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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1883)
AMERICAN FABLES. A Fox who was gamboling about had the ill-luck to fall over a cliff, and as he lay on the ground, unable to rise and suffering “Well.” great pain, along came a Hare. said the Fox as helooked up, “the tables are turned. I am your bit¬ ter enemy and have often pursued you with intent to murder, but now I am .helpless and yon can take your revenge.” “ Do you expect me to kill you ?” “Naturally I do; and I ask instead the favor of that you kill me with a club slowly torturing me to death to singing: ‘ Only a Pansy Blossom. coals But the Hare determined to heap -of fire on his head and prove her own forgiving spirit She therefore brought him water and food, and nursed him until he was quite able to take care of himself. The very next day after they separated the Hare was crossing a field when she found herself pursued by a Fox. After running a long distance she was overtaken, and as she was knocked over she recognized in her assailant the very Fox whose life she had saved. “Why, you are the Fox whom 1 tmrsed!” she cried. “Is that so?” “Of course it is ! How could you fail to recognize me!” much alike that “Well, fools l»ok so it is hard to toll who from who. For fear of making a mistake I shall eat you and let the next one go.” the lion and the jackals. _ ne day , two , Jackals T , , were having , ... ah , . , vuspute as to the origin ot man and were about fo come to blows, when along eame the Lion, and asked. ‘My fnends, what seems to be t le rumpus here i ‘3,claim that man originated . . , , , from the ,, ape, exclaimed one. “And I contend that he descended . from the fish, added the other. 'Have e l( her °t you any documt :ta or^Tavts “None. . Then I shall chum that man is d- , scended from the giraffe, and being able to roar louder than both of you together, shall carry my point. Be off with you, and remember that arguments on theories test tlie wmd more or ns much as hey appeal to the head. Detroit TYce ■Press. New Year’s Opportunities. Rev. Dr. Pullman in his New Year sermon argued the importance of bogin- they ing well the new year. To do this should imitate the example of the prudent merchant who balanced his accounts regularly at the close of each year to ascertain the amount of his gains and losses with the view of shaping the future management of his business. No winn could shirk the responsibilities of his actions bv finding another willing to take upon himself the burden of his past transgressions; nor was it misspent possible to repair fully in after life the time of earlier years. Many persons in this life squandered away tlieir youth tlieir and then went about the world in old age to find the some responsibility. scapegoat It upon was whom to fix they therefore wise to consider how should enter upon the new year. The peculiarity of the year before them was that although it would be like the years that had passed away so far as tlie suc¬ cession of the seasons was concerned it would lie to each individual entirely different from all that had preceded hearers it. It would involve each one of his in a now set of circumstances and sur in roniHiuigs the past unlike and giving anything birth to experiepeevi new hopes and aspirations. It was in the power of every man to shape liis own course in the future, and nothing was more certain than that men would continue to follow through the. new year that course in¬ dicated by the angle at which they en¬ tered upon it. The Reckless Bee. An experimenter m . Southern a ,, agnenl- . , tm-e told me the fallowing lustoaette ot Northern bees m the South. He took a colony of the little gratuitous honey makers down to Florida. The first year they revelled, throve anil stored honey nearly all the unvaried summer time But the second year a few of the more reflective bees evidently turned the thing over in tlieir minds thus: “ This country has no winter to provide honey, against; where what the ls the use of laying up the round ?” flowers blossom all year These bees exerted enough influence among tlieir friends to keep a good many bees from laying by any sweet merchan dise the second year of their exile. But the prudential instinct so strong in the little insect prevailed said with the majority. They evidently to them selves: “Perhaps this 1ms been an ex ceptional year. Next season may bring cold and snow and dearth of flowers.” So Eiere was second quite a stock of honey of hud few by on the year m spite a strikers. But by the third year the con viction had evidently thoroughJy pene Thev to^ridrcdo’Kd^emwlws made hii enough toUt m uS dw haiul'to to as*does froin STtiotec mouth as recklessly ^ any tiopicbornbutei bom 1 u»tolly y......... A General Swindle.