Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1888 — Page 2

THE BEA. AND THE TIDE. A» the inhuteniDg Ude doth roll Deer and desired upon the whole Long shining strand, and floods the oaves. YoW love comes filling with happy waves The open seashore of my soul. But inland from the seaward spaces None know, not even you, the p laws Brimmed at your coming, cut of sight. The litUe solitude of delight, The Ude constrains in dim embraces. Yon see the heppy shore, waye-rimmed. Bnt know not of the quiet dimmed Rivers your ecming floods and tills, The little pools ’mid happier hills, Mt silent rivulets, over-brimmed. What, I have secrets from you? Yes. But O my your love doth press. And reach in further than you know, Apd tills all these; and when you go There’s loneliness in loveliness.

CONQUERING A QUAKER.

"I would otter to help ycu.Edith.only I don’t know what you mean to take,” said Helena Marvin, looking into the room, where her sister was picking. “Take?” said Edith, hardly pauslrg to answer as she moved about the open trunks from closet and bureau, “why, I am going to take everything.” “Don’t you mean to make any concessional” “Not a concession.” “You think it will be better to defy them?” “Defy them! no, indeed! What a horrible ideal I mean to please them.” “But how can you possibly please them if you wear silk dresses and curl your hair?” “I don’t know; perhaps I shan’t; but I’m going to try. And I know I never should please anybody if I left my nair straight*” and the pretty Cambridge belle thought to herself that it would be a pity, indeed, if she, who bad always pleased everybody without trying, could not please Robert’s relatives if she did try. Rut this visit to Robert’s relatives was naturally contemplated witheven more than the usual trembling excitement of the young times. For Robert’s father and mother and sisters were all quakers, with traditions and beliefs and customs recording to which they ought to contemplate with horror and distress this union of their only son and brother with a worldling—and such a worldling! Such a fascinating combination of laugh* ing eyesand merry lips,and ending hair, and tinkling bangles, and rustling, long silk skirts, and coquettish bonnets, and bewildering laces, and ribbons, and lit* tie slippers.

But she had a faint hop? that, once ’brought in contact w ithher worldinese, they wo n d find it pleasanter than they thought. Why not? She had conquered Robert; why should she not conquer them? Robert had not fallen in love with her in spite of her aiis and (race, he had fallen in love with the airs and graces themselves. He had often told her so. He had repeatedly pointed out the particular little cnrl over her adorable forehead that had first won his attention, and had assured her that it was a certain I it of lace about her throat that had completed his subjugation. And that dear little curl, was but a bought curl,held in its place by hairpins and as fictitionsly worldly as a cnrl could pcsiibly be. True, Robert was not exactly a quaker, he was c nly a descendant of quakers. He bad not definitely renounced the world, although there clung to him from the force of heredity and training and circumstances a certain grave demeanor and atmosphere of earneatueee. He did not dance; he did not even want to d ance; but he did not exactly disapprove of other people dancing if anybody did choose to indulge in to foolish a capr ce; ard on the evening when he had been lured by a friend to one of the Cambridge ‘’assemblies,” and had met there his immediate, unquestionable, irr s'stible, worldly little fate he had even felt suddenly a sort of impotent rags w ith himself at not being able to dance. True, he didn’t want to dance any more than he ever did; but then,she wanted to date’, and how cculd he ever please her if he couldn’t do exactly the same things she did? Still, be hsd p’e&scd her. ard with very little effort; ter the quiet, earnest youth was tall and very handsome and would graduate with honors; in consideration of which attractions his earnestnets might easily be forgiven, even, indeed, if the earnestness itee If had not a certain charm nf its own. as at leasts novelty. So.jf Robert had pleased her, and she had nleased Robert, unlike each, other as they were—and everybody acknowledged that itwas a perfect bve mat:Eon both aider—why might it not be pcssible that she would please Robert’s relations? Though not so much as a slipper-bow would she sacrifice from herpleassntwiorldlinees to secure thaF much-fo-te-desired result. As it channel, a test of her resolution .in thit waa ofiej-fuLimmediataly. Mrs. Marvin a ad Ed i th had barely been shown their chamber, after their arri val at the Longworth home, before Edith opened her traveling bag and exclaimed in.dismay: “On, dear! oh, dear! Mamma, my slate pencil is all broken into bits, and my ci imps are all out of curl. Whatever shall I dot Oh, I know! Esther said she would be in the next room if I wanted anything.” In another minute she was tappingat Esther’s door. “ “I am sorrow to trouble yon. but my

