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VOLUME XXXVI.
THE FIRST KISS.
I kissed her hand: her laughing face
With dimpling smiles was running over,
As home we started, to retrace
Our pathway pact the late mown clover. I
The graiu was nodding o'er the land.
The wild l>ce gave a drowsy humming ;
Though summer held its bounteous hand.
The autuiun days were surely coming.
"All. Kale, how fair?how sweet!" I said,
' If 1 might kiss the lips hereafter V"
She only shook her little lu an:
Her lips were running o'er with hi lighter.
She turned away, h?r face halt hid:
Her henu, ami not her lips, forbid it.
My arm around her waist I slid.
And then?I did.' I really did it .'
Alt mo * lit ft rtr,!ur/? nf thflt Lis?.
Like l'uc first rapture of the mortiing:
l'he world was filled with instant blir-s,
As if a newer day were dawning,
sin? on. oli, bird ! with son? divine.
And welcome Love, the latest eonier?
For Kate has promised to hi- mine
When autumn lakes the place of summer.
JESSICA LELAND'S DECISION.
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''Must it he, then, that our happy, !
tappy summer is to cud thus?"
Jessica Loland looked up into the
;low;ng. handsome face bending eagerly
tver Iter; hut her lover stw no satisfucory
answer in her sad but resolute face,
fie turned away wit!) an imp atient go*ure.
but the gentle touch of her hand
>u I is arnt jpstr.-.iiied him.
4,It would not he right, Genrdic, to ;
ic you down in your mautiood to a ,
jurden which it is best that I should
rear alniu\ My afil-ction for my uiuhcr
will make my confinement by Iter
n her sick bed less irks- me ; hut you
lave not grown to love her all your hie
is I have done, and you would be aiiiost
totally deprived of my society
[ he doctor says it may a case rcjuitiDg
constant .nursing for years, while
mother attack may take her from me j
it any moment*"
"Then who could ! ? so fitting a com- |
'oner in this great affliction as oue who i
oves you with his whole heart ? You :
ieed not fear that I shuulci grow wear)'. I
)nc look at your face would pay for
jour* of waiting ! Try me?the (Jor1
>ns arc a loyal race. It was a matter
?f pride witli us a'l tliat from thef'ouudng
of the fainiy we have not the record
f oue men ber who was recreant to a
rust or false to a lady love."
Jessica looked at him a.-ain, thinking
vhat a noble fuc<* it was. The eyes so
lark in their blue as to be taken lor
alack ?tl obroa 1 fuieht ad?the straight.
Mculy penciled brows?the el-ur tut
:p.?, just shadow* d by si silken mu?ache?for
G?ordie was b..rtly twent),
ilthough f*et six tail, an ! o.as-ivo in
'T< portion to bis height. ilut tIt uuh
cr Ileal t pl? ad* d RMo'iglv lor him tshc
>rs'stctited iti lo r r?Tusa'.
' I shall never many, (1 onl c. You
oust forget mo. You ore too young ?o
grieve long."
Say that if I wait?ten?twenty
ttai"3?no matter how long, and Couit
:?j you?you will reward uie for my patient
Sdc*ity "
' No! That would bs binding you t*i
toe, ncrhajs for your whole life It
tvould be too M-lfi.-h. Good bye." Sin*
i ... ....
i>uru< u iv
"Jessica! Love ! do not part frooi uie '
w coldly L"t me* take with me tii" j
memory of one kiss, that I may feci in i
uiy heart that you arc not iuuiffcrcut to '
hip, though so cruel !"
.Jessica hcsitat-d then she put up her i
pure lips, iminnui ing, "O, no! not
ltuc! ! You will *cc it in its true light j
'otneuuie," as (Jeurdie caught her to his j
breast iti a lingering, pissiouatc cj.? j
brace.
The girl could lYel that every fibre !
ii his strong Iratnc (juiveied with em <- !
'ion, and it was with groat difficulty I
that she could refrain herself from cry*
ing out :
"Stay. Geordie, I love you! 1 low
you!"' I>ut in her intense sjbnrgali'Ui of!
sell she wept silent and in another ino- ;
moot she was alone, her lips thrilling i
to t!i" ev? r-to-be-rcuauii ered pressure j
of her lover's first, and r las! bis farewell
kiv.
