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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Yol. 11.
POKTftY. '
X Am A font',
XY UEIIAI.D OttimN.
Hv soul is sick and toue,
iCo social ties its love entwine,
A heart upote a desert thrown
Cents not hi solitude like mine ;
For though the pleasant sunlight shine,
ft show'd no for/# that I may own,
And closed to me in friendship's shrine,
t am alone f-H am alone 1
tt is no joy for me
To marie the fond and eager meeting
Os friends whom absence pined, amd See
The loveslit eyes speak out their greeting-
For then a silly voice repeating,
What oft hath woke its drepest mot#,
Startles my heart and stayaits bealiZ/fl,
Tam alone I—l am alone f
Why hath mj soul been gitetZ
A zeal to sow at higgler things
Than quiet, rest—to seek a haven,
And fall with scathed heart and wings t
H#ve J been blest ? the sea-wave sings
’Tween me and all that was mine own ;
Pve fonsd the joy ambition brings,
And walk alone ! and walk atone t
I have a heart—l'd live
And die for him whose worth I knew,
But could not clasp his hand and give
My full heart forth, as talkers do ;
And they who loved me—the kind few—
Believe me changed in heart and tone,
And left me, while it burned as true,
To live alone !—to live alone 1
Afrd such shall be my day]
Os life, unfriended, cold and dead,
ily hope shall slowly wear away,
As all my young affections fled;
Ho kindred ha#d shall grace (By head,
Wheft die's fast flickering light is gone ;
But I shall find a silent bed,
And die alone f —and die alone!
MISCELLANEOUS.
LOST I.\ THE WOODS.
A ooOAato '/»' , LEMON i.
About ninety years ago, I Suppose, the
events < 1 tny story commenced. It was
in Vermont, within the limits of the
township of Rockingham or Springfield,
it is impossible to say which, that the
log Sabin which #as the home ol f the he
roine, stood atirrotfoded by a fore.t. The
real Dames of the actors in this tragedy
ol the woods have passed out of the le
gend, and I therefore substitute the
names which come to my mind
*! have fit /shed my spinning, Robert,
and I shall carry the yarn home to-day.
I think I will spend the day with Mrs.
Green, and wish you would come and
nect me and bring the baby home,”
said the young wife, taking the linen
yarn in her apron and the baby on her
arm.
“Very well," replied the husband,
giving the crowing child a kiss as he
started off with his hoe over his shoul
der For the Wheat Saids. His lot had
been burned over and sown with wheat,-
but the huge stumps of the old trees
and the thick Underground roots in the
new land, prevented the use of the
plow.
All day he wlfokcd busily ia the fresh
soil, with the strange woodr ound asfeoUt
him', csttrug his lunch at noon from his
little basket, ufi'ff the lengthened shad*
ows of the forest around bis clearing be
tokened sunset. Then he started off to
meet bis wife. A mile 9T twu ift , the
forest his neighbor Green bad ofiade bis
clearing. He went on without meeting
his wtfe and baby until he got to his
neighbor's door.
“Why,” said Mrs. Green in answer
to bis enquiries, “didn’t you meet her?
She hasn’t been gone long—only a few
minutes.”
“Cart She possibly have missed the
marked trees/’ asked Robert Harris
aghast:
“tJo fi(Jt be klarmcd neighbor Harris/
said Mr. Green, “i will go aloDg back
with gou/’
Thi two tlift)|went together through
the forest, which every moment grew
darker and drearier. They called Mrs
Harris's name loudly at intervals, but
there eame uo reply. They kept say
ing to each other, “VVe may find her
at home/’ but they w- re heavy at
heart.
Tho log house was reached, but the
mother and baby were not there. The
oow lowed to be milked, vnd the pigs,
which ran in the woods aud come home
at night, clammored for their usual
feeding, but the men took no notice of
them. Back again through the woods
with a lantern, Caflibg and hollowing.
