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r.T CHARI.KS MACK AT.
Tiie venerb!e Fast is past;
'Tis dark, and chines not in the way;
'Twas pood, no doubt "lis gone at last
Then- d; wns anollirr day.
Why should we sit where ivies creep.
And shroud o-irelves in charneis deep,
Or ih world's yesterdays deplore
'Mid criimlmnp:" ruins hiofsv hoar?
Why should v-e see vviih dead menV eyes.
Looking at Was from morn to niirht.
Wh.-n itie l)eantions N'owthe divine To He,
Woo wiili their charms our living sighi?
V.'hy shoold we hear but echoes doll
W!:-n tin world of sound, so bior.iiul,
Will jrive us iinisie ol our i.wn?
Whv in the darkness sliotiM we grope.
Wl. ii lh' sun, hcavfii"s resploiifU-nt cope.
Shines a bright as ever it shone?
ThQ'roM-nt needs u. Every age
j'eipifaths the next lor heritage
No lazy luxury or delight.
Hut Mivnuotts labor for the li'ht;
For Now. ihe child sur.l sire of Time.
iVmands 'J.e deeds of earnest men
To make it better than thipast
And stieudi Ihe circle of its ken.
Now is a fact that men deplore.
Thouirh it miht bless them evermore;
Would they but fashion it aright.
'Tis ever new. Vis ever bright.
Time nor Eternity hash fveii
A repetition of delight
In alljis phases; ne'er hath been
I'nr men or angels that which is;
And thai which is hath ce:sed to t
Ere we have breathed it, and i s place
I lost in 4io eteini'y.
Uut Now is ever good and f;iir,
Q t th- Inlini.toie the hrir,
And we of it. So let us live
That from the Fast we may receive
Eight for he Now from Now a joy
That Fate nor Time shall e'er destroy.
Paper Car Vheels.
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Tht' Sjrino(ii'kl Jcjitb!tcin says
tliat tliu Connecticut liivcr lail
ioaI Conipany is about introtlucin
for trial a set .of i)ai)cr far wheels
under the forward truck of one of
its enuiinvs. These wheels have
hit u known to ear builders for
Home tittie, hut the demand for them
lias been moderate, on account of
their cost, not withstand in rr the uni
eir!ly admitted fact that tliey
nresafeand easy-ixoin. The wheels
ate manufactured b' bringiurr :v
nressure' of 350 tons noon sheets of
common straw paper, which forces
them into a compact mass, which
O is then turned perfectly round, and
the hub forced into a hole in the
centre, this requiring a pressure of
twenty-live tons weight. The tire
is of steel,- and has a one-quarter
inch bevel Upon ils inner ede, thus
allowing the paper liUin; to be
forced in, 250 tons pressure being
required in the process. Two iron
plates, one upon each side of the
paper, are bolted together, which
prevents the possibility of the fill
ings coming out. The tire rests
upott the paper only, and partakes
of its elasticity in consequence.
Although these wheels are much
more expensive than those in com
mon use, the patentee claims that
they are cheaper in the end, as they
wear longer, injure the t rack less,
and run with less noise than wheels
of any other material.
It is inelegant to ask your sweat
heart if she is "hot." " It is much
prettier to say: "Eup'honosia, dar
ling, docs the excessive closeness of
the atmosphere cause a perspira
ttve affection to overcome the an
gelieGphisieaiiitn,,;;. v yuch be
i'M the case, tlie fair one must not
ay: "You bet old boss !" but she
in-'iy gasp a little gasp, and softly
Kihhato: "Alphonso, dearest, your
solicitude for my comfort has ltd
you to divine the exact nature of
my present situation. After this
the blammed fools may do as thev
please. Ve can't be giving ad
vice all the time.
. Tins is what a green clerk in a
in a nv.isic store said to a lady the
ot her day, on being asked if he had
'the Sword of Bunker Ilili ?" " I
Wt know, really, there is and old
s vo'd of5some sort un-stairs." The
stonier was carried to her car-
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The Power of the Affirmative.
