"Go back to your dinner and leave the HOW I S YOUE WHEAT? was not the man he took him for, and became poet has not told, and no poet can fully ecution), and dumped on the stone pavement affair to me," at once absorbed in the play, leaving Is your wheat loaded, John, tell, of the impulses that are given, the like so many bushels of potatoes When evening came, a few whites, Ready for the mill? his friend with the stick to settle matters changes that are wrought, and the work others were led in with chains around Is it ripe and sound, John? curious to see how the matter would end, with the gentleman in front, which, of self-sacrifice and devotion that is suggested, their necks. As each one's name was Has each bag: its 11? accompanied the metis to the Sioux encampment. as he had no excuse handy, was not done by a fitting word dropped at the called, he came forward and fell on his At a certain distance he bade without considerable trouble. When the Why no, I've been standing tnit on the street, right moment into a human soul and knees before the Judge, and lifted up his them wait, and advanced alone to the Indian Asking of people, who passed the while, hubbub was over, the victim said: "Didn't among the many pleasant surprises that hands to beg for mercy. He was then Which road I had better take to the mill tents. Before one of these sat you tell me to tap that man with my are in store for us in the upper world will told of the crime of which he was accused, And some s*aid, Keep straight up the hill crouched the baffled savage, singing his stick?" "Yes." "And what did vou be the discovery that efforts put forth by and given opportunity if he had anything ?Othcrs said, Go across by Brown's own death hymn to the tom-tom. He want?" "Oh," said Phoenix, with 'im- us, and which we supposed to be so And others said, All the roadsare bad,"" to say in his own defense. There was no complained that he must now say goodby And I Couldn't get there, whateyer I had perturbable gravity. "I wanted to see feeble as to be well-nigh worthless, have spparent harshness or cruelty toward him, And, trying to get it straight in my head, to wife and child, to the sunlight, to whether you would tap him or not!" been, under God, the germs from which except that he was presumed to be guilty, Their tangled advice, and choose my road, his gun and the chase. He told his rich harvests of good have resulted to "Jack Holmes," a man-about town, living unless he could prove his innocence contrary I forgot all about sorting my load. friends in the spirit-land to expect him multitudes whom wc have never seen. no one knew how, was once under, to the English maxim of law, that that night, when he would bring them You can't fail to find it, John, Wm. M.Taylor. cross-examination by a certain sergeant a man is to be presumed innocent until all the news of their tribe. He swung Whichever way you go at-law, who knew his man too well. he 3 proved guilty. In this, however, And the miller will not ask you his body backward and forward as he "Now, sir," said the learned gentleman, the Chinese practice is not very different An Affecting Scene. If your route lay thus or so chanted his strange song, but he never "tell the jury how you live!" from that which exists at this day in so But, How is your wheat, John once looked upnot even when his foe The funeral of William S. Pontin, who Never, Bj which road? "Well," said Holmes, a chop or a steak, enlightened a country as France. So lose no time in casting out spurned him with his foot. He only on the day set for his marriage to a beautiful on a Sunday perhaps a little bit of fish I In one case two men were accused of The bad wheat from our load. sang on, and waited his fate. Then the young woman living in Thirty-third am a very plain-living man." robbery with violencea capitol offensebut half-breed bent his head and spat down street, in this city, shot himself on the "You know what 1 mean, sir," thundered by the Chinese law no man can be on the crouching Sioux, and turned deck of a Hoboken ferry-boat, was held the questioner. "What do you do When half-a-dozen sermons, punished with death unless he confesses leisurely awaya crueller levenge than yesterday afternoon in the residence of Pointing half-a-dozen ways, for a living?" his crime, hence every means is employed if he had shot him dead. Fiona the page of Monday's paper his uncle. Mr. Thomas Crofts, at 179 "The same as you, Sergeant," said the to lead a criminal to acknowledge his JVteetsyour anxious, puzzled gaze/ Laymond street, Brooklyn. The parlors It is not given to every one to play the witness, tapping his