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SO OLU, YET SO NEW.
1 told yon my story last night, love,
Where blossoms hnn sweet as the May;
Hut ah stories like tills ne'r srow old, love,
I'll toll you my story to day:
"I love you, I love you, tuy darling;
1 love you, I love vou, most true;
Ami tlili' l my story no old, love;
Aud thl Is ray story eo new."
A tiny lilnl swings In the branches;
His fond llttlu heart Is aglow;
His yellow breast swells with Us song-tide;
, ile'i telling this story, you know:
"I love yoa, 1 love you, my darling,
I lov yon, 1 love you, most true;
And this Is my story so old, love,
And this Is my story so new,"
We sat hand In hand, but this morning.
Your sweet head wss bent likn a flower,
And yon whispered to mo the same story
Par richer than gold m a dower:
"I love you, I love you, my darling,
I lovo you, 1 love you, most true ;
And this Is the story so old, love,
And this Is the storv so new."
We'll wed at the kirk In the aprln-r-time,
When fair are the blossoms of May,
And tell the same story together
'I'll nt we huve been telling to day:
"I love you, 1 love you, my darling;
1 love yon, 1 love you, most true;
For this Is the story so old, love,
And tnls Ib the story so new."
-ilrt. M. A. Kiddtr, in N. Y. Uigtr.
MONOMANIACS.
Persons Mad on One Subjeot
Otherwise Sound.
and
Starting on a Sacred Journey to Jerusalem
Commanded In a Dream to Starve Illm
self A "Dumb" Man Speaks A
Would-lle Suicide and St Nam.
rlcal Crank."
There is something so singular about
the developments of monomania, and
the strong tenacity with which it clings
to the mind, that emotions of wonder
arc excited by the mere contemplation of
them, and to witness them is to be im
pressed with sensations of unmixed
astonishment. Cases of tins sort are
set down to a greater or lesser extent
in our medical journals. A case wo
recently noticed was of a peculiar na
turo. The subject was a citizen of West'
em New York one of a family distin
guished for intelligence, some of which
have been identified among the first pro-
jeetors of those stupendous works of im
provement that have made the State
a marvel to the nations. The gentle'
man in question was sometmng oi a
disputant in polemics, though a layman,
Like Paul at Athens, though without a
tithe of that great apostle s unction or
power, "he disputed daily in the market
with them that met him." By de
grees he ceased to obtrude his
verbal disquisitions upon his neigh
bors and fell into a habit of walking
along the street and wearing a look of
wisdom as if unutterable things were
brewing m his mind. At last his mal-
any began to be apparent. He rose
every morning precisely with the sun,
slept in a room which faced the orient.
and had his bed so disposed that ho could
receive on his pillow the first
smile of the great luminary. The
wonderful design which he conceived at
last came to ngut. no nail become a
monomaniac on the subject of Mount
Zion and Jerusalem. Upon all to whom
he spoke he tried earnestly to impress
the fact that the Savior was still living
incarnate at Jerusalem, that he had
received direct intelligence from Him
and was about to visit tho Holy City to
obtain a personal interviow. Animated
with this sublime hallucination he dis
posed of a fine estate and converted
nearly all his chattels into cash. He
had a family, an amiablo circle, consist
ing of several sons and daughters, in
telligent and accomplished. The re
monstrances and even ridicule of tlte
former, and the bitter tears of tho latter,
were unavailing. Oddly enough, he
would never converse or dispute on the
subject of his mission after the eleventh
hour in the morning, homo computa
tion of Jewish time, which he considered
vastly important, led to tins resolve.
Hn was a magistrate, but no considera
tion count induce him to attend to any
professional duties until after eleven;
previous to which his whimsical skill as
a quodlibetarian was exerted potently,
to the chagrin of all his friends and to
the weariness of every one who fell in
, his way. After the probation ended his
lips were sealed on that theme, and he
was as sane, agreeable a person as the
vintage could show, no symptom of a
disordered mind exhibited itself. He
performed his duties as a citizen,
husband and father with strict
propriety. In conversation he was
mild and pleasing, somewhat ready of
wit, and altogether, to appearance, as
sound in mind as any of his compeers.
The sacred journey, however, was not
lost sight of. Having positively deter
mined on going to the Holy City, he
turned all his money into notes, leaving
a sufficiency for his family, and, on one
fair morning in Mav. denarted for the
land of his heart, accoutred with knap
sack and cane, stall and scrip.
