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The Web of Deceptions.
CHAFTET SL
“The course, of true love never did
run smooth/’ The summer had be
gun to wane, and Charley’s allotted
time was fast drawing to a close,
had long been aware that he had met
his destiny face to face, and destiny
had proved more than a match for
him. I was equally well aware that
Bell was in exactly the same condition,
and I expected every day that I should
again be made a confidant of. My
face has a wonderful power of inviting
and inspiring confidence. So I
knew it would all come round in good
time.
One quiet antomn artemoon Char
ley and Bell returned from a long
ramble. A single glance at their fa
ces was sufficient to tell me what had
transpired. But I was obstinate, and
wouldn’t see it.
'1 lie next day Bell found me in the
parlor alone. I kuew she had some
thing she wanted to tell me; so I fished
for it.
“Well, Bell, how do yon like being
a poor girl, living in the country, and
working in the kitchen?”
“0, Cousin Frank, I think it is
splendid! I knew I should like it,
and have a good time.”
“But are you not getting sick of it,
Bell? It is very diflerent from the
society you have moved in, and the
life you have always led.”
“And'that is jast why I like it, cous
in. I think I should never get tired
of it.”
“Well, Bell, I am glad you .are en
joying life.”
“Cousin Frank,” said she, with a
with ablush, “I hive got another se
cret for yon to keep.”
“You havel” said I, in astonish
ment. “What is it, Bell?”
“Oh, Cousin, it is only that Mr.
——” Here she hesitated, and drop
ped her eyes on the floor -
“Mr—? I don’t understand what
you are driving at, Bell.”
“Why, Cousin Frank, how stupid
you aie! You cannot anticipate any
thing. But I mean that Mr. Sidney
has—has proposed,”
‘Proposed! Proposed to you, Bell!
Is it possible?”
•Yes, Frank.”
‘And you accepted him?”
'I have.”
‘Bell, you are S deceiving me.
cannot be possible!” I exclaimed.
“Why, Cousin Frank, what makes
you look so? Is there anything strange
in'that?”
Ah, Bell, I am afraid I have done
both of you a great wrong by letting
this thing go on sol But I did not
think it possible that it would go so
far.” ^
“W’hy, what is the matter? Is not
Mr. Sidney a good man?”
“Yes Cousin, but he is so peculiar.
Have you told him that you are rich,
and an heiress.”
“No, Cousin. I thought it would
be so nice, and surprise him so, to
find, after we were married, that I can
restore the fortune he has lost.”
“Ah, BelJ,.there is just where the
trouble will come. You recollect I
told vou he is very sensitive on the
subject of the fortune he has lost. I
have had several confidential talks
with him, and he has told me repeat
edly that he wqnld never marry any
one with a fortune. He says that no
woman shall ever have an opportuni
ty to throw it in his face that he is
living on her ininey and in her-house.
He can never bring liis proud spirit;
down to be dependent on a woman for
his living.” .
“O, Frank, I wish I was poor!” and
Bell covered her face with her haLds
and burst into tears.
I felt guilty, but the spirit of mis
chief was too deeply rooted in me to
be willing to lose an opportunity, so I
continued;
“Don’t feel so bad, BelL Perhaps
I can reason with him. so that he will
not be offended when he finds out the
trick you have been playing.”
“O, Cousin, if you only will do it
I will bless yon as long a? I live.”
“I will do my best, Bell. Perhaps
I can reconcile him to it. But he is
so peculiar.”
“Heigh ho, Frank!”-exclaimed Mr.
Charles Sidney; half an hour after
ward, when Ihad purposely given him
a good opportunity to be communi
cative and confidential “Old fellow,
I ami the happiest man in the world!”
“And why shouldn’t you be, Char
ley?” I replied, still as stupid as ever.
‘A man with a fortune like yours,
well educated-and distinguished—with
troops of friends—why, Charley, snch
a man must be a fool if he is not the
happiest man In the world!”
*Yes, Iknow, Frank. vTheshthings
are all well-enongh in their plaoe; but to keep “still as. death.” The sofa
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there is one thing better than any of
these.”
‘Well, then, I should be glad to
know what it is. If I had your' tal
ents,money and advantages, I wouldn’t
give a fig for anything else that T know
of.”
