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mysere de cette rcence mais e al tOuj0urs dom
ne d6e de Ia femete de Ia nettee du ner ct de Ia
precision de STYLE quand vouait &c donner la peine
d6crire. -.
Dependant mon oncle nayait pas renonce ses idees
de vengeance nt sen aut LIE vendredi suivant apres
avor vsit6 malades il t aiguser epGe, ct init
pardessus habit rouge Ia houppelande de Mache-
court. CONNIE il ne voulat point fare le sacrifice dc
queue ct quill pouvait Ia METRE dams 80 poche, il Ia
cacha viee peuque ct sen ALA ainsi d6guse
observer marquis. II 6tablit quarter general
dams espAce de cabaret sue lie bord de Ia route
de Clamecy ys-avis le chateau de NJ de Cambyse. lie
maitre du lOgs venat de ambe Mon oncle
to1jours prompt venir aide proclaim quand II
6tait fracture, declna profession ct 0 les
de art patient II ut auorse par famille desc
lee r6tabr enleursleu ct place les deux fragments du
tibs cass6; quill fit prestement ct la grande admi-
ration de deux grands aQuais Ia vree de NJ de Cam
byse, qui buvaient dams IL cabaret.
Mon oncle, quand operation fut terminee, ALA
s6tabr dams haute chambre de fauberge, droit
dessus du bouchon ct il se NIT observer le chateau
une longuevue quil await prise chez NJ Minxt IL
await b0nne heure gull se morfondat a ct ma
wait ren apercu don't PITT trer profit, lorsqu
Wit laquais de NJ de Cambyse descende ventre terre
II montague. Get homme descendt In porte du cabaret
ct demanda 81 le mAdecn 9tat Sur La r6ponse
Affirmative de Ia servapte, monta Ia chambre de mon
opce ct rabordant chapeau bas le pra de venir dom
ner ses soins NJ de Csmbyse qui venait davaler une
arete Mon oacle fut dabord tent6 de refuser Mais IL
re6chit que cette Circumstance pouvat favorser ses
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LIE fait quill ravat par nm moyen tout na-
turel en- passant devant In sale manger don't Ia porte
6tait Ouverte il await Ia table un saumon don't 10
troncOn de Ia queue await seul etc enlev6 ct en- await
conclu que ceait la queue de poisson quavat ap-
partenu rarete aval6e. W
Nous n'avons jamais ou dire, 6t le marquis dune
vox trembante deo que les aretes de saumon fussent
veneneuses
Celia u'empeche pas quelles ne le soent beaucoup,
dit Benjamin. je seras ch6 que madame Ia marquiseN
en- douat, car je serais obg6 de Ia cOntredire Les
arates DIN saumon confinement, CONNIE les feuies du
mancenier, une substance 81 Acre, 81 corrosive, que
81 cete arate restait demiheure de plus dams 10
gosier de NJ le marqus ellie produirait une inamma-
ton don't e pourras rendre maitre, ct T0perat0n
deviendrait impossible. at~ tf
En- &c cas- docteur operez done de suite, e vous en-
supplie dit le marquis dc plus en- plus effraye
I'm instant, dit mon 0nce In chose ne Pent ailer ~
yite que vous le desirez une petite fornialte
remplir.
-Remplissez- In done ben vte ct commences
f.-C'est que cette forma4 regarde, c'est vous
seul qui devez paccomplir.
--Ds-moi done au moins en- quot ellie consiste chrur-
glen de malheur! Veux-tu me laisser mourir-A hute
dagirf -
-Jhesite encore, poursuivit Benjamin avec lenteur
Comment hasarer proposition CONNIE celle que JAi
yous faire Avec marquis! avec nm h0mme Qui
descend en- droite igne de Cambyse, roi dEgypte L..
CLAUDE rILLIER.
(La suite AZ pyOchais M~mtve.J
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tes; mais chaque jour, d notre
epoque, le NAL peut sc repandre
de cette facOn.
lie vice a des baisers qui fletris-
sent ct qui tuent. Dams nos rela-
tions quotidiennes, a travers les
amOurs-propres que Pom eveille,
les haines sourdes que Pom peut
faire eclOre, sans meme Sen aper-
cevOir, un baiser peut etre une
vengeance aussi'bien qu'une ira
hisOn.
