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TIM OLD CANOE
[The following fine verses appeared annony
mously saran years ago in a paper at Little
Rock, Arkansas. The writer could have well
afforded to giro his or her name with it.]
Where the rocks are gray and the shore is steep,
And ail waters belinr look d irk a d dee-,
Where the rugged pine, in its lonely prido,
Leans gloomily over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and the rushes are long and
rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day
• through.
There lies at. its moorings tile old canoe.'
The useless paddles are Idly dropped,
Like a sea-bird's wings that the storm has lop
ped,
And crwased on the railing, one o'er one,
Like the folded hands when the work is done;
While busily back and forth between
The spider stretches his silvery• screen,
And the solemn owl, with his dull "too lion,"
Settles down on the side of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk la the slimy wave,
Rots slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss creeps o'er its dull decay,
Hiding its mouldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants o'er the tomb a how
er,
Or the ivy that mantles the tailing tower;
kale many a blossom of loveliest hue
Springs up o'er the stern of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and still—
But tha light wind plays with the boat at will,
And lazily in and out again
It floats ths length of 'ho rusty chain,
Like the weary march of the hands of time,
That meet and par at the noontide chime.
And the shore is kissed at ach turning anew
By the dripping bow of the old canoe.
Oh, many a time, with a careless hand,
I have pushed noway from the pebbly strand,
Ind paddled It down where the streams runs
quirk,
Where the whirls are wild hnd the eddies are
thick.
And laughed as 1 leaned o'er the melting side,
And looked belowin the broken tide,
To see thaythefacesnnd boats were two,
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.
But now; aallean - o'er the crumbling side,
And look below in the sluggish tide,
The-T*oe that 1 see there is graver grown,
And•thelaogli that I hear has a soberer tone.
And the hands that lent to the tight skiff wings
Have grown 4kmiliar with sterner things.
But I love to 'think of the hours that sped
As I rocked where the whirls their while spray
lb
Ere the blossoms waved, nr the green grass
geew,
o'er the.mouldering stern of the old canon
The Story Teller
. THE GYPSY OF MALAGA
"By - Jove! what abeantiful girl! T.o
before she vailiAlo•o. like :3
beat lie vision from our mortal gaz...“
tese.were the. worth, uttered half in
je:Dmld hall to caracole which Titok.•
troth my friend and fellow-traveler, Char
lie Alston, as, wayworn and weary. we
reined-up-our horses, in the rich glory of
an anintau sunset. at the door of a low
hostel, which in Spain does duty or a
posMb; or inn. We hail left Malaga, en
mute fOr 'Granada; at eleven o'clock on
the priiVions night, and after a forest rile
hy moonligh . t, the memory of whose en
ehagaing loveliness no after dreams of
beauty-cau blot out, we hail taken what
refreshment, in the way of grapes and
theim.tsants could supply and
starteilafresh on what proved to be the
hardest day's ride that even I. aeens:,om
ed as I have been to the saddle fr im my
nursery, ever remember to have taken.
All day we rode tinder the scorching
snn of Spain, sometimes over highways
white with dust, sim through
leafy dells, where the tierce sunlig,ht was
broken by the shade of lofty trees. some
times winding along the base of the lore
-15 Sierra Nevada, and at every torn gaz
ing upon some new landscape more sur
passingly beautiful than the last.
Daring the latter half of the day,hom -
ever, we had both been tar too weary to
make enjoyment -possible, and my friend
Charlie, who was at all times fonder or;
animated nature, especially when man i- I
fested in the female farm divine than of
the loveliest landscape that ever enchant
ed my less material sight, was becoming
very impatient at what he called the "dul
ness of our journey, and especially ex
asperated that none of the fair-famed
beauties of Andalusia had tlins far cross
ed our path.
