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Subscription Rat**: OB* Y«*r. «L*> ■«~.... IM J6 UpB4. S-rtfcvgiBvc «•«& awfassrlbar two r*ft*wt4. the pey'-r is vt _ .jfeixjggiBajattLJffli tiid mJAwj at mw •nhamtwra. wfth |39 emmh, will b* ecitstied to MM rWR auSwvipticci free, So dak twtc*. ■y Bay. A little roll of flenae! ftn«. A thrill in mother » heart—“ tie mine; ' A little head of golden hair; A hfted eye to heaven in prayer. A fcfeue that rif-ptee to a laugh ; A tm *rith grief in Us behalf; A pushing of a Blender chair, A climbing of the oaken stair, A stride o'er everything at hand; A hone at Santa Clans command. A htUe cart all painted red; A train of ears at foil steam aped; A pair of “pant* "that reach the knee; A strut lilu midshipman from sea; A pair of boot* with tops of red; A knife, a ball, a gallant sled; A pocket fall of erwythlng: • A ■' ' AtntrfllMl' A letter home joet onee a weak; A roaming through collegiate haQa; A evening spent in aalls: A rapture o'er a sunny face; A bow, a ring, some bridal lace; A kneeling at tba chancel rail; A trembling bride, a bridegroom pale A leap into the world * wide *ea; My boy was gone—ah me! ah me! A WORD IN SEASON. The was^ Day Accommodation on the Shore Line making it* deliberate way eastward, curving with every curve of the Connecticut shore, and clinging to tbe water-side ae though actuated by a sentiment for caat senerr. On one aide of the track the lay other, the blue, low rolling white capped hifia with sea foregmnmk ; on of brown meadow and golden *«ige; over all, a delirious superb areh of sun-lit sky. It was a lat« autumn day» and Miaa Mallows found “That Husband of Mine” so little her maidenly engrossing—perhaps unacqnaintanoe because with the of possessive case of that article-that she flung it down and window. betook herself She to gazing from the rapidly was growing dreamy, as gazers at Jo, a wh® scene are apt to . word reached her ear, and aroused curi* oeity enough to make her turn her head, It was a woman's name, and au uncom mon—.“ Arethnsa." Tlie person who uttered it was a man. His seat was on the opposite side of the car, and a little in a<lvance of that which Miss Mallows herself occupied, and she no w i' il) r , rTT n l that t ) !.-H- '.«• somet hing udd about his appearance. His head and shoulders were maaaive and finely formed ; his face ktmllv seen eye*and in profile was a good one, with a striking forehea.1, bread and benevolent. But there was something dwarfish in his atttitnde, and when presently he half ’ !hc Window it w»nu.«| parent that ho wa- s dwarf. There was no deformity, bnt the large head and broad shoulders were balanced by a miserable Jiair (J"ntHe legs not longer than those of a child of fen. He waa about uot yonng, his temples for there and were ’in hia grixxled full beard, hairs and altogether his appearem-e was half repulsive Ic. and half attractive, and awoke a ling .-.impounded of good will and ,„te a tr ang e i y nrmgied that if hard to tell winch predominated. twenty, known as of thatdelieatetjrpeof “American,’' which prettinees fadee so early, but hrclmrming in its brief flower-time. Her new gray suit, with crepi 4 IiHse ruffles at throat and wrist, the crisp feather in her hat, even the abimng red leather of her traveling bag, gloves; Eespoke'the bride, bnt t^ere was eyes, blue in tint and beautifully with crying, shaped the and set, were swollen lips color quivered had fled nervously, from theround every ohildiih vestige of ***..*1 gjayaTTgiiirfas > 1 -1-* au.... e** “ ........ oontrarr, talked .j j a cfwumt ly—ia- a j> w tofoeij could catch steady only strain. word Miss and Mallows then, a now and her curiosity about the couple grew so strong that she felt she would pay any price to know their story, Thera could be no doubt as to them relation, she thought; they were husband and wife, and just married. The little man evidently bad no thought except for his bride- Mite *«.- ” ’ :?.l ’ ..’ talked, devouring her with his eyes the while, and she sat with half-averted heed, byaword never meeting anything his gaxe he said. or replying Onoe to ahe turned and looked full at Mias Mai lows with a wild appeal m her face which was start ling, bit she laid, lookedawsy, and presently andJffitJ^L her on-her arm on the winnow sill arm, aud began to cry in a still, dreadful manner, not sobbing aloud, bnt trera bling all over wfth a peut-up feeling which was worse than outbreak. The man tried in vain to soothe her ; she repelled him gently bnt decidedly, and at last he gave up the attempt, and eilently sat beside her with a grave, tronbled face. “I shall die if I can’t And out those people,” thooglit the excited ob •ervet.Bithe oti«w *uie or tbe pat. B«t die. neither could she find out. One can not walk up ton perfect and demand, “Tour story ox yoor life !”’