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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-