He reached New York in ill health,
.and held many interviews with clergy
men but always before eleven o'clock
a. ui. on tho subject oi his mission.
Singular to relate he never seemed to
know or think of his intention after that
hour. Ho could not imagine what ob
ject brought him to the city; he had
forgotten, he would say, when asked,
"and must sleep before he could remem
ber." In the meanwhile his family
wert" deploring his absence, and the vil
lage was without a judge of the law, the
shoemaker of the place being th only
citir.cn on the bench. The monomaniac
engaged passage in a ship bound for
Bet rout, and was within a day or two
of his embarkation when he received a
'letter from his wife imploring him to re
turn and stating (by the advice of a
physician) that she was desirous of ac
companying him to Jerusalem. He was
ircrjnyed at the proposal, for he would
cheerfully have taken his whole house
hold. But a plan .. was forming
under his own roof to break up
his delusion and restore him to reason.
He reached "home in better health than
when he left it His wife warmly fa-
vo.i-d his enterprise, and wmulered.
seemingly, at her former opposition to
his will. In the meantime a systematic
attack was made upon his malady
through his corporeal senses. Lauda
num was regularly infused into his
coffee at breakfast, and he was soon in
the unavoidable habit of sleeping
through tho entire forenoon. This
practice was cautiously, but persever
lngly continued until the wild train of
Oriental imaginations was broken up in
his brain, and he became again sound in
intellect, mingling with his fellows as
before "clothed and in his right mind."
He is yet living, and laughs as heartily
as any one can at tho delusion of which
seized and possessed."
Another instance was that of a recent
occurrence in an interior town of Penn
sylvania. A respectable citizen, by
trade a cooper, residing in one of those
picturesque and beautiful suburbs of
Philadelphia, after a course of deep re
flection on metaphysical subjects, was
found at last to be affected during his
slumbers with a kind of tremor, in
dicating an unhealthy action of the
mind. By day, however, he was appar
ently well, conversed rationally and at
tended to his employments with the
usual promptitude. By degrees he be
gan to evince on one subject a trivial
alienation oi intellect. He contended
seriously and with tho greatest earnest
ness that a man could bring himself,
by solemn meditation and -com
munion with his Maker, to a condition
in which, even on earth, his physical
wants might be forgone and the ordi
nary nourishment of mortal life bo dis
pensed with altogether. This delusion
increaseu in nis iancy uiuu no an
nounced one morning at breakfast that
he was then taking his last meal for tho
space of tho following fifty-two days a
numner corresponding witn me amount
of weeks in a year. At first his family
were utterly incredulous asto his inten
tion; but they soon found to their sor
row that his purpose was too deeply
fixed to be shaken or frustrated. He de
clared with great soberness that God
appeared tb him in a dream, command
ins: him to abstain from all earthly food
for the space above mentioned, promis
ing to sustain him under his self denial
with heavenly manna, and declaring
that when his probation expired ho
should be translated to glory, like the
prophet of old, without the taste of
death. This revelation ho most potent
ly believed, and acted accordingly. For
a few days he was able to attend to his
mechanical avocations, but ho grew
feeble by fasting, and having taken
nothing savo water since entering upon
the fulfillment of his resolution lio was
compolled to take to his bed. There ho
would give directions to his workmen
touching their employments, and con
versed cheerfully and rationally with all
who approached, him. Tho usual cir
cumstance of a man gradually
wasting away his life by volun
tary starvation soon became exten
sively bruited through the place, and the
monomaniac had, consequently, no lack
of visitors. Growing daily weaker he
yet kept open houso for his friends, and
no one who called went away without
the refreshment afforded by creature
comforts nor, strange to say, without a
full belief of his sanity. On the twen
tieth day tho deluded martyr became so
feeble as to bo scarcely capable of speak
ing. He was implored to abandon his
foolish resolve, and reference was made
to his increasing weakness and an ar
gument showing tho mental deception
under which he suffered. But he per
sisted against all entreaty, and would
have perished in a few days had not a
physician advised that the water winch
tie drank should be filtered through a
vessel containing a little rice and some
grains of gum-arabic. This partially
sustained him, and the regimen, un
known to himself, was continued.
Between forty and fifty days had now
elapsed since he began his famishing
practice. He shrank not a jot from his
purpose, although his flesh had fallen
away, his hands become long and bony,
necked with shriveled blue veins, and
his checks hollow and haggard. His eye
still retained its cheerfulness, and Ik
would say in a faltering voice as he sur
his checks hollow and haggard. His eye
veyed his attenuated limbs: "God has
done this." No Superstitious in
his cell, with beads and cross,
wearing his knees in genuflexions and
lacerating his back with stripes, was
ever more demented than this simple
mechanio in his lolty determination.
