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Tb >o *fa*it t*AYf* »a» And shower from hesrea
Above.
Tboa shAit hAve flower tad thorn from earth
b*k>w'.
Thine shAll t.e foe to h»t* And friend to tore,
I'k^orv. tbst cti.r.gsin, tfe. ill they know—
And Aa m a lif
H.d thou a s, 4 d«, 4 sv,.rt.riit night,
jr-tisissrssr “'•■ssissr*”*'
• othiis base battles them ha 4 wen;
f -«t ;
Over the field, sill rim to-morrow', ran.
Ti.alih.aMa.mm.
Laagh at tbs braggart sneer, the open Morn—
War- ________ <rf ibe ____ mwent sun, tae a ta a de rrn w tie
For to»a-?ntT Tf*** ftf tnrmot} thtya bore,
Bitter and nweet are thin« till »he»e go by.
Tin aB id a lifetime.
fl< mod thy voyage well, and spread the flail—
Wmd aad * qlm and current shall warp the
” r '
< _• Shan , set ...... thee faisa, and . chart , . . „
ornpew
fsii:
Evtr the waves will nse thee for their play.
’ Tie all in a lifetime.
'Hioo^and*' of year* agope were change and
change.
_ Thou.anda . of , . hence ,, the same shall . he
ages .
Naught of thTior and gnef.s new or Strange,
OAther ApAc a fallH to tiiee.
Tie All in a lifetime!
THE OLD LOVE.
“ It seems so strange to know that I
shall not see this old place by moonlight
ajyaiu for long, leugyenrii. speaker
The sweet voice of the was
aa. 1 , ami her brown eyes hail a tenrier,
tearful look m them as she raised them
to the face of her companion. He did
n 4 reply, fit* deer, diBtant bnglit the glaupe farhdla, wm
fixed on the most of
ajdhis handsome thoughtful look boyish face bade
lustfully on it.
“What are you thinking of, Justin?
said the young girl, when his silence hail
attracted her attention. .
“ I am wondering about the future,
b« replied, with a sigh, his gaee wander
ing nearer home, aud finally resting on
li ^rfao©
“ I am tire .1 of doing that,” she an
swensl, carelessly swinging the little
brown gate with bv wlncb they stood, back
and forth her hand. I than t
anymore.’* trouble myself about what a coming,
•• Why?- that Genie. sonnda oddly coming .
from your lips, the
It was a pretty countenance young
msn l.s.ked into, while the owner of it
hesitated. Not charming perfect in outline or
feature, bnt m its
of mtelhgence and sweet ggavitv. Pale
brown hair pnt carelessly ^uut bsck from it
lav iu^lJen waTM the T Q re h .
aml softly tinted cheeks, and teaida was gath- the
ercd-intnac.nl of shining at
back «f the head.
“ It makes BzmleadJrmmy. me so sad.” she said, "Do at
Isathe, eyes
you know, Jnstm, that I think there is
some great trial in store for me by-and- 1 ^?
g^ransss, f.s.hsh, pt-rhap*, bnt I cannot help it,
“ I might call it foolish if I were not a
bit superstitious and mystical myself, taking to
night,” of her replied hands the aud yonng man, it»b-
4.114* caressing: certainly look
rcetly bright “Tour Genie, prospects dear."
now, aim rentusL, leaning her
I
forelicHd against his shoulder in afamil
jar, eanfiem way.
" Mv ind relatives will give their me a wealtli goat
home alHbe mlvanttges the
can bring. I know that I shall be
pet of their old age; and I snail value
nll this ^kindness the more
have always been deprived of it until
now. But for yon, dear, bow desolate
^heheutf^und «*-her
“Do,,m think ttetyrnwiB miss me,
o
Von kttow that I shall, eh© re
P^I* “lam not sure of #41 that, *»*i he an«wered, 1
jo I «!^T^^^nrw*y” 5 sn
“Si *rh “
Ss£s*ff 3 s a sU’.’is iTn
whom or naturattv loved, faijlWi.l but will tinam
vou have you grow
older,.mid-Virginia, ,h«» six do you remember when I
the doll -yon years ago,
first knew vou, and how you prized it ? "
"Yf-s,”
“ I) > yon rememlwr the pet dog you
owned a\ year later, and which you de
dared to me yon loved better than any
thing else in the world?”
“ My poor, dead Carlos—ye.." Nellie
“ Do you remesater Brandon,
jo whom yon Yonr were intimate so fondly friend, attached whom at
fifteen? to
you 0 , infidel every thought ?"
“ A do schoolgirl friendship—yee. by these Bnt
what yon mean asking mo
questions; Justin?” show how outgrow
“[ waut to yon we
onr loves. Would you love your doll
aud .log now?”
“The doll-no. Tlie dog-a little,
Iliit surely, yon do not rank jounelf
with a toy and pet animal?”
these “ No, that is not what I mean. I use
things in illustration not com
psrison. How do you regard Nellie
Brandon, nowt"
“She is sliallow, ami—well, I do not
care for her friendship."
is “you.d,d what I care trying for to it. make once. And under- teat
am you
‘-toad. 4f«u are noi what y o jZTZ&Sn n we re t h en,
As you -will growfolder-/ **' *'*
continue to change as you have -*" changed. 1
Yon-” *
“ You will talk uselessly, all night, if
yon attempt to prove that, Justin,” in
terrnpted the girl. “ I shall never oease
to. love yon. You A^. were .... my first love,
and 1 you you will will be be mv my last.” last."
that “Perhaps so. Heaven knows I hope
glrammg von are right. See the moon
through teat misty cloud.”
His arms were about her; her check
a ;is against his breast. They stood in
Sitence for a few moments. At
^ 'J??™*
yourself, . »y>tt^mt.plsnn« Justin d tudo.fur
..
kave oot opnduied yet what
rt«-‘ i u , 0 '.v° M 4h ! , W '*•«**■• 1
staym n.Wr.” thw unenterprising httle
Ito yen suptiore the mystery abon
if weS* rfr S* n0t ’ ** 41 4ku » k th *
T ad
btiokp Jxki&p, I i Hhnniii Hhcrald findbotfi, n 8 toI 7
I have
teLretiar'But 4 ™nr ifdamo &t w n y ^ *" ' w “ oid , ‘ h j.“
d hair ilfilh ^ P h r ,SW ’
not lunge* twto “ ( tQ k L * ' P yoQ ' bar
“Bat Justin. ^ J v,m a will WTlteto ,
often?”
”1 will notprtmaae. Perhaps H
Oglethorpe Echo.
.
By T, L. GANTT.
£?f! 3 ?t giSbbv „?? 4 s:!d
u«,^r v„u S«H Vow ' 8 " d God
He kissed her twice in a passionate,
tnS<d r°ri Shew^W and ’ umAl^iralkeeMovm mteLr
h spnn^ng-ste^ mth
ito until weU-poi«ed it hea.i of and TTien
wm out rivht. she
walke .1 slowly up the w m ding, grassy
'“Jar^&r^SV -iCi.*
lemember it. How very strange it all
When ishs.i regret what has passed this
evening? »? I hope not—I am sore not
™y>»g, she went in softly, and
, lently closed the door. ....
“ forat a ■■---*~*~ beautiful vlegaullate girl I" f“ ■
an
Theuratou 3 TK«r»t«» he*r hesid 3 the the -worda -woids
distinctly, from her and glancingcarelessly around
seat m the s*Wle, met the «
‘th^v r“ mtn^Saimytbf ±^J ,D iraiWn^hr? £? „ W r^
tinee tinge of nf color stained theTaimess fi, of her
The cool. «if-p<js»essyt _ex
pension of her eyes did not rfter. • The
r«l mobile bps exhibiting St that mo
went only pride and beauty, betrayed
nuthmg more.
