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■ i __ __ —, ■ i . by hook car I t—A. ia Vf ew«t4w • ohlUia. And, whare that ttumh ttand*. maur » ■**“ PTwm afield thenv-a tave •«* tool— Her cheeks, a* abatba “irofieldo^^. jffTa. ’ Were redder than the umLa Hcr eye* were brirtt. .Sex.M. That •perk 1 ' the netty throng , And, jtevtarafoot youngttere ahe would go,— at I watched her, I allowed It wasn't strange they lored her so. Bat when, joet . , at ,... the rchoolhonse . _ door, urchin claimed hit kise, ah ! than kmged to go barefoot once more, , And read the spelling ijooa again. w.r ' l^gbtmwellhAre For I hang round there teincda half elaas, the day. * At noon I’d take her nets, a peu, Or apples,—my best grafted fruit, To trad, for smiles; ah. traded fab, And gevsme many thank* to boot. And jomethmx, after itndy home, When Locy ted her merry throng tate the wood* for late wilddowera And antamn leaves, I’d go along. She had some doaen boys, half grown, That loved her well. They shamed me though, For I loved too, and I alone Had not the pluck to tell her to. isszzrzzzzi ,nm Mr :r*~ Up,i p r ihterettthe wholeg owercrop To Uaa her veryhugor-tipa. Bat winter eeme, end when the ground And.the big hills with snow were white, rd hitch my oolt np and go ronnd To ttt» her home from *hooi et night. One froety evroing, ridlngMow Through' Johnson's woods her rosy cheek Lay close to mins and thrilled me so That I determined ~ I would speak, ■Mcyr ... I said, , ....... dear Lucy I —Here Her eyw met mine end flustered me. Ae awkward u e yearliag steer I barked and tried again. ‘-lousee— “I want te^Tov-am* nm.p Game in my throat—“Whoa, Bill, yon fool UurFnotmim'traT»stntnp! It—if you lot©-U»© bov» in ©cboole” •Turmt what I meant; bnt, anyway, She dropped h&r eyes, aad I couTd e»© 8h© gnawed what I had tried to aay. She Bald, “Of conrae. They all lore me.” Bolden©d by this, her hand I prwt, And cried, “Dear Lucy, oould’nt you X«ot© m© a little with the re*t? For I—I love th© •oboolma'am too.” See, yonder comes my scboolma am wife; Her cheeks are fresh and rosy yet; Awd, for our happy married life, We blew, thia spot where we first u>y>i. The Old Bridge of Diarmid. Diarmid is a narrow wooded village hills. walled in street by two ti and line# West of fora mile East street mn par¬ allel. Between them is the river and the suspension bridge. There was an old tnmbte down wooden bridge there onoe, whioh waa held iu high veneration by remember the oldest inhabitant. dedication. Heconldjust lie • At the west end of the bridge, np Overhead among the beams and rafters, was Thoff Skelton's retreat; hia den, the boys ealled it. Here he had laid down a few boards, making a rough sort of floor, tossed up a pile of straw for a bed, and here be came when things were more than commonly uncomfortable at home. Diarmid was a tidy village of white houses, and green blinds, and trim yards; bnt down at the foot of West street, under a sand-bank, ttere was a wretched building going torain in the midst of a litter ol rnbbish. It looked as had though been aU the uuri of the oioau street swept ont th.-re and left for the winds to blow away, Bnt the winds had failed thus far to do it, and so the Skeltons lived there. Jim Skelton, fattei of Thoff, had a pe¬ culiarity tions whioh interfered with his rela¬ drinking as a great parent; deal to wit, the habit of a too much of every thing bnt oold water.- The consequence was that ThotTs life had begun to be a burden to him as soon as he eonld re memlmte ant.ruTK-. me time before. ILikait Ben F. Ihulwdf one night tii „ it © for be had flfT^rbeaaP*^™ 8 ” * ^ ••’The old chared*“4i«mAq It wfiSTS mid say, waa of ThofFs father. manner of desjguating him. but another result tha peculiarity, aforesaid. A boy who for so offense whatever has been pur¬ sued bv bis parent, armed with a pitch¬ fork, and who has jnst found his kitten’s head two rods away from her other be¬ longings, the kitten Mso will having been gnUtless, author such of his a boy being as not respectfully mention - the tale, eonld wish. as L who tell this think this ratter “Well, I say I is hard lines on a feller,” Thoff went on. “I haint had- any supper, an’—I an’ break¬ fast ’ll be nowhere, if wish I I was ont o’ this, I do. Oh, only had some had money!” quite dark; April It grown and soft an night, Si tho air mild, bridge-roof. a Thoff patter of on the sat staring down at a lamp which bnrned dimly just below which him,—a sputtered depressed lookmR lamp, saying, “I’m supported crosaly, as the though X know it” Thoff under¬ by stood town, what and it to have “aid from was the • The evening train from Boston came ehrieki ng up the valley* passed the end of the bridge, and rushed on into the a darknessi and stillness. Thoff sat Quiet a long time. He was getting drowsy when he beard footsteps approaching WMn two directions. There was a quick greeting then on the bridge just below aim, he caught the words,— "Up in bis pasture oa^Spmee Hill. five hundred dol 'Five hundred dollars! I thought he Irf smarter than to be carry in’ round so “Wi money.. Spruce Hill, too. Why, ul'lera and second growth np ‘‘lea, I know; an”tis a bad job. Yon ^^ dow b to tte bank, ka< n P * «»ttdo wn that When he got to the glethokpe [mm _ m and now he mf off with him to • ^Rje mar. . . ^^Hing ^Ktt eantiansly to keep round. am; ■K* f.