Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 53, Number 66, 9 May 1885 — Didn't Shut the Door. [ARTICLE]

Didn't Shut the Door.

" What makes me feel so bad dis time, 'uz hekase I hear sum p'n over yonder (Hi de bank like a whack er a slam, while ago, en it mine me ef i!e time I treat my little 'Lizabeth so onery. .She warn't only 'bout fo' year ole, en she tuk de sk'yarlet fever, en he '. a powerful rough spell ; but she got well, en one day she was a-standin' aroun. en 1 says to her, I says : '■ ' Sliet de do*. 1 "She never done it; jis' stood dah, kiner smilin' up at me. It make me mad ; en I says agin, mighty loud, I says : " ' Doan you hear me ? — shetde do' ! " She jis' stood de same way. kiner smilin' up. I was a-bilin' ! I says: " ' I lay I make you mme !' " En wid dat I fetch her a slap side de head dat sent her a sprawlin'. Den I went into de yuther room, en 'uz gone about ten minutes, en when I come back dar was dat do' a stantlin' open yit. en dat chile standin' most' in it, a-lookin' down and mournin', en de tars runnin' down. My, but 1 wuz mad.- i was a-gwyue for de chile, but jes 1 den — it was a do' dat opens innerds — den 'long come de wind an' slams it to, behine me chile, kerblam ! 'En. my Lor', de chile never move! My breffnios' hop outer me.en I feel so— so — I doan' know how I feel. 1 cropeont, alla-tremblin'; en crope aroun' en open de do' easy en slow, en poke my head in behine de chile, soft en still, en all uv a sudden I says ' I'ow !' jis' ez loud cv. I could yell. She never budge! Oh, Jluck, 1 bust out a-crvin' en grab up in my arms, en say: 'Oh.depo' little thing! De Lord God Almighty forgive po' old Jim, kazehe never gwyne to forgive hisself as long's he live!' Oil. she was plumb deef en dumb — en I'd been a-treat'n her so." — [Mark Twain. -•- The Darkey and the Crab. — A St. Simon's 14-year-old darky came to grief as follows: While fishing in the river a large crab took his hook and pulled him in. When just at the surface of the water, fearing he might lose the very much-de-sired crustacean, the darky inadvertently slipped his hand under the hook and crab in order the more certainly to secure the prize. No sooner done than the crab, with his largest claw, closed in on Cuffee's forefinger. This was a dilemma, but Cuffee forcibly thought himself equal to the emergency, and caught the crab's claw between hi- firm-set teeth. At this time the crab fastened his other claw into Cuffee's flat nose, This state of things so paralyzed him that he bellowed loudly for help, iii.-. waitings brought to his assistance a kindhearted gentleman passing by, who, with some stones, crushed the crabs claws, thus relieving him from his predicament and pain. — [Slacon Messenger. A Seal in Lake Michigan Waters. — On April 23d John Quimby killed a large seal about one-fourth of a mile from Poplar Point, in Green bay. Mr. Quimby was | engaged in fishing with gill nets through : the ice, when he saw the seal come up I out of a hole in the ice. lie stunned i! by j a blow on the head with a club, dragged ft I out on the ice with a gaff hook and killed ! it. Green hay is adjacent to Lake Michi- | gan, and it seems queer that a seal should ■ be found here, so far from salt water. The I only outlet, to .-alt water is by way of Lake Michigan, Huron, St. ('lair river. Lake St. dairy? Detroit river. Lake Erie, Welland Canal (or Niagara river) into Lake Ontario, thence river St. Lawrence to the gulf. Per- ! haps some of your readers can throw light ! upon the matter, but all must admit that the seal was a long way from his native element.— [S. E. 11.. in Forest and Stream. The Smallest Republic. — The little Re- ; public of San Marino is inclosed in (he ! Kingdom of Italy. San Marino owes its j foundation to a hermit of that name, born ' in Dalmatia in the fourth century, and who j went to Italy as a mason at the rebuilding lof the walls of Rimini. Its territory covers about 22 square miles. The population I numbered 8.500 souls, and the capitol, San ! Marino, has 1,200. It i- perched on the : summit of a mountain called Mount Titan, or the Giants, 1 which .sometimes leads to j this little State being called the Titanic ReI public. 'flic Republic has an order of chiv- . alry, . rested in 1830, under tin name of Order ol San Marino. The motto is '.' Liber- ; tas." When Italy became a kingdom Na- ■ polcon desired to preserve this small Suite intact. '' It is a rare sample of a Republic to preserve," said the Emperor. — [Temple Bar. « «. Small Debts. — A famous writer remarks thai small debts are Like small shot,' that can scare be escaped. One should be careful about incurring small bills. Excelli lit and desirable as credit may be in many cases, where opportunity is given to earn or make the money to pay the debt within a specified time, it is a delusion and a snare when extended to small ait:":--. .•here the sums must be met on demand. The creditor to whom yon owe live dollars will be more persistent and importunate than the one to whom you owe five hundred, for he will think that, as his is only a smalLamor.nt, you ought to be able to pay it on short notice or no notice at all; not thinking that his may be only one of a I hundred similar debts and each creditor as I clamorous -".s himself. "Happy is lie who owes nothing. 1 . The Anti^uitv of Trade-Marks — Trade-marks arc nearly as old as the history of the human race. Ancient Babylon had property symbols, and the Chinese claim to have had trade-marks 1, 000 years before Christ. Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, had a lawsuit aboul a trade-mark, and won it. As curly us 1300, the English Parliament authorized trade-marks, and the laws of America have also protected them. Extraordinary means have been required: I ii! tin) ■- to guard against the fraudulent use of marks of manufacturers, [Railway News. It ha- been observed that "right-handed-ness" extends far down in the scale of < reation. Parrots take hold of their food in their right foot by preference, and Mr. Crooki is inclined to believe that insects like was] . beetles and spiders use the right anterior foot most frequently. Beware of imitations, pretended cures and specifics, and ' spurious preparations. Take only Hunt's [Kidney and Liver] Remedy. Hint's [Kidney and Liver] Remedy has ■ been used over thirty years, and SiivedthouJ I sands from lingering disease and death.