On ne saurait surtOut garder
dassez pres les jeunes enfants.
Cest plaisir sans dOute que de
baiser ces jolis petits visages roses,
mais on EN- use generalement un
peu trop sans faeon avec eux.
Quelques personnes, don't les le-
vres ne sOint point toujours des
plus saines, ne Sc font aucun scru-
pule de les appOser avec plus din
sistance quill he faudrait sur ces
mignOnnes .jOues vermeilles. TT
ron salt combien sont contagieuses,
parmi les enfants, la plupart des
maladies a manifestations cuta-
nees. Sur ces epidermes roses, sur
ces satins dune fralcheur merveil-
leuse, la moindre eraillure suffit
pour donner place a un virus, d
un poison don't tout le corps est
bient6t infectG.
A ce propOs, ct quoique nous
reconnaissions quill soft excellent,
dams rinter6t de leur caractere, de
laisser les enfants de tOute condi-
ton jouer ensemble dams les jar
dins publics ct Sc reunir dams les
m6mes ecOles, nous ne sauriOns
trop faire ressOrtir les desavanta-
ges de rapports qui ne seraient
point attentivement surveill6s.
Bien souvent, EN- effet, dams une
classe on dams un square, IL suffit
dun enfant atteint de Ia coquelu-
che, dune ophthalmie, della teigne,
pour communiquer d plusieurs au-
tres, apres quelgues instants de
Reorganization intime, raffectiOn
toujours facheuse ct souvent tres
grave don't il peut soutirir.
II nest point entin jusqu'aux OBJ
Jets don't un malade aurait fait
usage, un vehement, un verre, par
exemple, qui ne pnissent, dams
certains cas-, devenir dangereux
pour tOute autre persOnne qui ne
craindrait point de sen servir a
son tour.
lie simple serrement de main
expose mOins que le baiser aux ac.
cidents contagieux; mais les mains
fines, demeurees longtemps empri
sonnees dams des gants impermea.
bles, sont beauc0up plus aptes que
les mains rudes ct calleuses a sim
pregner, quand on les decouvre,
dun principe malfaisant; il en- est
de meme des mains EN- sueur, don't
la sensation est en- Outre particu'
lierement desagreable.
| Ces divers incOnvenients just
fient done pemploi des giants, don't
les plus hygieniques ne sont CO
pendant pas les gants de peau,
mais bien ceux en- I'll, un pen de-
daignes par la mode.
i Nous attribueriOns volontiers Q
pusage general des giants q nOtre
epoque la rarete bien plus grande
dune maladie penible entire tou
tes, Ia gale, dams les classes aisees
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laquelle lis nous convent. A la
bonne heure pour une grande ct
populeuse cite, on pon est groupe,
ohron sc touche, on ron forme sans
peine au besoin faisceau on digue.
La, on peut combiner ct executor
de beaux plans, de vigoureuses
enterprises. 81 encore nous avions
des villages, des hameaux, des
points de contact ct de reunion !
Mais non, nous sommes epars,
dissemines, nous expions encore
pesclavage avec ses habitations
on plantations echelonnees a Ion
que distance CONNIE les castels
f9Odaux. Pas de centre, rien que
de la circumference, on plut6t une
ligne etendue, un fiji mince, sans
solidite. Chaque paroisse est ou-
verte aux vOleurs ct accessible aux
brigands, ct pareille d ces fermes
isolees d'Europe on le crime entire
CONNIE chez lui ct donne matiere
aux legendes sinistres qui hantent
Ia memoire des hommes. Avant la
guerre, sous Page dor pour lie
blanc, de fer pour le noir, un mar
chand colporteur s'engagea I'M
Jour avec une charrette 4 deux
chevaux sur le front dun i'm
mense domaine qu'on appelait ha-
bitatiOn Preston ct qui plus tard
echut au millionaire irlandais
Burnside; phabitation recut, mais
ne rendit pas, le colporteur, ses
marchandises, ses chevaux ct sa
charrette; tout disparut. On trem-
blait en- passant Ia, ct il iallait des
hommes intrepides pour y accep-
ter une place de gerant on Deco
nome. Plusieurs y allerent, tentes
par de beaux appointments, ct
men revinrent pas. Tout pres du
meme lieu, il y a settlement
deux ans, un pauvre diable
de petit marchand, nomme Men
teath, futassassine par trois brutes
africainesqu'on pendit ensuite haut
ct court, mais sans rendre la vie
AL malheureux qui await erie
vainement au secours dams lie
silence de la mutt ct la solitude de
"a demeure. Nous evoquohs ces
souvenirs pour bien faire compren-
Dire l'inanite des sermons qui nous
invitent tant6t apattaque ct tant6t
a Ia defense. Pour triompher de la
Nouvelle-O Orleans, il a fallu Farra-
gut, le vieux loup de mer, ct le
chacal Butler, politicien deguise
en- general ct suivant rodeur de la
proie, ma fait qu'enfoncer uneporte
onverte. Pour chacune de nos pa
roisses, trois a,pet-bdggers, fan
ques dun nombreegal de scala,cags,
ont suffi les premiers sont entries
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1enillefcn b. Aesebastbs.
