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.VI ;<V*i
N?MBBB^?.
soEirea of my Youra.
Upon the spot where ef tin yonth lTe rtGSS/TSSSSc?
once more,
And on the Bocnes of long agp.X K??e?.. v. #
i npnii tho hill'grcwa'JuBt ?s fresh and
green u when,
A blltho end happy youth, I winders.. fpfijtS^A
Tho little broij: Sau ?y*nnt9 btt its' way -with!"
tho glen?
It seoms to sing a requiem to me. . , . . . 1 \
Tho cooling miramor \-lnda Vre softly sighing thro"
? the trees.
And with my looks of whltcnoss gonUy play, j '
WhUo from the distant clover fields; borne to rho
onthebreeso, -ssS
X soont the perfume of the new-mown hay.
Uy feet oppress th? hallowed npot v.hero onoo my
? An old log-house?slnoe molderod to decay,
And looking, from my agod eyes, unbidden start a
\ &<k>4 ( ?>-i ? j i ?' I ? ? '? ! -'
Of tears, to know that It has passed away..
. , v>. ii ? 't m<- ?
Within this little grove, beneath an old and gnarled
-???oak trety ??-???* ???"?? <*? "
It-mains the seat I hewod from solid stone,
And sitting hero in-sadness, where I often romped
In glee, a* J tt SB S ! ft
X realize that I aufsll alone t J & * -v ? j
Tes, all alono I. tho onward .march of time?tho
fleeiir.&hours?I U H ?n ? ? ? I ? - ?
Have taken youthful friend? sway from rae;
To some the. path of life was over-strewn with
F /_[ ( fnMfr^loS*1 ; T ' I ? ?
To some 'twas clouded o'er with misery.
There, to my my right, I see a mound with mosses
growing o'er,
. And once again my eyes are filled with tears,
1 Tor thero lies-one I . nope" to meet upon tho un
known shore? ? ' ' . '
One whom I fondly loved in former years.
Wo did not love as children lovej 'twas kn undying
flame.
That fiercely burned within each youthful breast;
And when sho" drooped my heart was sad; but
when death's angel came.
It seemed as though^my soul would ne'er find
rest. ^ ? f ^ & r)
.
Tho wseplng-willow bends with mournful mien
? above her tomb, i'-'/I
And'seems to weep iu unison with me;
The rare exotica planted there yield forth a sweet
. perfume, ? I
? yAnd birds ?our out their plaintive melody.- ?Fl
Iretie, loved one, we ecen shall moot, far, fir above
tho Hideo,
To there renew tho vows-wo made In lifo';*? ?*?
E'en now my spirit from this monld of olay to
heaven flies, ? . > <
To Join you In tho world o'er freo from strife.
Scenes or my youth, farowell 1 on thee I never more
may gas?.
But while my feoblo footsteps totter on,
Within my memory will bo fresh remembrance to
tho days
Of J sy and sorrow sow fore vor gone.
THE GOBLIN REOOBD.
BY JOS. O. CANNING.
Man, as well the lettered as the un
lettered, is attracted by mystery. While
the educated one ridicules the extrava
gance and. tho unchecked wildnees of
tho ignorant brother in his persistent
choso-after phantoms, he must confess
that the same ghoat is playing: wanton
with his own senses.
I have often been induced to investi
gate delnsionB, although convinced that
I was hunting a shadow, if not a silly
cheat. To' dissipate all ideas In one s
mind of goblins, haunted houses, and
weird noises has required more philos
ophy than has yet been accepted. And
so wo mnst admit that if there is not
cleverness iu a mystery there is that in
it . which f asoinates in spite of a better
judgment, and oarris the oi pollot be*
von d tho control of reason, while "they1
listen with eager ears and excited
brains. ',- ?;. \ ^ ?\\ .
Tarrying at a friend's house, I was in
formed that there was an unoccupied
dwelling in the neighborhood fre
quented by unseen spirits.,. It inter
ested me, and I shortly discovered that
his sister was anxious and even willing
to visit it. I offered myself as an es
cort and protector, and. was accepted..]
The building was. called' the Redwood
mansion, formerly the property of an
old, aristocratic family of tho district.
