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Vol. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1870. No. 48. W )l) r i'EN r & UOBER rs, Ltssee Kdilflii & Proprietors. ^ jj. o&si® teriiis Editor per aaaiim, in Adraate. —Persqu )irt ' ofteulines, each J nd other* forall j,j jJterchants rer#^ 5 - t,rBUty ' ti,eperCent ‘ 0ff ‘ A.D VtRTISnlfi insertion’ $ ^ u a u ii t s legal xdVERTIsiiio. tjitstioustor 1 ett-ors°t ad- mriJianship .Ac $ Ordtntfi * mi !Utr*^on H,ui' ! it«* lJ i “ ijrlotteI . 90 f ( jiiui’n fromadm’a A v ‘ “ V ' : ’ t' ,r letters of dicin’n of guard’ll V U n f r i-ave to sell Land iojlu-.a- 1 ' . Creditors 3 00 2 00 5 00 3 50 5 00 3 00 5 00 1 50 2 50 5 00 5 00 .n,'u;*9 of .azetie-iO- ‘ Nsiicef): given ini'* 1 i .o b n .b'urs *i'd Creditors \ r „ f r square of ten lines 7 r ‘!mai. sq., ten da )’ 9 '" v „• |,.vv of Crit line*, or less.. ,', s 0 f b n lines or lest e ’ , files, p 'f sq. (2 months) -Vroeiosura of mortgage and oth- ■ Shiv's, p-r sq l ‘» re 1 00 ntiz.es.thirty days Z 00 Hsspedt. H !SO*T7ti»na br lioeieliee, .tr,.,etce'viing tix .'is'#, to be charged .i-nt advertising. , ,f L.v>d, by A.J minis hrat ore, Execu- " ■ -Vdisns. are required by law,to be held ■ ' • uesdiy in the month, between the r»-r. in tha forenoon and three in the af- ' Y-iie Court-house in the county in which party is situated. ‘I of these sales must be given in a public ys previous to the day of suie. • he sale of p ;r«oual property must be ir.nner iO days previous to sale day. iebtors and creditors of an estate CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ■PfO OHAUQB OF (JAM 1.. TWiiurr savanjfah, Av OUST A AMD acOMfOOK- BAF, ALABAMA. TRA.NSPORTATION OFFICE, CET. R. R. } Savannah, August 14, 1863. J /"\N AND At 1ER SUNDAY, 16th inst., Pas W sengerTraius ou the Georgia Central R. R will run as follows : UP DAY TRAIN. ARKITB. Lim Savannah 8 : oo A M M *co» 5-38 p w Augusta p w MiHedgeville 8:58 P M Eatonton 1J.00 P Id Connecting with trains that leaves Augusta 8;45 A 14 DOWN DAY TRAIN. Macon .7:00 Savannah 5:30 P Augusta. 5:38 P Connecting with train that leaves Augusta 8:45 A UP NIGHT TRAIN- Savannah.. 7:20 P M Macon Augusta Connecting with trains that leaves Augusta 9:33 L. J. RUiLMAKTIK. JOUI FL AUMBRY. L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO. Cotton Factors, AMD General Commission Merchants^ Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia- AGENTS FOR BRADLEY’S SUPER PHOSPHATE OF tia a »a ca. Jewell’s Mills Yarns and Domestics, Ae., Ac BAGGING, ROPE, and IRON TIES, ALWAYS ON HAND. Usual Facilitie* Extended to Customer*. August 30, 1870. 35 6m. <1:55 A 8:13 A Soli Cite applies ' Ordinar) , 1 for two i.'tsn dianship mission iro ;or 40 day3. ion will he made to th© avoto sell laud, must be mout Ire. tiers of Administration, Guar-, &,c ,,must be published 30days— for dis- j Vi-rtinisTHtion, monthly sij.months , r u ....issiontrom guardianship, 40 days. * r R a \ a '“ tor foreclosure of Mortgages must be J ,V' i „ ontkly f>r four months—for establish- p*uii3te -_ers for tht full space of three months— -i-!!iag tit from Executors or Adminis- Where 8 In ml has been given by the de- rit ° t the full space of three month,. Charge, " ten lines for each insertion. cea^t. , si 00 persquareo. . will always be continued accord . legal requirements, unless oth Pul cation* P M DOWN NIGHT TRAIN. Macon 6:25 P M Savannah.. 5:10 A ! Augusta 9:13 A 1 MiHedgeville 4:30 P M Eatonton......... 2:40 P M Connecting with train that leaves Augusta — A M. Trains from Savannah and Augusta, a P M Train from Macon connect with Milledg ville Train-si Gordon daily, Sundays excepted. P M. Train from Savannah connects with thra mail train on South Carolina Railroad, and P. M train from Savannah and Augusta with trains on South-Western and Muscogee Railroads. WM ROGERS, Act’g Master of Transportation. February I, 1870 ' ‘ • . ■ • ' 5 tf 9:53 P M CHANGE of schedule. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT b OFIILL, ^ ATLANTIC & Gulf, r. r. company, [- Savannah, January 7, ln/0. 