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0lilahoma HeraliL
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el ue.no,oklahoma ty.,Thursday, august 3, i8«3.
NO 15
THE COMMON LOT.
Ah. yos! I know this life h but a breath;
I know the c muiou end of all is «l<vitli
I've seen dear frlenJa ho oft<sti pass away
That death set-ms no more str.iu. c th m does
tue d ty
And yet I cannot think, howe'er haril I try,
That whicli we call th dead can e'er bo I.
And yei 1 know full well the time must come
[When I. like t shall li • as still and tlum'i:
when those I love will look on me wit.i dread.
And friend to friend will whisper: "He is
dead "
Some lew will grieve, and then the eyes will
dry.
Then smile, thou laugh although the dead
be L Boston Transcript.
the pkice ok a soub.
t4I suppose," said the old man,
wearily, as Jin swept a stray lock of
the sparse {/ray hair back which had
fallen over his wrinkled temples,
••that you think .cimon J .ester a mean,
money-grubbing old villain, intent
upon one object and forever dead to
any sense of sentiment or even de-
cency."
The old mart looked over his hooked
nose through his copper-rimmed
apoctades out of his bleared blue
eyes at the youug man who was sit-
ting opposite to him, and, getting no
answer for a minute, burst out into
a short, chuckling- laugh which hal
such a dry, hollow s md tint 1. ii
seemed to bo but an echo of sonic-
thing which had once existed.
"If you have made up your mind
that 1 shall never have .Juliet, why
do you not say so? It is no use to
tantalize me as you have been doing
every time I come to you."
"That is not spoken liko yourself,
my polite little monsieur. You should
restrain your wrath. Anger is ever
an unprovable thing. It may be-
come the grand seigneur to get upon
his dignity when ho is trying to bad-
ger money out of an old usurer, but
it is a boomerang, always a boome-
rang always recoiling uporAho one
who discharges it lint come. Arthur
Drayton, 1 never said that you.should
not have Juliot. Juliet must marry,
and the old miser, the, old Jew, do s
not want to barter her as do the rich
Gentiles their children for fortune.
Juiiet will bo rich enough for two, so
it is not riches that 1 want in a hus-
band, but I must have other qualifi-
cations in the one that sho takes for
a mate or sho shall never leave the
roof which has sheltered her since
her birth."
"What are those qualifications, Mr.
LostorP" answered the young man,
briefly.
"In the first place," replied tlio old
man, speaking with ti shyer manner
and measuring his words out deliber-
ately, "he must love my daughter—
not for her riches, but for herself. In
the s< #ond placc, he must be able to
prot2Ct her wealth from the robbers
who will s ek to wheedle it away from
her as noon as I am in my collin."
The answer seemed to please the
young man, for his earnest, mobile
face grew brighter as ho listened,
and when the old man had finished
speaking he replied:
"Am for my love, Mr. Lester, no
one could doubt it. i adore Juliet
and shall never be happy without
her. Si far as protecting her fortune
goes, no one can accuse me of ever
having been a spendthrift. On the
contrary, I have saved money—a lit-
tle, it is true but enough to enable
mo to go into business as soon as 1
feel disposed."1'
The young man';, eye followed the
expressions which appeared on the
old man's face whilst he was speak-
ing with an intent curiosity, and the
old man laughed again, not quite
such a barren laugh as before, but a
laugh tinged with a scornful unbe-
lief that jarred cruelly on a sensitive
nature.
"You are a child—a mere child
yet," pursued the old man. "A chit
- a more chit. What you say is hon-
est and fair enough. You believe
that you love Juliet. She, little
goose, believes the same thing. But
did you ever read the records of the
divorce eo n$Ls: did you over see the
end of those pretty love matches
which they say arc made in heaven,
and. worse still, did you over take
notice of the family jars, not the
preserve jars," and the old man
ohuckled at his small joke, "the
miserable. hypocritical, loveless,
desolate lives of the thousands who
have bound themselves together,
each a millstone round the neck of
the other, because, just because, they
were in love, those same two indi-
viduals, madly in love with one an-
other before they took the irrevoca-
ble step? Ah, it is a great lottery,
this marriage. One should have the
power of looking int. > the future far
before such a tremendous risk is
taken in hand—tho happiness or
misery of twj lives li o blessed or
blasted—probably the latter think
of it!'1 and the old man's tones again
became excited and vehement.
