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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Vol. 11.
Til Id AVOUI.IdW DllAPEtt’g
APPRENTICE.
Moro than two hundred yoirs n.yo,
in a woolen draper’s shop in the
French town rs Rhoims, stood a quiet,
slim hoy hehinti tint crmiter, reading
a hook which apparently deep’y inter
ested him No customer lad as vet
come in, so JI. Certain,..the master,
was resting in hit gicon lmtl*
er chair at one entl, nnd Moline, the
shop boy was «y, - ping out the oilier
eml of tho slua
Presently the vrm.)g reader—Jean
Baptiste Colbert Ly t.tr-r ?—looted up
from his ho. *- • T. ain If had been
reading about the ti’ui t I'the Duke of
Montmorency, and (■' ■' abrupt
ly : “Well, if e> I . Prime Minis
ter ”
lie was interrupted by a roar t-f
laughter.from Moline and l.is muster.
“Better fry to be more useful in my
shop b fore you think of becoming
Prime Minister,” said .M. Certain, in a
dry, sarcastic tone.
P, or little Bapli e blushed, and eoid
he spoke without thinking, and did in
deed mean to try to bo all that his
master desired.
“Well, well, no moro of that,” sn'd
tho ild man bluntly. “Put y ur book
away, end attend to what I am going
to say Take t! is invoice to M C\-n
--ani, tho banker from Paris. He want
some cloth for bangings. Mo ino shall
carry the bales. There arc ’our qual
ities ; don't make any mistake about
the prices.”
“Are they marked, s'r?”
“Yes. No. 1 at three cro»ns a yard ;
No. ‘2, six crowns; No 3, eight
crowns; No. 4. fifteen crowns. Dear
enough, but then wh t tino f atony !’’
“Am I to take c.ll anything for
ready mo ev ?” .
“Take off anything ! To he sure not
Not a farthing. Mind, fill! prLe, ami
ready money Now bo off
Away went Baptiste, followed by
Woline, and soon reached tho hotel,
where M. (Jenani, the banker, wa
stayii g. II 'w: s ,-hown -nto the pr< s
enee oi a young gentleman, arrayed
in a dressing gown of green damask
flowered with red. Y» ry hantlsome,
no doubt, but 1 shuu’d think rather
I e au,l y*
“I come from M. Cer’ain,” s.ii.)
B tp’.i to, bowing; wb /o Mo ino un
rolled the four oales ni Sax- ny <■-'< t -
The young banker 10.-kt <1 at tt, m
cureless'y, selected one, and su'd ‘ 1
like this best; what is it priced ? ’
“Fifteen crowi s a yard,” rtp ied
Ba|)t st \
Neither he nor M. Cenani noticed
'ho griu on. the shop boy’s face as
Baptiste named the jiriee.
“Very we 1/' said the banker, “1
will take it. How many yards are
there
Mofrno !o ked at thtxinark on the
bale and said there Acre thirty Vntd».
“Would yon ike me to measure it
before you, sit T'
“Oh no, I tan tru.-t M. Certain
Thirty yard* tit lilteen crowns—four
hundred and fifty crowns. Here tli y
are.”
He to«,k some money out of his desk
and gave it to Baptiste, asking him for
a receipt.
Then Baptiste bowed and retired,
followed by Moline, alsi bowing as
well as his bale-i of cloth allowed him.
“Capital ' capital ! A good day’s
work ! ’ exclaimed Moline re vend
times as they returned home.
“You are very m ny, Moline, ’’said
Baptiste, who and and not qui e rnderstan-l
his companion's exuberant joy
“Merry ! to be suie and so wi 1 mas
ter be. You’ll make an excel ent wool
en draper, Monsieur Baptiste”
They ent red the shop. “Well,”
sat'u their master, ‘you've made no
mistake ht-po.
“1 don’t I have, replied Bq>
tisle, quietly. , ~ . ~
“But I think you t. nve t sa:a °“ n ®
v\ith a broad grin and . a tmotheren
buuh. ,
“What! Moline, what I—a p ;
llow V And the draper looked eager- 1
ly on tho tickets which were affixed to j
tho bales of cloth, while he went on |
talking; “Ah no doubt he has made
a mistake; the lit le rascal, what is he
good for? But if you have, Baptiste,
I warn you, you shall go back to M
Cenani ami ask him for the difference,
aud if he won’t pay it, I'll step it out
of your wages. Why, No. 3is warn
ing ; No. 3 was worth six—no, eight
crowns. lam puzzled ”
“.EL lit crowns !” said Baptiste, as
tonished, “are you sure of that, sir ?”
