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UITITMANi OAi|
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TERMS OP SI IWITtiPnOM I
*TWO DOLLARS per AiftUltn It, Atbritu*.
The Bachelor’s Surprise.
A chill December eroding, with the rain
and snow forming a disagreeable sort of
Conglomeration on the side-walks, the gas
lamps at the corners flickering sullenly
through the mist, and the wind taking one
Viciously as one came round t lx) corner.—
Not a pleasant evening to assume posses
sion of anew home) but necessity knows
fio law, and Mr. Barkdale put up his
night'kej llito the red bfick house in the
middle of the block; sincerely hoping that
his new landlady would hare common
sense to light a Are in the grate.
“Is it you, air ?" Mrs. Hiuinan quoth,
beamingly. “There’s a good fife, and it’s
all right "
“All right, eh ?” said the bachelor,
feeling the bine tip of his frosted nose, to
see whether it had escaped being froeeu
Off entirely.
“Well, lam glsd to hear that Have
the trunks come ?”
'•Oh, yes, sir ! and the other things.”
I ‘What other things?” demanded Mr.
barkdale.
But Mrs. Hinrunn pursed her lips up.—
•‘I wasn’t to tell, sir, please,"
“Rather an eccentric old bnlyi" thought
Mr. Barkdale, pushing post her to the
third story frout room, which he had sol
emnly engaged (he day before.
It had beet) father ft dark and dingy
little deu by the light of the tnoou; but
how, softeiled by the coral sliiile of a well
filled grate, it wore quite another and a
brighter prospect.
“Velvet paper on the walls, gilt panel
ing; fed carpet, and a Sleepy-Hollow
fchaif;" themght Mr. Bnrkdit)*q glancing
around.
"Not so uhcotlifttlldtfle, (fftefsll: When
I get my things unpacked; ft gkefti quite
home like.”
He sat dovrri Ilfs Valise iti the toruer, de
liberately opened it, took out a pair of
slippers, a fid *ri tested his tlttd feet thefe
in. Nett f>(< lead h*f (tfct ‘itercoat,
“Now for a cignf;” thought lie.
But the brown-layered weed was yet in
his baud, when there was a bitstle, and a
flutter, and a wluspef, arid a iilerry noise
bn the lauding off Wide, shd the door flew
open, as if by fflngic, to adifftt half * dozen
blooming laughing girls.
Mr. Bark dale dtopped his ftlgaf, Arid re
treated a Rtep or two,
“Dou’tbe alarmed," said the tallest and
prettiest of the bevy, “it's (Ally a surprise. ”
“Avery agreeable one, f’in sure,” said
Our friend, recovering in some degree his
pfevenee ttl mind.
“THf’fc’iT fin mistake, J hope, ” said a
yclloW-tressed Hi/trde. “Yotfr name is;
not OrCetlffeM T ’
“No imslake at till, 1 assWV'e ftAt/' said
Mr. Bark dak-. "Of course it is Hot t freeu- j
field. Bit down, ladies."
And he pushed forward the Bleepy-Hol-
Ktw bmr; a camp-stool, and two' rhenr- 1
matte feopftlktrt dbeifft, Which’ #e*e ait the
aceoinWOtkrttMW presented by his apart
ment Hut, instead of accepting this
Courtesy, the girls all fluttered out again, j
giggling, and in a second, before he could j
realize this strange CoCrMfioTr Of nflMt*, ;
they were back again, bouquets, a pyra
mid of maccaroons, piled up plates of sand
wiches, of frosted cake, ami a mysterious I
something like nntoau ice-cream freezer.
’fhtt golden-tresssed girl dapped her
hands.
“You needn't think ftc unfit flcTfig' ilfl tHs j
for you sir," she said.
“Oh !" said Mr Btirkdalc, Inislifully, “I
—I —hadn’t any nrtdtt Repression.”
“It’s all a snTpWsti dbsigrred for Rate’s
cousin."
“Is it ?” said Mr. Burkdtifc, nteffti iA the ;
dark than evert
"Aud hoed dp fern stfppese we found it
all out T' demanded the tall gii'l with the
black eyes and scarlet feather in her hat.
“I haven’t the least idea."
“We found your letter to Kate, anil We
gßls tend ft,- atrd We resolved to take you
Vnd her both' fiy surprise- (the is to be
here in half an hour. BKrbtmi -tl-CTt is
fkirbara Morris, iu the blue merino d?M*/',
♦ith a turn of her long lashes tOV,Ht& flYe
golden-haired girl—“pretends 1 sflite has
tltoved hei'e, sPd Hate is to Como and i
Spend the' CVerring With Barbara. Won’t i
K be a joke 7"
“BtnpendWV f' said onr hero, gradual
ly beginning to comprehend the fact that
he wak - mistaken for someone else.
“What will Kate say wheu she sees you
Here ?” ejaculated another maid, merrily.
“Ah ! what, indeed ?" said Mr. Bark
dale, wondering in what words be Could
best explain matters.
“Of course we shall all look the Other
vTay while you are kfeitfg and bugging
her," said- Miss Bftrbto’s,- definitely
“Very considerate of you, I aIS sft*rC,”
Observed Mr. Barkdale.
“She’s the sweetest girl in New York, ’
exclaimed the tall dhnfflel, eoWmsmutically.
•■‘l am one of her dearest friismls., We
Work onr sewing machines side by
itlflfe Mi Madame Grillard’s. Hasn’t she
efbi #iTCt# to yon about Alice Moore ?” j
“I—l don’t j<W this moment rcdall that
she has."