••Then tu* money, th; money—ah,
that is th • principal pirt of ii " con-
tinued the o d man. calming hitus -lf
as if the question of finance could ad-
mit of no o.xcit unuit. "VVnat do you
kno .v of human nature ? \\ here have
you studied it? Why I would under-
take if I gave you half what I am
worth, to have ii all back again in-
side of a year. You prot et. a for-
tune! No. A good, honest h art
may be a very uic • thin f to posg >ss,
but what b comes of tho good, hon-
est-heart d people in th s world?
They starve, boy, literally starvo.
The money-grabb *rs aro too much
| for them. it is tho law of nature—
' attraction of gravity. "No," and
; the old man shook his head de9pond-
ingly, as if something ho had desired
i to bo had proved impossible. "There
i> but one way. It is said that a
! great passion will inspire to other-
! wise impossible things. There would
: Uuvo to be a terrible exhibition of
j will, an iron-bound determination to
: conquer, and by that means your dis-
j position might be changed. Do you
j understand, young man? Your
j whole nature must ba changed bdforo
Juliet Lester can bacome your wife.
You must bacom^ an outgrowth, a
i second self of Simon Lester. The
thirst for possession and retention
| must be inocu!atod into you. You
must gain in a year or less the ox-
j perionco which Simon Lester has
conly gained in a lifetime. I do not
know what prompts me to make this
compromise with you—partly on ac-
count of yourself and partly on that
of Julie, for her heart is set upon
you and it has never been set upon a
man before. 1 could find a hundred
to-morrow, ready-made to my hand
who would require no teaching to lit
j them for the guardianship of a for-
I tune, but then there comes in the
! waywardness of woman—they might
1 not suit Juliet!
I "Now, young man, hear mo. To-
morrow you come here to my office.
You must serve an apprenticeship as
did Jacob for Rebecca. Upon your-
self will depend tho results. If you
are a diligent scholar tho sooner will
you have Julie. Hut if I do not see
that the iron has entered your soul—
that you are capable of tearing away
the worthless sympathies and subdu-
ing the innate whims which most
men allow to dominate their reason
—I shall tell you frankly that you
are no husband for Juliet. Are you
willing to accept tho conditions? To
become tho associate of Simon the
miser, the apt apprentice of tho us-
I urer, tho leech, tho extortioner?
1 Ah, you hesitate, it is too much of
i a tost for your love."
It was true tho young man's face
hail blanched a little as he listened
to tho detestiblo suggestion of tho
miser, but he answered with ti reso-
lute voice:
"Mr. Lester, I am willing to sub-
mit to any test to win your daughter,
so long as it is honorable."
"Stop!" cried the old man, stirred
by the words of tho young man. • If
men will bo fools enough to squander
their patrimony, is it unjust that
others should take what they throw
away. That those who save should
grow rich on those who waste. What
driveling sentiment, to be sure! Did
I ever go to any one to rob them?
Do not all my clients come to me? If
; I treat the n unjustly, why do they
; come? No. Fir§t they get into dif
I ticulty and aro hard pressed. They
i iramodiatolv think of Simon They
j come ami implore me as a friend to
come to their assistance, vowing
eternal gratitude. I, well knowing
that they will curso mo for their own
follies before they aro out of the
woods, yet constrained to help them.
Do I charge them for my help? Cer-
tainly. Do they not charge others
for their services? Tut. It is tho
spendthrifts make the usurers, not
the usurers tho spendthrifts. Let
them mind their ways and they would
have no need to complain of tin-
usurers. 1
"So be it then," answered Arthur
Drayton. "To-morrow I will b gi i
my study of human nature. I hope
that I will prove an intelligent pu-
pti."
