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pLahers INDEPENDENT, (PUBLISHED EVERY KATUBDAY AT UIT3IAN, A., ) ~„ 1 C. GALLAHER. I 1 TKUVIS OF imCRimON l 'O DOLLARS per Annum in Advance. lj; A HARMING WOMAN. J.' r fehrmim.’ wo- 'an, I’ve beard it said bi ' JBy other women as light she; ? But all in nin I puzzled my bead T ttnd whoreiu the charm may be. Her face, indeed, i pretty enough, And her form ia quite att good a tlie beat. Where nature has given the bony stuff, And a clever milhner all the rest. Intelligent? Yea—in a certain way, tfffh the feminine gift of ready speech, And knows very well what not to hut Whenever the theme transcends her reach. But turn the topic on things to w ear. From an opera cloak to a robe de-nuit — Itats, basqnea or bonnetß—'twill make yon atari To sec how fluent tb lady tau bo. Her laugh ia hardly a thing to please; For an honeat laugh must always start From a gleesonie mood, like a sudden breeze, And hers is purely a 'natter of art— A muscular form made to show What nature designed to iie beneath The finer month; hut wbnt can she do, If that is ruined to show the teeth? To her seat in church—a good half mile— •Whi n the day ia fine she is sure to go, Arrayed, of course, in the lutevt style la mode de Pari* has got to show, And she puts her hands on the velvet pew (Can hands so white have a taint of sin?) t Aud thinks -how her prayer-book s tint or blue •!, litfr't harmonize with her milky skin! ' / Ah! what shalT we say of one who walks In fields of flowers to choose the weeds? Beads authors of whom ahe never talks. And talks of authors she never reads 1 • She's a charming Woman, I've heard it said 1 By other women as light as elm; But all ill vain I puzzle my head To find wherein the charm may by. John (i. Saxe. JOHN OGDEfS LAST BET. A LIFE SKETCH. Ilf UY SYLVANUB COBB, JB. John Ogdon hail contracted a very bad habit—ft dangerous tin 1 sinful habit. Hid nuy one suggested to him a game of cards to bo played lor money, lie would not have listened; and yet lie was growing to He it gambler, notwithstanding. His sin was that of betting, and it lift I so SP’vu "i' " him that lie would bet noon the resuit oi thiugs most trivial and most grave. lit was a yonug man, not more than eight mid-twenty, with u wife and two children —a wife true nod loving, and children • bright mid good. And Jol-.u was a good, hind btlulwild, and an even tempered, in diligent father. lie was ho.ik-to-eja rin mercantile house, upon a salary more than , sillfi-ient for all his proper wants. John Ogden's betting hud come to be a matter of emphasis and determination The habit had so fastened itself upon him that he could bet oft hand, and pay a loss, fir take a winning, as a matter of course. “SWiSU,” he said, one evening, with radiant face, ‘‘l have won fi r ty; dollars to day. ” "How?” asked the wife, with a shadow upon her face. “X bet fifty dollars tin t Pupkins would he elected over Slmmwuj, and Hopkins i vtnn elected handsomely." "Whom did you bet with, John?” “With Charles Ashcroft.” "And yon took his fifty dollars?” “Certainly,—why shouldn't I? H fairly lout.” "And yon, I suppose, fairly won?” “Of course I did.” ■“And do you thiuk Charles Ashcroft was aWe to hear the loss?” “That isn’t my-lookottt" “I am sorry, John. 1 wish you would put away that habit. Only evil can come of it” ‘-‘Pshaw!” '‘Evil bus already come, Jolin. Your heart is growing callous and hard. Time was when yon could not have taken from a poor and needy family without a feeling of shatiVe and compunction." ‘‘Hold on, Susan! I don’t want another lecture. I know what lam up to. You don’t Know so much of the world as 1 do.” And with this, John Ogden took bis lint and went out- went opt like a coward, knowing that if he entered into argument with his wife, she would twist him into a j labarinth from which he could only escape | by an angry bolt. Half an hour latter Peter Cartwright came in. He was a year or tw o older than John, and was Susan’s cousin—only a cousin by blood, hut as they had been brought up from early childhood ‘together they were like brothers and sisters in life and love. Peter sat down, and chatted awhile, and found his cousin not so cheer ful as usual. “You are not well, Susau?" “I am well in body, Peter, but sore at heart. ” “What is it?” “I fear not to speak to you freely. lam woryiug about John. His habit of bet ting is taking deeper root. To-day he has won fifty dollars from Charles Ash croft on the result of an election. Last week he won forty dollars on the race course. I know his temperament. He is headstrong and impulsive. Can you Dot gee the danger?" “I wish yon could influence him, Peter.” “I wish I could, hut I fear he would not listen," Cartwright took out his watch, and said he must be going. He had left a friend at the Ashton House, aud must go back to him. ’ “I came down he