-tki got sicrnhl ^^m’t get . ■El corns .a aheed.fiD.'. tiian it uever’d be heard U he pay for finding it?” dollars a dny,” waa the Mow aint enough. If he wants the i I'll o* Diarmid, six.” he’s got to pay tr¬ adin'. go h« for ‘ ‘ Aiiright; t Eight o’clock^ to-morrow hum, guess. ^p*rtS, f, |Ui<i Thcff*sa t icTtte dimness & hia den thinking. He waa nf4 .wepycow. Five hnndred do!! irs from home and eaten strawberries for a week at a time. If any person in Diar himself ^ to be that person. wallet, Thoff knew The old town clock waa striking five the next morning as the boy climbed the wMl and started up Spruce Hill. “Now I’m three honra ahead of the aqnire V his men,” said Thoff. “But they’ll know it.” where to look, and I’ve got to guess at At eight o’clock two wagons went np gulf-road,” hiii.to and school a boy stole down ° T he the house. ‘‘» etterlock "><>«•• “ One Hundred Dollars Reward !” This waa a week later, and a lad stood reading an advertisement ofthe which bridge. waa jP*"*®*} Jhe above T at reward tbc entrance w» offered for the finding book, and lost relnro to its owner Hill of the . peck- 30th et of April, by Luke on Spruce Thoff stood for time staring Granger. the large capi¬ some at tals; then he tamed away, remarking to himself : “ So th bey haint found that money, it seems Three Well, days nor haint I.” had been afterwards, when the search given np by everybody else, in Thoff bloom started out again. Arbntns and was now, and w ake robin , ^ Hia M,a t a dd ” palm leaf hat, with a strip of bine cambric tied around it for A baud, became a familiar aigL o every aquir ™* on the hUl that day, for hestay “> ‘i 11 Tlien, as it drew toward du « k > a DU ‘ ke T a ’ ,7 be 1 "* l V}* "badow. . , ^ ste ted for home P “ ^ r It was quite dark in the thick woods at the base of the mountain, and there, running bit Mong a narrow path, his foot which something which bounded off, and was not a atone. He stooped, fnmbied with groping fingers in the ground length pine and last year’s leaves, and at found—the pocket book. Ten minutes more and Thoff Skelton SSTbcht a'uTanv onHo deni ^ the darkness of l,is baggkigtii« bis amuemerit waHet4ohwbreftst, and tftortiflc»tion, and, to own actually crjTug oa cm! 80X0. “Five hundred dollars 1” he said, softly, to himself. It was all there. He had couute.1 the bilto by the one bar of lamplight low. Now which then struggled ‘life, np liberty from and be •= for the purfinit of happiness,’ oh the reading book says." Then he proceeded to arrange with himself how “the pursuit of happiness” shonldbegm. •'I'll start off on the aix o’clock tram to-morrowmorning. I’ll goto ’ll’ I’ll have a stunnin’ dinner, ’n’ I’ll buy me some clothes. Hold on a minute, here.’ though," “ How about Cant,on buying put ticket m a word and chang a aad at last decidod it wouldn’i do for him to be seen with monev iu Diarmid Ho might walk to Springfield and take SL-arssstiiraM; What’s hurry ? Wait vrsaf till people yonr ^ssf.rste->iiVK happy. No oold, been tegS»te wildly more nor i atg self arrow qniet. Then something waked up inside, amt said, ««¥MJ«r ^Va t-lw b»rk t the squire, and claim the lmudred-dollar ; rewi mL" answered the boy. \ “ Hush up 1” “I sh’d be ft jolly fool to take one hundred ; d0 “Y S k^ew 1 vouvT^dt the some “No. Htmi the squired money,” re ciswasi iMdtt&hstwnmi Tho# andTre^mabieno* TB boy oocsiderSiWsho beat oonseienco fresh and cheery ey©fy4?»ej till finally --but there are two or be told first ThofPa great trouble was where to put the wallet He dared not to carry it about with him. If he hid it up over the bridge sehool-boys some all one might the find it. for the knew secret of his retreat. itinapieee Finally of he brown decided on and wrapping it under at the base sliding of a stone of one of the piers the bridge. This he did. and then went off to school and spent something tho time should in happen an agony of fear lest to rob him of his wealth. What if asouir rel should happen to carry it ofl, or a mnsk-rat out of tberiver? What if the s^aasrffss^aTMS great dam at Millington should teaeher’s stern “Skelton, take your place in the spelling-class !” All through th© the spelling spelling and and a a voice voice “You’re jn side was saying, over over over; over: “You’re a thief! you're a thief!” thief!” “Yon “You lmsh hush no up! ! I ain't a thief, I tell yon,” he said, in answer. Yon see a bov mav have money jfcmnd and yet be a miserable' Ebyr Thoff this ont that day, and lie found ont anotherthmg. lost his hol-band. He had Nowthe loss of an old strip of bine cambric is no great affair, bat especially to a young man of means, this set Thoff to thinking. He w^pdsrod, if lie had lost it on Sprooe Hill. “Look here, you Tom—Ted—-what’s your name—Skelton ?" The boraS aqnire hal driven np and stopped s near Thoff on the bridge one morning. Tlfis boy glanced up and met THE ONLY PAPER IN ONE OP THE LARGEST, i INTELLIGENT AND WEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. Su?iusf! aft the bridge floor, IU he might drop into it. Hole there ^ ** still on hin • ‘My name is The—Theoph “Well, Theophflms, then, I to eome Day along with black me, fora np M ” grew Thoff. Then he heard: “I want a boy to help me get up some ah Got to have ’em down hero tor the witt beai^So ’ y^to^oty-flve took his seat man, to »t*»wwhare “Coldr "grewleiTthesq ‘•tZ?