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v-V3 ;.!:.. r.-a i J.; ' BiaOD-tMPABIUlii; THIS WiO CONDEMN T .Vi til t'.'MUt ,h fl f Jl.'jJ 9t ' f , , ' I i i f , - .... !. !..? . . .j JV. i " ' '' ' ' it i i .r valig which, x..iu-e, Jlatrnel eace al brali?" "I nm plainly rsbft- plexion piece on on her Blunt re the .Srere leaned Lhed . ... T drop out of their Are- joa deal Pwkine Jortroi- t the world but her- : l' . a?ri6mlTt fow, Unci Joseph!" I'f.'jt it . iliotfaoe flushedV Ihe eonfoonded orwwie"intov doK'l4na, window ant's hesitation Thao- blinds, and threw open b and two doora. ,' The western sky streamed like ' radiance in the "room whiriingV throufrn. J cauAt irs, flattered thsJeayeWf ttpset Uncle dWpVs et bbt- aeme emfenbe; ' that proved hia; lungs at it ta be. free from diaease; 'want to blind meto blow me away I"' f " Slrnt the windows qnick draw the actons," grcMbd"'' Uncle'' WJWV' " Who's that batterinr 4own flje door?" how you are.4 . ' Tell tini to go .to 'deKl'3 T- r WluC ncle JoLi nlec returned .to his bedside after a momentary absence, what Kd-Jhjj WW. IrM'ffentled, D.f.uenaedratVnat,prayT' aeinand- ett uncle JoslLv). w V;iVK-ft "1 suppose at Jjeina told tojojaihe deuce I'wwci TfaJocU. JStoTI . n,J .if: 'lAi, k, i . J "VasirtT 1 1 1 himseUKalf way upon his elbow, flyoul didnlt teU him- to-ge to the deucel l Joseph White feU back, flat and mo tionless, among hia pillows? I " .rTheodorafyouirakiool'i'llJ OT 1 ' Ml m verJ orrji uole.'I.said Theo dora, beginning to whimper. ; i Uncle Joseph stared it hei in surprise '' Could it bffxtolAJih&ttArdaTl and weeks of her steadfast attehdaace had weakened her intellect and turned her brain I". .x i::IJ,,.,i) J? Gi y 'watet-gruel.'fjhe said, bneflyaftet a few moments pondering oyer the unwelcome possibility.. Aneouomcroogatlri a'nentktfltvctaa ,ow), with a silver auoon ,lyinK on the tnowy, foldad napkin that tanked it mi thotrar. . " w M iH'-o Unote Joseph tool oba fcwte. and Hiaw down the spoon with a petulent sound otinjikaabark: ,.i,v ,. Trashl trash 1 T. Inauid im ilmli. ThrowittotepiCTr' ' oodora' tool up the bowl and started rrtly forthedo6.Ji i i; ilj- ( re, hetal" j-oared Uncle-Joaoph ue you going to ?" . ' tpig-pen uncle, 'vV , v in crazy, gall Th irruor sald'TbeOdoNt, tasting lontcntaof he bowl, "itW 4nv k lirw ai ottioa that old crone down nfeAiRg and glteit WPI'ppetWng musi eai, even line a awards Mrs. Perkins was be hcnisekweuter, 'what'i nutmeg in this gruel, 1 Jli ikTLii wannoaTip onoe Vinar about DoraT ' 1 ilArPIViottb nly. as yon can, (ora, "Il8 Ltered , her taken an- 1 "' lUyf? h .'om4d,M gnfef t ' 1 kpp- 2 esentiylht 5 y0U 3 "It'slliorCrowfoSShe sendJ tT V his bomoUmfatirfn wsn,- L. . you Uye ,to. feed me. ... UiA aiIadi:a. iv 1. - lurtner, bnt she did not, and preaently he OPtoied his ivna iliA tmt i;i- ui .Tbiodorar "Sirl" "I'll just try one spoonful of . that gruej Deipre it geta oold." , " Why,' uncle, r threw it awsT.- - ' Threw my4croel W i ui ipm, Dreauuessly. t . . , . , , r r v- ' . " .-.J. tKi t-zr ... . " o " 70a ujlu noj. want it. uncle,'' " ; ; . ; , ' i;'. . ' "j. wia you 00? Furies and fiddle-, stioks ! You might know by this time dont mean what I rat not some more, , quick I If I hadn't been bed ridden for a year, I could go twice as iasiasyouaor; headded, grumblingly. "I never saw -such a snail in mrlife. u ae J . W ttonk 1 shall neyer walk again." ,, . -Uncle Joseph lay counting the seconds until his niece brought in a second bowl of "gruel, Ihistinie sd delici6ualy made that even-lle oould-not find fault with it uWPWdow, tosb sfei it Olithe table ahw bedside; the doctor said yesterday that lS&vteHuJ-thougR if wqajECre to tPy, you could walk as well ' Ths doclinafool,- said "Uncle Joseph and you maU hinvo, witb my opmpliments." . ,j ";J" j " ... i will,, uncle, ' the next time he comes."'