Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 23, Bloomington, Monroe County, 2 April 1881 — Page 3

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Don't throw mud: it isn't kindly To bespatter any man There are natures striving bVndly To belittle whom they can .Nature's keen to the demerits Of a brother, neighbor, fri enti Wnose own littleness inherits Scornfully pity without- end. Don't throw mud: It isn't cleanly; . --PJltbv habits are betrayed . By those base attacks so meanly On another's honor made Those who tain t are surely tainted Deeply stained the tongues that curse; Onlv those whose hearts are painted Black; are eager to asperse; : Don't throw mud: the true xefpmer Kever stoops to vilify: Proffer 1 ive: the he art grows warmer From th touch ot charity. Vain the clan king chains and lashes To restore the moral worth : Vainer far th world that dashes HOpettnd good resolve to earth; Don't throw mad : you can't afford it; - Thbis no a prizeless life: Just toe will at length award it . To;tl e noblest in the strife. Let not then your chances vanish I n you r ef torts to discrow n : Xiet thi' heart's best'iuipuise banish Aug it that crowds a brother down. Dumbarton Snow-Flabe.

A 3TOBY OP A COSY

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It all came about through the cosy. I mean a tea-eosy We read it on the cosy. Not the kind of cosy, tali and stately, of red cloth, with black braid and leather lining; no, it was a newspaper cosy. I dare say you are surprised at anyone makic g a n ewspapar cosv; but this is how it wtfsV My sister Eliza is a.troman ot an ingenious turn of mind, and elrcr; and when we were spending a i:v weeks once in the country, she said to me at tea one eveninez ' , . 'Antony, we must-uiaye a cosy. T 'Noasense, I, said ; , fcwhata silly expense V ...... - - ------ What expense 1" said she. " -v 'To buy sJurTfor a cosy.' 'I don't want any study she sajd and after tea she brought out her large scissors and a newspaper, and soon sewed together a capital cosy that answered its purpose perfectly all The time we were away. Every evening as "we sat at tea X couldn't help being attracted by the different advertisements on this cos v; ..for it was the otic side sheet of The Times that Eliz had 'happenedon as' oar American cousins say.'- : .' .. VV , Weil, I used to read out these, different notices, and at first Eliza stood I hem pretty well : arirT we nsed-to talk over what wre would do if someone made us a present, of one of the 'eligible properties' advertised for sale," though these, of course, were on the hack of the cosv ; but it I had the other sidetoward me, there was a bit of the agony column,' as they called it, with its old appeals to different, letters of the alphabet to Cim e bak an d be forgiven y tbeir despairing relatives ;and then there were some of ihose strange entertainments always some on in

IiOndon; and these and the agony ones-

I used to read out again and again monotonously, till Eliza really got irritated, which i? not a common thing with her under ordinary circumstances Then there were advertisements of people changir.g their names (one John Betel, who had changed his name to Hare? I remember, especially used to amuse usj: and then there were advertisements for next of kin, and lost property, and all sorts of other things. Well, as I think 1 said, my sister is an ingenious woman, and fat ways told her so: and I used to add that one ot her cleverest dodges was the capturing of young John Whiting, to whom she was engaged hooking him, as I used to say ; and once when we were in Devonshire at a little inn, and we were asked ir we should like some hook-aud-line whiting, : we . both laughed so that' I was obliged to explain to the astonished servant-girl, that my sister and I had a funny joke connected with the name of Whiting, I say young John Whiting, because he is young to me, being only twenty-' eight, while I'm well I'm a good deal more than that, as any one may guess. Te begin with, before telling you about tne cosy. I must tell you gomething about ourselves, My father had a very good country practice as a lawyer down in Hertfordshire, and there we all lived till f came to London to follow my profession there. We were only three children. I'm the eldest of them by a good bit, and then comes William, who went out at sixteen to Canada, and Eliza is of course the youngest. Sneaking of William reminds me of an odd thing tit at John Whiting has often told us. John was one of the first acquaintances William made out in Canada, John having been born and ored there, by the bye; and though Eiiz was' onlv eleven when William left, I believe he thought more of leaving her than of

my rawer, or motner or me. Weih lie

used to talk about us alt to young John ; for John was coming to settle here just as William had out there, aad he would often say to John: "If only my sister turn3 out just such a woman as she is a child, why, she'll 'foe one of the sweetest women on earth. ' ' John says he couldn't help getting rathei interested in hearing about her, my brother usedto talk so much of her. Well, years went by, and the time came for John to Jeave. - Of course he brought a letter from -William, and he acknowledges that he was half in love

with JMiza. before he saw her; hfewever, he says he didn't .need to think twice when he did see her; he was' quite knocked down at once. Before he left the first time he asked if he might call agasn , and then he cam often; and really he was such a nice fellow, and I thought very likely he 'wanted friends here, so I didn't "discourage him; and so well, he asked me in a very straightforward way very soon if Eliz'i was engaged, or likely to be, and I sale no; and he asked then if, as time went on, he got on in business; he might propose to her; and so soon they were engaged, and a very happy couple they were, though when they were likely to be married no one could tell, as they hadn't a hundred a year between them. ,, That brings me back to my father. When be duo, having only outlived my mother six months, Eliza came to live with me; and then it was that I found that my father had put the bulk ol his money in one of those swindling companies that was then don at zero, and soon wound up altogether; and so Eliza and I had to depend on my earning?, which were, and are, small enough, Heaven knows. But we managed to rub along, and Eliza never cokj plained; slie is a haid working girl, and a good sister, and clover, as I rhink I toid you. Taose were happy days of which I began telling you, when we had the co3y. Not more happy than usual, hut just part of a time when we lived

very contentedly together. But it was i not long after this that thinirs began to lock rather black. John being engaged to Eliza, of course what -afft-cted him affected u Well, the principle partner in the house which employed him died, and . thenr somehow tfeinss bean to change. This old partner was the one who bad been in Canada, and had known John's family, and so was always interested in nisa and kind to him. But the younger men didn 't know so much about him, and thought only of the fact that the elder man's in tertst had encouraged J oh n in the idea of some day becoming more than a mere clerk. And so, after Ul.iLg out with him about one or two trivial matters, they began to fmd that it would be greatly , to iheadvantHge of lbef:nh if one of their superfluous clerks!, m they said, were to go out to V-mie house in Canada. The first time John heard of this, he knewfwliat it meant, aud lie was dreadfully j iit out about it; but being a conhcieiUius, straightforward fel

low he wasn't going to deceive us, and

so he came at on ce an d told us about it adding, unwillingly enough, that it

he had tnougnt the post was hkely to prove a permanently good one, he

should have liked above all things to

have taken Eliza with him as a wife.

