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^WRITTKN mil Tili: OltA.NCKIU KU NKW.H.] I
XORK TRUTH THAN POETRY
? ott?
HOW ARTHUR AINSTON GOT j
HIS WIFE,
LV JOANNEo.
rn.xiTi::: v:. \
After learning {lie Contents of I'liz t'.s
1-fter, A rtbur dr.mpc 1 it from his hinds, j
aim! fixed his eyes in a vacancy watch
;?!.]> ireui ly agonic I him.
j-^-rV-^rwUljrM^W*^^ ?
iirer his ?.face, and he. seemed r>.s one
Vhose very life had forsaken hin*.
??She is lost !" he sighed.
It is strange how men can be Made t?
?d -sjiair at times.
Here Arthur had unmistakable aud
unequivocal evid nee of the strong at
tnchriiont Eliza had formed inwards him.
nr'd yet up m reading the letter which
?hu perhaps was forced to write, In let
depondon ?y seize ho d on every nerve '
ill KM b 'dy.
Hut after awhile his, cul?ior judgment
tuok possession of him, nnd his bosom
became again inspired with hope.; aud
:aftcr debatiug the question thoroughly '
With himself, ho resolved to write to ?
. I
*J0lixa ngnin.
?Mouths aud months passed on weary
Wings before the mail brought Arthur
the long IddkivJ fur-letter.
In it our fair lier iuo betrayed signs
of her womanly weakness ngaiu.
She did not ncquic ce in any of Ar
thur's propositions, but eit^feted him lo '
try to forget her, and not tempt her any '
more to disregard the wishes of Her
father, lest hor should heart fail her in
performing the duty which she owed to {
him.
Arthur seized upon this last thought j
with as n?i?eh tenacitv as a drowning '
than would evince iu catching at an ob
ject floating upon tho water which he
thought, wonid ?!?.ve his life. So anoth
er nud another letter was written, until a
regular correspondence was established.
in tho meantime. Henry had recov
ered ; but an abeess that came upon hio
righ.'check had left a hideous aud repul
sive scar iu its place.
Henry had. hitherto, beautiful beard, '
but there was a great place left by (lie ;
?nbecss. upon which none would grow af
forwards, consequent ly he had them all
to sh ive eft".
This added to Elizrf's other objections, 1
.and prompted hy her increasing love for
Arthur, she was emboldened to tell her.
father that she would.uavcr Liarry Hen
8he io\d old Mr ?o or that if he
WWoId rcquiie any other sacrifice of her, '
she would intake it, but to innko nn offer
ing -f her bappine+s just lo gratify an
uincimopabli: uptToii ol'his,sho could uot
do. ,
As might be expected, her father Baid'
ho wouldn't nsk her. But after awhile,
when ho saw ? thut his daughter meant
what she declared to him, he began to
think a ditTorcut way. llo realized that
it would be n tolernbly hard effort to make
a resolute nnd dttcrmiucd woman stand
up nt tho marriage altar and permit her
self tu be legally joined to a man whom
she despise3.
Feeling this more forcibly than ever,
ono afternoon when Henry called for
Kliza to go riding with him and she re
fused, the old gentleman said to himself,
'?I wonder what sort of a fellow that
Ainston is, any how ?"
This shows that he bad ut length des
paired of making Kliza marry Henry.
But let us hurry on, for we have now
spun out this story to throe times the
length wc originally intended it to bo.
After Henry recovered eutirely, Ar-j
thur's friends called upon Iura for the
purpose of arranging matters for the ad
justment of the difficulty which existed
between them. They were surprised to
find the former iu n careless nnd_a kind
of don't-care mood.
To their inquiries, they were told that
he ? Henry ? had met with misfortunes, I
and that he had abandoned the idea 01
fighting for a woman that hated htm.
Of course Arthur's friends couldn't,
ami did nuf. persuade him to fUht ; and
upon his Hating that he hud acted hasti
Jy and in a manner f?.r which he was
sorry, tlie affair was dropped.
