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Jefferson News & Farmer. VOL. IV. THE NEWS & EARMER. BY ROBERTS BROTHERS. Published every Thursday Morning AT LOUISVILLEGEORGIA. PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADVANCE. One copy one year.... ...... ......$2.00 “ “ six m0nth5.............. 1.00 “ “ three months ........ 00 For a Club of FIVE or more we will make a reduction of 25 per cent. ADVERTISING RATES. Transient Advertisements. One dollar per square (ten lines ol this type or one inch) for the first insertion and 75 cents for each subse quent insertion. A liberal deduction made ou advertisements running over one month. Local notices will be charged Fifteen cents per line each insertion. t3F All bills for advertising due at any time after the first insertion and will be presented at the pleasure of the Proprietors, except by special arrangement. LEGAL ADVERTISING. Ordinary’s Citations for Letters of Administra tion, Guardianship &.c—.........55 00 Application for dism’n from adm'n..... 600 Homestead notice 3 00 Application for dism’n from guard’n 5 00 Application for leave to sell 1aud....... 500 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 4 00 Sales of Land, per square oftcu lines 5 00 Sales of personal per sqr , ten days., 8 00 Skenjft —Each levy of ten lines, 5 00 Mortgage sales of ten lines »r less 5 00 Tax Collector’s sales, per sqr., (3 moulhslO 00 Clerk's —Foreclosure of mortgage and ether monthly’s per square 5 00 Estray notices thirty days 4 00 Professional Car Us. J. G. Cain. J.H.Polhill CAIN & POLHILL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW LOUISVILL, GA. May 5, 1871. 1 ly. R. W. Carswell. W. F. Denny. Carswell & Denny UTfOU.VK I*S .IT MU’ LOUISVILLE GEORGIA, WILL practice in all the Counties in the Middle Circuit.. Also Burke in Augus ta Circuit. All Itusiuuss entrusted to their care will meet with pi ompt attention- Nov. 3.27 I y V/. H. Watkins, R. L. Gamble. WATKINS & GAMBLE ATTORNEVS AT LAW. fLoulslitUe, <£a. January 22 187 . ly J W. COOLEY—Dentist. LouisviUe and Sandcrsville, Ga. Will practice in Jefferson and Washington counties. Orders left at this office will receive attention. Prices reasonable Jan 8 ts. Louisville Academy. <5, A. HOLCOMBE, A. M. —Principal. MRS. C. C. GOODE—Assistant. For information as to rates of Board and Tu ition, apply, to the Principal, or to any member of the Board of Trustees. f E. H. W. HUNTER, Chm’n. I A. L. PATTERSON, Trustees. < J. H. WILKINS, I J. H. POLHILL, l J. G. CAIN, Sec’y. Louisville, Ga., March 12, 1874. 3m MEDICAL. DR. W. W. BATTEY, has located at home seven miles from Louisville, and offers his professional services to the eitiacns in the neighborhood. March, rhoo 1673 A. F DURHAM* ts dT Physician and Surgeon. Sparta., Ga. Successfully treats iDiseases of the Lungs and- Throat, diseases of the hive, Nose and Ear, and all forms of Dropsey ; dis eases of the Heart Kidneys, Bladder and Stric ture, secret diseases, long standing Ulcers.— Removes Hemoirheidal Tumors witnout pain. Makes a speciality of diseases peculiar to Fe males. Medicines sent to apy point on the Railroad. All correspondence confidential. Feby 15, 1874 ly T • MARKWALTER’S Broad Street, Near Lower Market, AUGUSTA , GEORGIA MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES And all kinds of Marble work Kepi on hand and furnished to order at short notice. Call and see. Jan. 23, 1873. 12m. SOUSiS)*' OPJiB Bignon Crump’s Auction Store , 284 Broad St., Augusta, Ga- J. L PALMER, Proprietor. Good Board furnished at reasonable prices by the Month, Week or Day. MARSHAL HOUSE, A. VANN AM, GA. 4. B. LUCE,— Proprietor. BOARD PER DAY 83.00 The Oldest Furniture House in the State PLATT BBOTBERS, MS & MS ffilß® AIS Btfo s AVGUSTA, GA., Keep always on hand the latest styles of FOI'IITDII Os every variety manufactured, from the lowest to the highest grades. CHAMBER, PARLOR, DINIXTC-ROOM, AM® Library, Complete Suits, or Single Pieces, At prices which canuot fail to suit ilie purchaser. . • Dec. 2-sih 1873. 3m. BOURNE & BOWLES, TIMBER FACTORS COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 200 Bay Street , Savannah , Ga. Agents for HOLLY Flooring Mills, MKTBHS I'/CXIV •>.