We had been radiag for more than an
hour, with not a sound to break the still
ness
of the air save the occasional tink
ling of -a geathereirs bell, when Charlie's
exclamation roused me from the state of
stupor into which I had fallen, and I
glanced out from under the shadow of
my sombrero in the direction indicated
by his eye. Before us stood the "posada"
--a long wooden building. the roof rising
somewhat in the middle and sloping grad
ually ""orto either: side. At the door
lounged' a group of villanous-looking
peasants, with . one greasy, swarthy host
at the head - ; and escaping - by what seem
ed to be a back entrance, and passing
rapidly down a side-walk. was as splendid
a pecimen of womanhood as my eyes lied
ever lighted upon. She was tall and
slight; and her form less fully developed
than is common among Spanish girls at
liar age, hilt it bad the littleness, and her
step the elastic spring : , of the young ante
lope. She wore the picturesque costume
of the Andalusum 'peasant, and as we
rode up she turned her head to look at
us, thus enabling me to see the. delicate
oval of the i'aee, the large dark eves, the
scarlet dimpled mouth and rarest of all
combinations in a Southern clime, the
wealth of - golden hair which floated like
halo of-glory round her small, well set
head. Altogether, it was, as Charlie said
almost like a heavenly vision bursting
upon our sight, and for a moment I shar
ed his apprehensionS that she might van
ish as suddenly and mysteriously as she
had appeared. Being. however, an old
traveler, and of an eminently practical
turn of mind. checked my own curiosity
and Charlie'eburst of enthusiasm, and
requested him irk a fivr sharp words to
"keep eyes and • ars wide open to
*hat was passing' round us: and to
think of;comet , ~g beside a woman if he
could." :" ."
Jrn - oNE DLAITT
Poetry.
"TRUTH AND RIGHT :
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEP. 3, 1873
By this time we had dismounted and
entered the inn, where, in our rough tray.
ding garb, with. pistols and daggers in
onr belts, we might easily have been mis
taken for the robbers that we were armed
against. The building bore the usual
appearance of a Spanish posada. consist
ing of a long„dark apartment, one end of
which served as a kitchen and dining
room for family and guests, and the other
being partitioned off into rudely made
stalls for cattle, so that we had literally
entervtinment for man and beast under
he e 41.11112 root It was a dismally rough
anti comfortless-looking place, and smelt
ed so villainottsly of a mingled compound
of garlic, stable and unwashed htalll.tni.y
that my friend Charlie started and turn
ed back as we entered the door.
"No help for it, old follow," I said, in
sympathetic tones: "sleeping outside
would be dangerous at this SeitSiln, and
besidel, our horses must be cared for.—
You'll get used to the perfume in a little
"Perhaps so," replied Charlie, with a
shrug of hie hands•ime shoulders; "lint
if ever I travel through Spain regain I'll
have my olfitetories paralyzed before I
sta it"
"And have your head made bullet
proof et the same time," I rejoined,
-.which is rather the-more important of
the two. Keep wide awake Charlie, and
listen to every word you hear spoken.
without appearing to understand. I
don't at all like the looks of this place or
its occupants."
As I spoke we seated ourselves
close to the tire which was throwing out
any quantity of smoke and gas, but as
'lir as I could Sie •w is cap ibis of warm
ing nothing but itself. . .
The night was, hiiwsver, cloiiny, in
damp aiid chilly. as is common in Alms , .
latitudes, and fnult Charlie and myself
were glad of the pr:neetion that the hum
ble roof afforded.
Ti. add to oar cnnitlar..•nc.v. th, h••anli
ful vision that had doliglttol oar eves in
the - urea air pars in and nut
times, luring the clot., fir 14.app, , r,
engaged in a r t injoy of sotlicieney tt
date. oeellp./.(4011,1 to Collvillee tin that nhe
heloyged e?st , litially to thin louver sphere.
It wai t.l , form :toy tic 0.
the rd.ition Its witieli s!ie ston I to the
wr,tehei tetto:etrniatvi-d h , r,l 4 ,lleneart: -
Iy ipOko or raised her eyes in I - , )0 . t•i ft—
11i:1,k,, !lilt they ni tile to tn.!:
.e,tieeef tie•tr 1.111
pr-cation+ that she ‘liA of my A' 4
to.sirs lien a; •
t-iitioa. I e ,u111.1.41,1t it , 11.• tv .11 It it•l
a. :5 -r serr.orit, 014
while treat sl with e essirl , ra:s.as saes r.
.-et. I tdieldse iu 1117 mind that silo
pr Iris
and htl geir.le h1.,0d iu her S.
ii.ip.; Eagash ,0.5.,i eh---o, bail w ,a! , : a ,
ee l ial 0- it I Ion.; fate :1.14', 0 , .N1 . ,' I: 4 1 ,
it W.le W;til all (Me ,tai ric in.-s.; of eo a
Hi, , ii , ,,,....0rit- , eres - thin, , hit 4 tim a Li' knrsA
and softness of the za - zelle.
