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DIVIDING THE COSTS.
Why a Detroit Lawyer and a Country
Justice Went Light on Jack.

Why a Detroit Lawyer and Country
Justice Went Light on Jack.
There was an assault and battery
case before county justice not many
miles from Detroit the other day, and
the plaintiff came to the city and en-.
gagged an attorney of his acquaintance
to represent him. The lawyer told him
he had a straight case and couldn't
help but win it, and on the day of the
suit he got horse and buggy and
drove out. Three or four miles from
his objective point he was stopped by a
farmer, who asked:
''Be you that Detroit lawyer"
eyes"
"Well, let me give you hint. The
defendant is Jack -, and he's ray
ther bad man. When you come to
sum up be a leetle careful what you
say"
The lawyer had gone another mile
when he was accosted by man who
sat by the roadside waiting for him:
''Be you that Detroit lawyer?'
"Yes"
"Well, be leetle careful what you
say about Jack -- in court. Jack has
a bad way of gittin' even with folks"
A mile from the town he met two
men, one of whom asked:
BE you that lawyer from DetroitP"
yes"
"Goin' to appear agin Jack -,
s'pose?''
| "Yes."
"Then be keerful what you say about
him. He's allus loaded fur b ar"
| He drove on to the Office of the just
ice, and constable welcomed him and
said
Il 'spose you'll pitch into Jack
more or less. I'll lend you a revolver,
and you better hire a man to take that
rig back to Detroit and you go home
on the cars. Don't give me away, and
don't neglect my advice"
When the justice came in he gave
the attorney cordial greeting, and
added:
"After the trial is over you'd better
stay right here in the Office until con.
stable can smuggle you out into the
woods. | don't want nothing to hap
pen you.
When the case opened the Detroit
lawyer surprised the crowd by advising
his client to leave every thing to his
Honor, and his Honor discharged the
prisoner with the remark:
"Seems like case of temporary in.
sanity and the costs will be divided. y
Detroit Free Press
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A SINGULAR CASE,

"Come up to our house." said the matron
fair,
To her Cousin Ned, there's young girl
there,
So very pretty, so very sweet.
I'm really anxious that you should meet,
And ever since | married her brother
I've felt that you ought to know each other"
81 don't like girls said the bashful Ned,
With very positive shake of the head.
Twas useless to coax for it well was known
The youth had powerful will of his own,
And where girls were concerned he was hard
to please,
And in their company i'll at ease.
So the days went BY with his VOW unbroken,
And never a word unto Grace he'd spoken,
Never jot had acquaintance sped;
For Il don't like girls, said the bashful Ned.
But all the same he had cast his eye
On the charming Grace as she passed him by
In all the beauty of innocence,
Without a shadow of va pretence,
And before he knew it his heart was fired
With love her graces his soul inspired;
And this Notwithstanding he had sad
He dn't like girls! The deceitful Ned!
Well, he didn't like girls in the plural sense;
But he loved this one with a love intense,
And it was not long ere he found excuse,
To enter the house with flag of truce;
And never lover than he was holder,
For before the year was very much older
He had, in truth, taken heart of Grace,
And told his love with unblushng face.
He didn't like girls in a general way;
She didn't like be, S, she'd been heard to say;
But they proved that their love was true and
strong
AS soon as the right one came along.
Bearer than sister, fonder than brother,
Fate had reserved them for each other;
And love was not thought of at al until
She found her Jack, and he found his Jill.
Josephine s. Pollard in N. Y. Ledger.
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dow, the accountant stood with some
ba ance sheets in his hand at the lowe
n | of the table.
Gentlemen, he said, looking at his
papers, there is deficiency of 500,
340.7S."
A look of horror went round thu
board The president leaned back il
his chair with face as white as ashes
Meiggs had frown on his brow anC
drummed on the table with his fingers
but he resisted the temptation of say
ing: 81 told you so.
1.-The stealing, resumed the account
ant, "has been going on for some time
and it has been most ingeniously GOV,
cred up. The books apparently bal
ance perfectly, and it was only by dis
covering this paper of figures which
found in Brooks private drawer that
got clue to the defalcations.
II suppose, said Mr.. Meiggs, "tha
we have no further need of Mr.. Ruler
he has done the work in a very salts
factory manner"
So Mr.. Ruler departed for Chicago
and the detective took his place at the
table.
Gentlemen" he began, 81 propos,
to announce in to-morrow's papers
that the books have been examined b,
experts from Chicago and that all il
perfectly straight, The theory thai
will be given of the absconding will b.
that through overwork Mr.. Brook
has become deranged, and | thinl
that we may wind up with
tribute to his honesty. You may
have observed that the papers say tina
he has not specialized and that he hat
no bad habits, so we may infer that tht
Doodle is in the valise which he tool
with him. If you ever wish to see any
of this sixty odd thousands 1 hope yor
will express your regrets for Mr.
Brooks. | trust that nothing serious
has happened to him."
81 thought, said the Presiden:, 'that
truth was your motto. "
'Ah, that was last week. Detectives
mottos have to change sometimes. F."
Next day the whole town of Stability
heard of the arrangement of the prom
Using young man Brooks, lately cashier
of the well-known bank of that city
The detective had gone home. The
papers announced that nothing in the
extraordinary transaction reflected OF
the good name of Mr. Brooks.
Meanwhile Mr.. Brooks had exhausted
the resources of Windsor and was look
ing yearningly across to the American
shore. He watched with interest wha
the papers said of his case. At las
when it came out that his innocence
had been made clear he felt a glow o
triumph that his bookkeeping haC
stood the severest test that Chicago haC
been able to apply. There was now NJ
reason why he should remain in Cana
da. He telegraphed to Mr.. Bonus tina
for the past week he had been feeling
very queer and had come to himself il
Windsor and would be back shortly
When Mr.. Brooks stepped off the ferr.
on the wharf in Detroit a man who hat
crossed with him put his arm through
his and said:
"Mr. Brooks L am very glad to SCI
you"
"Who are you?" asked the astonisheC
Brooks 81 don't think | know you. ,
"No, you don't, " said the other, ''bu
I know you. | am a man who hears
sermons in running Brooks and | mac
tell you that your race is ended for thu
present. You are just Il trifle too smart
Mr.. Brooks. | am Detective Grabum
of Chicago, h-Detr0U Free Press.
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When the walters struck at the
Palace Hotel in Cincinnati the landlord
mustered in five chambermaids, two
scrub girls, two BARRIERS and two clerks
The guests seemed to like it. CInciH
matt Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16

