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The Butler Herald, Published lljr W. N. BCNNS. |a WEEKLY DEMOCRATIC) NEWSPAPER,DEVOTED TO INDUSTRY AND CIVILIZATION, j Terms, O.V1! DOLLAR A YE AU. In Advises- Volume a. BUTLEB, GEOKtiU. TUESDAY, OCTOBER I. 1878. WHOLE number to > Advertising Rates, One square one insertion $1 00; each sub* Sequent insertion 50 cents. One column,one year $100.00 One column, six months 60 00 One column, three months ,35 00 Half column, one year 6000 Half oolumn. six months 30 00 Half oolumtt, three months 20 00 Quarter column, one year 30 00 Qnarter oolumn. six months 20 00 S uarter oolumn, throe months 12 00 ernmnuioations of a political character, of artioles written in aivocaoy or defense of toe tolalms of aspirants for office, 15 cents per SBLlSOTlONh, Peter and the Wolves, About thirty years ago, a Nor wegian, named Jan Janaon, came to this country, and settled in the back woods of what was then old Virginia, clearing a farm in the mountain wilderness near the Cheat river. Those mountain fastnesses were Legal Advertisements [then, as, indeed they are still, ton- WiU be inserted at the following ratee i anted by the boar, the great gray Sheriff 8*len, per sqaat-e $3 50 BherifFs mortgage sales 6 00 Application for letters of administration 4 00 Application for letters of guardianship. .4 00 Dismission from administration 6 00 Dismission from guardianship 6 00 Far leave toselllatid ......400 Application tor homestead .. .4 00 Nopoe to debtors and creditors 4 00 bijle of real estate by administrators, execu- * — and guurdians, per square ° nlx 3 00 Sale of perishable property, ten days.. ..2 Of Eatray notices, 30 days (H), All bills for advertising in this paper are due on the first appearance of tha advertise ment will be presented when the money is heeded. THE BUTLER HERALD W. N. BENNS. Editor fliid Publisher. ; $1.00. Feu Annum. TUESDAY OCTOBER 1st 1878, LANIER HOUSE, B- DUB, Proprieto, MACON, — — — GA. , -o- THIS HOUSE i« now provided with every necessary convenience for the accommodation and comfort of its patrons. The location if desirable aud convenient to the business por tion of the city. Th. Tables Have the best the market aflfds. Omni bus to and irom depot fre^ of charge, bug* gage bandied free ot charge. The Bar is supplied with the best winet -And liquors. - * ' Queby : “Why will men smoke common tobacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros, ‘Seal of North Carolina,' at the same price ?” feb 5th-ly. inpflfnbusiness you can engage* in. J) JjP £ to $20 per day made by any worker OI either sex. right in their own localities. Particulars and samples worth $0 free. Im prove your spare time at this business, yld- dress Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. a woek in your own town. $5 |OuttU free. No risk. Reader, if you want a business at which persons of either sex cau make great |»ay all the time they work, write for jmrticulars to H. Hallhtt & Co , Portland HheuinaitfUi Quiaekly Cured. “Durunge'B Rheumatic Remedy,” great Internal Medicine, will positively care any ease of Rheumatism on the face ot the earth. Price $1 a bottle, six bottles, $5 bobl by all Wholesale and Retail Druggists Don"JL fail to send for circular to Helpheustim & Bentley, Druggists, Washington, D. C. not easily earned in these times, but it urn be made three mouths by uny one Cither sex, in any part of the country who is willing to work steadily at the employment that we furbish. $66 pur week in your tnwh. Too need not be away irom home night Ton can give your whole time to the work or only your spare moments. We have agents who are making over $20 per d«y. All who engage at once oan make money fast. At the present time mouey cannot be made easily and rapidly ut uny ether business. It Costs nothing to*try the business. Terms and $6 Outfit free. Address at once, H. Hai,lkit A Co., Portland, Maine. Ang.l4-ly. flfll H Great chauceto make money, if, UULU»y i can’t get gold yon < breeab.itUs. We need a person in town to take subscriptions for the 'nrg< st, cheapest and best illustrated family publica tion in the world. Any one em becom e a RQceasslnl agent. The moat elegant work ot art given free to scribers. The price i so low that almost everybody subscribes. v)ue agent reports making over $150 in a week. A lady agent reports taking ben in ten days. AU wn money fast You oan devote all your time to the business, or only your spore tim j. Von need not be away from home overnight You can de it as well as others. Full par- tlcnlarH, directions and terms free. Elegant and expensive Outfit tree. It yon want pro fitable work seud us your address ut once. It coat notning to try the business. No one Who engages fails to make great pay. Ad dress' ‘• file People’s Journal,'’ Portland wolf (not the comparatively harm Icbs cayote of the West), aud even the panther. The JanBens were genial, kind- hearted folks, and counted every body a neighbor and a friend who lived within a circuit of thirty miles, If Jan or