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Time to Xr.
Tlrae to me this truth hath tanght,
Tia a truth that's -worth revealing :
More oSend from want of thought.
Than from any- want of feeling.
If advice wevrould convey.
There's a time vre should convey It,
If we've but a word to say.
There's a time In which to say It !
Many a beauteous flower decays,
Though we tend It e'er so much:
Something secret on It preys,
"Wnich no.buman aid can touch f
So, In many a loving breast,
Lies someleanker-grief concealed
That, If touched. Is more oppressed.
Left unto Itself la healed.
Oft, unknowingly, the tongue
Touches on a chord so aching
That a word or accent wrong
Fains the heart almost to breaking.
Many a tear of wounded pride.
Many a fault of human blindness,
Had been soothed, or tnm'd aside,
By a quiet voice of kindness !
Time to me this truth hath taught,
Tls a truth that's worth revealing:
More offend from want of thocght.
Than from any want of feeling.
Charles llacktzy.
Jacob Lokr and the Panthers.
One event in the life of Jacob Lobr
qaalified him, in my opinion, to be
mustered into the army of "Wide
Awakes."
He was a native of the Mohawk
Valley, near Schenectady , New York,
and when about twenty years old,
with hia vonne wife, Polly, emigra
ted to the wilds of Western Pennsyl
vania. This was more than seventy
years ago, when the magnificent for
ests of that region afforded some of
the finest hunting-grounds in Ameri
ca. Here Jacob began clearing a farm,
built a log dwelling-house, planted
corn and potatoes, and in a few years
became a thriving pioneer.
But the pride of his forest farm was
his pigs. He had built a Btrong pen
of logs, with a heavy door, in order to
protect them in the night from wild
animals. It stood about five rods
from the bouse, near the brook, just
across which, and not thirty feet from
the city, was the edge of the dense
natural forest.
During the day they were permit
ted to ioam at large in the woods, eat
ing nuts, by which they fattened for
the larder; but when night approach
ed they were called and zealously se
Eecured In the pen, a practice which
soon tanght the pigs the habit of ear
ly retiring. Gradually, however, ilr.
XiOhr's punctuality in this matter
abated, until one evening it had be
come fairly dark ere he went to shut
them in. As he walked down the
beaten path, a rustling in the adja
cent bushes made him think that the
pigs might be still out; and to satisfy
himself on the point, be entered the
pen and felt around, saying as he did
so, "One, two, three all here." Then
as he turded to the door, he wondered
what caueed the rustling across the
brook. But as he stooped to go out,
his wonder was threateningly ans
wered by a low growl from a dark
crouching object, only two or three
steps in front of him.
With swift hands he elosed the
door, shutting himself in ; and none
too eoon. for instantly a heavy ani
mal leaped on the roof over bis head
and began fiercely scratching at tbeJ
cover. At the same time a mewing
at the door, and a snaffling at the side
of the pen showed him that he wax a
prisoner, with at least three panthers
as bis jailers. But, unlike jailers gen
erally, these were more eager to get
their captive out than to keep him in ;
while the prisoner. Instead of wish
ing to "break jail," was anxious not
to do so.
AH night long he was a "Wide
Awake," as were also the pigs, for the
panthers were growling and scream
ing, scratching and digging around
and upon the pen, trying to tear It to
pieces and seize the occupants. Al
though feverishly excited, he feltquite
secure, because the sty was so sub
stantially built.
Yet such lodgings and neighbors,
within or without, would not tend to
produce very placid slumbers, even if
the walls were cannon-proof.
Various planB were tried by Polly,
bis wife, who bad become aware of
the situation, to drive away the crea
tures, but in vain.
She held a torch where it shone to
ward the pen; she screamed through
the narrow casement, and rattled a
tin pan at the animals; but she did
not know how to load and fire the
gun ; and as to going outside the door,
it is doubtful if even the boldest
hunter, well armed, would have dared
so much at night, in the face of a
whole family of hungry panthers.
