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J. W. VERONEE,
VOLUME I.
4 irmre ptobt.
Om chilly day I was left al home
alone ; and, after 1 w Bred reading
*' Robineoc Crusoe," I naught a spider
and brought him into the house to play
with. Funny playmate, wasn’t it?
Wall, I took a wash-basin and fastened
up a stick like-a vassal s mast, and than
poured in just water enough to tarn the
mast my spider, whish
1 narrw- and ptfk him on the
inaHtb m he wan Surly oast
• testyfously commenced running
r' «tad£*x*a*hhe maiaia+d He'd scam
per frsm the mart -ty Ute water, stack
out a foot, gaHMraLMtehe it, run around
the stick and try tkfrothcr side, and then
run back to iho top again. Pretty soon
it became a eeAsty matter to Mr. Rob
uiaon, and he nt down'to think over it
A* in a moment he acted as if ha wanted
to shout for a boat, and v&'afsaethnwaa
going to be hungry, I ppi treacle on the
otibiu A fly ceuta, but Crusoe wasn't
hungry for flies just then He wm home
tyTTT*^Tlu‘ ***> -*»nter al the
woodshed. ile weal slowly down the
potete tkHAath ikfl ,to«tobi.! it all
romid, shaking, his feet like puny when
ahe wwte her ettekinga in thagmsa, and
suddenly a thoqgKt appeared to strike
hi tn. Up he .went like a rocket to the
top, pud eommonoed playing .Cftrpua. He
heldtone foot ta the air, then another,
and turned around two or three timn.
He got awaited, and nearly stood on his
head before I found out what be knew,
and that. tyTUgdlftyM; tty draught of
air made by t£j> fire "would 'cany a line
ashore oa which he could escape from
his desert island. He pushed out a web
that irehi Itating in hit air until it
aaugMttytty ttyle. Th*n ho hauled
on the rope until it waa tfofit, etruck it
HW’etamg
•°*W* «d ashore.
1 Hwglttdta'had. earned Igu liberty, 00
ItgMh him book in .the .woedabed.—
/forth ><< w t (
r! pw»»tii ■ 1 I——r1 ——r rrt~ t
Jkimvr pbibtibo nn.
The mgrrdianta %>f pnntiqg
ink are burnt hnaAteif into and *OO
- aoap) with Marions coloring
matters. The beet qmdity of linseed
oil is used in superior inks, and tine is
purified by digesting it in partially dilu
ted sulphuric acid for some hours, at a
temperature of about 212 degrees, al
lowing the impurities to subside, and
than washing away the acid with repeat
ed additions of hot water. The water,
niter this treatment, is pole and turbid,
and if the freeing from the acid is com
plete there is scarcely any odor. By
rest the oil clarifies, and has then a pale
lemon-color. It now dries much more
rapidly than before. The purified oil is
now partially reunified by heat. For
this purpose it is introduced into
large cast-iron pots and boiled until in
flammable vapors are freely evolved.
These are ignited, and allowed to burn
for a few minutes, after which they are
extinguished by placing a tight cover
over the boiler. Ebullition of the oil is
ronthriixpnotal, on cooling, • firm skin
forms on its surface, known by placing
a drop on alate, or other smooth, cold
surface.
Red printing ink, according to The
Engineer, may lie made in this way :
Boil linseed oil until smoke is given off.
Bet the ml then on fire and allow it to
burn until it can be drawn out into
strings half an inch long. Add one
pound of resin for each quart of oil, and
ne-half pound of dry, brown soap cut
into slices. The soap must be put in
cautiously, as the water in the soap
causes a violent commotion. Lastlr,
the oil is ground with a sufficient pig
ment on a stone by means of a muller.
Vermillion, red lead, carmine, Indian
red, Venetian red and the lakes are all
suitable for printing inks.
DBTKCmG WATBK IB MILK.
A German chemist furnishes a nimple
procedure for testing the amount of wa
ter m milk, which can be applied by any
one. All that is required is a small
quantity of plaster of Paris, say one
oufloe. This is mixed with the milk to
a stiff paste and then allowed to stand.
With milk of 1.080 specific gravity, and
a temperature 60 deg. Fahr., it will
harden in ten hours ; if 25 per cent, of
water iiyMtoent, in two hours ; if 60
per oeaflpin one uti sW bsure; aod ,
with 75 per cent, in thirty minutes.
