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JOHN H. CHRISTY.
DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS.
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VOLUME XXI.
ATHENS, GEORGIA,—WEDNESDAY, SEPTR 9, 1874.
NUMBER 23.
THF. SOUTHERN WATCHMAN I Select IgiscclliiHg.
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THE LONG AGO.
Oh ! a wonderful stream is the River of Time,
As it runs through realms of tears.
With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme.
And a broader sweep, and a surge sublime,
And blends with the ocean of years.
How the winters are drifting like flakes of snow,
And summer, like buds between,
And so the year is the seal—so they come and
they go
On tho river's breast with Ifs ebb and its flow,
As it glides in the shadow and sheen.
compete with water power under any circum
stances.
In my next, I propose to give my reasons for
that denial. Respectfully, ice.,
John I. Cheatham.
There’s a magical isle up the Rivor of Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing;
There’s a cloudless sky and a tropical clime,
And a song as sweet as a vesper chime,
And the Janes with the roses are staying.
And tho name of the isle is the Long Ago,
And we bury our treasures there; .„
Ml? I here are brows Of beauty and bosoms of snow; j together at Kingston when
525 There are boaps of dust, but we loved them so! • to £ otaor at Kingston, Last lennossee, when
Thero aro trinkets and tresses of hair.
SAM HOUSTON.
How he resigned the Governorship of Tennessee,
forsook his beautiful Wife, and joined the
Cherokee Indians.
The true story of Sam Houston's resignation
of the Governorship of Tennessee, and his join
ing the Cherokee Indians in Arkansas, has
never yet been published, aud when I heard it
a few days since, from the lips of a gray-haired
residont of Nashville, who bad been a warm
personal friend of the hero of San Jacinto, I
made a note of it for the benefit of the Times'
readers.
‘ You see,’ said the old gentleman referred
to. * Honston and I were employed in a store
we were boys. That was about 1812. The
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS.
HCIR COBB. | A. S. EBWIX. | HOWELL COBB,J R.
nilBB, ERWIN & COHIJ,
\ . attorneys at law,
v - / ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Office in the Deupteo Building. D«c2I
B AXKRITTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attorucy-at-Laur. Athens, Qa.
OMtt'm **»•«•<•(,orcr thr »torr of Harry A tfon.
Will givc special attention to rases in Bankruptcy. Al
io. to the collection of all claim* entrusted to his eare.
TAMES I!. LYI.fi.
• I Attorney at Law,
I*.,;* WA TKISSVILLE, GA.
uilS M. MATTHfiWS
J
Pro
Attorney at Law,
Danielsviile, G».
npt Attention will be given to any business on-
e«l to hi
Marchl4.
TUNG LA\'1> St ORR,
Pj Wh ileaale and Retail Dealers,
an.? COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall Urea.1 St, Athens, Oa.
Ve ate now prepared to store Cotton at 2 r .- cents per
hale, and will advance cash when dosjred. Oct2S.
TJ'KGLISH & CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
Jjj For Rotf, cur. Wrav nnd Lumpkin fits., Ath-
%u r,». apS—3m * LEE M. LYLE, Prin.
There are fragments of songs that nobody sings be enlisted as a pri vate in the army,
And a part of an infant’s prayer ; and marched oflf to the Creek war. He was
There's a luto unswept, and a' harp without [soon made an ensign, and was the first to scale
strings, the works at the battle of tho Horse-shoe,
Thore aro broken vows and pieces of rings, | whcn ho was shot twice in the right arm .
, • Ho came home and finally got well, and
Cr ° shoro aD<l8 tbat WaV ° WheD th ° ^ airy was appointed sub-agent to tho Cherokee In-
By tho mirage is lifted in air, dians, but he 8000 S ot ‘“to a quarrel with Cal
And we sometimes hoar, through the turbu- boun, then Secretary of War, and was Tomoved.
lent roar, Then he came to Nashville in 1818. He began
8 wMlH h y d in ,f he day8g °v n ? b ° f0r0 - *0 8 ^dy law with Judge Trimble, and in six
\V ben tho wind down the river is fair, .. . , ?■ ..... ...
j months time was admitted to tho bar. At the
° Vn r , e i^ e a B ' ,are r rr V f-n® Wes *®d isle, f )r8t , 808S i 0 n of tho Legislature after, he was
All the days of life till night— , . . .. „ , r .u D . .
When the evening comes with its beautiful olected Attorney General of the State, o-er
smile, Francis B. Fogg, who was ono of tho most
And our eyes are closed to slumber awhile, prominent and scholarly lawyers in tho State,
May that ** Greenwood of souls” bo in sight,
For tho Southern Watchman.
Direct Trade.--No. 3.
Jackson County, Ga., Ju,y, 1874.
T II. IllV.GIXS,
J , h >ld?w\o an»l Retail Dealer in
I>HV »j.)0DS, HKOCKRIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
Feb 1 ftroa-i Street, Athens, Uju_
TOHX II. CHRISTY,
tl Pl.iu ami Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athens, Qa.