added, “to get John Jo' call up with me. You remember Prank J'owcrs?” VOL. 11. “Certainly,” said Susan, with a brightning eye "1 was rending of him in the paper Inst night. He has been made a colonel,” "Yes,” returned Peter, “and has come home minus and arm, lost at Autietam.” "I should like to see him." "He shall call. He will be glad I know.” Peter had arisen, and got as fur as the door, when he stopped and turned. ''Susan,” ho said, "I have an idea. Isn’t John saving up money with which ; to pay off the mortgage on hie house.” "Yes. He has almost enough. The mortgage is eleven hundred aud fifty dol lars, and he has a thousand of it in hank. ” “I)ou't say anything to him that I have been here, and say nothing about Colonel Powers.” “But —Peter—” "Trust me, Susan. 1 think I see a way to give him a lesson. Hold your pence, and await the rosnlt.” On the following day Peter Cartwright met John Ogden in the store, and inform ed him of the arrival of Col. powers. "And he wants to see yon, old fellow. Will you go up with me this evening?” “Certainly 1 will,” replied John gladly. ‘ How is he?” “Comfortable, considering. Tie has had a hard time of it, though. Yon knew ‘ hfc had lost an arm?” "I heard of his being wounded at An tietam. And so the arm hud to come off?” i "Yes.” “Which ” "Excuse me, John. 1 have an appoint ment to keep at the hank. 1 will call for 1 you this evening.” " All right. I'll he ready.” 1 And in the evening Peter called, and to gether the two went to the hotel. They ■ foiiud Col. I’owers in his private room, seated in a big easy chair, and looking somewhat pale and worn. "Prank, my dear fellcw, how are you? j cried John advancing, "John, old boy, 1 am glad to see y. u. You'll excuse my not rising. lam pretty well, lint not so strong as I hate been.." "K-eji your s. a Frank. IUI glad to see you back alive; and 1. m sale you 11 pick up in time.” The eui|ity coat-si,'eve, dangled ovei tin* , m in-of the chair, was eloipient, nml John s e\cs moi-Aclu-A as he fixed his jy i open il. And yet the conversation flowed pln i, I ill v utter ii tnii •. The colonel had uiltc.i to tell, ami Ills bearers were w king to listen. Joifil arose to depart first. He had fold his wife he should not be out late. ( art wriglit wed,i remain u while longer. till the ilnv i dlowin,: this visit 1 cteraml John nut in the stru t close hy tile bank w here the latter had conic to deposit for 1 his employers. Peter had evidently been waiting ami watching. "Are you going to lunch, John? “Yes. Will you come with me?” “I will if you’l! lunch with me.” "Any way." The lunch-room was near at hand, and i w Idle they eat they talked of Frank I’ow- I ers and Ins adventures, and also of his uiis- hups. “He ought to be thankful, though,” re marked Piter, “that it was his left arm j that was taken instead of his right. ’ John Ogden looked up curiously. “Eh, Peter?” “I say, Frank ought to be thankful , that they took his left arm instead of his • right.” “You mean that for a joke? ’ “How?" “Why,—Frank has lost his right arm, to be Sure.” “You are mistaken, John. His right arm is safe and sound. It is the left that is gone.” “Peter, are you in earnest? Do you mean it?” “Are you deaf, John? Of Course i mean it.” “Do you mean to say that Frank Pow ers has lost his left arm, anil that his riyht arm is intact?" “I do say exactly so.” Job 11 pri seed t-he ‘ lids ot hi - upon his brow, aud called up to miml the picture as he had seen it on the previous evening. He remembered just where the empty sleeve had dangled, and he remem- Wered that the opposite arm had been ; whole. “Peter,” he finally said, slowly anil emphatically, “Frank Powers has lost his right arm!” “You are mistaken, John.” “Do you think so?” “I know*you are mistaken.” “I’dlike to bet you something on it,” said John, with a decisive gesture. “I’ll bet you anything you like, my dear fellow, so that you make it au ob ject.” “Aud I’ll bet anything you like,” John answered. j “You ain’t sure enough to bet a thous and dollars?” “A thousand?” | “I thought it would shock your confi | deuce in yourself,” nodded Peter with a smile. John Ogden started to liis feet, and brought his bauds down with a slap upon the table. “Dare you bet a thousand dollars, Pe ter?” “Yes.” “You’ll loose it.” “I am able.” QUITMAN, (IA., SATURDAY, MAliUll 13, 1875. • 'l’ll go it! The bet is made. Will you hold hero while I go and get the money?" “Yea” John hurried litvay to the hank and drew out his thousand dollars, aud with it returned to the lunch-room flushed and excited. A mutual friend was called, to whom the ease was stated. "I hot a thousand dollars,” said John, "that Colonel Prank Powers has lost his rij/ltl arm, and that his left anil is whole.” "And I,” said Peter, "liet the saute amount that Colonel Frank Powers has 1 ist his left arm, and that his right arm is whole.” The money was