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Call Again Soon. ifl
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BT HOWARD P. ROSS. ^
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In ber parlor one sight 'till the clock struck B;
nine, w
Alone we'd been sitting and chatting at p
ease; [,
And we sang one song, it was 44 Wilt tbou |;
be mine f .j
We sang it together, each other to please, v,
And when in the door way beside her I ol
stood,
Just about to take leave and depart from Al
ber sight.
She said in as winning a tone as she could, f(
441 hope yvm will call again soon, good \
niahl
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II.
And I did call again, and again, and again, *
For I felt in my eoul it was good to be
there,
To ait by her side as the dearest of men, ?
And imagine that ve were Love's happi- c'
est pair. *'
And every night when I 'rose to depart, ?
Mv heart grew sad ; when 1 came it was *
light; *
But still she would cheerfulness to it impart,
By saying, " Now cull again toon, good ?
night." ?
h
m. a
But I called one night, and together we sat, g
Closer than ever before we had done ; b
My heart went thump / thump / and htr ii
heart pit a pat, a
And our lips were still, but our eyee talked
on. fc
Till at last the shy question popped out of ji
my heart, d
And the answer she gave filled my soul ci
with delight; 8
And she whispesed when came the sad mo- h
rriAttf
?-- I'?fc.
44 Tin smre lunt you'll call again toon, good E
night? g
51 Itlrctrii ftnnj. *
B0U-AKA8-BEN-ACH0UR.
AND
THE JU^T CADI. I
BT A. DUMAS.
" g
In ths Fredj' Ouah lives a Sebeick named n
Bou-Akas-ben-Achour, a deoendant of one
of the oldest families of the country, as we n
find by Ibn-Rbadonn'e history of the Arab
and Berber dynasties. Bou-Akas is a perfect ,
type of the Arab of the East. His ancestors
conquered Fredj' Ouah, (fine country;) he
baa consolidated and reigns over it. After
deciding to recognise the power of France he t
sent a horse of Gads in token of submission,
but has constantly refused to go to Constantino,
alleging an oath be has made against
it: the fact is, be fears to be retained as a
prisoner. He pays a tribute of 80,000 j.
franca. Everv year after harvest, at the
aame day and hour, bv the uma ??u
th? camels that bring the money ; not even t
ft oeot i? ever wanting. .
Bou-AkM U forty-nine yeara old, dreaaed
like the Kabylea, in a gandoura of woolen, .
held by a leathern belt, with a fine cord
around the head ; be earriee a pair of pi&tola .
by hie aide, the Fable JU*a, and a little
black knife about hie neck. Before him ?
fttalka a negro with hie gun, and a large t
hound bounda at hie side. c
When one of the twelve tribes he rules c
has done him any wrong, he merely aenda t
his negro to their ebief village. The negro j
displays the gun of Bou-Akas, and the dam
age is repaired. - i
There art twebr three hnndred taOku t
in his party, who read the Coram to the peo- t
pie. *Eveiy MhrWnhi making a pilgrimage 1
. JL.
u ifiowii uu cmiiu^ vu uiuit rw*iT? mrw
rancs, remains so long as be likes in Fredj'
)uah, at the Scheick's expense; but if li?
liscorers a feigned pilgrim, two emissaries
Ind him wherever be may be, throw him
ace downward, r.sd bestow on him fifty
trokes of the bastinado. He has sometimes
bree hundred persons to dine; be then
ralks around overseeing the domestics; il
here is anything left, be eats, but always
ist.
When the governor of Constantino, the
nly authority be acknowledges, sends him
, traveler, be gives him bis gun, his dog, or
lis knife, according to the importance of the
raveler, or the urgency of the recommendaion.
If he gives his gun, the stranger
boulders it; if the dog, he takes .it in a
3ash ; if the knife, be throws it around his
eck ; and with ono or other of these talisians,
each of which specifies the degree of
onor to be rendered, the traveler goes
brough the twelve tribes without danger,
nd is lodged and fed gratuitously, for he is
be guest of Bou-Akas. When he leaves
be Fredj' Ouah, he turns over the gun, dog,
r knife to the first Arab he meets. If the
irab is hunting, he quits the chase; if farmig,
he drops the plough, if at home, he
leuns i? Ia aomr ilia n1ai4<va Ia kia fl/*k/*?/?L
w ? > vwii r *-"Vi IV uio UVUC11A*
'he well known little knife with a black
andle has given its name to Bou-Akas?
lou-l>jenoui, the man with the knife ; for it
i with tbis he cuts off heads, it he thinks
ie necessity for prompt justice demands it.