Ofirecorner Broad and Wall streets, over the store
Jua<i I). PiuarJ. tf
PAVILION HOTEL,
1 CHAhLESTON, S. C.
This FIRST-CLASS Hotel is situated in the very
Mnire of t!i* business part of the city, and all who
•topthero will find every convenience and luxury that
tab hepr wared. Board, per day, $3.00.
K. Hamilton, Supt. Mrs. L. H. Butterfield, )
D*f22 tf rrouriftrcHn. j
GOIMKY h NEWTON,
O Dcalcri in
i Foreign anti Domestic HARDWARE,
June!) No. 6,Broad street, Athens, Qa.
Q C. DORRS,
O* Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
»ple and Fancy DRY HOODS, GROCERIES, Ac.
Fcbtf No. 12 Broad Street, Athena, Ga.
T?M0RY SPEER,
IJA LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
A» Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
tie Courts of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Banka,
Jactsoo, llahcrsham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
and jive attention to collecting and other claims in
thus* counties. March 19, 1873. '
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
. * FRANKLIN, N. C.
Practices in all the Courts of Western North Caro
lina, and in tho Federal Courts. Claims collected in
all parts of the State. ap!6—ly
TjHiWARD r. harden,
JLLl (Late Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
and now Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
July2<* ly (Jiiitinan t Jlrookt County t Ga.
T F. O'KELLEY'S
0. Vhotoqraph gallery,
Otar Williams'Shoe store, Broad street, Athens,
Q—rgit. «ep3
B f.camp,
• Aytorxkv at Law,
CARNF.9VILLE, GA.
Vill giro prompt attention to all business ontrn.ted
Dkim. Ho will attend tho Couru of IlAbercbain,
franklin and liall, eeplT—ly.
TEARS.
BY FATHER BYAN.
Tears that trickle down her eyes,
They do not fall to earth and dry ;
They soar like angels to thb skies,
And like the angels cannot dio.
For oh l oar immortality
Flows through each tear, sounds in each sigh
What waves of tears surge o’er the deep
Of sorrows in our restless souls!
And they are strong, not weak, we weep.
These drops from ont the sea that rolls
Within their heart forevermore :
Without a depth—without a shore !
But ah, the tears that are not wept—
The tears that never ontward fall—
The tears that grief for years has kept
Within us—they are beet of all—
The tears onr eyes shall never know,
Are deeper than the tears.tbat flow.
Each night, npon earth’s flowers below.
The dew comes down from the darkest skies,
And every night onr tears of woe
Go np, like dews, to Paradise,
To keep in gloom and make more fair
The flowers of crowns we yet shall wear.
For ah ! the surest way to God
Is up the lonely stream of tears
That flow, when bending ’neath tho rod,
And fill the tide of our past years.
On laughter's billows hearts are tossed—
On waves of tears no heart is lost.
Flow on, ye tears! and bear me home !
Flow on, yo tears of deepest woe !
Flow on, ye tears, that are but foam,
Of deeper waves that will not flow !
A little while—I reach the shore
Where tears flow not—forevermore.
Mil'Ll*, E. p. DOTILL.
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
attorneys at law,
20 and 22, Kimball House,
ATLANTA, GA.
pkACTICE in the State and Federal Courts, and
- atlend regularly all the Courts in Atlanta, includ-
U{ the Supreme Court of the State, and Trill argue
***** upon brief* for absent parties, on reasonable
They also pnetice in the Courts of the counties con-
lipens or aeeesjihle to Atlanta by Railroad, sepll
M.W.RIDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U. 5. Claim Agent and Notary Pnlilic
GA/.VESVILIB, GEORGIA. A
**01fiteon Wilson street, below King A Bro’s.
_rihr«ity in ( 1S73,
I J *«s I. MISS. VADISOJT BELI
ESTEtS Ac
ATTORNEYS at law.
»iHiBSVILLE GEORGIA
w
j U.L practice in the counties composing the Weat-
Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
' Blue Ridge circuit. They will also practice in
may 11
, JAS. L. LONG, M. D.
| Sur c t on. Accoucheur and Physician,
(D^iee nr Mr. Thomas Shcat*’ Store,)
Good Hope Distriot, Walton oo., Ga.
I u.,Jl 1 * P r »fe»Jional services to the citizens of tho
| country. aug27
f, Feed & Sale Stable,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Urn, 11 & HEa - VES * FROPBIETOBS,
I VVh le [ ound! * t their old stand, rear Franklin
Uh*.i ?S. lWin l5> Tho,n »* Keep always
Sleek 5°?? ^“ro-outs and careful drivers.
Sleek „ e 1! f4r , ed *° r when entrusted to onr oare.
* 00 *>»n4 for salo at all times. deo25—ti
R. B. ADAIR, D.D.S,
Gainesville, ga.
marST
4VM*<Wheakt corner Public Square.
k EDGE,
°°°tj Shoe and Harness
iprm, ^AKER,
. - WATKINSVILLE, GA.
|| fi. 8 -ARAMS, M.D,
P ■ OSe. Acooui
1
.-«e* M .--•• Accoooiiaon an Pdtsiciar.
