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Sonic very amusing mucdolW nrc re
lnUd about Mark Twain,“of Samuel
Clement when he was a small boy;
among oftiersy the following :
Maik had a coustaut playmate and
chum, a boy about his age, named Na
poleon Paveyi or, for short, Pole Pnvev.
One warm spring day, the two hoy's hav
ing got a holiday, Mark shouldered an
old fliutdock musket, ami Pole an old
squirrel rifle, without any lock ut nil,
which be carried along as he had gni 1.
just for the looks of the thing, and wen
duck hunting ibver in Shy Bottom. They
hunted faithfully for several hours and
succeeded in killing a chicken-hawk and
a crow, after which they commenced
their homeward march, not very proud
of their success, as in this region, atthut
time, game abounded. Finally. Mark
stopped suddenly, as an idea struck him,
and lie exclaimed:
“See hero, Pole, let’s get a rare—
what d’ve call it? A rare geological
specimen for the boss; you see lie's go:
a g eat hankerin' after these things.”
“ What' s a rare geological sjiecimeii,
Mark?” said Pole, as he opeued wide bis
eyes.
“ Why, it's a rare bird what ain't nev
er been in these parts before, something
uiicomnionlike,” answered Mark.
“ Where are you goin’ to get it, Mark ?
We ain't got nothing hut this old clii< ken
rohlier anil egg-sucker, and they ain't
a hit uncommon,” queried the skeptical
Pole.
“ We’ll git her up to order, Pole," an
swered Mark, as he flung himself on the
green grass beneath a giantold elm tree.
The two hoys went to work on their
“geological” specimen. A9 Mark would
pluck a feather from the tail of the crow,
Pole would Imnd him a corresponding
feather tlmt Jmd been taken from the
tail of the hawk, which Mark would
carefully insert in the pocket from which
he had just taken the crow’s feather.
And thus, after two hours of steady
work, every one of the long fratlters ol
the hawk’s tail had been transferred to
the crow, and it would hawe required a
careful to have detected
the fraud.
“Hmfis that for r. specimen, Pole?”
said Mark, as he atliiiin|ly. exhibited
the rt-tailtd crow td the gaze hf his com
panion, resplendent iu the rich plumage
of the chicken-eater.
“iShe is u stunner, Mark ; a regular
stunner. 1 gunss they ain't never seen
a bird like thatiu Hannibal before.”
The hawk was thrown away, and the
boys trudged homeward. By tiie time
they had arrived in town the blood of
the crow had congealed and the -false
feathers in tLer tail hail become firmly
fixed. A
As Mark Twain had said, Judge
Clemens, his father, was somewhat of a
naturalist, and had a passion for what
ever was rare and strange in the animal
kingdom.
“ Why, Mark,” he said, “ w here iu
the world did you get that strange-look
ing bird?”
“It is my opinion,” replied Mark,
with an air of greater importance than
he was accustomed to assume in the
presence of his father, “ that this is the
Bird of Paradise; leastwise that it be
longs to that species.”
That night the bird was carefully
laid away in a place where it would he
safe from the devouring presence of the
old tom-cuts which Ma.k afterwards
wrote about as creating such fearful des
truction at his sister’s candy pullings.
The report soon circulated through the
town that a strange bird, the like of
which had never been seen before, was
killed, and Mark and Pole became the
heroes of the hour. Thcmext day be
ing Sunday, Judge Clemens invited all
the wise men of the village of Hannibal
to liis house to examine and pass an
opinion on the new speci
men.” They came. The bird was ex
hibited on a table, around which the
savaus gathered. One faction, headed
by Dr. , maintained that the bird '
was nothing but a common black crow,
the Util of which had been turned gray 1
by sonic accidental cause not understood,
having possibly bad salt throw n on it in
the young and tender days of the bird,
The other faction, headed by Judge
Clemcps, gecuted such an idea. It was ab
surd, ridiculous. They were willing to i
admit that the bird very much resembled
the crow ; but, if so, it belonged to a sep
arate aud distinct species from any that
had ever before bcon discovered.
The discussion was continued and be
came exciting, Neither faction would
admit themselves wrong and the other
right. Mark and Pole occupied a po
sition near the dik>r, and were attentive
nud interested, though silent, auditors.
