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GALLAHEITS INDEPENDENT, PI MLIHHF.I) EVKKY SATTRftA'Y Af UITITMANi OAi| .y by— — j. c. qallahSr. 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&ltli 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. - 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. -• —; ■ j 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. -4.- ——- 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. — ■ - 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. NO. 23-