deposited in the hands of the mutual friend, with instructions that he should pay it to the winner. Aud then they agreed that the tlnee should go at once to the hotel and there settle tile matter. Twelve months fit loro this time, John Ogden would not have hot so large a sum under any circumstances; but the habit had indeed grown upon him. Arrived at the hotel the three were ad mitted to the colonel's presence. "A!i, t oys, lam glad to see you. lam feeling much better to-day. John, old fel low, l ean get up lor you now. How are you?” Aud Colonel T'rauk Powers arose, and extended him his hand —his lUUHT HAM', and when John felt, its grasp lie found it true flesh aud blood, warm and pulsating! lie staggered back w ith a groan. "You will excuse us, Colonel, said Ic t,; "hut John and I had a little dispute He thought you had lost your .right arm." "(), fin,” returned Powers, M!lilil]e. ' "Thank Heaven, my right minis spared me,” —extending ills good right hand; 'flint this poor stump is afl that is left ot its fellow,” pointing to the empty sleeve that. Inin;' hy his left side. John got away as soon as he could. In .he lower hall the two thousand dollars was paid over to Peter Cartwright. "J. am sorry you lost your money, John, the latter said as he put the bank-notes into his pocket hook; “hut 1 think 1 won it fairly.” "it’s all right, Peter.” And John tried to smile as he said so, lint he could not do • t. A miserable man was John Ogden tied a ternoou; aud mote liiiscrablu was be when he went to his home in the evening. Ills wile u-ked him wind was til - matter, but. he would not tell her; and when lu pivssed him he was angry, lb- ,-oitld not. ! lie dared not tell her that the savings ol y.nr the money that was I 'ml for t'ltir precious lnum had In tut swept away in a moment- swept it way by an act | of his own sin ami folly. That night lie slept lint a wink. On the . following morning, pale and slinking, lie started to go away liom bin home without his breakfast. Oil his door-step lu-was , met by Cartwright's cleric, who handed I him a sealed packet. "It is from Mr. Cartwright, sir.” "I) > yon wait for an answer? ' “No, sir.” John went hack into his house, and j broke the seal, and opened the packet. He found within, one thousand dollais in ! crisp bank notes, and a folded letter. He opened the letter and read'; "l)raii John With this f send you hack your thousand dolhoß. 1 won tlx- money as honestly as gambling bets are open won, land yet I did not win, it fairly. Frank ! and I deeeivi and you on purpose, tin your i first visit his right arm was hidden beneath j l,j.s coat, and fiis wooden left arm was strapped on. As he did not rise from his ' chair the deception was perfect, You found your second visit, as be really Was, only the wooden arm had been j laid aside, "Forgive me, John, and believe that 1 ! lm-1 an aim in this, which Hod grant may be fulfilled. “Petkr. “P. S. I should like that this subject should never be referred to between us. Please me ill tliis, won’t you? P.” ‘.‘Dear John, wlmt is it?” Susan had come in, and as she spoke she put her arm around her husband’s neck and kissed him. He returned the kiss. “Not now, Susan,” lie said huskily. “I will tell you some time.” “But you will come and eat some break fast ?” “If you won’t ask me any more ques tions yes.” The blow had been a severe one, and the effects of the shock did not quickly pass away. Hut John Ogden revived in time; and when he told to his wife the se cret of his trouble on that unhappy night, lie was prepared to give her a great aud lasting joy by adding that he had made ! his Law Bub Japanese Workmen. The remarkable beauty of many of the articles made by Japanese workmen is due in a measure to the fact that, in Japan the artisan is consider, and to be the superior of i the tradesman in rank, and that lie is hence made to fei-Fa pride in his work. Here and in Europe there prevails the ! general impression that the merchant is necessarily the superior of the mechanic. The facts "do not justify this view. It, eer ! tainly takes much more thought and iti j gemiity to make a chair or a writing desk than it does to sell them after they are made. The intelligent artisan is. as a rule, decidedly the superior of the trades man in mental activity, and frequently has very much of the true artistic faculty I about him. It, is time we thought more highly of workmen than we do, especially as they are gradually gaining more and more [tower in the state and are thus as- Kurnin > the political duties which the tradesmen have shown a disposition to I shun. [From UuhHcrH A YEAR’S COURTSHIP. 11Y UENMY TIMttOD. I xiuv her, Horry, fl' !,r in March You know the ntrert that lcadoth down H % v the old bridge's cruiuhh <1 ai'chY .lust wlmv it loaves the* dusty town. A lonely house stiinds grim and dark - l’ou'vo ston il?