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10 THE WEEKLY CONST IT PTfON: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1884.- TWELVE PAOEfll OUR ???DIXIE??? HUMORISTS THE ns AMD fllll.ONOPIIT OP THE ULI) HOME. NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS.' mu. Brother Rubble un?? the Provfatona. Tbe next lima the littla bay called on Uncle Remus a bright fire was biasing on tba hearth. He.oould see the ligbtsbiniog under tba door before ha went Into the cabin, aod be knew by Ibat sign that the old man bad company. In fact, Daddy Jack bad return ed, and was dosing In bia accustomed corner, Arint Tempy was sitting bolt upright, nurs ing her contempt, and Uncle Remus was making a curious-looking bos. None of tbe negroes paid any attention to tba little boy wbenbe entered, but somehow be felt that they were wailing for bim. After a while Uncle Itemus finished his curiouf looking box and laid It upon the floor. Then be lifted bis spectacles from Ills nose to the top of bis . bead, anu remarked: * "Now, den, folks, dar she Is, en hit's bin so long sence I ur made one un uni, dal the make me sweat. Yeeeerl 8ha did dat. How inmn', bit slot make no difiTunce wld me. Promise la a promise, dough you make it in de dark er de moon. lying ti me ago, I tuck'i promise one er my parsin' 'qualntance dat some er dexe lonesome days de ole nigger'd wblrl in en make 'mi a rabbit-trap ef be'd des be so good es to quit he desilment, en I'arn be behavrlihnisi." "la that my rabbit-trap. Uncle Remus?" exclaimed tbe child. He would bare picked It up for tbe purpose of examining it but Uncle Itemus waved him off with a dignified gesture. "Don't yon dast ter tetcb dat ar trap, honey, kase ef you does, dat elites all. I???ll des batter go ter wuk en make it brau-new, en de Lord knows I aint got do time fer ter do dat." "Well. Uncle Remus, you're bad your hands on It." "Tooby aho* I le???tooby sbo' 11st Kn w'at'a mo' dan dat, I bln bad my bau???i water.??? "I year talk er dat," remarked Aurat Tempy, with an approving nod. "Yasrarl in de natal tar-water," continued Unde Remus, You putyo' hsu' in apa't- ridge nee', en he'll quit dem premises dough ke done gut 'lev'm m sen alga in dar. Heme wid Rabbit. Dey aint gut sense lak de ole- time Rabbit, but I let you know dey aint gwinein no trap wbardey enirll folks ban's ???dat dey aint. Dat w'at make 1 say w'at I does. Don't putyo'ban'on It; don't tetch it: don???t look at itakacely." Tbe little boy subsided, but be continued to cast longing looks at tbe trap, seeing which Uncle Remus sought to change tbe current of bia thoughts. "Hbe bin er mighty heap er trouble, mon, yet I mighty glad 1 tuck'n make dat ar trap. Hhe'saeolid un, alio', en ef dey wuz ter be any skacenras er vittlea, I lay dat ar troy 'ud help ua ell on'." . ???I)e Lord knows," exclaimed AnntTempy, rubbing her fat bauds together. ???I hope dry aint gw'ne ter be no fauilshin' ???ronu??? yer snungswe tile??? "List ly nut,??? said Unde Remus, "yet da time raougbt cotne w???ru a big swamp rabbit kotcb lu dat ar trap would go a mighty long wejra in a fatubly no bigger,dan w???at mine '???Mo' spevhually," remarked Aunt Tempy, "ef you put dat wld w'at de neighbors monghtseu' in.??? "Eb ehl" Uncle Remus exclaimed, "don???t ynuputno'pennunse In dem neighbors??? don't you do it. W en famlno tlmo come one man eibt no batter dan no yuther man ???Ceppln??? be be eoupluea; en be got ter lie ailglity aoople at dat." T lie old man paused and glanced at the lit tle little boy. The child wssatill looking at tbe trap, aud Uncle Urmus leaned forward and touched bim lightly on tbe shoulder. It was a familiar gesture, gentle and yet rough, a token of affection, aud yet a command to attenilori; for the seuerable darkey could be itnneriont enough when surrendering to the whims of his little partner. "All dish yer talk 'bout folks pe'ahin'oiit," Uncle Remus went on with an indifferent air, "put tue in min' er de times w'eu decree- fcira tuck???n got up a famine tuungs drysr'f Hit omue 'bout dat oue lime viltlrs wus monat'usakaceen high, en money mighty alack. Long rs dry wus and sillies gwine 'roun', llrer R.bbii, ne 'us 'bopii' ter git be abeerunnm, but bliueby hit come ter dat pass del llrer Rabbit eiotu.cb'gun ter pinch 'im;rn w'ilee he getiiu' hungry de yuther creeturs, dry ua genin' hungry deyse'l. Hit wanton die away twrl one day llrer Rabbit eu llrer Wulf meet up wi t oue er u'er in de big road, en alter dry boiler bowdy dey sat down, dey did, en make a bargain. "Day tuck'n 'gree wid one er n'eadat dey ???el) der mammy rtt take de money en *r luup'n n'ar ter eat. llrer Wolf, be 'low 1, did, del belu'a hit seem lak be de bongrirs erector on ke face er de yeth, dot he sell hie mammy Ins???, en den alter de vlules gin out, llrer Rabbit be kiu eell he uwn mammy en git some mu'grub. "Ole Bn r It tbblt, be cblpt in en 'pared, he did, en Brer Wolf, he tuck'n bitch up he teem, enput he maiutuvln dewsggln, endru h'ni rn Brer Rabbit druv off. Man come 'long: ?????? -tVharyon gwltie?' ?????? 