s’ate-yencil is all broken to bits in my bag Could you let me have cne of yours?” “Thee would like a slate-pencil?” Skid Robert’s serene sister, with evident bewilderment. "Yer. for my crimps you know. They are all out < f curl and si tumbled that I can’t go down stairs looking sc.” “Bnt could thee not comb them out? I could lend thee a comb to comb them out." • I could, of course, but you’ve no idea what a fright I am without my trimpe. Robert never saw me with my hair straight, and 1 know he would hate to nave his mother see me unless I was looking my very, very best. Of course, you know, I have another bang in my trunk.” Edith made this confession with a wild inatinct that it would be best for Robert’s relatives to know the worst at once, so that any possible concessions to be made afterward, though she would not acknowledge the poesibility of concession, would strike them in the light of unexpected improvement. “But my trunk hasn’t come; so if you could lend me a pencil.” “I—l am afraid I have no slate pencil,” faltered Esther. “Well, a pipe would do; haven’t you a pipe handle? Just a common white pipe, such as the children have for soap bubbles, you know.” “If thee will waitamoment 7 willsee,” said the discreet Esther. Edith in the meantime made her way back to her own room and waited in suspense, while Esther went slowly down stairs, questioning her conscience, and yet very loath to disappoint the lit - tle witch who was depending upon her. She had made up hejr mind to ba very tolerant of the worldlinees of Robert’s fiancee, but to be suddenly called upon to aid and abet her in it was almost mere than could be reasonably expected of her even by Robert. And yet it would be so unfortunate to begin the visit with a family jar! She had a terrible consciousness that there was a pipe in the house—Richard,her little nephew, had had it for soap bubbles only the week before—and to tell a lie, even a white lie, and permit herself to be unable to find it, was something mote terrible to Esther’s conscience than even conniving at a curl. 2s it happened, however, she really could not find it. Here was certainly sufficient excuse for going back empty handed; and yet—and yet—when she came to the foot of the stairs, Esther, insteed of going up, turned ai ide into the kitchen. “Bridget, could thee spare a moment to go across to the corner grocery and get me a 'pipe—a“c6min6h, white clay pipe?” “A pipe, is it?” said the wondering Bridget “Yes, Bridget, a pipe; a pipe so for blowing soap bubbles,” s’ammered Esther. “Thee knows, Bridget—a pipe such as Richard had for his play.” “Yes, I know,” said Bridget, wiping her hands on her apron, and then removing the apron. “And is it soap bubbles they do be wantin' to blow already? Faith, I’ll send ’em up a plate full for dinner.” “Edith has won her first battle,” wrote Mrs. Marvin to her husband that evening, “and without a wound or scar on either site. I only wish you had been here with your detective camera to get an instantaneous view of the two girls when Edith opened the door and Esther handed her the pipe.” As Edith had confidently expected, it was the first of a long series of victories over Robert’s relatives, which she gained not by trampling down their prejudices under the high heels of her French slippers, but by quietly teaching them to like her just as she was. She had an infinite amount of the gracious tact which comes with a certain kind of aristocratic, highbred worldlinees, and she was at heart a most winning; affectionate and true-hearted girl. Had she been merely a worldling, the French slippers wonld not have fought for her or conquered her enemies, but Robert’s relatives made the surprising discovery that a really sweet-hearted creature remains sweet even on high hee’s; and before a week was over Edith was the acknowledged ruler of the entire household.

It was even decided in family conclave that it would do to give her what, in the worldly world, would be known as a “reception.” They had no idea of doing this iu looking forward to her visit It was felt that it would be concession enough for them to consent to receive as a visitor into the bosom of their own family the young woman who had disappointed their fondest hopes for the security of Robert’s future. To have their friends to meet her, to see her in the full blase of her effrontery of long silk gown, and perhaps even of diamonds, would be to advertise their shame, the disgrace of 4be-enUra family, in a way-xutto-.be con temp lated . for a mom ent. They would endure, but they would not publish to the world the fact of what they were called upon to endure. And yet—and yet—at the end of a fortnight preparations were on hands for all their friends to come and see this wonderful Edith with full knowledge on the part of the family that Fdith would undoubtedly surpass all her previous efforts on this occasion in the art of decoration. Edith, however, had her own plus. On the evening before the solemn entertainment she slipped

