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We keep constantly on liand a good asort
ment oi
kRESH DRIIGn AND lllK.nl-
CALM,
differentbrands of white Lead, a large
of
WINDOW GLASS,
which we are now selling f >r less money than
they have ever b«eu sold for in this section,
we will supply
Village & country Merchants
a better article than they buy North for the
same money. Alao we have a large stock of
TRUSSES AND SUPPORTERS,
toge hir with a full and complete line of
TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES.
Come and see us,inspect"our stock and saiifsy
yourself of the truth of'whut we say. The Se
nior member of the Arm has resumed practice
and can always be found at the Drug Store
when not professionally engaged.
R. W. GLENN & SON..
In the Benbow House, Oreensboro, N. C.
IT WON'T PAY!
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Our Mr. Gant has jnst returned from the
North, where he personally selected and pur
chased a large stock of
Dry-Good", Orwerlfn, «r«,
H«llw-War«, Wlll»w-Wmr«,
Hnrdwarr,
together with a well assorted stock of
HBADT.nADK CIOTIIIKO,
and the most complete line of
NOTIONS
evor offered to the people of thU county.
Boots and Shoes
of every variety, including the best hand
made. We wake a specially of ttoou and
Shoes, and we ask an examination of our
stoek. Look and judge tor yourself, we
defy competition iupnees or quality, we
will sell you the best calicoes, lor 10 eeuls.
We can sell yon a good suit clothes for *lO.
We wish, especially, to cill your atienUon
to the (treat decline in prices in the Northern
markets. We bought at these reduced prices
Our customers b..nil have ail the a«lvautage
of the good bargains Ve made. Highest
price* paid for ailkiudi of produce. Come to
"" U,> ' J. Q. GANT, A CO.
Company Shops, Nov. 2nd, 1875,
nov.2-tf
New Drug Store
Bit. J. &. MUIIPHY
Respectfully notifies the public that be baa
opened a complete and well filled DRUG
STKOE a
company Shops,
where anytau* kept in a wall ordered Drag
vsiclans of the countv and the public
enterprise. In experienced dnufgtetr-a regn
•lar graduate in ph/innacy.to la obane, so
tbatphysicians and the public may reJaMr
* redthat all vrescipUon. and orders will be
* l«i>
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
THE KRCONSIOERKD VERDICT.
True in substance, though I tell it
from a memory not very retentive ot
details, and, though true, probably
new to many of my readers, is the
*tory of the "Reconsidered Verdict."
Some sixty autumns ago the case was
tried at Chester betore a judge of
great ability and eminence, and a jury
whose intelligence —but you shall
hear. In the preceding spring—
April, I think, was the month—there
liad been a bad case of burglary at a
i'arm-house iu Cheshire. Three iflcn
liad tied down and gagged the tanner
and liis two maid-sci vunfg, and had
rifled the house al their leisure. Tilt
police were told ot the matter, and
pretty accurate desciiptions were
given of the men. There were two
other clues. Iu the struggle nun ot'
i lie men haii lost a button from his
■ •oat, wliidi button he had left b hind.
A No, the same man hau had his face
so severely scratched by one of the
maid that the girl said "she was sure
-he had left her mark upon liiin."
Weeks passed without any arrests
being made, and people began to for
get the burglary, until one day a man
was taken up in Liverpool on suxpi
jiou of being concerned iu quite a
differeift matter. He had with liiiu u
oundle containing some ot the plunder
of the farmhouse. More of the plunder
was found al his lodgings. His face
bore'traces ot scratching; and, to
clinch the matti r, his coat' Wanted a
button, and he bultons.ou it corres
ponded exactly with that picked up at
the scene of the burglary. His defence
was very flimsy—"He knew nothing
abotU the burglary, but had bougm
the coat and things very cheap of a
man in the street. "Did you know
the mail?'' "No, never saw him be*
fore, nor since." "How about the
scratches?'' "Well, he was a sailor,
and too mucli accustomed to big
hurts to take notice of scratches. Ol
course, lie was committed lor trial,
and the trial, I said, came ou at Ches
ter. It exciied a great deal ofinteiest.
