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The Sparta Timm says: “The ven
erable Dr. Lovick Pierce delivered a
forcible and timely discourse at the
Methodist church on Sunday. His
voico is stronger than it has been
since ids last bad spell, and bis gener
al physical condition is better than
for some time.
A young gentleman, after having
for some time paid hie addresses to a
young lady, popped the question.
The lady, in a frightened manner
said, “You scare me, sir.” The gen
tleman did not wish to frighten the
lady, and consequently remained si
lent for some time, when she exclaim
ed, “Scare me again.”
Some of the leading Hayes organs
are beginning to assert that Ruther
ford can bo elected without the aid of
Indiana. They did not believe this a
short time ago, and as Republican
prospects are getting worse every
day, the declaration Unit Indiana is
not needed is a sure indication that
they concede that State to the Dem
ocrats. It will be numbered among
the Tildeu States.
Byway of answer to tlio well-known
fact that Southern Slates which have
passed into the hands of the Democ
racy are more peaceable than time
remaining under Republican rale,
some industrious correspondent of
the New York Times has eagerly re
ported a number of cases of unpun
ished lawlessness in Texas. It is not |
so very long since Texas passed from
under the Republican yoke, and
whatever may bo the shortcomings of
the Democratic State government,
the Republican concern, it is well
known, did not accomplish anything
notable in the way of suppressing
crime. It is hardly fair, however, te
compare the State of Texas with oth
er American communities. An emi
gration without a parallel in the his
tory of this country lias been pouring
into her territory for years, and all
are not good who go to Texas, any
more than were the pioneer hosts of
California and the West. Undoubt
edly there is, or has been, a good deal
of lawlessness :u this new world of
the Southwest, as there always is in
an immigration made up to no small
extent of the venturesome and reck
less spirits of a great nation, itself yet
new and rough. Texas will come out
all right in time. Certainly the thun
der of a Democratic press has been
often enough directed against the lax
juries of some of her counties, and
public sentiment will every year bo
gaining upon the loose and danger
ous system which has been tolerated
in some parts of the State. Texas
has plenty of vim, plenty of brains,
and is not going to lag. With hon
est government her future will be as
bright as could be wished. All Eldo
rados have their early disturbances,
and Texas can be no exception to the
law. It is absurd to expect as much
of her ns of Hie older States. (An
rie.r Journal.
The State Finances. —Governor
Smith made a speech lust Monday •
night at, Atlanta, during which he!
presented the following table of tin.
indebtedness of tbe State:
Bonded debt .Tan. 1, 187(1, per
Treasurer Augiar’s report.. . SG. 011,000 i
Addedl>v Bulb'ek, Governor, Act
Auk. 27. 1870 2,000,000
Added liv Bullock, Governor, Act
Sept. 15. 1870 2,200,000!
Added liv Bullock, Governor, Act
Get/ 17, 1870 1,800,000 |
Added by Bullock. Governor, loan
find inter .ft it. Sage 423,12a
Debts bv Bollock, Goverdor, on
W. A A. 11. R 175,000
Debts by Bullock, Governor,
print nig proclamations, etc. . 27,000
Debts by Bulloek, Governor, due
school teachers 174,000
Debts by Bullock, Govern r, duo
account penitentiary 4,732
*13,119,01(1
Stale bonds redeemed by Bulloek,
Governor. 428,000
Amount of debts left by Bulloek
December, 1871...! sl2, (191,010
W. A A. R. It. ciiarpo bills out
December. 18.71 40,000
Debts outstanding -Tan. 1, 1872. .$12,731,04(1
Bonds ill validate i 1, . islet arc
of 1872 3,902,000
Iteeounizeddebts left,by Bulloek. .$8,829,04(1
Bonds issued in 1872 307,509
Bonds issued in 1873 1,200,000
$10,330,54(1
Bonds redeemed and and, bt* paid by
Smith, $1,642,000 *789,010... .2.331.040
| Bond debt of State -Tan. J, 1870. .$8,00.1,500
A corresnondeut of a Boston paper
offers a remedy for a very distressing
complaint as set forth below. It is
given for what it is worth: Will you
please insert for the benefit of those
who suffer from dyspepsia or indiges
tion that four table spoonful! of lime
water, mixed with a glass of cow’s
milk, will cure the worst form of the
above disease in a few days. I know
by experience, being a sufferer for
three years. Tho first dose acted
like magic, and I have felt like anew
born uutu ever since.
