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F. R. FILDES, Editor. VOL. VI. Ibc Quitman uauuev. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. T F. R M R : TWO BOLLA A. YEA 1? V HF.K TAW IN’ ADVANCE. ADVERTISING. Cm# j?qnart*. (1U Urn** or losO Hinsert! i $2.00; each following in at;’ S 1 ' C When adFertU«‘nscnJ> are omiliui • and for onr month or longer, the charge wfll uo ns folic vs : 1 tfo. 6 f Sqt. *1 Month. 2 Months. ;3 Months. 4 Months. | :> Months. | Months. | 7 Months, j ,$ Months. I fj Months, j * M sin $1 l 1>; in | ill 17-1 !si (• ! ?.oo! i I 15. Is 21 21 21 2-: 2, -1 ' : -•fin.Dii! I.>| 2(1 2S| nr :r! n :n is 21 sn sc] toj H tti nt| - «ii« no 3" a in! noi ; 15|30.C0| 501 6,'. 7u| 7I- •! -i !>• Ibm Mo HHfl.oo on 7' s' ! 2 1 ;; - : 24j1i0.n0 75- SK I’m I 'On, i I •;i2 1,0 1 2 ‘ i.koaT Tuivi mis'ixc. Falcs, ]'.*i' levy <.f n!h ---, $2. “ *• exceeding h linos. pv. ,-qr. . Sales by Administiatois. Fxe» ui> .> ; ikl Guardian*. tier quart*— 6,00 Citation of Atfoiini*! ration or Gt;;ml.un ship. per square. ( i feat ion for leave to .ell laud. r - : • Citation of Dismissun of Admiui iiator.. 1". “ “ Guardian - '-D ftomestead Notice ■' ,;l For announcing candidates for oil <*. £ 10.' ‘ Obiloary notices. Tribcti - <>t Rc-ftvt. ands 1 at tides of a personal character, charged for ns adrwiiaements. I.pilei- Irwiu Vouiis Mi " l.iio lo her Aniil iu Uu islli. Atlanta, May, 1871 . My dear Aunt. -Although you tohl me, when I invited you to my wedding, that 1 was too young to mair.v, mid not capable of choosing a mute I r life pi j illy, nod with due cot si delation, 1 km.w that you now feel that 1 was wif-r T a you thought. In st h cling dmi. Oihtn (in, 1 have gained a most i.f! ( !:• nr.t and attentive husband, and one vvl.n i :t neither a fault nor a v're. lleave'.>! w.hat must a girl suffer vvl.n !: ids !er aelf united to a d's-dpa'c l | , t ,2 lectful < f her. and di>p sc and 1 it t! < society pi new rt.hy p-ts is, w ! . - smoke ana to ad sorts o. : • ..u t! i c I ' Thank Hcarrn Orlando < /• . '- ». Today is niv • ighlccnlh b.ith 1 y, in wo have, been ma ri'd a y< :i \N beep house now, and I can : - '■' good | ie, only the mid' r m u-t will ■ lamp. flow, vor, I thi. It H• t to tl c oven. Once 1 put pep;- r:;. ; t in the pudding sauce, im-li ail - I !e "• n !l ■ ■ vxirii g; but then Oilan-io was tryis g : kiss m , i ight l»> 1 re the girl, who 0 ! id nmeh like oil her ol us coining into He kilcben at all. The flower* are coming up l>- anHLilly in the back garden. Wes- w !-i g-at ; manyjsi c ’a, but h'-rdly explicit ands many plants. Among the mat nuan roes is one variety with a very large leaf that scratches one’s fingers, and don't s •1! rice. J wonder whet it IS. Otbii '■ - frightens me by talking nl nI lint seeds always <;< 111 • up. and i't !l Dear O. Undo ! I" nm hack to I- m again—wo excellent, tempi r. t m-! tree Tell all the girls to m.iriy as ■ a they can, if tiny can find a I n land iik mine. 1 have but one Dial- Imsints-i tal. s him so much aw v from n . A , i»ust attend to bn on 'y u : - u - tu-niolimes they carry '-u the e u. ’ twir at night. Often •’ and f ,( n 2 ■ - examine witnesses until la's | si :in . - and comes In m-‘ piif'clly 02 ' , ; And lie nasty things v nl that his dear coal qon sti e • f i'. And as it makes him ns i '■ u . 