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F. LEPTIEN,
Watelimaker and Jeweler,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
T AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
1 kinds of work in my line. Mend
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-Thankful for paat favors, I solicit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore be
stowed on me. fab28-tf
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING M
opened a House of Eater- -S:"M
talnineat, on Uueua Vista Street, near
the Steamboat Landing, for tha accommoda
tion of
j TRAVELERS AMD BOARDERS,
By the day. week, or month, solicits the pat
| ronage of those visiting Dee Arc. The fare
will he as good as the market affords, and
ternw moderate.
Give me a trial, and 1 will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
BENJA IN HATLET
1 Dta Arc, Ark , March 2*, 1M7—lftn
A Leap-Year Lament.
Bother! 'lit leap year boys.
Awful to think of it:
Ruin ie yawning, boya,
We’re on the brink of it,
Victims to woman's schemes,
Each of us, all of us,
Sure as we're living boys
They'll be the fall of us.
Fall of us, all of us,
Baohelura, young and old:
Maidens are planning boys.
Nothing their tongues can hold,
Planning sll sorts of things—
Awful to think of it >
Ruin approaches boys,
We're on the brink of it.
Confound the girls, I say,
Tyrants the whole of them—
Binding us wretches, boys,
To the control of them;
i Shy of the witches, boys,
For we are weak, you know.
Worst of it they know it—
Shame I must speak of it so 1
Popping the question, boys,
That's what they'll do to us,
If we but give the plagues,
Half a side view of us;
Red lips and sparkling eyes,
Well, let me think of it;
Heigh ! sweet ruin, boys,
I like the brink of it.
A DESPERATE CHANCE!
UT CHARLES roRTER SUMNER.
CHAPTER It.
Since I had arrived at my majority
my uncle had resigned the manage
ment of the property I had inherited
into my own bands, and had never
questioned me about it, deeming, per
haps, that its control wouldjqualify me
to guard greater interests when they
should come under my management.
Hence it was possible for me to stake
and lose, as I had done, and had that
been the extent of my folly 1 could
have concealed it and borne it with
equanimity. But besides this enor
mous loss, I had given bonds for sev
eral other sums, making lu ihu aggre
gate an amount I was utterly uuablc
to pay. My creditors, the gamesters,
urged, as I have no doubt now, by Ar
thur, pressed for settlement, and at last,
to my horror and astonishment, threat
ened to expose tnc to my uncle!
That 6ueh a catastrophe was certaiu j
to result in mv complete ruin 1 was
only too well aware. Jason Wllner j
would have trusted a murderer sooner
than a gambler, and hud lie deemed bis
right band capable of staking money i
on a game of chance he would have cut
the arm off at the ghoulder. Let him
once suspect that I had done this fear
ful thing and lie would disinherit and
discard mo without pity. My terror
and agony, when I contemplated such
a prospect, bocame overwhelming, and
in the depth of ray despair the tempter
again found me.
I cannot detail the artful cunning
with which he iustilled the poison into
my mind, nor do I clearly recollect
how and when 1 first completely un
derstood the diabolical design he
broached to me. It was in the midst
of my most utter desperation, aud for
a long timo I could not comprehend
his meaning. But suddenly it burst
cloar and full upon me, and I stood
aghast! It was his deliberate propo
.!l!_tk.l I -.1_»J _V _ _ i T -
vu »*•••» * ouvHiu • vu ui i urn iv.j u u
son Wilmer!
When first I thoroughly realized
what ho said I instantly and totally re
fused, with every mark aud loathing
and indignation. I knew not with
whom I had to deal, his infernal pa
tience never deserted him, and he de
liberately began to combat that resolu
tion with a cunning casuistry worthy
of the most righteous cause. lie hadu
faithful and potent ally, too, in Helena,
aud, taking care to word their argu
ments so as not to alarm me at the first
they slowly uuderruined my opposi
tion, which grew weaker with their
pertinacity, until they triumphed once
again and won me to their purpose.