When the cau^e for self control existed
mi iong?-r, the girl ga\e way. With
a long, low cry. site threw herself prone j
upon tha floor, and moaned "() ny
darling! my dailing! ifyou only knew
how every throb ol my h ait made an - j
surer to \our appeal; but I could not
* . .. ....i i"
ICt )'oU I t saunivvu.
Time wore on unhecde1. Then the \
repeater on the mantel strnek the hour, i
and Jessica rt-iin-uiboi? ?! that she li.nl
duties to aliejiJ to. Sin* hastened to ;
her ro"Ui and wa-hel the traces of tears
liom h. r lace, tin n sh'- went lo her
mothe r, \vh**se men able illness, earned
by a sudden stroke of pualysis. had
caused her t > refnso the younjj 1 >ver,
whose devotion t-* her through the summer
had made her hie a l?au'i'ul idol.
Her drulin*; widowed parent should
never be u* fleeted for a comparative
tlin*n>li her healt should break
iii the purlin*:.
Jlut she w.js made of more ctiduii::?
ina'uial than tint. In llie ciliu face
which hunt over her itiv >J I, ami sumol
eel the hair I'ioiii hi r i< ire head w.ill sued
a tender touch. there was a look of
jcacc. She )i id fought a battle with
h?'i>tlf, ami won.
"(in, LydiJ. for a walk " siiil s!ie to
tin' nurse. "1 will t!ik?' your place."
Th 'i she sfo.ip 'J ijuwn ami kissed hi r
in tiers In i load, and n.iiriiiiired s< iutender
w* ud*, which \v?:e answered hy
the wistful eyes, though the lips were
spec chle.-s.
Thus her life wore on for s vc:al
years, duiiuo which there was little
han<*e in the oatiunt. N< ver an impatient
look (f wold iii idiow that Jt'Rhicit
weaned of tho cLurgc. Alter a
CA*
[ time speech was regained, although imperfectly.
"Still, it was a great corniest,
for she could understand her
meaning; and once again inotloT and
child held sweet communion together.
About a year after Geordic's depar|
turc, an English paper cauic containing
the marriage notice of G. Duncan Gordon,
with an account of the f-eliviii-s
attending the wcuding.
Jessica's 1 ip-i parted in a sad suiile,
us she read. '"I was right after all.
nolhstanding lie is a Gordon. I knew
11- a. i *..~
ir coui'I II' l UC :n man a iiutuiu u? nan i
tor weary years. Dear Geordic ! may
lie be happy!" thus rtin the thoughts
in her mind. She did not blamo him.
and could put the sweet memory of his
love away, end to dwtll upon him.
was to her as though of some dear on<;
at rest beneath the daisies.
It was nearly live years after her mother's
lirst seizure that another occurred,
and after a few days of uncouM-i.wsncss
the gentle suilerer was released,
and Jes-iea was alone.
Every day during tloi summer her
slight figure might have beeu found, r.t
the sunset's glorifying hour, kn cling
hy her uiotlnr's grave, over trh!eh her
1'avorit! flowers had been p'anted.
It was lute in October. One evening, I
?s she returned to her houic from In r
loving pi'giimage, she saw a form coming
to meet her. which seemed to have
been conjured fionj the pa>t. She could
not mistake the free swinging stop ?
the iratik, >tiil boyish smile, with which
he d her.
For a moment Lor heart throbbed !
wildly, then sank in her b^sun like
lejKj. Why had he come todistuili her
placid life ?
lie put out bis hand. '-I heard of
your lose. Jc-si"n, and. though faraway
at the time, I am here. Have you no
word n! welcome lor me ? \ oil have tv>
idea how my hea-t aeheil I' r you in
y'jur sorrowful loneliness."
Jessie gave hiiu a cold little hand,
and -aid mechanically: "You are very
kind; but how c-?uld you laave your wiIV
to come to see me ?"
Geordie's eyes opened wide. "Wife !
are you dreaming, or am I ? I have no
lady-love but nutu:c since the girl J
loved ri fused ine. I have been such a
wander that my own land does not own
uic."'
The poor li' tie heart that had IVlt so
benumbed and sorrowful was well nigh
bursting with the sudden flood of happ.nc>s
which pouted in upon it at
Gfordie's words.