“Oh, Well; it dbfesti’t matter;’’ said Al
ice. “Jus* yott sit down; ah'd be a'good
hoy, while we fix the tables; Aren’t those
fose's beantifnl ? My goodness gracious,
how astonished Kate will be !”
“She can’t be more so than I am,” said
Mr. Barkdale, singing into tli& Sleepy-
Hollow chwir, affld passing his handker
chief Rcroew bfe forehead. “Well, it’s a
fnere matter of fate; I can’t see how I am
to explain myself; and yet, perhaps, I
Ought to explain- Ladles
(SallahtfiS ImVuroknt.
VOL. IL
“Hush-all-sh-sli,” cried the sit pretty '
girls, all iu a tlissiug chorus i “Kate's
coming; Buaaie has brought het. Hush- !
sh-sh ! Pon'tsny a Word, Mr. Greenfield." '
The golded-hniri'd girl's hand was clap
ped promptly over his mouth. Alice
Moore grasped his arm spasmodically,
aud the Other four danced ft sort of l)c ’
witching little fetninifie war-danco about
him, while a seventh girl entered—a pret
ty, Msduunu-faeed creature, like a dove.
“Come and kiss him, Bate,” Cfied all
the others. “Now, don’t be ridiculous,
for wo shan’t take auy notice. Boro he
is.
“Kiss who ?" cried Hate, standing still
aud staring all around beri “Girls, what
on earth do you mean ?"
“You provoking thing!” exclaimed
Barbara, stamping her little foot, “Do
yon suppose we are ttl! fools 7 Why, of
course, we know all übout him ! It’s Mr.
' Greenfield —your cousin, Kate—the young
M. tl,"
Kate looked around in bewilderment,
“Where ?”
“Why, here.”
Nothing of the sort!” said Miss Kate,
! demurely.
Our hero stood up, feeling himself grow
| ing uncomfortably Warm and red.
“Ladies,” he said, “there's some mis
take here. I said at the outset that my
name was not Greenfield.”
“There !” cried the girls at once.
'y “There 1” echoed Kate, defiantly.
“Didn't we tali yon ?” cried the girls.
“Didn't I tall you ?” rcfortsrf Kute.—
| “Be kind enough to let us know what
; your name is, sir ?”
“Cephas Barkdale,” said the wretched
| victim of a misunderstanding.
“But,” said Miss Moore, “you said it
was Nott Greenfield ?"
“Of course I did 1” said the puzzled
bachelor; "it isu’t Greenfield, and it never
will be, unless 1 IniVe it changed by act of
Legislature.”
“Ob-h 1" exclaimed the girls. “Dear, ,
dear, to be sure 1 And we thought you
were Jvata’s lover- and his name is
N-o-double-t Nott Greenfield. "
••Do hold your tongues; you ridicul
ous things 1" said Kate, licit vexed, half
laughing.
•■ Wlirt* mtlsf Mr. Barkdale think of us
; all 1”
“J tbfoV yoff rite Very ntae,” said Mr.
Barkdale, gntliilitly.
Miss Barbara fn the fffSafftß*te had taken
a slip ill paper dot of her pocket. She
uttered a hysterical shriek.
“ft’s all my fault t” she eifchrirned. “ft
Was No. 30 instead of No. !f*i and the tail
■of the horrid ftgrffe’s turned the Wrong
efld up—-that’s aft Ami the 6nlv"e, and
the flowefs, a'trtf everything. ”
“Htop, ladies, if you please,” said Mr.
Barkdale, courteously. “Because the j
surprise lias come to the wroug place is no
reason wiry the right person slibithf *io*
ftnjoy it. AUoW tree to give up this rcWt
to your use this evening. I will just step
across the street mid send Mr. Nott Green-;
field over.
“But you must return wHh him,” said j
the wirts
And mV. Jsifodale t*fts not allowed to
depart until he bail promised.
Mr. Nott Grueufiehl —a good-looking
medical student, who had the “sky Warfor”
(Hfetrtly opposite came promptly ou ttferf
CIWt of the name of Rate K'ellforil, and did
the j-olite thing in introducing Mr. Bark
dalt; aud Barkdale uta of sandwiches, and
enjoyed the cake and cream, and coaxed
Miss Barbab* to pin a little pink rosebud
in the biiUoir-ho4e of his coat, linden joyed
himself prodfigiOittlY.'
“I'd like to'be surprised like ftfilr Wery
night iu the year," said he.
“Oh, you greedy creature 1” said Misk
Barbara.
“But there Was one timh I seribusly
meditated throwing myself out of the
window,’said hA, “when you told me I
was to kiss Kate/”
“Dear, dear 1” said Barbara, ironically;''
“that would have been dreaiXfut/ -ffowhln’t j
ft !”
“But the awkwardness of the thing,"
“I dure say ypiV never kissed a pretty |
girl,” pouted the ftkmde,
“I never did,’ skid the bachelor, grow- ;
ing bold; “but I will now, if you say so.” |
“But I don’t say so,” said Barbara, col
oring and laughing. “Behave yourself,
sir. ”
Mr. Barkdale went home with the fair
Barbara aud they grew to be very great
friends, and—where’s the use trying to
i conceal 1 bow it all ended ? They were
married ar the year’s end, with all the six
surprisers for brides-maids, Hate Kellford
included. Mr. Nott Greenfield proposes |
, to follow the example as soon as he gets
i his diploma.