Then they went to the next clearing
and the next. “A woman lost!” What
tcLgram in the exciting days of battle
svor fell more thri.l ngiy cn human ears
than these words, going from mouth to
mouth, among the borne nests of the
new country? With iron muscles and
determined wills the warm hearted set
tlers started out. “We will scour the
woods’; we will find them, never fear.
According to a custom they hid at such
times, they blew dinner boros built fires
aud ahoutedjuntil they *waro hoarse. No
tidings of'lho lost ones on that night.
All the next day they searched, and
day after day as long as possible. Fires
were left smouldering among the trees,
mon who knew the woods kept resolute
ly to the search, and the building April
toresls had its own secrets.
When Mrs. Harris started with her
baby in her arms from Mrs. Green’s,
expecting momentarily to meet her hus
band, she went on carelessly, her atten
tion being directed in part to the child,
and suddenly looking np, she discovered
no whito sears of tho axe on any tree in
sight. But she fan Jed she had only
stepped out of the track, and might in
one moment regain it. A vain fauoy !
DAWSON, <'A., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1867.
She went on, but nothing fa mi far met
her ejef
The night came on.' The Ihtle birds
went to res', and the owls commenced a
doleful booting. She was alone with
her infant in the great sea of forest
where never woodsman’s axo had echo
ed. See was lost. She sat down faint
and tired, and woman like began to cry.
Elatk ! That was oertaoly a human
shout. She arose, and bolding her
course, rau breathlessly toward it. And
now she thought she heard it again, far
ther off. Many hours in the night were
spent in rushing, with hysterical sobbs
and palpitating heart, towards the voi
ces ol her friends, so near I bat she could
hear them, but so far away that uo ef
fort of frenzied strength could enable
i her to reach their protecting presence.
What a pity it. was! Toward morn
,mg sho slept, leaning against, a tree,
with the baby on her bosom. But bhe
3 irted nerv usty in her dreams
and at the first hrl song awoke
to full consciousness. With daybreak
came a renewed of her courage. She
would not weakly give up to die. Her
friends would certaily find her to day,
or she would Slid them. She saw near
her some last year's berries and tough
leaves of wiuteTgrec® and a few asorns.
A poor breakfast, hut she ate whatever
she could find, for the sake of her child
more than her own. This day a’so she
ran wildly through the tangfo of dead
brakes and briers, growing fron tho de
cay of ceuturies, over tho gullies and
jigged rocks, passed rude branches that
caught at and rent her dress, till she
came to the dying embers of a fire.
Here she lingered long Her friends
had been here : perhaps R ibert hail
kindled this fire with bis own baud, and
for her.
Ha-k again ! the search has commenc
ed this morning. Echoing through
the woods comes the prolonged shri- k
of the dinner horn. She calls with all
the desperation of one drowning; she
rushes forward, but the ground is rough
and alas ! how heavy the toby grows 1
She is giddy with the’loss of sleep and
the want of food. The baby moans aud
will not bo comforted. In this way
passes the day and anotner dreadful
night, She finis another fire ; she stays
by it and keeps it burning tbtough the
night, for she is afraid of wolves. An
other morning and she is almost help
lest. 0, will not heaven pf’y her? The
ii ■ tie oue grows weaker; he cannot bold
up his bead. Another terrible night;
he moans piteously; he falls into con
vulsions; the next day he dies. All
day she carries the 1 ttle lifeless body in
her arms, and ad night, beneath the un
pity *Dg sttrs; she bolds it to her bo
som.
She carried the little dead burden’day
after day, until tie purple hue of de
cay was setting rapidly over it, and she
felt with a pang at her heart, that she
must bury it. Then she looked about
fit a spot where she might dig the tiny
grave, so deep that the wildcat and the
wolf might, not scent it out. Weak as
she was, this was no easy task, but in
her wanderings sLe came upon a giant
tree, uptorn at some former time by a
hnVricaDe. In the 6oft earth where the
roots had lain she scooped out the baby’s
resting place, and making it soft with
moss, covered the cold little form forev
er from her sight. Then she sat down
by tho grave in a stup ar of grief. Hour
after hour passed, how many she knew
not, wbefi she Arose to her fact to com
mence the dreadful pilgrimage. Then
she noted everything about tho Spot.
