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WHITE & McINTOSII, Proprietors. VOLUME VIII. Professional. DR. E. A. .1 ELKS, Practicing Phys i c ian, QHITJVIA3V GA. OmcK i Brick building adjoining store ot Messrs. Briggs, Jtlks A. Cos., Screven street. January 31. 1873. . 5-tt ~~ james a: in nti:k, anb (fomtscdor atVato, QUITMAN, CA. jf-9~ OmCE, IX TUB CoVHT March 17, 1871. \Y. B. Bkxxict 8. T. KiyiisnSnut RENNET &. KINGSBERY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. QriTMix, Bpooks CorxTv, Georgia. February 7. 1573 fi j EDWARD R. HARDEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, OffiCe, in the Court House, second floor ! May 2(5, 1872. ly DENTISTRY. I)„ I). L* RICKS, T T AVISO recently a I I utl,-mled a Man*- S aUS AJ ough Course ot l.ec tines and graduated v *\ X ; tu the New Orleans “ T Dental College, ha - NCN Quitman, • YJ.YY U"" and reopened liis of- , / .?* -V"'o‘ flee. ' <5 Thankful to friends and patrons for past favors, he will be j>leased to serve them in future. Good work and mod erate charges. March 1 1,1873. 11-fm Dr J. S. N. SNOW, DENTIS T. QUITMAN GEORGIA. Respectfully sniiciis the sr-^% : patronage of the Citizen- Brooks county, mid will oiule;iv,,i. "’4-LLI 1 XJ by faithfully executing all work entrusted to Lira, to merit their confidence. ' Charges moderate, and work guaranteed. n)) stairs,- over J. TUbuan’s store. March 21, 1873. «-ly Miscellaneous. I)U. M. <’. WILKINSON. DH. A. I). SMITH. LARGE DRUG SIGN. WH.KINSON & SMITH, KEEP on band a Complete Stock of Fresh and Pore //? jf fiS , drugs medicines:. • ; _ And many of the best ! ieud. E u.i.aAuit Also, White Lead. Varnishes, Faints and Oils. Boaps,Tobacco, Sugars, Toilet Articles. Ac. All of which will he cold on reasonable term-. | Prescriptions carefully compounded. Kerosene On. irill hereafter he sob) "t j Forty cents per gallon Qnitman, Ga., Jan. 31, 1575. > ly SlllXalaO! 1 THE undersigned, wim has an evoe::- many years in the manufacture ot Sil IN" OLFS, notifies the public that h- keeps unhand, ■ and will make to order, any number of shingles j desired, and deliver them on favorable terms. ! ZTr Orders left at Capt. Brooks' store, Quit- j man. will be nromptly attended to. S. T. GOING. Brooks county, Juno 12, 3873. 2-1 ts NEW M USIC. PI’BUSIIED BY J L. PETERS, 599 BroadwayN Y, Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of mirked price, j VOCAL Above and Below. Socred .Song, by Jucl), SQAO j Back to the OM Home; song and chorus . Beautiful form of my Breams .Stewart 30 | Barling, weep no more; song and chorus So t Do not weep so. sister darling; song 30 I Don't forget to write me; song and chorus,.. S3 Fold we our hands; song or duet; Boildieu.. 30 Gone to the Heavenly Garden; song 35 If you were I, would you? song..; 30 Kiss me, darling, .-re we part 8" Little Blind Null; song and chorus 30 Little Ban , song and choru3 40 Lord, forever at thy side *25 Meet me, Bessie, in the Dell 30 Meet me, dearest, with a kiss 30 My boy across tbo»sea 35 Oh! Give me a home in the South 40 Oh. Sam ! song and chorus 35 Only for You! Ballad 35 Our Little Pet; song and chorus 40 Papa, stay heme: Temperance song 40 Save one bright Crown for me 40 We pray you sing that sung: duet 35 Wilt thou weep when I am low ? "25 INSTRUMENTAL. Polkas. —Sunbeam, by Kinklo, 35 c(s; IV!, of Faratogo. by Victor, 35 cts.; May Flowers, by Simon, 35 ct?. Mazurkas. —Awakening of the Birds. 50 cts; Happy Thoughts, by Walker, 30 cts.; Laughing Wave, by Wilson, 50 cts.; Sunbeam, by Rather. •10 cts. Gallops.—Charlie's and Freddies, by -- \tt klc. each 35 cts. SHOTTISCHES —Fatal Glance, by Young, 20 cts.: May Morning, by Schmidt, 50 cts.: Sun beam, by Hampel, *55 cts.; and Millie.', by Kinkel, 35 cts. Marches.—Belle of Saratoga. by-Baumbach, 40 cts.: Mollie’s, by Kinked, 35 cts. Any of the above mailed, post-paid, oti receipt of price. Address J. L. PETERS, 500 Broad wav New Y ork. Miy Ist, 1872. D-tf* Quitman. B 1 THE WORLD, THE QUEEN BEE HIVE AND HONEY EXTRACTOR! mill; undersigned has pure tut sod. the RIGHT .ft. to the QHCKN BEE HIVE and ATKIN SON'S HONEY EXTRACTOR, as patented by T. Atkinson, August 10th 1869, for the entire State of Georgia, and the Eastern portion of Florida. The HIVE has proved by ils merits to be the mos Up radical in use, having the advantages of all others, viz : ease of access to the brood frames, without having to remove the c fver. ho ney boxes, surplus frames, or honey board. The brood frames being removed from the back of the hive without, in the least, injury to the combs or disturbing the working of the bees. The EXTRACTOR Is the most simple, cheap, and durable machine that has come before the public It will empty large combs or pieces with great facility. It works very easy.and the prin ciples applied are the simplest in nature, being the combination of gravitation with centrifugal torce. Any person or persons desirous of purchasing or examining the Hive and Extractor, will call at my office, or address me at Quitman Ga. TERMS: Single Right to use Hive ..., $5 00 Singh* Right to use Extractor 5 00 JOHN A. IKVINE, Quitman June 5 1873 23-ts ID. W. PRICE, IIEItmiNT TAILOR QVITM. I N, CEOFGfit, YJrTorLD inform % V tie* citizens of <? Q•» i t man and sur -1 - miln.