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lol for ii i# lilnirnl p«|rim i^o ffc- i«K«
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il\ WILL. M < AHI.KTON.
Tb«-v %irot i limn n *w organ. Hun,
For ull ihoir lu n m l Ht*«rch ,
done io*i (h««v n«nl tli«*y'il «|o
Ami Ir'eh «l it into clmrcli,
TIio) bound tin* critter !i*ll bo
\ii'l nil the | r•* i hor n right
Tlinjr'v** ht'iftV-l ii ti ihoir now machine,
I overylioily « ht
The? vo jfoi >i r!ion«to' mot choir,
A^m iii) vol «• a ul voto ;
I or H fiovor my .le-iru
11> prai e th" I. r«J hy not««.
I vo beou h winf* i -il utid true
I ' r live un' lli'rfy your,
I'ro !ono ^litt -ooiio'ij my p ar' ' • Jo,
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A NKVV Till AL OH ANTED.
j the eNtiup!) ul llm ri>|ittUr. wlileli it Ih
DoadltMM to inM, was ij'itlo hnriul)«n. Wf
then utiUirt'J S.uu'h roou, ue r l>y. act]
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A' Iiriir l Oi l Oiu'N tlttor
"pi'ti, tinil ti raooii'tr iiftt-r tln-r« caidu uu
ii|ir'inr tlint nJFutili'tl itmpln t-xoow for on
rti-'inif itik^Mis room, iiu l, in utTei'tdl
terror. iliTuuudinn w|i,it u« the mutter.
r !' ri'i i I Old Out, rtntliiui? uf
OM (liugnzitlo wa<t tlif terror of the
j junior linr. Any of un wotilil um lii fbuie
! <*•' I tlir iii'i*trr urn lii littvfil him tntwrvit
un I'liiMuntrr '(i!i| din,' iih m culli'il Inui,
in I In" trml of ,t r Hu.
Tlii'ro wuhu'm ii i|iiilililn In* wmn't up to • M 111.'
nor ii tru-k ho woul-ln't "toop to. TIi.mi ti«r tliu •nuki- with tbo pok,,r. nml kiio<-.
hia iiinnti' r • 'r.utin« u vmitliful oppo iu* o w wvt.'rytiitnn in his 'Ju t « .•
'limit Hii|wtrtMl. un iHiiointua fur it —it whut T fouu-l in my Umt I* making n fn
" .< liki- UiliuiiiintnriiiK ipaukitig in rioun blow, wlncli tint sunlie ilmlgetl
npi.li court. It wn* uo iihb iipiifiiliiiK to 'Mttn wbut ?'UMktiil Sum.
Ibf j'llff.' 'Mil (Iti) Imllii'il linn hk much 'Why, th it cuiifoiimletl Huako nwk
an In- 'li.l tlii- rrxt of ui. It wm only tb«* i"K uinith. r tuOTectuiil ntroku.
jury In-tuoK pmtiH to lm polite to, anil 'Smikv ? I mm no nouke,' replied Hum,
JUSTICE AT LAST.
DIM'IKS ul' THK IIOVH AND OIULH
OF I UK CKHSfciNT OENEH.VTION. I
A WO.NDKUl l'L LAMP.
ehoice, tui-ri ly asercimni; thereby the
iii't>i tmli|e right of i-vry Auierieun oiti
■/.•• I '•< true, th iu.H.unls uf the citizen*
of -I wrri* not 'it th t timi« rouelt
>ti 'i t i' |ir,vi|.'gr>. th 'itfli the iulirii'iii'
dltfriui" ii ioi'iit iif the llilioil r</inif
then 'ii p-.wi-r; but in ni'mt uf th<* ooun-
how If did huiuboozlt! thi'tu !
