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Business Directory.
Sfmmet & net\ t t( >x. Fofthe North East Ga. Railroad!
r piIE undersigned has just returned
-L from New York city, with*
A Large and varied Stock
BliUAU aT.,ATllKNM,CA.
»Q» 1 1
X, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, HOES,.
. NAILS, PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
And Gencnu Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale anil Retail.
„ SUW&Sr * JTKWTON
Gtu, April 14th. tf -Ko. 0 JJroad St.
AUTEUR EVANS,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
(LATE WITH CHILDS a MOSS,)
*0 ESPECTPUtiLY announces to
Md in pMpmd to do' nil kinds of repair* on
MVo».
1T7s7ca*»le r
A T T O R N E Y 4 J | V u! j,raetic«
ZX. liomcr, Rsa *‘J^ un ,Z “
F ALL & WIN TER
CONSISTING OP
Dry Goods,
LAW,
at! prnetlca
Hall, Hnber-
ia the connUoa «f R* n **'
,ham and I ranaltn. ___
JUSTIN W. BinKN.
v T T 0 R N E V AT LAW,
A iA-MarVliblic, Alhcw, Oa. WUIprao-
Circuit; trill giro pnrticulnr
tic* In thn "“''roiicciion of claim*, and will act ns
y,ui«onwlldUmK 1 “ ,5M
WOOD,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP
F IT RNITURE.
TJ'DKNITURE KEPAIBED, UP-
-L holatnred and Tarnished, also a largo variety
of wood coffin* and Flak’a Patent MetoUc Burial
Caaes al way a on hand.
Wcrerooms on Clayton St., next to Eplaoopel
Church. SapS am. WILLIAM WOOD.
j. a. »«-*<>*
C. W. SKID BIX,
SKKLTOX & SE1UEI.L.
A T T OKNEYS AT LAW,
A Hartnell, Hart County. Ueotgla.
PITTMAN A HINTON,
\ ttorneys at law,
Jcffcnon, J act ton cjuniy, Ua.
SXSI F.I. V THIK3IOND,
A TTORNEV AT L AW,
XI A
Alton*,
■ on Broad street, over
L «iorc. Will Kirn special attention
“mv-Iiu fUnkruptry. Also, to the collection of
all claim* cniruslrJ to his care.
1. J. A J. r. A1.KXAN1IKB,
D ealers in hardware,
Iran Steel, Vails, Carriage Material, Mining
mylcmenu.litc., 11 hilciralist., Atlanta.
M.VAN ESTES.”
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
XL. Hcraer, Banks Count v. Oa,
J. It. U’d.LSKF.T.
A T T 0 H N E Y A T L A W ,
Carneftvillt, Franklin countVj Oa. Office
»trly occupied by J. F. Langston, L*q.
For Sale or Exchange.
I HAVE 300 acres of land in Cle
burne Co., Ala., which I will aeU cheap, or ex-
change tor real eatate in thia city. There are no
acraa cleared, 38 of it the beat bottom land on Cane
creek, producing 50 to 75 buahela of corn per acre,
and cotton Io proportion. The remainder ia in'
the woods. The firm ia 50 miles from the Selma,
Rome and Dalton Railroad, one and a quarter miles
from the county site, Edwardvriile, 6 miles from
the located depot of the Columbus and Chat
tanooga Railroad, and one mile from the route
of the Grlflln and North Alabama Railroad
Thare is an axcellent store house (no*, be
longing to the place), which can he bought or
rented chca,p and la a
Splendid Stud Tor a Country Store.
Tides indisputable. For Auther information ap
ply to, or address
Dr. J. W. MURRELL,
March 81-5m Athens, Ga.
A. n. FAItqllUAU,
Praprietor of Penas,Ivania Agricultural Works;
liumfacturer of Improved [YORK, Pkkm’a.
SOLID STEEL SWEEPS,
DICKSON SWthFS, , il( j gcRAPERS, _
STEEL MOWS, SHOVEL
PLOW BLADES,
f CULTIVATORS.
Hoass-PowxKa, Tukesh-
„ .1X0 Machines,dc^dc.
Send fur 111 titrated Catalogue.
