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SOUrilEKN SOCIKTY., - -
Tht tru InwtrtlnoM of tht Southern po
licy of tii ltepublievn J"rtj belief
th( tlx good of ibt eouutrj required tlto
lermiou of tb colored voter to ill cjiitrol
of lb roooirct(i StKtei. Pirguued ,
pH p. mular eorcr of deound for race
tqaanij, lor fret election, for Uii protte
tioa af tbe rd of the Ration, aud ih r
ti&catioa of (be reealt of the war. (bare wae
tineere eouvictioa In tbe mind of tb ae
rage Mortbern llepubiicaa tbat it vaa ea
aentii! to tbe proaparit j of b; party end
tbe peace of tb South to make tbt freed,
man nppermoet in politio ; rebel could
nut to trwted ; tbe rgra vosld be re
Miftdtd to !avrr nalea be' eoutrolled tbe
iVgiklatgr, tb eonrte. end tb eieeutive
offioe. 6o for eigbt year tbe carpeNbag
goteruore end tbe AJtwiuiatnitioM part i
Cuiigreae tried to make tbe pjramid Hand
on iteapex.
Tbe reaalt ie before tbe world. Ia od
fty or eootber. bj hit meae or foul, tb
trol of Merl of tbe 8tate bna been
tared to tb colored raee. Tber bav oc
cupied tbe beutb aud (be jurj bos. wade
toe lav. Collected the revenue, voted tbe
appropriation, handled tbe SHmejfdoue
everything except paj the laxea. Tbe
Tk7 have bad ample opportauitj to deve
lop tbctr owe Jateut eapaciticf, get aa
edaeatioti. to make fortanw; to. araire
land, lo ftta la auoietj. Ubat bava tbry
don of all tbe things? Oar eorrpoo
dent la Charienton drew a piotaroof tU
condition of -th colortd people of 8ath
raroIiiM, and itUaUtat tbC aunt Tit every
State where tb agro hi held way. A
a raee lbty arc idle, ignurabt. and vicioas.
'I bV aeilber lr twnrt, . Tbaj ware
fond ot tb!r bouM a tbe hr4 novelty ot
frecdoat, bat thej care for tbcta ae louger.
Tbey were agrr to ;t tbeir little farm,
bat tbey have let them fall to rain. Why
aboald a toaa go ta school, aaka the uiwal
tyiof ouota varolina frcedmaa, wbea it w
ao mooh nicer to go to '.b Ixgialatar or
get elected jutk f tbe peace? I ,Wb
aboaid a maa work wbea be can make a liv-
ing by atealing chick ana, and ait oa the
fence for smuaemeut? ' Let a faoa tbe
troth.' Our Southern policy ha not only
been a ear to tbe white, b! it na hera
a curve ta tii frved peopl for abora bene
fit it ru adopted. It baa not mad them
good eititen.- 1 ba wottaogbt tbem bow
to ne tlte ballot. It ba iutroduoed among
thaw a doraluttw) mora ojna to
the country thai the f ioletHsc of tb White
Leairu. for na republican corerAmeot eaa
stand which it not fwandrd epn tb aaf
fratae af the vntnaaa and iateltifeat '
Jbvcrtbody know that tk negro, left to
biweelC, would net get the maatrry until h
had acOjairad aoaia of tha ejualilcstMas for
Jute where he had a aamenoal mito
rky af tha pupuUtioa and waa perfaotly
free to vote ae ha nteaeed , he would et-
rallv take a subordinate poaition an loog
b bad nett bar money, nor daoatHn. nor
habite of thrift and fonwight. noraompre.
