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About The News and farmer. (Louisville, Ga.) 1875-1967 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1875)
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It else contains full re.. ports ot the Markets; thus, those who have m.t the advantage of a daily mail, can get all the news, for six months, by sending One Dol , lav to the publishers ,- or for one year by scud. „ mg Two Dollars. . The Daii.v Morning News is the same reliable organ of public opinion that it basal -1 ways been vigorous, thouglitittl and eouset va | (,i VH in the discussion of tne issues ot the day, ami lively, spa.klmg ami tuteftainiug in its presentation of the news, lit gathering and publishing the latest information and discuss ing questions of public policy, itho Morning INkws is fully abreast of the most euterpr sing journalism ol the times, i’riee, $lO OU for 12 The Tttv-Wsruu.v Njtws has tha same fca- IDtmes as the Daily News, l’rioe, .fit 00 for 12 t miTrOhs; s:t tor 0 months. Money for either paper, can he sent by I’O Bunder, registered letter or Express, at publish or’s risk. The Morning News Printing Office *' Is tho la'gest in the State, Every descrip tion of Printing done at the shortest notice. — Plank Hooks of ail kinds made to order. Hook V'ttinding and Killing executed with dispatch. Estimates for work promptly furnished. Address all letters, J, 11 E3TILL, t Savanuali, Ga* i/Pt && Hi A If AY iU .kAinH |£Ey*> IJMn&iM AUC.PR AND B DR ILL In R-u-1 territory. rUGHtSI 1% _ ■TESTIMONIAI.S FROM UOVIJ'NOB* iUV CJ m OP lOWA, ARKANSAS ANI> Da’ ■■ —— Ontfi-auc ii.m W. Ull.ltS si Wu...3tP professional Cactis. W. 11. Watkins, R. L. Gamble. WATKINS & GAMBLE ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ILoulsullit, <Ga. lanuavy 27 ly. J. Q. Cain. ' J. H. Polhill CAIN & POLHILL, *sl VTTOUNEYS A T LA W LOUISVILL, GA. May 5, 1371. 1 Iji* T. S.‘ BOTH WELL. Attorney at Law, Cherry Ilill, near LOUISVILL GA June tird, ',875. Cm A. F DURHAM, M- D. I‘lljsicuui aU isurgeou^ Y treats Diseases of the O Lungs and linoat, diseases ol the Eye, Aose and Ear, and ail io*uis ol Dropsey ; dis eases of iho Heart lYidue>s, Eiaddei aim stric ture, secret diseases, long standing Ulcers.— ucmoves ileiiioirueidal iiiuiors wuuout pain xMaaes a speciality oi diseases peculiar to L e males. xUe die lues sent iu auy point on tile Avail road. Ail coriespondenco eoaiiuenuai. ieby i5, toi l ly HOTELS. Lanier House, Mulberry Street, MACOH - - - - GEORGIA iL BiJß# Proprietor Yieu tm .il> it fr niauT to ilic Depot. MARSHAL HOUSE, S.i VAXNMf, GA. A* B. LUGE,— Propriolor. BOARD HEII DAY SB.0!) McCOMH’S HOTEL' Uii 0, G. WlLaWK—l*rpri£tiir. BOARD PER DAY M 01) 13. 11. RICHARDSON & CO. Publishers’ Agents, HI till NlliLEi, SiVdtllAASl, (iv. Are auluuriztd to contract for alvertising in our piper T. MASK WALTER, Marble Works BP.OAD STP.33T, Noah Utvuii Maksut AlGU'il'A, G. 4 Monuments, Tombstones mm 'Uavfj axp MAR BLR WJRKS, Wm&iAZ aUG US T A , GA. Louisville Drug Store, E. 11. \V. HUNTER, ,M. ]>. Druggist & Apothecary. Susct-ssor to HUNTER Sc CO. Kopps oi, bitnff a full anil well assorted slock -f DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, PERFUM ERY; SOAPS, COMBS. BRUSHES, TOIL ET ARTICLES, LAMP CHIMNEYS, GARDEN SEEDoI all kinds; FINE CIGARS an,l CHEWING TOBACCO WINDOW GLASS amt PUTTY Ac. St: Which lie oilers to sell FOR CASH, as c-It f... p as they can be bought, at retail, in any town in the Slate. Drakes Magic Liniment and Dr. Wm, Hauser's Diarrhoea and Dysen tery Cordial. Always on hand, ami for sale. Also Dr. Morris’ Syrup Tor, Wis<3 . iherry and Horehound, A now anl valuahlo rnrnow? in Cough* and A ifqoiions of tho g n*ralv PUMPS! PJTMPiS I I ltaro on hand the Templeton Farm Pump, Pipes and Valves, which 1 am puttfbjf up and repairing. I have put up a great number of these pum] a in this and adjoining'counties, which i war rant to work well anti save a great 7tmount of labor. Address S. Z. MURPiIY, Bethany Jelfonon Comity, Ga. THE NEWS AND FARMER LOUISVILLE. JEFFERSON COUNTY. GA., NOYEMI3ER 13. 