^ Mountala Distriot, Waltonooun-
****•» ‘in?*™ hls ptofentonal services to the
lurroundmg country. »ug28—ly
* Ho was thon sent to Congress, where he
was a warm Jackson man, and while there he
had a difficulty with John T. Irwin, and whon
they both came back to Nashville, Irwiu chal-
Col. Christy :—In my No. 2, I proposed I lenged him, sending bis challenge by a noted
to point out how Direct Trade and railroads desperado of St. Louis, who had killed several
could bo mado to unlock onr great water tails men. He was not considered a gentleman, and
and make them profitable. We will presume, Houston wouldn’t take a challenge through
then, that Direct Trade is fairly under way, him. Gen. White heard this and mado some
and by this and other means our people have remarks about Houston, which led to a duel
saved enough to build railroads to or near the botwoen Houston and White, in which White
most of our principal water-falls. The owners was seriously wounded,
of these wator-falls should, as soon as possible, ‘ This addod to the popularity of Houston
procure tbo services of a competent surveyor I ani l he was elected Governor of the State
or drawiQg-master, and have each water-fall 1827. Ho had succeeded Governor Carroll
accurately surveyed, and a drawing or paint- W L° was a ver y popular man, and wno was
ing of the same that would show tho amount spoken of prominently as a candidate for re-
of water, its attitude, its power to drive ma- election. Houston was afraid of him, and in
chincry, its nearness to a railroad, amount of order to secure his own ro-election to Con-
land attached to tho same, and all other things gross, in case Carroll beat him for Governor,
that would show its full capacity, conveniences began to strengthen himself politically, and in
and advantages. Wo will presumo further ordor to carry out this scheme married, in Jan-
that our Direct Trade line has agents (which nary, 1629, a lady belonging to a very inttuen-
it will hare) in different parts of Europe.— tial lamily at Gallatin, thirty miles north of
These drawings I would send ovor to those Nashville. She was a very handsome, bril-
agents, to exhibit in all the principal manu- Rant young lady, and attracted great attention
factoring towns in Europe. I would 6ay to wherever sho went, which exasperated Hous-
capitalists there I am Dot wishiDg to sell this ton, who was of a morose, jealous disposition,
proporty, I wish to form a joint stock company I used to see him frequently, and know that he
to go into tho manufacturing business, I will I had married purely through political reasons,
furnish the sito at a fair price, yon furnish the I and soon saw that his domestic life was an un-
machinery, send over a manager, one skilled happy one.
in the business, tho operatives can be famish- ‘ Ono Saturday in April, I met him at a big
ed hero, and wo will go into the manufaetur-1 barbecue, just west of tho city, whore ho and
ing business of whatever kind we think best. Carroll both made speeches. I saw that the
As soon as the operatives get able to do so, let feeling of that crowd was all in his favor, and
them own the principal part of the stock, when told him so, which caused him to be in the
thoy would then be engaged in that business I very best of spirits, and while in that mood we
that they best understood, aud was capablo of separatod. Monday morning I called at the
managing for themselves. In this way capital Nashville inn, where he and his wife bad been
and population may be mado to flow into this I boarding since their marriage, bnt I was re
country by thousands and millions. You would J fused admittance to bis room. I persisted,
not want for laborers to cultivate your lands; J however, and was finally admitted by Shelby,
churches, common schools, academies, colleges, 11 found Honston lying on the bod with his face
and large manufacturing towns would spring 1 covered np, and, in answer to my astonished
np like magic at every principal water fall, I inquiries, Dr. Shelby told mo that Mrs. Hons
when yon wo,uld havo a population that you I ton’s father had como down from Gallatin for
would not be ashamed for your sons and yonr I her tho day before, and that she had left her
daughters to marry amongst, or that tho Civil j husband and returned to the home of herchild-
Rights Bill should embrace. I am aware that hood.
