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RUSSIAN WIVES,

A story has been going the rounds of
the French papers illustrating the status
of married women in Russia. The simple
woman in this case seems to have
imagined that she might get from Rus
sian magistrate some sort of protection
against husband whose favorite pastime
was cruelty to torture her. She had
been yoked by her playful husband to
the shafts of his cart, and driven along
for sixteen versts, in double harness with
the horse, under the furious blows of
heavy whip. Having survived this
ordeal, she was brought home again, her
head was shaved. and after she had been
smeared all over with tar she was rolled
in feathers, and then tnrned out of the
house. In this plight she resorted to
the person whom she fondly imagined to
be most benevolent, or at any rate the
least savage, in the village. She went
to the priest, but instead of obtaining any
shelter or relief, was rudely struck by
the pious man, who called the husband
and advised him to administer fresh
castigation. 1t would have been we'll
for the woman if she had taken the
broad hint offered her by this reception
at the priests residence, and had re-
turned home to suffer in silence the tor
ment to which she was fated. But she
was ignorant oil the Russian law, and she
could not persuade herself that she was
utterly without remedy in such case as
this. So she went to law, and brought
before the court both the husband and
the priest. Here the procurateur general
at once declined to enter into any argu-
ment on the subject of the husband, ex-
planning that the whole matter was one
Of merely private family interest, and
that husband and wife could always
come to an understanding among them
selves without the interference of the
law. The priests case was little more
difficult. But the worthy man repre-
sented that facts of this sort occur often
andinevitably among the lower "orders"
in Russia, whereupon the court, without
further discussion, acquitted both the &C
cused persons.
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STORIES OF THE OLD WESTERN 30.
HEMIANS.

Tom Merry, in the Seattle (Oregon)
Dispatch tells some stories of Bohemians
he had known. Witness these specimens
One Saturday night Artemus Ward
and lingo Webb met Noah Brooks, and
insisted on his going with them to Whip
pies clubhouse. Once there, they were
invited by the proprietor to repast Of
roast venison and champagne. After
this, they lit cigars and sat down in the
outer parlor, where splendid portrait Of
Washington was in full view. Artemus
commenced to tell a good story, when
Brooks, Whipple and Webb got up, one
after the other, and walked silently away,
whistling psalm tunes and the like.
Browne locked after them a minute, and
drawing a derringer from his pocket,
walked up to the portrait of Wash;ng-
ton, at which he took deliberate aim.
"Now look here, old fellows" said he,
sit generally concededthatlyou are the
father of this country, and few have
been cruel enough to insinuate that you
are IL Q father of Gov. Posey, of Indiana
but we'll let that pass. Now I've
started this story, and I'm if you
haven't got to stay here and listen to
it." And there he stood, with the der
ringer pointed at the picture and reci.ed
the story, while everybody about him
laughed till tears came into their eyes.
Webb once asked James Antheny, of
the Sacramento Union, for the loan of
$40. Tie old man had queer habit of
winking at every other word. "Cer-
tainly. Charley, Twink. wink) I'd give
you $50 twink, wink to have you stop
suffering that way, any time" "Now
IL look here, M-m-mister Anthony,
what's the use of talking about that
I.st-t-tutter with my mouth, and you
stutter with your eyesw One night it
was showing terribly as We walked up
south c street, when suddenly we heard
our name called. Here was Mark Twain,
wrapped in big overcoat, sitting on an
empty dry-goods box and covered with
snow. cts working bully" says he in
his unearthly drawl. "What's werk.
ing" we ssked. "My:dorg-trap-oh, no
Iguess notp' 1t seems that man had
opened new drug store with night
bell at the front. He tied ole end of
rome to piece of tough beef and the
other to that bell. The dog made it
lively for that druggist, however.
Selkirk, of the Placervills Democrat,
sat one night in saloon, eating a Figs
foot, when the notorious Billy Kirby en-
tered and bawled out: "l'm the wild
bear of Tehamaw EYES," retorted
Selkirk, "and Pm eatin' one of your
paws" The bully was literally laughed
out Of the house.
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GENIUS IND CELIBACY.

