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POETRY.
The Idyl of the Baggage Ulan.
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With many ja curve the trunks I pitch,
With many a shout anumily ; ,
At Htation, Hiding, crossing, switch,
On mountain gnxde or valley.
1 heave, I push, I hliug, I tost,
"With vJgojrous endeavor ; ' '
And men m$y fitiiile Anil men may
growejros I
But 1 sling my truhks forever .
; j KvtsrI Evet!
1 bust trunkji foroA'en
The paper trunk ftfiW fountry toWlt
I jDlances antl driittilert ;
2 .turn it t twivo around,
And pull out both the lmndlef.'
And gruuible oyer traveling bag?i
Atid tonftrtUrf 8am pie cu!e, ,
txt l cttn cmBKh the maker's brags
Like plaster pari?! vase! .
fhey holler, holler, tis I go,
Butthcy (an'trtopmc, never;
For they wi
1 learn kist wliat 1 know,
A trunk M
on't last forever! ! , ,. ,
Kver ! Never!
And in and
but I wind about,
And here jl smash a kiester;'
I turn a grip-sack in.side ojiit
rhree tinier a day at leat, sir;
1 tug, I jerk, I swearj I sweat, '
I to the light valises; ;.
And what'ri too big to throw, you bet,
I'll fire it round in pieces, T Y
, They murmur, murmur every whercr, ;
But I wil heed them never! "
For "women weep and strong men
swear, . . I
I'll -claw their trunks forever!
' IKver! Ever! i
I'll bust tru nks forever. j
I've cowhI the preacher with my
wrath,
1 worn the judge's ermine ;
I've spilled both brief and sermon T f
And books', and 'swkff, and care',
j and strings , . ;
Too numerous to mention; p
And babies' clothes aiid, women's
1 things',
Beyond my comprehension, i
I've spilled, and ; scattered,-and.
slung -- -;- ::: '; " ." ' -
As far as space could sever; U U . i?i
And scatter, scatter, old or young,
I'll scatter things forever!
Kvrtl Ever!
Scatter things forever
A LAWYERS STORY.
'I never would convict a man on
circumstantial evidence if I were a ju
ror never!, never! , x
The upeaker wa a distinguished
criminal lawyer of nearly forty years'
active practice, and whose fame ex
tended far beyond the limits of ji is
own State. . ;
44The ftrsi ; murder case I ever tried j".
said he, "was stranger than fiction, as
you will admit, and. is quite as re
markable as any of the cases you have
referred to Jwherc iftlioctnit men have
lcen wrongfully convicted on circum
stantial evidence. It ought to jiave
been reportcnl as an examiple of the
linf eiiabllity of the direct and positive
testimony of eye-witnesses vho tell
what they believe to be the truth." j
One winter evening about 8 o'clock,
in the early days of the w ar," in the
quiet littje town of , while patrol-
ing the streets to pick up stragglers
from the camp on the outskirts ofthe
town, Cojporal Julius Fry was-shot
and killed by one of three men of bad
character, who were in company and
upon terms of open enmity with tho
oldiers.: The men were arrested,
''Committed to prison and brought; -to
trial at the next term of the court.
Two of them were gamblers and des
peradoes, and supposed to have more
than once had their hands stained
With human blood. The third, w hom
I shall call Short, though bearing an
unenviable reputation, was regarded
ffc one unlikely to slay a fellow-man,
except under compulsion of circum
stances.! On account of the character
of the men and the trouble they had
already brought upon quiet, law-abid-
ing citizens, the sentiment of the
whole community was strongly
Against them. -
In order( to clearly understand the
force of the testimony given upon the
. frial and the subsequent ' result it is
important! to befir in mind the physic
al peculiarities dress and general ap
pearance of eacb ef the three" prison
ers.;: i"' j"" ' ' i
Short was a small man of not more
thanfivo feet1 six inches in height,
?!etHlerv weighing scarcely one li'un-
dred tend thirty pounds, with b?gm
llery retl liair and :-skieMskrfi and
at the tinm of the murder wore a white
felt hat aorf nd an old light blu aa-my
overcoat 1 -
Ryan w-as fully si -f in tteighi
Ith robust frame2 with black hair
and mustache dressed in dark clothes,
and Wore a black Derby hat.
y" Grey was a fe?ayy, brpd-shou JleTed,
: fnaa of medium height weighing fully
two hundred pounds, -with a full,
. black beard reaching pearly to his
traist.'"But as th Menee subse--
-aently showed that he had uot fired
thjshot, it is -not Beeessairyt to de--
enpe his appearance more minutely.
