tumorous fUpartraent. HOW DUELING WAS STOPPED. J. Cuthbeth Hadden is responsible * for the statement that dueling in the Kentucky region came to an end some ^ 50 years ago as the result of a ridiculous affair that occurred as follows. ^ He tells the story in The Gentleman's Magazine: 3 "At this time a traveling preacher t named Bowman?a strong, muscular fellow?was conducting some services t in Kentucky. At one of his meetings v a wellknown desperate character created a disturbance, and being publicly rebuked by Bowman, sent him a chal- j lenge to fight. Bowman, as the challenged party, had the choice of weapons. He selected a half-bushel of c Irish potatoes, as big as his fist, for E each man, and stipulated that his ' - v opponent must siana 10 paces uislhul, and that only one potato at a time 1 should be taken from the measure. The desperado was furious at being (3 thus freshly insulted, and made an in- ii dignant protest; but Bowman insisted on his rights as the challenged man, t and threatened to denounce the des- 1 perado as a coward if he failed to , come to time. As there was no way ^ out of the fix but to fight, the desper- c ado consented. The encounter took place on the outskirts of the town. Almost everybody in the place was present to see the fun. The seconds g arranged the two men in position, by the side of each being a half-bushel measure filled with large, hard Irish * potatoes. Bowman threw the first 1 tuber; it struck his opponent, and ^ flew into pieces. A yell of delight went up from the crowd, which flur- s ried the desperado, and his potato t flew wide of the mark. Bowman r watched his chance,- and every time his opponent stooped for a potato, t another hit him in the side. The a desperado was struck about five times, d and then the sixth potato took him in the short ribs, knocking the wind com- f pletely out of him, and doubling him j up on the grass. The people were a almost crazy with laughter, but Bowman looked as sober as if he had just c been preaching a funeral sermon, j fk.* tv a a tnfcpn home and v A lie UVO|/V? MViV II MW put to bed, and there he stayed for more than a week before he recovered from the effects of bis Irish potato duel. That was the end of dueling in the Kentucky region." Farmer Diggings had a horse to sell, and at the market he commenced to dilate on the animal's good quali- * ties. J "Forty dollars," yelled a voice. "'Twon't do," said Diggins. "Ten dollars," shouted a walleyed e man. c "He's worthless," cried another. 8 "Who said he was a worthless animal?" howled Diggins. "'Twas you, c you lopeared railchopper." * "I didn't say any such thing, you t mulebacked lump of clay," replied the a man. "I only said he was worth less than $40, and now blamed if I don't c say he's worthless." e Digging traded the horse for a side a of bacon before the close of the day. a A Breach of Promise.?Attorney? p Miss Someage, you are the plaintiff in i this suit for breach of bromise, I be- f lieve ? f "Yes, sir." e "And Mr. Squint, here, is the defendant?" c "Yes, sir." s "Well, Miss Someage, you may tell j the court how and when he promised c to make you his wife." 1 "It was on the third of last September, sir. I went into his photograph j gallery and asked him if he would x take me, and he said he would." c She Told Too Much.?An English \ paper relates how a woman caught herself in an untruth. It was at the ? railroad station, and she was trying to buy half-fare tickets for two children. "How old are they ?" asked the ticket ^ seller. "Only six." "Both of them ?" f "Yes ; they's twins." "Ah !" said the man. He eyed them a moment and said, "pretty children. Where were 1 they born ?" "This one in London," ( answered the proud mother, "and the 1 other in Brighton !" A puny little man one day said to Nat Goodwin, "I'd like to tell he's no man, but he's so much strunger than me I fear he'd knock my head off." "True," said Nat, "he ' might 'go for you,' but you can tell him that, and yet in a way he won't * have the wit to perceive quick enough ' to hit you before you are out of harm's way." "How?" inquired the little < man. "Tell bim he's the fellow that < time and tide have been waiting for so .' long. See?" < , t . I M8T "Why" said a man, referring to a person who always "knew it" and never was surprised at anything, i "that man is always cool nok matter < what the circumstances may be. I be- < -' - -l- 1??. ,1.... 1 lieve on me morning ui mc ja?v u?j when the angel Gabriel blows the < trumpet, he will turn himself coolly < around in his cotfin and say : "That's ' all all rigtt, Gabe, you needn't toot your horn so loud, I was awake an \ hour ago, anyway." < ? ? ? i Bfiy Stranger (at restaurant, rending ] the bill-of-l'are)?Give me some chick- I en croquettes. Waiter?Very sorry, i sir, but there ain't none. "Then give ] me oyster patties." "Extremely sor- 1 ry, sir, but we have only roast beef, corn beef, and stewed beef today." "But where are all these things that I , see on the bill-of fare?" "They're on < the bill-of-fare, sir." ! ( M8F "James, you've been fighting. I < can tell it by the looks in your eye." | "Yes; but, mother, you should see ; the look in the other boy's eye." WatjsiiU (?