1 nS AND AFTER SUNDAY, the ‘Jth instant, U 1>Monger Trains on this Road will run as ' NIGHT EPXPRESS TRAIN. Ij6av, Savannah every day at-- ^ ^ Amve at Jesup junction. m &B^ 73o Arrive at Live Oak every day ^.20 A M Arrive at Jacksonville every day 7.02 A ^.1 Arrive at Tallahassee every day 7.07 A M Arrive st Q iincv every day d l ° A M Arrive at Bainbridge Mondays ex- * eppted 6.1a A M Leave H,inbridge, Sundays excepted.9 30 P M Leavegaincy every day- ZfvM Leave Tallahassee every day « %> ^ ^ Leave Jackionville every day “'"’J A ^ Leave Live Oak every day Lrave Jesup every day... In-nf M Arrive at Savannah every day iU.oU A MACON Si BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leave Savannah, Sundays except- 2 10 P M Arrive at Jesups Sundays except- (.q ... T 5 00 P JM Arrive at Brunswick daily at 8.20 P M Leave Macon daily at 6.30 A M Leave Jesup daily at P M Arrive »t Savannah daily at -—9.30 P M On Sunday this Train will leave Savannah at 7 15 A. M., connecting with Trains for Macon & Brunswick, and connecting with trains from Ma con *nd Brunswick will arrive at Savannah at 9.30 P M. DAY TRAIN. Leave .Savannah. Sundays except ed at 7.15 A Arrive at Jesups, Sundays exeept- ed at.... .....10 45 A M Arrive at Live Oak, Sundays ex- erpted a; Arrive at ilaeon duly at L^avo Live Oak, Sundays except- ;®S. NOTICE* M 7.00 P M 7.50 P M Atlantic * Gulf Railroad Co., i Savannah, December 15, 1869. J O N AND AFTER THIS DATE, JBY AGREE MEN T, tiie rate of Freight between Saran- uan and Macon, by the Atlantic and Gulf and Ma eon and Brunswick Railroad*, will be as follows : First class per pound ........$2 30 Second class per 100 pounds...... ........ 1 40 Third class per 100 pounds ........... 1 Oil Fourth class per 100 pound* ...... 60 Fifth class per 100 pound# ............ 70 Sixth class per 100 pwand* .... .. 50 Seventh class per 100 pounds 45 Eighth class per 100 pounds 35 Ninth class per 100 pounds..... 30 Cotton per 100 pounds 50 Salt per sack 30 Guano per 100 pound*.. ...... .... 15 Freight received for all Stations ou Macon and Western Xl-ulroad, Atlanta and point* beyond. H. S. HAINES, General Superintendent. February 1, 1879 5 tf Schedule of the Georgia Railroad. | i, ’69. ) SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, Gkokgia Railroad Compart, Augusta, Gh., December 23, aun lays except- l-iVAiiuah .Sundays ex- sT.gers for Macon take ‘ snah. leaving daily. G.OO A M 2.10 P M 5.35 P M 5 A M train O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 26th inat.. the Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad will run as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at — ... .... .... .7.00 A M. “ Atlanta at —5.00 AM. Arrive at August at .-3.45 PM. “ at Atlanta ...........5.30 P M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at — ... — 10.00 P M. •* Atlanta at—.........-...5.45 P M. Arrive at Augusta 3.45 A M. ‘ Atlanta .8.00 A. M. S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent. January, 18 1870 3 H < v e -»rs j-Yinn; livrirk take 2 10 P M. train ’.. and iri'.h tr* ’ M. from B rannah M connectj and West- 1 :i*h, arriv- nr; unswick connect at Jesup with arriving &t 5 35 P M except 111 it arrives at 0 3(J LL M at Jesup rxin for Savannah, arriving at on with Train Lor Atlanta, leav-1 'TH GEORGIA A FLORIDA R. R. TR Tuesdays JM. i nomasv »rda_ys at 1 at P-lham, Tnesdav Thursdays and j 1 8.00 A M ! Thursdays and Sat- { * ..9.55 A M j • ism, Tuesdays, Thursdays and S»tur -. ■ 3 45 P M : i nomasriile, Tuesdays, Thursdays and j Lvs at 6.00 P M j 11. S. HAINES, General Superintendent. *ry 1 1870 3 tf fu CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ri{ Wi5T*iis Rulroad CoMrasT, GSce, Macon, Ga , Jan. 15tb, 1870. v-ttlti day Passenger arid M.01I Ftuvi. J o Te^ve Macon... . . 8.00 A.M. ;- rr ' T * at Eufaula 5.30 P.M. Kauai* 7.20 A. M. Macon 4.50 P. M . ■ ■ reiglu Accommodation Train. Jr 8 ”* Macon 8:25 P M / nr \ v Eiif»„i* |!:00 A M i V* Eufaula 7:18 PM 4rnv *« Macon 9:10 A M Col imhus Mail Train. Macon 7:25 A M ;. 