Meanwhile, Jacob kept up a lively
interest among his jailers.
Discovering that they had scratched
at some of the larger cracks between
the logs, until they could thrnst in
their noses, he peeled a piece of tough
bark from the side of the pen, and be
gan striking at them, giving them
many stinging blows.
And afterward, when relating the
story, he would laugh heartily at re
membering the sneezing, snarling
and grumbling this occasioned. Al
though he had so much to keep him
excited, the night seemed very long.
At last, however, the daylight be
gan to dawn, and he heard his jailers
mewing and purring together as if in
council, and then all was silent all
around the pen.
Half an hour later Polly called to
him that they were gone away. -
BKOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THUESDAY, MAECH 20, 1879.
It was with extreme caution, how
ever, that he opened the door a little
and peered out.
A panther is like a cat rn slynesa or
cunning, watching stealthily for prey
and springing upon it in the most un
expected way.
And eo, before he ventured out, he
scanned with sharp eyes the edges of
the woods across the brook ; for he
did not fancy being the mouse for
these three great cats. Satisfying
himself as well as be could that the
way was clear, he sprang forth, closed
the door quickly behind him and
rushed for the house. But no panth
ers appeared ; they had probably re
tired Into the deep shadows of the
hemlocks.
"Hia "Wide-Awake" night was
ended.
Upon investigating the scene of the
night's operations, he found the sty
amazingly ecratched and gnawed in
many places, proving the strength of
tooth and nail and the ferocity of his
jailere. Several long deep gashes on
one of the pigs showed where a pan
ther bad thrust in his paw by a crack
and tried to seize a victim.
But my story is only half told.
An old adage says, "It Is a poor rule
that won't work both ways ;' and so
thought Jacob. He resolved In the
morning, tna ir tne creatures should
come back the next night, as they
would be quite apt to do, be would
turn the tables and try to teach them
the pleasure of being imprisoned in a
pig-sty.
Anybody who has lived in a region
infested by carnivorous animals
knows how they prowl around the
settler's cabin the night after any fat
animal, cattle or swine, is killed, for
the meat. They snuff the blood from
afar in the forest, and hasten to the
place to have a tooth, or a paw, in the
division of the spoils. Knowing this
peculiarity of panthers, Jacob and
Polly held a consultation, and as it
was about time in the autumn to
make pork of the pigs, they decided
to perform that work during the day.
The scent of blood would serve as a
double inducement for his visitors to
return.
So, in the afternoon, the task was
done, the pen and vicinity being the
scene of the slaughter, and all the
bloody tidbits placed inside the door. '
Every such thing was arranged to at
tract the animals into the sty, if pos
sible. The meat was placed safely in
the garret of the house.
The, door of the pen was so con
structed as to open and shut some
thinglike the lower sash of awindow,
by sliding up and down, a peg hold
ing it open by day and closed by
night. When the door was open, this
peg had only to be pulled out to let it
shut down like a flash ; and, being
shut, no animal could open it. Jacob
went along the brook and obtained a
quantity of bark from the moosewood
Dircapalu8tri8), of which he made a
strong cord, long enough to reach
from the pen to the bouse. One end
of this he tied tightly to the peg that
supported the doer, and the other he
made fast inside the bouse.
When night came, he was ready for
visitors.
Stationing themselves at the win
dow, he and Pojly watched and list
ened. Hardly had it become dark, when
they beard the mewing of the panth
ers, at no great distance, in the forest.
Persons who are familiar only with
the mewing of ca'ta, have little Idea
how a panther's stronger, but similar
voice will ring through the woods.
In a little time they distinctly heard
oneoftbem leap upon the pen, and
begin scratching as the night before ;
and in a moment more, by the confin
ed eonnd of purring and growling, it
was evident they had entered the sty
and were disputing over the morsels
of meat.
Then Jacob gave the bark cord a
vigorous jerk and they heard the door
drop.