Lciuioa af tha art of government.- " And it
uproar tbat Im should. WBivaraJsuarige
would ba an ataordity uoept tbe
theory that it generally reaalte in tha ad
vancement af tha intelligent aai repact.
bla A majority af tb voters, whether
virtaoa or not. are eurpotad ta nudeiaUed
that eelf-ialereet'rwraire tbem ta antraat
tha Uoverument only to those who era able
t control it. Bat tb Oraot policy wis
baaed anon a different principle. It saaaa
ad thU the grot aeorat af recooatraetios
wa ta take the agro out of the cotton Beld
aad put him ia the State bona , send him
a eeatpeuy of aoldier to bold bin fart ia
hie teat, aad treat to JucK lor tbe real J a
nataral raault bav followed. Tha negro
ba leaned nothing good in hie alevatioa,
sad is na better able to carry on a tte
government to-day thee be waa ig jnrs
Tha oal wav to reform Southern social T
ii U Hand aaida aad bv tb voter free
aad anembarraaaod Tbea if tbeie comma,
niiie are not nttrly Carre pt, all tbinra
will aooa tnd their nataral lovaL and tha
rtto af th majority will set it act alee-
Wa.'e. CW lor trvjunn,
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A fttatv ArVman traveler storDJ aaa
ntfbt at a Boora ba. - fie lowed the
chilJrva flaying with a peVbl that bwkd
. w a . . aa . m .
lik a 4iamoftV ii aoogni u wr a lrine,
tba ILmr aaein it a diamond. hV
anulC gvt plenty more, aad Inch it a wav.
II eld it at tha Cap for 130.000 - II
boogft another from n 1 ef rav! which h
old for 158.000. m taan ta wauvae aa
gaa to eeerah for theea atone where they
had prrtoa) thm, tha white man
heard af their aveeeae, and then the rah
bagaa. Other, minee all in the came
aeiihborhood, we fmoJ, aad round each
mine a any sprang up; t a ""
which ie the aentr aft'ea dianiond trade,
U KiinUrly. This cilv baa taw. Ihoumnd
InUbitacU. 6r i cburehea iwa theatree,
btala, botU tad ether building.' " 1
I Governor Hampton, aai re, ia Ifty.
b ba married , aad Ua widower. He
bed tbr ebildoii two eon aad a dangh.
tr.. Uiseldwt eon. TrM Hampton,
killad at Oetlyaburc. and th nd,
Wd. Jt; live in Waablojttnfl mmnty,
MUUi'mi Ilia dnucMer. Maiffarvt, i
lh wif tfColouei Jot a lUVo'.l, of ouUt
CURRAN AND THE JUDGE.
1 Among tbe many aiieVvlntoa related of
Current, wa eantiot help thinking the fob
low liifr, Waring upon tlie iropertlneuo
aud SMauHiptlon mf Juljt RoLiiikoii, a
aiwttg tb most telling and eliaraet aflat!
attache of anprviueditatcil aatlre uhii
'bbiated mpl1o,, and "nuffl prWiio,'
tlmt , vr K Currwt alTwle4 to .titer
world. .Tbbi earn Judge Roblnfl, ac
cording to Jrd Brougham, w ,tlie
author of many atnpid, alavlali, and
ftcurrfloua political paroplileta; and, by
bla trmrlt, ralewl la the : emliieiice
wbicb ha Ibua. dlagraced.'., Corra,-vry
aiiou nlar being calbNi to :1 Bar, on
aoine tt email t mail by Jodga Robinson
(be for whom ba wa pleading I. . ttbaarved
tliat ti bad never met the law, aa laid
down by hi Lordship, la any book in bla
library.' 'That may ba, 61r, aaid th
Judgr; "but I etaut tbat mt library ia
very smell.' Cut ran teptivd. I ind it
mora Instructive, my lord.' to study good
work a than ta eompoae. bait onee. - My
book nuiy be few, but tlm tl tlpagt givea
we th writer' name, and my shtlf 1
not dbicraced ly any such rank aUurdl
lis tliat Uivlr vary author am aabanied to
own thent.' 'Hir,' aaid th Judjte, you
ar forgot I lug tbo rospeot .which you owe
to the dignity of th Judicial character.'
