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IVMOBirritl BATES ir H noatha, .. V««i|Mptr Law Dceliiraa. t Any ptnon who Ukwa n paper regular* ly from the poatofflo*— whether directed to Ala nine or •nother'a, or whether he bee sub* •enbed or not— ieieeponaiblefor the amount. Llfapereon order* hla paper discontinued he must pay all arrearaaea, or the publisher may eontinue to eend It until payment ia ■aade, and eolleet the whole amount,whether the paper ia taken from the office or not. 8. The courta bare decided that refusing *• take newspapers or periodicals from the poatoffice, or removing and leaving them uncalled for ia prima uoie evidence of in* natiotnel fraud. HEWS GLEANINGS. Lynchburg (Vn.) Advance: If the capital was at hand there is enough iron ore in a circle of sixty miles around this city to run two hundred furnaces profit ably. The only dobt owed by Meckleuburg county, N. C., according to the Charles town News and Courier, is 1300,000 contracted to aid in the construction of railroads. Charleston (S. C.) Nows and Courier: The production of cotton per acre is greater in North Canolina than in any State in the Union. Georgia is next in the scale of productiveness. The Cedar Keys (Fla.) Journal de sires to know who can tell how the shell mounds in that neighborhood came there. Some of them are nearly twenty feet high. Digging for building pur poses discovered a variety of shells. The Roanoke News reports the trial of a suft tdi sixteen cents (the damages for tresspass) by the Superior Court of Northampton county, N. C. The plain tiff lost tho suit and had to pay $380 costs. The trial occupied four days, and the case hns been pending for several years. The Louisiana Western Railroad Com pany has built a mammoth hotel, cover ing a ground area of 148 by 120 feet, in the Attalapas country, west of the bayou Vermillion, and a town has been laid out and named McComb, in honor of the president and principal stockholder of the fnilroad company. The Nashville Banner says that Liv ingstone Hall, now in course‘of erec tion, will nearly double the capacity of Fisk University. The main university building is five stories high. Jubilee Hall is four stories high, with a base ment story, and will, perhaps, be com pleted by September, 1882. It is in contemplation to erect another building between Jubilee Hall and Livingstone Hall. Reporting the return of Okeechobee expedition, Jacksonville, Fla., matter in Savannah (Ga.) News says: The Kis simmee river was carefully examined. The lands arc rich beyond expectation. Lake Okeechobee wns sounded for forty miles. Its average depth is eight feet The Caloosahatehio was traversed for sixty miles in a row boat. The lands around the lake and the two rivers are capable of producing sufficient sugar to supply the whole country. Th$ climate is delightful. Operations will he com menced without delay. Pascagoula (Miss.) Democrat-Star: There is a mistaken idea ainog our wool-growers on tho const that prices will range up in the forties for the early clip, based upon the assumption th/it the crop will be short. It Is true that many sheep have died during the past, winter caused by the severe weather, but when we consider the quantity of wool grown in this section as compared with whntis raised in California, Texas and the Souther a States, the amount raised on the coast is very small, and is not likely to affect the general market very much. E. H. Angomar recently died in New York, and when his succession was opened in the Civil District Court at New Orleans, the New Orleans Times says that it was discovered that $337 represents the entire value of his estate. He leaves a widow and three children. He was an inventor, a man of great en ergy, and his process for the propulsion of street-cars would perhaps have made him a rich man if he had lived. .He had received all the substantial encour agement he wanted. Tallahassee Floridian : The old idea of “getting below the frost line” seems to be a little hard to keep up with. Of course more damage was done by the cold in some sections of the State than mothers, and generally the more north ern sections were visited more seriously, but the actual experience of the past winter show the idiotic absurdity of the claim that any portion of Florida, short of the extreme southerly coast and keys, is exempt from damage by frost in ex ceptional seasons lrke the one just pa9t, and that the frost questions after all ia one of seasons and surroundings, rather than one of location. The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun says that Columbus has a population of nearly 12,000 within the corporate lim its, and that including the suburbs it will reach between 17,000 and 18,000. Noticing that it has been omitted from the census Hat of cities having over 10,* 000 population, the Enquirer-Sun infers that there is an error in compiling the returns. It says: “There is aprobabil ity that theta is an error in compiling the returns after they left here, as our reporter, with the enumerators, exam ined them and counted every name, making the population of the city some- • thing over 10,000. The department has been written to, and in a few days of ficial information will be received.” The Green Cove Spring, published at Green Cove Springe, Flo., states the price of swamp land belonging to the State ae fallows : For forty acree, or Jew, $1 per acre; for more than forty, THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. BENNS, JAMES D. RUSS, Editor*. “LET THH.KE 1JK EIGHT.” Subscription, $1.50 in Adnncc. VOLUME V. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1881. NUMBER 32. And not exceeding eighty acres, ninety ceqts per acre; for moro than eighty, and not exceeding 200 acres, eights cents per acre; for more than 200, and not exceed ing 640 acres, seventy-five cents per i; for more than 040 acres, seventy cents per acre. In case of entries of land at less than $1 per acre, tho land must bo in a body, and not in detached pieces. Where, however, two pieces of land arc separated by lands not belonging to the State, they aro considered as contiguous for the purpose of sale. Many of theBC swamp lands are desirable for settle ments, and more of them aro sold than of all the other cla&ses put together. The terms of the State lands are cash. Montgomery (Ala.) News: Those who pay attention to the State new* daily printed in tho Advertiser must be shocked at the numerous reports of rab ies in the canine family. It is absolute ly alarming. Several children have been bit, though as yet no case of hydropho bia has' been reported, but in pH proba bility there will be instances of this horrible disease, and, unless precaution ary measures are taken to stop the spread of it among the dogs, there is no telling what awful-calamities may be inflicted upon communities where dogs abound. In and near the village of Wcdowee, in Randolph caunty, uo less than six mad dogs hare been killed within a few days. A noted bird dog in Decatur went mad a few days ago, and bullets and bludgeons followed him through some of the principal streets of the towh before his career could be ended. And there are reports of them from almost every locality in the State. Washington Etiquette. Questions of etiquetto aro sometimes very troublesome in Washington, and all the moro because vory.many of the deni zens of that oity, who come from distant and rural homes, know and care nothing about etiquette. How little the honor able gentleman from Symmea’ Hole suspects, as he is asked to take Mrs. Senator Red "Velvet to dinner, that the chair in which he shall sit, and tlio lady whom he shall hand out have been subjects of long and anxious delibera tion. It is easy to call on Wormloy, or Weleker, or Pinard, or somo othor chrf t and order a dinner for twenty. But who who shall sit where, and shall hand whom ?—those aro tho questions which cause vexation and anguish. A distin guished official gentleman in Washing ton gave a noble ropast in honor of a noted guest. It wns ordorccl of the proper purveyor. “Now,” said the host, when he had bade no exponse bo snared, “I don’t know auything about the business of soating people correctly. You must attend to that, too.” The purveyor went straight to another dis tinguished man, who hod not been in vited to the dinner because it would not lie agreeable to some other distinguished man who wns invited, nml distinguished man number one was immensely amused that ho was called upon to seat the guests at a dinner to which he was not himself invited. It is all the more perplexing because, although Washington is always full of official persons who aro really indifferent to etiquetto, and who greet it with a hearty democratic laugh, yet because of its official population there has been from tho first esi»ccial attention paid by exerts to the subject. Washington took grave counsel upon it, and Hamil ton gave him some canons of behavior in writing, and there is alleged to be a more rigid system of social etiquette among official persons in Washington than is to bo found in any circle else where in tho country. There aro assorted to be dun rules for the “ first calling" of Henators’ wives, and tho wives of tho members of the Cabinet and of Justices ol tho Supreme Court. Precedence at table is also a knotty point involving great trouble of soul. Some venrs ago a Senator gave a dinner to which the Secretary of State was in vited. When dinner was announced, the host turned to tho senior Senutor, the dean of the Senatorial Chamber, and asked him to take the lady of the house hi tho table. The senior Senator hesitated, saying to his colleague that the Secretary of State was in the room. “ Pshaw ! we Senators mako Secretaries of State,” wns the answer; and the host insisted that in his house nobody should precede the dean of his own body. —Harper's Magazine. The Pleasures of Business. No human mind is contented without occupation. No human soul is satisfied without an aim or purpose in life. The greatest success in life consists not in the mere accumulation of riches, but iu be ing ablo to acquire wealth with a dispc nitron to apply it in