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A STORY OP THE
CHAPTER XV.
"Devotion wafts the mind above,
But heaven Itself descends In love."
Although RobHrtHagan had boaat-
eu to rifcior mat one man was as
good as anotlier, every day of his life
he hecaine more aware ihat William
Damarin was prpatly his superior.
And as the knowledge came to him
through observing the daily inter
course between Damarin and Bella,
it brought no pleasaiitsentation. He
had early habituated himself to con
sider her coo exalted almost for his
thoughts to reach. The conversations
between her and her friend in the
days when he was their bridle-boy
had too fully apprised him how high
she placed herself above the generali
ty of her fellow-creatures for him to
deem himself a fellow fit for a crea
ture such iu she. And however she
hail modified her notions since then,
he was accustomed to regard his sen
timents, toward her only as a sort of
adoration for a divinity. Yet lowly
as he placed himself on the steps of
her throne, it was hard to see her ap
proached as an equal by one whose
devotions were not worship very
hard.
Robert became melancholy. He
withdrew very much within himself
He retired oftener to his room, and
from the saddle-bags took the photo
graph and consulted itt as if for con
solation. The eyes were always kind,
looking out at him with even more
than kindness, but never with love.
About that time, the natural revul
sion from wickednetjs of all kinds,
engendered by a long war, having
produced a general awakening on the
subject of religion through the coun
try, the Rev. Mr. Adumsfall, the
Presbyterian minister who has been
named, feltit to be his duty to preach
up a revival in his church. He wasa
mild and amiable man. and though
holding severely to the Breckinridge
theology, was loath to resort to the
extreme measure of expounding it in
its fullness save in extreme cases.
But dancing and card-playing and
gayety. in other forms were becoming
so alarmingly prevnlent,-ysnmethitig
must be done. BesideBSoJher.congre
gations were enjoyingjrrevIvals.-Hand
the members of his didnot wish to be
out-done. , aga&fep
Robert was in a fitfr'tateu to be
biought under those influences which
prevail in a season of religious excite
ment. Little was needed to niHture
the d"poudency he ulready felt into
that condition of ripe despair whose
dark shadow ex ends iuto eternity,
entitling the despairing soul to a place
on the anxious seat, and whose react
ion properly directed becomes the re
ligious ecstasy. He was accordingly
one of the ver firt to be influenced.
Mr. ami Airs. Damarin were already
in the church. Their son and Bella,
though frequently attending on thf
preaching, did notseem to be touched
by it. Probably they were neither
gay enough nor sad enough to be ef
fected as they should. But Polly was
wheat ripe for the sickle, and with
hanging head and weeping eyes made
her way timidly to the fronton the
very evening when Robert arose and
told his "experience." Promoted af
ter tiiis to be an assistant in the good
work, it became his duty to question
Polly all about her sins, their number
and weight, promise consolation to
her, stand by and kneel by her, sing
anil pray for her and with her. Ami
an the attendance of the other mem
bers of the family gradually slacken
ed toward the close of the excitement,
he and Polly alone together went
faithfully every evening to enjoy their
new ly gotten religion. Polly declar
ed, with tears in her eyes, she had
never known happinet-s before. She
loved every step of the way to the
church, and every inch of the way
back ; and the distance was two and
a half miles.
Poor Polly! Pretty Polly !
His religion was a great consolation
to Robert. It stret.gthened him too.
Much as Polly loved her religion,
she did not forget other people. She
was ready at every opportunity to be
out of the wa3 when her brother and
Bella might be thereby left alone to
gether. Bella did not like this, and
reproved her for it, sometimes softly,
butsometitnes pretty sharply ; though
sometimes she did not appear to notice
the slipping away at all, or forgot to
reprove for it. Mr. and Mrs. Damar
in did the same as their daughter.
