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F. R. FILDES, Editor,
VOL. VI.
Ihe (Quitman banner.
QUITMAN, AUGUST 18, 1871.
The Frontier Wedding.
BY TUB MINISTER - * WIFE.
One day '"n early winter, my husband
Yeceived a summons to Burke's sotle
mri't, to unite a couple in it'e bond of
wedlock. It was especially r< quested
that Ids wife slomld necorup.iny him; as
he woo'd l> • expected 1 • remain all night,
and partake of the f. slivitirs.
It was twenty mile* to the settlement:
and we reached t e log house of Mr.
Btuke, the father of the expected Imide,
al *Otil noon* Ad Zf»n t-'W li< :id» and cliil- |
dren wort* at the door waiting’ our ar
rival. They telegraphed the news in j
stantly.
‘Marni! nonsn! here’s the elder m and his
■woman. Thev’re nothing but folks.
She* got a man’s bat on, and a tin key
wing "n tbe front of it. lli* nmi is
just like dad’*—crooked as a cow-li* rn
squash. ’
Alas, for Mr. Monition's aquiline
nose of whinl he is a little vain.
‘Sami’Cl iid a slir'll female voice from
the interior •fli e cabin 'run out a* and
grab the rooster, and I'll clap hint into
the pot. fi.il, jonqn t that churn and
•weep the fl or. Kick that cormdodgei
under the bed. Bill, you wipe t e tal
low out of that cite* r for the elder’s wile,
and be spry ab, ill it.’
Further remarks were cut short hy
oor i ntrai co.
Mrs. Burke, in cal eo short gown
blue petticoat ami barefert, can e for
ward wiping her face on her apron
‘JIow o’ye do. elder? lfow d’ve do,
inarm? Must exei.se my 1 cad; ha n’t had
no chance to comb it since lost week.
Work must be did. you know. Power
ful sharp air, hain't it?’ Blino then!
Bill drive that turkey mil "f the hie and
trough Sal, take li e lady’s thi• gs. Set f
right up to the (lie, maun Hand's]
cold? Well, just run ’em in 15 li's hair;
we keep it long in purpose.
Bill pr seiib and hi* shu rgy l ead; lint 1 j
dr dined, with an involun'aiy shudder, j
‘IjBWs! if she aint actually shivm inn !’i
cried Mrs. But ke. Bring in some uu re I
wood. There, inarm; just take II is corn
dodger inter ycr lap. It’s as pood us a |
soap-stone. ’
A fateful squall announced the execn-j
tiolt of the rooster, and short'v :,fte wtud |
he was bouncing ; b •t in t four quar'
kettle, hung over the fire. Sal returned i
to her churn; bill the extraordinary vis
itor must have made her careless, h r she ;
upset the concern, and t'e luittet mile
went swimnrrg over the floor
‘Grali ti e ladle. Bill,’ crii and Mrs. Burke,
and help dip it up. Take liter; and n't :
put that snarl of hair in. Strange te w
folk* will Ic so nasty! Dirk, do keep!
your feet out of tin* buttermilk, it wont j
be fit for lie p"g“ when the butter s'
gallic ted. Dr VC that lien out quick;:
•be Ini* picked up a pound of butter al
ready. There, Sal, do try and churn a j
little more keerful. II yon me gwine to
be spliced to-morrow, yon needn't mu !
crazy ah nt it.’
T advise you to dty tip! remark and He]
brtdc elect, Humping away at the.
Churn.
By the time I had got, fairly wntmed ;
sinner was rea.iv, and you may be sure
1 did it t injur* rnys If by ovtr eat ing
Night came on ratty; and after a k*-
ciftl cl at about tl e events of the morrow,
I signified my desire to retitc.
Sal lighted a pitch knot, and began
climbing a ladder in one comer of the
room. I liesitab and
•Come on said * e.’ ‘Bout be aft aid.