“Ah, Frank, there is where yon
mistake. There , is nothing in the
world so pleasant as to have a home,
and just the right one to preside over
it. I am in a fair way to have one
now, Frank,”
‘To have a home! Hew so?”
‘Oh, Miss Bell and. I have been
talking it over, and she has- consented
to become Mrs. Sidney.”
“The deuce, Charles! but this is not
j “It is possible, though. Bat whit
of it”
"What of it? Why, Charles, if
you many Bell Wyman you will be
the most miserable man in. the world
in a year.”
_ “Yon are joking, Frank
“No, Charles,” I replied, withgreat
solemnity, “I was never more serious
m my life. Yon have never told her
yon were-rich, have yon?”
- “No, Frank. I thought it would
be snch a pleasant surprise to find
l&rself reinstated in her old position
in society, that I would not divulge, it
until after marriage; and she has said
she will willingly .’hire my yoverty.
“Yes; she will willingly share yohr
poverty, Charles, for she is a noble-
hearted girl; but to share vonr
wealth and prosperity is a totally dif
ferent thing. If I had dreamed yon
would have become fascinated with
her, I would have warned you of this;
and I am afraid it has now gone s
far that she will never torgive you.
‘In the name of reason, why*
Frank?’-’
“Because she is so peculiar. You
will recollect I told you somethin;
about it when she first came. I told
yon she was terribly proud-spirited.
You would scarcely think it, Charles,
but it is so. She has an absolute hor
ror of being dependent on any one.
She has repeatedly told me she. would
sooner think of committing suicide
than marrying a wealthy man, while
she is poor. She lias seen so much
real misery resulting from injudicious
marriages, that she will never risk her
happiness by marrying above her own
condition. She is so proud-spirited
she will stick to tills resolution.”
“It is strange, incredible, Frank,
that she is so proud-spirited as yon
say.
“But it is true, Charley. Just- look
at it rationally a moment. If she baa
not been so proud-spirited, do yon
think she would have kept up under
this calamity, as she lias done? It
was this i-iroml spirit that sent her iu-
to the co..ntry to earn her living in
the kitchen. It is this proud spirit
that La3 helped her to cover up her
real feelings, and seem so cheerful and
happy since she has been here. I tell
yoil, Chariey, she is a real heroine.—
There is not one girl in ten thousand
bat would have sank under such mis
fortune, instead of rising above it. as
her proud spirit has enabled her to
do.”
“I see it all now, Frank. But the
fact that she is so brave, and keeps
up such cheerfulness and good cour
age under misfortune, proves her to
be no ordiuary woman. I prize her
all the more for it, Frank.”
“True; it is just as you "say, Charley*
and if this peculiarity of hers can be
overcome, I shall offer you my warm
est congratulations on your excellent
choice.”
“But can she Dot be persuaded out
of this strange idea?”
“It is possible, Charley, bnt there is
only one way it can be done.”
“How is that, Frank?”
“I will go and talk it oyer with her,
so as not to take her too much by
surprise. Then, if she consents to see
yon, I will come back and tell you.—
Shall I go?”
Yes, Frank. If yon will help me
out of this miserable scrape, I shall
think you are the best friend I have
on earth?”
When I entered the parlor again,
Bell grasped both my hands and ex
claimed:
“Wb.lt did he say!”
“He was greatly excited, Bell.—
But said if you had concealed any
thing from him, he wonld hear yonr
explanation in my presence. My ad
vice is, Bell, that you send for him
and tell him all about- it. He is one
of the noblest men I ever saw, except
in this one peculiarity. If we can
vince him of the falsity of this insane
idea, I shall think you have made
wise choice, and I shall congratulate
you on yonr matrimonial prospects.
It may be that between ns we can
reason him out. of liis strange no
tion.”
“Oh, Frank, I will give away every
dollar I possess, before it shall sepa
rate ns.”
“Perhaps that will not be necessary,
BelL It may be that he wilLlisteri to
reason. Shall I go and bring him
in?”
‘.Yes, Frank; I cannot endure the
suspense any longer.-’
I left the parlor in search of Mr.
Charles Sidney, And just at this
stage of the drama, i fancied an audi
ence would be interesting; so, as the
parlor was divided by sliding doors; I
was not. long arranging a half dozen
persons behind them, with injunctions
t ‘Y?s.”