—it i« impossible. So Mias Mallows sat still, her conjectures aflame and her fingers fairly tw.tohiog with im “ *• With that they vanished. Miss Tows had one more glance of them, get ring into a brand-new carry all, which looked as though it might be a part of the wedding outfit, and then the tram hore, her sway. H»r thoughts remained behind, with the people ip whom she ^.... ran her reflections “Bn young and retty, and so evidently unhappy! Aud for all her prettiness, lady’s—he lady’s—he i> wasn’t looked 1 »n eda rated rated face, face,. .or or a a far nicer than she. I feel exactly as though I bad dipped novel, into the niiddle then chapter of an exciting and s<)mebotly had taken away the book. What wouldn’t! give to rea<l the beginning and end of it! ‘ That Husband of Mine,' indt^e*!! fRnpid wretch!" And she gave the volume a vicious little WB&mST- ■' How is one ' *it to endure such twaddle, like this are her ticket “Upham Corners—that ia Mly ten. eleven, thirteen miles from Patunxet. Pertas Mrrgaret Lenox may know something of them. Ill aak Fehoa-I ,. . , am tired ... of cwlhiig „■ .... her Mite Mallows, which name, bemdea, seems to Oglethorpe Echo. T. L. GANTT. belie her frank, impulsive her desire gratified sooner than she dared to hope. Mr. Lenox was late to tea that night, i and explained fsse-milee-oat tlie fact by saying, “ I of my-road to David Halrymple’s new steam thresher, and, behold, and when I got there, it locked np, be away with the key in his pocket. And what do yon think, i Margaret ?—he had gone to be ried!’’ ■• Not really 1" ••Really. I tried to primp old 8 a!Ii aa to the age and antecedents of the bride, bnt she was taken deaf at once, ; and not a word could I extract. Master ! David had told her to have a good fire , ana boils ham, and she’d got a good fire and she’d boiled tbe ham—that waa all; and she wam’t one to ask question* “Oh 1 do yon snppose has ponnred on that poor little David? An old maid, of oourae, I or some harpy of a widow.” _•• can’t say aa to thab bnt I imagine : she a good-looking, and that David IB in tove with her.” f “Dear, “Oh, what makes yon thrnk that f” becanse of the pains he has taken about the house. Luts of new fnraitnre, He’s bought and every thing SaHy redded np. l .“ WI>0 a carry-all, raid.” y™ are taik'ngabcmti . . yked Fehma. to “A b« neighbor but that of ours seven neighbor- mileaoff, sure, count* aft hood in the country. Sncb a nice, clever thoroagUly ■*. FeUma, respectable a^ood fanner m every too, way; mid but, poor fellow! so unfortunate in bis appearance-a dwarf almost, with the head and shoulders of a grown person, stunted legs ho bigger than a child’s.” “ Oh !” almost shrieked Mise Mai lows, the “that I must be my Vay little man in car, came all tbe from New Haven wiihhim and hia bride,” and ahe plunged Mrs. Lenox into a description much excited which her left as as friend. “ I must see her V she cried. “We’ll drive over m a day or two. ” Weather the was unpropitions, proved however, and day or two nearly a fort night. Mrs. Lcnn* had a double errand, nale being geraniums provided with a exchanged basketful of Zo to b»* for cut tings from old Bally’s famous chrysan themnma; bnt whei, after knocking a long time farm-house, at the seldom-uscd frontdoor of the they made their way round to the kdebvn, and from thence ... tt'“ — in. nil 1 H T K * visible, and the flrelesa hearth and neat ly piled evident bcoka and papers on the table hail made it that the apartment not been rtsed of late. IVhile they ling are* and wondered, a creaking step came down the stairs, and old Bally, with a tea-cup in her hand, entered the room. Bhcrelntol thejaiiies grimly...... llnu,li «a- Mre, ^c„.,v geraniums well enongh if I d time to tew round with em, lint jest now my bands ia full, wittomtetakiirg care of plants, a-nnssmg Miss Dalrymnle. “ Mr. Dalrymple’s wife f is she il ?’’ “ Yes she is and she ain’t. no pertikilar but iheV kind weak of aicknesa water, and as look* I can see; as bad. I give her pennyroyal. when ah* fusl: conic, an tns.de H'inkii.; cild ilS mightjw the on journey; bnt it dulu t do m> (pod, and she kep her bed, and to-day Mr. David’s gone over for tbe doctor. He set up with her last night. Shedidn’t want him to, hut nesaid lie shouldn’t sleep anyhow, and hed rather. It don t seem as if it noed take up any time a-waitin’on her, for . ^^^SLltJSSSi she don t ask foi any Jhtug ffo™ day a Felicia,, “ Dear me 1” began Mrs. Lenox. broke, moved by an impulse, in, “ I think s* .i3rifcroSSto“i I must lnive coihe in the — ’zsm&ss's&vsz •‘ussuv-tototovtoto “ w b( ' r ~ Ba.,y uuale no open;»he, I oWh rim lightly tapped, up. ami in A door sh>od afaint half Semi answer to “ Come in, ’’ the bedroom, where, covered with a resplendent stAr-pattern Wter! ed patch-work quilt, 1 lay her late fellow the The childish pale cheek*, from had which much flush- of roundness wasted, edai sight of her. “ I hope you will forgive me for com .. . .n.....L,. 4 ,. u Feli cia, speaking rapidly to hide her own nervousness. “ Your old housekeeper for gave me leave, and—well, I felt so sorry . you, sick and alone in a strange place, that I wanted to come. If it tires yon, you must send me away, ” silencer The girl looked at her a moment in Then she said: “Won’t yon sit ■ down IThereVa chair.” — Miss Mallows sat down, islie was a pleasant object to look at in her olive Snu green* and pheasant browns, with cheeks eyea bnghtenod by foosty air, and the invalid felt it. “ You was in the car tbe day I came, wasn’t you?" she said, “f recollect ! yonr hat, I’ve been sick ’moet ever i aince. It seems a long time.” “ The first few weeka in iv new place are kindly; apt to seem Ion#,” dare replied miss IVlicm. 1 home:” “ana I say you : ‘ | “Indeed! “ I havm’t any home to misa "-gadly. , “No. I don’t remember my folks at all, or scarcely. My father ho died when Iwas born, and mother when I *«-.*.