#. Liberal Advances made un Consignments in band. sept 4 tim Osceola Butler & Cos., WHOLESALE and RETAIL DRUGGISTS’, Opposite Pulaski & Scrivcn Houses S A VAN AH, GA. Particular attention naid to Country Mcrchantr, Physicians and Panters Orders. October 30, 1873, 3im CENTRL RAILROAD. GEN’L SUPT’S OFFICE, C. U. R. ( Savannah, October 10, 1873. ) ON and alter SUNDAY the 12th Inst., Passenger trains on the Georgia Central Railroad, its branches and connections, will run as follows: GOING NORTH AND WEST. Leave Savannah........ 8;45 a m Leave Augusta V:OS p in Arrive in Augusta 4:00 p m Arrive in Macon.... 0:45 p m Leave Macen tos Columbus 7:15 pm Leave Macon for Eufaula 9:10 p m Leave Macon for Atlanta 7:30 p m Arrive at Golumbus 12:45 a m Arrive at Eufaula 10:20 a m Arrive at Atlanta U4O a m COMING SOUTH AND EAST Leave Atlanta 12:20 » m Leave Eufaula ........... —0:45 pm Leave Columbus - 1/30 a m Arrive at Macon from Atlanta (5:30 am Arrive at Macon from Eutauia 5:26 a m Arrive atMaeon from Columpus 6:45 a m Leave Macon 7:15 am Arrive at Augusta 4:00 p m Arrive at Savannah...— s:2opm DAILY TRAIN (SUNDAY EXCEPTED) BETWEEN EATONTON AND MACON. Leaving Eatonton 5 ; 00 a m Leaving MiUedgeville OMd a m i*rv a Macon r:4sa-m RETURNING. Leave Macon ....... m Arrive at M ledgesville 7:14 p m Arrive at Eatiruton p m Connecls daily and ordon with Passenger Train to ai-d rom Savanaunahand Augusta. W M. ROGERS, eneral Superintendent. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. Charleston, October ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, )9th INST., THE following Schedule will be run on the Railroad: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN Leave Charleston * “* Arrive at Augusta at -oMO p. m. Leave Augusta at 8.20 a.m. Arrive at Charlesten .... 4.20 p. m. NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN, „eave Charleston..— B‘so • Arrive at Augusta 1 Leave Augusta P ' Arrive at Charleston 5.40 a.m. AIKEN TRAIN. Leave Augusta Arrive at Akin X’b'kCKBNS General Ticket Ant. BoabdinG HotjsE. Mrs. M. S. MILLER, Proprietor. Good Board furnished by the month, week or day. Charges moderate. Oct, 16th 1873. ts LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA., JULY 23,1874. 1550. PROSPECTUS 1874. OF THK The Savannah Morning News. “A great paper —an honor not only to Savannah, but to the State. —A tanta Ga. Constitution “A real live paper—one of the best on the Continent—Sandcrs ville Ga, Hcrnld. ‘‘Should be received by every bus iness man—able, fresh, spicy.’’— Marianna Fla. ourier. “The neatest, wittiest and most ably edited daily in the Souihern States.” —Covington Ga. Enterprise. “One of ihe leading journals of the South—edited with ability and sprightliness- .invaluable to mer chants and business men.”— Chris* tian Index. In issuing this, the twenty-fifth annual pros pectus ot the Savannah Mousing News, it is unnecessary to revert tothe history of the pa. per. For a quarter of a century it has been the conspicuous and consistent champion of Southern seutimeut and Southern interests. The career of the Morning News lias been one of singular prosperity. It made a place mr.i - self from the start and has kept it, while a of its contemporaries of that day, and all save one of its later rivals, have perished by the ways side, and to-day it stands firmly established in popular favor, with little or no competition within the area of its circulation. The restless activity, energy and enterprise of tlie age have so extended the sphere of jour nalism that the rnoderu newspaper is literally encyclopedic in character, comprising every thing of specific or general in the vast domain of art, science, literature, religion, politics and the news. Its tendency is to occupy the field of the pamphlet, the magazine and the novel, and it is gradually usurping the functions of those vehicles of thought and information. Its scope embraces the discussion of every subject winch has been invested wiih interest by the restless explorations of the human intellect, aud includes every topic calculated to instruct or to eutertain. la the newspaper of to-day the profoundest exegetical article goes forth surrounded and relieved by the brilliant