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STOH HOME JOURNAL WATERMAN, AT PERRY. GA. . _ 6^ MORNING, BY J. T. WATERMAN, PERRY, GA., DECEMBER 17, 1870. YOL. I, NO. 1. SELECTED STORY. DAVID HUNT. $2 50 Uree Months, 1 w paper will be stopped at ilie expire- j the time paid for, unless the sub- Son is previously renewed. address of ft subscriber is to be * changed, we must have the old address as well as the new one, to _ No subscription received for a than three months. No attention paid to anonymous comma- I mentions, as wo are responsible for every thing in our reading columns. This rule is Ijniperative. z . _ ^ . Any one sending ns five new subscribers tJ e eej will receive tlie' Uaijfi-JuLmXij. oue year jess* Displayed advertisements will be charged n »,.nWliiig to the space they occupy. am advertisements should be marked for « specified time, or they will be continued and charged fornntil ordered out AdSIrtisements inserted at intervals will be charged as new each insertion. 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Keep yourself tmceasmgly before | the public; and it matters not what business ou are engaged in, for, if intelligently and ndustriously pursued, a fortune will be the —” u "—Hunt’s Mercbants’ Magazine. “After I began to advertise my Ironware ‘y, business increased with muring r.v y. For ten years past I have spent 0,000 yearly, to keep my. superior wares ) the public. Had I been timid in ud- g, I should never have possessed my of £350,000.”—McLeod Belton, Birmingham. ^ tising, like Midas’ touch, turnn ; to gold. By it your daring men Ilians to their coffers.”—rituurt STORY OP -WESTERN LIFE. ' T ' •- . ... AUK S, STEPHENS. It was a wild clearing in the heart of a Western, forest A tali, athletic man was at work in one-comer, and each lusty stroke of his axe, as it was swung into the heart of a giant chest nut, reverberated cheerily through the woods. The morning was bright, and die air rich with, the commingled per fume of mosses, flowers and foliage gathered upjlriyn the wilderness. The early - "suilsluiie di&eed’ among tliS” boughs over.our woodsman’s head, and every blow of his. axe Brought - a storm of dew down to the' daises and strawberry vines which he wiis treading ■"Well, there isn’t nothing very un common in that, is there ?” said Da vid, laughing as the young man hesi tated and blushed like a girL “No, Mr. Hunt, no, I may as well ont with it,” cried Shaw, setting down his rifle hard and speaking with des perate rapidity; “I meant to with you about it in a day or two, but as we are on the subject suppose we finish it at once. There is Hannah, your daughter—-we have been acquaint ed three years come fall, and if yon a’nt willing to let her keep honse for me, it don’t make much odds whether I have a a farm or take to the woods again. One thing' is certain, I shan’t be very contented any where.” s “There, now you’ve spoken np like a man,” replied David, frankly extend ing his hand; “I cannot spare the “Yon have saved me fifty dollars by j under those long eyelashes, - she was that plunge, old fellow,” he said still J perfectly certain in her own heart that gasping'with passion. “I Was a don-1 she had.neyer once looked at Mm since ble fool th let yon break loose, though, i they sat down to breakfast, nothing in the world would tempt her to do anv thing so forward.-! Dear, pretty Han- Though the morning was deliciously cool and breezy,‘the workman.stopped now and then to inhale a deep breath and -wipe the perspiration from his forehead, and at each .time lie cast glance of good-natured anxiety over the logs rolled together .dri heaps, and the forest of newly made stumps that stood glistening in the sunshine, yet full of sap and with tufts of green still clinging to their broken bark. But though his eye took in every object. the log 'paBin that stood on the opposite verge of the clearing, it invariably lingered last and longest on thq lhong of newly cat leather which from the distance he could just see dangling through a gunlet-hole in the door from the wood en latch which secured it within. Honest David Hunt. There was hunger and some little desire for rest in those frequent glances toward the slender cloud of smoke that went curl ing up from the stick-chimney of his dwelling. At last he planted his axe against.the massive trunk which it had half cut away, and was rolling down his shirt sleeves, when the latch-string began to vibrate before- his eye, and after a moment the cabin door opened and a young man came ont with a rifle in his hand, and dressed in a green hunting shut. ‘Halloa !” exclaimed David Hunt, with a scat of half whistieaa he but toned his wristband; “arly and late that chap is always a hanging round my premises. I calculate it ia’nt very alinSave to depend "cm;'-but fqn’t look so down in the mouth about it. I’ll tell you what we can do ; tajra up your three hundred dollars and buy the lot that lies, next .agami^iinci— a. housekeeper in jt^Ffannah wont make a worse daughter forme because she is your wife,” i pointed to his dwelli on lus face, yet'a sii! lid David Stunt ng with a smile gle tear brighten- s love which he the most‘.holy ed in Ms eye, for bore his daughter feeling of his life. “I never teas so/happy,” exclaimed Shaw, grasping tlh rough hand of liis father-in-law andgiving it a vigorous shake. . “And -Hinnahp.clour girl, she thought you matt miss her 'help, and would not constat to go 'away. I left her eyes.”’ ; a good gal,” replied the back of his rongh eyes; I only hope she good a wife as her , and she will But it, Ike, there is -that- Make, Mike,' easy boy, ■ easy. Come back, so-ho—so-so. ” ■ It was surprising that a voice so fearfully savage the moment before could have-been modeled on the in stant to the low, silky, and wheedling tones which tin’s man adopted in per suading the horse back to his again. It sounded through the woods iikef*.the mellow tone of & bird calling for his mate. Bnt the horse plunged on till the call terminated in a low, sweet whistle. He had leaped a rivulet-which ran gurgling along the depths of the hollow, and his front .hoofa were .buried deep in the opposite ascent when that whistle came her with tears “Hannah Duvid, dm; hand across will make mother was now I think young fellov Bill .Wheeler, from the Bend. HI I§* fl ® p ” a aij ■What audacity Ls to love and boldness the skillful use of printer’s ink is to in business.’’—Henry Ward Bceclier. “The newspapers made Fisk.’’- James!to gness why the gal was so David had scarcely buttoned ithout tlie aid of advertisement;, I done nothing in my speeuia- I have the mast complete fiulh in nter’s ink. Advertising is the royal road P. T. Biirnum. POETRY. Woman’s Work. Darning little stockings For restless little fee; Washing little faces To keep them clean and sweet; Hearing Bible lessons, Teaching catechism, Fraying for salvation From heresy ond schism; Woman’s work. Sewing on buttons, Overseeing rations; Soothing with a kind word Others’ lamentations; Guiding, clumsy servants, Coaxing sullen cooks; Entertaining company, And reading recent- books; Woman's work. Burying ont of sight . Her own unhealing smarts; lotting in thesunsliine On others’ clouded hearts; Binding up the wounded. Healing np the sick, Bravely marching onward Thro’ dangers dark and thick; Woman’s work. And blessing manhood’s years; Showing to the sinful How God’s forgiveness cheers; Scattering sweet roses Along another’s path; Smiling by the wayside, Content with what she hath; Woman's work. Letting fell her own tears Where only God eun see, Wiping off another’s With tender sympathy; Yauning for tire gateway, Golden, pearly, ample; Womans work. onieih^ilenco. A day of deep repose; Her locks smoothly braided. Upon her breast a rose, Lashes resting gently Upon the marble cheek; A look of blessed peace Upon the forehead meek. The hands softly folded. The kindly pulses still; The Ups know no smiling, The noble heart no thrill. Her conch needs no smoothing, - She careth for no care; Love's tenderest entreaty Wake’s no responses there. « A grave in the vaUey, Tears, bitter sobs, regret, One more lesson given That life may not forget; A face forever hidden, A race forever ran; “Dust to dust.” a voice saith, 'And woman’s work is dona The BvMtBMrof ForsMa* And if the husband or the wife, la home's strong light discovers Such slight defects as failed to meet The Winded eyes of lovers. Why need we ask ? who dreams Without their thorns the roses f r,T < ? n< ^ era . that the truest steel The readiest spark discloses ? ^bttaill in mutual sufferance lies The secret of true living; ~2® ®aroe is love that never knows The TOeetmm of forgiving. second wristband when a young gpl appeared in the cabin door with a nip- kin in her hand which she flung upas a signal for breakfast. ' J “O, yes,fsbo can call me now,” mid David, taking up his old straw hat- from the grass, “but before I ea or drink I must know what brings hat Ike Shaw into these diggius 60 ten —wheii foxes' begin to prowl fio id a hen-coop in the day time it lookf lnn- gerous.” ‘I say, Ike-7-Ike Shaw, hallo; this wny a minute !” and ns David imt uttered this shout he swung his Win the air; an unnecessary signal, his voice might have been heard fa into, the woods. The young hunter turned and-amc across the clearing, and thou he swung his rifle about with a d ling air,'David could, see that his fat was crimson as he drew nefir, -but fine himdsome face it was, Da' deny that, though he did self to look ferocious, imd frown as he approached much out of place on that bri