But when Arthur'- friends left him.
he KWol'e to himself to be revenged.
ll s.. :ns thai this miserable man, hav
liied to buy, was determined never to bo
?cone his wife j ami that his rival was
not ll III in to he triflud with, had th?T> to:, j
resolved to drop Eliza, nnd neologize, lo
our hero bo- live insult offered him.
When ibis i is tell igen ee reached Ar- j
tlsor, bis future seemed brighter than
ever before.
He tin tight that if he could only get ;
the old g nth man's consent that all |
things would be right yet. But this !
was a wild ihnug1 t of his. As well
might he bad hoped to stop the ebbing
and flowing of the ocean as to try Io
g.iiu the approbation of old Mr. Uoyer
Flo bad sworn mw that as long us
Klfen wouldn't marry Henry, she should
?irr? /? marry.
Hut months passed on, and tho cor
respondenoc between Kliza and Arthur
continued.
Hojry had Stopped; visiting her en
tirely.
So many times he passcA heV upon the
streets, without even recognizing bpr,,
that she thought he had lenrnt to lute
her.
At. last Arthur proposed to Kliza the
propriety of writing to Mr. Buyer and
telling him everything.
-
i ?? Iii IS J-nv UlSSCtllOU.
She said she knew her father better
than lie, and that 1 e would not cuter
tain the idea of their marrying.
11 disregarded, however, her wishes
SO much as to write to the old gentleman
any how.
The reply to it, contained these Words :
Mu. Ajnston :
i demand an immediate suspension
of the correspondence between iny
daughter and yourself.
J. Ii. BovKit .
This note didn't discourage Arthur,
howeVi r.
lie enclosed it to Eliza, and urged,
that as her father seemed immovable,
it would be besi for I hem to take care
of themselves, and appoint a day nt
once for their nuptials.
After weighing the matter calmly iu
her mind, Kliza replied, leaving the
matter entirely with Arthur, who of
course immediately named tho day that
he would visit Clayburn for the purposo
of bringing Kliza away with him.
The iriarriuge was to ho a clandestiuu
affair, aud not evon old Mr. Boyer was
to know unythiug of it.
But through somo unacconntahle
medium ho got intelligence of it, and it
was thou that ho summoned Kliza to
his room to warn her not to marry.
He told her that he would disown and
disinherit her, if she threw herself
"away by marrying Arthur AiilSton."
Kliza made uo answer to his long lec
ture.
She couldn't if she had wished to, Her
heart was too full. For the fir.it time
iu her life had her father shown him
self to be entirely given up to his feel
ings of hatred and revenge.
With tesrs in her eyes she sat down
aud wrote Arthur all that he had said.
But the intelligence did not surprise
our hero [Io had previously funned n
c irrcct opinion of the old guilt Ionian's j
ire, when oneo aroused, and could not
then lore affect astotiishuieiit at anything
he did.
However, for Kliza's sake he wrote
her a long letter iu reply to her rjitos
tlOHS, "What if her lather did so and
so?" and "What would become of thorn '
if he did?"
Arthur answered these with sal isfac- '
i
tion to Kliza s mind, ami she hccaiue J
more impatient than ever for the di\ to
arrive that would unite her destiny with
one whom she loved better than she di !
all rarihiy beings.
Tw>? ycavs |ind intervened between
Arthur's interview with Kliza, und the ]
night where we found him in the h.-gin
tug of our story.
ft will I ?? re ?? ill. cted that we left l.::.. :
itrCli.ybuin al the hotel, aa l tint ho
had visited that city for the p.irpo.se df
many iug Kiiz i.
The i!'..live which the inquisitivu .Li
ver bail iu eying him so, wad one of
gain.
Old Mr. Buyer had heard uf the time
oiir hero was to \i- t CI lyburu. and had
employed every driver in ihu ;! ic i to
watch out for him.
It was his intention to thwirt the
two lav .us' plain by ascertaining when
Arthur an iv .1 and reiuo-. o his daugh
tor to au uiie!?:'s in ?'? country*
Put happily f?u* our hero, he eluded
a recognition by them.