. Theodora ?" annoyance j bly," . " ' ! Xes, uncle.' K ?Stop, stop it's hotypTi'm choking J me I" But Theodora kept resolulefv on. I "O-fro-pi spluttered Uncle Joseph. tspHngbrfnimbl tohotnr side of the bed. j " do, you toean, Thflpddral Didn't, I. teUyoii to.etopj, Idon't.beTt lifiVe there' a'u inch, of sMn left bnmV throat" ' 'I v HJoa ld me yourself, uncle, that you Wt,earrufB,y-HoT was I to know that this was an exoerv tionj" . An irate wgolbder mlk)d on Vm&i Joseph's 'tongue'wnen "suddenly lie caught sight oi 0na 4olm of -jmokij wreathing up under his window. " What's that smoke ?" he ejaculated. p " 1 thmlt ifs- Mrs: PerkinfT, Bir,f pnt nng iresn kindlings on the fire." "It isn't I",', yeljed Uncle" Joseph, " ne noaae it on firs " . - l . - Theoaora ' dropped the' spi opped the spoon ana bowl, and ranted out of ths t room shfieUngj, . . ,i ;r i " The house is on ftrel jielp I jnurder l thieves! ' - K',Oio The servants below" stairs (ughtp the cry and. -echoed it in shrill dismay.1. Uncle Joseph listened with bristling Jiair and dilated eyes. I j ' ( y Help ! help I" he bawled, but no one responded. , Louder still ho yelled, but yt in vain.. . ",4fth't to stay in my bed and be burned to death ?" he asked , himself, and scrambled out with "an agility that fairly surprised himself. . ' ' The servants were arraved on th kwn, staring in all directions to find tlw exiict location of the flre when the gar dener uttered a shriek r .i.i " If 4hwLin.'t master, as hasn't left Yla d f or yenrs, a-runnin' as if a tiffer waarterhiwj'f ' J . ffl j mere-whpie1, tie flreV pk Vuole Joseph, gaxingi ( wildly around ' .. . . - . vTWP JPshed to the front door her Qapkfiit stroamVg. w D vO f I never saw snob a pack of born idiots ia my life,? sha gasped. Tha ,f n't no fire only a fsw piaees of green woo x put oa the kitchen &tt. ' On would think you'd never seen smoke aure, an,l why, if there ain't master P 4 - Thec-iJ ISMTute.hjokf ewhniflh, j'FWi&tywjpe ths house was on firs,". Theodora made answer demurely, 'anJ of 'pourse ' I thought you must know, ( rieasa, nncle, go back to bed again." ' "l w I won't I" said Uncle Joseph,! gath ering the skirts of his wrapper about him. ' V.But, uncle, yon'ie aiek.". : i "No,I'mnotl',w w ' . . " Unole, do ybu really mean lt f" " Of course I do, Theo I" Aud he did mean it : Tlie curs hl been effected 1; and Theodora mentally oongrotulatid herself on the suooesa of the 'plan of treatment " AM" TJncln Joseph fifver kJhnlnd mhsdayosi which bis niece had taken him ao implicitly at hu wt)M :iu'rinni .. It Li'bnttflr to be atone in the world than to bring ' wp oy to p!k on tlx ... 1 I lias weakened me terri? I . ' ' . . . ' i - "t lfTtnuntm .There are jury trials and Juror triaic' We ,oan very well understand how an unfortunate me espedaUy in a capital oase; looks himself over and thenTgUnc at the man in ttie 'dock,'- wondering which is on trial for his life. , It some times requires a great deal of patriotism toUadues - man to run for 6ffloe77He knows he will be abused and touch mauled in public, but he oonsents to sacrifloe himself. As things go, how ever; Jt is by no' means pleasant to be summoned as. jmrjjpaKdivg.W the New York Timed. A man who is the pillar of a small and interesting family, and ; the -ornament f a-riimitW circle i of -fririridsnrtVels" kfaerably Wri- ' RD(lfl ' 4110 opposing counsel in a criminal trial. Good and worthy citi fen that he is, he is proud to obey the) call if the law and do his duty in thd imperiled cause of morality and goocl orderl He is disappomtednwjsrouV.