f- - . HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPERANDBM. Two Oollars por Annum. YOL. VIII. BIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, FA,, THURSDAY, MABCH21, 1878. NO- 5. ) 7 The Dying Wire. Lay the gem upon my bosom, Let me feel her warm breath, For a strong chill o'er me pauses, And I know it Is death. I wonld gaze upon the treasure- Bcaroely given ere I go Feel her rosy, dimpled fingers Wander o'er my cheek of snow, am passing through the waters, But a blessed shore appears ; Kneel beside me, husband, dearest, Let me kiss away thy tears; Wrestle with thy grief, my husband, Strive from midnight unto day; It may leave an angel's blessing When it vanishes away. Lay the gem nAJJjiWm, "Tis not lo&f.f. . There , Fee! howtoj i&estles, 'Tis the pearttjiroar. If In after years beside thee, Sits another in my ohair, Though her voice be sweeter music, And her face tban mine more fair ; If a cherub call thee " Father," Far mure beautiful than this, Love thy first-born, oh I my husband ! Turn not from the motherless ; Tell her sorat tliiirglAfher mother Ton may call Bay my name ! Shield her from the winds if sorrow ! ... If she errs, oh ! gently blame. ,. Lead her sometimes, where I am BleepUtg I will answer if she calls, And my breath will stir her ringlets, When my voice in blessing falls; Then hor soft black eyos will brighten, And sball wonder wbonce it came; In her heart wh n years pass o'er her She will find her mother's name. It is said that every mortal Walks between two angels hero ; One records the ill, but blots it, If before the midnight drear Man repcntolh if uncancelled, Then the right-hand angel wcepetli, Bowing low with veiled eyes. I will be her right hand angel, Sealing np the good for Heaven ; Striving that the midnight watches Find no misdeeds traforgircn. Yon will not forget m, husband, When I am Hleeping 'neath the sod ; Oh, love the jewel to us given, As I love thee next to God ! A CLOSE SHAVE. "Another step, and you are a dead maD." " By what anthority do yon bar mj pasfcofrojV" ' Authority ? Ha, ha 1 If this ain't enough," holding out a revolver in each hand, with a hideous Jeer in his evil fticp. "I reckon I'll have to explain f urthcr. By the authority of the Bo&d Ageuey of this great overland route. It was in the days when Ben Halliday and the pony express served in lien of locomotives and telegraph lines. When might was right throughout a region ex tending over nineteen hundred miles, from St. Joseph to Sacramento; when the pf nge run the gauntlet of road agents and Indians, and bones, many of them human remains, grinned np at the trav eler unexpectedly as lie crossed the plains; when to bo quick on the trig ger" was worth more to a man than all the wealth, all the culture, and all the courage in the world. Diek Hartford looked into the man's fiiee calmly, looked into tha muzzles of the pistols, smiled and uttered a single word : "Well?" "Don't you aggravato me, or I will fire, and serve yon right." " I never flinched in my life. I won't flinch now. What do you want ?" " Throw down your revolver. Now turn round, and if you budge a hair's breadth I'll blow your brains out." Hartford obeyed. He permitted his hands to be tied behind his back. He saw his pockets turned inside out, his money appropriated, his watch pocket ed, and only remonstrated when his cap tor felt for a money bolt. "Don't cut me, there's no belt on me." " O ! you did feel it then. Thought I had a bank to pry open. Now then, march. There's good ground here, and plenty of it. It will do you good to stretch your legs. Keep right on to the clump to the left, and mind you, don't stumble, for like as not yon'll never get up. There was one fellow stumbled here about six weeks ago, and be never got higher than his knees. I'll show his bones d'reckly." Was it a lie, a threat ? Hartford cursed himself for refusing to listen to the ad vice of the conductor of the stage who warned him to beware of the road agents. He had answered that he would take the risk. He desired to see for himself if the stories' told of the robberies and mur ders on the route were true. And he was learning. " A little faster, stranger. My horse is reether restive, and, beside, Jim Por ter would like to see you." The road was unbroken, but the dust was stifling, and it blew from the horses' feet to the captive. The captive kept his head up, and strode on. "Bough, isn't it f Now, I suspect yon came out to capture some one. Like as not Jim Porter ? ' No response from the captive. " They do say there is a party looking for us. 