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that.
Hut chietiy of baby, a favoritfl tlifiiie,
That keiM tbe wife's features with pleas
ures nt;! fan i ;
Vot ofion itiiti gives .a fond glance to the
WIutk baby's asleep in its wiekervrork cut ;
A stir, the least, sound, makes her mother
lieart leap,
A ml anxious she looks to where baity a
asleep.
She elears tea away, and how noiseless she
moves,
I:ke well- kept machine in its nice-fitting
grooves ;
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- urate.
There's joy in her movement, yet caro iu
her pace ;
She knows it is right buoyant spirits to
curb.
For lioisierotts gtoo tho baby's rest will dis
turb; And often tdie'll pause, and with gentleness
peep
To see if there's comfort where baby's
asleep.
Oh, blest is the wife full of motherly rare,
For .-ore her child harvest few wild weeds
will licsir ;
A Hi: for a woman who raves of her "rights,"
She knows not her sex's divine heart de
lights ;
She knows not the pleasure, the heavenly
bliss,
The rapture ecstatic, a soul-stirring kiss ;
On timorous tiptoe she never doth creep,
And, angi l-Iikc, hover where baby's asleep.
tiii: srony or ,i will.
Thrown IT his horse ami killed!' I
read, in this city weekly pniier just issued,
as I sat in my law oflice one morning in
Wellington, the county scat of a certain
Franklin county.
It waii on Thursday morning, in Septem-l-r;
and the paragraph went on tofaythat
on tVednesd.iy morning, Stephen Edwai tls,
a wealthy old farmer, who had lived near
a j J.ue enlliil the Cross Hoads, three or
four miles from Wellington, was found
ilc. id on the road, within half a m ile. of his
hoiie, and the apiearani"t-s indicated that
he mas thrown from his horse and killed
on Tuesday night, on his way home from
the latter place.
'Why, I 'cc'aro !' I said to myself. 'It
was only the day befoie yesteiday that. I
wrote his will, and it was signed and wit
nessi d beie in my i.f.iee. How Miigula.-!
Killed that very night !'
Mr. lIwaids was a somewhat singular
man. I knew that he charged his mind
often, for I bad draw n several wills for him.
In this last one, which I now very emphat
ically declared should be the last, he had
beipieathed the bulk of his wcalth'to a dis
sipated nephew, Koss Edwards, reseiving
baiely eiKiugh for his only daughter to
make the will valid. He did not tell why,
and it was no part of my business to ask
him, but 1 -Aondeied at it.
I had scarcely iinished reading tbepara
graj h relating to the accident, when Mr.
P.insh. the constable. steiMH-d in. Ho was
not a very learned man, and was very ex
citable, nnd entertained a keen sense of
the solemnity of bis duties as an otlicer.
Have jtoti heard about Kdw;;rds?' he
a.-ked.
I have just read of it,' 'replied ; 'it is a
ead thing.'
I 'Weil, there is a suspicion of something
about it.'
A!i ! how so?' I asked.
You drew bin will, didn't you ?'
'In favor of Iloss? ?'
Yes.'
I did. What Is wrong about it ?'
Why, his daughter Lucy has come into
town this nn uning, and got a wan-ant out
ariDct her eoi Ross, on suspicion of
i. knew that the will :
L .,,,,1, m bis favor that day. and
as tho old man had changed his mind so
often, and might do it again, sho believes
thai ho waylaid and murdered him, so as
lo make euro of the property, lou know
! Ross is called a hard cafce. It's suspicious :
It looks bad,' I replied.
It does so. Well, I have a warrant for
his ariest, aud I am going to rido out to the
Stock ' Ci'jss Roads aiid pet Lim. ill you go
; along? You are a lawyer, and I would liko
j you to go atom?. You might notice things
) that I wouldn't.'
f 'Yes, I'll go with you,' I said ; 'wait just
a minute.'
I had a horse, which I soon saddled and
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Hi.-iiKMtT H.-i-sK, ' a,,j i we,e fralloping away over the coun-
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I. Till ! liy IOW. II US tUK Vyiwau iniiui - V-
supired to lo a village on account 01 us
having a iFt office, grocery store, and
three or four dwelling houses
j 'Dy the way,' said the constable, as ho
i rodu along ; 'did Ldwards leave it is w
your care ?'
'No ; he look it with him.'
'Was it found in his p-icket?'