Hefe#a°a rock; there stated an im
mense hemlock. Yes she would know
the place. She could find it easily with
Robert. Then began again the struggle
through the wilderness.
Day after dry, week after week she
passed on. Her shoes were worn to
fragments and fell from her feet. Her
garments were torn to tatters. But th 6
days grew warmer, and the fever that,
was burning in ger veins made even the
soft showers that fell upon her, welcome.
First she ate tho buds of trees aod the
bark of birch. Presently she began to
find the youog checkerberry loaves, and
dow aud then she came up in partridge’s
best, and greedily sweked the eggs. Af
ter* a ti'ttfe there was red raspberries and
b'lick thimble berries in the woods and
thees she knew it was July. The trees
had now p'it oft alfesh their beautiful
garments But for tho delicious poe
try that one fiuds In the woods, enter
ing out from the busy life for an hour,
she oared nothing. She saw nothing
but trees, trees, trees in interminable
succession, it seemed years, years, ago,
that she swept the hearth with a birch
broom, and sung the baby to sleep in
Robert’s cabin. Her mind grew be
wildered, still sho went on, on, on.
When she came to a large stream she
went up towards its seource till she
could cress it. So ste said ; and she
affirmed that she never crossed a stream
wider than a brook. She paid no atten
tion to sun and moon as guide or indi
cation of the points of the campass, but
she must have taken a northwesterly
direction. There was Black river, Mill
river,Wail’s Wells, flowing into the
Connecticut from tho Vermont side;
but she einstantly asserted that she
saw none of them. Through July and
August there were berries of various
kinds, and by means of these sh> sus
tained what little life was left her.
And now the maple began to take on
the gorgeous crimson and the silver
berohes to wear the pale gold of Sep
ternper; the bird* were leaving tho for
est. Oocasionly tho bad glimpses of
brindled fur among the branches, or a
black bear turned out of the path, afraid
ol the human form; but no human bev
ing did sho ever meet, and long before
human voices ceased to call her name.
Was she alone on earth, aud was the
earth one vast wilderness without out
lot, without olearing or satt'enent?
Had God taken all life but that ol the
brute*, aed forgotton her, or ordainei
her ter wander forever. Tramping,
tramping, with her feet bleeding and
cracking at first, and afterwards cal
loused ; naked or nearly so, knowing
nothing of time or plaoo, she was fast
becoming idiotic. When she was fc/trflr--
gry she sought for food, but the great
idea lingering in bor mind was (fiat of
pressing in. Since tbo luxuriance of
summer had filled the forest with ferns
atud anew growth of brier and under
brush, there was more trouble of pas ng
through j But she had bcooio qni'o ac
cflrs'omed to the rough work, and the
frenzy at last became a steady, constant
habit, almost the labor of life to her.
O.e day in Ootober the inhabitants
of the village of Chaileston N. H ,
were startled into the wildest excitement
by seeing a nearly naked, emaciated
woman, with her buir streaming upon
her shoulders, walk wi'h bewildered
gaze alona their street. She told them
she was Robert Harris’s wife and she
was lost
‘‘Robert Harris’s wife who disappear
ed from the opposide sido of the rivir
in April f” exclaimed the villager?.
“llow had she crossed the Conn' o icut ?