GROVEKARAHER
SEWING MACHINES!
rilONdlM EI> T1IF. BEST IS USE.,
IDy ALL WHO HAVE TREED
ID them. These machines, with all the
IMPROVEMENTS
ANll
ATTACHMENTS,
suy be had, at luaiiuOwturer'* prices, freight
adiicd, at the
BANKER OFFICE.
To Housekeepers.
LUST RECEIVED, a large assort-
ej ment of
S'X'O'VTfSfii
which we are offering at very low prices. All
stove* sold by ns
WARRANTED IN
EVERY PARTICULAR
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCH EDUCE
ON THE
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Superintendent** tlffiee, )
i.mrgl* and gaena * Augusta Railroad, >
Augusts, G i., January 30,1871. 1
f\N AND Ai-TER SUNDAY,
\J January *J2d, 1871, the Passenger Trains
run as follows:
Roy Passenger Drain, Daily, Sunday
Excepted.
l*are Augusta at „„8 00a.m.
Uar» Atlanta at „7 10a.m.
Arrive at Atlanu *1 # 50p.m.
Arrive at Augusta at „ _5 40p. m.
Night Passenger Train.
UrareAuguataat 8 30p. m.
hsavs Atlanta at. ..10 15 p. m.
Arrire al Allanla at 6 40 a. nt.
Arrive at Augusta at.... 7 30 a. xn.
Berzeiia Passenger Tram.
Uare Augusta at 4 15n. in.
lAiaTeterxeliaat; 7 80 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta 9 25 n. m.
Arrive at Bera<>lia 6 00n. in.
Both Day an i Night Passenger Trains will make
«iae connectiona at Angoata and Atlanta with
*Wa*er Trains of connecting roads.
mergers from Atlanta, Athena, Washington,
»Jd»*aii<ms on ticorula llailroad, by taking the
Pw**nger Train will make dote connec-
UvaatCamak with the Mncon Passenger Train,
■m mch > seen the same day at 7 40 p. m.
ralaee Sleeping Cara on all Night Train*.
trhfdnlo on Macon & Angnsta Railroad.
To tube Effect Jan. 38, 1871.
Ddirecn Augusta and Maconr—Day Paff
•esger Train Daily, Sunday Excepted.
jm. Augusta at 13 00noon.
hmu Macon »t OOa. m.
*Jif»at Macon at..—.... ...7 40 p. m.
««». at Augusta at.. 1 45 p. m.
•EwsrngerTrain arriving at Macon at
—>Vn •**•» clow connections with Train* of
"«*«** •> Macon.
I gj~“** 1 ' , , 1, «ring Macon at r. n. m., will make
»* U»mak with Up Day Passenger
t2S.„£Oanta. Athens, Washington, and all
^1. Hallrraul. snd red <-.wit At-
_ S.'k. JOHNSON, SupL
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
A RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
Selected with care by one of the firm, In Mew
York, to which they invite the attention of their
customers and the public. They hare a good amort-
ment of
STAPLE&FANCYDRYGOODS
CiKOCKKIKH,
PltOVIMIONf),
nARDWARB.
ITIOVKRKY,
HATH. CAPS,
BOOTH,
nnoB*
And in short, everything in the way of
Fail) and Plantation Supplies,
They cUl pay the HIGHEST PRICE FOR
COTTON or other Produce, and
Will Store Cotton nt 33 Cent* a Bale
per month.
We are determined to deal iUrly, sell low, and by
close attention to bnalnem hope to please old eosto-
mcra and make many new euee. sepUStf
NEW FALL GOODS.
RENTER & REAVES have now in
Yx store and to arrive,
ISO Bags Coffer,
lOO Barrel. Sugar,
-lOO,Hatch. Balt, i
IB Toutlron Ties,
3,000 karils Bagging:.
Also a huge andjs’ell-eelected stock of ^
STAPLE GOODS.
which we offer low to the public for cash or pro-
duce. We are also agents for the celebrated
I'ARVER COTTON GIN.
aug gjho
Wf Reap lVliat We Sow.
—
For pleasure or pain, for weal or for woe—
,Tis tlic law of our being—we reap what
we sow.
c may try to evade them—may do what
we will—
But our acts like our shadows, will fol
low us still.
