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Yol. XI. Xo. 8.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
The Tennessee river rose to a high mack
this week.
Nashville, Tenn., had a $150,000 fire
Sunday last.
The thermometer was at zero in Texas
last Sunday,
Peach and Plum trees are in bloom in
New Orleans.
Birmingham, Ala,, will shortly have a
glass factory.
A. E. Thomas killed himsrdf at Beaufort,
S. C., last Sunday.
The Ben Hill monument fund now
amounts to $3,372.40.
Anderson county, S, C., is excited over
numerous mad dogs.
Thos. Y- Cantrell committed suicide in
Cobb couuty, Ga., last Saturday.
Rabbi Gerstman, of Savannah, is an ap¬
plicant for revenue colleetorship.
John B. Smith was shot and killed at
Birmingham, Ala., last Saturday night.
W. M. Dunbar & Co., provision brokers
oi Augusta, Ga„ have made an assignment.
Senator Pope Barrow, of Georgia, has
been admitted to ihe United States Supreme
Court.
There is a reward of $5,000 offered for
treasurer Vincent of Alabama, but he is still
at large.
Gen. Bob Toombs will have his eyes
4
operated upon by Dr, A. W. Callioun, ot
Atlanta, Ga.,
The Southern Exposition will open in
Louisville, August 1st arid continue one
hundred days.
The Fir st Baptist Church, of Macon, Ga ,
was damaged by fire, the other day to the
extent of §5,000.
Thomas & Bro.V jewelry- store in Char
ieston was robbed of $12,000 worth o( goode
t last Monday night.
I Col. Anderson G. Jones, of Russell eouu
i ty, Ala., accidentally shot and killed
L himself last Monday.
Two Chinese merchants have been driven
l out of Burke county, Ga., because they
I sold goods too cheap.
J. J, Martin station agent at Stevenson,
Alabama, was run over by a train Satur day
and was fatally injured.
si Mrs, James Me Hale ol Chattanooga Tin
| nessee, made an unsuccessful attempt to
I drown bersell last Monday evening.
Marshall Bland and Damps Buck, ol
Baldwin county, have been bound over oi
the charge of passing counterfeit money
Crenshaw, Smith and Mrs. Mathews have
been arrested at Gainesville, Ga., ehargeo
with murdering Jacob Sbanner last week
It is said that Emory Speer will be ap
pointed U. S District Attorney for th
Northern District of Georgia on the filth ol
March.
The property of Fred Wolffe has been at¬
tached in Alabama. Woifie is suppo:-: -d ro
be implicated with treasurer Vincent in the
latter’s defalcation.
Ex-Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee is stil
in jail in default of $50,000 bail. His
physicians recommend bis release on ac¬
count of bis health.
A gang of professional burglars have
recently committed extensive robberies in
Savannah and Charleston, and are expect¬
ed lo visit Augusra and Atlanta.
Pioneer Courtships.
Courting or sparking, in the early days
on the Western Reserve, in Ohio, was not a
flirtation, but an affair of the heart, and was
conducted in the natural way. The boys
and girls who were predisposed to matri
mor,y used to sit up together on Sunday
nights, dressed in their Sunday clothes
They occupied usually a corner in the only
family room in the cabin, while the bed of
the old folks occupied the opposite corner,
with blankets suspended around it for cur
tains. During the earlier part of the even
ing the old and young folks engaged in »
common chit-chat About 8 o’clock the
younger children climbed the ladder .n tne
corner and went to bed in their bunks unde:
the garret-roof and rn about an hour later
tather and mother retired to bed behind the
: bed blanket curtains leaving the sparkers
sitting at a respectful distance apart befon
a capacious wood fireplace and looking
thoughtfully into the cheerful flame, or per
haps into the future. The sparkers, how
ever, soon broke the si.ence by stirring up
the fire with a wooden.shovel or poker, firs:
one and then the other; and every tun
they resumed their seats, somehow the
chairs manifested unusual attractions for
closer contiguity. H chilly, the sparkers
would sii closer to keep warai; if darrf, to
keep . the , , bears off. v Then came some m w„,
f^nng with a hearty smack which broki
1 ‘ e C :.‘ U S l ‘,‘ Ufe ° 3 1 - - ' '
breathing behind l the suspended bian sets so
a= to pro use a Si ~ pste.u t *i f -P
cough.—Harvey ice.
