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BLOOMSBUI1G, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TH1-: COMJMMAN, VOL. IX, NO. 49
COI.UJIIHA DK.MOCHAT, VOL. XI., NO. 83
w . m wm m m wm m mm farrow mi m rmi mm
N . I W XWS Hfl MH1 n I iffiM HI B fm
w IP i li i. ti 7 m p 1 1 n i i b 11 i i m i . i i .
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Columbia County Official Diroctory.
IT - lilrtit .Tuilgo William Klivell.
A- - l iti' .linlgi'H Irani ln-rr, Inn 8. Monroe.
I'lotiimiotnr., Ac. 11. rrimkZurr.
It hti r x llivorclcr Wllllamum II. Jucoby.
n: , let Attorney lolm .M. Clark.
Sliirirr-Ml.li.ieHlrover.
H .in1 or--lsaae Dewllt.
Tr i iirir .lotm Snitler.
c i nmHiloneM-viui.im f.atvton, John llcrncr.
jjim i;iii.
i .niiiiil .slimi'i-s clerk William Kl leklumn.
Aii.llliis-1 ..r.t'ampbel , 8, H. Sinltli, lutlil Yost,
i iMiiieri iiuries h, .iiurpu .
lury Cuiiiiiils-.l.jiiors-Jaoub II. 1'rlU, William II
lit.
1'mliit Sinit-rtntemlent -V1 llam II. Hntder.
iiin i o t'.i ir nuii-ier. -niniptnm o. I'. i:nt. Seoit
V'ii. ki-i'iit. M iintlmrtf nml Tlioinas Crovcllng,
j. o t. t;. i. i.ih, weeruiui . .
f3lo 'insburg Official Directory.
Hi i nii-'jiir.- iiiiiiklmri'omnany .lolin . l'tiiistoii.
im. i.ti-ii . :i. it. urn . roMiler.
- ni i in u ii tilic un.11103 it. i-.ision, ruiuiuiii
1 J, ' . -i-'I'i. 1 .-oier.
I I nun .Miril.u tllin'J l' 1I11U mill l.n:in
t , ,1 i:. 11. 1.1 le, l'rehiileii', (J. W. -Miller,
, . ir-f niill.llngiinils.nliig fund Association
i. ,i i I-, I'rt sldeiit,.!. 11. lloblson, Secretary,
in i ,n Inn .-.Mil u.il km Ins 1'iiihI Awocla'lon J.
I J, i u iTi'siuen , t:. i.. iiurhiuy, ecrully.
(lICltCH MIM-CTOKY.
tiArrr.T ciicncit.
li, v. -i. I', rus In, (supply.)
-.i.i I iv m nli" s I '4ii.ni nndop. m.
Still 1 1 Si'H 101 -'.I II. m.
I'r, r .Mivuug-iitery ttetinesiiav evening ai,u4
i sfnv. 'IbopubllonrolntlH-dloatlend.
sr. MATTHEW'.-) LDTltCKAN Clll'ltCII.
IMUih rr -liev. J. VeCron.
IMiml.1 M 'itlees tti u. til. ami oj p. m.
-.im i. -.ehoul-Oii.iii.
I l'r.i -i- Jlee lug livery Wednesday eienlng at Cj
Nfr.'e. Nopi'ivs renli-d. All are welcome.
i-iu:mivtkiiian church.
I Mint, er- ltev. Ktu.irl Mlnhell.
Isutid.iv s -rt Iri-.s 10'.. a, in. and i3 p. m.
sniiii.iv school I) n. m.
!Y.i er.tieu ing uvery it uuneaii.iy ctcnuig at c
iHeasfrce. No putvs rented. St rangers welcome.
IH-k'.
IIIITIIODI ,T CI'ISCOI'At. CHt'UCH.
Pre lill:i?Ulil"r ltev. N. s. lliickliuham.
Mini - r -lti'i". ' II- MWI.irr.ili.
miiui.iv Si'i-ilces-1 muind 6's v. m.
siiinl.i s.'hoot n. in.
I lutjle l.t-i liter .Monday evenliiff ai 0,v o'clock,
toun" ilen'.-i I'm-tr Men ing livery Tuesday
i-veiiiii-r :i i.1. o'clock.
iiciier.il l'raj er Meeting livery 1 hursday evening
T 0 CiOCK.
KCrOltUKD CHl'KCH.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
I'.istnr- I!ev. T. I'". Ilorfnieler.
' ile-l l.-m.o-i:.iit Mrcct, near Turks Hotel,
Nunil.ij serilu.'s li)1 n. m. and c, p. m.
Minclai School :i n. in.
lT.ijer Meeting Saturday, 7 )). m.
All arc lniltcd Thero Is always loom.
Services et cry Sunday afternoon at a o'clock at
ilcllcr'a church, Madison totuishlp.
t)T. r.tfl.'S C1ICKCH.
Hector llcv. John Hotvltt.
StiiKl.i-, Sen Ices a. ni on p. in.
Sunday School a. in.
KIM Sunday In tliu month, Holy Communion.
serilces preparatory tu Communion on Friday
evening bctoru tho si Sunday lu each month.
Poll's rented : but ciitj bodv tielcoint!.
Persons desiring tu cumuli tho Hector on religious
m ii tors ii 111 Una him at tho parsouagu on Hock
Street.
KVASOKLICtt. CHUUClt.
Presiding lilder-Itcv. A. I., liccser.
Mlnl-ter-llcv. .1. A. Irvine.
Sunday Serilco a p. m., In tlio Iron street Church,
l'r.i er Meeting livery sabbath at t p. m.
Allarc. lniltcd. Allaiu tielcomo.
UUXJMSliUKG DIKKOTOUY.
SCHOOL OIlDKItS, l.laiik, just printd ami
neatlv bound in small books, on hand and
lor sale at tho coluhijian Ollice. l-Vb. Ill, lbTK-tl
1 MANIC DHKDS, on I'arclir.i.'iit ami Linen
J lMner, coinnionand tor Adinlnls rntors, lixecu
lurs and truitees, for sale cheap at tho Coi.L'Jiuian
omce.
AlilllAOi: CICUTIKIOATKS iut piinteil
nml for sale ut tho Coi.miuiAN oillce. Mlrits-
te-rsuf the tlosrel and Justices sliootd sunnlv thi-in-
sclies iiith these necessary articles.
TTWnTKSimil CoiistaiiW Kce-Ilills for sale
f) altliecoi.LMiuiiN oflico. Thoy contain tho cor
lected fees as established by the last Act of tlio Leg
lilatiuo upon tho subject, liu-ry Justice and Con
stable should hatti ono.