forehead suggestively guilt. Of com se in a case of life and Rest assuied you'll find the City were filled with a large company of young philosopher, and accept fortunate "and when that fails I do"going, At the end of any roadSo death he will deny it as long as he can. persons, and many who had expected to buffets and favors with equal placidity. spend your time, brothers, through the pantomime of writing across But if he will not confess, the court proceeds attend his wedding gathered about' the In sorting out your load, Horatios are scarce. But there are plenty his hand"a little bit of stuffthe same to take stringent measures to make That thje tears of'Sin and Bigotry coffin. Miss Rose H. Plant, the young of people capable of behaving like Spartans as you again." him confess, for which purpose these two May pot condem the wheat, woman left desolate by the suicide, sat, where the trouble does not touch When the burden of your spirit men were now put to the torture. The "My lud, I shall not ask this obtuse dressed in deep mourning, at the head of their individuality. Lieth naked at His feet. mode of torture was this There were witness any more questions," said the angry the coffin, with her hanls clasped together *m How can I get out of this?" asked an two round pillais in the hall. Each man counsel. as in the attitude of prayer. A heavy TAKING IT COOLLY. Englishman, up to his armpits in a Scotch was on his knees, with his feet chained "Brother," said Baron Martin, "I think crape veil was draped about her face, bog, of a passer-by. I dinna think ye behind him, so that he could not stir. He you had better not." Some of many instances of extraordinary throwing into strong relief her light blue can get ool of it," was the response of the was then placed with his back to one of Here is a hint for our old friend the coolness in the midst oi danger and eyes and the tresses of light hair that fell Highlander, as he went on his way. these columns, and small cords were fastened clown in the pantomime. At the burning otherwise that have been recorded are about her face. Her eyes moved restlessly, Mistress of herself was the spouse of around his thumbs and great toes, of a provision store, the crowd helped heie offered to our readers, together with and she seemed to be crazed with the old gentleman who contrived to tumble and drawn back tightly to the pillar behind. themselves freely. One man grasped at some amusing sayings and doings. When grief which could not find vent in tears. off the ferryboat into the Mississippi, This soon produced intense suffering. huge cheese as his share of the salvage gallant Ponsonby lay grievously wounded She kept up a continuous low moan, and was encouraged to struggle for dear rismg up with it he found himself face to on the field of Waterloo he forgot his own saying: "Oh, my darling! Oh, my dar- life by his better-half shouting There, face with a policeman, and with admirable desperate plight while watching an encounter Their breasts heaved, the veins on their ling!" Samuel didn,t I tell you so? Now, then presence of mind put the plunder into between a couple of French lan.cers foreheads stood out like whipcords, and Her mother sat close to her, and young work your legs, flap your arms, hold your the officer's arms, saying: "You had and one of his own men, cut off from e^ery feature betrayed the most excruciring Pontin's brother sat behind her, almost breath, and repeat the Lord's Prayer, for better take care of that, policeman, or his troop. As the Frenchmen came down agony. Every few minutes an offir broken-hearted. it's mighty onsartin. Samuel, whether some one will be walking off with it." 'Upou Murphy, he, using his sword as if of the court asked if they were ready The coffin-lid was off, and the body you land in Vicksburg or eternity." dl were a shillelagh, knocked their lances confess, and as often they answered "No Equally ready to relinquish his loot seemed wonderfully life like. An anchor -alternately aside again and again. Then never would they confess that they had Thoroughly oblivious of court manners when there was no help for it was a Chicago of tuberoses and geranium leaves, entwined suddenly setting spurs to his horse, he committed such a crime." They were was tke red-cloaked old Kentish dame negro, caught by a poultry fancier with similar, rested on the coffin galloped off full speed, his eager foes following told that if they did not confess, they would who found her way into the tent occupied in the act of carrying off some of his live lid. in hot pursuit, but not quite neck be subjected to still greater torture. But by