>athrrtnqs. J6T If your heart is wrong, your life vill be wrong. EST Don't look at the procession and rou won't want to go to the circus. 16?" Hot fat or cutting bread will oon dull the edge of the sharpest :nife. SOT If you want your life to be a uccess, never be found opposing the ruth. 1ST No church is ready for a revival intil its members are living in peace vith each other. flST" A man can be moral without leing religious, but he can't be religous without being moral. Never let the sun go down withtut doing some kind act that will nake your pillow softer. J6F" Unless a man's walk corresponds vith his talk, his influence for good is lot likely to be great. S6?"The only way by which the levil can manage to carry on business 5 by making sin attractive. Vnur liffi will never rise anv ligher than your belief. If you beieve wroDg, you will behave wrong, fThe fact that Washington never old a lie has been satisfactorily acounted for. He never went fishing. 4?" Germany is the only civilized ountry in the world wherein murderirs are still beheaded with axe or word. ?6T" The man who "always pays as le goes" needn't brag too much about t. Perhaps he has to, suggests The beacon. At the present time there is more teel used in the manufacture of pens han in all the sword and guns factoies in the world. W&~ Wearing his hat on the back of lis head is one of the ways in which i young man can tell everybody he lon't know much. VST Head faith believes Christ died or everybody, and lets it go at that, leart faith believes he died for me, ,nd adores him for it. IST" A good many people don't acomplish anything because they try to lo too much. Don't take a sledge tammer to crack a peanut. &" Cultivate a gentle, even temper, rhe man who flies into a passion upon ivery provocation, is like a wasp, enseless and exceedingly annoying. I6T" A Cleveland (Ohio) parson ad ertises in the local papers that his esidence, the address of which is irinted on the card, furnishes ua nice dace for weddings." J0P" It is surprising, when we come o think about it, how many laws nacted for the public good are "unonstitutional," while all the bad laws eem to be without a flaw. tST The curiosities are not all under anvas. It is claimed that a Kansas nan has a wife who has worn one >onnet 22 years, and has never growled ibout it. J6T On a tomb in a Blairsville (Pa.) emetery may be read this curious pitaph: "A. B. was a good son, t loving husband, a fond father, an bble lawyer, but an honest man." K3T First farmer's boy : "My father's ;oing to have some men to do thrashng at our house next week." Second armer's boy: "That's nothin'. My ather does thrashin' at our house ivery day." ?af" NIK inreaa is soatceu iu acetate if lead to increase its weight, and perons who pass it through the mouth n threading needles, and then bite it iff with the teeth, have suffered from ead poison. SST Somebody told an old man that f he would Jrepeat the Lord's prayer, vithout letting a single selfish thought ome into his mind, he would give lim a horse. "But I must have a brille too," said the old man. 5?* Avoid making your horses excitible, by being cool and level headed yourself. Horses are imitators just as nen are, and if you are inclined to be oolish about little things, you cannot ixpect anything else from your horses. JS?" Singular, isn't it, that when a nan gives his wife a dime to buy a box >f hair pins or a gutn ring for the baby, t looks about nine times as big as it loes when he planks it down on the jounter in exchange for a little bitters or the stomach's sake. JOT" There is no American boy, how;ver poor, however humble, orphan hough he may be, that, if he have a ;lear head, a true heart, a strong arm, nay not rise through all the grades of society and become the crown, the tlory, the pillar of the state. A@T The best thing to give to your ;nemy is forgiveness, to an opponent olerance, to a friend your heart, to four child a good example, to a father leference, to your mother conduct ;hat will make her proud of you, to yourself respect, to all men charity. 86TA doctor in the Highlands of Scotland, whose patients are scattered jver a wide district, takes carrier pig?ons with him on his rounds, and sends lis prescriptions by them to the epoth?cary. He leaves pigeons, too, with listant families, to be let loose when tiis services are needed. stfS* When Tntrprsnll went to Canada :o deliver his lecture on the "Mistakes af Moses," he asked the mayor for the jse of the town hall. The mayor replied : "Dear sir, thert may not beany 3od in the United States, but there is i God for Canada and you can't have a hall in my town in which to defame him " 6ST Conductor : "That boy can't be less than five years old. I shall have !o charge half fare for him." Mr. ?kinnpbliut (nervousely looking at his watch :) "No, you won't. It's now 7 a'clock. That boy won't be five years aid till exactly 7.30, and we expect to ?et off' this train at exactly 7.28. If you charge me anything for that boy, I'll report you. ?he ^tory ?cller. "the invalid clerk. It was the twilight of a crisp, cold winter day. Outside, the cawing of a flock of belated crows made sorrowful music, as their wings were outlined against the deepening orange of the sunset, while in the cozy farm kitchen the lamp was already lighted, and Mrs. Flint was bustling about preparing the evening meal, while Marah, her niece, sat and sewed with flying Angers on the household linen. "I should like it so much, aunt," said the girl, lifting her eyes wistfully, to the old lady's face. "But, Marah," said Mrs. Flint, setting the earthenware teapot where its fragrant leaves could steep slowly on the back of the stove, "I don't see how I can spare you, my. dear.