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£l)c Cutl)bcit Appeal.
J. P. SAWTELLJ IH. H. JOKES,
Proprietor*.
TERMS OF 81'BSl'HIl’TlOX t
Three month* $1 00
HI* nontbi |8 00
On* jmt.*. #8 00
l*T luT*rutilr in advanc*.
F©imY.
The Professor's Fox.
A sly old fox onca lived at rase.
In learned Cambridge town,
Tbe much loved pet of Agonlz,
That acbolar of renown,
Sir Fox wo* handoome, red nod sleek,
Hi* tail was thick ali<t long ;
lit- mein wa« uniat, gruve ami moek,
Like one who did no wroug.
flit chain*:, length only could bo run
About the yard by day,
And In his house when day was done,
Fast collared still, he lay.
One morn a neighbor came in haste ;
• My honored filend,'' mid he,
“Thnt fox of your* enjoy* the taste
Of Uulton-graya, I see.’’
“What mean you, sir? My fox, I tnqi,
Like any prince is fid ;
He idutsUwaa gets a chicken bone,
Sometimes a turkey’* Lead.”
••Perhaps ho helps himself to faro
More dainty than yon know ;
l'r* no nwro fatted hen* to ►pore,
Aud plainly tell you so."
••Alt! you mistake," the other cried,
With gesture* of relief;
“fly day und rtlght niy fox is tied,
frouiu weasel is thu thief."
“My friend, full well I know your fvx ;
1 saw him lull and all,
As holding f.ut uiy best of cocks,
He leaped the gardeu walk''
“A prowling cut you chanced to eve,
And anger dimmed JrOnr eye*.
Till in the night it secuied to bo
A thing of Iarg«r size."
••Hut 1 will wutch your doubts to clear ;
Though he a wiz/ard be,
He shall not leave lit* kcuncl hefti
Hut I Lis trick will am.',’’ •
That night the moon full lustre shed
I'pon the sleeping world.
And *»W the fox upon bis bed
In quiet slumber curled.
The watching stars, with laughing eye*,
Peeped out to sec lbs Inn ;
They knew the fox would soon surprise
Another watching one.
Before the rosy morning dawned,
When men most soundly slept,
Old Redskin shook hiiusoll and yawned,
And Irom his kennel crept.
Before? bis door upon the ground
Like one who meant to stay,
lie sat: while furtively arouud
He peered in every way.
He seized his collar with Imth paw*,
He tugged hard at the chain ;
Then stopped to smack his hungry jaws,
Aud pulled awuy again.
This time the struggle act him free ;
Amazed his muhter found
The fox bud gained his liberty,
The ring w us on tbe ground.
Then swift. %ith noiseless, stealthy tread,
Across the dewy lawn,
With hunger keen, old It.ikkln sped,
Aud quiok from sight Was gone.
Soon (ante a cackling, frightened sound
Of hens, from peaceful rest
Plsturbed by one whom tliry had found
A murderous, cruel guest.
The little star* their golden eyes
Were twinkling now with fug j
They know the fox would soon surprise
Again that watching one.
Once more, ncrons tbe dewy green,
Th« wily fellow glides ;
With sneaking, yet contented mciu,
And uewiy fattened sides.
lie Ikked Lis chop*, as il lo ray,
*T»c had a glut ions ineul;
And there are twenty chickens more
Cooped up for me to steal. '
Upon the grass by his kennel door
Hu ruble <1 hi* sniilllug jaws,
And sharply looked around once more—
His collar in his paws.
Then quick be ilippcd his red head through
Put on Lis meekest face,
And to bis bedroom soon withdrew,
With honest, charming grace.
There down the rascal laid his head
Aud closed bis wicked errs ;
While stars grew pale, and morning spread
Her blush upon tbe »ki«*.
I hope for his next morning meal
The villain waited long ;
Til! gnawing hunger mndebiin fieri
The grief that follows wrong.
[K**r+l< ihgvint.
A gentleman in Henry county, l\y.,
was born on the H4th of February, wu*
married on the ‘2-UU of February, had
three children born to him on the 24th
of February, his wife died ou the iUili of
February, and he wan a second lime
nturried on the 24th of lust February.
A recent tire in Ycddo, Japan,
burnt down four mile* of house*. That
wuh sol no burning ; but Bhermnn only n
year or two ago burnt nbout four handled
tiuls.it of house*.
THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
Vol. I.
Cathbert, Georgia, Friday, March 22, 1867.
No. 21.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A MIRROR,
IN WHICH PEOPLE MAY BEE
THEMSELVES REFLECTED.
"Albert, I wish J'oU would lot mo have
sevonly-five cents.”
Kr.te Landmnn apoko very carefully,
for kIio knew that hor husband had not
much money to spare; yet oho r.pnko
curr.eotly, and there wa* n world oi cn
treaty in her look.