I will be met hero with tbo old objection, that 1 ‘ Said I, * General, what's this I hear t
wo cannot manufacture in this conDtry as I ' Said ho, 1 I'm a ruined man; I'm a rained
cheap as they can in Now England or Old Eng-1 man '•
land, and with tho further question of “ why * I told him he owed it to his friends to give
is it that Old England has bought nearly all I some explanation for his conduct, and asked
her driving power, imported the most of her I him why ho and his wife separated, to which
raw material, and a large amount of her pro-1 ho replied that he hadn't a word to say against
visions, has and does manufacture cheaper, I h* 8 w if°—that she was a high-minded, virtu-
and yet have bccomo the richest nation on I tody-
earth by manufacturing t” To the first ob-l * He th'en said that he alone was to blame;
jection I answer that, in ante-bellum times, that h ® had decided to exile himself among the
when our people were making cotton to buy J Cherokee Indians, aud that he wanted me to
more negroes to make more cotton, they were I carl Y his resignation as Governor to tho Sec-
satisfied, although then against their true in- j reta ry of State. This I emphatically refused
terest, to make the raw material, and let the I do, at first, but at his earnest solicitation
Yankees profit by its manufacture. But that I aad that of IJr. Shelby, I finally consented,
day is passed; old land-marks are broken up; ' The next morning, Houston, Shelby and I
the tree failed to produce the desired fruit, and went aboard a steamboat, Honston beiDg dis-
is bewn down; times have changed, and men I gnised so that no one recognized him. We
aDd circumstances have changed with them, I bade him good-bye, and he wont down tho
and that change makes it directly and indis-1 Cumberland. He told me afterward that be
pensably the interest of our people not to ship I got as far as Napoleon, Ark., without being
a bale of cotton to New York, but to manu-1 recognized, and in that case, he begged the
facturo their own raw material, except what Is I man to say nothing about meeting him. He
shipped by this direct Southern line to Liver-1 went on to Fort Smith, where be joined a
pool. What, let me ask, would be thought of I Cberokeo by the name of Jnlly, whom be bad
the people of Georgia ii they should sell their beeu familiar with while he was agent for the
corn and wheat to speculators and moneyed tribe. He assumed the Indian dress, painted
rings at the North, to be shipped there, ground | his face, and could not be distinguished from
into meal aud flour, and then re-shipped back I them.
in tboir own ships and at their own prices for I 4 A lew years afterward be passed through
tbo consumption of the people of Georgia f— I Nashville, with a delegation of Indians, on his
The idea is perfectly absurd, and yet Is attend- ] way to Washington. I recognized him, but
ed with just as much common sense as there I wouldn't epeak to him. The fact is, his friends
is in onr shipping onr cotton there to be manu-1 here considered he had disgraced them, and
factored into fabrics and sent back for onr I were disgusted with him. While in Nashville
consumption. I he went with his delegation and called on Gen.
To* the question of why it 1b that Old Eng-1 Jackson at the Hermitage,
land has bought nearly all of her driving pow-1 • And how did Jackson treat him t’ I asked,
er, manufactured cheaper, dee., and yet have I • I don’t know, but I suppose he treated him
become rich by manufacturing, I answer, that! all right, as they bad been great friends. Af-
custom has done more to bring about this state I ter reaching Washington, I know he. whipped
of things and make England what sho Is in I a member of Congress by tbo namo of Stand
point of manufacturing than any other thing, j berry, for sayiDg something disrespectful of
From the days of the first application of steam I Jackson.
as a driving power for ootton mills until to-1 • After this, wo heard notbingmore ofHous-
day, England has taken the lead in point of ton until just before the Mexican war, when
manufacturing. Other nations have aoquiesoed I we beard that he had gone to San Augustine
until custom, without Inquiry, has placed her (to practice law. You know his connection
in her preamt high position in point of energy, w ith the Mexican war, probably, as well as
enterprise, and ability. That she possesses I j j 0 .
those three ingredients in a high degree, I ad- • He married again, I believe V
mit; bnt that England or any other nation
can manufacture with steam as a driving pow
er, pay her present tariff of freights, and com
pete with water power, aud that, too, right In
the midst of where the raw m^tprial is pro
duced, and consequently with but little freight,
I deny. Iu fact, I deny that steam as a drlv-
Romance in Real Life.
A pretty romance has just come to light in
Yates county, N. Y., tho dotails of which are
vouched for by unimpeachablo witnesses. It
appears that in 1855 Sir John Gordon Tal-
madge, a gentleman of high birth and great
wealth in England, camo to this country and
spent some time traveling in Central New
York. While there he met the daughter of a
well-to-do farmer named Bliven. Tho girl
was sixteen years of age, handsome, engaging
and sensible. The acquaintance ripened into
friendship, and at last the foreigner offered
his band to Candace, which was accepted.
Unbeknown to the girl’s parents tho two were
suited by Rev. Mr. Currier, who was pledged
to secrecy concering the marriage for one
year. Soon after tho marriage Sir John left
his .young bride, promising to return and take
his wife to England. Tho year passed and
Sir John did not como. Soon another year
was gone, and five, then ten; almost twenty,
and still no tidings of Sir John reached the
ears of Candace. It appears that the return
of Sir John to England was for the purpose of
fixing matt-are satisfactorily with his family ;
and after arriving, it happened that while out
riding with his mother his horses took fright,
ran away, throw tho two out, killing his moth
er and vory seriously injuring Sir John.
Though recovering, his illness so preyed on
him that he became demented. Daring a lu
cid interval last winter, recollection of his
earlier life camo back to him, and the secret
wife'was uppermost in his mind. He made
known to his brother tho story of his marriage,
willed bis iuimonse fortune of $4,000,000, half
to his brother and the other half to his wife
in cose sho might be found alive. Lo further
pledged his brother to send a messenger to
America for the purpose of hunting up his
wife. The messenger camo hither and recent
ly discovered the long waiting bride of twon
ty years ago. The commingling of astonish
ment, pleasure and sorrow which contended
for mastery as the sadly romantio history of
her long ago bridegroom was unfolded can be
bettor imagined than told.
sbirtst'Iasked. ‘ Every one of them. My
eldest son is somethiiqg of a dandy, as young
men will be, and he-bought some shirts a
while ago. Ob, such a fit as they were. I
spent more time,ripping and fixing them than
would have cat and made a good half-dozen.’
