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DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 18734
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flcwrlpl Inn In tlio neatest »lylo on.
iSL it Att.akta PnicFB. Our fn-
'few for S Cards. r ' cUcr anrt Bl11
llcnds, rosters,.to., iiru very inponlpi, oml on-
,',lo«nsto offer grout Inrtncrinents to those
nbhlno iinvliiliiff In onr lino, monks. Clron-
inru'nml all kinds of Funoy Wmjc rtpjiff to.
»?• . • • •: , J,;?., WWMAN,
jnSCELIANEQTJS CARDS. ,
riANitYi mvnsros,
A ttorneys at law. Dalton, Ooorgin.-
Spoclul ntteutlon putil to tlio collection
T. jfc JONES,
, TTORNEY AT LAW, King street, Dniton,
A Ororglit. will prnotici! nnywhere in tlio
Romo and ChorokooClronlth.
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■ -\Y. NV. RIDDkM V - :
A TTORN’KY AT LAW. Spring Ptoco,Gcqr-
A. gin, will pmettau in tho Clrtrokms Circuit,
and jslvo Attention to collection or claims.
JiimlMy.
It. NVARR-EN, M. X>.
inYSlCIAN ami SURGEON, Dniton, Gonr-
t gla. Office, No. 2, ovor lingle's 8
lranoo on tlio atrcct ncur tlio Britlge,
^•WMiiih:i iiil ;
GEO. S. RUBLE,
J VLER In nil -kinds of Agricultural Tin-
Iftthenfs anrt Labor Saving Machines,
ihbngn, Tennessee 1 . >
Fell, lfr-ly.
JAMES H, WYLIE,
TTTHOLESALK GROCER anrt COMMISSION
YY Morolmnt, l'caelitrue Street, Atlanta, Ga.
HOME AGAIN !
T C. RAWLINS at Ills own House again—
• Choice ITotel. Broart Street, Rome, Un.
l’amnngprs.tttkwijto »iul from Xlotol froo of
L. CJOHEN & CO.
TMI’ORTERS of- ijramlioB,. Wipe*,. Glut*'fte*
X gnrs, anrt dealers In Rye. Bourbon anil Mo-
nnnjmhcln Whiskies. Mann fact nr era or thoceL
dirated STONEWALL BITTERS, WhltohttU
Street, Atlanta, Un.
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Dr. C. P. GORDON,
tty. Prompt nttontlnn will 1m given to nl
l (Medleal, Snrglcnl uml obstetrical) on
>-mati/ '
JOHNSON * Ulc^AMY,
A TTOIINEVS-AT LAW, Upmtotrs 111 King
Rutlrtlng, Dalton, Ga.. will practice In tlio
March l-ly.
W. B. LOWE Sc CO.
WHOLESALE anrt RETAIL DEALERS In
nnnna v**J?liV?! T' , !. GtMlts ' BURNISHING
Tri^r t0mi 8trcut ’ Atlaiitu, Ga.
rt.Jt DalIabJ t Pob. SO-lv.
Clouds with Silver Linings*
Thoro’.B.novor a day so funny,
But h litttd <Sl6ud appears i
Thdro’H never A life so happy
. lint,has had tta'tlmo of tears i
Yot tho sun shines out Ufa brighter
!. : Wli6l»; Iho stontiy toixipo^t oleUrs.
Thorn’s never a garden growing
With rones in every plot \
Tlierii’s never a heart so hardened k
But It has ono toiUlor spotj
\Vo 1m vo only'to prtino tho border
To find tho forgut-mo*not.
Thoro’s m vdr a cup bO pleaBant
But lias hitter with tho sweet \
Thoro’H never a path so rugged
That bears not the print of foot {
Anil wo have a Holper promised .
For tho trials wo may meet. ■ r
There’s nover a sun that riser,
But wo know 'twill set ath^ght;
" Tho tints that gleam in tho miming,
At ovoriing are Just ns bright \
And tho hour that is tho swootest
Is betwuou tho dark and light.
Thoro’s never a drean) that’s happy
But thd waking makes us sad {
Thoro’s nover a a ream of sorrow
But* tho waking makes us glart't .
' Wo shall look somo day with Wonder
\ At tho. troubles wa hn,vo hadi
There’s never A way so narrow
' But tho entrance is wiado straight |
Thoro Is always a guide to point us
To tlio “little wlolcot-gate |»»
And tho angels will ho nearer
To a soul that is desolate.
Thbro’s nevor a heart so haughty
But will some day bow and kneel {
Thero's never a heart so woundod
That tho Saviour cannot heal 5 .
Thoro is many a lowly forehead
That is hearing the hidden soal.
