Indianapolis Leader, Volume 3, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1881 — Page 2

HlDIAilAPOLIS LE&OEft,

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BT BAGBY Ac CO., ;Corner Illinois and Market t. Cati4 m Mcoad-clu matter at tb Poatoffic at Indianapolis, Ind. TXBM.3 OF SUBSCRIPTION." Kogl Copy, 1 year " aaoatha. S months. 1 month.. 1.00 .5 .20 1.7 1.50 Olaba ! ai 1 jaar, ttcb copy... ' Un, 1 year, each cop j F iMWIIIIflMllllllllim TllfC DID1?U mJ foand on file at tfllO 1 ArrjUGeo. P. Kowall A Co.'e N.wiypr Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce St )whre advartiaing contracts mar b mad for it In NEW WW Subscribe for the Leader. Let every colored man who favors the deration of his race subscribe for the Leader; and let every white man who believes that slavery was a crnie against humanity and tbat it is the duty of the ruling race to aid the Negro in his struggle for moral, social and intellectual elevation do likewise. The democracy could not stand Riddlelerger as Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate but they will have to stand him now a3 a peer on the floor of that august body. The Washington Sunday Item comes to us this week enlarged to a seven column folio and decidedly improved in style and matter. We congratulate the Item on this evidence of its prosperity. We wish the Item fair winds and smooth sailing on the troubled sea of journalism beneath whose uncertain bosom is buried so many gallant barks. We call attenoion to the interesting communication, "Early Anti-Slavrey Days," to the Richmond Palladium, from the pen of Judge Jacob B. Julian of this city, which we clip for the benefit of our readers. The article is well worth careful reading, as it calls to mind, those who befriended our race when we most needed them. Mr. Julian grew up in this community, and in his early manhood aided many a poor colored man on his road to liberty. We hope thLs will not be the last communication of the kind, as such memoirs will be read by all with interest. The Globe complains that people are continually sending it marked copies of the Item with requests for the reproduction of the articles marked. We see nothing strange in this. The marked copies of th Item are evidently sent by Washington people who are subjected to the inflictions of the gratuitous visits of the Globe. These sym pathizing people, touched by the pover ty of intellect which the Globus col umns evince, simply desire to furnish it something readable for publication. If the Globe would simply confine itself to a reproduction ot tne news louna in the spicy columns of the Item, it might hope to find some readers in ton. 11T 1 v asningAn Outrage. ' Two years ago when the Republicans were in the minority in the House of Representatives thev nominated Mr. Rainey of South Carolina for the empty honor of Clerk of the House. Now when the Republicans are in the major ity and the nomination means some thing Mr. Rainey is thrown over board. In previous issues we have in fittin terms expressed our disgust with this action of the majority in the present House- There is, however, another feature of the case to which we wish to call the attention of our Southern rea ders. It is a fact that the only Republican Congressmen from the South are men sent here almost exclusively by col ored constituents. Now let us see how these gentlemen behave when they have an opportunity to serve the race they pretend to repre sent. Harney a colored man, an ex-member of Congress, a gentleman of fine ability and a record in Congress that has been a theme of adulation by his associates and by the press and people of the en . tire country irrespective of jmrty, with the unanimous endorsement of the Re publicans who served with him in Con gress, Mr. Rainey . appears as a candi date for a position as clerk of the House. Of course the Southern Congressmen the men sent here by the colored people to look after the interests of their race , -of course these gentlemen rush fran ticly to the support of this distinguishes Southern Republican? Not they. No indeed. So fearful are they that one Colored man will be given a prominent position in the organization of the House that they forget all the proprieties and even common decency, and gather themselves into a "caucus of Southern members" and nominate a white man for Door Keeper and then and their proclaim to the country, with a great fluorish of trumpets that the South will not ask for any other than this one position. Thus by the treachery and meanness of these men, these 'Southern members," who by every consideration of honor and gratitude were bound to be his friends. Mr. Rainey was slaughtered and the colored people were

denied any recognition in the organizaof the House. '-' !' g If one of thesd treachreous ingrates is ever again permitted to darken the doors of the Capitol as a Congressman by a colored constituency, it will be a lasting disgrace to that race. At the proper time we shall have more to say on this subject. N. B. It should be borne in mind that the Southern members referred to are all white, no colored member from the South having yet obtained his seat.

