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OrI either said Sam.

While they We're gone, We I'll
Jest for the fun of the thing. pat nl
awful long faces: while Jceme>
walked the floor the whole Of the
time, and kept sayin': Friends and
feller citizens, if they are killed.
you'll bear witness that they Went
without my consent
:Sartainly ! sartainly! we all kept
sayin'; but it didn't seem to com
pose his feelin's single bit.
You've no idee. what great,
sayage-lookin' creattar he was, says
Jeemes.
! Did he wear a slouched hat,
sich as the robbers I've read about
in story-books wear? 2 says Lucy.
I don't know what kind of a hat
he wore says Jeemes; but I'm
sartain I could see his eyes shine
under the brim just like balls Of
fire.
1t wasn't long afore Ben and
Sam got back.
There's your pocketbook, and all
its contents, I expect says Ben,
thrownin' it on 10 the table.
How did you get it?' says
Jeemes, with look of astonish-
ment.
oh, the robber was no match for
Sam and mel says Ben.
But he might've shot you right
through the heart. Arter all, I
don't see how you got it.
why, I jest stopped down and
picked it up says Ben.
The robber must we dropped it,
sure as I'm alive says Jeemes.
whereabouts did you find it?'
Jest where we expected to-right
afore the old pump that stands a
little way in from the road.
And the handle was printing
right at him the whole of the time,
say Sam Peters, but it didn't daunt
him a mite
:jeemes never said another word;
but, takin' his pocketbook from the
table, and putin it into his pock-
ct he sot down in a corner Of the
room. lookin as meek as a lamb.
From that day to this he was never
heern to boast of his courage
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An exchange thus chronicles a To-

An exchange thus chronicles a To-
cal improvement: "Mr Hebron,
of Nelson street, has signally i'm
proved the avenue by setting up
hitching-post in front of his pala.
tial residence. This peice of sta
tuary is of chestnut, and received its
graceful proportions and delicate
finish from the well-known italian
saw-mill Of Ike Giddings, in Dump
ling Hole district. 1t is painted
yellow: and has a beautiful knob on
the top. To the wayfaring man il
imparts feeling Of security and
rest that beggars description.
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means OF SaIety. Livery HULL Hl.u
ute an alternate yelp from my fero
cious followers told me too certain
ly that they were in close pursuit
Nearer and nearer they came
I heard their feet pattcring on the
ice nearer still. until I could feel
! tlieir breath and hear their snuff
ling scent. Every nerve and mus
&C in my frame was stretched to
the utmost tension. The trees
along the shore seemed to dance in
the uncertain light, and my brain
turned with my own breathless
speed, yet still they seemed to hiss
forth their breath with a sound
truly horrible, when an involuntary
motion on my part turned me out
of my course. The wolves, close
behind, unable to stop, and as un-
able to turn on the smooth ice,
slipped and fell, still going on far
ahead; their tongues were lolling
out, their white tusks glaring from
their bloody mouths, their dark,
shaggy breasts were feeced with
foam and as they passed me, their
eyes glared, and they howled with
fury.
The thought flashed on my mind,
that by this means I could avoid
them-namely, by turning aside
whenever they came too near ; for
they, by the formation of their feet,
are unable to run on the ice except
in a strai 5ht line.
At one TIM, by delaying too
long, my sanguinary antagonists
came so near that they threw the
white foam over my dress as they
sprang to seize me, and their teeth
clashed together like the spring Of
a fox-trap.
Had my skates failed for one in
stant-had T tripped on q stick
or caught my foot in fssure in
the ice-the story am now telling
would never have been told.
thought all the chances were
over; | knew where they would
take hold of me if fell; I thought
how long it would be before I died:
and then there would be search
for the body that would already
have it's tomb; for 0! how fast
mans mind traces out all tine dread
colors of deaths picture. only those
who have been so near the grim
original can tell!
But I soon~tcanc opposite the
house, ard my hounds-l knew
their deep voices-roused by the
noise, 'bayed furiously from the ken.
nels. ! heard their chains rattle 4:
how l wished they would break
them and then should have
protectors that would be peer to
the fercest denizens Of the forest.
The wolves, taking the hint convey
ed by the dogs, stopped in their
mad career, and after a moments
cons deration. turned and fled.
watched until their dusky forms
disappeared over a neighboring hill,
then taking off my skates, wended
my way to the house with feelings
that may be better imagined than
described. But, even yet | never
see g broad sheet Of ice in the
moonshine without thinking Of tie
snuf1ing breath and those fearful
things that followed me so closely
down the frozen Kennebec.
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Ncr-l~r<t-0-e3-zJgll1,
must be off
80 h@ came into o\>e room,
where we all were, pu6n; sSa-,
at long nine, for be consider.5:, ),
mighty ganteel to smoke cigars.
You'd better stop till arter SID
per-" says Lucy.
"When will it be readys" saws be
= Sat seven"
and it is now jest six, says he
:. lookin' at his watch, that had seals
and trinkets enough dangIn' at the
end d. OF the pinchbeck chain to FIJI a
haf-pint dipper:
LET me see," says h<: I
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FUNERAL CUSTOMS usn
AGASC.3R.