Thoro’s novor a day so sunny
But a little cloud npposrs;
lliero’s novor a life so happy
But has had its tlmo of tears t
Yet the sun shines out the brighter
When tho stormy tempest clears.
IX GOD’S CARE.
Translated froth tho French.
One night, long ngo, when >f. Han-
15. T. luttrell,
E^WVK (Iculor In tlio FINEST and PUR-
9 ^• Bnurbon and Rye Whiskies,
HnW of Tlblis House, Dalton, Ga,
D|, M- GDBRWA, Dentist,
. Respect fully Invites tlio itnbllo
call on him when flrsLclass
jtjS llccUod. T E 11 M S
who™ I oap bo
AMERICAN HOTEL,
nortr 11,0 r «'
iiwiha* r Lennt, Atlanta,Georgia, Is now n
•wthcrnnnagemnntaf Mrs. D. R. 8A88EKN,
imtronnii Wi who solicits tho
BSlfjv f ° ,J ltlcnda ttnd th0 P ublic
Uccumuor 5-tf.
T.vi? OIITV Ki«GIl9'S,
\V A KEU AND JEWELLER TTund-
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o "" Bor&co "
Ttn,™ 1 . E - JOHNSON,
B Kbig A B,lii3w r i:J UKKB ' stnlr “ tn tlio
icpoi. to '" ,n
•f.'liuml 'G, It0.
” Soilt.Vs^ir !ru 1<J >^Drlc'ca. 1 nu,,U >'' c-tpmUUoilsly,
always in roadlness at tho
ttt l 0W » hiti'roa»?S» u , 0: ’ s , l f n ‘‘n will 001
JJSi «lHs f House li S towtrftfg in mlitn
otiii°, , i'*l>ich irlvcs thlRSW ln a 11 * 1 ' B'wlncss
advantages that no
Pl'ttot. nSh'os 1
W'lrpJlLly
WAT-DUX,
,5V mill HTatiaV',!■ „R 0 * n " HOOKSELLER9
. ** - 'Vo linvn M U SlWtoi 1, Atlnntn, On.
^^uday prSIbHI “ lank “ ooks
t^renBonal'do i , S Vury ittr 8°i and our prices
_i^«n!liS?u"ly, us "hon yon yl.lt Atlanta.
W.
^HER Sc BRO
I-IEWKI.r'y r,t vvi ES ' Ct-OCKS,
Ware Rpb?,U'y E R and Plated
I son, 8lr00t - t^baUnnoogi *Temios.
cxV^orTanoort RnPjttriag, and nil
AlToiS7 on8 y«»P. ' workmen nml war
ikylUtOnttmilt r ^kpross will 1 receive ipi,
-~-lr n - April la-ly,
putt -
son, a rich Swedish mei'elmnt, wbb vis
iting Pomerania, with his son, lid took
lodging ht it licat-Iookirig inn, where
many years before he had passed three
duys, It, had been pleasant .weather
then, but now the wind raged fiercely,
and tlie sea lashed itself into fury.—
The Imrdidst men had abandoned the
coast, and, shivering with cold had re
turned to their homes. Edmund, the
sop of the merchant Hansen, went out
to look about him, wrapped in a great
woolen cloak, but soon, came in and
said to tho white-haired landlady:
“What fearful weather, Mother Mar
tens ! No ono in his senses would ven
ture on tlio sea just now.”
“Tlmt is true enough, young man;
no good would come of it,”replt.dtho
old woman.
“ You could vory easily weather sneh
a storm,” said Edmund, smiling
“Such a voyage as you once made is
not taken very often. My fattier has
told tne about it. You are shielded
from wind and wave."
“Hush!” said the old woman ; “we
are everywhere under tlio eye of God.
Those whom He keeps are well Kept.”
“That is true, Mother Martens," ob
served tho merchant. “You havo had
pyoof of the divine power and good
ness. The storm is still raging; let us
close tho shutters, nnd hear .the story
from tlio beginning to tho end. Ed
mund will be pleased to know all about
it.”
“I do not like to speak of myself,”
said the woman j one should leave that
to others. However, you are right,
Bir; this narration may he useful to
tlio young gontlemnu, and ns there is
nothing clso to be done on the outside,
I will tell you how Gort gave me a
proof of his watchful care,”
At these words, tlio good woman
closed tlio shutters, put tlio kettle on
the fire, nnd when tho water was hot
nnd the tea served, she began :
“YojiVjSce, sir, 1 am an old woman.
I havo lived many long years in this
strange country; but tlio day I left
my own land is as distinct in my mem
ory ns if it was yesterday. The cabin
of my parents was situated on the son-
coast iu tlio Southern part of Sweden.