forehead. ^ “Well, Ike, what- brings yi parts so soon again ?” ini Hunt-, putting on his old folding his arms ovenhis broad chest, after a fashion which he ’ ’ much admired in Othello di only visit he ever made to tin while on his journey “ont; the New England States. ‘ ‘Don’t think of diggins, nor any thing, “Well, said Isaac SI still more deeply, “I don’ it will be. A chap can’ his home in the that, I suppose ?” David nodded his head “Just so, Ike.” “Well, continued courage from his com] “I have a sort of notion before long, and clear myself. Game is getting I begin to feel rather loi ing out at nights so “And how are you a for the land ?” inquired ing his arms more chest; “wild land is true enough; but yet won’t be satisfied with titan cash on the rudL’ I know that,” repli# the young! iv gal away from her old a ferocious chap to deal Wheeler, I shouldn’t gives us some trouble attempt it,” replied Shaw, .t Hannah loves me, she much this morning; what eeler say against that, I know.?” of course nothing,” re- t, “though Bill is a savage ien any thing goes again the him; but see, Hannah is ut the breakfast will get cold, and we will talk it all over. ” «$© -V inii liiterandd—rite-TWO deuly, -with his ears still laid back and his lioofs on high. A shiver ran through his limbs. His ears began to tremble as they arose to. their natural position—his fore feet. sunk slowly down, and, wheeling, gently around, he recrossed the brook and crept -up the hill, like a hound called back from the chase. . ‘So old fellow, you have come brick, have you ?” muttered' Wheeler, tying the broken bridle and tightening the knot across liis knee with both hands; ‘.‘it’s weli : for yon that I have no other horse to carry me to the Bond—now see if you can stand quiet, will you. This speech terminated with another oath, while Wheeler knotted the bridle to the splintered trunk, of the sapling and. moved away. He crept, stealthily around tlie edge of the clearing, tak ing care to conceal his progress by the underbrush that grew thickly in that portion of the woqil. At lengthihe reached the little patch of vegetables which lay between the forest and the back windows of the cabin; here he paused a moment, peered anxiously through-the thick foliage to the right and the left, then parting the branches with hisjfiands he stole softly forth, and, darting across the garden, crouch ed down beneath one of the windows, where he lay for two or three minutes holding his breath and afraid' to stir a limb, lest he should agitate the creep ing plants that clung around the win dow, and thus give notice of' his pres ence. " At length he arose cautiously, first to one knee, then to a stooping, and, at last, to an upright position, which brought his face to a level with the window. He lifted Eis. hands and parting the net-work of convolvules At length, when David Hunt had -Hannah snatched her sup-bonnetfrom msfgjye^ the ;'Iast. ^msrsels of Kafli the grouridT anch^hastily filling her Trom the plate tohis lips, and drained; pail frdmthe sjfiririg, turned breathless- his cefifee cup for the third; time, he ly into the path, .It .was too late, for drew Vbaek his chair and looked-ati escape ! scarcely-lnid - she advanced Shaw. half a dozen paces, when William gd[ np, a nixl 5 David at and went toward the house together. Scarcely had David Hunt and his companion closed the cabin door after them, when a horseman came from a cart-polk leading through the woods, and; dismounting near the chestnut, he looked cautiously around, saw the gxeat gap cut in the trunk of the tree, and driving’his-horse back into'the woods-again, tied hint to a sapling down in-an’ almipti hollow which con cealed them from the clearing. When the man appeared once more in the open space lie took up David’s axe, examined it closely while he dis- lodged the- tiliy chips that dung to its edge, and tried its sharpness with the ball -of his. thiimb. “The chips are moist and green yet, the helve is. warm with the old man's handling. I umy as well-make myself scarce at once, for the old fellow will be hanging round home till night, I am certain of that from the way he has begun his day’s work.”. As William Wheeler muttered these .discontented words to himself,- he set- down the ‘axe and moved away as. if to ;-like caution that scarcely shook a drop of dew from the host of purple-bells that clustered around him. Having thus made an opening which commanded the interior of the cabin, he remained motionless, except tiuit how and then his • fingers clutched themselves together, and once he-unconsciously crushed a dus ter of the scarlet bean-flowers which’ fell against liis palm with a violence that shook th© -whole vine. nak Hunt 1 how'did she know that tkq of an innocent heart, Anew how pure young man at her left, in the green- and entire that joy was. .All at once a shadow fell on the hunting shirt, Was looking at her, if she'never turn either eyes that way ? The conieal-shaped coffee- pot with its steaming contents shut in by a . lid marvelously like,on overgrown p-^tin- gtusher, was bright- as hands c-ould make it, but notqhite brilliant enough to reflect tlie mofious 61 lier lover.