She seemed to have 230111_, nnexplained
purpose in delaying as long as poss: hie
her arrangements for sapper. whir h ea'! , ..l
fortb more ill cu upee MI,. u. 1. ot "C ,r tm ',,'
from the radian . 4.11, c ili,l biol. I. oii ,
has'. There were three ale 1 hest I , - h in.
self in the 4, ,side, ev •re oie• of w ,on, I
sr,,, ready ni SWV.C. ti i }wen Z . ll IV ,1,.
ti:N“li of hi, ~I. I 11, l'r'l , i ! , 10111 l , I 4 1.
With hdr c!osed eve; 1,41.. t'w. f , :••• aNd
made up my to nil th t• it ei, r w...arc
tm.velerA were ia d.inger -,1 ibeir !,,..•:.,v,
were that fig it. Theo I ricked mv h i-ti
to recall the last si,ot of liamail li,i ,, itt.
tion that I had .4,11 th it day: aail arse
sattslying myself that it was t. , 0 far oif to
lie of any use to us. i I,egan bi caleitlate
our ellatll.l-S of resiiititace in ease of a" at •
tai k. We were well armed. and three t ,
font., supposing our gni‘k wmld help IN:
lint a &aim,. huto a distant career 1)1 the
stable department. wh•-re he lay sleeping.
or at least feigning slia.p convinced me
that no tissistance could be counted upon
from that quarter
Well, the situation was not a cheerful
one. certainly; bat Charlie and 1 hail
youth and strength, and Brills)) pinek t
and I hogged up the belief, that had been
instilled into me from my eltildimOd.that
those qualities were more than a match
for foreign perfidy and canning..
So, after a few words to Charlie, who,
whole soul seemed to be absorbed in the
movements of the gypsy girl, cantioning
him against any drink that might be lir
f•Ted to as as liable to be drugged, I pos
sessed my soul with patience, and again
turned t•,,rird the fire. I suppose I fell
into a don 5r,) we,:ry was I .with nearly
eighteen hours in the saddle ;• and when
I opened my eyes it was to s-e the Anda
lusian standing with me and the table at
which the rest of the company were sea
ted.and to hear "Supper is ready. Sen Mr l"
pronounced aloud in Spanish, and *sleep
not an instant under this roof," from ihe
same lips in fairly good English. but in a
low, hissing tone, inaudible to all but my
self. Between sleeping and waking as I
was. I shall never forget how like a heav
enly visitant she looked. as she stood in
that low den, with the light from behind
illuminating her golden treses, and her
finger on her scarlet lip enjoining silence.
It was but a socond, but I rinderstond the
danger and warning as well as if it had
been written in letters of fire on the wall:
and curbing, by a mighty effort,my desire ,
to hear more, or even to give a glance of :
responsive gratitude to the girl, I arose 1
and seated myself at the filthy, uninvit- .
ing hoard. There was little to eat beside 1
the initial provision at a Spanish inn. "ol
!
in." which I verily believe to have been
made after the nursery recipe for the
, manufacture of naughty boys of "sticks.,
and snails and pope dogs' tails," so inde-
1 scribably revolting was it to our English
' palates; and as Charlie and myself were
firm in our refusal of tile sour.wine which
was repeatedly pressed upon its. our host
soon rose from the table, and with a
1 movement of his thumb, indicated the
ladder which would condrict. us to our
sleeping room above. - ..
We were to start again an, hour before
day brealsand Charlie would. I think,
. hare much preferred passing the night in
I the kitchn. with a chance of getting an
i occasional glimpse of the fait-Andalusian
but, knoWing the danger in , Which we
stood, I was quite firm in lay-:determina
tion to See, what could be doua:in the way
GOD AND OUR COUNTRY."
of fortifying, and barricading the apart
want appropriated to us above. So, to
prevent all chances of escape on his part.
I p'ac 11 Charlie before me on onr upward
march. and after nearly breaking my
neck and his own in his frantic efforts to
catch a last look at his inamorata, I final
ly succeeded in getting him to the top of
the ladder, and sent him hounding, like it
shot out of a shell, into the middle of the
room.
Then closing the door, and perceiving
as I quite expeeted,-thut it had neither
leek nor bolt, I proceeded to scrutini7f
our position. The room was large and
not very low.with the naked rafters above
and the roof eloping down on either side,
one window directly opposite the door, in
front of which stood two low hefts, and a
very large and heavy piece of furniture,
half secretary and half bureau, on the
right hand side.
"What the deuce has come over you,
Sidney ?" were the first words that Alston
tittered atter he hat recovered from his
surprse at being so unceremoniously pro
pelled into the rum "Are you going to
elope with the Zingara, or- to dare all
those devils down stairs to single combat?
