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A B.tispapsr Law DnlMn, 1. An; pawn whffUkfel ■ napar raralar ly from the poitofflce—whether directed in the paperi§ taken f*om tii« office ort>4<. 8. The courts hare decided Untt refc-ln,. to take newepapera or periodicals from tin Sn'n. 0 !?'?', or i "T 1 "? »nJ leaving tliqi STS^tS 1 . >**“• to0, t «• Ane JJciuua ot apoctuuuaii. 1.0 ot "l'eculutidn keeps Imhiliif " tnn 52? I, aociety seethea nptl Jibl.ltB over with the excitement duett the custont »■, tbr rioh'ea: to the • ^rl?8 nujrauit of more wealth. This cc)iinJ? m0 ? ,, a11 flosses. Farmers and X n £y <1 wellers are tempted to send 4i._ . savings to be swallowed up in in* ^“lrlpool °? speculations in the cit- * , and in the vam hope of acquirin' ic icy that have never existed, and which A P nn no moro secure than they can fi£*P ft ^adow. Tl>e business man and ,.nL? a * n who , Phases already a snu f «i.f“ P J 3tenc ? k p .Hte to throw their prop- ’ . ? nwuy u* 4 the same foolish manner ? WP -dowed up in the bottbmles' linn a* BR^'dntiofl. so the wrecko tlii 1 t fortunes may be counted b\ thousands, and crime, ignominy am , ■ retchedness are present everywhere. An a loss degree the evils of overliving, * OQ > prevail, unci men and families mourn for Want of that which they have un wisely squandered and wasted in n way that brings no solid comfort t< them, Thero is ho happiness in living beyond °ne s means. Those, who linvono debts, who pay ns they go and make this theii “ 10 mo;i ° careful and economics than thos'j vyho buy on credit whatovc P'-uy desire dr tlihik they need ^ u .V'.ng on credit' is our notional bane, j 51 ’- evil which saps the foundations of ou: ®ocial comfort. It keeps a man in debt increases his expenses, , makes ^iis neces sities greater, and tempts him to risk hi. property in vain efforts to extricate him self from pecuniary difficulties. Jt it c 4 uite easy to spend wliat wo have not .but a nmn always thinks twice before lu breaks upon a small accumulation which i he already has, and will rather add to v than trench upon it. Therefore the habi of saving, onqo created, ia a safeguard Against carol ess spending and should b -encouraged in every legitimate and propsi way. Thero is an economy that is mean I and stingy ; but it is very easy to avoid this fault without falling into tlio oppo site vi<jo of. extravagance,.and to hit the happy mean of a sensible and whole some econo’my. — Huml New Yorker. Bismarck. About thirty-five years ago, when tlie ‘Qcrmau Chancellor was only plaiuiQtto von Bismarck, a Pomeranian Squiro'and ». stout, heavy man, suddenly sank up to Ins lum-iute., y«ii,}jptrup fc ^iug toorfri. ;cato lnmself, tllq gentleman shouted for help, and seeing Herr Bismarck approach him very slowly and cautiously, appar ently still looking out for tlio rising of some ‘■'Amy .snipe, jiiteojisly appealed to him tq, loayo fbo tconfibnniled fcnipe alone at»\l pull him out of the abominable ■Swamp iuto which he hod sunk so deeply that its slime was almost, in his mouth. “My dear friend,” replied Bismarck, with the utmost calmness, “you will cor- tainly if$*<sr get tfitt hole, No, body cnfcfcpbAsildy'enw Joi.f It wonl& however, pain me very much that you should suffer unnecessarily by slowly stifling in this vilo swamp. I’ll tell you what, my dear fellow* I’ll save you tlio agony of snffocntiou bv putting a charge of shot into your hputl Thus will you die at once more swiftly and more re spectably.’*- “Aro you mod?” shrieked tlio other, Btruftgling desperately to free himself. “I don’t want either to be drowned or shot; so help mo out, in the namo of three devils!” Deliberately leveling fiis fowling-piece nt his friend s hop’d, fterr Bismarck rejoined, in a sor rowful tone: “Keep steady for a mo ment!; it will soon be over. Farewell, dear friend! I will faithfully toll your wife &U about it,” Stimulated to supor- huuKtn effort by tl\o eminent peril men acing him, the unlucky sportsman con trived to wriggle out of tho mud on all- fours, and, when ho had recovered his feet, broke out in a storm of vehement reproach. Herr Bismarck listened to him with a sardonic smile, merely observ ing: ‘Can t you see how right I was, after nil? Every man for himself!” and, turning his back on his infuriated com panion, coolly walked away in search of more game. E BUTLEK HERALD. W. N. BENNS, JAMES D. RUSS. Editors r_.ic r r thjsBE be light.” Subscription. $1.50 in AdvanM. VOLUME V. