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MADISON TIMES.
DI'VOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH.
VOL. I. NO. 21. TALLULAH MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1884, TERMS: ~2.M PI A;.a.
FOUR-FOLD VENGEANCE.
The Death-Dealing Carabino of Jeanne
Bernier in Champagne.
Uon aMwr*, amUse md se.-A
msUMel sMery of the Framee -Pr-dAm
Weru-A Wenma wh Paerglit nEr s ax
Sgr. TerUlbe Mrrow.
Phnldeiphtas (
his is not a tale. It is a souvenir that
I rtame.
It wa in 1870,in a farm house of
- AOk-pa e on the edge of the foret,.
  tbe mantlepiece hung three gems
. e butts and glistening barrels.
to the thther, the other to
* a sad the third to the grandson.
Sthe window a woman of igorous
are beauty was spinning a spin
fr r.whael. ae was pat yAt y. She
Ss- the daughter-tn-law, the wls, the
  thee men took down their guns
". gnt ot trtivelyfrom thebonoeafter
: riet sembraced the woman, who
uglprd leaning from the window, sent
sa m ptout-hearted sainte.
Wh w.ere they goYngi Is it neces
W My  ~ry? The Geraman had jut in
a the uoanty.
A e4 dae, Jeanne Bernier, her arms
-c*ad upon her breas, erased sadly at
f MmiSbas that stretched along the wail
a pewter e raud and an image
, Wandering Jew. 11 with your
,yea sold draw aide the erape
~I5IoUd the barrel yen would see a
)$ a stain of blood that Sowed br
)Cw-by was It there, that esmleseera
'qrest whie the three gunas ware
~ togsl t work ad amake the pow
sui What wars . waiting Itr to
. the powder talk al· ? Wa there
I~s the aslbgheboods head to take
.ldws, a ger to load it, a French eye
Sat a Germa breast along its bar
i Where was the owner of that mara
BtI He was dead-he was Jeaee'h
ý.4lla. One evening when he L -
at to hunt Pruolsas they 94
'ht him back to the bar-house
y wounded by s bad. He was
leeping under a white stone, and
he nise of watrold not awake him.
rahine had done its duty; it was
a weapon, it was a bmlly
 w,. the Premian . were ap
e t e.Pwelled, inaed
a Lodd-- asn, covering our
and curedle, rediemnig with
emr oa blood our lroas and rivers
-ean every aide overflowing upon
ilght a hand rapped genly at the
of the bm bhose, that opened to
admaitmo to a sharpb ooter. He
atlve of the distrlet, one of Be
Mends. He Informed Jeanne
her thesr, her hubad and her
dead.
and surrounded in the
et awood by thirty Pruesela,
-basgeloers had rstted their
The ,ernia had , .ht and
and the hsband il the
-at the same thee,eaps Ire
of which! th had ade a
last a tIre, Jeapne'a s*i
bii aussilants He araw
against an oak. He
aI en lastant three
deliered me
of~-i .mi raewe
'eer,. M o hses MI
am b urea e . teak do.w bar
ae dead . -a n qLug d
*.gs aes ta m her bAmnB wo
was newinalenperdt r the
datbrthe wior ,
with a
sames mead a
the wa admlr
ot samre..
tho e ma
the
-)1·
Cupids that, upon the smoky panels of
the Munich breweries, pour out beer fw
King Gambrinus to drink.
He seemed soldered to his sad4le as
his pipe seemed riveted to his lips.
Throngh his spectacles sparkled a shrewd
glance that sounded the vicinity, exam
ined the bushes and the ditches, the
º stones, the briars and the tufts of grassm.
One might have believed him mounted
on a horse fabricated at Naremberg.
When he halted, the six dragoons halted.
One might have thought that one bridle
rein guided that automatic cavalcade.
Jeanne brought her carabine to her
shoulder, a ball hissed, and the Lieuten
Sant, staggering in his saddle like a
drunken man, suddenly bent toward the
head of the rightened horse that started
offt a gao op. sway a dead man.
"I have avenged my husbnd," eried
Sithe widow, while the d os hinking
themselves about to be hemmed in, van
ished at the top of their horses' speed.