The truth is, they had al! set their
hearts on the match. But old Hector
had not set his upon it ; and old Hec
tor was there, and could not be sent
away. He was there in capacity of
dragon. He was there and here and
every where poping up from under
the edge of the river-bank, or step
ping nut from behind ti tree in the
orchurd or road, or approaching the
young people in the garden, to offer a
flower or fruit, when neither fruit nor
flower was wanted bolting into the
dairy and propoi-ing to help his young
mistress churn, in the absence of
Polly, who usually took turns with
her, or when unseen in some near
covert, whistling or singing or clean;
injj knives to make his neighborhood
known.
Pour Damarin! the task was suffi
ciently difficult to make hie approach-
GREAT REBELLION.
es to Bella's heart, and, supposing
that gained, to her hand, without be
ing hindered by the inopportune ne
sro. Twenty times he was near com
ing to the interrogation point, but
was as often baffled by the wayward
ness of the woman he loved, or the iu-the-waywarduess
of the black man
he hated.
At length the avowal came, and
the proposal, and though clumsily
enough-done a woman or a man not
in love could have done ten times as
well must be met. The3T were rid
ing home from church together at the
time, and had just turned into the av
enue. Bella remained silent.
"Did you hear me?" ho gasped, al
most inaudibly.
Bella was Pi lent. With an apple
twig, carried for a whip, she brushed
a portion of her horse's mane the
wrong way, then brushed it back
again to lite right side, then to the
wrong side again. The cause seemed
decided, and in favor of the suitor
"Speak !" he cried, gaining courage
and voice; "do speak, Bella! for
God's sake tell me yes!"
She slowly lifted her head, thathad
bent over the mane as she combed it,
and locked him full in the face with
eyes full of unmistakable love, more
of love than he had dreamed of before
as dwelling in woman or angel. His
accepted heart almost burst with joy.
"No, no," he said, "do not speak a
word. We know each other now,
Bella. Thank you, and thank God !"
And he put his arm about her waist
and kissed her, which can be very
well done on horseback, if the cava
lier is adroit that is to say if he rides
on the right side of his mistress and
?he is willing. After this Bella gently
detached his arm, aud said, in a per
fectly calm, though deep and strange
voice,
"But I must speak now, General
Damarin."
The voice was not Bella's, neither
were the words she was about to
speak. Utter them not! utter them
not! It is folly perversity, and bitter
pride, would use those beautiful lips,
warm mm their first luch2Jve
BeHa! Bella! close them firrnlyJuntil
your spell of evil shall haypased
oyer ! ' -V,
ftaln, come wet me; sun come dry me ;
uo way, wlille man, uon' como nigu me'
chanted Hector from a brokpn hay
stack be.ide the avenue, on the top of
which he was pretending to be at
work arranging a "cap" to shed a
coming rain, no signs of which were
visible, though. He was handling
the pitchfork in aTrantio way, toeing
the bay in every direction, while his
eyes and lips stuck out, and his great
no-trils dilated quite preternaturally.
The moment after Bella, turning her
head, caught sight of him, a mats of
the hay, which he had flung perpen
dicularly upward, descended on his
head aud shoulders, covering them
completely. Bella broke into a laugh
jtiul whipped her horse till he gallop
ed away from Damarin, who did not
overtake her until the horse block
was reached. There, as she continu
ed to laugh, while he could not for
his life command a smile, the advan
tage remained with her, and she es
caped into the house and got to her
room without a further word
Mrs. Dan arin and Polly, who were
on the look-out, and had seen the
way she alighted, aud her appearance
as bhe passed swiftly by them and as
cended the stairs, eagerly seized on
the general and hurried him into the
parlor that they might hear his re
port and enjoy every word of it, for
ihey felt sure he had succeeded. Nor
did the story lie had to tell, and which
he was forced to give in all its details
as the only way to make them com
prehend the exuet measure of his suc
cess, alter their opinion. Polly was
about to fly to the arms of her friend,
to welcome her as a sister; but her
mother restrained her, saying:
"You had belter not go yet, my
dear; she is not ready, perhaps, to
talk with you on this subject. And,
William, if you take mi' advice, you
won't press the matter any more for a
day or two, unless you observe the
signs to be entirely favorable."