Vhen he came into power there were a
reat many robbers about; the Scheick
dopted the plan of disguising himself as n
niple trader, and letting fall a douro, of
'hich he never lost sight; if the person who
icked it up put it in his pocket, Bou-Akas
lade a sign to his executioner, disguised
ke himself, and off went the culprit's head,
he Arabs say that a child may now traerse
\he twelve tribes with a crown of gold
n his head, without risk.
Bou-Akas has a high respect for women,
nd has ordered that, when they fill their
oat-skins at the fountains, the men are to
im aside, and uot pass before them.?
Visiting to know what the sex thought of
im, and meeting a pretty Arab girl along
ie banks of the streams he approached her,
ud entered on a light chat. The woman
K>oked at him in astonishment, and said :
Leave me, handsome chevalier, for you
o not know the risk you run." As he still
ontinued to annoy her with his nonsense,
lie resumed : " Have you come from so
reat a distance that you do not know you
re in the country of ' the man with the
nife,' where women are respected."
One day the Scheick heard that a Cadi of
ne of his tnbea rendered judgment worthy
f Solomon ; like another liarounal-Itaschid,
e wished to know for himself. Disguised
s a simple horseman, without his distin*
uisbing arms, mounted on a thorough*
red horse, which however, betrayed noth*
tg of the greatness of the ewner, he startJ.
Now it happened that lie arrived at the
irtunate city in which this Cadi dispensed
istice on a fair-day, consequently a court
ay. At the gate of the town be met a
ripple who asked alms, clinging to the
cneick's burnotu aa did the beggar to St.
fartin's cloak.
" What more would you have ?" asked
lou-Akas. "You asked alms, and I have
iven it."
"True," replied the cripple ; " but the law
oes not merely say, * thou shalt give alms
3 thy brotherbut also,4 thou shall do all
bat thou art able for him.' "
M Well; what can I do for you !w
"You can save me from being trampled
ader foot by the crowd of men, Males, and
amels, in the town."
" And how I"
M By taking me up behind you until we
;et to the market place, where I have busiiess.w
"So be it." And with some difficulty he
nounted the cripple behind him.
The market place reached," Oet down/
aid the Scheick.
u Oet down yourself," said the cripple.
" To help you : Certainly."
" No; U> give u>? your horse?he belongi
o me."
" We shall see."
" We are in the city of the just Cadi."
" 1 knj)w that."
" And you will have me taken up befon
ihnf"
" And do vou suppose, when he sees voi
nth sound legs, and me with cripple ones
te will not say the horse belongs to bin:
rbo has most need of him t"
44 If he says so," replied Bou Akas, 44 h<
rill have erred in his judgment."
44 They call bim just," rejoined the cripple
tughing, 44 but not infallable."
44 Good!" said Bou-Akas to himself
1 here is a line opportunity for me to judg<
he judge." So he pushed through tai
trowd, leading his horse by the bridle, th<
iripple perched like a monkey, and reach*
he tribunal where the judge was dispensing
ustice after the Oriental mode.
The first cause was between a Tsleb ant
\ peasant?that is, between a man of letter
u>d a laborer. The peasant bad carried of
he Taleb'a wife, and insisted that she wa
da. The woman would not acknowledge
I turner as oer Husband. The judge listenec
1 to both parties, and then said: " Leav<
i the woman with me, and return to-morrow.'
i The men saluted and withdrew.
The next cause was between a butcher
and an oil seller; the latter was covered
\ with oil, the butcher spotted with blood.?
i The butcher began ; " I went to buy the oil
T of this man; I took out my purse to pay
> him ; it was full of money ; be was tempted
by it, and seized mo by the wrist, I shouted
i M thief P but be would not let me go; so w?
come together before you, I clenched my
money, and he my wrist. Now, I swear by
i Mahomet that he is a liar, when he says 1
took his money ; the money is mine/*
Then spoke the oil-seller: "This man
namo fA Knw ? Iwxol-* - * 1 "
%v wuj n wviio vii vi me f anci aiiov
I bad filled the bottle, he asked me if 1 could
change a piece of g*old. I took a handful ol
' money from my pocket, and laid it on the
threshold of ray shop ; he snatched it, and
was going off with the oil and money, when
I seized him by the wrist, and shouted
"thief!" In spite of my shouts he would
not giro it up, and I have brought him here
that you may judge between us. I sweat
by Mahomet that this man is a liar, and tb?
money is mine."