and the court was crowded, an invalid
staying at the principal ~ Tim so far
staking off a touch of tropical feve r
as to send in his card to the judge and
ask for a place behind the bar. And
yet, nf er all, there was very little to
be said. The circumstantial testi
mony above men*ioi:cd was over
whelming, and, in addition to that,
farmer and servants, with one accord,
s« ore to the identity of the prisoner
with the burglai. There was no de
fense; the jury found a verdicl of
I "guilty" without leaving the box-;
and, as burglary was a hanging mat
ter in those days, it merely remained
to pass sentence of death. Only a
form la between him and judg
mcnt:
"Prisoner at the bar, you have
heard the verdict of the jury? Have
von anything to say why sentence of
death should not be passed upon
vou k
I hen the prisoner spoke tor the first
time. Just brushing his ejes with the
cufl of his coat he began: . -
"Well, cap'n, it's hard to be hung
for iioth'n, but I can see this is a yard
arm business. I know 110 more of
this 'ere burglai? nor a baby; but
these "vitnesses ha'n' told no lies, I
s'posc. And what can 1 say again
'em? When the thing came oft—
April, didn't they say—l was fightiu'
the slavers on the Gold Coast. Bui
you've got no call to believe that, and
so thfei;c's an end to it."
There was something ill the man's
manner tLuU impressed the Judge, bo
he said, ndf Unkindly, "Bui, surely,
prisoner, if your story is true, you
must have Irieuds and comrades with
whuin you could have communicated.
If you had thought they could do you
good you would have done this. It is
I too late now."
"You're right, cap'd; it's too late.
But it's all very well to say 'let 'em
know, when a man is locked up in
jail, and can't write nor read and
don't know where tlicy are. They
may be in America, they may be at
the Cape, and how coold 1 let 'em
know —leastways, not in time No,
it's,uo use, and youM better order me
to be run to tins y.ird-arm at once."
' "But,"' urged the judge, "the Court
has no wish lo hang a man who u.ay
be innocent. Is theie no one who
could apeak for you?"
The man looked in a helpless sort!
of wav roand the court.
"Well, Captain Sharpe," said the
prisoner, "it you put the rope round
iny neck, I give In. Go on, mv lord.''
"Stay," said the Judge, "is your
namo Captain Bharpe?"
"Yes, toy lord,"—and "Captain
Sharpe, R. N-," wai on the card he
had sent in.
"Well, the prisoner seems to recog*
nlzc you, so that I will ask you to
step into the witness-box and be
swurm, that be may ask yon ques
tions."
The Captain went into the box, and
the following dialogue ensued:
"Are yon Captain Sharpe, of Mif
Majesty's abip Vulture?"
"Yes."
"Were yon fn command of her on
ibe slave coast this spring?"
"I was."
GRAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1876.
f "And wasn't I one of your crew ?"
I "Most certainly not."
"But, Cttp'ii, don't you remember
the big slaver that gave you. all the
trouble; that you to board?"
"Yes"
"And you yourself led the board
ers?"
"Oh, ves; but all that is nothing—
vou may easily have heard or read al 1
about that," ►
" Well, but,Cap'n,once more; don't
you remembei the big nigger that was
almost cu ting you down? Don't you
teniembcr the man who stood between
you and death, and what he got for it?
Don't you, remember that?"—and
brushing bacK his hair, the .prisoner
showed a greal scar down one side of
his head,
The whole court looked on breath
less as the Captain stared at the scai
and the man till his eyes seemed start
ing fionr his head. At length, as if in a
dream, the Captain muttered to
hiuiseh, "G »od God, is it |JO s blei '
Then, slowly and deliberately , he
got out of the witness-box and clam
bered into the dock, where he seized
ilie prisoners hand, and turning to t•
judge, said: "My lord, tnis was the
Oest maw in my crew, and he saved my"
life. Providence has sent me tic*© to
save his. He is so changed by hi*
illness and imp iaontneut tha I could
11St recognize him. llut- there is no
mistake now, and if you hang the bo'-
aiin of the .Vulture you must bung his
captain with liiin.''
