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f BUMOBirriO* BATE* Oil year $t 5J BIx inonih*, 75 Three months 40 Vempip'r Law Drelileea. 1. Any p<r»ou who lake* a paper regular* ly from the postoffloe-whether directed to hia mme or another’s, or whether he haa sub* aonbed or not— ia t eapontible for the amount. 2. If a perron orders hie paper discontinued be mmt pay all arrearagra, or the publisher m <v continue to send it until payment la made, and colleot the whole amount,whether the paperia takes from the offleo or not. 3. The court* have deoided that refusing to take newspapers or periodicrls from the postoffloe, or removing and leaving them uncnlled for ia prinia fade evidence of in- lint otn»l frnuH. The darties who arc conspiring to cheat Uncle Sum out of the property left him by the millionaire Lowis are coming to grief. In court on Monday it was proven that the certificate of marriage produced by the woman who claimed to be his wife was a rank forgery. Tx financial circles abroad the fol lowing classification is made of the finan cial condition of three States: Chili is poor, has few debts and pays promptly. Peru, notwithstanding its rich mines, is poor, with n big debt, which it promises to pay but never does. Bolivia is also poor, lias a large debt, promises nothing and pnys less. Tiie eminent journalist, Emile de Gi- rnrdin, speaking “in the name of three millions of illegitimates that exist in Franco, and to the number of which lie does not conceal the fact that he be longs,” argues that illegitimacy is an er ror of the law and not n disgrace of the person. He depicts the family of the futuro thus: First, the mother, a dow ager, and adininstcring her own fortune in virtue of the regime of the separation of goods, which is to become the legal regime of France; second, equality of the children before the mother nnd be fore the law. In order to approach this ideal he thinks the institution of divorce must be introduced, but only ns u pro visional means. The country need not be alarmed at the great influx of bills in Congress. Nearly all of them will go quietly to their long sleep in the pigeon holes of the committee roon s. Almost every congressman has a number of constitu ents who think they have a call to take a hand in national legislation. As the ol>* stinato and unapprecintivo people will not send these amateur law-makers to congrfss, they have no resource but to prepare bills embodying their erudite conceptions and send them to “our mem ber,” with a request that lie present them. The obliging member complies, but 1ms no further interest iu the mutter. This is why so ninny unwise measures lire offered. It is a sort of ventilation that docs no great harm, while it makes many persons happy. The night before thanksgiving an old couple in Mercury, Massachusetts, wero visited by a stranger, whom the mother at last recognized as her son. Morethnn fifteen years before he was with Cushing iu the exploit against the ram Albemarc, and never being heard of afterward, was supposed to have been killed. He- was struck by a picco of a torpedo, and was taken ashore in the Confederate boats. After his wound was healed lie was set at liberty, knowing nothing of his name or home. Finally he took employment with an nx-coufederate surgeon, who opened the wound and lifted or trepanned tho skull. His condition so improved at the end of a year that his memory turned nnd lie went home to his thanksgiving dinner as though nothing had happened. Official whippings arc contimiqd regularly at Newcastle, Delaware, and arc regarded ns a matter of count* by the residents, though strangers arc sometimes shocked by the sight. On the last whip ping day live convicted thieves 1 punished. The first was a German, who was not Fcvercly lashed, and lie walked away smiling. The next w miserable tramp, who boro Ihe ordeal without flinching. Two negroes came next, writhed and muttered under pain of severe blows. The fifth w boy of fifteen. lie w*ns so frightened that it was necessary to force him in ]> nit, and at the first blow he dcspciutcly freed himself by pulling bis hands oi the staples. A handkerchief was ua*d to fasten him, but he got loose again btforc the prescribed twenty blows were tom- plcted nnd pathetically begged the shtriff not to strike so hard. THE BUTLER HERALD. W. H. BKHIVH, I JAUdM ». M(?M, | ■«*•»»• ‘LET THERE BE LIGHT.” Subscription, $1,50 in Advance. VOLUME IV. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1879. NUMBER 12. SOVTIIEHN SEWS. I Lynchburg (Va.) News: In u suit j pending in the corporation court between Six newspapers are published at Bris- Q. and S M it was found necessary to have tho deposition of Mrs. M., of Tennessee. tol, Tenn. Gold is more plentiful tlian greenbacks in Augusta, Ga. Columbia, 8. C., wants to be made a signal service station. Coal from Richmond county, Ga., is soon to be put upon the markot. Some negroes in Lowndes county, Ala., have been arrested for counterfeiting sil- Athinta, Ga., will have a fair for the public library next month, to last a week or more. Extra fine lump coal is selling in Knoxville, Tenn., at ten cents per bushel, delivered. Fifty locomotives und over five hun dred cars arc in use on the Western & Atlanta railroad. The question that concerns the south ern planters is: “ Shall we sec fiftcen- cent cotton ?” Dullas, Texas, is prowded with negroes on their way to Kansas, who stop there for supplies. Col. Alfred Rhctt has been appointed by the governor chief state constable of South Carolina. Oranges sell on the streets of Lake City, Fla., at from fifty cents to one dol lar per hundred. Rockdale county, Ga., lias voted in favor of prohibition, nnd local option is becoming popular in the state. The negroes held a big convention at Forsyth, Ga., Saturday to consider the feasibility of emigrating to Kansas. The state authorities of Texas have sent out detectives to watch how the bell-punch is rung by the saloon-keepers. There arc already fifty-three applicants for the position of secretary of the de partment of agriculture of North Caro lina. California salmon aro being extensively distributed in the streams of West Vir ginia by the fish commissioner