Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, February 27, 1879, Image 3
THF PRAYER OF TIIF. PENITENT. COMMENTS ON NEXT SUNDAYS LESSON, BY REV. K. P. HOOKUB, D. D. From Hew York Obwmr. Ooloen text "Wash ma thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanm mo from my sin."—Ps. 61: 2. Central Truth: —A sincere Buppli ant is a penitent suppliant. This is one of the most remarkable of all David's writings. Whether we consider the time and circumstances of its composition, the double guilt of which it is the remorseful confession, uud the touching, almost heart-broken, repeutanec which it rcvenls, it is wor thy of the distinguished place which it has always held in these divine lyrics. An ancient writer calls it "the bright est gem in the whole book, and eon tains instruction so largo, and doctrine so precious, that the tongue of angels could not do justice to the full devel opment." Luther says, "There is no psalm which is oflener sung or prayed in the Church." Tho occasion of its utterance is familiar to all readers of the Bible. David had been led into the commis sion of two of the greatest crimes which man can commit cither against God, or against his fellow. The faith ful rebuke of Nathan the prophet aroused hint to a profound conscious ness of luh sin, ami led him to bitter repentance and humble confession. This Psalm, supposed to have been composed shortly after, is the expres sion of his terrible anguish, profound repentance, and agonizing prayer for pardon. His case was indeed one of fearful guilt and deep remorse. It is an enigma, or rather it would lie one, did we not know thut human nature is de praved, and that a man may be induc ed by appropriate temptation to com mit the worst of crimes. Every one who knows "the plague of his own heart" will understand the solution of the mystery. Much may be said of the character of th 6 age (n which David lived; of the power of his temptation; of the despotic authority of Oriental kings ; of the absence of the restraints which in our day are around men, and yet which are in many cases even now dis regarded. But we do not wish to ex cuse or extenuate his fault He did not do so himself. No confession could be more full and hearty ; no penitence could be more sincere ; no prayer for forgiveness more humble and earnest. Everything was admitted; nothing was spared of self-humiliation nnd ex posure ; nothing was extenuated by the remorseful king. He only asked for mercy. He canuot forget liis sin ; but let us not forget his heart-broken repentance. PRACTICAL BUOOEBTIONB. 1. Conviction of sin is something more than a dread of punishment. Tlie great burden on David's heart was that he had sinned agaisnt a holy God. This was what broke hiiu down into true contrition, and brought his humble confession. "Again*t thee, thet only, havo I sinned," was his agoniz ing cry. He was not insensible to other aspects of his crime. He felt that he had grievously sinned against Uriah, and had wounded the cause of purity and virtue in his kingdom. Hut still the heaviest part of his burden was the oflence wiiich he had committed against a holy God. Could he hone that God would forgive him, he might again have peace iu hi* soul. .So an ingenious child who has of fended a good father feels the sad, grieved look on his father's face more than the punishment of the rod. This was the feeling of the prodigal son. It is a sign always of a true conviction. 2. Regret is not repentance. Regret is not what David felt. That is a selfish, cold feeling, which graduates guilt only by its consequen ces, not by its intrinsic evil nature aud enormity. Every wicked man feels sorry that he has committed a crime, when the penalty comes upon him. Paul con fessed to David in one of his regretful moments that h4 had "played the fool" in his treatment of him. Hut he re peated the folly again and again. The fear of hell is one thing, and a godlv repentance for sin is quite another. The famous chief of police under Napoleon characterized a certain trans action, thus, "It was worse than a crime, it was a blunder." This is about the character of some men's re pentance. It is regret for the blunder, not sorrow for the sin. 3. Human nature is depraved and no man knows how far he may go in sin. Who would have thought that Abraham and Moses and David would have no yielded to temptation, and been guilty of such grave offences? But these instances only show what a wreck humanity is without the grace of God. There is something in all of us which responds to any temptation. David felt this when he prayed: "Create in me a clean O God, and raiew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take Dot thy Holy Hpirit from me," 4. The Bible is an honest hook. It does not conceal the faults of its heroes. Human biographers have little to say about the imperfections of their subjects. And very many religious works of this sort are anything but piofitable reading on this very account. The Bible is a consistent hook. Its heroes illustrate its doctrines. It calls things by their right names and pre- Fonts human character in its true light and correct pro|ortions. 