™, Ml orer te—not matt.” He afraid of the atirrally, squire that but day he more he would have been of a sand of S with ail their war-paint The squire waa a silent people said a surly man, so ttere wasno talking for a while. Dp the hill they drove, and ont on a high level where the “There wbnf waa blowing......... my-hatP* cried Thoff. gees teV^kir^ int toe^S^n for’t jumper,” ° the “ Say squire said. yon’re Better not a bad have band « a to tiiat hat, hadn’t yon ?” “I did have one, sir, bnt I*’—-be stopped, “Lost remembering. it, likely. Stop, I believe most I’ve got a hat-band some’era. ” ■... .■ ■■ ■ e squire pat his hand in his pocket, bine and produced aambric. from it a strip of folded “There,! found that np on Spruce Thoff Hill.” The gray eyes seemed to to go through him and come ont on the other side. Hia fingers trembled as he tied on his own hat-band. “Somo fel¬ low loet it np there, I s’pose. Ever go np on the hill much V “ Sometimes,—blackberries." things “Bad place to lose, np there. Don’t find ’em again so easy,” And the man added, "Somebody else does, may be.” “He knows I’ve got that money,” thought Thoff; *• watched me or some¬ thing.” “Tell him said Con¬ all about it,” science, “ Daren't; he’d kill me if I should.” “No, he’d forgive yon if yon gave him back the money. Come; now’a your time,” a. “ Out with you, ’n' see how quick you’ll get fhose sonthdowns together. Lively, no ® 1 , , f0r r • .1 l i*vu^r* . . with u! , iw*i* that drive went the last of ThofTs P'n'i He knows something, I hai nt a donbt of rt, he said to himself, wretehirfly. I date say he does, answered Bus feLa^i'rfriobh” Perhaps j<m :re nght. The boy didnt dare now take the purse and run a way. Tim she riff woukl thought. “I know tSe m?h sqnire's just heddUgwff wrtrto can mt'TU me and E? if Sltf^^fiav?Effltes4 Mercy! who’s that?” l“ a same. gSt Ho had back to the bridge, and ChlSd tegt ready to climb np to his den, 'boards when a footstep on the loose above him. He raised his eyes, had a glimpse of a policeman’s and then blue he coat and yellow L buttons, ran’before, stopped ran,—ran till he hever nor he reached the freight-depot and a plat form under which he oonld crawl. In the polioeman searching hia retreat Thews’.* ,.elective. was not of iu the the pier. bridge, but among T^fonr the stones hokmuS^Thoff eronoh ing and cramped under the platform “Wonder veatordavS”^ if FixW fotvid * what bf waa after ? “PUleyr—toe sqnire’s voice I believe your wallet’shid away round crawled out, and skujk^ when he had a uuiet conscience. S was only oold andstarvod, and a fee of perfect btifefe. worse and Worse. He seemed to meet Squire Granger sheriff behind on every corner, and htneied a every tree. At last there came this end: Sunf?etof a ^ er 7 hot day, athunder f sssEsawattra the valley grrefbrSoheso/treea broken the bridge, and knew it waanis dfasken out, and a crowd of people stood on the old bridge is gone,” they it said. “Good there was no one on dim-Skelton- it went down?” Yes. Jnat as Thoff, who had been stunned and afterwards had lain only half-conscious for an hour, crept from the min, he saw soipe men bringing a body father up the dead. river The in whirlwind a boat. had His was carried the three eastward spans of the bridge forty rods down the stream. The span on which Thoff was had merely sunk Early in its place. morningtheboy climbed ; next > ! over the bank, took something ont from among the stones and walked away. In I that one awful instant when death had , stared him in the face, Thoff had seen si ,,, *“ do - ='•»■»•«- Yonr father—yea, I've heard.” “ No, No, air; air; I-wantud I—wanted to to tcil teil yon yon some¬ some thing. thing. That That money money of of yours”—Thoff yours”—Thoff choked choked a a little. little. He He had had set set his his face face to to doit, doit, hnt bat it it was was hard. hard. He He would would he be in in jaU by noon, might probably, let him though off perhaps the thefnneral. squire “Ifonndit. Thersitis.” till after openedik The aqoire silently took the wallet and “I found it np on the hill, and I’ve kept it six weeks, V that’s the troth if I die for’t,’ blnrteii out Thoff. “’N’ how I’ve done it, V father’s dead, V i oar house is unroofed, ’n’ V the ole den’s blown down, I danae’a I eare what | yon The do squire with me.” turned and looked at the little ragged minute, figure before him, looked for bapi quite a that remembered; had happened per something all to himtalf once. At events, a new LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1878. into