“t’ure ? yes; do you iliink I make
mistakes ? You \wuld like me to, I
date say, you young rascal. No. 3
was wo tli eight crowLß 1 am half
dead with fear; I will mgr this
good-for nothing Bapt ste so and it for
six.”
“On the contrary, I was so stupi 1
I sold it for fifteen. Oh, how could
“Fifteen ! fifteen !” cried the draper
joyluby, ‘‘filt en ! Y'mt are a fine boy.
a go and hoy. Bap isle; you wi i becom
an honor to your family. Fifteen ! I
coil and cry for joy. Fifteen crowns I r
a piece of cloth not worth six ! Think
of the gain—ih rty yards two hun
dred niid ti irty francs* profit. Happy
day ! ’
“Oh, sir,” said Baptiste, surely you
will t ot take advantage i”
. ‘Oli. I see,” said die dishonest shoo
keeper; “you want to go shires. \\ > 11
it is only lair you shou and have some
thing. I agree.
“Sir,” said Baptnte, taking up his
hut, “I cannot agree to any such
thing.”
“Bravo! bravo 1 my boy. NY ell, give
it all to mo if you like.”
•Bather more than §l2O ; a large
sum in those days.
DAWSON, FRIDAY, MAY 10, l««r.
“I will go,” continued Baptiste, in
a firm tone, ‘ trrtho gentleman win m
I have treated so badly, and return i
him the money.”
The hoy started off. leaving M. Cor- ■
tain confounded and wrathful; and
running very fast arrived breathless at
the banker’s hotel.
“Fan I see M. Cenani ? ’
“No, said the valet, “I don’t think
you can Mon4L or is dres-ii g.”
‘T beg of you sir, to <t me see him'
imm and a cly. ft is ver ur.-ent.”
Baptiste s; oke so earnestly that the
man said ho vniffd inquire.
lie went, but not without Bap
tiste trending ‘r>'t!y behind him.
“He can’t lee ine now,” said M. Ce
nani, when his valet told him about
B u tisto.
“Oh, pray, sir, only one ’iltle ivoni ”
said ttie boy imploringly, and putting
his head n at the door.
The bufifeer turned agtily and saw
Baptiste. “\V hat brings you here?
L paid you I believe. 00, I am en
gaged.
Jiut Baptiste did not go. On the
contrary, tie entered the room, aston
isl.iug both the gentleman and hi. va
let
’’Sir,” said the boy, “I have impos
ed _ <>n you imintentieru ly ”
Then ho emu ied his pockets on the
table.
“The c’oth U.at I sold you is only
worth eight crowns n yard Thirty
yards at eight crowns makes only two
hundred an i ten crowns Hero* they
are. sr; pleas rto see that they are
tight.”
“Are you quite sure of what you
say, my blend ?” asked tho hanker,
changing his tor.a.
“Quite sure, nr. I beg your par
don for coming in against your w’-shes,
but if you had found out the mistake
be "ore I did, I should never have for
given myself Now Ih ve the hon r
of w ishing you good morning ”
“One moment,” cried M. Cenani,
nnd arrested the steps of Bn; tiste; “do
you know I am no judge of cloth roy
solf ? ’
•T can assure you, sir, this piere of
cloth is not worth more than eight
cro" ns ”
| The bunker smiled, “And you fhight
1 easi y have kept this mont y f,.r your
! self. 1
“I never thought of that.”
But if yo i had thought of it ?” per
! .-i.tetl the gentleman.
“Quite im|s ssible, sir. Yon might
| as well sk me I I had thought of car
rying off all that you have here."
lie hoy smiled, as il the idea were
too abend.
“\Ve;l, you arc remarkably honest.
Vow sup]tore I wa.ro to make you a
I p cseflt ot libs money which you have
I been good enough t. rM urn to me"
“Why should you give it to me, sir?
I w nld not take it,” su’d Baptiste,
witho. t nnj’ hes tation
j il are a line fellow,” sai l tho
[ }'OU r g banker, joing to Bapt ste, and
taking h m !ty tlie ban 1. “V\ hat is
V' ur name ? ’
•‘Jean Baplisfe (’o’boit, at your ner
v’ce, sir,” replied the y uth, blushing
at the man's eon 'eseen-tion.
Then M Ccnat i putia fre :qa j) i'ns
to tho b- y, sod tias r‘ain >1 t! at he be
-1 age ltoa g ad Istnuly r.o v very rr.aeb
rcdoce-1, but allied to die C Ibvrts of
Pe tlir and, as well as to these of Frit O'.
To relieve his jmi- ut< from ti e ford n
f his support, Bt-btiste i atl b coaie ar-
Ir. n t ice i to the w ttdhn draper. M.
