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Ten cents extra for packing in substantial tubes and forwarding by mail the En gravings. Sampson Pope, K. D., ?lYMIM~ AND SIJGt?ON Office-Opera House, KEWBEBBY, S. ?. In addition toa general practice pays especial attention to the treatment os diseases of Females, and Chronic dis eases of all kinds including- diseases o: the Respiratory and Circulatory Sys tems-of the Boivels, Kidneys, Bladder Rectum, Liver, Stomach, Eye, Ear Nose and Throat, of the Nervous Sys tem and Canerons Sres and TTlces ADVICE TO A B ACIHELOR. BY W. B. DERRICK. You asked me, sir, to write for you A poem or a song: I'll now comply, if this will do, But will not make it long; For, if I should let loose my thoughts, Which close their vigils keep, You would, I fear, togrief be brought, Or else-would fa'.1 asleep You are quite fair, (the ladies say!) Ard I presume you're human, Put why, dear sir, do you delay To get yourself a woman? Just think of all the pretty girls, And of their lovely charms, And of their sy,witches, bangs and curls, t And-clasp one in our arms. From top to toe, I do declare, You~might, my darling lad, Possess one of those ladies fair, And two in one make glad; And this the scriptures bade you do, As sure as you're a sinner, So now proceed to win and woo Some one to cook your dinner. You're going to-a western state To seek your fortune there, But first, you should select a mate Your joys and grief to share. I've now advised you for your good, And hope you'll profit by It; To do so, it is understood, The best way is to try it. t - BILL ARP's LETTER. HE TALKS ABOUT ANIMALS IN F GE-NERAL.t -f Brer rabbit still holds his own in I these parts. Hundreds of them E have been killed this winter around s my farm, but there seeis to be a s good stock left, neither guns nor g dogs have made much impression. s Brer rabbit is not as timid a creat. i ure as he is supposed to be. He is t more sly than timid. He comes ( into my garden and my orchard i every night and barks the apple c sprouts and he comes at least a c quarter of a mile, for there is no c hiding place nearer, and the dogs I and boys perambulate the grounds c every day and they have watched 9 him-#t night but still he coies. c Uncle Remus has elevated the rab- t bit into consequence and I reckon ' ne may be called che nation's pet, s for all the other pets are gone and E he alone holds the fort. Brer v Wolf has left us for parts unknown. L Uncle Remus has thrown a charm v about him, and now half the men t you meet have got a rabbit's hind r foot in their pocket, but the foot a don't seem to bring good luck every I time and I never knew why until I I talked of Ole Uncle Isham, and he e said "Lawsy massy, Mas William 2 'dem foaks needn't put der trust d in every kind of rabbit's foot dat g cum along. Dar ain't but one I kind of foot dat keep de witchery a off and dat is de off hine "oot of a f buck rabbit dats been killed in a c grave yard at de full of the moon, d twixt sun dowhi and dark. Dats it. F Dem kine of foot mighty hard to h git, but when you do git him, he t beats everything. He beats horse- v shoe over de door, and frog under a de step, and screech owl's toes in d de handle ob de gourd. I neber F had any bad iuck twell I loss my Ii rabbit foot dat my young massa kill a for me. I loss him durin ob de t war and den my bad luck begin." ? It is curious bow these sepersti tions hang around and cling to i: people. People of every land and r of every color, and in all ages that I history of tradition tells about. d Somehow or other,'-we cant help be- 2J ing superstitious, and it comes just a as natural as religion. The negroes f have been juggling with the rabbit c and the wolf and the fox ever since r there were negroes. Over 2.000 a years ago, .Esop immortalized him self and the fox and the frog and the owl, and other small animals by making them talk. Small ani mals seem to be mnore mysterious ~ and have more power over the hu man race than big ones. I reckon that is because the big ones have less cunning and cant hide so easi ly, and this is very fortunate, for a man couldent conveniently carry an elephant's foot in his pocket. ~ White elephants are set up pretty , high in the east because they are so scarce. Even the civilized na tions have their national pets that they swear by the stamp of their