Every word he uttered when he could be
prevailed npon reluctantly to speak of
himself or his condition was full of hope,
determination and confidence, lie cared
very little about conversing on tho sub
ject of the extraordinary abstinence, did
not seem to consider the presence oi so
many friends as an unusual occurrence
and was evidently more fond of speak
ing on any other theme than on that of
his singular delusion. Seven days at
last remained of his painful trial. He
became more buoyant m spirit as the
time of his appointment drew near to
close; yet he seemed far less anxious
about his exit from the world than with
respect to the state in which he should
leave his temporal affairs. When four
days were left him he was reduced to
mere skeleton, but his mind remained
firm, and his hallucination waxed strong
within him. Ignorant of the occult
means by which he had been kept alive,
he attributed everything to supernatural
agencies. At this time, contrary to all
expectations, he began to be melancholy.
There was an ebb to the high tide of
hopJwith which his mighty effort had
hithtTto been sustained. No one could
rightly account for the singular
depression oi his spirits when so
near the goal of his desires, with the
bright prospect of its speedy attain
ment Three days now remained for
the completion of our subject's fasting
ordeal, when he became so infirm as to
lose his power of utterance. Dread
fully alarmed, his friends' determined to
avert his seemingly impending death by
stratagem. Gentle narcotics were
mingled with the water he drank, and
forty-eight hours of almost uninter
rupted slumber fell upon him. On the
morning of the last day he awoke.
Preparations had been made by his
family to inform him, when his slumber
was broken, that he had survived hi
time, and also to place food by his bed
side. When told that he had slept his
period, he was surprised and techy. He
then asked for the food; it was given
him sparingly; but .so weakened were
his digestive organs that the gastric
juices refused their office, and before
sunset on the fifty-second day of his
suicidal fast he was a corpse the victim
of wild and fatal luonomani
The vagaries of persons partially in-
sane arc utterly incomprehcnsib.e
Their malady, without doubt, is akin to
that which afflicts the hypochondriac, if,
indeed, it be not identical with it To
understand tho latter disorder a slight
analysis of its properties, or character
istics, is necessary. The hypoehondres
is considered ono of the most notable of
the inward or organical departments of
tho human system. It contains on the
right the liver and on the left the
spleen, from which tho hypochondriacal
malady is derived. The upper and
lower parts of this region are called,
from the custom of the Arabians, epi
gastrium and hypogastriura. Near this
department of the body, the lungs the
organs of the voice the source of
breath the town-clock of tho body, as
Melanctlion calls them, perform their
office. Thus the animal, spirits, when
depressed, find vent in heavy sighs and
perturbation of the heart
The instance is known of a mono
maniac who, under the care of the elder
Rush, fancied himself a painter, and
resolutely refused, for a long space of
time, though possessing fine organs of
speech, to utter a word. The doctor
one day entered his apartment and
found him sketching on a slip of paper
a beautiful rose for he had by
long practice acquired much
skill in the pictorial art, and
was proud of the accomplishment A
thought struck the lamented physician
that he could surprise him into voice by
dispraising his labors, and he resolved
to try. "You are painting a very hand
some cabbage there, my friend," he ob
served to tho monomaniac. " Cabbage!
My old gentleman does that look like a
cabbage? Fool! that's a rose and a
good one, too!" Ero long the patient
was well. His train of silent thought
was broken, he abandoned his colors and
was restored to his home.
Another gentleman went to the same
institution in the full belief that ho had
been ordained by Divine Providence to
end his days in that asylum by suicido.
Ho chose his apartment and sent tor fJv.
Rush to come to him with all speed.
When he arrived, he desired to know
whether ono kind of death would not bo
preferable to another, and which was the
easiest, alleging his intention to depart
this life as soon as possible. ' Ho was in
no trouble; had been somewhat too
studious; but was easy in his ctrcuin
stances, and his position in a social point
of view was sufficiently happy. His
physician remonstrated with him against
sell-destruction, and, desirous oi humor'
ing his delusion, offered himself to causo
his death. He suggested bleeding as the
easiest and least painful mode of
effecting tho object. Placing the
patient in a warm bath, therefore, ho
opened a vein. It is well known that
the mere puncture oi such an artery
will not causo death; since blood enough
will not How. The maniac surveyed tho
rush of the vital current from his arm
with evident satisfaction; but as tho
stream decreased his delusion seemed to
diminish with it. Ho attempted to
speak, but could not, and sank gradual
ly into syncope, me next week no was
consigned to his family sane and well.