Certain
y it is difficult to imagine
tyo men more unlike than Short and
Ryani or less liable to be mistaken for
each other, even by stranger mueh
less by their acquaintances. There
was no possibility here for ft Case of
mistaken identity.
Short and Ryan were tried ttigethe?
with their eonsent-Grey having ask
ed for and obtained a separate trial
and each wa defended by separate !
counsel. 4
After thVpremlinary proof relating
to the postmortem examination the
cause of deat h and the identification
of the body of the deceased as the per
son1 mimed in the indictment, the com
monwealth called as its first witness a
wrSinttnt .Maty "Bowen. She bore a
bad feimtation, but no body question
ed her purpose to tell, reluctanly, it is
true, the whole truth. Thp prisioners
were all her friends, and were cons
tani visitors to tli drinking saloon of
whiclisHe waspHprjiettiess. She was
a woman of powerful physique, al
most masculine frame, great force of
character and more than ordinary in
telligence. From her testimony it appeared
that acolered woman with whom she
had had 'some some dispute had hit her
on the head with a stone and ran, and
the three prisioners, coming up at the
moment, started With her up the street
iu pursuit of the fugitive. Although
the night was dark there was snow on
the groundand a gas-lamp near by
gave sufiiciet light to enable one to
recognize a person with ease some
feet away. After running about one
hundred yards the pursuers came to
the corner of an alley and stopped un
der the the gas-lamp, being challenged
by the deceased, who was in uniform,
in( company . with one of his squad.
She sw'dre ti)at whim the corporal call
ed "halt," Short, whom she had known
intimately for years, replied, "Go to
" and while standing at her side
so that their elbows' .were touching,
both being immediately under the gaf
light, lie pulled out a pistol, pointed it
at the deceased, who Was four or -five
feet from him, and fired and then ran
down the alley, the deceased pursu
ing him. She heard four or five more
shots fired, and immediately the de
ceased returned wounded, and Short
disappeared. While the shots were.i
being fired sho saw both Ryan an Grey
standing at the corner some feet away
from her, and after that they separa
ted an1 went3, home. Vlt was also prov
ed that this alley was bounded on eith
er side? , by high fences difficult to
climb, and led down to ft stream -of
writer about fifty feet wide and three
or four feet lcep. No traces of foot
steps were found in the snow except
those of one man leading down into
this stream, and it was evident that
the person who had tired had not
climbed either fence,-but had waded
through the stream j and (disappeared
on the other ide. N '
The next witness was the soldier
who stood close by the deceased when
the first shot was fired, and w ho, not
knowing cither of the prisoners, de'
scribed "the person who had fired and
ran do wd the alley as the man with
red lmr and side. Whiskers, dressed in
a ligiit-bjue-army overcoat ftnd white
soft hat, and upon being directed to
look at the three prisoners immediate
ly identified Short lis the man whbm
he had seen do the shooting.
The testimonywof these witnesses
was in no w ise shaken upon cross-examination.
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Then the i? worn aute-mortem state
ment -'of the .deceased, taken by a
magistrate, was reaid to thejury lle
said that he had known Short jerf on
ally for some time,T)ut had never -had
IK Vwith hifn 1 To fnllv
arriLT wLi""- wtoe.
t, .h flrrf h..t. -,n,l thn mn ,l,m n hmi in.the clieok, and, being
the allev. firiug one shdt after another
until he fired tlie last and fatal 'shot
almost, in the face ofthe deceased j He
also fully described the, clothing worn
by Short as it had been described by
the other witnesses. ;
These were all th,e w;itnesres to the
occurrence, except the prisoners them
selves, and, of course, they could not
be heard. The case against Short
seemed to be as conclusively made out
as though a seer erf . witnesses had
sworn thatthey had seen him do the
shooting. Neither the judge, the jury
nor the spectators entertained the
slightest doubt of his guilt, and when t
v. 8 m
tlhi cco?monwealth at this ioint closed
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rope was mreauy aroxmu nis nci t miu -;.
his escape impossible.
Ryan heaved hi sigh of relief
which!
