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1 FRANKLIN URIER H GEO. S. BAKER, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS: S2.00 per Annum. VOL. TIT. LOTJISBUEG. X. C, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1874. NO. "51. 7 Co A Petition to Time, Touch na gently. Time ! Let ua glide aiown thy stream Gently an we eomotimou glide Through a quiet dream ! Humble voyage. are wo, Husband, wife, and chlidren three (One in lot-t an angel, fled To the. azuio, overhead !) Touch uh goutly, Time ! ViVve not proud nor soaring wings : Our ambition, our content, Lien in birxiplo things. Humble voyagere are we, O'er Lifo'a dim, unsounded eea, bolting only ome calm clime Touch ua gently, gentle Time ! ball. It was accident, surely, but I regret to Bay the ball bounced ita own course, and it wan no gentle blow that sent girl and doll into the house. The next day she wa on the sandpile, and I at my "lookout." "Oh, Sissy I called softly, so that mother would not be able to hear it. . No answer. "Say!" Stubborn sife'nee. " Mud pies ! You mad " The dirty little hands patted the cake she was making with nervous diligence, but closed lips. " I didn't go to hurt you last night, 'pon my word I didn't." She got up with a radiant smile on her not the name, exactly, that Wfce face. and comimr close to her -ide of i he appc.ar.-d on the baptismal register in con- fence she whispered : ncct.on ith her birth, etc., but it was the " I'm glad vou didn't do it a purpose, name ,he engraved on my heart on our firnt but I must not talk to you ; mv ma says introduction, maybe you ain't nice folks." ;he win tli.-dirties;, Mauciest.'cutefct, little T . u i ir i .... , , , ' , I was astonished. My raa has given me M n S" ni'll'l. nu l lllOUlflll. I 1 .i , . ,u..,UUv ... ' the impression that we were very nice peo- "LITTLE MUD PIES Thnt '.VMS 'Some Jugglers. Trick. lent knot ho!., in the fence that divided our pn irn'-t.M. My parents ln-longed to that unfortunate sda;s of humanity called "renters," and we lived in what my mother, termed " unde sirable proximity to our neighbor. " that a rchidenoe in a " row " necessitated, and, not withstanding her own position, she had a ftrcat contempt for others who like our selves were forced to occupy a house In a tit.'. Hon cv, she h id her family pi ide inborn, and was highly connected, and if circum- fiances choked he- ambition for a time, there was still a clear track in good society, and h; was perfectly justified in snubbing Jier neighbors in consequence. She worked hard to instill the same high- toned feelings into my wayward self. Her daily l.ctiiKH, whose prolixity and te.t alone made impression on my mind, were ftlwayselosed with, the remark : " I)on'l jLisoi-iatc'with the neighbors' chil dren; one never knows who people are that are constantly moving about." It may have been the plebeian blood in herited from the paternal branch of my family,or possibly the natural depravity of '.boyhood predominated at all events those lectures did Hot find wholesome foundation in my nature. I suffered terribly with a hankering after pernicious children. 1 u.-e'l to bi g and plead with my obdurate , paivnt to provide at least a brother or two, or a sister, f r me to play with, but with out avail. pie indeed in fact too nice for our posi tion ; ho I whispered back indignantly : "That's just what my ma says about you!" These two mothers were made glad by the reports we brought them. For weeks and weeks after that, if we chanced to be on the front steps at the same time, our mothers would snatch us indoors in a manner that was perfectly frightful, muttering .something about low ill-bred folks. I think such drawbacks had much to do with these charming stolen interviews through the knot-hole. We Were sent to school, studied under the same teacher, generally managed to stand in company during recitations. "We quarreled and made up, but our mothers still carried swords in their eyes, and snubbed each other mercilessly. Thus two or three vears passed. My little neighbor was taken sick. was nearly frantic. The doctor's buggy stood before the door sometimes twice a day, and my obstinate mother would not permit me so much as to ask him about her. I think my- sufferings were as keen dur ing that boyish trial as if my feelings had been more matured, and a way suggested itself to send my sympathy to its object. I sent her a billet-doux. Astonishing Performances in the Sleigh; cf Hand Way. Robert lloudin, the French juggler, was employed by the French Government to go to Algeria on a novel mission. The Mara bout priests exercised great influence over the natives, because they were able to per form certain feats of jugglery, which they pretended proved their divine power. These Marabouts were enemies of the French and