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WAIFS AND WHIMS.
A traveler says it is true that many
young Russians will eat candles. Of
dles course they will; they eat up the can¬
so that they can kiss in the dark.
When the affectionate father of five
grown daughters calls at the hardware
store for an extra stout pair of gate
opened. hinges, it means that the campaign has
Another American girl is to marry
a nobleman. Why is it that our girls
refuse |o support their own country-:
men? There is a lack of patriotism
somewhere.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead
He loves not new-baket gingerbread?
Who, stepping through the kitchen door
On baking day, eeea goodly store
Of fragrant, uniber-snallowed cake,
And— half-unconscious— does not »*■
A ragged chunk*
Young Lawyer: We doubt if the
failure of the tailor ^ deliver your
pants on time could be con8trued int0
breach of promi>, Jf you are reft!ly de .
termined to J^ring an action, sue him for
unfulfilled, promise of breeches.
If while out fishing for shad with
a T'lece of liver that Patrick Henry
composed his address on the Declara¬
tion, beginning with those remarkable
—Cincinnati words*:. “Liver Saturday die, sinker Night. swim,” etc.
for “What, twenty-five cents a pound
sausages! Why, I can get’em down
at Sctimidl’s for twenty cents.” “Veil,
den, is vy didn’t yer?” “ ’Cause bchmidt
nutof’em.” “Veil, den, uv I was
oudt of ’em I sell 'em for twenty cents,
too,*
An old lady recently visiting a prison
asked one of ilie attendants why the
prisoners told received such coarse food. He
her it was to keep their blood from
becoming what they would impure. do And when asked
if their -blood was
put.” impure, he dryly r. sponded, “ Break
Prices move all articles. In winter,
•when there is no sale for ice, a man can
slip and sprain his ankle on it at every
corner; but when summer comes it goes
glass up so high that two small though,' lumps in a
cost the bar-keeper twenty cents, to be
sure, throws in a liquid
chromo.
A clergyman in Massachusetts who
exchanged last pulpits Sunday, with a brother cler¬
gyman the was congratulated
at close of the service by a friend
on the good attention given by his
bearers. “Yes,” was the reply, “there
tion.” were only four asleep in the congrega¬
A young fellow tried to scare a
ber Brooklyn husband’s widow by appearing to her as
the house gboit. But, as he was in
about 12 o'clock at night and
didn’t appear drunk, the detected the
fraud at once and thumped the intruder
on the head with a fire shovel.
A young man may know that his
girl is in need ot a tooth brush, and yet
if he gives her one she’ll take it as an
insult; but let 'hem give her a bouquet
that will wither in a few hours and she’ll
think he’s just too nice for anything.
But the fellow will marry that girl, be¬
cause he wants a practical wife.
“ I BAY, old lady,” said a tnan on a
•country road the other day, “ did you
■see I didn’tsee a bicycle pass here just now?” “No,
no kind of a sickle, mister;
but just now I seed a wagon wheel run
ning away with a man. You kin be¬
lieve it or not. I wouldn’t if I hadn’t
seed-it myself.”
NOw timeous wind?, with indolence,
And Sigb hyperborean in the vale’s profundity,
truculence
Has lt»st its iujucunt.ily.
IV hethe feathered cosmopolitans
In sweet com pagination sing,
Ruricolists and oppidans
Io pererration seek the spring.
Tbe gentleman who had been ofi
for a fishing excursion and sent a
that paragraph to the local paper saying, a'
“Mr. Jones has'sent home fine
mess of ‘speckle 1 beauties,’ ” could not
account for the warm receiition from
his wife, until he read that “Mr. Jones
had bei n fined and sent home for a mess
with tome freckled beauties,” and then
he went for the newspaper man with a
rod.
You remember the story of the guest
who was eating more butter than biscuit,
while the landlady looked on an d
fidgeted and hinted until ahe fairly
went inlo a nervous fit. Finally she
said: “Do you know butter is worth
s ; xty five cents' a pound ?” The hungry
guest reached out and took what was
left. “Well,” he drawled, approvingly
and reasBUredly, “good butter is wuth
it ."—Burdette.
Longfellow looks upon Sunday as
“the golden clasp that binds together
the volume of the week.” We thought
it was that at first, when we saw a fel
low with a cine and a book with a
golden clasp coing one Sunday towards
the depot- But the tane was a fish pole
that telescopes out, and the dingus with
the golden ciasp was a new fangled con
cern for carrying fish bait. It
looked like a prayer bock. Probably
Mr. Longfellow has encountered the
same kind of a tourist.— Peck’s Sun.
