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the Eastman times. ra T {so w. i) : ■. its i ss '» a M. 1.. KLMtCII, E 15. MILXKKl { E liters and Proprietors. TEttMS UH SUBSCRimTON: 'Ane copt- one year, f-- 8 0:ie c >pj six mouths, - ? , O ie ec-y. tlir'ii 1 months, g . flub* of ten, each subseviber, l. * k'tiib* ot ttve.esfh ndwiter, l. l\ Owici.vr. Ok i-vx or l)o:> ;r. < oixty 'i '.' i at. (Jkoax ok Telfair CoVxty. U. riijAi. OanAX Town of Eastman. Oimei.u. Oa ns Tow < of Cuafscev t <S2m\fr BEK It^<j fir 1 1 I.sei!»sr will be fur • I on apijlie.iHo’i. A Ivenisenients in.-erleil " frill ri 4j>on.-ib!e p. nties will )ic .»ut• i or.lercil out, when the time is not on tlie copy, amt yayment. ox .. . . | tlinglr. ..ills i.»e a lvenising hue upon presen >.. i< o, -iPer the i' st hisertion, tint ;i s ii 4 r of com me tv i P !it.cr;ility \>, ill be |>:v "ced towards regular pairon*. HOUSES IN t :0i!bl A PISE TOTi'i-ri S, j ae log houses are generally built oc the sappb’ng jiinte. They are long end straight, and when peeled carefully are of snowy whiteness. I noticed one old building that has stood the test of half a century, nnd d seems to be all right yet. This house is a fair sample of ell the I ouiiers of that day a: d d.ne. It was budt of logs, notched on to each o ner rt the corners, the whole rest ing on two liglitwood sills that lay ' the ground. The roof made o,i was of rough clapboards, riven out of bent pine, an.l t he cracks and ga bins are ceiled with long strips drawn smoothly and nailed neatly on. The floor wne of hard red clay, beaten into mortar, and then put rilown and pecked until hard and j «:nooth. Ape. tares wsre cut for the j :wo doois, nnd the shutters were He H/ney -i rnadeof menlxir-rds. layer The of chins solid was a pine sticks, penned • 11 round, then a layer of red mortar, another of stick:, and so on t#) the top. House end chimney are still standing, al¬ though a whole family, of children lave been born, grew up and mar r , d and none but the old pa" who J ci at there in the flush nndlieydey / of youth, are left to b a - witness, Tnere is something about these j.o.o i roes that is wonder.ally fes Hc mil g to me. 1 ’ook up nt flrflr J- 1 ra, soldierly bodies-r.ud try iiiL !(mv mvi'y nlu 1 .oy nre. 1 he Mart of many gen¬ erations of men must mingle i-.ourd tucir :• tiong loots. ( omd b-\v but tell of the scenes they Lave v unesM'd! Ah! ti.ey dory ark, it you will but bend your ear •'o ,watch their low, soil whispers, as I I have d • : ‘ ?o mony, i-.mny times! j hoy have taught medoeper ildngs t!i;'u the lore of the w ds, and in i my tho igl i d moods 1 ha re found the .s wee lest enjoy meets in the lone I ly companionsjipof tlieir t imuce, - Atlanta Constitution. 1,;. » :i s.tSitioj ( OLD A* JA 111 Lit c I Keep your temper. If you would j do this always don’t step on a piece of oil-cloth fill you have you ? shoos ) on. _1 Avoid doirn otic c< Alness. 1: you Bjwifo speaks coldly take to you put walk. on * your overcoat and a brisk Do not carry a poem on winter to fi:i edi or while he is shovedi ug snow off his sidewalk. T Do not go io sleep with your feet k in the oven of the kitchen range, racst si suffer from . excitement, ®aud you V dream unpleasantly of the bere ; d'-'\ ► Bowers of hot drinks. I h.,ve b lown two or three hot drinks to j cruse an illness that lasie 1 through the station-house, the police court, and a domestic scene that makes a ^ |>ait;>ar of dt'seription. . Do not sit oil mi icy pavement.- I fi) t is sa'er, however, to sit on an icy |,ri pavement i b ian to stand on your L bead on it. 1E you must do one or ||hue IkC Tbe other, 001(1 choose the S P former lua ^ e course* 1>athis mormn - goodtiling in winter. Than-, it i-, a gotxl ihing to recommend to recommend to the man who meets A y ° U with liis head half open and A says, ’Is this cold enough for you?’ K when the mercury is twenty-nine ! l>elow zer-o, and still falling. Soma L f people a-lvirt this person t o move to a hot climate, without delay, but If 1 inkUisi I S*elenbi" is the most dangerous to health of all winter recreations. Tff msaiulsot . our i br • ight ii ami i ,i. ... -** ferng young men amklovely young 1 women fall victims to it every year, 4 flflfis is all bosh; but young men v-fin are receiving onlv ten dollars a week msv find it userol to aloud at times when a /s mentioned aid uve.-ymen are rt ing wo doll.'18 an hour for a \ Lo-'je fi-'u ouiio . m ■ i vt V 'J AiJJ * 1 ^ 4 IVf A I _n___ \ 15 i , \ . VOL XIV THE FHtST M VNASEA . O.-jplde ■'’> tare of he St liay ' A ..nine o*'the Federals at Balt Iftm. ; Uli'it.t f'ci.jitinainn ! One morn’ug, in July, lSbl. lit!le wagon i. . tied along one of . tie streets of Washington city. Its sole occupant was a plaii -’coking coun¬ try woman going home from uie market. The modest vehicle attracted no unusual attention as it passed riom the centre of the city through the subu bs and along the highway leading from the national capital. The market woman passed house at ter house, gauleii n.rergY ..er, stopping at none. No big g..ie opened for her little wagon, and no having w8 ten-dogs welcomed ler coining. Ep and down the gentle slopes and along the pikes traveled the plain creature, all stooped over iu the little wagon. Mile after mile was pa • <1, nod nt ho t Washington city \v; s left in the dim distance. As the sun went down, the mav ket woman drew rein before a love¬ ly mansion a beaut fill V'gLda home, As she alighted and smarted along (he were^tteuded gr:ive iad walk, her movements by a grace that was in stron „ co „tra jt to her homely at- | tire and pretended avocation. ___ in tke bonse »he received a warmwel come Nothing seemed too good that! | for her . Rather strange it was an huiub i 0 ma rket voui-u should ba at . c such a welcome in k )ine where on every hand there i WeLuchevidences of wcaUh rnd refinement. Bright ami eaily next moiniug a beautiful horse with a hand omo ; side-saddle strajiped on sir odot fite door. The figure of a graceful women i approached. She sprang into the saddle, the horse broke into a gen y e gallop, and U e mniket won.. somewhat changed in at'.ire, wr.son k( r w ,,.y a g ;i j The h t July S :b n 1 r mg fit a fie y color to the cheeks of the i idei t :d the horse became flecked with n, b.it the speed was not slackened, and o£ midduv the coufedorn'e b ler were passed, and a moment la'er a yrnmg wonmn :-tt>c.J i 3 1)rosence of a (’onfeue'ate t cue . 1 . fcjhe removed hor ha dmol-.c.-i ft comI) Hl)(l a £ ew hair pin. nod mer her grace nil sflouluers -ell a mass of beautiful golden hn ' in¬ most lovely thfianm-cdsohLe,.n i ev ^ r ], e ] u ,] ( i. From the coil of gohlen 4, m:?s f -j R pj oce c t pnorr a d : j;i: !i j.‘ rom confederate sympathizers in Washington to General Beauregard and intended to aid t he confedo'acv j a preparations tor the battle of Mauassas. And now let’s see about the bat tie. In Virginia they call a V tie ! stream a “run.” I si So „ n ...Hlest loo* uni. hill. nn ».f • mous in bistoiy, was call a i>u.< | / Run.” Broad Bun,” “Cub Bun, ileck Ban,” “Bo- e’s Bun,” ‘ \A Pnn” L “He ode linn 'inns’ ” nnd various other less inpoi taut i t mnt, u.c., v ■ v ■■ ‘ ,|IJ ' It was round about inese i ins that vhe first great infant: v b; i ! . oE fire civil war was fought. On me 21st of July, McDowell, with 23,000men,fell upon Beccr - gaol, who had 27,000. Over sixteen thousand of the erals attemi.tod to flunk the con.ed crate left, and thereon a pi teau the fought all day with great fury. h he earih trembled as the br fie , ' *No\v^the"pieceau n was lost! Eow Backward, then fo ward ^ contendin „ armies moV ed! Hiouew 11 -acLson was there! “ llia /. auernoon well-nigh ex hausted both sides, but s id ney fought on v.'liii dcojjerato energy. The confederates were expecting mi, v; tiie federals were expecting Eaflerson. the thunders of artillery ^ ihoughts of tuia b<oh ta . i^. UlC °' er aiK anoQ M ' expected re-uiforeemenls. Jonnston * s anny get there! ' »mv iret there 9 j ° A oodock McDowe. thought.he he j Lai1 w “ 1 PI ,wl the fight,and pr^par-d J or a 3 rand oilf " eou ‘ federate centre. Everything war gloomy for j ccafederates. But Ki by SirV-> o’ Jonesian’s EASTMAN. OKOlUilA, TIU ltSDAY, DEO. l(n 1SS, t - a my. lir.d art ivedwiih his brigade, and preparation was made.for h;s a ttack against the federrl right nud rear. Wouldoilier'- einforcementsoome? Kirby Hnv n was not enough. 'Hiuld, n'y clouds of dust [rise t.”- 7.\1 y in the d'tvetion of the fede 1 1 i >'■ nt, Wjo is it.’ None of . he confederate tixmpr are expected f om that quarter. There is no breeze and the dus¬ ty flags baud heavily around their staff’s. Not even through the field glasses can the confederates tell whether the approaching troops are friends or foes. Beauregard must not take any chances. He must prepare to meet the new arrivals. He trl.es a final glance. As he does so the breeze lifts the approaching tings, and they nre spread out before the gaze of the confederates—the flags of Early's gallant command coming to the rescue. The federals are ready for then ppv ad charge. The woods and fields r 8 tilled with masses of their in f Fry and cavalry, and a magnifi¬ cent spectacle they present. They consider the field’s theifr. and a crowd of sight-seevs from Washington has come in carriages on horseback to witness <ho gbwions . victo’^^y. b* ut s{o P A new s-p.it mec.s^ necyw o. 1,0l ( '7 n !"‘ ' 13 a b ‘ri‘ ! n " - » W : ' s -i.‘ir in ins ' 1 " 00I ' S ° lu ‘ 1 ,derater< ; s m's army are marching upon 'ha he’d. 1 a vain do Uie federals hope or P.' heron’s arr'vn 1 . In vain do thev !o 1; '’(• ■ ihe head of hi . column. i v ff'o.n v ov the confederates form and o-e .me io charge, The massive body comes from among fhe hills regiment after regiment, until 'hon roids of men appear in n new line of baffle. • Three sides of a hoi low square, i mass of , cr.\:diy , in . fee , -on re, and Beauregard- ° not McDowell— eh nr ml! T , i , , * -Is and the bJ no-masses niQy n o.io’.ward, first flowlv, then more i a pi ‘ -i,’ Hy, 1 haa the federals broke :n cuiuuM,,). r aiiu.b, i j. \ i • „ took J O" a contused jam which beggio-p descri Aion. “Everyman for himself and lhe devil take the Ir’idmos 1 - ’’ v •••' the mo'to «■ toe .hells . of the con federates , , tell . „ ia’o ■ , the ,, rani. , Hof pic ihe fr.m.ic • ,1 lii-ongand , exploded. Caissonsr.ndambahmees over umecl, . teams became unman e-eable and dr'veis, cutting loose . , , , . ,N1. li,0H J,..,oor»,,.n.« 1 ,.,,ovor in bia mad ru. h, andfor three miles the o;;d was filled with a s'-og g*’ ■f )g mass made up 1 of ariillerv, i a . f , -‘ 1 ‘Mess < ”-ynlvy, hoi baggage sea plunged xv.-'gons, , , u ’ 1 <7 • though the mass, trampling v/ on . u ,„ ° „ , , , ( >• ‘ il ' ‘ 1 '' < ; Xl) ' 11 ” ° 1 l^eoasly lor hob. c? !es were unheeded, i be.,ve cfPTh.ges of the artflle / evervKiin^ in the w. v j , t0 8 V lw USh f0F ^ --jj , h6 roe'e was c implefe, and did not cease until Centrevillew .s reached. h lie victory was ours! It is said that the confederates could have gone on after the bottle L “ ve caniured NV ashmg !on ff- ° Gene; ' 1 Johns on s,a ^ “ 8 j apparent h. of . , ue mnera G »’.r-d h.ate- troops at Centerv die v.