The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, June 16, 1869, Image 1
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VOL.V*. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 89
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[From the New Orleans Picayune.]
A FRAGMENT.
Go beautious purple
Cloud floating in air,
Oi t"go and encirclo
-Hir matchless faco'fair.
Wilt tell how I miss her,
Thou gossamer thing ?
Then tenderly kiss her,
And hots to me bring.
Now in the weird twilight,
When stars 'gin to daneo,
I crave from her eyo bright
". soft loving glance.
Yes,.gtntly enfold her
In tints of a flower,
Say I to behold her
--Am yearning each hour.
'And whisper i'm thinkiog
. Of her-ever more,
ogether am linking
Sweet memory of yore.
'On earth I shll love her
As loog as I've breath,
And then. up above her,
Triumphant o'er death.
Pray make no delaying
Her home to discern,
For here I'll be staying
Till thou dost return.
Chivalry.
Uhivalry dates from the middle
of the 10th century. Its origin
was not unlike that of the various
orders of knighthood which are so
intimately associated with its his
tory. Some brave men of gentle
blood,-united themselves for the
purpsse of protecting the weak,
devoting their swords to the work.
One of their chiefvirtues was cour
age, for without it their uidertak.
ing would have been childish.
Chastity Was enjoined, for it is the
.sentiment of noble minds to re
spect woman, and she stood in pe
culiar danger in an age of brute
force.-Of all the weak, she ap
pealed most strongly to the chival
rous adventurer, and this senti
-mont produced that devotion to
the sex which was the supreme
manifestation of chivalry. The
knightly character, consequently,
was exalted to an almost incredi.
ble pitch, and the dominion of wo
man became unbounded. The
knight who had no lady-lovo was
:regarded as a tree without fruit or
leaves, or a body without a soul.
An old writer of medimval times
quaintly observes: "lie who loy
ally serves his ladye, will not only
be blessed to the height of man's
felidity in this life, but will never
fall into'those sins which will pro
tent his happiness hereafter. Pride
will be entirely effaced from the
heart of him who endearors by
humility and~courtesy to win the
grace of aladye. T he0 true faith
Q(a lover will defend him from
the other deadly sins of anger,
ohVy; sloth, and gluttony; and his
<ievotigh' to his mistress renders
the th'ought-impossible of his con
duet 6War beng stained wi'th the
vice of-incontinence."
In those days the education of
;the \Woman corresponded to that
of the man. She was taught to
dress uiihply, to bear herselt be
40ingln~y, and to be courteous to
all. Sh e had some knowledge of
medicine, and was skilled to heal
the wounds which had been in
tlie(od in her behalf. She did not
rom:ble amnidst dangers, or faint
at the sight of blood, but was
thoroughly imbued with the spirit
Mt the times. It 18 possible t'herec
,May be some exaggeration in wvha
is said of the position of woman in
the age of chivalry, butt still it was
ja high one; the effect was good
then, and has been productive of
good until now, the lofty consid.
oration in which the sex is held in
all civilized counties being one of'
tl#e'conseqden.es of this institu
tion.
-TwiUklinlgkom the tr
Weak whiskey and strong butter ruin
nany a grocer.
Longstreet is now a "confirmed" Re-.
ptiblican
When is antrith,tetlelan ike the Gov.
4 ehtnt of th6 Unliell States?9 When
'b4Aftg;to Cobe some.' hos;
Y~r9oufig .ladles 'are genera'lly.oet
~ hey! will hook dresses," l3ut they
3bIo d6~I . ceph wivh.itt 099 oyes-are
ens- ae herned ogre i gecau
*-. -Beaiatiful Extract.
, The.folloNing waif; afloat ol the
'fseaof reading," we '01ip fin n
'otohange. Wedo :no-k:rioW Ito
pat4rn:t.y, .:tit it c.0r'itn
wholsomI Itruth be autifully. set
forth:
- Men- seldom think of the groat
event of death ittil *the ,hadoW
falls across. their own.path, hiding
forevor 1ron their'eyde "the traceo
of the loved one whose living
smiles were the sunlight of their
existence. Death is the great an
tagonist of life, ;and the cold
thought of the tomb iis the hkelo
ton of all feasts. We do not want,
to go through tho:dark valley, al
ithough its pasi'alus -may lead to
pd;adiso;-and; *ith CharlesLamb,
we do not want to lie down in- the
muddy grave, even with kings
and princesses'for our bed-follows.