'Porter is anxious to see them. This yer's a god-send. Never thought to meet ye this way. Got tired riflin', I supposn. Thought you'd lay over, do np a little business, and take next stage. Now, I never knew a man to lay over that didn't rue it.' There was a man from Illinoy laid over about three months ago. Had some instruction. Ho was mighty sly, that Illinoyian. I reckon he'd furnish a regiment of Vigilantes with cunning. Kind o' sauntered oat of same town yon left an Lour ago, but he had some company. lie wasn't such a fool as you. And his company went back on him. Shot him through the spine, then tickled his ribs th a knife. He was a powerful, active Vigilante, was the company. He was too -much for the Illinoyian." i " Jnst as yon were too much for me," " I like your pluck now. You do keep a stiff upper lip. But it'll be all day with you the moment Porter claps eyes on you. He makes short work of spies, I reckon that's your line." The oaptive did not reply. At that moment his thoughts were on home. A mighty throb rose in his throat a suffo cating throb wrenched from him by that one thought of home. His wife and child, his boy that he wonld never Rce again. It was hard. He hod played a bold game and he had lost. The Vigi lantes were in league with the road agents. He had been outwitted. The stage company would ba short another man, und the road would be under tri bute as before. His plans, so carefully concealed in his own breast, were known to the murderous gang. Perhaps in less than an hour he would be dangling at the end of a rope. He half turned as he thought of the end. " None o' that, unless you want your early pill, in which case I'm bound to accommodate ye. Porter didn't say we were to run risks. He does like a friendly chat, and he pumps some people as dry as a limekiln. " " I'll make you an offer." " Crack your whip." " I'll fight yon fair, like a man. Tie one arm down, give me a pistol, and let us take shot about, you the first. " Vlo', now." :Qril allow you two to one." UunVtout unless you move right on, and keep jnovin', I'll make short work of je." .Acoyote rose slowly from a sage bj-tssb, looked at them sneakingly over iis shoulder, then trotted slowly away. A noisome bird of prey rose slowly from the carcass of a mule, flapped its wings lazily, sailed slowly through the air, thou settled down upon a rib that pro truded from the sand. The sun's rays poured down upon the pbnn until the dust and snnd seemed to melt in the fer vid heat. And, to cKr4Ql, tho captive suddenly experienced the agony of ex cessive thirst. A faint sound in the distance arrested his attention. Was that not the sound of horses' feet ? What if it should prove t.i De ins mends the vigilantes? 1m possible. His morning stroll was un- known to them. The sound camo nearer ind nearer to him. Then he observed 'or the first time a rocky defile further to tne leit, as though a chasm lay there, or a stream chiseled out its course across the plains. Now there could be no mis taking the sound . The steady trot of horses feet and tho clanking of spm's could do neard. auddomy Jiali a dozen horsemen swept around a low rock, at sight of whom the captor grunted. "Here's Captain Jim. Mind your 'Banners n w, for he's the perlitest man you ever met." The captive shivered. When a boy iie was detected in on act that brought upon the wrath of the teacher of the school in the New England village he would never see more. The eagle eye if tbe teacher Eingled him out from a score of mischief makers, and he shiver ed os he felt that the punishment award ed incorrigibles was unavoidable. But ho braced himself, walked out promptly to the middle of the floor the moment his name was called, and, to his lasting surprise, was let go with a mild rebuke. In much the same manner Dick Hart ford braced himself for the intervied with the leader of the most desperate gang of miscreants that ever levied a tax upon tho travelers who crossed the plains. This was the man he had dreamed of cirenmventing. The case was reversed. The road agents rode forward without order, and surrounded both horseman and captive. " What have yon got, Barham ?" " Make your bow. It's captain Jim," said Barham. Then to Captain Jim's query: " That's for you to find ont. I obeyed orders." WIat a magnificent front tho captive presented. His gaze was as clear and steady and level as though he were look iug right through Captain Jim, away beyond the ranche, and off to the moun-' tains in the distance. What have you got to say for your self, auyhow ?" Captain Jim's sinister face clouded still more as he met the un wavering gaze of the captive. "Nothing," replied the captive, as he walked in front of the leader. "Yon are locked up, and the keys lost," said Captain Jim, sneeringly. " I think I know your business. I've a mind to send Ben Halliday your ears. No, I'll send him your heart. This trip's a failure, and Ben ought to know it. If yon won't talk" " I'll die first !" The words were flung at him so passionately that even Captain Jim was moved to admiration. "Die it is, then !" exclaimed one of the gang. " You are seven to one," said Hart ford. "We are in the majority mostly," said Jim. " Bnt I'll give you a chanoe. You are plucky. Now, what does a milksop life do for you ? Come along with us, share and share alike, and we'll give you excitement, and opportunity to show the stuff you are made of." " To make one of a gang of murderers who are afraid to cope man toman," said the oaptive. . One of the gong at that moment level ed his pistol at Hartford's head. But the leader ordered