An English author writes: Tho
Iui'StS! =, customs are not the sa,no.
throughout the island. In the , ccr.
Ter OF the island they build stone
'on0S' part under ground and part
aD0Te ground, They are very care
,1 a00at their tombs. the size aY,]
os4ufy Of which are in proportion
10 the position Of the family, and
unfortunately ' sometimes out OF pro.
p0''l0n to their means. They DIV
III more attention to their torobs
tnan 10 houses. The door of the
'0m0s IS frequently closed by i
large fiat, roughly rounded stone.
which is rolled up in front 50 as 10
OK cloSe IT. Or rolled back to open it.
Inc tomb is always built on the
borders of the family possessions,
and the ground on which the tomb
stands cannot be alienated.
They never rent land to build .
tomb on: it must be their own DOS
session. This puts us in mind Of
Abraham's purchasing from the
sons OF Heth a burying place for
Sarah, given il Genesis, which. to
my mind, is the most beautiful and
thrilling picture Of patliarchal life
to be found anywhere-beautiful.
simple, pathetic, yet grand-per-
feet, both as regards the subject
and the execution. Not to be bu.
rled in the family tomb is reckoned
a greater calamity than death itself.
When the soldier Or any other one
dies in a distant district, his bones
are brought back to be laid with
his fathers. I have seen them care
fully preserve an amputated limb in
| order to place it in the family
grave,
| The first patient supplied with a
wooden leg in Madagascar died a
few years afterward Of fever. I
wished to preserve the article as
criosity-the first wooden leg in
Madagascar, designed and con-
structed for me by Mr.. Parrett, the
printer: for although a surgical in
strument maker in England might
not much admire the article, we
looked upon it with no little admi-
ration. After heard that my for,
mer patient lad ceased to require
it, promptly sent for it. I was
put off in a polite way until after
I the funeral, when I was told it was
I, considered q part of the body, and
1 that they buried it with him. The
most singular practice, however, in
connection with the funeral rites, is
that followed in the case of the An
driana or Princes Of the Belsileo.
i No sooner does an Andriana die
than they Kill bullocks and cut off
their skin into strips,a and with these
. they tie up the body 70 one of the
pillars of the house at the same
time they make incisions in the
soles of the feet and tightening the
skin-cords daily, they squeeze out
in this way q good deal Of the fluids
, of the body, which they coaieot in
! an earthen pot placed beneath his
j feet. They say that this process
: goes on until a vormlike creature,
! which they call t0nan0, appears.
: They kill a bullock and some OF the
blood as an offering to this tanan0,
2 which they say contains the spirit
: Ct the departed. The body by this
. time probably well mummided, is
e then laid in the family tomb.
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"Ah, parson, I wish I could take
..ras.sold with me-, said rich old
deacon Swipe. '"It might melt If
You did," quietly replied the par
son.
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\ New York nurse says:
"Tain't much trouble to take care
of sick pussons: most on 'cm don't
want nothin', and ef they do, they
don't gitit."
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4 Cincinnati man on his dying
he'd remembered that his wife was
smoking some hams, and he sald !;
aNow Henrietta, don't go snufii"g
around and forget them hams
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The man who would shine in
conversation must possess original
ideas aud strong sympathies-be
able both to communicate and to
listen.
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from any other in the place.
Twas scarce a minute sfterwar
afore he came drivin' up to
door Jehu-like. The next bres,
he rushed into the house W
eyes wide as they were long, d
ips as white as cloth.
"What's the matter, Jeem?
spo:e up half dozen voices at
once.
"Mater enough" says he I've
barely scaped with my life and
that's all
Did Your horse run awaywitl
YOU" says Lucy.
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paetrpp.
THE SNOW.BERDS.