Meanwhile Hector had knocked at
the locked door of Bella's chamber,
and knocked several times without
its being opened. At last he called
to her, and when she found it was he,
was admitted.
"Why. Hector, whatdoyou want?"
she inquired, with a most severe dig
nity. "Oh, missis Miss Bella!" he broke
out, "it won't nebber do it won't
nebber do in dis world."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"My young missis mustn't marry
no Yunkee ablishun officer. Tink ob
de 'spectnbility ob our family. Tlnk
wot ole missis say, s'posin' she was a
libbiu. Tink wot ole mossa saw
Tink wot Mass Ned, dat's gone dead
tink wot him say ; and den Mass
Charles, he shoot um. Miss Bella;
don't do um. Oh, Gorra mighty,
don't do u m !'
By tlits time the extravagance of
his words and manner, despite their
earnestnes-, made her begin tosmile.
"Why, my good old friend," she said,
"if I understand what you are talk
ing aboDt,' It Is something about
which I have not needed your advice.
There! you needn't say anything
more on the subject. You may go
now."
"I isn.ta-gwine to go," he persist
ed. "I mus' talk, an' I's gwiue to
talk. Nobody cep'n Hector's here
formin' hoonah, an' I no gwine for
to let hoonah do no shish wrong ting.
Dis yer family is berry good people.
But isn't no fuss family. Dey's got
land, hut dey never hab nary nigger,
no time. Dey's workin people, dey
is; dey isn't true an' true gentlemen
and ladies likeyourown. Dey neb
ber trabble wid coach-an'-fo' aud two
footman an' six outrider, like your
ole gran'fader b'longs to. Dey neb
ber keep,no race boss. Dey no put
uo trVe tousand dollar silber plate on
de table, like ole missis bMongs to.
Dey nebber fight no duel. Dey dun
no who is dere gran'fader. Dey isn't
'spectable, miosis; dey's low people."
' Hector .'stop talking in that way !"
cried'Bella in anger- "Don't let me
hear you say another word against
my friends. They are as good as I am
yes, and as respectable as any body.'
"Berry well, Miss Bella," he re
joined, in a solemn manner, as if
closing one chapter ami aboutopening
another. "Now I tell hoonah dis one
ting; an den I go. Dat night when
Mass Ned was shoot, Mass Charles
sen' me yer to dis house for to min'
hoonah. An Mass Charles 'e say,
Hector,' 'e say, 'dat ar dam Yankee
ablishunist officer 'e uo 'count. Meb
hy Miss Bella she. want for marry um
some day, den you tell Miss Bella,
case she marry um, I nebber speak to
she no mo." Dem berry word e say.
Now hoonah kin do wot hoonah like.
OleHectordone talk." And shaking
his head, ho walked solemnly aud
sulkily out of the room.
CHAPTER XVI.
"Mount! mount ! and to the rood, my men,
Right southward is the way;
We 11 follow to their farthest den
The robbers add their prey."
Early the next morning Robert and
Hector, each with a sack of corn on
his shoulder, started on their way
.across lots to the "out pasture," as a
field remote from the house was call
ed, to give the horses kept there their
daily feed of grain.
"Hector,"said Robert, as they went
along, "you haven't told meyet what
price I ought to ask for Major. If I
sell him, now is as good a time as any;
but I d n't know that I could bearwto
part with' him, even if anybody
woujd offer .me five hundred dollars.?!-,
. ..y-e
"Fibbhiindre.dj,dollar!"''exclHim3d
.Hector, contemptuously. , " W.ell, list
ready nnwi foe stalk. Dat boss he
go in two-tirly-fibe tree time last
week. Wit! a good weicle he kin go
in two-tirty, dats for sure. Hoonah
no kin sell um for any shish price as
a jockey kin, wot know how for cheat
properly. But if dat ar boss dunuo
fotch tree ton-and dollar, dou' sell
um, dat's all don' sell um."
"Three thousand dollars! Hector,
you don't say three thousand dol
lars?" "Tree thousand dollar; does you
yedily?"