— #
Nenhibue. —A young lady being about to
fparlnate at a seminary recently, refused to
accept the appointment of valedictorian lie
cause she couldn't incur the expense of
such a dress as sire worth I be expected to
wear- “I cannot arfford the dress; I shall
in all probability never have occasion to
wear it after I leave school;- I need books
; and other helps to iurther culture, and I
must choose between the books and the
i dress. I choose the books.” There’s a
moral rn this anecdote f err young ladies
Wbcc ettobse to ftn4 ft,
flow to CoNqtrf!*.—Kcv. Mr. T who had
lieen a riotorious stooker, eon v’-need of the
error of his Way, rZfornP:-; tfirl Ms hank
firing for the weed still contibiTfiJ. Hff
used tb keep a segar itV the drawer of his
writtiug table; aild' w'lieii tlic Old habit
clamored for indulgence, he would Open
the drawer, take out the cigar and look at
it, saving: “You think that you can conquer
me, fmt, you cau’t,” and then return it to
| its place.
QUITMAN, (LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1874.
THE BLACIC BOTTLE DREAM;
or miss noLi.
David Willis Was the greatest dhio'iitnl
in the village: The boys about town Called
him "Old Black," and for a very good
reason. If on his way to his work-shop,
you might couht on seeing the mouth of it
sticking out of his pocket; If ill his shop at
work, look sharp, add ritlt would bfi sUre j
to find It on a high shelf close at baud. !
When sober, he was rather ashamed of
“old black. ” Then he would manage to
put his handkerchief 111 lilßpocket, SOKx to
Cover it; add at slick times a few shftVtngs
k Cpt it out of viow iu the shop; but Was juat
as good a sign of him us was the paiutad
one over his Wtnk-foom of “Bash and
Blind;" And to tlitdk this satdo "Old
; Black" was once the happy httsbadil of a 1
! loving wife, and ns genteel td appearance j
jas any mad id the place ! What Will not a j
' lilaek bottle dt,? Bis sOti Robert Was all |
he had UuW iu the world? Ho had always !
i been u delicate child, and of late years, the
waul of mother's earc ( and his father's j
habits,■ eecnietl tireiikidg doWn his health '
and spirits Ilia father loft'd hild dearly,
and always told him to atoid bud, profane
11m>y s. SHltl he did dot wish him to feel
that he Was (lie soil of a drunkard, or to
j be afraid of taking “a little" With his fath
i er when the Weltllief Was cold, or When lie
! was a little “ailing." Tiled lie would say,
with a sutaOh of his lips.
“Conte, Bob, toy boy, I’Ve fixed you tip j
a nice ‘toiV—sugar and nutmeg, do you '
j good; fit/tne, take it down."
But Bob Would only shake his bead sad
ly, and say lte lied promised his mother j
i the night she died, tlfitt he Would Defer |
; taste n drop.
“Hush, my sod," he tfouM say at the!
: mention of her name, "don't let’s talk
j about tii-l ; ‘twill Wake tis feet bad.”
Like most of drinking men's children, j
poor Bob did hot lnive much “schooling,” |
mid could not read very well. A kind !
friend Of Ills otTu age Would often come
after tea and rerid to the two. The polite
toddy maker oruiid not fliin'fe of letting j
him go away without a tittle “treat,” for J
his kindness to his hoy.
“Come now, hoys,” he would say “that’s j
book enoUffh for fo-nfght; here it fs, all;
right for yod, lifiif fvfitef, sdgif, nod hut- j
meg; do yon good, take it down; nothing i
like a little fnu after hard work.”
But he had the “fnn” all to himself; for !
Robert's friend Was also a strict temper ‘
mice boy. One ttfght; Bob"; boitfg nVore
feeble than usual, fell asleep' drifing the
reading. He (TrO'atbed that lie died, and i
at the shining gates'of New JerusateitV, his
mother was waiting to receive him. Oh,
how radieutly bright shone her happy face, j
and how beautiful beyond diSCriptiou was j
the golden streets attd the jaw#*)* W alls, and j
more than nl! fbe'se, the soraplfif! music of |
the lieavcOTy hV?<W, ffiiiging their hallelujahs
before the great White throne! But he j
soon missed his angel mother from his
side, and following her to the gate by j
which he had entered, he sriw Ids father |
standing just outside o? Hi His mother j
held dbt her hamlw, f-hgeffy- to lead him in,
hut an angf? a£ the gate waived her aside, j
and pointed at something that lay before ;
them; that something, he saw, was a black
bottle. His father seemed anxious to en- j
ter, but try ever so haTfl Ire CtaYtfl flat, for j
the blr.eb bindratiCe etiineif Ailed up the j
way. His mother and himself pushed with I
all their might to turn it aside, hut the j
gate keeper told him that he only who j
would come iu could remove it
He awoke. The first object tfet met i
bis eyes, v/us the bhcck' birfdVftWfie to the |
pearly gate, on the table Dear him.
His friend was gone. The fire burfied j
low. On two chairs, before its flickering |
light, his fstlier breathed heavily. He j
awoke the deep’s'feepef, fftfd fold hrM-thwt
he hud had a dream wbicli he mfilit tell
him that night, us he felt so weak, lie
thought he might never see another mor- .
row. His father tenderly laid him on their j
bed, and uttrmlrog at his side, listened with !
a wild stare, nntrV the dream was ended,-
The effort of relating it, had qeiite erlvjVH
tad the pale dreamer, bi?t the last thing
his eyes rested on, was the bowed form of
his father, tightly grasping liis feverish
hand? And there, ou his wicked knees, j
bis ebisoned Vireath went up, even to tho
freat white throDe', “(iod bfi raereifiiT fo
rhe a sinner.”