Proud as Lucifer !
Bhe heard that, too. Still uer face did
n ;> 4 change. .Her dark eyes merely
glancediUi> rojbonto}themg'wife and then down again. She
h w companiomi,
J 5 * ‘ galH»pjHj J^. D off t>y beiwtf. She knew ■
.
the act would be notioed, perhapa onti
eweii, out sbe <ud not care, one waa
weary of the stiund of gay lttOghier and
me rattle of tongues, hhe followed her
^“nation and escapetl from them.
bm se njKm the fresh,
*° «ey, ^• even canter, i md aocn the neh
h,. rlj.Tk’" 811 ^Tile Tvrarv^nJiL
r ' :'
({fre , f _|„i , , , f
_ ■ , , , ■ . . ■ ,
8 ^ ® 4 ',i deliirbtcl »Ue*Mid child L'ter
, <T ,™» « capfal, • ■ she said aloud aloud after
•
_ Are you tired, Vic? Wed. take me
to the other side of that old fence, and
then yon, may rest One, two, three!”
Well done, Miss Thornton 1 The
creature mvllt asWell have attempted i
to shake off one of his cars.
She drew her pautiog, excited steed
in sharply, snd turned in the direction
of thevo.ee. At eight of a gentleman
sitting stick in on hia a low hand, stone-wall^.th she uttered a a rating- quick
exelamation of surprise
“Mr. Annesley ! I thought yon re
; fused to join ua to-.lay i
And so I did, and s.. I persist sndo
tug. I wish to nde only with Mw \ ir
■ gmia Thornton, and await her permission
to do so.
At a motion of his hand, his horse,
; which was grazing te a liitle distance,
| W ^lim ^il^Jas^^ lhA ruuia hL
wiut«i The face h. lnoke.t. into was
not lik e the one he might have seen
framed »i the vvaves of that rnrb, fair,
hair, an hour before. The month was
tremteoos and tender; tliebesatiful ,
eyes barren ” 4 Jbeir «>ldnc*»—perha^
the warmth of , bis smiles had banished
she said, and the most fitting punish
ment will be my Consent to your re
quest."
8 !» motioned him to mount.
"Wlmt do you mean?" lie aske. 1 ,
; obeying That her. will find insiifferablT
“ yon me
; .h.U oam.Vny," she replied. together. tUy -
; turned into a cross road
1 He gave her a searching look.
“ ‘.-4 y ..-j ’.t ?” h" »sid
“ No; only tired.”
“ Tired of what T ■ !
“My “Everything." dear GenieT*
—
; The words seemed spoken impulsive
ly. Her sudden dash of color revealed ,
. rars^lk ^ ^ ^ ^
*■ - -
Wliat.
a “ * Bnt I said l- ray dear i n Geme. • . M May T I
; illfew'ffi Wt the next, impulse
zr.rti^
| ,^„“ ":£.r reli^ I h S.d;i h^^ 7 rr; l ffL,. !
y B 0 * 9 vely
te
; riTesr” she anawersd .imply,- fici’ look mg i •
frankly into his. handsome
“ Then I will say no more on the sub- i
ject,” be you,’* replied. “I have eomething !
to tell Wabestid be said, ^tapeek. after a moment's
pause, ” A g--:
tlcman with whom I am well acquaintesl,
commissioned commissioned me me to to deliver deliver you you a a small small j ;
packet, packet, to-da^. to-day. I I have have carried carried it it in in mv my
vest pocket since morning. Here it is.”
He handed her a little white package
bearing bearing Writing, her her came. name. face blanched At At sight sight of of suddenly, suddenly, the the hand- hand- !
her sbe she
and she reeled in her saddle i as as if if
hail been struck by a heavy hand.
“O, this is cruet!” sbe murmured.
"Miss Thornton—dear Virginia, what
is it ?” ^d Hngh Annesley, checking
the horses. Then observing there
mainingpaUor of her features, he sprang
to the ground, aud hfted her from her
seat.
“ What is it ?” he repeated, witli hia
arm around her. !
incoherently, “Nothing—lam and ill,” she .answered, struggling j
he'rVlf-possession. evidently
to regain
; “Sit down here.” and he place .1 her
gentlv upon a mossy, fallen log beneath
i a trw. “ Now,,to not talk until yon
j ; bps fee^tter. pnTt^Tte tremble. criS% Uyggg S tain iing h^ sitle ^ her ^ >i*>
' ,
- - - . to . . . .
:sa*';r.=
her head resting against the dark trunk
of the tree, her lips parted slightly, and
her . eves, with tbeir long, dark lashes,
wearily -remy “I closed. coseo. At a,:«™™.«un ‘ last she - looked np. v .
to-dav,” was sire ill yesterday said, the ^-1 color am not coming well
.slowly back to her face. “Otherwise I
should not- be so weak and foolish. I
am sorry that I met you. Mr. Annesley,
for what mnst yon think of me ?"
“ I think that yon are wronging bote
yourself, and me, by refusiuj? to trust
me. “.You Vllglaia." conceal ' ^ -'' rapli ^-l jn
eaunot from that you
are troubled and unhappy. I have only
the right of a friend to yonr confidence,
but you undervalue that bv yonr evi
dent desire to conceal from me the cause
of your distress."
• menced, “ Hugh—Mr. hastily, Annesley!” she com
; bnt checked herself,
'after Perhaps ill, it wo u l d 3 be best to te ll yen,
” she sai I “You. are kina
hearted and cleftr-beailetL Perhara von
«“J know bow to aid me. See hem”
8Ue Vw«- fate tee packet it* amaU
: White wrapper, and then drawing a pen
i teffe fa® her pocket, hastily cut tbe
! t8st<, nings of a smaU white paper box,,
and drew from it a fine gold chain to
k^ret. W8S at4l,cl5ed a 4iny
THE ONLY PAPER IN ONE OP THE LARGEST, MOST rNTELUQ] AND WEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN GEORGIA.
““•'ft . “pra 4 ** 1 ”*^” wrihe,ex*jnin
the -Jt^LFtoSSSiti is a aift which T U^ritS^Sh ci.. ,.l
asaaraaoe that the circumstance# of
whMi it a a toby are mroh rented
J^md hippinesa,” J ET h
ly 7 «*Ymi talk
in »»
“Well. I will explam. Six years ago.
5 STriif»ssWKS 5 !i:
XS'S troth to him; a I he' believes 1 tbla day
*,
never seen him since I left my country
home. He aends me presents and ten
der m««ages whichrsnderme wretehed.
Bui But he be never never writes writes to to me. me. Ha He gives giras
me me aa no opportnnitj oppor tunity to to tali fli Itiat him ef of t his
------— f'Wa * ■*---- j w f ■*— | g 0 — »----t - ih K w — ' 8 flj *•. j,
I I do do not not tbiuk thiuk I I «mld could 3 do o ik it il if I I did. dii X
assured him again and again on
ast night that I should not outgrow my
tT < 0 r i¥?’ *°r Iff, w *f Dt f ms 5 rf
child It* that I r was!—I nn ' 1< ; r, '^'* did ! m not - v i b know f‘* rt . ' that
hadooe.
• Then yondo not love him now»
ofaaister. " Only with the tender, pitying lore
" And you love some one else I—par
dou me, but if I am to wivise, I mnst
know the whole facts of the case.”
Her face waa quiet enough, and she
did not raise her eyes, though a ,-rims.n
bnrne .1 up to Uie waves of her
«‘»Wen-brown | hair be she replied, “ Yes,
Ioto some one elae."