encouraged turbulance among the Aral's. The government thought that it might be a good stroke of policy to send Houdin through the colony informing his miracles and, demonstrating to the natives that a French sorcerer was greater than an Arab sorcerer. Accoruinclv liouuin appeared before large audiences, beginning in the city of Algeria. At the first of these ierform- ' A. mees he introduced a 'box which-became aeavy or light at his order. This box was rought by him to the footlights and while lolding it in his hands he declared to his learers that he possessed the power to de irive the most powerful man of his strength arid restore it at will. He invited anv one who thought himself strong-enough to come on the stage. An Arab of middle height, but well built and muscular, came to his ide with great assurance. "Are you strong?" asked Houdin, measuring him from head to foot. "Oh, yes," he replied carelessly. " Are vou sure that you will mysteriously . disappeared. After a while I Training Boy. is feet reappeared, then his legs and- body, Have you a boy from live to eight vcars and he came down. He claimed no super- old? If so it is a matter of the greatest im- nataral powers. How did he do it? There portance that you train him up right, was an Indian juggler who had a little den Teach him from the start that he can't run on the Bowery a few years ago. He was a across the floor, whoop, chae around the dirty fellow, and respectable people were back yard or use up a few nails and boards not much disposed to venture into his place. I to make carta or boats. If you let him gentleman told the writer that, moved by J chase around he'll wear out shoes and curiosity once, he went in. The juggler clothes, and nails and boards cost money. made him Bit on the floor. In a moment Train him to control his appetite. Give two figures, apparently human, roe out of him the smallest piece of pie; the bone end the floor in obedience to the wand of the of the steak ; the small potato, and keep conjurer. They grew to the ordinary height the butter-dish out of his reach. By teach- of a human being. The visitor made a ing him to curb his appetite you can keep motion to rise, when the figures sank him in rrood humor. Bovs are alwavs through the floor instantly. An examina- I good humored when hunger gnaws at their tion of the place betrayed no visible solu-I stomach". If he hapten to break a dish, tion to the ingenious performance. thrash him for it ; that will mend the di.-h and teach him a lesson at the same time If you hnppen to notice that your boy's shoes aie wearing out take down the rod A Nw York paper -in speakine of the I and irive him a iHM-linjr. These shoes were cattle stampedes which have taken place j purchased "only te n months ago, and though in that city, says : It is a daily occurrence I you have worn out two pairs of boots during Texas Cattle in New York. Hot Alp and Cool Room. Tlx Early History. Because when the air of the street marks Aicaoiogicai uuems wm ou,u,, - thirty degree, or forty degrees Fahrenheit, muc panncu wua in- onins . . iu ..... a room overwarmed bv a fire can be cooled lor investigation-one in turner Ik -ft - Tli:.:. bv openimr the windows, the averax Louse- A00 llic OUiCr ,n i'""01"- a c r r keeper adops the ready conclusion that whenever a room feels hot the way to cool it is to let in the external air. Accordingly in these pipping times he, and tiil more often she, opens the sunny tdde cf the house, and lets in air of a temperature varying from 10) d egret- to 120 degree, or n. Then, because in a very short time the room naturally enough l-eeome much hot ter than it was, it is considered that the Uut- a vear ago the construction of irrigating canals wa commenced in the Pueblo Viejo valley, lying on the south of the Gila river. While thus at work, purveyors very unex jiectcJly came upon a chain of cities in ruins, in some instances the walls Uing above the furface. An examination of the countless 7rmu'" in the vicinity rvvcaltI large quantities of potU-ry,houihold uten oils and human bones, but no weapon of window are not opened wide enough and war- one ot the Hammers or axes were yi the Huped error Uir.g n medud. a ..till a quality ol stone hanier man any now in larger quantity of hut air is then Kt in. And to we find ia.Vr funiiiu hitting with a very light muslin titton her frame, and a great deal of . perspiration uikmi her upper lip', her face the color of an Orleans plum, and her condition of mind to the lal degree dejected, simply because hhe persist in dis- u-e, while of the clsy vexocls many howed the clearest evidences of the Roman tyle of decoration. Pebbles of elony hue exter nally, but transparent when held to the light, were scattered about. Various con jecture were formed f the race of opl who built and inhabited