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(Written fur UaUahur* Independent.]
UIMIKU.i ON FAITH.
MY JOHN DLAXOXI).
Ob *te*i not thou my faith away,
Vor tempt tu doubt the truatiug rniud;
Lot all olae oarth cau yield decay,
But leave thia heavenly boon belaud.
Our Ufa it but a inutnur gleam
Lit up amid aurroiunliug gloom,
A titful lamp, a dyiug beam,
Quenched in the cold and aileut tomb.
And obMf nil that lures us bore,
la joyoua siuilea or aurrow'a stiugs,
Exist but iu a shadowy sphere
Of faueys weak imagining*.
IhuM vftleuiu* the flood, the tfWord, the chain,
Wramjf \frikt, \he black abyss;
1 shrink not from the path of pain
That endeiU iu a dream like this.
But, hush ! thou troubled one, be still,
Renounce thy vain pbilosophy;
Like morning ou the misty hill.
The light of Faith will shine ou thee.
Go search the prophets deathless page,
(io question tho* (fete radiant sky,
And learn fiom them, mistakou sage.
The glorious words, “Thou shalt not die.”
•—Baltimore, October, 1H74.
(From the Now York Bunday Mercury.]
A .HYSTEIUOIS WAILMNG.
BY tniXIAM COMSTOCK.
AJojuml Aii itUjße \rnpn tLu oartli nt
m tterty age. My parent* and my four
gutters biul been swept away, one after the
other, the latter by pulmonary diseases,
and the former by fever.
Having buried the Uat survivor—my tau
ter Juliet —I determined to go back to my
native village (Greenmount), from which
we removed when I wus a child of eight
y¥| 4
Tu my loamy ooudition, I fancied that
the homm of my childhood were better
calculated to revive the home feeling than
i those of the multitudinous city, whore no
body knows whether anything ia ulive or
daad.
Knowing aotnething of medicine and the
use of drugs, I believed that 1 could do
well iu Greeumount with u little apotheca
ry ahop; and, accordingly, l went thitner
nnd shelved my iantiui£ed jars and Unticft,
in a small, one-atoned tabernacle, by tie*
roadside, wliere aITpH-sm-rh-by’ might ob
fcerve the wjgu of JE-jOulnpius.
I hwd been eata'.dished iu my new quar
tern a oouph* of weeks, our old acquaint
ance* of the village hud begun to me out,
and my custom was rapidly increasing,
when I received note through the Post*
oihee, conehed iu the following terms;
Asa friend, J warn you that your life is
in lis.-gor. If you cousint your safi ty. you
will leave ihi. par (of tho txulJitry wiitinut u mu
jilu'K's delay. i’llne presses , you lm . t:ul a mo--
~ionl to spare. 1 i fli. ou, 1.0 more, hut leist* '
ilSsle! liasto fcWXJ 1 " fo-'K 1 UlE.lt). ’
It was warm wroto' r; 11 it* window was
open, uil. with a liitul lungh, i thing this
missive out of tins window. It ulighleal
upon the Ion k grass without, which some
laborer* were preparing to mow.
I theu very philosophically prmteeibsl to
road a medical treaties, determined to treat
the foolish note with the contempt which
it merited. But wheu the day wua fur
* pent, .ml the un wus obscured by the
wentera clouds, uud the night was ap
proaching, I could not remember the
word* of that note without a shudder. It
Ui true, thought I, that I have not an ene
my in the world; but why, then, should
anybody be so mean as to try to tuaUo me
uoliopjiy—to alarm me with such threaten
ing*? >Sur. ly it is not a friend who would
do such a tliiug as that, unless he had
canse. Nobody but an enemy Would wuu
touly aeud me a note of that description.
It must be either an enemy or that thing
worse than enemy—a professional mischief- 1
maker, of which almost every village may
claim one.
The night came on apace, ‘ ‘and her so
ber livery were all things clad- Hilence
accompanied for beunt and bird; ’ when I
beard a gentle tap at my sbftp-door,
•‘llutrez!" aaid I.
I beard departing footstep)*, and going
to the door, I called to a retiring individ
ual and asked him why Ue didn't come iu..
“Because yon told me to go away,’ re-,
plied a man iu blouse, as be came back on
bin steps.
“No, I said come in."
Accordingly, the man came in and sat
down iu silence, as if about to bold a Qua
ker meeting.
“Well, ueighbor.-satd I, at length,” what
can I do for you ?”
“Noth ng’s I kuow on,” observed lie,
pawing his hair with one hand, and thrust
ing his band iuto bis pocket.
After waiting another five minutes, the
stranger bonded me a crumpled piece of
paper, which he signified was my property.
I spread out tue scrap and discoved that it
was the note whxh I had thrown out in
the morning,
“I've seen this before, ’ said I; “It iH a
note which I received to-day, ami I served
it as I serve all anonymous letters; 1 threw
pat of the window,”
“Yes, sir. I was mowing out there, and
I found it on the grass, What are you
going to do V r
"Do! what do yon mean?” demanded I.
