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HALLETSV&LE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1874.
THE MAPLE TREE.
BT CAR- BFXNCXR.
O THAT my life s^uld be
Like to the maple tree,
Whioh in the green you would not think the
fairest.
There's muy ft tree beaide
O'ertope in rammer pride
The one that hath the treasure dearest, rarest.
Thoo strangely <hTored tree,
What hand nath woven thee
This many-colored coat above thy brothers ?
Didst thou in dream behold
The crimson and tbe gold.
And didst thou tell thy vision to the others f
When leaves were talking low.
Delighted, flattered so. -
With all tbe birds admiring, winds a sighing,
Did not thy secret heart,
Still hold a Joy apart.
The Joy that so transfigures thee in dying ?
The forest-kings lay down
Hot o« of '
Ripened in sun and rain.
And wrung by frosty pain,
All days and nights are ministers of glory.
October light serene
tilows round thy matchless sheen,
My homeward steps regretfully forsake thee;
And to my soul 1 say,
"O wilt thou grow,, some day,
So beautiful that death shall smile to take thee ?''
—Christian Union.
A. CLERK'S IDYL.
It was a pity that the elder Miss Ban-
forth, aunt and guardian of Miss Violet
Danforth, met with an accident that kept
her in the city during the summer.
Poor, dear lady, she was one of the
meek sort, who go through life in a state
of. chronic apology, always so sorrv to
tipublaone, always hoping, in a pur""
voice', that she did not intrude, and
ways willing to yield her own opinion in
deference to that of others—which last
quality was a great blessing to Miss Violet,
who, from" a natural gift of domination,
whioh had thriven in her aunt's gentle ac-
quiescence, was certainly disposea to have
her own way in-all things.
Any ordinary mortal would have been
exceedingly sorry to break up the plans
of a young lady as fond of summering as
Miss Violet Danforth. Much more than
ordinarily did good Aunt Danforth mourn.
At stated intervals she would ejaculate, "1
wouldn't if I could have helped it, dear,"
until the refrain became monotonóus and
Miss Violet responded, not without a
shade of acerbity, and as if it had been her
verse in an antiphonol chant, "And who
would, if they could have helped it?"
It was in this wise that the accident hap-
Sened: Aunt Danforth, being a notable
ousekeeper, had mounted the step-ladder,
which, being infirm and uncertain of pur-
Soae. gave way and fell into chaotic ruin,
•om which Miss Danforth, as usual dep-
recatory, was extracted in a prone state,
and immediately announced in an apolo-
getic manner—
"My limbs are broken, I am sure. I
-would not have made so much trouble, if
I could have helped it."
Let us give all due credit in the little ao-
count that we shall keep with Miss Violet.
She might have left her aunt to the « are
of the hirelings and strangers. She could
have delegated the anxious days and
watchful nights to others. But she did
not. Faithfully and lovingly she attended
Miss Danforth, and lovingly and grate-
fully the service was received. The occu-
pation suited her. It was the first time in
all her young life that she had ever had
any real responsibility. And she enjoyed
It, although sorry for the cause. Yes;
there was that much of sweet womanliness
about her. She loved to minister to the
comfort of a dear one, even when it in-
volved'Weariness and self-denial.
Bilt'as the hot days grew longer, and
there was less necessity of her close atten-
tion, as the circle of friends lessened to add
to the "vast army of martyrs at the sea-
shore and mountains," she began to feel
lipr loneliness.
" I think, though, after' all," she said
one day to her aunt, " that I rather enjoy
the city in* summer; all these forsaken
houses and gardens seem ours by a sort of
Caasarism—
'From the center, all around to the sea,
My right there Is none to dispute.'
We have the 1 freedom of the city,'any
way, Auntie, even if we haven't had it In-
closed in a gold box, like Miss Burdetfc-
Coutts. But I know just how it's going
to sound when they come home. I can
lust hear the crescendo inquiry, 1 Why!
have you been here all the summer?'"
Violet tried her hand at a little transient
flirtation with the doctor attending her
aunt, but he had manv disqualifications.
