TECtlemocratic Watchman:
PRIM
BPJLILKPODiT E. -A
end 6:lncimest.
Couroge, trot'Aer, do Ifot. atltmbld ,
Though the lidth be dark ea night ;
There's it star to guide the humble ;
qTrnot to god, nod do the right."
Let the rood be rCgh and dreary,
, And Itaerai far tof right,
Popt bravely—etrong or weary,
"trurt In 'God, and do the right."
PNIVIsh "poliei " and "cunning t'
Perish all that fears the light!
Whether losing, whether winning.
"Trust. In God, and do the right.
/ Trust nn lovely forms of passion ;
Friends may look - !Ike angels bright
Trust no enatom, school, or fashion,
“Trust in (lod, aad do the right:.
Some will hale thee, some will hive thee,
Some will flatter, acme will slight;
Cease from men, and lo•,k Above thee,
"Trust in God and do the right."
AN ADDRESS
To the People of Pennsylvania
Th. Executive Committee of the
Democracy of this State, to whom the
following address was rclerred by the
recent State Convention, now present
the same to you as Embodying some of
the'reasons which actuate and control
the organization they represent:
We here solemnly renew our often
pealed declaration of fidelity to the
great principles upon stitch .our party
has acted from the time of its first
organization. Gur ultimate objects are
those of out fathers when they adopted
the Federal Constitution, viz "To
form a more perfect union, to establish
justice, to insure domestic tranquility,
to promote the general welfare, to pro
vide for the common defense and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity." We sincerely lie-
Here that the Government of the
United States, administered as it was
in former days, with a direct view to
the advancement of these principles,
would do for us and for our children
all that any people can reasonably de
sire from the political system under
which they live. We are equally sure
that., it riot carried out in the spirit of
those by whom it was framed, it must
become a curse, instead of a blessing.
Situated as we are, obedience to the
fundamental law means not only the
honest performance of sworn obliga
but freedom, peace, and prosper.
ity to all classes of the people. On the
other hand, the usurpation of interdic
ted or undelegated pon er is not a crone
in itself, but the fruitful parent of
other crimes, and will lead, as it has
already led, to indefinite misgovern
merit, corruption, and tyranny, sub
verting all liberty and rendering the
rights of all men insecure.
When we speak of the Federal Con
emotion, we mean the whole instru
meat, with all its amendinents,-and
acknowledge the equal obligation of
every part. Several of those amend
means were carried by brute lorce, and
by frauds upon the public will, so glar
mg as, to take from their authors all
claim lippn our respect. But we can•
not deny that they have actually be
came a pert of the Constitution; nor
Can we avoid that fact, or get behind
it, by showing the corrupt misconduct
01 the men who at that time controlled
Congress end mastered the State Legis
'attires. Whosoeser swears to um pport
the Constitution milst perturfn rill that
is " nominated in the bond. - Any
change whiCii experience and reason
shall trove to be desirable meet be
made iii the prescribed way, and not by
revolutionary or disurileely
No candid Ile ['RIM will deny (tilt the
Muffing men in power at Washington
have been unfaithful to their duties.
They have broken the pledges they
made to the people, and, in reckless
disregard al their oaths, they have
violated the plainest provisions of the
Constitution. They have deprived the
States of their sacred right of self
governruent in matters purely local,
and disarmed, them of the power to
enforce their own laws for the preset•
vation of order within their own
boundaries; they have twined bill, of
pains and penalties operati, g on mil
lions at WiCe without regard to the
guilt or innocence of the parties; they
have trampled on all the securities of
life, liberty and property; treated the
habeas corpus law with contempt, and
denied the right of trial by jury ; they
have sent out swarms of their hireling
agents with inatructioos to kidnap, inn
prison, and kill free citizens for politi.
cal offences, without imidicial accuse.
