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Poetry.
-- Written for the aimer.
Tfo Aininie.
nY u.
Mild is the tiing s imt's attemper'd ray,
utfleebled when he sinis in weswtrn skies.
Streaking the clouds with beauty's varieI
. Utes
atli '
Sweet is the fragrmnt breath of jocund
May,
- As led by spring, she glads nor eager eves,
-S6 long enured to winter's cru~tmes,
And forcd to pine bencath hie rugged
sway
Yet not the setting sti's atteinger'dbrat,
Nor breath so fragrant,;6 all jocund .lav,
half so mild,. or- half st sweet can
A t ou, so swe'tlv fair, so softly gay.
Deitr maid, stole ojeCAt iof my love apre mIe,
my-1iat to tlie shall constaito na e
pa-y. . t*
[sPi .-e'r.D.'
Wh erll hy mene
Whee a h onieloked qLd
I fefnzigft p
* 0 y y n uy~n ?~
n yonder. iouithin
I-asked a sailor lie replied
- Tij ofolinJg
resff6 tve
I asked-ah rpianand I he aiU;\'
- A*Il .lgbave no lioie -
Jri1 V iund i i-reats all, are dead,
prl eq. call my own."
id asked ant aged wiute harred mian,
rid -what was' his reply -?
'Upwai s ie pointedr, somiled, andim said,
"My home is im theL sky
-" My heart is there, and all I love
Have left me .nlong ago,
'To dwell w th Christ, thyir Svimr thd,
-~ soon -shal I 1 ollo\v' too"
h~iere a .omegl a ede
e l a Mor lr';
at on thit
4iL~ A 1NONTIER T~IAPPER.
. was travellng~Wtth Bent's train
Independency to Santa Fe. One
e venu'g after the wagonsa ha~d corrall
* ~, d yanimal hdgot some rest
came upong f p
not the first imo for-l a
at a glancae~t th, sign *as ~e~
re seviral,Wallowi an l
heo. 'tradks in ul~di~
* ~ Jno hJjliLbnlf. i
S betiet, but af rr all
, bull's longue for
ciiie i-s het; r dium sa t bacon; so I
tollowed thle trail inl hopes fi' getlting
one. Shortly after, I came to a place
where the groiud was ploughed up,
as it'a drove of'hogs-had been rooting
it. I Itre there had been a terrible
light among the bulls--it was the rut.
1ing4 seasoni when such conllfets ou
CIInrr. This augulired well. Perhaps
there are covs in the neighborhood,
reasoied I. as I gave the spur t tht
hlorse, nIIId foullwed the trail with
intuore spirit.
I had ridde ilitlive mnies f'ron tle
eal111l, when Illy atnvionIii was attract.
L41 by ana odd aoise a(:A ' I1e.
Theire %as aI ridge in 'r61int, that pl..
veiled file froil Seein.t g what, prodne04111c.I
lie nois'; but1 I kiew what it. was-ii.
wtas tiia le ebiig 4of a tiilfilo lnilI.
At initervals h r w-r <pik h e ,,
as ' two i hanid bsaniclicts co ii li
vi4len[It. coIttL wi I ach 4 ithI.-r. I
r1pilnited the ridge- with (liltimn, andl
14oked (1v e 1 tr its erest. 'T'here was a
valley beyvond; a vbloud Ioft dust. wa,
miidst Ol'this I Could dl iling ishl two,
huge t'OiriN -lrk and lilsaite. I Sa6w
:LL ilce 111 lite!4 Wer a1 I il' Of bu1
i bulls enagdt ini at ficice I i.,
They wvret atl'; Ilire w erle lit, hers
ill sight, CitLher ill tih V11ley Or Lil the
prlairie.