IIe wat ched her proud countenance
with searching eyee for a moment. Then
ht , gprw , g forward and grasped her
} 1 Hnt j 8
** Virginia, von are s true woman If
i ^believe this Jo?, I should not ask
veu, aa I atau .1 Mote face to .
,f |„ ,,y "
vim TP m
” Vour assertion is oontradietoTy,
coupled with that qiiesticm, if you ex
pect me to answer it." ahe anaweted.
proudly.
“ But where is the ueeeseity ThawWlTS of mv
known to von bv acts mo* a hundred times
, lnr ing the past two tha. ”
She was about to renlv immedistelv
- HughAmitwiev seffiah she said suddenly
at last “this is in tasked von” I
“ «hat do jon mean ? he asked.
“You strive to betray meinfar :
» cob- ;
. ’f f
”, J ti 'deJ whl, 0 witU ’'the
f , irm v 0 and von knowuow
j l)VI , R m „ Suppose I were to tell you
L “« j had «; oulv LveJ a friendly ITnotlVer regar.l f,* i i
“‘in at I
that case ' I should advise 7 v..u '
prK t . i9Blv mi M r d () n ow ” j
“ A how is that !
„ .. . . . , . moment and
she waited impatiently histecket’ while lie 'stood
toying ifj with oociireed^to ‘ !
“ jt you that the !
has probably sent T:~ a copy of hi#
^tEihTIiis r”TeaR 5
A ^ slight, nervous ryom contraction ooutraCC passed '
Qy '
, n t it is liknlv ” ahe renlied 3 .....
“ TW) vou wish to see?”
..
He unclaspe.lthe i,i ticket. .
“ Vs, " gaid l.s.kinir wravelv with
. the ' (}enier
ml(<u
She turned and rooked at him hei in a*
tomsbrnmiti pri!S!u!»ee’ He kughed 8 at !
•
“ You wanted replied mv adviee, didn't you ?" I
“ \v,.|j Tes " she
rhun^T “ i think vou can '' do no better b>>ttl 1
.. W ho»” 122 she a.-ktsi ffiSt“ starting 1
k
- • • • uL
“Ton are mikking me; von are
cruel " she said the tears starting 8 to
her eves and her color rising
“Tam doing 8 nothing 8 of tlie kin 1 • ” he
rpp r< Xo'; i iw j j
r do not love him ”
watehcnl her whil© . »U© gaa»d. Ftrat
came a look of blank astonishment, then
f 1 1 ft ft*rwarTaii‘laxuresHlon of
•.-!•> of. my fkce, «d_I am .your Old
SSHsS- ”
••An.lIatUU„veJ»sti„Pe^h« " 0nfl, ‘ t,aS
“ ire
SSrinS very evidently kfs'steg convinced ”
’'
he he .ftf 1 £Th*SSSte U Jurtte?-HTOh her
fRmt otft^X- ”
.. <Wt BamT ™vent
U1 „ I ”
- '
And n i it ti didn’t . ’
.....'......- - - -
«**ruur EH.tcuit «- aud 4he the the *">- Miner Bluer.
Without Without recourse, recourse, says says the the Frankfort Frankfort
(K.v.) (Kyi) Commonwealth, Commonwealth, we we print print with with the the trip trip fol* fol- of* of
lowing lowing incident incident connectol connected a a
Governor Governor McCreary: McCreary: It It appears appears the the
Governor Governor was was traveling.on traveling.on a a railroad railroad
train, and sat down in a seat whose other
haH was occupied by a appeared rough, uncouth
disposal looking stranger, bTSgige who the Governor, not who m
wai unknown teThim, in conversation.
In his efforts in that direction the stran
ger iold drew from hia pocket a handful of
coin, and announcing that “ tear
was no better stnff to keep-a feller goin*
in this'ere country,” way.' he jingled it in a
self-satisflcl
“It does have a pleasant look," said
the Governor, smiljng in Ins usual bland
wav. ^'dlC
pnited^vest'upmid'sB ^/“f te he j
mmwi sort *,” paid the stranger a s
** - - * • ' * ' ‘ “
B better found in allC.fi
"Ain’t no tobe
orady,” »dy,” ejaculated ejaculated the the stranger stranger with with an an
innocent ThT'^tentatious chuckle,
wav in which the
stranger Sreadyattracted paraded his wealth, aud which
had the attention of
other persons in tee car, suggested to
Governor McCreary the fatherly idea of
warning the stranger of tire danger he
ran in tens exposing ^ his money to pnb
lie view.
“Mv frien d.** said he . -“- you c aa v bo
Irom home and not
aware of the great hazard yen nil m
showing yonr money to JUjterate people. Ton
mav be robbed bv some vil
lain who may eieu now lie watching
von. ”
.
' widene his mouth in
The stranger .1 a
broad grin, and reaching both hand*
back trader his coat, he drew out and
displayed to tee astoiiabed governor a
couple of navy ftixe?, loaitol to thtf muz
zl*> remarking no,® aa he gu£» did so •
“ Wal, I noto-not wbile
‘ these 'ere pups know how to bark. Ton
jnst bet ‘ver pile they won't keep still
when a teller calls for that little lot o'
gold. iockv I'm wns nor a mad buffler or a
grizzly when my dander isup.”
j The Governor thought he wag
LEXINGTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 15. 1878.
THE STORE OF THE WAR.
, “* , ... . ^r.^' ... - --- ...
The Bnaso-Torkisb war of 1877-8 »
properly oniv the development Hcns-ovm. of the
“^d^n^‘iJftSnS'S? ■"* l ^ 76 ' 7 “
| pewwqqgwn inrne., ana ine to
ssss^'ssfs&sssi Ubor^" On tte“l^rfjsnua^t 77 , it
5 Banana, ^K-i' , thT»pi>omtoSt £SrS£SrS the
and by
tend the carrying out of the reforms,
These proposals the grand oouipnl* re
jected on mdependence. the l»th, M iatmaMg “memmsteot m><l
with the aaJ
iHa a ttii ai aa wsi jl. Ju Ul t ) »•■
____,______ was „„ .Warad ____________ to be at an
end. Mr. Mr. Ltyird Laysrd seeoeeded sneceeded Hii ifo Henry Henry
Elliot at the Porte, in and matter Tnrkey of ih^ yielded
to the power, the peace
w >th 8 erbia. The eonclustou ot _this
P*®f * llu ’ 4 0<Br,li
act for on the 5 th of February , ha was
Imnished, and Edham Paaha, the mask
of Mahmond Darns.!, sneoeeded him m
the grand vmiership. On the same day
Prinoe Gortsehakoff inquired of the
powers what action tfaoy intended to
take bemuse of the Porte’s action, a
provisional declaration prepared of war, join since in the no |
other imwer was to
coercion of Turkey. On the 3 lat of
March a protorol was sign«l at Lmdon
*>T tlift representative* of England. Tla s
sia, France, Germany, Austria and Italy,
with an addition by Lord Derby with
drawing his signature should Russia ,
declare war, an event hardly doubtful
despite the vague protocol phrases immeiliately of the pro
*°ool. This was ■>
to Turkey by Oortschakoff,
»«|» ma;le au ultimatum of it. On the ,
10 th <if Apnlrthe Turk* rejected it, ou
23 J the Russian truopi CTOMod the :
Bon mamm frontier and next day war
was formally declared by the exar, who
had already massed a large «nrm
,1<MSar, ‘ l " a 4il ® immaliate neighbor
«> c f'™ 4 ’"' W tbe “u” omT
““ ar,ri y invaded Armema. n Ou the 26 tb
R.mmama approved the convention al
relul y eoncluded with Russia hy her
priu*» and ou theBOtl. Lnglaudiawed ofxieateahty. :
kerfopnal nroolmnatui e ^
On the uth of May Ear !1 Derby s dis- :
patch declaring that E gland neither
eoncurred ra nor approved Russia a and ac
ti , m , waR receive.! at 8 t. I’etetabnBT. !