Sam and Bill and Dick, and all the rest
of ye, duck your l eads while tue elder's
wife goes up. L'**k out lot the 1 "'*#*
beards, inarm; and mind or you’ll smash
your brains out against that beam. Take ;
keer of the hole where ttiechimbly com* s
through ,
H r warning came to * late. 1 caught
my foot under a board, stumbled and
fell licadl* ng tlnOugll that interminable j
space, but it was o* ly t*i the room I had j
just left; where I Was saved *frorn des- ;
triiction by BU, who caught tee in Ids]
amis, and s* 1 me ott mv feet, r. mat king,
coolly. ‘What made y n come that way?
We generally use the I add" .’ I wa
dnly commiserated, and at last g t tu
bed Tin* 1. ss said about that nigiit the
better. Bill and Dick and four others !
slept in the same room with us, and
made the air vocal with their snoring.
I fell asleep at.d dreamed I was just shot
from t e tnuzzl** of a columbiad, and was
awakened hy Mr Morrison, who inform
ed me that it was morning.
The niarria.*e was to take place before
breakfast; and Sally was already clad itt
her bridal rjbes when I decended the
ladder.
Site was magnificent in a green calic**
over a crinoline full four incites larger
than tt e rest of her apparel, a whit** a
prmi with red strings, a yellow neck
ribbon, aid while Cotton gloves. Her
reddish hair was f islem-d in a ball be
hind, and well adorned with the tail
feathers of the defunct rooster before
menti *ned.
When it was announced that Lemuel
Lord, th- groom, was coming, Sally div
ed behind a covet let, which hung across
one corner of the loom to conceal sundry
pots and kettles, and refused to come
lorth. Mr Lord lifted one corner of the
curtain and peeped in, but quickly re-
treated with a few sharp words from
Sally, telling him to mind his owu busi
ness.
Lemuel was dressed in blue, with
bright buttons. The entire suit hud
been made for los grandfather on a simi
lar occasion. His hair was w**l| greas
ed with ta!h w, and Lis hug * feet cucas
ed in skin punu s.
Very soon the company began to gath
er, and the room was well filled.
‘Now. elder,’ cried the bridegroom,
'drive ahead. I want it done up nice.
T ant able to pay for the jolt; do you
heat? (Jntpe, father Burke, trot out your
gi.l ’
But Sally refused to he trotted. She
won'il beman ied where she was, nr not
at at'. We nr rued and coaxed, but site
was firm; and it was finally concluded
t * let her have ter own wav. Mr. Mor—
r e -tt stood up, the hapnv Couple joined
hands through a rent in the coverlet, and
H e ceremony proceeded
.Ttt-tas Mr Merri-on was asking Lam
net ’Will you have this woman.’etc.,
down came the cvp'lct, envelop ng
both mi inter a* and bridegro m, and filling
the lions ■ with dust, Dick lad been up
in the 1 ft indent the-tr tigs that he'd
it- Mr Morison craw ed out lookieg’fle
eidedly sheepish; and Sally was obliged
tr be married openly. To the moment
on- qnestini Lemuel responded: ’To be
• me: wb *t else did I come for?’ And Sal
replied: 'Yu is if you mu-' know!'
‘Salute your bride said Mr Morrison,
when all was over
'l’m ready to do anything, elder, said
email; bit skin me if I know about
that, sir! Just show me how, and I’ll cl■ *
it, if it ki*'s me.’
Ary husband drew hack nervons’y; but
Sa'lv advanced, threw her arms around
his n ck, and gave him a kiss that made
the very windows clatter
T vtitn, isl dont and * and ttrd’cried Lemu
el; and Imstt'y taking a huge bite from
a piece of maple sugar which ho drorr
from hi* pocket, he made n das' at me,
smashed mv collar, broke my watch
guard into a dozen pi< c s, tore my hair
down, and succeeded in planting a ki.-s
upon mv, inso, greatly to the delight of
the eon party
Then In* turned to my husband:
‘Now elder, what is the damage? Dont
be afruid to speak?'