The lonesome graveyard lieth,
i deep With silent waves
0fnisht-long snow, all white, and bi'!owet
Over the hidden graves. z-s--.s. -
=<SssHSZSls. = - -. 80 3 = - p
The snow-bir5s come in the morning,
Fiockiug and dsttering low,
And light on the graveyard b-ssnb.es.
Aud twi,ter there in the snow.
Yhe Singer. old and weary, ~,
Looks out from his narrow Ioon:
"Ah, me! bu. my thoughts are snow-birds,
Haunting graveyard gloom,
Where all stesPastis .baricds -
And dead these many years ..-..
Under tne drif,ed whiteness -
Offrozen falls OF tears.
Poorbisds! ,ha, know not Summer,
Nor sun nor flowers fair
Only. .sE .zsayeyard brambses.
And graves, and Winter ART" ..
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-12-10

Why is a captain haranguIng
his crew like an upbolstcrer? BE-
cause he's a decorator.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-12-10

An Irish newspaper said ofRobe-
spicrre that" he left no children be-
hind but a brother, vino was killed
at the same time"
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szsingin'-schooA ~.
1T had got taShe near seven
o'clock and most of ts beaux I'VE
used to call em sparks N them
days. had arrived Jeemes Brown
and fonrsor FIVE others were all that
were missin.' At last there was q
great jingle Of bells-for twas
adreadfal good sleighin--and
Jeenes dashed up to the door in
his new tub-bottomed sleigh, with
red and green kiverlid spread
. over the seat and back, for there
was mo- sich thing then in the
country, whatever there was in the
city, as buffalo robes. There was
a boyssood ready to. onharness his
horse; but he said he was goin'
ardr, and eouldnt stop more'n
8iSe. m;nMtes III jest step into
= lSsssya word or two
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gsIsetsa Story.
'Fhe Robbery on the Turnpike


Lizzie, do run to the winder
and see if you can tell who that is
goin' down the lane that leads tc
Deacon Palmer's."
4 believe" replied Lizzie, <:tha'
it is MIR. Brown" 70.
(Which Mr.. Brown /? for you know
there are FIVE Browns live in the
north parish, and two in the east.
'1t is Mr.. James Brown, who
lives close by the old red school,
house. sz.,.., -,.-,e. .. ,,.s--
wonder ifhe remembers The
quiltin all the young folks went tc
at Mr. Maylands when Lucy May.
land was gettin' ready to be mar:
ried to Ben Palmer.
Ben didn't much think, then, that
be should ever be & deacon, I guess;
and Lucy had as little thought oi
beia' q deacons wife. Jeemes
Brown meant to have Lucy; and
her father encouraged him all be
could for he had 8 frstFaSe farm,
free and clear from all incumbrance;
while Ben had nothin on the face
of.sthe airth to depend on but hs
head and hands. For all that, he's
worth twice as much now as Jeemes
Brown is"
HtsWeH: as Z was sayn', Lucy
Maryland was gestin' ready to be
married; and one pleasant day in
January she invited al the young
folks, far and near. to . qniltin.' I
guesssyon never went to a right
down, old-fasliioned quiltin; did
You, Lizzie? g.. :-.......
z suspect I never did"
-. sEYou don't know what it is, then
aohaye q real good time, and en-
Joy yourself. I'd give more to go
to one qniltin, such as I used to go
to in my young days, than to forty
parties, such as they have now. All
the gals made 3 p int Of h:sin' din
ner airly, when there was goin' to
be one, so as to be on the spot, and
- 80 e go towork, by one o'clock,
cass;st afore. The young
~ : s7iaEsy NEessy didn't come
a 4etf IL that time
So "vzc GvASo. alled
Town Counis invited TO
orderly conduct;' n. Robso
-:agent fo:
Ihe Wheeler SIuano. It
D. eacy' ol "lhen Rrove its g,
A a'e eniciene c!Hc1 knts, and
A been removed to the son offarc
I mission Room of Mes
Several nlachE
ae sold to sn;t thg week
,,oof;uo,, Cotton
- z the sire
sousiness-I
-FTess3 of they
base &gsd, wh1s'
sh1s u. sppl, sung
somenesT t11ne Ssosi $sS iarnin' at
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Chairs should not be covered
with silk but satin.
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A level Of an uncle-A carb-un-
Gle.
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nv horse and slelgh is at your sar-
vice. says Jeemes.
.Thank you says Ben; but your
horse will be better off in the sta
ble, With q blanket on, arter beln
driv so furiously; and it's my can
did opinion that we shall find nc
difficulty in comm up with the
robber, if we go afoot.
You don't mean to go without be
in we'll armed says Lucy, with a mis-
chievous smile, for she understood
the psalm, as the sayin' is.
sNatur has provided me with two
! good arms said Ben and that
all I ask
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-23
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WHAT MEN NEED WIVES FOR.