? n /, he (i . t, uY HcI;o>>valotrde«uiDg ,r ' 1 'gHg'ff 4 hc 11 “Bnt- “Jgff
l ^ 1 !” 5 ^it * 48 “l " 4 ^ •
f® n, U f "'r? alTt y t «< 1 bv the war, ,
°“ 4 l J e Uth the Rusmans were repulsed ;
" l4h loB 8 ’ ° n 16tk ;
r fs‘ u Rs , began ami ou the 17 th the Ris
sums storm«l Ardahan. On the 30 th .
[ "”™ Oortschakoff replied to Lord j
l® P e, 1 ". i''; v . tliat w !* r 4 lf I what wsb mimrej .~ Ul ■ e ?i
tor 4 ^ ,ie<!lared ol,Jwt tor whiel1 he ^
Up T)u ,?™ the B ' 18 th at Juue SujHmiui - . . _ ___ __ j
succeeded, after much fighting, in re
vietualling .Nicsics. On the 21 st Fagi
Pasha defested Melikoff with severe
loss, W and the Russians retire 1 on Kars.
,e »l a.
>>»ys Danube later and they captured crossed Matclnn, at Simmtxa. Four
- ;
they reheved Bayazid, f..r wane time be
, ‘ 1 , ‘ 8«1 False by the the siege Turks, of they Ka.s. were compelled
‘o
Die removal of Alslul Kerim and ;
I *teh». /“'y >», preludatimore
-vtive operations. Next, day Osman .
Pasha entered Plevua, while Gonrko
oWthe 1>aBa ° ,lle Haih„,.s ISth bvtqc Nikopolia H,u„ fell Iteuhax into
' n
Russian hands. On the 19 th the Sbipka
.. 4 „-f. ■ .....fighting;
the,r Next day, first decided however, check the MuMoviteamet; the defeat of
m
GeneralSchihler Sehuldner’s attack on
Gsman Pailha's position sr Ptcvna with
heutry loss, while on the 31 st Krudeuer’s .
asaanltiwas repeHed with a loss of 5 000 ,
Cfarewtfoba hart to retire to {, the 0 luft-batik
T
“"a^hl .^m^d^. !
battle with M.-tvcmet Ah.. :
September did not the open third mauspimouely bU
for the erar, aa .m troops
to ok Loftcha, while o, the 8 th, Nicsics,
*!»' oft-revictualted, suncp bred to hia.
pln.-ky and But effective three days -allies, later the the Monfcn- Bnaso
egrins. butted their heads
Roumanian forces
for the third time against Plevna, and
were again hurled back with tremendous
8l8Ughter . After this the besiegers Todle-! were
content to invoke the genius of
ben, and surrounded the army of Osman ;
parha with eartlrworks to wait for .
famine to do its work. Pass, Fighting where still
oontinudl in tlie Sbipka on
the 17 th Fort 8 t. Nicholas fell. It was,
however, retaken immediately there by flih
Russians. On the 21 st was a
keenly-contested drawn battle fought at
Toherkov*. near Biela Oa the 24 th
Mehemet Ah began hiarctreat from the
Banicka Lorn. He was removal ten •
days later, and Suleiman Paaha placed
-in command of the Army of the Danube. ,
October 2 d and 3 d Mnkhtar Pasha was !
hotiy en-aged at Kiz.l Tcpe; on tooSth •
he abandoned his position thete and fell :
bsek.to the Aladja Dagb; whence he was i
driven with great toss on the 15 th.
fal, ^^‘of for the ftontoiJuhi#:'^ 24th he to »k S'S strong
pn a po
up: On the 4 te of Stvomimr his
Lg ^SM^Ebl kSs. £■
of the cud with the fall of
stormed bv tlie Russians, and taken af
ter twelve hours’ fighting, followed by
This great success was
some minor on™. Oa the 21 st tee Ron
manians, who had all through the war
dispUyed a cunrage in tee field and
ottttW in council that were conspien
lftrk in g i n the Herbs apfl Ofeeks,
Rahova, sad on the 23 rd Etropol The
fell mto the bands of tbe Russians,
efforts of the army for the relief
Plevna, of which Mehemet Alitaad taken
command Novemlwr J 9 , proving
tual, Osman Pash a, whbhad made the
fatal mistake of shutting himself np in
Plevna from which he might perhaps end of
have escaped even so late as the
October, Made on tee 10 th of December
» Muftie ili fofr? tiLtl tin iiiP-ffw*u>t«-« 4 -
tempt line?, to break tbri>a<?b tlie Russian
! the fight ending in tee surrender
of bis army. This second blow was
garded by the sultan as deciaive, and on
, tbe 12 th he issned a circular tetter to tb
powers reqaesting their meaiatioo. Two
i days later toe Serbians, aud at last rtoasetl gaining h
conrage; declared jvar. t e
back, allowing the Rusawi to leoeenpy
B, ? a :. S? h. J??S ?
I U» 28 th Pirot, the last place, after two
j days' v^ atubtern g»-J tntjm} fi^fat.i'ij. GKiurko^
|a« jmlfc 1> ,iae U* “J* Urt
S.at the Snltan's request
sysTsS'^.'ars.'S
2 rS 2 i£^^ priced 5 “ SSI'S;
! the 9 th the Turks a truce with
peace, but the Grand «* 5 *icbolss re
plied two days later that he should not
traat tiii be <sa m On the
iSih John Bright dAw^a t------ apeeoh
—---. v n
lRlh the Sr.I .lAft new, aa to the
position of Austria was made public in
the declaration that she negotiations wonld insist for in
partieipatmg in any
peace. ronducte,! rather . Ian
guidl, Operatlous the were fall of Plevna. On the
after
8 d of January whose the Bussiabs Chrwtmn occupied
Sophia, in for streets the firs: i time
army was seen mice
1134 Os the 7 th they crossed theiBal
kaua through the Sbipka Tamcandltwo
days later KaJetxky captmoi the Turk
iah army of defense, over 25 , 'K »0 strong. with
On the Uth the Servian* took Nish,
its garrison 8,000 strong. Oa the 19 th
the Turks evacuated Adnanc,pie, which
vaB oocnpiwl by the Russians on the
morrow. On the 20 tb Qonrko adminis
terad a severe whipping to Suleiman
Pasha, who lost 4,000 killed and 8,000
wounded. Roumanians, Next day Widdin was Komsroff invest
ed by the while
defeated the Ottoraius in Asia, the last
mfiortant engagement of the war.
.......—
A Dreadful Mists!"
s)j B g„, e mtu r ^twautlfntly vrorfceii
pajr of ,|i,,pe r-i and although they were
m j D ^, abort, the and piuebed he smilingly him
dreadfully across the martyrdom toes, which they
su |, mitto j to
imposed, an 1 vowed they should never
Irave ^ f,, et
^ rPc kles« statement must here
j j | )7 tiif reader *»»"««** with becoming
And so the vonng man made a return
j j offering It was his picture, en
° „ rtt ote „ *„ B „ n i nritii »* *!»■ *},« ?- Bam «
dun from hia tidior, with refere^ito
, in nnj)ll iJ-f„ r smt of clotl.es. He gave
a bin tea Ceuta to deliver the package
md n otPS destination giving explicit of direction# as
to the each. It was an
uuusuallv intelligent discharged Eiy. with freckled
face liis erraml in a
t hat slionld give him a niche in
- temple of fame. The young hand- ladv
rceive*! a note iu her adored one’s
wr j t ing, and flew to her room to devonr
its eontenta She opened the missive
with I^etting eager fi ngers, and
“ tired of yonreverlsating
attentions. The suit isabout worn out,
»l r e».l y It never amounted to much,
..nvwav Please go to thunder.”