(ton, without warrant, and without
legal trial. They base not only trod
den upon the great principles embodied
in the original Constitution as it came
from the hands of Lts framers, huheven
the amendments' is loch they them
selves interpolateA, have been broken
without remorse whenever it suited
their ieteresta. In defiance of the
Xlllftli, they have doomed many per.
eons to the worst kind of " slavery or
involuntrry servitude" in the public
prisons, without the pretence of any
"crime whereof the party was legally
convicted;" in the face of the XlVth,
they have abridged the " equal rights"
of whole asses Or white citizens;
without the/east respect for the rights
of univers e suffrage, guaranteed by
the XVtb, they have interferred both
forcibly and fraudulently to prevent
fair elections,and to set them aside after
they were held.
These outrages upon justice, liberty
and law have been perpetrated, not
during tke conflict of a civil war—not
in monieeite of , wild passion, pr heated
excitement—but in cold blood, upon
deliberate reflection, in a time of pro
found peace, in full view of the con
sequences—and their authors have fol.
lowed out this line of policy, step by
step, with a persistency which shows
their fixed determination for the future,
' MI Mai& filikirtrbirbefftrftrtirlftlt tad"
and hel tII4.ICLQ promise.
The 6 lost illtad is iet, important of
their ti:Critetiti i i ,ftritpeydres show
more 'et ly th others their set
tled o strangle the liberties of
il
the nII a Ate lodlitie*lrer,
into their own t cls,7 Tl o te fo Ceil(ill
autiztaihe e derd,wtold ; t4in•
vale eiSOtst t iit ii r sutie, butty
ileclar r enpr lA s ia St sabvlfrt all
gover Meat , eaveipt litt consists of
his me will. l.Trier...j,lie election law
his canrroa-itt planted directly against
the sfraedom of &ales alaatione. Al
ready the bayonets of the Executive
harp b leamerlitrerand - tirelrerli imp rifteel.
of 'die pepide in the cities of New York
ausLrUarlelia.laia. _. W. h.g. gful ..ill l cl ‘ k e
the meaning of these preparations for
the next Preeidential elecflein ? Who
doubts that warning and rebuke are
needed now to prevent the administra
tion from carrying out its purpose by
force? If the warning be not given by
the people, or (Oil 6f its proper effect,
can we hope for peace? It seems to us
an error to suppose the American peo
ple Larne enough to be kicked under
the yoke of a despotism, or ignorant
enough to be juggled out of the great
inheritance of tree government which
their fathers left them. .
We complain of our presept rulers
for lawless usurpation of powdr. Power
not delegated is always abused. In
this, an in other cases. usurpation has
beer, accompanied and followed by
corruption. Frauds without number,
almost without limit, having been coin
mitted on the public. Men of the
worst character for common honesty are
permitted to occupy the highest places.
Of the money collected front the peo
ple, and not stolen before it reaches the
Treasury, a large portion is squandered
by Congress on party favorites, on cor
rupt rings, and on combinations of pub.
lie plundeters. The enormous extent to
which the financial corruption has
been carried will become manifest to
any one who compares the expenditures
of the government during the six years
which preceeded and the six years
which followed the civil war. Both
were periods of peace, and there can be
no excuse for more than a small in
crease corresponding to the ratio in
which tile population has advanced.
But where the ordinary expenditures
for the fiscal year ending June 1, 1870,
exclusive of Indian annuities, pensions
and interest on the public debt, were
$158.1369,9'22,43, for the year ending
June 1, 1860, the expenditures for the
same purposes were but $5.5,018,188 72
Here is shown the difference between
the ordinary cost of carrying on our
Government when its agents are honest
and the cost of the same thing when
its officers are so destitute of moral
principle as to disregard alllegal limits
ticns upon their own authority. A
free, un prevented representative (Joe
ernment is simple in its machinery,
easily maintained, and "dispenses its
blessings like the dews of Heaven, un
seen and nntelt, save in the beauty and
freshness they contribute to produce;"
the secure tranquility of a legal estab
'trill Merl t, may sometimes be a compen
Felton for the burdens it imposes; but
a rotten republic is at once the most
costly the most oppressive, and the
most unsteady of all political tunic
tares.
