ther a necessary adjunck uv the skool systim. Mr. Cheerman, I move
and second that this yer skoolmarster be shot."

Mr. Grile did not remain to observe the result of the voting.
Retribution.

A citizen of Pittsburg, aged sixty, had, by tireless industry and
the exercise of rigid economy, accumulated a hoard of frugal
dollars, the sight and feel whereof were to his soul a pure delight.
Imagine his sorrow and the heaviness of his aged heart when he
learned that the good wife had bestowed thereof upon her brother
bountiful largess exceeding his merit. Sadly and prayerfully while
she slept lifted he the retributive mallet and beat in her brittle
pate. Then with the quiet dignity of one who has redressed a
grievous wrong, surrendered himself unto the law this worthy old
man. Let him who has never known the great grief of slaughtering a
wife judge him harshly. He that is without sin among you, let him
cast the first stone-and let it be a large heavy stone that shall
grind that wicked old man into a powder of exceeding impalpability.
The Faithful Wife.

"A man was sentenced to twenty years' confinement for a deed of
violence. In the excitement of the moment his wife sought and
obtained a divorce. Thirteen years afterward he was pardoned. The
wife brought the pardon to the gate; the couple left the spot arm in
arm; and in less than an hour they were again united in the bonds of
wedlock."

Such is the touching tale narrated by a newspaper correspondent. It
is in every respect true; I knew the parties well, and during that