4 Do yon ever havo time to go outside your
house t* I inquired.
4 Oh, yes,’ she replied with a smile; 4 1 am
here this morning, you see, to inquire about
the land, and day before yesterday I went to
the State fair with nome butter and took a
premium.’
4 You must sit up very late nights,’ I said.
* Ob, no, not very ; we always finish up our
work by eight o’clock of evenings, unless some
thing special is going on, for we are a musical
family. We have iv- piano. My daughters
play, and father and mother, boys and girls,
count upon a good sing, often before going
to bed, and this causes as to sit np rather later,
have sometimes thought than was good for
considering we have to be up with the lark
the mornings, Ton know that music is
very fascinating to those who love it,’ 4 Are
you always well!’ I asked, 4 My health is
perfect. I have a good natural constitution,
and have no time to be debilitated and ner
vous.’ Here this paragon arose to go. I fol
lowed to the gate, sa w her unhitch her horse
and depart, while I re tamed to thehoase with
these reflections: Eleven children, boarders,
farm, no servants, no sewing pat ont, all
teaching done in tho honse, premium for but
ter at the State fair, music and fino arts.
Think of it, O, ye daughters who have a fam
ily of throe children, three servants, hire all
your sewing done, and have headache, dys
pepsia and general debility thrown in.
As for me, I went up stairs after this inter
view, anrolled some shirts I was just going to
send out to be made, and oiling np my machine
went to work at them. Of course I hate it,
Of course it will tire me to doath bat it is so
nice to be smart like this good woman. I have
made some inquiries about her since she was
here, and find her story was not exaggerated,
She is a living example of what perfect system
and industry will accomplish. She marriod
her husband when ho was not worth a cent
and now they live in a fifteen tbousand-dollar
house, own a good farm, and to tho good man
agement and thrift of the wife is attributed
much of tho husband’s success. They and
their children have the namo of being one of tbo
happiest and most united families anywhere
about. But my paragon does not write such
long letters as this, I suspect. I must go
hack to my machine; it acts like a witch to
day.
Mister Quad, will you deliberately plot to
kill a lonesome widow, who is working her
lifo ont to make your position here comforta
ble, happy and luxurious t”
I couldn’t go. I’m there yet. I sleep on
tho floor, put up with cold bites, and use the
bootjack for a chair when I have company-
wish I wasn’t so tender-hearted, but I can’t
bear to think of hurting Mrs. Dolby’s feelings
by looking up another place.
i Matetaiu office. I tog power to manufacture cotton fabrics con
•Yes. His wife got a divorce, and he mar
ried a Mobile lady, aud she made a man of
him. They visited Nashville together, and
went with them to see Jackson at the Hermit
age, twelve miles from ths city. His first wife
married again, and is now living near Nash
villa, unless she has died recently.’—Nashville
Cat. Ehkttgd Times. '
A Working Woman.
What good Health, System and a Willing Heart
can Accomplish—a model for Housewives.
Ruth’s letter to N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Looking out of the window tho other morn
ing I saw a woman drive to the gate, with a
trim little establishment in excellent order. I
had never sot eyes upon her before, I was sure
of that though she looked up at the window with
a bright and cherry smile like she had known
meall my days. Springing ont of the high wagon
like a girl of sixteen, though she was evidently
three times that age, sho hitched her horse
and blanketed it, and was then ushered into
| the parlor. She had come to inquire about
some lots upon our farm, and I assure you she
talked business, it evidently being no new
thing to her. I found she was from a neigh
boring town, five miles distant, where her
husband is a prosperous architect and builder.
After she had obtained the information for
which sbe came we fell into aeon vorsation such
as onr sex will indnlge in.
4 Have you much of a family!’ I inquired,
Eleven children,' she replied, I opened my
eyes in astonishment, expecting to hear the
nsnal answer of these days, 4 Three, two boys
aud a girl,’ or vice versa. * Havo you never
lost any children!’ said I. ‘None,’ she re
plied, aud none are married; they are all liv
ing dt home.’ * What a family to look after
I exclaimed. * Oh, I shouldn’t mind onr own
family at all, but we have always boarded
three or four carpontors necessary in my has
bands business.' Then we have a farm, and
good many cows to see to and batter to make
and as my husband is always busy in other
ways, the oversight of the farm dovolves most
ly.on me.’