I didn't H,k the gill ; but we'll know
when we get there. ,'He won't bo buried
until an investigation is made. The coro
ner is coming to-day.'
Wo learned on tho way that Ross Ed-
wai lis made his quarters at the Cross Roads
tavern ; aud when wo ai rived at tlic little (
two story building, we saw him sitting on J
the porch, reading the county newspaper.
He did not seem to notice us dismounting,
and wo had secured our horses at the hitching-post
and stepped upon tho piazza be
fore ho was aware of our presence.
Iioss Edwards,' said Mr. Iirush, in a
very impressive tone, as he laid his hand
on the startled man's shoulder, 'I arrest
you for the murder of your uncle, Stephen
Edwards, whom you waylaid oh Tuesday
night, and knocked from his horso with a
club, to :.ecure tho immediate benefit of his
will.'
Grave as the occasion was, I could scarce
ly keep from smiling at this pompous
speech ; but I think Mr, Urusli had men
tally prepared and committed it to memory
on the way. It was the first time he had
been called upon to arrest a man on charge
of murder, and he evidently intended to
mako the most of it.
Koss Edwards locked up into the consta
ble's face, then att nie, with apparent sur
prise; after which ho turned pale, and
seemed trying to speak though uuablo to
utter a word.
Tin sorry, said Mr. IJi ush, in a less offi
cial tone, 'and I hope the charge may prove
false, but I must do my duty. Your cous
in Lucy made the complaint, and got the
warrant out. Here it is ;' and ho liegati
to read 'Commonwealth of '
Never mind reading it, interrupted
Ross Edwards, recovering his self-iMisscss-iou,
and speaking very calmly. I know
what a warrant is, and I know you are the
constable. I will go with you at ouce;
but rest assured there is tome mistake
about this.'
He arose and put on his hat as ho spoke.
'I hoie it will turn out so,' said Mr.
Iitish.
'Iioss, said I for I had often addressed
him by his first name 'do you. happen to
know that your undo made a will iu your
ravoi V
'Nil,' replied, coolly.
You don't?'
'No, I don't know that he did so. He
told me a few days ago that he would. He
had a quarrel with Lucy, who hasp, violent
tenicr, and he said that I should be his
heir. He told mo that she did not treat
him with either affection orj-espoct, and he
was determined that she should not become
wealthy at his death ; that's all I know
about it.'
'Then you don't know that ho made a
will?'
'No; I never saw hirr: alive after that
Tuesday morning, I think.'
When I he coroner ariived, we proceeded
to 'd ar .., house, where the usual inquest
was held.
The count ry physician testified that death
had resulted from a fiacture of the skull
with some blunt instrument.
A neighlior on or two men w ho found
the bdy testified that he found near by it
a round stone, of three pounds weight,
stained with blood.
I testified concerning the will.
ltoss Edwards again admitted that his
uncle had told hini that he would niake
such a will ; that ho knew he often changed
his mind ; yet he denied that he had any
knowledge of the murder.
Where were you the early part of Tues
day night?' a&ked the coroner, eyeing him
sharply.
Let me sec : I took a walk across the
fields to the river, and had a swim. I got
back by 9 o'clock, I think.'
'Did you meet any one on tho way to the
river or coming back ?'
"Not a soul.'
The verdict of the coroner's jury was un
favorable to Ross Edwaids, and be was ta
ken to Wellington, briefly examr.ied by a
magistrate, and committed to jail.
I remained behind to see if any new facts
could be learned ; and it is singular that
tLo constable and tbe coroner, with the
prisoner, had been gone half an hour be
fore I thought of the w ill ; then I sought
1
tho twocountrjmeii who i.aa oiscoveieu
the body of Mr. Edwards, and asked
'Were there any indications that he had
been robbed
Yes,' they both replied ; 'the pockets
weie turned wrong-side out.
What ! was the inside pocket of his coat
turned wrong side oat?'
Yes ; and a memorandum book lay on
tho ground, nearly cover I with dust,
Did you see anything that looked liko a
will a good sized paper ?r
No: nothing but the memorandum book ;
ahum monev inside. We handed
it over to Lucy, just as wo found iu'
Here was a new and singular feature of
it, .-'. Where was the will? ' Had Ross
Edwards been so stupid as to take it with
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found in tl.o room he oeoupicu at me iav-
. .. o.r oven on his irson ; and that would
be a pleco of evidence that would establish
his guilt lieyond a doubt,
Ah, how short-sighted men are when
they commit crime,' I mused. Even the
shrewdest of eliminate are sure to leave
; sonio clue.