The Cadi made each plaintiff repeat his
story; neither varied. " Leave the money
with me," he said " and return to-morrow."
Now came the turn of Bou-Akas and the
oripple.
" My lord judge," said the Scheick, " I
come from a distant citpr to buy merchandise
in this market. Ai the gaie uf iliia
town I found this cripple, who first asked
alms of me, and then begged me to take
bim up, as he feared he should be trampled
in the crowd of men, mules and camels.?
Arrived at the market-place, ho would not
fet down, but claimed my horse; and when
threatened liim with justice?" Pshaw,
the Cadi is 100 sensible n mar. to doubt that
the horse belongs to bim who needs him
most," he replied. I swear by Mahomet,
this is the simple truth, my loid."
Next rejoined the cripple : 44My lord, 1
was coming here ou business upon this horse
of mine, when I saw this man seated by the
road side, as if half dead. I stopped to ask
if be had met with any accident. He answered
no ; but that he was exhausted will
fatigue, and begged me for charity to bring
him to this city, where he had business. 1
did 8*; but what was rov surpise, when h<
ordered me to dismount, and said the horse
was his. So I brought him to you. This
is the truth, 1 swear bv Mahomet."
The Cadi made each repeat his deposi<
tion.
" Leave me the horse," he ordered, " anc
return to-morrow."
The next morning not only the partia
concerned, but a great crowd, led by curi
osity, appeared at the tribunal. The Talel
and the peasant were called first.
" Take your wife off," said the iudge U
the Taleb, "she is certainly yours.
Then turning to the executioners, he or
dered them to give the peasant fifty stroke
of the bastinado. The butcher and oil-sel
ler were next summoned.
"Take your money," said the Cadi tothi
i butcher; * you certainly took it from you
pocket, and it never belonged to that nan,'
?.l L- J > at.
unu iiv uruurcu me on Beuer nuy strokes o
the bastinado. The third cause came on.
i " Should you recognize your horse amonj
twenty others)1' asked the judge of Bou
Akas.
i ' Certainly."
| 44 And you !" to the cripple.
* Certainly."
44 Come with me," continued he to Bon
Akas. They weut together, and the Schiecl
pointed out his horse among the twenty.?
Go hack to the tribunal and send me you
adversary."
The cripple hurried to the stables as fas
1 as his legs would let him ; but as his eye
were good, he also recognized the horse.?
44 Very well," said the judge, 44 now folio*
' me to the tribunal."
The judge returned to his seat, and eve
' rybody awaited the slow return of the crip
pie with impatience. At last be appeared
all out of breath. 44 The horse is yours,1
said the Cadi to Bou Akas, 44 go to the sta
1 ble and take him?fiftv itrinMnn tk??
back," be ordered tor uie cripple.
The Cadi, on reaching home, found Bon
Akaa waiting for hi in. " Are you disaatu
fied f" be aaked.
u Quite the contrary," answered tb
( Schoick,44 but I want to ask by what inspi
ration you reader justice ; for I cannot doub
[ that the other judgments are as equitable a
my own?I am Bou-Akaa, Scbeickof Fredj'
, Ouah; and having heard of you, 1 wisbe<
to know you."
The judge would have kissed the chief
band, but Bou-Akas would not permit it?
. 44 Come, I am in a hurry to know how yw
5 discovered the truth in thoae three cases,
, be said,
i 44 It is very simple. You know I kept tb
I woman, the money, and the horse througl
f the night. Well, at midnight, I had in
woman awakened and brought to me.?
I 4 Fill my inkstand P I said to her. She tool
i the inkstand, took out the cotton, washed i
f neatly, reptaoed it in its case, and poured i
i freah ink. Then I said to myself; *Th
I wife of a peasant would know nothip
0
I! about inkstands ; she in the wife of the Ta>
leb.' n
44 Good lw said Bou-Akas ; 44 but the monW
ey44
Did you observe that the oil seller was
I covered with oil, and especially how greasy
his hands were t"
i 44 Yen; well!"
' 44 Well, I put the money into a vessel of
I water; I examined it this morning; there
1 was no sign of oil on the surface. Conse?
quenlly, I decided that the money belonged
' to the tmtcher. Had it belonged to the oilseller,
it would have been greasv, and oil
i would have floated on the water.
" tiood ; but my horse t"
i 44 Ah, I was greatly puzzled about that,
' until this morning."
I 44 Then, the cripple did not recognize the
r horse?"
i 44 Yes, auite as boldly and positively as
yourself. But?my idea was not to see if
i you would recognize the horse, but if he
1 would know you. Thus, when you apI
proached him, he neighed ; when the cripple
> came near him, he lashed out. So I give
him to you."