But from the partners seeminc: so set

against him, he thought it quite possi

ble that they might set rid of him al

together: and that rather than run the

risk of taking Eliza out to poverty, he

would so alone, if he could hear of

nothing else here, and hope for Eliza to come out to him when hewas set

tled. ... ......

I must say I thought this, very good

and thoughtful of him, and very dif

ferent front what many a selfish young

man would have aone. Still, of

course, we were very downhearted

about, it for, independently of everything else, John's visits were a great

pleasure and solace to us; and if he went away, everything seemed so very uncertain. Eliza bore it very well. At first when John told us. she said, indeed, poverty or not, sne'.d go anywhere with him : but then glaucimr round

she caught sight of me looking at her, aud then I suppose she thought what it would be for me to lose her, and then, just that once, she broke down altogether; but it was soon over, and she said nothing more either way. Well, the next time John came, the first thing we did was to ask him if he had heard anything about Canada He1 told us then that he had heard nothing hut he soon did; and as i t seemed quite hopeless to tnink d bis finding any better opening here, we all thought he ought to go; and so it was settled. There -was an interval ot six months from the time At was all decided till he had to leave England ; and really it all seemed so miserable, and we hardly ever managed to talk of anything else, irhat I almost wished i t: were not so long. ' " Very soon a. ter this -I mean after it was all arranged it was on a Sunday eveuingi and John had come in as uual to sit with us. and after wo

had finished tea and had drawn near the firei John suddenly .said"

"I have something on my mind : of late .that I think before leaving I ought to tell you indeed' he added -(speaking to both of us), I think I ought to have told you long ago.' Here he stopped, and I said 'nothing serious".! hope.'. . . .. ... . - I hppe not,'' .said he and stopped again. - "I hope its no fresh misfortune, John,7 ! said. 'No,' said lie, 'it's no fresh misfortune. It's respecting my family. You never asked me anything about them, exeept about my father, and I never told you ; but Pm sure I ought. ' I thought you always spoke so well of your mother,' I said. 'My mother was one of the best people I ever knew. It's my grandfather I want to tell you about.' How can yoiu: grand father affee t us?' said Eliza. 'He isn't living, is he?' , 3Nolf said John, he's dead; but when he was living, and when he was young, he disgraced his family ; and that's what led to his being sent to Australia and his never showing himself here again., 'Do yon mean said I, 'that he was7' ' -,, Transported,' said John, and stopped short, and we both looked' at Eliza. V , ; All she said was ;Well? 'Are yon ashamed of me, .Lizzie?' said John. 'Ashamed of you why?' 'Because of what I've told you.' 'I knew it before, she said. . 'You know!' said John, and quite changed color. . 'I guessed as much as you've told us: partly from what you had said, partly from what you didn't say.' Weill was astonished; but Eliza really is a clever woman. - All John did was to" take Eliza's hand in his, and sajT : " WeH,nw, I'll tell you both about ir, I expected Xizzie to tase what I said pretty bravely, but I never thought she wnuld take it as she has done. Sly grandfather, I must tell you, Was a clerk in a bank in IiOndon,a very wellknown firm; and r baing le t alone in early life,he became great friends with two other young men in the bank, who were not quite the companions he ought to have had. After some months of very irregular living, these two young friends of my grandfather's determined on a plan for getting money to pay some of their most pressing debts. My grandfather, rather unwillingly, as he always said, was induced to join them. The scheme, however, included forging the name ot one of the customers of the bank; andthough my grand fa ther had no actual concern in this; still he was sufficient implicated to be arrested when " the plo t came out as of course it did) witn the othere, to ne tried, sentenced, and as I said, transported. fiHe. was only twenty-two when thi happened; and before he had worked out his sentence, he had ample time to oe heartily sorry, and heartily ashamed of his folly in being so kdaway. Well, he got out at la3t and went away into the country, where, like many another young "scape-grace, he got oh from Deingan assistant on a sneepfarm to, buying sheep on his own account,and so on tiil he got money, enough; to so

away to Canada and buy-a, share in a good business. lHe got on exceedingly well, and in time bought' a good house, and a bit of ground round it, audi lived' in really comfortable style. ' - 7 V 4I must nowtell- you an important thing.r When he left Australia he changed his name, as most men perhaps would have done in similar circumstances; from Housego, his real name, Hananiah Housego it vas, to Whiting. Why Whiting,! don't know bu t of course I'm not Wrong to call myself Whiting, as my father always had this name, and his brother and sister too. For my grandfather had married in Canada ; but, however, he didn't get on very well with his wife; and after bis death, without a will, she squandered pretty well all his money that ought to have come to my father and uncle and a Ant. As I was saying he didn't le..d a very happy life, and this partly owing to a rather strange circumstance which I must tell you about. - 'Any one might have thought, that my grandfather, having left Australia and gone far away, and having changed his name, and" living under altogether new circumstances, might have got rid of all associations connected with his conviction. Well, now, there was one person in Canada who found out or who knew all about him; and this unknown person, for some reason never discovered, persecuted my poor grandfather in the strangest manner.

'You know that the Government mark on all things which belong to tnem, including, of course, everything

coanected with convicts or convict

labor, is what they call a broad arrow. Well, this broad arrow pursuer! my grandfather. He found it first, I believe, marked on, his erate-oost: he

quietly rubbed it off, and in a few days z ' a m. i. a ji i r

it reappeared, men lc xun.eu up, as.ne walked out earlv one mornintr.seratch-

In ed the dust before his gate. At times he found it marked on the palings and other boundaries of his "estate. At other times he would receive a letter through the post office with , the mark on the outside, and on open lag it found nothing but the same repeated. Of course, it annoyed and irritated him immensely, the more so as he could take no open measures to discover the author bf the persecution, nor take anyone into his confidence. He tried hard enough , you m ay be sure, in a quiet way to find out who did it. But he never had the slightest clew to who it whs; it must hays been spite, of course. llt went ou for years, and it was

the had

just

supposed after his death that this worry must, really have undermined his health; for he met with an accident that did not seem likely to have any serious consequences, but he sickened and died. Before his death, however, he told my father, his eldest child, all abouHt, and his real name,

(which in v1 father had never known.

enjoining on him strict socrecy except to his own children, who, he said, ought to know the truth. 'That,' said John, 'is the wnole of the story, rather a sad one, and not very interesting; still, as I said, 1 thought you ought to know it. as it so concerns myself. At the same time I didn't see why I was bound to run any risk of prejudicing possible friends against me when I first came over, since it is so many years now since my grandfather died, and all this has been at an end for a long time.' 'For my part, John,' 1 said, 'I think you're right; what you've said can't make any difference in my opinion of you; aud Eliza seems to have taken you with her eyes open. Kut I think it's right of youtu have told us, for

all that,' Wo talked a little more over curious story ; but John himself nothing more to tell us than

what I've told you, aud then he left.