the ; “Had any If Coff¬ into the kitchen, given A besrt of bread aad milk, and then away. “ Come back after the funeral,’’ Thoff the aqnire said. After the fooeral Mreut back, and told: “ Now, my boy, I’m going to give you a chance here on my farm. I expect yon'll do your best, and if yon do, yonll never be sorry you came.” And Thoff never has been sorry. That t ' ol the s 441 to a Mto^'enth a good con- : Yon and I know bow the boy - irt The . has mentioned the squire of the 1 never ost money, —from Youth’i Companion. Fans are larger thin season than last. Grenadine* are variouMy united with gjjg or ssHb. Busaian iaee te a favorite trimming few The profase nse of gold mid silver braids is sabsiding. New umbrellas have a scent-bottle hidden in the handle. Mastic gray—pretty color—with green is a favorite combination . Hosiery of the color of the drees, with fine white stripes, is worn. Thelung lace mitts in delicate shades are morn for opera and theater. The newest regular bonnets are very small and distinguished looking. Linen lawns with small, colored figures are cheap and very pretty. A new ornament for the English walk¬ ing bat is a whip of cat steel and gilt. Lisle- thread gloves with oalored mono¬ grams on the back ore now fashionable. Navy bine and white ginghams are trimmed with Smyrna lace and embroid cry. Laoe jabots extend begin Ml at the neck of the ess and the way down to the bottom of the skirt For the semi-negligence of a country toilet hats which are a ernes between a CTTCS5JSSS.' H wf« ““ Long sleeves are made tighter than bnes before, and and without taking trimming the wide lace onffs its place. . A very pretty ornament is composed of p„!o pink and white daisies and a golden arrow fixed to a long hair-pin. A noyelty satin-barred ribbon, barred acrow with velvet of a ooutraei. ;,w, color- jt is narrow and used for tews The news from the pArisiao beau mondet dwells Jtt oonsiderable length »i>-«^ttie fashion of bonnets ^1.^5 and hate «wSS t ^“ gn l 16tiot ffV;® 1 reflnid S^in milCf The AaueZi ^ Lw. to taI Rl25. ridinm ^ tid tocJ o^.at si™ % anwaJ^ AD nS 1 tfat one bmnet -i brims are deemaf'anronoa i u voma f or rural wcat car* »“d , hats hate are are deemed apropos for for car g9 ___—. I. iTTritl^TfuTr^T^rii A Bar In flic Case. : ^ rUatSarineHaM Oonwa E ve* i ..; - next ' r tetae toAntony 0«aar Davball. She “ * widow and he is^^a widower. She A n, «uy.^ug»nd<»Mptatong all nght auiaa»I» to flawing each other, and in a week Oattarin. IbdM.wanted to pnH nil the hair from Antony Cwsar’saged Then he skulked mto her house and 9 g|t f 41 % 11 tB J A sjflpjs 111 5® lls “ |1 il.. rinw i I ! gl-i *£ Jg 'S < IIIIIsMli"’ j-Ha ~ T1 i|r , - fit “ h “Madam, feto, the^Wv^| serene.” remarked H - Soreiie! Why, I m .. thig^excSement sssrzrf lone and IVe beat shmde ■ ted r b woman, %js^w£ y tud oontemDUtol a ^L^?wL„ AT '*** to * ftne 18 * bree dollarH all .the sam ?*, • • “Ill pay it, but Antony . . Ctesar _ must , . beware beware! She paid, and she left . the as room •* 1 f*Wed: When I And him—when I get my clutches , on him—when I makei shingle nails of hu> lathy frame -ob-h-h-h 1— I*troit f\-ec Pf ft. I m A Dnace, sir. „ “ What’s yonr name ?" a teacher out in the country asked a new replied pupil. the boy. “ I’m a dunce, air," The teacher’s eyes dilated a little, and thinking he hadn’t understood, said : “What did yon say?” “ I’m a dunre, sir”’ repeated the boy, sg &wsa “Yesyondid.” “No,sir.” The teacher was abont to appeM to the school to sustain him when a boyheasked: thought struck him, and turning to the “What is year name ?’’ “Isaac, sir.” VApd yonr next ?” ’ sir.” The teacher was quivering with ex citement now, and he was fairly torn bling with the eagerness as he asked l “And last ?” “Dunn,sir.” shonte-f “Nowsayit the pedagogue.” again, the whole of it,” “I, May Dunn, sir.” “Bovs,” yelled the teacher, “always be careful and be correct and particular in yonr pronunciation. Letthia lies warning to yon.” Tha h extremely na A letter the Unwa of to “by M opened, a to a lon ve, is going srs aiMifi ont, ; a Iks y, %£t jjgj The tiie purchaser.” In the date 6th Ita ,1680. wr “To oorofleev? s met all for KlinflvnCiin inehof aay of this w they do in Tito one anotb# tEd J j least how da Urey aUdocrr, andwn totatih to to 4M1 who did eiy tat” The word “cry” S need heee-ie evkksri* too sa me as h a» mE-mz inch still met-* of totting of candle premils in the conn ty of Dorset At the sanuM letting of the parish meadow of Bresdway, near eymoutb, which occurred a few weeks ago, tsisiftimirasi an inch of oandle vm placed on a 5SSarsuTti:i5s."3 takiBgUie meadow toall while wasroeo tho caudle waa boraing. The iaat bid der before the candle wntout waa the incoming extinguished tenant suddenly.” This tear the candle was Candle omens are numerous and van ona. Some are almost too well known to need tion, while a knowledge of others is not so general. “A collection of tallow,” the wick says of Groee, candie, -‘rising is styled up against a tho of death winding-sheet, in the family.’’j and deemed The an omen spariii same writor tells ns that a the eamBe denotes that the person apposite to it will shortly reoeive a letter. To find to whom the letter is to oom«, according to another popular superstition, toe candle stick Should be struck on the toble, and whoever the the letter. spark If fail it falU oppbsiie after will receive aea knock, it comes the next day; after two, B*!