«trfm^ And'the ^enBe°op^wTp tailor was struck 3 k^,^ uttcrlv
discovered the picture that of his said: delinquent
cn8tomer with a note
When the unfortunate young man
-ailed around wknoUXementiihiTswtet- that evening to receive the
hc^fhe . unv was maryMtentatkmsly the fence, kicked by the
„ff the steps ,,f and over
voml u 8 f g tlll . r . , Ue u „ t nmro
jn e he was waiteil upon by liis tailor's
li( The^ifmie . 8 ', llTl , r
less f reek lcfsced boj in
;j rionslydisappeateiE-RocWundanfricr. i( . pj,. ban suddenly and myste-
3
--
Besieged Twenty-Three Times.
Gunstautinople Ins undergone inThe^wTrld. mors
8 J : "^ t 4 , „ other city “.c 4 "®
^
relwia; seven times by th» Arabs, and
three times b* ilrnhimW : ibei Tnrw* It was takeu
, . . . Tloman em
It, a «.
SSSSSSS f^^roradera Th^ 5 ®
In L 2 »)t.
TST ; riiamoteTs ',7 We ^ev exerted bSn^d
u™ 5 .“ ° f the ‘Touarter Arabs
ri «dteflirt«I^such t btewTn of the
.-re a it-that
!’TtevOTohSd • re firekc the Cato!
,,™,,,,^—ne*?r.n . - Sonliia l intc the tombs
m iLo,..li .,nnt
t t ( a r 8 i 1 dptb cet#' n8 8n ,i theri bones
,i “**L ]w „t 4r r ^'*he Thsv fired OrJk the nublie
religion
, ^ ,, l,,, rK ,i R the rest
’ , ,j w heads
... ,, L w
'
w „ n( fr inpomnarable
.. ■ . . - ,
Y _
^
. .. ■ , „ never I mve ri ^ sen
iJLjble ’ arrible ealamities. v^mities.
^ __ _
if" Enoch nT Arden 1 Again 1
Providence,. U. •• ™ ° Eo
Arien_case. Thirtytone Jtrara _ ago
‘fobo Thatob jt an
marned m that • J* J -J® »
wffe ote .
'“"“8 .* ^i , 2 i8 Ud and Si eh Id
0 »«W>e* fte £SL_
Tor wreral yMra lettere
5 rV U UrX P tott« J |^ 2 d S?
*%%£*«£*& In .the gqsrt me Mra.
m
GqnweU, Jirief widowhood who Jl<i *be f.* 44 ^mmreied ^„ 1 Mn ° f J^re
years. _Aft<y f
yews, Tbatehi ?r r 4 "™~ ll j
and thither his wife, hwhr ag heard to.l ot i
whereabouta, went fo und^^h im.
Q° Fhatcber^ fa retnrned , 4 .^TmPrr r i i : ! 0 ? 3 ^
a now Ur uig with the wife o f h isyonth.
x *" 7 HmiU. "
The phenomena . of Minspite uw are now
famihar; multitudes of people haveseen
teem and «vnffh«d£ hm- read about
them. thesunisBot It is well known_that that^ the surface jracj
of ,
light teat U was Tora T supposed to
be. but abo tog nads jfr in g^^h.^techasms, nn^Tnn
. r f i rn eometxrues rrTnfiT 7 T
land prominences,
miies high. But effects
are like not onr own uniform; OBe^, ^ e rau^etuu . *“ " t ,? ol es « ^ yio
tently agitated y*nable^|».i^
The sp <48 are ^ ^«nf«w now many
««l enormous in s« 4 and
smril^ mor *b?» r '
j A Stance at Saftm.
I- gte 1868 resiorstfam of the present CtTe
, was t be ..goal
i aueDOe -
mere}lanu , ^
jin I fire free port, mid two mtae.
tnam for the enjoyment
JW^% ho ^
ST 1 ■
^ f ^drfIo“ t *LjJjL^, f °rcS -
Jwtweof *ation. is shown bv the recent occur
two swo bank nan* muuras, hulnras, for for >1 * 1 , S 000 00 . -
~. - • ----- iT .-----------------.... -------
—-^i a Bapah.
— BifiletooV^nese. ^had
ofthe oo&flne not
m^fagT a g m —^p P JaSL^ w?rfa ahades of
Tor the
Greek word meaning to baptize, he sc
] P cted a Japanese word which meant
HterallT raid to soak. A well-known pas
sage thus: “ In those aaT daya came
J 0 l m , the seeker, preaching soaking no^
in th_ dceert," etc. It m found
esarv to rertse tbo translation. Fora
J.phneae blasphemous has sian ihh languige of the
no resonroes. You mav
the names of pagan MSongennine gods but
yoncan't construct an
American principles,
Social life in Japan has many queer
featnreu. The voting men do not
a-wooing device of go; they resort to tlie ■ prosaic
a middle man—a mutual
friend, one might aav. if that phrase had
not been abused so much. The mar
ceremony sitting" consists of the bride and
groom each other crossed-legged opposite
and drinking nine cups of
tea from three cup* Were the Ameri
css itvleo Liutaiuceu. lire . 7
lovara proposal would doubtless be,
three “My darling, with will yon go three timee
me?" Divorce is easy in
Japan—far» from his man. Hemaygeta sepa
ration s]s)nse for several rea
sons, chief among which are that ahe is
jealous, or disobedient to her mother-in
law, or that she steals, or that she
too much A pithy Japanese proverb
fora molding wife is: “A woman's
tongue is only three iuchee lnug, but it
can kill a man Bix feet high.” 8
.
The Belted Kingfisher.
sAil along the St John's river, during
tbe winter, may be seen birds catching
fish for a living. They are more
ous here iu the winter thah in summer, wateri
because, upon the freezing of the
at tbe North, they flock to Florida to
carry on their fishing iu the 8 L John's,
abundance which, never freezing, contains
of fish.
The belted kingfisher comes close to
the house, where I can watch him fish
ing as I sit at the window. 1 he river is
miles 8 £C'M.lietE.-JlUd tar
yards from the shore it is quite shallow,
so that a wharf two hundred and fifty
feet long was necessary to make it easy
to lanncti onr small rowliogts. A railing
extends along the side of the wharf and
watching He nuJeratauds for h» prey flsluug ; much better '
ftzr
railing, and fixes hi* eyes ou the finuy
trilies below, and when a fish that suits
him comes within his range, he dives
into the water and brings it up with his
stout beak, and then beats it upon the
railing to makeitlimp and teuderbelore
swallowing, .,“Lo
» b. aiiepriaiiig Ahat ka the
anch an expert tis fisher, .Pupation: for during
winter it is oniv be has
ao family to look after now, and he is
so very selfish and ofViis quarrelsome that he
wdl not allow any brothers to fish ;
near him. He considers the whole
length of tbe wharf faisflali ieg post. snd
his brothers must not trespass upon his
grounds; if they do. lie cha»™ them
M-rfa, ,n h»
tli»ak>ne. f&iWit^ne^ He is very go°d and kind to
this partner, and helpa her dig a hole is
a clayey bank for the nest, and then
** *, X*™*-.
of the vital fluid, if smaller hervea the
'listeusion produces neuralgia, which is
literally uinsuuf “ nerve-ache." Tim cause of
this' fullness of the veins
that the btSoiT is so impure, so thick.
tnl1 « f disease, that it eairnot flow by
Nature's ordinary agencies. In pnipor
tion as it is thick, it is oold, and this
abnormatistate Is indicated by the
neas of the pulse. In cholera patients
“ very marked, and cxiata days aud
weeks before the attack. The following
t 8 B When simple method is of attacked treatment: with
a person quietly cramp,
get some hot water and ox :
pcditiously (for noise and exclamations
"f grief and alarm still further disturb
theonurrous squiHteium); put fiietef
firsr in tlie water as is Completely imparted as pos- the
sible, 3 and which thue sends heat coursing along to the
blo< , U
veins, wsier and the pain is gone. While the
i« in preparation, mb the crampe<!
