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Conductor and Viee-nresitlont,
At a certain period, sonic six or eight
years a^o. the officers of one of our princi
pal railroads hud good rcasous for beltov
ittg that some ol the conductors up in a
Particular scctiou of their roads wore in
the hubit of rendering hiuccuratr returns
of theft receipts from "way passengers;1
and a? they were unnhlc to fix the defal
eniion upon the particular individuals,
I'iukerton was employed to investigate
the matter, and tost tho accuracy of their
luspicious For tho execution of this
delicate service he selected u sufficient
number of his best men to furbish four
for every cur in n train one to be seated
at euch door und two in tho cent to of
the car, the latter facing to the front
und roar, so us to fee ever}' person who
went iu (.rout. Thme ?neu Werodircc
tod not to recognize each other, but io j
p:ty their fares, and otherwise deport \
tlioinsel'f cs like ordinary travelers.
Each one was provided with pencil and
paper, und instructed to keep un aecu
litte record of every person that entered 1
' <.>r left the ears, Utting the stations to
and from which they traveled, etc . so I
I hut if .a the end of the trip ihrir nit es
* I
were in accord, iL woul I b-* good eri i
acncl of accuracy. In this manner the '
major was enable 1. in the e m '.so of a
few (lavs, to make a del Hud tcporl v\ i litll
show, d conclusively that nearly n^ory
eonli otor Upon the section of road no
der surveillance hil b ? n gnilty of
swindling. llj? also ::>cert tin ;d that
one of thesu dt>iiu>| iciit- ifWiietl property
tu a largo amount In I'hiladolplr Whom
upq , us I v us informed. CohiuoT^3-.
tiio vice pr??sileu! sent for tho .nan; and
tic following dialogue ensued :
'Mr;-,how long have you been cm
phn e 'as conductor on our road?
'A hunt coven years. Sir.'
'Whut-piiy have V"ii received during
that time/'
i?'?'! noM.n-i :> vinr."
'Tii you own the house X.?upon
^tr.'.-.t:'
?I do, b'r.'
'11 hvc you other pr ip rty in this
<-itv?'
j M have:1
?\V hat is its vn'.iie?'
"Well, Sir, 1 cun't tell precisely, hut
ii is considerable.'
?What estimate do \<m place upui
yotif entire assests?'
'.Something like forty thousand d
hm/
?Were you the owner of any portion
of lli>s |!-jpcii> when you entere 1 our
service''
?Not a dollar's w-<\ih. Sir."
Voti have a far ally to support, I un
derttaud V
?1 have n wife and three childrenV
'Will you du nie the 'a vor to inform
tne how you have la-en able in seven
I years' to biipport \our family ana uce :
iijujute n loruinc of forty thousand d A.
1 lars ttpoh :i Bhlary of eight hundred V
'1 have not the slightest object ion t >
answer yntir Question, ('ol >n .1 S -?
prntided y ou will sfaffi r hie first to
a lew pertinent interrogatories to
you.'
'Vsry well, Sir, I've no objections.
What nrc they!''
'Will you, thou be so kind us t.>
infottll me how long you hive been cm
nct-ted with the-ItailroaUt"
'.SuniCthilig like ten yens.
'YYIiut, allow me tousk, h is been your
salary during that time?"
'1 nip pot ? it may kiayu aycruged about
>f)0tl(> a year.'
'Von have li family to support, il I urn
not mi.-taken?'
'Vis. >ir . J have a family."
'|fitisu<it an improper qiitim,
Col. ticl S ? ---, will you suffer nie to
ask >v|jat in the amoUrtl of your^fir
tuncJ"
'Well, Sir, 1 don't kn ? v pr'octscly but
it is stiniethin'^ handsome
'Would you estimate It at h ilf a mil
lion dull.us, eolouel?'
-Yes, I dare ?ay it is.'
'Unit being tho fact. Sir, il you will
do tue the luve? to disclose to me the
secret of the process, by which you. in
toy yours, have boon able to transmute
??O.Q0U into ten times tli it amount,
without any vihihie meuos outride yotti
salary, J will uio.-t cheerfully tell you
how 1 have uiiinuj^ed, by turning an
lioue&t ponuy now und then, to amass
tho coinpurativo insignificant amount
I have named.'
