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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
THE JUST JUDGE; 
OR, VILLAINY EXPOSED. 
A gentleman wbo pc: -e r ed an ©state worth 
about live hundred a year, la the eastern part 
of England, bad alar two sons. The oldest 
being of a rambling disposition, went abroad. 
After several yonro his fattier died ; when tho 
younger, destroying hie will, ,elzed upon the 
estate, He gave out that, til k oldest, brother 
was d«aci, and bribed falsa witnesses to attest 
tho truth of it. In the course of time the eld¬ 
est brother returned, but came home in miser¬ 
able circumstances. HIk younger brother re¬ 
pulsed him with scorn, and told him that be 
wag an Impostor and a cheat. Ho asserted 
that his real brother was dead long ago. and he 
could bring witnesses to prove It. The poor 
fellow having neither money nor friends, was 
In a most, dismal situation. He went around 
the pariah making complaints, and at lost to a 
lawyer, who, when ho heard tho poor man's 
story, replied, “you have nothing to give; if ! 
undertake your cause, and lose It, It will bring 
me Into disgrace, a;; all the wealth and evidence 
are on your brother's alJe. Hut, however, I 
will umlpii iUo your cause on this oondltlon, 
You sliaii enter InLo an obligation to pay trie 
one thousand guineas. If I gain the estate for 
you. If I lose it, I know the oonsoquoncoa, and 
I venture with my eyes open.” Accordingly be 
entered an action against the younger brother, 
which was to bn Irled at the next general 
assizes at Chelmsford, In Bisex. The lawyer 
having engaged in the cause of tho young rnun, 
and stimulated by the prospect of a thousand 
guineas, sot his wits to work to contrive the 
bent methods to gain his otid. At l ist ho hit. 
upon thin happy thought, that he would consul! 
the first Judge of Ids age, Lord Chief Justice 
Hale. Accordingly ho hastened up io London, 
and laid >>pcn the ciuse and all its circum¬ 
stances. The Judge who was a great lover of 
justice, heard the cast: attentively, and prom¬ 
ised him all the assistance In Ills power. The 
lawyer having taken leuvo, the Judge contrived 
matim so an to finish all ids huslncss-at tho 
King's Bench before the assizes began at 
Chelmsford. When within it short, distance of 
tho place, he dismissed Id* man arid horses, 
and sought out for a single house. He found 
one occupied by a miller. After some conver¬ 
sation, and making himself agreeable, lie pro¬ 
posed to the miller to change clothes with him. 
As the Judge had a very good suit on, the man 
had ip> reason to object. 
Accordingly, tl:e Judge shifted himself from 
top id too, .old put on a complete suit of the 
miller's beat. Armed with a miller’s but, and 
shoes and slink, away ho marched to Chelms¬ 
ford, .11 id procured good lodging, suitable for 
t bo asalison that should come on the next. day. 
When tire trl ils came on, he walked like au Ig- 
norauU-uu.'dry fellow, backwards und forwards 
along the county hall. Ho had a thousand 
oves within him, and when tho Court began to 
fid, lie 'ounu out the poor fellow who was the 
plaintiff. As soon as he cams Into the hall, tho 
miller dn v up to him:—“Honest friend," 
said he, “ t ow is your onu30 likely to do to-day ?" 
“Why, 1 ' replied the plaintiff, “ tuy cause U iu 
a very precarious situation, and If 1 lose it I am 
ruined for life,” “Wall," replied the. miller, 
“will you take my advice; I will let you into a 
secret, which perhaps you do not know; every 
Englishman has the right and privilege to ex¬ 
cept against any one juryman through the 
whole twelve; now do you Ineisl upon your 
privilege, without giving a reason why, and, If 
possible,get me ohonm in his room, aud I will 
do you all the service in inpower.” Accord¬ 
ingly, when t he clerk had called over the names 
of the Jurymen, tho plaintiff excepted to one of 
them. Tho Judge on the bench was highly 
offended with toil liberty. “Wbat do you 
mean, 1 ’ says tic, “ by excepting to this gentle¬ 
man?" “ 1 mean, my Lord, to assert my privi¬ 
lege as an Englishman, without a reason why.” 