essay the caustic review, the pungent editorial, the sparkling letter of correspondence, and the ra cy paragraph—*he w hole forming a Commune of Belle-Lettres whereiu the most noteworthy literary effort has scarcely any advantage of position over the poorest item. It has been the aim of the conductors of the Morning News to keep the paper fully abreast oi this tide of progress and improvement, and to this end no expense has been spared. That their efforts have beeu in some degree success full, is evident front the flattering eucouiiums bestowed upon the paper by its contempora ries, and from the large circulation aud influ ence to which it has attained. The plans of ilie Proprietor for 1874 compreheud a nearer approacn to the ideal journalism of the time than ever before. The features that have giv en the paper a marked among Southern journals, and which have brought it up to its present high standard of popularity will be retained and improved upon. Events of ini crest transpiring in any portion of the world within reacli of the electric wires, will find in ihe Morning News a prompt and reliable chronicler; and its arrangements for gathering the news are such that all important omissions of the telegraph are reasonably sure to be sup plied by its staff of special correspondents; so that the readers of tile papet are certain of finding in its comprehensive columns the la test and freshest intelligence, systematically grouped and attractively edited. In its editorial conduct the Morning News will consistently pursue the policy which has characierized it from the first. Questions of national or sectional interest will be candidly aud impartially discussed, while every subject of a political complexion willbe treated with an eye single to the welfare, the progress and the substantial development of tl>e material resources of the South. The system of carpet bag robbory aud plunder that lias impoverish ed our section the popular practices of of official knavery and corruption—and all those odious features of Radicalism which have for their object the prostration of sovereign States and the disestablishment of civil government in the South —will be held up to the severest condemnation; and at all times,in season and out of season, the paper will advocate the pri. mitively pure doctrines of a strict construe lion of the Coustitutiou, and the admuista-" tiort of the powers of the government—Execu tive, Judical and Legislative—within the limits prescribed by that instrument. In sub. serving the interest of a section that has been so sorely oppressed and so persistently belied the course of the MohsjNU News will be, as heretofore, either cautiously conservative or sharply aggressive, as the nature of the cir cumstances may seem to demand; and it will be the aim and purpose of the conductors of the aper to maintain its position as one of the leading exponents of Southern opinion. In the news department, the current local af fairs of Georgia and Florida will be chronicled was the same picturesque and pungent assi duity that has made them sueh prominent and popular features of the paper. The local de> partment is in charge of a gentleman of skill and reputation,' and will continue to be the most complete and reliable record of home events to be found in any Georgia journal.— The commercial department is full and com plete The figures are collated by experts, aud their accuracy is such as to commend them to merchants and business men in this and the ad joining States. The local market reports compiled with laborious care and may b lied on as representing every phase oi S null's commerce. The Weeklv News is a carefully ed U(J compendium of the freshest intelligence, a . comprises all of the most attractive features the Daily. If: contains thoughtful editorials upon matter of current interest, lively con densations, characteristic paragraphs, and latest telegrams and market reporta up to the hour of going to press. It specially commend itself to the fanners and planters of Georgia Florida and the adjacent States, any is fur., nished at a price that places it within the reach of aIL What is here said of the Daily and Week ly may also, with equal truth, be said