Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 21, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 November 1875 — Page 2

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THE DUST.

BY CUAHLKX .SOB1.K OBCGOKY.

A rtiabby slipper in Uwrtnxft, Beneath Ou- whi*l* and horse*' fti-ly— A little thing,Bat from tue au#ij reUfl *t»rt OBDombrKtl CiMjeiK autl ctopurt

Oo daring wing.

fled

ilUCi,

Fair In her maidenhood, perchance Mwe» P.-ylU* woif lllu Uiedat For It Is small And list ulug it ti»« inald was near, Fall oft voiin- Iarnon »ougbt to bear

Its tiny fAll. *f

Adminsl Cer ln*tn and dainty fuel, While this sh«» wore And the fond lover kne by this, Wben she accepted wltb a

Wise chastening gave

With many aloud snd soandingtbWBck Brought young offenders to the LraCk Oftratb again. A dosen boy*, lor ail we know, This ragged leather helped to grow

As useful men.

}UI wruwnw PMJluer,

And, decked with this, plump Bridget might Win brawny 1'airlek far her knight, With rond deslgu. Since the iipruoe clerk first sold the shoe, What eld event* hath it been through,

Whatchai.gw»«evnl

inmt moving with a rythmic tread, Where Phyllis merry measures led With gracelol mien. Or keeping In the moral way Hiiruly lliTttllU, tOrU to HtrUV

Hlnee Adam fell.

Then pe«plngfroni the mcxlcst brown Of blooming Bridget"* Sunday gown, Tbe kitchen-belle. Now, aa at last all slipper* mu«t, The liUle slipper lien In dusr,

And no in ust we

Then ma he last enduring resl. Thai stops Hie eurreut of this breast, Aa painless be.

[Prom Llpplncot for November.]

"Mammy."

BY JKMXIK WOOUVIW lr

It waa a atony, neglected Held, pow dered with ox-cyod daisies and dotted with dandelions—golden uanaenons that looked likespolsnf nunshino on th*

een gran* and among the crevices ol roeks and the gnarled roots of the oak trees that were scattered here and there. There wore carriages and bug

lea sanding about, and horses, some to tho lower branches of tho tree)*, other held by the little negroes belonging to tho plantation.

In thi* tutd, away off beyond the houso, wan a square wooden railing painted black, and within it were grassy mounds, some large, somo small, and now in one corner had been dug another long deep hole, and the earth lay scattered arouu-1 it red and freab. Friends and neighbors had drawn near, some within the enclosure, others leaning against tho black railing. Tho coffin hao been reverently lowered: and while tho atiu slowly, aank and bathed the

Sraln

In a llood ot mellow light, and ickered among the leaves that trembled overhead, clear and solemn on th« summer air fell tlio worda, "1 ain tho resurrection and the life."

Earth to earth dust to dmt ashes to ashen." And each timo there wiw tho thud of falling earth and the rattling of clods, and the hollow answer that so

fnatiy

aching hearts can recall and

hero wore half replevied cries and choking hol», and still tho grave was Mindly and Inevitably rilled another mound was raised and spaded In hi aha|e stones were placed, one at tho head, another at tho foot, to mark the sloejcr'* place and then she waa left alone, the sjvoet young wife and mother.

AM Mr. Larrantree and his sister returned to hia dewlato borne, his eyea ratted on lib children, Nelly and Grace two little inotherleaa things with iklr curling hair and Innocent blue eyes like thcae in the ootBn out in the Qeld. They aat on the piaraa atciw in little white fix«k«, their hair tieel back with ribbons and Mammvsat between them in white turban and cape and a black drew »be luul worn before their mother was born. She waa about seventy years old, with a low black forehead full of wrinklea, and abroad flat month containing only the yellow remains of t««ib, and we rim of hair that pt-oped out from under her turban had been •miy for many a year. Tho little black eyes had retained their brightne«« and

clothe* so deftly as she had their moth er'« but, ah! bow Indignantly would

As Mr. L-irrarttreo and his atster ajv proached, Muumiy stood up and the ehlldnm sprang forward to meet them. rtiva,*' said Once, "what you all lM»en rfolnT Mammy said for as not to go, you wunid be mad. Would yon be mad, lie held her In his arm*, and his ey»» were blind with tear*. "Mammy was right, baby—papa did not want you to

An', mpa, what yoa reckon asked Hellv. "Mammy was tellln' us 'liottt Mr. lU»hit and Mr. Wolf, an* she cried csu«« Mr. Wolf eat Mr. itabbit np.

