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i^MMmrriti iatm Om yaor'.. Bis mgih, Thrat mostba l9«if«|irr Law BmIiIwi, Aijmnoi who tok<M a papar regular ly from tfio pastoflUo- whether directed to hia namo or •potber'f, or whathar he bu «nb> Mribed or sot—UtMpoDkibla for the amount. 8. If a persoa ordaif bit paper discontinued tbo paper it taken from the office or uot. 1 3. The eourta bare deolded that refuaing to take newspapers or periodiosls from the poetoffioe, or removiac and leaving them uncalled for Is prims raeie evidence of in- aatiotnal fraud. . COLD W1NTER8. V Yhe Wlaler «r mS-M -The Cold Crldoy of 0 , rrbrmrr 7, 1007. Th© winter of 1779-80, Bays tbo Al bany A rffus, began ns tho winter of 1880-81 did. The cold weather set in about the middle of November, and continued until about the middle of February. During that long period there was not enough warmth in tho sun's rays to melt % the snow on the ground, nor to affect in the least tho fet ters of ice that bound the creeks, ponds, 'and rivers. Ono snow storm followed another until dually the groibid was so covered, that it was difficult to£ofrpm •place to place, and \l\i ice upon the rivers at all convenient points was Used bv men Aud teams and animals in place of roads. The c*dd wfrtds wore so pierc ing that wild turkeys were found frozen, ty deatji in the forests and domes tie fojrls fell frozen from their roosts. Tho aeer and Imflhlo sought shelter from the cabins Of the Bottlers, and all kinds of wild animals iterished in tho forests for want of food, whibli was bnried benoath tho snow. The fieroo wolf and pantlier, which usually skulked about tho bound- arias pi tho settlements only by night, now came near in broad daylight m search of the 'bones aud offal thrown from the cabins of the settlers. No rain fell, the pioneers wero compelled to ob tain water for driakiug, cooking, otc., by melting ico and snow. The Northern and Western rivers wore tightly bound by-Jrost, aud even as far south ns Nush- villfethfr Cumberland was frozen over with ice thiok enough' for the safe pas sage of emigrant trains. Tho Dolawaro, at Philadelphia, had ice three feet in thickness, and Chesapeake Bay and Long Island Sound wore frozen over. Another similarity between tho wipt$r of 1880-81 and that of 1779-80 was the mild autumn that preceded it. When the cold began, in November, 173t»,l tlio leaves had hardly fallen from tho trees apd Shrubs were, putting forth new ‘ gvo./ih. Tho’same coiidiiidn of things was witnessed Inst fall. The winters of of 1783, 1784, 1785, 1788, 1792, 1790, and 1799 are all voported as having been very severe. tt is stated in “Hildrodth’s Pioneer History'! that on the 20th of. JJtecoinbci 1788, tno Delaware and Ohio rivers Orel l)oth frozen over, • and navigation waa suspended ju; “ the following In lWJ, wl the disastrous battle-field of General St, Clair, to bury tjio bend, they eucampod where Cincinnati now stands,- January 23. The snow was roported two feet deep on the ground, and the Ohio River was so strongly frozen that the soldiers lode their horses across from Kentucky on tho w Hie 7tli of February,‘1807, was known for years as cold Friday, and was tli ground-work for jtoany a grandfather tale. On tlio evening of the flth tho weather was mild and rain began to full as night sot in. In u few hours the ruin .changed to snow, which foil to the depth dflihtinches, 'after-which a lnm-icono began to sweep over tho land. It grow colder aud colder as tho night pro* greased, and the next morning tho trees iu the forests were cracking like the re ports of guns, and everything was bouud in fetters of ico. There was no ther mometer to register tho cold, but tho day comes down in history and tradition ns cold Friday. A Remarkable Story, A correspondent of the New York firming Pont, writing from Baltimore, tells the following remarkable story: “1 sat a while by two ivy-grown graves— neither very long made—but the story of the youug people whose bodies lie iu them is strange and terrible enough foi u South worth novel iu the present pro portions. This is tho tale as it was told me: There was an ambitious Baltimore mother, and a very rich and marriageable young scion of a stately house, and tho former had heard that the latter had said that he would marry only a blonde—n woman with yellmv-gold hair and dark eyes if such ho could find. The mother had a lovely daughter, but. her hair was brown. As, however, modern art. could change the spots of the leopard, that lit tle difficulty could be compassed; the mother took the daughter to Now York and had her transformed into the goldcn- rst of blondes. She tlieu went with her to Saratoga, where the young man was to pass the gay season. The result was electric—the youug man beheld his ideal —an arrangement was speedily made for tho marriage. The sad feature of the story is that it was ft real love match, and the young man would have loved tho lxinntifui girl brown-haired ns nature had mndo her. Of course the blonde hair fiction might have been sustained for some time, but very soon after the mar riage the young lady became very ill, and an ugly and strange eruption ap peared on her neck. The hair-dye had wrought poison in tho blood. People still tell how she was glittering with dia monds when she was carried out in the arms of her husband from the stately old mansion in Baltimore aud placed in the carriage to bo borne away to another city for medical treatment, which was of no avail. She died liefore the yenr was ENTERTAINING PARAGRAPHS. W. N. BENNS, JAMES D. RUSS. Editor. “LET THi'.HE I3E EIGHT.” Subscription. $1.50 in Advance. 