'Gains 'Ionadown ter town, Wld a nag er co'n fer ter sell: Wasting,mime ter Irre-open talk, Yll we wish you mighty weUI' "Did they talk poetry that way, Uncla lte- nms?" thelitlleboy Inquired. "Hboo! lot's worn dan dat, honey. Dey wus constant a gwine on dat away, en ef I wa'n't giftin' si mighty tpeakneed In de tuembunce I???d butt alouee yer en I'd fslr wake you up wid degwlnea oner dem ar creature "Now, deu, dey tuck???u kyar Brer Wolf mammy ter town en tell 'er, rn dev atari back wid a waggln-load er vittlea De dav wusaweniu'tndesun wua a aettin???. De win' tuck'n b'aw up' sorter still', en de sun look red when she saltin'. Dey druv on. De win' blow, en da sun sblne red. Binitby, Brer Wolfecroocb open shiver, en 'low: " ???Brer Rebbit, I'm ??? gittln??? mighty cole.??? "Iler Rabbit, be laugb en 'low: ??? 'I'm a gittln' sorter creepy myself, Brer Wolf.' ???Day druv on en druv on. Win' blow keen, snn sblne fed. Brer Wolf scrooch ud in little knot. Birnebv be afng out: '* 'Brer Rabbit I???m freelin'1 I'm dat cole I dinner w???at ter dot??? "Brer Rabbit, ba p'iot tei de settln' ran en 'Yon see dat great big f!*r 'cross dar in de woods, llrer Woll? Well, dey slot nothin' de furder de fier wit. D* nlgber you come ter da* Her de furder bit's ol?.' Brer Rabbit, be aorter scratch bisse'f be- bime de shoulder-blade, en 'low: ??? 'Numnitne 'boat de Her. Brer Wolf. I gotsnmp'n yerdat???l! wem you up. Ef you aint nev' bin worn befo???, I lay you'll get worn dls time.' "Dis make Brer Wolf sorter look 'roun', en w'en be see Brer Rabbit bol'in' on ter de two hose-tails, he np'n squeit our. be did: ??? 'Lawdy musty. Brer Rabbit! Wbsr my vlttlrs? Whir my wsggln? Whar my bosses?* " 'Dey erall right yer. Brer Wolf; dev er ???II right yer. 1 stayed der wbsr you let??? me twel de bosses gun ter git restiese. Den I cluck at um. en. bless gracious, dey start off en Ian' In a quicksan', W'en dey gut ter mire, I dee tu< k'n tu???n eve'y thing a-lnosa en grab de bosses by de tail, en I bin stsn'in??? yer wishiu??? fer you. Brer Wolf, twel I done gone ???eetful fier w???at I had any speuneeun. I the showof fro Its or flowers, bnt I could well I pen mi-racklns. Tbe grown hoys and little run, en I nm, en I ran. en de mo w???at I ran Imagine from wbal wee all aronrd me bow I ones too. wuall crowded around JekeL'iftis; , wonderfully beautiful those grounds must be I he was leanln??? agin a tree tellin??? about tbe in the spring and summer when tbe treia 'sights ofrahbltiand coons end pns??ums he were ail In leaf and the flowere in blo-im sod had ketchsd in h<e life, and Tom Davis, he the fruit sbowlrg lie ji.lcy colon to the sno. | pitched in about the demand wolves end Aa It was the epecirmtgreen house. 170 feet pinfen be had kilt???be le ferment arybody long, wee full of rich and radiant lovelinsas. comln??? a bead of him tellin??? a lle-he never Tbe grase all round wee luxuriant and tbe I had sew a psnter in bia life???and them litila fields of wheat end clover far in advance of h-ya of Hiss Garden???* and little Dicky anything I bad seen. The heavy coat of I Frethonrs, and llit???e Jake Simmons and that barnyard msnnre that had been broadcasted I sis* was all a Handin' tbsr awallerin' and be- all over his grounds bid kept the surface ILvin' of it all like it was the gospel truth warm and shielded it from the winter s cold. The most of the women folks was in the There were vineyards and orchards and fruit I house, crowded aroand the fire. Treasy Ann trees of every kind In large nreasand tbec.g. Tiirntine, end D *h Williamson, wav e gig- riage roede end walks were all gravelled from glln' and a peepln through the cracks at the marble queries and bordered with abundant I boy a outside. Caledony 'lowed to me and . *3 d .7?? n ' e Free d the gen- M-lir.dy Jane. "I know In reason, ignant J!j b i* 8nd ??ud overlooked tbe bean I folks has got the least sense of anybody ever |L , ??? I,D t d ,f " r " th ?? <"????????? I seed???jes look at Dosh, gigglin' through the **>??? l 5 om * d . u P Iron, her I crack tbar at Jake Lillie, and him a laughin' ???tnposlng high lands, and south of us I and makin' fun of her to them other hoys ??? ' h \ Cumberland I ???Have ynu'uos seed Becky Haskins?" ssvs P #t * d ???, he ch * rml "K scene. Malindy Jane. "8be???s settln??? bankthar, like Besides the large mansion where the super- she bad swallowed a stick. I neve, have saw enrendent llve<l( forthe colonel lives Io a her look so stlfT, Ugh, do look, she???s go- on o P.? !??? D .' b * c '?? ), 5" ew .* r * h * n<J *'tueetrnc- I new list, that???s what's tbe matter; she flirted Uh par,n la nt *' Th " dal , r y by bare whileego end never turned her SL7WS wt ??? 9 golden cow upon fta I bead to notice nalr ore ol us. I don???t kcer W i!L??? 8 * 0, ,i ea C ? C>C ' aD< ! 8 ???<i I aim none too good to tell her the park department with a golden hog, end ??o. I can let her know I bad a hat with red * p?? M * n bora*. ??? Come and I ribbin on it myself fore ever I eeed her I'm ???ee my twollttlecslvee. end tbe colonel, end I jes as good as airy Haskins ever I eeed and 1 w ??* C .L 10 ,808 wl,h can tell her so monstrous quick il she fools ???J???out threw years old I longer me.??? "Had vou'utii hearn that Jake in* 1 "' fbed *0no pounde and their paternal I Loftis was a fly in around Berk? ??? says Cale- cow in de islan???. Gome he'p me, Brer Wol . rn I lay we'll desnsUlly pull de groun' out but w???at we'll git drse creeturs out.??? "Wld dat, Brer Wolf, he ko'cb bolt er one hoae-tail, en Bret Rabbit, be kotcb holt er de yuther, en w'en dey cull, eoYe de tails come out'ndemud. D-y stood dar, dey did, en dey look at de tails en den dey look at one n???er. Illmeby Brer Rabbit 'low: "'Well, sir Brer Wolf; we pull so bard twel we pull de tails p'um out!' " ???OI?? Brer Wulf. he dunner w???at ter do, but lt| ha tell home. git out'n yrarin'. en den be went Intode I tflji {<>r j> 8 weighedonFy 9TOnoy. and"wao I radtea???dogkiTibiSSell???a'??? Lookat swamp eu druv de borne home en git all de thin, and there were some Yorkshire whites old Vilas 8 rong.??? aaya she, "hit would'nt be Tittles, en be aint batter sell be ole mammy near by that looked just like the pictures one one grain of harm to worship that old bonnet n er. Dat he aim." I *???