Mannny keeps cryin' when anybody ain't doln' a thing to hex, an', papa," ccmtti o«d the child, beginning to cry few-self. "I want nuunitta, and Mva aim's g«ne to steep* ahut, and »n't get in In, papa? Wont you ucr'

Peoile.

I*- 'J

Refused before.

Or yet, In Mine maternal hand, Thissilpper taogbt a romping band Deoorum grave. is With teni|ered Ju-nlw, though severe, Thai b«ld the yelling culprit doar

old brain for marvelous UlM, and got down on her stiff old knees by the little !.Dto\Xv^^li?r.bf8«?d ihimT-"N^her mlnd rl.tl-

till she was ftttfT and «©t® and the white turban bobbed auapkiously

Day* .jn»4n«a slowly b^am* cryftali»»d into weeks, uid at length the «overncMi had twine, and Mr. Ijarrantree a nutter felt compelled to return to the charge of her pwn family. lkU?re ahe did so, however, ^he request®^ that Ml» Knnerby would be very tender with the children, as they were of aner

shall not deny them any reasonable indulgence," said Mi** Knnerby stiffly:"but children have no right to 1)0 nervous I shall make it my btislusm to conquer the tendency."

I do not mean to say that they are nervous," replied Mrs. Allerton, who was very unfavorably Impressed with her new"acquaintance: "1 meant mere1 t- call your attention to tho fact that they are of a nervous temperament, und should be favored with greater ludul genee ol a certain nature than—"

Permit me to differ with you," said Miss Knnerby. "Mv decided opinion is they should be hardened before this ten dem tecouies a radical evil."

As Mrs. Allerton regarded the. light

Then when twasdlmme«l with ageand wear ^^py^tl^'ihort1laahwThe thin"lljs norbv shouTd overhear them, aiid this Borne bUK»mlns kitehen maid might share l'!.r time iravo such nn expressive "meow" Its taritisrHsl Millie

wit^ her once or twice at this neighbor's

Unfortunately, as she feared, for tho matrimonial designs with which Mis* Knnerby entered upon her duties, Air. ijarranlree was called away on business the day after her arrival, and she had only time to ascertain that he agreed with her fully on one point children should be taught to be solf-reliant and induced to develop their moral muscle. She bad therefore no doubt of his ap-

{lardcning

robation

when sho commenoed the process by commanding

Mammy, after tho children were un: dressed, to put out the light and leave them to go to sleep by themselves.

To a great tuany g(/od hearted and in telllgent people—peoplo who honestly desire to bo kind and reasonable—it wero vain to attempt to portray tho age ny of some children on being left alone in the dark, the unreasoning, uncontrollable terror of that something which by Us very lack of form, its vagueness and indefinltenesft, becomes so awful, so dreadful, so infinitely horrible, that the anguish as substantial torture cannot 1MS compared with it. The child'.-' whole soul is pervaded by a terror which cannot be shakpn off bv any effort of the child's own Will. Its entire beiug is the subject of a terror which it has no power to subdue, and its whole nervous system lies atths mercy of this shapeless, shadowy foe it is reollng and staggering and fainting, and suffering a shock which will tell in after lite as surely as a shot in the eye or a cut on tho brow, oh, why is there no Mr. il.-rgh who can prevent cruelty to children 7

A great many excellent persons without nerves fail "to appreciate this htate of feeling, and Miss Knnerby was nut only without nerves, but by no means an excel lent |crson. She was cold and hard and cruel, und full of vindictive feeling toward those abovo her. which she could gratify only by grinding those whom Providence placed under her heel. Mammy with unerring instinct atouee discovered that Miss Knnerby was "poor white"—that Is, sho had not had crowd of negroes At her command and ridden about in her own carriage—and, with the aristocratic tendency of her «lass, despised her accordingly. Tho old woman knew her place too well to make any intentional display of contempt, but sho conducted herself with a dignified formality more offensively suggestlvo than the most elaborate impeitinence, and Miss Enne^by felt it with a keenness she could not dUgnlse from herself.

