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Madam, put this in Your
Husband’s Watch-case.
Speak kindly, gently lo tiiy wife.
She knows enough of sorrow ;
Oh, seek not from each petty ill,
An angry word to borrow.
For in her heart there’s treasured love ;
* Oh, pi iEe its golden worth ;
One gentle word, one smile of thine.
Can ever call it forth.
When tho'i art huish, ami stern ami colil,
And from thine own dear home
The sunshine of domestic love
In sorrow seeks to roam,
Upon her heart thy cold words fall
And chill life’s tender life ;
Then, oh, amidst thy trials all,
Speak kindly to thy wife.
Speak softly, kindly to thy wife ;
She may have leit a home
Os cherished love, and to thine own
But scarce as far have come,
Though five or ten have told the time,
And thou bast shared its strife—
Whene’er thy footsteps homeward turn,
Speak kindly to thy wife
SpeiVk kindly, gently to thy wife,
She may lie growing old.
And soon ye both may garnered lie
[u shadows of the mould.
Fun at Home. —Don’t be afraid
of a little fun at home, good peo
ple ! If you want to ruin your
sous, let them think that all mirth
and social enjoyment must be left
on the threshhold without, when
they come home at night. When
once a home is regarded as only a
place to eat, drink and sleep iu, the
work is begun that ends in gam
bling houses and reckless degrada
tion. Young people must have fun
and relaxation somewhere ; if they
do not find it at their own hearth
stones, it will be sought at other
and perhaps less profitable places.
Therefore, let the fire burn brightly
at night, and make the homestead
delightful with all those little arts
that parents so perfectly under
stand. Don’t repress the buoyant
spirit of your children. Half an
hour of merriment, around the
lamp and firelight of a home, blots
out remembrance of many a care
and annoyance during the day ; and
the best saleguard they can take
with them into the world, is the
unseen influence of a bright little
domestic sensation.
Planting Potatoes. —Dr. Hexa
mer of New York, in ft result of an
experiment of planting the potato
in seventeen different ways, found
that the best results were given
-from one large potato, whole, in
each hill; the next best from two
large half potatoes cut lengthwise;
next the seed end of a large potato;
next from a medium sized potato
w* 1 "' vie; the smallest from
*'■ ' jtatoes. A medium po
anc} large ones
deliver tj u , largest in four
chinch lengthwise, always
upon re select his best and
p'itato. s lot- seed
,r. Warder, of Ohio, in an ex
"ent with Harrisons, found
u Vge seed cut in halves gives
lost saleable potatoes. He
This experiment, in connec
m¥uh one made last year, would
me to out good saleable
*potatoes for seed in prefer
■to planting them whole ; and
Shears of scarcity to use small po
tatoes, with care not to plant them
too closely together.”
Professor Daniels of the Wiscon
sin Agricultural College, in an ex
periment found that cut seed gave
more from the same weight of seed,
except where small potatoes were
£.used, than whole ones did. The
B.vhole pototocs produced the most
vigorous plants; those cut, the
‘ least.
—“Why asked a disconsolate
widow, “ is venison like my late
and never sufficiently-to-be lament
ed husband ?” “Because-oh dear!
—it’s dear departed !”
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1872.
A Bashful Isover.
His name was Jacobus; we used
to call him Jackass, for short.
Heaven help me if he should see
this story.
Among maDy of his misfortunes,
for he was cock-eyed, red-haired,
and knock-kneed, he numbered that
inconvenient one of bashfulness.
Nevertheless, he was fond of the la
dies, although when inrtheir compa
ny he never opened his mouth when
he could help it; and when he did,
he used both hands to help him. In
fact, he was a man of “great ac*
tions.”
Jacobus, one warm day, fell in
love; he had just graduated at col
lege, and began to think he must
seek the ladies’ society; he was get
ting to he a man; and it was manly
to have a “penchant.”
So Jack fell in love with the
sweetest, liveliest, hoydenish girl
in the square; but how to tell his
love! There was the rub. He had
heard a good deal of “language of
the eye,” and he accordingly tried
that, but when he looked particulary
hard at the window where Emily
was in the habit of sitting,some per
son on the opposite side of the street
would invariably bow to him,think
ing he was endeavoring to catch
their eyes. He has despised eyes
ever since then.