Cenani see met to t'.'y the fspen f rtune
o! Bit t t ’r [ rrt nts, but ; s bis ctriitgc
w. sji-i. ti ti. auma-i ei and, !e u. y said,
with aam e, “We flail m et *ap« a,
Bubtbte,’’ nnd t i-mi sets him.
J us’ as B, btist r bad hft ihe bote], a
poweiful grasp n< kid upoti ! i, co i ; r.
lie looked up ar.d met ti e *• cn c"1"-
tenaure et his master. He fho- k him,
arid abused him dicadfully, an-1 nt-.< »rd
ed him then aid there fr tn h s t-n y
airnf. ‘Never conic within reach of ei
ther my arm er my ti f you xro
’.vie.”
It was A rad tale to tell his father
2 ni his :n. tin r, (h it he had 10-t his »it
»»»?■>• But when ti cy heard h- rra- n
of it, thi-y ki-sid him, snd oouimecd l
him, and (rib 1 to prevent Lis jciug cast
dt.wu about the iu u r e.
While Babiisto atv» LB parents were
talking, the servant cpcnci the door *ral
Slid a stiangi gentleman, who w uld
cot give hi< name, pSrtieutarly wished
to sec M. L'o'.bot*. When fio was uvf»-
( rid in, Bibtiste colored tier j ly. ‘ Oil, ,
papa,” he exclaimed, “it 13 the gentle
man I sold the cl : th to.’’
The gentleman sat down aud told
them how much gradflud hr hid been
by dieir son’.-, h'-neat oondue*. lie also
tt.id them what Butt tr, ia bis modes
ty Lad not mentioned, (hat Laving Lad
t e union to go to the Urapt r’s for a fur
tt er supply 1 i cloth, tho shop fir-y iu
f . ia.od i i 11 that Babiisto h and ri fused to
accept h.uf the ov- rebangc, th ugh ! 11
movier had t-mpud iiioi hy iffVnng to I
share it wi’h him.
This tu .de Babtiste's parents still ■
n o v ti; py, amt bis mother ki-.scd him
ago". _ (
Th n the banker stiff that, hav.ng
ah- ) etrued Babtiste bad been summa- ,
nly di'eh-rg-if, he Lad lome to offer
bim a clot ksbip in his baokii g hou c,
where he wouli jirohaiffy make Lis for- i
tun’.
Ttiis was vo good an <fi r that Bil- 1
tiste’s parents wire thankful to accept ,
it t r bim, though he felt almost broken
| he arte l at the theught ts leaving his
p-o r but peaciful and ht-ppy b< trc.
1113 aiicua were s.mivfiff enough,
but his teats dtied up and gave way to
son cs as he wis ahirlcd along in aeoir.-
tortable carriage, and li-’enoff to ac
count) ot the woutleiftl sights 1 1 L’aris.
It was anew world to Bab'ijte. Bat
be thought of duly befiue pleasuro lie
knew it was a wondtiful thigg for an
obscure youth suoh as be wi-, to be
honored by a rich mau't n >tioe, nnd
1 1 iced in so ' dva t go us a roti i in. II)
re'olved to work hard for bis cm; I >yer.-
Ho did so, keeping eyes and cars onon,
and learned things wry fast, flo ap?r
dtlv roso in general estimation. 110
had a fine head for accents, they said
Ho ?o.tq became a magnificent finan
cer. The most important duties svere
entrusted to him Bi>n ho ga'osd the
pent of traveler to ihe firm. This tiav
rii-ag C'bo'aie l his tasto aid
his mtml. (.''m'.n.rea wos h « prinvipal
s’udy, an ! ho car-fully watched all that
bote npojt it. and while making the cir
cuit of the French province's was on
s' intly meditating over plans forrend r
ing it Bn re flourishing. Perhaps he
eg tin sail to h’.ctselfjia the hasty words
ot l.is bnyliitod : ‘All, if I w.-ro only
piitrie minister, I wouid lt«; and so. ’
111 the \p ir IGGB, wh-oi Bthtiste wss
about thirty, kin I ’ii nds giinrtl him a
poet undtr the S. eritary .f 8 A*, wh >
i iotrol 'oe t tita to Far L.t-sl M Z trin.
j A thi.'dme, -as t“.e hi neh k : g was a
Iti ioo r , \r: ai f A'-:- lit .- 3 and
tiii- ca: -ml was her prime mi i ter
Ml/ I ti l, aho ha 1 inn h petieti ation in
to uharaeier, saw tho rem.irkable tabu’s
which the quiet snd attidiou* B-duisto
; joe*- s t l . In; did not parade. He Ie»•
'he Secretary to let him h, \c
hi in. rbeStor try ertsut «t 'The
oaidiDal made Bat> isfe a privy c"tt
cl-r, nt-Jj .ined hi.-n with bin slf in
an put) io bus m »s, and mat y evi l n o
if his ability and xt.al, gate niut Lis full
couti lone -.
