VOL. 6. THE WEEKLY Clarteravllle i:\press I* published every H 1 F?,T D A ~K~ morning, in Oartcravilit*, Bartow Gountj, Ga., Sam’l 11. Smith, Proprietor, at Tbrbf. Poliili'S, per an num. xlriell’/ in adrn.net; I'wo Dollar* for fij, Months; ‘'=*.e Dollar for Three Month*. Ailvprti»cme,:ita for one month, or less time One Dollar per square, 'often lines or less,) for each insertion ; all other a.herli-cmenU will he charged Fifty per cent on old price*. -PROFESSIONAL CA3D3. JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, BRiTOHETT .v W&FFOBD, At t orn cv s at La w , CARTERSVILLE, o\. Office: over klsak store. Oct 17, 1867, _ THOMAS W. MILNER, Attorney at Law, CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, Will at end promptly to business entrusted to his care. Oct. o w.y 11KK IV I»OI»S», All o r ney a t Lit w and county court solicitor. Eiin^sioii. Will give particular attention to the collection <>fclaim*. 2, ’ K .» 1* St a «;. *s «• a»»H on , ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, KINGSTON, (iA. {y:\CTiCKs L\W in the several conn li „t the Cherokee Ci ruit. «l o, Polk. (I ,rr ilsot. an I F ,yd c.u .ties, Prompt at tenlion given to business, ivov. «••>• y (Professional eards slfl cash per annum.] JOHN J. JO 5 E S attorney at law. CartersviUe, Ga. •w-rrTTT.T, attend promptly to all business en \\ trusted i , hie care- Will pract ce in the C inrts oflaw, and equity in the Cherokee (V .-nit. Special attention given to the collec turn of claims. Jan. 1. lyd’- U John J’ .lone*. jThTjjWe s liSI'ATE *«EXT, CARTERSVILLE GA * ..., - l f. Still, amt •'*** nn nrt sererat , “ r,’ .n.l also :,un,ro,e huUdln.lot. ln th* , , „f,:.rt-.»rl ■■ Also WW.T 1 planlsil '»• * »«» , ,i I 11, |.,» ■.otni.tr. I’nrile. liesiring lo lia * V, ■ v.l, t■« .« .uoaosll. Ale •nuuutcaUoi.s ; f ‘r.a. w*. is6g - H u r f? v o ii ft ii rieciianical Dentist. fn ( ;■', i. r -i::iied respootfully oiler his pro ' . -vices U the cHinrtia »l Car ~\v,he .dri.-initv. . . He is prepared I kinds .( work belonging —i j, a |( gotta ol 11» lit I** S **L> U • ~, , ■ «*« .7onx‘Jl,r rNiitiii. « o (\»ri«*i >viUe t Fob. 13, **' DLL T. F. JONES, f T ACN Hi". '• hi* professional services to the 3 . , t Kl !S . isTO A and vicinity, am. Taalicils a porlimi otf.civ patronage. June 2. oft. huc ‘ r: in, rrsyn'.v-■•i« »a«S Mirß«on, Y.-. f.M*;.' tL I'irsce rFt'i t Y tr ain't. !.'* piofess'c'nsl services t % ■- ’/ e-»Me,.ce, «u ValuHl., hoe t ' v . JUl><J XI. 0*; $». k" i! A 6i.1l VJ I O^. < u c.vr He, Georgia : 1. auic ri 1 ( > ll se » marietta. ga., BY ELLISON A DJS3S, Proprietors fnilis II >c» - located ill a few steps of lie 8 1! ,in i .1, where the cars stop. Passengers take three meals a day lie.%. Al.als prepared « all hours. jo'.v-l. si Hi Fat till o, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, ■,-tiy »1 |.r.>.H|i<o tiUieCitM *!. Kei'ilr- I M iii,,* £.,%•'« nn.l Men’- Clo Mint:. 0*1; .'«• b*c> r"" 1 " t Blah ifc Bi xdshxwg ntore. f C»ne<fcvii>, Via. g.O'SKSRB®, Dress Tailor. Jt> prepared to evecutc al kmds >l3 H ot work in the Fashionable Tail- Y\ J 'Tf iug hue. with neatness and in du r;.We sty ie. Over .1. Elsas & Cj’s store. ( ’ a rtorsville. jan 25. vJ. W- MAXWELL' RICK MASON. I, oreus eitl do *ll Wind* of * rk In B i k *r.d tone *t st. >r» nti -e. Has on hand *fi •'>ot "f ne>l> burned brick »ud is prepared to do work, upon the *K*§i reasonable U'rta*. Car ersvil 1 * G*.. Muy Sril. i s 6T. Tlie Carters*'ill© Hotel. DR. THOMAS MILAM haring j charge of this House, would he | j J r phased to accommodate a t w Hoard B j * R irs with BOARD, with w without Lodging. Call and see him at once for terms Cart* rsville, Jan 17. James W. Strange, Dealer in STOVES. GRATES, IRON, HARDWARE, PLAIN ANO JAPANNED TIN WARE. &C. Clean Linen and Cotton Rags taken in ex change for Good*. Repairing, Roofing and Guttering done with nealceasi. I catch Carte rsville, Nov MEADOR & BRO'Si TOBACCO Commission Merchants. (UNDER UNITED STATES HOTEL.) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. gw l*. THE CAUTERSVILLE EXPRESS. CARTERSVaiE ADVfRTISEMEWTS, Eclipse! sifLv SfaHe, J. G. Stocks, RESPECT FITLY notify die P bile gereratly that la hn* j s' ~|ierint-l It - Ne» and C nnn.odi uaLlVKt IANDI-Al.lt STABbK, »i-«l h•» H s*"C«- e.I w.»h iro<vl !• ni.«. ha? l-e and i* r )oire<l*o lurnish th.-se traveling into anil nor...a dc* r u-liy wit. i riy kin.! *a |* i-„te r, ~n *y ■ i..n*. He is h>*o p ,|,h■ »'<l to li nl Pt■ ck ii, a.-y cp. o' ;„ ■ .’oii.fo t ble «,•!»• ter> anil l-oi.n.tf.i le- 'i hi r ■ . • ■!•> r .te*. St„, k Imaulit ami *..1<l ,t l.i* *•**• ■••• ll:« *nep all '■einir f>e-b iii l i qiiipaire e.r be II "t b.m-el: t‘> tbe iielief that he can f.ri h bt» cu*t miera with aa e,lan i c n;.|,!e'.- a:, out-ti ■ ; n.v lib * ~«la' l-bmev-t !r, (Tpoer (ie-.r.h . Ml be as do t t-.b.W in-'act * a t* i'il «.A!t I’Fltb VI :.|.K, ti.V. Ma: i 2.’,1-67. \\'i are reque-t.'d lo C 'J. G 7-t' l '- 1 m nounce to tin public. that he li i< bought nut the Divert i-itoek -f J. J. Joi.es Jr, m i that the two Stables will be '.uiusohJiited, ami that the following list of prices will be strict,y adhered , to. Hack homed,and driver per rtav *7/0 11 rse. li . ->• and Driver “ “ . . V’ l - 1 " ildrse &li is'.-y “ “ * X 'lay J].']' Sadd-e hn-se l>« “ % day ♦l.Q'» | W. L. Kirkpatrick & Cos., Druggists, j CaUTERSVILLE, GA. W7"IT,T, Veep constant on hand a well \\ seeded stock of pure DRUGS AND MEDICINES. v & i st * o s r* s. mmu* &&» P tent Blcdicin^s Jones’ Carriage Reposilory, Jar. 17. Sf.BX4S.jtQ oasis A.x-r.iJ CASKETS. By Erwin & Jones. VSSOI.TED sizes kept on hand. Also WOOD COFFINS made to order. A good HEARSE r, ady at all hours. CARTERSVILLc. Feb I, 18C7. wly oGi> DEBTS!! OLD DX3 T3 II! All persons indebted to the old Mercantile linns of of HO WARD, STOKELY Ec CO.. and J. A. & H. EKV\ IN, are respectfully urg ed to make liberal payments on these debts out nl the present wheat crop. All who refuse to espond to this call for only part payment will be sued, 'i hose debts are from six to ten years .landing, an i longer indulgence cannot be giv en. Call at J. A. LRWIN <& CO.’S store where the Maims are, and make liberal pay ments and save suits. Cartersville, Gu., June 18, ISOV. Samukl Clayton, R. A. Clayton. S CLAYTON & SON, DFALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE. AND COMMISSION MERCH\NTS, CARTERSVILLE, GA Wt* k**ep a (reneral siock an»l (, an r ;n : h•- ui with cyi iut >ouw at. V me 1.0 s»r- •»' —v. t i -e: y n 1 a bte jc-uvs. Lfiiit H.ti !*.». k l ui —N • harm iioi-e *f w cant • <>. If fricnos rav r us with r-ts of or«ler« v wF w .liiM urtvr ) t If ) I .1 *f ih»-ir if.tercets. BUTTER, EG33, DRIED BLACKSERIES «fcc. taken at market r »tes for y c if. 5000 LBS. Clexu Cotton and Linen mn wanted. Sept. SO, 1867. S/7?ylV . I?. IIOIXTC 4STLE, • Jewc!lt*r ttttd Watch and 4;lock Repairer, In the Front of A. A. Skinner A Co’s store Cartersville jan 25 ' W. M. MidcklcforJ, Wholesale and Retail GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, CARTEKSViLLE, GA. Agent for universal life in. SUdANCII COMPANY, ni Nev York. Uinc. in new Store next o Rest Office. A eg, 5. wte NO DECEPTION! MR. GUTHRIE who has recently located in our town is now receiving h s fall stock j ot tall