‘Whatever you please,' said Mr Morri
son.
Lemuel produced a piece of fur.
‘TI ere elder,’said tie, ‘there 'S a musk
rat skin; and out in the shed is two
heads * f ca‘ bages. You’ro welcome to
the hit'l.’
My htt-band bowed lis thanks; the
vou'gpeiyle went to dancing; Mrs
Burke went to getting breakfast; and at
my r* quest, Mr Monison got out out
horse and we bade th m adieu. I nev
er cottid have live! through anotli
er i cal in t * at house.
I have since l.ei.rd that Mr. Lord said
that it lie li id seen the elder’s wife before
slu* was married, Sally might have gone
to the dickens.
‘Alas! it might have been.’
Romantic Result of a Stare —A beau
tiful and wealthy young holy at a so
cial party* took offence at wtiat she snp
poH and to be the tit *et tinent gaze of a
gentleman present, win* was a stranger
to her but a friend of the lady of the
luTtisi. T e young lady demand' and his
expulsion as a coinliti' nos her remain
ing. Expl illation ensued Too get l tl -
man was not looking at tier, though
bcant'lnl eu ugh to attract and fasten
the at'ention of at y one. He was look
ing nt a fine and costly chain that on-!
circled the fair one's neck—just such a |
tie as he had purchased fur his sister— I
in one of the links of which (having a
secret opening) lie had pit Ins photo-I
gt.iph. But some months since, and
bes ire he had an *ppo tun ty to present I
it to his sister, it was s oleit from him. j
Upon examining the lady's chain he
tmicoed the spring (to tlie little beauty
unknown) and behold there was his pho j
togiapli. j
1 leave y*ou to judge of the confusion
of ti e fair one. She immediately offered
to return the piece of jewelry, which was
poli ely declin* and for the time, and it is I
said by knowing "nos that she bus con
clud'd to accept of the young ilia's
hum! and heart, in order that being the j
possessor ol the one slip may be permit
ted t*i retain the ether. It i.* but justice
to rematk that the young lady bought
the chain of a traveling peddler, win*
had stopped at Iter father's house, for
about one half of its original cost.
Matrimony and Friendship. —The na
ture ol matrimony is one thing, and the
nature of friendship is another. A tall
man likes a short w fe; a great talker
lik'*s a silent wile, for bath can’t talk at
once A gay man likes a domestic girl,
f *r lie can leave her at Imme to nurse the
children and make pap, while he is en
joying hie sell at parties. A man that
liasn t my music in him, likes it in his
spouse—a* dso mi. It chimes beautiful,
lor they aint tit each other’s way.
N w, friendship is the other way; you
must bke the same things in order to like
each other and he I fiend**. They must
be congenial in their tastes.
Matrimony likes contrasts, and friend
ship seeks its own countei parts.
When a Chicago girl quarrels with
her lover she communicates the fact to
her friends in the remark that she "is’nt
on squeezing terms with the fraud no
1 more. ’
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RI3HTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., AUGUST 18. 1871.
LOOIS HUIX.
lie Testifies before file Kn Klux
lit vest ign ting Committee.
Carpet-Bag Corner. N 0 . )
July the 16th, 1811 j
Wishin’ to take a tiio to Wusliin’t"ti,
and not caring to spend much of my
own money to do it I sent word to the
Ku K’nx investigating Committee that
I had some important testimony to offer
<m r spooling tlie Ku Klux. By return
until I gut a telegraph dispatch a sum
rin.iiin’ me to appear in Wasltii ’ton
forthwith immediately. Being a loyal
subject of his majesty, the Government,
1 proceeded to i hey the rural ma date
by puttin’on my host suit, packin’a
paper Collar i" my e rpnt hag and a
startin’on the next train. As I didn’t
want to he thought too anxious to tea
tifv, I stopped over in Richmond a few
days, at the host hotel, and went around
to see the sights. Havin’ seen all 1
wanted t , I went mi to Wasliin’toti,
and tint up at Willard’s
The next mornin’ I put in my appear
ance helore th» Investigatin’ Coinmitt* e,
and they told me they was glad to see
nte luit as tliev wn indisposed for bu
siness they would be Compelled to make
me slay in the city three or four dais
while tln-y recuperated their Iteu'tli.
