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THE OGLETHORPE EC! Subscription Rates: OmIi IM M T+ryn# Cask in A ■•at osta the ma*sj it paid. Sotteegtwe meb «ohaorfbcr i expiration of hi* urn*. *od if tt Sot reoewed, Ike *• *< A«y p*r*iB who wiii M&d the of ftre Mteertbera, xith flQ cash, will b* teCtted to •o* naMcriptioc free. No dab sate*. MM Edits Help* TUse* A Ivor. 41 Mt w*ter 11 bs down in a minute, and «ay» roa r* to wit, if yen pW, And mft I might *Uy till *h« came, if I d VTvaavM- bfcs teteasa, Nor speak till yoa spoke to me find. But that * nouKtiM), for bow would you know Wba4 *be told me to say, if I didn't? Don't ▼ou.reaBy »nd truly think »o f 44 And then you'd fee’ Grange here atone’ And you wouldn't know jewt where to sit; For that chair isn't strong on its togs, and we never use it a bit. We keep it to match with the sofa. But Jack •eye it would b* like you To flop yourself rigit down upon it and knock out the very hurt screw. Toaj 8 ^« i ~*'°*_*;*« *» TL. Thtre. her [ncinre. Y5g-knBW-ttlJp« T T- r,-, Uka ns. her, but the ain’t »t good-looking, «»««' ■ This Ian*. It's tfca but of 'em aU. MO*. ----- —- —-•—-■ That Once I was little m that? It's th« oul. CM that could be bouzht— e For „ that , was the ,, message to ps from , ,, the photo- h . graph man Where I sat That he wouldn't print off any more till be first got hi* mousy for that. “What? Maybe you’ re tired of waiting. Why, often she’s lonaer then this im -There Thm.-. sail »n b« her iwk bsck i hwr sir to .do dr up .ml «J] of bmty**em)»U>t™. Bat its race to he «».-•« twrs talking Uke grown people, fast yon sad me, Do you think yon’U u- coining h«r« often ? Oh fio’ Bnt don't come like Tom bee. “Tom tea. Her !«-t Ix-so. Why, my good ae»»! lie used to be here day and night TWthe folks thought tew be herhushwali v™.rJ™,;r.h , -, , .. . ,, . vlv | -, ion w« iron sway th<n,M he *<i. .or yams ’ y •' Ps Baja yon or# poor m % cbnreh . monne. v Now, sro yon f And how pdor are they ? “Ain't yon glad that you met me? Weil, 1 for I know now that yonr h»ir t>m 1 red. Bat wk.t thcr*. I. left of its mwn«y, stul ahit that nsnghtT J.ck said. But there ! I must go. Bister’s coming. Bllt 1 wish 1 could wait, tu»t to see that she used to kiss Lee hrct irtHiri Ba H» In*,, l» ■ SAM’S JUDOXENTr “Hen-e-ry I Hen-e-ry Is-ye?” 1 Say 1 Hen, e-ry Pino, where sailed Miry) Almira (oomiuOuly from ms shrieked this summons back-door of the farm house. The for that day, vernal. Crocuses gilded the ;ne nd biiifa posy dsokf-d the maple branches. A A vobiu robin or yi^, two teejfrigijrii tappetl Wistfn out 1, about for il.e chip SJ1 morning, *hose hens; but as it was of price verr? bnsy with Oomeetio cares in fragrant hollows of the haymow or onvemous Viarrels half full of clean shavings, while made the ready cock for such far aflchi exi uencep. w«« p i ck in g up - the eat ly W ohn. ao H robius were undisturbed. Miry was embofied in spring self, as she Stood on that rough atone, her shining hair knotted in a golden bnnch behind her head, her face rosy a pc ach, her eyes bright and Ct*l gold fitfle gray gray eyes eye* ea CM be, and her trim figure clad " iu - —— calico ----- e gem; —, with a striped bib-apron, while rolled up sleeves displayed to the elbow w pair of stiirdv arms, and her strong shorthands the broom handle. “ What do ye want want ?” t a a cheery cneery voice voice dark-hj^d handsome young fellow l ifted his ■bead. fcim-h«b»d- from h<d>in«l the wrxxl*pile, uod smilM miledetothe-giri,-with his st the girl, with a glitter 44 1 didn’t of mischief know ief in in his eyes. eyes.. tow as ax yonr your name name wan wan Henery,” saw! Miry, liry, git git with with what *sniff. a sniff. it’s it’s “ When ye can’t I’t what ye ye want, want, sorter policy to take what ye can git," returned 8 am Peters, - - . with a smile, Mebbe Mebbe ef ef hollered holler . mite louder, 44 44 ye ye a. Hen Hen would would heaT hear !” ye.” ye.” girl girl and •*Hen-e-ry •* Hen-e-ry the Word, !’* sereame.1 screame<l left her lips, toe the sheepish- again again; as liow-uatas a lo oking fc stumbling out of the barn with a hatful of eggs. “ Hen in a-layin’ on ’em, Hen-fashion,” put Qam, in a stage aside. wanted ahe to vexed tough with at this Sam, rustic she joke, bit bnt her was so lips ; but her eyes would glitter. 44 Was you a-callin’me?” said Henry, ambling up to the door. “Yes, I was; don’t ye know your name yet, Hen Pine?” ‘ Y vli, iWtolye; ti ou.-, i i ia up ^ u> lo iu?^ ill?? top o’the mow. I heard ye ; bntrtl’,1 but <-f I’d ■a hollered back, I’d 'a skeert the oldlieu enter her wits.” dryly “ Maybe remarked you’d 8 have picked shouldering ’em nn,” am, axe and going off to the woral-shed with an armful of kindlings. ’Mira threw au indignant glance at him, Henry. and proceeded irer good errand to Sam wae out of her iust now. He had talked too much And Emily Snow at going last to niuhfa believe quilting. all who was nonsense, when he conM talk a hour to another girl? It di,l not to’Mira that rile had refused tea to the aforesaid qnlltinfc and he according to the much-vexed it is uot one that women wear; it is reserved for collar buttons and ■ Now Sam ^ Peters and Henry (bough they were txith “ hired out ” old JcUirt Calkins, were also his.iangh ter s lovers—« state of things Momalon s nor nncommon m old Engliuntrwtierc time for Kacliel, and grew up into patriarch with flocks and herds of own. Bnt neither Alnpra tror'hcr knewyetwho-.would whether, indeed, succeed in this V1«, aor some man both. might not had step ill aud distance well-known Henry factthat one powerful ally the his father “means," as Yankeedom phrases it, ’Mira had a keen eve for the goods gauds of this present world. bard common- -lise lined that equa re foreliead, ; .nd the firm chin, al most too of prominent-for resolute will symmclfy, its story She atkt stern de termmaliou. aid that lug farm-house of. Sol Pine, s, itastreteh of level meadows lying to south, skeltered by great hills to their summits, and on their terrace bearing orchards full .of aud white promise and'golden perform anoe. She liked a snug prospect for utnre, a garnished and well homo; lout!—kind-hearted, but Henry was so Stnpid Isnch utter d 6 with n o i cata t rc e a ud no energy ; Sam was intelligent, alert, and full of courage—and so handsome Iu her secret soul ’Mira admired mightily, but he was only uoe of children ; and bin widowed sole possession lay m a wild farm, .•thersu partially girls. cleared as vet, and were If «emarried him the world lay rvix cf am; uiuy lueir roar wherewith to open its shell; but Oglethorpe Echo. By T. L. GANTT. ■ there were great possibilities, and these ! i «• detenmeato and A future with there Henry secure; UiTtt was f smi »*■** and j But 8 am alec? was determined. Nature ) »ui bad that not given strong him development those keen dark of sinew eyes •nd muscle for no purpose; tlie future ! did not daunt him, and his.mind was re t *>l?«d on ’Mira and Congress, and this like was his own precious secret. his However, many another man, plsns came near to shipwreck for lived want who o! a chart; yet what man ever knew the channels and the quicksands of a womans mind? 8 am set himself to work to make his I to iaktt tb« m\he we^e«t, ^ ^ gave H«ry ^tn^henoour^ 1 " I do declare.