Lry Goods, Notions, Boo's, Shoes, Hats &c. Ac, He has employed as salesmen, two most ex cellent young moo of our midst.Mr. \Y. L. BRA Y of our town and A. Y. C H A PM AN of Stiiesboro. As atu ther evidence of good taste, he de sires to show to all a well assorted stoc* of fall goods - which will be exhibited by these ob liging young men free of cost.aud sold lor as small amount of money as the same goo s can be purchased elsewhere. P.S. Tell everybody to bring'fur skins by the hundred —He wants 5000 Mink sxins caught alter Ist Nov., wi 1 pay most for those not split. Conte and buy Steel Traps. Remembt r the piace, P,.st O.fice street, first door north of Capt. Jones' brick Law Office. CartorsviUe, Ga - Sept. 90. 1067. CARTERSVILLE ADVERTIStWENTS W 11. IHIX. HENRY BUVX. HILL & BUNN, Dealers In DRY GOODS, Doots & HATS- NOTIONS and GROCERIES. sltle Rail Road Square. U’ ILL k»r-p co ist»nt y «>*> >cmd >i st ck selected to -Little *'ti 4 -»n. w ti.ii tAf.v • ITer fur Cdbh or bat ler. V*iii j* y tlir higif sf price lor a 1 Iroiyh’ i., h **mn'ket. K pcc*h a teuM ?• i cn ls dto tlie superior induce luentH «Hered t pkiiiiers for tbe hale of their C O T T O N. Ti e» »re now rece'vlng a kupply of extra B'Rglnp, liope and M’INTYRES IMPRt VED SELF ACTING ©H/SEES ® ■© f S © H fit. C»n <irh pv.T'gne for your«e've«. ept. 6—w2in Cartersville, Ga. J. W. F. BEST, DEALER IN WA Y- V Vff df\ L© e? kka %) '& AND M E DICIN E S, Linseed, Tanners and Lard Oils. Paints, Puffy, Window Glass, Dye Stuff* of ail kinds ALSO Ptent Efsdicines nd TOILET ARHCLES SUCH AS SOAPS- ZBPOTTSIEPIER Combs, Perfumery &c. &c. CAII T ERSVILLE, GA. 5ept.20,1867. “The Tens pie of Industry. 7 ’ OAURJAGE KKPOSITOiiY AID 141 J v?'-n s j>* CARTERSVILLE, GA. f| *HE attention of the citizens of North Ga., is invited to the "ell selected stock of Ll GoIH' and C \ RRIAGES. lit will sell extremely low foi CASH. He is now s i ing lower than the same class ot veLickles can be bought in this part ts the South. Uid fashioned jenuine CONCORD BUG- G ES lor sale bv him. Together w ith a great variety ot NORTHERN VEHICKLES made in the very best factories, and all right. He is manufacturing ot the best material and workmanship, super or articles of Bl G GIESS nd CARRIAGES, as good as wasever ina e south ot Mason tv Dixon’s line. Re airing of every kind, as well as ail orders sti ictiy attended t >. He i as made ex tens: e prepara tinnss, and has connected inm-eii "bh Messrs. \\ nis.ni Muy, Augusta, Cr * a popular and reliable man. ii. iet Is encouraged y ids liberal patronage ! it’la:liiiig te> inn, .iiiii is vietk immeu to , lease r v. iy one it m ais A A ■-1 ’■ ■ ' y v/ \v -;r T ,/ s J • f vyji- s %~j£ FROM 8125 to S2OO. 1 carriages FROM S2OO TO SSOO. Sept. 20, 1867. Notice. I respectfully notify those parties who have made accounts with me, and failed to comply with the terms, that I shall be under j the necessity ot | lacing aif such accounts in suit unless paid now prompt y. \V. H. GILBERT. Carter»viil«»Seyt. JT, 18<JT. CARTERSVILLE, GA., NOVEMBER 8, 1807. a A A ICS7, D'chj lull anil Wmkx IBOT> srjr-(6oofe t |)ictc (6cub, Cloiljing, |iools ani §>\m, IIAKDWARE, gtoclmtj OSNABURGS, € O '£ s © a TMBI COUNTRY PRODUCE bought and sold Highest price paid for IW, s 1 it ll li g BEES WAS, FEATHERS, mwmm®, Old Copper, iik) AA llJj | Sint h. &t. Agt. for wrap ping Paper. Merchants can buy it in any quantity at Mill prices. J. ELSAS, BZain Street, Cartersville, Ga. Oct \Tf IS67—wly. Lcoli to ITour Intel” est! 17 S W <3- OOID S Si LuV/ LfiihkWi fit IE mid rsignpd takes pleasure in annnun § ii -t> the ,’iliz. n* nfUart-.w and adjoin