of the Tri-Weekly News. It is one of the best papers of its kind and contains everything of interest that appears in the Daily, together with the latest telegrams and commercial intel ligence. terms: Dally Morning News ..1000 Ti*.W eejcly News 6 00 Weekly News 2 00 Money may be sent by express at the risk and expense of the proprietor. Address J. H. ESTILL, Savannah McCOMB’S HOTEL, milled guille, Ga Ms H> McCOMßS—Proprier BOARD PER DAY $3.00 From the Star Spraugled Banner. Music and Harmony in Nature. There’s music where we think not, There's music in the gale; We think our state a hard lot Because we’re neath the veil. • The veil of trouble and of care; The veil of dreary, dark despair; The veil of anxious toil and strife— All hiding us from nature’s life. See the poplars how they tremble. Making murmurs which resemble Meek and geutle words sublime— Swaying, towering, keeping time. Hear the great tornado roaring, Quick, tempetuous and severe, But grand to those it brings no fear. Must we to feel some tuneful thrill, Go where grand halls the grand shall fill Where mighty organs roll before us, And vocal minstrels swell the chorus ? Hear tiie feathered songster's lay— Plaintive, earnest, often gay. If beauty’s found by him who roves. There’s music, too, within the groves. In the ocean’s foaming wave, By the coast they gently lave. In the rippling murm'ring stream, Tinged with sunset’s golden gleam, In the brook where oxen drink, Music’s there if so we think. Could we but reciprocate With men in a sim’lar state, Interchange, conceive the charms Displayed in nature’s circling arms ; Appreciate the music o'er us, Enjoy the harmony before us. Had we music iu the soul Happiness would crown the whole. Rustic. SECRET OF THE GRANGE. An Initiation of the Patrons of Husbandry The Kaneolph Enterprise, of lasi week published the following ac count of the Granger’s initially cer emony : On b ing brought into the ante roomof the lodge (Greengrocer Tem ple No. 10) I was told 1 had ben balloted for and accepted. My in formant who was securely masked by what I afterwards learned was a large burdock leaf, perforated with holes f»r the eye3, told me that if ! valued my life, it would be necessa ry lor me to strip. As 1 did consul* er that ot considerable worth to tne, and as Ite italicised his wishes by carelessly p'ayilig with a pistol, I withdrew from my garments with eagerness My masked Iriend then lurnished me with the regalia ot the first degree—called “The Festive Plowboy”—which consis ed merely of one large cabbage 1-as at tached to a waistband of potato vines. In this airy costume 1 was conduct ed to ihe door, wheie my companion gave three distinct raps. I was se curely blindfolded by binding a slice of rutabaga over each eye. A se pulchral voice from within asked : “Who comes ?” My guide answered : *• A youthful agriculturalist who desires to become a Grauger.” Sepulchral voice—Have you look ed him carefully ovet 1 Guide—l have, noble gate-keeper. Sepulchral voice—Do you find any agricultural marks about his person ? Guido—l do. Sepulcharal voice—What are they f Guide—The candidate lias caro ty hair, reddish whiskers and a turn up nose. Sepulchral voice—’Tis well. Why do you desire to become a Granger ? Guide—Answering for candidate —That I may thereby the be better enabled to harrow up the feelings of the rascally politicians. Sepulchral voice—You will firing him in. My worthy sirippling, as you cannot see, I will cause you to feel that you are received at the door on the three points of a pitchfork, piercing the region of the stomach, which is to teach you the three great virtues—faith, hope and charily. Faith iu yourself, hope for cheaper farm machinery aud charity for the lightning rod peddler. You will now be harnessed, and in represemaiion of the horse Fegassus, will be tesed as to endurance and wind. The candidate is here attached to a small imitation plow, by means ol a hempen harness. A dried pump kin vine is put in his mouth for a bit and bridle —he is made to get down upon his all fours, the guide seizes the bridle rein, and urged on by a Granger armed with a Canada thistle, which he vigorously applies at the terminus of the spine, the can