He was not handsome, he was quite deaf,
he was riot inclined to flirt; indeed, he was
far too busy ; he never noticed when she
had on her white dress; indeed once, bar-
barian that he was, he stepped upon and
tore the lower frill, and discovering the In-
jury, oooly remarked, " Dress too long,
wasn't it ?" If she gave him a rose, he was
quite sure to put it on a table and forget
it. -Andwhove all, he loved his own wife
sincerely, and Violet's innocent witcheries
fell like spent rockets into a pool of water.
The days went on, the long, warm,
cloudless ttotys. The door-bell retired.
Entoriiu . Ño more callers came. The
life was pleasant enough in itself, Violet
admitted,.but it was a monotone, simple
and undeVlating, and she was longing for
the capricious chase of a fugue. In this
mood, one morning, the fancy seized her
to go to the shops.
Arrayed in white, with a white shade-
hat tied over her head, from the curved
edges of which her face looked in almo t
Infantine grace, what a charm there was
in hjer very simplicity 1—what artlessness!
what quiet elegance!
It chanced that in a large shop where
she went—the "Stewart's" of the city—a
certain Englishman waited upon her.
Newly arrived in this country, he thought
this a veritable Princess of the land.
Her self-possession, the consciousness
—in nowise akin to vanity—of her
bqáuty, the repose which shaded
into languor, the refinement of voice and
manner, her exceeding beauty of face and
form, ail entranced him. Diagnosis would
have clearly revealed a case of love at first
sight, accompanied by aggravated symp-
toms. He could scarcely trust himself to
lock at the delicate faco bent over the
counter so near his own. Gloves, hand-
kerchiefs, laces, all the little feminine
adornments were tossed over carelessly.
Evidently she was not easily suited—biit
no shadow of displeasure crossed him. It
was but right that he should wait his
Princess's pleasures patiently, finally a
dainty selection was made. As she moved
away, she turned her eyes dreamily, seri-
ously, fixedly upon his own,
Violet Danforth's piece it ret
That was
. _ resistance, upon
whioh she fell back after the garnishments
had been disposed of.
Now be it understood that she never al-
lowed herself to glanoe often at the face of
any one with whom she might be con-
versing. It was always after one had long-
ed to have the blue-gray «yes meet his own
and give up longing in despair, that she
would slowly—always slowly, and as If
the lids did not obey' her quickly—turn
and let her eyes rest on him, as if it were a
rest. No One could toll If she knew on
what or whom her eyes were fixed: it
were presumption to think that glance in-
tended for him for his own sake; there
was neither kinship nor recognition in it
to offend the most fastidious, hut it never
failed curiously to stir him on whom it
/ell. It was as if she heard muslo f
another sphere thatv- oars, or that
saw something afar off ana mysterious,
for which from you she sought explana-
tion.
It may be taken,for granted that Mr.
Arthur Edward Stery was not slow to as-
certain her name ani residence, and a quick
glad fihsh passed over him as he heard
"Miss." Yet hi would have blushed
again at his own assumption had he al-
lowed himself to Iwell on' the possibility
implied in, as soae one has expressed it,
" the why of hiagladness."
Days went fa, days in which one
thought, as a maelstrom, absorbed all oth-
ers—"Should le see her?"
Sunday came as a blessed resource, for
he sought the church which he had learn-
ed she had attended, and had the felicity of
gazing on her beautiful face through the
service.
Early in the week, one morning, after
" hope deferred " had wrought its work
with him, she entered the store, although
she did not come to his department, nor
indeed give sign or token that she was
aware of his existence. For the first time
he chafed against the fetters of his daily
and common-plaee routine of life. He
would have been free, that he might sta-
i you will drive back to town
"P< taps
with i t"
1 He sitated and began, "I fear that I
•hall 1 rude?"
" N< > said Violet, and pointed to the
seatb* le her.
To f ' that he thoroughly enjoyed the
ride if ild be but to funtly portray his
beatifl itate of mind. Never was air so
sweet, >r sky and sea so bright. The
nm iest objects by the road side had
uni ual beauty, while all nature sang
a Lav mus. And he joined in spirit.