1 lave to air it, Slid rpnai. c t: with ci'li'gm: w ater, b. hue he da: p-d it on again I l ad a terrible flight tl e othiT 1 : ' t, dreadful. Orlando Ia I told me 12. it bus - nes«—l think he s o I b v. ,2 a on life and death—would detail) lorn Ido Fo I sat lip, 1 s usual, w isii a I • if did not worry nut il tw o o’ciork. Alter ; that I was a little anxioiis, I , -s, and caught a c Id in my hea-l 1■ f i tluougli the ng-staiiß w iini-..- .!2 for. dear Aunt, it was not uni 100 o'clock that 1 heard a cab diiving up tiie slieet, and saw it st- p at enr and r. Then I thought I sln»n’o flint, ■ 1 ■ »ui- a dreadi'ul accident iiad happened to Orlando. 1 ran down to open the door, ad Mi Smith, a friend ol Otlm dns, vvte. i. t.oi, ] confess t‘ nij icsle— sneli a red f.-eed, noisy man — was just supporiiag u-} dear tov "p the steps. •oil, what lias happened?’ Cl Cl I. •Don’t Im (lightened, Mrs. U in'e,' sad Mr. Smith. ‘Nothing at all. On ly White is a little < xhmisted App.i ention to 1 Harness will exhaust a man, and I thought I'd bring him b me.’_ _ ‘All right, Beil, sa ; d Oiland . ‘bmlth tells Ike truih. I'm exhausted.’ And, dearest Aunt, he was sq winch so that he spoke quite thick, and Caiol not stand »t|> without tub r:: g ; ■ guiUi, was kind enough to he p Mm up stairs; and he laid upon the bed s.O pn s tinted that I tnoughl n- wis , - Then I remembered tie; / brandy you gave me, ill case ol sic s.s. T ran to get it out. •Have a little brandy and water, deai, 1 .sill . ‘The very thing. Smith is exuaus.eu 04 4 a 4b 0 ; lyo. (live some to Smith,’ said he. And I did so reproach myself for not j having tl ought of it before Mr. Smith; was gone. Tint I gave a glass to Or- , larnlo, and, under Providence, I thi- k il : I saved lii- life: fur oh, how bad l.e was! | ' ‘Bella,’ said he, quite fluttering in bis j ; speech, ‘die rr mi is gnii g round so. fast, ! that 1 can't Catch yo ir eye And be j ' sales, there's two of you, and 1 and n’t ki;< w which is w kit h.’ UtRFtJ-t*-! s- vvi re dreadful symptoms ; "12- sub! I,‘ and I'll j try to wake Me !y, afid send for the doe* ! tor.’ ;\r.w,’said he. ‘l’ll be all rigid by Immiiitig. I'm all light mnv. Here's your health. You’ie a brick. I—’and | over he felt, fast as let p. 0!i, why do men think so much of im- try making? Is Hat health belter than anything < Is ? Os (Vtit'se, ns le l had laid and ivii in bis hi t. 1 to and: tl al oil' first. And I man-| :- gi dto divest h m if his coat. But wicn I came to Ids boo's —dealest Aunt, ; ! did yon over lake < ft' a gentleman's . Ii ut probably nut, n« yon are n sing’e j : dv— what a task ! llow do thry ever j get I lit ill mil I pulh and and pulled and ! '• |-tilled, and s' ouk and wiingled, and: leave them on all night; so 1 went at it j , again, and over 1 went on the fi or, and ! into his hat, wlre'i I had put down i : there fin- a mii-nte. 1 could li.ive died. , ' And the ..tin r came (IT the same way, [ ■ just as I aid, and 'list is sudden ai la-t. Then 1 put a soft blanket over Othin-j 1 do, and sat in my s< wing chair all night , ; Oh, low heavily he breathed! And Ij h ,and; as you may fancy, the in si (bead ful fears, lie might I uve h Bed himsedl | by tiis o\n 1 .applieu‘ i:u to business, ftn ; 'il 1 knew. The peifccl ones go first, il j is said. However, imagine my deHght vvl en, | at 1 onn next day, he wits aide to get up j eat a slice ( f toast a: and drink a cup ol j strong tea, and declared bims I! much! 