'V ! Col “mbns 1.22 A M A;r - Loiumbn* 12:25 P M * s ’ Macon 6:05 P M llir ioui Sight Freight if Ac'om'n Tra in •v'r! Macon - 7:40 P M W, p ^''‘mhns 5:’*5 A M Arriv. , )1 :‘ mb « s 7:0() P M „ v , ‘ -’lacon 4:13 A M ^ r 'in ’ connects at Rmithville with *»< L,* r *' n ' 'nd Arrive at Albany at 3:11 P M 9:35 A. M—Regular Mail 31314 Tati on Train connects three times a ', Vne «Train,” connects at Cutbbert. F|)r t ^t 7:05 A M and Arrive at A*,.,' ***<« P M. a week, '•H'ihi 1 ’ 1 lfi ’ n Train connects twice Thursdays. w * BRANTLY, And i tr 1, i«t# Schedule Macon & Brunswick R. R Jaruarv, 7th, 1870 I > EGULAK THRO’ PASSENGER TRAINS 1.C will commence running ou tliis Road on Sunday, the Oth inst., as follows : Le^Tc Mr.cor, at „ H’ Arrive at Brunswick at | ( J ~ ( ^ JJ- Arrive at Savannah at 10 00 P M. Leave Brunswick £-30 A- A*. Arrive at Macon 0.15 A. M. TRAINS TO HAWKINBV'ILLE. t . n 3.00 PM. J_v£riYfc -1 evd • /» «>A A il Arrive at Hawrkinsville 6.30 A M. J.eave Hawkinsvilie -J 0t ,! 4 Arrive*t Macon A M. This train runs daily Sundays excepted. RETURNING : Leave Brunswick at 8.00 A M. Leave Savannah at ' Arrive at Macon at 7.50 P M. Trains make direct connections at Jesap, both ways, with trains for Bainbridge. Ihomair thc crossing of the Atlantic and Gulf Road, vilie, r.nil all points on that Road, as well,as with those for Jacksonville. Tallahassee, and all sta tions on the Florida Roads. Fare to Savannah and Brunswick.... | 8 00 Fare to Jacksonville :• ” Fare to Tallahassee UU F are to Bainbridge ; 1^00 Fare to New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, by steamers *7 00 Under recent arrangements made, with the At lantic A Gulf Road, freights to and from Savan linh and New York have increased dispatch. The Southern Express Company will operate on this line to Brunswick, points in Southern Geor gia and in Florida, commencing on Monday, the 10th instant. R0 BERT SCHMIDT. Master transportation. 3 tf SPECIALITIES. JULE8 JURGEN8EN, JULES EliERT, BD- WARD PERREGAUX. and the Large* Stock of DIAMONDS in th# State of Georgia. GEO. SHARP, Jr., LIVE JEWELER, DEALER IN Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, Emeral*, Fine Wateh- e». all Gold Jewelry, Sterling Silver Ware, Fancy Goods, Gold, Sil ver and Steel Spectacle*, And every other article usually kept in • first- class Jewelry Store. Watches aid Jewelry Carefully Impaired and Wanuted. WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA. Sept. 13, 1870, 37 3m jWfgcellatMttiff* RUTH AND HER LOVER- BY HANNAH HOPPES. “What is it Ruthie ? Are you angiy January 18, 1870 T. W. WHITE, jltl.aTrie^-at-gaiv., MlLLEDGE VILLE, GA., Will practice in this and the adjoining ceunti**. CF* Applications for Homestead Exemptions under the new law, and other business before the Court of Ordinary, wiii receive proper attention. October 13. 1868 ^1 tf W ANTED.—A Northern man—friendly to the South, and a believer in the old Jefferso nian idea of government—a College graduate, de sires a situation as Teacher in some Southern State. Satisfactory references furnished if desired. Address, stating terms, “CLASSICS. Publishers’ Box No. 7, DaTTOH, Ohio or Recorder Office. October It, latt 4S tf MARK W. JOHNSON’S ^g-rlcuilt-u.ra.1 Store- Next to Bradfield’s Drug Store. Broad Street, - • - * Allaata, Gi. F IVE Barrels Onion 8ets, Barley, Oats, Rye, Wheat and Grass Seeds, Red White, and Crimson Clover, and Lucerne Norway Oats, Tur nip Seeds. Flower Seed, 100 Tons Guano for Wheat. The best Grain Drill, Keller’s Patent, Dixie Cotton Press, Griswold Gin Ingham or Cal ifornia Smutter. Agricultural Implements, En gines. Ac. Send for price list. Agent for Har den A Cole’s Nurseries, Cahoon’s Seed 8ower* and Horseford’s Bread Preparation. Oct. 4 1879 40 3m Planters’ Warehouse, 1ST o. 2 ‘Warren Bloolc AUGUSTA, GA. THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully tender their thanks to the many Planters and Friends who supported them during the past season in the WAREHOUSE and COMMISSION BUSINESS, and again offer our services to the PUBLIC for patronage at per cent. Commissions for selling cotton—the same price charged last season—and hope by strict pergonal attention to business and instructions to merit a liberal support. CA8H advances made on Cotton in store, and order*, for B \GGING. TIES. dtc.. and FAMILY SUP PLIES carefully filled and selected by one of our firm in person. W. H. HOWARD A 80N. Sept. 20 1870, 38 3m. M. P. STOVALL, Cotton 'Warehouse AND General Commission Merchant. Jaekion St-. Avfnata. fta. ONTINUES to give hie personal attention to the STORAGE and SALE of COTTON and OTHER PRODUCE. Orders fur PLANTATION and FAMILY SUP PLIES carefully filled. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE on Consignments when desired. MiHedgeville, Oct. 4. 1870 40 3m. c WILBERF0RCE DANIEL, COTTON FACTOR, AGENT. Cotton'Food C3-Txa.nO, If o. 3 WAJL&BZf SLOCK, Opposite Globe Hotel- Augusta, Ga. Ail business entrusted to him will litre strict personal attention. Orders for Bagging, Ties or Rope and Family Supplies promptly filled. COMMISSION Ji PER CENT. BEFERMCES. Judge John P, King, Pres’t Ga. Railroad, Wm. . Jackson. Pres’t National Bank of Augusta and August* Factory; J. T. Gardiner. Esq., Pre*‘t Dickson Fertilizer Company: H. F. Russell, Esq , ex-Mayor City of Augusta; Antoine Punl lain. Esq , Director Ga. R. K- Augusta ; Col. L. M. Hill, Director Ga. R. R., Wilkes County. Sept. 20 1870. that you will not kisa me good-night ? Henry Harland stood at the thresh old of a fine : old mansion and looked into the black eyes of Ruth Ward, to whom he wrs engaged to be married, who *to»d a little back in the shadow of the hall and refused to kiss him- good-night. “I cannot kiss you, Henry,” she said, “because you—you have been drinking, and L cannot kiss a man whose breath is contaminated with liq uor.” The young roan dropped his eyes and s oiush stole -up **> hi a'brown cheek, and then . he «*ifered the same excuse that all juen_ offer when first they commence to tamper with strong drink. , “1* that it, Ruthie ?” he said. “I hste only been dunking a gi*** of wine that Mrs. Glsasoa offered me.— You don’t object to that, for you know I don’t drink.” “Henry, my only brother was ruin ed from taking a glass ol wine, and I marie a row, when I saw him in his coffin, that I would never receive the attentions of any young man who wsuld trust himself to drink even wine and feel that he was safe in doing so. In the beginning is the time to speak. The first glass is the one to avoid.— If yos knew what terrible anguish your breath scented with wine calls to my memory, you would understand better my firmness and determination.” “Then you are going to break our engagement because 1 hare drank a glass of wine ?” said Henry, a little disdainfully. “No, Henry, I love you,” said Ruth “and I think you wiii for my sake be abstemious m future, and I wish you would sigu the pledge. You have drunk wine often of late, though I did not fully realize it until to-day, and if you do not abstain from it now, I must refuse your attentionsin future.” “You profess to love me,” said he ; “but you do not, for love would induce you to standby mo and try to keep me from temptation; but, instead, you drive me to destruction.” “Listen to no, Henry,” said Ruth, her eyes glistening, and her voice trembling. “Yoa say I do not love you, because I will not sacrifice ntv happiness and welfare, and that ofoth ers, for you when you will not make the slight sacrifice for me of signing the pledge. Reason is as necessary as love, and bow could I keep you from destruction when you are determin ed not to listen to me, but to go on in the very path which, I am sure, leads to ruin and a drunkards grave.” “\ou are too hafffy, Ruth ; your ex perience with your brother blinds you. Wine doesn’t harm me, and as it is of fered me continually, 1 cannot well refuse it.” “Change your boarding place,” said Ruth ; “Mrs. Gloason is doing more harm than she dreams of in treating her boarders with wine. Go to Mrs An drews to board. She is a strong tem perance woman. If you love me, why will yeu not grant me this request ?” “You know I love you, Ruth, but you ara unreasonable. 