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LI FAN JOE.
CHAPTER VII.
Unencumbered by the slow motions
of the wagons, they knew that they
could easily reach the fort by the suc
ceeding evening, and all began to ex
perience a feeling of relief.
Laninau was the only one of the par
j ty who seemed to have no cheerful
emotion. He had shown neither fear,
' excitement, nor exhilaration, from first
; to last, and seemed unconscious of fa
; tigue.
Rosa's feeling of curiosity and iutcr
| est grew deeper every moment,
j Who could be this mysterious stran
ger who averred such a hopeless state
of mind and heart.
‘•Perhaps he has been crossed in
love,” she thought.
It was not an improbable idea, tho’
Eanman looked like one whom few
women were likely to dispise.
Endless were the fair girl's conject
ures as he rode silently and gloomily
beside her, not, however, without oc
casional courteous attention, to his
lovely companion.
Harry Murray seemed almast to have
fallen in love with his stern friend,
and Li pan Joe treated him with the
utmost deference. Even old Mr. Mur
ray unconsciously vailed his accustom
ed pride somewhat in addressing the
hero iu buckskin, to whom he owed so
much, though he was still puzzled
whether to like him or not.
Their camp that night was not an
unpleasant one, in spite of the rude
scenes of the day and the continued
uncertainty of their position.
The long watches passed without in
cident, and the morning found them
abundantly refreshed and ready for
their journey.
“Mr. Lamnan,’’ said Mr. Murray, af
ter they had ridden some miles on the
way, “I will not speak of reward to a
man like yourself, but after we reach
the fort I hope I can find some means
oi expressing my graiiiuuc.
“That can hardly be,” said I.unman,
“as 1 shall not go to the fort.”
“Mot go? Why, you will not leave
us, now that you have done »o much ?”
“1 will sec yolir party in safety, Mr.
Murray, and then I must be permitted
to take my own course,”said Lanman."
Questions, after such a 'repulse,
would have been ill-bred, and the
haughty planter was compelled to give
it up, though it chafed him sorely.
The noonday halt, for refreshment
and rest, was hardly over before Lan
man spoke to Harry as be rode beside
him, pointing to a grove of trees at
some distance.
“From that grove, Harry, it is lint
two hours’ ride to the fort, and Lipan
doe will guide you in. There 1 must
leave you.”
"Leave us?” exclaimed Harry.
“Oli, Mr. Lanman!” hurst from the
lipsofltosa. “You will not leave us
unprotected I”
A strange expression shot across the
dark face, but before be could answer,
lie was startled by a loud exclamation
from the Lipan.
“lliil what’s that?” exclaimed Lan
man. “More Indians, as I live I Coin
ing this way at a run. Well, we must
wait for them, or, rather, push for
ward.”
“Give Lipan the long eye,” said the
i warrior. “Mebbc uot had Indian die
j time.”
Long and carefully did Joe scan the
' approaching forms, and, as they drew
! nearer, he handed back the field-glass,
! saying:
j ‘‘Ugh! Good! Lipan!”
“Is that so?” said Lanman.
“Then wo are all rigid. Tliey arc in
league with us just now. Must come
i from the fort.”
i And, sure enough, the approaching
band dashed directly up to them with
' all friendly confidence, and in a few
1 moments, Lipan Joe, who seemed
known to them, translated their story.
The commander at Fort Grundy bad
sent out his cavalry, with these Lipaiis,
twenty odd in number, to’scour the
j country for some roving bauds of Co
| munches, and, getting separated from
the troops, their red auxiliaries had
nearly fallen iuto a trap, and wore
even now pursued by an ■overwhelm
|iug force of their foes.
At tirst they hail mistaken .Mr. Mur
ray's party for the cavalry, who could
not be far off, but were glad to receive
even so small a reinforcement, as the
: Comanche* would undoubtedly be up
on them in a few minutes.
“Close up, tlieu, and move forward!”
shouted Lamnan, seeming to tuke
j command as if by right. "Keep close
; together and stop for uothiug.”