1875. UAH VEST. With throbbing Heart and tearful eve I watched the Springtime fleeting by'. I saw the snowdrop at its birth Felled, by spears of rain, to earth. The iris burst her emerald sheans, And show the amethyst beneath. The painted tulip fade and close Before the glory of the rose ; And now, down fields of sunburn grass I see tho withering rose leaves pass ; And night by night, and day by day. The life of Summer ebbs away. I flee the granaries overflow, The mellowing orchards bonding low. O God ! my heart in awe and fear Looks back upon Thy perfect year. Thy bounty covers all the lands ; I lift in prayer my empty hands. Of all the Summer of ray life My harvest is but sin and strife. Oh! could these tears, like April rain, Make moist my heart’s hard soil again. And stir the seeds which Thou did’st sow, Oh! never should they cease to flow. Could prayer but melt this ice away, Oil! never would I cease to pray. Till Thou in,., mercy, Lord didst bring Into my second Spring Oil! tbYfr. 4/ii.it rich reward and sweet To •ijrvest at thy feet! ? *9 000,1 Words. MOODY AND SANKEY. The Sort of Men. They Are, and the Se cret of Their Tower. jNew York correspondence of tho Bos ton Journal. Sir. Moody is not a stranger to Brook lyn. lie is an undersized, stocky man. He makes no pretensions to eloquee, but relies on a certain energetic and forcible way of saying things that com mands attention, lie has a nasal twang, and is abrupt and homely in liis ex pressions. ilo reads the litble careless ly and in the rapidity of liis utterance blunders and boggles and corrects him self from time to time. He seldom; speaks over twenty minutes at one time, i and when there is the slightest uneasi ness he pauses an lcalls upon Air. Sail key to sing. He has no suavity in his methods of acldre.33. lie rises nervous ly with a jerk and says: “I want you to keep still while tiie solo is sung.” j You cannot hear Mr. Sankey unless you are quiet. When the chorus is suurr you cau move about if you want to.’ Take ! j away the surroundings, the excitement, j j tho sympathy of the churches and the crowd, and Mr. Moody's address would j I make a very fair prayer meeting ex-1 I hortation. it is easy to see that tiie! magnetic power of tiie meeting is in the hands of Air. Sankey. Rcople can not hear Mr. Moody tit tiie further end of the rink. And people will not keep still when they cannot hear. So people jostle and move, rise, sit, go out and oome. But tiie moment it is announced that Air. Sankey is to sing everything is hushed, lie is very modest and very sympathetic. Yet lie is artistic and his ! plans are all laid. He touches tiie in strument and pauses, that everybody may become quiet, lie often prefaces liis songs with a few pleasant words, lie often offers a short prayer for a blessing on the song to be sting. When all are hushed lie commences. He is an elocutionist of song. Ho sings high, he sings low, lie sings rapid, he sings soft, and effectually uses tho rhetorical pause. All these follow each other with great rapidity, and arc all highly effec tive. He cats nis words short, with an evident intention. The line “Jesus of Nazareth passeth by,” is sung as “Jose jof Nazar pass'th by.” Nobody but ] Sankey could sing that hymn to the | musie. The closing lines are sung: I “Too 1-a-t-e, too 1-a-te,” with a long drawn emphasis ou the last late. Hisi voice is full and strong, and his enmi-l ciation is exceedingly clear and di.s-j tinet. liis voice has in it an elementi better described by the word Methndb tic than by any other; Mr. Sankey is a! large sized, finely developed man, with I sandy hair and whiskers, pleasant face and pleasant address, with a winning way that finds welcome at once to every heart. The singing with a lull chorus ! is very effective. But there is nothing | in it that is new or in any way unlike j the better form of our Sunday-school 1 singing. There is not a school in Brook lyn that could not go up to the platform | and make a good chorus choir. MONEY-GETTING. My son, deal with the man who ad vertises. You will never lose by it.— ltenj. Franklin. The nearest road to fortune is through printer's ink. R. T. Barnuni. My success is owing to the liberality in advertising.