'VOLUME V. BUTLER. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1. 1881. NUMBER 22. OPR YOUNG FOLKS. ‘HIHDft CANNOf COUJfTV* is Mjgi there were, in the urst of the bird, Under four brown wing*' protection. ' Now birds tun not count," said John, nut m, without wring another word, Ho took one for his collection. Ive mi there were In the rohbtn's nest; Karl knew from John's direction. 1 As I'trJs cau not count," said Karl, " 'tia be. .'•• tHke one of these, to bo with the rest Of the kinds In mr 0611(01100." ore In the nest on the tree. , V Upon reflection, i not count, I tlduk it will be . them, ami Jur.t right for me, Totokepnefoi ii^y collection.'1 ;jus were In that ham-wed neat: lUoii’t kin>w.ffJu\t connection was in the thoughts In the poor i can not count; -but thor left the mi in; body's collection. Oh! ffcscollectors, don’t you suppose Von might have some plight objection, Though roil should forget uow to count. If those ho look st your tnnsures, should, as they chose, Each lake one from your collection? As tdnls - No If blrdi poor birds' breasts, LITTLE WHITE THORN. In a small villnge in Great Britain, very many year* ago, there lived A poor widow named Brigitte. She was A de scendant of rich and respectable parents. Her father bequeathed her a house and lot, with the adjacent meadows, a flour mill,’ it brick-kiln, twelve horses, twice that number of oxen, twelve cows, and a greut .supply of grain and linens. But she was only a poor widow, with out a protector except her brothers, who were selfish and envious of her inherit- Tho eldest brother, named Peter, took { mssession of tho homestead olid the u>vsee. Francis,> the tyBpottd, 'took the meadows and tho Hour-mill. The third, George, seized tho brick-kiln and the ■oxen and shcop, leaving poor Brigitte nothing but. a miserable barn, without a door, to which, formerly, tlio sick aud ailing battle had been brought. As she was conveying her scanty furni ture to its destination, Francis, who still hnd some pity in his heart for his poor sister, said to her: “I will net ns a charitable and Chris tian brother towards you. Aiqong my cattlo 1 have a black cow. which is of no use to me; for sho has not enough milk to nourish a babe. You can take her with you. Your daughter, White-Thorn, can lot her graze on the moor.” This was a barren pieqo ot pasturage which had boon left to the widow. \Vhite-Thorn, the daughter of tho wid ow, hnd received this strange namo be cause her face was always so very pole and delicate. So, Brigitte went with her pale littio daughter, who was only ten years old. to tlieir poor home. Day after day ‘White- Thorn led the cow to its pasture on tho moor; here tho cow lind difficulty iu finding enough grass to satisfy her huu- gor. Meanwhile, White-Thorn busied herself iu whittling wooden crosses, skil fully ornamenting them with white daisies, putting them into tlir earth, and singing pretty, plaintive songs. She prayed God to help her mother iu this hour of great need. One morning, while thus employed, half lost iu thought, sho was startled out of her reverie by a littio bird that had nliglitcd on ono of tlio little crosses sho hnd put into the ground. Tlio bird con stantly turned its head towards her, winked aud twittered, ns though it had something important to tell her. The child looked at the bird iu wonder, ap proached it, and listened. Try ns she might, it was impossible for her to un derstand n single word tho little robin said. Tho bird seemed to know tlmt White-Thorn did not comprehend its language, but it twittered louder than over, Hew to and fro, and spread out its wings; still, she could not understand rirnt the bird wanted. In the meantime her whole attention was so wrapped lip in tho bird that even ing crept on unobserved, until at last, when the bird How awnv, she looked up and behold stars twiukling down up her from tho sky. Then she started up and thought of the neglected cow, which, as she feared, had strayed from the moor. She culled to her with all her might, beat and shook the bushes around her, descended into tlio hollow where the brooklet bubbled all the day—-but in vain. At last she heard her mother calling to her from a distance, as if some grant misfortune had happened. She hurried toward her iu great fear, and found her in tho pathway that led to the house, lumen ting and wailing over the skeleton of the bluck cow. It hnd been devoured hy hungry wolves. At this fearful sight tlio blood curdled in the poor child’s veins; she turned cold as ice, and could not. speak a word, but foil on her knees tho crown that pierced the brow of our Saviour. For that