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NEWS GLEANINGS.
There are more than 200,000 Germans
in TexaHi
Gol. Fred Grant in to resido at Hous
ton, Tex., it ia said.
In Lafourche, pariah, La., there are
318 citizens named Williams.
The frontier battalion of Texas now
consists of five companies numbering
120 officers and men.
The Louisiana .Sugar Howl does not
hope for a largo crop this year, for it is
at least a month late.
The Austin (Tex.) Statesman says
that the increase of the sheep floolre
al»out Uvalde this year averages ninety
per cent., tho largest known for a long
time.
The Charlotte Observer reports tho
purchase of land near that city for tho
purpose of smelting works. Ores will be
purchased from the owner of mines and
smelted nnd refined at the works.
Chattanooga limes: A terriblo dis
ease prevails among the cattle in the
Seventeenth district of Bartow county,
Ga. It proves fatal in nine out of ten
cases. Not less than twenty milch cows
have died within a mile of Euharlce in
the past ten days.
Mobile (Ala.) Register: The resigna
tion of Or. Stuart Robinson retires from
active service in the Presbyterian church,
one of the ablest divines in the country.
Many of our readers will remember hear
ing Dr. Robinson preach when tho Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church
South met hero a few years after the
THE BUTLER HERALD.
W. N. BENfcS, JAMES 0. RUSS. Editor*.
“LET TUC.RE UK LIGHT."
Subscription, $1.50 in Advance.
VOLUME V.
BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 3. 1881.
NUMBER 3i.
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delight, /
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Therahould untimely |M-rl*ti—
The leitTfS that full In aj.rlug.
V hnt‘though young life hits parted
THE YANKEE SCHOOLMASTER.
Austin (Tex.) Statesman : Galveston
having deprived herself of her natural
barrier against the encroachments of the
gulf waves by removing the sand hills
that had formed along the beach, is re
placing them, or aiding nature to do s<
by planting-hedgeaof salt cedars, against
which the sands drift nnd form natural
levees or brenk-waters.
Tho South Florida Journal states that
Dr. A. C. Caldwell, of Sanford, has
orange tree that is a curiosity worth go :
ing to see. It Is a large, fine tree, stand
ing just at his front gate. It has a good
ly number of ripe oranges . on it, and
about 1,000 green ones half grown, the
tyee having blossomed after the storm of
last.August, and is now full of blooms
for another crop.
Tho Fulnfeki (Tenn.) Citizen says that
Dr. ‘Leftwich, assisted by tho Christians
ofY’ulaski, held a prayer nieeting in the
court-house id that town before a very
large 1 audience of country people, and
the editor states that it was one of the
most serious and effective meetings he
ever witnessed. Two neighbors, come
to to wo to law each other, stepped Into
tho room where the meeting was being
held,, find they soon had each other i>y
thelmrid and differences were forgotten
in embraces.
New Orleans States: Telephonic com
munication has nlreaily been established
between Viclcshurg and Jackson, Miss,
and verbal messages are sent over this
wire daily. Yesterday the exchange
this yjty placed tho telephonic attach
ments to a Western Union wire and
yelled* ‘Holloa” at Vicksburg. The lat
ter answered back, ‘‘What do you
want?” just as natural as you ploaBC,
This'Interchange of salutations placed
the two cities on speaking terms, as it
were, and business began at once. Every
body who had anything to say said it,
aml.those who had nothing to say said
it just to be sociable. Mr. G. W. Irby,
of Vicksburg, sent an older to Justin
Langles for several boxes of ginger-snaps
nnd crackers. The experimental con
nection was a decided success.
Be l^over or Kisses.
When Charts II. was making his tri-
amphantf progress through England cer
ium country-lndios who were presented 1
to liim, instead of kissing the royal linnd
in their simplicity hold up their pretty
lips to l»o kissed nv the King, a blunder
no one would more willingly excuse than
the lover oi pretty Noll Gwynno. Goor-
giana, Duchess of Devonshire, gave
Steele, the butcher, a kiss for his vote
nearly a century since, and another
equally beautiful woman, June, Duchess
of Gordon, reoruited her regiment in a
similar manner. A kiss from his mother
made Benjamin West an artist. “ Kiss
me, mother, before I Bleep.” How sim-
pie a boon, yet how sdothing to the little
suppliant is that soft, gentle kiss. The
head sinks contentedly on the pillow
for all is peace and happiness within.
The bright eyes and rosy lips
close, and the little darling is soon
reveling in the bright and sunny dreams
of innocence. Yes, kiss, mother, for
that good-night kiss will linger in the
memory when the giver lies moldenng
in the grave. The memory of a gentle
mother’s kiss has cheered many a lonely
wanderar’s pilgrimage and has been the
beacon light to illuminate his desolate
heart; life has many a stormy billow to
cross, many a rugged path to climb, and
we know not what is in store for the lit
tle one so sweetly slumbering, with no
marring care to disturb its peaceful
dreams. The parched and fevered lips
will become dewy again as recollection
"Millev’s Hill” a farm-houso; a
towland structure built of wood; whoso
slap-boards, weather-worn nnd grny, wore
tailing into slow decay: whoso mossy
wooden lane-troughs swung from rusty
ns rudely hung; whose curling shin
's here and thorn botrayod the need of
good repair; wlioso ancient chimnov,
>pcd with stone, with lichens partly
jrgvown above tho sagging roof, looked
iowu upon tho spires of Brandon town.