money. England has a lion, but I reckon he is called Johnny Bull, because he eats so much beef. Russia has a bear and we have got an eagle which is not of much con sequence, for he dont do anything worthy of admiration. I would rather have,.had a horse or dog, for they have character and are useful.1 I was reading an old time book about the stories and superstitions of southern India and I found that venerable nations had the jackall set up above all animals for his mysterions cunning and. judgment, A Jeabft.sei asu.egwea u a -harm just liki our folks wear a rab >it's foot. They say the jackall is he best friend of man, and tell a ;tory about a good old man who ound a tiger in a cage and the iger begged the man to let him get )ut and drink one time more from he branch. and promised to come lght back and go in the cage again. The good old man let him out. Lad the tiger was just going to eat kim up and drink afterwards, when he old man begged him to ask five other animals if it was right to do o, and so the tiger consented and sked the horse, and he said man s my enemy, he rides me and rorks me until I get old, and then ie turn me out, to perish, so eat tim up. Next, they came to a amel and he says man overloads ce and beats me when I get tired;' o eat him up. The cow said, man akes my milk from my calf and rhen I get old, he kills me and ats me, so you ought to eat hfm. he sheep said, man shears me of ay wool before the winter is gone ,nd he cuts my throat with an axe ,nd cooks me and eats me, so go 6head and lick his blood and grind iis bones. But the jackall heard the story ,nd said to the tiger, you and the aan must put yourselves where ,or were when this fuss began, so hat I can make up my judgment. o the man stood by the cage and he tiger got in the cage and the ackall winked at the man and .he lammed the door to and the tiger ever got either blood or water. And so the Hindo;s have set the ickall up just like old .Esop set p the fox for smartness. Animals hat prowl around and feed at night, re the most suspicious everywhere, ,nd I reckon it is because we are 11 afraid of the dark. Napoleon aid that all men were cowards in he night, and we have great respect or those animals that are not, but irefer darkness rather than light; uch as owls and bats and frogs nd snakes and rabbits and foxes nd such like varmints. We have ,n idea that they are kind of witches ,nd ghosts. Dogs are so near to s and so faithful that we don't at. ach any superstitions to them. 'ats are close about too, but a cat 5 sorter half and half. Nobody ares much for a cat and a cat ,on't care much for anybody. A at will be gentle and kind in the ouse, but that same cat will cr6uch own and look mean and suspicious rhen you meet bim in the garden r away from the house. They are &me at home and wild abroad. 'hey are smart, very smart about ome things and folks say they have ine lives. We had a cat once that re didn't like and didn't want to ill, and one night when the boys rere going coon hunting away off, aey put the cat in a bag and car ,ed him across a creek on a log ud turned him loose about three iiles from home, and th'e cat was ack in t.he house long before they ome home. I don't like cats for lexander Step' n's reason, "they on't like me." But I do love a oo'd faithful do. and be loves me, o matter what I do, he is my friend nd gives me we] ome and wags a riendly tail. A stray dog came to or house three years ago and we idn't want him and tried to drive im away, but he begged us to let im stay, ani1 finally we gave him > a wagoner who tied him to his -agon and carried him thirt~ miles nd that dog came back the lecond ay and looked so grieved and umble that we let him say, and e is here yet, and is a good dog ndi loves the children and can eat all of them catching a chicken rhen we want one. But I am not taking up for dogs' 2 general, i'm just taking up for iy dogs. J'm willing to have a tw pa.ssed against other people's ogs, bit I want mine' let alone. ust like we are about our children t school, we think it :exactly right or the teacher to whip everybody's hildren but ours. That is human ature, at least itis woman's nature, nd that settles ours. BILL ARP. A MowoToNors OccuPAnrON. 