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Devoted to the 'Irotcclioji of JTowe and the Interests of the County
Vol. II.
Gastonja, Gaston Oountv, C, Satuimvvy Mousing, October 8, 1881.
No. 40.
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Jih1vm on (lit-: 'iirUtln.
11V KI'dliMJ !. A'A.1,;..
pi jim a bachelor, nniiy mill guy,
Willi nothing I" liiiulili.' in n here,
L h.iv" seen lit ii window, .jmtovcr .ho way,
The chnnires of in Htiy a your.
eW.he" the curtain is down, at tho edoso of
tint day,
TIipio arc kIiii1i-wm Unit l"t-ii appear,
,;Shwfl 1 toll you tlio story ' All, well! you
williiiul
fit is only a talo of tlio commotiost kind.
jl was romantic, arid young you may mnilo !
A vury " lieiau lirummoll " in liiannor and
ptylo,
My features woro ruddy., my tooth wore
like pearls,
jl was handsonio and fond of tlio bountiful
girls,
-'Till an incident happened, l.fainMy recall,
I loved, and I lost but 1 lived through it
all.
,Vhat comfort it was in thoso dull days of
gloom,
Jin I silently nut in my eluHoiato ronsa,
' When my labor was dono ut tlio end of tho
day,
And gazud at that windo.w, just over the way
Whero a pair of young lovors, devotod und
true.
vIIad built them a " nest" and were hidden
from view ;
l'or tho curtain wae down, and nobody
could sen,
.But their " tattlo-talo" rfiadows presented
to mo
Such pictures of rapture, of joy and delight,
a Iurgot, my oun:;riejs ut, oejiioiuiiif; uie siym.
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merry and gay,
1 havo toiled and have prospered in trade,
IMy wishes uro huadud. my servants obey,
My bills mo all settled ;iud paid,
.Thore is nothing on earth that I know of
to-day
To trouble or iniikc me afraid.
yMuny months passed away, many changes
- una euros,
jl Could sio, o'or tho way, in my neighbor's
aflairs;
.Their kisses giew scanty, their curtain un
clean. And seldom together the lovers were seen.
.Then c.uiniX ei'm- that curtain now forms of
uoliyriK,
lake imps in iv bottle, that appeared in my
Biirht.
Somo ehidinga, lW spoken, were brought
L'J III Kill
That I was millet ant. and s my to heir,
Thtn loud cries ofVhildreii, in rujjoiand
atl'iiirht.
. j Woro w.ifted away onXLLd windsof the
night,
J'here wero shadows ot Vres that wer
novel to me,
.That made uie njoico tl'n'hiy spirit w;is
treo,
That my life was untrammeledby fetters
ana bars,
. That my peace was unbroken by family jars.
iii.
" -I
am a bacholor.tnerry and gay.
' With no onis'to lovo hut niysolf.
I know I aniohl, and I know I am gray.
' And have plenty " bud up on thoshulf."
My nephews and nieces aro kindly to-day;
They lovingly long lor my pelf.
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I'lm Wlmlnw Ik ilowil. lint in v ni'ialilioi'.S are
there,
Tho lover is living without liny linir,
Kor his roinid chunky liead, luith tiohiml und
liet'ore.
Is as Hinootli mill us liure as Uie Until) ol a
(loor!
His ringlets have vanished anil none to decay,
Kortliiirersoiiee lender lm elorn them away ;
Tlio diiiiK'ilers uiv iniiri ied, Hie sons all are
itrown.
The lovers are left in their dwelling alone ;
hood cries of content ion are hi iinylK lo my
ear,
TUsoordanl, unpleiisant. nnd fright fill to hear;
Tlio wife seems triumphant ; I hear her com
mand; Tho Inixhand swliiiiils as she clenches her
hand,
.1 i.. .i..., t i....... .....i n...u:,.i.i
IH1 uie Mulling mm l iu-.ii hum in r,i mo
that. I see
llrinir coniloii, (leliifht, nnd contentment to
nie;
For the woman I loved is still ir.diig lo diy,
The wife of my mitfil'-'r Just o;r the j,
A TRAGEDY L IVILKES.
On Tuesday Sept. 2(1, u brutul mauler
88 committed on the IcP.'cryon road, in
Wilkes, about 12 njiles from Wilkcslioro.