I suppose it would be Impossible to
describe the excitement of Polly and
Jacob at this moment, but the girls
and boys can imagine something of it.
They did not dare to go out to see if
tbey had caught the panthers, lest
having failed, the panthers might
catch them.
Before morning, however, they
were sure enough that one or more
was captured, for there was a great
deal of smotheredhowling, just as it
would sound from anima!sBhut in a
pen.
Previous wakefulness made sleep
necessary during most of the night,
but at daybreak they were astir and at
the casement to catch the first possi
ble glimpse of the eituation. A3 it
became light enough, they discovered
a huge, handsome panther stretched
out on the roof of the pen, her head
lying across her paws, like a cat
asleep. By this they knew that oth
ers were confined inside, for whose
escape this one was waiting. It was
but a brief task for Jacob, who was a
good marksman, to point his rifle
through the window and give her its
contents. Without a struggle the
splendid animal straightened her
powerful limbs and died. Eeloading
his gun, Jacob walked cautiously to
ward the pen, watching in evsry di
rection, lest there might be another
one outside ready to spring upon him,
but seeing none he went up and peer
ed through a crack.
At once two pairs of eyes flashed at
him, and fierce growls remonstrated
against the state of affairs.
Had Barnum flourished in those
days, Jacob might have found a mar-j
ket for the animals alive, but as it !
m iff f flfSltt
was he regarded it safer to shoot them
as quickly as possible, through a
crevice between the logs.
Upon placing the dead animals side
by side near the house, he discovered
that they were mother and full-grown
kittens, all very large and plump,
with thick, glossy fur.
I have only to add that he was paid
by the State a bounty of twenty-four
dollars apiece for killing the panthers,
which was quite a fortune for a pio
neer in those days. Their red-brown
skins, sewed together, made a larger
and nicer lap-robe than the hide of
any buffalo; and years after, with
Jacob's children, I took many a
slelgb-rfde under this warm covering.
Bea'.I. JO. JBeman, in Wide-Awake.
CHAEilXG BIBDS.
Tke Tfeaderfal X&nctic Power of a
Little Western Girl.
From the Forest, Ohio, Review.
We. learn from a correspondent that
there resides in the vicinity of Har
risburg, an out-of-the-way place in
Hancock county, about three miles
west of Mount Blancbard, a very re
markable child only five years old,
who seems to have the power of
charmiag birds at will. Her mother
first noticed this strange fascination
the child possesses about a year ago.
Thelittlegirl waa out playing in the
door-yard among the bevy of snow
birds, and when she would speak to
them they would come and light up
on her, twittering with the utmost
glee. On taking them on her hands
and stroking them the birds, instead
of trying to get away from their fair
captive, eeemed to be highly pleased.
and when let loose would fly away a
short distance and immediately re
turn to the child again. She then
took several of them into the bouse to
show her mother, who, thinking that
she might hurt them, took the birds
and put them out doors, but no soon
er was the door opened when the
birds flew in the room and lit upon
the grlrs head and began to chirp.
The birds remained about the premis
es all winter, flying to the little girl
whenever the door was opened. The
parents of this remarkable child be
came alarmed, believing that this
strange power was an ill omen, and
that that much dreaded visitor, death,
waa about to visit their home. But
(death dldjiot come, and during last
summer tho childiaad-caaaaroaa petS
from the birds. The ohild handles
the birds so gently that a humming
bird once in her hand, does not fail to
return. This winter a bevy of birds
have kept her company, and she plays
with them for hours at a time. Every
morning the birds fly to her window,
and leave only when the sun sinks in
the west. There is nothing peculiar
about th child's personal appearance
except her wonderful magnetic eyes,
which sparkle like diamonds. The
parents of this little girl are poor,
superstitious people, and have been
reticent about the matter until lately,
fearing that some great calamity was
about to befall them.
The liquor Traffic and Taxes.
