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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Vol. 111.
POETRY.
•--- L f■" T—
-1 I*" »royi the Banner oft’ the South.
Hope and memory.
I am thinking to-day—how oft I think!
Os a (.nod that has faded from mortal ryes,
A Laid, whjsgd I stood tlvfi’a brink,
That wksiies the gates of Paradise !
Though forever trembling on gold'll hinges;
While .lights to thy r _
Abß the Wtie* Mtampak f!s rrrtu'gin fringes !
WJitre I watfilied tlie day, with footsteps
fleet,
Come down, like the Lydian King of old,
And saw at the touch of his kingly feet,
How the tolling sandu were turned to gold.
But now—the Ljdian King has fled—
No more by thd gates of /*afadise,
But by rftlßqd foaming waves I tread.
And watch the blood of Jitisus rise.
The hand that sunk ’urath the sobbing flood,
As darkly ibW billows onward roll;
But ah ! it has left me the garment of blood,
: Thut wraps in file my shrinking soul.
I strive to tear it with quivering hands,
That are powetltss now to my will,
While /’fia.lb’ Immortal, forever stands
Betide me and mocks—and still, yet still—
’Mid all the torture, how oft I think,
Os a Land, seen only through dreaming
eyes—
A Land, whore I stood by tbe river's brink,
That washes the gates of Paradise;
And I see the day, with footsteps fleet,
Come down, like the Lydian King of old;
And wateb, st the touch of his kingly feet,
llow the rolling sands are turned to gold !
Tlie Humane liidiitit.
An Indian who bad iot met with
bis usual success in hniukig, wandered
down to a plantation amoDg tbe back
settlements in Virgiaia, and seeing a
planter, asked for a morsel of bread, for
he was very hungry. Tbe planter bade
him begone, for he would give him
none.
‘Will you- give me a cup <f your
beerT said the Indian.
‘•No, you shall have none here/ re
plied the p'anter.
‘But I am very faint/ said the savage,
1 w ill you give me only a draught of
cold water V
‘Get you gone, you Indian deg ; you
shall bavenothing here,' suidthe planter.
It happened some aun'bs after that,
the plat t r weut < t a t-hooiirg party up
in the woods, whore intent upon bis
game, he missed lijs company aid lets:
his way, and night coming oh, he wan
dered thr< uah the fonst until he espi
ed-an Indhn wigwam.
He approached the eavage’s habita
tion and asked Lira to show him the
way to a plantation on the country.
‘I is too late for yen to go this even
ing, sir,’ taid the lodine p ‘liothf you
will accept of my homily fare, you are
welcome.’
He the n i fibred him seme venison,
and rui-h cthir refnshmentsm his st ok
nff-retell and‘havnig laid sArne heir
skins for his bed, he desire! that he
would repose himself for the night, and
he would wake him early in the morn
ing, and conduct him on his way.
Accordingly in the rooming they set
iff, ar.d the Indian led him out of tbe
forest, and put Lim in?o tho road which
he was to pursue ; bat just as they were
taking leave, be stopped before the plan
ter, and turning round and staring him
full in the face, asked him whether ho
recollected his features.'
Tbe planter wae sbuok with shame
and confusion, when he recognized in
his kind protector the Indian whom he
had so harshly treated.
Heioufes?ed that he knew him, Ipd
was full of excuses for his brutal behav
ior, to which the Indian only replied ;
‘When you see poor Indims fainting
for a cup sf cold wafer, don’t say, 'Get
you gone, yeu Indian dog.’ Tho In
dian thep wished him well on his jour
ney ffndT«ft*him. It is not difficult to
say which of these two had the best
claim to the name of Christian.
ry A Baptist minister is respon -
sibhsjmr the following.'
“When I wss mar'll yruliger than
now—in fact, soon a/t r the o immecce
ment of my ministrations'—l held a
meeting at my own lions:. It being
customary for many of the congrega
tion to remain to dinner Mrs. B rent
gur negro J>of Tim Jo neighbor Paul’s
iot sbtatf bitter? *rim termed and
and locate# himself, standing on one
foot at a time, in the outskirts of the
congregation. Using well warmed up
in tny sermon, thinking neither of Tim
or his errand b»t only of tbo most sne
cessfurhftlfd nf pressing among hearers
one of my strongest arguments, l de
manded, withal! the energy in my pow
er :
“Anti whaildid Paul sty?’
