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Dawson, Ga., April 30, 1808—Sm
THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Vol. 111.
POETRY.
[From the Metropolitan Record.
TIIE BROKEN SWORD.’
UT M. vr. M.
He clip the following beautiful and Just
tribute to the Heroism, courago and feeling
of Capt. B. F. Saunders, from the Metropolit
an R< cord. Th» incident referred to the
breaking oi his sword by the Captain when
told to surrender it t
No ! never shall this trusty glaive
Which I po long have borne,
Be grasped by hands leas true or brave,
Or a cowards side adorn.
Too oft in war its silver beam
True men have followed far,
As thro’ the battle-storm its gleam
Flashed like a f(tiling star.
Dear hands have bound it to my side,
While struggling to repress,
Unbidden tears, the sweet lips cried,
“Go, love, thy cause is bleet!”
And often in his childish joy
Along the shining blade,
The dimpled Augers of my boy
In artless wonder strayed.
Then think you 1 could lightly fliug,
At some proud foeman’s feet,
A sword round which such memories cling,
So saered and so sweet.
No, rather let it evermore
Rest ’neath thy rolling flood,
, Oh stream that leaves my native shore,
Now datkly stained with blood.
Then proudly turning from them, he,
UusheathiDg as he spoke.
Its hallowed blade, across his knee,
Tbe tempered steel he broke.
And far into the azure stream
The glittering fragments threw,
And sternly watched their last faint gleam
Sink glimmeriug from bis view.
Whatc’er be felt, in tear or sigh
Not there he sought relief—
It was not for a foeman’s eye
To gaze upon his grief.
Roil on, thou river ! glad and free,
Forever pure and deep ;
A stainles . hand has given to thee
A holy trust to keep.
Thou ntaysl have treasures rich and rare
Beneath thv restless wave ;
But none so precious cau’st thou In ar
As that truesoldiei’s glaive 1
‘Suggested bv an incident that o.curred
after the fall of Fort Donvtson.
Front the Sunday Creseent.
“Goott*.\iglif, I»si rliiiji."
Her happiness was not in physical
enjoyment, lut in love and faith.—
Give her but a note of kindness—the
nature of feminine loveliness—and she
asked no more.
I allude tc an older sister, my s eond
mother. Each night when my little
eyelids were about to close into a quiet
slumber, I could distinguish a melodi
ous voice thrill out “Good night, dar
ling,” and with an affectionate kiss im
printed on my check, I would turn away
to dream of the angels.
What salutary influence is exerted
by love 1 Its power of enhancing every
enjoyment woul glvei t a rank among
the most influential operations upon the
human mind. While the enchantment
continues it seems to possess the facul
ty of raising our ideas above this sublu
nary sphere, though in rememborance
it claims naught but a passing sigh, a
momentary regret that we have lost the
nucleus of our early existence. Some
times after such a retrospection, we
smile because we have awakened from
a delusion, to know that the suushine
which appeared a flood of radianoe illu
minating our inmost sensibilities has
become an ordinary light of day.' We
smile because the gurgling brook, whose
waves dashing o’er its pebbly bottom
once like the secret springs of unsoph
iscated thought, ha* become wearisome
and monotonous.
Or, if after such a retrospection, we
6igb, it is caused by a vague feeliDg of
a mere allusion—an evaueent charm
which existed iD the vivid imagination
—yet we sigh. To meditate upon life’s
infancy, to dwell upon the ioves, tho
hopes tho anticipations of our early
days, must awaken an ardent desire to
live them over again,and in meditating
upon little deficiencies which the ma
tured understanding can correct, wo
vigh with regret that we have not ear
lior possessed the conviction of right.
Hel.len was my monitor. How fre
quent 1 longed to ho hlct-fed with a no
ble character, as amiable a disposition,
as loving heart I The atmosphere of
our Lome was inhaled alike by both,
but she appeared to take tho sweets
alone, while my portion wa* adulterat
ed with what forms a phlegmatio tem
per.
She left mo for a morthern climate
So warm, so frail and so tender a na
ture ne’er was intended to breathe that
chilling atmosphere. My sole consola
tion was in believing her existecoj—
that the same sun illuminated ou r bouse
hole—that we gazed upon the same
moon—that the musio of the winds
which breathed its spiritual intelligence
into mine ears might, in its lawless
wandering, waft a sigh to her distant
dwelling; but abovo all, that a day
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 18(IH.
would arrive whon I should meet her
agrin, to bear the same gentle tone, to
experience tho name love, though long
estranged, yet extinguished, llut
this was never to occur, and why?—
Not from any cause that tho casuality
of after events could avert, but simply
because the sister of my devotion has
winged her flight to a heavenly elysium
It is true that religion directs us to a
happier sphere, where “love exists in
deathless bloom,’’ but our earthly feel
ings frequently usurp tho place where
religion ought to roigu predominant,
and we reject tho consolation of the
Heavenly Comforter.