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The Girl Pound in China.
b<en Muting Edwin, a Burmese, who has
educate d in this country with the
view of sending him as a Biptist mis
sionarv to Burmah, lectured recently in
Balt more. (Speaking ol the deplorable
condition of women in the East, owing
he mainly to peculiar religious teachings,
said: “ Girls in C'hna are believed
to have no sculs, ani to kill them is
punisbid. not murder, and therefore not to be
Where parents are loo poor
to supp >rt the girl children, they are
disposed o* in the foil iwing way: At
regu’ar intervals an appointed’officer
goes thro ugh-a village and co'lects from
poor parents all the girl children they
eanrot care for, when they me about
tight attached days old. He bus two Inrire baskets
to the ends i f a bamboo pole
and slung over his shoulder. Hix in
fants ate placed in each basket, and he
carries tl em to some n« ighboring vil
late anil exposes ihem for sale. Moth
erswhod site to rain- wives f*r their
sons buy such a* they in ay select. The
' thers arc te k-n lo the Government
asylum through of «h<ch there hm- many all
the country. If there is room
there thev are taken in, if not they are
drowtiid ”
11,1 1 sy your shirt* bul
Jfi, ) oo.,u,u aim Honed,
The Watkinsville Advance.
VOLUME I.
Prof. Huxley on Dogs.
In his second lecture on dogs at the
Royal Institution in London, Piof.
origin Huxley considered the problem of the
of the domestic dog. He thought
they could see their way to solving it if
Such they began basis upon a solid basis of fact.
a of fact was supplied by
what they knew of the origin of dogs in
North America. The Indians of the
northwestern parts of America were all
in possession of hal.I-tame cur-like dogs,
living Egypt—in in the sp me way as the dogs in
In the s.aemi-independent existed condition. wild
s^,n e country there a
an Volf. 'L.al—the Canis latrans , or prairie
It was impossible to point out any
distinction between these prairie wolves
and the domesticated dog of the Indians.
It was somewhat difficult to understand
how these Wild and fierce animals could
be tamed; and yet, when one knew their
habits, It was easy enough. The smaller
wolves and jackals, although predacious
and fierce, were endowed with singular
curiosity; toward that and curiosity his doings. directed There them
mau was
not one of these animals which, if
caught wolf—could young—whether be jackal and made or small
not tamed as
attached and devoted to man as any or¬
dinary derstand, dog. It was not difficult to un¬
therefore, how these animals
became acquainted with man, how they
became trained, and how from them
sprang a race of domesticated animals
which curiously enough, were far more
attached to their masters and the ani¬
mals with which they are brought up
than to members Of their own family
If they could depend upon tbqsfactthat
this one domestic dog originated in the
taming of an indigenous wild animal,
then the general problem of the origin
of domestic dogs would take this form
—could they find in all parts of the
world in which domestic dogs wore
known wild stock so similar to the exist¬
ing race of dogs that there was nothing
unnatural in supposing that they had
They the same might origin as dog-like the Indian animals dogs.
trace fur¬
ther and further west, until, in Northern
Africa, they had a whole series of kinds
of dog-like jackals. anima's, usually known as
the He believed that these
wild stocks were the source from which,
in each case, the savages who originally
began to tame dogs had derived their
stock. This view was confirmed by
archreological researches. They had
preserved Ancient to Egypt, them, on the monuments
of a great variety of
forms cf dogs, and it was significant
that the further back they were the
fewer were the vanities, until, at the
time of the third and fourth dynasties—
that isabout 6,000 years ago—there were
only two well marked forms of degs.
One of them was a Comparatively small
cur-like dog, similar to that which was
seen in the streets of Cairo at the jircs
ent Jay, and the other was like a grey¬
hound. The cur was, no doubt, a tame
species of the wild jackal, and was still
to be found in the same country; and,
with respect to the greyhound, there was
in which Abyssinia a very long-headed dog,
was very much of the same form
as the greyhound, and which, it could
hardly be doubted, was the source from
which it sprang. Assuming that there
was no doubt that the origin of dogs
could be traced to these sources, the
more modified forms of the domestic
animal were simply the result of the se¬
lected the breeding, modification which had in dogs given it rise had to
same as
done in the case of pigeons.
Chopin and His Little Visitor.
[Whitehall Renew.]
A friend of mine, discovering that
her little son had a remarkable aptitude
for the piano, determined to procure
for him the very best master living, or,
in other words, Frederic Chopin. The
great man at that time lived in a cite off
the Rue St. Lazare, the name of which
I can not at present recall, but it is the
same in which Louis Enault now re
sides. The first thing struck the child
on entering the salon-the child, now a
man of over thirty, has told the story
often-wasthe face of the great com
poser, the sallow, soul-eaten lace,and the
great luminous star eyes, and then his
attention was drawn to a splendid bou
quetof tea-roses that stood on a side
table. could Chopin for expressed his regret that
he not the moment undertake
to give lessons, as his health was so bad,
but be the promised little boy, that who his all next the pupil while should gazed
in mute admiration, first at Chopin, and
then at the flowers.