Where has she been all this t me ? She
told them she bad never crossed the
Connecticut. And sho had been lost
in tho woods all this time. There was
no lack of hospitality; the wanderer
was immediately clad, fed and cared for
to tho utmost. Volunteers went at
once and bringht her husband, for the
story of his berievemeut was well known
on the Cliarleston side of the river. We
can only imagire the meeting and what
tears were shed at the thought of the
little forsaken grave by tbs uprooted
tree. Bit it is said that joy be'ls
were rang in the village, and the poor
w mm, a living skeleton, was nursed
and petted—every body vicing with her
neighbor to lavish every good thing up
on her, until her weakened mi :d receiv
ed its toue agiio. As she constantly
asser ed sho had never crossed the river,
it is suppisid she wander and into Cana
da, and gjing round tho Connecticut
a£ its source, ot crossing where It was a
brooklet, passed down on the New
Hamp-shire side, till she reached a foes
non just opposite that from which she
started.
Vs hen she began to grow strong
again her mind recurred constantly to
the grave in thes wildernes. She de
scribed to her husband its surroundings
and ho went out to look for it, hut w ith
out sucess. As soon as she was able,
si e went out with her husband and oth
er friends to search, but the baby’s
grave was never found. It was thought
very g range that she, in all her wan
dering, never met a roving Indian, but
Suit was. The Indian tribes had, per
haps, mostly disappeared from NiW
England siuco the French and ludiau
war, but, however that may be, the first
human being she met after tho burial of
her infant, strange as it may seem, was
in Charles'OD. This singular legend
has decended to the writer from a de
pendent of hers, who was the third child
born in the town of Rockingham, Vt.,
and the story is aa undoubted fact.
LAST IIOI'KS OF MAXI.YIIL
IAN.
INTERUETV HIM TOE EMPEROR.
Scenes on Hie tt r ;(v to aafl at
the Execution;
We fir/d inthe New York tVorld of
the 12th the following interesting ac
count ol the hast hours and oarbaroue
execution of the Archduke Muximil
ian, by a getttlernarr who was pres
ent :
The C .nvent of the Capucbina is a
type of the ruiu that has descended up
on ancient public edifices all over Mex
ioo. Its towers, its architectural orna
ments, its distinctive marks of any sort
have been razed or torn away. The
frtea/rest, neglected pain ings ad rn
some of the wa Is The windows; like
those df all Mexican buildings or
dwellings, are barred with iron It is
a natural prison.
My accquuintance opposite found
the Archduke and h s companion in
one of the rooms on the ground floor
ot this convent, on tho afternoon of tho
3d of June. Maximilian lay asleep
upon the pavement; Prince Balm Ba’m
tut writing at a coarse table; two sen
tinels lounged at the entrance.
As the visitor entered, the Prince
enjoined caution.
“Do not speak too loud, sir, ’ said
he ; “the Emperor is sleeping.*.’
The visitor look a seat by the ta
ble.
“I do not wish,” was his response,
“to disturb your cotnpani >n. I mere
ly called to inquire whether I can beef
any casual service. I have some ac
quaintance with Escobedo ”
“Escobedo? It is imjossible to
sreak ot him. lie baa already deter
mined.”
‘ Upon what ?”
“That the Emperor,” replied the
Prince, lowering his voice, “shall of
course, die ”
“Do not be too sure. Escobedo”
“It is a mockery. Escobedo will do
nothing. The Emperor has applied
to Juarez tor a postponement. My
wlfo has gone to see him; sho should
be here to day.” It is just possible”
Here Maximilian, and sturbed, awoke
a’owly, aud raised himself upon his
arm.
“Is there, then,” he asked, “any
further news from Jearez ?”
“Not yet, to-day. Th.s gentleman
only conies from Escobedo ”
“What,” said the Arch hike, weari
ly, as he got up and approached the
tub'o, ‘ is there Inin E-eobodo V’’
Tho vis tor explain and, as liefore,
ttiat he was not scut, but had come to
learu wheth r ho could be of nuy ser
vice.
“Ah, is that a1 ? I thank yoe. Bwt
I fear—”
“Pah f ’ interrupted the Prince
“The muleteer f the—"”
©tit here (he Arotidtfke cheeked his
coWpaezrforr.
“Hush f” he said f “I 'til trust
more to the Princess than to a hz/n
dfed Escobedos. We will wait for
her.”