Th y was sorry to put me to so much
tr* tilde, but tleyv had just been examinin'
Gen, Foriest, a> and they must have a lit
tle tune to recover.
Havin’ plenty of time, I thought 1
would pav my respects to his majesty,
the {’resident So goin' down Pennsy!
vania avenue I soon canto to the Whit*'
House grounds. Just as I was goin’
tit the gate, a f llmv stepped up to me
and told tip* I couldn’t go in there, and
on inquirin' the reason tie told me the
President lad set tle-m ground* apart
tor breakin ’ colts, and they wasn’t open
for the public. 1 to'd hint I thought
these was government ground*, mid w *s
open to tin* public. Says he, ‘the gov -
ernment has been removed to Long
Branch, anil the ’’liitn House is closed
f.r the season ’
Then I thought I’d go to the R. O.
Di p rtm nt and see Creewcll, hut t' cy
told me t f was * n his farm in Maryland
a lookin’ after He potato hugs.
Feeliu’some interest in the Treasury.
J went to see Boutwell, ands mud tie’rl
gone to Mass 'chus'-tts to *ee a man
that hud a notion of httyiti’ a hundred
dollars worth of new hoods.
‘t Ibnkin’ rnay-be sometime I’d like to
go on at) explorin’ expedition, I called
at the Navy Department hut tiny said
the SeCf' taiy had taken a man-o-wer
a* <t gone a fisltin’
Bein’ bound to see somebody, I went
to the jail to call on Bowen, hut fund
Hut l" ’d received a pardon bom the
President an hour before, and hint anil
hi* third wife had gone out for a walk.
Gett-'n'disgusted a try in’ to find any
body. I went hack to the hotel and fell
in with some mail contractors from Tex
as, who was a waitin’for Creswll t**
come hack SOB they could tell him his
last contracts was let to some fellows
that didn’t have any local habitation or
any name of their own. and consequ* fit
ly he'd be otilig* and to give the contract*
to them, at th ir old figures.
After si endin’ a week a playin’ po-;
k< i with the mail contractors, I got a
notice that the Investigatin' Committee
was ready to hear ivlmt I’d got to say
about the Kn Klax
Bein’ escorted to their rooms by a
sergeant-at-ami* at $5 a day, I found
tliis august body a loanin' buck in their
chairs with their feet on ttie table* a
smokin’ cigars and driiikiV mint juiip* ]
t*i keep coil. '
‘V r hat’s votir name?' says one of ’em. ;
’Louis Brix,' says I
Where is your hone-?
PitmpHinsxit rn keagiii, Maine.
Thought yon was twin North Caro-!
Ii 11 a ?
I stay there.
What's poor ocoupa'ion?
Ib.ldio’ office.
What’s ymir politic*?
Sißie a* the govef" merit's .
Ate there at.y K*i Khix in mr sec- ]
linn of the country? If so, how many?
About a million
D > you know of aey outrages they
have committed? If so, what's their
nature?
I do. They are principally confined
to shoutin’ horse tl ieves and bangin’
niggers lor committin’ tape.
Do you c ns iier life, liberty and the
pursuit * f happiness as -afe in the un
c *ns meted States?
Depends upon circumstances. If
you’ve got poor eye-sight and can’t tell
your neighbor’s hogs fr in your own
your life is c tißtanily in danger.
Do you belii vo in the existence of a
secret and armed organization known as
th * Ku Klux Klan iu the late Southern
States?
I do.
Upon what information or knowledge
do you base that bi*lb f.