Next morning, as we were sittiug at breakfast, Eliza said to me; I've been thinking about John' 'Have you really?' said I. 'How

odd!'

'Nonsense.' she said: 'I don't mean

about him, but about his odd story and his curious name, for of course it

is his name.' ... ..

'Don'tyou think,' said I, thafcyou've

heard the name before?'

'I'm sure, of it: but where. I can't

the least remember.'

How we wTero puzzled over that

name, and what it was associated with

m our mmus: it seemeu to nave

taken possession of us both, and although it was such an unimportant

ttnng, we could not rest for thinking

of it., However, all we could think of

wa that it seemed connected with our

last visit to the country.

I dare say you will have guessed

long ago. where it was that we had

seen it; but it wasu't till after several days had passed that Eliza said to me suddenly 'on a evening: Antonyj that name was oi the ccsy. I'm sure of it.' . " 'Of course it was,' said IiMhutln connection with what?' ' J . Do you know that nothing would content us but we must find out what it was; for, don't you. see, it' was such an uncommon name, none such ap pearing even in the Directory, and we had got quite excited about it. I think it was clever of Eliza to have remembered where it was, I'm sure I never should; but then, as I think I said, she is clever. Well, at last we thought of a plan ; aud Eliza, having hunted up the date o f our stay i n th e cou n try, and kn o vying that that Times was sent us a few days after we left London. I went one afternoon to The Time3 oliice, aud said I wanted to look through the rile for that month. I hadn't IcoKed through many before suddenly 1 sathe whole cosy before me. I seemed to know every line and word of it. Really by this time I had got so interested in the chase that I felt quite eager about it; but looking down the columns I couldn't see the name anywhere. So then I began carefully at the beginning and. read straight througb, and then I found it It was an advertisement for next of kin, aud began, To Thomas Housego'; and further down had the name that had so bothered us, Hananiah Houaego. Thinking this really must concern young John, I soon bought a

copy, and took it home to Eliza. When 1 got home I found John sitting with

Eliza. Now ve hadn't seen much ol

John for some days, he being very much occupied, and when we did it so happened that we hadn't talked about this; so you may thinK he was astonished when I ran into the room, spread out the paper, aud began to read the

advertisement (I cut it out, aud here

it is): 'To Thomas Housego, formerly of Norwich, in the county cf Norfolk, his next of kin, or legal personal represen

tatives. Wuereas, tne above-named

Treasury, to constitute a fund for payment of damages from worrying or killing sheep by dogs w lion the owner of the sheep-killing dog is unknownor unable to pay such damages. A penalty of ten dollars is required from any one keeping an unlicensed dog. Any person may, and police otucers and constables Hindi, killevery dog not licensed and collared, getting fifty cents for the killing." The Ghetto of Home. Loudon Telegraph. Another relic of mediicvai narrowmindedness aud bigotry is about to vanish from the face of the earth. It has at length been resolved by the municipality of Rome, that the vener

able Ghetto shall be leveled with. the

ground in orde jthatja number of stately houses may be erected upon its site. The huge "group of sordid buildings thus sentenced to destruction is the most ancient of the kind in Southern Europe. It existed long before the reign of Julius Caesar, ana during that of the Emperior Augustus, was occupied by nearly S.OOO inmates. The originator ot the Ghetto is stated to have been Kink Heron, who can seel a palace to built near the Pons Jauieulensis, for the accommodation of his sens ami diplomatic envoys when visiting Rome. When the apostles Peter and Paul came to the Eternal Oity, there to prepare the gospel, they abode in the Ghetto. Ten centuries later it was the residence of the celebrated Israeli tish jeweler Eikanan Diodato, who became a Christian, and whose grandson, uuderthe name of Anaclete II., occupied the Papal throne from 1130 to 1188. The Ghetto has long been 9 physical as well as historical reproach to the Italian capilal, aud its demolition is one of the many modern reforms and improvements in that magnificent city" upon . which its municipal rulers may unreservedly be congratuhred.

PEOPLE WILL TALK.

Watering PlantsUse water about the same temperature as the room tbey are growing in, Even if anyone tells you that you can grow them better or bloom them quicker by setting their pots in saucers rilled with hot water, do not practice any such nonsense. In applying waer, do not pour it on in themid.lleof the pot. just at the ba.e of the stem, but near the side ol the pot instead, and as far from the stem as you can. The stream may be as large as you please, providing you pour out gently. Always use soft water if you can. Washing the leaves so as to remove dust, dirt and iusects will promote health; therefore do it often. Use a sponge, clean water aud a little soap, and as you finish washing each plant shower it with Clearwater. In washing plants lay them on their sides, so as to keep the dirt and insects out of the not and the water from saturating the soil. If there should be a crust of honey-dew or "black stuff" on the leaves or stems, do not scrub it oft, but rather keep those leaves and stems thoroughly wetted for three qjr rive hours, then wipe off with y our sponge; in this way stubborn cases yiekfeasily. Self Reliance, Eight your own battles. Hoe your own row. Ask no favors of auy "one. and you will succeed five thousand times better than one who is always beseeching some one's patronage. No one will ever help yourself, because no one will be so heartily interested in your affairs. The first step will not; be such a long one perhaps; but carrying your own way up the nionutain, you make each one lead to another, and stand firm in that while you chop still another out. Persons who made fortunes are not those who have five hundred dollars given them to start with, but started fair with a dollar or two. Persons who have by their own exertions acquired tame have not been, thrust into popularity by puffs begged or paid for, or given in friendly spirit. They have t retched out their hands and touched the public heart. Persons who win love, do their own wooing. Whether you work for fame, for love, for money, or for anything else, work with your hands, heart, and brain. Sny ;E will!" and some day you will couuuer. Never let an v one have it

You may get through the world hut. 'twill be very plow If you listen to ail that is said as you go: You'll be worried aud fretted mul kept In a stew, For meddlesome tongues will have something to do. If quiet aud modest you l have it presumed

riiiw your mini Die position was ouiy assumed ; You're a wolf in sheep s elothhig, or else ft fool. But don't get excited: Keep perfectly uool. If generous and noble they'll vent out their spleen, You'll hear some loud hints "ihat you are selfish aud moan ; Jf upright, honest, and fair as t he day They'll onU you a rogue in v, sly, sneaalug way. And then if you show t ho least boldness of heart.