“She ought to cuns,” said the
Prince anxiously. “She w ill do wfiut
she can *
The speaker quitted his seat and
slowly walked the floor. His eye
glass dropped two iced from its perch.
His lingers writhed r.evvowdy behind
his back. He tried to hum a tune,
but luiled Maximilian sunk in'o the
vacant chair. For a few moments he
was silent. Then he lif ed his eyes \vith
a pleasant smile, awl spoke :
“\ou aro an American, ot a Mexi
can—^which ?”
•‘Both. I was bor/y ift Gaudulaha
rn, and have lived in the United
Stales ’’
Still smiling, the Archduke contin
ued :
“1 he Americans, I Mipp-se, Would
not regret t ( , hear u| mv death ? ’
“I think they would; they are not
such a people; I hope ihey will not
have to hear of it.”
“ We shall see ”
The Archduke's face became sober
ed, and he spoke abstracted.
‘ ‘l Hid what seemed'for the beet.—
i hey deceived me. I uf/i afraid they
whl a|| regret ”
Hero he leaned his head upon his
hand and seerred to bo wailing anil
listening.
The visitor sat uneasily, regarding
the two prisoners—one mot'ontevs,
the other pacing to and fro. The
barking of a dog in the sultry street,
the sounds of a carousal in an oppo
site building, the soldiers’ voices in the
avan, were all cruelly distinct. A few
minutes were thus spent.
r I hen a bustle was heard outside ;
the heavy door was opened, and a sol
di r announced:
‘ T a B-nora j”
In an instant Prirce Salm Salm had
the tew comer in his arms. She was
the voluntary messenger, his wife.
She had just strived from San Luis
Posto i, from Juar z. Her face was
sunburnt and soiled ; her shoes were
torn; her whole form trembled with
nerveless fatigue, as she laid her hands
upon her husband’s Shoulder'S. The
Archduke came forward enirerly, wait
i“g fur ids turn. The Prince was
heard to ask in a whisper;
‘•Have you had any success? What
did Ju.ireZ say?”
“They will do what they hate said
in the dispatches. They have granted
the delay ” Blie turned to' Maximil
ian. ‘ Ob, your Majesty, lain so
glad.”
Maximilian took the Princess’ baud
and kisstd it.
“May God bless you mndamo !" he
said‘you have been too kind to one
v 'd' f> / j afraid he can never serve you ”
The PrinceSs forced a amite. “Do
not be too sure of that, your Majesty.
I shall have some favor to ask for the
Prince here, yet.”
“You will never need to ask that,
madam,” responded the Archduke,
'leadfug the lady to a seat. “But you
look weary. You are very tired. We
can offer you little. Prince, you must
care for your . I—”
Turning his face aside, Maximilian
moved abruptly toward the window
It was easy to see why. Hrs grief was
restrained, but almost audible. The
Prince—with ono hand on tile back cf
his wife's chair, and with tho o'her up
lifted toward the Archdake in mute
protestation—could hardly restrain his
own.
It wss time intrusion should cense
The visitor, who had already gained
the door, made un unnoticed salute,
and withdrew.
the txecution.
The execution was postponed until
the morning of the 19th of June. The
people of Quarctero, on that morning
were sad. Even the ragmufnn army
under Escobedo talked unusually low.
It was well that Corona had left. It
was veil that the “American Legion”
had bec/i tfent With hint to tho cupi
tol.
These men are adventurers and have
hi friended the Liberal cause. But
they would have been dangerous friend
in the sight of what occurred that
day.
