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•UBSCBIPTIOlf BATE* ?“• y«r $1 50 Three month* 40 IVenspaprr Law Dfcltlom, 1. Any person who take* a paper regular ly from the postoffice— whether dirtcted to hi* name or another 1 *, or whether he ha* sub- ■onbed or not— iaieaponaiblefor the amount. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may continue to nend It until payment is made, and collect the whole amount,whether the paper is takeu from the office or not. 3. The courts hare deoided that refusing lo take newspapers or periodicals from the poatoffice, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prima facie evidence of in- natiotnel fraud. I v THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. BENNS, JAMES D. RUSS. Editors VOLUME V. Tlli-.ll.I3 UI3 I.KJI1T BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. MARCH 8. 1881. Subscription. $1.50 in Advance. NUMBER 23. Pursued by Bloodhounds. Apropos of tlio death of " old Mount* joy, the pedestrian, a correspondent of ft London sporting newspaper related a story which ho heard from Mount joy’s own lips. Hearing Lord W. boast that his bloodhounds would truck any living thing, by scent alone, Col. A. wagered a hundred guineas they would not trnck a man, and asked Mount joy to win tho wager for him, assuring the sturtlcd pe destrian that there was no danger of tho dogs catching him, as they wero slow runners, and ho would tnko enro suf ficient start was allowed him ; tho object being simply to tost their powers of scent. Thy trial duly came olV over throe miles of ground round Hampstead heath. After tho dogs had sniffed at Mount joy’s Dgs, he made his way leis urely for half tho course, when the flag ^ was. dropped and tho hounds set loose. They tracked their quarry splendidly, but were GOO yards !>ehiiul when Mount- joy reached the inn at the end of tho course and shut tho door upon them, outside of which they howled their dis satisfaction until removed by their keeper. Disbelievers in tho bloodhound's soent 'were still unconvinced, averring that they had sighted the man for a part of the journey, at least; and, to settle the jKjint beyond dispute, another match was made, to,bo run at night, the dis tance this time being but a mile and a half. Unconscious of foul play, Mount- joy went gayly on his way, but bad not avcomplisnod more than two-thirds of the distance allowed him by the con ditions when his hair Htood on end as the cry of the dogs, hot uiion his trail, reached his ears. They had purposely been slipped before tlio proper time, without any warning. “For one sec ond," said lie, “I stood stock still, as if I lmd been frozen, and then dashed away and ran, ns 1 lmd never done be fore and lmvo never dono since. I was in perfojt training and condition, but the cold sweat broke out from every porio and poured down my body, while my legs seemed like load, and I trembled all over. Stiil I kept iles{>erately on, while nearer and nearer came tho deep, hoarse bay of the bounds, as the scent grew wanner and they knew they wero run ning up to their prey. I thought I was lost. Those few seconds were like weeks, and I wondered whether they would grip mo first by tho leg, or fly straight at my throat. Luckily I aid not lose my head; und alter tho llrst mnd burst 1 settled down and raced nwpy at a pace which I Knew wor.hl last the distauee ; but still closer and closer came the liorribie cry, that sonnded like my dentil knell; anil, ! * in sheer di spend ion, I put on all tho ‘ ,si»ced I .could. At Inst I saw the lights ' 6f the lonely little bin, and my heart rose within me ; hut nt that very in stant the brutes broko out into a tierce, savage yell, that told me they had sight- ed me at last. There was a small gar den in front of the house, and ns I flew up . to it I saw the gfite was shut. Howl (lid •it 1 never knew*, but, blown und ex hausted with terror and tho pace as I was, I cleared it, darted through tho door, which fortunately stood open, and,slam ming it to, stood with my bock against it. The lock lmd hardly closed when bang ! bang ! aguinst the panels camo j my terrible pursuers ; and then they lay . down and] yelled suvagoly at finding thomselves balked of their prey." As soon ns lie felt himself safe, rago . took the place of fear ; and, seizing hold of a brittle, Mountjoy swore ho would * brain Lord W. if ho entered the place, a threat ho would have fulfilled lmd not those present got him out of tho room * in time to prevent a most justifiable homicide. A Missing Kail road. When Cheyenne was at tho zeuith of its glory, a sign of “General ollices of tlie Cheyenne, Pacific Blopo and Bund- wich Islands railroad ” was hang out without creuting the least surprise. If one person had asked another wlicro tho depot of said railroad was, theru might have l>ecn some hesitation alnuitanswer ing, but it was some time after the sign was out twforo any social inquiries be gan to be made. Thun an Eastern man wulked in one duy, carpet-bag in hand, and said: “ I suppose you connoct at Sau Fran cisco with tlio regular steamers ? ” “ Well, yes; I bUppose we shull," was the hesitating reply. “Shall ? Isn’t your road through yet ?’’ “Well, not quite.” . “ Do you toko in Salt Lake ? ” “ Salt Lake ? Yes; I think wo do.” “ How much for u ticket ? ” “ Well, I can’t suy exactly, os wo havo n salo juHt yet." n I got one ut t “ Well, I think not; depot yet” “ Can I pay on the train ? ” “Well, you see, we havo no trains yet” “ I suppose I can walk on the track ? ” pefeistod the stranger. “ Well, I should lmvo no objection if wo lmd a track.” “ No depot, no tickets, no trains, no tracks I What sort of a railroad have you got anyhow ? ” A BACH El,Oil’s NI«IM. A llfn tnin*pent, »n IncnmiiletM niliilna, „ A ho...* sil void of inoi-ry liiu K h PorUIn unto that frnctlom.1 condition Ho one to Uii K h with him when all I* bright, U?*°f de?t\ndwhite* B " U ' - To sow a missing button on. S’o pure-white brow, no love-lit eyes of blue, No tre.iH.-a moved by Mjmmor tiraru; nock and geutla wif# S’o uoo.l of .gcnUo wifely tones, i one to ask with glad, espectiiif 1 Dear, did you gut tho beat of J earthly Joys and pleasnrea he li i haven’t any A Peculiar Woman. “ Ketch hold, Tom. There! I declare if you ain’t spilled about a quart! I knew you would get it too full.” “ I didn’t spill more thnu ten drops, Cousin Silence. How you worry over, the loss of a little grease.” “ It’s one of my principles fo save, as you might a’ learned long ago.” “I believe in prudence; but what’s a few drops of lard moro or less on this farm, and nobody knows how much in bank? You skimp and screw as if you think tlioro wero danger of your getting on tlio town." “Well, you are tho frankest voung man I ever saw," and Silence Withers put her arms akimbo and gazed at her young cousin, Tom Lowey, us if he was a curiosity. escaped from some mu- “Yes; I was always noted for my frankness,” said Tom. coolly, “and 1 never hesitate to speak my mind when duty urges. However, I don’t want to hurt vour feelings, Cousin SiloDce.” “No daftger, saul Miss Silence, with a laugh of derision. “I um no spring chicken, an’ my fcelin’s havo grown tough. But the idea of your duty urgin’ you to speak your mind to mo! Perhaps you don’t recollect tlio whippin’s I used to givo you.” “.I haven’t forgotterf,'’* laughed Tom. “ You used to make mo do my duty in those days. But I wish I could convince that it would bo only a Christian act rou to send a littlo help to Mrs. Bahl- You wouldn’t feel tlio Blinding of $50 out of your $50,000.” “ Massy snkes ! It seems ns if other folks know more about my business than I do myself. Fifty thousand! Law! Who sai.l I was worth that much?” “ Oil, it’s common talk,” replied Tom. “ Well, it won’t do you nny good to talk. You’ll never see tho color of my money after I’m dead anil gone. I’ve made my will; and, since plain speak- in’ pleases you, I’ll make free to say you ain’t mentioned in it. So, thero I” “ I calculate to tako enro of myself,” said Tom, tilting tho chair ngniust tho wall. "Leavo your nionoy wherever you choose ; I don’t want it.” “Tho day may come wlion you wall want it, Tom Lowey, and then you’ll bo sorry for sayiu’ them words. I’ll ro- member ’em; so will you when youi pride has its fall. Thero’s plenty of things I can leave my money to; it go begging.” “ I guess not.'' “You’d moro’n guess if you wi live boro n spell and seo tlio streu visitors I have. There ain’t a day but I get nagged about my money by some body. Deacon Bonney thinks it’s his hounden duty to advise mo to leave it to found an orphans’ homo. Old Mr. Craig wanks it left to Wolfboro Acad emy ; 'Squire Darby has his mind on it for a public library, and tho minister thinks I ought to remombor what a debt’s on the church. To hear ’em talk you’d think I had one foot in tlio grave. I don’t give none o’ ’em auy satisfaction, and then they say I’m peculiar. Well, perhaps I am ; but I don’t see no possi- 4 Well, you i , , , , nnvi uu teueiVNI H its only on paper I tha Baldwin and ii i ns we can sell $8,- in . torms for tb(<80 bility of any chnngo in my natur’. Tom laughed. Ho was spending a couple of hours at tlio farm, which bad been his only homo until ho began to “ scratch for himself,” to use his gaunt cousin’s expression. Now ho never loft moro than a day or two pass without looking in on tlio lone spinster to see if ho could givo her any help, and to-day he was making himself useful in lifting jars and boilers of hot grease on and off the stove, for Miss Bilcnoo was trying out lard. Tom’s law practice, as yet, very exacting, much to his rogret; and ho had more timo on his hands than pleased him. “But, now, do promise you’ll send Mrs. Baldwin something for Christmas, Cousin Silence," said Tom, returning to the attack. " 1 never promise what 1 don’t mean to perform,” was the characteristic he received to his pleading. “Mar- 000,000 worth of stock we shall liegin S ailing and rush business right along. you nnppou to be along when we get to going wo will put you tlirougli as low as any other responsible route.” Tho stranger stuck his hands in liis poekets, stared hard, whistled softly, raid thou wulked out on tip-toe without another word.