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Fireside Miscellany,
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. Too Young and Pretty.
I in ». A Story for the MMP°
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There is s table among tii&Hindobs A one-armed horseman, recently !' ! It is net at »1I wholeson
that a thief; having’been detected and Arar^ing through Missouri, EtoppetLiyrry. Locomotives havt
condemned id die, happily hit upon ah at -a blacksmith’s shop to have his ed to'haye ^ved a. inile
kti * '** 1 ^tpsMsbod* •' Th&-MaM>- noticed the for short distances. But
empty sleeve, and asked him if he have often come to grief b
r lost his arm in the war. He replied, [rapWilyt Multitudes!^
with a si(fiff, and even get rich are ruined ev.ery
IU0l S* l 9 relate how lie left men who do.things mRtu
and Health.
itauce Lad said, recurred to
ke the burdens of,an unea-
I liad bccu counting the
ours, the very minutes un-
Id touch port ; but now that
ig once more upon the pave-
*ny native, city I actually
p> home.
■K^. . * ‘
1 into a down-town restau-
B I had been wont to go, lit
»f my bachelorhood, and
iat dark corner; the twilight
Ring, and I was sheltered by
M°n. Hush!—that was
fe voice, harsh and Jarring
that a thief; having'been detected and Anm^ing through Missouri, stoppedsisui
BY SHIRLEY BROWNE. .
Smith advised me not to marry her
—he said she was too young and pretty.
Farnum advised me to remain an
old bachelor—told me a man past for
ty amply made a fool of himself by
•matrimony.
1 Tewsbury-
days, th
til we rii
my feet,
meats <
dared n<
I tut
rant, wl
the do]
slunk in
was just
the pc
Tawksh
i him hope ofjile.
and tnldiiinxthat
IT'URNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
A- halstrrcnl anl vnrnMinl, also a l»rs« rarioty
of wood c.iffim and Fisk’* Patent MeUUc Burial
Case* nlwayton hand.
Waruroom* on Clayton St., next to Eplacopal
Cliurch. J9ep96m. WILLIAM WOOI>.
Kljlj.Htt FIr»t Prl*e Jt-dats Awarded I
Leave Augusta at.....™ —8 0
Leave Atlanta at — 7 7'
Anive at Atlanta at 0 5K
Arrive at August* at..... ——!i K
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Aoguitaat 8 ®
Leave Atlanta at 10 U
Arrive at Atlanta at S *
Arrive at Augusta at 7 S
Berzelin Passenger Train.
Leave A u ;u*la at™ I 1-
LeivaBerzeUant 1
Arrive at Augusta ........92
man who is notorious
for never minding his own business—
told me she had made a love affair with
Harry Birmingham before lie want
West
Allen shook his head, and said Clara
Myers might Be vefjjiretty; but he
Southern Plano
MANUFACTORY.
m: kssBE & cr
Arrive at Beraella —.....——6
Bath D«y and Night Passenger Trains
jt*scracmtK»a or
m»AWP,»ftt!ARF»*P Vj
dote connections at Augusta and Atlanta wit
•MuuwilKpMraieB
Piano Po'
anditation* un < leorgia Railroad, by uking the
l>,.wn l> IV P.iasenger Train will make close connec
tion at Ca'inak wiih the M'con l’asunger Train,
ami reach Mac n the same day at 7 40 p. in.
Palace Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains.
ItltSUV JACKSOS,
rti.ililuotr. tlnrilnnit.
r PHESE INSTRUMENTS have
Southern ^niurcr.
J,V A TATKINSON,
AT T/fllEK UlU.URS PER ANNUM,
STR1CTL l"/.v .4 D I'.l A eg.
r . If. /fuggin'.
O ji-e, Broad st.,orer.
RlTl-'S OP AltYKltTISlXU.
.•i.artiieincnt. will be Inserted at One dollar and
cV. S 'T-- S , nre of. 1 Ilona. for the first, and
S«/«r*-fiTe Cools for each subsequent 'nsertioi,
?.Vs *T lims underone month. For a longer period
lih *r*l contracts rill l»c ninde.
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
USNITURE
Business Directory.
t AM VH COBB. A. S. ERWIN. HOWELL COBB
COBB. ERWIN ii COBB,
CUBH. fill" Id « bllUB,
a ttorneysat law
XV Athens, Georgia. 0*«O l» «>• Bsuproe
Luni]>kiii & Jackson,
V TTOItNKYS AT LAW, will practice in the
8 u|tcrior Court of Clark county, the 8uj r.-nu?
of line .Stair, ami the UuUwl atutes
W the Northern District of Georgia. fob. iHf
SAMUEL P. rHURMONO,
ATTORNEY AT L,A
Barry A .Sm’ * .Store. 'Vii
to raneA in Bankruptcy. *
nil cUiiss eatruBteJ to his
PIIT.UVN A HINTON,
\ T T O n N e y s a t l a \v
a V. Jeflerson, Jackson ctmnty, Cirt.