When the mother—of well known
personality in the artistic world, whose
name I am not stopped at liberty to Teveal—rose
to took go, Chopin quickly forward,
one of the tea-roses from the bou
q ue ’. an d, kneeling down before the
child to take him in his arms, said, as
he gave him the floAier, “Take this, won
P**' 1 ” and say down that Chopin gave it to
J ou Going stair*, before even
the child had gone many steps, the.
flower fell and the leaves were scattered,
The poor little fellow gathered them to
gether almost preciously, holy relic, and for shows them now
had as passed a FredericChopin’hadjbreathed ere many days
his last.
Blowing win a Kerosene , Lamp.
.
A very common method of extinguish
ing a kerosene lamp is to turn down the
wick until only a minute flame is visi
ble and tlun blow down the chimney,
This is the most dangerous practise, of
berng very frequently who the kerosene cause lamps ex
plosion. People use
should make it an absolute rule
to attempt that to extinguish It is just a lighted lamp blow
in way. as easy to
into the lower end of the the chimney blow- as
the top, except that person
ing is required to swop a lttle to do it.
But the best way to extinguish the
liuht is this: Turn the light up to full
height. Then, with your mouth upon
a level with the top of the chimney, aod
about a foot or more from it. blow hori
zontally over the top and the light will
go nut instantly. chimney, The blowing and draws
the sir from the without
air, i ombustion cannot be sustained:
heuce the light goes out.
*
Mia, Julia Itu.K lias lieen engaged
«« the prima donna for Dudley Buck’s
new which, American the title comic Implies, opera deals “ Ifeaeret," wUh
as a
Mormon subject.
WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA, JUNE ‘23, 1880.
Hi: IMIKFF.nnF.lt Tim almanac.
nv r.VRMliNAS MIX.
There sin 0 alone upon the street a chap ol gawky
Intensely BlW?, garing
on a sign that hung before his
eyes,
Ami known to those who daily pass from dinner and
to dine
To be a watch that ntver run, though hung there as
a sign.
Now fortune had of late adorned his honor with a
And there within a well-worn vest, made up of
stitch nnd hem
An old watch ticking with the dirt of years still on
its wheel.
Was held securely in its place by a dangling chain of
steel.
lilschap it quite who viewM tho gnlrten piece, and thought
Immense,
Was led to think its works had cost no trifle of ex¬
Now pense,
“ time is money,” he exclaimed, his mind was
And thinking—slight, this here
“ thing I know cost lots, and surely
must be right.
“ So now I’ll set my new-bought piece exactly to
dot,
And see if Sal, when I got home, don’t like the way
its sot.”
So pulling knee, out his brazen piece and rubbing on his
He turned it up an hour too fast—the two did then
agree.
Then stepping ’rouud he thought he’d view the
other side and go;
For it was later than he thought- his watch had
been too slow.
Put there was printed on this side,’in colors just as
Another Kay, just like
face the first, except in time of
day:
“ Now, time’s a fraud and jewelry, too,” this chap
places whs quick to f.ay, they hang things
“ In where out to tell the
time of day,
And ain’t got sense enough to print in letters we
might that see,
The fact she ain’t minin’, or that they had lost
tho key.
“ Now all I’ve cot to say is they ain’t hurtin’ me a
bit,
And when they try this foolin’game they’ll find
that I’ve got grit,
While Sal, I know, when she hears this she’ll give
’em all her slack,
And I will henceforth set my watch by some good
almanac.”
—Detroit Free Pres*.
IN DREAM*.
She comes to mo in dreams,
J list as of old;
With form of fragile grace,
The sweet remembered face.
Even her garment’s fold
If just the snme¬
in dreams she comes to me.
Only in dreams.
She comes to me in dreams,
No change is there,
No gathering shade of gloom.
No hint of coming dqom,
Is on her face so fair.
In dreams she comes to me,
Only in dreams.
She comes to me in dreams,
W hen glittering light
Shall ib.11 drive drive earth’s earth clouds away,
And with its welcome ray
Bring Heaven’s the long looked for day,
Then will she morning bright—
come to me;
Or must it ever be
That I her face shall see,
Only in dreams?
—Boston Journal.
PARTNERS.
“ I want She a partner,” said a little fop;
" must have nimble feet und pretty face;
One who can thread the merry dance and hop
Though lead all the dances with becoming grace.
I’ll Circling her round, proudly gliding through lelt the and stately ball—
I girl that shall or eclipse there, all, right—
want a
To be my partner through this mirthful night.”
“ I want a partner,” inward said a thoughtful youth,
” She must have grace and modest look;
A heart for duty, eyes lit up with truth—
Words as gentle as the whis poring brook;
I’jI lead her gently through li fe’s cneekered way,
My own beloved and ever loving wile;
I want agtrl that woman’s part can play,
To bo my partner through this changeful life."
