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’itta$rial jukests of- % poj * VOL. XLL-N0.21—NEW SERIESVOL.5jiU i ifamtls |ottmal—§tboteb to ****** * “U . v * ' T 1 " 1 1-11 \\\m DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. |k t y i,krn 1 Miscellaneous. mm. ’ ckumikd weekly, „Y S. A. ATKINSON, lT three dollars per annum, tTKlCTI.Y I.V ADVANCE. JJicf, HnwI *'L, nverJ. H. Huggins. K\TK< OF UlVERTlSINO. ...rtioM.iiu will br InrortaS utOne Dollar and r A, ,-„m. i-r Square of 12 llaaa, for the fl rat, and (Vni. for »ach anbaoanant Inicrtloo, Miar'Uai*un<laronam*ofik. For a longer period lijtral csatracta will bo made. Business Directory. O. CANDLER A TTORNEY AJ LAjv. SS. iuvr - •ban *»4 VranUtn. ~ii *J»T« W. RWRS. '■ - Attorney at laiv, A- awl Notary PoMIr. «» ' p Vr‘tV P ”w S,-4i:::;KoS.r i—i C. W. SEIDELL, SKELTON * SBUtflA fV* Ch UtOBN EY S At htMV, ilallartw.U, Hart County. Utorgla. _ ^PITTMAN & HINTON, A ttorneys at law, J.ffrrvin, Jaclron county, Om. Summey & Newton, a»M«*AU «T„ ATIlfCK.o, CSA. —:u:— IRON, PLOW STEEL, STEEL, HOES, NAILS, PLOWS, MILL SAWS, COTTON OIN8, And General Hardware and Cutlery, at Wholesale and Retail. . SU.VMEY A xsirros thons, Ga., April 14th. tf No. 6 Broad St. ARTHUR EVANS, Watchmaker & Jeweller, (late with childs & moss,) TD ESPECTFULLY annonnees to ill til. ritlaan. of Ath.na and rid ally that ha ha. located at the Now Drue Store of Dr. Wm. King, and la prepared to do all kinds of repaln on Watch.., Clock., Jewelry, ate. All work promptly don. and warranted. [Aug. II—3m. ¥M. WOOD, |B * DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP furniture. FURNITURE REPAIRED, UP- jL 1 hclatdrddaaid MUHkfehdd) life* latte rariaty War.room, on Clayton 8t., nest to S.lMl'KL P. THURMOND,. . A TT 0 R N E V A T[LAW, >,v.at Os Offir* on Broad atnaet, oyer all clalai. «alni»U I. 1. * I. r. ILK.VANOKB, •TOiMALER8 IN HARDWARE,' JL/ ha. Steel, NaiK Carriage Material, Mlnlh* alpi.a.nt.,tVMlriiallrt., Atlanta. ~ M. VAN ESTES, v::; , A TTORNEY AT LAW, Jl llemcr. Bank. County, Ga. , A T T oWHWR. LA"j?, a.1 uratarillr. Franklin county, i Ua. Dfllaa a,.rly occupied by J. F. Langiton, E*q. Ia‘ For the North East Ga. Railroad! r IMIE undersigned has just returned i from Sew York city, with A Large and varied Stock F A.HjIa «& WIN TER J^il'eside Miscellany. Ion them, and in that silence Madge I retrospective glance at the Bonnie n «aw things dearly at last. } Dundee must be given. CONSISTING OF , .<i . ; e Dry Good» y \ Groceries, Crockery, tmumsmlpfl’ <: iHals, r i Hill v r(!> ,fij< CopSf BAGGING AND TIES le op Kxcnange T HAVE 300 acres of land In Clev JL burnt Co., Ala., Which I will aell cheap, or ex change for real estate in t lit* city.- There arc CO acaaaclaarad.Mof It the bait bottom land do: Cana creek, producing SO to 75 bushels of corn par acre, and cotton la proportion. The remainder U in tbh woods. The farm is SO miles Cram' the Selma, Borne and Dalton Railroad, one and a quarter miles fhxa Ckabonnvr site, Edwardarllle. • mile* fkum the located depot of the Columbus and Chat tanooga Railroad, and one mile from the route Griffin and North “MtVreM Mecheint* 1 atom house (not .. longing to ihnpUoe),.which can be bought or rantcdchaa,p and la a Splendid Stand for a Country Store. Titles indisputable. For further information ap ply to, or address , Dr. J. W. MURRELL, March 31-3m Athtui, Ga. To Housekeepers. £J"UST RECEIVED, a large assort- Oi WING MACHINES! 1 I'lttlVOINCKD THE BUST IN VSF.. 13Y ALL WHO HAVE TRIED L> tktia. Theta machine*, with all the IMPHOVKMKNTS AND ATTACHMENTS. «•» be had, at manufacturer'* priews, freight odlad.attha BANNER OFFICE. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON TIIK GEORGIA RAILROAD. |V Superintendent** iiiUw, 1 and Huron k ImrnntA Railroad, r Augusta, (1 January 20,1871. J AND AFTER SUNDAY. January ad, U7I, the Faaaenger Trains will rut a.follows; lyrty PaMvngfr Train, Daily, Sunday KxttyUd. l.t.t Augusta at. 5 00 a.m. baa.. Atlanta at —7 10 a.m. Anl.rat Atlanta at - 8 30p.m. sMreat Augusta at.. Jt 40 p. w. Night Patrenger Train. I^s«. Augustaat I go p. m. baa.. Atlanta at 10 lap. m. Arrlt.at Atlanta at C 40 a. tu. Arti.ral Augu.taat 7 30 a.m. llrnrlia Passenger Train. l*s.c Autu.ta at 4 15p.ni. Ua.rMtrtrliaab ...7 30 a. m. Arrlt.at Augusta 9 tSa. 10. Atrlt.at Dtrtrlla —6 00p.m. ltoh Kay ami Night Faaaengar Train, will make float ratncctiunt st Augusta and Atlanta with I'a.wngcr Trains of connecting roads. IVt.ngan fraai AUanta, Athens, Washing! osdits:inns on Georgia Railroad, by taking the lhsa Day 1’aassng.r Train will maka cloan connec- timtivowak with the Macon Passenger Train, uri ruck Mac a the same day at 7 40 p. w raise. Slraping Canon all Night Trains. Vhednleon Maeon A An^usta Railroad. To idly. Effort Jan. 38, 1871. JMtre-n .ItijiiWa and Maeon—Day Pas- fitgcr Train Daily, Simday Excepted. J*s.a Augusts at..... It 00noon. Us.s Vacua at 00 a. m. Arm. St Macon at 7 40 p. m. Grit, at Augusu at „...l 45 p. m. . TU day Pataangsr Train arriving at Maeon at k tn ., makes close connect inns with Trains of f «»«i!ng Hoad, at Maeon. riswogtrs Inring Macon at 4 a. m., will m... .**'naratloo,atCaraak with UpDsy Passenget GJtafor Atlanta, Athena. Washington, .and all UJ* 1 * ®*"Ha Railroad, and w! i ,• < ctA a, At- " s. K. JOHNSON, Supi as, Goodwin & Miller, Factors, ■ •Millluli -\ *mu luia Uni touunissloiiMcvcliaiits 9A VST., SAVANNA^, <?i *] 8QUTHST.,BALTIMORE, MD. °° x nt * Iw8y OUrOl^FimiitHretfi , WOOD’S, MADKlaOODJSXJtW. Carriage, Buggy & Wagon 4 •HATEtt|AL. :r" < A LARGE LOT direct from the , *-nseulactory. and will ha sold as low ■Mi>_inywh«r. in IhoStale, ftalghkedt s» r ar' which wa are offering at vary low prioes. - All stoves eold by us WARRANTED AN . if- 1 EVERYT ARTICULAR.-q > SUMMEY & NEWTON: «757eNGLAND & CQ.; 3 ^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR NEW FALL : STOCK K Selected with care by one of th. firm, in New York, to which they invite the attention ef their customers and the public. They have a good assort ment of STAPLE & FANCY Oitr GO 00 S GKOPKKIKM, < , 'PHOVIKIOAS, IIAIIDHAKR. PKU4KKKY, IIAT'IS. PAPS, BUtSTH, SHORs, And in short, everything in the way of amily and Plantation Supplies, They will pay the HIGHEST PRICE FOR COTTON or other Produce, and Will nitre poiloit at 33 t'rnla a Bale per month. We arodetonslned to deal fairly, sell low, and by cIom attention to bualneae hope to please old curio- men and make many new ones. eepU5tf NEW FALL GOODS.” RENTER & REAVES have now in store and to arrive, 130 Knga "PofTrc, IOO Barrels eager, 400 Nacka Malt, IO Tone Iran Tira, 3,000 hard. Bagging. Alto a largo and.well-salaclfd stock of STAPLE GOODS. which we offer low to the public (hr cash or pro duce. We arc also agents for the celebrated « 4RVKK COTTON (UN. aug25-3m , SHARP & FLOYD," Snccessors to George Sharp, Jr., AND- \ tlanta, Ga. "^TE OFFER a large variety of FINE WATCHES, i CLOCKS, i / • m jeWelrV. j * SILVER wAllt, SPECTACLES, FANCY GOODS, FINE BRONZES,. l . ( And STAttJA^^ . 1 WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF { -VM JAJ It 1 Which he oflkn to the country at large at as ^REASONABLE PRICES 1 1 ‘ as the same gbods can be bonght 1 IN ANY MARKET IN THE SOUTHER'S STATES, I Freight added. As I am determined to Sell as l.ow as Anybody, in tills or iky Other market. 1 Invite my old custo mers aadkbe psbltcgenerally,to | OlVE MS A OMA.l AND EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES. I shall continue to , Buy Cotton and Country Produce At the Highest Market Price. S. C. DOBBS. seyt 15-tf ;• .> ‘j JAY 0. GAILEY, HEW FALL STOCK l >2/ / —OF /Hi/ t o q -rr—AND m-.j* ' CHIMNEYS AND kerosene: ill Call and examine his stock be lore purchasing, sept 15-tf. NORTH EAST GEORGIA So Like a Woman. “ Do you love her, uncle ?” “ I am too old to indulge in the lux* ury of rhapsodies,” he said, with a laugh, “ but Til tell you this, Theo: I am very fond of the girl, and very well satisfied that you’ll approve of my choice.” The speakers were Theodore Bligh and his uncle, the elder Mr. Bligh.