1 am in no danger, and can govern my appetite. You talk as though I was very near a drun kard’s grave.” . It was allin vain thatcareful, black- eyed Ruth pleaded with hsr lover, and 'will be good friends once more and I will not drink again.” Had he gone at that moment, con fessed his fault, and pledged himself to abstain thereafter, he might have been saved ; but he listened again to the voice of the tempter, and fell, ami fell, and the drunkard’s seal was up on him. A few months after he had heard Ruth Ward’s farewell, he fled from his native town, determined to change his course and be again a man. A thousand times he had thought o‘ her warning, and a thousand limes resolved to drink no more ; but e\erv time his resolution was broken and at last disgraced anti despised, he fled, no one knew whither but himself. The twenty thousand dollars which were his six months befovs were all gone ; his dress was shabby, his eyes blood-shot, and his form emacia ted. From the car window he louk*tl anxiously at every station, not know ing where or whan to slop. At last he spied in the distance a beautiful village, made up of snowy white cottages, |shaded with huge elms and poplars. It looked se qeiet, anti peaceful, and inviting that when the train stopped at the station he alight ed and gaaed with a wistful hungry look at the shaded streets and quiet homrs. How happy he might have been now, if he had listened to the word* of Ruth Ward. It was the month which had hern appointed for their marriage nd with how mush anticipated hap piness had he looked forward to it.— He was weak, and hungry, and heart sick, and he leaned against a pile of boxes near him and groaned in agony of spirit. A man touched him on the arm. “Look here, stranger,” he said■) “you look faint. Come around the corner, here, and get a glass of whis key.” He started at those words ; his thirst whs maddening, and he was about to follow the man’s directions, when another man, tall, gentlemanly and kind, said, in a low, earnest tone : “Stranger, 1 see that you are un happy ; but whiskey will not help you.” “Help me ?” scrcamad Henry, look ing at the anan wildly ; “it has already been my ruin ; but what can I do ? I am tempted on every side. I have no work, no bomp, no friends.” “I am the friend of just such as you,” said the man, in a soft, fatherly lone. Henry looked up in surprise, and there was a gleam of hope in his face. The kind man drew his arm within his own. “Come with me,” he said, “away from these dens of murder and de struction, and I will give you every iuducement to reform. 1 re^d your history in youi face, and 1 know the whole story from my own experience, for once 1 was a drunkard, and was tempted alike as you are ; but a kind heart cheered me, and a kind hand led tne into a belter path, and it is my greatest desire to help all those who have fallen into temptation.” Henry had indeed found a friend.— He was soon at woik, and had joined a lodge of Good Templars in the vil lage, and his superior education, hi* refined manners, and uncommon abil ity, soon raised him to a high posi tion. Mr. Ives, the gentleman who had befriended him, was a merchant, and black eyes which had inspired him to greeL him. Disappointed, he was about to depart, for the hall was near ly empty, when he felt a touch on hi* arm, and turning, beheld the black eyes full of tears, but the red lips wreathed with a smile. At the threshold of the old mansion that night, he received the good-night kiss, and the promise that the early spring should find them man and wife. 38 3m. 1870. 1870. WILLIAM <fc J. CARAKER, DEALERS IN FUBMITUBE j© S' .&LL 2£X3W®SI SUCH as painted, grained, and Walnnt B E D--R 0 0 M SETS. Will til bills of Pine and Oak Lum ber. All kind, of ROCKING CHAIRS, SITTING CHAIRS. COUNTER STOOLS and DESK STOOLS. SIDE BOARDS and WARD ROBES of any description and best quality fine WAL NUT BOOK CASES—WALNUT or OAK exten giou table—any kind of MARBLE l OF or tabls without marble. BED STEADS of all sis# and kinds always on hand Children’* CRIBS and BEDS, Walnnt and Gum—*!*o, small rocksrsfor Children and Misses—also on hand a lot oi finest TIN SAFES. We are prepared to furnish at all times, sash, blinds, doora of all aise and window shades and fixtures. BURIAL OASES. Wears prepared to furnish at all times, »ny style of burial cases both METALIC and WOOD EN Always on hand the beet style of w*gona r from letoaix horse,and are prepared to renotata old Yarons at abort notice Also, a fine ’a Carriage* which we will sell cheep Buggies *nd Wagons at short notice AlsO, afine ot of Children’ or CA8H. “ _ . . 