Thearfres of the town appeared Cut too
soon, ad declining Violet's offer to have
the oodiman take mm to his lodgings af-
ter Bheftad been left ather own door, he
way with his heart ftill of peaoe
'ell alonewlth his own bliss was
he wished. He could notbuj: feel
} presence of any one elHe Whs irk-
some—it, was as if they robbed him of
something actual and tangible when they
broke in on his train of thought. Sweet
possibflitlei walked hand in hand with
more sober probabilities in shadowy pro-
cession, and attheend of the vista was the
idol in its shrine, before which he laid as
votive offerings, all that was best and no-
;ht the
tidh himself near'ker house at a time when
... ' ...
walk or a drive. Visions of all kinds of
she would be likely to come forth for a
blest within
The next day Miss Danforth soi
shop on some idle pretext, and
long over tbe counter strewn with small
wares. At last, as she received her tiny
parcel, she said in a voice so low that ft
gave a confidential air to the- remark, "I
should bo pleased to have you. call," and
hearing his gratified assent, she raised the
blue-gray eyes to his, and it was as a seal
to the feet.
He came that very evening. Violet re-
ceived him, dressed in, I know not what,
of gauzy material of the faintest blue. If
she had seemed beautiful before, thrice
more so was she now. As a gem loses not
by its setting, so she in her own home,
with all its appointments of elegant luxu-
ry, gained by the surrounding.
The evening passed quickly. He talked
well, and so did she; and both listened
well. They spoke of books, of old-world
literature and of new-world authors. The
hour when he must go had the wasp!
sting plucked (rom it by an invitation to
I soon again," coyly and firmly given
and warmly and earnestly accepted.
So passed days into weeks, until* by
the latter part of August; acquaintance
voneTand modern"mad -Uffi1}, ripened Into intimaey. There were
walks, and drives, and church-goings to-
gether, and books and flowers to remind
her of him when they were not together.
Mr. Sterry had not yet spoken denflnitely
of his love, but he was sure, and it was
quite time that Violet knew, of what was
unsaid.
AUnt Danforth, now able to walk, had
been ordered to the country, and Violet
was to accompany htr. This was a terri-
ble sorrow to Mr. Sterry. He was not free
to go with her. Unlike this "lily of. the
field," life for bim meant to toil If not to
spin.
The fateful evening came at last. They
had been reading Mrs. Browning's "Lady
Geraldine's Courtship." As he closed the
book, he turned to Violet and said—
" Do you not believe she loved him tru-
ly? It it not possible to forego distinction
in rank for love's sake?"
Violet hesitated.
He continued: " Oh, why should 1 ask
indirebtly what I long to know? It may
seem presuming In me—I know not how
to saylt—and' yet I love you I Will you
not, cm you not, give me any hope?"
Violet did not speak for some time. Mr.
iugured well from her silence. At
lesaid: "Icannot."
t why cannot you ?"
She did not answer. The silence was
unbroken.
".Tell me why not, dear Miss Violet,"
improbable possibilities panoramaed them-
selves before him, in which he should be
knight to this fi-ir lady. In imagination,
he continually rescued her from " perils by
land and perils by sea;" delivered her
from ancient drag
dogs, yea, at the risk of his own life: but,
in reality, could only stand behind his
counter, dumb and powerless as one In a
dream, without ability to reach forth hand
or voice to his loved one.
Now Violet was by no means unaware,
as might have been expected, of the inter-
est she had awakened. She was certainly,
as far as her own conquests were con-
cerned, omniscient. "A clerk was noth-
ing, socially speaking," but in the dearth
of more noble conquests, might be taken
for the time being—She decided to "Im-
prove the shining hour," much as a hun-
ter, failing to slay deer, would deign to
chase lesser game. She began to go to tbe
shop quite regularly—ieldom to nis coun-
ter—but always in corning or going, there
was for him the wondrous glance, the
half-unconscious bow, the kindly saluta-
tions that a gracious queen might give an
unt'tied subject, who should bend the
knee In obeisance. It was not much, but
it was something to comfort her admirer;
something of brightness shed about her
pathway. Will-o'-the-wisp that it might
be, he still followed blindly, for this alone
was reality, all else but dreams and shad-
ows to him.
