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--OFFICE—In-the-Walker Building—n(
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joining the Western School House.
July 20-tf
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ERYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
WAYNESBORO' PA.
Office at his residence, nearly opposi
he-Bowden Rouse. Nov 2—tf
JOHN A. la VSKONG,
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OFFERS his Professional services to the
citizens of Waynesboro' and vicinity.
Dn. STaux tun has relinquished an. exten
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been prominently engaged for to • U. 111,01 •
years in the practice of his profession.
He has opened an Office in Waynesboro',
at the residence ot George liesore, Esq., '1 is
Father-in-law, where he'can be found at • I
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WAYNESBORO', PA.,
rtAN be found in his office at all times,
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We being acquainted With Dr. Branis7
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c *eiett Votirg.
COD IS LOVE. .
God-is love r thel3ible says,
Mercy governs all his ways ;
rireat and awful tbough He be,
Greater is Ms clemency;
-Every page His Goodness-shows,
Every line with kindness glows,
Every law and promise prove—
God is love, all nature cries ;
Loud the echo wakes the skies,
Hill and valley, rout and plain,
wise the gladsome song again.
God is love, the ocean roars,
Sheds for man His precious blood,
Hell to conquer, death to slay,
All our sins to cleanse away ;
Here its fullest truth we prove—
Glorious knowledge—God is love.
'*listtllaurous 3i ding.
ANNIE LOURIE.
.4 Touching Song and Melancholy Sequel.
Recently, incidents in connection with
Annie Ladrie have been received. Notes
and Queries has the following interesting
memoranda concerning the heroine of the
family ballad—" Annie Lourie:"
The birth of this young lady, so well
known through the Scottish song is quaint
ly recorded by her father, Sir Robert
Lourie, of Maxwelton, in the register,
in
these words: "At the pleasure of Al
mighty God, my daughter, Annie Lourie
was born on the. 16th day December,
1683—about six o'clock in the morning.,
and was baptized by Mr. Geo. Hunter,
of Glencaim." His own marriage is also
given in the same quaint style : "At the
pleasure of the Almighty, I was married
to my wife, Jean Riddle, upon the 27th
day of ,July, 1682, in the Trom Kirk of
Edinburg,' by Mr. Annane."
These statements, it is said, were found
among the valuable collection of manu
scripts left by the late Mr. W. H. A run
and which his son, W. V, Dumfries
shire, kindly allowed to be examined an
made use oE They contained a vast fund
of curious information 'respecting the an
iquities and country families -of Dum
freisshire. Many of our readers proba
bly know that Annie was loved by Will
iam Douglass, of Fingland, Kirkcud
brightshire. Her charms are thus spoken
of in his pathetic lyric :
-"Her brow is like the snow-drift,
Her throat is like the swan,
Her features are the fairest
That e'er the sun shone on,
That e'er the sun shone on,
And dark blue is her e'e
And for bonnie Annie Lourie,
I'd lay me down and dee."
She, however, was, obdurate to his pas
sionate appeal,prefering Alexander Fer
guson of Craigdarrock,
,to whom she was
eventually married. This William Doug
lass was said to have been the hero of the
well known song, "Willie was a wanton
wag." Though he was refused by Annie
he did not pine away in single blessedness,
but made a runaway marriage with Miss
Elizabeth Clark, of Glenboig, in Gallo
way, by whom he bad four sons and two
daughters. Though William Douglass
did not "lay hint and die" for his "Bon
nie Annie Lourie ' " a touching incident in
connection with this song is said to have
occured a few years since in Maryland.
We cannot vouch for it truthfulness but
will give it as we heard it. A small select
company had assembled in a pleasant
parlor, and were gaily chatting and laugh
ing, when a tall young man entered,
whose peculiar face and abstracted man
ner instantly attracted attention. lie was
very pale, with that clear, transparent
and vivid complexion, which dark haired
consumptives so often have. His locks
trere fts !Inn— nrnfinf•lv
upon his square white collar. His eyes
were large and dreamy-looking, his brow"
broad and high, as though deep thoughts
p. e1E,041.*.T1,144.11*
rested within the mind. But for certain
wandering look, a casual cbserver would
have pronounced him a man of uncom
mon intellectual power. The words 'poor
fellow,' and 'how sad he looks,' went the
rounds as came forward, bowed to the
company and took his seat. One or two
girls laughed as they whispered "he is
love cracked," but the rest treated him
with respectful deference. Merry games
were played in which he took no part.--
AYben_all were wearied and had seated
themselves to'rest, singing was proposed.