—then i not'd not say How quaint the place is did you mark An ivied window? Well, one day, I, chasing some forgotten dream, Aud in a pt u t’s idlest mood, Caught, ns 1 passed, a white hand’s gleam, A tfhutUr opened thorn she stood, Training the ivy to its prop- - Two blue eyes aud u brow of * < w Flashed down*’upon me did l stop? She suys 1 did -1 do not know. But uli that day did soinei.hi.ig glow. Jusi, where the heart, heats, frail nod .slight; A germ hud slipped its shell, and now Was pushing softly for the light. And April saw me at her feet, Dear month of sunshine and of mini My very fears were soir.etiim sweet, And liopf was often touched with pain; ' For she was frank,and she was coy, A w ilful April in her ways, Ami in a dream of doubtful joy, 1 passed some truly April days. May came; aud on that arch, sweet mouth, j The smile was graver in its pluv. Aed s.’Dt niog with lie: softening Mouth, My April melted Into May. She loved me, yet my heart would doubt, Ami ere 1 spoke, the mouth was June j One warm, Mill night wo wandered out To watch u s’.ow.y setting moon. Somethiug which I saw not- my eves Were not on Heaven a star perehuneo, Or Home bright drapery of the sliic.i Hiul caught her earnest, upward glance. And as she paus* and Hid, we Itu ■ o phy'd Upon the very spot a Ur Just touched me with its dreamy shade, But the full moonlight fell on her. And as she paused 1 knew not why I longed to speak, \vt could not speak; The bashful art* the hoidt st 1 I stooped, and gently kissed her cheek. A nmrmor (else some fr*sr:mt air {Stirred s c’tly) and the faintest start! oh. Hull we were the happiest pairl Oil, !i:i!S 1 clasped her heiirt to heart! And bi- 1 and away some tears that gushed But she truhihled, timid dove! When my s ul broV ?;*• sl< nec, Unshed W ith * vvh'le burning June of lov,\ tVnu'c t'. r:i u b.appv year hath sped Turo’i’-', : i mouths tKtt st /Hiul all. June un<! Ands um :! Mar-h si.;. nvAk.-a l Will u.'iif , ii. th cr v, oil g day Twelve hit sued moons Unit set m l to gl e.v All Summer, Hal! my peerh-ss Kate! S!;e is the dearest -■'Acyi; n-! Thank Ood! - hut ymj s'.i. !1 her wait! So, all is t;>ld. J count <.*: time To r.eo the pl'it :>t, Hal! Dans t!m Here’s to my diiiling wife l*< I." ' And ii . • sto -when thou tinT and !o r -thine! ■ SHOOTING SNAKES. BY miK'KTOlk Ever since that little tiffiiir between live j 1 and the “harpint,” in the Harden of Eden, j | several years since, there I,as been a cohl-! ; ness amounting almost to hard feeling be- ; tween snakes and mankind. <). “tie side; I this takes in all sizes of mankind, except : charmers, mid till sizes of snakes, front tile) 'anglewoim who won’t stay on your J:sh iiook to the pythons of Sontli America. , 1 don’t know of anything that will make j i a w naan scream hinder or run faster, or a ] Ljrinli to tight quicker or run home quicker than a snake, unless it, is a skunk who is j out on bitsim ss. Why, (he hots get, tip j some tin tty little screams and runs here in ! the eity with toy snakes. But, 4 stinted to tell a story, and I may as well get at it. Mr. and Mrs. Sfrippins live in the suburbs of Hew York. They are quiet, ! well-to-do people, having no one lint themselves under their rool’lree except an ! old Thomas pussy, who lmd been in the | family ever since its first inauguration! A j | nice little garden surrounded this house, and many a one looked with envy upon the Coxy and (fillet homo of Mr. and Mrs. Si ripptiis. ‘ * Peter Btrippins held some position in the (’ llst oin House, where he was as [itinc tuul as lie was at his home, and was look- ■ ed upon as invaluable and billeted fur life. , Hit good wife kept the house and every thing tidy, and did not vary five initiates! month in and month out ill having his meals ready at jast such all hour. And in the evening, after the cares of the day were over, they sat together and chatted pleasantly until one or both of them fell asleep, which usually ended the day’s per formance. Jiat, one night, when Peter came home, he found his Polly Aratnantlm in a high state of excitement. Something of an tin usual nature had occurred, for supper had scarcely been thought of and everything betokened confusion. Had the house been rob! led? Had. a mother-in-law put in an appearance? Or what tile dickens ! did it all mean? As soon as she could she told him. About noon she heard the eat making an i awful yowling iu the garret, and oil going up to see w hat the trouble was, she found that Thomas was having a fight with a snake, and was actually getting the worst of it. Her fear and excitement caused this “worm” to appear about five times 1 its usual size, and taking the tune from Thomas, she set up a howl fully equal to : his. But she soon recovered her senses, and j seizing an old boot-jack by one of its horns, she “went in” to Slav that “sar -1 pieut.” Bite sailed ill with all her hatred, 