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'1 lie Mysterious Air bun.
From fh« New VsrU Sim ]
Over a year ago, at one o’clock in
tlie morning, a Brooklyn police offlcet
was carelessly sauntering bown liis u
stial beat when lie obsorvod a man
partly hidden behind a tree ou (bo op
posite side of the stVect. The officct
stopped and carefully observed the
man's movements. In a few moments
a man was observed oofwniug up the
sidewalk opposite. The man behind
ttio tree stepped from his place ol
concealment, and wnlked down the
street to meet the stranger, tjic police
officer still watching Vim. When the
suspicions person was within twenty
feet of (lie stranger, and near a gas-light
burning brightly bcueath the trees, the
stranger suddenly slapped his forehead
with his right hand, and fell to the
pavement—a dead man liis murderer
began to rifle his pockets. The officer
hastened to the spot, blit the assassin
bad fled.
The officer pursued him. Tho chase
was hot. Around corners, across half
paved streets, through slums and
alloys, over high board fences and be
neath flickering gas-lights the mur
derer fled, but a keen-eyed hunter was
an liis track. He was captured. On
liis line of flight an air-gun ot a pccu
iar construction was found. It had
lone its deadly work silently and
iffectualy. It was of simple.lncchan
sm, and could hardly be considered
i marvel of mechanical skill.
The nssasin turned out to be one
Skidmore, a discharged' policeman.
In liis bouse, credence was found
vlitcli proved that he bad been enga
ged for several years in nefarious
cjieincs of burglary and murder.
Irooklyn was thrown into a state of
leryous excitement. Kvorv uiuliscov
•rofl murder was thrown on the slioul
lers of Skidmore. He was even accus
’d of being responsible for the pro
..It.f .14-.... mvo.
cry,” where a man's head, pierced
villi I wo bullets and wrapped in a
ncccofoil silk, was found floating
n a Brooklyn dock, the thighs and
egs, similarly wrapped, hoeing after-.
yard picked up near Gowanus.
On bis arrest. Skidmore became as
jlent as a jultgled tiger. Crowds of
:iti;:ens swarmed to look at him.' and
oud whispers of iyneh-law floated
ibout his ears. Ho kept up a
)old front, but occasiotily a twinge
vns visible oil his countenance as he
istcnedlp the positive eyidence before
in Coroner. The crowd surged about
lint, and gazed at him as at one of the
rapped anti ropopluigi. The air-gun
was rejtirdrd with the greatist curi
tsitv. and those inspecting it handled
t. with circumspection, fearful that a
silent bullet was only aw aiting'a signal
o add another to it's roll of victms. ■
The Coroner's jm;y found Skidmore
milty of the murder, and the Grand
Jury brought in a true bill of indiet
nent agaist him.
Back to his cell went the murderer,
with scarcely a ray of hope in his heart,
pile popular excitement did not abate.
His speedy trial was demanded. His
lawyers could not obtain a postpone
ment. The trial came on ; the evi
dence was overwhelming; the people
thronged the court room. Skidmore’s
defiant front failed him at last, and
at lcangth in despair ho cut iiis throat
in his cell, and escaped the gibbet.
tVe do not know what became ol
(lie air gun, but we do know that for
weeks afterward many of the citizens
of Brooklyn never dared to go from
their bouses at night for fear of a si
lent straggling bullet.
Again wo have accounts of shooting
with the air-gun—this time in New
York. A week or two ago wc had tc
announce the serious injury by a pis
tol shot of a young man walking a
midday on the corner of Brosdwaj
and Canal streets. The cause is a mys
terv which lias never been explained
On Tuesday afternoon, in two dlversi
localities, thero occurred circumstnn
ecs fortunately less injurious in thei
effect, but hardly less mysterious in
their nature, which seem to point will)
an equal assurance to that diabolical
ngent—an air-gun. Two bullets in
quick succession crashed through the
windows of a grocery at the intersec
tion of the Bowery ami Bond street.
With as little warning a pistol ball
j entered through the plate-glass door
way of 310 Broadway with dangerous
force. A young man employed in
Chittenden's drygoods store was walk
ing down Broadway Wednesday after
noon and felt something hit his arm.