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1881. NUMBER 18. ■V OLIVER WENDELL HOLMM. Dear ineMnt aohool boys I Nature taught to thm The simple lessons of the star and flower, ■” d thorn strange sights; how on a single atom— { closo my eyes now and recall him, big, ’ She was jes’ ’waitin' ter see how much shoplcss, indistinct in tho semi-darkness. 1 you’d give.” uky’s bare legs scudded quickly s the yard. The bull tookuo notice from the hill-top whore our eyee behold The lire y i since the shadow; Jin. toah’a watery days. Row, when the lightning split the mighty rock, *’ ' of tlie shaft was spent: alien stock, luless sparrows The spreading fury o n and wheto tl the lossll l Joined the alien stock, bio the homeless rparron iter of their discontent. years of dearth; esll bones second birth f Science still pointed "to her empty thrones. mlng of orbs to eyes of earth unknown, inchel looki d heavenward In the starlight pale; In those awful depths ho trod alor~ •-■ant were the gl No Cuvier yot slumbtred, waiting for their No Lyell read the Ipgend of tho s is ho sat undor tho mulberry-tree, sing- rinff. •* Wish I was In Tennessee, A-sottin’ in iny cheer, JU jjn’armsnr un'T* j de *p* This was his favorite. Who shall doubt that it expressed to him all the poetry, romance, passion, of life? After a time Uncle Brimmer fell ill, and wo sent for a doctor. Dr. Trattlos Jex was the medical man of our county. Hoi ived in Middleburn, seven miles away, and he came trotting over on a great bay horse, with a pair of •vldle-bngs hanging like Gilpin’s bot- eitlier side. He looked liminutive ns a monkey perched j k, and inaeet all horso’s back, wee bit pawky body,” deed ho sail. b« the wide real) their eyes our lo o u with wondering W those loftier heights had gained longing fathers struined' ring gnso the summits high their children's footsteps lie. s tho scholar’s Hand, [ peace they rrod the suffering children yet unborn, his May-day uiori ' sires and thought liow much i A Dog’s Sense of Smell. Have you ever observed bow really wonderful is the dog’s, sense of smell V Anach arsis (says his nappy owner) knows me, when I am dressed in clothes he never saw before, by his nose alone. IA>t mo get myself up in a theatrical costume,-and cover my face with a mask, yet ho will recognize me by some (to ub) undiscovered perfume. Moreover, he will recognize tho same Odor ns clinging to my clothes after they have boon taken off. If I shy a pebble on tho beach, ho can pick out that identical pebble by scent among a thousand other*. Even tho very ground on which I have trod den retains for him some faint memento of my presence a few hour* afterward. The blood-hound can track a human scent a week old—which argues a deli cacy of nose almost incrediblo to human nostrils. Similarly, too, if you watch Annoharsis at this moment, you will rco that lie runs up and down tho path, sniffing at every stick, stone and plant, aa though he got a separate and distin guishable scent out of every one of them. And so he must, no doubt; for if even the earth keeps a perfume of the person who has walked over it hours be fore, surely every object about us must have some faint smell or other, either of itself or of objects which have touched it. Therefore the smells which make up half a dogte picture of this life must be successive and continuous. —Exchange. Dr. .J ex’s Fretlicament. mis the funniest thing that lever . — .... ~_ - in my lifo. CraUcshauk would have ,nl \ at invito Dr. Jex to climb a ed in it. I wish I had him hero to and crawl through a window’to illustrate that scone with the spirited Ins patieiit. vigor that only his dancing pencil gives. ann It was in Kentucky that it happened— that pleasant laud of blue-grass, aud to bacco, and line stock, with whito-teothed girls. Mabel, my 'sister, had married Dick Huoklestono, aud they bad begun life in