* :-gg. oandleiT the wicks of oiily winch todiwF a moist and pluvious air, tinders the avolation of the light and faifllons particles, whereupon That candles they and settle upon thesnast lights barn blue and dim at the apparition of ipirita may be true, if the ambient hjfc- air he toll of anlphnreons in mines.” spirito, Candles as whef^^s if ^s ibtrn often blue are a sign of a or not far from it, mj» her "Astrologaston” Ovid _ Trsve^^Q^pf^ And lover in ‘ - “-TtWch put poor me to HBife , 2^$^»S | «f.. |,h °w tte signifioanoe ol bluiah ternwg candles: "Oome, von whosslorea are 4c«4 t BSPwithcypww Everv a3 1«wl M?m; f Bibands Mack and candle* blue %*." i For him that wu of mm met A candle burning blue seems, treat;------1- hoAwer, to be, besides, a sign^ ehaqtt(bv«a "V&iUSiSC and Ml in M, watch is rat, ™ peace, - But,to tha burning of thaeandtobtow. U#lau- J Which I by obanre <wpl«l BradtcqwL throagb h?£%u«*« af the when there is an w, and theaMiarypn wtU-ewsa yimr SSSSEafa oSml^tWsawr^toiheXdl"’ tohis •&,‘‘v£ g “Country Parson.” MraVew£ , a»&ss “ die first. ^ ’ ..... How Ae Manage a nateti. »kAlways IZtlrv wind ud andtere?r^Iref.iXd ft wateh At thi same dav bSoj' .y the order. t the it : is « in in good good A shoald be oontitmaily continually in in tip ^ same position, and w fin carried iu , L . ..... by day should be hung watch, up at night. When ate a ' ■ “ « SSSSsSSesS -/•takri care ii5to t!ic ia “ ide of tho ’'f to11 ? Bl! wastotoather ^g.made tor that pttrpoRe, against the rough lining #f the **x«w fT'Zd Whrn the aw&^re key-holes for wind situated at the back of case, never open the only front, siDoe bT ^ doing yon may not ad mit dirt and moisture, but also may dislodge the glass.and perhaps break it jr Tonr WG tch is a chronometer, or has a dnole* movement, when setting it to the corra-t time always rem e mb e r 4» move the hands forwards, and never back wards Although this is not of so much i mDO rtanee in watches of other conatrne tion vet ' it is advisable to do it in Ml oa/ ^ K Lastly, care Dearly should possible be taken at the to keep a watchas as temperatnre, otherwise it never neTOr keep v correct time. ' •—>-•»-■».» to be the part of prudence not to not-to blame paper for walls. Dealers are bnt the mannfaet this state of things, have right nrers are, and they the walls no more of dwell to spread arsenic on it ingsthan milkmen sell-the have milkmen to plane would in the milk think they ol doing anything of the never well known to be kind. Arsenio is a 'eamtdaHve penmo, rad xuDenano inora breathe it with rafety thmi theyosn swallow it with safety, and itm mhaied bv every one who makes use of Mom# papered with’ arseme-Uden pajmr. Health is first destroyed, tte and of Ota is lost, by intialing the »« t°9 mg that are poisoned children, in bemg papenng. the more Women and greater »3 snfferer*,nurs. domestic, are the l»to«re^g*l ing mothers and their. iarly open to thewortopof thereekmg poison that ooaes from beaufafnl waiis. JCGGLEBI EXTKA0KBHA1Y. Wku a WIK1.I4M JS.-. -A 9ii la Z a Ml " I «moto g ai y ehflxmk cothe^tle rand* of a bungalow, or i sssrxafewjE bed .topped here for a midday rest. My certain the' • sum twinkle of eye that indicated no lack of Hibernian humor, cams nr to the porch and, with a smitem, #Md ; - Would sahib Kfce to see eoainre* make tricks f”~ ‘Yes, bring him on.” I sus p eete d tim f el low w aa -easaaltiag -tMh- fln e- io o ki pg H ind oo, with a clear-cut intelligent face, and eyes that looked straight st-you, next ap pearod oa the scene. He was dressed in the ordinary long white robe of his race, with n rich caahmere shawl wound sawasswiyaa s^r^-tssssi various implements Of hi* I -of&wion, which they spread out before him, and adosen or two hangera-on of all ages Jm gronped themaelvee the free at abow. a respectful The ground tonoe to enjoy in front of the bungalow and woe paved of these with large, flat stone*, upon one the conjurer seated himself, onrling his legs under him in Oriental fashion, and asked in Hindoetanee, “What special trick would the Sahil like to see?" At the same time he bared his arms, long, well formed, but not muscular, and nn Bed h» shawl to open • hia robe anS show me that there was no concealed mechanism about his person. I told likehimto him through perform Handy the_ Andy that I would which without I had being seen able once to penetrate before at ifey Dtj* j tones. Hs nodded assent, s - a box about ton inches B <jnRf filled it sa ggw»~ a M E^ •»a-. raas: - yi , it orer toe'box 8 md covered tlie whole wbh a piece of white muslin. The only tluu. *wae thus far that looked like charlatanism a muttered inoanta tion, tolling up his eyes, with out stretched palms, as if appealing for aid to Agate some higher power. . tenfret in waking A himself not more tb»n througl«them,^^ In «fttie verauda ^' a ^ ho ^! went «i«Nht^MmndTBk!t- t f «ioef ol n | nn ( IT^'lnwliTTic Vir^iaowmiuBble ^^’ iuTSSirtfa^ooforei Ac., m^Sl seen^^re, lenetii. whieh I had bnt WroaddayligEl' He boreowa *^ tcl 'j ^ |d i ^ C?