Hkimmed milk which has been standing
for bOßra, and is of 1.033
specific gravity, sets in four hours ; with
50 per cent of water, in one hour ; and
with 78 per e«t, in thirty minutes.
Heat should not be applied, for then the
use of the thermomater would be re
quired. The test is certainly simple,
and not coati j.
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orras ima.
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Dart m Um ajiaitnaa MUm
Oa Um ••ease* Mta* taaofc
Dm* mMmSssW fSanosr
or Ba yetai pnW wuxti aSaaa;
Dm* mMM faaeaaul tnswa
or an Abrastotaa aMM.
faa «r*M. terea «rt*«
KAa Wa «oMm> M t»M.
1-ra aav sm <*• twtOa W*~
At, bow k®4 wtS BsS eat last »
Mr soal M taU ot a.n>bttn<.
lad I «mfl» a rtrklyaanlla,
BbtaaJbaUtaUka tbagtaav
or *M aeon aaa as IMa MUa.
MURCirS SBRBNADRRB.
In a certain rural town down East,
where the narrator formerly resided,
there wm at on* time a clique of rough
Wtmg<fellh*s who made it their boni
ness to serenade ail newly-wedded
couples.
"Serenading” was what they were
ptetyed to call it; but U was far from
being either a muaioal or a compliment
ary perionnaaee. tn faM, it was a -ter
rible bug-bear for all prospective brid<«
ard bndegrooma. Ou the evening of
the marriage, thw serenade party, num
bering fifteen or twenty merubere, was
sure to make its unwelcome appearance
in the yard, liberally provided with fish
horns, old tin pans, guns, and almost
every other possible instrument of dm
and racket.
Three rude fellow* came disguised in
masks and old clothes ; and the first
boat of thau approach was usually a
discharge of guns, a racket of stones on
the roof, blended with a horrible blare
of horns and of Indian war
whoops,
T? the dewtyma* husband not
wish that adrk'«rf: UMisio oantmtael all
flight, he mtMtxßiaaf open ins doors, and
invite in three tiwweteoaoe gu<wt.« . ■
Once in the home, they wtauoisboe
ilonriselves very nnidh at Itotio-. : i;
poctfld to be " tressed ’’ to-t-g-'7
aoiue snm of mosey with which to go
away and provide a supper for them
selves.
This was not the worst For tho boors
usually demanded that the bride should
be brought into the room, and often in
sisted—disguised and masked as thev
were—on saluting her with a kiss.
If admittance was refused them, they
kept up their terrific din, hour after
hour, and aometiines they had broken
into hop-e* Often they got on the roof
to continue their deafening fanfarade ;
indeed, there was no end of their pranks;
and if not treated with so much lilier
ality as they thought due them, they
would come again night after night.
Occasionally they met with a rough
reception in the shape of hot water, jets
of kerosene oil from squirt-gn»>, and
shots had even been fired at them.
That they were an aixnutaable nuis
ance and rmtroge on al! righto and de
cency, was admitted by every one ; yet
it was difficult to proceed against them
legally, and the party was powerful
enough to make itself feared as well as
hatol. Otherwise it would have
been promptly broken up by an indig
nant community.
I have triad to learn the origin of snrh
serenading, and I think the custom
camo to ns from among the French
Canadian* of the Lower provinces. For
these people have a trick which they
call " charivari," where a party, fantas
tically dressed and equipped, with
cracked fiddles, horn* and kettle-drums,
sometimes go to " wake " a wedding
when there is some circumstance about
it which offends public taste ; as, for ex
ample, when the bride is many years
older than the bridegroom, or if, on the
other hand, an old gray-beard were to
take a very young wife.
Bnch were the serenaders, and such
was the state of affair*, at the time ot
the marriage of a young mao named
Willis March, a friend and neighbor si
the writer.
Willi*, or Wilts, as we called him,
was a quick-witted young man and pos
eease.l a good deal of good aense and
sturdy independence. I have often
heard bun *ay, whenever we would hear
of a serenade, that he would never let
that company into hi* house, nor give
wanted h<m to live on their farm and
take care of them. It was no very de
sirable offer. There was a heavy mort
gage on the farm. and there were two
iwi'pieas, bed-ridden of th*
family. Willi*, too, hail been planning
to go West as soon aa La became of ag* ;
and be was just the man to w«ta hi*
way in ths West and do well. But he
Devoted t*tSrliiteieeU> of ColomWa County and the. State of Georgia.