Flis orders were strictly obeyed ; but
before long, ns the now by no means
! contemptible little band pressed stead
ily on, the prairie around them seemed
.gradually boeoming, us it were, alive
witli yelling fiends, who wheeled
around them like hawks, seeming n*
1 yet unprepared for close quarters, bul
prodigal of well-directed arrows.
“We must teach them a lesson,’’ said
Lanmau. “Halt!”
And iu an instant all the riflemci
were disiupuuted and watching foi
chances to use their deadly weapom
i ou horse ar watt.
‘‘One at a time, make suri
work !" shouted Lanmau.
Itifle after rifle cracked, and with at
' effect not at nil relished by tho Co
1 mail die s. A
Still their number seemed ou the iu
I crease, aud dually, as if they had re
ceived some information which :
prompted them to decisive action, they
gathered in a mass and came sweeping |
i on ns if they would dash the smaller
force opposed to them to atoms.
“Mount! Steady now ! Let them have <
it! It's life or death now!” said I-ait- j
man.
Itosa Murray held her white hands
before her eyes to shut out the terrible i
spectacle.
She heard the deafening yells of the 1
savages on both sides, the grating of
lances, the twang of bow-strings, the I
ringing of rifles and pistols—all the
confused uproar of the combat, now
hand to hand, till suddenly she felt t
herself rudely torn front her horse, and
found that she was In the bloody grasp
of a Comanche warrior.
She screamed wildly for help, but
her father and brother had been forced
some yards away, and heard her not.
Suddenly, as her shriek died on her
lips, her captor reeled and fell to the
earth with his burden, and llosn was
faintly conscious of a tall form stand
ing over her and swinging a clubbed
rifle among the penuoned lances that
were aimed nt him and at her.
She caught a glance of the gloomy
face of Lantnan, now brightened by a
sirange, fierce light, and almost smil
ing, but oven as she did so a paleness
canto over it, and her defender stag
gered and fell.
ltosn sprang to her feet and bounded
to his side just ns a chorus of different
sounds was added to the hubbub.
Kven in that medley of terrible
sounds the quick ears of the wounded
man caught the clear, penetrating
notes of a cavalry bugle, and lie open
ed his dim eyes upon the fair face that
, bent above him, and murmured:
1 “Tlinv hflvo fining ! Yaii am anvtul
I have found the death I wanted!’’ i
"With these words he seemed to have i
fainted, but Rosa had half raised him
iu tier arms, and he could not full I
again.
Sabre and carbine had made quick j i
work of the savage foe, already pro- j I
paring for retreat when the charge, I
sooner than expected, came thundering I
in upon them, aud the baffled Coman- j
dies were scurrying iu wild haste 1
across the prairie.
Harry Murray and. his father were i
both wounded, though not badly, i
l’oor Ciusur, the gallant black cook, had j
’ met his fate at the lance-points of tho i
| enemy, lighting like a freeman,
j The Lipan warriors had suffered sc- :
! veiely; and Joe, in spite of hi- agiiil),
j was covered with ugly cot*. i
'•My daughter! Where is mv daugh- i
! tor?” frantically-exclaimed Mr. Mun'ay
as lie rushed hither and thither amoug
the confused and mingled crowd.
'•Here I am, father,” said the silvery 1
| voice of Rosa. **I’m not hurt, but, oli,
: look here!”
In liis jdv at finding her, the old gen- 1
j (Ionian scarcely noticed poor Lanmnii,
! though Haray was trying to staunch 1
his wounds, when Major Cross, the of- j
| ticcr in command of the cavalry, rode
j up, and bending over in bis saddle,
I gazed earnestly iu the face of the 1
wounded mau.
j “Charlie-1 as T live!” growled
1 Uhj veteran. “This is too bad ! I hope
| upon my soul, that lie is not killed 1”
Other offleers came crowding around
as they heard ihe exclamation of their
leader, and among them was the sur
! geon of the post, who quickly made a
cafeful examination of the many hurts
j through which the strength of that
splendid form had ebbed away.
I “Pretty well cut up,’’ coolly remark
i cd the surgeon ; “hut with care he’ll
1 do well enough. We must get him to
! the fort.”
j The restoratives previously applied
i had begun to have their effect, and the
last words of the surgeon readied the
dull ears of his patient as he slowly
awakened Rom his death-like swoon.