.' 15ud " McXeul nnd Nathan Tripps had
been to a still house and hud with thuin
2 callous ol whb key, which tiny hud been
drinking. As they walked ulong, ihcy
made tho determination to ." kill the Bm
man they inctl'' That hapless person was
a Mr. Walker from Alex mder, a hard
working man who was on his way from
Ore Knob where he hud secured a j ib of
work. After the killing, the two wretch s
wulked "on their way, und pi city soon met
8n acquaintance, und told htm tfu v had
just met a man und given him " hell.''
'Walker died in about a half hour uftir he
was wounded (we are uuabiti lo learn by
what means hu was w.ajnded ) Ik' Iciv.-s
a wife and thirteen children.' McXeul nnd
Tripps were arrcstcil, on the r.eU day, und
committed to wilkesboro j Tripps had
blood on his shirt, and explained the fact
by saying that he had fallen down und cut
himself. McXeul and Tripp arc both des
perate rnttdics und have b"en fugitives
from jiistie; several tirn''. If ever there
wusn -.s for Judge Lynch, it lonkiMn us
asiflh'n w, re one. IS it law should take
its course. Lenoir Topic.
The great McthodM Connril m t in
1 ndon on Widiii'silay il.i 7 ft itis'. h U
composed of -HO Wsui. Ameriei .n
200, disttibutid ns follows : Northern and
Southern churches. 118; A (rieun rhiirehi s,
28; Cuiiudian churcliis, 22; wid oilr'r
divisions, .'!2.
Tho State as a Mother With
Toombs at the Breast.
Some CoiiijiJuints that llif (lillil
ton lliirit 'l lin Xenl of H'ork lit Itnmn
mill Ni'lj-Iwlrjiruilriiri- II iri our
J'l'OJ!'! Sliouttl ito f'utourl Col'''n
Jlnitrotid J-'jfriiHfoits..
Atlanta Constitution.
Old (icoi'gia is slow but she is riM
sure. The sovereigns who have just ad
journed didn't give anything lo help out
the exposition and maybe that was right
and so the people are wulking up lo the
emergency. Everywhere I go up in the
mountains I find the people with a pi.cket
full of rocks und all sorts of nrncrals and
useful timber, which ibey turn over to the
raikoad ngwits for the grand exposition.
I've nu fear now but what our good old
mother, ns penertil Toombs culls her, will
be fairly displayed. Well, she is a good old
mother, bui sometimes I think the general
sucks her loo much una too hard conoid-ring
and now I suppose as the 'legislature
hus nuthorizi'd the a torney-giheral to sue
Joe Drown and company and break up
the lease, the general will h'Ve a tit of his
own and pull at it burdt'r flian ever.
I've seen btautiful spe'eimens . of gnld-
hcuring qwiz.'und silvr ore, and copper,
and leud und marlile, and slate, und kaolin
cliiy, und ni-ingaiieesiml coruiuiuin nnd fo
fi.rlh and so on, und when we do build u
s'ute Iioupc I i iijjy' it will be built out of"
our own matt rial from the bott in to iln
top. I hope our own architects wi 1 draw
I he plan and 'our own people will do the
work, for it's u shame on us tnut we have
lo depeinl upon our. northern' brctlm n for
everything from a'fj.i'i-hcok lo u meeting
house.7 I never saw such wJiite oak ar il
hickory, and poplar, and pine, utulTrTli am)
elm trees as are along the' line of Mr.
0ok-'s road in J'aujding and Polk counlics,
anil our people ought, to make their - own
wagons, and tubsj nnd buckets, ' nnd
whcelbci rows ui dux iieivLSnud washboards
und plows, and blooms, and furniture, .".ml
if we don't know how !e:'s gi t Mi'jor
McCracken to bring down some men from
Ohio to icacli ns, and let us b. gin to utilZ"
the good things that the Cre.it or has gUvu
us and bu independent. 1 waul the 'major
to dot his whole line with, email .factories
that will give employment to our poor
chihlreu, and furnish a niuiket fur. our
timber. Why can't our fo ks nuke as
good a wagon . as ... the Whitewater,' or
Uudfbali r, or 3 aekson 1 I'm told there
uYe oir fitly thousand f 'em in Georgia
andtliey cost us nbout five imilion dollars.