them: cities, as well for a stampede to take place in the. journey I that time the boy has no business to be so to Bull's Head, and it is not ungual for hard en choc. By giving him a sound m ' . j , , , .i i x i ii . tt l l.t i? ;n a .1 t. . I side cf the house only, &nd keep the other side closely shut, her dwelling will K at least not hotter than the shady side of the street, whereas, by her arrangement, it ae- ouires the heat of the tunnv side. We tell her also that if her houe be lanre and the mai hiIc olltn cUim th1 Icxio' ncVfr inmates few, she mav live in a delightful produced simens of pottery similar to state of coolness bv oim nine the windows at ltiOS OI M r"- " n " - night and keeping them closed during the the animals to make the tour of Harlem thrashing you will prevent the shoes from and the flats adjoining, to the terror of the wearing out. inhabitants of that district. The animals When you want your boy to go of an roam at will, and rather wildly too, until errand you should state it and add : they are either shot down or are captured; " Now go as quick as you can, and if you the latter, however, being seldom done, are gone over five minutes I'll cut the hide About three weeks ago, while a herd was off your back." being driven had just started in fact He will recognize the necessity of haste, always remain so?" " Quite sure." "Y'ou eleven of them ran away. lhey chose J and he. will hurry up. lou. fcould not do are mistaken," said Houdin, "for in an in- Third avenue for their wild promenade. I the errand yourself inside of fifteen minutes, slant I will rob you of your strength, and Three of them continued their wild and but he is not to know that. It you want you shall become as a little child." The wayward course down the avenue until they him to pile wood, the way to address him u Arab smiled disdainfully. Houdin told reached the avenue entrance to Bull's thusly: him to lift the box. He stooped and lifted Head, past which three very small boys " Now, see here, Henry, I want every stick it without any effort, and said coldly, " Is wer going on their way to a school-house of that wood piled up before noon. If I that all?" With an imposing gesture Hou- in a neighboring street. A big fiery steer come home and find you haven't done it I'll din solemnly pronounced the words, " Be- started for the little fellows, caught one of lick you till you can't stand up '." hold you are weaker than a woman ; now them and tossed him. The little fellow, It is more than a boy of his size can do 1 r . . T i ' . rri T T l i i i 1 1 T 1 .. ...... .1 ...... . - t ! . ,1 nnl . M I n ,1 (1ait tmt vsu n ia vri fi-k 1 il n m a I ' mi me uox. . a ne young iiercuies graoDeu oauiy muicu, nao uuinjuicu, nu t own i m u. nwrc , ;uu -""-" i 6:yvcoo a house without ldentv of ventila- the box quite confidently, but, to his amaze- ne lanaea scampereu away, me iwo ouitr uiai ne in uui imuvcu jiaib um msicau tjQn jj Jjcincct ment, it would not budge. He attacked it little boys likewise making good time. 1 he eight. vigorously over and over again, while his animal paused, snorted, and ran completely i it you near mat anyone in me neignoor- e jj0yB in Bed. countrymen sat looking on in silent wonder, oyer a low stone wall overlooking the mud hood has broken a winuow, 6toien iruu or Whoever has lifted the curtains of lmv' reganling the most elementary principles ci a ine cause ol ine "- natural philosophy. We tell her that if 1mk"7 nnn l,on na charcoal lying cioe io mem, u i i-ioio that the cities were either destroyed by fire or the places in question have been devoted to the purpose of cremation. Sune have considered thce remains as rvprtx ntir.s: r-emi-civilizod tril-e conquered by Monteiu- day. Her house will then lie. some ten de geees or fifteen degrets lower intemiierature than the streets, and con.vev vcrv much the refreshing effects of a cool bath upon enter ing it. We tell her all this and -hc i very much interested. At our next visit, we find every window open, and the house full of red ho air. "It stand to reason," she say, triumphantly, " that you cannot po- high table-land on Itock rivtr, Illinois, some six miles frota llockford city. Kxca vations were made in a great mound, and at a depth of nine feet a tablet of Niagara hpar was found with traced and Wvcled edge, and a scric"of eccentric carvings that probably were designed to Tp-tuate tome event. Six of the figures corrvii.nd i-r-fectly with I abyan characters, letters of the oldcit African nations. Fourteen d n-tinrt figures may be traced on the tablet, in cluding thoise of a well-formed fidi, a lizard, and two serpents. As in Arizona, a quan tity of lionea and small pieces of rock ex hibiting jierfect fin-marks were found near but it resisted. lie vainly expended on flats on the east