up-stairs, took off all her bangs, brushed her hair down perfectly smooth and straight over her little ears, twisting it very plsiuly behind, gnd then drew from her trank a little gown of pale gray cashmere, reaching barely to her ankles, and without a ruffle era fold, except the fewest possible pls its at the waist, and absolutely guiltless c f ornamentation of any kind. A tiny scarf of wh t) illusion was crossed over her breast, and her contemplated toilet was complete. Neverthele s, she surveyed herself in the glass withe vide nt dis-atis-facticn. “Dear me, mamna, it im’t halt to bad as I thought it would be. I meant to look like a fright, and a'ter al its rather effective. If I was d rest el for private theatricals I should think myself immense. Ohdeai! suppose they should like me best th's way after aid” It was a sorrowful blow to her hopes on this tramp card to fin! h erst If still exceedingly pretty. She was perfectly conscious of a certain piquant charm in her novel appearance that might undo her after all. Still she would run the risk. She was a perfect little actress. If anything had been needed to elect Robert’s complete subjugation after his first vision of her lovliness at the Harvard assemblies it was supplied when be raw her the week alter in some private theatric ds. She could appear to be a quakeress just as effectively as she could act her more natural self in a different world, and it was with face and tceent and manner perfectly adapted to her new toilet that she quiptly entered the parlor ajain after her escapade upstairs, and said demurely to Robert’s mother: “Rachel, would thee like me to wear this gown to-morrow evening for thy friends? There was a subdued whistle of delight from the reconstructed Robert in the corner. But Robert’s mother give no sign. “Thee must wear just what thee pleases, Edith. If it pleases thee better to wear thy gown of red silk ” And the wise Edith understood human nature well enough to be sure that “Rachel” would not be altogether disappointed if her pretty future daughter-in-law should reconsider her toilet and re-appear in the dainty'gowns she had been exhibiting for the past fortnight. ““And what does Samuel think?” Edith asked, passing on to the stand before Robert’s father. “Samuel thinks,” said the old gentleIman, shyly, “that thee had better ask Robert.” “Ob, no, Papa Samuel, that would not be any test at alljthee knows perfectly well that Robert likes me in anything,” said Robert’s fiancee, demurelv. “And so do I like thee in anything,” said Papa Samuel, with unexpected gallantry. “But I think I like thee best, Edith, in red. Thee knows we quakers like to follow the way that is most simple and natural, and I think red is the most natural color for thee. I think thee mnst have been born in that red silk of thine. Thee is very sweet to me, my chiltj, in this quaker gray, but wqQuakers, thee knows, do not approve of theatricals, and I think to-night thee is trying to play a pari. Thee acts it very prettily, Edith, but I advise thee to go back to nature and thy red gowns.”'!?" So the battle was won, and the result proved that Edith was quite able to conquer not only Robert’s relations hut Robert’s relatione’ friends. When, a year later, she came back to tnem again as a bride there was but one thing left

for her to conquer. Robert had prepared her for a possible visit from elderly friends who might think it their duty to remonstrate with her, or with him, on his very worldly marriage, and it was, in truth, hardly a month before he ran up-etairs one afternoon, as she was dressing with the announcement that the prpbable counselors were taking off their overcoats in the hall. She hesitated a moment, but her hesition rose merely from a moment’s consideration of whether she had any other gown in her wardrobe that would emphasize more distinctly her intentions to adhere to her own tradition?. She decided that the long trailing skirt of pale green cashmere, with its border of pile plush and its sash of watered silk was sufficiently worldly when one took into consideration the jewel tbat sparkled in the laces st her throat, the dainl y lace-edged hand kerch’e', and the eUris over her white forehead. She paused only to slip cue more bangle over her round wrist, and then, kissing her husband, floated down-staiis. Robert never knew exa etact ly what she she eatd or did to the old gentlemen in the parlor. He hung over the banisteis and caucbt the echoes of her silvery little laughs, end saw the maid cairy tea into the parlor, and at the end of an hour descended the stairs birrs alf at the •oldgentlemen emt rged from "the doorwiy, determined tn stund by Ed ith to the last, if she happened to have a hard time, He knew tbat some remonstrance would be quietly dealt onqto himself, even during the brief vestibule episode of farewell; but to his astonishment, as 1 e stepped forward to help die old gentlemen with their overcoats, the one who was evidently spokesman for the party grasped his hand and said heartily: “Friend Robert, thee has married welh” " Still another year later and there lay on Edith’s arm a little Edith, with love-

