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PROFESSIONAL CAROS. R. 21. JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBEHTOK, GA. Special attention to the collection of claims, [ly SHANNON & WORLEY, ATT ORN E Y S A T LAW, BLUER TOST, GA. W r ILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OP the Northern Circuit and Franklin county attention given to collections. J. S. HARNETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBEETOK, GA. JOHN T. OSBORN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, ELBE iff ON, GA. XT/ ILL PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS VV and Supreme Court. Prompt attention to the collection of claims. nevl7,ly A. E- HUNTER, M. L>. PRACTICING PI fY SI Cl AX Office over tlia Drug store, ELBERTOK, V BORGIA. TY7ILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL VV cases. [ Ang22,Ctn ELIUIRTOSf BUSINESS CARDS. USHfCARRiAGES 0 ■. I J. F. AULD Carriage ot|[andfact’R K LSERTOHi, GEOti GIA. WITH GOOD WORKMEN! LOWEST PRICES! CLOSE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO BUSINESS. AND AN EXPERIENCE OF 27 YEARS, He hopes by honest ar.cl fair dealing to compete any other manufactory. Good Buggies, warranted, - $125 to 6180 H EPAIRING AND BLACKSMITIIING. Work done in this line in t very best style. Tlio Rest Harness TERMS CASH. .Vy22-1 v JC. M. UARFIELD, | . Tll E REAL LI V E Fashionable Tailor, Up-Stairs, over Swift & Arnold's Store, ELDER TON, GEORGIA. SSTCaII and See Him. T. M. SWIFT. J. K. SWIFT. THOS. M. SWIFT & CO., Dealers in 611111 IBlill At the old stand of Swift & Arnold, HIBERTOIL GA. ~p ESPECTFTLLY SOLICIT A CONTINU AL anco of the patronage hitherto awarded he hous , promising every effort on their part to merit the same. jan.s T ITE ELB E TTT O N DRUG STORE H. C. EDMUNDS, Proprietor. Has always on hand a full lino of Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines Makes a specialty of STATIGryEHY AND PERFUMERY Anew assortment of WRITING PAPER & ENVELOPES Plain and ffney. just received, including a sup ply ot LEGAL CAP. CIGARS AND TOBACCO of all varieties, constantly on hand. HEW STORE! HEW SCOBS! I. Gr. SWIFT, Will keep on hand FLOUR, MEAT, LAUD, SUGAR, COF FEE, HAMS, CHEESE, CAN NED GOODS, &c.&c. And other articles usually kept in a first-class Provision Ptore, which will be sold Cheap for CASH and Cash Only. F. W. JACOBS, HOUSE i SIGN PAINTER Glazier and Grainer, ELBERTON, GA. Orders Solicited. Satisfaction Guaranteed. CENTRAL HOTEL M ItS. W. M THOMAS, PEOPKIEIHESS, AUGUSTA G-A OKND 25c. to <x P ROWELL & CO., New York Ofor Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing lists of 3,000 newspapers and estimates showing cost of advertising. . ly THE GAZETTE. New Series. THE COST OF A TRAIN. At the tima when the first open court ot law was established in Russia, a lady, dressed with the utmost elegance, was walking on the Mos cow promenade, leaning upon her husband's arm, and letting the long train of her rich dress sweep the dust and dirt of the street. A young officer, corning hastily from a side street, was so caieless as to catch one of his spurs in the lady’s train, and in an instant a great piece was torn out of the costly but frail material of the dress. ‘•I beg a thousand pardons.’raadame/’said the officer, with a polite bow, and then was about to pass on, when lie was detained by the lady's husband. “You have insulted my wife.” “Nothing was farther from my intention, Sir. Your wife’s long dress is to blame for the acci dent, whit h I sincerely regret, and I beg you once more to receive my apologies for any care lessness on my part.” Thereupon he attempted to hasten on. “You shall not escape so,” said the lady, with her head thrown back in a spirited way. “To day is the first time I have worn this dress, and it cost two hundred rubles, which you must make good.” “My dear madame, I beg you not to detain me. lam obliged to go on duty at once, .vs to the two hundred rubles— I really can not help the length of your dress, yet I beg your pardon for not having been more cautious.” “You shall not stir, Sir. That you are obliged to go on duty is nothing to us. My wife is right; the dress must be made good.” The officer's face grew pale. “You force me to break thro ugh the rules of the service, and 1 shall receive punishment." “Pay the two hundred rubles and you are free.” 1 i:e quickly cliar.gingcolor in the young man’s face betrayed how inwardly disturbed ho wa- : but stepping close updo them botli, he said, with apparent self-command, “You will renounce your claim when I tell you that lam a—a—poor man, who has nothing to live on but his officer's pay, and the amount of that pay hardly reaches the sum of two hun dred rubles in the whole year. I can, therefore, mike no amends for the misfortune, except by again begging your pardon.” “Oh! anybody could say all that; but we’ll see if it’s true; we’ll find out if you have noth, ing but vour pay. 1 declare myscif not satisfied with your excuses, and t (l-.