At length Jack obtained an in
troduction through his sister, and
with her he called several times, but
she was obliged to leave the city
for a season, and as each interval
only increased his ardor he determ
ined on going it alone.
Long before the hour fixed upon
by custom for an evening visit, he
found himself arrayed in his best.
Blue coat, metal buttons, black cas
simere pants, (said pants being a
little tighter than skin,) and a spot
less vest
The journals of the day state, as
an item of intelligence, that the
thermometer ranged from seventy
five to eighty degrees. Jack
swears it was over a hundred.
As the hour gradually drew near
Jack found courage, and perspira
tion oozing out togethe/, and he al.
most determined to pull off and stay
at home. He concluded, however,
ho would take a walk past the
house and see how it felt.
By the time he reached the man
sion he firmly concluded not to go in,
but on casting his eyes toward the
parlor,window, and perceiving no
signs, he thought it possible that no
one was at home; and since he had
proceeded so far, he would proceed
further and leave his card.
No sooner determined than con
cluded. In a reckless moment he
pulled the bell; the darned thing
needen’t make such a noise.
The door was opened as if by
magic, and the servant girl politely
asked him in; Miss Emily was
alone in the parlor and would be
delighted to see him.
Oh, cracky ! hero was a fix! Go
in a dark parlor with a pretty girl
alone! It was too late to retreat;
the girl had closed the front door
and was pointing to the parlor
where Miss Emily was.
Being perfectly convinced that
no coice was left him, into the dark
room he walked or slided. All was
perfect chaos to his eyes for a mom
ent, but only for a moment; then
from the deepest gloom cajne from
an angel voice, “bidding him wel
come and draw near ”
To obey the order was but the
work of a moment, as he supposed,
but he little dreamt of the obsta
cles fate bad thrown in his way.
He knew full well that s he stream
of love had many ripples, but full
grown snags eutered not into his
head
Judge then of his astonishment
ou being tripped up almost at the
fair one’s feet, by a flat stool with
plethoric legs, which chance of a
careless servant had placed exactly
on the road to happiness. Over he
went, and as the tailor had not al
lowed for any extra tension of the
muscles and sinews, he not only
procured a tumble, but also a com
pound fracture of black pants afore
said —said fiacture extending all
across that point which comes in
close contact with the chair.
Having picked himself up as
carefullly as circumstances would
permit, the smothered laugh of Miss
Emily ‘not setting him forward
any,” he at length succeeded in
reaching a chair, and drawing his
coat tail forward to prevent a
disagreeable expose, sat himself
down with as much grace as a bear
would when requested to dance
upon a pile of needles. The young
lady was almost suffocated with
laughter at the sad misfortune of
the bashful lover, felt sorry for
him, and used all her powers of
fascination to drive it from his
mind, and eventually succeeded so
far as to induce him to make a
remark. But on this rock he spilt.
Just at this moment she observed
that she had lost her pockethandker
chief. What had become of it ? She
was sure she had it when he came
in. It must certainly be somewhere
about.
“Haven’t you got It under you,Mr.
Jacobus ?”
Jack was sure he had not; but poor
Jack, in venturing an answer,
could not possibly get along
without raising his hands and of
course he must drop his coat tail. In
his anxiety to recover the missing
wipe he even ventured to incline
his body so as to get a glance on
the floor. As he did so, the fracture
opened, and behold there lay, as the
lady supposed,her miSsing property.
It was the work of a moment to
catch the corner and exclaimed.
“ Hero it is, sir, you needn’t
trouble yourself about it. Just
raise a little, it’s under you,” at the
same time giving it a hard pull.
Alas, the tail was told no escape
nothing short of a special interpo
siton of providence could save
his shirt. But what should he
do ? Another and another, a
stronger pull evincing on the part
of the lady a praisworthy determina
tion to obtain the lost dry goods,
coupled with the request :
“Get up, sir; you’re sitting on it,”
determined him and, in the agony
of the moment, and grabbling with
both hands, a fast disappearing
strip of linen which encircled his
neck, ho exclaimed ;
“For G-’s sake, Miss Emily, leave
ray shirt collar!”
The young lady fainted.
