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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-02-04
WEATHER PROPHETS.

WIENER farmer must confess $3.50.
That he has missed the weather guess
The failure gives him no distress, go
For ready is his reason.
When DAYS are wet, instead o fdry,
He only needs to wink his eye,
And say, in accents sage and sly.
1.-THE signs all fail this season."
But when a weather guesser grows
Too boastful of his slight of noes
For juggling with the rain and SHOWS
In summer and in winter,
At once his ardent fancy sees
Visions of honors and of fees.
And with his notes and theories
He PUSHES to the printer. ,.r.r
His vanity, too freely fed,
So far his Grant brain has led,
That he predicts year ahead
The atmosphere's connections.
SO, foolishly defying fate, -
He pins his credit to date, 80
And bids a doubling world await
The outcome of his notions. 1".-
Then, when his firm predictions fail,
And sunshine comes in place of hail,
Tue cruel types still toll tho tale,
And give the record of it.
The weather prophet tears the page.
And blarnes an unbelieving age
That gives him but disgust and rage
For all his weather profit.
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-12

away vowing that / should never re,
turn again until had freed myself
from my appetite for drink. 1 am now
a sober man, and thank God am able
to save lay wife from being murdered
simply because the law says go
"That's my story continued Judge
Holmes. Ever since then ], have had
40 faith in circumstantial evidence"
"Who was the man they found dead p
asked one of the lawyers.
THAT never knew; case OF suicide,
perhaps" replied the Judge.
"That was queer experience, but il
is only fair illustration of what may
have occurred many times in the past
said one.
And may occur many times ip the
future" said another.
"That is true," said Judge Holmes.
"But here comes the Judge OF this
court. The train must have been be-
hind, or we would not be so late.
Business, gentlemen, We must attend
to business. D..
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-12
Molecular Force.

The Neacs reporter of "Unconsidered
Trifes" heard a singular story the other
day of the power of those quiet, unno-
ticed forces of nature called "molecu.
lar" of which he has occasionally
spoken in his character of vagrant
semi-naturalist, hunting out the queer
features Of weeds and trees and bugs.
A large iron casting, Ssx1t, was made
in a foundry in Covington, Kentucky,
and an "airhole," about as large as
small wheat straw, ran through it from
the upper to the lower side, ending in
a cavity not larger than hazel nut
One day this little hole was filled with
wet snow and drizzle, and at night the
semi-liquid contents froze hard, and
the expansion into crystal broke the
huge mass of iron in two as completely
and smoothly as if it had been done
with cold-chisel. - Indianapolis
NeaUS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-12
LIFE.
ITO Miss Julia II. beaverton.

ITO Miss Julia H. beaverton
u. ,ife is earnest, life is real,
oS S.aI II on thy tender heart,
,sS INV future hopeful veal,
ar From thy presence, ne'r can part.
,hv present e'er be duty
be. INV watchword be the truth,
rtan the Gods will scan thy beauty,
lending charms unto thy youth.
,rdas YOU grow in coming years,
Crow sweetly in heavenly grace,
mat life for thee, may have no fears,
And time for thee, no rugged pace.
Tn these, thy now and happy days,
Forget not that you have to live,
por gereater deeds, and greater ways
win make you in the future give.
Fo,get not that you have to die,
And leave this lonely, earthly home,
And II prepared, you will not sigh
When winged angels call thee home.
This world is called "a feeting show"
And life "a swift and pebbly stream,
Vat all we have and all we know
Is not an empty, floating dream.
Nav peace and pleasure be thy lot;
Thy halfway ever green with flowers.
And love, thy rich and holy cot,
ON which to dream away life's hours.
Now may the poets willing muse -.
Insure for thee q passage DER
Iife's stream as safely and profuse ..
AS il on ange, wings to soar.
ylifton, Texas, sept. 20. 1852. B.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-12
URCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
BY CLARK D. KNAPP.

by CLAhh ". hNAITs
Several lawyers were sitting in d
courtroom waiting for "his honor" to
come, so that the Court would open and
they would proceed with business. To
amuse themselves they were spinning
warns" and, as might be expected,
every story was of some incident of the
law. . " ly
"Judge Holmes, it is your turn" said
young attorney, addressing an old
man who had been silent listener to
what the others had related. q,
Judge Holmes brought his chair for
ward nearly to the centre Of the group,
seated himself, and said:
81 suppose, gentlemen, that might
tell you something" be. ny
II do not doubt but what it would be
interesting, and L for one am anxious
to hear" said an attorney who had much
respect for the old Judge.
eyes! yes go on, Judge; tell us the
queerest experience you ever had" said
another.
"Well, gentlemen, will tell you how
I came to lose faith in circumstantiel
evidence" said the Judge. 1T was
when T was upon the northern circuit,
the first year that I was Judge. That
was a good many years ago, when the
country was new. The Judges then
had to go from one Courthouse to
another on horseback. There were no
railroads then. I tell you there has
been great change in this country.
Well, I am getting off from the subject. I
was to hold the November term in Plain
vile; the Courthouse was an immense
log cabin; behind it was low barn
made on purpose for the Judge to keep
his horse in. After long, tiresome
ride, arrived at Plainville; noticed a
very large crowd of people around the
Courthouse, and wondered what it
meant. While 1 was caring for my
horse, four or five of the citizens, and
the best citizens, too, Of the place,
came into the barn.
"Good morning, Judge said one
who appeared to be the spokesman of
the party.
"Good morning, sir replied.
Fine day, Judge
Yes, sir, very fine
Got much to do in Court?'
4 do not know
You have got one queer case, and a
bad one, too
is that SOP
'Yes-a murder
Il am sorry
1T is bad. Judge, ard woman, too.
"A woman murdered?'
No, no; woman did the numbering
That is bad am very sorry to hear
that any woman should be accused of
murder
It's awful, Judge. She is guilty, and
that makes it worse
Has she been tried?'
No, she amt tried; you've got to try
her, and what We want is this: don't let
up on her bit; you just sentence her
and wen be glad to do the hanging.
But suppose that she is not guilty?
You don't want her hung in that case,
do youT
But she is gully. She bought poi
son, and gave it to her man. And did
We not find his body in the river, and
the poison in his body?
AID did not she and her husband
have big quarrel, and she make awful
threats to him the night before he was
found dead? There is no question
about the guilt, Judge
Has she been indictedP
Yes, at the last court; she vas indict-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-12