I am again at a loss to describe their
sophistry. What of their arguments 1
can recall seems so weak aud puerile
now that I stand amazed at the thought
of having even listened, much less suc
cumbed, to them. Selfishness was
made to appear a virtue by the sugges
tion that I would thus, undoubtedly,
relieve my own desperate condition.
The hackneyed reasoning that he was
rich and would not miss the sum 1
must take ; that all would be mine one
day, and there was really no crime in
thus anticipating my inheritance; all,;
all were insinuated into my bewilder-j
cd miud with a fearful ingenuity that
won its way in spite of me, and at last
I reluctantly consented to plunder my
benefactor! It is an old story, but I aui
sure no crimiual was ever pursuaded
into guilt with more crafty skill, or by ;
such clever tempters as myself.
My acquiescence once obtained, they
gave me no time to deliberate, but ar
ranged my plan of action for me and
pushed me onward to its accomplish
ment without delay, from the first It
was decided that the robbery should be
committed as au ordinary burglary. ■
This course they convinced me would
be more certain to avert suspicion from
myself, for, though I could have readi
ly obtained the money by abstracting
i it lroin the large sums which daily
passed through my hands in the count
| lug-house, its loss in this manner would
inevitably be traced to me; whereas
no one could possibly suspect mo of
committing e burglary, as *11 the1
world was aware how much I was
trusted. Besides, I had accidentally
moutioued not loug before that my un
cle kept a much larger sum than I re
quired ia his sleeping chamber, and
they convinced me that the possession
of this would be more convenient for
me, as well as easier to obtain, than
any other. It is certain that they
found an excuse or a reason for every
thing; their Satanic foresight was nev
er at fault!
If man meditates crime Lucifer at
once offers the opportunity, and this
fatally convenient occasion presented
itself to me at the very crisis when it
alone was wantiug to decide my course.
Jason Wilnier was suddenly called
away on business, and went out of
town at a moment's notice, leaving
word that he would not be able to re
turn for several days. When I com
municated this intelligence to De’
Chargny*and Helena, they vehemently
urged me to hesitate no longer. In
my uncle's absence there was not the
slightest danger in the enterprise. I
need not be at the trouble of breaking J
into his room from the outside of the
house. Having entered it in the usual
way, going from my own chamber to
his after all the mansion had retired to
rest, I could break a pane of glass, un
fasten the bolts of the window, and ar
range everything with the appearance
it would naturally wear if a burglary
had taken place. This could be dono
with more ease and less noise than was
possible from the outside of the house,
aud, having quietly taken the money, I
could return to my room prepared to
when the robbery was discoverod in
the morniug.
But why continue to repeat their in- :
iquitous exhortation ? 1 yielded, and
the next night after my benefactor’s
departure was selected as the occasion
for the commission of one of tlie black
est acts of ingratitude that ever dis
graced the annals of Christendom !
My uncle’s apartments consisted of
a suite of three rooms on the ground
floor t>f the mansion in which lie lived.
The first of these was a large chamber,
used as a recipliun-iOOlP, opening di
rectly from the ball. The next, entered
through that just mentioned, ho occu
pied as a study or oftico. and from this,
the third, his bed-chamber, bad access.
This last apartment was at the back of
the house and overlooked tlie rear
lawn and flower-garden. The study
had window s opening at the side ofthc
house through which, if they were un
fastened, an active man could easily
climb. My own rooms were on the
next floor, directly over ins, and the
servants slept on the third story at the
other side of tlie building. It was
therefore possible for mo to gain en
trance to tho study without danger of
auv one overhearing me as long as my
uncle was absent.
On the night selected for the nefa
rious attempt I retired at an early hour
to my own rooms, informing the ser
vants that 1 was not well, and desiring
them to go to rest as early as possible
in order that the house might be quiet.
They complied, of course, and though
during the evening there had been
considerable bustle below (the cause of
which I little suspected, as I sat in agi
tated anticipation listening to it), an
hour after midnight not a sound dis
turbed the stillness, and Ijis silently 1
prepared to execute my dark design.
