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VOL. 4. NO. 31.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1876.
OLD SERIES, VOL 50.
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Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails,
FAIRBANKS’ SCALES,
IIUKBHII BELTING,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
31 ill Findings,
THE VOICELESS.
IVe coant the broken hra that rest
Where the sweet wailing sinners slumber,
Bat o’er their aSent sister's breast
The wild flowers who will atop to namber.
A few can touch the magic string,
And noisy tame is proad to win them;
Alus! forthoMthatnerorsing,
Bat die with ell their music in them.
AOlKTa roe
Winship and Sawyers Cotton Gins,
&c., &c., &c.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
, i*rwii
GINS DELIVERED IN ATHENS AT MANUFAC-
TUREBS PRICES.
Sept. 30—1-tf.
ii ft sales i»er square
i..r » >ales, per **|iiare - .....
re M »rt4M?e, per itquare, each liuie. ...
hi N .dices <iu nlvance) .. 2 25
per square, each lime- 1 5o
The above legal rates corrected l»y
v ol' Clarke Countv.
S’. S’. TA5.JVtAX>GB,
—DEALER IN—
Aratritan anil Imported Watches, Clods, Jewelry.
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Musical Instruments, v.ns, Pbtols, Etc.
Nay. grieve not for the dead alone
Where song has told their heart’* sad story,
Weep for the voiceless who have known
The croaa without the crown of gloty I
Not where Lcmedian breezes sweep
O’er Seppho'e memory-haunted pillow;
Bat where the glistening night-dews weep
irilfo,
O'er nameless sorrows, church-yard willow.
G! hearts that break and give no sign,
Save whitening lipe and fading tresses,
Till death poor* out its cordial wine,
Slow dropped from misery’s crashing presses—
If singing breath or echoing chord
To evert- hidden pang were given.
What endleae melodics were | oared,
Assad as earth, as sweet as Heaven!
[O. W. Houns.
er the old cap, I sus-
Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade
Of the leal where tog e arn'
Business and Professional Cards.
l.tMAU C’OBli
Howell Cobb.
L. & II. COBH,
Attorneys at lair,
Athens, Ga.
(iflioe in Deuprce Building.
WATCHES, CLOCK A A'D JFWKLV.Y RKPA RED IX A NEAT
WORKMANLIKE MANNER,
And warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Ornamnttal and Plain Letter Engraving a Specialty.
COLLEGEAVENUE, «o to f::n Seal Stori Carnet, ATHENS, GA.
feb.lStf.
i Rli
ALEX. S. ERWIN,
Attorney at latr,
Athens, Ga.
v on Broad Street, between Center «fc
Reaves and Orr & Co., upstairs.
11. K. Ill HAS HER,
A 77 OftWZT A 7 IA ?r,
WATKIXSVILI.E, GA.
*». wen,
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
COLLEGE AVENUE,
Next Door to Bout Office.
O N hand, Uppers for ranking Low Qnartci
gross, Ale’xis-TT
. umbered all day;
Be content with tlw moon and the stars, pretty moth,
And m ke uae ot yonr wings while tou'nuy;
Though yon .glittering light may Lave dazzled you
quite,
Tlio’ the gold of yon lamp may oc gay.
eyes that twinkled
pect:
“You can wait hare while I run up and
get the money, if mailer is awake.”
“ Ye havn’t the heuflt of a woman, Mary,
to kape the poor crater but there when it’s
kilt with the could he said tha buxom
cook; adding, in a tnotherly tone,'come
in wid yex, my man, and set till the fire,
for it’s bitter weather the day.’
“ Faix an’ ii is, mam, ’thankin’ ye kindly,’
I answered with a fine brogue, for as a lad
I had played the Irishman with success.
“The good soul warmed to me at once
and filling a mug with coffee, gave it to me
with a hearty: £
“A hot sup will do^ye no liarrum, me
biy, and sure in the blessed Christmas time
that's just foreninst us, the master won’t
begrudge ye a breakfast; so take a bnscuil
and some sassage, for it’s like ve haven’t
bad a mouthful betwixt your lips the day.’
“That I will,’ said I; ‘ and it’s good lnck
and a long life to ye Phi -drigkiu’ In this
illcgnnt cqffec.’ - ««■*
"‘Bless the biy! hut it’s a grateful heart
he has, and a blue eves as like my Pat as
two page,’ regarding me with increased
favor, as I bolted the breakfast which
Jinny things iu this world that look bright, pretty
inotli.
Only drizzle to lead us astray.
1 have seen, pretty moth, in the w orld
Some n» wild a* yourself and •• pay.
Who, bewitched ov the sweet fascination of eyes.
Flitted ’round them by night and by »;ay;
Bat though dreama of delight may have dazzled them
quite.
They at l.-flt found it daugeron* play !
Many tilings in this world that look bright, pretty
moth.
Only dazzle to lead ns astray.
WIIAT A SHOVEL DID.
Con
epair
ing promptly executed.
Send ten dollar*, per mail or express and yon shall re
ceivc n first cln>s pair of boot*.
June 30, 1875. 85-tf.