* *n the Country Gentleman. I always I of hero, for tbar never was nothin??? like it wunnvrteht tMn aii thmigbt lhoie pictures ware overdrawn, hut afore on tbe yeth nor sea nor in tbe waters ??? 1 SS?aSEZt") I ??-"f b V !S* ????!?? d0 I u .??. d .'. r ???be yeth." . "Ob. .bet your . TALES OF ADVENTURE. BILL ARP'S LETTEB. your mouth Ptrcheron bones drawinjc their tremendou* I comes the Kooinson???s, I reckin uuum antBH load*, and the wajroner esld lie bad nevtr I will quit talkin' ab<??ut craps no* and come A 4???oniliirior*n Pntnh a I ^ 00 u ^ ow n |- u 9 ri j^ey pull. He I in tbe bouse and commeuce bia sarmont/* A 8 I wee breaking a colt jMt one yearold, end he [ I teed old Hits Simmons aod old Mis A??*els a red fen men t. I was BfYenteen hands bi^b. Tbe colonel I Frea Lours a comiu' and old Min Green right I had a peenliar experience in going to awns to fancy sixe in evenithlng and talkes behind ???em tike a feather bed tied in ???he Knoxville to lecture, fbe library folks said P rl . rt ??seeing how large be can grow cattle middle, puffin and a blowin', ratal out'n they wanted to bear me talk a little, and so I end hogs and fruits of all kinds He is a breath. "U???t up B-t??y, you???re vouoger'n fixed up a few random, tboughta anti my wife widower and cblldleesand mow bia verr life me," says old Mia. Htiong, "and shove wither ???he iliedup a few random clothes and sowed I i* wrapt up In these Innocent and refining I eend of ibis bench aruund. and let Sister on e few buttona end got out a couple of now P'wures. I do not think ho cares much tjttumoiisglt In tbar to ,the fire-set upcloster handkerchiefs that were bid away somewhere whether this investment loses or makes him thar Sister Fmkney and make room for Sister along in good aplrita and smoked my cigar 1 11 with me???well, it is all very cheap to outer don???t look for nothin' else now but slckn end reed my book on spiritualism that was P??opl??. They are welcome to feast their eyes ??? I know in reason" says o d Miss Fresbours sent to me and ever aod anon I looked out upon it aa often aa they choose, and that is ell ???Unit tbsr is goiu??? to ke a power of sickness ol V 1 ?? "l, nd ??w upon the green fields of wheat }h??t ???>?? ?????? <1??-. I "tab that I lived near to about and about, and trouble too, bekase I've And thl* flock of lint btlbft'P Ullt ??? film hnt ??? wenld f 1 . afa I a. ... - a- sea. * sing upon them, and upon tbe ewo and aireama that we crossed, end course of time I reached the Conoo:.. where the trains pesaedoniy ??? few mile.from I i'l tumble bad dreams-tt makes me trimble Off 8 C T. ol ??? !enU,, ??? Tora^swt'joureyioiTfor'VleotViwiureVuU?' *?? them blackberries, fruit out???n men get off the down train and get on to ours I Jint no rude band mty fiutt or dower putt. I season, trouble out o reason yon know," says ???ml go into tbe passenger car. 1 waa in rite I For (.iiilii gfruit atibout lOecaiduer'aleave, I one, Heaving ol a heavy sigh. Then old Miss ! I 5?? , ?.*a r8r 8od T'a 1 on P* r ???*"!K my book. ??5'???."???d ???????'???'??????<?? b?our iljih-rkve. Crabtree that haint got a tooth in her head. 1 didn t know anybody and nobody knew me, I 'Y' 1 *> */* e | ton the colon 1 is happy. He I put a quid of tobacco in her moutb and lowed: but it seems that thuae gentlemen were the I PJ8???* to be, for be baa erarylbtng around I - Bm to dream of tosin' of aiaw tootli is wus. committee and had done me the honor of b???m that we cmvet. Moot every man looks all." Then old Mia. 1 Green up aod coming down so aa to ride beck wllb me, and I ???utwerd to a time when he will have tome lowed: "I've tuck notice tbet when you I wish 1 bed known it. but 1 did???nt. I ?? u ?? h pleasures un a email scale, but as we dream of crossio??? muddy water sutuDen is Thao ..k~i tha -??.ii.-'- if Bill Arp was r y do Blo . n K the highway and tbe bumble chit- ,|, urB to happen recklv atterwards." P Tben pointed <>u ' ?? I i 1 ,'??" ???/ l'!?? ,C. r ,??? ??? 1 V t> ! d ???heir bauds and old Miss 1???iokney, that is gin up to bs tbe ??? ???n???#???a-tlemsn wbowss *b??? , 1 u ** d , bowdy Mr. D.okebSon, and bo stop I pjggejt eater in tbe settleuieut, lowed: "I reading a paper anil so tiny tackled him and 1 P* d .* nd 9* 11 *". tbem all or tame and a.id hayo seed the tune when Ididn???t believe in Inlroauced themselves and seemed very glad I * lnd word* to them and told tbem to be good dreams, Ibat was 'fore my ole man died but JSi .4.^ Li?^bt to,t Fva S???ok%^tKnt., n I?v2???S' rei! children and how wu Cobs and all tba folks. Well, the jolly geotlemen, who wee ^? d b '. h 1 r b8 isr.r, h ,"^ h, H n ??? 8 , tu ;, bmeo . ^wz*)sssst 1 u I besides h a ptriMli.e??U,l??ud Uunis. ileArnn*! I why tbsi nisbl I iosiunerlv dr i??? f,'om W h!a boon*.V h and fresu in eat uuil crosa^u* utudily commercial aiiRei from New Orirana. didn???t ??? f ^w*irda that those children we ??????catch on,??? as tbe saying la, bat aa aoon aa f *V m bia bounty and no pinching ??? he conld get his breath and wake up to the ??? l,ow ??a <*??mo *??