.was. audible throughout the whole
court-?oomf Prr he Xvas safe tliere was
not one word of testknony gainst
him, or an circimstace- eiding to
a ' i -i i ii mm ii i ii i i i 1 1 i t ri i
ecmcert of action between
hmi and
Short
Affor whispered consultation be-
a kwv ' -"7 1 ; r
tween the counsellor ne aeieuse, o,
of them rose and moyed the court to
direct the jury to ! forthwith return a,
verdict of "not guilty" as to Ryan, m
order fhat he might be. called as a wit-
hess for the other prisoner, Thfe A-ife
rjHted by the districf attorney, and :
after lengthy and elaborate arguments
the Wuft decided that it was bound tt)
grant the rtWtfon, and, accof lingly,
Ryan w'tV declared "not guilty " and
the verdict horded. ;
Then came a scene as dramatic to
those present as anything ever wit
nessed on the stage. Without any
opening speech by Short's counsil,
Ryan, in obedience to a nod from his
attorney, stepped out of the prisoner's
dock and into the witness-box, looked
around the court-room, took up the
bible and was sworn to tell "the: truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth." Every head was bent for
ward, every ear was on the alert, ev
ery eye fixed on the witness some
thing startling was expected. -"Would
he attempt to sliof'tnat Short had
done the shooting in self-defense?
That seemed the only thing possible.
But fiow could he be believed 1 in the
face of the positive testimony of thnee
witnesses, two of them living and 'in
the court-room, one of them, dead
murdered?
Itj-an stood for a moment . looking
dow n, andlthen slowly lifting his eyes
to the bench, in a Silence in which the
f:illing of a feather i might have been
heard, he said :
. "May I ask the. court a question?"
The Venerable judge, "evidently sur
prised at being interrogated, looked at
him and said: "Certainly, sir!"
"I understand that I am acquitted,'
said Ryan, pausing for a moment and
w. u -.j. . i .T ...
whether anvthiner I
may say now can ever boused agahist
me in any way?" (
Aliat did he mean? Wliat need for
that question? Every ' one looked at
his neighbor inquiring yV
The flushed face "of thejudge showed
that; he, at least Understood wliat it
meant an attempt to swear his guil
ty coftiphhion out ot hhangmrtn's
grasp, TheKialatonCof; unmistaka
ble indignation, came the answer ; 1
"I aui sorry to say; sir, that nothh
you may say uow can, be used against
you ; that is, on a trial,' for murder.-
You have been acquitted." .
' Ryan's face grew pale flhd then red,
and he said, slowly fnd distinctly :
' "It vv'as I who firedTtvll the shots
notShort." ;' .
ZMo.st ofthe faces in the court-room
wore looks of incredulity; omeof in
Ughajkm at the- hardened wickedness
of the man who had just been declared
innocent, and who, by his" own state,
menf, had been guilty of murder, if he
was not guilty of perjury. ;
But quietly and calmly, without a
tremor, as coolly as "though he M-ere
describing some trivial - oecurnnce.
which he had fasOally witnessed, Ry
an went on, step by step, detailing all
that had occurred, and when he had
'J finished his story there was probably
not a person present who was not fully
convinced not only that Ryan had told
the simple truth,: bht also that he had
himself fired the fatal shot in self
defense, or at least under such circum
stances of danger as would have led
any jury toacquithiiri."
lie detailed how ho had fired i the.
first shot from a small, single-barreled
pistol in the air without any purpose
except to give his challenger a scare,
aftd t lien ran down the alley, and up
on being closely pursued by the de
ceased with saber drawn and raised to
strike he was compelled to pull out a
revolver and fire several shots toward
his pursuer, who was rapidly gaining
on hiiii, to keep him back; and w hen
he had but one shot left he stumbled
over a large stone, and fell on hip knees,
and at this moment the deceased
thus pressed, he aimed and fired the
last shot, which subsequently proved
fatal. He further told how, upon fe
covering his feet, he mn, Waded
through the stream, and finding thftt
he had lost his hat when he fell, re
traced his steps, recrossed the stream
found the hat and then Went to a ho
tel, where he was seen by several wit
nesses to dry Jiis wet clothing. III?
manner, his bearing and his story con-
vinccXl his hearers that he- was telling
the truth. f . j
But, so that nothing might be want
ing if any doubt remained in the niindrf
of the j udge or j ury; witnesses of un
doubted veracity were c
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roboratetl mm as to the
called whocor-
coudition of
his clothing an.d the cut on lrs cheek
within fifteen minutes after the occur
rence Besides, it was shown tha-t al
though the man who had fired had
wader! through the strewn. Short's
chifhkig .was perfectly crj; ,'
It-is unnecessary- fo say that Si?ort
ias promptly acquitted itnd warmly
, , .
escapes ever made by any ritan ma
i court-room. Xothing could have
l cuvcul i5m Vn-1 1 Via rmn- raf ncrv? in 15.
fhe ittal of R an &wi allow
testify
The corporal,-th .okHer
lMaj. Bowen were-mitaken.