An old grny barn was built near by,
with heavy girths and scaffolds high,
And solid sills and massive beams, and
through tlio cracks nnd open seams tho
danting sunshine used to play in golden
gleams upon tho hay, where oft, with
many a shout, the children jumped and
played about at hide and seek, or looked
with euro for hidden nests in corjg>i
thcro. Where oft at morn they usee 1
bear tho cackling lion nnd chanticleer,
hero, by the broad floor ’neatli tho
oiows, wore cribs aud stanchions for tho
sows, and strong plank shills whoro
horses stood to eat tlioir hay from racks
of wood, nnd, in a coruor stowed away, a
farming-mill and old red sloigli. Where
jolly farm-hoys husked at night tho gold
en corn by caudle-light, nnd hung their
lanterns by tho bay on pitchforks thrust
into tho hay, where, sheltered from the
Tho woman crossed tho kitchen floor
moot Lyourgus at tho door, and, with
scrutinizing stnr.c she Raid: "Walk in
‘ fake a chair, an' bo to home while
are hero. Come, Busby, take his
things, my dear. ”
~’orth from his corner, by tho flro, the
husband came at her desire. His head
was bald, Havo hero and there, stray lit-
tufta of grizzled hair; lus shoulders
stooped, his form was thin’, his knees
wore bent, his toes turned in; ho woro a
‘ ing blue flannel frock, gray tronsors,
* a satin stock; a cotton collar, tali
queer, was rudely rumpled around
each car; his face was mild, his smile was
bland, ns forth he put his i>onder»Hs
hand, and said: "I wink I seo vou well.
_ hope you’ll stay a loetle spell; wo’ro
plain folks lioro I’d have yon kuow, and
don’t go in for pride nor show. ’’ Then,
after stepping on tho cat, ho took the
teacher's coat nnd hat; ho hung them on
rusty nail, and, picking up his milkins
pnil, ho slowly shuffled out of doors and
autami) rain, with thundering flails they
Tjacn year tho num ot honey-bees wi
heard amid tho apple tree, tho lilacs
bloomed, tho locusts fair with tlioir sweet
fragrance filled tho air; tho stubble fields
wore plowed and sown; the warm rain
tell; the bright sun shone*, the robins
sang; the green grass grow; the roses
blossomed in the ucw; thfe tall red holly
hock once moro bloomed brightly by
the farm-house door; thotam-flower bent
its gaifily bead; tbo cattle in the pasture
fed, the crickets chirped in meadows
near, sounds were wafted to tho car o’er
waving flolds of tnsuolod corn, of clatter
ing scythe aud dinner horn. The reap
reaped their golden sheaves; tho siyalu
loft tho ritnccood cavos; the apples in tho
autumn broezo grow ripe nnd mellow
on the trees; tho leaves were swept about
tho fields woro brown, tho wood
lands bnro; the snow-flakes foil; tho nil
grow chill; tho sldgh-bollsrangou “Mil
ler's Hill” _
Tho winter sky was overcast, tho
and sleot were falling fast. ’Twas
Christmas ove; tho air was cool; the
children hurried home from school, with
laughter loud and outcries shrill they
readied tho farm-house oh tho hill, they
came across tho kitchen floor, nor stopped
to shut tho entry door, all striving first
tho news to toll, exclaimed, in concert,
with a yoil: " Tho teacher’s oomiu’ here
to stays ho's up tho rood a Jittle way: he
stopped to talk with Susan Stow, an' we
ran home to lot you know.” .
The mother stopped her spinning-
wheel, and put away her creaking reel,
stfopt up the dusty hearth with care,
rolled down her sleeves and brushed her
hair, smoothed out her rumpled gingham
gown, and in her rocking-chair sat down;
then, striving hard to look her best, the
calmly waited for her guest.
Her ruddy, round, and floshy face was
bordered by a cap of lace; her nose was
nearly hid from view by her plump
ohccks of healthy hue: her eyes were
bright, her hair was thin, she had e
heavy double ohin; her husband’s arms,
when both embraced, could barely
oumsoribe her waist ...
Of all largo women nino in ton will
most admiro tbo little mon, and little
men—why none may toll—wifi love largo
women quite as well. They woo, they
wed. tho man through lifo is quite
shadowed by tho wife.