••You know what depends upon
your aptness," replied the old miser;
"and now begone 1 have two hours1
work yet before mo and Juliet will
be waiting dinner."
Tho young man took his hat up
and put it on, saluting tho usurer
I with his most courteous manner and,
I s vinglng the dirty, ill-fitting door
| of the miserable den behind him,
i plunged downwards through a laby-
rinth of stairs into Park row.
! "Arthur Drayton a money-lender's
j clerk," he soliloquized as ho de-
| scended the steps carefully to avoid
| falling down tho ill-lit passage, and
; a bitterness was in the unspoken
! words. "Hut," ho followed, "Juliet
i Lester is the reward and sho is worth
'the price of a soul.*'
There aro those -vho argue tha
inherent traits cannot bo ovorcomo.
i They would have marveled to see the
change which came over young Dray-
ton soon after his acceptance of
Lester's terms.
From a well-dressed, !i no-mannered
young man seeking pleasure and re-
finement as the Bummum bonum of
m irtal happiness ho changed almost
by magic into a money-making
automaton.
Simon Lester himself marveled at
tho t ansformation, although ho was
delighted at tho way in which Dray-
i ton porforined his tasks.
Night after night ho spent going
; over the stock list or making ealcu-
j lations by means of which the wealth
j of the old miser could with safety bo
augmented. The two men became
! almost inseparable.
j Juliot saw much less of her lover
j now that he was her accepted suitor
i than she had done when their inter-
! views wt^B; stolen, but she was aware
I of the btrange compact that her
i lover had made with her father and
knew that his devotion to business
was evidence of the mighty love
] that ho bore her.
In twelve months* time Arthur
Drayton was a monomaniac on the
question of making money.
He was known in Wall street circles
as one of the shrewdest financial men
of the day, but it was supposed that
much of his inspiration was drawn
from old Simon Lester's experience.
The preparations for tho wedding
were made, so absolutely satisfactory
did everything seem to the old
monoy-grabber
On the eve of tho betrothal, which
should take place according to the
Jewish custom some short time be-
fore the marriage ceremony, Arthur
Drayton was observed to bo unusually
excited. Some thought from his
mannor that he had been drinking,
others attributed it to the happiness
over the occasion about to be.
Suddenly the young lover was dis-
covered to be missing and Simon
Lester himself went in search of him.
He had not far to go. for, as he sur-
mised, Drayton had gone to the of-
fice, where, as Lester entered, ho
found him sitting at his desk evident-
ly busied with some momentous cal-
culations.
For a moment or two Lester stood
looking at the young man with an
; admiring gaze
j "To think," muttered tho old
financier, "that oven upon his be-
trothal eve he does not forget tho
supreme purpose."
The thoughts had barely shaped
themselves before Drayton looked up
and caught sight of the intruder.
Quick as a Hash his hand graspod
the revolver which lay on his desk
for purposes of protection, and
whether he took Simon Lester to be
a burglar or whether the fire of mad-
ness had already seized his brain was
never known.
He fired and Simon Lester fell dead.
Twenty minutes afterwards he was
taken by the police from the office to
a cell, where a straitjacket was put
on him.
Every day a carriage stops in front
of the principal entrance to Bloom-
i ingdale and a tall, slender girl,
garbed in deep mourning, enters with
flowers and other trifles.
ft is .Juliet Lester going to visit
her mad lover and her father's mur«
dorer.—N Y. Mercury.
UNDUE CORPULENCY.
I low If tun lie Ite.lucfld by Diet and
Kxerolso.
There are two kinds of women in
this world who are morbidly unhap-
py from what they choose to regard
as nature's injustice to them These
, two specimens are those who are
either extremely thin or who a o
burdened with an ex .-ess of flesh.