As ray friend stood by the window watch
ing the “ softly falling suow,” I saw him
smile—a thoughtful yet a very happy smile
—and anxious to know what brought it, I
asked:
“ What do you see out there?’’
“Myself.” was the answer that made me
stare iu surprise, as I joined him and looker!
curiously into the street.
All I saw was a man shoveling snow ; and
thoroughly puzzled. I turned to Richard,
demanding an explanation. lie laughed
should have been too proud to accept from
any hand less humble.
“Herethe guest asked a question con
cerning Pat, and instantly the mother gush-
ed into praises of her boy telling in a few
picturesque words, as only an Irish woman
could do it, how Pat had come to * Araeriky,’
first when things went hard with thira iu the
“ ould country,” and how good be was in
sending home his wages till she could join
him.
“How she came, but could not find her
‘ biy ’ because of the loss of the letter with
his address, and how for a year she waited
and watched, sure tnat he would find her at
lost. How the saints had an eye on him,
aud one happy day answered her prayers in
a way that she considered ‘acqttil to ony
merrycle ever seen.’ For, looking np from
her work, who should she see, in a fine
livery, sitting on the box of a fine carriage
at the master’s door, but ‘ her own biy, like
a king in his glory.’
Arrah, ye should have seen me go up
** Richard, I was afraid you had gone
down as so many disappointed young men
go when their ambitious hopes foil; bnt I
am so glad, so proud to see yon still work
and wait, like a brave and honest man. I
must speak to yon!”
“ Wnat could I do after that but hold
the white hand fast iu both my grimy ones,
while I told my little story,'and the hope
that had come at last. Heaven knows I
told it very badly, for those tender ey»-s
were upon me all the time, so full of tin
spoken love and pity, admiration and re
spect, that I felt like one in a glor.tied
dream, and forgot I was a coal-heaver.
That was the last of it, though, and the
next time I came to see my Kate it was
with clean hands, that carried her, as a first
love-token, the little tale which was the
foundation-stone of this happy home.”
He stood there, ard his thee brightened
beautifully, for the sound of little feet ap
proached and childish voices cried eagerly:
“Papa, papa! the snow has come! May
we go a .d shovel off the steps?”
“ Yes, iny lads, and mind you do it well;
for some day you may have to earn your
breakfast,” answered Dick, as three fine
boys came prancing in, full of delight at the
first snow-full.
“ These fellows have a passion for shovel
ing which was inherited from their father,’’
he added witli a twinkle of the eye, that
told Mrs. Kate what lie had been talking
about.
It was sweet to see with what tender
pride she took the hand he stretched out
to her, and holding it in b»th her own,
said, with eyes upon her boys:
“ I hope they will inherit not only their
father’s respect for honest work, but the
genius that can see and paint truth and
beauty in the humble things of this world.”
An Irrepressible PuBsy.
BY MAX ADLER.
We have been trying to lose our cat.
We are somewhat fond of her, bnt she
ha<l a way of producing kittens every few
months in various portions of the house that
was very disagreeable; and on the evenings
when her maternal duties were not urgent,
she used to mount the back fence and spit,
and fight, and howl with a screech like a
fog whistle, fra she became a nuisance, and
we determined to lose her. I had a grudge
against my wife’s aunt, and the first time
she came ’to visit ns I gave the cat to her,
and she took it up to Philadelphia (about
thirty miles) in a basket. There was only
one cat when my aunt started, but when
she got home there were six. The cat had
kittened in the basket on the way up. I
believe the cat would have had kittens on
the top of the Baptist Church steeple, if
she could have got'there. We Jiad peace
around the house for a couple of nights;
but on the third night, we were startled
by a scream from the back yard like the
yell of a Cotnmancho Indian with the de-
f ANISE FIDELITY AND SAG At ITY.
Melancholy Narrative from Newfoundland.
About an lour before dawn on the 24th
of January, a father aud three sons set out
on a wood chopping expedition from the
town ol Placentia, Newfoundland, which lies
west of St. Johns. Such expeditions are
lULMUPa.
A man always feels pnt not when he is
taken in. ■
To bo patient and thorough : n all that
one does, is to compel success iu any call
ing
There is nothing very original in a money
market report. It is to > full of quotations.
Professor (to Freshman) —“ Wnat is a
circle?” Fiethiuan (after some reflection)
“ A round, straight line, with a hole in the
middle.”
“ Isn’t your husband a little bald?” asked ■
one lady of another, the other day. “There
isn’t a bald hair in his head,” was the hasty
reply.
That was a smart little girl who, in an
swer to the catechism questio n: “Wli.it
is the outward, visible sign or form in bap
tism ?” replied: “ The baby ’’
Tom Moore compares- love to a potato,
“ because it shoots from the eyes.” “ Or
rather,” exclaimed Byron, “ because it be
comes all the less by paring.”