The world is a wonderful chemist, he
san,'*' £W "
And detects in a moment the base and
the pure,-
Wo may boast of our claims to genius
kid birth, . yj; ■; .LlMlBi^ . _ ^ ...
jBuCilillMilll'URs a man for just wh'aF their loving moods was loathsome now,
Crockery,
Shoes,
Hats,
Caps,
BAGGING AND TIES
HEMLOCK LEATHER,
Sail, *Vfc., «V(C.
Which he oflhn to the country at large at as
REASONABLE PRICES
as the same goods can be bought
IN ANY MARKET IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES,
Freight added. As I am determined to
Sell ns Low as Anybody,
In thia or any other market, I Invite my old cuato-
mera and the public generally, to
01VE 8SI A OALI.I
AND EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES.
I shall continue to
Bby Cotton and Country Produce,
sit the Highest Market Price.
S. C. DOBBS
seyt 15-tf
JAY 0. GAILEY,
JNVITES ATTENTION TO HIS
NEW - FALL STOCK
-—OF
JBD. i pGkBL JBE™ SP^
CHIMNEYS AND ”
PURE KEROSENE OIL!
Call and examine bis stock before purchasing,
sept 15-tf.
ho is worth.
We start in the race lorfourtune or fame,
And then, when we fall, the world bears
the blame:
But nine times in ten, His plain to be
seen,
There's• “screw somewhere loose” in
the human machine.
Are yon wearied and worn in this hard,
earthly strife t
Do yon yearn for affection to sweeten
yonrliie!
Remembegmthis great truth has often
been proved;
We must make ourselves lovable, would
we be loved.
Though life may appear a desolate track,
Yet the bread that we cast on the waters
comes back.
This law was enacted by Heaven above;
That like attracts like, and love begets
love.
We make ourselves heroes and, martyrs
for gold
Till health becomes broken and youth
becomes old.
Ah! did we the Some for abeautiful love,
Our lives might be music for angels
above I
We reap what we sow. Oh, wonderful
truth!
A truth hard to learn in the days of our
youth
But it shines out at last, as “ the hand on
the walk”
For the world has its “debt ” and “credit”
for all.
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
jet* ^m.]
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors to George Sharp, Jr.,
Bt Ui & Miller,
Commission Merchants
146 BA YST., SA VANNAN, GA.,
*\!?2.P?BST. : Ba1 T1M0RE, MD.
igwmede ou cutuignmento.^ Adapts
^nd your Old Furniture to
WOOD’S
OOOBASSSW.
triage, Buggy & Wagon
s ttATJEttlAL.
LOT direct from the
wl " *oM u low n can
M Blacking Brushes,
H oO l’Lli DOZEN
AT THE
LgEW DRUG STORE.
^iool Rooks.
Hhxwlr E * ementai y SpeUing
loo!
Kfujpr— «paKB»&
IDEAL
• * othw * " VWI..'
so cent*.
2SSS? I-Tl,h *
A tlanta. Ga.
n^E OFFER a large variety of
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AND STATUARY.
WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF
GRAND EXHIBITION!!
FOR THE
Farmers, Mechanics and Housavives of
North-East Georgia.
Open Decry Day!
T HE SEASON forFUinisst hand and being at
willing that Athens should be behind other
place* of leu lmportaace.1 have determined to have
A Commercial Exposition,
At My OUL Stand, No: 7, Broad SL
To make the display attractive, I have visited
the Northern markets, and brought ont many
»ov:isvr»:s7
Embracing a very handsome display In aeaeonahle
DRY GOODS!
An unusual aasortmentof
SXXOX2S
For Men, Women and Children; and an unequalled
variety of useful articles for
For Mom© and Farm
In bet, the Establishment, heretofore known as the
“ Planter’s Store,”
b to become Iho favorite headquarter* forfium sup
plies, if complete stock and fiur dealing can make
it ao.
An attractive feature of this Grand Exhibition,
will be Us display of
JUanuraclurenutny Fine Goods
in our own shop, and are prepared to FILL 1ST
OllDKltS for goods or work promptly.
m. All goods engraved free of charge.
We make a specialty or
PREMIUMS FOR FAIRSI
and are prepared to give any information on ap
plication. We guarantee the
LARGEST ASSORTEMNT, •
THE FINEST GOODS,
THE LOWEST PRICES,
AND THE BEST WORK.