- i nil [■/ Y/Jj ihat 1 Merchant ' TAILOR USD W -4 ! ESTALLISIIMEXT in Quituian, andhasonhand Ia fine lot of Cloths and Cassimeres , suitable for making Dress and Business suits. He has also on hand a Select stock of READY MADE CLOTHING. 2PW Cutting, Cleaning and Repairing done on j short notice Ibices moderate. April 10. 1873. 15- ly CARPENTER’S WORK. John D. Bozeman, QUITMAN, G BORGIA, TAKES this method of informing the public that his MILL business does not interfere with his business as a HOUSE CARPENTER; and he is fully prepared to do all work desired ou as I "n voi*;i I »t«* T4*rnis as possible, and to the satisfaction of all parties interested. Ib* will also contract to FURNISH LUMBER MATERIAL, ..•id ’ ,::d Dwelling Houses, .Store houses, etc., i p.i;.» ance with specifications furnished. Give him a trial. May 15, 1873. 20-ls LOOK HERE! Good Calico at 12' Cents. Jacob Baum, DEALER IN Dry Goods,, Notions, Hard ware„ Crockery, &c, Quitman Oeorgin. ! rpAKFA pli'amire In notifying bis friends and JL the public generally that lie lias received Wiis SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK FOB which will be sold on fair and honorable terms. These goods were purchased on very favorable terms, and I am confident can and will be sold as cheap as any house in town. My stock embraces almost everything kept in a retail store in the interior —\ Dry Goods, Dress Goods , Domestic Goods , H>ridy Modi' (Jothwj, Hosiery. Notions, Boots. Shoes Hots. <S:c. dc. The Ladh-s are specially invited to pay me a v#it. a* J have rnan i kings that will meet favor j in their eves. rtin hiisei N are also specially invit - J ed to give me a call, as I aru <let<*i mined to still j as low a? any one. I Thankful tor past favors, a Continuance of cus- I tom is solicited. JACOB BALM. | March 21, 1873. ly ~ 'r u e &1B 1 I , fySilma, b«5«« Bnl*ißrifii^rfin] ■ FAMILYNEWSPAPER, Established on the Cheap Cash plan, at the low rate of only * ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Address, INDEPENDENT, P. O. Box 865, Favunnah, G » HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE FEOPLB’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN! QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1873. (Written for the Quitman Banner.) TEMPERANCE. 13y Vesta. "The strongest minds limy tamper with, and tempt Their fate too long; and find the truth too late.” Mucli has been said, and written for and against the now prominent cause, "Temperance.” The Bible abounds with many strong denunciations and warnings against the use of intoxicating liquors. Hoar what it says to those who are on the verge of yielding t o indulgence iti the burning liquid: “Wo unto them that are might y to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.” Again: “Wo unto them that rise up early to follow strong drink.” Listen, ye weak Olios who may perchauce fall a prey to the “roaring lion, going about seeking whom he may devour;” hear now the voice of warning. Philosophers have studied and brought to view sago advice, and have set forth, in a philosophical manner, the injurious effect wrought upon consti tutions by indulgence in stimulating liquors. Poets have vied with each oth er in the most impressive language; aiid have long and heroically weilded the pen to show tln* terror and dessolation brought upon homes in bending tho knee to “King Alcohol.” They have nobly fought the “King of Terrors” and now they rally around the flag of 1 he “great” and. “glorious” cause, and exclaim, to the inebriate : “Droop not! though siif, shame ami anguish aru ’round tliue! Bravely fling off the cold chain that hath bound time.” Artists have called all their master skill into action, and the canvass glows in brilliant colors, so well adopted to illus trate the happiness, tho sweet content reigning supreme in tho home, where love only is master, and to depict ail the sorrow, sin, and poverty, clinging fast to the home where vice and misery abun dantly dwell, and “Grog is master' of all. Go to tho poor weak wretch who lives in misery and sin; who is bound in the gall ing chains of the “I’mion;” who grasps I the bowl, and drinks to the very dregs the “dark beverage of hell;” who sacrifices all, all for the “foul fiend.” Ask him if he fully knows, and