^ TarT fatisldT with the hand or a
woolen flannel, with yonr mouth shut
But why hardS. keep the month shut? Yon
““ ftmter and more
ly, beside it saves the anfferer from
meaningless and agonizing inquiries. be talked A
nmn in pain does not wimt to
^ t
ssstsiti ^ 8ideratclln(UhehnmMI8
-----
Savri Signals.
On teesnrrenderorcloseactionrfawar
ship the first dntv of her signal officer is
to look after tee signal book, which is
bound with leadm sides, to assure Its
Poking. ___ Its deep'blue body ______ is . . generally . —. and and finds finds con
signed signed to to the the the deep bine sea, sea, from from
se-nrity sei'Uritv at at the bottom, Iwttom. aignals away away daylight pry- pry- are
lag ® ye *' m
matle by a system of Each small flags, a com :
bumtion of colors, flags a spell
eral; a certain cumber of
out sentences. For instance, m moral
mg a passing shro with Nos. I. 8 , 8 , 4 ,
m»y mean :“ Hesve to ; vnll send a
boat” Sentences are formed and nnm
bers designate them, Passmgslupsoan distances
converse mtelhgibly at great
by-w of tte gUaa.
'the-famne? ~*t f t^fcen . ’itoht* lighte,
which are similar to the f bf“ the 8 ;fia &*«*» K?W*
Qtod in the ceiebratam o hgbta
Fojftth of July The Cos teo are
V' jjeen. *«««* and bine edo^-xrt By tee atar^ arrangement
of ““.r-, -utener* »re taadeont
YOL. IY. NO. 23.
Utentrj- Charades la Rhyme.
i Below ares number of ingenioui
charges, each mupiet Otjeribin. the
“m* 7 ^T n tl f’ 1 ,ll 2 r „ w T 1 *?
ple^t Oraphic, and their solution will prove a
pastime for the home circle of
tMwe ” wil1 ^
found appended:
*' * T s£ 4 ?°* **“’ “ 7 *"* **
* 8 B«sa*B«tss!s-.
‘SSf&’JSSSBitftS
E To- yA.nssr i-y his asm* appssn to t»
Orasn.
; 5 . H« ». ueraewa. known of hi. songs to boast;
^
mom.
i « ge « «»«*« «»A«'»P in. ery guw a, rkvsu'
- But alwvV. wor. of • '
'■ Uwakiadof bread T-I andahotsi, 57 hSIi
K M * $£,*•* U ,onud on * “ lt - w * ter
Mr *o.nd in »aiable«, paper, and ms),.
s. Thi», which the .hrewdeet, most ingenioua
' man
Could never make, a small pig often can.
;J 9 - And thi» ;althon S h not very nice, tit tins.,
IbeIart uamodantsor atvsji mu* to do.
ULoekmi this name a sunbeam in between
A stockmg and tormentor, yon haveseen. ;
IJ ' Ao * <1 * trfc ‘n * 1 addhi.ma t<, a hon»e:
The whme a dog does when h« cant get
14 Mr „. U . * ‘“a , m J flr '‘ b * rl ..•
110 ‘ l “8 !
My »bote, von hear people inquire for hia
jHjwdtr.
H. A letter tliAt partaken of food,
And thus obum* a livelihood.
15 - A carbonatemoand, petrified, if you will
An anthracite range, a bitmniuoua hill.
16 . Although he Heldom would complaiu,
His name is an internal pain.
17 • My firrt is a visible line, a signal to convey
* ! 40 ”*”«• k "'
j «iut'. .m
Astatdy tree and what one .houid repaot.
1 19 Hi» motto .lwaia wa«; aslhsve heard,
. afleraaoi.
lie virtuous lir»t and wealtL;
; jo. Hi* name you'll nut dud difficult to gua» - I
rue teadiug psrl iu music sad strew.
, ft. A Vet poet sick of grew briuk worth vnU sound and hi. fame,
> name.
Another margin this; but let me tell you.
ft is not MCk sod has me little value.
* 1 - Jutt talfa book my Sretwin reprewnt,
The rest is am a lease, but u * rent.
24 . Three ot my ttrut in England's nyal
ihe 'PW' last Cockney . calls .... hia feathered , ,
a
<™P-
15 . ' Wh“m!wt'ta»J“kSS'm „ - wilt n^mfd :
bother.
* 6 . Thie i*» vowel .which is often read,— !
But never hears a .ingle word that's said,
2 > Philosopher hi# aad skvan lighter both together. feather,
And yet name ia than a
*t. My first i« ..cnnw that people naed to fesr, ~
The rwt [ a hom«te.d-m. ; .Jo. lying new.
»• This name, if prowsmeed bykimmir,. u re
When** Vankee child team i'« mother t i'
yield
so. u hi. name two syllables kee
in
«. Hi. u.m« it i» u»d to gain po.er.
And Id# reader. .11 Isush by the hour.
3 * H. wfols chknaing ,*.etrv -all hi* work.
.how it, ;
An d jet h« wa« ualy three-fourth, te a i
. assweb* re . habsoks
„ . ...
Howell.: 10 Akonaide; 14 K*»; 17 Mtrk 14 Twain: Heat.; is, 15 Beecher; Coleridge; la. !
. .
Ooodnch: 20 Mnloch. 2 , virgh: 22 . Edge
SwJj»k fc'^Sr?f 4 S’
iirer: > 2 . Ite.
- . —-—■
oi.l «W Tim... limes in .« iVashimrlan Bashingten. ,
Ever A Washmgtou since the time ('hrresjxmdtml of.Folk the National writes
Hotel hops, nave eeou known aa .tin meat.
Mijoyablc of Mie kind te tee i
capital. 1 “ »“d l&W, I see by an
“'ent John yellow Hale figuri'd caids that as lloi'r Heu^ managers. Clay and In
. I
those old. h tuuesirt-ttle -hteel ho;psthe
factual, w Mrs. Cntteuden was seen. 1
£*££'^ j !
* c..^ . j ftm > { ollC4 * after dam*
an uignt, reieiveo . W(>r worn ,i inat i prim*© rmce i ■
‘ in"vSl“’ttee wejt
i“ h ’ U K^d''crows* toU&ri' tte
heavy heart is at rest. Sra. Cntteuden
kept hold of life as a mndyt.c a long md
time, but a last loosed her grasp,
into, her long, parlors a met sleep . Rut
the places m tlie of the old Na
tianal, where the oelebrated of other
days were wont to trip the light fan
tastic toe; are taken up by men and
women as gay and elegant as those of
yore. Mrs. Crittenden, the pretty wife
of the member from Missouri, traded,
r.t the first hop of the season of 1878 ,
her rich velvet ov«r the floor where once
her kinswoman stood. The old crop of
beauty has been gathered and turned to
dust; but here stands another ripening
for tlie relentless reaper.
— — -
The Blue Blass Mania Abroad. '
The blue glass mirative process „ re
frently so re<tommend^,Mdalm<»t for-
1 gotten alrea<J,v tins .Bngtod, nntry, ¥
to the front « 8 *»- m w n _
| Dr. Davis, director of the insane. iM?^
| at l^aidatone, Kent county, Eng ,
reports someextraor dmary resu lts of his
jipenmente with hlus-glras lighted
apartmentstn the treatment of nme
: patients On rome of them the effec|
\ Ty
; v£”
room»,Mter terse &JS fa wafa
^& TdTeJSd t£w£?J£
h*ed that.tegy. had pravtondy ■
unclean. Baying P* 11 ™ 48 :.
everything in pieces, after the ttir.lday
expressed tbeir sorrow fo.
