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Jnijftwr ,|H a* ihaBMiwiinn ive#j ~rr jq<iA»=ja[ rilREK DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE, ■srssr- MHn| 3Iis«ella«eo ATICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE GEORGIA^RAiMoii): r<r*rjr ■1 , Swrottondtafsonre*- )• Fireside Miscellany, • > ✓ -■ o,. —- < . Too Young and Pretty. I in ». A Story for the MMP° £j*« USSMIT) MHHait Ip K«| , ^ _ __ ^ 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. .1 Monthly Magazinefor Youngest Readers MILS unique and much-ad mir ed work, bogun in lai>7, and now a mW- C'imtai,il fruit - I in!lor 1 i rverv lnte.l jjent family 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 M W AM> V.IK1K1) A1TBACTI0XS 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