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THE TRIBUNE.
VOL. IT.?NO. 20. BEAUFORT, S. ., APRIL 5. 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
An Old Man.
The hoar far spent, the harvest in.
Ho goes serene along his ways,
Blessed witli-the sunshine that befalls
The Indian Bunimer of his days.
A dosr old raai\ whom all men love,
Who love-! all men and ronnd whose
head,
As round t'uo brows of ancient saints,
Tlio eilvor locks of nimbus shed.
Jnet as the sun comes sifting throngh
The violet \apors on the hills,
Building a land of promiee whero
The vista with new glory thrills,
So shines his smile on all he meets,
A tender after-glow and mild ;
He sees the other side of life,
And takes it sweetly as a child.
For gen ill as the autumn day
That spoils us with its soft surprise.
Life seoms to wait as waits the year,
Obeying his benignant eyes.
He dreams not of a dark unknown
Cn i? -> *- " -- -
k? v. <o?j > iiuiu, nu cum, bo uroar,
The ioo cold and enow covered the grave
He only kccb the guuphine here.
Ho lifts bit oven np to the liills
Whence cometh ail hia help and etaye,
To bless ns with the light that fills
The Indian gummer of his daye.
?Bazar.
THE SERF'S REVENGE.
A STORY OF SIBERIAN EXILE
During the revolution in Poland, in
1830-31, there were many Hussions living
near the Polish frontier who become
more or less involved in the movement.
Many of them sympathized with the
Poles, and where they could not publicly
take part iu the revolution they did
so privately. Some gave money to the
insurgent cause, and while they would
not inform the government officials ol
any plans of the conspirators, they were
over ready to tell the latter what the
government was doing against them.
Their houses frequently gave concealment
In the 11 - " '
- vmv> uivnccu^oi r? Ul bllt) JT016S,
wheu pursued by the government
scouts, and furnished convenient hiding
places forrefugoes, who found their own
homes too hot to hold them. A great
many proprietors of lauded estates were
suspected of disloyalty, though it was
often difficult to prove it against them.
The government made a great many
arrests among these frontier residents,
and held investigations over their conduct.
Socle were discharged on giving
proof of their loyalty, or on no evidence
being found against them; others were
imprisoned on account of the suspicions
against them, and when there was prooi
of their disloyalty they were banished
to Siberia. Tho banishment was iu
proportion to the extent of their offense,
anil varied all tho way from a few years
up to tho duration of the natural life of
the offender. Some were marched in
chains over the long road into northern
Asia, and frequently their journey lasted
more than two years before they
reached their destination. More distinguished
prisoners wero entitled to
ride, and Went forward day and night
with great rapidity; thus they traveled
in a few weeks the road that the pedestrian
prisoners, wero many months in
passing^o the end.
Among the residents on the Russian
frontier ut that time was a nobleman
named Dolaeff, who had served in hu
youth at the court of the emperor at St.
Petersburg. The atmosphere of tin
uoun uiu. not suit inw, and bo after a few
years he ioft the service, and retired tc
his estate, whero he hoped to live iy
peace, lie formod an ocqnaintanoo witl
a few noblemen living near him, anc
mado occasional visits to Warsaw when
ever the solitude of his country place be
gnn to weary him. By-and-byo the in
Burrection broke ont, and speedily as
stimed the proportions of a revolution,
Most of the Poles espoused the cause
some of the Russians living on the
frontier declared iu their favor, anc
others against thorn; while still others,
as before stated, remained, or professed
to remain, neutral.
Of this last number was Dolaeff. He
argued that as ho hud served iu the
army, and had always been thoroughly
loyal to his emperor, the latter could
need no special proof of his adhesion tc
the government cause. On the othei
hand, his est ite was so near the frontiei
that, if ho pronounoed emphatically ii
opposition to tlio rebellion, his life and
property would be in groat danger front
the hostility of the Poles. He romainec
quietly at home in attendance upon hii
affairs, and hoped to escape all trouble,
Among the serfs on DolaefTs estate
the master was not particularly popular,
He was imperious, aud often cruel, and
in the collection of the aunual dues
from Buck as had control of thoir owi
time, ho was never merciful. He de
mantled always the last copeck upon ai
agreement, and no plea of sickness, bac
harvests, or low markets had any weigh
with him * ?