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Mr. Urnsh,
Did you search him?' I asked.
Yes,' ho replied, I took all his ejects
knife, pipe, tobacco, and a pocket book
with fifteen dollars and twenty cents in it.
Nothing in the bhapo of a will?'
Had he any opportunity to throw any
thing away after his arrest?'
No, I am certain of that, I watched him
like a cat.'
Theu get out a search warrant and wo
will go to tbe Cross Roads and take a look
at his room at the tavern.
This was done at once, and we went to
the Cross Roods that afternoon, when we
made a careful examination of Ross Ed
wards' room, and everything in iU No
will was found, nor did any of his clothes
show marks of blood.
lie must have been more cunning than
I gave biro credit for, I remarked to Mr.
Brush as we mounted our horses to ride
back to Wellington. 'Where can that will
be.?'
Within a month the County Court was
in session, and Ross Edwards was tried for
murder. Yes, and to the astonishment and
indignation of everybody, he was acquitted.
Not because the jury believed him innocent,
but because the evidence against him was
not conclusive.
'He is tho luckiest murderer I ever heard
of, I said to several brother attorneys, aud
they all agreed with me.
Not long after ltoss Edwards was set at
liberty, the daughter of the murdered man
called on me and said she desired to con
test the will, and would place the case in
my hands. She slated that ber father was
probably not in bis right mind when he
made his will ; that he often had peevish
spells; that he frequently flew into a pas
sion about nothing; and that she bad done
nothing whatever to offend him on the
morning that he started for Wellington
with the avowed intention of making a will
that would disinherit her.
Lucy was rather a handsome young lady,
not over twenty-two, with black eyes and a
clear complexion. Her manner was candid
and earnest, and I was soou convinced
that if her father had not been deranged,
she at least believed him to be so, and I
readily agreed to take the case. We were
in consolation half an hour in reference to
what witnesses should be summoned to
testify to the old man's eccentrities of char
acter, and she had risen to go, when I said:
'Why, how forgetful I have been ! Un
less the will is produced, there is no use
contesting it.'
Why, I have it I' she replied.
To my astonishment, sho deliberately
drew from her pocket and handed me a le
gal paper, which I immediately recognized
an the missing will.
Where did you get this?' I asked, al
most with vehemence.
A puzzled look came over her face a
flush then she turned deal lily pale.
Where did yon get this?' I again de
manded, as a fcai ful th-jught flashed across
my mind.
She tot I el ed a few steps, and sank trem
bling into a chair, and coveting her livid
face w ith her hands, ejaculated :
Merciful heaven ! What have I done !'
What have you done?' I echoed, with
some seventy. i u ten you, gin : you
have murdered your father !'
No, no, I haven't V sho said, frantically
while she clasped her hands, and looked
imploringly into my face. 'Oh, I didn't
kill him ! Spare me ! Save me !'
Spare you ! Save you I Why?'
She dropped her face upou her bauds
aud was silent.
Answer me, girl !' I said sternly. 'Did
your Cousin Ross kill your father ? Speak
the truth.'
'No,' she replied, beginning to cry.
Then you did !'
'No, no, no !' she wailed piteously.
At least you know who did?'
'No one did ; he was thrown from his
hoi so.'
How do you know ?'
I saw iU'
You taw liiui thrown from his horse and
killed?'
Yes.'
What mystery was here? Was the girl
crazy? No, that could not bo, for why
was she so frightened? and. above all, how
came she in possession of tho will ?
Why did you try to have Ross hanged
for murder?' 1 asked,
Because I hated him.'
How came you to seo youi father thrown
from his horse ?'
'Hero she burst into a perfect convulsion
of sobs and tears, and after a few seconds
regained control of her voice so as to say :
'Oh, I'll tell yon all I I might as well
now. But they won't hang uc for that, .
wilHhey?'
For what?' I asked, unable to surmise
what was coming.
I know I'm as bad as if I'd committed
a murder,' sho replied, 'but I did not kill
him with my own hand. I knew that he
had gone to town, to make a will that
'would disinherit me, and it made me hate
him and Ross both. lie rode a fiery horse,
and I made up my mind to frighten it,
hoping, I confess, that it would throw him
off, and I didn't caro if it would kill him.