— Wali Street Daily News. ' * a fierce father. According to the old English novels land comedies fathers were brutal old tyrants, who never did tho decent thing ^except on the sly. If the poor heroines y ‘Wf Fielding and Smbllett could read of i this Bt. 'Lonis father how they would re joice for their sisters of tliis better day : “Do you love him?" asked, her fa ther. «• Geraldine laughed in spite of herself. “ I have a strong impression that he would scarcely ask mo to marry him un less he thought pretty well of mo.” “Of course—of course; but,do you love him’?” *• With my whole heart and soul. ’’ “ Well, if tliafe ,the aise,” said Col. Spencer," throwing away I119 cigar, “all <*I\e'g6t to say is you tire both oon- f man are 1 Talk of bein’ peculiar ; why, founded simpletons if you don’t get mar* I ain’t a circumstance to that Tom ried—there 1" Lowey. He’ll marry that Prissy Car- ’t l»oen on speak- flve years, and I’d bo mnkin’ myself protty small to send her Christmas presents. I’d soon be on tho town if I began to help all the poor folk you know. It 'pears to mo you take a mighty deep interest in them Baldwins, Tom. Melissa Bonney lot out a hint that you was a sparkiir that PrisBy Car- roll. ” “ I wish Melissa Bouncy would mind her own busmens." “ Don’t get riled. I dare nay it’s true. ’Twould be like you to court a gal with out a penny, because you’ve not a pen ny yourself. Prissy Carroll’s been raised out of charity by her aunt." “’That don’t make her-less lovable, Cousin Silence.” “ Now, Tom Lowey,” said Miss Si- lenco, brandishing the big iron spoon with which she stirred the lard, “ don’t make a fo61 of yourself over a prefty face. Butter your bread before you eat it. There’s Melissa Bonney, whose father’s worth—’* roll now, if it’s only to show roe he didn’t care for my monoy." And, with a sigh, Miss Silcnco went back to her lard. “ Christmas gift, indeed !” she mut- •rod, after standing for some time in drop thought; “I think I see myself eating humble pie to Martha Baldwin." But, somehow’ or other, her conscience t feel quite so cosy as it hail felt lefore Tom’s call. Au hour later Tom was sitting in the Widow Baldwin’s small iqirlor. with liis around a very trim waist, anil a very lovely golden hood resting on liis shoulder. It was very ovident that the closest economy was neoesHiiry witli tho Baldwins, for tho carpet was patched and worn, and tho muslin curtains washed threadbare, and the furniture in siui uoeu oi varnish and now iiuir- clotli. I wish I saw my way clear to tako ytm out of this. Prissy," said Tom, with a sigh, “ but clients are scarce enough Wolfboro.” “ No.w, Tom, where’s tho need to worry ? I couldn't leavo Aunt Martha, anyway. We are both young enough to wiut.” “You're too good for this world, Prissy,” said Tom, with a kiss on the dimpled white chin. “There’s some one knocking; lot mo go,” cried Prissy, springing up und run ning to the door. 11 was no visitor, but tlio hired, man from Miss Silence’s farm, with tho spring wagon, which ho had brought to convey Tom to his cousin’s home, for Miss 8i- * nice had, not ten minutes after his de« urturo. an hour previous, overturned a kettle of lard by accident, and been ter ribly scalded. Where’s my hat ? ” cried Tom, in great excitement, while tho man was telling how ho had wasted timo by go ing to tho offico first, and, not finding him there, had hunted him up. “Let mo go with you, Tom ; 1 know ?un help," cried Prissy, as her lover is springing into the light wagon. “ Oh, Prissy, if you only would." “ Wait until I get my bonnet and awl and tell Aunt Martha. I won’t lie gono a minute," and Prissy rushed into tho kitchen; wlicro her limit wns ironing. Go, by all means," said Mrs. Bald win, when sho had grasped the meaning of tho girl’s incoherent explanation. “ Stay as long ns you are needed, anil don’t worry nbout me." Miss Bifenco made no remark when Prissy entered her room with Tom. Sho viis iu great pain, and was thankful to on oven this member of the hated Buld- vin family. For throe weeks Prissy was chief tli- octor at tlio farm, and managed bo clev erly that Miss Silence had no chance to find fault. But the grim spinster had no word ol commendation for tho young girl’s untiring industry. “ I culkcrluto to pay you for wliat you have done,” sho said ono day, as sho watched Prissy making broad. “ You •dn’t think 'you’re workiu’ for noth- 4 I don’t want any pay, Miss Silence,” soiit Prissy, with trembling lipsf “I inly too glad to do what I cun, nnuso—" Sho hesitated wul turned scarlet. . • “ Boenuso you're'in loYo with Tom, finished'Mias Silence. “Oh, you needn’t blush; I know all atttrat it, and, it ho chooses to break his fcfad ngin a stono wall, I ain’t a-goin’ to#top him.” At tho end of threeYrfcokp Miss Btlen .8 nblo _ to bo'about again, and Prissy lit home, declining the $20 bill for r services. But she had not been gono throo hours