1 havo never known riches. Our great
est treasure was a cow, spotted black
and white. Wo had raised her, and
she was very preoioiiB to us. It was
my business to lend her every dny to
pasture. In summer it was very pleas
ant, but not so iu winter. My father
was a fisherman, and when tlio enow
covered tho country and the sen was
frozen over, wo suffered much. Onee
wo might have died of hunger if it
had not been for the cow. Tho poor
eruaturo was tho object of all our care.
Ono timo, the winter was more severe
than usual, the snow was piled-up in
heaps all. around our cottage, nnd I,
scarcely sixteen years old, longed for
tlie spring as a bird for the sun. At
Inst, ope cold, foggy, misty dny, the
sun drew me to the door, and I led our
cow along tlio shore, where, here and
there, at tho foot of tlio dimes, were
some tufts of grass. The cptv bound
ed with Joy, nml I was truly happy.—
Suddenly she ran toward tho sen, which
was oovered with thiok ioe, that crack
ed and broke ns she moved over it.—
She reached a largo cake of ice, and,
standing on it, attempted to drink.—
I hacl gono with her. I kept close to
her sido, nnd saw in tho distance great
blocks of ice carried away by tlie tido.
Immediately I felt tho ioo under us
move. I called to tho eow and tried
to drive her to the shore, hut she had
not drank enough nnd would not stir.
I cried nloud; I soizod tho eow, nnd
drow her with all my strength!;- and,
O most mighty God I tho ieo on which
wo were, separated from tlio Bliore and
~ began to drift out towards tho open
sea. To right and loft, before and be
hind, tho ioo was carried away. I
looked around—I was going farther
aud . farther from tho lnnd, I
as a sfnnll boat. Tim eow shook with
cold. Tho swift tide pressed on us
nnd.drpye us nhoa,d. Night came on.
Tho Bun, had sot long ngo, nnd mow It
was black night. Tlie waves broke
on our Ico-cako. I fell on my knees—
I prayed. Tho cow had liiili down.—
I stretehed myself close-to her; this
warmed me. Then L thought of my
father, my mother,' who would lo'ok far
mo so nnxiqusly. I was filled with
grief, and I slept, exhausted from fa
tigue. In tho middle of tho night I
awoke shivering nml my teeth chatter
ing. Oil! 'what a Bpeetnolo was before
mo! On all sides wliero my eyes rest-.
ed, nothing but wntcr, nothing but tho !
dreadful seal Tlio storicB nbout tv a-,
ter elves or fairies that I lmd beard'
told by sailors enino to my mind. I
seemed to sod monsters ana phantoms
coino from tlio bottom of tlie nbyss.-—
I fancied I saw strnngo figures float
ing like clouds towards me. Then I
shut my oyes and prayed again; When
I opened them 1 saw a bright star,
ahead. I looked ngnin.' It Was a' light’, 1
and it surely moved! A boat with
men indt was coming toward us I ‘0
Nannettel’.. I cried, ‘stand lip.’ It
seemed to me she ought to shout far
joy, but tlio poor shivering creature
did not move. My fingers were numb
and stiff, but I tore oil my apron and
waved it in the nir, then—tlien—”
“Then," interrupted Edmund, with >
glowing eagerness, “they reached you’
nnd took ypu home—yoa and; Nan-
nettel" .
“I do not quite know how it was,"
said tho old woman, .whose eyes wero
filled with tears. “I remember only
voices, and then finding myself on a
bis ship, and' then being homo again
in the ‘dear cottage, nnd father thank
ing tho blessed God nnd rubbing Nan
nette, nnd then the happiest moment
when father said, ‘O my daughter! I
felt sure you would pray, and God
would hear you.’ Young, man! with
the dear God to listen, I was as safe
oil that open sea ns I am now by this
bright, warm fire.”
“Ay,-ay!" said the morchant. quiet
ly, and tlie son, looking intently- at the
dancing blaze, said, “I thank you, Mad
am Martens.”
A Sfrnngo Love Story,
Tim Duluth (Minn.) Herald of tho
28th ult., gives a romantic necount of
the finding In the plpo forests,.on Cloy-
not rivor, two weeks ago, of a j'onng
man, formerly a clei'k ill a llroadi
Jewelry store. It appears Unit a parly 1 perplexed all beholders. Those rooms
A Mystery In tho Albany Tosl-Oillce.
On tlio moiling of tlie 12th, as report
ed by tlio Albany Argus, a dtseoVory
wns made Ip ono of tlio upper rooniB
of tho Exelinngo -Building, used ns. a
post-office, 1 which lias astonished and
Traveling Thoughts.