Or a slight Inclination to talno your own part, They will call you an upstart, conceited and vain; But keep straight ahead don't stop to explain. If you dress in the fashion don't think to escape.

For they criticise then in a different shape; You're ahead of your meaus, or your tailor's unpaid lint mind your own business there's aauglit to be made. Now the bent way to do is do at you please, For your mlad, If you have one, wi 11 then bent ease; Of course you will niset with all sorts of abuse. But don't think to stop them; it ain't any me, For people will talk.

T

THE BOWIK BEOTHEB S.

Thomas Housego, who was one of the 8y ; 01 ha dragged you up-I have

children of Jonathan Houseso. late of

Norwich aforesaid, gentleman, deceased, left England in the lifetime of his father, and has not since been heard of; and whereas the said Jonathan Housego had two other sons, named respectively Jonathan Housego and Hananiah Housego, and whereas the said Jonathan, son of Jonathan Housego aforesaid, died on the 81st of March last' and But there 1 needn't read you the whole of it; it's wordy, and I can't bea'r anything wordy. The effect of it was that there was a sum of money standing uu claimed that might be claimed by any living representative of Hanauiah Housego, who was, of course. John's grand-father. 'Weil, it's not much good telling you more than that John. Whiting went straight to a lawyer, and that the lawyer said that if only certain links were complete it would be easy to get the money. The links he wanted were soon forthcoming; and after a lot of correspondence and , formality it brought in for John, certainly not a fortune, but enough to make him independent of his then employers, and to enable him to buy a share iu a going concern, and soon after that to marry jffiUaa... -...It: was a great-uncle of his who had died and left tho money. As I said, it was only. a modest sum; hut how happy that "small sum made us I should find it diiliuit to tell you. They live close by me, and we see each other every day. I don't know that there's, much elso to tell, Joim&said to me' only this morning: 'Well, Antony, I haven't yet quite got over tho strangeness of it all,' 'It is odd,' I said; 'and none tho less odd that it all came about through the cosy.'

made you what you are." Too many

friends hurt a person more than none at all. - . , Tho Acme of Delicacy. A gentleman travelling in Virginia last summer had occasion to take a stage ride in order to visit the natural bridge. Riding on the seat with the driver he fell into conversation with him, aud found that he was an old hunter, who was a veteran ia killing deer, bears aud sma 1 1 er game. Passing a stream the traveller inquired if they contained fish. "Lots on 'em," was the reply. "What kind?" 11 mostly trout," said the driver, "All these mountain si reams are lull of trout," "They must be fine eating," was the next remark. "Fine eaiin'!" exclaimed the driver. "Youjistgo up to the mountain and ketch Haifa dozen tiout about twelve inches long clean 'em without washin' ,em, and rub in some salt, roll 'em in Jivjiu meal, and bake 'em in the ashes good eatin'! why stranger, they beats ham!"

The Importance of Dog Raising. Fannfng World. One of the great agricultural interests

of i he day is dog raising. Which is the

most prolitabJe, dog raising or sheep raising? As "a nation of dog raisers we are without an equal, except- by the Syrians, in whose streets dogs run wild in droves. In Biblical days, it meant something to call a man a dog. A few progressive farmers, at heavy expense, adds to his stock by investing in the finest breeds of sheep. A lazy,shiftiess cumberer of the earth adds to his by begging a pup from every bitch in the county. Not that he has anything to protect or to feed, even his own familv with. But then, "you know, stranger, a dog's kinder company for a man, like, and you save me a pup. I never sped such a dog for holding hogs." The dogs of course are in a starving con lition,aud iu one uightthey work a damage surpassing the good done by all the dogs that ever lived. The destruction

of this particular flock is not all. The discouragement to other farmers, the strengthening of the general conviction

' that the effort to raise sheep in a coun-

try devoted to raising dogs is a hazardous one,ts the worst feature. We lie-

believe in such a tax on dogs that none but sportsmen who have valuable trained dogs, and are willing to pay heavy tax, can keep them. The dog law of Michigan was recently summarized by a correspondent of the Country Gentleman: . . .. . Every owner or keeper of a dog is required to procure a license at a fee of one dollar for a mal-3 and three dollars for a female dog, which license is good until the first of April next succeeding. The dog mus t wear acollar with owners name and number of license upon it, The collar can only bo worn while lie license is in force. Twenty cents of the license fee are allowed to the clerk for his fee, the remainder going unto the

Smallpox. A writer in the Stockton, , CaL, Herald, (evidently a physical!) gives the following as a speedy aud certain cure for small-pox, chicken-pox and scarlet fever: Sulphate of zinc, one graiu. Foxglove (digitalis), one grain. Haifa teaspoouful of sugar, Mix with two tablespoon s.ul of water; when thoroughly mixed add four ounces of water. Take a teaspoouful every hour. Either disease Mill disappear in twelve hours; 1 or a child small dose, according loatre. The writer avers that he ha witnessed hundreds of cures of both smallpox and scarlet fever by the use of this remedy. The effect is speedy, and the preparation may be applied at any stage of the disease.

"Like Seed, Like Harvest." "The old man always takes his horn before breakfast, aud his punch in the evening; I guess if it's good for him it won't Hurt me." The rude speech and boisterous man

ner of the youth who uttered these

words bore unmistakable testimony to

fact that he had already been putting his theory to a practical te&t, with a

fair chance of ending in utter ruin.

If fathers will sow to the wind, they

may expect to reap the whirlwind.

There is a lesson well worth pondering

in the appeal of the little lad:

careful, father, where you tread, ol lowing your steps."