'he business of heerding sheep, ays a Western correspondent, is he most monotonous I know. I can magine no more mind-destroying ccupation. It is only fit for greas rs, men who are below their dogs a intelligence. It is seldom. au tmerican engages in sheep heard. ng. When bard up and unable to btain work they wisely prefer the ienitentiary and its mild excitement o prowling over a desert after a ock of stupid sheep, and they are ight. I have seen sheep herders a Southern Colorado sit for hours m a rock or under a sage brush ooking at a flock of sheep, or slow y walking to and fro in the dust ising behind the animals as they. 'ed over the prairie. These men ed a life of such irritating monoto iy that a nervous American, forced 0 do the work, would have nrallowed one of the banana-like 3actuses growing on the plains, in ais mad desire to break the direful nonotony. A 3hell rAana-1lsus TAMING A HORSE. HOW A PROFESSOR TOOK THE JOB IN HAND AND SETTLED THE MAT TER. During Dr. Dio Lewis's "Gypsy ing in the Sierras," he became much interested in Professor Tapp, of San Francisco, who tamed wild and vicious horses without violence or drugs. Showing the doctor a herd of wild horses from the moun tains, the professor said: "You may pick out any horse from this herd, and in two hours I will drive him before a buggy, and when going down hill will let the baggy loose on his heels, without the lpqst risk." The doctor selected the largest horse, the leadcr of the herd. It took an hour to separate him from his fellows and drive him into the professor's private* corral, which was about the size of a circus-ring, with sand inches deep, and sur rounded by a close plank fence, twelve feet high. Dr. Lewis seated himself in the circle above, where he saw what he thus describes: Professor Tapp entered the cor ral, holding in his right hand a whip with a short stock and a long, heavy lash. In his left hand were a strong halter, minus the hitching-strap, two old potato-sacks, two straps, and a long rope about thirty feet long. Putting all these but the whip into the recess in the fence, the professor turned toward the horse. The animal was making frantic efforts to get away. The professor watched his opportunity, and then the whip-cracker hit one of the horse's hind fetlocks. The horse scampered from side to side, and the cracker again hit the fetlock. Within fifteen min utes this was repeated twenty to thirty times. The horse learned the lesson this treatment was intended to convey -that there was only one safe place in the corral, and that was close by Professor Tapp. There, there was no hurt, but agentle, sooth ing voice. In half an hour, when the professor ran across the corral, the horse would run after him. He had learned that it was dangerous to be more than ten feet away. Professor Tapp at length suc ceeded in touching the horse's head with his hand. He started away, but before he had taken three steps came back. Within three-quarters of an hour the headstall was on. The horse was frightened and used his feet to remove it. It wasnow easy to rub his head and neck. The end of the whip stock then tickled his side. The horse switched the spot with his tail, and the professor caught the end of the long tail-hairs. This frightened the animal; he forgot, and the whiperacker called him back. The professor then seized the tail drew it toward him, ied into the end of the long hairs a strong cord the other end of which was fastened-to the iron ring of the headstall. This drew the head and tail to ward each other. The horse be gan to turn in a circle, and soon was turning as fast as he could. In a minute he fell, drunk with dizzi ness. The professor wound a potato sack around each hind leg close to the hoof and fastened a short strap over it. There was an iron ring in each strap, and through both rings a rope was passed and tied upon it self, eighteen inches from the hind feet. The long, loose end of the rope was passed between the horse's forelegs through the ring of the headstall, and then tied to a heavy ring in the wall of the corral. The cord connecting the head and tail was cut, and after a little time, the horse, still, dizzy, rose slowly. When he found he was fastened he made a tremendous struggle. The professor stood by the ring in the wall of the corral. The cord cofineeting the head and. tail was cut, and after a little time, the horse, still dizzy, rose slowly, When he found he was fastened he made a tremendous struggle. The professor stood by the ring where the