11' r face was a stu ly in the transferultioK
nltnttifptl i? IVrini n fit
model of a mourning Niobe to a brightih"8*
like the ui 'r?ing.
(jeordie und'-wtiKiJ it, and dnwing
(he slender arm within his own. tl.cy
walked on together. His tone was very
tender as he said:
* 1 >0 y<?u remember wl at I said about
waiting Tor you ? Ah ! the little unbeliever'"
but the clinging firinne-s with
which ho imprisoned her arm took
the edge from his words. "How di
\ou g'ttlic inf 1 mm ion that I w.i*matried
'( I 'i J n't 1 '.ell you a (lot don never
forgot 7"
"I received a paper cv nfaining, as 1
ih ugl.t, your weddiug u dice "
' So you mistook iny cousin for me!
and I sent the paper! What a blander!
i might have thought (hat you knew
but little of my relatives; but it ncv. i
eiitcicd my head that (irahauio and
tieoidie lmd the same initials. Well,
it's all right now. Were it not for
those sablembes. 1 should imagine those
five years to he a dreaut. You haven't
grow u a day older.
As the bright, tender eyes studied
htr faco with the expressions remembered
so well, and which she had never
thought to meet again, Jessica s lips
begun to qnivcr. Tln-y had hy this time
reached the porch of her li >u.*e; and
(.lei rdic drew tier within its sacred shelter
and kis-ud away her tears.
' My own Jessica/' he's.iid, softlv
.'lay 11 dc my privilege uuui mts n?i>fmth
tn soothe your sorrows ami share
yourj ys. I shall he like a miser of
society of which i liavn heen deprive 1
-o loot'. Vou must make up your mini!
to adopt aiiotl.i r fcl a low.
Yielding t > her lover's urgent s.liii
t it ions, Jessica ci nsentvil to be niarrh ?! ;
to him as sv-oii as s-lio c- ul?i complete a
few simple preparations.
The o'luii oi l pa tor who liinl hap- )
tii.? <l her pronounced the weJJiii- hi ? I
'die'ion.
Nt-'l I s:>y that the faitliful daughter 1
i !i . .1,.,:... ..( ;
M) IIIIiliKU ?IIV uuin- * i u\ i uvm v ?? I
inn t hut alter a few y. ar.s of wedded i
tiff. It r husband and childimi r!so up
:t : ?l CU .l lit r bit HSedi'
A Man Without C urioaity
A stranger walkcJ into, the office this
11.01 itinjx. and, pei'in into the d"or el
our sanctum. lixcd his eyts on the buhl
-put mi our bead and .said :
"Kurly piety", ch ' It's an awful sad
bij;lit to see a yoiuiji man luld-lleaded."
' Very sad," we r- plied, pushing our
pencil vigorously and without
up Ir in th'1 writiiio of ;t heavy hadei
on I he (ioiupuralive Influence <f Kifle-Teams
oil .Modern t.'ivi! za'ion." on
which we were cnuuoed :it ?he time.
"Ves," ret unit d the visitor, "thoujili
sa I, it's no disgrace. A bald head, sr,
is a sioii of brain power; you never see
ubahMiadcJ fool. \\ h^, look it my
head I
lie reti.ovt d i is hit. and his head
was as hare ol I air as a steam boiler.
' A LaltMieatletl man wa? sunt to tnc
insane asyluui from this e uiinry lust
month." we said, tlr- ppiu^ our eyes
uoaiii on the writino belbre us.
' Well, theie's exeeptiotii to evrry
rule," ho replied.
/[DEN, S. C., FEBRUAR'
! Then lie pot up and wiit into the I
composing rooiu, and looked over a coui- '
posiior's shoulder at a pieje of copy,
"Strangers not allowed to rend copy!"
.sung out the foreman from the other
end of the room.
"Oh, I didn't want to read the copy ; j
don't even care for the original," au- '
I swered the persistent stranger, "t was 1
only trying to compute how many of
these types it would take to uianufac- j
turc an account of a first-cla.-s horserace.''
Then he went over to the stone and !
picked up a stickful of t\pc that the I
devil had set down for a moment.
"Look out! this ain't a bakery!" cried '
tbo devil.
"Who said it was ?"