wlion tlio hired man camo from tlio farm, with two largo baskets, which ho sat down ou Mrs. Baldwin’s kitchen floor. “Compliments of Miss Silonce, and she sent theso in place of tlio money," ami was driving off in tlio spring wagon 1 icfore Prissy could recover sufficiently from her astonishment to ask him any quiwtions, Tho baskets were full «*f good things of every sort, aud th was a royal Christmas dinner for tin- Baldwins tlio next day, much to tho joy of tho cliil dron, who hod contemplated, ruefully, dining on mush and potatoes. Prissy sent a note of thanks to Alias Silenco by Tom, but sho never received u» answer. Timo moved on, and Tom’s law busi ness improved so much that ho persua ded Prissv, against her better judgment, to marry him. Miss Bllouce did not grace tho impor tant occasion with her presence. “ I’ve no timo to bo gullivunting off to weddings,” was her excuse, when Tom reproached her for this slight. “ Sho is such a peculiar woman, most not expect her to act like other people; but sho lias a good heart ir spite of her queer ways," said Prissy, when Tom tried to make excuses for liis cousin’s remissness. “ But her greatest peculiarity lies in her not liking you, Prissy,” said Tom, kissing his hritlo’s soft cheeks. “ And I can’t quite forgivoher lock of taato." All went well with the young couple for more than a year. They began housekeeping iu a modest cottago Tom was paving for by installments, and were so prudent that they managed to gather about them many little comforts that made their home pleasant. But fortune seldom smiles long at a timo, as wo all know, and reverses will come to every one. One bitter night in December Tom’s houso caught fire and burned to the ground, nothing being loft except a few clothes Belonging to Prissy and the baby. Of course Mrs. Baldwin opened her house to them at once, though it neces sitated much crowding. Ftissy sug gested an appeal to Miss Silence, but Tom emphatically declined to make it He was far too proud to ask for tho help which he thought should have been earnestly offered. His laat books and papers had all been destroyed in the fire; for he had used a room in the cot tage for an office, and getting a living was rather up-hill work. Christmas dreary enough that year, and oven Pris- " That’s enough.” interrupted Tom, | B y’s courage sank at the thought of the and, before Mine Silence could stop him, * • he waa out of the kitchen door and walked briskly down to the gate. 'Law sak'ea I what peculiar oreatures future. “Tom Lowey will havo a chance to show what kind of stuff he’s made of," said Miss Silence. “ Ho burdened lvim self with a wife and baby, and he’ll have to lookout for ’em. I told him l’d^ never give him a dollar of xny money, and I'll keep my word, no matter what hap pens.” Miss Silence had thought herself proof agdiiiBt tha weakness of falling ill; hift in March she caught a severe cold, and pneumonia ensued. Bho felt she never should got well again, and tho doctor told her frankly that in all probability she would live but a few days. I want to seo tho lawyer at ouce, if that is tho case,” sho said. “ I must lew will.” iimons, who had managed her ImsinoBH for years, camo as soon ns he oil her message, and the will was made. Ho hardly left tho houso beforo 'ailed, in worso,” said Miss Silence, feol>- ly, “ but I’m not afraid to go. Per haps I’m peculiar in that as in other things. Deacon Bonnoy and tho minis ter, Mr. Craig and Mr. Darby havo all been here a urgin' of their several claims. 1 told each o’ ’em I’d consider the matter.” “Will they bo disappointed, Cousin lence ?” asked Torn. Poor fellow I ho was in such a sore strait that he could not help a desire to havo sumo small help from his cousin's hoard. Ho hardly dare hope sho hiwl left him a cent, and yet he waa her only relative. That remains to bo seen,” was the unsatisfactory reply he received to his question. “But don’t you cherish no hopes, fori aiu’t left you a cent." A hitter snide curled Tom’s Ups, but he made no reply. “I suppose you think mo peculiar iu not leavin’ you my money, seeiu' you the only Kin I’ve got," went on Miss Silence, “ but you’ve taken such pre cious euro to convince me that you don’t want it, that I’vo believed you and acted accordin’." Tom went home and repeated tho con versation to Prissy, who shed a few tears, but tried to cheer her husband's droop ing spirits with liopcB of moro law busi ness in tho spring. That night Miss Silence died, and tho whole town turned out to her funeral a few (laVk later. •* 1 expect Wollboro Academy will find itself able to erect a new buihliug when Miss Silence's will is read,” said old Mr. Crnig. “She’s told mo she’d consider the matter, and I know she was im pressed with my arguments.” “ I rather think you are mistaken.’ said ’Squire Darby, “for I feel moral!