
i the time on square, if yon don’t sa it is
I the sleekest time of y nr lift- you can go
' to the cheap sforc and get in- asured for
a plug hat at my expense and pay lor it.
#3fAn alleged discovery of a cure
for cancer from a specific a- l ived from a j
plant which grows in ccuador is Exciting
much interest in medical codes. A
curious story is told of the manner in j
which tiie anti-cancer virtues of this
plant were first discovered. For a long j
time previous to this discovery tb 1 plant;
h. been regarded as a poison. Acting
np< u this belief, an Ecuador wife who
d-sired to lid herself < f her husband;
gave him a decoction of tins pnr t i .
i. ill ink. ’1 ho fellow was : ;--.-'ldy
ing slowly of cancer in the » ! < much, bn:
- cr eagerness could not v.a't f.r ti c or
pib-d the" I!- 'xir-us d'stikthn’te hrn'di ink,
i ai.d w-iiud to e-e him fall at Icr feel-
But instead of th t the happy husband
survived. Th- s’lblihi cs.-caue bcnoO'cd
; i)is cnici-r, and ihe feil-.w finai-y rrcuv
oied fr- in liis disease to mai.o- UL'-v.n
[the blo-tsii'S to the world.
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIJIITS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUIT M AX, GEO. a JUNE 16, 1871.
-100 is unix.
lie Relates the Horrors of the Km
Jvllis.
Cari-kt Bag Corner, N. C., 1
May G, 1811. j
Senator Morton :—To you, as the
month piece of the Republican party,
and author of the Kn Klux policy, is due
the gratitude of all us northern men wiio
■ arc in the South a pursuin’ life, liberty
| and offices. As missionaries in the mor
jal cause of (cachin’ the iineunstructed
I Southerners liow to run tin- government
| on the free ami moral plan, wo have hu!
: fen and horrois like unto the martyrs in
F.-x’k illustrated pic.toi ial, exceptin’ that
wo ain’t hern persecuted in our religious
belief, of which wo never had any to
speak of.
For a while wo got along first rate in
O'tr pursuits. By a pron isdn’ the nig -
gers forty acres of land and a mule, and
a takiu ’ their small change to pay lor j
eertificatf s, we got ’em to vote us in t.
-slice, and hud tilings all our own way. j
The uncmistructed Southerners didn’t
have nothing to say, because .they
thought it wasn’t any of their govern- |
meat, and it wasn’t their put in. But j
when wo got to makin’ 'em pay big I ax
es for constructing thorn, they began to
think it was a good deal their foiierc! al
(cr all, and commenced howlin’. As the
niggers didn't get anv land or mule to
speak of, they ungratefully refused to
vote for us any longer, and wouldn’t be
satisfied until we divided the offices and
profits with them. Since then things
haven't been so peaceful as they was,
and the South is a borderin’ on a revo
In lion, which compels us to arrest the
fellows that giuiuhle aipl make trouble.
I’oace and our offices must bo preserved |
at a'l hazards.
Then came bloody assassins, the Kn]
Klux, and throwod the country into ter- J
air and confusion and blocked the wheels !
of construction, and scared all the little
children and old women at the .North!
into conniption fits. When I think of a j
hand ts secret assassins a l idiu’ thron. li
the country in thn dead hour ol night ]
will) a pint of whisky in their stomachs I
and a finming cigar between their teeth, I
I involuntarily cover my bead with the j
Ik and clothes. "Tho fact that such Cell- ]
sphators is allowed to roam Ihe land and j
disturb ihe peace is proof in min i that I
ihe South hain't yet been constructed!
o a ugh, and ought to have a regiment I I
!|X ops Stationed in every hoti.se, that the
majesty of th<‘ Frcnidtrit may be estah-j
bulled throughout the land .
To tell all the outraged thorn Kn ]
blux has perpetrated would make a list j
as long as the tariff law, and furnish j
material lor a dozen investigatin’ com j
uiittccH at §l2 a day and u'l expenses
paid. To show the enormity < f the
c: lines perpetrated by them bloody raid- 1
night a: s enilis, the ivu Klux, I give Ihe |
following incidents which have fallen
under my personal and official observa- j
tion:
Only a few nights ago one of them Kn |
Klux found a nigger rubliin’ Ills lien j
roost, and in cold blood he deliberately
kicked that poor defenceless and down
trodden African over a seven rail fence,
thus ruthlessly vio'aliu’ the fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States. Is this the land of lib
erty and equal lights, when such out
rages are allowed to pass unrebuked ?