"Dignity T exelalnK-d Mr. Curran; my
lord, uHtn that pnt I shall dte yw a
cfroniab.kfaoi authority, with
IiUju you are, rhps, not unac(ualiitd.'
He then briefly reeiUrd thaalory of Strap
in 'Ibnlrrick Raudoca who, having
atrlpliedotrbfatooat to fight, ontrualed It
to a bystander. , Vlien ,th UuU waa
over, and he waa well beaten, be turned;
to rmime it, but tb auaa ha l carried It
off. - itr Curran tboa . applied tba
Ul IS, my loril, when tba oo en
trusted Willi tha dignity of th JudgmeuU
eat taya It a4br for a UmxiwuI to vatkf In
to dbgraccful praotuti eontewt, U Win
vain, whan ba aaa Un woratad iu Uw
encomntor, that ha erek an rvwan li H
I lit vain tlmt ba tries to aheliar hiniscir
behind an authority wbkb Imi baa aban
doned.' . If yaw any nnubar word I'll
commit ywi,' roplWd tba angry Jadgr, to
which Mr. J. retortod, 'If yr tordaliip
will do an. we shall both -of ae bava lb
eonwlatlou of reflecting, tbat 1 am not Iba
worst thing your lordahtp haa couiuiKted.'
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ORGANIZATION OPTng NEXT
j .' : IIOCSK. ,
' Whatever may ba tha deposition of the
Democrat! member from th Soath to giv
auraiica to lb Freaidaat that they appro
lata hi geuro policy to their section, aa
illaatrated in hkt action toward South Ca
aolisa. let tbem lead no wilting ear to the
wbifperings of Bapablioaa propoaing a boa
partna argaaiiatiua of tha iluoe.
i Wa have a Democratw majority tber t
we bava a right ta tha organiaation j aad
there should be no thought of surrendering
the right. ' . V
: If the Admlnutration more along satis
factorily, it will doukl d'v B(oa
Soutbera DemocraU to defend it from tba
attacks of Radio! j and tb&t defence eaa
ba made much mora effective with tha aid
of party discipline aad supremacy in tbe
Iloaa than without tba sdvsnuge in tbe
aontest. Aad if Iba Admiaistrathm should
stect away again from tha course it U aew
following ia it relations with tk South . it
will become incumbent upon Southern De
mocrats U assail it. la that aontiagaey,
to. it bt of high aoaeaquewoe that th
Hons should be organised nnder Drato
cratio cowlrol. ...
' Mr. Randall ia nt'rt!d to tb Speaker
hip again by every aonsidaration of service
t the party, efficiency aad impartiality ae
a pieaidinft officer, aad capacity for leader
sbio wbsther in a calm er ia a aUrm. V
treat no Soatbera Conservative ar Demo
cret will aaat a vote tgaiuat him llich
moud Whig. 'f
A JUDGE WHO SENTENCED HIS
... OWN 80N. -
It hasn't eft at bappened Sacethdaji
of Uratu tbat a father baa sat ia judg
ment and passed ' aenteno on awe af his
suns. Tba mention of an aid Canadian
Jadge'f name in a newapaper recall to
m tbi incident ia bis lifs. The ' eon wsa
addicted to liquor, and for drunkenness
waa sent homo from Upper Canada College.
At home he eootinaed hi career of worth
leaanaw. and .on night, out of theer
draaken folly, picked i a friend's pouket of
hie hsadksrabief. and thought it weald (ba
rare piece of fun to tska alao hi watch.
Accordingly he knocked him down, tisd
hi band and deprived him of bia watch.
Tha friend had tne humorial k arreMed for
highwsy robbery, end in. due sours tba
yoeng flleW bsfora bia own father,
who seat him lo tb penitentiary for Ire
ears, aad ent his aume out of tht family
hble." ' would hk to ba abl la my
(hat tba yoeng man rsformed. ' Hietorwal
soenraev, however. Compels ma to deolara
lhaf he' married, wS soepected of a rsib
rtisd robbery, started a livery aiabla and
drmth t.imlf to doatb. JuhVcuI Letter
STATE SEWS, ..