To support the extravagant corm p
tions of an administration like the
present, and at the same time pay the
pensions and the interest of the debt,
would require heavy taxation at best
But the party in power has contrived
to *sake the taxes:doubly burdensome
by their mode of levying and collecting
them. Great gangs of toinee.essa
ntlicers are supported and fattened out
of them. They are 'in many cases itit.
posed, not with any view to the supply
of the public Treasury, but solely to
operate as bounties for the benefit of
individuals and private corporations
While the mouth of labor is thus rob
bed 01 the bread it earns, the fortunes
of monopolists and the ring-masters are
hideously swelled, and their rapacity
inflamed for still further aggession upon
the rights of the masses. The nece,
sity of revenue reform is adulated on
all hands, and by none more freely than
by candid supporters of the so called
Republican party in Congress, but the
majority is so completely controlled by
private interests that coneideratione of
public duty have no influence upon
them.
No people can be wholly enslaved
so long as they have the protection of
n independent and upright Judiciary,
The Radical party feeling this, have
tried by all means, lair and foul, to
make The Federal Judiciary an inr
ntrument to aid them in their crusade
against the law of the land. They
have filled the inferior courts, espera•
ally in the South, with their most un
scrupulous partisans. Again and
again they have constructed and re.
constructed the Supreme Court--some
times by reducing, and sometimes by
increasing the number of judges, al
ways with a view to make a majority
which could be relied on to endorse
their anti-Constitutional legislation,
Wherythe judgments of that august
tribunal sustained the ancient princi
plea oQiberty and justice, its authority
was denounced, disobeyed, and con
denined. They have interposed in a
pending case with legislative decreta
to take away the jurisdiction of the
court, and prevent it from protecting
a citizen whose plainest right they de
sired torinvade., We solemnly trust
that they have notyet succeeded, and
will never succeed in bending the
court of last resort to their foul purpo
ses.
Their so-called reconstruction laws
are a series of experiments for the re•
duction of the Southern States to the
lowest condition of political slavery,
hoping thereby to make them instru
ments for the enslavement of every
other section, To this end they have
not only refused them a representation
in Congress, but forced them to be
misrepresented by persons who came
there to get oppressive laws enacted
agalnet them- They have steadily
struggled to make the State govern•
mem ihetooltrof their partiouttat - tyyse.
ny. Wherever they, have - fully vacs
ceeded they have kleba y ttotieCtlig' it&
ministration of jusatr, 4.l.laregaid4d < tiv . '
tiler will, and pro4ficed the
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laid di r~ers. 84law , pet
.ob me , 0 :i t roost ?g no nt the
li4gro op at n werr etl i L
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ot4 I as of .1 illora., p ref ion ,
.staipirg g e rillpfrithte n p .ru I
oiltret vai , „ 14,10irAtiellines xaorpons,
:Istlese \ on tirageil are °pent • j nellified ,
and theit- encouragement' ecialed to
be necessary for Tbe'rmill; - of tbe-liadb
cal party. The foremost members of
Congreettßesse sitrivtri, I heir, deterinin•
1/141011- .t. Wialule... upon - them with
reqlenee i s 19 the chances it iviir i give
them of tarrying fliture elections. In
otter worn, the Werra wrongs and the'
MOW. Shameful violations of common
justice are committed in order that a
certain cotnbination of politicians al
ready.in power may continue to rule
us for their pleasure and plunder us
for their profit. -
Of General Grant we desire to speak
with the respect illilt is line to the
Chief Magodrate of the Nation, and a
soldier of great reputation. But it is
plainly manifest that lie is not fit for
Intl place. lie has never made the
slightest effort to preserve, protect of
defend the Constitution. On the con
trary he has given to its enemies in
Congress all the aid and coin fart he
could, and Ile has assumed. without
scruple, powers which kin /-• fire care
ful not to exercise and ii lout. no ffe
piiblican ruler can hold without mor
tal offense to popular liberty. Instead
of guarding the pdblic treasury lie has
encouraged the corrupt extravagance
of Congress, and some of the worst
jobs have hail their origin in the rings
which immediately surround hint.