'better, tl.ongh his head ae.l ed. How hapi V 1 was! 1 found myself ; laughing over a little incident that or - I Cup id that I'fteilio-m, AS tliongh 1 had j never had any trouble A lady's gl.-v fell ,it of Orlando’s pocket, and the f-agnv tils of .1 bi-quel he had, ■ I coins b Ug: 1 for me, thinking I ■ be I cum < in ly. and the gh ve lie f--nud in the sine! ' idtiTisimbrlwi'" 11 " 1 Ok. low and fi renlty s' orild I have fe'- and anything happened t ' my bel v- : oililt di ! He has not lal Minx' anst',--.- a day since, and. 1 think, sees the I-! v •f ovcrv-i-rk : t lee gh, i'c aits ■ ill k- < (VJI'II H ■ 1 ltd, Wont ca- lawyers I worn!, r whether he has a w;I nvian old thing. Write to me soon. V nr affecti mate j nice-’. Bin.a Wtin ! I’. *S - A mail eared yeslcid-tv asked rue to ted Mr. White that Swig Si': Swallow would he glad to have that | bill for Champagne- -the amount v 0 ’ I thought it was some m Stake, since we j used none, but Orlando says it is some- I t fin- H impossible t-> get anything out ( t; .1 witless w ithout (fTcrieg him severs' bntth'B, ill"! thill this must be d-me al ! I* e Conrad's exp ( i se. \\ hut a shame! - How hard a life is a lawyer a Y"'i, 1 know, will Hunpothizo. denrj Aunt. • Jb Pniflts 011 !>1 ami fact 1 11 res- The profits on mannfact(iron iu no b t- , t< r shown than the dividend!* which our; sac orb s give quarler'v 10 t 1 e id.c.khol ih rs. N't .it h 111 n- el English mannfnc-i tutrrs rinw c.-ncede the mAnufaulnro of j lieuvv g.aals will have to bo abandoned to !i e. South. The coaei ssion is relnc- ; lanllv ground'd upon the facts of supe rior nutm al .- dvan! ages. Thelimils of •he ro: soil f-.r His rrs-rvatmn is the knowh dec of the fact the S with d-'(s| not p isses the sk Bed 1 ibor r< qu silc for , He msnnfacb re of other and tiigher ; -'v' s.f go* ds • But litis concf ssion fori- had tv: much, 'i'hcre has not beeis n i'l r.-r the ii.annfnetnn h of Kheetings and shiriinga erected iii New England j ilarit g the” last fifteen y an-, ami we; | venture the piediclion that tl.eie wdi; '' a vor he a no* her erect -d. But no sin ! gh: fuel bettor illustrates the pn lit of" | eoitof manufacture Han is shown in the j i financial his'O'y of Oreat Brßa'ti Ist; • ear, lv ghnu' paid the I'nited State s last yi ar f -r cotton mi 1 by making this C/ tton no into ful-i ies 1 j -he clear, cl 1-188,000,000 of net pr fits, 1 This sta’cnent -f the immciis.) pi"b' j i growing out of the nianufacHire of the, •gi,-„t -onlbi ni staple slioniil atiniuhitt 1 : t every coinmonity in tin* South, fayrahly j located, to turn its attention to n.auufac ' tnrex, “s a means of almost daub iug the \ value of the C"tton crop. Now, win re has manufacturing c Itl.nl : 1.-: go in ire Biici ossful or more profitable , than ill and near the city of Augusta? The quarterly dividends of the Augusta F ici- rin-s furnisli a safficient a ll sw 2 r as - i-iotit. T.i'nse factories declare g' O I dividends qua;ti ny, when New Eug’and , faCtori-s engaged in the same line, eith er declare meager dividends 01 permit k. ni. ‘flic deductions from this fact .irediicvt ai.d c'cUr. Put your sulphur i 1 tfint rratiiifactiire which is giving von a good qmuteily dividend- On tile I'.onev 'nve=ti and, and at the same time provide* a home n arket for your cotton, e and keep at home l oth the cost and the fi ... ;.