‘-‘Tim at the top of his little squeak
ing vflioe,'exclaimed, as Tim ODiy could
have done:
‘‘He thed you couldn't get any more
butter till you isid for what you had
got r
“This brought down the house and
cut short one ofihe finest t Hurts of my
eariy ministry ; and since then I have
kept nay preaching disconnected from
my domestic affairs.’
DAWSON, OA., TIIIJIIHIIAY, .TUNE !*<;*.
A ViULLUO AI)TK,\TI HIE
I was a medical student in Paris at
the vhrre the strpnge tint] startling ad|
venture happened Which t ain utxiiit
to record. Tired with long lectures
hnd hiinl a'ndy, I was, out one ieven
ing for a walk in the froth air. It was
a {i’easttinf idAvt in mH?ivm&iVniWT the
cold, bracing air_ as it toticbed my fe
verish brow, caused a gfatefui Sensa
tion. ,<|U«n *j ifi !H»L
I’assing through a rather lonely
street, near the river, I was surprised
in meeting a young and pretty girl,
(:it least so she appeared in the dim
light of a rather distant street lamp)
her hard some three
or four bouquets w Uich she offered for
sale.
‘\S ill Monsieur have n bouijuet Jgpho
asked in a sweet, musical tone, bidd
ing out to me a well arranged collec
tion of beautiful flowers.
‘They are very pretty/ said, I tak
ing them in rny hand ; and then, some
how, I could not -hulp adding, as I
fixed my eyes upon hers, ‘and so I
think, is their lair owner.'
‘Monsieur will buy, and assist me?’
she said.
LUoj’qu really need assistance, Mad*
< laohmlla ?”
.IWhy else should I be here at tr.i*
hour of the night, Monsieur?’ she an
swered.
‘And wiry here at sill !’ quickly re
turned T. ‘Thisstreet is little frequent
ad, and is about tlie last in the world
I should have selected for disposing of
a luxury most suited to wealth and
fashion.’
She sighed, and reached out her
hand for the bouquet, which I still re
tained.
‘What iayour price ?’ said I.
‘Five franes.’
‘A large sum.’
‘Monsieur will remember it is win
ter, and Hewers are not plenty,’ she
said,
‘To aid you I will purchase/ re
turned I, handing her the requisite
silver c-oin; 'for though I love Dowers,
I would otherwise hardly indulge in
the luxury to-night at such an ex
p nse.’
She thtißked me. and seem'-d about
to puss on, but hesitated, looked up to
rne, and said!
‘Cuu and Monsieur direct me to the
house of a good physician, who wi'l
turn out to rirfcbt and see a patient at a
small recompense ?’
'Atiy friend 'if yours ill ?’
‘My mother/ with a deep s’gh and a
downcast look.
‘\\ here does she re ide?’
'Only a short distance irom here/
she said
•\S hat is the matt, r with her !’
‘Jilie lt;is a high fever, for one tiling.
‘tV lien was she taken ?’
‘£he came down last night and has
not ielt tier bed since.’
‘Whv-did vnu not send for a ithy.-i
--cian at t n e ?'
‘We hoped she would he bet’er
soon, and it is bo expensive for poor
jieople to employ a physician/ she an
swered.
‘I ;im ruy-sqlfia m dicaj s-tudgiitß wi'h
considerable experience’ among the
sick of the hospitals, and ii you arc
disposed to trust the case to me, I am
at your service wi bont charge’ 1
rejoined, already teeting deeply inter
ested in the fair girl.
‘Oh, how shall a thank Monsieur?’
she exfclniined w ith c'asped hands, and
an upward grateful look. ‘Pray, fol
low inf, Monsieur ie Docteur.’
She turned at once, and moved off
at a rapid pace down the street, to
ward the rivpr Seine, in the direction 1
was walking when we met;
In less then live minutes we had en
ter'd a wretched quarter, among nar
row s*rests, old tottering buildings,
und squalid looking iobauiiauts, some
ot whom seemed to gharft at us 6s we
pa.-sed along.