A Western lawyer, in defending
a client recently, astonished the
judge and jury by the following
burfit of eloquence:
Gentlemen, I do not deny the fact
of my client’s having killed a man;
but is that any reason why you
should do so? No such thing,
gentlemen. You may bring the
prisoner in “guilty,” the hangman
may do his duty, but will that
exonerate you? No such thing. In
that case you will all be murderers.
Who among you is prepared for
the brand of Cain to be stamped on
his brow to day ? Who, freeman,
who in this land of liberty and light?
Gentlemen, I will pledge my word
that not one of you has a bowie knife
or a pistole in his pocket. No,
gentlemen, your pockets are
odoriferous with the perfumes of
cigar cases and tobacco of rectitude,
in the pipe of a peaeful conscience ;
but hang my unfortunate client and
the scaly alligators of remorse will
gallop through the internal princi
ples of animal vertebrae until the
spinal anatomical construction is
turned into a railroad for the grim
and gory goblins of despair.
It is needless to say his client was
acquitted.
How to Plant .Melon Seed—
The best plan known for planting
water-melons, cucumbers, and can
teloupes, is as follows : First, dig
holes twelve feet apart each way,
large enough and deep enough to
insert a usual sized barrel. Take
out the upper head and place it
down in the hole within two or three
inches of the top. Then pack the
dirt well around the barrel.
Fill the barrel one-third full of
limestone rock, one-third full of wet
straw, well tramped in, and the
other third, on the top of the straw
with as rich loam or dirt as you can
get. About the 25 th of April, soak
your seed iu warm water in which
soap has been dissolved for twelve
hours. Then p®U three hills in
each barrel, with the small end of
the seed down, and two seeds in a
hill. They will need no cultivation,
and from the time they commence
bearing will continue until frost in
the fall, and will yield ten times
more than the usual way of plant
ing.
—ln Illinois there is a child now
three months old, weiging but two
pounds. Its length is only seven
inches, and its face about the size
of a watch crystal. Its tiny arms
are so slender that a small finger
ring can be slipped on either of them
to the shoulder. This little creature
is already making quite a noise in
this part of the world, and hundreds
have called to see it. Its parents
are of standard size.
—A month at home, and then a
wedding tour, is to be the rule
hereafter. This certainly is the most
sensible bridal arrangement yet
agreed upon
First Divorce Case.
A short time ago, a talented
young lawyer, whose name is not
Smith, and whose briefs have been
like angels’ visits, was delighted by
finding in his office a richly dressed
lady, who announced her desire to
employ him professionally. With
a beaming smile, that could hardly
he restrained from bursting into a
full-blown laugh, the young Blacks
stone handed the lady a cushioned
arm-chair, and assured her that he
was “entirely and devotedly at her
service.”
Seating herself in the proffered
office chair, the lady ungloved a
small, white hand, that literally
glistened with diamonds, and ap
plied a Suez scented handkerchief
to her lips, blushed, and casting
her eyes upon the floor, said—
“My business is very paiticular—
it is—pardon me, sir, you will not
betray me.”
“Betray you ? Not for the
world madam. You can confide in
me with the same reliance as in a
prieSt at the confessional.”
“The fact is —I want—that is, I
have been unfortunate in my marri
age relations.”
The eyes of the lawyer glistened
with pleasure, and drawing his chair
close to the side of the lady he re
marked —
“I see—l see—you want a di
vorce. lam just the man to get it
for you. lam perfectly au fait in
matters of this kind although I have
never had a case in court. How
long have you been married?”
“Nine years.”
“Nine years 1 You must have
been very young when you entered
that blissful—l mean wretched
state.”
“I was a mere child—a foolish
inexperienced school girl. A doat
ing mother placed me in the arms
of a man old enough to be my fath
er ; but he was rich, and for two or
three years I did not know the dif
ference. I was as happy though as if
nty husband had been twenty years
younger. But association with oth
er married women opened my eyes,
and I became wretched. I pined
for—well, for a heart that was more
congenial with my own. A man
of your age, now, would have suit
ed me better.”
“Exactly so!” exclaimed the
lawyer, rubbing his hands and twis
ting his incipient mustache. “But
your sufferings will get you a di
vorce, and then —”
“O dear me!—and then—but I
must not be too sanguine. My
husband is very rich, and he will
never permit me to get a divorce if
he can help it.”
“Madam, you don’t know the law
—its majesty—its glorious certain
ty —its magnaimity. Consider your
self divorced, and rest easy.”