“Wnat?” exclaimed Judge Clemens,
VOL. Ill—NO. 27.
warming up, “do you tell me that it
would lie possible by any external pro
cess to turn the feathers in the tail of
that bird from black to the colors they
are? These uniform rings and spots
would defy the skill of the greatest paint
er that ever lived. No, gentlemen,”
continued the Judge, ns he rather vio
lently took hold of the bird by the tail
to examine the spots more closely, “no,
gentlemen But the discussion
was cut short by the bird dropping on
the table, while the Judge held the tail
in his hand.”
“ Let's scoot, Pole,” said Mark, “ the
show’s ended.” Ami the hoys vamosed.
The Judge contemplated the “ rare !
geological specimen” with consternation
and then his eyes wandered to the open
door and caught a glimpse of his young
hopeful and his companion in mischief
cutting across the back-yard for high
timber.
“ Let us adjourn for dinner, gentle- j
men ; wc will renew the dismission after
dinner,” said the Judge; but he never
willingly renewed it with any person ex.
rept Mark. That night, when Mark
had got into bed, after creeping through 1
the hack window, a vision of his father,
standing by his bed -ide, appeared to
him.
“So it is your opinion, is it, that the
rare geological specimen is a bird of
Paiiidise,” said the vision, as it tickled
mark on his naked leg* with u keen cher
ry switch. “* UiYIDUU. illlii
Mark said he felt sick and did not!
have any opinion, which was probably
line, as he had dined and slippered that !
day on green radishes found in the gar
den of Foie’s mother.
Hone*!) tin* Best Policy.
One day die Duke of Bueclein-h, a
[Seota-li houglit a cow in the
lioighborhnng of DoUvcilh, where hcliv
x'd. The cow jins to he inline the
next thiv. rarely in the iniirning as lie
was taking a walk in a very common
dress, he saw a bov trying in vain to
drive the cow to his residence. The cow
was very unruly, and the poor boy could
not get along with her at all. The hoy,
not knowing the duke, bawled out to
him, ill broadHcotch accent: “ Hie, mun,
couie lierOi, and gie’s a hand \vi' this
beast.”
The duke walked slow ly on, not seem
ing to notice the boy who still kept call
ing for help. At last, finding he could
not get along with the <>w, he called out
in distress, “Come here, niun, and help
us, and as sure as anything I’ll gie ye
half I get.”
The duke went and lent a helping
hand. “And now,” said the duke, as
they trudged along after the cow “ how
much do you think you will get for the
job?”
“ I dinna ken,” said the bov, “ hut I
am sure o’ something, for the folks of
the big house are guid to a’ bodies.”
As they came to a lane near the house
the duke slipped away from the hoy, and
entered by a different way. Calling to
his butler he put a sovereign in Idshand,
saying, “Give that to the boy who has
brought the cow.”
lie then returned to the end of the
lane where he had parted from the boy,
so as to meet him on his way back.
“ Well, how much did you get?” ask
ed the duke.
“ A shilling,” said the boy, “ and there
is the half of it to ye.”
“ But surely you had more than a shil
ling?” said the duke.
“ No,” said the hoy, “sure that's all I
got; and d’ye no think it’s plenty?”
“ I do not,” said the duke ; “ there
must be some mistake; and as I am ac
quainted with the duke, if you'll return,
I think I’ll get you more.”
They went back, the duke rang the
bell, and ordered all the servants to be
assembled.
“ Now,” said the duke to the boy,
“ point me out the person who gave you
the shilling.”
“ It was that chap with the apron,”
said he, pointing to the butler.
The butler fell on his knees, confess
ed his fault, and begged to l>e forgiven ;
but the duke indignantly ordered him
to give the boy a sovereign and quit his
servic3 imnndiately. “ You have lost,”
sal I he, “ your money, your situation,
and your character by your deceitful
ness ; learn for the future that honesty
is the best policy "
The boy now found out who it was
that helped him to drive the cow ; and
the duke was so pleased wit It the man
liness ami honesty of the hoy that he
sent him to school anil provided for
him at his own expense.
The Best Capital.