- There is so much to do, now that grandma is feeble, and your uncle has to hire two men for the wood cutting, and they've got to be boarded here, and your cousin Louisa is coming here with her children until spring." Marah sighed softly. Was it always to be her lot to be sacrificed for the general good of others. "I never earned any money for myself, aunt," she said. "And this is such an excellent opportunity to get a place in Mr. Marchland's store. Sue Nellis has written to me that there will be a vacancy in the fancy department very soon, and?" "John Marchland is a sort of distant relation of ours, too," said Mrs. Flint. "Though I've never seen him, I knew his mother well. And I dare say he would give you a good place and be kind to you, if you entered bis store. It would be an excellent chance for you to see the world too. For I know it's a dull life here, my dear, but I don't see any help for it! P^aps in a year or two we can spare you better." So Marah Flint was compelled to give up the little plan over which she bad dreamed so many pleasant dreams. For Marah was only 18, and she had always lived in the backwoods, and wdrn her aunt's old dresses made over, and waited meekly on grandma and Uncle Abner. Mr. Marchland himself was, perhaps, a little disappointed, when Miss 1 Nellis, the forewoman, whose father owned the next farm to Abn?r Flint's, asked him if she should promote one of the packing girls to the vacant place in the fancy department. "But I thought you were going to write to that little unknown cousin of mine?" he said. "So I did," said Miss Nellis; "but they can't spare her from home, it seems. It's a clear case of Cinderilla among the ashes. She is the sweetest, most unselfish girl I ever saw ; but, all the same it's a shame that she should be buried alive in that sort of way." "Very well," said Mr. Marchland, "I suppose she understands her own business best. Put Julia Finch in the place." The next day, Uncle Abner Flint, to his infinite amazement, received a brief note from Marchland & Co., asking if it would be convenient for him t J r /V... to receive as a ooaruer iur a icw weeks, a young man from the store, whose health required change and rest. "I will be responsible for his board," wrote Mr. Marchland. "He has only his own exertions to depend on, and I am sure I may so far presume on our distant relationship as to trust that you will receive him kindly." "Marah," said Mrs. Flint, in some perplexity, "what are we to do?" "Why, take the poor fellow, of course," said Marah. "But it will make more work," said Mrs. Flint. "Never mind the work," said cheery Marah. "I dare say we can manage it between us." "Marah always did look on the sunny side of things," said Uncle Abner, who serenely left the domestic administration to his womenkind. "We don't want no boarders here," said Cousin Louisa, a low spirited young matron who talked through her nose, and cried and sniffed a good deal over her troubles. "There's only just room for the dear children, and me now, that the wood cutters have the north bedroom." "There's the little room with the sloping roof close to the chimney," suggested Marah, "where we keep the chests of linen, and herbs, and seed corn. We might fit that up nicely. I could put down a breadth of the new rag-carpet beside the bed, aud make curtains out of the worn-out sheets; and, I dare say the young man won't be particular." "But he's a mere clerk?a porter for all we know," whined Cousin LouJffrt rla/moao IJUOC UVVCUOVVI iiuovuuu MMU W^~ a bartender in a railway saloon. "I guess it won't hurt us to associate with him," said Uncle Abner, dryly; "and I tell you what, mother, if our Marah has all the extra work and care, she shall have the board money, eh ?" "Of course she shall," said Mrs. Flint. And Cousin Louisa sighed deeply, and remarked "that some folks always had all the luck, and she never got no chance to earn money !" The young man from the store arrived?a mild uuassuming person, who was very quiet and made very little trouble. He walked in the pine woods?for his health, he said?and helped the stalwart wood cutters now and then. He sat by the fire and read. He answered Uncle Abner's questions about the house of Marchland & Co., with great frankness. Yes, he liked the business. He hoped in time to work his way up in it. Mr. Marchland was very kind to him. He did not consider Mr. Marchland a haughty miser (this in reply to Cousin Louisa.) Mr. Marchland probably had his faults, but it was not his place m to criticise his employer. fr "Poor fellow," said Cousin Louisa, e( when he had gone out with Uncle Ab- p] ner to ride with the ox team into the T woods. "I don't s'pose he gets $6 a n< week, to judge by his talk. I thought bi p'r'ops I might be