Rapidly as a deer Jesanne fled acrose
the 1ees Her gourd was empty nad
I dbe had not a mouthib) of bread left.
Butshbehad ballet A steamlet save
herwaterto drink;s filbert tree bore
her supper at the tip of its boughs.
On emerging from a thick copse she
sw a cottae at i turn of the road.
There, without doubt, she would find
bread and rest; perhaps a shelter for the
night that was appro in ; she ad
vanced, she suddenlyb altedstoopedand
diAt the door of the ottag
tooad German sentineL At the win
dow a Captain of superb stature Was
reading a letter from the banks of the
Spree or the borders of the Rhine, a
amily or love letter that he caressed
with his eyes and read over and over
Jeanne all.al and a uched
without stirring singe without
aki a orain of rand cry out
Sddenly the report of a weapon rang
through the wood and from every tree
fledabird. Cptain what i4 your be
trothed say to y? You wll never
pina see the rl who taoves yore 1
Now there was only a corpse at the
window. All the soldiers rushed from
the cottage, their auns in their hands,
ready to repulse the enemy. But the
enemy had fled afar, shouting:
,I lhave sarcapd myson t"
iJeane Besner quittd the sd thbat
patrols frrowed in every direction. It
was elsewhere she took her arabins.
Were not Prodans to be band every
where? But whaldid she Want fmther
Had she not avedesd her fther, her ha
band and her on?
Five dysad elapsed since the death
Iof the aptain, but the was still braving
the hericbt wretched lif of the woods
One day e dined on a cup of milk giv
en her bya gostherd; another time she,
Ithe rich rm owner, shared with an
old mendicant the bread of besary.
Lying one ma ins amd the hdth
and broom that b he highway,
Jeanne B rler perceived a m of
diers waving about on the sunlighted
moad. Was it a company, ia regimet, an
Thea were more than ive hu
blbd these est seldiss the cavalry
pre s a ln tw a adad ofd .
san de, star ad impalble, an old
chief with a lon white miatachde and
a sI red visegs He was enoamoil.
seout, and at each movement of his
ho;ust hl.v body swayed like * be
rel; but L i hand firmly held
a ed swardl that shone in the emn.
Jeanse raised her aabine sad the
Pria Gonem aliftsg both his hands
toward heaven, rolled ie a mass be
BatSB tly, struck fll in the breast
Sby uBet, the handsome Jeanne Bee
nroldn her turon upan the golden
"I have avrege y country !"
PrllSd' ICIIC.
Bawsa stard is the latest alleged d
leey. If yen want to see ama cus
ed had ha ve oly to avethe peel
to e sidsalk of a buy treetL--Do.
ton Star.
S"Tht's the se tnker of the house
bold," marked a Main street man as
be allowed wi to fil the hb wa
ter tank on the stoave, withaout his 1ffl
a alge pailall -Maathon Indpedant
Ansio in irer wants to know
the laonb ele or th Sprt oe doq
lsek.-Phip n e
a very vsmame ele so pl theo mae n
who h.aa m~lteatos.d m.n
ana entpm qdhuiH,-husan
Ber eaLr Is am rd sdrrm a an
led and hde J od s a atlhe
woitehr ts ea nl re a d his weln
Ybe a m, eteditelrto
Ce e and ha Swin nw thaethe
H as vhhe.w ot n
Thakt is o loa teo
a me wa lhtemsadldei bek agin
aeter L aenum d p lses..
Gtin esan esind ae n.
and eaterpes asL
4lci.!rrr pa~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TEE WONAN DID Ef.
lmesI reImNmaters.
Joars m M sis y of Auom tbt. f
Joaquin Miller has not a very savory
reputation for kindnem to the female
permiusion, especially so much of it as
his own wife represented; and hence it
is not strange that we find meanness
mingled with sense in the following ex
tract of a letter of his to the Chieago
Times:
Crack I Crash! Smash! Above and
over all the noise and runmble of the
Presidential car and thunder of conven
tions is heard the crash and tumult and
dismay of tumbling banks. Stop right
here, stick a pin and think a bit. What
is the matter? Who has done this?