Be

I'm

Iowa Superstition About a House.

There is a house being erected in Des Moines, not yet completed, which

seems fatal. The man who built the foundation, the man who furnished the glass, and tne man who did the

marble work, have ail died sinee the work uegan. Tho man who ting the

well met with a severe injury, and the principal carpenter lest a child, while

only the other day a workman fell from the roof.

Wanted his money's worth. A stranger from Brenham, who is helping Galveston out in the Mardi Gras

busines?, took his watch to a watca

maker to have it repaired. After a few

minutes' work on it tho watch maker

handed if back with the remark that the damages were $5, "What was V t matter with it?" asked the sir:- !v ('piw.pU wU Unti. it if ft nvr. .-Kei

i uuoju iiiiu ill iv. - V.ll iurii i r ltd-ifA

mattress in it for So. G

Eventful Lives of Two Famous Frontiersmen How the. First Bowie-Knxfe was Made A Desperate Duel at Natch ez How Jim Bowie Restored Order for a Methodist Preacher. Sail Francisco Chronicle. The account published in the Chronicle of February 23d, from the Philadelphia Times, of the "invention of the bowie-knite, and the duel in which it was used," is incorect m so many particulars, that I feel conKtrained to write out a true history. I stood by the side of my father, among a n umber of citizens of the city of Natchez, and witnessed the fight in question,' and

am willing to make oath that every thing here stated is strictly true: : The Bowie brothers were natives of the State of Maryland, of a respectable family, into which Reverdy Johnson, the great constitutional lawyer, married. They emigrated to Mississippi i in the year 1824, and engaged in the speculation of the rich cotton and j sugar lands of those two State.1?. The I staple of cotton at that period, bearing ! almost a fabulous price, gave great I impetus to land monopoly, -snd the ! Bowie brothers found themselves con- j fronted with another land-3peculatiug! company, of which the Judge Crane,' mentioned in the article of the Phila-,

delphia Times was the recognised head, ij botli parties havini? a following of!

about seventy-five or one bundled men j each, all men of wealth and social! position, aud all 4 on the fight." The? Bowie brothers were men of good ! physical statute, sinewy and of a good,; determined ca3t of countenance. Besinl was tho most considerate of tbe two, ! but James was brave to desperation, j Tt was frequently remarked of him ! that he was "a stranger to the emotion of fear." They werehoth sportsmen: that is, they bet against the popular game of the day, 'aro, and played brag," the twin brother to poker. Judge Crane was chivalry personified. He had emigrated irom JSoutb Carolina to Louisiana. He was tall and strong and wholly fearless, or seemingly so. A FAMOUS FIGHT. Now, as to the tight on the sandbar opposite tho city of Katchez, A challenge to fight a duel had passed between Dr. Maddox, of the Crane party, and Samuel Wells, of the Bowie party. According to the terms of the fight neither Judge Crane or James Bowie was to be present, because a deadly feud existed between them. Bowie doubted that Judge Crane would prove faithful to the agreement, and sent a courier to spy his actions. The parties to the duel met, but friends from the city of Natches weat over, and, through their inlluence, restored amicable relations. To cement these relations tbe party; sent across the river to Natchez for eampasne, braudy and. Havana cigars, j Circled around a gushing spricg which flowed from the west hank of 1 he river, all hostile feeling was swallowed Up. by; the generous liquid, and everything was tinged with the rainbow hues or

friendship, when Judge Crane put in

an appearance. ie too. jomea m tne

conviviality, pleased that no blood

was to be shed. But there was anotn-

marle the acquaintance ol the ho u, and induced him to patronize the game of ascertain gambler named Bturdevanl "under the hill" at Natchez. The gambler soon -had the proceeds of toe crop ia bank bills, in his possession Bowie, who was standing by, a silent spectator saidj to young Lattimore: "I lino w you; you don't know me, but your father does ; ftand here until I tell you to go." file then commenced betting on Sturdje van t's game, and, discovering an unfair turn of the cards, told him sternly not to attempt the cheat again, lie shortly wou back Uvs amount young Lattimore had lost, gave back the whole amount to him and told him never to gamble any I'nore. This yovng Iiittimore assented to, and faithfully did he keep his promise. i XO r A MAN TO BE "BLUFFKD."

: This led to a fight hot ween Hturde-

it is presumed, to "bluff" Bowie, proposed to take his brother's place, as he pad severely cut his. hand in butcherin g a deer a short time previous. This proposition James Bowie indignantly rejected. The fight took place, and at i he fi rst stroke Bowie disuhled his antagonist, but magnanimously forebore o take his life. In after years a Methodist preacher told the writer this: He said he was one of the first Methodist minister sent to Texas by the Methodist conference. He traveled on horseback, crossing the Mississippi below Natchez: that the first day after crossing the Mississippi river he was overtaken by a horseman dressed in buckskin, armed with rifle, pistol and kuife. They entered into conversation, and he-found him to be, intelligent, pleasant, and well acquaiu ted with the geography of the country, Neither one inquired the name or busi-

iness of each other. Both were aiming

!at the same destination, Texas, Finally

j they reached a new town, filled with

wild, desperate characters from other States, fie! posted a notice that he would preach at the court house the

first evening of his arrival there. At the hour named he found the rude structure tnronged to over-flowing with men only. He gave out & hymn and ail joined in singing aud sung it well, but

when he announced ids text nd attempted to preach one brayed an imitation of an ass, another hooted like an owl, &c. He disliked to be d ri vera fro m h is pu rpose. and attempted again to preach, but was stopped by the same species of interruption. He stood silent and still, not knowing whether to vacate the pulpit or not. Finally his traveling companion, whom he did not know was in the house, arose in the midst, and with stentorious voice said: "Men, this man has come to preach to you. You need preaching to, aud Pll be -if he sh&'n'l preach to you. The next man that disturbs him shall fight me. My name is Jim Bowie." The preacher said that after this announcement he never had a more attentive ami respectable audience, so much influence had Bowie over that reckless and dangerous element. "WHAT WrHVL YOU TAKE?'' One thing tbe writer had forgotten :o state in improper place about James Bowie. The editor of a newspaper in ';he City of Natchez, Andrew 'Masschalk, had published an article reflecting on Bowie. Bowie went to the editor's sanctum and laid upon his table two pistols, holding in his hand a rawhide, and said: " Which will you cake?" Miisscbalk, with a smile upon his face, remarked: ltl take it all back." Bowie replied: 4tIf you tase r all back, we'll go atid take a brandysmasheome along." This singular and fearless man devoted his' life to the achievement of Texan independence. He was modest, and never sought place or positiou. With Travis ami Crockett he fell defending the Alamu. Afc too time of the assault on the fort be. was stricken with fever. He had loaded weapons brought to him in his HUlo room in the fort, ami as he lav upon his bed he discharged them at every Mexican who darkened the narrow; do r. This is the testimony of Mis. Dickinson and a colored m a i , wh o were th e on ly h um an beings who escaped. Over the kite of these three men patriotism will drop a tear aud memory mourn their loss" as long as generous feeling and free government exist.