bin wife wero needed in time of sickness or other emer gency, they took Peter aud Greta and set out, leaving the cabin locked, and the key hung outside, according to the custom of the country. “Some Christian soul,” they said, “might need shelter and t meal, and tho beasts could not un lock the door,” Fear ot the wild boasts prevent ed their leaving the children at home, though the fact, neither bear nor panther were ever known to approach a house, and wolves only in case of extreme hunger. After living in the mountains for a few years, tho Jansens be came convinced that there was no danger, and grew more careless They frequently were absent in the field all day, leaving Peter and Greta alone in the house. But they took care never to let the night fall before their return. The summer of 1850 was a hard one in that desolate region for man and beast. Crops of all kiods, even inast failed. As the fall passed and winter nppruached,the deer actually came near the cabin in midday, driven by huuger. Rumors came from the iar-off farms, that the wolves, gaunt and hunger bitten, had at tacked the cattle in the barns. Ill early December, Jan was sent to John Supplee, a farmer living abou t ten miles down the range. Supplee bad fallen and 1 broke his leg, and Jan who had a good deal of medical skill,was the only person who could bandage it properly. “You will come with me, Ma ria,’ ho said to his wife, “so that, in the case 1 cannot come back be- lore night, you cao bring the cart and ox home.” Maria kissed the cbildron good- by, “I will be back before sun- i down,” she said. “You may have the supper ready, Greta, and Pe ter may milk tho cow.” The children spent, the day qui etly at work building a house for their hens. The sun was going down heforo they thought it was noon. Peter rau to milk the cow and Greta put the bacon to fry, and the corn-cake in the entered skillet among the hot ashes. “Qniat, quiat, good Spry t" cried Peter,patting the white spot in her forehead. “Mother is com ing,and I have not done my Work.’ Spry stood still. The milk was strained and put away in the brown crocks. The cako was link ed, and waited, smoking by the fire, but mother had not come. What is that, Peter ?” Greta grew white as she caught his arm. It was a rushing, roaring, hissing noise, which filled the whole air; then followed by a deafening,pro- longod crash, like thunder. Then there was a silence. The sky was was blue, the set ting sun was warm. The birds were twittering their last goad- nights before the darkening full. The two children stood trembling in the doorway. “It is an evil spirit,” said Pe ter, promptly; for the Jansens had brought all their native supersti tions with them. “Wehavemade him angry in some way. Come in and shut the door.” The crash had hrought more trouble to tho children than could any angry Bpirit. It was a torna do whioh had crossed the moun tains five miles to the south, tear ing up great oaks by the roots, heaping the ravines with rocks and fallen trees. It had crossed the rood on which their mother on the cart was slowly driveng the ox. Peter was fifteen, and a stout boy of his age. He was now shiv ering and whimpering in the cor ner like a scared baby. “Mother is dead I He has killed her I” he cried. “Who would kill mother ?” I’ll go aud find her. Come I Do some thing Peter (” said plucky little Greta, tugging at the latch with her shaking fingers. “Do ! What can anybody do when the spirits are out/" He crouched on the floor and hid his eyes—then started up. ‘I knew what I’ll do. They are huo- gry. In Norway we always set out a meal for them in winter uights, My father never done it here. There was a haunch of vension bunging to the ralter, but half- dried. Tho boy laid it ia front of the fire until it began to crackle and burn. Greta knelt on the hearth and watched it. She knew that this was tile way in which the angry spirits that filled the mountains of Norway were appeas ed; but she thought they hud left all of these terrible creatures be hind them. Peter took up the smoking meat carried it to the edge of the woodi threw it down and ran back, h teeth chattering with terror. “Como away from the window I he cried to Greta. “It is death you look at them.” Ho throw himself flat on t bed. But presently the little g ! crept to the window, “Sure mother is coming. And they cat see mo, anyhow, through this chink,” she thought. The moon had risen, and threw “Wolves’’ Peter with one leap reached the gun. He gave quick, convulsive shouts ns a boy is apt to do With great excitement. Wolves ! He could kill a hundred wolves ! A different thing from spirits. He had just time to close the heavy shutter as the fierce beast reached the wiudow. Tho door was already shut. Greta drew the great bar across it. The kitchea was full of the smoke of the roast ing meat, anil the smell madden ed the famished beast, who each had tasted but a morsel of the flesh. • There Was a window in the washshed, for which there was no shelter, “They will not find it," whis