The Judge, who had bcou highly bribod, in 
order to conceal 11, by a show of candor, and 
having a confidence in tho superiority of his 
party, said “ Well, sir, aa you claim your 
privilege In one Instance, I w|il gratii.it. Whom 
would you wish to have In the room of that man 
excepted?” After a short time taken In con¬ 
sideration—“ My Lord," says bo, “ I wish to 
have an hum.-t man chosen In;" and looking 
around the Court, “My Lord, theie Is that 
miller in Mm Court, wo will have him, if you 
pleas '.” Accordingly, the miller was chosen 
In. Aa soon as the Clerk of tho Court hid 
given them all their oaths, a little dexterous 
fellow came into the apartment, and slipped 
ten golden Cirolusoj into the bauds of eleven 
jurymen, and give the miller but live. He 
observed they wore all bribed, and said to his 
next neighbor, in a soft whisper, “how much 
have you got ? " “ Ten pieces,” said ho. Hut 
lie concealed what lie had got himself. The 
cause was opened by the plaintiff's counsel, 
aud all the scraps of evidence they could pick 
up wore adduced in his favor. 
Tim younger brother was provided with u 
great number of witnesses, ami pleaders, all 
plentifully bribed, as well as the Judge. Tne 
evidence deposed that they were in the self¬ 
same country when the brother died, and saw 
him buried. Tho counsellors pleaded upon 
this accumulated evidence, and everything 
went wiiii u lull tide In favor of the younger 
brother. The Judge summed up the evidence 
with great gravity and deliberation; “and 
now, gentlemen of the jury,’ 1 said ho, “lay 
your heads together, and bring tn your verdict, 
as you shall deem most Just.' 1 
They waited but a few minutes, before they 
determined In favor of the younger brother.— 
The Judge said, “ Gentlemen, are you agreed, 
and who shall speak for you?” “We are all 
agreed, my Lord," replied one, " our foreman 
shall speak for us." “ Hold, my Lord," replied 
the miller, “ we are not all agreed." “ Why,’ 1 
aald the Judge, In a very surly manner, “ what's 
the matter with you? “What, reasons have 
you for disagreeing?” “ I have several reasons, 
my Lord,” replied the miller; 'the first Is, 
they have given ail these gentlemen of the Jury 
ten broad pieces of gold, und to me but five, 
which, you know, Pa not. fair. Betides, I have 
many objections to make to the false reason¬ 
ings of the pleaders, and the contradictory 
evidence of the witnesses.” Upon this, the 
miller began a discourse that discovered such 
vast penetration of judgment, such extensive 
knowledge of law, and expressed with such 
energetic and manly eloquence, that astonished 
the Judge and the whole Court. As ho was 
going on with his powerful demonstrations, 
the Judge, in a surprise of soul, stopped him. 
“ Where did you come from, and who are you?” 
“I oanut from Westminster li all,” replied the 
miller; “my name is Matthew Hale; I am 
Lord Chief Justloe of the King's Bench. I 
have observed the Iniquity of your proceedings 
this day; therefore, come down from a seat 
which you are no ways worthy to hold. You 
are one of the corrupt parties In this iniquitous 
business. I will come up this moment, aud 
try tho cause all over again.” Accordingly, 
Hlr Matthew went up with his miller's dress 
and hut on, begun the trial from Its very com¬ 
mencement, and searched every ctroumstanoe 
of truth and falsehood. He evinced the eldest 
brother’s title to tho estate, from the contra¬ 
dictory evidence of the w itnesses, and the false 
reasonings of the pleaders, unravelled all the 
sophistry to the very bottom, aud gained a 
complete victory In favor of truth and justice. 
GOING TO THE DENTIST’S. 
“I like to oome across a man with a tooth¬ 
ache. There's something sc pleasant in advis¬ 
ing hliu to stuff cotton In it, to u*e camphor, 
creosote, peppermint and “relief,” that I al¬ 
ways feel better after giving It. 
I have been there—had an aching snag—and I 
know just how it feels. It used to wake me tip 
nights, and tnuke me mad at noon, and set mo 
to swearing early In the morning. I didn’t 
meet man or woman but what they advised me. 
Otto said that a hot knitting needle pU'lied 
down on the roots was excellent; another’said 
that opium was an excellent thing; »nrj olners 
aald It must be dug out by the dentist. 
They Bmtled when they said so—smiled like 
friends. They didn’t know that the old snag 
seemed au iuob too high and was us tender as 
my eye, and that the hare thought of “digging 
out" rnsde a oiiill run up my spine. Yes, they 
did know It, too; but It wasn't taoir snag and 
they didn’t oaru. 