-rs.und my uione persisted the lady, in the hard voice of a thor oughly unfeeling woman. “That is true —you are right,” the husband added, dutifully supporting her. “By good luck we have the open court now in session. Go with us before the judge and lie will decide the matter.” All further protestation on the officer’s part that lie was poor, that he was expected on duty, and so forth, did not help matters. Out of re spect for his uniform, and to avoid an open scene, he had to go with them to the court-room, wh to the gallery was densely packed with a crowd of people. After waiting sometime, the lady had leave to bring her complaint. “What have you to answer to this complaint?” Said the judge, turning to tho officer, who seern od embarrassed and halt in despair. “On the whole, very little. As tho lateness of the hour, and being required on duty, com pelled me to hurry, I did not notice thu lady’s train, which was dragging on the gr Kind. I caught one ot my spurs in it, and had the mis fortune to tear the dress. Madame would not receive my excuses, but perhaps now she might find herself more disposed to forgiveness, when I again declare, so help me God, that 1 commit ted this awkward blunder without any mischiev ous intention, and I earnestly beg that she will pardon me.” A murmur ran through the gallery, evidently from the people taking sides with the defendant, and against long trains it. general and the lady in particular. The judge called to order, and asked, “Are you satisfied with the defendant’s explanation?” “Not at all satisfied. I demand two hundred rubles in payment for my torn dress.” “Defendant, will you pay this sum?” “I would have paid it long before this had I been in a position to do so. Unfortunately I am poor. My pay as an officer is all 1 have to live on.” “You hear, complainant, that the defendant is not able to pay the sum you demand of him. Do you still wish the complaint to stand?” An unbroken stillness reigned throughout the hall, and the young officer’s breath could be heard coming hard. “I wish it to stand. The law shall give me my rights.” There ran through the rows of people a mur mur of indignation that sounded like a rushing of water. “Consider, complainant, the consequences of your demand, The defendant can be punished only through being deprived of his personal liberty,'and by that you could obtain no satisfac tion, while to the defendant it might prove the greatest injury in his rank and position as an officer, and especially as he is an officer who is poor and dependent upon bis pay. Do you still insist upon your complaint?” “I still insist upon it ” The course the affair was takiug seemed to have become painful to the lady’s husband. He spoke with his wife urgently, but, as could be seen by the wav she held up her head and the energy with which she shook it. quite uselessly. The judge was just going on too lurther consid eration of the case, when a loud voice was heard from the audience: “I will place the two hundred rubles at the service of the defendant " There followed a silence, during which a gen tleman forced his way through the crowd and placed himself by the young officer’s side. “Sir, I am the Prince W , an and beg you will oblige me by accepting the loan of the two hundred rubles in question.” “Prince, I am not worthy of your kindness, for 1 uon’t know if I shall ever be able to pay the loan,” answered the young man, in a voice tremulous with emotion “Take the money, at all events. T can wait until you are able to return it.” Thereupon the prince held out two notes of a hundred rubles each and coming close up to him whispered a tew words very softly'. There was a sudden lighting up of the officer’s face. He immediately took the two notes, and, turning toward the lady, handed them to her with