‘ls if mutr. further ?’ inquired I, be
ginning to feel uneasy.
‘Only a step, Monsieur; it, i‘, just
ben*.’
"* 'lflrfhtet ftfihrediatefy she turhed into
a covered passage, which led in back
among babijqtions that l should.never
have vntilnd lit broad light of day. A
distant lamp served to make the gloom
vi-iblt*, till she suddenly 'opened a door
into total darkness.
•Your band, Monsieur le Docteur,’
she said, at the game time taking it
and lending me forward.
4 was tempted to draw back and ro
fuse to follow any further, though I
mechanically followed lor
\V e now went through a long, nar
row passage; in total darkness, and
after two or three short turns, began
to descend a pair of creaking, rottoo
stairs.
‘ls it jwissible you live in a place like
this'/” said I, secretly wishing myself
safely out of it.
*Jn l’aris, beggars cannot be choos
er*.’ ref Bed (he girl.
‘But even in Paris it is not necessary
for the living to take up their abodes
in sepulchres !’ J rejoined, with -ome
asperity, being vexed w ith myself lor
suffering my good nature to lead me
into a den irom which I might never
come out alive
To this my fair guide deigned no
reply On reaching the foot of the
stairs she pushed opeu a door, a small
dimly lighted loom, nnd 1 followed her
into it with some secret misgivings.—
'lhero was a Led in one corner, and
upon it was what appear to be a Lu
man form lying very still.
‘i have brought a doctor, mother,’
said the girl, as she closed the door
behind nia As there was no reply to
tt is, she turned to me, Saying, ‘Will
Monsieur Is Doctor please to be seat
ed a minute ? I believe mother is
Hsleep.’
•I be® Mademoiselle to bear in mind
that I can only spare a few moments
with this ease to night, as I tavei an
other call l wish to make immediately,
1 returned, feeiing very anxious to de
part from tbit subterranean quarter a.t
quick ns possible.
‘Moiwieur shall not be detained long
by me/ rejoined the girl, passing out
of the room by another door.
i aid not ait down, but walked over
to the bed where the patient was ly
ing, very Mill—«o still, indeed, that l
con'd not detect any breathing. A
woman’s cap was on the head, and the
end of a sheet concealed the face, I
ventured to turn this down carefully,
and beheld tba eyeless sockets and
grinning tee'll of a human skull !
1 started back in horror, and at the
same moment the door by which the
girl left me was thrown open, and in
marched, one after the other, four
quite tall human figures, in black
gawrm and masks. I knew at once,
then, that I was to be robbed, and
probably murdered. I wore a heavy
diamond pin and ring, carried in mon
ey Hbout tny person some five hun
dred francs, but not a single weapon
of any kind ; resistance being, there
fore, out of rhe question. I felt that
my oniy chance—if, indeed there was
a chance—was to conciliate the ruffi
ans, and buy myself off With a pres
ence of mind for which I still take
to myself considerable credit. 1 said
at once;
‘I understand it all gentlemen, and
you will find me a liberal person to
deal with. There in one tiling I value
very highly, because it is the only one
I have, and I cannot replace it—that
is my life. Everything else of mine is
at your service, even beyond what I
have with me.’
They were undoubtedly surprised to
hear me speak in that cool, off-hand
manner; but they inarched forward
and surrouuded me before either ut
tered a word.
‘How much have you with you,
then ?’ inquired one in a civil way, but
in a low, gruff tone.
I immediately mentioned the differs
ent articles of value, and the exact
amount of money • ‘all of which I shall
be pleased to p:esent you w ith, if ono
of you will be kmd ertougn to escoit
me lo the street above,’ I said.
‘You said you had more, I think
Monsieur.’
‘Yes, gentlemen, I htivo ten thou-
S.«nd francs in tho Hank of France, and
1 will willingly add a check for half
that amnuht.’
‘Checks don’t answer our purpose
very well ’
‘i’hen I pledge my honor that I will
to morrow draw out five thousand
francs, and pay tie amount over to
any person who may approach me with
this L'onqitvt in bis hand/ said I lio'd -
nig out the flowers I h,d purchased
from the fair decoy
‘And have him arrestcl the next
minute. I suppose ?’