Thomai Talbot, Governor of Mas
sachusetts, addressing the Legislature
of that State, two years ago, said :
"WhehTthlnk of the victims to the
use of intoxicating liquors in every
village of the Commonwealth ; when
I consider our almshouses, and hospit
als, and homes for the fallen and
friendless; when I look into our jails,
work-houses, houses of correction,
and the State prison ; and when I try
to compute the losses and charges up
on our industries, by reason of im
perfect laaor, and the taxes for the
support of these institutions for re
formation aDd punishment, my judg
ment unqualifiedly condemns, and
my heart and my manhood rebel
against any system that would permit
the great source of all wrong and mis
ery and crime to exist by authority of
the Commonwealth. My convictions
against the policy of such a move
ment are too solemn and resistless for
me to hesitate as to my duty. It seems
to me that the only pafe and sound
position for a christian community
to take in regard to this matter is that
of absolute and unqualified opposition
to the traffic."
When W. E. Gladstone was Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom, a
deputation of brewers waited on him,
to remind him of the loss the revenue
would sustain by any farther restrict
ions on the liquor traffic His reply,
as reported, was : "Gentlemen, you
need not give yourselves any trouble
abour. the revenue. The question of
revenue must never Btand in the way
of needed reforms. Besides, with a
sober population, not wasting their
earnings, I know where to obtain the
revenue." West-Side Eeview, (St.
John, IN". B.)
-Taxes.
Nearly one half of the taxes assess
ed upon -the farmers of New York is
from the support of the criminal and
pauper products of theaaloons, hotels,
and dram shop drugstores. The far
mers are not only compelled to sup
port the liquor dealer in idleness, but
bis victim as well. The manufactur
ers of criminals and paupers ought to
support his finished wares. The far
mer derives no benefit from this bus
iness and ought not to be assessed to
support it. There is not a man in
New York who would sell liquor if
compelled to support the paupers and
criminals he Qskee by the eais.
That Analysis.
Correspondence Central City Courier.
That men love to be cheated and
humbugged, and will even pay a good
round price for the luxury, is a eaying
which has long since become trite and
common, but it is no more a truism
than that the masses of the people de
light in delusions and will cling to
the most ridiculous and absurd of
them with a fondness and tenacity
which are simply marvelous and be
yond accounting for. The world is
full of popular delusions which one
meets at every turn, but there is not,
perhaps, a more common or danger
ous one than that which the man ad
dicted to the use of, alcoholic bevera
ges uuga su iuuuijr iu uis urease, vu.it
a belief that the liquors he drinks are
,t it - i
practically pure and free from harm
ful adulteration. Tell any drinking
man that the so-called whisfev which
he pours down his throat with so
much gusto and complacency is com
posed of the vilest compounds and
rankest poisons, which, under any
other name than the magio one of
"whisky" he would turn from in dis
gust, and he will he very likely to
laugh in your face and call you a tem
perance fanatic But I will venture
the assertion that there has never
been a single glass, even, of absolute
ly pure liquor sold or drank in this
village or county. So much having
been said on this subject here lately,
and, desiring to test the matter in one
case at least, as well as to render a
service to the drinking portion of our
community by letting them know
just what kind of 6 tuff was being fur
nished to them here, I recently eenta
pint of whisky, which was purchased
at the Ealoon of H. L. Silf, in this
place, to Hon.Sam'l Aughey, profes
sor of natural science and analytical
chemistry In the State University at
Lincoln, for analysis. When I pur
chased the liquor I stated distinctly
that I wanted nothing but the very
best, and was assured by the person
who sold It to me that it wa3 pure.
While I am not posted in regard to
the different qualities of Iiquor3 and
their prices, this being the first and
only liquor I ever booght, it seems to
me that a reasonably pure article
at least, ought to be afforded for sev
enty cents a pint the price I paid for
this sample. The whisky was secure
ly sealed up and sent to Prof. Aughey
! without comment by me, and I have
just received from him a statement of
the result of his analysis. And this
is what I'got for my seventy cents:
Alcohol, S per cent.