But the flat-of nature is inexo.
rable. There is no appeal of re
liof from the great -law Which
dooms us to dust. We flourish
;and we fade-as the leaves of the
forests,-and the flower that blowns
and withers in a- day has not a
frailer 'hold upon life than the
mightost monarch that ever shook
the earth with his footsteps. G en.
orations of men appear and vanish
as the grass, and the countless
multitude that throngs the world
to-day. will, to-morrow, di8appear
as the footsteps on the shore.
In the beautiful drama of Ion,
the insect of immortality, so elo
quently uttered by the death-de
voted Greek, finds a deep response
in every thoughtful soul, When
about to yield his young existence
as a sacrifice to fate, his beloved
Clemanthe asks if they shall not
meet again, to which lie replies :
"I have asked that dreadful ques.
tion of the hills that look eternal
-of the clear streams that flow
forever-of the stars among whose
fields of azure my raised, spirit
hath walked in gloryU All were
dumb. But while I gaze upon thy
living face, I teel that there is
something in the love that man
tiCes through its beauty that can
not wholly perish. We shall meet
again, Clemanthe."
TH1E DEAD CIILD.-The child is
dead. All night long we have
listened to its dying moans, and
just as the day dawned its clear
eyes closed in death, and its pure
spirit wont back to the God that
gave it. It is ours no more on
earth; its voice is silent in our
household, and the powers of its
little feot make music around our
hearthstone no longer. A hI it is
hard to feel that our little darlinay
is gone from home and hearts folr
ever-gone to the grave, with its
hands folded on its icy bosom, and
its face covered up from the balmy
air and the warm sunshine itloved
so mueb; but I will not wool). It
is the Lord's; lie has taken it home
to live with Him. As the mother
takes her youngest child the pet
and darling of the household, and
carries it in her arms to her up
per' room, anid lays it down to
slo.:p with kisses and blessings; so
God has taken our little darling,
carried it to his is everlbi~ing
arms lip to His own home to live.
And it is our child still, Though
we cannot 8s00 its dear face now,
or listen to its playful prattle, it
is still our Owvn. And when this
life is over, we will find the pre.
cious one again, and fold it to our
hearts forever, in that better and
brighter home
" hr the beautiful fades net away."
GIVING THE: HEARtT.-"Mother,"
said a little boy, wvho had only
numbered threoe summers, "what
does it moan to give your heart to
God ?"
The mother put down her sow
ing, and looking at her boy, said:
"Ch arlie, do you lovo any body ?"
With a look of stirprise, the
child answereod, "I love you ;I love
my father, my alfer and Henry."
"Then you giveoyour heart to your
father, to H-enr~y, to yotir Sister,
and to me; and you show that
love by doing all you can for us,
and obeying our cornmnands."
The child's faoe looked bright
with a new thou h lt,
"And you ought," oohtihtidd the
mother "to love Qd beost, because
He gave your father and mother,
and All youT' friends and comforts,
and oe gave yon Rils dear Sofi,
.#etl O rist, who -eams from
~eaen to die, thAt yonu iy livo
Many people spend their' tim~e
tryViir t6 lhd the h'ole by which
einL gtinto the W6rld.-if two men
bekthrough the einto amill
pond, they h a better huinA for
some good hoIl b ~get out, rather
th,an got~ into a :10o , argument
about ho hdhethAy fell in.
"Beau Htokman."
Hanging about the front of the
Metropolitan every day, and some.
timqfs pooring in the doorway, for
notice has been gerved upon him
to keep out of the hotel, -is a gray.
haired, broken-down old man,
bobbling Pailfully along with a
cane, for .he has the gout, besidoB
several kinds of rheumatism, who
has been as well known Washirg
ington for thirty yeas past as the
most distinguished statesman in
the land. This is the famous
"Beau Hickman," or what there
is left of him. His -eccontricities
have furnished columns or para
graphs for nowapapers all over
the country, though to see him
now one would naturally wonder
how he ever came to got a nation
-al notoriety. Ho couldn't have
done it anywhere but in Washing
toin.