Robert let his sack of corn slip to
the ground, and, feeling his knees
grow weak, sat down upon it.
"An', wot will hoonah buy wid de
money ? asked the old man, enjoying
the astonishment of the one whose
good fortune he had just announced,
and which he had in some sort him
self created.
Robert needed to think before ans
wering. Ho thought of a tour in Eu
rope. He thought of buying an inter
est in a steamboat. He thought of
studying for the mini.try. He tho't
of putting up a distillery to make oil
anil unlimited wealth, as they were
proposing to do at Flaming Rock.
But whatever castle in the air he
built, when he looked toward it to see
if Bella was there, he only saw her
enthroned above it, not within.
"Does you yeddy ?" said Hector.
Wot will you do wid dat tree tous
and dollar, s'posiij'you git um?"
"I think I'll buy a little farm,"
Robert answered, not caring to ex
pose to ridicule the plans and specifi
cation's of his castle-building.
"No. no ; don't buy no little farm.
Little farm for poor trash. Buy a
shop, an' keep it. Wear store store
close ebry day, an' make you'self
look dis zackly like a true an' true
gentleman. Den all de ladies come to
de shop for buy tings, an' fall in lub
wid de good-lookiu' shop-keeper.
Den" (confidentially) "hoonah kin
marry Miss Polly, an' hab big farm.
Whah ! whah ? whah !" And he let
his sack fall, and gave his whole body
up to laughing, after the manner of
his people.
The laughing accomplished, both
of them resumed their burdens and
approached the pasture fence, over
the lop of which the horses were al
ready reaching their heads expectant
ly, Having distributed the corn in
the several compartments of a large
trough, giving to each just six ears.
Hector add Robert both began to look
for the tl ree thousand dollar animal
they had just been talking about.
Major was not there!
Ho was not in the field. He was
gone ! The old man was aghast, and
the youth was stunned. His just dis
covered wealth, his long loved pet,
his pride, his hope, his tour to Europe,
his steamboat, his oil distillery, his
pulpit, his shop, his castle in the air,
had been stolen in the night. There
was no doubt to hang a hope on. Ma
jor's well-known hoof-tracks through
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the gate way into the road were easily
discerned. The gate had been care
fully closed on all the other inmates
of the pasture, and he, the prince of
them all, had aloie been taken.
On their returning to the house and
informing Mr. Damarin of the calam
ity, a council washeld. which came
to the conclusion tlmt the thief was
one of the famous Cavern Counfy
band, who ueveftouoheti'arty but
blooded animals, whiali they cplTeed
with enterprising rellarch through
out a large-portion' of the west, and
after secretingthem 'till pursuit blew
over, ran them off over the moun
tains to the New York market.
"And if one of them Cavern Coun
ty boys is got the colt," remarked the
Kentucky member of the council,
with a feeling of State pride natural
to Kentuckians. "you'd better not
foller hint very fur over the county
line, or you'll never get back your
self." "Dick is right," said Mr. Damarin.
"If you go where you have to fight
the gang, the odds will be against
you. How far would it be safe to fol
low the trail, Dick? You have been
all over the country, I believe."
"It's ten chances to one," said Dick,
"that the gentleman that's taken the
colt won't leave theriver till becomes
to a little road over the hill that takes
up just back of the first log house you
come to after 3ou pass Led berry's
Lauding, and leads into the county
froad by one of the forks of Broken
Jug Creek. If Bob kin get thar first
that is to say, if he kin get to go a
piece on the county road afore the
other gentleman turns into it, and
find a good ambush, I reckon the colt
may be captured with a .surprise.
That's the only chance I kin see, and
I don't think much of hit "
Here the whistle of the packet
sounded from down the river.
"There's the boat coming!" ex
claimed Mr. Damarin. "Has any
thing passed up during the night?"
Nobody bad heard anything except
tow-boats. "Then, Robert, suppose
you get right aboard the packet and
get off at Ledberry's Landing. Since
you tell me the hoof-prints were made
after the white frost came, I'm sure
the thief hasn't got more than two
hours the 6tart of you."