Upon Belt Bntler's speeches and the
Republican newspapers.
Did you ever see any persons called
Ku Klux?
I have.
Where?
Itt the European Circus.
That’ll do.
The clerk then gave mo an order on
the treasury for 330.33 for traveling ex
penses, and alter lukiu a tumbler of
stationery with a little coulingcut cx
ponses in it, 1 retired and the committee
adjourned over until next week.
Be it’determined to get a sight at the
government before I left Washin’tnti,
I brib' and tee ho*tler to telegraph to the
G vernment that nis favorite mare cult
had the billions colic and wa*n’t expect
ed to live. The plan was a success, and
I had the pleasure of meet in’ his majesty
at thr midnight, train from Ballitii re,
together with Boutwell and the P. M.
General, who had been telegraphed to
by the President to hold a cabinet meet
in'on the slate of the country in gen
eral and the health of tho Colt iu par
ticular.
Havin’ Ihus accomplished my mission,
and add' and my testimony to the exis
tence ot a conspiracy to destroy the gov
ernment, hotse, foot and dragoons, I
took an early train for the Corner, satis
fled that ou the roll of martyrs to their
love **f country would be inscribed the
name s Loots Brix.
Tun Hebrew Month of Disaster.—
The lDlli of July iu our ealettdat is the
commencement of the Hebrew month
Ab, the fifth in tho Hebr iv Almanac,
•and is 0- rt'idered its the most calami
tous tu rnth in t'te annals ol Israel’s Itis
toiy It was in tis month that th *
.lest t iiei io i of Jerusalem look phico by
the Bahylo, iao King Nehuehadnezza,
in tho reign "I Zedekiah. Alter a siege
of eighteen months tl c eyes of this He
brew King were put, out, the temple
destroyed and tin: Israelites taken as
captives to Babylonia. From this time
dates tho end of David's dynasty—2l
kings of that fatrti y having reigned
until Z dekiah‘B dethronement. After a
captivity of seventy years, Cyrus, who
meanwhile took possession of Babylon,
is-nied an edict suffering the Hebrews
to return to their native land and re*
j build their temple. By a strange coin
cidence, 369 years afterwards, in the
B*mc in. ntli and dav, the ninth of Ah,
tin* Roman Emperor Titus, alter a siege
of several years, conquered Jerusalem,
when tho tempi 1 was burnt down and
an O'<l put to He liorrih it rebellion in
side the city. From thin time dates the
dispersion of the Israelites over the
world, and the orth d*>x among them
keep the day, tho ninth of Ab, as a day
of lasting and prayer, when they pray
fur ttm restoi ati iii of Jerusalem to its
former glory—regarding their banish
ment as a punishment visi'ed by Provi
dence upon tliorn for their transgres- |
hions. The reformed party among the
Israelites regatd tho dispersion us a
wise decree of Providence, .which de
signed Israel a* a light to the nations
and u Messiah to mankind, and there
fore scattered tin ni over the world, j
Some historians have also pointed to this
month as the month when t'e Israelites |
were banished IVoni Spain, Fr once and
Italy, ami other events of a like charac
ter
Diamond Cut Diamond.
A correspondent, writing from Sara
toga, relate* this incident:
Among ntir visitors is a young cler
gyman. lie is smart, and litis his eyes
open. He i* a chinchnian, and will
make hi* m it'k. Att incident will i I Ins—
trnto, this. Ills college chum is settled j
in tin* Baptist ministry. Our church
friend made a cad on his chum. It wa* !