—Robert Bonner. Frequent and constant advertising brought me all I own.—A. T. Stewart. Success depends upon a liberal pa tronage of printing offices,—J. J. As ter. liow can the world know a man has a good thing unless he advertises the possession of it.—Cornelius Vander bilt. im > Lime slaked just before application and sown by hand is said be an infalla ble protection against (ly in turnips. CUBA. Notes from the Queen of the. Antilles. Special Coiuiespondexce op tiik Clip pee, Maxtanzas, Oct. 0. 1875. But a few days flown and changed their position in the never ending cir cles of time, since I was writing to you about being so comfortably installed in Ilolgum, yet you will credit a truth when L tell you that into the last lew days of that brief period 1 have crowded an eternity of unrest, and drawn therefrom a lesson of experience that has taught me the truth of the old proverb, “A rolling stone gathers no moss.” This, of coig'sg, may cause you to wonder at wiiaU has happened and ask what is the matter? But be patient and bear with me and I will endeavor to comply witii this very reasonable curi osity, and in so doing I hope that none of my friends will feel that I am talking for talk sake, or writing with the pen of art, a mess of fiction without a base, but look at me as one standing on the shores of truth ancl purity and with the pen of nature, writing a description of what really is a fac simile of the sub ject. My stay in Ilolgum, though pleasant was short, an l on the 6th of October I took passage on the steamer .Spang for the port of Mantanzas, and was just sufficient number of other passengers to make it comfortable. The weather was very mild and line and everything prom ised a prosperous and speedy passage. The wind blew freshly and the sea heaved in long undulated swells, rook ing gently the handsome little steamer which sat on its bosom with the grace of a swan. Every one was delighted at tiie prospect and seemed to have set out on this trip high in life and full of hone The greenish world of water aronn I us, with its white foani-orostod waves leap ing in far distance, seemed to t’u.; eve to stretch away boundless as e! erni'v. The fast receding land, the blue s!;v with its thin floating clouds Imggi tig the horizon, the sett breeze, tho soothing roll of tho vessel as she ploughed her way through tint briny deep, leaving a path of foam behind as tra isi try a luiinau joys, all inspired the imagina tion with illimitable soarings towards the throne of the Internal. Tims tli day" passed away as pleasantly a : heart could wish, and as night begins ;.i low er. lutr dusky curtains over the deep, the waters seemed to quell an 1 I lie waves that lia l all day boa;, the boat's bows, now dies away under his mantle as gentle as infant sighs. After a pleasant night's rest 1 was up early next morning to see tin.sun rise at sfla, and if ever old So! prided himself it must have been on this occa sion, for indeed, did lie send forth hts most brilliant rays over the green waters. All nature was silent, not a sound, not a wave disturbed Wte still hushed atmosphere, and as our little craft ploughed tho placid surface of a calm sea, each face was ofluigeut with the rays of divine light and every emo tion bespoke joyous contentment. —- Visions of bliss present themselves to view and dreams of joy with sweet de lusion fill tho vacant, mind, and all ap pear to lie as it were walking up and down in anew world, cropping the un blown flowers and drinking of the un tested springs. Here it was my soul for the first time expanded to real happiness. But here, too, did I suffer the most cruel loss.— Notwithstanding the morning was so promising at noon the sky was overcast, and still later the clouds wallc l up thicker and more threatening iu the West. Tho air became oppressive— “ikiep .s’.veiii.ig ga to And sultry stillness take tho rulohy tuni. Whilst u’er oar It tads Me h trik and It.