> had not been engaged, checked o ;.ymrsu' ; the st-ong forcesoccu P ng the work, near Georgetown, Arlington ; ad Alexand-ia; the ce bun'.y. too that General Ih.tfer on. l, wo dd reach Wi «Kh his army of thi- y thousan l inadequate mean, of the r u > ammmu-ton, provisions and trail, a-'- rr - » tuou^Hn of advancing aga t tar coital. It m certain thr. the. troo r>s v ’ Fil • i ;l , 8 TO ,. ks . saxiicient for That, it seems, woald oeit'e Je nwtin. A veer la er the second battle Bill- an was fought, victo and/gain but confeae les wee tons, badly the- teder. h were Dot qufie ho lx d h/pd ben the gave way - fore the confederate trocar. Yesteidav is yours no longer ; to¬ morrow may fie nevyr years; bnt to* day is voors, and in tfie livintr pres¬ ent you may buehfi forward to 1 ihinxs that aie before. r.n.L n;i*’s i,i;i i r. The Cherokee Philosopher Pis; asses the Convict (pies'io... ,, . . ... , , ,o .!! 0lliri1 ' " ' 1,Ut ° h 1 ,l l)r. A\ estmoreuind s horse. 1 was Wki.gto l ,™ t l..ot l ,erd.,»„ai,. sanl theie was at least a l.midret convicts who ought to be pardoned. Maybe there are; 1 hope so. 1 wish sometalj would Ik.I uni. no doubt tuei3 are a number upder long sen Alices who have not a friend in the world tc speak a kind word for them. I do not allude to those eon tilled for outrages Hint slioik a charity, but those confined for lar ceny and assault. The kind-heart* ed doctor said there was one man in for ‘_U years tor stealing a bush el and a half of corn, and that he had already served 13 years of his Hmc time. Well \\ til, urnv now, then there is S a case cast, for clemency. Co). lowers explained by saying that the law soon after in the night time, and that 'r^ tins man 1 " broke into a house in the night and stole the corn. Well, they most alwavs break, into t, liau.se whsu ' they , steal , and , al • the ., L corn ways in night. 1 here are white men ull about who l ave done mean things. Tl;,.y " ill M .ml »w,.»ll.I they know how to keep clear of the Itiw. W hen the D0gro j^ets finv^ thing wrongfully man'will he steals it, but the while ' lav iiisnlniA ‘ and c.ieats for . it . \\ hen the . white man does si a), he goes the whole hog nud takes all he cay get, hut the ne f, ro always Steals l :, tle t’lines ’ I hat is the d.Aorenoo. Dr. |, ,,, W est moieland said that if Governor (Stephens had lived mild now, he would have pardoned about half of ‘bo die ennvieij convicts. But llntCol Col. Tmveis i oaeis nni<l said lie thought the doctor was misfu ke<i, and he told us alivvut ‘ Sunset" Cox writing a long letter to Mr. Stephens ubout a New Yorker who was in the chain gang for pocket picking in Atlanta on some public occasion, and Mr. Cox insisted that it must be a mistake; that this man was of a good family and there was ' ' ‘ no necessity ' for him to do such ' - . H u,n ' 3, r -“ u> i ,lK,u?i lt,r ' ° • lowers and then tout for the evi donee that was on file. He seemed .......... *" H / !1! ‘ ’* An ' 1 '* tt ’* ' e<1 ‘ *'' m P 0l,1 ’ iPf *1'® evidence, , before lie had finished lie be came excited and suddenly throw ° 1 nnners 1 noon 1 the table | 1( . ! hy. this follow is a I^f; an artful, professional thief. | He deserves his sentence. I will wi ite to Mr. Cox that his sympathy ’ I8 *“ ’ Ot course the Legislature is . re ! ,lct “ nt , ° 11,1 ' " y r,,<Ju , , , ^ the law 1 find , they ought to be. fcJ nine inftn „„t of ten wills,, ^ , tlli ° ^ nrst m l etter than the chain, “ S* 10 ^ .... 1 here . is not , a planter , . who , ■ ! works colored laborers t ut will say ^ Jt . g nyt on j,, bellel . f oi tbo 0 f. ^ bnt u is moco oierc ir a l r.iul j OM „ , , to . rofonn r .. loo,, lift. ,, , | I sometimes, the jdniih r acts as judge nnd j or y and sheriff, and ndminis ’ wi h t |,e c< n. sei) o! . 111 1 i i 1 ’’ er j j and thus settles it. The law has no terrors for lads from 12 to J<>, but the lash has. J wonder what II e Legislature is going to do with the convicts. Most everybody i s against 1 tie present system, but nobody lias offered a substitute that 1 have heard of. I was informed upon good authority that Governor-Me-. Daniel had sufficient cause to can . cel one of the lease contracts and : the convicts . the ; take away irora lessee, and lie wanted to do so, but ti) e question came up before him: •What >> inti shall hudii i I do u with them?’ As he could not answer it, he had let the lease stand anti bulldose the lessees into better treatment. I rt 1,0 u, r‘ i ib3 "‘ bettPr ’ em n g 0 i„. If a mg ££ den ; E’Xld - in tlis neigh. wl ia t ou-ht ter belong to «#-» to.” John knows right smart of Scrioture, and has got some origi nal , i ideas. lcag u Ge e save savs be tie bePa neen unx tink a heap Kjontde nigger and de and what make ’em so greeuble to one anoder, and he hab struck shote. * axil Old Noatu v na h ’ says savs he, he ‘neber neber torxk narv ona of era intode ark, but jest left dern oat in de rain and dey had to snift round and round together and make a ratt outen something, and dey got intimate like and dey hab been like one an- eber since/ and J&’&inatigiis wq big at his discovery. I believe the negro ia improving, tT His . . labor . is mote eeitfun . and , it li able Col. Towers says they have slackened up iii crime and do not mtrouizQ t|)Q obain „ anl , q uile as a.ov ,IU> . ye»r or two (lso> The country darkies are be ;no v«*rv well The chain-mne 'ilieie bn8 to rely'on thociTes now. „ e l!U froM S »v«,ra.l,. 105 , l0 m Atlanta, 50 from Columbus, 5 »i om . MttCOn> auJ g 7 f rom Augusta. An gU£ta mak68 a goo q 8howicg £ or 1|ef co l ore d population. Atlruta makes the worst according to pop u t a tion. Dou«»hertv Hntclnns savs ' u looks like every trifling, no nc C ount darkey runs to Atlruta, and f, om there to the cliaipgnng.— Dou-dieVty la the old reliible bar u ,M ’the Atlanta pioncei. Ho it i bus | )eou t he re about *10 years and was always faithful. I used to play with | mil wben | wos a p () y W'hen lie b « “■fa«»i«~»»«.»«■. ,, u t over his grave for lr.s good ex.* ample. He says lie thought lie would get ahead n little and lay up aomethimi soineiuing, so so that uint he ne touiu could unit quit work and reel; but these trilling, la ,.y negroes won’t let him. They , lrtnvter on him, and live off of him twb- .round. Well, tb.l is ,u other trait about the niggor-he will divide ho neyor tuins u lol^ ^ , " r darkoy irom his tlooi. 11° llot him, Strung but to hunt t refu-o “ un l1 him. P.I° * e ® In ; ‘ he won f ac t | ie will hide out his supplies if ho can, and resort to strategy. I have known one to ask one for a c ' 1( ’ w °f tobacco when he himself had a whole plug in his pocket.— John ki!llHl hi8 pig neighhorsfrom Inst night iff (nr dark to keep his polk, iiuding out that he ha 1 fresh hut they will get some of it, John R Jn,,, kys they Y cun smell like a buay.ftid, is b „ mK , to havfc lt Hinill t company next Sunday, for dey will come drappin in, shore. 1 love t'-eso old-mshioned dar keys who were raise I l.v white folks 1 here are some of lhe now a op . who mo clover, but not many but take ti.em all in all, wo are getting along pretty well togather n.ffw.H. standing the continued efforts of brother blame and company to n,ise n ,,ni! » l,ptw oen UH 1'lmy liavo been trying to solve 1 the nog.o problem up north for about yearn, and th,y haven’t done it yet They iloti t understand the „m» I L.y romimi ot m, boy. who peg awfty at a sain in the nr lthmetic fora longtime, and then leclare t he answer in lho book is wrong. We have b?eu telling Blaine and Logan and company tor 20 years that the answer in (lie negro ) problem is: ‘You lid,eve jn»t let him alone/ 1Ul , t|l wolJ t it, but are | ul ,uing b.r some other answer. 