THE THREATENING LETTER.
T ?*'.. , ot ... , famlne ,
', e P rese ls ”
which fito visited . Ireland. ] There was
one in 1821 which the people years after
ref | rre(1 as 1 ear Summer,
!>nt 8 1 a n a P po ‘° n 6 '
8ervef , Potatoes,the , > , , ,,/ stample food of.the ,,
'
poor teen ’ rose f r ^ ?? V* °“ twent e ce . nt p . e ^ * 1 toB< y ts
pou f,< 3 cen
- vea f ; pBr . 1 SJLTZZ , .
lhr ealel,ed . r , Castlebar, County Mayo
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l iere
l ve ^ p - ' V' mpaWriwdtoi^ inch
This for was doi^by.a OTmmitee ai^inted ZtoSl
I >e P u i, ( ,, «• . ,,
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f ?„„„ tVip atif.pt „f
1C tEp fniinw.
■ .„ quarhtfof u an. at (veai) .
primemuttonan’ biieia and com-mtitee rale male
\va» (meal).” gaiued t.y the
The allusion . to the “bilers meant
the vessels in which soup was made for
distribution, and I distinctly
the constables beating away the
creatures who came_ with their cans
get some. When street-ballad brighter times made began
to dawn another
appearance, commencing:
••Come, ail yehrafAMinnot ouM Graon
Ou^roereltm’Ea’h.rmheafeu 8 ‘
He soon »m afford os relief. ”
Evictions, too, were frequent and the
little cabins which the poor people had
owned for years used to be levelled with
the ground and the poor inmates turned
adrift to do the best they could, and
many who were old and feeble did not
survive it. This was usually done under
the protection of two or three com
panies when I of soldiers, soldier and years afterward,
this work was done a by of myself, and saw
ment I felt disgusted men with my own regi
a government
which would put the country’s defenders
to such dirty work. The landlords were,
of course hated foi this work, and v«e
geance was vowed against them, and
indeed it often proved to be no idle
threat.
The regiment I belonged to in 1843
had but just returned from a service of
eleven years m British North America,
In 1814 I was stationed in Oughterard,
County Galway, where I was promoted
to be a non-commissioned officer on the
1st of March, 1844, and sent to join the
headquarters in my native town.
Castlebar. The spring Assizes com
menced about_the middle of this month,
and one day I strolled into the Crim
minnl Court, wearing my cup (for an
English soldier never uncovers except
when taking royalty). the oath—not even in the
presence of
At this period Ireland was
agitated landlords, Ihere and O'Connell were many evictions
by his follower* had arid several
of just been arrested
by the landlord, Government who for had sedition. hut shortly (Hie
young before succtedtd the
to estate, on the
death of his father, made himself es¬
pecially obnoxious, When I and entered was hated ac¬
cordingly. found it crowded and the court¬ in¬
room I was
formed that a man was to be tried for
sending a threatening letter in to his land¬
lord (the youug man question) an
offense which involved transportation
for several years.
The crier suddenly called “ silence,"
and the clerk of the crown called
“ Patrick Mulreadv.”
A small farmer who owned only two or
three acres appeared at the front of
the the prisoner’s ordinary dock. frieze He was dressed in
coat and corduroy
breeches worn by laboring men, and
seemed smiled scarcely to realize his position,
as he when he came forward and
looked round at the crowd. The clerk
then thus: proceeded “Prisoner to address the the prisoner
at bar: You
Lave been irdieted by the Grand Jury
of the County of Mayo'for having on or
about the 10th day of September, 1843,
and the seventh year of the reign of
Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen
Victoria, sent a threatening letter to
Charles Lavella, E-q., of Balia, in
County of dominions Mayo, in that part of Her
Majesty’s the of Our called Sovereign Ireland,
against the Queen, peace her and Lady
How t Are crown guilty dignity.
say you you or not
guilty?” “|Not guilty,” replied the
“ How will be tried ?” prisoner. asked
you the
clerk.
‘ By God and my country,” responded
the prisoner, who was defended by a
barrister named Bourke, a very eloquent
man, and an excellent lawyer, with a
slight impediment in his Hpeecli,
A jury f and was the soon counsel empanelled the and
sworn, tor crown
rose and briefly stating the case, con¬
cluding by reading the letter as fol¬
lows :
Achhaoowbr, December 9, 1843.
Sir:—T he reputation left by your Into ex¬
cellent. fathor has been tarnished by you, and
your tyranny to, and persecution of your ten¬
ants has aroused the indignation of every in¬
dividual on the estate. There are poor pooplo
here whose forefathers held their little cabins
and patohes of ground from generation to
generation for centuries. Indeed tho quail
train below would apply in all its foroe to him
who now addresses you :
I can trace back time to a tar distant date
when my for efathers plowed in your Hold,
and the farm I now hold on your honor’s estate
is the same which my grandfather tilled. Con¬
sider this, sir, and consider also whether your
intolerance, your tyranny, your oppr ession
and your threatened evictions will be borne
much longer by a long suffering tenantry.