-f manufacturing among your o'-vu people. IIEHE SHALL TH3 FISESS THE. PEOPLE'S RISHTS MAItJTAIW, UHAWEB 13 2 FEAR AND tJNERIBED BY GAIN. QUITMAN, GEO., JUNE 2, 1871. A Keiuarkabte Boy. I Farmer Bogles was a veraci 11s old j codger. If there was anything he de- I lighted in, it was to secure the attention j of'some one while lie spun a yarn about ! Ihe wondi-iful ’cute css of |iis son Tom. ; Ti m was his idol—his hero on every < c ; caoiiin—and never would tii > old fellow j U-t IBs hero sufier in want of a roman e. r. j ‘AI.F said Bog! «, one day, ns he had ita lly fixed his auditor, ‘T.-m is the n si i-euiardaVdc loy you ever net eye on; he’s | like IBs old dm!— you can’t no in re sar c> invent him t! an von can a woodchuck. | You iccoheet that apple tree that stood down under the In'll, beside the stump let.ee? Well, I was mighty savin’ o’ !Hu ei apples, I can tell yon. 1 forbid j ! Tom teuohiii’ ’em, as they brought a high ! price in the m. 1 bet, mid every one fold, jtut he woti’d got ’em in ;pt'e o'nio ll 1 was IBs way you know, and iili-pus.-eus- j ied c.nildu’l slop him. One day 1 caught j the voting scapegrace up i.i the tree, stnffi B IBs saek with the fruit, arid 1 do -i ! tennim il this time to punish him for it. I 'l’m mas, inv s- u,’ sayl, 'your frill 1 — ; el's railin’ ye e, til- down.’ ‘I Ih e gtii ]M be sort o' porsnasive, so it w n’d I'eleli him; 1 ut l.c smelt the rat, | and didn’t limlg-e nil inell | ' I can’t dad,' said lie, ‘Huso pesky apph s are in Ihe way.’ j ' I T m,'l conti.lin'd sternly, fir ntv | dander t egiiu to ris ■, ‘route down this I mini!, or !';i cut down the tree and let vrr tail,’ j ‘You rce my poor eld limbs wouldn’t ' permit my shiniiin' after the boy, so 1 bad to take other means . ’ 1 0, 110, yon won't dad,’ says Turn;! 'only think how you’d mourn il ye couhl : n. 1 s 11 the tipples to Mlufi the old toad : j ‘Thai was too much —to have my own • ley ,accuse mo of such parsimony. So i what dm s I Bo but git the axe and cut i ' away at tl e h it tom of the tree. “l’iim—Thomas,’ I cried, as the tree j ] was about cut off, ‘wifi ye cu no down ' ; now and save yienseil?’ ! v r mind, dad,’ says be, '1 ain’t j MpiHe.’ _ _ | ’ll wus lie li e ; T couldn’t biing h Iu ; that « a\', so 1 eheppi and 11 .v -y at the tree, 1 ■ liil a! las’, il began to sw.iy un i fell 1 1 j ; the gi- mat.’ ' ‘\V at! and cn s’u and your own bay?'; | ej iculali and the In rrifird bslener. : • J '?t.'r-:.v a To: rr ei-att.n-jii;. H lb I gles, wink tig knowingly. * 7'ou c uiUbi'l ; iei rue it Over Torn 111 any tech way.— I \Vl.ut ha 1 I 1 cl, 11- : t.iii erawTil out on a i A X’. i:: a X*i>t m- Tie fi-ll"wt|ig perm, from the Fun ! Fi-atiei.-cii Golden l!;a, is out <u Iv Hi an ; . ric in s'yle, but c.implele in it aßt, I'm | it ends with a total anndiilati-m of tliej Ceinbatanlß: On a | ino v< odshed, in an alloy dark, where seallere'l m 'otibiams, Kbit ting | awnings torn nnd droop : !.'', fell, strode back and ( 1 tl), with st ff mid tense; drawn mnsebs and peculiar tread, acat. His n«m-.' was Nerval; on yonder ! neighboring she i hi« father caught the t ats that came in squads fi in the streets j l-evoml o..pout, in search of feed uni! sit a' ge adventure. Grim war lie c -it l -d, ami his tw'sledj tail and spine upheaving i-i las'astic .; curves, ami el .u s dis'li nded, and i-:ua- II ally prr S ,1-d against a head thrown) ha-k, delimllv told of imp 'tiding str.fe With eyes agriin and si recching hlus'.s of wat; and steps as silent as the fulling dew, young Nerval crept along tli