Hugging sorrow is not the way to lessen
it, though like the nettle, trouble sting- L-ss
when it is firmly grasped and not Fared
Frequent disappointments teach us to mis
trust our own inclinations and shrink even
|rom vows our hear* may promp t.
Natcre has written a letter of credit on
'some men’s faces which is honored every
here it is presented.
Hamilton - Journal. f
Children’s Food.
We remember once going to see a re
speetabie mechanic's child who had just
recovered from an attack of cholera morbus.
: We found the boy of three years sitting at
the tea table wrestling, and successfully,
too, with a dozen fried oysters, a good
sized bowl of pretty strong tea, a ,d a mug
of beer. Sucu an iuc ident, togett er with
man}’ another drawn from late Christmas
experience, may well point a moral as to
the food of children.
(Jp to two years of age little beside milk
hould be given. Before this age the stom¬
ach cannot bear stronger food. Even after
it, aud up to adolescence, great care is re¬
quired in the choice of diet. It should be
simple in quality. Milk, oysters, eggs, plain
farinaceous foods, easily digested aud sim¬
ply cooked meats, these should constitute
the staple. Even if the children eat at the
arnily table—an American habit which we
most heartily commend, because of its
nappy influence on both parents and chib
Iren—they should be restricted to the sim¬
pler food,
But it is especially the villainous but
ielightfu! concoctions at dessert that we
must condemn. Pies and doughnuts are
bad enough, but the wonderful combina¬
tions in various “sweets,” to tempt an
tlready satisfied appetite, are well nigh a
lietetic Pandora’s box to all—except the
doctor. Like St. John's little book, they are
sweet in the mouth but bitter in the belly.
Children should never touch them any more
than the rich ragouts or the highly spiced
fishes of the rest ol the meal. Fruit, ripe
and wholesome fruit, varied so happily 7 in
ibis country from month to mouth, should
be the usual dessert, with occasionally
simple puddings and the plainer cakes.
The hot biscuits aud various forms of break¬
fast cakes we would not austerely exclude
the whole year round from the older chil¬
dren, but let them be enjoyed as rarities.
The Callous Cowboy
The cowboy does not ware a coat. His
legs are weatherboaub'd with goatskin
overalls to protect ’them from the thorns is
ihe mesquite, and he is roofed over with a
iombreoro, wide in the cornice lor shade
and open at the top for ventilation. In the
use of the lr ,,;o aud profane language be
has no equu.." He can rope a steer, throw¬
ing the noose on either foot of the animal as
It runes at full speed, at the same time
showing a choice in t,be matter of secret
and appropriate anathemas, which he de¬
livers well, either in Mexican or United
States language, Long Primer type, that is
perfectly amazing consider!ng his limbec!
acquaintance with the drama and the refined
influences of civilized life, ft shows how
ever what long practice and a steady devo
tiou to one pursuit will accomplish. A herd
of cattle travels an average of about fifteen
miles daily—olteu more when the streams
are lar apart. All the herds follow ihe same
irail, which is plainly defined by south-rn
Texas to Wyoming, a distance of one thou ;
and four hundred miles. They graze as
they travel, guarded on eveiy side by the
drivers, who take turns at driving and stand¬
ing guards at night. Up to a few yea- s
ago, many herds were stampeded aad cap
u re- i by Indians on the route. Old herders
nave thrilling tales to tell of stampbedes in
dark and dismal canyons; of attack by In
bans; of days and nights pas ed on the
plains, without water or food, separated from
ilieir companions, and pursued by the un¬
tutored child of the forest, who carried a reg
,
elation musket and a blanket marked U. S
These tales contain only about ten ounces
of truth to the ton, and among Texas they
ore only current at a heavy discount; hut
when the honest and truthful herds meets
ihe health and romance .seeking youth iroin
lie East he is able to dispose of them at
par.
A Sab-Marine Treasure.