“No, I will not go to tho fort; 1
would rather die!”
He gasped, and a shudder passed
through his frame as his eyes fell ou
the blue uniforms.
“Not so bad as that, Charlie,” said
the Major, cheerily. “Wake up a mo
ment, my man, aud hear some good
i news.”
“Nows? What news?”
Ana Lanmau seemed f«r a moment
mure nwaKC.
"Why, 1'vc got a .copy of the resolu
tions of ‘Congress, and the War De
partment order ait my quarter*. You
1 are honorably restored, mv old friend
! —fnll rank, reputation and back pay.
\ Your uncle, the Senator, made a bully
old speech on it, I tell you.”
No answer came; the news bad been
too much lor him, and he had faiuted
again.
When he once more came to himself
there was a new light in his eyes and a
smile upon his lips, though be vainly
tried to rise without aid, murmuriug,
: as he did so:
“Itosa—Miss Murray I”
‘•What is it, my friend ? 1 am hero.”
And a white hand, still spotted with
hi* own blood, shed in her doteuso,
I was laid warmly on her own.
‘•I have something to live for now.
Forgive we for speaking harshly!’’
Perhaps nothing tout rite surrounding
.ciroumstanoos prevented Kosa Murray
i from obeying her impulse to tell her
prisoner how very enthusiastically she
t' forgave him ; but her eyes said a good
■ i dial.
Old Murray showed his good sense
• by urging a quick movement to the
■ fort, at the seme time that lie made
arrangements to have his wagons sent
'or, while Harry was in irrepressible
flee over the good news, in spite of his
jandaged arm and head.
Lipan Joe followed the litten which
lontained his friend,and found himself
iding side by side with Rosa Murray.
lie turned his dark eyes upon her,
vith n good deal of humor in them for
tn Indian.
“Captain Charlie good man,” said he ;
‘great chief. Save handsome squaw.
tVdiy she no like him? Bad in squaw
mte Captain Charlie.”
“But I don't hate him.”
“No? Den tell him so, first time he
isk question.”
Rosa blushed, but Joe added :
“He ask question, yon bet.”
Our opinion is that lie did.
-1 m i
The Live Man.
The live msn iz like a little pig, he
s weaned youug, and begins tu root
trly.
llo iz the peppersass of creation—
he allspice ov the world.
One Live Man in a village iz like a
;ase ov itch at a district school—he
cts everybody tew scratching at oust.
A man who kin draw New Orleans
nolasses, in the month of January,
hru a half inch auger hole, and sing
‘Home! sweet home!” while the mo
asses iz running, may be strictly hon
ist, but he aiut sudden enough l'or this
limate,
The live man iz as full of buzziness
,s the conductor of a street kar—he Iz
iften like the hornet, very huzzy, but
,bout what the Lord only knows.
He lights up like a cotton faktory,
,nd liaiut got enny more time tew
pare than a school hoy has batunlay
ifteruoon.
lie iz like the decoy-duck, ahvavs
,buv water, and lives at least 18 months
luring each year.
He iz like the runaway boss, lie gils
lie whole ov the road.
He trots when lie walks, and lie lies
lown at night only bckausc every else I
lax.
The live man is not always a deep j
hinker: he jumps at the conclusions ]
uss as the frog duz, and dout always ,
and at the spot he is looking at.
He iz the American pet, a perfekt ;
nistcrv tew foreigners; but haz done
noro (with charcoal) to work out the;
;roatuess ov this country than any man .
n it.
He 1/just as necessary ns grease onj
in axletree.
lie dout ahv uz die riteh, bullic alwuz |
lies Ivnez.y, and meets death a good deal
iz au oyster duz, without enny fuss.
The Seventeen-fear i.ocust.