Who will save us? Will a Republican
President save uar Will a Democratic
Preident stop all this? Nonsense. The
papers will fell you .o, if committed to
this party or that. The politicians, red
meuthed and loud as cannon, will thun
der it out from now until November,
but no party, no President, no man at all,
can stop this crash and universal alami
ty which is breaking up so many homes,
breaking so many hearts, crushing out
all confdenoe of man in man. Who then
can help us? Woman. And who then
has brouht us to this ear? Woman.
The old story.of Paradise, he woman
tempted me and I did est." Adam was
an honest, well-meaning man, I think, a
oodnibor, and was content with
what he ad, worked on in his arden
and tried to layupomething. A brown
stone front, threestory frame house, a
season at Saratoga-he did not care for
them, T know. It was the woman who
wanted to live beyond her means, to
dreas up, to a lieutenant bred at that
iarlty school on the Hudson, and to
We are in the garden of paradise over
here on this side of the Atlantic. How
happy we ought to be. But wre are all
very miserable. We are tempted of the
devi'. And that lay woman, who ought
to have been at wora in the gardemn, i
tgoesadding about and gettng uas into
rouble with her extravagant and med
diesome notions as of old. There has
been a disposition of late years to call cit
ien Adam bad namema r putting the
blame of all the bother on Mr Adam.
I take the respn tiblity ofsaying that he
was quite right. Adam would have
been quite content to live on in his lei
cabin. wear his last year's clothes, aad
let bfeet cleave solid and sah to the
honest earth that he grew from if only
M yiivi had not gone into speculation
and gottl aew dress.
Oh, womsa, woman! Don't talk so
much about your rights. but think some
thimos of yoar duties. Man is so
we, o worthless without your smiles,
your P and your indorsement to
all hideeds adnotes of premit. And
if be , or even supects, that you
don't admire hbi br his patient toil aad
lo waitng irhomest rewards, he will
Sno vethe heart or the will to persis
i is. It be ee thaouf valne dismonds
above the honest sweat of his inow, he
willdrophis work and go and et you
diamond if he has to go thnroh rn
ing hell to get them. Man will throw
awa hon truth integrity, all that is
,goad andrious to eave, and bring
you haubles if baubles you prefer.
SCITINI ICC .ISC AITy.
The total number of speciesof Austral
lan Ashea thea Mr described is reported
to be 1,1.
abbite ase said to be inacreasing in
Austlsh with atoishind dity, ad
they have beroeme so detn ve to croe
that schemes for their termnation a
now being disoed.
Th '*ble arthqukes of the
ddl amtimZaed to aeragle
in number 110per annum. Slight tie
m~s, detested deate i
sem everywhere numeous
'Mr. W. J. Knowls has exhibited to
the Lomdon Anthrompooa Imatute a
chipped wlntimplem , which he fouind
in umdhrbed baoulenrday in Ireland,
and whieh he therere regards a evi
deme eI the exrtence ofmaninthe
lacal period.
A Cylinder ofd e-Ata rewent meet
iag of the Berlin Physical Society. Pro
landol exhibied a Sihid cyllnder of
earboale id, whic.h he had msade a
hour before by hnmeraing akesofthe
sadld acddin a clidrical vessel. The
hammeredm of soHidied s re
e omsaos chalk, sad could be
t t. b thowie andd.
Mr. C H.,dtel hBr sh edl i sa
Aer.e-meted rh tha tke brmatheo
eosl snt ibere ben shtll dse thee
wthee otmu of ttShemadwrhle twheiib Ian
mood mom ilmaks it asa e mis ry to
.thema mtoh em b eUa d the eava
rIibMr tbhse -ae sssmhti o f
asti~elil himan milk is grol Ino In
lM.d l N.eT ad.Iiro e has dader m
ioe sl which is wis t tbsledo
Mr.algrue pecs thra ted wtha
have aem e enh smplb r than
-ad - ma et s mdty inr h rto
P1bfry3sbees.-The sksan selse o
uteil kuwn milk is groYwm t" ha
umprth traed wit
testee as wees the u·pse the
Paris Academy of Sciences on the light
ning-strokes in France during 1883,
show that suw, :" idents were largely
confined to t .,. months of June and
July, the number reported for July being
143 resulting in thirteen deaths. Most
of the persons struck occupied" positions
near a tree, i chimney, or a house on an
revated site with trees around it; but
there were cases of death in an open
field sad on a roadway. Several so.
cidents from lightning happened to per
sons carrying umbrella.