A CALIFORNIA paper thinks it is un
grateful for girls to commit suicide, il
costs so much to raise them.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-12

A HALF loaf is better than whole
loafer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-06-17
Eccentric People.

Cincinnati Enquirer: There are still
a few persons at large who will invest
money in mining stocks i'm preference
to investing in dog and shooting the
dog.
Stock Report The late President Gar
field Was afflicted with this peculiar
form Of eccentricity. He carried if SO
far as to buy 1000 shares Of Silver King
at -. He doubtless wished that he had
been even more eccentric when he saw
his stock advance to $40 share and
found himself the recipient of 600 per
annum from $4,000 investment, or as
much as he received for the same period,
ut one time, as a member of congress
His widow now enjoys this comfortable
moiety, and in the face of monthly
dividends seems blind to her late hu =
bands eccentricity in investing in min
ing stocks.
The eccentric holders Of Homestake,
Deadwood- Terra. Father De Smet (of
the Black Hillsl Ontario Utah, Morn.
ing Star, Evening Star, Eureka Con-,
Richmond, Contention, and many other
mining stocks, do not seem to feel rs
miserable as they should. But some
people can be happy under all circum-
stances.
The writer of the Enquirer paragraph
is probably some disgruntled holder of
State lines or other stock which labors
under the disadvantage Of having no
mine behind it, the stock being issued
as bait for gudgeons. His complaint is
somewhat worse than eccentricity
which, if not natural born, may be great
ly relieved by experience.
"Go west, young man, 60 west, and
grow up with the country" round about
Deadwood and other Black Hills camps,
or Butte, or Eureka, or Tombstone, or
start new camp Of your own, and find
city abont you in six months, with all
the accoutrements. II you are wise you
will succeed. You will become very
eccentric as to mining stock, but you
can we'll endure being alluded to by
your friends in the pork packing bust.
ness as "rich, but eccentric"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-06-17

New York, June 10.-If all the pugil-
lists who say they want to fight Sullivan
do as they say the champion will have
his hands full. Tug Wilson, the heavy
weight champion Of England writes to
Mr.. Richard X. Fox that he takes a
farewell benefit in London on May q,
and then sails for America in June to
make q match with Sullivan for $500 a
side and the championship of the world
James Elliott, the heavy weight ex-
champion, puts in claim for the
championship also and feels chagrined
because Sullivan makes match with
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-06-17

The New York World of June lst has
the following in regard to the early life
Of the above minister, whose funeral
took place on that day from st. Ann'f
church. New York:
with Mr.. Pennell's early life was
connected scandal which for years was
kept secret, but which was made public
when he had become very prominent in
ecclesiastical circles, and compelled him
to relinquish his pulpit in Newark and
90 west. In 1852, while he was study
ing theology in this city, he married his
cousin, Miss Mary Hannah Schroeppel,
of Schrosppelsvillc. n. Y. They had
one child, boy. who was taken away
from his mothers side soon after his
birth, by Mr.. Pencils father, who told
the mother that the child was dead.
The boy was reared by Raphael REM,
Of No. 63 Lorimer street, Brooklyn. and
the mother never saw him again. When
young Mrs. Pcnnell died she left all her
property TO the Syracuse Home Associa-
ton. During 1880 the boy discovered
his identity and succeeded in convinc-
ing his mothers relatives and the trus-
tees of the will that he was indeed the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Pennell, and the
trustees transferred the property left by
his mother to him. A suit was instituted
in the Kings county court against Mr..
Pennell to recover the amount due for
the board Of his son from 1863 to 1873,
although he never publicly admitted his
sons identity the suit was promptly
settled few months ago.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-06-17
The Exposition.
DENVER, COL, June 5, 1873.

DENVER, COL, June 5, 1882.
Correspondence Of the Pioneer.
The contractor, who is putting up the
exposition building, says he will put
men on the work to run it nights and
Sundays, rather than fail to have it
ready. The roof is gradually spreading
over it now, and when that is completed
as many men will be employed inside
as may be required, and some lively
work will be done. Rain has interfered
to some extent, but not enough to en-
danger the completion of the building.
To dispel any false impression regard
ing the exhibits, one word may be said,
The design of a permanent mineral ex-
hibit is simply that of = standing adver-
tisement Of the district exhibited.
There will be many ores and specimens
shown, which the owners simply place