‘ \V hat do you want seventy-five cents
fur?’’ asked Albert, not veiy pleasant
ly.
* “I want (o get some braid for my now
Ores*.”
••1 thought you hod the materials nil
on hand for Unit.”
“Si l thought t had | but Mrs. Smith
ami M 1 *. Thompson both Imvo u trim
ming ofhrnid on theirs, and it looks
very prctly. Its very fashionable, and
it certainly adds much to the dies.*.’
‘•Plug© t nit • them* Women's fsihioh* 1
Your endless trimmings and thing-itonn
gigs cost tuore than the dress is wnit'i
ris nothing but shell out money when
once n woman thinks of n new dress."
"Surely, I don’t hove ninny now
dromes. I try to bo as economical ns T
can."
‘•It’s a funny hind of economy, nt nil
events. Hut if you must have it, I sup
pose you must.'* t
Ami Albeit Landman took out his
wallet, and counted out the seventy-five
cents ; but lie gave it grudgingly, and
when he put the wallet back into his
pocket, he did it with tin cmphnsli which
seemed to suy that ho wouldn’t take it
out again lor a week.
When Albert reached tin* outer door,
on his way to his work, lie found the
\\ cut her so threatening thnt ho conclu
ded to go back and get his umbrella,
altd upoQ re-entering tho sitting room
ho found his wife in tears. She tiled
to hide tilt) fact that she had been weep
ing, but she had been caught in tho act;
and she wus asked what it meant.
"Good gracious!" cried the husband.
"I should like to know if you are crying
ut wbut I euid about your dress?’’
"1 was not crying ut what you said
Albert," replied Kate trcntnlously ; ' but
yon were so reluctant to grunt mo the
favor. I was thinking how liurd 1 work
—I am tled to the noose—how ninny
!itt!o things I have to perplex me ; and
then to think ”
"O, pshaw ! What do you want to be
so foolish for ?"
And away started Albert Landman
n second time} but hot to escape so eas
ily. In the hull he was met by his daugh
ter Lizzie, a bright eyed, rosy cheeked
girl, ten ycuraofugel
"TMi, papa, give mo fifteen cents.”
‘•Whut V"
"O. I want fifteen cents. Do please
give it to tno.”
•‘What in tho world do you Want of
it f Aro they changing school-books
again ?’’
"No—I want to buy a hoop. Ellen
Bmith has gotono, mid so lias Mary
Rucks nnd Sarah Allen. Mr. (irant's
got Home roal pretty ones to sell. Mayn’t
I have ono ?"
"NonseuBo ! if you want n hoop go
and got one from off an old barrel. 1
can't afford to bo buying hoops for you
to trundle about the streets."
"Plctuv, papa."
"No, I tell ypu I”
The bright blue eyes were filled with
tears, nnd as tho child’s sobbing broke
upon Ids cars Albeit Liindmuti hurried
from the houso with some very impa
tient words on his lips.
This was in tho morning. At noon,
icti ho cattle homo to his dinner, there
is a cloud over the houshold. His
wife was sober, and ho was sober; and
even littlo Lizzie, usually so gay and
blithesome, was sad and silent.
Hut these things could not last long
in thut household ; for tho husband nnd
wife really loved each other devotedly,
and were at heart, kind nnd fulbeai iug.
When Albert enmo to his supper Kuto
greeted him with n kins, and in n mo
ment the sunshine came back ; and hud
Not now, l.izzio^-not now. I’ll tbiuk
of 1 it"
Bobbing again tho child moved on to
wards home, dragging the old hoop af
ter her.
At one of tho stores Albert Landman
met tmnio of Ids friends.
“Hello, Albert, what’s tip ?”
"Nothing in, particular."
"VVhut d’ye eay to a gamo of bill
iards ?”
“Uood 1 I’m in for that,”
And away went Albert to tho bill
iard hall, where he had a glorious time
with his friends. He likeu billiards. It
wus tt healthy, pretty game ; and the
keeper ut the hull allowed no rough
scuff upon his premises.
They had played four gomes. Al
bert hud won two, and his opponent had
won two.
"That’s two nnd two,” cried Tom Pi
per. “What d'yo say to an-Idling 'em
off?’’
"All right—go in,'’ replied Albert,
full ofnniiimtinn.
So they played tho fifth game, nnd ho
who lost was to pay for thu five games.
It wiih an exciting contest ; both made
capital runs | bat in the end Albert was
beaten by just three points, and, w ith a
light laugh, ho went up to auttlo Hie
bill. Five games—twenty cents a game,
just ono dollar. Not much that f<*r such
Hfmrt, and ho paid ou* the money with
n good grace, never once Booming to feel
that lie couldn’t ufiord it.
“Have a cigar?” said Tom.