‘No; on roy honor, he shall depart
urtfi ,l ined and unquestioned, and no
otluir human being stroll be informed
of the transaction for u week, a month,
or a y ar.’
‘Let us hapdle what you have hsre/ :
said tlie firs speaker.
and immediately took- out my pin, !
took iff my ring, drey out my watch
produced my pocket hook and" pitr.se,
ami placed them all in his extended
hftnd.
'■'You tnajja us a present of these
now ?’ tiesttid.
•‘Yes. TSh*Tonditinn tfiat onb of you
w ill loiThwith conduct mo to the straet
frbr vi?/ I replied.
•Monsieur is a very Jibcrid gentle
man, indeei^.’
'1 hey then drew oft together, scru
tinizing the articles by the light of a
smoky lamp, and conversing in low
tones. I felt that they were holding a
conversation that involved- my life, and
to speak the honest truth, it seemed
as il every nerve in me quivered ; and
it was with difficulty that I could
stand
At length, the principal spokesman
turned to ino and said, in a cool meth
odical manner:
‘Monsieur has acted moro lino a gen
tleman than any other person we ever
n«d any dealings with, and if we «o«ld,
cHnsfstent with our business, oblige
him, we should be happy to do so I
but, unfortiinate'y, w-e are governed
by a rule whi h is a law with us, that
and ad men tell no tales, and we think it
wi'l not do to make an exception in
ibis case.. We will, however, in con
sideration of Monsieur’s gentlemanly
behavior, he as mild and lenient as pos
sible in doing our duty, and grant
Monsieur five minutes for saying his
prayers.’
‘ You have, then resolved to murder
Sms /r gasped I.
‘.Monsieur uses a very hard term,
but we will let that pass. You have
tivo tniuutus yot to live by this wgteh ’ 1
The vilfsiri then hekf roy watch to
the light, I felt indeed that my min
utes were numbered, an! secietly be
gan to pray for tho salvation of my
soul, bcJievrng that I could not save
my body.
A deoth-liko silence reigned in that
gloomy apartment for some time, and
tben one of the ruffians bent down, and
lifted a trap door, and from the dark
|>C. below issued a noisome sini-11, as it
Height be ot putrid bodies* l l>tlre and
tiiy frrtertded grave* und shuddered
and shook like an aspen.
But why stand there and die like a
dog, without a siagle attempt to es
cape ? At tbe worst it could be but
death, and there was a bare possibility
1 might get away. I fixed my eyes on
the door which opened on the stair
way, and with a single sudden bound,
reaehod it, but found it fast locked.—
Then, as the hands of the ruffians
seized me with murderous intent. I
uttered a wild shriek, the door was
burst in with a loud crash, and in a
moment ft e room was filled with gen
d’armes I snw that I wag saved, and
lamted and fell.
Tlie four masKs, tlie fair decoy, and
two or threo others concerned iq that
murderous den were all secured that
night, and I snhscqiiendy had the
pleasure of giving in my evidence
against them, and soring them all con
demned to. the galleys for lile.
The place had been for sornq time
suspected, and the decoy marked. On
tbnt night a defective had secretly fol
lowed the girl and myself, and, after
ascertaining whither she h»d conduct
ed me, had hastened to bring a body
of gen d'armes to tho place. The de
lay of the ruffians in their murderous
designs hsd been just sufficient to save
nio I scarcely need add that I never
again volunteered to accompany ad s
tressed damsel on a secret adventure
w hile I remained in Paris
Hew Parties.
The Memphis Avalanche rays the
“Democratic party o; 1868 ia ar ear po
litical organization composed of the pa
•riots and statesmen of the nation. It
is the creations of tbe terrible struggle
through which we have passed. Old
Line Whigs and old Line Democrats
have been immersed in tbe very flames
of civil war, the baptism of which ba*
consumed all old things. The question
of a high or low tariff; atl valorem or
specific duties; of the power of the Gen
cral Government to appropriate money
for internal improvements ; of the con
stitutionality of the Nctionol banking
system ; of the right or wrong of slave
ry—no longer mako or unmake parties.