KN'DUK NOTICS ju-t printed anil for Kilo
I cheap at tho Coi.uuiu ts olllee.
CI.OTlll.Nd.ic.
J)
WII) I.OV10XIl!-:i:(!, Merchant Tailor
Main St., aboto Central Hotel.
HOOTS AND SHOl-.S.
Hr.NItY KI.KIM, .Miiiiafictiirer ami ilealer
In boots and shoes, groceries, etc., Main St.,
i-aai r.loimiaburg.
j"l M. KNOUli, Dealer in Roots and Shoes,
1-J. latest and best S'yles, corner Main and Mai ket
streits, in thu old post omce.
CLOCKS, WATCIIIiS, &C.
fi E. SAVAGE, Dealer in Clocks, Vt'atches
J and Jewelry, Main St., Just below tho Central
Hotel.
MlI.UNEItY & l'ANCY (iOOl)S.
M
ISS M. DEItUICKSON, Millinery and
i-auey i.oous, .nam St., oeiuw .ti.iiKei.
MIIHCIIAN'IS ANIMIHOCIIHS.
(',. HOWElt, Hats nml Caps, Roots and
Shoes, Main street, above Coin t House.
II. MILLER .0 SON. dealers in Dry
s
(loods, groceries, ipteenstvarc, Hour, salt,
bhues, notions, etc., Main street.
PitOFliSSIONAI, t'AUD.S.
It IICELER, Allorncy at Law. Rooms in
JfXJ, lixchange lllock, 2d ffoor, liloomsburg, l'a. os
lR. W.M. M. REUEIt, Surgeon nml I'hysi-
I clan, onico S. H. comer ltock and Mai ket
bueets.
T It. EVANS, M. D., Surgeon and I'hysi
ft . clan, north tldo of Main street, ubovo J. K.
lij er'b.
J" II. McKJCLYY, M. D.. Surgeon and I'hy-
. slclan, north side Mitlu street, below Mail.tt.
T II. ROI11SON, Atturney-at-Law. Office
tj . In Ilaitliian'sbulldliig.M.ilnstreet.
s
I AMl'EL JACOIiY, Maililo mid Urown
btoue tvoii;s,li.istloomsouig, i.eriiici; ruau.
RO.'sEXSTOCK, I'holograplicr, over
, Clark & tol('s Store, Malhbtieet.
II
D
1; H. C. llOWER, Surgeon Dentist, -Main
st., aboto th Court House.
TH. MAIZE, Mammoth Grocery, line Gro
, cerles, l-'rults, Nuts, 1'rovlalons, t,e., .Main mid
t i.tio bliects.
MIsfEIXANIiOUS.
8. Kl'IIN', dealer In Mci.t, Tallow, tie.,
, i ulie street, Ictivecn second nud 'I liltd.
c
1 M I'lIItlSTMAN, Saddle, Trunk and
Harness maker, button uiock, jiain siiect.
fpiIOMAS WEIlIi.CoiifiitiDiiervtind Hiker"'
X tt holcaulo and retail, lixchange lllock.
(1 W. tORELL, l-'niiiitiiro Rooini, thrce
J , bt irj bilck, Malubtrecl, west of Mat ket bt.
DV ROUIllNS, Liipior dealer, second door
, fiuin thouorlhitest corner Main mid lion
tu ict i
CATAWISSA.
'WTM H. AlilSOTT, Attorney-at-Law, .Main
V i.trcct.
1 ! DALLMAN, Merchant Tailor, Second
.1"). street, liiiblilus' building,
J-!t. E. W. RUTTElt,
PHYSICIAN & SUIitlEON,
omce, on Main btrcct,
Mai.i7,'7t -y catattlssa, l'a.
r.M L, EYEULY,
ATT0 UN E Y-AT-I.A W,
Catatvlssa, l'a.
i lib -lions promplly mado and remitted. Oftleo
oop' "to catatt Issa Deposit Hanks m-Sa
VULCAiT-JHOiT WORKS,
DANV1M.E, MONTOim COUNTY, J'A.
T II, 1, 1AM II. LAW, Manufacturer ol
V Wrought Iron.llrldgM, l'ur "ii
llr '0)1 nunu'uss, "ii"i"""
ul "l s. riOCllllK HUU luiD, 4-uiih "-; ;
. Wrought Iron niilng,
1,1 lUl'U liorfc, AU. ill-Jiajm ,.w.i'i
. n.-Drawlngs and Estimates supplied,
irt, 8 1STS if
J
DUSINESS UAHDS,
4 Vial 1IK1I UAIlll-',
-' Lli'lTKH llKAOS,
JllLli IIKAIM,
l'OSTKUS, AO., id
NctttlyBiiJ Cheaply jirintcd at thoCoi.UM
huh Olllee,
OltANGUVILLK DIHEOTOllY,
A.
3!. IHilJItlNCf, Carpenter nml bulUlcr,
Main street belotv l'lnc.
UUCKHOltX.
M,
disc.
0. A W. H. SIIOKMAICKH, lalers"in
Dry Hoods, Groceries and Ocncral Merclian-
mwiNEss oAitns.
"JIt. A. L. TUHNUH,
licMilcncc nn Market Ptroet ono door bolotv
I). .1. Waller's.
Oflico over Ulelm's Ding store, otllco hours from
1 lo4p. m. for treatment of diseases of tho liye, liar
and Tiirnnt.
All calls night or day promptly attended to.
Apr.2.v;,vtf
It. J. C. HUTTEH,
VlIVSIClAN'&stJIlOriOX,
onlec, North Market street,
MaM7,'fl-y liloomsburg, l'a.
I!. V. OAltDNElt,
PHYSICIAN AND SUKQEON,
DI.OOMsllUItd, PA.
(mice above J. Schuyler & son's Hardware store.
Apr.2r"5-tf
Q (1. UAItk'LEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
onim Main street, llrotver's Building, Second story,
Huoms-i and f. Ott. 1V7S.
gAMUEL KNOUli,
A T T O It N K Y-A T-L, A W,
IlI.OOMSllUIJO, l'A.
Otllce. Hart mil n'M l'.ltrL-. erivnnr Viiln S(rtrt-of
Streets. ' oet.'s. 'Vfl
c
1 V. MILLEU,
ATT011NKV-AT-I.AW,
Oflico lu llrotver's building, second lloor, room No.
liluumsburg, l'a. Julyl,73 y
Q It. & W.M. DUCKALKW,
ATTOl t.N U VS-AT-LA W,
liloomsburg, ra.
onicoon Main street, tit st door below Court House.