'and made sad havoc with that adder; in I fact,, she divided him. Him also made sad work with Iter cat. She utterly dtseour i aged poor Thomas, and there he lay out side on the gra -s alongside of the snake, both dead as mackerels. Peter took a I*k at them before lie j could speak a word. Sue ti eti fold him ; whal the neighbors said; tont the snake was n B])ocios of lionso-iulder whoso, Vit(* is fatal, ami Mint whore one is foynd, others lire Mire to le tlouHeilod. in fact, she had 1 istonod with her our to tin* wall of tlm rooms, uml ahe tnuild plainly hoar them eruWlinp: nbcmfc hetwimn the plastering. Site felt sure of it, nml un doubtedly the house was infested willi them. Ho she went on until she worked her husband up to u fearful pitch, and in* forgot oil about his supper, while she forgot about getting it. J.\ ter felt, ner vous, He wished his mother'-in-law would COUIO Bow. lie also listened with his ear to the wall in various rooms, nml was not sure hut In* also heard them crawling around between the ceilings. fVtor hadn’t 1 hull' the courage that his wife hiul, hut he concluded to do something for self- j defense. Ho pondered awhile in his pulem as. ! He got an idea. Then he got some inse< t powder, and, with u bellows, he hlowed three or four bottles into all the holes and cracks he could ttnd, after which he plug god them up with soup. Then he totaled j an old musket, and begun to feel brave, ! and to laugh at the idea of snakes living; in a lum.se. Hut it w; sn t a healthy laugh, i by any manner of means; ratio r sickly, as i t w ere. At length they went to bed, and finally to sleep, but only to dream of snakes and fatal bites. Mrs. Strippius appeared to have’em tho worst. Slm kicked around considerably, nml at last, managed to dig her toe-nails into Peter's calves. Peter howled mid shouted “Snakes!” Then they both got up uml made u careful ex amination of the room, but found no m nikes. Thou they cautiously cuddled down to wloep again, and then Mrs. Stiippius had her husband’s calves again with her toe-nails, while wrestling with another horrid dream. Again Peter howled, and this time mounted a bed post, and again il took; fully half an hour to convince them that their bed was not alive with snakes. Oil dear, wasn’t it dreadful? Hut IYt- r got strongi r from the excitement, while his wife grew weaker and more nervous. Ho tried to laugh her out of the idea of there being snakes in the house, and told her to forget her nervousness uml go quietly to sleep. She said she'd try. At about midnight things got quieted down, and soon the melodious snore of Mrs. StrippiiiH gave token of her being lost in a more peaceful slumber. Hut Peter couldn't sleep, lie was calm, of ! course, but he wished it was morning, j Hy Btid by the moon rose anil threw her j ilvery beams into their chamber, giving ; everything a weird silvering, and making objects quite distinguishable. IVler got into a train o’f thought, and ; tlm covers of his eye-; fell down. Hilt they ! wouldn't slay down. Recovering from an j instant’s semi-couscioiisness, he spied his j wife’s “ switch ’ coiled around the top of' •nc of the bed-posts. Ah! it looked for j ul) the world like a snake; and surely il ; must he our. in the unceil -in moonlight he could sec its .slimy coils, its land raised rendy to strike, and a dozen other things Ii :i! fuHv convinced him that it was a Uwike, ‘ : IP; looked in .‘ deuce, and after a while i hi-j teeth begun to chatter, and woke iup his wife. P.he tremblingly a m and what I tile mutter was. but p --r Peter could only ; chatter and p ant to the supposed snake. She saw it in the same light as he did, and i gathering herself up, she run screaming : out of the room. This somewhat roused ! Peter, and drawing himself as far up to i ward the head hoard as he could, he also ! sliil out of bed and .darted for the next j room. His wife, half reprovingly, asked him if Ihe was afraid. “N u—o! ’ said lie; and i seizing his musket, well charged with shot*, jhe returned to the chamber. Creeping ! slowly up, and pointing the muzzle of his i musket at the serpentiuo intruder, and 1 taking a deliberate aim us Lis shaking knees would admit of. die blazed away. Then he retreated, and t iy both crept back again with a light. Oh, snakes! what a right, presented il i self. That sw itch looked like a badly j used bunch of flax. The top of the bed ! stead was blown off, a, mirror and a set of i fancy china smashed, moonlight let in through a. hole in the house, ui# eye shot ; out of a littU planter eupid, to say nothing ! about the general wear and tear of things. | Peter and bis wife don’t leli this story. It somehow' has no charms for them; but if completely cured them of snakes, and when the neighbors asked wimt the gun was fired for that night, they innocently ; say that it went uli' by spontaneous com bustion. Sleep. A physician says that the cry for rest has always been louder than the cry for j food; not that it is often harder to obtain. | The rest comes from sound sleep, OJLtwo minor women, otherwise equal, tlj one j who sleeps the best will belie most jhiral, healthy and efficient. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness ; and uneasiness. It will resfote to vigor; all overworked brain. It, will build up anil make strong a weary body. It will cure a headache. It will cute a broken spirit. It will cure sorrow. lude-d. we might make a long list of nervous and other maladies that sleep will cure. . The elite of sleeplessness requires a clear con science, and avoidance of stiroiilanla and j narcotics. For those who are over- j , worked, haggard, nervous, who pass j sleepless nights, wo commend the adop i lion of such habits a* shall seetite si ep; i otherwise, life will he short, and wlmt there is of it. sadly imperfect. --* From the best in formal ion the editor of the Iliiiesville (laznUe is able to get, lie thinks that throughout that section more land will lie planted than last year, arid , more fertilizers used, la Bulloch county, especially, the farmers are investing quite ! largely in commercial fertilizers, and a | general disposition to manure every acre iuf land that is planted. (hittori is chit tiling more attention than it did last year and the acreage in cotton will he much larger than it lias been for several years. ‘ specially ! is this the east, along the line of the water courses ivhevo the farmers have been turning their attention to timber. The ■ cilltivutou of l'ice. also IS largely oil the j increase; and iu the low country, this will lie the money crop instead of cotton. The oat crop every year is becoming more re j muuerative, and the acreage-is decidedly i increasing. Our opinion is that the move : up in the timber buaiuess will tie [irodue five of great good in the end, the result ;of which will be seen this year iu Hie | greater atti ntion devoted to farming op eration,!. n otl Words for Ail. Don’t kick u man when he is down. Some men are like truth; crushed to earth they will rise again, and when once | squarely upon their feet may make you sorry tor it. We knew ahoy once. Ho was a poor hoy, had little education,•and few friends. Rut he had pltlck. People said ho never would come to any good. Hut he did. He. went to work obtained a few months’ schooling and set out for himself. A fo\v years ago lie was a ploughbov, and worked for wages, eight dollars per month. Now he holds a lucrative position in an honor able business, and gets a salary of near one thousand dollars per annum. People who kicked him then arc warm friends now, and such is the way of the world. Priend, don’t tic it. If you see a man down help him up. How many men who are outcast in the world to day might have been honest citi zens and good nu n, if the odium of one little sm had not been so severely visited upon their devoted heads. Have charily. It coveieth many a sin, and how do you i know that you yourself, nmy not soon ! Ueed it? \\ e are all trail creatures—God has made us 80, and wo are as liable to sm as the sparks to tty upward. The man you condemn, what do you know of his temptation? You sit on your high pedcs tial of self-conscious purity, and denounce another for sin, that, placed in his cbncP tion you yourself would have committed. Hut he has no business to do wrong, j Virtue lies us much in the absence of temptation as in immaculate purity of character. Men fall and we censure, and yet iu our places they would have been better than we. \\ hat do we know ot the human heart? “Thou knowewt the heart, Oh! lather, And only thou eaust know. llh trials and temptations ft’s silent secret ivoe.” Be cureful iu your criticisms of another, j be patient with his faults, and have faith in his salvation.—Do whnt yon can to j ■vderm him, lift him up to your level, and above all don’t kick a man w lieu lie is down. It is cowardly; besides, us we have said he may some day get up. “Oh what a world this might ho If folka were always kind.” Can you do anything to help one of God’s creatures? Du it. Can you say anything to encourage him? Hay it. Your reward will come. A Srd Ending. The Louisville Courier Journal gives the following touching; aco ilia el (lie last hours of Jliut, Tom Marshall, ot Ken tucky, who was the must, brilliant titan of: his day, but who uufortmuVU ly loved t strong drink too well: At last exhausted nature gave way, and lie was stricken with his last illness. A friend informed him that he must soon j die, and jinked him some ituestion looking , ito a preparation for another world. Ho| promptly stopped him, aud said, ‘No, sir : no, sir I,do not wish to pray. 1 had tin hand i:t coming into this world; I have titled in ail that I have seriously at-’ ; tempted or desired whilst in it, ] shall ! make no uiTnitgumpnt for my departure, not for another existence. If (bid has! | managed the matter so far, I shall pel-mil i i hint to continue- it as best pleases him.’