such a manner that it shall be a comfort and blessing to others—not in the mero giving away of money, but in putting people in a way to labor-and help themselves. There is no pleasure in oppression. There is no joy in grinding and exacting gold from \ l .he poor; but there is a great deal of genuine satisfaction in being ablo to offer steady and honorablo employment to the many willing hands that have nothing to do. One of the greatest enjoyments of the prosperous business man consists in being ablo to comfortably provide for tho many employes iu his house and manufactory. In doing this ho is ful filling bis obligations to society; ho be comes a useful and honored citizen; business to him is real pleasure; lie en joys liis successes, when they ore fairly won because he feels that ho deserves them. When a business man has the right kind of a purpose in life he enjoys his occupation, he feels a just and worthy pride in his prosperity, he is pleaded with the respect and gratitude of those whom he directs and controls in the management of his affairs, and he feels that in benefiting himself he is confer ring a favor upon othor* giving and mviso. Forster ths sun 1b pouring It* gold On b hundred world* that beg and borrow; HI* warmth ho Bquandara on summit* oold, Hi« wealth on the boinea of want and sorrow. To withhold hi* large** of preolnu* light Is to bury himself In et-raal night To give Is to lire. The flower shine* not for itself at all, It* Joy In the Joy it freely diffuses; Of beauty and balm it i* prodigal, And it live* in the light it freely In**#. No choice for the row lmt glory or doom, To exhale or smother, to wither or bloom. To den? Ia to die. The rea* lend silvery ray* to the land, The land its sapphire stream to tho ocean; The heart send* bfood to the brain of command, The brain to the heart Ita lightning motion; And over and over we yield our breath, TUI the mirror la dry and image la death. T«tMyo He is dead who** hand ia not open wtd* To help the need of a human brother; lie double* the length of hJa life-long ride And aVhmieaiirt niTi "on'llvea'aro his ° ’ Who carries tho world in his aj mpuUiicp. To deny The Tale of a Tramp. Supper wns over, and, seated Iwforo on open wood fire, our small family lmdo dcfianco to tho chill frost of Into autumn, when my wife, lifting her head from tho sowing in her lap, said, in u low tone ; “ Surely, I heard a rap.” “Or n rat,” suggested Charlie, fresh from college, and skeptical on any sub ject that might bo broached. “ Really, mother, if your hearing is so acute, please count the steps of that half-frozen fly on the coiling.” “ Nonsense, Charlie,” replied liis moth er, with a smile. “ But I am suro I heard some one rnp. There it is again 1 You must have heard that. Nettio, dear, run to tho door. ” Tho knock this time, though modost and apologetic in tone, was not to bo disputed. Nettio reached out her hand to take the candle, but was anticipated by her incorrigible brother, who rudely blow out the taper, exclaiming : “ Now, then, mother, for a test of your ingenuity ; who is this caller, ami what is liis or lior errand ? Listen I Can you analyze that knock ?" “ Nonsense I” oxclaimed his mother again. “Some tramp, I suppose, who lias seen tho light from our window, and ” But she was interrupted by Charlie’s burst of merriment. “ A tramp I And at this season of the year ! No, no, mother ; try again. A tramp’s knock would reverberate through the house like thunder.” “Come, Chnrlcs,” interposed I, “this is idlo. You may be keeping a noighbor waiting, or a child.” “A little child I’’cried Nettie, “and on a night like this I No, brother, you shall not detain me another moment.” And, after a slight scuffle, Nettie emerged in triumph, bearing the dis puted candle. As she paused on the threshold to re light tho candle, I may as woll make public my secrot conviction that a being nearer akin to the angels than our Net tie did not exist. She opens the outer door, her friendly face beaming a wol- como to whoever might be standing in tho darkness, while her gentle voice in quires : “ Who is there ? ” We all listened intently for the reply, that, quite in keeping with the rap, was delivered in a low, strained voice. “ I am hungry,||cold and tick. I Baw tho light from your window, and ” “You are welcome, sir,* Interrupted Nettie, gravely, “Aud* u . sho added, glancing an arch look at hor mother— “ nndexpected.” The stranger, os he entered, dirccUd an inquiring glance toward Nettio, ns if not comprjL^nding the import of her last words, nor the smile that passed from lip to lip of the family circle. Hungry, cold and sick I Tliore are many such in the world, but few who bear such genuine marks of distress. His clothing, worn and torn by long sor- vico, hung in limp folds about liis shrinking, shivering form; while liis face, palo and contracted by physical (or was it mental ?) suftering, might have been taken for that of a corpse, wore it not for the dark, brilliant eyes that burned deep in their sockets. Nettie had conducted him into the kitchen adjoining, and by a