Take him anywhoro olse in the
world and he would simply be
considered a common nuisance,
and treated accordingly. He be
longs to some rare old Virginia
family (tradition says), and gained
the title of "Beau" some thirty
years ago, when he had money,
by the style he used to affect at
the Virginia springs and other
places of public resort. Ie boasts
ofhaving been on ternms of easy ft
miliarity with Clay, Calhoun, Ben
ton and the rest, who figured at
the capital when the Beau was in
hia prime, and no doubt they (lid
tolerate and patronize him. If
lie had any wit in those days, or
was in the least manner enter
taining, there is not the slightest
indication of it remaining. He
wears a seedy half-military cloalk
over his shoulders all the time;
liis hat is of a defunct style, but
neatly brushed always, and an
eyo-glass dangles in front of him
from a ribbon. There are several
little points about him that show
the dilapidated dandy.
His custom fbi y'ars was to
collect a dollar a piece from all
Congressmen and those who had
sOcuiled Governmont positions in
Washington, on their first arrival
at the capital. He only asks for
a quarter now, and is ready to
take anything that is offered,
even a three-coit piece. He
mourns over the degenerated re
public-says there are no men of
brains at Washington any more.
le leans against a pillar of the
hotel and smiles scornfully on our
great American statesmen as they
pass, Eggleston, Strader and the
rest, and mutters words of gloom
and -bitterness. Poort old Bean
Hickman I Ie ought to be pon
sioned and laid away, for le is
about the only link that connects
Washington present with Wash
ington past.-Washington Corres
pondence Cincinnatti Times.
BLooMEs-TH.E WOMAN I N
PANTALOONS. -A i in b or o f
"blooics," calling themselves
tle ".National Dress Reform and
Equal Rightm Association," met in
Wanshi ngton on Wednesday night
to discuss the great question of
pants and petticoats. The asso
ciation seemedl to be composed of
two women in br'ooches, to wit:
D)octi'ess Mary Walker., of' Wash
ington, and Dloctress LJydia Sayer'
Hlasbrouck, Syracuse, N. Y. The
audience was mostly composed of
young seamIps w ho caime for' amuse
ment, and( n ho kept up the most
boisterous decmonstr'ations durin r
the pr'oceedlings. Doctress Wa 1
ker pride(Id, and opeoned the
speaking with a stirrinig address,
which brought down the house,
and sent the boys into ecstacies.
Doctreoss Hasbroucek, wAho says
she is an editor, followed at con
siderable length, coniclud(ing with
a regular attack upon Piresident
Grant for his contempt of women
in breoches. She said that she
hadl come to Washington to be
chief of the modiste department,
which she inferred, fi'om the Pros
ident's course,' ho intended to set
up. She thoughlt she could r'egu
late the panta loon business, and
the boys urged her on with cries of
"Go it, old gal, go it-and bully
for you," &c. She was p)artieular
ly severe upon the Pr'oaident be
cause of his alleged refusal to see
Dir. Mary Walkor' until she wore
the usuaj oostumn of' her' sex. A t
the conchuijon Mr's. Dr'. Walker
announced that Miss Hlasbrouok
had her promnises all wrong. Pres
idenf Grant had never said it, but
Pro.ident Lincooln had remarked
that he wAs afraid to seo.a woman
whb wot'e'pants.
A p.tent has beenD.-obtained for
the mhfheturo of water-proof'
paper. 1t would be no mupommon
thing, by anri'b~Yto carry a quart
6f milk hbti1sw $i e b ag.
Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker in an
Awkward "Fix."
The recent accounts of' the fail
tire of this lady t9 ol4t.ain an in
torview with General. Grant be
0auso she wore panloOns, have
revived the following 'necdote:
"While with the imy of the
Potomac, in the sam or of 1863,
Dr. Walker viaited'tho'head-quar
ters of Col. (afteraids General)
Samuel Carroll of the decond army
corps. Failing in all her efforts
to obtain bor regular commission
as surgeon inl the army, and hav
ing only permission to remain
with tile troops in the capacity of
nurse, the 'doctor' was frequently
obli god to accept the hospitality
of olicers. On the occasion reflar
red to, she plainly stated to Col.