service, God has givon mo the jiower, to rnako ono poor child happy each yew. This yenr you are my chosen one. “Is that true, Robin Red-Breast?” said Wliite-Thorn, overjoyed. “ It certainly is,” ho answered. “And what must I do about it, my lit tle pet ?” she asked. “Follow me wherever I shall lead you,” replied the bird. White-Thorn said she would gladly do 60. Tho bird llew before hor across the moor to tho river, on one of the Beven Islands. Here ho seated himself and said to her, “Do yon see anything be- foro you ou the sand ?” “Yes,” she answered; “I see a pah- of shoes and a long palm staff. ” “Put tho shoes ou, and toko the staff in your hand; Now run along until you come to the first of tho Seven Islands. On this island you will see a large rock covered with rushes. Pick somo of these and twist them into a rope. Then you will bent against tho rook with your atnfl mid ft cow will appear. Tie tho cow with the rope and lead her home to your mother. That will consolo her for the loss of tho black one.” White-Thorn followed the directions of the bird exactly, and at noon she led a beautiful while cow homo to hor mother. The widow’s joy far exceeded her late grief, but pleased and surprised ns they A Strange Remedy. Dr. Murrell tells this story: “An old negro woman came to my office suffering from rheumatism in one knee. Tho knee was actually swollen, and sho hnd been complaining for some time, and on this particular morning it happened that some brown curnigated paper was lying on my table which I had removed from some specimens of ranltine and pepsin that had been sent to me for triul. She asked mo what kind of plasters those were. I told her they were ‘patent Chi nese corrugated rheumatic plasters’ Hint have been sent to me for trial, and if sho wanted totryoneof them she might. She concluded'to do so. Next day she came back, and when I usked her how sho was, she expressed herself as being a groat deal better. Sho had been able to walk up stairs, tho swelling was {*oue, and she declared it drew so bard in tho night that she had to take it off.”— Cincinnati Gaiclte. ■Ella Whxoleb has written a poem “>d -mat Are tlio Little Stars Say- ingV They art probably .saying that bad, cloudy weather gives them no chance to shine. aud would uot be comforted. The widow was surprised at the bitter grief of her daughter, and she said to her: “ Although you were fond of the cow, it is wrong to weep so bitterly fora dumb animal. Bememlwr that it is God’s will, and be contented, my innocent child. Let us go home. ” White-Thorn obediently followed her mot hor; slio sighed nt every step, and could not control the tears flint rolled ceaselessly down her face. **My poor cow!” she thought; “she is gono now: sue was so gentlo and so willing to be led; she even liegan to grow fat!” And in hor grief White-Thorn went to bed with out her supper, aud awoke several times nt night, for it seemed to hor sho heard the cow at the door. Iu her nnxiety sho nroso before daylight, und ran bare headed and with naked feet into the meadow. Hero she saw the bird again, and seated on ono of the flower-crosses. His song seemed to cull her to tho spot. Uufortunately the song was tho namo ns yesterday, anil sho did not understand his warble. She was about to turn away, disappointed and sad, when she thought she saw a piece of gold on the ground. She turned it with licr foot, when, lo! it was onlv an herb that gleamed like gold tn the sunlight. But tho strangest part of it was that she understood tho voico of the bird now, whose twitter said to her: “White-Thorn, listen to me; I have your welfare at heart.” “Who are you?” ehe cried in sudden surprise. “ My name is Robin Red-Breast, re plied the bird. “Iam tho bird that was totunate enough to pluck o thorn from when Brigitte began to milk the cow, nhe found that sho had uot enough earthen jars to hold tho milk, but hnd te till every available vessel in tho house. The milk was ns plenty as water in n well. She hiul enough to feed all th© children in tho villnge. It was not long before overylnxly had heard about the cow. Tho people woitld assemble oil the. street and in thoii homes, and talk of nothing but tho pool widow’s wonderful cow. They were not satisfied until they had seen it, aud Brigitte’s house wus filled from morning till night with people who came from fai and near to get n glimpse of Morin—for that was the cow’s name. Brigitte refused many offers to pur chase Gloria. Bor this purpose the rich est farmers and dairymou visited her; but bIio hnd no intention of parting with her prize, until her oldest brother, Peter, onmo and offered a largo price for it. At first sho refused. He said; “ If you are a good woman, you will not forget that I am your brother. Lot me havo Morin and I will give you uiiie cows for hor.” Brigitte answered: “ Morin Is worth fur more than nine cows; she has much milk ns all the other cows in the village. Besides I cannot use your on for 1 huye no pasture for them.” “ Well,” said Pet or. “give her to me and I will aivo you the homestead of your fatlior, upon which you were born, with everything belonging to