him to keep his fire until there was need for it. " Let us do this thing in order," said Captain Jim, as the scar on his cheek became livid, then a dul' red. " We'll ride down to the old place and pull him up like a dog. Yon got what was on him?" to Barham. Barham nodded. There was not a word said further. The party rods on perhaps twenty minutes, when the defile deepened, narrowed, and the rooks shut over the horsemen's heads. Then at a word from Jim the men dis mounted. . Advancing to Hartford, he said, with a cruel smile : " Bay yonr prayers, you have got five minutes to live. , Mount that stoue." There was a ledge above the captive's head, with a jutting point, over which a rope was thrown, and a nooso made at the end of it. , , " Will you allow me to speak ?" " Blow away," answered Captain Jim. " I may as well tell you we know all about , you. You've traveled fifteen hundred miles to trap us. Ban Halli- day tried that game often. You gave yourself away. You expected to master the road, and the biagest booby among os mastered you. Now fire away. " " Well. then, let me predict what your end will be," said the captive. With the noose around his neck, and gloating eyes and fierce faces for his audience, he spoke out clearly, defiantly. " When you've murdered me, yon may prepare for the hereafter. There will be no rest for you. A man will come after me who wui Aunt you down like the cownrajy dogs you are. He will never rest until you are driven out of the country, and his roach will sweep to California. Once lie marks a man, that man s late is sealed. He is not my friend. He knows my mission, and, if it fails, he will shoot every man down with his own hand whom he suspects of knowing anything abont me, or my death. That's all. I'm ready now." " What's that 1" exolaimed one of the gang listening. " Up with him," The rope tightened around Hartford's throat, he felt him self strangling, the color faded out, he was in a void, then shooting pains Eiercedhis temple, myriad sparks played efore his ees, blended into brilliant colors, and still he could hear the voice of Captain Jim. Now it was a stream of oaths, an exclamation, "The Vigilantes are upon us I" a blurring of sounds, as he swam, or rather floated ont upon the great void, and then all was over. It was true. A cloud of dust rolled up from Overland City, swept down to wards the narrow defile from the rear, and sent a shiver of fear through the road agents, who scrambled hastily to their saddles and galloped off in the op posite direction. All but one, Captain Jim, who deliberately approached Hart ford as he lay on tho ground where he fell when the crowd dropped the rope, and placing a revolver against his tem ple, pulled the trigger. The pistol snapped fire, and Captain Jim rode off, turuing in his saddle and aiming a sec ond time at the apparently lifeless body of the prisoner, shot him in theBrm. But it would have been better for Cop tain Jim had he never met the prisoner. For another party, also Vigilantes, armed to the tetth and superbly mounted, en countered the rood Agents os they emerged from the defile, and although the hitter put their steeds to the gallop, urging them on with oaths and spurs, the Vigilantes surrounded them with lightning-like swiftness, and standing up in their saddles opened fire upon the gang, who returned it and died like desperadoes as they were, either in their saddles or dropping from their horses' necks. Captain Jim proved the most cowardly of the lot. He begged for quarter, but for answer was riddled by a dozen bullets. When the fray was over and Dick Hartford sat upright, listening to the account of the fight, and of the severest and sharpest the Vigilantes experienced, he was complimented upon his courage, and, in turn, thanked his resouers. In reality, he had performed his mission, but not in the manner he had planned. That he did not succeed in carrying out his plans was owing the merest accident. Tho Vigilantes had been summoned at his instance, aud were in time to save his life. " A close t,have," as Bris Mar tin, the captain, remarked. "However, a miss is as good as a mile." Hydrophobia Cure. I can give some facts which may be of use to somebody, thereby saving life. The time between the biting of an ani mal by a mad dog and showiDg signs of hydrophobia is not less thau nine days, but may be nine months. After the animal has become rabid, a bite or scratch with the teeth npon a person, or slobber coming in contact with a sore or raw place, would produce hydrophobia just as soon as though he had been bit ten by a mad dog. Hydrophobia can be prevented, and I will give what is well known to be an infallible remedy, if properly administered, for man and beast A dose for a horse or cow should be about four times as great as for a person. It is not too late to give med icine any time before the spasms come on. The first dose for a person is one and a half ounces of elecampane root, bruised, tut in a pint of new milk, reduced to one half by boiliug, then take oil at one dose in the morning, fasting until