Header, what do you suppose awoke :
Robert the next morning? Why, nothing j
more mVr less than the smash of a black •
bottle on- the chimney corner. Thank God, j
it can no' longer bar tile gate of pearl, for
it lay in tAehty bits on tbs now brightened
and’ happy hearthstone
A Snake In A Railroad 6ar.
A letter from Genesee to the Syracuse j
Standard, under date of September 24, re
lates the following: “Yesterday, on the ,
train on the Erie Railway which runs from
| Rochester to Dansville, and reaches here
at 10 a. m., a most singular circumstance
j occurred. When the train w-us about
; three miles from this village, the passen
gers in one of the coaches were alarmed :
by the singular actions of a lady who gave
her rissic as Mary P. Rhoades, of Adrain,
Micb„ and a relative of Rev. C. T. Seibt,
|of Olwn, N. Y. She was leaning over a
; seat, uttering the most wiercing cries. A
| genfleKMMi rushed to her and asked the
! trouble. She made no answer but con
tihued <o scream' the louder. When the
traitl reached'this village she was helped
into the waiting-roohi, atid a gentleman
i present procured a glass of- brandy, which
being given to the lady, she appeared [
to recover some. A lady standing near at j
(his juncture gnvo n scream, atid pointing
to the head of Miss tthoades, fainted. On |
examination a large striped Shako was Ob
served coiled around the Chignon of the
lady. How it came there was tl ifiystCt-Jr, |
and only explained by the theory that it.
hint got into the car and took refuge under
the cushions of the Car-seat. Miss Rhoades i
Stated she felt somotiilttg crawling up her |
head, btit Could only give vent to her feel- 1
ings in screams, and until it was taken off I
did not herself kuow wliut the matter was.
The snake Was killed, aud the affuif pro
duced no little excitement for the time.
a wtin MAX
Ait Ekoiting Chase and Capture of a
Youtlg Man Supposed to be Wild.
A young man entered the house of John |
Webb, at “Buck-eye tn*Uffij” the usual
stopping place, midway between Caryville
and the Cincinnati Southern Railroad,near
Chitwood about ten or twelve miles beyond
! Caryville, and threw himself into a bed
i along with some gentlemen stopping there
for the night: The landlord, Mr. Webb,
being aroused, found the young man in
a state of intense excitement; and at first
supposed ho was drunk, but, on trying to
induce him to take lodging elsewhere, it
was ascertained that lie was nttf Intoxicat
ed, but wild, Of Crafty. Then Mr. Webb
tried to Induce him to remain and take
quarters with him, but failed. He became
excited and run away, and, strange to say,
a fine mastiff of Mr. Webb’s followed hint;
! and was found with him, six or eight miles 1
i distant, Inter ftil the snmC dHy, The first
j heard of the strange man after leaving!
| Webb’s was early on TVidity morning, at j
Mr. Neal’s several miles off, in Wcottooim-1
I ty. He was accompanied by Mr, Webb’s
! dog, which seemed to have linked fotftitles
intii him. He; ill company with the dog,
slipped into tile house of Mr. Neal, and j
seized a four year old child, uttd started for
the woods. Neal pursued hint, when he j
fled nt a great speed, leaving the Child,the |
dog continuing with hint. Here' be became ]
wholly destitute of any Clothing save ft Shirt, i
The neighbors became aroused, and after i
running him through the mountain gorges |
for more than ten miles, succeeded in cap-;
taring him late ill the afternoon of Friday.
It was witn the greatest difficulty that Mr. I
Webb induced his dog to leuvo him and
return home, the outline showing many ]
signs of sympathy with tile tin fortunate!
young man. Our informant saw him soon
aftef lie Was captured. He was then Uitifih !
exhausted, atid going through all the tan-1
mioeuVres of a tired dog panting, (shaking ;
his sides, and lolling or dropping his
tongue to its full length, and letting it
hangout. At times he Would go through
the most remarkable grimaces and distor
tions of his face and whole body. Bis cap
tors had succeeded iu getting a pair of pan
taloons on him. He had talked a lit tle in
a very uncouth style; hail asked for some
ting to eat, drunk a few sips of wate, and
commenced gnawing a huge piece of corn
bread. He gave his name, most generally,
as George Hyntli, of Town Greek, Ohti
born county, though he used other names
frequently when asked in regard to his
name. He is somewhere between twenty
and thirty years old, being of that pecu
liar appearance that gives but little index
to true age. Hu lias some lmi? on liis face,
which leaves the Observer in tTOfflff as to
whetlffiT' it is ft boyisll fuzz, or ti half
grown, or half a week's growth of hair.
He is not nil idiot. He is a wild man.
How long he had been such, or wliat cans- j
ed it, onr informant seemed to regard as ,
matters of doubt. Those who had him in ,
charge are good citizens, who designed
proceeding to Huntsville, and taking all
necessary steps for his comfort and wel
fare.
Be Wilt Ws found, if friends should be ill
search tiii uffi?, ifi tlfe ciftffoify tit the au
thorities at Huntsville, until something can
be ascertained of his origin, etc. - Knox
ville, (Trim.,) Preßs and Herald.