When-we entered the parlor I ..was
in advance. Bell rose from the sofa
as we entered. She' stood at the end
farthest from the door. I passed
along and stopped opposite, the sofa,
with iny back to the sliding doors.—
Mr. Sidney came forward and paused
at the opposite end of the sofa. Bell
was greatly agitated, and Charles,
scarcely less so! After looking at
each other a moment, he commenced:
“I have come to make a confession
to yon, Miss Wyman.”
Here be made a long pause to see
the effect of his words.
Bell’s eyes grew wide with astonish
ment; bnt, thinki ng her lover was
Woman’s Influence upon Man.
' It is better for you to pass an even
ing once or twice a week in a lady’s
drawing-room, even thongh the con
versation fe slow, and yon know the
girl’s song by heart, than in a club, a
tavern, or the pit of a theater. All
amusements of yontk to which vir
tuous women are not admitted, rely
on it, are deleterious in their nature.
All men who avoid female society have
dull perceptions and are stupid, or
Lave gross tastes and revolt against
what is pure, Yonr club-swaggers,
who are sneking the butts of billiard
cues all night, call female society in
sipid. Poetry is uninspiring to a
jockey; beauty lias not.a charm for a
confused, and that she could help him . blind man; music does not please a
nnr. OT lfc sIiA rATlllPll * Vianot wViri rlrano naf tnnw nna
where Bell sat was directly in front of
and facing .tho sliding doors, behind
which the audience was concealed.—
It occupied but a fewaninutes to make
these preliminary arrangements, and
then Y went for Mr. Sidney. When I
entered the'rooihhe exclaimed:
_ “What isthe result, Frank?” _
“She is- greatly, excited, Charles—
even more than I feared- Bnt she
says if you have deceived her in any
thing, yon can come in my- presence
and make yonr confession, and then
she can judge whether J it is possible
to forgive yotL My advice is, Charles,
that yon come with me and make a
clean breast of it. I believe that- both
of ns c an bring her to reason. Will
yon do it?”
out of it, she replied
“Yon mean that you came to hear
my confession, Mr. Sidney.”
It was now Mr. Sidney’s tarn to
become petrified with astonishment;
and while the two were looking at
each other, speechless, I managed to
open the sliding doors, and then ex
claimed:
“Miss Wyman, permit me to intro
duce you to Professor Charles Sid
ney Giles, a wealthy gentleman from
Chicago, who has come east in search
of a poor wife.”
“Professor Giles, allow me to in
troduce you to Miss Bell W. Ray
mond, a Boston heiress, who has come
into the country to pick out some
poor man for a husband.
Then turning to tlie audience, I
continued:
“Ladies and gentlemen: These
two lovers have been engaged all sum
mer playing a little game called ‘Dia
mond Cut Diamond,’ and I fancy they
have cut each other up pretty effect
ually,
A grand shout from the audience
followed.
“Oh yon hateful wretch!” exclaimed
Bell, making a dash at' me, at the
same time trying to seize my heard.
Yon barbarian!” chimed in the
Professor, endeavoring to reach iny
throat. But I managed to evade both
of them, and dove through the door
into the hall. Then I lay down on
the floor and screamed with laughter,
till my sides were sore for a month.—
When I returned to the parlor, Bell
declared she wonld never forgive me
as long as she lived. But I knew if
she was half as happy as she seemed
to be, she would never put the threat
in force. The professor also protes-
tliat he would give mo a comfortable
choking the next time be met me
alone. To all of which I replied that
if they would furnish the party with
an oyster supper and -invite my wife
n:id I to the wedding, I would forgive
them-for boring me with their matri
monial secrets. On these conditions
we u onld be good friends again, and
on no other The terms were so mnch
more liberal than they had any rea
son to expect,: that they immediately
promised compliance-
So a weelj after, we had a grand
oyster sapper. Bell and the profes
sor cooked everything we had on the
table, and never was cooking more
scientifically performed, nor more de
licious viands ever set before a com
pany. Bell and the professor presided
ovei the entertainment, and served the
guests with becoming dignity and dis
ci etion. A happier party never gath
ered together. And when I produced
and read Bell’s and the professor’s
letters we were a merry group indeed:.
My wife and I have just returned from
a pleasure trip to Boston. The chil
dren and boarders were delighted with
the wedding cake. The cards read:
Mb. asd Mbs. Charles S. Giles.
Pro”. Cliarles S. Giles, Miss Bell W. Raymond.