ly eyes and very remarkable, highlyembroidered clothes. “Do you think,, Esther,” raid the young mother “that she is going to have curly hair?” “Yea,” said Esther, with a smile that wai grimly pleasant and yet pleasantly grim, “I think she will have curlv hair. I know thee would find a way to cnrl it, though it be as straight as—as a pipe stem,”ard Annt Esther tent over to kb 8 the child. v “And you’re glad it curls, Esther, you know you are,” insisted the baby’s mamma. ‘Yes. Edith, lam si ad it carls. For tioce thee woold be sure to curl it somehow, it is best that Dame Nature will have none of thy tricks and graces, but will bring up the child to suit hertell.” ,

Growing Bullfrogs for Market.

There is a town in Arkinas called Al lints, at least there is a poetoffice by that name, and some houses are fOttered promi cuoutly through the miry vicinity'. Atlanta nettes snugly in the midst of a charmin; swamp, where enakesand toads are wont to congregate, and where such a thing as toil Clears the same relation to reality that an algebraic equa'i n bears to a known quan ity. The inbabi'ants doubt not there is soil under Atlanta, but the trouble is to get beneath the superficial stratum of swamp and reach the great dep hat which it is supposed soil might be found. Toe Ark n’as agent of the Ealy Merchantile Company, was asked to send in a report of Atlanta. He has just sent it, and in it he bring) to light a new industry. The swamp being unsuited to the growing of grain, the inhabitan’s have suited themselves to the circumstance, and now grow bullfrogs for market. They have excellent seed, and the growths have been magnificent un'il last year, when the whole crop hopped away before it was ripe. This was very discouraging but when the time came another crop was put in and at last reports it was doing wdl, though there areindicationrtha r.he p ecadeut set by the last crop may be followed ths year, as several of the more mature frogs have been peregrinating about the swamps already. When the field docs not take unto itself legs and hopaway, it is sold. Ealy’s agent is endeavor ing to make a contract for one thousand bushels to be delivered out of the first crop that can be detained until it thoroughly ripens.

Phrases the Girls Must Eschew.

The list of words, phrases and express'one to be avoided by. young ladies of Wellesley College includes the following: “I guess so,” for I suppose so, or I think s). “Fix things,” for arrange things, or prepare things The use of “ride” and “drive" interCewgeably. ‘Real good” or “real nice” for very good cr really nice. ’ I have studied some,” for studied somewhat, or “I have not studied any,” for not studied at all. ‘Not 881 know,” for not that! know. “Try an experiment,” for make an experiment “Had rather,” for would rather, and “had better,” for would better. "Right away,” for immediately or new. “Wellpcs'-ed,” for well informed. “fry and do,” for try to do, or “try and go,” fcr try to go. “It looks good enough,” fcr it looks well enough, or “does it look good enough.” for does it look well enough. “Somebody else’e” for somebody e’ss.

General Grant’s Tomb.

New York Evening World. Yesterday the tomb was full of flowers whose fragrance filled the air. On the floor are the evergreens iu poti, placed there byVrderjcf the Park Commissions ra The grim black casket is almost hidden by roses, lilies and bydrangeara, placed there by Mrs. Grant. She visits the tomb four or five times a week, and is generally accompanied by Colonel Fred Grant or his wife. She keeps fresh flowers al way son the casket. Th os 3 seen by the reporter were brought Easter Sunday. They were wonderfully bright and sweet, considering the lime they bai teen there. The interior of vault is painted a light gray, Breezes whisper through the tomb, and it is hard to assoc'ate the idea of death with any place so .cheerful. At six o’clock the flag ii ran down and the doorsare closed.

Curious Coincidences.

Detroit Free Press. “I see,” he rald, as he laid aside a paper he had been reading in a tobacco store, “that ■& Very curious thing happened in lowa the other day.” Some one asked him what it was. “The wind blew over a house.” - a coincidence!” gasped one ofthe young era. “On that very same night the . wind blew over my house, hundreds of miles distant.!’

An Apt Answer.