4 1 hope yon are more fortunate than the rest
of as in having good domestics to help yon
with all this work,’ said I. The good woman
straightened herself up and gave a decisive
reply. 4 1 never keep any,’ she said; ‘they
never suit me.’ ‘Yonr children most help
you a good deal then.’ * Yes, but they have
their lessons to learn. Their oldest sis
ter, who has as good an education as money
could give her, teaches them entirely at home
We have a room in our house fitted up especi
ally for that purpoee. They are more thorough
ly taught by her, with the deep interest she
feels in them, than if they went to school else
where ; and being able to recite their lessons
In the early part of the day, they spend fewer
boors over books, which is better for their
health, and this enables them to give me more
assistance than they conldotherwise do,’ What
a sensible woman (thought I, for you know
what a favorite idea home education is with me
when it is at all practicable. So I drew my
chair up closer to her, and said* * You don’t
do your own sewing do yon!* ‘Never sent
ont a stitch in my life, dresses or anything
elfiD-, wen when we had not a sewing machine,’
1 Bo you make your husband’s and yonr boy’A
Robinson Crusoe’s Island.
Crusoe’s island is to-day a little paradise.
Lord planted there, on one of his voyages,
apples, peaches, grapes, plnmbs, strawberries
aud several kinds of vegetables. The num
ber of tho latter was increased by a Scotch
man, David Douglas, who bad landed there
in 1825. Ho was not a llttlo astonished to
find a hermit there, who bad been on the is
land five years. On tho second day he was
net a little surprised to soe a man suddenly
emerge from a clump of bushes and approach
him. Ho looked npon himsolf as Crusoe's sne
cossor, although ho did not occupy the his
torical cavo, having built himself a hut of
stones and sods, roofing it with the straw of
wild-oats. As cookiog utonsils, he possessed
only a single iron pot, the bottom of which,
ono unfortunate day, had fallen out. This
damage he had, however, the ingenuity to re
pair with a wooden bottom; but now he was
compelled to place his pot in the ground and
build a fire around it. This man's name was
William Clark, and he camo.from London.
He had a few books, and among them there
wa3 a copy of Bobinson Crusoe!s and Cowper’s
poems. Ho called Douglas’ attention especial
ly to tbo well known poem beginning:
In less than a week from tbat date Katie
bad her engagement ring.
“I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute,” etc.
Nevertheless, be did not seem to be happy.
There was ouo wish, his greatest, that he
could not gratify—he could get no roast beef!
At present, this island is in the possession
of a colony of Germans. Sixty or seventy,
under tho leadership of an engineer named
Robert Webrhahn, settled there in 1863. They
describo the island as being in the highest de
gree salubrious and fruitful. On their arrival
thoy found largo flocks of goats, about
thirty half-wild horses, and somo sixty asses.
They brought with them cows, hogs, fowls,
farming utensils, small boats, aud fishing-
tackle.
How She Turned Presbyterian;
Mrs. Magruder will probably leavtyjfcFHop-
kins’ church, and go hereafter to the "Fresby- 1
terlan meeting-hoaso. Dr. Hopkins for a week
had a frightful boil on bis log, and ho experi
enced very severe pain when he tried to walk.
While be was sitting in bis study on Friday,
Mrs. Magruder called aud was ushered into
the parlor. The sorviqt went up the. back
stairs to tell the doctor, and while she was on
the way, the doctor started’ to go down the
front stairs to get a drink of water. It hnrt
him so much to walk up the steps, that
he concluded to slide down the banisters on
his stomach, and so, aftar.looking carefully
over the lauding to satisfy mmself that nobody
was about, be mounted tbo banisters, and be
gan to descend. Tho stairs ran directly past
the parlor door, and Mrs. Magrudor was amaz
ed to see the clergyman descending with great
rapidity, and in that sihgnlar fashion. It
seems that the servant girl bad left a coal
scuttle by tho newel-post, while she went for
tho doctor, who, descending with awful veloci
ty, alighted in the scuttle and fell to tho floor.
Without being aware of the j^senco of the
visitor, he leaped up in a rago and exclaimed.
4 Hang that woman!’ He gave tho scuttle a
kick which sent it whirling into the parlor,
where it brought up in Mrs. Magruder’s lap.
Of course sho thought the demonstration and
the ejaculation wore intended for her, and after
rising to her feet, and shaking her umbrella at
her pastor, sho shouted. ‘If you kick another
coal scuttlo at me, I’ll punch tho stufiin out of
you with this ycr umbrella!’ Sho emerged
from the front door with tho convictiou tbat
Presbyterianism was the only religion for her.
A Portrait of a Lady we all Fear.
BY M. QUAD.
I board now, and I think I have one of the
kindest landladies in the world. She seems to
think a great deal of me, and I sometimes al
most decido that I should weep if any harm
came to hor.
Sho is very particular about hor boarders.
Before she would take mo in I was compelled
to get a certificate from three clergymen, two
bankers and a lawyer , stating that I had nev
or been hung for murder or sent to Stato Pris
on for horse stealing. I bargained for a front
room looking out on the campus mertius, and
it was understood tbat I was to have the room
alono. On the third night I went home and
found a stranger in bed, and when I began to
raise a row, Mrs. Dolby-caught my arm and
whispered:
44 There, now be a good, dear man, and say
no more. He’s a preacher, and, as ho is going
away to-morrow I thought you wouldn’t mind
it just ono night.”