^oured the ashes, and the 80me olilir restored npoI> linen was to me without any smell of fire upon Zion, Ik These and many t£ other equally things he did neariyan hour, with the mostintense ffrayity of manner, and an air of candor that would disarm snspicioo. My him eyes were wide open, and I watched so intently as saaroely to wink, and yet I unable to detect a single flaw or account for one of those transformations. Some of the tricks result he repeated the at my request, Vthe but the wm same, A critical moment his motions were quick » lightniug.In all case, where fire waa used I noticed that he either Sn^ f or Kt inafaut a dense «raoie and ®I .mneent arnmatic the^mango odor In 9 the air n toe meantime free was t J&t l ss-£ from a small .prinkling ptJt. The sfS.YixirKrp&'S. ass^^pwxi he tossed aside the enveloping cloth and Sfled mvself bev^id Stt B^Waftfif anestion that it off a brai«4>, which I * «o«T«air. Hethen wJattached pnlled it up by the partially roote, de- to which Zed the nut, Se fibrous and covereil with nprout*. He then emptied the earth from the boxiosho w Jiat nothing \7as __________ Andy I offered him Through Handy he would disclose to twenty rupees if the secret of tteileaT^^br, the ' ' “ me but he SSssasi'as *»«6J^ dormr,;,l «id and w Her Head. SiSKJSWMAS that *»oug »U the rest tdonr “teo^ physiciftn to make herself famihM’ antb all the principles /ediciue of practice and all the secrets of and surgery. A young student who has pursued an<ither her studies upTo^a certain last point wufter_toO" in city came to Boston oewled to visit a certain dissecting room to wbioh she had been^invited. Mount ing the staira, she at last comas to the landi n g . Iroin .ghieltenpeaB ment frame where are, materially the ^dere at:leiast, ofthe an:lonnu human out, Waiting to her eaten ner Dream,pto sne over baps to catch courage, from;the physician * hears the billowing ckas. There ; attendance upon the art) not enough beads to go ^no. j Borne of.you must choose someunng pale and else.” The listener turn«i !MrtW?fifVs»r , V reaclution into effect, she met the jam tor of the bnilding, who was omdently, familiar with visitors and[students-in thia stage and state of muid, for he said, eneonragingly, “ If yon 11 wait a minute, mire, yen’ll be all nght. They allot - em feels this way at the first start.' Bnt “ miss" didn’t wait that day. ■ —— AneldbMlielotwanndlMWta^mtetadt . . a tor or two ago, as follows: Picking np a book, be excimmed, apmt kneeling scemg a wowl-ent representing • man at ttrefeet ofa woman. “Before I wou ld ever_kneel tothe feet _ of a woman 1 would ensuelc my neckwrtha ropoand stretch *» And then turning to a woman tat inquired; . Doi "uotthink.t would be the best ‘tog I oeuM *>? It would, nsdonbtedto, be the brat thing for the woman, was the aarcattio reply. History sf the Hew. Thehd to .) at the pfawte wraraWMe ; : branch of a tree, ent so an te have a Th* strength of the animal aoon wore away «r taoke the otoft of toe branch, *o<3 this aeoessity gave nse to the inven *tOT-of-ra-wre--foe •“”•*»* : Stares, tort of wood, mJimt of stone, j copper or iron, ..forked furrows, to a ships the Galina of so as these, conjegta r sa ind i c ate , c an Uv the Saxons. Some of the facts neeted with the history In of freland the plow there are almost incredible. once prevailed a The custom dmught-pote of •• plowing by horse a toil. was sCTgjg ^^“M|s.SKri£ ^gs which he did by walking backwmds be fore the miserable animal, and bwtiug it to fea dhaetKa nqmr 0 i. jbi* ca& m spite of a law which was P^sSQ jjn the early part of the penaltiwi seventejYf, century imposing found guilty severe pioiri,^ „ perto n , of • b y ttl( . horse’s *he toil. Society A pa(wr rf Ank in^ ■< Transactions r.f speaks of ‘ IhefJwkward uar ie» of 8eotiand'* horses^ cnsiom of yok mg J* h the failj and the driver face ”F°S a^- walking backward, with his turned to the horse which Xhe Rev. O.Otway, saw: “In i jieient times, all through the West of Ireland, it was the practice to work both the plow and the harrow with horses drawing from their tails. I am assured that it is sUU (1840) a part of tho Erris husbandry.” In 1634, during the reign present Sraw, Pailismen^ilongh, horse, gelding, liarrow, or worke with any mare, garren, or colt, by the taile, or shall cause, procure, or suffer any other oarriages with his horses, marea, geld ings, garrans, or colts, or any of them by the tail; and that no after person or per sons whatsoever shall, the end of offa^y this present Parliament, ea/ pull the wool liking sh eep, or iff seorj^uBto f ~ eon&Setotliis sot and the intention thereof, that the justices of aeaixe at the general assixes to be holden before them, ^i^t'tr mid ttiejusn^of ^nire P™re ^ nt thrur ol. heme dm* punish Mutra^7o^.o°pres™t“ari the offenders which shall doom- aud to &ary tothe they same, their by fine discretion and >mpnson- shall think ment, fit.” as in ---a--— How Not to Bore. w . ‘, 6 , t . (i Xcrintoms tt „ |hl t X** wMch ST?’