The former, however, though it may
be treason to expose their little
j frauds, may help nature out by sun-
dry pads and fluffy style of dressing,
but the stout woman, despite all her
efforts to hide hor undue corpulence,
is conscious always that her flesh is
| unwieldy. But to, such as these
there is only quo method of actual
i reduction and that is by a combina-
' tion of diet and exercise.
There is danger in the abnormal
increase of size, as it brings other
troubles in its train, the far more
serious of which are accumulations
of fat around the heart and lungs.
Mild aperients should be taken fre-
quently, also stowed fruits. All alka-
lines aro valuable, and lemon juice is
desirable in every form. (Jreen salads,
water cress and asparagus may bo
| takon freely: but. potatoes and all
farinaceous food should be strictly
avoided. The mistake should not bo
made of taking vinegar, save in mod-
eration and with other articles of
food, for in large doses it produces
inflammation of the inner coats of the
i stomach.
To produce a gradual and lasting
reduction in size, the Cincinnati Kn-
; quirer recommends, diet is oi tho
I greatest importance, and with this
and mild aperients an unhealthy in-
' crease of adipose tissue may be pre-
J vented. To tho stout woman exer-
| else is generally a burden, but bogun
in small doses and increased gradual-
ly it will soon grow to be ti pleasure
i and a benefit as well, if she i< really
determined to reduce her size
I'iij Tlu-ir Own Kxpfll*<>*.
Until the time of Kli/.aheth mem
bcr$ of the houses of commons wero
paid by their constituencies. About
the middle of her reign the custom
grow up of the members paying their
own expenses and receiving no pay
' from either constituency or country.
This custom was due to 1 hi* increased
| wealth of tho class who provided
the members, and thoir grout desire
to go to parliament. So for nearly
I MOO years members have not been
paid ^dlieially, that is. The !•••*
lias bR n that only wealthy ur n e<ui!d
run |pr parliament, or sit in parlia-
ment after they were elected.
i! run inn uteri.
"Plain drunk?" queried the mag-
istrate.
"No, your honor," replied tho
policeman who hal brought in tho
case. "Ornamented with delirium
trimin ill's your honor."—N. Y. Sua.
FARM AND HOUSE HOLD.
THE WORST WEEDS THE FARM-
ER MUST FICHT.
S'liOlK Thai Itruch Far Down in the Soil
—.Preventing Ilortm—Weaning the Lit-
ters— Waste Land Near Cities — Horti-
cultural Hints and Household Help*.
fV«t .I'erons Weed*.
Other things being equal,the worst
weeds we have to tight against are
those with long roots which extend
so far down into the soil that ordin-
ary cultivation does not destroy
them. They are generally tho ones
that thrive season after season, and
continue to multiply in spite of all
efforts to destroy them. They ex-
tend their tap roots down below the
depth reached by the plow or hoes,
and while they seem to be uprooted
by these instruments, they aro real-
ly only checked in their growth. It
is quite essential in lighting the
weeds that we should know the dif-
ference between the long-rooted kind
and those that live on the surface
soil. If the long-rooted ones aro not
destroyed by digging up tho whole
of their roots, they will progress
rapidly, and soon overrun a farm.
Among those long-rooted plants
that injure our fields are tho well-
known dandelions, burdocks, chicory,
the wild parsnip, carrot, bugloss,
hound's tongue, primrose, teasel,
shepherd's purse, mallow and mul-
lein. These long-rooted weeds belong
to several families, but they can be
grouped together by tho peculiarity
of their long tap root, and it is this
nuisance which makes them of
special interest to the farmer.