-1 FJI & ' ' ii a U ; I
lie had iinule arrangements with n
minister to marry thorn, and everything
was nil right, except to get a note t<>
Kuan informing her of hi* presence.
Hut a str?ng?? impulse, it will be reinem?
bcred, took possession of him directly j
after his arrival in Ulayburtl.
Although be knew that Mr. Buyer
would never consent to his union with
Kliza, yet he resolved t > go to him next
morning and tell hint of his purpose
if Arthur livido any blunder throughout
tho whole affiir, it seems that this must
ha' been it.
II..-.. 1... I.- I - ? ' * ? ,.,
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the hotel, from which ho could ea?;!j
communicate with K?r.:;, aud keep her
father in profound iguoranco of it, tint]
be had U allow hi.-, plans ^o u ulcrgo
suolt a eh n?
Hal let its follow litin.
On the right side of (hillinicrec Btrcct,
iu Cluyhurn. stand- a largo brick build
in;; with the sign
?BOYKK'S DRY UOODS STOKK"
painted in large 1 'tiers on its front. It
was to this store that Arthur went.
Ah he entered the front tlobr, a cold
and mvs'cnotH f cling involuntarily
crept nWr Kiln.
"Anything I can do for you?' was ad
drcs.-ed to him by an anxious clerk the
moment he had made good his eiiirar.ee
"Nu sir," was the reply. "It the pro
prietor iii f
"Yes, sir. You will find him back iu
?wit ' !< li -i-- '' .1 ? " !'?' ' 1 c ?<
the counting room," wtn the clerk's re
sponse, point lug Arthur to where tho
room was situated.
Ho Started, but before be had proceed
cd ten paces another clerk accosted him
with, "What can we sell you to-day?"
"Nothing," Arthur responded some
what peovishly, and passed right on.
Before he got to the- counting room,
he was assailed again, this time by a fat
Dutchman, who, beforu our hero could
say a word, had him by the arm.
"I am not purchasing to-day," Ar
thur said, pulling his arm loose, nud suc
ceeded iu oscapiug further - interruption.
When he got to tho door, old Mr.
Buyer's keen eyes fell upon him.
A sharp phlegmatic "Co:no in, sir,"
was the only invitation given Arthur.
' This is Mr. Buyer, I presume," he
said, "my name is Ait.stoti."
[CONTI X L' Kt> IN OUR NKXT ISSUE ]
(JUtticu it Kit CuutosriWi?The follow- j
iug incident was related to us by a friend
who, though nut an eye*vituess, yet was
only pr< vented from bding so by a thin
board partition. At a certain watering
place, a few counties ahdre Montgomery,
the bathing ticcommodnpoiis for ladies
are very poor, and the ifair sex arc com
I died to put up with a i ponging in their
owu rooms. Mut for lire sterner sex,
things are different. ^ rutiuiug brook
has been damned up, aid over the pent
up wate rs a house with^ two rums has
I) ; u built, thus nff irdfng them a limi
ted -paee win rein to diMoit themselves
A t::ar. i. ,i i-i >n <?;'this ?eity (one of tho ?
ii.>t - I t.-.- and wea'twh > ho ists of a j
heauli.'.il ii line l and tiduca'ed d timh
? et , who i~ i-!i<_'.ig ;d to )0 married to a
vi .;. i I.;'..'k 1. .?epir.V.jin on: of .etr
.-? - ola'dii&neots. w
ol'tl.e I.nn.who t<; ik . ndvnutu..- .
the h..th. Tie: i. .j i , W'S '.? .bia iilU.i
'1: ; door of the hath V^i-lii.ml he ....id.
