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VOt ICXUW lOt IK).
Wheu nUtw come up tbo walk,
Y.ur elu-fka take* on a ruhHi tiue,
Anu no otiier hoars uiN*uock
You boaj it wU—you know you do.
Airfl tbmiffn it may l>t* very wrong,
When pa i* quitt* ignored for you.
You sin# for him your prettiest aong
* You euuning thing—you know you uo!
KliftT talks of oHuj* |ii'U,
Uf hateful Kate unit Jennie, too,
You lliug at hiui your auburn euna.
You jealous tiling—-you know you do l
Do bluahccMlMls nd hto)<* afraid
To be thus it it uiouo with you,
But your t yc toil there lit er was a maid
But could be wooed —you know Uity do!
You p i ep at some on a ’neath your curls,
Until With love you burn him throu^n,
** And .nakAhn luife ah other girl*-
In love for you- you know you do !
And when his arm steals round your chair,
You give a smother *l wreaui'or two,
Ah If you didn't want it there;
But O, you do- you know you do!
You let him Uis* four blushing cheeks;
Somehow your lips meet his lips, too,
You tempt hiin, silly thing, to speak,
You wicked liirtr—ynu know you do I
And when he timidly doth press
His wish to make a wife of you,
With happy heart you answer yes,
You (hu'ii'ig gui -you know v.a do !
|From the New York Sunday Mercury.]
MALAY JOHN.
BY CAPTAIN” CHARLES HOWARD.
, WktUJ'CotOMJ t*iduomSttrr*ce ret tinned j
to uisVirgimu estate froiti a voyage around j
the globe, he was accompanied by a genu
ine Malay. This fellow was u wiYy, olive*
skinned little man, about twenty-two years
of age. His eyes wor r *mnail, piercing and
black, and be possessed a ucrvoWH restless*
n*s that never seemed to leave hiiu for a
moment. For a Malay, he cou.d boast of
au iQt|Ueftuft jhtst of countenance. lie
could indite and compose in good‘Kuglish|.
His imtive name was Asgyllo ; but among
the colonel’s neighbtirs he was known i y
sie HbWlfHfpteli M.dny John.
Years had passed away and the yellow
man had become part ami parcel of Btver- 1
tudo as the wild estate wus called. He
miitt'd his eccentric luaster, who, dabbling
into everything, was never quiet. Malay
John con hi throw a hatchet with reiiiatka
bla precision, ami bis feats with tiie creese. ;
the dagger ol liis country men, astonished
the Virginians. He was lhe champ.* n
runner of the county, and could lliug tut
lasso like a T ’JtaU, He •at hoin in a
bolt, and lie ImJ Jiiiih and to s*Velio >1 a pi
rapcsl Ine'h,r ; 4ii4 t.op cal st ti ■
It wits not long t he* the people " gat.
g .rd Malay John ns ae: eg- i . mail.
Hint he wit/aflrii i|He.*.tif'aa ( and c-n ■ o*, -H
'j’vHrri vvuU to colonel.
•and ill going to llVe* Flivver wit * tiu cuio
Jiel,” .he wt.uld say. “American is gootl ;
enough for Asgyiio. ”
Ho chiiig t > ins native name, though he !
tic-ver heard it spoken by oilier lips than
kus. calleil him J >lni.
By’Au i* by li became a , o-eted max.
A b.lini (if'c-.n.itorfi-t-is Vis kiHwuto m
dsxvoiisin tin mounts ins uoi l*u iiomltiv
efstlie, Alai tll*J J.M>(-!'- S:il(i that Ai.-IJ'lu ’
John Mon* to H. The sudden oi
various dogs iu the. neighborhood wn
throw u upon bis shoulders, and when
Major Wiuatk j 'a large flouring mills weio
discovered in iliutma, molt; thaii pair
of lips parted to £u>* bignifieufltiy, Alains
John.''
t Colonel Surface was not ignorant of
tiiaan ihktk suspicions ; but l>e laughed
when he beard them, and declared that he
would not depart with the Malay for the
wealth or the Old Diminion. Ho received
letters that would have alarmed many ;
but be tore them up with a sneer, and pre
seuted M>y John with a magnificent
pistol for self protection.
The, Malay did not seem to be aware of
the suspicions of the people. He cam
and went without fear ; utteuded shooting
matches, foot races, and mingled freely
with the men who bated him —men who
believed h.m iu league with the King of
Pandemonium.
The occasion of the colonels’ voyage
around the world was the death of a belov
ed wife, who had borne him one child —u
daughter. She, Leontiue, was ten years
old at his departure, and lmd remained on
the estate guarded by her uncle, during
her father’s absence. She was fifteen
when he returned, and he noted w ith pride
that she had inherited much of her moth
er's beauty.
“0, papa.” she said, a few days after
his return, “what did you bring that hate
ful man to Riverside for? I can never
litte Him; and i shall always tremble when
in his presence. Do send him hack to his
people, for I am sure lie is very lonely
here. ”
“Ah ! -yon will like him by and by” the
•dblomd hud replied- “Von will like his
voice, and you will get use to his eyes.
He is a true fellow, Leoutine ; he wouhlu t
harm a hair of yhttr head for the world.”
Strange to say, Leontioe, as she ap
proached womanhood, overcame her dislike
forMaky John. She even grew fowl of
iiis company, and they were much together
in the-woods,. among the mountains, and
on the river. Under her uncle’s tutorage
she had growth self-willed, proud of her
BUne, of her beauty, and love to boast
that her mine was her own, that no one
could fetter it, that she would give her
, band to who she pleased.