| He dismissed the subject, referring to it! no more. After remaining silent for some tone, as if musing, he said: 'Well. well. ■ lids is the end. Tom Mnrshali is dying, I dying, not having a suit of clothes in t which to be buried; dying upon allot-i | rowed bed. covered with a burrowed sheet, i !in a house built by charity. Well, well, | it is meet and proper.’ After an hour or : more, he looked through tits open window, j and ealline- the attention of those around [ him to a solitary tree, standing in tie 1 middle of a huge open pasture, said: 'When I am dead, bury me beneath that tree in the middle of the field; I have; been crowded all my life, and 1 do not : wish to lie crowded in death.' He said no . | more, lint after a time quietly ceased to breathe. He was place.l beneath the tree, 1 Imt. in* Htoir* nor ninrk tells tile passing i traveler wlio rests below. The Habit of Swo tring'. ' The meanest, most, useless and most i contemptible vice that ever grew rank in : the boi-boiisu of the devil is profane swearing. We piotest against it riot as 1 preachers and church members object to sin on professional grounds, but as mem bers of society, as decent men. On boats, in ears, u: places of business, on the open street, at, concert, doors and everywhere else rings the incessant oath of the habit ual swearer. Voting men just learning to i curse appear to think there is sonteiliing manly and brave about it; while old swearers inti tl; id th" commonest remarks they make with coldblooded blasphemies and u variety of diabolklo curses. No man or woman of any refinement or de cency at, all can be otherwise than lacerated i and shocked by tlu-s, brutal and vulgar verbal missiles every day; aud no fellow who is shatnefnlly guilty of projecting them can do otherwise tlmu sink beneath the contempt of such women with every vile epithet tlljj- bear him I utter. Public profanity onpW® to bo an indictable offense..ailh a pefljity Of ten days in jail for every oath. Facts About Ihc Bible. A prisonei' condemned to solitary con finement, obtained a Bible, and by three vein's’ careful study obtained the following facts: The Bili'e contains 5.508,45!) loiters, 773.002 wisds, 31,173 versus, 1,180 chap ters, and 00 books. The word “and” occurs 40.237 times. The word Lord occurs 1,8.75 times. The word Ifeveivud occurs but once, which is the Dili verse of the lltli Psalm Tin: 21st verse of tho 7t h chapter of Ezra contains all the letters iu the alpha- j bet except the letter J. The finest chapter to read is tho 20th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. Tite J Dili chapter of 11 Kings and the ; 37th chapter of Isaiah are alike. The longest verse is the Dili verso of the Bih chapter of K ilter. The shortest verse is the 35th verso of the lltli chapter of St. John. The Bth, 15th, 2ist, and verses Slat of : the 1071 h Fsaliri are alike. Hack verso of the 136th Psalms, ends 1 alike. There are no words or names of more than six syllables. Value a good conscience more than i praise. In tirem of |)cns pwp/irfi for lumli. A min Inis been amstofl for taking : tilings ns they ouino. Jf yon wish to nmkt* a Amin Ath'k m t if ! on the lioml of a tar bam-1. riu- flog alio Iliads I lit- blind man to tlm dilli-rant in i' lnuMd'S ’s rr liar pilot, "Wimt can't bo enred must be sold ; fresh, ” is a hoggish saying in Ciuuiuuati. Tlm priest threw Ids breviary at the. devil because lie bad no other "niissid” lit throw. .... The man who wrote n t'ilt/Usd “A Unbin in Winter,” is supposed to lmvo : In eu it tramp. "A fair exeliango is no robbery," unless it lie exchange of iuout*y fur articles ut u church fair. i Murk Twain says the Hnndwieh Island ers are generally as unlettered as the other side of a lombsione. An Omaha woman made a wager that she would lii-s King Ivuliikuun, mid slio did it ut one of the public receptions that were given him. A liin,'rlinnib'ii took a S2O sneeze the other day. lie blew- anew set of lalso teeth out tipoll the sidewalk, breaking them to pieces. A Mr. Chew was recently arrested ill Fliiluib Ipbia, having three' living wives ti'oni which ho kus never been untied. Each wife had a Uhew-to-back-tier. Hei ? Jibbers says that lie lliinlts the people who throw buninm skins on the sidewalk have an interest in asti-on nuy. lie almost always disco tern new stars when he steps on one. An lowa murderer, about, to be hanged, asked tho sheriff to “postpone these yi r proceedings fur five miniles until I cam I-liev, an ear offeii Kill Jenkins, that stands there agriiiiiin’ ut me.” Tlhtc- is a paragr iph* going aronnd which says that only nu n with brains cun raise moustaches. This may account for tho great number of linir-brnmed