Saturday, and he proposed to spend
Sunday with his oh) associate. IJo was
made welcome, but with tin: !ea*t hit ol j
otnharrassment t’at he did not fai 1 ’'* j
observe. At length the Baptist brother
spoke. '1 should bo delighted to have
you preach for me tomorrow. But He
fact is, it is our communion. We have
it directly after oor morning seiv'ce
It would be very awkward, you know,
for you t preach for me and then go
out of the hoii-o vvi'lt the nun-gcnerate, I
f,r, by the rules of our Church, you not j
not being hap'i-ed, cannot C"iimrnne
with us.’ The churchman laughed and j
*aid: ‘Oh dont he uneasy. I will!
poach for.yoti. Bui were 1 forty times j
baptized, 1 could not *it down to your
t able, for, by tin* rules of our Church, |
you are not ordained, and cannot ad
minister the ordinances at ah’ And
so he preached, and Jit the close went j
out to his dinner
Yhf.n keeping vigil* by the bedside
of the sick, a very simp'o means of re*
freshing one's self and a valuable dis
infectant, ( 1 tin* nature of tho inva'id’sj
conip'aiut does not forbid it, and I think i
that i* seldom the case,) is to put some j
pure, fresh ground coffee on a saucer or!
other dish, and in the centre place a
very small piece of camphor gum and
t.airlt a match to it. A* the gam burns,
allow sufficient c-fle to consume to per
vade the atmosphere with aroma. It is
wonderful in its invigorating effects up
on the nurse Io diseases of the bowels
this is particularly good. To do this
once or twice in (he twenty-four hoots
helps a person very much in the taxing
occupation, until the convalcsc use of
the object of onr care permits us the rest
I of an unbroken seep again.
Charles the Fifth, alter his abdica
tion, amused himself in his retirement at
i St. Juste, by attempting to make a
| number ol watches go exactly together,
j Being constantly foiled in his attempt,
| he exclaimed, ‘U hat a f**ol 1 have been
Ito neglect my own concerns, and to
! waste my whole life in a vain attempt
i to make all men think alike on matters
'of relh'ioii, waett 1 cun not even make a
few watches keep time togctbe.'.’i
A Thrilling Incident,
] Tho world of fiction hardly contains a
j more thrilling chapter than an ineid"tit
! which marked the life of the Into Rev.
j Mr. L'*e, Preshyt**n'.'in minister of the
j villages of Wat"rtord, New York.
! Mr. L**e was sitting in his study about
midnight, preparing a (li*course to de
liver to ins congregation, when lie heard
i a noise behind hint, and became con
] scions that sortie one was in the room.
Mr. Lee exclaimed:
‘What is the matter?’ and turning
[ around in Ids chair, ho beheld the grim
! face of a burglar, who was pointing a
pistol at lus breast. The rnlli nt had
(entered by a side window, supposing
the occupants were looked in slu niter.
] ‘Give me your watch and money,'said
i lie, 'and make no mdse, **r 1 will fir**.’
j 'Yon may pni up your weap hi, for 1
shall make no resistance, and von are at
i liberty to take all the money and valu
ables that I posses*,’ was Mr. Lee's calm
restioiise.
! Tho burglar withdrew his menacing
pist I, and Mr. Lee sad:
’I will conduct yon to where my most
precious treasures are nluoed.’
He ope ted 11 io door ami pointed to
the cot where his two children lay slum
bering in tho sweet sleep of innocer.ee
and peace.
‘These,’ said Mr. Lee, ’are my most
precious jewel*. Will you take them?’
He proceeded to say that as a ->t niw
ter of the gospel he hail few earthly pos
sessions, and that his means were devo- ]
led to one object—the education ol his I
m 'therless children.
The burglar was deeply and visibly
affected by these remarks. Tears filling
liis eyes, arid lie expressed the utmost
sorrow at the act lie was about to com
mit.
After a few remarks by Mr. Lee, the
would be criminal consented to kneel and
join in prayer; and then' in that I ly
eonso, antiil the silence of midnight, the
offender poured forth his retn iH" and
penitence, while the icpr* sentative of
religion, of peace and good will, told him
to ‘go and sin no more ’
Such a case has few parallels.
A Lawyer’* Knowledge.