On arriving in his store lie ascertained
that ho had been shot! through the arm
[ by a bullet, which had lodged and re
mained in his side. Where the bullet
j came from, who tired it, or for what—
all tlieso points remain a secret. On
Monday ail air-gnu ball was tired
through a pawnbroker's window in
Center street. On the same evening
one of those silent messengers of death
c#me through a window in the Sun’s
editorial rooms, and one evening last
week two bullet holes were found in
the panes in Mr. Thomas llitekoock's
residence, at 8 East Twenty-ninth
street. To this list we add tlie follow
ing :
To the editor of the Hun :
j-tin: Seeing an account in your is
sue of this day about “bullets flying
into store windows,” 1 Wish to state
’ itliat at about 1 o'clock yesterday after
' noon tlie saw/- -firing occurred at ut>
place of business, breaking a large pane
ol gl iss in my door. I looked fpr th(
I missile, and found a bullet on the floor
partly listened. From (he fact ofnc
report being heard except .he smash
ing in of the window, and the great
force with which It came in, 1 am
inclined to your opinion flint air-gunf
arc being used ; and if not stopped by
the police, the eonscqucnce must bo
come serious.
James il. James,
215 Grand street, New York, Feb. 3. 'Cb.
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Mark TtvnlN on II as I ford s:nd
lew Haven.
Don’t direct any more letters to me
at Hartford nutil I fiud out which
j Hartford I live in. They mix sncii
; tilings bore in New England. I think
I am in Hartford proper, but no uinii
may hope to be certain. Ilccause right
i here in one nest wo have Hartford, and
Old Hartford, New Hartford, and
West. Hartford and East Hartford,
; llartford-on-the-Hlll, and Hartford*
j aronnd-general. It is the strangest
thing—this pan city of names in
Yankee land. You find that it is not
a matter confined to Hartford, but is a
distemper that afflicts alt New England.
They get a name tlint suits them, and
then hitch distinguishing handles to it,
and hang them on all the villages
round about. It reminds me of a man
who said Adam went on naming his
dcseondents until he ran out of names,
and then said gravely. “Let the rest
he called Smith,” Down there at New
Haven they have old Ilavcu, West
Haven, South Haven, West-by-sou
Wcst Haven, and Kast-by-cnst-nor-onst
half-cast Haven, and Hie oldest man in
the world can’t tell which one of (hem
Yale college is in. Thl boys of New
England arc smart, but after they have
learned everything else they have to
devote a couple of years (o the geogra
phy of New Haven before they enter
college, and then half of them can’t do
it till they go to sea a voyage and learn
how to box the compass. That is why
(here are so nianv more New England
sailors than any others. Some of them
spend whole lives in the whaling ser
vice li ving to lit themselves for col
lege. This class of people have eol'o
lii/.ed the city of New Bedford, Mass,
it is well known that nine-tenths of
the old salts there become old salts just
in this way. Tlicir lives arc a failure.—
they have never been able to get the
hang of the New Haven geography.—
Alta Californian.
CiiirtN SltenU! Learn to Steep
Mounm.
No young lady can be too well
instructed in anything which will afl'ect
the comfort, of family. Whatever posi
tion in society she occupies, she needs
a practical knowledge of household
duties. tSlie may be placed in such
circumstances that it will not be neces
sary for her to perform much domestic
labor; but oil this account she needs
no less knowledge than if she was
obliged to preside personally over the
cooking stove and pantry. Indeed, l
have thought that il is more difficult to
direct others, and requires more expe
rience, than to (Jo the same work with
our own hands.
Mothers arc frequently so nice and
particular that they do not like to give
up any part oftho care to their children.
This is a great mistake in their manage
ment, forthey aro often burdened with
labor and need relief. Children should
he early taught to make themselves
useful; to assist their parents every
way in their power, and to consider it
.] a privilege to do so.
Young people cannot realize the im
portance of a through knowledge ol
housewifery; but those who have
suffered tlio ineonvenieneeand mortifi
cation of ignorance can well appreciate
it. Children should be early indulged
in their disposition to bake and experi
ment, in various ways. It is often bui
a troublesome help that they afford
still it is a great advantage to them. ]
know a little girl who at nine years old
i made a loaf of bread every week dur
ing the winter. Her mother taugli
. | her how much yeast, salt and flour t(
nsr* find who liunmuft ouitc HU eXDCI’
baker. Whenever she is disposed to
try her skill in making simple cakes or
pies, she is permitted to do so. She is
tints, while amusing herself, learning
an important lesson. Her mother calls
her her little housekeeper, and often
permits her to get what is necessary
for the table. She hangs the keys by
her side and very musical is the jing
ling to her ears. I think before sho is
out of her teens, upon which she lias
not yet entered^ that she will have
some idea how to cook.