Soon, parting from his rustio flame,
the tardy young schoolmaster came. His
iyes wero bide, his features fair, his chin
> ergrown witli downy hair; behind his
ears his looks of brown were smoothly
brushed and plastered down; his bonv
limbs were largo and long; his -won-
trained muscles firm and strong; tho tali,
stout boys that years before line! throw
their master through the door* his
regarded with dismay, and seldom d
to disobey. The pride end >>°K
bardton wns tall Jj.Ycnrgnu Littlejohn.
who had, his fellmv-h A
heap
wont to do tho evnniug chores.
by tho firelight’s cheerful glare
Lycurgus drew tho easy-chair. Tho
•y steam of chickens slain carno
the black pot on tho erauo. Tho
tile's merry song ho heard; ii|»on the
_ ...til tho gray cat purred; while, by
tho oliimuey-comor snug, tho house dog
dozed upon the mg. Among the chim-
noy-picco of wood an idlo row of flat
irons stood, two candlesticks in bright
array, a pair of snuffers and a tray. Tho
time-worn clock ticked slowly
struck flio hours forever gone. "Forover
to say—“Forever gone,
from’ day to day, in i{s tall caso .
sombre line—’twas fifty years sinoo it
was new. Between tho windows, small
and high, tho looking-glass was hung,
icar by; a brazen bird with wings out
spread, perched on tho scroll-work over
head; beneath, a shelf, tho common home
* family Bible, brush, and comb; above,
from iron hooks wore hung long frames,
with apples thickly strung, and, fixed
upon the wall to dry, were wreaths of
pumpkin kopt for pie.
Forth from the buttry, to the fire,
same Aunt Rebecca McIntyre, a awallow
spinster, somewhat old, whose mclldw
age was seldom told; her hair was gray,
her noso was thin, it nearly touched her
toothless ohin. Lifo’s weary work and
constant care had worn » faco that once
was fair.
Each Sabbath morn, from spring to
spring, within the choir she used to sing,
In ancient bonnet, oloak, and gown, the
oldest relics in the town; beside the
chorister she stood, and always did the
best she could, and, while with tuning-
fork, ho led, she marked his movements
With hothead, bar nasal vdlco roso sharp
and queer Above the deep-toned viol
near. * •
Hite took the black pot froas the wane,
removed the kettlo from the 'chain, and
niado the tea and chicken-broWh, drew
out the table, spread tho cloth; then,
from thckablo, bright and new, brought
tlie best china edged with blue.
The chores wero done, the fenst
spread; all took tlioir seats and grace
said. They ato the savory chicken
stew, so jnicy *n<? so well oooked
‘ eforo’them, richVmnd dump
snow was wildly beating. From be-
the smothered sound of voices came
when still with Busby’s social dame.
Tlioir guest sat by the fading fire and
watched its fleeting flame expire while
ilie listened, but no word they uttered
-ould be cloorly heard; but eoon a recol
lection came that sent a shudder through
her frame—the sausage to l>o fried at
morn, the breaksast table to adorn, was
‘ the bedroom where their guest would
m betake himself to rest Tho clock
(truck ton, she softly said, “ I'll get it
o ho goes to bed.”
Tho snare bed stood within a room ns
•bill and humid as a tomb ; ’twas never
lircd, ’twas soldom swept; in its damp
,-iomers spiders crept; they built their
bridges through the air, aud no rude
broom disturbed them tliero. Tho rain,
that fell on roof decayed, dripped through
the chinks that time had made, and on
ihe wtiftownshed wnlls ran down in won-
Irons frescoes tinged with brown ; the
frindow-paucs, with frost o’eropread,
were warmer than that ioy bed: Cold
was the inntting on tho floor ; cold blow
tho breeze beneath tho door; cold weio
the straight-backed chairs of wood ; cold
was tho oaken stand that stood on spind
ling legH that looked as chill ns lone, bnro
einos on some bleak hill ; high rose that
bod o’er things Inflow, liko some tall ice
berg capped with enow. Hero every
highly hundred guest, when bedtime
iroc, retired to "rest.”
Within its large and moldy press hung
Mrs. Busby’s best, silk dress: her Sunday
bonnet, shoes, and shawl, on rusty nails
igninst the wall, by Mr. Busby’s suit of
due, that at his wedding hud been new.
Hero on n peg bis best cravat reposed
within his old fur lint; hero, shut from
sight of human eyes, were rows of mince
aud apple pies, with rolls of sausago aud
through; before .
lings swam, on steaming,
with cold. Wle^ Upm, -with
biscuit; warqL aud ligl<t, ;-wHll currant
jam and honey, white 'Aha«crowMung all
a good supply'of y^towv.^taWtly pump-
khi-pie, Where suoli a bObnteous feast
s UiumV who would nA^^wdtcli and
‘lionrd arourid?”
The supper doho, the father took from
off its shelf, tlie sacred Bonk, and rend of
one who stilled tlie sea one stormy night
in Galileo; thon, kneeliug down before
his chair, he asked the lioavonly Shep
herd's care.
Soon from the group, with drowsy
heads, tho children started for their
beds: took off tho little shoes they wore,
aud left them on tlie kitchen floor; thon,
bidding all a fond "good night,” with
pattering feet, they passed from sight.