> BouAkas reflected a moment, and then
said : 44 The Lord is with you ! You should
have my place, and I yours. Yet, on the
whole, although I am sure you are worthy
' to be Scheick, I am not certain that I am fit
to be Oadi."
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3fii0ttllnntnua Untiling.
Cases of Circumstantial Evidence.
Evidence which has appeared sufficient to
justify conviction, or even positive execution
of sentence has, in some cases, turned out to
be a simple mistake. The number of these
cases is very great. Looking to Europe
' alone, and not going back for moro than
two centuries, we could briug forward at
least two hundred cases, in a large propor'
tion of which sentence has been executed.
We notice a very few of these cases :
i One of the most interesting is that of
t Helen Gillet, a young, handsome girl, at
> Bourg en Bresse, in France, who, in 1025,
. was condemned to death for infanticide.?
, But public opinion believed so strongly in
t her innocence that even the executioner
[ had not the courage to strike in cold blood,
j and thus twice missed his aim. Then a
i frightful scene ensued. The executioner's
i wife, fearing her husband might lose his employ,
first tried to strangle the girl, and not
. succeeding, tried to cut off her head with a
pair of scissors I It is the case of Eliza
| Kenning with a horrid aggravation. The
enraged populace interfered by storming the
I scaffold, killing the executioner and his wife,
. and liberating Helen Gillet, who afterwards
, received a free pardon from King Louis
XIII, brother-in-law of our Charles I.
> Urban Grandier's conviction and execution
nine years after, in 1634, for crimes he
. never committed, is too well known to re
i quire any comment.
Another case is that of tho Marquis
D'Anglade, who, in 1087, was accused
8 of tll?ft- won Willi tli? wifi - ? "Ll- L:-L
_ , .. ? ...... ...u nuo, a uuuie, (Jlgllr
spirited woman, thrown into a frightful pris'
on, ami, his judges not finding him willing
f to confess a crime which he never committed,
was put on the rack, on which he died
I uiit.er tho most agonizing tortures. A year
after, his innocence was established beyond
doubt.
A story very much like the last is that of
Jacques Lebour, who, in 1830, was accused
of murder, and died under his tortures. A
month after his death his complete innocence
c was proved.
All these cases happened in France, yet
r there is no lack of them in England ei'her.
Take, for example, the case of Colonel CharII
teris ; he certainly was a wicked scamp, hut
that did not give tho right to judge and ju
ry to execute him, in 1731, for a crime
r which he never committed.
Or take the other curious case of Jonathan
Bradford, who, in 1730, was executed
for murder, a case peculiarly instructive.?
\ Bradford was so far guilty that be bad the
intention of committing the crime, but he
found the work done by anothor before him.
The reel murderer confessed on his deathbed,
eighteen month* after.
In 17S8, Elizabeth Oanuing accused a
r Mr*. Webb, in Moorfield, and Home other*,
of complicity in a rape and abduction. The
6 jury declared them guilty, and nine persons
* were condemned to death, and were ordered
t for execution. Fortunately, the cane attract*
ed the attention of Allan Ramsay, the poet,
' who proved it to the satisfaction of all the
i world that the person* convicted were perfectly
innocent, and that the girl Canning
a had got up a story to account for an other
- wise unaooountable child to whom she afteru
ward* gave birth.
" Of Admiral Byng'a execution, four years
after, we will not speak, as it was more a
e political than a judicial murder; and the
b same objection applies to the execution of
e 8trueosee, the Danish Minister of Stato. Of
- all innooent persons ever convicted, Jean
k Galas has found the most brilliant advocate
it in Voltaire's pen, so that Jean Calaa' name
n is cited now wherevor injustice is mentioned,
e The case, however, of John Jennings,
g who was exeoutod in Hull, 1702, for a high.