Some mothers give their daughter
the care of houserkeeping, each a week
by turns. It seems to ms a good
arrangement and a most useful part Oi
their education. Domestic labor is by
all means incompatible with the
highest degree of refinement and men
tal culture. Many ofthe most eleggnt,
accomplished women I have known
harp looked well to their household
i duties and honored themselves and
their husbands by so doing.
Kconomy. taste, skill in e,ooking. and
neatness of the kitchen, have a great
deal to do in making life happy and
prosperous. The charm of good house
keeping is in order, economy and tasei
displayed inattention to little things;
and these tilings have a wonderful
influence. A dirty kitchen and bad
cooking have driven many a Ane from
home to seek comfort and happiness
some.where else. None of our excel
lent girls are fit to be married until
they are thoroughly educated in tin
deep and profound mysteries of tin
kitchen.-- Presbyterian
Womtn and Mnrrlaff.
I have speculated a great deal on mat
rimony. 1 have seen young and beautiful
women, the pride of the gay circles, mar
ried, as the world ssys, well. Some have
moved into their costly houses, and their
friends havo all come and looked at their
furniture and their splendid home for hap
j piness, and have gone away and commit
, ted them to their sunny homes, chccrful
[ ly and without fear. It is natural to be
sanguine for them, as the young are some
times carried away with similar feelings
M6ve to get unobserved into a corner
and watch her- in her white attire, and with
her smiling face and soft eyes meeting mo
! in the pride of life, weave a waking dream
i of future happene-s persuade myself
that it will be true. 1 think how they
will sit upon the luxuriant sofa as the twi
'light falls, and build gay hopes, and mur
mur in low tones the not now forbidden
tenderness, and'liow thrilling the allowed
kiss and beautiful endearments of wedded
j life will make even parting their joy, and
how gladly they will come back from the
j crowded and empty mirth of the gay to
each others quiet company.
I picture to myself that young creature
who blushes even now at his hesitating ca
ress, listening eagerly for his footsteps as
the night steals on, wishing he would conic
and when he en'ers at last, with an affec
tion as undying as his pulse,.nestling up
on his bosom I can feel tl.e tide that
goes flowing through the hrart, and gaze
with him upon the graceful form as she
moves about in the kindqflices of affection
soothing nil his unquiet cares, and making
him even forget himself in her young and
unshadowed bonify.
I go forward for years, and see her lux
uriant hair put soberly away from her
brow, and her girlish graces resigned into
dignity and lovelinoss, chastened with the
gentle meekness of maternal affection
Iler husband looks on with a proud eye,
and shows the same fervent love and deli
cate attentions which first won her, and
her fair children are grown about them,
and they go oil, full of honor and untroub
led years, and aic remembered when they
die—Washington Irving,
Ail lalerestiiiK Relic.
The Chicago Evening Journal is in
debted to C. It. Nelson, Esq., of that
city, for the privilege of publishing the
following letter written by Benjamin
Franklin, and never before published;
Philadelphia, February 12, 17f»6.
I)V;ar Child—I condole with you.
AVe have lost a most dear and valuable
relation, but il is the will of God and
Nature that these mortal bodies be laid
aside when the soul is to enter into
real life. Existing here on earth is
scarcely to be called life. ’Tis rather
an embryo state—a preparation to
living, and man is not completely born
until lie is dead. AVhy, then, should
we grieve Hint u new child is born
among the immortals—a new member
added to their society ? AA’e arc spirits.