“This note means that somebody is seek,
ipg your life—”
“Pshaw! man! I’m uot fool enough to
believe that uote. ”
••Then, sir, you’d batter believe it, J
,Uiiuk.”
"Cone, come, neighbor, don’t go too
far, or you’ll get yourself in a pickle,” re
plied I. “You seem to kuo.v too much
about this matter. Will you suy that you
jgiuiv *iy life to be ia danger .
VOL. 11.
“That’* nytlier here uor thar,” answered
the rustic. “I know who rit that note, !
and 1 think you’d better ’tend to it.”
"Well, who wrote it?” I asked
“It’s ’spousible person, who wouldn’t
write such a uote for mere sport, I know
that. "
“How do you know it was written by
such a penon ?’’
“I kuow the band-writing,” shl he.
"Thar's ouly one person tu the village who
can write like that thar.”
Agaiu telling mo that I Ledbetter heed
the warniug given ue in that uote, the
luau got up utul left. As soon as ho w*tte
gone 1 examined the chirogruphy of the
uote. It was certainly neat—much like
oopporplate. It was, therefore, a person
of some pretensions Vo education who had
j stooped so low a* to write an anonymous
letter. The more cause to suspect that
| the uote contained some truth. '1 lie man
! who had just left seemed positive, though
! his thesis was grouuded entirely upon the
I respectability of tbe anonymous writer.
! He did not pretend to speak front Liis own
knowledge. ,
| Wbo thou wan tliis important personage
1 who subscribed himself “Your Friend?’
1 was anxious to discover the writ or, and,
I surely, if there was only one person in
town who could write well, it ought to be
no difficult matter to discover him. 1
would ask the principal men iu the village
for their autograph. 1 hud an album iu
which were already the distinguished
names of John Quincy Adams, Levi Liu
coin, and George Bancroft.- 1 would send
it around the village, and in that trap
would I catch as big a bug as “Your
Friend.”
Ou the next day I commenced. I sent
my album to three of the select men and
the town clerk, nil of whom gave me their
autographs readily, and although I did net.
thus achieve my otlject, yet so fluttered
• were these gentlemen when they saw their
' names beside these oi .Lincoln, Adams,
[and BiUidcroft, that they instantly trims
ferretl all their custom to me, and 1 felt
■ myself ahlolutelv in danger of h CU...0...
: a rich man. *
But iu the midst of all ties slice ) there
. were uot wanting lUetncuUiea of til • fatal
note reminder* that the sword of Daino
' etc was continually suspended over my
' bead. The principal oil,’ of these happen
ea at toy boarding-house. fitting to tbe
; not weather I slept witii tile low. . sash oi
my window raised Ai * i l l lrom a house
1 iipposite-shntie in at ih\ w meow and iiie
, initialed the opposite, wall. My back was
1 towards liie window as 1 lay ia bed, and 1
was on tiie point oi cropping to sleep,
when I pel ee. Ved 1 lull so an tiling Hid lla r„-
cuing the light on liie w all. 1 lay pertcei
i ly still, though now wide awake, and soon
became convinced that a burly human
head waw slowly rising above liie site ot
the window, and tins head it was that
threw its shadow upon tin' light spot on
the wail and parti,illy obscured it.
1 turned suddenly, crying at the same
time "Who’s there!”
The head immediately dodged down,anil
a muttered curse followed, and ail was si
lent. I jumped tail of bed and ran to the
window. I saw a fellow just turning the
oorueiMjf the house, and f regretted that
my clothes were otl, otherwise I would
have pursued the villain till 1 discovered i
w ho he was.
Ajter this it did seem to me as if 1 was
rushing ruefully on my fate by remaining ,
at Greeumount. Yet I was pleased with |
the place and with the people of the vil
lage, my business was good and rapidly
improving; but, above all, 1 had fixed my
eyes upon a lovely young lady who, led the !
choir of tim village church. Thus far I
had not discovered her name. I only know
that I* was charmed with her appearance,
with her voice and maimer. Whe appeared
to be the most amiable of human beings.
Could I leuvo the village under such cit -
; cumstiuiees?
1 was anxious to find out the name of
1 the beautiful singer; but I durst not make
1 any intpiiries. Had i done ho the fact
would have been known in every house in
| the towbship before night, and finally the
story would have run that we were engaged
' to be married.
At length I met the young girl at a pnr
' ty. She was introduced to me by tbe
name of Smith; and us there was more!
than oue family of that name in town, I
j still remained as much in the dark as ever,
! except she soon gave me to perceive that
tho fancy which I had conceived for her
was by no means reciprocated.
It was evident that Miss Smith regard
ed me with aversion.‘She looked at me fre
quently. Turning my head suddenly, 1
wolwidetect her iu tho act of perusing my
1 fouttftes vvitli close attention. She seemed j
1 to regard me with a great deal of curiosity;
but that was all. She avoided me on every:
! occasion; atid this she did iu so ingenious
and stealthy a manner that it was uot cal
! ciliated to attract attention. I was, there
i fore, noticed by a.o oue but myself,
j This conduct oa the part of Alias Corue- ,
lia Smith discouraged me from making |
| any advances. Although, whenever I look
;ed at her, she appeared handsomer and
j more attractive than when I saw her last;
I yet such was my peculiar nature that tile |
: slightest suspicion of being unwelcome was
l u sufficient bar to my intrusion —a fence
I too high to be overleaped. I could not en
dure the idea of forcing myself upon any
body.
| It will be seen, therefore, that there was
( hut a slender prospect—more slender than .