a polite bow. “1 hope, madame, you are satisfied.” With a malicious smile she reached out her hand for the money. “Yes; now I am satisfied.” With a scornful glance over the crowd of spectators, she prepared to leave the court-room on her husband's arm. “Stop, madame,” said the officer, who had ESTABLISHED 1059. ELBEBTO-Y, GA,, OCT’R 18,1876. suddenly become like another man, with a firm and confident manner “What do you want?” The look that the young woman cast upon him was as insulting as possible. ‘•I want my dress.” he answered, with a slight but still perfectly polite bow. “Give me your address, and I will send it to you.” “Oh r.o, my dear madame, I am iu the habit of taking my purchases with me at once. Favor me with the dress immediately.” A shout of approbation came from the gallery. “Order 1” cried the judge. “What an insane demand!” said the lady's husband. “My wife cannot undress he i. elf here.” “I have nothing to do with you, Sir, in this matter, but only with the complainant. Be so good, madame, as to give me the dress immedi ately, 1 am in a great hurry: my affairs are ur gent.. and 1 cannot wait, a moment longer.” The pleasure of the audience at- the expense of the lady increased with every word, until it was hard to enforce any approach to nui.-t, so that either party could be heard. “Do nut jest anymore about it. I will hurry, and send you the dress us soon as possible,” ••I am not jesting. I demand from the repre sentative of the law my own property —that dress,” said the officer, raising his voice. The judge thus appea’cd to. decided promptly. “The officer is right.him da me. You re obliged to hand him over the dress on the spot.” “I can’t undress myself here before all these neople, and go home without any dress on,” said the young woman with anger and tears. * You should have thought of that sooner. Now you have no time to lose. Either give up the dress of your own accord, or—” A nod that could not be misinterpreted brought to the lady’s side two officers of justice, who seemed about to take upon themselves the office of my lady’s maid. “Take your money back, and leave me my dress.” “Oh no, ntadame; that dress is now worth more than two hundred rubles to me.” “How much do you n-k for it?” “Two thousand rubles,” said the officer, firm ly. “1 will pay the sum,” the weeping lady’s hus band responded, promptly. “1 •have here five hundred rubles. Give me pen and paper and I will write an ordei upon my banker lor the re maining fifteen hundred.” After he had written the draft the worthy pair withdrew, amidst hisses from the audience Query: I>i ! the lady ever again let her train sweep the street? For The Gazette.] MORE POISONING IN ELBERT. In time of such a depressed price of cotton, would it not be better for people to come to some determination as toßhe proportion of their crops for next year? Cotton is 81 or 9 cents a ■ pound? Since people have commenced raising cotton to purchase provisions, everything has been in a retrograde movement. Corn cribs are lean, or entirely empty ; smokehouses are de serted by bacon ; cows are not worth half what th ywere—lhe milk comes scanty—and it is meager when it does come. Even poultry are more subject to faraincand disease than fortneily. Horses and mules, not, laing well fed, are una ble to do ordinary or satisfactory work. Every thing that eats suffers from this disease—ill timed and rash husbandry. Now is there a remedy ? Of course there is one—an effectual on;:—star ing us in the lace year after year, and beseech ing us to accept of it. People have beeu in the habit of planting cotton on their best land, and taking-the poor est land io raise corn on. They plant at least twice as much cotton as they should. They care for the cotton and let the corn go. Now, the remedy : Get as much guano as in eo nvenient, and plant enough cotton to pay the guano debt, and plant largely in corn, putting guano under every hill of it. Take pains with the coni, and and see that it is cared for. Keep no more stock than is necessary—and a fool’s wool for it, there will be a mighty reformation in a year There is a vast amount of talent iu Elbert cour.ty, and, gentlemen, let us hear from you in The Gazette! on the subject. Do net lay the paper down and forget it ; but get your writing materials and give us a good long article on it. Gentlemen, this is a needy time, and a praise worthy