The Sun-8pot Cysde.-Astronomers
have found reason for believing that the
activity of the sun, as indicated by the
dark patches on its disc, waxes and
wanes in a pretty regular period, and
have concluded that eleven years may
be taken as a dclose estimate of the time
which mast elapse between one season
ofgreatest disturbance and the next.
To accord with this theory, a season of
greatest disturbance-that is, a sunspot
maximum-should have been reached in
1882 or early in 1883, but, instead. the
day-god still continues to show increased
energy, and it evenTappear quite proba
ble that the maximum of spots has not
yet arrived. _
TBH WASHIN4TON NONUIENT.
S Ime ltereatU g bfet" Coeerams ear I
Natmae Obelisk.
Washlagto Letter.
The obelish, being plain and chimney
like, composed of saquare blocks of white
marb:e, the lapidarium in which are de.
poeited the gift stones is the most inter
eating feature about the place. They l
are of all sizes and qualities, and come I
from all parts of the globe; forty of them I
have already been placed in the interior
walls sad eighty-three are stored in the
lapidarum. It will require an ingenious I
mechanic to arrange them properly with
in the walls
One of the most suggestive of these
presentation memorlai is a block of gray
sandstone from William Teil's chapel on
lake Lucerne, erected in 1388. The in
scription says it is taken from the very
spot where the hero of Switerland as
caped from Gemler. Near it is a marble 1
from the rained palace of Hannibal, at
C(rthage. Itbears a masic in a black
disk, showing the yellow horse, the red
earth and the greeneocoanut palm, sy.
bolical of that great kingdom which con
tested with Rome for the mastery.
A large white marble comes from a
temple on the Nile, erected by August. I
The marble is onspicuous. fr an inlaid
rmnt lof a ncient Egyptian headI,
supposed to have been carvedl8,000 years
ago. Close to it is a modern marble,
from an institution also papd away
the volunateer fire department of New
York. The has relief represting be
nevoleuon and charity is a fine specimen
of art.
Sone of the atones will possess an I
archaic interest as time goes by. For
example, there is the one that comes
from the former fire companies of Phila
dehi, whse terrdc combats with
ehot were the terror of the com
munity, the bads of the towa. Their
ift is oflrge d and has an old-fash
ioned head Ie engine, with its brakes,
drag ropes and other paraphernalia
Then, rom an establishment of great re
pute early in the 50's, sa acentely carv
ed rllef of a locomotive of that period,
quite difeent from the locomotaie of
t rical places are well represemnted.
Thee are finely chiseled stones fom
Braddock'sField Bunker Hal. and the
home ofStark Vesuv , and the Bhud
distpil, of m, from the temple of
pl ain the W of Paros, and red
pap stoee m the Indim' sacred re
Wlon of the Upper Missieslopl. All con
tinets and all nations have contributed. 4
A emaskiedes Who Newer WTremated.
Iodn1ile Tilm.
"Baxter is the only politician I ever
knew who was never known to trat,"
aid a gentleman the other day. "He
didn't believe in lqusadering his money
that way. I got even with him eance.
Bater one day drove up to the Gadt
house to meet Governor Blackburn anad
some other distnghd d gentlemen.
Whe wegot there garve r 1 aand
told me to et our ceiss I wentin and
boht four the doAllar. He handed I
them around, and ater awhile we drove 1
away. Fo along time John kept twrl
ing his cigarsad wainga fir me to my I
something about the aange. At last
for the day. d,'t think I
ofar the governoro e enteekyany
es than cZ aestar,'t anwre wt
aniaured look.. ver -onoed-4.'
uted Bater. "He i better than
me, and a 5-ent dgar ait me. Doant
be so fee with my m the neb n time, 1
If its old art himsetlf
Tsas3e me Wm ag QGM.
lrsterw (ir.) Deer.