A Photo. The Item thus graphically photographs the alleged editor of the Globe: "We cannot refrain a smile when we think of such a coxcomb, with his French and English airs and graces, like a weather-cock oscillating in whatever direction the gentle zephyrs may blow him. A fine pea-cock indeed to occupy an editorial chair. You think of Y att, and instantly the steam-engine is suggested; of a pedant, and the plumed knight of the Globe is before you; of Ark wright, and the spinning jennie whirls before you; of an egotist, and you fancy you have been drinking a draught of the Globe; of Davy, and the safety-lamp lights up the mine; of a bigot, and in your mind is the presence of the Globe; of Harvey, and the blood courses the more quickly in the veins; of an infallible being on the throne of heaven, you see the "Globe;" of Morse, and the electric spark is seen darting from continent to continent, read like ruck, to "put a girdle around the world;" of the unscrupulous Iago, without moral courage to pour his wrath upon a certain worthy Othello, in the city of Washington, but showers his wrath upon the consecrated head ol the poor "Item," at once the maliciov.s wri ter of the "Globe distastefully springs before you. When we consider the number and variety of themes ho has discussed, many ot them the most recondite out-of-the-way character, and his late war fare with many of our leading journals North, South, East and West, denouncing men of integrity, sycophantly sustaining a few, one can readily see he is not a fit subject to lead or espouse the cause of any race. Mark Twain and the Pilgrims. Chicago Times. Mr. Twain tried some of his dismal humor upon the banqueting New Englanders at Hartford. "What was there about the landing of the Pilgrims?" inquired Mr. Twain. "They bad been three or four montns at sea; they were all played out and nearly starved; it was fearful cld, and they were nearly frozen. Why shouldn't they land i If they hadn't landed ..there would have been some reason for a celebration, Now you try to make out that this simple proceeding was of enougü importance to be celebrated with orgies like this." This is nothing more than a new application of the story of the Irishman at Niagara. He saw nothing remarK&DJe in the waterfall. Why shouldn't it fall? There was nothing to stop it. Mr. Twain continued: "Those ancestors of yours must have been a mighty hard lot, for .i. : Sr. l : 1 1 ,j mere is iiui a mau in tuia iwm nuu m umit tbat he is better than his father or his grandfather. Sich of you as have not been in the Penitentiary if such there De are all better than your fathers. You may talk about your ancestry as you please, but &s for me, I am a border ruffian, a iUissounan Dy birth, with Connecticut as my adopted State. I have the morals of Missouri and the cul ture of Connecticut, and that's the combina tion that makes the perfect man. W iere is my ancestor, the good Indian? Your an cestors skinned aim alive, and 1 am an or phan. Not a drop of my blood runs in his veins to-dav. but I don't object to that. They skinned him alive. Ah! that's the thought that rankles." Mr. Twain referred playfully to the old practice of . persecuting Quaket s, and of taking in slaves, and concluded by suggesting to the boys to quit and disband: "liegin by selling Plymouth Rock at auction, in the great wealth of rocks in New England this particular rock would bring perhaps thirty-five cents. If yon don't sell it, throw it open to the patent-medicine man. Do orof ihint to fiake a start On this tablet see water and milk, and even the deadly lemonade. You are on the downward path. Ina few years you will surely reach cider. Pause while it is not too late." Of course, nothing but buffoonery was expected ot Mr. Twain; still, it doesn't appear that there was a lively amount of laughter. People are wearying a trine of the antics of this performer. lie Used to be a Boy Himself. Little Rock Gazette. The other day a show came to Little Rock and was shamefully imposed upon by Uncle Isoru. I While standing near the tent he saw a crowd of low spirited boys grieving on account of financial depression. "Does yer youngsters wauter go to der show?" he asked. The boys responded in noisy chorus. "Well, come on, den. I uster be a chile myself, an' unlike de mos' of men, I hain't forgot it Count dese bovs," he added, addressing the doorkeeper. The man began counting, and by the time the boys had passed in Isom was walking around, talking to acquaintances from the plantations. "Here," said the showman, "givo me twenty tickets." ... "Wh it for? Does yer think me a lottery agent?" "You passed In tweuty boys, and I want the tickets or the money." "I doan' owe yer no tickets, and I doan' owe yer no money. I didn't tell yer ter pas de boys in. I said count 'em. I'se always heard that showmen is good on 'rithmetic, an' I wanted ter satisfy myself. Yer say dat dar was twenty boys 1 doan' 'spute yer word, case I ain't no mathertician. Sposen I take a lot ob boys ter de cashier ob a bank an' axes him ter count 'em; does dat signify dat the cashier is gwing ter pass 'em into de money room? No, sah. Go back to yer tent I tees a crowd goin' in." The showman, remembering that he had left the entrance unguarded, turned, and Isoru walked awav. Lincoln and the Duello. The following letter appears in the New York 8un The inquiry by a correspondent, and your answer thereto, ia Sunday'" 8un, referring to dueling invitations sent to Abraham Lincoln, leads me to say that there is In the 8Ute Library at Nashville, Tenn., an autograph letter of Mr. Lincoln, written in characteristic style, and in an . awer to a hostile note from a brother lawyer, whose name I do not now recall, who had been offended by remark' made in the - trial of a cause in Court Mr. Lincoln says in this letter (which covers almost a page of large-sized paper) that he had no Intention, by any words he might have spoken, to offer an insult, and if his language was open to such construction, he begged to make a full apology to the geu tlemau. Lie added that in case this explanation should riot be satisfactory, and the gentleman should send him a challenge, he would not accept it under any circumstances. My recollection la tbat he said also, in this connection, that be would not fight a duel in any case, but in this case particularly. Not having intentionally insulted anybody, he had no purpose of fighting for an imaginary offense. :.'! f i( K. C. MtJRBAY. Jew people, äays a writer, 'realise- what a wonderfully delicate creature the ear is." It is a remarkable organ, that's a fact Ask a man for a loan of $10, and the chances are that his ear won't hear you. "Softly whisper, "Come up and take something," and the ear manifests an acuteness tbat ia really marvelous, Norristown Herald.