cause, and please, for the lovejof plenty, posterity, peace end prosperity, give us your ideas-—your mature, sober, well-digested, honest thoughts on the matter, and see if there can not be a “mighty shaking among the dry bones.” Stinchcomb. PRESENCE 0E MIND. Prof. Wilder gives those short rules for action in case of accident: For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing ; dash water into them ; remove cinders, etc., with round point of a lead pencil. Remove insects from the ear by tepid water; never put a hard instrument into the ear: If any artery is cut compress above the wound ; if a vein is cut compress below. If choked get upon all fours and cough. For light burns dip the part in cold wa ter ; if the skin is destroyed, varnish. Smother a fire with carpets, etc. ; water will often spread burning oil | and increase the danger. Before passing ; through smoke, take a full breath, and then stoop low, but if carbon is suspect ed, then walk erect- Suck poisonous wounds, unless your mouth is sore. En large the wound, or, better, cut the part out without delay. Hold the wounded part as long as can bo borne to a hot coal, or end of a cigar. In case of poison ing, excite vomiting by tickling the throat, or by water or mustard. For acid poisons give acids ; in case of opium poisoning give strong coffee and keep moving. If in water, float on the back with the nose and mouth projecting. For apoplexy, raise the head and body ; for fainting lay the person flat. About the middle of August a curious phenomenon occurred in the western portion of Aroostook, Maine. A literal shower of ice fell m the town of Sher man, The larger pieces were oblong, with sharp corners; one measured two and a half inches long, tivo wide, and one and a half thick. MODEST LOVE. An Elbert girl received a letter from her lover the other day, with the follow ing clipping, which he said express; .1 his sentiments for her exactly, and while he was too bashful to memorize it and tell it to her in person, he would com promise the matter l y the utilization of pen, ink and paper. How wo came by the letter is immaterial, though wo pub lish it for the benefit of similarly situa ted young men: ‘‘When I first beheld your angelic per factions I was bewildered, and my brain whirled round like a bumble-bee under a glass tumbler. My eyes stood open like cellar doors in a country town, and I lifted up my ears to catch the silvery accents of your voice. My tongue re fused to wag, in silent adoration I drank in the sweet infection of love as a thirsty maff swalloweth a tumbler of hot whisky punch. Since the light of your face fell upon my. life, I sometimes feel as if I could lilt myself up by my boot-straps to the top of the church steeple, and pull the bell-rope for singing . ;hool, Day and night you are in my mind. V hen aurora, blushing like a bride, ris es from her saffron colored couch : when the jay-bird pipes his timely lay in the apple tree by the spring house ; when the chanticleer’s shrill clarion heralds the coming morn ; when the awaking pig ariseth from his bed and grnntetli, and goeth for his morning’s refreshments; when the drowsy beetle wheels to wak ing flight at sultry noontide; and when the lowing herd come home at milking time, I think of thee, and like a piece of gum elastic, my heart seems stretched clear across my bosom. Your hair is like the mane of a sorrel horse powdered with gold; and the brass pins showered through your wa terfall fill me with unbounded awe.— Your forehead is smoother than the el bow of an old coat; your eyes are giori- ous to behold. In tho liquid depths I see legions of little Cupids bathing like a cohort of ants in an old army cracker. When their fire hit me upon my manly breast, it penetrated my whole anatomy, as a load of bird shot through a rotten apple. Your nose is from a chunk of marble, and your mouth Is m. vour"U'pSTtflce honey on a- bear’s paw ; and myriads of unfledged kisses are there ready to fly out and light somewhere, like blue birds out of their parent’s nest. Your laugh rings in my ear like Ihe wind-harp's strain, or the bleat of a stray lamb on a bleak hillside. The dimples on your checks are like bowers on beds of roses, hollows in cakes of homemade sugar. I am dying to fly to thy presence, and pour out the burning eloquence of my love, as a thrifty housekeeper pours out hot coffee. Away from you