afternoon, or at least a very light diet after several hours have elapsed. The second dose the same as first, except take two ounces of the root. Third dose the same as last, to be taken every other day. Three doses are all that are needed, and there need be no fear. This I know from my own experience, and know of a number of other cases where it has been entirely successful. This is no guess work. Those persons I allude to were bitten by their own dogs, that had been bitten by rabid dogs, and were penned np to see if they would go mad; they did go mad, and did bite the persons. This remedy has been nsed iu and about Phil adelphia for forty years and longer, with great success, and is known as the Goodman remedy. I am acquainted with a physician who told me he knew of its use for more than thirty years, but never knew of a cose that failed where it was properly administered. Among other cases he mentioned, was one where a number of cows had been bitten by a mad dog. To half of this number they administered this remedy, to the other half not. The latter all died of hydrophobia, while those that took the elecampane and milk showed no signs of that disease. J?. C. Shoemaker, in Country Gentleman. Lucky Spanish Bull-Fighters. Spanish bull-fighters find their dan gerous calling a very luorative profes sion. Thus the favorite matador of Midrid, Frasouelo, possesses a fortune of $400,000, a magnificent house, and a wife considered the pretti est woman in Madrid, and i a member of oue of the most aristocratic clubs in the city. On the day of a bull-fight, he sends a messenger to his wife after each of his performances in the arena, the destruction of six bulls being his usual task, and twice he has been brought home seriously injured. Frascnelo took part in the late bull-fight before the king and queen, and his costume was literally covered with diamonds. Most interest was felt, however, in the ama teur matadors cavalry officers chosen by the different provinces, and who showed themselves fully as skillful as tht pro- I fessionals. A Royal Marriage Procession. A correspondent in Madrid who wit nessed the recent marriage of the King of Spain to the Princess Mercedes, de scribes the marriage procession in the following terms: The procession was headed by the " shawms and tymbals " of the palace. The tymbals were car ried on horseback, one on either side of the horse, and covered with tupestry that bore the unmistakable stamp of an tiquity. They were beaten from time to time by a quaintly-attired attendant who walked . beside the horse. Then came the heralds, richly dressed, with bronzed maces over their shoulders; then a number of Palafreneros, and these were followed by twenty led horses, some with saddles and others with side-saddles, all with rich, strange housings. A part of the royal guard came next, and after these the ambassa dors in their respective carriages, all in state, and after these many of the Span ish aristocracy, in their magnificent state carriages, used only on such ocoasions. I noticed that of Medmaceli coachman, footmen and ontriders in embroidered green and gold livery, the horses wear ing immense clusters of ostrioh feather plumes on their heads; thatof the Dr.ke of Alba, with bine ond white livery and plnmes; thatof the Duke of Sesto; that of Fernau Nunez, and of the newly created Duke of Santona. Next came a long line of carriages with the ladies and gentlemen of the palace in the or der of their rank, followed by another section of the royal guard, whose uni form is scarlet and white, with steel helmets. The horses are jet black. The royol family followed. First came the Infanta Cristina, Her car riage was drawn by six horses, with white and crimson ostrich plumes; it was preceded by two ontriders, and two gentlemen-in-waiting rode beside the carriage. Next came the Connt ond Countess of Paris; their carriage was also drawn by six horses with outriders as well. And next came the young in fantas iu a beautiful blue and gilt carriage drawn by six cream-colored horses, with pure white ostrich plumes. This carriage looked for all the world as though it had come straight from fairy land; for what with its being all gold, white and blue outside, with horses that looked like magnified kittens, and in side all white, pink and blue tulle, snowy blonde veils, huge bouquets of natural flowers and sweet youug faces with great blue eyes, nothing more ex quisite, fantastical and unreal could be imagined. Next came, with the same number of JiorsM and outriders, the carriage of the Dnko and Duchess of MontpeiiBier, who were accompanied by their son, Don Antonio, and daughter, Dona Cristina. The Princess of Asturias came next, accompanied by her father. Don Franoisco do Asis, in a magnificent carriage drawn by six horses with white aud crimson plumes, and preceded by four outriders. Then followed the empty carriage which always precedes the royal carriage on Etate ocoasions. This carriage was drawn by eight horses. And last of all. the superb tortoise-shell and silver-gilt state carnage, lined with white satin and looking like an immense bonbon nlere, and in it came the royal bride and bridegroom. The eight horses that drew the carnage were pure white, the in raense cluhters of ostrich feathers on their heads pure white, the harnesses scarlet aud gold, and the mounted jockeys in scarlet and white nnifnnns. The Human Body. The number of bones iu the frame' work of the human body is 246; sixty three of which are iu the head and face, twenty-four in the ribs, sixteen in the wrists, fourteen in the ankles, 108 in the feet and hands, there being in each twenty-seven. The heart is six inches long, and four inches in diameter, and beats seventy times per minute, 4,200 times per hour, 100.8UU per day. 36.792. 