Then followed a scene raro'y wit
nessed in a court of justice. Amid
cheers and sobs that no one cared to
suppress tin Judge briefly directed
i lie jury to reconsider their verdict,
which they at otic did, finding a unan
imous "Kot guilty." The prisoner
was discharged, and Ictt the dock
arm-iiiTarm with the captain. They
were hurried into a chaise and drawn
to 'he ion in a triumphal proccssio.i,
and after a sumptuous lunch they
posted oft together to Loudon. As
ihev cleared th ancient town Captain
Sharpe might have been heard address
ing his companion somewhat as fol
lows:
"Well, old pal, we pulled though
tint business pretty well, I think.
Cut it was a near go. That was a
good notion of Wily Bob's to
wait for the verdict before moving-
We could Mover luve touched that evi
dence."
'•Yes, "replied tlio innocent ami
long suffering boatswain of the Vuh
ture; "and if you iiad cottoned to me
a minute too toon, the old beak would
have been fly to the trick. Lord I
was fit to burst when the old boy began
to cry."
From which brief renrwrl; we gather
that "Oaptaiu Sharpe" might have
known more Of the burglary than of
the Vulture.
AKOMANCK€B VHICAOO,
One evening a pale, thin woman,
meanly clad, was seen shivering on the
doorstop of a fashionuble mansion on
Ashland avenue. Her whole appear
ance betokened poverty and misery.
The master of the liousc, a compuri.
lively young man, clad in a costly fur
overcoat rau up the steps at the same
moment and guve the poor j creature
a quarter, which sho took with pro
fuse manifestation of giatitude. It
seems romantic, but it is a fact that,
eleven years ago, that yott"ff woman
lived ip that same mansion, the beau
tiinl,accomplished and idolized daugh
ter of wealthy parents.
Two suitors sought her hand—one
was a fashionable young man, the
other the plumber's apprentice, who
v hile visiting Iter father's lordly man
sion to thaw out the water pipes, saw
and loved tlie beautiful apparition.
He proffered his suit in a blunt, man
ly stylo, told her that hi* time would
soou be out, and showed her how the
bills were made out to meet licr ob
jection as to his lack ot fortune. The
haughty and infatuated girl rejected
bis suits and married the hniid+oine
young inau with whom she sat up
houMj-kecping i.i the costly mansion
on Ashland avenue. Wonderful are
the alterations ot fortune,
j The plumber rose steadly, became
wealthy, and purchased tlie family
ni .nsioii, when the young husband
was compelled, tWougn going short
on No. 2 spring at an inopportune
moment, u» sell out his propcrt). The
| young husband took to drinjc, and An
ally was buried in a pauper's grave
a tew evenings afterwards his starving
widow asked and received alms on
the door step ot a liotue formly her
own from tbe bauds of bejr discarded
plumber lover, now its owner and a
million* re.
Here is a new and characteristic
•tory ot (Jeorge Washington, which
baa receutly come to light: Ills per.
sonal friend, Governor Morris, when
about going to Europe, and Wash
ington along wi(h several letters of
iutroduction, gave him this charge:
••To buy him, at Paris, a flat gold
watch; not the watcb of a tool, or 01
i man whodesltes tonwko a show,
but of which the iuterior construction
hail be extremely well cared for,
ije exterior air very simple/'
A RPLBNDED DRMCRIPTIO.iI,
On a c'.rtaiu occasion, ono Paul
Denton, n methodist preacher iu
as, advertised a barbecue, with better
liquor than usually furnished. When
the people had assembled a desperado
in the crowd cried out: "Mr. Paul
Denton, your reverence has lied. You
promisnd not only a good barbecue,
but better liquor. Whore's tlw li'
quor" ?
,'There I" answered the missionary,
in tones of thunder, and pointing his.
long, bony finger at the matchless
ilouole spring gushing up two strong
columns, with a sound like a shout ol
jov from the bosom of tin earth.
"There!" he repeated with a look lcr>.
riblo us lightning, while his enemy
fairly trembling at his feet, "here is
the liquor which God, the Eternal
brews for all his children "
"Not iii the simmering still, over
smoky fires choked with poisonous
gases, and surrounded with the stencil
of sickening, odors and corruption,,
doth your Father in Heaven prepare
I he precious essence of life—pure, cold
water. But in the glade and glassy
dell, where the red deer wiindeiv and
the child loves to play; there God
brews it; and do.vti, i-»w down in the
deepest valleys where the fountain
murmurs and the rills sing; and high
up in the mountain tops, where the
naked urauiie glitters like gold ill the
un; where the sl>rui el uds brood
and thunder-storms crusli. and out,
.out on the wide, wide sea, where the
hurricane howls music and toe big
waves roll the chorus, sweeping the
march ot God-there lie brews it—
beverage of life, health«giving water.