1 constantly on hand; such a* epokea, iima.M»*. shaft and K and can furnish Buggy and Wagon harness stall times. We will repair all kind* of old furniture and rsbottow cane suet hairs neatly and with dispatch. Milledgeyills July >Bth. IBID. when she mw thal pleading* wer# all in vain, the said, In a voice firm but full of anguish : “Then, dear Henry, farewell ; I cannot break my vow. My brother’s dead face would come to haunt me. I shall pray that you may see the er ror of your ways—farewull.” She was gone, and though Harry Harland called after her, she did not retura. He walked slowly down the steps and along tho gravelled walk.— More and more his leelings softened, and before he had reached his board ing housn he said suftly to himself: “A glass of wine shall not separate me from my darling Ruth. I can much easier dispense with-that than with her love, and I will sign the pledge to mor row, xnd we will he happy again,” He entered the house and was pass ing on to his room, but a young man opened a door and stepping into the hall, said pleasantly: That you, Har- land ? walk in a moment, I want to speak with you.” It is too late.” said Henry, passing on ; but the young man arged, and fi nally grasping his arm, half dragged him into the apartment. “You shell have a taste ef this wine.” he said,“the best you have ever drank; here’s a glass ready for you.” “No, I thank/yon,” said Henry, looking, as he said this, longingly at the wine. “No, Dart, I, don’t wish lor any Yrine «• aigh*- “Well, but tasle ef this *? said Dart “v*u can’t object tolhnt. Taste, and give me your opinion of it. I say it is the best wine that ever was made.” Henry drank, not only the first, but mere and aeere until bis his good re els! ve was forgotten and be daggered to his room. The aext morning he awoke with a Winding hefcdache and a guilty conscience. f* I cannot tee Ruth to-day,” he said “nor •ign the pledge, while last might’s indulgence is so near, but in a few tlavSj when this bee jmesed by, we Henry was employed as clerk in his store. He kept this position but a short time, however, for his abilities weie soon discovered, and the posi- tierioi heed bookkeeper was given him. Months passed on, and he became the handsome, elegant gentleman he was belore the wine cup maddened him, and many a young girl felt the blood rushing to her facs when she heard his steps or lelt the clasp of his hand, but Henry had not forgotten the black eyed girl who had so firmly refused iiis attentions, and his highest ambition mid hope were to make himself worthy of her love, and then seek her out and make her hia wife. Several years passed away, and at last a great temperance convention call ed him to his native town. His elo quence as a speaker had been discov ered, ami he had often addressed meet ings on the subject of temperance, hoping thereby to save some soul from destruction. The evening appointed for him lo address the convention was very fair, and the attendance exceed ing large. Tall, graceful and manly, he bowed before the audience, and pro ceeded with his lecture, but he had spoken but a few moments before he discovered a pair of black eyes fixed upon him, the expressive black eyes of Rutii Ward. He hesitated a moment, embarrassed and confused, then re gaining his selfpossession, he broke the thread af his discourse and related his experience. There was a dead si lence 1a the room as the handsome young man told his past degradation, nis temptation, his broken resolves, and his meeting with the good man who had befriended him. Net an eye that of gieat assembly was free from fears, and when he had cloned with an elo quent peromtion of warning toyeung men, there was a moment’s silence, then cheer after cheer rent the sir, and men and women crowded around the platform to cla«p the band of the young orator, in vain he looked for the Mark Twain’s Speech ea Women. They tunny faculties of the celebra ted humorist, “Mark Twain,” were called i: to