1 am to see that Dims. Dudley V\ getting ... , clogo ,. , to . i¥ it, ns . tin arner is children say when they hide a stink, ‘he is burping/ lie is won ^ by aualyms . • now, , , „ and ...i wil ,n got the an » wor ' hp 1,,u ° <' ’ m0 Moutl. to doit. Llie trouble with our north-, or. Iwetl.roo i», U,.y wont loo much jur«liolio.. I’l.oy w„„t cilices to in their luxurious and regulate th3 world afar otf. I sup p WB fMP their dependencies. their provinces, their er8 ini d hove to help pension their their noldieis nod widows and r»ay war debts and so forth, but then it tyrant, . K ,,„ or visit . (Joyol-nor, bift humble or even a to subiecta once in a while just to see how they are getting along. Ho we are glad that Mr. Warner and Mr. Han er came. Maybe Wliitelaw Ilel j w ji| ft ,ine soon and he might bring Brother Blame along. We don't care. Brother Hayes came down not Iona ago and nobody In m. J n fact we treated him more like lie was a lord than a White House snooper, if that poor fellow who stole the bushel and a half of liud <mly i-tole . a ., tesiueiicy, . . it . coni . Would all be right. But .n Hayes was down here m a g<wnl cause, the cause of prison reiorrn; aud 1 hope lie has tenented and is trying to - in lm old i Mv make amends age. good 11lend, Dan ( llahan, of n-:i fame ’ traveled vGt: ' ODe rA who belonged . these northern men to the prison eonptropg, bat Dan uu( |{jjqw his official Imsmoss; and Lq, ai ter they lmd retired to site berths n the sleeper, they sssl 1 t of these prison follows?’ DO one 1 Well, Mr. Callahan had never 0 "«g. rofi3 * ““f .J 1S in8b Wood feMt h °\v v^nmnne atdo rns sir" Do z von about to go for him ‘ <db ’ no * l>()t at all > , sa “, 1 n,,uow ; t l0U " '. t 111 ! y . ><3 y °'} ,7‘‘ S ona ° r tlj0He natlonttl pns „ n fellows going lo Atlanta, and No, sir, -aid Dan. 'fin none vour prison fellows, neither Male not Nvional. Do I look life a . e(tfel ., Wbi , t , uade you take me for a prito „ feller? Tell me that if .you p i ea seV’ An l tie kept on getting • m addei and more un ions until ' iD ; 0 tfier gentleman put in and explain (e d things and umde rmiiters all calm and serene Biu. A;.-. NO. 50 . ,.4,KASll hatch. Fr ™ Ddroit F f lVs *‘ In tui 3 case, the dale v between the s( , n i enc< » a nd the day lie was to hang was so far apart—a matter of three months, tl at what is culled the dea'.li watch in a prison was not immedi SrjS. -alt-.v.-s, he is placed changed to a different ell t is under a surveit# 1 ■>'«' night ami day for fear that he 7. ibo ’lrtuSTuii con,l’m° A man gives up all hope and tries to fi.co the inevitable, In this case .here was an appeal, yC^UekinuUmpcs that the Govern- and or would commute the sentence, the death watch was not necessary i^pc, " mil Vliilc .J^'^Kurvcd^mwilh au«l in that state of mind there was no fear of bis attempting <>is life. When the lawyer finally came and told him that the last hope wa8 g | IHWoro d, and that ho must pre> 0 l( , ,u e> t lm condemneu man sat iVu* a monunt like one potrllied, and I w *d take my oath that 1 heard liis inkS’Jsrs! ,, V(<S stared vacantly, and it was very dsubtlTil whether ho would develop into a lunatic or preserve his sanity. l * ls ,n0,,ta / atrenjjtli llnally trlumplied, and with a sob an<U gasp he shook off hi* terror ami tbo dealt watch-was begun, 1 * us vviUl Ulm on lh ^ ! ' l8t S/luK ftnd lhe thought that lie had onl> jq ]4 nours longer to live moody was it terrible thing to face. He was and silent for an hour before he weut ( 0 h c d t nud I sat with my back In the door of his cell and profeired not to break the silence. Two or three times be turned on me as if be meant to sei m and strangle me, but the thought would came that thick walls and door siill inclose him, and be controlled himself. Hy and by ho Hung him. self down on his couch and slept. i> seemed to me that I sli mbl have re'i mained awake and clutched at em h Heeling moment, but in his despair »»d d»»lwr»iion he was hurry mg Hr uiome.us and hours away. I be light ol the gas jet dr ,ve through between » 1 ‘« Uui l,, ! or “'!' 