And everywhere it is a tiling of beau
ty, gleaming in the dew drop, singing
in the summer rain, shining in the ice
g'Mn, till they seem turned to living
jewels'.spreading a golden vein over
the sating sun, or a white gauze
around the midnight moon; simrting
in the cataract;'sleeping in the glazier;
dancing iu the hail'showers; folding
its bright curtains softly around the
wintry world, and wearing the many
colored iris, that seraph's zone of the
air, whose word is the rain drops ot
the earth, and ■jlieckered over wit 1
tile celestial powers ol the mystic
hand of refraction—that blessed lite
water, no poison bubbles on its brink;
its foam brings not madness and mur
der; no blood stains its liquid glass;
pale widows and starving children
weep not burning tears in its depths!
Speak out tny dear friends; would
you exchange it for the demon's drink
-alcohol ?"
A shout 4ikc the roar ot a tempest
answered "No!'
This most beuuiiful of ail descrip
tions of water has tor many years
formed the chief beauty of (Jough's
tem|>crai)ce lectures; the lecturer giv
ing it as original.
The Richmond correspondent of
the Petarsburg News says:
So much has been said about the
approaching marriage of Miss Clara
Louise Kellogg, the fair American
prim i donna, of which I am inclined
to belcive tjicrc is not one word of
trut!i,lhat tain reminded of a singular
and beautiful little bit of romance
connected with the sweet singer's
career. It was during the last year
"f the war, and soon after one of the
great bailies. The chaplain of one of
the regiments,! whether north* ru or
outheru I forget, was engaged in the
holy work r.ndering (lie last services
to the wounded and djing nliou he
saw a youg lieutenant lying by the
oad side, dcsperatly wouuded. The
reverend man of God saw at a glance
tlull the young man's liours on lids
earth were numbered, but he offered
•u sumssoii medical aid. Tlie young
soldier dccliued bis profered kindness,
sa> ing he knew lie was dying, and
that no mortal aid could save his
life.—The minister asked if he could
do anything for Idm. Perhaps lie had a
message to some Iriend—a mother, or
sister perhaps.
"None," said the dying youth.
"I have neither. I ain aloue iu the
world."
»U there no OIK?" again UTAII the
chaplain, "noone to whom yon nould
like lo send A message, a word ot
farewell?" Ha noticed that Hie young
Isoldier But only for a
! moment. "Yes," lie faltered, "tliere
jis one—Mi** Clara Louise Kellogg.
I lite prima donna. She doea not know
me, I have never met lier or acen
her ufl the stage, but alie i« lite
one—the onlv woman I over loved
1 iaw her "in the opera repeatedly
and tlx effect alia produced unto me
was in«tantancous and ineflaceablo,
I *1 >Oll Id die happier did I know that
*he would one day learn that 1 had
on e existed, and that I loved Mfc"
And then Uw tailing ha»»d penciled
H few line* uii a leal of the eliapalin'a
note book, a single dark carl was
•Tired trom the lock* already
growing damp with the dew* of
death, a word of thanks was faintly
murmured, and then the dim eyes
closed, and the In ief romance mid the
the young soldier's ' lift had ended
together. With the hut dving request
the chaplain c implied and he placed
the letter and tbejktck of hair hi the
hand qf the beautiful cantatrice,
end the unknown lover was weptover
bv his fair ladv love." •
TUB JUNTirVN FIRST MAR
■uei,
A story is told of a newly appointed
Justice ot the Peace in one "Iff the
Western States who was called on
soon after his accession to ofllco to
marry a couple. Ho was a baichelor
ii nd liad never been to a wedding, and
had no form-book which showed him
just how to do the thing proptrh .