One day in late July, when the sultry
air made the town unbearable, Violet or-
dered the carriage for a drive to Sea Bay,
a little beach a few miles from the city.
Arrived there she sat down on a bench
looking oceanward, the only other occu-
pant of which was a gentleman. By rare
chance, that gentleman proved to be Mr.
Arthur Edward Sterry, who had taken
this for an "off day." The young
lady slowly turned her beautiful
eyes towards him, and gave him a
reserved bow, accompanied by an audible
"Good morning." He blushed, fair-
skinned Saxon that he was, with pleasure,
and there was something so genuine in
his air of joyfUl recognition that Violet
presently began a little temporary chit-
chat.
They were so absorbed In conversation
that they did not notice a heavy shower
coming up until it descended upon them.
The carriages bad been ordered back to
stables of the "Sea Bay House." Mr.
Sterry, however, being an Englishman,
produced the inevitable umbrella, under
which, at a brisk run, they reached the
House, which was one of the pert, second-
rate class, which abundantly prevail on
the New England coast. They sought
refuge inthe parlor, into which the land
lord cheerily trotted, and recognizing Mr.
Sterry, asked, in the exuberant kindness
of his heart, if he "wouldn't have some-
thing for himself and bi&young lady I"
Had the words been written in Are on
the Englishman's brain he could not have
been more seared and shriveled. Miss
Violet turned toward the rain-darkened
window for consolation. The landlord
retired abashed from the room and sought
the kitchen, in which apartment he found
his wife, and imparted to her that he had,
as it were, "kinder provoked the hand-
some Englishman, for either Missy had
given him the mitten, or else he was go-
ing to propose and just hadn't /" Be-
tween which two opinions he vibrated like
a pendulum—and being a kind soul, with
tender reminiscences of bis own courting
days, these oscillations were accompanied
by sharp twinges of regret.
Poor Mr. Sterry knew not what to do.
At last, not without misgiving as to
whether he was not making the matter
worse, he ventured to say:
"I cannot tell you how deeply I regret
the annoyanoe to which you have been
subjected."
Equally to his surprise as Joy, Violet'
turned from the window, her long eye-
lashes moist with unshed tears, her color
deepening as she spoke, and reaching her
hsnd to nim said:
" Never mind."
"I thank you," was all that Mr. Sterry
could say in return, and an embarrassing
silence followed, during which they gazed
-from separate windows off toward the
ocean. Happily for them, other people
now entered. Shortly after, the clouds
railed away, the sun came out suddenly,
and Violet said that she would trouble Mr.
Sterry to order her carriage. When it
came he conducted her to it.
As she was about to enter, she said in a
casual way:
friend of his (a Lord Hastings) "who In a
fit Of ill temper ran off to America, and ac-
tually «erred as shop-man, you know, in a
city w New England, I think you oall it;
well, of course, no one knew wno he was,
fell la love, do you know, with a
' beauty; he used to tell me that
she was, 'pon honor, the most beautiful
being be ever saw; she Invited him to call
and uaed to receive bim aloqe—no parante,
and convenient old aunts always out of the
way: and there was something about
meeting at some beach lq the rain, and the
landlonl thinking her 'Sterry's sweet
heart,' and. so on—well, by and by he
offered himself—and, do you know, she
told him tUkt she was soon to be mar-
ried to some one else! Hal ha! ha!—d'ye
see?1*
Violet's pink cheeks were suffused with
a deep peony color. She longed to know
more, Jet she was tremblingly afraid to
ask. Fortunately her husbaoa laughingly
inquired:
" And what became of him ?" ) ^
"Well, thsn,V. continued the Briton,
' just after his reftasal, he got word of his
■"s Illness, and off he went at once to
id. It's just my Impression that
much of a man to grieve for a
i. He was married before I
d and is living very pleasant
a visit at his home In West
jig before I came'to this country.