Love Keeps an inventory of the treas
ures of tho secret heart, of which tho
higher faculties take no cognizance—
the smiles the tones of mutual enjoy
tnent, the well known song of ‘‘Auld
lang syne,” and all that forms the nu
cleus of long cherished affection, ex
changed for what? an aebing void in
tho heart never to be refilled—for the
unnatural gloom ot that profound sepul
ebre which conceals what love itself
will now resign—in short, thß rending
asunder of a sweet ohord, without
whioh the one harmonious strains of so
cial intercourse are musical no more.
The gentle flower withered and died
before the untimely blasts of a northern
dime.
It is sad to think o: her as numbered
with the dead. Her grave is beyond
the seas, but her tombstone rests in my
heart, surroundod with ivy leaves.
As I breathe my eveuing prayer, I
beseech tbe Almighty soon to bless a
reunion of our souls in Heaven ; and an
angel voice wafts through the breeze
the echo, “Good-night, darling!” and
my spirit communes with one who once
taught mo to dream ot tho angels, and
is now numbered with their group
How often I long to re-echo in the same
musical voice tho tones, “Good night,
darling!” PC.A,
A Story Willi a Moral.
Some time ngn a certain lady called
upon one of the most celebrated ocu
lists of New York, in order to consult
r.im on account of her eyes, conntlain
ing that their power of vision had of
late considerably diminished.
At a glance the doctor saw that she
was a lady of rank and w ealth He
looked at her eyes, shook his head,
and thought the treatment would re
quire much time, as there were rea
sons to fear amaurosis in her case. lie
must advise her, first of all, that, as she
had informed him she was residing a
considerable distance in tho country,
she must move into the city at once,
and thus enable him to Sue her fre
quently, if possible, daily’.
The lady then rented an elegant
mansion, moved into the city, and the
physician was punctual in his at’en
dance. He prescribed this and that,
and thus days run into weeks, and
weeks into months. The cure how
ever, was still coming. The physician
tried to console her.
One day the patient hit upon a curi
ous scheme, and she waited not long
to carry in o effect.
She procured for herself a very old
and poor attire, put a hood of tremen
dous size upon her head, took ar>. old
umbrella and a market basket in her
band, and in these habiliments she vis
ited her physician, se’ecting for the
purpose, a very rainy day. She had
so well succeeded In distorting and
disguising herself that the eye, even of
a lover could scarcely have recognized
her
She was obliged to wait for a long
time in the ante room of the physician,
with many ethers who, like her, were
seeking relief. At last her turn came,
“Well my good woman, what have
you got to complain of?”
“Veiv bad eyes, doctor,” she an
swered.
He took her to the light and looked
into hrr eyes, but failed to recogni/.o
his patient.
Shrugging his shoulders, he femark
ed :
“Your eyes are well enough,’*
“Well?” she said.
“Yes, yes, and I know what lam
saying.”
“But I have been told I was getting
the a—a, forget, how it’s called ”
“Amaurosis?”
Yes, that’s it docter.”
‘ Don’t you let them make you be
lieve any such nonsense. Your eyes
arc a litttle weak, but that is all,” said
he.
“But my physician is an ass.”
“ An ?”
“Yes, an ass! tell him boldly that I
said so,”
The lady now arose, and in her cus
tomary vo ce she said :
“Sir, you are my physician, don’t
you know me ?”
The face that the sage counsellor
made is easier to imagine than to de
scribe.
“Gracious madam,” he commenced
to stammer an apology, but tho lady
would not listen to him, and left hint
indignantly.
She never saw the gentleman any
more.
A sailor exhorting at a prayer meet
ing in a London chapel, said that on
dark and stormy nights, while on the
sea, be had often been comforted by
that beautiful passage of scripture,
“A faint heart never won fair la
dy.”
From the New York Day Book.
FnOiii* Climate Changing.