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That was all thjerewns. abou s,
So much for the cecasional unreiia-
bllity of the direct testimony of honest
eye-witnesses. . :i. , T .'.".'.-1j . rvr,
. And so much, aio, for j giving, JJie
accused an opportunity to bo hejirtl i
t he wit ness-starid, the deh ial bf j which
by the law i oneof the relies of barba-.
risni which still disgraces its juiniijQis
tratibn in some states at .thK-late,dayN
Josh Billings "Trump Card."
I have never known a Hekpnl wife
but what was boss uv the fcituashiin.
After a man gits to be 1 thirty-eight
years old he kau't form any newjhabits
much; the best he can do is to steer his
old bones. ; " ' 1 J !
Enny manvho kanswap hordes Or
ketch fish, and not lie about it, iz just
azpius az men ever git to be in' the
world. ;, " ' : -
u The sassyest - man 1 ever .me
hen-peckt husband Svhen he iz'
t iz a
away
ifromheme. ;. J '
A n enthsiast iz ah individual; who
believes about four'tiihes az much az
I he kan prove, and hekan jrove
about
four times az much az any .body
iievefi -, i. ;;." it
Te-
The do? that will' follow anybody
ain't wuth a cent. I I
Those people who are trieing to get
to heaven on their. kreed .will find out
at last they didn't have rt thru ticket.
Too longjCpiirtghipt are alwaysyudi-
citms, the partys oftin tire skbreing
fore the trot begins.
j cne
iper tne better judiciously; ap-
plied-will do more for satan than - the
smartesp.jueacone. najjptf y .;-.
. I don't recollect doing cntty tiling
that I was just a little ashamed bv but
what somebody refiiembered it and
waz sho, once in a while, to remember
it to me. , . j u.,
Young man learn to wait, if you un
dertake to sett a hen before she, iz
redy, you- will lose your time and con
fuse the hen tu. . jf,, ; '. ;, - -.' . ...
r feature seldom jrialsJjjj)bulet; she
dimply furrdshes the raw material,-lets
the fellow" finish the job to surtj him-
seif. . . '.. -. -;,
A Sad C'ase
A WOMAN VAINLY "APPEALING
FOlt
' l'llOTIX'TlOX. '
Several weeks ago there camejto the
Lititz hotel, at Lititz, Pa., a middle-
aged woman giving the name of Ellen
Boggs, who applied for a situation as a
domestic. Being of a refined mariner,
and using good language, the proprie
tor, Mr. Shiekler, thought it strange
that she should wish to serve in this
capacity. However, she was given a
situation, and attended to ler jduties
faithfully, and performed whatever
service was jaked fof; her. MKothing
moro. was thought' o matter until
to-daypvheSi qatii inl$etie was! enact
ed, 'Mrs. Boggs being the leading fig
ure of the occasioii.'lt 'secmis. that, she
had for sometime. beeii-aa.1 inmate ,of
the insane asylum at Harris fcurg, rand
had escaped from" that -instiiatioii.
It seems that she had fo"som time
been an iutimataof the,insanet asyluin
at Harri-bufg, and had escaped .from
that Institution.' The authorites luiv
ing learned that she was at Lititz, dis
patched Miss 'McCullftM asa messeng;
er to take her back to Ilarrlsburg,
When notified by the proprietor ofthe
errand of the messenger, Mrs, Boggs,
with tears streaming down her (cheeks,
begged and pleaded to be1 kept fjrom go
ing back to what she termed a . prison
saying : "You know I airOiot insmie .