There's the fire of determiolltion in your
eye, as we used to say it Baliol. What's
the matter, old fellow ?"
"Nothing but that we are going to be
murdered to-night, and those devils down
stairs' are preparing at this moment to do
"Whetting their knives, eh, Sidney?
and sharpening then- ;Lees to chop us
with ? Well,you'll milk() prlty good kind
ling wood, old fellow—your bones must
be ery enough by thus time ; they wouldn't
find ins so useful." •
A brandy flask aimed at his head put
an end to further chaffing, and we sat
down gravely on one side of the bed to
speculate upon the meaning of the Z n
gards warning, and to torm our plans
for the night. After some discussion we
decided, ;is we were both quite worn out
fatig.te, to watch by turns an bout at a
time each, one waking the other at the
expir4tion of the sixty minutes. As
Charlie was younger than myself,and le&
used to rougning it. I insisted upon giv
ing him the first chance, and looking at
my watch as he threw himself on the
bed, p,rceived that it , vanted.a few min
utes to ten o%.;siek. Previously to this,
or had. by the exertion of nor
united strength, succeeded in moving the
irmid••nmi lineman in front of the door,
Whew, by entirdy blocking up the en
trance. it s .eined to me to f , ral all eff c
trial I, olieade in that quarter. A very f-ir
inds sit:Heed to throw o:l;trik into an
iner, and then silence the
011.-t p ofounil s: tiled (low) over the
I ‘v.,1k ,, 1 to th, window and looked out
np.m to of piethres9ne Inlls, now
.1 pod,l wish tie moon's pate 64,aiits, and
my ttyt, the dist , inne or the
wo‘ roll the gmlud. alld the tiosi
tvitity of a in the dark." in ease we
wore 3i Nickel on the other side.
liavin4 sat seed myself that "the leap
atotild b • certain death, I turned back in
t the I'ollll and begin to examine the
.teength and position of my barricale.—
This occupied but a awry &tort time.how
e/p% as I felt perfectly convinced, fnun
rs sac and weLfht that no litimmi beim!
,0 0 1.1 ',pine tt.lloin the outside. Then 1
sat down upon the aide of the bed to
await ut silenee• and 9.01th/de the termina
tic/n of my disamal watch.
Coarhe's blue eves were wide open as
, Cll , ll aS 1 iaid my hand upon his shoulder
To announce that his boar of rest was
ended, and, starting pp as fr'eh us if he
had slept ten hours instead of one, he
turned a deal ear to my entreaties to Ley
whemered entreaties that he would let me
watch with lion, and pawed HIV down
With gentle violence upon the bed.
For the first fifteen minutes I lay wide
awake. watching Charlie as he looked
carefully to the priming of his pistols.and
placed them fully cix.iked by his side.—
Then my eyes eli . tsed.and for half an hour
I slept. A touch on me arm awoke me.
and at a gesture from Charlie, who was
still sitting where I had last seen him on
the side of the bed, I checked the excla
mation that was rising, to my lips, and
turned my eyes npon the antique secreta
ry. which formed our only fortress and
defense against our enemies.
“1,- , 01: sharp,” Rq jnv friend in a
breathless whisper, "anti yon' will see it
move."
Al first I thought it was an hallucina
tion of Charlie's always vivid imagina
tion, hut a steadier gaze co n vinced me.
that he was right. `flag mo o n was now
well down toward thh hills,and its almost
horizontal beams fell straight across the
room. Yes, there could be no doubt nt it:
the linge thing was moving toward us—
almost imperceptibly—with nu t the
slightest noise, but stea dily and surely it
was wlyancimg into time room. T glanced
toward the top, and could distinctly see
that. whereas we had placed it with its
back close agamit the door, so that not a
sheet of paper could have been introduc
ed between, there was now an open space
there of more thau-an inch in width. I
looked at Charlie. and bin honest blue
eyes returned the gaze; b - oth felt that an
hour of mortal peril was .at hand; nod as
we gmzped our p stasis. and stood side by
side ready for the first shot. I think a
prayer for mercy and forgivenesiwe.it Zip
from both our hearts.