Site went so far as to defend Malay Jonn
against the accusation of the people,, ahd
thereby inenrred much ill-fei-liug against
herself. The wealth which Bbe would one
day inherit, and her flashing beauty, drew
•may a suitor to her side.
VOL. IT.
Amoug them was a youth who had been
her plat mute in eurly life, and she accep
ted liis atteutious until the attainment of
her eighteenth year. Then he received a
letter com bed in her well-known chirogra
ph}’, which separated them forever.
George U gets loved the colonel's daugh
ter for her beauteous self ; he cared uot for
Riverside, for he hud utr estate of his own.
| With th letter iu his hand, crushed in an
ger and despair, he turned his lauds over
I to his brother, and without sending her
| one word of farewell spurred his horse to
! ward the Potomac.
While he galloped away into the soft
! starlight Leontioe Hnrface burst into the
j room where lo r father sat, and convulsed
with laughter, threw herself upon a sofa.
"Well, well, Lou, what's the matter ?”
asked the fattier, looking up from his
I looks. “Do explain that 1 may share
your merriment. ”
“l am sure you will seek to share it
when I have told you,” the girl replied.
“I have this night received an offer of
marriage.”
“Which should be treated a a serious
matter, X am sure."
“But the name of the kneeling lover
will prove my right to treat the proposal
in a humorous light.”
"What ! has Isaac Crumpton, the squat
ters lank son aspired to your hand."
“No ; but Mulu'v John lias."
“Malay John !” exclaimed the colonel,
aml then he burst into a hearty laugh.
Leontiue joined in his merriment, and
the parlor rang w ith laughter.
“But, of course, you refused him 1 said
colonel, at last.
“Of course! 1 told hint that I wouldjnar
l-y a white man by and ov." • •
“You should not have spolo n so snreas-'
•llv, Leontiue. -J lie Malay is so revenge
ii!”
-;t 1 did not off, ud John in the least,
t: t i, pried the girl quickly. “He!
P,, Un-r. j ctioii M . .nil), and we roam-|
eil about the f..h, aJoi.g while afterward.
How would Alls Asgyllo sound ?”
••Or Mailan e M 'ay John ?”
“He tout Ins love like a gentleman."
said the daughter. “I am sure he will n t
! th tt’ tl e less of me for having r jetted
h m.
j “1 liojie not."
-K„r I love the I geiid be t. 11m about
Mdy.ii. X’ pa, J-i will si o that helloes
i not !,.te me."
>■ J i,i i, • ml to thi , dan dit r. In
,! e.i. 1 iiev I ill “lit of briugiug yon a
i ; , v . ii. m the Li-t Indus."
. w. . ! > r fid’.iev's hiss on
, ~ ..I, outio e,t the h rry and
fw i. i.' ii**v henrloir
.Si lid not s.*e tin dark face in the libra
ry window, nor the hand tlia quivered on
the sill I’tiere was revenge in the Malay's
.f.-ep set* ( yes, and be never moved until
the fair girl lmd vanished from the room,
lieu le* retl ifeil to a kind whose Mini Blit
~,1 Ivnwof 1u * bordoir window.
I *• spot In* w .t. lied llet flit, back
, I, I*l lie* ui*■ 11 w lamp light, until
dark in -tuldenly filh. 1 the room.
•j*i p ( . , L " !. .. ,v, liis hand touched
the hilt b< 'I ■ , bikl he muttered in
ii who l,ca joei ion likt* a geattle
irma can r*. venge it like a fiend !
L alia* Surface was not long in learn
,ng of George Roger’s sudden departure,
yne tside down to bis estate, and sought
an and is nee with liis brother,
“I cannot tell you why be left, for he did
not tell me," the brother said. “He said
he might be gone five years, he might
never return.* I bade him lurewell for
ever."
Leoutine rode lxtek in a thoughtful
mood.
“This is very strange," she murmured to
herself. “I cannot divine wherein I have
offended him ;'I am sure I have not trifled
with his affections# He never liked John.
I may have defended the Malay in his pres
ence, but I cannot recall such defence. I
believe tire entire common-wealth hate
John.”
Weeks lengthened into moDths, but no
tidings of George Rogers reached his re!a-
I tires and friends. The Greeks were fight-
I'iug the turhaned .followers of Mahomet,
; and his brotlifer wins inclined to believe
that lie lmd flung himself into the trenches
of Missolonglii.
“Well* U*t him go,” Leontiue anid three
mouths after his departure, and listened to
the passion words of a decendaut of the
Randolphs# of tlie Roanoke.
Tlie satisfied; he never liked
George Rogers. -An alliance with the Ran
dolphs had been one of the goals of his
■ ambition.
In the proud Virginia city, not far below
tlie Surface manor-house, was a cataract of
mean grandeur aud notoriety. YV ith a hun
dred and uue Indian legends weracomiect
j ed ; aud the Water tailing for more than a
I hundred feet over perpendicular rocks,
would inspire the soul witlv sublimity and
awe. Fur many yards above tlie falls the
river was datigciou ly rapid, and a boat
once caught by tlie waves, was sure to be
I carried swiftly over the white cataract.
Even Malay John, who could handle a
! boat with ea&s, dm ed mot venture into the
rapids without having bis boat fastened
i securely ty Jhe shore by w strong rope,
j ruts equipped against danger, he had
I ventured far out into the waters, pulling
■ himself hack by means of the rope when
| ever lie wished to return.
Leoutine had watched him invade tlie
| rapids until fearless as himself, she desired
Ito accompany him. Bbo loved danger.
