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Year: 1879

ing how she could have wasted the rich
treasure of her affection ON one so selfish, so
unjust.


She returned to her aunt. Would she
not be more merciful in her Judgment No.
Mrs. Capel had eagerly grasped at such a
chance of ridding herself of the niece who
was no longer match for her son and
within an hour after Leonard quilted the
house, Hetta was expelled from it, to begin
the New Year in the home of the humble
friend to whom she hastened-an old serv-
ant, who could not be induced to believe
that the girl she had nursed and known
from her infancy deserved the cruel stigma
cast upon her.


To be continued,
Year: 1879

A boy returned home from school one day
with the report that his scholarship had fall
len below the average. Said his father:


Well, you've fallen behind this month,
have you?"


Eyes, sir"


How did that happen


"Don't know, sir"


The father knew, if his son did not. He
had observed a number of cheap novels about
the house, but he had not thought it worth
while to say anything about it until a fitting
opportunity should offer itself. A basket. of
apples stood upon the. floor SAID he ::
8 Empty those apples and take the basket
and bring it to me full of chips. And now, ="
he continued, put those apples back in the
basket"


When half the apples were replaced the
son said : Father, they roll off. 1 can't put
in any more"


:. Put them in. tell you"


But, father, can't put them in." , =:


1" Put them in No; of course you can't
put them in Do you expect to fill basket
half full of chips and then fill it with ap-
pies You said you did not know why you
fell behind at school, and I will tell You.
Your mind is like that basket-it will not
hold much more than so much and here
you have been the past month filling it up
with rubbish-worthless, cheap novels"


The boy said, &c see the point
Year: 1879

THE Government of India is about to. es-
tabiish agricultural schools in order to in
troduce better methods of agriculture among
the farmers of that country. The native
methods are wretchedly poor, and it is little
wonder that the famines are occasionally
dreadful. The curse OF Indian agriculture
is said to be the inveteRate custom in many,
places of using the cattle manure for fuel,
and to put stop to this a law is proposed
for the compulsory planting of fuel trees,
Year: 1879

Chemists tell us that single grain of the
substance called iodine will impart a color
to seven Thousand times its weight of water.
1t is so in higher things-one companion,
one book, one habit may affect the whole
life and character.
Year: 1879

There are two ways of getting through
tLis world. One way is to make the best OF
it, and the other is to make the worst of 1t. :;
Those who take the latter course work hard
for poor pay.
Year: 1879




Ed. FREE PREss:-To-day We are
almost the sole inhabitants Of aonce
fourishing seaport and railroad town,
whose population once numbered by
the thousands, have long since desert
ed her. Her steamers that once visit
ed her daily, now land at another port.
Her wheels of commerce that once
rolled outall over the whole of West.
ern Texas, from the Colorado almost
to the Rio Grande, have long since
ceased to turn. Her palatial dwellings
where were found blended health,
wealth and intelligence, are now the
haunted homes of the bat and his in
separable companion, the owl. Yet
amid all of this gloom and solitude
she is lovely, for the hand of nature
has made her beautiful beyond de-
scription, which is out of the power
of man to destroy. Far better had it
been for Port Lavaca had she been
swallowed up by the waters of Mata-
gorda bay or burned to the ground by
the torch of an incendiary, than to
nave been left standing as she is, re-
mindiug each traveller as he passes by
of her former prosperity and her now
almost desperate state Of affairs. Ask
of ber few remaining citizens, why all
this ruin and desolation, and they will
point you to one man (Morgan) as the
sole author. Tell it not in Gath,
publish not this withering shame
among the nations Of the earth, least
they declare that railroads are a curse
to this country. But amidst their
own ruins, bereft of fortunes and es-
tates, in common misfortunes, they
still cling to Por, Lavaca.


But must change the subject, as
our motto is never to stick to one sub
ject or stay in one place any longer
than is agreeable to our feelings.


