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«f. P. A. DuPONT, Proprietor,
VOLUME III.
The Lord’s Prayer.
Paraphrased iutefan acrostic by Thomas Stnr-
tcYant, Jr , a soldier in the 20ih regiment
of United States inlahtty, and prisoner ol
war in tho province ol Upper Canada.
Our Lord anil King, who reigns’t enthroned
on high,
father ol light, mysterious Deity!
Who art the great I AM, the laBt, the Brut,
Art righteous, holy, merciful and just;
In realms of glory, scenes where angels sing,
Heaven is the dwelling place ot God, our King,
Hallowed thy name, which doth all names
transcend;
Be thou adored, our great Almighty Friend;
Thy glory shines beyond creation’s space,
A«med in the book ot justice and of grace.
.. Thy kingdom towers beyond the starry skies;
Kingd'.un e»i.n.fc Bill*, hnt thane shall rise,
C.„„t .jraiKS'emphe, ou, taon Holy Ohei
Thy great and overlasting will be done;
Will God make known his will, his power
display,
Be it the work ot mortals to obey.
Done in tho great, and wondrous work ol love,
On Calvary’s cross ho died, but reigns above;
Earth bears the record in the holy word,
As heaven adores thy love, lot earth, oh Lord ;
It shines transcendent in !l\’ eternal skies.
Is praised in heaven—lor man tho Savior dies.
In songs immortal angels laud his name,
Heaven shouts with joy, and saints his lovo
proclaim.
Give ns, oh Lord, our food, nor cease t ire
Vs ol that lood on whiob our souls may hiJ:
This be our boon to-day, and days to come,
Day without end in our eternal homo;
Our needy souls supply lrom day to day,
Daily assist and aid us when we pray.
Bread though we ask, yet Lord, thy blessing
send,
Ani make us grateful when thy gilts descend.
Forgive our sins, which in destruction place
Vs the vile rebels of a rebel race;
Our lollios, taults and trespasses torgiye,
Debts which wo ne’er can pay, or thou receive;
As we, oh Lord, our neighbors’ taults o’erlook
We beg thoud’st blot ours lrom thy memory's
book.
Forgive our enemies, extend thy grace
Our souls to save, e’on Adam’s guilty race,
Debtors to thee in gratitude and love,
And in that duty paid by saints above.
Lead ns lrom ain, and in thy mercy raise
Vs from tho tempter and his hellish ways.
JTot in pur name, but in Hia name who bled,
Into thine ear we pour our every need.
Temptation’s fatal charms help us to shun,
But may we conquer through the conquering
. Son. N.
Deliver ns from all which can annoy
Vs in this world and may car sonls destroy.
From all calamities which Xxd men betide,
Evil ani 'loath,>oh, our feotaside;
JF 'or "we are mortal worms anc^cleave to clay j
Thine ’tis to rule, and mortals to obey.
Is not thy mercy, Lord, forever free ?
The whole creation knows no God but thee
Kingdom and empire in thy presence tall;
The King eternal reigns the King of all.
Power is with: thee; to thee bo glory given,
Jind he thy name adored by earth and heaven
The praise of saints and angels is thine own;
Glory to thee, the everlasting one.
Forever be thy glorious name adored;
Amen! Hosanna, blessed be tho Lord!
ROW I GOT PROMOTED.
“Tom,” said the chief, “there has
been a rather mysterious robbery at
Barrowtown, and it’s likely to give the
“ locals ” some trouble. So I wish you
to go down as soon as possible.”
This order I received one hot day in
August, on the day after the robbery
had taken place. Of course I did not
let much time pass before I was at the
station and fairly started. Once there,
Barrowtown is a quaint, picturesque
little town like many another in goodly
England. It seemed almost too dull to
be able to boast the doubtful honor of
having bad a full-grown robbery. Still
1 like the quiet little town, for it
was there that I gained my first promo¬
tion. I was met at the station by the
local inspector, a stout, pompous excit¬
able little man, who looked doubtful as
to the prudence of the Scotland Yard
authorities in sending down such an or¬
dinary looking mortal as myself.
“Oh,” he remarked at last; “so it’s
you, young man, is it? I don’t think
we are likely to trouble you much this
time. The fact is, ahem! we have
caught the culpit ourselves.”
I merely bowed and expressed a wish
to see the prisoner; and we both set off
for the county jail, perhaps a mile or so
away.