Dear little feet, how soon they stray
from the old farm-houso. far away; how
soon they leave tho family fold to walk
tho shining streets of gold, where every
hope is roal and sure; where every heart
ia kind and pure; where every dream is
bright and fair,—O! may wo moot our
loved ones there 1
Tho farmer left his cozy seat, witu
clattering slippers on his feet, wont t<
tho cellar where he drew a mug of cider,
sweet and new, and from his broad bins
brought the best and ripest apples
. • ... flH. .... \wuvm ( \ v tl ’
with stooping form and silver hair. Ho
married dark-oyed Susan Stow, and they
were happy, years ago.
When, in the merry winter-time, their
children’s children round him climb, he
tolls them of his fearful fright, on that
far distant winter night: and. after thov
are put to bed, when by the flro with
nodding head he sits and sinks to siura-
Iters deep, and quakes and shivers in his
sleep, alas! ho is but dreaming still ol
that spare lied on "Miller’s Hill.”—
Eugene J. Hall, in Chicago Tribune.
apple pic.., —
1-cheoso, stored on the shelves and
ft to freeze.
From out her cot the mnidoir crept,
slipped on her shoes nnd softly stepped
along the hall and through the gloom un
til she reached tlie chilly room. Unseen
she crossed tlie icy floor, unheard un
locked tho eldset door, snatched from
tho shelf, in ft Arm hold, a bag of saus
age, stiff ana cold, thou turning quickly,
sought to heat a sudden, snfo, and sure
retreat. Too latot A light gleamed on
tho wall, and sound of footsteps filled
the hall, thou to the room came boldly
the stalwart form of Littlejohn! She
backward stepped and stood aghast,
thon closed the door and held it fast.
With chattering tooth nnd trembling
frame across the floor Lyourgus came.
He placed the candle in his hand upon
the spindling oaken stand. Then closed
the door, ana, with a frown, within a
oold choir settled down. He throw his
bears to the sufferer’s couch a mother i
love, a mother’s kiss. Then kiss your
little one’s ere they sleep; there is a
magic power in that kiss which will en
ilu&to the tod ot life.—Troy Times.
It Ukes 176 paymasters and clerks to
pay 8,000 officers and nien In Our. little
iavy. Our naval officers are fine, manly
ellows, but our havy is ridioulous,
immon said
utMH , u his head.” (Three
terms in Midblebury College had given
him his "heap" of knowledge.)
Ho often used to Bit between the fair
young girls of sweet sixteen and kmdly
help them “do their sums. They
brought him fruit and sugar plums; they
had their girlhood hopes and fears; Ills
words were music in their ears; each
smile ho gavo them hud a charm; each
frown would fill them with alarm.
What envious looks at Susan Stow, ms
favorite scholar they would throw.
Her eyes and hair were dark as night,
her skin was soft, and smooth, and
white; a pencil-like bloom her checks
overspread; her lips like cherries, ripe
and red. What wonder 1m could not
conceal tho glad, sweet thrill ho
feel through all his palpitating frame
when to his desk she coyly camo and,
looking up with eyes of lovo, liko some
sly, timid little dove, would softly ask
him to expound some knotty problem
she had found? What being in the world
below seemea ball as sweet as Susan
Stow? Her eyes would flash and, in re
turn, his face would flush and straugely
burn, and, when he tried to calculate
some long, hard “sum” upon her slate,
the figures danced before Ills sight like
little gobblins, gay and white, and, when
at night, with cheerful face, he started
for his boarding place, what wonder that
lie came so slow in walking homo with
Susan Stow? ».
his guest. Then, by tlio warm tiro’s rud
dy light, they lingered until late at
night, strange legends told, and tales
that rondo them all feel nervous and
a * But "Aunt Rebocca ” watohod in vain
tho curling smoko above the crane ; alio
nodded, dozed, liegan to snore, sho
dropped her knitting on the floor, awoko,
her oyelids heavier grow, arose aud si
lently withdrew.
Along tho creaking stairs sho crept, to
tho lone chamber where sho slept, and
close the window-curtains drew, to screen
herself from outward view. Sho stopped
the key-hole o! the door, she set tho
candle on the floor, looked ’noath the
valance—half afraid to find a man in
ambuscade; thon sitting down, asido
with care she laid her garments on a
chair, slipped on her ghostly robe of
white, took off her Bhoes, blew out the
light, then, in the darkness, flom hei
head removed her wig and went to bed,
curled up, with chilly sobs and sighs, and
quivering shut her drowsy eyes.
Poor single souls who sleep alone, the
night wind hath a dismal tone to
your lone ears—you start with fear at
every midnight sound you hear, when
late at night with weary heads you creep
into your weary beds. Tho nights seem
long, your lips turn blue, your feet grow
cold—you know they do!
She slept at lost; she heard once more
tho ripple break upon the shore ; again
she sat upon the strand, and some one
olasped her fair young hand, and word*
were whispered in her ear that long ago
she loved to hear, and, starting up, she
cried in glee : “ I knew you would come
bock to me.” She woke. Alas! no
love wps there. Her thin arms clasped
tho vacant air. Twas but a dream. She
lived alone. Without she heard the night
boots upon the floor, and, rising, tried
tho closet door; but Auut Robecen, in
affright, clung to the latch with all her
might. To look within LycnrgUB failed,
he turned away and thought it nailed!