I did not halt Ilger than to see
that the c:11, was o lily tilL., and t"
c4oCk tihe pi-ce. (Occupfied as tie :ali
mial wcre, I did i (I iI44 1a in they
w(IllitI lived fie; or, i I liey s litlldl
:tterpilt flight, I kneuw I cubiild casily
ovet'i nl e Or thle Other; so), wih: i411
Ii iller hiesitationll Or Iretaiion, I rt.de.
towards thell. colitial y 111 .% x-.
perta'iOnl. thevy luobII wa led ot :1114
Starid 141. The winld %%as b l:joi
fre.hly towaLds I ieil. anid t he sil
li l tLill)%w I y iV h dw i,2e Wen thi i,
S s Ii d u 1 t eir 1 t 1 . nt . 1 T1h1.
didl 11ot irii, lwv.'Ve'r, as if badll'
sCIated; 414 he it r.iry, the) w'tiL M),
apIparenti indihiiga,.t at bieing S distoa b
d i 14 i i'lit; a l ever nov aid
the. ig tVArtJCe4Jt)4d-Jiigl-ihi,. I
tuon1ig, itte d, andstricr( le
Prairie .with thleir hloof's inl at %Jioent
and angry aihtier. ip ct or, twice, I
fancied t~iey weri e ing to ~charge
back upon tue; Ihad I beeln other:
wise thai weIl nited, I should la,
b'een very g rrsig uh i
1, .li ti C t ~ It t
e o . te.' , i s t- I /e , tr ia bi n e r
went, e i. CIt..bge been ' c
I'v~'4~' a tq 1ffl iitc ii1iuVlls,~ Oim
tudlt iq '.%Ilic l it.t). 4.4lltIalu~dl pi) jl Ic42L
["6i jNpig (lite s.al1 if- lily i;.Qdlc, D
i.. * hu lnfize, d' the
ti-nt$. I le jaing y s ,
a l IF t' a il t t I21d mai tg r
org-, w+ r was heiigne~l, *Gir~
bl'~ aa~1* 11011 i ii 4 Ik
bed I n , i e ih'reaaehd ati-'
u li t hly V S I I d c tl t i n ua i i ll h c e
thumpIaY vs.
all d iL .i , iitit e n Ieares., 4 a sen
'(id 12lt ti.a i . 11 4 li IL' d it'
.AVC' llt huIIit lathis f be. t i Id V h
a ll't it s> a'i-i SI ulu' " 4 ht i h le , n' i4 tI
K veiiut .iail 2 14 secod E i--roikp rzhon.,
SC) roe. iIIAr t lii Rj)4L-?: i s Wig@
.t hislc k '-a% . 'pI alrt c rest ai ing jse l
heifu'ptri, uti ra\ eth miutis,lwi.
blood a rinnit ~ io hions thel
t1iasdJ -. w ahe t'hes Tsarrdetovres
wi 4 itrs,, and- perited tek
ghIce hd h w .~ e thlatter disaie
- tot ar tio~' ibrllow himtu, anm
hreheiidedinull.tAjhdgd andtr o e
kwaw pi wthe. crst mre ridha, p aiiop
tho o d. withi hm gain; ;so 'ul
tbheght n tatad jus gatht le tme.
but, alir houed rmnai-er pl eale wit
tte . ne4 a~e.d sAltbitin. alisod ai
so ofree nea th spotigwpsa
ihe rrie, h'ut-thedy l et~sistaid"
edi~ .tm rified e lloredr t u
cu~t''
tat Ie ae aro lNaor ~ist
'h
- bie'( th&edb thre
t~g. -rei ty kt 'L w
had htAntv1bet.:e1g a-.bratde
b~ Ch'l ~ elf t d ttte
wva paig the ct othe rtidge, and
viu at flr,~ thug rate peras me
elhallenge, he suldenly swerved li on
his Course, and ran lull tilt upoin the
hoursc. . The latter shot ot. iistantly
to the full lengsth of the trail rope-a
heavy "plick " soilndell in my ears,
and the next instm.t I saw my horse
iart from the tree, and scouir og. over
t to praiie. I had kimltted thl r*Ope
eg.ligeintly upon tihe bhit ring, aid the
knot had come undoie.