it.” Brigitte accepted this offer, and after she had firmly established herself in her new home and assured herself aud hor friends that she was the owner, sho sent Morla to her brother. White-Thorn cried bitterly when she saw Morla leave, and could not cat or drink anything tlio whole day. As night upprnachcd tho went into the bam to see whether everything was iu good order. She sighed wearily while doing her work and pdiid: “Oh! why isn’t Morla hero? When shall I see her again?” Sho had hardly uttered these words when she .heard a noiBe behind her. Sinco sho had touched the golden weed she could understand the language of nil animals. One of the nhimalo-was saying: “ Hero I am. mv mistress.” She turned and beheld Morla standing in her usual place. “ Are you really Morin?” asked the child. “ Of eourso I am,” she replied; “ did you think I could remain with such a wicked man as your Uncle Peter? It is ugninst my nature to remain with people who have committed a crime. Thoreforo I Lave returned to you.” “ But now my mother must give the homestead back.” “No, no! all this belongs to your mother. Her brother has only kept it from her iu a shameful manner.” ‘ ‘ But he will seek you here and recog nize you.’ “I can prevent that; go and pick three leaves of tho golden weed, and come back as quickly ns possible." White-Thorn did os she was told, and returned with the leaves. “Now,” said Morla, place tho three leaves botwoon mv boms ou tlio forehead, and say. very softly, ‘Holy Bonnn of Hibernien. Holy Bonan of Hilx*rnien. Holy Bonau of Hibernien.’ ” White-Thorn did ns she was required, aud at tho last words the cow turned into a lieantiful horse. The child was petrified with astonish ment. “Now.” anid the animal, “your uncle can not recognize mo, and I shall not lie called Morla, but Sea-horse.” The widow rejoiced when she heard what had happened, and was very glad to send her grain to town on the now horse. Imagine her surprise when, ou loading the animal, she saw liis hook gradually grow longer—so long, indeed, that ho was able to carry more than ten times the grain required. The report spread rapidly over the whole neighbor hood. When Francis heard of it. ho hur ried to his sister, and after ho lmd seen tho horse he wanted to buy it. Hho re fused, however, until ho offered to give she said this, and ho gave hor all hia possessions in exchange for the precious sheep. He had scarcely reached tho rivers bank whou the sheep plunged into the water and was carried by ‘he waves to tlio smallest of the Seven Is.js. Hero tho rocks unfolded tlieir arms in wel come, and clasped him forever in their embrace. White-Thorne watched and waited and waited from day today, but in vain; the sheep returned no more. The child thou turned her stops again to tho meadow, and there sho found Robin Red-firenst, who said to her: “I hava lieen .waiting for you. my little mistress. Your sheep has vanishod aud will never come buck. Your uncles have suffered for their avarice. You liuve become u rich heiress, ns I promised you. I have nothing more to do hero, and will fly far, far away. Remember always that once you were poor, and that it wus n little bird sent by God that made you happy.” On the sjiot whore tho robin first spoke to tho child, White-Thorne after words, in gratitude, erected n ohapei. The three brothers wero obliged in tlieir poverty to earn their bread by tho sweat of their face. Little Breeelics. “Yes, they used to have queer times around here,” said the ancient citizen, as ho stirred himself around ou tho up turned soap box, whilo tho proprietor shook down the ashes in the store. Tho reporter perched himself on tho bud of a Hour barrel aud patiently awaited the outpouring of language that ho knew was sure to follow. “Yes,” said tho indent citizen. “My father came here boforo tho trilobitcs wore done drying. Ho saw sonio rough times, tho old mail." “Rightwhore the Court-house stands,” continued the ancient citizen, “was tho old block-house; and here were gathered a mixed crowd of refugees just after tho Pigeon-Roost massacre. Old man Booth had his log tavern just outside, aud nt it was always a motley gathering of back- woodsmen.” “Among those," and tho ancient citi- zeen twisted his quid across his tongue a turn or two, “was n character who made fun of old Booth and said ho was eowahl. Booth hated him cordially for tho insinuation, yet could nevor prove tho contrary, and tho old trapper mado up his miml to test his courage. Tho plan was successful. “My father and two friends owned a cabin just the other aide of Booth’s, and one of these, u sinnH man, hnd $*>00, coin, in a sack, when Bill tried his ex periment on Booth. “They hnd retired for the night and laid tlieir buckskin pouts on the floor at tho bedside. Have you ever seen any genuine, buckskin V” wus suddenly asked tho reporter bv the aucisnt citizen. “I have.” “Where?” “On the buck." “Well, then volt know it tits skin tight, and that's just the way these breeches did. “About midnight Bill stolo up lwtwoou tho block-house and cabins mid raised tho war-whoop. My Geo, what a stir there was. An attack from the Indians hnd bi>6u momentarily expected, nml tho whole garrison sprang to arms. Women crept with their children into the safest corners of tlio fort, while the men pre pared for the expected skirmish. In tho little cluster of cnbius outsido of tlio block-house tho coining savages wero awaited with dveud. Tho frightful whoops continued, chilling the blood of nil. “My father’s friends hastily struggled on with their breeches, and tlio small one got on my father’s and hiul room enough in them at the top to get in a bag of coin. My father pulled at tlio vacant pair of pants, bat it was like put ting his legs into eout sleeves. ‘Hold on, there!’ lio eried, ns his friends were hastily leaving, ‘you havo got my breeches!’ “ ‘Hold on, h—I,’ answered his friend, ‘this is no time to chango breeches,’ and disappeared in the dnrkuess. “My father hnd no mind to bo left, so he ran, naked us lie was, in pursuit of his friend. The nettles were as high as your head, and l>eforo he had gone ten feet he was fuller than a New Year’s pin- ■ cushion, but that horrid yell kept him j going, and he didn’t stop * until shelter i was readied. ‘Bill showed us how old Booth SOUTHERN NEWS. Joseph Jefferson has ordered 100,009 feet of lumber for his $34,000 house on Orange Island, La. v The managers of tht^Camberdown Cot ton Mills at Greenv ijjfi 8. C., have de termined to employ z30 additional opera tives.* The Supreme Court of MUsisrippi lias decided that the city charter of Natchez does not authorize the levy of a tax on drumuierjj. The \Vaycrot5S (Ga.) Reporter learns that the fanners of ihut section are turn ing their attention to the cultivation of sea i-land cotton. The government work at the mouth of St. John’s river, Flu., is progressing, and it is said that it will make that river cue of the most important in the Union. The contractors who have undertaken to drain Lake Okeechobee in Florida are to receive fifty per cent, of ail lands re claimed now or hereafter belonging lo the State. In 187.5 there were 3,942 schools in Tennessee, with an average attendance of 186,805. In 1880 there were 5,522 schools, with un average attendance of 191,461, Au Alapaha, Ga., correspondent of the Savannah News suvs tlmt laud suitable for truck farming can ber purchased iu Berrien county for $1 per acre and up ward, according to locality mid improve ments. The house where Sherman received Johnston’s surrender fifteen years ago has been converted into n town of 3,500 inhabitants and factories paying nearly $900,000 annual revenue tax. Yellow tobacco h:is done it. Bishop Stevens presided nt the Charles ton convocation • f the Reformed Episco pal church. The work of that church iu South Carolina is confined to the colored people, among whom it has been very effective, Nineteen buildings for public worship havo boon erected during the last five years. Tiie Putnam county (Fla.) Herald says that au agent of the Italian govo nn nt has been in Florida and has just turned to Italy. He advocates Flnr ns a home for his countrymen, and a la immigration to that .State may beexficcL- cd. Arrangements are being perfected with the Oriental Steamship Com puny for tlieir passage. Huntsville (Tex.) Item: Total con victs on hand February 1, 2,140 (consist ing of 2,111 State nml 29 United States). How employed: in prison at Huntsville, 405; hired about Huntsville, 21 ; on Husk prison construction. 198; in iron found force, 99; in wood-cutting forces, 26, in plantation forces, 946. Speaking of the harbor at that pine the Brunswick (Ga.) Advertiser an; that, iu addition to the construction of a line of crib-jetty for the maintenance a deeper channel, dredging operate have been carried on with a view of tablishiug an improved navigable chan nel eighty feet in width and twelve feet in depth at mean low water. The prosperity of Columbus. Ga., ac cording to the Enquirer Sun. has been remarkable. Tlio business of the city has increased over 1,000,000 in live years. The total sales of last year amounted to $5,652,866 against $4,530,020 for 187! #5,388,970 for 1878, $1,966,556 for 187’ and $4,517,986 for 1876. The increase over 1879 is #122,846, and over 1876 #1,134.600. The oldest living ex-mcmbcr of Con gress is the Hon. John A. Outhbcrt, of Mobile. Ho was liorn at Savannah, Go., 1788; graduated at Princeton College 1806; served in the war of 1812-15, and was a Representative from Alabama sippi against the exodus. There is, he declares, no demand for negro lalior in tho State, and those unfortunate darkies who havo emigrated there are suffering greatly. The Shuhuta darkies have a tip all idea of going North, and of them as are leaving homo are emigrating to Louisiana aud the Yazoo bottoms.