When a lovely Philadelphia girl was in-
lirinin tremens. 1 looked out at the window | troduced to a stranger, sho said she was an
and observed our cat engaged in an excited orphan. When he squeez d her hand, she
argument with another cat on the smoke- added, “ an orphan with four big brothers.”
house roof. She had ernne back. The next ^ man may take a cold bath and exercise
day, I traded her off for a bunch of beets Lyijh dumb-bells every morninar, but he
to a farmer from over the nver in New won , t .. whoopla » much aroumT a woman
Jersey, and he took her home I knew who tg hcr hair on tho gide _Brooklyn
then that we had lost her finally, and as
night after night went by wi hont noise, ...
we felt glad that she was lost for good. A L A bl111 ? P. roh J b,t th ?. *a»c of intoxicating
few months afterward, as I was going up . w,tb, . n four miles of the California
to berl, I saw a wet and draggled animal in Umversuy, is called by a San Francisco
the lialL Upon close inspection, I found P a P cr “An act to promote pedcstnamsm
that it was our cat. S c had swam the amon S students.’
river and come; and she had just had kit- | Ail old^ edition of^ Morse’s geography
tens on the Ir nt stairs. The former subse-1 8:i ys : “ Albany has four hundred dwelling
quently made me pay him four prices for houses and twenty-four hundred inhabitants,
the beets. That evening she resumed her *1* standing with their gable ends to the
vocalization on the back fence, and from street.”
the vigor she displayed, I judge she was “The boy bowling in major, the girl in
trying to converse with another cat on the minor, two singing nurses, and bttween
other side of tho river, two miles distant, wet diapers and milk bottles sit I as a lov-
Thc next day, I tied a brick to her neck ing father,” is the way Bismarck describes
and chucked her into the stream. Two his married life,
hours afterward, she was in the yard again,
in lor.nor Ordinary’* Office.
REMOVAL!
jan2S-ly
/. A. SAZB, DBA r 2lS2,
office lately occupied by Dr. J.
1IA> Kl- MOVED to tl:
W. Morrell.
>.itiM:ictio!i guaranteed in both Work and IYicj*.
Great Reduction in Prices
F or the next thirty days. Brackets, Wnll 1 lln< * ” , !*'\ ere ^ rea 5 bbv : — , , ...
Pocket*, aud all kinds of Ornamental Wood Work, | 44 Willie we Wait for ivute anil tilC Cnil*
wiin* sold at | dren i>i| tell you a little adventure of mine.
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. j Jt may lie useful to you some day: Fifteen
6 g I ?.r^ iilhe,lluoto ra, * k# your hou “ > btlu “ ful * llow j years ago, on a Sunday morning like this,
Great bargain, given in everything »t 11 stood at the window of a fireless, shabby
26-tf BUHKE’S Bookstore. , ... . A ^ .
! little room, without one cent in my pocket,
and no prospects of getting one. I had gone
C. 1). HILL,
A TrO JtjYJJT AT I/AW,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all business and the same
Tvnpe.'tfully solieted. janll-lv.
p ope PA ii n o w,
A2702tWIT A2 IA W,
ATHENS, GA.
Office in Mr. J. 11. Newton’s r.tw building.
jun4.lv.
A U G U ST DO Ii R,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Ini-onrzn of Fine Cloth* and I)oiskins,
HATS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, AND GENTS’
FURNISHING GOODS,
i. lil’.Sm. 222 Broad Street, Aupnsta. Ga.
ir.
BANKRUPT BLANKS.
plULlP&SOLOMAN’S AUTHORIZED EDITION,
' only c^mplc’e edition published. Sent by
$1. For fl:ur bv
T. A. BUllKE, Booksellerand Stationer.
feliS.tf.
CASH FOR WOOL.,
—OK—
CLOTH FOR WOOL.
The Athens Manufacturing Company are now making a
much larger variety of Woolen Gooch
urn! propose to
much larger variety of Woolen Goods than ever before,
•opose to
Exchange them for Wool,
believing it to be more to the interest of the Planter to
Exchange the Wool lor Cloth, rather than have it Curd
ed and Spun at home. Cull for Sumples and Term* ot
Exchange. R. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent.
May 19, 1875—29-tf.
11. LITTLE,
Attorney at L a ir,
GARNESVH.LE, GA.
J. S. DORTCH,
A tto r ney at L a w,
carSesville, oa.
A. G. McCURRY,
.i t r o it .»* s: rdf l »t
HARTWELL, GEORGIA.
Miss C. Potts,
Kashionnble Dressmaker
(Over University Rank.)
Broad Street, - - Athens.
Would respectfully inform the Ladies and her triends
generally, of Athens and vicinity, that she is now pre
pared to do Dress making in the Neatest and most
F\SIIION ABLE STYLES.
With her experience in the business, she feels sure ol
giving satisfaction. May 14, 1375—28-tf.
them steps, katy, and my Pat come, off that! curely harnessed to rude sled*, called
box like an angel flyin’, and the way he tuk ' “ ca'amarans,” on account of their resem-
me in his arms, never mindin’ his illigint j blance to the rafts which the South Sea
coat, and me all dirt a blackin’ me range. ! Islanders use and call by that name. When
Ah’r but I was a happy crater that day!” the men left their cabin it was less lrosty
U. S. Internal Revenue.
Dkpvty Collector’* Ornor, 1
Fourth District, Georgia, r
Araoi, Jan. 15, 1876.)