Men of Literary Genius.
TassiVs fionfermition was neither guy nor
brilliant. Dante was neither taciturn or
satirical. B'nflfit \Vftff sffTcA' 6? brf/ng.
Hogarth and S<li were Very absent
minded in company. Milton was very un
sociable and even irritable when pressed
into conversation. Kirwin, though copi
ous and eloquent in public addresses, was
meagre lift'd dull ill colloquial ddsttatifse.
Virgil was heavy 1 ill (fo.lvefttutioll. La \
Fonntoiiie appeared heavy, coarse and ]
stupid; he could not speak and describe,
what he bad just seen; but then he was
the model of poetry. Chaucer's silence
wus more agreeable than his conversation.
Wyden's cfiitvfiTsation Wft slow .end diilV, |
his humor saturiue reserved. Cornille in
conversation, was so rapid that he never
failed in wearying; lte did not even speak
correctly that language of which ho was
the master. Ben Johnson used to set si
lent in company and snek his wine and
Weir h nmol's. ‘ Mouthy was etjff, sedate,
and wrapped in accetitism. Araison was
good company with his intimate ffifiWjkf,
but in mixed company preserved his dig
nity by a stiff and reserved silence. Fox
iu coDVcmftritt fiffiter flagged his anima
tion was jbeH/aiYfitlble. Dr. Bently was
loquacious, so nlso' xVas Orations. Gold- j
smith “wrote like an aft’gel af*d spoke like i
poor Poll." Jiurko was entertafoiiig, en
thusiastic and interesting in eonversnfrblV.
Cnrwn was a convivial deity. Leigh I
Hunt was “like a pleMimt stream,” in con
yebsitiou. Carlyle dcrtibtw, objects, and
(haWbmtly demurs.
■ -
M.rttatAOK IN Paris. -The ftative Parisi
an has ever been an eiKjtn? to marriage.—
His habits seem to tefrd more and more
toward solitude, the evasion of what might j
be called natural duties. Religion, mor
ality and political econohty solicit Iris hom
age in vain. Statistics show that the
number of marriages is continually Wan
ing, and the counsel given' oVigrtailly to
the Romans'by the Censor M-etefFus might
very appropriately Be addressed to the
Parisian of the present dity;—“Citizens,
said the wise and unselfish statesman, “if
it were possible for us to exist without wo
men it would be well, and we should thus
escape annoyance; but since Nature ren
ders it as utterly impossible to live without
them ns it is disagreeable to live with, let
us sacrifice the comforts of this short life
of otil's fo the interests of the republic,
which is dfiatiued fo live forever.-” —A rvm
I J Paris Letter:
A Texas Romance.
Years ago, and yet not so many, for it!
has been siuoe the war, some disagreement j
arose between a Couple of niurriCu folks in J
one of tliri old States, and after ltluch pain I
and suffering anil public exposure of fatal- j
ly uffultfl iil the courts, a dCCleti of di
vorce Whs obtained and they who had i
stood at the altar of Hymeh to be joined i
in itfilon were parted at the altar of jus
tice, to which they hud appealed. Then
own way each of theta tinned, and long j
ybiifa have come and gone since then, j
The husband nml father traveled with his !
burden to the golden shores of California, ,
and there, no doubt, tried hard to forgive
and forget. The wife and mother, with
their babe, struggled with the skeleton of
her deudeiled life and iu time came to
Texas. By some fatuity the husband
came to Texas also.
Last Friday they both were aboard the
train bound from Galvestoll to this city.
The little daughter, while looking curi
ously over tlie car at all the strange faces, ,
| suddenly Caught Sight of her long gone j
I father. Before lief mother could stay |
her, she had rushed to him crying “Papa ! ,
papa 1” The greeting of father and child
was touchiug and beautiful. All the old
emotions, all the smothered love of wife J
and child, came back iu an instant.
"Mamma is here,’ said the little girl;
“come and go to her-” And she It'd her
father up to the astonished mother, and
n poetic predestination was accomplished.
They met aud talked as of yore, and soon |
all wos well with them again. Chastened
its by fire, they seemed to know each other
better, Tlie sequel is soou told.
After reaching Houston the services of
Rev. Mr. Huckett were called for, a license
obtained, and tlie marriage fort's resumed j
with a far Better understanding of their
liiit'ife and sanctity. And tuns it is “All’s
; well that ends well, lirom Houston ( Toms) \
, 'ltfk’cn’tiph.
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A Story lor Bays.
It is related ot a Persian mother that on
: giving her son forty pieces of silver as his
: portion, she made him swear never to tell
a lie, anil said— j
“Go, my son) 1 conrigil tliPetoGod, 1
and wo shall not meet here again till the j
j day of judgment. ”
The youth went aWay, and the party he j
1 traveled with were nftftanltod by robbers.
One fellow asked the boy what he had, j
and he answered:
"Forty dollars are sew ed up in my gar- j
i ments. ”
The robber laughed, thinking the boy 1
j jested. . j
Another asked the same question, and j
received the same answer.
At last the chief called him, and asked
! him Whet he had. The boy replied:
I “l hnfe fold two of your people already \
that I lmd forty dinars sewed up iu my j
clothes.”
The chief ordered the clothes* to Pf> rip
ped open, and, the money was found.
“And how came you to tell this ?”
"Because,” replied the boy, “I would
not be false to my mother, to whom 1 i
promised never to tell a lie.”