The year 1867 was a remarkable one,
in respect to the atmospherical charac
ter. The spring opened with heavy
rains and those rains continued almost
without intermission in the Atlantic
'States quite into the month of Septem
ber. While an unusual quantity of
rain fell in the Ea-t, the West was ro
markable for the dryness of its atmos
phere j so much so, that the oorn otops
in many localities were very light. On
the Atlantio ooast an extraordinary
amount of water fell : and the conse
quence was that the fruit crops of a cer
tain character, the strawberry, raspber
ry, etc., were remarkably heavy ; the
the former berry rarely having been
known to sell so cheap, in tho markets
hero. The rains last year detroyed the
cherry crop almost entirely ; rot set io,
and tbe decay was so rapid, that many
au orchard in twenty four hours lost sll
its fruit. We disoover the same signs
of a steady rain season on the Atlantio
const this year; and speeulaliou is at
tempting to account for so peculiar an
atmospherical condition. Some as yet
unexplained cause is operating upon
the elements which make up our sea
coast climate. There appears to be a
new set of laws at work, and this “re
construction’ is not so favorable to the
general development of the crape of th s
coun’y in the range of 42 degrees as
the old atmospherical condition of five
years ago and back. What is to pay ?
Who can tell ? Aassiz says he will
not attempt to prognosticate twenty
four hours ahead what is to take place
within sixty miles of the earth’s surfaoe.
He declares that the laws which govern
the storms and calms, sunshiue and
tains, high and low degrees ts tempera
ture io each season, are not sufficiently
understood to enable any one to venture
an opinion. We are told that tho gulf
stream hag changed its position, and is
uow nearer the ooast line by twenty to
fifty miles than ever before. This
change is hinted at as the supposed
causo of the singular condition of our
atmosphere, and the remarkable amount
of moisture constantly gathered up,
condensed aud t-boweied back upon up
on our coas\ The air circulates in
cuives. All storms are circular move
ments of the atmosphere made with
great rapidity. Tho vast b dies of
moisture gathered up and held in what
we call clouds come down in winter in
theshapo and in summer in the condi
tion of rain. We know that evapora
tion Irom the great ocean is continually
active, but from the high temperature
of tbe Gulf Stream it must part with a
thousand fold more moisture in a given
amout cf time, than tho ccean which
surrounds it. Inasmuch as this stream
is nearer our coast than ever be
fore, may it not be giving out its mois
ture into a current of air, the course of
which lies over the Atlantic States, and
meeting the stratta of atmosphere rest
ing upon the eatlh and warmed by the
iatent heat given out, condcn ation at
once disposes of it, and a constant show
ering is kept up on the Atlantic bor-#*
der ?
Big clouds draw the Icsrer. While
this peculiar state cf atmosphere exists
on the Atlantic Coast while, we get in
this region, all tbe evaporation of tbe
Gulf Stream concentrated over our
heads, the result of this constant huge
deposite of moisture must tend to at
tract tbe rain clouds from the interior,
Unless the currents of air move in a
ciicuit two narrow to bring them within
the iriffueDco alluded to here. There
are, it is quite possible, laws, operating
five to fifty miles above the earth’s sur
faoe, tbo results of which are like those
producing the trade winds of tha East
ern seas. In that case, the influence is
observable on the eaath’ssurface. Hero
it is tco far frtm the surface to he no
ticed ; but we get tbo deposits of mois
ture these clouds bring, quite 6teadily
month for month. Were the Gulf
to move back to its old position, the cir
cular air current would not perhaps
reach it, and we should not get tho
amount of r»in dow, and for the past
year io copiously dowD. What has
caused the change cf the locality of the
Gulf Stream, is an interesting specula
tion ; and, in ennsoquenco of the appa
rent results of that change, the subject
is most interesting to tho agricultural
world, both here and in the West,
A married lady, who was in the hab
it of spending most of her time in tho
society of her neighbors, happened one
day ti be taken ill, and sent her bui
sand in great haste fora physician.—
The husband ran a short distance, and
then returned, exclaiming, ‘My dc»r,
where shall I find you when I come
back ?’
The Duke of Na“»»u insists upon
marrying his pretty French actress, and
has sold bis chateau with the ioteution
of seeking bappine.s by her side in an
other country.
j Lom of a Ve»itel—TliH'rew and
I’aweiifen Frozen to Death.
The following account of tbe loss of
tbe brigantino Queen, near Gulf Is
land. Newfoundland, is given in a let
ter dated Fortune Harbor, Green Bay
April 25, 1868, und published in tbe
St. John’s Courier:
I have to inform you of one of tbe
most melancholy occurrences on re
cord in the annals of Newfoundland.