I was chiagrined, but not alarmed
as; vet. My hirse wcul nlo oubt(113
':~low back his own trail, ati at tihe
w-ist. I shohild (nly liav to) waJklk to
di heCamp11. I shoubld hav ile satistine
I int ofl' punilishin g dhe bui1,314 fl.r fih.
trick he Il setved mie; :tni widh this
d Ig I turnled towanis him, I saw
t:tL lie li:nl Ilot folloiwed ilte hit rse,
hot s a:g ai h.li-adi g himself in v m
lirectionii. N w, N O r" tfi, lir t , titnu, it
vetirrtil ti rte that, I was ini Smio.
thinhg olfl a l le. 'Tlie bul11l Was ('lm
inig l itiri isly 41tn. S Ih l ily shut
ltiss, or eveti shulild it wnly wonit
hiait, htw was I to escape3' I knew
tiht. ho cubld ovet take ine in three
Iltittes; I knew that, well.
I lau I int, inuch timtue for rellee.itn
-not, a iilnett-ini tCt the iit'tria
ted aninud was withil teni paces of
tile; I rni ed lly ritle, ailmed at. hik
f.,eshiie!- r, att fired. I saw that I
hiad hit hiim, but, to Iuy dismay, Ie
neither fell nor stumbled, but coitin
tied to eltarge 1hruwatd mtt(oi.e ltii'hioly
tIan ever. TO re-lo:il was- ioibo:..ihtle.
My pitols had gone "Wf with my. he.y
arid holsters. Even to reach the tree
was lilyp ssiblh; the hul was lietweeni
it. antid me. I ght, inl the opi3te
diteti..n was thie oniily thilg that, held
m lit i I 1Y -I' )pet I c live mititeN
vst . I t iled antti ratl. I e:m) rtim
a1. fatst as lim sL in --atid tiipoll tIlat
'teLSinli I i I iliy best. it wo%(lId
have put Giblersleee into a white
SvI eat to have distaneed mle-b it I had
i .t, bien twot mintites It it when I I et,
eciituts that, the 1Iti3o g:ainied l-i ip
ile, anl was alost treadilig lipoll lly
ieels. I kiew itL oily by my ears -
'' t (in s- ligt O K
bdt3r T1!~ that-pro niaEWi, m. w' I
aNhei-, to interrup,4the chlrsefiwas~i
t Ih or gully, thftieisLtd Jy
h a Nght angle i' as feral
ee epth, dryati the botutun, antd
wi ~etpendicular sidWs,. 1 WaI w a
: upyits ed.'re befoe .1 .n icetd
fr LI Jmoragti ea me undef ry
S I- - that itOflered WO (1p' f.
a tmirray .safety aI. Neast. .It '
coIgId only .Iap this gufly, -felt sithil
lied that the buffalo -could no.tf it
as a-.slltr leap-at least sevinteetli
feet ftrom11 cheek tio cheek; hut,. imad
done more than-that in1 my) time~; 'Iand
vithioiut hiqlting in, my gait, I ran tor
Ard to the edge inid sprang over. J
atlightodcekv~ctly uponI the opposite
hbimkfrWhe e' I stopped, anl turtd
roun.i3 to 'itrtich my pirsiier. I now
nseertild low n-alr mv eid I had
been, tle bull was already up to tile
n* l btalad' dry"eap" the
instaiitii did, I shoul have been b
t nei. dtiueimig upon1 hisiorns
ne ilUit If lad b#tilked at the leaf-z
tile dce]-tha I - e cleft. h1:d -wcd
He saw thaf he ("ld not. elear it
uni nws sto d up1(11 (te, p l.'ie
h~iwith headl lower-e. -i s-1ma I
iostrilis, his tail ,ashing his smtoioth
tlaiks, while. -liTS gliringt hIeuk eyes
expriessed-- the full me uasiire iof his
biled rage. I remiair d thait my
s~hot hand taken effect in~ his sho uhier,
as thle loodjyriekled fr om his long
hair. I had almost begun to congratni
late m lyself-orrhavitig'.Maped, wheti
a huirriedl glanice to the -righ't-aIthan-w
othir to thi belft cut short, myl happi
ne.At fIa'w that.'on ho hi sides,-,jt,. a
distaniegpf lasS than11 frity paces, .thif
gtu l diallIowed (lut into the plaini
whoere lt'niledy at either. end -4it wvad
of' course; paissall Thel hull (ob.
