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GAILAHEP.'S INDEPENDENT, fvv X fiUJLftu.i ,£ •+ i PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT GA., — L_by— J. C. G A L L A H E R. TERMS OP Sl IiSCIUPTIOW i T D*o DOLL AKS per Annum in Adcnnce. 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.