' Tba Wilmington Star says." The parties
styling ttieuiMoIve Arabe, wh arrived
her . Thursday vei tha schooner . Mary
8tetm, front Kavaasa laland, tnenti af
whleh was made In our last , , Iwue, spent
a good portion of tha forenoon yesterday
In the offloe of tba City Marshal, where
they attracted much atteutbHi. They ar
of a very dark eomlexfcn, reeembliitg
Mexican aomowhat in thia rreiwct, and
their features art of aa exceedingly pt
cnllar caat, as compared wllb Americana
or Europennv Their binguag wasalan
very peculiar, and it wasevldeutthat they
worn unahle to apeak a word of EnglWr
They ar aallvea of Algeria, bolng known
In their own country aa "wood-choppor,1
but have for noma time ast been In tbe
Ialand of Trtntdad, where they bava been
engaged In th mining buttlnes. Their
religion Is that of the MahommedanS.and
and their name and ages, respectively,
are aa follows. Abld riallui, 83 KulJ
ran&IHe, 43; Hemruit BcutieU, M; Rabbi
Al-d'uuui, 2D; Bomadb) Baloakrod, 2ft.
Mohamet BeuadlUl, W; Maaaarout Bar
tnaba, 2H. They ar aeom)aiiled by a
uatlv eubiroil jou;h of Trlnidud, about 15
yearaof sg. uaaied Isaac Adolpbua, who
speaks both French and KnglUh. ' They
ara now endeavoring to get to their homea
on the far Mediterranean. Mayor Can-
day provided for their accomaioilatlon nt
tha City Hall nntll towbiy. What the
dueky Algerian atraners will do with
themselves , afterearda thl deponent
kuowetbj uot. They are not provided with
a superfluous quantity of baggage. ' ' 1 ' '
Th Reldsvillo Timet anya: We learn
the subscription vol In Milton Township
for fifteen thousand dollar lo th Huther
lln and Milton Railroad wns carried taat
8atuibiy ty S39 In rvor to 30or4t against.
Tha town U jubilant over th result and
everybody lu Milton la walkiug lift on
their ear. ' '. -- : ; " I.-
Th Pec Dee Herald sayav Spend your
niouey wherv you luaka it; Uiy your gool
at ho4iHt and not abnmd;' enuuurax
your hrtne' Imperf laS each K ba for
tha other; aud AnT all public improvement
CliaritjT iegiaa at borne.' Our town first,
others afterward. ""',',
Tha Wilmington Star says.- Messrs.
W. R. Hteamaand D. 8. Parkina, mana
ging agents of tha National Fibre Com
pang. having effected tba Bcoassary ar
rangrmer.th, will proceed to detnoliah th
old bulldlnga rbrmerly used for th Fibre
Works and erect now one (n their a teed,
doing away, also, with all tba old
machinery and substituting uaw and lot
proved luachlnery In ila place. Th new
bnilding-i, whicli will be tbrwe la number,
nre expected tobanajch Urger'thau tha old
aoe. W ara glad to record tb com
BMtieeraeut of such enterpruies la our
aildat. ..t'.. '.. y'"'-
Tba Chartottta Otecrrcr, aayw Hi
HHior Judge Cloud baa bean the chief In
strument !n bringing abtMit noma Im
portant Internal Improveotenta In Rutber
fjrd and Cleave bind counties, aad it was
la reference to lh bad condition of tba
public rood. He . related with great
minuteness tha dlRloull be ha bad In fin
ding tba road from Polk to Rutherford
ton. Said be. I com to two mods two
rtmdedldn't know which k one to take.
At last I took tba best. It got worvennd
worse won and worse. First thing I
knew I butted right aqnar tip aglutbe
Blue Ridge, and thar I wua."