I. Eat regularly thrieo a dnj T , and
ufcverBetween meals.
21 r Take with you one-third more
money than you <*aloulato' on Bpend
ing.
8. Take small liills, rather than large,
to avoid having bad money passed on
you, in change.
4. Aim to be nt your place of start
ing at least ten minutes before tho
time, grow mdrry and wise nt contem
plation of the spluttering* and mis
haps of those who come in at the last
minute, and half a minute later.
5. See that your baggage is oivtho
conveyance before you are yourself.
6. iteinembor that you make your
character ns you go along, by the qui
et courtesy of your manners.
7. Only boors are boisterous.
8. Do not let tlie servants excel'you
in politeness.
<). “I'lcnsc” should commence every;
request, and “Thanks,” end every ser
vice done.
10. A lady is always gentle; a gen
tleman always composed.
II. Nover argue on any subject if
there are more than one" present be
sides yourself.
12. Never fall to set tlmt person
down ns ignorant or low-bred who, by
word, or look, or gesture, disparages
a woman, a clergyman, tlio Bible, or
tlie Sabbath day.
A Bill to rreveut Municipal Taxation or
Agricultural Products.
The following is the bill, for the pro
tection of agricultural products from
taxation, as it passed tlio Legislature:
A Bill to be entitled an act to protect
agricultural products from taxation
by municipal corporations, and fvom
charges for same by fnctors and com
mission merchants in this Stnto:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of tlie State of Geor
gia, That from and after tile passage
of this act, municipal corporations of
this State shall not levy or assess a
tnx on any agricultural products rais
ed in this State, or tlie sales thereof
(other than cotton), until after tlio ex
piration of three mouths from tho timo
of their introduction into snid-corpo
rations.
See. 2. Be it farther enacted, That
no commission merchant, factor or oth
er salscsiuan in this State shall, in his
bill of expenses far tlio sale or hand
ling of cotton, or other produce, ns
aforesaid, include or collect, directly
or indirectly, any tax or assessment,
levied or attempted to be levied, upon
tlio sales of cotton and other produce,
by any of tho said corporations, in vi
olation of the same he shall be liable
to the party damaged by suoh viola
tion in the siim of fifty dollars far ev
ery dollar so collcotod in an action of
debt by said party.
Sec. 4. Bo it farther enacted, etc.,
That all conflicting laws are hereby re
pealed.
Strange Story.
A most singular story is mentioned
in an exchangeeoneerningnnd old-fash
ioned clock in Portland, Maine. About
fourteen years ngo an old lady fell dead
of heart-disease while winding up the
clock. The time wns ten minutes be
fore ten in tho moning, and over since
the clock has stopped nt ten on tho an
niversary of her death. Suoh is the
story.
of explorers, while at supper, heard a
melodious voice singing “No ono to
love, nono to caress,”
Nor a fow moments they wero at a
loss to discover from wlieneo tho melo
dy came, but on , peering through n
tliiokot, whi.ohlny to tlio north of them,
they discovered a young man, nppnr-
eh tty about live and twenty years old,
approaching. The tail, slender nnd
thcr good looking fellow wore a
aekinne coat, fus cap and German
socks anil .moccasins. Oncoming up
to. them ho passed the compliments of
tho evening,nml was about to pass when
tlie explorer asked him if he wouldn’t
stop nnd tnko nciipof coffee. At first
lie declined the civility, hut the request
bejng urged he finally consented to ac-
•pt. i
This singular recluse’, on being press
ed for a rensoh for his strango mode
of life, stated:
I belong to-New York city, nnd my
parents now: reside on Third avenue.—
About two years ago I made,tho nc-
qii'alntiihce of a Miss Henderson, an
aotress, whb' plays’ under an assumed
name. She was about ns sweet a girl,
so far as looks went,as ever tile sun shone
upon. It is needless to tell you that,
after a year’s courtship, she consented
to-be my wife; Alt- the preparations
for onr marriage wero made, but just
one week prior to the dny on which we
were to be united, a lady,friend inform
ed my mother Hint I was to bo most
terribly disappointed. Being asked in
what way, this lady handed a note from
Miss Henderson to my mother, in
which she (Miss Henderson) admitted
falling from virtue some threo years
before, nnd begging my mother to dis
close it to me through my father.
The letter further stated that she,
my hefrothpd, could never again see
me. This, dreadful news, of course,
enme to tny'dars in a very short time
after it had been imparted to my moth
er. I knew not what.to do, and finally
wandered out hero in the hope that I
might in solitude forget my heart-sick
troubles. But I have not. I have liv
ed in this region fornenrlyfonrmonths,
almost wholly sustaining myself by
my gnn nnd fishing rod.