haven't I been with you nere ! every
day ? Have I done anything lKc art
insane person ? . Oh, as you love your
liberty, save melfrom the asylum, and
call on some authority to givejme jus
tice. They have kept me ' there for
tliree years, undpr pretence of nsanity
and it is hard to cscBpe,1" f ,Tfbe , Wcv
man had the sympathy ;of all, but
notliing could be donel '.The , woman
says herhusbanl put her in the asylum
to get rid of herj paying well to ; keep
her there- She courts an investigation
as to her insanity and asks that some
one should interfere and demand jus
1
tice for her. Mr. Slikkler says jthat
during Mrs Bogg's stay with him she
showed no signs of insanity, and tim
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order lor Iter return tofle ylur was
a great surprise TlKfifcressehger said
that thowonianhad been an ntimaie
for a long time. She thought! her lit",
tlequeerfhtrt not 5 crazy. The affair
created an intense, feeling m ih on
niuniy. : '
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Incases of fciibtful morality jf is
usual to say: fls fbere ny'.' hsrftr ih
doing imsr" xn- ffoeswpn .may - the crime. ..A .coroner.,
sometime be, best aiwere by asking'of inquetit held Futurday and
ourselves another : "Is ; theie aiii
harm in letting it alone?! A j pcatc certain sapecterL parties, but
.-. " '"' . m "J' lour informant did n6r j obtain, the
''-i - " ,1r?:il?- L ' j "1 '-f names of rthe puo, any7 'of the
7c??y?fl"Sff detaR. df the Lenoit&fic: r
Uvea as "Aie-scapo; and tatwg the: . ..V , .;-., '
auiet ret arh, of morn and evening as , '.-A 4 " .
a' salvatfob
ship.
that recbheyes
10 hard -
11 ROTH E it' rtXTtlNl X 1 JTSi jfj
tiH 1 it
"Ok ?'
T takeJ pleiisirre - hn J sattsfartfon,
'said the president !ai - he' htld up a
parcel', "in-informing-yVwt K wortly
citizen' of Detroit, 'vrlto doeff iot nir'
to have hlsTianfefmeiishnn'df has pre
sented dis revised edishun of de bible
to de Limc-KJn1 nub. ' We do not
open our meetin's rid player, rior do.
we close by!! singin' de'tle?xorogs but
lieberdeless I am siiaW tils' -U"t ' jsrill be
highly , appreshiated fevrall. liar ha
Been considuble talk in dis dub about i
dis revised edishun.-' Home of yrtuliab
got de ideah dat ! purgafrrj1 haff lalli
been wiped out ait1 healif enlan?54
twice ober, I an' I - MlVe heaUl bidder
assert dat it didn't forhkllyfn'vtetW
inf an' passin' Off bad- ttionfyti My
friends, you am b4dly mistaken. .Ilell
is jist as hot asebcTj nhe.lhbn.hasn't
got any mo rodnj" Tnr Iboiim oter-
some of dd CKrtni?' tcsf .'.nght 1
selected out' a fe paThgraphs--which
hah a gineml b'arinV 'Ftifnfetance,
iVairi j is t a wieked to steal wateilnei
lyons as it ; w'aiilas'!yart deyiar
y'ar bcfo'vnn' de sceercer'ifle empale
bigger de Avickedness; '' tV:it lr'Ufi'
'So change has'l)exrf Mde iiregard
to' Io"aTIrraTUun' xlcr street. Pej. lo'iifer
nrii cnVsfdered jiM as meaCand'JlpW a
der, lie was, an', I want, add my tcfi
lief dat he will growieauei, ijtiblic
oiiiiruit5ri -ill a f5iti . . " " v
. 'De ton cqmmandp.rts jam all ijowu,
heah, ' widout .change, , .Stealin,i tu1-
lyhl' covetin' an' . runnin' AUitf'TigTit
am -considered jist as bad as Her.
i .'X can't find any paragraph in whicT Tjee Hiid-trther-men
are. excused fr'jm payiii' deir lion- ported that the th"i
est -debts nil' , supporting . ctIr farn'lies.
I, can't find whar a poo' .'maii k a
pqo' man's wife, "white or blacky tini
'spected to '.sling, on any ..particular
style. J .'. t "'i-s" :
.Dog fights, chickefi liftin?, palytic;
playin' koerds fur nopney.aji'Jliangin'
oioun? fur f kinks, an' U. ich' low .bte
ne.i am considered ; meaaor,dart" febeT
Fact is, I can't find any cJa'angeHrhatj
eber which lets up on a man from h&
in' i)lumb up" an', down, squftat: an?
honest ;. wid de ? wprltL, p'e? had
cixangell , de, word , . 4J Iell' v to ltattes,
'but at de- same time jukled ; to ' the
strength of de brynstun ju de'size of
de pit an' we .want to, k.(,e.p ngnt on
in de straight path if weAyoitId aroid
it. Df an let any wiiite uiatr '-('make
you believe dat we's, lost anjK Oospel
by dis revision," or dat Peter, 6 Paul
or Moses, hab undergone . aiy change
of spirrit regardih' de " . ways of lb1n,
respectably an' dyin' honorably." v? '
A Horriftie Murder
A WOMAN fiTONET)
TO
DKATlt-ROB-
. BE11Y THE CAUSE tltB PJtfi- .