Ha then charged tha grand Jury to
present every overseer oftha road who did
uot have sign boards at every place where
two roada met. When . tha jury bad
finished tbelr work and took lh oath
that they bad dhtcharged their duly, so
far aa they knew It, b dlinjovw d that no
overseer had been presented, ml Imme
diate!) sent them back to stay till they
did bring aoma eaa before tb Court for
(allure to put epalgu boarda. '
Tba Wilmington Star says: Straw
berries ar now selling ia this market at
25 Coiita a basket. .
Tlia Ralcltrn ' X"eu ears. Merchants
and others should uot overlook th pro-
vlalons of sections II and 32 of schedule B.
of tba act to Wa revenue, paal byth
late Uaneral Asaemh'v. Thev Uvv
special tax upoa merobanla and all others
doing a business tba franchise of which Is
liable to taxation, ana make It Inmim
nent upon them to tmt tba tax Inrfore be
ginning business. The prwvUlonaoftbaaw
aeououa ara important- i ,,
In tba Raleigh Military dUtrlct Capt
Raell C. Manly waa eleftH Lieut Colonel
and R. D. Haucnek, Major Tber will
ba aa encampment at . aufort en July
4lh. The following coopanla eompoa
th battalion; Itaklgh Light Infatttiy,
Hleljlij Elm ,Clty U!flmo, Kewberu;
Newborn Uraa, , KewUrn; OoWUro
Ulflemeii, ; Uoldaboro Orange , CiuanJa,
llillaU'ro. .. ; .
Salisbury bato fuund1ee,
A SAILOR LA DM 11-H. ApE FROM w
. SHARKS. 1
, j Captain Ounsnti, of tbo ship Patterdule,
relalea n thrilling story oft he eecajmof one
of hie ship's boys from the mnw ofn
shark., The ship was In th tropiivi, with
wlud enough to keep the canvas flapping,
and oiienf tb 'apprenticr waa over the
weather aid cleaning ofl Tne Captain,
standing on th xiop dock, not load the
lMy waa rareler, ami warned him to look
out for bimaelf ami not tumble overboard.
Tba ship waa going about three knotoan
hour, ami the sea almost as calm aa a mill
pond.' The lad, in a moment of care
leasneM, lost his balance and fell from the
platform slung over tit side. , Tb Cap
tain saw tha acckJent and threw him a
bidder, which the boy graspetl aud clam
bered up tba rouuda aa tbe ship belt bint
astern. ' ' " '
No sooner bad the boy settled himself
on the bolder than a brae of large blue
harks ranged up alougaide, aad actually
reared tbelr heads out of th water In
their eagerness to taste tha young eullor.
The boy acres rued luxtily and grew half
frautlu from terror. Tb ship waa hove
to and a boat was lowered. Htlll th boy
liung mt tb ladder, trying' to keep his
lege free from tb snapping of tb vk-lou
aliarks, which aeemed actually , to jump
out of tbe water to get at blm. Af.er
tMHiie twenty-five minute of horrible ana-
peuse a boat waa lower! mid he got Into
if ; Ae eoo as tbe boy found bimaelf safe
he fuinted. It waa a fearfully narrow
cacape R- . i
THE PLAYEDOUT CARPET
BAOtiER. ,
Her la th kind of condolence that ar
rant Ingrat tbe Chicago Tribune offer to
the martyred earget-bagsers in this their
day of tribulation. Th Tribune say a. "
. "It bt not rljcht to Indulge In facetiae at
Hi expenseoftbe carMtlleggera., Tbey
ara Just now a trifle unpopular, but they
bav been useful. They .did th North a
favif by going South which should not
be forgotten, ami it seems' now to be In
their power to do the South even a greater
favor by coming North. They are thus a
double Messing. They 'originated what
may a termed a eurrency la politics;
circulating medium, a legal lender much
iHmled between different aectlona of th
country. A tbey left us, they took liUlo
wilb tbem; they will return aomo of
tliem-ladej. Ilka the busy bee, with the
results of accumulation and frugality.
Tbey bava done much to make a solid
South.'