'That, i.s all very well,' replied tho im
pertuihablo vice president, 'but you
sccin to have forgotten that thoro is a
slight difference between your status
and mine upon the-Railroad, in that
you nro responsible to mo for stealing
the company's money, whereas 1 am not
accountable to you for my transactions.
In view of this fact, it now becomes my
duty to inform you that your services
arc no longer required upon our
road.'
Tho facetious conductor probubly nn
tioipntod this result, ami with hia char
acteristic coolness remarked: "Iu that
event. Sir, it may at some future time
become necessary lor to seek employ
ment up ui another road. Would it be
asking too much lor you to give me a
letter sotting forth your estiuttto of my
ability to perform tba duties of conduc
tor V
'If you desire it, 1 certainly have ti >
objections to giving you a testimonial to
the effect tb.it I look upon you as the
most unscrupulous and unblushing
knave that has ever disgraced tho cata
logue of our employes, and that any com
pany liuving anything to do with you
will bo morally certain to be robbed.?
//?aj- / iiwi/izinc.
\\ bj is a uutioual batik currency like
tin umbrella? This coiiuurut? husuxoi
tod the entbusiustic attention not only
o! tho.e who are by nature itltcrotte 1 in
trying to fm I out why one thing is likj
him t'ici^ but also ol that I irgo class ol
theorists who are always ready to givo
tbuir views on anything rewitily c m
neoted with the Utianccs of titi country .
If the answers which have thus far been
receive 1 shall bo tho mean-' ol bfingiug
about a resumption of specie pay ill e tits,
or ot restoring public oouG Ichce in the
sireiight of our present sy.-iem. nn I thus
relieving the moiiuw market, tho com
piler will b ei abundantly rowird;d for
bis exortioos. Without furthcr preface
mo submit a few spe. im ns ol the answer
w liieb ore at bau I:
IH-i-atUnvS .m ii : ft aitu like it?
Nice loutig Man : Because you can
make a spread witli It.
A Wall streut Man.: linearise i* t
the hardest to i. irr?w w icit you he d ir
the most.
A Pool' Y un : Man : liocaiixo. it 1 >u'l
iahe long to count all you've got.
A ii Expei i. need Man : Be rinse it
don't d? any good unl.ss it i- used.
Ao Uulbrtunnta man: Because you
can't get it buck ugniu when you lend
it.
A Jocose Voting Man : Because it i<
very convenient when tha heavy du
come.
A Di.?gr intled Man ; Bceau -e ihu
chain-, s are. if you've got it, it is where
you can't ger hold ot it jm?t at the time
you want it.
A Theorist: Because tb ire's n i sys
t'Mii of central redemption whore by it
ean be returned after leaving pjs?e.ssion
of its owner.
A Vouii!* Lady: Because it is handy
to have when one goes on a journey.
A II.iid- Money Man : BccaUH! it is
inconvertible. The owier can't present
bis umbrella at the Troasury and dem ind
coin for its full valde.
An Importer: Bocanso it won't ptv
tut ies at the eu-to n house .
A t'aivless Man: Bouauso it is easy
to I.we it.
A Mi.sc:)) Man: Because one disliko
to have to lose it.
Jones: Well Jones, who no vis an ex
euse for not pny'iig his hoard bill says.
ris I'llr IIS be is eoi.eer.i -d.. bis CUrrutlCN
is like an umbrella becauie it is used
up.
A merchant going homo elivatcd.
staggered against a telegraph p>le.
?lie;,' your pardon," e tid buj "I hope
uo oil mec. lt'h rather dark, aud the
street is narrow, y,.u sue."
Iu a few moments be came in con
tract with Soother pole.
??Couldn't help it, sir," said be, li<*t
illg bis bat; "1 never saw such crooked
lanes as we hlVC bore in this city ?''
Again be Bill l6ul oliS pole, this time
with a force which sent him backwards
to the ground*
??Look here, neighbor, you needn't
push a follow down because be happens
to touch you; the road is as much right
to be lu re as yuu have, old Mick in the
mud V
lie pickod himself up, and made
another effort to reach bis home but ho
sooo came plump against another
pole.
There is nothing so effec'; ;u bring
ing a man up to the sorntch >.. i healthy
und high-spirited flea.
Why vve Honor the Parly.