Whit Buffaloes. White buffaloes have frequently been seen and killed. All the Indian tribes regard I hem as "big medicine," but they have diflereut; superstitions regarding thorn. For instance, Catlim the painter, while among the Mandans in 1832, saw a white buffalo robe erected on a peie in their village as a sacrifice to the Great Spirit. It had been

er appearance to be made bofore an-! I purchased from the Blaekfeet, who

other, hour passed, wntle.tnu picas-;

antly occupied a rustling was heard in

the willow boughs that overhung tne

steep bank that led down to the springy

and, turning their iaces, ins maniy form of James Bowie, cou chant, met

their eyes. His appearance meant fight, and at it they went. Judges Crane was the first man who roseTi'oni his seat, and with his pistol shot Bowie, the ball passing entirely through the bod', but failing to cut any cortf which bound hinv to life. Bowie fell; and Judge Crane, with the spear in his sword-cane, ran up and endeavored ti stab him. Bowie skillfully parried the thrust of the spear, and, collecting his energies, reached up, and, with his left hand, caught Judge Crane by the cravat, which, according to the fashion of the day, was tied securely mound the neck. He drew him down close to his

did a

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body, with his rigbt hand secured the spear a.nd ran it through, his heartJudge Crane dying upon the body of his prostrate foe, who meandme fainted from the loss of blood. As soon as Judge Crane discharged his pistol th friendly feeling which previously exist eel was dissolved quick asasuowfiake falling on a heated furnace, and the friends of the two parties separated and commenced firing upon each other. Six were killed and fifteen wounded. The writer hereof takes pleasure iu stating that his fatiier was the first man who said: ,;Men, let us rush in

between them and stop the fighting." THE FIRST BO WIE-KSIFJ3. James Bowie lay for months in jhis bed in the city ot' Nafehez befoie he recovered from his wound. He was a man of much mechanical ingenuity, and while thus confined whittled from a piece of while pine tne model i f a huutiug knife, which he sent to :two brothers, named Blackman, in the city of Natchez, and told them to spare no expense in mafeing a duplicate or' it in steel. This was the origin of' the dreaded bowie-knife. It was made from a large saw-mill file, and its temper afterward improved upon by an Arkansas blacksmith. This is all that can be told about the origin of that death - dreading implement. Since James Bowie became somewhat pi eminent in his elloris to advance the spread of the republjcau institutions it is proper to speak of what he did. He seemed to have a na cural disposition to protect the weak from the "strong.

At one time he was ruling through the parish of Concord j a, 1 3aM and saw a man lashing his s'jive with his whip. He told tbe man .to desist, but he was met with curses. He disn: minted from his horse, wrested, the whip from his master aud iaid it over his shoulders. This led to a f n-ooting march, in which tho slave-ow jer was bad.'y wounded. Bowie, aftc; submitting himself to the law, paid the doctor's bi .1, purchased thealae at double UU value, tiud gave him 'ig freedom. .t another time tho so a of William fiHitimore. oiie of the (overnors of the

Territory of Mississippi, a religious gentleman of JUerary attainments, was sent by ins fa'her to the City of TiUiiMiw fnKell hi 3 vcar's eron of not-

ton. The "ropra-m" of faro games

at him," whispered one of the desperadoes. No one could gay what the trouble was, when a wiry little chap, about: five feet six inches tali, with black eyes aud hair, clean face and thin Hps. appeared at the loft-hand door with a cocked revol ver in either hand, and said: 1 'Gents, I'm sorry to disturb you, but; I've got to make a raise this morning. Please leave your shooters .and climb down here, one at a time. It was sudden, Tt was so. sudden that it took ten seconds to understand the drift of his remarks. Then everyone turned to the right hand door, and the two revolvers bold :by a second robber were seen at the op'm window. It was a trap. The rats were caught, and would they fight? Gents, I'm growing a little impatient," continued the first robber, "and I want to see the procession begin to move."

Let's see. The captain was to lead us, and we were to tye cool and fire to kill. But the captain was growing white around the mouth, and nobodv

had a weapon in hand. The rati: were not going to hht.. One of the miners opened the door and descended, and the other six humbly followed. The seven were drawn up in a line across the road, and, whHe the robber held

his shooter on the line, he coolly observed to his partner: ' Now, William, you make the weapons from the coach, and then search these gentlemen," As William obeyed, every victim was ordered to hold his hands above his head, and whatever plunder was taken from his pockets was dropped into William's hat; Four gold watches, two diamond pins, a telescope, a diamond ring, a gold badge, anil $1,200 in eash changed hands in ten minutea. Not a man had a word to say. Tbe driver of the coach did not leave his seat, and was not interfered with. When the last man had been plundered the gealeel Dick Turpine kindly observed: "You are the most decent set of men! I ever robbed, and if times weren't so blasted hard, I'd make each of you a present of S10. Now. then, climb back to your places and the coach will go ou." "The crowd clumb,' and the vehicle resumed its journey. Not a weapon or a time-piece or a dollar 1 ad been saved. Seven well-armed men had been cleaned out by two. and - not a shot fired or a wound given. Each man took his seat without a word. Mile after mile was passed in silence, and finally the seventh man the one who might fight on a pinc:a,but didn't, plaintively suggested: v'Can't some of you gentlemen think of a few remarks which would be apropos to the occasion ?! ' No one could, aud the silence was renewed.