Why are men OF genius so OFTEN Dacn'
elors? To this reply that such instances
are not owing to anything like want
of appreciation of woman's value, but
most generally to unfavOrable circum'
stances. Most of eur celebrated authors
have been in love, but found that its
course did not run smooth. Irving, fol
instance. was engaged to maiden whom
he lost by death. Charles Lamb re,
manned unmarried that he might devote
himself to his lunatic sister, Mary, whom
he kept as an inmate of his house until
her death. Lord Macauley never mar.
ried, but it is probable that this was due
to some youthful disappointment. He
might have had
"a love that had an early root,
And early had doom;
Like trees that never come to fruit,
But perish in their bloom"
Goldsmith was deeply in love with the
charming Miss Horneck, whom he styled
"the Jesamine BRIDE" and even Pope,
though lifelong invalid, expressed his
admiration of Martha Blount, but neither
of these men married. The one was pre-
vented by poverty, the other by i'll health.
Hume seems almost the only leading
writer who was formed for celibacy. He
was naturally cold and apathetic, and,
indeed, any one WHO could defend suicide
by such ingenious sophistry was unfit for
social life. Gibbon, when student,
was in love with Mile. Curchod, the
daughter of poor clergyman. His
father opposed the union, and the love-
lorn student resigned his hopes of matri-
monial bliss. The girl was talented and
became a teacher, and afterward married
the richest man in France and was the
mother of Nine. De Stael. She enter
tanned her forwer lover at her place
twenty years after the match had been
broken. To return to American authors
II am reminded that Percival proposed
but was refused. Indeed he was unfit
for married life by reason of his peculi-
arities. Halleck became deaf and re.
manned single. So did Tuckerman. Con-
firmed bachelors are rare among the
editors, physicians, lawyers and clergy of
this city, and it has always been 80.
Almost all the great authors of the
British empire were married men, though
some had conjugal trouble. Among
these were Milton, Byron, Shelley, Bull
wer and Dickens. walter Scott was re-
jected by his first love. who was above
him in rank, but she lived to see him the
greatest author of his age. He after
ward married an heiress of French birth,
Miss Carpenter, but would no doubt
have done better to have allied himself
with Scottish blood. His life was en-.
tirely separate from the domestic circle,
and his wife never knew till the Banna.
tynes failed that her husband had for
fifteen years been silent partner in an
Edinburgh printing house.-Cor. Cincin-
x,n}; ED-pffe
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TR "a HIS AND TRIPLES.

TO keep the feet dry-Stand on your
head.
OF all things in the world that are
better late than never" going to bed
certainly ranks first.
What is the difference between a
Christian and Cannibal? One ENJOYS
himself, and the other enjoys other peo-
pie.
Applicants for loans generally adopt
berrOw-tOne. - Cincinnati .Saturdav
Night. Especially when they ask for
ten or twelve dollars.
"A Jewish journal learns that after
five years labor and the expenditure of
5000, the American missionaries in the
wealthy city of Wuchu, China, have
converted only three persons from Budd-
hism.
"A Chinese remedy is thus given by
the young Chinese missionary of the
Chicago Tribune:
Vim All Tung loved ANY Sin,
But not with pure devotiOn:
He doubted her. she hOsted him,
Which set his ire in motion.
Quoth Vim All Tung, "Ill slay the girl,
Nor cut, nor shoot, nor mangle ner,
But wind her queue about her neck
And then and there I'll strangle her."
The act he suited to the word;
He slew her as he wooed her,
Says YIN All Tung Miss Sin was sck
And have only queued her."
IA Ia st. Louis hotel: Guest, hear
ing and smelling fame, rushes forth from
apartment in alarm. Meets landlord.
Landlord tranquilizes guest, thus: $50
back to your room my good fellow.
There's ne fire." Guest gees back. More
smoke and flames; blaze before the win
dow. Guest again rushes out. Again
consolation from landlord: my dear
fellow, go back to your room. There's
no cause for alarm. Don't start a
panic" Guest goes back. Rushes out
again. Shirt on fire. Meets landlord
who remarks, my dear fellow, 1 told
you you'd come to a bad end il you
didn't keep COOL" Guest returns to
room and burns up.
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THEN AND NON IN NEW ORLEANS

Says the New Orleans correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun: "This morning,
as was standing in the rotunda of the
st. Charles hotel, Col. Rivers, proprie-
tor of the hetel, drew my attention to a
man who was sitting off by himself in
one of the corners. He was a man ap-
parently about sixty years of age; he
had a downcast look; his feet were peer
ing through his boots; his linen was
soiled and torn, his black clothes were
spotted and shiny, and yet there was
about him the unmistakable indications
of a decayed gentleman. "You see that
man ~ said Col. Rivera. "He was once
among the wealthiest Of our sugar plant
ers, the owner of hundreds of slaves
one of the best customers of this hotel,
and his bill would average from $72 to
800 day. Now he has scarcely money
enough to buy his breakfast. He haunts
this hotel constantly, and it may be be-
cause it reminds him of what he used to
be-" "Our bar-rooms," said
Col. Rivers, "don't do more than one-half
of the business done before the war.
Two-thirds of our guests are now north
ern people, whereas before the war they
were all southern people. Many of our
large plantations are now owned by
northern and western men. Some of our
best young men are now overseers on the
plantations which belonged to their ia
theirs. I know now a gentleman who
used to spend piles of money in this
hotel who never put saddle on his own
horse, but who is now glad to hire on his
own place, which, with its 'niggers,' was
worth $500, 900, for $50 a month" As
Col. Rivers concluded his interesting
recital of old times, he sighed gently and
remarked: "My dear boy, feel little
blue to-day; let's have bottle of wine"
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4 CHARMING FICTION.