You have now fair warning, and if you do not
change your policy, and that soon, you may
prepare your coffin, for by the living God you
will no longer be permitted to encumber the
earth. He warned in
Cai-tain Rock.
The first witness called was the vil
lage postmaster, He who also kept a small
grocery. swore positively that on
the day postmarked on the letter, the
prisoner, whom letter, and he well knew, came in
chased to post a and subsequently pur
some tea sugar. After he
went out he (the pos* master) took the
letters from the box (about twenty in
number) and stamped them; he noticed
that one of them was addressed to the
landlord in question, but was not snffi
ciently acquainted with the jirisouer’s
hand-writing to say if the latter wrote it
or not.
Counsel for the Crown—“You say
know the prisoner > well ?”
you A.—“Yes, sir.”
Counsel for Crown—“Mr. Crier, hand
your rod to the witness.”
The crier did as he was directed.
“ Place the rod on the head of the
person posted who letter bought with the tea and sugar
and a you on the 1,0 th
o{ December, 1843.“
The witness turned around slowly and,
facing the prisoner, placed the end of
thB rod on his hea ' L This ifl thft ma "'
ner of ldentllicalion practiced in English
court „.
Counsel for Crown—“That will do.”
Counsel for Bourke declined to
exaraine the wit “
The next witness called was the land
a K ent or bailiff on the estate. As he
made his appearance some hisses were
bul were ^mediately suppressed
by the eonrt. well; had He said he knew the
prisoner twice; seen him write his
name once or was almost certain
tha t the address on the outside was in
h ; s band-writing, when particularly as he had
seen him writing his name, with
the words “Aughagower, Cbunty Mayo.”
after it. He was somewhat disaffected
and dangerous. The same mode of
identification followed, and then Ooun
gellor Bourke took him in hand, and
cross-examined him so adroitly that he
completely broke Instead down of all knowing his direct
testimony. the
prisoner mitted thoroughly, he as he swore, he ad
that only saw him when col
lecting the rents at his farm once in six
month, and then he once saw him at the
landlord’s; that after paving his rent on
all occasions, the prisoner scribbled his
name on the back of his receipt, and
added the words “Aughagower, County
Mayo.” modify his He direct then testimony was compelled to
so far as to
say that he believed the hand-writing
was the same, and to this he stuck fast,
Every for one the saw, prosecution however, that materially the testi
mony was
weakened. Counsel then asked:
“Are you aware of the state of
man’s mind? Do you think him respon
sible for his acts? 1 ’
: Yes, sir.”
: Why do you come to such a conclu
sionf’
“ Well, when he paid his rent he was
always very anxious for the receipt, and
of invariably the village wrote and his county name and the the back.” name
on
“ You consider that fset an evidence
of a well-balanced mind?”
“ 1 could scarcely say whst to call k.
It seemed eccentric to be sure, but then
again it might have been done for the
purpose of identifying the receipts here
after. receipts However, still" I suppose he has the
“ 1 suppose he has.”
“Then let him produce them, and
prove his innocence."
“Much obliged for the suggestion,
hut w* do rot Intend to avail ourselves
of it, even if the receipt* were in court,
which they are not. They are safely
locked up at hi* home in Augh-gower ”
Here the judge was seen to smile 1.
p ouliar manner. A number of
witnesses were examined, but while on
the direct examination they were certain
as to the writing, they were fain to
admit on cross-examination that they
of could not prisoner. positively identify it as that
the
Bourke The defense amid having breathless closed, Counsellor silence,
rose, to
sum up for the prisoner. He commenced
in what was considered a rather funny
look way. He the said, jury, “ Paddy, will my biy, Paddy just
at you ? IJ
obeyed; with a sort of vacant smile, and
Mr. Lord, Bourke and gentlemen proceeded of thus: jury, "My'
the Were
it not that I owe a certain duty to my
poor client, I would not say one word,
nut would let this case rest here, ana
leave it entirely in your hands. Look
at the jury, I Paddy. ask Now, in my lord look and
gentlemen, and you I’ll return bound to
at my client, be to say
that when you have well looked you will
come to the conclusion that you never
set your eyes upon a more stupid existence.” being
in the whole course of your
[Sensation nnd exclamations of astonish¬
ment, which terminated in roars of
laughter and ] “Just look at him gentlo
men, say if in your consciences
you can believe that such a stupid crea¬
ture—I was going to say ass—could use
such language as is embodied in the let¬
ter which I shall now read to you:
Sir: The reputation loft you by your late la¬
mented father has been tarnished
I wish 1 could convey on paper some
idea of the expression of his countenance
as he turned to the prisoner and asked,
“ What is the meauing of tarnished,
Paddy?” of laughter followed,
A roar and I
turned to look at the prisoner. Great
God! was that the same face I saw when
he first stood in the dock. A smile of
the most intense Hm head idiocy was on his
countenance. hung upon one
side ns lie leered at his counsel, and
breaking into a regular imbecile laugh,
said:
“ Cell, musha, how do I know (sur
placing the personal pronoun); may vee
ya know yersel.”