One day lat weak a young man, who
Slathe marty, irnvited asyoung
lady of Eadtown to take a bg rids
with him. Whsa maed milesi fom
tawn he aemp ted as kis her, ad she
sumete hag tihm em te eideo of
ad it fall to the greeuhu Whea t
atht ni aht reeslere hia1
home. He tried to k wr twog girl.
as amaanasula.
FatLher,3e iayaenm who had
-eg the pah degrtmen t of
a 6565e m a*ste, "hlita was sfury
aIt man, wm't hIe
-seaii .' ea to
'we r w atet mi t ei
aermd hea the r
W~Ihe
LITTLE vemIIn.
With little care,
A little pair
Of lovers fond and true:
A little skiff
A little whiff
To blow them o'er the blue.
A little way
Out on the bay,
A little 'fraid they feel:
A little squllll
A little bawl
The girl cllngs to the keel.
A little yelp,
A little help
toon lands them wet and cool:
A little spat.
The little eat
Calls him alittle fool.
THB PATHFINDBR.
A Talk With General John C. Fremoet on
OmShr TImes.
N. Y. Mall and Express.
On lower Broadway, within the shad
ow of Trinity Church and the new
world's finandial artery, an elderly man
may be seen every day edging his way
through the crowds of men, some of
whom turn to look at him. Occasional
ly a hat is lifted and the elderly returns
the salutation. The recipient of these
attentions is Gen. John C. Fremont,
whose office is close by. The seventy.
one years that he has just completed
have dealt tenderly with him. He walks
with the elasticity and vigor of a man
whose life has been confined to but half
p century. His complexion retaips the
ruddy glow of earlier years, and his eye
still sparkles with its old time brilliancy.
The familiar, fall, but thin, beard and
mustache and his once raven, curly hair
have turned snowy white, but his face
is as thoughtfal, his voice as musical and
his manner as entanglihn as in the days
of his youth when he was prominent in
the affairs of the nation. The career of
Gen. Fremont affords a striking illus
tration how the brilliant intellect, the
indefatigable worker and the man of
intrepidity often fails to achieve that
prominence which so frequently attaches
to the less meritorioui and less deserv
ing of public adoration.
"Of the practical benefits arising from
your expeditions I presume there is no
doubt?"
"None at all. We bore in mind this
fact that the region through which we
passed would thereafter be trodden by
thousands of new-comers. was neces
a.ry that thoese for whose benefit we led
the way should have an abundance of
grass, wood and water. In our progress
we accordingl, kept a sert of atlas or
map on which we marked the various
roads and noted where these three es
sentials could be found. This important
information was subsequently printed
and distributed by Congress. Only last
month I received an application for a
volume containing this information, but
I presame they are long since out of
print. These facts assure us that the
work of these explorations must have
been of immense benefit to mankind."
Have the developments of the coun
try west of the Misisippi surpassed
what you looked for many years ago?"
"The changes have been something
woaderfl of coursne. It was pain to
seethat the acquisition of Cifots,
however. led to the necessity of connect
ing that country with the east."
Have you ever regretted your with
drawal as a presidential candidate in
"No. It was a well-considered move
ment. It became quite evident, as the
campign progressed, that if both Mr.
Lincoln and myselfremained in the field
Gen. Mctlellan would be elected presi
dent. Zechariah Chandler, of Michigan,
was then sent to New York to meet me
at the request of President Lincoln, and
an interview took place between us in
the oce of David Dudley Field, of this
city. Mr. Candler's proposition was,
that in the interest of the republican
prty I should withdraw from the ield,
nd I rwas omised certain advantames
iI commsented."
'Did Mr. Chandler speak for President
Lincoln?'
'Yes, fir Mr. Lincoln psonally. 1
took a few days to cmoider the propoi
tion and then withdrew fo the Ield
in according with Mr.Chandler' egga
tio.."
"Do you think now that McClellan
would have carried the election had you
not withdrawn?
"I have not the sligbtest doubt of it."
"What intereourse did you hold with
Gen. Grant during the war?"