1 U ' 11 ace, v, and I moved solily near to give , U . u Vuu , couU , !lu , lUv " j >;(! hilI1 . over his iWoel | lho lCl ,dcrness an.' -v .Irnos nn( in|1() ,„ r vouth TTI.j him , H>0 „ lips and whisper the child’s prayer of‘Now I lay me down to sleeep.’ harder, |* >v : ,u«l hy ti e face gre.v 8Dl uiiu gantienoss faded differently.-- (piito away while tlm man breathed 'The bov was innocent no longer. It , s „l„ imwm, ftn.l I saw villainy where I liud neesi itmo cer.ee. The mouth grew hard nud stern, the jaw Imd a dogged set, and I had recoguized the luce hrtoro me ns belonging U, one who bad committed a double murder. lie must have been dreaming. ..... I lie face of the vilhnn faded quite away, and its wickedness was replaced hv u shaded su.peiise and anxiety. he o-oing " over bin last- dnv1 hen ' w. vis ot , , hope and nmidcmi-iir— bsp.i ' l.en sue 1, a eompres, on c Gil» us would have been the ease in a ; ki waking , U) |,j 8 mind to | die "" iiia. 1 Ie|ic Inul neen abandoned, i j bill, h unu!11 allow the crowd at, the foot I ’ 4 I blows that ho would <1 io ih.tih. f„ ; ■ u , lmU suddenly »v,.| V cd. disappeared, ills (h'UT | 0 <,k (ir ,d was replaced fer an insmnt by a H | lu ,io 0 fleur. The slierill had t ome L | u; cell to read the death warrant nn «l prepare him lor ilia morel,. The | old dogged, determined expression .............. .................. j Ilia arms were being pinioned. 1 hen for a moment, he held ids breath «« if , of lhe , listening. Was it to the voice i Imly man in prayer in l»ts cell, or to . the siirxlued murmurs <>l therabble j gathered outside, lie was not melu ! ed not dismayed, lie shut Ins lips V tov the march, and .U l mow [j*.'^Jj /‘^adf.'illolved" eleven , l!ie c o0l of u, 0 scaffold nr.d up the steps, and 1 knew just whereto )ilaee i tie d*earner, As he useendeil the platform his look changed again, jj 0 8ceIDC j r prised as he looked , ( | own U pou the croud; to despair as | | )(; i ookod U p at the rooming sun and rea ]j /c< i i,|,at li : was lookirg liis Iasi upon earth. Then he scowled tierce ! y lie hud s ;cn #»me enemy in tbe cr(>W( j ; some one coining to exult over his dying agonies. who N„«v the two or three ho y men j|*ni accotnpameU livtii to tbe «cuffuM were praying, and the prisoner seem>* ed le listen with inspect. Then tin. sheriff gently pulled him back on the awful term- struggling to master hue , ihe holy men were s.ogrog, but 1 „ullci» over his face. No human eves 'but mine cm, hi see through it. Hi. ■ | , or J )lL . e ,.„ s expnwscd dread u-, „ r —tUe muscles of the throat wit?fieri and jerked— tfie teelfi click t>( , I(r , rtLe| . t an(1 great drops of |*t snirulion > stood out on fits foreliead ne( . fe- , ie wr8 waiting lo he dropped into eternity. T J | )pre earae a crash as the trap k )it) „ ;'„ antl a ;ook of Uie mo8l j OIU . dwdt on tfie face for a “ glanced mine momcn His eyes at j 3M hi s body swung to and frd, ana the t , XI , reg8 , on made chills creep over me. S( , ri i v B j 0 wiy, amidst deep silence, , ace b t .g un to pale, t he chin to re* lUVi ^9 ''ijijmnl |>i i- •nil's l:t,t Ii'hus^nH possible. I sat in my ' burned brightly; the prisoner was be'" fore me >n the couch. There had been no change. The man was not breath¬ ing as easy as before. That was what had startled me from my reverie. I rose up earciully and looked into big face, the scream 1 uttered brought a corridor guard to the door in an in¬ stant. The condemned pian was now dead! ‘Stone dead?’ said the prison docs tor, after he had examined the hotly ‘It’s a very curious case.’ HIIAK SPOT* 1 . Kvevy one has Ids p'-t superstitiou. Vei v queer superstitions have always prevailed among barbarous nations. Their fantasies, however, are no more ni’dcnlons than many prevailing now among the wisest and gravest of the present civilization. 1 lie most judicious person you know, will, with n an Inuir of conli dential conversation, surprise you bv disclosing something of this sort.