Mar.ii,'74 y
R
V. .t J. M. CI.A1UC,
ATTOltSr.VS-AT-LAW,
liloomsburg, l'a.
Oflico In lint s Ilulldlng. April lo,'7t y
A. C11KVKUXO SMITH. IIKHVEY EWINO SMITH.
CltEVELINO SMITH & SON,
ATTOUKKVS-AT-I.AW,
liloomsburg, Pa.
All business entrusted to our cam mil i-eetevo
prompt attention, julyl,'73 y
V. It. I.ITTI.K. IIOU'T. rt. LITTLE.
II. & It. It. LITTLE,
A TU OltNIiVS-AT-LA W,
liloomsburg, l'a.
Ciy"ItUstn0SS befont thn It. K. l'nll-nl 1 inlfo nllpnilil
to. Olllee In the Columbian Uulldlng. ly as
JItOCKAVA Y A ELWELL,
A T TO It N E Y S-A T-I, A V,
coi.i-MniAS UciLniso, liloomsburg, l'a.
Members of tlio I'nltnd Sl.lti'S I..iw Assfifl.itlnn.
CoIIeetldns made In nnvpart of America.
Agi'iits for Continental I.lle Iiisiiraueo Company of
New utk. Assets neailv S7.neii.niio. 'I ho best. In thn
country, send for dcscrlptlie pamphlet. tf
E.'OUVIS,
' ATTOItNIiV.AT-I.AW.
Will nractlce InnU tho courts of Columbia. Sum.
,-all mill l.tcolnlllL' counties. Ill llln Slltireinn i-nin-t or
lVnusilvunla. and In tho Circuit and Distill I euurts
of tho I'nlted slates held at tvilll.imsport, l'a
ii in nu in ins iiineu in me Uiillllliuian 1)11110111.
rooni No. 1, Itlooiiisburir. on Tuesd.it s. Wrdnesilais
aiidThiii'sil.i.tsof each ticek; nndln llcntonon Mon
il.ns, l-'rli lays and Saturdajs, unless absent on pro
iesslonal business, Sept. ls.ls.5.
"IItEAS ISItOWN'S INSURANCE AGEN
X CY, Kieliango Hotel, liloomsburg, l'a.
Capital.
Etna, Ins Co., or I lai I ford, Connecticut,
.tteroonl. Uinilon and (Hobo
, 0,M)ll,UII0
. . J(i,m o,o 0
. 13 w.imu
.. 10,01111, III)
, . 3,100,01111
., 1,100.11110
n- o.iHio
231,llilil
.. 1,UHI,HH
.. ;.',,U,HI
.. 6,600,000
$lll,'J55,W0
Ho.mi of I.lteriiooi
l.iiiicaiihli'u
nro Association, I'lilladeln li 1,1
American of I'hlladelDlita
Adds of Hartford
tt.t oimng, of tt likes Ilarre
I'aimers Mutual of D.iutllle
Iianvlllu Mutual
Home, New York
March 2d,"74 y
MISCELLANEOUS.
c
1 M. 3D li O W N,
Dealer In
HOOTS AND SHOES TotvAMH HooTsa specialty.
Henali-'.ng dono at short notice. Under llron n's Ho
tel, Iiloouisliiirg. Oct. 8,'75-ty
c
1ENTRAL HOTEL,
A E I 11 S T-C L A S S II 0 U S E,
Oct. S,'75ty JOHN LAYCOCIC, J'rop'r.
c
1 M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH.
soiling Machines and Machinery ct nil kinds re
paired. Oi'kiia House Ilulldlng, liloomsburg, Pa.
uet i, ii ly
R. N. TUD13S,
WIIOIESAI.E IIEAl Kit IN
11URNING AND LUIililOATING OILS;
Olllee lu Maine's litilldlng. corner Main and Centro
bttcels,
HLUU.US1IUJIU, ri;..iA.
tiOrders bollclted and promptly idled,
oef. b,'"s-ly
I)
ENT1STRY.
II. C. HOWIilt.llIiNTlST,
lieiincctfully otfers Ids nrofebslonal sertlces to tho
I. idles nml KCiitlciiH'ii of lllooinsbiirg and tlcltilty.
Ilelspicp.iitd lo iitlend to all the unions operations
In the lino of his profession, and Is prot tiled tilth tho
latest luipioted Pom i.i.AtvTruii, which it 111 belli
serled on gold philliig. slltcr and lubber base to
look us well lib tlio natural teeth. Teeth extruded
bi all tliu new and most unnroted methods, and all
operations on thu teeth cuafully nudpiupcily ut-
lenueii io.
onico a few doors above tho Court House, same
bide. Oct. a 76
17 J. THORNTON
.1 J. !
ould announce to tho rltlicnsof Dlooins-
Imrg and i lclnlt that ho has Just rculted u ,ull and
cumplclo iissoi iniCnt of
WALL I'Al'EIt, WINDOW SHADES,
1IXTUKES, COllllS, TAfsELS,
and all other goods In Ids lino of business. All tho
iioiiestnnd most npproted patterns or thodav are
always to tie found lu his establishment, Main street,
Kelow Jiurkei, uei. i,to
JNCIIANGE HOTEL,
()i)lt)s!((t tlio Court House,
ULooMsnuiio, r.,
Tho La no est and Dest In nil respects In tho county
V, H. KOONs.
Oct, s.D-ly l'ropiletor.
.BrvOAVN'SlJOTELT"
HX.OOXVXSIWB.Gi FA, i
B. STOHNBR, Proprietor.
Accommodations first Class-jl.sototl.t.0 per day,
RESTAURANT ATTACHED.
Largo, Airy Samplo Ecoms on let Floor,
A good ftallo in icur of Hotel,
liloomsburg, Oct. s, 1875-tf,
CONFESSIONS
OE A VICTIM.
Published ns a wu ruing and for Iho benent of young
men and ollicisitho btifltrfroiii Ntrtous Debllltv,
1 oss of Womanhood, t ie., giving his rules of belt.
and uialKd frcu en rccdtlng pobl.puld dltected
cnvclopo. Address Nauasiel Maykaik, 1'. o. llox
nnm ll MIT I til I 1 L'OlIll' 11 111 II bUUl'llllK Ullll l-XIK'nSf,
l.M, nrooKiyn, n, i, t i"
K8lV STKA.1I FLOllltlKG MILL,
ESPY, l'A.