In 1780 the British man-of-war Hussar
was wrecked in Hell Gate, having cn board
about $5,000,000 in guineas. In 1794 an
pedition was sent out from England, and
'ol- twoseasons attempted to raise the wreck
but was forbidden to work longer by tbe
United States Government. Iu 1819 another
daempt waa made by an English company
w ; lb a diving bell, but with no success,
since tben a number of companies have
orga nized only to meet with failure. Within
he pa9t five years a new company has
been at work , using the latest submarine
armor and appliances. A sloop firmly
anchored abou£ 100 yards from the New
York s ; de ol the East River, three-quarters
f)f a mile above Ward’s Island, is the com
y , s herdquarter3 , and marks the spot
where lhe g USS4r ean k, with her bows point
to the north. The stock is divided into
4S ()00 shares of $100 each. Cannon, can
„ on balis , manscl es, gun flints, silver plate
aud boBes b ave been found. One day a
rass ^ WRg bronght t0 the surface. It
A . a3 fu „ of jewekt with a necklace of tril
lianti . It wa5 left lor a moment on the
deck, < ■. and an j disappeared, j: a never never to to be oe s wen .e on
mrj ^ A lump of silver, made o.
varion8 coins agglomerated by the action
the water, has been iound, together with
s . atter j 0 g g o!d coins. But the main treas
U re remains yet to be found.
—-*»
Tatngs that will wear are not to be had , ,
c^.eap \ .et. er it uea m .... or a pri
pie, it I- to endure, U must cost some
th ng. Gutter, time!, brilliant coloring,
® 8 J al he had without much expense; but
B we would bave - rength, br.nne A, and
permanence, we must pay for them
Religion—storms may rage around its
a se, but eternal sunshine crowns its snm
• mit.
HAMILTON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 23, 1883.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
I’ve wandered to the village, Tom, I’ve sat
beneath the tree
Upon the school-house play-ground that
sheltered you and me,
But none were there to greet me, Tom, and
few were left to know,
That played with us upon the green, some
twenty years ago.
The grass is just as green, Tom, barefooted
boys at play
Were sporting just as we did then, with
spirits just as gay;
But Master sleeps upon the hill, which,
coated o’er with snow,
Afforded us a slidingplace just twenty years
ago
The old sehool-honse is altered some, the
benches are replaced
By new ones very like the same our pen¬
knives had defaced;
But the same old bricks are in the wall—the
bell swings to and fro,
It’s music just the same, dear Tom, as
twenty years ago. old be¬
The boys are play ing some game
neath the same old tree,
I do forget the name just now—you’ve play¬
ed the same with me,
On that Bame spot,’twas played with knives,
by throwing so and so,
The leader had a task to do there, twenty
years ago.
The river's running just as still, the willows
on its side
Are longer than they were, Tom, the stream
appears less wide,
But the grape-vine swing is ruined now,
where once we play-ed the bean,
And swung our sweethearts—pretty girls—
just twenty years ago,.
Die spring that babbled ’neatb the bill close
by the spreading beach
Is very low—’twas once so high that we
could almost reach
And kneeling down to get a drink, dear
Tom, I started so
To see how much that I had ebai-ged since
twenty years ago.
Near by the spring upon au elm, you know
I cut your name,
Your sweetheart’s just beneath it, Tom, and
you did mine the same ;
Some heartless wretch has peeled the bark,
’twas dying sure, but slow,
Just as the one whose name you cut, died
twenty years ago.
Their lids have been dry, Tom, but tears
came in my eyes
As I thought of her I loved so well and those
early broken ties,
I visited the churchyard and took some
flowers to strew
Upon the graves of those we loved some
twenty years ago.
Some are in the churchyard laid, some sleep
beneath the sea—
But few are left of our old class, excepting
y-ou aud me,
And when our time has come, Tom, and we
are called to go,
I hope they'll lay us where we played just
twenty years ago.
MR. BARKER’S WILL
Julia Martiu and Lottie Sinclair were
close friends. The circumstances of both
were very much alike, or had been up to the
present time. Both were orphans, w thou!
any near relatives; both were poor, and de¬
pended on their own exertions to make a
living. Julia was a dress maker; Lotiie
woiked on a sewing machine. Each had a
room on the top floor of the same house
Both had come to New York from th • coun
try after the death of their pareuts, and
Irons living so near together, and being
without o’ber friends in the great city, they
had become acquainted, aud had the affec¬
tion of sisters for each other.
They were pretty, cheerful, healthy girls
Julia, who wasabout twenty years of age, had
a quiet ladylike, somewhat dignified mamiey
but with a very sweet expression in the
large blue eyes and around the well formed
mouth. Lottie, who was nineteen, had
bright, laughing dark eyes, rosy, dimpled
cheeks, fair skin and black, glossy hair.