horse was tied. The animal could not turn his his head from side to side because of the rope which ran through the ring of the head stall. He tried to back, and sat down in the sand. He sprang to his feet, again backed, and sat down in the sand. "Pretty soon," said the professor, "he will switch his tail from side to side; that means he gives up." Within eight minutes the horse moved his tail from side to side.' "Now he's done," said the profes sor. He knelt down by the horse's hind legs, untired the rope, unbuck led the straps, walked behind him, put his hands upon the horse's hind legs, struck his head between them, patted his head, and lead him abont'the corral. I was obliged to leave, but I learned that he harnessed the horse, and let the buggy strike his heels while goingr down hill. DRAW THEN OUT. Some of the wisest and best men are modest overmuch. Some of those who have most in them are least inclined to let it out. Solo mon, long ago, observed this fact and compared such men to a deep well, "Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water." As a com mentator has put it, "a supply of water is within, but neighbors may walk around the brim and get no refreshing, because it is deep and stilL" A man has a store of useful knowledge in him; but others de rive little or no benefit therefrom, because he is so reserved and diffi dent. One has unmistakable cap pacity, unwonted gifts; but he is so shrinking and backward that his friends are more profite,d by it all than by water at the bottom of a well. The case of such individuals is not rare. They are to be found in all the walks of life and in every sphere, secular or sacred. Look in upon an assembly of men, of any calling, gathered to consult for the interests of their business. While one and another are pouring forth their views, a man of large exper ience and solid information site sil ent in the rear. Go into a prayer meeting or a church court and there again you find the deep well-a man of wisdom and grace, but ever keeping his seat and his mouth. The same evil afflicts our social circles. Conversation is light and profitless, not for the want of good and wise men in the company, but because these will not lead. What shall be done to these over timid brethren? Is thereno remedy for their defect and our loss. Coun gel, says Solomon, in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man )f understanding will draw it out. rhat is what such men need and what the wise friend will seek to :o for them-draw them out. Deep as a well is, by labor and skill we 3an bring its water to the surface. And constititionally timid and dif ident as a man is, his treasures and yifts may be drawn out. If you bave, then in your social circle, one whose lips might feed many, strive to call forth his store of usetal in rormatidn. if the pastir"1:' such a man in the church, let him watch ror the opportunities and study the ways of calling him out. Many )f us might be more useful by draw ing out what is in other men than by giving forth so freely what is in )urselves. And in so doing we would benefit not only ourselves and-others but the modest brother himself. It is not good than any man be as a sponge, ever absorbig but aever giving out. It is not good ror a well that the water in it is not Irawn out. The more water there is taken out, the sweetei- and better, ms a rule, is that which remains. Fere, then, is a field in which some f us might find a new way of do ug good. Let us see if there is aot some deep well, whose refresh ng water we might ,be instrumen ~al in drawing out. POLITENESS IN AREANSAS. Let me relate an incident. I suppose that Arkansas is about as langerous a place as Texas for a. bully to go to, but from personal bservation at both points I think arkansas is a little safer place for a gentleman than Cincinnati. The ;eneral; urbanity of the people as conished me more than anything ilse. This is what I propose to illustrate. We stopped at one station, and travel for forty miles my stage. On our return, the stage -a large spring wagon without op-was loaded with men. They were of different types. )ne had a bottle of whisky. One was a minister. We came to a 3reek-where a party had stopped ~o water their horses. There were :wo women and a little girl, appar mtly very poor. They wore sun bonneti and faded calico dresses. r'he horse was poor, and