—* The subject of the talk was a young girl to whom the unde was engaged, and to whom the nephew was a strang- Madge Dundee, or Bonnie Dun dee, as she was called. M ‘ Wall, uncles don’t generally sub mit their choices in such matters to their nephews’judgments,” Theo Bligh said, recovering his normal expression of benignant indifference as he spoke, and then he added: “ I hope with all my heart that you’ll be happy.” “ You will meet her to-night at din ner," Mr. Bligh said to Theo, “ She is comjng with her brothers and some friends of theirs to sep her future home.” , i ( } / . , . He did meet her that evening. / “ I think Mr. Bligh has been rather nervous about introducing me to you,” Miss Dundee said, quickly making way for Theo to take a seat on the sola by her side, “ he’s more than half afraid that you won’t like me, and if you don’t it will make him very unhappy.' So she spoke in a girlish, almost child ish outspoken way, without seeming to consider or to mark the effect of her words.either on the man she addressed or on the bystanders. “ I should have known you as Tlieo anywhere I’d seen you," she went on; you’ll be exactly lilrn . Tll.nl. ...1..... ...SV GRAND EXHIBITION!! FOR THE Farmers, Mechanics and Housewives of North-East Georgia. Open' 9 a. very Day l T HE SEASON for Fain Is at band and being un willing that Athrut thuuld be behind other places of less Importance, I have determined to have A Commercial Exposition, At My Old Stand, No. 7, Broad St. To make the display attractive, I have visited a Northern markets, and brought out many »av«tTt«at Embracing a very handsome display In seasonable DEY GOODS! An unusual assortment of colored a lit tle, but a moment she forced herself back into composure and resumed, “ when you’re as old as he is, I was going to say, but I remembered that young men hate to be reminded of their youth, and so I bungled and blunder ed. Can you forgive me V” Could he forgive her! Was the. Bonnie Dundee subtle, or only sweetly simple, that she asked him this, in that winning voice of her’s ? And, by the way, how did she, with her Scotch name, come with that touch of accent —that way of softly resting on the vowels that is a specialty of Irish wo men’s pronounciatiou of words that they want to caress? As he asked himself this, he looked at her more observantly, and wondered also how she had come by that face and that ex pression. In a remarkably short time the two became the most devoted friends. Bonnie Dundee was not a mere in- AT THE ' * NEW DRUG STORE. 4JiTfo^ KT Englth J TiJ e Bki& U 11, ' r *« l kiixl£-4ast reerirod at . '—-— bc Fuck’s bookbtor fffetg* burxfs. mi .yianuracluremani/ Fine Goods larbarotisfoap, oLUfo pnfctn* U MU’aXI OUUERn for goods or work promptly. sp. AUgowhcngraved firaoof charge. FAIRS! to giro any' Information on ap- Ho guarantee the LARGEST ASSORTEMNT, ANDTHEBEST WORK. Call and sec us. SHARP & FLOYD, Whitehall Street, Atlanta. fc>i ltayB-lr To recognize the love of one man in the presence of another man who has a right to feel jealous of her, is to be in a position of the greatest danger and delicacy and difficulty. Poor Madge flinched for the find; moment when she found herself in it, but the next instant she recovered herself, and, with the generosity of a woman, sought to put them well with one another without re gard to herself. “ It wasselfiish of me tp say I wouldn’t spare you, for it must be dull for yotf here; but the fact is, Theo has spoilt me, iusfiffi\Y brothers do, ahd I have fallen^into tlieway ot ordering him about as I do them, forgetting he isn’t a brother." ' '< ‘ It was terribly trying work for them all, weighted with the discoveries they had recently made about each other. It became insupportable to Mr. Bligh after a short time, and so he sauntered out into the garden, and Theo and Madge were alone. ’ : ‘ *' Her spirit* rose with her sense of danger, as does that of all finely organ! ized natures, and she turned to him bright and brave at once, though he had grown to be very dear to her, and though she knew that he was suffering horribly on her account. *' It seems to me,” she said, “ that we’re all very weak and wrong to let a shadow settle over the last visit you’ll have with us, until I am an old married woman, with househeld cares on ray shoulders, that will crush down my love of visits.” ; ! “ This will be my last visit with you, Miss Dundee.” i : ,n 4 ‘ Theo !