Well, it certainly seemed as plain as
flay to me that the unhappy wretch on
whom Inspector Muggridge had laid his
fell grasp could easily have proved an
alibi, had not that worthy officer con¬
tinually interrupted him with. “ Better
keep all that for your examination, my
good iellow; or it’ll all be brought up
against you, my man, you know.”
I told him seriously, as soon as I
could, in private, that the man he had
arrested was no more guilty than I was;
but he simply smiled incredulously, and
asked who else could be the culpit, as
this was the only really abandoned
character ofthe town, and itwas plainly
the work of some one who knew the
place, “Beside,” he added, “it isn’t
very likely that any one could beat me
on my own ground where I know every¬
body, you know; and if he didn’t do it,
who did?” With which really un¬
answerable argument he accompanied
me to the scene of tin robbery, where
we were shown over the premises by
the mistress of the house.
When I saw the ground-floor window
by which access had been gained to the
house, I quite agreed with the worthy
“local” that it was the work of a new
hand, and that from the fact that his
footprints, wherever we could trace
them, showed no hesitation, but rather
a thorough acquaintance with the
grounds, the culprit, whoever be was,
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$ p 4$
must have had some opportunity o,
visiting the scene of operations, and
probably lived somewhere in the neigh¬
borhood.
It seemed that the thief had entered
the house by a window in the rear, and
carried [off a small box of valuables from
the room of the master of the house,
who had been staying at a friend’s on
that night. Both these facts showed an
intimate knowledge of the premises on
the part of the culprit, and strengthened
our former belief. Wo were informed
that the lost casket—an ordinary tin
cash-box—had been almost filled with
various articles of jewelry, and there¬
fore the loss was rather heavy. Of
course the knowledge that there would
be a good reward for the recove’y cf the
<e*.Wng property fiitt dot abate my zeal.
Stiil, in spite of my eagerness to discover
the culprit, I could make but little of
the ease, and might even have come
over to the opinion of the “ local ” but
for one very important fact, namely, the
footprints in the garden-bed were ail
smaller than those of the prisoner!
Now, although a man may wear boots
several sizes too large for him on occa¬
sion, yet he can hardiv walk with com¬
fort in shoes an inch or so too short.
Very much annoyed at my want of
success, and dreading the chaff I would
be sure to get when, compelled to give
it up, I should return to town, I was
not particularly delighted next morning
to see Mr. Muggridge coming up the
road to the house accompanied by the
editor of the Barrowtown Weekly Ban¬
ner, who had determined, and said, to
write up the account of the robbery
himself. But there was no escape; and
so, prepared for a host of questions, I
was walking slowly to meet
them, when my eye was caught by
something bright among the bushes by
the roadside. Yes, there could be no
doubt of it; there lay the lost box,
empty of course. Without stopping,
however, I walked as calmly as possible
on to the inspector, and was introduced
to Mr. Shears the editor. It was simp ly
wonderful how obliging I had become.
I even, when Mr. Muggridge hinted
that he was pressed for time volunteered,
myself he to give Mr. Shears the infor¬
mation wished,-anfi _to go over the
premises with him. representative OncWffr'Tone
with the zealous or the
press, I gave that gentleman .ja^rthe
points of the case, and a few more, as
you shall see.
° f ^he the •»" next forenoon, to as soon as a copy
robbery had occurred-I Had for the
taro days spent from the forenoon
tilitil dnek, fclieie-'-I" tliriied' end
of the column devoted to the “ Great
Robbery,” and read, with a chuckle,
the announcement that “the less of the
jewels would be less felt had tl ere not
been between the two bottoms of the
box almost two hundred . pojnds in
banknotes, of which, unfortunately, the
numbers had not been taken.” ^
Probably the intelligent reader sees
my plan; but certainly I did not choose
to explain it to Mr. Muggridge, when,
an hour later, that worthy but excitable
gentleman rode, very hot and very red,
up the shadeless road, to complain of
my having “made a confounded mess
of file account, you know.” I simply
advised him to wait for a very few days,
and then I would bo happy to explain
everything.
That evening, as usual, I left the
grounds at dusk, after spending the most
of the day in watching—though appar¬
ently engaged in something else—
whether any one went near the spot, a
ew hundred yards from the grounds,
where lay the box on which I especially
depended as a bait to hook the thief.