^ Jt is estimated, occur ng to elaborate pecifieatioiis in the Memphis papers, that to avert the plague und render Mein- pl\l* habitable und to cnifble her to re cover from ber now prostrate condition, will require the expenditure of $1,750,000 for stouc; paving, grading aud curbing, 8100.000 for sidewalks, $5 >,00 * for bridg i, und $600,000 for rawer connections. Estimates for school and other taxes for various State, county and municipal pur poses show the necessity of a total to llable annual tax for the next two ■nrs of $8 95 ou the 8100, to which, if 3 add the proposed nnnugl levy of fifty cents to pay the old city debt, we make tho total tax to #9 45. Truly Memphis prostrate. Such a tax cau scarcely be borne. A Remarkable Calculation. A curious illustration has boon afforded by tho New York Journal of Comnu-rrc. It takea up an utterance of tho Rev. Adriondaak Murray, who said to a re cent lecture: “Now tho .population of the earth is 1,000,000,000, and a generation dies every thirty years. In every thirty years, then, 1,000,000,000 human beings g<> out of tho world and 1,000,000.000 oornc in. Forty years ago the church taught that tho world was 6,000 years .old. She doesn’t to-day pretend to guess within 100.000 years how old the world Is. Yen- well. what has been tho population of the world since ill© race began? Who can estimate tho number? By whnt arithmetic shall you compute the swarm ing millions? Take the globe and flat ten it into a vast, plain, 21,000 by twenty-four, and would it accommodate but a fraction of tho human beings that havo lived upon its suafaoo ? Where is the locality of the judgment to bo, then? Can it have a locality ?” To this the Journal replies: “Now make the widest conceivable estimates. coward, lmt ho did uot loaf around there t tlio next day. Tho settlers wanted to I . see him, hut ho didn’t want to soo them, so ho skipped. “But my father was always called j from 1819 to 1821, sixty ■LilU,, Breeches' flom that day oil, ia stin hulc Rnd hoart though lie never got too big for his breeches, as somo jieoplo I know,” nud the anciont citizen smiled contemptuous ly as a youug man in a sealskin cap camo into tho grocery and askod for a “ 'dahk oigah,’ if you please.” The minutes wero then amended, nud, ns amended, approved. —Maditon (Ind.) Star. Cush Versus Credit. Any retail dealer can buy closer with cash than with credit. The closer ho buys tho greater are his profits. Money put down on his counter gives torn a chnnco to discount his paper, meet his notes and pay current expenses. Charges on tho book menu cash next month, or the month after, or next year. Cash asks no favors except to lio waited upon. Credit must havo a bookkeeper, n collec tor and ft lawyer. If a retail dealer in her all his part of the stolen inheritance, groceries asks tlio price of starch, ho is So tho contract was made. Brigitte told that ho can have it nt so much credit, took possession of the mill, while Francis I or so much for sj»ot cash. If n consumer took Sea-horse home with him. But in the ( asks tho price of tho retailer, it is on* evening the horse came back to White-! prico to Cush Down or Dead Bent. Thorn. Ho told her to take tho three ] The more ono thinks this matter over leaves again aud repent tho magic words, j tho more ho realizes the force of tho rc- The horso changed into a sheep, cov-, mark of a promiuent Western financier, ered with long scarlet wool, ns fine as who lately observed: “The man who linen. Sea-horse wus called Scarlet- j pays cash whou ho can get credit is n fleece. j fool.” And so suy we all. If Dead Tho widow was more surprised than J Boat is to have tho same price as Cash ever at this transformation. Sho said to ; Down, with nil additional advantage of ber daughter, “Get tho large shear3, j sixty-six days’ time— which means ninety for tho auimal can not carry all this ; in nineteen cases ouj of twenty—why do wool.” I any of us pay cash? Why not nil take While shearing sho noticed tho wool ! credit?—Detroit Free Frees. kept on growing under her hand, and ' ■ ■ — - sho said to White-Thorne: “This sheep Some wires are merely burdens to is worth more than twenty others, for 1 j their husbands. But a wife who can cau shear it every day and tho wool will i keep the house warm enough for her not decrease." Her youngest brother, husband without a stove ought to be a George, happened to be present when I greut help to him.— B\(ffalo Express. isted on this earth lOO.OOOyeurs, that tl population has never from the tirst day been smaller than this estimate for the present time — namely, 1,000,000,000. For tho sake of easv calculation, instead of tho estimate of thirty years to u gen eration, call it three generations to i century. There will apjx»nr to have beer 3.000 generations of 1,OIK),000,000 each, who, being assembled, require standing room. For a crowded meeting of men, women, nml children, it would be nm- ple estimate to give each two square feet of room. A square milo contains, to round numbers, 25,001),000 square feet, and 12,500,000 persons could stand on it. Therefore, eighty square miles would hold a generation, and 3,000 time that spaco would hold the population of 100.000 years. That is to say. 210,000 square miles would eoutuin them, and, gathered to a parallelogram, they would stand in a space 600 miles long by 400 broad. They could easily lie accommo dated in ono or two of our States. “Dead aud buried, side by side, they would requiro fivo times tlieir standing space, or (say) 1,200,IKK) square : and tho Guited Htates has nuiph