000 times per year, and at each beat two and a half ounces of blood are thrown ont of it, 175 ounces per minute, 656 pounds per hour, seven and three-fourth tons per day. All the blood in the body passes through the neart in three mm utes. The skin is composed of three layers, and varies from one-fourth to one-eighth of an inch in thickness. Eaafa square inch of skin contains 3,600 sweat ing pores, each of which may be likened to a little drain-pipe one-fourth of an inch long, making an aggregate length of the entire surfaoe of the body of 201.- 166 feet, or a little ditch for draining the body- almost forty miles long. The weight of the blood in the body is from thirty to forty pounds. The blood per forms a complete circuit, in the system in 110 seconds. In twenty-four hours 11,000 pints of blood are sent to the lungs. The hair grows in two years twelve to sixteen inchos. a man grows twenty years, lives to 100 years, or more. Eight hours sleep is the maximum required by man. Napoleon slept four. Wellington six. The food of man is regulated by his own experience which agrees or dis agrees with him. The average time of the stomach for digesting mixed diet is three hours and a half. Exercise, clean liness, and a cheerful and contented spirit are Nature's best medioine for sound health and long lite. Fashion Note. New velvet mnffs are edged with black lace, ; Leg-of-mutton sleeves have been re vived. The novelty for bonnet trimming is dyed grebe. The cut-away jacket supersedes the polonaise. Neigeuse, or snow gauze, is the novel It for ball dresses. Chip hats and bonnets will be worn almost to the exclusion of other straws, Spring styles proclaim the fact that everything is beaded. Exquisite pearl fringes and headings ere shown for twnmwg bats and ben nets i Kn.inn OT.ana . I XfonUat. I ffAiug nmuD, Miiwiwjcw, are square in tha back, with long ends in front. j ' . Ivory and felt jpy ore the new shades for dress goodB, rbbons and hats for the coming season. i Summer mantl are of ooarse block uet, entirely covered with rows of uar row black lace. . Summer dressei are to be trimmed with embroidered Jounces in the Russian colors, red, black, blue and yellow. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. BP rly Teaetablea. Tomatoes. Sow in hot beds in March; when two inches high transplant into pots or another bed, and attend them carefully until all danger of frost is past, then transplant them permanently into a warm situation, fully exposed to the sun. Support with brush to keep tbe fruit off the ground. Pinch the ends off, to hasten ripening, nfter the fruit has begun to set. Lkttuob. Sow in hot-beds for early use, in February, and for general suc cessive crops sow every two or three weeks in the opsn ground, commencing as early in the spring as the grouad can be worked. Cover the seed one-quarter of an inch deep, in a well-prepared bed, or in drills. Water liberally in dry weather. Thin out and transplant to one foot apart into the richest soil, for heading. The more rapid growth the better quality. Cauliflowers. For general orop.sow the seed in hot-beds in March or begin ning of April; for late crop, sow in the open ground in May. Transplant into rows two and a half feet apart, leaving two feet distance between the plants. Cultivate as cabbage. Aid the growth by liberal watering, and protect from the sun by breaking its leaves over the head when in flower. Cauliflower suc ceeds best in a deep, rich, moist soil. One ounce of seed produces about 2.UU0 plants. Celery. Sow seeds in hot-beds, or verv early in the open eronnd. half an inch deep, in drills one foot apart. Transplant when three inches high into rich soil, finely pulverized, four inches opart. Water and protect until wen rooted, then transplant into rows five or six feet apart, either on the surface or into well-manured trenches, a foot in depth, using thoroughly-rotted manure. Set the plants from eight to twelve inches apart, then give a good watering. To blanch them earth up two or three times during their growth, holding the leaves close, while the earth is drawn np, so that none of it falls into the cen ter of the plant, and taking care not to cover the lop of its oentral shoots. Cucumbers. For early spring use, sow in hot-beds, leaving three plants in oue hill to each sash. For general crop, sow in May or beginning of June, after