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PETKATOKfi OF THE TEEI3
"We arc indebted to a gc
who left iTaylorsvilfe SatftTday morn
ing for lnfornnition concerning fthorjri
ble murder conimitteo! "on the day
before, above five miles from -Taylore-ville.
j-;-' ". ; ' -( -...
, James Tliompson, commonly known
a.4 'little Jim," has for years lived on
his arm with ho ' other '" cotnpanion
than an! unmarried diiighter.igetl
atout forty,' lie bad 5 been in the
habit not univeral, pap's, in Alex
ander of keeping lii the house a coBi
siderabl'e hoard of silyer money, to the
measure of a half busheU Lat Friday
Jie wmt to work in his new. ground,
situated about a quarter of'a mile from
the house. After he had been at Work
for some time, he heard,' In the direc
tion of the house, the report ,of,twv
guns ih quick ' succession - but paid
little attentionlto .the fact, thinking
that his "daughter hail fired the guas
at a hawk.. When he ' finished j his
work and reachod the house, a terrible
scene was presented to his hcrrible
gae. In the dM)rway lay the ; body
of his daughter cold and Jifele welt
itcring in her blojxl with . her head
1 ' '. . '' - l... .
crusnetl aiito jroee rr,nf, mtiuim
bers of which" msfrpr fay; around,'
covered with M VkT $i tha hair of the
marderrit"; woman' " The. gnnji were
it..ii- .Tt,...v... I... nA nmf rrf ihu
Knth disi-h:ir"ed. but no shm? m the
loads having penetded the' boyof
his' daughter . ere ,yiiolci Tpro-
bability is thaihe - frre'l the guns in
her defense'.
-a
JThe hlf bushel of sh V and etfiet
taiuablcs estimated at , $ooivswere
mbsjng. To ftxve ampHahed., the
foul deed antl to have "carried jOflT so
heavy ' Abty,ndis; thr pu.-vicion
thai mtrrs thin one person was
civ
.. A coAner j
jury
nouest was held Faturday and evi-
! rfpnceiSintroduced Wndine to ira.
, ne tnavsips 01 man, iuia vumc
j nne.
1 ,
BIG VFIXD" OF CiOI.D IX WARREX-
y. $l,OQ0 ix six Aioi;rj-iTH owner
, UOlifiT.n of ; IT ALL I! a ?
f-.it, . few, m i x iT t Etj ,
Jdf.jidard Alston, (if Fork Town
4lup this county, is u most ftirtunate
man. He Ikh long knovu that there
VtffiiilcaUotgohl on his place,
but ha- never systematically worked
It! 4?lceMiy it fr Ir in, from Ons-
lt cfjuntyi this StatO, has been pros-
pctltipg there without machinery of
ay kind. Last week, between' ;sun-
re and sunset, Mr. Irwin found what
Jhiner call a I "pocketj" twenty-six
gold I , 13 pennyweights, - A, penny
weiglit is alx)ut ninety-six cent, ' so
hero w;re found in less than sfx hours
Veri"i,lo6ia, gold. , During his. work
he took, out one w ash pan of dirt in
whicji there were Si 50 in gold! The
largest piece of gold found weigheil 4V
pennyweights, ; and, numbers Were
fouid weighing from ten to twenty
pennyweights. If the inine holds out
likp this,, and it is uot unreasonable to
suppose tlxat.it ;will,- it is worth an im
mense amouijt of money. The above
jsUte!netr0fro'ui Mri xYhton, and
W leuow it is true, for them Is -. no
more reliable gentleman ta b found.
-But. While'telliii'? thoi?od rtart. vp
i - ' ' i '
Xlust.nt mn It something else. Mr.
Irwm wlitf livta In a house to him
sJfv had the same broken open a few
(lays -'afterwards, during his absence at
the'mine, and nearly all he had stolen
mwpiher things, the cold he had
fcnmdunet;ciity, dollar- gold 'piece,
severol two and a Half : dollar gold
things. It is up-
thief or thieves, as, they
knew, noUiihg . about the g(dd, . tlie
finding; having been kept quiet, enter-
ed the, building only for the purpose c f
petty pilfering, but after getting in,
foumJL and. carried off more than thev
pxpected. ;, Mr. Alston offers a j ibcral
rpward, twe;1 think , one-half of , the
amount stolen, but are not positive,
for the recovery of the. money. As it
is mostly crude, : uncromed gold, it
. t.l A 1 J t M 1 m
ymu geem inai me tmei. ii ne ever
offers to sell it, might easily be detect
ed.,. As we .have before stated, the
abovs is beyontuuestion true, and we
lvope and belie ve that the mine will be
sq worked as to yield much monev to
Litsowner,, . . ... - - -
A ',. a -
Remarkable Memory i!