great contentment ami a liltlo three-roomed bouse* scarcely big enough to hold tho bridal presents. Buf they were happy, hearty, healthy. They had two cows, ieo-cream every day, a charm ing baby, and Uncle Brimmer. Who shall say that their cup was not full? In deed, tlioy thought it full before Uncle Brimmer added^ himself theroto—a very pondrous rose leaf. Ho was one of our old family servants, who fondly believed that Miss Mabel and her young lmsband would never bo able to get on without him. Ho walked all the way from Mis sissippi to Xentvioky, with his things! tied up iu a theal- sack, aud presented himself beforo Mabel, announcing affably that ho had come to “stay on.” “But I haven’t any place for you. Uncle Brimmer,” said Mabel, divided between hospitality and embarrassment. “Lor’ honey, you kin jes’ tuck mo aroun’ anywhcir. I don’t tako up no Mabel looked thoughtfully upon the big brown gray-whiskered old negro, whose proportions were those of a Hercu les, and shook Jicrjhend. “You are not a Tom Thumb, Uncle Brimmer.” “No, ma’am,” said ho, submissivoly, “but I’ve got his spirit. Couldu’t I sleep in do kitchen, honey?” he went on, with insinuating sweetnoss. “No, indeed,” cried our young house keeper; “I put my foot down on any body Bleeping in tho kitchen. ” Aunt Patsey, tho cook, stood by, bal ancing a pan of flour on her hpad, one fat hand on her hip. I snspcctctt her of a personal interest iu the matter, and in deed she afterward acknowledged that she thought Uncle Brimmer’s coming would prove a “blessiu’ to liei 4 feet.” Tha ‘ ‘ stepi tht said of si he wn> . ortant as tliougl io had Found tho placo to stand on, anti :ould move tho world with his little over. A rod handkerchief carefully pinned across his cheBt showed that In and lungs and a mother. His booU were polished to tho last degree. Hh pinlc and beardless face betrayed 1m .routli; and his voice—ah! his What a treasure it would have oemi jotild ho linvou t it out to masmteindm.'*: Whether it was just changing from that >f youth to that of man, or whether, like •ending and writing, it “entno by na- *uro,” I can't tell. One iustant it was I ■!«• >p and bn*s, the next, squeaking and Miprnno. No even tenor about that • ; lie held out.his hand, with, “Good- , I morning, Mis. Huoklestono. I hope the i baby has not had an attack?” I popped into tlie dining-room to gig- , | gle, but little well-bred Mnblo did not oven smile. “Ok no,” she cried; “itis Uncle Brim- Tlio doctor offered to see him at onec. I Mabel got up tdi lead the wav. Uo to this moment I warrant it bad not struck anything'out of the way that sho ‘ ~ ' ” ’ ladder, get nt hIio looked at him, speckles?, spotless, gloved j scented, curled, then at’the ladder leaning against tiro wall in a disrqputablo, rickety sort 3 feet of hors had been saved* many homo in on her soul. To distress and my*hilarity, we saw that Uncle Brimmer’had hung out of the window some mysterious under-rigging 1 that he wore. - > Long, red, and ragged, it “flaunted *tn the breeze” as pictur- sequely as tbn-Amoricau flag on a Fourth of July. “J. am afraid;'doctor, it will be a little awkward,” faltered Mabel; “UndeBrim-, tner is up there;” and she waved her lily hand. “An* you’ll have to%lime de ladder,” put in Nanky Pal, with a disrespectful chuckle., , I thought the little dootor gasped; but he recovered himself gaUuntJy, and said: “As a hoi think I can ascend and ho smiled heroically. Wo watched him. He hered by tho saddle-bags, but ho aged very well, aud had nearly v'e&ohed the top, when suddenly Uud'a- Brim mer’s head and shoulders ^protruded, giving liira ille look of a svril half out of its shell. my pulse, doqt'.or,” ha cried, ba^ei Nuuk; across __ of her. He waa still stamping and hollow" ing under that window. Uncle Brimmer and the doctor clung together, and only rt kick now and then testified to the little man’s agony. “Suppose Uncle Brimmer should lot go ?” I suggested in a hodlow whisper. “Oh, hush,” cried Mabel “Tlie doc tor’s blood would be on our heads.” “Or tho bull’s horns.” It was not far to tho tobaoco field, and iu an incredibly short time brother John came riding in followed by half a dozen