By walking slowly, I managed to let
the shades of evening close around me
before I was far beyond the spot where
I had made up my mind to watch and
wait.
Bight 1 Nine! Were they never com¬
ing? and was my trap laid and baited in
vainP Ten! Surely they should have
come by this time. Still--Was
that a sound on the road? Yes, and
coming from the village. There were
evidently several of them, and I began
to regret not having brought some help.
Nearer they came, laughing and talking,
as I cautiously drew farther back from
the road. And now the were opposite
the spot where the box lay hid. But—
What! They’ve gone by, and in the
hearty guffaw of the man farthest away
of the three, I recognize Farmer lob¬
bies, an honest fellow, whose acquaint¬
ance I had made during my short stay.
After this sell, I had almost given up,
and was actually making up my mind
to abandon the affair, when a faint
sound from down the road made me
crouch as low as possible once more. It
was no hoax this time. A short, thin
man, whom I easily recognized as a
man of Ml work who had been helping
the gardener that day, was creeping
stealthily down the road, close to the
bushes. As soon as he reached the spot
where the box had been thrown, he lit
a small lantern to aid him in his search.
This time I felt sure; and so, when the
man blew out the light, after securing
the supposed treasure, the capture was
made.
“ Oh! why, yes,’’observedthe worthy
Mr. Muggridge, who was in the office
when I brought in the prisoner that
night, “ I thought as much; I’ve had
my eye on that fellow all along.”
The man made confession; indeed, he
was caught in the act, and could not
deny it. The jewels were all recovered,
and the reward proved very useful in
helping me to marry and settle down
quietly, when, one month later, I re¬
ceived my promotion,— Chambers' Jour¬
nal.
The average of a good Western pork¬
packing city is about 300,000 hogs.
VEKITE SANS PE UR.
DUPONT, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1880.
An Oyster Yarn.
A New York correspondent to the
Philadelphia Press tells the following
amusing story;
I never found anything but once here
in excess of my expectation or even ap¬
proaching them, and that was the New
York oysters. I had then just come on
from California, where oysters are very
small and unimportant, not Vo say insig¬
nificant, and I had often eat a hundred
there at a time, and had always felt that
I could eat more if I pad them. So,
when I arrived at the Metropolitan
hotel I ordered my dinner to be served
in my room, and told the waiter to bring
with my dinner a strong cup of coffee
and a hundred raw oysters. He looked
. at me.a momenh.and then said:
“ Did I understand you to say a hun¬
dred oysters?”
“Yes,” I answered; “raw, on the
half shell, with vinegar; no lemons, and
as soon ns you can, for I am very
hungry.”
“Ahem! Miss, did you want a
hundred ?”
“Yes, I do. What are you waiting
for? Must 1 pay for them in advance?
I want nice large ones.”
“ No, no, miss. All right, you shall
have them,” and he went out. I con¬
tinued my writing and forgot all about
my dinner till lie knocked and came in
with my dinner on a tray, but no oys*
ters.
“ How is this?” said I. “There arc
no oysters."
“ Dey’s cornin’, miss, dey’s cornin’,”
and the door opened and in filed three
more waiters, each with a big tray ol
oysters on the half shell. I was stag¬
gered but only for a moment, for I saw
the waiters were grinning, so I calmly
directed them to place one tray on a
chair, one on the washstand and one on
the bed, and said:
“ They ar/i-y small, aren’t they?”
“Oh!no,miss, de bery largest we’se
got.”
“ Very well,” saidI; “you can go. Ii
I want any more I’ll ring.”
When they got out into the hall one
said to the other:
“ Fore heaven, Jo, if she eats all them
oysters she’s a dead woman.”
I did not feci hungry any longei. 1
drank my coffee and looked at the
oysters, every one of them as big as my
hand, and they all seemed looking at me
with their horrible white faces and out
of their one diabolical eye, until I could
not have eaten one any more than I
could have carved up a live baby. They
jeered at me and seemedj dJaftfein'a to dare me to
attac-h-tham. Our
are small and with no more individual
character about them than grains of
rice, but these detestable creatures
instinct with evil intentions, and I dare
not swallow one for tear of the disturb¬
ance he might raise in my interior, so I
fTTtboat getling rid of them, for I was
never going to give up beaten before
those waiters. I hung a dress over the
keyhole after I locked the door, and just
outside my window found a tin water -
spout that had a small hole in it. I
carefully enlarged it, and then slid every
one of those beastly creatures down one
by one- one hundred and two of them—
they all the time eyeing me with that
cold, pasty look of malignity. When
the last one was out of sight I stopped
trembling and finished my dinner in
peace, and then rang for the waiters.