} certain she has left her rnouoy to found a library." The minister, who stood near, smiled to himself. Ho had not tho slightest doubt that the debt which hung over his church like a pall would now be lifted through Miss Silence’s wilL Tom dm not want to go to tne reading of tho important document, but Prissy insisted, so they went together, though neither of them looked very cheerful. Mr. Simons liiiulo no objection to tho presence of ’Squire Darby. Mr. Craig and tho minister chuckled us Deacon Bonney entered with a pleasant smile for Tom, who well know what sarcastic triumph lay beneath it. Tho will was dated three days pre vious, anil every penny in tho bank, and tlio large farm wero lelt unconditionally to Prossy Lowey. Her husband's name ns not mentioned. Tom’s, face was a study, while Prissy almost fainted frym the sudden relief to all her trouble. Tlio faces of tlio otner men present wero studies, too. Tho deacon left tho house without a word, and the ’Squiro looked grimly at Mr. Craig. “Bho was a very peculiar woman," said tlie minister, wiping his brow, « which tlie beaded drops of perspirntit stood thickly. His anxiety nbout his church had been very great, you soe. But Tom and Prissy could afford ti forgot their dead cousin’s peculiarities, sinco sho had kept her row never to givi Tom a cent, aud yet hod mnuaged tc mako him comfortable for life. Thero immediate flitting tothocomfort able farm-house, anil Tom furnished a office ui town and drove m every morning in tho spring wagon. Past troubles und cares wore forgotten, the Baldwins wore mode more comfortable, anil, considering all things, Miss Si lence did moro good with her monoy than if she had left it to found a library or lift a church debt, Tom Corwin’s Welcome to His Son-In- Law. At tho marriage of his oldest daughter, Eva, to Mr. Georgo R. Sage, a young lawyer of Cincinnati, Corwin manifested much fooling that tho occasion took >rc of the aspect of a funeral than of a wedding. During the oeremony ha shod tears, and at the supper, after n prolonged und solemn silence, ho sud denly broke out: “ Now I want it distinctly understood that this thing is never going to happen agnin.in this house. There will never be another wedding here. I will get a nigger six feet tall, and give him a pole ten feet long, and poet him at the front door, and instruct him to knock any young man in tho head who comes to see my daughters.” Gen. Garfield relates that, shortly be foro Corwin’s death, when lio returned to Washington from a flying visit to Lebanon to uttend the marriuge of his youngest daughter, ho referred to this "marriage of Eva, and said that ho shut himself up in his room for throe or four days beforo it occurred, and could not bo persuaded to take any part in the preparations, and only on tho most earnest solicitations did he come down to witness the coromony. Ho said: could not endure tho thought of my daughter loving another man better than myself; and yet sho married a uoblo fellow. And now tho old feeling lias re turned. I tell you I had a horrible time of it until the coromonv was over. 1 " During an examination of a black ser vant in tho catechism he was asked by tlio clergyman what ho was made of. “Of mild, massa,” was tho reply, being told ho should Kay “Of dust,” answered, “ No, mass, it no do, no stick toeedder.” Test were walking by the seaside, and he sighed and she sighed; and she waa by his side, and he by her side, and they were both beside themselves, be side being at the seaside, where she sighed ana he sighed. mu ]»ciiiU ntiury. 4 said that Snhi deepened ten feet at at 000. said to have grapes hist year. V single business house o C., has bought 250,000 this Henson. “ Rf.au estate is advancing rapidly, and no mistake," said Jones, as he dug the dust out ol iua eyes o( a windy day. SOUTHERN NEWS. x|»eiiHe of $50,- vnrd i < ink county, T ccd three ps of rabbit skii enty buildings were erected in Raleigh, N. C„ in 1880, of which one church and sixty-three were dwell ing house?. Col. Thomas Bunin linn been appoint- 1 Associate Justice of the Supreme urt of Nortli Carolina, vice John II. Dillard, resigned. The Arkansas Mate Senate luis panned bill appropriating $10,000 for a branch irnial college nt Pine Rlufl for the edu cation of colored teachers. The proposed amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in Went irginia has been indefinitely postponed tlie State Senate. In Gadsden, Ala., the value of taxable ropertv has increased from $2011,792 in 879 to.$414,200 in 188 \ and the city tax qt one-fourth of one per rent, from 1 48 to $1,033 16. 