lands, ns yet unwanted and unoccupied, to give tliom a cemetery. If any < wishes ho may estimate how many tin sand years of generations could 11ml graves in this country without crowding each othei. Whoever will may imagin' tho ]K))>ulntion assembled iu a circle, o in a vast theater, with floor above floor each floor diminishing the surface arc: of the building. It will do people o vivid imaginations good to reduce suel imaginations to tlio facts of figures, nml any school girl can do it..” Ono of Charley Thompson’s Jokes. Tho Newbmyport Herald tells the following story of one whom it describe as a famous wit of tho Essex Bar: “i liquor case was being tried in Court, air n» n part of the evidence a pint "t whisk, was j'lodnecd by the (%'nnnonwfnlth, nml it was clearly shown that tho identi cal whisky was seized from the promise•? or the defendant, who had it there witli intent to sell, and whom wo will call Michael McCarty. It was not n very ex tensive seizure, lmt still tlio intent wn» just n.» bad. When the District Attorney arose he stated the ease, nml said tlmt he had no doubt but that his brother ou the other side would make fun out of it, as was his wont, and ended by oharging the jury to dispassionately try tho case simply* on its merits. As he snt down Mienncl’s attorney arose. 'G-g-gentlo- men of the ju-iury,' he said, 'the learned D-d district Attorney s-snyn he w-w- wisiieh you to t-t-try this c-cnso on its in-in-merits. So do w-w-wo. M-M-Mi- chnel McCarty, t-tnko the stand.’ Mi chael did ho. Ho was a great burly Irishman, with n jolly countenance and exceedingly rod uose. ‘M-Miohacl,’ con tinues! his lawyer, ‘1-1-look upon tho jury. G-gentloinon of tho jury, 1-look upon Michael McCarty. No-notioohisb-l>eum- ing count nance, his jolly, rubicund face; ami now, p gentlemen of tho j-jury, do you believe, and are you pro-prepared to state ou your oaths, W-vond a r-reasona ble doubt, th-th-thatif Michael McCarty hnd a pint of whisky In* would soli it?' It is needless to say thev didn’t.” Wno says there nro no clairvoyant in tuitions in dreams? A young lady in Dubuque, la., saw, several years ago, in tho watches of the night, tho face of the stranger whom sho was ono day to marry. | Hho waited patiently, happened to go to New York a short tirno ago. and met him ! on the parlor floor of tho Grand Central of Shubuta, Mw-- got the Kansas craze Hotel. Sho fainted; ho applied a bowel la»t year, ann appointed one of tteir j °t water; eho told lum all; lio was not whether it was advisable for them to go i dynamica and fate; tho dream has come there. The emiss-ary has just ret*mod j true. to Shubuta, after a thorou e h inwatiga- Luass , honla rom „ m b« that the lion Kalians, nud i* dumping MIbu«. j Up* are loopcst chapped. Some men are never sweet on thtfr wives except at a masquerade ball. A Brsnnn of wheat, woighing sixto- two pounds, contained 550,600 kernels. A Boston paper charges certain acton with “fulminating trite faculties.” No arrests were made. It is estimated that a freight train now enters New York every fifteen minutes, each train averaging 35 oars. Boston servant girls always ask for pom* molasses at the grocery, because it takes longer for it to run. The world is filling up with educated fools—mankind read too rnuoh and leant too little.—Joeh Billing*. A man tumbled with sleeplessness oan euro himself by pretending to do duty os o night watchman.—Xeto Orleans IHca- t/ttne. A La Crosse, Wis., minister prayed for tlioso “who were smitten with ill ness, and those who have gono a-tishing, nud also tlioso too lazy to dress for oh Arch.” An old conple in Maine havo been married seventy-five years. What a shud der this item will create when it gets to circulating in the Indiana papersl—N. Y. Commercial. The obstinancy, observes a London journalist, with which old smokers cling to life is really marvelous; they teem altogether to ignoro tho fact that tobaoco is a deadly poison. Lavater was a good observer when ho wrote: “Mistrust tho man who finds eryfhiug good, tho man who finds ery thing evil, aud still more, tho man 10 is indifl'oreut to every thing.” An epitnph on a recently cut tomb- stone reads: " Hero lira Snra.inllia IJarrirt Jonea, W h.*r maiden nume was Sli’klrs, Most p.tooua were her dj-lnx imwn-, Tho cans'* of Joath nas-ph'klra." —Sew Yb'k Commercial A'frertiter, Wfien a Buffalo Btrcet car conductor is told by a lawyer tlmt ho had fallen Loir to a legacy of §100,000, tho man simply asked tho loau of fivo cents to buy n cigar with. He wanted to find out if tho lawyer was lying to torn. person who had an important case in court sent two very haudsome and ex- pensivo flagons to tlio Judgo. Ho or ; d them to be filled with costly wine sent back to the donor. The Judge n pagan, however, and didn’t know better. Suoh foolish stories can’t be told of the courts of nowadays. Slavery is still a recognized institu tion of Arabia, and nn active trade in blacks is carried on in some of tho larger towns. Arab custom enfranchises a slavo ot tho end of seven vears’ faithful ser- i, and on leaving his muster presents him with one or more camels nud an out- Tlio manumitted negroes marry and > nn even chance in lifo with thoir former owners. There is no prejudice against a negro in Arabia. “Era feeping" is the now game. Two holes are made in a screen. The per formers stand behind it and place their eyes iu tho holes, whilo tho persons in front guess to whom tho eyes belong.