-T lie entire Staff of the Lariana Company, which owns the line st, amors that run on Lake Como, have for years past been systematically robbing their employers. Evcrv employee of the company, now tlie Captains to the cabin boys, is im plicated. They had formed themselves into a fraternity; tickets were forged, the books falsified, and the members of association met every month to verify tlieir accounts and divide tlie spoil. The compreny remained in ignorance of these depredations until they were informed by a dismissed steward, whose silence tos confederates had retosed to share purchase the by continuing to afforv lum a of plunder Nearly all the employees are in custody. ing . said: “When I was president of Yale College, I was asked if I woidd be wising to admit women students there, i re phed that I would it \assar Go liege would admit young men. 1 hat endeil the discussiou.” ________ De what Keeps Monday _ - in * l* is man heavt and Sunday on his shut front am t got my idee ol> ligioxi. Arkansaw Traveler. THE SEWING MACHINE AGENT. A Description of Tlie Man to he Met With at every <’ rtuis- U one's. The sewing-mac mue agent is of nil ages and siws, and flourishes luxuriantly in all climes. He travels in a light spring wagon, drawn by two sore-backed ponies. He carries” “(he best me chine in the world” in his wagon, and has its name in gilt letters, painted on the cities sties of the vehicle. He inhabits the and towns, but is often found in rural districts. He knows that he is a great public benefactor, and is therefore not at all modest about forcing liis family blessings on the people. When he rides up to a house he hitches his horse to the fence and instead of standing at the gate and shouting “Hello ! Mister, does your dog bite ?” as other travelers do, he boldly walks up to tlie house, and, if no one is around, takes a seat on the gallery and begins to whistle. He dots not whistle to keep his courage up, for, con fident that he is engaged in a good and noble cause, he does not tear dogs. He is t li »re on a beneficent errand. His mission is to cheer the wife, comfort the daughter and make tlie old man buy them a new-improved-scroll-spring, side bar, , adjustable sarven-wheel, lock-stitch Grover and Singer sewing-machine. He tells the old lady that he sees her health is giving away, and that tlie old Wheeler and Baker machine that she uses is the cans ; of it. He has known fifty ladies whom that machine has hurried to an un timely end and an early grave. He tolls y 10 daughter f that lie is unmarried, going she S( , t tl( in the county, and hopes wl]] ]et him ca]1 on her when lie is in the vicinity. Ho informs the old farmer tPat ] 1( ‘, 0 j ( j fai-mer) lias more good agricultural sense than any f man he has ^ iip m(>t - n ^ state Th( n ] 1C tightens / the fifth wheel of the machine, and B iirts it to sew . He 8hows bow much lighter it runs than any other machine, h ow easy it is to adjust, and how much superior the new turbine take-up is to the old four-motion crank still used in all the rival machines. He asks them to cx amine the )oard OD the off st ation ^ and lbe French burr take-up on & , md then inquires if they do jiot th]])k thnt {Le perfection of mechan . and very unlike the cheap rattle traps that all the other companies are 1!OW m aking with a view to swindle the public; filling tlieir coffers, while mothers, they ruin the health of thousands of and wear the bloom off the cheek of tlie fairest iu the land. He shows how diffi¬ cult it is to get the machine out of order. He warrants it for fifteen years. Then he flutes and fells, hems and braids, and never fails to turn loose he that originality, the “sew it seams,” while speaks of simplicity, durability and elasticity of the stitch. A good sewing-machine oscillations agent’s tongue and will make seventy-five tlie three laps per minute and keep on track nine consecutive hours without re¬ freshments. It is sewing-macliine'agent not to be interred, however, that the is indifferent to refreshments. His stomach is like his machine—always in order anil adjusted to any size, style, thickness or quality of goods. He eats corn bread and fat bacon, when he can¬ not get chicken and cake. He can eat a pound of butter to a square foot of corn bread, and when there is no butter he is equally fatal to molasses.