At the end of the week she beckoned mo
aside, and smiling like a load of fresh hay
she wanted to know if I would do hor a favor,
a favor which woalci place hor u nder great
obligations to me. I replied that I would die
for her, and then she asked me to give up the
room looking ont npon the grand square and
take one looking out npon a grand alley, fall
of ash barrels and oyster cans. She had a new
boarder coming who was awful particular,
and she knew I would do anything to accom
modato her.
I made tho change, and tho grateful look
sho gave mo was enough to melt a vest but
ton. I had only got fairly settled when I was
told that she wanted to see me in the parlor
after dinner. I found her in tears. She said
that a very nice man and his very nice wife
wanted to como and board with her, bnt sho
had no room, and it grieved ber to think-tbat
she most turn them away when she was so
bard pushed to get along.
1 told hor that if I had a hundred lives I
would lay them all down for her and borrow a
hundred more and add So the pile, and she
seized my hand and said tbat Heaven would
surely reward me foi being good to a father
less orphan. I moved into the garret, the
awful particular man moved into my room,
and the very nice man and his very nice wife
into the front room.
In about another week Mrs. Dolby whis
pered to me and wanted to know if I had a
snake in my stomach. Bhesaid that she had
observed that I was a very hearty eater, and
she didn’t know but 1 had a snake. I set her
right, and when I promised to take fall loach
es down town and urge ail the other boarders
to do the same, she put her hand on my shoal-
der and remarked that Hoaven had a place for
me.
That night my bed was made without
sheets, and when I went to raise a row she
took me by the hand and sadd that her experi
ence went to show that it was healthier to
sleep without sheets. I waa going to argue
toe question, when tears came to ber eyes,
and she hoped I wouldn’t saiy anything to hnrt
a poor, lone widow, whose lifo had been one
long straggle with poverty. The next night
ihe featherbed and one o-f the pillows went,
but I didn’t say anything. Then she wanted
to borrow my toothbrush lor a boarder who
hadn’t any, and she took toy stove to use in
the lower hall. I didn’t say a .word until she
wanted to know if 1 couldn't spare the old
rag carpet off the floor, avid ill wouldn’t set
toe other boardora s.n (trample by drinking
nothing bnt water, and nut Uike a second bis
cuit. Then I told ioer timt I was going to
leave that honse and try to tear her i'.mage
from my heart. ' • -
She seized both my baoddu teats rolled down
her cheeks, and tots Hiked r ■
From the Providence Journal.
Ilow they Finally got Married.
Ono long summer afternoon there camo to
Mr. Davidson’s the most curious spccimon of
an old bachelor the world over hoard of. He
was old, gray, wrinkled and odd. He hated
old women, especially old maids, and wasn’t
afraid to say so. IIo and Aunt Patty had it
hot whenever chanco drew themJtegetber;
yet still be came, and it was noticed that Aunt
Patty took unusual pains whenever he was ox-
pectcd.
i_Ono day tho contest waged unusually strong,
and Aunt Patty loft in disgust aud went out
in the garden. •
That boar!’ she muttered to herself, as
sho stopped to gather a flower which attracted
her attention.
* What did you run for t’ said a gruff voice
behind her.
•* To got rid of you.’
* You didn’t do it, did you !’
‘No; you are worse than a burdock burr.'
* You won’t got rid of mo, o’tber.’
* I won't, oh !’
* Only in ono way.’
* And that!’
* Marry me.’
* What! us two fools got marriod! What
would thoy say T’
‘That is nothing to ns. Como, say yo3 or
no; I am in a harry.’
‘ Well, no, then.*
* Very well; good by, I shall not como again.’
* Stop a bit—what a pucker you'ro in.’
* Yes or no !’
* I must consult—’
‘All right; I thought you were of age.
Good by.’
* Jaboz Andrews, don’t be a fool. Come
back, I say. Why, I believe the critter has
taken mo for earnest. Jaboz Andrews, I will
consider.’
* I don’t want any considering; I am going.
Becky Hastings is waiting for me. I thought
would giro you tho first chanco, Patty. All
right; good by.’
Jaboz! Jaboz! That stuck up Beck Hast-
iugs shall not have him! Jabez, yes! Do you
hear—Y-e-s!’
A Successful Conundrum.
John has never given you a ring!’ said
Katie’s sister to her ono day. John was Katie’s
lover. j
Never,’ said Ratio, with a regretful shake
of her head.
And he never will until yon ask him for it,’
returned the sister. *
* Then I fear I shall never get one,’ was the
reply.
* Of coarse yon never will. John is too
stupid to think of such things, and you can
never pluck up courage enough to ask for one,
it follows tbat yon will never get one.’
This set Katie to thinking, and to what pur
pose we shall see.