V LL PARTIES DESIRING INFOR
. \ lmition n» to TAX imposed by the United State*
Internal Revenue Low-, can obtain the same by apply
ing to
w;u..
triet por-oiul attention to nil busincs* en
i core. Aug. 4—10—-ly.
■ l tr
t M. Jackson. L. \V. Thoma*
JACK&OX & T1I0. AS,
\ t'orueys at Law*
Athens, Georgia. _
jony w o wen
Attorney at Lawi
TOCCOA OTY, GA
W»ll practice i:i ull tue counties of the Western Cir-
Mi*. il in Hiui .Mudison of tiie Northern Circuit. S\\-
l'.yo s ( H*ciul ttienion to ull claims entrusted to his cure.
1\ (}. THOMPSON,
.Y t to r n e y n t a w,
t'peei.il uttc.ition piiil to crim.ll il practice. Forrct'er-
C’u-- a;ip y to 1A. It'll'. I'. 11, Watt* mid Hon. Davit
W. S. MAYFIELD,
Deputy Collector.
Office over Jacob* & Jlicbzel'* Store, Broad Street,
i hens, Ga. j»nlS-tf
upperless to bed, and spent the long night
asking * What shall I do?’ and receiving no
reply hut that which is so hard for eager
youth to accept, * Wait and trust.’ I was
aloue in the world, with no fortune but my
own talent, and even that 1 was beginning
to doubt, because it brought no money.
For a year I had worked and hoped, with a
biave spirit; had written my life into poems
ami tales; tried a play; turned critic aud re
viewed books; offered my pen and time to
any one who would employ them, and now
was ready for the hardest literarv work, and
the poorest pay, for starvation stared me in
the face. All my ventures failed, and my
paper boats, freighted with so many high
hopes, went down one after another, leaving
me to despair. "The last wreck lay on my
table then—a novel, worn with much journs
eying to and fro, on which I had staked my
last chauce, and lost it. As I stood there
at my window, cold and hungry, solitary and
despairing, I said to myself, in a desjierate
mood:
“It is all a mistake; I have no taleut,
and there is no room in the world for me,
so the quicker I get out of it the better.
“Just then a little chap came from a gate
opposite with a shovel on his shoulder, and
trudged away, whistling shrilly, to look lora
job. I watched him out of sight thinking
bitterly:
“ Now looking at the injustice of it! Here
ami, a young man foil of brains; starving
because iio one will give me a "clnincc; and
there is that ignorant little fellow makiug a
living with an old shovel-
"Just then a voice seemed to answer me
CINtRAl TICKET AGENCY.
RAILROAD TICKETS
nr *alo, by nil rentes, ami to nil principal point* in
UNITED STATES.
Buy yonr Ticket* before leaving Athena, end get all
iilor illation from
Gait. \VM. WILLIAMS,
Agent Southern ExprcusCo., Athens, Ga.
May 12, '75
2&tf.
M ilitgir
», (in.
rv A!il Office over Bnnry’i* si' re,
Feb. S—tf.
ERASE HARRALSOy,
ATTORNEY AT AW,
CLEVELAND, GA.
Will practice in the comities of White, Union, Lum-
V-|‘ | . Towns, nu.; Fanning, nnd tho Supreme Court ui
-Ml mu. Will give *ueeul attention to all claim* en-
>t.i,v 1,, l,i, An*. U 1875—41—tf.
E. SCHAEFER,
V 0 T T ON BUYER,
ll;..
lOCCOA CITV, OX.
• Vos’, Price paid for Cotton. Agent for Win
• and I’ress. OCttOwtL
n
K. SAULTERj
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
WINES, WHISKIES and LAGER BEER,
ALE, GIN, CIGARS, *., &.,
CALL AT SAULTERS EXCHANGE,
. JaOKSON Stuxet, ATlir.sa, Gzouuia.
Oct. 2—d-tt.
Livery. Feed and Sale Stable,
!■:. A. WILLIAMSOy,
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER,
At I>r. King’* Drugstore, Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
■k .lone in a superior raunuor nnd warrnntcdto
J*n. 5—ti.
AH
jfVTUE 1ST S GrA.
O aSN & HEAVES...... PROPKIETORS
Will be found nt their old *tnnd, renr Franblin Hon«e
building, Thoma* street. Keepnlway* on linndmod
Turnout* nnd careful driver*. Stock well cared for
when entreated to our core. Stock on bond lor nme at
nil time*.
dcclStf.
,4. A. WINN,
—With—
UHOOVER, STUBBS & CO.,
Ootton Kactors,
—And—
General Commission Merchants,
Savannah, Ga.
I'lirjine, Tits, Ropo and other supplies ftimlihfid
Aliberal cash advancc* made on conaipnioentfl for
or shipment to Liverpool or Northern
BOOTS AND SHOES
TO ORDER.
W. HAUDRUP,
artist,
11a* removed bia Shop from the old Lombard Boilding
f College Avenno^naxtdoor to the
N
to the opposite aide of College Avcnne next door to tho
lu»ter Boilding. l’rioe* Liberal, and FUat ChaaWmk
narantood. Jan<l 18 ' 1875—SS-tf
Blasting and Digging Wells !
|| ITU AN EXPERIENCEOFTWENTY YEABS,
>1 i hereby tender mj services to the oitizen* o
Athens nd vicinity. Flwt claas ^rork guaranteed.