He then went on to say that his tent
was about threo miles from the spot
where lie was being regaled ; tlmt he
did not know how long he should re
main ; but tlmt, after having his hopes
in life blasted, ho intended to live ntvay
from the snnrcs of both man and wo
mankind. As far as could bo gleaned
from some desultory remarks made by
him before leaving the exploring camp,
which lie did just at twilight, this dis
appointed lover had been a clerk in
somo jewelry establishment on-'Broad
way, New York.
A Man Eaten bylVolTCS-
On Monday last, as a German far
mer wns coming out of tlio woods,
nbout twenty miles north of Perry's
Mills, he found a mail’s boots, with the
feet left in them, particles of clothing,
a few bones, a dead dog, and two dead
wolves. Signs of a’ terrible struggle
wero all around. The unfortunate
man’s name is not known as yet. Tho
supposition is that he wns going from
a lumbering camp to another, whim
the wolves, who wore starving on ac
count of the deep snow preventing
them from running down their game,
ovortoolc him in the road before lie;
could have time to climb n tree, nml
devoured biin. The story is probably
too true, as tho wolves are famishing,
and will attack nnything nt this time.
—New London (Ins.) Times.
have been dosed far seventeen years,
and tho key which unlooks then, has
boon always in charge of the officials
of tho building; yet on proceeding to
tlio rooms, as staled, tlie olcrlc who en
tered them saw a spectacle .which would
furnish an ndniirahio chapter in n se
quel to “Tho Mysteries of Uilolpho.”
The floor of tlio room wns covered
with packing cases, yitrol carboys, old
papers, maps, etc. In ono of tlio oases
lie found portions of a model 6toam
engine, the various parts of which wore
a-s bright ns if they had been put thoro
but a few, days 'before. Tlio mystery,
however,’ was not so iqpo.li pn tlio floor
ns lt wlis up among tho rafters, for oil
casting hi9 eyes upward the clerk saw
suspended from ono of the rafters tho
skull of a human lining suspended by
a string. Immediately underthisskull,
upon the floor, wero found a withered
arm, hnpd and shoulder, while near by
wns onc-hnlf of tho ribs. (11 But more
mysteries yet remained to bo devel
oped. Near tlie door wns a box, in
which wore discovered a large quantity
of cinders, some small coal, and pieces
of charred human hones, showing tlmt
nn attempt' had been made to burn tho
bones. Tho .skull wns taken down,
and it was seen tlmt the skull lmd been
sawn in half. The disoovory of an
empty mahogany .instrument ense, on
which is printed tho namo “Dr. Kip,"
two parchment deeds of the seventeenth
century nnd a number of bottles con
taining chemicals, togethor ’ with old
cameras used in photographing, and
many other articles made up the sum
total of the contents of,the gloomy
apartment. The musty parqhments
;ivc an 'Antique flavor to the surround-
ngs of-the case, although it would of
course he rash to regulate the whole
mysterious matter to that time, now
long passed, when.George III was king.
Thiult Vigorously.
Accustom yourself to think vigor-
ously. Mental capita!, like pecuniary,
to bo wortli anything, must bo well in-
•ml ,»«».: rrom tu- Un. ■ gSPrlfiJffiW Soip*»i>a“iB-
S!* 11i-fifS 1. SS»V I'fs S’
Excellent Interest llnlcs.
for finding tlie interest on any prin
cipal for any number of days, Tlio
answer in bach case being in cents.,
separate tlio two right-Imml figures of
answer to express in dollars nnd cents:
Four per cent Multiply the princi
pal by tho number of days to run;
separate right-hand figure from product,
nnd diytdo by. 0. V
•Fivo per cent Multiply by number
of days nnd divide by 72.
Six per cent .Multiply by number
of days and divide by (i.
Eight per cent—Multiply by Hum-1 gers hud been without 1 food for rnpro
bor of days, nnd divide by 45. than a day and a half.
Nine per cent.—Multiply bynumbor ! - —
of days, separate right-hand figure, nnd Culm.
Heroic.
■lames JVilsoDj a heroic hrnkemnn,
who was of duty at C'almiir, Jown, du
ring ono of the fierce snow-storms,
when the mercury tvns from twenty-five
to thirty degrees Iielmv zero, find tho
wind blowing a gale, took thirty pounds
of crackers and cheese to a hlotkadod
passenger tram seven miles distant.—
llo walked, nnd badly froze his face,
ears mid nose. John 'bowler, of Prai
rie du Chain, a passenger, placed upon
His neck a heavy gold chain in recogni
tion of his self-sactl[Icq, ’fu,- pa^sen-
A Compliment to Onr State.