srved tlt s alinost at the sameli timei
irin the blink,;ttdran'alon~g the edge
of tlie chasm,4 evideftly with the in
te.nltioti O turninig it. in less thani a
ininzirt~e'Sline we were (nice more oni
thie same side, an'd my isituationi ag
peharedI as terrible as-ever~, but stup.
ping bacek:for a short run., I releaiped
tehe1~phapm, and. uagaii w~e stood on
ohppusi-.e s-des.
I )uirng all'these man'euivres I had
held on to lily rifle andt,. seeing iow
that I mig'ht ba' e tume to load it;'r
<allnmened feeliti( -for lflny O~ r l(der
horiri To tmy , as~ttfhislupett, I is
down to; my breliik.fyr~ the 4sinig it.
wh'm tfltL tee b'elt and idijerphir
W0.-Miower gione ! rememb i
li ftingithqmu oifer mny~i4~
about 'cuttinug thutca
-miaistetl ay , aptioniit '1* aczih
I.;shotil bo ovrtakel# ifo4t.re I hanl
got hl A':ay lo'it. -ftan'ot alhlowed't
mutch Ltime to idul ge in'.'lily regrt's;
the bull had naun Luriu hedie.
andII wa-; once iore uipon the sarnle side
with me, and I was <ompelled to take
another leap. I really do not reTmi.ilk
ber how oflen I SpItIag ibackwards anl
forwards across that ciasmnl I slituld
thiiik a score of times at. leasi; I he
caie wearied with thetxercise. The
e:np Was juIst its hlcitw"idt"ll do at
III iest; kIand as I was growing weaker
at, ach fresh sprilng. I became satisfied
that I shild soonl leap short and crus':
Iyself agaiist tile st e'p rocky sides
of Ih ieam. Sl iiil I fdii to Ile
IIt~mti, iy* Npirstier coild easily reach
metv by enitttriig at either ed, and I
beg'al it, dread suIch a finle1. TheO
venge"tful beast, .'howed no4 S% mlptomls
oif rtLiiing-. Oln thet con11trary, thet III
Mierd' s disapoint riuieits seetnill1i oly
Ito renlder hlim noi4re determiniled in Is
resel n ie t.
Ali -lla IIo1w silgst Id itself to ia,
r1i111. I a Iil erlosk ql all ro un d to sI e
it there nelightl, noILt- e s oeting that,
411'lfeed a b-tter securlity. Therle wvere
trees;, buit they wevre- too ditn;te
411N.ly oe nevar was thlat to whiebl myi
hir.se had beii tied. It was a stolail
et', ald, like all of it; s.eeis. (it, wa';
a ci1tt4on woil.) thre were i brancheis
nlar tih roit. I kimew that I eould
chunbiler ny1 it by% enslbracing. it.-! trunik,
wilich IS not over ten inlche,; ini
diallneter. Couldd I fonly succecd ill
reaelinig it, it wuonid :it least shelter
me iiter than the ditch, of whiih I
was gettiIgr heartily tired. Dilt th:
ietimn was, 0c1:1d I reach1 it. before.
tiii bull ! It was; allollt I00 yards ot.
1Iy% proper 1imatimeuvriig. I shild have
a start oii fifty. l eln With th11it. it
wioiul be a 'i'li-oe shave," Mid it,
prlloved so). I arr-ivedl at, thle tree, and
sprung11 up it like .1 momitehanlk; but
t hl" hll it brea t h of t he 10111*10 -Steam e..I
after miue as I acended, aid the con.
elssiI of his hieniv skull aigailnst thie
tant k ailo ist shook me bek upon Ifs
bIlrns. AfMer a severe efi$rt, I sie
VeieiCII ill lodg'nag mysell ainong the
br ict s.