Our movements up to this point had,
been as stealthy as those of our assailants.
and there was probably very little doubt
in their minds that we were wrapped in
the deep and motionless slumber which
excessive fatigue engenders. 011 the cm
tniryovith eyes almost starting from our
heads, we were watching the regnlar ad
vance of the huge secretary, and prepar
ing for an attack at any inotrieut, when a
low unto, which might have been uttered
by alird- or insect, struck the ear of both
at the same. tithe:,
- Motioning to Charlie not to relax his
.viviknee I turned toward' the window,
and glanci n g out, perceived. a ladder res
ting against the sill, the other end 01
which was firmly held by the hands of
the gypsy girl Without an in.
stant-delay I snatched his pistol from
Charlie's hand. and: motioned him to do
scend.' • Ho - hesitated a fuonient, as loathe
to leave trustdOne,_ butli was so peremp-
tory in my entreaty "to go instantly, and
there would be time for both," that he
clutched the ladd-r with one band,strung
himself lightly from the window, and
diaipmmred, just as the body of a man
crawling on his hands and knees, became
yisihle from behind the shelter of the Int- ‘
rean.
As soon rs the villian saw that we were
up and ready fur him, be sprang to his
f.•et and uttered a hoarse cry for help.—
At the same moment I pointed my pis
tol at his head and tired ; and in the con
fusion and obscurity that ensued from
the room, and from the smoke of several
pistols discharged simultaneonsly,l seized
the end of the ladder and flying down
the narrow ravine between Charlie and
the Zinzara, before the inmates of the
posada were aware of my escape.
The girl was as swift:footela as a deer.
and sped rapidly on before us, until we
plunged into what seemed to me a prime
val forest, and in whose friendly shades
we knew that we were safe.
Then the girl opened her lips and told'
as that she had heard of the plot to mur
der the "two young English travelers"
three days before; that our guidewas
one of the gang of ruffians, and' was
pledged to bring us to that posa de, in
stead of the one a few leagues further on,
where respectable travelers always stop-.
pod and to which she was g uiding us now.
Ile placing the piece of furniture as a
barricade against the door had been air
ticipated and provided for by loosening
the pannels of the door, which had been
removed so noiselessly that even Charlie
wide awake as he was at the time, had
not belied it; and then, when the secre
tary had been pushed sufficiently forward
the five ruffians hoped to crawl in on
their hands and knees and murder us in
our sleep.
"And I could not come sooner to your
rescue, Senora." continued she, "because
I was suspected and so closely watched ;
hut the instant I saw them all on the top
of the ladder which led to your room, I
rushed around to the window to give you
the chance of escape. And von are ante,
the Virgin NlAry and all the blessed saints
lie praised ! Alarichita 'ut done one good
action more :" and she raised her large
eyos to [Raven with a glance more mourn
fully penitent than nuido's Magalen.
We had been walking now for nearly
two houri, and the purple light of mnrn•
ing began to tinge the tops of the dis
tant hills. Then the heavens were suf
fused with a crimson hue which shot up
ward in brilliant rays to the very zenith,
and ibierrened in tire and intensity as it
touched the horizon.
'We part here,senors,"said Marichita,as
she stood in the pomp and glory of the
sunrise, her delicate features standing nut
iii clear relief against tbeeastern sky.and
the golden masses of her hair shining
turd shimmering in the son's first recs.:-
-Yonder is the inn where von will find
fresh horseaaa.t orli , Jl - Uwmtry gmne.- -may.
the Virgin and all the saints proteetylny'
"Stay, narichita," cried Chailie.spring
mg forward and seizing her by the hand
"you shall not go back into that dish of
thieves. Go with ns to Granada. Let•ns
at least. leave you in safety there ; and if
toe devotion of my life mill prove my
gratitude fur this night's service, Mari
clioa, 1 , ffer it to you now—"
11 , was going to lay his hand and all
his worldly possessions at her feet: hut
she drew herself up, and waved him
gently back.
"Senor. it can not he," she said. "Mari
chita thanks von for your noble offer. but
she would be out of place in your far off
English home. One little souvenir is all
she asks, and then placing her hands up
on Charlie's shoulders she motioned him
to kneel before her, and taking a small
dagger from her-girdle. she several of
• - lie short fair curls that lay so thick up
on his head. Thrusting, it hastily into
h.ir bosom, she turned, and with an
"irdios, Senors," disappeared in the mazes
of the forest.
We never saw her again ; hut we heard
at Granada that Marichita. "the gvparof
Malaga: as she was called was well known,
for her deeds of love and merey in all, the
country round. Of her origin or.early
we could learn nothing.and the Spaniartls.
shrtig,g, d their shoulders when he asked
where and when he could hope to see her
again. She was of Znigara blood, the!
said. though she was seldom with her.
tribe, and no one knew where or how she
lived, only occasio tally she was heard of
in connection with some brave and kindly
action.