During Ids recent visit to Savannah
our travelling correspondent had nn
interview with the Ilev. Daniel March,
D. D., of Philadelphia, author of
“Night Scenes in the Bible,” and other
popular works, as well ns a most ex
cellent writer far the press. This dis
tinguished divine is making a tour of
the Soiitli—partly far tlie benefit of
his invalid wife and partly to tako
notes of the condition of things hero
at the present time. Ho expressed
himself highly plenscd with what he
has already seen of tlio South, and
thought the people here had exercised
remarkable paticnee nnd fortitude un
der tho despotic and rascally rule of
unprincipled carpet-baggers and scal
awags. Of the state of Georgia he
spoko in High terms of praise, nnd
gnvo it as his opinion that a glorious
future was opening up before her, and
that her success would light up nnd
cheer the darker pathway of her less
favored sistei States. Nature, ho thinks,
has made her wlmt her gifted sons are
determined she shall proudly remain,
the “Empire State of tlie South.”—
Columbus Sun.
Cartons and Useful Crow.
,T. Snider, of Virginia, owns n crow
whloh sorves ns a substitute for dogs,
oats, nnd all other domestio sentinels.
He destroys every frog nbontlhe well;
allows a mouse no chance for his life ;
drives atvny lmwks from tlio poultry,
and bids fair to act ns tho best squir
rel dog in tlio country. He readily
spies tho eqUaTO, either upon tlie
fenoo or on tlio tree; and with a natu
ral antipathy to the squirrel tribe, his
shrill, keen note is readily detected by
his owner, accompanied by rapid darts
up and down, nnd the owner is thus
led to his game. The most remnrkn-
blo features about tbo crow is that ho
Invariably keeps fivo or six days’ ra
tions ahead of timo, well conoealed.
gncli Is Life.
A little crib Lesltlo tlio bed,
A little face behind the spread,
A little frock behind tbo door,
A little shoe upon tbo floor,
X little lane tlmt loads to school,
A littlo pencil, slnte and rule,
A littlo blithe nml winsome maid,
A little band Within Is laid,
A little old-time Auctioned store,
A littlp cottngo—noroa four—
A littlo family gathering round
A littlo tuiT-licnped, teur«duwcd mound,
A little sllvor in tho hair,
A littlo rest in easy chillr,
A littlo night ami oarthly gloom,
A littlo gathering at the tomb.
Woman’s Work.
Under tlio title of “IVhnt’s to Hin
der,” Miss Anna Dickinson is deliver
ing a lecture in which slio gives somo
vory good reasons why women do hot
succeed in getting tlie employment they
so much want. Four-fifths of misery
of women, sho says, lies in her leaning
upon her work ns A prop, nnd ill her re
fusal to submit to the training that
men pass through to qualify them
selves for tho best positions. Miss Dick
inson draws tho picture of woman’s ca
reer ns follows:
Of tho two million women in this
country who labor ontsido of tho do
mestic circle, over eight hundred thous
and are servants, and yet a decent one
is hard to find nnd harder to keep.—
Tho lecturer knew of a hotel-keeper
who cheerfully paid a male cook $5,000
a year, but most of the women cooks
received only three or four dollars per
weok, and don’t enrn half of that.—
Tho man makes cooking his trade, the
work of his lifetime; tho woman be
gins without knowing how, nnd keeps
on without learning, till some man
raises her kitchen latch nnd takes her
to a kitchen of his own, wliero she will
poison him with bad cooking, and give
him dispopsia for life.
Therq are thousands of women drag
ged out with housekeeping who would
give half their income ami half their
hearts to somebody to assist them in
making homes. There nre 200,000
senmtresBes and dressmakers in the
country, nnd tho reason they don’t earn
higher wages is because they do suoh
wretched work. There are forewomen
in largo business establishments who
net $0,000 a year, hut they havo put
themselves under carefgl training to
get their positions. They havo pat
lino Upon line, and preoept upon pre
cept, here a littlo and there a littlo,
made their employers’ business their
business, nnd rendered services indis-
pensihlc. There nre thousands of places
waiting for women who can tnanogo
large bodies of workwomen, nnd super
intend business economically, nt sala
ries renching from $1,000 to $5,000—
How many girls nre fitting themselves
for these positions ?
There are 83,000 women teachers 'in
the country. Of these 60,000 hnve se
lected tho business; not because they
like it, but boenuso it is decent nnd re
spectable. Women teaohers do not as
pire to professors’ chairs. Young men
nro employed as toaohers at salaries of
$1,200 and $2,000, when young women
would bo preferred. It is the sumo way
with telegraph operators. On one rail
road, out of 500, 480 believes tlmt sit
ting at tho machine-means running it.