MON ONCLE BENJAMIN

COMMENT non oycLS YIr EHBRAssER rAR Ii MARQUIS
Suite eraf4'e
Dise1s Dc slite, pour 1nir cette ahAire que
faa A otter n 4ipxit pazdevant le baii pour repon.
Mts d. violences eommises personnel mais qul
- put ouver ancun tkmoin qui deposit du fat bien
9ue = c4oss - t paas6e On presence dune centaine
Lcssque non onele fat arrive Clamecy, Sour lui
remit une Iss ttnb16e de Paris de Ii teneur uivaDte
sHonsieur RatAery, '3s tlt
Je sais d bonne part que voules 6pouser mademoi-
sslIs Atnxit; j vous y defends express6ment.
"Vte DE P0RT-CAss
- ooele eavoya Gaspazd lui qu6rir feuille de
y9e p.nA rakainj pfit rescsier de Nackecouft, ct
1dpoadfs = 0its ! osets niasiye.
.a "Nopsiear b vcomss, $50
ven poaves aIse
Agt9 reeas5anes d. senfineats rsspectueux avec
1esseb ~ TAoa.sar dSts
tasGe ah "Volze humble q dtvou6 serviteur, s
SGaa Ia sfg "B. RAIuHRY.n s 8.
g - e.eas veslaitn snvoysr soo vicomtsS 10 No
y sss; m hit dhnttles recheches ponr pknetfer le
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ceux Oh on Il volt parvenue.
Eh bien, c'est d ce torrent qu'on
nous demande de resister, ct la
digue qu'on nous propose est le
refns de- rimp5t, procede revolu-
tionnaire qui fit merveille en- dau-
tres temps. Ce mode pacifque
serait assez du godt des contribua-
bles, ct ills seraient assez disposes
. entrer dams une ligue du bien
public inauguree ainsi. Apres tant
de vains sacrifices, tant de pertes
d'argent, les contribuables aime-
raient q voir suspendu un instant
le Placement du lourd tribut exige
par Cesar, d Sc soustraire au pres
soir du fisc. Beaucoup meme mac
quitteront point lataxe, pourcaus
d'indigence, de detresse, ct le temps
nest pas loin, 81 les evenements ne
prennent une autre allure, on la
terre abandOnnee ne fournira plus
de quot subvenir aux frais du col
lecteur ct Oh le desert aura recon-
quis Ia Louisiana. Mais, en- atten-
dant, il faut menager ct sauver lie
pen qui reste, ne le point compro-
METRE par de fsusses d6marches
ct de t4meraires aventures. La
presse democratique on liberale de
II Nouvelle- Orleans, egalement
soacieuse des int6r6ts de rEtat ct
de s..s propres interets a ellie, les
quelssont zen langueur ct souffran-
&c, . preche d'abord Ia resistance
active arusurpation, etnous autres,
gems simples des campagnes,
croyant volontiers d ses propos en-
courageants qui nous semblaient
paroles d'evangile, nous pensions
qu'un coup dun bon balai de me-
mage suffirait a renvoyer Kellogg
dams "a bourgade natalie de pIlli-
nois, etses slegislateurs d Ia charrue
ol lis ont prelude > leur brillante
carri4re. Mais les chooses n'etaient
point &c qu'elles paraissaient, ct Ia
tentative des 8 ct 6 mars nous a
rappel6 cette expedition de Ris-
quons- Tout, qui s'evapora sur Ia
lisiere du territoire beige en- 1848,
ct consOlida le vieux roi Leopold
sur le tr6ne que secouait le vent de
f1vrier. LIE nom du village beige
convenait 6minemment Ala petite
invasion republicaine qui yperdit
tout, meme rhonneur. Mais, pour
traiter s6rieusement un sujet &C.