The editor of the Californian Missou
•lan lias been handed the following re-'
narks upon the above subject by Air. I
I. C. Ilecd, who has seen this trouble
lome insect appear three times :
“The scvontceu-ycar locust, or cica
la, will make its appearance in a short
ime, as it is williin a short distance of
he top of the ground now. There are
nany rumors as to its deathly powers,
md the large appendage resembling a
luge sting would seem to justify them
>ut tio fears need arise, as it is perfectly
larmless, all naturalist have failed to
lisoover poisonous matter in the insect,
its only mission above ground is the
iropagntiou of its species, in doing
yhicli it will littcrally drill to death
nany young fruit trees, depositing it*
:ggs mostly in the branches of last
,ear's growth, and will materially in
ure many forest and shade trees; this
.ogether with their incessant noise, con
ititutes the amount of their annoyance
jvhicli naturally can be of but snort dil
ution, as they partake of no food du
heir short sojourn above ground.—
L'hc name of tho locust is sadly out of
jlaee when applied to this slrauge in
sect, as tlierc is no affinity between
hem and the Egyptian locust, which is
mo of tho most voracious bisect*
cotiwu.
Street Scene.
The other day passing along Military
itreet in front of the Court House we
law an armed ex-Confederate soldier i
i tan ding by Ids wagon and team of,
>xen. All at once tho maimed rebel
tv it h the fire of battle not entire! v gone
Torn his eye, straightened himself up ;
issumcd the military stiffness of old
Jen. Haggles when calling his courier 1
i'or a pipe ef tobacco, whirled ids long
whip gracefully in the air, shouted in
lioarse voice of command :
“Attention buttallion!”
Promptly with the word the six
dears rose from the recumbent attitude
dmok their dusky flanks, and took the
position of the soldier.
Again the clarion voice:
“Forward—march!’’
Aud the trained animals moved off,
not with a great deal of timo In keep
ing step 'tis true, but understanding the
command perfectly.
Then notsatisflod with pace “at will”
of his troops, the incorrigible “reb"
thundered out:
“No enemy in frontl”
And the old veterans quickened up
like the Old-Guard at Waterloo prepar
ing fora headlong charge.—Mississippi
index.
tap Accustom yourself to master and
overcome things of difficulty; for if
you observe, the left hand for want of
practice is insignificant, aud not adap
ted to goueral business; yet it holds
the bridle better than the right, from
constant use.
From the New Orleans Crescent.] 1
1 Head Huns For Office and In i
Defeated.
(lThe Whole Thing a Fraud.”
City Hotel, N. <)., April 27. I
I told thorn not to nominate me; I
that Iliad no thirst for office; that I i
was not legible; but they said that I 1
ivas the “coining man,” and must serve.
1 protested with tears in my eyes ]
[which stayed in) that l wanted no
jflice, but as they forced it on me 1
would he compelled to forego all ■
private consideration and sacrifice my- ]
self, my time, my influence, inv city <
money, upon the altar (ation) of my l
country! On this hint I spake. “Make '
ao guady chaplet,” I said, “but know i
no as I am, the Duke Aranza.” I was \
inonyniously selected as the Kcpubli- •
•an candidate without a dissecting i
voice. I felt no interest in the matter i
.-xcopt the love I bore my country, so i
1 determined to bore my country (men) i
for votes.
One of my constituents, who was ]
somewhat white, said, holding me by
mic car and the only button hole left
in my coat by the Republican party— i
says he: “My name's Jim ; and I kin i
kontrol most ov the votes in my ward ; i
[’ll go fer yer and git all the niggers i
in the ward to vote fer yer too, if i
you’ll only give me a share of the
loaves and fishes.”
Said, “My friend, as for the first, you
;an loaf as much as you please ; as for •
ihe second don't be too of-fish«us!” i
rhis ended the loaf and fish business ]
with him.
But, finally long came another chap, i
i friend of mine. I know he was a •
nf tn inn hv a remark he made:
saiil lie, patting me on shoulder and
Inking me on one side, "Head, my boy,
you're a good feller nnd mean well, i
jut that won’t win ; you’re a regular
nominated candidate of our party, the
jnly party as represents true senti
ments of love for this our distracted
md contracted country ; as a candidate
wc have assessed you $250.”
Says, 1, grasping him by the band,
md shaking.it warmly, "Ini delighted
to hear it, for 1 aiut been able to get
rid of my money fast enough, owing
to the abundance I have on hand. I'll
give you a check at once.”
And I gave him a check ou Jacob
Barker’s bank.
f!rasping him by the band, 1 exclaim
ed, with passionate emotion, "theroisi
the sum twice told ; blush not to take ,
it—'twos dearly won.”