"Yes."
They lighted their cigars, nnd then
sauntered down the hull to wutch other
players.
Uy nnd by Albert found himself seat
ed over against u table at which some
of hi* friends wero playing, and close
by him stood two gentlemen—both
strangers to him—onri of whom was ex
plaining to the other thu mysteries of
the gamo.
"Il is a heulthy pastime," paid ho who
had ho‘ n nniking the explanation ; "and
certainly it is one thut van have no evil
tendency."
Albert heard the remarks very plain-
children of tho unsuccessful billiard play
er. Ah I it is well for-such wives nnd
children that they do riot htiOW where
till tbe money goes i
Tho gamo hud finished nt the nearest
table; tho two gentlemen moved on;
and Albert Landman arose from his
sent and left tho hull. Never before lmd
ho such thoughts ns now possessed him.
Ho had never dwelt upon tho antno
grouping ot ideas. That very morning
his own true, faithful) IbV’rng wife End
been rad am! hburt-siok because ho hull
harshly and unkindly met her request
for a small sum of money. And his
sweet Lizzie hud crept away to hor homo
almost broken-hourted lot* tho want of a
simplo toy such ns her mates possessed.
And yet tho sum of both their wants
amounted to not as much ns he hud paid
away that ovinTsg for billiard playing.
Albert Lnndmnn wantod to bo an
honest husband and father, nnd the les
son was nut lost upon him. On his way
homo lie stopped at Mr. Grant’s and
jmrchntcd tho best nnd prettiest hoop to
no found, with a driving stick painted
red nnd wiiito and blue, and in the mot n-
ing, when ho beheld his child’s delight
and hud 4 received her grateful lumpy
kiss, tho quest lot) oamo to his mind.—
Which was tho best and happiest Result
—this, or tho five gomes at billiards ?
Tho hoop hud cost thirty cunts, lie
could phrjr two games less nt billiards,
and l*o the absolute gainer of ten cents
by the operation.
A lew mornings after this as Albert
arose from the breakfast table, lie do-
•tocted an uneasy, wistful look upon bis
w ife's face.
"Kale what is it V s
"Albert if you could spare mo lmlf a
dollar this morning. ”
"Cortuin’y my lovo. Anything in
runsoii to make you happy." And nut
cumu the wallet, and the money was
handed over with a warm genial smile.
What I Tears at that ? Was it possi
ble that she lmd been so little used to
stmli scenes on his part, that so simple
mi act of loving kindness thus ufl'ootud
ber ?
llow many games of billiards Would
lv, anil liu lmd n ourionity to hour wlinl >'« required to givusuch Mli.facitiim m
tho oil,it, who ......nod uiqmiiotid with * , “ ,rt *'«>
icqnu
billiards, would say.
“I cannot, of cotirso, nssert thnt any
gnino which calls for skill nnd judgment,
und which is free from the attendant
curso of gaming, is of itsull an evil,” re
marked thu second gentleman. "Such
things aro only evils hi so far ns they
excite and stimulate men beyond the
bounds of lieuUhf'il recreation.”
"That result can hardly follow such a
game," raid tho first speaker.
Hut the other shook his bend.
You are wrong there. Tho result
utm follow in two ways. First: It can
lead men away from their business | and
Second : It can lead men to spend mon
ey who have not (but money to spare.
You will understand me. I would
not cry down the guino of billiards for if
X understood it, I should certainly try
you a game now ; but w henever l visit
a place of this kind I am led to rcfleut
upon a most strange nnd prominent
weakness of humanity developed in our
sex. For instance observe thut young
man w ho is just now settling his bill at
tho desk. Ho looks like a mechanic ;
und I should say irom his manner, and
from lie fact that ho feels if Iris duty to
go home ut this hour, that he has u wife
id children, I see by his face that hi
ts kind-lie urlod und generous, had 1
should judge thnt ho means to do about
ns near right us ho cnn. Ho has been
beaten, und he pays ono dollar und forty
cents for tho recreation of some two
hoars duration. If you will observe you
will sec that bo pays it freely, mid pock
ets the loss with a smile. Jlappv facul
ty ! Hut how do you suppose it is in
that young mutt's homo'( Suppose bin
wife lmd come to him this morning and
usked him fur a dollar to spend fur some
billing thing—smno household orna
ment, or some bit of jewelry fur the
adornment of her person, and suppose
his little child hud put in a plea for fuqg
ty cents to buy paper dolls and picture
beoksvvith, what do you think would Jmvu
been the answer ? Of fifty men just like
thut morning to his shop ?
A very simple story, is it not ? Hut
how muny may gain lusting profit by
giving heed to tboiemon ?