Carroll her intention of tarrying
at his head-quarters a fow days
for the laudable purpose of look
ing after the siok. Of course the
General consented and being as
gallant as ho is brave,,offered her
the sole use of his tent, which she
accepted. So fatr so good. Early
on the morning after her arrival,
a field. offlcer of the 7th West Vir
ginia regiment, of Carroll' brigade
-ai bluff, honest, brave, devil-may
care back-woodsman--took a wailik
over to brigade headquarters, and
noticing the flies of Carroll's tent
werestill tied, thoughtit wassomile
wihat strange that his command
ing officor, generally-an early ri
serl, should remain in bed at so
late an hour. 'I have it,' said he,
thinkinga moment; and approach
ing the tent, ho quietly untied tile
canvass doors, winking at the
same time to several staff officers
who were near by, attempting to
control their risibilities. The face
of the sleeper was hidden by the
bed covering, and the officer,
quietly lifting at the foot of the
couch, and encircling 'two warm
ankles Wth his rawny paws,
while h~ijiThid'he head of 'th
bed intently to soo if the sleeper
awoke, slhouted at the top of his
lungs as he dragged the body
completely out of the bed to the
floor: 'Carroll, you lazy cuss,
get up here I It's 8 d'e-' The
rest of the sentence was lost in a
piereling scream, such as only a
fleinalo in distress can furinish at,
short notice, and the jolly officer,
abashed and dunmffinded, bound
ed from the tent like a stag struck
by a three-ounce bullet. The joke
was too good to keep, and the re
suit was that every soldier in the
second corps knew the story
about Col. - of the Seventh Vir
ginia pulling Dr. Mary Walker
out of bcd."
Promising to Marry the Girl.
We heard rather a good story
ononoofourcityministers. During
last winter, a revival Wias in pro
gros in one of our coun try church
es near the city. Among the reg
ular attendants on the meeting
wats a bcautifil and estimable, but
rather unsophisticated young lady,
wlhose friends were ver-y anxious
to have her unite with the c-hurch.
She seemed, hxowever-, reluctant
to do so, and the minister in ques
tion wa's requestecd "to t alk to
her.-" This lhe did several times,
on one occassion, saying in a
jocular m)annler-"Miss M
if you will join the ohurich, I'll
marr-y youl,'' me'aning he would
per-form the cermony. Thej1 gir-I
seemfled leased( wVithI the proposi
tion and in afewu evenings after
walked up to the altar- and united
with the church.
Several wvecks after this thei ngn
ister preached at the chnrch, and
after church met the young lady.
"Brothr---," said abo, "you
knowv you promised to mnarry meWi
I'd join the church. Ai-e yIm to (10
so ? I don't want to wait any
longer." The minister sawv his
dilemma, and attempllted to ex
plain :-"I meant I would .perform
the ceremony," hce said, "tha't all.
I can't marry you myself, for I am
aliready married, and love my
w~ifo too much to desh'ro to swap
hor- off for another.
The young .laidy beame in
dignant, doclased thaut she'd leave
the chutrch anId that she "never
did have much faith in these
town preachers." Ohr' minis.
ter-ial friend declares .that he
will novel- again use any othert
than plain scriptural argumnen ts
to induce a young lady to join the
ch urch.--Albana/ Commercial.
The in a family residing in
WaveiHy place, New York cIty,
oohaistiag of three p6i-sbds, Gvhose
united Ago is onlf .trerety.nine
years and a few tth; The
physioian's certificato 'dedribes
the father. its a sobool'boy, aged
fifteen; and the mnothoi-as at school.
girl, aged fourteen. Thb dhild Is
onfly telte am)' 61u!
The Tax Bill.
Somebody proposes the follow
ing new a141ndmoits to tiq tax
bill :
For kissing a pretty girl, one
dollar.
For kissing.a homely one, two
dollars-tlio extra amount being
added probably for the man's
fo I I't
I or ladios kissing one another,
two dollars. The tax is piaced at
this ratein order to break up th
custom altogether-it boing ro.
garded by our M. C.'s, as a piece
of inexcusable absurdity.