Then, pulling down tho snowy spread,
he put nis warm brick in tho bed, took
off liis clothes, and slipped between tbo
sheets of ice, so white and clean, blow
out tho light, and, with a sneezo, closo
to hia chin ho brought his knees, be-
ueath the clothes he arew his noso, and
tried in vain to find repose; while “Aunt
Robocca,” from the wall, took down tho
Sunday gown and shawl, sho wrapped
them round her freezing form, and
blushed, to koep her visnge warm.
The paper ourtaiuBj loosoly hung upon
the wlnaows, rustling swung, while
through each quivering, narrow framo
of frosty pones a dim light came that
made the furniture appear like dusky
f ih an toms crouching noar. Lycurgus
istoned in the storm and hugged his
brick to keep him warm, but colder
grow the humid bed, the olothes oon-
gealed around his head; to feel at oose in
vain he tried; he tossed and turned from
side to side; eaoh time ho moved, be
neath hia weight the bedstead oreaked
like some farm-gate. His brick grew
cold, he could not sleep, a strange sen
sation seemed to creep upon him, while
across the floor he cloadly watched the
closet-door.
Was he but dreaming? No! his eyes
beheld, with wonder and siirpriso, what
man had never soon before—there was a
movement at the door. It slowly turned
and to his sight oame, through the dim,
uncertain light a hideous hand, that in
its clasp some awful object seemed
to grasp, a crouching form, with fright
ful head, seemed slowly coining towards
the bed. He heard tho rusty hinges
creak, he oould not stir, ho could
not speak, he could not turn his head
away; he ahut his eyes and tried to
The Homes or America.
It is not a mere nooldout llml tin
homes ol America nve the most cemtovt
able and comforting on earth. Nor an
these home comforts due simply to iu«
chanical skill or economic judgment, i
country which has limited tbo powci* «-t
its government stimulates society, am
highly moral society produces the iu"~
perfect homes which human eyes «-i
S oetio visions can behold. No one know*
le American system well who do« s i.o 1
know the Americnn home. Our pohiim*
system is publicity itself; Ann ri- im so
oiety has never yet liecu fully charm*
terized; whilo tho l*cst result of Imtli, tin
perfect home, has been praised in gen
eral terms, but not described nnd ex
plained in its true fullness. The novel
writers, from whom such description.*-
might be expected, havo failed ignoinin-
iously in their attempts at showing lb
maturest results of our social system.
Yet this system is uuiqno, and it is a
marked advance upon all European
model*. The English home approaches
the American home, while thoAJormnn
home approaches tho English; nut the
ideal American home, not rarely realized,
has a comfort, a character and n dignity
all Its own. It may seem to bo wanting
in the graces, traditions and responsi
bilities peculiar to tbo best English
homes; it surpasses them iu moral dig
nity; it differs from nil tho others in be
ing tho result of n highly-refined civiliza
tion; it is tho best, aud purest outcom
our ethical system. Tliero has li
much pleasant banter about the great
American novel flint is to come. Lot it
not dwell too much on politics; British
politics are larger than ours. Let it not
toll too much of busy people; the French
are as industrious and industrial ns
Let it not confine itself to nnalyi
of character or sentiment; other untie
have both in abundance.. Let it descri
the purost nnd sweetest of American
homes aud let it describe, not nu ideal,
but that reality which distinguishes tho
American home from all others, and
shows it to be the best outcome of
history, our political institution and
vocial system.—Jioslnn Advertiser.
A Curloni Client.
A Brooklyn newspaper man received
a note from a law firm, Smith, Jones k
Smith, notifying him that a claim against
him for several dollars had been placed
in their hands for collection, aud in-
itructing him that he could savo him-
Bel! some trouble if he’d como around
and talk tho matter over. The journal
ist waa perfectly prepared to converse
on tho subject, but disinclined to pay,
so ho dropped in on Bmith, Jones k
Bmith, and notified them that he had
some business for them.
“There's a man in this town threatens
to sue me," said ho, “and I’m prepared
to spend any amount to lieat him. Can
you undertake to carry — 41 u 0 ”
P ra i. .
sweat stood like drops of dew; at
last he shrieked, aloud and shrill—the
door swnn$ back and all was still.
That midnight cry, from room to
room, resounded loudly through tlie
gloom. The fanner and his wife at rest,
within their warm and cozy nest, awoke
and sprung, in strange attire, forth from
their bed loud shouting—“fire!" But
nnoing neitnor smoke nor name, eoou
stumbling up the stairs they came. In
cotton bedquilta quaintly dressed, they
heard a deep groan from their guest, and,
full of wonaer and affright, pushed in
the door and struck a light.
Deop down within the feather bed
Lyonrgns had withdrawn his head, and,
out or sight, lay quaking thcro, with
throbbing breast and bristling hair.
They questioned him. but he waa still;
he shook as if he had a chill, the oour-
age waa completely gone from tall Ly-
curgus Littlejohn.