of that State. McMinville (Tenn.) Now Era: The celebrated Ducktown copper mines were sold at public sale a few days since for the sum of $03,000. There were only five deaths at Jack sonville, Fla., during November and of tha number was a colored woman said to bo 125 years old. The peanut crop of Virginia, Tennes see nnd North Curolinn is estimated at about 1,835,000 bushels—an increase of 500,000 bushels over last year. Thirty-five gin houses have been de stroyed by fire this season in Georgia and Alabama, with nil estimated loss on machinery and cotton of $50,000., Greenville, S. C., had u disastrous lire Sunday, destroying the Academy of Music, valued at $35,000, and other property in the building worth $16,500. The liquor dealers of Galveston, Texas, who were convicted of violating the Sun day law, have been hired out under the county convict act at the rate of two dollars and a half per month. Dr. Edmond Strudwiek, a prominent physician of Hillsboro, N. C., aged sev enty-eight years, accident Uy swallowed a few drops of belladonna, and died be fore a remedy could be hau. Near Lexington, Vn.jU few days since, a farmer named Gillespie was killed by a negro named Mitchell, who had been at tending his farm. The dispute arose over the division of the crop. The board of aldermen of Richmond, Va., has rejected the council proposition to submit to the voters of that city the question of voting a subscription of $750,- 000 to the proposed Janies River Valley A Carious Punishment. Tho Dutch settlers of New Netker- land, now New York City, administered .. lingular punishment to disorderly . sons In the records of the colony, which are preserved in New York Ciy Hall, there is the following item: “October 14, 1638, for drawing hs knifo upon a person, Guysbert Van R«- gerslara is sentenced to throw himself three time from the snilvard of the yaclt Hope, and to receive from each sailer three lashes, at the ringing of the bell.*' Those Dutchmen believed in tie efficacy of cold water andcounter-irrit* tion to cool tho angry pussions. Thi bell was rung every morning and even! ing to call persons to and from thcil labor, * ‘ ‘ ‘ railroad. The number of Methodist churches in Orange county, Fla., lias been increased from seven in 1875,«to thirty-five in 1‘ present year, an average of seven churc a year. Other denominations have also largely increased. Nashville American: An average of forty car-loads of freight arrive here daily over the Evansville railroad. This does not include thirty car-loads of coal, which are received every day from Southern Kentucky. The bell-punch register has come to lie regarded in Texas us a mere farce. In Houston one leading saloon which regis tered over 1,300 on the malt register for October, shows onlv nineteen glasses of beer sold during November. Montgomery Advertiser: Another Ala bama lady has entered live field of histri onics in search of fame and fortune— Miss Louise Clarke. She has recently rend to delighted audiences in Atlanta, and will soon begin a regular tour of the southern cities. Lexington (Va.) Gazette: The ™ of this place are now dressed in full uni form, in very respect similar to that worn by the Philadelphia police. Their new overcoats were made in Philadel phia by the contractors who supply the police of that city. A prominent agent at Memphis who has kept up with the reaction following the exodus furnishes statistics showing that 8,000 persons have returned from Texas during the nine days ending Sun day last. A large per cent of this class return to bust Tennessee and Virginia. b accordingly issued to “any .justice or notary public” A process commissioner, _ to take said deposition. Tli’o process was placed in the hands of a negro con stable, who made the following return: “this witness is sick in bade Chile one wake ole.” Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser: On Friday last the supreme court room was the scene of an event that has never be fore occurred in our state. On that day resolutions were introduced commemora tive of the death of ex-Chief Justice E. S. Dargan and ex-Associate Justice Ly ra Gibbons, both of Mobile. It has ver before occurred that the death of two ex-judges of the supreme court was officially announced on the same day. Dallas (Tex.) Herald : The Sanetificn- tionalists arc gathering here again, audit is whispered mat they are holding dark lantern meetings. This fact was brought to light by Mr. William Buchanan, a prominent and respectable farmer of Na varro county, coming to the city in search of his wife, she having preceded ith the avowed purpose of mining the band. He is an old man, and she is rep resented as being a rather young woman. Memphis Ledger: We sold more cot ton Thursday than any previous day in the history ot Memphis. Wo have now the largest stock on hand ever held at one time, and our receipts a week ago last Monday were the largest on record. The receipts of the past six weeks are 40,000 bales ahead of last year, und wo are close to receipts of year before last, when nothing obstructed the movement of the staple at any .time (luring the eeu- son. Fourteen years ago a Frenchman named Bossett was imprisoned at Rich mond, Vo., for counterfeiting, and soon nftcr made his escape, leaving the coun try. He left a wife in Virginia, who, after mourning his loss for several years, married again nnd finally married a third timo. Only a few days since Bos sett appeared in his old neighborhood to find his wife living happily with another. She was arrested for bigamy at the in stance of Bossett and is now in jail await ing trial. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. The Neunto. In the senate on the 9th, Mr. Mnxey fr tho committee on military affairs reported , 1" favorably to the senate to-day the bill mak ing an appropriation for the erection of . , mfo r the protection of Huitablc i ted States, or anyplace subject to their juris diction. Section 2.