-av,’ c.outls Roil slowly uu” Distant angry muttering* of thunder sounded hoarse and ominous, and light ning streake 1 the western sky with luminous lines grand and awful to be hold, and ere the sun had set the rain fell in torrents. Heaven's artillery till then delayed to gather its mustering forces, sent forth its grandest disson ances. Real upon peal of terillic tiuni der followed fast the Hashes of forked lightning. The whole sky blaze l with oorrnsoations of dazzling light. Rain fill memories of some events in the unhappy past were awakened aid L became lost in excitement from which I was started by a sharp, crashing sound as a discharge from a battery of can nons. The boat had been drawn out of her course by the lory of the tempest and struck on a ledge and almost dash ed to pieces. Mho was so shattered that it was evident that she must sink in a short time. A scene of wild confusion an l horror prevailed throughout the rapidly sinking ship, which was filled with water by ev.ery recurring wave.— Fright and despair was painted on every Ist;.: and yet not a word escaped the lips too profoundly sealed to utter sound, though each one seemed to feel that an undefined, awful calamity had oocured and that the grim king of terror* was at hand. The yawl s were quickly lowered and chairs, tables and settees were thrown into the water. As l looked over at the shattered fragments and then down into tho deep, dark abyss of rag ing waters, l for a moment close l my eyes iu prayer, 0. (Toil ! receive my spirit. At this moment the vessel careened atid a sensible fall of several feet followed, liivn' Lately I opened my eyes and to my delight found my self in one of the small boats, being carried away from the vessel. The beat rowed off’ some distance. 1 was filled with horror as 1 beheld men, wo men and children shrieking and vvring j ing their hands in anguish on the deck of the settling steamer. Many of the men jumped out and clung to floating chairs in the roaring sea. At this moment a cry of lire pierced the air, and lurid flames leaped, hissed and darted amid the smoke, adding more tei rifle grandeur and confusion to the fearful picture. Just then a long, murky wave swept over the “Spang” and severed her in two parts with a heavy crash and cracking of timbers. Wild, agonized, prolonged, dismal shrieks from tho dying and the doomed rent the air, while the rush, the surge of the agitated waters lent its voice to swell the choir of music, chanting ala st sub lime requiem over the fated as tho3 r fell into tho engitlphing waves, which serv ed them both for winding sheets and sepulchre. Suddenly the fragments of the steamer sunk with their burthen of human creatures to rise no more, and nothing but eddies and bubbles of foam remained to mark the spot so recently occupied by tine fated ship and the hu man beings who went down with her forever. The boats we were in leaked badly and we were tan or twelve miles from land, the ocean every moment growing more rough under the in.weasad wind. "The noise oi'many waters,” mingled with the groans and agonizing cries of the drowning for lioip, grew more weak as the little barque roceodod farther and farther from the spot where the strug gling human bein gs wrestled vainly wdh the elements for life. After some hours of labor we were cheered by the ap proach of land. Soon we effected a landing and we were all taken to com fortable quarters and well cared for. EASY MANNERS. Recent events have oalle 1 public at ; -mtion to the intimate relations of mor als and manners. It may be said that there is no greater peril to morality than much that is called merely free and easy manners. Young men and i even young women, permit themselves a freedom and lie.aise of manners which having all aspect of impropriety may very rear lily acquire its -nhs aa-ee. E Uvard ad Uvsses Emily with a lon 1 a t l jesting intimacy of tone and con tliici. witie.t ml .lit be exur Oe-l ii t-'i • sailor saloon of \\ titer s roe:, but which is repulsive and odious in the drawing room or among reft nod an l gentle per sons. Elwarl and Emily would be amazed to be told they have not the manners of a gentleman or la ly. and have tiie air of a demimonde. Tirey tniuiv they are especially coniine il f.ant, and that above ail