Mexicans always rise early. At 6
o’clock the ground to the ea-t of the
city, where the execution was to take
place, was populous. The prison- rs
did not leave their quarters until on
hour later. Maximilian had already
bidden good bye to his friends. The
Princess Salm-Salm, who had labored
so lin'd and so fatlifully in his behalf,
had been forced to quit the town by
Escobedo five days before The last
interview between the Archduke and
‘.he Piince bad no other witness
Carriages we provided—one for each
prisoner—surrounded by strong
guards The three carriages qiet in
the plaza, and proceeded thence, with
tho escorts, directly out of town. A
vast heterogenous m titmfc fldlotved
and hemmed in the proces.-ion. Sol
diers, citizens, and vnguoros on horse
back ; mestizos, chinos, and Indians,
in coa'se seiapes, broad brimmed som
breors, troweers, of soiled manta, and
gaudy jackets of deer skin and plush ;
wumsn, wnb ‘.heir heads and fae s
shrouded in r> bosas, to the eyes ; and
karlr-skinued, half naked, chattering
children, made up the crowd Soften
ed and purified for tho time, by sor
row and pity, the faces oftheei ponple
were not entirely repulsive. The
cheeks of n:auy of them were wet isith
tears. The women gobbed and wa led
ft o.
and besought their sains with low arid
tender cries. Tho men lowered their
g''£e i*r»d muttered in whispers. The
soldiers of the gtrurd, generally as
sumed a careless, Hemi-b.'aVado' aif.
Mirumon was the only one of the
prisoners whose thoughts tvero not ap
pmently far away. His glance from
side to eide, seeking among the throng
Oneo he slightly Waved his hn»i in sa
lute to soms a, quaintanco nltafr. HiW
face, though disfigured by the wound
which he had rece/vod beneath the
right eye in the previous battles, wire
almost good looking. His complex
ion was clear. He wore a moustache
and beard. His dress Was ueat’y nr
ranged.
Mejia sat, duly ponderin i. He scarce
ly noticed the crowd. His swarthy
faee drooped upon his chest. He show
ed no sign of fear or trembling. He
had long been suffering from a dis
ease that had made the thought of
de ti familiar to him.
Maximilian, tho lon Lest, the most
eminent of the doomed, hud arr expres
sion rnr his eye# that will n ver be for
gotten by those who saw k in this
world.
Their gaZe was lifted, from the pla
za, just above the heads of the multi
tude around, toward the east. What
they saw was surely not the massive,
ruinous wat's and roofs, nor the bar
ren mountain sides in the distance, nor
the clumps of uncouth 'fees upon the
hills, nor the wav'ng (folds beyond the
sttrburbs. They had reca'led other
1 uidscapes for this, their laet look
They had recalled other faces upon
which to dwell. On the mouth below
a poignant smile seemed to be frozen.
With one pale hand the Archduke
stroked his long fair board ; the other
res'ed quietly upon the seat at his
side
When the carriages arrived at the
place of execution, a tremor as of real
angui h and regret tho k the crowd
that pres ed in on' every hand. Troops
were at once disposed on three sid: s
of a square, leaving that side open to
ward which the fatal volley was to bo
ufej.
Escobedo and his officers approach
ed the carriages. The prisoners were
told to descend. Miramon was ready
and the tiist to leave his seat Mejia
quitted his 6eat slowly, and with ap
parent and fffoulty. Maximilian recov
ered from his abstraction, toot in the
whol- scene with an awakening glance
and descended bearing nimse f calm
ly as Bsuai, vr/thufft a word. The
place* where ihey were so stand Were
now pointed out to the throe. They
took their positions.
The reasons for tho sentence and
lieir LBitb warrant Wers declaimi 1 to
them. They were then permitted to
speak.
tux emperor's address.
“I disclaim ” said Maximilian, as the
erowd becarrte hushed w hear,’ ur/y in
tent ion or wish to agrafi'dize myself at
the expense of Mexico. When I Was
Srst waited upon at Miramaf by the
depuration prepared to offei me the
crown I refused. The propOSit/oW
was pressed upon nfro' 1 tepf/ed, Hurt
if a majority ol the Mexican people de
cided that it was for the fnterost of the
country, I thonld not feel at liberty to
refuse. A testimonial to the last effect
was brought mo by af/other dopula
tio®.