Old Otti roiltt tlii* eireutt; un I th« dt'tiei.
of It ,n v■ i i enuld IIOViT t«'!l wlien III.,
woul I li«> rung tn on you Your ohhi*
inin'it bi> i* 11.• I fur trml ; vm miKht ri-f
t i upi'it, i' unit ng on ii >-ipiiir.' li^nl with
otii. f ir whom you Mi yourm-lf fully i
mnteh, when, nt th>. Iutt tu'iin nt, <)id
Oin, jiint ri-tiiined on tlm other hi I.,
would Innl tin bin oh.lir, mul Ii khi > >
st.iri' you out of count, uioft*.
I Hid :! |l"t is • V t llHIIlt fur • ! ,
ib'f iiid C ip" I'll < .oriitn, not u I•>.' I
Kinnt, but tlii' v utnl li itlthor f ui'ie
>1 ti|> I'llldn- I 11 • trv, wi. • '111• iy."l In
e itfHiiel t .i defenxe. 1 '|1 i' ntl lrnt of
h lirilli.iut victory if on!v till iliu kept
In- tiii ? t-. "ijt d I pic 1 thought one"
of Hei'iirnirf him "ii iuv i b t>ut I ki. i*
looking dircotly ut it.
Old (riti turned pale.
\ hi i on do.i t tue.in to tell me tburu'H
no hiinl.i tuer.. V he Htuintuuted.
'None tlmt 1 e.in Mie,' ri'turnod Sinn.
'Then boys, I've got cut!' Hcreuuifil
Old (Itu. 'Ituu lor ii doctor!—quick!
iptick !'
'You lon't toeiin you've got ileliriuiu
tr.'iu.'u^ V .n I S.iii, lo iking frightened.
•t ie ,Dine JiuiJ ti " gritHpod Old Gin—
("T liejvrijh A .ike i .ill for u doctor.'
M in t i.i tin- Huiik'- hud ilmappeured
, h r tin lied, a eiri' i'utliiuce whtcli on
ly ,1-rve I to li :g.iii'„ 11 | tiiu'n alurm, a*
it couviucud htm tout mi f .ruier iwprtw-
st in lm I nil bi>«u del iHtvo.
I,■•living Sum to i.ikit cure of tin* patient, |
I li iNtene 1 to imiI on Dr Crubitug. to
whom the ciute wan ntut. il
The dootor wu.i il d vo believer in
active rem*-die* mid plentyo tliem. Hm
lir t Htep «• in '.o throw Old (lm iuto an
deep a sleep as opium could put hi"^ in ;
the iimxt was to ahave his hen I and lilmti r
it 1'lns last we would have prevented if
w< .' ml I, for we hud no wihIi injure the
I l r !eh , but the I ictor pooh poohed
• ■ ii iu i ,-1r i;i.■ i. idditig bo 'knew his
«'i bUsilU'HH
When court op m l, til 1 (liu wasn't
there. Fallow I iratu was nervous He
ask'd i mom >ut'a in I Jgetice while he ,
crossed the strei". t i the li itel, uud inqut
*'d after bin im.s «'i i*e. Ho wan met at
listed that the unexplained absence of u,, ainl(( <Joor ,jy U|o (, u,t ((. w,io (aMd
a, well us any informu
condition of li ih patient.
lie w nil I t ike ul I tl|.<
and I ha I I) i Wish t'i In
rel I.
When n i> is-* w is r
my r.'li-' t) I (lm
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••ll re.
re lit to
.horn ul
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t oti ban i
v i i if t. . m in I r siditig in iu
inty In1 nil n it made 'us appear
bill.
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illii'e y i t
I uiiuoui.ee I mys II r-
• ■ ni\ li*«'is' Mr Fill • ir i n
i I iv s |l -t|) f i iii"'' t lis
s:il l il I I l iteiv employe I Mr 1*1 .411/..'. '
who a a .xpfted that evening an I !