You should have seen their faces! One
of the waiters asked if I would have
some more. May he never know the in¬
ternal pang lie inflicted upon me; but I
replied calmly:
“Not now. I think too many at once
might be hurtlul.”_
Changes of Flour in Becoming Bread.
In popular use, says Professor Horse
ford, we employ tire word “bread" to
qualify loaves which are served in slices.
The rolls are much smaller. Both con¬
sist alike of crumb and crust. The
crumb is made up of a multitude of cells
of thin walls containing carbonic acid
gas, the product of iermentation in the
dough. These walls of the cells contain
both gluten and starch and traces ol
dextrine and sugar. As a consequence
of the treatment of water and applici-
tion of heat, the starch grains, which in
their normal condition are littlo sacs
filled with minute granules of starch
proper, have been swon not to burst.
Starch similarly treated by itsolf, as in
the preparation for stiffening linen in
the laundry, when dried in a thin layer
upon glass plate, for example, is trans
parent, and presents a glazed surface.
When this glazed material is removed
with a knife blade, it i3 seen to be still
and horny. Tho gluten, which is mixed
with it in the crumb of bread, and which
may he conceived to be continuous,
however thin throughout the wall oi
the cell, has been, by the process ol
baking, dehydrated; that is the heat to
which it had been subjected has driven
out a certain amount of water, which
chemically sustains something like the
same relation to the gluten from which
it has been expelled that the water ex¬
pelled by heat from alum crystals sus¬
tains to the original body of alum. This
is the condition oi the gluten from the
crumb in the interior of the loaf at the
instant of its removal from the oven.
On drying, it abstracts the water from
the starch with whi-h it is coated or in¬
timately mixed, as the roasted alum
absorbs the water that is sprinkled upon
it. The starch, by this process being
dried and stiffened, gives its support to
the walls of the cell, and renders the
texture of the stale loaf more firm than
that of the fresh loaf.
It is hard to personate and act a part
long. Therefore, if a man thinks it con¬
venient to seem good, let him be so,
A dancing master is always taking
steps to improve his business.
FOB THE FAIR SEA.
A Fashionable Woman's-Occupation*
The idle, fashionable woman, writes a
New York correspondent, has taken to
a new diversion. She polishes her nails
She extends her hand to you with great
frequency nowadays, and always with
the back upward and jhe fingers
straightened out. That is because she
wishes you to observe the pails, which
shine like glass and are ef a de icate
pink hue. Who knows eier wjbat a ted
this mania? Nobody can disco v r
the origin of such tiling!. The dis¬
temper breaks out somehow, and then
extends from person to person. The
New York woman of leiirx .whether
she he loft tff tle; city,'or Ip uiy*: found
at some near seashore resort, ifow passes
about four hours a day at work on her
nails. Her tool is an article somewhat
like the wooden handles or holders for
blotting paper—a narrow strip of ebony,
ivory or india rubber, with a knob on
one side and a surface of chamois skin
on the other. Some of these polishers
are fancifully made, and $10 is not an
unusual price; but cheap ones do tho
work as well, and a home-made article
answers tho purpose. The best of them
have a device for handily fastening in
fresh strips of chamois 'skin, but
tacks will do. The essentials are
a polishing substance and plenty
of industry. A mixture is sold
in the stores at a pretty high price,
and it has a beautiful name and label;
but it is a simple composition of rotten
stone, oil and rouge. Anybody can mix
it for herself. The stuff is daubed on
the rubber, and assiduous friction does
the rest. The rotten stone and oil
smooth and polish the nails ju3t as
metal, bone and ivory are made to shine
by the workmen, and the rouge imparts in¬
a pinkish color. The enthusiastic
dustry displayed by the women in this
summer amusement is wonderful. They
rub, rub, rub, by the hour, usually in
parties, making this emplo ymen t take
the place of needlework. as
once an old woman who sea
kitchen floor until she woi
through and fell into the cel
ing happen her neck. to these Something nail polished iitj
cannot thicken by growth 1
they are now scoured aJ
polishing is not all done on li
The toe-nails are beautiful, to
Fashion Notes; i
Almost any shape of wraJ -HB
able/ * *• -
Garden parties bring oil
dresses than balls.