Tin "AMbndmbnt” in Massaciilbktts,
—Tho following special to the Now
York Tribune shows how mtioli the
South has to expect from the tender con
sideration of tlm Northern Radicals,
even if she adopts tho Constitutional
Amendment:
Huston, March 1.—The committee on
Federal Relations of tlm Legislature,
Hindu a report to-day on the question of
the amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. Tlm majority of the
Committee, four in number, recommend
that it bo referred lo the next Legislu*
turo, nnd the minority numbering three,
urge its adoptiou, and the passage of the
following i
Resolved, That in acting upon the
H article of tlm amendments to the
Constitution proposed by tho XXXIXth
Congress us a nieasuro of reconstruc
tion, Massachusetts denies tliU light of
any Republican Government to abridge
tho exorcise of tho clectivo franchise by
ruusou of race or color; or to impose
nny qualification of voting which is not
applicable to all men and surmountable
by ull men. That she is opposed to the
creation of new States and to tho reor
ganizing of State* lately in rebellion, on
any other busis than universal suffrage,
and that the propose d amendment cun-
nut be oonsiacrod by her us u finality,
but merely ns an advaitoldg step in the
\Vurk of reconstruction, and u part of
that admirable system recently adopted
by Congress, by which the social nnd
civil condition of the revolted State is to
be elevated to tlm standard of true Re
publican Governments
There is u fulr probability thut tho mi-
ority report will bo ndoplo I, although
opinions are u good deal divided;
Dcr.L Timls in N*w York.—Tho
the lesson ended there tho husband j him would not fivc-aml forty Imve do-1 Now York correspondent of the Pbila-
might hove fancied thnt ho had done dared that they had not that money to dolphin Lodger writes
Romance of llcnl Life.
From the Chicago Republican.]
A brief paragraph has lately run tho
rounds of tho press, stating in effect that
n fortuno of $250,000 was awaiting Dr.
Patterson, or his heirs, of Mobile. The
full history of tho case, the dinerivery of
tho heir in Chicago, nnd tho previous ex
perience of that person nlVord material
tor n first class romance, without need of
embellishment. Wo proposo to give
morely tho outlines of the story, which
is not Ices true than strange. In 1863
a rich widow enmo to this city from Mo
bile, nnd stopped aud remained for some
time at one of our principal hotels. 8hC
WtiZ the daughter of H. F. Patterson, of
Mobile, who Waft once a judge, and sub
sequently became n surgeon in the robel
service. Not sympathizing with thd re
bellion, sho came within the Union lines,
nnd having converted most of her prop
erty into money, win possessed of 860,-
000 in cash, besides some lands upon
her nrrivul in Chicago. Of course n
w'idoxV, young, handsome, nnd so rich,
was the recipient of many flattering at
tentions w hile hero. With her child,
a little girl, as her only companion, sho
led, however, a very secluded life, wait
ing for tho termination of tho war.—
When hostilities were over sho wont to
Mobile, found thut her father was mis
sing, and no doubt dead, while his es
tates wore almost entirely wasted by thu
disasters of war nnd litigation. Resid
ing for a short time after at Washington,
she became acquainted with, and pres
cully marriod a Mr. D , son of u
well-known rebel gun maker nt Rich
mond. They were led to try to increase
their fortune in the oil regions, and re
moved to that vicinity. Mr. D's invest
ments in land and in sinking wells were
laige, but were altogether unsuccessful.
Thu result was, thut in a very few
months they were quito impoverished)
und the husband WUlit to tho frontier to
try to rt'puir Itis fortunes, while the wife
enmo to Chicago a second time, having
upon her nrrivul hurdly sufficient means
to sustain her for ouu week, blic wus
g entle of blood, and unused to work,
ut sho at onco Bought employment as
mi humble seamstress; some of oar
clothing house men being impressed by
her uppcnrunco, readily gave her such
light work uh she wus ublo to do—pre
paring neck lies, etc. Bo, with diligence,
sho was in n few months not only able
to provide for herself thu accessaries of
life, but to employ two or three ussist-
unt*, tod look forward to tho establish
ment of u more independent business.—
Her husband, meuntimu, did not do so
w ell, and proving lo be unable to com
bat misfortune successfully as she hud
done, he returned in u few mouths to be
Fupportcd by her exertions. A few
weeks ugo, however, he got ut work in
a locksmith shop (near McVicker's the-
ati e), where his skill usu iiiechunic soon
f pive promise of large returns. The faith-
nl wife often carried his meals to him,
cheered him, nnd sometimes chided be
cuuso ho prolonged his lubtira fur into
the night. Hu was then contriving a
patent skate. Wo are told, by tho way,
that tlm rooms he occupied were curious
ly adorned. The man was u rebel, and
on his side of thu house were hung pic
tures of rebel chiefs, und otliof Ibditiu-
lions of his sympathies. On hers, were
a tiny “stars and strips," Lincoln, Grant,
and Union heroes. Hut this humble c»
Into was soon lo bo abandoned bimul
tuuQuusly with the uppeurunco <*f the
paragraph to which we lnive made refer
ence, came u dispatch to tlm lady from
Mobile, und another front Washington,
notifying her that, in her father’s right,
she wus heir to thu great estato that wus
as yet unci aimed. Tho sowing machine
was gladly ubandoiiod, mid the lock
smith threw down his tools. Before this
time, no doubt) thu subjects of these
freaks of fortune are merrily laughing
over lh«ir little episode somewhere in
tlm vicinity of Mobile Hay, und with
chastened spirits humbly eqjoyiug the
goods thut have fallen lo ihcrtl.