So I went out in the road in tho evening to
wait for him. I knew ho generally got
home about nine o'clock, when ho went to
town, and I knew what time to go. I took
a white sheet with me, when I heard him
coming I wrapptd it around me, and as he
rodo near I ran suddenly across the road
directly in front of tho horse. The animal
was frightened, as I had expected, and
instantly whirled and rau away ; while my
father was thrown violently, to the ground,
his head striking the loose round stone that
was found near by. He did not move af
terwards, and I took the will from his pock
et and hurried home. I was foolish enough
to think I ought to preserve it, and it has
expofted my crime. It looks like a jndg
ment.' Justice to the innocent compelled me to
have Lucy Edwards taken into custody so
soon as I heard her astounding story.
She repeated the confession she had
made to me, and tho people were a second
time amazed.
Ross' neighbors, who had refused to re
coguizo him since his release from prison,
and who had even talked of ordering him
to leave the community, now hastened to
take him by the hand, and say that they
had never believed him guilty, aud had con
stantly predicted that time would bring bis
vindication.
Ross was soon placed in possession of his
fortune, but he was so generous as to make
an effort to obtaiu the release of bis un
natural cousin ; saying he was determined
to provide so 1 i be rally for her that she should
not miss the estate she had so justly for
feited. The singular girl, however, who seemed
a strange mixture of cunning and stupidity,
once more astonished everybody by escap
ing from jail one night ; after which she
set fire to the old homestead ; but it was,
happily, extinguished in good time. She
then disappeared from the neighborhood,
and was never heard from again.
THE JiLACK 111 IS UMAX.
The story of the black Irishman, and
Paddy's "scare of him," has often been
told, generally shortened into a joke; but
Vorett and Wrcnm claims to give tho full
account aud the "authentic" one :
The islands of St. Nevis were captured
and recolonized by the English shortly before-
the close of the Elizabethan era fas
every body knows) and preserves to this
day, as Ireland does the continental mode
of sounding the vowels in the vernacular,
which was the Court fashion of the tiertod.
In other words, SU Nevis men 'spake" witli
what we mistakenly term the "brogue,"
which was really the pronunciation of
Shakespeare, Johnson, Massinger. as well
as that of Raleigh, Dampier ami Drake.
However, we are not going into the phil
ology of the matter, but metely wish tocx
plain a hat led to l'addy Geohagan's mis
lake two or three years ago. l'addy was
coming over, by winter passage, in a ship
which, meeting with disaster, was compell
ed to bear up and seok a leeward port for
assistance. Accordingly she made SU Ne
vis, and put into repair and relit.
jlad of the chance.to stretch their legs,
after the protracted aud boisterous voyage
though rather chagrined at the inevita
ble six weeksorsoof detention before them
I'at and Judy gathered themselves np,
and went ashore for a stroll in the strange
tropical land, whereto the fates had brought j
them. All eyes aud ears, tboy were pass- I
ing along George street, when their attcn- j
tion was attracted by the cry of a negro j
vender of vegetables.
Of couise the darkies speak the lanunairo :
of their former proprietors, ami this fellow
was bawling in a brogue that would have
passed muster in tho Cove of Cork.
bwate par-r rates ! bwate per-r-ratesr'
Pat stopi-ed, aghast with astonishment
at the familiar accent from such a mouth ;
liesidos, coming from the wilds of Con
iianht, he bad never seen a negro before.
"Judy, darlint," he said, "but do yees
hare that?"
"I do, agtah," sho replied ; "spake to
him, in the name av woiidhermint, an' ax
wbeie did he lain to spake like uz?"
Up came tbe crier.
"Av its plazin tn ye," becan Paddy,
"fwhere did yez come from, at all, at all"."'
"Connetf," answered tho negro, inno
cently giving the nan of a black village
on the oppirsite side of the island.
"Connanght !" echoed Pat, as a horrible
suspicion darted across his soul, "Au'
fwhat, thin, is your name?"
"Angustin."
O'Gnsdoii !" screamed Judy ; "me own
maiden name 1 Och, tbe saints betnne nts
an barram. How long bees ye here, thin?"
and she clung to Pat for support.
"It s one wrake yesterday since I kem
over," replied the wondering islander.