Aftout IG7O M zr’vn became urip'p j
ui ir, and w-.s f ■ o» <i to retire into pri-
IV: to .‘it’*', iI ‘went to Cologne,
Di; Ba, tiste act ena at y l.itu ? No, be
istajedin P.tiis, [ artiy because he va
on t tie point us a -irryit g (he dnigh er
of the Baron do Minors, ard partly be
|Cau-e the cardinal lad tnlrUstrd t ■ hitu
j the control ot his houchold at J’titis, and
wish'd aiso to receive letters through
him from tli” tpifit) rcg. nt.
This was a difficult and ddicate busi
urss but he uiatiagcd j< with prudence
a-d zeal, and Muzirtu was very grati
. ful.
After a liana tho cardinal returned to
France, and shcwel his gratuudeto
Baptiste Ly tnakit g his tailor a burr n
ari'i h s grand IT her a privy eont.cilcr,
aud s. curn c- g t and ajponi meats fer his
j four hroisufs.
1 Bapti-'e — r, as sr ft ought to cab
him, Co! bet t, for it is thus ieiskn wn
:to history—via created a ma q iis—
M iqu : s do Craissy. lie co tir i> -J to
show ten tub kid are! eorci nun n:-ss
in all all Jr- of St at , tint when ih - car
dir.’l lay ts; it gI c raid to the kirg—
j *T owecwrythii gto yon, sire; but I
1 (kit-k that I acquit mysc-lf in some de
gree toy ur Mi jcsty in givir-g ycu
0- ibert.”
Th- 1 kirg proved that he shared in
this h't' 1 ! appreeia’i' nos Colbert, by
ni-kirg him, in 1672, c-mptnfer gcticr
-J -i' lit ante. The Frees.h trade war
at that iitnt stni l, aid poorly managed
The print',a! roads wore iapassib'e;
C'lhrrt r-paired thorn, at. 4 made nes
ones. If plated the Canal <-e li ar
gr-gte, ft undid inturtcee 1 ffi -os and
i-.lmtibtrs 1 f cotsirm rc >, ar iappfi-d to
ail the e,yurts if Kurt re fer itifornau"t
aheutc uineteiul ma te.r . He <s b
lisbrd colonies, »-p< m-d I atbor.s and na
val schot.!-', ar.d turn shed ptira'es fn ni
the adj<-ii it ur softs, ra « -f tho Fr.:noh
naiy to a hurt be-i ships, manneti b\
six y J’.'n-aT.d s.i'ors. lie establ sheti
glass wt tk«, and rendered glass much
chcai er. To him Baiis owes its beauti
ful Goto-iics, tapes ry fae-ti ry ; and, ir
dcod, yt u ca’i sen:c ly i. r o a- y diatanoc
inß-'ts »i'ht ut tindifg tr.ois of the
gte -t C it-er‘.
N -ti i g ms beyond tie nadt cf Lie
fine mind and tiobla intel ect, f-r lit
et couragei the breeding ot entile, and
rri-h-.ed lard more easiy if aeq'ii-t ion.
What' ver lie turned to, he sctuied thor
oughly tei Bi-ister
Wi ll a mild for business, Colbert
had a iso at.ste so ar's. Iu lt>76 be
foUU'l i or e academy 1 f painting at Bar
is, and anoth r at Keine.
On the 16 b cf S.jtm.b-rr, 1690,
C ;.b rt Lied, sg. and sixty-soar, ar.d let v
i:-g nine children, six sins at-l three
daughtir*. His daughters married the
Dukes of Cbeverc-ux, A'gnun Merle
tn- r.
K aeler what was Colbert’s first. sf»p
in that career .. f p.rv'p' ri:y and bene-r?
An act es honesty Hoik thens r Oo<i’."
grace to enable y> u to imitate Colbert’s
upiiclit a ndnet Never take ari unfair
adv'anfago of any one, either in play or
in burin', .v counter, remember that no
ble prit-ciplffl <f *c Ln are as ranch in
place as yen suppose they would lo ia a
piitno n.inistcr’s gilded chamber*
Probably yonr honesty will not ele
vate >tu *o at y remarkable position in
tho lLs’cry of your c -untry—though it
may do so : but .at Fas? i? will give you
peace ' f mind, and that is worth moro
than a.i he riuhe- and honors which a
king could she w\ r up- n you.
Sunshine.