na .??I'tivl of it. 1 i is hfijMtifiil daughter,
baviiig sui t'eiccd h o - ! if u all th ? j.'ea
? ? fJJ- :Ug2 -U Iflfc .'.-?..;??.<;.:
havo is new excitement in the wuv of a
bath i i the pent lemon 's bathing It uts
Shu noticed immediately alter dinn r
thai the gent lemon woVu all inclined t"
bo dbpiSid In lake a iittle imp. ttlid -o
she sih? ted ;tu h ur just after the noon
med, to take a swim. Arm d with her
f.iiher's k.'V. siie uppm.uhe'd the bath '
house in a timid, shy manner, us if :if| r'd
some ono would sec her. She pei ped
ihrough the key lode, saw no one, heard i
no one. In wont the key. the bolt was
(iirned, and she Was in the mysterious
iuclosiirc, with a door shut h tween l:or 1
and the outside world. Imagine her
horro.) when td:c hoard directly mid r
the pint form upon which she v as stand
ti voice?whose tone hid so often Font
her blood thrilling and tingling thru igh
her veins add In r dear little limit t..
heat as if determined to escape its llesliy
confines?exclaim, '-What in the hell
do you want here? lict out. and that
damned quick, or you'll get your head
broke 1" [ustnnlly from under that
yhit form emerged i manly form, r'niiip
up from water only two feet deep, and
confronted his intruder. She. stricke .
with terror and shame, could not open
the door. lie tlid hack Ulidi r thu plat
form and ?nary a Word said."
< >jn'li tho door c imc, and doWn the
p! it for m she Hew, nor did sh ? stop until
safe iu her father's h~OWU and ill the
confines of her own room. Some weeks
elapsed before the "eussist" could mus
ter COUVnuC lo tHM>11)aeh her loo im
this time Mie still "lights shy
i' < n i i?ni!> . - . f?. mm
-No. 1 Think Vtu !" At a recent
spiritual sitting iu tins city, there was
present a woman who mourned the lo?
of her consort, and. as the manifest.!
lions began to iippe'ir, th? .-jerit of the
departed Benedict appeared upon the
scene. Ol course, the Widow w.,s now
anxious tn ciorag ? in Coitve.rs.ition with
tho absent one, and the following dii
Jngno ensued :
Will \v: y Arc you in the spirit world?"
1 ho liUUUUitod : "I am.
Widow: Mlo.vloljg have you he n
thc-ro?"
The lamented : "O, some lime!'.'
Widow : ? 1>> n't you v ml to eoiuc
hack and ho With your loUuly wile?"
The Lamented: "Not if 1 km w my
.sei!'! It's'hot' enough lure '."
As my wife and 1 at the window, ooe
day, stood Wuti hing a mau w it It a monkey,
a cart came by with -v "broth of u hoy."
who Was driving a stout litilo il ...key.
1 To my wife 1 then spoke, by way of a
joke, "there's a relation of yours in that
, carriage !" To which she replied, as
tho donkey she spied, "Ah, yos; a re
lation - by marriage !"
Josh liillitig* On Korn.
>:r- n v.?:? ?v b ""? r.f? >i WITS ? *?
j.. . ; [| ... /'?i /> 'i'." - -? ' ' j X*.
Koro its a serial ; i arn glad ov it.
It got its name from Sories, a primi
tiff woman, and in her day tho goddess
ov oats, aud sich like.
Korn iz sumtimcs callud maize, and it
grows in sich parts ov the Western coun
try very umaizctily.
1 havo seen it out thare 18 foot hi j (i
don't moan the aktual korn itself, but
tho tree on which it grows.)
Koru hnz oars, but never haz but oue
car, which iz az deff nz an adder.
Injun meal iz made out ov korn, and
korn dodgers iz made out ov inj tin meal,
and korn dodgers are the tulJest chunks,
ov the bread purswashuu, known tew
man.
Koru dodgers arc made out ov water,
with Injun meal mixt into it, and then
baked ou a bard board, in tho presence
ov a hot fire.
When you can drive a 10 penny nail
into them, with a sledge hammer, they
arc sod, bi good judges, to be well done
and arc reddy tow be chawed upou.
They will keep five years iu a damp
place aud not gro tender, and a dog hit
with one o| them will yell for :. week,
and then crawl under the baru and mut
ter for two days inoro.