The last inmates were too elderly ladies,
Bisters of the Redwood lineage. For
years thoy had utterly refused commu
nication with the world, and were! char
itably rated as eooentrio. Their, wants,
were supplied by a slave of the outoher,
who passed, at regular hours, all the
necessaries of lifo through tho gato of
the yard, and at each timo found the
money and other orders. They had
bash' allowed their unsocial whims
through the indulgence of a kind com
munity and the esprit do corpa of the
Redwoods until dread oiroumstanoes
broke tho living ohain. The rector of
the parish, while passing one morning,
wan attracted by moans from the som
ber houno, nnd forcing an . entrance
found Hie eldest sister in dying agonies
and the other. hurriedly r aeing tho
apartment in a' state of frenzy. The
result was death to tho one and the re
moval of the'survivor by distant rela
tives. ?'
Such was the history given to me by
Mies R. .She added : " I havo such a
strange desire to visit this mansion,
'' however' foolish it may be."
The dwolling was large, and in its
glory must havo been as famous for its
grandeur as,it was popular for its en-,
tertainments whon Col. Redwood with
his princely welcome was its courteous
lord. /'.Now the walls Were oraoked, the
chimneys fallen, tho windows hrokon,
nnd its aspect desolate. I detected the
Blight est tremor in the arm of my com
panion na we pushed into its ?ilence.
Tho mold of negleot, tho bat, the spi
der in her magniflcent festoons, I uttered j
window-hangings, and general decay
surrounded us. Wo could almost im-? j
agine the gibbering ot un?ftBy spirits at
our bold intrusion as we passed from
room to room; i.Tfet tho stillness of a;
eharnel house only prevailed. V \
"I have heard," whispered Miss B.,
"that there is an old desk, or .cabinet,
which has never been removed. It
would bo no novel and romantic to find
it and soaroh for relics, perhaps trees*
uro." B it ho r??ra contained it.
" The atHo!" she exclaimed. "Dare
you go up and explore ?"
4*If you do not wish to eeoompahy
irwi II. > ...i^oiiviLMi <ti\* imaoJ mew ?
me and have the courage to remain
alone," was the rei?y^i3?.^.
" Ohrthen ^jo i~-Ba. "?" hefcyoks,
trembled. " Yea I go quickly and talk
to me ooxpftantly. I will not ?3 up, but
_. the
discovered drawers, when a scream ?rom
belowfstsrtler? (me into nervousness,
j It wait from Bxuss E., and inambilj X nw
fright I" ohoeaid,
while the soft rose-like hue [which
danood in her cheeks gave way to ex
treme pallor.
i , "An appa?" rpv
g' ^HuM^^llUrhlspered, with a
finger t*ner mouth. "J know) I am
foolish; but I distinctly heard?the?* !
Did you not hear that ??there I" j
It was even so I , I,heard footsteps.
44 Keep fo^ ' M??^^ 1 replied.
The noise of *ateps grow more die
and a fair head fell heavily upoi
shoulder*./ f
'i Sometimes it happens that a blight,
courageous idea takes the place of (wan*
ing hopo and fearful uncertainty, acting
I as a pendulum to the giddy brain and
l^he^hattere? nferye.) 'Sudtf'reVef camo
to my rescue, rendered as I was, hors
do combat, and! Mica E. to support.'
Angry as I was, from the force of eir
onmfittmoos, I laughed I Looking up
wildly, ' then inquisitively, Mifls E.
sprang from me, exclaiming: "What
is it (then ?!* 9 was frightened, and you
are oruel to make light of it 1"
A-dilemma* I ? oerinlnly was'4g; i Ap
pearances were against me, but j
.heart wafi^not hard. I had laugt
from thorough exasperation, for I was
helpless. Could I hnvo floated away
with my ohargo I could then return! and
defy all the imps and goblins ever exor
cised, and topple tho wretched, moldy,
ghostly old shell into Utter Tuihs. - It
was at this crisis that a large, woolly
head,; wifch protruding eyos^ a idiaplay of,
ivory, and a breadth of lip, appeared at
the door.
"You blaok sooundred I" I yelled,,
" do you know how you have frightened
Miss E.?" " " '
"Gorry, mossa I-. I'se xight sorry."- ;
"Never mind, Bam," interrupted
Miss E., "my wita have returned; I
am so glad it is you." It was her favor
ite Rn?vn.nfc. rr, ... ,? ??,, ,..