BTOUT & I1REISCH, rnOPltlKTORS,
otntriil tKHMBlu liur,Citiln, litd.ic. Cus.
ttiu ntu tcuctrt
ittpvu
CARRIAGE
MAN UEAOTO 11 V
iii.ooMsnrjita, l'A.
M. 0. SLOAN A UHOTItEIt
II
AVE on liatul ami for sale nt tho most
reasonab'o rules n splendid stock of
c.tiiRiAfius, HU(ai:s,
and every description of Wagons both I'LAIN and
FANCY,
Warranted lo bo niarto of Ihcbest and most durable
maeerl.ils, and by tho most expeilenccd workmen.
All work tent out from tho establishment will bo
found to be of tho highest class and suro to Bltu per
fect satisfaction. They have nlsoallncnssortmcutof
SLEIOHS
of nil the newest and most fashionable styles well
and carefully mado and of the best material.
An Inspection of their tvoik Is nsked ns It Is be
lieved that none superior can bo found in tho coun
try. Oct. 8, lS75-tf.
KEYSTONE CARRIAGE WORKS'
11L00MSI1UIIG, PENN'A.
AS. CKOPSLEY has on hand anil for sale
. cheaper than tho cheapest, for cash, or will
exchange for old Wagons on reasonable terms,
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES,
. AND
WAGONS
of every description both plain and fancy.
Portable Top liturgies, open lluggles, Plain and
I-'anev IM.ntfnrin SnHnr. wni.nnn nil rif tl.i. Inti'nt. st 1,1
and mado of good material and fully warranted.
(live me a call before purchasing elseti here, as I can
not bo undersold, I claim that I mako tho best wag
ons for 1 ho least money.
I also do painting, trimming and repair old work
at the shortest notice, old springs welded and war
ranted to stand or no pay. I tt 111 exchange a porta
ble top buggy for any kind of lumber, such ns heir
lock, pine, ash, Hun hickory and poplar to hcdclltri
Ml nlniVGhnn liv tlui llrwf nf l.-Mintfi rv 1Q73 tiviti-
(laleordcis taken and McKclvy, Neal : Co's for re-
pairn nscasn. a. . e.ltu?aLl-il.
uci, s, isi.-).
The Great Cause of Human Misery.
Just published in a sealed envelope. I'rieeGcts.
rijT; i i.r.i li iii.uiiiui- iiuiiii r, ii c-iiiiiiLiii,
yjWtwr spermatorrhoea, Induced by self-abuse
"lyi.l Hnfl itauicai c-iire oi seuiiuai weaKiiess,
wkvjtw involuntary emissions, nnpoiency, ner
vous debility and Impediments to marrtago gener
ally, consumption, epilepsy and fits; mental and
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IlIfTlK
THE NINETY AND M1TK.
Thcro wcro nlntty and nlno that safely lay
In tho shelter of tho fold ;
Hut ono was out on tho hills nwayi
Ear off from tho gates of gold,
Awn y on tho mountains wild and baro.
Away from tho tender Shepherd's enre.
"Lord, thou hast hero tuy ninety and nlno j
Are they hot enough for thee!"
But tlio Shepherd mado answer i "Thl3 of mlno
lias wandered nwny from rae j
And, although tho road bo rough and steep,
I go to tho desert to find my skcop,"
Hut none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were tho waters crossed i
Nor how dark wns the night that tho Lord passed
through
Ere he found Ids sheep that was lost.
Out In the desert he heard Its cry
sick and helpless and ready to die.
"Lord, whenco nro those blood-drops nil the way
That mark out tho mountain's track?"
"They wcro shed for ono it ho hd gono astray
lire the Shepherd could bring him back."
"Lord, tihenco arc thy hands so rent and torn5"
"rhcy arc pierced to-night by many a thorn."
And all through tho mountains thtmdcrrlvcn,
And up from the rocky steep,
There roso a cry to the gato of heaven :
"ltcjolcel I hate found my s ccp?"
And the angels echo d oronnd tho throng:
"Itejolco 1 Tor the Lord brings back his own I"
As sung by Mi. Sankey.
.MY MTTIiE LOVE.
I had a lovo at Aston Hall,
A little, prattling darling;
She's very, very, tery small,
And chatters like a starling.
Her hair is light, her eyo blue-bright,
Her check Is Hko a posy,
A nd If you it lsh her namo outright,
'Tls little babyTto'y.
Sho's such n sweet, wee, tvlnsomo thing,
That, in spite of my endeavor
To glvo the witch tho cruel fling,
I fear tint I must hato her.
Sho conies and peers Into my eyes,
And climbs up o'er my shoulder,
Or snares rno by some fond surprise,
Till I am forced to hold her,
And then sho pulls mo by tho beard
Or clutches at my glasses,
Till I begin to bo afear'd
She'll beat my Dcron lasses.
Ood keep her little, loving heart ;
I wish her well and cozy,
And may no evil bring a smart
To my sweet Baby nosy.
FAITHLESS.
I wonder If It seems ns long
To you ; thrco cars have possed, or more,
since, loath to speak the final word,
Wo parlcd at tho v lne-it rcntlied door.
Tho graceful gesturo of your hand,
Your wistful cj es, I sec them yet.
And hear from out those pleading Hps,
Tho whispered mandate, "Don't forget."
Ah, was IJ that your faith lu mo
Was weak, or that my thoughts you read,
And guessed the plot my brain conceived,
Hlack ns tho heat ens overhead?
Fast fell tho rain j tho pallid moon
Was hidden by tlio tempest's rack.
"Adieu!" you cried, "now, don't forget
To bring our best umbrella back."
Scrlbncr for November
Miseelianeous.
A DREAM AND A SLEEP.
Entile, Gerard, and I sat smoking in tlio
(lurk. Tho curtains were drawn ; tho fno
smouldered to its death; tho sound of puss-,
ing wheels broke but infrequently upon tho
silence of the room. It was near dawn and
still wo had no thought of separating. Etnile
and Gerard had como in at 2 o'clock in tho
morning, and when such a thing happened
tie generally saw the daylight beforo we
shook hands again. Wo had two or three
bitter arguments; for Emtio and Gerard al
ways fought with buttons oil". At length
Gerard yawned. Emilo caught tho arms of
his easy chair, sat upright, and looked fix
edly into Gerard's face.
"Gerard," ho said, "you have yawned."
"No doubt," answered Gerard. "What of
that? Y'ou haven't said a word for a quarter
of an hour. You havo been asleep."
