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GALLAHER S INDEPENDENT, I ' PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT QUITM AN, G A., - by J. C, GALLAHER. TKK.MS OK SUBHCRIPTIOIV I TWO UO^LAKSp*r Aufmui in Advance. i mi ■■■■■!■ (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.. , NT). 2(b