Before and about the time of his elec
tion his inconsistent expressions show.
ed that be had no Colivictione(perlmpe
no knowledge) upon public affairs.
Ile avowed openly in writing, over his
own name, that he had no policy, that
is to say no opinions or sentiments
which would control his choice of
measures. But leading awl ambitious
men of the Republican party propo•ed
to him a poi cy which would serve
their intereste at the expense of equal
rights arid they accompanied their sing
geations with otters of error near prey
ents in money, hauls, hotp.es and goods
far exceeding in value the annual Fiala
ry, which the people agreed to pay
loin for an impartial and Just adiniii•
nitration of their government. lie ae
eeptel the presents, adopted the policy
and appointed the donors to office.
It will surely be admitted that all
American citizens who believe these
facts to lie true are boomd by the ha
creel obligations of patriotism, honor,
and conscience to oppose this state of
things and by opposing, end it if pos
sable The persons interested iii pre
venting a change will ask lion, to ,01 hat
intent, and by %hat means we propose
to make reforms. The question is a
fair one and ne will answer it briefly
It will be the duty of the Democratic
party, and, to the extent of our author
ity, original or delegated, ne hereby
pledge ourselves and our associates, so
far as in us hes.—
I. To put the ship of State once
wain on her constitutional tack and
hold her head firmly and mieaddy to
that course.
2. To protect indi%nlital cuizenx of
all parties, claaAes and creeds in the
enjoyment of life, liberty, property,
rtt./11111 ,, 11 and the pursuit of their law
hil liosinesq, Ivan impartial adminis
intitott nt justice in the ordained and
courts.
fu preserve the powers of the gee
er3l goVerilniefit in their whole con
stunt ional ftor as our sole defense
againet foreign aggression, the safest
bond of union between different sec
floes of the country and the only sure
promise of general prosperity.
4. 'ho maintain, unimpaired, the re
served rights of the States, not only
because they are guaranteed by the
Federal Constitution, hule- because the
States alone can safely lie trusted with
the management of their one local
concerns.
5. To reduce the expenditures of the
government by confining its appropri
ations to legitimate objects by a rigid
system of accounlabilify and eronomy
end by abolishing much of the unne
cessary and pernicious machinery with
which it ma now encumbered.
e. To moderate the burdens of the
people, not only by ecionomical
admin
istration, but by a appal of taxation
twin foreign importe as well as do
mestic productions which shall he just
and equal in its operation upon the
property and business of the country,
not enriching some while it impov
erishes others, and not open to the
frauds not habitually practiced.
7. To preserve the public credit by
the prompt payment of the public ob.
ligations.
R. To concentrate the public lands
to the tiae,of the landless people who
need it bra system which will secure
a sufficienoy to all and stop at once
the long series of eveludlew by which
so ninny millions of acres 'lave b een
given away to those who already have
more than enough.
These are some of the duties which
lid before the people if they desire to
Pee their government adiiiinistered
with a decent respect for the Constitu
tion of their fathers or with tolerable
honesty in financial matters.
We have no test of orthodoxy—no
disabilities for nor discriminations
against former politioal antagonists.
We cannot and do not object to bygone
differences, provided the citizens be
truly and faithfully devoted now to
the interests and institutions of the
whole country and all the inhabitants
thereof.
Our object is not revolution, but re,
storation; not injury to OUT oppontras,
but an assertion of our own right* and
those of our fellow•oitizens.
By order of the Demotiratio State
Executive Commtttee.
WILLIAM A. WALLACL.
Chairman.
.ialwasiowd - lastwilleatissw-411-
idies - his Wife - oiran — A IMF — mit - To
der tilars.-She Is Our: to
L. ; Thaitti bysr - COw while he is Coon
ote4iad for a Divorce.