HARLEM. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2t , 1881.
■i<htopteMfar Ute
B, and settled down
wd so*> he was, to
heptean,-sad "aaa
ifitea MiahbcMi au
fetaß Mtaterned te
|j' plana—Amanda
aty Mi vwy dear
tteo. H wMaaid,
vpecrfdw-wwildbe.
Il had long been an understood thing
that, when Wilts went Waet, Mandv
Becheldar weald go with him as Mrs
March.
There waa a wadding that fall, on
Thanksgiving day morning—Wilte and
Mandy. They moved home—that is to
say r to Wilts' home, that afternoon.
That day, at the store al the earners,
a fellow named Oolhsou, supposed to be
connected with the " serenade gang,”
hinted to Wilts that he hoped he (Wilts)
was "laying in a stock of good things"
for tho " celebration’' that night.
"What do you tnaan by ‘celebra
tion ?’ " Wilts asked him.
"Oh, you’ll find out soon enough,"
said Galliacn, laughing, and with a wink
to the others.
"Yon mean ths • atMOfide-gangF "
said Wilts.
"Like enough,” replied Gallisou.
" Shouldn’t wonder a mite.”
" You expect ms to open my house
anil furnish supper for th* ' roughs' of
the town ? Then let ma tell you, once
for all, that I shall do nothing of the
sort ■ and if you care to take my advice
yaa wil] keep away and mind year own
t>nslnres sad leave me to mind mine. I
have no mougy to spend in eatertaiumenta
of any kind."
"Perhaps yon moan to shoot us."
sneered Gallison. " We've seen guns
before ”
"No matter what I intend to do,”
said Wilts. “ I warn you to keep
This warning on Wilts’ part only stun
; diMAthsas unpnnripled fellows to do
their worst They turned out in full
I‘oetnme, and at exactly 10 o’clock that
evening they opened the fracas with a
discharge of guns, tooting of horns and
dramming, accompanied by a shower of
brick-bata on thu roof.
We heard 11 all over the neighborhood,
and wondered, not without some misgiv
ings, what Wilta would do.
He did nothing. He had securely
fastened up the doors and window* be
low, and he remained quietly within.
Blow and whoop they did, bnt Wilts
gave no sign that he heard them.
Alxiut midnight, however, old Mr.
Murch, Willis’ father, nearly craned by
the noise, opened a window, and very
civilly asked the party to go away and
let him get a little sleep. They an
swered this request with such a deafen
ing noise that the old gentleman was
glad to draw in his head and shut the
window.
They did not quite dare to break into
the bouse with axes ; they knew Wilts'
courage too well. Daylight dispersed
them. But they promised londly, ere
departing, to come back next night.
During the day, Wilts celled on two
of hi* neighbors, young men like him
self, and aaked them to com* over to his
place that afternoon, and stay over night
m the bouse.
"Our ‘friend* ’ of last night'* hulla
baloo have promised to come back,”
said he, "and you may see some fun if
thing* work right ”
Just at dusk, two young fellow*
whose name* need not be given—sc
cepted the invitation, and went to the
house.
The kitchen there w»s a large low
room, and the outside door opened into
ft from off the pioaza. Wilts had just
put two very strong staples and hasps oti
this door for fastening it on the outside.
It was a very strong oak doer. On the
outside, too, he had put up two strong
plank ahnttera an the kitchen window*.
Tb* Other door*, leading ons into ths
wood-house and the other into the sit
ting-room, were ready for fastening on
th* outside from the kitchen with bar*
and hasps. In short, Wilts had mads
of the kitchen a eag* strong enough for
a prison cell.
During the evening, be set out on ths
tttehau table a large basketful of good
sating apples sad a jug of new cider,
with glass**. A candle was left burning
here , and in the large Canadian stove a
good Are of hard-wood loga was abut up,
burning alowly. To his two young
friends, who had been takes into the
stratagem, Willis showed so auger-hole
bored in the ceding, directly over ti>*
•tore.
The ev*nuig peered pl sweetly. It was
I efcedv and pretty data. Iha sarauadty
‘ (fflibcred about the house very
rHut promptly ai 10 o’slook, the nolte of
ths night before was repeated. Quty,
tarns, drums, atanaa an the roof, a4d
Wary Wows a«tanat the aids M the
home.