induced to change ei my widowed condition, if he was a likely fellow, with a good income, w But I guess I shan't waste none of my c< attention on him I'' n< "He seems very vuiet and pleasant," di said Marah. T "And be' steps about awful spry for k< a sick man," remarked grandma, who ei sat knitting in the chimney corner. ei "Oh," said Mrs. Fliut, "he isn't real . sick. He's only a little down with malaria and overwork. He'll be all right by spring; you see if he won't. At the end of the first week, when J he offered to pay his board, Mrs. Flint gave it back to him. "You needn't mention it to your employer, Mr. Johnson," she said, (John Johnson was the name on the boarder's valise.) "But we was think- | in,' me and Marah, that p'r'aps you 1 wasn't very well off, and so we'd make you a present of the board." "You are very kind,"said the young man, with a slightly flushed face, "but " . "It's Marah's present, not mine," 1 added Mrs. Flint, bluntly. "We told her she should have the money for the board; but she thinks you need it _ more'n she does." "I do not know how I shall L" ever thank her," said the boarder, ( feverently. But he did not argue the _ point any further. And Mrs. Flint confidentially informed her niece that "she believed the board money was quite an object ^ to Mr. Johnson, poor fellow." UJ While Cousin Louisa elevated her p< Roman nose and remarked that she w "didn't take much stock in paupers. ^ If folks couldn't support themselves ,r, decently," she thought they ought to go to the poor houses." Marah, however, had all her sympathies thoroughly enlisted in behalf of ** the silentent young guest. She mend- ct ed his stockings on the sly?she saw P that his linen was in good order?she M made little dainties to tempt bis rather feeble appetite from time to time. "You are very good to me," he said ^ one day, as he saw her swift needle as gliding in and out of a pocket band- 01 kerchief of his, which had got torn among the bushes from which he had been gathering scarlet wild-berries. She smiled. "We are both solitary and alone in ? the world," she said. "Ouly that you tjj are friendless, and I have my good tt uncle and aunt to rely on." ta "I am not so friendless as I was a few week9 ago," said he. "For I ven- _ ture now to count you among the list ? of my friends. "I have even dared to hope " ? "What?" she asked, without looking up, while the color deepened on her cheek, and her eyes were intently fixed on the gleaming process of her needle. I "That if I can provide a humble home in New York on my return you will not disdain to share it with me. Tell me, Marub, do you think you could care for me?" The tears sparkled in Marah's eyes. 'J "Have I allowed you to discover ja how dearly I love you ?" aj "And I loved yon, Marah," he said, a* gravely, "when first I looked upon ^ your face." la So Marah Flint promised to be the m wife of the young man from the store, j, Mrs. Flint sighed and shook her ct head, and said she didn't know how w ever she should manage without Marah. sc Grandma expressed herself to the ef- fr feet that Marah would make the best ]0 little wife in the world. Uncle Abner said "he s'posed gals would get mar- _ ried, and they couldn't expect to keep her forever." Cousin Louisa said "she thought the gal was crazy, to marry a poor clerking fellow like that!" Is The young man smiled as he sat be- ^ side Marah, in the light of the evening ^ hearth. U "I don't call myself a second Roths- = child," said he, "and I am certainly conversant with all the duties pertaiuiug to a clerk's office. But, after all, perhaps I am uot quite a candidate for the almhouse. For I have not claimed all the names in ibis bouse to which I am entitled. I am John t Johnson, it is true, but I am also John Johnson Marchland, the head of the firm of Maichlaud & Co. And I am n Marah's third cousin into the bar- J gain." "Je?rusalem !" exclaimed houest -? old Uncle Abner. "And what brought J you here ?" "Well," said Mr. Marchland, "I had heard Miss Xellis speak of ray cousin A; Marah, and I felt a sort of curiosity to _ see her just as she was. I had been J* sufficiently disgusted by the airs and graces of city young ladies to wish for a genuiue wild wood blossom, so I ^ came to the old Connecticut farm, and here I have succeeded iu finding my 't ideal." "Bless me!" cried Mr. Flint. "So a, our little Marah will be a rich lady after all, and wear a silk frock every o: day, and keep a hired girl to do the kitchen work J" "She deserves it all," said grandma. "Laws-a-massy !" said Cousin Louisa. While silent Marah was perhaps the most astonished of all. She felt like ~ the heroine of fairy tales, whose sober, brown coated peasant-lover is turned suddenly in the beautiful youug prince, all sparkling with diamonds. ^ But she was very happy. And it was as grandma said : she deserved it. ?ci tli Without Domestic Animals.?Ja- sc pan is a land without the domestic cc animals. It is this lack which strikes the stranger so forcibly in looking upon Japanese landscapes. There are cc no cows; the Japanese neither drink milk nor eat meat. There are hut few horses, and these are imported aiuly for tbe use of foreigners. 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