—* Still Hannah Hunt wits very positti^ that she had givijii Ike Shaw no sort that wa^, and, of course,; she knew » the fr-wera that trembled and off then? dew,- ;uid ‘zt-emed langk- ing at her throngh the window, were, hot more modest of innocent than Hannah Hunt. that ever fell from the blossoms - of a young heart, sparkled in those soft eyes; and there she sat, so' quiet and motionless, bending a little forward like a wood lily;on its stalk, and ' none but the- Almighty, who loves the joy fling his disengaged, arm also afionnd spirit of tlmtyounggirL : One of those strange, intuitive feelings, "which seem like spirit-tones in tlie heart, came over her. There was no unusual noise .in the forest, and yet she bent her ear to listen ; still no sound, save tlie soft hum of summer iqsects, and as love the soli tude, arose to startle her; fciufcthtafecl- of encouragemeu\ri» look at liprvin ing of'dread was in her heart, : slre put back the mass of golden carls that had fallenqyer her shoulder and vail more mfegntiy - -Tt^us- arlfitandi the tramp qf a horse mellowed and broken by the forest turf. Certain that ifc was the approach of an enemy, her person, Wheeler .lifted her from the ground and moved rapidly toward his horse. The poor girl struggled, her head fell back on his shoulder, and her terror found voice in a single sharp cry. “Hush!” said Wheeler, turning his face till she could feel thewonn breath as it poured from his clenched teeth. “Hush, I say, or I shall he forced to quiet you with my handkerchief.” He moved toward, his horse as he spoke, set her oh the ground, still grasping her arm with one iron hand, d’pasTie^sprtingto his Kiddle andattempt- 1 to diag heff np after- bim. Another cry, sharp wiih terrible ag ony, broke from the lips of that poor girL It was followed by a rushing /‘Well now, Ike, I am ready to talk pver the business as soon os you’ve arnind to—” David Hunt was hero interrupted in his speech, for Hannah recollected that moment that she had no spring water in. the house, and the haste she made to get her sun-bonnet and lift the pail to her arm quite disconcerted the whole party, but it was only for a moment. David settled hack in, his cliair again, after giving a glance at- her burning face as ijhe . lifted, the wooden doqr-latch, and muttering to himself,' “Well, ‘wefl, it’s oily human natiie, I was young once myself, ” he address ed Shaw again.- And there was that vile man listen- in-law. He-was crouching' amid the vines as Hannah passed him, with the on her arm, ; and the love light brightening her blue eyes and sending, its-red to her cheeks. Her garments, almost touched him as she turned a. corner of the cabin, but he held his breath and shrunk close to the logs listening to the conversation within, even' while’ his kindling eyes followed the young and happy creature as she passed with a light step into the woods. When she had entirely disap peared he turned liis eyes inward again, bent liis ear, like a‘hound, and pressed g beans _ the* .draped th-- bis f-.«- dose 'to 'the' matted-foliage, ™ ~ ' that no word passing between the two men at the table might escape him.— After s<pme ten minutes he drew steal thily trick, darted into a patch of early corn that came up. almost to one end of the cabin, and winding noiselessly through it, cautious as a serpent, not to shake a single silken tuft that streamed from the half ripened ears, he entered the woods again Wheeler appeared in a curve of r the path. She turned , into -the wood, though the undergrowth, was so thickly tangled there that it seemed-almost impossible to force a passage through. Wheeler sprung from his horse and- left him standing across the path, as he came quickly toward the breathless and startled girL “What, Hannah, yon are determined to fight shy yetexclaimed the vile man, pressing close to the. struggling girl,; and attempting to take the pail, from her hand, “Come, come, give i To-morrow! to-morrow! quick work, hut I am ready—-the job pleases What a tranquil and happy scene^ W^ftjjjegses me^-ao, so fool-stand is that the bad man gazed upon! stilL What, afraia^c.£.iv 0 0 seek the woods again, but os he tnmed “ ■tk.temcMaiM.«w.. -the cabin lie gave a start, his heavy eyebrows worked arid knit themselves over Ms flashing eyes, and with a half!? 6 ***' seined in pro- lie looked porbon, for Hannah was holding forth, Ike make ! agree to replied, lering assent, .