? ? v/uuwiuuitlij I* Bon 'VttH BO
verely beaten at his order for som<
trifling offonse, and he was never back
ward in demanding, on all oocasions
the exorcise of his full seignorial rights
Ivan Stepanof was one of the most in
telligent serfs on the estate, and oftei
assisted his fellow laborers in getting
out of difficulties with eaoh other, o:
with their master. Dolaeff regarded hin
very favorably, and generally showei
him more kindness than was his won
towards others. Ivan was prosperous
iu a worldly point of view, and on twc
or three occasions had relieved Dolaef
fiom financial embarrassments. Bat
one day, after a heavy loss at cards,
DolaefT sent for Ivan, aid asked him for
a snm of money greater than he could
command. Ivan protested that he had
not that amouut, and could not raise it.
DolaefT, in a fit of angor, struck his serf
, a blow that felled him to the ground ;
then, kicking him in the side, he tnrned
away, and just as ho was getting out of
earshot he heard Ivan mutter :
" I will have my revenge for this."
A week later DolaefT was arrested on
a charge of aiding tho insurrection. It
was shown that several rebels had been
concealed in his house at different times,
and that one, with whom he was particularly
intimate, was the chief of a gang
of conspirators whose place of meeting
was at Warsaw. He was taken to the
nearest government town, anJ in due
time tried, found guilty, and sentenoed
to Siberia for life. Ivan was not to be
found at the time of the arrest, and tho
master naturally attributed it to the revenge
that his sorvant had promised to
obtain for the blow and kick he received.
; DolaefT was ordered to be taken to
Siberia as rapidly as possible.- "He was
kept a day or two in prison after his sentence,
and then placed in a ielyaga, or
common country wagon, aud started on
his long journey eastward. . By his side
was a soldier, to whom he wan chained,
wmie a postilion sat on tue nox witn tne
driver, and allowed the latter to wasto no
time. They halted at the stations only
long enough to change horses and obtain
food. Occasionally the postilion
and the soldier exohauged places, so as
to allow the former to obtain the sleep
he could not easily get while sitting bolt
upright on the box. The telyaga is an
orJiuary wagon, mounted on wooden
springs, which have very little elasticity;
1 aud. where the roads are rough, the
\ jolting is very uncomfortable. To ease
! the motion a little, the traveler generally
fills the vehicle with straw or hay, and
! lies, half-sitting and half-reoliuiug, upon
it. Tlio horses are driven at the best of
1 their speed, if the postilion demands it,
! as he generally does. Most travelers
. are anxious to proceed as rapidly as possible,
in order that their journey may be
1 ended at the earliest moment. Whether
1 they are ou pleasure or business, or going
into exile, they are quite willing
that their time on the road shall be
brief.
J The exiles who go on foot rest every
third day, but those who rido make no
\ delay. Very often the pedestrian pris'
oners ask to be allowed to go forward
1 without these third days of rest, but the
1 request is not allowed on aocount of the
( confusion it would mako among the convoys
of prisoners ou the road. It is
quite desirable that proper distances
| should be maintained among tha iravel-<
ing parties, so that ilo two of them shall
bo at the samo station at _on<je. The
' stations are strong buildings eurrouudod
! with palisaded fences, and generally a
little distance frvm the villages. They
are not very neatly kept, and iu summer
the prisoners pfefer to camp on the
ground and sleep in the opon air, either
! in the Btation yard or ontsido ol' it.
DolaefFs guard showed him overy nt!
teutiou consistent with his duties ; but,
as the guard is held to a strict responsi
bility in case of the escape of ? prisoner,
lie could not allow him many privileges
, or relax his vigilance toward him.
Sometimes at tho station he prolonged
t the halts more than was necessary for re.
freshmeut and the change of horses, but
l be could not allow many delays of this
kind lest the increase of time 'over the
! usual length cf the journey should atL
tract attention. The postiiion looked
j upon the journey much as his prisoner
did, aud often bemoaned his fate in be,
ing assigned to that duty. "Poor
r wretch that I am,H said he ; "I ana go,
ing to Siberia as wall as you, and it may
( be months before I am able to return.
( What if 1 should bo forgotten, and all
lowed to stay there for years 1."