The gratification of the latter could only be measured by Mammy's dismay at the order to leave the children alono and indeed so great was the panic created In tho nursery that evou Miss Knnerby would have mAde a temporary comirmnlse hod it not Involved a triumph „jr Mammy. As it was, she porslated in the enforcement of her ordor, and it was with grim satisfaction that after tho

ol?

cry

iMialt, "I want nuunitdL, and ^famray •avs aim's g»n» to mlsep, an' Uw dwor to i». Can*t we go wake minima upf'"

How could he answer except by tsarsT And p*or old Msmuiv I As night Oftme on and the children grew tired of f4ay or were sickened with sweets, aDwst bntke her bean to mm the bine full of t«**rs and Ut* corners of the mouths drawn down, while the rvd Jtp« tmnbled and the chikiwh voice* «erl«J »rer and over again, "I want my 1 I want my mamma

And «s aifht after n*gbt the blaek ribbons went laid aside, and t*»e iuoth on tbe little white *Um chiidnw j^ut

themselves to

seemed to re* I fate and to sleep

er* nub, am now iiKMguanviy wuuiu go qu.^w, "••-r they have repelled the idea that she was not know that Mammy stole lmmedlerowltig or could grow useless, aud htfr ly back end was at her post, with her nlace lie better filled! How oUcdient arm around her bantlings nor how, as _» a VfttMAoVkM^M riAa rvt \f til* i. Mammy would throw berseir on tne floor behind tho bed, and the little ones, taking

place lie letter filled! How oUcdient arm around her bantlinga. nor they were to her dekvated authority! Mtw Knnerby'a step wa* heard mjd tolerant of the little shakoa and my would throw herself on the I Jerks shosouicthnca adlnlnlsteretl! How ««™«i trustful of her l«tr® and emulous of the their first leeeou in deoeptian, woui —, i.vi.k in shut their eyea and feign sleep until ah had retreattx!, satlslltxl with them and

praises she was lavish in bestowing! shut their eyes and feign sleep until she Vw*. Mauuuv, you were wrinkled and h«d retreattx!, satisfied her "system."

Mauunv, you were wrinkled and black and oul and ugly, vou were Ignorant and narrow mimfeo and snpirstttlouft, but you Were true to your noralings, and tender aa true and they gmve tou back your lovo with a fervor which neither time hojf wxwon could

Ing

Ainmy WAS saving, "An' Jack,

In lub wld de King's dorter,

Aont Mwtor Ml- Ennerby Of^ncd

the door. No answer. Miss Knnerby advanced: *H)race r*

MA'am f'stuweretl the child faintly. ••Who was that talkingf No answer. They were truthful chi-

Aunt Maria!** again otlled Mia« £n* nerbv. 3^1 arm said Mammy with aa unsteady v»»ice. tin down this moment.

Four little hands clutched Mammy silently, but convulsively, and she replied by condescending to bag humbly for permission to remain, but use of no avail: she waa sent down stairs, toe door forked, end the two UUie motherleas tables were leli to ding to each other In Ago ay of terror, ftxiliau and wild and groundless of eouren. but nrwl to them and so Inexprasdblv horrible that few grown persuns ever nave an MjWietwe I'-

The next day Mammy petted i»d«* mned them even lunre than usual, »nd took thafls oat under the trees, and then

OOM

UP.

down but U»i%-**ai« no break in toe chain of events that took place betweeu "Mr. Rabbit ind Mr. Wolf," and Maraii)v did noisti^l b#r arm away until the curly heads were motionless and the little lips bad ceased to ask why mammash ptao long.