The European gov. rhUfent# ndtrac'd
that I should accept. Believing that l
was then really furnisheh with the w ish
of the Mexican people, I came. I
pursued the coursfo that I believed to
be the' bteSt. Whatover decrees I have
issued wer»ilwtued as a warning, and
under a mistaken impression oi tho
real sentiments of a majority of the
people, rather than from a despo is or
selfish rno ive. I Lave bren tr ed by
an ineOuVpe,.ent and i legal court. My
protest has benof no avail. I havo a
right to demand, and still demand a
more deliberate bearing.”
Nothing was Said •» reply Maxi
mi icn evidently expected nothing.—
He stood in a firm yet graCe'tft atti
tude until Mirumou had finished speak
ing.
Tne guard Was drawn np. Mejia
gazed euriousl’y, Miramon with a grim
smile, and Maximilian with no partic
ular expression, while this movement
was in progress.
Then Muximi'ian beckoned to tire
sergeant, who went forward ami stood
for u moment fucing tho Emperor.—
The latter drew a handful of Mexican
golden ounces, or sixteen dollar nieces,
from his pocket, and placed them in
tho sergeant’s hand.
“I ask one lavor. Please <eli your
men to aim at rny heart. Div.du this
among them alter I am dead. Adias !
Take a good aim.”
The sergeant returned, and too* a
po -itionon the right ot the firing squad
He glanced at Escobedu, and received
bis answer in a slight nod and signiti
cant expression.
“Attention!”
The murmur of pity in the multitude |
without tbo military lines almost broke 1
into Bhtu sos protestation.
The officers lifted tbo r swords, the j
soldiers fumbled at their muskets, and j
frowned it down. The stillness then j
became oppressive.
“Aim ! '
“Vive la Mexico l” in a suppressed
cry, from Miramon.
••Carlotta ! Canotta !’’ This word,
twice spoken in a thoughtful, tender
tone, was the last that ever passed '.he
lips of the Arcbduxe of Austria.
The Grand Master Grand
Lodge ot Illinois has issued a ctreudar
to ail t-he constituent lodges in the
State of Illinois, in which he appeals to
ail Masons to contribute liberally tor
tiio relief of their suffering companion
tn the SautU.
A Medical StAjest Avoidiko w#
Rent. — The landlady of a curtain med
ical student, who fneffeetuilly duousd
her delinquent tenant for (oma timer
resolved at last upob resorting to
treme measures. She entered the *tn
dent’s room' one interning, and in a 4§?
eided tone:
“You must either pity me my feat/
or be off this very day."
“I prefer to bo off,” mid the student/
who on his side wss prepared for tho H?
counter.
“Well, then,-sir; pack tsp directly.**
“1 assure you, madam, I will go witlf
the tftttrurt expedition if you Will at"
list, me a little,"
“With the greatest pleasure."
The student thereupon went to 0
wardrobe, tranquilly opened s drawer
and took out a skeletc®, which he hand"
ed to the dame.
“Wilf you have the kfodneu to
place that at the bottom of my trunk/
folding ?*
“What is that 7" asked! the landlady/
ree tiling a little.
'‘That r*
“Yes, that.”
“Pooh f that! Oh, its ths skeleton ot
my first land! rd He was inconven
ient enough to claim the rent of thrcO
terms—that I owed him—and then t
Bo careful not to break it; it is No. lof
my roc. Recti on.”
“M onsier 1” exclaimed the denty
growing visibly paler.
The studt ut without replying; opened
a second drawer, and tcok out another
skeleton.
“This--this is my landlady iti tho
rue l’Eoole de Med, oio, a very Wor
thy woman, but who also demanded the
rcut of two terms- Will you place it
upon tho othi r. It is No. 2.”
The iaudlady opened her two eyes a#
largo as pore cochores.
“This,’’ continued the student, “thin
is No. 3. They are all here ! A* Vets
honest man, and whom I did not P
either. Let us pass on to No. 4.”
But the landlady was no longer'
there. Sho had fltd, almost frightened!
to death.