; the most cofocle 1 W aist even of a Maryland
QUITMAN, GA„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER :il, 1874.
girl that Cornelia and l should ever tread
lit's thorny path together,.
Yet l was curious to know why she hated
me so bitterly, or w lmt she saw iu my ap
pearance or iu my manners that revolted
her.
Cornelia was tho first girl in whom 1
lmd felt a peculiar interest; it is not j
strange, therefore, thut I wanted to know
w hy she shun nod me.
With me things were not iu a happy
condition. My life threatened, 1 nut know- j
ing from wliat quarter tho blow' would
emits, deeply iu l ive w ith ouo whom I felt j
myself forbidden to approach, my spirit ;
began to sink, ami till* ’ had a sinister ef-;
feet on my business. Customer* were not
so well satisfied with uiy manners a* they
' had Been, ami I had begtfu to tbiuk seri
-1 oiisly of leaving town nnd seeking employ
l ment in the city, when an event occurred
which changed my resolution. A Miss
! Bayers had sent mo her album with a re
quest that I would write some blank verses
; iu it.
As 1 turned over the leaves, I was struck
motionless by encountering the tmuio of
! Cornelia Smith at the bottom of ouo of the
pages, ll appeared that Cornelia hudpvrit
! ten some lines in the album, 1 judged
j them to be original. There was nothing
! remarkable about the composition, but 1
was forcibly struck by the hand-writing.
11 seemed to me that I had seen that style
jof penmanship before!
1 lost no tune in i,unting up the warning
note whit'll i had received from “Tour
ITietid,” and on computing the note with
.the pieeo in the album, signed Cornelia
I Smith, uot a shadow of doubt remained
| that both pieces were written by the same
; hand!
i lind found out my anonymous oorres- j
: pomleut nt last, but (was it possible?) that
correspondent was Cornelia Smith. She j
had warned me that my life was iu danger, j
qud had hidden me fly lienee. Wlmt could |
I have been her motive? 1 was a perfect j
stranger to her. \i hy should she seek to .
j annoy and terrify me in that manner unless j
: she hail discovered that my life really was
: threatened? But was if probable that that |
i young giil could make any such discovery? j
: Still less probable was it that Cornelia |
•should have written the note tlnough sheer j
wauionie ss. G. no; she could no. lie cu- j
‘ pablc of so cruel, so miserable a hoax.
At nn\ lute the partition wail wattbrokeli !
; down; there was no longer tiny reason that ]
i should hesitate to tuldreps Cornelia
Shill'll; for. if she had gone so far as to;
send me u note before she hud been intio !
ilneed to me, I might well claim acquaint
uhcesliip witii her and see!, for an explana
tion to that note.
Glad wtia I of the excuse to open a cor- j
respondent with Cornelia,
j 1 w ioie tier a note immediately, in which ;
1 mention tbe discovery which 1 had made,
and begged her to inform me whether my j
- life whs really in danger.
Ou the same day 1 received the follow- 1
I iug answer;
| “Sir; -Your note is just received. I would give ;
: vou a tail and satisfaetory answer if possible, hut ;
that no diit\ to a thitil onrtv forbids. I eitminf I
1 sp'-uK tin- wftnle truth, fam not at liberty to tell
wnv I wroti that note; hat of one thing lest us- ;
,-m . il. your life is not io danger. That was a
; f,ilhij xt'atonient. Nolaaly has tliruatenod von. I
sin not at liberty to say any more at present.'
Your obedient sen ant, “(JunxitUA Hhith."
Now this T deemed a great conquest, to ,
i receive a ooromiuiioation from Cornelia |
i and io be set at ease iu regard to that warn- .
: ing uote; but how strange that Cornelia
: should have written it, and (iu heaven’s !
! pure name 1) who was the third party of r
whom Cornelia spoke and who was doubt- !
j less the prime mover in the disreputable
| affair. But it seemed very strange to me |
that somebody should lmve taken the pains
! to tell mi; that my life was in danger when ]
; no one threatened, and that a young lady ;
1 should lie mixed up in the affair.
Sauntering through the principal street
! of the village shortly after receiving Cor- j
nelia’s note, 1 possisl an apothecary shop :
and noticed tho name on the door, “Caleb J
I Smith.”
Now, I had always known that my rival j
in business was one Smith, tint, till now, J ;
had never perceived that ho bore the same .
name as the girl whom I loved, and now 1
recollected that I had heard Cornelia ]
; spoken of as tho daughter of “Doctor 1
Smith.”
This apothecary must, then, bo the fa
ther of Cornelia. Tliis seemed to account
for the fact that the young girl had always
avoided me and had treated mo in so'cold i
: and distant a manner. She had iu all prob
liability heard her father speak of me as!
1 uu interloper who had set up shop iu the
village to get away his customers.