The power of positive ideas and
tlie power of the positive afltrma
tion and promulgation of them
move the world. Breath is wasted
in nothing more lavishly than in
negations and denials. It is not
necessary for truth to worry itself,
even if a lie can run a league while
it is putting on its boots. Let it
run, and get out of breath, and get
out of the way. A man who
spends his5 days in arresting and
knocking down lies and liars wiil
have no time left for speaking the
truth. There is nothing more
damaging to a man's reputation
than his admission that it needs
defending when attacked. Great
sensitiveness to assatdt, on the part
of any cause, is an unmistakable
sign of weakness. A strong man
and a strong cause need only to
live an afiirmative life, devoting
no attention whatever to enemies,
to win their way, and to trample
beneath their feet all the obstacles
that malice, or jealousy, or selfish
ness throws before them. The
man who can say strongly and
earnestly ';I believe," has not only
a vital and valuable possession, but
he has a permanent source of in
spiration within himself, and a per
manent influence over others. Tlie
man who responds : "I do not be
lieve what you believe," or "deny
what youbelieve," has no posses
sion, and no inline nee except a
personal one.
In nothing is this principle bet
ter exemplitied and illustrated than
ist the strifes of political parties.
The party that adopts a group of
positive ideas, and shapes a posi
tive policy upon them, and boldly
and eon.-icn! ly alarms and pro
mulgates both ideas and policy,
has an immense advantage over
one which undertakes to operate
upon a capital of negations. The
history, of American politics is full
t)f confirmations of this truth. Xo
party has ever had more than a
temporary success that based its
actior? simply on a denial of a set
of positive ideas held by its op
ponent. The popular mind de
mands something positive some
thing that really possesses breath
am being to which it may yield
its allegiance. There is no vital
izing and organi power in simple
opposition and negation. Earnest,
straightforward affirmation has a
power in itself, independent of
what it af linns, greater than ne
gation when associated with all the
influences i can engage.
The Author of Christianity un
derstood this matter. His system
of religion tvus to be preached,
proclaimed, promulgated. Its
friends were not to win their tri
umphs by denying the denials of
infidelity, but by persistently
ailirining, explaining and applying
the truth. With this system of
truth in his hands so pure, so
beneficent, so far readying in its
results upon human character, hap
piness, and destiny the Christian
teacher commands the position.
Inijdelitv and denial can make no
permanent headway against faith,
unless faith stop to band' words
with themo That is precisely
' what they would like, and what
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would give them importance and
influence which they can win in no
other way. Why should an im
pregnable fortress exchange shots
with a passing schooner ? Silence
would be a better defense than
a salvo, and deprive the schooner
of the priviligc of being reported
in the newspapers. The world
whirls toward the sun, and never
stons to parlev with the east wind.
The great river, cheeked by a dam,
quietly piles up its waters, buries
the dam, and, rolling over it,
grasps the occasion for a new ex
hibition of its positive power and
beauty. The rip-rap shuts an
ocean" door, but the ocean has a
million doors through which it
pours its tides. Stopping to deny
denials is profitless as is stopping
to deny truths. It is consenting
to leave an affirmative for a nega
tive position, which is a removal
to the weak side.
So a man who has really any
thing positive in him has nothing
to do but persistently to work and
live it out. If lie is a politician or
a statesman, or a reformer or a
literary man, he can make him
self felt most as a power in the
world, and be securest of ultimate
recognition, by lhing a bodily
afiirmative life, and doing thor
oughly that which it is in him to
do regardless of assault, detraction
and misconstruction. The enemies
or an jT man who suffers h'mself to
be annoyed by them will be cer
tain to keep him bus-. The world
has never discovered anything
nutritious in a negation, and the
men of faith and conviction will
always find a multitude eager for
the food they bear. ZMen will con
tinue to drink from the brooks and
refuse to eat stones that obstruct
them. Even error itself in an af
firmative form is a thousatid times
more powerful than when it ap
pears as a denial of a truth. lr.
F. G Holland, in ScribncSs for
JTovcmber.