side of the avenue, where unhinged a gate, be sure that it was your I Boon after their inmates have eone I luc tablet. Tins is the most recent rxanii- this box a strength which would have he was found a few minutes afterwards boy. If he denies is, take down the rod and to and has looked lovinglv in, has Krn nation of the work of the Mound-builders in raised an enormous weight, until at length, coolly browsing with his feet imbeded in tell him that you will thrash him to death a j)reltv pight. Generally the faces are theWet; and as further excavations are panting, exhausted, and red with anger, he the mud. He wa3 subsequently hauled out if he doesn't " own up," but that you will ivjng "most restfully, with hand under t made, many theories concern buried his face in his burnous and retired by means of a stout rope. Oi these eleven spare him if he does. He will own up to a cjietj anj jn manv cases look rangely ing the early settlement of Wisconsin, Ohio, from the stage. Houdin does not explain that stampeded ten were captured; the he to get nd of the thrashing, and then you i v . f. j Illinois, Indiana, Mifc.iii pi and est the secret of this strange trick by which he eleventh was never found. Numbers of can talk to him about the fate of liars and jnfanie as ; tr'; Df 0ucr Cxprts- Virginia may be etablihed thereby. made bodies heavy or light at will, and these cattle leave the herd while driving bad boys, and end by saying . L;on which thev had been taught to wear without apparently touching them, but it from Bull's Head after being brought down Go to bed now, and in the morning i n j (jay haij jrupiH?1i ti,e monient the Tke Harvest Home. Tl. ,1. t 1. .. I : i il . rl T i r i i r. i i. il.. T -1 l.i 1. ,! I 1 4 .,w ' I ... I nr.miuSiw ,ibdimic nuxeu, as i was a iavonie OI HIS, ana Olien CXIUDliea w me various siuuguiei-nouses on nuier unenu lu juui -. vountr aillbitiou Will had lost control. Ihe Tl,i .Ull lf,,! .nnlrrtiarv f lb- bare, .t 1 l II ...., .illl T J Ji.1 i r i ii -r- t lTJ-.il. 4J . 1 i il. 1 ' . .. I Tf ..., .!- U ; .liicl ir.-l lia 11- a I ..... . .... ..I - 1CWIICU lk "uy,j i- uouijl oui mat to nis iasnionaoie I'ansian audiences. siue 01 me cny. oome, uhuvu tuc ruiiy u;u v.u.v j,(j9 yie gjiut over bright, Imsy eyes; the air home waa celebrated at Prince Biniar. k's it was perfectly intelligible to her at that At the same exhibition in Algeria of second street ferry from Weehawken, are around, kicks the seat or smiles at some boy and evenly fanned bv "cunins and Lwt,i . i- il.. r 'I'l. .. . f I i 1 1 I n ft . ! i .. I l 1 I l.i 1 .. ! 1 I . 1 ' 1 . i . il. . 1 i 1 1 I .. : i -. 1, . 4li 1 -.. All 4 I'.ll 1 . . . ... ..I i lie course li-miiy n- xi door moved away, -lf 1UUS" 1,1 "r years 11 iingiu nave wiiicn we nave written, lioudin invited one aiso unveii 10 me tuaugmer-iiouse, mm aiijuaiiiiauu-, imasn uim u0ing breaths; there is a little crooked erand feast and afterwanl a ball was "ivin to the imiuense Hatislaction of my mother, proved a puzzle. It read : of the audience to come on the stage. A stampedes are frequent on these routes. On get home, lie ought to have been listening mounj -,n the lJ alon-Mhe U-d's i Kjt, or h,v ti1P 1:1. who lived in perpetual dread of the cor rupting iiilliieiK-e of their "great vulgar lioyh " over inc. She could not close my cars t i the bail words" that. might find a 'lodgment there. It had always remained an unanswerable problem who taught the firt innocent little boy naughty words. Surely his mother 'lidn't have "that neighbor's brat " to blame? "My OxiiY Sweetheart -If you prom ise to git well I'll never stick pins in your dinner any more, nor call you Mud Pief, nor nothing more. If you love m like I love you, no knife can cut our love in two." I hovered about the front door, very unmistakably, open), which Houdin risked him to mount. When he did so Houdin covered him with an enormous cloth cone. likely my misery pictured on my face, and instantly removing it, the Moor was With the note in my pocket, trusting to the gone. This trick produced a panic in the courage born of my. repentance, that the audience. . Screaming:. "It is the Evil One I" The huijiiiy that took possession of the (lo( tor ouhl be kind enough to give it to they clambered over the benches in wild ins puitiu. terror and rushed out of the door into the When he ran up the steps my unhappy street, where, in the public place, rubbi . . I 1 . 11 1 I . , 1 Tfl 11 si.. ,il I i " ! - ---- - - , young Moor, about twenty years of age, an average about one mousanu nead 01 to tne sermon. 11 i,e ecch an uw oiner uojs on a chaip WJe h arc lhe jav clothes male and female. AIar-e and r-niiv car 11 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 -. 