What human language can express,
the modest maiden’s dire distress, whilo
standing still behind the screen, a sad
spectator of the scene ? What pen or
penoil can portray her mute despair and
rtoep dismay ? A while she stood, and
through till door she peeped across tho
bed-room floor; the way was clear,
and like a vise she grasped the sausago,
cold os ice, sprang from the oloset, and
from sight she glided liko a gleam of
light, away without a look or word, she
flew liko an affrighted bird; without a
moment of delay, the mystery cleared
itself away!
Again the snow gleams on the ground,
again the sleigh-bells gayly scund, again
on “Miller’s Hill” we hear tho shouts of
cliildruu loud and clear; but in the barn
is heard no more the flapping flail upon
the floor. Tho house is down,- its in
mates gone, and tall Lycurgus Littlo-
......w. through?
Certainly I "ejacnlated Bmith, Jones
k Smith, to whom the newspaper man
was a strangor.
“ What I want to do is to botlior him,
observed the client. “Can I botlior
him, whether I owe him or not ? ”
“ Well, wo should smile 1 ” remarked
Bmith, Jones k Bmith. “It’ll take him
twenty years, if wo work the case. ”
“ Yon are strangers to mo, gentlemen,
said the olient, “though I hear yon
highly spoken of. Now, suppose ho
should sue me, how would you go to
work ? " •
"First, we should stnvo off tho
swer. Then wo would take a lo
depositions de bene esse. Just before
tbo trial wo would issue a commission to
examine witnesses iu Siberia; othe
witnesses would be taken ; wo would
have such engagements that wo would
stave the trial off, and if he got a judg
ment we would appeal. Yes, sir, ho d
use up twenty years getting the money.”
"But what would tlio lawyers on the
other side be up to all this time? I’m
told they’re pretty smart fellows."
44 Don’t care. Who are they ? ”
44 1 don’t remember tlioir names, but I
have got their letter. Hero 1 wlint’s
this? By Jove, gentleman, they’re
Bmith, Jones k Smith 1"
The partners looked aghast.
“I hope that nothing I’ve said will be
used against mo,"said the client, look
ing from one to tho other. "I trust,
gontlcmen, that you won’t give me
away in this matter. It’s an awful blun
der on my part, but I sincerely hope
you won’t take nnv advantage of it.”
Smith, Jones & Bmith hold a brief
consultation.
"Am I in muoh peril?” asked the
client anxiously.
44 We think not,” said Bmith, Jones k
Bmith. 44 We are—eh—are—we are pre
pared to drop the proceedings. Wo
won’t mention it, if you won’t.”
44 I’ll agree not to mention any name,”
replied the client, with a grin, "and
I’ll promise you my business in the
future.”
Thore was some further conversation
an adjacent hotel, and, gentle render,
the only trouble is their names were not
Smith, Jones k Smith.
Life of the O.ar of Russia.
Tho following brief sketch of the Czar'
life is taken from Chambers' Encyclo
pedia:
Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, w
born April 25», 1818. Ho was carefully
educated by his father, Nicholas,
professed himself delighted with the
manifesentions of true Roman spirit
his son. At sixteen he was declared
age, and made Commandant of th«
neers of tho Guard Hetman of the Cos
sucks, First Aid-de-Camp of the Em
l»eror, and subject daily to a life of ma
neuvering, reviewing and military parade
which at last seriously injured his health.
Ho then traveled through Germany to
recruit his euer^ies, and while there con
cluded a marriage with tho Rrincess
Marin, daughter of tho Grand Duke of
Darmstadt in 1811. He now rigorously
applied himself to his studies ns Chan
cellor of the University of Finland. By
his dexterous and subtle manners he
insinuated himself into the affections of
tho Finns, and weakened their lovo ot
independence. Ho founded n chair of
tho Finnish language and literature,
patronized tho Academy for the culture
of Finnish literature, and defrayed tho
expenses of numerous remote expedi
tions undertaken by the savants, mich ns
lygnoeus, Wallin and Cast roil. In 1*"»0
he visited Southern Russia, Niokolaieff,
Sebastopol, Titlis, Erivon, Are. It is
said he witnessed with regret tlie atti
tude whicli his father assumed toward
Europo, and that ho altogether disap
proved of tho Crimean war. On his
accession to tho throne, March 2, 1855,
lie found himself in a critical position.
Ho had two parties to conciliate at
home—tlie old Muscovite party, blindly
zealous for war, and tho more peacea
ble and intelligent portion of tho Nation,
who possessed his personal sympathies,
no pursued a cotirso calculated to on-
oourngn both; sjxike of adhering to tho
policy of his illustrious ancestors, aud at
tho same time concluded peace. Since
then lie has shown a strong desire to
purge the internal administration of its
impurities. Ho has sharply rebuked the
corruption of functionaries,' ami severely
punished some as a warning to the rest.