Wo arc suspicions of the-nian who is
continually boasting of his noble
ancestry. To know a man, wo mast
know what ho is, not what.his futlicr
WaR. Noble descent is weil enough in
its place, hut when a man has nothing
bi tter to boast of than his pedigree, be
has reached the bottom, and is little
better than tho snail that looks up with
envy at the stroug-wingod esgbj iu its
lofty flight. It is nobler trrascend than
descend ; to improve on the family stock
rather than deteriorate. To fall back
upon the reputation of our great-great
grandfather to sustain our owu, is little
better than robbing a grave to secure
tlic jewels buried in it. So with parties;
we honor them for what they are, not
what they were iu days gone by. We
see nothing iu Democracy but the
shadow of a great name. When we ask
what it has to commend it to our con
fidence, its Tweeds and Gnrveys and
Waruiouth, with their party plunder
concealed from view, point us to its
honorable past, before slavery corrupted
its honor, or trer.s?n destroyed i'.s
political virtue. Not so with tjae KspuD
lican party ! **'? o glory in its past
achievements, because out of them have
grown its^rcscnt strength and nobility.
What it was yesterday it is to-day, n
liviug, moving power, exertingau?in
fluence for good ; defending the nation
from its enemies at home and abroad ;
protecting tho liberties of the people;
establishing schools for popiflar educa
tion; reaching nit iu ar.u to restrain
monopolies from < iicroachin? upuu the
rights ol tliL" people; holding tho scales
of justice between capi'al in ! labor ;
organizing moans to to icyt tho pro
duccrs of the West and the consumer.
of the East, nud exact ing frtira iu ser
vants an hottest at J econorr^iat adihlu
iqtrution Oi'.tbc t-overnight Jfe-irjjiesv
gunU aud Sufficient; rcn?'!);- wc honor'! he
llepublicau party. We take just pride
iu i:? past achievtnents, because they
hare given birth to our prescut aspira
tions. Wc huvo taken no st :p back
\..i;d. Some of our sratidti i bearers j
l ave proven false, but the rank and tile 1
weps tiue, an<l loyal bands caught up
?hi old flag' and Uej t it afloit in the
! \.n ;-ii id >: civilization. The noblest
unity- will have its deserters, the noblest
j party will have its faithless servants,
j but licit 1.er army nor party ean suffer
j as Ion.; as the great body remains true
, to the cati e. i be Republican partv
represents the progressive idoasufthe
i peopl , not tho ambitious designs of it.s
leaders Tho defection of a loader, -ihu
dishonesty of au official, the failure of a
r. presentntive to reflect the wishes of
j his com intents, have no other effect than
I to urouse the pc >p!c tj greater caution
I iu the selectiou of their public sorvauta
j The groat political body is sound ; it? j
j faults aie few, and, when discovered,
! ca-ilv remedied. As tho present Condi
j lion ol the paitv is as worth-, of Com
j ineiidali ui as it - pit' so tho future will
add rather iIihu detract, from its glory, j
Wo h ive m u h to do: the won! so well
ace mpl shc?4 hnviug brought other no 1
larger duties for tin- pnity perf r:n :
fo disarm iguoranco, suppress vice, pro
tcct labor encourage immigration, de
vel pe oar wouuderful resources, pr ''cot
1 he publ c credit, adapt tho nuti it u! c.r
rency to tho wants of the public, and to
maintain justice mid secure honesty iu j
ever) n-c!:io of the laud und every
I bianch ol tlic (loveiouRut, arc duties
as imposing .is any that have been laid
upon the party in the past. ? hlcchamjc
A DiiftTcitcu ol* Opinion.
Tl rrc is a slight difference of opinion
between Democrats, North and South.
The hard-shells of th -South insist on
keeping Democracy on tho obi Calhouii
platform, while their bri?thteii of the
North ss strongly insist ou tearing up
the old planks and rcplaoiug tli tin .vith
timber stolen from the Republican ;
reservat ions. To gain a m w I aso ol 1
power Northern Democrats sro willing
to uriko any sacrifice. Tb support the
family pride,and keep up the pol theory
ot "a white, man's government" South
ern Democrats refuse to yield their old
pro-slavery priuci] les. 'I ho Southern i
sentimeut is honoutly stated iu the fol
lowing extract from the Memphis
AvalancJtc, | Dem.):
"In fact the old Democratic party
managers have been forocd by tho inex
urablo logio of events to surrender erory
' tbiug but the name. To this th >y still
cling in input of tho States. Their plat
form is labelod 'Demon .tic,' though in
nil, or nearly all essentials it :s littlo
else thau a paraphrase-of tho Republi
can party platform of tho p >st few years.