One sopg after another was sung, and fi
na}y "Annie Lourie" was called for. At
its mention the young man grew deathly
pale, but did not speak ; he seemed to be
lost in intent revery.
',The name of the lady who treated
'II I I:. s • • " :•• id , in
a whisper to a new guest, "but, oh ! low
I wish he would sing it; nobody else can .
do it justice."
"No one sings Annie Lourie compared
to you, Charles," timidly said an elderly
lady. "Would it be too much to ask
vou_to_favor_the_company_withit ?"
He did not reply—his lips slightly gui
ld, then looking up as if he saw a
itual presence, he began. Every sound
hushed—it seemed as if his voice was
voice of an angel. The tones vibra
through nerve, pulse and heart and
le one shiver with the pathoS of his
ing. Never was heard melody in hu-
Ln voice like that--so plaiuttve, so soul
so tender and earnest.
He set with his head thrown back, his
half closed, the locks of his dark
glistered against his pale temples,
his hands lightly folded before him..
he sang through the following stanza,
seemed to shake from head to foot with
.rt-rending-emotion :
"Maxwelton's banks are bonnie,
Where early falls the dew,
Bnd t'was there that Annie Lourie
Gave me her .promise true—
Gave me her promise true ;
And ne'er forget will I,
But for bonnie Annie Lourie
I'd lay me down and dee."
"Her brow is like the snow-drift,
Her throat is like the swan,
Her feature& are the fairest
That e'er the sun shone on—
That e'er the sun shown on,
And dark blue in her e'e,
And for bonnie Annie Lourie
I'd lay me down and dee."
"Like dew on the gowan lying,
Is the fa' o' her fairy feet,
And like winds in summer sighing
Her voice is low and sweet—
Her voice is low and sweet, .
And she's a' the world to me,
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down and dee."
As he proceeded from line to line, and
verse to verse, there was no more jesting,
among the company—all was hushed as
if by the silence of death. Many a lip
trembled ,there were few eyes but what
were wet with spontaneous tears of pity
and compassion. When finishing the
last verse he made a slight pause, gazed
with a searching, onging expression a
bout the room and gasped
"And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down and dee."
Then sadly' dropped his head forward
upiiu his chest. The dark locks seemed
damp as they clustered around his snowy
temples, while the lustrious eyes slowly
closed with inexpressible and torturing
anguish.
• There was a long and solemn pause.—
One glanced at another—all seemed we
struck— till the lady who had urged him
to sing laid her hand gently upon his
shoulder saying:
"Charles! Charles !"
A hushed stillness—a thrill of horror
crept through every form ; the poor tired
heart had ceased to beat.
Charles—loved--betrayed—was dead.
A FATHER'S ADVICE TO A BRIDE.—
Said a young husbaud,whose businessspec
ulations were unsuccessful, "My wife's sil
l:er tea set doomed me to financial ruin.
It involved a hundred unexpected expen
ses, which, in trying to meet, has made
me the bankrupt I am." His is the ex
perience of others, wbo, less wise, do not
know the goblin of the house working its
destruction. A sagacious father of great
wealth exceedingly mortified his daughter
by ordering it to be printed on her wed
ding cards, "-No present except those a
dapted to an income of $1,000." Said he,
"You must not expect to begin life in the
style I am able, by many years labor to
indulge; and I know of nothing that will
temnt you to try more than the welliuten-
Cone . d but pernicious'gifts of rich friends."