people who ale lying around loose. ‘ Farewell, Susan— you have driven mo to I fits grave,” wrote John Lurch, of Ala bama, tour years ago, and left the note oil the river bank. He win arrested the other Any iu Cincinnati, living with another woman. NO. 44. A Syracuse girl declined to engage her self to tho object of her affections until his, father bad given her a written guarantee that his son was nob only sound in "win i and limb,” but of good morals, gentle, and warranted to behave both iu "single and double harness.” Ha lives in Ithinebeek-on-Hudson now, one hundred and eighty years of age, threads a needle at arm's’ length, slept with Billy I’cnn, played marbles with John Smith, aud turned the grindstone for (fl. W. to sharpen his little hatchet. " The one thing needful for the perfect enjoyment of love is confidence." Hanio with hash and sausage. 'fl>igb'. will yon take some of this but ter?” "Thank you, ma’am, I beloug to the temperance society. Can’t tuliu any thing strung. ” A Missouri woman vvTm applied for situation as car driver, being asked if she ■eonhl manage mules, scornfully replied, “Of course, l can, I’ve had two hus bands.” "S.-krerz," says Josh Billings, "is a bad investment if ym pass it, you lose tho principal; and il you keep it, you loze tho interest. ” Tile man who won’t take a paper beeutiso lie can borrow on, Ims invented a njaenino with which fit can cook his dinner by tie. smoke of his neighbor’s chimney. A .plumber had*.ni Irish lad in bis em ploy, and one day having occasion to use it piece of zinc ordered him to get one twelve inches eipuii'o. "Yes, sir," said L’nt, "twelve inches square, but bow long.” A Yankee, paper says, "A nude kicked ! an insurance n;s lit. on tile cheek, tile other day. Tlie agt id’s i lit.*!; was uninjured, Inn tile mule’s hoof was broken.” Editing a newspaper is very much like raking a fire- -every one thinks ho cau perform the operation better than tlio : man who has hold of tlie poker. A good man's breeding is tho best se curity up, last other people’s ill manners. Ho who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the community than a crowd of noisy, impotent, self-appointed patriots. A man named Muybridge, who had killed the seducer of his wife, has just been tried and acquitted in San Frureisco. I'lte jury scorned to take advantage of the pica of "emotional insanity, hut boldly acquitted the prisoner, on the ground Hint lie served the seducer right. “Will the boy who threw that pepper on the stove, please come tip here and get a present ot a nice bonk?” said a Sunday school superintendent in Iowa; but tint boy never moved. He was a fur-seeing boy. A cotemporary asks: “Can any one toll how young men who dodge their washerwomen, and are always behind with their landlords, can play billiards night and day, and are always seen at tho opera?” Ask us something easy. Ask us whether Lceeher is guilty or innocent, or what effect the polar wave had oil the ex perimental researches of tho motional functions of the cerebral hemispheres.— , Wild Oats. • A rich old widower of Oswego told a young girl there to drop Iter other beaux. Slid obeyed. He often took her out riding, and assured her that “when we get teaily wo can go off sudden like, and sur . [iris'• the gossips.” The young lady did not demur. Tin tt the rich old widower ‘popped off vi ry sudden like, and married a licit old widow about his own age. The jury is asked for $15,000 damages. “In a kindly and well-bred company, if ; anybody tries to please them, they try to be pleased; if anybody tries to astonish ; them they have the courtesy to be aston ished; if people become tiresome, they ask somebody else to [day, or sing, or wlmt not, but they don’t criticise.” And John Buskin holds that this is the way it should ! lie ill the world as well as in the drawing room. He does not like critics; and yet what else is he himself ? It’s a deep mystery—fhe way Hie heart uf a man turns to one woman out of all tho icst lie’s seen in the world, and mHkes it easier for him to work seven years for her, li! e Jacob did for Kachel, sooner than have any other woman for the asking. I often think of these words: “And Jacob served seven years for Kachel, and tin y seemed but, a few days, for the luve he hail for her.” -(iWt'jjtl HUM. Dr. Wilkes, in his recent work on phy siology, remarks that “it is estimated that 1 the billies of every adult person requires to lie fed with lime enough to make a marble mantle every eight months. It will be perceived, therefore, that in the 1 course of about ten years each of us eats three or four mantlepieees and a few sets !of front, door steps. Tt is awful to tliiuk of the cons a[lienees if a man would bo shut off from his supply of lime for a 1 while aud tin'll gets loose in a cemetery. ! An ordinary tombstone would hardly bo \enough bn a lunch for him.