' An Imprsssivis J iiouoht—-’*l took
1 tho pledge,” said an old man, at ibo foot
jeitbo g-illow*, when I saw a yonr-2
1 mau bung. The Sheriff - tot k out. his
; wa'ch and said, “If you have anything
I to mv, spwiik now, fur you havo cnly
five minutes to live ” The young man
; hurst in o tears and said : “1 bite to die !
i I had t 1 0 little brother; he had brouli
j ful blue eyes and tl x-n hair, and I lev
el him. But oned-y 1 got drunk r.cd
! going htime, found bi»i gathering ter
ries in the g-ir ten, au l l got at gty with
cut cause, ard kidqdbim, with one blow
of the rake. Dtink fas done it. It
has ruined m'! I h ive but one mors
word to er.y— xtVUB 1 NEVtll!! Nivtiit 1!
teueh anytt-ing that can intoxicate.”
The r«a*on why so few msriiages nre
happy, is beraufe young ladies rpond
their time iu miking nets, not iu mak
irg ergts.
A I‘ieufur tlio niinlreii.
Don’t expieot too miu-h of them; it
has taken forty years, it may be, to
m ike you what you are, wi Ii all their
lessons of experience ; and I dare say
you are a fool fuuTy being at best.—
Above till, don't ex; eet judgement ia
t> eld'd or I'iatiunie under tr als; wym-
Jiadiize in their mistnk* sand troubles;
don’t litlieilla them. I one,-’ saw a lit
I tlu restless, inquisi ive child ask a
crown person what lie was doing ?
■‘Grind ng pepper,” the man said, “for
tlie in-.’at.’* Not an idea luuf the boy
of four years, of tho properties of that
pungent sp ice. “Let mo taste it,” he
said, and see what it is like?” “No.
smell it,” said the man, and the little
‘F'o’V buried his face in a larqo box
ful 1 . Us course tis eyes were nearly
put out, and this human brute laugh
ed he imly. To tl is day the child re
gards him with tho great-st detesta
tioti that no advancts can conquer,
anti no wand r. Remember not to
meie uro a child's trials by your stan
dard. “An i-ac uhrm hi.maot! -reeq
fortt th,’* says tho inspired writer,
leuutifuliy docs he eonv yf > us the
deep, faithful leva that ought to be
found in every woman’s heart, tho un
fa 'mg sympu hy with all her chiblren’s
grn ts. W hen I soo children going to
Hitir father for comfort I a:n sure
there is srunt'thing wrong \vi*!i tla-ir
incther. Ni n are poorly fitte 1 for the
ease of iiitle ones, They lat k not only
the untiring patience, !ut tho heaven
: >• »rn untu-lfishnes of womankind.
Do nut judge tin ir loviog words ae.'l
looks; tho wor .1 may use them rough
ly enough in their passing through it,
iit lie memories of thiir ehildfnaid be
us bright as you can make it Grunt
them every innocent pleasure in your
power. We have often felt our v m
j>er )>e to-ace how carelessly their lit
do pilaus are thwarted by older per
sons. w hen a little trouble eq their part
would have given -he child pleasure,
ihe memory of which won’l l ist a life
lime. Lastly, don't think a child a
hopeless case brcause it betrayed some
very bail habits. We hive known
childr- u that seem to have ber*n born
thieves and li.*rs, m early tiid they
play ts ese unamjallo trait-*, yet we
huve lived In see these same children
become noble men ami women, and
ornaments to society IVe must con
fess they had wise, affectionate parents.
1 here is very little human perfection
n the wdi Id. Many of tho men that
havo been most loved and honored of
God himself, were far from being sir
r'S- Your litt’e bey or girl is proba
bly what you were then at its ago. If
you give it ;« better training it may far
excel you ; but you have r.o right not
to . xpect ii« character to boa red c
tion of your own, and whatever else
you may be compelled to deny it by
your circumstances in l.fe, five it what
they most va’ue, plenty es love.
T:il<> «fa Rntil'oiake.
During the Summer months rattle
snaki s generally go about in pairs, si
that if on-' is killed the htu ter had best
’ook out for another This habit is
not confined to the rat’l- snake* Must
venomous speci n observe the same
ride. A negro slave in St I)orrina*'i
onto took advantage<>f it to pierpetrab
a most foul crime. The negro had
jo’netl a consp racy to revolt, but be
in;; suspected of lukewarmncs 1 in the
cause, was commanded to destroy his
masters on! v tl ugh er, as 1 proof of
his zed, or suffer death himself. The
r:i i-iil at compl slcl the deed without
attracting the le-i-t suspicion low rd
himse’f. fie discovered the haunt ol
a pair of deadly snakes, ond tiy means
of those ai ts peculiar to IfiS had sav
age race, enti. ed them to the neigh
b'ihraid of tho house. He then in '
forrm 'I his master that he had reason
to believe that there was a vonomous
rept le in the neighborhood. A rewar -
was off. iet 1 for ts destruction, w hich
was .'mined by the neg o hie self, who
killed the female snake the following
morn ng. His coerage and devotion
were high y complimented by tho
planter, and an additional reward giv
en by the daughter t f the [larder.