* aaid friher Caltana, “ hzUx kftAen flre-plaivi i one idtg^ Nay rrfptrandpnlhiy-off.his f b N.5 00te **“ ; at the embers, Almiry be ats nif‘, 1'” ef she *in t j tin to Hen Pine now, a teua a ye live! taln t good two months hack ! could : ba swore she was bound to hev Sam Peters. Jeethnnder! women-folks is wnes r. the weather ; you can t guess on cm ! sleepy “ We-e^eU wife, ” I droned dono as I the keer. txie.1 Heniy and s won t never want fur nothin ef she takes up with him. A bird ini the hand swuthi»good deal, pa M j Almiry is p^ty kee«, now I t. ye. “That that ..... so,’ rejoined the s so; s old man. “ButfiMniB dreadful likely; lie’s smarter’n any steel trap; fortino" (which ts-vernacular, d«W reader, for . “ for what I know ”)“ he 1! he a jedge * OT authin afore he dies, and Hen Pine won tneverbe nothin’but Ml evcrlaatm , f„^^ “ \Vell, the Alrairyll day after^ tnoe never. t»?t yp, . pa. He won’t know Iimi soul s his own ef that gal marries him. v “Lordyf Jeroosh, ham t you lived |°ug kmlm enough » ^ to / know They yon re jest earn t like no I way ar son Powder a donkey, that went all ways ; “fa Jj Sunday ezct’pt the way to meetm . 1 rnttar take mv chance with a feller £at had got h«a<! : than one with nothin but whM was in w Mobbe 8 ,^ ke so, ’ mebtieso, " ? ame,i Jehiel, ? ?“i i but it ,• s kinder borne in on my mind unit Mirv will ta ke Bene ry, n evertheless anil what sueC'e?. dia l sTe' gone a-rnlin over to Oolebrook with him this blesseil niglit, jest for nothin butbecnsBamweU asked ;herfor to goto the teeter own the njte? That ainf nothin ,. she . ... 11 get . ' so , ,. , fired sick o Hyn s sttsi|»id grmmn ways i ! a for e l on g, I Ij l<e « y e a ml eent shell take to Sam fin’Uy.” j RigluU sighed 14 It’s Mrs. Mra, dreadful Oalkius, Calkins, onsartain, as as she sfie-tooK took, anyway, up up ner „ ; M candlean.l the bcdr.sim, ow wentinto j <f«® wW» teo rteepy turnotl to discnss current tlm matter, of Ins f ‘ ps tJm ; thought® to thu new litter of pigs, Al j mira for his and brain. her ways being quite too much ■ But it. is certain . that so this stupid , ., did Henry Pine show himself very even ' iSg,Tticr™ ; unspeakable tWRTBta dOT key, that Afity s heart failed her, and she was sudden almost inclined to put a sharp be and cud to his probation; sides, 8 am was on his dignity ami piqnail her waywardfancy mightify toward by Ins curt and masterful manner her aud Henry both. for him, She began to feel ‘ a certam that respect he a coliseums- and ness was the strongest; with one ola«B of vrf>mori thin is ft lansr step _ toward surrender: -------------------------- much «b they ; Hk© to ru>, there is a;keener faseinatien in .uuiwv,.,,™ discovering their » f u ruler. ,, lra . been enraged, pwtejmtwnrti Perhaps she ^ might tadwto have i y t toterviowbelwcen j genr her two ; i unseen, u utetm, They ; lovers lovers th the next morning. were 'both-planting ’ land corn iu the long lot—a limit bvt of ; of m€»dow at the extreme - . ; the the farm— farm~ana # and when when their their , . bugs bags were were i empty, and the drills levelled over their golden sprinkling i of seed, i Henry i o wras a turning: • i his * * face homeward, when Sam .stepped Xook bin). here, Hen; hold I • on; ve •' somethin to say to ye. -Haw.- "reBWmdAl Henry, wifli an | air . of idiptie astmuslunent, baUumuig hack.on his tracks. !><m t yawp .so. I jest want kt say i that I know what you re snakm around this here bumstead for; an you can’t i comeit, now I ten ye. 44 What be yew a-talkm about < put ui the naturally astounded Henry. “ Why, I m think talkin- about Miry Calkins, git that that. ; .Maybe you i —_______ yon re gom. n to . git. Along liioiig ri*d, iiiu, shotr shot!” but uub A ivh^i} tu % >o you tom t, i»t>i uy Well ... 1 whose . troop do you rule ... ..... in ? inquired .. the other, with fine Hen sarcasm, ‘‘Not yonr n, anyhow. Pine-and . i 1 oin t jofan, you swear. Imgom to many Almiry, ef any living man dims; so yon d jest as good haw out ont o the load afore you re kick e.l ont.---. .. ; ** Mighty the alarmed Moses! youth. fiown yew talk . i m^v _ 1 < ? ir ' gom quit without haulm, or not < * ; I £>. *“0% answered Henry, sul . to]?. h fJ“ h J e ss ?*, r fc“*± self mplaoe of T , to VwmHwA^rer fins fsshiom ; I fto< *» J as jou be, ami X ve Muy *.aSK»*-w, that d rather am t sort; she marry a man than a pocket book. ;ye,HftmPeters She amt nobody s fool, now I _ tell See ef she wouldn’t heap rather settle down on our farm than go a tm-ped^iu’ ’long o’ you. Ho i I guess i aha u t haw onto yourrootl; i not much. No, sir . “ Look-a-here, 'ejaculated 8 am, e wa»aj^-..f U ag’d li etteU iea r .to me, Hen Pine. Ef I ketch yon hangiu.' raound yon’U Almiry wish any more, I’ll make you sos’t ,’t, you was pretty benothW quick. A bumble-bees’nest won’t to it. Now this I sayan’ swear; ef yon don’t go that.'” easy, you'll go hard; jest handsome you reelect dark and Sam’s face grew his fist aud clinched involuntarily chuckle, as he spoke; with an have unesay made defiant, which he meant to Henry went off alone, resolving to per severe in his devotion to Almira, aud, ! besides that, t o tell her all a bou t this smallTnterview with lus rival. “ But Sam’s 'keen wit'wanted him that t h i s totn ld-A te -genry’s-fitsk mere; a u i that luckless wight got no chance to speak to liis adored all drive day, off and was the even obliged to see her to village ffin’s with audacity. her mother, quite ignorant of . . Now it was Henry’s duty to fetch the cows from pasture at night, aud he-set off early to-dav, that they might be back by 'Mira sunset, returned, and his chores all done her when inte nding to ask f or h Walk'after shpper, and put his fate to the touch, as well a* bring Sam to 1 fusion. But he reckoned withont his host. Sam took a short cut ajroea the hill, drove the onlv Alderney heifer, the pride ami delight of Miss Calkin’s heart, odt of the pasture into a mowing lot where an old bam stootl, and shut her j , np, hemlocks betaking himself .to a the clump -oi which overlooked road, till Menry came mflittering along, and, j letting down the bars, began to call the THE ONLY PAT ER IN ONE OF rt 3 E~^iAllGISTr MOST'INTEEUfflENT AND WEALTHIEST OOUNTIE 8 IN GEORGIA. creatures oat of the Sot. They came on • ™‘i.'■■!' ' rj531 Aldanjfy.had not Ham, who was some- his tiling of s reutriloqsist, further hill-side, thrown and .voire sorom t!.e uttered a faint “ Moo-no." Henry started, looked, started toward the sound, then back to the cows, and after rubbing hi* eyes and counting over the slow procession filing past him, aeemed to become aware that Miss Betty of wmth nature n»d with diagyt, v&rions but eypfetivesof notd^tego both homewithoot the After cow, whichwa* Miry s especial landed pet. hm lucklow yanous tribnlationi the Sam rival on edge .of, a great swamp, fro m whose *???