Beeping in at the front door, I saw Cor
nelia behind the counter. In I popped,and
found the young girl was alone in the j
chop.
As we bad lieon introduced to each
other, we entered iuto conversation; and
thus commenced an acquaintance which
ripened fast. In three months the town
clerk published our banns.
After our marriage Cornelia let out the
whole truth in regard to the note which
had given me so much trouble.
It seems that her father was very wroth
when I came into the village and set up
my shop. He declared that one apotheca
ry shop was enough for Green mount; anil
that l ought to oe tarred and feathered,
and ridden upon a rail.
Time wore on, and “Dr. .Smith’' com
plained that I got away his best custom
ers. About that time, Smith wrote the
words of that warning note on a slip of
paper uud told his daughter Cornelia to
j copy them off on a sheet of letter-press.
I Cornelia knew no more than the dead
; what use her father was going to make of
the letter after she had written it; and it
was not until 1 wrote demanding an ex
! planatiou thut she discovered I was the
. person whom her father iuteuped to warn.
; It will bo Beet:, therefore, thut the uote
j was sent to me by a rival apothecary in order
1 to frighten uie out of the village. Asforthe
| big head which opened one night nt my
i wiudow, it stood on the round shoulders
]of one Buttrick, a man ol all work who
I had been, employed by Doctor Smith to
j hack up bis terrible warning hy sticking
i his head into my window hi the de.ul hi 11,
of night,
T?BTiisir pol.ce justice.
“This is the ashes of tlic dying yeui,"
; remarked his Honor, as he leaned back
1 and surveyed the cold gray sky without.
“And it’s as much ns a fellow can do to
: keep from freexing,” replied Bijali with a
chilly air, as he hugged up aguiust the
door in uu effort to keep warm.
“Yea, winter will soon lie here,” con
tinued his Honor with a sigh; "the grave
of autumn is uot fur away,”
Bijali muttered something about the full
of sliding down hill iu winter ou a liaud
! curt, and then he got tho word to go iu
{ and bring out the prisoners.
A sailor named Fred Yiuey, was the
; first one out. He was charged with what
is known 1 o the police us ‘‘a threo-eovi.cred
\ drunk,” that is, having imbibed so much
Hint his legs wobbled about and swayed to
| and fro like au apron on a clothes-line.
After finding thut he was intoxicated, he
: had jammed himself in behind some boxes
in uu alley uud fallen asleep. lie awoke
in the night and begun calling out: “Star-
I board your lu-iui!’* ‘'Lay aloft lively!” and
' so forth, mill when the officer pulled him
i out ho drew a largo coarse comb from his
: pocket, uud said hy’d kill the wild wagoner
1 who laid hands oil -Lull.
“Mr. Viuey, difyoti know that sailors as
a oIaHM have given ni u great deal of
trouble during the past year?” asked his
1 Honor.
The prisoner sadly reached down iuto ;
Ills pocket, slowly drew up a p tig of!
“navy,” and mournfully bit off’ u hunk,
but nothing did he say.
“And it is also stated that you got into
a tight," continued the court, “111111 i
■should think, by the looks of your now,
that such vVh the COW. I'll lmve to make
it sixty days at the least." .
Tile prisoner seemed to feel bud at first-, :
but presently he wanted to borrow fifty !
•rents of liijttb, ami said that when he got
out he'd nitihy things howl.
i,auu)k r.vMinv.
James White owned right up like a
man. lie said it was all nonsense fur him
to claim that lie was sober when the City i
Hall and the Opera House seemed to him !
to In; nodding to cue, other, and the
monument to be skipping uronnd on oue
leg. Yes, he was drunk. 11c happened
to come along w here a uian was selling
new cider at five cents a glass, and lie
bought and drank three cents’ worth, uiul
it flew to his head. He was a man of
family, respectable character, worked hard,
and if anybody ever again saw him drink
three cents’ worth of five cent cider be
was willing to sit down ou a buzz saw.
“it seems to me that you ure ill earn
est, ’’ remarked his Honor. “Truth and
veracity enu he seen right- iu your eyes,
and I believe it will lie sufe to let you go.
But beware of cider iu future. Shun it as
you would a nomination for uldermua It
looks nice, tastes good, but ah! it has
sapped the foundation of many a noble
structure and brought bitter ruin to many
a happy hearthstone. Go, Mi. White, go
forth into the great, wide world with the ’
determination in your heart never to drink
three cent eider or to have a large family
or a respectable character again.”
“Ha had- 11 gloomy look,
Ami u 1 tin- whh on hianone,
Amt rusty cow-hide hoots
Exhibited his toes.”
He said his name was Jacob Hauser, hut
there’s uothiug iu a name down here.
George Washington Christopher Columbus
McDonough is no better when be gets be
- fore Urn court than Sandusky Hum or !
; Cleveland Bob.
"You don’t feel well this morning, I
j see," remarked liis Honor us he took a
square look at the prisoner.
“No; I'm pretty near gone,” sighed
Jacob.
“Is it consumption, asthma, insanity, or
! what?"
“Yes; I think so."