“ The jirisoner will bo silent,” com¬
manded the judge.
the “ Don’t counsel. speak “ I’ll a do word all the Paddy,” talking.” said
Mr. Bourke continued reading in a
manner which excited considerable mer¬
riment, until he came to the word
‘quatrain,’ in relation he to tho political
quotation, and when said: again turned to the
prisoner, knows Paddy,
“ Who but you can tell
what “Av a quatrain I know is?” fot i«, an’
I wish course tho Lord I had a full quart
to a one now,
for I’m mighty dhry, silence," so I am.”
Ttie crier cried “ the judge
frowned and the counsel soon after closed
by demanding a triumphant acquittal
for his client.
There was no rebuttal. Here a pro
scouting counsel would bring experts to
prove Ireland, that the idiocy was feigned, but
in where the assizes seldom Inst
over a week, there was no time for such
nonsense. Had Hayden, of Connecticut,
been tried there his fate would have
been decided in a few hours. This trial
was over in an hour,
Tho judge presented the case very
fairly io tho jury. With regard to the
idiotic plea, he said:
“ Gentlemen, the point taken by
counsel as to such a man as the prisoner
being capable worthy of writing so well worded
a letter is of our serious atton
tion. One would, indeed, think it im
possible that a man presenting such an
appearance before as the prisoner did to-day
you could be the author of such
a letter as you have heard read. How
ever, that is entirely for yon to deter
mine, that if gentlemen. have doubt I have only to add
you a as to the guilt
of the prisoner, you must give him the
benefit of thst doubt.”
“ Will your lordship,” asked the fore
man of th( , jury> the prisoner p,
hand up a specimen of his writing for
toe inspection of the jury?”
“ No, gentlemen," replied the judge,
“ that cannot be. Because, gentlemen,
it is a well settled principle of law that
no man can be compelled to testifiy
against himself.”
The jury then retired and returned in
about fifteen minutes. The crier raised
his rod to tho box, and the foreman
placed with red a large thereon. sealed package This tied up
clerk, tape was handed
to the who having opened it, said:
“Gentlemen of the jury, hearken to
your verdict. You say that Patrick
Mulready, the prisoner at the bar, is not
guilty, and bo say you all.”
The jury responding affirmatively, the
prisoner d walked surrounded out of the dock smiling,
a,J who shook was soon his hand warmly. by friends,
I was in
troduced to Mr. Bonrke by one of the
other barristers who knew me, and he
introduced mo to Mr. Mulready. “O!
begorra! talkin’ ” said the latter, “ I don’t care
to be cattle.” He io sogers; they’re danger
that ous might relied was assured, however,
I be on, and he then
said: “ Well, I want to put a few miles
between me and Castlebar as soon as
possible, for my wife and family will be
anxious. But here is my address; come
anil see me, and I’ll entertain yon
well.”
I took him at his word, and when the
assizes were over J went to sea him. He
had a hands »me wife and two beautiful
children. He brought a keg of whisky,
“ which,” said he “ was never seen by
the guager,” like and be and his family
treated me a prince. I was sur
prised at his surperior knowledge, and
ventured to refer to it at parting,
“ Ah,” said he, laughing, “ You re
member that farce, do you? Well, I
think it was well done, but faix, Coun¬
sellor Bourke an’ rnesel’ practiced it for
a week ”
“ Then you wrote that letter?” said I.
idiotic “ Easy, look my and boy.” changing Then resuming of his
to one ex
treme cunning he said, “ The lasto said
is soonest mended. One thing I may
say, anil that’s not two about It is, that
my friend, the landlord, has learned a
lesson that ho won’t soon forget. Al
ready he has lowered my rent, and 1
thiuk he'll do tho same with others. Ho
although and I trouble wu* put that to letter considerable
expense didn’t do
anv harm. And now God be with
you.” We shook hand* and parted,
and I
never saw him again.
NUMBER 16.
A “ Tenderfoot's” Experience with a
Comanche Pony.
[Denver Tribune.]