Mammy gwine to be right at de do Mammy gwlne to lav down fight close outside de rio' ef Miss RitoWrlwks it an' ef you gits 'feard, you jes' say 'Mammy!' 'kind o' easy, »nd Mammy, she gwine ter say 'Meow, meow! like 'twere acatmeowinV

What vou goln' Jo say 'meow' for, Msmmy?'v asked Nelly. v'cv« I kywTi* snjeerino oder way, hetiey,,*said Mamn»\ MJCt I was to talk husnaii,'coursir Miss Kdner would chh*Ii me. ttod bless my babies! Now don't you all beskecfed, 'cos dar ain't uuflin io be skwretl "bout, nohow de

Lnl

with tho children, as tney were 01 uc ,. vrvii* t«mr«»m«nt and had been ac- ban an' Mammy'agwine to roll yo bed close aide do do an' den she gwine ter customed to much indulgence,

Sure

'•Mammy J" Moow! meow Then there were little glgglrs and whispers, snd the next time Mammy's name was called they ooutd hardly «lt it for laughing: "Mammy, Maiumy!"

Meow, moow "Oh, Mammy!'' •i-' •'y Me-ow vv Mammy was alarmed lest Miss En

antf «i/u'are" jaw of the woman before her time'guvo such an expressive "meow bet- heart misgave her, and she trem- that it produced an unrestrained burst bled for the happiness of her little of laughter, whereupon M«»•» nieces but it was now too late to do tuied to whtsper llishe, chillun aught but wait and hope and pray. Miss thesounds j»nwei11ly siibskk^i n^into Knnerby liad boen recommended by a gtggl«» anu whbpere. Then Mam mv neighbor, and Mr. I^arrantrce had met Pj.®^ }ier

:noi,

ol tl,e

an,li

bouse, but that was all. lie had not n°w, chillun, cos souiobodj might hear observed her sulBcienly to form anv y°u-

clear impression of her character, and his mind was now in a state such depression that he accepted at once tho aid iirst offered, and had employed Misu Knnerby in tho confidence based upon his neighbor's Judgment.

When punishment was to be administered on tho plantatior, it was the duty of tho overseer to do it, and as Uncle Sawney was acting in that capacity this year, he was sent for to perform his functions.

No one at first understood the position of affairs—neither Mammy nor Uncle Sawney, who stood to receive Miss Knnerby's orders neither tho children, who "wero waiting to bo taken to bed nor tho housemaids, who, leciing th.it something unusual was about to take place, were hovering curiously in tho rear and whgn tkey did, when it bo came apparent that Uncle Sawney had been sunt for to punish Mammy, the state of feeling was quite indescribable. Uncle Sawney himself was aghast. "Good Lord, Miss Edncr," ho oxclaimed, "1 daznttoch that nigger. Mas' Jack ud peel me all ober. I»rd iia' mussy I Mas' Jack ud have me on de block de very nex' trader cum along." "I will be responsible U* your master," said Miss Knnerby.

Uncle Sawuey scratched his bead and dropped his Jaw, and "walled" his eyes at Mammy very mucbasif he would llketo punish her for being the source of bis perplexity but bis whip remained trailing on the floor, and his heart failed iiim as he essayed to lift it, lor Mammy was a dignitary whose Importance waa not to be trifled with besides which. Nellie &nd Urace were clinging frantically t» her, despite Miss Ennerby's commands, and the feeling of his master's children were not to be disregarded. SUM, he hesitated to disobey Miss Knnerby, for, like Mammy, he had very vague Ideas as to tho extent of her authority And did not knew how far ho might safely venture to defy her.

Will you do as yeu are ordered?" demanded Miss Ktinerby imperiously. Uncle Sawney again scratched his head and muttered, "I/mi ha' mnssy!" but Anally said sullenly to Maminy.

MOrnfaasen

yo' coat."

Mammy began with trembling fingers to nn pin her dress, while tke children hung around her with cries of dfstttjss, and Grace endeavored to hold it together. "Oh, Mammy, don't undo it! Stop Ul-TIIII Vlw I cried Nellie. "Oh, Mammy,

Jl,CTdR^Vi^T™^uJn- opting ^.nr aftl.rS.i'f hin. Whip

IL AH wHUnt) .vou!"