stout negroes. With some delightful play that gave ono quite an idea of a Spanish bull fight his lorduhip was cap tured, and our Httlo doctor was assisted to the house. Gone was the glory of Dr. Trattles •Tex. His coat was torn, his knees grimy, his hands scratched, and ho looked—yes —as if he had been cryiug. “Can you ever forgive ns?" said Mabel, piteously. She hovered About him like a 1 ittlo mother. She made him drink two glasses of wine; she mendted his coat; she asked him if ho would noblike to kiss the baby. And finally a wan smilo shone in the conntei’anco of Dr. Jex. For mo. I felt my face purpling, and leaving him to Mabel, I fled with brother John to the smoke-house, where wo—roaged. Uncle Brimmer got, well aud went in to seo the dootor. He returned with a new cravat, a cane, and several smart ar ticles of attire, from which wo inferred that in those trying moments when lie supported tho suspended dootor, that lit tle gentleman had offered many induce ments for him to hold fast. When ques tioned ho resjxinded chiefly with a cav ernous and mysterious smile, only say- iug: “Master Dr. .Tex is a gentleman; starch in or starch out, he’s de gentle man straight.” And brother John, who is somewhat Acquainted with slang, Baid, with a gr< laugh, “Well, old man, you had a bn ohanco to judge, so you must be right. —Harper's Weekly. mlly rlif SOUTHERN NEWS. “ Mamua,” said a little chap, as Ills indulgent parent gave him a second piece of pumpkin pie, “ mammTi, I guess this is locomotive pie.” “Why so?” queried his puzzled parent “ ’Cause, mamma, it goes so fast I ” And in two minutes he passed his plate for a third piece. A noth from her father’s counsel, of fering to conduot her divorce suit free of charge, was among tho presents received by a Philadelphia bride. It is not only arrogant, but it is profli gate, for a man to disregard the world’* qpinioq of Cfefirfi, daughter Nancy PiHmira Kate— called Nanky Pal, for short. But of late Nanky’s services had boon called into requisition as a nurse, and Auiflt Patsey, who was fat and scant o’ breath, thought sho bad too much to do; and so she viewed with evident delight tlio Stalwart 1 proportions of our good-natured giai^t from the south. “Dor’s delof, Miss Mabel,” sho sug gested. “It is too small, and is cluttered up with things already.” “Oh, sho. chile, dar airfjtf nothin’ in dnt lof’ ’cep { do ’totters, anT 'de peppers, an’ de dried apples, an’ sort io strings o’ terbacker, on’ de broken plow, an’ some odds an’ ends o’ do 4 billon’s, an’ Lucy Crittenden’s pups. L< >r’, dar ain’t nothin’ ter speak of in do lol ” “He can’t get in at tho \4indow,” said Mabel, shifting her ground. > “Lemmn try,” said UncleYBrimmer. Tlio kitchen was a smafi' log-cabin some distance from tho houso— 1 “iu good hollerin’ reach,” to quote Atint Pafsey. Above it was a low room, or loft, crowded with the misceilan eons articles enumerated. The only wu y of getting into it was from the outside. A ladder against the side of tho cal In admitted one, through a little window! no longer, I am sure, than that of a railway coach, into this storehouse of trcusui|es. Nanky Pal, who was as slim as a tsqake, was usually selected to fetch ajid carry through tho small aperture. But Uncle Brimmer! “I’m pretty sho I kin do it,’* he said, squinting up ono eye, ns ho tojk off his coat and prepared to try. We stood in tho doorway asthe cau tiously went up tho ladder; andlafter an exciting moment lio pushed himself through tho window, and turning, smiled triumphantly. This settled the matter. A cot bed was procured for Undo Brimnler, and he Boon became tho mainstay of the family. Cheerfully avoiding all the work possible; indifferently as an ostrich eating all he oould find in oupbo{trda or highways; grimly playing hobgoQlin for baby; gayly twanging his bttojo on moonlight nights—memory recalls ties with a smjje, Uftdtj Brimmer! I can blandly, expending £tis “’Tain’t no {daie for.you 1 4 iii hero’s my tongfe.” M'hen qiit wont his tongue for Dr. Jex’s iusp^tffcion. The dootor settled hir^self on arnog of tho ladder, quite wilE^g to bo met half wny. Professional inquiries ‘begnn, when “A d/icp sound