I am as melancholy as a sick rat. My love for you it stronger than tho smell of Coffey’s pattent butter, or the kick of a young cow, and more unselfish than a kitten’s first caterwaul. Asa song-bird hankers for the light of day, the cautious mouse for the fresh bacon in the trap, as a mean pup hankers after new milk, so I long for thee. You are fairer than a speckled pullet, sweeter than a yankce doughnut fried in sorghum molasses, brighter than a top knot plumage on a innscovy duck. You are candy, hisses, raisins, pound cake and sweetened toddy altogether. If these remarks will enable you to see the inside of my soul, and me to win your affection, I shall be as happy as a woodpecker on a cherry tree, or a stage Dorse in a green pasture. If you can not reciprocate my thrilling passion, I will pine away like a poisoned bed bug, and fall away from a flourishing vine of life, and untimely branch ; and in the coming years, when the shadows grow from the hills, and the philosophical frog sings his cheerful evening hymns, you, happy in another’s love, can come and drop a tear, and catch a cold upon the last resting place of ” The following incident is mentioned in an exchange in proof that the yellow fever is not contagious in the sense in which small pox or scarlet fever is, and that, unless a place is in a condition fa vorable to spread the disease, there is no special danger that the presence of a patient who has contracted the fever elsewhere would cause a well person in contact with him to take it: “About twenty v ears ago the yellow fever deso lated Norfolk, Virginia. For a time the | alarm in the country round about was very great, and every village and neigh borhood instituted a sort of quarantine, , which shut the poor Norfolk people closely in their stricken city. Henry A. Wise alone of a’l the people in the neighborhood retained at once his cour ago and humanity. Seeing how sore j the need was of a refuge without tiro ! walls of the city, he invited the suffer ! ers, sick and well, to come to his planta tion in Accomac County, just across the I strait from the city ; and defying tho i threatened violence of a frightened mob, ihe brought them there in considerable numbers, and not a particle of harm came of it: not a single person who had been exposed to the infected air of the j citv took the disease.” if this fact is j correctly reported, then there is some thing in it deserving tho careful investi gation of thoughtful physicians. They are now making blankets of brown paper for bed covering in En gland. Vol. YD -INTo. 25. TEE CUNARD SERVICE. They are a steady going, conservative lot, the old Cunardeis, and never do their business with a flourish or spasm—neith er the owners nor the officers. The line, I which includes over fifty large steamers, remains exclusively in the hands of the . firm that started it. There is no stock jobbing or patronage about it The men employed are selected for their worth, and not at the instigation of any med dlesome direetoi. The chief considera tion in building t-ie'ships is strength and the second consideration is speed ; but strength is never sacrificed to speed or appearances. The manager in Liverpool is Mr. Charles Maclver, one of the found ; ers—whose son is one of the members of Parliament for the town—a straight, shrewd, practical man, with a personal ' knowledge of nearly all his officers, and a still more intimate knowledge of bis | ships. He exacts the strictest attention !to duty, and never pardons an error iu ! this direction. He often drives down to the docks and inspects the steamers in ; port from the stoke-hole to the wheel in use. The hour of his coming is never known, and if any man is found away from his post that man might as well re sign. An officer (Mr. G —) died in Liverpool recently, who had for nine teen years held tho same position in tho service, while others bad been promoted over his head. He was a sober man, au expert need sailor, and a skillful naviga tor. Many wondered why he never rose, and some tell this anecdote in explanation. One night old Mr. Maclver drove down to the Huskisson Dock, and ask 1. on one of tho ste imers, for tho officer in charge. The watchman stated that he had gone on shore, but would be back in an hour or two. “Who is it ?” asked Mr. Maclver. “Mr. G , sir.” “Very well; when Mr. G comes on board, tel! him to take my carriage and