T7" %. t,g

king's dorter, plcaso Maui my I i* sheep's eyes Nebber you inlnd, hpuey. It don't ^jitJaek make no dlfr« noe and the wit rot ball oh!

he were In lub wld de king's were always a-easain' sheep's eyes ter but de king, he didn't want Jack "'""J ,'u'" ____ to hab his dorter, so bo guv A grot ball !lL AH* axad eberybody but *Ack. Se de ole

w0re

bur (he were a gret Mend uv JAck)-de to say bere, nohow,Ai» it don mAke

rrs»m And oli'ake mywlfsn* mske such a Nv,n''twouldn't be hern, blew dus* dAt de king can't hurdlysee an* *e L/rdl while hia ejm is full o' dus' you kin run When my mamma wmw lwwpk, «dd AWAVWidhls dorter.' Soofe Mr. Bar, 0race, sobbing, and Io--ki got Bisse'f ALLL o' ashrn, ah' while dey MIsa Knnerby, "I

TEKRE TTA.UTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

good

isi a-wstchin' nv yon night an' dav boldin' uv yon in de holler uv IJm

close side de do^ an' don she gwine ter lay right down by It an' stay dar tell spang day."

cd and Maiumy sent down stairs. Presently there arose, little soft, hesitating. doubting voices, "Mammy Mammy!" ,f*

Meow

J" eune from the hall.

whispered. Oo to

D,,n 1

make me meow no mo

Matumv ain't gwine away." And MaiKiny did not go away. The giggling grew faint and the whispers lesv, and presently tho drowsy lid.s full quietly over the sweet blue eyes, and all was still bet Mammy never moved till morbiug's cheerful boauis dispersed tho shadowy terror's of tho night. Only when it'had bewme "broad day," and she knew her babies no longer trembled —only then, chilled and weary, she gathered up her stiff old 1 mbs and softly crept away.

Nigut alter night, "Mammy! Mammy I" Meow!" answered a voice at the sill of the door. "Oh, Mammy!"

Meow, meow!"' Till one night, Miss Knnerby, wear lug a red tlaunel sacque, her hair in dis gusting little crimping piuils, a candle Raring in one hand and a broom raised In the other,—Miss Knnerby came suddenly from her room with intent to punish the cat, and beheld— Mammy

Little was said at tho moment, but that little was to the purpose. Miss Knnerby was angry at haviug been so successfully imposed upon, and Mammy was not only angry ut having been discovered, but alarmed as to the consequences for her petted children, her ideas being very indefinite as the extout of Miss Knnerby's authority. Very little was said at the moment, but the next evening, as Mammy was about taking the children to bed,"Miss Knnerby sent for Uncle Sawney, detaining Mammy till became.

trembling like the

,'«ck fl.n^15**

"VT

her helpless little lists, cried oyer and over atrain, "Maintns, mamma I please mamma, open your doorl Oome out here just a minute, mamtna, an' make 'em stop troublin' Mammy. You can go tn sleep again. Wont you come, matntnaf" ...

Au imperative gesture from Bn* nerljy indueed Uncle Sawney to rspeat bi» order '^rniAs»u yo' coat. «(b, make haste, mamma cried the chlUlrsn hi agnny.

Msinmy pulled off her sleeve, oo« arm *mi ihoukler, wUil® »»n® turnoa toward the weeping child and said in a roce thk'k with tears n^roe »w*r» honey »ur ma ain't dmr Her «e wouldn't A stayed abot die woit •j jwa b»i ha' iMs-n. Unroe

away,

vance, while the children with frantic cries rushed forward and threw themselves before her. Nelly spreading^ her little baby hands over Mammy's wro hack, Alia Once laying b»-r ralr curls And tliiahed cheek oti the withered blAek breast. "(Jo smwy, Uncle Sawnev." ssUl Grace.'sobbiug so that sho could hardly speatr. "i»» *,way. You kn«w—know papa—fver— let—let yo—whi— whip—Maunny. I'm goln' to—tell—tell him—tell papa, as soon us ever be comes —comes home."