If I sat down to dinner that old tooth began 
to growl. If I went to bed, or got up, or went 
to a party, or stayed at home, “ she" growled 
Just the same. It wasn't always a growl: some¬ 
times It whs a Jump that made iny hair staud 
up, and again a sort of cutting pain that made 
me make up faoes at the baby aud slam doors 
and break windows. I ate cotton, peppermint, 
camphor and opium until 1 got black In the 
face, and that old snag kept right ou. I put 
bags of hot ashes to myohook, applied mustard, 
held my head in the oven, took a sweat,, and 
tho ache still ached. 
After the third week tho neighbors didn't 
d>tro let their boys pass my house, and tin ped¬ 
dlers aud book canvassers went around uu all¬ 
ot her street. I was becoming a menagerie, and 
at last I decided to have my tooth out. I deci¬ 
ded to. and then I decidod net to. I changed 
my mind four t imes In one forenoon and at last 
I went. 
The dentist was glad to see me. lie said if he 
Could not take that tooth out without hurting 
me he would give mo a million dollars. It got 
eusier as he talked, and I concluded not to have 
it pulled, i started down stairs, but a jump 
caught me and I rushed hack. Ho said he 
would look at it; perhaps It did not need pul¬ 
ling at all, but lie could kill tho nerve. 
By dint of flattery lie got mo in the chair. 
Then ho softly inserted I he knife and cut away 
the gums. I leaped up and said 1 would kill 
him ; but lie begged of me not to ; said the cut¬ 
ting was all the p.tiu Micro was to It. Ue finally 
got me to loan back and open niy mouth, and 
1 1 1 on he slipped in Ills forceps and closed them 
around tho tooth. 
" Ohso dorordonbordosororsor 1" I cried; but 
he didn't pay any attention to it. He drew In 
a full breath, grasped the forceps tightly, and 
then lie pulled. 
“ Great spoons 1 but didn't it seem as if ray 
head was going! Itriol to shout, grapple at 
him, kicked, and then he held up lue uld snag 
ami said : “ There! 1 guess you won't fool any 
more aching!” 
I leaped down and hugged him. 1 promised 
him ten million dollars. 1 told him to make 
niy home Ids home forever. 1 hugged hlrn 
again. I shook hands with everybody on the 
street, kissed my wife, bought the baby a dozen 
rattle-boxes in a heap, and It seemed to mo aa 
if the world was too small for me, 1 was so 
happy. 
THE TWO YOUNG PRINCES. 
It would seem that Woolwich Aoademy Is 
getting still more distinguished In Its old age, 
when the sons of Emporor> and Queens are to 
be found (or were to be found, lately.) among 
Its students and juvenile patrons. First, the 
young Prluce Imperial was placed, by bis exiled 
father, in the above renowned Institution, In 
which he (the Prince) hm proved himself a 
most exemplary student, for several years. The 
young Spanish Prince Alfonso, also, (just ex¬ 
alted to the throne of Spain) had, before his 
exaltation, been one of the Woolwich boys for 
some time, conducting himself, we have reason 
to believe, with all the gravity and decorum 
characterlslic of his countrymen arid nation. 
11 would seem the two young princes (like other 
lads of their ago—though Louis was two or 
three years older than Alfonso) had occasional¬ 
ly a “set to." after the John Bull style, when. 
It seems to have been conceded by Ibe English 
lads (good judges) that the Spaniard, though so 
much fits junior, was more than u match for 
Lulls, ludoed, there would seem to bo eo 
much of steadiness and manhood in the deport¬ 
ment of Alfonso (a hoy of seventeen) since his 
elevation to the throne of Spain, that we can 
readily accopt the stories of his grit, as told by 
the Woolwich youths, and as bearing upon his 
contests with poor Lunin. Well, they have the 
world before them, (poor follows) “how to 
choose,” nor can we find it in our heart to wish 
rhern anything but tho coniplotosfc success In 
their future undertakings; always provided, 
however, that said undertakings are character¬ 
ized by and founded fn the principles of geuuine 
honor and magnanimity. 
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A FRENCH WATERING PLACE. 
