Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-04-09
A New Way of Counting.


in Germany, took the road from Augsburg to Berlin
In the Cal he selected four other persons two
mas and two daughters both very lovely. The two
mothers face to face in corner the young
took the opposite, and found himself face to face with
the young ladies' The young man put on diStraught
and absent air. The conductor came to demand the
tickets. The young paid attention at all, when
the request was many time repeated-Roused from his
revere in presence of the ladies' the young had
course to ruSe, to avoid exciting ridicule. What
are you Saying?' said he. "Why do you not speak
French?" The conductor then explained by signs, the
revere. And not to enjoy it long for this time the
young ladies aroused him. They began in full voice.
This young man is a very handsome one," said one.
Hist, Bertha" said the other, with sort of alright
why, he doesn't know a word of German. We can
talk freely How do you find him."
"Only ordinary"
"You difficult. He has charming figure and dis
tngue air.
He is too pale, and BESIDES YOU know do not love
dark"
And you know I prefer dark to blonde. We have
nothing but blone in Germany 1t is monotonOus and
common place"
You forget that you are blonde"
oh for women it is different. He has pretty nous
taChes"
Bertha, if your mother should hear you"
She is busy with her talk, besides it is hurt to
speak of moustaches."
g prefer the blonde mOustaches of Frederick"
but l. who am without lover free to exercise my
opinions and am free to say that this young has
beautiful eyes,"
They have expression
"YOu do not know, sure he has much spirit, and
1t is pity he does not speak German; he would chat
with US"
Would you marry Frenchman?"
"Why not if he looked like this one, and spirited
well born and amiable? But can hardly keep from
laughing See, he doesn't mistrust what saying.
of secOntrO and he had preserved his absent and in
attentive air all the time, and while the dialogue con
tnued he thought how curOusy his attempt to avert
laugh by pretending not to know German had resulted
He looked carefully at Bertha, and his resolution wa
taken AT station, the conductor came again fo
the tickets. Our young man, with extra elaboration
and in excellent German, said -
All, you want my ticket. Very well let me see
believe it is in my port monnaie. Oh yes here it is
The effect of the cOup-de-theatre startling. Der
tina nearly tainted away but recovered under tn
polite apologies of the young Frenchman. They wer
pleased with each other and in few weeks Bertha rati
ned her good opinion of the young and her willing
ness to marry Frenchman. They live at Hamburg.
SPIR1TUAL1sM IN THE JURY Box.-Jury boxes ar
often nowadays filled with queer material The seconC
or third trial of man named Mccain for murder a
Albany, has resulted in the disagreement Of the jury ant
Their discharge after being out sixty hours From
first to last eleven obstinate men refused to fall in wit
the views of one Hiram WILDER, of Green Island TIL
Atlas and Argus says the following facts have bee
gathered from several members of the jury who propos
embodyng them IN paper and subscribing to them III
der oath That the first ballot the Jury stood clever
for conviction and one for acquittal Wilber that &C
cording to his own assertion he is a spritualist tina
he has no belief in the existence of God Heaven
He'll or punishment of any sort after this life that b
does not believe in the Bible and considers that an oat
on almanac is just binding if sworn to on tina
book that he told the jury that if he could have bee
permitted to go to Green Island and there consult wit
the spirits he would have been able to decide wheth
Mccain had murdered his wife, and whether he was il
sane at the time and, finally that he proposed to
eide whether he should go for against conviction b
the toss of penny he or the constable to toss the pei
ny, whichever the jury pleased.
A SEAT ON THE Floor Lady reads Legislatiy
prOceedings.] "On motion Of Mr.. Smith, the ladt
were admitted to seat on the floor of the House." Ii
dignant lady hearer "A seat on the floor, indeed
The brutes should think the State had better bu
chairs instead of treating the Legislature to wine pa
ties on BlackWel's Island ronldn,t cit n the Aor