Richland beacon., 1888-07-28

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i@% ~ tious Lieutenant.
~ <,LN One day he was
X ,>I[s@.-o ordered to take
Il N\.<Fs4NSM I command of body
N\igA{A So of skirmishers. 1t
s4 W; was his first eXpe-
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led his men on un-
til the bullets of the Fcderals began to
whizz uncomfortably around their ears.
They all knew that it was time that he
should give the order, "Deploy, skir-
mishers..' but he did not. He seemed
to be embarrassed, and looked first
ahead and then back Mt his men. In
fact, as it was subse ;uently learned, he
had forgotten the order to give. He led
them further than he ought to
have done, and then. angry with HIM
self, he wheeled abouN waved his sword
in the air, and shouted, "Spread out, you
pirates They spread.
A TEACHER in one of the public schools
IN Boston has recently been much an
noyed by the persistency with which
one of her scholars plays truant. She
was on the point of reporting the case
to the trnant officer, when she spoke of
the matter to one of the woman super
visors. This woman believes in kind
ness rather than harsh measures, and
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her house the next time he was troubles
some. So one afternoon there appeared
at the supervisors home q boy. The
supervisor was all smiles and attention.
She treated him royalty to n choice
spread, feast the like of which he prob
! ably never had enjoyed before. He was
soon made TO feel perfectly at home.
Now, thought his benefactress, is the
time to preach him my little sermon.
So she unfolded to him the evils of tru-
ancy, and besought HIM to be model
boy in the future. Imagine her surprise
when he said to her: ~ amt the boy
that runs away from school, marin
He gave me cent to come here for
him."
Dr.. PAYsoN, of Portland, Me-, used to
tel. this good story: One very rainy Sun
day he went to his church as usual, but
nooue appeared except I'm old negro, who
came in and asked if Dr. Payson was to
fgeach. The Doctor said "Yes,' and
wcN into the pulpit and preached to the
choir E~l the old negro. Some months
afterwar0 -..e met the negro and asked
him if he enIc.ed that sermon. "Enjov
dat sermon - reifSIed the old man. 81
'clar, Doctor, / ne5Asr heerd a better
one. Yo' see l had ''.tnt pretty well
up front, an whenebber You'd say some
thin's pretty hard like gin oi- sins OBJ
men, I'd jess look all roun' ter see who
you's hittin', and ! wouldn't e>pC-
body but jess me. An l says to m self,
he muss mean you, Pomp, you's sech n
dretful sinner. Well, Doctor, dat ar
sermon set me thinking what big sin.
ner l war, an / went an jined the
church down home. Use a deacon,
now."
WHILE at neighbors few days ago
Mr.. George W. Fisher, of Independ-
ence, kan., heard a racket out in the
kitchen and going out to investigate the
cause found that large rattlesnake had
crawled into the kitchen and was fasten-
ed in the handle of Jug in the follow
ing manner: There were some eggs and
a Jug on the floor when the snake crawl
/ ed into the house, and it swallowed one
of the eggs, and as the Jug was lying on
its side had crawled through the handle
as far as the egg he had swallowed
would admit, and finding another egg
convenient as he crawled through the
handle of the Jug he had swallowed that
egg also, and as the egg was too large to
to pass through the handle of the jug
MIR. Snake was fastened so he could
neither move forward or backward,
there being an egg inside of him on
either side of the jug handle.
HERE in North Warwickshire, says an
English letter, we should like to know if
the pest of caterpillars which is stripping
our noble oaks in the Midland counties
has been experienced elsewhere. Thou
sands of trees in our fields, hedgerows,
and woods have been reduced to a
condition which is heartbreaking to
those who delight in the leafy month of
June, and especially in our oaks, which
are the pride of Warwickshire. 1t is no
uncommon thing for splendid tree to
be attacked by this pest and entirely
stripped of every green leaf within three
days. May I ask if this blasting pest
has extended to other counties, Strange
to say not another tree is touched, bu.
we dread and fear that when all the oak
foliage is consumed the caterpillars will
begin to devastate other trees.
A NEW method Of Furnishing dishones,
bank clerks is now being tried in GER
tain institution of that kind in New
! York. Some time ago clerks accounts
were investigated and he was found to
be several thousand dollars short. To
remove and prosecute the man would
have been troublesome, and apt to hurt
the reputation of the bank, so they have
made him stay, as if nothing had hap
pened, but have placed him in such a
position that he can take no more, and
informed his fellow clerks Of the detalca
top. He is avoided 10y the insiders,
and his position is about as disagreeable
as can well be imagined. Constantly
under surveillance, he will work ont in
time the amount he has taken and viii
then be discharged.
THE Dead Letter Office at Washing
ton gels a-good many curious articles
through the mails, and the employee:
who open the packages are accustomed
to many strange sights. The content!
of package received to day, however
takes the lead. II was the scalp OF ,
white woman stretched out OH ben
willow frame, and from marks on th'
package the conclusion was reached
that i. was . trophy of some Iuaial
warrior. Tie hair was long and dark