I was nIow%, safe 17 tf a' minmo.diate
A1g butrwg -w.- 11,mi
kt tours
t u rs
ou ho 43 k
h it I ap
tl e r
tId hir a th C av
r kedP. . vaV10 ter.
lie raijev bad _pe
thatfly Ils- . u mt& j
m Welief;- ,t -a0op d tnot
ti. r )os
av Yd rea Jend
Otif . , e ( ed
Top en
t'f, do s -the Iigq Z r,1t
14 - . . lZ 4
qulestioin,vl ?,:IhaTuitiy
startled Im1. I was j6
tIo to:oijlihn the
thiigal ' it, nowj> irf ht
6qyivikmiglit not be abigt -
Th'ore weldW-1R mfui"pssibiliti :tg
theyg3 haff10tiki -There, were6 nmer1
Its..4 e 11rails" on the prairie,. lwro
,lidid'ts had pawed. 1 Ow 'this when
t heing the b11uillt. grdes, it iiighit
.rai,. in the nih.,a d 'Obliberatte themil
aill, ly Own with tihe rest, They were
not. 'Iikely to fit lin me by b. n II0e. A
circlei oftn liimih-'s in- diamlieter is a
.lretrack. Tit was ai rollingrprirIIie,
ull fieqijties, ridges witha vglleys
betweent'i. Th' tree utpon w hicf ves
pertced stood int the bo kpm of' o'lle o
the valleys--it, comld . ho s'een
frtom tany ploint Aoer 30 ~d~ distat.
Thlose setnrchingi~ f.r n .thight yass
withlin hail without- peri itng eithr
the'tree orA1~-va hey.
i27Irentainen~d a lo ui w~ith
uelh-gloot.ny thohiit! *th lotrebod ings.
Nighit~iws cininig -t'l) butt the fiere
andmi Ibstinat3 brute f sho'wed Ino dispio.
sition to raise thme sieind. lHe r'etmaineid
watchlraul as ever, walkinig rountd aitdi
roun a111 inIlt ervals, lishing his tail , anld
tittering t hat snorit i tiotund so well
knlown to I le pt'ai riu uter, amd which
sio ttnech resenilIel-- do. suntfligns of'
hogs when 'suddenlypu innied.
While wat chingq hiimancnouvre , ant
.objec't on tho. gr'ot wIr~ niy at ten-.
tin-it. wals the trfi ip left, hv my
hoi'se. Onme enid of' iva faqtenecd
rotud the trunlk by n'~j knot-theC
ot her buy far sOut 'ikj(iJ1the..priri,
whecre il, hid bi~ d ged. .My at
tenmtionl li1 ad1i be rv an -toit. by the
b'uill him sqlf, whi .he tfti'si'ogi) had
nRN4 .ow J bl pwaged it
n.All at onkey l lashedl
tnli-t platg? 4enpt I i itsolf,
sr19ta1- la~ Ieaiped
inl my P~'eh t&s a ht, ~.rock me.
of' thle rope. '~nho suich an
easy:t' teru'.-1~rpu wvab fastehe'd
sliippedJ dowit. tIi trpi4imd lay upon
the groun~d.. ddn ed' oteid'end for it.
.Necessity soba sugtu I d a ,-.
My " picker "--a piee of. straight
wiro with a ring-eid---hung from (ie
of my brinst butto s. This I took
hold ofI, and benlt inlto tie shape of' a
lrappliig Iooiik. I had no cord, Ibut
my1v knife was still safi. in) its sheati;
andi-l, drawing this. I vut, several thonigs
froni the skirt, tf imly buckskin shirt;
anid knot ted them togethie niili they
forimed a string long eiioiuglh to Ieaich
ilt!h grinud. To oe end, I attached
the picke'r; anid then letinug it down, I
commn)iclied alini Jug for tihe rop. At'
tar a few traisverse drags, the hook
autight the latter, and I piulled it up
iintto the tree. takinig the whole of it in
unail I held tlt lion -e enid i I ily haiids.