Anothor example of monomania is
furnished in the person of a wealthy
Cuban, who has been passing tho sum
mer in New York. He seems to have
gone mad on tho subject of figures, for
on everv toDio not incumbered with nit
morals he speaks with an ease and gen
tlemanly propriety which would aslon
ish every ono. But speak respecting
time or space or numbers and his inte
lect is oil in a tangent among squares
and cycles, planets, billions, trillions,
sextants and terms, negativo, positive
and mean. Ho has wasted a fortune in
printing wild, incomprehensible hand
bills in support of his system and is sua
... m . ....
journeying over the country boring the
eODie wiui ins Harmless iiinurics.
rooklyn Eagle.
COLTS IN WINTER.
How They Should lie Fed, Cared For and
Trained.
It is necessary in order to have a colt
grow into a well-developed horse that
special pains should he taken to have
him kept thriving during his first winter.
If foalod late in the season, he should
have an extra ration in case the mare';
milk is not sufficient to keep him in
good flesh. Skimmed milk will answer
for this, and a littlo oat-meal or cotton
seed meal should be mixed with it, the
amount to bo given depending on the
age and size of the oolt From a pint
to a auart of meal will be sufficient for
colt six months old, according to his
size, colts of the heavy draft breeds
requiring more than tnoso oi
smaller iramo. uats, too, may
bo provided for colts, from one
to four quarts per day, the
amount depending, as in the case of the
meal, on the size and development of
ithe colt One or two quarts of bran
per day will be found a good additional
ration, which win maintain a neauny
condition of the bowels, and keen them
free from worms. The colt should have
clean, comfortable quarters, with a dry
yard in which to exercise, aud, whon it
can be so arranged, the stable should
open into the yard, so the colt may pass
out and in at will, except in stormy or
very cold weather, when the door should
be kept closed. During the winter is a
favorable time to handle the coit, teacn
ing him to lead quietly, if he has not al
ready learned this, and by occasionally
placing harness on him, accustom him
to wearing
Journal.
it National Live Slock
Sample of Texas Childhood.
Little Mamie, aged ten, had just re
turned from a children's party.
"Did you dance with Tommy Fizzle
top?" asked her mother.
"No, I didn't He asked me a dozen
times to dance with him, but I refused
him. I just let him suffer."
"You refused to dance with him?
Whv did you act so impolitely?"
"Because I had my reasons." I don't
know what the little six-year-old fellow
means. I wonder if he thinks I am go
ing to compromise myself. II he think;
I'm anxious to encumber myself with
the cares and responsibilities of matri
mony, he U very much mistaken."--Ttxas
SiftingM.
A SLEEP-WALKER.
Wonderful Somnambulism Vouched for by
a Distinguished Physician.
A remarkable illustration of the mar
velous phenomena of hypnotism is given
in full in the following hitherto unre
ported case of repeated stigmatization
by auto-suggestion during induced sleep,
as given by Dr. Mubule, the Medical
Director-in-Chief of the Asylum Lefond,
near La Roche, France:
'On the 5th of last month at my visit,
about a quarter-past eight o'clock - in
the morning, in the presence of Dr.
Ramadier, associate physician of the Le
fond Asylum, and M. Clmuvelot, interne
of the service, I plunged V. (one of thq
patients) into tho somnambulistic state,
and, wishing to combat the insomnia
with which he had lately been suffering,
said to mm: 'lius evening near eight
o'clock you will say to Ernest, the
guardian of your ward: 'Put me
to bed. I am in need of sleep.'
You will go to bed. and precisely
at eight o'clock you will go to sleep,
and you will sleep until five o'clock to
morrow morning. During your sleep
you will hear nothing, see nothing and
feel nothing. Do you understand?' V.
answered in the affirmative, lhat even
ing at 7:57 o'clock, while walking in
the court-yard and conversing with oth
er patients, lie stopped suddenly, his
eyes became fixed, and several slight
spasmodic contractions passed over liis
face. He passed into the hypnotic or,
rather, that intermediary condition de
scribed by M. Dumoiitpullior and go
ing to the guardian of tho ward he ro.
peatcd the exact words dictated by me
in the morning. Ho was put to bed,
and precisely at eight o'clock he fell into
a deep slumber.
rromthis moment it was lmpos-
sible for me to awako .him, because ho
could neither feel, see nor hear any
thing. Pressure upon the hysterogenic
zones luwl no effect, but in a short time
the patient commenced spontaneously
to go through llio series of experiments
to which ho had previously submitted at
my hands. He pressed his eyes with his
fingers as I had done to produce loth
argy; opened the lids as in inducing
catalepsy; rubbed tho top of his head, as
though trying to induce hypnotism.