All good lawyers know the value in
the practice of their profession of gen
eral knowledge or inhumation to he ob
‘ained by practical inteic mrsc with the
world and studio* outside of the taw li
brary. In aho k just published ly the
daughter of an Engli-li advocate, Mr.
Join Adolphus, the following is to'd
which will illustrate I he va'tt** of knowl
edge referted to. The writer suvs;
‘A vety extraordinary criminal case
was entirely decided by the I nowlrdge
my filter had picked tip of eatiial affairs
i * Iti* rally voyages to and from the
West Indies. Two Lascars wio on
their trial for murder of the captain of
the ship; the evidence of tin* mate seem
ed quite conclusive. In the course of it
he said, however, that at the time of the
murder there was gr* at confusion, as
tin* ship wa* in muon peril, and requir
ing all the attention of the sailors to
prevent her stiiking on a rock. My
father, who defended the prisoners, ask
ed so many questions its to tie exact
number of He tfrew, and where each
man was, and what h** was engaged in
during tliiH perilous tint , that at last
rlie Judge whispered, ‘I suppose, Mr.
All Ip! IIS, those quest in* ate to the
pnrpo-c? I owu I d*» not see it,’ think
ing. (loti lit let s, the time of tho court was
lieing wasted. After a few more qnes
lions as to the si/ecial duty each man
wa* petforming, the ivitn* *s had ac
counted for every man iit board, the
captain being below and tin* two pris
oners murdering him. My father fixed
his eyes steadily on He witness, and
said, in a searching and loud voice:
Then who was at the It* Ini?’ lie
wretched mate dropped down in a fit, and
soon after confess' and that tie was himself
the murderer. In liis evidence he had
giv* rt to each man hi* p *sitioii, and for
gotten the most material, or rattier left
none to fill it.
Femai.e Society.— What is it that
makes all those men who associate ha
Initially with women superior to those
who do not? What makes that woman
who is accn-tomed t”. and at ease in,
tin* society of men superior 1.1 her s**x in
general? Solely because they are in
the habit ol free, grac* fill, continued
conversation with the oilier sex. Wo
men in this way, lose their friv lty,
their faculties awaken, their delicacies
and peculiarities unfold all their beauty,
captivatin ' in the spirit of intellectual
rivalry. And the men hso their pe
dantic declamatory or sullen manner. |
The coin of the understanding ami the!
heart changes continually. Their as-j
purities are rubbed off, their better ina-j
terials polished and brightened, and j
their richness, like the gold, is wrought
into finer workmanship l y the fingers j
of women than it ever could be by the j
lingers ol men. The iron and steel of,
their characters are .liddeu like the |
character ami armor of a giant., by j
studs and knots of good and precious j
stones, when they are not wanted in
actual warfare.
Tell that man to take off his hat in j
court, said a judge the other morning to
the officer. The offender, who turned j
nut to be a young lady, wearing the
fashionable sailor hat, indignantly ex*
claimed, lam no man, sir! Then, saiil
■ bis Honor, lam no judge.
j $2. no nor Annum
NO. 33
The Thief’s Expedient.
I There is a fable among the Hindoos
■ that a thief, having been detected ami
condemned to die, happily hit upon an
: expedient which gave him hope of life.
|He sent for his jailer and told him that
[ lie had a secret of great importance,
which he desi-ed to impart to the King,
and when that had been done he would
be prepared to die. Upon receiving
| this piece of intelligence, the King at
j once ordered the culprit to be conduct-*
ed to his presence, and demanded of
i him tn know his secret.
| The thief reniied that lie knew the
secret of causing trees to grow which
I would bear pure gold. The experiment
1 might lie easily triei, and his majesty
woukf not lose the opportunity: so, ac
companied liy his prime minister, hia
courtiers, and his clref priest, he went
with the thief to a spot selected near the
oily wall, where the latter performed at
scries of incantations. This done the
condemned man produced a piece of
gold and dec ared that if it should be
planted ii would produce a tree every
branch of which would bear gold.