Such advice to a daughter was timely.—
If other parents would follow the same
plan, young men would be spared, years
of incessant toil and anxiety ; they would
not find themselves on the downward
road, because their wives had worn all
their salary, or expended it on the ap
pointments of the house. The fate of the
poor man who found a linch pin, and felt
obliged to make a carriage to fit it; is the
fate 9f the husband who finds his bride in
possession of gold and silver valuables,
and no large income to support the owner's
gold and silver style.
Fickle young men are not troubled long
with heart-ache. We know of one who
received his "walking papers" a few days
ago and in two days afterward was dead
in love with another girl. Q 2 I am a lov
er rejected. Pray what shall Ido ? Shall
I "shuffle this mortal," like sonic lovers
true? A. Oh no ; for such actions make
waste of good blood. Just keep up your
courage—your chance is still good. Re
muster your forces, your colors unfurl,.
female al e_ t a . I and go forth to the conquest of some other
•—"" z•—•t • , ri.
proprietor in a half m
whisper : If a girl] 6
ha t got any money, how much chewing Continual cheerfulness is a cer44 . 11 ev•
gtim do you give her for nothing ?" idence of wisdom.
The last surviving Revolutionary sol
dier has come to the surface again, this
time in Tennessee. He is 118 years of
a0• - •e
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R---DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, ETQ.
The Governor of Missouri has recently
pardoned an inmate of the Penitentiary
under circumstances which furnish a re
markable and touching instance of what
a , devoted, trustingi --- andenergetic, wife
can, do for an unfortunate' husband. The
latter used to . live in Toledo, Ohio, and
the'fads of his case are vouched tor by
respectable journals of that place. Some
time ago he removed to•Mitsouri, with his
-WiTG-Fmd-erirrly-iirtB7ol,ll-e-eventfellotrt
that proved so disastrous to him. It Ap
pears that he was not very prosperous,
and had Occasion to sell—as nearly the
last of his -possessions—a pair of, fine
horses. :For these he received $5OO in
clean, new national currency. The stock
dealer who bought she horses afterward
• isappeared. On the next day aftthe
sale the vender paid out two bills of $lO
each. It was - discovered - that they were
counterfeit, and the utterer was promptly
arrested and lodged in prison. He, of
course, directly protested his innocence,
and told how he got, the money, and . the
remaining $450 was found on his person.
The horse dealer was traced and brought ,
forward, when, to the horror and amaze
ment of the accused man, he stoutly, de
nied all knowledge of the bad bills, and
swore the money he had. paid for the
-horses was in bills on an Illinois bank.—
No confirmative evidence of the prisoner's
tale could be got, and.as much counter
feit money had lately been circulated in
that region, public feeling ran strongly
against him. He was tried, and despite
his earnest Protestationi, and his wife's
determined' struggles in his behalf; he
was found guilty and sentenced 'to five
years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary,
But the wife never for a moment be-
lieved him_guilty ; and, with astonishing
resolution and. pertinacity she now bent
lierself to the task of proving his inno
cence and affecting his release. To the
latter end she first sought and obtained
interviews with the Governor Of Missouri.
To him she stated her case as she saw and
believed it. But the Governor, although
kind was firm. The prisoner was shown
to be guilty. Counterfeiting was greatly
on the increase. It was necessary to make .
examples, and there was every just reason
why her husband should be one of them.
Be could hold out no hope, save in the
condemned's restoration to his family af
ter five years. The wife went home, con
verted all she had into cash, and thence
forward devoted her whole time and brain
to following alp horse-dealer who had giv
en her husband the spurious notes, with
the hope of convicting the-really guilty
person of that offense. Pursuing him
like a shadow, but keeping out of his
sight she soon found that when he went
to a place counterfeit money was said to
be in circulation soon after. This hap
pened at Freeport, 111., and afterward at
Fort Wayne, Ind. At the latter pjace
she caused his,arrest. But nothing could
be proved against him, and he was set
free. She then dogged him to Canton,
Ohio; to Pittsburg, Altoona, Lancaster
Chambersburg, Philadelphia, Gos hen,
Binghamton, Oswego, Elmira, and other
towns' in New York, sometimes staying
two or three months in each place. The
man was, however, guarded so . and inge
nious as always to
. manage to cover his
tracks—in fact, he never passed false "pa
per" himself at ; all—and his, implacable
pur,tier was tiPa Me to bring . him to ac
count, At last however he fell ill in New
ton, Sussex Co., N. J., and she believed
and proved that her golden Opportunity
was at last at hand.