What does a man need wife for?
1t is not merely to sweep the house,
make the beds, and darn the socks,
and cook the meals chiefly that a
man wants a wife. II this is all,
when young man calls to see
lady, send him into the pantry to taste
the bread and cake she has made; send
him to inspect the needle-work and
bed-making; or put broom into her
hands and send him to witness its use.
Such things are important, and the
wise young men will quietly look after
them. But what the true man next
wants of q wife is her Ompanionshlp,
sympathy and love. The way OF life
has a good many dreary places in it,
and man needs companion to go with
him. A man is sometime overtaken
with misfortune; he meets with fall
ure and defeat; trials and temptations
beset him; and he needs one to stand
by and sympathize. He has some
stern battles to fight with poverty,
with enemies, and with sin, and he
needs a woman, that, when he puts
his arm around her and feels that he
has something to fight for, will help
him fight; that would put her lips to
his ear and whisper words of counsel,
and her hand to his heart and impart
new inspirations. All through life,
through storm and through sunshine,
conflict and victory, and through adj
verse and favoring winds, man needs
a woman's love, the heart yearns for
it. A sisters or a mothers love will
hardly supply the need. Yet many
seek for nothing further than success
in housework. Justly enough half OF
these get nothing more. The other
half, surprised beyond measure, have
gotten more than they sought. Their
wives surprise them by bring ing a
nobler idea of marriage and disclosing
a treasury of courage sympathy and
love.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-23
DEATH OF A PROMINENT MEXICAN.

We have to record this week the
death and burial of Jose Rodriguez,
we'll known citizen Of Santa Barbara.
In the death of Seflor Rodriguez the
Spanish population of Santa Barbara
have sustained public loss. He was
highly esteemed as q scholar, being
versed in various sciences and con-
versing fluently in five different Ian
guages, and for many generous quail
ties of the heart he was universally
beloved in the circle of his acquaint-
ance. When fourteen years of age he
was sent to Rome to be educated and
remained there eight years, when he
returned to this country. He lived in
San Francisco, where he represented
d. Danglada in the firm of Baron q
Co., controlling a wealth amounting
to more than half a million of dollars.
His abilities as an engineer and a fond
ness for more active life led him to
abandon this position and take charge
of the surveying and location of the
railroad between Vera Cruz and the
City of Mexico. Subsequently he be-
came resident of Santa Barbara and
was the agent of Don Schappa Pietra.
When the call was made upon CalifOr-
mia for soldiers during the late war,
Sefior Rodriguez volunteered in the
company commanded by Captain De
la Guerra, and served as noncom-
missioned officer during that compa-
ny's campaign in Arizona. His family,
who do not reside here, are in affiuent
circumstances, and it seems would
have shared with him their ease and
comfort rather than have him engage
in life of business; but Don ROdri-
guez declined to yield up his indie
pendence. His life was an eventful
one, but brief. He was but forty-siX
years of age at the time of his passing
away. His body was buried Monday,
and was attended to the grave by
large cOncourse of friends Santa
Barbara Index.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-23

THE FREEDOM OF GOOD BREEDING.
Perhaps it is the highest test of good
breeding to be able to accept and bear
an unusual load of obligation without
allowing the friend who confers the
favor to think you feel over-burdened.
Ill-bred people, who are i'll at ease in
their company manners, generally
meet all prOffered courtesies at first as
though they could on no account think
of accepting them. Thus when the
gentleman who carves the chicken
asks you which bit you prefer, believe
that he asks you becaute he would be
pleased to know, aud tell him, instead
of saying what is obviously what
d'-ye-call-it, that it makes not the
slightest difference; and when the la
dy at the other end of the table prof
fers you a second piece of pie, If you
want it, say so. 1t is the least COM
pliment yon can pay for giving you
seat at her table. Don't keep on, in
the old New England fashion, of say
ing "No," with a tone and glance
which convey the unmistakable gloss,
"Yes, but want a little urging"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-23
Yos Angelss Aemld,
BEYOND JORDAN.