pered Greta. “The bushes cover it.” The children crept noiselessly into the shed, carrying the gun with them, their eyes fixed on the quare open bote, for which they had 110 defense. The barkiug and yelp ing of the wolves were at the oth er end oi the house. But suddenly a crash was heard among the hushes, and one, two, a dozen heads appeared at the open window. Peter fired. There was a yelp from two that weie hit, and the pack retreated for a moment. The next moment, the whole pack,dis covering tile opening, rushed to that side of the house. The win dow was full of gleaming eyes,and fierce, open jaws. Again and again the hoy fired, his sister leading the guns for him. But they were too slow. One great gaunt wolf leaped through the opening, The others tore at each other iu their fury to pass. With out was a dark howling mass. “To the loft I To the loft I" shrieked Peter, retreating, still firing towards the ladder. But Greta, gone mad with ferrer, as he thought, rushed past the wolf, seizing a box, in which she kept her wax doll, her Sunday ribbons, and all her most sacred treasures. It was a heavy box, but she ’lifted it and carried it to the ladder. Tho wolf sping at the boy,but Peter hud the strength of two nnm that night. He dialt him a stunner blow on the skull “A match I Aoh, mein Gott, if we have ilo match I” But there was one in the depths of Peter’s pocket, and the next minute a small red nia3S was low ered into midst of the pack. They stopped to snuff at it. Then was an explosidn. The big torpedoes wont otl like a cannon. The crack ers hissed and sputtered. A daz zling glare of red and blqe lights filled tlie room. Pop t Bang I Bang I Yelps of terror from the wolves, shrieks of triumph from Peter, In less than a minute, t^ie burned and frightened, pack! had oleared the wiudow aud balted .in the yard, peter ran down" tbe ladder, flung another box of mak ing crackers among them, and.fal lowed it up by more bullets. The children at last found means to barricade the window, and did not dare to open it until the Sun was up. Their father and mother return ed soon after dawn. Maria, find ing the road blocked 1 by the fallen trees, had been forded to go hack to SuppWs. Jad and she had walked home across the hills in the night, full of anxious forebo dings about the Ohildren, Petei Jansen is now a middle- aged man, who went through all the battles in Virginia; but he is never tired of telling of the night when he and Greta fought the evil spirits with fire-crackers. blow with his gun. They had left the powder and shot below. The boy’s strength was going;the a spectral light over the open space j open-mouthed beasts wore eudeflv-' and the dark woods beyond. joriDg, by means of the ladder, to hittle did the poor hoy think! leap into the ioft. He looked at that while appeasing the anger of j Greta, who was kneeling before imaginary spirits, he was what- her box, taking out her gilt-clasp- ting the appetites of creatures far led Bible. more fnrmidobl What were these black, shad owy shapes tearing at the meat ? The child’s blood grew Cold in her veins. The spirits were iodecd there I They left the meat. They crept stealthily to the house. “Wolves I wolves!’ she'shriek ed. “They are climbing in' at the window.” No wander the child had gone mad. She sprang to her feet at last. Peter, seeing what she held in her hand, gave a wild yell. The fireworks—the preoioUs crackers, and candles, and torpe does,which their father had bought from the pedlar, to fire off on GlwtoftWaa day! I Influence at' Newspapers. A school teacher, who had been a long time engaged in his profes sion, and witnessed the influence of a newspaper upon the minds of n family of children, writes as fol lows ; I have found it to be a Univer sal fact, without exception; those schoilars of both sexes,'and Of all ages, who have access to ueWSpW-s pers at home, when compared with those who have not, ar^: 1. Better readers, excellent in pronunci atiou, and ^consequently read more understaodingly, 2. They are better spellers, and define words with ease and accura- ey. 3. They oTjtain practical knowl edge of geography in almost half the time it requires of others, as the newspapers have made thenj acquainted with tbe location oi the important places, or nations, their government and doings on the globe. 4. They are; better grtiuartaaa for having become so familiar with every variety of style in the news papers, from the common-place’ advertisement to the finished and classical, oration of the statesmen,, they more readily comprehend the” meaning ot the text and constant ly analyze its construction with accuracy. 5. They write better composi tions, using btter language, con taining more thoughts.oleariy and correctly expressed,' 6. Those young men who have for years been readers of newspa pers are always taking the lead iir debating societies, exhibiting a more extensive knowledge upon a greater variety of subjects, and ex- p less mg t e r viiws with greater fluency, clearness and oorreotMow/’