However, there was no one else with
in tifty utiles who, as no thought,
could tnarrv them, «o he determined
to trv and, having an eye to the main
chance, he looked out for bis tee iu a
ncvel manner, as be did not expect to
receive a largo one, and, judging from
the man's appearance, felt doubtful of
getting any. He began by swearing
the groom: "Put your right luiid ou
the liib e. You solemnly swear that
ihe evidence you shall give iu case of
Robert Jones against Mary Smith
shall be the truth, the wliolo trute,
and nothing out the truth, so help you
God. Kiss the book and pay me one
shilling." The grooin, somewhat sur*
prised, did this, and the Squire pro
ceeded: "Will \ou take Mary Smith
to be your wile?'' "I will." "Will
you provide for Iter, give her goodttud
suitable clot lies, and keep plenty ol
provisions iu the bouse, and will you
take cure ot her if she should be tick t
"I will. '. The Squire then proceeded
to swear the bride iu the saiue way.
looking out lor tbU other shilling, iu*
torogatcd her us to w liether she would
••oe a good and obedient wile,- «uu
take cure of his house, nurse him if he
uouid be sic*, and take good cure ol
the babies." The bride blushed « lit
tle at the last clause, but promised,
and the erratic Justice said: The
court tlud you married, aud orders
that the costs be paid by Robert Jones.
Thou you cult go." The man grum
bled a littla at being obliged to dis
burse money the thirtf time, but paid
a dollar finally, aud the couple depart>
led/. .
TUB KSTTLK BRUM.
Its origin, as a social institution, is
queer. Quoth the Mobile (Ala.) Iteg
titer—good authority ou any subject.
About the tiuie when this Cen
tennial year was in long clothes, tu
evening party iu England used to
be called "drum." In those days—
so otteu misnamed the good old ones—
a party or rout was a formidable af
fair. Lavish pains and expenditure
were bestowedwu dressing, by both
sexes, equal care was taken as to the
formalities of minuet and gavotte
grand parenisof the "German" of to
day; and usualy much more wine was
iu b uora's, pokcts, or
heads of to-l;tv Could pleasantly
stand.
Gradual changes came to free enter
tainment from much of iu formality
and some ol iu expense; and, now in
the inidit ot tlio London Mason, hnr
tired tasoionabl««r*sek every uew aud
original escape from the null-horse
round of society. Out of (Id* yearning
fur change sprang morning parties,
now bec ming popular on this as on
:he other side of the water. The
"Drum" was fixed lor earlier hour*
than the ball, or reception; and the
prefixed "Kettle" was doubtless meant
to show the changed nature of the dis
sipation. But. however, that may be,
this style of party is new accepted MM
the middle ground botweeu fho for
mal breakfast and the heavy dinin
out; necessitating neither the prepar
ation of the one nor the solid business
of the other. It is an unceremonious
meeting together for the discuudou of
light refreshment, mental aud physi
cal; ihe tcar#iy replacing the decan
ter and gossip Un» laborous talk.
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TUB SRBPtir AID TNI
Dm, •
The serpent was once asked:" Pray,
what profit hast thou iu depriving
other beings of their life? The lion
kills aud eats; the wolf strangles and
dev ors; other savage lieasts destroy
to toctify their ravenous appetite. Bu
thou aloue strikest Hie innocent vie.
tim. and infuseth thv boldly venom
without sny other gratification than
the fiend-like pleasure of destroying.*'
"And why do you ask me?" replied
the serpant. Itall»ra»k the slander
er what pleasure lie has In scattering
:.U poison, and morallr wounding
those who never Injured Idm? Be
sides, I kill only thvse who are near
me. lie'destroyed a distance. He
scatters his deadly veuoin here, and a
hundred miles houne."
Druukcnesa ia a *in at which tie
moat sober heathens blu»hed. The
Spartans brought their children to
loathe it, bjr allowing them a drunk
ard whom they gazed at aaa monster.
Even Epicurus, who esteemed happi
ness to eousiat in pleasure, jet wax
temperate; as Cioero observe*.
" Talk in' of cattle," said an old
farmer, who was in town Uat week,
"you ought to see a bnll down on my
farm. Great suaix when a red-headed
woman peeps over the! fence he just
t'ars around enough to take the root
oflfn creatjou,
AJIKMADB FROM A WIFE
Jung Stilling, in his "Thearie dor
Geiiterkunde," tell* of a remarkable
story that was told by a G. Titian who
had emigrated to the United Sta;es,
and had been for many years manager
of soma mill in Delaware. The events
are said to have occurred between
1860 and 1800. There lived at that
time in Pliladelphia, lonely and re
tired, a benevolent and pious man.
who suspected of having occult (lower
of disclosing hidden event*. A sea
captain had been long abseift. and no
letter had been received from him.