That bodies should be lent to us while
they enn afford us pleasure, assist us in
acquiring knowledge, or in doing good
to our fellow creatures, Is a kind and
benevolent actofGod. AVIien they be
icome unfit for their purposes, and
j afford us pain instead of an aid become
an incumbrance, and answer none of
: the intentions for which they were
j given, it is equally kind and benevolent
| that a way is provided by which wo
! may get rid of them. That way is
{death. AVe ourselves, prudently in
i some cases, choose a partial dentil. A
mangled, painful limb, which cannot be
1 restored, we willingly cut off. He that
plucks out a tooth parts with it freely,
; since the pain goes with it. and lie that
| quits the whole body parts with all the
' pains and possibility of pains ami
desenses it was liable to or capable of
] making him suffer. Our friend and we
are invited abroad on a party of plea
: sure flint is to Inst forever. His chair *
' was first ready, and lie lias gone beforo
us. AVe oould not conveniently all
start together, and why should you and
I be grieved at this, siuce we are soon
to follow, and we know whore to find
him?
Adieu, nyy dear, good child, and be
lieve that 1 shall be, in every state, ;
your affectionate papa.
Benj. Franklin.
♦Alludingto sedan chairs, then in fashion
able use.
The Velocipede Substituted for
Horses.—The Velocipede is suggested as
a substitute for the horse for the rapid
transportation of infantry. Celerity of
movement is tho desideratum; for it is a
tnaxain that the strength of an army, like
I the power in mechanics is estimated hy
multiplying tho mass by the rapidity.
Now, ns to eouipariive speed. Ucceutly,
! in France, there was a race between a vol
I ocipedist and a horseman for a distauec of
forty-five miles, when the latter won hy
only twenty five minutes, after a run of
six hours. It is stated that but for a
head wind that blew all the time, the ma
1 chine would have wen. Imagine a body
of troops moving on the enemy mounted
on the velocipede. It would be a great
_...
parDon Watt aays that many years
ago Brigham Young was fined $10 in
1 Cincinnati for assault and battery, The
quai-rel originated by a young man say
ling that Young was a polygsmist,
which he resented with blows
B«ina|>«rte, Wellington nn<I l.ec.
The Southern Qu.'wtlv, in a very able
article on the Puke of Wellingtons cam
paigns, lias the following parallel between
the achievements of the great Pritish com
mander am! those of General Robert E.
Lee in Virginia during our late war:
General Lee, with a force not so large
as the Portogoerc regular army
which \Ywiington bad under him when he
encountered Mnsseua in 1809—nut half so
largo ns his whole force if the Portuguese
militia be taken into the account—in the
“pace of Keenly eight days, in three bat
! ties, killed and wounded more men than
Wellington ever killed and wounded dur
| ing his whole career, from Ass ,yc to Wa
| terloo, both inclusive. In one of theso
battles Lee killed and wounded wore men
by 0900, than the French lost, including
prisoners, in the whole campaign of Wa
terloo, and the pursuits to the gates of Par
is In the same battle hekilled and wonn
j ded more men than Wellington, lllucher
and Napolean, all three together, lost in
killed and wounded iu the battle of Wa
terloo, by 5000 men. In tho second of
these battles lie killed and wounded the
same number that both the opposing ar
mic“ lost in the battle ol Waterloo; and
in the third he killed and wounded more
by 7000 than tho French alone Just iu tho
battle of Waterloo. In tho three together
Lee killed aud wounded more men. by at
east 30,000, than the Allies and French
lost iu the whole campaign, including
prisoners, The force with which Lee op
erated never amounted, at one time, to
00,000 men; the force with which Wei
ngUm aud lllucher acted was. even accor
ding to English estimates. 190,000 strong
The force to which Leo w opposed was,
from first to last, tlLbOAL strong; the force
to which Wellington and lllucher were
opposed Was but 122.00.1 strong. When
Masscnn intruded Portugal in 1810. Well
ington bad 30,000 Pritish trin ; r. and 25,
n.l.i 1) ..... ..1_*_t. . ,i... t...»
tic of BustiOd. Recording to Wellington*
own account ,'pr. veil themselves worthy
to light side hy side will the lJrit'srh vet
ernns,” beside* 40.000 admirable Portu
guese militia. Ho had Lisbon for his base
with a British war fleet riding at anchor,
and innumerable vessels of other descrip
tions plying between the | •! red Kog
land, and bringing the most abundant sup
plies of arms, provisions and munition-' of
war. He had surrounded the port With
the most trememhiu-. system of lull Ideation
known in mmferu times, and bis task was
to defend t)ie strongest country in Europe
In Lee’s ease, his enemy had possession
of the sea. mid crmld an i did land a pow
erful army to attact the very basis of hi*
operations.