“Child,” said tire robber, “art thou so '
mindful of thy duty to tlij' mother at thy
years, and I insensible nt my age of the
duty I owe my God ? Give me thy hand
that 1 may sw ear repentance on it. ”
Be did so ( and liis fellows were struck
with the HCefifi. ...
“You have been onr leader fit’ guilt,’
they said to the chief—“be the same in
the path of virtue,” and takiug the boy’s
hand, they took the oath of repentance on j
it. j
There is a moral in this story, which
goes beyond tire direct influence iff the .
mother art the child. The sentiment in
fused into the breast of a child is again
transferred from breast to breast.
A Girls’ Swimming Contest.
On Thursday two thousand persons as- :
scmliled atSixty-siXtb street, East river.
New York, to' wrtnefSi a swimr.Virfg (Dutch
by seven young Indies for three prizes.
Misses Minnie Levpoldt, Emma Brown,
Josephine May, Mary Leypoldt, Emily
Kruger, Rickie Hands and Kittie Allen,
were taken to the starting point, five hun
dred yards from Orfi,..fliig. They started
firth a rjlftli, Arid fuC tMe floated them
like feuthe.s half the distance, when
they were within one hundred yards of
tlie’flag a large stean lieftt passed and
created such a heavy swell that (ill but the
Misses Leypoldt and Miss Brown wore 1
thrown far in the rear. Misses Kruger*
and Allen were driven upon, ffi-e ftifkf,
shore. The latter, it is said fainted and ;
was drawn ashore. The sisters Leypoldt
arrived together within twenty yards of j
goal. Miss Mary suddenly failed, and
her sister reached the flag the winner of
the first prize, a lqpket and chain. Miss
Mary arrived second, and serin'-cd the prize
ol'u pair of bracelets. Miss Brown was,
yet far ahead of the others, but within
forty yards from the end she gave out, and
was mwfcle to reach the flag until Mr. I
.Johnson, the champion English swimmer,
who accompanied the ladies from the
start, gave her some anoistaneo She pud
dled to the end and secured the third
prize, a toilet set,. The other sjiftfrnera
did not finish the rat'd, but erawxed into
the bath- li'offiie exhausted.
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An Englsh Description of Base Bail.
The Liverpool Mercnri/ gives the follow
ing description of base ball, which, to
those familiar with the game, will read
somewhat strangely: - Base blilt is played
with nine players on each side', tft'e Cite
side batting in cricket, and the other Side ;
fielding. The ground is marked out in
ClYfe'slixpfe of a diamond with a base at each
corit'ef, known respectively ns home base,
first base, second base and third ba.-.e, ,
The bi;t is tapering down to th’e hand, and
the barf is something smaller tbitti a crick
et bat). The bases are thirty'yards apart.
The batsnl'ai ffffirds &% the home base, the
tail] is pitched to him clear of the ground
by the pitcher. It can be any speed, hut
it must have an underhand delivef?. . Tlie
I batsman can have it either hjglf or low.
The field is composed of the pitcher, who
pitches the ball; the cfttelVef, who is {itusri
timed behrrrd the catcher' in the same,'
\?uy as * long-stop at.cricket, apd-is ever
•AateiVfnf fora good enteh when a slip Is .
hnule off the bat; and fihi'H niT 1 first basi*,_
Second base and short'idfo '.right field, cen
tre field and left fitSl. '-Tliere are usually
nine innings, an inning being complete
when three batsman have been put out
Having struck the "ball, the object is to
j make the base in safety. The game calls
I the exercise of the, greatest agility, its suc
cess being mostly owing to excellent field
ing, and any one who saw the game play
j od recently must give tbo Americans great
credit for being good hands at a catch if it
I exit! Ike at all otrtaiued.'
Faults of Temper.
Few men have sweet tempers, or hold
such as they possess under steady, invuri
able control, though there ave men who,
without this sweetness of nature, however
much tried never seem to loose their self
command. No public mifh can get on long
who has not his temper well in hand; but
with the same amount of iiiflamablo par
ticles, men differ very much ou (lte occa
sions that Set fife p: them. Houle people,
who lirii all composure when we might
reasonable expect and justly excuse an ex
plosion; will break down info fieefislfh'tisS
or passing frenzy on slight provocations.
We have known men, quiet remarkable
for well-bred serenity, bo unreasonably
and childishly testy at some trahsent an
noyance of a sort they are hot used to.
Highly sensitive organizations atid intel
lects, kept bh the stretch, ur6 always, irri
table. Dc (Julucey; who Bus no heroes,
says that Wadsworth, with nil liis philoso
j phy, had fits of ill-temper, though tlie un
exampled sweetness of liis wife’s temper
I made it impossible to quarrel with her.
i Nor does the field in which temper exer
cises itself make much difference. A di
vine defending his favorite views is us pep
pery as any layman; while lie flushes and
his eye gleams and scintillates with less
, consciousness of the spirit Unit fofiH&j the
I glare than the disputant in secular matters
; —tlie distinction between zeal and temper
: being more easily drawn by his opponent
:or observer than by himself. How often
We read of meetings between religions and
philanthropic leaders, looked forword to
as a great occasion by their followers', leiiv
: ing only painful regrets, through some ac
cidental spark falling upon the combusti
ble element in the composition of one or
both. The two great hym-writers and
Christians, Newton and Tiq'Tudy, met but
one, and but fora few minutes, yet some
thing passed—a trifling jest-—which upset
[ Toplady’s equanimity, and made his part
\ ing words, we are told by the friendly by
standers, not Very eouftetme.