VA. A negro made his npponrnnco in
East Maclmis villngo, Me , the other day
"Yankxks."—We have received the
follow ng:
"Tho question has oflon been asked
ine : W hat Is the origin of thU Wbrd
‘Yankee ?’—-Flense tell an old subscriber;
J. H. M..”
Thbro hiis been it good dual of dis
pute about this. It is certain tho terrtl
was used first by tho native Indians, amt
applied exclusively to the white colon
ists of New England, from tlm begin
ning tho Indians used it to designate
the white mon that would lie lo thorn,
and cheat them, as distinguished from
other white men who wero friendly and
truthful towards them. The fancy has
been entertained that ft was a corrup
tion of “York men j" blit this is answer
ed by the ascertained fact that the In
dians uhod the term before whut is not?
New York full Into English hands.
The most rational miawnr is, that
Yankeo is the Indian corruption of An-
glttisc, tho French for English. The
French, by wny of explaining to the In
dians why some white men wero suoil
rogues nnd li-ir*, nnd choated tho poor
Indians so, told them these were "An*
glniso" or "English." As thi» was the
common character of the X'uritans, the
Iiuliuns took to calling them Aogluiso—
corrupted to "Yankeen,” meaning "ly
ing, cheating, (noddling with men I"
Tho nnmo bus been continued, and the
race, unfortunately, though now in rapid
process of extinction, is still very troub
losoitac.—New l'ork fWvdttUinU Jour-
Mil.
Advicito Young Mkn.—<=The Monroe
(La.) Intelligencer, ml vises ull young men
of sinull menus to club their capital irt
partnerships from two to a half dozen,
rent a plantation und go to work them
selves. Tho proceeds of a co-partner
ship of half a dozen manly young men’s
labor on n plantation, would be a larger
dividend than they can get in almost
nny other wny. He-ides, it would bo
mi Intiome from honostnad honorably la
bor—to many of our young rgen we art
constrained to say, n novel consideration.
Several young men who wero horctofore __
hungers on ullillit town, Wdht to work ] moriy.
Cutljbtrt
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Oeh do]]ar p*r *qa«r* of lint* Lr Q>« Aral la
M rU<», & 4**M»r MR
lubttqutnl inaortinn, not «lc**(lmg tbr*«.
Ono*qu»r* lbr«o noglU.lil .'..’ I ^
Onoaq«*ro ono ymi/lt../:.1 10 (VJ
K<»i rib of * col urn* As ihonlho* ~.. -,M W
ll*lfcolumn six Mnathl,ty..^... 7* 0*
On* column Ml aldeth*.. * . 100 <4
H t M 0 It 0 PS.
A Scotchman, hqving nskod on Irjsli f
man why Jull-fni things were roftrtfff
England, wns bHSwefed: ‘*<fd*glve
Scotchmen mi oppoKMNll.f ofeirtfaftrioliig
hr dtmriuble rtwitiUi 1
TheYiMiMlHf'pfmM'-i nW <*TWR*
fruits in New Jersey imd-Wi st«*rn Pen-
Btltmiia is go4'h The.Ru-s llVdle (Ky f
Iterat'd says that .the punch buds in thin
section aril all kKiwi; out MWidr fruild
are nut hart.
Atf tfnfAjftitf parent had jerked fii* fW
4okiiYg rfbiY nttfikh hfs knee snd wn* ope
rating on the uspoMcd portion of tho nM
cilia’s |M-rmm With gtest VeheiheflCe,
when thu young null dUg Wild the yai cn-
tnl legs with his vein.inoiis littlq twin.
"Minxes ! what nre you bit'ntf me fi*r Y* 1
“ W-cll, dnd.yuw livgined this War.”