M.VAN ESTES,
TTORNEY AT
Homer, Banks County, «ia.
JAY 0. GA.1LEY,
|NVITES ATTENTION TO HIS
KEW FALL STOOK
M
been before the public f«»r nearly thirty years
an’l upon their ev-ellence a’.oi.e at' ineJ an
thasrii presentinen^e, which pronouuces them un-
cqualled. in
^OXS,
TOUCH,
w.niuujffsHi?
AND ©UHASUalZY.
AH. Allour 6ruai;e Pianos have our new Im
proved IiVKHsrRCNO SCALE and the Vtri.ifTc t reMc.
ujS.. 'Vh would call upeciul Attention to our late
I, 1 ,' 1 i "’. pr vI. , ' , V ,en .!‘i!“ i cinn^c'dr Ko.ds st Macon.
-)Mdh tmnJIn nonlher Fi inn, which P^.gen, l..,ving Mirnn at 6 a. m
Schednlc on Macon A Augusta Railroad
To take KtTert .Un. 23. 1871.
Delivern Angiifta and Macon—Dag Pas
senger Train Daily, Sunday Excepted.
LctTe Augusta at -12 00noon.
Ll*ayc Macon at —6 00 a. m.
Arrive at Macon at 7 40 p. in.
Arrive'at A :gusta at 1 45 p. in.
T ie d iy Passenger Train arriving at Macon at
7 4J |». in., in ikesclw connections with Trains '
thePiino nearer perfection than has yet
been Altainc I.
•M uy »*i ^ o v t<i.i,vtv\ipn\Tt dvo?:vr • in
n«\.'Vearf by special urrangement enabled to
turnUh PA IlLOll Od’GANS and M KLODKONS of
the n».»st eelebrUed makers, wholesalo and retail,
ut Lo rrst Factory Prices.
l.lustr tod Cjiiaioguesand Price Lists furn'shrd
on np dicatlon t« ** ♦. K> AIO* A CO., Halt. Md
•I*.reconnect ions at C.nnak
rdnfvir Atlmta, Atheu-
oiots on Geor i-» Vd’rout. i ; •-v
tata wiiD
S. K. JOHNSON.
. will make
ith Up Day Passenger
O*-a »y r egular established ac:ei.f!es. ' novlOCin
NORTH EAST GEORGIA
ELv- ..JBh B ES«»
GllAXD EXHIBITION!!
FOR THE
Farmers, Mechanics and Houscivives of
Sr rth - East G corgi a.
Open £•. very Oay l
CLBSSWSEBE,
CHIMNEYS AND
PORE KEROSENE OIL
( all and examine his stock beJore purchasing
Bcpt 1^-lf.
SHARP & FLOYD.
’i
Successors to (icorgc Sharp, Jr.,
A t l.'inta, 11 :i.
OFFER a large variety of
FIXE WATCHES,
CLOCKS.
.! KWELHY,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AND STATUARY.
WE HAVE A FULL COUPS OF
place* of less importance, I have determined to have
A C mmm ial Exposition,
.It My Old Stand, No. 7, ISroad St.
ivike the display attractive, 1 have visited
Sn/iL
THE SOUTH,
A WEEKLY EIGHT PAGE PAPER,
Published in the City of New York,
Frill S3 A YKAR.
* BY
TARDREW A- CO.,21 PARK ROW.
Devoted to the material interests ofthc Southern
S’ateit, an 1 lalxuing for the developC’ cist of all
the wonderful resource* by encouraging immigra
tion anil giving Bill and reliable Information con-
ri'inijig i very pait <»f the South.
e -ni'Tii »«asmet thecordialappri'valand
like<l somebody maturer and more set
tled. (N. B.—He married his house
keeper the next week, and she is ma
ture enough for Methusalah himself!)
Everybody thought I was trying a
dangerous experiment, but I didn’t
pretend to suit everybody—so I simply
suited myself. 1 went quietly tochurch
with Clara Myers and married her one
glorious January morning, when the
eves of St. Paul’s were fringed with
glittering icicles, and the brisk wind
was freighted with particles of flying
snow, like a battalion of diamonds on
the double quick.
She was nineteen and I was ninc-
an l-thirty. She was as beautiful as a
rose bud, with a shy, pretty way, like
a timid child, and I a rough old codg
er, sound enough at heart, but like a
winter apple, unpromising on the cx-
t-rior.