1 , 1,1 .1 x 1 " .!l I 1 .1 irnnta f An s- 1 - - . ......1 ' tall, well-built,and richly dre.sed,advanced. tnese wiiu came arrive in mis cny weeRiy, going 10 mc ei uS ..u u... gomimc, neatly Toldcd, some times huddled r;3?c bilCj had U-en decorated and fitted up There was a plain table on the stage (the constituting about one-tenth of the whole to take him in, tell him what awful wicked ofr i a hurry ; bulging with balls, or, in i,rie occasion, and a raised platform fur space between the top and the floor being amount of beef consumed.' things circuses are; how they demoralize the lepscr en"ows marblcS; Ftained with the ti.e ,nusicians of course was not wantinz boys; how he ought to be thrashed for Uarth of manv fields where wcHKichuck in l ... I I -'i 7 v fx" - - MidsMpmen Appointed' even seeing the procession go by ; ana men or lorn w;th lhe an1 lhc iliffenrnl wtr, wLirUng w ue.i ,uu..vi a3.i- . j rmicrhness of trees on which swiuirrels Have r.ri .,4-m th. Trin. r.tar.l . 1 o 1 ... .... ...... It ------ red wan wife an,i familv. and, as is customary 111 marshes I :,, itr.j. rr1 A. n.t lis!t!vli Jurf in .1 lere mubk 1. . f A i I 1 ir 1 .ii. 1. ... 1 1 . a imiuoer 01 ouiig iiicn uic iu 1 iq- 1 pay nan a uonar 10 go in, aim come nouie fceen KOUgnt; jierhaps wit and mi pointed to positions as miasnipmen in me astonished at the menagerie ana pleased ,11 . muj r(J service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- with the wonderful gymnastic feats. banks of .tream wl house nest door had the same number of ihildre'n that my parents had one, a girl: She was but-little younger than myself, and sippoarcd to he 'isolated from neighbor ing4 contort to the sain'e degree. My daily entertaiVii'ucut was considerably enhanced a-fter this, by watching her through .1 hole in the-fence,' as die sat on a great pany. Applicants must be over fourteen Keep your loy Fteady at Fchool, have rat3 have "been tracked. Under the Wd's and under eighteen years of. age. lhey work for him every holiday ; thrash lam if footlie tIie -hoes one on its sidewith the in- niust be of good moral character, and will- he wants to go fishing or nutting; restrain , , u k n w cnz, and h.,il- ,.1 visage attracted him. lie tapped me 011 his eyes, in stupefaction and wondering how be inspected as to 'their physical capacity to his desire for skates, kites and marbles, turown across them; and there, in their i. the pleasures of their humble !? -ndant. The Princess condecendM to allow the hind to dance with her once, and then ayed the part of a quiet sjectatir. The unuergo m eoauxe ...uu. -t r0Ui mm out at aayngiu, com or 1.01, cuu litllc wll.,f Miuaml in tue great mas of customed to dance with ihe fineladi. at service. They will receive a rigid course of his cars for asking questions; make his nIht heedless how the earth whirls away court, did not shrink from dancing with Ml instruction while on board the vessels of the clothes out of your caet-ofT garments; and whh'lhem or how the world g.es, who is ti,e?,r!.oii hi. estate, but he had to ghe company in all branches of the profession y0u will have the satisfaction, when old and th;ntinir of them or what h doin2 at home. r.r., .i,r ln , tb. ...uiir.n. ritirv on ttio ri.rtra rT irlxi l.la n - 1 .1. 1 : T ij I. . . . . 1 ii. : : .1 . 1 .1? -. 1 1 ; . 1. . 1. . . er I' ... . I ' m iii-au aim ii.sn.irii me n j. -auieu any - ue got there, they iound the young .Moor, thing? While in the interior Houdin crave an IMesshis kind eyes, how they' 'twinkled, open air, exhibition to the wild sons of-the as he promised to deliver my letter. desert. He pretended that he was invulner- t . ,ii:i.i ...u 1 ... . . . - . . : l, I 111 1 r .1. .j. 1.1 0 . . . . I - 1 iuijik: my unigia uen ne eume uui abie and ottered to let a Marabout shoot at Wl seuiueii. ai, me "i'u U1 gray-neaueu, 01 snowing iu juu uuiu t, busiest people in the world-are noting . tl4 i'liane.lIor lu iran to danc-e with her .: 1 1 .. 1.. . . 1. . H : ii j l. : 1 1 1 . ... i r..i 1 ..,:,...! - 1 -- " again mm nuiiueu me a repiy . - him. There Was a great crowd, and a vin- Utllr 8 berv";e "1C """"" nave tramea up a useiui memwr ui .toeiey f . , . ,.1.W &mf.nir br rollf it'tii-f . ... ".. . . . . . . . I cn r 1 I jinrl if found comnetent will be iromoted to I UA lo nnt niprl iust na bf nn. pettinfr well I ' . I . ... ....... llikevou to call me Mud 1'ies'and u ilvc-ioomi ig ieiio eame uui nom u anu , . j o shesatto work with such a will and in - body d .iKC wfith envy, ' making infantile I'm going to be well enough to sec you soon, claimed to haye the honor of killing the the-second class t ailing to pass mis ex- broken m. . Doing Much. . such a rr.ugh-and-rea.ly style as the country ;ructiires of ifchitcctural wonders, or. more My ma says she guesses you are right nice hated trenchman. The pistols were hand- armnauon ne vm ue uismiseu nom me .:i:.r!i..r..i ,:n A. .1.1.1:.. : .i. , . 