Taking a lighted candle in my hand,
and arming myself with a large and ■
sharp carpenter's chisel, with which I
intended to force the secretary in which
tho money was kept, I opened my i
door, and, having listened in the corri- 1
dor until T was sure no one was stir
ring, rapidly descended the staircase
in my stocking feet to tho door of the
reception-room.
This was unfastened as usual, and 1
passing in, I traversed that apartment
and entered the study. In pursuance
of my design to render to the robbery
all the appearance of a burglary, I 1
went immediately to one of tho win- 1
dews, and setting down my light,
struck out one of the centre panes of 1
glass with the handle of my chisel. I
had no fear that the noise would be j
beard, as all the servants slept in so
distant a locality, and having unfasten
ed the bolts of the sash, I threw it up,;
intending to break open the blinds 1
outside. Tills done, I took up the light
again and crossed the room to the sec
retary.
This piece of furniture stood nt the ;
right-hand side of the entrance door
and directly opposite that leading into
my uncle's bed-chamber, consequently, ;
when engaged in the endeavor to break
the panel of the desk open, my back
was toward the latter. Once more dis- i
posing of the candle, I applied the
chisel to the crack above the lock, and
had just succeeded in prying olT the
band that held the bolt when I beard a
noise behind me, followed by a star
tled exclamation in a man's voice I
Turning in sudden dread,imagine how
suddenly and terribly this was in
creased when I beheld my uncle stand
ing in the open doorway of his bed
room !•
In moments of great excitement ex
planations of singular circumstances
seem to flash upon the mind by intui
tlou. This was the case with me in
the present instance, and, as if some
one had whispered it in my ear. I saw
how this had happened. The bustle
which I had heard in the house after I .
bad retired to niv room was caused by
hit nnexpe-fert return, and doubtless
laving been told that I was unwell, be
lad ordered the servants not to dis
lurb me by acquainting me with bis
irrival. Not dreaming that he was at
lome, I bad been careless as to the
loise l made in breaking the window,
uid tills having aroused him, he had
risen to learn its cause.
As this revelation presented itself to
me, another still more appalling was 1
manifest to my mind. I was diseover
3d! These three word* called up a
vision in which disgrace, punishment,
ind utter ruin were the horrible fig
ures! I have no consciousness of any
ihouglit but this at the moment; no
recollection of soaing anything blit his 1
piercing eye fixed upon me in horror,
scorn, ami anger. I rushed forward !
n mad frenzy, the chisel uplifted in :
my band. He uttered a loud cry of
istonisiimcnt and terror; there was a
Lirief but awful struggle ; twice, thrice, i
my right arm rose and fell, and then—
I was alone with the dead! The!
corpse of my uncle lay bleeding at my j
feet, and I was an assassin !
My subsequent acts on that awful I
light wore in great part mechanical,
hough undoubtedly dictated by a pro
cess of reasoning of which I was, at the
lime, unconscious. 1 removed the
money from tiic secretary, deliberately
washed my ensanguined hands in his
ledrooin, threw the chisel out of the
window, and thus having completed
tie evidence which would go to prove
hat the murderer had broken into tlie
i^use, 1 took up the candle and regain- j
*d my own room. During the remain- 1
ler of the night I sat in one position j
•ompletelv stupefied and uttorlv una- !
>le to realize what I hail done.
The first gleam of dawn aroused me, ;
md I at last comprehended the full ex- 1
cut of my crime. What 1 endured
luring the brief hour l allowed myself
o dwell upon it may be imagined by
>ne equally guilty, but by none bo
lides. The necessity for taking tnoa
mrcs for my own safety at last occurred
o me, and I recovered niv scll-posses
lion. There was a fire burning in my
iitting-room and in this I destroyed
ittcli of my clothing ns had been stained
u tlie commission of the awful deed. I
Luckily for me these stains were not j
•xtensive, and by sunrise no trace IT-'
nuined which could possibly connect
ue with the tragedy. When the horrl
led servants burst into my room some
• ours afterward to announce the terri
)le intelligence, they found me, as they i
mpposed, sleeping calmly—a mockery
if the rest I was never more to know.