Oh, ljjany's the talk we have had over his
expe ienoes In America. He used to turn
his e; es slowly, toward me and say, lOb,
Mr. Bterry? you might have known I
wouldn't marry a clerk!' And then-he
woul| laugh, and,I would laugh, and, we
both laugh together—dye see?"
is go In," said Violet, rising {
grows chill."—Doniury Netos.
A man
on the offl
the store was burned down, and among
the smoldering ruins the bod] *
was found, charred, but yet rel
flcient marks of person as to be
general impression was that the
were those of the store-keeper. Jtnqu!
were made by the Insurance companies, foe
than
elgn
Divorce In Indiana.
A last, after ten years of continuous ef-
fort^ n 1873, an amendment was passed
and feoame the law. It was weaker than
the i te or the preceding session, and, ex-
cept i the requirement of a long term of
nos to qualify an applicant to come
>ourt with a complaint, was little bet-
Vter tfan the<old law. It seemed better
It has proved. It has restrained for-
divorces, no doubt, but It has done
not! ng toward a repression of.our do-
mes c nuisance. In this county we should
thin that there was not far from Ah aver-
age one divorce granted for every work-
ing (ly of the year. This may be an over-
estin ate, but the number, at tbe best; is
big < tough to be shameful. The preclpl-
of the separation, and tbe wisdom
sterner restraint on applications, "
' by the frequency with whioh dl
Si
last.
at last.
ig her little hand on his, turning
him the glory, of her eyes, bend-
slightly toward htm, as If, with
sense of her beauty, to blind him to
the blpw, she said—
Sterry. I have done wrong—not
only, nor to myself only. but to
anotker. The gentleman to whom I am
engaged returns from.Europe soon, and I
am to be married in September."
"¡But you do not love him?" said Mr.
Steny hurriedly. " You cannot love htm
—tell mc fpr yourself, that you do not."
"Tés, I do love him," answered Violet.
" I have always loved him."
"I have ventured to think that my at-
tentions were not unwelcome to you,"
continued Mr. Sterry; "I have then been
mistaken ? " "
Yes." replied. Violet, In a low voice,
taking her hand from his, where it haa
lain lightly and untouched, "yes, I did
not care for your attention, but ft was dull
and lonely here in .summer, and I am
young and fond Of pleasant company, and
oh, Mr. Sterry, you might have known
that I wouldn't marry a clerk t"
A very long pause ensued, during which
Violet furtively watched him. It was the
trite old simile of cat and mouse.
V True, I might < have known, but I did
not;" and he rose to go.
At the door he partly turned. Violet
was standing, her hand outstretched, sweet
and infentine dimples playing about her
face, grace and winning conciliation In all
her manner. " Now don't be angry with
me," she said.
"I am not angiy," he replied. And
that was his ferewell,
"Auntie," said Violet, as she want in as
usual to bid her good-night—and as she
spoke she turned up the gas-light, and
looked in the glass at berownfhceln va-
rious positions before she continued her
narrative—"Auntie, do you know that that
clerk that I spoke of, offered himself to
me! Wasn't It Impudent? "
"Oh, Violet!—but you told him—"
"Oh, yes, I told Mm—and now, as we
go so early to-morrow, I will say good-
night, dear."
They went to the country, and Immedi-
ately after their return, Violet was mar-
Befbre that event took place, she made
some excuse to go to the store where Mr.
Sterry was employed. But she did not
see him, nor did she ever see him again.
Two years after, she and her husband
were at Mackinac, where they made the
acquaintance of a Jolly Britisher, as charm-
ing of manner as he was ugly of counte-
nance.
tea,
now
t, some chance remark started the
Englishman on the subject of American
girls, whom he characterized as "feat,"
and upon bring challenged by Violet to
give an example, he tola a story at a
,ü
The Que of Udderzook.
Gosc kept a small atore
of Baltimore. One night
rai poiiotes ior
to the
OUR
way statlefl.
A week or so
HOMOBI'
"Lrori
A nsasiDB tall—The cat's.