Coal oil, 12 per cent.
Acetate of lead, 1 per cent.
Strontia, 1-5 per cent.
Tobacco quantity undetermined.
Cayenne pepper,
Caramel,
Water,
Here is a most delightful beverage,
surely ! And who can wonder that
men will rob wife and children and
barter manhood itself to obtain It?
But if this is the best and purest liquor
sold by our saloon keepers, what, in
the name of all that is abominable,
must the cheaper and poorer grades
be like? The famous nectar of the fa
bled gods of ancient times has been
immortalized by the poet's muse, but
this delicious and tempting mixture
of coal oil, tobacco, cayenne pepper,
strontia, and acetate- of lead has been
reserved for the fastidious and dis
criminating palate of the nineteenth
century. Verily, "there's no account
ing for tastes.'
Geo. A. PERcrvAii.
Only las' week,' said Brother Gard
ner, as the secretary finished, I axed
de members ob dis club to let de wed
der alone, an to take de cold an' heat
an' rain an' snow just as dey cum.
I'ze seen it too cold to snow an' too
hot to snow, an' I'ze seen de time dat
de snow tumbled down like it meant
to oberwhelm de just an' de onjust,
but it's de duty ob human beins to
keep der heads shet 'bout matters dey
can't control. Free Press.
The average human body is made
up of several palls of water, amass of
charcoal sufficient to cook a good din
ner, a quantity of hydrogen sufficient
to float a small balloon, a piece of iron
large enough to make a pocket knife,
a lump of phosphorus large enough to
make a half dozen boxes of Iccifer
matches, also various proportions of
soda, potash, lime, magnesia, oxygen,
chlorine and nitrogen. Where is the
brass?
Physicians' wives are usually their
severest critics. A lazy physician who
had been out hunting, on coming
home complained that his luck had
been very bad, and wound up by say
ing. 'I didn't kill anything.' 'That's
because you didn't stay at home and
attend to your legitimate business,'
spitefully retorted bis wife.
I never thought but onca,' said old
deacon Webbing, 'that it was a Bin to
steal an umbrella.'
'And when was that?' saked a
friend.
Well, it was when some peaky
thief stole my new silk one,' answer
ed the deacon.
'Dot vos a mean choke,' said Hans,
after he had got through coughing,
and found out tbat somebody had
thrown Scotch snuff into his mouth
while he was snoring.
Cheerfulness is mo3t conducive to
health and happiness. Luther -said
tbat "the devil hstea a good laugh." I
VOL. 23-ffO. 39..
A Sew Casablanca.
The boy lay In his llttle.bed.
Though oft his mother called:
"Get cp I come down to breakfast. Fred !
Gee cp !" hia father bawled.
Yet qnlet and serene be lay.
As though he heard them not;
Oppossnm did the youngster play.
Though things were getting hot.
The time passed on he did noistart,.
But took oaothernap;
His father up the stairs did dart
And gave hts door a rap.
He cried aloud, "Say. Freddie, say 1
"Why dont you leave your bed ?
But silently young Freddie lay.
As though ha were quite dead.
'Speak, Freddie!" once again, he cried.
"For I must soon begone;
I And- bst a lusty snors replied
. lusty snore r&plled-
Pa's patience nearly gone.
Up to his face quick ran the blood,
He tore his auburn hair.
A moment at the doorway stood.
In still yet deep despair.
And shouted 'gain with thunderous knock,
"Young scoundrel, do you hear?"
While in the hall loud ticked the clock.
That grated on. his ear,
With angry push he op'ed the door
And slammed It to again;
"With noisy strides across the floor.
To the bed he walked again.
There came a sound like threshing wheat.
Or butcher tendering steak ;
"Hear screams 1 hearmrartsl bear scamper
ing feet!
Ah, Freddie Is awake."