The brigantine Queen, which was
supposed to have been lost in the
neighborhood of Twilliugate about the
middle of December last, was actually
lost on Cape John, Gull Island, on
December 12th. Tho crew and pas
sengers succeeded in getting on shore,
but omy tj perish some days after
wards. Four of the crew returned to
the wreck after they got ashore to en
deavor to procure some food. While
on board, the cable, which was attach
ed to the cliff, parted, and the vessel
drifted out to sea; it is supposed she
sunk. The persons thus lost in the
vessel were the pilot, tho boatswain,
one seaman and a passenger.
On the 21st of Apul, u vessel cruis
ing about in the mouth of Green Bay
was becalmed near Gull Island, and a
boat fiom her went towards the island
to ehoot some birds. When they got
to the island they only saw one bird,
at which the men fired. 1 he bird flew
a little distance and then fell, appa
rently dead.
One of the men went to pick it up, but
had not gone far when, to his surprise
ho saw two skeletons lying neatly side
by side. He called Io bis companions
who ran up to him. On looking ebout
they saw a piece of canvas a few yards
away from the men, but so frozen to
the rocks that they could not get it
up. They cut it in several places, and
found underneath tbe bodies of nine
men and two women# The men then
returned to their vessel and ran her
up to Tilt Cove, where they stated
wnut they bad seen. Coffins were im
mediately prepared, and next day the
same vessel, with about sixty hands,
proceeded to the island to remove
the bodies to Tilt Cove for interment.
In searching the bodies after they
were landed in Tilt Cove, it wns found
that the captain and Mr. Dowsley had
kept a journal up to the 24th of De
cember, twelve days after they were
wrecked. At that time they were all
living. On that date Mr. Dowsley
wrote in the journal!
“I have this day walked all roUhd
this island, nnd see nothing before me
but death. I expect to be one of the
first to die, as I now feel Very weak ”
After that he wrote no more. Mr.
Dowsley says in the journal: “I do
not expect my body will ever be
found.'
The scene the people witnessed when
removing the bodies can be better im
agined than described. They were
all so frozen together that they had
Io be separated with pries acd crow
bars.
The captain stated in the journal as
follows :
“We made the islnnd on the 11th,
nt 4 o’clock I\ M. Not caring to run
for Tilt Cove, we hove to sea lor tbe
night. About 12 o’clock hove round
and ran in fr r the hay, and at 6 o’clock
A. M. the vessel ran ashore in a snow#
storm.”
Nothing like this has occurred in
Newfoundland within the memory of
thy oldest peoj le living here There
was a man named Cushue lost his ves
sel on the Horso Islands nbout sixty
years since in the month of April,
when all those who got asbofe perish
ed from eo’d and htingef. The skele
tons of the men were found thofollow
ing summer, aftd some pop-rs giving
on mcount of where they were lost and
how they died.
Where the Querti Was lost is otily
about three ini’es from the land, and a
man fiom the shore saw a light sever
al times on the Hand, and told differ
ent j ersons of it, but they would not
believe him. It there had been any
reason to suppose there would have
been no difbuu.ty in getting them oft.
Ihe island is very seldom visited ex
cept in tbe summer season.
When Napoleon was only an offioer
of artillery, a Prussian officer said in
his presonce, with much pride:
• ! My countrymen fight only for glo
ry; bulFienchmen fight for money/
“You are right,’replied Napoleon;
“each of them fight for what ho is in
Used of.’
Large quautitius of ice still remain
piled up along the shores of many of
the islands in Lake Superior, and. at
the las' accounts there were immense
: field* of it near the herd of the luxe.
A little flat boat, containiog a young
man, his wife, a boy and • dog, ar
rived at Buton Ilouge, La., a few days
since all the aay from Vcoaugo,
j Pa. They were thirteen weeks on the
way.
IVo. 10.
A I.ondon Opium Deu— Ilorri-
Me Scene by Night.
A Frenchman, M. Albert Wolf, hoe
described, in the Paris Figaro, his ex -
perience of a night in London. Among
his sketches is tho following, portray
ing a scene in Wbitecapel :
We stopped before one of these hov
els j tho police officer pushed opeu the
door whioh was ajar.
‘Who’s there?’ demanded someone
inside.
‘Don’t be frightened Jack ; it*« only
me,’ replied our Hercules. Whereup
on we entered a small room ; a sttaoge
nauseus oder pervades the apartment,
and we quickly beat * retreat.