The Loces Of Cupid aud Psyche.
One of the most charming 6ctions
transmitted to us from antiquity is that
of Cupid and Psyche. In the mythology
of ancient Greece and Rome, the union
of these two (the one mortal and the
other an immortal being) is invested
with the most sublime ideas of life, death
and immortality, 50 far as the latter
thought had a place in the religion of
those nations. The name of Psyche
signifies butterfly and a human soul.
Therefore, when represented with the
wing of a butterfly attached to her
shoulders, Psyche symbolizes a tender,
spiritual being, who, freed from the
coarser covering of her chrysalis, rises to
a higher existence, where, united with
love, she participates in the bliss which
the immortals themselves enjoy.
Psyche, the most lovely of mortals,
was the daughter of a powerful monarch
and the youngest of three sisters. So
transcendant was her beauty that no
mortal man dared to sue for her hand;
and her fathers subjects, neglecting the
worship of Venus, raised affairs to Psyche.
Venus, resolving to revenge herself upon
the innocent cause of her humiliation,
sent Cupid to inspire Psyche with pas
sion for the ugliest of mortals. But no
sooner did he see her than he laid aside
his bow and arrows and resolved to make
her his wife. On the first occafion that
Psyche found herself alone, she was over
powered by deep sleep, and, while she
was unconscious, Zephyr bore her to the
abode prepared for her by the god of
Love. Here he visited her at night only,
announcing himself as the husband allot-
ted TO her by the immortals; but warn
ing her that she must make no effort to
ascertain who he was, lest she should
lose him and become miserable. For a
time all went well, until at last Psyche's
overwhelming desire to see'some member
of her own family induced Cupid to send
for her two sisters. These, finding out
the conditions under which the young
bride lived, persuaded her that her hus-
band must be some hideeus monster who
dreaded being seen. Finally, to quiet
their doubts and her own, Psyche stole
from her couch, and, having procured a
lamp, turned its rays full upon her sleep
ing husband. In place of monster she
saw the beautiful god of Love. But, in
her anxiety to escape undiscovered with
the lamp, she awkwardlytallowed drop
of the burning oil to fall upon his shout.
der. Cupid started up, and, turning
look Of scorn and indignation upon the
unhappy Psyche, fed, from her sight,
never more to return.
The unhappy wife, fearing that she
had lost her husband forever, attempted
to destroy herself; but, meeting the god
Pan, he consoled her by the prediction
that in the remote future she should be
happy once more. Psyche wandered over
the whole earth in fruitless search for
her husband, and finally, in her desper-
atiQn, appealed to Venus. The latter,
m{,dtul of past wrongs, Immediately set
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THE BEACON.
RAYVILLE. LOUISIANA.
MAE.
BY JOHN g. WHITTIER,


BY JOHN @. WHITTIER.
R,vord tho hrrx,;no or...ro~ If tho vooa.
Has Anil breathed her sveet and chaneeful moods.
Where nest the small birds In the fir trees spire
Through all the world there brexthes q soft desire
The caterpillar, in his drovsy ripge,
Dreams purple pictures of his future WINGS
Clear air. The brooks hang In suspense
Among the rocks. The small grass feels q sense.
FOR, 10! May hts the door-iatch Oh the year!
Deem out of sight, where earth's great mystery lies
A thrill along the unseen arteries,
Within the TANGLED mt. NJ heech and lime
And sprout their tasseled Rreenness ere its time.
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Near Prospect street she dropped a
little red bow with a gold pin attached,
and it Auttered to the edge of the side
walk. She stopped and looked at it. 1t
might as we'll have futtered to the edge
of the universe and dropped over for
anything she could do to get it. She
walked around it two or three times,
gazed sadly at it, and then walked a
block to BoliNer street, got small boy
and paid him ten cents to come back and
pick up that bow. AS the boy rejoined
his companions he remarked, al never
saw a woman so proud. She wouldn't
pick up her own things from the side
walk" But it wasn't pride.
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A POSITIVE CURE FOR RHEuMArIsM-.
Darang's Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circu.
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hduudu CuoWucu, WIltIuS III Iuc
"Home and Society" department of
Scribner for May about her experience
in keeping house for the summer in the
country, says:
One idea l had in having a country
home was to gather in all the children
of our families. Brothers and sisters
grow up together united. They finally
marry and separate. Then their chill
dren from being apart, know but little of
one another, and the strong family feel
ing that existed among the parents finds
no place among the offspring. Then,
too, petty iealousies spring up, which
can only be avoided by mutual inter-
course. 1 hoped to make my home
common ground for all my nephews and
nieces, of whom there were about twenty.
These children, as in all large families,
were differently situated in life. 1
wished to bind them together by COM
mon pursuits and amusements, 80 that
their future lives might be Influenced
for their mutual good. l wanted the
boys to 60 swimming together in the
river that ran by at the railway station,
to play ball, to milk the cows, to race
rabbits, and to grow hardy and selfreli-
ant in an honest rivalry of outdoor life.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
Department.
Educated Farmers succeed.