The one thing, however, in which the
tenderfoot is most likely to miss connec¬
tion and nln away behind the schedule
is “ the mounting a wild steed of the
of plains.” There is an immense amount
there uncerlainty in this prooedure, though
is not the slightest trace of uncer¬
tainty know in exactly the steed—all Westerners
mals will just Last what the average ani¬
do. Monday a very nioe
young fellow, who had arrived just the
day before from Boston, set out to pur¬
chase a pony. He went to one or two
corrals without being suited, but finally
in the third he found just the animal he
desired. The man told him that it was
a Comanche pony, and the quietest little
brute that ever struck the plains, hut
despite mendations all the of the arguments and recom¬
owner, the young man
was determined to try the animal before
purchasing, pair of and four so while and he donned a
sized boys spurs, paddled men the Comanche two good
and held him within the pony The
corral.
young Boston man riding-school, was a graduate of the swell
and his bosom
swelled somewhat with pride as he re¬
flected on the lesson in grace and skill
he would now give the border ruffians
who were congregated about. As he
came out into the corral he noticed two
men getting; behind the pump, and three
more in crawling up He on the root of the shed
the corner. said nothing,
thought it odd. Then lie placed his
foot in the stirrup and vaulted
and gracefully into the saddle, whilo
four men and two good-sized boys let
the pony and turned and fled at the
of their speed.
vaulted Airily and the gracefully saddle, the yotu g man
inlo and nlmost in¬
stantly into lie ascended airily and gracefully
the blue ether above. There was a
puzzled thought, expression, flashed as his of surprise face, and and
across as
he again struck the saddle and for the
second time wandered upwards, he had
an uncomfortable look about him, as
though he would like to ask some ques¬
tions, hut couldn’t. Into the saddle
again and then into the atmosphere with
a whirl and a rush, that made the two
men behind the pump shudder. Up, up,
lie went. He could see the roof of the
Grand Central and could readily distin¬
guish tho new Court house in Golden.
The he didn’t view was grand thoroughly and extended, but
seem satisfied, and
he lookod troubled, and ns though he
wished he was absent. Then he be gan
to descend, saddle, nnd about the time he was
due in the he struck the ground,
and knocked his boots about his neck,
and drove his spinal column four inches
into his brain. They shoveled him up,
and took him to his hotel, and tho next
day, Tuesday, shipped he was sewn back up in a can¬
vas sack, ami to his home
in Massachusetts. It was his first buck¬
ing, and probably returned his last, lie said,
when he first to consciousness,
that he had often heard of the appris¬
ing agilitj of Western ponies, but he
hadn't known until now that they were
fed on dynamite and nitro-glycerino
and operated by a two hundred cell bat¬
tery.
This is but one experience in many,
and the new-comer who invests in a
pony had better exercise considerable
caution, and, even at an increased ex¬
penditure, blood get an in animal him with deprive sufficient him
American to
of his natural pure cussed ness, and act
as a sort of chi ck on a wild tendency to
buck.
Things We Don’t Know.
Doubtless man is a very wise animal,
but there arc some things he does not
know.
A cloud of ten thousand gnats dance
up and down in the sun, the minutest
interval between them, yet no one
knocks another headlong on the grass,
or breaks a leg or wing, 1 ong an ddeli
cate as these are. Suddenly, amid
your admiration of this matchless
dance, a peculiar high-shouldered,
vicious knat, of the with rising long pendant falling cloud, nose,
darts out ana
and, settling on your cheek, inserts a
poisonous What possessed sting. the little wretch to
do this?
Did he smell your blood in the mazy
dance?
No one knows.
A flock of geese seem to be fairly
under your carriage hoofs, wheels, almost
under the horses’ and yet they
somehow contrive to flap and wadd.e
off. Habitually stupid, heavy and in¬
dolent, they are nevertheless equal to
snv Way emergency. does the lonely wood-peeker,
when he desrends his tree to drink, stop
several times on the way, listen and
look round before he takes his draught?
No one knows.
How is it that the species of ants
which is taken in battle bv other ants
to be made slaves, should be black, or
negre ants?
No one knows.
Many birds seem to understand how
but to judge danger and how to avoid it,
man cannot understand bow
why they know it, and never will.
The manager of the Globe Theatre,
Boston, hired a short-hand reporter for
$260 to take down the words of “ The
Pirates of Penzance.” while it was
being performed that in that home. It is
piece presumed he intende 1 to use the
in other parts of New England
without permission; hut it failed lto
draw In Boston, and he abandoned the
idea. The tteneographer is now suing
for his pay.
The exasperated owner of a corner
store in Augusta, Me., has put up a sign
in reading: “Wanted, the ten laziest men
town—to loaf on this corner.”
“My Colt’s revolver has grown so old
that I shall hereafter call it my horse
cise pistol," ssid facts. Syllabub, who is very pre¬
as to
Adelaide Neilbgn U preparing to
gi ve A merit's one morq last, ong, ling¬
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THOUGHTS FOR SUNDAY.
To live long is necessary to live slowly.
— Cicero.
The source of a craving vanity is
often a restless modesty, that longs to
hear something better itself than it
thinks of itself.
HE who is false to the present, duty
breaks a thread in the loom, and will
see the effect when the weaving of a
lifetime is unraveled.