™ L h? *?*»? l^re irB anvS“ he law.ean . Be A b orenndvrany nud--r poaai Me combination of uircnm*te»»e- The »n p|maitt»>ni.auwi M bvbther ceo?“ to oooelnde that we tpo might nuenviable «omotim©« place ourselves in Hi. same andwhen T<* know wheato eome sSSEsSSsli SSK«ts3sS srt obtenable after long yeara oMram jL^WNhaim* ?*2?Ti5wiasfB ttoffSonUfcetrav It One curtain way of not bormg is Mver *» . ««e People too much of our {JJPL?. are too ready £ t wftSSiS m i« want ns mhie raT thttottcy rrailyd R^with o. JWe tokethe^ pro_ oa foreyer and a we positively give them the day. ^Sk^L^to s 8 sg*gfea^ .Cd^lSlw r.i. Die first water—iow much it means 1 of man himself w water. | *j ro ^ble that Gtosar will flo# oat of a bole wi5“«stop tlian that any <1ne. part of his re- [ Onr life is B deed a vapor, a breatE a little mom-| oondemod npon the jiane. We , ourselves as in a phial. Cleave an d how fish, quickly and he we spill ontl; m a jj an begins g^d, aa a long hielife swims lasts, ^ as as wbia last first feed is milk; aad aU between. He can taste and assimi nnd nbereb nothing but liqnids. 9 a me is trot tbronghont all or i(} mta]re -pis water power that CTery wheel move. Withontthis g reat epjvent, there ia no life. *1 admire j mmense i y this line of Walt Whitman: The Slumbering and liquid troes." _ „d its frait are like a sponge restore th the ’ w^te ,/> .if the pliysicri frame, IjjooipS^e ^ ten - and in all her erea tora ^ The trees drop their f?" ripened p firnit. The ^^“-^^‘‘ViSfttitood s ta ]jd agafe *, . *■ \ „.ni B tio a th wind penetrates .. and mkkes its grasp less 8 to take less to kill ^mn fe j on m a a rainv rarny da oav v tlia non a The dirret snpi^n^“^, is ^ y Stkin. n d. a masenUne ™ood iP tike a lemn this sense r?™ ■» the gnef. tte _ wemwg« . Satare t be relief ^a n Bat - i £«*ftom J N battues plids aTe a wa ^ y S «ymu« re tkiea 6 kiea*^VoAi» .-Jo/m Burroxtghs, Jmrr^gn,. in VOL. IV. NO. 45. FAR*. G ABACI t» 1<H SWfitS’ .............. i GMt of the sheila an *”””*?“ * plarw. .l. y 1 ." j foe* seeking a H« oast, ideas she manifests high. a IMw desire toAe j j at the up. wood J>3f. andviews mre qgit alt the the bniJdinga. Many of jnthng-ra the smaller h breeds, this especially for nest the particularly rebe*, ave when mama b-rehmr, running at Hria yrti-j-oac. The hen shoittribc fastened thereon until she is entirely to the change. When allow ed to come off for the first time or two, should be watched, that she may return after a reasonable lcngttof time. to „ entirelv reconcilwl. and in mirim>r heroneg^ U king the precaution of that ate of small there wU ghe , ^ fool|d abould Wm protected bmakage ~ be the of The nest for a sitter should not be so Jeep or j^iug that the ones^her. Aggs all roll in the middle and crowd Give the hen as many eggs as sue can cover comfortably Brahma and nomore. fifteen A small good sined will manage eggs very thaf well, and it is better to give her number; in each sitting there will always be one or two that will bad. The hen should be aoenstomed to handling, that her eggs may be seen to tain and counted that they each day all or right two, to Eggs be eer- set are on the ground in warm weather hatch bettor and produce stronger chicks, they are more subject to the attacks of they oome^rom the^shelf will be free from this formidable pest, and be ready to go straight forward and make rapid growths. But the mother and the young percentage brood will will be be more raised. quiet, Where and a larger bnsineas is carried it is * regular lit ill li on «Lpi 1 II m m ti me, that Um 'f € . fltohA a saajtwNdr wtici) linrnrfrl toy riionld ~~ii if we devote our time to the business, it is bettor to tend a Urge flock. I believe that one great canac of dis WM.IMDC young chirin. answrfrom 'hour 5 » large, not thelJ^nnt'of featoers!’ body and lint breast the capaciou,-roomy warmth and strength,.andtha ; that;pve« little things it the back, weak require on In thU respect, the moderate'™ lightBrahmas chicks, but for owe f”? h »* cl ?“?* ! ed K Newly-hatolied 8n ‘i er i, I ?si!2f ar chicks n'5i, e fl.ioni should ’ remain on the -*?? 1 ?*? fl*** l'“ lc 00 eriTciseaud !. *H 0 * 1B {I S*??S?Jj/5^JSf“v? ‘tereIefo fnat „re It remove1 errorin chicks early from snrmg the nest yeatoero too awn. The oldnett i. ^«,and nmronArttra ‘ ” e I 1 ? *?}® m a ehU1 ' ., j : this light. chicks be raised \yitt, d n0 care may wjthoni «, muc h as a touch »! the gapes; ongl nate,l among : Sr'rSlSHE aS ttrw^The wra ; adm.tthe.ntea that it .is contagious, a l tbongh birds subject to the same treat ^ il gre ^ t f r >r e ^r .