His wife, who lived near this mail, and
who had become alarmed and anxious
was advised to consult him. Having
heard the storv, ho bade her wait a
little and ho would bring her an an
swer. Thereupon he went into another
room, shutting the door, and there lie
stayed long that,mo ed l»y ci rio ty
sue lookod]thrt>ugn an aperture m tlie
door to ascertain what he was about.
Seeing liiin lying molioules* on a sola
she quickly returned to her place.
Soon he came out, and told the woman
that her husband was at that time
iu London, iu a certain coffee house,
which he named, and that he would
soon return. He also stated the reasons
why his return had been delayed,
and why lie had not written to ber
and (he went home somewhat reassur
ed.
When Irer husband did return, they
found on comparing n>tes that every
thing aba bad been told was strictly
true, lint the strangest part of the
story remains. When site took iter
husband to tee the seer, lie started back
In surprise.and afterward told his w lie
that on n certain day (die sarao on
which she had consulted the seer) he |
was inacollse house in Loudon (the
same that had been named toher), and
that this very man accostcdliim, uul
had told him that his wife wu in great
anxiety about bim; that then the sea
captain had replied intoruiing |tlie
! stranger why his return had beou
delayed nud, why he had not written
wliereupuu the uiau turned away, and
l.e lost si f lit of hiin iu the crowd.—
X. V. San.
mat ItltlDAl. i'HATIUKII.
lie was tall and awkward, and she
was short and bashful, but both wore
a nervous aspect of exceeding great
joy. l'lioy enteied the Hotel in Chica
go, and after he registered his name,
and lady, lie the clerk. "Sue
here, mister me und my wife has just
spliced and 1 am going to show Am*
auda Chicago, if it takes it mule a day.
Now give us one ni Incm rooms like
the Temple.of Solomon, you know.
The cloik, called a row bow and said
show this gentleliiaii to tl»e bridal
chamber. At this direction the ull
rustic became instantly exited. Not
by a domed sight! Ye shiny haired,
biled shifted dollar breast pinned,
grinning inonkev, ye can't play that
on me! It I ain from the country, ye
don't catch me and iny wife sleejring
in your old harness room. And thev
ei t the hotel. .
The Lincoln Propm* says: We
hare beard of auake storios of en, but
we have been t»ld one actually
occured in ihiseouu'y Hint heads any
thing we have ever read about. This
may be called a "Sneak Story," but it
is a fact, unless one of the best citizens
of Lincoln county lies, and we don't
believe he over did. Here it is: One
Fred, Johnson, a colored man bail a
ben'setting on nine eggs, when nljug
came a block snske, run Ihe lien from
her nest and swalbwrd the e gs.—
Tlds made Krwderick rii'ad aud he fol
lowed the reptile ami succcdel in
killing it. lie then cut it O|M»II, took
the nine eggs aud placed them under
the Mine .en mid raise i nil e chick
ens.
This story seems rather "light," but
we believe it b true.
" Young ladies have the lilierty of
saying anything they please during
leap year/'—she said, eyeing him out
of the corner of her eye with a sweet
look. His heart gave a great bound,
aud while lie wondered if she was!
going to aek the question ho had so!
long desired and feared to do, he an
swered 44 Yea." And the young men
must not refuse?" 'iOh, no, how
oouM thfy?" » WeU then," said ah*
'• Wiß you fell ou his
kueax aud said : 44 Anything you ask
Jfrliug." 44 Wait till I get through.
Will you take a walk aud not hang
aroui d our house any io.ig r": * He
walked.— Tipton lt'fuard.
A young American lady who ha*
enjoyed the ram privilege of taking a
stroll with the poet Tennyson, inci
dentally iXqntions in a letter to a friend
that "it serioltsiy affected the romance
of the situation when lie pauaed du
ring the walk to scratch his back
against a gate post."
'* Patrick." said an old gentleman
to his servant, "we are all creatures
of fate." Well, if it wasn't for fate,
fcow ttie devil walk ?"