Chicago. Boston.
And this wedding card is the le
gitimate fruit of the Web of Decep
tions.
poor beast who does not know one
tune from another; but as a poor epi
cure is hardly ever tired of water, san-
cey, and brown bread and butter; T
protest that I can sit for a whole night
talking to a well-regulated, kindly
woman, about her girl Fanny, or her
boy Frank, and like the evening’s en
tertainment. One of the great bene
fits a man may derive from a woman’s
society, is that he is bound to be res
pectful to her. The habit is of great
good to your moral men, depend upon
it. Our education makes ns the most
eminently selfish men in the world.—
We fight for ourselves, w^ push for
ourselves, we yawn for ourselves, we
light our pipes and say we won’t go
out, we prefer ourselves and oar ease;
and the greatest- good that comes to
man from woman’s society is that he
has to think of somebody oo whom
he is bound to be constantly atten
tive and respectful.—Tliackery.
Sedatives far Children.
The Popular Science Monthly gives
this warning on the important matter
of using sedatives for the little ones:
“One of the great dangers attending
the use gf'tae various sedatives now
so umyersaHy employed in the nur
sery is that they tend to produce an
opium habit. These quack medicines
owe their soothing and quickening
effects to the action of opium, and the
infant is by them given a morbid ap
petite for narcotic stimulants. The
offering for sale of nostrums should
be prohibited, as tending to the phys
ical and moral deterioration of the
race, In India mothers give to their
infants sugar pills containing opium,
and the result is a languid, sensual
race of hopeless debauchees, In the
United States the poisonous dose is
administered under another name,
bnt the consequence will probably be
the same.”
New Departure Democrats-
An iliinois Democratic paper states
the truth concisely and forcibly when
it says the trouble and difficulty the
Democratic party has hitherto, en
countered in past campaigns, procee
ded from those wishy-washy, namby-
pamby,-Aunt Nancy Democrats, whs
Me ever ready to be persuaded by
anybody and almost any tiling to
switch off upon every side track in
polities that designing men may sug
gest. This class of mischief-makers,
who call themselves: Democrats, -have
neither character or standing in their
own party, and are totally wanting in
decision of character and fidelity to
principle. They are a dangerous set
wherever found, and their counsels
should he steadily disregarded. ”
Wisdom of Science.
A courier of Alexander the Great
paid a visit to the studio of Appelles
the celebrated painter, and . was xe-
eived with the consideration due his
rank. This excited ills vanity, and
unhappily he talked- abont the art .of
An Old Inundation.
Groton had a little experience in the
inundation line about the year 1700.—
The water was conducted from Mas-
sapog pond to run a water-wheel be
longing to one Adams, bnt one day
the dam broke, and the water, more
than thirty feet deep, rolled off down
the valley. The mill was overwhelm
ed, and the water found its way three
or four miles down the conntry. and
then into a natural brook. Some
body has estimated the water let loose
at 23 000,000 tons in weight. The
pond, the area of which wasonce more
than a mile, of course, dwindled to
very small proportions* and the land
once covered by the fugitive water is
now supporting a forest. There is a
tradition that a servant of Adams saw
the break when a bat-full of earth
wonld have sfoppe I the flow, but be
ing vexed with Adams for not allow
ing him batter in his porridge, he let
the water run.
A Corner in Cats.
We-have all.heard of the anecdote
concerning the gentleman who wrote
to his hired man in the conntry to
send him three barrels per Simmons,
and the answer came that, there were
not so many persimmons then ripe,
bnt wonld send one barrel and the
rest as soon as possible. Here is a
parallel actual occurrence: An ana
conda, which was on exhibition at
San FrancFco, was fed on mbits dai
ly. When the snake was taken to Sa
cramento for exhibition, it was uncer
tain how long the show would- stay;
bnt the pa tronage of the Sacrainen-
tans was generous. aDd the agent at
once telegraphed for his show posters
to “bill the town.”
The dispateh read: “Send two
hundred cuts immediately,” but when
received it read:; “Send two hun
dred cats immediately.” It was a lit
tle bit of a surprise to the agent in
San Francisco when he read the mes
sage, but. he-reasoned that rabbits
were scarce in Sacramento, and it was
necessary to substitute eats for the
regular provender, so he started out
an army of boys to catch all the stray
cats. By the afternoon train hp sent
a crate of seventy-five cats, with a let
ter saying: “I send seventy-five: cafe
by this train and will forward balance
to-morrow, but I am afraid that nnin-
His First Client
Paul Parallel of literary fame tells
the following experience relating to
his first client : The first case, yon
know marks an era in the lawyer’s life.