When the borse r dealer il), the wife
of his victim was at the same hotel. She
found out the physician attending him and
frankly told her whole story. She descri
bed how she had tracked the cause of her
husband's misfortunes, and begged the
doctor for the sake of right and justice to
help her. The physician was' moved by
her tale and agreed to do what she asked,
which was to give his patient,some de
pressing,but safe medicine, and adroitly
to lead him to think that he was in a very
critical condition. This was accordingly
done, and worked to a charm. The pa
tient begged at once for a clergymanovho,
arriving, pointed out, the necessity of full
repentance and at this juncture the wife
entered the room, and implored the sup
posed dying man to repair the great
wrong he ha done her husband. The re
sult was that the sufferer made a deposi
tion betbre a Magistrate, confessing the
five hundred dollars as described, and
furthermore that lie wits a member of an
extensive, gang of counterfeiters. his spec
business being, not to - utter bad money,
but to spread it among confederates in
different parts of the country. also
said that on the occasion of making the
trade in question lie happened to have no
other money, and greatly wanted th e
horses. Armed with this document the
now happy woman hastened back to Mis
souri, laid her evidence before the Gover
nor, and had the satisfaction of carrying
a full pardon to her husband almost im
mediately after, The two are now living
joyfully together on a farm in Southern
Illinois, and their case is naturally at
tracting abundant comment and congrat
ulation.
A Woman's Devotion.
Masked Robbers in, N. Jersey !
The robbery by masked men of M.
Samuel Pope, a wealthy citizen of Pater
son, N. J.,_whose_residence is on-the_su
burbs of that city, has been briefly stated
by telegraph. A.correspondent gives the
following description of the affair :
Mr. Pope was awakened about 11 o'
clock on Monday night by somebody in
the room, and almost dumbstruck by the
appearance of five men standing at his
bedside with drawn revolvers. Two more
stood at the window, apparently on guard.
They were all well dressed, and all wore
black mash except one of the party, who
bad a white one.
Mr. Pope was informed in a
ly and polite manner that no harm wou/
ensue if he but remained quiet, a warning,
it is unnecessary to say, that under the
circumstances he obeyed. He was then
tightly bound with his hands behind his
back with a piece of strong tarred rope
and his feet were tied together. He was
then put into a closet under , the stairs, a
gainst the door of which
,Avere placed a
sack of salt and a keg of nails. The rob
bers in the meantime bound Mrs. Pope
hand and fobt, performing the operation
in a tender manner, and even with-delica
cy. She was permitted to remain in bed.
The thieves then fbund the key of the safe,
through which a portion of the gang went,
while others examined other parts_of_the_
house for valuables. They succeeded in
getting some $3,000 in money, diamonds
jewelry, watches and silverware, and $7,-
000 worth of railroad' bonds and other
valuable documents from the safe, includ
ing a number of mortgages, ete.
the booty carried offwill amount to over
ten thousand dollars, although the stop
ping of the payment of the bonds Will re
-duce-the-thieves'—reward-to—about—three-
thousand dollars. During all the time of
the robbery, which lasted an hour and a
half, Mr. and Mrs. Pope were constantly
reminded of their fate should they make
any noise, although, as the house is loca
ted at some distance from any other, it
probably would not have made much dif
ference. There were others outside on
guard, so that the party in all must have
numbered ten men. They wore stockings
outside their boots, and all carried pistols
and pieces of sperm candles fbr lights.—
When ready to depart the cool robbers
went up stairs and brought down Mr.
Pope's little adopted daughter, quieting
the child's alarm by telling her to be quiet
and no harm would befall her. They then
instructed the child not to untie the thongs
of their parents until they had been gone
sometime, and departed iu a barouche, in
which they had conic, taking with them
Mr. Popes guns and pistols.