Judy screeched, Paddy roared with de
spair, and both reeled against tbe wall,
gasping.
Ounly won wake in this baste of a cli
mate au' black as the devil already I"
The First of the Season. The first
straw hat of the season appeared on Main
street Monday afternoon. It was in the
middle of the street. It was moving along
on its ear, with every indication of a safe
and speedy trip. A man was about five
yards iu rear f the hat. lie was popular
ly supposed to be the owner thereof. He
was bare-headed. He was going fasU His
face was scarlet in color. He looked hot
and embarrassed. Still it bowled along.
So did he. Once it almost stopped, lie
slackened his speed. Then it turnod over j
on the other ear, and shot ahead again. I
Then he picked up bfs feet more abundant- '
ly. Men in wagons stopped their teams to J
look. Merchants followed their customers
to doors to look. People on the walk drop
ped every other subject and object, and bent j
all their attention ou the chaso. The hat
went under one wagon, and then passed t
beneath another, and skimmed across tho j
street, aud finally brought up against, a I
trco. The bare headed man, who had j
twice given up the pursuit, and had each J
time declared that he didn't care a snap
for the old thing anyway, now put forth a '
third effort, aud secured It. Then he sat it
ou his head, and pulled it doiu until tho ,
brim cracked halfway round. Then he j
got over a fence, passed throttgii a yard,
scaled another fence, and continued bis
way home by the aasno unostentatious
route. Dunbury Xeica.
Atuicttt Musical liwtruiuciittt.
ouiuo ye;rs ago v apt., if iiiock, w ueu i
engaged in his researches among the sup-
fc.' .-. . g , ii:mi . l I I
posed ruins of Babylon, found a pipe of
, , . , . , . . , . . .
baked clay about three inches long, which, !
by common agreement of antiquaries, is
of Assyrian workmanship. This little ob- i
ject can hardly be less than 2.G00 years old, j
.. . . , . . '
instrumental existence. It has two finger
holes, and when both of these are closed,
and Uie mouth-piece is blown into, tho
note C is produced. If only one hole is
closed, the sound emitted is E, aud if both
are open M is produced. Thus the notes
of this instrument, which is believed to be
tbe very oldest yet discovered, produced
the tonic, the third aud tbe fifth that is,
the intervals of the common chord, the
notes which, sounded together, form what
is termed by the musicians the harmonic
triad. Here is at ouce established a cer
tain coincidence between our mntdc aud
that which must have existed during the
Babylonian captivity a coincidence which
to be sure a priori reasoning might, go far
to establish, but never so convincingly to
non-scientific understandings as docs tho
evidence of this insignificant pipe. Tho
least observant student of the art remaius
found among the ruined cities of the As
ryrian and Babylonian plains cannot fail
to be struck with the evidence which they
afford of a (Strong aud widely diffused mu
sical culture among the kindred races who
inhabited them, The frequent introduc
tion in mural paintings and bas-reliefs of
instruments of music, the representations
of concerts and long processions of musi
cians, the repeated allusions in the Bible
to the musical habits aud skill of the peo
ple of Babylon, all point to a singular de
velopment of the art of music. In tho
opinion of Rawlinson, the Assyrians were
superior in musical skill, as they were iu
every form of culture, to the Egyptians
themselves, and the Assyrio Babylonian
music was, there is little reason to doubt,
an early and yet a highly developed form
of the Asiatic type of music a type which
possesses to this day most extensive and
most characteristic developments among
the slow-changing nations of Asia. If we
are asked for more positive proofs of the
advance of music among the nations w'c
point to the unmistakable evidence afford
ed by the constructional complication of
many of their instruments We have from
among the ruins of Nineveh countless rep
resentations of the harp, with strings
varying in number from ten to twenty-six ;
of the lyre, identical in structure, though
i not in shape, with the lyre of Greece ; and
I of an instrument differing from any known
j to modern musicians. It was harp-shaied,
j was held hoi izonUlly, and the strings six
to ten in number, were struck by a plec
trum held iu the right hand ; it has been
called the asor, fioin its resemblance to the
Hebrew instrument of that name. We
find frequent representations of a guitar-shatM-d
instrument, and of a double pipe
with a single mouthpiece, and finger-holes
on each nine. Besides those, the Assyrians
....:ot Iwilla ii.mn.to flllloe rt.'liniS
Almost every
w - in nieir leisurely way, now to meet a ca.-e
one of these instruments either in itsorig- so uncommon, "the pilgrims suddenly de
inal form or slitrhtlv modified, is in use to . camped, leaving nothing behind them but
this day by some one Asiatic or African ua-
tion. The ancient Greeks adopted the
lyre and the double-pipe ; tho former is
still used by the Abyssinians under the
name of kissar (Gieck, kithara.) Tho
double pipe the present writer has himself
seeu in use by the boatmen of the Nile.