It took my friend Charlie a long while
to recover his tone and spirits after this
little adventure. and I em inclined to
think the wound made by the fair Andal
usian was deeper than seemed at the time
possible to me more phlegmatic nature.
At any rate, he has never married. aml
when I ask him when he means to choose
a mistress for his ancestral halls, hiS an
swer is:
"When I can find another 147ichita,
"amigomio; not before."
A ludicrous incident occurred last,
winter at "%foodluwq," on the Blooming
dale road. Jones' hotel of that place, is
ornamented with a hostler whose fan • is
fearless as his face is ngly. One • duy in
January. while twenty or thirty fast 'gen
tlemen were standing
. on the front bal..
cony of the bat4.r.n indvidnal rode up
the path on the to innest horse. eyes,ever,
looked upon. Leaping from his phan
tom steed, the egnestrain said, turning to:
the hostler:
"Here, John, give my horse }mine water."
"Give my horse some water!" thunder-,
ed the stranger.
"Your horse!" ejaculated .Jolt;' still
more surprised,
"Yes, you fool, my horse," and•Op,
stranger luolied savagely at hitn,mld 4 Corn-' ; menced draWing the lash of his
ivliip
through his hand.
John walked toward him its'though he
would demand"aneiplanation.and.hudta
ken about si x steps, when he suddenly stop?
ped •like one surprised beyond expression..
• "Bless my soul," said he, "I Ask your
pardon, sir; but your animal stood." on a.
-
line with that 'ere hitching post,
didn't see him:" , • • .',
The owner . of the• spectral beiPt trine
to frown, but a war froin. the Intently
made him chalg,m his mind: • . •
Ter ms 1 inT":1101 1 ,1° ITUZInig "v. NITA.
A Good Dog.
.
BY P. 1..1NQ
frind Of that clog?
: • - Well, I ought to be,
For he saved my life,
And is fond of me,
He knows what I'm-saying—
„ . Thesc-rdo von see—
He collies and puts
• Ills paw corny knee!
. IWM .took With - the fever,
And down so low
I Made up my mind
• ' had to go:
It was on the cards,
I hadn't no show;
• ' It was—Pasi - tn Your chips,
~ And good-bye, Joe
• That's just where I was—
. Played out, you may say,
For the doctor left,
When my Clllllll . nip away;
Doctors in them days
Went for their pay;
I lay there
alone—
Isot a man would stay!
Only my dog; -
Whose& by my bed,
Just where I could see him,
And pat his bead;
Ile felt what I suffered,
' Knew what I 'midi ,
• And. wouldn't believe.
I was almost dad
I)ay after day, •
And night after night,
Ile'sat by my bedside,
• Always in sight;
Ile seemed to know •
Thiittny beati was' light;
' Ho wouldn't lie down,
And the dog was right!
I felt if he did—
And so stilt—
I should lose my grits—
Ile was, my will;
' He put out time fever,
• ' • Broke up the-chill—
„, Was something to me
Death could notkill!
I lead a rough life,
• • • 1 get and I spend,
Pay what I borrow,
Lose what I lend
• I Invests woman--;
It came loan mut;
' Get a good dog, sir,
. You have, a friend.!
fur Aitaud.
Love Making on 'Lander 11111,.
A festiv e youth who performs hiS:daily
avocation in the mines ,of.. Lander
thought he would lake borne a little. blas
tin,' powder the other day ;:it might come
handy to split an onstinate.log be had at
home. When he started for his humble
cabin in the oening,he wrapped a for
ounces carefully in several thicknesses or
paper and placed it in his pocket. When
he got home he got to thinking how long
it would be before he was likely to'get
crushing; and then. he Lim ught , what _a
nice perfume that handkerchief egtract
that he bought lust Saturday night had.
and he said within himself tmt a miner's
,
thought he might to call on. that Smith
ies girl to-night. ile,thonght Of every
thing but that powder in .the, pocket 131
his coat.
After supper he concludettto:drOp in
and see that Smithers:.girt: 33e;gtit: his
necktie in proper slitrpts;.:: WS handker
chief was perfumed like unto it new blown
rose; one oiled lock linhg zracefully
d o wn on his forehead, andlie. started. for
the do nt ,of his. swee p ) ess. ..Ti e young
man is '6olbridg a meerschatim; _but his
girl detests the horrid smoke . ; so when he
got to the door he knocked' the' bowl of
the meerschaum on his manly - lice( and
put it in his pocket.• or courser ito didn't
intend to put it in the same pocked' with
the powder. His affinitY ;Mt him at the
door with a sweet,stuihi'on her beauteous
countenance, welcoMed'him to he:Pater
nal mansion, and invited him into the
parlor and to a seat on• the sofa. They
were engaged in conversation. Be asked
her if it wasn't aheuutiful ereolog, aiml
then she:iailtdred:how he liked •the'dress
Miss Brown wore at church htst:-.Sundiry.