— Tcras Sift¬ ings. Why He Paid. The Detroit Free Press says : A cer ceeded in dodging a certain creditor, was a few days ago cornered in the office of a mutual friend, and the creditor . “Sir! yon have owed me $25 for a year past, and now I want to know what you are going to do about it?” “We’ll I’ll think itover ” “There will be no thinking it I’ll over, my friend. If you J don’t pay me sue „ ( , n .. J <<Vn,T will 9” You will. << Then lliui vou’H you H Vie be ecilain certain to to get, act a a Jut! iu<V ment. The party which brings the suit always gets the verdict before a justice. Knowing this, you will take advantage of me?” “I will?” “Very wel!.^ Now, then, I deny that I owe you a dollar.” I <n ? “°; I do, ... but want , to , sir; in case you borrow $25 of me for a week here it is. I don t care whether you call it pay mg . or lending so long as I get my money, replied the creditor, and lie made out a receipt m full and took the money. the end the week he asked , . At of was to retorn the loan, but laughed at the absurdity of the request Smt was begun to recover it the mutual friend used as a witness, and the plaintiff received judg ment m his favor and had a clean receipt to show for the debt. — ^ Prof . Langley’s discovery of a quo:-, , ‘ xnU ‘ (l 11 ° m ? Kst ™ c ^"r ft* h ' > s nnabh: , to account for t it, though he is convinced it was some phenomenon con Hected with the surface or the atmos phere of the planet, and not an optical illusion of any kind. 1 wo other obseiw ere at Pittsburgh saw the light, and tlieir descriptions of it accord closely with Prof. Langley s account This discovery, fo-h>wmg th:* t made Jiot iou^ ago of a curious network of lines on Mare, whidi some have unagmed might he a system of huge conals will probably lea/1 to “ore careiul telescopic study of the vanous members of the solar system. The improvements lecentiy made m spectroscopic appliances and the great wmcti, n tve lately ween constructs_i, or xritS kninvledS ^X^ihvsUd e in ofsomeTifthc conditon ream <J the other worlds Wongto- to ~ —— -- Nattbe is always provident, and for eVery 10 o girls Vmm there are 104 boys, it seems the toy pistol, deep holes ^ the po, i( i, and all such are arranged for by the rise of four per cent surplus, It used to bo thought the extras were f or pnrx)Oses of war, but that has played out aa tumecesaary since the inventioa c £ Foui'th of July and the toy pis tol, Trade Philosophy Tne Lewiston (Me.') Journal gives this item of trade philosophy: hr “Let sue tell you a fellow’s got to avc a poor tiling to sell a good “I one always by,” moralizes-a. sell Lewiston trader. try to the poor stuff first. I always show it te a customer first. When I show him tlie good thing I’m sure to put a dam good.' price on it, so he will be liable to take the cheaper article. I had a lot of goose Thanksgiving, offered I put ’em my for poor IT geese to tlie front. I cents. I put my best geese way up to 18 to 19* cents. I didn’t want to sell them. A good thiug will sell itself. When I got: through I hml one or two geese left, and. they ‘T were handsome ones. ‘Now,’ says. I, don’t care whether customers coma or not.’ If I have anything That’s left over equal- T want it to lie a good time. thing. to money at any When a man comes into my shop and asks for a good': barrel of apples, for instance, I show him some of those small ones which I can sell for $2.50 a barrel. If he says lie wants a fancy, bang-up article, I ask him if he means business, and show him that handsome fruit over there that I’m getting ? b $3.50 for. There’s just as much, h > iu the $ 2.50 !)am ,i ns iu tile other, but when it comes to settin’ ’em on the table before company they're no. good.” Lyman Bceclier’s Absent-Mindedness,. Dr. Beecher was frequently after absents minded. On one occasion, an evening's service, he started for home ill a brown study. The houses in liis block were of the same pattern. He entered the