W*o can sptak all languages
T*Ai (m-Acno«—Walking In one's
Miss Whiat, of Alabama, has .
been married'to Mr.iTláiotfay, of Georgia.
donkey. " ;
thel^ <1^--q?>B &LK
When he oil..
i She chose It
YOWO
wni
had been
'the
und in
man w
Ddi
and com
For this
has been
cu ted, and
of thelaw,
interpose
The theoi
Udderzook
the store,
tobebui
certain artii
title his
ing of crowa in a rel
' ttentlon of sows oojm*
und the skeleton of a
le feathered Scavengers
beenIdentified as
Persons have sworn
loss as the likeness or
.. went out with Uddérzook ih
gy, while others have testified that
. _sm the murder
it of in unknown man r1
turder of-Qoss, Udderzook
| and condemned to be exe-
n Í.L-- -ll*.
r.„ Govt.
BxeoptiVe
of the prosecution is that;
id Goss had planned to bqrn
I had placed a dead body Init
oognized by
as that of Goss; would en-
ow to the policies. In this
wlfeofGoss Is included. It
that, in ooitóequeuce of
léntlni
his Wife,
murder nil
supposed tl
a part or
voiced parties remarry each other. There
should have been no divorces In such cases,
that Is clear. But certain allegations
made, certain affidavits filed, certain ea
parte evidence heard, the court has litth
discretion. Where a contest is made th?
case is chinged a little, but generally there
k lio contest. Very often there Is jio no-
ce of the pendénejy of the case to the de-
The law requires actual notice
ig or leavinga copy of thesum-
ie defendants place of residence,
If a resident of the State," says the law.
But we know of one very recent case In
which a wife was divorced with no knowl-
edge at all, she said, of the pendency of
the complaint, and while her husband wfcsf
living with bér up to the very hour that
he brought her a notice of the decreq.
Her first Information of the case was that
she was no longer a wife, and the next day
she was shipped to Louisville to seek.her
old home, with her worse than fetherieie
children, while her astute husband, aided
by the defective law, was left to seek anew
wife and the. chance of a fresh divorce
When he got tired of her. Now, a statute
under Which 'such things as this can be
done needs' amending. It betters the old
law not at all. Divorces can be obtained1
as easily and apparently as secretly as when
"constructive notice" was allowed its
Widest range.—Indianapolis Journal.
The Heir to a Quaker of a Million
Soit to State Prison.
GeorgeH. Mix, who was; Indicted for
stealing $1,000 worth of lace from the
store 0? H. B. Claflin A Co., and pleaded
guilty, wat brought up for sentence In the
.General Sessions yesterday. The circum-
stances In the cafle have already been pub-
lished in the Times, but being of an ex-
traordinary nature, will., bear repetition.
Mlk Is of most respectable connections,
ud the son of a wealthy bank^ in Bart-
ford, Conn., who, at his death, bequeath-
ed the prisoner an estate said to be worth
$250,000. The trustees of the estate al-
lowed Mix $1,K00 a year to live on, bút
.this sum proved entirely inadequate to
gratlfy^hls tastes. ' "
but
waalUHHHL
time ago Mix again visited this city; and,
on the strength .of forged letters or reoom«
mendation from a number of prominent
citizens, obtained a situation as salesman
ascertained that $1,000 worth of laoe had
been stolen. The prisoner watf arrested,
and informM the deteotlves where he had
secreted tha stolen property. In bis
trunk were round a number of forged let-
ters of recommendation to bankers In San
Francisco and other places. On
brought to the bar, Mbcwept bit
and plteously pleaded for me
cottier Hacket said that the prisoner had
brought disgrace on hi* family and con-
nections by his conduct, and
at hard labor for five years.—If. T. Times,
Oct. 81.
" i H i ii ' * ■ ■'1
The Rocky Mountain Coal-Field.