"Hear him !" cried Emile, appealing as it
were, to tho four millions of Blcepcrs stir
rounding him. "He says I slept 1 He has
the audacity to seek justification or extenu
ation of his offense in a crime created by his
imagination for me. "Murk," ho asked,
turning to me, "havo I slept?"
"lSeyond tho facts that you sat very still
and kept your eyes elosed.thero is no circum
stantial evidence against you," I replied.
"Thcro 1" exclaimed Emile. "Hear in
dependent testimony! Rut against you
there is irrcfutablo proof You yiuvucd. Wo
heard you. You aro bsneath contempt.
You area creature of sensation and emotion
wholly destitute- of reflection or self-supplied
stimulant. Hah 1 you aro like a woman 1"
"Emile," I interposed, "you arc ungal
lunt." "Rut, Mark," ho pleaded, "Gerard is a
beast."
"You are over tlio bounds," protested
Gerard.
"Not of truth," asserted Emile.
"Of civilized conversation. Tho woid
'beast' is not in my blue book applied to a
man.
"No," I agreed, "I never saw it "
"Then," cried Gerard, in triumph, "Emilo
pays tho penalty."
"Hut as I live," pleaded Emile, "I havo no
story to tell for forfeit. As I live I am a
squeezed orange."
"Lemon," muttered Gerard, ns ho lit hi.
pipe.
"Lemon is over tho bounds?" inquired
Emile, clasping his hand- and turning im
ploring eyes upon mo,
"No. Lemon is within tho limits. Go on
with a story, Emilo "
Ho mado a pathetic gesturo and fell back
in Ilia chair. "They, or rather ho, snld I
was asleep," ho whispered in a volcoofa
stage "itsidc," "and I wasn't. I was only
thinking. Thinking of tho past. Thinking
of my first night In London, What a night
it was, to bo sure." Then with animation,
Did 1 tell you of my first night in
London?"
"No."
"I will."
"I had just completed my twenty-fifth
year when I first bet foot in London. 1 had
como partly to sco tho placo and partly to
meet u relative of mine, whom we expected
to nrrivo from India any day of tho week,
As you know, Mark, I havo always been a
quiet, curious, dull fellow, tuking little in
terest in tho ordlunry amusements provided
for tho general public, nud Inlying no ap
preciation of what Is called fun. So that,
instead of seeking a theatre, or somo other
brilliant pl.tcoof entcrtainmeut, I put on an
overcoat, liUi cigar, and walked out about
0 o'clock,
"Thero was a dcuso fog, and tho nir was
damp and unwholesome. I happened to bo
staying at a hotel to situated that by tho
map I took all my bearings with relation to
llolborn. Tho giu lamps of the other ildo
of thg btrcct wviTltible, but gave no light.
I became a llttlo depress 1 and confounded t
nml meeting ft quiet looking street which
seemed to lead into somo silent, lake-like
square, I turned down, and experienced tho
most Inexpressible; relief from tho mulllcd
muteness around.
"I suppose I must havo gono about n hun
dred and fifty yards In a straight lino beforo
I discovered thcro was no way of exit at tho
end. 1 crossed, And began walking back
toward tho head of tho street. Reforc I had
got half way I reached a turning to tho left,
and, for a moment, stood irresolute ns to
which course I should take.
"As I was deliberating, I heard footsteps
approaching rapidly. I drctr a llttlo out
of the way to let him pas. j but, as ho went
'to the samo side, ho run against me rather
forcibly, and, tripping over a raised stone in
the kennel, fell heavily to tho ground. I
helped him lo rise. He was not hurt; and
when ho and I had exchanged apologies, ho
turned slowly down tho street and to tho
left, aud walked with bent head and deliber
ate step.
"Tho two questions which nroso to mo
were: Who was ho? and what had oc
casioned his haste? His manner and speech
were those of a gentleman , and, so far as I
could see, there was nothing in his dress or
appearance inconsistent with the presump
tion that ho was one. What could mako a
man of his clan rush down a by street as
at such a pace, and then suddenly, upon re
ceiving a momentary chock, subsldo into a
shamble? Had ho committed sonic crime,
and wero the ministers of justice upon his
track?"
"I listened, half expecting to hear tho
clatter of feet in cluvc. All was still in tho
street, and from beyond the street tho sound
of traffic came feebly and dully, like tho
muttering of water in a disttnt cave.
"Mechanically I turned into the narrow
street the man had entered. I could not
remove my mind of him. llo clung to mo
like the vapor. Rut what was it that seemed
so strange about him ? All of us have ex
perienced tho phenomenon of remembering,
or recalling, or reimposing on tho mind
persons and objects of which, at the time
they wcro displayed to it", tie took no sensi
ble mental impression. So it was with me
in this cac.
"I havo always taken a great delight in
trying to read the heart through tho face.
This man's manner puzzled mo considerably,
and when I first felt tho recollection of his
face dawning upon rae, I said to myself,now
I shall know all.
"I was very much interested in my vague
speculation, and I must have walked more
than over a milo before I became aware of
tho fact that I had been taking turns with
out recording them. So that when I awoke
to a sense of my situation I had lost my
way. 1 received an unpleasant shock ; lor,
although I had no fear, tho place where I
found myself was gloomy and forbidding in
tho extreme. Overhead hung huge war-
houses, whose upper stories were lost in the
fog and night. Tho lane was narrow, and
practicable only to foot passengers. Strain
my ears as I might, I could hear no hum of
voices, no sound of wheels, no bells, no noiso
of life.
"I pushed on hurriedly. Suddenly I heard
a sound. Click click click. 'Uilliards!'
I thought, joyously, and following tlio di
rection given by tho sound, I found a door,
pushed it open, walked through a long, nar
row passage, ami entered tlio room wlieio
tho gamo was going on.
"Thero wero five, persons in tlio room,
nimely, the marker, two players and one
man sitting on a sido scat. I should havo
called him a spectator, but that he seemed
to bo fast asleep."
"I asked my way of tho marker, and find
g I had not drifted very far from my
anchorage, mado up my mind to sit and
watch a gamo or two."
"I think I must havo been upward of an
hour in the billiard room, when one of the
players accidentally touched the sleeper with
the butt end of his cuo and roused him. It
is impossible to express my astonishment
when once more I saw tho face I but dimly
remembered ; tho face of him who hnd fallen
in tho narrow street but an hour before."
"I was more than surprised I was shocked.
Ilotv did it como wo two should meet again
that same night? Was fato busy between
him and me? I felt uncomfortable. When
his eyes fell upon mo thero was no gleam of
recognition, Ho did not remember wo had
met before."
"Ho did not materially alter his position.