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killed the buffalo, for eight horses aud

a quantity of goods. On the other hand the Comanche believe it very dangerous to see a white buffalo. In 1809 I saw a young Comanche who had seen a white" buttalo' return to his camp almost dead with fear. He was taken into his teat and medicine men sent for, and they sm oked him and kept up incantations over him day and night for a week. When he came out he believed that he hail a, very narrow escape from death. In 1359 a white buffalo was killed by a white man on the north (oris of the Red River, Indian Territory, and the hide presented to General Grierson . He desired to have it dressed to preserve it, but failed to get any Indian to undertake the task for a long time. At hist he prevailed on a Comanche chief named Horseback, to have the operation performed. Horseback selected one of his squaws, had the "medicine men" of his band go through the various ceremonies over her to preserve her, life, and then placed her ?in a teepee some distance from his cam I), where the hide was

taken to her by a soldier and brought away by Dim when dressed. No other Indian would look at the hide, :auch le.s toujh it. Her food was iofc at some distance from her teepee, and when the robe was dressed, ittedi cine" ceremonies were held over her before she was allowed to rejoin the -- j ... IITT I. 1 I-

camp. 1 twitteu . uiorseuiteij-' iiuuut the fear of the robe, calling his attention to the fact that.no harm befell any oiUhe white men whohandled the robe, but he answered that such might be the case, but vbat was "bad medicine" for a Comanche might be "good medi

cine for a white man, and vice versa. He proposed to take no risks in the matter. - "Please Climb DowjV Iu the heavy stage coach, as we roll out of Leadville, Hays, a frontier letter, are seven men. One is an army officer who has half a dozen scars to prove his bravery. Cut ofl from his command on the plains last summer by a tcore of Indians, he entrenched himself and fought the band oft uutil help arrived. Two of the others are desperadoes who have killed their men. Three of the others are stalwart miners, each armed with two revolvers, and they look as if they would prove ugly customers in a fight. The seventh man might do some shooting on a pinch, but ho hopes there will be no pinch. Tn the crowd are ten revolvers, two derringers, three repeating rifles, and four or five bowieknives, and there is perfect good feel

ing a; the stage tolls along, it is uiouiy understood that .the army captain is to assume command in ease the coach is attacked, and that all are to keep ami and fire to kill.

Tt is 10 o'clock in tho morning. The windows are. down and the passengers

are smoking aud talking and seeking

for comfortable nositious. The coach has just rea med the top of a hill, when

everv horse is aiddenlv pulled up.

"If it's a b'ar we'll have some fuu,"

growled one of the miners, as he puts

his head out of the window.

"If it's a robber, gin me tho first pop

A Cabby's Recollections. A Pittsburg cabby boasts that he has "hauled more people of note in that there hack" of his than any other, man in the country. Taxing his memory he brings forth these recollections of the distinguished "fares" he has served : Barrett is a good fare and pays double, so he don't foi get the hack men. He always has a kind word or a joke to pass with us. He is not 3 ike oid Forrest, who is dead ahd gone. I hauled him from fife depot once, and my axle broke on the corner of Grant street. I thought old Forrest would kill me. He jumped out of the hack and stormed and raged aud swore iik: a m id man. I tell you he was not a nice customer to handle. Alice Gates m her palmy days used to be a very dainty ci s'omor. She would come out and look into my coach very carefully before getting in, and was dreadfully afraid that the cushions would soil her dress; then she would look at the horses and rig to see if it. wna tttytUh. Within lh t-.t fU.wyears, however, she has hot been near so particular. She has changed a great deal since those early days. Formerly she would come dancing1 ouc in a vivacious, sprightly way, that made hfsr look very pretty, but now when she comes here she walks to my hack with her head down, as slow and demure as a priest. She don't eem to care now whether th& cushions sod her dress or not. She always paidrae

well, and I rate her among my best

iares. I suppose you reme inner wnen that old Italiau Saivini ws hero. Well, he was a curioun fare; he couldn't speak English, and when I started for the hotel would rattle on the window and stick. his head out looking at tho buildings. He stopped me ou Smithfield street, and pointed to the smoke overhead. It was rather misty that day, and he did not seem to understand what caused if. Feehter was a mighty particular man about driving, aud would almost always make .me drive slow. Wheu he came here to open the opera house, I hauled him from the depot, and he began rehearsing some pariin the back, and got very much excited. I guess people on the sidewalks who heard him and saw his gestures thought I was hauling a madman. Henry .Ward Beecherisa nice fare. I get him every time he. comes here to lecture; he always has. a kind word and joke, and never gets mad if I get stuck in a crowd of wagons. He always gives mr a pass to his lectures. Theodore Til ton is a cranky sort of fare, and never would say much to me. I tried to draw him out two or three times when I have hauled him, but he would always tell me to mind my own business. Clara Louise Kellogg is i curious fare to haul. 33very time I have hauled her she finds something to scold me about. And one tiime she had a terrible row with Miss Cary in my hack about something. I teH you I expected to gee a hair-pulling match, but they quieted down before we reached the hotel. I see by the papers that Gle Bull is dead. Poor Ole, he was a mighty ki mi' -hear ted man. rvun firf Hm"V hn.nl n I him I looked a

little hard up, and he talked and charted with me about my business, and he gave me a S10 bill. He was a mighty good man, so he was.

.- Bridal Tours. Demoretst's Magazine. ' An eminent physician of New York, iinon the occasion or" hi $ daughter's

New York Sun. . i v Slate gray is revived., Strings of bonnets are short and wide. New style of dress uncover the throat. The standing frasse revived on new neck lingerie. - . None but girls in their teens wear very short skirts. There ia a threatened revival of heelless slippers for dancing. Hkirts of walking dresses are made of the same length all around. . Detachable trains come with some of this new imported costumes. Seal brown and cinnamon brown are fashionable in combination. !f