the ground has become worm, iu very rich soil, in hills four or five feet apart each way, elevating the hills a little above the ground. Put eight seeds in each hill; having buried some warm, half-rotted manure therein, cover half an inch deep with fine soil and lightly press the earth over the seeds with the back of a hoe. Keep the ground loose and clear of weeds; in dry weather water occasionally. Thin out, leaving four turilty plants in each bill, when insect danger is past. Sprinkle vines with plaster, soot or air-slacked lime to pro tect from insects. A warm location is most suitable. Cabbages. Sow early varieties in hot-beds from February till April, thin out the plants to hasten developement, 1 - 1 ii , i mi , i ana aumiD pieniy oi nir. ine jarer va rieties nre sown in Mar, for general crop iu the open ground. Transplant, when six inches high, into well-manured sou during the month of June, if sufficiently developed. For early kinds, one and "a half to two feet each way between the plants, and two and a half feet apart for the late varieties, are the respective proper distances. Transplant beforo a shower, or in motet weather, giving each plant water occasionally, when needed. at the root. The ground must be well worked to produce good heads. Hoe often and draw the earth up around the plants. (Ja linage should not follow cab bage or tnrnip successively. Boston uiooc. Cultivation of the Pen Crop. In a reply to a qnery in regard to raising peas, presented to the Elmira (N. Y.) Farmer's Club, the following reply was elicited from B. D. Button, of Madison county, N. Y. : "Peas are as sure a orop as any .other, ond leave tho ground in the best of order for wheat. The yield will vary with the soil, forty bushelsbeing a large yield. In preparing tho land I aim to fall plough and fit with cultivator in the spring; although the best crop I ever raised was on corn stubble, spring Eloughed. Peas are better if drilled, ut can be sowed broadcast on the fur row if rolled afterward. Peas like a flue, dry loam or sandy soil best, but will thrive well on a clayey soil, if well fitted. I never have threslied peas with a machine, as it splits them badly, and sheep will not relish the straw as well as if threshed with the flail. If the vines are very luxuriant sheep will not eat them very closely; but if out before all of the top pods have grown white, sheep will not only eat, but relish the straw exceedingly. Tf the straw is fed at night sheep will eat more than if fed in the morning or at noon. We have been troubled with bugs which sting the peas while yet soft, leaving small eggs, which are hutched; the wonn feeds np on tho pea, leaving but a thin shell by .i . 1 1 m ) i , , i lie following epring. xuis is ouvuuea by early sowing, so as to have the ma jority of the pods so hard by the time the fly arrives at maturity that it is im possible to pierce them. If the season be backward and this cannot be done, very late sowing will secure the same result. Good crops have been raised when sown as lute as the fifteenth or twentieth of May, The quantity of seed will depend on the soil. If 'it is very fine and rich, sow one aud one-half bushels to the acre; an ordinary soil, two; and on very poor, three bush els, or, bettor still, not any." Things Not to bo. Never believe much less propagate an ill-report of a neighbor without good evideuoe of its truth ; never listen to an infamous story handed to you by a man who is inimical to the person defamed, or who is himself apt to defame his neighbors, or who is wont to sow dis cord among brethren and excite dis turbance iu society. Never utter the evil which you kuow or suspect of another, till you have au opportunity to expostulate with him. Never speak evil of another while you are under tho influence of envy and malevolenoe, but wait till your spirits are cooled down, that you may better judge whether to otter or suppress the matter. REFORMING A THIEF. A Novel Metkod Put In IKxecntlnn by fi Tennessee Merchant. A certain prominent grocery firm lu this city had been missing little articles quite frequently of late, and suspicion fixed npou a certain young man, who visited the store often in passing, occa sionally making small purchases. They agreed to watch him the next time he came in, one partner outside and one in side. They tried in vain for three weeks or more ; still the articles disappeared and the young man made his visits ; thongn be nad never Deen seen laaing anything. One day last week the part ner who was watching from the outside, pretended to be reading a newspaper, and by looking over it, caught him in the act. The inside partner collared him and led him back to the reor to counsel him. "Now." said the merchant, "you have been stealing from me for several weeks, and I want to know how much you think you owe me? Be honesi abont it ; you have oeen both cierK and customer. The young man stated the omonnt he considered justly due, and wasonxions to pay it The merchant said : "Well, sir, you know the law doesn't allow a man to steal, and yon must take your