The shock which the mysterious
nurder of Jason Wilraer produced in
he communfty was of course fearful,
md no pains or expense were spared
>.V his friends in tlie endeavor to trace
lie assassin. Whilhout avail, us may
ic supposed, for the devil had so!
ictriended me that not even the sligh-!
est suspicion was over directed to
vard me. My subsequent illness and
ticlancholy were attributed to the very
latural causes which must supervene
ipon the loss of so near a relative by I
ueli u death,and, save two persons on
y, no one in the world would have
lured to hint that I was guilty.
Save two persons only! My punish- j
nent began almost instantly, for De
Jhargny and Helena were aware that I
-vas guilty, and never, from that mo
nenty, allowed me to escape their
lower. 1 was soon aware oftheir utter
.elfishness, for their demands—He
^liurguy’s especially—became so uurca
oinible tiiat I was at last goaded into
esistnuee and refusal. Ilo left me
without a word on that occasion, but 1
ihuddered at the malignant glance he
Iarted at me as he did so, and it was
with a feeling of inexpressible relief
hat I received a message from ldni
loon after, appointing a final meeting
it which our ditTercnecs might he set
led.
The place which ho iiad appointed
'or this interview was tolerably well
mown to me, being a lodging-house
lounectcd with a factory formerly
>wued by my uncle. The factory itself
tad been burnt, and nothing remained
lave the rear wall broken and falling,
vbich stood directly behind the lod
ging house some fifteen feet distant.
L'he windows of the house overlooked
he wall, and from the upper story two
teams, which had formerly supported
i platform connecting the buildiugs,
■xteuded to the top of the highest por
iou of the wall still standing. I know
lot what the platform had been used
'or, but it was necessary to mention it,
is its remaius play an important part
n the sequel of my story. The lod
(iug-house itself was a dilapidated old
milding fronting on a squalid neigh
lorhood and having hut one entrance
md one set of staircases.
In an upper room of this house, on a
wild and stormy evening about three I
uouths after Jason Wilmer's murder, 1 J
net Arthur de Chargny and Helena j
Mont lord for the last time. 1 was
nuuti surprised to find her with him in 1
Ids more than doubtful locality, but j
icing resolved to breuk with both, 1 i
was not displeased at her presence. It
was fortunate for me that she did come. 1
Thu business upon which we had
net was soon reached, and my rage
nay be imagined when I heard He
..'hargny coolly demand that 1 should
lay him a sum equal to one-third of
n.v fortune as the price of his silence
•elativc to the murder. At first 1
leremplorily refused even to listen to
>o outrageous a claim, but Heleun
nterposed, and in a few words couvin- j
cd me that, at least- I must temporize
rather than irritate him by downright
rejection. Taking me aside, while De
Chargny, chnfing at my first angry
words, strode up and dow’n the rooiri,
she thus addressed me :
“You must meet him in a different
spirit, Carlisle, for you arc more in his
power (linn you suspect. He has pos
session of the weapon witli which you
did the deed and knows the person
from whom you purchased it. The
money you took from the secretary
was all maked,nnd those to whom you :
passed it are known, while Mr.
Wllmer’s late book-keeper—your own
now—was the person Who marked the
bills and placed them iu the secretary
at his employer’s. If I)c Chargny ,
chooses to denounce you, therefore,:
there will be ample corroborative testi- j
mony forthcoming to support his own.” i
Thns advised, I renewed the conver
sation with De Chargny, but found
him inflexible, and again I grew angry.
High words ensued, and finally I bold
ly taunted him w'ith his coward selfish
ness, asking why I should make him
rich though I had periled my soul to
secure wealth myself. I had roused
the tiger at last, and now' I found out
what a viper I had been cherishing 1
“I will tell you why,” said he in a
tone of concentrated passion. “Because
I have been toiling for that along ever
since I have known you. I have been
your slave and sycophant for ten long
years only for that purpose, and now
that I have you thorough' iu my
power, do you dream that I will allow
the golden opportunity to slip?”
“Then, by heaven!” 1 exclaimed,
furiously, “not a penny of that wealth
shall you ever touch. Do your worst. 1
I defy you!”
And I turned to leave the room.