play at a dinner once given by the Correspondent’ Club of VVa*h- ington. Mark wa* called on lo respond to the usual toast of “Woman,” which he did in the following characteristic ilyle: “Mr. President. I do not know why I should have been singled out to receiva the greatest distinction of the evening— for so the office of replying to the toast to woman has been regard ed in every age. [Appfouse.] I do not know why I have received this distinc tion, unless it he that 1 am a trifle less homely than the oilier members of the club. B-: this as it may,Mr. President,am I proud of the position, an 1 you could not h*ve chosen any one who would have aeepted it m >re gladly, or labor ed with a heartier good wiii lodo the subject justice th in I. Because I love the sex. [Laughter.] 1 love all the wo men, sir, irrespective of age or color. [Laughter.] “Human intelligence cannot estimate what we owe to woman, sir. She *e\vs on our bullous [laughter], she mends our clothes [laughter], she ropes us in at the church fair*, she confides in us ; she tells us what she can find out about the little private affairs of the neighbors ; she gives us a piece of her mind sometimes—and sometimes all of it; she soothes our aching brows ; she bears our children—onrs a* a genera thing. In all the relations of life, sir,it is bat just ami a graceful tribute to wo man to say of her that she is a brick. [Great laugh ter.] i “Wherever you place woman. »ir— n whatever place or estate—she is an ornament to that position which sho occupies, and a treasure to the world. [Her* Mr. T wain paused, looked in- qniringly at his hearers, and remarked that the applause should come in at this point. If came in. Mr. Twain re sumed his eulogy ] Look at the noble names ot history ! Look at Cleopatra! look at Desdemona! lo >k at Florence Nightingale ! look at Lucretia Borgia. [Disapprobation expressed. ‘Well,’ said Mr. Twain, scratching his head doubtfully, ‘suppose we let Lucretia slide.’] Look at Joyce Heth! look at Mother Eve! [Crie*ofOh! oh!] You need not look at her unless you want to; but”—said Mr. Twain, reflectively, after a pause—“Eve was ornamental, sir; particularly before the fashions changed ! I repeat, sir, look at the il- lustrmu* riamog of history. Look at the widow Machree! look at Elizabeth Cady Stanton! look at Geo. Francis Train! (Great laughter.) And, sir, I •ay it with bowed head and deepest veneration, look at the mother ol Wash ington ! She raised a boy that could not tell a lie—could not lie ? [Ap plause.] But he never had any chance [Oh ! oh !] It might nave been dif ferent with him if lie had belonged to a newspaper correspondent’s club. [Laughter and groans, hissts, cries n/ ‘put h.tn out.’ Mark looked around placidly upon big excited audience, and resumed.] “I repeat, sir, that in whatever posi tion you piuee a woman, she is an or nament to society and a treasure to the world. As a sweetheart *he has lew equals and no superiors (laughter ;) as a cousin, she is convenient ; as a wealthy grandmother with an incura ble distemper, she is precious ; a& a wet-nurse, she has no equal among men. (Laughter.) “What, #ir, would ihe people of the earth be without a woman ? * * * They would be scarce, sir—almighty scarce ! Then let us cherish her ; let us protect her ; let us give her • ur sup port, our encou rag men t, our sympathy— ourselves, if we get a chance ! (Laugh ter.) “But, jesting aside, woman is lova ble, gracious, Kindhearied, beautiful— worth}’ of all respect, ot ail esteem, of all deference. Not any here will re fuse to drink her lieahh right cordially in this bumper of wine, for each one of u* has personally known, and loved, and honored the very best ot them all —his own mother. [Applause.] made at Nuremburg, DISCOVERIEfrAND INVENTIONS. Violins invented, 1477. Pumps invented, 1425. Camera obscura invented, 1515. Engraving on wood invented, 1460. Roses first planted in England, 1522. Paper first made of linen rags, 1417. Shillings first coined in England, 1504. Diamonds first polished and cut, 1439. Almanacs first published at Buda, 1470. Gun locks invented at Nurembure. 