The Risolution of 1798, upon which
the South planted herself, have writ'en
acres! their face, by the bloody hand of
war, :n letters of fire, tbe word ‘can
celed.’ We arc anothor people. The
mighty revolution of 1861 has not only
swept billions of property »o the wind,
but has buried with it all former par
ties—Old Line Democrat, Old l/ne
Whig, Freesoilers, Abolitionist, all
have’ been interred ia a political sepul
chre which will never to opened. The
thievi-h hand of IJutl.cr, or the malig
nant cyo of Stevens, or the boLitcrous
voice of L -gap may keep watch and
vigils, but the blood of tho nation was
not poured fut to perpctuite but to de
stroy tho fld order of things. Are we
to be taught that a million precious
lives of the white men of Am irica were
sacrificed to appease the greasy, fiithy,
I brutish negro? Is tbe Freedmen’s
Bureau tbe monument to bo erected
over tbe gnyes of Jkjhocs ? The Radi
cal party in the North represents all
the bideoua oL.incuts of tho war Did
one of its great results. In the South
ern States it is oomposed mostly of men
who are cowards plunderers of the peo
ple, deserters, camp-followers, without
honor or truth—tax-title thieves, rob
bers. It is tbe filih (earn and stink of
the Revolution. Tbe leaders of this
party were either Whig or Democrat
Iu Grant wo have a Democrat who has
deserted bis political faith ; in Gel/ax a
Whig; in Butler all creeds and parties;
in Stevens tint! I.ogdn tfA jjarty. These
are the men who are at tbe front of the
Radical .Leobin faction, aod but for
(be fact that they have control of Con
gri«-, it would not maintain itself even
in New England. To oppose this mob
of fanatios the whito men of Andies
have United and formed a party—i-the
great Democratic party—pledged to the
restoration of the States and the suprem
acy of the white race. The name of
Democracy is not nsed with its eld po
litieal meaning, but because it io appro
priate to describe a party which oppos
es Ihe military despotism of CongretH
nod the enslavement es the whit* mao
Drop That Papekl —Yes, drop it.
Too niggardly and mean to subscribe
for your country paper, which is stead
ily laboringlfor the promotion and wel
fare of society—for your welfare—you
have been spunging on your neighbors
ever since it was established. You are
always eager to read it, and frequently
before it reaches the hanlof the honor
able owner it is crumpled and Corn by
yiur filching fingers. Drftp It ! Nev
er pick it np and read it again, unless
(you can do so with the prond aorscious
ness that you hate the rtghf—a tight
j secured in a legitimate way. If you
1 are too poor to aid In sustaining it, let
us know and we wiH send ywA the pa
per; But iij if downright
meanness in you, when you are as al le
' as your neighbor,! to send your children
through theo-wow, and sleet, and rain
to borrow it. Bo a man and help us.
&JC. - ■
Civile JJelUth. — A Fedtr.t officer
at the battle of Belmont, Mi.-smri,
marked rut & Confederate soldier, who
was conspicuous for bis gallantry, ami
shot him. He noticed where ho fell,
and the next day when sent back by the
defeated Fedora is with a party to bury
iheir dead, he sought out bis victim,
and upou turning the h dy over, found
' to his honor, that he had shot his own
brother. Such was tho war waged op
on the South.
No. 130.
Itllkci and the fflogintratr.
A Patlander with a red nose, and
rendered still more red, by a cepione
discharge of blood which octcd through
a rag tied ever a recent wound on hi*
scalp, applied to a magistrate fort war
rant, when the following dialogoc fork
place:
Magistrate—‘Well, Mike (far his
cnMteamee operated as • sort of a fig
ure peat, pointing to tho rosd whence
he came;) whnt do you want?’
‘l’d be wanting a warrant, you wor
ship's glory.’
‘Against whom ?’
‘Aain Barney O’Leary, plaiss your i
rivirioce,’
‘For wbat?’
‘Muriher, your grace.’
‘Whom did he Murder?’
‘Murtbcr! oeb, tbe devil a creature
but myself, your excellency,*
‘lndeed! baa ho really been guilty of
tkpt ?’