On and on tho thoy wont among tho
foot hills that every hour grew smaller
- until they reached the groat Barabiusky
- steppe, which seemed to stretoh away
. limitless as the ocean, and apparently
; as trackless. Along' tho level steppe
5 thoy galloped, with little to vary the
I monotony of their journey. Ferryiug
, the Irtish and the Ob, those great rivors
I of western Siberia, passing town after
town, and village after village, they
) came at length to Irkutsk, the capital of
i eastern Siberia, when Doloeff was dor
livored to tho hands of tho official, and
I his weary postilion released from farther
> caro. ....
r The prisoner, after a few days' rest,
r was appointed to settle as a colonist a
i thousand miles to the northward, and
I nniw mnrn his innmpv won rnanmo,!
i When this destination was reached, his
1 duties wero assigned to him. With a
i fellow prisoner?sentenced for tho same
. oanse and to a fcimilar period of exile?he
3 was assigned to tho hard duties of a
. farmer in a now country. A quantity of
I laud equal to about fifty acres was given
, to them in tho valley of a small river,
1 and they wero at liberty to out as much
- wood and timber as they pleased from
i the publio domain that surrounded them.
1 They were supplied with axes and all
t other tools necessary for clearing, build
ing a house, and tilling tho soil. Tho govs
ernment gave them food and clothing,
- seed for planting their fields, and every,
thing absolutely neoessary to their snb.
sistence for the first two years of their
- residence ; at the end of that time they
i | wero expeoted to take care of themX
! selves.
r Onco a week the two prisoners were
1 required to report to tho starvat, or head
1 man of tho village, four miles away,
t They endeavored to plan an esaape, bnt
, could see no possibility of leaving the
i country. Tho road was long; it was
f more than three thousand miles to
European Russia, and at almost ever;
stop there were difficulties to be encoun
tered. They had no passports, and
without them no one can travel in Si
beria; they could not pass in tho disguise
of peasants, as their language would bo
tray them; they had no money for theii
expenses on the road, and would bo certain
of detection and severe punish
ment. So, after canvassing the possibilities
of escape, and finding the
chances altogether against them, Dolaefi
and his companion abandoned hope, and
in the sadness of despair pursued theii
dreary labors as colonists in Siberia.
After the arrest of his master, Ivan
was drafted into the Russian service and
assigned to a battalion of the army aboul
to move upon Warsaw. DolaefFs estate,
like all the property of men convicted oi
treason, passed into the possession ol
the government, and was managed ic
the interest of the crown. Ivan's bat
talion was not long iu finding active
servico, and took part in the battles thai
had for their object the capture of War
saw. In the last attack upon tho forti
lied capital, in September, 1831, ho dis
tiuguisfied himself by his skill and
bravery, and was mentioned in tho re
ports of his regimental commander at
worthy of an officer's commission.
The gulf betweou the Russian soldier
and the Russian officer is a wide "one; ii
cannot be easily orossed; but when s
man has once left the ranks and passed
the gulf, his promotion is comparativelj
easy. Ivan devoted his whole time aud
attention to his duties, and won the admiration
of his superiors. Step by step
he advauced; the battalion was ordered
to St. Petersburg, and four years after
his entry into tho service Ivau found
himself on duty at the palace, and frequently
under tho eyo of the emperor.
Nicholas was pleased with him, aud
one day said to Ivan that he would grant
any favor he might ask, provided it was
not too great. Ivan- busied himself a
day or two in the preparation of a paper,
and then tremblingly presented it to the
emperor. The latter glancod a moment
at tho document, frowned, and turned
away.
That evening a courier left the palace
aud hastened away eastward as fast as
his horses could carry him. Four
months later ho returned, and with him
Dolaeff. They waited in the anto-room
until Nicholas was ready to see them
aud were summoned to his presence.
"Your majesty," said the courier, "I
have brought the man for whom yon
sent me. This isJPaul Dolaeff."
"Send for the lieutenant of the
guard," was the only response of the
emperor. A messenger left *he room
and in a few moments Ivan was brought
before the czar, and into the presence of
his old master.
" You aro pardoned," said Nicholas
to Dolaeff; "and all your estates,
titles, and civil rights aro restored to
you. This meritorious officer, whom I
promised to grant auy favor ho would
a?k, instead of seeking promotion, interceded
in your behalf, and to liim you
owe your release."
This was the r venge of Ivan 8tcpaaof.
Passing the Family.
The Aurora (111.) Beacon says, speaking
of a cortain railroad officer:
Speaking of Cross reminds us that
when be first removed to Riverside uu
merous Irish women and colored men
were employed in the work of house
cleaning, and they were sent to and from
the city day by day on Mr. Cross' family
pass. One day the pass was presented
to Hi. Evans by a charming young
lady. The affable conductor inquired:
"Aro you a member of Mr. Cross*
family?"