*8b them. He stopped to ner iy am, and Ibat???a what makes" me altuatloD, he told the committee that their wordl to ??rery humble wsgwner we Jhat I do, * ??? for my supper, dreams ot eatiu??? - 1 1* water, and its want was ahoresign t???m gwine to be sick and I ingin w _e say compliments were al7Vry nU*,???^but'thatthey I or omtook nod'they felt glad to see I nothin??? in'draamA > bnt aMawVrv^ied tio bad mistaken their man. that he wuent BIB blot and be cared for their comfort in many many of ???em come to mss." " Yes." ssyi Arp nor William Arp. nor any member of I , iQrantnaw Loftis, "when they comes to tho Arp family, ana be didn???t know bow I^ .*1 ined atthe university that day with I pjgain as that, folks is bound to take notice of Mr* Arp was, nor the children nor Oobe, and ??? S ^ d *n fr believe it in spite of they selves-lean beftsed to be en u ed. With Lolouel MoAduo, another Georgia, and I oVrr h ere Mj ater pinknew and let me sm tun l ,b*y excused him of course, end I with other gontlemen whom (felt huuored to I draft of your uew frook.^i???i four arid four In apologised, and they smiled and be smiled, I n '^ ^| J ??. dniveraity ia,nofV on a I ttie warp, baintlr, and how mauy is in tbe Al and autbey attacked tbe conductor again end I ???dbitentlal financial basis aud isinaproe |n u '? My eyes is a gittln'so barf here of late he said that the angel wu B II Arp." ", two I""" l'?? agricultural depart- to oouot thmidiH-is MaiG.uden geotlemen aboard said th.-y knew him and I ! u ' nl new feature^ and its es fieri uieutal L v<r dpisiied her'cat track'counterpin? bm that there wu no other man aboard that I f* rul 8 ,U01 ***- .Tuis lustutulon Itu now an I [ C ant say ai I like bit as good as tba 'honey would fill the bill Ho said furthermore, that I *noomo of twenty thousand dollars. I is I comb' urait, wbar you tromp down four Bill wu playing off and just wanted to have I marvellous Jrow education basloomed upend I titrearia and leave two uo ??? Then old Mi.?? little joke end eo forth. relebllehed iteelf in tbe routb eluce the war. o lo???id: "I vi got one that id fa J So the committee made another more ylo-1 **, rnl i *?? b ??? v ? driven upon our I mage yournae'a moutb water, ita 'block of lent uuult upon the commercial angel and I P??,T ert, ' 1 "?? b* d ????? eudowmenta iu ante-1 on , and block of t???other' I sunn all the would take no denial, and they argued the jndmui days, but now we Aud tbem all oyer I fii|t???> mvulf 'cent four cuts thet Hi,ter Frea- cue wllb him end be got escitid and argued ,h ??| ?, UI * Atbenaaod Oxford aud D.hlonega I hours paid tue fur some verb bitten time her ???>-1' at them, aud the paweoger* gathered ??? d M * con ???"i 1 Miiletlgeville and Krtue, are I Stohadtba TallerUndersand^.Din^nlteb d and look a hand and told the com ??" nndowed libsrally, aud trait look at Van ViJ???!!???!, totaatta-me niiivn for I,In. inil it... 01.1 llerbilt aud Stiwauee and Knoivillo and ..... P 8nUwl 9* ??????9' ??? ter bender you fum gwine dar en wonftnln' yo'ee'f en I'll wait yer (er you. Ointme de "Wld dot Brer Wolt, he put out dee rs bard rs be kin, (er ter see el he can't fin' de fier, en wiles he wna gone, bleu goodness, w'at should Brer Rabbit do but cot uflTde hours' tails en ettek um down deep iu de mud???" ???Le'im???looe, nowl Deals' 'lot ???loot!??? exclaimed Abut Tempy In an ecstasy of ad miration. "He etick de hnaees' tails down in de mud,??? continued Uncle Remus, "rn den be tuck'n druv de wsggiu 'way off in de swamp en hide it. Den be tuck'n come back, ole Brer Rabbit did, (er ter wait (er Brer Wolf. "Atter eo long a time, sbo' nuff, yer come Brer Woll dat a (allin-up back. Brer Rabbit be bail 'im. " 'Is you worn yo???ee???f, Brer Woll?* '???Brer Rabbit, don't ta|k! Dat de scr mlttre to go for hint, and they did "Ob, no, major,??? 'bey safd, "there is no I *b?? little village ol Maryville, ouy. itxieen I fjjin yllab/y???no hlVwast'iay???beforo'yietldv 8 u t?.^ , "Va h :L 0k8 ,??? y .' a Jl!!: r ' W _ 8 .!> M8 h??drJd 0 iuoMami r ^r??? tSSS. "Mu* *????' d .??????? bon/sounS' Well; where are you bound f-.r?" said the committee. Then the angel smiled and aalil I he was bound lor Knoxville. Thl. satisfied I . BETSY HAMILTON???S IET1ER. the comniit???ee ami they in^ormrd him that I they had ready fur bim, a phao???nn and a I ???packing team at the earthed. ??????Very well, am?i11s<nihn va??r* wall li'stan smIm.i .... i I . - nv ???, , II alf Ilonr Drfare Preachln*. ??? nl '??????? n ', v '??? r l' ;*!)??? R'atwo against one and L??zv Farm last - A light snow bad been the full moon bed but one thing it c-ruin. I'm not going to* com ?? oUt ln * 11 of **??? ???pt??ndor, completely lecture to-night You may lead a hone to I changing the apperranee of all tbinga out of ^* hlm ' '" object however un When the train reached the depot they I # grole*q??e into statues, as It were, I said Cliir. ???Ob, no, I don't either," he added *L n ???. l L*r? >r, r d ,b f *? ,b * Pboeton end I of P??rBy ??nd loveliness. Tbe carriage was I hastily, on seeing a large waiter of refresh- Iroto*1heH!ttie n h,m?? y ??? b8 do0r ' 8Bd w * were * U ,c * ,ed ' m'nta approaching. ???Cliff ialike "ole Mias rsbed their hsu to thelr'frleodjss they rol| , ed Cll,r,Wh ?? 