ilefense u mid b" read) to go on to nior
row
I (ir iti sted I, Hint the delay, and in
(n Noremlter, u general election . | " Talk about your dreams," mud liar-
wa.i held in Miasouri for Statu oIllceiH, an ' We clip the following m-nsiblc artie'e v. y, who had been listening wblle • party
well as lor Hepreneiitiitiven to Gongrexs, from Stnt',-% t'nmtmnvi il CnUrjf Journal, uf tin tiad related s nue rem irkable dmnne
I'riwidentiiil Khetora, etc. At that elec and would leapectfulljr ri i|tieat our boyi that we hail t'X|-er)tHiced, "I bad * itrj
tion such voters ns were .so allowed, by ami girls to ruad and carefully retleot or'er eiirioUH dream onoe." Of eourae, we
the grace of Hi I man and Torn Fletcher, tin- lesson therein ta'ight, and be gim>ru- j Iwutered him to lell it. " It was while I
cunt their ballot for r- "u of their , ed accordingly: | wan traveling nut Wait," be contiun<*d.
We believe it to l>o a duty of onr l yn fully iu with our invitalion, "I waa
and girln to remodel the deinoreliziug, , in company with another chap by the
degenerating and wicked fatthionn of the name of Dill, and we had walked a long
age. us regards dri fts, eating, drinkiugnnd wujh that day. At night we found a moe
sleeping; to (xipulari:' ) honest labor aud j place to camp, a spot of grc.-n gram clone
make idlene.-w odious; to place a higher .3 a clear running brook. Wa "♦fade •
value upon brain wealth and capacity fire,aud after having a lnueh. wo stretched
ti. s I fair vote was cm! aud tin- election than upon gaudy plumage, gold or dia. Iouraelvea out nnd were suon lost iu.slaen.
returns were made up aud forwarded to inonds; to place the possession of happi r dreampt that I was at the gates of
the S 'on tary of : it ito, us required by ueaa in advauce of the posaessiou of gold Heaven. I rapped at the door, and when
law. The returns ,'roni .Tocksou county or position; to do all that will iucrease St. Cater opened it and let me in I found
showed a muj irity for the Democratic ! their happiness and uieduluiHs now and myself in a large place, where millions
candnlatos of over flfteou hundred votes, hereafter. of litlh lumps stood around on the floor.
The girls should use less paint aud I asked St. Ceter why they w< r • there,
pow lei- aud more sun light and exorcise, and he told inn that -m h limp r nresen-
The boys should use le.is tobacco, coffee ted 11 life on earth, ami when one of thetn
aud wine an l visit reading rooms and wont out a life went out on earth. Now,
library u sociations insteud of llilliard as I felt quite inquisitive, f asked him if
rooms and Clubhouses. he had any olij clious to showing me my
The girls should know that high heeled lamp, uud he said, "No,none in the leaat."
shoes aud corsets auuually wreck thou , " ,S • he took :no alotiga short distanoo
hand one of sands ol female lives, and onuso tho pre- and showed me a lamp, the oil of wbicb
mature death uf thousands of dear little wua nearly exhausted, showing couclu-
ones. 1 sivaly that I hud ouly u short time lunger
The boys should know that tho worship to live. Just then there oitmo another rap
of pule faces, inverted cone sbapod waists at tho gate, and I'etor excused himself
and exposed arms and necks will result and turned away to admit thu dew
in supplying them with feeble, shortlived corner.
aud expensive wives and children. i I wus left alone. .My lamp wasnear-
The girls should understand that the ly burned out, and, of course, I contain*
Planters House iu At. L mis, at which a suges and philosophers of tho age, basing j plated it with feelings of sorrow, while
resolution wax passed authorizing It id their reasoning npju tho principles of next to mine stood one that was ulraoat
man to thr >w oitt this vot > of various Social Science and Political Economy, full of tho vital oil. Why not remove
counties, among them that of Juckxou. have proaounced it their duty to kuow 'some of it niul replenish iKine with it? I
U idman carried out his iustructious and u,° ealieo, as well as silk, to bo as was all uloue, no one w.is near to observo
refused to read the votes of Jackson and capable of purchasing food for broakfast mo. I resolved to do so, and thus pro*
or dinner a* a set of jewelry to ornament long my life. I looked around for some
the person; to be able to discharge tha instrument wherewith to tnako tho er-
dutios of a g >o.l wife iu the kitchen and 1 change, but could Uud nothing suitable,
sewing room, as well un iu tho Drawing At length, I began thrusting my fingers
i iuto the oil contained iu the well filled
and by counting them i' secured the
otootiou of James Shield 1 Congress-
man, and William T. Wood as Judge
from this district. Hut this was u r .uilt
not di ired by tho unscrupulous trick
stars in power. Hy cutting the throat of
Jackson, n< it were, th ■ political throats
of Wood r I Shields were also cut. An
instrument was ready t
tho cultivated aud iippiistiativu kind
one who, over his wine an I hunting songs,
obliterated majorities as a strong niati
banishes the visions of a disagreeable
dream. That instrument was Fraucis
Hodman, Secretary uf State.