“Do you have pains in the head, hot
flashes, a backache, eolil sweats, a nervous
feeling and a loss of appetite?”
“lei; I do,” replied Jacob, blowing his
I nose softly.
"Can’t sleep o’ nights—no ambition to
run for office; don t care a cent whether
-school keeps or not?”
“Them’s tho symptoms,” answered
Jacob.
“Oh, well, you can go. If I should
send you. to the House ot Correction and
! you should die there of Churles Humuer’s
ailment or Napoleon's disease Id never
feel like buying another pound of Catawba 1
grapes.”
THAT IN’Kvri ABI.Ft HATOOII.
ft was John Delaney, and lie was drunk.
He was found under a freight wagon,
head pillowed on an old car-wheel, and he
was tuning his voice us follows:
sTeil thousand mileth s-way,
. I'm going to sail to-day - *
l m going to meat my own struc love
Boivu on blaudusky iTi-a ... ’
"Let’s sae-l” mused his Honor, picking
up his pen. teu is twenty, with
I oue to oarry; four is iuto twenty-four six
tiiues ami oue over, utul three is into notli
-1 ing ilo times and tbreo over, I'll send you
| up for thirty days, Mr. Deluuey.”
| "I can leave this town iu fifteen
i minutes.” said the prisoner!
"Can’t help it—thu sentence is recorded.
“I’ll go in ten.”
* 'Too late—too late. ”
1 “Dismast me and then steal my anchors
if 1 can’t go iu five,” begged tbe sailor.”
“Beach him, Bijali," replied tho court,
and Bijali became a Beeober.
“One o’ them fellers,” remarked Bijali,
us lie handed out Tom Lttditigfoti, a young
man eliurged with Vagrancy.
} “Ho you haven’t anything to do, eh?”
! asked the court.
j “Nothing," mournfully answered the
prisoner.
"Out of work—no home, and your cash
j so short that yon couldn’t get into a wo
i man’s rights convention, eh?” continued
j his Honor.
“You’ve struck it parduer,” answered
i the prisoner with a smile.
| “Yes, and now I’ll strike you, Mr. Lud
-1 ington. I’m down 011 loafers and vags,
and I’m going to boost you for sixty if it
tears the desk down. You’ll have some
thing to do up there besides sitting 011 a
box in an alleyway and whistling ‘Cotue,
Love, Come. ’ And when day fades iuto
! night, and the remainder of the World re
tires to test, yen’ll have a bed mid some
covering. They’ll hire someone to hoe
that dirt off of you, cut your hair, dig out
yottr ii'idis, and when you come out you
will be so disguised that your own mother
will think you are some English duke come :
over hefe to hunt ducks and buy gas stock. ’ ’ |
The prisoner said lie was will to go up, J
and if the institution pleased him as well j
as he thought it would lie might come j
back fur a longer sentence.- - Detroit Free
Press.-
Private Advice to Young Men
Don’t be too sudden about it. Many a
girl has said “no,” when SIW meant “yes” 1
simply because her lover did’t, choose the 1
; right time and pop the question gently,
i ’Like a-dark night for it. Have the
1 blind's closed, the curtains down Rnd the j
’ lamp turned most out. Hit near enough
ito her so that you can hook yottr little
linger in hers. Wait until conversation
begins to flag mid then quietly remark:
“Hush), l want to ask you something."
She will fidget unmqd a little, reply 1
: “yes,” ami alter a pause yon can add:
‘‘Susie, my actions must have shown
that is you must have seen 1 menu you
. must he aware that—j.thut—”
Pause here for a while, hilt, f keep your
little linger firmly locked. She may
: cough ami try to turn the subject off hy -
1 asking how you liked the circus, but she
rimlv does it to encourage you. After
1 about ten minutes you cun continue:
“J was thinking as I eiune tip the path
tonight, that before I went away I wo Id
ask you—that is, I would broach tb sub
ject nearest my—l mean 1 would kuow
my—”
Stop again and give her lmud a gently
squeeze. She nmy give a yank to get it
Hwuyx or she may not, in either, case it
augurs well for you. Wait about five min- [
utes, anil theu goon:
“The past year lias been n very liappy;
one to me. But I hope that future years i
will still he happier. However, that
depends entirely ou you. lam here to- :
night to know-—that is, to ask you— I |
menu J am here to night to hear from
your own lips the one sweet—•”
•Wait again. It isn’t best to be too ruali j
about such things. Give liar plenty of \
time to recover tier composure, and then j
put your hand on her heart and continue.
“Yea, us I was coming through your j
gate to-night how happy Iliad been, ami I
I said to myself that if I only knew you j
would consent to he my—that is, I said if \
I only knew —if I was only certain that j
my heart had not deceived me and you !
were ready to share—
Hold on—there’s is no hurry about it. |
Give the wind a chance to soli and moan ;
around the gables. This will make her .
lonesome aml call up all the love iu her
heart. When site logins to cough and
grow restless, you cun go on.
“Before I met you this world was a
desert to me. 1 didn’t take any pleasure !
in going blackberrying and stealing
rareripe peaches, and it didn t matter
whether the snn shone or uot. But what l
a change in on short year ! It is for you
to say whether my fntl-vva shall be a prairie ;
of happiness or a summer fallow ol!