clever strat agem boguiled her brother out of liis ensy-chnir, which, before ho could in tercept her, she had dragged into the next room and placed at the disposal of her visitor, “You are too good,” murmured the young man thankfully, as he sunk wear ily into tho invitiug chair. “A model tramp!” sneered Charlie, the loss of whose easy-clmir might liavo tempted him into whispering in a loud key. Tho stranger probably overheard him, as ho shielded liis face with his white, iloodless hands, and spoke no moro. Nettio flitted busily from room to room, from pantry to collar, on hospit able thought intent, apparently uncon scious of her mother's slight coughs nml other efforts to attract her attention when tho stock of preserves wns iu vail ed, although a close observer would have noticed by the tell-tale dimples in her .•lieijk nml the spnrkle in her eye that die was quite eognizaut of her mother’s O these children ! how they do wheedle mil cajole their parents! It was characteristic of Nettie that vlion she gave she gave, with b fill liamls nil. bho gave the cake an 1 withheld ne eri si. And so it wns that when the outig man. letting his hands fall from • tore his face, l>elield the glittering .•ii-tnble, with its goodly array of sub- <1 initials nml delicacies, he stared at his nir benefactress in such a mute, lielp- ie-s way that it was linlf-umusing, half- uiMeinng. “And yon have prepared this for me ! ’’or me ! And you do not know who or vh.d f am." "O.ir guest,'’ responded Nettie, gen- •' Not but that tho light*’—glancing lisdiiinfudy at his shabby coat—“re veals my wretchedness too plainly." “ Pardon me,” said Nettie, bravely r “but it is the poor we are commanded to assist; nor do I know of auy duty that yields half tho pleasure,” “Tho warmth.of tho room betrayed mo into a nap,” continued tho stranger, “ and I dreamed—alas I it was but a dream—that I should go forth from this house free from the burden of remorse that has weighed me down those many years. But, no; such a miraclo could not happen. I have waked once more to misery anil to the fact that I am an outcast” “Hush!” exclaimed Nettio. “We will speak of that later. You must not talk so bitterly; for, whatever your at tire, your address is that of a gontlo- Nottio now resumed her place with us, and the stronger wok left to liis repast Charlie produced a highly-colored meer schaum, and, without regarding his mother’s entreating looks, proceeded to fill and light it “Come, Charlio,” sho cotdd not for bear saying at last; “ it is not often that I ask you to sacritice anything for mo, but I do wish you would give up smok- iug.” “No use, mother; I should think you would know better than to make such a demand.” “Obey l” thundered a voice from the open door. “ Let her lightest wish be law, or beware 1 My fate may be yours !” The deep, tragic tones in which these words wero uttered, the erect, dignified form standing upon the tlireshold with threatening forefinger pointing directly at the object of his attack, the flashing, nmgnotio eyo that compelled attention and obedicnco—all involuntarily re minded mo of an evening some forty years before when I bad seen tho elder Kt an advance to the footlights, and, with rapid, unexpected speech, electrify the audience. So, too, I had seon a re ligious revivalist singlo out some stiff necked sinner in the crowd, and with darting forefinger pour out the vials of scriptural vengeance on the unbaptized bead. “ Tbo man must be mad, or a strolling actor pluying a part 1” cried Charlie, who was the first to recover from .the general amazement. • The effect of this remark on tho man waa mugical; the extended band dropped ; his figure shrank and droopoil into its former listless attitude ; tho lire died out iu liis eyes, and his coat once moro rovenled its rents, while his voice, low and hoarse, muttered an apology : “Forgivo mo. I forgot where I was and who I am. No, I can never forget that. I cannot escape myself.” Nettie’s sympathetic soul was touched. “ Perhaps you would like to toll us about yourself. That is, you might like to feel that there wore thoso who pitied your misfortunes. My brother is some times hasty, but always kind-bcartcd. Wo would all bo glad to assist you if we “My tale is ono of horror, and could gain mo only your detestutiou ; yet why should I shrink from tho rceital when the pain I tlioroby inflict on myself is the only penalty lean pay for my crime? “I am,” ho continued, “ or rather was, an actor, anil so was my fathor before mo. As a child, I mimicked tho set phrases and gestures of the actors about me, and early lourned to look noon ths play-house us my homo anil tho flold wherein I should develop whatever tal ents I might possess. My father occu pied the position of leading mini at the B Theater, anil was tho most popu lar actor in town. Ho basked m the glare of tho theater, exerted, liny, ex hausted, himself in tho effort to plenso n fickle public, nuil possibly looked upon his homo only as a retreat where he might rocuperato liis exhausted ener gies anil equip himself for fresh ‘conquests. My mother naturally looked upou the theater ns a rival, anil a successful ono, to the home. Yet, for all that, sho never re laxed her efforts to make that homo a pleasant and attractive ono. Whatever her sufferings and despair might have been, sho never voiced them. Only 1 remember on ono occasion slio bad play fully asked mo what I intended to be when I grew up to manhood, and I re plied : ‘An actor, mamnm, an actor, by all means.’ She pressed mo closer in her arms, anil I felt her warm tears on my face ns she cried out: ‘ Oh, not that my son I Anything but that. Chooso again, just to plenso your mother.’ But I obdurately insisted that I w ould bo actor and nothing else. From that n mont my mother seemed to regard mo with great nppreheusion, and I am afraid would liavo secretly rejoiced if my first nppcnrnnco had Been such an utter failure as to dotor me from taking any furlher steps in that direction. But my father aided and encouraged me. Himself a careful, conscientious Btiuleut, ho would quench my too r arilent enthu siasm by an immorsion in the ocean of work that lies botwoen every artist and liis goal; and anon, lifting mo up to his own lookout, ho would point out some new and undiscovered country where fresh glory aw’uiteil tho first comer. Alternately stimulated and held in check, I rapidly grow in popular favor, nnd divided almost equally with ray father tho smiles and tears of tho town. OU! lie alone who has commanded tliom can testify to the sweetness of the power. “About this time there appoared the scene ono whom my father nervously feared ns a possible rival. He played parts that my fathor considered pecul iarly his own by right of repeated rep resentation, and, being young, hand some and of good address, secured a largo following of friends. The misun derstanding between this stranger ami my father waa of so serious a character that they only spoko to each other when the demands of their profession forced some courtesy from one or the other, and it required all the firmness of the stago manager to keep them to their duties. One night, late in tho season, when all the new plays had been worn thread bare, an old melodrama was rovivod, and to my father and this new-comer tho principal parts were assigned. Each now started out in the race to enlist the Applause of the audience. My fath er watched the house nervously, both off and on the stage, to see to which side its favor might incline. He seemed t< feel the laurels plucked from his owi and bound on a younger brow. Non; iho dose of the play my father was t« shoot his opponent, who was to fall dood at his feet. You havo already apprehend ed tho sequel, Tho gun, ou old, unused one, supposed to bo loaded with a small charge of powdtr, went off in my fath er’s hands, and tho rival, whom he hod so lately feared and hated, lay dead be fore him. I have related this incident to show vou the cloud of misfortune that bung over our family, and shortly uitcrwara enveloped me in its folds. “ Although probably no one aotually believed that this tragedy was other than a sad accidont, yet somo there were who, recalling tho enmity between tbo two men, were malicious enough to whis per that tho shooting was premeditated under cover of the play. These rumors coming to my father's ears cut short his stage career. He secluded himself close ly at home and would see no one. Ono night, I recollect, he called ine into his room, nnd said : *My son, it would havo been far better for me if I had purposely killed that mau, for in that case my pun ishment would be deserved and snro. This distrust, the averted eyes of thoso who were once prouil to call themselves my friends, is killing me.’ Ho must hnvo spoken in a spirit of prophecy, for the following morning he died. ‘ Soon nftcr this event I was the re cipient of some flattering offers from theatrical managers, and I determined fo return to the stage, although my mother bitterly opposed it. Oh ! that I Imd listened to her gentle pleadings. But youth is proud and headstrong, and unwilling to heed words of caution. Wns I not desirous ol providing for all her present auil future needs? ILul I, although acting contrary to her wishes, any other object than her ultimate hap piness tu view ? Would she not. sooner or later, come round to look at tilings in My return to the stage was followed by utmost immediate promotion, anil tho people flocked to seo mo iu pirts which my father lmd rendered famous. Many of my friends were anxious to see mo attempt the higher walks of my art, an-.l partly to plenso them, as well as to nir certain theories nnd innovations of my own, I gave out that I would shortly cs- iay the role of Othello. For weeks uud mouths I studied this creation of the great dramatist, nnd succeeded in thoroughly identifying myself with tho part. Ou the night before my debut ns a tragedian was to take place I retired early, but my sloop wns disturbed by dreams. By turns I was tho fond anil tender lover, tho proud and powerful General, the crazed, relentless mur derer. “The morning dawned anil doveloped