We were to hasten back to accom
pany a party to Anemone Yale, a beau
tiful epot beyond the town limits! I
Was not sorry ; neither, did Miss EJ re
gret the ohange, nor the assurance
that the goblins of the Redwood man-'
sion were not now likely to molest us.
"Bat did you find anythingf" she
eagerly asked. M Wait and see t" was
my answer. ' /
The breeze was fresh in Anemone
Yale, lovely in its oarpet of the soft
flower which gave it its name.
" There is a taste of m us tineas about
it, and an ancient look," remarked my
friend, as he unrolled a manuscript I
handed him* ? yx \
" "Well, there might be," replied his
ister. " It is snatohed from the haunts
of goblins?but let us hear.it I"
A piece of paper fluttered to tho
ground, as the pages wero unrolled. It
read: j
"November 10,1870. Will this sheet
ever mold? It is1 peasant to hope,
that it may be read when the writer is i
incorporated with' mold. i Bead my
story and learn't? guard the heart and
oontvol tho passions. B. S.** km)
Seating ourselves on a bank of wild
flowers the manuscript was begun.
f* An eye for an eye. A tooth for a I
tooth?1Iol%J?&jikfA$ai invalid, waiting
for life's thread" to snap. The present |
in a mixture of hope, memory, the fu
ture.- and reality. ' Hope results in dis
appointment ;Mmemory in dissatisFao-t'j
tion y the future ik vague, while reality I
is fruition.' Imagination is false, for! ft
garnishes barren hills with verdure;
transforms a faoo of ?glihees to ouo t of
beauty'/makes'a miserly relative a gen
erous donor; pictures yourself more
per foot than tho whispers 6f asuiscienbe,
and causes tho hopeful heart sadness.
I will not deal with it.. What, I write is
reality. It is hard to bid adieu to. the
old gables and the arched gateway, in
doubt that One may see them again, not
from,age, not from the neoessitoof a
long absence, but from the certainty
that you are chased by disease at which
physicians shake their beads but mutter
hope? 1 *' i k & JL FU. J.
. " I had been upon the road several
days before any tiling of interest aroused
me from my depression. Passing* a
dwelling, whose neat appear anca attract
ed my attention, the notes of a pecu
liarly plaintive song attracted me.. I
t first reinedj; my horse and. then, cus
mounting, I followed a winding walk,
adorned ori either side with simple
flowers, to the!open door. I had been
noticed and was met by a y?ung nian
who cordially bade me. enter,
i " ' We were singing a nong I learned
at sea, of which my sister is quite fond,
hut we shall*?be glad for an interrup
tion.' It was the introduction of an im
portant sequence, and the*story which
follows. j;d.~'.
' " Frank tjavender, tho father ofs my
host, and narrator, became in the [early
years of , his marriage,, entangled in
wild dissipation with' a neif^bor's son,
Diok Perry. 'Their1 recklessness in
creased until the murder of a wealthy
planter In the township made their
flight neoosaary. I and neither i had ?vor
returned. The i exertions of justice
proved fntile, and with tho lapse ;of
years the supposition gathered ntwmtftb
Ikhat by tume otheF mearrs-TCtnbntion
had come upon the fugitiVeV'
. My friend, who had. bpon reading the
manuscript, eiolnimed : "I well re
member',' my grandfather once related
this very tsle to me. His description
of Lafender waa that bf a very hand
^dman^crfittetrr^ir^lkiDT'bf a'pre
possessing air, ? n I cannot recall the da
Wto but .the. .spu and.daughter here
ikon of woro very fortunate in inhor
spo
itiug a large- estate quite strangely.
.Mx-old^aire made a .moral, and,!while
.u$4nTlinkr^
Themanuaenpt was resumed : \ <>i>\'t
A\rvT??6^^f4a*? i?^*>c^^d\
never w?l be,, T^worjg^.hia inMrt-;
eragftppofi thom and ho ia already alter
a io^9sure, ?, Herorded, /phar uapo
nqoia; ihaa not, sufficient kuQwled re to
deter: tno grim beareX'tOf the iour
glass. He knows it, and so do I. For
merely, ' ^tAJ}acriendum 1? 1' ^
At this point the manuscript had evi
dently been laid.'away, for the remain
der was traced in a different ink and by
Win
one
whor interests "yott ^to-day" is gon4 Iff*
of an old hfo-gaino turn ft up nnddonly
to confront yoajwith tedious mampries
of tenor than with .agreeable i recoil ec
tiohs.' EarnestyearnS*** are rarely.re-/|
alizod, but they havo boon Ibhoe with
me., Tho candor of my boat; Lavender;
and his sad experience created an in
to reofc and a sympathy which was, years
later, revived intensely".' I was again
compelled to seek the north; and hod
fixed a tomporary abodo in ono of the
pleasant/villages'of an eastern state.