—Congress shull have : by appropriate legislation.” Adjourned. In the house on the lltli, offered by Mr. Shelly (Alab for the appointmo uui) und rcfci of the Htigate the causes of tin exodus from the Nontli and report sue! urea as the exigencies may require house then went into a committee whole on the lull authorizing an allowance for the loss by leakage or casualty of spirits withdrawn from distillery vare-lioum s for exportation. Mr. Morrison (Illinois) who originally introduced the bill spoke in its support und stated that it hud tin- approval of the commissioner of revenue. The com mittee llu-n rose ami reported the lull to tlu- house whereupon it was passed. Mr. Hub- bel (Michigan) from the appropriations com mittee. reported the pension upproi riation hit‘h was ordered p The bill are of about $3,000,000 iation. Tho house then adjoi ,000, II Over the Abyss. |R.«Jln 8 Bdgta] If it were possible to turn gray of terror the hair of Miss Floyd Jones of New York should be aB white as snow, in con sequence of an awful adventure which •he passed through at the Briggs Colliery of the Lackawauna Coal anu Iron Com pany in this city. She is visiting the family of W. W. Scranton, General Manager of the iron company, and pressed a desire to visit tho mine for the purpose of witnessing the interesting nnd perilous process of mining and preparing anthracite for use. Accordingly Mr. Scranton, acting ns her escort, took along Mine Superintendent Reese G. Brooks os an extra precaution against venturing into danger. After inspecting the mine and seeing the men a work, the trio, guided by their flickering lamps, re turned along the subterranean halls to the foot of the shaft for the purpose of making the ascension. Superintendent Brooks signaled to the engineer over head, Albert Rosekellv, and told him the party wanted to be hoisted directly to the tower of the breaker, which rises* 150 feet from the mouth of the shaft and is 450 feet from the bottom, where they were standing at the time. Tho object of ascending to the tower was to make an examination of tho screen rooms, rollers and other departments where the work of breaking and cleaning coal was going on. The engineer answered down through the tube, “all right,” and the trio, taking their places on the platform of the carriage, were hoisted swiftly up out of the mine into the abaft of the tower. Upon the carriage approaching the •heave-wheel at the top, Engineer Rob* kelly lost control of his engine nnd the prty was hurled against tho heavy tim bers of the roof, snapping the wire hoist- . snapping the wire hoist ing rope asunder with the visitors over an abyss 450 feet deep. It was a moment of awful fear. They expected to be dashed to the bottom. They felt the carriage slip sharply down a few inches; then came a sudden jolt, a halt and tiny were standing still. The safety catches, ; which are generally more ornamental i'; than useful, sprang to their places and duccd by Senator Muxcy appropriates *200,- 000 for the purpose of erecting such military posts on or near the Rio Grande frontier, as may lie deemed necessary by the secretary of war for adequate protection thereof. The committee also reported favorably on tho senate bill to enable the secretary of war to purchase land for the arsenal at8an Antonio Texas. On motion of Mr. Davis (Illiiui at 1:05 the senate went into executive i.„ . . sion. The senate in executive session con- 1 held the carriage there. Even then tho finned tho nomination of Secretary McCrary situation was painfully perilous. Tho to be United States circuit indue for the i * — * ~i-l* - 8th circuit without debate jourued. u. Ad-i catches to slip agaiu, and everybody In the senate on tho 10th, the house con- | breathe. The position nt resolution, to adjourn from Decern- 1 »“ which the halt wus made was not adopted. At 1 p. ■ within easy access of any landing, •eutive session, 1 nnd the party warm fnmarl ra i forced to remain her 10th to Jununry 0th w m. the senate went into executive session,' and the pi . .. and when the doors were reopened ad- j there until the workmen came with lad* journed. | ders to their relief. This took a very In the senate on the 11th, Mr. Plumb In- ( few minutca, yet it seemed nn eternity, traduced a bill to amend the icvised slat- (and it was with feelings of deep ami •lilting to taxes oil bnnks and bankers. , h ear tf e lt thankfulness that they touched SSVotth' revlMa » I “ ndin 8 °»« ">»™. Tho onlv statutes, or any sum under name of deposits bodily injuries inflicted by tho shock which may bo deposited with any other us- were a slight cut which Miss Jones sus- sociution/bank or banker and which is sub- tained on the side of the head when the j.-ct to taxation in such association. The bill rope broke letting a bolt descend from * *—* ! -mde- the top of carriage where it wnn attached It provides that no nnd savings fund ini where the deposit firm or corporation the ( XT. to be lii ey, the s that amount is »le to tax. On motion of Mr. Max- thcii took up and passed a bill ppropriating «200,000 for such posts near ihc Rio Grande frontier as the secretary of war may deem necessary for the ndoquate protection* thereof. Mr. Cockrell withdrew liis objection to the consideration of the joint resolution for the removal of the Utes from Colorado, and offered an amendment that the Indians be removed to some suita ble place not in the Indian territory. The amendment was agreed to, and the resolu tion ns reported and thus amended was passed. On motion of Mr. Itutler, the sen- look up and passed u joint resolut utlioi i* of V . . . Cbarlei •!, to the trustees or the Holy arch institute for its use and n. At 1 :'>6 tlie senate went it ifdon, und when the doors we idjourncd until Monday. Tlic lions . ! the no way Sorrows of Genius Homer was a beggar. Spencer died in wont. Cervantes died of hunger. Torrance, the dramatist, was a slave Dryden lived in poverty and distress Sir Walter Raleigh died on the scaf fold. Butler lived a life of penury and died poor. In the iiousj on the 9th, Mr. Pound ( Wis- cousin ) introduced a joint resolution pro posing an amendment t>* the constitution providing that alter the Ith of March, 18S. r », the president and president shall hold their office for six years, and shull be inelig ible for more than one term consecutive, and that'members of congress shall he elcc- eeded to a null of the stales for bills’foi efercwcc. Under the call of the states