in my own home n more horrible tragedy than was ever conceived by dramatist, for while I slept nml dreamed a dastard ly assassin hail cropt into my mother’s chamber and strangled the life from her sweet body. Upon her fair white throat was tho cruel imprint of tho murderous hand, nnd, oh, God 1 while I slept, un conscious of her agony, she waa strug gling with her slayer. “Weeks uud mouths passed, but no clow to the murderer could be discovered, nor tho object of tho crime imagined. My life, robbed of its truest friend, seemed dull auil melancholy. There was but ouo thing left for me to do, and that was to recall und uct upon her ad monitions, so that, if haply her spirit looked down on me, she might bless my efforts. I left tho Htate anil sought in a Western State to give a now direction to my life. But even hero my reputation ns un actor had preceded me, and I was waited upon one evening by the man ager of tho local theater with the re quest that I would take tho place of his leading man ou the following evening, he being incapacitated by sickness from appearing. Tho piece was to bo “Othel lo. ’ I noceptod tho proposal, pleased that my name lmd not been entirely forgotten by the public. The hotel at which I stopped was overcrowded, nnd tho land lord informed mo that I would have to sliaro my room with a stranger. But the 'stranger,’ when be came in, proved to be an old friend, and wo talked far into tho night of old times, mutual acquaintance, but especially of my forthcoming appearance os Othello ou tho next night. I slept, anil dreamed ouce again tlmt I was the voritable Moor of Venice, breathing into DeHilemona’s ear my vengeful, cruel purpose. I was suddenly awakened by u t.'rrifto pull at my hair, and found myielf standing out in tho mlcUL* ol .»oor engaged in a struggle wilt* a.y hit.*/. My hands were fastens.! it . vici-llaw grip on his throat, and. oveu •» / waked, his hold on my hair I«ojcu uiiC hi naitk helpless ly to the door. TlivVfc arw moments in life when, like an clcotrio flash, all that has boon anil much that is to bo stands out clearly revealed, and, awo-struck, wo gaze at tho fearful prospect The myB- ti ry of my mothers taking-off was no longer a mystery ; it was these accursed hands thut hail done tho deed, and con demned mo, like Aliosuoras, to wander over tho world, seeking relief and find- Witli these words tho young man con cluded his tragic story, and, seizing liis hat, opened tho outer door and disap peared in the darkness. Nettio, with white face, but moistened eyes, hastened to tho door with her purpose so clearly expressed in her manner that Charles cried out: r “ Have a caro what you are doing I You surely can’t mean to offer that sleep-walker a bed hero l Ugh ! I choke at tho thought of it I ” Nettio'shuddered, hesitated for a mo ment only, then, leaving tho door ajar, stepped out. We could hear her voice, hut could not distinguish the words, but his reply was distinctly audible: “ You arc right. To mo it seems as if my mother’s voice sjmko through you, (lidding me cast off this burden of re- morso and rtturn to my art, with tile resolve to wiiithe name the future sure ly has in store for me.” Several years later our family were surprised by tho receipt of a note, in closing passes, from the manager of the B Theater, inviting us to ho present on the following evening, when Ameri ca's greatest tragedian would open a week’s engagement, Tho play was to lie “Othello.” We were punctual y ou hand, anil were politely conducted to k side box, whence shortly afterward wo had no difficulty in recognizing, in the swarthy Moor who strode tho stage, Nettio’s quondam acquaintance, Between tho acts tho actor entered our box and claimed tho privilege of re newing an acquaintance so mauspicious- ly begun. “1 shall invite myself onen more to your home,” said he, “ nor will you find me the objectionable guest that I for merly was. Before fame and fortune the dark specters that haunted my brain have dissolved liko tho mists of rooming and left me light-hearted and clear-visioned. ” Since then the actor has often been our honored guest; and idlo rumor has i—is tho rumor idle? What, then, do Nettie’s blushes mean, as, bonding over :ny shoulder os I write, she asks the |u hi >on: "Father, don’t you think it would sound better if vou wero to christen your story ‘ Thu Tale of a Tragedian ?’ ” A Maggie Mlichcll Reminlsoonse. A gentleman now resident in Kansas City, but who was bom and spent his minority in an Eastern city, related to a friend at the theater tho following incident, suggested by Maggio Mitchell's presence: “At 20,” said he, “I waa a very im pressible youth. I was often smitten with the fair sex, but usually cured after an interview. Perhaps," said he, smil ing, “this is tho reason why I never be came a Benedict. But I was never moro seriously in love than with this very Maggie Mitcliell who is playing before us to-night, and as I look at her a thou sand thoughts nnd reflections of nearly twenty years ngo pass vividly before my mind. You may surmise I was never very deeply in love. This may be true, in a general Bense, but it is quite certain tlmt my love for Maggie passed for some thing very like that divine passion while it .lasted. This was the way of it: I had been studying very bard iu prepara tion to enter the sophomore class in col lege, and was taking a rest, possibly somewhat weakened both mentally and physically. I saw Maggie Mitchell in the Pearl of Sarny, and ou leaving tho theater I found myself in a drenin of love for this fair actress. My companion did not share my enthusiasm, and I got away from him and wandered the streets alone until a late hour. Next night found me at tho theater only to become more fully and completely smitten, if possible. That entire night I spent in wandering in the vicinity of her hotel, nud gazing lip nt its windows. I thought of Romeo nud Juliet, nnd only wished the scenes of those days were possible in the nine teenth century. I was liarrnssed with doubts and fears, witlml, and woudered if she were married, and then if her hus band appreciated her, and then if she would see anything iu mo attractive. I even went so far as to imagine she might receive me kindly if I could bo properly introduced. From that conjecture I built up a vast structure of possibilities of a pleasant acquaintance, to be followed by a kind of regard on her part, then by love. I would be so attentive and so devoted that sho could not resist. But the hus band. This reflection sent my passion's barometer down a little. But I would manage her anyway. True, I thought, such defiance of tho laws of society always turn out badly; but I would inaugurate a now precedent, and would take my Jove to Ceylon, or sonic other flowery isle, far, far from this miserable world. My Maggie would no doubt bo willing to go. I awaited the morning, and about 10 a. m., with my courage at the highest 1 joint I could screw it, entered her hotel. was about to present my card to tho clerk to lie sent up to tho author of my two sleepless nights and days, when a heavy-sized, dark complexionotl man began a conversation with tho clerk, and I hesitated. Said the clerk: “Good morning, Mr. Paddock; how ii your wife this morning?” Tho gentlemen made reply: “Quito well, I thank you; but we an thinking of leaving the stage. Fact is Maggio thinks this not just the kind of 1 lifo now, nnd she sighs for tho tranquil ity of domestic peace. Sho has boon many years on tho stage, nud she think?* our children ought to have moro of her.’ “Heavens!” thought I. And I went out from that place into tho fresh i ‘ nnd pinched myself vigorously--/Tun. City Time*. People Who Forget They Have Money. One would hardly believe that there are ninny who forget they have money or that there is money or interest duo them, uud yet it is a fact. There lies in the Treasury Department to r duy $1,400,- 000 of unclaimed interest on government bonds. The stun is getting larger every day. This seems strange, but it is true. Tliis vast sum of money, or much of it, can l>o drawn by simply applying for it by whoever is entitled to it and lias tho registered bond on which the interest is due and not paid. There are thousands of persons who have bought bunds, and not knowing how to get the interest on them, prefer to lose tho same rather than to expose tho fact that they have the bonds. Others havo interest due them, nnd actually forget the fact, and it lies it) the Treasury vaults waiting for them to apply for it. Should one of tho clerks of tho bond division inform a per son to whom interest is duo of tho fact, and tho same is discovered, he would be instantly discharged. Our government is like that of other countries, dishonest in mutters of this kind, anil is always willing to keep that which belongs to others, if it is not eollod for. Should ono of its clerks bo honest enough to give out a hint, lie is discharged on the ground that it is not probable he would lie engaged in volunteering information unless lie received a certain percentage for his services; and this ho has no right to do. Tho government takes the ground that tho person to whom tho in terest is due should not bo required to pay for the information; nt the same time the same government will not itself volunteer the information.—Chicago Inter'Ocean, It is now estimated that the forests of Amorica will be all used up at the end of another thirty years, and a man who wants to go hunting will have to sit oo a drawbridge and ahoot at sailors. An investigating committee i» a body organized for the purpose of either BITS OF INFORMATION. When “ 18-carat gold ” is mentioned or is stamped upon a watch case, it inti- matos tlmt—24 carats representing puro gold—there arc six parts alloy to eight een of gold in the article. The material used for producing the colored faces of circus clowns is bismuth for white and Chinese Vermillion for red. re either is applied cold cream is nibbed on the skin. The largest State in tho Union is (xas. It contains 274,356 square miles. The largest States east of the Missis sippi river are, in their order, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Illinois. Con*sinus