I
QUITMAN. GA.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7,< 1874.
I This love she hud inherited front her fa
ther, and he had encouraged it. The rope
that kept too bout from the brink of the
cataract was secured to a heavy iron staple
driven into a tree on shore, and, all things
considered, the* feat was uot extremely
perilous. Often the silvery moon lmd i
: shone upon a bout dancing about among !
; the rapids on the edge of the snowy mist
that rose and hovered like a .vhite eagle ;
above the falls. Two persons sat in that
boat. Leontiue Surface and Malay John.
* Shall wo go out into tho water to- j
| night?” ,
The speaker was Malay John, and he j
! addressed the colonel's daughter, who stood
| by the tree that had the stapl imbedded
j in its heart.
| ‘Yes; the moon-is new. ami anew beatt
! ty will be given to the mist."
There was it flashing of iiis dark eyes as
he helped her into the boat, and picked
up the oars. She did not notice it, for she
was unbinding her “Ug tresses that the
wind might play the wanton with them.
lie sent the boat out into the stream,
anil when the rapids caught it, he put the
oars aside and in silence seemed to admire
the beauties that surrounded them. The
momt Was at its full, and clothedt ho tuist
ce.rowu cataract with an entrancing
weirdness.
The occupants of the boat were silent for
a long time.
The working of Malay John’s counten
ance betoken him ill at ease, and when
Leontiue noticed this and questioned him,
he started. t
“John, you are sad," she said. Come,
tell me what troubles you. Do you want
1 me to sing?”
“Yes.”
moment later Leontine's rich voice
broke ont ia.igmg, and he never took his
eyes from her face while she sang.
Who i she paused she looked at him with
a smile.
“Tlie song is very beautiful,” he said*
* lias heard it f r hi- 1 nsi t me.”
Tlie girl started, aud look into his face,
that now revealed a devil’s.
lie was crouching in tlie stern of the
boat, the creese very near the rope, nu l
hi* eyes upturned to her.
John—Aspyllo—”
“Hindi! Tlie American daughter has
’lunched at Aspyllo’s love. H* ■ut George
It .gei V h h tt* i in ';<-i liuUki wi ling that
j drove from the country. He did
i this that you rnigh! Dot love none but As |
j4yi!o* • Slit* Inis said “no” to him. in ,
! Malaysia we never take such an answer.
I Asgyllo is going over the fulls, and the
girl 4s goin; with him 1”
The colonel's daughter, pale adeath,
looked a. the Malay and liis creese.
Sl.e thou;;! t of her father—of the lorei
whome a Jie had driven from the# land —
.J the lover wlm Was waiting for the first
snow, that he might lead her to the altar.
Such thoughts flitted through her mind in
an instant of time#
Buddenly the report of voices—shouts
in the woods that lay between the river
and the mansion fell upon their ears.
“Do you know what that means?”
It wur Malay John's voice.
“No. ”
“Several hour since a mnn gave Asgollo
the lie, and he struck him with his knife.
They me after liim, but they won’t catch
him.”
He turned to the rope now, and, moved
by a terrible impulse, Leoutine stooped
aud caught his arm.
“Villain for the sake of—
The rope wus cut asunder !
And the boat, describing giddy circles,
shot toward the falls 1
With a shriek, the colonel's daughter
crouched in the bottom of the craft, and
lifting her eyes to heaven, prayed.
John watched her with a smile of ftend
ism on bis sensual bps. Her agony seem
ed jfry’Ut him.
1 But nil at once there wn.r a cry on shore.
Tilc Malay turned and belield a nmn on tlie
brink of tin* water. He stood in the
strong moonlight, and a rifle stretchet?
from bis shoulder.
*The villain divined Ms futentiou, and
stooping to cover bis body with the
beautiful girl, when a jet of flame leeped
from the bore.
A erv parted the Malay’s lips! he flung
onp band to a bloody temple, and stagger
ed back, fell headlong from the boat.
Lightened a great degree, the craft shot
with new velocity to the brink of death.
Leoutine, roused by the shot and the
Malay’s cry, rose and looked ashore. Tlie
avenger was watching her, and when he
saw her rise lie shouted her name.
“George, ’twas Malay John ! I love vou
still—l—”
The misfg had enco’f tT her! It is
doubtful whether I f* heard her words, for
tlie roar of the cataract to one so near as
Leontiue had grown tefrifle.
She clasped > er hands a‘the mists cloq
ed about her and sank down again. Tlie
frail boat described one circle after this,
and then defied over the watery preci
pice.
They found her tho fo'Towirrg rTnv fine
mile below tho fails, and when they clothed
her for the grave she looked like
asleep. Tlie waters never gave Asgvllo up.
George Rogers had returned in time to
aVenge her, and he walked beside the
Randolph, of Roanoke, to her tomb in the
autumn-crowned valley.
. Tlie Malay’s connection with the enun
ferfeiters and hfs other crimes were discov
ered after his death.
The coTonel left Riverside soon after the
tragic oeeurrence, but twenty years later
returned to be hurried hesidejiis child.
The old house is now tenanted by stran
gers. George Rogers. I believe, is living
a retired life—a bachelor whose hair is'
whi*e as snow.
I have among my curiosities the sheath
of a creese. It is a memento of Malay
John !
Two Tci>es to His Voice.