‘Wait awhile,’ says tho policeman ;
‘it is only opium.’
By the flickering light .of the fire
burning in tho grate, I perceived the
individual addressed as Jack. It is a
Chinese who keeps this wretched hole
where one can get intoxicated for a few
ooppers. The room we enter is so low
that we are unable to stand upright.—
Lying pell-mell on mnttrasses on tho
ground are Chinamen, Lascars and a
few English blackguards, who have im
bibed a taste for opium. Some stretoh
ed at full length abandoned themselves
to the fumes of intoxication in its dif
ferent Btages, while others aie just com
mencing to light their pipes at a kind
of a night lamp which is placed by the
smoker.
Jack, the master of the bouse, jab
bers a little English. lie inquires of us
if we wish to smoke, and points to some
pipes, which have already been in a
thousand courteous mouths, and which
he will be happy to offer us, lying on a
table between a pile of potatoes and a
few tits of charcoal. The police offi
oer explains to this devil’s tapster, that
we have como simply to look on.
“Is there no ono up stairs ?’ inquires
he. Yos, there is one woman.’ ‘Where
abouts is up stairs ?” ask I, looking
around. ‘Why, there is bo stareoase.’
Jack fetches a litter ladder from the
yard and places it against the wall,
where some cals’ and rats’ skins are
hanging ; he mounts a few steps, and
pointing to a bole in the ceiling, says,
‘Here.’
‘Thero is not room enough for ub all
up there,’ remarks the polioe officer. —
You follow the Chinaman, and LM
wait for yon below.’
Ooe by one we climb the ladder and
mrunt through tho opening, treated
on a mat trass in a room lighted by a
dim lamp is an old woman with dishev
eled white hair, (bin face and dull look
ing eyes, blowing a cloud of smoke and
coughing every now and then like a
person in the last stage of consumption
tihe casts a stupitied gaze npon us, then
throws herself Lack and cutinucs to
puff away at her pipe of opium.
The room Whero she is, is a small
loft, encumbered with a multitude of
objects, belonging to the ecxellent Jack
but beyond tho old sorceress is reclining
there is not a single piece of furniture.
The atmosphere is so tainted with opi
tim that, being on the point of suffoca
lion, I break the only window pane,
through whioh, by tbe way, a kitten
would find some difficulty in passing
The fresh air inundates the room, rous
up the sorceress, who gives Vent to a
volley of oomplaiuts in an unintelligi
ble jargan. A shilling flung on tbe un
clean couch molifies the old woman, who
opens her eyes to the fullest extent by
a superhuman effort. She seizes the
ooin with her long bony fingers and
contemplates it with delight, Anew
atiack of conghing more formidable
than the former seems to tear her lungs
as we retreat through the little ho'.eand
down the ladder steps.
An Outrage by n Negro;
A while woman, who said she was
from near Flint River, says the Colum
bus Awn, arrived in the city yesterday
morning on the 4:46 acccmmo.iation
train on the Muscogee railroad. At
the depot she was inquiring the way
to some lady’s house. She seemed
poor but res; ectable, and of some 18
years of age. A negro man stated he
would show her the way. He had con
ducted her beyond Linwood, and
along a path loading through tho
woods fronting tho residence of M. P.
Jb D. P. Ellis. Here he suddenly seiz
ed her by the back of the neck, placed
a hand «ver her mouth to stifle calls
for assistance nnd tne inference is,
forcibly violated her person, and rob
bed her of what 1 tile money ehe had.
This happened about 6 o’clock. So
soon as she could, she sought assist
ance from the neighboring noueses. A
gentleman with hi; sons pursued tbe
negro, whom they did not know, but
ho hal too much the start and eec ip and
The woman was terribly frightened
and distressed, but was seeking to be
avenged on the negio. She appeared
ignorant of the city and it* surround
ings—:ia most country girls ot her
sphere are. YVe gave ti c r.a'rativo as
gentlemen related tnem to us. The
military authorities now control the
city.
What rivet is like a jolly Irishman ?
The Morrimae f
A Narrow Ora pc.