At l«Dgth sotM Ot them who wata U 9
tag the lower windows diaooverei thh<
the kitoheii door undar th* piMfifi wte<
•ok tea I anal TW threw it aperlak
seeing the apple* and aider, all walked
is and began to help themaelvea. Per
haps they fancied that these refresh
ments had been net out on purpose to
propitiate them.
Jt waa a rather chilly evening out.
The warm stove waa vary comfortable.
They abut the door and sat down.
Meantime, Wilts and his two friends
had looking through ths auger
hole ; and one of them now slipped
down the back stairs into the wood
house, and, grsng round on the p-— —
quietly haapad the kitchen door on the
sutaide.
They ware not long drinking up the
aider Then they began ahoutuig for
Wflta and Mandy.
"Don't think you'll get off with a
meoH <>f applea and cider I You haven't
«asu thu last of us ao easyt Ten dollar*
for drinks, Wilts I We must have aonie
thing more out of you I”
" Hell,”acid Wilts, through thoauger
hole, "gou thall have tofnelhinotnoref’
and with that he blew a whole paper of
cayenne pepper through a piece of lead
pipe down upon that hot stove I
In an instant the whole kitehen was
full of the fiery, pungent dust!
There not# up an enraged shout, fol
lowed by a rush for the door. The in
trudare found the door bard and fast.
It is quite useless to try fully to depict
what followed. The invaders screeched,
pouuded and sneezed. Homo liegged
usd screamed ; some threw themselves
flit on the floor with their teoes down,
to get air. They could neither see nor
breathe inAhat fiery atmosphere.
At Liat, one of tho serenaders, by dint
of; teaming: wiili the butt of s gun,
fairly stove off one of the plank abutter*
from the front window, and the whole
party tumbled out, nearly blinded, find
sneezing as if their heads would burst.
They were so badly punished that they
burned off at once, and wo heard that
several of them were nek a week.
The story flew through the town, and
ui« serenade™ were joked and jeered at
by the people. They had to confess
themselve* beaten. " Huh-gtuh-oo,"
was the joke which they heard on all
sides. That wns the liurt cAartvorf they
ever attempted. Ymith't Cbmpanton.
1
MBS. PAKTIBOTOB.
“O, what trod* a poor widow has to
go through,” sighed Mr*. Partington,
rooking herself in a melancholy way,
aud holding untested the morsel of ms*'
caboy between her thumb and finger ;
" terrible trials, and O, what a hardship
to be executioner to an intcetia* estate,
where enviable people are trying every
way to overcome the widow's might;
where it’s probe it, prolie it, probe it
all the time, and the more you probe it
the worse it seems. The poor woman
sever gets justice, for if she gets all shs
don’t get half enough. I have had one
trial of it, and if ever I marry again, if
it should so please Providence to order
it. I’ll make my intended husband fabri
cate his will before he order* his wed
ding cake—l3l take time by the foretop,
as Solomon says." Bhe here revived a
little, and the subtle powder passed to
its destination and reported itself ‘ ‘ home”
in an emphatic sneeze.
PBAKB OP TUB HIBALATAA.
Hermann von Hchlagintmeit Hakaunl
jwki, the great Himalayan explorer,
gives a table of seventy-three peaks of
the Himalayan system that are more
Ilian 20,000 feet high, seventeen of which
nss above 25,000 feet. Dhwalagiri,
which the old geograplnse gave m th*
highest mountain on the earth, stand*
ths fifth in the list. Th* five highest
are; Guanaanker, or Mount Everest,
in Nepaul, 29,002 feet; Dapsang, in
Western Thibet, 28,278 feet ; Kintchm
junga, in Nepaul, 28,166 feet; the His
butt Peak, in Nepaul, 27,799 feet;
Dhwaligin, in Nepaul, 26.680 feet. Th*
snow-lias vanes from 15,800 feet to 18,-
665 feet, and phanerogamous plants ax*
seen up to 19,237 feet on ths western sid*
of the Gounkhonsuni. Man lives s*
high aa 14,800 feet, has a classier M 15,-
117 feet, and looks for gold at 16,830
feet.
"I'M afraid that bed is not long
enough for you," said a landlord to a
•even-fool guest " Never mind," he
replied, "11l add two more feet to it
■when L get io."
snriazu »r a Mk-I/rr.
A lito-tune might be apmt i* investi
gating the myiterte* hidden in a bee
hive, and still half the accrete would ba
undiscovered. The formation of the
cell haa fang been a celebrated problem
for the matlifunateoian, while tho
ohangwa which th« honey undergoes offer
at least an equal interest to the chemist.