choice, to pay me all you owe me and submit to a whipping, or go to the penitentiary. Which will yon do ? Yon are young and may be reformed, and I don t want to disgrace you publicly, but I feel that I would do a great wrong to let you go without a whipping to remind yon of it." The young man said he would receive the whipping and pay np ; while he ap preciated the kind motives of the mer chant he would like very much to have the whipping omitted. The merchant invited him to walk down in the cellar and see what a fine stock was stored there. When they reached the bottom and the door was olosed, the young man said : " You won't whip mo, will you ?" The merchant said he certainly could not do otherwise and satisfy his con science. "What ore you going to whip me with ?" "That piece of board," replied the merchant, pointing to a strip some three inches wide. "Buck yourself across that chicken- coop, and I'll do my solemn duty, young man. It's a serious matter, and I am truly sorry to have to do it, but, my con science reauires it." The customers heard a noise for about a minute that they mistook for some one knocking the bung out of an empty barrel, or splitting kindling. After ten good, hearty strokes the merchant let him np. " How do you feel now, young man ?" " I feel very bad, sir ; very sorry." "I, too, feel sorry and bad, and I think you had better get down on your knees, and ask God to forgive your sins." The youug mon prayed a feeling prayer, and shed copious tears of repent ance. When he arose the merchant said: " How do you feel now ?" "Awful," said the young man. " Then, in order to impress this oc casion on your mind, and that you moy never forget the conse of it, just bend over that chicken-coop again a minute." He bent over, and the sound of split ting stove-wood was heard again ten more. Then when he got up he wanted to cry, but the merchant insisted that it was too scrions a matter for that, and suggested that he lead in prayer again. The young man complied, and he hod so much improved in that stylo of com position that the merchant released him. "Now," said ho, "you are a young man, you aro respectable, and move in respectable circles; you have kind and honorable parents; this would disgrace you and them if made public; you have submitted to the chastisement and re pented; pay me what you owe and go your way as usual, leaving off dishonesty, and I'll not molest you." He went, but he hasn't paid the money yet. This stylo of reformation foryonng men beats the penitentiary. He did not live in Jackson. Jackson Tenn.) un. White Hair. " Is it possible for a person's hair to turn within a short time ?" There are so many instances now on record that there ought to be no longer any doubt upon the subject. In the late Arotio ex pedition nearly every man's hair become grayer, and in some cases white, bnt assumed its natural color when the men returned to lower latitudes. In many cases the human hair is said to have surned gray from grief, extreme care, or sudden fright. During an outward pos tage to Australia (says a correspondent) tho ship I was in suffered greatly in the British Channel; twice we were nearly wrecked, having lost three anchors and two cables. The pilot who had charge was oonstantly on watch, only snatching a few minutes' sleep here and there, as opportunity afforded. On the whole, he hod a very anxious time indeed, ond when he eventually left the ship off the Isle of Wight he oertainly looked twenty years older. I thought his hair had de cidedly turned grayer; this may, how ever, have been only imagination, and uiereiore ought rather to be considered as an impression than actual fact Within the last few months a fresh ease of the possibility of the color of hair changing has come nnder my notioe. An old gentleman, aged eighty-nine, re siding in my immediate neighborhood, lately died, For many years his hair has been perfectly white, but a few days before his death some of his hair beoame black, giving the apoearanoe of nis having dark brown or black hair. Here it is interesting to note that in his younger days his hair was light. After the death of this gentleman the tips of his hair for about an inch assumed the original color, becoming white again. I have heard of another instance where after death the hair tnrned from white to black. Dogs seem to be affect ed with regard to their hair iu like man ner as human beings. I lately read cf a case where a black Newfoundland dog became gray in a few weeks, and 1 he writer declares that the only cause for this sudden conversion waa grief. Items or Interest A green grocer One who trusts. There are 2.000 barber shops in New York and 7,500 barbers. A littlfl hnv will never willingly re linquish any of his' cakes except his spank-aches I A 200-pound bear can hug a new pork barrel to splinters, which takes o press ure of 1,000 pounds. A Bnffalo sparrow recently carried off a whole lamp-wick in his beak, and he had to beak-wiok about it. Many poor families keep a coat. If they are denied the luxury of bread, iney always nave weir miner. One