* ->t Mi-.H Betty ^ irinrothanonce u ltalA u l je te fore Htnry dared attempt the *»&IJ surface and darkling grwrth ; a. laet. however, device he plunged having boldly in, and he bam s taaen effect himself, familiar as a squirrel with all the wood ways, hastened liack to the pasture released Miss Betty, who had .been kept uuiat with a bunch of jmey carrots, and .turning her into the road where the rest had gone, took the short cut homeward and would uavearr.ved there in time to be seatol on the door step receive Almira but for an imfore seen occurrence. And yet fate had no spite id evil against tlmt 8 only am ; it bidden was the good, old though stoiy j it seemed unmized is evil to_ (nm that m jumping over the five-rail fence into the . high-roml only few rods from home he a should light on a rolling stone that slippts from under Ins foot ami sent lnm ; too rolling Into thegutter, with a broken le£. Nrow Sam bmi properly brought up by a «tm*t hen .E^iaud motherwho behevej in judgments ready to be burled from the hand of .Ood on , every mu ofraart, while memos were capncioua visitants; to be feared rather than welcomed, sud Reecptod on the platform of the old hymn ; : “ We When should stupectamiadsager dokght. nigh « po««« Therefore it is not strange that Sam considered it a direct punishment for his tricks upon Henry when be found leg waa helpless, and he must lie by , j the aa.y-sele-H) Luckily this -seme proved Samaritan to be came Miry past. and her mother, who shocked to were and him lying on the grass,pale as a sheet, and suppressing opened with his effort firm-set the | P»>u that all but |j.> a X11 «pite ol his self-control. With, Almiia’s stron g ar m to .help, fa and l iis ■ ,., T .,rto, h- was aTHarit bottom of the. wagon and taken to the rescue, and before long Sam was care- the , {a Jl y Uid on “ma’s” own bed iu little room off the kitchen ; aud Hemy ingfor being yet MiH in the Betty, unpleasant Almtttiheroelf swamp drove look, 8 hurriedly back to the village and fetched the doctor. Two hours after, as Sam lav there splintered ^ and hd SfflJ pleas, but uot up lu rortaBI.5,Ti5 stumble uot but bear ktteh- a blpfidenng foot farmer's into voice the its elli a nd the old in 4 niffcst tone begin ben, : Henery Pino? “Where hev ye Here’s the oldest to pay ; cow* hum two hours back; ’Sam an’ fetchell nobody to do a chore but me; iu with a broke leg, mother e’en-a’mqat distract e<li Almiry cbleegetlto mul y<*H«-WHaliiiV” go tutor the h»»r«4f, man,” responded “Well,I swan to l Hcary, in anlalt u 7rt . - ^vi r l,.'- ’ W ben a-doin’ my best to find < tuat tarnal Jersey kw)w . she’s led me sech another chase , yjt • an'I dono but what she’s sot in the . .hemlock swamp this minnit." “ Oh, come, now, that won’t pass no muster at all, sir, Betty’s safe in the yard ...... along o o’all the rest on ’em, an’ has has give give d>: down.’six good quarts into my .^il r----- this v< 'ry night; so you talk, needn’t gi^e I me no such humbugging sir. won’t stan'it.” . 44 Lordy! awWbon Idonowhatyou hun^ rea-talkin Bet . s a y au* a - j U H over, tip acrostthn woodlot an’ way iDto the big swamp, till I've-tore my clothes a'most o<Tn me. Look a-theto! 44 More fool you! ejaculated the gusted old farmer, as glare, he eyed Jest Henry’s rags with a sidelong aa* make 44 tracks you harness up Pother mftro, n p to Miss Peter’s, over on the ♦ i„g f au’ fetch her over to see Sam. Take the lantern along; the road’s kinder bad, ftn* n e’ t?ob*t d-r-’t -Idfio. !o-tC themsrc;” the mnr Stung Htung by by the the undeserved undeserved sarcasm, sarcasm, and and uot not as as sorry sorry for for Ham Bam as as he he ought ought to to have been. Henry took things at his ease, and it was well on to midnight be f„re Mrs. Peters got to her boys bed side, to find him sleeping quietly; and w b en he woke at early dawn to the strange consciousness of his own help . leiwaad painful condition, it wwA.com to see hie mother’s anxious, tender face bending over him, aud to feel her motherly^^tonch about hi» bed, smooth and settling and “tidying up,” as on jy his mother could do. After the rest of V>® famUy^had Sam dispersed uul bo, to .m.lVcr their various all to himself, he came to fall tyuifesston.evM sofarastoown lus previous oonversa “wasrsv-s.—.-a» I knew you’d t il about its being jedg a meat; an’ I de i.sre I dono but whftt it wa «. He’s got a clear field, any way, an rnr left out in the cold for all my boast m ’ ; ” ^d here Sam heaved a deep reluc “Well, B igh. Hamwel, don’t novel-do to it ftwee Providence. The,Book says, ye know, • it is good that a man should -bot h hop e a n d gi , peet that holds tree about all good gifts. r make no. doubt it’s'a judgement, 8 am dt'U t i e blesae t Lto v e : " “I don’t feel none too blessed now," murmured Sam, under his breath. “It does seem a heap more as if I vraa t’other-thinged.” Luckily his mother did hot overhear poor Sam’s amendment of her final i opinion, but busied heraeif as tenderly and-carefully if she about least his wants and wishes the as visitation, meant While at she acknowledged to modify his deserving it. But Mrs, Peter.- coul d | not and be though spared she long .took for Ham’s service, every opp-r ' d nnn g - tente f riWlo impress upon him her belief that lie was being pun ;sh«l for hra hard feeling and unkindly acts toward Henry, aud read to lum punctually could and sift pointedly of all the the Bible Scrip tores she out to that same end, it was donbtira even to her hopeful soul if Sam accepted the situation with proper submission. Still, she had to leave him, for be could not 1 he. moved vet ...ver tiiat ioaghmoniitaiu i road,-and Mrs. Calkins and Miry, declared it was not to be thought of at i any time.' The bedroom “dreadful handy,” opening into the kitchen and shed both ; and now all the plowing and planting were over, there was not the same pressing need of his services that \ the there field had been. clear for'hi** Even Henry, courtship, seeing be ; wus : came sulkily amiable to liis rival, and j helped Uke u*mc of him. unasked, which ] in tame softened Sams feeling toward LEXINGTON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MAY 17, 1878. him so tatieh that one bnght Sunday sasifis stasis tithiug-man, "zs&sgutsant Sam improved the oces sion to eon/eas hia sin tp Miiy—that is, a- tar as concerned his hiding of the cow profound and leading conviction Henry astray—and his that the broken leg was Sow a.judgment Almira was at heart a real wommvfor all her oool head and strong will. To have Sam on her hands, help sod more toward her nudeclared k»ver forlhm; word of l tad ove never to her, yetsaid yet by some ihe son- drst derful perception this acute voong person was aa well aware of hi* pawoon as ifd had been blazoned in a woi*K did e < .. j - IT- , re T i n - tmmt on that' Sunday, for Henry took heart the name night to declare himself on the way W8 home from singing-school, d pref(wing offer with of a foil, threats true, and an particular account Sam's quick b a rd words. Of coarse ’Mira was to understand at oncewhy Sam had migled H enry on that eventful night when he broke his own leg, and g^e could scarce of her help smiling adorer at the piteous tone present aa he yecounteil Sam’s fierce menaces. .. Well. T I wa’u’t bnt thinks skeert I, n I’ll >ne, be ’Miry, „„ w tell ye; even with him, sure as shootin'; for I’ll tell ’Miry on't next show time her I git a chance, o’ an’ ,,f tbat don’t what sort a feller „ f finno nothin.’ ” “ And I appose," retorted ‘Mira, “you n< , T (!r thought you was a-sliowin’ did what kind of a feller you was, now ye ^eapiftp Book-a here. ll-tale HeneryPine! from the.tinic lalwayadid 1 fcaS^igb'to a t-p .was a hoptoad; and a grown op tell-tale is the Worst of all!” dew 44 Ob* Lordy t Almiry Why, Calkins! what yon mean? I want ye to mftrr y me t Hain’t I said it out plain?” ; “'Yon needn't never say it no more," ' put in Almira, with a nohle disregard of grammar 1 wouldn't in behalf of impressiveness, the marry you ef you was Kingo’ Siam." : "Well! well! well!” blubbered Henry. “I never’d lm’ thought you’d lia’ gi’n me the mitten, seem’ what a farm our folk* has got, an* money in the bank, an’stock au’crops. I don’t know how to b’lieve it” “Don’t make mo give ye a pair o’ mittenR," said his enraged goddess: “so I wish ye gtsxf here night and bettor the door; man ners —for tbey-were at and Almim jlippcd-iip .ataira-ta bed, tills. ^mgmjmr^rrt 1 with loathing and rage, and ^ .that tarn < fool of himself. No,indeed! 8 am was no fool; He became aware that Henry wasinadiear and sore frame of mind the next day; and seeing that'Mira »s* more thananally with snappyan<lalert,^'and hot color in went about a l‘« r cheek*, onr liedrid phihmo|dier drew bin own coudufliom, and when *Miw cama after teft-tu with Mxa^l contrived to coax the story out of her. It was abominable in 'Mira to tell her discarded lover's secret; but let us for give her, for she hail her own reasons, Sam's face grew bright as she recounted with unaffected scorn Henry’s miprise at her contempt of his money. » He’s a brute," said 8 am, curtly, and then his voice softened. “Ob, ”Mirv, ,f I should ask von; w ith no sort temptation, kiss’the only jeht Hi»t Fit tte to ^ajaittM tip.of Jriur shoe, t«»r I lovo ye « 0 ; hard, 'Sliry anirfurning looked down m her toward Hap very her face the said, slowly, “ I dono bb ’twonia hurt ye to Tliere try.” mightilv expressive waa a silence head bent for a minute, low-that' and Bam ’"Miry's could pretty lift so himself to meet it before he spoke again, to say, with a queer half laugh, “Mother said my broke leg was u jedgment, but somehow it stems anything but that jest now. I dono’s I ever should ha’ got cmirege, ’Miry, without Pd laid here an’ seen ye so dreadful good an’ kind to me.” “ Mebbcyon'll wickedly retorted find it’s a jeffement yet,” Well, ef ’tie,” answered ’-Mira. satisfied 44 Sam, 44 it’s mother mightily nsed tempered say/” with mercy, as to And nothing to this day Squire did him Peters much-good always says ever so as his first acknowledged, judgment, ! 0 — —//ar/xsr«’ Harpers* flazar. Bazar. ” '- J “ Words or Wisdom. There is hardly any circumstance that may not have been worse. He that knows not when en 10 to be silent- enl ’ , 1 * He a that <»n compose mmself t is . wiaer . than he that composes books. If a man cheats yon once, blame him; if a second time, blame yourself. It is a glorious itisa thing to resist tempts- a£,id ti ons, but safe thing to them. T he praises sr of .'«rjaraaa others mav be of use in g r * It .. is , a dull and hurtful »* » pleasure ? to , have to do with people who approve of we do or say. It takes one less time to l^reconcilea get over one’s own tnisforluno than to to a neighbor’s good fortune. There are people with whom penitence stands for repentance—people with nrotirning dispenses- w ith f,, e ling sorrow. M|ld| ,„ rpso i llt ;„ n s like the sodden b ■ t ^ C ‘ “L f l] «n the changeable.,ess Write ytrar name mkihdhess, love and mercy, on the hearts of those you come > n contact with, and yon will never be forgotten. (tenerosity dnring life is a very differ ent thing from generosity in.the hour of death; the one proceeds from liberality and benemluiuPv-atiri-ttig-ottrer from pride or fear. fo!grtttetim Bureessin - We is ltid ieren’t io 111 Air a* e when we much, j, is ; n8t Kl wjt h the frog on a jump; he pan - t remember when he was a tadpole ' _i ’TT' mt ot her folks can, !h2t?e t A 'ireS*^ u£u£Z F Knt “j ' tre^n're J the other a a treasure. ” the present. prestdesMerlhe.psst;-a The first lives 6 over in a nch temple hang with glonous trophies, and huisl with tombs; the other has no fthnne but duty, and it walks the earth like a spirit. Silent, patient, noisy continuous labor does more than talk or vain boastin' Silent labor accomplishes and makU ; viriil.»|e something that is enduring; while idle talk, like the babbling of a shallow brook, evlhcea more noise than strength. ■*. t A TERRIBLE SCMA «— --^r and steodilv toward the valley of Mexieo, bnt abontfi-rty miles below TorresNeras the iron horse ehsc., s headlong pace for a moment, and the wheels revolve slowly and oanthmaly, as if we were moving on dangerous ground. We pass a depot which four months ago formed the terminus of the eastern road, but now only marks the eattera tetc dr pout step out on the opposite bulk transfer yonr baggage to a little hotel, whose good-sired beds and rustic fare will ke^p you tolerable ojmfortable till tte nezt day's afternoon. . : ii The hnnk two of depots and the hotel stand t!;e at l e trw-A { Isrrsnra. nn j fathomable canon of the Bio Sentander, | which iasues from the mountain gate of ! a narrow glen eleven miles further southeast, and 8 ,000 fee t further down, ; not far from the village of San Lucas. Half way betweeudmre and San Lucas ; the depth ol the barranca is three-tenths : of a league, the or just one English the mile, but between main piers of via ; duct and further up hill, a plumb line of 1,800 fathoms has failed to reaeh the i bottom. Near Acoleingo the width of 1 the barranca is half mile, nod as far as i « the eye can penetrate its gloomy gulf the sidm present the appearance of slippery or f»y-niant!ed but absolntelv vertical depth walls, of 200 and lanterns lowered to the or 300 feet only serve 1 to “make darkness visible," and to start the bats that seek refuge from the sun iu the eternal night of theabvss. Six ; teen miles above Aeoleingb, the canon o Brn tedtj. meainree ii» developed from > ft ravine which baldly twelve feet across by sirtv fend deep to its upper ' extremity, and retains timse- dimeusionr. for nearly half a mile down hill, where its visible lsittpm sinks abruptly ; j u to a yawning precipioo, and only appears‘twenty-«even the south fork of miles the further river iBsuea east. where f rom the ravine near San Lucas. For a mile or two above the mouth of this ravine the water can be heard rushing an ,i foaming between its sunless banks, but further up all is stil l i an d rocks tumbled over the edge Of the abyss thunder and reverbwato in tlieir descent f or second after second till the last faint ram blings seem to echo from the in terior of the earth. jn* carts of bridging this hatchway Tartarus were at first ■ vtimated at ^yjp(v SSUrtingMd B oo T CTriv- laving fouudatioDS over foundatuin^for thRm ye ars and a hrtf, ‘ Shed The “heir™butmenta SSrn. ^mbtoJU and L2 too- neotm <w Indian 1 beside a corps of skilled North