about lireo hundred bills were introduced. Most f them are of a private character. Among hose of general public interest were the fol lowing: By Mr. Money (Mississippi), de- Col. John B. Palmer bus resigned the presidency of the Charlotte, Columbia . and at*9 o’clock at night to an- & Augusta railroad, a position he has nounco the hour for retiring. Guysbert,. ,u ‘ lt J for many years. He will be sue- therefore, received not only three duck- roe ” c ” Associate Justice Haskell, ings, but also three lashings, and doubt-1 ')’" 0 retires from the Supreme Court of less ever after kept hia knife in its sheath * 50Utl1 Carolina to accept the position, when his temper was hot. Charleston (S. C.) News: The bill to The bell-ringer was a notable man. He regulate the sale of patent medicines, before the general assembly, pro- Bv M during certain kinds t. , and defining the duticH of the postmaster- general iu connection therewith. This hill was prepared by the law officers of the post- office department, and embodies the views of that department with regard to tiie lottery question. By Mr. Goode ( Virginia ), to aiil the (duration of the colored rare by an up- proprintion for that purpose of unpaid li Fcltoi „d pa ( Gei ’ soldier By Mr s the court-mc«senger, the grave-dig ger, the chorister, and sometimes the school-master. When the minister was absent he read u sermon to the congrega tion. Aw-a-n-y to omana. [Barltogton na«kcy c .j Occasionally you will meet a young man who gets on the train somewhere in Ohio, and when some fellow passenger asks him how far lie is going he will say “Omaha!” in the tone of a brakeman calling a station, and then looked up and down the car to observe tho amaze ment nnd awe of tho other passengers, ami you will notice that he looks a little bit disappointed because they do not to make it unlawful to sell tatc any medicine the combination of vhieh is unknown, unless an accurate orniula of the component parts l>e at tached to it. A young lady at Jackson, Tenn., was (itertainiug a gentleman friend the other foiling, when he offered her nn insult. ^ie at once drew a pistol, compelled lira to kneel on the floor and remain tl her mother came in and heard the Wole affair, after which she allowed bin to sneak off. ialveston (Tex.) News: A young gdtlcman of this city had the pleasure ofiating nn oyster that harbored within its hell e ghty-five little pearls. They wqa exhibited at the News- office, ami rafe in size from a mustard seed to a The oyster name with a ship- hats and ask to shake bunds with him and want to know where lie comes from and all about him. But by and by, when he learns from casual remarks dropped carelessly now and then that the man behind him is going to San Francisco, and tho one in front , of him is going to Japan, and the old by fellow on the other side of the aisle is j dayt- just returning from St. Petersburg, the . legn vouug man drops bis voice to a husky ' coni whisper, shrinks down into his duster so pn-i .. . that no one can see him, and tells tho j by t|- officials to lie manufactured to- i Indianoln. r) itrly one million ing leaf tobi nlhon pounds of leaf to- d nt New Orleans a few enuc officials for an f the revenue law, by hvdraulii ii bark ami all pr i of IV of duty. By Mr. Cliiilii Natchez. By M ^tiie power < offici '«««• allow . . ..satisfied land claims and vesting that power in the United Slates. By Mr. Wood ( New York), to amend tho laws relating to the internal revenue, It provides for the allowance of u drawback • included of March 14th, 1879, equal in value the the nil' all manufactured i provisions of the which drawback shall amount by which the 1 bucco exceeded the tax of sateen cents pound now imposed. By Mr. Felton ( CL ' ‘ ’ occnt persons from ci It provides for tiie repeal inal prosecutions. It provides for th of section 1822 of the der to prohibit the use of criminal inf« tion in criminal prosecutions and give < criminal tiie right of trial under the regular indictment by a duly cmpunncilcd grand jury. By Mr. Myers (Indiana ), to retire na tional bunk notes and substitute United States treasury notes therefor. By Mr. Ken nited States. By Mr. \V the appointment of a seleci d dur- ihnrgciihlc to the urner (Ohio), for itigute the qu> commerce. Mr. Wrod (New York) offered a concurrent resolution providing for the ad journment of congrci ' *‘ 1 flld I1H next man who asks him about it tliut ho i !meet and therefore liable to a t N only going out here a little wav. j rixleh cents per pound which ia believed | i. r ing the date of adjournment th instead of the 23d it was agree In tho house on the 10th, nf d Mr. Burrows ( Mich the t l n jo: : the following i Union: “ Article— t within tin limits liacon lived a life of meanness and distress. Plautus, tho Roman comic poet, turned a mill. Paul Borghcse had fourteen trades, and yet starved with all. Tasso, tho Italian poot, was often dis tressed for five shillings. Steele, the humorest. lived a life of perfect warfare with bailiffs. Otway, tho English dramatist, died prematurely, and through hunger. nimftorfnn tho child nf n-oniiiM Chattcrton, tho child of genius, and misfortune, destroyed himself at 18. Bentivoglio was refused admittance into a hospital he had himself erected. Savago died in a prison at Bristol, where ho was confined for a debt of $40. Tho death of Collins was through neg lect, first causing mental derangement. Goldsmith’s “vicar of Wakefield ” was sold for a trifle to save him from tho grip of the law. Yielding lies in the burying-ground of the English factory at Lisbon, without a stone to mark the spot Milton sold his copyright of “ Para dise Lost” for $75, at three payments, and finished his life in obscurity. Camocns, the celebrated writer of tho Lusiad,” tho great Portugcso epic, ended his life, it is said, in an almshouse, and. at any rate, was supported by a faithful black servant, who begged in tlic streets of Lisbon for him. Result of Absent Mlndcdness. [II*: “ Aha! you won that bet, I see,” said a Main street man to his neighbor us they started for the train yesterday morning. “ ‘Won that bet?’ ” ho wondcringly plied; “ what do you mean?” “Oh, you know what I mean; let mo congratulate you upon looking this morning.’’ Seizing his friend by the arm, the ‘ looking so t going to Like io from you; id about it,” said only compliment- TU TWO BUM W« two will stand in the shadow born, To s«o tbe hrtds ss shs |imms by; Bing soft uud low, ring loud sod clear, Yc chiming bolls thst swing on hlghl Look! look! sliacomral Tbe sir grows swsrl With (lie frairranl breath of tht orengt bloon And tho flowi Lie In s flood of n ■hoc While the gmit orvan dies nmi swells, Soaring to trembling heights of prayer Dbl rare are her rol.cn of silken sheen, And the pearls that gleam on her boson But rarer the grace of her royal mien, Her hair’s flue gold, and her check’s yot That there aro rough paths for other f« For lore hath shielded her: honor kept slch b And evil out fro Trailing with slow length far away. Now In her perfect womanhood, In nil the wealth of her matchless cli Lovely and bcnutiful, pure and good, She yields herself to her lover’s arm Hark! how the jubilant voices ring! I/.! ns we rtaml in the shadow here, While far ahovo us the gay bells swlnj 0 gleam ot a happy The .Ido of II with n . I pr; fcre I ho sun g.*es down in the darkening s And nl^ht falls around us, chill and gia; In the dim church porch jb hour ngo, ilcture for you aud u nek for the- shadow here; shirking overywlien a of desi«alr. hud up the flights, n« we still ascend, ’ Creep stealthy phantoms dark and grti Enter this chamber. Lay by dny. Alouo iu this chill and ghostly room, A child—a woman—which Is it, prayf- Lcspair 1 ugly wait* t«r tho hour of door I dm i glooin of a we -l help her not o not Judge he If? 8 You inow tho tsta ll her mlitery 1 if you wear that Urea*. You want to “ Yob, I want to look aa near like you oa possible.’ Well, that won’t bo very difficult. Your hair and eyes, and even your mouth, is like mine. Your face is too white, though. But you can alter that with a little dirt.” They changed drewes, and soon the youug, rich and noble Mario de Nantes wuh clad in the rags of Marie, tho Pauper Of Paris. The history of Marie de Nantes was a sad one. Her father and two brothers had fallen victims to tne remorseless fiends of tho Revolution, and a third and l ist brother had been seized. But iris rate bIio waa ignorant, although glio expected that it would be similar to that of her other relatives. He had been torn from her side but a few la..if* before. After the exchange hnd been made the pauper looked on tho stockingless and shoeless feet and ankles of the lady, aud said: “That will never do. Your feet are too white und delicate. Let me arrange matters.” In a few moments Marie was prepared end in tho tilth und rags she emerged Into the street. She now took her course back toward Ihe guillotine und nt length reached the square where the bloody work was still going on. Gradually slto forced her way through tho crowd, and nearer nnd nearer she came to the scaffold. She even forced a laugh nt several re marks she heard around her, but those laughs sounded strangely. Tho Theater Effected Her. Wednesday night, a littlo after 11 waifs •2'xiF. dance for drunkards—the reel. Government pap”—tho Father ol his Country. Next to nothing—a girl walking with the average dandy. “A” ib a go ahead letter. You often hear of a leading industry. You’ll always find a good looking- glass. Married life often begins with rose wood aud mahogAny aud ends with pine. Can a pig-iron a shirt— Cincinnati Commercial, No, but there are lots of A little girl the other day referred to the mustache of a young man as a “bang” on his lip. A REPORTER on a daily paper got some o’clock, the guests occupying rooms on good points recently by climbing the east corridor of the Pit! I only kno hands could boar I While to tho bri It brought all I onlv know (hi Laden with he..-., - Its gifts to ihe other were woo nnd shm Aud u burning pain that ihall and joy, and pcoco: . t theaoulofon# llna been a pearl In a golden case | o other ■ pebble thrown tol tho . Idly down In a wnysido placo, Where nil dar long at range footsteps trod, And tho bold, bright sun ’ ’ drank up thedswl ct uoiii wero wurnuu. u righteous God, Thou ouir canst judge between the two! She now stood within a few feet of tho platform. She swept it with her eye?. Her brother was not there. Tho cry was now raised: “Hero comes another batch.” Her heart fluttered violently, and slto felt a faintness come over licr aa site heard the tramp of the doomed men ap proaching. The crowd opened as the body of men passed. Marie gazed among them. A low cry escaped her. Her brother was there. But ho walked proudly and fearlessly forward, and ascended the which led to the block. MARIE, THE PAUPER. During the “Reign of Terror” in Franco there wero many deeds of daring performed, even by women, and many noble examples of affection exhibited. Tho very streets of Paris were deluged with human blood, but near the guillo tine it ran in gushing torrents. One dark morning an unusual number of the aristocracy had been marched forth, aud countless heads rolled from the block. A gaping multitude stood by, aud with iniouts rent tho air as the aristoc racy wero thus butchered. Among the assembled multitude that dreary morning, were two females. One of them was plainly clad, while n cloak was thrown nround her, with which she kept her features nearly concealed. But a close observation would betray tho fact that the woman had been weep ing. Der eyes wero inflamed and red, and she gazed cngerly upon the platform, while a shudder passed over her frame as each shock of tho glittering knife severed the head from the body of some one who had been unfortunate enough to fall under tho ban of tho leaders. The faeo of tho woman was very beau tiful, and she was young- certainly not more than sixteen or eighteen years of Up to this time the strength of poor while the o her nineteen were standing Marie lind fniled her, and she was unable | sympathetically about. Tho expression to put her resolvo into execution. | on the face of the groom as the vision But now a sister’s love swelled up broke upon him can better bo imagined in her breast, and Ehc recovered her than described, but he was made to ap- itrength. j preciate the situaton