‘ttle down farm for and camp- suppressed oath, he looked aronnd if to ascertain some means of: the cabin which might not expose his person to the inmates. “There, were two. I. saw them through the window. Who.-is he? Let me make him out—let me but fas ten an eye on him and he is done fori ” Once more he sent an oath through grindiug-Wcfh, and plunged into the hollow where his horse was tied. The fine animal turned Ms .head- and greeted Ms coming with a, low neigh, but his brutal master lifted his heavy boot nnd gave the poor creature a kick that made Mm wheel and run back with a violence that almost, tore the sapling up by the roots. |ng to pay fold- noise, and giving the bridle a savage jerk. “Stand still, stand still, or I’ll bleed you with a new-fasMohed lancet,” he over out here, fgovemment thing less exclaimed through Ms-shut teeth, and drawing a bowie knife from beneath was that tlie bad man gazed upon In the centre of the cabin stood small table, covered with a coatee cloth of snow-wMte linen, a plate of savory ham—the ruddy color of each slice,re lieved by the pearly and golden circle of an egg, wMch formed a tempting mound upon it—stood in the centre, wami corn bread, a plate of potatoes, with their dark coats tern just enough to reveal a tempting and mealy rich ness at heart, a saucer of wild honey, and another..of golden butter, *com- Davii second fame. Hard labor and "fiie morning air hnd g^yen him a, teeii ap~ ifi.' ■> > y 1 ' 1 if .*.. i' _ ' i. _ bnt without lifting her eyes to his face,. Ms tiiird cup of rye coffee, on which thfr heavy cream was mounting 1 Le ta foam, when Wheeler looked in upon the peaceful gronp. ’Shaw ate but little, and • Hannah.— the . nobkv.. warm-hearted Hannah Hunt—did n ithiug but- blush every time she lifted her eyes from the bright tin coffee-pot,' and deluge every cup she filled with, a double quantity of cream, that little brown hand of hers was so very unsteady. It seemed What, ujuii^rt ^ knifo yrt ? It has better fare on hand—sod_g 0 i • These words were uttered after Wheeler entered the hollow where his horse was tied. ; He had been finger ing the haft .of his knife while muster- tag to himself, and partly drew it from his bosom as he ' .pame up. The ’still restive animal started at the gleam of the blade, which gave rise to the half savage half soothing words wMch his master uttered, as he nnknotted the bridle.. -After looking cautiously over liis shoulder, Wheeler mounted; to his saddle, and,’;grossing the "cart .path, road leisurely toward the spring where Hannah Hunt inid gone a few minutes before. ; ^ A.hfippy girl was Hannah -Hunt as she passed through'those thick woods down to the little spring wMch sup plied the hoasehoM • with water!— Every thing aronnd her bore a thrice in full cry.could not have leaped more ■fiercely forward; he grasped her arm, turned’ her round with a jerk, and when her pale face was close before his, he laughed, not as might have Tie©**- expected, a coarse, ruffianly taughj but low aiins-jweot,. with a tone that thrilled through the fieart it reached. “Come, gill, come! I do not want to frighten you. Go down to the spring—I have a great many things to talk over. How can yon, tremble so ..close by the .man who loves yon better than any thing on earth?” And, with a reed-like bend of his the little footpath and came .in sight of the .fountain it was gushing up quick and bright, with a. sweet impet uosity, like the sensations of her - own pure heart. It seemed rejoicing with her, smiling on her. How' sweetly it flashed up from its mossy basin, dimp ling an.l laughing as the ^arrowy sun- of foliage overhead, - and broke in so strange for her to sit there, with her golden shower on the rivulet that father directly opposite, and Isaac -danced down, through the rieh turf carpeting the .earth all around. It fill ..thw art-the roots of that- gnarled Shaw lifting those brignt, saucy eyes to her face'every other minute, and-- “By Jove,' you hadbetterstop that,” ]hhn dropping them as i? he knew per: j old oak. that twisted in and out among exclaimed the man, infuriated bv the f ^ly he ought to beasham^ ttqroeks just above, like a knot--of - -L ° { himself there before her father. It; huge serpents claimed to sleep by the was as much as Hannah could do to! s*ft InlLfll^f the waters—and on the “* sn ""■ 7 on tile t,-iblc % -|ttl little hollow,'- efioked up with brake -'old; leaves, where the prettv s man with a brightening havn’t been so idle as think. I’ve got three out at interest with down on the Bend. ’’ ■- “Well, but you havn tion to mv property h ye, “bnt I ■ sit still and wait seemed a marvel that her dair/oM; leaves, where the pretty stream lost it- father could eat so heartily. Every j self and plunged into the earth