We should give as we receive, cheei
fully, quickly, and without hesitation,
for there is no grace in a benefit that
sticks to the fingers.— Semea,
To fill the sphere which providence
appoints is true wisdom; to discharge
trusts faithfully and live exalted ideas,
that is the mission of good men “
Men, not having been able to cure
death, misery and ignorance, have im¬
agined to make themselves happy by
not thinking of these things. — Pascal.
u Posarnsions *nnl«h, fluoiuattnz and opinions ebange
And paiwions hold a mat,
But eu eject neither to eriipee or wane,
liuty remains.”
Who can speak broader than he who
has no house to put his licRd in? Bueh
may rail against great buildings.—
Shakespeare.
Ohe who is content with what he has
done will never become famous for what
he will do. He has lain down to die.—
Bovee.
Feelings come and go like light
ent, troopsfollowiug but principles, the victory’of like troops the of pres¬ the
line, are undisturbed and stand fast.
An angry man whosunpresses than speaks; his pas¬ and
sion thinks worse he
an angry man that will chide ipeaks
worse than he thinks. — Bacon.
Plato will have disciples, lutHociates the
will have adorers; think, because, if how one
knew how to the other knew
to die.— Cnstelar.
The wintei’s frost must rend the burr
of the nut before the fruit is sien. So
adversity tempers the human heart to
discover its real worth.— He Balzac.
There is nothing more disgraceful
than that an old man should have noth¬
ing to produce as a proof that, he has
lived long except his years.— Seneca,
8o live that when old age has crept,
upon you, you will have else than years
to offer in evidence of tho long road you
have passed over.—Mullen.
Think well before you speak that,
your words may express the result of
study and carry with them gems of
thought that will be remembered .—MnU
ten.
How quietly flows the river toward
the sea, it always reaches its destination.
This is a point to remember when you
are trying to “ rush things .”—New
Haven Reejister.
Wahte no time in rending worthless
books; with the works of so many re¬
nowned authors to sleet from it is an
easy matter to select such literature as
will improve your tnind and increase
your store of information — Mullen.
The the happiness quality of of your life thoughts; depends
therefore, upon guard accordingly, your and take
care that you entertain no notions un¬
suitable to virtue and unrea u onahin lo
nature.— Marcus Antoninus.
Persevere in whatever calling you
adopt; your progress may be slow and
results seemingly meager, but remem¬
ber how the little brook persistently
winds its way to the liver, and ths river
to the ocean—both reach their destina¬
tion.— Mullen.
It is better to let trouble come al! the
way to you than to meet it half way—
let the bright side of life he your study
—when clouds gather over you jsii r
through them for the sun rays; if thorns
obstruct your pathway brush tin the m
aside and beneath them look fur
hidden flowers that in their modest se¬
clusion await your seeking.
The Loquacious Bird.
Parrots are who so very themselves disagreeable to
most people count well
regulated that these probably have no
idea how many of the squawking birds
imported into the country for sale.
are disposed said be of annually, and
the demand is to grown g. In
the large cities, like New York. Phila¬
Baltimore, and New Orleans,
they find a ready market, and also in
many of the minor towns. New Eng¬
land is reputed to said—against have a prejudice—to
its credit lie it parrels,
which is hardly equaled of by anyoriier
States section. generally The people like them tbe more Houthem than
those of the Northern Htales do: but
they are far greater favorites with
foreigners, as a rule, than they are with
Americans. The best, or least bad, par¬
rots are brought hither from the Wind
ward or Southern Caribbec JsLnds.
They are larger, hardier, and more in¬
telligent than those from any other dis¬
trict in this hemisphere, and stand very
well commercially. Jhey build their
nests in the royal palmetto t ee, finding
or digginga hole thereafter the manner
of a woodpecker, and so m-concing
themselves that It is necessary often to
cut the tree down in order to capture
the young. These are put into cages,
fed on palmicbe, guave, and banana for
a few months, breeding when time they is will May; eat there any¬
thing. The
are rarely more than three to the nest,
and they re ch their full growth in
eight months. Almost any parrot can
learn to talk when youug, if placed
where it can hear talking, for its power
of imitation is instinctive. It seldom
forgets what it has once been taught, a
peculiarity which mskts a parrot that
has been instructed in profanity a verv
undesirable Imbed, companion its love for of a the pious im¬
family. and interdicted to bewi
proper teems
inbred that some with people human have attributes. thought
it endowed
One of its wahuman traits ix its mono
gsmousness, said to be found in all > f
the three hundred or more varieties,
which rendeis it anythirg but r favor
ite in Utah. The parrot, is ii digenou* Africa, to
warm parts of America, Asia,
and Australia.
One of those men who cheat others
on wining share* *ud in ke their living
by swindling, was shot in L advltle a
week ago. Death loves a mining shark.