Colonel Forney writes from Cannes, the 
great French watering place, an I til.creating 
description of the fascinating scenes now to bo 
witnessed there. Tho beauty of Cannes isin Its 
surroundings, especially In its lino mountains 
and In the ease with which the moat delicate 
and valuable tree* anti plants are cultivated iu 
the open air. Ou the 1st of February the 
oolonel stood among am os of orange trees, 
bending under the weight of their golden fruit, 
and miles of olive treei stretched out before 
him. Tiie noil breezes of the Mediterranean 
woo tho most precious aud valuable fiuwers 
delicate vines, the olive, the fig, the lemon, the 
date, etc. The air In filled with the porfumo of 
primroses, violets aud daisies. There are orch¬ 
ard* of pear and cherry, forests of walnut and 
chestnut trees, luscious strawberries at one's 
feet, and olives aDd pomegranates grow with¬ 
out cultivation. Tho city is crowded, and as 
one stands on tho boulevard it is easy to deolde 
from the iuxurioun carriages, and tholr occu¬ 
pants that the example of Lord Brougham i* 
largely followed by his countrymen, and that 
tbo quiet chirms of Cannes are better suited 
to thoir English reserve than the brilliant diMl- 
putl'ine of Nice, an hour's rido away. Cannes, 
though not so fashionable as Nice, is considered 
somewhat more aristocratic. The land lords 
are fortunate fellowr. The Empress of Russia 
offered $60,000 thin season f>u tne Grand Hotel, 
and this sum was not large enough to tempt 
the proprietor. Nilsson is now stopping at the 
Grand, pluming her wiiifslor new flights. 
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TEA-DRINKING IN RUSSIA. 
A correspondent of the London Dttiiy News, 
writing from Nijnl Novgorod, says: — •• 1‘ea- 
drinking, I have aald, is one of the great lnsil- 
fuUujja of Russia. The outward and visible 
symbol of this Institution is the somovar. 
Tnere Is something aim >*t sacred about th e 
Houiovar In Russia, i scarcely llko to talk 
about b among profano things. It ranks with 
the gilt Images or Greek -alms which are found 
in th© corner* Of every mom in Russia, und be¬ 
fore which t he pious nellover is never tired of 
crossing himself. In the Same w ay uot a house¬ 
hold, however poor, in ltuselu I* without a sora- 
ovar. To make tea in tho vulgar fashion of 
oaring boiling water Into the teapot, would 
o to rob St of all it* encoring grace, nod to 
prof-ahe tho i .sMtution. The somovar Is essen¬ 
tial to tneoithodox practice of tea; and ns the 
first word you learn in Russia is * tobai,' jo tho 
first thing you will strike your eye on Is the 
somovar. The somnvar is a large urn made of 
bronze or brass, with a tubo run nine through 
the center. In which the charcoal Ta placed. 
Whom the tea-hour arrives—and every hour is 
the tea-hour i u Russia the charcoal is lighted; 
rather should 1 say. like the sacred fire of the 
Zoroaslriutis, it. is uover quenched. There it 
burns in its brazen tube and the water bolls 
audibly, aud the little china teapot Is placed 
fsiuiuioringthe top of tho charcoal -although 
this latter is really a hetorodox practice, which 
has crept insensibly into the pure religion of 
tea; ajiti in this way cup after cup of the Rus¬ 
sian nectar is supplied.” 
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IMPROVING ON ACQUAINTANCE. 
Du. HOLMES, in the “ Autocrat ol the Break¬ 
fast Table," says that every man has three dis¬ 
tinct selves; one. what he really is: a second, 
wbat lie tniuka himself to be; a Mill'd, what 
others ttiiuk Inin to bo. The last Often changes 
ou acquaintance. 
Mr. iA It. Lvaiie, a distinguished painter, was 
appointed tin one of ihe important committees 
«t the. great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, 
London. When lie first, met the Committee bo 
thought Ida colleagues wore vory ordinary¬ 
looking men. But tney soon began to discuss 
tnaUers of science in u very intelligent man¬ 
ner, and on looking up again he thought their 
appearance much Improved. Turning to tne 
catalogue, ho found tbut his colleagues were 
Sir David Brewster, Sir John Hersoiiel, Baron 
Legnler, Prof. Potter, and other eminent men. 
Alter listening to their Instructive conversa- 
t Ion, he left the meeting with tho impression 
ihut the gentlemen were remarkably wisc- 
looking men, and wondering how he could have 
thought differently on first seeing them. 
Sabbath Reading. 
A MORNING SONG. 
I wake this morn, and all my life 
Is freshly mine to live : 
The future with sweet promise rife. 
And crowns of Joy to give. 
New words to apeak, new thoughts to hear, 
New love to give and take : 
Perchanoe nez burdens I may boar. 