Every one knqfiii what honey frreb from
comb is like;' It is a dear yellow sirup,
without a trace of solid sugar in it
Upon straining, however, it gradually
areumos a crystalline appearance—it can
dies, as the saying is, and ultimately be
comes a solid lump of sugar. Il has not
been suspected that tyte ditage wasdflk
to a photographic aotkm ; that the moth
■gent which altars the molecular arrange
ment of the iodine of silver on the excit
ed 00110, hon p| ate, and (tetarmines the
formation of camphor and iodine crys
tal* in a bottle, cause* the sirup-honey
to assume a erystalluM form. Thte,
however, is the case. M. Scheibler has
uicloaed honey in stoppered flasks, some
of whidi he has kepi in perfect darkness,
while others have been exposed to the
light. The invariable results have bean
that the sunned portion rapidly crystal
Used, while that kept in the dark has
remained perfectly liquid. We now aee
why bees work in perfect darkness, and
why they are so careful to obscura the
glass windows whtah are sometimes
placed in their hives. The existence of
their young depends on the liquidity of
aaooharine food presented to them; and
if light were allowed access to ths sirup
it would gradually acquire a more or
!"•« solid oonaistanoy ; it would seal up
the oelte, and in all probability prove
fatal to the inmates of the hive.
VtHiilNIA 4HB4D M TOBACCO.
Virginia still retains the lead as a to
l>acco manufacturing Htate, the lata cen
sus showing that for the fiscal year ended
June <3O, 1380, Virginia manufactured
82,208,664 ]>ound* of tolmcco, the tar on
which waa 86,168,886. New Jersey
cotnee next with 16,664,688 pounds and
82,648,760 tax. and Neyjork following
with 13,630,844 pounds and 82,184,086
tax. The manufacturers of tobacco in
Virginia aro more than thorn of the
great Htatee of New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania put together : more
than those of Kentucky, Missouri,
Arkansas and Texas put together ; more
than those of Indiana, Ulinoia, Ohio,
Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa, Kansas and
Nebraska put together, and more than
thorn of Maryland and North Carolina
put together—all tobacco Htatee,
TTTK IJLOOr uvur.
A temperance lecturer in Great Brit
ain, formerly a cab driver, related the
following incident:
“ A short time ago I was coming from
Aldridge, where I had been to buy a
horse for my cab. I saw a woman ly
ing dead drunk on tbs cellar flap of one
of the neighboring public honsCe ; so I
went into the bar and said to the land
lord :
“ * One of your sign-board* baa tum
bled down.'
“ The gouty old publican came out
side, exclaiming, 1 Where Y
" ‘There,' said I, pointing to a heap
of rags on the flap, ‘ Why don't yon
take it inside and put it into your win
dow, like other respectable tradesmen
do with their goods, and label it, '* Our
own manufacture, made to order,” in
stead of leaving it here as if yon were
ashamed to own itF "
HOW TO TUI? TUB XBKOtT.
Your memory is bad, perhaps, but
there are two ways of curing the worst
memory. One of them is to read a sub
ject when interested ; the other is to not
only road but think. Whan yon have
read a paragraph or a page stop, does
the book, and try to remember the ideas
on the page, and not only call them
vaguely to mind but put them in word*
and speak them out Faithfully follovc
ing these two rules, and you have the
golden keys of knowledge. Beside in
attentive reading there are other things
injurious to the memory. One is the
habit of skimming over newspapers,
item* of news, smart remarks, items of
information, political reflections, fash
ion notes, so that all is a confused jum
ble, never to be thought of again, thus
diligently cultivating a habit of careless
reading hard to break. Another is the
reeding of trashy novels.
Terr have an expeditions way of pay-
I ing off the employee of the Hudson Hives
i railroad. The paymaster goes over the
i road, paying out >150,000 in greenbacks
and gold. The tram runs at its highest
. speed, and the pay of the flagmen be
tween stations is put m envelopes, and,
| attached to sticks, is thrown at the vnri-
I ous flagmen as their shanties are
fTBBHM-fiieyoer flaaam
IB ABVAaCB.
NUMBER 10.
MrtT Mtr»»llt.