drive to my house.” When Mr. G reached the house he found Mr. Maclver seated in his library. ‘■You were absent from your post to-night, sir ; I wanted to see you, sir ; that’s all.” And Mr. G was bowed out by the implacable old Scotchman, in whose eyes a neglect of duty was the promoted to a more responsible posi tion. On another occasion, Mr. Maclver was on board one of the steamers as she was passing from the river into dock, and stood watching some sailors hauling a rope under the direction of a mate in uni form, who was helping them with a will. Mr. Maclver was secretly pleased with his zeal, but touching him on the should er, said with affected severity— ‘‘We do not engage you for that kind of service, sir!” The mate relinquished the rope at once, expecting a further r< proc-f ; but during the next week ho was promoted from the third to the second rank. [Appleton’s Journal. IMAGINATION AND DISEASE. The influence of the imagination in the simulation of disease has often been proved. It was in France, I believe, that an experiment was made with a soldier who, being condemned to die for some infraction of milit .ry discipline, was handed over to the scientists as a living subject. He was placed in a hospital, and told that all around him were pa tients suffering from small pox. Although this was not true, tne man was taken violently sick and displayed every symp tom of the disease. Instances tending to establish this remarkable domination of the mental faculties over the body are not rare, and a story is going the v und of the newspapers which may be cited in this connection : A young man in Indianapolis went into a drug store and asked for fifty cents’ worth of strychnine. Tho drug gist gave him a harmless powder, and he swallowed it- He then explained that his affections had been blighted, and he had taken the poison to get even. The druggist told him that there was net fif teen minutes' life in him, and that lie was beginning to fade about the eyes already. The youth sank to the floor, and the sweat streamed from” his brow. He was becoming very sick, mentally and bodily, and appeared to be dying. The medicine-man became alarmed at the effect of the dose, and examined the jar from which lie had taken the powder. It was “sugar of milk,” sure enough— perfectly harmless, and yet it was pro ducing spasms. ’As a last resort the young man was informed that he had taken no poison, but instead a very harmless powder, a bushel of which would not kill. The information put a stop to the dying business ; he revived, got up and walked out of the store dis gusted, promising, however, to give the coroner an early job. It was the opinion of all the bystanders that the mere im agination of the poision in his system was really killing the youth. A witness for the prosecution in a murder case was thus questioned by bis Honor: “You say you saw the man shot at and | killed?” “Yes, sir.” “You said, I think, that the charge struck tho deceased, on his body, be tween tho diaphragm and tho duede num ?’’ “Witness —“No, sir, I didn’t say no sich thing. I said he vvas shot be tween tho hogpen and the wood house.” MARK TWAIN AS A REPORTER. I reported on a morning newspaper three years, and it was pretty hard work. But I enjoyed its attractions. Report ing is tho best school in tho world to i get a knowledge of human beings, hu man nature and human ways. A nice, ; gentlemanly reporter—l make no refer I ences—is well treated by everybody. ; Just think of the wide range of his ac quaintanceship, his experience of life I arul society. No other occupation brings a man into such familiar social relations with all grades and classes of people. The last thing at night—midnight—-lie goes browsing around after items among | the police and jail-birds in tho lock-up, questioning the prisoners, and making pleasant and lasting friendships among ■ some of the worst people in tho world. And the very next evening he gots him self up regardless of expense, puts on all the good clothes his friends have got, i goes and takes dinner with the Govern or or the Commander-in Chief of tho District, tho United .States Senator, and I some more of the upper crust of society. He is on good terms with all of thfm, and is present at every gathering, and has easy access to every variety of peo ple. Why, I breakfasted almost every morning with the Governor, dined with the principal