A Little Chin-Music.
A pointed or round cliin indicates a con
genial love. A person with such a chin
will not be easily satisfiod with real men or
women.
The indented chin indicates a gfcftt de
sire to be loved; hunger and thirst for af
fection. When large in woman, she may
overstep the bounds of etiquette aud make
love to one that pleases her;
A narrow, square chili indicates a desire
to love, and is more Comment among wo
men-
The broad, round chin indicates ardent
love, combined With great steadfastness
and permanent affection.
The retreating cliin. is indicative of the
want of attachment, and but little ardor in
love.
The cliin in its-length, indicates self-Con
trifl. self-will, resolution, and decision, etc.
Caiuiverous auinfals have the upper jaw
projecting, w hile those of a gratanfferoits
nature have the lower jaw projecting. In
man with a projecting upper jaw will be
i foiltfil large destructiveness and love of an
imal food; when the lower jaw projects
then love for Vegetable food.
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Wxlfofa Round Dance.
The other night, says Eli, I met ffrfn of
those Columbia College law students at
Saratoga, and asked him if he Could give
me halt' of a round dunce w ith Miss John
son.
“Why, yes, Mr. Pet-kins,” he said, “take
her,” but recollecting his law knowledge he
caught hold of my coat sleeve, and made
this casual remark:
“I give my bequeath to you, Mr. Eli
Perkins, to have and to hold in trust, one- j
half of my right, title aud claim, and my '
advantage, in dunce known as the Railroad
Gallop, with Amelia Johnson, with ahhair,
panics, grasshoppers, bead, rings, fans,
belt, hair-pins, smelling boltle, with all
tlie right, and advantage therein; with full \
power to have, uold, encircle,’ whirl, toss, |
wiggle, push, jam, squeeze, or otherwise
use except- to smash, break, or otherwise
damage and with right to temporarily
convey the said Amelia Johnson, her hair,
rings, paniers, and other effects hereto
fore mentioned, after such whirl, squeeze,
wiggle, jam, efo., to her ifhtnral parents,
now living, and witlfbu't regard to any
deed, or deeds or instruments, of whatever
of nature soever, to the contrary iu any
wise notwithstanding. ”
The Pulse.
F.veiy intelligent person' should know
how to ascertain the state of the pulse in
health; then, by comparing it with what
it was when be is adiag, lie may have some
idea of the urgency of his case. Parents
shpuld know the healthy pulse of each
child, ris t/ori su'd then a person is born
with a peculiarly slow or fust, phlse, and
the very case in hand may lie t lint of peculi
arity. An infant’s pulse is one hundred
and forty; a child of seven, about eighty;
and from twenty to sixty years it is seVeri
fy b’Cuta a irrtputc, ,*T> dining to sixty at
f'o'iriscVrrc. A lu>.dtfcrtff, gtavtti person's
piilse bests seventy timeft in a minute;
there may be good health down to sixty;
but if the pulse always exceeds seventy,
there is a disease tlie machine' is working
too fust; it is working itself out; there is
a fever or inflammation- (ttarfewliere, and
the body iff feeding cn itself, a;/ in con
sumption, when file pulse is quick ■ -that
is, over seventy—gradually increasing
with increased chances of cure, until it
reaches o'ffte hundred and ten or one hun
dred ai/d tweiity, when death comes before
many days. When the pulse is over sev
enty for months, and there is a slight
cough, the lungs are affected.
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All’s Well That Ends Well:
The sacrifices of Hvmon are occasional
ly celebrated under extraordinary circum
stances. Two years ugo, in California,
oho Joel Mansfield fired a pistol at Miss
Mary Helm, With womanslad’gbtereiis in
tent, and then, with suicidal purpose, cud
itbtefltune for himself. Recovering, he was
three times tried for the attempted murder
Of Miss Mary, aud three times did the con
scientious and sympathetic jurors after the
* ordinary muntuq-of suCh' functionaries in'
Much cases.- "fail -to agree. Mo the court
told Joel Mansfield t'o go about bis bUfti
; hess. A short time since he made if part
|of liis business to see, Mary again. And
I this time he had his heart in bis band (so
to speak) instead of liis pistol. This mild
manner of addresssng her (notified Miss
Moll, and, with or without the usual blush
es, she consented to become, ns she is now,
Mrs. Joel Mansfield. All's well that ends
well, but wonderfully queer the ending
i rtoun tiuiua its.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Atoms make wohlft.
Will all hash intoxicate ?
How to consume time—Eul dates.
Siluuoe is the fittest reply to folly.
Sorrows are tlie shadows of past jetys.
The greatest fortunes Consist of pennirri.
Good sfcldo'nt o‘r netcr tomes unmixi l
with evil.
White hftifils tire nice; lfftt willing ones
are nicer.
Wherever a fire Has f/etff, yHa ffi:! fif'd
ashes.
A near lantertf la bettol titdit ft distal, v
stur.
A bad habit to get ift'tb—A Coat that i.-f
not paid for.
Texas is tbo best State in the Union tit
get away from.
When your hands ate dead bury them
in your pockets.
How tfi avoid sea-sickh'oss—Keep awry
from tlie Water.
Trifle:' ftfaiip (fiirteeium, but perfecte d
itself is no tijne,
Don’t bathe the Cyes in cold water;
tepid is the best.