1 1 . .1 ..1 - ' 1 1 .. : ,.A t TTnnlin wlirt 'inA .a,i;nn 4i service. At the termination of the second wipiiiiit ii,!inj4iij in un'isi eiiiiu ioiks, oniy sne minKs your ma neeun 1 ue so 1- """"""i .viuvu 1 pile of. sand; that ina.de "every fibre in my stt '-.tlv ' making mud pies.-.-. Oh! it was too much to suffer. A girl to have such privileges'! and I ? I often w idled we could swap mothers about that time. The d; le.wn " Mud '' ventured to possess me M'tiietiiiHs. but one irlance at mv im- stuck up Oh I .1 Ml . 1 1 fact that the vents were clear. The Mara- vear another examination wui taKe piace bout put in a fair charge of powder and for promotion to the first class or dismissal, drove the wad home.- Among the bullets At the end of the third. vear a final ex"' how happy and proud I strutted produced Houdin chose one which he amination will be had.which, if successfully Your sweetheart and always "Mid Pies." Ir. Hall truthfully savs that many ier- folks do dance, that the Prince.who had un A Maniac Money Maker. wng tQ lje awavg n a iUTTjt and-yet dergone the irdships of warfare more thui A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazelle, never accomplish much ; others never to le once, was sot out of breath, and was, refering to the death of an 'inmate of the hurried, and yet do a very great deal. If therefore, obliged to check the imjx tuosity Bloomingdale Asylum, says: He was a man vou have fifty letters to nr.swer, don't wa'.e of hi partner. The young Counters Jiis- of slender build, but mental disease had re- time in looking over to find which one marck joined in the dance, too, heartily as Scared to Death. 1 . . . j .11. i-i .. . I . . . . .. . j . :n "i::i.i I aoout; no, not smuieai reai.y urn not 01enly put m the pistol, and it was also P ra!U"luc w duccd him to extreme emaciation. He had should Le noticed Gn-t; an.swer the one you anybody, and st as good an example as ieei soiui Douora unaer iny ic-ct. 1 secraea rammed c own. liv the same n-neesa t ho ,1'obinoii us an umvi u wic wmi-nii; o 1 A .. , . ,l ( 1 1. 1.1... .1 l. .u l. : , : , , TV. .1.U ii.,. .- . 1 - ... 1 nm iiviin iiiim'ii 1 11 in nil I i i r.iir. aiiiu I ti ' t i i- . i . 1 1 r ii i t 11 1 . . i i. mi inrii . i 1 11 1 1 imi 11 iiia. maiiiB in lii u. r. i v . l . ... ai.y.a. . 1 1 . - I I vet be was the image of idiotic old age. the whole pile. Some 1-in a thing and j tainers remained with their humble guet-'s Such was the la-st scene in the life of one leave it partially completed, and hurry of! until late in the evening. who was once highly gifted and eminently to. something else. A Utter plan is to com successful. When first I knew him he was i,lete whatever you undertake before you leave it, and be thorough in everything; it is the going back from one thing to another that wastes valuable time. I deliberate to tloat in an etherial atmosphere, and was second pistol was ' loaded. ' Everybody service. . . . I .. imm1-a.I - r Mir.!1 li.i fii T" n ti -. hnno 1 1 1 l . 1 . . 1 1 . maculate trousers heiit h.m trembling and ""'"""""J ,m'lu" v-. ..riuC.,CuM,c watcnect witn tne most proiound solemnity, vanq'ui died to less tell-tale fields. of scarlet fever. I was dosed with sheep Houdin posted himself fifteen paces from The gall of toleration got the better of 5ron and put to bed, while my mother, the Marabout without evincing the slightest At a recent fire in Moscow, a man who me one dav. I looked about me carefully, watched in vain for the eruption to come to emotion. The Marabout immediately had been sleeping in the burned dwelling Mother w;is not in sight. I gained cour age; .1 tempting, but harmless stone lay directly under my fingers; the next moment it went buzzing over the fence and fell right in her lap. . The startled little baby looked up. Her bi blue eves met mine through the veep- hole an if attracted bv matrnctism. and she (lKl no 1 pPea K Biientiy sne rcstoreii it, to aim is more dangerous than vours. Look placed upon a dissecting table. Suddenly " ' I .lf i af l i.I . . my great rcnei ana joy. .v iew uays later, at that wall. " He pulled the trigger, and the man recovered his consciousness and t fin Vinilt vonnr' man. with a bril the surface. There I lay, helpless, tucked seized one of ths pistols and, on Houdin's was rescued in an unconscious state. It was Hant countenance and easy manner. He in bed, and was obliged to witness with giving the signal, took a deliberate aim at proposed to take him to the station house hired a loft in a warehouse and began trade what calm deliberation my trousers pockets him. The pistol went off and the ball ap- and try to recuscitate him, but the local on a capital which could hot exceed .500. were turned inside out. My sacred treasure peared between the magician's teeth. More officer who was present decided that the But from that beginning sprang one of the if i lrttr-r Riih!prterl irv flip rriticism nf thnt - .1 L-r l..