\ Uisliop Mixtakon for a Eiu
Hluv.
The Southern negroes, in their hor
ror of the Ku-Klux mysteries, are
partienl&rW fearful of graveyard*.
They have always been superstitious
in this regard, but now they will not
go within a mile of u cemetary. An
amusing story is told about Bishop
Beck with, of George, who lind occasion
soma time ago, to visit a remote por
tion of his diocese.
There were not many Episcopalians
in (hat region of Gcorga, but few of
the whites had ever seen a successor of
the Apostles, and the negroes did not
know what sort of a creature a bishop
was. It soon became noised about, that
on a certain evening the Bishop would
arrive and hold services in a chnrcli of
a certain village of the above district,
and the whole neighborhood was filled
with curiosity logo and see the queer
auimai that read prayers ont of a book.
j The negroes were especially excited,
laud they determined to attend the
I church in mass. The house of worship
was not an Episcopal Church, conse
quently it had no vestry-room in which
| the Bishop could put on his vestments,
j This difficulty was. however, rente
I died be some one’s sucrirestiiiir that the
bishop should robe himself behind the
church, and come round and enter at
the front door, ho lie sent a friend
with his surplice, who placed it behind
a tombstone, where it would be at
hand when he should require it. Lou*
before the time designated for the
opening services, the little church had
become filled with the whites of the
vicinity, and, the negroes, finding that
taere whs no room for them inside,
stood1 pkcketl before!(lie door. The
lisliop, at the anointed time, entered
tie gtnVefnrd'by fhe back gate,Went
ip to the tombstone and donned bis
•episcopal vestures. Tho wind was
bowing rathor fresh, skid just ns he
timed the cor her of the church a flaw
sircad out his white robes. A negro
Immediately bawled out, “Kn-Klux!
bu-Eluxi’' 'i iiey all looked around
aid beheld the Haunting white gar
neats approaching; the whole crowd
tiok to their liccls, shrieking "Jui
Huxl’’ in ten seconds not a single
iktkey could be seen, but tbe sound ot
! ik'ir iootsteps in the distance fell upon
j tH' ear, and for half an hour afterward
! cmld be heard the terrible words.
•Tu-Ktux !”/‘Ku-Iviui 1* for off ia the
earn try, ns the affrighted crowd were
titling for their homes.
A writer in the New Vutk vH
iifi says; "If Plymouth Knck ljad
bftted oil the Pilgrim Fathers, it
woild have ' accomplished something
woith talking about.’’
The Urunlrr.
Of the human species the variety
grotvler is a pretty largo one. tt is
not confined to the dog species. Dogs,
as a general thing, growl a good deal.
It is a very natural way of spending
a few hours of each day, not so much
perhaps because they expect to do any
good by their growling, imt because
they enjoy the business for its own
sake. A dog must tnke considerable
delight in this amusement. It gives
him an air of independence and irre
proachability. It is a sort of warning
to all the world, that all the world bad
better let him alone, or else be will go
for th cot. ITe stands upon bis dignity;
lie wags ilis tail to no one : be would
dig at the breeches of king or beggar;
be is at enmity with all humanity, and
the only vent Ins rage van And, is in
snapping and snarling at everybody.
There is a community of feeling ex
isting between the man-growler and
the dog growler. Both are actuated
by the same motives. In botii the aui
muo is materially the same. The man
growler growls because it is liatrual
for him to growl; ft is a characteristic
peculiarity; it is as agreeable a pas
time as to cat ; indeed he would die it'
ho could not growl. lie is a misan
thrope. Ilis mind is in a state of con
tinued Ill-will toward everybody.—
Nothing meets his approbation. Ilis
argument i* a sneer, his conclusion a
sarcasm.
Oid Diogenes is the historic repre
sentative oftliis class. He satin his
tub and growled at all who passed.
He growled at the men; growled at
the priest and growied at the liberties;
growled at religion and growled st
politics; growled at the customs of
dress. In his view, the world was
full' o> absurdity- He never stopped
to think that perhaps th# absurdity lay
in him more than in the world ; but
like the insane man he imagined him
self the embodiment of all sanity and
propriety, while the rest of thu world
had all gone astray.