Queen Charlotte, at a volunteer review stock, and challenged with. "What are The Rev. H. R. Nye, the pastor of the and neck. Wheeling round at exactly still they held out though every moment held shortly after her coming to England, you doing with my chickens?" "I wuz Clermont-avenue Universalist Church, the right moment the Irshman, rushing seemed an hour of pain. and after staring at the royal ladv with gwine fer to fetch them back, boss," exclaimed who was to have married young Pontin at the foremost fellow, parried his lance her arms akimbo, observed: "Well, he. "Dere's a nigger roun' here, While these poor wretches were thus to Miss Rose Plant, conducted the services, and struck him down. The second, pressing she's not so ugly as they told me she what's bin disputin along er me 'bout writhing in agony, I turned to the Judge He read from the scriptures, and on to avenee his comrade, was cut was!"a compliment the astonished dem chickens I said dey wuz Coachin to see how he bore the spectacle of such then read, by request, a beautiful bit of through diagonally by Murphy's sword, Queen gratefully accepted,' sayingWell, Chyniz an' I wuz jes taken "em roun' fer suffering. He sat at his table quite unmoved poetry, expressing the sadness of saying falling to the earth without a cry or a my good woman, I am very g'ad ter stablish my nolUdgp. Dey don't lay yet he did not seem like a brutal the last far well in his address he said that gioan, while the victor, scarcely glancing of that." Probably Her majesty forgave no aigs, does dey, boss? Ef dey does, man, but like a man of education, such as he violated no propriety when he spoke at his handiwork,trotted off whistling the critic's rudeness as the outcome of I'm mighty shamed of hustlin' 'em roun'. one might see on the bench in England or of the fact that the young man who had The Grinder." rustic ignorance and simplicty. Aigs is sca&e." America- He seemed to look upon it as gone out from the circle of that house in the oidinary course of proceedings, and Impudently cool as the darkey was, Ponsonby's brave cavalry-man knew The Postmaster-General of the United had died by his own hand. A wild moan a necessary step in the conviction of a he must yield the palm for effrontery how to take things cooly, which, according States once received an odd official communication: filled the parlors, coming from the lips criminal. He used no bravado, and offeied to the Erie Railway guard whose interview to Col. R. P. Anderson, is the special the Kaeborn Postmaster, of the young woman thus bereft of her no taunt or insult. But the cries of with Manager Fisk is thus related viituc of the British man-of-war, who, new of his duties, writing to his superior lover She said- '-Oh, oh, my God!" and the sufferers did not move him, nor prevent in an American paper. having the utmost reliance in himself and officer: Seeing by the regulations that more that was unintelligible. his taking his accustomed ease. He his commanders, is neither easily over excited You are conductor on the Erie I believe?" I am required to send you a letter of advice, The minister was choked with emotion, sat fanning himself and smoking his pipe, nor readily alarmed- In support of I must plead in excuse that I have but he soon pioceeded in consoling words as if he said he could stand it as long as his assertion the colonelt Yes, sir been Postmaster but a short time but I relates how two As he spoke of the desolation of the chosen they could. The &ight was to painful to tars, Jstioiling up from the Dil Kusha How long have vou been on the will say, if your office pays no better than bride, she knelt by the coffin, and then witness more than a few moments, and I Park, where Lord Clyde's Army was road mine, I advise you to give it up." To arose and. kissed passionately the pale lips rushed away, leaving the men still hanging stationed, toward the Residency position Fifteen years this day that Postmaster-General has not of the coipse. to the pillars of torture. I confess I at Lucknow, directed their steps by the Worth some property I learn?" decided whether his subordinate was an As the company filed by the coffin,Miss felt a relief when I went back the next pickets of horse and foot. Suddenly, a Some." ignoramus or was quietly poking fun at Plant scanned the face of each person. day, to hear that they had not yielded, twenty-four pound shot struck the road Have a very fine house in Oswego? him. Her eyes were glassy and tearless. As but held out unflinchingly to the last. just in front of them. ''I'm blessed, Cost you some thirty, forty of fifty thousand Spite of the old