We stopped some time since at a
place where every one was going fish
ing, and of course we were invited to
90 with them. The old gentleman of
the house SAID that he had always
been very successful, his plan Of fish
ing being different from any other, and
haying proposed to give us lessons in
fishing, we finally consented to go
along. After the lines had all been
adjusted, the old man said that he had
always been in the habit of calling on
Superior power to assist him in catch
ing bis fish, aud if we didn't adopt the
same plan we would never become sue
cessful fishermen. But, said | to the
old fellow, suppose when you are down
upon your knees in humble supplica-
ton to that Superior power, large
fish runs away with your hook and
line? Well, he says, my dear boy,
have you never learned that in fishing
as 10 everything else, you must watch
as we'll as pray?" But this modus
operaDdi vas ot altogether consistent
with our former reputation for piety,
SO We left him TO cLteh his fsh in
ahs;eyer manner he might choose.


Iexpect this r. about as much Of
this stuff as you can stand at one time,
80 excuse lad spelliBg-jut It's a fool
that cant spell sEOrd bu: one Eay.


7. J.
Year: 1879

At popular store famous for the
prompt and polite attention OF is
clerks, a woman Of perhaps thirty
years was looking at goods when =
young man stepped toward her and
asked: Is any one waiting upon you,
Wig. what a question I've beea
married these ten yesrs."
Year: 1879

WHO OwNs Ir;-The question has
been frequently raised to whom does
money. umbrellas, packages, canes or
other lost articles OF value found in any
public conveyance, belong-the owner OF
the public conveyance or the finder: In
the opinion of the Philadelphia Ledger
it is an important consideration to start
with that such an article does not belong
to the proprietor of the place, or public
CONVEYANCE where found. The finder OF
.anv property astray j. bound to do what
he can to seek the owner and return 1t to
him; but until the owner, or some one
legally entitled to appear for him, IS pro-
duced, the finder can hold It against the
world. Before any one can question the
title of the finder he must have some
color of title himself The journal ot
Commerce, being asked a similar ques-
ton, that of finding lost money IN a
public passage way, answers that 1T IS
very common for shopkeepers 10 insist
that money found on the shop floor or IN
passage ways shall be left with them un-
Ill the owner is discovered, and adds
that such a case was tried III England,
and decided that the finder who picked up
the money from the floor had a title as
discoverer against the shopkeeper, who
did not pretend that the money was his
own. The question has also been settled
in this country establishing the title OF
the finder against every one but the own
er.
Year: 1879

4 Paris correspondent Of the Philadel-
phia Times writes: The ex-Empress
of France is said to be one of the richest
widows in England In addition to her
Hungarian estate she has a castle in
Spain and a nice place in Switzerland.
But hard cash is what comes most useful
TO dethroned soyercigns who hope to re-
turn, and Of this the Empress has long
had an abundance. Il is estimated III
Paris that she is worth at least a million
sterling. Only recently she sold a large
block of house property the Rue d Alba,
in Paris. and NJ. Rouher's house, well
known political centre at the corner Of
the Rue de rElysee, was hers. in her own
right, and was sold last year for fl5,OOO.
The death of the Prince adds to her prop
ertv. since he left to her considerable
amount of landed property in Italy, as
well as the Toulouse property, bequeathed
to him by the grisly General who had
been cqucrry 10 the Prince when he tod
died about the corridors Of the Tulllcries
nearly three feet high, and weighted with
the miniature uniform of a colonel IN the
Ccntc Garde. This vast property was no
incumbrance to the Empress while she
had a son to live and scheme for. 1t was
drained pretty freely by the BonapartiSt
organs Of the press in France The Or
Dire and the Pays were layishly supported
by the Empress, and she also drew hand
some checks in favor of the reduction Of
the Gaulois. The need for keeping these
fires warm is now dead. The Empress
is not likely to keep newspapers alive to
work for her good cousin Jerome; she
will not, however, find her riches an en-
barrassmcnt as long as the priests have
ready access to her \ newspaper sup
plies large outlets for supertaous cash,
but think on the whole, the church can
hold its own in rivalry Of this character,
and a good churchwoman like the I'm
press will not find occasion to distress
herself for means of disposing Of the IN
tercst, and eventually the capital, Of 4
million sterling
Year: 1879




3 Profanity is another evil 10 which
unhappily, many otherwise worthy and
excellent youDg men are addicted
Surely they have not thought how un'
emily this practice is. 1t is indulg.
ed, too, by men Of such position and
standing that, unlike some other evil
practices, it is committed without
shame, and Is unattended by the ap'
prehension Of losing caste into society.
In fact, it is so common that some per
sons seem to fancy that 1t a is necessary
establishment OF colloquial style. Yet
it is really disgusting practice. Few
persons ever fall into 1t who did not
shudder at the first oath. Like every
other sad thing, itgrows.