Among^q few.floquintanoes ;I: formed
was that o^a? eminent; judge,.,whO'Was^
at that time presiding nt tho trial of a
wretch committed f?r arson aud mur
der. 1 He was' particularly noticeable,
uomiuuuuiog iu . puinou?a deep, rich I
voiooj 'a'firieaarkeye, and hair sprinkled
with silver. He lived in elegant style, 'I
as IBattjattest, at bis ?pWoe' called Man
llr w ithont a wife, and ^abild
s oard'read, Poinset Telfair.
44 At the breakfast table, the last day
}ojB t^M^lti^UrilVCJiJwB?^ably
snrprised to recognize my old friend
Lavender. He .bad just,;arrived,! in
2' nest of a tarrying-plaoe for'the st ason.
iroumstanoes at ? onoo determined him
to remain with nio. Tho pending oaso
at tho court-house.,in which-1 had bo
como much interested, was the topic of
discourse/, and Lavender wan induced
to be present with me at its conclusion,
? I " As wo seated . onrsolvea among tho
eager spectators, Judge. Tolf air passed
in with elastic step, an air of 'cairn dig
nity, .. admirable ?in?.yip* .v manhood,
Lavender whispered enthusiastically?
/What a lord, !\ T1 t .
fm**? base' was given to the furors
Aadlreturned,- giving as their
Jurdei in the ,first ;degre? I
" The prisoner will stand 1" said tho
judge. 'It ia n solemn charge, the
sentence of death!. Non? ; should
receive it but the atrociously guilty.
Just and righteous laws have been en
notad to prevent oonviofced felons even
from mifiqtuteble 'daf^oi^? The bene
fit of these laws has been your olaim
and. privilege. Weary days have been
consumed in this uhwelcome duty of
finding you beyond the mercy of man,'
and now it is incumbent upon nib to
make this finding fearfully oxaoting.
Before I prpnouuoe, *^he dread sentence,
let me urge your most serious attention
to the awful fate that awaits you, and
for what Crime ? la thread*)!I night,
when innocence sleeps and none but the
plotter of eyi} seeks work, ypu- entered
a harmless household and sent an un
S?ul' ?wiftlyl to the judg
' *?e foron to cover the;
are , eoou to stand*
bei^ttn,1bffende4.J>Bitiy,, wlih7tfaW
of blood so deep that' non? brit Al
mighty Odd 'can wash' them out Let
your timo bo improved in reconciliation
with that Being yen have s? desperr
ately mocked I'
" An awful stillness shut down, upon
that crowded room. Yet upon tho face
of the ""prisoner was a villainoua sneer,
and straggling in his eyes were the
blaokest passions I ever saw flashed
upon raan. Hia teeth were firmly set
and hia hands gripped the rails so hard
that hia vary nafla were dark with his
basebJjOgd^, pi X
^ " 4 But the aentenos 1
^ 44 4 You^PhilHp"Wing, will be taken
to the primp, ana on Friday,|tho seventh
y o&September, berween-> the hours ,1
?of eighApsnd twelve^nll rbb hung by
the neck Until you are dead, and may
Qod have mercy'on your soul 1'
'And may - He oonddUm yours I'
^sflraamW'jfche wretc'i, pointing his fin
ger dtflnljp at the judge, r*Ay,'yours,
.Frank"Lavender i DO yoiTy remember
,Diok PQbRB nowtr Ha .1 ha^f a murderer
for a JudgaT r ] \
" Thtough the athletio frame of th
judge a violent tremor-was \disoernible.
if ailing lloftvily over irr his velvet ohair,
his arni "hung listlessly, and his face'
grew black. 4 At last 1' ^e grasped,
whilo a- purplo stream gushed from nos?j
tril and-mouth.