6. God will not rcfuso to hear the cry of the |enitent soul. David found mercy when he repent ed and asked God i'ur it. He wits a great sinner, but God is a great God und Saviour. And it his glory that he can forgive the very chief of sinners. He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that he should turn from his evil way and live. 6. It is a good thing to IKS forgiven for the past, but it is u better thing to be kept from sin in the future. David's prayer contemplated this. He prayed : "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold mo with thy free spirit; then will 1 tench trans gressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." 7. When Christians fed most deep ly their own sinfulness and weakness they should be more tender and char itable towards the sins of others. 8. When Christians enjoy most of the joy of God's salvation, they will be more earnest about the salvation of others. "Whenever saints are revived, then sinners will lie converted." 9. Let him that thinketh he stand eth take heed lest he fall. 10. Biu may be forgiven but its evil consequences often remain to our sorrow and shame. David repented ami was forgiven. But the Lord smote his young child ; Absalom nearly broke his heart, and a long series of judgments from God mude the after part of his life a sad history. 11. Lust and hatred in the heart, in God's sight, are a* odious as actual adultery and murder. "Keep thy heart with all diligence, : for out of it are the issues of life !" "As he thinkelh in his heart, so is he." A Bashful Bridegroom. NOT ABI.K TO BTANI) TIIK PRESSURE — 11K KAIM TO COMK TO TIME. Frum the t,0.) fatorpfiw. From Goshen township comes the story of the most bashful man of mod ern times. The young man resides uear the village of Hunter, ami it ap ]H-nrs he struck up a courtship with a very respectable lady of Chestnut Level, hut just how lie managed to woo and win the affections of the 'ndy with all his bashfulneas is a mystery which "no fellow can find out." loi* Thursday at 1 o'clock was the time set for the wedding, and the pareuts of the lady had prepared a sumptuous dinner, u large assembly of friends had gathered to witness the nupitals, and the bride prospective, perhaps, looked | her sweet<#t in her bridal trousseau. One o'clock came, but no bride grooru fiut in an appearance ; 2 o'clock, still ic came not; 3, 4 o'clock, and still be tarried. By this time the preacher could stand the smell of the edibles no longer, and, true to his instinct and education, suggested the propriety of eating dinner, iest the victuals should spoil. The suggestion was acted upon, and a brother of the bride was dis patched in quest of the delinquent bridegroom. He found him at his home, sitting before the fire, with his "everv-day clothes" on, one side of his face shaved, and seemingly in trouble. He was asked as to his non-appear ance, and replied that he attempted to shave himself, but was so scared and nervous that he could not accomplish it. ilc finally told his brother that if he would finish shaving him and help -to trim up he would go and report for duty. The brother kindly assisted, and the two then started for the home of his anxious and much embarrassed intended. When within a short dis tance of the house, the young man's heart again failed him, and he declared that he could not face the crowd, and offered the brother |5 with which to pay the minister. The brother refused the offer of the money, and exerted his persuasive powers upon the young man, but all to no avail. No use talk ing ; he could not stand the ordeal, and retraced his steps homeward. The brother went home and reported the result of his investigation, and the preacher, turning to theTady,said: "I'll never marry you to such a man." On the following Saturday the father of the young lady sought an interview with his ought-to-have-been son-in-law, hut be was met with the same plea, "I can't stand to face such a crowd ; but if you will get a 'Squire and let us get married after night, 1 will try it again." The old gentleman said nay to this proposition, declaring that the ceremony must be performed in the daytime. Ho, after being encouraged by his would-be father-in-law, he con sented to face the music, and Saturday evening the knot was tied by the min ister formerly engaged, who perhaps thought it no harm to break a vow rashly made, when a good supper and a five dollar bill awaited him. The conduct of this young man re minds us of the old story of the fellow who, when about to geV married, burst out crying. His father asked him what was the matter, and the son re plied that he was going to get married. His father told him he should not be ashamed, and to brace him up said s "Your mother and I got married." "Yea," replied the son, out you mar ried mother, and I've got to marry a strange girl"-—boo-hoo-ooh 1 The