As a measure of policy no objection can
be tnailo ; hut to deliberately smash ouo
partisan croed, filch a new one from
one's enemy, ami then insist that, be
cause bearing the old name it is still the
same | Id creed, is to Bpctk mildly, ar
rant hypocrisy. The doctrine held by A.
li. Stephen*, by Robert Toombs, by
JefTerson Davis, enuueiated in the Dent
oeratie platforms of lytil und Iritis, by
Bluutuu Duncan's Bourbon Convention
which nominated Char los O'Cohor for
l'residcut lu?t year, is tho 'ancient Dem
ocratio faith.' It ij the sitnon pure ar
ticle. All other brands are spurious ;
yet nut a ?Democratic' Convention,
North or South, now ventures to incor
porate it >u a platform, li the oi l par
tisan creed?as is thu f.ict?hasbeeu
utterly abandoned; if to maihtnin a
struggle lor mere existence it has be
come necessary?as is tho fact?to
adopt, tu so great an extent, tho Repub
lican party platform, why cling to tho
old Democratic name, espoeially sinco
that, name has become so unpopular a*
to bring defeat to any organisation tint
bears it 1 '1 his is nnsw.Te 1 by a low
heroics ovur tho past career of the ol 1
party. Hut of what avnil % They can
not chanjrc miuqritiea to majorities.
Public eoufidenca in a political party
once lost can never be restored:"
The i'iltsbur", /W. (Dem.) publish
cd in cooler latitude, differs slightly in
opinion from the above extract. It
a ays :
??'1 he Democratic party has been out
of power for twelve years. During all
lb it period it has boon gaining strength ,
and but for the uegro vote it wo tl 1 at
this ui-jiuent hold possession of our
Mate and General Government. Com
pare it.-Thistoiy ItVrhT^-r^cWfrn-Wi-t?
ot its oppouetits, und ho kl gl'iSaf, tiU 1
what proof it affords of the honest
tenacity of tho SC.id Voting portion of
the party, the rank and lile. The Dem
ocratic party is replete with vitality in
every bouo and sinew and nerve It
never can die while there remains in
existence even a portion of tho Constitu
tion fur which it can oontend. Wh n
tint glorious old political party dies it
?.. iil be proof that tho Constitution bus
becu utterly destroyed, and that the
la.it hope for man's self-government has
perished from tho earth."
? MBU? ? - ?
Fanics.
Panics, like extensive conflagrations, |
ha\c small beginnings. A spuk bus
within it the power to lay in asl.es the
largest city. If fed combustible
tnati rial, it soon becomes . 'ante, before
which ir ii melts and granite crumbles
into dust. So with panics. Words of
suspicion are the sparks that leads to
financial conflagrations. Distrust is
breathed Ir on one to another j iustead
of being quieted by calm advice, it ia
fed by popular excitcm >nt. Those wb >
have least to lose are tho loudest in the'.:
croaking* over eomiug failures. A ru>!i
is made to sacrifl '3 si ? k that is both
profitable aud safe j it is thrown upon
ths market along with fancy und Werth?
h ss stock. A sense of insee irity si izes
tho buyer, and the result is, no sales, or
I ruiir us sacrifices of stock th.it only
neede 1 the rest r i io i of c >u i 1 u :c t ?
be worth more than ever. When a tire
hre: ks out, efforts nie made to uonGuo it
I within its Oiiciual limits. 11 ut the
breaking out of distrust in a community
i is the signal, not for united effort! to
? fiQd it within its legitimate bounds,
! or its suppression, but for a getior.il
rush to Iced thu flumes by gossip, ill
omened prophocy, or groundless rumors
of so.ne in lotiuible calamity. A rum >r
startb. affecting the financial standing of
some bunk official. It matters little
whether it bo true or false ; the whisper
is soon transformed into a storm. A
ludden run is made upon the bauk ;
thou upon other banks, until the whole
eommuuity is iu a ferment. If the
banks have facilities for prompt conver
sion of securities iutu cash, tho storm
may blow over ; but if distrust it wide
spread, money is lucked up or h?ld tor
celt protection, and banks that are
perfectly sound arc driven by sheer
necessity to suspend payment. No
reasonable man can expect a banker to
pay interest on deposits aud keep those
deposits lucked in his safe, ready to be
returned without a niomeut's notice ,
yet men who claim to be reasonable act
at times as if tho thought this to bo the
case, Rinks pay interest upou money,
because they cati loau the money
received fir a higher rate of interest
than they pny. They take securities
for moony loaned. T J convert these
into money requires time ; and those
having deposits should be consider: te
enough to grant it. The best tank in
the country may be forced to .suspend
payment ia the faeo ofnu unexpected
anil unreasonable demand, especially if
popular excitement has so unsettled
values as to rendor the conversion of
securities into cash alwo?t imp issible'.