The Cost of J.ivinsr Increasing
Within the last twenty years tlie
cost of living has practically doub
led in England, and at the present
time the prices of nearly all the
necessaries of life are still advanc
ing. Vith the increase in the cost
of living the wages of labor have
also advanced, so that the working
population is not seriously affected
by the general rise in prices; but
the large class in that country
whose incomes are produced ii-om
investments in the funds, as well as
retired officers whose only support
is their pensions, finds that tlie al
tered st .ate of things has a most
uncomfortable influence upon their
fortunes. Widows and others with
fixed incomes which in former
days maintained them in compara
tive luxury now find that thev are
reduced to the greatest straits to
keep up appearances, and in many
cases are obliged to forego com
forts to which they have been ac
customed all their lives. And what
makes the prospects more cheerless
for these people is that there is no
way in width they can help them
selves. The workingmeu, when
they find that the proceeds are not
sufficient to procure them a fair
living, by combinations and strikes
are able to extort higher wages
f rom the ir employers; but it would
be of no use for the small capitalists
of England to strike for higher in
terest on their investments; they
will continue to receive the same
percentage for the use of their
money that they received when
the cost of living was onlv half.
what it is now. There is also a
large class of hard-working men on
small salaries, curates, clerks
in public offices, and the like,
whose pay, unlike that of laboring
men, has not increased with the in
crease in the prices of nearly all
commodities in general use. Such
persons must stiller great inconven
ience from the existing condition
of affairs, though in the course of
time their situation will necessa
rialv be improved. Those who
depend upon small incomes result
ing from fixed investments, how
ever, can hope for little relief in the
future.
He Xot Idle.
A wise and judicious writer tru
ly says there is a fault we all con
demn in the young and in others,
and too often indulge in, without
remorse, ourselves. That fault is
nil ,;. There is a busy idleness
which sometimes blinds us to its
nature we seem to ourselves, and
perhaps others, to be occupied ; but
what is the result of it all? What
Hannah Moore, calls "a quiet- and
lull Hitting away of time," wheth
er it be in "unprofitable small talk,
or in constant idle reading, or
sauntering over some piece of idle
work," is surely "not redeeming
the time," and yet how many days
and hours are thus unprotitabiy
wasted and neither ourselves nor
others benefitted. Ail women who
have much liesure arc liable to this
fault; and besides its own sinful
ness, for surely waste of time is a
sin, it encourages a weak, unener
getic frame of mind, and is apt to
produce either apathetic content in
trifling occupation or a restless de
sire for excitement or amusement,
to help on the weary time these
trifles cannot kill ; and those who
have their time entirely at their
own disposal, with perhaps no def
inite duty to occupy them, should
guard resolutely against waste of
time. Make duty for yourselves ;
fix hours for your different occupa
tions; do with might whatever
your hands find to do; and care
fully, conscientiously ascertain
which of your employments is not
worth of all this care; have a mo
tive, a reason for all you do, and
frequently examine yourselves as
to what vour are doing, and surely
you will find time too precious to
be squandered, or frittered, or idled
awav. Our Home Journal.
A fashionable belle was prome
nading the streets of Dahlenga,
when she attracted the attention of
an old colored gentleman who was
at work when she passed by him.
The old darkey stopped his work
and gazed intently at her, until she
turned the corner, when more in
pity than admiration, he solilo
quized thusly; "Wonder what is
dat she got on her back? I spec
she's gwine to do springs to get
cured. It's a pity she's deformed
dat way. She's a purty gal I"
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It is certain that, nine times out
of ten, we are nearer the truth in
thinking well of persons than ill.
Human nature is a tiec bearing
good as well as evil, but our eyes
are wide open to the latter and
half closed to the former.
A Vcrmonter who sent for a j
2 50 Sewing Machine advertised
in the papers, received a shoemak
er's awl, -worth about ten cents.
Prce Blow in an Omnibus.
In Nevada, there used to be cur
rent, the story of an adventure of
two nabobs, which may or may
not have occurred. I give it for
.what it is worth :
Col. Jim had seen somewhat of
the world, and knew more or less
of its ways; but Col. Jack whs
from the back settlements of the
State, and had led a life of ardu
on.s toil, and had never seen a city.