n? e<»u• lies, that he has just opened out a fresh and .v ei! selected stock of 0? ALL VIR IE TIES, usually kept in a DiI¥*GOOPS Store, all "f \vi,i -h was bought on the vert/ best terms, an! lain willing, and can alFord, to sell at iu* Si.JOIST PROFITS as any one, and Hatter myself thtt I can gi.e s nisfact on, B.atb in duality anil price, t> nnv one wh-> will favor mo with a CALL, li qiirng to receive a liberal share of patronage I. eni ray old customers and friends and idle public generally. I await your call, P. I*. MOON, CARTERSVILLE, Oct, 17. 1867. FALL AND WINTER TRADE. 1867-8. N.GJLBEATH4SOM, FicciZtrs Its I)IIY*G00DS, HATS, BOOTS, AND SHOES, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, Hardware, &c., $-c N. Oilreatb & Son are happy to announce to the citiz.-ns of Carteruvllle and eourrounding country, that they have greatly ENLARGED THEIR STORE-ROOM, and one of the firm has been on to market and selected JN PERSON, tjiuscti Ijg BecJlue lu prlccsj One of the c st, best, and most superb Siccks OF DUTZ-CJODDS and groceries, ever before brought to this Market, and are now receiving and opening the same, tn erh , '’h they Irv'te the attenslnn of the puMie gener —not "Illy U the r 0 0008, out also 40 ALI TY AMO Plift L>. f iey defy ary iu~: chu- ■ m coia sec tion of c uutry, to undersell 1 iie . Ttiey say this Tr >".eh because ti.ey are sanguine tfiat no merchant in th ri .uth struck the markets in a better time to buy ,o is ('j,eape r . VV- a e tti.mkful to our patrons for past patronage, and earnest,y solicit a eon-nutation of ttie sains for the future. N. UILLEaTU <k aON . CurtersviHe, Oct. 24.— w'lm iV. A. 3EWEESE, CARTERS VII. LE, GA., Dealer in Family Groceries. Confectioneries, TOBACCO, CIGARS, LIQUORS. DYJS-STUFFB, BLLESTONE, &c., &c. Storp opposite tlie Courthouse, on Maine Street, adjoining the new br c» store of P. L. M »n and Cos. oct 17. wtf MILLIITEEiY AMD ESant ua-XVlak i ng f"RS. R. J. MAYSON announces to the ladies of CartersviUe and surrounding c u t y that tie has opened, in Cortersv lie. a Mil li, ery and Ifantas-Making Es'ablishmeut, and will be happy to receive ca'is from all those who are in need of anythin* In ber line, as she pledges herself to sell as pi.od «.r do wr rk as cheap as any like establish ment South, expenses considered. Her y ols are of the iatts. styles and her work will be made to corres pond. p -n. -.rer Dr. Clayton’s a *or». lately ocenpled by Ifti, McCUllan, O*; 10,13*T. wft* I*oJly Strader: THE FEMALE TRAPPER. Away out upon the frontier, on the hank of one of those beautiful lakes that abourd in Minnesota, livetl flenrv Strader, tie had eimgrated from l*enn sylvaiiia in ISSO, ami hail made a •‘claim” on the most beautiful quarter section of land within a circuit of ten miles. You know that according to the “ pre-emption laws,” the person who settles on unoccupied land, and observes certain formalities, has the right to purchase that land Irom the Government at any time before it is brought into market, at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. Hut if he does not huv it before the day of sale, it is sold at auction to the highest bid der. Mr. Strader had three children. Harry, his eldest, Polly, about whom I am going to tell, and little Jimmie. All the money the lather could make by farming in Summer and trapping in YV inter he spent in improving his claim. As the land was not likely to be advertised lor sale lor some tears, be did not think it necessary to make any provisions tor but ing it at once.