Never mind, Uude Kawney!" said *2Mly ''matniUA is going to open her door" an' come out, an' I'm goln' to •plain 'bout yon troublin' Mammy."

This appealed to Undo Sawney's superstitious feeling, and he had again lowered his arm, when thcro was heard a quick llrm tread on the piszui, tho front door closed with a bang, and r. L-vr ran tree stood before them. He looked with some surprise at the picture

Sliss

enough, the door was again lock

resented, but after a hasty bow to Knnerby he caught Grace up in his arms and asked smiling, "Why, what's the matter, piggy-wiggy? And what in the world are you all doing to Mammy?"

Oh, papa," said Nelly, still protectively clinging to the old wouiao, and unable, even though hor father had come, to check her sobs—"Oh, paps, Unole Sawn—Sawney was—was goln' to whi—whip Mammy."

All right. Uncle Sawney go ahead. No doubt Mammy deserves ft," said Mr. Lnrrantree, but his laughter met no response, and he felt a little punrJed, hav ing thought it all a play got up to amuse the children, and was dismayed to lind their grie*' unassumed. He looked around with indignant yet perplexed astonishment, for he could hardly realize that Miss Knnerby had transcended her authority to this extent yet it was evident that something very serious and painful had occurred.

Miss Knnerby stood In embarrassed silonce, becoming suddenly conscious that she had inado a false move and placed her "castle" in danger. Alas Ibr tho airy fabric! Uncle Sawney's fingers were buried almost out of sight in the giazzly wool that crowned his hesd, aud his jaw fell more stupidly than ever, while ho rolled his eyes, not at any one in particular this time, only to be generally on tho defensive.

No sooner had relief arrived than Mammy's heroism deserted her, and now from head to foot she was shaking with nervous tremor.

Miss Knnerby, will you b3 klad enough to explain this scese?" Miss Knnerby cleared her throat once or twi-*o, and hesitated so long that Mr. Liriantree turned with perhaps discourteous impationcc to Mammy: "Mammy, is anything really tho matter, or is this just tomfoolery for the children?" 'Tain't do kind o' tormfool'ry I been usen ter, Mas' Jack. Miss Edna were 'bout bavin' de olo woman whipped, bless de Lord answered Mammy.

WiiiPPKb! You!" Capitals fail to express it. He turned to Miss Knnerby with Hashing eyes. "She persisted in disobeying me and defying my authority over my pupils, and thero was nothing loft but to have hor punished," said Miss Knnerby.

She didn't, papa," cried Nelly. "Wc was 'jfYuid of nights, an' Mammy didn't want to lock us up In the dark an' ole mean Miss Kdua make her go away, an' then Mammy stoled back anyhow aud mcow'd, an' Miss Kdua caught her, an' ole mean Uncle Sawney was

Will you do me the favor to explain this matter, Miss Knnerby?" Mr. Larranlreo was one of tnoso men who turn pale when they becomo angry, and Miss Knnerby began to feel insecure as she saw his features whiten. She hesitated, and Nellio continued: "Since mamma went to sleep, papa, an' don't let us come in her room, we gets 't'raid every night, an' want Manimj'—"

Well, baby, what has Mammy to do but to stay with you asked he pressing his beardod faco against tho little tear-stained cheek.

But, papa, don't you know, Mammy stoled back at tho crack of tho door an' meowed, an' Uncle Sawney was goin' to whip her, an' you was gone away, an' we ken' callin' mamma, an' callin' her an' callin' her an' the wouldn't come. Papa, is mamma sleep yet?" "Getout, Sawney, said Mr. lnrrantree, "and thank your stars if I don't cut your ears off to-morrow. Miss Knnerby, I may forget myself if we discuss this matter at present, so I will not detain you for the purpose. Open tho door for Miss Knnerby."

This hin£ being unmistakable, Miss Knnerby curved tbe corners of her mouth and ungraciously withdrew.

He buried his faco in the child's curls, and when he raised his head, though he tried to make tho tones cheerful, his voice was choked and hoarse "Fasten Mammy's dress, piggy-wiggy. And now, Mammy, If you know what Is good for you. you will make Tip bring in that valise, and you and Nelly And Graco will opcu it and then If you don't like what is In It, why, yon can just send it back to where It came from. That's all papa has to say about it so here's the key."