wrong door. The house which ho mistook for liis own was occupied by a well-known hatter by the name of Rhoades, a Unitarian. The Doctor put his hat on the stand in the hall went into the back parlor, where Mrs. Rhoades and her family were gathered, drew a chair to the fire, put. liis feet to warm on the mantle over the grate, tipped back his chair and liis head—simply thinking. Just then he happened to notice a French clock under glass upon the mantel, and exclaimed: “Wife ! where in the world did you get that clock?” No answer. No one could answer, for they were ready to burst with merriment at tlieir neigh¬ bor’s absence of mind, “I say, J wife ! where did you get that clock'?” Mrs. B. was a laily. Putting her hand gently on liis sftoulder, in the sweetest tone she said: “Dr. Beecher, you have made a mistake and got into the wrong house.” He east a quick glance around upon the family circle, sprang from his chair, and with a bound was out of the house, without a word of explanation or excuse. —Church Union. Train Wrecking as a Capital Crime. On tlie subject of crimes some Massachu¬ regret is expressed by Gov. Butler of setts, in liis inaugural message, at the placing of many petty misdemeanors under the head of crimes and punishing train them as such, but in reference to wrecking the Governor has no mercy. He says:—“There is one crime, how¬ ever, which indicates such life, depravity such malice of heart, such mankind, disregard that of the doing of it toward all should be visited with the swiftest and most condign punishment. I recommend an act in substance deliberately providing does that whoever willfully and an act with intent to derail a moving train, propelled by steam on any rail¬ road, shall upon conviction thereof suffer death. Such a' man' is m liis Tiearfa thousand times, it maybe, unmleiei ,,....... of . a, innocent men, women and children wlio have done lum and can do him no harm. If 'O' accident he fails m his netaiious purpose to accomplish which ho has done all he can do, their escape is m the providence of God, and no merit of his. Ho next refers to defalcations, gambling which and that offense at common law is rarely prosecuted—gambling by “ soil ing short or on margin,” which now affects the community itself. He thinks that these, though difficult to reach by ,• i ;in extent regulated ™V Jf 1 and aua ucou recomumnds action iu the manm. Church Anecdotes. gome people join the minister instead of joining the chnrcli. When they dia¬ COV(;r a Btr . uiger b j n their favorite’s pul it t , 8omc times ri se up anil go out. The old-fashioned Methodists used to say tlmt Buch itinerant worshipers had „ hee j religion” only, A {ew y< .- a . H ag0) ;m a B t r anger rose in one of our city pulpits to liegin the ser¬ vice ’ severa ] of the congregation began 1( ave the church, He waH a lamo man> an(1 thc pu l p it was j ocak;t j neiir t j J0 Joors. . Wait a momcll t, my friends,” said tho prcacIlfir) j ge t my hat, and I’ll go k with yon.” Down left he came, limping, hat iu hand, and the church. taught the people that woldd there was at tre:ded least on f. “ u, “ ter not ijC with contempt. On a certain oeeasion, . the eloquent , Dr. E II. Charnii, being sick was com polled the to ask a fra nd to preacl. for him. As stranger rose to announce the opening hymn, a score of persona rose to • This clergyman also was equal , to such rguicy. All, he eaul, ^ who came here to worship Dr Chapin will please leave now; I mt those who eame to worehip Go<l wdl Bing the forty-third hymn. that stopped the exodus. - q AV q flip TTuIpI Waif- “Oolv nrwiv married c-m,,l s, or people from the rural pnter hotel ili uTur rooms «rm in-arm.” But when you see two mn staggering ra,t of a dining room am.