. duct Juct. third third Dr. Dr. day, day, Davw liavis when when states Blares ^e^faCTl the critical fttt_ti <#» gg.es moment U K^q t .
the toe change the the lietter better had had rome some,
0 0 f f » » change for for
the thftpatienLwp*' natifiOtwas affected with . pains. iu ;
the tory, head, u* whic|i, foj™***^ rtMaat;nn ^T?h?lrid ^ !
mental' and bodily experiments a . with ; like
_ sui
,hat similar trade* ‘‘“J*!?!?
cess, have been
estabtashment at JterodOTf, »» <>*
!enl> Germany.-Buff.more Aim.
-----
, Hetura af «»J Ufe.
™^f& Murobv SOsfeurtFottv-sixte^street, aged twenty-eight
was^fourntthis wa« founVl dead iu ber bed by tbe pol oe
. of ^“iLaSher m t (Ie J 7 af ,me
■■ ^v bodv lav ^Wlien her husband,
. Mmtm MarphJ^c drank. g arrest
of .by P 1 gixe DO ^
: ^ ^ { hig ^
r!” MBt for the
i , _T,y«„. York Etenmo Poet.
The Significance ef s Billie*.
Mr. Henir Bessemer writes ss follows
to tbeLnJon Timet: -It would he
f^U e1ln ""“ oJnscio^Me* to k , now oI - TO ,“f J |4
the ‘billion'Yh£h real si^nifleanee
of that M we
columns. have seen of late so glibly used in your
m^lof^toe iasBtis.'ssyafs 5, ^^S'^d*w^tht.
ssrsMftsSsi'S! -tah,«.S.»
ttme’“ T J!
vear of crace 1 H 78 one mich! have sun
'posed that a billion ^ of tJTo,' seconds bad long T*g
V?,Z. ^lTth»e
Te«s, lor^t long eveetfol
sev^nt.en lakes iuat MA 87 «wrs.
minutes,'and iUv,. tweutvdwo five'seconds homrs,
five to court i
tnte a MUiou of seoomUof time.
“It is no easy matter to bring nnder
U*e cognisance of the human eye a bil
lion objects of any kind. Let ns-try ib
imagination to arrange this number for
inspection, \£t. au .1 for thia purpose I would
Re u sovereign as a fatodiar object,
Let ns put ' oneon the *,*1 ground and pile
1Ipoa it mau „ reach twenty
foet in height ■ then let us cloeTcoutact, place nnm
bers »f similar eohvmuam
forming f" a straight liue, and making a
Q wall twrtitv I>f feet high, showing
only tiie thin edges the coin. Imagine each
two sneh walls running parallel to
other and forming, as it were, ft long
street. We must then keep on extend- ’
iug these walls for miles—nay, hundreds
of miles, and still we shall be far short
of the required number. And it is not
until we liave extended our imaginary
street to » distance preeentiHl'for’iuspectiou of 2 , 88 $* miles that
we ahoU huve
our one billiou of com*.
“Or iu lieu ot thia arrangement we
““J P Ibc< ‘ Uieln fl «t Upon the ground, along
forming one eontinuoua line like
Bolden chain, with every link in clone
contact. But to do this we must vafley, pass
over land and sea, mountain and
desert and plain, crossing the equator,
and returning aronnd the southern hemi*
sphere tLie through the trackless the ocean, re
still our way again across until equator
then on and ou, we again ar,
rive atour starting point; ahd when wc
have thns passed a golden chain aronnd
the but^^SThe huire bulk of the earth Totlr^UeL wo shall be
beginning We
must drag this imaginarv the chaiu no less
tl,an 763 times around globe. If we
can further imagine all these rows of
links laid closely side by side and weahaft every
in contactwith its neighbor, around the
have formed a golden hand
globe juat fifty-two foot six inches wide;
and this will representimr one billion of
coins Such a chain, if laid in a straight
ti n *. 1 « > nld reach a fraction mr« 18 , 828
445 miles, J tbe weight of which, if ash
“*‘* **~“..... ....
requirejor their trimsport no less than
2,325 ships, cmh with a full wonlS cargo of
000 tons. Even then there be a
residue of 447 tons representing 64 , 081 ,
920 muX-m^uLft ao taxeiama. iHS me^uri^g
£?*• A“ e taln stertsof *“?*>*“ 1 iiSer^whicff
. fln ,
1 ^
ubout l-.« 3 d of au uiih m thickness t “t“ a A •
us see, now, bow high a-d**pdc 1
XinttioiT Them '^W^rauM rertiraUv’upward ln P 1 m
cite
degrees remhmg to the height of ou
te
must still grow nifiner, tepptug m
and the Amies, and the l.igl est
aks of the Utawlajas, and »wl«g
tom pass tlieMeJhrongh_ Ibeyond «!« confines th^ ^fl. of onr J
.ffi 8 j atmoi^hera,-,«nd^ ^^_^a
w..flliql shmdrogpri n ».v U| ahmi / >
t of aU terreslrufi tteup, shH
the retell
^
the book befhrt u« 8 ee how-^clf>sely ti©
• tliin tniu n riik?*s .* Kta of 1 liiiper 1 \ • how J; many *V*T
Z*Lr\Z , .'magmatto ,
then' u, up
of“ the superimpose upon
S
3
. i=rra=
toriorn-tesilung 7 mdividuiaudpresmited "T't ted
agaiuwt against u sad type a a tamp-post. lamp-post; of Wu"£ The The winter winter wtuas winds
panK inouniM dirges throngh tbe raga
that hung from his coat, and his ueg
leeted beard resembled the fibers on a
ooco&nut,
“ Move on,” said au officer, in a graft .
voice, aa he came up to him.
“ That's it,” said the desolate-looking
man; “ that s wlial:.I ve heard from the
world ever.siupe eftr sinoA T Tlost lostrav my fortune. fortone. lh» -
teg world is too busy to allow
stand still even for a fe me »
I must move on. sl 4 * l ‘’' , 8 “ 4 ■*
nothing to move and nowhere to 0 *
it to. Ob. if ^ b* 1 * ? n J ?“*, A
^ JS? *S!8l ,
ton,
horaee and and red red putoted nainte .1 wheels^t wheels-I’d a had naa
Ammonds, toe o^s^ serwrahMteM •n** 00 ™”'
Ca ?f tx lose Tho vonr mas fortune Saps
asked th , desired the
^
, _ urivate benefit, b£
“WeU, you see relied fa tne oroa^^
man, I ^ u..
wh«»t jumi«>d twetey-a™ . . T Tn ««ate 88gl ,. .... on tne
th ’ ^«td^fV
the t^apand out of mon ^
you f„?" and be moved
ou—/tefreaf free
,
Increase nf Hydrophobia. strongand healthy
.. xt i8 hard teat a dog, cud
should have logo fora
Mr Rockland, jt.^-uiarid, hydrophoffis. of of Chicopee, Chicf/pcc, Mass., Mass., as as
* 6e dvins dvingof of hydrophobia. His His dea.li deate
^ -ras . and
a lh t 0 [ three . other .. strong
men iu kfassachnsett, and Con
necticut, within a sBoFt time, from .jy
diwphobia, Two of tlie dogs ha* that alarmed bit two maw- of the fuopte. men
, mT)1 e8CapftJj 8D ,i how many more
deaths will result therefrom remains to
^^ E ln the Connectoimt valley it is
fe ,red teat rabies has been widely com- and
municated. Even valuable horses
other, animals have died of it, ami there
is a strong feeling in favor of
everydog within acireuit of thirty is<x>naider
The Conttficticut legislature of
me twenty?l“Sis a proposition to imix?so iog, with a tax
<m every non-payment
gent penalties from this for disease, in
deaths been
^ of tee country, have
witbia „ moatli—an increase that
for decisive steps to pterentit*
spread.—Vet/- lor* S’m.