— One of Chicago’s most brilliant mem¬ bers of the bar—legal bar—carries a horse-chestnut in ins pants pocket.— He is sure of its remedial properties for rheumatism. A proinent Board ol Trade nun never makes a sale on the lfflh day of nnv month for he is certain it would be disastrous for him to do so. There are men and women among us who have a great deal of faith in charms and amulets, lucky stones, an I magic spells, as the At‘n.;ar. had in ids fetich. Science has its fantasies, thoology an l metaphysics their inherited fol¬ lies, A lawyer is nlr tlijown m horror good nt the sight of a phi writlrn, in English, will. The absence of where# uses, and inasmuch) s, gives him a lit of indigestion. A physician who would lie compelled to write a press enplion in plnin handwriting wouh, expect his patient to never recover. Socntes firmly believed that, ini was, nt one lime, governed by a devil; Marlin Luther tine v his inkstand Ihs. k atainc .Majesty, who lie thought a.is paving him a too I'ainiliar call.— Iff.iekstone, the great law t ommnitu# lor, believed (Irmly in witchcraft. Superstition is a part of Initn in nil ii' c. It comes to us with our ims agination. When we feel a thing wo do not siup to reason about it. Kor tlie moment we are not logicians, we are ere iiurcs of imagination only. The super titions of n’d nations have been tin cause of the mo- L Ijoi i dile snUeviiigs, and have add<“il much misery to our race. But oouipaia l ivel v lew now exist, nnd nnmnI item iitiiv the least hartnl'td. Yet a nnx less us they are, the sooner we aban¬ don ihem tile better. A TTHPENVIhE t A A (urpoTitino farm must bo seo.i to bo Rjjpreciatod. Whonthei in is piiclied, the boxes nre cut one to three in a pine, according to size. The. trees are counted into crops of so many thousand, nnd thi is call¬ ed a virgin crop. The queer li t e gunge called a “ buck" is then brought to beer, and a streak is cut above the box, which is simply a deeji oval notch, pointing down¬ ward, so as to leant the gum wb eh exudes into the Ixjx below. ' lie <• boqi's are made to hold ubout a quart. ’J'his first run is as cle, • ns oil, and is the finest of all. A Ter being di|)ped out with a p.aidle it is distilled, and the hard ros ,i UhT is Homelime.-i as white end clear *.s • lass, it is very b-uut' ill, nrd briny, a good price in the great nn vnl-storos markets, uiecond years yum is not as good in <jualiiy, T’hbu bat fully so in quantity. mondily iiuckiugs year boxes, when the have made the sear higti up, are still poorer, and from then on (he crops hardly pay for working. IT M AS COM I Nth If all the incidents of lhe Ch.oE, ton earthquake jirinted they should would be make collected ioter and esting reading. One of tlio latest published relates to ft young couple shock who were courting when the J came, ft extinguished dust, and the jammed lights, i ff|tfd Hie air with ' L (, e ( j ()orM 8U that they could not )>e opened. 'The young man rushed to | a w i u ,l„ w Jeatung to the piazza, but j j n jj 10 ,| nrk plunged both hands in¬ to a large flower urn tilled with wat ,. n Turning to the young lady, and lie threw his arms aronnd her, SH .' j < ( [- Darling, a ti<lal wave ; t ) , a ' ri „j |t is already up to the ” Let die together I" in wil)(lo s ; us " y - A young ^ man was lo sneak o the r ^ » lines of Pope on vice mixer! w A those of Scott on woman, and de t« ^ ^ l hovenodouot ~ M r : t /v;n but J)A l voice the sentiment ot e-ery ge. tleman here wneu I say, in the G “H'lar line . . B,a to.* u», tuiuiliur with tby e-ubrace.” face, We first e,uJi, then pity, theu Il is foolish to try to live on past experience. Il ia very dangerous, if not a fatal hafiit, to judge ourselves to he site because of sonie.fiing that we icltcrdkl twenty years ago.