- of the blrf / arjMcman. Ho " eh#l< B i ,lfc Make a paste of soft soap and emery A atuall quantity of turpentine added fresli look. Old rice sometimes has SZAHSZS *» ^ fi , 1 * Wash shrfvea down , . white damp, your b flitos ait ^ ro thick and let it renmin on time and red ants wfil disappe . Alabaster is best^ cleaned by putting soak i it in a pan of water and letting Another it some hours until qmte dean. , mode is to cover it^ with a strong sola -------- cheese feels softer under the preswu . e qf the finger. That which is ^ strong is neither very good nor j iea jthv. To keep one-that is cut, tie it i bag that will not admit flies and ] ia ugit in a dry, cool place. If mould pears on it, wipe it off with a dry ' . , .1____ rMua-eon glass wlth of brnBh the to the fractnred AjffjF. parts. _ . p a ’ . -----------—i-a™ ; The United States consumes annually between six and seven hundred thou sand tons of cane sugar, less than thir teen per cent, of whiS is of home pro dnetibn. Tne leading source* of Spanmb foreign .qiplys are: Cuba 450,000 tons; Bico, -W.®®?! possessions ,50,000; Porto 18,000; Wanda, 22.000; Braol. British West Dutch East Tndi es.11.000; Galana, 10.090; i Tndlea llt.OOO: islands. British Sandmch HK000 . Tv-ntygne _ other countries supply less than; as thousand tons in all. In onr - 1lome product g was 191.000 tons; it „ to 50( b)n8 in 1865, then slowly 5 rose to ,6^^000 79,600 tens in 1871. Thecrop 1 8 tona. THE OGLETBOEPB ECHO. Advertising kttns ii-vnvi«»i « .yt»t HEEd» ..:... saasnx m swiiTSlCS SS K.» 55 *: ; A-issssisa -J5a ’' i Least Adi ***** l®*** ♦***••.»,.» S,©ft dattevto aad Cmlitow, thirty toy*. 4J» see *41. thirty das*.... a. ..... 5SrM»Sfcrar: & emd SotitswL three lnMTtto®*....« ... *-*** ______ U* er Hendi ■ • f—aroee 3-sr baooarieg t» ‘or 7°tof Leipeie is one of the k-arhng eentera of the doll making tradq the There etc a^ n datonre~a«Mf nl f te ' s 10 mills in Q' i ite - To v. spot Glass on eeu^n gnW mented Bracelets with^E W nation fr :n Pearls -iiH ■ as came fra IS Errors, He fchftt !-• Prii water, The m ,„ is m eud owment. a Rossian , , unless bracelets. E^J^bon The beei_gMd«ns grounds«>vera« oniri^^ mu™ as the Exposition buildings. What is it that has neither wings nor legs, andyetflicsfasr, »ndisnotstoppeil ; by rocks, rivers or walls? The voice, aua. O. a. i>odd, of Humboldt,Iowa, has jnst given birth to her twenty-stcoud number child, a son. Among the are seven sets of twins, nnwards of 494 391 persons S, _i OT bd iiT KngUai c oal mints iu mu, leB * than in 1876, and 1,208 or cue ’400 died bv an accident. iSSSsSSi«&s — 1 IHs easy to find a friend m T,;ns;if he isn’t in any of 74,999 unU«« lie .nt,of sure m the other one, is doors or has left the city or has not yet The tbi Lan veofnoraem^ [m'Wlk 1111 in mi....... * the rate of 8150 a 1 Teor^mdent toreach man kilted. iiThm’saSwirrs writes from Parma sometiiing to charm |he delight The the introduction ear and stir of the the Jobbing a-ml in ftolv brash would make ft a para - ...... r AnTIUul'is wu IIULU tuts VftiltdV to ODW ____ n . .. „ poBtpiafit©r-g©neml» to of th© good ,A for - • ‘ ont voting ---- man " a j a ^ R ° ftn, jk thought his exIH >„ence mth the give him an advantage m tne w ■ A farm sixty miles long and ton wuto in one tract, mostly Uuced, is thaitof Miller & Lax, cattle 2fSS°ipni California. 700,000 Tliey have te.!® of cto. 0 ee * 1 ™'’. land, stock, own rated worth acres $15,000,001 and are as The capers of a team of mules bitched to ” a harvesting machine, nearttt. Louis, La.1 saved toe offive men who token thunder storm Themutosbegafi to 'hem! kick, a^Intoiritelt going to that V** sluvered eacaped A French woman was lately watching 4 c , w feeding bfiy W the roadside. Bhe tied round her the rope attachedto 3 "- 4raSh»5 that the ordinary rate of j—-« a man’s walk • ' kktp. toorteeo, and of the wind , r dj - ■— •” twice^hm gab;' f , *, (mnM ; ( .,r,..| But, cirolinj? boekward, the aligator ntcuck the snake a fat-il blow with his tail, and liimscn deeimleWdbyuaob- i dealer in butter in Nor- f ' r * mMi ay f North Franco, sells $1,000,000 taTUteTwitU fcrin.. 1 I to' f - W®‘“e n “ ; ,, ]e t. t!l „i. roldtCT^^hc^ra^ At Rateltouteio, PraserlK?rg, South Africa, tSSng where water is precloas, a w>ol mill is «o arranged that the water, after passing through a the flue water wire gauze acreen and falling over tlic Innas w j, ec i 0 j a com volley, mill, and goes thus to used j in g i n the ^um—grinding, is fol woo j washing, down tiie mannr i n g byearrying ;u:4irr-;-.-te‘i*.--— grei-i frum the work, i £o w doth «ms t-ny fiv d**«,st Witkant, hownwr- a.d tetter^;! The S^S^Miwe’r'rii'-Uif butter m » • H 1T h«w SShi* mi*-*.-. k< lie. • By keeping u« from <te ting! s*t*n’e emissary he, Aud'*ral<-»pa««f'“T5''i.. * i --E«" of amananl l prorortion Its SSS^SS^to-'Oe ZtTin- i»to-prevw5 ^rihg symmetry t toire - ^ “ e tk?wnste ^ a] , d .,1^, to sapidythe «*toor of tis-ne ti* ne^ fiou: -rek neas,‘ of 5 y deprivation J 01 - cans of aovnusmt if atx* were'tWi ami to.w *«-r« -»'•!. What mpt-im <-«i enter ttoink if « ctet. We scarcely coald i* it, Did onr briottfl “teS , Our pttiaU. mroi-l tatiKm .- ni,l-.i«j, - . . ' Earth voatft grow celfl- and m.- J . Ite .vastest consolation. If 8 >rrow inev«*r cl wined onr hear!. A »d everv wi h were and granted, fafipe.depart— at etsce woolddie dkenehantoA Life weoW