EARLY AKTI-SLAVEKY TIMES,

And Men A.rouml lllclunond BY JACOB B. JULIAN. Richmond Palladium. The first settlements made in "Wayne county Were in the vicinity of where Kichmond stands. The earliest settlers were largely from North Carolina, and with a few exceptions, were D'enibers of the society of Friends and all were alike impelled by their hostility to the inttitution of slavery to abandon their old homts and seek new ones where they would be secure from the curse of its presence. A few families among the best in the little colony, the llolmans, Kues &eM were from Kentucky, though they shared their neighbors' views on the subject of slaveryi and joined with them in their resistance to its introduction. "When this was attempted the people of Wayne county were therefore a unit in opposition to it. And when in the year 1803, a formidable party, sustained by Governor Harrison himself, was formet! with a view t its legalization in the territory the people of Wayne county, true to their con-, victions, united aa one man in securing its defeat Jonathan Jennings, then a very young man, was their candidate for territorial delegate in Congress, and under his gallant leadership the opposition was triumphant. We can at this day scarcely realize the importance of the issue submitted to the voters of the infant territory in that contest. By the ordinance of 17S7, the entire northwest was dedicated to freedom. So understanding it, the people from the slave as well as the free States nocked to it. The territory of Indiana got her share, a very small proportion of whom favored the introduction ot slavery, or at any rate were willing to tolerate it, and through them the momentous question was forced on the people for settlement, whether the ordinance so beneficently provided by our forefathers should be broken down or sustained whether freedom or slavery should be the rule. The struggle was a tierce one, but decisive in its results, establishing as it did the principle that slaveuy was to have no foot hold on the soil of the territory. With the knowledge of the result there poured into the territory a largely increased emigration of such people as favored the line of policy thus inaugurated. And during the vears following the settlement, under the stimulant it afibrded, large accessions to the population of Wayne county were made and anti-slavery sentiment readily took root and made a solid growth in the minds of a people so disposed toward it. In the new accessions, as in the original settlement, the Society of Friends predominated, and in the contests over the question which Iroin time to time came up its whole weight was thrown on the side ol ireedom. Ihis might well have been expected from a society into which, acordingto its discipline, no slave holder ever was or could be admitted. This disciplinary rule is as old as the society itself, to whoe ever lasting honor he it said, it never failed of enforcement. During these years the little society then formed and worshipping near where Kichmond is located, sent a committee consisting of Andrew Hoover and Ueniamm Harris, two of its most influential and honor ed members, to V incennes to confer with Governor Harrison on such subjects as were of interest to the society, including the sla very and Indian questions, and the subject of the assessment of fines for the non-pertor-mance ot military duty, the Governor lis tened to them respectfully and treated them with great kindness and entertaining them at his own house in the most hospitable manner; so much so, that their mission be ing at an end, they returned to their homes full of his praise. I remember of hearing David Hoover, a son of one of the committee say to his father jocularly, that the commit tee were so captivated by the generous treat ment of the Governor, that thev forgot to mention the object of their visit and left without referring to it. This was, of course, a mere joke, for the committee was made up of true men, conscientious and fearless in the discharge of their duties and unyielding in their convictions. I remember both of them well, one of them, Andrew Hoover, being my grandfather, and, as I alwavs believed and as they now apiear to me, they were among the best men ot their dav. lhere were in these years, or down to 1830, or thereabouts no Abolition societies, anti-slavery leagues, or other organized bodies in open hostility to slavery in Wayne county. The failure to introduce the institution for the time seemed to satisfy the ix-ople, though in their hearts they despised slavery and the slaveholders as well, and it did not take much to awaken and bring into full life this feeling thus temporarily slumbering. When, therefore, a fugitive from bondage found his way into the neighborhood he was among friends nnd the recipient of kind treatment. A knowledge oi this fact reached not only the sli.ve but his master, and when the former disappeared the latter with his agents turned their steps in the direction of the town of Richmond, then beginning to grow, and its vicinity, where it was supposed he would be found. Some very exciting scenes occurred in the neighborhood in connection with attempts to capture and restore to their masters their runaway slaves. One of these it was my fortune to witness. There had lived for several years in the little cabin on the farm of John Morrow, two miles northeast of Richmond, now owned and occupied by Abram Gaar, one Bartlett Reynolds, a man of color, whose wife was a good looking mulatto. They had become well known, and were worthy and popular with the people of all colors. It was known too that though Reynolds was free, his wife was an escaped slave, and liable to be seized and returned to her master at any time. This was known and talked about among the people, and there was much sympathy felt for her and her husband, accompanied with pretty sturdy resolves on the part of the colored people, participated in by not a few of the whites, that she should not be spirited away. They