Boston Courier. - “Who was the wisest man?” asked the Sunday school teacher. “Solomon,” promptly replied a little girl. “And who was the holiest?” “Moses.” “Moses? What makes you think so?” “Because I often heard p. pa speak of •Holy Moses.’ ” S

INDIANA BLUE LAWS.

Rigid Statutes That Were in Operation in Territorial Days. Indianapolli News. A queer old book, printed in oldfashioned type, with the leaves yellow from age, is in the State Law Library. It is a compendium of the laws of the Territory of Indiana, printed in 1808, when Wliliam Henry Harrison was Governor of the State, Josse B. Thomas Speaker of the House of Representatives and B. Chambers President of what was then called the Council, bnt is now known as the Senate. The * Bine Laws of Connecticut” have become famed in history and tradition, bnt perhaps but few Hoosiers know that the laws in their own State, then a Territory, were but little lees rigorous and strict.. “No rogue e’er felt the halter draw with good opinion of the law,” and even in this day and age, offenders “against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana, and the statutes in such cases made and provided,” as the indictments r ead. era apt to think that the penalties for petty offenses are much more severe than is necessary or desirable. Had they lived here eightv years aco, theie would have been mnch more j ustice in their complaint, for the statutes, as set out in the book referred to, must have been a terror to evil doers. Perhaps no person who r< ads this article knows that such a law as the following was then strictly enforced: If any children or servants shall, contrary to the obedience due their parents or masters, resist or refuse to obey their lawful commands, upon complaint thereof to any Justice of the Peace, it shall be lawful for such Justice to send him or them so offending to jail or house of correction, there to remain until he or they shall humble themselves to the said parent’s or master’s satisfaction,and if any child or servant shall, contrary to hisbonnden duty, presume to assault bis parent or master, upon complaint and conviction thereof, before two or mere Justices of the Peace, the offender shall be whipped not exceeding ten stripes. The above is only for a petty offense —a mere misdemeanor, but for absolute crimes the punishment was made mnch more severe, and differed from that now in vogue very materially. For treason, even in contemplation, murder or rape, the punishment was death. Regarding manslaughter, it was provided that a mAn might defend his parson, his home or his property, even to the extent of killing in an onslaught on either, and in such event “he shall be holden guiltless.” Fcr burglary it was provided that the guilty person should be whipped in public thirty-nine stripes, and give sureties for his future good behavior for a term cf three years, and in default of such surety, he should go to fail for a like term. He was also compelled to pay a fine, amounting to three times the value of the articles stolen, one-third of which went to Ter ritory and one-third to the person from whom the theft was made. In the event that a criminal should assault a householder, in tittempting a burglary, imprisonment not to exceed forty years (think of it) was provided. For un’awful assemblies of any kind the penalty was sls fine and security for good behavior for a period of six months. For participating in a riot the penalty was light, a $lO fine, but it was further provide I that any officer who killed a lioter in disputing his authority, should “be holden guiltless.” For obstructing or resisting the authorities, the first offense was subject to a fine of S3OO and thirty-nine stripes; for the second offense, a similar fine and whipping and the giving of security for future good conduct for a term of ten years. If a man was found guilty of perjury, he was fined SSO, given thirty stripes and “set in the pillory” for not more than two hcurs. For the first offense of larceny the guilty person had either to restore the goods stolen or pay double their value and be whipped, not more than thirty lashes. Fcr the second or subsequent offense he has to pay four times the value of the goods stolen, be whipped as usu*l and if he could not nay the penalty, the sheriff was empowered to bind.or hire him outto any person for a term not exceeding seven years, or until he could make enough money from his labor to settle up in full. For simple assault and battery the penalty was a fine and surety for keep in; the peace; for forgery, it was a fine, a whipping and a set time in the pillcry, and for arson it was death. The rights of propc rty in relation to live stock were very rigidly protected. For herse stealing the penalty for the first offense was to pay the value of the hone and be whipped not leas than fifty normore than 2CO stripes, and for the second offense, death by hanging. In these days stcck was allowed to run at la?g’, marked by the brand or name of the owner; Fot- changing thes e ir arkson hones or hogs, with a view of stealing them, the penalty for the fitsb offense was forty lashes “on the back well laid on,” and for the second offense, the pil’ory fcr two hours and branding the left hand with a red-hot iron the lettc r “T,” signifying thief. It /Wir further provided that when any person should kill a horse or hog, knowing it not to be his own, should within three days “show the hide of such animal with the ears on to the next magistrate" for identification. If a man was proven guilty of bigamy,