Travelling caps worn by English
women with tailor-made costumes,
have earhaps which come into use in
1.-THE evening dews and damps" and in
strong autumn wind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16

All the world has heard of Bill
Travers, the Hood of Wall street. He
shutters terribly, but the stammer en-
bellishes, rather than detracts, from his
stories. 1t was Travers who silently
surveyed the Siamese twins for quarter
of an hour, and then said "B-b-b-
brothers, l p-p-p-presume. IN Y
Past
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16

WHICH of your boys, the heaven Of
your heart and life, will you give in or
der that your city may be lighted
with gas or brilliant electric ightsP
Which child can you spare to help your
city grade and pave its streetsP How
long will you consent to tread on side
walks that the blood of souls has en-
abled your city to lay for your conven-
ienceP-Mary j. Aldricb.
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THE Worlds Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union has hearty supporter
in the Mother Superior of the convent
at Springfield, Mass. She has secured
the names of 1000 Catholics there to
the petition, and Temperance text
books are to be used hereafter Ia thu
convent schools.
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To whip or not to whip ? that is the ques-
ton.
Whether it's easier in the mind to suffer
The deaf ming clamor Of some fifty urchins
Or take birch and terule 'gainst the rebels,
And by opposing. end it ! TO whip-eo fiog
Each day, and By a whip to say we end
The whispering, shufiiing, and eeaseless
buZZing
Which a school is heir to--'tis q eonsum-
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To whip and not reform-ay, there's the
rub,
For by severity what ills may come.
When we've dismissed and to ourlodgings
gone.
Must give us pain. There's the respect
That makes the patience OF a teachers life,
For VINO bear the thousand plaques of a
school,
The giriish giggle,the tyro's awkwardness,
The pigmy pedants' vanity, the mischief
The sneer, the laugh, the pouting inso-
lence,
With all the hum-drum CHATTER of school,
When he himself might his quietus take
With bare hickory? Who would willing
ly bear
mo aroan and sweat under noisy life
But that che dread of something after
school
That born of rum0r, from whose SANDER
GUS tongue
Few Tutors e'er are free puzzles the VIII
And makes us rather bear these lesser ills,
Than ny TO those of greater magnitude,
Thus error doth make towards OF us all
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied over with undue clemency.
And tt;.,agegyes OF graas piihh aid Spirit,
With this regard their iirmness turn away
and lose the name OF government
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Mr.. Featherly, said Bobby. igno