1 P r,f ' rrod walking, an J grtudma I'inkney perhaps." said Willie, "always along. | was snugly tucked in; when Aunt Meely | ready to eat" (Next wtek, "lit Tuts o???Mxxnx'.") arson, that's alien hoe, tusk her seat upon tbe amen bench; the boys nuto??? doors floured In aud scrambled aruund lor seats; then S ocle Hsgau come in, and aa be stepped up tbe duur, be tot into singln??? loud as be could boiler.??? "On, you mutt be a lover ol tbe Lor'-or-ord, If jou waut to git to heaven when you die t b" I'll tell you t'other part next time. Yourn, Betsy Hahiltox, "Wish we had 't'other part' right now,??? EXCITINa ANDTKRIM.INO EXPLOITS BT LAND AND SEA. ELEPHANT SHOO' INO. flaw The Urt.l GI..I. ere KIU.4. From tbe London Field. There stood tbe two foil-sited tuskers with in easy .booting distance. One bed enor mously large turke. and stood facing me with bis bead well op. so tbet to reach bis brain my bullet would need to have penetrated quite ttro feet of trunk Tbe other, with much smaller tusks, stood broadside on, bis bead screened by tbe bamboos. Resting one knee, and with tbe muzzle of tbe express against the tree, I waited, hoping tbe monster would lower nla bead, but when ho shifted bis position it was merely to lift bis head and trunk still higher in search ol succulent barn- bo>*. Several minutes passed iu this way, during which nty nerves recovered them- selves. Just then tbe smeller tuskeribseked a couple of steps aod offered me tbe temple ???hot I deliberately covered bim. bearing In my mind all tbe coaching 1 had formerly re ceived from eiepbafit slayers???a lioe drawn front ear to eye as a base, from tbe center of which is raised a lioe at right amties and six inebes high By joining tbe ends of tbe base with this apex a tmall imaginary triangle is formed, within which tbe bnllet most be planted. I wu in no burry, felt quite cool, and aimed at tbe center of the fetal triangle. Bang! went tbe rifia. Instantly both elepbanta reared, curling tbeir trunks. For a few second, thus they faced ns, then turned and fled. E ther I lisd no chance of using tbem with efiect or itdid not occur to me-that I bed a second barrel, betides a spare gun rest ing on the tree. I confess I was much aston ished at the little effect of my first fire. It was afterward found that the bullet bad buried Itself in a man of bone just above the brain. We could see no blood trail, but tbe track left behind their Impetuous rush wu easily followed. After keepiog together for several buodred yards they separated. One track was straight, end showed the beut wu rushing besdloug and smashing down trees and ell before it. We took up this track, rightly tbinking it wss that of the wounded auitnel. I wu now 8:30 F ir four hours, end u futu we could walk, we followed the track, when the game was again ln view. Tbe wounded animal left the bamboo jungles, and sought tbe thickest covert. We followed, and came on bim time alter time, hut only bia huge stern presented Itself Finding be wu followed, be made for the boomers. Tit le a secondary growth that routes up after the fo-est has ouch been cleared for cult ration, and coneiete of thorns, bamboo and creepers. Through this tingled mass the elephant tore bia way, and it wu a comparatively euy thing to follow in bis track, but next to im p ??smle to penetrate in any other direction. When the elephant st .pped, wa stopped, hoping always that a shot might be obtained. At list be made a longer bait tnmn usual. Tue result of his deliberations wu clearly a determination to be rid of his puriuers, u be suddenly turned round, and laced us at 3Q yards. Instinctively I felt be meant to charge. I had changed tbe expreis (or the smoothbore, which Is bet-er adapted for quick shooting On came tbe brute ln full career. It i< imp .siibie for metoaoaljse my state of mind at that moment. Tbe upper most feeling wu not that 1 had to kill the beut, Imt that I had to stop tbe charge. It wu well I did not think of running, tor that would have b-ou fatal. I reserved fire till be seamed quite near, and then blszvd into the centero! his forbead. The shot made bim turn bia head (or an instant, but, to my hor ror, he still came on, and, wheu within five paces, be received my second abot on tba right temple, two Inches above tbe eye. I then turned and fled down the track. In ???uprrme momenta of peril we can often main- tain onr presence ol mind. Luckly, it wuso in this case, slipping in of two frean cartridges wu tbe work of a few aeconda. I then laced round, and to my unspeakable relief the In furiated oeast wu no longer charging. Tbere ha lay dead in bia tracks with IK ounces ol lead lodged In his brain. He bad (alien noiselessly, bis tusks burled deep in the ground Tbe reaction now set in, and I felt my lege trumbl-ng, tbe result ol high nervous tensioa during tue brief but fierce encounter. Atthe beginning of the charge my Kureba friend* bail swarmed up a tree, and they now called out not-to go near the beut u he might be feigning. We cautiously approach ed. and aoon found the noble animal wu robbed of all bit terrora aud lay ttill in death. 1 wu now po aesaed of a feeling of intense joy. It wee 2 o'clock, and having eaten noth- ng since daybreak, tbe first thing to tbiukol wee lunch. We tben cut off tbe end o? tbe tall and made for borne. Kurabu areguided through the forest by instinct, end we struck out oh a bee-line, reaching the point where the horse wu left within two hours. di SAUCE FOR S WEST HEARTS. A Wisconsin man shot a girl for refusing to In Ih* meantime, where wu I? I had just I came running from the kitchen. "Hold on I Anlsncu the "bottom f icte ' of my btwk. end dar, Natl," she exclaimed to the driver, "you "solid around ???wUh an toqnlrlmi Vye???and { tblnk * T0U ???