"But,', interrupted the general,
"two hours on Major's back are equal
.to four on a common horse."
"Don't you see? A thief that runs
oil a horse by daylight dare not.ride
at full speed, and must double about,
too. That fellow has crossed the
river, or willTcross it, back and forth
nevprnl timps . hptwpun tins nnil Tieri-
' T . "4 - .
berry s. ioiertpif you want to pur
sue your property, take any of the
horses you choose ; but! would advse
you to go by boat, and she will be
here in ten minutes. I beg you be
cautious my boy. Is anybody going
with you? Don't you want to go
alone. Dick?"
But Dick had left .Kentucky for
reasons which still remained valid
aud good in law, and pleaded rheu
matism. Old Hector, however, vol
unteered. "Somebody must go,'! he
said, "to fotch back Miser Robert,
case him moot go too fur." And
Hector also was provided with a good
mount.
While the horses were being sad
dled, Polly drew near to her father
with,
"Father, it isn't safe, you know it
isn't, for Robert to go among those
dreadful people. Do don't let him
gi, ; please don't."
"He must judge for himself, my
dear. The poor fellow has his all at
stake. That colt is worth a small
farm ; and if he's the man I take him
to be, he won't give it up without a
chase. I have a good deal of confi
dence in Hector's prudence. What a
true friend that old darkey is, eh ?"
Polly, in a most embarrassing dis
tress, which dared not declare itself,
next went und expostulated with
Robert. But he was desperate.
"If I don't come back with that
colt under me, Miss Polly," he said
"I don't want to come back at all."
The general offered Roberta revol
ver aud ammunition, but he declined,
saying he would rather be shot than
shoot. Hector took them, however,
remarking that he would "heap rud
der shoot dan be shot." At the last
moment, before the went on the boat,
Polly came running down the bank
with the eaddle-bags, which she had
taken from where they hung over
Robert's bed, and filled to their ut
termost capacity with provisions for
the journey. After thanking her for
her kind providence, the first thing
Robettdid was to ascertain that the
miniature had received no hurt from
having the half of a boiled ham
thrust down upon it.
About three hours later the pursu
ers were put off at Ledberry's Laud
ing, which was twenty-five miles
above Stone House, and in one min
ute more were galloping with all pos
sible speed on the county road, which
led away from the river and toward
the hills in a southeasterly direction.
Hector was the better mounted of the
two, which was fortunate, for other
wise he would have been left behind
by his hotly impatient companion,
who had been suffering perfect tor
ment from the delays of the boat in
making her half-dozen stoppag'es on
the way up, and now whipped his
horse furiously. In about three miles
from the landing the3 came to where
a bridle-path intersected the road,
coming in on the left, and each
leaped from his horse to examine the
ground, and eaclr immediately recog
nized the hoof-prints of poor Major.
"Too late, Misser Robert," said
Hector. "Less go back.'' "
"Go back if you want to, Hector;
but I am going forward.1'
"Now, now, lobk yer, Misser Rob
ert; way's de use? Major got the
start n we, an' sure's deLord we neb
ber ebtcb um."
"We can catch him." cried Rob
ert, already IrTthesaddle, atjd trying
to clear his bridle from Hector's dou
ble grip. "Before hn gota9 far as this
Major must have gone thirty miles,
and that without any corn, while our
horses haven't gone three. Then
those tracks are as fresh as if made
only a moment ago. Let me go, I
say
t
And off ho dashed followed by the
other, who found It hard work to
overtake him. For two hours more
they continued to press their steeds
without either one saying a word to
the oth'er, though the npg'ro would
now and then mutter somewhat to
himself in his Carolina patois. At
the end of that time he recommended
his companion to unbuckleone of the
bags and eat "some o Miss Polly's
grub." "Do Lord bless do sweet
chile!" he added, as Robert, though
far from being hungry himself, rec
ognized in the request a suggestion
that his companion was, aud handed
him a liberal supply, which he man
aged to eat while bis horse galloped.