didate is galloped three times round the room. While making the cir cuit the members arise and sing: Get up and dost, you bull; bo;, Who wouldn’t be a Granger? If the thistle’s prick don't cause ;ou joy To feeling you must be a stranger ah 1 After this violent exerciee he is rubbed dry with corn cobs, bees waxed where ihistled ? and brought up standing before the Great Chief —ihe Most Worshipful Pumpkin Head. Most Worshipful Pumpkin Head Why do yon desire tu become a Granger I Candidate (answering for himself) that I may learn lo extinguish sew iug machine agents. Most Worshipful Pumpkin Head Have your hands been hardened with toil f Candidate—Not extensively, bul then I’m not running for office. ’ Pis well, for our lodges contain several who are supposed to be readv to sacrifice themselves for ihe good ol their constituents. Do you feed pretiy smart this evening 1 Candidate—Yes, where the bustle goes on. Most worshipful Pumpkin Head-- [savagely] Give me a chaw of to backer. Candidate, searching himself thor oughly, bul as there is no place about him 10 stick a pocket, tries to explan but the Most Worshipful Pumpkin Head interiups him with : Never mind, my dear young friend —I am well aware that in your pres ent condition you can no more fur nish your ftietids with the weed than Adam could be comfortable in a plug hat and tight bools.. It is merely to teach you the great lesson of econo my, doing lo others as you would have ihem do to you. You will now be conducted lo the most eminent squash producer, who will leach you ihe grand hailing sign of distress. This sign, my worthy brother, wdl insure you against many of the ills of the agriculturist, among others, against drouth and being bit bv the ferocious grasshopper. The candidate is now conducted lo the most eminent squash producer who thus says; ‘ My worthy brother, I will now invest you with the order of the fes tive plow boy, which you have won by your heroic achievement while harnessed ; tnay you ever wear it w ith pleasure to yours-It and in ty it be a means of terror to your ene mies.” The most eminent squash produ cer then proceeds to invest the can didate with the regalia of the festive plough hoy, which consists of a long tomato necklace. “The Grand Hailing Sign of Distress” is made by gently closing the left eye, laying the right forefinger alongside the no-re and violently wagging the ears. It requires practice but the advantages 1 are intense. It also has an itnpor- I taut signification, which you will j do well 10 heed. The closing ol the eye signifies that in all your dealings with mankind you are bound to have an eye to business. Laying the fin gei alongside the nose is emblematic of wisdom, and places you at once among the “knowing ones,” This is extremely handy in prognostica ing new we rther, and saves the wear and tear of almanacs. Wagging the ears signifies sublimity of purpose, and is thought to be emblematic of child.- hood’s happy hours. It is als i supposed by some pro found scholars to have a distinct ref erence to apple dumplings, but ibis f ict is so newhat obscure by the dust of ages. In token that you are one of ur, you will now (re bianded. This cererno ty is very impressive, and consis;s ot' iwo brands, Tney aie b •tit applied “while the iron is hot," and consists of one letter ol the alphabet each. The firs, is a large Int er S, on which you will please sit while the other letter is applied to the stomach. The letter S, my worthy chicken, signifies scooped, aud te'ers to railroad ntoii opoli is* his also supposed to indi cate the seat of learning—the sp >t where the old time teachers hunted for brains with the Krule. The sec ond letter is C., and is applied to the stomach. It has a double mean ing. First, the appltcaiion is an agri cultural one, “Coin Crib,” and has reference to the stomach, as being the great receptacle of B >ut boa whiskey. But brother do not be diligent in finding a home market for your corn. The second application of the letter C, my distracted infant, is got hold of as follows : When one Granger desires to a.-certain “for sute,” it there is an other in the room he raises himself gently by the slack oi the—of his unmentionables— scratch his off thigh with his near boot, and remarks in a voice ol thunder, “Are the e any grangers abom?” The answer is; ‘Jesse wax.’ The enquirer then says, “Let us see’ [Letter C,] and the other party must immediately pull out his stomach aud disclose the brand. These brands are applied in such a manner that I am enab'ed to as sure you that they will wash. 1 was here interrupted, Mr. Editor, by a volley tired in at ihe open win dow, evidently intended for me. Fortunately I escaped without a scratch, and what i3 of more conse- quence, succeeded in fetching od myj precarious manuscript. This is all' about the ceremony of any impor tance. I must leave the country at once—armed men at my heels—they know I’m writing toexpose them. You may hear from me by mail, if I should deem it best to expose the other de grees. Until then adieu. From your friend, B, Poole. P. S. This ceremony of initiation is used during the absence of the lady members, Tneir initiatory ceremo nies are entirely different, being much simplified, as it should be. THE FATAL LEAP. BY ARTHUR 1,. MiSRSERVE. A few weeks ago l took a flying trid along the bleak and tugged coast ot Maine. I did not seek any of the beautilul beaches which here and there dit the seashore, ' and where thousands in pursuit of pleas ure and fashion bad taken up their abode. I had come to see nature in i:s wildest mood, not a crowd ot people whose double object was to see and be seen. For two weeks’ time my home was in the dwellings of the humble fishermen, and each day I took long walks over the sands and climed the great cliffs that uprose along the shore like sentinels and thrus; them selves out into the waves as though in defiance ol the ocean’s power. There was one crag which I clim ed often, ami sitting on its pinacle, mused upon the siory I had heard one night in the col ol a fisherman which stood some half a mile away across the sands. The cliff was calied Black-Rock, and there, the old legend had it, a tragedy had been enacted. 1 will give tbc story as near as 1 can as it fell from the lips of the old fisherman, one wild stormy night. That day I had climed the ctag for the first time, and shuddered as 1 gazed from the dizzy flight into the boiling waves that lashed its base. I had thought then what a fearful letp it would be, and that night, as we sat about the bright fire blazing upon the hearth, 1 made a remark to that effect. ‘And yet h was taken once, sir,’ Blid the old fisherman, looking up from his work on the net he was mending. ‘You don’t mean to say tint any bo ly ever R aped from that topmost crag into the sea V I sad, in sur prise not unmixed with incredulity. ‘But I do, sir,’ he answered*— ‘There was not one, but two of ’em. They took the leap together.’ ‘Why did they do it V ‘I wdl t 11 you the siory, sir, if yo t would like to hear it-’ I replied that nothing would please m* Ite ter, and lie at once began. ‘lt is nigh about a hundred years ago that it happ mud in those days the country hereabouts was almost a wilderness. There were no clear ings back in the country to speak of, The Indian and the wild beast all had it to themselves. A few settle* ments had been made by the sea., shore, and now and then there was the cabin of a fisherman, and this v as all. ‘•lt was a hard and dungeons life they led. There was danger by the sea, and from the redskin who tilled ttie lor.-st behind them, and at times it did seem as tli >ugh they were in league together to drive the white men tiom the foothold they hid got upon the shore. ‘ln one of thes.i litile settlements there dwell a man by the name of Job E istinan. His wife had long been dead, but his diughter llach l took her placs in the household, and cared for the cabin and his welfare as faithfully as her mother could have done. ‘But ihe time came when it seem* ed that she was going to leave him,' •A young fisherman, Alf Hardy by name, won her heart, and the time was set for the n to be manied. ‘Joe Eastman knew that he should miss her, almost as badly as he had felt the loss of his wife, but he said not a word ;»g linst the match. He knew that Alf was deserving of her, and he would in no way interfere with her happiness. ‘One and iy, late in the