Integrity of character and froth in
the inner man arc the requisites of suc
cess in any calling, especially so in that
of the merchant. These are attributes
which never fail to command respect
and win admiration. No one fails to
appreciate them, and if “ they do not
pay ” in the vulgar sense of the phrase,
they bring an amount of satisfaction
and peace to the owner that all the |
wealth of Croesus could not j’ield.
There is no better stock in the trade
than those principles—no capital goes
so far or pays so well, or is so exempt
from bankruptcy and loss. When
known, Li toy give credit and confidence
and in the hardest t imes will honor your
paper in banks. They give you the
capital to do business upon, and the
general faith of mankind will be your
guaranty that you will not fail. Let
every young man, commencing business
look well to these indispensable clc*
meats of success, and defend them as
he would the apple of his eye. If in
attentive and reckless here, lift wfß im
peril everything. Bankruptcy In iehar
aetar is seldom repaired in a lifetime.
A man may suffer in repu'a'ion and re
cover—not so with the man who suffers
in character. Be just and truthful.
Let these be the ruling and predomina
ting principles of life and the reward
will he certain, edther in the happiness
they bring to your own bosom, or suc
cess which w’ill attend your business
operations in life or both
A Pat Replf.
Ilvclmttr Democrat.
The warmth of the true Irisii heart
and the quickness of the true Irish
tongue are proverbial, and feeble must
he the cry of distress or brilliant the wit
that does not solicit a sympathetic re
sponse from the genuine son or daUgft*
ter of the Kmerald Isle. Not very lotto
ago, a little boy whose parents died was
sent to the orphan asylum, but the place
was so distasteful to him that he run
away and back to his own neighbor
hood. Living in the vMnity was an old:
Irish woman, whom we wlll*call Kate,;
and poor though she was, with a large
family, site took the orphan in and
cared for him as her own. The other
day she was in the city making some
purchases, and in one of tlie stores, a
gentleman who was conversant with the
facts of the case, asked after the boy.
“Oh, an’ lie’s a foine bo)’, sir, and
glad lam to have him with me.”
“ Well, weil Kate, if there is a heaven
in the next world you will get to it.”
As quick as lightning cane the reply,
with all the heartiness of the face :
“ God bless ye, Mr. P , and sure,
If I do, I'll lave the gate open for you.”
It is said to bo susceptible of prcxif
that a gentleman, who had taken up his
summer quarters with his family in one
of tin! outlaying suburbs, recently pur
chased seven pounds of sugar from his
village grocer, and found it sadly adul
terated with sand. The next day he
inserted the following paragrabh in the
village newspaper:
Notice. —I bought of a grocer in this
village seven pounds of sugar, from
which I extracted one pound of Band.
If tha rascal who cheated me will send
to my address seven pounds of sugar,
(the Scriptural measure of restitution),
I will be satisfied If not, I will expose
him.
The next day nine seven-pound pack
ages of sugar were left at the adver
tiser’s house, there being nine grocers
in the village, and each supposing him
self to have been detected.
A lioston fellow by the name of
Ephrnim Hazeltine wrote a bookseller
as follows : “ Dere sur; if yeu hev got
a book called Daniel Webster oil a
bridge plsase to send me a copy by
express c. o. and. I want ter git it ter
morrer if I kin, kace my spcllin teach
er ses i orter hev it.
In the country the)' blow a horn be.
fo.e dinner, in towa t iey take one.
HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH a, MHO.
mi: vox t'HAtn:.
MV WHO. KI.IIKKT COUNT V.
Wriltm /** The llartvM
Oh haW <• fort- tfc* tyrtry fb.me,
Tii mn the rt-x I'rtru p'nci-,
ViTciiilliiji si-yytaT tiiilcH In spius- ;
X„ hour con!on now
Tll kill \ our row,
B<* wolf now prowU
To tiilih Voilr I'owln,
No paiilhor licnr,
No oik w>r clwt
A rnltl.lt olmno
In C'lllimilMl p]ac!';
Hn. If Wo huiil ul all, it illunt ho tho fix ; unit Any
until ohoonii hour thr iloj-n In full cry, nml wot
*<|uaTl like tokriiio hi, tlmiut mll-l huvo iron
11*1-- rs mill praam* a full aupply of forYrut plt'ly
auU ilonl of CUrintinu jjirrr.
Vfln* wo NAHi-tnlilo on the jinmml.