ffTKeMmHirate mR «on 8 forthree further Teatu ! cortrf the '«orti te a wcimn nr hmfIv ^StoWv L wth« w£rld" a French engineer^^ expresses it—who i„__.if !,;« fnollml .1 nnc/> bnt ban Sf Peiedtog rati* nrnmind sn a in m ^ne the ^mez^of nick incrcaswtny me mrcnmsuuioeinaiaur Z^raauc^L ^ aralivZd with traM A*S' ^ . n ,. h _ nf the the cnlf level ihe nlaoe is afflicted with fta ^^ oL TT*! .,,,1 its "P” tree stunteri , , ; ?? firs nr i amt ,iiSbS jumper nusnes. etrcies, ■ T " A Coble Mile ef Humanity. A fanciful' geniiis suggests that it is now time cubic to eelebrntc toe humanity, completion and of the first mile of gives a calculation to show that toe | HH « 8 S of all mankind, from the first i Adam down to the Adams just bom, if closelypacked without diminution ; volume, would exactly fill that space. i Here are his figures, which our yrang mathematiciaus wk.. have nothing else to do mav verify to^the ifthev can. : According orthodox chronology j the world has been inhabited about 6,000 | years, or 170 generations. Its population millions-; but is this about fifteen of population hundred density must have been slowlv reached, I seqaently . ;ti Uv.^uuteU he takes uuutau the briginai. number Uoh- of th2'presint half i liens^ seven huudred au.l flftv mil as the average population of the ! world from the begiintog until now, making the aggregate of human Imdies during the 170 generations, 127,500 mil lions. Since many ,lie in infancy, and half are women, the sverage wright of each body The ia taken aa weight seventy-four of all pound*. may^ind - date aggregate accordingly be to must 4,212 milBon ton<s-or a little mm than the weight ihe of a cnhic milu^f tfi sea ihe water. Since human body, lungs not inflated, is a trifle hesvier than sea i water, onr calculator assume, that hi. estimated 4,212 million tons of human '«?- wouldfiU the same space as 4,805 Taking ^ the same figure and exercia iu „ the me freedomin striking inclined avera SeduwanvSer^!amusing „ tlie mathematical! v may ‘ results, Foi^instance, teuXof1mmani^^be assumiiK'' the average » little muter . fourteet, the bodies of ail mankiud, ttv ing anil dead, placed end to end, would : iust make a bridge from the earth to the ; sun I—.Vricn t in c Amrri rtm. ----- 1 ‘ .-w' Died ,„„o For. Have u Colonel Montgomery was shot in a - due , about-.a dog; C,Monel Ramsey n. , one about abouT a servant: Mr- Sterne:» Ferthe^toie father . su one about a recruit; and another - in one a goose, gen tleman in one about an acre pf anchovies. One officer was challenged for merely asking his opponent to enjoy the second goblet, and another was compelled enera! to fig ht about a pinch of sn uff._G Harry was challenged by « CilptaiD Smith for declining wine at dinner on a ste.ux.lm trt ’, al t h u ugh tte.i- G fiun tl, hM ma<le pleade.1 him as sick, an exense aud Lieutenant that m --^nabiy Cowther lost his life in a duel because he ref used admittance to a clnb oocumS of pigeon shooters, ' In 1777 a duel in JJaw York city, between Lieutenant Featheretone hangh, of the deventy-sixth, and Captain McPherson, of the Forty-third Bnttsh Regiment, in regard to the mannerof eating an ear of corn— 0 “® contending ffia 4 r - tfe -b H(l -mating t.- 3 Slrom the and the other that the grain should be cut off from the oob before eating. Lien .tenant Featherstonehangh lost hia urm, the ball from his antagonist^ pis - fcol shattering the limb dreadfully, Graham, so that it had Noah’s to be amputated. editor the Major assistant on 1827, [ Motional Advocate, lost his Hoboken, life in with at the dueling the son-in-law ground at of E*fward Liv iugstone,'' Barton, dispute about in » simple cards, ■ “ what was trumps” ia a game of iBreattoBS at Auction. provement tssasxrjLsre in brick molds, (choice of ; ore uff the United States,) brought $1,000; a conrere cylinder attachment to a heater. warranted to obviate leakage from ex haunt steam pipes, 81,200; • new .boot and shoe trimming machine, $1,075; an improved turbine water-wheel, $ 1 , 550 a dosimeter, which is an apparatus for measuring doses ot medicine, $2,050; an SS^I*ta?T blank or oilier tZi form at 'thesame injures- 82,150; *1,075; an Dewparlorskatefone-third improved quilting madhine, a intereet.) $125; m improved portable governor tree-fell- o ler water-wheels.XtSO; sawing, a and machine, *570j_ an i)mvem>»nt in .--.T-arie ItoTtes. AA 45 :a new lathe chuck for holding the packing rings of steam-engine pistons, SM0; a new fire kiudler, composed of mineral coal, wood, resin and a paper bag, (New York City only,) $400; a Bpring balance which indicates the net makin? weight only, *345; a machine for concave corks, *500; an improved level, with top and side indicators connected by gearing, *336; an umbrella that may be turned into a cane ot-rice versa, 8600; a cheap bale He, *350; an invisible aaifii lock, *525; a witlTaW new jacket fountain pen, 8350; a slate in the frame for holding pen oils, *250; au improved steam (Pennsyl- trap, *225; an improved washboard vania. and New New York York, except Kings county that be mannfictnre.1 City), *280; a fop ccmformi- the tor can *«, present one costing windbwacreeu, 875, 8250; a cbeaj) sod easily adjusted *230; an improved boiler water gauge, $150; ft sa^ih perforated clothes key, plunder, $175; a fastener, lock with a doors, $125; a com binat-ion for tranks, etc., $1,100; a wate\'^cooler, with an ioe rack above the water line, went for $75; an improved harhess buckle (New England New York and Choice of Southern Stales), for 835; an-improved aah-sifter plow for 875; au improved for *65; a cigarette machine, 835; a guard for door knobs, 835; a machine for gathering cranberries (choice of any State except Massachusetts) for by 835; a fire escape, which can be us ed three persons at once, for 825; a enmUned file and screw driver, 825; another nnti-niootine improved fire-es cape, for 835; an cigar holder, for 825, and a combined and scissors sharpener, screw driver button hook, for *50. Several potato diggers, corn planters, stopper holders, clothes fasteners, chnrf.-. cut-offs, bnttou hole cutters, grates, barrel-stauds. bar rivers, am. ottar articles including withdrawn-for ’ were lack of bids. ---—....... Fashion Notes. n. mare trains are coming in vogue rhiMirni'a ^^‘^ ren B th-enscs -i r « Hat w M r nnu!