In short, we were ns unlike as May
port ofthe southernstati*Government..lornixra-, and November, and the good natured
ti.n Bur.ai.s, A- ricoltural Societies, pnrt ica.lint ’ b
—» W orId shook its head, and said, "
ciii/cisg nerally. It gtves iDforronth n ofth© rail-
roi l*, manufictnre*, college*, stjclrtb**, Htlw, coin-
• I* r« #», agr’culD re. £nanc« *, ne%», markets, mim r-
?1«, trade—in fact everything—all over the South.
Tb.msand* of c-tpics arc every week dDtrilmted
through this country. North and South, and in
ihe Norihem markets, and brought out many
JsrO'VSX.T'agST
rv handsome dUpl ty
DM GOODS!
as w 9
i; and an unejti tiled
'For Home ;rnd Harm!
Jn f.»ci, the Eatabli»hm« pt, hcretof -ie ki.oa n a- llwf
4 * Plaiitcr’-XtoTo,”
To m ike it especially valuable to every business
man and h »mehold In the South we have dopart-
np'iitseach week, giving full reviewaofthe markets
and quotations of stocks and produce, and also mat
ter- ot inteic't to every housekeejer.
S utbern nnn should g!veit bis support.
aLo
n°
ginxl could come of such an equal
match.” But she said she loved me,
and I believed her. Nobody could
look into Clara’s blue eyes and not be
lieve her, you see.
And the next day I made a will,
erv other mail that wants to know anything! , , tin*
oiii the South would find it worth the snbscrip- DUG IkXjllKUhcu fill lily property, HID
conditionally, to my wife.
“ Are you sure you are doin
It is an unsu-passed medium for advertising all
descriptions «-f Southern pr< peity for sale or ex
change, or for iuviting labor or capital in any de
sired ch ’nncl.
.subscribe for it at once, and induce as many to
Sj eci 1 inducements in Club rates and pjcmiums
for those wli i will c mvvs for u:
sent on application. Ad«lre*s
TARDREW & CO.,
now 29 21 Park Ilow, N
become the favorite bend junriers f-»r farm s
if complete sloe!: an J fair dealing can m
flhis Grand Exhibition,
A N G K R-
OKS. HITCHCOCK i rATTERSON cure
a wise
thing, Mr. Folliott?” said Maryne, the
lawyer, pushing his spectacles upon his
specimenctq..e» j f ore |jp a( j, until he looked dike a bald
ohl gnome, with a double pair of eyes.
“ You see, she is very much younger
thna.yourseIf, and—”
“ Please to be so kind as to mind
your own busiuess,” said I, brusquely.
O&GCSKKBX
(JLASSWA HE,
Lamps and Lamp Fixtures,
•d, and con-
Uar alicad of anything l, cr«;tofore i
stituting u leu-lm,
fatcliina^rs.jEW^Uers&gngi’avars
.Uanut'act it mutiny Fine <iuottn
in our own shop, and arc prepared to FILL A>Y
DUBLIN for g(M>d* or work promptly,
nw. All engraved free of charge.
Wr iuak« a sjtcciulty or
PREMIUMS FUR FAIRS!
u
n on ap-j
worth the attention of I!«»
will always be a complet
sekeerers.
useortiBcnt of
this dreadful disease, without the
of the knife, or any poisoniug mercurial
agent. For circular, with testimouiala, ad-
R
niTCIICOCK A PATTERSON,
jjn 1 M.idisoii, Ga.
ATLANTA
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
,'AMIty GBOGEBIES
coa.vAv: Whitehall asd henter sts.
A TLA NT A, GEORGIA.
ex
pected,” said Tewksbury. ** Pretty
and young widow’s don’t go begging in
this market!”
Folliott. might have known it,”
growledold Farnum. “Poor Folliott!
there was some good points about him,
too 1 Sad thing, that, very sad
thing!”
“We must al? die,” said Tewskbury,
gravely.
“ Yes, but a fellow would naturally
prefer dying in his bed to being car
ried off by an East Indian iever and
buried in the jungles 1”
I shuddered, liad I then conge
home to my own funeral as it were ?
“ Aiid she’s going to marry young
Birmingham, after all!” added Far
num.
The paper dropped from my hand.
“I could have told Folloitt so, when
I found out what a confounded idiotic
will he made,” said Tewksbury. “ So
gold has fallen again. Just ray luck ;
I sold out to-night 1”
I stayed to hear no more, but stag
gered out in the darkness with one
idea whirling thro’ my dizzy brain—
my Clara was mine no longer!
It was questionable what Tewkshury
liad said. I might have anticipated
some sueli end. She was too young,
too lovely for such a rough old fellow
as I was. My widow—what a curious
sensation the words gave me as I men
tally pronounced them.
Under my own windows, with the
ruby-red light shinning through wine
colored damask curtains, I stood there
feeling as Rip Yao. Winkle , might
have felt in the play—like a dead man
walking on the earth once more.