-, raged-l-to find that he is considered to bepsriminally guilty for not having an wpraionIe, ha heard he.owe- talked of, a4f when Smith killed Nokeshe read aboui it in the papers. But, being a faiwninded man.hn AoutrtoTwould wait j until Ihe case was 'fiiedin Ihe jpourts before forming an opinion as to Hnuths guilt br . innocence. :Whiletry-r ing;io.Eeep jWimWlt& )Tf,Pi astonfehed kT'flhdtnal Me kuMM & pit in the jury-box, and decide upon the case. He is still moreastonished when he "discovers that' fi3fait,Tuyeflften tabfet of what he fondly calls his mind is regarded with extreme, 4isgust' by the lawyers.p WWhfy sjaee at his fulpa, we mgenuourfnes 6f crWScterTieteelsy very much as Warren Hastings did when so terribly impeached . by Edmund Burke. He.thiMkhirnafilllte most guilty "of men, and not until he enpes into the free air, and carefully gnes; over himself in the bosom of his own fumilv. ilopa ha- noma sloli that he has soffiehow. iieu "The man who, pot, only has no opin ions, but haV, ktyi but of thaway pf naving any. M, a still more danorerous culprit. ' His offense, according to a theory in the courts, is one of arrest moral turpitude. He is also made to W pour, very Hnny to inat,yast aqdiehce, the genral)ublio, . .The oenseness of his ignorance compared withthe rapier like ; wit of j, distinoruislied, , counsel makes him a cause for ihexfinguiHhabre langhter. He is the pantaloon of -the fclay, uporwhom all the heaviest jokes fcdL If he is a German, he is'crbss auestioned as to hi knnwla.iM nff . .v.vugu V. . UUCUJQ and Herder. r tl'.i : We can 9nly imagine writi what asia;h of relief the riSbwirflndl JnnnnU afc Jibexty and missedffomihaiy.box; Sioi proven is the verdict in his case. Another variety of victim is one who does not have all his wits about him when he is put on the rack. He thinks he heard Bomebody preach on a certain day; he unguardedly says so in the course of the desultory conversation with which lie lightly opens his own examina tion. Some , sharp lawyer picks him to pieces before he knows it, proves an alibi for the minister whom tho- wonld. be iurymau thoucht he w J gr vivju, and, to that individual's onylete dis may, makes him, out to 1e one of tEe1 most designing men who ever attempted to enter a jury-box. Thd -rifle range, of subjects and general scope ofj inquiries brought before the mind of the appalled juryman is also one .of 'the distressing features of ,' his" cask The astuteness whloir prompts "this kind of investigation i too deep for the average jurer, to say nothing of the general public. He is pelted with questions relating to the most distant topios, the reason- for wluuh seems buried in the wonderful mind of the, learned counselor. It is as if a Pa cific Mail InveBtiiratiua- Committee should iustiiiita, iuquirin.aa to4ha,rl-l nons oi ins nnjeetive ud the objoetivn. Tint .ft. U".a1 lU But, after alL the rteal' trial of the juror ,wji heartless his priva, va( fiio. " TheA learned lgontl). mn learn all about luin as thev drive him on. The are