The wild parsnip is among the
largest and coarsest of these weeds,
says the American Cultivator, and
they readily take possession of waste
ground, and gradually extend to
cultivated fields, if not cheeked. It
lives, however, only for two years,
and if the seed stalks aro cut off
carefully every year they can easily
be exterminated. The common dande-
lions. however, instead of being
destroyed by cutting ot? the top,
seems to increase more rapidly by
this disturbance. It produces several
heads of leayes when the one is cut
oil'. The whole root should bo dug
uj) and destroyed. 'The common
buiyloek is a disagreeable plant, and
it u6cor*ej many by its sh'.c, and
attempts aro often made to pull it
up. The root invariably breaks off.
and leaves enough in the ground to
start new plants. •
The wild carrot in many parts of
the Kast has become a most do
termined nuisance, and it seeds
abundantly and quickly wherever it
has become established. If the
flower tops are cut off to prevent
seeding, now ones quickly form It
! is a biennial plant, however, and if
lire vented from going to seed its life
I will be cut short. But to prevent
i this, eternal vigilance is demanded
j every week or two all through the
flowering season. Mullein i* a weed
that is good for nothing, for no ani-
mal on tho farm will eat it, unless
occasionally a hungry pig* will nibble
it This seeds rapidly and maintains
its life under most discouraging cir-
cumstances. It must be uprooted,
uutl tho plant burnt to make sure,
work. KeLrly all of the other deep-
rooted plants mentioned must be
treated in some effective way, to
check their growth. Tho common
curled dock must be uprooted en-
tirely to destroy it. as cutting off
only checks growth.
rreventliig Horns.
| The department of agriculture says
j tho growth of horns can be prevented
by a mixture of lifty parts of caustic
soda, twenty-five parts ol' kerosene
oil and twenty-live parts of water.
An emulsion is made of the kerosene
oil and soda by heating and vigorous-
ly stirring, and this is then diss >lved
in water. The mixture should then
ho placed in a bottle with a solid
rubber cork. In applying, tho calf
should not Im? over throe weeks old;
from five to twenty days being the
proper age \\ ith a pair of scissors
clip tho hair around the embryo horn
exposing a spot about the size
of a nickel. Hold the calf
securely and drop two or throe
drops of the mixture upon the
horn, and with the end of the
rubber cork rub it thoroughly
over the bare spot. Apply the 11 uid
first to ono horn and then the other,
until each horn has been gone over
three or four times. The rubbing
should be continued until the caustic
has softened and removed the hair
and surface skin immediately around
tho horn, ('are should be taken that
tho fluid does not spread over a large
surface or run down the sides of the
face. The mixture must ho carefully
and thoroughly applied; if used care-
lessly the embryo horn may not only
be killed, but the face of the calf he
disfigured. This is less cruel to tho
animal, gives a well-rounded | oil and
presents a more sightly appearance
than when the saw is used later in
life.—Farmers Voice.
Weaning the I.liter*.
As a rule the litters are allowed to
remain with the dams until she sees
tit to wean thi m. This sho will
when tho flow of milk ceases. Our
only exception to tho above is when
for any reason litters come out of
season and iVia desirable to mate tho
dam when the pigs are quite j*pung,
j so that the entire next erojt of; pigs
1 will appear together. In instances
of this kind * the litters aro Some-
times weineif as young as six w.eoks,
in ease the dam fails to eoino in sea-
son while the pigs nurse. It is al-
most impassible to wean litters and
not check growth to some extent.
Still the advantage of having
the coining litters appear together
more than compensates this loss,
which is rot necessarily great if the
pigs have been accustomed to eating
from tho trough prior to weaning and
supplied with bran and shorts,
scalded and thinned to slop consist-
ency with sweet skiui-milk, or better,
milk fresh from the cow. The litters
that are weaned young must not bo
| expected to hustle for a bite among
the older pigs: hence should be pro-
vided with separate quarters and
given special food and care; other-
| wiso knock them in the head at once
and save feed and trouble
Most dams will nurse a litter as
long as the supply of milk holds out,
and if there is no special cause for
removing the litter the support the
sow furnishes them between tho ages
of <?ight and twelve weeks is just
that much in their favor, and if tho
sow has good keeping from thence on
till the next litter is farrowed, the
coming litter suffers no injury. If
so, in my experience 1 have never
boon able to detect it.