"While I was in rcommand at St. Louis
Grant.who had been appointed brig
dier general, called upon me there with
the equest to begiven a command. I
-a-ig d him uto (sir, where he relieved
Geusnal Prentls. I had heard some
tiag of Ganmt and what I knew was est
Imory. tentet a.ineda.high opinin
ofhim. ie bh the ssential quaitias
ia peat rura"
"He tooremtsd me at SI Louis durin
theriy p of thewar. Ihadmet
hise la aIn early ysau."
A bml amw bebre o~pes proposg
to ha 6e. PRsemat o the atired list
Dekubdmer,CNew Tork, 1?e ,su
ait sad Gen.lrenouts fieSds are em
egetie dn est for Its s. Gen.
Prsbct isdleat oa the abjeet of.r
is sad cmeat be indd u ac l i
t drsetoa. When asked rmgding
the staphyo he lpab pesrahe
,ep .d "y fa.y to the .,,m
Patyisletwshonhy my wltbdaw, u
I dtd t the Intaets o theprty at that
Mrs,and I am still In hesaty accord
Gem.P Irem t ruiduseatsta Isand.
ae ena the rtty o3.me the old
e is5~rth d day ehs
i sea lla, se q , cm.at
se y his aids is Cha sermin gnd
hss 4al~stoe with whoa he
-en esemak ateand ta amll s
ea th wridows er his p
Lu~U, ~~?wi~~cgt~LIn
tance. Across the waters, behind the
Jersey hills he gazes upon the setting
oun as it sinks far away in the direction
of his early Feenes of toil and glory.
Turning his eye seaward hecontemplates
the far distant shores of foreign lands
where the men of royalty and scien.e
have joined in paying tribpte to his ge
nius, and from whose shales are daily I
hurrying the many shilps with their liv- t
ing freight destined to populate far-off
regions in the West where lhe first of all
cleared the way for their corning.
How Methods, have Changed.
Philadelphia Times.
The first seven presidents of the Unit
ed States,' covering a period of forty
years in the history of the country, were
elected without the intervention of eith
er a state or national convention. The
system, or rather the lack of system,
which could bring Washington, Adams,
Jofferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams and Jackson to the front cannot
be called wholly bad in spite of the fact
that conventions have now become no
less important than the psopular elections
for which, in theory, they are only a d
preliminary preparation.
Washington became a candidate by
universal consent and demand. On his
first election he had every electoral vote
but four and at his second all but three,
these exceptions representing blank bal
lots in both cases. At the first election
votes were cast for eleven other men,
the one receiving the highest number l
becoming dice-president, under the syes
tem in vogue until 1804. John Adams, d
by two terms of service in this office, was
supposed to have a natural claim on the
first place, and became the candidate of a
the Federal party, which had sprung t'
into life as the dominant wing during
Washington's eight yearsofservice. He
was therefore elected president in 17J6C,
having 71 votes, or one more than a ma
jority, to cast 68 for Thomas Jefferson, r
who became vice-president. Again 11
other candidates received votes in the
electoral college, varying from 1 to 50
each. Among these were Thomas Pink
ney, Aaron Burr, Samuel Adams, Oliver
Ellsworth, George Clinton and John Jay
thus showing that there was no lack of
talent in the candidates or ascirants.
Brlther ardemer'sseeslmeat.
"De man who has manhood in him
needs no esvin'. He saves hisselt
"Heaps o' tear am bein' shed ober dis a
or dat unfortunate, as folks calls 'em, an'
dey am being coaxed, advised, flattered
an' dey am bribed into leadin' sober
lives. Don't you suppose dat every man t
who drinks knows what whisky leads t
to? If it am weakness on his part he
will stay sober only as long as somebody
holds him up. If it am because lie has
no moral standard, den de sooner he
drinks hieself into de grave de better for
de rest eof us.
"Ifeartin citisens want to band to
etherto fight de saloon bisneas, let
em band. No man who likes beer or
whisky will drink one drop de lesw.
while some may drink de more. Dar'
am not a bly in our city to-day 10 y'ars
of age who dean' fully realise de evils
of drink. He knows dat is will rob a
man of his character-dat it biings pov
erty and degradation-datit means sick
n , rags, and a grave in potters' Geld.