The other end I permitted to remain
as it wa-; I saw it was seeurelv knot
tel roiild the truiu, and that was just.
%w hat I waited. It was my iitei-iini
to hlasNis Iie bull; an! fior the puirpose
I proverevledl to imake a runingnose
mn th ii. ('14 f the trail-ro1pe. Thlis I
execited wi i great. eare, amd withi all
ily .skill. I collid depend upon the
rpe- -it, wus a raw.hlide---a d a I better
was iever twuistd; but I knew if aii Nv
tLhing shioulbl eliaie to slip at, a CritI
cal m1omlent, it 11iLight cost file my lifle.
With this- lowlh de, therefore, I
spliced the eye, and made the knot as
firimi as possible, a111I then tilie lop
was reeved through, and the tlinig was
rea I Y.
I could throw a lasso tolrably well.
blt. the branches prevented ime fromn
winidiing it. It was necessary, there
Ahre, to get. the aniial ill a elatiiii
position m utiIer the tree, wlich, b.y
shouts and ot her deinstrations, I at
lengtl suceeded iin efecting. The
iimomiiieint, (of uecess had ' ari vel. lie
stod alInsLt, d Irectly belmw. The
1oou)se was shot don--I had tile grati
licatioi to see it. settle around his
neck, and with a piick jerk I tightened
it. Tile rope run b. aitiflly throigl
the eye, uitil both eyes and loop were
buried beicath lhe liha hair of the
animai's neck. it em braced his throat
in :Ie right place, aid I ' Celt con lident
% wmid hu0d. The iumenit the
jA ihroat, lie
I out trom i t)ie tCt. and'
tie . n1 c mmence d . runningr in circles'
aroicid' Uontrtary to my intenitiah
the rop dkiiliI'ped tom1 my hiaidih
at the firstdrug upot4. My position.
was ratlIer tin unsteady one, tf
bra'hes vere sOltei-, aId I Faid '
man'age the matter's' well a'.I cou
have wished.
But ) how felt confident- -enoug'h -
The bufl was tethered,,and jt oily
remained for ite to get out beyoid
the lenigth of his tethier, and take to
my heels. Mig a oil-.1ne side of'
t. te tree, her in
my race; ,thi.'
car ry oil' wth -.
fIore, until thi hi
cirele, hadg
.ide, and pthi
ftrunlk, I'spri ""1c1 lr
rijp,"dhd an. IV al rope
to he ab'ut f - - th
but. I na. one huin dred' at leas)t elbi C
makinig hault. I had even1 thoiight of'
coilinuling oni, AS I stibh coid not hel
siome isgi viings abousit the rope.
Te balli was one ot' the. largest amt
srn gest I h' td eyer sema. The rope'
mulig-ht break, the knot. upon the tr e
mii 'ght give way, b'r the nmose might
i over his head. Cariosi ty, hw.
veor rather a desire to be assured
of myi) safety, prompted mec to look
aro 'und, when, to my joy), 1 beheld the
hinge iogu nster stretchetd upon the plain.
I could sde the 'kope 'as taut as aho
stin g; and the tomgue protrudinig
t'r'ni 'the auunnials yaws, showed mec
tlhat''he was str'angliniggliiise'aa- 'ast
as .1 could <lsk
*At the sight, tlie idea of. biilfllo
.toflguec for supperi' returnmed-.in-all its
.vigor; aind it no'wdseehjrred to-mec that,
l'slioild eat that very~ tnae abid' ilo
other. I innnei~.diatlgturisti '.iny.
tracks,.rani towards miy pow~der, and
balIs-which ini my -ed gerndss to
escaple I had for'i"' t~I all about, seized
the horn and goqueh, poured in a
ebarge, raimmed .dhwn: a. bullet, iand
thein btealing niniibly up bhin~d the
still stiugglinug bul.l, I placedJ the inuz
zle within three . (dat of ls birisket,
and fied. . fe gava a death kick''-or
two, aiid th'en e!ft qie~was all
over witivlyhnk
I had the to etisfroin bteve% his
teeth itn a twinkhpg; a prokidjp
to the otlier'.h, I fmshe~d-the opsig~
t ion. . Itcom mgegr- ting my! M'
baick to ~the e pP;4Qt oa~.