-in arm at the close of a big banquet, it ia no sign that they are a married ample, script. ~ ^ In a town not-many milen from Bos ton, a man stepped into a neighbor’s lamse where he saw the lii au of the fam ily lying upon bis back on the floor, and his wife standing over him, as he • hongi; t, with a threatening air. He was about to wnhdraw when tj.e- pr« drrte man h 'Ut* d. <4 0>me . Jong in, Steve; ' ne is only chalking me out a pair of parte. A Kwo of the Seal Dead* The Lmrpool Courier says " Tlie death is- announced at Antwerp oft' Cap¬ tain Robert Crighton, marine siqjeian tendent of the Red Star Line, plying: be¬ tween New York, Philadelphia and) Ant¬ werp, The deceased, who was sixttf-siie years of age, was for a great number of years connected with Liverpool, where lie wn* hekl in tlie. highest respect. He was appointed marine superintendent of the Bed Star Line about ten ’wars ago, sinoe which time the company, by vigorous-and jwdicious management;.has become one «i great importance. ®tp tuin Crighton will, perhaps, best lift- re¬ membered by la* noble conduct iii res¬ elling several hundred United States troops from; a watery grave, standing by the Han Francisco transport for naoro than a week in % most terrific gale.. No doubt there are *ome living yet wlio-will remember his signal: “I will standby you.!’’ For his conduct on that occasion he received a vote of thanks from i Con¬ gress, and in addition a considerable Aum of money. He was feted, too, by nearly all the large towns. One of these re¬ ceptions was held at the old BroadVvay Theatre, New York, when he received a welcome that made tlio widls tremble. St emanated from the heart and not* from the hand, and the favorite song oft the day ended with an encomium to Captain Crighton, of the good ship Three Sells. It ran: The goad ship Three Bells, Three Bellaj The gout! Obd ship bless Three the Bells, crew Anil the captain true That m«ntad the good Three Bells.. He was presented with numerous ad¬ dresses, gold medals and other presenta¬ tions of more or less value. No British sailor has 'been so lionized in America, either before or since, and tlio news can¬ not fail to be received with feelings of deep regret. borne in He was to liis grave a man¬ ner shoulders worthy of of the a quartermasters bravo sailor, on of the the steamers Belgenhmd and Switzerland, with the Belgian, American and British flags covering as brave a heart as ever throbbed, followed by all the officers of the port in their uniforms. “ Green, ever green, he the gtasa that covers his grave.” Perfectly Impartial Justice. One day after rendering judgment in a i4vil suit, an thought Ogdensbnrg Justice drop)Kid his head in for a moment, took a huge pinch of snuff, him, called the laying success¬ ful attorr-n up to and, a snuffy forefinger upon liis arm, leaned forward and said, in a confidential voice: “Shon, I hat now two times iu sugocs sion already Dot won’t gifeti ck>. a ferdict vor your client. Oei I seliow barskality like dot, my pizness all gone away. The next case you liaf I gif it against you. Den tho next I gif you, uid everypooly will den be skatisfied.” One day as lie was acting as Police Jus¬ tice two fellows were brought before him for creating a disturbance in the streets. Three men were only engaged succeeded in the in fracas, but the officers arrest¬ ing two ■ ( tin m. The name of the third man warm the warrant, however. The tvo men were fonud guilty and fined $5 each. “Vlieic iwb McGuire?” inquired his Honor of tho court officer. “Gone jo Canada, your Honor.” “Den J gcmvict him doo, und fine him $10 unt oaf Te don’t bay it pefore lie come ' YTiisor, I fine him $20 ! Go ’ i” •*, i’he Main Que^lion. A nejjro planter came to Vicksburg the other day, sold liis cotton, put bis money in liis pocket, and started down (lie river. Leaning too far over tlio guards as tlio boat backed out ho fell overboard. His portmonnaie, whicn was in liis side pocket, fell out and rode with liis hat on the surface of the water, while the cuweut earned the negro away. The vawl was lowered and assistance at once started toward tlio drowning man, who, perceiving liis treasure floating off, raised liis voice and shouted : “Save head dat jiocketbook went under and he disap¬ His peared. As he gasped rose up again he : “Bar’s $138 in dat poeketliook.” Scarcely he had he second uttered time. the words Thc be¬ fore sank a yawl came within reach just in time to save the drowning African as lie came to the surface for the last time. As soon as the water was wiped from liis nose and mouth so that he could speak, he said : “I)iil—did you save dat pocketbook?” “No,” was the response. “Well, den,” said the negro, regret ftlfly, “what was ile use of savin’ me ?” Drnwg the 1lw , t ,, ar. ar ' ~ , .... sto^ „ England M . ' L dmner m . ^ B^k- f , ' towiim wfi'en from Utica, and he used to trudge in, lie had occasion, and it w.i, a long tramp. A benevolent riding alone in bis sleigh - ip . a ]lila 1o ri(1 ] a „q th , l)oy f lt u. cn Jm1 mtMtU . t oll iu ting the imiMioVi F ;im liar hirns If with the managemcnt of )lol . H( , H ., u q die driving of sleighs » it struck him that tin's old Uemttn qjq n<>t gt , t al( , ng wil |, his team as mil as he might, and j.'fh r a w hile juti , iml ,, (1 i( , \ nm lt w re fa)i p U .