Tho habitual growler is the most
opiliitHiiUcu aim uvs>ii;xa»v
Do you call a tiling White, he insists
upon it that it is black ; do you pro
nounce a thing all right, he is more
than sure that it is all wrong; do you
favor n particular ideain religion, poli
tics or science, lie lets fly at you a'full
broadside of liis sarcasm. You be
lieve vonr ancestors were pure men,
he knows Ih«y were rascals ; you have
faith that there is virtue in the world,
to him the world is a hell, and the
men and women devils; you think
there is soyiu sanctity about religion,
he pronounces it superstition and char
latanry.
There is a great distinction between
a growler and a reformer, and yet both
have tunny things in common. A re
former, like a growler, is very severe
upon what ho considers ridiculous,
and has a battery of sarcasm for theo
ries and customs which he considers
absurd. Put the growler hates be
cause he is a misanthropist: the refor
mer because lie is a philanthropist;
the growler tears down for the sake of
tearing down—the reformer, that lie
may build a fairer structure. The
growler is an iconoclast—the reformer
an artist.
The world needs tlio reformer, and
can well afford to listen to his ridicule
of social absurdities, or his sarcastic
attack upon those worn out and de
funct ideas which still stick to littaian
ity like plague spots. Ilis object is to
elevate men, to destroy the fortresses
I of superstition, and to inaugurate the
rein of the best of monaruhs, the iiu
| man reason. Lint tlio growler—what
! cares he for reform? Ho condemns
1 advance as much as retrogression ; he
hates changes as much as stagnation,
lie is bilious, morbid and sensitive
nondescript, a dissatisfied, disgusted
and disgusting variety of the genus
homo, an aimless and refomlcss lault
tinder, nil intolerable bore.
Isa fog.
\ Ow ion's nsro lived in the town
of-, a son of Judge lb, whom we
will call Joe, who frequently imbibed
more than he could comfortably carry.
; There also resided in the neighbor
! hood a planter named W., who kept a
, saloon, ifow, M'. was a great praeti
; cal joker. On one occasion Joe came
into fV',’s saloon and rather early in
the, morning got very mqeh intoxica
ted, and finally jell asleep in his chftfr.
Joe was near-sighted, and always
wore specs. After lie liad slept some
time, W. took his specs Uackotj the
glasses put them hack again,' lighted
the letups, nmt then invoke Joe,.'tailing
him that it wn. about twelve, o,clock at
night, ar.d he wanted to shut up. Joe
i started, and remarked that he hod
slept for some tit lie. \V. said :
•‘Joe, if is yery dark, and if you will
bring it hack again, 1 will lend you a
" lantern.”
\V. lighted a lantern, gave it to Joe,'
and helped him up stairs. Joe went
ofThonic, (up the main business street,)
in the middle of tho day, with hi* lan
tern. every body looking at him. and j
wondVrfhg what was the matter.
*ri>-Tbcrc ura a great many name#
for Uiairimnny. A new on* has recently
been sprang upon the public. Some pun
ster denominates it **t\»oitjide ”
afefJosh Blilngs says ho has “seen
some awful bad tliroat diseases com
pletely cured In three days by simply
jiticing a temperance society."
A Thrilling Incident.
Tlie following incident is extracted
from a very interesting paper in Rent
ley’s Miscellany1, entitled,“Hours in
Hindustan.” Tlie cobra copella is said
to be one of tlie most venomous species
of serpents in the Fast, its bite being
attended by almost instant death :
We bad been playing alt tlie eve
ning at whist. Our stakes bad been
gold mo bur points, and twenty on
the rubber. Maxey, who was always
lucky, had won five consecutive bump
ers, which lent a self-satisfied smile
to his countenance, and made us los
ers anything but pleasant, when lie
suddenly changed countenance and
hesitated to play, This the more sur
prised us, ginee ho was one who sel
dom pondered, being so perfectly mas
ter of the game that he deemed long
consideration snperflous.
“Play away, Maxey; what are you
about ?’’ impatiently demanded Chur
chill, one of the most impetuolis youths
that ever wore the uniform of the
body-guard.
“Hush,” responded Maxey, in a tone
which thrilled through ns, at the same
time turning deadly pale.
“Are you unwell?” said another
about to start up, for he believed our
friend had been suddenly taken ill.