* m, * h ???y amart-wait dar a min- mw nobody that*cm?d to t* looking for mo I m * Igi* olt MUsdU yer hot rock to pm I I stood for o moment in dljrnlfl*d composure, I to her f ??oi??." I and as tbe crowd moved oif, I began to feel I In going to Colonel Drantlv???f, one is never I a * rr y hl,n ' Any man who takes inch liberies iu lonrtome and almost imagined mts-lf an in I dtappointed, so far as a hospitable welcome I leaf-year deeervee to be hanged. i??? r * d ,*, ud ???*? r.Tl. n .?? 8 '' Tb ?" ??? nc ' and a pleasant time goes. A Mtaauoia man hu invented a machine 2S??? ???LBL???Mfti. 1 !? w ??? , VWf ???, h8t . nl * bt ' , our f??Ughtlnf a fire without getUng out of bed. Tkl, eica or aucuieniy caned away from home, or I family and the Raudalfe invited to spend the I mtu i M r.m?Ai hair n. that maybe I was not of to much onnwqnence I evening: and we were requested tVbr nS ^ 1 f J ol 1 ^-BLmaick Tii- aa I thought I wu, end eo I gripped mV car- Cousin Be-ey's next letter, wblchw. did.aid Yet IflPK finil I! IlFfift! (it ??? n it lit II 1 hei. am I aaa.I ??? I I ??? ??? / It * tvt.. _ _ .v pel uck end hurried to an nmtlfmlli 1 Just u I reed aloud, a. follow.: . got there, 1 beards familiar voice h.il me I "mai.vh- r* asroae rsiacatKO. It was the volceofan old friend whom I tired ???Dear Cou.tu: 1 has'ut to koow in Rome, and ha uked me why I I to raeetfu??? in a coon???s age dfdu't ride up with tbe committee, amt then >??at Sunday. It wu a turrible cold day, aud toldu bow tba enmmittew went down the I thet've been a using the martin' 'ouse (ora r aid to meet me and he law them drive up I school 'tra-e, end them outdecious pmey town with another feller, and so we went on I wood, children hu jobbed and gouged all tbe with the omnibat, aud on arriving at the I cbiukiu??? (rum betwix the log., makm' peep Hattie house, found tbe committee in trlhn-1 boles end the wind whistles In, snd its wu. laiion, for tbe lendlntd knew the angel, and I eer'n bein' out o' doors. Tim chimnley don't they h??d to give it up. and the commotlnn | drew sense tbe top h>s fell off. anil the smoke andhilantv wused end peculiar and about Ikon ever??? way i.r Sunday- but Cep Dew- Ibat time I walked up very modestly to tbe | berry lows it would (oiler we ary bow. don't Hepeldem " Torn came tbe dennuement, I bfa crowd to go no when at the teg eend of then came the explanatioiie end lb* apologies I the dey, but we mought u well etlrn to wait, and the congrttu atlooe. Tbe angel bowdvd I for they wt-uldn't brgia tel the Robersons got with me and I bowdyd with the angel- He I tbar, if it was all day. Wben we'une fus-g??t uid befall like an escaped coovlct from a I thar. Uncle Hagen???he???s the preacher, he cbalngaeg. and tbe committee ?? id they felt | aint no a kin, but everhody in tbe eciilement like title world was all a fleeting show (or I ca'ls bint uncle???he hadn't come, end it wu men's illadooa given, and I slid I felt lika it I about a ball lionr???fore prraebin' tot in. Tba wu all my fault for not riding in tb* other I men folks bed built "p e fire out o??? doom end car and putting on mores-yle and cooso- I wa* aslandin??? around with th.r hands cram- quence, and to wa mad* friends all round I mad down in ther breeches p icket!, end a sod that night I fired my random thought* at I ??? ompln' tbar fret to keep'em warm. Tbe a large eodlenco ehd we all harmonised and I old men all 'peered to be a listenin' at old Occam* calm and serene. I men Simpson tell ah >ut that turrible spell of Neit morning f rod. oat with Colonel I sickness he hml here lut fall, later diggin' Dickenson to hie beautiful farm???hie "island I time end how be wa. tuck all of a sudden home," about two toilet op tba river, and I with aicb a terrib'e mltrey aod hi'rh io bia t'-ere my eye* were feasted upon aatursl and I aids aod wun't able to dig bia tateta and artificial beauties, and I wu surprised at d I ??? Johnwm's old red tow aud Dine pigs got in bawl dared to sec what can bsrtuoahy tl c I and fcsrdaciooaly dsvuiated the lastt.t-rin handiwork and genius ol man In a-*iatin(lmy patch." .aye be, end they all listened nature. It wu no fitting time nor season tor | with their under jaws drapt Ilk* it wu aum- Tuat wu a sharp girl who, wben uked by her teacher why Ike noun "bachelor" wu .Insular, Answered: "Because It la singular thet they don't get married." "On, dear, I believe I should faint if a man a-ktd me to marry hlmt" said a giddy, gushing damsel. "Never leer,"retorted her prattled grand, motnrr. "you might pnwlbly faint, bat it ton w.nud bia you d manage to say yea before you did eo Youktra State, men. Is some parts ol Java at a wedding tba bride, u a sign ol surjection, kneels and wubea the feet ef the bridegroom after he bu trodden upon raw eggs. Almost any bride would do u much for her husband on nerweddf??? * VI.KJ the eggs were not overripe.