Camilla thistle. Speak, dearest Susie,
' and say—and say that—that
Give her five minutes more by tho clock
ami then add:
“That you will lie—that, is. that yon (
! will —I mean thut you will be—be be ;
1 mine. 1"
She will heave a sigh, look up at the
clock and over to tho stove, and then, as
she sillies her lined over on your vest pocket
she will whisper:
“You are just right, T will !”— M.
Pepper Sa*3.
Pepper sass iz the quickest linker known
\to mail. It iz kompozod ov vinegar and j
greeu [)<*p*H* podft, and bigldß az natural, |
,l bed inigg duz. ft
hotter than a hornet bi 10 degrees, and
one pint ov it would warm up a whole j
kuiap mating. I had rather he bit bi it rat
terrier eanytime, thaa b* a teaspoon bill
ov pepper hums. 1 Inv pepper sass, beknuze
i luv all Huaiu’t things, and, i hsv allwuss
sis], m nn sober moments, that a gallon ov
pepper bhhs, to a pint ov sweet ile, waz
j just about tlie rite proportion to hnv being
• around loose um.nngst pholks. l'hare iz
m>re people ia this world that need pep*
; peraassiug, than thare iz. them that need
t lining. Pepper sass will bight a lazy man
! just four times az hard az it will a lively
one, and this iz another reazon whi i like
this smart jnce. The main who fust got
bit bi pepper sass must hnv thought that
sumthing darned hot had; happened to
him. An Injun iz tho only kritbrwhoj
kan drink peppr sass, and hunker for.
sum more, but they wont drink it unless j
yu cull it whiskey.
There are 50,000 cabs in London.
[From Shelby's Expedition to Muxi. >.]
A DUEL IN MEXICO.
Crockett and the Mexicans still lingered,
| and a crowd of some tilt/ or sixty hud
i gathered around. The lirst told his story
of tiie melee, and told it truthfully. The
! limn was too bravo to lie. Aa an Indian
j listens to the approaching footsteps of nne
! whom he intends to scalp, the young Mex
ican listened as a granite pillar vitalized to
the whole recital. When it was riuishea
[he w, nt close to Shelby und said to him,
i pointing his lingers to Crockett:
| “Tnat at iu h.n outiUgcd my sister. 1
could have killed him, but 1. dnl n and. You
Americans are brave, l kuow; will you he
generous us Weil, and give me satisfaction?”
Whelby looked nt Crocket, whose bronzed
face, made sterner by the moonlight, had
upon it a look of curiosity. He at least
did not understand what was coming.
‘•Does tho Mexican spend tie* truth,
Crockett?” was the question asked by the
commander of his soldier.
•'Partly; but 1 meant no harm to tho
I woman, lam incapable of that. Drunk,
f know I was, amt reckless, but not will
fu'ly guilty, General.”
| Hheitiy regarded ldm (Joldly. His voice
' was so stern wheu ho spoke again that the
i bravo soldier hung down bin head,
i “Wlmt business had you to hiv vom
( hand ou her at all? How often in tint Ire
! peat to you that the mau who does this is
no follower of mine? Will you give
j her brother satisfaction?”
He drew his revolver almost joyfully,
! and stood proudly up facing liis uncusor.
“No! no! not the pistol.” cried the Mex
ican. “I do not understand tiie pistol.
Tho knife, Senor General; is the American
afraid of tho knife?”
A knife was handed hint and * ring was
made. About four hundred soldiers
fomied the outside circle of tliis ring.
Those bearing torches in their hands ourt
u red glare of light upon the arena.
The ground under foot was as velvet,
i Tho moon not yet full, and the sky with- ;
! out a elund, rose over all, culm and peace*
j fully in the summer light. A hush its of
i expectancy fell upon the camp. Those
| who were awake seemed ns under tho iu- i
Alienee of an intangible dream.
Shelby did not forbid the fight. He
knew it was a duel to the death, and so*uc
of the desperate spirit of the combatants
passeu into own. He merely spoke to
uu aid:
“Go for Tisdale. Wheu tbe steel has
done its work the surgeon may begin.”
Doth men stepped freely into the arenq.
A third form was there, unseen, invisible,
j and even in liis presence the traits of the
two nations were uppermost. Tho Muxi
‘ can made the sign of the cross, the Ameri
I can tightened liis sabre belt. Both may
I have prayed; neither, however, audibly.
I They had no seconds— perhaps none j
! were needed. The Mexican took his stand
! about midway in the arena, and waited, j
1 Crockett grasped his knife tiriuly and ad- :
I vnneed upon him. Of the two he was the
j taller by a head and physically the stroug
| or. C instant familiarity with danger for
I years had given him a confidence tiie Mex-
I ioan may not have felt. He lmd been
i wounded t hree times, one >f which wounds
was scarcely healed. They took none of
1 his manhood out of him. however.
Neither spoke. The torches Hared a
little in tin; night wind, now beginning to
rise, and the long grass rustled cnrt.lv uu- i
der foot. Afterward, its green lmd become
crimson.