Fr un that day no more was said abotH
the rent.
Balky Horses.— ls you have balk/
horses, it is your iaolt and not the
horses’, for if they do not pull true there'
is some cause for it, and if ycu w«H
move tie cause tie eff ct will eca#s.-“
When your horse balks he is excited,
and does not kouw wh#t *o® i Mm
to do. When he gvt? a little cfoifcdl
stop him five or ten minu'es; pat him
and speak gently to him; and as soon
a; he is over his exaitement he will, fo'
nine cases out Os ton, pull at the word.-
Wbippiog aud slashing and swearing
, O'Ay makes the matter worse. After
you have gepiFed him a while, and hiw
exoitem' nt has cooled down, take him
by the bits, turn him each way a few
imes as fir as you can; pnil out the
tongue; gentle him a little; unrein
him, then step before tho balky horse
and let the Others start first; th”n yerf
can take them aftywhere you wit-b. A
balky horse is always high spirited and
stafts quick—hst'f the pull is out before
'be other start; by standing befote him
the others start too. By close applioa.
ion to thisruloy.u oaa make any b iiky
horse pull.
If a hofss has been badly spoiled
you sh uld hi eh bin loan emyty wag
on, and pull it round while on level
ground ; then put on a little load, and
increase itgraduaily, caretsing as before,
and fn a short time you will have a
good work horse. —Anurkra farmer.
Getting an Invitation.—The Rev.
Mr. , bad traveled far to preaih'
to a congregation at . After
.the Sermon, he waited very
e.Tpectfug srme o*e of tho brethren to
inVite hurt homo to dinner. In this, he
waa disappoint si One after another
departed, until the house was almost
as empty as the minister’s stomach.—
Summoning resolution, however, ho‘
walked up to an elderly looking gen-'
tleman, and grnv-ly said :
“Will you go home to dinner with 1
me to-day, brother ?”
“Where do you live?”
“About twenty miles from'
sir.”
“No,” said the man, coloring, “butt
you must go with me.”
“Thank you—l will, cheerfully.”
After that t me, tho minister was nd’
mere troubleil about his dinner.
Tnx Editor and me Fortune Tele
er. Kentucky editor vis-red a for
tune tiller recently. Ho makes the
following reports of tho revelation con
cerning the pust and future. ‘‘Thou 1
hast served t ree yCirsin the peniten
tiary for a horse thou did.-1 rot' stesß
Thou will be g ivornorof the State, ams
afierwards decline a s.at. in tho Unhid*
States S mate. A wealthy young hdjr
with blue hair, auborn eyes, aud very
bsautiful, is now about to graduate
fr -m t! e II iUBo of Correction, whom
thou viu marry as soon as thy present
wife dies, which will be at the fourth
full of the next moon. Th >u wilt be
oome possessed of this lady’s wealth and
e opo with the wife of a coal boat eDgii *
cc-. Thou wilt g‘> to New Orleans and
s art a keno b.nk, whfob will bring tbeo
in great richis. After an absence of
nineteen years thou wilt return to thy
rejinirg wife, lay thy primely fortune
at her foe', be forgiven, and af.er rais
ing a fami yof nineteen children, dio
happy at the age of ninety-nine.”
Ilf'nt DTriunnn 1» »Vk 1 <■*
AAUOAi oT\ gOOd
story is told of a certain ctloi e! in the
late war. The colonel afor said was
ridiug in a stage coach, with several
other passengers, when ho soeidoQ'nllv
dropped bis hat outeido the ooaeh. Put--
ting has head outside the window, he
exclaimed, in a stentorian voice; “Char
ioteer, pause ! I have lost my chapeau ! *
No attention being paid by the driver
to this oommind, a plain blunt man,
who had become disgusted wi h Lis
fellow traveler’s stilloesa and pomposity
put his head cut the WLdow,
and said, “Driver, hold on !
this a- • and fool has lost his hatThis
was perfectly intelligible to the driver
expletive and all, and the hat was se
cured.