«w«. Ut Cbeslrira. I their help, *— but • over was they was <ii very home good I’d to me, had. and it Miss was most a ever Parker she liked to have me call her i ‘ ma,’ and I did.” “Aud then you married Mr. Dal rymple.” home of old old yonr oW at last. What a plrasnt plr—nt place place this this is! is! ■ -Even Even at at [ this season one can see that And iny friends.tell me that Mr. Dalrymple is so kind and good in the and neighborhood. clever, and so much respected fail be happy I with am sure you can not to him, though just at first tho farm m may may seem a little lonely and strange. •’ The reply to throe well meant remarks was unexpected, for the bride buret ; into a violent fit of erring, . which no soothing on the part of her tlismayed , i Felicia’scwn eyes. “I haven’t had any one to teli before, and Fra so unhappy , I didn’t ever thmk I should feel so , when 1 got married. They all said I ahonld be a fool if I didn’t take Mr. I Dalrymple, and he because be waa so well off, wanted me so much ; even Miss ONLY PAPER IN ONE OP THE LARGEST. MOST INTELLIGENT AND WEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN GEORGIA - I Parker she said she eonlda’t eounte } nance no snch a thing ae ray sayin’ no, and I’d never hare each another chance | the longest day I lived.' Then I'd never had no one to do for me before, and j he did gave-rae like to sacfa look a lot nice - at and th i ngs pretty .wnd like I so Isdies do, and so—I did. And then, somehow, when it was all over, and I had to go off with him, it come to me all of a sudden what I'd done, and how i mvwhole thing life always, was a-going and to be jhat always the same he was a-going to be there, and I know the girls laughed atns behind our backs, and LonisgBrookscalled him ’Spindle toe*,’ slid yet I’d got to stay by him and • never go any where else, or be—any (thing else. And it all come over me, and it waa awfnl l I hadn't ever : realised it before.” And she looked #* Am** lodk plMfet me. W,. I ain’t used to country, or to being atone all day. There waa two hundred of naat the aaylnm and at Miss Park er’s we was close to the town, and could see folks a-paeaing and hear wagona. I Its so eblf here I can hear myself j ! think almost, and the wind makes noises in the chimney, It’s and I lie awake at night ; and listen. like a voice, and it says, * Alone! alone! alone !’ and groans.and . frightens me think awfully. exclaim -H don’t it says that," ed Miss MaUowa, With a sudden mapira f. IOD ‘ J?y 8 . Ahome! a home! a home !V ~ That what always a winu seems so me to s»y Then m homely old chimneys likethcee” ehe thought to her. self. Shall I? or shah t If I hate prescintig,- .avl t hate meddling ; bnt there a a chaoce to do a bit of good, maybe, and-yes, I’ll nak dear, it. “Now listen tome, she went on, aloud, softemug her voice as if tea chthl. “This ia what 1 think sbout yonr position It seems to me that you are W* ]nrt at tne jnnut when yon must j tor yourself whether you’ll be a v h a ppy woman of or Mei.” an unhappy one for therest your ,,S? W * Whatdo you mean ? we ? e ft * ono J^ ^ ir * ^now, with no real , bpme of your own, and here a good man has come along ™d taken you into lus. He loves yon dearly now, and you haves great deal of imSncnce ever_him, andlean do pretty ra " ci * ^ 7®® } lke now i bot hoV lor *§ will that last if you go. on crywg and living unhappy and Bhowmg bow little you care for Wm i" “ I don’t know, whispered the bride, famtly. “Then y. .q,j ur inarrici , y o n ton have given a promise, and must keep it, ev. n if it makes you sorry. Promises are solemn things. But think And it yon strikes can tap it and have be happy chance too. to me yon a do « most beautiful thing.” “ What is that ■?” wonderitigly. a-good- who “To make np to mao joves hfo. -Tmntrterw y-mfor a hard, .Ireacltul hanj thing tt-mnst m tas m way* liave been for your htwbund, with his clever mind and floe leee, to led himself w one xeapeet mfimor to toe stupidest laborer who worksm his fieMs. It must have hurt him sweet-hearted cruelly always, if he were not a per eon by nature, it muat.have made him hard mid sour. JSowfor the firsttime, life. something Jle has delightful marrind has conte “*» into " w to me such a chance as few women have to be able to be so mneb.to^ any one as th<»e who try to do right I and ii"yon He make your husband happy, thiuk will bless yon and make you happy ended too..’ Her eyes ran over as ahe her little speech. “ Telicm !" tonndrf from beta r. ■ . you—never. what’s yonr name!” jffiswapt “ Felicia—Folicia Mallows. Good-by to *£ ^ ^ara^ WraMorel Bally, as ooming up ments. was astonii “Why, what ever has she done for thecretur?” she muttered, as th^'pony wagon rolled away. “She looks twice as We alive as 8 he tiny did seed afore they the came. ground, ’ watih drop a winged into detach or we a messenger and itself from the parent plant float away on it* separate errand, and we scarcely conaetona that with the act a new sequence and of the energies amt is the poemteh ncher ties began, world forafrrth point of growth. Felicia Mallows Lad no chance for another visit and to the it Dalrymple two farm before that slie autumn, was years saw again, during which time the image of the oddly circumstanced little bride will faded into dim distance, as uiiages m thiaovercrowded world. Another visit to Patnnxet revived it into sudden life. “Whatever became of that little neighbor ol yonre who married a young girl r She asked Mrs. Lenox. “ H was when I was last liere. She was hick. Don t yon recollect our going there?” “ Tee, now that yon recall it, I do; and the nnconscionable time you staid lp stairs in her bedroom. I believe she < »* Sundays welL H«r hmhtj wee baptised a few i “Hive ago. they baby ?” a Mrs. “Teat -Lenox a little eaUed girt By-the-way-” lihish her wm Next ofl; and did .not sentence. day Miss Mallows borrowed the pony wagon fora j solitary drive. ■ It was a Miss September Mallows as mild as Jane and when drove through the farm gate, she saw its mistress sit ting in the porch, her sleeping fi^Wng baby in its wagon beside her, and in her hands. She dropped it with a start of joy when she canght. sight of her “yon?” ’ “You “ You haven’t ha forgotten ^aid Felicia. “ Oh, no ; .how could I forget t You came when I was all sick and miserable, and ________ lifted me right out of it. .. There’s . never been a day since when I haven't .thought of you.” “TTien yon are sick and miserable no longer ?” said Miss Mallows, with ft sec> end kiss. “ That is.happy news.’’ “ Oh, no ; I am good quite obntenteu now. David is ever so to me, and I think ber W “*’ w “ t,, “ te “ Isn’t it ?” with an exultant smile, “ And she’s ranch prettier with her eyea open. They’re not bine; they’re dark gray, like her father’s, and just lovely. And I named her after yon. Felicia Davida! that’s her name. How 1 he was hero ! Pve told bim heaps about LEXINGTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1878. yon. He's orer in They the fleM do twice yonder the hay-cotters. as if he aita tor and look* after them. ” “Dear Mrs. D&lrymple, how glad am to see yon again! And to think naming yoor baby after met” “Qh, T wanted to. Yon were so time. to me that I couldn't day. Allyon think said to of me more than I do now if be was as tall as Goliath. He’s little, but he’s got the heart. tell That’s lady right, that baby ia ; wake the »P. and tixe papa man in the world. He is, isn’t he ?—Did you bear her? Sheeaidyes.— Razor, _ ~ —---: ------------ Fashlaa Satea. Pocket handkerehiefs are very small, ***“ . at;D , i—™.. * comD « rt * mon " ,le HA ovwwkJrto are seen on faahjroebto costume*. „ e wom with pleated * or Gre d ^ „J* f „ t j on for yonng T 0 laniee. lasted wMatl wiflt .. or without . . are coming in vogue. There will be much costlier toilets worn at the balls and receptions given after Lent than were at those before the penitential season. pin.he.q chec ka in various shades o the asxixe color, on a darker or lighter gronnd, are seen in the printa and per G f the season Wil 35£ESS&wMMtMBSf ] ow pomponB the ends terminatimr » ' “ 8 new shadee of color. Long, narrow trains, rounded either P*rfo describe c«y square at the end or to a lozcngo paitera on the floor. are nyuer at the moment. • Ball Oreeses are either long trained,^^ fonrreaux, or princess or empress dress es ; or if made basque they uimulate the : .iress in one piece. Gauntlet gloves, with the monogram on the back of the hand embroidered in | 8llk ftnt| picked * out gold threads, are amoDg th DOVeUies in glweB . i G batiste is o! the noveltiee dj. one | irises It ia a thin T«S2 linen in a u delicate shades of pure 1 bright . , f evening * wear. ! Opera mantles of raw sdk ... bonrette. m (delicate shades of color, are thn*ded ; wth lines of gold and_ ail ver, and mpd mth . e -ln u tOle-ami gukl fringes to match. Wide galloona of silk and velvet, and plush mixtures are seen on ball toilet* indelicate colors, shot with threads of gold and silver, or seeded with Roman pearl or fine glass beads. — ■— — . Watches. Wn|f h(w nriein& i lv m<tde of Bt eel } ; ™ No glasses * ^ were used nntil ; ca bri„ B wholly or and to admit of readily 7 seeing the • ^ toe face was sdme '^teadofthe _ . ( , jn ,,i uownnirerSTv 0Ksn t designs ^stead of the fora fora^uow qniTereaUy «®^«W*och“ „£? t ^SSS gnl«^ tnita ” ’ia B in’graoity in"^t *r IpriTsiiggret; th at am^the «d, as a (.,mH(>.in.-ncc of this fact that | > ^ “"“J4“"^ ^s7nMnreufon7 to ram ; “* c ”^“^5,‘iirivd? to That tl.“? !Rnn-oimn - w ;u )nn i remnvAt) fYotn ^ mtoatuced Ap^t until about 4^ 1658 mid was a on SfeSrafilS ment itself only weighing two pwta. two J %£ ! .innl il f ♦),« , R . . F u*at *» nr , : _ , . * * •* ^ ; so that hw | ,f ^. tk ® oJi? unique. A ^mailer watch than this, ^jever, formgi a part, of theSwfas I 1 ft** «**"*“ Y^rato*’ nf^forh K diZrtte/ ™’on?v '* “* ™ ih end ofa penefl c*^ *' not only gave the hours, umiutee and seconds, bnt the days of the month aleo. . The Path of Timor. Among tie which “king* built and desolate counsellors places n? t)ie „afth, f or tlioiiiKelyoe " none was more re no wn ^^“the j n Tatter pUhS whoae ofHercX; name, 1 w at one time whispered with fear -arid trembling. Wherever he carried his conquering arms slaughter and aild behind, ra p j n( . marked his course, him he left naught but ruined citiea atu j t, )W ers of human skulls. Olavijo, the Spanish embassador in ltffi MW, ia four oLthese towers, “each a rtooea throw in , heighti” and built entirely of human : skll ug, the interstic.** being filled in with mad. Yet the immense empire ot the ofhnS’i^^^Jndnnrt^d Tartar won at the cost of bvTumm millions f PrnmWe( j %, deviStator’s-death. fragments immediate : ^At v after the irraat the time of Timor's 1 death the traveler iright^arrive journeying through flouriTh- Persia at wtat was once . a-arSL-sJst’irt amiJ i,“ the ^amblliur Srt rums—the oxen la t iu theforrow- ‘ innoconl cfoldreo jt ,, fcweTof ei , n - life ’ 1 ? t the Iteato „„.i j« -wi? the glow u^pi, of violence’ that even this T -baa uiskt-pearva The to mark th. glory ofthe Tarta r. Worts of Wisdem. Silence !S the best course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself. Make yourself all honey, and you’ll soon find flu* to devonr you. Every other ain hath some annexe*! to if, ^wil! atimit of some sx^ . ouse,'but envr * w-atit*-both. _ i«i„i fh«i Eq C The ™t coin of life i ? to. :r u,d crate. We drive a more snbatential aud driving trade with Ahgt t^an <**. ■ He that Wait* for repentance waits for ; that which cannot be had as long-as it I is waited for. It ia absurd for a mao to