feels the sting of the tyrant whom he serves. Ask him if he would be free from the fetters that ever hold him down in the lowest depths of human woe and misery. Paint hope glimmers for a while upon the bloated countenance, and lights up the swollen blood-shot eyes, but only for a moment— for though steeped deep in pollution, rea sou has not entirely flown, and he re members the burning passion within, and the ineffectual sf niggle he must undergo, for first yonder stands the “den” where daily temptation is placed before him. With a song like the'Syrens’ they lure him on to destruction./ TBey hold the glass to his lips for hifn to quaff the “fie ry poison;” and kup> him under tho power of the “tyrant,” thehoiom of slaves. ’Tis there in those “Hades” they contract habits stronger than tripple bands of brass; and though they lorig to be releas ed from tho yoke; though thjy thirst for the pure sparkling water, they turn from 1 it through the rumscllcr’s influence, to the door of the “shanty” where Iris senses are stupified by the fumes of the filthy and pernicious liquids within. ’Tis there they tell him he can be free from care and know not sorrow; ’tis there, in reck less insanity, enticed by his foe, (for such he must he who sinks his brother mind down in degradation and shame, to a premature grave.) and in overwhelming despair he — “Grasps the bowl to see!: relief - No more bis conscience warns.” Ask the wife, toiling daily for the help less little ones clinging to her for sup port and protection, if she would have snatched from the low state into which he has fallen, he whom she once called husband; if she would again go back to the time, when, a trusting loving bride, she gave hersely to the man who now has forsaken her; who has cast aside home; friends, loved ones, and all the happiness of life,for the “wine cup.” Oh! that glance reveals the thoughts within; yet she fain wmlld ask—Can that be? Is there still hope ? The book of memory unclasps, and the long weary days, of fear and anxiety, when there was hope are again gone over, and she feels alas ! too truly all hope is past and your words seem but mockery to her crushed heart. See how loved ones swiftly depart, one after the other, under the rude blast of the “tyrannical monster.” Seek all those who have yielded to “Prince Alcohol,” ask them, if you would know, what un- told misery, what degradation is sure to follow in the despot’s footsteps. Thus we see poor deluded victims, writhing in misery, but bowittg in hum ble submission, to kiss the very dust at the “tyrant’s” feet—while they would scorn to bend the knee to power, or in dependence to ask a favor of brother man. On and on they go —down to the very depths of sin and shame. Brought to a state of brutish pollution, they reck lessly sink—friend, home, and all earthly happiness, into oblivion, and more than all, the immortal soul into everlasting misery. While bending to tho “fiend” intemperance, do we see the young the noble b f our country wither as a leaf and tbeir lifes’ sun go down at noon, when it should be a bright and shining light. How many thouSliiidfl Wolild bo saved if taken by the hand and lifted oiU of the pit into which they have fallen, and the galling chains of intemperance broken loose. How many wounded stricken hearts would be made to rejoice, if Jiope with “raidant finger” were to point out to them the “balm of Gilead,” and a way of escape from the present and eternal misery. How many now, writhing in torture, could he made to look up from the “slough of Despond,” if there were a good Samaritan to lend a helping hand and speak an encouraging word. Can the rumscller say he is not gujlty of his fallen brother’s blood, while he places the “deadly poison” to his lips ? Can he blot out every iota of nobleness that should honor man, and strengthen, and help the inebriate on to a reckless course of error and ruin ? Let his own con science; if he has any, answer; Let every Christian, philanthropist patriot, hold high the Banner of Temperance, and call upon those who Mould be saved to j bill ih the ranks, and slay tho “foul fiend,” nor rest ’till every vestige is de stroyed of the “soul-destroying demon.” Exterminate trfiiii tho face of our beauti ful world every don of corruption. Let vice and infamy never be known. Blot them otit from the minds of the true and the noble, and let “King Alcohol” be among the wreck of the past, and lot no moro his despotic power be felt. Go hear, see, end feel anil know, All that ihj soul bast felt or Know- Then look upon tho wine-cup’s glow, Fee if its brightness env atone, Think it its flavor you will try, 11 all proclaimed —“’Tis drink and die ?” The loathe abhor--let every soul With strong disgust be stirred Whene’er they