* she threw such a world of reproachful tenderness into the tone in which she uttered that one word, ' that the man she addressed trembled visi bly. His resolve, when spoken coldly and harshly, shocked aud surprised her out of the bright prudential tone she had folly intended to adopt. Why had Mr. Bligh gone away, leaving them the prey of this mischievous opportu nity 7 : " Yes; for Heaven’s sake don’t speak to me in that way, or you’ll drive me mad!” and then he got up and went to the window; and poor Madge saw that his face had grown very pale, and that an expression of hopelessness had set tled upon it. She could not bear it He had been so thoughtful for her al ways—so gentle, aud devoted, and sympathetic—that she felt as if she must comfort him, let what might come of it. “ Theo,” she said again, with that same pathetic cadence in her voice, • ‘ you have been so kind to me always; I can’t bear to see you so. Catft I make you happier, Theo?” He turned round quickly and caught ylie bore his departure very bravely. Remember how many other interests were claiming her attention at the time, and remember the ardent, impression able, changeable nature of the girl.— There was a good deal of the woman. She had the faculty of feeling intense ly for the time, and of getting over tbinga. Is not that characteristic the secret of many women keeping right and many others going wrong ? .. It brushed the bloom of the peach roughly when he went away, .for that veiled idolatry of his had . been very jjleaSani to her; nevertheless she bore it bravely, and ooade the best of that which remained to her. “ l am so sort ry, for I was so fond of him,” she said to her lover, with that disarming frank ness which women of her calibre know so well how to ure. And Mr. Bligh, hearing her, did not wonder that his nephew had been scorched by the fiery ordeal thfbhgh which he had been |bss- sto'iltiliW'* *»iL‘ ,?‘vi,- There was.this about it, too, .that it was such clean-fire that even hao own Bex could not despise and condemn and prophesy^evil thingsconceroing Miss Dundee's warmth. Just as she loved ^. £-\ tentedly through the present, whe n 1 Fifty of the Pcsbtigo-sufferer* were at such a future loomed before him. i the Dunlap House, Marinette. Half At last he was free—free to go home, of them were able to lie aUiut. Burn and Vrin his bride, and obtain personal ed ears, faces, hands and feet were common to nearly all. Many in rooms could hardly stir in bed. They were women with great bums on their sides and limbs, with faces like kittles, and hands like claws, burned to the bone. Men could fight better and dare more than women. Most of them perished by suffocation. Littlu children are sadly maimed in their feet and fares. I saw one with a heel gone, and anoth er with nn eye. Nearly all will recov er without loss of sight or limb. ' I could 1 fill a book with stories of the ■baspital. Most of thorn miffiT. more from hurts bf tiiitid than body. I have a sad memory of n w d w who lost her crippled hoy* who went on crutches, and n sprightly little girl who fell'between tho burning logs. They were all of her family. ‘ The screams of both,’ slid said," 1, seemed forever soun .ling in her eurs. There is'a fu ture, and no doubt eompensntion for all Ihdse suffering ones. <i » "i : - “ Most of the cabins that are left are satiable coquette. She was not heartless fool, ready and willing to play! !*f r ^ an( ^ 88 8 * 10 was Ending near to fast and loose for the stake of gaining him. For Man, Women and Children; and an unequalled variety of useful articles for For Home and Farm! In fact* the Establishment, heretofore known a? the *• PlanterVStore,” Is to become the favorite headquarters for form sup plies, if complete stock and lair daalins can make l so. An attractive feature of tbit Grand Exhibition, rill be its display of ’ GLASSWARE, r Lamps and Lamjj^i^up’e^ Far ahead of anything beret- aUtutiog a 1 ofoteoffered, and cot- leading well worth tie attention o^Houhekeepera. - Thera wHJ tlMfi h« m complete aa*ortment 4f FAMILY GROCERIES! of the beat grade*, and ape&al attention. regular supply ef GOOD FLOUf. M.tAL, to the For the accommodation of bnlMet* a large supply o to! f JKd4SMBtfiMatMP0* /!'»/ assy always ha found. ^Ai^oJl these attractive and useful gooda are to he wwi my old aualomera and tbs public are Invited to nail and examine them. If they have anything to aell, the Highest Market Price wlU ahraye be pffid Sor it. J. H. HUGGINS, aaptlf . Sign tf' 1 Pl*ntti»a atore.’ 