were often disturbed by rumors ot the presence in the neighborhood of suspicious looking individuals, who generally di sired to purchase horses from the people, and the wife spent many days and nights secreted in the woods and fields to avoid them. Early in the winter of 1825, shortlp before dark, authentic information reached them that an attempt to take her away would le made that night. They determined to abandon the plan of concealment and to prepare for and resist any effort that might be made to abduct her. With this view they carried into the house a good supply of fire-wood and water and building a large wood fire, placed on it a kettle filled with water, and kept it boiling dursng the night; they whetted up the butcher knife and placed the axe conveniently for use and barred the door safely. With such a fire sending up its heated air and smoke the assailants could not come down the chimney nor could they in any other way gain admission. As was feared the men made their appearance, and by persuasions followed by fraud and force, sought to gain admission but did not succeed. They loitered around the premises during the whole night trying by every expedient to make an entrance without success. During the night a little girl, accidentally in the house, was sent out through a back window aud reaching her home made known the condition of afl'airs. From this point word was sent out to the colored people around, reaching also many of the whites, and early in the morning all the former in the neighborhood and many of the latter with numerous loys, of whom I was the smallest, were on the ground. Our sleek, well-fed, rosy cheeked, horse hunting brethren from Kentucky had slept none during the night, and looked much the worse from their experience. The heroic resistance of Reynolds and his wife had taken them by surprise, had in fact disgusted them thoroughly they were not only in a pitiable plight, but the colored met) as they came

around armed with axes, knives, clubs etc.,

had no mercy on them and were uustinted in their abuse, all of which they were compelled t: submit to without a murmur. Staying there under this running fire from their persecutors until near noon, and see ing that there was nothing they could do, they withdrew amidst the jeers and insults of the colored people, to their homes, where ? A 1 lit 1 . . ' .1 li is nopea tney arrivea wiser men man when they came. The Reynolds' sought a home in Canada, where thev died some years ago The colored people did not eniov what passed any more than did the whites, while the boys were in ccstaeies over it, nor was it strange that we should be. We overlooked the constitutional provision for the rendition of slaves and all laws made in aid thereof. The fact in we had not heard of the same. nor had we heard of the expecled relief for our Southern brethren through the fugitive slave law of a later date, we were innocent Of any knowledge of any law or rule bindA 1 . 1 , . ! 1 mg us io aiu me siave-caicner in uis woi-k, and felt guiltless of any crime in our rejoicing in his discomforture on this occasion. "We only saw an attempt on the part of these men to steal the wife of another man, both citizens and neighbors and to separate them from each other forever, and that toOj without any fault of theirs. We knew, ot course that we were right in our sympathy for the victims of their oppression and in our abhorence for their oppressors. Out of such scenes were Abolitionists made. The Ruinptioa Boy. Harpers' Bazar.1 It seems to be pretty well agreed upon by domestic critics that the boy as a household institution is not an object of unalloyed de light, although he is to be endured as a nec essary evil. Of course that applies to every body's boy but our boy. Our boy is not the ordicary boy at all, but a hero born, an incipient derni-god, the young St. George nimgei! auncugu tne neignoors n.ay aeclare him to be St. George and the Dragon 4 -! il.r s v": iL i Vbuu, muco uovuiog in uu pain is leit aiive. It is in boy nature inevitably to be active, leaping, laughing, living; the growing bones and muscles will have full play, the healthy lungs full cry. A boy that is any sort of a boy must ho gay and noisy, and must make an attr osphere of commotion about himself and his boots, his dogs, his guns, or his want of all those and like things. If he sat still and talked under his breath, we should know something was the matter of him, and expect but poorly for his future; and so, if our nerves are in tolerable health, and nobody is really ill in the house, we welcome all his racket and stir, and would not have one sound, one echo, the less of his calling, and jumping, and running, and whistling, and bouncing and flamming, and if other folks object to him, we congratulate ourselves that his affairs are none of other folks' business, and look forward to the time when they will regret their inability to perceive the greatness c f the man that was folded in tho boy to await its timely development. But this is merely the common boy of North America, as Aunt Jane in "Malbone" would eay that is, only our boy and your boy. There is something about this one differing from the normal and generic boy. He is not the eviJ-disposed boy, the bad oy, or, worse than any of the others for daily use and comfort he is not the bumptious boy. For of all things in a family, shrews and scolds and busy-bodies, the bumptious bovis the roost intolerable. The bumptious boy is always several years older than the family Bible registers him, and he impresses the circumstance upon you every day by means of his sublime effrontery. While you consider him the veriest youth, he considers himself already a man, and as far as he can acts up to the assumption. His tongue is in every dialogue; his opinion is proffered on every point; hU advice is forced upon you, whether the affairs be momentous or trifling. He receives your guests for you before you can do it yourself; he takes the burden of their entertainment; he