The utile u8 -d to" be when there was n
w.igou shop al every cross-roads, und two
or threr inevery village, but these northern
meehaiiicks inive dried 'em all up. They
eouldo'l conim)e, for they did. i'l have any
machinery, and had.' to d ) all their work
by iiard lick-'. llVjlroads are good things,
but if our fouiks hami't got anything for
'em to do but bring usdown gojis and
ynnkee nolioiisHiid mealfuid corn nnd hay
from the north and take back nothing but
cotton that didciit average wo cents a
pound profit, they are not going to help
tho country very much. We nuiM fix. up
to compete with northern farmers, and we
can do it. I see acres upon "acres of gvod
native grass eveiywheie I go ; enough
to winter nil ol our stock, it it was
saved, but '.here ure no mowing nia
chims to speuk of, und the gr. hml is
rough, und the rocks havent been pkkeJ
up uid not one man in ten has got even a
scathe blade. X' cedent tell me they can't
get Vis. We dident have Yin at my house
und no money to buy 'em with, but we got
oue thing ut a time and paid for it in bro
ken d iscs. Thco machines have paid for
themselves and more too, in llie saving ol
labor, und the gratis cut with a mower dur
ing the last month on my f irm has brought
mote ni nicy than the wheat that was cut
oft'tUe same land hist July. It hus paid for
the mower anil the horse ruko twice over
and was easy -work, both on mill) ai il
beast. We would have cut for our Dubois
but ihe locks wen in the way and so l!i ir
hay is lost, ai d it was oLm-rc value thai) j
their cotton crop. My b,.y has got him u j
ledrick Press nnd is baling his hay in J
small packages, und he is going In press a f
small liali; of fine (otlun that com Iiimii j
Miss Me (Vac's cotton kim!. Ilwil hen;
hundred mid tweiiU-fjve pound package,
put up after Mr. .Vkui.-on's plan. :;ia I
believe mviill that these bij j iO pound
liuhs will go out of dale before long u;id ;
small pa, kuges take theii place. The boy j
is jcoing lo rend this bale In Judge llet,-
derson a 3 u sampie. am! ho is g-jiug t i send j
specimen of com and oals and. h.ij of nil j
sorts, nd top and crab guis-i mid clover
and p u via.s. put up in ten p umel paek
iiges by a little hand press el' bis own i:i ,
Viiiiion. lie was raking up the other day j
with a horse rake and 1 was sitting on the j
pin., t lookii.g ut him, which I frupii nt'y j
docs, whin suddenly he slopped and hol
leid " Biuke." l ie hud seen that snake br
fntii when he was cutting Ihe gruas but he
got away, and so I jtrmped for the gun and
Mrs. irp Ihrowd down her work, und tho
children ail run to the front, nnd the suuke
was coiled up under the rake, while my
boy was selling up there over him, nnd ns
I come nigh he straightened out nnd htart
ed of! and I j ist look a Miming sight
blowcd ,'hiin iruo giblets, mid he wan an old
highland mocasin und measured five feet
long nnd was either six incites round or
six 'inches through, one or the other, I ain't
certain which, and I carried him up to the
fence and all the family comedown to pe
ruse him, and Mrs. Arp eaid it had a mate
and the male would conic it ami bite
seme of the children for revenge, and to we
hud to take ihe snuke away oil', and Mr3.
Arp, she has Ik-cd on the lookout for the
mute ever since, and peruses the gurdon
und the frunt yard, and the buck yard, and
a u 1 right thore but what it is in the house
under the bed. Ever since mother Eve got
fooled so hud in the garden of Eden it looks
like thaj. woman has a mortal dread ol
snaKts ; but if they did let us down from
paradise in the beginning, they have raised
us up ever since, and .Mr. Alexander ws
talking to me about 'em yesterday ut Ma
rietta, for hu had just . got a present uf a
gold wuleh on a birthday, a ml he told me
li ut he did verily believe that there wasent
a man in heaven but whyt some good wo
man H-nt him thtte. And 1 said amen with
us much feeling as if I bad got a gold
watch myself. We men ure rouh, unseem
ly crcatuns compared with women, but
thcsi? IitUe evidences of love and sympathy,
such us gold wuteliea and the like do wake
up our smothered emotions powerfully,
don't they ?