again, thing seem'd looking at her with pe- ! Hannah came down the path .smiling his hunting-shirt, he plunged Ms 'am i ^ ° ld ! sdi Sh ° ** d< *"’ n ^ back to drive it into the heart of the I *** ^ 08 i neath tte shadw of the ««&, with the moved dcmnrdy across the room, the j water almost kissing her feet A bird purple morning glories -trembling ‘ was overhead, and it began to sing till around the windows, all seemed per-j the leaves aronnd its Mding-pLice fectiy aware that every thing was set- 5 shivered again, bnt Hannah did not it up,'it’s too heavy, you bend under it’like a young sugar-cane in the wind. Let me cany it, I say.” He took the pail forcibly from her hand as he' spoke, and dashed half the water to the ground. • “Never mind,7 he said with a disa greeable laugh, “we can go down to the spring and fill it again, I want to talk with youi” .“■What do you wish to say ?” falter ed the terrified girL “I thought you would not come again. I most go home, my father is waiting.” “Thought I'should not come again? A pretty fellow I should be to take you at the first word. No, no, Miss Han r nah, Ido not so easily give .up an idea when it once gets into my head. Such girls as you are scarce here in the bush.” While he spoked Wheeler swung the half emjity paii bn one arm, and J forc ing Hannah’s hand through the other, dragged her toward the path. “I do not wish to go down there— I will not unless you drag me from the spot by force,” said Hannah, wringing her hand suddenly from the hold he had fixed upon it, and darting up the hill with the speed of a deer.' and the shout of a fierce voice in its rage—’Wiliain!—Villain!” and with this fierce cry David Hunt plunged like a lionflown to tiie spot where his child was lying,.prone, pale and sense less on the earth.. He sprang over her body with his anna outstretched and Ms eyes on fire—for one instant his iron hand clutched the folds of Wheel er’shun ting-shirt, but.it was wrested from Mm by the violent leap taken- that instant by the goaded, horse, fas he wheeled .and dinted up the path and out of sight it seemed with a single bound. “Oh, if I had my rifle!” exclaimed David Hunt, in a hoarse whisper, as he lifted’Ms daughter from the earth and laid hfer down again, for the stout man shook with rage, and that moment was weak as ah infant—“If I but had my rifle!” [to be continued in oub next] CURRENT ITEMS. “The rose most admired by women” —-he-roes. Wheeler sprung after her. A hound Thrashing machines are giving ker osene a close pull in fatality out West. Iowa mourns forty deaths from the former. Oh! Mr. Wheeler, pray let me go; you frighten ine almost to; death,” cried the poor girl, trembling in every limb, while har ashy lips quivered with ter- ror - - . . ■ .Y-i:: . . : -Y •How foolish you are, Hannah Hunt, to fear from one man—an old lover ; and true friend—that WMch pleases you in a fellow like one Icoidd mention. Now m wager my horse that, you fine form, William Wheeler threw his whieffi u^accommo- , — ,, . , , . datehve hundred pupils three stones arm around Hannah s waist, and again * - * attempted tether to persuade than force her toward the spring. “I will not move a step. I cannot. •high. A curious typograpMeal error re cently appeared in a morning paper. In giving an account of an inquest, it was'stated,.“the deceased bore an ac- Theysaymit on the plains -.iv; fheSedctfd-hnd excursion p: ;.v:i’t quit coming ont there, they’ll >- b. e \ii> something worth telling about. One sweet creature, in it hooiied skirt, 'iy- roleso hat and heavy chignon, liti u*!y [ sAired a buffalo sC badiy-’tLat his -h: :r turned wliite in a single,night. • ! A piliysicnin who fa sometiiing <>f r. wag called on a col°te4 -Baptist minis ter and propounded a. Jew pnzrfir.g questions. “Why is it,”’ said he, “that you arc not able to' do the samd miracles that the ajiostles' did? Th-. v were protected against poisons and id! kinds of perils; how is it that you are nonprotected in'the sanxe^tuy?” Tiui colored brother responded promptly: “Don’t know about that. Doctor. I spectlis. I have tooken a mighty, sight of strong medicines from yon Doctor, and I is alive yeti” It is told of John Wesley that, when he saw some of-his Bearers asleep,* Le stopped in his discourse and shouted* “lire!.fire!” The people were aLirmed, and some one cried out,. “Where, sir; where?” To wMch Wesley earnestly and solemnly replied: “In Hell for those who sleep under the preaching of the word.” „ A celebrated writer says: “No wo man can be a lady who can wound or mortify another. No matter how refined or how cultivated she may be, she is in reality, coarse,ouid the innate vulgarity, of her nature nuiuifests itsi if here. Uniformly kind, courteous anil l above, the crash of polite treatment of. all peigons is one of a strong man, mark of i trufe wumiin. ; ‘ ' ” A eonntryman visiting Dartmoor, England, observed that a gang of me n were working on the-moor, each wear ing a ball and chain. He asked one of them why that ball was- chained to his leg.. “To keep .people- from steal ing it,’’ was the reply; “there are so many thieves about here.” In some parts of C'onnecticnt rain is so scarce and apples so abundant that cider is absolutely^ cheaper tliitn water.