the vehi yle was as shabby and rough an old specimnen as I ever met with. One 3f the women had uuhitched the horse and let him back to the water and had just turned to come up the bank as we reached the level after crossing. Our driver stopped. A well dressed man hopped out of the stage, and with a bow, offered his assis tance. He led the old horse up to the vehicle-I dont know what else to call it-hitched him. in, assisted the woman to her seat, and then as she heartily thanked him, he polite ly bowed her good-day, lifting his hat clear off his head. In a moment he was in the stage again, and on we went. After my experience in the north, it struck me that this was all for sport, and that the men would have lots of fun about the affair. But I soon found it was all in ear nest. All regarded It as a -ratter of course. For from that momenti on to the end of our Journey, not one man uttered one syllable about it. Nor a sneering remark was made, no joke or pun, no remark of any kind-not one single word ! I had to confess to myself that I never saw more politeness than this. A COUWERS ON ICE. The first man to strike the corner where the porter had thrown a pail of water over ~the fag-stones and produced a glare of ice was an in surance agent. He slid to the right, clawed to the left, clutched at a sun beam, and went down with the ex clamation: "Hanged if I don't!" He rose up to jaw and threaten and collect a crowd and almost lick somebody, and he went away stirred up for al day. The next man was a tailor-tall, spare and solemn. .His toes all of a sudden turned out, his left leg was lifted, and he spun once and a half around before he went down, with the remark: "I knew 'twould happen!" He got up to- hurry along out of sight, smd it was esy to see that he had calculated on abotit so many Iai for the winter. The next was a feshy man sith a smiling fae and air of good na ture. He didn't loose any time going down, and when he struck he realized that he -had hit some thing. And yet what he said was: "Is it possible?" He got up slowly forced a grin as the boys chafed him, and looked ba.& three times to make sure that he hadn't made a hole which would prove a man-trap for other pedestrians. The next was a bank clerk with a pencil over his ear and a preoccu pied mind. He was swinging his right hand and rushing right ahead, when he suddenly saw billious - of stars shining in the morning sky. His first thought waa that somebody was celebrating Fourth of July; his next was to scramble up and search for an asylum where he could hunt up his collar button and splice his suspenders. Not a word escaped him until he was a block away. Then he remarked: "At six per cent. it would be $854. 17." The next man was a strapping big fellow vith an ulster on, a red silk handkerchief hanging out of a pocket. He began a sort of shafe as he struck the spot, increased it in a minute to a regular "break down," and finally went down with a whoop that.was heard half a block away.' "He was upi Sn mene&t Diagonally across the strect md up to the wagon: The boys called. to him that he had lost his red hand kerchief, and that his nose would' sadly miss it, but~ he would not wait. He strode across the street and up to the wagon, and as he hauled. off and hit the driver a stin ger on the ear, he growled out "There, hang you! That makes us even!" "What even!" shouted the victim as he rose up and adjusted Ihis cap, but the other was gone.-Free Press. WHAT THE~ DIVEa SEEs.-The first sensation in -descending under water in a-suit,of armor is the sud den bursting roar in the ears, caused by the air driven into the helmet from the 'air-pump. The "flexible air hose has to be strong enough to bear a pressure, the mouth opens involuntarily, the air rushes into the tube and striking the drum, which striks back to its normal state with a sharp, pistol-like crack. Peeririg through the goggle'eyes of glass in his helmet, the diver sees the strange beauties about him clearly, and in their own calm splendor. Above him is a pure golden canopy, while around him and beside him are tints and shimmering hues, including all colors, which are indescribably ele gant. The floor of the sea rises like a golden carpet, inclining gen tly to the surface. The change of familar objects is wonderful. The wreck of a ship seems studded with emeralds, glittering in lines of