Who the thieves were is a mistery, as
no trace of their identity has yet been dis
covered. They were very polished in their
address and had soft hands, unused to hard
work. Even Mr. Pope gives them credit
for the neat manner in which the thing
was done. It is believed that the robbers
are persons well acquainted with Mr. Pope
and his business. The gentleman had ex
pected to receive a cash payment of $36,-
000 on Monday afternoon, which • the
thieves no doubt knew about and expec
ted to bag. But the payment for some
reason or other was not made, and the
burglars did not get the . amount, fortu
nately. They took the precaution to poi
son Mr. Pope's watch-dog before going in
the house. They made their entry through
a window leading on the piazza.
In a Kansas town lives a man who is
somewhat noted as a money lender and a
devoted church member. He came to
the State with a little ready money, and
taking advantage of the high rates of
interest paid by land speculators in that
overtraded region, he amassed quite a for
tune, and became known by all as the
Shylock of Not long ago be bought
a, lot in the cemetery, and.was contem
plating the luxury of a family tomb, and
in his bargain with the stone-cutter it
was agreed that a stanza was to be cut
upon the monument. The monument be
ing nearly completed; the stone-cutter
called for his selection. Our friend hand
ing him a check in full, replied :
-1. am well satisfied with your work;
the stone suits me exactly. I'll just trust
you to select something ,appropriate.
am busy just now.
The stone-cutter remembering an . old
grudge, and feeling the money was in his
pocket, concluded to show his customer's
nature up in its own mirror.
A week later imagine our rich man's
chagrin, when in company with friends
lie had gone to see his expensive shaft of
granite, to find these words:
"Here lies old Thirty five Per Cent!
The more he made the less he spent
Friends and kindred both he shaved,
And how can such a soul be saved?'
TriE FIRST Tnots.t.:Nn DOLLAR,.—The
first thousand dollars that a young man
honestly earns, and saves over and above
his expenses while earning it, will ordina
rily stamp upon his mind and character
two of the most important conditions of
success in after life—industry and econo
my. It is tar better that he should earn
the first thousand dollars than that it
should be given to him. If he earn it, he
knows what it is worth, since it represents
to him a very considerable amount of ef
fort. If he saves it, while earning a lar
ger sum, he acquires thereby the habit of
economy. Neither of these valuable les
sons is taught by a pure gift. On the.
whole, it is not very serious disadvantage
to a young man to begin life poor. Most
persons who become rich in this country
were once poor, and in their poverty they
gained habits from the stern necessity of
their condition which is the sequel resul
ted in riches. Those who are born with
ruou arr.," n“fl
their early years in idleness and prodigal
ity, seldom amount to much as men, in the
Ft:Laical buslikess of life,
I=Mi=l
"Joni, have you heard of the fire that
burned up the man's house and lot?"
"No-Smith;wbere-wasit-?'
"Here in the city,"
"Who.t_a_misfortune_to him I Wasit
good house 2"
"Yes, a nice house and lot—a goo "
home for one family."
."What a pity I How did the fire take ?"
"The man played with fir e, aii
oughtlessLy_set it himß• '"
"How silly! Did you say the hit was
burned too?"
`Yes, lot and all ; all gone slick and
clean.
"That is singular. It mu•t ha • b•en
gentleman-
a terribly hot fire—and then, I don't see
how it could burn the lot."
"No; it was not a large fire, nor a very
hot fire. Indeed, it was so sinall, it at-.
tracteci but little attention, and did not
alarm anybody. In fact, it often Went
out itself, and the man lighted it again."
"Whattbr, I should like to know ?'
"Oh I le didn't seem to know what
harm it was doing. He liked the smell
of the fire, and amused himself with the
smoke."
"But how could such a little fire burn
up a house and lot ?'