rieux, nos confreres de la press~
ind6pendante de Il Nouvelle- Or
leans savent, aussi bien ct mieux
que nous, oombien nous sommes
impuissants ct combien est imagi-
naire ct irrealisable une resistance,
meme passive, du genre de celle q
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REFUs DE H1MPor

Que Tavenement a psuvoir de
Kellogg soft une usurPafioa ct son
uaintien par ID force nm fragrant
abus, que McEaery soft de par le
.yeu clairenent exprime du peuple
1e vrai goaverneur de pEtat de 10
Louisiana, c'est ce que chscun salt,
ce don't personne ne doute, D Wash
ington CONNIE 4 IL Nouvelle- Or
l6ans. Mais, ce qui nest pas moins
evident, c'est que tout . change
dams Ia politique amdicaine, c'est
ONE les Etats y sont des departe.
ments ct les gouveraeurs des pre-
feta. II ny plus qu'un simulacre
detection, parodie republieaiue,
fArce indigne, don't le Congress tri-
pote le er6sultat au gre du President.
Grant a demand6 carte blanche
an Congress qui graduellement se
transforme en- cour mOnarchique,
etrassembl6e, don't Ia souverainete
est illusoire ct nominale, Q laisse q
Grant les coudees franches, . pave
% vote an regime absolu vers le-
quel IL marche q grands pas CONNIE
nm automate d'autant plus terrible
que ses movements sont ! moiti6
ct pe0tAke tout-A-fait involOn-
taires, qufln'est que leproduit fatal
de circumstances extraOrdinaires.
IT, -du haut en- bas de Ia s0ciete,
ily . h meme impulsion, le meme
elan, aveugles ct irresistibles. La
socikt9 presente l'image dun grand
corps malade, inerte, qui ne sent
pas ses pleasures, ne volt pas ses
plates, ct s'abandonne an flot qui
pentraine vers Ia mort. Ellie re-
nonce ! l'usage de ses faculties ct
de ses sens, ma plus souci de son
1ibre arbitre. Parmi ses membres,
h majorit4 est tourmeotee de Ia
soif des jouissances mat4rielles ct
est oonpl9tenent depourvue di-
dAal; elle n'hksite plus sur les
moyens qui donnent IL fortune ct
SQUIRT avec une indulgence COM
plice anx ftaudes gigsntesques
que prechent d'exenple les plns
intelligents d'eutre ses mandatai-
res. Oe NEST certes pas d'aqjour-
d'hui que r6goIsme, sous IL forme
du principe utilitsire, . fait son
Appasition ct exerc6 ses ravages
an sein de II jeune nation prodi-
gue cAress6e dAs son berceau par
toutes les bonnes Ties de b desti-
ME. Mais jamais d f1vre de For
MY fht plus ardente qu'aajour-
.d'hui, jamais limmoralitN NY fut
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-11-06

On Saturday last trio of fashionable fair
ones started for Budley's Grove to gather
fragile ferns and autumn leaves of varied
hues. After lengthed ramble, and laden
with silvan spoils, they started hOmeward.
Being fatigued they gladly hailed young
farmer who was coming to town with load
of wheat, and asked him for a ride. The
gentle rustic, although plying his team,
granted the request, and the four hun
dred weight of female freight piled in on
ton of the wheat sacks. Then their love of
fun got the better of their gratitude and they
commenced a merciless attack of badlnage
on the good-Eatured young man from the
country. Wasn't his name John Pumpkin?
Wasn't he married Didn't his wife have
red hair How long was he married, and
we're there twins in the family and, finally,
wasn't he afraid to ride with so many ladies?