It was evening. The girls were earnestly
of , aM for the f utar e, for Julia bad
faUe n beVr l0 three thou3aad do!larg and
a ,, co , in the of Blissville
Jobu Bark an old friend of ber fa .h
^ ^ ^ ^ aQlj feft ; t t „ ber . J1(;
^ ^ , eft tU thousand dollars to liar
Norton rbe son of another old friend, on
condit i OI1 of his marrying Julia, if she con
sented _ Xhe marriage was to take place
wltiiiQ a year a < ter t ; le reading of the will
lf abe refuged him he would still have the
* but ;f fae di(J not make hef au offe
- / h lt rented it the money
w<w tQ b US(;d t0 endw a free library in
M Barker’s native town.
Julia had decided to go and live in
eouage and , do dress . making ,. for the , ladies , ,
of UH^viUe, and with tier three thousand
, iollarg 3tar t with, she had no doubt oi
3uet . es , And tben caaie bright dreams
rf;ges a , d Kreen fields; her hard, cold city
hie was to be exchanged for these. If Lottie
would only £ go w th her, it would seem al -
^ tOQ t0 realize . Bui
endeavored to induce her
lelt tbat
^ oo( a burden on Julia , a3 she
"as not sure of finding work to do in Bi.ss
vote, and for tbe present, at least, it was
best to s ay in the city, although it would
ie ve ry lonely after Julia was gone; and sbe
lajghed and cried alternately as she rejoic
ed at her friend’s good fortune and then
thought of the parting frt m her 1 he moat
that Julia could get her to promise was that
she would make her a visit in the summer
“And now,” said Lottie, laughing, “let us
talk a little about this lover who is to come
to you with thirty thousand dollars. I won¬
der it he is handsome.”
"It will make no difference whether he is
or not,” said Julia, calmly, “for I shall not
accept him. If I ever marry, the man must
; be too noble to marry merely for money.”
“Well," said Lottie, “you talk, dear, as it
thirty thousand dollars was of no account
Ab 1" with a half sigh and half laugh, “I
wish I had the chance—that is, if he is
young, handsome and good.”
■* *
Mr. Harry Norton was, in fact, a good
looking, lively 7 , agreeable young man, a
general favorite in society on account of his
ability to be entertaining, and his disposition
to be obliging and good natured. These
qualities had made him welcome every¬
where, notwithstanding his waht of fortune
tfor he was only a clerk in a wholesale dry
goods house in C -,) till the thirty
thousand dollars came so unexpectedly, and
coupled with such strange conditions. His
friends all congratulated him, but his lady
friends thought it a great pity rStat he was
not at liberty to choose a wife for himself
without losing the fortune, and it was not
probable that such a good looking young
man, with thirty 7 thousand doliariS, would bo
refused.
As for Hai ry, be was at a loss what to do.
lie bad not thought of marrying as yet—in
fact, he had not felt that he had the means
to do so—so that his heart was fancy free.
hut yet he did not altogether like this way
of gefting a wife, and feit that he would
rather have one who would marry him for
love and not for money.
"The fortune is very attractive,” said he
to himself, “and if there were any way that
I could manage it without marrying the
lady—”
No way occurred to him, however, but to
go and see her and make his offer at once.
Perhaps, after all, she would be too honora¬
ble to consent to marry one whom she had
never seen before lor money. But if she
consented, then he felt that he should be
justified in breaking an engagement witli
one so merceneryand heartless. He would
lose the fortune, but ‘hat would be better
than to take it with such a wife.
"And alter all," said he, “I never used to
think so much about money. 1 seem to be
getting very mercenary myself, and I have
made up my mind, happen as it may, that I
will not. marry for filthy lucre.'
So about the middle of June, three months
after the will had been read, he started for
Blissville to lay his offer at Julia Martin's
feet.
Julia was comfortably seated iu her tiny
cottage. She had prospered in her business
•She had cultivated the small garden in
front of her house, and trained prairie roses
over the porch and around the windows,
and greatly improved the appearance of
the place.