Parisians have introduced square umbrellas. They'll be just as had as the other kind —never round when it rains. KIIKXCII MAItIMAUKM. From lUrjHT'. Miguior. Madame Lcsniontages was kind enough to give mo a description of the wedding of her daughter. When a young man here wishes to become acquainted with a young wumuii, he mentions it to some friend of the fumily, who npplics to the parent for leave to introduce him. If this is granted, and the pfircnts afterwards conclude that lie is not suitable, they tell him not to come any more. When n young mail cornea to demand a lady in marriage, the parents first interest themselves in the family, whether it is a respectable one, and in the young man himself whether he is sage or well behaved. The young jieoplo are never left together without one of the parents being present, even when there is a talk of their being married. At last the parents of the two young people will meet to plan the marriage, this parlement being held at the house of the young woman, after having had a good dinner, after having well drunk, ami talked upon a number of other subjects, the rest of the family will leave the parents together, under standing very well what business is in hnnd. Then the young man's father will tqicnk in this manner: 'We have not come here to do nothing; we have come to speak of the marriage of our children,'adding, if he is a rich enough landholder, 'I will give 25,000 francs to my son ; how much can you give your daughter?' If her parents do not give al>out as much, the marriage agreement will not be made, and the parties will separate. However, about one time in ten it will be found that the young people are too much attach ed to each other for the parents to continue their prohibition, and they are allowed to mnrry. And sometimes it will hap|>cn, when the young people are of age, that the parents entirely refuse their consent, that the former will make the three re-qs-ctful sum mons, and then they can marry with out the parents' consent. Such n case may happen in this commune once in three or four years. Mine. L. gave her daughter on her own part, and from the father's estate, a vineyard of the value of 18,000 francs, and she is to receive more. The young man's parents gave to him a piece of land worth 20,0(8) francs, and the young nnir occupy two rooms in his parents' home, where they can keep house if they should prefer it. Mme. L. added that the young man's mother gave him a furnished bed, ami of sheets, table cloths, towels and nap kins, each a down; also three down shirts of hemp and flnx. 'I gave my daughter,' she added, 'twodosen sheets, two down napkins and two and n half down towels, with a furnished lied, a cupboard, armoire, and n night table. The young man's parents gave him a large bureau, ami he bought the rct of the furniture. The young people are well set out, well matched, and both are industrious. He is, besides, a inert bant of salmi*, buying these shoes from the makers; ami no has wood of his own, he employs people to make them, and twice a week he goes to to sell them.' The only legal marriage in France is that at the mayor a office, ami there in a mayor in every commune. Mmc. L. tell* me that thid marriage doe* not •■odt anything, hut at the nine the cure married them and put* the ring over the joint of the hride'd finger. For thid marriage he received 12 franc*. (All the reiigioud and all the fashion ahlc world have thid second marriage. , Free-thinkers in Pari*—l met none iu : 'he country —make n merit of oppos ing it.) Mux*. L. tells me that there were about eighty guests at her daughter's wedding and ail these gu to mass, com ing to dine at the house at noon. She herself did not sec the ceremony ; she heated the oven while the others were gone, 'for somebody must take care of things.' There were three women, however, to do the kitchen work, and three to wait upon the table. The two musicians were paid by the young men guests. I hon ing was kept up until. about three in the morning, when the party sought a little rest wherever thev could get it, some going to the barn, the little children and the hired women went to bed, and Mme. L. got two hours' rest. She added : I 'On Wednesday we had the breakfast, aud then all went away about ten.' Is the Moon Peopled!