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1?, 1870-
Over in Florida.
—There is no getting round the j
fact that Drew is to be the next Gov- j
ernor of Florida.
—The ])re\v and Hull ticket is j
gaining strength every day. The col-!
ored voters are Hoc king to their
standard by the score.
—White men ot Florida don’t stay
away from, the polls, seo that every !
vote is polled for Drew and Hull.
—Now is the time for the Demo-!
cruts to put forth their entire strength
and make their victory a grand tri
umph of honesty, over villainy, and
drive from place and power every ear
pot, bagger.
White men of Florida, remember
that you are Ibo owners of the soil,
and that the country is yours by right,
and that you will at all hazards, con
trol your own property.
— The Marianna Courier says that
altogether the outlook in Jackson
county is cheering, and the Conserva
tive party will bring out a larger vote
than ever before.
—The Quincy Journal gives a glow
ing description of a meeting of a Drew
and Hull Club at Concord, in Gads
den county.
—Tile young ladies of Gainesville
presented the Domcratie club at that
place with a beautiful campaign ban
ner. Its dimensions arc IS feet by S
feet (> inches.
—Gen. Gordon informed the editor
of the Macon Tclnjia /Hast week, that
lie would probably visit Florida du
ring the present month, “and clinch
the nail already driven so deeply into
the Jacobin coiiin.” Muntict ttu ('on
rt it id ton.
—ll.ut.uo .u> Assmsaikxtr.—The au
thorities uyw in charge of the J. S’.
& M. It. li. are levying assessments for
political purpose* upon persons! now
| employed in the management of the
roa< 1.
It would bo. wall for Democrats be
fore paying these assessments an 1
thus adding to keep in power a vile
horde of cnrpet-ba<f scoftudr Is to in
quire what security ti:ey havotii.i:
they will bo able, to retain their pla
ces after paying the assessments. .1-
; there any reason to suppose that eve::
after payments made, ’ ■ igan, C leuey
j & Cos. nro any too good to sell tile
same offices to any parties who
j would pay for them. — Talluii ■ ■
Florid ion.
—The colored people in Jefferson
! county ought to lease their Radical
friends give them a grand barbecue
before the election. It such a thing
should occur, it will be the first, last
and only favor ever < ..tended the col
ored people by the Radical olacehuld
: era in this State. — Coi.rfdchun.
-'-“No attempt was made to apolo
gize for (irautism, and as f<u the liou.
| David, the Republican candidate for
[Lieutenant Gove.nor, not a word
|or sign was given to indicate
'the existence of any such iudi
! vidual. Can any one te!i ns why
the great republican party with
• its ranks overflowing v. i'li the best
men of the State, finds it necessary
to nominate a man for the second
; place in the government, whom Re
publican speakers ar-< ashamed to
speak of V”- -Jjt’Jler (if /. ti Mdrh
(RrpuibU (o ' ai Ur it.
]!ow :;i> Emprc s ckd.i.
[X.-v Century for W.-m. ).]
When the hour f >r Quern Victoria’s
dinner arrives her guests assemble,
and when she enters the room they
arise. She bows and they nli sit
down. The footman nerves the din
ner, and all is silent. Sometimes the
queen speaks, and whoever is spoken
to acts like a goo 1 chd 1, and speaks
in return. Before the desert is serv
ed the queen arises. Tim guests arise.
They all bow, and the queen goes out.
Think of it ! When tho American
cranberry sauce was served no one
said it was good; when the beef is
overdone no one can mention it.
There is no wonder over the early
peas and no congratulations upon the
tender new corn. No one at that
English table could breathlessly watch
the first cut into a watermelon; when
it cracked no one could smile, amt
when it lay open, red-ripe, who could
cry out that it was “lovely ?” To eat
at the queen’s table would bo worse
than having a stranger to dinner on
Thanksgiving day and having to eat
the turkey as if it were an everyday
fowl and make no special praise of its
unusual tenderness.