Here is no “Orator I*ulT,” Imt a veritable
disciple of Galen, known under the cogno
men of Doctor SfSttbdowu:
In a score or more years the old Doctor
has dealt o t his pills, cherry-balk and
catnip-leu to Ins ufmeted neighbors, and
so kind and gentle lias he always been m
assisting at the obsequies of lus patients,
that Ins efforts to live un exemplary, Chris-
Jile are looked upon by the whole commu
nity wi ll a great deal of compassionate re
gard. And this is perhaps tue reason why
so many hearts were made sad when the
followin' incident was made known iu the
l.ttie village some days ago:
It st ems that the old Doctor, whose hos
pitality Inis long Mime hepqqit' proverbial,
one ex cuing lu* invited a young divine, of
toe Hunt Shell Baptisl pei .iiasion, to ac
company him home. The invitation was
aeeepted.aud the two walk'd out to the Doc
tor’s residence, abo *t a mile from the vil
lave. On their arrival they found every
body in bed and the doors locked. A
smile of serene calmness whs seen to light
upon the classic features of tin* old Doc
tor, hk he remarked that “lVggy has re
tired extremely early this evening. ”
Now the one great pride of the old Doe-,
trtr is to make the oiiUido world believe
that lit* loves Peggy, who is the wife of his
bosom—loves het with ail the fervelt at*
lection and m inded ot a hnsbaud and virtu
ous Christian* He felt, no doubt* that he
had now m opportunity to ihi press the
young divine with a specimen ol liis un
bounded aff etitfhs mid at the same time
give him an example of domestic l)is8 and
hweetnesH of temper thu would serve to
illustrate many a tuture sermon.
Anil the Doctor rapped geht’y on the
panel of the poor, and in a voice as sweet
and melodious us the rippling of a tinv
stream way up tin* mountain side, lm said:
“Peggy, dtur Peggy, get up and let the
Doctor in. M
But there was no response.
Again he rapped, gently as before, and
again he culled out iu tones mid aud soft'
aw the cooing of tin* dove.
“Peggy, darling Peggy, get up and let
the Doe bur in.”
But Peggy sl- pt on like one of flic tra
ditional Suva n Sleepers, and heard not the
summons of her ttV*ctioii*it* huebutid. It
was now getting to be u’little monotonous,
but the Doctor wus calm us a June moru
iug.
“You remain here,” said he to the young
man, “while I go round and call at the
o.her door. Poor Peggy is no doubt en
tirely wearied out with Mu* cares ami du
ties of the lint f-ehold, and it is uhno* t sae
rdegw to disturb Ift r. ”
The young man remained. He felt that
it was good for him that lie hud come. He
now knew o one household, at least, were
kindness wu.) the r.iimg element, and lie
was just computing in Ills own iihlid flu;
path nee und goodness ol the Doctor, with
tiie patience and goo*lness of tbj Job ot
old, with Lin* odd* ni tavoi* of the Doctor,
when he suddenly heard u thumping aud
pounding on the other door, wn.ch Mound
ed 111 tlie quiet ol tin- night, like bi>*s
rom a battenug ram. Ami in t. e lmdst
of a.i the racket, (he Doctor was heaid to
speak iu tones d*#*p mni* thivtiteuiug as tue
voice oi many thunders,
“Peg, PO3, y u intern'd old rip, get
light up heiv and op'Mi this door, or i’ll
break your■ blarsted luck. ’
And the young divine passed away on
the other side.
Another Balloon Advon'ure.
It was found that the large balloon in
which it was proposed by tin; management
of th* Hippodrome to give the representa
tives of the afternoon papers a voyage to
cloud land, could not be prepared in time.
Rather than disappoint tlie people who
lmd gathered indulge number-at the Hip
podrome mid ml rout the ground, Professor
Donaldson decided to make an ascension
iu the small balloon “Magenta.” It was
rather hurriedly inflated, aud luste/rd of a
car the during aeronaut placed himself
astride a rope on which he hud hung un
anchor and grappling irons, but took no
ballast. The balloon ascended rapidly smid
the cheers of tlimisahdH of people, but it
wus evidently not inflated tor t long voy
age, and at its highest altitude was not
above 2,500 feet from the ground. It
passed over a portion of the city in about
the same direction 11s the * Barn uni" (lid a
few days ago, and was suddenly seen to be
rapidly dropping. It appeared that as
soon ms the balloon reached a current of
cold air rising from the river the gas con-
tracted, and was ud longer able to sustain
the weight of its load. People who were
closely watching the air vessel saw its !
| rapid descent, aud from its appearance, '
judged that it had collapsed. A large j
| crowd followed tn the direcflOH’ Where, it
seemed to be falling, expecting to find the ■
! shattered remains of the intrepid Donald
son. That, gentleman, however, was equal '
to the situation in which lie found himself.
A$ he neared the ground \e was seen to
lower himself by his hands and hang sns- ,
| pended to the cross ropes on which he was
seated. He was evidently looking for a
clear place to jun/p, but nnfortnnatelv the
wind took the matter in its own hands, and ;
dashed tlie balloon against the glassworks
of Frank & Cos., at Fraukstown Station, on
the Connells'ilk* road, about two miles tm- ,
yond Bolin. The Professor was very much ;
shaken by the concussion, but escaped
without serious injury. His ship was
lmdlv torn. —Pittsburg Dispatch.
Social Equality—Tire White Trash.
“Ejilirew, oomo to yer mndilef, boy.
Whin* you bin?”
“Fliiyin' i<l ile white folks’ cliilum.”
“You i, sli? See byar, chile you’ll;
broke your old mudder’s heart, and brnng
her gray Invrrs in soviow to de grave wid
per recklnmieaa an’ carrying on wid eliil
iissoyiishnsc. Hnbn’t I raised you up in de
way you slirmjd ought to go?"