1!m moment the negro w s tmob
so vet] he sot to work to complete hts
plans. He dragged the hotly of the
dead snake along the ground, through
the house into t! e young 1.-.dy’s bed
room, and allowed it to reui tin for
•nine few mil utes betvve- n the sheets
on ibo bed. This done, he concealed
the snake about bjsbody, and carried
it to a distance.
"Night came, and ibo surviving snake
began to seek its rm-t •. The scent
was still on the ground, and tho rep
tile followed it up to the door, and
then g ided aero, s tho hall to tho
charnl or of the p'anier s dough er
The trail vv s quite warm ; tho snake
worsed its way beneath the coy riot
to the place where tho other bad been,
anti when the unfoilunate girl moved
her hand in her sleep to brush it from
her nook, the fangs of tho enraged rep
tile wire instantly buried iahet throat,
ihe deep sk-ep produced by a sultry
heat was upon In r, and she awoke no
more. When the parents visited their
child in tbe morning, an offensive pu
trid nif.ss of corruption, ir, which they
t ou'tl hardly recognize tho loved noun
tenance, was all that no t their gaze
A Ilur.UUI 1.8 THE WnONO PI.ACK
i’i.o LVtcrsburg I'tdrx rala'cs the t )!-
lowing incident : During bis sneech in
front off Jarrcti’s Hotel on Thursday
night, Senat-r Wilson rcn a'kf<l that
six bundiid and tw n y-Svc battier h-J
been foughi in the he w r. He path
etically atided that ‘three baud rod and
iwentj-fivo thousand Union solditrshid
lost their lives in eruxhing out the re
bcil-.0u.” “Hurrah for dat!” cii/J a
solorcd member of tbe audicDce.
No. 11.
!I«w Sul l»i«Lj'*:ieeil the Fam
ily
A traveler in thu Statu cf Illinois,
som ' years ago, came to a long l.tg hut
on tho pr.i : rit s, Mar Cairo, aft ! there
h.-ilteJ. lie wont iota the house of logs.
It was a wretched affair, with an empty
parking b'x for a table, where two or
three old chairs and disabled stools grac
ed the. reoeption ro"tn ; the dark wills
■ f which wc-ro further ornamen‘cd by
.1 tliaplav of tin ware, ami a broken
delf article or two.
The woman was crying io one corner,
and (he tnan, wi h tears in his eyes and
» I ipo in his mouth, sat on a stool, wi»h
hi) dirty a*mi resting on his knees, and
hia s rrowful looking HenJ supported
by tho ; a!n-s of his bands. Not a word
greeted tho i ifci leper
‘Well,’he said, ‘you seem to be in
awful ir u! le hero. kYba *s up ?
'Oh! we are most crazsJ, ncighb r,’
said the woman ; and w« aiu’l git no
[atienoe to see folks now.’
‘That is all right,’ saitl tho visitor,
not much taken übiok by this polito ro
h T ANARUS; hoi crrJt 1b» of auy service to
you in all this trouble ?
‘Well, wo'vo lost our gal. Oar Sal’s
ip tie iff and left us,’ said tho man in
tones of despair.
‘Ah, do y.-u know who induced her
to leave you ?* remarks 1 the new arriv
al.
‘Well, we can t say, as how
she’s so far lost as as to be iuduc-id ;
but, the n slu’s gone and diagramd us,’
remarked the ■ minted father.
‘Yes, neigfih r—md not as I should
ny it a* her m ithrr, hut there warn’t
a ponrtier gal in tbo West thn my Bal
he’a gone aid brought ruin on us,
ami oq h r hod do.v,’ followed tho
.-trioken muthe-.
‘Who lias she tj .no with ?’ a ked yit-i
--tor.
‘Y.'elt, there ia (be trouble. The gal
could hive done well; ami might have
rna’ried Marlin IY-boe, a capital shne
makt r, who although, he’s got but one
eye, p'ays the flute in a lively ra inner,
and earns a go.id living, and look what
11 h me arid what a iifj she his deserted
.he was here surrouuded by all (he lux
ury ia the country,’ »»id the father.