1517. * Printing invented, by Faust, Ger., 1441. Watches first 1477. Hal* first made in Europe, at Pari*, 1*04. Soap first made at London and Bristol, 1524. Theatrical performances first given in England, 1378. Muskets invented and first used in England, 1421. Post Offices first established in Eu rope, in France, 1464. Printing introduced into Engla nd, by Caxton, 1474- Maps and charts first brought to England, 1459. Fortifications fir*t built in the pres ent style, 1600. Sugar refining first practiced by a Venetian, 150-3. Chocolate introduced into England from America, from Mexico, 1620. Turkeys introduced into England, from America, 1520. Engraving on copper invented by Fimmiguerre, Italy, 1451. Canals in modern style first made in Europe, Italy, 1481. Algebra introduced into Europe by the Saracens, 1412. £ City streets first lighted in modern Europe, Paris, 1523. Greek language introduced into England, by Grocyn, 1491. Casts in plaster, first invested in Fra nee, by Verichio, 1470. Copernicus discovered the true the ory of the solar jystem, 1582. Gardenieg first introduced tnto En gland from Netherlands, 1509. Playing card*, invented, for the amusement of the French King, 1390. Dice invented, 1500 1. C. Shipping wheels invented at Bruns wick 1530. Air gune were invented as early as 1645 Balloon* were invented by Gusmae, a Jesuit, 1729. Guillotin, the inventer of the guillo tine,the dreadful instrument of punish ment in France, was born at gaintet, 20th March, 1738. It is a false rumor that he perished by his own devices. He died in his bed. Bellow* invented, 554 B. C. Rets invented, 1404. Spinnig-wheel invented 1330. Punctuation first used in literature, 1520. Spinning-jenny invented, 1759. The Folly of Pkipe.—‘After all,’ •ays the late Sidney Smith, ‘lake some quite, sober moment of life, and add together the two ideas o! pride, and of man : firhoje him creaiure of span high, stalking through infinite space inallthe grandeur of littleness. Per ched on a speck of the universe every wind of heaven strikes in his blood th# coldness of death—his sou! floats from ihe body like melody from (hr siring; riav and night, as dust on the wheel,' he is rolled along on I fie h'avens, through a labyrinth of worlds, ami nit the creations of God sre flaming above and beneath. Is this a creature to make- about ? About fifteen minutes. himself a crown of glory ; to deny his own flesh, to mock at hisfollovv, sprung, from the dust lo which both will soon return !’ “Whet ails your eye, Joe ?” a mau he lied,” replied Joe. H told “Well, my good fellow,” said a vic torious general to a brave son of Erin, after a battle, “and what did you do to help us gain this victory?” “Do,” replied Alike; “may it please your honor I walked up boldly to wun of the inimy, and cut off his feet.” “Cut off his feet! and why did you not cut off his head ?” said the general. “Ah, and faith, that was off already,” said Mike. An old farmer said to his sons:— “Boys, don’t yoo ever speckerlate, or wait for sunlhitt, to tut;n up. Yoo mite just a* well go an set down on a stone in the middle of a medder, with a pail atwixt your legs, an, wait for a cow to back up to you to be milked.” Hinesburg, Vt., well stisfied with its cheese factories, has decided to erect three more, to be ready tor the next season. WAYSIDE GATHERINGS. Ingenius—A hotel clerk. A quack dish—roast duck. . Car-nation—Railroad people. A sweet strain—clear honey. A cereous matter—Becs-wax. A dead language—obituaries. A word to the wise—Remain «o. How to make a clean sweep—wash him. 'The weight of the world’—Short weight. Pleading at the bar—begging for a drink. Imprudent—promising your doctor a legacy. A cavalry charge—Hors(e) de Com bat. When is the weather like a erockery shop? When it’s muggy. The tobacco-chcwer is like a goose in a- dutch oven—always on the spit. When is a man not a man i When be’**-bed. An unpleasant sort of arithmetic— Division among families. What should clergymen preach What meter;is best for a valentine? Meet her by moenlighl alone. ‘So you say that walking stieka came into use a loag time ago ?’ ‘Not a doubt of it; don’t we read that Adam had a Cane ?’