To buck up Kodruau iu his usurpation
of power a Kadieul caucus was held ul the
other countiei iu the count before the
Legislature, which body endorsed his no
thin, and commissions were issued to
C iarles A Towusley as Judge, aud 11. T.
Vau Horn as Congressman fro 11 this dis-
trie'. 1'ho latter case was ooutesto 1 at
Washington, and a Itidieal Congress tin
room and iu tho Parlor.
The boys should understand that all
true aud progressive men detest iguo
An miter Itr - n I can 1 nut leak
-In* "ll 'itf! t fr 'Ot 'it ill" .
Kin- ii«. . r «•• n . ini{in ti-i l>.
A ie > n Weill to ti
It il t'.en. at-r- « ,,, tri^'l tn do
Tli" ti «l -1|" r U 1.1 •tie Mi l
Hie' Utl'l. ' 1 !' '■ ' III' . tlgt t tbr<>l||(tl,
A1 s |il ii >« ti te'r li« 'l.
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i in i to u'lw'i ■'r , 111; ''
11 Itefi lie 1 !:•' i l 1 liolitnn >
1 I I' I'D % IU ■ - I'M hi "It
An I'i** 'li Tutib" -lie si! I ' k'' down
A* otii' ni'it'e well mippitsi' ,
lie took one I . kut i.t.'i Itrown.—
A . til'" v - '.eil li ■ nn e
||,> |,i ike I lm tirin ttgln thin in I llir> 1'
All' lliil it n'l the in'at
An tlnei s |.en*i " i>;li he Irnw,
A ii loi k' il ''' ti |i i 11 ■ 'ft.
An when Ihvy lu iK I ..ell r l.niit,
lie iluln't ,'Vtfll rise
H it Ir in . il In. ie>l Imi Ufiuer out,
All « If" I till We. pl|| Plrii
I ip l,ei 1 n Ifter, 1.1 ii l Hi trill',
F r tin" « 1 tin' > year,
I r« dm ill at we in ml uiv part to do,
\" |.h<i i iii* ' 1111
Illlt -lentil will «to|l iii* ilf" I kuow,
I hi lie i« n my tr.u'k
An «ntn ■ 1st I to rlmroli ill K
An tie* r more chiiii' lis k ,
All when till, lolfc. s'el tlfl III -lint —
ti lione'er lli it time shall lie -
I In mil ur un t no (islenl lb 111 k!
sijurs O'.-r me !
The I'ostin !er at Maiia- s, Ns, hav
ing resigned Ins lion was asked by
me eotiueil, when another was priweut —
i«pe i illv 011" as competent as m v learned
irien I wis uu ground for u Ij > iruiug 1
triu
I " j'l 14>' kuew I w is right, but he was
t -1 Iiiu ii afraid if Oi I • 1111 t ' sav so He
■ trliut u rufupils th" old fellow iv i!d
1 1 a Ii• • 11 lie 0 uu", ll Ih" c ixe w 1 forced
fn 11. ■ uli-- 1 •- T;ft' tr.'il. aceiirditigly
w is .1 i ii ;i I ' 1 ■ foI.o*v 1 r 1 ■ • 11 v. theti
t ■ k' 1 on i1 i' nip' fi y
1 left tli- • "irt room much chagrined.