Ho then commenced the following
colloquy, imitating my voice in the
oucsuons anu answering iu ins uwii
voice: 'Do you hear me?' .'Yes, sir
Give me your arm.' 'Yes, sir.' 'Now,
v., a quarter of an hour after you
awake there will bo a V on your arm at
the place where I now mark it (he
marked the imaginary V on his fore
arm), and this V will bleed. Do you
hearP I want you to understand that
that V must bleed!' 'Yes, sir.' 'V., count
ten, and wake when you get to seven.
Ho counted the numerals up to seven,
he started, rubbed his eyes as though
awftkenins1. but more slowly proceeded
with the eight, nine, ton; but he remained
asleep, as was proved by heavy snoring
which immediately followed his wonder
ful exhibition. About a quarter of aq
hour after this self-conducted dialogue
V. went into the peculiar crisis which we
have noticed in him after a suggested
stigmatization. When it was over w
examined tho arm ami found the V which
he had traced in his imagination, and
was covered with blood. This V was on
the same spot whore I have previously,
on the 3d, produced a stigmatism in the
presence of urs. uarth and voiarue.
This 8amo scries of phenomena were re
peated thrice during the night, the pa
tient nouiing tne some aiscourse anu inr
result being the same each time. -
"At five o'clock precisely V. awokt
without knowing that he had been
asleep, but convinced that he had
been employed in the garden ol
the asylum, gathering flowers.
Here, then, wo have a case ol
hemorrhagic stigmatization produced
without intermediary, and by auto
suggestion during induced hypnotism,
the stigmata being in the place of old so
matizations induced by me on former
occasions. Dra-iKaroadier and Chau
velet watched through the night with me
and witnessed this remarkable exhibi
tion." It would be easy to relate several
other instances almost as remarkable as
those given above of the phenomena of
hypnotism, each and every ono of
which is authenticated by tho names
of the ablest and best known physicians
of France, whose experiments have
been conducted in such a manner as to
leave no room to doubt of the reality
of the phenomena or the authenticity
of the details. Enough has been shown
to illustrate the general character of
tho results attained, and to show, as
stated in the outset, that the human
brain under certain . conditions, not as
yet understood, is capable of exercising
an influence upon tho matter composing
the body notixisscssed by it in its hop
mal state. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Neatness Indispensable.
A woman may be handsome or re
markably attractive in various ways,
but if she is not personally neat she can
not hope to win ' admiration. Fine
clothes will not conceal the slattern. ' A
young woman with her hair always in
disorder, and her clothes hanging about
her as if suspended from a prop, is al
ways repulsive.- "Slattern"' is written
on" her person from the crown of her
head to the soles of her feet, and if she
wins a husband, he will in all probability
turn out an idle fool or a drunken ruf
fian. The bringing up of daughters to
be able to work, act and talk like honest
sensible young women, is the especial
task of all mothers, and in the indus
trial ranks there is imposed also the
prime obligation of learning how to re
spect household work lor its own sake.
and the comfort and happiness it will
bring in the future. House-work is
drudgery, but it mnst be done by some
body, and had better ne wen than in
done. Exchange.
The trappings of the white elephant
of King Theebaw are said to be worth a
million dollars. I he royal regalia are
reputed the most valuable in the world,
especially in rubies and sapphires.
Ruby mines exist Just north of Manda-
lay, to which no European has ever
been allowed access. The Burmese
is, therefore, likely to yield plenty of
loot JT. T. Sun.
A HANDY BOOK. 1
A Chinese Book of Reference Consisting of
33,937 Volumes.
About the year A. D. 618 the T'ang
dynasty was established, and the land
had rest from its long internal wars.
Under the peaceful sway of this im
perial house a library of 80,000 books
was collected, and rightly to appreciate
this statement it is necessary to remem
ber that though tho art of making paper
from the inner bark of trees, fishing
nets and old rags had beerf discovered
by the Marquis Ts'ai about a hundred
years before tho Christian era, that of
printing was not known, or at least not
generally adopted, till about the year
A. D. 1000, under the patronago of
the Emperors of the Sung dynasty.