— The teetotal societies are iiauic-sn ikon, and are disbaudlh gby tlie dozen. ' The “Sleeptaglea itv 1 f Teunessso,” who has passed twenty-one years in a state of somnolence, with the exception a few walking moments-daily is now in St. Louis and the doctors. have her m hand. It is thought that even if treatment' produces no beneficial ef fects, the “ronsing bill” they present will certainly moke the patient, joj.vn her eyes. It is said that the mosquitoes are so plenty in the Ailirondacks that they can't all get on. a stranger at- once,: o they stand aronnd in reliefs and wait for their turns, like customers in a bar ber shop. They exhaust a ham in three days, and then let’him alone, like a deserted oil weU, to accumulate more - blood. “Mamma, dear, I tMrik I 'shall hr a duchess.’ What nonsense, Ethel.— What do you mean?” Why, '"Iiow would it be if I married a Dnchman? There are eight gii’ls in the MicM- gan Agricultural College who have io work, in tlie field tlm-e hoius daily, just as the young men do. A fascinating youth pf Louisville was recently very badly “sold!’ by tlie matron of the Kentucky State Prison, in whose daughter he seeined to catik o a very strong interest while traveling in a railroad car. Tin..ring that the. flirtation had continued long enough, she suddenly changed her seat to the side of the young man, and whispered in his ear, “Sir, yon’are a. total straifc ger to me; but I tliiuk it to be my duty to warn yon of impending evil.— That young lady is just out of the State Prison.” A passenger got off st the next station. “- The troubles of the country v% ill never cease. It is new announced that old Brownlow is in Wasliingtou with improved health. A Columbus man got up in tiie night for a drink, and in the dark ab sorbed a quantity of concentrated 1ye. The Statesman remarks that the_ in ternal arrangements of the ivnfortnn.ite man are just now in -a terribly “tom up” state, and there is a loud demand about his domicil for a mild grueL The Cuba sugar crop we understand will be more than an average. The re bellion in the island affects only a very small portion of the country, being con fined to the mountainous regions or grazing country, and the cane, whero molested, promises to be better than nsuaL The prospect therefore js that there will be no lack of sugar this ye.a-. Mr. Connelly, a Missouri gentleman, who’had an engi^ement tejlehangiaJ- on the 25th, is imposed to be . quer 'V ous. On being*iiformed that fis sen tence had been commuted, he said: j* “This is the d—dest country on earth, ! and has the poorest laws, i have bsen lying here in prison’for months. Siy execution, for wMch everything h.-is been made ready, has been made rea dy, has been twice put off:', and rao.v I am going to the penitentiary for life instead of-being hanged, as I-wanted to be.” A man who is gain What nation, produces most mar riages—Fascinacion. 'How to build a house for nothing— Use freestone. ■ -Why don’t farmers like a bad sum mer? Of course it goes against the grain! -In Mississippi sixty-one out of every hundred of the population can neither read, or write. They can all vote, ‘though. i The religion of Washington city is what a Western lecture is about. It •must be a novel subject. What specie of love is that wMch never reciprocated? A neuralgic affec tion. There were only five unique and ele gant patterns of mob-handles patented List mouth. Sait Francisco is Sxcited over a forty foot whale ashore near that lively port. Wanted to know—If two hogsheads moke a pipe, how, many will make a cigar? Why is the letter Y like a prodigal sou? Because it makes pa pay. Connecticut aspires to a National Hen Fair. A photographer in Indianapolis ex- peses; delinquent Customers by display ing their pictures upside down, and labelled ‘itibt.paid for.” _ The Bulling Passion—A great faun, cial reformer is so -devoted to figures ilrnt when he has nothing else todo hff casts up Ms fjwa . A colored lyceum in Hlincns is pre- paied to debate: “Resolved, That a dog is a biped when his tail curls ’ so tight that it lifts his hind legs off the ground. Wisconsin must have some tail peo ple if the statement of a local paper way be believed, that they are going cidental character, and the. jury re- " ' ‘' St’K'o tnm a verdict of excellent death. Hall’s Journal-says: “If a man can