I have knuwed two hours misclf on j
one side OV a korn dodger without pro- i
dnsitig enhy result und think i could
starre to death twice before 1 could re
duce a korn dodger.
They g t (he name dodger from the
i.'t.mcgintc necessity of dodgeiug if oue
\i. ho\ ? h iriz ?utally at y? iu miger.,
It z far better tew be smote bi a .1
yoai ?'? I steer, thr.n a I urn dodger that
only throe hours oljt!
V. hi-!. . ? noble whUkct-j is made out
i?v koiti, und whiskeo is ouo ov tho
. roatest bh - ings known tew man.
W e ueyei' should have bin able b v
Statt! p:izoiih with cnorgctick
in m. and one poor-houses with good cat
crs, if if Want for noble whiskec.
Wo lie-. : mid hav bad unity tempe
ra nv< 11' society, nor dunokratik
poliytieiaus, n r fit ;.-, nor gooJ murder
crs ii o' pitati nhlormcu, nor whiskey
rings, nor, nothing, if it want Rjf blcs.-cd
Whlskee
li it want for koru b w could enny
btiily get korticd-?
And if it want for getting korticd,
rtUat Would life be worth i
V. e should all sink down t "> the level
ov the brutes if it Want for getting
imeii:
The brutes don't git korued ; they
haint got etmy reason or soul.
Wo often hear of "drunken brutes;"
this is u compliment to oxen which don't
belong tew thciu
Korn also h..z knrnehl, and kurucls
are often horned, so are brigadeer-gene
rals.
Johnny k ike is made out oy koru, so
iz hasty pud tin.
Hasty ptiddin and milk is ijuick tew
eat.
All you hav got to do iz to gap and
SWallo, and tlial iz tho last of the i ud
diiii
K?rn was familiar tew antiquity. Jo
seph war. sent d iWli into Kg'.pi alter SOUl
koru, but bin brothers didn't want him to
go, so they tobk pitty on him aud pitted
hi in in a pit.
When his brothers go; back hu*n, and
were asked whtirc Jon WiiZ i h..v d d >.*?
iiekii wie Ige tho kern, hui lied sum.!
It i.aa b en proved that it ii. wi< ked to
lie about korh, or ciiny oi tho other veg
etables.
'J Intro if. a diilereiiCO between being
?:ii i .-.lUiiig Wood, it iz easier to li.', es
pcsbly in the shade.
Korn baa one thing that uuboddy else
Iu- got, and til.it iz a kob.
I 'i Iiis Kub runs thru t!i : middle uv the
, kortl, and iz az phull uV koru as Job was
] ov biles.
I always feel sorry when I think ov
Job, and woudi i h w ho managed tew
, sei down iu a eh.iir.
! Knowing how lew set Jow,n square on
' a bile, without hurting tne ( hair, iz one
ov the lost aits.
Job w.u a card; he bad more pa
' shuuee, nn I bliss, tow the stun re inch,
than iz usual.
One hundred aud twenty five users ov
k.'rn tow th?'bushel iz konsidcreJ a good
I krop, but I have seen more.
I have seen korn for 10 cents a bush
el, aud sum parts ov ll.o Western
couutrj it iz so Hiueh that thare ain't no
good law against stealing it.
In kouklushuu, if )u want tew git a
hiiru kiop ov koru, and a good pi ice for
the krop, feed, about 4. quarts ov it tew
a ?hangln rooster, then murder the roos
ter immcjiately, aud sell him for 17 ota j
a pound, krop aud all. I
How Sal Disgraced tho Family.
A traveler in tho Statu of IHiuois,
some years ago, came to a log cabiu on 1
the prairie, near Cario, and there halted.
He wcut into tho house of logs. It was
a wretched affair, with an empty pack- ;
iug box for a table, while two or three
old chairs and a dis-ibled stool graced the
reception room ; tho dark walls of which
were further ornamented by a display of
dirty-tin ware, a broken half article or
two.