clergyman, and slept iu the station house. A reporter has to lio a little, of course, or they would discharge him. That is why I left it. 1 am different from Wash ington; I have a higher and a grande? standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won’t. Reporting is fascinating, but then it is so distressing to have to lio so. Lying is bad—lying is very bad. Every in dividual knows that by experience. I think that for a man to ’tell a lie, when ho cannot make anything by it, it is wrong. A WONDERFUL OPERATION. A child was born in a well to-do fatni ly, in Queen Ann county, Md., with tho most remarkable deformity wo ever heard of, having no nose nor upper lip, with a part of tho upper jaw, containing six rudimentary teeth, turned up and solid to the forehead bone where it should join to tho nose. The throat was so exposed that all the motions of swallowing and the wind pipe could be easily seen. The most astonishing part is to be told, that tho child recovered from tho operation and tho deformity was removed. The operation was horrifying in ap pearance to those who assembled to wit ness it. As the surgeon, Dr Charles Green, of Philadelphia, was cutting tho upper jawbone from the forehead, tho grating noise produced was too much for their sensitive nerves to boar, so ono by one they left the room TUtiCUiCgM lady, deserving of much praise for her generous and heroic conduct. The child had been bandaged to a board bo fore the operation began, and her firm ness enabled the surgeon to complete what he otherwise would have given up. She seized the board to which the child was fastened, and, closing her eyes, held out to the last. The operation consisted in taking out a portion of tho upper jaw and six teeth; the nose was made by taking flesh from tho forehead, and tho upper lip was formed by taking flesh from each cheek. The operation was done at ten o’clock on a Monday, and the dressing was re moved on the Saturday following, when it was found that the new nose, lip, Ac., were perfectly united. The child now presents as pretty a little face as any one would wish to see, the whole cx pres si on being changed, as it were, by magic, the children no longer running away from it, but showing particular fondness for its company. A WOMAN PAILS TO LEAVE HER CHILD WITH THE CONDUCTOR. One evening in tho early part of tho week, when train twelve arrived at Hor nellsville, a woman who had been sitting in the smoking car made inquiries, mani festing considerable anxiety in doing so, about the ears which went to Philadel phia. Someone who know, directed her to the cars at rear of the train, where the Lehigh coaches are. She took all her baggage except small baby, who soon began to inform the inmates of the car that he was there. He had a fmo pair of lungs, and what might be called a traveling voice. Millard was the con ductor, and when he made his appear ance he asked about the matter, but didn’t seem much worried or annoyed; in fact, it is not an easy matter for him to be disturbed. He, however, for tho moment, provided for the littlo chap by giving him to a woman in the next car, who had a baby of her own of about tho same age as the left one. Millard then went on with his business through tho train, and coming to tho rear coaches, observed a young woman who seemed to be uneasy, looking out of the window and moving about restlessly. Ho ac eosted her with the exclamation: “Here, didn’t you leave your baby in the for ward car ?” “I’m caught,” was all tho answer ho got. and presently tho baby was in its mother’s keeping. She was a nice looking woman, and on her way to Philadelphia in search of employment. When the train arrived here sho was watched pretty closely, and it was cer tain that when she left sho had her in cumbrance with her. She couldn t got rid of it. It seems that occurrences of this kind are not infrequent on our rail roads, but a woman can hardly have any of the feelings of a mother who will un dertake such things < * [Elmira Advertisor. Horace Greeley used to tell this story: He once sent a claim for collection to a Western lawyer and, regarding it as rather a desperate claim, told tho attor ney if he collected it ho might reservo half the amount for a fee. In duo timo Mr. Greeley received the following la conic epistle : “Dear Sir : I have suc ceeded in collecting my half of that claim. Tho balance is hopeless.”