From that time to the present each suc
cessive dynasty has done its part to en
courage literature none more heartily
than tho Tartar race who now reign.
The Emperor Yunglo, of the Ming
dynasty, who ascended the throne A. D.
1403, resolved to have a vast encyclope
dia compiled which would embrace all
desirable knowledge. For this purpose
he appointed no less than 2,000 Com
missioners, who, after toiling for years,
E resented the Emperor with a nice
andy book of reference in 22,917 vol
umes. However valuable this booK
might have proved, it was decided that
it was rather too voluminous for the
printers, so the fruit of so
much toil was stored in manu
script in tho Imperial Palace at
fekm, where its remains are still treas
ured. The idea thus suggested was tar
ried out three hundred years later by the
Manchoo Emperor, K'ang-hi, who com
missioned the wiso men of tho Empire
to illustrate upward of six thousand sub
jects, by collecting all allusions to them
which might bo scattered among exist
ing books. J. Ins encyclopedia or ox-
tracts was published in A. D. 172G, and
consists of upward of rive thousand vol
umes containing the cream of Chinese
literature. A complete copy of this very
comprehensive and valuable work
has recently , been secured for the
British Museum, , whoso own aniaz-
ing catalogue scarcely eclipses that
of the .Imperial Library pub
lished at the close of tho eighteenth cen
tury, and enumerating upward of 173,-
000 volumes on all branchesjof literature,
without including works of fiction, dra
mas, or any books relating to tho Taou-
ist or Buddhist religions. It is, however,
necessary to add that tho majority of
these books are little more than mere
commentaries, by intellectual pigmies of
modern days, on the writings of men
possessed of a far wider range of thought
and freer imagination than these their
cramped descendants. C. F. Gordon
dimming, in Gentleman's Magazine.
THE LAST SLAVE.
A Negro the Master of the Last African
Held In Southern Bondage.
The last slave held in a state of bond
age in the South was owned by a negro.
It was not usual for negroes to hold
slaves, but it was the caso in some in
stances, and it is said by those who had
an opportunity to know that the negro
was a hard task-master, and a more
cruel and exacting owner than his
brother in white.
There lived in Thomas County one
Collin Alston, who for years before the
war came on had been his own master.
Ho was a thrifty fellow, and as soon as
he became possessed of a sufficient sum
of money he bought Milly Reynolds, a
negro woman, lie did not own land on
iich to work tho woman, and so he
hired her out. It seems that tho woman
was aomethintr of a nhvsitriitn. after tlia
-. . q "
peculiar methods of her raco, and thus
her owner turned her skill in this re
spect to his own profit, and her pills and
her root teas came to be well known
among her colored neighbors, and it
may have been among the whites as
well, for tho belief in quack remedies
and quack doctors is ono of the strong
est instincts of human nature.
Atter awhile tho war camoon; the
strife grew more bitter, and tho tide
of success wavered between the two sec
tions, but with every returning wave
tho limits of the Confederacy grew more
circumscribed, and then came the end.
During all these bloody years tho wom
an physician plied her calling for the
benefit of her colored owner, and
even after tho end had come, and the
rest of her race were realizing the mixed
joj's and sorrows of freedom, she con
tinned the unwilling slavo of her sable
master. Of course she had heard of the
close of the war, and of freedom, but
such was the influence held over her by
Alston, her owner, that she dared not
assert her rights. Among tho fast
nesses and jungles that skirt lovely Mio
cosukie her master held her in bond
age, and now that tho negroes had
become their own masters, and had
money of their own, her calling brought
additional wealth to uoinn Alston.
Nearly a vear thus nassed. and. al.
though Milly Reynolds had often spoken
of the boon withheld from her. she could
not induce herself to break tho chains
that bound her. At last, however, with
the aid and by the advice of a lady, who
is now living in this city, and who gave
U9 tlte history of this wonderful episode
connected with slavery, sho ran away
from her master, anil as he had no au
thority to reclaim her she became at
last free. Both of the parties have long
since died, and very few of those who
knew of the incident still remain oa
wirth. Thomasrille (Go.) Register.
An Indiana paper says to daddies
Whose daughters have married soma
stock: "The father who promptly for
gives a child lor a marriage that disap
points him is pretty sure to save years of
heart-burnings and unhappiness by it
This is true. The best thing that a dis
appointed pa can do is to buy his unex-
pi-cted son-in-law a grocery and let him
board at the old homestead.