But, lie added, this nm«t be put info'
ground by a hand that lias never been
staiimit with a dishonest act. My baud
is not clean, therefore I pass it u your
maie-ty.
The king took the piece of gold, but
hesitated. Finally lie said:
I remember that in.my younger days
I oft< n filched money from my father’s
treasury which was not mine. I have
repented of the sin, but yet I hardly daro
sav my hand is clean. I pass it, there
foie, to my prime minister.
The latter, after a brief consideration
said:
It were a pity to break the charm!
through a possible blunder. I receive
taxes from the people, ai.d as I am ex*
posed to many template ns, iiow can it
he said that I am peifeotly iionest? I
hiust give it to the governor of our cit
adel.
No, no, cried the governor, drawing
hack. Remember that I have the ser
ving out of pay and provisions to ttio
soldiers. Let the high priest plant it.
And the priest said—
You forgot, I have the collecting of
tithes, and the disbursement of sacri
fice.
At length the thief exclaimed—•
Your majesty, f think it were bettor
for society that all five of us should be
hanged, since it appears that not ati
honest man can be fnind among ns.
In spite of the lamentable exposure,
the King laughed; and so pleased was
lie with the thiol's cunning expedient,
that he granted him a pardon.
Cattle blindness has attacked whole
In rds on the western prairies. The tel
egraph mud ■ mention of this, and the
! Kan-ns City Times gives the following
i particulars of the disease as it lias ap
; pea red in Jackson county, in that State?
“In Independence there are thirty— some
ol them the finest kind of animals—that
have completely lest their sight, and are
■ now wandering about in pititill liclpless
| ness. In Westport the disease is sprea
jdiiitr rapidly. Along down the line of
t e Memphis and Kansas City railroad
| the epidemic is raging, and from Blue,
I Sni-a bar and Long Jack townships the
I reports e mu up very gloomily of the
ravmges of the affliction. In Kansas
City there are not less than 200 blind
cows. Some of the dairies have bad, in
the last week, 15 blind milkers at. one
time. The evi s began to swell a little,
lasting generally, from five days to two
weeks. As soon as the swelling cirn
mencus the eyes also begin to run clear
water, just as though some hard and
foreign substance was beneath the lids.
After the running ceases, a hard, white
film covers the eve-bails, completely de •
straying the s’ght. This disease does
n it seem to a t ct the general health of
the cow. Her appetite is as good as ev
er. There appears to b" no change ei
ther in the quality or quantity of the
milk, no pain, no uneasiness of any kind,;
no peculiar thirst indicating fever, and,
indeed, no symtoms that would indicate
disease. The eyes alone suffer and are
and strnyed.
‘‘Too Good Company for Ale.”
It was one evening last summer when
a lady, who belongs on the editorial
staff*of one of the leading dailies of New
Y-u k, had been detained by the office
duties until rather a late lieiir. Living
on the Heights, in Brooklyn, but a short
distance from Fulton ferry, it was not
much of a venture to go homo without
escort, and so she started. Oil the
boat, standing outside enjoying the re-
Ircsiling bid zo after the day’s toil, sho
I perceived a gentleman in rather close
\ proximity to where she was leaning
Liver tne guards, but said nothing. ‘Are
yhi alone?’ said he, as the boat neared
tin slip. ‘No, sir’, said the lady, and
without lutther interruption, when the
linat touched, she stepped off. ‘I
thought jou wete not alone,’ said the
lellow stepping to her side again. ‘I
am mil,’ replied Ute lady. ‘Why, I don’t
see any one—who is with you?’ ‘GoJ
Almighty and the angels, sir—l’m never
alone!* Y.m keep l o good company
for me, madam; good night,’and ho shot
for a Fulton avenue car, then nearly a
block away. The heroic woman was
| permitted to ‘keep to the right as the
law directs,’ and enjoy that full
measure of quiet satisfaction ono
always fuels from keeping good compa
ny-