THE OGLETHORPE ECHO.
Advents ms ttws
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Lwil Advertisements, §
. 9 ».«
*ud «fURbtt%
T,fr©
So^te Debtor* ssrfOredstora^tha-ty dm 4 .«*=
Noa» of L«»tV to tWU thirty <t*r*........ 3 00
of A*mias»tT»timi, ttkinj a*?* 1 4.00
i^5* n0i EXM3U.V &.*»»
Lttiera offl:i*rvli*B*hxp. thirty day* ... .. i-*C
Letter* of Di*. OTUftittssfeip, fortj tUjw.. 475
Bale lfettrw, thrw m^rtiotj*.. j > i'
per *io*re, e*ct> insertion i.c«
Item ef Iaterest.
A cultivated ear-An ear of sorn.
if- y0 nr dinner bell he. met it* elspper.
you can still haTe your napkin-ring.
Mr. G^eFIy )- a noted sgrcenitnral
M of M»di*,n county, Tenn. .
being Keeping suppressed live chickens New York. in, ceUara is
m
Sewjork has a tin toy factory that
’t^aSSKCS.’t »j-a.oai«*<jI.n-a^,v
The Cnitsd 8 tates troop, were eup
iastviau' ‘
1 T Intemperance » nnmberg . _ JOU.OW de- ,
die W 1 *®* annually. m ‘i* 1 * country, of whom 70,000
The presented Perm gVar Fn npriuls a gasfltter’s
bill as that city : Looking
for a leak, two fran«; finding it. three
fan*. Total, flri francs,
“Alcohol will clean filver.'' “Tes.”
remarks the Cincinnati Oahtrfiav Xir/h/,
“ alcohol well stuck to, will clean out
all the silver von have got."
A Lnwville bov took a hot brick to
bed with'him tokeep hkteet wano hni
Tlicv b^was aav.sl the bovand the hfflis,'
the t/ .T, reduced L,, tiiasluw
Mr ' <S«*t«i , .ftH* 8 ’ , ,,
2?. „
18 ^ inclndmg a biography of Samuel
** \
“The bright . .. . lerieou of vonth, 111
■
which “ there is no nuch word as fail,
does not seem to be a very popular
dictionary in the mercantile community
jnst now.
Philosophers say that closing the eyef
makes the’sense of hearing more acute.
A wag euggeata that thia accouuta for
the many *^hrt close in our church™
on Sundays.
“Truth lies at the bittomof a well.”
\. T e have often verified thia by looking ,
into a well and seeing Truth's
oountenause in the smooth wa
Worceeier Prem.
If vou out two persons in the same
whom has the tootti
, Jd while the fteW^ other is wlTSaS iu love vou
tttrt
will e go in sleep ? Brat
A single orange tree m Uie ti Azores i m
Y ear prodneed twenty thouBaiid
in a fit state for exportation. The
two hundred .housand box.., of
Newton did not labor half so bawl,
with hand and team, to disciver the
principle of gravitation, as the lngeni
ous compositor labora in over-spamng to
get aTatparagraph.-Oncmntei'Brea*- Table.
fat!
a lassie wrote to a young mau she had
taken a fancy to • “‘Come and meet me
• • '■ -.....
....................
floJi sequeBt ] y explained that he couldn't
guclj “ a pttce. P
AB „ , babies bunt , -m . Ontdk, .. .. ( .„ 4 R
com wouSn “U Bity axe tidtan “ ^omjtheiJ chHdTtherrfore, mtefe
to r« No
wiU ever know its own mother, for Hwy
„„ .11 nl med in eommon
^.^.llnotivr r:K, nnl rz*>: -ns
an inattentive audience inm-e ?” . “Oivetiiem Uivethem
somettung to attend t^ wm
P r£-k thesis h^t P k
Wo *-** & tbe U if ”” ‘ in it ’ ”
ttetreral . Grant ~ . was rt-Wdidly • V iw enter- i
tamed at a party m Cairo, given him
by ttenenti Bateiieilcr, formerly of 8.4 a
toga, N. Y„ bnt now an American judge
iu K( ,, The entertainment wnsnt
tendol by many Egyptian digmbwies.
That the Suez canal is proving a stic
, w8 i8 „ hown by tlle steadily increasing
business it is doing. Iu 1871 1.494 vns
sels passed throngli, tin' paying $ 5 , 777,200
n .ti»Ug.: 5^^999 in 1876 figures were 1,457 ,:
^ , . to Wn I.fWIaud * 1
come liberalixea and freed Irom caste
prejudice. 1 JL
ia on fnll of etb
h™ that cvcmlm^iteelf rapT «|H
in three minutes-,,, a 1 . . car. The
ai8t inguished as having been four r T times
« w idow , aud has now again entered the
bonds bomis of of matrimony. matnmony. Snitl Saul the the fnend friend : .
j thi n k I ones- feftt X the pto«*Hr© of
.Rning with yoit in New York?”
*« \Vheii ?” naked the fair stranger. “In
186—,” he replied. “Yes,” she said
reflectively, “it may have been bo, but
t Iia<l forgotten it. Yon see,” sli(‘ adtled,
.«^ was t wo or three husbands ago.”
^ cerrespoudent watrin to know of a
smarter New England woman of her
than Mis? Myra Granger, of
(trccnwich, Conn., seventy-two hoed, years
old, who planted last summer,
cqt up, bonnd and husked two acres of
nom whioli yielded 106 hushej* of <>ars
-
neighbor, plantol and ra ‘ tended sw,a sere of J ?’ beans ha«
an
sides aHthhh towood has forkbe^winter^ been out washing. be
..Pto toe^brim ia a tramin in rouuiS^er Chicago who is
Ih« »d with ■
«mrit Li this commercial age. There
- Zm®# Wfut alarniiiiff 3 ruuaway S*»'« one Friday
jftenM»n recenriy - ^i ^ dwn driver, Deftr .
horn street throwing »« 2 S!SraTnd out the
creating
SEESl" 2 SJS
A Office-Seeker-* Experience
Westerner The Washington who went fWb tot e ” he a ^*f"teJ cagtalin 8
f* found 040 ^®. thatj^had ^K ® 4 ®, undertaken a »
..
that would require t m. for ita .c mp
tion. An examinati »n of hi
.rutisfied him that lie had no m m yt
waste
first-claw^hotol rushed-sparbucut ar mM nnarrtrti^
neigbV>orb<>otl, doUra month. ^ Hi cu't _ 1 ni ^
six a
bill of f«e ^ b re «4 roilk a <1 f t
and satisfied h “ ewith '-oral
twerdy cents a day. M.-*nt. me wite.
: clothes and jh*™; ,k«, he
for “ »P|”‘" 4 “' ’ iuc-ess il
disappointments, a hi eval
J*° ^ ^
hi» tl „. ut „ a i
■ j,i
of ■ ■ ms - R rii'-uey mi*
custom expensin' iiyj g
’ : weeto, would have teete^W^*^^ ***** £*%£* 4 ^
< i a teoshab^ time on lira fa M>pcari^ftl • ” - ’ 8 ^ ^
'fety, ; toch ygt to hrin bmt bach badL crashed - A
‘ and woe-be-gone.