“YetluM.”
“Habii’t I Lin kine an’ tender wid you,
au* trated you like my own chile, when
you is?" * ’ 1
.“Yctliuai. . • I
“Ifidui’t {• rhezoned wid jye*, and prayed
wid yer, and (fleploml de good Lord to
wrap yer in his buzzum?"
i “Yetlrmn.” •
“An’ isn’t 1 yer nater'l detector and' gar-
I deen fo’ de law?” ;
\ “Yctlimn.”
1 “Well, den, de yer s’liose.J'se gwine to
; ball yer morals ruptured by de white trash?*
! No, sah ! Get in de house dis instep; and
j if I elier cotch yer ’municatin wid de trash
j any mo - fo’ de Lord, nigger I’ll broke yer
; black head wid a brick?”
j “Yetbiim."
Cousin Sally Dillard f ntdo. e.
The scene reported below occurred some
years ago before the Circuit Court of
Pennsylvania county, Pa., in the case of
Commonwealth vs. Cassady, on a charge
of muli ions stabbing. * The venue being
einpatirmled nud the jury solemnly charged
by the clerk, th&commonwyahu’s attorney
called, in support of the indictment, tile
witness,'ttqek Jiviaut, who, being solemnly
sworn the truth to tell, testified as follows^
Question by the OommonwealthV at
torney—Tell all you know about the cut
ting of the prosecutor by Cassady, the
1 prisoner at the bar.,
; Answer—Well, gentlemen, it was elec -
tion day; Twus a dark, cloudy< wet sort of
a drizzly day, and says I to my old woman.
I believe I will go down to Kiuggoid and
’posit my vote. And says my old woman
tome, Will, Buck, as it is sort of dark,
cloudy, wet sort of a drizzly day, says she,
hadn’t you better take the mnb'slit Hays
1 to the old woman, Inspect 1 „hm! better
take the umbnll. Ho I took the mu brill
and advanced <>u down towards Ringgold;
; and when I got down,,:lmr Mr. Cole coined
and says he, Uncle Back, have you seed
anything of neighbor Harris? Hays Ito
| Mr. Cole, For why? Hays he, He’s got
; my umhrill.
Pile witness was here interrupted by the i
court and told to coniine himself to the j
at Uial lray between the prisoner and Cole, I
the prosecutor. In answer' to this, the
witness remarked, in a tone ot iudignuni i
remonstrance;
“Well, now, Mr. Judge, yon hold on,
for I an sworn to tell the truth, slid I’m
gwine to tell it my own way—so Turui
while for you to say nothin’ about it.’
Wheieupou the commonwealth’s attor
ney, being anxious to get rid oi tlie wit
ness upuu any terms, told him to go on !
and t* i the story his own way.
“Well, 1 w .s goiiT on to say, ’twas on
election day; Buchanan and Fiiino was)
running lor tho Legislature, and say> 1 io j
my old woman, 1 believe i'll go down to j
Ringgold and ’posit iny vote. Hays iny ,
j old woman to me, Buck, us it is j
| a sort of a dark, rainy, drizzly sort of a
i day, h.ulu’t you better take your uinbrilt? i
Isays she. Hays I to iny old woman, l I
sped I lmd better take my mu brill ; so I j
: took the unibrill and advanced on towards j
! Ringgold uutd I an *v thar. VYeli, tht j
1 lu’st tiling J did when 1 got there wan to
take a drink ol Bucliflhall Whiskey, whieh
was inonstrons good, and says I to inysed,
hays 1. old bus?!, you feel better new,
don’t you? Aud while I was advancing
around, Mr. Cole, he came to lue, nd
says he, Uncle Buck, have you seen auy
tmug of old neighbor Dams? Hays I, for
why? Hays be, the old cock lias got my
unibrill. Al ter a w hile I ’posited my vote,
and then Mr. Cole and me advanced buck
towards home, and Mr. Cole was tigntei
than I ever seed him And so we ndvuiiced
till wo got wlmr the fuafl End the jiatti
forkeil, and we tuck the path, as any otbei
gent.hman would, and after advaiieing a
; while we arriv to old neighbor Harris set-
I bn ou n log with the nin bull on lilh arm,
| and about that time Elijah Cmsinly (tin
prisoner) corned up, and we advanced on
| till we aniv at Kiij ih’s h use. Elijah is
imy iie.fi vr uml hkew is a *u-in-law. ll*
! married my darter jane, which is mxt to
I Hally. Al ter we hmt advanced ‘o Elijah's
! house we Mood in the yard awhile it j rtW *
i mg, and presently two wotugbodys rid up
on a horse, which was J' Itifison iti'd W bit
field, Cassady behind; Whi field and Eiali
Cassady fn iiig tjie sume. JCiah was drunk,
slid he and Ml'. Cole got. to cussin one
another about p.dili.t. find'l adranfed into
the house wlmr was Elijah's wile, which is
my darter Jane. Well, alter jn*in uwhile
with cm, my little says he, T ueli
Buck, let’s go home. Suys 1, good, pop,
so we pegged out together. Well. I got
home aud was eating supper, when Elijah
arriv, and says to me. Uncle Buck. Ivc
killed a mail. ~ Says I, the demeyou have.
Aral that’s all 1 know about the stabbing,
for 1 wain’t there.”
——~*i.* -* * -—*
Getting on in the World.