Plush lined garments replai
lined summer mantles.
trim Plaid walking woolen suits stuffs this will j
wintj al
Feather fans are now flat
The day of slio;t shoulder, sea -v cl
parts when the shirred waist ;
in.
The styles for muslin summer gown
are carried out in cashmere for seaside
wear.
Shot flannels in half a • I’n shades
are made in imitation of changeable
silks.
Thrust your hand in your belt if you
wish to be truly fashionable. Japan
sets the style.
All the waists made up for autumn
dresses are heavily trimmed, and so are
the sleeves.
The short white dresses, now fashion¬
able, give the wearers an air of exquisite
daintiness.
Skirts finished with rows of machine
stitching are to continue in fashion dur¬
ing the winter.
Old ladies wear little shawls of pine:
apple cloth, embroidered in gold thread}
in Turkish designs.
Plain skirt and basques with draperies
at the back seem to be the favorite model
for autumn suits.
The chief bridemaid at a wedding
may, if it please her, wear a gown quite
different from that of the other bride-
maids and still be very fashionable.
Shirred full waists will be worn with
thick gowns during the winter, or else
he dressmakers will tbrowjnv ay a great
quantity of finished work, for they ara
making up all kinds of stuffs in that
fashion now.
Walking costumes of painfully mascu¬
line severity are announced for autumn.
The underskirt is laid in large plaits,
and with it is worn a garment that looks
like a cutaway coat. A linen chemi¬
sette and collar and a hat with long
nlumes are worn with this dress.
A night medical service in New
York city, established under act of
the legislature for the purpose of pro¬
viding the deserviug poor with medical
assistance in case of sudden emergency
during the hours of night, is now in
full operation. 327 physicians having
been enrolled for duty as necessity may
demand. The names of these physicians
are registered at the station-houses,
whence theymay be called for service.
Each is allowed three dollars a visit,
but if the persons requiring aid are un¬
able to pay the amount, then the police
captain of the district is to certify to
that fact, and the physician becomes en¬
titled to receive that] sum from the
public funds. Three thousand dollars
have been appropriated for the purpose
in order to carry out the provisions
the act, and if the experiment
initiated proves successful, the amount
will be increased as the necessity of
service requires.
/
KING AND QUEEN OF THE TRACK.
Maud S and St, JuHeik Both Beat t1l«
itecord in £.11 3-4.
The'lamous trotters Maud S and St.
Julicn have both beaten the best time
on record at the Rochester (N. Y.) Driv¬
ing park. The New York Herald's ac¬
count of this great racing event says:
The skies were cloudless at noon and a
pleasant breeze wa8 astir. All the
trains came in a little behind time and
were loaded with passengers. In many
of tile cars ladies stood, because they
could not find seats, and blocked the
passage. Tickets were sold at excursion
rates on most of the roads and thou¬
sands took advantage of the opportu¬
ent nity... from .Distinguished, Chicago, Cleveland,'Buffalo, people t&re'.f^s-
Albany, New Yo k and elsewhere. The
magnet, the drawing power, was the
speed programme arranged for St Julien
and Maud S. The three long and
double-decked stands were crowded in
every part by anxious spectators, while
hundreds of carriages were in the field
and double rows of humanity hung
upon the rails of the quarter stretch.
Not less than fi teen thousand people
passed through the gates.
The crowd was all expectation when
St. Juljen appeared on the quarter
stretch. His driver, Owen A. Hickox,
looked nervous and anxious. He scored
three times, then sponged and went
back to the second distance stand, came
forward level, and nodded for the word.
He trotted without wabble or break to
the quarter pole in 33 seconds, to the
half in 1:07, to the third quarter in 1:41
and finished the mile in 2:13}. When
the time was hung out there was but
little applause. St. Julien scored twice
for the second trial after Maud S had
trotted in 2:111. He went level and
strong, was at the quarter pole in 31
seconds, at the half-mile pole in 1:04.}
and at the third quarter in-1:38}. He
came down the homestretch with
powerful stride, and the judges stopped
their watches at 2:111. When thotime
was hung up there was another out-
of cheers. In the third trial St.