The woman was crying iu one corner,
nnd the man, with tears in his eyes and
a pipe iu his mouth, sat on a stool with
his dirty nrms testing on his knees, and
his sorrowful look iug1 head supported by
the pilni of his bauds. Not a word
greeted the interloper.
?'Well.*'said he, "you seetu tobe in
awful trouble here what's up '{"
'?Oh we arc most cruzy, neighbor,*'
said the woman, "and wc cin't got uo
patience" to sec folk?j now."
"That's all r'ght," said the visitor uot
much taken aback by this polite rebuff;
"hut can I bo of any service to you in
all this trouble ?"
"Well, we've lust our gal ; our Sal is
gone otf and left us," said tho man in
tones of despair.
"Ah; do you know what induced her
to leave you ??' roiharx'od the new ar
rival.
"Well, wc can't say, stranger as how
she's so far lo^t as to he induced but then
.?he's gone and disgraced u-," remarked
the afflicted father.
??Yes, neighbor, and nut as I should
say it as is her mother, but there warn't
a pootier gal iu the West than my Sal :
She's gone and brought ruin ou us, and
0 i her own head now," followed the
stricken mother.
"Who has she gone with V asked the
vi.-it.. r.
"Well, there's the trouble. The gal
could ha\a; done well and might have mar
ried Martin Kohoe; a capital shoemaker,
who although he's got but one eye, plays
the flute in a lively manner, cants a good
living. Then look what a home aud
what a life she has deserted. The gal
was surrounded by nil the luxury iu the
country," said the father.
"Ves. and who knows what poor Sal
will havo to cat, drink or wear, HOW,*'
groaned the old woman.
'.'Aud who is the fellow that has taken
her front yon to lead her into auch mise
ry,"' quoth, the stranger.
"Why, d-n him; she's gone off and
got married to u critter called a lawyer,
as lives iu the village and the devil only
knows how they arc to earn a living."
Can ai. TttjA VEi.iMi.? -Hallo, there,
captain !" sai l a Brother Jonathnu to
the eajtiiu of a canal packet on the
iii.e Caual, ? What do yott charge lor
pu&iago '. "
"Thrco cents per mi'o and boarding,"
.-aid the captain.
?Waal. I guess i'Jl t..ke passage, cap
tiug, ?ecin^ as bow L'ui kinder giu out
walking so far."
Accordingly he got on board as the
steward was ringing for dinner. Jona
than sat down and begau demolLbiui>
the "lixins," to the tilt r consternation
of tho captain, until ho had cleared the
table;, when ho got up and went on
j deck, picking his teeth very COmfortablj
'?!! iw far is it, opting, from here lo
where I g >l on board ?"
"Nearly OUC aud a half miles," said
the captain.
"Let's ace," said .Toll than, "that
would b -just Poiir and a half cents ; but
( never mind. Capliug, t won't be small ;
: lure's five cent'', which pays my fare to
lo re ; I'm kinder rested now."
- ?mr> . - . n -
"I keep the lust bread," said n ccr
tain baker the other day to a poor fol
low who complained of tho inferior
quality of tho article he had puiehascd
of him tlic day before. "1 dnu't' doubt
it," replied the cu-tbmer. "Then why
do you complain ?" ask. d the baker.
??Because 1 would suggest that you soil
the best broad ami keep the bad,'' was
the reply.
1 "C, grandma?u cr'ud a mischievous
I little urchin, "1 cheated tho hens so
nicely just now. I threw them your
gold beads, and thoy thought it was
corn and they eat them up us fust as
they eould J"
;?. 1 ~??TT?r~f"" r ??-;?",'' .ir ?* ~
Kuweit os , Boss.-rOut^ on-tho
Union Pacific Railroad, officials put on a
good many frill^nnd^ JohVSnro^ei ona
of tho division' repairers, is o?? tff* the
most airy roosters that is known nt the
West. Ho is noted clyoflyw for, two
things, his overbearing disposition . and
his enormous feet. One day he* was
slauding near a turn-table -whero some
men were at work, when Jimmy'*I)uffy,
an Irish wig, recently - from tho East,
upprouched him and tho following dia
logue took plaoc : . ,
"Can yc givo me tho time, Mr.