Grant’s Optrohst of Oratory.—
When President Grant visited the oil
regions of Pennsylvania in 1870, he
ascended a ladder to inspect one of
those stirring phenomena, a “flowing
well,” which was sending up an im
mense volume of oil and foam every
minute. The committee of reception
and tho newspaper men alike were
chattering excitedly as they took their
peep at the wonders, whereas General
Grant, in a qniet undertone, and with
unmoved facial muscles, said to bis
sons, who were accompanying him,
“Boys this is a flowing well.” The
doctor said ho gave up nil hope of
seeing the President's imperturbable
features unflexed during that trip by
anything that could have turned up,
not excepting a small earthquake.
Washiiiylon Slav.
Morgan, oi'?t“iv York.
How Up Staid Powder to (lie (tanfciler*
atrs l>nrir the War.
[Trey (N- Y.) I’wkii.l
A thoroughly trustworthy gentle
man, whoso word is unhesitatingly
taken wherever lie is known, gives us
the following' facts. Ho is not a poli
tician, but an era rgetio business man,
connected with large manufacturing
interests, aud he desires--at least for
the present—the suppression of his
name. Though not. a resident of this
state he is well known and respected
among the biv.ino: a men of Troy and
Now York city.
Ho informs •us that in the year
1802 and for a or more previous,
ho was in business at Havana and
1 1ntaiizis, in the i find ol Cuba, and
was well acquainted with the United
•States consul at Matanzas. That
during Ins residence there, large
quantities of powder were shipped to
the aforesaid consul by i'b D. Morgan,
the Governor of New York (and now
the Republican entfllidato for the same
position again.) This powder was
run through the blockade into rebel
ports. He lias reason to believe that
this unholy trafie was carried on by
Gov. Morgan for a considerable
length of time, but cannot state posi
tively how long. Tile consul with a
smile told our informant that, Gov.
Morgan i xprossly and emphatically
cautioned him “to he sure that none
of the powder sent by him should be
allowed to got. into the hands of the
rebels,” end the consul then added,
with another smile “and of course it
don’t!”
Our informant stabs: that ho saw a
quantity of this powder.
lie was engaged in business that
would necessarily keep (and it did
keep) liim in Cuba for several years.
This is one of liio most damnging!
charges that could be brought against
Mr. Morgan, and unless lie can os-I
faddish his innocence, lie will find his
already bad reputation still more se
riously damaged. Unluckily for him,
there is little in his past record that j
renders it doubtful that he was also
guilty of this bssesess. Tim man
who begin his political eireer with
s.ieh a i haul' fill traiH-'clnm ns t int
of his connection with itus-!l ,‘5-tgo in
the fraudulent, purchase of an.l sale
of the Sch; necta.lv mid Troy railroad.
and which the Gun. A. J. Colvin, of
A ib.au v, so clearlv exposed in the .Sen
ate, (whose sueecii on that occasion
we huv i iilroa ly pfiuted in full ) —a
man, v repeat, who began with such
a glaring act ot e imp <ion, inv;>l ving
the violation of his oath of nffi in, was
suite, iiaeiy ripen into a trailer to bis
country, if thereby he con'd add to his
ill-gotten plunder.
We are ourselves, from an ac
quaintance, of several years with the
untarnished ehar.tcier of oar inform
ant, and from abundant corroborative
ies'.imony as to hi.; truthfulness from
other reputable gentlemen who have
known him still longer than ourselves,
thoroughly satisled of the truth of his
statement to us, and if we could give
his name a hundred of the leading
business men of New Tori; and of
tills city would share our confidence
in his statement.
A Hi. Louis man has been travel
ing over Ti :;us, and ha tells with qui
et humor of his promotions and dis
missals from rank.