UTte! the ' Abysiduliui peasant who .snWU oa the animal he rides, cutting steak from his steed as hepursm h jonrney, Th unhappy juror uhderihe mioroscop teyeals all his family affairs. nisoompollM to tJl how manyiimes h if has married, how many children ha has been blessed with, and what he h is dona with them, and woe to him if he fails lo account for even the most insignificant of his offcpriug. Hii TtUA&jaas, Income, habiU,' and ni cially Ida daily roadlng, aw all mbjeots of the most searching inqufcatioia"' It may be remarked in patinq tliat the trsotloe of bwspajNir iwuling ia repre nded with great evsrit by the bC. Thi m&'ii, kxAjto4lkm tury, never tMds lbs bewspapsrs, it even the headinsrs "' nor lnr -' nm.n - -1 ... "---i 1 1 wtiCles,' is ustilly made welcome to the JorytboBVi But the avaram htror oftea fare worse han th man in the dock. ieuBnocpmpeUeaio convict bhnsrtlf o'n ofliiaown mouth. , He may hear his character lorn bv his ijfft thrfm lpleas juror, like honest ' Dog- oerry, wntetnnunseU Jdown . an ass, Ouidedby tho blandishmsnt or. driven by the terrors of , tb$ opposing jjonnse he becomes his bwi winut enemy. If he has an opinion ho 'aisquanfledrif lie has none,' fi is a rialmpogter.ilfJheW intelligent, h k'aows tobniofchj if he tsi a dunoe, he is laughed; out' Hrf -.bmrtd ms priyate aura, extensively -advertised,' and his personal cliaracter is made a concern bf wide piiblip interest ' "His neighbors took on himyith distrust,'and heTocomee an -.object of pity ta himaelf, And yet, nftnyi gjjp people . think it strange that jienjahirk jury, duty when they can. . 1 . - ,' . ' J ' Bab iJParming iitu VoMteMitf, A ooroiei;:jurj ben engaged at Hollisten, Mass.f investigating charges against kelson an Mary Reignolds, who' have bu'engaged1 A the Busirss "of ba fafminf atthat plaot. i ln extract from-the. jsridetw'fWill.. show, how- the business wwoondueted : ,j; ; Mai-y fCoJJav the jbiing woman who entered the eom'planit before ihe authori ties, testified s: foddwa': - Am 'twenW yefrs of age; resided with Mrs." Reign c3Jjb; the first hihl that; died. Was called Tommy !. died in Nenibetands"was one year, okl; .Mrs. jieignokU gay hin a mixtpeobmpbsed' ot lauihinum, cam phor; ahd rhubarb, from'' the effect of which he slept tbee UTaVs -'hhd .'aifrhta : I tried oftep t.lwftlg .him.ibut.ifailedL; fitr r..: i i i n. , iu.fa. iKiguwua wuppf iqe cuia every day amdsbadl,.ausedj limi gavehim a double spoonful, of this mixtve every day; he ct'ild huA nbtlJeeisick previous to hU' death1; MW.'elgnbldl' said lis died pi W ' fcoWttlroompWuk; 4heueat viuua was Aiwua uameaj ana. ,wafl gue never '(Slaw the medlcInB IHvelr &ai doses thuh i spon'Asiaften gavo 4W i gave a drqp; to muy if .wquia hasre sent themj to another wprid ' little jaines was also whipped; after the deatn 6f Janjp, littio Sfjjid bameitfDeoembet and lived four rwefke; ah was twolvdi weeks old and was siok waek;- ehe( was forond- to take the ' mixture, ''japd, in .ordef ) compel- her, Mrs. Reignoids held her uosel she erave this child iwetotv drobs: her body was kept a' weelt' before it was buried tlie'-next hildV Agaoa Forbes, came in December:; jfli was thw ,woei old, and wasipkfor.a, week befoe slie, died; she , was -gfvon ( jtlie ' "jmixture" sometimes by her' own(:mollior; Frde-' lfha Pierce, tha bext 'vifclim, wart 'sick thrbeSays, tecbived tlio damr trsubnenk aud dWd) Mrs Jlt(uyK'U sai4 lber wasna neea.oi a dqcto ana none was calloilnMr8. Sliehant pressed the, de'iul