Tip brought in tho valise, And MAmmy And the children oAgerly poured forth its contents, Mammy receiving her gorgeous turbans and "store shoes" with the same Innocent delight that the children derived from their bonbons and babies, the old woman and her nurslings throwing aside with equal facility all thought ofj&slr/ecent trouble.

Mr. lArranU*e subsequent interview wilh Miss Unticrby moat have been deci ive if not agreeable, as her baggage was sent to the "crossing" in time tor next day's train, and sho departed without bestowing a kiss on the children or bequeathi/g her blessing on Mammy.

THE KA

/in-'" yo'-

her

bal)v. IX»u

call n«*r uw'. It Jes' makes

ainmy

rrrs

sain.

Tn the prefAce to his recent excellent hook,

M"nie

Abode of Snow" Andrew

Wilson, well known as theanthnrof one of the mmA interesting works on the Chinese Kroplre. revives the old theory of M. Adhcmar that the earth will tonpie over one of ese days and send tne oceans sweeping over the continents. The theory is. Mist owing to the greater

tbe accumulation has reached a certain point tbe balance of the earth mnst be suddenly destroyed—the centre of sphericity abruptly change Bar from the center of gravity, and the whole ssrth al"tost instantaneously must torn trans versely on its axis, move the great oceana, and eo produ«e one of those grand cataclysms which have before now altered the whale fsee of tbe globe.

As thr discimdnn In a Bible class reoenilv turned upun theuuastionof death a colored man remarked: "That reminds tne of the man It speaks of In ihe Scriptures: He waa straining away At A gnat a camel eatne along and swallowed him."

Mh** slowly bared the e*ber blae* khnttldtr aimi b»*iijr trta, wxl Mm Kn* berby mvUoued to Uude iJawn-y to ad

«d him.

who Wrt*b4ls»H« his argument by iwiw and eoinmand, allow* that his reason to very weak, -'i

A Mim trto Live* In a Little World IWuUarty his Own. W^y

(Front the Leavenworth Timea^j While on a trip down the Santa Fe mail the Other day, our correspondent chanced to slop fn CJottonwooa Walls. He canvassed the town, and concluded he had seen aiwuit every person of any importauoo who resides in that quiet liUle village, when he happened to notice a tall, stern, dark, raw-boned-leok-ing Indittfn*^ Standing behind a Urge Iron safe hi a small fn me building. The correspondent stepped in snd presented his card, when the following conversation ocrurred:

Correspondent—Might I inquire your name, sir? Swayge—My name is N. J. Swavxe. I'm a banker. I've got the only bank iu Chase comity. I came to this oounty with 13,000, ana I wouldn't sell out for 130,000.

Oor.—Mr. Swayw, I called to see you for the purpose of asking you to subscribe for our paper.

S.—I tell you what it is, my friend, I run a bank. I lend my uionev for from two to live per cent. I could lend more If I bad it. I don't bother myself with newspapers. When I get done business for tbe day I go home to my wife and children, and have a general romp around. I don't fool my time away ou newspapers. It don't make any different* to me whether gold's worth #1.(50 or $1.75. I've got money to lend at from two to five per cent, per month.

Our correspondent put his hat on, and started out, remarking as he did an "Mr. Swayze^ even if you were in tho habit of reading wspapers, your rates of interest are so small that you couldn't afford to buy your own papers you would be compelled to borrow them from your neighbors."

This ended the interview for tno time being, bnt our correspondent chanced to meet Swayse on the cars en route from Cottonwood Falls Emporia, and reopened the conversation bv asking him if ue was any relation to way re of the Topeka Blade.

S.—No only through Adam. But Saui Wood tells me he's a rattler. I'm a a banker and be's a newspaper man.

Cor,—As vou dou't read the newspapers. I iN?cr that you know nothing whatever of tho current events of the day.

S.—No as I said before. I aui a banker. I don't bother myself about newspapers.