‘Yes! who knows what poor 3ul will
hiTc to eat, drink or wear V groaned
ihe old woman.
*A:id who is the filer that Lad takan
hor fn m you, to lead her into such mis
t ry V quoth be
‘Why, she’s gone off and got m'rried
to a crittrr called an editor, as lives in
the vilfag”, an l the devii knows bow
they are to earn a living.’
Ladies' Dkkss.—Tho skirt of a sash
ion a hie dress is n-ide rather short in
fr nt ami at ti .) sides, so tight ia front
a* to show the c „tonr of the stomach—
false etooiches, of Indi* nit'hor, areact
ualJy worn L-y *1 in iyom r '& ! —an !, ju t
behind, becomes imai- .isely long, slrrsm
ing ont for tazre qus.rtr.-s cfa J ard, or
more tl *a double t!iit length, aet ord
iug “1 ihe vsnity ar .! h-J taste of the
wemr. •' half 1 i x-n ladi«s sporting
•raits of this description ervf-d ha/e a
drawing room -ill to t!icm s elves, the ef
e.-t (f spreading draper's! wo rd he
pretty ein.c,’l, t apecially f they would
t ons ut tii stard still all the eveni- g so
as to allow their akiits to retain the fan
ship- and fl- iv mpar f ed to them by the fi
nal tl ig if the snnbrettc :s s'o enn
clud' s t it o ot'uipliea’eJ ta i cf beautify
ing her “la ’y.” But as the fashionable
gatherings, io view us which these slab
ora’e toilets have been prepared, are es
teemed etiec- a.-.fnl secord'ng to the in
teiifi'y of the erowdirg which take,
rlcce in the n, the streaming tails of the
ladies aic a e . twisted into rolls which
produce, whs-ricrt.r their wearer makes a
urn, the mo-t e- niu effect. The triin,
in fact, bvha’ves ju-t as docs tbs tail of
a tine Angora cat, < r any other animal
whose cau tal appendrge is too loDg for
the rest of i'a body.
A bigamGt in lowa hail married his
'h rteonth wife, witbi us waiting for any
of ihtm to tie ( ff, as the law directs,
when some of fcis first loves eitr.e down
upon him and hid tirn saf ly lodged in
j .il for hr aking the!* heart". Out he
ro, however, soon tiviDßged so break j til,
anti wa-t again at large, but biirg rrc
ftgi.ii.-d by a man who was anxious to
e’sim the handsome reward / ffered for
h's arre t, hr invited tie bigamist to
ice mp-v v him home, and cal'e-ff in hi«
wife to rSit *i h I'm, while he went
for an officer to take him. Oa rc'nin
ing with a constable shortly after, whs.-
v as the p -. r man’s astonishment to fin-j
that the guy Lothaiio had rb“cjndtd
with his wife.
The DeiTCT.tm.n Crss,—On his re
turn fr. m Pf tcrsburg ?o Richmond, »f
irr ne: ki-g bis incendiary speech, Hun
nicuit took a scat in the or assigned to
colond pe pl*k 'When the conductor
and onndi and his furs ho offered him ad)!-
lar ai*d a quaiter, the amnunt charged
Cidorcd p:'B-(-ngcr«. The eor.'luctor iu
f rn ed him tff,„t tbe faro for white per
sus was a d-'llar and fifty cents. He
ramonstrsted, saying that as be rode in
the colored cir he ou;;ht only so pay co’- j
ored fare. A oolored min who beard
fbe controversy, put a stop to tho matter
by paying tbo quarter in dispute.
Artemis Ward says in ‘His B-n k:’
‘A female woman is one cf the
gretfistiu- it 1 i d< of which the bind
can boalo. Bhc 19 good in eiekcec?—
good in wellnc-ss—good all the time.
Oh, woman, woman! You are nn
angel w! ea you behave yourself;
but whin yoa tike off your
pn per ipprril, and (mctiforically speak
ing) get into pautlo >nc, and undir’ake
to play the man, you play the devil,
and are an enifttio noo=ance.’
J remy Taylor says thEt if you are
- for p’ersire marry ; if you priia rosy
heatbj mnrrp
[For the Djwsoq Journal.
Mluy Day.
nr iLi.ii ciiniSTuir,
Welcome, welcome, month of fiuwars, j
With j.»y we hall thy gUdsoma houn,
And gither 'naath thy shady bowers,
To celebrate the day.
As we are told by aucleut lore,
Our anrt'sfers In days of yora.
Thy bidJl n g did obey.
TIIO merry birds, the forest groan,
With song is making glad,
A!’, all proclaim tliec Nature’s quoen,
In queenly raiment clad.
Cold winter, with her blighting breath,
Thy reign once swept away ;
Bjit, like hpr victims, Bhe met death.