Residence at the Tnlmadge House, between the nppei
bridge and Check Factory. All ordeia will receive
prompt ntt
jani-tf.
EDWIN W. PORTER.
LIVERY AND lALE STABLE
Carriages, Buggies and Horses for Hire.
TERMS REASONABLE
V- M. WHITEHEAD, Washington. Wilk*. Co., G*.
N»v2«ifiv.
Planters’ Hotel, Augusta, (la
IMIIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL HAV-
t»* f..r tlio accommodation of the travelling public,
febt-ly B. P. CnATFIELD, Proprietor.
MEDICAL NO!ICE.
At tl.e solieitatio-i of nunv of m> former patron-
re*nme tho
Proctioo of* Mflclicine
from thi* Into, 1 will tnv epeeial •*']**
*’»-of inbmto nud Children, and the Cbronlo Dbom*
ol Fenule*.
WM- KING, M. D
Jims W, ms—«S-ljr.
saying:
*•• Why don’t you do the same? If brains
don’t pay try muscles, and thank God you
have health.”
“ OF course it was my own pluck nnd
common sense; but I declare to you I was
much struck .with the new idea as if n
strange voice h d actually spoken; and I
answer heartily: .
“ As I live I will try it! and not give up
while there is any honest work for these
hand* to do.
“ With sudden energy I nt on my shab
biest clothes—and they were very shabby,
of course—: idded ail old cap and rough
•importer, as disguise, and stole down to
t'ie sli d where I had seen a shovel. . It
wjis'roily, and the house was* very q iiet,
for the other lodgers were hard workers all
the week, and took their rest S nday morn
ing. Unseen by the sleepy girl making
lie. fires I got the shove! and stole away
by the back gate feeling like a boy out on
a lark. It was bitter cold, and a beat y
storm had raged all night The streets
were full of drifts, and the city looked as if
dead for no one \V;ts stirring yet bnt milk-
men, and otiiei poor fellows Tike me, seek
ing for a» early job. I made my way to
the West End, and was trying to decide at
which o the tall houses to apply first,
when the door of one o iened, and a pretty
housemaid appeared broom in band. At
sight of the snowy wilderness rite looked
dismayed, and with a few unavailing
strokes of her broom at the drift on tue
steps, was al>out to go in, when her eye fell
upon me. Mv shovel explained my mis
sion, and slie* beckoned with an imperiou*
move of her duster to the shabby man op
posite. I plunged across, and received tn
silence the order: ■
“Clear them stops and sidewalk, and
sweep’em nice, for our folks always go to
church, raid or shine.”
“ Then leaving tho br om outside, the
pretty maid slammed the door with a shiv
er, and I sot to work manfully. It was a
heavy, job, and my hands unused to any
heavier tool than a pen, were soon blister
ed; but I tngged away, and presently
found myself mueh stimulat d by the criti
cal glan .-e of the pretty maid, takiug break-
fit t in the basement with a buxom cook
and a friend, who had evidently dropped in
on her way home from early mass
“ I was a young fellow, and iu spite of
my lAte desjtair uie fun of t e thing tickled
me immensely, ao II laughed ueaind -my
Blacksmith Shop.
FEW A MEBIWEATOER.
H ILL FEW AVD WESLEY .nieRIweather, 0 .^ ^ i Shoveled an l swept with a
causcd.the *t..utoook tosmue
fiiUv mm'inno * to tiio—• —- — t —-- _ • w
Inir cou itn*, thdt Uie> are propars’ 1 to do all manner or upon illC-
work In tim Bbcknn.il’ Uuc, 'mhit rc^oiybbcharga*. „ ^Vhcn the job was done one I went to
ass&r j the lower door for my well-earned pay, tho
riioeing and any difficult job* * spcriMw. Shop op. gaid with condescension, as she
po*u« Mc«sra Gann & Reave* Livny stable., ^ I glanced ctiqactisbly at my ruddy lace aud
Here the good sonl stopped to wipe
away the tear? that were shining on her
fat cheeks, and Mary appeared with a dollar,
‘ for master said it was a tough job and well
done.
“ May his bed be aisy above durlin’. nnd
many thanks anti the compliments of the
snysun tn ye, ladies.’
“With which grateful farewell I trudged
away, well pleased at the success of my first
attempt. Refreshed and cheered by the
kindness of my humble hostess, I took, heart
and wotked away at my next job with re
doubled energy, and by the time the fir9t
bell rang for church, i” had three dollars, in
my pocket. My blood danced in. my veins,
and all ray despair seemed shoveled away
with the snow I had cleared from other
people’s paths.
“My back ached, and my palms were
sore, but heart and soul were iu tune again,
and hurrying home, I dressed and went, to
church, feeling that a special thanksgiving
was due for the lessou I had learned.