"It burned a long time—more than
twenty years. Though it consumed slow
ly,itwere-away-about $l5O worth a year:
• "I don't quite understand you yet.—
Tell me where the fire was kindled, and
all about it.' . •
"Well then, it IVEIF kindled in the end
of a .pigctr. The cigars cost him, he him
self told me, $l5O a year, and that in
twenty-one years, would amount to $3,-
150, besides all the interest. Now, the
money was worth at least ten per sent,
and-at—that-rate-it-would-dottble-abotrt
once in seven years. That would buy a
fine house
. or a large farm. Don't you
pity the family of the foolish man who
has slowly burnt up their home ?"
"Weugh I guess now you mean me,
for I. have smoked more than twenty
years. But I didn't know it cost so much
as that. And I havn't any house'of my
own. Have always rented—thought I
was too poor to own a houge. And all be
cause I have been burning it up ! What
a fool I have been !" . .
"You may live twenty years ' longer
and burn up another home."
"I see, and will give up my cigars and
quit smoking."—Anti-Tobacco-Journal.
Do what you can to make sunshine in
the world. Lift up the curtains.
We do not mean the curtains to the room;
but the curtains which darken the spirit
of your brother, your friend, your neigh
bor, or even of a stranger, if the curtain
strings are within your convenient reach.
Lift up the curtins and let tbesunshine
in ! Light is better than darkness ; and
how cheap it is
A kind and cheering word to one who
is in trouble, and is perplexed, and also
most discouraged ; a .vord of heartfelt
sympathy to the aicted; a loving word of
counsel to the young ; a word of assurance
to the doubting ; a "soft word which,
though it butters no parsnips, turneth a
way wrath," to the prejudiced and unrea
sonably provoked; all such words as these
are sunshine to those to whom they are
spoken.
"I have never found anything else so
chap and so useful as politeness," said
an old traveler to us once.
He then went on to state that, early in
life, finding how useful it was, frequently,
to strangers, to give them some informa
tion of which they were in search, and
which he possessed, he had adopted the
rule always to help everybody he could in
such little opportunities as were constant
ly offering in his travels.
The result was, that, out of the merest
trifles of assistance, rendered in this way,
had grown some of the pleasantest and
most valuable acquaintances that he had
ever formed.
How many great men have testified that
their witole lives have ,bees. influenced by
some single remark made to them in their
boyhood I
And who cannot recall words spoken to
himself in his chilhood, to which, perhaps,
the speaker attached no importance, but
which sunk deep and immovable into his
memory, and which have never lost their
power over him ? •
Make sunlight! The world, at Lest, is
dark all through. Do what you can to
make it more cheerful and happier.
A GORGEOUS WINDFALL—A DISH
WASHER BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE.—A
few days ago and there was a dish-washer
named George 'Woodruff, employed at
the California restaurant, on Montgom
ery street—a dirty, greasy, grimy cuss,
with scarcely a cent in his pocket or hope
in the world, to-day he is a millionaire—
a six millionaire, in fact. One day while
reading a morning 'paper, his attention
was attracted to an advertisement headed
`Personal," stating that one of his name
would find it. to his advantage to address
a terrain party in New York. The name
was familiar to him, and he concluded to
answer the advertisement. He did so giving
his address, and in due time received a
letter staling that his uncle had died in
New York, leaving property to the a
mount of $6,000,000, which the deceased
had willed to him. He was astounded
an could hardly believe that the news
was true, until it was confirmed. Upon
its confirmation he cast of his greasy
clothes and forsaking the sacred precincts
of the kitchen he donned a new raiment
and departed for his estate in New York,
a richer if note better man. There is a
new dish-washer at the California now, .
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uncle to die arid give him a lift. He hear me, kin you?" Hear you ? I ki:i hear
reads the "personals" with avidity every you a mile." I`Thank.God for ''at--re.en
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A Bad Fire,
Sunshine.
82,00 PEE TEAR
t att d In 13 r.
iTare_women
se they have train's and switches, •
. - Every manmay be - said. forein a tag
place when he enters a; bar-room.
Why is a piece of railroad iron like ark
Indian path through a forest? Because it
is a T-rail,
/As the cold ' t approaches the
old maids and wid, becoming more
spruce, frisky and t . than ever. They
are putting iu fbr e "tidal wave." •
• The meanest man yet discovered lives
in Louisville. He borrows half gallon
of ice water every day and promises to
return it nest winter. .