For every flirtation, ten cents.
Every younis man who hlas more
than one girl, is taxed five dol
lars.
For courting in the kitchen,
twenty-five cents.
Courting in the parlor, one dol
. r.
Courting inl a romantio place,
five dollars and fifty cents there
after.
Seeing a lady home from church,
twenty-fivo celits.
Going from church without ac
companying t lady, five dollars.
Seeing a lady home from the
Mine Society, fivo cents-the pro
cceds to bo devoted to the relief of*
disabled army chaplains.
For ladies who0 pint, fifty
cents.
For wearing a low-necked dress,
one dollar.
For caci curl on a lady's hcad
above ten, five cents.
For any unfair device for en
trapPing young mIen into m11atri
molly, five dollars.
For wearing hoops larger thtan
eight feet in circumference, eight
cents for eacht hoop.
Old bachelors over thirty, are
taxed ten dollars, and banished to
Utah.
Iacli pr.etty lady is to be taxed
TrNifi twenty-five -conts- to-twenty
five dollars ; she is to fix the esii
imate of' her own beauty. It is
thought a very lirge amount is to
be realized from this provision.
Each boy baby, fifty cents.
Each girl baby, ten cents.
Families haiviIg more h. an
eight babies arv not to be taxed ;
an.d for twinls at premitim of forty
dollars will bc paid out of the
unds accruing 1rom tax on old
bachelors.
Hach Sunday loafleron the street
corners or about. church doors to
be taxedI his value, wiieh is about
two cents.
UNcILE 13ILLY's SPEEP..-When
I wai a drunkard, I could never
get my barn m1ore than half full.
Tie First year after I signed the
pledge, I filled my barn and had
two stacks ; this year I filled my
barn, and tha1vo fille stacks. When
I was ia (r-un1kard, I only owned
On1e poor old cow, ald I think she
was :181alaed of, 111, fir she Was
re(t in the fiec; now I own five
good cows, an1d I own thre as
good h)orses5 1s ever looked( through
aL collar. Whien I was a dtrutnkard,
.1 trudged from plaiceA to piao on
foot. ; nlow I enn ride0 ini Ia carligeof
my own. When I was IL drunk
are, I wats three011 hundrled dollars
inl debt ; since I signed the total
abstinence plOdtge, I have paidt
that detClt, and1( haIve )1 prclhased
two huiindred aIcros of' wikil land,
anid I havt~e the deeds in) my pos,
session ; two of my sonls, w bo are
teetotal era, are living on that lot.
W~henl I was a drunlkard, I used
to swear; I have ceased to 1)0pro
fano. The lost yenrs of my dtrunkon
noess my dloctor's bill amfouln ted
to thirty dollars: since I signedt
thes pledge, I have not been called
uipon) to exp)ond a red cent, for
medicine. I am not a poet, but I
havo put my farewell to rumi in.
to verso:
FailewIell, d,-rnk,, so nigh aind handy;
Fatrewell,. empty pots and kittles;
Faewl,oms free 1o all weathers;
Farewell, bedls wich havie no0 feathers;
Farewell, flo,ors that need a swab-,fiIle;
Farewell, yarda~ that have no wood-pile;
Farewell, 11aded vesta and b,reeches;
Fare well, conts more holes 111an stitches;
FarewvelI, hats that hav no rims -on ;
Farew'elI, faces red as cirimson
Far ell, Oubs thaut huve no bacon;
F oi,waya that J'*ve forsaken;
Farowcll, broken chairis and tables:
F.mrewell, dw1dlIings worse than, stables;
Fa.re well, oaths tha,t I have spoken;
Farewell, vows thatL I have biroken;
Fare well, landlords and lbar-tuenders;
Farewell, all blue-devil senders.
(National TJemperance Advocate.
The following lines-evidently
the concoction ofsome uxorious
lawyer-were found scratched up
on a window-pano of an inn in a
WVolshi county town:
1?ee r4mple or a simple roe,
And all the fees entall,
Are nothing then coinpared to Illee,
The,n heat of feea..fev,
Language of the Handker-.
chief.
"The handkorohief, the hand.
kerchieff" ejaculated the joalous
Moor, and killed his loving Dosde
mona because she failed to re
spond.