Up to this time but three travelers
had been encountered ; and though
each of these was accosted and inqui
red of, from neither of them was any
information obtained. One had been
passed by a horseman going at a
rapid trot, but the horse was a bay,
and not a 6orrel. Another had come
into the road, and had seen nobody at
all. Tho third, who had traveled a
long distance at a slow rate, had met
and been passed by so many, he could
not recollect whether he had seen any
thing answering to tho descriptit n
of Major or not. This one remarked
that "them horse-thief gentlemen are
sharp enough to dodge out of the way
of folks they want to avoid ; and that
is right easy done in a woody country
like this yer."
When Hector had entirely finished
his dinner, in eating which ho had
fallen behind his companion to en
joy a decorous privacy, be wiped his
mouth aud cheeks, aud recovered his
place in front. Then he began to
look about him. The steep, rough
hills among which they had entered
soon after leaving Ledberry's Land
ing had gradualty softened' iuto others
of more gentle ascent, and the clear
ings, no longer confined to the nar
row creek bottoms, were scattered
over slopes and summits as well. The
road mounted and descended with an
easier grade, and farms of consider
able extent came into view. Having
observed well the landmarks, the old
man turned his attention to the fea
tures of Robert, to observe how far
the long hard ride had tempered him
down to bear a serious expostulation ;
for the time had com for his friend
to make a resolute effort to arrest the
dangerous pursuit. Taking advan
tage of a long ascent which compelled
them to walk the horses, he began by
calling attention to their fatigued con
dition, then to the lateness of the
hour (though it was not much past
noon), then to tho badness of the road
(though it was really ti good deal bet
ter than it had been.) Finally, turn
ing aud looking Robert in tho face,
lie abruptly asked, "Wha' for hoonah
no shoot ?"
to be contintjkd.
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The Centennial.
'Is you gwlne down to dat meetln'
at de church to-night?' asked Si,
when ho met Pete at the Kimball
House corner.
'What meetln' is dat?'
'De cents tenyal meetln'.'
'Is dat some new-fangled kind of
pertracted meetiu dey's gettin' up
round hyar?' asked Pete.
'No, you ignant nigger! Dis hyar
fa a meetin' about de celebration obde.
Fo'th ob July Iudemancipation Dec
lyrashun next year at Fillimudelfy,
and dey calls it de cents-tenyal, kase
all de nigger isn't suspected to gib
roor'n 10 cents to'rds de ixpenses !'
'No, dis nigger aint gwine, kase dat
is some more ob dat tom-foolishness
whar dey swindles a nigger on sibil
rites, and gits 'em into dese hyar ins
kurreptions! I'd rudder spend my
dime for a prize-box wid a tin bre3-pin
in it. I would.'
Si thought a minute and then said :
'I bleeves you's got me on de hip,
Pete.'
And they both went their ways.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Methodist Missionary General
Conference have just resolved that
the appropriation for 1876 shall be
limited to $075,000. Of this sum
$195,000 is to be appropriated for for
eign missions.
'Jim Henry,' said his wife with sto
ny severity, 'I saw you coming out of
a saloon this afternoon.'
Well, madam,' replied the obdur
ate Jim, 'you wouldn't have me slay
iu there, would 3'ou ?'
my . p
My native city ha3 treated me bad
ly,' said a drunken vagabond, 'but I
love her still.' 'Probably.' replied a
gentleman, 'her still is all that you do
love.'
Two heads are better than one, from j
a hatter's point-of view.