„i j,, ..v-mlil r. li< v i.im and drive iuto Ut ii-a. “Young m-ui,” said his mentor, “there is one lesson that you might as well b arn thus early in life as jfc ^iJl save is,‘that you a great deal of troiihle; and that a p nnission to ride is not an invitation to drive.” And now, in the last structure of the f nil Govern m.-nt of this great Nation,it should be C’-imriood that ^ 1' •“ r « ;.‘ 11 the Custom llous- or m the I>o-t Office at the public exp.-n- r not an mm.uion ----------------- ^ Too Slow.—M iss Sumner of Water fori i, Minn., lining about to elope with Edward Lam pliere, was earful to in rtrtict hi m „f the two horses to tak ,. {rom her fa lieris stable, tx cause she one slow and the other bust ami knew that the reznaining !>ea&t wonld he n f ov But Eampiiere made i,.'stake and the puir were overtakes te.-fore they reached a minister. a err be a reverie. Tlie OUtWme Ain’t What it l T «ed to be. What Western man i» there who, after" a stay in tSie new West of ten or a dozen years, did notgo back to his old home in New Y-*afc or New' England with great of antieipatienA-of’pleasure it ; He dreamed for mentiis before- starting, and he made esn-ef.ulproparntitui'» to make the stay at “the aid place” at long one. He called to mritd the Jinia ami Toms and Susies and Marys of 1 Hit* boyhood, and thought how delightful at would l>o to meet thenu. He remembered Sloan’s pond, where lie fished whi<n a boy, the mill on tlio- week from the pond of wliieli he liadipnlled so many bull-heads, the hill whiali every winter of liis boy hood had liesn his resort with his sled, the red soliowiHonse; eveny orchard and watermelon patch lie liiui robbed came freely before- him: His. blood coursed quicker as itte train the mowed seventh into the sta tion and lie- wa in heaven of expected pleasure by t fee time he had got. to his mother’s house. Disappointment One of; .Tim :% most sickoning kind followed; was in Wis¬ consin. another was '©• the graveyard. The villago itself Hum changed so that lie could 1 mt recognize it. The Old Eagle Tawara was gone-, and in its place was the Tfhibn Hotel Peek’s store, with the- village dootoes and justice of the peace sitting in front, was not there, but in its stead’a lingo block of brick build¬ ings. The-mili'oad had given tlie vil¬ lage a start 1 , and i<! was about the same as the one he lmd left in the West. The woods huLsll been cut off the hills and Sloan’S pond iii consequence had dried up, the mill had been torn down long ago, mull the very river hud shrunk, pos sillily ib was on largo as ever, hut men’s eyes were different from hoys’ eyes.. Round hia wasn’t he had exactly the had shape of a sugar leaf,, ns laughing, always it iti liis mind, and the romping, red-elteeked Susies and Marys of his lioyliovdi he found staid, sober, worn matrons, with other Susies and Marya-to care for. And when Tom came to him he found him not hanging ti rosy-cheeked hoy with his trousers by one sus¬ pender, hut n toll, 1 married man win had bat a minute to give him. Jiir,. the most promising luiy of the village school and tlio prize scholar in the Sabbath school, who was intended foV the minis¬ try, lie found a lileur-eyed loafe.', hang¬ stupidest ing about the boy gin the mills, school, and Bam, tlio the in was principal lawyer in the county, and wan Vicing talked of for Congress., And to add to his trouble, the dishes looked by his mother, of which ho Inal been so fond when a boy, tasted entirely differ¬ ent, mid so he told the old lady, and she replied with a sigh: “I cook it just, as I usedl to, hut you must remember there is a difference be¬ tween a boy of fourteen, who can relish anything, changed—not and a man I.” thirty. Yon have And so instead of making a long stay, he found the place unendurable, anil packed liis valise and went home at tlio pud of tlie third day .