"Well, yon wen* trying to make !pi,' "
answered the devil.
"Well, that's all right. T don't he- 1
iieve in going into a place and making
themselves perfectly at home It 1 was j
a. carpenter, lor instance, and had a kit
of tools, I wouldn't want people to be
coming fooling around atid (dicing off I
their fingers with my chisels', or anything
of that sort."
While lie was saying the above words
he had his hands on the cylinder of
the prooff press, and was pushing it
backward and forward, making a uoise :
which was plunging * * Tlie Compnraiivc !
Influence of lliflle-tcunn on Modern
Civilization'' into a hopeless muddle.
Writing was out of the question while
the fiend was present; so we abandoned '
rhc heavy leader, and, straightening up
our chair, looked him square in the ? ve,
and said :
"Yes, it's a had idea for people to
foul with things they don't uudcr-taod.
Why, only two days ago, a stranger
eauie in here and picked up one of our !
Catling guns. OF course lie didn't know
it was loaded; and the county gave dc- :
cent burial to such fragments of liiui ns !
the devil managed to pick up around
the office. Here, boy. show this gentleman
one of the Catlings!"
"The devil rolled furwar 1 a large iron '
cylind r, used for a mould for casting
rollers for the press, and our visitor commenced
backing toward the door, say- J
ing as he went:
c t
' >io, thank ye; if there is one thing, 1
now, that [ do pride myself on, it is
that there ain't a particle of cariosity '
in my composition. Beside?, I know
all about Catling guns; the second cousin
of the man who makes Gat ling puns
had a mother who used to do my washing."
He backed out of the office, and :
staited off after the manner of u man;
who is in a hurry. But "The comparative
Influence of Rifle T'lams on Modern
Civilization," looked at in the light
of a literary efftrt, was a total wreck,:
and will never in living print gla-id'-n
the eyes of an admiring world. It's in 1
the wa*tc-baski t.?Austin (X?/ .) J!c
t i fCCt.
Homo Life of the Ancients.
It was a dismal, rainy day in December.
Socrates, who had no umbrella,
and in lad didn't have time to live until
thclirst one was made, stood on the
front slept of his house, drawing Irs
cloak around him, before venturing
down the street. From the opposite
side of tlie stree t his friend Tlieruieiies,
passing by, familiarly hailed bim as
"Soc," and shouted :
' lilustcry this morning."
' Yes," replied the philosopher, it's
cold."
" I Icy ?" suddenly shot the voicfc of
Xantippc from a second-st"ry window,
bey? what's that?"
' I said,"exclaimed Socrates, promptly
throwing up his guard ami backing prudently
into the doorway; ! say it's
scold."
' Said what ?" was the sharp rejoinder
; "vou say that again, and say it
slow."'
' It's cold," repeated the philosopher;
' it's scold; its cold; its scold as ice, 1 i
said."
There was a moment's silence, duting i
which Xantippc appcitrcd to bo buried
in profound thought, while the great
disciple of Aiiaxr;:orasoce ip;<--l t ho pain
f'tl interval by girdmg up his loins and i
tucking Ids trowsers in the tops of bis
? - i ....i.: it... a--,f?... o i
!*"(> .1, illMI uur I IMI |>UMU
I'or a lively run. I'riseutly there came 1
from I lie window *
"Vou liold on there a minute, youn^
man, till I coinc down. I want to toe,
you a minute before you on down town.''
There was a fierce, rapid dapping of
Attie sandals upon ihe wet pavement,
he wild rmh of a cloaked li^ure through
the peiiinir rain, and leu minutes laler
; Socrates was explaining to I'lain and
' Xi iiojiIioii that lie had cha-cd a street ,
oar all the way from the I'eirnic oat . !
and was clear out ofhrea'h.? //oir/.vye. .
How to G*'t to Sleep.