'lie Swedenborgian Publication So- y has donated to the library of the n-gia institution for the education of tlie deaf and dumb Swedenborg’s com- •letc works. There are no funds to re- lenish the library of this institution, id persons who can give books should •nd them to Cave Springs, On., or to ov. Colquitt. The North Carolina Legislature has nssed a bill providing for the publiea- on of a roll of tlie North Carolina troops in the lute war. The duty of collecting the names has been delegated Maj. Moore, the historian. In add! ill to this work lie will add other faeU ocriptive of the movements of end regiment during the war. Montgomery Advertiser: Considera In sensation was cM-itcd by the sudden liking of nearly 10!) feel of the track of the Montgomery and Enfaula railway at a {mint near the limit-* of Union Springs a day or two since. Those who visited the i-pot speak of it as something of a dieuomeium in its way. It had the ap pearance of a depression caused by an earthquake. Memphis, Tcmieshee, is in a had way, Unaneially. Its taxable property has leereased from $30,800,00 in 1 Still to $13,000,000; there is $2,590,000 of hack taxes due; and tlio tax rate for the next rs, if the health improvements icd out, will he $8.05 on $100. sent population of Memphis i* 83,593, and the total debt, $0,000,000, is 178 per capita, and 43 per cent, on the I'hole taxable property. The rapid development of the business f importing fruit to New Orleans, tlie 'hues of that city says, has materially interfered with and reduced the foreign do of New York, which city has here* ire supplied the entire West with fruit. New Orleans po.sKehsc* exceptional advantages as a distributing point. I ler •liimite is favorable. Fruit often reaches S’ew York during the winter frozen, or s exposed to severe frosts on landing. Speaking of the State debt of Louis- sana, the New Orleans Democrat says: Under the provisions of the new constitu tion the debt, in ca.-c all consolidated bonds are exchanged for four per cent, bonds, would amount to $8,8“9,550, re- iniring the sum of $355,182 annually for interest. Collections for the interest fund already amount to $355,225 83, or more than enough to pay the intere-t for 1880 upon the whole amount of the State debt refunded under the provisions of the new constitution. The surplus, $13 83, doubtless goes to the support of public schools. It is questioned at Mobile whether the public property belonging to the defunct city of Mobile, now in the hand* of the Commissioners for the adjustment of the debt of the late city, should not, under the decision of the United States Su preme Court, in the Memphis case, be turned over to the Commissioners of the port of Mobile for governmental purposes. The port of Mobile not money enough in its ury to meet the pay-roll of month. The port Commissioners j aid to the Mobile Commissioners from rentals and markets about $3,700 |*c annum for the la-t two years. Adulterations of Food. The liberty guaranteed by this great Republic is a fine subject for a Fourth of July oration, but when that lilierty licenses fraud, and permit* imposition on the people, alike injurious to health and dangerous to life, it reaches tho An Uld Letter. H. Raymond, of Clnrknburg, West Vn., sends to tho Cincinnati Counnrrcial tlio following copy of a letter written bv Col. Lewis (Joss, while with the army in Cnundn, during the war of 1812, and'ad dressed to Governor Meigs, of Ohio, of which tho original is in possession of the Jackson family, of Clarksburg: ■ Sandwich, Upper Canada, ) July 28, 1812. } Hi* Excellency, Oovernor Mi-ign, Pieqae: Dear Sir—The capture of MiehHinnc- kinne, tho complete command which the British possess of tlie Lakes, the cer tainty that tlie Northern Indians are col lecting in force, the reduction in number occasioned by our debility, anil other cir cumstances which can be explained to you by tho gentlemen sent on for that purpose, have rendered it necessary that a large force should he collected lor of fensive warfare. The General has determined on re questing the Governors of Ohio and Ken tucky to solid on au additional force of 2,000 men. The commanding officers of regimeuts from our State have agreed to request you to Issue the necessary or ders for raising 900 men in the First, Second and Third Divisions to be nt>- l rei and Third Regiments. In our situation I presume it wifi be useless to endeavor to collect volunteers for ono year. Time is precious ninl is of tlie utmost importance. Every moment is adding to the strength of our enemy. Unless men are already organized, I think it would be much'"the better way to call out the ritle companies generally. The men from our country had better rendezvous ut Coshocton or Mt. Vernon, and move on by the way of Sandusky, must bring their arms with them, for the: - »I»n PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS. BorLER explosions are becomfrig so numerous that vaccination appears neces sary to keep them from breaking out. —Philadelphia Chronicle-Jfrraid. A Chicago restaurant keeper adver tises “roast turkey and cram berry sails," and yet a hungry man might go where they* spell better and fare worso.—New Orleans Picayune. " Dost !ot« me? Tell me once sgaln, Mt llltle pootftjr toot*!” With lore-lit eye* she sweet replies: “Do IT You bet your boots!” -MnUrn Argn. The Cleveland J Ferald lias published some verses entitled: “Why do I sing?" anil written by a young woman. It is probably because her father paid five hundred dollars to n music teacher for spoiling a good stocking darner. At an undertakers’ conference in New York recently, one undertaker complained that tho sextons wero getting “all tho craam of our btisinoss." What for Heav en’s sake, is “tlio cream" of tho under takers’ business? IX oldon UniM, wh.n poople hoard Soruo (windier liuco had rome Ui grief, They used a cool old Saxon word, Aud called that nun a “ ihlef.' 