44 4 Grone first I' again yelled the prisi j
oner, atill standing with outstretched
band aftdra demon's grin upon his livid
I featureK^And dead first. Ha 1 ha 1'
44 Be43pl?0 the dead judge th'ere was
another carried from that room iusen^i
bio. It was the son, the inheritor of
the judge's wealth and of Mangrove
lows'wereTere^i?fa
one Vale as.myi friend finished tho man
usoript.
j 441 have np doubfc B.j0^. -is the, uncle
*if the w6ira sisters of tho Bedwood
maOsioU,'!!!^ added.?vvffttow^is *'I dilap
idated (headstonej in, t^tt Jo^n.'sj phuroh
yord bearing \i\xU inscription :' 4<Bioh
St?pley, obit Ootober 10, 1791,
a reqruiting his health at St. Thora
ryfyfi Indies, ?tat Ibicty-eight
i dfc^e. fitorj.wa? fol? Juei the
other day. In a town not ;lar from
more than usually,well educated. Hor
man ox xxnvwtt
?was oaUedf^attend the fatherf;!
grossed i irisb nhi ^ittl^U?AU''ailUefl.
?? (W:T3?r^.??p: thia,do^rrf^tvW
lady !ta&g*i?dierilto
end oTj^apa/tmbht. i - PflotoT^"
she, /?ifsppol* th**ge?tlomon: of your
profession, are aooustomed to - receive
?trango eonfldcnoes. I have a oonfession
to mak^'to tyoui*/j<; He impposed; that
the,ii3Bfindjng, ponfeaalon had ; eome
i tho state, of her
thing to 'dblrith ^
health, with"that'of Wer SUftW,;
he.beggp hejj toipyooaedji ttYotti
*f Bat I jgbl* you itffcear fts-; J% ?!?< npwj
just two' y?ars,since; I ? first is*w you.
You have scarcely exohauged ,a word
with - inWhut'51 have' learned much
abouVy?^iI axn ndt taiAtaksn :mir>e-~f
: ??Aud^-youriiaffe??bn?-'?s?-.'-n?t ion
gaged?" -cih-'-. !
" YouBoaroely have the right, to laaki
?H.t,"8aidhe.l: ,t^i > ' Jl? H
"Welly then/1.she replied* Llvill
young xnan* was, twioe ,t
young lady," feooveruiga
rayj
m
_ you to 'xharry xnfev *
loved yoc^fom the flwt moment I: taw
you. I said to myself, I will wait for
two year;i?if ho then speaks to me I
will know" what to say. You have not
opokon ; and now I speak. I cay I lovo
you with all my heart; you are neces
sary for me; will you marr^ me?" :
The idmp^who although not a very
age of tho
lo from his
surprise, tried tb turnthe matter off as
a joke; bnt |&o young lady was very se-.
?*No,">e?id she, "lam in'very sober
earnest. I know all that you may say
or think as tothe indolioaoy of my pro
posal, but t ?annbt help it I ask you
onoo n i you love i me, and will
V In Eobar earnest, then," ho repliod,
4* I cannot marry you!"
j, "Then I sliaU die/? said:she, very
calmly and left the room. ., i
The doctor had heard people say bo
fore this that they' should die; and he
left the house without .attaching ranch
importance to tho prophecy* although
wondering greatly at tho other portion
oli this interview. 1:
A. few days after the young lady was
found dead in her bed. . Two letters
laid upon her dressing-table;'' One was
addressed to her family solicitor. -,- It re
called to his mind ? promise he had
made her. She had gone't?'see him,
and had asked him toTmake out for her'
a paper tranaferring the whole of her
property to a person whose.name she
would not then give him. He Was to
prepare the necessary paper and send it
to hereto fill up the blanks and to sigh.
She, had done this, .andshe nowinclos^d
the*pirp?3r8, filled up and signed. Every
Senny of her property, was given to the
ootor, and the solicitor1 was instructed
toi make tho iranfer to him, Bto ask' no
questions ;wid to. take no r?oeipt. 'j ThS
ether letter.,-was to,thevdnwar.: "I
told yon I should die," t?aid nho, 4,aUd
whenJ you receive this* rfcUair he
dead. r' For teri! days' I ' Have taken
no food nor no drink; but that does not
kill me, and now I havo taken poison,'
I have no reproaoh to make to yon, but.