Panics houlu be stooped at the moment
of their inception. Men of ability and
judgmont should unite to quiot popular
distrust. Conlidcuue should bo strength
ened l?y every legitimate means. Doposi
tors, unless they have good reasohl for
demanding payment^ should assist,
rather tb ? n cripple, tiie bank whose
01 edit and standing they depend upon,
exceptional cases of tailure miy pejour
at any time, but a panic, suoh asrocept
ly Kwopt over tho tinauci il centres of
tho country, ought to be an impossibility.
We trust that tbfl press of the land will
exert its powerful influence tvvarJs
maintaining u healthy ata'e of public
confidence.
Our liest Mou for Olllcc.
To destroy tho Republican party
becatiso u few dishonest men have crept
into office through its power, would bt
as wise as tho killing of a healthy indi
vidual bocause a few boils trouble him.
The p trty never was more healthy than
at present. The few officials that are
proven dishonest are, to tho great body
politic, what the spots on the sun are to
the blaring orb that gives us 1 i_rHt aud
warmth. As long as the masses of the
people who compose the p'irty sro hon
"^vrry*" "fliI'lini'H; wb Hsvo* bo Jfe?'r HPUBT1
part ii-elf. K very Republic in eonvoa -
tio:i which has met thus far has placed
i s on rccorJ as being detormin id to
?'rive mett from office who fail to prae
t ee economy and honesty iu tlfelr public
duties. Wc ihall nr<vsr fr<!<! ourselves
? utive'y fr in the influence of bad then,
i hoy will c:eop into power in spito of
the pro:.tttit ca.-e and watehfulnosf. Wo!
em. however, throw an increased pro
?fcctti n art uuJ tho public scrvioo by a
more tliorough examination of the char
: otcr of the men who proseoI thernselvos
f r our support. A good citizen will
i euerally make a giod official. This is
n simple rule which, if practice I iu the
select ion of candidates, will greatly pro
tect the public interests. Inquire iuto
the private character of the mm who
wants your vott*, and if you find him
hontst, in Jusirioi?. charitable, a good
neighbor, and n public spirited citizen,
y? u cau snf Jy give him your vrto ail 1
support. You may run the risk, oven
then, of Irin' cheated; but the chances
will be so email thai you cm well afford
the ri*k. Hut to expect to soeuro an
holiest official in the man who never
pays his . ?hbis. who taken advantage
his neighbor, whose character is staiuel
by intemperanco or profanity, in to
expect a clear bal incs shoot in the
other world without paying your prin tor's
bill iu ibis. Nominate your best moo
for ^.office and the risk of finding dis
honesty in high places will be exceeding
ly small. ?Exchange.
Tho True Distinction.
Who would think of emdoamin? a
worthy moreliant bcoause bo discovered
in his employ a dishone.-d clerk ? Sympa
thy, rather than blame. WOttld i>e ex
tcti lud to him, nnd every fair min led
man w. uld a| pr ivo the prompt dismis
sal, and, il the law waa violate.1. the
spcilj punishment ofthooffeudor. Why.
then, should our opponouts d-aonncn
the Republican party booauso it dis
oovcrs among its thousands of otticials a
few exceptional casts of dishonesty"/
Tho party repudiates tho acts of dis
honesty, nod the people put their stamp
of condemnation, not only up in the
? th in e, but upon the offender. No act
of disln ti-sty, or official guilty of crimo ;
no questionable or iniquitous meusures
have ever been condone 1 or protected by
the Republican party. As sooa as
known, an earnest protest has gone up
a gainst them, and those involved have
been culled to a strict acc^uut This is
all that can be dotio. Individuals are
liable to bo deceived. A party can rise
no higher nor better divine the future
than the individual who compose*it. AM
long as the party seek* .to detest and
punish tho rajcai* who deceivo St, and
u-o due cautbu in the selection ?f it*
public servants, wo shall hatto *s> abid
ing; faith in it. Wo call upon Republi
cans everywhere ^> select for office the
very best mou in tho ranks of tho party,
und to weod out every official thaftahowi
himself unworthy of public corfidep.se.