“Well, sir, how shall I proceed?”
“Let me see—in the first place,
give me a statement of your griev
ances.”
“That would take a whole week.
You can imagine what a woman
like me must suffer with such a hus
band.”
“Yes, yes —cruel and barbarous
treatment —condition intolerable—
neglect and all that sort of thing.
I will just jot down a few of the
items. Your name is—”
“Mrs. . You must know my
husband.”
“What the merchant ?” He’s as
rich as Croesus.”
“Yes, he’s rich; but I don’t care
for that— l waDt a divorce.”
The lawyer wrote down a sketch
of the lady’s matrimonial infelici
ties, and again assured her that he
would have no difficulty m procu
ring a divorce, with at least SIO,OOO
alimony.
“How much are you going to
charge me for making me happy?”
asked the lady.
“Well, I ought to charge you a
thousand dollars, but out of consid
eration for your sufferings, I will
only take a retainer of one hundred
dollars, and when it is accomplished
you will increase it to five hundred
dollars.”
“That is extremely reasonable.
I have no change about me now.
O yes, here is a cheek for two bun
dred dollars that my husband gave
me to go shopping. I will only
want half of it to-day. Will you
get it cashed for me?”
“It is after bank hours, but the
check is all right. I will give you
one hundred for your shopping,
and keep the check.”
The lawyer had that day rcciev
ed a remittance of one hundred
dollars from his farher and handed
it over to the lady, and, placing his
check in his pocket book, bowed
his client to the door. He was ex-
cessively happy at his good fortune,
and that night dreamed of angelic
clients, sensational divorce cases,
and a huge pile of one hundred
dollar bills.
The next morning he went to the
bank to get his check cashed, and
was thunderstruck when the teller
informed him that the name of Mr.
was forged! indignant at the
thought that his fair client had
been guilty of so base a crime as
forging her husband’s name, he hur
ried to the store of Mr.—, with the
intention of exposing the lady. He
was still more astonished when
Mr.— informed him that he was a
widower, and had not been blessed
with a wife for more than ten years.
Young Blackstone was *eized
with a fit of melancholy, which
still afflicts him ; for all his efforts
to find the fair swindler, have prov
ed unavailing. He has come to the
conclusion to have nothing to do
with divorce cases, and has written
to his father to send him another
SIOO bill to replace the one he gave
his client for a bogus check.
Skinning and Skim
ming a Farm.
- It is easier to farm well than ill.
The man who makes two blades of
grow where one only grew be
fore, and make every other kind of
produce double too is a happier man
than the one who plods on doing nei
ther better nor worse than the aver
age; while the miseable mortal who
impoverishes his land must feel how
degraded a position he stands in, and
his mind must sink lower and lower
with his property. If a report of ev
ery farm through every parish in
the Union was made once in seven
y» ars, and the improvement, the im
poverishment, or the non-improve
ment of each was published, it would
give the country at large a better
idea of what is going on in agricul
ture.
It is of no use denying facts, and
the truth is starting from the east
the land is robbed of more than
half its fertility, and still as popu
lation moves on so does the exhaus
ting system. If when a parish, a
county or a State is half impover
ished a stop can be put to the de
bilitating progress, why not stop at
the beginning ? Why not reimburse
from the start? Land is seldom too
rich, and when it is said to be “in
the very highest share of fertility,”
what a pity to bring it down! Yet
this Ts the custom, the fashion,
and the example set by all. This
kind of policy carried into other
lines of business, would cause men
to say the guilty parties were insane
or fools. Land cannot throw up
immense crops on water and air;
therefore if these crops are sold otf,
the land is that much poorer, but
science and even common experi
ence proves there are stages at
which some of the production of the
earth can be taken away, when
nothing has been done to cause in
jury, and if at this period of the
crops growth it is turned into ma
nure, the land is benefited without
any foreign aid. This by having
intervening crops of this kind
there may be things sold one year
which will be replaced the next by
this renovation. This is why the
four-course system, or some other
suitable rotation, is insisted upon in
England. Poor land is brought to
be rich, and good land is kept up
on the best estates; yet there are
annually great quantities of fat cat
tle and sheep sold from these farms,
and wool, cheese, butter, <fcc., con
tinue to be produced because there
is an art in doing this to so improve
and increase the stamina of soil.—
Country Gentleman.