I think I could have heard with compos-
ure of an accident to the train Old (tin
was ciiuiiiik on, if notli'tig worse had
happene I tlinn breaking III ' old *iuii"r'.-
neck
It wa* in this fratu • of mind that I met
my friend Sun Cokafun. tli" best fellow
st the liar, only 11 little too much inclined
1 to practically , ke.
I explained the situation to Sam.
1 f 111.1 (} 111 could be put out of the w ly
for a d iv, it would bo a II right, would it?
lie asked
'Of course -i would,' I answered. 'The
judge kt -.ws the case should have gone
on to day, and has ordered it to procoi d
to-morrow peremptorily.'
•| hiivoan idea ' said Sum; and he pr >
I' d t 1 11 uf.-1 1 11 What it was, the
reu ler will ■ ■ in the sequel.
Old Oin had a f illing -not an only one
j —lie drank 11 k>- a I' . only his Iieverage
mis dilTerent. Ills uiitural in liiiution
Wii i ilourlion whisky, and, •• moist
eiiing purpmes, he seldom Used all* thing
else. For how much of it l.e could fur
| uish inward storage was a disputed point
which nobody are I to go to the expense
1 of settling by actual 1 iperimeiit.
J On Old din's arrival 011 that evening,
I Sam an II 1 . ... I linn to a little enter-
j taiiunent to lie given at Sam's Mom alter
| supper If was lo lie 11 strictly private
itlT.ur none but tile three of 11s to be
j present, ali i tlie supply of llourbon to be
| unlimited.
Old 1 i 111 higlil - appreciated such ulteu-
I lions from Ins juniors, and it was wonder
011 Id miik'
him idinittaiicc,
I loll toil.'olllg tli
l'oor Fallowbraiu is mtstilled. He
hurried lin k to the (!ourt House, and
b.'Kk'i I another day's delay. 1 insinuated
i'". silt's would in-r- -t in euiployiug
.11 I i f I 10 cou* d habits, it was bu^
fao tli- y * 1 1.1. I ink- the consequences,
oouc'u lii g by remtti litig tha 0mrt that
tli" e. i 1 ■. 1 bi -ii s, t fur that day per
cuiptorily.
I'll" judge s od it m ist go on, aud the
result a > 1 victory q uto as brilliant as
I had anticipated.
My triumph was short live |. though.
For two days Old din didn't show huu
self. On the third day he came iuto
iiurt with Ins head swathed, looking
very pule, and as mud as a Modoc.
l'he snake, it appeirs, after some hours
grew tired o( Ins in ling place, and crawl
ing forth. **as discovered aud killed by
the doctor.
Of ."iiarse the cat Was out of the bag. j
Old din had n ki 1 id head for circum-
stantial evidence, uud was not slow to
Work up the case.
He moved lor a uew trial 011 11 long al
tldavit, minutely setting forth the ciroum
• tuiicex 1 if the conspiracy of whn >1 he hail
been the victuu t • Iv of the snake,
111 a tiottle til spirits, o, ing attached ns an
exlill'lt.
l'he motion was granted, and when the
ciihc cam" on tu x! time, illdn 1 1 catch it?
hesitatingly kept Mr. Van Horn in his r*ncei i'l'lolauco aud snobbory, ami that
seat. Tho former, that of Wood vh tllu,w wl10 indiilge. uu small Salonoa, in
Townsley, w.vs firs' irried before a Kid f'lst (lriye« ""'1 expensive fish diuuors ir
who visit tho gaining house and tho Lit-
tery olUc.', are not soloutod, by prudent
tni-u, as confiduiitiul clerks, or account-
ants nor ax partners iu business.
The boys aud girls both, should read
physiology, phrenology, hygiene and the
laws of life, instead of tha nauseating
moral corrupting aud brain destroying
novels uud weeklies, that are by the mil
leal Supreme Court, but by preconcerted
agreement, tho clerk failed to do his duly
duty and servo the summons until
it was too lata. Townsley got his com
mission, and for over four years ha ox
ercised the functions 1111 I ei.j iyo.1 the
emoluments of Circuit Judge.