There is a town out West caller' Ran
dom. A resident of the place; being asked
where he lived, said he lived at Random.
He was taken up as a vagrant. . •
lAn
artesian well in Lincoln, Neh, is
so magnetic that it will draw a tia,, cup_
towards it. That's nethinUthough, for
a small black bottle will often.draw
whole crowd towards it.
An old sailor recently refused to ship
on a Lake Erie schooner because he had
seen a rat scrim ashore from it. Curious
ly enough the vessel was thundered•: tho
neat night, with all on board.
"No man in London ever thinks of black':
ing his own boots,"
said &haughty Briton
once to the late Ir. Lincoln, whom ho
found polishing his calfskin; gaiters.—
_llthose-boots_does:ne_blitek_?" quietly re
sponded'Unele Abe.
An old lawyer says that the three
most troublesome clients he ever had were
a young woman who wanted to be ma'r
ried, a married woinair who wanted to be
unmarried, and anfiold maid who MLA
know what she wanted.
' George IV. Maley, a famous Methodist
preacher, once, in addressing himself .es
pecially to the colored people of his con
gregation, cried out : "You, my dear,
black brethren, God bless your black,
greasy hides, when you get to Heaven.you.
will be japanned all over with glory.
An old bachelor, who bad become mel
ancholy and poetical, wrote someversea
for the village paper in which he express
ed the hope that the time would come
when he should
"Rest, calmly in a shroud,
With a weeping willow by his side ;"
but, to his inexpressible horror, it came
out in print
"When I.shall rest calmly in a shawl;
With a whopping widow by my side;'
A. beggar asked for a piece of bread and
butter at a house, the other day, and on
a couple of slices being brought out to
him, he immediately refused it.
"What's the matter ?" asked the donor.
"Isn't this bread good ?"
"Yes the bread's good enough," said the.
beggar.
"Well, isn't the butter good too ?"
"Yes, I've no fault to find with, Elie but-
ter."
"Well, then, what is the matter ?"
"I don't like the way it's spread on,"
growled the fastidious mendicant.
A-Practical Joke.
Some years ago there lived in one of
our large cities an eccentric character
known as Uncle Zeke, who never lost
the chance of perpetrating a practical
joke. Any place or occasion suited him,
providing lie could make his point. One
fine Sunday he repaired to fashionable
church, so after the services had com
menced, and as there was net a seat va
cant, he took a prominent position in the
centre aisle, where he stood holt upright
with his high stove pike hat clasped tight
on his head. Of course he attracted much
attention, and very soon the sexton, a
man for whom Uncle Zeke had an .espe
cial dislike, crept up to him and whisper
ed that he must take off hat.
"Thai's agin my principles,' said Un
cle Zeke.
"I can't help that," said the sexton ipa 7
patiently, 'you must take it oil.
"But I won't," reined Uncle Ze
"Then I shall take it•off for yott," said
the sexton, who' was becoming .very ner
vous on account of the attention this
whispered colloquy had occassioncd.
"All right," said Uncle &he ; `y_ou
kin take it, ofl: Thataiu't agin my priu
ciples.." •
The sexton thereupon took hold of the
rim of Uncle Zehe's Ind and dextcrotOy
lifted it off his head. But what waa tho
respectable sexton's horror when alniut
two quarts of hickory nuts rolled lint ',t
his hat and went clattering and banging
over the church floor.
And that was Uncle Zeke's juke on
the sexton.
If there rd any place in the world whore"
a person's character can get handled, it is
at a sewing circle. Just the squar.-raot
of the power yielded by these societies has
never been figuring it do..vit is Milwau-•
kee, and have concluded that a well or-•
ganized" and healthy sewing circle ran,
blast a person's reputation iu just seven
minutes. •
"Potatoes!" cried a darkey peddler in•
Richmond. "Hush dat racket—you di...
tract de whole neighborhood,' came fr.rti