way robbery, of which ho wan altogether
guiltless, is quite as strong an argument
against the infallibility of the " twelve good Ct
men and true." Yet in England poor, in- r<
nocent Jobn Jennings is not half so much g
lamented as Joseph Lesurques, who was in- cl
nocently convicted and executed for high- no
way robbery and murder in 1706, and whoso
story has been made up in novels, ballads, 0(
and melo dramatic shows over and over tl
again, in England as well as in France. n
Innocent, most probably, were also the 01
three Ashcrofts and William Holden, exe- li
cuted in 1817 at Manchester. Balzac has ci
t\e/\UA^ ???> ? ? ? - ' * ''
I-.vvi mo iuuw?Dcroi in? puonc notary, ja
Teytel, executed in 1839 for murder. But ai
no author yet thought it worth while to ri
prove the innocence of a score of miserable ir
Jews, who were accused in Damascus in tl
1840, "of having eaten alive a reverend ir
prieet, the Padre Thomas." and who were d
beaten and tortured until they confessed a cl
murder which they "could not" have com- is
mitted.?London Leader. tl
Daguerreotypes by Lightning. i ol
A country woman has recently arrived in h
Paris from the department of Seine-et-Marne, I
who should be presented to tho Academy of! ^
Sciences. This woman was a short time h
since watching a cow in an open field, when P
a violent storm arose. She took refugo undtr
a tree, which, at the instant, was struck
by lightning ; the cow was kil.ed and she e<
was felled to the earth senseless, where she *i
was soon after found, the storm having ceas- ?
ed with the flash which felled her. Urw>n i a:
removing her clothing, the exact image of n
the cow killed by her side was found dis- h
tinctly impressed upon her boeom. c<
This curious phenomenon is not with- ?
out precedent. Dr. Franklin mentions the d
case of a man who was standing in the door ol
of n house in a thunder storm, and who was 11
looking at a tree directly before him when I'
it was struck by lightning. On the man's 81
breast was left a perfect daguerreotype of ?
the tree. "
In 1841 a magistrate and,a miller's boy c
,?....l. f- i:-i A-i
"uid uu? uy uguining near a poplar tree,
in one of the provincea of France; and upon
the breast of each were found snots exactly
resembling the leaves of the poplar. T
At a meeting of the French Academy of tl
Science, January 25th, 1847, it was stated 0
that a woman of Lugano, seated at a win* F
dow during a storm, was suddenly shaken g
by some invisible power. She experienced t<
no inconvenience from this, but afterwards nr
discovered that a blossom, apparently torn n
from a tree by a lightning stroke, was com- ei
pletely imaged upon one of her limbs, and si
it remained there till her death. c*
In September, 1825, the brigantine II- "
Buon-Servo was anchored in the Armiro h
Bay at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea, n
where she was struck by lightning. In obedience
to a superstition, the Ionian sailors g
had attached a horse-shoe to the mizzen-mast, P
as a charm against evil. When the vessel
was struck, a sailor who was seated by this n
mast was instantly killed. There were no
marks or bruises upon his person ; but the f
horse-shoe was perfectly pictured upon his n
back. P
A Spanish brigantine was once struck in v
the Bade de Zante. Five sailors were at ?
the prow?three of thein awake and two of 11
them sleeping. One of the latter was killed,
and upon undressing him, the figures 44, rl
piam ana well-formed, were found under bis "
left breast. His comrades declared that
they were not there before his death, but ,
their original was found in the rigging of the
vessel. Hut the most singular facts connected
with this affair are set forth in the report
of the physician, Dicapulo, who says ^After
undressing the young sailor, we found a S
band of linen tied about his body, in which ?
were gold pieces and two parcels done up in 8
paper. 'I he one on the right side contained '
a tetter from Spain, three guineas and two v
half guineas ; the other, a letter, four guin- d
eas, a half guinea and two smaller pieces n
Neither the pieces, the paper nor the linen
presented the least ap|>earance of fire. But
upon his right shoulder were six distinct cir- c
I cles, which preserved the natural color, and w
j appeared as though traced upon the black f>
skin. These circles, which all touched at i<
one point, were of three different sizes, and ti
eraciiy eut responded milk the gold pieces in n
the right tide of his belt." y
[New York Poet. ' n
General Walker and his Companions. J'
The Mobil* Register of Sunday says, that in ''
addition to the four hundred emigrant* who F
embarked with Gen. Walker yesterday a
morning on board the Fashion, for Nicara v
Sua, we understand that about three hun- red
and fifty have gone froin other parta of v
the United State* on Railing vessels, thus 11
making the total between seven and eight ?
hundred men, well proviaioned and prepar- !
ed to meet the hurdsbips of a promising ex- 11
pedition.
Persons who make a practice of writing
the*r names on the back or bank bills, should t
remember that they endorse thereon, and t
now that the Iianks have suspended, they ?
may be called on for specie to redeem them, j
Vic* stings even in our pleasures; but
virtue consoles even pains. c
" "" ' 4*
One of the Bonds to Crime.