''! .! jr-.i uJi .. .... ;
r?,Tle late James T. , Fields possessed
a remarkablf memory. .. 'Several. years
ago a gentleman thinking to puzzle
him at a dinner party, informed jthe
guestelror toMr.,I,ields, arrival that
he himself had .written amc poetry
and intended t submit it to Mr fields
as Southey'a and : ifiquireih which of
his poems the lines occurred. At the
proper toPB1?1! therefore, after tire
guest were seated, he began: 'Friend
Jfiriilrtj J have been a gool deal e.xer-
ced of late trymg t. And in Southey's
prtjmshis ; vel:-!ciio'n line's mnnlnff
tlius-can you tell us about what time
lie wrotetlKJmTf i 1 do avt remeniher
to have met w ith , them before,'' re
plied Mr. Fields, 'and there Wc only
twoTjermds in Southey's life ' when
surlrlines could' possibly have been
written by him.'' "Wherf ere
those?" gleefully asked the ' witty
questioner. "Somewhere," said Mr.
Fields, "about that early ierry of ex
istence when he was having the mea
sles and dutting his first teeth; or near
thxj close of his life, when his brain had
softened and he had fallen ,lnto idiocy.
The versification belongs to the mea
lies' period,- but the ex prtsfhn evi
dently beti aye the Idiotic one"
?lature AUcctioiw
, "My darling, have you thought of
the happy iununer that our livt ff will
be when we are joined 6r lietter or
worse?" .' 'v " ' '- ;
i :'Oh: yes, John I've' thought of it."
' "And. have yen thou'gjit of the
bright jWine, that we will fVUild on the
(iundation irf our affection which will
lepain(l with the dying flashe of
the sun. and furnished with the silver
5and j?j1dlhatmake theightof the
htllvenslea'utful?T', ' ..,r
j.ypMyw John, Pye thought of
thaL' . , -
t "Ilave y rh thought ohe'year that
wiif come to us across the sea 'of time,
TTmifecmipt btrtljlue iith vftfinise
Ujrhun tj;onaerrr- . : ' . i-. i
M J'gufV'S y .Tu're' f&7il 1 have thought
oit;;;;",;"
. "And have you ttipught ? have you
thought-? have ' ' :
j ph!;yes, John, morf thaft aU the
rest, and,' John,- let us name It ' after
xvi.vFranlibi Tiiiwt. ' ''..-
. - . . , 1 - - -
TJie footprints of abarbarunt m the
I sand prove the preseuctf of t a man; to
that eamfatheiit who denies the cxis
t nce of a pod pf wtiose hand t he
waole'uni verse! bcifs fhe hripress. '
., . t mmmm '
Silence dow"nrt id ays mark vi
dom. i .
8hc,W,dii'tfccd thca JbJy K2tr.
Some day? Mnrodisicinl'natof . J
Chaff noticed tf ragWlrTtlf iWl'tiStit
pulling some bflght 'nftmt ftofA i
bruised ttnd ftded IrtIKfuat. which a
ehainbCT maid fihftway frora .
4
tfet
dlssett-
inator. ' " ' " l 1 i-
"Nothing ' wfc iiXJfMfe&ji & fc
kept on at hU xttifjLL;- -
4:But do yott! tfttMW wilt
tha Jfo i are willing id ptcltiheia 6i
of the mudrv j , H'C i.
I suppose 'that rTry 'bfznewi and
none o yohml'' r : l J
"Oh, certainly; but ybx' tixitdy GOtf
not expect to roll those exTfloweri.4'
"Sell 'errr! trho wahW teU 'em?
I'm goin' to take 'em iii'Ult
) "Oh! UiVH jrtMf wrthtartfr t
"No, Lill not my aweetW&art;
she'K my Kick bti; V fald the bby
as Ids eyes rhwhed and his ditty chin
quierel.- 'Lili'BtCtfWiffft a Ion
time, an' lately, f ho talked of notixtn
but flowers an birtls, but mother t6M
me this morning that X4it wohhf die!
l-l-before tltc ftcNvem, an brrd cam
back." , . v , ,
The boy burst Into tear.- .y
'Come with rue to the d&hfo aid
Vour sister shal I have a nice bouquet.