Mr. Featherly,' said Bobby, igno-
ring his mothers sign to keep still,
did you ever hear pa whistler
No, Bobby laughed Featherly,
Il never have had that pleasure
Well, you viii, went on Bobby
He told ma that he lent you S. last
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Tn afraid, Bobby said his moth
er, that when ! tell your papa what
a naughty boy you have been to-day
he will punish you severely
Have you got to tell him?' asked
Bobby, anxiously.
'Ob, yes; | shall tell him iinmedi-
ately sfser dinner
The look Of concern upon Bol by's
face deepened until bright thought
struck him
Well, ma he said, give him
better dinner than usual. You might
do that much for me-
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ty, Fearing my shoes would be a
hindrance in my clinging to the rope,
pushed them over, together with
my cartridge belt. Another instant
Of hessitation and heart sinking, and
| was fairly off.
reached the bottom sore and
breathless, but safe. Another trial
awaited me- In the gathering gloom
could not find my shoes, and the
sharp stones cut my tender feet at
every step. Moreover, / dreaded
rattlesnakes, and listened with pain
full acuteness for the warning rattle.
did not hearanything, and soon lost
that fear IN my overpowcring ankle
" to reach some human habitation.
1t grew dark so rapidly that had
to use my stick at evsry step, as a
blind man does, TO feel the way be.
fore me. Before had CROPPED along
many rods my guide gave mo time
~ warning Of . chasm. Feeling FOR
stone, hurled it forward and
heard it strike far down below ME.
could go mo farther--at least IN
Gil daylight--so, drawing back q few
feet, sat down TO wait / was SO
weary that I fell Immediately asleep.
was awakened by u rifle shot, fol
lowed quickly by second report,
but they sounded . long way off.
/ started up and tried to shout an
answer, but my overstrained throat
could make no noise except a hoarse
croaking, lik child with Group. ]
was sure the shots came from my
friends, searching for me
In the pocket of my jacket were
some matches that 1 had not before
remembered. 1t was not a moment
before / had scraped some dry leaves
together and set fire to them. A
number Of cones had fallen from the
pines above, and there was mass of
dry chaparral, SO that I had no lack
of fuel.
BY the blaze I could SEQ the nature
of the place around me. was stand
ing on platform mucn like the one
from which Ihad descended. On one
side was the sheer wall, on the other
the precipice, was hemmed in BY
prison walls.
heaped or branches till the fam
es ran high and made roaring sound.
The whole canyon was illuminated,
and the tall pines shook like specters
in the fantastic light stretched
my hands toward the genial warmth,
and felt that salvation was near, for
my friends must see the light. a
A cracking noise at little dis
lance drew my attention Chaparral,
cones, the pines themselves, were
ablaze. / had set the canyon on fire.
Dismay succeeded my short lived
CLEAN Of hope. In front was the
chasm, behind the fire. ! was two
rods from the ledge, and the flames
crept toward me. / moved forward.
This sudden andawful danger gave
me voice I screamed wildly as the
fire reached out long, adder-like tom
CUES for me.
A voice above shouted to me.
"Qnick, quick ~ I cried. 'sor it's too
latel'
The fire had driven me so near
the edge that a step would havehurl
ed me over. felt the terrible calm
that comes to one when hopeis
dead. / saw two snakes leap upward
in the blaze and writhe about each
other III agony.
Catch this, and tie it under your
arms" shouted voice, and rope fell
at my feet. Il
/ was saved; but never since have
cared for hunting. I was cured
by the dying look Of the white deer.
The Argonam.
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A WHITE HART.