Until the final examination everything
future is rose-colored. Practice, that
will come as a matter of course.
Troops of clients are waiting anxious
to disgorge the glittering symbols of
earthly happiness—the only thing is
admission to the bar. Ah! there is
thernb! The roll of fame so nearly
foil has yet a top space left blank just
waiting my name, and yet these old
dry crotchety lawvers may, from their
jealousy, propound some obsolete le
gal eonnmdrnm to bar my way to
fame. But once in the arena and then
—but once admitted, and golden vis
ions vanish. The clients have become
tired of waiting and gone otherwhere.
They are an unappreciative set any
way, they shonld have heard my last
junior oration!
I was admitted—I purchased a
“shingle,” and set oat—I ordered 40
pigeon boxes, then increased the or
der to fifty; then I raved to think
they were too sm:ill to hold expectant
voluminous packages.
Job was sorely afflicted, bnt he nev
er waited for clients. Day after day
each foot-fall on the stairway raised
hopes, to be soon dissipated.
Talk of the love-sick miidcn waiting
for her lover who eometh not; she
knows nothing cf the woes of disap
pointed expectation.
But at last he came, not a client,
bnt a limping, cross-eyed forerunner
of one in the shape of a tipstave who
understood “addition, division and si-
jsnee.” He told me he had a case for
me. That Butcher Blufl had been im
prisoned for stabbing, in a drunken
row, a companion whom he swore he
would pickle and eat. “Can clear
him?” he said in a cracked voice.
“Certainly,” said I, “the man was in
sane, evidently insane, and the most
they can make out against him is a
sine qua non, for which the penalty is
six months in the House of Refuge.”
Go at once to the jail,” said he, “and
see the prisoner, and, mark, see to it
that yon get yonr fee in advance.”
I smiled and replied, “My dear fel
low, trust me fot that” So saying, -I
sailed for Moyamensing, made my
business known and was ushered into
the cell, the turnkey saying he would
Light without Matches.
To obtain light instantly mthout
the use of matches and without the
danger of setting things on fire take
an oblong phial of the whitest and
clearest glass; put info it a peace of
phosphorus about the size of a pea,
upon which poor some olive oil,
heated to the boiling point, filling the
phial about one-third full, and thjn
seal the phial hermetically. To use it
remove the cork and allow the air to
enter tne phial, and recork it. The
whole empty space in the bottle will
then become luminous, and the light
obtained will be equal to that of a
lamp. As soon as the light grows
weak its power can be increased by
opening the phial and allowing a fresh
supply of air to enter. In winter it
is sometimes necessary- to heat the
phial between the hands to increase
the finidity of the oil. Thus prepared
the phial may be used six months.
This contrivance is now used by the
watchmen of Paris in all magazines
where explosive or. inflammable mate
rials are stored.
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B. T. BABBITT’S
Pure Coilcentrafed Potasfe
The Tennessee Canrass.
The Civil Rights bill has proved to
be a fire-brand among the Tennessee
Republicans. In consequence of the
Democratic schism in that State two
year ago, seven out of ten Congress
men chosen were Republicans. Bnt
the Democrats are nnited again; even
Andy Johnson goes about the State
bearing an olive branch in his hand,
and the prospects are that every Con
gressman elected next November will
be a Democrat. It is the tarn of the
Republicans to be rent by divisions,
and this time the split is between the
black and white members of the party.
The negroes demand social eqnality
os granted them by the Civil Rights
bill, and the whites, led by that aged
impof perversity, old Parson Brownlow
just as earnestly refuse to consent to
it. What the Republican party of
Tennessee can do without its petted
blacks is not easy to understand. TLe'
probability is that the quarrel will
culminate in the whites drifting over
into the Democratic ranks, and the
horrible possibility is presented of
Parson Blownlow with them. From
snch a calamity as a Democratic Brown-
low, the Tennessee white folks will beg
the good powers to deliver them.
To Preserve a Roquet.