A short time qgo, nt a school in Nrvri
nrk, during a lesson on tin* Animal King-
dom, the teuohur p|lt ibo t'llow ing qiiv*-
tiun : "Cun nny ln*y name lo me an ani
mal of tho order of edyntatn—that iq, n
front tooth, toothless nnftnuY? JS l*-y,
whose face beamed with nlennure at tlm
prospect «dn good mack; replied, "1
can.” MtVell, what is th$ ^inimgt y*/
"My grundinnthur/'
On 11 if ftecnaion of a trrnfde ship
wreck, when nil the effurts of iflevdptnilf
and ciovr soemed imnv«Hi#g touvertthe
coming fa'« ( an old lady went up to tl»o
•kipper, wj inging her bauds in despera
tion, aud exclaiming:
"Oli, captain ! uru w o Tealiy Tn 'dill*
f*f ?” ■ ' • " v ' ,m ' "" b •*
"Yes, ina’ani," answered he,- "Wo nmA
trust in providence-now.”
"Good Gml ?” w^s the pique r*-j tinder^
'*ha/it come to thnt ?”
FiiitiUztss.---“^i) mao ot octdltirtU
sense/' AOy* lion. \V. Npwton, in his let
ter ill (lie Funner of Inst month, .“can
snppodo it pbostble to eUUI^ulo profita-
iiljr, 'ftoof land with hired lalior; nnd iftf*
der our now system fertilizers ifffist ltd
used to a much grater exteut than for-
last senson, nnd we are told thst they
earned more than they ever dio in n year
before. Our young men hove Iwth op
portunity and incentive. Lot them con
quer their mauvnue honle, afid JmiII nff
their coats with the manly determination
to owe nothing to their friends or ohnoco,
but all to their own manly oxertious.
DrstROCTivx Fisk in Hkauwiit— 1 os*
Estimatkd at 820,000.*-BKAtroRT, B. U.
-rOur village w us tli« scono of a disas
trous conflagration tut Teusfjny morning
la«t. At two o'clock, a fire was discov
ered in the Imrdwnio stoto'ofj. OI
Thompson Co., which, together With
n large stock, was burned to (he ground
in a few minutes. The New South
newspaper office, adjoining was soon iq
ll.imes, and everything destroyed. Hub
Nothing end 'trtftf tfidn tlict to
farm profttuoiy 1 , fffidcr the cl«4mgedT|r-
eiimstarfceS which sKwounds d*, we must
Ullrich aur Jnfida. *tVo cunw»t take fotir
horNds of corn where tho same-iq^or w;i|I
give eight or ten bushels of wheat w here
wo may as well huvo thirty.' \fo’ mhst
economise labor by eontracting'our mir-
lace cnitivuUon, nnd by enriching wfMt
wo do cullifnto, that it may approximate
at least maximum of production. . ...
To .1.. toil., thu poAi.l.lo Wrfflftm of
the market mufit and wdl bo used, even
mnfu largely than p^er. hefurj.. Th^so
that are well nnd honestly manufactured;
nnd good ’natural gtiAnos, ImVe an-liitrln-
sic value which hftfinnt be dvertooledf
un^ they Imv* th*»-t«klng quhH'y of giv
ing us ou |>oor land* ths crojw that be-
Iwng to fertilitv, and oQ( ficating us into
hor,I - doOtlorram K nllory, 110 l.lo.T.lo ; llw r tl.af our burruii (iuld. bnrolw
Ilmwo, u.ul i. nowly H.o.huil d.v«lhnu, 0 ,„„ e , nngl6 . riu1l Thuy .rillW
bhlorijjing to Mr, I ulluiur «... «l,o d«- „, ed t |,. r „f„ re , „ nd ra0 „, m d' to
Htroyud. 1 hu rnuoihc,. o, tin tiro com- (b , . wi ||. |,„
puny wero having a hull thut night, imgrumentjjf iinurovomaqt pad waaitli
which prevented them from going to the — A> nt , i q»i Nunn. r.
scene us quickly us they might have
done, principally booauso their nppnra-
tmm was in use to udpni the hull. J. G,
A llrNTAzirr,—The CinoiaiintaCoftf*
that they were telling the truth! Am 1 month, suy* February is advancing, with- j full |? r 1 “ w u h ° fi' 1 " T*'° lather
not right ? out bringing with it any incruuse of bus-1 , '°pfi u( ‘ : Uou did it my son, ’ wberuup-
on tho youngster expressed his surprise
thut he stood still mid lut him do it I
A widow ludy at Danville, Ky.. took
clmation is to hold back in expectation yours ago they took an orphan girl to
raise. Lust fill the old ludy died, be*
nnd was quite a curiosity to the people,
many of whom never saw u colored inun
nothing wrong, tljut tho cloud had beon |spare for uny such purpose! and, more-1 ^'fi® dry goods dealers, who wore I ""d brother before. A little buy struck
nothing but the rxhulut ion of a domestic over they would have sutd on, feeling/dieei fid h*o«h about tho first of tho j JV’r l ,, 0 V 0W V 0,n ® r . B . . *
ferine nl fur which no ono was particular *' f ‘ % * * ' —«.u —.._ i?..i :-_.i s—futhsr ‘wn.
res|Ninsil>le; though he might not have
honished tho conviction that woman’s
fashions were a nuisance nnd n humbug,
us well a* a liightful draft upon u hus
band's pockets.