Them are many different ways of
ting ou in the World; it does not uiways
mean making a great deal ol money, or Be
ing n great man for people to look up to
with wonder or wl miration. Leaving off
a bml hid.it for a good one is getting on in
the world; to be dean and tidy, instead of
dirty and disorderly is getting on; to be
careful and saving, instead of thoughtless
and wasteful, is getting on; to be active
and industrious, instead of idle slid lazy,
h getting on;'to be kind and forbearing,
instead of llloiatured and quarrelsome, is
getting on? to Work as 'diligently in the
master's absence ns in his presence is get
ting on; in short, when wo see any one
properly attentive to liis duties, persever
| ing through difficulties to gain such know
j ledge as shall be of use to himself and
! others, offering u good examp.e to his rel
| atives and uoquiiitaoces we may be sure
I that lie is getting on in the world. Money
j is a useful article in its way, but it is possi
ble to get on with small means; for it is
a mistake to suppose that we must wait
for a good deal of money before we enr> do
■ anything. Perseverance is often better
than full purse. There are more helps to-
Wtrdgeltinj | n thuois generally supposed;
' many people lag behm l, or miss the way
' altogether, because lffi*y do not see the
simple and abundant’ means which sur
round them on all stdeS. and so it happens
! that their menus are aids which cannot be
(bought with money. Those who wish to
i get ou in the world mnat have stock of pit*
; tienee and perseverance, of hopeful eonfl-
I deuce, a willingness to learn, and a dispo
sition not easily cast (lowu by diffi.-ulties
and disappointments.
If anybody in Danbury is looking out
| tor lodgings in Philadelphia, to be occu-
I pied during the Centennial Exhibition, I
would advise him to hunt lip the place
mentioned iu the following advertisement,
which I cut from a Philadelphia paper:
Tlie upper part of the iionse to let, con
taining three rooms, a calUir, kitchen and
I back yard.
I recommend ihis place because I can
irnagiue nothing, more interesting than a
cellar on tlie third floor, and a buck-yard
which can be renelVec? only through the
i fourth story window. lam going around
to see file next time f visit
Plitlmlit, aoAUaf i-3%n‘gtsp the phenom
enon* better.' I suppose they have the gnr-
I ret about eighty feet below the front paVc
ment. Tlie only explanation of the nivs
! (cry that occurs to me is that somebody
| has turned Abe bouse upside down, and
stood it upon its roof,-whitethe back yard,
having adhered, to til*! foundation wall, re
mains suspended in the air. It is going to
| be ve y eptfetaiding,to the hired girls wl.o
j have to hand ont the wash on the under
j side of the yard. They had better prac
‘ peo far a while on the flying trapeze.—
A Disappointed Youth,
A young nntit who was in Covington
1 Friday, iu the interest of u new heating
j apparatus, heard that Major I’ was
building anew house, aud speedily hunted
up the veteran.
I . “i,ln iii* von are building a new house,”
} lie said to the Major.
i “1 ain’t exactly building one,” said the
Major, in the tone of a nmu who dutu'i
1 care to commit himself; “1 have built it.”
j "Exactl,. I Glad to hear it,” said the
agent. “Have you made any
for (tenting tt e new building?'' and the
agent looked anxious.
“Well, Ho,” unit tercel tlie IVliijor, "Ub n
stale, ns if tlie hunting ol tlie building was
u subject that had entirely slipped his
mind.
“Ho much tlie better for .yon,” exclaim
ed the agellt, ’* “as I think £ have just the
article yon want, combining economy,
heat end cleanliness. We have sold thous
ands of them throughout the Country, ami
have yet. to hear of a single* failure on the |
part oi the heater to do )l that is claimed I
;*i it It is the sum total of every excel-!
| leuce y, t produced in the numerous de
j vices p.itented for heating buildings, and
| I am miilo confident That! "an deim n.stiaT,
j to you flu superior advantages whi h t’
itu nter enjoys over uil others. Where is
J yunr honsu?"
I “On Essex street,” said the Major.
“(Suppose you jump in tlm carriage with
I me, and ink*' a diivuovur tiu-re. 1 ahouh.
j likt to see it.”
The Major consented, and getting hi.
, ('vereo :t, he uiouuted the seat with the
hopeful and eloquent agent, and th*y
drove oil. On the way, the agent rapidly
aeutover the iiiniiv favorable points of
tie admirable heater, and was much grati-
I tied at the impression* lie had evidently
j mud'* on his companion.
Arriving in lruut of tlie now building, a
large and rather unpretending utrueLur j,
i the agent said?
“What arc you going to do with this.
Major? Mh ke a tenement or a boarding I
hoiibt* of it?”
“Oil no,” said the Major, as he care
; fully reached the ground, and looked iu
| noceidly i round, “it is mi ice-house."
“What*!” screamed the agent.
“It is iiu ice -house, ” replied the Major,
I blandly.
The last seen of tlint ngent lie was ap
plying tlie lash to his horse, and tearing
out ot the neighborhood ut a marvelous
The Story of a Trunk.
A trunk was taken through Dallas, Tex
as, the other day. among the baggage on
the Central train going north, that has
traveled some. The owner left. Boston,
Mas-., u month ago. for the puroose of
going to (Jiinrlestoii, S. C., directing his
trunk to be b-rward to him. At Baltimore!
lie changed Ins mind, and started lor Cin
v*Hindi, telegraphing to Charleston to
nave his trunk sent tv> liim at Cincinnati.