“ Christinas garlands hung upon the walls,
Christmas music rolled through the church,
aud Christmas sermon, prayer and psalm
cheered the hearts of all. But the shabby
young man in the back seat found such
beauty and comfort in the service of that
day he never forgot it, fur it was a turning
point in his life.”
My friend fell silent for a minute, and I
sat, constrasling that past of Ids with the
happy present, for he was a prosperous man
now with an honored name, a comfortable
fortune, and best of all, a noble wife and
some brave lads to follow his footsteps.
Presently I could not re*ist asking:
“ Did you go on shoveling, Dick ?”
“ Not long, for there wo3 no need of It,
thanks to Pat’s mother,” he answered, smil
ing.
“ Come, I must have all the story, for I
know it has a sequel!”
“ A very happy one. Yes, I owe to that
kind soul and her little story the turn that
fortune gave her wheel. Nay, rather say
the touch of nature that makes the whole
world kin. For when I went home that
day, I sat down ami made a simple tale
from the hint she gave, and something of
her own humor and pathos must have g >t
in'o it, for it was accepted and more sto
ries solicited, to my great surprise I wrote
it to please myself, for I was in a happy
mood; and though my room was cold, the
sun slionc; though nty closet was hare,
honest mon^y was in my pocket, and I felt
as rich as a king. I remember I laughed
at myself a* I posted the manuscript on
Monday morning, called it infatuation, and
thought no more of it for days, being busy
with my new friend, the shovel. Snow wa*
gone, but co 1 remained, and .1 put in tons
of it with a will, for this active labor was
the tonic my overwrought nerves needed,
and my spirits rose wonderfully as muscles
earned the daily bread that brains had
failed to win.
“Ah! but they brought me somethin*
better than bread, dearer than fame ; and
to that old shovel, I owe the happiness of
my life 1 The very day I got the letter ac
cepting the little story, I was g-iily putting
in my last ton of coal, for I felt that now I
might take up the pen again, since, iu a
kitchen, I h.ul discovered tho magic that
wins listeners. Bless my heart! how I
worked and how I .vbistled.I was so happy,
and felt so lifted abrfvc all doubt and fear
by the acknowledgement that my talent
was not a failure,' and the fact that my
strong arms could keep the wolf from the
door.
I was so busy that I had not ob erved
a woman watching me from the window.
She ha-1 opened it to feed the hungry spar
rows, and my whistle caught her car, for it
w:is an air site knew, and had heard a cer
tain young man sing before be dropped out
of her circle; and left Iter wondering sadly
what had befallen him. All this I learned
afterward; then unconsciously piped away
till my job was doue, wiped my liot Etce,
and went in to get ray money. To my sur
prise, I was told to ‘go into the diniu*
room, and missus would attend to it.’ 1
went and found myself face to face, not
with * missus,’ but the woman I had loved
hopelessly and faithfully all that hard year,
siuoe I It id gone away to fight my battle
alone. For a moment, I believed she did
n it know me, in iny shabby suit and be
smeared
world
offcrci
ing
An English genius is working on a tna-
madc with Esquimau dogs, which are se- damp, and with a cold in her lungs.Mmt still | ch £" to” urdizeThc 'swell”of tin-"'sea." The
inclined to •.(? sociable with the other cits,
than it bad been for several days before, and
iu every way it seemed favorable for the
wood cutters, hut before ei^ht o'clock a ter
rific snow storm was raging throughout
Placentia Bay, nnd at noon great banks of
snow drift had blocked the roads iu many
directions. In such circumstances there is
extreme anxiety in regard to those who are
absent cutting wood in the forests, ns the
gloomy records tell of skeletons found be
neath the snow in spring time—of men who
had left their cabins in fair weather several
months before and were overtaken by great
snow storms. When Monday evening came
nnd tho woodsmen did. not return, the wife
and mother of the absent men grew very
solicitious for their safety. They should
have been at home, no matter how bad the
roads or heavy their loads, at six or sevou
o’clock on Monday evening, had nothing
happened. But the wild snow storm was
still sweeping over the hay and there was
every reason to fear that the worst had be
fallen them. About dawn next morning
Mrs. Partridge and her daughter were
aroused bv the howling of dogs, who pawed
the thteshold and pounced upon the door in
a most vehement manner. Mrs. Partridge
at first rejoiced, believing that her husband
and sons had arrivad. When the door was
opened the do s would not enter, hut con
tinued to whine anti paw the ground impa
tiently. The old woman then went to the
wood yard to call her husband and buys,
but the only answer given was the piteous
whining and yelping of the dogs. After a
while many of the neighbors gathered around
the cabin and most of them kuew too well
the harrowing story that the poor brutes
could tell had they the faculty of speech.
The dogs were implacable ; neither food nor
It _ * I f Lin nlil (inline.
, , , , . mlv way to utilize the swell of the land is
and still able to work off a shriek that t ,, ( )U ,.y |,; in alongside of cucumber vines.—
waked all the halnes in the neighborhood. Detroit Free Press.