— Xcw York llci'ald. They havo tho same gamo, modified somewhat, out West. “Eye openers” nre drank, a fight ensues, in which gouging prevails and thou tho person who sweeps up tho floor guesses to whom the gouged eyes be long. Rrssnr.L Sage is said to bo tho vorj model of frugality and domestic econ omy. His household coucerns are con ducted with systematic attention. lie weighs out tho sugar, ten, coffee, aud spices, and measures tlio liquids required by his housekeeper and exacts a rigid ac count from that usual pet tiooatod ty rant. After this the old mail drives down town and sets to w ork to checkmate Jay Gonhl on Western Union or to get owaj with any stray Now York Central Mr. Vanderbilt may not bo able to carrj off. ago. He und practices law in the courts of Mobile. It is estimated that thero nre above 29.000 terrapins on Mulford Dorian's terrapin farm, on Mobile bay, ubrmt thirty miles below Mobile, Ala. He purcha-es of the country people on Mis sissippi Sound about 8,000 n year, at about#B perdozpn, und adds them to his farm. lie ships about 12,000 per year lo New York, where they bring $8 to#18 j»cr dozen. The cost of feeding them is about #1 per dozen |M?r annum. The inland fisheries of eastern North Carolina yield #500,000 per annum and employ 4,000 men. Ono hundred miles from tho coast is said to bo the finest re gion in the United States for garden truck, jt is too lew for late frosts, and gains an artificial earliness of spring Cupt. K. A. Hhotwell, editor of the Farmer and Mechanic, says, from the warmth of the Gulf stream. Double crops can l*e marie—$124 worth of green peus per acre or #100 worth of potutoea, followed hy #50 worth of cotton. The growing season lasts from February to November. New Orleans Democrat: The negroes A Legislator’s Littio Joke. Two Fairfield County members of the General Assembly met at Hartford, to engage eating and sleeping accommoda tion s for tho time they should bo in at tendance upon the session. Ono of them is one of the representatives from this city; the other represents a shore town a few miles west- Both nre heavy weights •—one of them posse-sing ft oorporoBity nothing short of ponderous; lioth are al ways beaming with good nature, and both dearly love practical joking. They decided upon the Allyu House ns thoir stopping place, and called thero to se cure rooms. Tlio big legislator went ahead to look nt tho eligible npartmonts, ping bit ’ 4 iuto do’ i stairs o prut. i.tlu r guess these will do," remarked tho btg legislator, as tho affable clerk showed him-a pleasant sleeping apartment with a sitting-room adjoining, “there's a clos et, 1 suppose. “Yet 3 it v cturued the clerk, showing “Ah, yes,” observed the legislator, surveying it critically, “and ifchas hooks, too. ‘Tlmt will just suit my friend down stairs. Jle will walk iu overy day, you know, and bring his dinner, and one of these hooks is just tho thing to hang his dinner pail ou. No objection to having him do that, I suppose?’ 7 TUo affable clerk assured him there was not tlio least objection. "lie’ll appreciate that,” said the legis lator, “and now there’s another thing: lit may got caught over night by a storm or something, and as ho won’t want to hire a room, I suppose I shall have to take him in with me. You can rig up a cot lied or provide him with blankets to sleep on tho floor, ns lie isn’t particular about auythiug of that kind. Think wo can fix it?" Tho clerk looked a littio dubious, but said ho giiossod it could bo arranged sat isfactorily, and tho legislator closed the bargain for the rooms nt once. Meanwhile the Major was waiting down stairs for his friend. “I have fixed it nil right, Dave," said tlio latter on coming down stairs, “let’s go.” “But I vo got to get my rooms yet,” said the Bridgeport representative. “All right, 1’Jl wait for you,” rejoined tho other, winking expressively to tho clerk. The Bridgeport man wont on to trans act his business, but couldn’t understand the cool unconcern with which ho was treated by the clerk at tho outset, until liis friend explained matters later. Then ho laughed and said ho must get even before tho session was ovor.—Bridge• port (Conn.) Farmer. Destroying tlio Unman Stomach. The manufacture of cheap candies from white oarth, or terra alba, mixed with a little sugar and glucoso, is earned an extensively in Now York. A oonsnn taker, who investigated tho confectionery business, reports that seventy-five per sent of somo candies ia composed of these substances, and some candy, notably “gum drops,” contains still less sugar/ What is called a lino brand of cas+ild soap has been found to be com posed chiefly of this white earth and grease. —Boston Journal. A man never looks so much like a red 1 handed villain as when he is told by the photographer to “look pleasant.”