“For the love of God. sit quiet,” re
plied theothe.r, in a tone denoting ex
treme fear or pain, and l.e had laid
down his cards.
■ it you value my life move not.”
“What can he mean ? Has he taken
leave of his senses ?” demanded Chur
chill, appealing- to myself.
“Don't start—don’t move, 1 tell you,”
in a sort of whisper T never can for
get, uttered Maxey.
“If you make any sudden motion
I’m a dead man !” he exclaimed.
. We exchanged looks, lie contin
ued :
“Remain quiet and ;ill may yet be
well. I've a cobra copella around my
leg.”
Our first impulse was to drawback
uui uidiis , iMil' jmi ami” luun
from the victim induced us to remain,
although we were aware tiiat should
the reptile'trnnsfcr but one fold, and
attach himself to tiny other of the par
ty. that individual might already he
counted as a dead man, so fatal is the
bite of that dreadful monster.
l’oor Maxey was dressed as many
old residents still dress In India, utune
1 y, bronchos and silk stockings. There
fore lie more plainly felt every move
ment of the snake. His countcimuco
assumed a livid hue; the words seem
ed to leave his mouth without the feat
ures altering Ids position, so rigid was
the look, so fearful was he lest the
slightest muscular movement should
alarm tho serpent and hasten his
bite.
Wc were in agony little less than his
own during thq scene.
•Tie is coiling round,'’ muttered
Maxey. I feel'him cold, cold to my
limb; ami now he thickens. For the
love of heaven call for some milk. 1
dare hot speak loud; let it be placed
near me; let some be placed on the
floor.
Churchill cautiously gave the order,
and a servant slipped out of the
room.
"Don't stir! Northoote, you moved
your head. Ily everything sacred l
conjure you not to do so again. It
cannot bo long ere my fate is decided.
I've a wife ami two children in Eu
rope tell them 1 died blessing them
—that my last prayres were for them.
The snake is winding around my calf;
1 leave them alt 1 possess; I can al
most fancy 1 feel his breath. Great
God, to die in such a manner!”
The milk was brought and carefully
[ put down : a few drops were sprinkled
on the floor* and the affrighted servant
drew back. Again Maxey spoke:
i "No t it has no eft'eet! 1 dare not
look down, bul am sure he is about to
| draw back and give the bite of death
with more than fatal precision. l?c
ccive tuc, O Lord, and pardon me!
My last hour has come! Again he
pacses 1 I die linn, but this is past eu
durande! Ah, no! lie lias undone
another fold, and loosens himself!
Can lie lie going to some one else ?"
Wo iuvulunlarily started.
“for the love of Heaven, stir not!
I'm a dead mail; but bear with me.
His still loosen^—Jie is about t<j dart.
Move not, but. btru’are!—sChurohill he
fails otr that way. Oh! tkis ngonv is
too hard to bear. Another pressure,
tpld lstu dead! >io, lie relaxes."
At this moment poor Mascy ven
tured to look down the snake had un
wound himself; thedast c«i! had fallen i
arid tli? reptile Was making for the j
milk. !
“I am saved! I am saved I ' and Max
ey bounded from his chair and tell j
senseless into'.tip.- «rni$ of one of thoj
servants. In another instant, need it!
he added, we wegu j»ll dispersed—(lie ]
snake was killed, and our jmor friend j
carried more rjfead' fhait alive to Ms]
room^ ’*
,, 6wf*’l'hc Kcv. John' A. 'Seott, ofAVest
Virginia, has inituiod a camera for
taking phtMogn iphs of the earth's sur
face from any desired height. It is sent
up by a balloon, w ith eloek work to
open ao.l shut it at tile right elevation
and when it is pulled down the photo
graphic impression i* done, ^t -is
thought it will be of great use in war.
JSrA good word is as easily apoken
as an evil one.
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Gelling Dinner For a .llinislcr.
The following story is n good illus
tration of the free and easy habits of
pioneer life. Sonic families might
feel releived if they could obtain a
supply for tnoir tables, when enter
taining the minister on easy terms.
Mr. Bascom traveled two years in tho
mountainous region of Kentucky.
'Hie country was rough, and tho peo
plo generally poor. Hut the romantic
wilderness of the country was congenial
to his feedings, and he enjoyed the rude
hospitality of the sincere-hearted for
rrstrrs.