NO. 5.
Hern is one of the In twit swindles,
. A country grocer recfcives a letter
stating tluit, from hi* mime, he majt
possibly be a cousin i>f t';« writer,
who, should such be the case, is will
ing to make him a proposition. Thi» w
long lost cousin in New York has
#9(K>O worth of groceries, on which he
wijie* to realize at once. They shall
be shipped at once, and the country
cousin will be able to sell them at 15
per cent, under the market price, keep
one-third >f the amount and forward
the balance, the relative in the conn*
try to |»y all expenses of the sales.
In case the offer is accepted, there in
H quantity of and carta.e fe. s
to bo ptti i, it tnrns out, afterwards, of
course. The money is perhaps sent,
titd then all the merchant has to do u
to await the receipt of the goods. He
must not get iinjiatient if his cousin
in New York hasn't sent them, for he
miy yet have to wait a very long
lime*
It ha* been frequently argued that
men ought to live a hundred jean,
According to the general law of animal
creation that life altauld extend to five
times the |ieriod required for growth.
Many of the iimect tribes mature and
fructify in a few hours and die before
nightfall. A dog grows for two years
and lives eight ;a horse grows for five
ox grows 'or four years and lives six -
teen; a came) grows for eight yean
and lives forty ; and a man grows for
'T .'nty year*, and, could he
I it* tegular habits and as even a diet as
other animals would probably live one
| hundred.
It is t »ld of a western map agbt
that on c recent trip he was attacked
by highway robber*, who deifeaded
his money. As he was too prudent
to carry money in the country, they
failed to get any from him. ! But,*
said the agent, I fiave some splendid
maps of the country a'ong which I
should like to show you ;* and in a
twinkling he was off his horse, had a
j amp stuck up on a pole and exphuaed
it HO effectually that he sold each of
' the bandits s map, p«ck-ted the man-
I cy and resumed his journey.
A eelored preacher remarked:
" When God made de fust roan, He
»-t him tip Agin de fence to dry.?
" Who made de fjnce ?" interrupted *
!an eager listener. " Put dot roan
! out !" exclaimed the colored preacher
j "such q next ions as dut'd all
1 d'j theology in tiie world.**
There was a Pt'iinvlvtaia legisla
tor v.iio Ittid by thirty thousand dol
lar* iu one M»atoD. When he was
ivtked howihe managed tiiis vital
salary of one thousand dollars, he
■aidj tliat, he staved Üby doing with
out a hired girl.
A Southampton boy, twelve years
old, told bis brother that be wished
to aee bin mother, who had been dnad
eight years, and that the end of the
1 world would cotne iu September. He
j then -bequeathed hu books to hia
| brother, and took a doae of carbolic
, acid, which killed him instantly.
When a youn. uwn oulbt on a girt
for th j first time, and wueu the con
versation and .be of the
weather bait beeu torn all to pieces,
then it in that the photograph albums*
step in and fill tip tu gab tUat nothing
elsilu the wjrld eu lid ua.lje. J
Bbail we ever see those guud old
time* again, wheu a girl iu *
drees would draw a young nu five
oiiU-a on a dark uight ?
The friemb of a Boston Uly tele
graphed Irvtn Pail* that *ii« was "no
wurif," ami the cable Mil "no mora.**
She «ai mounted u dead lor nearly
two dav».
An old lead mine In VaJuua, X. ft.
La.- be«*n rtpn»p*cted, and what it
claiuHiduiliea vein of rilver and lead
w*» fouuit in a new abatl uot twaMy
Ycet down.
lu tlie time of Cltarica U. tobacco
tu auppoaed to be a mighty antidote
to the plague, and ilearuv »ay«, w lien
at Eton, the worst (logging* the »t>>
tluuUever received wen; because th y
reiused to »uiuke.
The champion chlekeu of ibe amuou
was recently hatched in New Orteau?,
with four legs aud five wings. It kaa
gone where the eoceutric cbickeiM
T! e increase af Methodism In
Ireland during the put year waa 943.
Total membership 20,040.
Car load* of salin n are every day
t.iipps l eajt from California. 2'ba
, L'aliiorniu salmou is coarser than that
o.\Maii»,