Without looking nt it, lie put it in
his bosom, and said. “My friend, wo
are organized and we shall carry the;
State and all the offices. We are
organized, sir; we have got dead loads !
of colored gentlemen who are register
ed in the out of town parishes who
love their country and the old flag;,
and after voting in the country
parishes, they will lose their papers,
and come to New Orleans and vote on j
affidavits for you and all our loyal and
martyred candidates. ‘Twill be u
proud day for you, my Head, when
you can stand upon the battlements of!
the new Jerusalem, with a crown of I
glory enciruejing your brow, the tab
lets of the Almighty in your right
hand, and a vote for the Constitution i
in vonr left. 1 say it will be a proud
day for you then to stand up and say !
in the words of the Ttli clause of the
Constitution of our beloved Union,
•blessed he the descendants of Ilani,
for they shall come down ou the rebel
copperheail Democrats like a Ham- ■
inert’”
lie squose my hand, and left me. i
Registration day came, and with it a
crowd. It was a hot day, but 1 stnig
gled up to the door and shook bauds
with a lot of my constitneuts, who
were all sunburnt. As I did so, i felt
a thrill of patriotism rush through my
vitals, and I raised my bauds, and put- \
ting them upon the curly heads of my '
different constituents, 1 said, in solemn
accents, to my Republican friend be
side me, (in the wunds of Hamlet:)
"IT'y thee, Horatio, tell tue one:
thing.”
“What’s that, my Lord?”
“Dost think Alexander looked o’this
fashion on the earth?”
“E'en a*.”
«vuti ciuvii • i an .
Ami I took my hand off my colored
constituents, washed them (not the
constituents, although they needed it,
bm my bauds) and elite rod the registry
office. There 1 found 5 fellahs sitting
at desks, with pens behind the oars,
drawing $8 per diem per day. I walk
ed up and said, “1 am white.” He
asked me about 400 questions and told
mo to hold up my right hand and
swear. 1 held up my right hand and
ho made me swear that I was never a
IT. S. ossifer and never meant to be;
that I never heard of one; that 1 never
was going to again, etc., “too numer
ous to mention,” as Charley Nash,'
Frank llartlett, or any*other gosd auc-!
tioncer would say. 1 was then ushered
to another fellah who made out a
search warrant which he called it a
certificate, and after answering 75!
questions more, he allowed me to sign !
my name to the foregoing swear:
1 signed It thus :
his
“A. X HEAD.”
mark.
Then I went to the next fellah, who
asked me some questions, and made
mo sign my name in what he called a
oath book, which it made me swear
over again. Any" man wonld swear
inder tho circumstances. Then 1 had
o go to. the 4th chap, whoso name was
’olonius who asked me more ques
ions, and some interrogatories, made |
ne sign my lull name as above, and
lien 1 got my papers, and was allowed
o squeeze out through my sweet seen-'
ed constituents, and went home to my I
lomestead.
Voting day came. I went to the!
>ost-oftieo to deposit my vote and
vaited three hours to throw it in.
iVhcn I got a chance, 1 put my Whig
iote, over, and also my registration
inper. They asked me if 1 was color
id, how I was and if I ever expected
o do so again. I told them ; and after
ooking through 3 or 4 books, they
aid name was on the list; they then
ook my vote, indorsed it “white,”
vrote on mv certificate “voted, this 1st
lay of April (All Fool’s Day.) On
he-OtherSide-of- Jordan, Coinmiss
oncr,” and 1 was told to put rfly vote
n the. letter-box.
1 yvaited to see tho next voter. He
lad the precedence—he wns black,
ile came up and offered his “nffidavy,”
vhich took him two minutes to “hold
ip the right hand,,vand he was allowed
o vote. He had three days waiting
ind four bushels (avoirdupois) advan
ngc of me on account of his fashion
tble color—but he had it.
His hair curled natural—mine cost
ne 6 bits to curl.
lie had only voted in the country
nice, where there were no municipal
ifflccrs to be voted for, so, of course,
ic had a right to vote over again—for
hem I—He forgot he had voted for the
Constitution once before, but that was
>f no consequence—he was loyal.