A rlnglng'beU, a mother's caU.
Hay sometimes rouse a lad ;
But the only sure thing after all.
Is a father.when he's marl.
3E00MS MB BEAUX.
One day while on a visit to one of
our smaller Massachusetts cities, I
hailed a horse-car, settled myself In a
corner, and looked out on the shifting
scenes of the streets. Two young
men, evidently book-keepersor clerks,
followed me In, and took seats near
me. Tbey were friends, it seemed,
and this wa3 their conversation.
"Whom are you going to take to
the Walter Scott Society, this winter,
Joseph?" asked the older and taller of
the two.
"I had intended to- do myself the
honor o"f inviting Miss Nellie Stough
ton to go with me, but yesterday I
changed my mind."
"How came that about"
"You will call me whimsical if I
tell you."
"What if I do? The wisest of men
have their whims. Out with it."
"Well then, yesterday, a man from
the country drove into town with a
load of brooms, which he hoped to
dispose of at the house-furnishing
stores ; but not finding a market for
them, and the roads being bo bad, be
determined not to take them home
again. He drew up at the corner
curbstone near our store, and com
menced selling his stock from the
sleigh about the time people were go
ing for their two o'clock mail.
"They were good brooms. The
price was low, and they went like the
first hot chestnuts of the season.
Quite a group gathered around him,
and it seemed that almost every rep
resentative of a family bought one or
more. Ever so many women took
one and walked along naturally and
independently with it.
"Mr. James, one of the partners of
the house where I am employed, and
who Is a bachelor, stood by my side
looking out of the window; with a
very evident enjoyment of the scene.
All at once be dodged out of the door
way, and as the south wind blew nls
gray hair in every direction he ran
across the sidewalk to the cart, say
ing, 'They are dirt cheap; give me
half a dozen.' They were handed out.
He paid for them hastily, and turning
round, gave one to Bidd Flyn, who
sweeps the store, two to Parson Pot
ter, and one to an old lame man who
lives with his wife in the alley back
of the store. Ju3t then, Nellie and
Jane Stougbton and Kate Holt came
along. Mr. James knowa them all
well, and he now greeted them cordi
ally, and In a few of the pleasant, pat
words which are always at his
tongue's end, sent a broom to mother
Holt, and one to mother Stoughton.
Tbey are both widows, you know.
'Kate Holt took the one tendered
her, saying, 'I thank you, gratefully :
we were just needing a new broom
sadly. Mother will be glad, but I
shall appreciate it the most, because
you see, I do all the sweeping,' and
she tripped gracefully up the street,
carrying the broom as indifferently as
if it bad been a silk umbrella or a roll
of music
"The Misses Stoughton, however, I
hesitated about accepting the gift.
Neither of them offered to take it, bet
as it was held out to Nellie, and she
dared not offend Mr. James, who is
the superintendent of her Sabbatb-
sobool, by refusing It, she carried it a
little distance, looking exactly as if
she had never seen a broom before
and supposed it to be an insignia of
no honor.
"As these two girls turned the cor
ner and started down Pearl street, I
ran round to another room in the
store to look at them. Mr. James,
who had just come In. followed.
chuckling, after me, and we peered
through the closed shutters to ase
what they would do. Nellie had laid
the obnoxious article against the
lamp-poat, and was determined to
leave it there. But Jana wpald not
allow that, and they quarreled about
It until some people rame up, to
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whom they mada excuses, Jane
laughing, and nearly bending herself
double, and covering her face with
her hands in a paroxysm of merri
ment, ani Nellie giggling; and hold
ing tha$ 'dreadful broom gingerly la
her hand.
"After awhile they compromised
the matter by locking arms, taking
the despised article between them,
covering the brush with theh? dra
pery, mincing slowly away.
"Little things test the character
chuckled Mr. James. The wife of a
poor man who- has gofc hia way to
make In the world musn't be afraid to.
handle a broom.'