struck like a fifing knoll.” “Ctood grnokjusl” exjduimed Mabel; ‘•whatsis that/* Nitpky Pal sprang dp, with distended eye^ almotA letting the baby fall. “Aoarcfe', clear9p, deadlier than before.” “fiukes ftly*! Miss Mabel,” cried >n sky, “ol^ Mr. Hiinmon’s bull’s done br-Ilto loojKj” ohe w'as right. A moment more, and 1/1 Vuslied tho splendid angry beast, bel- lp'.ving, pawing tho ground, shaking his 'evil lowered head ns if the dovil were contrndieting him. Dr. Jex turned a sacred face. My lord Bull caught sight of the fluttering red mgs, aud charged the sido of tho house. And I give you my word, the next instant tho ladder was knocked from under tho doctor’s feet, and he was clinging frantically round the neck of Uncle Brimmer. Fearful moment. “Pull him in, Undo Brimmer—pull him in,” shrieked Mabel, danoing about. “I can’t, honey—I can’t,” gasped tho choking giant; “I’m stuck.” “Hold me tip,” cried tlie dootor. “Send for help.’ Uncle Brimmer seizoll him by the arm pits. The saddle-bag* went clattering down, and about tlie head of Master Bull a cloud of quinine, cMlomcl, Dover’s aud divers othet powder* and pills, broke in blinding contusion. “Aunt Patsey. go foij Mr. Huoklestone at once,” called Mabel. Aunt Patsey lookefl cautiously outt from tho kitchen door. “Yqr don’t kej mo in do yard wid ole Sigmons’ btll sho said with chormking mdopendei&X#! 1 seifd pTartk " * ** A Disturbed Prayer. Tlio Bov. Mr. Wingtop received a visit from tlio Widow Pobklos and her four childron. “I have come to stay a month, Brother Wingtop, and you may consider it a compliment, for I never did like Little Book. You and my husband were such fast friends that I can never forget you. Wcro you not fast friends, Brother Wingtop ?' • “Madame, myself and your busbar" | vjere firm friends, but wo were not ' A minister and his deacon should fast.” Mr. Wingtop had hop' remark would have a tende* • ^“jf?’ the widow’s visit into • ^ 81,0 replied that lie w . * luun, tho revere’- . a dear, aly, ft'iod ♦ikof ,ivv.ir« ona 1 gentlemen realized surnir -d'C when the family had been , 1 ^oued into tho sitting-room to hear *ong prayer from tho minister, tho rt idow managed to “squash” three of the children—. The other one, a bov, ran into the dining-room. “Let him alone,” said tho minister, “in good time tho Lord will catch him,” but the same time ho thought that if tho Lord ever did catch tho l>oy extraordinary time would have to be made. “Let us pray,” said the minister, glancing slyly around to see if tho widow had securely huddled her chil dren. 'Our Father,” he began, “we thank Thee for Thy—” “Ms! oh, ma! George is taking off the shoo!” Thank Thee for the great privilege of sacred communion. But for the—” Ma, make him quit. He’s trying to put liis sock under my nose.” “I ain’t, ma.” “But for Thy love we would ere this have lieen out down as ououmbers of tlio ground. We see around us—” Just hero the boy That had escaped to tlio dining-room entered with a stick of stove-wood and an old boot. Advancing, he struck at ono of his brothers with the boot, but unfortunately bit the min ister. “Madam,” said the reverend gentle man, rising, “throw those young Boasts out of the room, out of the house, and in fact, out of tho. yard. Daniel wae cast into the lions’ den, where he enjoyed himself, but if he were ponned up with these rhinoceroses ho would loaa his rep utation in ten minutes. “Then I shall s Nartky Pal." iewft|i I’ll break every bone iuilier body. Then Mabel bogan tof beg: “Aun1 sey, let her go, please. « I’ll giuglgkm whole bagful of quiltt pwc^s. aKin ruby rep polonaise that' ytftlxtoggdffn for yesterday.” 