Gall and see us.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 35-1 y .
GLASSWARE,
Lamps andLamp Fixtures,
Far ahead of anything heretofore offered, and con
stituting * ”
well worth the attention of Housekeeper*.
Thera wlU always oa a complete assortment
FAMILY I GROCERIES
of the best grades, and special attention psid to the
regular supply of GOOD FLOUR. MEALTaud
PROVISIONS GENERALLY
For the accommodation of builders a large supply
may always be found.
As all tbese attractive and useful goods are to be
a^sssr--
the Highest Basket Pitra will always be paid for It.
J. H. HUGGINS,
sept 16 Sign of “ Planter's Store," Athens.
Blacksmith’s Bellows, Anvils
-VTISEG, HAMMERS, Stock and
marchSlVs CHILDS* i&CKERSON A CO.
V I ILL A BRYDYE, at the old ea-
X X hWNImhI
3 ikRI3ER-SHLOI > ,
on Broad street, over the store of Messrs. J. It. A
L. O. Matthews, have the beet and moat attentive
workmen and ail the modern appliances for SHIT.
IXH, HnXril-noiMi, 1IAIB.UUUSSI\«, eic. La-
diet and children'waited an at their laMniw,
whea deeired, jm .usrism castes will raeelve
prompt and carafril attention. July 2*.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
A LARGE nnd well selected assort
ment, for talc by
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.
TIRON, STEEL, HARDWARE
J. Nails, Hoes, Axes, Chalnsand Rubber Boltin
for sal by
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
HOME $C»OOi.
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
A CLASS FOR PAINTING IN
/A. WATER COLORS hu been organised. It
Is designed to afford foil Instruction In thlsbcauti-
ftd Trt and wlll be conducted by a thorough
master: Young Indies not to daily attendance at
the Home School, are invited to join and to make
application to the Principal. Thehours orpraetlce
take place on the afternoon of Monday* and Th ura-
davts from closo of the Homo School at 3 p. m.
until half-past 5; so that flve full hoars per week
are given to instruction.
Purfurihcrtoformattomajggto^^^
Principal Home School for Young Ladies.
8 eptg).
Wagon Yard in Athens.
T HESUBSCRIBER ha
asafe, comfortahlo and commodious Wi
Yard on River street, near the Upper
where Corn, Fodder, and all other necessary ap
pliances, can be purchased on reasonable terms.—
Charges moderate. The highest market price ptup
for county produce, and bank bills received in ex
chango for cooda. WILEY HOOD.
done anythin" for me.” “ Who would
have dreamed tiat & woman of her
would b< FO unreasonable,” lie
wondered. Bo tit had tempers, as I
know my dearest reader has (if a lady)
and neither wou£ yield; and so, pres
ently, they coaid hardly tell how, tsr
they were aghast at it all.
■ Isabel was alone in her room amidst
the ruins of her life, and Basil alone
in the one horse carriage, trying to
drive away from the wreck of his hap
piness. All was over; the dream was
the charm was broken. The
sweetness t t love was turned into
gall.; wlajlcfer Lr.,d pleased them
A. Wedding-Journey Quarrel.
We shall have rime for the drive
around the mountain before dinner,”
said Basil, as they got into their car
riage again; and he was giving the or
der to the driver, when Isabel asked
how far it was.
.“Nine miles.”
“Oh, then we can’t think of going
with one horse. You know,” she add
ed, “ that we always intended to have
two horses for going around the moun
tain.”
“ No,” said Basil, not yet used to
having his decisions reached without
his knowledge. “ And I don't see why
we should. Everybody goes with one.
You don’t suppose wo are too heavy,
do you?”
“ I had a party from the States,
ma’am, yesterday,” interposed the dri
ver; “twoladies, real heavy ones,
two gentlemen, weighin, two hundred
apiece, and a stout young man on the
box with me. “ You’d a thought the
horse was drawin’ an empty carriage,
the way she darted along.”
“ Then his horse must be perfectly
worn out to-day,” said Isabel, refusing
to admit the poor fellow directly even
to tho honors of a defeat He had
proved too much, and was put out of
court with no hope of repairing his
error.