Well, I see that King Cole bus been
buying up a few more railroads. 1 wonder
how many more he wants. He. reminds me
of old Tom Liltle on the Chattuhoi el.ee
who keeps on buying laud, and when I
asked, him if be 'wanted all the land in the
country, he said, ''No ; he only wanted all
Ilia! jiued him." " Uu.i. "Ai:r. .
.'; A STliAKGU STUllY;
A strange story in conneciion with a
murder committed sixteen years ngo is
c ntained in a letter fom Batesville,
Arkansas. James IJaxter and his wife
were emigrating to Louisiana in 18(15, and
fell in will) a man calling himself Isaac
Voung, wheu ricar tl,e Louisiana boundaiy
line. Tiny encamped one night at ihe
head of a lonely gh n, when both the men
disappeared. The deserted wife, knowing
Unit her husband hail two thousand dollars
in gold of his person, va9 convinced that
he had been murdered by Voung, but nil
her i (Torts to truce him or her husband
failed. She settled herself in a little but
close to the scene of her husband's disap
pearance, und has .ived there ever siuce,
wailing for tidings. Iieceutly she received
a letter, dated Melbourne, Australia, from
a sirancr, stuting that a man died there
who pt.ssed by the name of Saunders, but
papers he left behind him showed ite was
Isaac Yourg, on Anierienn, The papers
included a confession of the murder, of
Baxter, and pointing out the place where
his b?dy could be found, lie further stated
Ihat he had gene to Xew Orleans and took
issnge to Australia, w here he speculated
wHIi guat success. At his death he was
quite, wealthy, and he directed that Mrs.
JJaxt'Tshould he searched for, and, if living
paid $2,000, with interest from the date
of the ninidvr. lie also begged forgiveness
for li:a erimcs An investigation proved
that the information was correct as to the
minder, for the remains of Baxter were
found in the glen,und decently buried.
Mrs. Baxter has declined to accept Ine
money, but she may yet conclude to accept
it if the murderer is nctuully dead, which
many ptople doubt.
i he uesehal rnosri:;
To d sreiod unto olhers is a dufv wlifeb
blends ilse'lf in nil the cnuci ms ed
from the pe rfoi iiianee of which no class is
exempt, and which lias an iuliinate bearing
upnn the good order and happiness i'l' soei-
ly. There is a imitiiul depi inleiu'e upe n
each other am mg the various cl.i-e s of
of society, like that of tho in, inhere of tho
li'imaii body. The manufacturer eh (ends
ujiou tho farmer and others for I ho sale of
his fabrics nnd the nn uns of his snbsi.-t-etce;
the' mu'hnnie ami tiv prefesiieinul
niiin have a like ilepondenie upon oth.rj
classes ; and tie- farmer, themgh in 'st in- j
di'pcndeiit, is enif'y i,,dibtid to the otter j
ckiscs for his pr.u'rity nnd tht? social i
eijvmi,:'is of civif'z.-J society. Each class
l!"urisiifs best whe-n nil clas'. t! unsii !
ni'ist. lie: ice every individual ootswisiiy!
who cneleuvors tii proiiete the preisperi'.y
tfall.
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fl.ll) (JllAMUER.
It is said that people living in the coun
try universally use bud grnmmer. Xrow we
ure not going to fly into a rugf; and ccn
tradicl this statement, if we do belong to
the country and take u big measure of pride
in all thai cone rns het. We are nol going
to gnash our tilth ol b ur r.ur hair and
declare that we talk as well ns any body,
and that whoever nys we don't, the truth
is not iu him. Indeed, whin wc remember
how entangled wo have of leu been among
predicates und subject?, relative pronouns
pariicipal and possessive adjective?, adver
bial phrases, modifying adjuncts, co-ordina-tive
eoi junctions, nnd simple declarative
andompnund and complex sentences, we
uie reiuly'to confess that it is all true the
half lias not been told. Country people
don't know how to talk, and what is more,
don't want to know. But if we can't be
grammatical may be it would be best to
be as grammatical as we can. There is no
hope to reform the old sinners ; we have
walked in our ungrammatical ways till
any departure therefrom would be like an
expulsion from I'aradi.;e ; but . let the
chiidicu !v tuuglit to talk. A fortnir school
teacher, now a mother, looks back and
regrets tfiat she did not teach the law of
language more effectively. She ackuowl-'
edges having taught the text-bp k with
great fa,',:. fulness for she loved the-study,
but si e jillowed the errors of her pupils to
go uncorrected. She wU3a(iaid of wound
ing their feelings, and did i ot realiZ'i thai
to -peak correctly h the most important
end to be attained in the study. Now that
fbe- is u mo: her, she would be glad for her
chidren to have more thoreugli convvrsu
lioi.al drilln at toluol than she herself
enforced when in the capacity of a teacher.