I could not livo v.dthout your lovo.'j
When I am ,dead. |bok at ,mv heart,
Y?u will see your name there.11 have
two requests to make of you. Go to
my solicitor and tsko what | he has lot
you. and ...then, go (Off on a hoi idny to
Italy lor a few ihontha. The other rfc
quest is that you sever, ask, .where I jam
buried, and never oome to ?jfcy grave."
There was a post hiortom. examina
tion made of the young lady's 'body.
On her . breast, ever bar heart, deeply
LnpHnfed inthe'fleshf Were the-initials
o!;th* doctor's name. .? The characters
seemed to have been made there two or
three-yeart before.' :They jwere proba
bly iniprintvd by her own hand, on the
iday when she first saw him.?Irondon
Letter.
A Romance of Two Ooptinenta.
,. Fifty years ago a young Engl ish oftl
cor named Honorioks was traveling with
hin nistor in Italy whoro l;e met, wooed,
won ? and. ran off with, tlio ? oharming
daughter of a rioh and'proud nobleman.
Even as the father of Deadomona dis
owned her, so, the Italian count nwore
never' again Id acknbwledge hisrot>rdant
daughter. Nothing disturbed thereat,
she, aeoompaujed her husband to the I
British domirii?tfs tnQlbrW^merioa,
thence to New York, whero, after giving
birth > jko aydangh^r, she, idjed. Hen*
drioks" having thus lost his' wife, gaye
himself up to dissipation,' but was so.
mindful of hio motherless infant as to
marry a German woman who had taken
^#W>tH9Wi. The ?rlvgrew to
maidenhood, reoeivmg little education,
for the family was poor, and when still'
young was married: at Vinoqnnea, In
diana, to, an Ohio river mate named
Hiram Titus! ' Thoy livbo!1 happily
enough until Titus died, When she re
moved to Iioni8ville, where > Ahe, led if
not a dissolute still not a virtuous life.
I Now the count, hex* I grandfather, /has
yielded *o Heaven His vit^trust, and aa
Gclolinealh eir oho his gone to Raly to,
olaipi his title fend wealth. 1 The fortune
' thus, falle, to. her, ia;variously esti
uiirg ol
ntrs
IUI Olfflobpia OftifUfalyk'd^rt [pi v
! ? <A !ftay:obrr^nden*^llieLwis
ville CJonrier-Jouninli whoi paid a visit
to the Modoos in Kaneaa,, writes,: [ a,i t
! Iiizzi^'-'Oatot/^^aoM widow: :h*a
qhito a nice little tent,; and eho did not
paint
von know their way ef wearing mohrn-1
UlThey |
cheeks, or t!^' ^cf^
we saw her. and she
prepossessing in aprjcaranoo. Every
now and then Lizaio will daub ber whole
face tip with bla'ok paint and keep it on
for;Week$,i Sho was father rpreUy for
old and ugly, and aho'taken'care of^Jisa
fade {whoi Js about eight pri teniend Tier
own qhild). She and ? Lizzie nro nuito j
friendly ? the*-" ae<teptTher'BituatTqn."
We saw Steamboat Frank's mother.
She is a hundred, the agenti said ; but
Frank naid, .1? Sho ?trpng, muoh good for,
down
water
of them.
After a while we all went
Mcdoo camp and played"?tn\
Jaok" generally. Mr^.Y.iand'I
over to Lizzie's ,tent?> ?lVCra, :Y.
promised to buy m basket of her.
asked some of them whoro it was, and
Soar-faced Qharley volunteered to guido
us.' ;He is well named, from a spar ;?n'
hid ehook thai' looks like tho ntroka of a
hatchet otf.'hteohMfebone. ,:-There .were
threp women in, Lizzie's;, tejoVand^ [Mrs.'
Y. and I underwent n raoat mmuto ccrn
tiny aa to our:dress. They decided in
favor pf;her ,anoes on- account.of the
buttons. Sho had on a scarlet shawl
with black, green and gold V-tripea in
it, and I woro" my" Roman scarf. They
nioo," and then 'f the three black crows"
nodded theit hoods in assent, as gravely
as a iudge, . -.Tb?y - were,.immensely
amused at my cropped head, 'and' made
lota of fun oflit, all through tho damp.