I The Philndclpdiu J'ms says that if
, any man wlit diaw breath ijuickly at.d j
| deeply 11.r thu space of ihree minutes 1
j i.r le*s, he will thereby lose acute sensibility
to pain so that he can endure a '
j minor surgical operation without ineoii- |
i venienee. J lie editor ol the New \ ork j
M oi ftf sayK he has tried I lie above and |
found it doesn't work. Well here's a
thino that will work, aud it is related to j
1 the above experiment. It any one is,
troubled with sleeplessness, let him fasten
his attention on his hreathin^. and
fix Ids eyes, as it were on the stream
ol bre.ilh as it enters ami leiveshi" iios- ]
t r i N. Of course, he is lyiiu i" bed, with
hi- oys closed, so that this process is
imaginary. If lie eonti"iies to waleh
his br-aihim; in ibis way l'??r 'line iiiwint?
s, he will full into a div unless and rcIrcshinu
sleep. \\ e have tried this and
, know it to be effective.? Motion i'utt,
Y 5, 1878.
The Stinging Tree.
Though tic tropical scrubs of Queens*:
land arc very luxuriant and beautiful. I
tbey arc not without their dangerous!
drawbacks, for there is one plant grow- j
mg in tlum that is really deadly in i'sh
effects?that is to say, deadly in theji
same way that one would apply the! <
term to fire, 03, if a certain proportion 1<
of any one's body is burnt by the sling- i
in? tree, death will be the result. !t s
would be as safe to pa4s through fires as i
to fall into one of these trees. Tiny t
arc found growing from two or three I
inches high to ten and fifteen feet; in j i
the edd ones the stein is whitish, and ; I
rod berries usually plow ou the top. It r
emits a peculiar and disagreeable smell. (
but is best known by its leaf, which is! I
nearly round, and having a point at the' (
top, is japped all round the cdpe, like i t
the nettle. Ail the leaves are large?j \
some larger than a saucer. t
"Sometimes/' says a traveller, "while
shooting turkeys in the scrubs I have 1
entirely forgotten the stinging tree, till! t
warned of its close proximity by its 11
suiell, and have then found myself in aj i
little forest of them. I was only once j t
slung, and that very lightly. Its effects i g
are curious; it leaves no mark, but the I
pain is maddening, and for montbs af- a
tcrward, the part when touched is ten- j
dor, in rainy weather, or wheu it pets i
wet in washing, etc. 1 have seen a uian. i
who treats ordinary pain lightly, roll on i
the ground in agony, after being stung, a
and I have known a horse so completely i
mad, after getting into a grove of the 1
trees, that he ru.-hfd open-mouthed at j
? very one who np| reached him. ana had
to be blmt in the scrub. Dogs, when \
stung, will ru-h about, whining, pite- i
oiislv, 1? ting pieces from the affected !
part. The small slinging trees, a few : {
inches high, arc asd ingeroua as any, j
being so hard to see and seriously iui-j1
periling one's ankles. This scrub is J'
u-u illv* fouud growing among the palm |s
tre.'s." _ I j
A Word to tho Brides.
I'lease let an old married woman say I
a few words to those among your young '
l.idv readers who arc newly married or
contemplating marriage.
N'otv, girls probably you all look for- '
ward to a life of happiness with the ,?
husband of your choice, hut it will de- ;
pond upon your actions, in a great nicas- |
urc, how much happiness you have, '
1'robably you are caressed and petted
uovr, but you must not depend upon 1
that for your contentment; better 1
far find your joy in showing your love '
for your family and neighbors in deeds j
of kindness, than in waiting for others :
to do good to you. Your husband, '
probably, is engaged in business which 1
occupies his mind and attention so lie '
may n >t wish to fondle you at all times. I
lint do nof be afraid that a kind word 1
or a helping hand will ever coine amiss '
to him, and every kiss or kind word in !
time of trouble, wi 1 make you sccin 1
nearer to him. Above ail else, do not '
let unkind or cross words ever pass v?t*r 1
tips; make it a rule to let little differ-j
encos between you r-st until such a |'
time as you aie b -tb in a go >d humor, j
and my word for it. th<> elephant you!'1
thought you saw, will only he a mouse :1
and not worth sp'liking of. An Irish
lady was talking to the writer just b;? !
fire lo r own marriage; and her wotds, I
tl ough houndy, were full of good ad- '
\ici\?huiidshe: 'Faith, Jjizzit an'la
if vi r old mou gi's mad, ji>t ye kape I
your own mouth shut, and by uiy word s
he'll not quarrel much an'no one to i
quarrel wid; and when he is after being <
good Matured he will love ye the better t
for it." Try it, reader, and if it does <
not work a charm, both to love and keep t
it, let uie know, and we will try to find '
some other rule to help you.