Ho sat limp aud spiritlcjs, as ono completely
crushed, Now I saw plainly that there was
no artificial lethargic influence nt work in
him. Now I discovered tho second clement
in the contention ; It wa extreme physical
fatigue. I could still seo the hunger for
action in his eyo ; ho watched tho swiftly
traveling balls as though he envied them ;
but his heavv limbs lay abroad, as though
thcro were no power left to rally them. How
was this condition to bo accounted for?
Poverty had nothing to do with it, Ho wore
ono ring which must have cost moro than
many families havo to spend in a year. Ills
dress was a littlo tossed and soiled, but tho
most fashionable cut and matertals."
'Something far deeper thun iny curiosity
was now aroused, and for tho life of mo I
could not keep my eyes off him.
"At length the balls ceased to play ; tho
players took their leave; tho lights wero
turned down ; the marker approached tho
weary man, and, asked him if ho wished to
play. 'No,' in a tremulous voice, out of
which all the volume and spirit had depart
ed. As ho uttered tho word ho roso heavily,
came with a slow paco round tho table, and
entered tho long pussago. I followed. As he
reached tho outer door I entered the passage
Ho stood a moment looking out into tho fog,
and then I heard him utter, 'Tho day will
never come. I'll go to tho river."
"To tho river I To the river, with those
weary limbs and that passion of rettlessncss
eating hi a reason nway I It can mean only
one thing. To tlio river, if you like, but
not alone. I'll follow. With these thoughts
I hastened after him,"
"Thcro was no great need for caution.
Tho fog aud his intense preoccupation made
it unnecessary for mo tu take unusual care.
I kept close to hlin, and followed him
through nn intricate net-work of narrow
lanes, at length entered tho approach to a
bridge. Ho walked rapidlyyuid I was about
ten paces behind. Tho perspiration stood
out on my forehead, I was on tlio point of
rushing forward and seizing him, when he
drew up suddenly and placed his hand on
tho parapet. There was now no doubt of his
Intention, I leaped forward aud tapped him
smartly on the shoulder,"
"Ua turned round uud confronted me,
Wo wcro Btandlng under a gas lamp. Tho
light was feeble, but quiet enough to let me
co the expreKslon of his face. Thcro wa
no anger or annoyance In his eyes. He
stared at mo lu a half-wild, half-dull way,
and did not seem to ask or caro why I
touched him. Something lu his aspect put
mo out of conceit with my suicidal theory
for him. I did not say tho words I had ar
ranged. His appearance forbado me."
"I am a stranger in London. I arrived
here only this evening. Pardon me, but I
lost my way. Would you bo good enough
to set me right?"
"Ho continued to look nt me in the same,
dull, unspeculativc manner. Ho completely
disregarded my question. 'Wo havo met to
night before. Did you follow me from
where I fell to tho billiard room?" he asked
lu a low, wornout voice.
"I was thunder-stricken. He had not
only seen me at tho time of the acc!dent,but
had recognized mo in tho billiard room. I
lott my felf-possession completely. 'No,' I
muttered, 'I did not follow you from where
you fell to thcbilliard room."
"That is strange,'ho mused, 'very strange!
What a coincidence ! Rut did you follow
me from tho billard room to this?"
"'Yes.'
'"Why ?'
'"I heard you mutter something about to
morrow never coming, nud tho river. I
feared '
"What?"
"Well, your manner pray excuso me
seemed a littlo excited, and I feared that
perhaps you might" I waved my hand
vaguely in the direction of tho river.
"To my profound astonishment, I may
say horror, ho burst out into a hysterical
laugh, leaned againt tho parapet of tho
bridge, and surveyed me with a half-amused,
half-pitying loot. After a moment ho shook
himself; regarded me fixedly, nsked me
where I lived or staid; ami when I answered,
said, Come with me."
"Thcro wero two good opjects to bo at
tained by going with him. I should draw
him away from the river, and I myself
should get homo. We walked in silence
together. Evidently ho did not wish to
speak."
'lahven't tho least idea of tho way we
went. e made many turniugs, and I grew
gradually to feel that wo wero penetrating
the better portion of London. I was on the
point of asking if ho were quito sure he had
not been deceived by the fog, when ho
stopped before a largo houso in a square and
knocked."
"I do not know this place," I said.
"Rut I do. Y'ou need not be afraid. Do
I look like a decoy?"
"The door was opened by a porter, and wo
entered a spacious hall, lighted by a huge
gaselier of dull amberglass Passing through
the hall, wo went into another and narrower
ono ; out of this we passed into a dark pass
age of considerable length ; and finally, into
a small low room. From ceiling to floor
hung amber silk curiains, and between them
stood vast mirrors. Thcro wero only one
small table and two chairs. Along tho throe
sides of the chamber ran low couches,covcred
with amber velvet. A dull yellow Turkey
carpet covered the floor, aud overhead hung
a single lamp witli a single lloating wick.
On the mantlepieco thero was nothing but
pipes and a pair of old flint pistols curiously
wrought, and glittering with diamonds and
rubles in the dim golden light."
'He motioned mo to ono of tho chairs."
'Take a scat,' lie said, moving his hand to a
silver gong that stood on tho table, and
sinking into the luxurious easy chair. 'You
will havo something?' What shall it be?
This is my place, or rather yours, for the
present.
"Thank you, nothing for me. Y'ou need
refreshment, and, if I may presume to say so,
bleep still more."
"I have neither eaten nor slept in forty-
eight hours, and I think I must havo walked
i hundred miles in that time."
"I uttered an exclamation of surprise and
looked closely at him. Ho was a young
man, not more than nlno and twenty, or
thirty at most,but looking much older under
tho influence of extreme physical exhaustion.
His faco was flushed and hectic, and ills
eyes wero dim and bloodshot. His figure
was slender almost to emaciation, and deep
lines marked tho l'.ice.speaking of premature
care or sorrow I could not tell which "
"Ho did not heed my exclamation, hut
went on : You thought I was asleep lu tho
billard room. I was not. Forty-eight hours
ago I awoke out of a dream, aud I havo not
dared to sleep since."
"Was it so terrible?"
"Terriblo I No, It waj so good, so heal
ing, no heaven bent, that I durtt not sleep,
lest it should get tho lie."
"Rut you will kill yourself. You mut
sleep."
"What o'clock is it ?"
"A quarter past twelve."
"In ten, perhaps eight hours, I shall know
if that dream was true or not. You thought
I meditated springing into tho Thames. It
was good of you to fullow ma. I am grato-
ful to you fur your caro of mo Rut in all
London and in tlio whole word there is
no man who wants to livo more than I
do."