“ Why, it seems a pity," whispered
Basil, dispassionately, “to turn this
man adrift, when he had a reasonable
hope of being with us all day, and has
been so civil and obliging.”
“ O, yes, Basil, sentimentalize him,
do! Why don’t you sentimentalize his
helpless, overworked horse ?—all in a
reek of perspiration.”
« Perspiration! Why, my dear, its
therein!”
“ Well, rain or shine, darling, I don’t
want to go round the mountain with
ono horse; and it’s very unkind of you
to insist now, when you’ve tacitly prom
ised me all along to take two.”
“ Now, this is a little too much, Isa
bel. You know we never mentioned
the matter till this moment.”
“ It’s the same as a promise, your
not saying you wouldn’t But I don’t
ask you to keep your word. I don’t
want to go round the mountain. I’d
much rather go to the hotel. Fm
tired.”
“ Very-well, then, Isabel, Fll leave
you at the hotel.”
In a moment it had come, tho first
serious dispute of their wedded life.—
It had come as all such calamities come,
from nothing, and it was on them in
full disaster ere they knew it. Such a
very little while ago, there in the con
vent garden, their lives had been
drawn closer in sympathy than ever be
fore ; and now that blessed time seem-
and the things they had praised a mo
ment before were hateful. In that bale
ful light, which seemed to dwell upon
all they ever said or did in mutual en
joyment, how poor and stupid and
empty looked their wedding journey!
Basil spent five minutes in arraigning
his wife, and convicting her of every
folly and fault His soul was in a
whirl.
“ For to bewroth with one we love
Doth work like madness on the brain.”
In the midst of his bitter and furi
ous upbraidings, he found himself sud
denly become her ardent advocate,
and ready to denounce heir judge as a
heartless monster. “ On our wedding-
journey, too! Good heavens, what an
incredible brute I am!” Then he
said, “ What an ass I am!” and .the
pathos of the case having yielded to its
absurdity, be'was helpless. In five
minutes more he was at Isabel’s side,
the one-horse carriage driver dismissed
with a handsome pourboire, and a pair
of lusty bays with a glittering barouche
waiting at the door belew. He swiftly
accounted for his presence, which she
seemed to find the most natural thing
that could be, and she met his surren
der with the openness of a heart that
forgives but does not* forget, if indeed
the most gracious art is the only one
unknown to the sex. She rose with a
smile from the ruins of her life, amidst
which she had heartbrokenly sat down
with all her things on. “ I knew you’d
come back,” she said.
“Sodid I,” he answered, “Fm
much too good and noble to sacrifice
my preference to my duty.”
“ I didn’t care-partlcdlarly for the
two hones, Basil,” she said as they de
scended to the barouche. “ It was
your refusing them that hurt me.”
“ And I didn’t want the one-horse
carriage. It was your illogicality that
provoked me."
“ Do you think people ever quarrel
ed before on u wedding jouaney ?” ask
ed Isabel, as they drove gayly out of
the city.
“Never! I Can’t conceive of it.—
I suppose if this was written down,
nobody would believe it”
“ No, nobody could,” said Isabel
musingly. “ I wish you would tell me
just what yon think of me, dearest—
Did yon feel as you did ( whea our little
affair was broken off, long ago? Did
you hate me ?”
“ I did, most cordially; but not half
so much' as I despised myself the next
moment As to its being like a lover’s
quarrel, it wasn’t It was more bitter;
so much more love than lovoers ever
.give had to be taken back. Besides, it
had no dignity and a lover’s quarrel
always has. A lover’s quarrd always
springs from a more serious cause, and
has an air of romantic tragedy. This
had no grace of the kind. It was a
poor, shabby little squabble.”
O, don’t call it so, Basil! I should
like you to respect even a quarrel of
ours more than that It was tragical
enough with me, for I didn’t see how
it could ever be made up. I knew I
couldn’t make the advances. I don’t
think it is quite feminine to be the first
to forgive, is it ?”
Tm sure I can’t say. Perhaps it
would be rather unladylike."
“ Well, you see, dearest, what I am
trying to get at is this: whether we
shall love each other the more or less
for it. I think we shall go on all the
better for awhile, on account of it—
But I should have said it was totally
out of character. It’s something you
might have expected from a very
young bridal couple; but after all we’ve
been through, it seems too improba
ble.”