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Bewildered Democrats.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
GeneraKJrant is a terrible thorn (a
thesido of democratic politicians, ad'
nothing that he haaone has ao sore
ly perplexed them as his recent mes
sage. They seem to stand In helpless
despair, not knowing which way to
turn. We hardly think ;that the ad
vice now vouchsafed to the democrat
ic party by the leaders was everparal-'
leled before. Generally the course for
the opposition to pursue has been
plain. They had nothing to do but
antagonize whatever the republicans
proposed. But It has actually come
to a point where they dare not.do
this, aud they are extremely wretch
ed about it. It Is intensely amusing
to watch the efforts of these shrewd'
old politicians to get around the Pres
ident's recommendations regarding
the publio schools, and the taxation
of church property. It is rendered
still more amusing by tho fact that in
discussing tho proposition they ate
constantly coming to blows among
themselves. Forlnstance.one newspa-"
per opposes the recomendationsof, the
President, aud calls upon the derno
cratio party to combat the proposition,
because it is an attempt to punish the
Roman Catholics. Hardly do we
read this before wo seo iu another
democratic paper, the World, the fol-"
lowing :
"The truth is that the new burdens
the President seeks to impose'on reli
gious bodies In this country would fall
with most force upon bis own friends,
the Methodists having some $10,000,
000 moro of property to be mulcted
than any other denomination. It
would be Bad If the exhibition of
these facts should induce Bishop Ha
ven and his two hundred followersto
reconsider their recommendation,"
The democratic organ in Cinoinnatl
declared last week that the presi
dent's plan was an effort to establish
a "state religion," while bis obronlo
reviler in Chicago has been moaning
over the fact that it was a plan to pro
scribe all religious bodies and "heath
enize'1 the public schools. In' the
midst of this, up pops a democratic
club In Washington and indorses the
presidential proposition, thereby ar
raying itself against its fellow demo
crats who were preparing to attack the'
plan. To make confusion worse con
founded, tho New York Herald of
Friday points out the fact that the
proposition of the president Is aclever
trap to catch democrats, and It warns
them not to step into it. It says the
only way to avoid not being caught is
to turn in aud support the plan with
all their might and main. The Pres
ident hopes, it continues, that they
will epposo and make war upon his
suggestion. If they do, he will have
the very issue he wonts upon which'
to go before the country. Now, what,
is a poor, distracted democrat to do?
Has it como to this that the only way
I to beat the republican p resident is to
carry out hl3 recommendations moro
vigorously than his own party friends
can do it? Verily, It looks as If the
political miiienlum might bo at hand.
And let it be marked well, for it is an
exceptionable occurrence, that the
worst that can be said against the
president's suggestion Is, that ho has
proposed a plan that will entail a
greater burden on his own religious
denomination than on any other:
Barrels 3Iade of Taper.
It Is very probable that paper will
soon largely supercede wood as a me
terial for barrels. The paper Is made of
straw, is very strong, and the barrels,
being of a uniform cylinder, can
be stowed away without loss of space.
No hoops ore required, though they
may be used w'here rough handling
Is expected. Iu some recent experi
ments paper barrels have shown re
markable Btrength, and resisted heavy
inside pressure without bursting.
They are not only made watertight,
but impervious to air or moisture,
saving their contents from being af
fected by odors in cellars or the holds
of vessls. The cylinderical form, also,
gives great advantage in handling
these barrels, rolling in astraight line,
whilo the stave barrel, from 'its shape,
always rolls into one corner. Mural
New- Yorker.
X Tough Foot.
They tell.bigetoriesabouttbo tough
feet of tho Louisiana darkies, but the
Vicksburg negro is' always ready to
compete for the medal. One of them
entered a blacksmith shop the other
day to sell a horee-sboe, and he plac
ed his foot on a piece of hot Iron just
cut from a bar. It was a full minute
I before the heat struck in, and then he'
gave a leap over the anvil, and utter-
r-eaa terrioie yen. The smith askea
him to explain, and the darkey res
ponded: 'Why, I'ze bin etaudin'ondatpiece
ob red-hot iron !'
'And you didn't know it?'
No. notzactly . but I smelt sunth-'
in kinder curus for a good while, but'
I fought dere was a dead boss around'
here somewhar!'
The cold weather i3 at hand ; now
hover over the stove, and avoid fresh
air and exercise, If" you would never'
see spring again.
Omnibuses originated in Paris la'
1827. The other kind of busses, which,
are specially desired by young men
and maidens, were discovered some
years previously.
It is impolite to say a' man
hsa
J "cheek ;" eay "fanciful 'area."
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