After the election was over, and
vhile the counting wns going on, I
rented all the commissioners, treated
ny Mends, who said I was elected, and
rented myself. When the counting
vas over I found I was over, too.
I appealed to “headquarters,” but
‘headquarters” told me I was uot only
jeat, but a dead boat.
1 resolved myself into a committee
jf one, and reported that the whole
lung was a fraud. I was defeated and
t was a fraud, if I had been elected,
t would have received my sanction as
i fair election ; as I wasn't elected,
lT. S. Commissioner Shallow and 1
mve concluded that the whole thing
A'as a Democratic fraud.—I am deter
mined to rip the whole thing up. Con
gress is on my side, so is the impeach
ment committee. I liavo therefore
idouted Jackson’s motto : “Tho Repub
lican party; it must and shall be pre-,
served ; if it ain’t we’re pickled I"
Although loll, i slill say i want a
office; not because 1 want it myself,,
jut because my constituents want me '
o have one. I must have it or up
roes this election. I shall order Gen.
Buchanan and Col. Gentry to have
mother election, with a promise that
f I die, my enemies are to forgive
me; if I live, they must vote for me,
uid elect me or I will declare Louis
iana a Gulf State, and out of the pail
of redemption—(in specie.)
A. HEAD.
Glilng Jo) to a (UtUI.
Messed be tho hand that prepares
pleasure for a child, for there is no say
ing when and where it may again bloom
forth. Does not almost everybody re
member some kind-hearted man who
showed him a kindness in Clio dullest
days of his childhood?—The writer of
this, recollects himself at this moment,
as a barefooted lad, standing at the
wooden fence of a poor little garden in
his native village, while with longing
eyes lie gazed un the (lowers which
blooming there quietly in the bright
ness ot a Sunday morning. Tho pos
sessor eatae forth from his little cottage ;
lie was a wood cutter by trade and
spent tike whole week in the woods at
work in the woods. He had come in
to gather flowers to stick in his coat
when he went to church.—He saw the
boy, Mkd breaking olt’ the most beauti
ful carnation—it was streaked with
red and white— lie gave it to him.—
Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke
a word, and with bounding steps
distance from that home, after
rau home. And now here at a vast
so many events of so many years, tho
feelings of gratitude which agitated
tne ureasi ot mat uoy expresses nseu
on paper. The carnation lias long since
withered, but now it blooms afresh.—
Douglas Jorrold.
Good Kams.—After hams have been
smoked, take them down and thorough
ly rub the flesh part with molasses, then
immediately apply ground or powder
ed pepper by sprinkling on as much as
will stick to the molasses, when they
mast be luing up again to dry. Hams
treated iu this manner will keep per
fectly sweet for two or three years.—
This must be done before the fly de
posits its eggs, for after this is done,
nothing will stop their ravages. The
above has been practiced for more than
tweuiy years. No soaking is necessa
ry. One pint of molasses to ono or
two pounds of black pepper arc suffi
cient for any ordinary family. Try
this plan, if you want good sweet hams.
—Kural American.
• • ......
Js»’* Anxious Mother. — “Gliarley,
how do you like youruew governess?'’
—(Six years old.)—“O, l liko her first
rate, and I think pa does, too; for,
whenever you are out, ho is always
kissing her, and he tells her that hut
lips are ao tweet as honey.1’
SALMtGt'XDI.
#a?-Most kinds of roots and bark arc
now used as medicines, except the cube
root and the bark of a dog.
®g5-Therc is no time spent with less
thought than a great part of that which
is spent in reading.
teirLorc lias many languages, and
the tenderest and most eloquent of
them is silence.
Sfcge-Advice is like enow : the softer
it falls the longer it dwells, and the
deeper it sinks into the mind.
jgy-AVhat is the best line to lead a
man with? Oino-linc.
Isjy-AVhat is the best line to lead a
woman with? Mascu-line.
jjag'AVhcn does a man resemble a
horse ? AYhen he is broke. AYe arc like
a horse.
SSfLuek lies in bed biding his time,
while Labor turns out to rigorous
work and makes his fortune.
■9"Why are old maids the most
charming of people ?—Because they
are matchless.