One day recently a Connecticut wom
an placed a whole squash in the oven
to bake. A few minutes afterward it
exploded with a loud report, blowing
open the oven doors and throwing frag
ments of the sqnan ail over the roots.
Barifori FosU
FATE.
A Harrowing Tale Which Isn't True.
But
Ought to lie.
Behold the wretch who. walking on the street,
Drops his bauana peel beneath tho foot
Of passers-by a murderous coucolt,
A simple trick for hannfulnoss complete.
fiiMu.rvA tils i ace as. insolent ana cool.
He sttu ks along, tne mounting, luuncmng
ghoul l
Is ho a vicious brute, or but a fool,
eome cruel spirit's all-unconscious tool?
Tho victim comes I Upon the sllppory snare
He squarely steps his teet me in tne airi
The tales assist html Sorely does lie fare;
Ills head Is cracked and nud is in his hair.
His arm Is broken and his clothes are torn;
Hn is an obtcet iron- and forlorn.
Spruce as you please lie left bis home this
morn,
And now lie would an abattoir adorn.
The victim has been washed; Ills wounds sre
dressed;
He has revived, and now within his breast
Fierce riure arises, not to be repassed.
Hn will have venuvaiicel Of Its irreutest riCBl
He'll free the street! With passion in his
faco
Ho rocks a hearing in a public plncc,
And inadit- culls upon the populace
To help him in his pitiable case.
His lulu is told a m-ewsomo ono to tell:
Tho crv that risci, vigorous and fell.
l-'riirlits the banana tlenil. it is Ills knell I
They've vaught and hung the wretch nna
done It well
Nor prayers, nor plaints their Justice could
mime.
rendant. In rather solitary state.
The worthless body swings of him who into
Sinned as related he deserved his fnte!
t'iictifl" ZYinwie.
A FORCIBLE DECISION.
Judge reterson'a Opinion on the Average
ltlll Collector.
A powerful decision was recently ren
dered against bill collectors by a Nashville
Judga The Judge, It seems, Is in the habit
of taking an appeal when a bill la presentee
to him. This annoyed the collectors. Om
bold young fellow was determined to fact
the jurist In his den and argue from tabu
lated evidence, showing that the Judge was
much In debt to a wholesale liquor house.
The unflinchiiiir voiine man walked Into tht
court room, took a position In front of the
Judge's desk and said:
"This Is Judge Peterson I believe."
"Yes the Judge answered as he su
jnciousiy eyeu mo juung man.
The collector handed the Judge a r bill.
The Judge looked at It, recognized It as an
old acouaintance. handed it back to the
rounz man and said :
"Tell them that I'll come by and settle.
Thnv've heard that 'several times al
ready," the collector replied. "Now I
want to know whether to come back here
or not"
"No. you needn't"
"Well, then. I'll stay nntfl vou render
your decision."
The Judge flew out over the desk, like
a niece ot whalebone, and knocked t ie
young aian down knocked all his teeth
into the southeast corner of his ninmlk It
Is likely that the young man may appeal
from the decision, but it should teach a les
son to bill collectors. W hy, hang it when
a man says that he will be around the fust
of the month why don't they thank him
politely and retire? rkaiwaw Troreler.
The Market In Their Favor.
First Tramp I say. Bill, have yer seen
i paper dis mornin7
Second Tramp Yes.
First Tramp How's stocks?
Second Tramp Dey was way up yester
day, wid pros pecks ot fiirder advances ter
day.
First Tramp It' coin' our way. Bill.
Yon take Biosd street an' I'll take Walt-.
a. Y. Sun,
THE BANANA FIEND'S
PITH AND POINT.
Memorial windows should be made
of green glass. This suggests a way of
keeping memory green. ff.-O. Pica
yune.
Poet: I sond you my poem, but
perhaps mistook in not writing a re
frain to it Editor: No matter, we'll
tlo the refraining for you.
Ottar of roses is now selling at f 119
a pound, and a great deal of suffering
among poor people is expooted this win
ter In consequence. Boston Transcript.
Nothing makes a miser feel his im
poverished condition so much as to
travel a littlo and thus discover that
there is much of the earth ho can never
hope to possess. Chicago Herald. ;
Boarding-house landladies are as
much afraid of strangers who do not
pay in advance as the average wonan
is of a gun. They are so liable to . go
off without a moment's warning.