wait for that which he himself baa to do Storf at a Feaale Thief, Minnie Watson, with a dose® was visited by a New York reportcr ra the Tombs. She is a hi jpare-faoed woman of about raws, 1 been ‘• How long have yoa gneh a life?” asked reporter, ••Almost “ghes^d, ever since I came to ; counts “and that was a ine years ago. I went to board with woman named Sophie Myers, who g house in fleurv street, bad nod ahe me mto gfie w*s a one. She on Blackwell’s Island now for robbing a lot of workinggula. persnaicd She talked to me nntil she me to go into it, aJid ahe pick*! oa ( * house for me to go to. It was m Madison street, near ! Rutgers, SerTl right wSnt onpatB to board, to the church and after £.!l£tod for tort?” j tojB convicted and sentenced foe Mate ^prison,-Itwan arreetolYor. only affair ) that I was I ! few clothes, bnt Jadge Hackett the fold me that my sentence are more tor com ! f paav I kept than b, what I had done. ; was with this Sonhie honiee Mvera. von see. and ‘ the people ntner ■ ' “ Did f von serve c a t yon term.” i •• Yes was three yews and «ix months at Sing Sing, and then t got my dis ! ; charge. womL Rut I was ten times aa bad a when I came oat aa I was when J Twent there." i “Why so?” "Because I was with aU the old thieves and criminals o{ every kind there, * knewnothinjO^Kfore.” and I learaad things from them ! ; ; “ Tlien did you go right on stealing ! when L. yon came om ? ’ .. Y I waa named in Jone-a few j moP th. after Icameout.”-. • - jm-yonr - l»ualsiiiLtaow- wb *t you wer(>? .. . -No, Bnt when he found out what I was he was oontentfd to live off me. I B „pp,wted him. asd he never did any thing toward suppirting JiduPf me. He wa« a mccfianic, but he work any after he found out about tae* •• Where is he now t” asked tbe re ! porter. “He is serving time in Hlinoia for committing Chicago.” a robbery in the Palmer House, wU heAprifewional “ thief ?” “ he let me do the striding,” she replied, Have bitterly. children ?" “ yon any 6 ,. y two. tc b two years old, d the other nearv four." _ 7. They ^ in Washington. I them witii a*e Kotfie there when I went there last simmer for pleaenre. ; Yea, I suppose th-y will take care of them, bnt they wil expect me to pay (or >• Anil she hastily wiped an ay she two spoke big tears that came in ler eyea ' as the little ones. . oipaftom “_Did yon_Deve;hsve detectun by snynarrowe*- the.people u the different hous* from which yon took things?" until I ” No, I always waited doing.” waa oer tain of what I wa. clothing - “What did .on take, or iewclr „ B ralf r mouey." “ Air-ays j.-wtVyrwWen I ■ --u -D o so u hu m h u* unroll VUU lu tv r atol™?" “ No, I never kept any account; bnt the money that gut went as fast aa it * ".Suppose should get clear of this?’’ you “ I would interrmtoi lead S very different kind of a life," she “ I would take uiY *r,- children and iro back to the Old -1 r -id sister* are living in England, and I *reoSK tacaasrassisss; ss^&^sss ^ nxrz water and f?as companies are better ac nnainted with the movements taking place in the ground forming Is the site of the town than most others, the insta of the earth tell#noon their pipes. ground is moving hnth^OTth and east. A water main, numinir north and aonth, uncovered vesterdav at the corner of B K . r „ 6 t and Sutton avenne, Snceof was foatid ^ teiesco,^ ^jes. d over » foot , anj, had foit a great kink, , which made it necessary to take out a piece nearly two feet in length. About the Consolidated Virginia pan mill ‘he pipes are crowding in from both east and wpnf;at toast,owing of the ground to“be twomoreSInts. in that ueigboihood, AltEongh there appeare yet iij.the there are as no crack* part of the town, there ia a large <?«>• to tire westward. It begin* at Cedar ra vine, runs south to near the large water tank of the O^iif, oh the MM wort of town, then turns east for a considerable distonoe, wit when it takes it* course south ward of Stewart street, and fl^T Gonld joins the old crevice below the and Curry croppings, Toward the north.this erevioe 1 * *mX eight limbos m width, imd the groaa‘1 lower on than each Bide the of w“tsid“ it is about three feet on wht^e Ctot. Overton, of the company, movementa opportnnitiee for ob serving paw»e*f these grotmd we unror- settles aaja boLntes that as tho over the that on the alopaof the mountain.where it is notmnefinn i=»js2sswa-tKJS msa the same^ distance, as no cracks are to be seen in the earth. sometime A« we. are traveling, however re^the it BiIS will be oetore we S “ g Loaf. ..... A Presoercus r Fanaer. . r _„. ; % e ^wil“eveTb! driven from goodresolu ^ a ninetv days’ wonder in farming operations, and he is not sleeprag in h» after a drunken frolic. When his sled is housed in snmmer and hia farm ing ixaplemente covsred thatbe jrilIhave summer, good houseover itplaii ly ft his bow 8 , ® um a ™ ‘ mer of his early life and the winter of moro jfnl to his beaat” Whenheiaaeen g nb »cribing for a paper and paying in advance, it shows that he is speaking like a book respecting the last improve mente in walking agricnltnre, PM^r. and that he gets his to the land of poverty Battles nakes. 