"xes, sir," was the reply, accompanied
by a winning smile.
"Singular," muttered Hi., " 1 have
seen this pass several times, but supposed
Mr. Cross' family were all Irish."
The young lady's eyes flashed tire,
aud in a thoughtful mood Evans resumed
his call for " tickets."
Next day Sam Chance was in charge
of the train which conveyed the young
ltiny io mo cuy, uuu mo san^ pa><H wan
proseited.
"Are yon a member of Mr. Cross'
family ?" asked the conductor.
"I am, sir," said tho lady, in an irritated
tone; "I have the honor of being
his daughter."
Sam looked suspicious, but Anally remarked
:
"You will excuao me for being so particular,
but our orders are imperative.
This pass has been prosented to me sevoral
times of late, and I?was?uuder?
the impression that Mr. Cross was a colored
man."
The flush of indignation whioh overspread
the conutenance of the lady wa?
more convincing than argument, and
Sam abaudoned his investigations.
Of course, Miss Cross rolated tho cironmstance
to her father, and his rage
know no bounds. He registered a solemn
vow to kill every conductor on tin
line, but what ho would havo satisfac
4: ? a i i - * * i . i
biuu. DcvBfBi weesn empseu ueiore lit
discovered the offending ones, and bj
that time his feelings were considerably
mollified, and both Hi. and Bum still
live.
A salesman of a large wholesale house
was spending a night at a hotel. Having
passed a sleepless night from causei
which are notnnfreqnentin some hotels
he appeared at the office early in th<
morning, and ordered a horse and hai
ness. On being asked by tho polite
clerk if he did not desire a wagon, he replied
: " No ; on getting up this morn
ing I fonnd my bed was a little buggy,
and I thought I would like to take a rich
in that."
' Spring Fashions.
' Damasked goods in all colors, from In r
plum and seal brown to tho lightest fin, I'
shades of ecru and cream, are to bo collect
' much worn, says a fashion journal, and tronbl
I range from 31.75 to $2; but they aro nar- judice
rower goods than those mentioned. know.
Plaids, in thinner materials, more handle
like tho de bego of tho past seasons, a cign
come in two or threo shades of tho same little j
!. color, soft grays, ecru, and fawn. Theso man f
aro made over plain material or they get ai
| can be made up over silk underdresses. aged <
The plain diagonal camel's hair is also lectors
seen in all tho light suedes for spring But
[ wear; it is a cheaper material, coming as very si
low as sixty cents and 81, nnd makes man, 1
useful traveling dresses, and early spring made i
1 walking dresses. collect
; Blight colored plaids intermixed with a reasc
gray, in such colors as light blue, rose every 1
1 and lilac, come in thin woolen mate- except
rials for house dresses or for children's stancei
' suits. ered rr
Beside these the striped goods 4ako a acter a
prominent place?stripos formed by Ho 1
groups of smaller ones, as in the camel's to pay
" hair imported last year, which simulated I shou
alcorienne. Onlv instead of the Rtrinnn ^
w ? ?-j-ww UUCUOl
being colored they are shaded from the him at
5 lightest to the darkest tint of the never
groundwork of the goods; for instance, men st
' in a light coffee colored ground the after t
t stripes beginning with a fine stripe of a First !
1 lighter shade, deepen to seal brown, and at regi
1 each stripe increases in width. These show
r materials will bo also made over plain durant
1 ground camel's hair, aud some idea for cliase,
making them up inay be found in de- waste 1
' scriptions of dresses given below, in two or
t which a substitution of plain camel's whene
' hair or worsted may be made for silk. If I wi
1 Steel gray silk skirt, with deep kilt droppi
plaiting. The tunic overdress of darker monej
gray in some of the soft woolen mate- house,
L rials. The ends of the overdress are meet L
> tied in a loose knot at the back. Wor3t- pass w
i od fringe, of the two colors used in the kirn g<
> dross, edges the tunic. Cuirass of wool- him or
en goods; sleeves, collar and pipings of was no
? silk. A sleeveless jacket, with facings And
> of silk laid over iiko wide lapels, is add- but I r
i ed for street wear. covere
A brown silk skirt has two deep plait- that.