ro
but.ht~jigte ~ iutig'it, bits;
antd to c lr(e64 Mii tm
rieprin'nt flaze
-reconied to in nh
HOW TO BLuiN Ilksyie;ss.--One of
the wealthiest merchaits of' New.lYork
city tells us how lie coniuenced bus.
mne s:
I entered a store anid asked ifi a
clerk was not wanted. 'No,' in a
ro ugh tone, was the answer, all being
too busy to bothe'r with nie-when I
reflected that it' they did not want a
clerk, they might want. I 1 iborer; but
I was dressed too file for that. I
went to ily lodgintgs, put on a rough
garb, and tile ne.xl day went' into the
saue store aid deniade.1 if they did
not wait a porter, and again, 'N-,, sir,'
was the res onse--wlenl I exclaimed.
in despair almost, A laborer? Sir, I
will work at iiy Waiges. \Vages is
not lily objet. I want to bie usefiul in
hnsiness. These la-t words attractled
their ntLtent in; and inl the end I was
hired as a laborer in the basement and
ab eel far at a very low pay, scarcely
anolitugh to keepl body and soul tfgethia.
er. InI the bas-inenit aid sub.cellar I
soon attracted the attention of, tile
ciuntinig.house and eliaef' eerk. I say.
ed eiiough for my eimployers ii little
thlngs wa-tedl to pay ily wages teln
tines over, aIid they soon firnal it
(Iut. I did taot let any inlyal a ot
comiiiat ;aet ty bareeies wit hout remaon.
stralce Md threats of exposure, :atld
real exposure if* reilonstiaices would
liot d1).
If' I was wanted at 3 A. M., I never
growhIcl, but told every body to ga
home, 'mail I will see every thing i ght.'
I loaded ofl at day bre k pacekaiges for
tle Inorniing boats, or carried them
mvself. In short, I soon became in.
ifdispensalle to mny emplovers, and I
raose, atd rose, uitil I becamae head of
lie house, with mltoney enoligh as you
see, to give lie any Ilixuiry or any po.
sitiol a , ereattile man can desire for
hiiself' and children in this great, city.
A Suspicious Tavern in Aw Or.
Lans.-Mr. \Vm. II. Magill, an old
Texian. low living in Burnett county.
atid a get leian in whoe stat Cieltts
ted tOhus eiristnces ad 'rccurren.
$wlfi fL'cetta on'1
an; Dear the steamboat
ain th[lil, derqnd ihestati o t
h' at iti oft t i
llcstJsq4 ig Conveelnlit to tIhe
ii .ere the i' d (-om a
M isissipi stea$ter.with t 1ur'ose
1f' retmauimg until he3 tO!k ',ilrge
in Harris Aiorgan's ,tea (r, lo
Galvestot; ie had- ider hib 'huge
three families of lad es ant. -r chil
dren. and seyeral1 rge6s; After brk
art.si, and wi.le:Afr. M. wa' put. on
busifie.s, the''families were'shoiij to
Ahoti' roals. '4hey foutil tha ed,
stieads N tained witti 1r-.
bliood# s;v -1 neWly at
tlo e Ir ty -
i~ ofio I t
SnkiaTk ard i ton A'
hhI ' g -tthesns
L th'e- hias.. iagfaU
r ,;a i f lileuaLr' hic re
0u asking-.r-rj Ji ii,:tya n
olttg tin hbreakf ear.