regarded his discoveries in America as portions of Asia. “A delu sion,” says ono of his biographers, “un der whiiyi he labored till liis latest hour —and lienee lm called the inhabitants (of Cuba, Hayti, etc.) Indians. As aero contains 4,810 square yards. A sqtiaro mile contains 640 acres. A mile is5,280 feet. or 1,760 yards in length. A fathom is six feet. A hand (horse measure) is four inches. A palm is threo inches. A pace is three feet. The three golden balls, which worn once the symbol of the groat Medici family in Italy, became the embellish ment of the standard of tho Lombardi*. In Britain’s early days the fugitive L> ru tiled “goldsmiths" of that eiti ersof mom'y to the crow i\ thevlia l the insignia of tie their don of the pr The v don, were tin oldsmiths" of tlmt eitv and tho lend- of moiu'y to the crown, nnd of course nation over uey-lenders sent day use tho sign. •tato is a native of Chili nnd Peru. It wns originally carried to En gland from Santa Fo by Sir John Haw k ins, A. D. 1563. Their general introduc tion is usually set down ns in 1502. Their first culture in Ireland is referred to by Sir Walter Raleigh, who hud largo estates in tho county of Cork. A fine kind of potato was first taken to England in 1765 by Mr. Howard, tlie “patriot of every clime.” He cultivated it at Cnrd- ington, near Bedford, and soon after its cultivation became general. The language of England previous to tho invasion by the Romans under Claudius Cresar, A. D. 43, was Celtic; anil from that stock have sprung the modem Welsh, Irish and Scotch, nud tho recently extinct Cornish. During the Roman dominion the language grad ually became Latin. From the estab lishment of the German tribes in the island (A. D. 450) down to the time ol Henry III. (about A. D. 1250) the lan guage of England was Anglo-Saxon From A. D. 1250 to A. D. 1350 the lan guage is called old English; from 1350 to 1550 it is called middle English; since 1550 the language is called modern English. The President has no title whatever, no is not “ Honorable,” liko the mem bers of Congress, or State Senators and Judges of tho superior und inferior Courts; he is not “His Excellency,” like Governors and Ambassadors. He is simply “the President.” This is not only a mutter of usage, but it has been settled by Congress. A proposition was made to give an official title to tbo Presi dent, anil tho one tlmt was received with the most favor was “His Highness the President of the United States and tho Protector of their Liberties.” But after discussion it was decided tlmt tho title should be the President. GEMS OF THOUGHT. rpRPon pull’eth up; love buildetli i good Khc up. Let every man strive to add r name to his ot her capital. We always find wit and merit in thoso who look at us with admiration. Sow good services; sweet remem brances will grow from them. Lose not thine own for want of asking for it; ’twill get thee no thanks. — I'uth r. Gukat things are not accomplished by idle dreams, but by years of patient study. it r.i|5»*iiV I! is mU * t !i i!< n' 1 /! 'for imliKMi iT " Tl.i-y are l.u. I,one, . I HAVE Often thought that the nature of women was inferior to that of mm in general, but superior in particular. -<//•<- rirtuo is t*» follow it, und the be.-t acquired by liis lile-lo the following important the dlltv tlmt lies next subduing of m ninguf tlio gru ftll nil liuder.st; liis and which CO bill hi i touch. - Kvbuy year of our lives wo grow moro convinced tlmt it is tin* wisest and best to fix our attention on tin* beautiful and the good, and dwell as little us possible on the evil nud the false. We should no moro lament that wo have grown old than the husbandman, when the bloom and fragrance of spring have passed away, should lament that summer or uiitumn has come. Wiiatkveu your sex or position, lifo is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woo bo to the bpair and postponement and defeat. Men were born u> succecu and not to fail. Tlio Sorrows or tlio Critic* Criticism is ns impertinent ir. the world as it is in a drawing-room. In a kindly and well-bred company if anybody tries to please them they try to bo pleased , ii anybody tries to astonish them they have the courtesy to bo astonished ; if people become tiresome they ask somebody else to play or sing, but they do not criticise. A bad critic is probably the most mis- ivuriUco per the world ami a good one the most helpless and unhappy; the moro ho knows the less ho is trusted, and it. is too likely he may be- conio morose in his unacknowledged power. A good executant in any art gives pleasure to multitudes and breathes an atmosphere of praise, but a strong critic is every nmn’s adversary; men feel that ho knows their foibles, and cannot conceive tlmt he knows more. His praise, to bo acceptable, must bo always unqualified ; and tho heart of collection, which ho has learned so laboriously, only fills his hearers with disgust.—Mr. Hus kin'8 “ Arrows of the Chase." Tire bootmuiter ueaia with extremi ties, and therefore on all occasions is the Inst mm.