— Put Mr. Strader wag taken s iddenly ill and died, and the burden of paying lor the claim and supporting the fami ly came upon Harry, then only seven teen years ot age, Not wholly upon llarry either, for, from the time her father died, Polly, who tvas jost fifteen, resolved to share every burden with her brother. Within a week after her father died, she had taken a hoe and gou into un field by the sole of Hairy. All through the hot days she did her part ; and as Winter drew on, she practiced with the rille till she could shoot about as well as her brother. But ilie next Spring came the com mencement ot the war. i cannot stop to tell you of all the discussions that were held in the Strader’s cabin, on the subject of Harry’s enlistment.— They ended in Polly’s telling nim to go, that she would support the fami ly, and that the land wouldn’t come into market right off, any way. And whether right or wrong, Harry enlisted. That year Polly succeeded in culti vating that portion of the land that was broken and fenced, in such a wav as to get a tolerable crop. But during the Summer there came the sad news that Harry was wounded, and inusi lie for a long time in the hospital, and then perhaps, be discharged on ac count of Ins disability to do limber service. To add to their distress, came the startling intelligence that the land was brought into market, and must be pre-empted before the first of January, or it would be sold. There was a merchant, five milts away, by the name of Van Dyke, who bought furs of the settlers, anil sold them provisions. An utterly mean man, there was no advantage to be taken that Van Dyke did not lake. — lie was delighted to hear that the land in the neighborhood was to be sold, for he was perfectly satisfied' that the widow Strader could not raise the two hundred dollars necessary to purchase her land, and he chuckled as he thought of the prospect of buying it at the Government sale, and thus getting all the improvement for nothing. Polly applied to Mr. Van Dyke for a loan on the mortgage on the land, but was refused. Hoping against hope, she went to work to ruse all the mon ■ ey she could, very early in the Fall. Leaving her mothei and little Jimmie to secure the crops, she commenced to trap. She started out at daylight every morning, and was a picture lot a painter as she pushed olf her canoe. Iler long hair lay on tier shoulders, her head was covered with a regular trapper’s cap, made ol woli skin with the wolf’s tail hanging down behind. She had been pretty suecesstul, but at the prices offered by Mr. Van Dyke, she had nothing iike enough to buy the land. Polly was very high spirited, and she vowed that the inercb mi should not have a single skin siie captured. In vain he assured her that the price offered her was the highest that could be paid. ‘■Mr. Van Dyke,” she used to say. •‘you have not money enough to buy my furs. You are 11 ke tiie Pharisees you devour widow’s houses.” It did not sound vety well to hear a girl talk m this way, but Polly’s edu cation was a rough one. At last came the news that Harry 7 was about to start home. He bad been discharged ami was scarcely able to walk ; but at any rale it was a com fort to know that lie was coming home j again. It was now it.e middle of No- j vernher. hut the sky was yet clear, and 1 the prai i -s, seared w ith the irosts, look ed like fields of gold beneath the Au tumn sun. And every night the prai rie fires glow in every direction. Pol* ly had made a caridul account ot her resources, anil said that it least she had enough to buy the forty acres on which the house and the principal part ol their improvements were. first was one consolation at any rale. — They would not be without a home, ii they