without any Be riots She sprang forward, bursting through j demonstrations, and he finally thanked the lino of guards and ran up the steps. I his ahirtless benefactor with all the Grasping her brother by tho baud, I enthusiasm that could be expected from •he cried: a bridegroom of only twenty-four hours, What docs this mean? It is only j and relieved him of his arduous position tho aristocracy that aro to die.” i with great alacrity. We refrain from "Away woman!” exclaimed one of the ] tbankiug by name the philan- executioners. I thropist who held the young bride so I will not away until you tell j gently until the arrival of the husband, mo why my brother is here, and thus *K®- The other femalo was quite different In character. Her face was fair, but there was a brazen expression about it. She was clad in rags, and as each head fell slto would dance, and in various ways express her delight, and then ex claim There falls another aristocrat, who refused me charity when 1 humbly sued to him?” Each expression ol the kind would cieate a laugh from those who heard her. But any thoughtful person must wonder how one so young could have become so depraved. Tito first female watched this creature fora few moments, and then, pressing her way to her side, she laid her hand upon tho shoulder of the ‘wretch, ana whispered: “ Would you like to bccomo rich at once?” The femalo in ravs turned about with a look of surprise, burst into a loud laugh, and replied: “Of course I would.* “ Follow ute L and you shall be.” “ Enough. , 0 ... Lead .... .. _ with considerable difficulty th?.t tho females extricated themselves from the crowd; but they did so at length, and then tho first female asked of tho otlu ‘ What shall I util you?” “ Oh! I’m called Pauper Mario.” “ You live by begging?” “ Yes; but wliat’s your name, ritat do you want?” “ My name is Mario, the same as ; : to it, “ Aro you fin aristocrat?” “It does not matter. If vou where wo can find a room lead m and you shall have gold.” The pauper led the nay into a narrow and filthy street, and then down into a cellar, and into a (lark and filthy room. The other femalo could not but feel n sickening scimtion creep over her, but she recovered herself. After contem plating for a time tho apartment and what it contained, she asked: “ Aro you well known in Paris?” “ Yes. Everybody knows Mario the Pauper.” “Arc you known to Robespierre! If go, I want to make a barg; ’ ~ astonished sweet.” turned purjdi yelled: “ Ixiok-a-hcro! I’in any “taffy” or non- what are you giving m “ You i'ecdn’t ^et iu the taffy tosser; “ I wa* ing you <>n your new hat.” Tito '’sweet looking” man yanked oil his head covering, gazed at it abstract edly a moment, and exclaimed: “By jingo! it's my wife s Derby.” Then ho lifted up his voice and bel lowed. nt?” STATISTICS show that the number of Freshmen in the different colleges is os follows: Yale, 228; Harvard, 209; Cor nell, 12-5; Princeton, 110; Amherst, 109; Dartmouth, 81; Brown, 80; Williams, 70; Wesleyan, CO; Union, 57; Roches ter, 40; Colbv, 36; Pennsylvania, 84; Trinity, 23; Colorado Col logo, lo. I am. What do you wi You sec my clothing is better than rown, and I wish to exchange with you. I want you to consent to remain (tore, and not to show yourself at nil for a short time, or until I come to again. As recompense for aiding will givo you a thousand francs, and when I come back I will give you thousand more. As security for ltty x turu take this ring. The lady drew a diamond ring from per finger and gave it to the pauper. Then slio handed her her purse contain ing gold. The girl appeared a littlo puzzled and asked: “ Well, w hat are you going to do with iny dress. “ I want to put it on aud go where I first met you.” “ Oh, f under.-'and new. You want to see '.he chopping go on, and you are afraid you will uo taken for au aristocrat lutcr House a spiked fence, were startled by the most piercing When a man so far forgets himself screams of a woman apparently in great fts to go fishing on Sunday, we lose all distress or peril. One of the guest!*, de- respect for hint—unless ho divides, scribing the event, remarked that the! opuRimtN recently •»»»«, ’line were voice shot down the light-well, on which to write his life, it would seem to he fic tile rooms opened, and with sudden and tj on> KO marvelous wero some things startling effect, appeared to bo front a w |,j,’.h bad occurred.” person in one of the rooms. Some j •« Tun fairest of the fair,” Is not al- twenty gentlemen, in undergarments vms the chairman of the awarding and other array hardly orthodox for committee. calling on a bride, rushed in the direc tion of the voice, and ft und a ltand- feomely dressed and interesting woman of not more than 20 summers, in room 270, screaming, “ Currie is dead!” and repeat ing it as fast nnd us loud as aho could articulate. were a bride and groom from Peoria, and they had just returned from McVicker’s, where they had witnessed the Bowers- Thompson combination in the presenta tion of the “Court of Charles li.” and tho tribulations of Richmond had affected tho bride greatly. After return ing to tlieir parlors in the hotel, tho groom had gone down to the office to pur chase tickets for St. Louis, leaving the bride to “pack up,” in anticipation of an early 6tart the following morning. Ihe first thing she took hold of to pack was a cabinet picture of her sister “Carrie” that stood on the bureau, and the reac- The worst of dying by poison is that you never can tell exactly where youi stomach belongs. A NEW song is entitled “ My Love She is a Kitten.” Kittens scratch like tho mischief, and so perhaps does his love. Now is the season of the year when the sciasor-oditor sharpens his shears and smashes up his crediting machine. “Are you going to the ball to-night?” •aid a bachelor to his married friend. « Oh, yes,” was the reply, “ I'm going to tho bawl; I've got a crying baby at home.” Then each went hia way. Adot.pitub: Yea; if she D continually casting sheen’s eyes at ewe it would be perfectly sale to say that her eyes are lambent. The New York papers announce tho marriage of Mr- WaNm to^Ji>a U’atson. My! Watsons ought to follow fuYf tion from the excitement of tho wedding union, ceremonies and the effect of the scenes I . _ Ihe naughty boy that, at the theater combined, appear to have j his family pew must fe been too much for the young wife, and painful necessity f< , —tpletely away, her the form of convic-1 ■'^s pins in here is a uprising her nerves gave completely away, her i among his relatives, hallucination taking tiie form of convic- A MAN never realiz n he is tion that the aforesaid sister was dead until ho bursts a suspt. * >•. -in from There appears to have been no ladies his pants among a gro and about, owing to the lateness of the hour, j finds himself slowly faiim a ; .