Ile said he didn't like ita hit,'and she re
marked that Miss , Briiwn - was a stuck up
thing anyhow, and-all this time the pipe
was insidiously burning its way through
that paper; he agreed that Miss Brown
was somewhat stuck up;and miry be
we'd strike it pretty soon, and then 'you'd
see who'd wear plug hatit. , - - lie told him
she thought plug hats FO becornink, and
then he was going to tell tier he'adored her ;
that she was the darling and
that all his hapinessi was eentured ire her
No. 7 boots. But he was interrupted.—
He arose from the floor and 'inquired it
the lightning had gruel: anybody' else:and
remarltetl'somethingabout the Virginia
explosion being a warning to people not
to keep nitro-glycerine in their "housci.:--
Then he took off his:tioat.; He sunlit was
an old coat, and he didn't, won't it no
how. His girl's father suggesKthat this
waan% Fourth of JUly t and, if be wanted
to set off tire works he, ought to'go up on
the hill and do it. Then the -young man
said it was getting late, and; he guessed
he'd go home, and
. otiggestetl shut, he
he
would send a man around tO-morroW
fix the sofa. • Ile says now that . flaxseed
ain't wortlt, a etme ory,,poultiet> livid be
ain't going to 'call on linit,'SrititherS gal
any more; she's most too ,highltoned,and
thinks herself too goad for z . Otler, any
how.
A Reader AlRenate&
A western cotemperarti thinks:it 'smart
to relate that an I°w:l.e - ditto'. reeentl,Y, to •
keep up the styles, ran.away'with another
man's wire. He- did. not - tut - MI ro easily
as he imagined he wOuld; -- The-.ntan fol
lowed him and over tool; the truant pair.
The editor got hebidn the :tYotnan and '
prepared to cell his life ris - dearly as - pcisSi.
hle. lie was uneertalitua to Whether the
outraged husband wotild'shiaot hint or
.Murder himtwith a Tarving,-knife.. He
stood" there likti.,,tite : ,boyor. ;be ; ;burning
dealt) awl. eitludy.:waited . tlie result. The
ontra,t,-itarlitiSha..d value Up Wiiltiwilanit .
tteo feet r iiitliti•Cilitrir, and said i ' YJnss
yOuti imp i'ldf I) de :1. want , yin to' stop: my,
pper.". -.This-Waseditor recuy.,l
ltioiself, and spill ,the.
I rottAer attended to itt•Otiee, PstiritrzthTa
.tr7ing Scene tile - trottrtn e 1-
. tOr - a-eit inti;tl rto N-girrs . stOctii,+
Somee - people get thiuLatid atoptheiipupet
;foe almost nothing, , —it beate sank:
NUMBER 36..
Brevities.
"Lcma and successful rain."—The
nze.
A WOMAN'S pride and a sailor's guide— ,
The m.edle.. ..- •
Qotu• argues - that Grant should be elec.;
ted again, betamse he is a,thirdrate man:
Tttr. recent t'realtt did ;340,000 worth
of damage in Philadelphia.
GENET:AL ()Tom, a Saph.ese agent,had
been inspecting the coal' mines near Pitts.;
burg
THE book to ref&rence is most
made during the holidays, is the pocket:-
book. - .
IVivas ; as a rule; don't care about:
wearing the breeches if you will let, thent
wear . the broochrs. '
A )tAx in New York has a watch whicli
he cliiiins has gained Mini: enorigh to pay
fur itsilt iu six months , -
. . . .
Mice .
harmthe cheese, hut girls °twirl_
the lies. The satne is true of their 'ie.;
spective evitiogs of cheese rind cheating of '
h&c. . -
P.eroa•r on Chauife.—"iteei fayself tit•
home in the city," said His Majesty thd
Shah. "Here, at least, :we all rrorship thti
Prof t."
A Clrxc'uman mtn is said Lobe tia in
mg himself fay hie ariproachinz, mariiage,i
by passing several hours a day in alone!'
stiorc
VERY little difference between a pen;
knife and a Congressman. One has it
steel buck and the other "a back steal,"
tbst's all. •
i ' Onta lady at Saratoga, Writing
hump to her mother, concludes witb=dP.