did have to lose the meadow ami the timberiand that they bad prized so highly. One morning as sue was running bullets and filling up her powder-horn, and hoping that 11 rry would come to day, ami wondering il her furs wouldn't bring more than Van Dyke offered, il she could only get them to Mankato. \Vhile she was talking thus, Mr. Van Dyke came in and handed her a letter, saying, “This was in the office for you, and I thought I would bring it along over as I was coming. Don’t want to sel 1 , your furs this morning, eh ?” “I am obliged to you, Mr. Van Dyko, (or bringing the letter, but you-can’t have my furs.” t "Well, yen might let me have that | black fox, any how, as a personal fa vor. I want to send it to my hr.>tl :r. I’ve taken a fancy to it. [i ain’ wonli mora than five "dollars, but I’ll give you «en.” Polly- had captured a Mack nr silver gray (ox a few days before, the only one she had ever seen, for it is vbr’v rare indeed that such a fox is taken so lar south. She had no idea ot its val ue, but ten dollars seemed to her a large price, and was at first inclined to yield; hut remembering that she was dealing with a scoundrel, she said ; "Mr. Y ; an I)\ ke. I believe I told you that vou couldn’t have any ol my pel fries.” “Well, Mi s Strader, you'll be sorry some day that you didn't oblige me.” he said, as he lull the door. Wlien Polly open'd the Icittr. ad her hopes were dash. and. It was liom Harry. He w s i• r\ ill at St. P ul. He iieeged Polly lo come to hue, olherw ise be should d.e, "We!,” said Polly, "if wi m list | give up .all hope <d buying the I,arm, or even loriy hit s. 1 mi pme vy. ’j| hare to. It’ll lake a good part ol what 1 nave to gel 11; rrv home, and it’ll take more limit a w*< k to go and come, and New Year’s isn’t tat elf. Every day is precious. if.it w< must st.v« Many’s life anil the poor fellow' will g* t well it we can once get Imn home.” And so, without regarding her moth er’s warning that there was a storm lire wing, she started net i*i rer e noe to go doWu Ini* i lk fJ 1 1 Ip .. A ill .V ;. I winch to go lor ll.iiry. ii. r■. >tn was an or team, and to go in a stage was costly, and besides Harry 7 couldn’t stand the day and night ruling in the stage, lor the distance was a hundred and loriy miles. iShc hired a team lor a trip to St. Paul. Nile could not get it till ilie Monday billowing, and so she wrote a letter to I lurry . telling Imn that she was coming, and then she started to paddle around the shore and look at her traps. W hen she got to a place w hich she and 11 irry had culled Rocky Ha, bur, on the opposite side id the lake, she found a dead deer, partly eaten by wolves an I knowing that the wol v. s w on Id return alter dark, she set sev. 'til traps lor them. I lieli she hastened b u’k to her canoe, mr it was now tali-, and ill re c.-uld be no doubt but tit a i't Novcmh.-r sou ms, with w i'icb the Winter almost alway s begins, were now at baud. lint before she couel set foot int • tier canoe t ie >lonn mine, and in an iiistaui Hie air was fiile.l with snow lti;»l an obji cl twenty feet away was invisible. It took bui a mouieiu I t Polly to appreciate In r situation. — To paddle across the lake in such a storm was out ol the question. The wind was coming up, and il would be alike impossible td coast around the shore. Besides it was a great dis tance, and ice would begin to form be fore she could get half waV. Tin re were no families living on mat side ol the lake. Her only course was to slay where she was. lier spirit sunk lor a moment, but she dashed away the tears that came up from a desolate heart, and set about making the best of it.