The feeling Of uneasiness subsided
after the frequent repetition Of oaths
and In q little while the habit became
fixed, and was then Excused because 1t
was habit. But losing the sense OF
It's ilnpropriety did not make it less i'm
proper and sinful. Besides, 1t Is a most
Improbable habit. There Is no appe-
tits or propensity which it Feeds; there
is no pleasure and advantage to beg gain
ed by 1t; there is no assertion made by
the lips that can be rendered more vera
cious or certain by the addition OF an
oath. Looking at 1t only from the side
Of natural ethics it is not only unprof-
table but absurd and foolish.


Yet many sensible men, and men
who in other respects are honorable and
" orthy of esteeme, have this bem'sh
Oh their character. Some excuse them
selves on the ground that they never
swear except when they are irri'ated
and that then they cannot help 1t. This
confession ought to c,nince them
at once of the moral turpi,ude of the
practice. But there is point OF awful
solemnity from which it should be
viewed.


II it is displ-asng to God to take his
name in vain, and TIE Decalogue as
sures us that it is, then it il a practice
that a young nan should abhor and
shun. Cleanse your way then OF all
profanity. THE OLD MAN.
Year: 1879

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Our Children's Wool Hosiery just reduced in price


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And will gladly most COMPLETE stocks
Hosiery int the United States matched exoept
possibly ina the goods must re-
suit
Year: 1879

An advertisement of a gas-cooking
contrivance says: "Don't roast woman
over red hot stove" We never do.
The best plan is to build fire in the
back yard and roast her on spit a la
cannibal. You thereby prevent the
several rooms in the house from be.
coming impregnated with the odor OF
cooking, have no fat flying all over the
kitchen tlsor, and have your woman
evenly cooked all the way through. A
red hot stove burns them too much and
spoils the flavor.


A darkey was once attempted to steal
a goose, but dog raised all objection
and Sarnbo retired The next night
during thunder shower, he attempted
it again, and just as he was on the
point of getting away with his fowl the
tightening struck close by and the
nciss nearly frightened the poor fellow
to death. Dropping the goose, he star.
ted away, muttering, "Pears to me
dar's heap Of fuss made about one old
goose! !"


Parties who 60 out in balloons are re-
ouestsd to unload their sand-bags in
homeopathic doses. A citizen recent
ly stopped a five pound bag with his
hat, and now his hat isn't any good
and his friends had to dig the sand out
of him before they could get up re-
spectacle funeral, and the mud ran off
the ice and spoiled the new parlor car
pet.


gentleman in New Orleans was
sgreesbly surprised to find a plump
turkey served up for his dinner, and
inouir ed of his servant how it was OBJ.
tain.d. "Why SIR" replied Ssmbo,
"dst turkey has been roosting on our
fence tree nights; so dis morning seize
him for de rent OBJ de fence"


Fashionable wifs-"Good Heavens,
George you are not going out to din
ner like that" Athletic Husband
"Just amt |, though! Look here,
Maria, Pll grant you your neck and
shoulders and your pretty face, but l
think l beat You in the arms; and if 80,
why shouldn't show as much Of them
as you do.'


A London correspondent informs us
that the peach bloom Oh the cheeks OF
Mrs. Langtry,' the famons London
beauty, "does not fade, nor will it rub
off," The same thing can be said of
the bloom on the nose Of the Prince of
Wales, one Of her admirers.


Twas a mean man who slipped his
hand between the heads Of young
man and young lady in the front seat
as a train entered tunnel. He said
afterwards the young mans beard was
very stiff, but the pressure on the
other side of his hand felt like the tips
of a fur tie.


He was disgusted boy. He had
exercised great caution and had finally
succeeded in crawling unobserved un-
der the canvas into the tent. And he
found it was not circus, but revival
meeting in progress.


Seventeen persons were poisoned by
lemonade at picnic at Lanes
borough, Mimi, the other day. Some
scoundrel must have put some lemons
and sugar in 1t.