child in Mm.' ."FoVbbs's child's olotlies, but Mrs.' Koignblds promptry look the in off and ' put "iuiror -, iAnea on, iayuigj "Lot the dead take care of themtulve;',' Mrs. Keignokls- jcVi1 the ichU4' eyes aud mouth twenty , minutes Jjeforo she uitHi; mix. xveiguuius iept a uoiue con- tiiiuing half a pint bf ' Whisky! ie hail soeii her often - appavaatly vtuXut tlx in fluence of iiquor never saw her xithot a supply of liquor . in the hoi; when drunk, she. would fight with' the old man ami abuse the' children: liave' "seen ' hrtr strike Mr. HeiguiMs threwor ffmr times: in the fane ? ha - would, -get Uruiik k three or four iint)s a- woqjc and aleep on. the uoorj uav9 aeara Mrs-in-igiioidSiSiiy there wore throe cliildren buried on the furm;nh stated' sb at 'three difft-ririt times, and said1 it vU'WM'tKi'owj wouki giv hen ai grove ) whrai asleep under the influence of thi moilbiue, the children rolled their ryes about and back ui meir iv oinm maue vuera groaii and keep thefr eyes bpori.1 ' 1 ,''"' ' The late event at Bay IUdge, near Now , LYork, whern two prgf oaaUuial burghum ia worst Jyio were actcted.iu the act by means of an electno burglar alarm, is a forcible bractioalllluirtr&llimnf tha fulness df thesengenions amngemrhtsH some varieties of which are oomiuft nxr tensively into Th fiarU common to all electrio burglar alarms are a gal vanic t bRttery wires' bbimectiug it io' doors and windows, and the alarm prop er, usually consisting of a bell, which, by the opening o(jl dogtpr window, is brought in connection with the battery and worked by the same. ' All inch eon' tr it ail oas 'may be strongly recommmld W all who deairn 'effectively to protect Uwir prtlMirty, and rhap their lives, agnitiNt the. attack of those nuteants of h vman aocu-ty who appenr to be enable, or rafb.w' unwUling,t earn an boaest living. .1 , ,() jqwe.U'J wintsrLiA.tiM iwl "' u to the'whyu-HPTWPWrFn fa beei-under W tH.iH&Tf h - i 1 1 - medicine, alter iruessmflr at the auontitv; . .t . , ... .. . "f . - The following description ot the snow - , ' ) ; , v plairiol ttentrajri Asia '4s- takew tfom ri I LmriIaleTlinfT AM (ha Clvn . um u paaa some in wuo. neroe storms of auvi. (ucrc-it, uutkUUWl UVUUU UB U J 'W9& Tin In trmi smmA in ViMlii - . ?- jhue, whose intolerahle glare blinds us ' imoji misters ottr faces. Frontirne io t r, . ' tima w . drive, dowa into f darkaoifia r! t" i underground holes, hot and reeking, ' " hover around' ' 'the sWminj samovar; tto-T potaing down means Of boiling teaj then , 3 , out wn the silent sternte amun tr win. nights -wheiw awaken frora half-VM .frsea Bjep' and. rememper.we ,ire, in , . , ine noait qj; uie mysterious regions of Asia; arid" see faotliing 'but tiie' widej l: snowy steppe, silent and ghostly lir the speotral moonlight K for .uiloti audi ''ft ' miles thorn is no Jiuman habitation, but , . M the burrow-Uke stations somewhere, far ' . ahead, buried under the snow, as tho'nrb ' nrushed ' into1 flalness by the grim uni-1' f9,rraity - abtrw.f ' There is' sotnetMng" swangeiy-coppressivn and -awful ;jn .thnt- changoleaa snowy snow i center or a ' horiibn-buhd ' blahV -that seems o move witn yon, and bang you and weigh you down like a trouB nullstonty There is the breadth ana loneliness of the ocean without its movement, ' the oold'. and icy-silence- of f "'" the arctic regiohswithout the glory of .i- t the arctic nightsrthfl grandeur of the arotib laouutuins the silent UosolutiouanT ot an unpeople . worlds ' jThoaJ? i br-uad, lAVHlancin iklnititf awaw 41... J.... ina down' in'furibus blasts' wilhTrb' tii.? auiuii ifoiu uor-kiiern oiDeria come rnsn- u4errupMd Sweep bf i thousand InHei,"? ; and driM the snow 4bontt in fwliirl winds H'i tha go jtcUdduig .QMe the plain like giaVt t ? specxers; ine, enor, aiiysolsuusljuie, When, the orlare bn' the anAWiluiil'.uj oi,.l ''1 imrns; thelohrVJob'urnh,ta passed in 'P buifotit' half -sbhahoTeUJ 'state, with"'' "C t)g-tireldtarigihg;weay;forww t,H. paxtnemoraiio,w In "WW su.I-.