Tlie little fi:lov was ooa bounding '
pioniu wiiu ilia iniifurv. wxfxvj no
Rprcared and salth'
! "I oxme to thank yOT.'VlrV forIJU.J
That bouqnet- done" he Bruch 901U
and she hugged and hugged H tilt shi
et herself a-cottglilh agalnf1 She ay
that she'll ttnfelbimc?ljti woMb tor'
you; oon rtshd getif welt." '
An ordr wfwi tent to 'the florfitf ttt
gl re tlie boy evtty ctlier 1 day a bWK
quet for lill. u. ; ? 1 '
It was only the day" feffore ycaterdaSr
that the boot-black irgaln . appeaiW;
He stepped inside the office door aal
skid: :,f -
"Thank you,' sir,t but ;U11-LW
(tears were strcauilngrom hU eye)
won't nccltcthftfi4owcn any
more.'f ..r .fiiii'rifa .
He went quickly away, hot hi
brief word liad itohl th utory. Li II
w 'ift need , the j flower any moris
but tliey ,wilL grow, iixivp and thtf
birds will sing varowKt, hrr Just th
same,- -v r - frt, v..-.-vn '
L.ff. v.Uit.' - ' ' v.". ' ' ; -
Ashe nnihty Jt.-r.V-iiaia cMtvti
eighty-six:'rv(!UM bid Vh& wall tfr6
miles ta mill twh" a month andca'T
ries n - bnhel of ! corn foarfeciV
chUthTiijwhipBiIne 0 them when1
tloy need jrtha uow a 'wite fwehty
four yea of age, has' fcefen nuurWi
f mr time h lUetf totttujco lbr" rffty'
year, gefkdriikii'efUlat!r at ever
court mwIi UtflftmittTaVer' P6ra'
but ?C'fnhrs life; lovcAZfhteax gfoiitf
preaclfti ; vote . f lie e'raocra'thT
tick'et,:neverpald a 1awyerH Re noT
doctorV bill, and fayahvtan whip frV
frftglrt anyvnxan of .hhig4' fn thr
state. ; - .f.'f,jtr;0 ;
FS Hgtnt Parayrapli
t"o?e ! nnarterTho'' heW by
mlfer.- '- ' j
; Ffrherf have beor ahgoV (8 co'rt'6
when called by' irrTbmei.
In Fran they my, flOirb6h,'wrTf yott
pleasc fUtch hx a ph'Hce?e V
w hy contmnaliy epeakpf. flte'frintarf'rf
craft? Aa a ru le ty pirn are a honekt ag
an any ; tradmen, In: tjA woYldV
I'ui i iflttare reranftntt of ihe ancietrf
tr ibe of mound bnliderti'; v They bulkt
mounds over caefr ether's eyeif.
The wse Giittf jthionld ?aail lightly
down f he jrtroatti of lifel tecauje he ht
agoodclrpper ; ' '
i The ifn frryJng feng fa a
great comfort to Home women.' II
e:iahie tliert to yam .without attratt--tn
attention to tho; ttie of theif'
Juyutluf. r, ".-.. ,3 jj' -d j, if ' ' '
rTlie new czar lca' vry timpto
lifr. Hi rly earfyifnd hrfAtui wit5!
his family, and then' put 011 hU
IwIleiMron ovr-coat'ahd takes a walk
In tlfe back-yard 1 a ' '
"hat i thejj IongeAj ftoQ hurtett
f hisg jn the -.world, ;,awiftest and
the'slowest, without, which nothlnc
can, be done, which .djrvotaif tSt that ht
small, and . ihfffy to tA that ti
tiom ron IiaVC g ficulfy of looking
on the brlfht aide of things. A Boa
ton man wild fc refused by a girl
didn't weep InMttsf a bride, bat
congratulated hfnelf on escaping ai
aiother-ln-4aw;l
This is the' onndf-: practical ttArlHl
thathf given by;t mathroei if
everyon rh'ould. be efr" mifbrt onale &i
to be attacked byTDtshf !nver .sboi.t-
about youf yell firtft afn4 everybody
wilt be but of doors tn aifcTy
one-armed organ griar by aaklaf titrx
I " he was a survlvof of. thf lata wtr.
V Why yotf , XooWJL m itiprt litt
niu6lclan, fdnn! yoi that Isn-
vived? IK) I act? as ttiotifh- 1
wu
killed iatlowaf?"
a chamber uinfioy mw tneyr
" "What jrt you, Hdnr itt
lx)uquet. my IiUr?" .kdd the