‘By my soul he hae ! Bad luck to
him, lie has made a hole ie my Rap
per big enough to b«ry a eat in.’
‘lie hat not killed you outright, I
see.’
‘Oeb shure, it isn’t bis fault that be
hasn’t for be intended it, and nothing
ahurer.’
‘I suppose an assault warrant will suit
you ? When did be assault you ?’
‘lie slaughtered me last night about
two o’clock this morning, your serene
highness ?’
‘Did he striko you with a stick ?’
‘No, my lord, it was a small taste of
a poker.’
A poker! What a dreadful mur
derous weapon.’
'Arrah ! shure, your holiness, it is in
deed.’
‘Where was I 7 Shure I was in bed.’
'Asleep or awake?’
‘As sound as a roach, your honor.’
‘And what provocation lud you giv
en him.’
Dlvil a provocation at all, moßl noble
llow could I when I was dead drunk
asleep ’
‘What! do ycu mean to say he came
to your bedside and struck you in that
dreadful manner without cause ?’
‘Yes, your highness—barring he came
to his own bedside instead of mine 1’
‘llls own bedside D' weie you in Lis
bed ?’
‘Faith you have guessed if, your riv
ercncc.’
‘And what brought you there?’
‘That’s more than I can tell, your
honor, barring it was the liquor.’
‘Was this all you did to provoke bis
anger ?’
‘Divil a thiog else.’
‘Wa* there any other person pres
ent ?’
•Not a craturc- independent of his
wife that was in bed with me, your
graee.’
*nis wife t were you iu bed with his
wife ?’
‘ln course I was your honor.’
‘And dou’t yotrilbiuk you deserved
wbat you got **
‘IS it me ? Not I ; it was a mistake/
‘Mistake 1*
‘Yes, I thought it was tny wife in the
dark. I went into the room in mis
take ’ *
•Well, I boro y?w committed no oth
er mistake. You must be more care
ful in future, I cauuot grant you a
warrant,’
JThank your roasrrsty. If he bits me
agin it shall go for something. By my
roul I will give him a crack that will
knock him iuto the middle of next
month. So an iiligaut good day to
your honor’
Pulling up his unmentioßubleu, he
bopped off iu a real Irish trot. It turn*
ed out tbul Mike went to bed uncon
scious of where he was, till Barney gave
aim a gentle bint with tho poker, and
fortunately his skull was thick enough
to resist the intended finisher. Barney’s
sleeping beauty was also awoke by the
shock, who gave her tender assistance
in carrying oho intruder out of the
chamber of her lord and master.
a simple mode af computing
interest is as follows : Multiply auy giv
en number cf dollars by tho number of
days of interest required, eeperate the
right band figure and divide by six ;
the result is the true iutere.-t fir such a
number of days at six per cent. This i
rule is so Bimplc and true, according to j
all business u-age, that every banker,
btokor, mere ha rw, and e'erk sbouldlpost
it up for reference surd use. By no
arithmetical process can so desired in
formation he obtained with so few fig
ures.
Un Makuyinu. —Tiie Home Journal
which is deemed good authority in sash
iouable cirelcs, give* a few rules for se- |
lecting a wife : Ist, she should bo well i
br*d ; or,of good extraction. 2. She
should beat least ten years younger
than her husband. 3. Sire should not
be selected bemuse she has money,
though “a suitable woman with money
has an additional charm.’ 4. Very old
men should not marry at all ; but if
they will marry, they may as well mar.
ry their housekeepers, if they can get
along with their couuections.
What miss plajs more tricks than a
monkey ? Mu-chief.
A FIEKV HIJKRRICANE.
Mail l'rnnks of Hie Uevotirtuf
Element.
The Green Bay Advocate, of Mxjr
28, contains seme accounts of X great
fire which has been raging through the
iron regions of Northern Wisconsin
Its oorrespoij4*nt, writing from Negan*
nrc, soys :
lAvrtJcs who saw the fire describe it M
avast whirlwind, in the shape of*
funnel, traveling through th« wood* at
raiT'fray speed, setting fire to and burn
ing everything in its way. The first
pile of wood tho firo struck about 4
o’clock in ihe afternoon, containing
over 2,000 cords of green beach and
maple cat last winter. Tbe wood was
one shcot of flame in an instant.