' 'Thank you. Mr. James,' said: I.
All my Interest In the Stoughton
family has vanished with, that broom-
handle. I think I shall transfer my
attentions to Kate Holt.
" 'Ah !' said my employer, 'she's &
girl in a thousands-quiet, intelligent
and lady-like. There she goea now.
Put on your hat and walk with her
to the bank; here's a draft to be
cashed.' "I obeyed, and matters W8rs.settled
satisfactorily with Kate, aa she walk-
ed along by my side, broom in hand."
"Ha! ha!" laughed the tall young
man. "Pm glad tbat your eyes are
opened at last, Joe. I was afraid you
Intendedta throw yourseif away up
on that bundle of affectation, Nellie
Stoughton, and asked the. question X
did for the purpose of giving yon ad
vice, which I am glad to hear is un
called for. But we part here. Good
morning."
"Good morning," and with &Bhake
of the hand, one left the car on one
side, the other on the other. But the
little narrative made an abiding im
pression upon my mind. Zion't Her
a&.
Who Is Punished f
He wasn't such a bad man, as men
average, though he was not a hard
worker and be didn't have a good
husband's and father's Interest inhi
family. What tbey wore aad what
they ate he earned, whether it waa
good or bad, and wife and children
depended upon him. One day, when
he had been drinking he got into a
row, stabbed one of the party, and was
taken to the station. There was not
two dollars worth of provisions in
the house, but there waa a wife and
five children, and while they wept
over the fate which bad overtaken
husband and father, their faces paled
at the thought of the almost empty
cupboard, their scant clothing- and
the rent over due.
"Thi3 man is a bad man. and ha
must be punished," said the public
"How?"
"Why, well send him to State
Prison for a year or more."'
"And his family?"
The public shrugged lis shoulders
and made no reply.
The man was a bad man. bot his
wife wa3 a praying, God-fearing
woman, and his children had Inno
cent .harts. They were not to blame
for the deeds of the father. Yes, the
man must be punished, and he was
punished. He was punished by a
year in Prison, where he wa3 well
clothed, well fed, furnished with a
good bed, attended by a doctor when
necessary, and his work waebut play
to his strong mcsclea. Instead of
feeling degraded he entered Prison
with hi3 head erect and the firm con
viction tbat he had vindicated his
manhood by stabbing the fellow who
had struck him. For a year he was
better fed and better lodged than since
he could remember, and he gained
flesh. Thusjwas he "punished" to
come home and find himself a corner
grocery hero and plenty of men anx
ious to befriend him.
Now what of the family ? Even be
fore the husband was arraigned for tri
al the wife had to sell tbebestofher
furniture. He was not yet sentenced
when the children were sent out to
beg. The day they "punished" the
bad man by starting him to a comfort
able Prison his family were turned
into the 3treet3 and remained thera
all day and all night. When they
found a home in a hovel the children
went begging for food and the mother
for work. In a year exposure and
suffering had consigned the mother
and three children topanpera graves,
and the other two had been sent
among strangers to find homes. The
"punished" man comes out, fat and
healthy, to discover that he has only
himself to look after, the law having
kindly made vagrants and beggars of
his family and tnen killed and bajied
the most of them.
"He's got such a dose as wilj make
him behave himself In future," says
the public.
The "dose" i3 forty extra pounds, of
fat, a system cleaned ef whisky, and
a more rugged look than he had car
ried for twenty years, having scarce
enough interest to ask when his wife
died and what had become of the
children the law didn't kill and
bury.
It is nothing If "law" breaks up
homes and makes beggars and pau
pers and skeleton corpses by the half
doaen to punish one man, over whose
actions the sufferers had not the ieaat
control. Law-makers are wise men,
and we must admire their wisdom.;
Detroit Free Press.
Remorse.lt is said, U what mada
Beverly Douglas a drunkard. Wblla
a Major in the Confederate Army, ha
shot one of his soldiers wjieri n
paasjoa.