I ' vvritin s to the Republican he
tin;:; describes the singular and Indi
cium.. Hood of titles poured indiscrim
inately upon every man within the
limits of-this broad state:
“To one not familiar with Texas,
the number of military titles is simply
amazing. A stranger would think
that at tho close of the war overv
commissioned officer of each army had
located in the ‘Lone Star’ state. This
supposition is fallacious, as mv own
experience will bear out. I entered
the state a private citizen; at Denison
I became a captain; at Sherman, a
colouol; at Paris I was reduced to the
rank of major. And so I go, brevet
tori atone point and cashiered at tim
very next. By way of retaliation ■ for
I've really done nothing to call for
this degradation HI call the hotel por
ter general, the waiter at the table
■colonel, and the boot-black major. It
is useless, however to relorm them. Al
though General Robinson may be
only a pacific puller of decayed teeth.
Colonel Smith a scientific latherer of
men’s chins and a practical manipu
lator of the exuberant shampoo, and
i Major Jones the expert engineer of a
i mule team, yet are they as proud of
. their titles a ; a bashaw of his two
: tails or the sultan of his two hundred
i wives.”
What was on thk Bin, ? — Borne of
i theuhotels have bills of fare with the
lly-Tcaf cohered with cards of various
i business houses. An Oregon man
recently took a scat behind one of
them, when a waiter appeared with
i “What will you have sir?”
To the utter confusion of tho wait
j or, bo leisurely remarked:
“You may fetch mo anew set of
j teeth in guttapercha; an improved
sewing machine, with patent loci;
stick; a box of Brand nib's pills, and|
' a pair of number seven French culf
| skin boots.
In a moment the waiter replied:
“We do not furnish these articles.”
“Then what in the devil have you
! got it o:i the l ill of fare for?” retort
ed ti c customer.
*i'iie Outlook in Florida.
A Talk nilh tlip lbnnocratlc Cuwlldntc 1
for (.avitrnor nail the Chairman of the
State Committee.
j Now York World, 23d. |
“I think wo will carry the State, 1
; sir.” *
The speaker was Mr. George F.
Drew, Democratic candidate for gov
j ernor of Florida, and senior member,
of the firm of Drew & .Bitcki, lumber
men, who have ail office at tlm foot of
Thirteenth street, Now York, and
large lumber mills at F.i’avillo, Fill.
These are successfully managed bv
Mr. Drew, and lie aeeeplc 1 the muni
uation of his party because the issue
in bis State is one of vital interest, t -
every citizen. He js a New Han p
sliire man by birth nnd early training,
was an old-line Whig, and this is his
first active essay in politics. Stearns,
his competitor, was charged on the .
; floor of Congress by Representative |
Furman, of Florida, and a brother,
Remiblicnn, with various offenses
l against the moral and civil laws—
stealing from the Freedman’s R ireau,
for instance.
“I think wo will carry the State,” !
.-aid Mr. Drew, “by the askistunco of
ibo four or five thousand Northern
men who have come to live with us
since the last election. They went to
Florida to develop her resources, and,
having a stake in the prosperity of
the State, they will vote against, the
garg which has been robbing us all
Mike. A northern limit who conics
South to work and not to steal is re
ceived with hearty good-will by the
native people. It is the other kind
; who are called the carpet-baggers.
; Now, I think I may calculate on tile
votes of ninotv-five of every one hun
dred emigrant.; who have settled in
FI si la since the last, election in 18'7'J,
whatever may hav been their previous
puli'ieal convictions.”
“What i-j your majority likely to
; he?”
“Not less than two thousand-—”
“Ah 1 it will be more than that,” in- ’
terrupted Mr. J. H. Paine, chairman
of the Florida State Democratic
Committee and president of the Flor- j
i.la Saving Bank; “wo will beat them
by a majority of .at least (>,OOO, unless
they cheat us in the registration lists.
Many of the negroes will vote with us
this time, ar.d the whites will conic
out to the polls in such strength as
they never came before.”
“They h;i-.o a lnre percentage of
chances in their favor,” resumed Mr.
Drew. “For instance, as a means of
perpetuating their power, they insert
ed in tlio new couststution a clause
giving the governor almost unlimited
political power. You will hardly he
able to understand it bore, but the
governor of Florida has the appoint
ment of everv county official in the
State. lieis thus able to organize a
well disciplined army of political strik
ers, and to have control of the regis
tration books.”