The guitar of the Abyssinians is probably
identical with the long-necked guitar or
tatnboura depicted ou both Assyrian and
Egyptian monuments Ru Ri'l n use
over the East, and even in llin.lastan.
Tho ancient Assyrian harp is remarkable
for not haviuxr the "front piUai" which
j completos the triangle in tho European
i harp, and this apparent defect of construo
j lion is characteristic of evry sort of harp
' employed iu Asia at thisday. On Assyrian
bas-reliefs we find representations of con
certs iu which several of these instruments
are taking parU In one, for instance, we
see seven harps two donble pipes a drum,
and tbe above-mentioned ascr. A eta Quar
tely Monthly.
Preparing for the Fourth. A patri
otic Detroiter has mapped out his pro
gramme for the FtMirlh of July, and will
adhere to it as strictly as circumstances
will permit. It reads : .
"Stay up all night to be O. K. for a na
tional salute at sunrise. 'Rah! for libertj ! '
Take a drink.
"Form in front of the City Hall at 10 a.
m., and go and buy some lemons for tho
children. Lager this time.
'Grand salute at noon, with fried eggs.
Lemonade, all around. Also some nice
lean ham. Ginger beer is what makes a
man love his country.
'Lick Jim Davis in the afternoon.
P'leece no better'n j-ou are on the gloi ious
Fourth. Bra idy is awful gKKl.
"Noshoving a lawn-moer around after
supper,
stand back for nobody. Yell some. Take
some. Take rum if anything. Holler.
Don't go home till you seo tho old year
out. 'Kah '."
Eons, it is said, may le preserved for
six months if dipped in linseed oil and 1
placed in a Ltyer of SAud so that they do '
Hot touch. I
The First Ajfju nmiice of Uypsies.
. r , . . .
-.ue uy, lour nuniireu ana ntty years
BB or thereabouts there knocked at the
, l"e c,7 ,',,ewurB. u u
as strange a rabble rout as bad ever been
en by (ierman burgher. There weia
three hundred of them, men and women,
accompanied by an extraordinary number
?1"c,tiK1,,en- . T1'7 WCIC dVRk-v of Wn,witb
jet-black hair and eyes; they wore strati go
garments ; they were unwashed and dirty
even beyond the liberal limits tolerated by
the cold-water fearing citizens of Lune
burg ; they had with them horses donkey
and carts ; tbey were led by two men w horn
they described as Duke and CounU These
t.vo alone were dressed in some kind
of splendoi, and rode richly caparisoned
horses ; they were most courteous iu man
ner ; tbey seemed careful to conciliate ;
they talked among themselves a strango
language, and they understood tbe lm
guage of tbe country. All thy asked wi-s
permission to camp Tor a few days outside
the gates. All the Luneburgeis turned out
to gaze openmouthed at these pilgrims
w hile the Duke and the Count told tbe au
thorities their tale, which was wild and ro
mantic ; even had they invented a story to
suit their own objects no other could m
well have enlisted the sympathies of a cred
ulous kindly, uncritical and soft-hearted
lolk. Many years before, they explained,
j while the tears of penitence stood in tus
j eyes of all but the youngest children, tbey
i had lieen a Christian community, living iu
omionoxy, ana inereiore happiness ,n
far-off country know n as EgypU Crusades
had not been out of fasbiou more than two
hundred years and pet. pie still told of
dreadful things done in Egypt as well as
in the Holy Land. Egypt, indeed, wan
about as well known to mediaeval Europe,
as it was to the Israelites under the Judges.
The strangers came from EgypU It was
the laud of the Phoenix. It was not far
from the dominions of Prester John. It
was the country of the Saracen and tho
Infidel. They were then a happy Christian
ilock. To their valley came the Saraceus
an execrable race, worshiping Mahound.