gold;1 piles of brick assume the appear-J ance of crystal; a ladder becomes silver, every shadow gives the im pression of a bottomless depth. Wsr Tmz PiaRTZ Coxpr. An. excellent story is told about a young man whose attentions to a young lady became the subject of comment. She was his companion in his daily rides, and apparently they both enjoyed the propinquity. Suddenly the rider eassed, and the young fellow was asked the reason. He replied that she had called him a jackass, and that he would not ask any girl to ride with him after that. The lady's friends were shocked, and asked io 'prtculars. This was hig. explanat'on:~ "You see, we had been so much together that I gave- out in topics for con versation, and when I took her out last I couldn't think of anything but the weather, and I said: I be. lieve it is going toj rain; I felt a drop on my ear.' She looked at me and carelessly said: 'That rain is ahalf mile off.' Now, did not that mean that I was a jackass with long ears!. I have never been near her since." "What, a difference," exclaimed Popinjay, "there is between the boy and the man I" Well, I don't know about that," responded Blob son, sadly. "I was -short when I was a boy, andlI have been shor Avui 1nsel at sAqrwue(os1 eteeSMQ doubl - 4 M - I .fc rot 1 82dm N~isaIn LI00dekii4 b&oft aisie mat sAdcbUgedsesidafgt. Sacialeontaees made wit users, with Ub.eracaom -- o>-~ JOB DON WIT =_NRA3 2 D traveler jumped small station and shotel proprietor of the lunch give him a hard-boiled piece of mince pie. He ate the pie h attempting tobreak he the conductor gave tbF. startwng "Whatin Grat the matter with this egg". "Is it rottei?" asked 4hW etor. "Rotten? -no but Ican't impression on it, and hungry as a wolf and way out of the yard;" a dash for the back p1attm rear car, which he just reaching. "Well, rm Iblowed proprietor of the lunch poking it with a knife,'4fT give the young an a egg. "The Sabbath school b great institutions of th leads our youths in the - truth and i6rality, and good men and- youtWB As a school of religions it is ofinestimable, civil institution it is It has done more to i liberties than grave A armed soldiers. Let it fostered and preserve4 end of time, I once Man Charged with _thea Df murder,-a'i the concluslosi rial I asked him what induced him to stain his-h he blood of his felloW rurning his blood shot. - opon me hereplied: ster, in my yovth I spent Sabbath in evila of frequenting the house..f and praise." Somenme AsoUr AD iooly stroRlle into a Austin church last Sna~g fore the service began. flloiwed him up, and~ --in an the shoulder and pitn, small eur that had olos to the sred ediGSe.sd 'iDogs are not amte? "Tbat's not iny 46'g, GJhool. "But he followa you." 'Well, so do you." The sexton growled, and the animal wihoun om Lence.-Tear8ipins. "I was chatting," writes.a 'with a brightyong1te evening, at a smsflenly gwhen our attention ws dto a tall iand 'handsojn nan who had just enteredSIW Who is she?' asked my come andI, wishing to be poetcL~ swered: 'A daughter of th4 o 'I don't know her,' exmnin replied, critically eaiig - aew -comer through- her lae the gods are-not in our eet' "Your crop seems to be e arably in the grass,' said- a e by to,a negro who sat on a fd 'Did' you overplant yourui0g 'No, sah, planted 'bout 't~ 'Why didn't you plow 1*t? We ;uck sick. She does the ploWWn for dis place." "What do you o 'What does ido? Ipracs, , what I does. Ef Providenc~e along an' makes de 'oman c't help it. rs been e4e.t "Why do you not invite Tones, Mrs Brown and Mrs. ' oyour reception? -They are iice ladies." "Yes but you .e mseband don't want me to with them." "Indeed, wha& hed ;heydoner' 'Why, they g*4l rorces from him, and such ant r'oa know, are very insulting to sensitive man." The man who is continually3 err -owing his neighbor's paper a md never subscribes for one ofE wn, wili pasture a goat oft grav'e of his grandfather. Those men who destroy a h mal constitution of body by perance as manifetly kSI,E'k selves as those who hang, or p r drown themselves. raire Jasmns an decy h wrong and monoply sway unte~M, ed, is-as certain as that man e The greatest pleasures ofteste~ iginate in pains; and the wco pains usually spring out of pioa ares. Courting is sometimes sparking because tihe real, doesn't coinee until after The blues.are*partof the devll temptation;the devil-des uet oP