Only ten days ago a l and of there
midnight assassins, in the and ad hour of
night, dragged one of our most esteemed !
citizmis of Aliicaii descent from the ho- j
sum of 1 is family and whipped him will •
a cat of ninety-nine tails, on the Divial
charge of havin’ outraged an old white |
woman of oighty-two years old! Is this]
a land of social equality, when gmd. |
acts arc perpetrated in our very midst '! j
A few evenings ago one of these un
! constructed Southern conspirators delib-j
era tely and in cold blood ..bot at a N or th
orn missionary, who was innocently ri- ]
ding <lf one of Ids best horses! Where
are our 1 nvs that guarantr e every man
in pursuit of happiness '!
In Scailawug township a Government
I officer v.'cs brutally tarred and b-albcr
led and rode on a thiee cornered ru 1
j while a dischargin' his official duly in
: collectin’ the tariff on sarsafras tea
Where is the dignity of the government
when its officers are thus iu> ulled?
In Thnhiictoo precinct a poor deludid
African was deliberately bung by the
seat of .Ids hrerdies in attemptin' to
climb a high palin’ fence surroundin'the
j hog yard of an imconstructed Kn Klux
i planter. Wbeie are our laws ol
do fence to the citizen?
At the county seat in Hidden connly,
in broad daylight, a jury of twelve men,
equally divided as to race, color and;
i servitude, was hung for three mortal;
hours. Where is the protection of the;
law, when oar courts are thus invade!?]
(Jan such things he and not come
over us like a cloud ot cinnamon dark i
ne.-s? Can it be that this is the boasted j
land of iiieily and milk and h ncy?
Can this he the aft .moon of the XlXih
century, and ninety-fifth of American
indepi ndeiice? The slurs and stripis
-honid borraleof bombazine, the sun]
be totally eclipsed, and the clouds weep
bitter tears ■■!'anguish, at this iialioiml;
ill-grace and hiiiuiiiation. In tmucJei ;
be allowed to go unavenged, am! we be
turned out of mir tat off! ;,c3 to steal no
A time to run —When you arc in a
huny.
There IsnoDcatH.
uv sin n. m i mu i.vtton.
j There is no dcatlil The slurs pto down
To rise upon some lairor shore;
Ami lu ight in heaven's jeweled crown
] They shine forevermore.
! There is no death! The dost wo trend
Shall chance beneath tho summer showers
[ To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Ur rainbow tinted flowers.
! The granite rocks disorganize
To feed Iho hungry moss they bear;
] The forest, leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
i There is no death! The leaves muv fall,
The tlowei may lade mid pass away;
; They only* wait through wintry hours,
The coming of the May.
There is no death! An angel form
Walk ■ o'er the earth with silent (read;
lie bears our best loved things away,
And then wo call them “dead.”
He leaves our hearts all desolate,
l!e plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers,
Trnnsp'auted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers. '
The bird-like v oice, whose joyous (ones
Make glad those ones of sin and strife,
Amid the tree of life.
And where lie sees n smUeloo bright.
Or hearts too pure for lain!, and vico,
lie bears it lo lloil world of light,
To dwell in I’arndiee.
Born unto Hint undying fife,
They leave us but to eomo again;
Widi jev we welennm (linn -Ihe same,
li- Liu sin ami pain.
A nd ever near us, though unseen.
The dear, immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe
Is life, there are no dead.
. .
What a Yciitribailllst Did.
S- gtH)'.- Blitz t' Ms the fallowing: I
once made a visit to Faneuil Hall mare,
Boston, which at the time surpassed all
others in the country, not so much for
Ihe luxuries it supplied, as for its clenn
ineas, conveniences, regulations and gen
eral respectability.
After a pleasant ramble around, well
phased with what I had seen, 1 arrived
at tho outside of the building where il
was customary tor the country people
to display and dispose of their produce.
Seeing a barrel us apples, I enquired the
■ rice.
‘Only fifty’ said Ihe owner.
‘Are they ns good as they appear?'
a.ked I, taking one in my hand.
‘Yes, sir, they are picked fruit.’
‘1 do not believe a word of that,’ seem
ingly spoke a man in a gruff voice, who
had just stopped with a basket of eggs.
•Neither do 11’seemingly said a tall
thin looking woman, ill a squeaking tone
as she walked up to the apples, a bask,
et on each urvn—one containing a calf’s
head, and the other a variety of vegeta
bles.