From reports roomily made to the Gov-
ernment Land-offloe the foliowinir atatJaT
Indicatetheexfontand distribuflonof L
Rocky Mountain ooal-Aeld:
i&SXoV
(Jdderzcok
carried on I
e money whl<
jwi
may have
■ person
ey which he had
dtawn. from the baifln. The theoiy of the
prisoner is t rt Goss perished inhfs store,
which, asth remains were partially identi-
fied at the Vme as his, Is certainly Ma-
sumptive ev lence of the validity of that
line of defei)!e. The resemblance of (M
man who rfde away with Udd§r*ook. to
the photognbh of Goss, Is circumstantially
strong again thlm, as Is also the' finding
of tbe ringai d garment, but innocent men
' ive been htnged on circumstantial ovl-
mee even stronger than thIK ¡'
Jonathan Bradford, an inn-keeper, was
found stanaüig ovar a tkurdeTed man in
his Own hous
his hand; yei
ér had entere
rob him and had murdered him. Bradford
had .gone "P for the purpose of robbery.
His ascending footsteps had Manned the
ho secreted himself, and when
Bradford entered the traveler's room the
actual murderer gave tha' alarm, and the
Innocent inn-keeper with a guilty purpose
was detected, as it were, In the act. Brad-
ford was hanged, and the real, murderer
afterward made a death-bed confession.
Another memorable English' oaae is that,
of Ambrose Gulnnet. He slept with a
man Ifa a small tavern in a seaport town,
and during the night Gulnnet's bed-fellow
was suddenly taken with a bleeding at his
nose. He partially diiñsed himself, went
out of the .house and was im
dlately seized upon by the
gang, who, in the good Old
were permitted by . act of parllamen
to seize upon any one and impress hlrn tot"
naval service. He waa taken oa board
8*.
missing. Gulnnet waa found slimed
NUMBER 17.
m
PUN
MW '■ H
GB1PHB.
I
r
are still
w u-rÁ tofV
tot, aid for
jc-J HHH m
I wheat drop, we for one say, lat 'om
suffer,
Txnnyson Is
said to be at work utMl
f ra. Edinburgh's baby. It
burgh's baby. "
babaj
something for Mrs.
begins,'t& said: ,
"Oh. toothless, hairless, rojal baba.
About tke«all *• fkuaiaa*.rave."
Hok. Sia Hjwfipt.aa G; .
Howard Robinson was sent
ish Government to aimrtt the
It
nder the belief tbaUi
awe tbe savages—and it c
Sam Jdam miner who has been' proa-
ig In^outhwffm^ jC^ora^yjMg.
petrified songs. ,
It has been discovered that
A PKorEsmoMAL man not fer from Btati '
offloe
said
oom-
• Pitkin,
of rum In
when he
" Yes,v
junior, without a mo*,
ment's hesitation, " as d he looks dilferent
lie world."
!-á
►•fc-
Mark Twain's Cold.
'"'the first time 11
totd the to go and- l
and take a cold (bp
also. Within
assured me that
and Btarve a fe
thought it
oold, and let
O'-tl#!#i ifio bar-
to sneeze, a friend >
MM me to get up
bath. I (fid that
áiiAHtMP* mm „
to feed a ool4
r;;u,.a
¿a oa
mmi
rapto;
affl
they Were. H
sslgn. I started up
d on the way enooun
m friend, who told me
%
lng a oold as
hijrd Y thought
I give my
of your
Xl
Will a«e
them i
Wa#_ ...PI
upon this conviction . _ ,,
it warm salt water. It may be v
enough ftmédV, bat 1 think His
too severe, a I had
ead, and there was no
to take either an earthquake or a
having'
oí
ce of h
known way.
few yearsago Dr
In Pennsylvania
of tho
Stelntke on circumstan
I
.'?• e.
ÍU /¡fi.wtj
mMá
capital punishment, oemplaln of too m
t elranmrtanflal evidence 1
r legally Co - choke a
St. limit JUpuilioan
6-foof
■commit-
A narrow oscape from
been a nal calamity to
tagof Relives ol
Touncil. It has
nd treated as a*
men were Inside the new
making an exam
tee of tbe whole,
and, except
a lighted candle,
the fin,
the lnl
with «team,
ahd all .
feet has i
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