axiom about self-praise, one lady reached a gloved hand into the _^^. Bill," said one the tars," if this heie channel dollars?" many are of opinion thattae world is apt coffin to arrange the dress, she grasped is properly buoyed!" and on the Yes, sir." to take a man at his own valuation. If the hand and pushed it forcibly aside,saying: Hints of Spring Styles. happy-go-lucky pair went toward the Some little money invested in bonds, that be true, there is a Church dignitary "He's mine,my darling." Then Residency, as calmly as if they had been I am told?" in embryo somewhere in the young deacon, Though we are still iu midwinter, correspondents she clasped the dead face between her on Poitamouth Haid. During the same "Yes, sir" whose examining Bishop felt it requisite who prepare their wardrobe* hands, as though it was lying in her lap. siege a very young private of the One Own a farm near where you reside?" to send for the clergyman recommending themselves are already asking for hints of She spoke in soft, musical tones, which Hundred and Second was on sentry, Yes, sir." him for ordination, in order to 'the styles that will be worn in the spring. expressed such intense despair that those when an eight-inch shell, fired from a Had nothing when you commenced tell him to keep that young man in check The indications are that the short costume who saw and heard her were at once gun a hundied yards off, burst close to as conductor on our road?" addmg by way of explanation: "I had with a cut-away coat and vest will be very moved to tears. him, making a deal of noise ana throwing Nothing to speak of." tne greatest difficulty, sir, to prevent him popularly worn in woolen materials for As the undertaker drew near to close up up an immense quantity (,of earth. Col. Made the property since?" examining me!" This not to be abashed early spring. An over-skirt will be worn the coffin, the young woman uttered a Anderson rushed to the spot. The youthful "Yes, sir." candidate for clerical honors promises to with this basque, and the lower skirt will prayer, and all bowed in deepest silence, soldier was standing quietly at his "Been at work for no other parties?" be as worthy of the cloth as the American be without flounces, or else laid in kilt broken only by the violent sobbing of post, close to where the shell had just "No but 1 have been saving money, minuter who treated his village congregation pleats. Various shapes will be used for those in intimate sympathy with her. She exploded. Being asked what had happened, and invested it from time to time to good to one of Mr. Beecher's sermons, unaware the front of the coats, some of which will then took up the head of ber lover and he replied unconcernedly, I advantages." that the popular Brooklyn preacher dispense with vests, but there will be covered it with kisses. She clung to the think a shell has busted, sir." "Well, sir, what will you give to settle? made one of his hearers. Accosting him many vests worn. The basques will be body so long that it was necessary to take Of course you cannot pretend to say you after service, Mr. Beecher said: "That Toward the close of the fight of Inkermann, in habit shapes, square-cornered or sloping, her away by force. As she was lead to a have acquired thia property from what was a fair discourse how long did it take Lord Raglan, returning from taking but with few curves, and very masculine seat, she refused to take her eyes off the you have saved from your salary? You you to write it?" leave of Gen. Strangways, met a Sergeant in appearance, therefore very simple coffin. Turning to her companion, she will not deny you have pocketed a great carrying water for the wounded. in design, and almost wholly without "Oh, I tossed it offin one evening," was said "Oh, they have not covered him yet deal of money belonging"to the railway The Sergeant drew himself up to salute, trimming except ornamental stitching and the reply. and then she added, almost in whisper, at least fifty or sixty thousand dollars? when a round shot came bounding over buttons. "Indeed!" said Mr. Beecher. "Well, it "Don't you think that I could get just one Now, sir, what will you give to settle, the hill, and knocked his forage cap out For spring wrabs light gray, brown, or took me much lohger than that to think more kiss?" and not be disgraced, as you certainly will of his hand. The man picked it up, dusted dark blue twilled and pasket cloths will out the frame-work of that sermon." Pontin's father, in this scene, reeled be if a trial is brought, and are compelled it on his knee, placed it carefully on be made up in jackets very