‘1 don’t care what yon believe, sir, or
what, you think, madam,’ answered the
apple vender, looking angry at the par-
At the ch).so of Ike latter sentence, the
loud cry of child proceeded from the
barrel, which produced no little amaze
ment, all the parties started back with
aff'i ighl and surprise.
The woman declared any riinn who
concealed a child in a barrel of apples
iv; H a brute.
‘That is my opinion,' said the egg
man.
Here the apple dealer protested a
gainst these insinuations; but unfortn
nat. ly, at this moment a cry ol ‘Help !
help! take me out! I shall smother!’
came from Hie barrel.
‘He Ik a villain!'squeaked the woman,
appealing to a e:o . i t. at had in the
meantime collected.
'Turn out the apples!’ eri and one.
‘Upset the barrel!’ cried another.
■ml for the palie -!’ • aigrp,.;ted a third.
‘On inv honor then; is no child among
the fruit!’ exclaimed tho countryman ev
idently alarmed at the appearance things
wore tibsuniing : but he had scarcely spo
]).eu these wools when tho child was
|heard sobbing ah ml ■
‘JI; will die!’ exclaimed several voices.
! Al the same time the barrel was up
! set, then! til rolling in all directions,
and, of com.; no child was found much
to tiie comfort and joy of the owner, and
:di appointin' nt ( ,f ,iic tookem-on.
•Well, it in odd!’ observed the woman;
‘we nil heard the child.’
lb re the ca’f’.s head in her basket
; c .inmciieed Mating, which she iinmedi
! »t* ly dropped with alarm, when the np
-1 ole man, who had been relieved from his
.difficulties, retorted on hi , female accus-
er, by calling her lie ■!//■' nil’s wife. i
H am no such person!’
‘Yon must bo,’ said the egg man f.s lie ;
stooped to take the head, which again]
plated, when he quickly withdrew his
hand, to the amaz ment of all.
‘,- : Ln is a witch, and should be arrest- ]
ed!’ he exclaimed, when he was again!
interrupted by the ckticking of chickens,
among his eggs. _ I
•Unite.! what is here?’cried he, ‘More j
‘A tick- I';-!! >w v ii, to talk of witches’ j
•Com!:, cluck, chic!:,’ went the chick- ]
crying; when amidst the confusion, the:
p .dee appeared. He fiem.o.d and the,
cause of the dis nrhancf ; hut immedi- ]
ly j ,e iv - t and lecoglYzlug me, j
laughed upr.-riously, and pointing at me,
■]: .;i ,o, V: :o,r lilitzj Up to your
] ti ii is et.?’
; A t the announcement of tny name the
1 pcoo'.u gave iLn.e cheers, ami separated.
A NICK GIRL.
Though that class of girls is by no
means extinct, still they are not s) nu
merous us might be wished. There is
nothing half so sweet in life, half so
beautiful or delightful, or so loveable us
a nice girl. Not a pretty or a dashing
girl. One of those lovely, lively, good
hearted, sweet-faced, amiable, neat, natty
domestic creatures met within the sphere
of‘home,’ diffusing around, the influence I
of goodness, like the essence ot sweet!
(lowers.
A nice giil is not the laughing beauty
dawdling on a m.-fa, and discussing' the
last novel or opera, or the giraffe-like
creature sweeping majestically through
the drawing-room. The nice girl may
not even play or dance well, and knows
nothing about using her eyes or coquett
ing with a fan. She never languishes,
she is too active. She is not given to
sensation novels, she is t*.o busy. In
public she is not in front showing her
shoulders; she sits quiet and nnobstru
sive at the back of the crowd most like
ly. In fact it is not often wo discover
her. Homo is her place.
Who rises betimes and superintends
the morning meal? IVho makes the
toast and tho tea, and buttons tho boy’s
skirls, and waters tl e flowers, ami feeds
tho chickens, and brightens up the par
lor mid sitting room. Is it the languish
or, or the giraQ'e, or the “elements?”—
Not a bit of it; it’s tho nice voting girl.
Her maiden toilette is made in the
shortest possible time, yet how charm
ingly it is done, and how elegant her
neat dress and collar! Not presenting
her check or brow like “a fine girl,” but
an audible smack, which says plainly “1
love you ever so much.” If you covert
anything, it’sono of the nice young girl’s
ki ses.