In case a necessity arises for a sep-
aration of dam and litter, confine the
dam and give the litter as much
range as possible. Tho crumbs they
pick up over tho funii will off-s- t tho
loss of dam's milk. The separation
should be as complete as possible,
ont of sight and hearing. Moth dam
and litter will soon cease to be
troublesome. To eonline the litters
in weaning is simply to add an aggra-
vation at a critical period. Six to
eight days are required to mako tho
separation of dam and litter com-
plete. In the summer time, if tho
dams seem to be flush with milk, al-
j low the litters to draw the milk a
few times, which will prevent caking
of the udder and congestion of the
milk glands, which would render the
1 h took valueless as breeder.-. Corn
in tho ear, with clear water, is tho
best ration to dry up the How of milk
! rapidly. —Ohio I*armor.
liMi-t(cultural Hint*.
A solution of carbolic acid is
recommended to exterminate bugs at
the roots of vines
For the gooseberry an airy and
cool location, with good, moist, but
not wet, soil is preferable
Pinching back the new growth of
the berry vines increases tho bearing
surface, and keeps the bushes low.
j Trees ought not to stand so near
. or so close together as to keep the
1 dwelling-house in continual shade.
1 Long rows of vegetables and long
J rows of every other cultivated crop
| make cultivation inor • ccnomical.
Some of the most successful of
| Northern strawberry-growers never
I fail to protect their plants in winter.
Thin out the fruit on the tree in-
stead of propping the limbs. It will
i increase the size and the quality of
I the fruit.
M. A. Thayer recommends green
clover just out of the blossom as tho
best summer mulch for raspberries
and blackberries.
Iloimchnld Helps.
All traces of mud can easily be re-
moved from black clothes by rub-
bing the spots wit'.i a raw potato cut
in half.
If a bill must be sent through tho
mail unregistered, fold it neatly
around a rather long visiting card
and it u ill escape, it is said, the most
careful search of a postal thief.
The chimney of a lamp should
never be touched with water. A few
drops of alcohol, or even parallino
oil, will remove the dimmed smoky
effect and make the chimney as bright
as possible when it is polished with
a soft, Manuel or chamois skin.
Strawberry forks aro a dainty nov-
elty for tho table. They are binall,
usually three f ined, though they may
ho two, and seem with their short
handles to bo more bowl than handle,
the slender tines being quite two
inches long
People should never go in tho early
morning to get boots and shoos fitted.
In tho latter part of the day the feet
are at their maximum size. Activity
and standing tend to enlarge tho feet.
If people would remember this rule,
there would not be so many etun-
pla nts of hhoes when worn boing
tight, whicli when fitted seemed so
com fort able.
Thirst in the infant is nearly always
mistaken for hunger. IJivo your cry-
ing child a little cool (preferably
boiled) water, using cup or spoivi,
or try tiny pieces of ice tied in a
scrap of lawn and see if it does not
prove tho very thing noodoil. Six
or seven time* every day the babies
should bo offered drink; it regulates
the bowels, cleanses the Mouth and
stomach, and prevents iu a measure
I overfeeding.
BITTEN BY A MAD HOG.
An IiUci'rfttlng Tatlent at tho 1'astour
Institute.
I)r Paul Glb'or, tho head of tlio
Pasteur institute, in Now York has
an interesting patient His name is
John P. Smithson, and he in a farmer
of tho village of Washington, Md.
Ifo was bitten liy a hog, which had
been hitton by another hog, which
had been badly laoeratod by a mad
Newfoundland dog. All of tho ani*
muls wore owned by Mr. hmitlison.
and wore kept, in a barn adjoining
tho Smithson homo. Tho caso is in-
terest ing from a medical point of
view, as showing tho extent of tho
transfer of tho disease from ono ani-
mal to another and then to a human
being. Dr. (iibier says tho patient,
has undoubted symptoms of hydro-
phobia. He is carefully watching
tho developments of tho diseaso in
Mr. Smithson, and has given
it as his opinion that tho patient,
would recover. Dr. (jibior has not
lost a patient by death in nearly two
years.