^kjmewas: made no effort to beat I lie record,
Quarter, «:37; Imlfri :15;
1:52; mile, 2:24}.
1 SUMMIRY.
bis against 2:12j. Purse $2,000;
or better.
L, b. g. St. Julien, by
2 1 2
■|^-'2:114-2:20L 1 2 1
^^■oek, Athc track at ten min-
W and in the first
lr. W. W. Ban, nod-
V no', till! W;ti<
fast and was at the
seconds. She flew
H^recorded ^Fkh, and 1:05 the hands the aalf- of
at
WAround Be the upper turn she
fquarter winning stride and was at
pole in 1:38}. The
mg hung breathless upon her
,ts down the homestretch, her
abruptly slopped at 2:11}.
hen the time was hung out the ehccr-
tremendous. The 2:12} of St.
Julien over the track at Oakland, Cal.,
had been beaten, and the enthusiasm
was boundless. In her second trial
Maud S was not sent for fast time, Cap¬
tain Stone not witliing to strain her.
Time—Quarter, 0:35.J; half, 1:11; three-
quarters, 1:47}; mile, 2:20}. For the
third trial Maud S was withdrawn.
SUMMARY.
Throe trials to boat the boat time on record
(2:12J).
W. II. Vanderbilt’s oh. ni. Maud 8, 6
yoars old, by Harold, dam Miss
Russell, by Pillory, second dam
Lilly Russell, by Boston t 2 dr
Time.................... 2 1
Time, 2:llj-2:20I.
A few weeks after this wonderful
performance St. Julien did still better
before an immense crowd at Hartford,
by trotting a mile in 2 :llj, thus beating
his Rochester performance by half a
second.
A Rat’s Fight With a Snake.
On Lindsay Point, Cal., a rat sitting
on the shore, saw a snake of unusual
size coiled upon a little point of
just above the water sunning itself, and
probably asleep. The rat jumped
the folds of the serpent’s body. The
snake struck instantly, fastening
fangs between the rat’s shoulders. Then
began a contest that was truly thrilling.
The rat, struggling violently,
deavored to shake itself free, while
snake as persistently endeavored to drag
the head of its victim in its own mouth.
This feat it was at first unable to ac¬
complish. The rat was game, and as it
writhed in its convulsive efforts to es¬
cape bit the big snake severely in the
heck just back of the head, until the
blood flowed and mixed with its own.
These counter attacks became at last so
savagely painful that the snake loosened
its grip, remaining, however, in half
coil. Bur the respite was too brief to
afford the rat its opportunity to escape,
for again the snake’s fierce jaws de¬
scended and closed, this time around the
rat’s head. The heqvy body of the rat
still swayed violent^.but dragged with
it the head of the snake, until the latter
was thrown completely out of coil. By
this time, however, the rat’s struggles
had grown comparatively faint, and the
snake was apparently the victor. But
the next moment the snake in ils tnrn
began to struggle violently, as if to re¬
lease its adversary’s head, but ineffectu¬
ally, and the reason became soon appar¬
ent. The rat had bitten quite through
the snake’s throat, and its [sharp teeth
could be distinctly seen in the narrow
slit they mano. The writliings of the
snake were now intense. It lashed the
ground witli its tail, and raised its thick
folds to almost half its length from the
ground, and with one convulsive effort
threw its length into the muddy water,
and the twain sank together.
SUBSCRIPTION—$1,00 per Year, in Advance.
A Terrible Experience.
Mr. Slocum, of Siocunxviile, Ark.,
attracted the attention of a L'ttle Bock
Gaz ’It man. Mr. Slocum seemed to be
a gentleman. He was a young man,
and only one thing distinguished him
in any special manner from numerous
other young men on the street. His
hah was white as the driven snow.
Vivacious and intelligent in appearance,
the contrast between his youthful looks
and snowy locks was startling. Feeling
that some story of a terrible strain on
Mr. Slocum’s nervous system, was par¬
tially revealed in this manner, the Qa-
zihle man inquired the cause of the
change of color in his hair. A strange
e^joesion flitted aerpssc his tog,Mqrp. at
- the question, as if novery pleasant recol¬
lections were awakened, but forcing a
smile, he said:
“A terrible experience caused my
hair to change its color, and 1 cannot
yet speak of it without shuddering.