After tea Albert did n few chores
around the house nnd (hen he lighted a
cigar nnd walked out. He had gone
but a short distance when he met Lizzie.
In her right hand she drugged an old
hoop, which had been taken from a di
lapidated tl .ur-barrel, while with her
left sho was rubbing her red swollen
•■yes. She was in deep grief, fur she
was sobbing painfully. Ho stopped his
child und asked her wlmt wus tho mat
ter.
Sho answered ns well as her robs
would let her, that the other gills hud
laughed at her, and made fun of her old
hoop. They had nice, prattv hoops,
while her'* was ugly and homely.
"Never mind," said Albeit, patting
the little one upon the head, lor the
child's grief towelled him, "|*erhups wv'll
have a new hoops luotline,”
"Mayn't I have one now? Mr,
Grant’s got one left—0 ! such it pretty
one !”
The sobbing had ceased as tho child
caught her father's hand eagerly,
"Upon my bouI," responded the man W,H ? 1,10 ad ? ,cc8 fr ' ,r " Mia interior
who understood billiards, "you speak to discouraging. Salesmen wa li
the point. 1 know that young man who , dor about tho wareroom* with nothing
just paid his bill, and yon have not mis- to d "' , J ho l ®“ ll, ? r ? ud fi ,d ”. l, io drug , , - fl . . r ,
judged him in a single particular. And nnd . T ed,l!l " 0 ’ " ,,d 1,10 fi^rclwnro men, an orphan boy to raise, quito Rilinll, nnd
what is more I happen to have u fact ut “** J 0 '" l’ rt * tt J r much tho same chorus., when ho arrived at tho ugc of 18 she
bund to illtxtiuto your charge \v c . There are a good many Western men married him, sho thou being io her 50th
l.avo a club f„r ua uxculluiil lit “ary pa-1 “ niv i"Ki ll "‘ >l'«y a. Iimlcora on, | y.-ar. They lived many yonra Pigotlier
)*r m,.ur village, and lu»tyear that man “ ■H!:™.* “•* «* The in- j a. happy as any other people. Too
was one of tho subscribers. This year " " ” lift I fi
he felt obliged to discontinue it. His
wife wus very anxious to take it for it
hud become a genial companion to her
in her leisure moments ; but ho could ,
not afford it Thu club-rate was one' n s well as information from reliable
dollar und fifty cents per year.” j sources, we are pleased to bo ublo to
............ ...— - inuiVlttl says } “All tho old hens i u ths
IhompHuii wus insured to tho amount of .United Btulcs have rwisou to fatty!
$1,000 ; Mr. Fsllilier t $'J,000. Tbo with delight. Our exemplar^ Congress
others were not covered by uny insu
rance. The total loss is not far from
$20,000. Tho lire is supposed to huvo
been the work of an inceudiury,—Sj»c.
Cor. of I he News and Herald.
Thu* IIkkoIsM.— In a lecluro deliver
ed by Grure Urucnwiiod, in Boston, on
Heroism," she referred to imi incident
pro|iosos to protect thsrrt. B\cn ir the'
Tariff Hill, now Wore ikmgress, failrf
to become a law, the old bans have boon
recognized by American stulcsmorv us
beluugiug to on® of LI40 piiyiluged
classes. Our own liens are to be pro
tected agninst com pull 1 foil wftiffli? pmi-
per jsmltry of Canada. A duly or 'ond
cent per doatin is to It* Is Vied ion Cam»-
of lower prices soon for uliuust every-
thing,
W1 in at.—From personal observation
“Aye—and so it goes,” said tho oth
er gentleman—"\Vell, thut man’s wife
may at this very moment be wishing
thut she had her paper to read, while ho
is paying almost im lull price fur a year
— fur wfiut ? And yet see how smilingly
hu dues it. Ah! these poor, sympathiz
ing wives! How many clouds darken
upon them fiom the brows of their hus
bands w hen they ask for trilling sums of
money, und how grudgingly the mite is
handed over alien ilia given. What
perlert floods of joy might thut dulho
si; J Li ty o nt* have poured upon the
statu that the growing wheut crop in this
section looks very promising. It is some-
whut buekwnrd in growth, owing to the
Coldness of the winter, but tho stand is
generally good, and it has boon growing
rapidly in tho past two weeks.—Athena
11 atchman,
The Stuyvesant pear tree, planted by
Governor .Stuyvrauiit some two hundred
years ago, at the corner of what is now
Third avenue nnd Thirteenth street
was destroyed a few days ago by a vo-
hide coming in collision v ith it,
cBUded in saving hoi* two children hr
the means of n floating settee, While
they were in the water,- the tflotlief saw
n man swimming in tho water towards
tho settee, nnd ns ho was ubout to graRp
it, she cried, "Don’t tako it from the
poor children I” Tho man made no an
swer, yet tho appeal struck home ; f"f)
by tho light of the fluiining vossol, sho
could see that his face wus convulsed
by tlm struggle between the mighty
primal instinct of nature und something
better und holier. It was but n moment.