At the latter piuee he was Called to Lonic
v*ne, and sent wrd when the trunk reaeli
ed Cincinnati to “put it through” to Lou
isviile. At Louisville he went to St,Louis,
and directed that active receptacle, tube
whacked tmough to the latter place. At
Hi. Louis the trunk was so much behind
ihsit he had to leave for Memphis without
♦>, but told Ids friends in Ht. Louis not to
mrget to hurry along that ni<*e voutig
.; unk to Memphis. Out of Memphis he
went, but loop-holed an old paid, and
sys, “My covey, don’t forget to send iu\
trunk to Ley West.” At Key West lie lmd
a gay old trim.*, notwithstanding lit* was
dispatched to “get ont of that” sooner
iliau he expected, and so the trunk was
again behind. Still, says he to an army
ofiieer down there, “I've got a trunk, cap,
that’s been following me mound infernally
liwly. brtt it hadn’t ertiight me yet. Oblige
*a high pnvnte in the rear ranks, by send
ing that Hiuatoga knapsack to Mobile.”
At Mobile the proprietor of (In* trunk i
found a carte bhtitche from his employer in j
Boston to “go west, young man.” Then
Ills trank did’! couie, and he thought he’d i
start for t.’lieyi-nne or Ei.gle Ford (;u ,
cit.li* r * f which places if In* lmd been horn
lie could have been President of the Unit-;
ed States nr married the queen of the
Sandwich Island), bat after the profnud
est reflection lie 1 bought best to get
off at the most romantic wood pile in the
Indian territory, and hunt the storied
srpiilw. The trunk that passed Dallas,yes
terday, will reach him there, perhaps, in
lavender kids, a tie like a beaepn lire, and
dressed like Disraeli in liis dandiest days,
make the territory tremble for its safety,
and finally force it to apply to be admitted
as a State in tin* union.
Shinli; Youn Own House.-*- Scene bur
mom; time midnight.
Wife-—"! wisti that man wotrid go Ironic
if he lias got olie to go to.”
Landlord—“ Silence, lie’ll csT! for some
thing directly; he’s taking the shingles off
liis own house and putting tbefn on ours.”
Ry this time James begun to come to
his right senses, afal started to rubbing
j tils eyes, stretched himself as Ik* had juit
VJ ke, and said: “I believe 1 will go.”
“Do nut he in such a hurry, James, 1
said the landlord.
'•0 yes I must go,” said James, and li -
started.
A ter an absence of some time, theland
lo**d met and ucco-ted him with “Hallo.
Jim, why ain’t you been down to see 11s?
“\Vhy I had taken so many shingles off'
my home that began to leak, so t have
thought it time to slop the leak, so I have
done it,” said James. Young man, whose
house are yon shingling ?
1 How Hi; Exi’i.aineo It to I If: it.—A few
: day* ugn an old hilly fr. 11l the west part of
Wayne county, Michigan, -mixm-tling some
butter to a grocer in Detroit, when she
1 overheard some person mention tlie Beech*
! er scandal.
“W'init is that thing, anyhow?” asked
the old lady. “It’s bin in the papers, but
my eyes are poor, uml 1 liuvu’t felt like
j rewling.”
“Well it's just this," replied the grocer,
iuhe scraped ont the crock;' “toll sec,
Reedier hired Mrs. Tilton to knit him
j twelve pairs of socks, and when she got
'em done he tried to pass a counterfeit bill
on her.”
“Is that so?” exclaimed tbo ng* and dame;
i “well, I don't blame the papeiw a single
! hit for allowing him up—lie's wurse’ri 11
, vagahoiind !”
• It is related that an old English primer
was printed, and the whole of the i;r t
, edi i m sent on*, in which by the omission
1 of the letter c in a single place, a solemn
stanza was mid*' to read as follows: when
fli ■ last trumpet s i lad tti we. shall not all
die but wo shall Vie “hanged iu tiie tw n i
' ling of au eye.
MISC3LLANSUU3 IIEHS.
Army litrntnr*—Miiguzinfis and r* -<
' Vil*WH.
t 'mi ymi spoil s .naent in tbrao lottcr* ?
; —Y-oa.
’J’huro urn ninny win) can’t read \vbo
know A But sees.
Early to bed and enr’v to ri.o will all tm
in vain if you dont ndvertisa,
A oommon am-r—A lawyer. P. 8.-Hu
is likely to boa dram to his client. 0
Biiglmui Young is d.iUKoronsly ill, ni.d
I his wife feels very bad about it.
In Virginia they manufacture colon L
as fast, as they arrive at the juoper pen .1
of life.
No wise man doubts the propriety of 1*
jfo .l parting his hair in the middle.— Yunk
tirs <jalette.
\ Magnificent voice for railing cows is
i all tlie young farmers of Colorado require
j of a wiio in the way of music.
Look out for 11 long, hard winter. Su
| san ft. Anthony’s feet have already began
j 10 grow cold. - Detroit l‘rest.
When nil Arizona man n< ejs anew pair
lof boots be looks around to see who h
I shall kill to secure them — lb.
lVtrr 11., of ltriir.il, is said to fir tho
rieiiest mouarrh in tho world, and there am
many who would like to be Peter tvo.
No man ran read aoout all these burgla
ries without u deteiminutioii to have has
wife sleep ou the Irout side of the bed.
A Danbury girl had occasion to blow ber
nose the oilier day and every puue of glass
iu the square was shattered. —Ducer Mail
If there isa correct picture of Miss yin 1-
nt m iu the pictorials we don’t blame fu r
oil father lor rushing her oil’ut toe flirt
oiler. letruil I’rcns.
l’ei hups, now, the Boston Pnsf will fro!,
out its Democratic rooster over the Ohio,
election. Well, tlie poor biid needs ail
ing.— iVahimjton l-iar,
A Milwaukee paper says: "Whntiawant
ed in Kansas is more telegraph poles. . ,
stronger ones. The uvernge polo holua
ouly about four horse theives euuifortubi •
A young ui'in ays the prettiest giti ;a
town weals blue-top stockings and sue .a
uot Ilf raid to show ’em. He saw them hunt
ing ( 11 a line iu the buck yard.—AV,-*.e
totrn Herald.