On de odder hand, he realises just as
forcibly dat sobriety means hapie, t
respectability friendship,an' i orless
wealth. Let him ehoose. If he prefers 1
de gutter dats his own look-out, an' I
am,perfeckly willin' to let him go his
"I tell you, my frens, de man who
an't lib plumb up an' down bekase dat
am de lawfhl an' moral way- whoesan't
lib a sober life widout a law to force him
-who can't be a good naybur an' a
equar' citisen out of his natural moral
natur-can't die any too soon. I have
-o tears to shed ober him; I have no
words to waste on him. He rolls int~
de gutter bekase dat is his level. He
esdar of his own choice. When any
body tries to make me I.elieve dat it am
my duty to interfere wid him he states
a case ain't accept. Let us now pur
A young man of about eighteen years t
of age had occasion to shoot a friend
with whom be had a personal difficulty. t
He was arrested and brought to Austin
for trial. As he had no money to hire a
lawyer, the court appointed a member of
the Austin bar to defend him. As the
jury was hbg selected, the lawyer ask
edhid client if he knew of any cause
whyayeof them should be ecballepred.
"otyet,," was the whispered reply;
but lftey find me guilty, I've got a
brother wrho will challenge the last one
of them. You an challenge the judge
If ya want to, but I want to attend to
the sheriff myself."
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Arsaeasaw Traveler.
I &l kers how smart er man is, dat
part o' him what puts on de strut is
Demisfakes o' a fool sometimes does
esamunchgoodes'de cal'eastios o' er
wise man.
When yer 'sputes er man's word an'
he knocks ver down sorter be paerticular
arnter dat how yer tak ter him. t
Makes no difference how smart do
madder an' fodder is, some o' de chbllan d
w libsmarter den do n ,ders, Makes ,
no dvsence how rich de goun' sop o'
de co'n talks is taller den de rest.
Amet renst Teats.
Philaephts Call.
I don't want to interfere in your fLmi- I
ly matters. my dear lfiend; but I would
advise you to at earefuly your old
eat daughter and your coachana."
"What hare you seen," he asked ann
ionalv "to aouse sur p mielead"
" ohins teag~ l, r the reply;
"at you had betterep a sharp eye
out."
U"Great St. DeedsP murmured the
eld "Istmtl it pomible that Mariu
has'ma loweorat last? It seems tooa
good to be tru~e." 1
al tsm 15 Iistytwo laugiugs Just
think oa sick man uagempaad to
THE THEOSOPHIIT.
A Sober Ea.lish Journal's Opltnon of the.
Woman of Mystery.
Pall-Mall Gazette.
Who is Mme. Blavatsky? Mme. lihav
ataky is a woman of mvstey. Of her
life in the past no one can speak. All
that is known is that she is the niece of
Gen. Fadayeff, the well-known Pausla
vonic leader, who died the other (lay at
(klessa, and is related to the Iolgorouk i
family, which is one of the oldest in
Russia. Muse. Blavatsky. however, is
noble, not on account of her aristccnt ics
origin or high descent, lbt from the part
she has played in the establishment of
theosophy in India. There is -oni.
thing inexpressibly bizarre and parn- 4
doxical aiout the strange religious move
ment of which Mme. BlavaL ky is the 4
founder. That a woman--and that
woman a Russian--should be the ap
pointed agent for the revival of oecu'tism
as a practical religious faith in our In
dian empire, is one of the strangest
phenomena of our time.
Altogether apart from her peculiar
claim as loader of a religions movement,
which within the last few years has dis
played an astonishing vitality, and while
numbering its followers in every capital
in Europe, is rapidly extending in Hind.
estan, Mme. Blavateky is a figure well
deserving attention. One of the greatest
travelers in the world- there is hardly
any country which she has not visited
there are few languages which she does
not Fl .ak. Her English is not less fluent
than if she had been born in We.tminas
ter, and probably a good deal more cor
rect. lHer reading is extensive, and her
knowledge even ofthe minutest details,
of English speculative and religions cvn
troversies is extraordir.arilyexact. Her
oook, "lais Unveiled," is written in Eng
lish and displays a viorous grasp of our
languaga as wel asavery great controver
sial vehemence. She is contributing to
the leading Russian review, studies of
Indian social life and character, and
she has long been known as a learned
correspondent of The Moscow Gazette.