see, hear, or toll; Os the dark beverage of ftelt. V. Quitman, June 28th, 1873. ♦ W Believe in- Yourself. It is said that when John C. Calhoun Ifas in Yale College he was ridiculed by his fellow students for his intense ap plication to study. “Why, sir,” said ho, “I am forced to make tho most -if my time that I may acquit myself creditably When in Congress. Do you doubt it? I asstire yofi if I Were not convinced of my ability to reach the national capital as a representative within three years, I would leave college this very day 1” Let every young man thus have faith in himself, and earnestly take hold of life, scorning all props and buttresses, all crutches and life preservers. Let him believe, with Pestalozzi, that no man on God’s earth is either, willing or able to help any other man. Lotus strive to lie a creator, rath er thaii to borrow. IngjA'jd of wielding the rusted sword of valorous forefathers, let. him forgo Lis own weapons, arid con scious of the God in him and the Provi dence over him, let him fight his own battles with his good lance. Instead of sighing for an education, capital, for friends, and declaring that “if he only had these he would bo somebody,” let him remember that, as Horace Greeley said, he looking in the wrong end of the telescope, that if he only were somebody he would speedily have fill the boons whose absence he is bewailing. Instead of being one of tho foiled potentialities of which the world is so full—one of the subjunctive heroes, who always might, Could, would, or should do great things, i» what nobody can understand- let him be ift the imperative mood, and do that of which his talents are indicative. This lesson <Sf self-reliance once learned and acted oh,- atid every man will discover within himself, lifider God, the elements afid capacities Os usefulness and honor, “Getting on in the world J* The Very hoy you have heard about, who disobeyed his father and went a swimming, lives in Richmond, Va., and his father said to the wicked boy: “You ; have been in a-swimming.” The wicked | boy said: “Ihain’t.” The pa said: “ You I have sir, and you have got your shirt on I t’other side out.” “Pshaw !” said the i wicked boy, “that shirt got turned wrong : side otit getting over the fence.” i A good Methodist parson, somewhat ] eccentric and an excellent singer, exclaim ! ed to a portion of the eongregat ion who always spoilt the melody, “Brothers and sisters, I wish those of you who can’t | sing would wait until you get to the ce ! lestial regions befote you try.” The hint was a succes:.. jIOVE and justice. InycniuS Detection of Or Due. From “Underground,” just 'published by J. B. Burr ,V liyde, of llnrtfort. Somo years ago it was my fortune to become acquainted with a professional detective. He was not of the elegant soi;t, whose labors are confined only to the exposure and punishment of crimes of thq higher grades, hut he was a man who, to use his own language to me one day, was “ready for anything.” He told me several stories of his experience. He did not present documentary evidence of their authenticity, alid some of them wero too much for my belief. Others were jjausible enough to be true, and as the man always appeared to have plenty of money, I concluded that he must be an expert at tho business. One evening he told mo his experience in working up a case of robberry, which I will endeavor to give as nearly as possible in liis own words: “A dry goods merchant on Broadway had lost a considerable amount of prop erty at Various times, but on no one oc casion was there a large quantity taken; Os course the clerks in the establishment wore suspected, but there was no way of discovering whether they were guilty or not. A close watch had been set on them, but nothing eotild be discovered. I was engaged to work Up the case, and to enable me to do so, 1 was employed in the store as an extra clerk and sales man. It was thought that the foreman and the floorwalkers might be guilty of tho robbery, and, therefore; they were not taken into the secret. The head of tlie house explained, however, that I was a relative of his wife, and had been thrown upon him to provide for. It was, therefore, understood that I was not to lie required to wojs very hard, and was to be Allowed to go out whenever I asked permission. With this under standing' I went to work at my new bus iness. I did not know anything about dry goods, nor about selling them; and .consequently they put me upon the com monest articles, which were notin very great demand. This gave mo plenty of time for looking around and observing the habits of the clerks. “I became acquainted with one after another, but had no headway for several weeks ih discovering the secret. I ac companied the clerks to their rooms