“ Don t le offended,” said Mardyne, in , Voices and lights were within. I
1 1 am a mere tool in voi r
>t irrvlc
>uppJy of GOOD FLOLD. .HEAL,
PROmilM GENERALLY.
of bull Ur s a larje supply o
iany always be fouud.
A ' all these ntir.ielivc and useful goods arc to be
sold al
LARGEST ASSORT KM NT.
THE FINEST GOODS,
THE LOWEST PRICKS,
AND THE BEST WORK.
Gail and see us.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
Send your Ohl Furniture to
WOOD’S
REPAIR SHOP.
my ol 1 customers an l the publi
and examine them. T
the iUgliest Jlarkrt Pi
J. II
»<'pt 15 Sl-n of 1
J ( . llARDlE,
Dralrr in urnmirs V Provi>ims,
nvito.l to rail
/thinn to sell,
n will alwavs*be |w»id for it.
HUGGINS,
Planter’s Store,” Athens.
YOU' C MEN AND ADULTS
Practically Educated for Business Life by a Thor
ough Course of Ii struclion in
BOOK: K fcllPITNTG-,
In all its Brant-lies, as i ra«-ticed by the best Busi
ness Men.
P E N M A N S II I P
College Avenue, Athens, Gu.
r PHE REST*SUGAR, COFFEE,
I L.r,!,
Taught in a manner unsurpassed. Specimens sent
on application.
Commercial Calculation,
llv the l»est and most rapid practical methods.
BUSINESS PAPERS,
BUSINESS FORMS,
Commercial Laic, A’c.
FACILITIES FOR OBTAINING
I ’ a hcroujsh knowle-ljreof the duties of Count
ing House «»ui Business Life are eoual to any simi
lar Institution in the country, and worthy tin
ronage of the young men of the South.
he pat*
Nxln, Hou;
App es.
. oil band. A1m
Next to the Episcopal Church, and have it
mu, Mm MADE UOOl) .I* - -VA'ir.
I*;ck>s, Oy
, Chees', »Yc., al-|
try Butt, r, I ggs, !
jan 1 lm
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
Srleete.l with care by one of th • firm. In New
York, to which they Invite the attention of their
customer* and the public. Tncy nave a good ..Mort-
inrnt of
STAPLE&FANCfD?.YG9CDii
G ItOd ltlt s,
PMOVIMIOYIN.
ILIliHV. A BE
i KOI 14 KIIV,
H A I *. « t i'*,
I200TS4.
KlIOFa,
And in short, everything in the wav of
famWij and Plantation Supplies,
u ,,
»l
>y ill- lHCUKST IMHCK FOB
1 Vr..q,„v, an.l
* „ H„ lc
. t'J 'n'U' *“ ir '>’.!>cUlow, n::d b ■
.juau^ iu,, „m-». Mq.tl iU
Wagon Yards in Athens
r |’ til: st; BsctiiBRuuAg
T3S BJtTSSS:8T
!<'(»« 1*72.
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ivliar.. iliere is a cnil I, .ntains it* mirivtKel core*
of contritniiora and A lists, and gives la every
iiii.aberai.rofiislono' the f%
CHOICEST PICTURES,
executed iu the bo>t and moat costly atyl-e*, ?ud de-
gignel oepecialJy for the young. The pe ulisr
l'*Mturc» that »ia*e di.'ting.iished it th.is tar, will
ciiaraeler./e it during the c .m.ng year, and
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will he continually added. Subscriptions may be-
g n with any num«»er ; nnd back numbers cither
separately, or in beaufifol tioun.l volumes, can »*e
always *u| plied. Terms, Si 51 a year. 15 ceuts
a single number
l*ul»l shed l.y
JOHN L. SIIOREY,
*» r.romtield Boston, Mm
RIBBONS, MILLINERY
S T K JY \VG OODS.
187*2.
ALSO,
White Goods, Embioidoiios.etc,
a safe, omfortnbl
VsrJ on River at reel,
A'M T0K6, CAT0.1 & SO.,
lion. Horace Greeley says:
“ 1 wish every man had such an education—every
voting m .n eapccially. And if either of my sons
had lived, and 1 had train»sl him, as I should have
tried to do, to he a great and co«»d farmer, 1 should
h vc wanted to aen«l him at lem^t six months, to a
Business College, to give him the aptitude, habits
and forms of a thorough business man.”
Students mav enter at any time. Xotcaehing in
classes. Circulars mailed on app!D ation.
jf»nf 2!‘—lv It. F. MOORE, Princif ml.
Liberal Cash Advances on
COT TOW.
GROOM
j RESPECTFULLY inform the
Merchants and planters of Georgia, Florida
and Alabama, that their large
FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE,
With n ri.pnti0of3Y.OOO Bale,,
is now ready for the storage of cotton, and that they
arc now prewired to
MAKE JA EE HA L CASH ADVANCES
on cotton in store and to hold a reasonable length
o;’ Vim<, (barging bank rates of interest. If you want
moin y. send your c dton to
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.,
sepi 3-tf ’ Savannah, Ga.