similar to "Are von Henry Ward Beecher!" about like a man intoxicated, and fell to give up the property you profess to his head and made the salute, not a muscle thosejust described, though without vests. asked the sermon-stealer. into his wife's arms. Mrs. Plant fainted. own, but which in reailty belongs to the of his countenance moving the while. They will have rolling collars, and will "I am,' said that gentleman. Miss Plant followed the body to Greenwood company?" "A neat thing that, my man!" said Lord button thence to the waist there will bo a "Well then," said the other, not in the Cemetery, where it was buried, "Well, Mr. Manager, I had not thought Raglan. "Yea, my Lord," returned the seam at the waist line on the sides and least disconcerted, "all I have to say is, friends greatly fear the consequences of the matter. For several years I have Sergeant, with another salute, "but a miss back, and the pocket flaps will be sewed that I ain't ashamed to preach one of tbt shock to her. been running my train to the best of my is as good as a mile." The commander in this seam, which extends horizontally. your sermons anywhere.'' No light has yet been shed on the mystery ability. Never looked at the matter in was probably not surprised by such an A silk braid binding or else stitched edges of the suicide. The only reasonably We do not know if Coleman invented this light before. Never thought I was exhibition of sang froid, being himself will give the simple finish. theory advanced is that something occurred the phrase. "As cool as a cucumber doing anything wrong. I have done good that way. He was badly hurt at The polonaise with broad belts in fron on the day of the suicide in the residence but he makes the Irishman in "The Heir nothing more than other conductors tried Waterloo, and, says the Prince of Orange, will become more generally worn. At of his intended bride, at 307 East at Law" say: "These two must be a rich to earn my salary and get it, and think who was in the hospital. "I was not present they are most used in very richt Thirty-third street, this city. His brother-in-law, man that won't lend and a borrower for I've succeeded. I don't know that I owe conscious of the presence of Lo:d Fitzroy materials, teut will soon be adopted for Mr. Thomas Burch, saw him at one is trotting about in great distress and the company anything. If you think I Semerset until I heard him call out, in plain woolens. The back will remain in two o'clock on the afternoon on which he t'other stands cool as a cucumber." do, why there's a little difference of opinion, his ordinary tone, "Hollo! Don't carry princesse shape, but for their materials killed himself. He gave him a wedding Of the two, the latter was more likely to and I don't want any trouble over it. that arm away till I have taken off my the front will be slightly gathered, driving present, with which he started to Miss have been intending a raid on another I have a nice family, a nice father and ring!" Neither wound noi operation had the full blouse effect that is so becoming Plant's house. At four o'clock he killed man's purse, for the men whose "very mother, relatives all of good standing extorted a groan from his lips. to the figure. The fancy for using fringes himself. At two o'clock he was in good trade is borrowing" are usually, we might they would feel bad to have me arrested The Indian prides himself upon taking headed with galloons for trimming these spirits, and there was nothing to indicate say necessarily, the coolest of the cool and charged with dishonesty. It would good or'ill in the quietest of ways, polonaises will continue the fring, however, that he did not expect the greatest happiness like Bubb Dodington's impecunious acquaintance, kill my wife. She has every confidence and from a tale told in Mr. Marshall's will be cofined to the front'and sides, from his marriage.N. T. Sun. who, rushing across Bond street in me, and the idea that I would take a "Canadian Dominion," his civilized half'brother while the back will have only the galloon. greeted Dodington with: "I'm delighted penny that did not belong to me would would seem to be equally unemotional. For wash dresses the pretty yoke waists Chinese LawA Court Scene in the to see you for I am wonderfully in want break her heart. I don't care anything Thanks mainly to a certain and pleated blouses introduced, .or rather of a guinea." City of Canton. i for the matter myself but on account of metis, or half-breed in the service of the revived last fall will be the appropriate Taking out his purse, Bubb showded my family and relatives, if you won't say Hudson