They had a.general shooting .of aipkel?
np horo. At lost a gontloman offered a
Eound of tobacco to the best long shot,
ufc Mica L. and I did not see the result
of this match, as Bogus Charley and
Bhaoknasty Jim wanted us to play cro
_? a. _r.l_ .1_ # ._? <*
quet with them. (A year ago it would
havesonnded singular to speak of jotaying
croquet with the Modoos, wouldn't it?)
The grpuuds were in the agenoy. yard,
j not by the camp, and Mr. Jones es
corted us up, and introduced us to bis
wife, and < mother. Miss *--?- and Jim
played together against Charley and, me,
and we had a funny game. The Indians
are splendid on long shots, and played
remarkably wel}, too; ,.? *;
You would havo laughed to see Mrs.
Young and Bogus Charley's wife com
paring babies. Mrs. Young's baby was
five months old and the squaw's six, but
the Indian' baby was nearly twieo tho
size of the other; it was the fattest'
child; l ever saw, and had. the; "outes
wifeand<ehtfdtkt^isayV "his; wife';6 _
things nioo,- put out of way; Win : box,
not on'Kjaond.V > Hook? Jim'tasked- me (
if I op m?JfxkdJifl?SI ?? 9lT? 3 1V6 J
sotina of When I asked Turn if, he
oould, he riaid ?1 little,";and I opened
the book at *hp second: chapter of
Mathow, and he read nearly a page very
borre&ly indeed. I did1 not tSnk he
miscalled ai single word y but' he read
slowly, Uko a. litUpohil^
(U sin ->:!r.l
X???';> -Dry/Indeed!
Anhohost old farmer.from the country
gave'his reoolleotiona ot the hot spell
as] $ oil owa : "It was so dry we ooulan't
spare water to put in pur whisky. The
grass Was' so dry ''that every time the
wind blew it flew, around likP'ao' muoh
ashes. There wasn't a tear shed at
funeral for a month. The sun dried up
all-ttui cattle, and burned off the, bahr
till they looked like Mexican dogs, and
tho sheep oil looked liko poodle pup
pies, they shrank np so. i We had to
soak all our hogs to make them bold
swill, and if any cattle , wore killed in
the morning, they'd be dried beef at
dark. Tho woods'dried,up uo that the
farmers chopped 'seasoned timber all
through/August, and there: ain't a
match through all tho country?in fact,
no wedding since the widow 'Glenn
married old Baker. three! months ago.
kettle slrig tbt six1 weeks. We eUt Our
potatoes . hakedv. they being, all I ready,
and we ooulda't spare water to boil 'em.
All'around the ' red-headed f girls were
afraid to t>tir out of the hon bo in day
light Wbyy we had tq haul water jell
summer to keep the ferry running,' and.?
I say, it's;gettittg dry: let's take sttthin'."
cyuio shrewdly remarks that
wealthy plergympn do not, to any.great
extend, g? torth to bear the tidings of
j salvation to the heathen. Perhaps there
[is a certain wise economy regulating
this thing, based upon the reflection
i that a tender, oapon-linod, daintily nur
tured laborer in the vineyard is a temp
tation to , the authropophagous savage
I that a poor, hog^end-honey-fed* clergy
I man is in lean danger of offering.
fittitt
P?OSB AND, PA^?|jffi*
threo oropa a year, bnViwb^o?tfte^erops
are- snakes and the other<vor^p??r co
reals. Aitsgbn odl in oia'tal
are ohur<shing a de&oon- d?wn}?^ for
uahigr4iecxpres?en.;,jy<oX{v1 ,1002
going
to sea,
ried, pray three timea."
. ?If yon are going ? to Montana put a
few applea in your, coat-tail packete.
They wiliysell^ forL fprtjr cento apiece
whenyougetrtto^ :/1
?A lady correspondent of a western
anoe of long-lost husbands,
?Thirty-five thousand' Jolyane ov?
ten years of age oah neither,-read nOr
write, and the rest' of the population
read and writo-to little purpose.