—Toledo iihtife. Women In English Mills. Married women seldom think of for¬ saking tho mill while their family is in¬ creasing, unless, indeed, the number of little children—who must not be left al¬ together without some one to take care of them—should bo so large as to make it as cheap to stay at home as to pity n substitute, and their only hope of release is from some of 'the elder ohilrirei. being able to supply their mother’s place. 1 could naino more than one case where the aggregate yearly earnings of the family are nearer £300 than £200. mill Still, tlio mother trudges off to the daily along with her husband and her grown¬ up sons and daughters. The called other day, in my pastoral rounds, I on a woman who ha/1 lost her daughter Jrom dyspepsia—ft very common ailment among the families of the mill hands— and in the course of conversation it came out that her age was forty-eight mill), (of which and forty had been spent in the that tlie death of the girl lnwl disap¬ pointed a long-cherished hope of release from her life-long drudgery, which was now indefinitely postponed until at least a little girl te n find "rawn old enough to take her place. The mill Is tlie un¬ failing resort for employment, and is much preferred by the female section of the community to domestic service, on account of the greater freedom and bet¬ ter pay, for a smart young weaver or spinner is soon expert enough to earn lMs. or 20s. per week, besides having her evenings and Sundays all to herself. Talk of money-huntera in tlie best classes of society, the “lam” with the sturdy frame and tlie deft hand to earn big wages, like the boy with tlie cake, will have, many friends, anxious to lie placed oil even a more iamiliur footing \—Cood Words. Prelecting his Character. Entering day, the shop of his tailor tlio other he said: “Sir, I owe you sixty dollars.” “Yes, sir, you do.” “And I have owed it for a year” “You have.” “And this is the fifth postal card you have sent me regarding tlie debt?” “I think it is the fifth.” “Now, dr, another while I cannot pay the debt for perhaps J propo.-;e ji*sible. to protect my eharacter as far as f,.,. un , twelve two emit stamps. You use them in smaliiig me twelve monthly statements postal of account, ami can thus save your cards ami my feel¬ ings at the same ti ” It is said that the tailor lias credited the twenty-four that has cents secured on account and feels he more of the debt than he had any reason to hope for. BiiEAcn op Promise.—G eo. H.ldreth, Mrs. tii Thomas E. Cahill. The defendant e widow of the late president of the Knickerbocker Ic Company, who left a fortune oi over half a million dollars. Uu ,l, r his will, which was maile after con H nltation will, liis wife, a sufficient sum v/.s .seur^l her to realize a handsome annuity 9 and ti*e residue was given in u i t.t » Catholic charities in idol.ril l phia. No p# i iii<Ml amount ot d;txiiage is named iu flic affidavit. IBreMMcfir Ifck. From am article om “Farming fo«c Feathers” in the January Century ws 1 the following: When a fawner goesintsteasavage bird’# comp he taker with him- a thorn pole, with a branch or two of the- thorny bush Oil the er_ili This is called a “tuck,” when the ttiek is appifed to the os head o.Tneck (bis tender points) almost invariably subdued, and, one or two efforts ite escape, bolts off to-the other side of the where beracea up and down to his baffled;rage. . If; however, the bird gets near enough to his opponent to give the so-caliidhick, lie- lifts his bony leg as high as lisribody and throws it for ward with demoniac grotssqueness, and brings it down with terrible force. His object is to rip the enemy down with hia dangerous olavxj .but in must, cases it ia tha flat bottomexfdiis foot, which strikes, and the kick is dangerous.as much from tts sheer po\vev.na from ita lacerating ef teets. It is a -isoveioent of terrible ve~ and pownr, ai alliorents. Several instances may. da mentioned of herd-boys being thus either wound*!, maimed, or killed outright;. One cate occurred near Graaff Reiuet,. in .which n home had his track broken by a single* blow. In this i case the bird Mad'endeavored to lull the ■rider, but mussed hinn and struck the horse. | birds Many when porseii» there have.fe*-n was-noshelterenot set upon by calc, even. la tree to run to. In smell a if tlie pursued were- acquainted with struthious tactics, he w mid lie down flat on tlio 1 ground, where the bird finds it impossi¬ ble to strike him. But even this is no light matter, for some Writs in their