The fashions of the moment favor slender rather than stout women Bottle green and cinnamon brown are the colors far fashionable matrons. Cloves are worn to reach above the elbow when tbe slt eves are very short. iong, t igh t barques, fitting as snug as a Jersey, are worn at the moment. Camellias, both red and white, are revi ved for corsage aud coiflurejdeeor-ations- . ." . A leading novelty is the Krmandy crown to t 'e -Tuscan, straw Fanohpn bonnets. ... Some of the new mull muslin neckties have; hems all around of blue or pink mull. K Bead embroidered and gold thread stitched gloves appear among expensive novelties. 5 , .,. The watch and trickets continue to bs suspended by a chatelain front the waist or belt. Bouquets of roses of all shades grow more and more popular, for both the corsage and bonnet. Shirred cuffs.of India muslin, accompany shirred coUaret.teaand fichus :of the same material. ....,.,... ' A srreat deal of lace 5 mi ta tion . as a

rule, enters into tne composition- Of all di tphaunous toilets. . Cm ported dresses ibis teason have bouffant hip draperies, hut are narrow and clinging at the bottom. Slippers for evening wear are cue down very low. so as to show as much of the stocking as possible- 5 ; Semi-precious and imhation jewelfi and gems play an important part irt spring and summer dress 'iffejte. Roman, Neapolitan, ard Bayadere striped silk and wool novelties are prominent features in late i m por tat ions . Pale rose an d pate blue1 India muslin neck scarfs are more worn at the moment than white or cream ones A dash of yellow in the form of a ribbon bow or a yellow flower give the required $ live effect tpa gray or brown toilet. . Chemisettes of cream white; pale blue and rose-colored Burah, and of India muslin in the same colors, will be much worn by young girls. r . I Satin. Surah or soft twilled satin, black and in dark shades of color, is the popular and fashionable silk dress material of the coming season The flowers and Jigures of tbe printed satteens, momie cloths, and percales this spring are the1 works of art and furnish niodvls for students in flower and figure painting. . Stockings must match the dress in both the color of the ground and in the flower or figure embroideries oil the instep, when the dress is composed, even in part of flowered or figure! materials.

marriaee, prohibited lier from going on the usual bridal tour. He did this from considerations of health aud delicacy, which are not generally borne .inmind. The first experiences of a

bride are such that she would natu rally

court retirement and rest rather Chan

ostentatious publicity. A young coupK

in public cirs and hotel tables caunot keep the precious and happy secret all to them selves. Their : newly formed

elation. tells itself m a thousand w?vs

Of this the bride is conscious, and the

ordeal to a sensitive ymmg woman is most trying. Then the sudden change

in the life ot the woman is iuumc to bring on physical derangements which may last a lifetime, f r the shock to bod v, is often injurious. So the STew York doctor we have been speaking of

ordered his daughter, with her young

husband, to enter uu onco upon tne duties of a new hom and to postpone

the tour until at least a montn nan passed away. Of course, there is

another sale to tne question. i& mwy be that evew the fondest atlption would not continue if two people were iforced to spend all their time together without the distraction necessitated by travel, aud the reserve necessary to be kept up in public places. This is , an interesting topic, and one which might form a pr stable subject, also, upon .-which women... physicians uiight be heard to advantage

Sayings of George EiiotV No man can be wise on an ionipty tomach. Adam Bede. Nothing is so good as it seemsvlefore haiuf. Silas Marner. ; , . - . . It's easy finding reasons why other people should be patient--Adam Bede Troubled easy borne when every-, body gives it a lift for you! Fel.. Holt... .... , : : Ah for age, what that's M-orth de- : pends on the quality of 4he liftuor.r; Adam Bede. Genius at first is a little more thaw a great cap dty for receiving diseipliri Daniel Deronds . . Blows are sarcasms turned stupid;; wit is a form of force that; leaves the limbs at rest. Felix Holt There is no sorrow greater tlmu to love what is great, and try to reach it, and yet to fail Middlemarch. It seems as. them as ... aren't ' wanted here are the only folks as aren't wantn t ed i; the other world. Adam Bede. ? Ignorance is not so damnable asi ... humbug, but when it prescribes pilhi it ma v happen to do more harm.Felix 'Kotr. , r It's allays the way wi' them meek?faced people; you may as well pelt a. bag of feathers as to talk to thenl-r Adam Beae. There is a sort of human paste, thai; when it comes near the fire of enihusiasm is only baked in harder sht-pe.-DaniebDerbnda : . ; :V s College mostlv makes people bladv. ders, just good for nothing bnt t' holdi the stufTas it is pbureI into them.jAdam Bede. " - . J - It's an uncommon fine thing when you can let a man know just what you think of him without paying for it. The Mill on the Flose. 1 No story is the same to us after the lapse of time; or rather, We who readjic are no longer the same- interpretersAdam Bede. , : , Every man's work pursued steadiQ' j tends to become an end iuf Itself,. and m to bri-.ige over the loveless chasms tp, hfe.life. Silas Marne. :; 4 YAfe is so complicated a game that thct device of skill are liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, -incalculable attbe descent' of thMlo , down. Komola. 'r It is very difficult to be Jearned; .'Ji ; seems as if people were worn oiit Mi ? tbe. v ay to great thoughts- &nd cap -never eniov them because they are,TO s

t? red . Middlemarcli ;? Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the pffio effect of grating -'incongruity as th sound of a coarse voice breaking th r sudden stillness of night.--sJanet's s penrance. . .. - - V ; . . i After the talk of scholars jber ar hut two sorts f Kbvernmerit; one wher m.n show their teeth at each other,

and one where men show their, tongues

and lick the feet of thestron

ttomoia.

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PoitKTTCAL murders are not a thing of the past in the South. A dispatch from Monroe, La, aunounces the murdering of F. L. liUdeling, ton of ex-CHuef Justice LitdeUng, of t'.ie Supreme Oouit of that State? because ho was a Itepublicaii,

Able to Support Theniselyes The imperial fam ily of Germauy is quite able to support itself. If the crown prince wer deprived of his iuhentancehe could easily win bread and butter by his shall as a; turned; ? while his eldest son, Prince Yilhelm, is an excellent amateur artisan. On the emperor's cabinet ares several saUK pies of his dead grandson Valdenjar's proflciencv as a book-binder. This acquisition of a trade is in accordance with the traditionary customs in the royal family, -which prescribes .. th it every prince of the -.blood shall learn mft! iifiAful handicraft, SO as to.

str

and

engthen his spirit of independence id make him wise through actual

i

contact wiUi the materiawrld

Judgment of Men. 1 Don't judge a man by: tbe oloSfcea . he wears. God made ,Oa auntie tailor the other. " . " . . ., Don't judge hm by his family ccnr nections, for Gain longed m YST ' : a good taiuily. 1 r ' - - - , Don't judge a man by his fnilure, ms, Ufe, for mfunj.a'iiaan fpqi3 . f ;t i too honest to succeed. A-f i I Don't judge a man x5" for the parrot takksi : t 1 .... :....k,.l-rt..-!' ml

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