“Look at the ticket opposed us,"
said Mr. Paine. “Stearns’ bad char
acter: Dave Montgomery ,a bricklayer,
candidate for lieutenant governor,
came down bero without a dollar
ahead, and is now rich. Their Con
gressional ticket is of the same piece
as their Stake, but we expect to elect.
both of our candidates for Congress,
as well as Mr. Drew here and his wor
thy colleague, Noble A. Hull, candi
date for lieutenant governor. Then
our future prosperity as a State will
be assured.”
“Yes, it was onlv because no man
lias tho right in Florida, just now, to
refuse to do all in bis power to rescue
the State, that I left my busines to
enter into politics,” said Mr. Drew.
“It. is not a congenial work, and I
shall l>e glad to get back to my mills.”
A Valuable Secret.
If the anecdote i-i old tho lesson of
life it bears can never grow old, any [
more than the Divine lessons of the j
Sermon on the Mount.
It is related of Franklin that from J
the window of liis office in Philade.i- j
phia bo noticed a mechanic among
[a number of others, at work on a
house which was being erected dose •
by, who always appeared to be in a
! merry humor, and whom had a kind
ami cheerful smile for every one lie ,
met. Let the day bo ever so cold, j
gloomy or sunless, the happy ramie,
: danced like a sunbeam on his cheer
ful countenance. Meeting him one '■
| day Franklin requested to know the
I secret of his constant happy flow of (
! spirits. r
j “It’s no secret. Doctor,” the man
| replied. “T’vo got one of the best,
| wives and when I go to work she al
ways gives me a kind W"i' 1 otoncour
■ ngemciit, and a blessing with a part
ing kiss; arid when I go home she is
j sure to meet me with a smile and a
kiss of welcome; and then tea is sure
to he l'Midv; I find that she has been !
i doing so tnatig things through the ■
day to please me, tha t I cannot find
;it in my heart to speak an unkind
| word or give an unkind look, to any
body.”
And Franklin adds: “What an in-,
! lluence, then, hath woman over the
! heart of man. to soften it, and make
it the fountain of cheerful and pure
i emotions. Speak gently, then, a hap
py smile and a kind word of greeting
Rafter the toils of the day arc over,
cost nothing, and go far towards mak
ing a home happy and peaceful.”
It 'ports from the Colorado election
are conflicting, but it is likely that the
Radicals have carried the newly
Hedged State.
Too Youna: i<* Marry.
V Yniiiig Woman Finds a Flaw in the
Law.
St. Ijoub: Globe. ]
About twelve months ago nil nr-!
dent couple applied to Justice Young
to perform the interesting ceremony
which, bv a fiction of the law, makes
men and women "one fie-h.” The
Justice questioned the 1 were very
Closely, and being satisfied that the ’
would-be bride was under age, rn-;
fused to join their bauds in matrimo
ny. The young people begged hard
and offered twice the usual fee, but
without avail. “My dear young lady,”
said the Judge, in that insinuating I
tone of voice for which he is famous,
: “it would give m • the the gr< ite
pleasure imaginable to unite you and
this young ninn.jbut the law wilt not
permit mo to do so for the simple iva
son that yon arc too young. Tarry
at Jerieo, I pray you, until yon at
tain the ago of eighteen, then return 1
! to my office with the aforesaid young
man and, if von shall both bo in the
same mind. T will pronounce you man
and wife with as little delay as oossi-
I lde, and, if cash be a scarce commod
ity with you I will charge von only
half the usual fee. Till then a,hen,
and may hoavoli bless you. I am
'orry. but, as 1 said, you are too
young.”.
Several d:i vs ago the same young
, man called at. Justice Young’s office
and requested him to accompany him
jto R imam's Hotel. Thinking there
1 was a marriage on hand, the justice
lost no time in complying, and was
ushered into a room in the third sto-
Irv.
‘ You found him, did you, (’har
tley?” said a soft, female voice, and
a handsome, wa’l-dres . ,1 young wo
man arose to greet the visitor.
“Yes, I found him, but be had
moved into anew shop, and has
church pews in his office.”
Tho voung woman shook hands
with the Justice and beckoning him |
to approach, turned down the white)
counterpane, revealing the sleeping,
form of an infant about, two months
old, as plump and rosy a boy as ever
made the heart of a young mother!
daneo with joy.