RUPTURE CURED
-BY USING-
Schevenell’s Patent Truss!
r pHISTRUSS has been sometime
X be ore the public. It lias been thoroughly
te-ted, and its great siuicriority over ail siui.lar ap-
pHan ex is fully established. Large numbers o.
i eiu are in use in this and other States^ and in
every case the verdict U in their IV d fur
descriptive ciKular. L. fctHM LN
Feb. l5-5t General Agent, Athens, Ga.
"T.. /;,
The highest market price pa
, an 1 bank hill* rect-D.-a ,
WILEY JDMD.
O’HTAR A.’S
Giant PoeketCorn Shelter,
I.TRK'E ONLY 81 50. Cali and see
IIIL'.IS. NICKKBSOX A CO'S.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
M ITElllAh.
rA- ll'^aTtowuran SlaFiUJS canm * Buf “' ,, '»™.« m W n |
hou^ht anv where in the State, freight adde-* 0 * j iLVannl^b! K\ n ,arirt 7
.SUMMEY it NEWTON. i promptness and dispatch. with care,
I KS, StASLFACTi nr.nS AND JOBIIKUS.
Trim ■iiinil, Neel: and Sash Rib-
ions, Velvet Ribbons, Neel: Ties, lion-
net Silks, Satins, Velvets, and Crapes
Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments,
Fromes, etc.. Straw Bonnets
and Lilies’ and Children’s
Huts, Trimmed and Untrimmed.
And in connecting ivarerooms—
While Goods, Linens Kmhroiderle., Ueek, Xets,
Collars, Sells llsn ikerehlefii. Veiling,
liesil Vt«,
■Vo. 33» nod Z3!» »Inl.i, llorc B ol.
Ilotore, Aid. ■
THDiE GOODS are irauufactured
■ by user bought for cash directly 4K, “
Europe m an 1A nerican minufacture.-s e
,s I itant tinvaltlo. Itnn ....II - a . *
T
THE INVIGORATING
plant protector.
HIE most interesting ingredient
ever offered to any wople,
destro!
is now oifer.-d to the people of ,Jeor J: u
hrough the ageney of H. H. Sutton. BatesviUe,
iuKh.m county, tin. Any «n P'ocure
a farm right from him, as liepa»M«
fjriuers on his tours, or hv rending Weucloeed to
him at tlarkeaville, Ga., will in return receive a
tir!uright,*st*er order,'which contains sdl diree-
tions for mixing sud applying tb * .12
partUular.wllh the right Jo u««m
particular,
and veg tatiun.
Jan. 3-3m
Carriage, Buggy Ac Wagon
Z.N.
A LARGE and well selected assort-
^ m CHILDS.&CKERSON & CO.
a rage,
hands.”
“ That’s it exactly,” said I. So I
signed the will and went home to
Clara.
“ Oh, Paul, you must not die ?” said
Clara, with a scared look, when I told
her what I had done. “ Nobody ever
loved me as truly and generously as
you have done, and I don’t know what
I should do if you were taken away !”
There was a young Birmingham,
if all reports were true—” I mischiev
ously began, but the curl on Clara’s lip
stopped me.
“ A mere butterfly,” she said haught
ily, “ without either brains or princi
ple. Paul, Paul, I have found a shel
ter in your true, loving heart, and I
mean to nestle there always!”
And then she cried—this foolish soft
hearted little wife of mine.
Jones and Tewksbury might have
called this policy. Farnum v^ould
have said it was acting. But it was
very pleasant, and I felt more than
ever like a man who has found some
precious jewel, and wears it, like an
amulet, on his breast.
So things went on until the firm of
which I was managing partner, needed
to send some one to Calcutta to see
after a turbaned scoundrel of an agent,
who had altsconded with more money
than we could well afford to lose.—
Morrison wa§ old and feeble—Hewitt’s
wife lay very ill, so I was the one to
go. I kissed Clara good-bye as cheer
fully as I could, fully expecting to be
back in three months or so. But—
you knivv the French adage—“ Thoni-
nie, proposo, et Dieu dispose!
I had to follow the agent up into the
mountains of India—I fell ill of one of
those burning climate fevers in the
bungalow of an old native priest, and
months flew by, until it was more than
a year before I found myself on the
deck of the “ Blue eyed Mary,” steam
ing into New York harbor.
And, all this time, Clara had never
heard a word from me 1
I had written to her, to prepare her
for what seemed almost like my rising
from the dead, but I had afterwards
found my letters in the pocket of the
neglectful native servant who had uu
dertakeu to deliver the mails to the
Calcutta office.
“ But it don’t matter so much
now!” I thought, “she will be the
more delighted, poor little girl.”