It is ever thus, v?bc-n it is too late we see
ihe error of our wuys. If teachers could
see the importance of enforcing the correct
c. nstruction of stnt.mce3 iu youth, they
e iulii da much toward coriee'ing the bad
giai;;iner of country children, which they
jerpiire from the rouli-und-tumble lan
euage of home, and be pitent agents in
the purification of the spoken English lan
guage. If the study cf gummier is irksome
to them, and they cannot comprehend the
rules and application' as readily as a ma
mr? ciin'l, tncy can be ttiu'ght the pfae
ticul par;, und a more thorough understaiid
ing ol the whys nnd wherefores will be
unfold d to tiiem in the ript ning years to
come. Cor. Duij'ittoini (Pa-) LikWyeii
cer. MILK AS AS A LI M EXT.
An Iviglish liysician, Dr. I.Vickwort.b,.
of the Royal College of Physicians, has
recently put forth an important paper in
the ' I' end'.! inner on the iiisnfli 'ieut use of
milk us a diet, and shows the serious i fleet
to the n -gleet of this indispensable nutrient
on national health.'. His warning is most
time Iv iu an age when so many artificial
viands tend to destroy the appetite for
nature's simple lind noriu'd food , supply.
An aliment physiologist has pointed oat
that while '-all other matters appropriated
by animals as food exist for themselves or
for the use of the vegetable or animals of
which thi'v form a constituent part, milk
is designed nnd piepareel by nature ex
pressly us foi-d, and. is the only material
throughout the range of organic ition that
is so prepared." Pure milk iu suflijient
citiiUUily is us lucossary for the body as
pure nir, but, as Ir. Duckworth shows, its
use anions; those who can nflord to buy it
has so decreased even in the. rural districts
i f Great Britain as to amount almost to
a miik starvation. The iniuimum quantity
iiipiireel for the preservation of health, he
calculates, h five quarts per diem to a
family of ten, and not less than a quart
daily to each child. "If ibis, or anything
approaching were the rule t .stead of
the exception," he is confident that the
disease of "rickets," in its mauifold phases,
would be completely banished from this
com. try, nnd a in::eh higher titandar l of
hi'allo anil -robustness would utujuestionu-j
lily prevail. , j
I; tlii:i cone'usion. holds at ail true for i
(i rent Britain it will hold mueii. more so
lW tl'.e . United States. The humidity of
ilieVP'! ilisl. isles insures a ci mparativeiy j
(ipniblc clui ite, which makes few heavy '
drains to the l.utnan system, while in;
AnierietXipici.iily iu the West and;
Xi rtlivet'st.the ceaseless and ixtreine a!-
teratii :is e f Uiiiivrature :eod the aridity t f
ihe iitUio-iplicre.Xwhioh iiuhuvs a guat
waste ef the b ;y by cva'or:;!i.):i. wakes :
h.iivy ebniauih npoi) its su re i'f energy.
That store can em'y be ke pt op by e.,tid
nutrition, which milk, c-mbi'-ioi; as it !
doe the1 four gre'iit s'aui'iial principles of
human itlime.it, is so admirably tilted to
supply, 'i'he pn ju.'.iee which some enter
tain iigiiii st il, or the fancy that il ills--ngrccs
with tlie.ni. miy l-e removed in.
many casis by uelding to the milk a little j
curbonutc of &eda or of lime water, which j
will enhance its digestibility, and when
drunk for health purposes in large quanti
ties it is rectified by adding a liltle pepsin.