others, they know what is tiie rule of high society. But they are merely vulgar and have the manners of those who arc worse than merely vulgar. Coarseness cannot be gilded into refinement. Tie; young wo man who habitually calls her young friends of the other sex by their Chris tian names, or who suffers anything that can be called familiarity, although it fall short of actual indecorum, should rollout carefully. "Sir,” said a lady to a policeman, who took her by the elbow to pass her over the street, "if i wish you t,o touch mo L will ask you." No woman of high sense of moral dignity wishes any man to lay his hand upon her thoughtlessly or unnecessarily. Nor will such a woman permit any kind of rudeness in the tone or manner of men. I Harper's Magazine. WARNING. Father! Mother! VYlicro is your boy to-night? The high-spirited, noble son. around whom cluster the fondest affection of your heart! Where does lm spend these long autumn evenings? Do you furnish him pleasant enter tertaininent at your own home fired I;? Or is lie roaming a? will, over th > dark streets of the town? Know you n it tha* Raleigh is full of pitfalls for the voting and lira Hess licit? See those rad.lv light,*, which gleam like beacon-fires of hell, on almost- every corner, and shine far into the nighi, whoa von arc wrap p lin sleep. He if the roilingof those billiard balls, the ringing laugh of mocking merriment, the oa'ln. the ri bald jeits an: 1 song*. There, youthful face*, flushed with wine, ben t nbjhrtv over the enticing game whose fascina tions. met; felt, are so hard, to shake off. Is your son there? If so j' will not bo long till he will be borne home to you. some night, drunk. Your heart, will be wrung with anguish. Your eyes will stream with bitter tears. And oil. the downward road is so smooth and so rapid in its decline. Many year* may not elapse, till your son shall (ill a drunkard's grave, or a felon's cell. Stop him now. Watch over liim.-- Guard him. Save him. For this, God ma le you liis parent. [llaloigh S.-nii liol. A poor farmer can not conceal the fact that he is a poor farmer. All liis sur roundings piVK-.laim the verdict against him. liis horses, cattle, wajons, har ness, plow.!, fences, even his wife and did Ire l bear uninis'akable evidence against him. Oil the other ban I. all those will testify in behalf of the good fanner. Every passer by can rea l the evidence, for ami against. This fact alone ought, to stimulate every farmer to do his best, for the sake of liis char aid eras well as hi* interest; for In; ma.v rest assured that every passer by will pronounei judgement according to the evidence. S NOR INC. An aimecdote was well told, some years ago, of a polite Southerner, an ac complished and kind-hearted gentleman, which has found a place, and we think deservedly, in our collection : On one oceassion he had been driv ing hard, from morning until nighi, over the rough roads in tiie neighbor hood of Columbia, South Carolina, and alighted at the only comfortable-look ing tavern in the place, very hungry and tired. Sticking bis eve-glass to his eye—liis constant companion, lie being very near sighted—lie demanded a roa st of fowl, some good wine, anti a comfort able room for tiie night. The landlord was 'exceedingly sorry,' but he “couldn't give him a comfortable room ; the only place lie could have to s'ein was a doulde-bedde l room, wil.it another gentleman.” ‘‘Very well, sir; let us have the best you ve got. No man can do more than that, sir.” After discussing his supper, he sought Ins room, turned in, and went to sleep. Ills slumbers were destined to be of short duration. Before long lie was awakened by a call from the other be 1. “Sir! sir l’’ "Bless my soul ?” cried I) -. : thursting his glass up to his eye, ami endeavoring to peer through tlic dark, “what's the matter my dear sir? Is the lion-e on fire, or are there 1m >’s in your bed?” “Neither, sir; but, my dear sir, you snore so terrible that I can not sleep, sir. It is terriliio, sir "Btess me, my dear sir, I am shocked that 1 should have been so rude as to snore in a gentleman's presence, and ho a stranger to me. 1 really ask your pardon, sir, ail 1 beg t-oifll overlook it. 1. wasu t intentional, 1 assure you.” The apology was accepted ; a goo 1- nigitl was exchanged, and both parties 1 Went to sleep again. It was not long, however, before a riiinMiug sound was hoard from the polite gentleman's bed, every moment growing- louder, until at length it end iel iu a thunderous diapason. Tiie oth er lodger, driven almost to mu lucss, starto 1 up and exclaimed ; "Goo 1 gracious ! this is too much ! 