of the saddest incidents of the recent German royal marriage was the Prince of Mecklenburg Schwerin. A curt Chinese aphorism suggests that one day's work was worth three to him who does everything at tne proper wme. " What is wisdom ?" asked a teacher of a class of small girls. A bright-eyed little creature arose and answered : " in formation of the brain. " The French artillery having discarded bronze ordnance for steel breech-loaders, England is the lost country left which clings to the bronze muzzle-loaders. Milsson asks six hundred dollars a night to sing in Paris during tho exposi tion, ond the manoger of the Grand Opera House is not eager to sign the contract. The seedless orange of Brazil is tho best in tho werld. It cannot be shipped on account of the thinness of its skin, and will not grow anywhere in the United States. The position of the English women engaged in Bussiato teach, says a writer in the Pall Mall. Gazette, is one of com fort and dignity. They are handsomely paid ond courteously treated. " Ma 1 did you know corn could walk?" "No! my boy--I never heard such a thing." "You didn't? Well, com stalks." " Nurse, give Johnny some ipecac, and put him to bed." As a party of gentlemen aud ladiea were climbing to the top of a monument one day, lately, a gentleman remarked : " This is rather a spiral flight of steps." To which a lady replied: "Yes, per spiral I" and she wiped her brow ns she spoke. FATHOMS DEEP. Fathoms deep may drift the know, It iny hail, aud it ntay Uo, "3 ill my windows groan and nhake, Moau for that I ne'er will make, For, while in my hrcast I hear My darling'K image, npring is there. From the Herman of IIei)te. The death of Cardinal Brosiais-Saint Marc ond the elevation of Cardinal' Pecci to the pontifical throne rcdnco tho numbers of the Sacred College to sixty- two. According to the Roman proverb, cardinals always dio in threes, and during the last twoycari, at leaf-t. tho truth of the saying has been attested in a remarkable manner. A citizen of Elkton, Md., recently had a dog that behaved in a very pcculiat manner. He supposed that the animal was getting hydrophobia raid Bhot it ; but a post-mortem examination revealed a snake ten or twelve inches in length coiled aronnd the animal's liver, and would, no doubt, in a short time have caused the animal's death. " Gentlemen," said au auctioneer, who was selling a piece of land, " it is the most delightful piece of land; it is the easiest laud to cultivate, it is so light, so very light. Mr. Parker here will corroborate my statement. He owns the next patch, and ho will tell you how easy it is worked." "Yes, gentlemen," enid Mr. Parker, "it's very easy to work, but it's a plaguy sight eosior to gather the crops." The Real Hero. Iu 1793 the Prussian officers of the gar rison of Colberg established an economi cal mess, of which certain poor immi grants were glad to partake." They ob served one day an old major of hussars, who was covered with the scars of wonnds received in the Seven Years' War, and half hidden by enormous gray mustachios. The conversation turned on duels. A young stout-built cornet began to prate in an authoritative tone on the subject. " Aud you, major, how many duels have you fought ?" " None, thank Heaven," answered the old huBsar,in a subdued voice ; " I have fourteen wounds, and Heaven be praised, there is not one in my back ; so that I may be permitted to say that I feel my self happy in never having fought a duel." " But you shall fight one with me," exclaimed the cornet, reaching across to give him a blow. The major, agitated, grasped the table to assist himself in rising, when a unani mous cry was raised : " Don't stir, major." All the officers present joined in seiz ing the cornet, when they threw him out at the window, and sat down again at tho table as if nothing had occurred. A Feline Nurse. Culling at a farm honse the other day, says a writer iu on English paper, I was told I was just a day too late to see a very wonderful sight a cat nursing some little chicks. It appears the cat had a family of dead kittens a few days before, and the same morning some five or six chicks were hatched. As there were others to come ont, the lady of the bouse took the just batched chicks into the honse till all were hutched, and placed them before the fire in the sitting room, or, os we say here, the keeping room. Pnssy, greatly to the horror of the good laJy of the house, took a great fancy to them, aud could not be kept away from them. Wishing to see what would take place the owner allowed her to come near, when she began to stroke them down with her paw in the most affection ate and tender manner, and, after awhile, lying down, gathered them well under her. There she lay all the day ; in the evening they were taken from her, bnt the next day she did the same ; but the third day, fearful of accident, they were taken away from her and put nnder their proper mother, who had now hatched out her whole brood. I wonder what pussy would have done with them? 1
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