“Stay, stay!’ cried Helena, seizing
my arm ; “you know not what you risk.
The officers are below {”
“She says truly,” said I)e Chargny
coldly, as he marked my stare of
astonishment. “1 have calculated even
this chance of your refusal. Agree to
my terms or vou are lost.”
“The officers in this house!” cried 1,
at last finding my voice. “You have
already denounced me then?”
“Xot so,” he replied calmly; “I have
only prepared to do so. Consent, and :
you are as free ns ever, Here is a copy '
of the letter which brought the police I
to this neighborhood. Read it and you
will see that 1 have the power still
either to save or denounce you."
I took the paper, which he drew from
his pocket, mechanically, and read as
follows :
“To tiik Chief Police—The mur
derer of Jason Wilnier will be in one
of the three houses behind the burned
factory on C-street this evening.
Let all three buildings be watched, and
a signal—the nature of which is ex
plained below—will direct them which
to enter. There will be no signal
should he not come, and in that event
a future communication will inform
the authorities how to proceed.
“One who can Prove his Guilt.”
The description of the signal was
torn off, and the handwriting of the
paper was that of Helena! It dropped
from my hand as I finished it. and
drawing a revolver from my breast, 1
turned upon him like a wild beast at
bay. He marked the action, a knife
gleamed in his hand, and before I could
aim he sprang toward me. Helena,
_ it j .. . a . - si - a t i ;
threw herself upon my breast to shield i
me. The heavy knife descended and :
she sank bleeding at our feet. At the [
same instant I placed the muzzle of the
pistol at his breast and drew the trig
ger !
These terrible incidents passed so
rapidly that 1 had not realized my dan
ger ere both lay dying before me. She
who had tempted me had also loved
me and given her lifo for mine. He ]
who bad betrayed us both had received
his reward. Hut his malice was stron
ger than deatli itself, aiid in his last
agony lie could not refrain from show
ing it. Fixing upon me a malignant
look, the satanic triumph of which I
shall never forget, he partly raised him- |
self upon the floor
‘•You have signed your own death
warrant,” said lie, slowly, and I shall
still he revenged. A pistol shot was
to be the signal 1” and witli these words
he sank backward, dead !
Scarcely knowing what 1 did I rush- >
ed from the room, hut when I reached ;
the head of the staircase 1 heard the
footsteps of tho officers ascending. !
Escape in that direction was impossi
ble, and turning again, I entered the!
rear room, softly closing the door be
hind me. With eager haste 1 ran to
the window. The night was wild and
tempestuous, but sufficient light shone
from tho windows of the neighboring
houses to disclose to me the ruined wall
of the factory, the tremendous chasm
between myself and it, and the black
beams of the broken platform, looking
like a gibbet in the gloomy shadows.
There was but one chance for me, J
must cross upon these beams to the
summit of the wall! I could not de
scend tho staircase, the officers had al
ready entered tho front room where
tho bodies lay, and they would;
undoubtedly search the whole house. 1 I
hai' no time to deliberate, desperation '
drove me on, and the next momeut I I
was clinging to the beams with a fran
tic grasp and slowly crawling toward ;
the factory wall.
The wind howled in my ears as if
fiends rode upon the tempest shoutiug
my doom. Mr frail support trembled
and surged beneath me, threatening to
fall at every motion of my body.
Dark shadows flitted up from the depth :
below, as my straining eyes stared
down into it, like spirit leaping to
clutch and drag me down to death.
Ten thousand horrors were crowded
into these brief moments, but still I
clung and crawled—and at las* my
right hand touched the coping of the
wall! I seized upon it with fierce encr- |
gy, and recklessly swung my body for- j
ward. The frail beam, dislodged by j,
this last shock, fell thundering into the
abyss, and left me hanging by my
hands alone. Another effort; conccn- ;
(rating all the powers of my frame, and ;
1 lay at full length on the apex of the
crumbling pile, trembling in every
limb and utterly exhausted!
It was a desperate chance indeed!
but I had succeeded and was safe— ;
though my hair from that hour was [
streaked with threads of silvery gray! !