summer. Ra chel took her basket and set out alone for the forest to fill it with ber ries. Her father and lover were both absent on the water, when they came back at sundown she had not returned. Afraid that she hid met some accident they set out in s -arch of her with lilt e loss of ti ue. Over and over again th *y cilled her name, but all the answer they got was the echoes from the woods an 1 cliffs. ‘At the edge of the forest they NO. 13 jsepurated, and went in different dl l'recti ms. I ‘ I’tie moon had come up now, making everything almost as bright as day. ‘With a great fear tugging at h:s heart, Alf Hardy went on, plunging deeper and deeper info the forest. Agam and again he shouted aloud the name of Rachel, but the echoes, mocking him, was all the answer he gei. ‘What could have happened to her ? he asked himself over and over ‘His great fear was that she had fallen into the hands of the savages, who had either slain her or carried her away a captive, and lie was not iong in finding that, he was right in his demise. ‘He struck the trail of the red skins, and by the light of the moon he soon discovered the prints of ila chei’s feet aiming the others. ‘Hurriedly he followed on, fearing the worst, lie did not call aloud her name now, lor he knew there would be danger in doing s>. But lie would not s op until he lud found her, dead or alive. ‘Half a mile farther on and, to his greut joy, he saw the firm of a wo, mar. leaning against a tree. It was Rachel. In a minute he was by her ’side, cutting the bands that bound her to i he tree, and removing the cru el gag fro n her mouth. ‘He knew that he had no lime to lose, and the next minute, hand in hand, they were hurrying back los ward the seitlem miis, expecting each moment to see the savage in pursuit. Their (ears were soon realized. A shout told them that the a ivages had returned, and missing their cap tive, were coming on in full pursuit. They fled onward for their lives; but soon their course in that direc* tion was stayed. The red skins sud denly appeared in front as well as rear. There was but one way for them to turn now, aud that was to ward the sea, atul so they fled that way. Howling hke so many fiends thirsting for blood, the savages came aft> r them. The shore was s >ou reached, and Black Rock loomed up before them. Once on the summit of this, the young man thought he might keep, them at bay. They climbed to the lop, with tite red skins at their heels. With Rachel in his rear, crouched baliitid the topmost crag, he fought, with all his strength to keep them, back. But one pair of hands wa3 no match ior it score, and lie was not hing in finding that lie was unequal to the task. Death almost sure and certain was on either side,but lie felt that the sea was inure merciful than the sav ages. Turning suddenly he clasped Ra chel" in his arms, and sprang with las burden to the edge of the rock. Only fir an instant diJ he stand there, and then he took the fatal leap. With a howl of disipp ointment the red skins saw the waves close over their lost viciims ; and it was the last time tnat the lovers were seen in the bo iy by m trial eyes. So.i.e say, even to this day, that when the moon is full, their fornjs may be seen floating upon the waves tli it lash the f iot ot the rock, clasped in each other’s arms, as they were when they t iok the latal leap. Tattling. Fire and sword are but slow en gines of destruction in comparison with the babbler,— Steel. Tdkers are no good -diets— Shakespeare. Yet I have ever beard it said that spies and tale-boarers have done more mischief in this world thau poisoned bowl or the asstssin’s dag ger.—Schiller. 1 will be silent and barren of dis c >use when perchance to hear a tale, rather than go with child therewith, till anothei’s ears be my midwife, to deliver me of such a deformed mon ster. I may hear a tale of delight, and perhaps smile at an innocent jest; I wilt not jest nor joy at dis gracing an innocent person. Arthnr Warwick. A lady asked a pupil at a public examination of a Snnday School: ‘What was the sin of the Pharisees ?’ ‘E iting camels, marm,’ quickly re • plied the chdd. She had read that the Pharisees strained at gnats and swallowed camels.