There can be do question (hut n large
rnmber of men und women, inclined to
strumous and scrofulous habits, anaemia
catarrh and consumption would be saved
fro in premature decrepitude or wasting
disease by resorting lo a generous milk
diet. The increasing amount of food ndul
teiiilioti, through the multiplication of
glucose and oleomargarine factories, ought
to have the e fleet of popularizing a dietetic
article which nature bus provided and
which cannot be tampered with without
expopintr the fraud toeuey detection. Bone
and sinew will not make a nation, but the
grave nutritional loss growing out of the
disuse of Ibis elementary article of food will
ultimately nuiliii a hardy race a nation of
dwaifs, and it ia well known that the
hardiest race cn the globe, the Kirghiz, ol
Central Asia, under the meist terrible
climatic extremse, have little else to liveon
but the. milk of their herd?. New York
Herald.
A DUTIFUL SOS RE WARDED.
In the village of Cornwall there lived u
per r ut, d virtuous woman, who supported
herself and aoa by working nlmost contina
a!!y with tho needle. The son, who wur
called Charlie, was gifted with one of those
gaicrous dispositions which' always sacri
fices self for the gooel of others. It was
this noble feeling which induced him, not
withstanding his age, to apply for a situa
tion. After many disappointments, he succeed
ed in procuring a place in n clothing .store.
The master of this establishment was very
quick tempcreil, which cau.-ed Chailie
many unmerited scoieJings. One day, because
he .could not find something which was
called for, he was told that' if he was not
quick he would loe his place.;' besides, he
had niueh to snfTer from the other boys of
the house, who wero till older than he. . .
It was well far Charlie that lie h id been
brought up by his pious .mother in senti
ments of religion. She had often told him
that the cross wa3 the inseparable compan
ion of a Christian, und . that the only way
ef making it light vus to bear it patiently.
This he OiHe-avorut '.odi,und (Joel rewarded
him for his palus..
' ."After lie I, ud speot some time as an
errand b:y, hia employer . one day called
him to the (ffiee.
"Charlie," said he to him after he had
entered, "would you like to go to ecIioo ?"
Charlie answered that he had always
wished for it ; but on account of the poverty
of his mother he could Sad no lime to
attend.
""Well,"' replied Mr. Thompson,- "yaa
hnvj given me so much satisfaclion that
short time you have Wen here, and a3 you
appear to be so well disposed, I have de
te:n:int.d. to give you an education."
'But what will my moiher de?'' inter
rupted Charlie. '
'Let not that disturb ym," answered the
kindbearted gentle man, "I will take cure of
her. The wages which yon have hitherto
received shall be continued, and thus she
will not be at a loss."
Charlie fell on his knees, hut s,v great
was his emotion that he could not speak,
bat iu his tears his gratitude could be dis
covered. . When he. returned that evening
and told his mother the good news,, she fell
upon her knees, ur.el thauked 0,nl for his
goodu ss towards herself and son.
The next d iv found our friend in school,
content.! and happy, nnd anxious to learn.
It was net long before he appeared firs: at
the head e.f his class a';d then of his school.
His amiability, and other L'ood qualities,
endeared him so much' to his teacher and
fellow classmates, that it w..i) with, sigus
of ur.fiigiK-d regret that they parted with
him when he went to become a cleik iu the
establishment of his benefactor.
Fortune seldom confers single favors,
and thus it was that Charlie, from being
cleik. beea-ne first, j uiier partner, und then
on the -eh cease of Mr. Tuon'psju, sle
pre-pri ioref the firm.
We hau' seen that Charlie, as a child,
was always ibteikiit ui.d uspectli 1 to his
mother ; as a wealthy man he was, if
possible, still more iilTeclierate. lie ttxk
her to his lur.ie und treated her with the
attention eUi'eli so loving and vuH-ia'dou
pau ut deserved : and when the separation
oeeurr. ti, ivi.ich in the course ol nature i
Uuk her fiom hi , his love and itrutiluie
are IksI xpres-ed by the prayers a d te trs
he k t f ,il ovet her stave. Thongh separated
frumhirii o.ly, he never i.e;
d lo
foile t'e' eoanse's he had received from
Ler i.i his jouth. 1; was these g.;od advice?
which reiidifcl iiini evteeeiii d and rc.-jtcttd
by nil. . ,
A nati mal eminence: of the best woik- :
ers and thmkirs on the subject of inhibi
tion is culled to met t in New Yetk city
Oclulxr 1Mb and 19th, ll.