“ Very well,” said Basil, who hav
ing made all the concessions, could not
enjoy the quarrel as she did, simply
because it was theirs; “ let’s behave as
if it had never been.”
“ O no, we cau’t. To me, it’s as
if we have had just won each other.”
In fact it gave a wonderful zest and
freshness D> that ride around the moun
tain, and shed a beneficent glow upon
the rest of their journey. The sun
came out through tho thin clouds and
lighted up the vast plain that sways
north and east, with the purple heights
against the eastern sky. The royal
raceful mass be-
up to the side of the road along which
they drove. But these had been cor
rupted by a more ambitious architec
ture giuce Basil saw them last, and
were no longer pure French in appear
ance. Then nearly every house was a
tannery in a modest way, and poetic
ally published the feet by the display
of a sheep’s tail over the front door,
like a bush at a wine shop. Now if
the tanneries still existed the poetry of
the sheep’s tail had vanished from
portals. But our friends were consol
ed by meeting numbers of the peas
ants jolting home from market in the
painted carts, which are doubtless oi
the patterns of the carts first buQt there
two hundred years ago. They were
grateful for the immortal old women,
crooked and brown and bowed with the
labor of the fields, who abound in
tbese vehicles; when a huge girl jump
ed from the tail of her cart, and show
ed the thick, clumsy ankles of a true
peasant-maid, they could only sigh out I
their unspeakable satisfaction. J
Gardens embowered and perfumed
the low cottages, through the open
doors of which they could see the ex
quisite neatness of the life within. One
of the doors opened into a school-house,
where they beheld with rapture the
schoolmistress, book in hand, and with
a quaint cap on her gray head, and
encircled by her flock of little boys and
girls.—TF. D. Howells.
How All Skott Caught a Chicken and
YYhat Else he Caught.
ed ages since, and they were further
asunder than those , who had never j mountain lifted its
been fifends. “I thought,” bitterly 1 side them, and hid the city wholly from
mused Isabel, “that he would have] sight. Pleasant villages, ia the shade
Not fer from San Jose lives an old
lady whose frugality has verged so
closely upon parsimony that she has
actually the reputation of being miser
ly. She has a son, whose wild habits,
dissolute ways and propensity for play
ing practical jokes will someday lead
him to the gallows or to editing a daily
paper in San Jose. Next, but by no
means least -in the trio whose names
will be passed down to history through
this recital, is a worthy representative
of ihe Flowery Kingdom named Ah
Skott—the latter very fond of experi
ment Now to the fects: Not long
since a party consisting of a baker’s
dozen of San Joso ladies visited the
ranch where the old lady, by raising
chickens, keeps the wolf from the door,
and drops an occasional five-cent piece
into the deacon’s hat as he takes up the
weekly contributions on Sunday. The
ladies belonged to tho “ sewing circle,”
and the old lady determined in the
fullness of her heart to decapitate a
chicken, upon which these thirteen
hungry Christians were to dine. Ah
Skott received his orders to that effect,
and immediately repaired to the poul
try yard to carry them into execution
(the orders, not the poultry.) How to
catch a chicken in the daytime was
now the difficult problem which exer
cised tho brain of the Chinee. About
this time Jim, the old lady’s son, hove
in sight, and to Ah Skoofs interroga
tions answered in this wise: “ Now,
look here, Skoot, you jest git some
com, and Fll tell you what to do then.”
The necessary articles were duly pro
cured.
The hopeful James had loaded the.
gun plum up to the muzzle, and telling
Skoot to throw down some com, about
two hundred chickens put in an ap
pearance. Now the Chiuaman, as be
fore stated, was quite fond of experi
ments, and reaching for the gun, he
took aim at a noble rooster, who, tow
ering above the others, in the pride of
his youth and roosterhood, was entire
ly unsuspicious of the coming storm.
It is perhaps needless to state that
James immediately ensconced himself
behind a large tree, out of harm’s way.
About this time a report, which would
have done credit to a twenty-four
pounder, aroused the folks in tho house
who, en masse, rushed out to the scene
of the slaughter. At first nothing was
visible but smoke and dust, nexta^out
two score of chickens were rising and
falling, flopping and squeaking. The
ground was strewn with the mangled
remains of about forty more, while the
remainder of this once interesting flock
were making for neighboring ranches,
to avoid another earthquake.