- Herald. Whon a young woman trip* daintily into tba parior and explains her delayed appearance remarking that she had been "belpint mamma ,iw ra* disbar," ills pretty herd to nfimlnfmm . opodnsou the ??? ??? .low. abe may "UL A vorao girl writes to tbe New Y'ork Journal As follows: "Will you please explain to me tbs symptoms r l love? I've got something the matter wit* m- and ean't eat " tt e don???t like to pn-aciibo ai Uds distance, but If wo hsd the asme symptoms w'd .hat oureytsard .wallow a pill and go to bed. Tm girl Is ooiy bilious ???Blamarck Tribune. From the Covington, Ga, Enterprise. J. B. Meador-, of this county, wu fortunate enouab to kill two largs wild torksvs one mon-log Dkad in thk Gulch ???K gulch Tiding two foot hlllg. It is lonely enough (or a canyon and ragged enough for a ravine, but it I. a gulch, it dips here, rises tbere, turns to the rignt end left in en erratic way; end one who picks hie path through tbe place must feel the solemn silliness chill Ids very soul. Look ib.ret Just where tbe gulch widens a bit, a. il to expand its luugs, a great cinna mon bear la taking bis afternoon nap in front ol bis den. Men read ol the fierceness ol tbe gr'zxly. end forget the terrible bug, the sharp clawa aud tbe awful teeth of tbe cinnamon, Look at that paw covering hie nosol Tbe claweere Iron books, wtib point* like needles; the pew is a mas* of meal and mnscle, ten timeaea herd u the fist of the pugliat, and more dangerous than the kick of a bona. The leg, almostu Urge u the limb of a strong man in bia prime, bu muscle* which never tire and a bone which would stand a blow from a altdge-hantmer. Better open the throttle of a locomotive and let the mighty machine rush away than to arouse this sleep- log beer to soger. Hark I Tbe cinnamon opens hie eyes. The report* of rifles end the yells of Indians come to bim from down tbe gulch where tbe immigrant trail croase*. These are no new sounds to hie ears, but as he drops biaj??wa end lists his bead be catches something leas familiar. It is tbe frightened cries of a child???shouts of ???error, in which there ia a mingling of sobs of grief. Above these cries come the aboulsof tne red men, end tbe bear uttere a low growl u he realls e tbet he may be disturbed. Patteii Palter! Patter! It Is tbe footsteps ol some one in flight??? some one ci mlng up the gulch. A etiu dee per growl, a sort of utonlsment, and a boy ???igbtornin* yean old, bare-beaded, white- ilacrd and eyes full of terror, comes running (or nit life. Behind bim is en Indian warrior ??ith tomahawk ready to itrike Id tbe brief but terrible etrugg's around tbe wagon this eld'd crept away, and terror lent him wiogi to fly. Iu another moment tbe warrler. will be within atriting distance. Pity? Look into hie bronzed face, dtubed here and there with w.r-paint. *od find trace of pity or mercy I He will not even make tb# child a prisoner. A scalp ia a trophy, wbether from tbe bead of an adnlt or a babe. Carious that tbe boy should bold socb a race, wben fright and hor ror are pulling at tha mmcl??s to weaken them; be strains every nerve and beads straight up tbe dark aud ragged guleh u if tbe lonely tbadowa would wrap bim in a mantle of ufety. A brown body suddenly rises up before the boy, and there is a growl and a roar in his very face. He thro we up h'a arm* with a shriek and falls opon tba rocky path, and tb* brute leaps over him to fact tho pursuing warrior. 8 range tableau! They are not ten feet apart. The cinna mon sita up and stretches oat on* fore-legand tben tbe other, as if making ready to box, and hie lip* part to reveal teeth almost as sharp aa the warrior???s tomahawk. Tba 8ioux stands with on* leg thrown for ward and his hatchet half raised, and h* looks ('night in the eyes of tbe foe barrios his pari 1 - Tomahawk versus teeth I Huuting knife terras claws! Tbe grasp of an aibleto versus tbe hug of a cinnamon I * The boy rises to his knees and creeps to the ???Ida of the gulch opposite tbe den, and with his back in the rocks he becomes a spectator of tbe tableau. One. Tbere ie a long growl from the bear. Heft loosing iu to tbe eyes ol tbe Indian, and see* defiance written tbere. T*ol - The warrior???s clutch tightens over the han dle ol his tomsbawk. He sees tbe wicked claws working, aud be knows wbat la coming. Toreel A roar???a yell???a rash, and two bodies weave to and fro in the gloom???wrestle from side to side, and tbe cinnamon is victor. It is well (or the boy. Better be in the power ol tbe beer tben tbe warrior. Tbe cinnamon bende over bis conquered enemy with growls and sniffs, aud then slowly turns and ap- proashes tbe boy. Tbe child does not move. He lives and breathes, and sees and bears, bat tbe acme of terror bas killed all muscular action. Tbe bear comes close to bim, smelle of his feet, sniffs at bis breast, breathes into his face, but he never draws bsck uor cries our. His great blue eyes ask fur pity, and the cinnamon turns beck to the body of the dead. Crauncbl Tbi se terrible teeth seised an outstretched arm and crushed the bones as if they had been pipe stems. Tba severed arteries and mangled veins pour forth tbe'r hot store of blood, but it it not wasted, The cinnamon la thirsty. Here it something better than the cold spring water ol tbe foot bills. Rend and tear I The f-asc bas begun. The boy closes bia eyes, but be cannot prevent those horrible sounds from fining bis ears. Tbe sun was not two hours high when he fled from the wagon. The feast is not ended wben dark shadows began to troop up and down the gu-cb; now baiting beside tee boy, now rnnnmg swiftly np and down; by and by garnering in such lores as to welcome nigUL .Goig???et Toe uoy shivers and his blood seems to stand still. He can no longer see the cinna mon at his banquet, and tbo crauoching and tearing and gmgiiug have almost ceased. VVliat now? Now comes the silver moon ol a summer???s nigut, glorious'y bright aud full of peaceful