1 can't stand it! I say, sir ! sir ! ! sir !! ! wake up. sir!” "Bless my sou!! well, what's the : matter now?” cried out the offender, starting up in bad; "you seem to be i vi ry readers, sir.” "Restless! I believe yon !” sail the disturbed gentleman; "you've been snoring again, sir. worse than ever, and 1 can not get to sleep.’’ "Ton don't say so ! Have 1 been re pealing my rudeness to a stranger? I am really extremely sorry, my dear : ■ ; u', but 1 was really asleep. Good nigh., night—mg.it ; very stir—sot* sor—ry.” And off ho drowsed again, and in flee mantes began snoring as loudly ar ever, until he was again awakened by his room mate's complaints. “Snoring again, have I, sir?” said tiie unconscious offender. “Well, the fact is,] have had a hard day’s journey and eaten a hearty supper—and if I snore, j sir, L can't help it. I have apologized i twice, and that is sufficient, iam now | about to go to sleep again ; but allow | me to iniorm you, sir, that if you wake 1 iii; up again, snoring or not snoring, ! sir, I shall proceed at once to get up |an l give you the sounded, thrashing y°n ever had in the whole course of your life ! G ood night, sir.” liis slumbers were undisturbed for lb ; rest of the night. Everlasting Fexch Rosts.—A cor respondent of tiie Western Rural says : "I discovered many years ago that wood could be made to last longer than iron in tha ground, but thought the pro cess so simple and inexpensive that it was not .worth while making any stir about it. 1 would as soon have pop lar. b isswoo 1 or quaking ash as any other kind ol timber, for fence posts. I have taken out bn iswoo l posts aider having been set seven years, thal were as sound when taken up as when they were first put iu the grottn 1. Time and weather seems to have no effect on them. Ihe posts ca.u be prepared for lest than two cents apiece, For the benefit of others I will give you the re cipe : Taka boiled linseed oil and stir it in pulverized charcoal to tiie consis tency of paint. Rut a coat of this over the timber, al l I here is not a man that will live to see it rotten." D,-. Ilo,Her McGuire sends to the Richmond Dsy p. 7. a. long jincount of "M n-.-w.ili" Jacks >*i'r last illness, lie i give* the following a> the Generals last word*: About half past one lie was i- 1 i tint lie had hut two hours to live, an I lie nnswore.l feebly but (irmly, "\ cry good it, is all right." A few mo incut,* before he die I he cried out in liis delirium, and >r Dr A. R. Hill to prepare for uoi ion !' “pass tiie infantry to the front rapidly!' F> 11 Major (lawks—" then slopped, leaving the sentene 2 unfinish ed. Presently a smile of ineffable *we lines* sprea 1 itself over liis pale I'm-'; au 1 (hen he said quietly, and with ail expression as of relief, “Let us pass over the river an I rest under the shade "film tree*;" and then without pain of the ! '.-i-st st ruggle, liis spirit passed a way." Take care of t.lie poor Indian and he will lake hair of the of the white man. Whisky is an internal furnace and an infernal turn-in. NO. 28# THAT KIND Off A SHIRT. It was a respectable looking colore 1 man who brought his washing home. “lour wtie is a good washerwoman, isn't she?" said the young bachelor to the polite and obsequious man. "T aas, sir; she commonly always ; gives satisfaction,” replied Ihi husband : of the laundress. ■ “3\ ell,' resumed tho young bachelor, ; m his blandest, and most insiiiuatinu , in-in:ier, “you can tell your wife that 7 : esteem her very highly as one possess ing many womanly and Christian vir docs—a dome-pic gem and household ornament, a oeial luminary and moral hi-icou, an exemplary Christian, a gentle, loving wile, a washerwoman among t--u th n-.a il, and ftltoghthor | lovely: but there’s one objection.” •' m <l:i , sir?” inquired tho smil isi.