Miss Martin, of Grove Hill, was one of
Juliab’s neighbors. She was a lady o
about fifty years, thin, sharp featured, and
wore a wig. Though not handsome she
was very wealthy, and Grove Hill was the
finest place to be seen for many miles
around It is not to be supposed that with
such attractions Miss Martin had stayed
single for want of offers ; however, she was
now engaged to be married to Deaeon
Jones, who had been a widower for the last
year.
An uncle of Miss Martin’s hud lately
died and left her three thousand dollars.
Phis was not a sum of great importance to
her, and it would probably not have troubled
her much it she had received the letter
written by her uncle’s lawyer's informing
her that a later will had been found, leav ¬
ing the money to a cousin of hers named
Clarence Howard. But this letter she war
not destined to receive, and so remained
in blissful ignorance of her loss.
Julia, however, did see the momentous
letter, mistaking it for one of her own.
Opening it, what was her surprise to read
the following:
“Miss Martin : Dear Madame —We re
gret to inform you that a later will has been
found, leaving the three thousand dollars
to your cousin, Mr. Clarence Howard.
Respectfully,
“Crane & Cl-mminos.”
Poor Julia! It was natural that she
should feel a pang of sorrow at losing he:
Ibtle fortune—for it bad seemed a fortune
to her—and it disarranged the plans she
had formed for improving Lottie’s corjdi
t ; on
“But. then,” said she to herself, "I had no
right to it, alter all, and as it never really
! lit. belonged to me, of course I have not lost
I ought not to complain. I have the
house and lot and a good business."
Then she thought with dismay that she
already spent some of the money, and
have to be very saving to make it
up a^ain. She had never heard of this
cousin, hut a sister of her father’s lived
somewhere out West, and had not been
heard Iroin for many years; doubtless he
was her son.
At this moment she looked out of the
window and saw a gentleman coining
through the gateway. She opened the
door. He introduced himself as Clarence
Howard. She invited him in, and as soon
as they were sealed began to tell him thai
she bad spent some of the money, but would
endeavor to pay it back as soon as possi
ble.
“I assure you Miss Martin—or rather al
low me to say cousin," said he, “that I
; would not touch one cent of it. It was left
to you aud is yours. Beside, I have no
need of money; and Cousin Jane—"
"Julia, she said, interrupling him and
smiling, “My unme is Julia."
"Indeed!” said he. "Why, Uuele Martin
wrote Jane in his will. Strange that he
should make such a mistake 1”
"Uncle Martini" said Julia,
Suddenly the truth flashed upon her
mind. It was all on account ol her care
lessnoss in taking a letter which did not
belong to her that this error bad occurred
“1 believe," said she, "that we have both
made mistakes. Miss Martin, of Grove
Hill, is named Jane, aud it is her letter
that 1 have opened, and she is the cousin
.you were looking for.”
Then explanations followed, and it soon
became evident that such was the case,
At first Clarence felt somewhat disap¬
pointed to find that this gracetul, charming
girl was not his cousin, and Julia had some
ihing of the fame feeling as she looked at
i he handsome, frank face of the young man.
But they soon became excellent friends,
and before Clarence took his leave his in¬
terest in Julia was not decreased, although
she was not his cousiu.
CHAPTER II.
We left Harry Newton on his way to
Blissville. While on the train from New
York to Blissville he entered into conver¬
sation with a resident of the latter place.
Harry asked if he was acquainted with a
Miss Marlin who lived there, and if there
was more than one lady of that name in
the. place.
“The one 1 mean,” said Harry, “has
lately come into possession of a little prop
ert.y "
“There is only one Miss Martin that I
know of,” said the gentleman, “Miss Jane
Martin, of Grove Hill, and she has lately
received three thousand dollars by will, 1
believe.".
“That is the lady 1 mean," said Harry.
“Yes,” said the gentleman, "1 have been
acquainted with her for neatly forty years."
Harry was horror-struck. While on his
journey he had thought several times about
the young lady, and had formed the hope
that he would find her charming enough to
induce him to make his offer in earnest.
But one so much older than himself—he
was tweuty-lwo—he felt that it would be
impossible to marry. After a short pause
the gentleman continued:
“She will soon be married, 1 bear, to
Deacon Jones.”
‘ If this is the ease," thought Harry, "she
will refuse me, of course, so I will make my
offer und save the fortune.”