— iSlie found a large log lying in a ravine. Dragging her canoe Irom the water, she laid it upside down parallel with the log, about three (ect Irom it. Site then cut brush and laid across them, to form a roof. Creeping under this shelter, she was soon buried beneath two feet of snow, and so felt sure ol not freezing. There is no heller pro tection from cold than snow. It was a lonely pi ice. She couhl hear her heart beat But when the wolves commenced to g itlier l«»r their midnight repast, and when they -it up their frightful howls, she ould h- i the hair raise tip .>m tow head. Sh ■ would have been brave enough it sin could have fought wiili the wolves, but to lie there ami listen to tlieir unearth ly yelling-', not knowing bow soon the hungry pack would find In r. w«s more than she couui endure. And lin n she thought of poor II ury, and of tin laud sale, uud she wistu il fir the skins of the wild beasts tli it were so near her. For, though the wolf skill is ot little or no value for ordinary purpo ses to widen furs are applied, it is in considerable demand for lap ropes. — And remembering that she was on the leeward side id the wolves, she dug avvav the snow at one end of her bur rough and looked out. I hen. grow m. bidder, she crept on to a clump of lit tle bushes near by, through which she could plainly s. e them. For by tins time it nad ceased snowing, and the moon was shining, though the wind stili blew. fcJi.e leveled her gun at them two or three limes before site could get courage enough to fire. Ai the first shot she killed one, and tin pack scattered a little, hut the smell ol fresh Id nod ol the dead wolf brought them back again. Several times sin tired with like success. Bui one ol the wolves in moving round, caught sight of her. Minn a wol! sees all) living object, be nniiu-diati ly endeav ms to g'-t to the leeward ot it in in der to tell by the scent w bat il is. A wolf depends on his nose in such mat* ters, and not at alt upon his e\e«.— Phis one. when lie caught sight ol Hoi ly, commenced to mak* a circle in or der lo gel w'lo r*- Ins nose would lntorm full) what kind < f an aioin.il she wa* Crowding toe bail down quickly *• fired just in time to keep the w»l< If'i finding her out. and calling the r-st e the pack with a howl. Ihe woll rd; ed over tn the snow. Another one r ime near running rig! on her, but she fin and in time tu sav. herself. But this last ifiglit alarm* her so that she did r*nt dare tire again till she kad *litob#d » true- From NO. 10. this point -be kept up a fire upon tin till day light, when they left. As h result ol the night's work. Polly fuu that si - e bail kill'd nine tee® wnlvi j oid iioren one ol her lingers sd**w, | ! >h, , w<> oi the wolves had been by the others, but tin re werlMvente* tolerable got and skins. Before she dared to umlertakP skin them, she found it Regcasniry 1 have .» fire to keep her hands lt#| •reezing. By whittling thin bp as-wo; shavings from her caiiue«£nddle, »* taking cotton Iront her clothing, & was able io start a lire bv slrikit'n percussion cap in the midst of » ku#' <d cotton with a little powder scat/ ed through it. B took lifer till noon take the skill from the wolves, at by the middle of the aftero'ion the t vre cohl had frozen the lake ill i ; narrowest, par', so that she vtmlurtT to cross. In order to take ihe tvnl -kins across, she was obliged to non, ■i mile sledge of (be eroieli t fa silt;. 1,1 • Ol course there had been gr>‘' distress at home on account of her a si nee, and gn at was the joy at her r urn. A <: y or two later she put her fur on a sbil and started for St. Paul.