Tho Crowning Show. j1
According to the cot respondent of a j'
M'Hitreal paper, a competitive display ,'
<>f beautiful women is one of the novel-11
ties proposed for the 1'aris exposition of \1
next summer. 'i'iie idea is said to havej
originated at M sdiid. and the Spanish j |
now.-p'ipers are already uiging all wo-1
men ?h siring to exhibit to send in th irj
photographs at once, in order that a ;,
iotinni.vi >n of impartial judg s may so-'
iect suitable r> pies, ntatives of Span- '
ish beauty At Taris it is proposed to j
offer sixty?'fre grand priz>s in go'd.
tliirty-one sreond prizes in silver, one
hundred ace> sslts, and two hundred di- J
plomas of honorable mention. Each;
ixhihitis to h>> judged by her profile J
is will as her full aspect; and grace of
figure, sweetness of expression and dig- j
tilty of carriage are all to l>? taken into '
oni-i Ination To crown all there is to (
be awarded one supteme prize of honor, |
.!i-i>i..rni,hiii>' it- recipient as the most j
hcuuilul woman in the worid. and on- J
litliug in r to a triumphant procession
through I lie streets of Paris, seated on
t golden clinriot drawn by sixteen Andalusia
n steeds, at undid bv tlic sixty
next beautiful women on white palfreys
11' our memory serve? us, there j i
is upon record only one previous eon- i
test of this character. We allude to 1
the eomp'-tilixe exhibition of female
hriiuty hold in the neighborhood ol
Mount Ida, and decided in lavor of*j
Venus by ono Paris, a shepherd,!
who had the fool's link at the same ,
lime to he the solitary spectator and sole
judge of award. The international coin,
plications which resulted from his decision
do not augur well for the show
next summer?provided there will be
such a show, which wc rather doubt.?
A'. )". Siiu.
Tim hi is the only real foundation for
I friendship; in nil hut truth there is a
| principle of decay aud dissimulation. i
NUMBER 30
Mercury and the Woodman?A
Fable.
A man felling a tree on the hank of a
river, by chance let his axe slip from
his hand. It dropped into the water
and sank to the bottom. In {treat distress
at ihc loss of his tool, hesank down
m the bank and grieved bitterly. Mer. ury
nppmred and asked him what was
the matter, lfaviug heard the man's
story, Mercury dived to the bottom of 1
river aud bringing up a golden axe lie
idered it to him. The woodman rinsed
to take it, saying it was not his. <
Mercury dived a second time and i
irought up a silver one. This the man I
ilso refused, saying that, too, was none I
>1 his. He dived a third time and
jrought up the axe the uian lost. Ihis j
lie poor 111au took with great joy auil ?
hank fulness. Mercury was so pleased 1
frith his honesty, that he gave him the i
ither two in the bargain. *
The woodman told this adventure to
lis mates, and one of tlieni set off for '
he river ami let his axe fail ioou pur. '
io?.e. lie tlicu bewail to lament his loss t
n a loud voice. Mercury appeared as I
icfore, and demanded the cause of his <
;ricf. After hearing the man's account, I
ie dived and brought up a golden axi "
ind asked hiui if that was his. Trans* 1
lorled by the thought of tiic precious
nctal, the fellow eagerly answered thai
t was. and greedily attempted tosnatef
t. The god, detecting his falsehood I
uid imp ud'-'iM-c, not only dcclim d to give '
t to him, hut refused to let hiui have !
lis own again. Thus it is seen that I
'reed punishes itself.
I
Their High Nosee.
He wore sheep-skin mittens, hal his |
<ants in his boots, and he covered his ,
lorses with oid pieces of rag carpet, and \
into rod a hardware store uud asked h
>ok at a hlieot iron stove. He was .
ihown several patterns, one after the ,
ither, but none seemed exactly to suit ,
lis ideas. j
' I have shown you every style of ]
rtnrlnf J.ifn /.? u-lt.i l.f nu Ii.miui in
v... .? .v.
Detroit," said the dealer as they stood i
before the last one.
' Yes, I s'posc so, but none o' them ,
juite (ills the bill," was the dubious an- ,
;wcr. ;
' Why not ? Aren't they big enough
-all enough, handsome euough, or what ,
s tho trouble ?"