Cor.—Mr.Swayze, I suppose you have hoard of tho death of Andy Johnson? S.—There was a family by the name of Johnson, settled in the south part of this oounty last spring, but I don't know whether his name was Andy or not. 1 never loaned him any money.

Cor.—I refer to ex-President Johnson. S.—Oh, yes! you mean that man that was shot a few years back I heard Sam. Wood speak about that. Well, you soo, I'm a banker I never let such things bother tne.

Our correspondent dln't think it necessary to inform him that he probably referred to Mr. Liucoln, and after ashori timo asked him if his expenses wero not very light.

S.—Well, mv business expenses ain't anything. I do my own business. But my family expenses are heavy. I spend all I can on my table. I buy everything that I can get "to eat.

Cor.—Your lamily expenses must be very heavy? S.—Yes, tkey are. Iet me see—they must be as much as 9300 or |350 a year. Oh, I'm a good liver. I always would have something good to est.

After informing our correspondent of numerous case iu which he had percented farmers out of their homes, he remarked that Sam Wood owed him as much as $2,500, and added, patting our correspondent on tho shoulder "But you bet, my friend, I've got good collateral. Sam Wood's pretty smart, but he can't get ahead of me I'm a banker."

On arriving at Emporia we asked Mr, Swayze which was the best hotel in tho city. ILe replied that hotol keepers couldn't get auy extortiona'o priocs out of him be always went to a grocery when away from home, and got somo cheese and crackers.

Tho above conversation actually accurred between a traveling correspondent of this paper and N. J. Sway see, "banker," ot Cottonwood Falls, Kansas It is unecrssary to add that Swayze is fair representative of that class ol men who don't read newspapers. [JW

"STUCK'-rP-A TIVE CAMELS." And now heaves in sight the unchanged quintessence of Orientalism, there Is our first camel, a camel in use, in his native setting, and net in a menagerie. An entire line of them loaded with building stones are shambling along. The long, bended neck apt* humility, but the supercillious nose in the air ex-

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perfect contempt for all modern The contrast of the haughty "stuckup ativeness" (it is neoessanr to coin this word to express tho camel's ancient conceit) with tno royal ugliness of tbe brutefs both awe Inspiring and amusing. No human royal family dare be ug.ier than the camwl. He is a mass of bones, faded tufts, humps, lumps, splayjoints and callosities. His tail Is a ridiculous wisp, and aud a failure aa am ornament or a llv brush. His feet Are simply big spong«fb For akin covering he has patches of old buffalo-robes, fkded snd with thehmr Worn off. His voice is more disagreeable than his appearance. With a reputation for patience, he Is snappish and vindictive. His endurance is overrated that la to say bodies iike a sheep on an expedition of any length if he is not well fed. His gait iks muscles like an age. And vet rn«»hlihesa in

rac this ungainly creature ca the air, aud regards the world out of his rcat brown eyes with disdain. The Sphlbx Is not more placid. Ho reminds me, I dont know why, of a pyramid. Ue lias a rewcmbianco to a palm tree. It is impossible to make an KgynUan picture without him. What a fiapsburg Hp he has I Andent? royal Tbe very poise of his head says plainly, "I have came out of the dim past, before history WAS the deluge did not touch me I saw Moses come and go I helped Shoofbo build the great pyramid I knew Egypt when It hadn't an obelisk nor a temple I watched the slow building of the old pyramid at Sakkara. Did I not transport the fathers of your race across ttwdnMitr There are three of us the date-palm, tbe pyraftiid, and myself. Everything else is modem, do to [C. t. Warner in November Atlantic.

A Qtakkm Woma*** Simjkw.-"My deaf friend a, there are three thlnga I very much wonder at. The 0i*t Is that children should be so foolish as to throw atones, clubs, and brickbats uplnto fhilt trees to knock down fruit {ir thev would let it atone, it would fall itasiC. 'me second is, that men should be so foolish and even eo wicked as to go to war snd kill aaeh other if let alone, they would die themaalves. And tha third and last thing that I wonder at is thai young man should be eo unwise ss to go after the young women It they would stav at Dome, the young women would oome after them."

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