1 Athena. ; jl >1 TTISES, HAMMERS, Stock and V Dias, Ac. F r sale hr __ mafohSI CHILDjbyHEWOM «1D0. JJTLLABR^it the old es- BARBER-SHOP, no Bread street, over tho store of Maura. J.Xt L. C. Matthews, have tho boat and moat attentive wwriwwec aad all the modern appliance* for MiAV- ING, SlUMfOOlSG, HAHt.»Rt»*IMl, etc. La- dies and children walled on at their tealdences, whan desired. Pott mortem eaaas wUl receive prompt aad carelhl attention. Jsly 23. Carriage, Buggy & Wagon ' a LARGE and well selected assort- W pfeE5s^jbc?KER80N& CO. TIRbN, STEEL,' HARDWARE X Nails, Hoes, Axes, Chains and Rubber Baltin for sal by SUMMEY * NEWTON. FOR YOUNG LADIES, ATHENS, GEORGIA. ' ° A CLASS FOB PAINTING IN <Y WATER COLOBS has boon organised. It la dealpnd to aflbrd fulllnatracttee in this haantl- ful art and will ho conducted by a thorough master. Young ladles not tn daily attendance at the Home 8dboQl, are Invited to Join and to make application to the Principal. Theboura of practice taka place on the afternoon of Mondays and'Tb ore- days, from close of the Home School at 4 p. m. an til balfopestS; so that five full boars par sresk are given to ins traction. Prindpul Home School tor YoongLadiao. Scpt29. A r | ;| Wagon Yard In Atkoiis. nxHESUBSCRIBER HAS JL a sale, comfortable aad Yard on River street, neat where Corn. Fodder, and aii SSsSESSSSaire change forcooda. WILEY HOOD. a little notoriety; but she was that even more dangerous thing, a woman afflicted with such a passion for pleas ing that it became a fine art in her hands, and when she was following it she could not stay to count the cost of failings or successes. It |was a new sensation to her to have the right to such attentions, and admiration and love as Theo offered at a respectful dis tance, on the score of being his uncle’s nephew. It was a new sensation to her, and she enjoyed it to the full; rev eling in it as one does in sunbeams after a long frost, or in dainty viands after a long fast. The idea of its be ing wrong or reprehensible in any way to gather these roses of love and yoiftb and pleasure, that were blooming in her J>ath, never entered her mind.— She was not false or fickle in reality, she was only intensely fond of the ex» citement of being pnt upon a pedestal, and bring only worshipped in the sight of all men. There came a day when it was re vealed to her suddenly, so juddenfy that it made her ditty, and then she behaved—like a woman. One morning, uncle, nephew, and Miss Dundee met. Theo has been talking this morn ing of leaving us soon; before he goes, dear, we most know what day he is to come baric and hail yon as an aunt. It cost Mr. Bligh more than a slight effort t* make this speech with appar ent ease, for daring the last few days he had not been blind of sight Bui he succeeded in doing so, and only h< himself suspected the pain his own words gave him “Going! Theo going!” exclaimed Mi-s Dundee, lasping from fun into surprised solemnity in a moment, and laying her whip with a frank caressing gesture on Theo’s arm as she spoke— “Oh, don’t think of going, Theo; caift spare you—we can’t spare him', can we?" The men’s eyes met for a moment as Madge spoke, and in that moment each read that the other knew all about it “ % knows I love her," poor Theo moaned in his heart, and “ he sees I know it,’’ Mr. Bligh thought, with not one whit less pain. And a silence fell “ Madge, do you love my uncle ?” Half frightened, she drew back from him, and, “ I am engaged to him,” she stammered. “ Yes, but you have made me love you; you knew your chance, and you have used it If you love him, let me go without another of those appeals that yon know how to make so mad dening, if not—Madge, Madge ?” He had taken her hands again, aud was looking down into her face with a gleam of intense pleading affection that for a moment he was the world to her. If I had known you first," she sob bed, “ but I didn’t you see, and we Dundees never break our word. And —oh! yon had better go after all, but it was very hard to Jo it Had. she not spoken his name with all her heart in her voice only a minute ago, leading him on by the tone she used to tell his secret to her in thefiope that she'ivbnld be from them all? And now she was telling him that if she had known him first she would have loved him best, and that die could not for her naufeV sake break her word to his unde! It was a ghastly state of affairs, and as Boon as he'conld, Theo Bligh made an end of going away. The two men had nq verbal explanation on leave-taking, but they parted as' com rades who had been wounded -in the same fight might' put. 