8 ever*l instanres of almost to* horse on toVmridToTX "rhis arot to toe mrmg, aboui.one hundred — through . tall — when . .. ran sage grass, scu'sssywxMa! syiasg” a; A drummer attached to my company while tile on on a a raoonnoissanee reconnaissance from Gainee _ _ Mills to , Mechanioaville, Va., in Jcune, 1862, • w *, slipped ....., ont uu . pi v . the ranks to pick apples He w-AgOy a few rods ^ distant rannU* from tojj*d the road. tlw column holding hia thumb tightiy. A rery email mcuBonvenfled hi* statement that he had been bitten by ft rattlesnake, ! Although plied freely wittin with whisky, tLere- he : *» » dead num an hoar j Tin re is a wide differenc* ... in . ... the *P«ies of rattlreuakee Those along the coast of South Carolina have much tm gh t a r no lo w. and are not aosletder in form ae those found in the interior and the mountain region. The same is true of the moocasins. No old hnnter of «•»« State would ever allow himself to 8t ^P over a log while in pursuit of his ««»«• He flra^^ steps upon it, for be know culling 3 the fondness hw enakeship side has for itsolf upon the lee m a most convenient attitude for striking. ----— 1 ~ A Changing Scene, One can hardly realize citv that Alexandria Wm »nd»nM the capitals of a Mahommedan country, As one walks round the great square a frMil^t ud notice* ms-lalw the broad lo«vUoS pavement* the the tiie «pnci„nu U , ..iri S sfn “eatwn tilings feeh,^ Bntyou ««®« md straiehtwav stnmble awainak a camel with bis noiseless tread, and a man in a hlne gown offers to sell yon sherbet in the name of Allah; and von aec a narrow ] itt l e opening ; n the wall and men going j,, and ont with their shoe* in their hand, and yon pass in and see a broad space covered with matting, where people l i are , pJag ti at c.in pra y e r , and a b o ve i a a t i minaret, where an M man in white cot _ ton ijuavers out the invitation, and tells ' you there is no God bnt Allah, and that prayer is better than sleep. A* yoa go on letter-writers yon sae money-changets doing th7 oorreepondeuce in the street, of a doien, eroes-fogged children retfite schoolmaster. the Fat ' Uu« to walUh? Shaplfitof tha-Koran-that M know as we know the Lord’s ! Prayer; yon turn info a police court and listen to a long robed Cadi administering j u ,tioe to half a doien screaming men Xres pile.1 with cotton, ateam presses L turning out hundreds of bales Italian r day, a great market where English, and Greek are almost the only tNnffnairee TXSu you hear, «W and a port crowded of nation. »»* singular cwmbination of the Old World sis arj? a i a* gs.a.ra.'T t ii un er instantly served for himself in similar oircuinstanei'fi In the army thv difflrnltv # manwing hSSL-ji troops on a march jn wL*; this respect 'Suhth* been remarked, mtA ,i <lav*« exertions thev S onseauc?tly being properly labfff cooked. ^%, T hcT C °^brfore ondcr the u,” mtemisfoasuffioient mrolv state of r ^ »'he i™ h,» wnditio/unfit 0 fwslin a tor aiffestiou The old campaigner, m B trnctod bv experience restrains his I appetite, ^ kimlles his fire, cooks his • T ia j. makes his arrangements surprising ' the night with a deliberation repaid 10 lorS^pir^y Gie recruit;; and he relf^SS^by is amply toe j which g „eater enjoymeut and support ; e derive* from the very name material* w hicb the impatience of the other hae j '■■ , ailsK vma ] i,; amta m j u » great measure m to waste, ’-- ; Flying Foxes. i Th„ «xi n ~ fox is S^oSrtSTbJiy a verv curiousinhab- £ “-“Ji.ra, te? in fiockafand j ^ling^ tie .fo.k of the and noise so-called produced wiairs by the is v heavy flapping anninff of of the ne so-«aiaiwrag* S^_7tt,7^Se^i^ S oJ ^rab aSd creepers. The t. nnrn » b pme ™*‘ trees. t Hm?I!ftherehM»elear Wimn there is a rte« Q *R«e space yar* ! tt5!bt.?«sws? ls ' eithOT iSappteg tfoarynng, «ad holding ^ ? haa* D *•* downward^i« t.l-r ««»•"« ““ and “g“^ fight- 1 »>«.<<* ttdfli^tl^iir jjttrr._ w g to flight, d ^ff^iiJTtheir ^ sides, a “ - vonng hold legs This .» Didn’tScrt* ; A boy who was disappointed the day in making a sale of tinware to a woman on Park stteet, excited herradigna ed something which .. ^cr mind. J g btok” be . . Yo^r husband , #v ,_ * ought An .i.i to be aYrenGv! or any other day in the week, 111 give yon ; a dollar ! always d A ty yeare, and have . . even hia whisky and tobc—I „. ; he’s gone to work I wmt tojmowu. The boy backed off without iwsrd. ' SstliaUens. The evidence that bodily mutilation .^ ^enL to tom TtX foes; and we hare lorn ot nose* inflicted jtoe trophies; wbjse*. and Jaw. teeth, and fa teeth, earned too, are _ iSsfS.’ffiasfSlLSiia sz. 'esztsssassst isaf-asssrt&satss and sometimes their hair is enemies, victor’s dreaa; and n*«l to decorate a then come various sequences. Here t’ te . enslaved eusmvea have nave their ®ne,r heads uram cropped; ; ; here scalp-locks are worn subject to a chiefs ed owna.liip.and enbmiaaion: (beware while, else i in sign of ; whOTe , men „„ shor n^^ 0 f their beards to ornament the robe ot a superior, tm „horn hair Amod being thns rendered a mark S of rank. numerous the peoples ghostaof bair ia sacrificed, to propitiate the relatives; whole tribes ent it on death of their chiefs or kings; it is T teui«l np to express subjection <«eresl to deities; bcCTaiOuallv it is to * ; K^g superior ra tote of respect, aod t!aH complimentary offering is extended toothers. Similarly with taking genital of mu f ti) » t ion», slain there is a like and from living parts ro m enemies prieoners; and there is a presentation of them to kings and mutilations to gods. of y<*r another ia it otherwise with ciM8 . Self-bleeding, initiated extensively partly, by by cannibalism, but more blood pledge of the mutual giving of several in cxpreiiing loyalty, enters mborJinatiun; into ceremonies find it we «v curring in propifcmtionof ghosts and of g^K to living «nd occasionally Naturally as a it compliment A the same person*-. resulting marks. Originally wi.h the d olinit r in farra and place, bnt .red definite by custom, and at length often decorative, these healed wounds, de