Before thy gentle sway.
Though blood and earnago still must stdia
This sin-cursed earth of ours,
An isle in sorrow's rugged sea,
Is May with birds aud Rowers.
The fl st of-May I what heart so cold.
With pleasure not to flll,|
While balmy oreexe and singing bird*
The vory forest thrill.
Though sometimes Summer in ihe heart
Must yield her gentle reign.
To blighting grief, may she resume
Her gentle sway again.
Fuu, Fact and Fancy.
Wanted by a confectioner—<candid
youtifl wniiiaD.
The latest and swee’est thing in bon-*
nots—the face3 of their wearers.
“Pride goeth b-fore a fall”—espec
ially a water sass.
To havo tarts for tea, let your wifa
soe you kiss the waitiDg maid.
“Bob, how is your sweetheart get
ting along 7” “Pretty well, I reckon.
She says I needn’t call any more.”
Punch savs that women first resorted
to tight lacing to prove to the men how
wcil they could bear tight squeezing.
It is sai l the Universalist are desert
ing Radicalism—not believing in end
less punishment.’
“Boy,” said a facetious farmer to hi*
son, “we bad a pretty hard day’s work
yesterday; new let’s have a gamo of
chopping wood.”
The reoent meniage of Mr. Day with
Miss Field presents this singular ano
maly, that although he gxiued the fiehl t
she won the day.
“Ii is very sickly here,” Said oRd of
the sons of the Fmerstd Isle, the other
day, to another. “Yes,” said hi* com.
pinion, “a great many have died this
year who havo never died before.”
“My German friend, how long havo
you b en married ?’ ‘Vcl, dis is a ting
vot I se Id on don’t like to talk about, but
vtn I does, it seems so long as never
va**,”
A connfyman saitl that Eve must
have been lame. ‘Why do you think
she was lame?’ I asked. ‘Because she
carried a cain.”
A Ut’ca pr.pcr says that during the
fijful peiiodof her life, now ended, a
woman in that eify had been married
thron times, »t.d each succesive husband
Was Dimed Tomk cs.
Os ix hundred and twilve young la
dies who fainted last year, more than
half of them ft.il into the arms cf gen
t’emen. Only three had the misfor—•
tune to fall oa the floor.
It is stated by some wiseacre that tho
heart of a man weighs rlne ounces, that
'f a woman about eight. As the age
inerentes, a man’s heart will grow heav
ier, and the woman’s lighter some girls
loose theirs at sixteen.
A drunkon ft llow, siting on the steps
of a church in Boston, tho cold wind
Waving chillingly round the ooiner :
•Iflliaven (hie) tempers the wind to
tho (hie) s-horn lamb, I wish the lamb
(hie) was on this corner.’
‘Mike,’ said a brick layer to one of
his htidiiian,‘if you meet Patrick tell
him to make baste as we arc waiting for
him.
‘Sure and I Trill,’ replied Mike, ‘but
what will L tell him if I don’t happen
to miet him ?’
‘What are you doing there, Jane ?
‘Why, pa, I am goirg to dye dolls*
dre c s re* I .’ ‘But what have you got to
dye it with? ‘Beer.’ ‘Who on earth
told you that Irer wan red ?’ ‘Why,
tua said that it was beer that made
your nose look so red, and I thought—
‘Here* Susan, take this child.'
A mother, trying to get her little
daughter of three years old to sleep, one
uight, said to her :
“Anna, why don’t you try to go to
sleep? ’
“I *m trying,’’ she replied.
“But you haven’t shut your eyes."*
“Well, eau’t help it; um’a oome un
buttoned.’’
‘What aro you about, you black ras
cal ! Twice have you roused me from
s und sleep to tell me that breakfast
is ready, and n>w you’ve woke me up
by attempting to pull off the bed clothes
What the devil do you mean ?’‘Why,
tuassy, if. you isn’t gwine to get up I
must bab de sheet anyhow ; cause dey
aro wailin for da tablecloth*'
An < x< hange says : ‘We feel confident
that the steam steed will wend its way.-
through fur emerald vales ere the leafy
livery of na'uro dons tho somber hues of
of autumn.
This means that tho ears will bo run
ning next summer.
In great (rosperity, as well as in
great cilam ty. wo should look into ont p
hearts.
Tiie Apple Thee Borer r- A wri
ter in tho New England Farmer says
when tomatoes aro growing near an ap
ple trro the botrrs wiil not trouble Jtl #
tho tree Ila plants tomatoes by thw
trees to prevent them. This Is a sin\ .
pie remedy and should be tH*- 1
w*i«se trees ««* "
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