1 subscribe. Aunt Patsey’s head a little further. “An’ wliat elsi “And a ruffled piiloi bol, almost in tears, th __ sugar, and 111 ma]£Lyou a hat—and that’s nil. Now!'I _ “I reckon dnt’s 'jancl chile is ■wuth j Jj» aJKAj mother. Life In Germany. With an outlay which seems nm ■mall to the American, GtArtmM trivoto lead a merry lifo. Fine and drama at cheap prices, tlie out-door life and the days which allow passionate fondness _ abundance of l|#3|$li|arofeia Kw g ars, will atone, m the German mind, ir a great many other deficiencies. As to books, there is uo country where they are cheaper or moro abu ’ ‘ m thousand new titles are pi year. In Prussia, compulse socuri The paid capital of Charlotte, N. C., banks is $825,000. The contract for building jetties nt Femnndinn, Fla., has b:en reawarded. In Moorcsvillo, N. C., out of 710 cases of riieaslcs, there has been one death. An attempt is to be nuido in North Carolina to create tiie office of ltuilroad Commissioners. Eight thousand logs broke loose in the Lower Penri Tiver and floated out into the Gulf of Mexico. Subscriptions to start a glass factory at Moss Point, on tlie Mississippi coast, amount to $18,600. Ono thousand immigrants arc expected to arrivo shortly in Southeast Missouri and North Arkansas. Four large rattlesnakes, killed recently in Greennc' county, Ala., had fifteen, fourteen, twelve and ten rattles. Lsist year was the most bountiful known in Texas since the war. The cot ton alone amounted to 1,200,000 bales. A person writing to a Mississippi paper thinks that cotton seed is better for fer tilizing purposes than cotton seed meal. A company is to be chartered to devel op the granite quarries near Petersburg, Vn. An alleged petrified baby, said to have been unearthed near Eureka Springs, has been sold at Russellville, Ark., for $4,000. It is suggested in West Virginia that the State shall appropriate $1Q,000 to send nn agent to the North qi Europe*to induce the immigration of families of Swedes nud Dunes. The estimates of. -the expense! of the State government of Texas for tlie. year ending February 28, 1882, aggregate $1,367.91& St. Stephen’s, in Savannah, is the only colored Episcopal Cnurcli in Georgia. The twenty-fifth anniversary 1ms recent ly k*jon celebrated. t*ke loss to the Louisiana sugar inter ests by the cold and wet weather is now carefully estimated at 26,0 0 hogsheads or about ten per cent, of the expected crop. Mr. Cage told the Sugar-planters' As sociation nt New Orleans that iu his opinion nothing could equal a negro us a laborer on u sugar plantation when he is properly paid and handled. The Swiss colony in North Carolina is said to have discovered that the mulber ry tree grows with as much luxuriance the cherry, and that the soil and climate favor the production of silk. Tho capacity of the Charlotte, N. (otton mills is five bales of cotton per. day, there being 3,800 spindles. The machinery wall on one floor. The walls are very thick and the floor is triple, thus neutralizing the effects of the jar ring of the heavy machinery. Tlie Birmingham Iron Age reports a contract with parties from Chicago for 16,000 tons of coal to he delivered on the lino of the New Orleans utul Jackson rond. New OrleansJStatcs: Mr. Duncan F. Kenner is the first planar to take the wise precaution to lay tramways from his cane-fields to his sugar-house. His example should be followed. The soil and climate of Houth Florida are said to be' very favorable to the ..... . tivation of sugar cane. The yield ,v u^' sometimes r the n Moro than $15,01 the endowing# <Fih^ Qlumhia Theological seminary. It*is said the scmiiiajjj^^i|nnj|4i>^^M;^^^ invested funds, ana that the outlook is vary Meta- Prices very Low. 300 pupils are now in attendance tittw and Mechanical Col- ipPL at P i rdingly announced that Chief Justice Marshal were members. The colportcr of the Maury county, •nn., Bible Society distributed to fam ilies in that county destitute of the tl of God six hundred Bibles and Testaments (during the past yeur, is probably the time). The Maury county Bible Society is the oldest in tlie 6tnte, having been organized in 1818. The second nmmnl report of the At lanta Board of Health states that the total number of deaths was 679, an an nual death rate of seventeen and eight tenths for each thousand inhabitants. Of the whole number, 288 were white and lored. The death rate for the is thirteen to each thousand, and for the colored people twenty-three and eight-tenths. out suggestion is f North Cuiolina jury or witnesses The followlni made of Gov. . court rcqti itlier should be held i Our people are eu people, and to t laborers out of t sup i doi the bi nnth i the month of June, inently an