As she didn’t, seem iu lined to stay lost, I . , . *, ,. . ,
took her out next morning and hitched her n
with a rope behind the rear car of the ex- ba * ndu “ ,d a . D;u,bur J r ,5°
pr ss train and in a few moments, she was ,h:lt hei ' d «* not «*■> l,cr to,,r dolb, , re
proceeding up the track with frightful ve }. Mir “"«* for 110 ^ 8t ^ . Sl,u
loeitv, clawing and spitting, and halloaing, '£ us w,th a broth * MnjBW ~ Danb m ->
as siic bowled along. That afternoon, I etcs ' . .
drowned the kittens, and just as they A. new book is entitled u Die Hauptstroe-
breathed their hist, the breakmau on the I ‘oungcr tier Li.cratur des Neungehnter
railroad called and said somebody had Jahrhunderts.’’ This title will give you all
fastened iny eat to his train, but he had ^ ie necessary time to get out ot the back
rescued her and brought her back, for door while the agent is mentioning it.—
which service he wanted two dollars. She Danbury News.
seemed to have an nneonquerred indis osi- Vi-itor—“Can I see Dr. Jones ?’’ £er«
tion to remain lo*t. She was not much out vant—“ No, sir; he’s not at home, sir 1”
of repair. One of her legs was broken, but Visitor—“Could i see hiser deputy?”
her voice was sound, mid while communing Servant—“ Please, air, you’d better wait
with another cat that evening, she einited till master comes home, as I don’t know
one wild shriek, which brought Cooley over where it is, and he don’t liko his things
to my house with his gun to ascertain who meddled with.
it was that cried “murder!” A prominent clergymen of Brooklyn, hist
A few days afterward, she had kittens vveek, while taking one of a course of box
gain on the parlor sofa; and that night j„g , esson8 for exercise, received wliat the
I hitched her to a couple ot skyrockets I |, 0 y 8 ca jj i. a j 0 Uy black eye.” On Sunday
had bought, and touched them off. She jj 0 c i, oge his text from Timothy, 5th chap-
whizzed for awhile around among the stars, ter 7th verae; «j have fought a good
and I thought I saw the corpse fall over to- fi ht> l have finishe d my course.”
ward \\ llmington; but the next evening, 1
while coming homo from church, L saw
some cats holding a synod in the front yard
One of them was our cat. singed, and a lit
tie discouraged, hut still capable of drown
“Young man,” said the revivalist, ad
dressing the swearer, “how hot do you
I suppose hell is ?” The workman recognized
tiis questioner, and placing his arms akimbo,
ing out all the other cats in a chorus. She f d, ?? ki " g hbn *V***'T in tbe «»•
still remained unlost. \ su PP ose ,' t8 80 hot
The following morning I carried her out t * lere r “ somebody brought ycu a
Kovner’S form nnd run her through the *pooriful of melted iron, VOU’d SWear ’twas
to Keyset's form and ran her through the
threshing machine, and she canto out a
ice-cream.” Mr. Finney had nothing moro
mass of pulp and fur. Then wo buried hcr. 1 10 8a y -
But I don’t feel perfectly certain about her People who sit at their front windows
yet I shouldn’t be much surprised if she and stare a their neighbors from morning
would come together agaiu, resurrect and till night, will, perhaps, not bo deterred by
come home to have some more kittens and ho fact that a South Broo lyn woman in
a tew fresh yowls on the summit of that
caresses could quiet them. One old fisher- j fence. If she does, I am going to move to
man said he would test the animals by niov-1 Kansas.
ing in the direction of the woods. He had
no sooner called them and started in that di
rection than they bounded past him and led
the way, looking hack every few paces to
make sure that he was following. Four
young fishermen then volunteered to follow
the dogs, and were led to the part of the
woods where the men lay buried in the snow.
Prodigious hanks of snow piled on the regu
lar road made the way to the fatal spot cir
cuitous anil difficult. On the tide of the
mountain of drifted snow four dogs were
found yelping dismally and digging the sriow
with their paws. The volunteers went to
work, and after two hours’ search with snow
shovels recovered the bodies of all the men,
but too late to resuscitate th: m. The re
markable in*tancc of sagacity and fidelity in
the trained draught dogs of Newfoundland
is not without precedent. About four years
ago a young man left Heart s Content with
one dog and n catamarm for the woods. It
was a windy (iny, and the man was killed by
the falling of a tree which he had been chop
ping. The dog (teing unharnessed, as all
draught dogs are on reaching the woods,
came home alone at night, refused food and
gave the usual dismal warnings, such as
yelping and pawing the ground. This ani
mal also led the way to the spot where his
master’s corpse lay resting.