« made lpn^f i .ncer . Flowers are not used on English round hats. - P el t iop - ym m ^ and rnrtbrethtunr e j * 8 ^ in voffue. Jacqueminot red is the newest shade of this noon'ur color T tank gf jfg*. more worn worli ,or for evening toilet than kid gloves. Re lge colored gauze round is hats. th» jiopular veiling material for Flower bouiiets for summer wear are made of small flowers only. Pure wiuteis more fashionable at the MrvTritotbcI Princosse limrcrie is ahsolntolv nm tft sary with the present style of dress. --Sbprt'Wterti tips « hunches arc preferred to tong sweeping jilumee. Cutaway jackets and waistcoats of silk, terry cloth, or bourette aro very stylish. require taste Bead ornaments great and -careful management in thoir use to look well. AU children’s earmeuts, whether for bova ox girls havi the skirts longer bv * severnl inche« JS,, tinnuet sbnSto^d trimmimrs are amnaed Steolfbv to' tot^ nriint 7 the ■ hes* “lUmery artists. Old gold, Jacques red, ar«\tUe beige, cotow mastic, most ^ robin’s egg blue 8 ° a flkt for at the ipoment. The fashionable evening shades are. pale rose, pale dove pale and blue, ashes opaline of or rose gray, roses. Wldt'' be'worn tenr make** e nretty waisteofft that may indoor morning with‘any costume. kind of a street or sKmlobs lontt tnouXto teatsh a line l“£ 4 J 0 ! eth ® top ® hebo ° • Medwn write and sleeves, with troth m . the armhole and aronn d the elbow, are announctsl as coming fashions. An ostrich tip or a wing and wiifi an orna ment of metal, jet or beads, a aearf of veiling material, i« the only trimming that a round hat needs. La<*e waistcoats-Honiton. Dncdiesfie, Ruesiau guijhre-«e Point antique cut-work and verv ^ fast ionahle worn over . —r-— . The Mystery ef Seren Hketeteas. JjjSiW Kv* Tho^cavc is in the hVh bluffsthid overipok the Tennessee river. m t O’Brien wereImrrified^to andhis ueighborsexplorod sevenskele find tons S-S^“fn^midtegs, tenanting the darkness. Judging Vl and the (He month of the room in which they were found had been almost entire t T bbstructed by debris, which murt been maHTT. WSl l l aei ui ma l atmg, nrobable that the bones are those : of “ Tib-riiriiirr of the Ohio the skeletons bad^been wonl^ndteate • a Wnltaweo v ^ »)«,». recesses of tins subterra - • „ r one „f them lies across , ^ bony fingers of both . , 1 Ito h the throat of the rttoln sup | walteof the . . .'etons were discovered ; - _ .i. , *■•.- „ •« ,) iPT hail tieen finish , , ■ n, „.,t. n v..»tK>o of anything that would in d U icate that the eave had-ever been occu ■ (ranmHwOT«w<aaa.ins I’’-' r qq- r v '" li! - xjj or NlII! l It .. . p£f e to doubt whether the Pope.who has just ; n st been ^ electad elected should not Leoi-HI. elected asPopfttbetoreh twelve Leos , but uuc _of those, II l, held h. 1 . le ten position by a vp ry flueshona 1 ^ not- generalty aotmste* *" i been a genuine Pope. Me was <s iBy the authonteol. the remptror uh- , an opposition pope, Keneuict oe.ug elected by the vonnai.. ne i^noir > some Cathoh^i to have r>een a i gi _ Pontiff, but Ban>uum trt.aw nim u intruder, ana tnc ,>• been jhaftctoriir aenuw. n« »r . was-altogether a iu< •» also that of Ljm ri , _ i,avinw* , been med m exile ^ , *■ , ^ deposed by the kjnp < •• YOL. IV. NO. 32. FAU*. BARDBY i=s. ASD H0CSLH0LI*. fruit and ornamental trees, and, indeed, to *11 who sre following the pursait tned agricnltore, eyen if their iabom are to bat a small lot of land. In word, if only a few shrubs or bushes to be planted out in a village lot,a small garden to be Ihe kept as a source from and which j to- produce vegetables small frats necessary for family consumption, ter. The«e condition* areobrioasJy oi im- be port»t to vegeUtioa, and they the surface very effieienUysecur«l of by oorering with a ataatum porous nmter jals, such as.tan bark, charcoal duet, leaveaor strawy maunre, which wUl pre piv’l or hard, and, at the same time, assist mnmmtaminga uniforBBtym its mechanical tertiira favorable to tnere tenhon of moisture. Air is the best non conductor, and bodice are represaited an good ot bad conductors, Iron just as they m e »lid or porous. is s better duetor than*ood, .granite stone abetter ! conductor than brick, hard pressed soil J* * better conductor than soil that is loose and porous. A hard trodden path w warmer m summer and colder m win ter thandhe cultivated ground alongs'de «f «t. When the so.l particles are m pressed contact, the condition is favor able to rapid conduction. Bummer muds over such a aurfaec carry off the moisture which the heat evaporates, the "nrfaee w languishes. speedily parched driV-*»L vegetation When the sur face is covered with a mulch of Much porous matenals as those enninerateii, it fffft ««ure 8 a stratum of air in re-■ P°*® between the soil and the cause* of ration and evaporation. In the ease of recently aumformi planted degree trees, of Hie presenra **on of moisture in the soil surrounding their roots is a great point t< evard their successful growth; nnd, other things bemg eqnal, they will languish condition or^flourish of uniform m moisture proportion is secure. as this ’Although mu. -lung losses is a very have simple red operation, from yet muMjiplieation. serious It is oocur- often its Jhe case heavy that trees application are destroyed mulching from ”0 an of material, .such as grass, manure mid tan bark. Before applying the mulch to a recently the-amt Mound planted it tree, basin if m form, spring, extend- shajie m mg.the the run beyond this oonfimration the extremities of of facerainswi roots; by U he retained, and if sur letfua ed,-nrtilleial wnleriiigs ei.n~be applied to beetadvantage. \Vitb refere ncetofaj i stem of Hie plant, so a* to throw off the ke »vy rains o water. Of co.trse such mound should be removed before the following summer. remarlft*d, the principal As already n80 0 f winter mulching is to The:b«it prevent frast frmn retohing the rtwto. undoubtedly material for this mirpose is c ha ro ost ;dnstr"Wirch manure « » '[ «Uonld not be thrown < lose tip to the 8tem P 1 * 11 *’ otherwise it might, [irove a harlior for ground mice, which r 0 °K h tt ™""' 1 or under a coarse cover mg are sometimes very destructive When by eating the bark of young trees. they aro trouhlesomc the precaution should be taken to trample firmly over the roots aud around the stem heavy snows, and keep the snrfsce clean compact. nnlcr bocffcctn^^ ■ : In to , lo f heavy. * 7 ““mSP" When sawdust, i“l tanbark » m S, orchar coal dnst is used, a layer of three inches m.lej.thwaLhe.<xinte. snfflcieijt^Orass suitable, but cut torn lawns is verv mere spmikhng only should^Tie applied at. a time. ThickooatingH promote fun goiti growths, winch frr-qnently destroy trees. Fruit or- ornamental trees that have been transplanted wul rarely be much benefited by mulching alter toe nrst year s growth. The «d™nteges.of mulching . t»grow- . _ mg . veget ables are eqnally import ant cr °P? pS»^es, will thus be w*m, enabled to mam ‘ain growth during the dryest veathcr. This oovermg_is not lntendtsl to super setle stirring the soil, but when the plants become so far advanced in| growth as to be beyond the hoe and plough,^muich mg may be applied,, mui those who give it a fair trial on their crops in a dry sea w>n “j®* Let promptings those who to repeat the practice. uerewnore, nav^ . g ve d a fmr trial, and SJ' themselves the great benefits to be de ' I ™ i .* rom lts P^iper and jndicious ap P h<a ‘ l0,> ’ „ ,.2*?“**® article of divt for poultqr. H yon have a sick frint tree, dig it up and plant a good one m ifca place. Thorough drainage, plenty of stable manure, with will a heavy foundgood top-dresaing of coal aalie*, be for soils of a close, heavy toxtnre. A writer in Moore’* Mural has neve® known JravmJays, butter milk, “poureri on .luring WacS to fartto cure . pig of ’ senrf.’ even when «re disease was of so long -fers. duration that the animals back was stnilw.He.i by if ^. hi# health many a m»in amUtrong arms, he is qualifier! for farm iog. Here is where so many fatal mi» tokes are made. Succere is onlv and won by long years of patient study expen meat poultry The French mode of killing bleed causing instant death, and perfect mplish inv without disfigurement, is.acoo ed bfra iening the benk^of the fowVahd with a sharp pbiuted aud narrow bloded mikingan iucisi.m at IheJiS£k_2L of the month, which wfll divide 1 the vertebra; and cause immediate death, which the fowls are hung np by the -legs till bled. Thev are then picked while warm, and, if desired, without mg. In this way the akin presents when a more natund appearance than scalded. : .... ssss.--------:----- Progress in Japan. from Japan is no t a w aki n g slo w l y a sleep of ages. She has waked up with a sudden start, to find that she is left ! three hundred years behind in the race of civilization and enlightenment. the last She has been making during catch ! ten years herculean efforts to np. fte-hsa thrown off the usurping the feudal power Ltem capitalized overthrown the enormous pen smns of the Daimios and their two il 1 ^ ^ >f ^inere, the Samnrai, into* to] phBi i^hthonses, and a gvstmn, ^ the latter as complete in- as POn tlT oan boast ol She has , trfB , nml / ^bool svstem, United taking the , systems of the States as More than one huudml daily models papers ; jU> , j^ned • b ^ks of law, science, . ^ \!re bllosoIlhv have been translated, »ud ‘scattered ev«rvwhere through tb ; f ) aoirt . They are con.vpicuoURiy a » 4 >v. : ry passer-by, tosh .the I slitdvc* of cvery^’lioofcdjor*-* in rvery city > un. i!!age in the land; Set a Man-jins (Jirl. jfacaK ' s«rsf’ , — — w “lizzie.” he said “yon mast jeaj mT heart ere this- you must know km dearly I lc.v# i ‘-yes, Fred- ”‘aaid yon have certainly Terv attentive Liazie. “ But, Lizzie darling, , me? Will you be my wife ?” “ Your wife, Fred 1 Of aU things, no! No, indeed, nor any one else’s.” twe^flve^Sh^Stata. “I^ook *liere I’ve had over thanks friends,” to yon and n$' other gectlemsn py*! winced a little here, whether at ■ the remomiirance of that unpaid livery i h - li, or t h e id a r.f Li il kie's sle igh i ng . with her other gentlemen friends I tan no t positively How answer. do think sisters “ many you my , have had ? Not the sign of one, either »f i ; them Nellie . Such pretty girls much as attention May and were, too, and so thev nse<l to have»” . •• Now, Lizzie-” “I am fond of going to the theater occasionally aa well I as shouldn’t a lecture or cert sometimes, nnd like it if I pyopm,. V d attenSingany such entertain meat be invariably told that times K ,_ Cr , iar ., mv fo ]„„band couldn’t afford it, and then have him sneak off ai on «. “ Lizzie, Lizzie -” “And then if once in a dog’s age he lH a eondeacehd logo with me anywhere jn the evening, I shouldn’t Uke to be ;,,f( p, pick mv wav dfbreaking along the slippery i4swB at the risk mv neck, he walking I’m along unconsciously dependent, by n y and I of need a the protection clinging natlire> of a BtronR arin> - “ Lizzie, tbia is all nonsense.” “ I’m the youngest in our family, and J , wr ij a p 8 J’ve been sjxnled. At all events, know it would break mv heart to have my congeals husband vent allthe the world ill-temper which de lle from on mv fenceless head." “But, Lizzie, I promise you that J_ •• Oh, yes, Fred; I know il what l yon ore K 0 i,jg to say—that von w be differ cj t - bnt Mary and NeJl have time and again that no better husbands (ban theirs ever lived; no, Fred, as a ll)Te _ T on are iust perfect, and I shall hate awfully to give yon up. Still, if yon arc ,,f bent girls on u-bo marrying, there marrksl are t v have., not sistera, or who are not wise enongh to , lf< ^ t |>y their eBtmp |». if they have. H 8 ^ 1 ‘ t ^ ^ P^Tbefore __•■ _ Lizzie l.a.1 t,ering concluded, something Fred ma< , e {or the door> ma “unmentionable “There!” exclaimed to ears Lizzie, polite." the as ^ oor c | OS(H j w ith a bang. “I knew he wa„ n<) and betterthMfther**t. Aleck Tnat’atheway ^nnra j n bn ewf-fw* when tuil perfect 3 g fl don bea? - t go just right. He’d ^ , of a husband, bnt j> m 8ony he came splendid to the point so.toon, f ( , r j ie wa s just a beau." -- — -- Traveling In a Land or Leeches. Monotonous as it was, writes a traveler Slffl lSg! there g was constant excite L°teSeL fiedni and otillingoff, which swarmed T),c around seemed hHvp- bodSes^embling wherever yon lonk«?I you fine “elastic” (similar to a piece out of the side spring ^f a boot), ” gracefully \ ? erect, ? and p^^s- making , y a ith the mod of tin their genus, s tart, -j !ia d encased my legs in thick stockiuira.'iatd aecurely tying which them 1! fi iraH 4 . my ^ trbwsere. ^ n miH of tape, thinking trudged myself p er fg 0 tly secure. I had. on wit t 10 ut caring for the voracious worms which j constancy saw on the bare carried legs mv companions, J each of whom R ^ #t be mA of And_iime^_(!Qyered wh ich was a small witlia of tobocca ^ piece of muslin, one application drop sufficed to make a leech ^ apparently stupefied. Salamah At noon river, we reac bed.the banks of the w ), ere asHumcd the aspect of a monn ^ tarrent, and, being anxiorts to con template at my ease what was a grand the midst of a forest—the water aTi ^ roaring among bowlders of _ reat magnitude—I ordered a halt, and , , ■ , ?. -y r’ r ~ end and^-.bathe my feet. full Oh.hor ror l my stockings eSntrivaucss were of blood; mT ^ European hadfaUed, in(rteai j 0 f keeping out my enemies, had offered them a safe retreat, nine gorged for I discovered no less than . jesoj^g j n one stoeking^^and moment eight I discarded in the ; other. From that s hoes and stockings, and, doing in Ma ; laya a» the Malays do, ever after walked barefoot, armed with a stick, tobacco ; and lime, which I found most effective, mtiMfctift oniv % little vigilance on mv s own part ot mm lowers in omr Indian myde of progrea sion. - J- _ ~~ . Snake (analbsllsm. Regarding the question whether there ar. , has received several American correspondent com- (H. {municatjons. j of Poughkeepsie, - N.Y.) wntee: While , | rambling Ma^., through the woods near Pead ham one afternoon, some Tears large ago, I snJdenly the came of upM swUowing a black snake m act a 1 garter anake of aboutJiali its own srae. He had sUcceeifed in getting own near ly oneTialf tin- length of lUBBHiy. HMU first, and was so oomplsteiy gorged ,»* EIows .te^be^mcapableof fFom stouTiHMspaiehedliim, moving. A-iew a and the garter spake was drawn from his interior dead. Theblack, snake mres; nreil fonr feet eight inches lnlength. Mr. V. S. Ejffcf*. .<* ffewtagJF B. observes: We have here a black and white snake we call the kind-rt'faod king snake, which will leave any other to eat a snake. - There waa one brought in la town' snnke a few tli days itself ago hangi with n a g much f rom r ger - a n its mouth half swallowed. T .' A l»amrer«m« „ »«'«• John Mars all : William -on of Mrs about shell on sixteen Antietam years ^a^fieH oj«Lt»«e>* an^ up took a it home m Porterstown, Washington county, and in the evening extracting some powler, tested its virtue with by the lighted candle, and it failed to explode He then laid the shell by the night m the kitchen. The fiext 1 morning he made, the ffremJhe .stove and firing a stick at one end he inserted it into the shell, when it burst with, ter rible effect, almost tearing off one of his hands, and lacerating the otherr-shatter iug it with the bonee of the wnst, which will in a few days require amputation, and destroying one of lus .eyes. It demohshed the wmdt.w lights and broke n hole down through the floor, hU'l a iragnieijt passed up through floor above and through the ropf.