Many interesting stories about Bnus
mall, the famous beau, are told in sn
article in AU the Year Round ; "We
are told taut this eminent arbiter re
quired two different artiste to make his
giovss, one being appointed to provide
thumbs, the other the fingers and hand,
on the ground that a parttoular 'out' was
neesasary tor each. The valet carrying
down the load of crushed handkerahitas,
which the beau bad not succeeded mb
•queering with his chin down into the
proper folds, and which were carelessly
described as ’our failures,' is an old,
wall-worn legend, but trustworthy.
"When he waa consulted aa to what
iuoome waa neosaaary to drees suitably
on, he replied 'he believed that with
strict economy it might be done oa £BOO
a year.' It is said that ho always went
b<MM attar the opera, to change ilia cra
vat for tho annoeoiling parties. Luke
Count d'Oroay, the later dandy, ho ear
ned about with him an enormous aheta,
containing every appliance for tho tofloC,
ths dishes, bottles, sta., being at silver.
The use of these costly articlaa he justi
fied on tho ground ' that it was impoeoi
bls to spit ta earthenware.’ Another of
his pleasant, insolent speeches waa to a
friend inviting his oritieiam er admira
tion of his naw coat ‘My dear ,do
you call that thing a ooat?’
"At Wader’s Club, inatitatod about
1807, where gaming prevailed to an ex
travagant degree, he reigned. Ho waa
ixrtionlarly noted for his snuff-boxes—a
mania of tho time—costly jeweled and
enameled and be-miniatured boxes being
displayed and given ae presents. At
thia place he (Mr. Hikes says) waa the
supreme dictator, the perpetual Preei
dent, laying down the law in dress, m
manners, and in those magnificent snuff
Ifoxoa for which there was a rage; ba
fomented tho exceasea, ridiculed the
scruples, patroniaed the novices, and ex
ereiaed paramount dominion over all
Ha had great success at Macao, winning
in two or three yean a largo sum, which
want no. one knew how, I remember
him coming in one night attar tho opera
to Wabar*e, and finding the Macao table
full, on* place at which was occupied by
Tom Hhsridan, who waa not in the habit
of playing, but, having dined freely, had t
dropped into tho dub, and waa trytag
to cateii the smiles of fortune by risking
a few pounds which ho could ill afford to
loee. Bnimaaall proposed to himto give
up his place and go aharea in his deal;.
and, aiding to tho £lO in oountan
which Tom had before him £2ootor ham
self, took tho cards. He dealt with hi*
usual success, and tn tees than tea min
utes won £1,500. He than stopped,
made a fair division, and, giving £7BO
to Sheridan, said to him : 4 There, Tom,
gn homo and give your wife and brats •
•uooer. and aever play aaaia.' ”
AOBBS OB COCBBVBX.
Os Lord Chief Justice (Jockburn it *»
said that on one occasion, white stall
without the bar, he had to examine a
witness named Phinn, and asked, "Well,
str, bow do they spell your name, vith
•1 For 1 Ph?" "Borne spell it OM
way and soma another, I believe," re
plied tho man. "Yea; bnt I presume
there is a right way and a wrong way,
eh?" "Oh, certainly," assented the
witneaa. " Very good," rejoined Oock
burn, now certain of hi* prey, " bow
do you spell it yonreelf ? ” “ Oh, l—
l I—don't spell it I I always make my
mark ! ” Ho waa once counsel for the
plaintiff ; Mr, B. woe for the defendant.
(Jockburn called a witness and proceed
ed to examine him. ‘’ I understand.
he said, " that you called on the plaint
iff, Mr. Jonea. Is that ao?" "Yea,"
replied the man. " What did he say ? "
demanded Oockburn. Mr. B. promptly
rose and objected. The conversation
could not bo admitted as evidence. But
Cockhnrn persisted, and Mr. B. there
upon appealed to the Judgea, who after
a time retired to consider the point.
They were absent for nearly half an
hour, and when they returned they an
nouaoed that Mr. Cockburn might put
hie questaon. " Well, what did he say ?'
aaked the counsel. " Please, air, ha
wMm't at home I ” replied the witness,
without moving a muscle.
Off Sabbath evening, her aunt told
Mary tho story of tho Oood Bamaritan.
and Mary waa greatly interested tn it
Not tong after she found a picture of
it, which aha racogniaed at ones from
the story. "Oh, auntie," she cried,
"there sb a picture of the Good Lavis,
than!”
A M ASBACgwirTTB boy about aa high
as the counter earn* into a bootoatore
and asked *cr " A book for 10 cents with
a murdoi in it."