These, two, blessed with sadden
wealth, projected a visit to New
York, Col. Jack to see the sights,
and Col. Jim to guard Ids tin
sophisticated from misfortune.
They reached San Francisco in the
night, and sailed in the morning.
Arrived in New York, Col. Jack
said :
"I've heard tell of carriages, all
my life, and now I mean to have a
ride in one; I don't care what it
costs. Come along."
They stepped out on the side
walk, and CoJ Jim called a stylish
barouche. But Col. Jack said :
"JVo sir ! None of your Cheap
John turnout's for me. I'm here
to have a good time, and money
ain't any object. I mean to have
the nobbiest rig that's going.
Now here comes the very trick.
Stop tliat yaller one with the pic
tures on it don't you fret I'll
stand all the expenses myself."
So Col. Jime stoppetl an empty
omnibus, and they got in. Said
Col. Jack :
"Ain't it gay, though? Oh, no,
I reckon not ! Cushions ami w in
dows and pictures, till you can't
rest. What would the boys say if
they could see its cutting a swell
like this in New York? By
George, I wish they could see
us.
Then he put Ids head out of the
window and shouted to the driver;
"Say, Jonny, this suits me!
suits yours truly, you bet, you !
I want this shebang all day. I'm
on it, old man! Let 'em out!
Make 'em go ! We will make it
all right with yon, sonny !"
The driver passed his hand
through the strap-hole and tapped
for his fair it was before the
gongs came into common use.
Col. lack took the hand and shook
it cordially. 1 Ie said : j
"You twag me, old paid! All
light between gents. Smell of
tltat, and see how you like it !"
And he put a twenty dollar gold
piece in the driver's hand. After a
moment the driver said he could
not make the change.
"Bother the change ride it out.
1111 it in your pocket."
Then to Col. Jim, with a sound
ing slap on his thigh :
"J hCt if. style though? Hanged
if I don't hire this thing every day
for a week."
The omnibus stopped, and a
young lady got in. Col. Jack
stared for a moment; then nudged
Col. Jim with his elbow:
"Don't say a word," he whisper
ed. Let her ride if she wants to.
Gracious, there's room enough."
The voting lady o-ot out her
poi tc-monnaie, and handed her
fare to Col. Jack.
"What's this for" said he.
"Give it to the driver, please."
"Take back your money madam.
We can't allow it. You're wel
come to ride here as long as you
pleasc,but this shebang's chartered,
and we can't let you nay a cent."
The girl shrunk into a corner,
bewildered. An old lady with a
basket climbed in, and proffered
her fare.
"Excuse me," said Col. Jack,
"You're perfectly welcome here,
madam, and don't you be the least
uneasy. ' Make -ourself just as
free as if you was in your own
turn-out."
Within t wo minutes, three gen
tlemen two fat women, and a
couple of children entered.
"Come right along friends," said
Col. Jack ; "Don't mind This
is a free blow-out." Then he
whispered to Col. Jim. "New
York ain't no sociable place,T don't
reckon it ain't no name for it ?"
lie resisted every effort to pass
fares to the driver, and made every
body cordially welcome. The sit
uation dawned upon the people,
and they pocketed their money,
and delivered themselves up to
covert enjoyment of the episode.
Half a dozen more passengers en
tered. "Oh, there's plerdy of room,"
said Col. Jack, "Walk right in,
and make yourselves at home. A
blow-out ain't worth anything asn
blow-out, unless a body has com
pany. Then in a whisper to Col.
Jim" "But ain't these New York
ers friendly? And ain't they cool
about it too? Icebergs ain't any
where. I icckon they'd tackle a
hearse if it was going their way."
More passengers got in ; more
yet, and still more. Both seats
were filled, and a file were stand
ing un, holding on to the cleats
overhead. Parties with baskets
and bundles were climbing upon
the roof. Half suppressed laugh
ter rippled from all sides.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
ttti' -tit tt o o -rrriv rT nT TUnoHTA
"Well, for clean, cool, out-and-out
cheek, if this don't bang any
thing I ever saw", I'm an'lnjun,"
whispered Col. Jack.