But what of Ah Skoot ? Did that
mass of tom and disheveled rags re
semble the once festive youth, whose
delight had once boon to experiment ?
It was he. - The kind ladies approach
ed him, and tenderly, oh! so tenderly,
raising his head, they essayed to ad
minister spiritual consolation from an
old black bottle, which the old lady
produced. By and by the distorted
features showed signs of animation,
seeing which the old lady said:—
“ Speak to me Skooty ! Oh, speak to
me!” John raised his head and gavi
vent to the following: “Speakeel
Wassy matter speaky ? More brandy
more brandy; G—d d—n, too muchy
shooty!" It is perhaps unnecessary to
add that John is now in quest of an
other situation.
dwell the Todas (a Tamil
a race once
now sonsisting of leas than 600
They are the relic of some anci
long since stranded in India
ha]»s descendants of the Bcythians who
invaded the East centuries ago, coni
fer preservation to resort to the
fastness of the mountains,) whose ap
pearance, language and customs separ
ate them utterly from Hindoos and
Mohammedans. Lords of the soil, re
ceiving from the English Government
an annual tribute, unconnected’ with
other hill tribes, dwelling in peculiar
habitations, speaking a mixed lan
guage, their traditions faint, their re
ligion unique, their occupation wholly
pastoral, inaccessible to all Christian
missions, averse to war, and under
standing and accepting the fact of con
stant decrease of population, they pre
sent a problem to ethnologists which it
is difficult to solve. In appearance the
Toda is the very opposite to Hindoo.
He is' tall, athletic, ofa light bronze
complexion, with large, dark eyes and
features of Roman cast. The hair,
whether of men or women, is never
cut Clothing of both sexes is the
same, consisting of a single cotton robe.
Their demeanor si in striking contrast
to other natives of India; devoid of
cringing, rarely timid, and with Euro
peans always confident and self-pos
sessed. The race is brave, but unwar
like ; the best guides after game, but
the worst protectors in danger. Like
the North American Indian, the Toda
is capable of bearing great fatigue, of
long abstinence from food, and of track
ing wild animals with unerring instinct.
The women are large and coarse, with
no pretensions to good looks. In a
climate unusually humid, with no ar
tificial covering upon their heads, their
hair attains a luxuriance most extra
ordinary. They have few children.—
The race is steadily decreas ; *ig. Their
villages—munds—consist of a few scat
tered huts of oval shape, situated in
some secluded spot in the woods or fastr-
of the mountains. As their
whole employment consist^ in caring
for their herds of buffalo, it is around
these munds that their pastures and
pens, their dairys and cheese-vats, as
sortments,of stock and selections of
breed, rearing of calves and fattening
beeves for slaughter, are to be found.
The buffalo is the sole possession of the
Toda. He cultivates no land, engages
in no merchandise, cares for no com
merce. His subsistence is from the
milk and meat of the buffalo alone.
In care of them he spends his simple
life, migrating from one pasture to an
other os necessity requires, shunning
all approach to the abodes of other
men, and asserting among the hills his
exclusi ve right to the soil.
week.”
“ That’s so, by the almanac.”
“ And seven times thirty cents are
two hundred and ten cents.”
“ Hold on. Fi! surrender. Here,
take the two dollars to your mother,
and tell her that Fll do without cigars
for a week."
“Thank you, father; but- if you
would only say a year, it would save
more than a hundred dollars. Wc
would all have shoes and dresses, and
mother a nice bonnet, and lots of pret
ty things.”
Well, to make my little daughter
happy, I will say a year.”
Oh! that will be so nice! But
wouldn’t it be about ns easy to say al
ways ? Then we' would have the mon
ey every year, and your lips would
be so much sweeter when you kiss
To a Young Girl.
You think you love the man who
is coming this Sunday night to visit
you! And he acts as if he loved you!
Suppose he declares himself, and asks
you to be his wife. Are you prepar
ed to say to him, “ I love and will
trust you through life with my happi
ness, and the lives and weal of our
children ?”