criticises the cookery with the air of Dr. Kitchener; he is gallant to the housemaids, whohvmor him because it is so laughable; ho affects airs of eociety, makes calls on amused ladies, has engraved cards if he can get them, makes a fuss about his linen; his correspondence becomes voluminous, and he is overrun with occupations and engagements. He apologizes for appearing to neg lect you; he offers to do services with his superior facilities; ho pretends to the confi dence of people tbat he knows you respect; he comments on their peculiarities, too; he opens the morning paper and peruses it whether his elders wait for it or not, and knows all there is to know on politics, being sure not to espouse his father's side, lest he be thought to take the "old man's'' opinions ready-made He tosses off a glass of wine at table, when he knows no one will like to dispute it, and calls for another, to let you see what a man he is, and what a head he has; he swaggers into a gentleman's room and helps himself to cigars; into a lady's boudoir and busies himself with her, work-basket while affecting a knowledge of the world that would make her laugh in her sleeve if it were not exceedingly offensive. He hints darkly; ho assumes to have had affairs and experiences; if it were not unmanly to boast, he would tell you of many women that are in love with him with him, just out of his pinafores! He practices for future love-mak-ing with his aunts and girl cousins, and kisses them in a manner that makes their fingers tingle to box his ears tingle a dozen times over, if it were not for their Christian kindness in hesitating to amaze him, and hurt his surprised feelings by repulsing his affections. In short, he is an urchin just in his teens, with an overweening and colossal conceit of himself, who is a scourge and a nubance, but who amuses everybody so much that he hardly kindels lasting indignation, while tho family hope concerning him is that he may one day have sense enough to see what a fool he has been. You feel, neverless if not so closely bound to him as to feel nothing of the sort that the acquaintance ot this bumptious boy is detrimental to every other boy with whom he comes in contact, and for the sake of the human rt.ee in general, and of affording it as little injury as possible, rather than let loose upon it this hurtful species, you endure his well-meant insolence, and the liabilities he takes, yourself, and long for the years to come that shall put an end to his forth-putting airs and graces, and make him a man, perhaps not any the more disagreeable for having at the early stage graduated in his bumptiousness, and cast it off with the things that are behind. Severity in Men and in Women. Pall Mall Gazette. It is as well that no occasion should be lost of testing the common-place that men are harder than women. Irish tenants are said to have found that the reverse of this is nearer the truth. Speaking of the cases settled at Ballina, the Times correspondent says that they were extreme cases, and the fact that the land has been in the possession of a lady did not diminish the risk of rackrenting. On the contrary, it may be said, without any sweeping disparagement of the gentler sex, that in many instances they have been found the most severe and exacting of all proprietors, who enforce their claims with uncompromising strictness. -A charming blonde with more beauty than money was under a haird lessor's hands. "What splendid hair!" he exclaimed; "I will give you 200 francs for it 1" "Two hundred francs!" exclaimed the beauty in amazement, "Cut it! cut it quick!" In a few moments the scissors had removed the golden fleece, and the beauty looked at herself in the mirror. "Ah, but I am ugly," she sighed; "I can never go out like this. I must have a chignon to match my hair. What's the price?' "Three hnndered franca, madame!" Curtain descends to slow music.

WHAT IS A. KISS:

A Vexed and Vital Question Variously Answered by the London Truth' Vast Army of Riddle-Wrestlers Definitions Esthetic, Scientific and Commonplace. The puzzle editor of the London Truth recently offered a prize for the best brief definition of a. kiss. An immense numb3r of answers were received and many of them published. The following list, containing the best of them, make interesting reading: A language all can understand, In any age and any land. A harmony in red (Grosvenor Gallery). A kiss Is a declaration of love by deed of mouth. My definition's a commercial one, ' A bill presented, and a stamp thereon. The ever-fashionable seal-skin. The right of a mother, The toy of a flirt, The hope of a lover. The true one's desert .. ' Kisses are moths that steal from out the night, Flutter awhile, aud perish lu the light. A speechlestoken . Of things so sweet They cau't be spoken. A kiss is merely a contraction of the orbicularis orismuscie. Love's proof impression taken both before ' And after letters. Oddily, too, the more The print's repeated the impression's stronger, And the true artist's best effects last longer. A monosyllabic form of communication, composed only of labials, f reo uemlv used as a con junction, although an article, and more common man proper. A free press. Child and mother's fond delight; Lovers' draught of sweetest blü; Woman's veil of keenest spite:. A kiss. A popular abridgment of an old story, which, while judiciously curtailing the more involved passages of the narrative, robs it of none of ii eloquence, and manages to preserve tne author's meaning. If fit material for a kiss you seek, You need but two lips and a little cheek. The key which opens the fatal door To thoughts unknown, uiigucssed before; But whether 'tis for weal or woe Those e'en who use it do not know. Two pair of lips and a couple of fools. A kirn to be sweet must be under the nose, But sweeter by far when 'tis under the rose, The soft touch of a mother's Hps on a sleeping Infant's brow; The impress warm, on rosy mouth, that seals a lover s vow : In joy or sorrow