*******
I am glad my task is nearly ended,
for I find I grow incoherent as I recall
these horrors, ^fl'he descent from the
wall was comparatively easy of accom
plishment, and I reached home before
dawn, no one having remarked my ab
sence. The circumstances nnderwhicb
the bodies of De Chargny and Helena
were found led the authorities to
believe that De Charguv was the mur
derer of Jason AVilmer. As the letter
received by the chief of police was in
Helena's handwriting she was suppos
ed to be the denouncer, and lie, having
discovered her treachery after their
meeting, through the copy of the letter
found upon the floor beside them, had
nisi stain nor and tneu committed
suicide. The fools did uot reflect that,
if this had been so, lie could easily have
escaped, after killing her, by not giving
the signal; but my devil's luck did not
desert me,"and to this day I have never
been suspected.
I bare not escaped my punishment
in this world, nevertheless—nor shall I
In the next. I am rich, honored, i
envied, but remorse, black harrowing j
remorse, tears at my heartstrings with
a Fury's grasp; my days are torment
and my nights a hell, and
“My concience baa a thousand several tongues
And every tongue brings in a several tale.
And every talc condemns me for a villain I"
The Better Way.
It is much better for a voting man to
devote three or four years to learning
sonic respectable trade, which will '
support him in afterlife, than to waste 1
his time and money in preparing to
enter the professions of law and modi-!
cine, which are already overcrowded.!
In the present state of the country, a
trade is a certainty, and the youth who
desires to raise himself to independence \
without burdening his friends or rela
tives, will certainly prefer a good trade |
to the unprofitable title of doctor or :
lawyer. There are too many of the j
practicing lawyers and physicians
whose average incomes are not equal
to that of a skillful mechanic, and
many whose emoluments will not pay
current expenses. Let no false pride
deter our young men from securing a
prize in the lottery of life. If they
feel within them aspirations for public
life, still let them acquire a trade; for
that our future legislators, in the State
and National councils, will ho taken
from the working classes, is as certain
ob that llm aim will run ♦ n _m nna tv
Skill aud energy will command suc
cess in trade; the former is only to be
acquired by constant practice under a
competent instructor. The latter will
come by the habit of daily labor and
the determination to acquire wealth j
and position by a man's own exertions; ■
in a word, to be a self-made man—and j
it is such men that build up cities and j
communities, aud make nations pros- |
perous at homo and respected abroad.
“Dead beats” have beeomes so num- •
crous iu the professions that a young
man is not looked upon as anything
who relies merely upou the legal or
medical professions for support.
Poor, but Health}.
Some of our newspapers are fond of
placing before the public the origin
of rich men. We think the poor ones
should have a chance ; so we relate the i
following brief facts for the encour- j
agemeut of others :
John Smith was the son of his father.
He formerly resided in Stock Pogis,
aud other places; but he lias moved to
the penitentiary uow.
William Smith was the son of his
mother. This party's grandmother is
deceased. She was a woman.
John Brown was son of old Brown.
The body of the latter lies mouldering |
iu the grave.
Henry Jones was the sou of a sea
cook.
Win. Cannon was the son a big guu. .
John Jones was a Sou of Temperance. i
In early life Habriel Jones was;
actually a shoemaker. He is a shoe
maker yet.
Previous to tho ago of eighty-live
Caleb Jones had never given any evi-!
dence of extraordinary ability. He1
he has never given any since.
> ^ »
MTA Berkshire paper says that a '
fellow in that vicinity went courting
his girl on Monday evening, and wish
ing to be conversational, observed :'
“The thcruiomekron is twenty degrees
below lelon this eveuiug.” “Yes,’’ j
innocently replied the maiden, “such
kind of birds do fly higher some sea
sons of the year than others "
*taS~ Probably the reason why the way*
of the transgressor is hard, is that it is
so much traveled.
named Tease has married
a Miss Cross at St. Louis.— He Teased
her till she agreed she would n't be
Cross any more
W“You lost two legs in the army,
you say; what did you gain by it?”
“Single blessedness, sir; for after that
no woman would marry me.”