John wasn't afraid, rather liked 1t, in
fact, and when one of the ladies rolled
of her wheat sack grabbed her by the
foot-and saved Ger from falling overheard.
By this time the edge of town was reached
and they wanted to be let down, not wishing
to be seen in such vehicle; but John liked
their company 30 we'll that he refused, and,
whipping mp his horses, made grand en-
tree with his three unwilling fashionables,
much TO the Amusement ofthe dwellers along
the route. At length John halted before the
residence of a legal gentleman in the eastern
part of town, where the ladies heard, with
blushipg confusion, their John saluted with
"Why, brother !" And then they discov-
cred that the Rustic" was a well-knOwn
young gentleman of this city, who has been
PLAYING farmer for some time, and whose
handsome person and city gloss was hidd.n
under his rough garb and brouzed com
plexion. The ladies were too much con-
founded to attempt an apology, but will
hereafter look with suspicion on everything
in homespun.-Quincy Wing.
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BY BfRcH ARxoLD.

A v. Low buttrrcrr h de the path
In modest beauty gtev-
Between the he gerows lit BY sunny CLEAN
A rose smiled into vieG.
Within its cirsled edge the crimson blu he'd
And sephyn toying there,
From ruby lips h2d Kissed its fragrant breath,
To ding upon the air.
Ny hand upon the buttercup stayed,
and smiled - think tha'
Should waste NJ hope On simple bloom, when
A ros. stood smiling BY
And 80 the buttercup vas left to please
A simpler taste than mine.
did not h. ed its modest look or Gorh-
The rose ned more vine.
With eager grasp the Sc l Pucked and found
Its pe,a's frayed sn1 torn
While hidden deep within its heart lay coiled
4 vile destroying worm.
In angry mood and word I flung 1t down,
And sought TO rest my eye
Upon the modest flower beside the path
That I - late passed by.
But as gazsd. 4 vigorous hand
The blossom gathered up,
And safe upon Q shestering breast saw
Ny yellow bsttercup.
Too much o! good there Is In life passed BY
For greater good a'ar,
And Oft too L. we 6ud that blight and mou
Our hope j treasures mar.
The present good that blooms beside our path
But waits the pluckisg hand.
while that which tempts with brighter glow
Lies in the Mirage Land.
Quincy Erening Coll.
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We can't vouch for The accuracy Of all the
historical incidents alluded to in the follow
ing paragraph, taken from the St. Louis
Globe. As a matter of fact it may possibly
be faulty, bu, as humor it is good:
The Republicans aaunts its antiquity in
proof of it's sagacity, in an article calling IT.
tention to the substitution Of carpenters Tor
compositor, on its FIRST and last pages. Age
and experience are not always the guarantees
of merit. Progress must als0 b added.
When Titus was besiegiDg Jerusalem, the
Republicans war correspOndent-then in
his prime-wroie vivid descriptive letter.;
bat when the Republican sent that same cor
respondent TO report the battle of Shiloh, it is
we'll known that he made q signal failure.
He had not kept himself thoroughly inform
cd respecting the improvements in the art OF
var which had taken place between the two
events named. Aud 30 in political matters.
When the Republican 20 calamity espoused
the cause of Moses, and denounced every can
didate running for Congress on the Pharsoh
tickets, it received the applause OF every
good citizens and the unanimous support OF
the children of Israel. But when that same
editor enters the domain OF politics in the
present era, under the impression that the
struggle is between Moses and Pharaoh, a
the representatives, respectively. OF straw or
no straw in the manufacture Of brick, even
the brilliancy of his three column para
graphs is not sufficient to give interest to his
views.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-11-06
OUTSIDE TALK.

The present Senatorial cont est in kansa
is eliciting attention from the press and pub
lie men beyond the boundaries of our State.