—An Important Astronomical Work. A great change is taking place in the views in regard to the moon, and j it may be that wc are on the eve of discoveries which will make this cen tury an epoch in astronomical history. A Providence astronomer says: Home American observers saw not long since a crater on tbe lunar sur face in active operation under condi tions as reliable as human vision at such a distance can be expected to reach. A French astronomer has made observations on a grander scale, and confidently asserts that the moon is inhabited. M. Camille Flammar ion, the present originator of this long-cherished idea, it a scientist of honor and renown, well known for his reputation as an observer and enthusi astic writer. He has written several articles to prove his position, and has determined to devote his life to litis branch of astronomical research. No instru ments on the globe are powerful enough to afford a glimpse of our lunarian neighbors. M, iuramariou Is not in the least discouraged at this apparently insuperable obstacle in the way of a solution of his problem. He is going to have one rna<Je that will exhibit the men in the moon to terrestrial eves, without a tKsuiibility of mistake. fie iu urgently soliciting contributions to a fund for an immense refracting telescope, whose estimated cost is a million francs, or This instrument, the astronomer be lieves, will be cfli-.ctual in revealing the inhabitants in the moon really ex isting, according to his sunguinc faith. Some of the largest refractors iu the world, if used when the air is pure, bear n power of three thousand on the moon; thut is, the moon upis-ars as if it were at a distance of eighty miles instead of two hundred and forty thousand. It can thus be seen that nn immensely increased power would lie required to detect small objects on the surface. Kola-son the Worst Itohber. Bays the Boston Herald, a candid "republican" pajier, of George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy under the Grant regime : "His record is a very bad one. Of all the men that have from the foundation of the Gov ernment until the present hour made it their business to prey upon the Government and rob the Treasury, he ajijK.-ars to Ik* the worst. "It is withiu the recollection of men now living that a public officer who wa a defaulter lost caste at once, and, if he could escape the penitentiary, was glad to sink into oblivion ; but here is a man who is proved to have destroyed the United States Navy dur ing his term of office, and robbed the Treasury of millions of dollars while so doing; who by means df his ill gotten wealth has secured an election to Congress from the district in New Jersey where he resides, and w ill claim a scat in the House of Representatives of the Forty-Sixth Congress. "It is sincerely to IK- hoped that lie fore that Congress assembles there will IK? found virtue enough in the ad ministration to turn him over to the the courts, which can hardly fail, in view of all the facts of his career, to visit upon him the severest penalties of the laws which he has so flagrantly violated." The Cincinnati Commercial, an em phatic "republican" paper, but anti- Grant, savs: "Tenderness toward cx- Secrvtary Robeson seems to IK- a re publican weakness. During bis ad ministration a* Secretary of the Navy bis department cost the country $182,- 496,033, and be left an unlawful in debtedness of $7,083,503.25. After all this we have no navy worthy the name, and Secretary Thompson found all sorts of rotten contracts and corrupt methods of doing business. Then our Robeson had a great number of ships destroyed and sold the material, giv ing insiders opportunities to make mil lions. Still tlio republicans seem to think it an esH-ntial part of tbeir bus iness to vindicate him, especially as be has been elected to Congress, and Grant i* supposed to lie the conquering hero coining," Oh, Oeorge! They were on the ice yesterday afternoon, he iu the glory of his new found love, and she with a bran-new pair of skates on her pretty feet. They were very sweet on each other and skated hand in hand, now for ward, now backward, gliding smoothly And gracefully, totally unconscious of the smiles ol the spectators and the chaffing of the had small boys. He was skating backward and had hold of her hand—a strong hold, with just the least more pressure than would have been desirable under other cir cumstances. He was pulling her along and talking the meanwhile: "Ihirling Celeste, shall we always glide together through life as smoothly as we do now ? "Oh, George, dear, I hope so!" smilingly. "And shall we ever to be each other as dear as we now are ?" "Oh, George, always I" "Ami Celeste, shall the clasp of the hand lie as warm in the future as it is now t" "Oh, George, it will!" lovingly. "Dear Celeste, you are so kind to keep me first in your aflec —" "Oh, George! There was a crash before that last exclamation. George was skating backward and they were looking into each other's eyes. His skate caught in a crack in tbe ioe and there was a fall—Celeste on top. A series of mild shrieks, a vision of dimitr, and then two skaters left the ice. George had a lump on the back of his hear! as big as a prise pumpkin, and Celeste's nose looks like a big ripe fig and all skewed around like a mule's jaw. Oh, George ! Oatmeal Diet. Undoubtedly one of the most health ful and nourishing articles of diet is oatmeal. When properly cooked and eaten with sugar and cream, it forma a dish which most people relish better than meat for breakfast and it is very much cheaper. Lei bog has chemically demonstrated that oatmeal is almost as nutritious as the very best English Iseef, and that it is richer than wheaten bread in