rest. Up???up???and now its bright rays (all into tbe gulch, and pours'reams of soft white ligbt over t'<a rugged rocks. Up???up???and now the rays (all upon the poor little figure braced against the wall ol atone. Here cornea the cinnaiuot. I His banquet is finished Pali pail pa'I erhies hlslooisteps as be shufll -a along. There is no growling??? no warniug ol anger as be comes He baits before tbe uoy, and tbe summer moon throws her lull light down into the gulch to whiten spate (ace until ua gboatly pillar makes tt terribly dis'inct. Tne cinnamon touohes that white face witb bis nose. Tnere is no move ment in response. Now the shaggy form stretches and yawns, and presently tue great beast lies down at the boy's feet and clusra his eyes in si. ep. Adown tbe gulch ia a heap of bones and bloody fragments. Here sleeps the victor. Treated close to the flinty wall ia the form of the child???asleep. Nul Deadl THE CANNlBALSOF FIJI. Ilaw tktsOMk a.d Km Mas la its FIJI Ialss. Mr. St. Johnston [in 'Camping Among Can nibals???] furnishes evidence tuat cannibalism ia 00 tue waut, even in tbe wild interior of Fiji. On h?? way back to tbeoipital be spent a uight in tbe but ef so adventurous country man who kept a sore on tbe bank of tbe Wainamtla???the first Englishman who had penetrated thus far, Tuia man gave him A gruesome picture of the suite ol tilings wben ne first came to live iu tbe sequestered and then turuulent locality. ???Every man???e band waa raised against his neighbr (or the Mmple reason that Ue was his neighbor. Often past bis littla bouM be bu seen the canoes go down tbe river beering gif>s (rum one chief to another of dead men fur tbe oven, and some times bluody joints, or limbs just torn from tne vioilni, wrapped in fresh leaves (or tbe crown ol a feast." Torre Is no queatlon, Mr. 8l JonDiton asserts, tbat tbe Fijisu caunlbal loved human flesh lor its own take, and did not merely eat the slain euemy out of re venge. A chief Would order ro be clubbed mute on* be considered would be good lor oooklng, bia plea being that bia ???black tooth ached," antLtUat only human HesU could cure iL Tne subject ia a repulaive one, and Ur. St. Johustuu uea's for the moat part with tar more clieeriul topics, whither we will fol low him after one fluel grim quutatiun: "Tue espresslon 'long pig' ie not a joke,nor phrase iuveoted by Eur..peaue, but one fre quently used by tue F.Jiane, who looked upon a corpse os ordinary nu cUer meat, and called a buuian body puaks baiava, 'lung pig,??? in contradistinction to [puaka dma, or 'real pig.??? Tun flesh was never eaten raw, but wu either baked whole iu tbe ovene orcutupend ???tawed iu tbe large earlbern pots tbat they u-e for cooking. Cenain brrus were nearly alwaysaHjkrd with tba fiesb, either to prevent indigestion or as a sort of savory stufliog. If a men was to be cook'd whole, they would paint aud decorate his (ace u though he were aiive, and uue ul the cbiel irraona of the place would aland by tba corpse, which wu placed in a sitting position, and talk in a mocking strain to it fur some time, when it would be handed over to the cooks, who pre- ptred it and placed it in the oven, filling the ueioeolribe oody with hotittoD*t,eo that he would be well couked ell through.??? An AdVcutureof e Michigan Trapper. From the Oatouagou Mluer. Jack Co ml ego n wuinthe southern part of the county trapping, andun oaaof bia tramps fell, itriklng bia kuee on a hemlock knot, which broke tbe knee can. Ha managed to crawl to a brush camp where he laid tor five days niihout food or fire. Hit friends be came alarmed end et tried iu search of him, and wu ta ken to his camp by bis dog, where they found him nearly perished sitting in his camp witn a blanket around bim and bia leg bent under him, swelled to a fearful size. He wu cared tor until a team could be sent tor him, wben he wss brought to Rockland. TALES OF *HE CHASE. From tb* Cranford, oa, Aewa. Mr. W. F, lloore, of Wolfdtiu, wss ln town aa Saturday with a fine fire pound caoe-eutter or awampbuck rabbit, which be had captured in a Pem -hl.Irew* n *??? **???? behaacausht lou of Mr John IV ilanklni was telling us tbat fit killed a rat Iasi week ot ble pleas near berewbleh ???,?????***??? lnc bre from the end of lu tail . to tea lip of I'a nose. From the Albany, Ga., Medium. Mr. W. F. Tuner.of Worth, killed ew partridges thu winter op to lot Wedoeidar. Will some of <mr Dougherty "fl,ld abuu'??? mike a better too*: From tbcLealcgtoa. Ga, Echo. On Thursday of lut neck u Mr. Merlon Cent, who lives Dear Sandy Crraa. wu clearing a new groun* he cut down a small dogwood tree ln the hollow of which tbere were three opo-eumv. living together a happy family. Ii la romi-ihlna untutuX winter mone 1888 ou * 8 hollow during tne From the Oglethorpe, Ga, Echo. bouw.ioOrawford, la two or Jwl off Ik* groaod. leiilotd ou front end ridu. bails open 0Q the heck. On Ihuredsy lute d " ted 8 i ???/-hlelea la hu Deck yard but *??????? tam ?????'?? rt *?? ???" u??s* west under tbe house where tt wee not climd up. A rereant raw the tawk go under end tomroblely Informed Mrs tiib-on ol the fact, who came out end saw bU hawk* thi P iartw i"*k ,0 *5f* b ????? *Dlog to get through work. They began to throw at It and , Dr O. wu lu bia field at tba time, ud V" 40 he caraa home he found greet ex lte-nut over the novel manner to which ibe hawk bad b-en ii -ra ch'd. and weaupporehe will let ibe bA-k of >-??w remain tralauicedua hawk trap.il noth-