Some two tn inths ago .1 ulge W md
again brought the 111 liter up before the
Suprem t.!o irt, where the merits of the
case were examiued into and it was re-
minded to this county to bo tried by a luuu rRC<->'
jury to ascertain certain facts. Tha case Fr,*l,ut aml fuluro 8t,lf '"^rest, and the |
lamp and then stripping it off into my
own. Already my lamp bnraed brighter,
and while rejoicing over the success of my
ruae, I received a smart blow oti the b«ok
of my head. I jumped up and looked
around, thinking that tit. Peter hud re-
turned, aud caught me at my game, bat
mstead of St. Pater, there stood Bill,
spitting and swearing like a heathen.
"I soon teamed what tho trouble was.
In my sleep I had overturned the water-
can, and while dreaming that I wxs dip*
ping 11 it the oil, and stripping it into my
lamp, I woh dipping up tho mud that tho
ll'' «l o .lii wt rftiiiM, 1 11. % V ia l . 1 * * un iiii 1 ..,.1.1,1 11 . tm
; water bad ma lo a 11 was scraping it off
Ituu published ami bartered by those who mt„ Hill's face 11 "
value gold moro than the good ol thohu
/fooA'nej*,
uu I month,"—J. /*,
W it at to Lim: ion.—
Iu n convention
was set for the ''1 1 When at the w,'"l*ro of future generations demaud thit °|' ^,,!llerl1 Orauges. "f armor Smith,
" ' th it,-.lit ui 1.1 b i.u ,i.„ 1 of Illinois, spoke tho following words of
urgent rn|U"st ol the defendant, anil by
th*' ui diligence of tue Court, it was con
tinuad until yesterday in order to give I
Mr Townsley tha advantage ol overy
plea Yesterday the case was tried on its
merits bef re tw Ivo iuiprejudiced men,
sworn u true verdict to render, who, alter
lieiiriugtho evidence and arguments,
within ten minutes returned with a ver-
dict for the plaintiff The case will now
go iiguiu t Supreme Court which
will pass tip 'U tho fuels fouud, aft it is
very safe to say that within a very short
tin. Charles P. Towti.'.Vv will be iguo
miuioiisly kicked out of the
usurped through fraud and >
mid the j 1 licnil ermine will no
r- 1 t 1 Us ric' tful own. r, Ju Ig
npoko the following words of
truth to his fellow farmers' "You woald
both should kuow tho fuuotious of the ;
Heart, Lungs, L ver, Stomach and all .
tho internal organs of tho system; and bt' ttU tUo better f"r to l,*y.
also the laws of nature by which their ao i,,v,:u ,l *°" ^ l ta °"° ■«•«* • .
tion is controlled. With the information J nov,f bl,"rd 11 w"r 1 fr,,tn thw P1""0'™
gained through these studies they will wl11 «" bowu |,, t: r ' u women,
be able to ace .tint for the superiority of , w,tb b,gber,nuJ u"bkr p«rp«** L-*
physioal and brain capacity; to com pre lu< rO'oat what Coli-muu smd, cultivate
bend whv the child that lives iu th- sun- U><,ri° br ,n" "ad ll'"H ror,U''tt,ul J"" wiU
shine of'do J. labors from "early mom bo ,be r,u0pr ,bB ,M"1' y°nr
W ... I
• '11 to he
, ■inery,
transfer-
.• Win. T.
■ ir of lus
to dewy eve" aud eats plain simple food,
provid 'd by poor parents, is so often su
perior, physically, mentally uud morally
to thu chud who lives in cloio rooms,
where fre-,h air is scarce and suushiue
h'in« s the pleiikuiitest pl aces on earth for
yourselves nud children; surround them
with all beautiful thing-; till them with
books and pictures. No matter if yo-i do
not have quite :;o much niouey when you
the d' parluiant t 1 r • mi tue 11 I 1 suitable f,, | |„,w i^rei'iilily conviviil
jut ui us lus .iieeesHor It-in^ unwilling Imnselt it l.lioir expense
tui 'oiiiuieiid any one without esting j (iu ,01s oivsasiou lie outHiiona himself,
the desire of the people, lie t I' r I 11'. . • |(,. holds iih much is a tiolided « ire
election f' Ui 11 pose. I 1 .HUH was • S>|i-1 Sam. aside, th" fourth tiuii
without refereiien to pari,* lines, h' I t|,„ deliiijohn wn -sent out to lie tilled.