A Chinaman crowded his way
"I weaken !'' said Col. Jack.
"Hold on driver! Keep your
seats ladies ami gents. Just make
yourselves free- everything's paid
for. Driver, rustle these folks
around as long as they're a
mind to go friends of ours, you
know. Take them everywhere?.
and if you want nfore money,
come to the St. Nicholas, and we'll
make it all right. lePsant jour
ney to you, ladies and gents go"
it just as long as you please it
shan't cost you a cent.'' JIarc
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A Thriving' City.
The year following the destruc
tion of Chicago by fire has been
the one which has shown the larg
est transactions in trade ef nearly
every description ever known in
that city. The population of Chi
cago is now greater than at any
previous time, and the business ac
tivity0of the city surpasses all for
mer experience. The receipts of
grain during the past year exceed
those of the corresponding period
of 1S70 by more than 22,000,000
bushels; and the total of the whole
sale commerce of the city in the
various departments of business
since the fire reaches the grand
sum of $450,800,000, which 'is an
increase of $48,000,000 over the
year of 1870. The manufactures
of Chicago also show an unexam
pled prosperity. In 1870 the man
ufactured products of the city
amounted in value to a little more
than 00,000,000 this year they
will reach $10:1,000,000, not includ
ing building operations. It must
remembered that the work of-rebuilding
the city has added im
mensely to the volume of general
business transactions; but een
after taking this fact into consider
ation the result of the year's opera
tions is truly surprising.
Yagarii:s of tii k Lnsaxk. A
large number of the inmates of the
State Insane 'Asylum fancy them
selves to be some one else. There
are any number of kings, queens,
emperors, a Gen. Grant ami other
notabilities. Man' a poor creature
is happy in his or her delusion, and
gravely insists on its truth. The
delusion of patients that they are
God or the Savior is very common.
Not long ago Dr. Gray had all the
three persons of the Trinity under
his care, and then came anotfier
God. However, as the new comer
was a yen little man, and the oth
er contestant for divine supremacy
a very big man, the little one
quickly discovered that he was not
God, but the Attorney-General of
the United States. One curious
coincidence in the way of delusion
has occurred since Dr. Gray has
been superintendent." A female
patient had just arrived" and was
seated in the office, when a lajl
voting man was brought in by his
father. The poor lad had once ob
jected to being confined in the asy
lum, saying, " he was Jesus Christ,
and had the world to save." The
woman sprang up excitedly, and
throwing her arms open, exclaimed,
"Come to my arms, my son ; I am
the Virgin Mary." The young
man at once threw himself on the
bosom of the woman, and they
heartily and tenderly embraced
one another, to the horror of the
lad's father. Another woman was
under the belief that she had been
turned into a crow-, and was much
vexed because she w as not allowed
to be the means of supplying the
asylum. JYetc Y'ork limes.
A City in Two States.- Bristol,
in Tennessee and Virginia, is an
anomaly among towns. It has a
population of only 3,000, but is lo
cated in two States, the line passing
near the centre of the main street.
The rogues and "lawless know
where it is to an inch. The line
used to be deeply venerated, and
in former years it would have been
considered a symtom of the decay
of the republic for a Tennessee
constable to cross the street on the
sidewalk, on the sacred soil of Vir
ginia, to arrest a criminal. But
the line is not now regarded with
tender veneration. "When a man
kills another and steps over the line
for protection, the officers step after
him and bring him back; killing is
consequently not so popular as for
merly. Each side of the line has a
separate Mayor and Board of Al
dermen, and regulates its own affairs
in the sense contemplated in the
Constitution. There are two papers
published, one on each side of the
line. Each side also has its own
schools and churches.
Whenever we find a man iirthe
enjoyment of a wide popularity,
we may be assured, however bad
his reputation may be, that he lias
some good qualities in an eminent
degree.
The DifJ'erence between a Violin and
A Fiddle.