Water was on the piles in about fifty,
barrel*, put there in caso of fires, and
tbe snow ad ice me ting from under tlu
wood gave them plcDty more, which wa*
put on without seeming to have muefc
i (Lot, such being the force of the fire.
Help was summoned from Escanab*
and Ncgauncc ; six trams were on thw
track, and with all the help they had
besides this, they were unable to get
command of it until two o’clock next
morning. At about three o’clock lk«
fire was beard coming back from Urn
peninsula.
They immediately dispatched all the
force ihey could ppaic to a pile contain
ing six hundred cords short wood, two
miles above tho fire. They bad no soon
er arrived there and taken their station,,
before a burricaoo struck the wood and
set it on fire before a hand could he
raised Such was its force that it jump,
ed clear aoross a small opening and the
railroad track before it struck tbe waed.
Many men had their whiskers and batr
singed by the heat. But very few cords
in this pile were saved. I saw nothing
that would burn last on the spot it was
one vast sea ot ashes.
The fixe is still raging in all parts of
the country ; is is but one line of firo
and smoke between hcreaud Escanaba.
I saw several wood-piles on firo on the
way here. Men are stationed all along
the watching the track and wood
piles.
At Palmer’s falls, five miles from
here, the whole village burnt down last
night; They sent here this morning
(Tuesday) for help to save a large saw
mill they have there.
The railroad from here to Msrquctfo
is also in a very dangerous state—fire
all tho way down. I learn from severe
al parties from Marquotte, this morning
that tho village of Choco'a was iu con
siderable danger. This south wind
has driven the fire right down in that
direction.
A traveling book agent stop
ped at s tavern in New Jersey, while
on a tramp.. The landlady was n Wid
ow, the mother of three uncommonly
plain daughters. wLo look a fancy to
tbe agent..
\V hilo at dinner.one day he was re
quested by the widow to carve the meat
and servo it out to the company at tho
table.
"My dear madam/’ said he, “really
you must excuse mo, for Ido not under
stand carving. 1 u*n acoustumcd to
being served—not doing service.’’
-“Not understand rarviDg meat 1 Mer
cy ou us/ i jaculated the old lady, ‘wbat
kind of a woman must your mother
have been? Affine husband you’d
make, to bo Eure. Why, if you were to
come to me and say, “Widow Fox, can
L buve one of your gals for a wife ?’’ I
would say to you, "Mr. T , yoi»
can’t until you learn to / carvo meat.’
"Give yourself np uneasiness, my
dear madam/ replied T—, “I doa’t
wanteitbeir of them, they lock teo
much like their mother,’*
We wouldn't want that man to sell
books for os. He dont know Lis busi
ness. We would have admired the beau
ty of the girls, and said they looked
just like their mother More than that,
we would dandle the b*by os our kass
and tell mama it was the sweetest little
angel in the world, no matter if it had
a dirty face and squealed like a young
hyena.
“My dear,” said an anxious matron
to her daughter, “It is very wrong f->r
young people to be throwing kisses at
each niher.
“Why so mamma? I’m sure they
don’t hurt, even if they do hit.”
Mrs. Jones, a farmer’s wife in Cin-
I ciunati, says :
“I believe my boys bevc got the ten—
■ dcrest hearts in the world. I can’t tell
I oseof ’em to fetch mo a pail ot water
but ho’ll burst out n oryin’.”
“Sambo, does ye know why de Radi
cal* is liko dc.se noisy things all tru da
woods now 7”
“No, Fete, I gib it up.”
“\\ ell, its cause dev’s 10-cusscs.”
“Yab, jah, ynh—dat am a fak Peta
| an dey don’t lib mor’n forty days ester
I dey g'ts to dar wust nudiler. 4 ’
It was a Dutchman who said "a pig;
had no car marks exoept a short tall ,**’
and it was a British magistrate who be
ing told by a vagabond that he waa nob
married, responded :
That’s a good thing for vour wife."'
An boce,t farmer writes to the shaiix
man of au agricultural society;
“Gentlemen ple-sa put me ya
: your list of cattle for a bull.