Mr. Smlthson was bitten by tho
hog about, a weelc ago. Six weeks
before that time the hog had bean
bitten by another hog, which ton
days previously had been bitten by
the Newfoundland dog. Tho dog
had boon in tha habit,of climbing into
the hog pen. Kor some days ho
had shown symptoms of illness, hut
,\.r. Smithson did not suspect that ho
was suffering from hydrophobia.
His attention was attracted while at
the barn by aqucnls from tho hog
pen and ho wont out, in timo to see
the dog dash out of tho door. Ho
was foaming at tho mouth*and Mr.
hmithson killed hiiu with a shot from
n revolver. Then ho turned his at-
tention to the hog which had been
bitten ill tho head and body. Under
Mr. Smithson's tioatmont, as-
sisted by a country veterinary sur-
geon, tlio animal apparently im-
proved. Ho was removed from tho
other hogs, but ono of bis fol-
lows found him out, and was bitten
in tho leg.
Mr. Smithson found the second ani-
mal wandering about tho farm with
a badly torn foot. Ho trio I to cor-
ral the animal, and iu trying to head
olT tho hog he was bitten in the right
ankle Mr. Smithson limped to his
house, anil tomporary remedies wero
applied. Tho two hogs wero then
killed. Mr. Smithson was never bit-
ten by animal before. He is of
sturdy physiquo,which will material-
ly aid him in recovering.
FROM CUEBT TO HOST.
>Iu,|or rlu.Ury's IVhinh Completely
I'Mnure I «• IWintornmltlt.
(lovcrnor Porter tolls ti good story
on Colonel ••Dick" Wintorsmith, one
of the best known characters around
Washington, and a hontuckian by
birth. Colonel VVintersmith is a
most gonial companion, tolls a yood
story as well as anyono and is bril-
liant in roparteo. 441 never knew
him to bo turnod down but once,"
said Governor Porter to a writer for
i the New York Kocordor. "Mike
I Cluskey was tho man who did it.
Cluskey was an editor at, Memphis at
tho breaking out of tho war, but
| thinking the sword mightier than
' tho pen, laid down the latter for tlio
i former, lie was elected to the Con-
federate congress at Kichtnond and
I served as a member until tho war
| was over. After peace had boon do-
clared ho was making his way back
lo Tennessee and stopped at Louis-
ville, i\y. Colonel Wintorsmith had
: returned from tho army also, and
' having lost his fortune by tho war
was living in Louisville with a
wealthy sistor-in-law, who was a
widow. Colonel Wintorsmith was at
homo there, and had everything at
his disposal as if it had been his
J own. He lived in elegance.
♦♦When Ma.[or Cluskey reached
Louisville, Colonel Wintorsmith took
him to his •home,1 knew thut his old
; comrade was 'busted,1 and told him
to make this place his homo as long
as ho liked. Major Cluskey accepted.
About two or threo months after ho
1 had been a guest the ma or and his
hostess yet in a carriage, drove round
lo tho home of a priest and wero
married. Colonel Wintorsmith hoard
of it and rushod after them to find
out what it all meant Major
ciuhkey, in his most gallant manner.
! replied: 'it means, colonel, that 1
aui the, host, you the guest, and so
long as you make yourself agreeable
we will he glad to have you remain
with us.'
4,it was the only time 1 over saw
Dick floored, but he was completely
knocked out t hat time. 1 have seen
Dick since t hen, however, get even
by talking Senator Joe Blackburn to
a standstill."
WnlnmiH | ii !oriii:it ion.
Tramp- l'ieaso, mum, 1 haven't a
friend or a relative in the world.
Housekeeper — Well, Pin glad
there's no one to worry over you in
case you get hurt. Here, Tige!
New York Weekly.
Him Mn«t Ho lli'lplm <«irl.
Miss Itickotts -What aro you sail
about, SuoP
Miss Flypp—I bought a nice new
pair of silk stockings a week ago aud
it hasn't rained a day since.—-'Truth.
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