Hit 'em again, orothcr Medlll; they've
got uo friends down here
atfjMMteWeW
GREASING BUGGIES AND WAGONS
3reaslng bogglee ami wsgnna I of
mora Importanc tbat soma Imagine.
Many a wheel is rulrMNt by oiling too
plentifully. A well-made wheel will
endure constant wear from lea (o twenty
years. If car I Uen to on tba right
kind and proper amount of oil; but If thla
matter la not attended to, tha wheel will
b used up in five or six years, or it may
ba sooner Lard should never be used on
a wagon, for It will penetrate the hub, and
wotk Ita way amuod thte:idona ' of tb
eioke and spoil th wheel. Cas'or oil hi
a good material for us on iron axlve; just
oil enough eiiould be applied to a spindle
to glv it a light emting thla ia better
than more, for th surplus u ton will
work out at tbe ends, and ba forced by tba
shoulders and nut Into th hub, around
tbcouiaid of th boxes. To ml lh
axletr, Drat wipe th spindles cleau with
a cloth wet with turpentine, if It d-axn't
wipe without It On a buggy or carriage,
wipe and clean off th bock aud front ends
of the hub, and then apply a very small
quantity of castor oil, or more eapeulatiy
prepared lubricator, near tb slioulder a
poiut '
A DEAF MAN TALKS POLITICS.
Ou of tbe oldeet aud most disreputable
ritlsens of -Son Antonio, Texas, forg-, as
was bis usual euatoni, to pay for tbe
"smile", be bad Just taken. Tba old
gentleman 1 a lilt! deaf, too. Tba bar
kerper mildly Intimated that If be bad all
extra quarter about blm It would not ba
r fused with acurn in part payment
"Another extra out. bt tber ? be re
marked, moving toward the door.
Wbn ar ymj going to pay that fifteen
cants, bey 7 said lb bwrkteper, In raised
ton of Voice, moving gently toward
bin. - . i f " . -, - . . -
Tb obi xentleman nodded and halloo-
ad back, 'Yea, Hayea fat lu. Eight of the
nneeii weui lornim.'
: Tlia barkeeper alldeti up towarda blm,
to get a square k Ick, tdawrvlng rather ex
citedly, "You are acting damn badly
,'Darou Bradley, that 'a Juat what laay,'
arid heelld out Jwat aa tb went up
In th alrand aa vWlbl for a moment
over the top of the aw inking doom, while
th sforeaaldold rneUimer continued on
diwn tii street, with a smile on M faiw
aa if the angsl wer w bispviuig to biiu. .
MURDER OH A Wll ITK MAN BY A
NEGRO IN GASSrON.
Th Charlotte 0jrcrf says, a eitixeu
of Ga4toa county gives , ua tb following
particular of the murder nf a white man , '
itaniad tViiliam Jolinaton by a negro known
a Dick Mcliill. but .whom real imiue is
Minor McGill. ' wliicli occurred io that:
county en Tueeday slternotui ; Tb man
in tba neighborhood had gatliereti together
to work I lit road near Suuili Point, and
during tb day a quarrel sprang up beiweeu
tbe two partu-e which continued during tbo
whole day After tliey had all (juit work
and aepsrsted, the neirro and while mail ..
began to fight, when the former ran into
tbe woods, the latter following him with an
axe ia bia band. ' I bis was the last seen of
them until s half boor later, when tb ne
gro appeared at the bouse of a mnn who
bad eeea tbe two run iuto tbe wood. Thia
maa suspecting from tbe negro's condnct
that all wa nol rip hr, went iu search of lb
whit man and found him lying dead near
a branch, with bis skull broken. The ax
with which tbe blew bed sppaienlly been
infliited, was fouud a few steps from tbo
body. There a cre no signs of a struggle
hating takeu place, but the imprints of a
man's knee aud band were discovered in
tb sand on either side of tbe branch, and '
the inference waa tbat the negro bad struck
Johnston while be was stooping to driak
from the branch. '
Several uienwcut immediately to McGill'a
house, but failed to find him. Ue has not
been Men in tbe neighborhood since.. There ,
U reason to believe that he has fled in th
direction of South Carolina.