If you enter a store you find ono or
two saleswomen talking together, and
another reading a novel. To get their
attention you must address them, per
haps roughly two or threo times. Tho
salesman, on the oontrary, if ho has
not what you wish to buy, will show
yon fifty other things, and convincoyou
divido liy <*>
Ten per cent—Multiply by number
of ilnys, and divido by 80.
Twelve per cent.—Multiply by num
ber of days, separate right-hnnd'flgure,
and divide by 3.
Fifteen per cent.—Multiply by num
ber of days, and divide by 24.
Eighteen per cent.—Multiply by
number of days, separate right-hand
figure, and' divide by 2. .
Twenty per cent—Multiply by num
ber of days, and divido by Uj. ti
Costly limiting.
Hunters from Tennessco nnd Ken
tucky have,tto credit of setting fire
to tho woods in Prairie counnty, Ar
kansas, nnd burning property 'worth
$150,00,0 before it censed spreading
over the'country. Tlmt was rather
costly hunting to tho owners of tho
property.
1 l)og Story.
'Wo have hero a dog story which
bents nnything of tlio kind recently, at
least, related. In Clinton, Massachu
setts,: a <fog was in the Imbit of help
ing iiimself from a pail of “odds nnd
eiids” belonging to a neighbor. One
dny ho upset tho pail and it fell to
pieces, upon whioli tlie sagacious crea
ture went homo and brought hack a
sound pail which he substituted far the
broken onfi, transferring the contents
from the old.to the new, after which he
hid the staves of the broken vessel.—
We have heard of “sly dogs” before,
but wns there ever a dog so sly as this ?
Snlcldcil under n Falling Tree.
Thomas Lawrence who deliberately
killed himself in Wake county, North
Carolina, tho other dav, by cutting
down a tree nnd lying down under it
ns it fell, lmd nn Uncle, Honderson
Wilson; of Chatham, who hung him
self in a barn.
A Snow Drift.
A farmer in Olmstcnd county, 'Min
nesota, reports that tlie snow drifted
from tlie prairie, burying a belt of
willows that Burrounded his house nnd
stnblcs. These willows arc from 15 to
20 feet high. It accumulated in his
yard and on his buildings to suoh nn
extent ns to cover his stables, lie says,
to the depth of 15 feet. IJis house
wns not buried so deeply. It took him
48 hours to reach his horses, which
wero in the stable, nnd lie did it by
tunneling under this drift to tho stable
door, llo fouihl the stock all right
nnd comfortable, but anxious far fod
der.
A Man Found nt his M’lfo’s UraTO Iuscn-
* sible.
A man in Hjttsburg, who lost his
wife about eight months ngo, was last
week found lying insensible o n •»»
wifo’B grave, with both legs badly fro
zen. lie lmd been deeply affected by
the loss of fiis wife, to whom lie wns
passionately attached, and had, short
ly after her dentil, been detected In nn
attempt to commit suicide. Tlio un
fortunate man refuses to allow his legs
to bo amputated, which, in tho opinion
of tho physician, is the only means of
saving his life.
All Old Frog.
California eclipses tlio centenarian
records of humanity with a live frog,
lately, set free from tlio centre of a
stratum of sandstone, which, according
to Sir William Thompson's cronology
must be several million years old.
Beast of n Parent.
“Please, father, come home, nnd
don’t swear and make so much noise,
<mj the police will take yon away from
me.” That's what a bystander heard
a littlo Fort Wnyno boy saying to a
drunken beast of n parent.
The Greatest Iron IVorks In the World.
Krupp’s great iron works at Essen,
in Germany, cover nearly eight square
miles, nnd one nnd a halt' miles under
cover. They furnish employment for
ccn thousand men, who do their work
under a discipline as strict ns that of
the military service. Castings weigh
ing forty tons hnve been mado several
times nt theso works, nnd ten and twelve
ton blocks are ovory day sights. Thore
are forty-nine hammers in tlio works,
of which four or five weigh twenty-five
toqs each; four weighing fifteen tons
each, and a large number of fivo and
ten tons.
The Spanlsh-Cnrlist Insurrection.
Snow cheeks tho operations of the
Government troops against tho Cell
ists, who nro reported’ to havo made
formidable combinations. Gen. Olio
heads two thousand insurgents in tho
province of Navarre. Tlio Onrlists
report that tlio insurrection gains
strength daily.
A rumor is in circulation at tlie com
mercial centers that the United Stales
government lias offered $500,000,000
for tlie’Island of Cuba, nml ( that Spain
declines to sell. Tho report is prob
ably without foundation.