An honorable recognition has been given
to public instruction, which he lms freed
from military iutluenco where that ab
surdity existed, ns in the law schools of
Bt. Petersburg, nml has placed it under
n direct and personal Biiperiuteud-
His moderation has even stimu
lated tho ho]X!8 of tho Poles. By a ukaso
of May 27, 1850, ho has granted to all
Polish' exiles who arc willing to express
ropentauue for tho past, permission to
return home; but, though desirous of
preserving the nationality of Poland, he
not separate it from the Great Rus-
Family. Tho grand achievement of
•eign, however, as yot is the emanci
pation id the Russian serfs in 1801, and
if tho Polish serfs in 1807. An attempt
vos made to assnssiunto him at Paris,
Juno 0, 1807, when on a visit to Napo
leon III.
A Persian Legend.
It is related of a Persian mother, on
giving her son forty pieces of silver us
his portion, that she made him swear
never to tell a lie, and said, "Go, my
sou ; I consign thee to God, nnd we
Hindi not meot again till the day of judg
ment."
The youth went away, and the party
he traveled with were assaulted by rob-
bers. One fellow asked the boy what
bo iiad, aud he answered, with a candor
that surprised his questioner:
“Forty dinars are sowed up in my
garments. ”
Tho robber laughed, thinking tlie boy
jested. Another asked him the same
question, nnd received tho same an
swer. At last tho chief called him, aud
asked wlmt he had. Tho boy replied:
“I havo told two of your people al
ready that I have 40 dinars sewed up in
my clothes.”
Tho chief ordered his clothes to be
ripped open, and tho money was found.
"And how came you to tell this?”
" Because,” rophodthnboy, ‘ I would
not bo false to my mother, whom 1 sol-
to tell a lii
PITH AND POINT.
Bosom companions—Studs.
A bitbkt and pillow-caae party—Tha
bedbugs.
Hard monpy is not hard to get when
one has a soft job.
BoARDixa-HotJSi butter solves the
question of 44 rapid rancid.”
4r A new way to pay old debts” is to
take the cash and pay them.
A too lady at a ball called her beau
sn Indian because he was on her trail all
tho time.
a Connecticut minister whoso
salary was 825 a year and half tho fish
ho caught.
A temptation for milkmen to emigrate
to Kansas is the fact that extensive chalk
beds exist thore.
Why cannot a gentleman legally pos
sess a short walking-stick ? Because it
can never be long to him.
Why is tho money you are in tho habit
of giving to tho poor like a newly-born
babe ? Becausd it’s precious little.
An Indian cliiof, after tho romantic
mauner of liis nation, calls his musket
44 Book Agent," because it is au old
smooth bore.
“ Ir o'er that wall you leap, you dunce,
Tim lightning'* *tr«.he would h*nu you Iom."
Ho ; off went In* head at on.-o-
“ Ho much," aald he, “ for Romulua."
A LECTURER says, 44 Fullness under
the cyo denotes language." Ho lias
probably been knocked down for some
thing ho has said.
“Oh, woe is me,” exclaimed tho l>oy
of tho house in tho midst of his work,
44 to have sawed what I havo sawed, and
saw what I see 1 ”
Boston has established an 44 Institute
of Heredity.” Children who wish to be
bom into poor but distinguished fami
lies should apply early.
OnsEuviNO little brother’s remark be
fore a room full of company : "I know
what made that red mark on Mary’s
nose ; it was tho rim of John Barker's
lint 1 ”
Play spades if you would win pota
toes ; play clubs if you would deal with
a ruffian ; play hearts if you would win
friendsliip ; play diamonds if you would
w in a woman.
"How like its father 1” said tlie
nurse, on tbo christening of a baby
, whoso father was over 70. 44 Verv like,”
j said a satirical ladv ; 44 bald, nnd not a
tooth in its head.’
"Doctor.” said Julius Crcsor to a
Galveston aoctor. 44 1 think my liver
must be out of order.” 44 What ore your
s vmpioms ? ” 4 4 Well, uf ter I have taken
tenor fifteen toddiesIfall asleep, and as
soon as 1 wake up I am tormented with
thirst.”—Galveston News.'
" The mainspring of Italian music in
tho eighteenth century," says a recent
writer, "was tho exclusive imd passion
ate worship of the human voice. Italian
music has experienced a change. I 1-
mainspring now is in a box, and
worked with a handle.
USEFUL HINTS.
To take fresh point off a woolen gar
ment rub the spots with stolo breed un
til i
>ved.
omnly promised never to toll a lie.
"Child,” said the chief, "art thou so
mindful of thy duty to thy mother,
whilo I am insensible, afc my age, of the
duty I owe to God? Give mo thy hand,
that I may swear repentance on it.” He
did bo, and his followers were struck
with the scene.
"You have been our lender in guilt,"
they said to the chief, 44 be tho sumo in
the paths of virtuo.”
And, taking the hoy’s hand, they took
tho oath of repentance on it.— The Little
Gem and Kindergarten.
A Just Rebuke.
Some Englishmen were making an
excursion in New Zealand, and engugod
natives as guides and to carry their lug
gage. On tho first Sabbath, the Euro
peans were proposing to journey as usu
ul, but. the natives said:
" No ; we rest on tho Sabbath."
