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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, i*; • . f M \ TL u 1 $ 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. • Vj