love's token sweet, when tongues no word may speak ; Affections last fond tribute press'd oa the chill ana cnangeiess cneek. Sir. kisses are many, and hard to define. Rome sklm-ml'k and water-some maddening wine; uux Kiss aenuea singly. By venus' dovei Should be the first clasp of strong fetters of love, The best definition of a kiss? Why, barely, two mouthsful of bibs. It may menu little, it oft means much, And oftener nothing at all; And it's always off as soon as it's on, And It is never the same to all. What part of speech Is it? A noun some say. Common and proper, yet no speech it hath, Nor is it e'er a part. It takes away The breath, so that we "tell it not in Gath." Noun it may be, yet Is its leading function To lead the lips to form a sweet "conjunction.' Scientifically considered a hearty kiss resembles in principle nothing so much as the action by wnicn tne lump-sncaer nsn atiacnes itseir to 6tone. or that of the leather "snckere" with which urchins delight to lift pebbles. The lips of the kisser are pressed against those of the kissee, a slight exhaustion of air is caused by a "drawing" action on the part of the agent active. and the two actors in the farce are temporarily attached to each other by the pressure of the ex ternal air. The kisser ceases to exhaust the air within his mouth; the attachment is broken, the iarce enaea. The salute by labial coition, the sweetness of which depends upon the age of the parties. A most un aesthetic result of the close contact of two faces, sometimes exquisite, of teuer dangerous, ana always uusatuuactory What is a kiss? Simnly this: Four lips meet, two hearts greet; Sans deceit, union sweet! Rapture! bliss! That's a kiss. To pout your lips and place them, sir, To others close ; and then. By suction to compress them, sir, A vacuum within; And, when this doth distress them, sir. To open them again. Hnmid seal of fond affection, promise of a future dim; Outward elgn of inward passion, such thy deflni UUJ1, HISS, Cromwells Head as It Is Preserved To-day IDublin Times.l It is not generally known that the embalmed head of Oliver Cromwell is extant Some few years since, at any rate, it was Raid to be in the possession of Mr. Horace Wilkinson, of Seven-oaks, Kent It was then in good preservation, and its phrenological asIect presented several striking peculiarities. Thus the length from the forehead to the back of the head is quite extraordinary far greater than in ordinary men.' The forehead or frontal portion, is low, but very broad, the orbits of the eyes are very large, ibe cheek-bones and the bridge of the nose are high, and the lower jawbone, which is ordinarily curved, is snort, itiuight and forming a right angle with its point of iiueition. The head is one indicating a brain (which is but the instrument of ' the mind) of great activity and great capacity, corresponding with the remark of Cromwell's Secretary, who said that "it was at once a shop and storehouse." From its being embalmed, such flesh as remains on it is of the consistency of hard brown leather. The eyebrows met in the middle, and between them was a small wart now worn awayone of them which Cromwell when sitting for his portrait ordered the painter on no account to omit representing, as his duty was not to flatter in any way, but paint what he saw exactly. In life hi3 complexion was fresh and of the hue known as "salmoncolored." The hair, which waf of a fairish r reddish tinge, had mostly been cut off, and the beard is now stained brown by the embalming flnid and drawn under the chin, where, when the head was exposed on the top of Westminister Hall, it was tied close to the spear bead, which had been run through and mounted on it. Several teeth remain and the eyelids, but the brain was removed during the embalming process. The Carious Faculty of a Young New Mexican Compositor. r Santa Fe New Mexican. ; 8anta Fe has a young man with a mind which has a faculty that is rarely to be found, if, indeed, it can ever be discovered elsewhere. The gentleman in question is Hugh McKevitt, a printer, working over at Military Headquarters. He is a rapid type-seter and a thoroughly good workman, so that he is not dependent on any side business for a good living, and as a consequence has never said anything about his spelling capacity, which is the subject of this item. McKevitt is a left-handed speller, and defies any one to Imt at him a word which he can not spell ackward as rapidly as the best and quickest speller could give it in the usual way. The other day the reporter fell in with him when he was in a mood more communicative than usual, and had occasion to try him. Incomprehensibility was not a marker for him. As soon as the word was pronounced Mc said, "Fifteen letters," and went at it backward so fast - that his hearers were unable to tell whether he was right or wrong. "You see," said a fellow-printer, "he. can tell the number of letters in any, word without a moment's hesitation, as well as he can spell it backward, and not only that, bnt yon can give him a whole sentence, and he will tell you at once how many letters there are in it, and go right on and spell through the whole thing backward faster than most people could spell it the other way." This thiag was tried time and time again, and no word or series of words could be hit upon which were not rendered as indicated above. Of course, there are words in the English language which McKevitt has never heard of, just as is the case with almost every other man, but he is what would be called a fine speller, "right-handed,", as,' he says, and is familiar.with the language, and any word which he has heard and can spell at all he can spell backward with astonishing rapidity. The strangest part about the whole thing is that McKevitt has never practiced or studied spelling backward a day in bis life. He says he does not know how hi ever

acquired the ability to do it, bnt that as soon as he sees or hears a word, even if he has never thought of it before, which.