When yon receive a boqnet sprin
kle it lightly with fresh water; then
put it into a vessel containing some
soap-snds, which nourish the roots and
keep the flower as good as new. Take
the boquet out of the suds every
morning, and lay it sideways in fresh
water, the roots entering first into the
Of double the strength of any other
SAPONIFYING SUBSTANCE.
I have liecantly perfected anew method of
packing my Potash or Lye, and am now
packing it only in BALLS, the coating of
which will saponify, and docs not injure
the Soap.. It is packed in bores containing
24 and48 Ib. Balls, and in nooiher way.-—'
Dir ctions in English and German, forma"
king hard and soft soap^with this Potash,
64 to84 Waahidgthfi St,-; N. Y.
JOHN B. COFIELD.
Photographer & Portrait Painter
Perry Georgia*
ViriLL take all styles or pictures at the lover t
»• prices, and guarantee satisfaction. He in-
vites everybody to call and examine his speci
mens, and to compare bis work with of any
other artist. In price and style of \tifrkl!Q dofies
competition.
Gallery on Carroll Street,
TTP Stairs, where he has good Bly-light and a
*- otherwise amply prepared to serve those whe*
may call.
Dec. 13.
BETTER & CHEAPER THAN
f^O h~ im*
BUY AND DRINK
Tho United States
Company’s Teas
are
the
best
and
the
cheapest.
T
water; keep it there a minute or two,
lock me in and come back in fifteen then take it out and sprinkle the fiow-
painting, exposing his ignorance in a ber of cate will eat the snake, if they
variety of questions and criticisms.
Appelles interrupted him at length in
a low voice: “Do you see those boys
that are grinding my colors? While
you were silent they admired you,
you dazzled with the splendor of the
purple and gold with which yonr hab
it glitters; bnt ever since yon began
to talk abont what yon do not under
stand, they have done nothing but
laugh at you.”
or twenty minutes.
A creaking noise, the taming of sa
key, and I was alone with my first
client. He was a large and burley
fellow, had shaggy hair and whiskers
and a restless eye which looked mis
chief. Said I, “I am an attorney,
come to redeem you from the clutches
of the law.” “You is, am you?” he
replied—“sit down young man, you
see I am jnst taking my grub. But
look here what does this amount to
for a starving man? I must eat and!
will eat, and now, young man you will
please strip and prepare yourself, for
I intend to dine on you?”
His voice which was at first mild
had merged into a fierce growl and bis
eyes had a fiendish glow. “I hain’t
my cleaver but this will do”—here he
palled out a glittering knife from his
side pocket snch as butchers use.
‘You see I come prepared, you are
young and tender; come, makeready 1”.
“Heavens!” thought I, “am T to be
butchered by this lunatic?” I endur
ed an age of agony in that moment.
All my dreams of future glory to end
in a felon’s cell—the victim of my first
and only client? Where was the
turnkey? Five minutes had not pas
sed, and in one , moment I wonld be
hacked into pieces. What was to be
done? Resistance was in vain, and no
help hear. I-bethought me of one ex
pedient.
I pulled off my coat as if preparing
fer the sacrifice, but suddenly said:
“Stop, my- good fellow; I am too
small for a •full meal for a man like
yon, althongh very grateful for the
honoi you do me. That turnkey out
there is twice as-fat as I, and would
make an elegant meal, and then : you
can serve me up for a desert. When
he comes you can have a jolly -meal!”
“Bully! Bully!” said he, “just the
thing!” and here he flourished Ms
knife and gritted his teeth. , Breath
less with suspense, fearing every mo
ment he might mistrnst my intentions
to allay any suspicion, I descanted on
the delights of the intended carni
val.
The jailor returned, the gate was
thrown back, and at once bound I
was in the middle of the hall. Bluff
sprang fiercely at the bars, which had
been instantly closed, and shook his
ers lightly by the hand with pure wa
ter. Replace the boquet in the soap
suds and the flowers will bloom as
fresh as when gathered. The soap-
snds need to be changed every third
day. By observing these rales, a bo
quet may be kept bright and beauti
ful for at least one month, and will
last longer in a very passable state;
but the attention to the fair but frail
creatures, os directed above, must be
strictly observed, or “the last rose of
summer” will not be “left blooming
alone,” but will perish.—Artisan.