Bay Company, a Sioux warrior designs. Deep sailor collars and belts A correspondent of the New York that it held but half a guinea. anything more about it, I'll give you say was found guilty of stealing a horse, and with buckles will be worn with such Evangelist, in a very interesting letter recently a dollar!"Chamber's Journal" "A thousand thanks!" cned his tormen condemned to pay the animal's value by waists. During the month of February published, thus describes a visit to tor, deftly seizing the coin "that will do installments at one of the company's merchants make a point of displaying court in Canton, China: very well for the present and then forts., On paying his last installment he wash goods, such as Scotch ginghams, The court room was very plain. A flow Good is Done. changed the conversation. But as he turned rebeiVed his"p uittance from the man who soft-finished percales, lined fawns, and couple of judges sat behind tables, before to take leave, he inquired "By-the-by had brought him to justice, and left the prints, and ladies do well to make their whom a number of prisoners were brought You know the touching lyric of Longfellow, when will you pay me that half guinea?" office. A few selections then for summer dresses,' ahd ainoments later the 8ioux~ in. ^The mode of pioceeding was very which he has called "The Arrow "Pay youl" What do you mean?" exclaimed returnech advanced on his noiseless moccasins make them up in the,leisuresatid quiet of foreign to American or European ideas. and the Song." It is so familiar that it Dodington. within a pace of the writing table, Lenten days. There is nothing: known There was neither jury nor witnesses. looks like an affectation to quote it, but I and leavelM hiamusket full at ^the halftye^Vs'hejid. "Mean? Why, I intended to borrow a yet about the shapes ,of skirtSj^and overskirts, This simplified matters exceedingly. must indulge myself once by repeating Jjtefe-jas the trigger 'was guinea of you. I have only got half but but it is generally saW"t5 .make There is no trial by jury in China. its sweet lines: pulledhhe metis raised the *hand with I'm not in a hurry tor t'other. Name the long overskirts that are' stfnply" hemmed, While we haggle and boggle about impaneling "I shot an arrow in the air which he was writing and touched light your own time, only pray keep it!" saying and easily laundries! It is rumored It fell to earth, I knew not where juries and getting testimony, For so swiftly it flew, the sight ly the .muzzle of the gun the shot passed which he disappeared round the corner. again, however, that these\ are. to give and thus trials drag on for weeks, in Could not follow, in in its flight. 4% over his head, but Ms hair was singed fE 1^**%^ 4. Msha. minim J. place to shorter over-skbts.and.that many China no such obstacle is allowed to impede lit. hi 'J. $w-W I breathed a song into the air in a broad house dresses/willhave) buf brieskirt still mass.| The smoke clearing the rapid course of justice, and, "John Phoenix," the American humorist, It fell on earth, Iknew not where sgN Way, the^lndian was amazed to find that the long OvdrsKirtte tx ^popular tp be what is more, there is no lawyers to perplex For who has sight so keen and strong |.S being one night at a theater, fancied he his enemy .was still, alive. The suddenly 'bamshCT.'^^PlOTOa^ 'iback the Court with their arguments, That it can follow the flight of song? *M saw a friend some three seats in front of aft winter for other looked him full in the eyes for an st^f&h4 Long, long afterward, in an oak *^#I J^I breadths *nayd beeir but the judge has it all his own way. him. Turning tp his next neighbor he Ifoundthe arrow still unbroke instant and then quietly resumed his trained dresses, amtt ls^ &dDal&e there He is simply confronted with the accused, said: "Would, you be kind enough to And the song, from beginning to end, ^jg will be more fulltfesS^al^Ormerly in and they have it all between \them. touch that gentlemaen with, your stick?" I found again in the heart of a friend." was th reply and the thing skirts of thin dresses, especially when ie Indian silently departed unpursued, taihly,J While we stood here a number of This is exquisite. But you observe "Cef pyersMrt.Harper's that both the arrow and the song were those who would, have given chase prisoners were brought in some were I worn without an was done but when the individual thus found just as they had been sent out. The being stopped by the half-breed, with, carried in baskets (as they are borne to ex-1 Bazar. assaulted turned round Phoenix saw he E t#**f-. ami&suuLiust U-' MJ&%$ stas**