And then a cold chill seemed
creep through all my veins, like a No
vember's wind suddenly breathing
across a lied of flowers.
' Clara had heard nothing of me for
nearly fifteen months—what might not
have happened in that time?
that Tewksbury, and Jones, and Allen,
opened the door softly, and crept into
the hall.
The drawing room was ajar. Clara,
herself, stood before the fire, in deep
black robes, with a frill of white crape
on her rnburn gold tresses—the awful
sign and symbol of her widowhood.
Directly opposite, stood Harry Bir
mingham, looking diabolically young
and handsome in the soft gas light.
“ Clara, Clara!” he cried, “ you
sbrely are not iu earnest. You will
reconsider!”
My answer is final!” she respond
ed. “ The time might once have been
when I fancied I had a childish liking
for you, Harry Birmingham—but that
time has long since passed.away. I
gave my heart to the noblest man that
ever breathed—Paul Folloitt—and in
his grave it is forever buried. I loved
him once; I shall love hint on into
eteruity! I never was half worthy of
him, but—”
And Clara’s voice was choked with
sobs.
“ My love— my darling—my own
precious wifel”
How I ever got into the room—Low
I managed to make Clara comprehend
that I was my own living self, and not
a ghost arisen from the shadow of the
sepulcher, I cannot tell to this day—
neither can she!—but I know that
young Birmingham somehow disap
peared, and I was standing with Clara
clasped tamy breast, the happiest man
that ever breathed God’s blessed air.
For Jones, Tewksbury, Farnum &
Co., were all wrong—and to use the
words of the orthodox fairy stories,
slightly paraphrased, I and my widow
lived happily ever afterwards ?
ly tried, and his majesty would not
lose the opportunity, so, accompanied
by his prime minister, his courtiers
and his chief priest, he went with the
thief to a place selected near the city
waE, where the latter performed a
series of solemn incantations. This
done, the condemned man produced a
piece of gold and declared that if it
should be planted, it would produce a
tree every branch of which would bear
gold. “ But,” he added, “ this must
be put in the ground by a hand that
has never been stained by a dishonest
act. My hand is not clean, therefore
I pass it to .your Majesty.” The king
took the piece of gold, but hesitated.—
Finally he said, “ I remember in my
younger days that I often filched mon
ey from my father’s treasury which was
notmine. I have repented of thesin.but
yet I hardly dare say my hand is clean.
I pass it, therefore, to my prime min
ister.” The latter, after a brief consid
eration, answered: “ It were a pity .to
break the charm by a possible blunder-.
I receive taxes from the people; how
can I be sure that I have remained
perfectly honest ? I must give it to
the governor of our citadel.” “ No,
no,” cried the governor drawing back.
Remember that I have the serving
out of pay aud provisions to the sol
diers. Let the high priest plant it.”—
And the priest said, “ You forget; ]
have the collecting of tithes and dis
bursements for sacrifice.” At length
the thief exclaimed : “ Your Majesty,
I think it is better for society that all
five of us should be hanged, since it
appears that not an honest man can be
found among us.” In spite of the la
mentable exposure, the king laughed;
and so pleased was he with the thieFs
cunning expedient that he granted him
a pardon.—Exchange.
n,0 ^ i^JKi
Urn
and
back lie found that hw wife who ually in a hurry generally have to do
thought.him dead, had moved away,’ things twice avef. The tortoise;beat
and he had since been unable to obtain the hare at: last, -Slow men seldom
a trace of her. “ What ifiyour name':" knock their brains out against a post. ?
_ asked the blacksmith. ’Whet* the Xjjgt-ra«3.‘t,arc fc injurious to the health,
easi- answer was “ J. M. Walrup,” he sud- • as are all competitive exercises; steady
denly released the hoof over which he ‘ labor in the field is the best gymnas-
had been bending, and, without look- j ium in the world. '
ing at the soldier, cried: “Follow me] Either labor or exercise carried to
into the house,” and hurriedly led the! exhaustion, or even to great tiredness,
way. Result, the discovery of Mre.! expressed by “ fagged out,” always
Walrup with three new children l>v ; does more bar n than the previous ex-
her sitle. She had supposed Walrup! ereise has done good. All running up
dead, and had accordingly been mar- .stairs, running to catch up with a va
ried to the blacksmith. The two I hide or ferry boat, are extremely 111-
men wisely came to the conclusion to ‘ jurious to every age, aud sex, and con-
let the lady choose between them, anti dition of iifo. It ought to be tho most
she elects in favor of Walrup. Then ; pressing necessity which should indues
she says she cannot do without the! a person over fifty to run twenty yards.
children, and the blacksmith says,
after a most’painful pause, “You shall
take them, my dear.” “When the
steamboat St. Luke,” says the Cincin
nati Enquirer, in a most touching
paragraph, “ stopped at the landing
some hours later, Walrup weut on board
with his still weeping and thick veiled
wife, and the blacksmith followed with
his children. The boat’s bell rang for
the starting, nnd the separation was at
hand. The crew, the passengers, the
captain—all who witnessed it—were
affected to tears by the touching Ncene.