'Aud then Theo found that,Riohgh existence was not embittered to him, the savor bad gone from the old pleasures* ? It was decidedly 'hot worth while’ tw, he felt, tb try and do anything lijd or defipite, for be could never' find a woman to share his glory ’ or smile Upon hl»' success, who Could put Bonnie Dundee out of his mind; after her other women did and would always appear to be wanting in something.— She had the trick of making others ap pear tame and pale, aud, uisqificient, and—well, the man who has bchn shone upon by a star, never feels that there is much warmth in a taper. , He banished himself so effectually that he heard no tidings from the Chase for six months, and then he ven tured to send his address to his banker, and to have letters forwarded to him; but before these letters are read, Cgbti Vfcnd'dancing, and flowers, and sweet sounds, so did she love to be loved I and though it nutde her danger ous, it never made, her despicable,— And someliow men understood this, and so. fostered her other foibles, be cause of.their gladness that, she was free from grenter ones. . It was only about a week before the dny.fixecl for thrir marriage, feat Mr. Bligh ventured to speak decisively to herj Yri7t : fssrnestly and, gently he spoke; beseeched her to open aU her heart to him, and to tell him if any other image bad evCr displaced him. And : Ma<j£e listened to him thonght- fullv, and analyzed her, own emotions; and finally answered him. “ If he had come first, I should have loved Theo desperately; as it was I didn’t dare let myself. You’re not afraid, are you V' • * i '* “ Oaly for your happiness, my poor child,” he said, ‘f oot for my own honor.” T like you so much, you know,” she said energetically—'’it does seem so hard that one can’t express all one’s little gradation of feelings in words—I like you so much—but it’s dark to me now without him,” she added, with a sudden passion that carried her. out of herself; and convinced him that she could never be his wife. He fa the younger man—and you are right.” He tried to say it calmly, but it was on awfi 1 blow ; and again, as the strength of his manhood was shaken, Madge wavered, and strove to comfort him: Let things go on and I shall for get him, or grow indifferent to him; know myself—I shall live it down.” You need not, poor child, for he loves you, too.” Yes, I know that,” she answered with the reckless openness that made her what she was. After that, such of the world as knew the Blighs and the Dundees had bad a fresh and delightful source of wonderment for a time. The marri ng? between the owner of the Chase and Madge was broken off, and still they were friendly; -and still neither would listen to one word against or comment on the conduct of the other. Time would tell, people said sapient- ly, reserving thrir belief ns to what time would tell to themselves. , months passed, and then Theo Bligh received those letters of which mention ha^ $een made. One was from Madge, and contained these words t,pi “ Yob ancle has proaiised to explain everything. I need only Bay I shall absolution from his unde for those sins which love had made him commit— Fate favored him now. The steamer was a fast one, and in a fortnight he was down at the Chase, grasping his uncle’s hand. “ And now you know what niy next move will be," he said, when the greet ings were overi subduing bis own glad ness as muchas he could, out of respect for the sorrow by which hfa unde' had bought it. “What fa the matter?” ho added in alerm, seeing a change in the kind- cordial face that was hout on him. .stMffl.’? c» tr«at.." r .t; -*» “ You know I have come to ask her to be nq^’ wife."] I - “I have borne an awful grief anti disappointment. I’d bear it again rath er thah have to tell this to you, my hoy.' ’ ‘You have stayed too long.” " “Good heaven !