agricultural ke a large number of e lie d-, for a week, as ny of the counties in June, is a serious in- abC that countv.” jury to the farm* jv. J. H. Campbell, of Columbus one of the most active philanthrop n the State, writes to tho Columbus Times that in all his fifty yf ar ' expe nce among the poor, lie never I ns had application for charity from nn Is lite. They sometimes give him money • the poor, but never ask charity for themselves. During the recent cold term, when white and colored people of all denominations were cilamoring for wood, lie specially notes tlio standing of the Jews, to whom he says the facts arc highly creditable. The Ne Orion the following ndv l’ienyii cuts fro epnnts the Louisiana Gazette, printed in Now Ur leans, and dated February 17, 1823: “Pitoengers for. Mndboiivillc—Aji ele gant sleigh and four will leave Basin C’nroiulelet this day at 3 o’clock for Mndisonville, by way of the Canal and Lake 1’oiitehartinin. It will be prqvided with buffalo koIk's and other accommoda tions for eight passengers. Apply to the driver, on board) or at lfibriskin’s stable. Passage live dollars.”... .“.Skates—A fc pairs of Holland-made skates for sale nt 111 Custom bolide street, ready strapped.” Cold Snap*. “ We’ro havin’ some pretty wintrWh weather,” said old Daddy Wotherspoon to Uncle Sammy Honniwell, ns the two gentlemen met near tho City Hall. “ Bight for’ard weather for tho season.” “Jist so; jist so,” conceded Undo Sammy. “Reminds mo of the fall of 1831. * It commenced ’lonjj the fore part of November, and froze stiff till March. Good, smart weather, too. I remember that it was so cold iu Brooklyn that November that bilin’ water froze over a hot fire.” Daddy Wotherspoon looked at him and braced himself. “Yes, yes.” said he, “ I mind it well. That’s the fall the milk froze in tlio cows. But tho cold season was in 1827. It commenced in tho middle of October aud ran through to April. All the oil froze in tho Inmptt, and wo didn’t havo a light until spring set in,” » “Ay, ay,” responded Undo Sammy, growing rigid. “ It’s just like yesterday to mo. 1 walked 140 miles duo east from Sandy Hook, on tlio ieo, and slid back, owing to tho convexity of tho earth, you know. It was down-hill coinin’ this wny. But that cold as the winter of 1821. 3d in SuLitonJicu of 1 *17. or p ti.l 1 y till tlio 30th of June. BITS OF INFORMATION. Tub fiddle is spoken of as early aM 1200 A, D., in tho legendary lHh of St, Christopher. Chamois skins are not derived from the chamois, as many people suppose, but are the flesh side of sheepskins. The skins are soaked in lime-water, and in a solution of sulphuric acid; fish oil poured over them, and they are care- lly washed in a solution of potash. In 1789, when the Federal Govern ment was organized, heads of depart ments received 83,600 per annum salary. The principal Secretaries who formed Washington’s first Cabinet were ; Of State, Thomas Jefferson ; of the Treas ury, Alexander Hamilton ; of War, Gen. ( Knox; Attorney General,♦Edmond Ran dolph. The heaviest Iom inflicted upon tha American arms in any battle of tlie Rev- olutionaBjr war was at the battle of Long Island—2,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners. But 10,000 Americans o engaged, and tho loss was only 20 per cent. At-thb Battle of Hubbard ton, Vt., 700 patriots engaged 1,200 British troops, and 824 wcro Hilled or wounded —nearly 50 per cent. At Guilford Court House, Gen. Greene lost 1,200 out of 4,400— a loss of 30 per cent. Yellow bananas come from Jamaica and Aspinwall, and the red bananas from Cuba. The yellow bananas sell the best because they grow more to the bunch. A bunch of yellow bananas averages about ten dozen, and sometimes they average ns high as twelve dozen, while the red bananas seldom run over five dozen. Tho bundles aro sold nt about tho same price, so the retailers can afford to sell the yellow ones for less and still moke a better profit than they can on the red ones. Tlie flavor of tho banana depends greatly on tlie soil in which it is raised. * The English guinea was so called be cause tlie gold of which it was first made was brought from Guinea bv an African trading