However, I have no objection to relat¬
ing the circumstances.’.’
“ What was the original color of your
hair?”
“Jet black. I will give you my ex¬
perience. I have been a revenue col¬
lector for several years. Eight years
ago, in the summer of 1872, I was
obliged to take atrip through Western
Arkansas. There were rough charac¬
ters out there. Men who would steal
the shoes off your horse’s feet, when
they could get nothing else. Outlaws
who were steeped in crime and hesti-
tated at nothing. In the course of my
trip I reached a district in which were
several characters who for doing deeds
of crime had attracted the attention of
the whole State, but the authorities
were unable to apprehend them. 1 had
quite a large sum of money with me. I
feared nothing in those days. After be¬
ing one morning in a small village near
Little river, and receiving $150 1 started
out on horseback north toward
Smith. I had about $1,700 in my sad¬
dle-bags and was a little bit nervous to
get it safe to that place. I had seen
othing to make me suspect that 1 was
not safe. The sun shone brightly and
the heat was somewhat oppressive. As
it grew later in the day it became so
warm that I thought I should rest.
Coining to the banks of Little river I
forded it and clambered up the steep
northern bank, jumping off my horse
I tied him under a clump of trees and
sought the grateful shade of an elm that
grew near at*j| tne river bank. I had car-
ried rqy s le-bags with me, and mak-
'■ inglSBh iiow ol them, cv/t down. Tfao
revolvers were in the holster. I fell
asleep, and do not know how long I
slept, but suddenly awoke to find
three men standing near me. Regard¬
less ol consequences I seized one of
my revolvers and pegged away,
hitting one of them in the
shoulder and disab'i-g him. The
other two grappled me. One of
them made a pass at me with a knife,
but I dodged it and hit him in the head
with my pistol, knocking him senseless.
The other closed in with me, and we
had a terrible struggle. Biting, scratch¬
ing and kicking, we tried in vain to
throw each other down. I had drop¬
ped my pistol. My horse whinnied
. from fright, and it began to grow dark.
To my dying day I will not forget that
fight. It was death to one or the other.
I had recognized in my assailant Bill
Buckle, a notorious character. Des¬
perately we fought, edging nearer the
river. The hank crumpled suddenly
behind me, and I toppled over back¬
ward, dragging Buckle with me. His
head hit a root in the fall and he was
stunned for a moment. Scrambling as
well ge I could to my horse, I got my
saddle-bags and rode away, the dis¬
abled rascal shaking his fist at me as
I went. I ran across a colored man’s
hut before it got dark,' and remained
all night, expecting an attack, but re¬
solving to sell my life as dearly as possi¬
ble. None came. In the morning the
colored woman living in the cabin said:
* Massa, your hair is white.’ And sure
enough it was, and has been ever since.
The shock to my nervous system had been
more than I imagined. I never heard
the men afterward, and was more than
glad that I escaped as lucky as I did.”
Trntli.
One of the subllmest things in the
world is plain truth.— Bulwcr.
Truth is the foundation oi all knowl-
sdge, and the cement of all sdeicty.—
Oasaubon.
Truth will be uppermost one time or
sthcr, like cork, though kept dowirin
file water .—Sir W. Temple.
Truth, whether in or out of fashion,
is the measure of knowledge, and the
business of the understanding .—Locke
General abstract truth is the most
precious of all blessings; without it a
man is blind; it is the eye of reason.—
Rousseau.
Truth can hardly be expected to adapt
herself to the crooked policy and wily
sinuosity of worldly affairs, for truth,
like light, travels only in straight lines.
—Colton.
He that finds truth without loving
her is like a bat, which though it have
eyes to discern that there is a sun, yet
hath so evil eyes l.’.at it cannot delight
in the sun —Sir Philip Sidney.
After all, tie most natural beauty in
the world is honesty and moral truth,
for all truth is beauty. True :enture3
make the beauty, of the face, and true
proportions the beauty of architecture,
as true measures that of harmony and
mu3ie,— Skaftc 'bury.
NUMBER 30.
IXfc.TfS OP ISTfeBm.
Nice Florida rattlesnakes arc worth
•?5 each in New York.
People do not like to acknowledge
that they are poor except to. kook
agents.
It is easy to breakfast in bed if you
will be satisfied with a few rolls and a
turnover.