THE following story was written Dy the
late Santa Louise Anderson,of San Raiael,
who was drowned in the Sacramento river
some months ago while attempting to res
cue companion
I was born with the instincts of a
true sportsman.
For long time | was at loss to
know from what source had come
nv passion for guns and cunning.
NY father was anything but q con
noissour of deadly weapons, and my
mother never knew the butt from the
muzzle of gun, and was equally
afraid of each. After carefully dig
ging at the roots of the family tree,
the scientific basis for hereditary
transmission was vindicated, for |
found that my grandmother was
cousin of Kit Carson, the great
American hunter and trapper While
I was child it amused my brothers
to hear me discuss the merits of
choke bore shot guns and breach
loading rifles. but when / grew to
woman's estate this highly unfemi-
nine taste displeased and even alarm
ed them. They were very proper
young men, and did not relish the
idea Of young lady sister who
could take snipe on the wing, or
pierce the bulrs-eye with revolver
at sixty PAGES. Dear boys, they
feared, too, that such a propensity
might seriously endanger my being
settled in life. They demonstrated,
they scolded ; they brought me the
accounts ofall the dreadful accidents
that resulted from the use of fire
arms, and tried to extort from me a
promise that would never touch
gun again. I might have yielded
had not an unfortunate circumstance
occurred thht made me deaf to all
entreaties.
An uncle who had heard of my
skill, and was queer and old fashion
ed enough to admire it, sent me, on
my eighteenth birthday, a handsome
Winchester rifle, which he had or
dered made for me. From that day
l ceased to struggle against fate.
Bryant's 'Lines to Water Fowp
always brought to my imagination
other thoughts than those common
ly suggested to feminine readers
and not only in thought but in rub
Der boots and with game bag have /
hunted that classic bird on lake
and river bottom. At one time it
was canvas back, slowly veering
to the south, with neck outstretched
and eye of faith /; at another, it was
a stately mallard or jaunty teal,
spoonful or sprigtail. But / painted
for nobler game.
/ longed for the excitement of the
chase; to be where
The stag at eve had drunk his fill;
to see and be the belted hunter.
When should have been devising
patterns for sofa cushions and learn
ing to paint ON silk and china my
heart was away on the boundless
plains, chasing deer and antelope.
AS C@dmon was haunted by Wis
ion, in which he was told to sing; as
Socrates was pursued by demon
who insisted that he should make
music-so, by some strange law of
psychology, l felt that my life would
never be complete until had hunt
ed the deer or tracked the grizzly in
his mountain home.
The opportunity came. Some
friends invited me to spend a few
weeks at their home in the Sierras.
| They had little house among the
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TThe following story was written by the
late Santa Louise Anderson,of San Raiael,
who was drowned in the sacramento river
some months ago while attempting to res
cue q companion
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pines, In one OF the most romantic
regions of the range. A hunting
party was formed for my especial
entertainment, and the night before
as prelude to the morrow's excite
ment, we listened around the fire to
the wild stories ofthe mountaineers.
odd Clubfoot, a grizzly who had
been known in the region for fifteen
or twenty years, was q favorite top
ic. No one had had the hardihood
to attack him since he had pursued
hunter long distance and killed
him with stroke Of his gigantic
paw. An enormous trap had once
been set for him, and he had caught
his foot in it, but, with wonderful
intelligence, he had gone to the near
est rock and beaten it off. He was
seen occasionally in the passing
years, and now and then he helps
himself to sheep or calf unmolest-
ed.
There was also white doe among
the neighboring mountains which
seemed to bear a charmed life, for
many hunters had shot at it, but al
WAYS missed. A superstition had
naturally grown up about il, and the
mountaineers held that some great
calamity would attend the person
who killed the white deer.
These stories aroused my imagi-
nation so that / could scarcely wait
for the dawn of day and lay awake
long after the house was still, but
was the first one stirring in the
morning.
An old hunter, whom we called
Uncle John, was the leader of the
party, and to his care | was assign
ed. He had always wished to see
woman shoot, he said and | should
have a grand chance to show what |
could do.
"Don't kill the white deer; "we'll
take the greatest care.
We rode in silence till we reached
the crown of a little hill where where
there was an open, grass spot. was
close beside Uncle John, when saw
him gaze fixedly ahead for moment.
Then, without turning his head, he
said, in whisper:
SECT down quick Here's your
chancel As fine shot as ever |
SEEN"
l was down before he had fairly
begun to speak, but trembling all
over, and my teeth chartered in
most unaccountable way.
"Slip up behind the sugar pine and
blaze away was the whispered or
der; and, hugging my rife, obey
ed, all the time with that dreadful
shaking. 1t was "buck ague," as |
afterward learned, a nervous affec-
ton experienced by young hunters
during their first shot at a dear, and
| even old hunters have suffered from
| it.
The beautiful creature, q 2year-
buck, stood quietly feeding, outlined
against the sky. I leveled my rife,
never noticing that / had not raised
| the hammer. and pulled with all my
| strength. 1t did not "go off," At
last discovering the reason, right
ed the hammer with click. The
| deer raised his lordly head, snuffed
the air, and was gone in a series of
magnificent leaps. ST
How beautiful ~ cried, forget
ting in the novelty of the sight my
own stupidity, OF which, however,
was not long to remain unmindful.
The look of contempt that greeted
me as turned to Uncle John with
cred me.
you'll never kill q deer ! Never
seen such chance since / was born;
not ten yards off, Poohl" And the
irate old hunter rode off, leaving me
to follow or go back, as / chose. |
have been mortified several times in
my recollection have been ssspelled
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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-06-17
BEAVER DAM ITEMS.
Of the Ledger.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
BEAVER DAM, June l4.-Louis Ed
wards and lady, of Fulton, are visit
ing the family of Bobt. Hood.
j. A. Harris, our road overscer,
the past week has done substantial
work in the way Of grading and cul-
vert repairing.
Miss Lena Lorence is reported very
sick.
\ Our school will close in three
weeks. We have little doubt but
what Mr.. Brown has been faithful
and is well accomplished as teacher
and earnest in training the young
minds how to shoot.
Ed. Threlkeld, of Beaver Dam, hal
sold his farm to s. Lundy, Of Kan
sas. Possession given this fall.
On last Friday night mob gather
ed at a farmers house, 2 miles cas-
of here, took the man out of bed an6
had the rope around his neck read.
to hang him, but when they found b
was for Ben Locke for Representa-
tive they let him go in peace.
Miss May Hood is visiting in Full
ton. PUELLA.