—Sammy thinks he would learn
much more at school if he did not
have to attend to his own book all
the time. “Because,” he says, “if I
study my own book all the time I
shall only learn what there is in it;
but if I hadn’t any book to study, I
should know all that the whole
school are reciting.
sy We are sorry to learn
from a Hindoo astronomer that
during the present year a blazing
meteor will pass by the earth, and
in the short space of twenty-four
minuets destroy all vegetation, and
kill millions of people.
—A melting sermon being
preached in a county church, all
wept except one man, who, being
asked why he did not weep with
the rest, “oh,” said he, “I belong to
another church.”
—A bachelor is politely described
as a man who has neglected his
opportunity of making some poor
woman miserable.
A Laughable Love Story.
A rich old gentleman had an
only daughter, possessed of the
highest attractions, moal, personal
and pecuniary. She was engaged
and devotedly attached to a young
man in every respect worthy of
her choice. All the marriage pre
liminaries were arranged, and the
wedding was fixed to take place on
a certain Thursday. On the Mon
day proceeding the wedding-day
the bridgroom elect (who was to
have received $50,000 down on his
wedding-day, and a further sum
of SIOO,OOO on his father-in-law’s
death, an event which would prob
ably soon occur) had a little jeal
ous squabble with his intended at
an evening party. The “tiff” arose
in consequence of his paying more
attention than she thought justifia
ble to a lady with sparkling eyes
and inimitable ringlets.
The gentleman retorted,and
6poke tauntingly of a certain cousin
whose wais-coat was the admira
tion of the company, and hinted
that it had been etnbroided by the
fair heiress herself. He added that
it would be soon enough for him to
be schooled after they were marri
ed ; and that site adopted the
“breeches” a little too soon. After
supper they became reconciled ap
parently ; and the bridegroom elect
in taking leave was kind and affec
tionate. On the next morning the
swain regretted the angry feeliDg
he had exhibited, and the cutting
sarcasm with which he had given it
vent; and, as a part of the amende
honorable, packed up a magnificent
satin dress which he had previously
bespoken for his beloved (which
had been sent home in the interval)
and sent it to the lady with the
following note: “Dearest Jane, I
have been unable to close my eyes
all night, in thinking of our misun
derstanding last evening. Pray,
pardon me ; and, in token of your
forgiveness, deign to accept the
accompanying dress and wear it
for the sake of your affectionate
Henry.”
Having written the note, he gave
it to his servant to deliver with the
parcel. But, as a pair of his panta
loons happened to need repairing,
he availed himself of the opportu
nity (the servant having to pass the
tailor’s shop) to send them in anoth
er package to the tailor. The man
made the fatal blunder! left the sat
in dress with Snip, and took the
nbte and the damaged trowsers to
the lady. So exasperated was she
at what she considered a determin
ed and deliberate affront that when
her admirer called she ordered the
door to be closed in his face, refused
to listen to any explanation, and
resolutely broke off the match.
is a right down, bla
zing good way to do the old folks.
The Rome Courier says: Ou Monday
night, the forty-ninth anniversary
of the marriage of Mr. Asa R.
Smith, his children and grandchil
dren, in Rome, provided a very
pleasant surprise for him. On Moira--
day morning Captain R. D. Clarke
invited him to his house to spend
the afternoon, and take tea. As
soon as the old gentleman was well
out of the way, his descendants
crowded into his house,
stocked the storeroom wiih
bags of coffee, sugar, rice, flour, etc.,
put up anew stove in the parlor,
filled the fire with coal, deposited
presents in all parts of the house,
and prepared a sumptuous supper.
They sent for Mr. Smith, begging
him to return from Captain Clarke’s
to his own house, as there was some
company awaiting him there. When
he reached his home he found a
crowd of forty-one of his children
and grandchildren awaiting him.
Amid a scene of happiness this fami
ly party, from the wee baby of six
mouths of age, to the patriarch of
four score, sat down to the boun
tifully prepared repast. This being
concluded, the little folks marched
up to the grandfather, and each
gave him a gold dollar piece; then
the older ones came with five dol
lar gold pieces, and so on with
a hundred dollar bill formed the
climax. The occasion was a fes
tive and happy one, and many a
day will pass before those present
will forget it. It is sweet to grow
old, when old age brings such joys
as these.