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The pe g kii s na its ,tiok, vicinity
of F chi titafiff s ; A taw ' eelat
low yVie h for ',lever ' dOlytt
past ends ate . Fri what . ny .
them, eel ag.ern k le 'disc , sa ni .
orlNfievidancas' fiaimertap mac
Ben an oky,l resident of that section,
had anAil (ps4w- recently li..d in the
enjoyment of a happy !mule, gladden
ed with the !valency pf a loving wife,
rind. it liapP . i_ &mill of liBilit interesting
dill - di-en. Iliiithe bright Nilo - of ka,
happiness was soots to he overshaddW - 1
ell by the elowdw of wiratbsring storm..
Trifling circumstances led him to sus
pect his Wife of an evil design to rid
herself of his presence. Several tri
vial incidents strengthened the convic
tion of wsuspicions nature. And step
by step an unkind fate led the wife into
a position of seeming enmity to the
partner of her life. While kneading a
I
hatch of dough for bread, two pins dis
engaged themselves from her dress and
were not noticed until breakfast on
Saturday when the husband found
them in his slice of bread.
Blinded with limpicion, he immedi
ately accused her of an attempt upon
his life. She indignantly denied the
imputation, and wept, to see her hue
hand leave The threshold of tho once
Kapp) home for the avowed purpose
of instituting proceedings for a divorce.
While the husband was wending his
way to the nunnery at St. Francis to
seek advice as to his course under the
unfortunate circumstances ' th" wife
went sorrowfully out into the meadow
to perform her usual task of milking
the cows. Wtide so employed one of
the cows, a ticious animal, set upon
her and gored her so terribly that
death ensued shortly after she was
carried into the house. A neighbor
witnessed the horrible occurrence, and
having learned of Mr. Neissen's mis
sion to St. Francis, bitched up his
team and hurried alter him, lie was
not long in reaching him, and told the
tale of how a cruel fate bad -s.l,i , eved
him of the trials of a divorce by calling
hie wife from the bosom of her family
to the narrow confines of the grave.
It may very well he imagined that
the information startled the husband,
who but a few 'worse before left his
wile in the enjoyment. of good health,
and his sorrowing circle of motherless
children caused the strong man to bow
11l anguish obsoul.
The occurrence has given rise to
many au idle tale, and Dame Rumor,
mer busy on occasions of this charac
ter, would have it that Mr. Neilsen
was shot during an altercation with an
neighbor, soon alter the death of his
wife.
'lt Might Have Been.'
We hear a reat deal about this
phrase, 'it might have been.'
Setitimental youths and love-lore
lassies, growing old bachelors, and
'picky' old spoitsters, all join In 0118
contemptible whine. '3 might have
been t ' Int. the words have another
tneantng *tell worth looking fur too.
Instead of mourning over the me
mei able past, and sighing, it might
have been better,' we should do a far
woes sensible thing if we picked up
our crumbs, and said, 'lt might have
been worse.'
Taking time through, there Isn't
more cause for sorrow than joy, and
all hitter coinplaining only brings us
so much the more speedily to that
Owe which In the titlllltenSenCe of
everything
It is not very likely dist any of US
wall lie called in endure more than
good old Job. When earthly blessings
were taken from him, he did not raise
a great hue ap,l crr but patiently said,
'The Lord gave, and the Lord hath
taken away, blessed tie the name of
the Lord.'
1f ever we are so happy all to get to
Heaven, then we inny eye that much
winch we call trouble and Borrow now,
are really our greatest blessings ; and
our utter ruin might have been
wrought In soul and body if circutn
atanceat had been as we 6f.1 Oen blindly
wished they might have been.
Then we shall Kee that, of all glad
wordy of tongue or pen, the gladdest
are theee, 'lt might have been.' '
A VA LID Esccsa.—The amusing
little incident here related, actually
took place in a court room in une of
the Southwestern States, less than a
century ago :
Enter Juror (who had detained the
court at least an hour.)
Judge (much irritated)—Mr. Clerk,
enter a fine of twenty.five dollars
against Mr. Smith.