Died with my Face to the Fo?.
A single shot, followed by a loud
shriek, i li us that one of our b.>at men,
Bradley1, was wouudud. lie proclaimed
his azoni with a loud voice, tarued over
ttu his back an 1 co.ntneuoed kiokisy; SO
vi.ruou-.ly th.it th* surgeon, had disced -
ty in gelling in reach of him. "Poor
follow," a il 1 th j dootor, as he taw a
whitish liquid oosing out, "ehot in the
blttdd (t) 1 am afraid It's fatal," and he
comnienced opening his coat. '-Oh | inj
(rod," said Bradley, ?Tut a dead man;
I'll never got over it." "Kejp up yeur
?piriis, my boy; nover say die," said
Captain Johnson, kneeling kindly over
him.
<-Doctor," asked the wounded soldier,
feebly, '-will you write to ray dear
mut'.ier an d tell her that I died bravely
d)ing my duty, with my face to the foe,
and I thought of her when I was
dying V . t <- ? ***
? Tes, yoi." said the -lootor, with I'm
evta and a husky voice, "I will wriW"*.o
-.ier and tell her, too," but suddenly
apriugiug to his foot with ap iudigaaal
and angry voice, add:d?i ?d* eJei
'?Why, eoufouad it, uaao, yon. aw sot
hurt u bit ; it's only your oautaea that's
shot, aul that's the W-U#c from it: gas
up, will you." . ' ? , ? i.'?'AM
Bradloy raised up slowly, felt himself
all over, sod, with an exceedingly foolish
can Ira ua ?. crawled back to his posi
tion, dm i tue upDirioui la i/ater of
-^riS^T rogi^ent,.; ^vrfab
bor mautUJ uftct vW ^oh.
?r in camp, au 1 s Kuetitnes in>-tht fitiUr
-lcss of the night, you WJuli httxt
voico in one direction demauliug <:wbat
ah ;li I tell your mothar V and parhsp*
half d izon responses woull heard,
'Toll Irr 1 died with my face tp the
be," nnd thou '?Uantean \ Bradley
wottl I come out and angrily hunt for the ,
man that sail it. IIj seldom found him,
but whon h j di 1 t'.i to was certaia to ba
a light.
At the liini'jriok Sessions rocoatlyy .
t'te jury, aft>r a .juartor of a i hour's .
.lisenco, rot'irool into court, <; We Had
him not guilty." j
Chairman. ? A. ro y:>u ttnani.uouj ia
your verdict? ---<???&
Foreman.?We are, your Worship;
. ? ere uiue tothrlb. [! treat laughter
Chairman?This is not a proper
verdict; h
Foreman.?Wo first decided, your
Worship, that the minority should be
ruled by the majority bofore going into
the merits of tho cate. Wo then became ...
all ubatfimous in the end. [Laughter.]
Chairman.?But how could you be
unanimous when you S3y you are nine,
to throe ?
Pore than.?Your Worship, I took
lown those wh> wero for finding him
g lilly, and thisj who were for acquitting
him, und tho minority agreed to the
verdict of the majority.
Chairman.?O. go inside ; each of the
three mou who wore in the minority, are
they of tho opinion that this man is
guilty ? Go inside aud let them agree
ibout it. I don't want to hear any1 *
rubra of your deliberations; go inside
an I ht them fiud that this man did not
str'k^ the prosjoutor
Tho jut \ then retired, and, after a few
in:nm?a, re-outored and hauded in a
vordiqt of "a it guilty." i1
Chairman (to the jury).?Gentleman,
yon have agreed to your verdict. You
say thus the piisouor is not guilty?
Foroman ?Wo do.
Chairman.?Is that tho verdict of the
whole of you ?
Several jurors ?Yes, your Worship.
Chairman.?OjsohargO tho prisortejix.t t,
now. (To the prisoner.) I hope it
you ever ootue bore again you will no* .*
get nfi" so easy. %
Prisoner.?It is my first offense, and -
it will bo my last. [Loud laughter, iu
wbieh the whole oourt joined.] ,? u
Chairman ?But tho jury sajt, you,, y
have done nothing at all [Laughter.]
This is the time for sentimental girls
to gather autumn leaves and horuets'
nests.