'Rut "
'I know what you would say I am going
a bad way about it. Let that pass. There
is no other way. If you stay until tho news
comes you shall. If it bo good, I shall
sleep."
"And if it bo bad?"
"Ho knit his brow and clenched his
hands, aud then (aid, with a itrango laugh,
I shall sleep all tho same,"
'I will stay, if I may."
"Good. Then you shall hear my
dream,"
'Ho lit a pipe, lay back In his chair and
began in n low, strained voice, liko ono who
listens to words which havo traveled from a
distance and repeats them ns they come."
"I need go no further into the past than
to tell you that fivo years ago my father was
living and I was tho third son. At that time
I fell in love. I will troublo you with no
rhapsodies. It was my first and only love.
It was returned fully and freely; but I was
too poor. Her father would not hearof it, and
in less than a year my she was compelled
compelled by all and every means that a
tyrannical father and pliant mother could
devlso to marry n rich Jamaica merchant, a
man nearly three times her uge. Since then
I havo neither seen her nor heard of her.
Wlthlu a yeur of her marriage my two
brothers wero drowned while yachting lu
tho Mcditcrancau, and I became heir. My
father never rcwycrtd. tho thotk of thtlr
dcath,nnd lu a few months moro he followed
them to their grave. The very day my poor
fiithcr was burled I left Kncland, and from
thnt hour till now I havo spent but three
days in the country. I nrnved hero thrco
days ago. I was worn out with travel, and
retired early, I had not been moro than an
hour asleep when I awoko bathed from head
to foot in a cold perspiration. I was trem
bling in e,rcry limb. I had dreamed that I
was standing on tho deck of an Atlantic
steamer, and that thcro camo toward mo n
figure draped in black. I shrank back in
Inexpllcablo dread. I strovo to fly, hut my
feet were llko lead. I grasped tho bulwark
for support. Thefiguro approached nearer
It was that of a woman in widow's weeds,
Tho veil was down, but I seemed to feci the
face. Slowly, and when tho figure was
no further from mo thun this tablo upon
which my hand rests, tho veil was raised and
IJsatv her face. With a shrick.I awoke. That
was my dream. What o'clock is it ?"
"Half-past twelve."
"How wearily tho mlnutc3 go. You arc
suro your watch is going?
"Yes."
"I durst not go to Qucenstown myself.
There is a boat duo in tho morning. I havo
.1 trusty man waiting. I shall have a tele
gram when tho boat arrives. When that
telegram comes. I shall sleep. Rut you aro
worn out. Lie down and I will sit and
watch."
"I protested, but he overruled me. He
placed some cushions on a couch,aud throw
ing a rug over me, said ho would utter no
othor words until day had come and brought
news."
"I resolved not to closo my eyes; but I
had como a long journey that day, and I was
completely worn out. Gradually the warmth
and the silence overcame me, and I sank in
to unconsciousness. I was aroused by a
knock at tho door. I looked across the room.
He was sitting in precisely the same position
as I had last seen him. Ho saw me move,
and asked :''
"Are you awake V
"Yes?"
" 'Would you bo good enough to take that
telegram from the servant ? I don't want
him to come in.'
"I went to the door and did as he had re
quested. I closed tho door. 'Now,' said he,
'draw back that curtain and read that tele
gram.' "I drew back the curtain. It was a black,
bitter November dawn. I broke the enve
lope and read out : '
"Tho widow of the l.tto Mr. Jivncs Stop
forth has arrived by tho City of New Y'ork.'
"I looked hastily toward tho chair. He
had not moved. I spoke. He did not an
swer. I crossed tho room and stood over
him. His eyes were fixed. I rushed to the
door, toro it open, called loudly for help,
and then came and opened the scarf and
chafed the hands. Water was brought, and
wo dashed it over him, and in less than ten
minutes the doctor was in the room.
"For a few minutes tho doctor did not say
a word. At length ho turned to me and
asked, 'How did this happen?'
"Ho has been dreadfully excited and has
not slept for forty-eight hours or more. He
lias been walking nearly the whole time.
Will ho not bo well when he has slept?"
The doctor dropped tho wrist.
" 'llo said,' I volunteered, seeing the doc
tor pause," he would sleep to-day.'
"Ho was right," returned the doctor, 'he
was right. Draw back the other curtains:
Let in the light. Ho is sleeping now."
"Y'ou don't mean to say that he is dead ?''
"Ho is dead ! London Society.
Claims to the Discovery of America.
Probably no archaeological mystery is en
shrouded with more interest and a greater
charm than tlio discovery of the western con
tinent. This fact is attested by tho devotion
and zeal of a galaxy of men of genius, such
as Humbolt, Kingsborough, Stephens, Itain,
and well nigh a bcorc of others. The vari
ous theories for tho bolution of this perplex
ing problem, many of them ingeniously
spun, arc too numerous for mention here.
Only the principal claims to discovery and
colonization can receive attention. Ancient
America, with its noble monuments of a
once grand civilization, is to us a land of
darkness, and its history one of uncertainty.
In our inquiries fact must iu a measure bo
exchanged for conjecture. Very scanty aro
the refunds that come down from the ancients
concerning their knowledge of tho Atlantic
aud tho islands hidden in iu bosom, though
thoss indomitable sailors, tho Pocniciaus,
had passed tho pillars of Hercules and cstab
lished colonies on the western coast of Afri
ca iu tho ninth century beforo Christ
Three hundred years later (li. C. 570), ac
cording to Horodotus, Pharaoh Necho fitted
out nn expedition, manned by Phoenician
Bailors, and sent it around tho entire coast of
Africa. That tho Canary islands were dis
covered and .colonized by tho Phoenicians
thero is no doubt. Strabo, speaking of the
Islands of tho Rlesscd, or Fortunate isles, us
they wcro afterwards called, adds, "That
thoso who pointed out those things wcro tho
Phmnicians, who boforo tho time of Homer
had poscssion of tho best part of Africa and
Spain." It is a well known fact that those
hardy adventurers of tho seas were in tho
habit of preserving with the strictest secrecy
tho names and location of the distant lauds
with which they engaged in commerce.
Where they sailed and traded, other than in
tho ports of tho British Isles, must remain
unknown. Whether fnrnishcd by this "na
tion or not, tlio ancients seemed to have had
somo remarkable information concerning an
island or continent hidden in tho Sea of
Darkness as tho Atlantic was called. Tho
firet mention of this Is mado by Thcopom
pus, n celebrated Greek orator and historian
who flourished in the timo of Alexander the
Great. Ills description of this distant is
land, of great dimensions, and inhabited by
a strango people, is preserved in .Elian's
"Variaa Historian, written during tho reign
of Alexander Sevcrus. The Galaxy.