he could be sentenced to a fine of from SIOO tossCo, with imprisonment, disfranchisement, and inability to testify in any cases in court. It was provided, however,, that shod Id either husband and wife absent himself or herself for a term of seven years, without letting the other one know why or wherefore, that fact should be considered as amounting to al'gal divorce. A farther penalty was made for “taking a woman away and compelling her to marry,” a feat that would he difficult in these days of feminine independence. Another little pleasantry was that any man who eloped with a young woman, who was under age, and married her, without the const nt of her parents and guardians, should serve five years imprisonment. For the abduction of children, two years was the penalty. Marriages were permitted between boys oyer 17 years of age and girls over 14, with the consent of tht i r parent?, but not without it. Intentions of marriage between young people had to be published fifteen days in cd vane *, either in papers or by bells, or announced for three Bundaysiu advance in church. Sncb a proceeding might prove m'her embai raising at the present time. In all cases in which a finewts i uposed for any offense, it was provided that the Sheriff might bind the defendant out for labor until he had made < nonzh money to pay it, even if it took seven years.

MARRIAGE IN INDIA.

The Ceremony Through Which Boys and Girls Pass in their Land. Boston Herald The f ollowing is an abstract from a letter received a short time ago from India: “As I write there is a terrific din going on next door, which is made by natives that are celebrating the marriage of their children, who, to judge by looking at them, are about twelve years of age. The celebration was commenced last Tues iay;(to-day is Sunday), and it has been kept up day and night ever since. The music (?) is produced from an old keg with one head knocked out and covered with sheepskin,upon which they beat with their hands, which s called atom-tom. There is one other instiiiment in use which sounds very much like a bagpipe and a tambourine. There is no harmony in the sound they make and, in fact, all they eeem to want to do is to make a noise. This is tccompsnied by a chant by the females, which is very much like the sound a saw makes when it strikes a knotinalog. -11 is the custom of Indian parents to make a match for their children when they are born, and then, between the age of eleven find twelve, they celebrate the wedding with feasting and rejoicing, according to their means. Their parents will stint themselves for years before and after the event, so as to make a great show. After the ceremony the bride and bridgroom are separated and do not meet until they are of age, when, if the man does not like the woman, he is nnt compelled to live with her, but he must support her. But I am told that css3B are rare of the husband’s refusing to live with a wife of his parents’ choice. “The first intimation I had of the arrival of the bride and bridegroom was hearing a full brass band, whereupon I left this letter and went out to see the fun. First came 150 children, each carrying a lamp, and followed by thirty or forty men, who amused themselves by firing off fire-works. They were succeeded by the band, and directly behind this came what is called here a ‘pilekene.’ To get a good idea of what this latter article is, imagine a small pagoda with no sides. This was decorated with all kinds of silks and gold and silver trimmings, and with a lamp hung in every place in which it was pcchible to put one. This was born upon the shoulders of fourteen men, and inside sat the bridegroom, very richly dressed, with his parents.. At the door of the houre the procession stopped, where the lite of sprinkling him with rice was gone through, after whici he entered the house, where he rema ins for three days, and then he returns home to await bis coming of '

Costly Car Cleaning.

Pitt* burg Dispatch. You have noticed, no doubt, the ladies with mops, scrubbing brushes and pails, and the linen-attired men hard at work upon the cars side tracked in the yards of the Pennsylvania railroad, but I question whether you have ever stopped to think wbat the cleansing of the cars costs the compeny in the course of a year. An effitial 14 the road asked me if I knew, yesterday,and of course I had to confess ignorance. “ Well, the soap, water, the requisite instruments and the men and women to handle them coat the Pennsylvania a trifle over $250,000 Is st year. That’s., what it costs to clean cars for the people toride in this ag»,” was the statement which astonished me, as it w 1! astonish you. ; -. '' ■ .

Accounting for a Failure.

Wife—l stopped at 1 Mad. Medium’s to-day, and a iked to be put in communication with mother's spirit. Husband—Did yon snceed? Wife—No; aft: r two or three ineffectual trances the madame was forced to give it up. Husband—Perl ajs, my dear, she tried the wrong place.