- \\ hen -he got to Mankato, she InoWj tool of wheat for .St, Paul, gelling good mice for hauling it. When »|j trii veil in the city, her first care wif to find Harry and to cheer him U( which she did most elf dually. It said her mer-y laugh was better tfip t I the tonics in the drug stores. Bl| old II irry that il she could get a h*J b.o’i., she lliongll*. In r turs would ® ulheieut to pay* lor forty acres, all the other one hundred and twenty ttijj would have to let old Van Dyke,”® she called him, have. "And so you've turned teamstfr, have you little woodchuck I” said Hat IV. raising himeplfup in bed. ‘‘Anything to save you and the oltl home, Harry.” That day she sold her furs. What was her surprise to find that the ran and beautiful silver black fox was worth, not ten dollars, bui sixtv*fivt4 for the average ol black or silver gi'iv skins is fillv dollars, and tiers Was o uncommonly fine one. And then, too,tf J * xl raoi din.irv demand for umoks iilul ■ • fried lli' in up three times the prire fie l*. and h\ v 111 I) ke. -in | even her lim.-krais were twice what lie had offer •l, and she got vied mid fir her wiif*, -kins. And to this Harry’s back pay. 'bat III) had jn-t received, was added and there was more than enough to eil" er the whole claim. VY lo ii Polly gut home she did not II any <>f her neighbors I hut she hittJ Uoppi and at the hind office at Si. •" }o rway b >ck. and cute,ed the Wain* \n<! Van Dy ke, who did not knot" hat she had taken a load both ways nor how many furs she had, came U ■(■*<• Harry. who was now able to w»i abotlj. "Ylr. Strader,” said lie, “1 supp4*i you’ll he aide to pre-empt forty aefe 1 of this and J mean lo tiny the otfie hree forties. Yonr sister has hemfci little saucy, hut I want to oblige yt#tt mil il yen’ll let me huv in this with the Inmsi on. I don’t ♦"•id' ng you a little something to start yi« on anew claim.” "1 conlden't make such an arrangS ment, sir,” said llarry. “YVliy?” said Van Dyke. “ Because my sister, whom you trirl "> swindle, entered the whole claim <A '•er wav hack from St. Paul. Ail iow, sir. there is the door. m And the crestfallen “land shnrMS 1 ”ft. Edward Eggtcalon, in our School lay Visitor. Broke file Pledge. In a nil on 'Lidos’ Moral Helium ■ .clipv .’ I'Xislip'J U'*t 111 -ti y m;l' , «f’'»ii ilie hank of a certain river, the m rn hers w r> required to sign a ;liO%S tr i “set up."as it is termed, or do any I 'dug els<* that might fie supposed t, have a 'endency , however remote, lo inj ii T.diiv. O o evening ,is the presiib*r| ( is c alling over names to know wlietli r each member had kypt her olilig-, a ion ahr a iiil'ul n I highly r spccialij, . .mug I i!v burst into tears, and oi icing questioned as to the cause, s*n she fear il that she had broken Lei >|edge. Whv what have you done ?” aske ( he president. * Oh!” sobbed the young lady, “Dr —.kissed me the other night when h vailed on me home from meeting.” ••O. well, that is nothing very bad/ said the piesident; “his kissing you Ii s not m ike it that vou have bro* ben the pledge/' “() ! tint isn't the wnr«t >f it.” •"% claimed the conscientious young ady, “I kissed him back again.” N ashviu.b Oci. 25 —The legislator! enacted a law m king it mmisha ! e for common carriers to make div niiiiatioii on account ofraee of color i,is (dares negroes on an equaVip " i whites on Tennessee Hailroa/i Ate. Hair Si Bradshaw riTitf iiuritalus higoil n-l no mh'QJti'. *V!ii»v ;o! lntSielrf.su and wime r ~»| >ti** of bOji-i, etc. lirerybody r?m to Elixir i ,<:• .id' .fN 'doiT. They lint •pit iaoie !T - «‘ttier 1 ' iuueucaiscr sood»,r nJ| batlf, iiy ijarr t