The Chicago Tribune of last Tuesday con-
tanned letter from a Leavenworth corre-
spondent, which limited at certain possibili-
ties of the canvass, hitherto unmentioned,
and closed up with a rough estimate Of the
farmers movement in Kansas, which was
undoubtedly made up in the imagination OF
the correspondent, as no elections have been
held in the State since the first Grange was
organized. The X ansss City Times recently
commissioned correspondent to ''do up"
the Senatorial trouble in the State in elab-
crate style, and promised keen analysis OF
questions puzzling the Kansas mind. So
far the letters in the X. C. Times have
b,e1 conspicuous for utter ignorance Of the
questions which they attempt to discuss
Names unknown to Kansas have been in
PRODUCED as prominent agitators in
the strife, and incidents worn
threadbare with repetition have been
''dished out" a. news. To show the depth
of confusion into which the Tn" ".-r.~
pondent has fallen, it is only n>.s.sary to
say that he speaks of Jennison as an "Inde-
PENDENT candidate for the Legislature, from
one Of the districts of Leavenworth county,
with good prospects Of success" He then
goes on to say that ''the statement of this
fact is perhaps sufficient for your readers to
at once understand the condition of political
sentiment in this State. This array Of stupid
blunders which the correspondent calls .
Statement of facts" is sufficient in itself to
convince the Kansas public that the K. c.
Times, At any rate, il publishing the veriest
nonsense instead of giving its readers accu-
rate information.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-11-06
nrrCH.s,, POPULARITY.

Mrs. Burnham, writing to the Missouri
Republican,, says: eff it were allowed me by
some powerful fairy to escape the troubles
and petticoats that encompass me around
about, and elect for myself to become for
year and day some man of my acquaint-
ance, then for three hundred and sixty-five
days would occupy the pantaloons. pulpit.
and perquisites of Henry Ward Beecher.
He has altogether the best thing Of any man
in the United States. If he were woman,
now, he would be wiped out of all shape by
the late ticks put in by malice and jealousy.
Being man. his popularity is greatly in
creased thereby, and his return last Sunday
to Plymouth Church, was an ovation. Fri
day night saw an audience Of sixty-three
in the Broadway Theatre. Saturday night
twenty three pcrsons occupied the lower part
Of the Grand Opera House, but Sunday night
three thousand people waited the rise Of the
curtain at Ply mouth Academy"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-11-06
A RECuLlAR ELEMENr.

The Hoosac tunnel has long been con-
sidered great "bore," and Massachusetts
now begin, to find it also something OF an
elephant" There is a prospect Of the big
hole becoming, in time, quite managerie.
The question of what to do with it, Is now
agitating the people of the State, and enters
quite largely into the Legislative canvass.
The following plans have already been pro-
posed: "First, to consolidate the connecting
lines, leasing the tunnel to the new corPor-
alton; second, to consolidate those corpora
tions with the States interest under mixed
management. as in the Gaze of the Albany
road; and third, to purchase the connecting
lines and make State line"
This is great work and nobody denies its
importance, but hole in the ground, as an
elemen, in local politics, is somewhat Pecu-
liar
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A Big blow.

From the New Orleans Herald
Last evening, while the chief engineer OF
lung tester was expatiating upon the bene'
Cts to be derived from the free use of hls
instrument, a cadaverous individual stepped
out of the crowd and remarked to him:
"Mister, do you think it would help me
any 10 blow into that CAM"
"Yes, sir; certainly, it would expand
your chest, give elasticity to your lungs, and
ieng,hen your life. Why, you'd soon be
able to blow 500 pounds and win the So
prize"
"Why, doe. fellow get IS when he
blows that many poundr?
"Ye.. sir; wouldn't you like to make .
trial?"
al don't care If do, said Greens. walk
ing around and planking down . dime oil
the greasy shinplaster sort. 5,
Then taking the mouth-piece in his hand,
he made ready He opened his mouth un-
Ill the hole in his face looked like . dry
dock for ocean steamers, and began to take
in wind. The imitation was like that OF the
Graphic balloon, but not 90 disastrou. That
fellows chest began to grow and distend un-
Ill he resembled a pouter pigeon more than
q man, at which point he put the mouth
piece to hia lips and blew with such force
that his eyes came out and stood around on
his cheek bones to gee what was the matter
but that can-top went up like fash. and
the needle of the Indicator spun around like
the button on = country school house door,
until it stood stlll at 500 pounds! The
crowd cheered. and the keeper Of the can
paid over the S. in stamps, with q mutter Of
establishment. But Greens pocketed them
ooolly, and turning to the spectators. said:
"Look here, gents, that amt nothing to do
at all for a man who has been q bugler in
deaf and dumb asylum for seven years, like
,nor,