Breakfast over, down in the kitchen to
see about dilium, and all day long she is
up and down, always cheerful and light—
hearted. She never censes to he active
and useful until the day is gone, when
she will polka with the boys, or read,
sing old songs or play old tunes to her
father and mother for hours together.—
She is a perfect treasure, is the nice girl.
When sickness comes it is she who at
tends with unwearying patience in the
-ick chamber. There is no iisk, no fati
gue that she will not. undergo; no sacri
t'oi that, ihe will not make. She is all
love, all devotion. I have often thought
it won] I be happiness to be ill, to be
watched by m.c'.i 1- v.ug eyes, and tended
by such a fair hand.
One of ihe rnn-t strorgly marked char
act,eristics of a “nice girl” is tidiness and
simplicity of dress. She is invariably
associated in my mind with a nigh dress
plain collar, arid the neatest of neck rib
bons, bound with the most modest little
brooch in tho world. I never knew a
‘ nice girl” v/ho lispl tyed a profusion of
rings and bracelets, or who wore low
dresses or a splendid bonnet.
I say again, there is nothing in tho
wi ild half so lien.t ifill, half so intrinsi
cally good as a “nice girl.” Rhe is the
sweetest flower in the path of life. There
are others far more stately, far more
gorgeous, but, these wo merely admire
as vve go by. It is where the daisy
grows that we like the rest,
Th© Troubles of a Man whose Wife
Belonged to a Society.
A story has come to ns of late of a
colored man, a cake vendor by trade,
who has recently lost his wife, which
must lie lold. llis wile (was a shining
light in one of the societies, 't his alone j
was enough to take away the old man’s
senses, but it was tar from living all
| that ho hud to undergo before her dc-
I inisc- As the story goes, she was tv- ’
ken quite sick, and, being missed from j
! her accustomed p nee when the “sisters”;
met, a committee win nppoiute 1 to visit,;
! her home, ami are,' rtain the cause of her j
| absence, This was accordingly done,]
and when found sick, the “sisters” as- j
semhled nightly at t ie residence of the ]
husband, who, on each occasion, Was ;
c impelled to supply the company with I
supper, much to inks disgust, in view of:
the heavy doing it on his pocket. This ]
stale of affairs, he thought, ought not to ;
] last; but how to lid lii’viself ot the ‘ sis- ]
] ters” and tile supper was tho question ;
I Soon the wife grew worse and died,]
I but still tho suppers went on, the mem
j tiers increased, and so did his expense.
| Tho day and hour for tt.e funeral was
! announced to be three o’clock p. in.
i Rising that morning at an early hour,
j the heart broken widower hastened to an
iitidertakei’s and purchased a neat cof
fin,jwbicli be had transported to li'h j
house. Ilia wife’s remains were prompt- j
ly deposited therein, .Mailed up, and by j
nine o’clock tiny were buried. Tuo j
husband tben return'.d b ane, sot Ids .
house in order, and retired to rsi.
Three o’clock soon came, as did tlio “sis j
tea's,” hearse, and a number of carriages, j
Search was made for tlio body to be bit- ;
idod, but it was nowhere to be found, j
i The cake vendor w: s called up, and, j
with an ap dopy, told i..a hunulo friends |
I (bat be Couldn’t wait, and bad buried i
I.is wife many hours before. The s clc • j
!ty inntodiately pasted resolutions «'f |
d'i-o’utvt at ills Huiiiii’ary disposition ol t
j the mortal remains of a “sister'’ and the
I indignant females have not yet received
1 sat, it, faction. liktimoml L>l*t/ul<:h.
A St. L ads n: i) ■ ■ .ys tho ‘social evil’
‘ orilit.auce la ii:e .1 . 000 a year into the
i city treaui.ry, but makes not one bad
Woman the lias.
[52.00 per Annum
NO. 24
Humorous Side of it.
Tbo New Orleans Timex devotes rov
oral columns to a burlesque interview
with Mr. Greeley, reported by ‘Arch.
Cooney.’ Mr. ‘Cooney’ is supposed to
have presented himsolf and to have been
received with some timidity, on account
of suspicion that lie was a lvu Klux.—»
Tlio conn rsation consisted mostly of an
effort on the part of the interviewer to
impress his host by sanguinary stories
illustrating tbo condition of the South.
The following passage presents a pic
turn as comic, prehapi, as that of Mr.