Fans and flowers have each
their language, and why not hand
korchiefis? No reason having
been discovorbd, it has transpired
that handkorchief flirtations are
rapidly coming into fashion. As
yet the "code of siguals" is con
lined to a seloect few, but we- do
not intend that they shall enjoy
the monopoly any longer, and ac
cordingly publish the kCey.
Our inflormant says that it may
be used at the opora, theatre, balls,
and such places, but. never in
church ; and we hopo that this ro.
striction will be observed, and are
quito siO that it wont:
Drawing across the lips-Desi
rots of an acquimintance.
Drawing across the eyes-I a1m
Sorry.
Taking it by the contro-You
nro too willing.
Dropping--wo will bo friends.
Twirhng in both hands-Indif
forunce.
Drawing it across the cheek---I
love you.
Drawing it through the hands
I hate you.
Letting it rest on the right
check--Yes.
Lotting it rest on the left cheek
-No.
Twirling it in the left hand-I
wish to be rid of you.
Twirling it in the right hand-I
love another.
Folding it-I wish to speak with
you.
Drawing it across the forehoad
W1 are watclied.
Over ihe shoulder-Follow me
OppIosite corners in both hands
-Wait for me.
Placing qj the right ear-You
have obanged.
Lotting it remain on the eyes
You aro cruel.
Winding around the forefinger
I am engaged.
Winding- around the third finger
I am married.
Putting it into the pocket-No
more at presott.
TYINO A KNor.-A young follow
was taking a slay rido with a
pretty girl, when he met a Mtho
dist Minister, who was somewhat
celebrated for tying Inatrimonial
knots on short notice. He0 stop
ped him and asked hurriedly:
"Caln you ti a knot for me?"
"Yes," said Brother B., "I guess
so ; when (o you want it done ?"
"Wll, right away," was the re
ply ; "Ais it lawful, though, hero in
the highway ?"
"Oh, yes, this is as good a place
as anly-saie as inl the church it.
self."
"W oll, tho, I wantt a knot tiod
in my horse's tail to keep it out 01
the snowl" shouted tie wicked
Vag as Io drove rapidly awIay,
fearm lg lest the miniistor in his
wrath Ii oulId fall from grace.
That minister, nio Claublt, solilo
quiized thus : ''Now, as I am a
mnster of the Gospel, of course I
dlon't, 'cuss,' bumt, if I were a cussi I'
man, anid had that d-d rascal by
the throat, I'd teach him that 'I
knmow haow~ to do other things be.
sidIes tie knmots."
THA-ri Mi~ous-rAcIIE-.-A lady friend
requests thme publication of the fofl
lowing;
Oh, b)arber, sparo that young
moustacheo| Touch not a~ single
hair, your razor, brush ammnd other
trash, must never venture there.
At last the bud has biursted out,
by inurch caressing Laugh t, its fraIl
young tendrils howv they spout
then, barbor, touch it not. Though
well laid out and wide thme field,
when this young moustacheoshoots,
the sickly soil no more can yield
oh, then, guard well its roots : ibor
should thy murderous bladeosweep
o'er that curved lip's shadowy mist,
the tender plants woul bloom no
more : then, barber, oh desist I
TIhinik of' t he thir young girl whose
lip w'as wont so oft to press that
budding mouth; its swvoot to Bip.
oh think of their dhistress I "'is
unfledlged manhood's pride and
joy: wvith sighs and tears 'twas
bought, let no rude stroke its life
destroy--oh, barber, touch it not !
"A Mrs. Dixson shot and killed
her husband at Roecford, Ill., last
week, while lie hold her now born
infant in his arms." We koop
telling For'ney and Greely that allI
the horrors are not peculiar to
the South.
Wanted, a. str'on g adhpsive plas.
ter, to mak6 buary bodios stick to
thoh. nwn bhaimea.
James 'Bowle and7eh 1y
Ono day -Henry Clay, Whdlhad
arrived in Fr'edbrick, 'Waf 4n
by stage coach fron Whedii
met Roverdy Jolusou in-_
street.
IiReverdy," ho -saId, "I. -havo
just had an extraordiniry abqu'Un.
tanco back hero at Oumbel'lan.