Between them some twelve inchos ot
space now intervened. The men bad fal
lon back upon the right and the left for
their commander' to see, and lie stood '
| looking fixedly at. the two, as he would at
a line of battle. Never before had he i
gazed upon so strange a sight. The great j
circle of bronzed faces, eager and fierce I
in the Haro of torches, had something j
monstrous yet grotesque about it. The j
civilization of the century had been rolled
back, am. 1 they were in a Korean circus,
looking down upon the arena, crowded
with gladiators, and jubilant with that
strangest, of war cries, Morituri tv sulutani.
The attack was the lightning’s flush.
The Mexican lowered his head, set liis
teeth Liard, and struck fairly at Crockett’s
breast. The American made a half face
to tlio right, throw Liis left arm forward us
h shield, gathered the deadly steel iu his
sbo lder to the hilt, and then struck home, j
How painful a great stream of blood !
spurted in hi*face. The tense form of the
Mexican bent ana willow and in the wind,
swayed hopelessly, and fell backward life
less, tho knife rising up as a terrible pro
test above the corpse. The rnmu beurt
was found.
Cover him up from sight. No need of
Dr. Tisdale here. There was a wail of u
i woman ou the still night air, a shudder of
i regret among the soldiers, a dead man on
J the gras*, a sister broken-hearted and alone
for evermore, hfa 1 a freed spirit somewhere
i out m eternity witii the unknown und the
1 infinite.
A Rich Scene.
In some parts of Europe it is not un
usual-to brill*; about matrimonial eiipoiKe
liieiiis. by means ot' mlvertisenieuts. Home
years ago'it was agree*! ill n guy party of
Lillies ami geiulelift i) in London tlmt an
advertisement should bo inserted in a
morning paper as from a young ludv rich
and beautiful, who felt inclined to the
state of matrimony. 11l tHe course of the
day letters were received from between
forty and fifty swains of all descriptions,
in reply to eaeli of whom an answer was
addressed stating that the lady iris lied,
previous to his being introduced to her, to .
see him, at the same time requesting each
to be in the pit of the Drury Lime Theatre 1
on the following evening, dressed mu
blue coat, white piintnfoons and a scarlet j
Vesj, and ill)mediately on the conclusion
of the first net to stamUipou the benches.
I flourish a white lmnijlfiSiehiaf in one hand.:
and apply a glass to the right eye with
the other. Everything succeeded so well
that as soon ns the curtains fell about fifty
individual* of all ages forthwith mounted
the benches, from, the ssueolli-ehiipied j
Adonis of eighths'll, to the sleek, portly,
self-confident widower of fifty and tiie
emaciated bachelor of sixty, dressed in
uniform according to order, in the gayest
and utmost nicety, to make the deeper
iinpress'on on the heart of the tuir priz*.
High swelled their bosoms with hope .a.
with studied action the handkerchief war
flourished anil the giies raised to the eye.
But who shall paint the astonish ment,
dismay and rage w hich were depicted in
I every countenance as they gazed upon
. each other and discovered the sudden
j failure of ad their hopes! With almost
! incredible velocity they ile: vended f 'om
j their unenviable attitudes to “bide their
[ diminished heads” among tlig ere .vd.
M SCELLANEo J j L* k
A revolver -The earth.
Laps of time GUI coat tails. Tt
\ heated contest—A noise race. ' ’<
Bohiud time—The back of a clock.
A citify occupation—rtlnplniddiug.
j A poser for an oculist—A windowblind,
Halt Like Uity likes its s.eina sdesi
cars.
A Catholic nctllelnent was made iu 16U,’’
at Desert, Me. ;
Handled without ffloves—Kiiives nnd
! forks generally.
The stars are coiled wicked beCauso
. they sin till Into. ,
Already Cut and dried—Sandwiches at a
| railroad station.
Wlmt fruit is the most visionary?—The
j apple ot thu eye.
| Undertaker s motto - Circumstances
1 alter tmrnd eases.
California now’ proposes to leufl Ciifl
1 world on lead mines.
Xlm voice of Autumn—Snow squall—l
1 Xurrlito’cn Herald.
G lmany propsoses to establish a naval
' iaispital in Yotienaiua, Japan;
Another chap who knows all aboilt the
Nathan .unidel’ iif.s turned up.
The coal merchant's favorite aphorism''
j —t liiu good ion deserves iHiU(li*ar.
Wit know a policeman so ollicions that
lie actually “touk up" Ills residence.
Among the Vessels lost iu the late ty
phoon m Japan was the i’lUg-oii-gou.bu.’
1 Thu leaves of the forest are ill-bred—
Tiny arc always whispering iu cuuiguny.
Why is tiie Hucz Gnliui uke an Uinnift
' lakabie nub?—Because it is lu<9 cut untie.
Mars and Bacchus have lies’ll spoken of
as “the god or butlre and the gon ... oc
I ties.”
GhicugOe’s latest claim to fame is thus
of being Uic moot uuiu.urcd city in r. e
j world.