“ With great drops rolling down-his
tawny clieek, the smith kissed the
children one after another, and in a
choking voice bade their mother an
eternal good bye.—The two men gazed
wistfully at each other’s faces, shook
hands long and earnestly, aud then
the blacksmith, by a strong effort of
iron will, release 1 the hand of Walrup,
and walked quietly to the shore. He
never turned his face again toward the
boat, which soon passed out of sigjit
around a merciful bend in the river,
but strode mi, with head bowed dowu,
to the home whither the voice of his
wife and children should welcome hint
no more.”
Those live lougcst^who are deliberate,
whose actions are measured, who never
embark in any enterprise without
sleeping over it,” and who perform*
all the every-day acts of life with calm-
uess. Quakers are a proverbially
calm, quiet people, and Quakers are a
thrifty folk, the world over.—Dr. Hall.
The Age of the Patriarchs.
to
The Gift of Tact.—What a won
derful oil upon the machinery of hu
man affairs tact is I To know just
what to say, and when to say it, and to
whom to say it; to know when to be
silent, and when deferentially to listen,
is a great gift. No one can folly ap
predate this quality whio has not had
the misfortune of living with a blun
dering person, who never moves nor
speaks without unintentionally wound
ing or offending somebody. Contigui
ty with such au ono is fearful to the
nerves, and temper, too. We doubt
whether tact, in any considerable de
gree, can be acquired. It is born with
some, nnd is as natural to them as the
color of their eyes or hair. We have
seen little children who were perfect in
it, without the slightest idee, of course,
of the diplomacy they were enacting.
Some have not hesitated seriously to
ascribe to onr forefather, Adam, the
height of nine hundred yaids, and the
sage of almost a thousand years. But
the accurate and rational investigation
of modern philosophy has converted
the supposed bones of giants found in
different parts of the earth, into those
of the elephant and rhinoceros ; and
acute theologists have shown that the
chronology of tho early ages was not
.the same as that used at present—
Some, particularly, Hensler, have
proved with the highest probability,
that the year, till the time of Abra
ham, consisted only of three months;
that it was afterwards extended to
eight; and that it was not till the time
ot Joseph that it was made to consist
of twelve. Those assertions are, in a
certain degree, confirmed by some of
the Eastern nations, who still reckon
only three months to the year; and,
besides, it would be altogether inex
plicable why the life of man should
have been shortened one-half immedi
ately after the flood. It would be
equally inexplicable why the patriarchs
did not marry till their sixtieth, seven
tieth, and even hundreth year; but this
difficulty vanishes wlieu we. reckon
these ages according to the before-men
tioned ' standard, which--wifi, give- the
twentieth or thirtieth year; and, conse
quently, the same periods at which
people marry at present. The whole,
therefore; according to this explana
tion, 'assumes a different appearance.
The sixteen hundred years before the
flood will become four huudred and
fourteen; and the nine hundred years
(the highest recorded) which Methu
salah lived, will bo reduced to two
hundred—an age which is not impossi
ble, and to which some men of modern
times have nearly approached.—JftV
ing Sun, Borne, N. Y-, Feb, 22.
The Sensation of Freezing.
A young man in Ohio, having un
dertaken a drive, was severely frozen.
Here is the way in which he describes
the sensation: After having proceeded
about three miles on my journey, my
feet became very cold. By stamping my
feet upon the floor of the buggy I im
agined I was perfectly warm, as my
feet troubled ms no longer, and the
cold sensations through my body ceas
ed. I, however, felt dull and sleepy,
like a mac who is drunk. I didn’t
care for anything. At this point I
believe I began to freeze, and 1 ought
to have known it, but felt so comfort
able I did not examine mv situation.
After I had driven about three miles
further, my hat blew off, hut being in
a hurry to reac Paris, I did not stop
to hunt it. When I had proceeded
perhaps a mile further, letting the
reins lie at the bottom of the btiggv,
Blunders of Basiifclxess.—If *
there is any defect more striking than
another in American character, it is
bashfulness. Young America, in
particular, is painfnlly effected hy it.
An incident is mentioned by a cor
respondent, who was desired by bis
aunt to go over to neighbor Shaw’s amU
see if he had any straw for c'Je for
filling beds. “ Mr. Shaw,” said our
informant, “ was blessed with a good
ly number of Misses Shaw, and I there
fore felt a little timid at encountering
them. To make ihe matter worse, I
arrived just as the family were seated
at dinner. Stopping at the door way,
hat in hand, I stammered out: “ Mr.