-a-~/tao i . limore Am#ru:an WE OGLETHORPE ECHO. .-Jserttaln* Rats* jljjiB jlmilyr 1 i UKfc. . -ti.w *1 -*> & 4.0T «>**-«> «s.«n«4iii LM «.«» »-Wpigfr «£« S’ *lacfe«*. *.«) t.dS <UW S.OB *M* JMO *MW %-ccla*Be. 4.96 «.<*• *.'*> 12.00 ».0b SC.Ui 5% aoiumxL. ' *.*• IS.Ob »WS*,‘** •*.(£» 1 niuut 12.96 !«.t<6 *).«' &(» 6 Legal Advertisements. C Sheriff aaim, per l<wy, ten lice*.............. KKtESSSSa.S Sxecaiore*, Alm;ul*ir*lor*' aod ttnardi*e’* _ « q «»*ri .vt. ..... .. . 77 . EiA edditiofai mbw* .. ........... v ...... Sulicew ssiJ tfeirtr ,]<s* Notec* of Le»re lo B*fl, thirty d*y*. .......... IMUn of A4ic«iwtr*tlon, thirty ts»jv ..... 2>tur* i of R'-mimia. tfcf s BOBttl. letter* of <*a*pslawMitnr. thirty <t»y* . .. l*U#r* of f>i*. OoBrtii*o*hip. forty days.. apTomUmd livuoeo. tbr** m-ertmo*...... Eiiie SiK 1 ! per * 4 h*re, each ia»-rtvj|» Items of Interest. •*.«"»*«*-««»» «—•*?%—"—t *•“* i* the most warlike nation? Vareinatioti. Why? Beesnae d »«• in arms. There arc many men whose tongues might govern moJtitudea, if they could 8 OTera t!l ” , ' ,<,D «J lM, » horses. King Humbert owns eight hundred Heseenadeternm.tdtuestab liah a stablegove nment. ***** sbR d sod herrin# werl sre fonad in ^ they hitherto an Kansas teeeher : “ Where does all our gram produce go to ?” Boy; “It g-es into the hopper.” Teacher; “What ? h o ppev ^i- Boy ttri o aplm nHyrr^rnrsv hoppmr.’ The Emperor Alexander of Bosnia has I signed a charter conferring upou Xcw York capitalists the right to • reet and operategrain eleyatork thronghout the Russian empire. eouSv Mr Larkin ^roreia Tnrner of ilerriwether mediae b»k his flret dwe of wlmn he was hue htmdred years old Fatal step ! He only ^ lived ten years after tliat ” J T “ rk 'i' ! J, There w me fifty-two nwTiw,-, ^ persona . V^n , who U draw each fo ,000 or over. The cup of human bliss is alaint as fnll as it can ever become without strum mg the goblet, when the tiny, bright ’T 0 ^ little toddler bids gopil-bye to gowns and sashes and finds himself in ■»* »«•» !>«>?«» panttloone. Horseflesh is now becoming eo cora mon ftfi article of food m Fans, that 1,000 beasts are consumed every month. They are not killed until they become useless for work through age or lame ness. Tlie meat ia but half the price of beef. A generation or two ago, when colleges «m?totogtmeralnw,itus«ltobefrc- were few and coal oil had not nuently urged that occasional world wars from were necessary to prevent the becoming densely populated.—Srre/ f,,*t Tnhu _ aa— t „,k tofjwwifc_ A trasom little desr. He feuoed her In situ botharmr And whispared in l.or ear. “ For i “ekutoiera, littto JL, .jS' w , . L h n . showf^nl^fofioWera , f the «t,which ri s e* in the morning >te toil tor^TeAs three jerks, «dtawSdrS3 and is ready drewwl r 7 A . Boston _ , „„ „ A. - . o was eftug >th End vesterday. It may be safe enoug u m cateh a hut.er ft >*u-ctni-, bat when ertfr von rr J waspvou want tc it at ? eaa - Bh,,tlDg » e8 ‘ erl ’ V toward the bead. The strengtli of the French army is »follows: Active army (five classes), 719,366; reserve of active anny (foni elaasca). S!»,98a; tenitonal armytfivo classes), 004,736; reserve of territorial army (six classes), 638,782; total, 2,473,. - 868 -rtl trained nuo; Ten tliouaun ?i<1 mifr** nf __ ' n into the Atlantic, and yet its salty nature would befresh ensdonly in and around, the mouth of the iscnrionaanddeeplylntSwiteag. rivers^ Nature's work, in salt-water Ocean's Two dogs were found on tlie plains heavy by some cow boys after a recent snow storm. ‘They starvation, were reduced but in- to skeletons through stead of eating the meat thrown to them they carried it to their master, a team¬ ster, who had wandered about for twelve days, lost in the snow. A traveling tree peddler gooeelierries sold some ex* * traordina ry kind of t< ^ a farmer. Next year when thtf pedti.’er came round the farmer informed . him that his gooseberry bushes bore cur¬ rants. “That is all right,” says the peddler, “that kind always produces currants the first year.” wqbk. 4 * How Rpe&ks the present hour V set Walk, upward glMteing; in glory be tracked, 8ti .iihfU thy advancing. footsteps blow, but of daily endeavor, 8coru not the whiIlno*« Let the great meaning «moble expended it ever; Droop uot o’er, efforts in vain, Work as believing that labor is gain.' Japanese workingnjen are piling of 1,000 up wealtlt on the enormous * salary add • ‘ cash ” per day. It is .needless to they are paid in “cash.” Tliiw para¬ graph is written with the purpose of en¬ couraging immigration to Japan, and therefore the fact that it takes 1 CK) eftr u to make one cent will not be divulge**. * Knowing now, mi vre do with certainty, tho tmtrenae* of form to which all matter is liftbte, we may surely predict that the future of onr globe simply depends upon tlie amount of heat received by its Rorface. H the heat diminishes, aU earth and air wiil l>e silent stone, with¬ out the breath of file upon it ; if the heat, increases, the whole world< will melt in thin' air. — Zb. E. li. Foote?* HeaUh Monthly. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Herald, in describing House, the Cabinet’s room in the White J . “The Cabinet table, which s m ) 8 j E tlieceoteri.f the room, is of (brk t(xkI COTere ,i ^th red morocco. Tll&re arb m ven drawe rs in the tsld c. ^ lickf> aQd key8f end <rf hi* ewiil memlter The of Cabinet has one «wu. j, ;, JeDt at all times during office bonre, SiB-at the head <A torn table ’Symoreinff jt , , ; s papers in front of him, ami a large, fresh bouquet is P before him. Jt hflfl lKWoraP 8 fashion with certain 1 ptan • sheets to give original Sstote , entertainment of the JSn. in thehome circJe. pre-empted We beg j I fortrespasaing on the re&aYad 8 .but havin g ■ eoii tnTmtOT entirely new trisnne an for making bread, we ted «*•' ' -trainisl to give it to Urn-culinary world, . - « f„ii OW s ” Four quart* tlonr ; four I . „ np j ( „tto„ tnttihg; ^ - nfA condense-i fog; eight , ( •: oue-ouarter pound - stove and „w> rin e Pnt it in the ; watch it r.se. - 5 ; ““•* ' The tmv mettius? ITie f.r« 7 *th of south wind totting p»«t I crimson in the msple *ilooteT n6 fPitieh febing .'Toctrvat- brtdrt. tiieMns-bira the rootv . - * note, ....... , The hw The dxnAetton on the tuost; The earthlv color of the Rtraaio Toe wjmrfT flnffh of rtPMhin it g5eam the vmg or bird. woodkide f he h dir of 1>ee fixe dswa'Of the U : ^ Tltei The rapid Tigidw r«*h fitter o-f Utt on rub j The morning hear fo---1 ’»« The noonday dr• « n-r* ; the -.x-dge The ehfingins &Aot • the visvfe, 'i!he fr«dx«. r haeof BiotioUiii lAne Are things that te-ii to fevs* *uo e«r .. .. dm*mg . . . . Tbttplpnng e *oft d»y* ***