' ings, which are held in by rows of quaint
i stitching two-thirds of the way up on good
' each llounoe, aud let loose at the edges, must s
Princesse shaped overdress, in woolen header
material, edged with bias bands of silk, cheerf
The front of the overdress is long and terialb
plain; the back is divided up the middle Tisits."
tc the waist, allowing the two sides to in t
i be draped tightly to the figure, and annua
caught together in one place by an in- fresh i
? visible hook and eye. This stylo is The fi
1 very simple, and is particularly suited good i
i to spring cambrics and percales, which had co
< will bo made generally in the polonaise the pr<
shape. lector.
night
Centennial Chimes, ped uj
The exhibition of the Argentine republic
will consist of 30,000 articles. '
Twelve men have been killed at j bent
the Centennial buildings in three gaj th
months. beaton
Four pictures from the Munich art knob \
gallery mil be sent to the exposition.
The foreign exhibitors, as a general
rule, bring their own showcases with
them. The
An area of 558,440 feet, or nearly that tb
thirteen acres, is covered by maoliinary Gf shai
hall. Ho us?
A colossal statue of Prince Bismarck occurr
will bo exhibited in the Qerman art de- the ph
partment. After t
The kingdom of the Netherlands the dir
will exhibit 1,850 books published dur- 38
ing the recent years on edaoational top- him o^
ics alone. and as
A design in chromo lithography, il- j110^'
lustratiug the growth and history of tho 'ml)5>r
American flag, will decorate the main ex- ?? .
hibition building. you be
The finest part of the Italian display there ?
will be in the art department. There they, '
will be two hundred exhibits of statuary concur
alone, and the paintings will be carefully my llftl
selected. pliotj ]
The entiro prooess of reducing and taliatci
amalgamating ores will be illustrated by not chi
i a California firm. They have con- name.'
trooted for the construction of a minis- the co
i ture twenty-stamp quartz mill for that judgo i
purpose. that h<
Thirty Indian families, with their After
dogs, trappings and paraphernalia, will "that
encamp on tho Centonnial grounds, un- good o
' dor tho direction of Professor Baird. strue
Jj'our structures in the villa style of uuu"ot
architecture, in addition to the main ^^"y
building, will l>o erected to accommo- ? T?
date applicants for space in whioh to ex- }?U? j 1
hibit works of art for which there is no ?
room in the main building. They will refU9 (
each be one hundred and forty by forty
feet. The cost of the four will be
$12,500. Four rooms will also be added
to the north side of the annex to tho art If *
I gallery. hearts,
After all there will be a specimen of ?M*er.
. European royalty on exhibition at the 11088 8
( Centennial fair. Herr Castuu, of Bur- 110if?hl
. liu, has succeeded in making a wax *or
, tigure of William I. so true to life that
. tho emperor could not withhold his ap- 8eut?ni
, probation when it was a few days ago onr "
r Drought to the palace and exhibited to ye
, the imperial family. The ligure is discov
[ clothed in every paiticular like tho em- our e
pi ror on state occasions, the dress hav- 80
ing been made by tho emperor's tailor, Ji., 8* '
and tho insignia are all exact copies of ? 5e?
' tho originals, and some of them arc of .
> nearly equal value. neifcne
3 be fon
neflfl 01
The Rov. Adirondack Murray aiid in and ho
a sermon: "Heaven ia not populated Life ia
wii.li singing tliiovea, or palm-bearing mask,
bankrupts, who settle with their credi- thougl
tors at twenty-five ocuta on tlio dollar ing. w
Wednesday, and ride to church the next plainly
Sabbath in a thousand-dollar coach, with death,
a inau in livery on tho box." iruly 1
A Bill Collector's Story.
ay younger days, said Mr. Magufwas
at one time a collector?a bill 1
;or. At first I had a good deal of
0 finding a place. There's a preagainst
young collectors, you
The keen, experienced debtor
>s them very easily. A glass of beer,
ix, or, cheaper and better yet, a
udicious flattery, and the young
?oes back and reports : " Can't
uything out of him." Middle- i
>r prime old mon do best as ooli.
i
1 managed to get work, and I was |
uccessful. In fact, being a young |
[ could not afford to fail, and I
it a point never to undertake the ,
ion of a bill that did not present ,
mable hope ; so that I collected .
bill I ever undertook to with one }
ion, and in that case the oircums
were such that I never consid- .