-fa she dead?" “ Not'dead, but as lostto\vou>dsif she were; and'you mlist’gij back* and she must nevet* have come, or she will be tree to hereelf, pitiful and over-kind, and—dike a woman generally* shall I say ? She fa married; ypu have stay ed long.” , ... j .. Jtl);7 i, t .. It <Jid not kill him, and, it .did not send him to the bad, a cqnvepie^Llb- cality to which fiction writers frequen tly consiga their jilted heroes. But it dulled his life, and robbed him of hfa belief in ttic goodness 1 and fidelity of ■L(noli >!<.'/ti!i:h! woman. • Notwithstanding which he ' fbrgave ’frerv ‘ iifrd was friendly driih her in the after-years;'and though her fickleness had earned hfa contempt, he never paid the debt. ■ And so poetical justice was not awarded to' the “flagrant flirt” Bonnie-Dundee, who would ha Ve been better woman if she hod not been so thorough a one. The Wisconsin Fires. A SUMMING UP OF THE LOPS OF' LIFE V: i AND PROPERTY.'. • .. j alya^s be your faithful friend, Madge The other was from hfa ancle, and contained a free forgiveness, (this was only imp|ied, hotcriirsely'vblanteered,) and a full account. “ Come back and win what I have lost, and as I love yburaav my son, so will {Jove her as my daughter.”1 That was ■ something likb an invitation from 1 a defeated to successful*lover! ‘ ’ • ’ &nc$ aiDre fate was against .things righting; themselves in : the dear and good way that-was. so. open. Theo had by'thfe time taken a situation-in mercantile hbuse ln New York—a sit uation bf trust,' which he could not A correspondent of the Milwaukee Wisconsin, who has traveled through the burnt regions in Wfaconsip, thus sums up the loss of life and property in the country through which he pass ed. ‘ After making a deduction for ex aggerations, I had supposed that five hundred would cover the number of dead on the west side of the bay. I now learn from reliable sources that the actual number of interments up to Monday night counted up five hun dred and four. Add another hundred for remains of ashes and charred bones at Peshtigo, and. I think we have not far from the true number on the west side. Add one hundred and fifty for the east side—making seven hundred and fifty in all—and the death roll is nearly complete. It fa impossible to figure the ag gregate losses of pine timber and farm property with any degree of closeness. It fa the interest of mill men to under rate die amount of fallen pine that must be assured this winter to save it. A medium estimate of damage in pine lands in the Green Bay region fa 8400,- 000. The damage on the Wolf fa fig ured at $300,000. There ' fa abund ance of hard wood left iu places; the damage to individuals may atbonnt to $300,000. The loss of the fifteen saw mills burned fa put at 8225,000. The loss of cord-wooJ, ties, hemlock, bark, &C.i is set at $200,00Q, The losses of fences, buildings, wagons cattle, crops, among the six hundred farmers, can not be less than $600,000—making a total-aggregate of more than $3,000,- 000, aride from those qt Peshtigo. “ The country through from Brown county north, to BigStuigeon Bay,, for four hundred square | miles, is-utterly devastated;' At least four hundred forma in tbfa, tornado section alone are left desoktteH-strippedof every,imprev- ment. Fences,barns,-dwellings, im plements, furniture, wagons, harness, au<kdrop*,,a)i went up in a 1 whirlwind of fire.’- li will take, thirty years, in that oofc]» hard soil for thrir timber to grow again. In the aggregate, their losses must foot up Jto one thousand doUara,a.,faip4ly rt Farms here luyve saved half of thrir teams, that were let loose in the woods, and a third of their, stock. But they have nn hay, straw, or feed qf any sort—not eyep the poor chance of broefse, in the woods, Near ly.all, iwith large families, have lost crowd with two and thro»iu.nilies I saw one with four men, five women,’ <" and sixteen children—two of them in fante. They had just, received an out- n fit of clothing—warm stockings; knit hoods; thin shawls, thin gaiters,' and-, light colored dresses for tho womeu aud girls'; odd-fashioned hate,! burned - boots, thin jackets, Uud summer coats and pants for the men and boy*,rr There were some occasions for laughter, but none of ridicule; all were glad and surprised at getting what they did.