Dickens, where two Southerners are ropr
resented as sitting opposite each other
at dinner, with weapons by the side of
their plates:
‘Arch,’ sen lie, ‘do al! tho people round
here carry weapons about um like them
yon got. on?’ ‘Ob, no,’ si /, I; ‘except!a
that tliov t to a pair of navy revolvers
an a knife to pop a nigger with occa
sionally, they all go unarmed. Tint I've
j' : t bin to church with my familv, an
Deacon I’alhnster, who sets in tho next
pew to me, guv me some sans at the last
vestry meet in, an I went prepar’d for
him. Sure emiff thar ho was, with his
an darters. When the preacher got up,
in the congregation was about half
through singin ouo of tho finest sums I
over h aim, 1 sort throwed my left poop-,
or over to where Dalbustcr sot, an blast
my hide iff didn’t scohim with liia pis
tol in his ban an in cocked, ready to let
fly if I made the least sign of tacklfu
him. What docs I do but sneaks out
my barker too, an thar we sat with our
lingers on the trigger, like turn torn cats,
till the meetin was over. Burn them
Sunday night meetins. Thtirs bin five
of the hreathcring killed at uin last year,,
an a young preacher had a'l of his front
teeth knocked out at tho last Love
Feast.
Gems of Thought.
Drunkenness turns a rnan out of him
self. and leaves an animal in his room.
Friendship lias a noble effect upon all
states and conditions. It relieves our
fears. A friend who relates his success
talks himself into anew pleasure; and
by his mini!irtuncs leaves part of them
behind him.
Knowledge. Learning will accumu
late wonderfully if you add a little every
day. Do not wait for a long period of
pleasure. Pick up tho book and gain
■ lie i.ew id a, ll' no more. Save that
one and add another as soon ns yon can.
Says the old Scotch adage “Many a lit
tle makes a mickle.”
A good conscience is a marvelous re
torativo. One soon learns to look with
hope to the future when one can fool
justified in turning with prido to tbu
past.
The future. Tlio uncertainly of tho
future is a great draw a k to the young
It acts upon their inexperienced minds
as a paralyzin' of action. Those who
have fought long and earnestly with
(ho world can look forward with a calm
confidence, beg Aten of their exncrienee,
and to net with promptitude and decis
ion in case of difficulty and danger.
Men Who Wix Women.—God has
made the sexes that women, like children,
cling to men; lean upon thorn for protec
tion, cam .'itid love; look up to to their*
us though they were superior m mind
and bedy. They make them the sun of
tl.cir . 'stem, and they and their children
i'i vo 1 vi■ around them. M u arc gods it
they ! ut knew it.
Women, therefore, who have good
minds and pure icu ts, want men to
lean up n. Think of their reverencing,
a drunkard, a liar, a fool, or a libertine.
1 f.am an would have awinan do him hom
age, he must bo manly in every sense;
a true gentleman, not after the Ohcstei
field school, but polite, because his heart
is full of kindness to one, because s'a) is
a woman; who never condescends to say
silly tilings to her; who brings her up to
his level, if Ills mind is above her; who
never yields to lemptati >n, even if she
puts it ill In: way; iv'.o in. ’ambitious to
make Ids mark in the World, whether she
encourages him or led; who is never fa
miliar with her to tho extent of being
an adopt" I brother or cousin; wl ois not
ever careful about dress; always pleas
ant and omsid-rule, but always keeping
bis place of tbeman, the bead, and never
losing it. Such deportment, with nolilo
principle, a g n,d mind, energy and in
dustry, will win any woman in tho
world who is worth winning.
An Irishman who ha 1 just landed ill
| America said “the first Lit of mate ho
ate ill this country was a roasted pota
to boiled yesterday; and if you don’t be
ta vo me 1 can show it to ye, for 1 Lava
j it in my pocket.
Snake Story.— A lady informed us ill
Salem Sunday, that tho chicken snako
has been very troublesome during the
rainy weather. She kilc l two during
tie pel week —both'iri her house. One
bad been detected in tlio a-t of sucking
and Uin oilier, a huge varmint
s me five feet in h nglli, had got among
, in . • ■ ! of tiiii e-v. ■ ei;.-. old chickens, and
■V hi chicking, had drown toward him
Pe rof ibo I athcred tribe, three of
i v.'lndi I o h..d devoured ami was discov
ered with the legs ol tlio fourth one
protruding from his month, and dispatch
ed. Tie f.urili chicken is now tlio
live;:, -i one < f the remaining portion of
tbu brood. —V/lambus Sun.