the Ms:td ehe f' 1-oud
boerd b-aintpad ~nt!o f r M
informed t h ttiyblogda
hosej, d itstf n heyp ea ruh
toitheto t aew be e~t f
sai-I:me egoesen the t averna~, ofqibu
hin nte rn dtiaerte ere
Tol hel~at that helwr-br oghi
teorhebe iy; Ne w Oag~rleans fro
thrdtha thter ~Ihrning of~ hembruk
icn onten Toexs.te,~aer, tywe
themadlf ,tpib ra
tat cleone op
of-ty of
(gl
wi odbtv tater
NN Oiteteiki u
n ~ o p ~o
4 w
Russa DISCIPLINR.--No army in
Europe equals. the Rus.ian, in the reb
"emluance it bears to a machine mov
ed by the word of command'
aiuising instanate of this is given in a
1French work published' soeTO .timo
ago. It occurred when the Enipress
Elizabheth was carrying on - a war
:igainst the King of Prussia. The ar.
ny being then on the frontiers of Ger,
ananV, a srnal piquiet was placed at
songe1 distance froin the camp, with
t view of vaitinr the motions of the
h iussian troops. The soldiers employ.
ed in the service were supplied with
provisions fir 2. hours. The enemy,
however, camne on ulexpectedly from
a diilerent (pairLer, and a battle ensh.
ed, which entirely drovo from the
indid of the commander all thoughts
of his piquuet. Some days after, hoW.
ever, recollecting the circumstance,
lie cauled emaaluiries4 to be made through
the army, if aily one had seen or
learLd of it. The answers were all in
tile Inegative; upon wvhich a messelt.
g r was' di- pateied to the pince where
they had ben stationed, where ac.
Co'rldioagly they were fiund, fixed to
the spt, :nid reduced to the last ex.
tremity of hungr, bIat never thinking
of removiarg. (it their being asked,
why when their provision failed they
had not returned to tiae camp?-they
were astonished at the question-they
had lo orders!
Aa-rFui. ExI'EaENT.-A laborer in
Italy, employed in throwing down
rutibish fromi a house, called to the
passelgers to take eart ; but one of
thenai' paying no attention to the warn,
alg, was wounded by a stine. Ito
eited the ian at the court of justice,
and demaa\l daminges. A celebra.
ted advocate undertook the derence
of the laborer; but finding it im.
possible to prove that his client had
really warned the passenger to take
care, he hid rec-ourse to an expedient
to gainl his object.
When the case therefare c'me to
be tried. and the dali',mnsihnn, wjm? Agt-o')
wh bh!-i~t1 throws. -;n th.: *t.
lesteh'it~d~aeno tind me.
tionlfess. The Judge. rae'ated :his
Ie"tiabut' nt ianiithained an'obstin;
ate silence; aid when the Judge. ex
'pressed his surprise-ot it, the adVocaje
said that his clientswas,,utimately,
deaf and dumb..
"No, 2,ndygsekiLame-Ud the 'piaintiff,
off hi..guard, "it is false, it is,an eva,
saprg; Imyself hen1ad .him very plainly
say, ".r ake care!' ;
a.4-n why, then; did you nat follow
hS [111111 said the Judge, smil.
1n(' i 1.Issed-the case.
- N0 Aluing to .Tom
Vl re aid he tootk~extra
'is wit al O te. Ho
lking
lit
dweemt-do . .
A # ktenl lines a day 's
andwou Id-keep the liU %3 poeniz
h weeks,.witLin at s:llgle
-ord. n oceasioaj lie was riding
th a tab,'in. Paria,
and tviaJ* !y-drove into a
haole Ithe pgaytr tho
~1~~A4CW~IgL? is comnpanaii
a. M e ~ tryin 'I goa1 i
- oea t qut& tOni reaching.,'
A r( I the a'htd'
~iad iiah (drrtie - iitdhed. the fin
~dW p>J iI oingn
'-i" ~~~as a
No oune-ceijufrget )hi tha~t)1e rd4
lan smng. -j ~ -
INS~cT3a .EsTYiD BaY AN~s.-A
correspondent~ij .the -Cicagvo Praa~e
armier, wririhggotni .Freijr y
Chr*oioticed in ifet ' ~
'irt c i 'in-.ocahj{te9 'n ee a ie -
9!t .awti ini gren. bes V
~derriJb absenea -
niaahe~ -aie "~ _
~un n d at n
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