- there Weill vel'V lew of the *vn s 11II1I
daughters of I pr>.1111 lieut citi/.ons of
1 ALl'll \HE I' OF SllOUT HULKS
A ttend well to your business
11 n punctual 111 your payment*.
I' Olisider well In fore you promise.
11 nro to do right.
F. nvy no man.
F uithfully perform vo ir duty.
11 o not in the path of vice.
II iiv respect for your character.
I ti nil things be faithful
K now thy self,
I, ic not f r any consideration.
M like few uctltlaiulllt s
N ever profc-h what * -id' not practice.
O ei'iipy your time 111 usefulness.
C m ,i 'lie iioihiug that you can do now
(,l uarrel not with your tn iiflibors.
1 I* cumpeiise every man for his labor.
tile over on • y
t. -'n *..■" remaius, h i! th" moral
. ll it 11 i J i"n of ye terday's verdict
tu the c.is f vV >il vs Towusley, will
not lie - u during this generation ;
and 111 11 s persistent following tip of this
Uadicul outrage, Judge Wood has earned
uud will receiv the hearty thanks of the
Democracy of the State.
Fortunately for the other usurper,
"ex Congressman" Vau Horn, his term
bus expired, or else the Di 1. crats of
Kansas 1'ily would have the satisfaction
| ot seeing some of his political rascalities
exposed 1 ' hud bare. Hut he cannot
escape th. moral odium and elToct of the
verdict pronounced against the uuscrti
unknown, an 1 who is raised iu luxury, fed ,,a': W1" Uot bc lmlf "°
011 rich pies and cakua, washed oowu with
cotTeo",tea aud wine.
The man who has only a thousand
dollars wheu he dies can only be a huu-
dri d thousandth part 11s Vanderbilt with
his hundred milliou. Let us live while
we live, for imro, rational, intellectual
liappiuess. l iletirmiii. d. years ago, to
get as much of it in tins world as I could.
Uational happiness does uot consist 111
getting drunk, uor being u boast, but iu
the cultivation of the higher faculties or
tue mind, which makes man Uod-likc."
AN ANXIOUS MOTHER.
" Kphrahoui, oome to yoar mtidder,
boy, whar you bin?"
" l'hiyiu' wid the white folks'chilhin.'
"You is, eh ? See hyar, chile, y
broke your olo muddar's heart, anil brung
her gray hairs 111 sorrow to do grave wid
yer rackiimless a:i carryings ou wid ebil
assoayshuus. llabn't I raised you iu tho A Consi-iku'Y Au.msst Tiib Opjsk —
way you should ought to go?" The Gold Hill News tills this a, y!
"Yeaaum." Several days ago Burgomaster Freil K it,
' Uabu't 1 bui kiii" and tender wid you, postmaster aud consul at F iukt wn, dis-
an troated you like my own chile, which covered a number of wild g< eso hovering
you is?" 1 about Washoe Lake, aud reposing 011 tho
"Yosatim." | placid waters of said lake, Kut wanted
"Uabu't I re -/, mod wi 1 you and prayed those geese, but ha.i 111 water craft in
pulous trick...y md frauds in wn.clt he 1 wil' *"11 deplored do good Lord to j condition to put t. s a. lie st nl.cd over
I Ii«* village tlmt ill 1 It • luilirnvn till* l\rHl
clinnm Yirtfintu 1m I l< « *nr
tunn (lit* n^lil • I il1r.lj(n lb- M"«U l
tlm i*|iH*ttimi wiih v• • rv much iihniitici|iit<*<l
\ I ir^or vol' wi i | 11 • 'i I ttiui w ohhI ul
iitiv I'roHhloiih il ur Si it" content, utnl f
tin* iti-H vol oh oiint ii voting Imly tlm ^
, H lit** nomctliiiiK ugiiinit u lay of trotiblo.