Yielding, iu an evil hour to the threats ami
persecutions of their conquerors they
here they turned their faces and wept
aloud tbey abjured Christ. But there
after they had no rest or peace, and a re
morse so deep fell upon their souls that
they were fain to arise, leave their homes
and journey to Koine iu hojie of gettiug
reconciliation with the church. They were)
graciously leceivetl by the Pojie, who prt-
mised to admit them back into the fold
after seven years of ttcuiteutial wandering.
They had letters of credit from Si-rismund
would the Luucburgers kindly look at
them? granting safe conduct and recom
mending them to the plot oct ion of all honest
people. The Ln:iebu:g folk were touched
at the recital of so much suffering in a
cause so good ; they granted the request of
the strangers. They allowed them to en
camp; they watched in cuiiosity while Hie
black tents were pitched, tho naked babies
rolled out on the grass the donkeys teth
cted, and the brass kettle slung over tho
newly-kiutlk-d lire ; then they went home.
j The next day the strangers visited tho
town. Iu the evenittLT a irood uiaiiv things
j were missed, cspeciallylho.se unconsidered
j trilles which a housewife may leave about
j her dooiway. Poultry became suddenly
scarce ; eggs ooiunea in price ; it was ru
mored that purses had been lost wh'le their
owners gazed at the strangers; cherished
cups of stiver were not to be found. Could
it be that these Christian cnitents these
remorseful backsliders these seekers after
holiness these interesting pilgrims
gentle of speech, so conrteiws ami humble.
were cut purses at.d thieves? 1 ho next
j day thero remained no longer any doubt
about the matter at all, because the gentle
I Stl'a
siraugeis were lateen i" Tne act, rea-uaua-
. , ed. xv,liU, t,,e Lu. ur CS ..k counsel.
I "Mien of their fires aud the picked bones
called unto him his brother Yertres and
they fell to thanking Got! that they were
rid of knaves. This was the firsthistm ical
period of eypsies. It was a curious placo
to appear in. The mouth of the Elite is a
long way from EgypU even if you travel
by sea, which does not appear to have
been tbe ease; and a journey on land not
only would have been infinitely more fa
tiguing, but would, one would think, have
led to some notice on the road before reach
ing Luneburg. There, however, the gyp
sies certainly are first heard of, and hence
forth history has plenty to say about their
doings. Tcini'le Li'r,
The phrase, "acknowledge the com,"
is variously accounted for, but the follow
ing is the true history of its origin : In
18-'8 Andrew Stewart, M. C, said in a
speech that Ohi, Indiana and Kentucky
sent their hay-stacks corn fields and ftnl
der to New York and Philadalphia for
sale. Wicklilfe, of Kentucky, called him
to- order, declaring that those States did
not send bay-stacks o- corn-fields to New
York for sale. "Well." asked St e wait,
what do yon send?" "Why, horse,-,
mules, cattle and hogs" "Well, what
makes youi horses, mules cattle and hogs?
You feed a hundred dollars wot th of hay to
I a hoise, you just animate a"d get upon the
lop or your.liay stack anil I ide oft to markeU
Mow is it with y our cattle? ou makn
one of them carry fifty dollars worth of
hay and grass to the Eastern market; how
much com dors it take at thirty cents a
bushel to fatten it?" "Why, thirty
bushels." "Then you put that thirty
bushels into the shape of a hoe and timiie
it walk olf to the Eastern market," Then
Wicklifle jurrid tin. and mi: Mr.
Siuaker, ackivjtcU-ilrra the corn."
It is said that the oldest chinch edifice"
iu America, excepting a Catholic church in
St. Augustine, is SU Luke's Isle of Wight
county, Ya., about five miles from Stniilw
field. It was built as earlv as Kilfi. and .if.
I ter Wing rootless for a eeninry, the present
I roof was put on somewheie between luStl
! 1,, ir'- , II is -or worship, and
, tiitr, in a .it Till c 1 1-a til I'll il it. iicLil I
I Itf I II IV V T! O . 3 '- I II I-.U tVJ
louver sue btill very
slroi'g.
A man lec'mrd in Cincinnati the rtVer
night and Alluded to the favt that Thacke
ray had n't tntloed his female cbaiacters
with much brains Then wiping tiff his
ehiu he said he didn't know Thackfray
was to blame, as ihe Almighty had set
hiiji Oie ix.ii.iil-. The Cinciiumtiuii
waited or hiiu i li,e door with a club.