lie is described aa decidedly black, a- '
bout 40 years old, nearly aix feet high.
weighing 16", and aa being in tba Labit r
of talking loudly and rapidly'-""
William Johnston tbe mm who was hil
led, bad juat moved iuto Gaston from Uni
on county. South Carolina. Both parties
bad. been driokiug during the day. -
' Tba Charlotte Observer suys, a Yemala
blonde of indefinite age eutereJ tbe ufliv
of th Register of D-eds accompsuied by
a son of Africa, who wa as black as night,
ad mndently informed tbat officer that she
wished to procure a marriage license in or
der to link her fortunes with a colored man,
with whom she bad become eoainored. ,
She denied (be iniputstion of being of pure
Anglo-Saxon origin aid aaid that ber pa
was a half Indian, that abe waa raised in
luaaoH county. S. 0 ; and tbat sba waa
nothing but a poor lone girl, so she was,
and she wanted to get married, so sba did
The inexorable Register peered iuto tha
liquid depths of ber love lit eyes for a few '
minutes, aud failing to fiud any traces of
tbe royal blood of 1'ncahontaa there, or ou
any cf ber features, be lid down tbe law ia
refatioo to tbe intermarriage of whites and
blarks. snd tbe snowy amide aud Lr
dusky lever departed.
PRETTY TOLKRALLV MEAN.
K Detroit doctor recently met an ex- "
patient of his on State street and colled
the mau's attention to the fact tbat b bad , ,
a bill ega'uwt him for meJical services. ,. , ,
Csu't pay. replied tbe man.
i)o you waut to pay V sternly demand
ed the M D
Of eburae I Jo, but I'd like a littl
tim.M
How much;'
" About twenty vesrs."
111 sue thin bill' exclaimed the doc
tor.
.Sueeway, for I ain't worth tot a
shirt and a baif, aad am growing poorer
evcrv dev.
'A, sir. you're a b'auied mean man
continued theooctur. -jetting a 1st il riled.
Uow mean aui I Doctor FrieaMtato
what grade of tueanueas you mean "t" . ,
'1 mean, said tb Utor, as h got
mar color in Ins earn, 'I wau that yo
era meaa iMtugb to pretsud to dbt t
spit jour'sraditor and make yenr wife,'
tbe partner of yonr boeom. troubl. Yoa ,
ar maa aoagb to let th:m bary yon in .
da form. Then, if 1 cam at night, dug
Io ap aad carried year Cadaver on my
ek for a mile aud a baif, you'd ba snaa
enough to com to lifo, pick my pocket,
aad want ma to hire yo ta 21 ap tha
grav araia. -
'Is that yoar candid opinion, Doctor if' 4 ,
Tee. sir. it is !'
Well, Doctor, yoa ey drive en.--Tf
yon bate buy lime daring the day. please
write me oat a chart, for yon beat Fowler .
by n length and a half. Wood bje. Doe;
Meats lik spring, don't it f .
! " ' " '."" .
An exchsng reports tbat a lady " wae
drowned in a previous ditioa of that pa-
A yoaag lady of Corinth, Mi"; hsatbe
phot n-rs phi of seven rt jec'.ed suitsr bsng
2ta the wall, ' '
As the bit Dr. KraiaerJ. of J'biladel-
phis, was oooe walking down Cbe-tuul,
street, s gentleman nked him. Sir. ran -ye
loll me how to Snd the sheriff. office? '
' Yea, aii. was lb reply j. etery iim ,
jo) ear i sjud $10."
" A raiser of poultry, ia Louisiana, ha
duitawellst ihr entrsuc of hie ben
bottv. sd p'sced a tilling Cover e it,
iiie oalvh average ou darkey a bight. .
Jm. i. ' tfjarqrova, y. c.
Catvlioti.