A Lady traveling on the Grand
Trunk Railroad, in New York,
stopped over on the way, and when
she proposed to resume her journey
was put off the cars upon her refu
sal to pay again, because her tickett
read “good for this train and day
received—not good to stop over.”
She sued the company and recover
ed costs and S6OO damages. No
matter what may be printed upon
a railroad ticket, it is good in law
for the whole distance paid for; on
any day the purchaser elects to use
it.— Plainfield (iYJj Constituiton
—There is a “bustle” in fashiona
ble circles. All the ladies are get
ting their backs up.
Ail Indian’s Word of Hon
or.
A gentleman of Jonesburg, Mo.,
recently returned from Texas,relates
anextraordinary occurance which
took place a short time since in the
Indian Nation. A Choctaw Indian,
having committed a wilful murder,
was arrested, tried and sentenced
to be shot to death. He asked for
twenty days ih which to prepare
and visit his friends, giving his word
ol honor as a “brave ” to return
at the appointed time, and was
allowed to go forth without a guard
or bail.
At the expiration of the twenty
days, according to appointment, the
hour for the execution arrived, and
the Indian, true to his w ord, at the
very hour and minute gallopped up
to the place where the sentence was
to be carried out, in company with
three of his sisters and three broth
ers, all appearing as cheerful as
chough they had come to a dance
or a frolic. The coffin was then
brought on the ground, but some
one remarked that it was too small*
upon which one of the doomed
Indian’s brothers told him to lie
down in it and measure, which he
cheerfully did, and laughingly said,
“It fits all right. ” The crowd
meanwhile appeared to be in the
mosi, cheerful spirits, and cracked
jokes and laughed.
At last, when all was ready, the
doomed man was ordered to sit on
the ground. A handkerchief was
then placed over his eyes by his
sister. While she held one hand, one
of thecondemed Indian’s brothers
held the other on each side of him*
The Deputy Sheriff then stood in
an old out house, about ten steps in
front of the condemned, with a rifle.
From some cause the rifle went off
aecidentaly, th.e bullet passing up
through the roof of the house. The
Indian, believing he was shot, drew
himself up and shuddered, hut did
not speak or move from the spot.
A black mark was then made over
the Indian’s heart, with a spittle of
powder, by his brother, while the
Deputy Sheriff reloaded his rifle,
and at a signal he took steady aim,
fired, and pierced the centre of the
mark. The Indian, w r ith a few
struggles, felljback dead, with the
brother and the Sheriff still holding
his hands. No one seemed to be
the least affected except the doomed
Indian’s mother, who shed tears, but
was told'to “shut up” by her sou,
that all ivas over.
Dressing for Photographs. —lt
may be usehil to ladies to know
that in dressing for photographs
dark brown, dark green, maroon
and plaid black goods, without
gloss, will make a rich drab color.
Silks of the same color will take
considerably lighter. Snuff-brown,
dark leather, dark drab, scarlet,
cherry, dark orange, crimson and
slate, will take a very rich drab
color. Violet, blue, purple, pink
and magenta, will take very light,
and should be avoided. The hair
should never be very wet or glossy.
Pocket-Money.— If you want to
ruin an impulsive boy, give him
plenty of pocket money. The re
cipe is infalible We have often
seen it tried, and always with
the same unhappy result.
—A young man who keeps a col
lection of locks of hair of his
lady friends, caUs them bis hair
bredth escapes.
—A cynical old bachelor says
that it is the privilege of hoops to
surround the lovliest of all things,
among which are girls and whisky.
—“Your dress,” said a husband
to his fashionable wife, “will never
please the men,” I dont dress to
please the men” was the reply, “but
to worry other women.”
What word may be pronounced
quicker by adding two more leters
to it? —Quick.
—An Illinois young woman cut
four loads of wood per day, iu order
to raise money to get “them furs.”
—‘o, Amy ! you ought never to
wear a ring on your third finger,
unless you are really engaged. —
Mamma says it often prevents a
good offer.’
—There is a catinDaviess coun4y,
Indiana, which has the chills and
fever as regularly as any of the rest
of the fjmiily.
Eternity is a sea without bottom
or banks, for what line or plumet
can fathom its depths ?
—Woman should never bo law
yers— they would constantly have
“writs of attachment.”
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