Wo patti, - lllank lk-ttio rouml ami mum!,
Then toot our hurtin ami nlve tho hoiiiul.
So with illtnv liinluN. Ihnln-r tonyar, a:ul Kinartino
thronto wo aot out. anil vrhon wo atart tho fa*.
Hare we pi mi r ilitrhta.
Luoiui: liato ami ti-mluu lirorrhos—
Vfc'rrwd lit thorn* nml isnln*il hy nwitrlira :
Kat-li mini bonatiug tlmt tho noan-Ht ilog to tli fox
io bio tiuiorita roil bom- or blank tan limuul.
Wlmn iiiou and dogs aro tirod down,
lSy rlianiiij; Ueytiard round and 'round,
IVc Idnw ,nir lioitia ami Wave tho ground ,
Alid. with cleat l‘alltu mien,
t* all aro mci-h
Very shivfty to roam
Kmh om towards home;
Abo along the Way
We have little to nay.
And whm we reach home, after a very hearty
breakftiHt. ami without Maying much of anything
about the hunt, wc huni|> up in the bod iu nornc
dark, aecluded corner, and for the Mjmce of tour
or live hours wc sleep very sound.
A Yankee Joker.
On the hank of the Hudson river, in
one of the villages that dot its shore*, a
lot of idlers were standing, seeing which
could throw stones the farthest into the
stream. A tall, raw-boned, slabsided
Yankee, ami no mistake, camo tip and
looked on. For a while lie said nothing,
till a fellow in a green jacket, the lender
of the party, a conceited broth of a boy,
began to try his wit on Jonathan.
“ You can't come that,” said He, as lie
hurled uftone away out into the stream.,
•* vr-'.yVvL- not,” said Jonathan ; “hut
up iu our country we’ve a purty big
river considerin’, an’ t’other day I hove
a man clean across it, and lie came down
fair nnd square on the other side.”
“ Ila, ha, ha!” yelled the auditors.
“ Wal, liaow, yeou may laid’; hut I kin
do it agin,”
“ I)o what?” said the green jacket,
quickly.
“ I can take nnd heave yeou amiss that
river yonder, just like open and glint.’*
“ Bet you ten dollars of it.”
“ Done,” said the Yankee, nnd draw
ing forth an X (upon a broke down
Last hank), he covered the bragger’s
shin plaster.
“ Kin you swim, feller?"
“ Like a duck,” said green jacket, nnd
without further parley, tho Vermonter
seized the knowing Yorker stoutly by
the nape of the neck and the basement
of his pants, jerked him from his foot
hold, and, with an almost superhuman
effort, dashed the bully heels over head
from the hank some ten yards iuto the
Hudson.
A terrible shout ran through the
crowd us he floundered into the water,
and, amid tins jeers ami screams of his
companions, the ducked bully put hack
to the shore and scrambled up the bunk
half frozen by this sudden and involun
tary cold hath.
“ I'll take that ten spot, if you please,"
said the shivering loafer, advancing
rapidly to the stakeholder*. “ You took
us Ibr greenhorns, eh? We'll show you
how to do things down here in New
York;” and the fellow claimed the 820.
“ Wal, I rcck'n yoou want take no ten
spots jis’ yit, cuptiii.”
“ Why? You’ve lost the bet!”
“Not edzactly. I didn’t kalkilate
on deuin it tlie first time; hut I tell you
I kin den it,” and, Ttr spite of the loafer's
utmost efforts to escape' him, he seized
him by the scrulf and the seat of hie
overall-, and pitched him three yards
farther into the river than upon the first
trial.
Again the bully returned, amid the
shouts of his mates, who enjoyed the
sport immensely.
“Third time never fails," said the
Yankee, stripping off his coat; I kin
do it, I tell ye.”
“ Hold on !" said the almost petrified
vit tim.
“ And I will deu it, if I try till to
morrow mornin’.”
“ I give it up !** shouted the sufferer
between his teeth, which now chattered
like a mad badger’s; “takethe money.”
The Vermonter very coolly pocketed
wm m. 13i.:
the ten spot, and as he turned away re
marked }
“We ain’t much acquainted with
your smart folks ditmm here in York,
hut we sometimes take the starch out of
’em np tr way ; and p’hnps veou wont
try iiiKitu s4rwegerngiu. I rvck’n yeou
won't,’’ he eoittifuici!; nnd putting on n
broad grin of good humor, he left the
company to their reflections.