TTc used to tclf, with much apparent
lllcansre, of a dinner he enjoyed with
particular salisfcalion. ife was
preaching on one occasion in a cabin
which was at once church and dwell
ing. The people were lis^qtjiug with
seriousness and with njlcntion to tl^e
truths of the Gospel, when in the very
midst of his sermon, his host-, who
sat near the door, suddenly snatched
the gun from its wooden brackets
upon which it lay against the joist,
went ha*tiy out, fired it off, and rctur
j ning, put tho gun in its place and quiet
ly seated himself to hear the remainder
i of tho sermon.
The whole affair had hardly constim
i ed as much time as it requires to read
! (his account of it, and in a verry few
moments all was going on as smoothly
:as if no interruption lmd ocenrod.
After service was ended, Hasoom in
: quired of the man the meaning; of this
| strange conduct.
| “Sir,” said lie, “we are entirely out
i of meat, and I was perplexed to know
what we should give you for dinner,
and it was preventing me from enjoy
ing the sermon’ when the Good Ono
sent a floekof wild turkoys this way;
1 happened4o see them, took my gun
and killed two at a shot; my mind
felt easy, and I enjoyed ttic remainder
| ofthe sermon with perfect satisfaction.”
Aisceilote of Aaron Burr.
When Aaron Burr returned to New
York city to practice !a\v after his vol
untary exile in Europe, ho found tho
Jtev. Jcdedinh Burden'd,. then a late
celebrated revivalist, holding a series
of protracted meetings in hit? family
church. lie attended from habit, al
ways went late, and disturbed the ser
vices by attracting to himself the at
tention of the audience on account' of
his infamous notoriety as the man
who shot Alexander Hamilton, and
who has been tried for treason. Mr.
Burchard resolved to rebuke him
openly. The next Sabbath, when he
came in, and got about half way up
the isle, the clergyman paused ill his
discourse, and pointing at Colonel,
Burr, said, in the most scathing manner,
"You hoary headed old sinner, I’ll
appear against you at tho day of judge
ment !'■’ The proud defiant old man
standing erroot ns ever, with that per
fect composure which never desserted
him, and fixing His fine grey eyes on
the occupant of the pulpit, “Mr. Bur
chard, I have observed through a long
course of professional experience, that
the verry meanest class of rreminals
are those who turn State’s evidence!”
A Useful Table.
To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy
in estimating tSc amount of land in
different fields under cultivation, tho
following table is given :
5 yards wide hv 968 yards long, con
tains 1 acre.
110 yards wide by 484 yards long, con
tains 1 acre.
20 yards wide by 212 yards lodg, con
tains 1 acre.
I-40 yards wide by 121 yards long, con
tains 1 acre.
80 yards wide by 60'2 yards long, con
tains 1 acre.
70 yards wide by t>l)la yards long, con
tains 1 acre.
22u foot wide by IDS feet long, contains
1 acre.
I 140 feet wide by 99 feet long, contains
1 acre . •
110 feet wide by 309 feet long, contains
1 __
| fiO feet wide by 720 feet long, contains
1 acre.
I 120 feet wide by 3t>3 feet long,contains
1 acre.
I 240 feet wide by SSI,1* feet long, con
tains 1 nore.
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♦jrLove, a toothache, a cough and
tight boots, are thing! which cannot be
long kept a secret.
n*“A french aeronaut is in New
York with a big balloon, In which he
proposes to cross the Atlantic.
t&'Au extensive vein of copper
ore lias been discovered In Caswell
county. North Carolina.
Eyes are electric telegraph of the
heart, and will scud a:*heh*ogc hny dis
tafide in a language only known t?6
the-.two stalls trKo correspond.
l^sA great ]*«et gars .-—“The moun
tains gtaud fixed for ever." We know
however, that it is no uncommon thing
for them to slope!
jjJ'Wha buys, bath need of a hun
dred eyes; who sells, hath enough
with one.
gfgrTt lias heeu ascertained that
seme ladies use paint ns all fiddlers
do rosin—to aid them in drawing a
beau.
itt|f“Thc most difficult surgical- opera
tions—To tako the check from a young
m&u, and Ilia jaw from an-old woman.