GENTLEMAS
'Tlease don't push so!"
It was in endeavoring to penetrate -a
dense crowd nt Ihe doorway of one of our
public theatres that this .petition attracted
my attention. It proceeded from a little
girl of not more than ten years of ago who
crowded in on one side by a fashionable
fop, and on the other by the hard stone wall
was vainly endeavoring to extricate herself.
The person addressee! paid no attention to
this entreaty, but pushed forward towards
the door.
"Look a here!" shouted an -elderly
Irishmen, whose apparel contested strongly
with the cuily locks and gloved fingers of
the former ; "look a here! don't you see
you're crushing this girl's bonnet all to
smash with your elbows?"
"Can't help it,'' gruffily replied the fop,
everybody's got lo take care of himseHf
now-n-days."
'That's fair enough," replied the gentle
man, as he seited the girl, placed her on
his shoulders, and placing his broad shoul
ders against the slim form of th fop, be
pushed him through tho crowd, and landed
him with somewhat more haste than dig
nity on the sidewalk.
The young fop picked himself up, and
feeling rather abashed by the laughing
spectators, thought it was time for him to
go home, or make his disappearence from
them in some way.
Reader, who do you think was the
genteman?
Boys, you all wish to become gentleman,
but remember, that neither your own nor
your parents' positions in life, ycur boot
black, your tai'or, your barber nor perfu
mer, can make you orte. A true gentle
man will be found the same at home and
abroad. Always respectful fo his superiors;
pleasant and aflable to his equals ; and
careful of those who may be placed beneath
him.
THE PARROT ASD, BAD COM-.
'. PASY.
There once lived, in a small village, a
farmer who kept a parrot, which was in
the habit of keeping bad company. One
day often the farmer had finished planting
his corn, the binck crows, together with
the -parrot, soon occupied themselves in
feasting upon it, which seeing, the farmer
resolved to punish the dusky robbers.
Watching his opportunity, he seized his
gun nnd crept slily alons the side of the
fence until 'he Came within a few yards
of them, when, leveling hU gun, be fired.
Walking over to the corn to see what
eff ct 'he shot produced, to his great sur
prise he tojind he had wounded his parrot.
Poor Boll was taken home und kiudly
eared for. ...
The children asked their father how the
parrot came to be shot.
"Bad company," auswertd the father ;
bad company," repeated Poll.
- Afterwards, whenever the parrot would
See the children quarreling and wrangliug
among themselves, Poll would cry out :
"Bad Company ! Bad company."
Thus, dear readers, when you are tempt
ed to mingle with bad companions,
remember the story of the parrot aud ill
punishment.
SS1PE OS TOAST.
I bail some snipe on toast in Harrisburg
I saw on a bill of fare :
"Suipc on toast, sixty cents."
Snipe on toast would be almost too
healthy food to feed petiple who bad been
floating On a raft three weeks, feeding on
bootlegs. Says I to the waiter : " Give
me some snipe on toast." By-and-bye ho
came in and put down some toast, and I
kept on reading. I sat there an hour. Then
I rang the gong. The waiter entered, and
says I : " Where the deuce is my meat ?"
Says he : " They've beeu on the tableau
hour."
Says I ; "I didn't order plain toast ; I
want a snipe on it."
Says he : " There is snipe on it."
Then I drew close up to the table and I
saw black spee. on the toast and says :
' You'll swear that's a snipe?"
Says he : " Yes.'
Says I : " You would make a good linen
buyer, you would."
Savs he : ' It's snipe on toast, onyhow."
SaS I : " How dnl it get on it?''
Says he : That snipe's ull right ; it's a
full-sized one, too. '
S.ivs I ; " I'm glad you told me that's a
ful:-sl:::d snipe, for da you know, young
man, when I sat out there rending 1 saw a
b'a-k spick on that toast, but I look it for
a fly ; nnd I'm glad to bo infeirned it
snipe. Now you can take that snipe away
and brm me a turkey "Wr loast, and I
want a luli-s'Z 'd turkey, t o!"
1 ain't hankering ulter snipe since that
epis :dc. 1 could Lave blowu that soipe
throuuh a p i'ty blower without hurting
the s:iic or putty b!ow" either. Snipe oil
toast may be game but it's a uieau gntue-
til'in:',