?A Belgian has started an egg farm
has ejght h
dredhohsim? flffy1?^? Tfhe bus
iness now yields' 27,000 eggS-and 2,120
ohiqkens per, annum, j] JT_ .7/"
?"Is that nankeen?YasJridiho great
Menoiun ns ho carolossly fexammed the
robe that' enfolded tho-borom of the
fair Yau Sing. "No," replied the mas
ter calmly, "thaVaPeto*
?In Qotbberthbafl^tibnate'huaband
weeps to see.his wife skipvebbut the
house florisMng adn^torv aBdrto.)hear
her shriek, in aoeents wild, ". Kill him 1
There's another moth mMe* l1*^0*
?A Etrong-armocE, American tooth-ex
" as jt '
tractor bos' just opened his tool ehest
in ;Bomo.; j I Persons who hate Men him
go through the motions thinkJhat he la
destined to make " Borne libwtf*
?Now is the proper ?'^ason^oY-the
year to get up donations for1 ? y?ur' min
dried apples, a bushel, of potatoes and
three yards of ootton. anal damage^hia
house to the extent of fifty dollar s.
. ?It is stated that tho- Lutheran
church is the largest Protestant body in
the world, having a membership of 4,
000,000, distributed among all lrrngtiakes
and nationalities. In this .country the
ohuroh numbers 600,000 communicants.
?No man oan .spin around. on the.re
volving seat of a three-legged 'stool so
proudly, and at the same! thus carry a
pen full of ink in such close prpxinjity
to his oye, without blinking.?as the^
newly-appointed seoreti^o^?W'i^-??
Buranoo company.
?"Do you know -why yo^are? like
the third. term ?" said Susan: Jane to
her brother, who lingered', to , talk with
her AdolphhB after the old ?tolks"Iad
retired, "No, I donV^ Jf)W*Ui!V*e
plied his saoharine sister, "it's, because
you're one too many." ' "' .
?It is - stated that" an'exceptionally
large group .*of spots is now visible {on
the surf aco of the sun. They may be
perceived with smoked glass without
the aid of a telescope. According to ?
W. F. Denhing, of Bristol, .England,
the spots cover an area of nearly ,78,^00
mil ?o?
?A teacher, questioning1 little ' boys
about the graduation in the ecale ofibe
ing, asked: "What comes pex*i toman,?"
whereupon a little shaver, who wa3 evi
dently smarting under a Bense of pre
vious defeat, immediately diatofies^hall
shirt^amV' ' WMf^
?We' turn to the tight1 on the: street,
rather than to the left, as is tinj English
rule. Our onotqm leaves, the two dri
vers on the outside, where wer cannot
well see whether their vehicles W?l col
lide pr not, whereas under! the English
rule the two drivers come together bn
the inside bo they can see the danger of
aooUi&ibh; >: .'? '< ?>! iiisldunfn
?A Biohmond tobaooo house lately
had returned to them by their , agents fin
England two . hogsheads of tobaooo,
wbioh was pronoimced by the govern
ment analysers as being too' Bweet for
consumption under the law. governing
tho manufacture and sale of tobacco in
that oountry, it containing; according i
to analysis, 12) per oe*?tb,of. Bngar#iUo1
?An sged. baokwoodsnWHWsSr^re
proved by the clergyman for allowing
his eons to go hunting on tho Sabbath.
?< Yon ought to bring up your children
in the fear of the Lord," said the minis
tor. " Fear of the Lord ?" said the old
man. "'Sjiss what I've done, Don't
one o' them boy a dare g'wout doors
Snnday 'thonfc a doublo-harrol gun."
?An old soldier* in Sioily gave his
wife a silk dress. His wife, died and
was buried in the dress. Some weeks
after the old soldier saw thin dress on a
I woman in the oountry, and. making in
8airy, was told that she had purohased
from the Capuchin monks, who .had
.the custody of . the village cemetery.
He reported the oase to the polios, who
investigated and made the discovery
that a regular trade was carried on in
efieots taken, from dead | bodies! There
was pvon a trade in hair.
?"I shall insist upon a .quiet Sud
very npostentatious wodding," said
Miss Wriggle to her futuro mother-in
Jaw. "Ma has ordered 1,600 cards for
jthe church and one-half as many for
our reoeption at Delm?nibo s. Tiffany's
man will seo that the presents are ar
ranged where all can see thorn, , and I
think Bernstein's is tho best orchestra
we can hire. I shall wear*white silk
and my six bridesmaids white tulle.
Pa says a bishop and two clergymen
will be ample to perform the ceremony,
and?" ' Sne paused, for tho mother
in-law oleot had left the room to search
for her son. There is a rumor that an
engagement is "off,"