One of the surest methods of making
iminals is to degrade labor and pay uadue
sspect to wealth. Men will run any risk to
ftin a position in society. The recent disoaure
in the case of Huntington, Tuckerlan,
and other similar delinquents in this "frfcte
wntry ; of Sadler, Robson, Red path, and
thers in England and b ranee, prove that T
le desire to appear well in society, to be
inked among the happy fow who live with- "
ut labor and indulge in the elegancies of
fe, is one of the strongest incentives to
rime. And it must be noticed, for the fact
painfully evident, that the false spirit of
ristocracy which reverences mere wealth
nd scorns honest labor, is becoming alarm
igiv prevalent among us. it is time that
ie Press and the pulpit, and every other
istrument for modifying opinion and proucing
a moral effect, were employed in
necking the growing evil in question. It
i especially the duty of parents to instil into
le minds of their children just ideas on the
ue dignity of labor, and the worthlessne*s
f mere extrinsic show ; for the child that
as been taught to regard wealth as the
andard of excellence, and honest labor as
egradiug, will run a narrow risk of ending
is dAys on tho gallows or in the cells of a ^
rison. A few nights since, a little child of
sn years, who should have been as guileless
nd innocent as a cherub, on being requestI
to dance with another child of her own
ge, shrugged up her shoulders, and in her
hildisli way, positively refused. On being
sked why rho hesitated, she said she could
ot dance with tho other little girl because
er father was captain of a steamboat. Of
)urse tho little creature was taught to reard
the captain of a steamboat with diaain,
and probably to look upon the children
f all mechanics as below her, or she would
ot have dreamed of making such an excuse,
t would require no gift of prophecy to foreje
what must bo the inovitablo termination
f a lifo which is commenced with such
ilse ideas of what should constitute true
laims to honor aud respect.
[Arcw York Timet.
Devotion to an Imprisoned Husband.
he fact was announced some days since, of
le determination of tho wife of Mr. James
>. liravman, lately sentenced to the State
'rison, for the post oflice robbery in Chicao,
to accompany her husband to Alton, and
> remain there during his term of imprisonlent.
The resolve of Mrs. Bray man is a
oble one, and the sinypathy of every genrous
and feeling heart will be with her. A
tnilar case has recently occurred :n Loraine
aunty, Ohio. A man named IJorace Flemlg
was sentenced to the Penitentiary for
irceny. His wife, Mary Jane Fleming, imtedialely
made an attempt to set fire to her
ouse, delivered herself up. and pleaded
uilty of arson. She did this for the puroee
of sharing her husband's captivity.
In connection with these instances of woman's
devotion, we may mention the singuit
fact, communicated to us by a State
irison inspector of long experience, that durng
his term of oflice, only one husbnnd of a
irisoner ever called at the prison to see his
rife. There are of course many married wonen
confined for crime ; but their husbands
ivariably desert them in their trouble, On
lie other hand, n large majority of the marled
male prisoners are visited constantly,
nd condoled with by their sorrowing wives,
ind yet how many of these poor women
avo suffered harshness and brutality at the
ands of their criminal husbands.
r a ii n. -
ysiiuany diaresman.
Financial Akcumbstuu ad IIominkm.
ome few days ago, a distinguished military
entleman of this city was called upon by a
entleman for whom ho had endorsed, sayig
that he could not meet the note, as it
ras due in one of tho city banks the next
ay. Our military friend begAu to 14 flax
round," went to the bank, told tho cashier
ow he was situated, nnd offered notes on
hirt^ and sixty days for the payment. The
ashicr told him to come again, when he
fould meet tho president. Our military
riend went at the time appointed, saw preaient,
explained matters, and the president
aking him by the button hole, voluntered
dviee to the following effect: 44 Mr. ,
on should never put your endorsement on a
ote unless you are sure of its being paid at
lie time agreed/' Mr. said nothing,
ui wnen, on Wednesday, the city banka
ail suspended, be happened to meet the
>re*ident, took hiin by the button-hole, and
ddresaed hiin as follows : 44 Mr. , I
rant to give you a little advice. Nevor put
our name on a note unless you are sure it
rill be paid at the time agreed. I have no*
iced a great many notes floating about with
onr name upon thorn, but they were all reused
payment!" The emotion of the preslent
overpowered him.
[ Worcester Bay Stat0.
Warm Weather Coming.?It. IhtLinef,
be astronomer, lias announced to the Insli*
ute of Paris that, in consequence of a favor*
ible change in the currents of the oceau, a
erics of years of heat lias been entered on.
SairriiMEKTa join man to man, opiuiom
livtte them.