1 But language tilth a» that to-day Upon !o«i nuny feeling* grate*, Bo people amlle and ilinplr say, ” lie—* re-hypcthecatea/ ” Tns man who journeyed long to spj| upon the grave of his enemy found that the said enemy was drowned in a lake ami his body not recovered. Thero are lota of things in this world to mako a man mod.—Detroit Free Press. The Galveston News says a man in that city who hail a mule for sale, heal ing that a friend in Houston wanted to buy a mule, telegraphed to him: “ Dear Friend—If you are looking for a No. 1 mule don't forget me." An exulierant youth hails a supposed acquaintanoo with “Hello, Joe,” but, finding his mistake, adds: “ O, excuse mo; I thouglif you wero another man J" Laconic strnpger aus Buffalo P.xpre ‘I am."— contract lmd better bo mndo by s< person to furnish them with provisions. They will be compelled to move with their blankets only. 1 would suggest to you the expediency of leaving the details of the business from the Third Division to tlio Adjutant General. Ho is upon the spot uinl onn do it. But it is no time to he endeavoring to equalize the business exactly among the resjK'ctive brigades, regimeuts, battalions, compa nies, Ac. It is one of those cases con templated by tlio law, whore it is proper to raise tho whole from any ono portion. In the event of your committing to tho Adjutant General tho details of the business in the Third Division, 1 have written him respecting the call upon my own brigade. Very respectfully, I am, sir, your obedient servant. Lew. Gasb. Gutting It Short. “ Once, during the days of my early struggles iu the profession," said Edwin Booth, “and while wo were barn-storm ing down iu Virginia, mi odd thing hap pened, which illustrates tho shifts to which a ‘ poor player' wns then put in order to get along. Wo were playing— 1 showing ’ they called it then—one night nt a little place called Lee's Land ing, und the tobacco warehouse wo had improvised into u theater wns crowded by tho planters for miles around. We had arranged to tnko tho weekly steamer that we expected would touch there late that night, and between the nets were all busy puekiug up. Tlio play was the ' Merchant of Venice,' and wo were just going on fur the court scene, where tho Jew insista on his pound of flesh, when wo heard a whistle Mow, and the man ager came running in to say that the Btcuuicr lmd arrived ahead of time and would leave again in ten minutes. “As that was our only chance of get ting down to tho Chesapeake for a week, 3 naturally in a terrible quan dary. ‘If we stop right here anil ex plain,'said tho manager, ' the audience will think they are being cheated, anil ;o in for a free fight. The only thing io can do is for you fellows to get up oiuu sort of a uutural-likc. impromptu ruling for the piece, and ring down tho drop. Go right ahead, ludies anil gen tlemen, aud take your cue from Ned, here,’ and he hurried away to get the luggage on board. “If it had been in any other quarter of thocountry I wouldn’t have had t he as surance to do ns lie said, hut the ignor- of the ‘clay-eaters, ’ or ordinary Virginians of those days, was something marvelous, so when old George Ruggles, who wns doing Shylock, got to where he sharpens his knife on his shoe, I walked solemnly up to him aud suid: “ ' You’re bound to have the flesh, are you?’ “‘You bet your life,’, suid George, uuder tho impression that ho was im provising very skillfully indeed. “ 4 Now, I’ll muko you ono moro dick er,’ I continued. ‘In addition to the bag of ducats, I’ll throw in two kegs of uiggerheud terback, a shotgun uml a „)ouplo of tbo best coon dogs iu tho State. ’ “ ' I'm blamed if I don’t do it,’ said Bhylook, much to tho approbation of the audienco, who were tobacco-raisers and coon hunters from tho ground up. “ ‘And to show that thero is no hard feeling,’ said Portia, tucking up her legal gown, 4 we’ll wind up with a Vir ginity reel.’ “Ami us the prompter struck up 1 Monuio Musk’ on liis fiddle, we danced a couple of figures, aud made u break for the boat as tne curtuiu fell, amid thun ders of applause. “ When we got on board, tho steamer’s Captain, who hod witnessed tho conclu sion of tho play with grekt delight, ten dered the troune- tho compliment of a Lot supper, anu remarked, sh we sat down to what was a rare treat in those ‘palmy days of tlio drama: ’ “ 4 I’d like to see tho wholo of that play sometime, gentlemen. I’m blamed if I thought that fellow Bhakspeare had ao much snap to him.' ” The Btate of Louisiana levies a poll- tax for the benefit of the public schools upon all male inhabitants over 21 years of age. It is a lion on all property of tho tax-payer, and employers are liable for the tax of those they employ, pro- vided the service has been for ninety No Adolphus, newspaper men do not havo duplicates of the last straw that broke the oamel's back. They aro uso ful, as you snv, but newspaper men are so accustomed to d—k—g tho othor way, they don’t caro a straw about them! A minister overtook a Quaker lady and politely assisted her in opening u gate. As alio was a compartive stranger iu town, ho said: “You don't know, perhaps, that I am Mr. . Haven’t you heard mo preach?" “ I have heard you try,” was the quick rejoinder. “As for mo,” says Mme. Z., whoso husband is a member of tlio Assembly, “1 always do my shopping when tho Senate is discussing the appropriation bills. Then, you see, my husband is ac customed to Hiieh largo figures that my bills look small to him.”