That evening her lover cams to see her.—
He was very proud and very happy, for the
beautiful girl by bis side had been for several
weeks pledged to marry him as soon as toe
business could be properly doue.aud John was
a grand good fellow, too, notwithstanding bis
oblivionsnes8 to certain polite matters.
4 John,’ said Katie, at length, looking up
with an innocent smile, * do yon know what a
conumdrum is t’
Why, it’s a puzzlo—a riddle,’ answered
John.
Do you think you could ask me one I oould
not guess V
I don’t know, I never thonght of anch
things. Could you ask me one f
* I could try.’
£ 4 Well, try, Katie,’
* Then answer this: Why is the letter D
like a ring!’
John puzzled bis brain over the problem for
a long time, but was finally forced to give it
up.
I don’t know, Katie. Why is It!’
Because,’ replied tho maiden, with a vory
soft blush creeping up to her temples, * we can
not be iced without it!’
Egyptian Lore.
Great must havo been tho wisdom of that
ancient land, for it is spoken of in tbo book of
saored truth—tho volume of wisdom, But of
tho numerous parchments and vast libraries,
alas! but few pages have como down to us.
There aro three or four manuscripts on papy
rus still extant that were taken from the tombs:
they are of great interest to alt, and especially
to Biblical students, as they aro corroborative
of Bible history. Tho most interesting and the
largest of these is now in tho British museum;
Besidos these, we havo a few pages of Manetho,
the Egyptian historian. Of tho forty-threo
sacred books thoy once possessed, but ono re
mains ; it was called tbo book of the dead, and
contains a description of tbo trial of a departed
soul. It is represented on its long journey as
occupied with prayers and confessions. Forty-
two gods occupy the judgment-scat. Orsirus
presides, and before him are tho scales, in one
of which the statue of perfect justice is placed,
in tho other tho heart of the deceased. The
soul of the dead stands watching tho balanco,
while Hornns examines the plummet, indicat
ing which way the beam preponderates, and
truth, the justifier, records tho sontonco. If
this is favorable, tho soul rccoive3 a mark or
seal * Justified.’
Somo of the ancient inspired writers appear
to havo been familiar with this book. Ly’cur-
gus went to Egypt to learn, and there many a
sage of Greece learned his first lessons in wis
dom and philosophy. Classic limners, sculp
tors and historians searched for knowledge In
the land of Lotus.
Tho land of the wonderful pyramids and
mystic hieroglyphics is the birtb-placo of the
alphabet. There the wonders of astronomy
were studied, and was not that little apart
ment that crowns yon colossal temple an ob
servatory by which the heavens were swopt by
optical instruments ! In tho arts, their knowl
edge was great. Tho manufacture of glass
was well understood; they made coffins.—
Paintings have been discovered, showing ma
chinery whose motive power couldn't havo
been anything else but steam. An obelisk
brought from Egypt by Napoleon, and orccted
at Paris, was found to have been polished by
the sand- blast process. Men skilled in the art
of stono-dressing coaid not effect a polish with
their steel instruments on that grauite shaft;
it would crumble and break beneath tho plastic
hand; but by tho sand-blast process recently
discovered in America, they could wear smooth
the crumbliug stone. The process consists In
putting in motion a stream of sand by a car-
rent of steam or boated air. They made steel,
and were skilled in metallurgy. Their paint
ings still remain, and are wonderful for bpanty t
though thousands of years have elapsed since
those strokes were made. In tho science of
medicine they were proficient; in embalming
they could see the effect of disease. To this
day tho characters used by apotbocaries to do-
note drachms and grains arc Egyptian ciphers
as adopted by tho Arabs. — Washington Repub
lican.
A Happy Woman.
What spectacle more pleasing does the earth
afford than a happy woman, contented in her
sphere, ready at all times to.benefit her little
world by her exertions, and transforming tbo
briars and thorns of life Into roses of Paradiao
by tho magic of ber touch ! There are those
who are thus happy because they cannot help
it—no misfortunes dampen their sweet smiles,
and they diffoso a cheerful glow around them,
as they pursue tho even tonor of their way.
They have the secret of contentmeut, whose
value is above the philosopher’s atone; for
without seeking the baser exchange of gold,
which may bny some sort of. pleasure, they
convert everything they touch into joy. What
their condition is, makes no difference. They
may he rich or poor, high or low, admired or
forsaken by the fickle world; but the spark
ling fountain of happiness bubbles up In their
hearts, and makes them radiantly beaatif'il.
Though they live in a log cabin, they make it
shine with a lustre that kings and queens may
covet, and they make wealth a fountain of
blessings to the children of poverty.
Tkaches—’ Peter, you are such a bad boy
that you are not fit to sit in the company of
good boys on tho benoh. Como np boro and
sit by me, sir.’
.It is a question why a jay-bird and a ne
gro aro always hierry. Is it becauso in both
the leg is run into the middle of the foot, to
they can go ono way as fast as tbo other i
Double-endors never have to turn round.
..Orators whd speak host when thorough
warmed ap to their work, find no diffloulty in
being eloquent at this time.
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