Smith—Did I understand your hon
or to fine tile twenty-five dollars?
Judge—Yes sir.
Smith draws his pencil and address
es the following note to his honor :
"Dear Judge : That little differ.
ence upon winding up our little game
of 'draw' amounted to just 'fifty.' Pee
the clerk that 'twenty..five' and hand
the balance to the sheriff.
Yours, &c.,
SMITH.
Sheriff handed the note to Judge.
The judicial frown instantly gave place
to a most benevolent and satisfactory
smile, as Ids honor stammers:
'A li —yes I certain ly —yes --valid ex
cure I certainly I valid excuse—eertain•
ly I The clerk will remit Mr. Smith's
fine.
—Wo you publish matrimonial
notices for the subscribers to your pa
per?' said a gentlemanly-looking
youth, stepping into our office the oth
er morning.
'Certainly, sir.'
'Well, then, I'll go and get married ;
for I don't nee any other way of pet•
ting my name 10 your paper, since.nn
have rejected all my poetical etlit
stone.'
A SUPPLY EXPECTLIII - UpUfir - THOW
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No discovery , 1% • ..1 Ito/ Id
cotild be received • ligr er relol4lg
—4,ettrelbr, ns • tipn, rhaptr es
copted:--than e qan remedy ;
totilivl l le canoe s less f en t qat
w i ; Icon m ; Ono y t a
C g thin I Dios awful
fu tn,:a they are luprillitiftty, It is
not surprising then that the senaoance
went of a cure .alionkt — tsiu out innu
merable applications for the cunduram
go. The steatner'Oecan Queen, which
itsmed..atil.tis port from Aspinwallon
dipturday, brought intelligence that a
( litrge supply of the plant may be 644cti•
editrieltapintrall steamers' thin nit
on the Ist and the 16 of August,
About girtio"' months it,o the 'State
Department at Washington received a
few pounds of the cou ndurango from
the Government, of Ecuador, tbrough ItA
Minister to this t erfuntry,with a commu
nication dcscribin g it. But little im
portance was attached to the, matter at
lirat, and it might have been neglected
altogoethur. had not Dr. Bliss been given
a small quantity of the plant by the
Equadorian Minister, who happened to
be under his care. Though skeptical
as to Its virtues, be began to use it in
his practice, and obtained sub
Mg results that the limited supp 4 t
the remedy In Washington was soon
divided among eater applicants About
fifteen cases of canoer have been treated
with it in this country, and in all its
use has bean attended by wonderful im
provement of the patient, though the
necessarily small doses given being it -
sufficient to produc.) its full effects.
Mrs. Matthews, the mother of Vico,
President Colfax, has been nearly cured
of a cancer which it was feared would
end Ler life within the year, although
she had taken less than live ounces of
cundurango when ti e supply gave out.
The wife of George C. Gotham, Secre
tary of the Senate, and a lady in Utica
to whom some of the remedy was sent
by Secretary Fish, ti• e among the other
sufferers whom a few ounces have nearly
cured. The mode of administering the
plant is veiy simple, it being merely
steeped in boiling water, and infusion
taken internally.
As the news of the discovery gained
circulation, a great number of applica
tions for the remedy were sent to Wash
ington from all parts of the country,
twenty or thirty letters a any being-re
ceived by Dr. Blies, and an equal
number by the State Department. Many
persons, refusiti4 to believe that the sup
, ply was exhausted, went themselves to
Washington from distant points, In the
fruitless effort to obtain the precious
drug. Dr. Bliss, when convinced that
the cundurango was a specioc for cancer,
sent en order for 600 pounds of it tr. a
business house in Guayaquil. He soon
learned, however, that, as It was not an
article of commerce, it was impossible
to obtain it by ordinary commercial
methods. Ho therefore dispatched his
partner, Dr Keene, tts an agent to pro
cure it supply. To facilitate his mission,
Dr, Keene was given an official charac
ter, by an appointment sot bearer of
dispatches to the government of Ecua
dor, end was supplied with letters of ro
commendation by President Grant, Mr.