of course, is the case with a large majority of words, he knows immediately how many letters there are in it, and how to spell it backward or in the regular way. It is so, too, with sentences. He knows at once how many words and letters in any sentence that may be suggested, and states the num bers promptly as soon as the words are uttered. McKevitt can also distribute type backward as fast as forward. In the left-handed spelling there is no theory of sound to aid him, as in very many in stances the letters Fpell nothing at all and can not be pronounced, so that there is no accounting for his ability to spell in that way, except to conclude that it is the result of a gift a peculiar faculty of a remarkably quick man. There is no particular advantage in all this as far as can be discovered, but it is a curiosity and a rare one, and if anybody thinks it isn. t hard to do let him try to ac quire it. TABLK GOSSIP. A lady advertises for a person who is in the habit of serenading her to stand nearer the house so she can scald him. Baldwin, the Newark cashier, has plenty of rich friend3 and is free on a small ball. It is the big thief who is respected in these tiaaes. A Long Procession. A procession of men passed through Main street this morning and were an hour and a naif passing a given point The given point was a saloon. Rockland Courier. Tennessee is rapidly drifting back into shoal water on her debt question. She is not unlikely to be precipitated into wild confusion on local issues, affording good pasturage for the patriotic repudiator. Some of the newspapers are alarmed over the ereen Christmas which is to fatten the grave yards, There U no occasion for ap prehension. Whatever the grave yards may take, love and immigration will replace. Let none of us be gloomy. Mrs. Scoville says: "I have nothing to blame the reporters for except it is that when anything interesting or important comes upon our side they leave it out; but if rorter and Uavidee eet a irood turn on us they always print that in full." "I consider the man who adulterates food and the man who deals in adulterated food, worse than the assassin and sneak thief," says Judge Gardner, of New York. The Judge will next be heard of as omitting glucose from his morning coffee. Here is how a St Louis aesthetic puts it: "I am but confirmed in an idea that our beliefs are merely circumstances, reduced to a sort of epigrammatic laconism, and, like the environment subject to change, constant and sure, with her who truly loves." The cancer on his tongue possibly accounts for Senator Ben Hill's dirty tal k about the Sherman regime in the Ticuaury Department. Denver Tribune. It's always dirty talk to expose rascality, and it's fearfully unpopular. It was very unprogressive in Mr. Pitney himself to say anything about th03e candles. What worries the half breeds, especially of the civil service reform strain, is to see the Stalwarts all going stallwards, while their own bones stand through their staring coats, far off from the crib of gold "Away on the mountains bleak and cold, On the mountains bleak and coo-old!" New York World. Some Germans have been found who do not like beer, and do not wish other people to drink beer. They agree with Martin Luther, that beer is a devil's drink. Still, Martin may have been mistaken. Quite as mistaken as when, laboring under ai hallucination, he thought he saw Old Cloven Foot in propria persona, and hurled his inkstand after him. Boston Globe. Should the Protectionists succeed in their scheme to reduce taxes on whisky and to bacco, and increase the tariff on iron and steel and goods manufactured therefrom, the title of the act should be the "iron-clad pro tection tariff." The iron and steel men are at the head of the movement, and it is but right tbat they should have their houses la beled in such manner so that a casual glance in ay detect their ownership. - Ten, Laugh X Will. Yes, laugh I will ; no earthly ear Can hear the clash that strikes my soul And vibrates through my inmost self. Where dark, discordant bUlows roll. The thoughtless world ne'er stops to ask If gayety Irom tears be born, Ne'er seeks beneath the surface for A broken heart or hopes forlorn. I'll ne'er unfold my hidden woes To sadden or to dim the light Of other hearts, for life, at best, ' Hath need of all that's warm and bright. Then laugh I will, since other hearts Will wiih my seeming joy be gay: They shall not know that In my soul I miss for aye the sun's bright ray. . Home Journal. How a -Terrible Accident Was Caused by Whistling Far Iteaeaik the Earth The Great Burning 51 lue. Correspondence Philr delphia Times J La r: ;sf-kd, Pa., Dx. 10. A singular superstition prevails among foreign born miners in the great Pennsylvania coal fields that if any person whistles in a mine some disaster is sure to follow. Miners born in this country do not share this superstitious belief to any great extent but in deference to the wishes of fellow-laborers they never whistle in the mines. Sometimes they sing and hum their plaintive ballads hundreds of feet below the surface of the earth, and as a rule miners are cheerful and contented. The superstitious believe that a "good luck spirit" lurks in every mine and that at the sound of whistling it Mies and leaves the miners at the mercy of the numberless "spirits of evil." A terrible mine disaster occurred in 1840 which was caused, it is claimed, by the whistling of one of' the miners. The mine was the property of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and was not properly supported with strong timbers. This fact was known to most of the miners, and the shaft a mile in length, was to have been abandoned in a few days. The