In the Sielt Hoorn.
this line of business had her nose frozen
ast to the wiudow pane one day last week,
aud was subsequently obliged to have the
tip of it amputated. Nevertheless, the af-
fiitr cast the radiance of a profound joy over
A want of sympathy on the part of a
nurse is like a perpetual cold bath to a pa- thc ent,re neighborhood.-i?ro 0 %/* Argus.
tient. This is not a very common blunder. _ The Passaic Falls arc very high. _At
But the opposite is so common, that it may night the moon silvers the rolling, writhing
sometimes become a question in the pa-1 torrent, .which, plunging, fills the chasm al*
ticut’s mind whether he would not prefer most to its top with a roaring, snowy cloud
absolute coldness. To be continually dodg of foam. The huge black pines stand with
ing around the bed, and pouncing ujion bowed heads and drooping. arms in the
every object that is not at right angles, massy midst, and far below in the dim ba-
smootliing out thc sheet, and dabbing at the sin, the white waters rash from the eni-
pillows, and raying a dozen times an hour: braces of the cataract with a saddening
“How do you feel now?” “ Don’t yna | wail. Do not cross tho bridge without an
want something to eat ?” “ Can I do any- I umbrella.—New York Herald.
thing for you ?” ' “ Let me bathe your
head!”—is enough to drive a sick man
wild. He feels that he would like to ask
you to go away and hold your tongue;
She Knew Why It Was.—One of our
citizens is blessed (or otherwise), says ttie
New York Evening Post, with a very stub
born wife. In his case he finds that when, a
woman will she will, you may depend on it.
and when she won’t she won’t aud that’s an
end on’t. This peculiarity of disposion in
his wife is no secret among his associates,
and one of them meeting him the other day
asked:
W -, do you know why you are
like a donkey?’
“ Like a donkey 1’ echoed \\ ~, open
ing his eyes wide. “ No, I don’t.”
“ Do vou give it up?”
“ I dJ."
Extract from Speech of Senator Bayard, of
Delaware.
Now, I don’t mean to say tliat because
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but lie knows that all this fidgeting is '-Jen. Grant put his relatives in office that,
prompted by affection, so lie holds his therefore, he would bo willing to roll post
loit'j'uc instead and bears it all with what iradershijw; far from it that I should throw
measure of patience nature has bestowed such an imputation upon mint blit I do
uikhi him. In point of fact, the sick person mean to say tins, that such a dereliction of
U generally very ready to tell his wants, duty upon Ins part as was shown by Ins ap-
His food and drink and physic are the mo-1 pointment of his relatives to office, coming
mentons matters of the day to him, and will | to the knowledge of a coarser man, auch as
not he forgotten. He is likely to tell you Belknap has shown himself to be cornu g
when he feels better. He is sure to tell you to the knowledge of a venal man, such as
when he feels worse. Belknap has shown himself to be coming
Worse than all these things is the solemn to the knowledge of a poor man Who was
face in a sick room It is hard for a in a great place and tempted by his pov-
troubled heart to put on a cheerful coun- erty as Belknap was—he seeing theiPrea-
tenauce, and it is no wonder that nurses so I dent so neglectful of his duty, and using
often fail in this But we have known per- his piece in another way, legal, bnt. against
the face of such an example, might well
[Applause.}
A Contrary Mule.—A farmer in this think that he could do wnat he old do-
county, says a North Carolina paper, has a take the mouey of infamy into his lianda
mule so contrary that, he can do nothing with I and put it into his pocket. (Applause.!
it. Put him in harness and it is hard to say Travelers in the mountains of-Switzerland
which way he will travel. Put a saddle on toll us that a word, though it be broken in
him and he appears to doze, but try to mount a whisper, will sometimes loosen npon the
t • J L ! 11 ..II ..f •• nnil/lnn Korvtrt (A Iflrtlf I . J n<*Anit\lAA A (rtrtt I ilb/u r>(* T
him and he will all of a sudden begin to kick perilous edge of the precipice a few lakes of
Because your better half is stubbornness
itself.” ■■ .
•“ That’s not bad. Ha 1 ha ! 111 give that
to mv wife when I get homo.”
“ Mrs. W. •, ” he asked as he sat
down to supper, “ do you know why I am
like a donkey ?”
He waited a moment, expecting his* wife
to give it up. But she did’nt. She looked
at him some what cominiseratingly as she
auswered:
“ I suppose because you were horn so.
every way—straight out, straddle-bug, with 8 uow, which, gathering and accumulating
all four legs at once. As to eating, he will i n quantity, finally pour an avalanche into
eat anything from his feed trough up to a the valley, wetting the earth to great
wooden saddle. The owner took a notion to I depths, and covering men and the habita-
have him shod; he kicked out the blacksmith I tious of men. And so he wiio holds.sucli a
shop and returned home. The owner tried place ag the Presidency, by the slightest
to kill him, some time back, so he. tied his I i a pgo from duty, may set another avalanche jp
ears with a trace chain and rode him for six I motion for more terrifying to the iiuagi*
consecutive days and nights as hard fr* h® I nation, covering the land, as it has covered
could under whip and spur. The fact is, I it, with tho vile blaze of official corruption,
that he nearly killed himself in the effort, I [Applause.]
and had to be carried upstairs to bed, and 1 .... .
his firm belief was that the mule would die Grey-eyed men make the best sportsmen;
that night; but, to bia astonishment, the|amber-eyed men BJfrao the best musicians;
next morning he found that, the mule had hazel-eyed men make the sharpest critics;
kicked to death a Chester sow weighing 3000 blue-eyed men make the warmest poets;
pounds, bit a piece out of his horse’s shoulder, red-haired people make the best billiard
' r ._ . ’ _ nfornrs: brown-haired people make the