<-fl i * ? - 1
i/ iiuiuro derogatory to my cnara
a collector.
tvas a rich man, abundantly able
, and I didn't doubt that some day
Id get the money. He had taken
5 at something said or done to
the store, and swore that he would
pay the bill. But I had heard
iv worse things than that, and pay
ill. So I went to work at him.
[ called about twenty-five times,
liar intervals ; that was enough to
me that he was a man of en e,
and tlu? it would be a long
on which I could not afford to
time. So I put him along with
three others on whom I called
ver I was in their neighborhood,
as down town, near his offioe, I
zd in and asked him for the
; if I was up town, near his
I called there ; if I happened to
Liin in the street, I didn't let him
ithout a dun. One evening I saw
?t out of a carriage, and I nailed
1 the spot; but always he said it
i use, he never would pay.
so it went along for two years,
vas not discouraged for I had red
d bts after waiting longer than
In this time we got very well aced
and he used to smile and talk
humoredly when I came, and I
ay that while he was a very pig1
and obstinate man, still he had a
ul courtesy about him that maF
lightened the monotony of my
ho summer of '53 1 went on my
I vocation, and came back to town
md hearty and ready for business,
rat call I made was on my resolute,
latured friend, whose conquest I
mo n?w to regard as essential to
aservation of my prestige as a colIt
was at night, quite a dark
as I remember it, and I had skip)
the doorsteps and crabbed the .
mdlo preparatory to an ouergetio j
when I felt something on my hand, f
nd at the same time kind o* crispy. ?
over to see what it was, and by
e good naturod, resolute man had
me at last. The stuff on the bell
vas crape!
In Irish Witness.
late James T. Brady used to say 1
tey wore like a chestnut burr, full
:p points and dangerous to handle. ^
id to relate an amusing scene that ]
ed in court where Gerard was for i
lintiff and ho for the defendant. '
.he former connsel had finished j
ect examination of au Irish wit <
y the name of Garthey, ho handed <
rer to Brady for cross-examination,
ho had given very damaging testi- ^
against his client, it was considered {
mnt to break down his testimony, j
dy addressed him abruptly by say- {
44 Well, 4 O'Cartliey,' where were (
>rn, and how came you to be born i
" 44 Mr. O'Brady," replied Oar- t
with great nonchalance and un- j
n, 441 have left the O' off from
me." 44 So have I," quickly reIrady.
The witness instantly re- 1
i with : 44 Wliat a pity you had !
auged your manners instead of the '
' The laugh was very general in
mrt, and participated in by the '
md jurors so much against Brady 1
3 lost the opportunity of a reply. I
order was restored, Brady said
will do," meaning that it was a
>ne. Garthey was pleased to oonthe
remark to meaning that the
il was done with him. So he
stepped from the witness stand,
tired, amid a loud and boisterous
md general applause. Brady said
3 was done with tho witness, and
d to call him back.
The Masks We Wear.
?e could only read each other's
, we should be kinder to each
If we knew the woes and bitteraid
physical annoyances of our
?ors, we should make allowances e
?n which we do not now. Wo go 1
masked, littering stereotyped
icnts, biding our heart pangs and
eadaches as carefully as we can;
(t we wonder that others do not
er them by intuitions. Wo cover
st feelings from the light; we do
conoeal our resontments and dis:>f
\yhich wo are prone to be proud,
two people sit close together, with
ive yon" in either heart, and
r knows it. Either thinks: "Ioould
d; bat what nse of wasting fondu
one who does not care for it 1"
they part and go their ways alone,
i a masquerade, at which few uneven
to their very dearest. And
i there is a need of much maskon
Id to Heaven we dared show
j onr real faces, from birth to
for then some few, at least, would
ove each other.
%
How They Tell It.
The Chinese In California tell us
kboat Washington as follows:
Vh man name alls same Geoalige,
Do heap big waahee alio day long;
Bime-bye he gTow so Telly mooh lahge,
Melican man oallee him Waeh-a-ton.
Items of Interest.
A Norwegian expedition to the Arotio
ieaB starts early this spring.
There is a man in New Hampshire
who sends fourteen of his children to
the same school. The rest are too small
to go. a
A fashionable young lady of Ohioago
was heard to remark that she hadn't got
inything new this winter, and didn't expect
to get mnoh "until after father
fails."
J. W. Hiff has a cattle ranch in
lorthern Colorado 166 miles long, upon
which 26,000 head are maintained. He
will this year stock to the amount of
1200,000.