About Rubies.
Different countrieshave different meth
ods of dealing with their young. The
Greenland baby is dressed iu furs, and
carried in iv sort of pocket in the hack
of his mother’s clonk. When she is very
busy and does not wnnt to l>e bothered
witlt him, she digs a hole in the snow,
and covers him all up hut his face, and
leaves him there until she is ready to
like care of him again. Thu Hindoo
baby bungs in u basket from the roof,
and is taught to smoke long before he
learns to walk. Among the Western
Indians the poor little tots are tied fast
to u hoard and have their heads flatten
ed hy means of another hoard fastened
down over their foreheads. Iu Lima the
little fellow lies all day in a hammock,
swung from a tree top, like the baity in
the nursery song. In Persia he is dress
ed in the most lastly jewels, and his head
is never uncovered, day or night, while
in Yucatana pair of saiulelsnnd a straw
hat are thought to be all the clothing he
needs.
Turuiug a Joke.
One night four young moil went to
call on some young ladies at the house
of an old gentleman. Alter staying n
short time, they took their departure,
hut returned in a little while, and either
in a spirit of mischief or to revenge
some iil .r r—— •*-** "ogut, uemw.a.v
ly moved bodily a certain garden out
house, not ornamental but usoful, to the
front door of the residence. On arising ;
the next morning, the old gentleman
took in the s't iation at a glance. Arm
ing himself with a shot-gun, he was
enabled, owing to the snow which had
fallen the night previous, to track the
young men to their respective places of
abode. lie formed them all iu line,
and at the muzzle of his gun marched
them to the scene of their depredation
of the night previous. After summon
ing his daughters to witness the fun.
he compelled the young men to carry
the building hack to the point from
which they had taken it. It was a
hitter pill, hut they submitted. What
made the ease especially distressing to
one of the young men, was to find his
photograph, which he had given to one
of the ladies, conspicuously tacked on
the door.
“ What does your husband do ?”
asked the census man. “He ain't
doin’ nothing at this time of the year,"
replied the young wife. “Ishe a pau
per ?” aske l the census man. She
blushed scarlet to the ears. “Law.
no!” she exclaimed, somewhat indig
nantly. “We ain’t been married mor’n
six weeks.”
Greensboro Herald: Some Georgia
papers are trying to persuade Gov.
Colquitt to appeal to the people, at the
end of his present term, for re-election.
Don’t you do it, Governor, don't you
do it. These papers would deceive
you. They would have you believe
that you can be elected again • but
Governor, it can't be done.
A bright little boy, who had been en
gaged in combat with another boy, was
reproved by his aunt, who told him be
ought always to wait until the other boy
pitched upon him. “Well,” explained
the little hero, “but if 1 wait for the
other to begin, I am afraid there won't
be any fight!”
Gentlemen of the jury, said an elo
quent advocate, you have hcem tha
witness swar lie saw the prisoner raise
his gun ; you hev heern him swar he
saw the flash and heerd the report;
you hev heern him swar he saw the dog
fall dead ; you hev heern him swar he
dug the bullet out with his jack-knife,
and you have seen the bullet produced
in court; but wliar, gentlemen, wliar, I
a->k you, wliar is the man who saw that
bullet hit that dog ?
Gridin has flushed a white partridge.
It was caught by Mr. J. B. ( arson.
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mister printer: i Sccu Ole paiper
totlier day ti.at the *t’ deeper [tide
Aroun’ sain opertihoc violins that My
1 ole Man bant, An i seed A hepp About
| Kttrlng onnsors, wnurts, an sew (bnth.
he sed that how A ole mnan tirade awl
j -t J
, nito wunst fur a Mounted To be Moved,
an that I tow she set! hit wus thar nex'
innwnin. ji*t ns she KvpectwT. rnrer t~
tel yew plane!)’ that He tole n ft/; fur
i lHred A unitor To hur, an She dldertt
pra moar nor ate minlts, An the Moun
ten wus moved auf jist As sinutlic as
youre 1 lan. i’ve ltoad caun a ntenny
Aila rite whar the utoimten noe to hoe. f
that Man seams toe Think waort* kant
ltee tnk auf, butt i nose tbn kan, fur 1
. had 000 an U 4 waurts tooken auf In
wtin da Ily a ole nigttr man—An a int
ty smart mau 2, ef lie Wus a nigor.