oc casionally, and sometimes we were at the theatre together I knew the salaries that wero paid in the establishment, and 1 knew just how much money each man could afford to spefld, and my object was’ to find out what man among them was living beyond his income. All of them seemed to be quiet, well behaved young men. Some of them wore members of the Young Men’s Christia.fi Association, and others patronized Hie Mercantile Library, and spent most of their even ings there. Three or four wero a little inclined to fast lives, but evidently did not have money enough to carry out their wishes. “After a time I found out that one, who was the most quiet and Unobtrusive of the whole lot, seemed to be living a little [beyond his means. Upon him I fixed my suspicion, and watched him closely, both in the store aiid out of it. “He and I became fast friends. We went about the city together; wo visited the theatres and beer gardens, and on Sundays took a trip to Coney Island, where we occasionally spent several dol lars in entertaining ourselves and chance acquaintances; but the young man, whom Twill call Johnston, was constantly on liis guard, and whenever I proposed any new amusement, of any additional ex pense, jhe always opposed it, and said that he could not afford it, though some how he did generally afford it before we got through. “I found be had a siffter liviifg in Har lem Occasionally, but not often, she called at tho store. She rarely bought anything, and never remained longer than a few minutes. He visited her ev ery day, though sometimes a week or two might intervene between his jour neys to the place where she lived. Sev eral times, when he was absent and I knew he was to be away for the evening, I visited his room, and searched it care fully; btit rfever a thing coiild I find to implicate him in the robbery.—-Not a scrap of silk or lace or anything of the sort could ever be discovered in the room, “I tiext managed to he introduced to his sister, and of course I pretended a great liking for her. She was living in a very quiet way, in a boarding house, and was a teacher, on a small salary, in one of the public schools. Havingaseertain ed her salary, and calculating her ex penses, making, an estimate of the value of her clothing as nearly as I could, I was satisfied that she was living some what, beyond her salary. “One day Johnson told me that he was going with his sister to a school picnic. He had obtained leave of absence from tho store, and I thought it, an excellent time to make investigations. So I went, to his sister’s boarding house, enquired for the youiig 1 ads, and of course was told she was away. I explained to the landlady that I had received a message, saving that she would be at limne sever al hours earlier than she expected, and j that I was to meet her that afternoon, to j go on another excursion. I said it was | about time for her to reach home, and, i if the landlady' had no objection, I would wait in the parlor. As I had been there frequently, and the landlady knew me, she made no objection. Luckily she went out a few minutes after, and gave me more freedom to operate than I had expected. I immediately went to the young la- dy’s room —bf course it was very su p[> lite for mo to do so—and searched it thoroughly. IV is of no use telling you all I found there, unless you have nevei" been in a lady’s room, and do not know what it contains. She had a very good wardrobe—bettor than most young wo men in her position. It struck" me as very odd that she had four dresses of rich black silk, which did not appear to have been made a very great while. Four dresses of black silk are a pretty good supply for a school teileher on a small salary, and I made up my mind that the silk came from the dry goods store where Johnson was engaged. “There is a great difference between believing a thing and proving it. You may be certain of it from the circumstan ces, but it may iu»l be very easy for you to go into court and 'show its reality.— Now, here was my predicament. I thought four'dresses were too many for one young lady, just, ad lotted Ihbtiglit when I searched a, man’s trunk, and found fourteen coats of different sizes, and ho trousers or vests, that it was fl remarka ble wardrobe for a man to have. But how was I to get at the fact, and show the 'connection between Miss Johnsbti and the Broadway dry goods store r “To help matters along, 1 made love to Miss Johnson in the regular way, re ferred to my relations with the dry goods house, and obtained an endorsettiCUt frbm the head of the firm, as a relative of his Wife. I was getting along well, only I did not want to propose and get an en gagement, because that might make the situation a little awkward. I deferred the day of proposal