miners were about to quit work when a reckless Brson named "Jack Richards" suddenly id down his pick and startled his comrades by saying that he would whistle a jig so they could dance a farewell in the mine. The miners in vain protested, but Richards laughed at their superstitious ideas and commenced whistling. The miners were preparine to leave the place at once, and the more frightened they became the louder and faster Jack whistled. In the midst of the tune a d ill, roaring noise was heard, and every cheek blanched with terror, for tbey knew the mine was caving in. "Jack" advised them to run for their lives, and he led the way. Another crash came, masses of falling rock thundered down, and they were imprisoned, these seventeen men, in a space only forty feet square. The gust of wind that rushed through the shaft when the caving in occurred had extinguished ivery lamp, and, for a wonder, there was not a match in the party. They cursed Richards heartily, but he did not respond. Subseqently he was found dead, crushed by the fallen coal and rocks. He was the only one of the party who was injured in any way. The imprisoned men worked as men never worked before, and as they were about giving up all hope of ever seeing their friends again, a noise was heard against the rocks and they could hear the regular click of . the "pick" of the men who were working to rescue them. Presently a ray of light was seen, and in half an hour more the men were saved. The body of Richards was extricated and taken to his home for bunaL Very few of the miners attended the funeral, believing that the disaster was due entirely to Richards having driven the "good spirit" out of the mine with his lively whistling. Richards had no relatives in the world but a sickly sister, and she was so prostrated by the loss of her .brother that she died the next day, and the two were buried at the same time. A mine boss named Hosie was also Imprisoned in the mine and given up for dead. Three days after the terrible accident he made his a pSearance, haggard and pale. He ha i dug is way for an incredible distance through the debris, without food or water to laitain,

hir. This win tragedy is r favorite topic among the old miners, who never tail to warn visitors who tieM-end into the shaft that they mut nut whittle or lalk loud enough to frighten away the 'ood spirits." Near this place and within a U w steps of the famous SäwitclibacK Kail read is the great burning mine, which has been on fire sänce 1858. The origin of this lire is accounted for by the superstitious from the fact that a skeptical miner was whistling in the shaft, and hardly j,ad he ' ceasr d when the announcement came that the mine was on fire. This mine has been flooded, but the fire can not be extingubheri and every year

it keeps oa gnawing its way through the vast veins of coal, destroying millions of tons of anthracite. On the 2d of IVcmiber, lsT2, Morgan Powell, a mine boss, imagined he heard a man whistling in the j-haft. He was told by the miners tl.;it Le had had a bad omen, ard that some trouble would befall him. That night aa he was leaving the store of Captain Williamson at Sunmiitt Hill, mi.lwey be tween I-ansforri and Mauel) Chunk, lie W3 shot dead by Mollie Manire assassins, who were afterward captured by Detective McParlan and hanged at Manch Chunk. The miners think it was the whittle cf the faul bullet he heard that morninj;. Cnhappy People. You can destroy every possibility of happiness or peace of mind by taking it lor granted that every man's hand is against you. Be constantly afraid lett some one should encroach on your right?; be watchful against it, and if any or.e comes nar your possession resent it fiercely. Contend earnestly for everything that i? your own, although it may not lo worth a pin. Never yield a point. Be very sensitive, and take everything that is ssid to yen in the most serious manner. IIa jthlous of y.-ur friends lest they should think enough of you; and if at any time they should seem to neglect you, put the worst construction on their conduct. Make no allowance for their private wows and perplexities, whith may divert their thoughts from your important self; act on the belief thnt though their hearts arn breaking, they f hould hi smiling and courteous to you, and immediately b "on your dignity" if they soetn srrave and pre-cccupie .. By this rnear.s you will be sure to lose their friendship finally, and thus add another to your many reasons for being unhappy. ' A Mecnonite Scene. I Rev. Professor Grant in Manitoba.l The M-nnonitea intend keeping to them selves, and have no intention of marrying or giving in marriage with the children of the land. At first some of the girl went out to service, but one having got married the order went forth that all the others were to return home at once, which wus done. As a race thoy are thrifty and industrious, but their neighbors say that the women do m st of the work. An open ditch about a mile in length, beautilully dug, and with the turf neatly banked up on each sido, was said to he all women's v ork. Lirge numbers of women were also to be seen in the fields. Shot by Cowboys. Tombstone, IW. 20. Deputy United States Marshal Karp was fired upon while crossing Fifth street, last niht, by three men armed with fchot-fmn. The assassins were concealed in un unfinished buildinc and escaped in the darkness. Nineteen shot struck i.arp, inflicting dangerous perhaps mortal wou .ds. The. assault is undoubted ly the outgrowth of the recent fight with cowboys in which Karp was engaged. The gang has since threatened the life of Earp and bis supporters. The citizens are greatly excited. 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