A Vienna correspondent announces tint
; discovery ol tiie 1.1p.e s.ucopua ft ase rrf
i Attiln.
Murder Will Out—Very good; but wbo
is Will Out, and why sirouiu he be urn*
, i lured ?
We find a poem in the Suit Lake //cr
aft/entitled, “Too Old for Kiosoo," but
we don't believe it.
A threepenny edition of Scott's uoveld
is the latest development oi on cap liie.a
--t ire in England. _ ,
The Chicago Board of Trade suspended
a couple of its members for punebiu-g eaoo
other’s eyes on Change.
An Englishman who emerged from v
mine just after an explosion, observed iliac
business was too blarsted lively lor hie*
down there.
A Chicago reporter lias won Ills spurs
by uu article headed, "Desperut* Bu.o i
shed- —The Murdered Man -as Expected
to Live!"
A little girl in the train was asked what •
motive was taking her to the city, “lov
iieve they call it a locomotive,” said tbe '
little ibuooeut.
What is there in common between it ttn - ’
atricni manager uud sea captain? Botn
change their course bn the£appeurubcu of
light houses. f
“Well, 1 think you will suit me as a,
cook. Wlmt is your name?" "Hhuko
speure, ma’am; but mo relation to the play
actor of that name.”
The affable and gentlemaufy conductor
of the pdp-coftS wagon ia aiailkt to leuvo
■Springfield to pursue the high calling iu
Now York, says a local paper.
“My dear doctor,” said an Iriah'Wtan.
“it’s no use your giving me an euie.ujj L
tried it twice in Dublin, and it would inti*
stay on my stomach five minutes.”
“When I [mt my foot down, I’ll have
you to understand'' said Mrs. Nojoker,
“that there's something there.” Oh in
vestigation, it was found to be No. . i
shoe.
"I wonder if it's seasickness that makes
sailors always a heaving up anchor?” ex
claimed Aunt Hopsibah, as she lueaad up ‘
thoughtfully from her paper.
A .Suspicious old Granny—My dear
child, this telegram is not from George!
i 've.kuow George's had writing ever su.oe
lie was a boy, and thia is quite different i
Sayings of Josh Billiugi.
When a woman wants eugything, she '
wsuta u with all her strength, aud every
buddy elsos strength too.
Intelekt without judgement iz wind idh*
about one huff the binart people iu tun,
world
A funatick iz the wust man w lmv t<.
koutend with, reazon haz no effeevi mr
him, and it iz agin the law to klub bun.
The wust tyrant iu the world iz tin, wi e
ova heupekt husband.
The man who haz sworn not to forgiv
haz. uttered the wust oa U he kan take.
Genius seems to lie the fakulty ov doing
a thing excellently well, tlrat uoOoua a ai.p
posed could lie dene at all.
The man w ho loin set himself to work.at
enny thing, on 5 m'uuits notiss, Lam go,
one of thu best trade* i kuo ov.
Virtew that kunt whip Vice, iu a fair ■
stand up tite, cany Uuie, uinfc w,,i to.,
having.
The vulgar ullwuss notiss everything ;■
they see.
The man who luiz got nothing to reek- ■
oruend hiui.lmt robust lieltli.uud u ; xees- •
siV 110 ov animal spirita, iz az uupLzam ...i
ass*ishiutu uZ a 4 \eur old Colt.
Most people repent ov their sins bi
thanking God they uiui ao wieaedan.h r
nubors.
All the philosphy in the world wt.l,
luaku a hat’d trotting litis.-, ride ea/.y.
It iz so iiatral toptiiud tauit, Unit i won
der we are over suited with elinv til Him
Busiifullness iz.ofteu like the plating o:i
spoons, when it wears off, it shows me
brass.
I liav herd lies so w ell toh ( l that a nnon
would allmost boa phool not to belea. j
them.
Fun iH tlm (dieapest ttsick that haz bun
diskovered yet, and the eazyest to Uk .
Fun pills are sugar canted, uud no oh au. e
(IV diet l/. neet'MHiiry while taking tin ... !
! A little fan will go a grule ways, i In.v
known men to 1 v to a gixal old age . .i
one joke, which they managed to tell its
.often wunce a day, and do all the latfii.g
themselves besides that uz dune, li ,
thare iz lots ov plniks who kaiit wryi.u ,
plum m eunv thing.yu couldn't flic a joUs..
into tlcKin with a double barred gun, In'.
1 puces oph, they go turn life ai. solium az .yff
cow. Maliuv people think it iz tieimlT.-
! their dignity to relish a joke, sntch people -
: are simply fools, an*l dent seem to kuo ii.
f'lie Billings phuniily ure allwusa on the
i lookout for plum, it iz sed ov Dexter Bn-,
lings, one ov our pnstiues, that had to o*.
kept under 000 dollar bonds all the Ulna ■
to keep him from luffing in eliurh. a* -
kovling to all aekouuts this Dexter ili:
bugs w.i/ a knss. Fttn iX the-pejiper aid.
lisalt ov every (lav tile, and ail' the real y
wiz men who lmv over 1 1 vod, *.*** uzed .t
freely for seasoning.. ,
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