Iio throw up his hand* with n groan of
renunciation flung himself over buck
ward, und went down."
Don’t—Ii tho Four-house has nny
terrors for you, uevor buy what you doii t
need. Huforu you pay three cents for a
jewsharp, my hoy, ascertain whether
you cannot make just as pleasant a noise
by whistling, for which nature furnishes
the machinery ! aud before you pay sev
enty-five dollars for a oout young man/
find out whether your ludy would bo
just us glad to sou you in one thut cost
hu f the money, If she’ would not, lot
her crack her own huzlunuts and buy, her
own clothes.
Wllun you see a man spending two
or tlirco dollars u week foolishly, thu
chuGcea aro fivo to one that bo'll live
long uin.ugh to know how many cents
there ure in a dollar ; if ho don't he'*
pretty sure to bequeath that privilege
to Ins widow. When a man usks you
to buy that fur winch you have no u*ej
no matter how enuup, don't ««y yes Un
til you uro sure some onu else waul* it
in udvunce. Money burns in somo folk's
Thu editor of the Lake City Press is ' Jackets, and make such n big bole thut
rejoicing over a dinner of green pouso ! everything that is put iu drops (nrotigh
which ho enjoyed on lliu H I luslt ( past finding.
"'ll took P'“«' nt * ! dial. eg#*. Th. Anwww Iwq tf.llt,
-to,m,or m „i,v of 11,0 Wv-torn lokc. : llurettfl „„ t | 10 i, ltor ..,
"Among tin, few pnj-enger. *li«o ! b pr i lMlivo Ingi.lnlion-niffletl-
courage end prewnoe ef mind W M- ,, ' „ p „ d 3 y , |f lho ^
per,or to-niflllt, w»« » mother Who rhe ni/nlieg /pejn,.) *4 l.«>e.u.,r«l a^.
ing bfl years of ago, and in seven weeks
after tho old man murriud tho girl they
hud raised, he buing 08 years old and
she 18.
ff&T A correspondent of the Fort
VuTluy Ledger has neon footing up tho
losses sustained in thut town since thu
fall of 1805, by tho thieving propensities
of ruscully negroes. Hu muku9 the loss
of cotton $8,380 and stock $1,950. A
hard state of affairs, truly. A few oun
ces of lead, properly administered, would
bo a severe but probably effectual rehic-
,\y.
patriotic in lidr tendencies.
Oi.dest Thers in tii* Wontn.—
cypress of Bofnna, in CoMfhfefdy, i»A?y (
is pertulp*the oldest tree on record, it
was known 11 le in oxistenco iu tli*
time of Julius Clew, forly-two years,
before Chris), und is therefore more than
ninv'tcdri buiidrad yenis old. fl is R)5
feet high itild $0 in circumference ut
one fiKil from Uie ground. Nupul-mn, 1
when laying down ths plufi for his gr«rut
road over tiio Siin|Jun, u portion of tlit-,
Alp*, diverged from a straight llpft to
aVold Injuring this trOe. Tlio honor of'
superior, antiquity, fuywsrcr, fs uUluiMt 1
by some in behalf of (lie hnuicusu and
venerable tree in L'aluveru* com»iy,t ul-,
ifornia, w hich is suppoted; h i pi. |iie
ntiiiibcr of coiiuRntrlc cdclcs in ifio Iriitik.
to be years’ hid.
A R*consthuotko AUu — l’lis TaUn-
hassee Sentinel tells an uiuuring stor/
lit n noble dog which followed tho Uo*n-
fedorutes during the wnr, imdlostn h;g
‘•in the service,” whfi has n •# hoc.mm
a great favorite with tho Federal sol
diers quartered in TnllaliaOSjo. Mpui#
ojjrs 'yon him over. No degrading con
ditions; repulsive to his Hiiiimd instincts,
were exacted of Mm, ami lid' i/ flow h*'
gcuul Union dog/'nf» cull(fd.’ < The 8hu- .
tiuel thiuksil is n pity that thu oath*
aud sacred pledge of our people h.uvu
not been met with ns ntuch consideration
ad hits beort extended to u thres-leggcd
dug! . ■ •
ty Judah P. benjamin made ft
speech ncdfttly to ono of tho Ijondon
courts, And at its conclusion wus public
ly ernnplimeotod by the Lord Ubisf Ba«
hlb. . . — # . •