on the ground that my uncle in the country, ftorn whom I had expectations, was opposed so my marriage, except to a lady of his choos ing; and that I should be obliged to wait until ho had banded in liis checks, which would be before a great while, as he had a. lovely cough,’ and the rheumatism, sup plemented with the dyspepsia and. gout, so that the situation watperfectly charm ing. “Johnson [approved of my attentions to his sister, and of course we became warmer friends than ever. All this lime I was studying to entrap the two, so as to fasten the robbery of the dry goods house upon Ihem. One day I pretended a great admiration fbr a certain kind of silk that I had seen at the store. T told Laura that it siiited her completion ex actly, and was just tho dress she ought to wear; IL was a light-colored silk, of a peculiar shade, which had been made ex pressly to order for the dry goods bouse, and 1 knew that they had the inbiiojibly of it. I spdke#bofit it several times, and said 1 hoped, one- of lhe.se days, to l>S able to present- her with a dress bfthis sOrt, but did not know when it Would be, as my income; just at that I Hub; was too small for any lavish expense. “Love for me made the girl incautious. Four or five days later, twenty or thirty yards of this silk were missing fi'bfn the store, and in a week or more, when I made a call, Laura surprised me with a dress of the material 1 had sb much ad mired. 1 praised it, and I praised her, and she was happy. “I invited her to accompany mo the' following-evening to a theatre, and told her she must wear that dress; that I wanted her to be the prettiest and best dressed woman there; arid, dreSscd in that, I knew she would be. We went to the theatre, and afterwards to Delmoni eo’s, where I had arranged to be shown to a private room for slipper. I had iil vited her brother to join us, and, 1.0 avoid liis suspecting anything, 1 told him that the day before I had received a remit tance of fifty dollars from my uncle, and was going to have a pleasant everting, without regard to the expense. “But her brother was iioi the Only I person to bo there that evening. The head of the firm was wailing where ho could sec us enter, and with him was a policeman. “Our supper o, as brought and was progressing finely; wo had each taken a glass of champagne," and possibly two glasses, and, as the servant came into the room bringing something I had ordered, be was followed by the head of the firm j and the man in blue. Johrisofi was ar rested sot theft, arid his s.st't for being aii accessory to the theft. Both turned pale; the young lady fainted, so that we had to dash water in her face Seriously injuring the elegant, dress she wore. Johnson stoutly denied his guilt. He Was taken frUmt.ho room before his sister recovered. When she came to her seiises, we told a pardonable falsehood, and said that he hud cotifcried everything. She supposed our statement triie, and then acknowledged that she had first urged her brother to the commission of the theft, in order to gratify her love of fine ry. AVith an eye to economy, she had always induced him, when stealing on her account, to take enough to pay for making up the material, so that she would not be subject to any expense at. the dress-maker" “Johnson maintained his innocence until his sister told him that she had made a confession. Then lie acknowl edged liis guilt, and explained how the robberies had been carried oh. •“He had managed to ingratiate liim erlf witli the p.ufer who swept out tho place after H.e day’s work was over. Du ring the day he would fold the silk l,e intended to steal in a bundle that might r« -cinhle a lot of waste paper, watch his chance, and throw it into a place just large enough to receive it, under a shelf a few inches above the floor. When the porter swept the store, he brought out the package with his broom, taking care to have a sufficient quantit y of waste pa per and rubhish lying near to prevent, atlractine attention to the package. In |s2. na nor .A iniuni NUMBER this way he would get it outside, and take it to his home, where Johnson would call for it. The porter refibived some thing for his efforts iii the cause of dis honesty, and the stolen property would be taken to Laura’s house, whence it would go either to a dress innkoj- or to a receiver of stolen gOOdS. . i “The porter was arrested ad hotfr later, and both he and Johnson received the punishment due to them f 'r their crime. As for the girl who ivus the cause of the theft, she was allowed to escape, on con dition of leaving the cily immediately. The firm would have prosecuted her, had it not been for my intercession' I liked the girl, and was ashamed of the trick I had played upon her; but t hen, yon know; it was in tho inti rent of justice, and a man ought to he Willing to do anything for the sake bf honesty “l| is a little offcolor to make love to a girl, and pretend you want, to marry her, jfist for the sake,of entrapping her into the disclosure bf a ('rime; hut this is the Way of the world, an 1 anybody why thinks differently does not knew the whole duty of the detective why, I have been to a fellow whom 1 suspected; and told him that his wife and children! laid been killed by a Hi’.Kay accident; and got him worked tip to a terrible eon dition of anguish. 