Some time after, the gentleman who bad
iriveu him this information lett, the car, and
Harry commenced reading a paper.
Presently the conductor called out,
"Boggsvillel" Harry started. "Bliks
villel” said he, and hurried out. A young
lady who sat behind him—she was Lottie
Sinclair—started up also, and followed
him. In another moment the two stood
alone on the platform of a way station. No
building was in sight except the railroad
office, Lottie looked around, bewildered.
“Will you tell me, sir, if this is Bliss¬
ville?’’ said she to Harry. “My friend
wrote that I could see her house rom the
depot, but 1 see no house at all. 1 thought
t understood you to say Blissville, but 1
fear I have made some mistake."
Harry turned and took off his hat as Lot¬
tie addressed him.
“I am afraid 1 have made a mistake,”
said he. “I understood the conductor to
say Blissville; hut will inquire at the
office.”
Yes, he had made a mistake; this was
Boggsville, arid the next train that slopped
at Blissville would not be along till eleven
o’clock at night,
“If you will stay in the office," said
Harry to the distressed girl, "I will (ry to
find some conveyance to take us to Bliss
ville.”
Accordingly he started off' and soon re
turned with a country wagon and a boy to
drive. Both now felt that their troubles
were over.
'j’he long drive through "the pleasant
country roads, the green fields, the per
fume of (lower and the pure country air,
seemed to enliven their spirits and make
ibem feel as if they were no longer
H.rangers. Harry thought that if only the
light-hearted, blooming girl at his side
were Miss Martin, he would not find it at
« bard to comply with the conditions of
the will.
As lie helped Lottie out of the wagon at
-Julia's door, he asked permission to call on
her before he left Blissville. This request
was cordially granted. The next moment
8 he was in Julia’s arms.
Harry, a'ter dismissing .... the . ie>y wit t
l .e
wagon went to find a total where he could
ho»rd fo r a few days. After he had accom
P be Ushed lbi “ for ol f Grove ct ^arranged ? ,1L his toilet,
When he came to the gates of , the . unpos- .
mz residence be thought he must bave
a mistake «o , be asked ^ i a h bo, win
was passing .fM,« Martin lived there.
1 bat is Miss Martin, sai the hoy,
pointing to a lady in cue of the walks.
Harry walked toward her. -.he looked
sharply at him.
“Miss Martin, I am Harry Norton I
have come, according to the terms of the
wid, to ask if you will marry me.”
He stood looking down at the hat in h,s
hand while he waited for his answer.
' Miss Martin, sternly,
“Young man,” said
„ mt
"“What do yon mean,” said a voice be
hind him, “by addressing the lady in this
manner ?”
Harry turned to see Deacon Jones, with
wrathful lace and clenched list. But Miss
Merlin laid her hand on the irate gentle
man’s arm and succeeded in calming him.
“Will you be kind enough to give me an
answer, Miss Martin? ' said Harry.
Again the deacon clenched his fist, and
Harry raised his arm in preparation for
defending himself, and there is no knowing
what might have happened ir' Miss Martin
had not again interfered,
“Go away, young man 1" said she; and
taking the deacon’s arm, she turned to go
to the house.
“You refuse me, then ?" called out Uar
ry ; , Yes,” said she, "certainly 1 do."
Harry waited to hear no more, but joy¬
fully retraced his steps to the hotel.
The next day he called on Lottie. But
when she introduced him to her friend. Miss
Martin, he was struck with a sudden fear.
Mere was another lady of that name ; pet—
happ he had made a mistake.
He had told Lottie his name, and thatlie
lived in , but she had not remem¬
bered the name of the young man mentioned
in the will, and though she had talked very
much about Harry to Julia, describing his
agreeable manners and handsome face, she
had uot spoken his name. But as soon as
Julia heard it she concluded that he had
come to marry her for the sake of the thirty
thousand dollars. Accordingly she assumed
the most chilling reserve.
After a little conversation, Harry, who
felt anxious to be assured that he had made
no mistake about the right Mias Martin,
endeavored to talk a little to Julia, in hope
of learning something about her. Ller re*
plies were so short and cold, however, that
ho soon turned to the much more agreeable
occupation of talking to Lottie.