now fur The wiolies: w|tou wo—Me
an my ole Man—livd in slmberlmin co.
neer klarsvil, my littul snn jenny wns
B wit h‘ mlty ni two doth, this is the
wa ov hit: wun nite, a vva ded ours in
tho nite. jonny squalid out As lotvd as
he coo-1 an sed : “ law, what ugly littol t
ehihlern, with fore legs and Bln liar an 1
Itetl ize tin big as A sasser !” hy thin [
I time my <>le man was onten the fred,
:i-.i S-s he : “ a wi--!i a w'n-li !" anile
sane sa-ldeled ole pol an gallupt 4 mile
that nite too cee a wicli dokter. nex
da hear tha cunt, boatli ov em in Long
trot. My ole Man an the wieh dokter.
befo the dokter got intwo ilte hanse i
beam him tell my ole man tlmt the chile
I jonny wns B wicht allmost two deth.
the fust thing lie dun wus two go an
l/tok up the chimhly, an ses he : *• ho
knsty, pool sty, ahraekernn dahracker." *
then lie tnok too littul viles outen his
poekit nnd poard sum ov Boatli intwo
a tcccup an simperd hit over the (iar a
fuc minnits, an giv lut too jonny two
Drink; jonny drunk hit uwl upß the
nex thing tho doktnr tuck n peace ov
white paiper an drawed olfe fain Mac-
Inver's plekter an pegged ft fast two a
plank, then He axt me ef i Had arry
s lypr quawter oy a Doler. sew i hunt
11B011V an Town won. then He melted
hit in a Laidul an Huq a. silver ltolisr
an In led the gun an fride two shute at
the pldktcr. But hit snapt, the gun did
—not the pickter; he tuck site an hit
snapt 1 reeking as menuy as five 000
times, or inn he moar. at last ses i too
the dokter, ses i, ” Doo yu taik site, an
i will put a littul chunk ov fiar two tha
teeli hole.” he dun sit, an hit ole jnin
in tho loir sltowl ler—jlpirpiukter i meen
—But hit cickt the dokter hacktirds,
nil lip sot down rite slapdash in misopc
pot, an hit wus a biltn at the time, and
the dokter gut mitely Burnt, But i
Blowed an tuk the fiar out in a hat!' a
minnit. “now,” ses the dokter, ses lie,
“ that ole wieli is mity tuff, that is the
reezuw the gun cickt so—hit straims a
gun mitely, but she is Badly liert.”
ses tlu dokter, ses he: “i wisiit )U
woo 1 go over to Ma -Inver’s an cee if
the old Oman nint liert.” sew f put
out, an when i got thar she Was in the
Bed, and her leir showlder tore awl two
peeees. i went hoain an tole the dok
ter. he knssed her mitely, an sed nex
time sliced mien how she B wielit littul
childern. lie lookt about an foun a good
inenny wieh hauls ; tlm lookt like tha
win maid outen cat bar. Sew jonny
got well, now, ef ennyboddy denies
wiehes, show mn this letter,
yore fren Til deth,
deipha burtton.
In the extreme southern part of
Texas many farmers have planted corn,
and in some Helds it is up and looking
finely.
Milwaukee is a queer place. A wo
man recently froze to death there,
whose husband was killed by a sun
stroke two years ago.
Dr. Johnson, once speaking of a
quarrelsome fellow, said that if he had
two ideas in his head they would fall
out with each other.
At a temperance celebration in New
market a little lad appeared in the pro
cession hearing a flag on which was in
scribed the following; “All's right
when daddy's sober.”
Cotton still continues pouring into
all the towns and cities of Texas, and
the quantity marketed is a matter of
surprise to many old cotton buyers.
Planters have evidently been holding
their crop back for better prices.
An Englishman was once boasting to
a Yankee that they had a book in the
British Museum which was once owned
by Cicero. “ Oh, that ain’t nothin',”
retorted the Yankee. “In the museum
in Hosting they’ve got the lead pencil
that Noah used to check off the ani
mals that went into the ark.”