“What do von think of him ? ’ ask- ,
cd the lady. ‘
“Ha is a very beautiful child, mad- ’
am; well formed and apparently'
healthy. Why do you a' k I
“Do you see anyth ig scrawny, or
badly formed, or puny or sickly about
that boy?”
“Nothing, madam; he is perfect—
couldn’t bo improved upon.”
‘‘He weigh; fourteen pounds. Now
look at me; <1 > I look- sick or in want
“No, madam; you are the perfect j
picture of health. But T am not a ’
doctor —only a justice of the peace.”;
“Don’t you remember, a year ago,
von told me I was too young. Now,
if you see nothing wrong about the |
child, and nothing wrong about me
—and I am sure Charley hero is all
right- I want you to admit that you ;
were mistaken when you said I was j
too young.”
“It is true, madam I did say so;
but what I meant was in a legal
sense. The law, madam, fixes the
age of eighteen as the perio 1 when a
j young lady may choose a husband
| without tho parental consent; and
yon told me you were only a few days
past sixteen.”
“Fiddlesticks! What docs your
, law know about girls? some plants
i get their .growth in a single season,
and others require years to produce
blossoms and fruit. You men otlglit
' to be ashamed to make such laws.”
“Madam, you have the best of the
argument, and I will not dispute what
vou say. [ could not violate the law
by marrying you myself, but I am
i glad you found somebody who was
less scrupulous.”
“Charley” now put in. “That’s it,
Judge; but the fact is, we are a little
: iu doubt whether the other chap had
I anv authority to marry us; we were iu
! too big n hurry to examine his oro
j dentials, and so, if you have no ob-
S j fictions, we’ll pist get you to go over
i tho thing again and give us a regular
certificate.”
“I am very sorry, my friend, but
| you will see tho the difficulty. If the
l.'lady was only sixteen a year ago it
| follows that she has not arrived at
j the ago of consent.”
“Why, look at that baby! If that
isn’t enough, I’d like to know what!
you want.” •
“I did not make the law, but I am i
bound to obey it. Did tho man you
speak of give you a marriage certifi
cate ?”
“Ho did, but he talked so queer
aud wrote such a bad hand that we
don’t really know whether wo are
married or not. Here’s what ho gave
us.”
Judge Young 1< oked a ! the paper,
I and found it was signed by a duly
! authorized Justice of tho Peace. Still
(he lady was not satisfied, and after a
good deal of persuasion tlio Judge was
; induced to perform the ceremony
anew. In the certificate he made
; mention of the baby, and added tho
tact of tho first marriage. Tho happy
couple were satisfied and returned to
Illinois on the next train.
| For Scarlet Fever. -—.Yu eminent
physician of Chicago, says he cures
ninety-nine out, of every hundred ca
| ses by giving the patient warm lem
j ouaile with gnin urabic dissolved in
it. A cloth rung out in hot water
and laid upon tho stomach, should be
I removed as rapidly as it become.!
cool.
Knther Lard.
Tho Chicago Journal tells the fol
j lowing on a well-known To'odo con
ductor, who runs between herejufid
Chicago:
lie was a, tramp, bound Chiengo
wnrd, nnd ns lie boarded the couplers
at the rear of an incoming engine,
just; aero - ; the lino in Indiana, one
recently d.0,1: and chilly night, he had
eiilli lo 'believe that lie had “soft
thing” of i. fora cheap ride. Rut
the conductor, with his eagle eve and
railroad lantern, soon i spied the mon
eyless pa-- eager on his uneushioued '
and comfortless seat. Did he order
him off? No. K ■ had a dcopc.r plot,
ill lc‘ him remain, while on and on
.ven! ili ■[ i In, from station to station,
until it tea '.. Ia great •tnuk.'vthcre
“Not. ‘ i*• :.’ . * ,j ihc heivel
h‘ss condnclio, , hi ; n,-ed to tlm
fri mt.
“Now for him,”.he mftlicjonsly con
i tinuod, ho 1 I lie v.-dor trough
from tie- iiiviii ' ■ hands and directed
it, ov*r the barb oml of the engine.