Daddy's Cross.—‘What's that ?’ asked
a schoolmaster, pointing to the
letter X. ‘It’s daddy's namo.’ ‘Xo,
you blockhead, it's X.’ ‘ ’Tain’t X,
neither; it’s daddy’s name, for I seed
him write it many a time.*
Jte*y*In Roxbury, Mass., a cradle and
a coffin factory are located side by
side. The name of the town may, per
haps, account for this co-incident—Rox
standing for the cradles and bury for
the coffins.
8@*A young Indian girl, who had
imiivudij "T iivvllv II UIV J/IUOtaO VI IIUUIV*
ing barrel heads in a flouring mill iu
Winona, Minn., stole in one day, and,
taking possession of tho stencils, oma
meuted her blanket with the words,
“Ellsworth’s Choice,” and paraded the
streets in great delight, hut to the dis
gust of Mr. Ellsworth, who is a bach
elor and has made no such choice.
|®““Thcrc is but one good wife in
this town I” said a clergyman, in the
course of his sermon—tho congregation
looked expectant—“and every married
man thinks he’s got her,” added the
minister.
fiia5‘-“Doc8 the razor take hold well ?’>
inquired a darkey, who was shaving a
gentleman from the country. “Yes.”
replied tho customer, with tears in his
eyes, “it takes hold lirst rate, but don't
let go worth a cent.'*
SfeO“House rents arc so exorbitant iu
New Orleans that a “grasping landlord’'
advertised to let “a splendid hogshead,
just vacated by the former occupant,
who leaves it for no fault. The prem
ises are a sweet location for a family
with young children ; are in thorough
repair, with bunghole centrally situa
ted, and hoops iu good order.
Would it not please you to pick
up a string of pearls, drops of gold,
diamonds, or precious stones, which
can never be lost? Take tho hand of
the friendless, Smile on the sad and
dejected. Sympathize with those iu
trouble. Strive everywhere to diffuse
around you sunshine and joy. If you
do this you will be sure to bo loved.
IBSy-A clerk in a mercantile establish
ment writes to liis friends at home:
“1 have a plagucy idle tiino of it now a
days ; very little work to do ; our firm
don't advertise.”
tejy-Drydeu, on tho night that one of
his plays was damned, *va* taking hi*
walk from the theatre, when he was
met by a coxcomb acquaintance, who
said:
“Alit Dry den, my boy, I feel for
you. Cau there be anything more
shocking to a poet’ feelings than a
damned play ?”
“Yes, sir—a damned Cool/’ replied,
the poet.
S&y A well known judge, when he
lirst went to the bar was a very blun
dering speaker. On one occasion,
when lie was trying u ease involving a
right of property to a lot of pigs, he
said, “Gentlemen of the jury, there
were just twenty-four pigs in that
drove; just twenty-four, gentlemen—
exactly tw ice as many as there arc iv
that jury-box.”
Anbcdote or Shakespeare.—Queen
Elizabeth was a great admirer of the
immortal Shakespeare, and used frequ
ently (as was the custom of great rank
in those days,) to appear upon thestago
before the audience, and to sit deligh
ted behind the scenes while the plays
of the bard were performed. Ono
oveuiug Shakespeare performed the
part of a king ; the audience knew of
her Majesty’s being in tho house. She
crossed tho stage while Shakespeare
was performing, and receiving the ae
customod greeting from the audience,
moved politely to the poet; but he did
not notice it. When behind the scenes
sho caught his eye, and moved again ;
still he would not throw off his characr
ter to notice her; this made her Ma
jesty to think of some means to know
S whether or not he would depart from
tho dignity of his character while on
tho stage. Accordingly, is he was
abotut to make his exit, sho stopped bo
foa-e him, dropped her glove, and re
j crossed the stage, wnich Shakespeare
j noticing, took up, with these words, so
I immediately after tiuiehing his speech,
| that they seemed .to belong to it:
And though now sent on this high embassy.
Yet tto’i we to take up our cousiu's glove,”
Ho then walked off the stage, aud
presented the glove to the queen, who
, was greately pleased with his behavior,
Uud cotujdinjeutvd him on H* propriety,