II is better to be caught out in
thunder storm with another mans UNI
brella than to b. caught in an ice
cream saloon with another mans wife.


Never do anything to distract the at
IGNITION Of a man who is managing the
garden hose.
Year: 1879




Special Correspondence Of The 7Ti5une-


New YORK, July 2.-Before next season Is
two months old. there is going to be chance
for good reliablc obituary-Writer to do some
fipc work on departed combinations To the
rank and file of the theatrical profession next
winter is sure to be the most disastrous OF any
In dramatic history. More companies are now
being made up to take the road on dead GER
tainty that they will have to come back BY that
cheerful process known as travelling "on their
trunks ~ than there we're ever before nomad
combinations OF any kind whatever. Every
one-horse actor in the land who happens at some
remote time to have maGe something OF lit III
certain part Is going to star next season;
.supported By bis own powerful organization"
Peope who would be fair leading men anu
women in stock theatres, but who are utterly
ridiculous as the main features OF an entertain
ment, are springiug up like mushrooms on all
sides. They all think they are going to pull IN
tremendous fortunes by their ventures, aud
every one OF them imagiues that his or her COM
pauy will be one OF the few to stick through tue
whole season.. They are all laying ont
routes and booking dates throughout the coun-
try, and am willing TO bet that not one-tcntn
of them will hold together eight weeks.


The combination system, which has been Tor
a number of years gradually eating its way into
the heart of theatrical affairs, is going to hang
itself with its own rope within the next twelve
months. Actors aud managers will become
wiser and scedier by the lesson they receive.
And some OF the companies who ''foot It "
back to New York may possibly make some
money by getting up pedestrian matches on tue
strength OF such speed rs may be developed by
their enforced marches through the country


There are men in Gotham who make it
business to take out companies and not pay
salaries. have in my mind 81


4 CERTAIN SUAvE LITTLE CHAP


who for number of years has regularly taken
the road with big promises and every appear
aucc Of soIidity. His way is to get his conbloa-
tion as far as possible from New York in the
Year: 1879

ready and willing to 90 on. The officers
of the road came OF their own accord to
the prosecuting witness, and proposed
that they should pay all costs, together
with the fees OF the lawyer employed by
the prosecuting witness, and close the
case. He accepted this proposition, as
it was practically winning the case. Had
the Street Railroad entertained the least
idea of being successiulin their defense,
they would not have paid the whole
thing nm
Year: 1879

George Thompson of Philadelphia, is
a good looking young man, wears fine
clothes and sports the cutest kind of a
mustache. George came recently from
Philadelphia and put up at private
boarding house on West Third street.
The first week he paid down his board
bill like ali honest man. The next week
he wasn't quite so honest and he stood
'em off" as our informant expressed it.
The third week he did the same thing,
and lis land lady becoming suspicious
and unpleasantly impertuneous he left.
He stated that he was to work for Mr..
Seeds on the new houses of Mr.. Cause,
and also said that he was waiting the
appearance of his wife, and that he
and she were the unfortunate victims
of diversity; that they had been veal
thy but by sudden caprice compare
tive poverty followed. lie is said to be
still in town looking around for new
boarding house.
Year: 1879

Hon. A. A. Lesueur Is the editor of
the Lexington Intelligencer, represents
his county in the legislature, and is
chairman of the committee on peniten-
tiary. In the contest over the bill con-
trolling and governing the management
OF this mammoth state Institution in the
lower house last week, he covered him
self with glory, and well deserved to
wear the mantle of success, which tell
so gracefully over his shoulders when
the success of his bill was secured by
its final passage. A true journalist, a
faithful servant of his people, and an
honest legislator. he deserves well of
his state. = a The final passage of this
bill in the house is mainly due
to the exertions of Captain A.
A. Lesueur, of Lafayette county. edi-
tor of the Lexington IntellIgencer. He
has worked faithfully and energetically
at this measure during the entire ses-
sion until its passage. AS chairman oil
the committee on penitentiary, he has
been able to know all the wants and ne
cesslties of this mammoth state elephant
and he is satisfied that under thie new
law the state will be protected and the
opportunities tor plundering by evil dis.
posed persons will be entirely cut off
Capt. Lesueur's speech pending the mo
tion to engross the bill was an able ant
exhaustive argument that none of hi