the elements that go to bone and muscle. Professor Forbus, of Edinburg, during some twenty years, measured the breadth and height, and also tested the strength of both arms and loin, of the students of the uui versify—a very numerous class and of various nationalities, drawn to Edin burg by the fame of his teaching. He found that in height, breadth, breadth of chest and shoulders, and strength of arms and loins, the Belgian* were at the bottom of the list; a little above them the English, and highest of all the Scotch, and Scotch-Irish from Ul ster, who, like the natives of Scotland, are fed in their early years at least one meal a day of good oatmeal porridge. —Scientific American. ALASKA. NOT SUCH A COM) PLACE OP REHt- DKNOE AH MOST PEOPLE SUPPOSE. Turn R. Ju##|ih Ounk't I*ut Lvctvr,. Alaska, as most of us may have pictured it to ourselves, is so cold that it can have no interest to us, and no importance to the nation. Mr. Dal I, of 1 fusion, who has written the stand ard work on Aluska, tells us that on half of the coast of the territory the thermometer never has Is-eu known to full below zero. lie thinks no jxdar liear ever came withifl a thousand miles of Sitka. Mr. Buiuuer was ac customed to cite the experience of navigators who would inoor their liarks along the Alaskan shore and through the whole winter never iind the ice strong enough to make a bridge from their vessels to the laud. The isotherm of 50° of average annual temperature ruus through Bitka, It passes also through I>akc Buperior ami Quebec. Captain Cook, who one hundred years ago last year saw and named Mt. Bt. hlias, said that cattle might subsist in Ooimlaska all the year around without ljciufj housed. The mean temperature of winter in Aim-kit, as estimated by the Smithsonian Institution, is 82.30 , while that of Bummer is 53.37°. The Washington winter is 33.57°, and the Washington summer 73.07 degrees. The winters of Alaska do not differ much from those of Washington, al though the summers are colder. The winter of Sitka is milder than that of St. Petersburg or Jlcrlin or Boston. On the Upper Yukon, in mid-summer, the thermometer sometimes stands at 112 degrees, and the traveler blew-c* the transient coolness of the midnight air. I'ope Leo's Daily Routine. AN EARLY RISER, A TEMPERATE EATER A SI) DRINKER AND A ZEALOUS STUDENT. Pope Leo XIII. rise* winter and summer at nix o'clock, and generally celebrates Ma in hut private chapel. At 7 he taken a cup of coffee or chocolate, with au egg bcateo in it. After thin be taken a walk, either in the garden* of the Vatican or in the gallerien. He lookn and comment* ou everything like a true and nubile ob nerver. Nothing escape* hi* notice. At * he receive* hi* Secretary of State, , Cardinal Nina, and the day * business begin*. He nign* document* and let ter*, and receive* in audience, firstly, the Cardinal*, then apostolic congre gation*, then ecclesiastic* who have lawn granted a *|iecial audience, and then he receive* secular. Catholic*. According to the length of the audi ence* the dinner takes* place. Hi* dinner i* very frugal. It consist* of chicken brotfi, montly; then the boiled chicken i* served. " He rarely eat* other meat*. He like* pear* and cheese. He drink* a couple of glawca of red wine. He doe* not take coffee after the meal. After dinner he doer* awhile, on hi* arm chair mo*tly. He then enter* hi* study and confer* with hi* under-socreUrie*; write*, sign* and read* petition*; give* order*. He then take* another walk, but accompanied thi* time hv a rait of cardinal* and other familiar* of hi* court. When tired he *it* in the first arm chair or other *cat* he meet* with, and then the walk change* into a conversation or literary lecture. The Pope is very learned in literature, both Italian anil Krcuch. He apeak* elegantly. He ha* ian excellent memory, and sometime* recite* verw* of and Victor Hugo. He does not read many news paper*. On hi* writing table may al way* be seen the Rerue de* Deux Monde* and the Nuova Antoiogia, of which he peruse* a fewr pages when he has time. On another table lire open Treves' large Hible, illustrated by (iustave Ihtrc. Occasionally when he rises front his table he casts his eye* on the volume, and sometimes be remains in oontcmnlatioo before it. After this j second walk the Pope returns to his apartments and remains an hour in reading with his Chamber Prelate, and then resume* public business for j the last time in the day. During the evening he gives his attention to the interior arrangements of the Vatican. At 10 o'clock he generally retires to his bed room. Whales Shaw a Nsrthwmt Pim|, If arctic explorers hare not disoov ered a practical northwest passage whale* have, aa U shown by the fact that whales have been captured in the North Pacific having harpoons that were thrown into them on the other aide of the continent. Capuun Baui dry of the Helen Mar of Sao Fran cisco has taken a whale having in it a large flint harpoon, supposed tn have been put in by natives of Cape Bath uret, or the regions beyond the mouth of the Mackenzie river, because the native* living to the westward of that river never use such weapons, bat ai-j ways bone or iron. A more positive evidence b found in the foot that the Captain of the Adeline Gibb* took a whale in the Arctic with an iron in it i which had been thrown the name *- 1 son in Hudson Imy. This is known to I ho the ease, liecause the iron bore the mark of a ship at the time eugaged in ; whaling in the hay. Where the Appropriation mil ls--la dlitnaut (aialrj Officer*. hum lli riilU/M|<tiU Tlinna, WAHHISOTOW, February 16.