Hy drinking sparingly ourselves, aud r()|a (,v|.ry |m ,y w(t|( klll(lueM
1 so iiuirselt to 111 nb rat mil.
keeping Old din's glass constantly n
pleuisheil. we in a ii aged I • pal limit I
In. '/.i"r than li" had ••*. r i> "n know
be before |i was • 01 we ill stopped
the same house r t ie qU 's'loii of true
pollution nugtr lave presented dlfll'
V illify lm person's reputation.
*V alctlfnlly guard against id! n
\ inline your eonduct daily.
eld to superior jlldgmeut.
,. ealoiisly pursue the right path.
j took so prominent a part and from which w,rtP you iu his buzzum?
he profited so greatly. ! "Yeasuni.
„„ , . ,, "An isu't I yer uatorl detector an' gar
I lie same bus been tlrt* attempt to . ,
thwart the will of the people of Texas. 1 oen o ii aw.
"ieasnm."
"Well, den, do you 'ap.iau I'se gwitio
to hab you tn iraly ruptured by do white
of discipline in Hie Hnssian army is said trash? No, sah! You git in do house
| to have occurod recently at a fire in a dis instep; an' if I olier eoteli you 'mudi-
small town of Hiirdoack. where UI'J houses catiu' wid do white tr.asn any mo' fo' do
A remarkable iustau.ui of the influence
the matter for two days, ami dually, iu
. conjunction with an elderly gentleman by
tho uarne of J. H Mason, tho crafty (vist-
, master entered into a conspiracy to get
these geese drunk uud capture thetn while
ashore. Accordingly Kut weut to work
! aud Ixuled two quarts of corn until it wis
' Ihoreiighly softened, and then soaked it
, for two days iu whiskey, after a htoli they
scattered the corn over a small field on
were burned. A sentinel who was on daty. Lord, uiggar, I'll break yer black head | l'erkins's ranch. The geese never
morning Sam and I were up be
times, and taking u live water snake,
auicli a tun bad caught fur us the even
inline of I'llie received Hi:I to her male op
poiieut's '25.
Chore is a "madsTon.." in Hielnuoii.l, ing before, uud which had been kept over
Va wind bus been recently Hull for tug. in a box, we slipped il lilt • oin of n,„ Way, not oul* to seeiire Hie patronage
#lti ', and wl ich is aaid to have cured Old tliu'.-s boots left before the door, I „( Hpi i„v,t people, but also to have a
over three hundred people. ) bending down Ibe leg so as Ui provont I i^nd |U all tho luu that is going ou.
A New Kllgluilil boy, seeking Ills for
tune in the West, writes h ie that he
has jollied three churches of various
faiths tor he is persuaded that tills is
having boon forgotteu, remain .1 at his
post. His watch box wus cousumci', uid
lus i iotbos wore already on fire, when a
corporu arrived to relievo him. The Km
peror, upon hearing of the circumstance,
•ant the man fifl.v roubles, decorated huu
with tho Order ol St. Anna, and guve in
Rtriictious for film to bu made a n >n com
' missioned otlicar.
wnl a brink!"
'Yossiuu.'
Mrs. Wood of DcKalb conuty, Iowa,
wrote to the man from whom she had
been twice divorced asking him if he
couldn't take care of the children. He
replied 'Yes, Iilld of you too,' and they
| s'o now married lor the third time.
ilroamed for a moment that u job had
been put up on them, went over to thu
ranch, devoured the corn, ami got glori*
oualy drunk. Maurice May, who waa
stopping at Kut's house, made an attack
ou the inebriated geese and slew live ol
them with a club. All of the ranchers in
tho valley are down on Kut for even cmiu-
jtenancing such uelariously aehemes.
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