-It is said that a man who eatt
onions always keep a secret. This ia
partly due to the fact that the man who
eats onions is rarely allowed Jo got
within whispering distance of his fellow
mon. Chicago Mail.
A man sued another for a not
Two lawyers on each side were engaged
a score of witnesses were summoned, a
jury empaneled, and several hundred
citizens crowded the court-room, as tne
parties were conspicuous citizens. The
court opened and the note was pro
duced. A close examination showed it
not to be due under eight months.
Court adjourned. Boston Budget. ' -
"Father," he asked in his child
tvov aiirmrwn vnn ntvnpil a flllvnr JmitlA
way out in Nevada, and you was afraid 4 ,
it would spoil in hot weather?" ' "SpoillX
How?" "Well, I donlt know how, but V
the boys all say you had to use salt to
carry it through, and I was going to
ask" "That s enough, sir. its
ready four minutes beyond your
Deutimo. iou can ct uj
boys say on. ' Wall J
"My dear," sa
daughter's weddin
and untried life is before you. Y'
putting away forover the light ant
less existence of girlhood and taking up
on yoursen me serious rcsponsiuuiMua
of the wife. Do you feel that you will
approach tho matrimonial altar to-night
impressed with a full knowledge of the
solemn vows you there will take, and"
"Of course, papa; how absurdly you
talk," replied the young woman. "But
we are to have a rehearsal this morning
at ten, and I must not keep them watt
ing. Good-bye, papa. ' Chicago lro
WK.
Then and Now.
When you are vonnx, how well you know
A ntno money manes great snuw.
Just fifty cents will cause you bliss
'lis men a aouar iooks iiks iuh;
But when you're old and bills oomtdM, 1
Ana creditors are minning you,
And every cent you sn ind you miss,
"Tis then a dollar looks ilka this:
Cldcago Tribune.
BABY COULD TALK.
A Year-Old Conversationalist Whos
of Language Is Simply Marvelous!
Many infants talk at a surprisiij
early age. Instances have been kml
of babies yet in their swaddling cloli
who could discourse on all manner of
topics. To be sure, tho drift of their
remarks had to be interpreted by a fundi
mother, but no one would dare to sav
that baby didn't talk.
I myself heard a year-old child
great many things ono day recently-
I was calling on a friend whose baby
was just a year old.
'(Jan he talk any yet? 1 asked.
'Talk!" exclaimod the fond mother,
with an injured look. "I should think
so! He can just say everything. Can't
you, ducksy tladdle?"
"Uoo, boa, boe, yee, ya," screeched i
baby, growing black in the face with tho
effort.
"Hear him!" cried tho fond mother.
He said: 'I guess I can talk.' "
The information surprised me a lj
but 1 discreetly held my peace.
"JNow, ton the gentleman
name, says baby s mamma, cq
"Hoo, hoo, da, da, boo.
"Charles Edgar Jones, just as plain
as anything could say it you littlo
sweet!' cries the triumphant mother.
My surprise increased.
"Now toll mamma who yoa like best
in all the world."
"Boo, baa, bee, da, da!"
"How cunning!" I exclaim. " 'Da,
da' means 'papa,' don't it?"
"Mercy, no! Didn't you hear
little blessing say as plain as couAd
that he 'liked the gentleman best?' He
means you"
I am flattered, of course, and amazed
at my own stupidity. I thought 1 1
familiar with the "King's English," b't
the bnglish of this little King is new
me.
"Now say 'Sing a song o'
for the gentleman."
"lee, yee, boo, boo, baa: spm
baov.
'No, no, dean-, says mamr
provinsrlv: "that s 'Little do.
Now say the other.
"Hoo, boo, bee, ya, yav
"That's it! That's it you 1
pretty bov! I knew you oouj
And to think the gentleman ;
could talk any yet! I
ask it again."
1 guron, Mini ""nrnrvr
. . . . . ... At.
baby or I can not spftk the English
language in its purity. rj I am averse
to displaying my poJ ignorance,
Toledo tilaae.
A committee c r eminent physician
has been appointed by the International
Medical Congres, which lately met in
Copenhagen, to inquire into the eaum
of canoer, and to investigate particular
ly the auppoMd association betwwn
the disease and the use of eertn
foods, the-infUienee of worry and :
pressed state of the health in pro
in? the malady, and the extent
which it is hereditary, a repon u
be made at the Washington meeting
the congress in 1887,
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