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u h. CARLTON a CO. — —: yUj : : DEVOTED TO OUR POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS. Two Dollars per annum, in ndvauee. VOL. 4. NO. 31. ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1876. OLD SERIES, VOL 50. ! X. E. CUU.M. ^ i | / « T j *• »• vuu.ua. R. XlCKKRSO!!* a •*. wiai (t l)C gwgCttS femrguw. childs, nickerson & co. 11. II. CARLTON & CO., Proprietors. FEALER3 IN TI'RMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Jo} jNE COPY, One Year, -»-$ 2 OO ONE COPY, Six Months, 1 OO ov;E COPY, Three Months, 80 U.Vl'LS OF ADVERTISING. \,lvrrliscments will be inserted nt ONfc |).il I \1! ii r s.|imre for the first insertion,and i'li'TV ( ENTS jiers«niare for each continuance, , unv time under one month. For longer ,„iioiN a liberal deduction will be made. A Momreenual to ten lines, solid. Notices in local tolnmn, less than a s<iuarc 20 cents a line. LFf. \1. ADVERTISEMENTS. /, ,„. r ,„r.!,..nU.n,hlp WOO ‘ rT r -mWA. miraii.m 4 00 " V 1, . I.ir L«-iiriN»»f l>i«mi>aion Administrator. 500 S \\** W lMr.iv > ol Guardian ,i.»rs ami Creditor* - ............ , At*., per i |uare .. M . «... nle I’rujMS 'ty, 10 days, p«r aq............... , :i0 days 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 31 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