Oetobi r, eoy iind chill in tho morning,
wai in and w inning at noon, veiling nor
coat of many colors in a fleecy mist a*,
evening, yet lovely still iu uil her model.-*.
< 'it id jo Id ter- Ocean
In Japan the law require* (hat, when u
poison guts down n tree, lih shell plant .-no
111 lUI place. In this way the supply ,t
wood is h.-pt up. George Washing I! .
owes his country a tree.
A good wife is a great err: My Mevii>e f
if one dress will only last her three u.. g.
and one box ol perl powder spi end rad umep
over her benign countenance for twenty*
four hours. -—Yonkers Gazette.
Harry, after looking on while his new
little sister cried ut being wu-ht-d ud
dressed the of her day, turned away, say
ing, “If she screamed like that in hear. 1,
1 don't wonder they sent her off. ’
An lowa farmer declares upon his sol
emit honor ns n gentleman that the last
grasshopper leaving that Btuto stood on 1,
gate p st mid said; “Get some more leuce
rails ready fur US by iiekt Juue." —Detroit
[ l’rctt.
Henry Eitfc fii.d lus mother-in-law, Mrs.
W I, who reei ntly gained notoriety by
running off' together from Portsmouth,
Virgin:), J ftriiut got clear ot the con s
Imv en-ped a iMCtili.f time. Henry En >
a foo’.
b* tn * mi n in Boston publishes a pap, .*
calleu the Kingdom of Heaven (iwwn -
live edit" a yi'w* OI course it is a bog * s
j am.lr. The geiioitie Kingdom of Hem. 1
I*llll be bad wi.huat money and wilinm
j price, "* *
One reason why Wisconsin "’hired giili
I get four dollars per Week, is because to
luive to go down stairs at midnight to ni*
vcstigate strange noises, while the unit; o
tin* house takes up a positiou under I
bed.
NO. 27.
When they tried to force Miss Gay, **f
Independence, Missouri, into a lnai) 1 *
against her will, she kicked the miaisi 1 *
hat off, knocked the young man ilown. **l
rode otl "li a mule, with one loot on ere .
side of him.
A subscriber asks our commercial iy >i
jto quote the uiloliMtie place **! soda I--
I ties. He suys he can’t all opt to pap j,*o
edits apiece till* them when the loot ol 1* 1
woodshed is the headquarters 01 ail the
cats tl. the neighborhood.
“What do yon know of tin chair* er * f
j this man?” was asked of a witness at j -
lice-court the other day. “What do .
know* of iiis character? i know it to i*
bleuohuble, your honor, ” he replied 1
mueli emphasis,
The fact that General Beauregard
been made president of a base ball e'ul* *
bringing him prominently into public’*
tiee. Gne exchange says! “He wit. im
probably not accept the position "Lei *1
iu the Argintine Republic.”
Henry Ward Beecher is to receive P ,
O'JO for ofre lecture iu Boston. Till- is tin*
same 11. Vv. B. who was even wishing I"*
was dead, sometime ago. Tim uag.is of
sin, used to be death. Now they ui. *?;,*
000 a night— JSon-istotrn Herald.
A Western man set tire to tlm pnin
for fun, but after be had run seven tho* .
mat climbed a tree, with his pmils fib* ut 1*
burned off, be concluded tlie sp**:t 01
little too violent exercise to la; indulged , t
ofteuer than once iu a lifetime.
A little Bridgeport shaver who want* *i
iiobe a good boy, was told by his imu. e
lin pray. He said he hud prayed, but 1
di lu’t get good. He was tolil to ke* p
praying. “But.” suid he, “I don't \ t
to keep teasing Him all the time.”
It is a noticeable fact that, attire S'.
Louis pig fair, while the ladies ad mi re uml
praise tlie' great showing of diana.i ",
ureases, carpets and furniture, yet tiny
bestow their bosom friendship only 10 11
th** cotton department’.— Kt. Louis Javnml.
ft the time ever comes for tlm explana
tion of tlie mysteries ol this world, woshali
lie glad to know why the young mail ho
: remarks on leaving church, “I can preach
( a better rn-rmon than that mvsslf,” is eon
! tent fo wear ont his life behind a connwr
j at SSO a month.
Several years ago a hopeful young min
; inter l**ft them shores for tin* Cabibal I ■
j anils as a ini sionary. On urriving at ti n
! olid of his journey tin; nativis weig .* it
him and cuts silver off' his legr.snsump!. .
i He came he tie by the boat, audisnoyv the
\ traveling agent of a circus.
( The manager of a country theatre, pi ap
ing through the anrtain between the act *
I was surprised by a glimpse of the empty
benches. “Why, good gracious!” said he.
* turning lollio prompter, “whereis the mi
* dience?" “He just stepfa and out to get a
j mug of beer,” was the brief reply.
It remained for a Michigan man to de
velop originality In a love affair. He didn t
ask .tier’for a lock of hair, or purloin a
photograph—lie slipped iu at tho back
gate one. night aud stole from the clot In -
; ni e, aud carried home, pressing it to lu*
aching bosom her—hci—well it Was air
undergarment. —Mdiraukc" frntinel.