It is Longfellow who says; "In tho lives
of tho saddest of us thcro aro bright days
when wo feel as if we could tako tlio great
world into our arms. Then como tho gloomy
days when tlio firo will neither burn nn our
hearths nor In our hearts, and all withou
and within is dismal, cold and dark. Re
lievo me, every heart has its secret sorrows
which tho world knows not ; and oftcntinu'
wo call a man cold when ho is only sad."
In 1839 Henry Damon was sent for mur
der to tho Vermont stato prison for life, lie
was recently killed by falling down stain at
th ago Otllxtyiilue.
Humorous.
llrigham Young has been dubbed 'Ilrlg.
Gen. from having been calIed"Urlggy, dear"
so often by his numerous wives.
'Y
'on never saw my hands as dirty as that,'
a mother reproachfully yesterday to her
) eight-year-old girl. "Causo I never
you when you was a little girl.'
said
tittle
seen
A young lady of our acquaintance recent
ly contemplated publishing a poem on "Af
fection," but so many of her admirers want
ed her to promise them a proof of it that sho
abandoned tho design.
"I can't pay my bills, Jones. I think I
shall fall," said Brown. "What per cent
shall you bo able to pay?" said Jones. "I
don't know; what nro they paying this fall?"
said Rrown, Comment is unnecessary.
Marl: Twain, speaking of a new portablo
mosquito nettiug, writes: "Tho day is com
ing when wo shall sit under our nets in
church and slumber peacefully, while tho
iscoinfitted flies club together, and take it
out of the minister."
A. professor asked his class, "What is tlio
aurora?" A student, scratching his head, re
lied, "Well, professor, I did know, but I
havo f'orgottcn.""Well,thatis sad,very sad,"
rejoined the professor, "tho only man iu
tho world that ever knew has forgotten it."
When a man goes to a quilting party about
tea time, and sits down on a ball of wicking
with a long darning needle iu it, he will
think of more things conuectcd with darning
in a minuto than ho can mention in two
hours.
Said a distinguished politician to his ban :
Look at me I I begau as an alderman, and
here I am at the top of tho tree, aud what is
my reward ? Why when I die my son will
bo tho greutest rascal in tho city." To this
tho young hopeful replied, "Yes, when you
die but not till then."
A Westerly, It. I., clergyman married a
couple the other night, received his fee, and
sent them away, apparently satisfied, but a
day or two after tho bridegroom returned
and said that ho had come to pay more, as
tho woman had turned out much better than
he expected.
An Irish lady, residing near tho comer of
Ninety-ninth street and Central Park, was
very much disgusted the other morning to
find a pet goat reclining at full leugth on
her breakfast table. Sho said sho wanted
no moro of that bho-nauny-gin.
She used to keep bits of broken china and
crockery piled up in a convenient corner of
the closet, and when asked her reason fo:
preserving such domestic lumber, she shot a
lurid glanco at her husband, and merely re
marked; "He knows what them's for."
When a man wants a plug of tobacco tho
grocery three-fourths of a mile oil' is only a
step, hut if his wife wants a drink of cool
ater from a neighbor's well opposite, by
somo mysterious agency that well suddeLl
becomes removed more than half a milo a-
A reporter being called to account for tho
statement that a certain meeting "was a
arge and respectable one," when only one
ithcr person besides himself was present, in
sisted that his report was literally true; for, .
uud he; "I was largo and the other man was
respectable."
At a territorial hanging the victim who
had been libernllv sumilicd with whlst-ov
prior tofullfilling his emrntrcmcnt with tho
sheriff, was asked at the last moment if ho
would have anything. "Just n dron." ho
replied. Ho got it. It was about six feet,
and broko his neck. Ho took a drop too
much.
One of tho "boys" staked his all on tho
result of a gamo of euchre tho other night,
ind lust Jhrotting down his cards peev
ishly .ho broko forth into tho following pa
thetic strain: '"Twits oyer thus in childhood's
hour, I'vo seen my fondest hones takoflichl
and cverv timo I played tho left bower
some ono took it with the right."
A Western editor, to stock his depicted
larder, advertised, "Poultry taken in ex
change for advertising," Tlio villanous
compositor, seeing his opportunity to pay
p a long-standing grudge, set it up, "Poe
try taken in cxclwngo for advertising;" and
since that time the office boy has been clear
ing fifty cents a day from tho wasto paper
man.
At Sea. An Irishman was brought up
beforo a justice of the peace on tho chargo of
vagrancy, and was thus questioned: "What
trado are you?" "sure, now, ycr honor, I'm
a sailor." "You lire iu tho sea-farinc line.
I question whether you havo ever been to sea
u your life?" ' Sure, now, and does yer hon
or think I came over from Ireland in a wag-
ginf ' "Commit him commit him."
When a Nevada photographer wants to
moke a good picture, ho puts tho sitter in
his placc,pulls out a navy revolver, cocks it,
levels it at tho man's head, and says, "Now
jist you sit perfectly ttill and don't move a
mir; put on a calm, pleasant expres.iou of
countenance, and look right into tho muzzb
of this revolver, or I'll blow tho top of your
head oil'. My reputation as an artist is at
btakc, and I dout want no nonsense, about
this picture."
A Y'ankco traveller out west has written
to his mother, telling her his expericneo as
follows: "Western peoplo aro death on eti
quette. Y on can't tell a mun hero that ho
lies without fighting. A few days ago a man
was telling one of Ills neighbors, in my hear
ing, a pretty largo story. Says I, 'Stranger,
that's a whopper!' Says lie, 'Lay there,
stranger, and in tlio twinkling of an eyo I
round myself iu tho ditch, a perfect quadru
ped. Upon another occasion mys I to a
man I never saw before, as a woman passed,
'Dial isn't n specimen ol your western wo
men, is it?' Says he, 'You're afraid of fever
and ague, uln't you? 'Very much,' says I,
'Well,' replied lie, 'that lady is my wife, nnd
it you don't apologlzo iu two minutes, by tho
honor of a gentleman I swear that theso two
pistolB' which he held cocked lu his handi
'shall cure ou of that disorder entirely.
So I knelt down and politely apologiztd. I
admire tho western country much j but duru
mo If I can stand to much ctlquttu It al
ways takes mc Xiuuttuite,"