A find Mistake! _
A young man onco picked up a
gold coin that was lying in the'road.—
Always;afterward ns ha walked along
lie kept’(jis eyes on the ground, hop
ing to find another. And in the course
of a long life lie did pick up, at differ
ent times, a goodly number of coins,
both gold and silver. But all these
years tlutt he-wns looking far them lie
saw not that the ilciiYcns wore bright!
above him. Ho never let ids eyes turn
away from the filth and mud in which
ho sought his treasure ; nml when lie
died, a rich old man, lie only knew
this fair earth ns a dirty road in which
to pick up money.
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Choked to,Death on Drcf-Stenk. f
A few dtiys ago David Howe, a Vicks
burg telegraph operator, choked to
dentil while trying to swallow a, piece
of beef-steak.
Negro Mob iu Mississippi.
Mr. William Bnglis, a farmer living
near Batesville, was attacked on the
14th liy a party of negroes, one of t-licni
shooting him iu the liaek, dangerously ■
wounding him. After bo fell to the
ground ho raised himself oif his elbows
and shot tlio scoundrel who had fired’
upon him with ono barrel of his shot.
gun, nnd then fired upon another of
his assailants, killing both instantly.
Delano to ho Ousted.
A Washington special snyS it is gen
erally understood there that Chas. W.
Ford, tlio present Internal Revenue
Collector of tho Savannah district, and
an old personal friend of Gen. Grant,
will succeed Delano as Secretary of
tho Interior.
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A Lady Shot by her Fivo Year Old Boy.
Mrs William T. Shcpurdson, of Len
ox, Mass., was accidentally shot and
fatally wounded last Saturday by her
fivo year old son, who wasplaying with
a loaded revolver.
Tho Difference.
There is a religious sect nt Bristol,
Ya., who wash each other’s feet. There
is also a soot nt Washington who white
wash each other's reputations, but it
isn’t a very religious beet.
Grant’s Southern Tour.
A Washington dispatch, of a recent
date, s»ys: There is now no doubt of
tiic President’s intention to start in
about six weeks upon an extensivo
Southern tour.
spur to tlio young man, and mnkcB It
along; that on which wo were, floated suits are looked
Inhuman.
A stranger passing through an UU- , „
nois town lately, with, the small-pox, dishonorable tor him to ho idle,
was put in a vacant sohool houso and | , „*** I ~~
loft to freeze to death. I jggTSubscbnbo far the Citizen,
Bud, if True.
A Western editor who was recently
fined $5 for libel, intends to appeal, on
tho ground that there Is not n man in
the country whoso character is worth
that you need forty-nine of them.— I so much.
Public opinion applies tho whip and
Coldest Day.
Tho coldest day, except one, for a
hundred years, wns Thursday tho 30th
of January, according to the averment
of Professor Loomis, of Yale College,
who- has kept a record that extends
back for that length of timo.
One of Beast Butler’s Buies.
General Butler says he n;al;es it a
rulo never to speak to a woman in tho
Capitol. This is a good rulo far him
to have and stick to. We should think
that a violation of it would be as much
as his scalp is worth if tho husband of
the womau happened to be Along.
Know Twelve Feet Deep on the. Level.
• A dispatch from Alta, Little Cotton
wood county, of tlie 13th, says it snow
ed all night of the 12th and still con
tinues, with’twelve feet on tlie level.—
Tlio roads nre all blocked. The trains
are not on time. Tlie Utah Northern
Railroad is again blockaded.
A lVonmii Kicks a Man’s Bat from Ills
Head.
A racrohant’s daughter at Columbus,
Ohio, kicked off a young man’s hat the
other dny because he sat down in her
parlor with that article of wearing gear
on his head. She used her foot instead
of her hand bccauso she happened to
bo carrying an armful of books nnd
was too imlignnut to postpone punish
ment.
Steamer Himicd-Twenty-oiic Persons Lost.
A dispatch from Galveston, Texas,
of the 10th February, says the steamer
Henry A. Jones was burned fifteen
miles above Red Fish Bar tho previous
day. There wero -forty-eight persons
on bourd, twenty-one of whom lost
their lives.
A Brute.
In Brooklyn, Now Yorl;, a brutal
named Michael Fox has been arrested
for kicking his son to dcatli beenuso
lie refused to go after liquor. Tho
poor lad wns only eight
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brownies of Niu
Nine men wero drow
Big Baby.
A baby at Eldora, Iowa, brought
down tho scales to tho sixteen-pound River last week by tlie givin
notch on tho day of his birth. | a bridge on wbtcli they wer
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