- i ." .1 : l i .1.. l i l .... " - j " ,1 angry man ever, me .narawui irieu 10 .seie i mail was ueau, anu oiuereu me uouy mj ue preatest houses in this Cltv. llLS CO I? . it.. ,ii.j,...i i, . i . - . i , . . . . i . ..... . , io Niwai noiuaii. .iij uvi nciu- lue plst0i. " i ou could not injure me, " given up tor dissection, it was accord- iMir's opinion. She did riot loo fmo, she said Houdin, "but vou shall see that ray incly taken to the anatomical museum and rose, shook the sand from her little dress, that had bem white and pure in the. morn ing, and 'said angrily : . "You bad bov.?' " Yu dirty girl,' I replied, gallantly,-. " I'll" tell mv 4na." " I ain't afraid of your ma. IJahi'' -"(io way bad boy !'" Won't.do it. Mud Pies! , Mud Pies!" At this moment our mothers appeared ,a& thei "respective back doors, as with one volition, exclaiming simultaneously:' Come in this minute. Haven't I forbid- when I had recovered from that useless sweating process, she arrayed me in my finest garments, gave an extra brush to the where he aimed hairy tunnel on the top of my head ; made a nunnirg toilet v herself, and to my bewil dering delight, led me s to the next door. on the newly whitewashed wall appeared a cried out, "Where have I been taken?" large patch of blood exactly at the spot " Y'ou have been carried to the anatomical was one of wonderful success, but it taxed hi.s syptem beyond his strength. He was so excited that he could not sleep. He be came delirious on "the subj'ect of making money. It was the whole theme of lus con versation, and at last it was feared that his museum," coldly replied the half-drunk talk WM but a orm &f insanitv- He would The Marabout went up to it, dipped his I watchman on dut v. " Then thev will soon finger in the blood, and raising it' to. his begin to cut ine to pieces," shrieked the un mouth convinced himself of the reality, fortunate man, and overcome bv horror at Will I ever forget the first delightful hour When he acquired this certaintv his arms I his position and surrounding's he sank in the company ot Mud 1 ies.' And how ell antl his head bowed on his chest as if he back, this time really dead. friendly those two mothers were .' With vere annihilated. It was evident that for what amazing ceremony they entertained the moment he doubted everything, even one another, regretting the enjoyment each the prophet. This seemingly incomprehtn- had lost during the years that a proper 1 sible feat Houdin performed bv means of A Western exchange in describing its Vote for Him , den'vou to'talk to the neighbors' children?" exclusiveness " in their disposition had prepared balls. With a bullet-mould and candidate for Congress, says: Five hun- wh.;ch he built up U one Ah, how these two clever mothers gazed created a barrier to a more intimate knowl- a bit of wax mixed with lampblack he nad dred of the other party in Hamilton county fcc Mt familv a at'each other ! Oh! how the unprotected edge of the other ? It is owing in a meas- manufactured a very fair imitation bullet, will vote for hira because he is a good fel- itwnjt a fmxU price'for portion of our frail structure was needlessly Mure to that first call, that I can honestly Another bullet of the same material he had low. He is a miller. lie manufactures manipulated in consequence of really not creou an women mm a "U1UU"1 U1 niied wun oiooa. d course, it was Dy into nour arxut ovj ouneis oi wncaiecry Itecause of our disobedience, but because-- nne diplomacy we of the sterner sex do not sleight of hand that he changed the bullets day in the week, except Sunday. He ships please ask the first mother vou meet : I can't possess. forced upon him by the Marabout and sub- this flour direct to manufacturing towns in . -.... I -w . , ' explain what is U-yond my calibre call on his friends to show them how to make money." And this, with other va garies, comrelled his friends to place him in the asvlum. Here he liecame a lunatic money maker." He would siend the day in calculation, and at night tell how many millions he had made. At last his brain wore out, and he sank into idiocy, which onlv terminated with his life. The concern of great wealth, half million, but price lor which to sen nis reason. Pleasure of a Wnp'i Neat. A gentleman in Hartford, Conn., the other day, obtained accew to a trvc for the rmrriao f.i fikt-riinv a rnrrf ai wiin f!i.tn worker- are those who accomplish the mt , work in a eiven time, and are Ic tired at 1 t. . . . , . . . . U1 I nertion with an nr.oer window of bis house. the end of the day than many who have not lhc olikclive ;nt Uj a tfclLtt. Iinr. acco.nph.hed half as much; the hurried fctanJ- on - Urw, w. mission wan obtainefl to occupy it. Iii onier to have no serioun olc.tacle to climb- worker has often to do his work twice over, and even then it is seldom done in the btt manner, either as to neatness or durability. It i the deliberate and measured exiendi ture of strength which invigorates the con stitution and builds up the health; multi tudes of firemen have found an early death, while the plow boy lives healthily and lives long, going down to hi grave U-yond three score and ten. That was my introduction to " Mud Pies." ' I" acknowledge I rested well that night. I had spoiled her fun that was a comfort. ' The following day she did not come oiit No Scales. An act of the last session of the L S. "Little Mud Pies" has outgrown the Utituted his own. An old trick enabled him New Eneland. and sells it direct throueh a I Concress provides that on and After Jan. 1. diminutive. I need not tell you her other to get the real bullet between his teeth while local agent, thus avoiding middlemen. He 1&75, the publishers of newspapers and name, because she has had mine attached the waxen one was shattered to pieces. So is so well off that that there is no occasion periodicals must prepay the postage on to it, and that would be of no possible in- with the second ball, it was shattered upon for his stealing, and he wouldn't do it any matter in bulk at the oSce where it is de- terest to you. striking the wall, but a spot of blood was how. lie is well balanced. He has no posited. The act makes no provisions, how- I may here . add, contact with a promis- produced. hobbies. He don't use tobacco or whitky. ever, for the purchase of scales, which will Boone's Bear. On Mr. Faw's farm in 'Washington toun tv. East Tenn., i the farnoun Iioone tree- which contains the earliest record of civil! zation in the State. One hundred and four teen years ago Ianiel Loone cut upon the bark the following record of his day sport I). Jloon CillEI A BAR in THE YEAR On Tree 1700 to enjoy her sandpile; but in the evening ciious world has developed somewhat of the When William II. Seward made his tour He don't even drink a glass of beer. He I be necessary in about 4,000 offices to weigh she apt ies red on the front steps, clean and exclusive in my nature, but I doubt if our around the world he witnessed some per- works hard six days of each week. He has! the matter in question, and Postmaster prim, holding a doll, quite dignified. I could tolerate that, and smiled at her in approval, but she did not deign to re spond. I got mad, and went indoors for my little ones enjoy the exclusiveness of my ex- formances of jugglers in India which were freckles on the backs of his hands, and General Je well expresses the determination tensive premises, as their father relished the quite surprising. He saw a man climb a horns on the other side. If the people want to make no contract for these articles until stolen pleasure of peeping through the knot- bare pole sixty feet high standing in the a workingman in office, he ought to be their Congress expressly authorises such action hole in a board fence at " Little Mud Pies." open air, and when he reached the top he choice." ' on his part At that time he was twentv-tix vears ci age, and doubtless was more than one hun dred miles from any human habitation. The tree is just two feet in diameter, and leans about three degrees from -perpendicn larity. It has been greatly defaced by seekers after immortality, who have in tcribed their names all over it for tenfeet, or nearly so, above the surface ol the ground. injr, the gentleman stripped down to panu and shirt, and " harneiwed n the tree bare headed. He made a ucctful ascent to an elevation of twenty feet at leajt, and was about to tie a tailor knot when a wap in terviewed him. He dwninbed the rope for a second and brushed the wasp away, and turned hi attention to the rope again. More wap arrived suddenly, and several of them stood upon his head, which i slightly bald, and he dropped the rope which was not yet tied. By this time there were 1,079 wasp holding a convention about his person. He thought he would adjourn, and did, hurriedly, fairly slid-Lg down the tree and leaving patches of his trousers along at intervals to show that he had been there. . Some of the wasps came down, too, but mot of them remained around the ror apparently wondering what it was for. There are times when it is pleasanter to be a wap than a man " up a tree. Mt-RDEK Will Orr. The arrest of the two Italians in New York city charged with committing murder eighteen months ago in Sicily is a forcible illustration of the diffi culty of escaping justice in modern days. Flight is almost useless when the whole civilized world becomes the pursuer of the fugitire.
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