*». but some twenty gentlemen responded , ^ deaf ntnn can got out of a crowd to the calls of distress, aud, with cologne-1 ag ao on as any one when a collection is bottles of strange shape, the upporhalf i to bo taken up, nnd yet tho fact has ol- .i -_«• i- «~*i » - ♦••* i-i-* 1 wa y a puzzled philosophers. covered with leather and a tin or trickle cup covering the bottom of the flask, or, we should say, tho cologne-bottle, gave soothing assurances, and the bride was partially pacified. When the groom re turned she was sitting in an easy chair, and a guest with only his undershirt ana pants on, with suspeuders hanging, was sitting on tho arm of the chair, with one cry stepis I arm around the bride, and with tho ' other quietly bathing her forehead, bound. “ Your brother?” was tho echo. “ Yes, this is my brother.” “ Well, who are you?” “ I am Marie. Don’t you know me?” “ The Pauper?” “Ay!” “ But this is not your brother?” “ It is. Ask him—ask him!” Young Antonio do Nantes had turned scornful gaze upon the maiden, but a light pa&eu at once across his face, and he murmured: " Uh, nty sister!” “Is this your brother?” asked Ro bespierre of the suppoied pan it* r, ad vancing near her. “ it is.” “ But his name is down differently.” “Then you are mistaken. He is my brother. Ask him.” “ Does Marie speak tho truth?” asked Robespierre. “ She does,” was the brother’s reply. “And you are not Do Nantes?” " I tell you I am her brother.” “ Why aid you not tell us tlris be fore?*' “I attempted to speak, but was si lenced.” “ But you might have declared your self.” “ You would not have believed me.” “ But your dress?” “It belongs to an aristocrat. For- bans to him for whom I was mistaken.” l&bespierre advanced close to young Nantes and gued earnestly into his face. Then he aproached Marie, and looked steadily into her eyes for a short time. a moment of trial for the poor girl. She trembled in spite o! hef efforts to be calm. She almost felt that •ho was lost, when the human fiend, whose word was law, turned and said: “ Release tho man.” The chains were instantly removed, nnd Antonio do Nantes walked down front tho scaffold, followed by his sister, while the shouts of those around rent tho air, for they supposed it was a commoner who had thus been saved. Tho young man worked his way through the crowd as rapidly as possi ble, lending Marie. They hua scarcely escaped it. before the poor girl, fainted, from tho intensity of her feelings. The brother scarcely knew what to do but a hand was laid on his arm, and a voice said: “ Bring her to my room again. She will be safe there. 1 Tho brother conveyed her to the apart ment of tho pauper, nnd asked of her: ‘Have you seen the fetnalo before?” “Yes, 1 know all about it.” returned the pauper. “ She borrowed my clothes savo her lover. Sho has done it and I n glad.” Before the noblo sister returned to consciousness, tho brother had learned When she did so they both sought so- (juarters, ufter rewarding the beg gar-girl as had been promised. “ Do you think Robespierre was really decided?” asked Marie de Nantes. “ I think not,” returned the brother. “Then why lie did ho order your re lease?” “ Ho saw your plan. He admired { •our courage. Could a fiend have done css?” “ Perhaps this was the case. But if so it was a deed of mercy, and the only one that ntan ever did.” “ You are right.” consideration of the feelings of u wife of 6otne years stunding who is now in an other part of the country. Expensive Education. [Pt“l “Everything is expensive now-a-day writes the mother of a prosperous fam ily. “Jt is not tho first cost of any thing or its given price that is so alarm ing, but the incidentals the first outlay always entails. I sent mv daughter to a convent school, feeling aide to pay the rates of tuition and boarding, nnd also for French end music, which wero ex tras, but not more. She had hardly been there a month when bills came in for books and sheet music, nnd these of course I hud to pay. Then there was a j men vile charitable society among tho girls under the protection of the v trgin, and sho had to pay a monthly fee to that. Then sho wrote me that sho was*one of the ‘ Ribbon Girls,’ the four best girls in the school being monthly decorated with ’ihbous, and that she was expected to treat the other girls to cakes, and wine. This had to ho’paid for, after which 1 said I did not want her to be a ‘ Ribbon Girl’ any more. On her birth day I sent her a cake and soiuo sweet meats for herself, but she wrote me she never got them. I went to the convent to inquire ubout the lost box, and found that tho nuns hnd opened it nnd placed the cake on the supper-table for all, and my poor child only got one little piece of her own cake. 1 tell you that I was mad, and I flow at that nun and told her I did not intend to feed up the whole convent for th* m. My daughter’s things were here own, and 1 meant her to have them. The nun said that it was always their rule that a pupil should divide all her gifts with her class. ‘“Then,” said I, ’you may find idiots enough to let you make rules for tho disposal of their hard earning, but I not one of them.’ “ She commenced talking about France and the nobility, but. 1 told her that this was not France, nnd i was not the nobility, and if she liked tlieir way so much that she ou^rht to have staid among them, ami I picked t.p my little girl and*brought her home, for I con sider taking her cako and giving it to the others was no better than highway robbery. “After this, I sent my daughter to a S oung ladies’ boarding-school, near Me in, and the chief object of that school seemed to be to build churches, and keep them in repair. Tho girls were always working for fairs for that purpose. They would buy tho most expensive materials to make fancy articles, and it was a cry for money, money all the time. Now, is it not an outrageous thing that you caunot educate your daughter withouthavhi" to spend money for things that aro of no interest to you"" ental expens t pri- gretted that when a gi rate school, the inciuc. alway so great. The Rain Tree. Soma travelers in Colombia, South America, in traversing an arid nnd desolate tract of country, wero struck with a strange contrast. On one side there was a barren desert, on the other a rich and luxuriant vegetation. Tho French Consul at Loreto, Mexico, says that this roraarkablc contrast is due to the presence of the Jamai ca*pi, or the rain tree. This tree, which grows to a height of sixty feet, with a diameter of three feet at ita base, possesses the power of strongly attracting, absorbing and condensing the humidity of the atmosphere. Water is always to be seen I UdU dripping from ita trunk in such quantity • wcmin Mow, but Time* Man wants but lit it is the opinion of that ho .-houlil alw.i, known through the co umna o: a paper. Grace Greenwood, they any, embraced spiritual ism. Bet you a dol lar spirituuiLmdidn’t reciprocate.—Hu has dellc. It ia a malicious woman who will Slyly put long hairs on a man’s coat just to mala his wife j*v H ard D.ech.- ,l' r ml r that £ starting ng lady of They fellow in tins alone association his acquaintance *1 HE Vist cat*!-apc rem riuin * unsold is like tho most uupo'Uni m..n in a hotei dining-room; it is a head alter Send up tho sauro kraut, please. Here is tho choicest conundrum of tlic season: What is the difference be tween a pumpkin pie a::.I a muzzle? dog-on-good. A writer the other is that “humor consists ofasericsof i urj)rises.” If that is humor, the fun that exists is a colony of wasps is immense enough to move a stona im age to laughter. When a Chinaman makes love to a girl he doesn’t rave about his heart pant ing for her, etc. No; he simply tolls her that he loves her better than he doel rats, and she believes him. Why will people persist in com mend ing honest industry when they see, every day, that it brings thousands of masons, carpenters aud plasters to the sjaifold? The Boston Journal of Commerce, in nn article on tho exports of Boston, makes no reference, strange to eay, to “Rever end ’ W. H. II. Murray. If he is not an ex-sport of Boston, what is he? “Long Metre” inquires “How do you euro hams?” Dear Metre, it de pends on what ails tho hams. If they nave a slight cold, soak tlieir feet in hot water nnd feed them composition ten. Tf there are symptoms of consumption slico thin and fry aud the consumption is assured. If you wish to prevent tho consumption, hang the 1mm out doors where the sun can strike it for a week or two. , “ If I punish you, said mamma to her little girl, “you don’t suppose that I do ; Then my pleasure, d« whoso pleosu it for, Tiie Graphic says that no really good nun will geek a rich wife. Too true; the rich wives are all reserved for tho— ahem—clergy.— N, Y. Commercial Act* vcrtiicr. The hardest work many a man hai dono this fall haa been to sit on a nail keg in a count 17 grocery store and tell what a powerful man Iris grandfather was to husk corn. The most courageous are frequently embamissed wb i le add reusing a m u 11 i t u do from a platform, and the tiring is all tho more demoralizing if they happen to bo standing on a trap-door. Man’h inhumanity to woman makes countless thousands crawl out of a warm bed to kindle the firo these cool morn ings, while they roll over and take an other snooze. I never nrgy agin a success,” sava 1 nrgy ng Josh Billings. “ \\ hen I see a rattle snake’s head sticking out of a hole, I bear off to the left and say to misclf, that hole belongs to that snaik.” When a tramp was offered Iris dinner If ho would wield the scythe for an hour, he soliloquized: “To dine—no mower. Ayl there’s tho grub.”—Uackentach Republican. We suggesr -hat celluloid might bo used in the nmnufaflturc of false teeth. It is capable 1 ugh polish, is hard with out brittlene.- snot exorbitantly high in price. There s one objection, to be suro—its in.fluramability, The j^rson with cellu’'-: would hav<- to lie very carefui ae^wZ to give utte mco to hot words, or even to talk too gbb«y, lest the frictional heat should set his teeth off one after another, like a bunch of Chinese crackers in a barrel. Tho result appalling. But perhaps this very objection would prove to be greatest recommendation tho celluloid could have. A California Story. Pigs tun at lan r > Kern County, an»l become wild, ’.n *w u g no owner. Thi/ 1- — „ v dry year ha-* mad > forage scarce. U j You can always tell whether an editor Atmosphere?”Watcria always to be seen I usual collet ”ot n 'mv been notice* is a single or a married man by his sedeo- j Gripping from its trunk in such quantity I seeming! council, aud pigs in pa to tion o'poetry for the paper: Hie single • fl8 t0 conver t the surrounding soil into a • have i•<•■•( seen to leave by differr4tf_ one always clips verses on “ Love, and vor jtablo marsh. It is in summer routes, nr v supnos d to be prospect 3 “ To My Darling,” and that kind; while i e8p ecially, when tho rivers are nearly parties, because lately there has he the married one belects something rela-! j^cd U p ( that tho tree is most active, geur rai stampede in the directis. tivo to the cheapest way of keeping jf this admirable quality of ihe rain treo Buena Vista -Lake. Into this ktkj house, or on the tooiihhness of fashion Wlia utilized iiftho arid regions near the plunge daily, and fish for clanu os displayed in dress. equator, the people thore living in misery screw the lioUcm/under cover ofjj on account of the unproductive toil two feet of water. Their muitii TuEYmy » broiucd face U hand*™.would derive uj :linu to diet Is ivtiShea, slau IHJ ITl'ia UWUIl a ****'*.'* J j 1_._ t. i. -m dead. , Vm!'!!r, n „„! 0 ^ r 1 ^<^ , o r .dc° ur .t r ic wWottiaclimate — - H «hen ho g, fa up. n a X $ rad droughts are froquont. | preparation. \