But all these mundane distinctions
are as nothine compared with those
mysterious attributes with which, in the
epinion of believing theosophists, she
is invested. For Mie. Blavatskv is a
woman who has stood nearer than any
ather among mortals-outside Thibet
to the secret of the universe. She it is
who, after passing through a long and
toilsome novitiate, has been selected as -
the chosen vessel by which their myste
rious Mahatma have determined to
communicate some portion of their jeal
ously-guarded hard of pri-lore to a
generation which Lo yet dimly perceives
the need of it. If we believe one-quar
ter of the stories eodeatly repeated by
those who have the honor of Mme.
Blavataky's acquaintance, she lives in
constant communion with the unseen.
Time and space have no existence for
her. While she is sitting on the divan
in Mr. Sinnett's drawing-rom, smoking
her accustomed cigarette she is holding
converse with her chlei and teachers
who in actua flesh are residing in the
remotest glens of the Hlmaliys, nor is
this communion purely spiritual. At
times the message of the Mahatma will
be committed to writing, and a small
triangular note neatly Aided, bearing
the strange Thibetan characters will
flicker into existence from the im*lpa
ble air and fall at her feet.
To talk to Mme. Blavatak is like
reading'"amoni," with thig cfareore,
that Bulwer Lytton's hero fe the crea
tion of the romancing brain, whereas
Mme. Blavataky in flesh and blood
stoutly asserts that she hersmelf has wit
eed or exercised all the mysterious
powers after which Zaaoni aougbt
s for ril, the tal maene with waich
the o race was to be aoned, Mme.
Blaetaky aware not only of ets pro
pertls and the condties eder which
at can be employed, but she sees poen
tial vril on every side amd can plo
it should the need arise for any beoe
cent purpose. Fothe uaninitiated and to
these who as yet are rpin darkly
about the outer portal c te Theo..pluc
temple Mme. Blavatsaky can ntaryrly
speak but in enigmas, Even to Mr.
8nnett, the chief Theosophist of the
Landon branch of the true beNlevers,
she is but allowed to communicate
In part. Serets too vmet to be com
munieated to him lie hidden in her
soul, noor dare she venture to unfold
those occult mysteries which, If ed
by ~ os whose tesasr o  w
erh not Mbee teted a losedes
of pobatinary miht prove d
astrous to the wor. 8hmves among
men much as one wbo knew the secret
of dynamite mlbgh ve lived in the
middle sga, d nrembla¶ the
secret may soae time aln laanshallow
ed hands.
A D ase tia Le WEya e wmar Use to
sure F o em me ssad NeW .
N. Y. eva.
I've just been experimenting with ele
trieityas bait," samid a gen ' ::ra inter.
ested ILn fshin and Ahh eulsure. "How
did it werk? Wehl, we caught h, but I
am afraid its too mempemlve My method
was tohave an electric light attached
st above the bted bhook,and a atract
ahe; but the people who bshed with
the light caught as many as I did.
"Ila euorleom ight, however. The
light Ai'aited the water arnd the
bait, so that ee could sie the ka ap
itr t thesn is the poant
that peol who up these Lhie use
spt to forget, m y that atgtet rds
water is not o maeh ofs anasdly a you
would naturally eppose. l YOa ae.all
thejely hl-s aMr ulnm , throw
t.sing we can get u~a the electrie ligt
oes not e p tshe ais auh; af
ter alL 1 have noticed, too, that they
soonaget ed to it. Thatab be seen in
ITtm Mllarket, wheam Ehekird IasI
eledtrie light in the water, d the fshes
do not nebie It at all
"'iaesthe pereten of the electric
Sht. #hmi adapted abo tm every.
,bt pob. y Tatr it wtll provw
ma e to sayb opm y ele.
geel asta have been vest with
I eegti elraugedas to altrait
theih ijatbs th mshes"