-Waal, i ll tell you/' slowly replieo
lie would bo customer. ''The eld wonan
she takes a story paper, and her
lead is chuck full of such names as
Kvmg-litie, Kmilena, Maud, Arabella
ind Riverbed i. Tho gals they read
Shakespeare, and they arc all the while
alking about Hamlet, Claudius, I'ctru hio,
Houico, and so on. I'm lindei
postin' up on astronomy myself, and I'm
ill tho time thinkin' about Venus, Mars
Saturn and Jupiter* Now, you haven't
jot a stove in the lot wi?h a more romantic
name than 'Ajax,' and just imigino
folks like us sittin' around a stove
villi a plug name like that!"
lie thought he'd look further, and aic
unhitched his team he called out:
' Wli'ioa, now. Lady Kstella?.stand 1
iround there, Othello !"?Detroit Frei 1
FW |
A Terrible Family Feud.
There has for over forty years been a
jitter feud between the families of Ilill ;
in,I l'vnns in (in rand COuntV. Kv. It
* "" " " J ' ?J ' -- ]
jegan with a quarrel about tlie owner- ]
tliip of a slave, aud a fatal fight. The ,
:ontrovcrsy thereafter led to frequent ;
?ncountcrs, but it was not until 1819 (
hat another lito was lost. The murder- ]
it in this iustuncu tied from the State,
mil the two families set up an open
warfare. They lived 011 adjoining farms
which for several ensuing years were
ieft uncultivated, the controversy dc- :
nar.ding exclusive attentio.i. In 1830
parties ol Hills and Evanses met in .
Lancaster, on an election day, and bad >
i desperate tight. One Evans wag
tilled, and three Hills were wounded
with bullets. The next engagement ,
was iu 1832. A Hill moved his household
by way of a laue through Evans's |
land, under an armed escort of his rclativs.
They were tired upon from a ,
barn, from which they drove out a party '
>1 their enemies. The light ing with
pistols and knives lasted an hour, and
live lives were lo>i. A public meeting {
was held to put a stop to tiio feud, but I
til t Hurts to pacily the belligorcntsfailed, i
Duly six months later an Evans was as- \
-asHtiatcU. i no nmruercr was mcu. ;
IJii the way to the court a party of Mil's *
ivcre waylaid by Kvnuses, and in the <
light two tuorc men were killed. At i
lionry Clay's fuiier.il two of the enemies
[i re J at each other, hut without hitting.
In 18(51 two Hills were murdered one I
night in their house. The last serious t
Unlit was in 18(57. Now the families |
ire at peace. I
A Flirt.
The most audacious flirts (to use the
mistaken language of the world,) are
invariably wouien of remarkably affectionate
dispositions. They long iuex- :
prcssibly for a suitable mate; they desire
marriage, but they have an honora- 1
blc pride which will nut permit thorn to 1
take a partner of whom they cannot be
justly proud. Ileuee, when a suitor
makes his appearance before the flirt,
she welcomes him with double kindness;
lirst. because she is affectionate, and his
protfep d love brings out his side of" her t
character; and next, because ho may be I
the fairy I'rinee, for whom she has
waited With that hope deferred which [
uiaketh (lie heartsick, i'hen, when j
she finds out that she has misjudged
his character, she discards hiui, and
people call her a "flirt.'' Is that juitf
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A New Use for Straw.
While in the northern part of Iowa
recently, a case came to our notice of a
new use of straw, which if ar<nlic<l here
may be of vast service to wheat growers.
An intelligent farmer there tried the
experiment of spreading it out on his
wheat land after tha grain had been
-own, thinking that the growing stalk
would find its way through, and that
during the drouth of .July and Augm',
which almost iu variably occurs, it would
ict as a mulch and bo beneficial to bis
crop. In this lie was not mistaken, for
the average on that ten acres was forty
bushels to the acre, while on the sane
kind of land adjoining, with the same
>ccd sown and as carefully put in, the.
viclJ was but twenty two bushels to the
icre. The iucrea.sc wus thus ncariy
double, while the straw was in excels
cut condition to turn under tiiis fait,
ind a double benefit secured.