Colfax, Mr Fish, and other prominent
persons
He writes that tip task of obtaining
the cundurongo Is more difficult than
was expected Tho roads to Loja dis
trict are rough end unfrequented, the
rainy season to not yet over,the streams
are Pwollon,and dangerous to cross, arid
the Indians are disposed to throw every
obstacle 'in , the way of foreigners, of
whom they are deeply jealous and sus
picious. However, when ho wrote he
was on the point of starting for the in
terior, and was confident of securing n
supply of the cundurango in season for
it to roach this port early in August,
On arriving at the Loja district he will
hire a force of Indians to gather the
plant,and bringit down from the moun
tains, where it grows at points so high
as to to inaccessitle to beasts of burden
It will then be packed on mules, and
transported to the coast. Dr. Keene
found that orders for cundurango had
been received at Guayaquil from per
sons in England, France, Italy and other
countries, to the Governments of which
the Goyernmentof Ecuador had furnish
ed samples None of these orders hail
been fllled. Es-Gov. L. L Gibbs, of
Idaho, Pined from this port her Ecuador
last week, Dr. Bliss having entrriged his
services in aid of these of Dr_ Keene.
A Soared Duelist
t o a certain occasion 91990 the be
ginnioe (.1 1871, in the little town of
fhineho., City, La., on the hanks of
the It whoa River, A .c e five
9111 - 91.018 the VII v ol Monroe,
gentleman (Johns., 00l Jone s ) em:
eluded to play a of 'seven at
55, They toot ineir time, and inter
spersed the (t. (me with several drinks.
They finally finished the same elohn.
son, being winner, raked in the money.
Jones studied about it awhile, lie
made no hi., mind that it was not
right iii Johnson to take the money,
as they were neighbors—not gamblers,
"any•way—and were only in Inn, lie
said :
'You are no' zoiog to take that
are you r
`Yee, indeed, I am,' said Johnson.
'Well,' said Jones, 'you had aa well
take IL out of pocket.'
'Now, Jones, lake that back.'
'I shall not take that hack ; and if
you are not satisfied, help yourself in
any way you choose,'
'But, Jones, I insist that you take it
back, because I don't steal myself.'
'I shall not take it back ; and I now
repeat that )ou Blight tie well have
etolen that money out of my pocket. If
you wieh a difficulty, you can have it
any we, von like.'
'Wen, then, we will shoot it out,'
said Johnson. •
'Very well, sir,' said Jones, 'men•
lion your time and place.'
Without further ceremony, all the
arrangements were made for the duel
to take place that evening. Many of
the neighbors were there, and at once
conclnded to lon% e the tight come oft•.
'Cl , ey knew J who proposed
the shooting, %wild b.,ek out unleee
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On t to of ler Wind, t Wit-Jones wonid
a
tand up without flinching. The B ee .
nae loaded the Pistols with blank ear.
ridges, and informed Johnson of the
act, butdid not , let Jones in the se
rat. They did this to make Johnson
' nd, which, of course, made him
allos. • the went to the appointed
place, eked Jones was there, calm ana.,
bool. The moment for action arrived,
and all parties •tdblk their position 9--
,the distance being tan paces. The pie
kOls were handed to Johnson a n d
Jones, in death-like silence—every one
being as serious as death. The count
commenced :
'One I'
'Stop!' said Johnson, 'lt is under
stood by all parties that there ain't
no bullets in these pistols P
Jones, IMaring this , and knowing,
nothing of it before, rather staggered
forward, looked into the muz
Izle m V his pistol, and cried out, 'l'll be
'hanged if there ain't bullets in miner
and at the•eatne time pulled down on
Johnson.
This wits to much for Johnson. Ire
broke for the nearest house, which was
about. two hundred yards, and they my
he doubled up like a four•bladed knife,
nad has not been seen since, but Rent
word back that all might shoat it mete
who chose, but he wanted none in his.