Half a century ago, or less, the
somewhat facetious Dr. Pond dwelt
in the quiet and Oi!.t-of-thQ-way
village of A ". The Doctor's
ideas were liberal much more so
than many of his congregation;
nevertheless he kept on the even
tenor of Ids people. He had a soil
named Enoch, who at an early age
manifested a remarkable talent for
music, which the father cherished
and Cultivated., with care. In the
same village resided an antiquated
maiden ladyj who having no cares
of her own to occupy her time and
attention, magnanimously devoted
herself to those- of her neighbors.
One morning she called at the doc
tors and requested to see him.
When he entered the room where
she was seated he perceived at a
glance that something was amiss,
ami before he had time to extend
her the usual "How d'ye do?" she
added :
"I think, Dr. Pond, that a man
of your age and profession might
have had something better to do,
when you were in New-London
last week, than to buy Enoch a
fiddle; all the people are ashamed
that our minister should buy his
son a fiddle ! Oh, dear, what is the
world a coming to, when ministers
will do such tilings ?"
"Who told you I had a fiddle ?"
inquired the Doctor.
"Who told me ? Why every
body says so, and some people
hcarn him play on it as they pass
ed the door. But ain't it true,
Doctor?"
"I bought Enoch a violin when
I went to New London."
"A violin? what's that?"
"Did you never see one?"
"Never."
"Enoch !" said the Doctor, step
ping to the door, "bring your vio
lin here."
Enoch obeyed the command,
but no sooner had he entered with
his instrument than tlie old lady
exclaimed ;
"J
La! now; there, it is a fiddle!"
Do not Judge rashly, said the
Doctor giving his son a wink;
wait till you hear it.
Taking -the hint Enoch played
Old Hundred. . The lady- was com
pletely mystified; it looked like a
fiddle, but who had ever heard
Old Hundred played on a fiddle?
It could not be1. So, rising to de
part, she exclaimed, "I am glad I
came to satisfy myself, La me!
just think how people will lie!"
Don't r.i: Akkaid of Dii:t.
Old Dr. Cooper, of South Carolina,
used to say to his students "Don't
be afraid of dir.t, young geiitlemen.
What is diit? Why, nothing at
all offensive, when chemically
viewed. Hub a little alkali upon
the dirty grease spot on your coat,
and it undergoes a chemical change
and becomes soap; now rub
it with a little water and it disap
pears. It is neither grease, soap, I
water, nor e.n t. -i 1 1 ;t l. is ijou ii
very odorous pile of dirt you see
yonder; well, scatter a litte gyp
sum over it, and it is no longer
dirty. Kverythingo like dirt is
worthy your notice as students of
chemistry. Analyze it; it will
separate into very clean elements.
Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread
and meat, and that makes a very
sweet young lady, that I saw one
of you kissing last night. So,
after all you were kissing 'dirt,
particularly if she whitened her
face with chalk or fuller's earth;
though I may sa that rubbing
such stuff upon the beautiful skin
of a young lady is a dirty prac
tice. Pearl powder, I think, is
made of bismuth, nothing but dirt.
Lord Palmerston's fine definition
of dirt is, "matter in the wrong
place." Put it in the right place,
and we immediately cease to think
of it as dirt."
There is a good little boy in
Logan town who was very axious
to have some one to play with,
and his mother suggested that if
he would pray for a little brother
or sister perhaps he might receive
one. So that night this mere
urchin kneeled down and prayed
for filly brothers and a hundred
sisters; but before his devotions
were concluded his mother lifted
him suddenly off of the floor,
spanked him generously and put
him to bed.
The most extraordinary in
stance of patience on record is
that of an eastern judge, who
listened silently for two days while
a couple of wordy lawyeis con
tended about the construction of
an act of the legislature, and then
ended the controversy by quietly
remarking: "Gentlemen, the law'is
repealed."
Knowledge cannot be acquired
without pains and application. It
is troublesome and like deep dig
ging for pure water, but when once
you come to the spring it will rise
up and meet you.
One of Mark Twain's..