A man got half my seat in tho
stago couch, a little, knotty, fieclc
led follow, and on the nekt seat
were a man and his wife, on .1
third seat sent a couple of b
men.
"Wo had no sooner started and
got clear of Cumberland than one
of tho big men on tho foward
seat lit a cigar. He puffed and
puffed till in a little while the
stago coaich was full of' dtirong
funies and the woman grew vyl
sick. She asked her husband to
raise the window, and still unable
to bear tho smoko told him sho
must lean upon his lap.
"The hitband leaned over and
said to the big man:
"' WHf is sick. Please 4o
not snolco by her sido,'
"The big man smoked like a
blaist chimney and paid no heed
whatever. The woman grow
fainter and conghed. My blood
was boiling, biul I know the mail
could doiblo mo up and,.throw mA
out of the window.
"Suddenly the little being at
my side leaned forward, pulled a
long bowie knife out of lia coat
collar, and 'said to the smoking
giant:.
"Yes you damned son-of-a-p ussy
cat on the female side IT am
James Bowie. Throw away that
cigar, or I'll split you into half
apples 1"
"ITho man," concluded Mr. Clay,
"droppod the cigar. like an nijtol
maton, and we had not a w04
sploken for 30 minutes."
TiiE RESULT OF SAVINa A LAiY's
LiPE.-During the paot fow *6ok4
a man named Samuel'inpin, 101
siding att Yardley, Ducks Countyj
Pa., has been shot at on three
different. occasion.-, but In eacIA
case miraculously es.aped injury,
Tho cause of thoso unpleasant pro.
ceedings has just transpired. . A
few mornings since, says the Phil
adolphia Star, Mir. John -Bitting,
of Newton, found a letter undco
his door addressed to Temple. It
was dated New York, March 20,
and signed "Viola," in a neat hand,
The writer stated that two yeais
ago she was riding near Fail mount
Park, Philadelphia, when she was
Ltrown front the saddle and
Tom plo came to her rescue. She
fell in love with him at once, and
afterward wroto him two letters
telling him so. As he paid no at4
tontion to them, she resolved thitt
no other woman sliould wed him;
and employed f'out' Spanish assa
sits at 81,000 apiece to kill him.
She afterward concluded to makd
no mote attempts at his life, bfit
she had not an opportunity to bi
word to her hired accomplices .z
for'e the last attom pt was made;
IShe saysa she is wealthy, and highly
educated ; that she is now going toz
Enr'ope, and thIat he is in indfdi~
danger, as ahe now has lost hdFi
love f'or' himi, andl( would not initF
hi im.-Tom pIe says he r'emembers
the circumistances of' rescuing t1:e
lady ; that he asked her' if she wvas
hne,t; she answered in the nega-:
tive, and thtey parted,
A MoUs1.: JuMPs DowN A 5JDnoE'.
T[r Iao.-Whbile Judge A rcher, of
Mar'.hall, En d., was reaidving some.
boxes from a shelf ddi6 da~y lits6
week, a mtousoi jumped b'itt udeo of
themor and intao the nioftti bt' the
Ju mdge, anmd star'tod dhirectif down
his thr'oat. The Judge, unlike
John Chinamani, did not relish the
taste, and after several hawk'5
succde(Cdd, despite the eff'orts of'
the mouse, in getting him out of
his throat into his month, but
was rather slow in getting hold of
the "little devil," and he made
another at.tempt, butt was againi
itnsudcesfult . Whether the mouiso
was trying to epmmlnit suicide, or
whethier' he watnted merely to
"revive, the ihnr-mani," we htave
no way ofascer'taining, but we are
assur'ed that lie was successful in
scaring the tt(dge considerably.
Let no matn be too piroud tq
wyork. Lot no man be too pyarn4
of a hard fist or a sun-buiunt noun
tenance. Let him be ashamed
only of' lgnorg~noo and sloth. L66
no man be asham.e4 of' po&tny,
Let him be ashamned of'disfiopostg
and idleness.
The following sentiment is at..
tribu ted to I'apoleon -Boniaparte,
"A handsome woman .plea'ses ,the
eye, but a good women leoe thy,
boart. The fl ndIs a jotval-4th'a