He is jolly, gay* and handsome, and
all the darts of Cupid are twinkling in
his eyes, but will those eyes always
find expression from the love of a true
soul?
To-night he says many pleasant
things, and draws pretty pictures of the
future.
Do he go to-morrow to work, which
gives promise of the fulfilment of your
desires in life.
Does his ambitious and achievements
satisfy you? -
Does his every-day life shine with
tho noble endeavors of a trustworthy
man ?
If you think, and desire a compan
ion in your thinking—one who can un
lock the deepest depths of your jamd
—to what strata of humanity does he
belong in the scale of excellence and
morality ?
Is he doing all he can to build up
future usefulness and happiness, in
which you can share and feel blessed ?
These are the questins which the
experience of after years make many
women weep in bitterness of soul that
they had not thought of before they an
swered “Yes.?
« The, Nine of Diamonds.”
The following reasons are given why
the nine ofdiamonds is called the “curse
of Scotland:” :
In the distracted state of the coun
try during the reign of Mary, a man,
George Cambell by name, attempted
to steal the crown out of Edinburgh
castle. In this case 1« was unsuccess-
full, but managed to abstract • nine
valuable jewels, and escaped salely to
a foreign shore. To replace these a
heavy tax was laid upon the country,
which tho poor, oppressed people
thought so great a grievance that they
termed it the curse of Scotland, and,
until very recently, the card itself bore
the name of George Cambell in the
Highland. Another explanation relates
to tiie well-known massacre of Glencoe.
The mandate of this cruel deed was
signed by the eldest son of the Earl of
Stair, who was at the time secretary of
State of Scotland. The coat of arms
belonging to this family bears nine
diamonds on its shield, and the people,
not daring to stigmatize the master of
Stair as the curse of Scotland, applied
it to his armorial bearings. And still
another explanation relates to the bat
tle of Culloden, which extinguished
the hopes of the Stuart party, and was
at the time considered a national curse.
The Duke of Cumberland who was
known to have been a gambler, is said
to have carried a pack of cards in ' his
pocket, and when he had won the fa
mous field he took out the nine of dia
monds and wrote his account of the vic
tory* on it.
Cigars and Economy.
“Father, do you remember that
mother asked you for two dollars this
morning 1"
“ Yes, my child ; what of it?”
“ Do you remember that mother did
not gf)t the two dollars?” .
“ Yes. And I remember what lit
tle girls don’t think about.”
“ What is that, father ?”
“ I remember tha t we are not rich.
The Royal House of Russia.
The foundation of the Russian mon
archy was laid more than a thousand
years ago (851) by Bunk, a prince of
the tribe known as the Russians. But
the present royal family is'.of much
later origin. For the House of Burik,
after producing many rulers of rare
ability, such as Oleg, his immediate
successor, who was brave, energetic,
and wise, the wise queen Olga, Vindi-
mir the Great, Yaroslav, the patron of
literature and civilization, Ivan the
Great, and Ivan the Terrible, came to
au end by the death of the imbecile
Fedor in 1588, and the accession of his
usurping brother-in-law. After many
disorders the Russians elevated to the
throne Miclml Fedorovitch Romanoff,
the first emperor of the present family.
He was the son of a Bishop Fedor of
Rostov, and related to the family of
Rurik by the female line. The present
family has produced several princes a?
rare ability, the chief of whom was
doubtless Peter the Great, the son of a
Czar bearing the same name as tho
young Grand Duke now visiting this
country. Peter’s wife, Catharine I.,
who succeeded him, was equally able,
and indeed the family has been remark
able for its able women; the two Cath
arines and Elizabeth have not been
surpassed by any other rulers of that
great Empire. We speak of the Cath
arines as members of the family, for
though not descended from previous
Emperors, they were ancestors of tho
present Czar, and have-doubtless con
tributed to the hereditary ability of the
family. Catharine the Great was n
low-born woman of illfame, a sort of a
slave, when she came into the posses
sion of Peter, arid the extremes of
wretchedness and grandeur were nev
er so strangely combined in one life as
in here. Nicholas, the father of the
present* Czar, was a man of great force
of character, and Alexander II., now
reigning, is at least a man of clear in
telligence. The Grand Duke Alexis is.
his second son.
He that loses
ing left that is worth keepin.