- Alriean. who ha 1 been showing two rrnv, oi - spic Hss ivory, and a cavernous opening of ;head, while his wife was being : *->e\ .- n.t ;n.!v eulogized. “What’s dat, boss?” "Snc pa's.!•: the starch in my socks, an 1 none ;:i nr. shirts; she washes or irons all ray but' ms off. an 1 forgets to replace ; oxeuau g vs my clothes for those of some <>':i • pn'em. and. if you’ll look at lus —holding up a garment ".you'd see h iv in.-ouv.’-iieiv. it would lm to wear cither pa p 1 > ins. cuffs, or collars with so. vi a Hurt as she sen-1 s me. It may be that sh> cuts <>;T tho ami3 and collar to make the tail long er, but l can't see what the dome site should want, to ruffle the edges for." file darkey looked a little disgusted as he wrapped tho garment up to take it linnm, arid lie only said : "idee sending a man dat kin’ o’ shirt!” LITTLE TANGLES. Once there was akin; who employed liis people to weave for him. The silk ; aii patterns were all given by the king. He told the workers, that when any dif ficulty arose, they should sen .1 for him and h - would help them and never to fear troubling him. Among many men an 1 women busy at the looms.4,here was one little cliil l who worked cheerful ljq though often alone. One day, when the men ami women were distressed at the sight of their failures their silks were tangled and their weaving unlike the pattern— They gathered around the chil l an-l “Tell os !i >w if is that, you are so Lap. py with your work. We are always in difficulties.” “Tliui why -do you not send for tho king?" said tiie little weaver, "lie told us that we might, do ■>." "So v-d ) night mi ! m >rn;.ig.” “Ah!" said tin little child ; “in* I soil I directly when l fin i l h tve a little I. angle.” So !et its take our wants and troubles directly to the Lord in player, lie t:i vi es us so to do, and promises to help 113. Tiie other evening a Detroit joker slipped a little pink love letter into the pocket of a staid old citizen as they were ridin g on the street car. Of course the old citizen's wife made a dive for : his overcoat pockets as she passed | through the hall, and when she had di , gested the love letter she determined to i commit suicide. While going up stairs I after her bonnet she got mad and changed her mind- Walking in to the | room where he sat before a ch jarful fire : slio exclaimed : “Loves you better than her own life, eh!” “Who—what?" he inquired. “And site wants to know how that baltl-hea • 1 wife of yours gets along', eh!” “T really—l can’t ” “An 1 site wants §SO to buy her a set of furs, does shi!” * "Why. Mary—why, what are you talking about? ’ “Oh. it's come out—i've got the ; proofs !” she shouted, making a dash for iiis hair. Tlio worthy man has sworn the most solemn oaths to his innocence; offered to let her employ a detective to shadow him; accounted for every hour of his absence during the last year, and furni shing fifty theories in regard to the let ter, ami vet the wile coldly remarks I hat she is staying there solely on the children's account. Hie other day, as a Detroiter was robing on tiie Routine road, he came a-rots an old lady seated in n buggy' which lia l been halted within a few yard* of the Grand Railroad track.— She teemed to be uneasy about some thing. and as lie drove up she asked: "Say. mister, haint you tho engine?” lie politely informed her that he was not, indeed, when she pointed to tiie sign which rea 1: "Look out for the engine," and added : "I've waited nior’n two hours for tho old e.igine to go by; but I've got tired, au 1 it it don't come pretty soon 1 li drive right on amigo home.” A curious in .-idont in the career of of Guttenbui’g,inventor of printing, not mentioned in any of iiis biographies, has been discovered iu an old Italian manuscript recently brought to Paris by a nionek. The manuscript states that Guttciilnirg was tried at Mayonce, in 11 '22, for tiie' assassination of his uncle an l was only acquitted after a long imprisonment! *