She soon gave him a history of their affairs
and told him alt about the will. He now
saw how things were, and that Lottie did
not know him to be tin young man who
had such an important part to play among
them: but as he looked at Julia he was
convinced that she recognized him. So he
thought it best to be as candid as Lottie had
been, and told the whole matter in such a
pleasant and witty manner that even Julia
relaxed from her reserve; and when he had
described the scene at Uro /e Hill, the two
girls laughed heartily.
“I shall not offend you, Miss Martin," said
he, "by making you an offer ?"
“[ should be sorry to be the means of
your losing the fortune,” said Julia, smiling,
"and 1 will refuse you whether you offer or
not. So, Mr. Norton, you can enjoy your
fortune, for 1 positively decline to marry
you.” Harry bowed in acknowledgment, and
they now became the best of IriendH.
About this timeClarenca Howard thought
it would be proper .to call on Miss Julia
Martin, and the acquaintance so strangely
began progressed rapidly. have record
'The next event which we to
is a double marri ge, One bright day in
October, Clarence Howard led Julia Martin
to the altar of (he little church in Blisrvillo,
and immediately alicr that ceremony Harry
Norton and Lottie Sinclair became one.
Mrs. Deacon June . gave each of the brides
a handsome present, and the deacon shook
hands nil around.
Both Ate From One Dream Pie.
Mr. Russell Sturgis, the senior partner
of Baring Bros , who has just retired from
business, is Russel! the Third in the line
of the old New England family to which
lie belongs. Jr his early days he was a
merchant in the East Indies, as were some
of his ancestors before him. One night,
about the beginning of the present century,
his grandparents dlearned that their son,
who had sailed for the far East some months
before, was iti the midst o'' a battle on the
deck of a ship which had been assailed by
dark skinned savages. We say grandpa
j rents, for (be father and mother were sur¬
prised to find that each had dreamed the
| j vatne made thing. So immediate impressed record were of they the that in
they an
cidents as they saw them. Some time later
j ] they received a letter I rom their son telling
bow his ship, while at the Ladrone Islands,
j imd been attacked by the p - al ical natives
| who were driven off o dy alter a desperate
\ j light. Are not "coincidents” like these, and
i 'ike many more that might lie rix-ntione 1 :
! proofs at least of workings of the human j
j mini which| rules cannot of be cl,o iolCrpMed ogy .' Are by_th. hey j
I °«‘na ry pa
claS9 of operations descry, ng of care .
j <«i »tudy by those who wni y ield nviUier to
superstitious credu lty nor tamper ‘ ^
selves by antecedent theories winch w < es- j
lbe rejection of ab that owes »'■< -all
within every day experience ? I
Damp House.
'
1 eople whoare un.ortona.e er.ou J to live
in damp houses, part.cc a- ,y near und, air.eii
'^d. are apt to think that there .» no be p
for them save ,n removaf. *ey are mis
-taken. Successful exp -1 «noei)U hive unowu
that it in auife ^ nos ib‘f* ^ to ntw-iaMv lb” im
ptoWM * atmo,pb<.re in simli s h ne ,ab,,r
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”>• J of ,h « *• an ’ 1 rh ‘ umatis* if 11
B dose not entirely become a memory oftbe
past, wilibe largely alleviated, ftw people
are aware of ‘be anti-malarial properties of
the“ultra-poetical, snpenKsthetkal" bud
flower.
$1.00 a Year.
JESTS OF THE PERIOD.
An echo: January 3, 1883-Have re¬
solved to quit resolving to keep a dairy. J.
Smith.—Pack.
A feminine proposition: Any girl will
tell you that gold bangles are warmer than
worsted wristlets.—N. O. Picayune,
New style in hair: Barber—"How will
you have your hair cut, sir?" Man in chair
—"in silence."—Boston Transcript.
A nother scaudal exploded : “They say
Smith and his wife do not get along togeth
er; is that true?" asked Brown. "Not a hi
of it,” replied Fogg; “they’re never togeth
or.”—Boston Transcript.
"I don’t say all 1 think,” remarked Brown
when pressed for his opinion of the repre¬
sentative of his district. “I should think
you might," replied Fogg, “and not be
pressed for lime, either."—Boston Tran¬
script.
“What idiot has carried off my pen ?” ex
claimed an Austin lawyer, angrily, during
the trial ol a case in the district court. “Col¬
onel, you have got it behind your ear," re¬
marked one ol the lawyers. "J ust where I
thought it was.”—Texas Siftings.