The chief of the guides was a Christian
man, and stood firm. The Englishmen,
like too many of their countrymen when
forgot tlie religion of their early
not
bo kept sweet and frosh
for months by putting them in a clean,
tight cask or jur, and cover with cold
water. The water must bo changed as
often hh once every other day, and tho
cask kept in a cool place.
*To Dertiioy Ants.—Take carbolic
acid diluted with water—tako one part
acid to ten paits water—and with a
syringe throw this liquid into all tho
cracks and holes whore they nest, and
unts w ill soon vauislu Cockroaches aro
also drivou away by it.
When sowing buttons on children’s
clothes where there w ill 1-e much strain
. i; tl. • tluitou, the (Linger from tearing
the cloth out will be greatly lessened by
putting a sniiill button directly under
the larger outside button. This applies
..I niuM-, only to buttons with holds
through thorn.
An exchange says : “For worms and
flies infesting house plants, several read-
- rs recommend watering them with lime
water. Close the opening nt the bottom
,-f tlie pot, Hll with lime water and let it
niniid for an hour or two, then remove
ihe plug at the bottom aud drain it off.
It one application is insufficient, try a
To hive a beautiful gloss to shirt-
bosoms, procure, two ounces of fine
white gum urahic and pound it to pow
der, put it into a pitcher and pour on to
ii a pint or more of boiling water, ac
cording to tlie degree of strength you
desire, and then, having covered it, let
it set all night. In the morning pour it
carefully from tho dregs into a clean
tie, cork it, and keep it for further
A table-spoonful of guim-Hati r
Ted into a pint of Htnveh that Ii.iK
•n made in tho usual manner will give
beautiful gloss to Hhirt-bohoins, and to
r white or printed) a look of
which
tin
It i
• thin white muslin and art kinds.
uf laces.
To Clean Miunous.—Tako a nuws-
uper or part of one, according to the
izeof the glass. Fold it small and dip
it into a basin of clean cold water ; when #
■Highly wet squeeze it out in your
hand as you would a sponge, and then
mb it hard all over the face of the glass,
taking cave that it is not so wot ns to
' n u In streams. In foot, the paper
must only bo completely moistened or .
dumped all through. After the gliu-s /
bus been well nibbed with wet paper/
jet it rest for a few minutes, and the/
go over it with a fresh dry newspspf
(folded small in your hand) till it lo<A»f
and bright, which it willatwo*-^
t rage.
iy did
w e to do witli the law of
wind moan, whilo on the window-panes | jhhu is now an old man. worn wjth caro.
Slave Trade.
The slave trade in Africa is still en
ormous. Dr. Livingstone estimated the
traffic for all Africa at 600,000 yearly.
Col. Gordon puts tho loss of life in the
Boudan alone at 80,000 to 60,000 annu
ally. Raoul Pasha, who was loft to
carry out tiie work begun bv Col. Gor
don for thq suppression ol tlie slave ,
trade, is proving lta active abettor, and ! rent. But, mo, I like In
the iniquity is encouraged bv the Egyp- good little girl, and I am sure she dr.
dun Government. "The solo and pur
chase of human beings continues to be
practiced on a largo scalo in the Hodgey
Yemen, Nubia, Abysainia and at various
points on the coast. Men, women and
cbUdrm are sold aa beasts of burden.
obey orders.' The uutivfjg
* What
God?”
An Englishman answered :
" What havo wo to do with the law of
God? What is that to us?"
One of the natives retorted !
" You havo much to do with that,
it were not for tho law of God we should
not remain auiet on your refusing to
pay us for <ror labor. Wo should have
taken by force what you have,, and
robbed, if not killed,you. You have that
much to do with the law of God.’
What was the end of this strango
Hccne wo do not know, but wo hope that
among these Englishmen thcro w as suf
ficient manliness and good feeling to i
cent the unexpected rebuke, and to
honor the Maori for liis firmness aud
principle
"You must not play with that little
girl, my dear,” said an injudiei*'**** —
1 do, and she has lots
toy!P’ "I can not help that, my dear,
replied tho foolish mother; "her father
is a shoemaker.” “But I don’t play with
i her father, I play with hor; she ain’t
• shoemaker. ”
immediately and with ho further
This method, simple as it in
best and most expeditious for ,
mirrors, and it will bo found so on U
_giviug a cleanness nnd polish t
an bo produced by n -tlnar plff
llow Divers Ar I'ald In II
A writer upon India and it§
rites in tho Boston Commbroial Bulle
tin: "Most of the divers ar« trained to
their business from childhood. Thoy en
ter the water, iwa general thing, un
armed nnd entirely naked, having only
net bag about their necks in which
put tho oysters. One minute nnd a hall
to three minutes is the usual len
timo which they remain beno^
surface. The men aro paid nebord
number of oysters they catch,
iu some cases recoiving a certain
of money, and in otuors a c<
contngeof tho uuopenod oyste
latter nrrnngoment usually y*a
best in tho end, but they, poor
prefer to roceive a definite am
though it may *
than run the
•nm, with
aothimr.”
At Castilie,
hounds, hud the c
ice, which botjp hini
dogs through. The
was drowned,