An army correspondent gives the fol
lowing narativc of tho manner in which
s Confederate soldier in Mississippi (I*
capcd the dutches of the Yankees:
“While dwelling upon tho subject of
ladies, and the purifying influence of U*
dies’ society, I will take occasion to
mention, for the benefit of tbe fastide
ous, an adventure of two nice aod ac
complished young ladies, together with
a young gentleman woll versed in gal
antry. Not long since, mon cher M. t
of this brigade while in the vicinity of
of the Federal eno.mpments, took oooa
sion to put up for the night at the bouse
of an old acquaintance, where he had
been often called to enjoy a pleasant re
past with the young ladies. During
tbe nifrht, the Federals, learning hia
whereabouts, approached the house, cre
ating a bluster everywhere, save in our
young hero’s apartment. He soundly
slept, and continued to sleep, aa if|on
“bed« of roses,” uneonsciens of ap
proaching danger, until tho young la
dies, panic stricken on his account,
rush, e/i (Jiihabitle, into his room, and
awoko him from his slumbers.
But the Federals had advanoed too
far for him to mako his ceoape in the
front, and thero was no window or door
in the rear. Now bow then was his es
cape to be effected ? Header, the young
ladies instituted a plan unprecedented
in the history of military operations.—
When the old lady discovered he could
not esoape by running, she rushed in
crying, “Girls ! wo must do something
—the federals aro already in the pas
sage.” No sooner said than done. Tha
young ladies leaped in bed with oar
young hero, one cn each side, complete
ly ooncealing his bead, and thereby
causing the search of the Federals to
be fruitless They looked in'o every
nook, and under evory bed into the
house, not excepting the one occupied
by the hero ; but the young confeder
ate scout was nowhere to be found.—
How much better than to have suffered
him to be murdered or imprisoned for
years in a felon’s coll! So we aay ; but
the mystery to us is, why they did not
think looking in the bed, as well aa
under it.”— Gray Jacket».
Extraordinary EcursK.—Tho to
tu! eclipse of the sun, w hich is to tako
place on the 18th of August next, will
present such a long duration of dark
ness that astronomers aro anticipating
it with unusual interest. From neat
Aden the central line of the eclipse ex
tends to the southern coast of New
Guinea, crossing llindoo6tun, the Bay
of Bengal, the MolaVian peninsula and
the Gulf ol Siam on the way ; at cer
tain places on this line the duration of
the total darkness will be at 5:46. At
the date in question the moon will not
be more than six hours from its peri
gee, while the suh will not be far from
its apogee j a two-fold condition which
increases the apparent diameter of the
sun nearly ot the smallest, lienee the
prolonged darkness Such a chance
occurs but rarely, arid wo cahoot won
der that a strong desire exists to make
tho most of it iti endeavors to solve
certain highly important questions in
physical Scieuco Unluckily, the south
west monsoon will bo at its full bloat
on tho 10th of August, which, with
its heavy clouds, will render observa
tion either uncertain or impossible, ex j
cept on the eastern side of the moun
tain ranges.
£3T'^ ,:>u P o t>i th® corpulent banker;
was standing in Ftate s'feet one hot
day in AUgusr, ‘wiping servile drops
from off his brow,’ when a ragged but
sharp*eycd newsboy accosted him with :
‘Plcese, sir, tell me the time !’
Coupon lugged out Lis Fosbam, and;
looking henignantly down to his inter
locutor answered;
‘Jit-it two o’clock.’
‘All right, old buffer,’ said tho gamfil
gathering his legs together forarun.-
*You can sell out for soap grease at 8
o’clock ’
Tho insulted man of money raised
his cane, and making a frantic rush at
his tormentor, nearly fell over a friend
that was coming up the street.
‘Hallo, Coupon, what’s the matter?*
said the other.
‘Matter 1’ said Coupon, puffing with
heat and anger,‘why one of these news
boys asked me the time, ami when t
told him two o’clork, tho impudent
young scoundrel said I might sell out
for soap grease at tbreo.’
‘Don’t be in snob a hurry,’ was the
malicious response, ‘it’s only five min
u'es past two ; you’ve got filty-fivo min
utee to do it in.’
* —Cnpital prunishnrient—Sending a
white man to the Fortieth Congress?
What is tho largest room in the
world ? The room for improvement?
“Dr. Ayer has the largest income in-
Lowell.” Murry his daughter and get
on Ay re ess!
Why is a bridegroom worth more
than tho bride ? Because she is given,
away and he is sold.
“Punch says the spirit of tbe age is
gin." Not a bit of it; unless you spell#
‘gin’ backwards.
“What is that picture on ?” inquir#
ed a countryman in our hearing tn«t
other day in a print store to the pro#
prietor, who was turning over sorm*
engravings:
“That, sir,” said the dealer, “is
Joshua commanding the sun to etaml
still.’
“Du te’.i ’ well which is J «b, anti
which is his eou ?”