“Now for Itim,” lie ; n iislily grunt
ed. as lie iiciir.l a Noah's deluge ponr
iii over the la ;.l and down the back
of ilie luckless tramp.
All grow still an ! the conductor or
dered ids train on its way, convinced
that !e- had 1 1 row iidl the tramp, or at
ilea : th> > le t him so far away that he
c ml ! a sver g t h ick again.
Rut when t 1 . ;i, luctor drove into
tho depot in tie . s ly morning, there
was a surprise in siore for him.
"!’• you t'e e mdnct.or ?” inquired
a shivering -..den at his olbow, us he
stepped on tho platform.
’Vi •••! . aio ~t aronr 1 and
gazing up sti a bo.lragg -d and cindcr
j covered man. “Th-m [ want ter ask
you why \i r don't run around tho
eud'o! tho lake in enmin’inter town?”
“1 do,” said dm conductor.
“Ycr do ?” i m!: i.ucd the man.
“Gertiuuly, mas tho reply.
“V. 1 , >sl. 1 mutt . i a stran
ger, in a b iwildm-ed tone, “blest if
1 didn't tlimir r swam throughlthe
■lake!”
Then the conduct.iv know- that this
tramp still live ! an 1 was water proof.
- Toledo Jiladf.
Two Ways or 0 * V
Frenchman, will;.' was in
troduced at an us.; .'. .a -u.'of tho
ladies by a Ne; v aii .u nobleman*
While lie was there his gold snuff
box was stolen from him. Soon after
being at another house, he saw a per
son taking sunff out of liis box. He
returned to his friend.
“There,” said he, “th.-tt niitn in blue,
with gold einbruldery, is taking sutf
out of my box, stolen yesterday. Do
you know him ? Is he not a profes
sional sharper ?”
“Take care,” sai 1 the other, “that
man is of the quality.”
“I do not care for-his quality,” re
plied the Frenchman. “1 must have,
my box again. I’ll go and ask him
for it.”
“Pray be quiet,” said hit: friend
“and let me get it back for you.”
Upon this assurance the French
man went away, after inviting liis
friend to dine with him next day. lie
came next day, and as he entered ex
claimed :
“There, I have hr. night your snuff
box.”
“Well, bow did vou obtain it ?’
“Why,” said the Neapolitan nohlc
. man, “I did not wisii to make a noise
about it, so ■ picked his pocket.”
’ihi' Givuf Question of All.
After all. the granted question to
bo settled in the approaching election
lof President and Yiee-Pnisiitent. is
whether or no the self-government, of
the peopl ) can be maintained in tho
United States.
if. in spite (J all revelations of tho
• corruption and ineont: •,hence which
1 characterize tho Republican party and
its leaders; if, in spite of Belknap’s
bribe-taking, Rob; s m’srohbery,Fish’s
dishonorable complicity with Spain,
Grant’s and Babcock s relations with
fraudulent distillers, and all tho rest
; of that long and terrible catalogue of
crime and lnisgovernmeut, Urn Re
publican party can still carry this
■lection, tii • fact will prove that the
office-holding machine is too strong
for Ik" people, and that the party in
; power can never be turned out by
the Ye pilar method of an honest elec
tion.
In comparison with this question,
I all the other questions uii which men
| are to vote on the first Tuesday of
November are of inferior moment.) —
A'. F. Sit n.
Straight to Its A: iiniition.
Chicago Tribune.)
They received a letter at the I’ost
ofiieo from Boscobel, Wisconsin, last
week, addressed:
To My Darter Jane.
Chicago, Illinois, U. &
With haste. Immediate, p. m.
please deliver. Private. With care.
They didn’t very well know what
to do with it, but the delivery-clerk
s vid: “Loinme have it; I’ll tin I her.”
Yesterday a young woman in a yellow
| calico dress with a big pannier, her
: hair done up in archaic f ishiou, call
ed at the window, and taking her
! parasol out of her mouth said: “Any
letter hero for me from Paw ?” “Yes,
my child,” replied the clerk: “Hero
is one from the author of vo ;r being.”
It wan for her, of course.
No.