Junes won the field against et II odds.
As Usual.
A handsome bach, clerk in one of
the most popular dry goods stores in
Atlanta, is smitten with it fair resident
of ft:neighboring city. The flither of
the young lady came to Atlanta re•
coldly and registered at the hotel
where this bachelor clerk hoards. A 3
soon as this discovery wee made the
old gentleman was looked up and
made the recipient of au earnest attn.
lion (such as all of us have and are
disposed to pay the parents of the 'hop
ed for,') to ingratiate himself into 100
parental favor.
Just before going up to droner the
old gentleman wanted information of
the young one, where he could get a
drink of good 'peach and honey.' ct"
'Well, I don't know myself, but I've (
heard that at bar rooms good Itylori
nre kept,' was the innocent rept).
The old gentleman asked the ) oung
one to show him the way.
'Certainly. Though I don't drmk
myself,' replied the teetotaller
Arriving at the liar the want at the
old gentleman was made known, trlon
the bartender, turning to the our;
man, coolly remarked :
'I suppose you will take gilt ttnl
gar, as 115110), Mr.-?'
Ile 'had crier' winked sooner.
Pulling a Lion's Tooth
A Glasgow professional man 'was ex
tracted it tooth from a hon. lit
patient was well lassoed. When the
bon has somewhat exhauNted by str , l2,
glum to free himself, the doctor mnuntsi
on a tub in trout of the eme. A vete
of wood was placed to the lion ' s 1111,11 , h,
and at once the beast Made a p , t.a.
Then a pitchfork was held up, and,
placed in the mouth, kept it open,
while the inside wan thorougly washed.
Afterwards the doctor pushing his am
between the bars into the lion's month,
and running his hand over the (call,
found the loose grinder. A terrible
struggle ensued. The lion plunge 1
more vigorously and howled mire
frightfully than ever, tossing I heal
from side to side, and at tunes loroPiz
his binder as well as his front paw's
against the bars. But ulUnuit It ll.e
doctor triumithed over all dilhenit.,l
and dangers, and by means of poser
ful forceps attached the loose tooth,
which was found broken and &lies , I
near the root. When the task lit I
been completed, the lion sank down
completely exhausted, and while he
lay steady and quiet, the doctor cut the
flesh over the jaw, and found the bone
severely injured, it riot broken. It was,
however, deemed inexpedient to subject
the beast to another operation.
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Eobp.Answers
or what ling !leaven given us an
e.llllll hilart . 7
What dues rumor often do when it
thee? Lies.
Which ,4 the loveliemt flower that
growa 1 Rose.
Whose children are we apt to think
the mweett,t tloivers ? Ours.
What in nr nner is sure to plea3e?
What will freytently overcome the
11108 t austere 1 'rear.
What lonea ita flavor whoa hor•
row it? Wit.
What is it that wealth seldom el
tinguishes? Wishes.
What traits are difficult to warn
mate?
What did Cleopatra to
eine') ? Amp,
What enabled Newton the law 01
the ■ntverse to grapple?
--11 Al Li- W0U4111.7-11 orre hairs turn
into buir-worin• only in imagination
You might soak tho tail of s horse in
lain-water for a thousand peal, if it
ttnuld last that long, and it would 1.0
no more Illce a hair-worm than before.
This I Yinsenso is taught to children by
their playmates and ignorant people,
rind thus the notion descends from gi'n
oration to generation There are -tab
things as hair-worms, but ns a female of
thew worms a foot long min lay 5,000,
000 eggs,they need no help of horse-hails
to propagate. They am parasite- ,
in bugs and files, coming out to undo Lo
a part of their transformation.
—There in an advuatage in how.;
fat. A few nights ago a bulky lady in
Bridgeport, Conn., alarmed by the ap
proach of burglars, leaped out of bee
with such force that she shook t
house from garret to cellar, awaken
ing a• male lodger who slept on the
lowerfloor, and frightening am BS th e
burglaro helore they had ttila- to w'
cure anything.