at first only entailed on relative* of oeased persona, then on all the followers » man who »“ ««** feftrwl while alive, marks became so expressive of subjection to a dead ruler, and eventn ally to a god; tons growing into tribal and national marks — Herbert Spmcer, *» The Fortnightly Kevreic. ------;- Jonrnallsm in Russia. Journalism ,. is . a , far older institution in P^-d . Rimma tlmn may be generally enp- 170» by gh Peter toe Great, m toe MtoenUi '? yeaiof his reign. Tl,a sutoor afac re T .wLo 1-real to have «re*d«I the Muscovite Empire ont of pohttoto and Bocial chaos, died in 1«5. and toree years later was pabliMiei hefirst nam I>«t of a Rnsaum paper, entitled the .. the.one tondre 1 of it* existence. The occasion, at onee . important and justire to. ^Memire. ample honor hornaro - , of the Russian «U oafutal, tito ^ and to RjaiRabrt. the mem s S^i ^SnfSrJ&iiiSa; s:t^ entitled The Black flea, and n dress ffOI » the. to the conductors editors of of the the bt. ^ Peters burg presa A choral performance toU fowed, ConaeW/toire. by tha members of the Imperial of a selection of the bean tiful peasant son^ for which Boaaiitia 1 , ™ remarkable. Next weredrematic md i operatic snenea, foreign andmative and a magnificent banquet, at which patriot, iuteaate and speeches were delivered <*4 lib .,*closed torn remarkable tion in the small hours of the morning, ; Those who have b«n acenstomed to regard Russia a* a nation of boM-sad Cdespite of volmuMl ' brary. of over a million #ea sortof savwe place,will h« snvpneed »t paper*. learning >« wn^ f™?J>»^oneof ^ ^news^ exception of tin Londmt ' m not a newspaper, bntJ |pw“ °‘ goverarn-nt and other annonneemen , j the oldest'ofaUtheLondiin Jownrtate the Mirrtiiruj Pott, I^L" tlian fi* 1 /.* century after t* . mentofthe Vedomoth, of St s p Petere ; lmrg ' ---- ----— A Witness Who Went , Prepared. An Englishman, who , recently .. brought , * . agafnst caused a railway by. corporation accident on the for ’'lanagea only went into an the witneas hox 'line, crammetl, D»t but took bis note well even rrtemd to. it i hook with him. He ao (ofton ^ Sergeant. BaHartme took it ;s«jaassic*jssa^sia5s “ l>on’t get flurried,’ Take «re. Thesej the plaintiff candidly admitted, *«r® *° act as warnings to hun m giyung h^ evidence. Sergeant Ballantrae then I aoerttoned him as to the meaning of the figures 1, 2, 3, which occurred from time 40 ti“« in tbe note-book, and it appear sesawsttriaK toe fearned^^sergeant bimreif. Die sm>. ^ checks for use in tbe box. ---------- . Longevity ef Trees. . ! From the observations made longevity on apeCi- of mens still in existence, the trees h«* been estimated to be, in round nnmbers as follows* I flnn .'7, i u koo- oak l flOO-oteDM,L j—; Rare; •»; aah,.d&>; aoo- oocMaat Braei! palm, wine j , fv. ^fg,. ,p p i« j paim. too, ' loo- and <h* 101 rm ... YOL. IY. NO. 31. Fk&l, BiRBES A5D pl . far t*. Carin. SSS*JS Ja '^ 0 ' «~UF drtentone what ’T®'®*® ^ do ?f n iSsaftsi’ssrsLXV^sss! i Mrt * teHmmn-atoc 3 plant wil l cow __________ sr gra ThHime killrt t^ fJ^tTto” to by Nothing in the never without flowers. A ,, ”?. , , . ■ — 0 £' P“*' Mn ^' ~2 ii « b2MS^Sr^S& “ ^ ,»J***; fL tThouH ch^w^ ^ r * ct P“ks^or to™ toev pv ™ ofiwTami * “ H<!a rK .’.. 61r ‘ 1 "., a< j , ‘ - balsams’ *’ * All these ‘>« . n " *<>”LStoMbloomMS r dimbinff olants of a^d ... .. The utork SS^lTgiyTtSlMcl^prighL and petnniafl are very P g nd AIL* n. t «* 4 #* . fXtotoJoSnSS in ^ phT£2r VAn - .*“***,. »< P T . Jhite cotton cloth* • “ ' ^ stro toh and nail it on tarn* o f jj,. " * , hnaeed «j.wotwtate „|Li,'ite of tm two hw ‘™n<»a of jeUow,of egga ,aa ‘C-A 2Jf !!.f. 1 ?® eggs seP 1 ™ 1 *!. mixture with V ",V 44J a 77“, pami nrean over vu rotten •• allowing rg '“y. J ; 1 w / f ■ ™otber, ™iu my M tat ^ronowmg an ine advMtimos *. •fta toeae _ «Jdi7 hkrdl vone-fo urto. tmntoTmrTtie JJL1 Depairs lirtt Srimr Abetter. Tbev ‘how do not require no matter intense the ■“ heat »■ of the sun burned, ; the planto checked are never in do _ or and „ w^kly owt n neit her do they undSr grow glass; aick and « “Sundance to-y do right. i of >>M t ariui n fl fro m b r T"'- j - mi (e, which is a groat object, The vapor j, arising from the manure and «mdenaed by the oool air ^ over the surface of the shade, there- 4m j stands in drops on the inside ; ittetohei* are Lite large, they should ^ jntcre(ctod b y cross-bars about a i^ equate to support the-dott. These artie B loelous, re jmrtfce tomatoes, Hong for flower briogine seeds,: lorward tm&iato*. Msassuma Htota. * s^istsaKSas * .~* *«»* SsL.y.Bg ^LgLjg uttention in the process. Breakfast i ; meal wh«at, hominy, or any of wteaten those xnoe. br^kfast croc^l dishes, cook Hu a covered tm d»sb,ma kettle of *»*“ “n““ r there atw* 11 a pnddmg no dagger of scrolling. Orra other artidea paired wrth milk can be cooked in the same way. Inos awd Bteei. LrrMBT.—Qnite a trade is earned on in the sale ol n s.-jssors, which are kept well polished. gndt tools are good *»» “°wiog^« T. riaat may tool j|, e distraction and quickly, drop place the it 1B tool . upon d,^te a atone, upon me mine acid (fon^rts of wrte^to it iaofiron,if of steel, it will shows spot wheretouched bythe amd. 1 lie ruliteri . : Mi,H il ■ H|« w>tete ^4. Take a ftunr barrel with one head ra, perforate the ^toe aboat 1 j , their f^fhJmmtT'piare thebarrri with ^'7 the ' niake a hiu oi rf'mS g km! garden soiAronnd the barrel, having a base of ♦}.