The physician who learned next day
that the medicines he prescribed had not
been taken and that the patient was improved,
upbraided the latter as "unworthy
of being an invalid."
The abbey and palace of Holyrood,
with its precincts, affords a sanctuary to
;he poor debtor of Scotland. There he
s secure from the bailiff and boyond the
reach of any process of law.
An Indiana farmer don't pay any tolls.
To shoots the gatekeeper, and jogs right
Jong. They have tried him twice, but
ie gets- clear, sinoe onb of his aunt's
rousins used to act "flighty-like."
Speaking of the debt of the United
States a gentleman remarks that few
mt persons realize the vastness of a
million of dollars. There have not been
t billion of minutes sinoe Christ's time.
A Philadelphia firm estimates its
tales of flags on the twenty-first of
February at $500 an hour ; and it was
ilso estimated that $200,000 worth of
stars and stripes floated in the city on
Washington's birthday.
I onoe asked that scholarly Indian,
Dr. Peter Wilson, what the Indians, uneducated
aud without knowledge of
reading, did with themselves in the evelin*r.
"Ob " nnir) bo " Ihav otnv
iround the fire and tell stories. "J
Chief Juatioe Ryan, of.Wiflcousin, deside*
that women cannot become lawyers
in that State, and he says that he is
glad of it, because " the bar is not the
place for the exercise of a woman's peinllar
qualities or for the preservation
jf her purity."
The other day a noted belle rushed exjitedly
into the house of a friend to
jxhibit a $175 silk dress she had just
Durchased ; and incidentally mentioned,
ust before her- departure, that her
atherhad failed the day previous and
ihut up his store.
Behind every troe, box, barrel and
>ost in a village is located either a boy
>r a man, and when a wheel oomes off a
vagon, or a horse breaks a strap, or a
Dane of glass is broken, or a man takes
i crowbar to fix a broken flagging, this
rast army is precipitated upon the scene
it once.
The father of all newspapers is the
renerable Pekin Gazette, which is over
L,000 years old. It is a ten-page paper,
vith a yellow cover ; has no stones, no
'ads.," no marriage or death notioes,
10 editorials, no subscribers. It simply
sontains the official notioes of the government.
\ ?
The Independence was the first steam>oat
to make a voyage from Cincinnati
o New Orleans, consuming eight
nonths in her downward and upward
rips. She was furnished with a rudely
ionstrueted engine, and was pressed
nto servioe by Gen. Jackson, oomnander
of the American forces, to assist
n the battle of New Orleans.
Frank and Willie were discussing
vhich were the most economical, men
\v* ivAmnn on/1 TPeaat osamAil
'* nwmvuj uiiu * xr-'4A DVU1ULU AVT UC KOU'
;iag the beet of the argument, when
Willie suddenly brought the debate to a
;lose by saying: " One thing I know, '
ny fathor can make a piece of butter go
>ver moro'n twice as large a piece of
iread for me as my mother can.
A Pertinent Question.
A Washington correspondent of the
Sew Haven Journal and Courier says:
3ne morning as I started for the oapi?1,
I passed the queerest specimen of
;he genus African that I ever saw. Tailored
and torn but faintly expresses the
ltter demoralization of his wardrobe,
>nly a scrap of a hat oovered his wool,
ihoes a world too wide, and horribly
nisshapen, disfigured his feet, and poverty
had written her autograph in every
?ature of the queer faoe, on every flnjer
of the hard, knotty hands; his ugliioss
was so distinctive that whan he
ihufflod up to the corner where I waited
or a car I smiled. Just then, with awkward
effort, he stooped to piok up a pio,
ooked at it to see if it was straight, and
ituok it away among his rags. An elegant
gentleman observing the movenent
exclaimed: "That's right, Pete;
pick up everything worth saving, and
tome day yon may be rich." Pete
grinned, ducked a bow, and looked expressively
at his forlorn garments.
"Now mind," said the gentleman, "a
ooor boy onoe made his fortune by pick
ng up a pin, and when he became a man
no owned a great bank and was very
rioh; it all came from his way of taking
3are of little things." Pete wm listening,
bat looked like an idiot till his mentor
finished his speech. Then knocking
his hat on one side and scratching his
wool, he dryly said: 11 Say, boss, was
that big bank the Freedmen's Savings
bank?" Fancy how we laughed.