If farmers would takea more
conspicuous place in society they
mustfhrst prepare themselves for
it. They must improve the means
of education for their children,
and use, better than they now do,
the means for their own educa-
ton. They must read papers and
books atteR4 tie meetings of
their oranges or agricultural
clubs, and not only become bet
ter acquainted with the princi-
pies of their business, but also
learn what other men have done
and are doing.
1t is an honorable ambition for
a farmer to wish to become a
leading man in his country, dis
tict or State, bHt he can no more
arrive at such a position, unless he
is prepared by education and ex-
perience for it, than he can-ex.
pect to reap a crop without pre-
pairing the ground or sowing the
seed. eFNoW -.
Organization of the farmers in
to oranges can accomplish moth
ing without competentA leaders,
and social or political influence
can only be welded, with power
full effect, by persons who under
stand rightly the principles Of
government and the reasons
which control popular action.
3 Comparing the farmers present
condition with that Of a half cen
fury ago, we can see vital pro-
gress-in machinery ip intelli-
gence, and in improved agricul-
ture. The fact exists hat we
have now far better opportunities
acquiring the knowledge needed
to elevate our position socially.
than our forefathers had fifty
years ago. That we want more
knowledge is proof that we know
more, and that we are not salts
fled with our position in society
is a proof that we are looking
deeper into things, are endeavor-
ing to elevate our calling. Be
fore the end of the next fifty years,
we have just begun, ii is not too
much to believe that the farmers,
by education, by discussions in
their oranges, and by united &C
ton, will possess all the influence
in society and the government
that their numbers entitle them
to, and their powers will be felt
for good throughout the landr
T~iAdicaiOr. 4
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23

fiesh-forming material, requiring
one hundred parts oat straw to
equal sixteen parts. gass hay in
this particular; yet, fed with cot
ton seed or linseed cake, it sup
plies what they lack in heat-giv-
ing and respiratory elements.
For the purpose of feeding out
oat straw, our oat crop is allowed
to over ripen, a large amount of
its nutriment being lost without
any corresponding benefit to the
grain, which meyer improves after
the upper portion of the stem has
commenced turning yellow. Oats
cut when just turning from the
green state, yield more grain as
WelI Is grestsE feeding value in
straw. The narrow margins of
profits in cattle feeding in this
section Of the country demand
the closest economies in the food
supply and the most thorough in
vestigation and experiments with
an article ofsolittle present mar
ket value, and one Of such album
dance with most farmers as oat
Cultiyator,8
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
Time Table,
East Tenn. Va. & Ga. II. r.,

PASSENGER TRAIN No I.-West.
Leave Bristol All
Arrive at Knoxville lI42A,M.
Arrive at Cleveland All P. N.
Arrive at C~hattaaooga 600 ?. NJ.
PASSENGER TRAM No. a.-East.
Leave Chattanooga 1000 AN
Arrive at Cleveland 1l.33A AN
Arrive at Knoxville 3I3P.M.
Arrive at Bristol 7.A5 p. NJ
o PAssKNoEB Tram No3.-TeSt.
Leave Bristol 7.3E P.p
Arrive al Knoxville LAB ]. H.,
Arrive at Cleveland 53b 4. N
Arrive at Chattanooga 7.34 A. NJ.
PASEyeER FRAIy No. 4-East.
Leave Chattanooga $50 p. NJ.
Arrive at Cleveland lOI5 F.. NJ.
Arrive at Knoxville 223A An
Arrive a; Bristol ifF s.55A. n