—The nnny appropriation bill in still in the Senate committee. The nub-commit tee—M'*err. Blaine, Allison and Withers—have not yet met to cooaider the bill. The opinion is quite general that the majority of the whole cotn ! inittee are in favor of the Butler : amendment allowing railroad com i panics to operate their line* for the , government and for r-omme-rcial pur poses. The Western Union Telegraph i Company have u big lobby here and ; {are working hard and s|*-uding much i money to defeat the Jones bill and ■ also the Butler amendment. Senator S Wallace sent to the committee yester day nn important amendment, which provides that hereafter all appoint- 1 i merits to West Point shall lie made i from the enlisted men in the ranks. II As enlistments may now be made of recruits at sixteen years of age this iis practicable. It* purpose is to ini- i ; | prove the morale of the force aud give > promotion to deserving soldiers. ; Some of the officers of the old Third • Cavalry Division, which performed . many heoric deeds under command of i General Custer, are indignant at the reported statement* in the testimony • of Major Beno before the court at Chicago to the effect that he had no , confidence in General Custer as a • soldier. These gentlemen character ize the charge as cowardly and unjusti fiable, as General Custer's reputation wa perfectly established and could not be injured by one on trial on a charge of cowardice. f A Startling Derision. . i From IV'i ImO.wn i Among the cases lately decided by the Hupreme Court of Pennsvlvanim, is that of laizcar vs. Porter, which enun ciates a rather startling principle of law. It was a stated case to test the question of the right of the wife of a ; bankrupt to her dower interest in the real estate of her husband, when the same has been sold by the assignee. It wax held bv the Court below that a sale of real estate by an assignee di vested the dower interest of the wife ■ and this judgment is reversed bv the higher court. This decision of the , Supreme Court is the most startling . and far reaching in its effects that that . body has rendered for many a year. Since the bankrupt law has been in operation there have been millions of dollars' worth of real estate disposed i of under it. It has all been sold under the supposition that the wives of the Imnkrupts had no claim on it But according to this decision every living wife of a bankrupt, whose estate was thus sold, can claim and recover her third of the property from its present owner. In other words, the title to the property thus innocently bought by ■ the creditors or outside parties is cil iated in their hands to tbc extent of one-third. And tbc case may often be worse than that. For the property in many cases has depreciated greatly in the hands of the present owners, who nevertheless may be required to jar i back the value of the third, as it was at the time of the purchase. The amount of suffering that this will cause will make most people regret that, if this be the Jaw, it was not discovered earlier, so that while doing justice to bankrupt wives, it should not operate to do equal if not greater injustice to people who never went into bankruptcy. m lade Keiaas and Sherman. Atlanta O-BaOlnUon. J Uncle Remus walked into the office ; yesterday with a tin bucket on his arm, and tackled the first man be mt; "Boss, is Gener'l Sherman bin roun' here sho nufff "Not around here. He has been in town." "I>at's w'at I'm a drivin' at I • thunk dem niggers was a ginnin un me a gaiuc outwell I hear Mars Jones rcadin' it in de paper yistiddy." "Didn't you call on'hitn?"" "I sorter lingered rutin'on dcaidges for ter see w'at 1 could see. but 1 wish 1 may be turn loose on de sea coas' widouta nickel ef I ketched a glimpse un 'im. Dey tells me dal he s got a powerful stiff 'membunee," eoutinued Uncle Remus, setting his bucket in a corner. "So they say." "Dat wat 1 bear tell. I'd a like ,migbt'ly far to get a little confab arid de Geoerl." didn't you go and Are him?" "WeO, in de day time, bom, I bas ter scramble a roun' arter a piece of bacon rine for ter grteae my stum muck wid, an' w'en night come I got ter sorter hang roun an' watch my chicken-coop. De more piouser w'at de niggers git de more closer w'at you E^.r F r Mh - " ,ff: The pedestrian mauia has proved that all of woman's strength tluoMi't lay In her tongue. The high Cs—(handler, Cameron and Coukling.