The best way to strike for wages—With
rt’orkuieh’s tools.
If you pay a visit, it is not necessary trl
take a receipt.
Carpets are bought tiy the yard, nrit
worn by the foot.
A sad exterior is (fibre sure to repel Until
attract p*ty
You cati (thirty.i find a sheet of water ou
the bed of the ocean.
Short-sightedness is increasing amoug
New York school children.
In perfect sleep the wholtfof the uer
veils structure is iufotVi and.
The home should be like lullaby iu this
noisy, Headlong world.
'flio btflT-dqg is good natilled; it’s the
bull-terrier that's so savage.
Everybody complains of his gas bill,
1 and yet it is a light expeuse.
Next to a diary, the most difficult thing
to keep is a leftd pencil.
A ftfotiStaChe dyed black looks incon
gruous off ft sandy haired man.
Knowledge aini timber shouldn’t be
much used till they are seasoned.
Most people are like eggs, too full of
themselves US Iford anything else.
If you' fiftfi'f rtTliskeJ at Bennington, Yt.,
ask for "prepared lundaftirih.”
•-Fixing" in Arkansas means double
barreled shot guns front an ambush.
“Ben scorn to kins amcmg themselves,
And Scarce would kiss a brother;
lint women want tp kiss so bait,
They kiss aud kiss each other.”
In Masrifobusetts it is legal to shoot an}*
one who' tars' and feathers you. •
Hope the best, fict. .ready for the worst,
j and then take ftfliat God sends.
“Irritation (T the brain” is the English
substitute for emotional insanity.
A polite way of put,ting it—Troubled
, with a chronic ifidispositioif fo ejtertioff.-
Wise sayings ofteft fail to (lie ground,
Imt a kind word is never thrown away.
Bnecziug is nature’s, provision for
scratching the Inside of the tV-jM organ.
laifgh at a man vfifff ft pug uosc;
you deni’f Kuoff wliat may fnffi fijl.
The new Unf to fish in' ( auforma is by
exploding giant powder HhiT’f the watei
A young subscriber wants I know if is
better to hide ydhr Savings isave your
1 hiding's. . ,
It is almonf ft’s fnncli a sin IbAhfst God's
snn-stiine out of yohf fiftffse,' e# to' Shn!
his Bible out.
Death is as necessnfy fo our eonsfi'tittiou
as sleep. cTe shall fco fefreshed in tbo
morning.
Avoid School-tertchers, for they are
always beginning f o learn wliat you have
lui'gotten.
A hoodlum is a California rough, and is
considered a tboro dniigerous animal than
the eastern bean?.
The strifte athong (lie wheelwrights
produced somo fine orators. Wheel
wrights? rfe good spokesmen.
Tlie purest foy that we can experience
in one we love; is' to see that pecs: ua,
source of happiness to others.
“MisrepreHcntatives of the presß” is'
Donn Piatt’s phrase for hotel dead-heads,
and a very good phrase it is.
They now say that Bozarris didn’t
“cheer his band 4 ’ at all, but hid iu a corn-*
field as soon as the tight began.
If your sister fell into a well, why
couldn’t you' rescue her ? Because you
couldn’t be a brother laud assist, her, too.
It is a lesson for the hypochondriac to'
watch the efforts of a man with the tooth
; ache to htagh. liftniklifn Argus.
Oom'lflW ffefoecne is now said to he a
, sovereign cure for fehonmutisui. All you
have to do is to touch If, With it match.
Three companions wffli whom you
should always keep on good terms You:-
wife; your stomach; and your conscience.
The rsnftW ap£rM£ntes when it will lie,
p A rh(‘jHi, war enough to re,Member that
' the scratch of ' yello'tV cat is good for
moiisqiiito bites.
A few drops iff fffrlpbiirie acid will pre
j vent ttpf decay tit solution of gnmurabic.
|By tli'rs Act'd fife fine is precipitated as it
sulphate.
Anybody can huild a castle in the air,
lint it takes more than a genius to live iu
one.
“Heroine" is perhaps us peculiar a word!
US'any ifi our language; tlie two first let
ters of it are male, the three first female,
t lie four first a brave man, and the whole'
word u brave woman.
One point of iliffernece between a timid
child aiid a shiVWiccked sailor is, one
clings to its mil and the other to its spare.
A Toast Woman: the last mid best of
the series. If we iVlay have her for a toast
we won’t ask for ally tnVt-her.
“We’ro rfi ft pickle now,” said a man iu
a crowd. “A regular jam,” said another.
“Heaven preserve us ! moaned an old lady.
One of fSe delights of life at a sea-side
hotel iif a room over the kitchen, where
you can smell the dinner long before it is
served.
It is with little-souled people as it is
with narrow-necked bottles—the less they
have in the more noise they make m pour
iftrg out.
Never lie angry with Jon? neighbor
becufrie his religious views differ front
i yours-, for all the branches of a tree do not
| lean the sante way.
ftni j>oir ever pause a moment whore a
rirgrtf of laborers were at work w ithout be
; *iVg asked by one or more of them, “Boss,
: what time is it ?”—Terre Haute Mail.
• Glass eyes are cheaper now than for
j twenty-five years before, and the prudent!
I man will lay in his winter stock and feel a)
burden rolled off his shoulders. —Detroit
Free Press.
Miss Bristow, daughter of the Secretary,
is said to be maintaining Kentucky’s
reputation for beautiful women. Mho s*
■ only sixteen.
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