For love's own sweetest soke. 
New hopes to open In the sun. 
New effort* worth the will. 
Or tasks with yesterday begun 
More bravely to fulfill. 
Fresh seeds for all the time to bo 
Are in tnv hand to sow, 
Whereby, for others and for ma, 
Cndrenmed-cu fruit may grow. 
In each white daisy ’mid the grass 
That turn* roy foot aside. 
In each uncurling fern I puss. 
Some eweo ost Joy may hide. 
And if when eventide shall fall 
In shade across my way, 
It seems that naught my thoughts recall 
But life of every day. 
Yet if each step In shine or shower 
Be where Thy footsteps trod, 
Then blessed bo every happy hour 
That loads me nearer God. 
-- 
DECEIVING ONE ANOTHER. 
One of the mo:t deplorable evils In life Is the 
deception people praotice In their intercourse 
with each other. In business and social rela¬ 
tions, at all Mima and in all places, it Is met and 
equally to bo lamented. For why Is It less sin¬ 
ful to deceive lo friendship than In trade—to 
proffer loving words of endearment without 
meaning, than to defraud In the baser ooin of 
dollars and cents? It la a false and wicked 
plea that politeness requires the utterance of 
unmeaning and untruthful compliment. Po¬ 
liteness sanctions nothing contrary to that 
Godly sincerity which the apostle Inculcates, 
yet many who bear the name of Chiiibt, seem¬ 
ingly regard It rts a little thing to profess a 
friendship they do not feel,—to partake of the 
hospitality, or urge tbolr own, upon those 
whom they really dislike,—and with protesta¬ 
tions of In teres: win their confidence only to 
gather material for ridicule and censure In 
t heir absence. Can such hypocrisy exist In the 
heart, whore tho spirit of Ood nb'dea? How 
unlike the DivineMaster—howiike Hla betrayer, 
who approached Him with words of affeotion 
and kissed Him, having given His enemies a 
tokens—“Whomsoever l Khali kies, that same 
Is He." 
God especially manifests Hie abhorance of 
deceit and falsehood, and “such aa flatter with 
their tonguo." No wordly wisdom or polloy 
can justify anything bo utterly at variance with 
tho spirit of Christ. Perfect sincerity Is not 
IncoDtdstem with Christian courtesy, where 
the heart is actuated by the principles of the 
Gospel of Christ, which ore love to God and 
good will to men. It Is well for us In sincerity 
to offer the prayer of the Psalmist, “ Searoh 
me, O God, and know my heart.” 
Sherburne, N. V. Lina Lee. 
THE ARAB’S PROOF. 
Some years ago a Frenchman, who, like many 
of his oountrymen, had won a high rank among 
men of science, yet who denied the God who is 
the Author of all science, was crossing the 
great Sahara, in company with au Arab guide. 
Ho noticed, with a sneer, that at certain times, 
his guide, whatever obstacles might arise, put 
them all aside, and, keeling on the burning 
sands, called on his God. 
Day after day passed, aud still the Arab never 
fulled, till at last one evening the philosopher, 
when he rose from bis knees, asktd him, with 
a contemptuous smile:—"How do you know 
there Is a God?” The guide fixed bis eyes on 
the scoffer, for a moment, in wonder, and then 
said, solemnlyHow do I know there is a 
God? How do I know that a man and not a 
Camel passed my hut last night in the darkness ? 
Was it uot by t he print Ol his foot In the Band ? 
Eveu so,” and he pointed to the dun, wnose 
List rays were flashing over the lone desert 
“ that footprint is not that of a man." 
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The Passions.— The passions are at once 
tempters and chastisers. A3 tempters, they 
come with garlands of flowers ou the brows of 
youth ; as chastisers, they appear with wreaths 
of snakes on the forehead of deformity. They 
are angels of light iu their delusion ; they are 
fiends of torment in their Inflictions. 
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It Is a good and safe rule to sojourn In every 
place as If you meant to spend your life there, 
never omitting an opportunity of doing a kind¬ 
ness, or speakiug a true word, or making a 
friend. Seeds thus sown by the wayside often 
bring forth abundant harvest. 
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As the ships come across the seas from for¬ 
eign lands, bearing their rich freightage of silks 
and spices and precious things, so do the days 
come to us—vessels from heaven’s ports, full of 
the richest and rarest blessings and treasure 
from the heavenly lands. 