And they came to Him, mothers of Judah,
Dark-eyed, and in splendor of hair,
Bearing down over shoulders of beauty,
And bosoms half hidden, half bare;
And they brought him their babes and be-
sought Him,
Half kneeling, with supplant air,
To bless the brown cherubs they brought Him,
With holy hands laid in their hair.
Then reaching His hands, He said, lowly,
"Of such is my kingdom;" and then
Took the brown little babes in the holy
White hands of the Savior of mon;
Held them close to His heart and caress'd
them,
Put his face down to theirs as in prayer
Put their hands to His neck, and so Dless'd
them,
With baby hands hid in His hair.
JOAQUIN Miller.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-23

OUR NEW IMPROVED MACHINE
Stands without a rival, and should find its
way into every family. 1t has reached the
highest state of perfection of the Sewing Ma
chine yet produced, and its sales are constant
ly increasing throughout the world
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-23
PROSPECTUS
THE Los ANGELES HERALD.

The first of October, THE Los ANGELES HER
AID, q daily and weekly newspaper, will
make its appearance. The Daily will be
neat and tastily printed seven-colnmn news
paper, newsy rather than literary in charac-
ter. The Weekly will be a six-column, eight
page paper, and will contain the most impor-
tant matter that has previously appeared in
THE DAILY HERALD.
1t is proposed that the HERALD shall be an
unbought advocate of every interest pertain
ing to Southern California and Arizona, and
jealous worker in all things that shall tend
to benefit the State. In word it will be in
close communion with the People. In its col
umns, from time to time will be found mat
ters of interest to the California Farmer, Me-
chanic, Merchant, Laborer, and all classes of
Producers; and it will also contain reading
matter suited to the Home Circle.
The HERALD will be an Independent Demo-
cratic journal and its efforts directed to sweep
ing from power and place those now misman-
aging the affairs ofthe Nation. For the accom-
plishment ofthis end, 1t will hail with satisfac-
ton the cooperation ofthe members of all Par
ties, believing that the prosperity, perhaps
safety, of the Natlon depends upon the success
Ofa movement Ofthis character 1t Is " reform
now or revolution hereafter"
The H ERALD Will advocate State Rights and
oppose Capitalization; twill encourage White
and oppose COOie Immigratien. 1t will favor
Free Trade, and oppose Protective Tariff; it
will advocate q Greenback Currency for Cali
fOrna, and oppose the present dwarfing and
deadening policy which uphOlds the present
ruinous rates of interest and shuts out Eastern
capital. 1t will advocate the People and OPP
pose MOnOpolies, no matter what guise they
may assume.
While the HERALD will treat Slavery as q
dead issue, it will earnestly advocate the
right Of every States be it Northern or South
ern-Massachusetts or South CarOlina-to gov
ern itself in accordance with the wishes of its
people, and the dictates of the Federal Con-
stitutiOn, without national interference.
The HERALD will Oppose thieving and pecu-
lation. No man rightly owns dollar until
he earns it. Every dollar which is taken
from the public treasury or private purse
without q just return Is robbery, and he who
takes this money is a thief. Believing this,
the HERALD will oppose salary steals, custom
steals, land steals, railroad steals, and every
kind of steals.
Each day, the fullest Foreign and Domestic
Telegrams will be published. The aim will
be to supply, in this part of the State, the de-
mand heretofore filled by the San Francisco
dailes. No trouble or expense will be spared
to make the HERALD, in this respect, equal to
any newspaper on the Coast. 1t will also con-
tain full Review of the Local and Foreign
Markets, and the Trades generally, honestly
and carefully compiled.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-23

What is the greatest feat in the eat
ing way ever known? That recorded
OF man who commenced by boiling
door, after which he threw up win
dow, and then sat down and swallowed
q whole story.