company. Originally it was in tended that the guinea should bo worth 20 shillings, but, owing to a number of errors in calculating tlio proportion of tho value of gold and silver, it never circulated nt that value. Sir Isaac New ton fixed tho Irno value of tho iruiuoo, iu relation to silver, at 20 shilluigH 8 pence, aud, by his advice, tlie crown proclaimed thnt in future it should be current at 21 shillings. The hanging gardens of Babylon con sisted of nn artificial mountain 400 loot on each sido, rising by successive ter races to a height which overtopped the walls of the city. Tlie terraces them selves were formed of a succession of s, tho tops of which were covered by llat stones sixteen feet long and four feet wide. Upon theso .were spread beds of matting, then a tliick layer of bitumen covered with thick sheets of lead. Upon this solid pavement earth heaped, some of the piers being hol low, so us to afford depth for the roots of tho tallest trees. Water was drawn from tho river to irrigate theso gardens, which thus presented to the eye the ap pearance of a mountain covered in verd ure. The day upon which any historical event referring to tho Christian era hap pened may bo determined by the follow ing rule : 1. Subtract 1 from tho date and divide tho remainder by 100. 2. Point) off tlie centuries from tho result ing remainder and divide tlio odd years by 4. 3. Multiply the resulting quo tient by 6 mid to the product add tho ro- mainder. 4. Fram tho sum subtract twice tlio number of centuries pointed off anti divide tho remainder by 7. 6. Add the resulting remainder to the day of the* year upon which the event happened and divide tlie sum by 7. G. To tho last resulting remainder add 1. Then will the sum bo tlio number of tlio day of the week required. When tlie first quotient is zero, or when it is 1 and tlio centuries pointed off S,’unless there bo a remain- tlQr, to avoid negative results, add 27 to the date instead of subtracting 1 from it. “ Something Good In the Fellow.” An eminent public man who shall bo nameless—a man of great intellectual power, of real goodness of heart at bot tom, but smlly broken and demoralized by a long-continued course of wrong living and much wrong-doing—was o»oo told by a boon companion how a certain other public man had been abus ing him. “ Never mind,” said our eminent friend, whose soul was really above the level of petty scandal and malice. “ Tho fellow is only a dirty blackguard, and I care not to know what he says of me.” “ But, my dear sir, if lie is allowed to go on in that way he will ruin your char acter ; lie will destroy vour crediLuand, perhaps, injure -yAhV tho future.” Proprietary. “ Tut, tut 1 My character—what there in of it—is., too tough lor such » B17. AVO..^ “ BTr.Sof'S'e ‘Otilm UlLs-fur, mv dear fellow that 11H » in n” L.n. with his head bowed down upon his remomlKU ^lmt season of * 11<l ' vheu ke^lexMooked up, lus gartens and might borrow with zesome features of ..e have adopted itl nonevjprdor system is very con- aS,lV3ermriearaing ? As t<? and art, we must stand with our ^riiifllror. With all its i - * - and >e«r, there is Germ n home-life “ I building of the burnt district, Ff 3 m&wmR bany. , breathing hard. [tannin’ around your ice-hoi mt where you got in. It • I spell, though. How long August till the 80th of ftfiftoi. Ga. knownT’Tlic" grots nmn»Jt 9l reported hy Col. Nelson Tift, tlio &gB]W£Mm£«lthe lial.il ties $478,269.79. are Every" versify of North Cnrolii BaALABftEi “ 'B’roeK'tot ana is now in hi d matriculated in 1808, is eighty-ninth year o ftMWaww.* It .ddiwflttbwtlMaJ'eriianni'Mlif Sttk IA 1 "'* — J Virginia convention of 1829-80, of which ™ nrijvg m fiflERRYiJTBKT, »■MMON.fltOR W, luo froze in tho chimneys vo had to blast it out with dyna- I think thnt was the worst we M® BR njt snow the limj® Ipil^lT^afj $8,000 a mouth for f< l mil Ain's. Thero wns a heap c Pine Moldings the pari IR®Ki'S HAIR. and window glass 1 Ittrmllor in car load lota. fMt’THE BEST winter, because and phosphorus, till , and then wo ont of matches and jumped around till :n use bums »¥■' LINE, BY CORRESPONDING .tension, tb, best Good,, and at BOTTOM NP * l