The only objection we ?ce to the plan
a that the winds of spring blow the
straw iulo heaps ar.d otherwise disai angc
it, hut this might ba remedied
>y appiyi,Jn it after tlie wheat has come
ip. A temporary check would doubtess
be given to the stalk, but it would
won come through and grow the mora
rigorously afterward.
Go Made a Mistake.
A Michigan farmer, named Hair!
? ^ ? * t
ias liaii so many adventures with bcugars
that he never dares to gj to niarktt,
u Detroit, without having a gun behind
liiui in his wagon. Si on afior daylig! t
a>t Tuesday he saw something on the
highway that looked hkua horse blanket
ind while he was getting out of the
wagon to pick it up u man confronted
liiin and ctied out: 'I was waiting lor
pou to come along." Without delay (he
. autiuus farmer si* zed his gun and fired
i charge of bird .shot almost in the face
if the enemy, who retreated iu great dis- ?odor.
screaming and yelling. 'l'he farmer
drove on very complacently, thinking
he would have a good story for ihc ? ~ ?
aoys at the tavern, but discovered a few
yards down the road u broken wagon
loaded with poultry, 'flic man whom
lie had stuffed with bird shot was not a
robber, but a small farmer who bad lost
his horse blanket and gone back to look
For it. The repentant mark?mau went
back and tried to comfort his unfortunate
fellow-traveler, and found him siting
on a log and counting the wounds,
ionic thirty or more.
A Wife Poisoner Convicted by bis
Little Child.
By the side of Bowman in the court
bouse sat a fair-faced little girl, hardly
live years olJ, and ever and anon she
woul l rub her cheek against his, and
be would stoop his head till his bearded ?? S*
shock pressed hers, she gazing iuto his
jyes with all a child's love and trust,
ind he into hcr's with all a father's
fond devotion. It was aot for effect.
'or the lirst day Bowman Was arrested
he sat in hi.-} lap the outre time. fondling
him the same way. And yet that
shild's lips were tho first to cry poison
ind murder against her father. Kliz i
Jane is her name. She was sitting in
the kitchen door a few minutes aftir
lier mother died, and a little negro girl
ivas putting on her shoes when Mis;
Martha Cole and Miss Elizabeth Cohb
passed iu. As ladies generally iuquire,
when in the house of death, Miss Cobb
remarked to Miss Cole, '*1 should so
uuch like to know Mrs. Bowman's la-t
words." "I'll Ml you," said Kliz j?
'Mammy told father she was pisencd in
;hat drink of liquor lie give her this
m irning, that's what she said."?liriInHc
(A'. (*.) CorrapoHtknce.
Snobs.
An excellent definition of "snobbery'*
s given by an English paper. The
mob is the child of arislocratical socie:ies;
perched on the step of the long
adder, he respects the man on the
round above him, and despises the man
jn the slop below, without inquiring
what they arc worth, solely ou accouut
it' their positions; in his inucrmost
heart he finds it natural to kiss the b-^ots
if the first, aud to kick the second. Can
;-ou imagine a more degrading position *
.\evaua uog seems 10 dc maue ot
stcruer stuff" than other American
virs. Lately one fell down a ninety-tire
root shaft, struck with emphasis on hard
rock, lived sistoeu days without food or j
Rater, was taken out after that time, 1
tnd immediately ran down and totally
iestroyed a rat that presumed too much
>n appearances and approached rather
;oo near the sickly looking animjd.
A Reflection.?It should be remembered
every loathsome inmate of penitentiaries
and State prisons was once a
icntle, inoffensive, prattling child, and
that every criminal who has "exp:ated
his crimes upon the gallows," was once
pressed to a mother's heart, and drew
his life giving nourishment from iier
bosom. Lad moral training and debasing
examples transform endearing offspring
iuto ferocious men, who shock
humanity by the foulness of their guilt
and the monsrous audacity of their
crimes.
The man who does nothing don.t
amount to much. It makes but little
difference whether he is a millionaire or
a pauper. lie is only a stagnant pool,
without even energy enough to start a
ripple. He diffuses a moral miasma over
everything around him. Ho something
don't stand on the corners gaping with
your hinds in your pockets like an idiot.
The world was made to work in, and if
you till your hearts with good ^ugcls,
the bad spirits will keep out because
thero is qo rootq for thorn*