Shrcve?"
"Thcti.no, you impudent rascal!"
exclaimed Shftve,' viewing him icfcrn
fully. "What.business have you to*ask
questions of your superior V . ,
"1 beg year pardon, sir," ^aid. Jjsomy,
but seeing your worship , jroro a watch,
aud wishing to know the time I thought
it no barrum to inquire.*
Shrove was mollified 3y Jininiey's
flattery aud drew out bis teatctvand to
the astonishment of all present, who had
expected to see. Duffy, knocked down for
his temerity, in funned the .injerrogant
that it wanted two minutes oi twclvo
o'clock. , -.r '.i >'
' Thank you, sir," said Duffy; adding
v ith a ma'ieious grin, his eyes bent on
his superior's lee'., "if ye vi!l be so kind,
Shrove, dear, as to step On the turn
table, I will move around your Jjt&fl l >
ye can go to dinner."
At last acoouuts Jimmy was out of a
situation, and was on the look-out for
some oue who would lend him sufficient
mouey to "get across the plains," en
route for borne.
Tut; First Newspaper.?An in
geuious physician of Paris?llensudot
by panic?more than two hundred years
ago, hit upon a good idea for "cuttiug
out" his more learned brethren, which
he war no*, longjn putting into execu
tion, to his own no small advantage,, and
the great chagrin uf his brother profes
sionals. H is pluu was, an extremely sim
ple one. for he obtained his popularity
by the very innocent expedient of col
lecting information, and then circula
ting uews sheets among his patients, for
their especial delectation aud amusement.
Hut inasmuch us the Seasons were not
always sickly, and ho found ho had
pleuty of time on his hamb, be was en
couraged by his .success to devote bis
attention more exclusively to the busi
ness journalism, by providing the pub
lie at large with news; and accordingly,
iu lt>;il. be -ueceeded in obtaiuing fdr
him-elf and family th^ privilege of pub
lishing n newspaper called tho Gazette
ih Prance, Such, ut least, is the ac
count of the origin of" newspapers given
bv De Saint Foix.
SikuuIjAR Cask?The Pottstowc
(Pu.) fjetlgei relates'a singular case of
the death of a boy, twelvo years of ago,
named Charles Hart ran ft, a son of Wm.
I Tart rauft, of Pine Iron Works. Tho
boy had been gcing^ without his shot
for some time, und when he p>.'t them on
again, ou the 1 lib of J uly, he said they
pinched him, and then couipl-iiued of
severe puiu in oue of his great toes. On,
examination, nothing, except a small
blister, euuld be secu to cause the pain;
but it was thought best to poultice it,
which was done .:or days, when it broke
oncu in three nlno*?* 'iv.;^ i-_
did not bring relief; in fact, his suffor
ings increased, aud his loot uud leg com*
menced swelling, extending, finally, to
the body; Three physicians wero called
in, but nothing could bo done to check
bis disease or save tho lad'i lifo. He
lingered iii great ug ?ny until Tuesday,
when du^tb iuterveuc.l.
Not long siucc an elderly lady enter
ed n railway ear and disturbed the pes
Rcngcrt a good deal with eomplaiuts
about a 'utnostdreadi'ul rboutuatit" that
sbo was troubled with. A gcutlemaa
j resent;, who had himself been a severe
sufferer from the tamo complaint, said
lb her: "Did you over try electricity,
lundiiiu? 1 tried i*, :tii 1 in tho course
of a short time It cured mc." "Elee*
trioity l" exclaimed the old lady, "yes,
i have tried it to u.y aatiiductiou. /
>'??:< struck bj Hyhtniuy n year ago, but
ii didn't do me a single morsel of good.
"You have it eoiisidemllo floating
population io this village, haven't you ?**
asked a stranger of ouo of tho citizens
of a village on the Mississippi, "Well,
yes, rather," was tho reply ; "about half
the year the water is up to the second
ttory window."