Haf “Wont that boa constrictor bite
ine ?v said a little boy to a showman.
“ Ob! no, boy; be never bites — he
swallows bis wittles whole.'1
IkyWhy is a newspaper like a wifo ?
Because every man ought to have one of
his own.
tOrDr. Franklin used to say that
rich widows arc the only piece of second
hand goods that sell at prime cosh
ftgrQuren Victoria and the ATing of
Abysinia didn't marry, but they fight just
as much as if they had done so.
BguAn editor out west has been elected
town constable, and now arrests the atten
tion of his readers.
*Sr If a man is without enemies I
wouldn't give ten cents for his friends.
The man who can plcaso everybody
hasn’t got sense enough to displease
anybody.
|®“When an acquaintance says, “How
are you and rushes by without pausing
for a reply, I wouldn’t, if I was in your
place, follow him more than a mile to tell
him I was well.
fcm“A convenient way of testing the
affections of your intended is to marry
another woman. It' she don't love you,
you will find it out immediately.
JKST‘I>o unto other men as they would
like to do unto you, and they won’t have
enough money in two weeks to have a
shirt washed.
4®“The spirit of liberty never dies; op
pression and tyranny may entomb it for a
timo, but it rises glorious and resplendent
from the tomb. The cause may be lost,
but the princeple lives, and shall live for
ever.
JfiyEvery man capable of doing a se
cret injustice is a coward. He will shrink,
shuffle, and equivocate ; but if held by the
firm grasp of truth and courage, cannot
escape an ignominious exposure.
tegrThe heaviest fetter that ever weigh
ed down the limbs of a captive is as the
web of a gossamer, compared with the
pledge of a man of honor. The wall of
stone and the bar of iron may be broken
but the plighted word never.
t@a.Observe a method in the distribu
tion of your time. Every hour will then
know its proper employment, and no time
will be lost. Idleness will be shut out at
every avenue, and with her that numerous
body of vices that make up her train.
A stupid fellow tried to annoy
a popular preacher by asking him
whether the fatted calf of the parable
was male or female. “Female to be sure,"
was the reply ;“forl see the male,"look
ing his questioner full in the face, “ yet
alive in the. flesh before me.”
A farmer passing through a vill
age. stabbed a dog that attacked him,
with a pitchfork. Upon being carried
before a justice, be was nsked why lie
did not strike the cur with the ‘butt’ of
his weapon. “So I should,” replied he,
“if the doer had run at me with lii» tail.’
tey* A witness in a divorce case kept
saying that the wife had a very retaliat
ing disposition ; that she retaliated for
every little tiling. “Did you ever see her
husband kiss her?” asked the wife's
counsel. “Yes sir, often.” “AVell, what
did she do on such occasions?” " She
always retaliated, sir.”
fejr “Sir, do you enow that I have
been to two universities?’’ “Well, sir,”
said the farmer, “what of that ? I had
a calf that sucked two cows, and the
observation I made was, the more it
sucked the greater calf it grew.”
MF* ‘Tommy, my 6ou, fetch in a
stick of wood.” “Ah, u»y dear mother,”
responded the youth, “the grammatical
portion of your education has been sad
ly neglected; you should have said:
“Thomas, my son, transport from the
recumbent collection of combustible
material npou the threshold of thi* ed
flee, one of the curtailed excrescences
of a defunct log.”
Marked Him.—A email boy out west
was assisting his father mark sheep with
paint and brush. The father would eatch
a sheep and eay to the boy, “Mark that.”
After the job wee done, the boy started
for bis borne, which was at some distance,
and was overtaken by a minister on horse
back, who, seeiogtthe boy barefoot, invi
ted him to ride behind him. After the
byy was seated, he began to cateehise him
thus:
“My lad, do you attend the Sabbath
School ?”
“No,” was the reply.
“You should attend the Sabbath School,
mark that! All good childreu attend both
Church and Sabbath school, mark that!"
After many more remarks of this kind
the boy replied :
“I have marked your back all over now,
and it looks like the devil!”
The reverend gentleman was some wiial
astonished when he examined hi’ ctal.