opponents attempted to answer; it wa


clear. torcible and convincing. Evi
IDENTIFY our journalistic friend has enter


ed on bright career in the politics Q


the state, and deserves wen OF her peo
ple.-(Clinton Democrat.
Year: 1879

Gen. Fremont's scheme tor flooding
that part OF Colorado desert lying In
southern California. is attracting a great
deal OF attention 1t is argued that ages
ago the basin. of which Dry lake is the
lowest point. was part OF the gulf OF
California. The sediment carried down
by the Colorado river finally collected at
what was then the mouth of the river, in
such quantities as to dam off The north
ern arm of the guilt AS the waters in
this isolated sea slowly evaporated, and
as there was no inflow, the result was
the desert OF sand now seen Dry lake
is about 800 feet below the level OF the
sea. The basin is about $50 miles long
and 30 wide. Between this and the head
OF the gulf is thirty miles OF territory
just above the sea level. Gov. FIRE.
mont's scheme is to cut canal across
this strip of land and allow the waters
of the guilt to ill up the BASIN. He be-
lieves this is better plan than the one
proposed years ago to turn the Colorado
riv er into the desert. In this scheme
Arizona and Mexico are as much inter.
ested as California. The estimated cost
of cutting the canal is S1.OOO,OOO. A
gentleman who has travelled on horse.


back across the desert says he is of the
opinion that all the waters Ut the Pa
cific ocean will hardly saturate the sand


with moisture. He thinks it is dry anc


hot all the way through TO the othe,
! side.
Year: 1879

This is the time of kite flying, and the
boys are ready tor any novelty that will
add zest to the sport. A number OF years
ago some gentlemen discovered In a
book OF designs drawing OF kite that
should float in the air without the neces
sity OF tail balance. One of the gen.
tletnen constructed one, and when he
displayed 1t to his incredulous friends,
they derided his assurance that there
was go in it. The first attempt was a
failure. Indeed. if the kite doesn't rise
on the first sufficient gust of wind, it
should be discarded and second kite
made. The second attempt was deci-
ded success, so much so that as the er-
ratio thing cavorted beneath the empyr-
can. every body wondered what strange
creature of the air it might be. Recent
ly another one of the flyers was put up,
and it would have done one good to have
seen how delighted the boys of twenty
or thirty years ago were as the tailless
kite scared away into the blue depths,
now plunging eccentrically toward con-
tiguous dwellings,, aud again gracefully
swimming up toward the zenith. 1t is
intimated that tailless kite flying will be
the popular amusement for the ladies
who have not yet laid aside the joys of
childhood. For those who desire to try
hand at the novelty, we give brief direc-
tlons as to construction. The shape of
the kite IS what the boys call diamond
The cross-bar, which. in tail kites OF
the diamond pattern, is straight. should
be made OF hickory, and bowed by con-
Meeting the ends with taut string. 1t
should then be placed at right angles
with the perpendicular stick, and fast
ened securely. the bend Of the bow be-
ing backward from the intersection of
the sticks. Run string around over
the end of each stick, and cover the
frame with light tissue paper. For a
iour foot kite the perpendicular stick
should extend three feet below the point
of intersection with the bow, and one
foot above it. The bow should be one
and one-half feet long on each side OF
the point OF intersection with the perpcn-
dlcular stick. The belly cord should be
united at the point of intersection, and
at the same distance down the perpen-
dicular stick as the arms of the bow ex-
tend on each side OF the perpendicular
stick. The band is attached at only two


points, the point of intersection and a


point below, in the four foot kite men,
toned, one and one.half feet below the
intersection. Tie these two strings to-


gether, and attach the captive cord, bal.


ancing it so that the captive cord shall


be exactly opposite the point OF intersec'


ton. or at right angles with the perpen'


dicular stick frame. The face Of the


kite is then convex, and the back, o


course. corcave Ii at first you dom,


succeed, try again. This form of kit.


IS sometimes very eccentric, and u!


game rs willy fish.


Ex-Gov. Hubbard went to the cup


board to get his sweet daughter beau


but when he got there the cupboard wa


bare. and she off with the coachman die


90.