1 did it jhst tbthroW him off his guard, make him a little cra zy perhaps, and then, u-bile he did not know what he was about, 1 would rtcetlse him of a crime, arid get him to own up. “If a man is going to lie a good detec tive, he must not go frescoing around with anything like feelings. If he does not go in for all the tricks of the bfisi ness, he is not likely to sttccod in the profession.” Altai i vjvNias. This is the season of the tear wheri piefiics are most frequent. For real sol id enjoyment, we, for our part, much prefer a well conducted funeral to an or dinary picnic. You generally reach the ground about eleven o’clock, atid the ex ercises begin with climbing a bill, rip' which you are compelled to carry two heavy lunch-baskets. When you reach the summit you are poritiMk cer'ii'n the thermometer miist be nearly one hun dred and fifty in the shade. You throx? yourself on the grass, and in a fo# mo ments a brigade of black ants begin id crawl down the back of your neck, whilel a phalanx of ticks charge upon your trouser-leg. And ji’sl; its fob jump lip; your oldest, boy, who has been' out in the woods, where he stirred up a yellowy jacket’s nest, comes in with his face and head swelled up to the size of a water bucket, convoying the infUrOrfitibif that ybiir Oldest boy, William Hciuy, is up a tree and can’t get dbiVn. After laboring' to release William Henry the thermome ter seems to have gone up two hundred more degrees, atid ybtt thiftk yhtf Will take a swim in the creek. While you are" in tho water young Jones strolls otlt with Miss Smith, and, unconscious of your presence, they sit down close to your clothes, atul engage in eonversafiofi for' tnree quarters of au hour, while you lie' down in the shallow stream■ afraid to' budge and nearly killed with the hot sun.- When they leave, you emerge and find that some wicked boy from the neigh boring village hits rim off ifith ybttr shirt and socks. You fix up as well as yoxf can, ami when you get back with the par ty they are eating dinner fi'Om a Cloth laid on the ground. A spider is', spin ning a cob-web from the pickle-jar id tlic little end of I’m cold ham, straddle bugs are {rollicking around over the pound-cake, caterpillars are exploring' the bread-plate, grasshoppers a,re jump-' ing into the butter, Where they stick fast; the bees are so thick around the sugar bow’that you are afraid If) go near it; and there are cimngh ants in the pie to' walk completely fli with it. Yon take ai seat, however, determined to try to eat something, but you’ [get tip suddenly— all at. once, as it were, for you have sat down on a briar. Then William Henry; who has quaffed an unreasonable Quanti ty of lemonade, gets the eolie, and hih mother goes into hysterics, because she thinks he is poisoned by pokeberries: Fou lay him' under an umbrella atid pro- climb a tree in order tf> fix si swing for tV- girls. After skinning your hands, tearing your trousers' and ruining ybtir ctsrt, you get to the t6p, tie the rope, and undertake to fume down on it. You do come down, with velocity, and your fingers are rubbed entirely raw. Just then it begins to rain furiously, and the whole party stampedes to the depofc for shelter. When the shower slackens you go back to the ground to get the rope, and just, as you get up in the tree tin: owner of the pni.v c.'uncs along with a iron and a dog, amt-fhreutens to blow your brains out and cat vu up if voif don’t leave immediately. '1 hen yon come down again ivilr nMciity, and get over the fence as if y'-o wMe in earnest. Go ing borne in flic tm a!* fV >° passengers! rogfird you, front ;i j ; ?‘''i.ra/ice, h-s an es raped convict, or a lunatic who lias brok en from bis keepers; arid win n you reach your home you plunge into a shiny c6v er your hands with < eat plaster, and register a solemn vow n*-v« r to go on another picnic. And we are with you; we never will either —StUv-rd/ttf Etmivg Poet. \ San Francisco filter saps that six steamers are nhw on the way with Chi nese passengers, and that fifteen thous and more are awaiting shipment at Hong Kong. A Maine court has lately decided that a railroad ticket is good for six years if not used before tin expiration of that time