rage at being baffled of their kick, will mil over their and prostrate enemy, him bello'ritig the with fury trampling upon iu most contemptuous fashion. One mare who thus attempted the lying-down plan found thrto'veiy tame he attempted to rise the bit*! would return and stand sen¬ try over, him, till at last, alter swimming creeping a distance he got out only by a pond that bounded one side of tha camp*. A Slight Difference. fashionable People who hotels spend the winter in the of Washington, paying $5 a day for pai'lor, a top room and fwm $15 to $20i tor a may be interested to know that ui the days of Gen. Jackson United States Senators neve* thought of i paying more than $H a week for their twxuid, while less distinguished citizens; were accommodated for $1) or $5. Tho Him. Benjamin F. Pattore old-time of Defiance County, Ohio, one of the dycite in-the-wool Democrats <>S that State, who saw Jackson inaugurated and still swears by him, has preserved him the bill which was. presented to on the occasion of his first visit to the capital. It deserves to Vie printed as a curiosity. Following is the text: Washington, March fl, 1830. Mr. Patton to Manriun Hotel. l)r.: March 1, mippcr, loaning ami flro... $ 1.25 “ ‘l, catmlos, 25 ; cigars (5), 25.. 50 " 3, candles................... 25 “ 5, 4 ilaya’ iIii.vh' txmrd Hie at 50 iM.25...... . 5.00 “ “ 4 at oents..... 2.00 “ 6, breakfast................. 50 Total It will lie noticed that the most expen¬ sive item in the bill wus for fuel—hick¬ ory logs, by the way. Wore the $2.00 charged for fire stricken out, the bill for board and cigars would lrnve been just, $7 for live Mansion days. When Hotel—now it is remembered Willard’* that the —woe at the time of Mr. Patton’s visit filled to overflowing had with * people cksoiiinau¬ who, like him, come t gurated, the cheapness of these rates will be all the more apparent. A Belgian Postman. him A Belgian often I minis who his has bill money to the owing postman, to who passes it the through the in office, whatever to bo lo¬ presented cality lie to reside, debotor and, if payment bo may creditor receives it liis made, the from postman on the following day, with but a trilling deduction for commission. Aa to newspapers, almost all regular sul> Bcribers to a journal pay tlieir money to the postman, and three or four days beforo the subscription expires that activo offi¬ cial presents tho quit tuner d' ahondon, nementtor the renejvfll of (no subscrip ubii di’.rhlg a fresh tenia kind MJ this of ambu¬ makes of the Belgian postman a bank of de¬ lating general (lie agency obliged and to have posit, and man is a. desk lmng in front of him and carry » locked and chained portfolio under liis arm for valuables; but he gets through his work satisfactorily, because his beats are shorter than those of his English brother, and at times, when tiiere is a great pressof work, he is always accom¬ panied by a supernumerary. In a Worse Fix. Old General Staphike, a well-known gentleman of Arkansaw, approached tho Supreme Jui tice the other day, and, after saluting the Judge in hi:: military way, said: “Judge, 1 am greatly in need of monev. My health is very bad and I am unable to wiiik. Iu fact, I don’t think f am go¬ ing to live very long. Now, f want you. to lend me a thousand dollars for a year, i do not desire to give security,as f want fins to be a transaction between two friends.’ The Judge reflected for a moment arid said: “You say, General, you want the money for a year? Suppose you refunded, wero to die before the money is what would become of me?” “That is not tlie question, my dear Judge. What would iiceoine of me istha question. If 1 die before the money in repaid I’ll be in a worse fix than you, and you will have no cause fur complaint.” “That’s a fact,” replied tlie Judge. “Here’s a eh; ck for tlie money.” New York city liaa adopted the Brush system of electric lights for illuminating file streets. There is sufficient evidence, however, to justify one iu the belief that the idea of adopting a similar system for cl auing the streets lias w ver entered the minds of the authorities of that city.— Yonkers Statesman. In Business. Tom Thumb and liis wife have grown so much that they are no longer curiosities. in Chicago, They and have advertise opened a museum as altractions a pair of midgets one-thinl of their own size.