Fortunate Adolphus: “By (JoveI” ex¬
claimed Adolphus, stroking the capillary
suggestions on his superior lip: "the fellows
say that a mustache hides the expression
ct a fellow’s face aud they’re all going to
shave before taking part in our theatricals.’
How fortunate!" was the sympathetic re¬
ply of Julia; “you won’t have .to shave,
will you?"—Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Partington and the Judge. “Are
you the judge of reprobates?" said Mrs.
Partington, as she walked into an office of
a judge of probate. “J am a judge of pro
ba'e,” was the reply. “Well, that’s it, I ex¬
pect,” quoth the old lady. "You see my
lather died detested, aud left several little
infidels, and 1 want to be their executioner.”
—Troy Times.
Fifty percent profit: "If you were «nd»
dnnly reduced to abject poverty, what bus¬
iness would you start in at?" asked an
Austin young man of Muse Schaumburg.
‘In dot gase," responded Mose, slowly, "I
would go into a pishness in a small vay in
vieh J could make filly per slient profit.'
"What kind of a business ?" "I vould spblit.
matches and sell 'em."—Texas Siftings,
No reed of a scene, you know: Bella—
So you were engaged to both of us at once
Very honorable, I am sure; and as for me,"
Augiisius—"Oh I well, what’s the use of
making a scene ? Father says our house
is going lo suspend payment before March,
and 1 knew one of you, at least, would
break off with me then, and things would
have been all right,”—Life.
The lass of Kyle: While Robert Burns
was at Moffat, once, with Clarke, the com¬
poser, the poet called for a bumper of bran¬
dy. “Oh, not a bumper," said the musician;
‘1 prefer two small glasses," ‘Two glasses!'
cried Burns; "why, you aro like the lass in
Kyle, who said she would rather be kissed
i wire bareln aded than once with her bonnet
on."—London Society,
A wife to be proud of: Bullard Water
bury was calling attention to bis shirt
which was very neatly made and which he
said with pride, was made by his wife.
'Did she make the entire shirt?" asked Gil
hooly carelessly. “Every stitch of it."
“Well, 1 didn't know i heard that she al¬
ways collared and cuffed you, but I didn’t
know who made the rest of the shirt."—
Texas Siftings.
He dropped her: “How did yon come to
break off your engagement with Miss Snow
Call ?" asked Uncle Mose of Andy Perkins,
an Austin darky, “lnde fust place, said
UncleMose.she wasn't bery young.and she
had.no money and jawed like de debbel;
and secondly,she would n'thab me and went
and married atiuddir niggah—so tuck de
advice oi> my frens and jess drapped her."
—Texas Siftings.
Inconsistencies. The dancing lady who
tries to wear the skirt of h«r dress under her
arms and the waist around her knees and
kicks her slippers clear over the orchestra
chiars every night,gels $000 a week and the
missionary gets *600 ayear; the horserace
scoops in $2,U0U the first, day aud thechurch
far lasts a week, works thirty of its best wo
men to death and come* out $40 m debt.
Marlboro 1 .me*
Th# |at „ , amente d Patrick ; “I under
ltan( j that your father is dead. Mike." said
an Arkaaaav* gentleman to an Irish friend,
.y e(( „ UTi the 0 lJ gintleman has left us. A
mftu> y er honor. .He could stand up
-.a |be Usl of -j baTn ’t seen the
old man since be moved away from here,
ome three years ago. Where was be liviug
vvhftn he died ? He wasu t hvm anywhere
wbeu he dmd, sor. He was dead th.u. -
Arkansaw Traveler.
Trying Y K to d-sgrace - his relations; "How
for the . legislature .
did you ever come to run
an v now ?" asked Charles O’Bear of Myer
% ^ eiected meinber of tlle
Mi-ronri legislature, and who is visiting
health. “I did it to bring
disgrace on my Uncle. He treated me so
Ll • adl, when l was humili^e a boy, and I took a fear
vow ! would him and I (have
done it.” What business is your Uncle
engaged Ohlo in? ” “He b making shoes in tie
lWleutiary.”-Texas Siftings.
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‘ The walla of Carthage were so thick that
three rows of semi circular chambers, one
| above the other, were built in them and
served as casements and magazines.