sleep soundly, has a good appetite, with no unpleasant reminders after Weals, the bodily habits being regular every day, he .had better let himself alone, whether he is as big as a hogs- head, or as. thin tend dry as a fence Aciptain, of.the old .school, being •’at a baJL had been accepted byabeau- tiful partner, a lady of rank, * *“ the most delicate manner 4... i-T. ra . did not shrink and tremble, and quiver all over with disgust, when Tke Shaw j hinted to Mm the propriety of pi came to your Utaue tMs morning,” j °P a °. f ^oves. “Oh!” -•-! i‘” "' iiioiV j in r. voice Isaac ' his money when deal of it, makes a devil; and the devil 01 men are going to use that it mil do good through with it, ,th< tM-ough with them of being through If you want to be be . by, be benevolent now. An exchange isays: “Disringthewsi;-, ■"’dier in Sherman’s “army faruu-l him. 1 . mqn’e; hen they get ■' 1 is apt to get think money, .by and firmly with his arm, and isisssssii Shaw that Hannah raised eyes to Ms face in wonder ilread, but they suUti tb 1 again,riiocked by the co: rearing anirnaL But, as if compre hending his danger, the beast leaped back with a fierce - impetuosity that Itnvas as if a rainbow had. sMvered in- d fragments and fallcti tile throng.” J; An old gentleman of the name’of Gould, having married a very young wife, wrote a poetic epistle to a friend to inform him, of it, and concluded it thus: y ••SoYou Ken, ray dear air though I’m eighty A girl of eighteen is in love -with old Gould.” “Say what you wish l ere, then,” j To wMch Ms friend replied: she said, almost wild wifi, terror; “I! “A gkj of eighteen may love Gouid.it ig true. - - >- • i:’. ' il * iv Tint biA-erci* mr* ilpar air 5f ■?* Gold vitluvnt TT " ,, , Wheeler lost hi* balance and fell for-! T*T% •>«***, j will listen-take your am away, and ■ nave yon i i , _ i would be the death of him if she were she onlv knew tnat itamiaR her -!fnrthcrfataftyour nothing fU ° Ut ’ DOT ; yard before he could recover hitaself. ! ^ * 0454 ^ ^ ^hage and the glimpses of all yon have to say ^ .1.^1 .... : particular had happened. She was • sky shining through, seemed reioicinn ,T; broke the sapling sheer in twain, and T7i 7 1 Vr T ? ■ i- f , T. , - T , <UU DOt folks might g , . ’.. tied between her and Isaac Shaw, but = listen to the bird; whv should she’ '~ddolLirsj phmged dt>W11 the hollow 1™* fame !~*n™. ♦, m . 1 % I , ' . , .. , , , , ! rather astonished that the old man ■ There was music enough in her c Church,;, . shoidd take it all so quietly, when heart! She had tnriden upon a I £ak--n ! launched at his chest So fierce had ] been his attempt upon own tuft ■off now, the clasp of Lis strong arm, and looked wildly over 1 her shoulder in hopes of -i 1 from the! »» ygrzntei? -me, my hands when I’ve done I shall dancing. There is^man in Decorah, Iowa, so ! penurious that when shelling com a touel flew into a wood pile, and. he removed seven cords of wood to find it. A neighbor standing near dropped a kernel neap, where the searcher was looking, but when he found it, he said: yon can’t fool me with that cm-dl kernel; the one Ilosthas alarge one.” The Nashville Banner keeps a poet. Hear him talk about the people'at the StatrFair: “It was a beautiful specta cle. The bright dresses of the ladies ‘Come, have done wit. all tMs childish nonsense,” eontinu cl Wheel er, “I ouly want a fair hem ug. Yon , , _, _ came like an nonest lnan -/ pid asked r- ;c r_a _i_.- , - you to marry me, andL' wait off with my cause ! Stop, step, there Ls no ; I must be heard.’ Still Hannah writhed honse. the horse that ; ^d every one of tliem heard l»im of wild blossoms and the air was ptr- ' . , j protest, a thousand times, tiuit it ’ fumed with their dying breath, Imt! But believe rat-, dear air, it is Gold without U. A gentiemau who had a very deaf t every thing was let me sit down on the iog a little ! servant was advised by a friend to ttis- No ” . , , The furious man started np, gazed TT. , , . o stammered the j unghnnter, ; w .. ° fnghtened to death ' through, seemed rejoicing “What, you the idea of over her head like old friends, longing the house, and ^ ess ^ er - 5v‘ r i mv eves to that pre! a low savage ohaw, it raally was too bad ! what on! lieart-.jF’.is laShruingtwith joy, ^tears, iyonrs v \o no earth did he keep looking at Lor fiMWtSl^^ieiit nnd most blissfoi drops not to be cheated T : -Tv-',; charge her. “No, no,” replied the ; gentlemap, with much feeling, “that cumstances,’ I poor creature could never hear of an- I theh 1 ° f ^ 1 ^ ^tM»^^>mhis totie he thrS ft 1 Mr father s eyes, and for Ike; to come nearer utt'ofpusjrifle to hii Tus'embar- back to hfa bosom with ■wmen^ “but Tv* beeqtitinking—” laugh. ' r ient member of e rapidly discip le of the woman is not j the extrao: Itichmond