-m ,A iobr4eflOriafentof' thni ljcmlvfll-i stnltr . w-terVournaascribing Chrietouw ui n t id Scrath Carolina fifteeayaarakgoraays: "The breakfast room,wa hung, with , garlands of moss, evergreens, and crim- son bemesYatbhe end sttiod the mistloto " ' bough; and at the Ao6 a row of shininir. blackfaces' glistening with tliei oil of.' hapiaas,!and. in mwt iiwtaaew'with', two rows of dazaliiifir.. tactk.' Pram tlm wide-opei glass door, fia out on tlie sloping lawn, we numerons darkies Stretched; arrayed ' In thbir1 best , and lhrightestf,"Jst' come, they said, 'to - wish all a happy Christmas,' and then go away unil after laftakftwt , ' Thoa you 'wiU soe(1fun,':fladLex. ,A princely . meat, wiui audits jgraoeful aocompaui- meats of Asbiid old silver and Solid irood- - ,wil4"and geniality; f'and' again we went out ou tkaiawm 1'Tho scrvauts eiicli had . some sntx-iul erroutlmr. . To Kate. 'Lor' pbless me, miwiy.. von look like sbme- thi' 'stood to eat ". ' Jus' look 'at Mars Lex aiurt he' his pa's ownchfld!' and to : 1 ' latUs Willie, 'Bless the child, he's mow"-' ;t too pro'ttyito hvof'Td hMytlie stranger, :. thoy aocordod a ccurtesy, n xiula, and, a . Merrj.ChjcjHtmo u w But now a kl die --f was heard," and the mbre youthful part '" of tile company prepared to dnnce. As1 " an accompBrilmenl to the fiddle a !boy ' bcAt two stidks bu the" floor with most 1 'rsmarkalile" procMon, :arno!''id perfect !ime and trme; I anke.1 the fiamebf the'V't una iftid 4lU told,' pUth eih,'lut reo-' ognlziMl YaiiVee Doodle "soon-alter and -' ' 'Oh, Susnnnah.1 Mr host and hostess. "'M fasHlstM by the children,' Jiauded gifts to 1 pvry one or tile people present with - L . kind words and a shake of the'htad.' Oay ' biwdsnas. ornamentil Yh)4a aa.l 1 v jcandy'and 'fruit for Um little ouenot one warfotnitteAJnbd in'averv ituiaiuw- ': Ihat r observed' the gifts' wore numerona. ' 'r 31 happlef crowd was ftVe7 seen as they bowed ana scraped and' lade God bless' the kind donors.1 ' t'!n u;,s , i i . .f f v., AjTmat JlXwam..,,, , j j ( ,. ' A .person who, lit m on the lin of the ' , Bostda nod,. PmideuoB , iidluad, , aud . '.. who holds an important position' under t UnclsiBam, h frvfoms time ben. riding at th j expense of Uie comianyon a pass from the superintendent Re- ' oently a conductor attked the gentleman 1 mentioned for his tlckrt "I have a ' pass from ths aaiperuiUudeiit," was thn . reply. . I suppow you haw, Mr. , , " but I have received jnstrui'tbus to see thsm alLH, Do you doubt ihy wordl"' asked ths )sedgr," No, sir; but I mnst a it," sap tho wwductor. At Uds the genthntto beearns excwhliugly wrathful, nod ommcnod a. tira-lo.of i abuse. , Upon his Arrival la Rwton, the cooduotor reported the ease to President ' Clifford, who promj-tly Issued an ordtr ' -tT0kbgthpavnn4 gats ths font! nwa n pUen ei his mlndiiy lattan . .'. in . 5 sv;.- i s - I iihat f. i upon 1 moua- V A 1st'1 0. A V ) s r v ' i ii nun
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