—/Vc twh paper. This is the particular time of tho year when tho citizen is attacked with u ko- voro cftso of economy, nnd immediately cuts off his entire list of newspapers. There is one paper ho does not relin quish, however. It is his paper of to bacco.—JiocUand ('ourier. The man who works in a factory, his pay day conies once a month; but tho mail who works at ditching has his spado day oftener than that.— Marathon Inde pendent. Hoe! Hoe! Fork conscience sako shove 'long this pun, aud don’t har row up our feelings in this way. A Yankee tobacco cliewer was in the habit of declaring nlmut once a month that he would “never chew another piece,” but broko bis pledge ns often as lie mado it. On one occasion, shortly after he had “broken off," ho was seen taking another chew, “ Why,” said his triend, “ you told mo you had givi i up that habit, but I see you are at it again. “Yes,” ho replied, “I have gono to chewing and left off lying.” precinct* of abuse, and Op* receive a "“rwhich.heuV prompt and vtgoroua check.-TVono ^ , mp i ny „ or freeman, j em pi 0 y G( j u case of non-payment of tho There aro four newspapers in Texas tax, may be seized and, after ton days’ edited by women. Does this account I advertisement, sold to pay tho tar for the unsettled alnto of the male popu- costB. The tax in never to bo less lation ol tho B tuto?—Boston Courier. ti uor more than ti. 60. A Short History or Wheat. ic varieties of wheat aro number less, and their characters vary widely under tlio influence of cultivation and linnite. There are suid to bo 180 dis tinct varieties in tho museum of Cornell University. On tho slopes of tho iintnins of Mexico anil Xulnpa tho luxnrianco of vegetation is such that heat does not form ears. In Jupan, it said, tho wheat has been so dovcloi>cd v the Japanese farmers that, no matter how much in au lire is used, tlio straw will not grow larger, though the length J the ear increases. The height is ■ly more than two feet, and often not u than twenty inches. Through se lection, winter wheat has been changed to summer wheat in three years, and ummor wheat, converted in tho same timo to winter wheat. In general, wheat is the most esteemed of tho cercul pro ductions, but iu Abyssinia, according to Farkyns, tho flour of “toff” or 44 (lu- sso,” scarcely palatable to Europeans, j referred by the natives to auy other grain. Isis was supposed to havo introduced wheat iuto Egypt, Demeter into Greece, and tho Emperor Olim-Wong into Chinn, about &000 B. G. In Euriqie it V.WL- ultivuted beforo tlio period of history, a samples havo been recovered from the laoustriue dwellings of Switzerland. In England it was probably not culti vated by the ancient Britons, but the Anglo-Saxons, when Bedo wrote, early in the eighth century, sowed their wheat in tho spring, anil iu tlio days of Queen Elizabeth its cultivation was but par tial. Indeed, wheat was an artielo of comparative luxury till nearly tho sev enteenth century. In Iudin wheat seems not to bo native, but introducers of its Sanscrit name signifies 44 food of tho barbarian ;’’ yot three varieties are mentioned in the Bhavaprakasa, one of which, a large grained, is suid to havo come from tho West, und another, a small-grained or ljeardless wheat, is sniil to havo boon indigenous to Miildlo India. Tho first wheat raised in tho “Now World ” was sown by the Spaniards on tho Island of Isabella, in January, 1494, and March 30 tho ears wore gathered. The foundation of the wheat harvest of Mexioo is said to havo been throe or four grains carefully cultivated in 1680, and preserved by a slave of Cortez. The crop of Quito was raised by a Francis can monk in front of tho convent. Gar- cillosso do la Vorga affirms that in Peru, up to 1517, wheaten bread had not been sold nt Cusco. Wheat was first sown by Gosnohl on Outtylmnk, one of the Elizabeth islands, in Buzzard’s bay, off Massachusetts, in 1602, whdn he first explored tlio const. In 1604, on the Island of 8t. Croix, near Calais, Me., the Bieur do Monts had some wheat sown, which flourished finely. In 1611 tho first wheat appears to havo been sown in Virginia. In 1626 samples of wheat grown in the Dutch colony at Now Netherlands were shown in Hol land. It is probable that wheat was sown in tho Plymouth colony prior to 1029 f though wo find no record of_it, and in 1629 r t ‘ gland to wheat $