The following story was told mq
by a fellow passenger, who has
never been scared since the time
hp loaded an old Queen Annie's
muskct for Ids father, said he:
"You see the old man was try
ing to . teach me to shoot black
birds, and beasts .that tore up the
young corn and such things-, so I
could be of some use about the
farm, because I wasn't big enough
to do much. My gun vas a single-barreled
shot-gun, and the olel
man carried an old Queen Annie's
musket that weighed about a tun;
making a report like a thunder
clap and kicking like a mule. The
old man wanted me to shoot th'o
musket sometimesj but I was
afraid. One day, though t 'g'6t net
down, and taking her to the hired
man, ask him how to load her,
because the old man was out in'tho
fields. . Hiram said; "Do you seb
them marks on the stock an X
and a V? Well that means 10
balls and five slugs that is her
loaU", ... ..... .. ;
"But how much powder ?"
. "Oli," says he, "it don't matter j
put in four hand-fulls."
So I loaded up that way, and it
was an awful charge I had senso
enough to see that rind I started
out. I leveled lief on a good
many birds, but every time I pulU
ed trigger I shut my eyes aht!
winked. I was afraid of her kick.
Towards sundown I fetched up
at the house, and there was the olel
man resting on the porch.
"Been out hunting have you ?"
"Yes, sir," said I.
, "Didn't., kill . anything, sir
Didn't shoot her off I w as, afraid
she'd kick." (I knew she would.),
''Gimmus that gun !" the old mail
said,". as mad as sin. Do you see
that saplin ?"
I saw. it. and began to drop back
out of danger.., The next moment
I heard . an earthquake, and the
Queen Annie whirled end over end
in the air, and old man spinning
around on one heel, with one leg
up and both hands on his jaw, and
the bark flying from the tree.'
The old man's shoulder was set
back four inches and his jaw turn
ed black and blue- hnd he .had to
lay tip. for three days.' 1 haven't
been
scared since.
Daughtei: of thk People.
Mrs. Florida White,, well-known in
the fashionable word, ibrty years
ago, was one of the most beautiful,'
accomplished,' elegant and attrac
tive women of her day. She was'
the daughter, of General Adair, of
Kentucky, and her first husband
was Joseph M. White, the second
delegate sent to Congress from the.
Territory of Florida, . Full of gen
ius, highly educated, and with the
manners and bearing of a queen,
her society was courted by tho
most elevated circles in Washing
ton, New Yoii. artel Boston.' 8hj'
was a brilliant conversationalist,
ready and effective at repartee, and
a sincere warm-hearted gentlewo
man of the most gracious and gen
erous impulses. On oiie of her vjsits",
to Homo she was presented to the
Pope.
"Kneel, my daughter," said he,"
as she stood erect in her imperial
grace before him. "All kneel to
me except the daughters of sover
eigns." " I am a princess in my own.
right, your Holiness," she replied:.
''How can that be, when you
arc an American born ?"
" In my country the people aro'
sovereign, and I am a daughter of
the people."
The Pope smiled a gracious as
sent, rejoining, "Then receive anf
old man's blessing."
A Disappointed Belle, A
Saratoga correspondent reports,
about the departure of an an
tique belle from that place to'.
Newport last Thursday, saying of
her: "Since 1849 she has done all
the watering places in the country,
without changing her name. She
is remarkably well preserved, is as
playful as a kitten,as graceful as the '
wild gazelle, and as stylishly a-:
surd in her rich toilets as paniers
can make her. For the past month,
Miss Jennie Wood the "etv York',
hairdresser, has been occupieel onoi
hour morning and eyetnftg, in"
erecting cupolas, domes, towers,
and other works of art on the cra
nium of this fair girl of fifty-six ;
summers and yet with all Jennie's
wonderful achievments in hair
built on the apex of this fair one's
head, she departed without receiv
ing a matrimonial proposition of
any description. Cold, cruel,'
heartless world !'
The following pathetic note was'
recently picked up by a'printer' iri 0
Danbury; the writer was evidently
troubled in mind as well as body:
"Dear Jane- I hope you auvt mad
because I diehi't laff at yott when
vou lafFt at me at the post pffis.,
ain't prdhd, dear Jane, but TfiiVe!
got a bile under , ray arm, atjI
can't lafl as I used to as Heaven is
my Judge. Yours truly, Hevrtv
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