S.—Yon will sue by my signature that I
am manied.
SOMEBODY asks why it Ss that theatres
are seldom if ever etruck'by lightiting,the
solution of which conundrum is that er:
ery oreheStrit has 111 conductor: •
TUE cholera has reached Pittsburgh.
two cases, one resulting in ileitis, —bar, -
ing occurred in Tem perati e on Tups
clay ikight. The ...ktlegliesuies are of conrs
• •
,
Since the defgy hac'e held p'rayera for
the benefit of the press,
. • the Chieag - e
Times suggests that editors unite in sup:
plieution for the diffusion of intelligent:,
among. the clergy. • .
Ilx-Arucratcr GaNta,tr, RUSSELL has'
been elected pri•sitteat of. the - .4llrghehy
car aad traapportation company, au e.
tonsive corporation which hag its shops ail.
Swissvale, near Pitttiaig.
A Lox() congregation gathered
in their church to pray . fur rain during
thencent.dronght. • They forgot to.taki'
their umbrellas, however, altd got vet'
when they -went•home:
"Oche l" says a love-sick.
"what d'recaration it is to be dying hi
love.; it seta the heart aching so delicate
ly, there!s no. taking a.vrink of, sleep foi
the pleasure of the pain r'
A CoNN - Encur fault:Yr; •Who set ont uii
elaborate scare crow in his strawberry
patch,.was disgusted to find. that a pair,
of robbins bad buiitt thcir nest and were'
raising their young under its bat
TIOOA cfnirdy-lad hid hilnsel(fn .•
grass, while his Either wititneWing; Th,.
lit‘le tennis Arai' not • discorered 'till th
Machine had cut his left hand and near
ly severing his right leg above the ankle.
TIM Utica Hired Says that a man
never know what effect it Would hare had
on Job if eleven little girls had called on
him one after another, and tried to sell
him Sunday-School picnic tickets.
-To see how eagerly o , lmman being will
catch at a straw, it is ,Det necessary to
'eitness a drowning. :/q.'he phenomenon
nnw manifest chiefly within salooht4 ,
where one end of the straw is imrhersed
in a tumbler.
THE furnitnre in the 'etecittive chain
her of the capitol building has been store&
in the Supreme Court reom 'and the por
traits of the governors removed to_ the
state library until the additions uow in•.
progress arc completed.
Till: state convention of Lim_ Catholic'
benevolent union adjourned on Thurs
day, after electihg George J. White, of
Philadelphia, president, and: selecting
Scranton..ns the place . for hoklirg the
next annual convention. . •,
, .
- Cir.iitrtv 'grange, Patrons of Iltubtina"
ry„ was organized at Friethtlidsburg.Berl;: , :
utility, oh Monday, witli thirty membere
—nineteen gentlemen and eleven ladiei
?This is the eleventh grange in • the state
and the foarth in Malta county:
Tint wife of: G. Weave; of Seranfoil,st ,
tempted to commit suicide by cutting'
her. throat with a razor, prod tieing injur•
ies which will prove fatal. Sheds about
twenty-Seieri - yeufs of - oge and mother of
three etildremi "11l health= which , had
Probably affected her reatr-is supposed
to , have ,cansed her to emninit•the,deed.
Jotim Mamma,' late'of But; -.
for county; went to ,Oregou;.:changed his .
mitr=e John, nipple
_Mitchell, .and was,
elected Senator of the United, States, has
I ode
.1i i application to the 'Oregon
'Legialatiire to . - coritirtii lila . change
name. After he gets thelaw passed he
thould get a special:4m abs . olving . him
'from .the champ ,cit,bigainy, and ali pre7:
,Spectalor.. --
.
,
!Izi - Allt-sterii - State them was occasion;
in
,a snit before.a.justice, to requite surety,
from. two. persons in.. behalf of plaintiff
f9r,..t1ie.....05t of proseeuilan tlie,nctioniand
it. was, agreed by tiro council
that they 66th sign theiueelvek.--
The- senior data so, and.tunling to:his jun
itm,cvhose reputation through . the country.
was that of irnpecuniotui
010w...w1i0 never, paul anj,thing,reniark
.tid.: your turn?! D. looked
itt thel l :lPeri'atlo • theiv, tu 'a qtiiizical' Nan?
ihnok his head and-and remarked
on thkwhole4 . gami 1 Won't `dilute the .
,