Leonidas was one of tlic original
deadheads- He held the pass at Thcr-
mopyko.
Orange peel is very dangerous; the
leastbi. of it oiten brines03 physic*
prostration.
A company with a eamtai of ?25.ooo.-
Oto has iJikifeU
land in Canada.
Life i3 full of bitter lessens, tjie eim
plest of which is that one man’s fall
makes forty men laugh .—Dtlroit Free
Prss?.
When he is twenty-one the. boy is
said to have outgrown the switch, but
that’s just the age when a girl begins to
need one.
A little boy being told by his mother
to take a powder she had prepared for
him. “ Powder, powder,” said he;
“ mother, I ain’t a gun.” .
A return issued by the German post¬
master-general shows the number of
post cards used in Europe in the year
1878 to have been 342,000,000.
By a nearly unanimous vote, the
women of this country haye decided
that the two best bands are a hus-band
and a band-box .—Philadelphia Chronicle -
Herald.
It is sad to think that so many wel.
meaning and naturally joyous spirits
are compelled to go through life with¬
out owning a steam yacht.
Some Indians used scalping knives of
tortoise shell, probably on account of
the old fable, in which the tortoise was
alleged to have got away with the hare.
—New York Grap/de.
A youth, just launching out in trade,
Unto a wealthy merchant said:
“ Pray, tell me, sir, what you profess
To call the secret of success ?”
The nabob’s eyes with pleasnro shone
As be replied, in earnest tone,
“The secret simple is—I think
You’ll find it, sir, in printer’s ink.”
— J\lew I'orkEzprets,
A remarkable family of fat children
live iu Barren county, Ky. The father,
Smithland Chambers, weighs 130
pounds, and hjs w i,fe o n ly, 11 2.pounds,
but a six-year Lki •idwtvifgus i3(f
pounds. The latter is ucout as tall as
other girls of her age, but- measures
eighty-four inches about the waist. A
son died when five years old weighing
200 pounds, and some younger members
of the family are growing fat rapidly.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune says that the latir Doctor Nil -
tiegeused to have a “hunger-cure,” and
that it was no unusual thing for him to
starve his patients for a few days or a
few weeks. Mrs. Abbey Hutchinson-
Patton.of the famousHutchmson family,
a patient in this institution, went with¬
out eating for twenty-one days, sur¬
rounded with tempting grapes, peaches
and other fruits from her husband’s
tarm.
^
The scientific papers have; of late ex¬
hibited woful ignorance ,o('the subject
in speaking of the hottest ijilace in the
world. Tliey make no tffffwion to the
occasion in which a young Twin lias in¬
vited two new lady acquaintances to
supper at a church festival and makes
the appalling discovery that he lias
nothing but a trade-dollar and two sus¬
pender buttons with which to liquidate
a bill of two dollars and a quarter, that
the extraordinary exuberance of his
new friends has generated .—Mericl n
Recorder.
Words of Wisdom.
'•0
Interest is the spur ot Ufe people, but
glory that of great souls,
An idle reason lessons^the weight oi
the good ones you gavejbefore.
Sin has a great many-fcools; but a lie
is the handle which-fits them all.
Ceremonies differ in ejrory country;
but true politeness is ever the same.
People are never playing the fool so
much as when they think themseives
extra wise.
Let your will lead whither necessity
would drive, and you will always pre-
serve your liberty.
It is with youth as with plants; from
the first fruits they hCfti' we learn what
may be expected in future.
The firefly only shines when on the
wing. So is it with the mind: when
once we rest we darken.;
False shame and feariof blame cause
more bad actions tkanrgood, but virtue
never blushes but for evil.
Poverty often depruT-s a man of all
spirit and virtue. i£>is hard for an
empty bag to stand upright.
Pictures drawn in our minds are laid
in fading colors, and [unless sometimes
refreshed, vanish aud-tiisappear.
All other love wiextinguiahed by
self-love; beneficence, humanity, jus¬
tice, philosophy, siukjqnder it.
When men arq sorely urged and
pressed, they find in themselves a power
which they thought they had not.
Nature makes • v- when
Us poor we Want
necessities, but eustOgt gives the name
of poverty to the-want of superflui¬
ties. -
He who is false 'io tin? present duty
breaks a thread in tlft loom, and will see
the (fleet when the weaving of a lifetime
D unravelled. •
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