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% Jamil]) Iraoial—gtlmteb to Hetos, lolitics, fittrata three dollars per annum n ADVANCE. A tanner; =•*" ' Vi hm^hkp «ekklt, B v S. A. ATKINSON, j, fgHEE DOLLARS PER ANNUS, A «TKICTI.)' I*' ADVANCE. Office, Brmd overJ. H. Huggins. Kites OF ABVKHTISlXfl. py.y..j7>,n for mch sobsoqu.M Inwrtion. JlTTr under one month. For a longer period contract. yHlbemude. 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.