— » I saw no immediate want of protw- •> ions. Flour^ jsirk and hard bread urn distributed tb all, jnickag&t of tea aud coffee to most:* iThere ate nearly po* tatoes enough in the country; if distrib uted. Thrir stuck that falofthaatfaen q! driven off to niendows and fields not •« burned ' over. One large-hearted old farmer was keeping eighty odd cattle y belonging to his unfortunate neighbors. Without stopping to consider the ways of Providence, or tiie uses of philosophy, these simple-minded.-peo- | pie seem to have understood the art of helping one another. -t!t Mrs. Hosca Jones’ Lecture. The Norwich Advertiser says that Mr. Hosca Jones having gone to Chic ago and got home again in a rather .worn-out condition, Mrs. Hosca Jones lectures him nocturnally as follows: “Yes, you went, didn’t ye; went unbeknown tous, didn’t ye; sneaked off with yonr baggage in a (till box ? It’s n mighty wonder you wan’t struck down in your dreadful awfulness.— Didn’t you feel our hand on your sliou*- der like the clutch ofa' skeptic? But you will get your comeuppencc before you get through. They swashed you out, didn’t they ? ha, 1m, ha! If yer had a hair on yer old pate, it would have singed it oft’. But yer so mean that hair wont grow on ye anyhow. Your soil fa too poor to raise pusley.” “ Mrs. Jones,” broke in Hosea. “ Don’t yer speak, yer Iteast. If yer speak I’ll smother yer with the baby. Pretty hot was it, hey ? It will Iks better by and by for sich os you as runs away from thrir wives. Trying to get up a sympathy because you lost yer baggage. I’ll tell the public what it was. One reversablc shirt, four pu|ier collars, one tooth-brush tukeu on trial. Flames chased ye, did they? They were avenging my wrongs? Went hungry, did ye? Good—wished it hnd trimmed V- to a skeleton. Went thirs ty, hey ? Better still. You suffered more from thirst than hunger. I’ll war rant. (‘You are right.in your head, old girl,’ Hnscii whispered to himself) Got your blamed old eyes full of dirt, didye? That’s what you got for throwing the dirt into mine. lake tn have got kicked over by a mule, didn't ye? Needn’t been afeard. Mules never hurt one another, you”— At. this’point Keno’s voice was itcanl. Fifteen Urrat Mistakes. ....... .... ,. . , .theirlast«owqndpig. t In g ride, of hastily quit, or place another man in six miles, on nearly a straight line, I rashly. Great interest were involved in it, which be could.not endange£ .by hfa absence, for a year at least. Bat life was bright to him again, and he bore the delay bravely, having illimi table faith in the girl he Ihved, and in himaelfl Hod she not gallantly won this faith, by avowing her love for him, and losing the richer man and the bet ter position by the avowal ? Had she not, of her own free will, written to him those few sweet words of promise ? Small wonder that he could live con saw but three hens qnd a fanning mil) —the only farm implement left in tho town. In the Brigian settlement,.on Red river, sixtytwo families were bur ned out iu a row! Not a house, not a shed, not a cqop—not one fence rai! left upon another. The families had fled, almost naked and breathless, to the few cabinB on the outskirts that were saved. “ There are 300 or more wounded sufferers remaining ip hotels, boarding houses, and hospitals about ihc Bav. ltis a great m’stake to set up our own standard of tho right and wrong and judge people accordingly. It i* a great mistake to measure the enjoy ment of others by our own; to expect uqformity of opinion in this world; to look for judgment and experience . in youth; to endeavor to mould all dfa- positions alike; not to yield ip imma- ‘ terfal things; to look for perfection in our own actiotis ;‘to wony ourselves and others with what cannot be remedied ; not to alleviate all that needs, allevia tion, fir as lies in our power; not to make allowance for the infirmities of others; to consider everything im possible which we cannot perforin ; to believe only what our finite minds can grasp; to expect to be able ti> under stand everything. The greatest of nil mistakes is to live only for time, when any moment may launch us into eterni ty- ... Astor owns nine hundred Inildiugs and insures hiqptolf.