Straw enu you spare me enough shaw
to fill a couple of beds ?”.
“ Well," replied the old gentleman,
glancing around at his large family,
enjoying my mistake, “ I don’t know
but I can; bow many will you need ?”
“ Before I could recover, those hate
ful girls burst into a chorus of laugh
ter, and I broke for home in a cold
sweat.”
Dr. Adam Clark was preaching to
a large congregation in Ireland, after
dwelling in glowing terms upon the
frecness of the Gospel, and telling
them that the waters of life could be
had “ without money aud without
price,” at the conclusion of the sermon
a person announced that a collection
would be made to support tho Gospel
in foreign parts. This announcement
disconcerted the worthy doctor, who
afterwards related the circumstance to
the lady of the house where he was
staying. .“ Very true, doctor,” replied
the hostess, “ the water of Ufa is free,
‘without money and without price,’
hut they must pay for pitchers to car
ry it in.” The conclusion of the anec
dote was followed by cheerful smiles
and paying no attention to my driving, j and a dapping of hands, and the chit-
my horse shied off the side of tlvc road j (Iren showed that they understood its
and ran upon a rock pile. I then at-1 import by the readiness with which
tempted to get the lines and pull him \ they contributed to the collection.
off, when I discovered I had lost the ] —. —
entire use of my right, and could bare j The Court Journal tells the follow-
ly use the left hand; with this one I • ing auecdote. If it is old its neatness
attempted to pull him oft the rocks, | will lie an excuse for its age. An offi-
The Mormon sisters hr Utah devote
all the; eggs laid by hens on Sundays,
toward the subscription td assist the
Labor is a man’s great function.—
The earth and the atmosphere arc his
laboratory. With spade and plow,
with mining shafts, and furnaces, and
forges, with firo and steam, amidst the
noise* and whirl of swift and bright
inachiuerv, and abroad in the silent
fields, beneath the roofing sky, man
was made to be ever working, evor ex
perimenting. And while be, and all
his dwellings,of care and toil, are borne
onward with the curding skies, and the
shows of healren are around Mm, and
their infinite depth invite his thoughts,
still in all the works of philosophy, in
the universe of intellect, man must be
a worker. He is nothing, he can be
nothing, he can achieve nothing, fulfil
nothing, without working.
but the buggy wheels being locked. I
could not do it, I then got out of my
bugg}’. and in doiug so struck sny no-o
across the wheel and cut it severely.
I then went to the head of the horse,
took hold of the bit and attempted to
pull him nroundi but he wouli not
move. I then commenced to unhar
ness him, with the expectation of pull
ing the buggy off the rocks myself,
feeling all. the time, very sleepy. W hen
I had almost completed the . task of
nhhitchiug him, the desire for sleep
became so great that I could hear it
no longer, and I laid dowu upon the
rocks beside the horse aud went to
sleep. I must have lain there some
fifteen or twenty minutes, when I was
aroused by the boy who found me.—
Upon his asking me where be should
take me, I.told him to Paris, still uot
being aware of my critical- condition.
Upon arriving in Paris my foot were
put in cold water, which entirely, I
think, cured me, as they do not hurt
me. ‘ My left baud does not give me
much pain, and I think will be all right,
but my right hand was badly frozen,
nothing seemed to do it any good, and
I am afraid I shall loose three if Uot
all four fingers. When I arrived in
Paris I could give no account of my
self, but the next day I remembered
every incident.
Stone Mountain boasts of fresh straw
berries grown in the open air.
cer who was more distinguished for
gallantry in the field than for the care
he lavished upon his person, complain
ing, on a certain t ccasioit, to an Irish
Judge, of the^ rufferings he endured
from rheumatism, the judge undertook
to prescribe a remedy. “ You must
desire your servant,” he said, “to
place every morning by your bedside a
tub three-parts filled with warm water.
You will then pet into the tub, anti
having previously provided yours If
with a pound, of yellow soap, you most
rub your whole body with it, burner -
iug yourself occasionally in the water,
and at the end of a quarter of an hour,
the process concludes- by wiping your
self dry with towels, aud scrubbing
your person with a flesh-brush.”—
“ Why,” Mid the officer, after reflect
ing for a minute or two, “ this seems
to be neither more or less than wash
ing one’s self.” “Well, I must con
fess,” rejoined the judge, “ it is. ope*
to'the objection.”
An old traveler tells a pretty tough
story about being lust in tho woods
with his dog, where he could find noth
ing to eat, and had td cut off the dog's
tail, whioh he boiled for himself and.
afterwards gave the dog the bowa—
We would rather borrow a hundred*’
dollars thaq believe this sfor».
“■’"A
drunken fellow in Knoxviffiv
Tenn., pawned his two hundred dollar
set of false teeth’fnr drinks of whiskey