*«<, three^ feet t from the barrel, and extendingr with a slope to withintwo or tnree inches.from the top of the barrel, and nil the barrel three-fourths fall of good 1 stable manure. pi»nt the hfil with wed Irom four to six 6ttsasswa»sw indies apart, and wb«i the plante g»f the holes in the barrel supply into of the tuot hilv.and fo^ to ; affords a constant t h e plants. One lull will produce an ample supply for an ordinary family— yvoctfoaf Arte. 1 - ■ -------- The World’s Population. : tfo^toing »• «-*-.-.«i»i9-s5!Jt to^eS’s atatistios : /S 1 ^ 4 4 ' ; SH!* B Is' i .! ' 71 aTO , . *4 ™,m Rami* ............. St&£ ‘ “ .i.^'v j The population of ilia large divisioiis of the woria is . r America....... *4.524,000 ^ '■ fetal..'..: ..... ... .l,8T7,000,ono Humbert —-f— has^ instituted . 11 ’ . . yetely , King of |I,(WO each for those most due prices tifignishing themteJveain htormtnre, art, and scienre in hia kingdom. 1 OGLETHORPE MB. Advarttrtng Rate* »rr li w ilw ; + * i* Ml *m *m ] 1 ft \nx*... %i SLfc. «S %*.*> tA «► iiaeStm. 1 *> S.SP AW *.3& . jfr lia* Art* SJD; cm ir* «,«*- 321 a 4 Uicfcm, t.ac 4.* «.»' ti-w.*- ic«p IM ■ 4 . . 4.*». ft*. •UKt- I t<M& SX«.*.£W *.«» r ----- - . MS3XJA3KJKIS «« B «.< 0 UL» U.m J*.e® X.#l «BaBa*nfcf* t Lml A<Jvertl»#m«m«. t Sheriff S*<«LX*r.L*.rj. leu. Ex«rouW, &<*------- ud ttu^r.tur,’* J*r t •» . ».0» { Sot to* to Debtor* ind Oedgor*, tftmy 4*j* 44» S 4. r f Base Sack per eqwe, cock UMertSou ! Itnu «f literal A sweet rascal—The augaz beet A Celebrated C a s e The printer s. “ Two for assent "—A bridal couple. Eneasy lies the head. tort weare a . - n»u« «... crowded b«bers *hop. ris&r 1 “ d *« r * e * ble tootfopowder. cuVtort. don’t mind doll times. Ls!aKttSiaA.r.LS heat dressers in England, and one ot fai * dressing-gowns oost $3,000. The average annual Pittsburg, production la., of lamp chimneys in i« about 1,600,000 dozen per year. M*ot & tear of wounded pride. blludn<«a, Many « f*u ; t of human Hu \te*>n floothed. or turned aside, By a quiet \ oice of fcmdneaft. A girl in Zanesville, Ohio, was simul taneoaslv eoavertetl and cured of stam¬ mering l>y Revivalist wrought. Hammond. She thinks a miracle was Queen Victoria has sent the diamonds to the French Exposition. casket, The Kohinoor diamond is in the an»i the total value ia said to be $ 8 , 200 , 000 . JSKr» Milkim? machines have ta7ZpSfo become so im !rialof to Ijnlv them tothindteawSbiutedby at tiie Bristol show yard n« »Society°of England, th« Rovnl Affrioultural % A g JS^ - v t , er J^J^J^Yon I?? have : lost, said tbe first, 1 can W m l ® lce P°^r which .... ia much , used , t bv , often , ladies upon their faces, is said iLSfflxJa: to °°ntmn lead, which rendffls. ) urion *- n * ’‘ ttln >°f uie ? f P°*»»h ia droppo( , npon the reveale.1 powder by the its presence tnrmng of lead will be yellow. It coat an Jews man seventy-five paper.” dol- In Vara tot saying “Stop being my stopped he oonsequenoe of its faded to learn of a delinquent tax sale, at which his own farm was sold, and it oost him seventy-five dottars to get ont ofthaaatap*. ------ ; Itistaowntosc.encethattfcemigrn tion of flibee is aa regular birdsand and systemat- • ic in theseaasistnatof certein animals upon the land, and the same fact applies to certain well-known insects, among which the locust is perhaps the moat remarkable exmnple. nhi»«e* are s tarvimr-70.OOftOPP mn i v ri te -a 1 !- —y. is ! that, do you know ? Why, is the is so rate many of that if yon were to count at ten a minute, night and day, without eating or sleeping, it would take you fourteen years to count them. j ^S -^jLtinteHeefc ' „.it,*d boosting* ^£r ; ^fj'j “Vmental i ,., m ?f j ““ *° resources ! ■• . b ■ ' ’ . ir ._ >v ., ir ,♦ for the best for they soon reach it they never rise. ^ $ £rr*ffiSsStoJ!?«'to r J r^Frilu. j a most singular monstrosity. I undonb^dly a lamb, but it hwJ hree ****** months, with full sets jaws and a iongtro in each, rwoofthe moa tbs -were where-the ears should have been, and in its heads were small aper tures which seemeil to answer for ears, jv|vrtridymmi< heads It np ioi without u:.-., ted. A ■ of eto.. was heart a remarkable fart about the wy, • that when it bleated, the anted* <*®<’ „ nt rf ,ta ears. It lived about eight hoars, tpoman's vrit, in the opinion of Cap tain Hoffman, played an important Coufed- part at times m the late confi ct, the ftnl tes gaining many an advantage Jjn over ,he Northern mentiy its influence. Kllch mat ters.” he remark, “one wo man is worth a wilderness date r( ,«,]i wt , -... ,...y we rent »rtevmtioat { n u 0 f CV-ufedersteJ officers (exchanged pria. .ft<-r«) into the confederacy. They their were generally accompanied officer* by noticed wives and children. Our doll# the most extraordinary uumber of te.aHl-evcry child had a doU-btit »fterr«<’*,‘hrtevery doll ilA^j^wttli wreflJM wrth qninme 1®“?” : suhstitated. th . e 6 7* Depend **^ n apo« u thsj, female wit devised tire tnek. , , mn(frT man », S sn Francisco, h;s imim , lately calletl walke.1 for ami into devonmi a res-. ^ i K ; on€M porter-house i omi 0 f ov «ter» on the half shell. gt g ^ ISg rtrek, a dish of devilled rf tnmt, Mother still j n( ^ ueieT del^red the following short of y () „ gr( , j litt (jfc. the rest „ fruteineo which is nothing \ but’a " lt ma ^ tn to him that he was a dis¬ ttenishefi and well-qualified member of mich a commnnitv; hut, iierhaps, it ** ram soya ot mx wilemaii*. „ . . „ . Dll, (wfll-SlM Por -orid m.v - vnrad«t«l —ftvHxvr, aotl-eanitflkanduuuTy ^ow, that sounds well, but we hap- it know the t n ”*?oa ^ *!>i*.!n’t say iust thatwav A* near i.-.m wt- '•oiildcatdl - j,, A„dt*th bind fret to th* ive».t - ^ ,■ •. 'n-sre yew«o ar.c <; r< :. vx got* . sow. anyho* Uta*'. r . -f 0 .re.- 7 te- •