Use of Nettles-
Dr. Nicholls says that the greatest
preventive of ye llow fever in Bermu
da is dried nettle, powdered and used
as a condiment in all cooking. The
doctor resides on the isle of Jersey,
and he uses it successfully among his
patients. He preserves it like herb
teas, and keeps it in a dry place.—
Dr. Thorntonuses it as a styptic. He
dips lint into nettle juice and inserts
it into a bleeding nose, with quick
effect. He also prescribes it for goi
ter, for whicn if is a specific remedy.
In this case he grinds fifteen of the
seed and administers twice a day.—
The juice of the nettle has a singular
effect upon steel, which becomes flexi
ble by immersion in it.
getlo'ose, instead of being eaten.
Fnnnv, if true; and if not true it ought j clenched at me me, but I felt that
to ^ e v , . I if he had lost life dinner I at least had
—.———►-♦-4 ' given him his desert. Tire next day
A Sad Case. ^ came the tipstave, who' asked me
Two brothers, twins, nine years old, i how I got along. I told him cireum-
sone of Mr. and Mrs. H. K Colton, i stantially how I had saved my life,
I wMch one moment in that infomal
went bathing at White’s mill pond, . . * , , , ,
rr , i cell might have lost me.
near Spartanburg, S. C., on Thursday £ emotionless sUeBCC to
evening, and were drowned. They
were found by two young men- about
a half hoar after they were missed.
GFNUINE FIRST CLASS; THEY EARNOT THE'
Dried Dre^s of New York Hotel* and Chinese Tea
Shops, but are warrenijd to be what they aze
represented They arc sold in pound tin causal
81-and SI 50-
For Sale in PEBBY only by
DR. J. C. GILBERT.
mar 21 f
DAY & GORDON.
Want everybody to know
That they have just received one of the’
choicest
SPUING AND SUMMED
Stoclxs
or
DRESS GOODS.
STAPLE DRY-GOODS,-
BOOTS, SHOES’,-
HATS AND CAPS,
FANCY GOODS ETC.,.
EVER BROUGHT TO PERRY.
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
CROCKERY, Etc’.-
A LL our' goods- wifi be sold at the lowet&
living prices.
Call at once at the comer block;
And there joull see our splendid stodk-
apl 25. * tf
GINS! GINS!! GINS!!!
To th&Pattensof Husband'
ry arid Farmers
Of Houston and Macon Counties^
Gin Repairing Done iig
all its branches;-
Satisfaction Guarrantecu to reliable partita?
No Money wanted untilFallnnless p.eferedl
by parties heving work done.-
Fanner’s of Houston can leave’ all orders 1
with W.- L. Rainey at Perry.-
Farmers of Macon- can leave orders wilt?
W. L. YafiSantirnghteioi Marshallville.
have the best of references- Spec
ial inducement to Grangers.
11, J. GOLDEN,
Toombsboro.-
May 9.- 3in
Civil Rights in Barbansliops.
How many negroes in the United
States ran bar bar-shops in which no
negro could get shaved for §1005- Is
this distinction between the colors- a>
race prejudice for wMch the poor bar-
bar ought to be punished? or is it a
business necessity which the.law caft--
not TeEe've him from, and therefore
shonld not punish Mm lor regarding?
Why will not our Senators include
the harbar-shops with the hotels, rail
ways, theatres, etc.? Evidently they
knew that-they were enacting an ab
sorb, unjust, and .'inoperative law,
which they intended for nothing but a
bit of negro buncombe—a trap for ne-
gro votes.
Ecanomicai.
It is said that ex-Empress F-ngenie
allows yonDg Napoleon but §1,000” a
month for spending money, just as if
, she supposed a young man sixteen or
He listened EC , ven ^, elI y eaxs 0 f age ccnld use’ ice-
in emotionless silence to the close of ....... ,
, ,, . - water as a substitute for lager-beet,-
my story, and then impatiently in
quired, “Well, but did you get your | an( l mate a cob pipe answer the pnr-
fee?” ’ pose of imported cigars.
T. J.
P-EURY. GA.,
Are now receiving their
SPRING & SUMMER STOGIC
DRY GOODS’,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES’,
CROCEERY,
ETC., ETC., ETC,
r ON HAND;
30 J casks choice smoked SIDES’,
with SYRUP,
SUGAR and
COFFEE,
y^HICB WE OFFER FOR SAD
—AT—
FAIR PRICES.
•T. CATLE. I*,B. OATHS.-