vpiinteri and i .dge and gaz- and a moment through the darkneiiH down, with a tall; a wag tl iiKiipl.aatly, 'i i.on, with an imprecation and a grow! —perhaps-in oa h in direst verigence ! iiiriaed —lie K.artcd back, and cm died in; I body like a l-tter S, or la'lu r like a E , i involved, stood 111 fierce expeelar.ey. Tuns well. With eyeballs glaring and ears aslant, ami open month, in •wo rows of fangs stood forth iu sharp ! and dread conformity, slap up a post ; Irom out the dark below a tie.id appear -1 ed. A dreadful toscin of infernal Plriie ; 1 young Noival uttered, then, with a face ■ ! unti’amJicil and monsUcbe standing; j straight before his nor,o, and tail flung ; ! u-ihly to the passing bretz'i. st'ppedj buck in cuuti ms invitation to the (on Ai'|iro:ic-hii!g each oilier, and wall i pt-.-perations dire, each cat surveyed the. 1 ' vantage of the field. Around they walk ( and, "viUi tails uplifted and backs high in the air, while from their months, in 11c j coots hissing with consuming rage, drop-: ; pud brief hut awful sentence 0 "f halo. Twice around the ro -f tin y went m circle, each eye upon the foe intently, i bent, then sideways moving as is wont! with cats, gave one long-drawn, ten me ■ savage vcow, and buckled in. The stir flew. A mist of hair himgo’j ,er the battle field. H'gh above the dm ; ■of passing wagons rose the dreadful lu~ rr,u".t of struggling cats. S> gleamed; tneii eyi iu fn u'zy that to me, who saw the conflict from the wiffdow near, nought ' e'-e was plain but gory stars that mov— (id in oylxs in-.st ('•xcculnc. i An hour triey, strugg.l ;.d, in temp stu ous fight, when faint aid fainter grew the squall of war; until a I sound was .! bushed. Tire 11 went 1 forth with lantern 1 aud ti c fin'd surveyed—what sum I? j Fix claws, one ear, of teeth, perhaps .. handful; naught else except a solitary tail. That tail was N-.trval's; by a ring jl know it. The ear was—but. we'll let it pass. The tail will do without the ) ear. Chivalry. Tito women of America are usually ) supposed to possess an immunity front insult or tnolei tat ion when traveling; ) alone, or in other unprotected situations, I that their sisters of other countries do | not enjoy. But le r.l Shaft«ltttry, at a j rnggod-s itiool incetiiig in Sheffield, re cently, related an anecdote calculated to and sprove this idea. In remarking that young - ladies would lie surprised to find , with wlial respect they would be treated j : by the f- 1 lorn elm sos if they g > amongst j ; tin.’, jwilh a view to education, he 'said : ‘ii J,- eof tin' wusl parts of Lomloti iilien- was an instil nl ion which he visit led. In one 10 on Im fund about thirty-' j five men listening to tin: teachings of tiio daughter of a small shop keeper in Hie neighborhood. She was one , f Uio 'prettiest, women he ever saw iu his life, j He noticed that there was no one present j Inti (he young worn in with these rough |mcn, ami lie said t ■ the snperintendatit, j "Are you not afraid to leave my detti ; littl- irioi.d aim o with tl. so nmu? ’ He j replied, ‘I am ’ ‘Then why don’t you go to In r?’ ‘Y-.n n intake my fear. 1 am ! not afraid of them doing her any linrun j | Tliey love her so inueh that they Would j | sick the ground on which she walks; but I mu ali aid some pm son may step in, j and, not being nndei authority, or know ' ing the manners of Ihe place, may say inieeli.i g imp'lliiu'ut to her, and if he l.d he w.itt’.! imt leave alive. I'll, re is a louelmiff proof '. !its ilici j 'but <■! Mi influence that tin. .efeiteeless j innocence of w men will cxerc se on the | | roughest natnr> s. When a general j (quality of rights, privileges, and duties | skull have i xtieguished all that nm-iii s I I f dtiviihy for Woman, will this influence ! lemai... - Jpp'c/on'it Journal. is Ah r V r t L>i. :in wap. faking i\ tr)•'»«« of i wino ut the Si. IVmhh, c rnrr ol Fu t-mun i a ?i<l Hepkins Ft, OiiKiin i*il t i, a knot t• iit ! ‘.v('<‘ks Iti* observed at nnntle r ta 'l > f ■ ! l-tl w.t !i H'*Vfi'al (.lift'd, a G«‘f jni iii.wko ee. iiK and tsneasy and «nxi"i)s, ;; ;f •!,. vr itf!..’lt lift V(3 b(V»l» H FI •I OO iii tl itn-cir. iV* M‘nily in ran a lilt!' j ■ ii, lif i face radiant with rubles, ex- j ‘O ’, I.it;.er, W(. ? vc a little b<y a, ! hne|‘ ‘l l :>■ - o! 8 and the Du < liman us • a- ; 11 di« ‘j pea red from his c tin- | Not in nv m mites ( bip ed before in j nisi id the little girl again w.lli the tin Null'll'. ■ ' I; t I '(), father, we’ve get two little boy? at tom !’ The Dutchman looked a good deal as tonished and not nt all gratified fit this I'ttle f:.mi ! y reilundaiiey, but rising at ! length to .he magnitude of the occasion, ‘Veil dee, il at. is also gout. Fill up dor glas-i -’ In a few minute: again appeared tie ! nidi.nit mo :• etig.'f, with the astounding ! pruehimation, '(), lalli ~ we've got three !itt’c boys : at Ii ’.tic !’ Ti! :! \vi\h tuo iiiiii'li cvi-it for Tentonie; ipr."-s hi!;' y. Toefo wan lei fnitiei Call r.n glasses. »Y, il, den,’ S vs bn, 'I g • -• up (ll'l'e, ' and 1 ht ,j s d< i 'whole tain pish..e.4»!” —'f«x** -.54V u- Tuiycs VYoiitii FonCF.ri ;‘.'.'G.-— IFiW | I nmcli wiser tve should be, if we could 1 remember ail the things worth reincm- I i fiering that occur dy by day all an nm) j 1 U?! And ho-.v mucii ! r'iter we should be j if we could forget all lliat is worth for i getting! Il is a!m<’gt frightful nad nl-; luge!her humiliutiug to think hew n uc!> I there is in the common o .-".iug of do ; j Liestic and social life, W’hich de-erven ! tiotliing but so bo Instantly ands .rover ; f I-otten. Yet il is tqnuhy amazing I how largo a class s"e u to nave u'(> other; business but to repeat and perpetuate these very things. That is the uv- ca , l: f .. os’ips —an order of society that , pci petratei more mhe'hief linn all t'm, eumlii'.ed i lagnes of Egypt put together Bless and is that man or woman who can i drop a'! Hie bms and Hiistles, instead of | picking them Up nod fa letting them On! to the passenger! Would we only let | the vexing and malicious sayings die,) how fast the Ineeiatcd and scandal-rid- ; den Would get healed and t raequili/.-d . i Forget the gosslppings and bickerings, | back tilings and sneaking innendoes; and remember only the little gleams of | sunshine and poetry that can illuminate j ■ the humblest life if we will only drive) I away aud forget the clouds engendered i ■by tbiugs that should never be remcin- : ' b red. | A youn r mar, wrote to a piper in the ‘ ! northern part of the State, asking wheth : er it would be advisable f-.r bin. to mar ry a young and tender nugel who had; ' never done fter own washing or dress making. In i" “•" " d: "' r v'™"* . : | 0 go s'l '■ r.B emails, and m ntmn ’ rd"i - '•iii'-n in ’is own experience, 1 where the bride hud novel done her own 1 washing, but alter marriage she »«’C*me 80 fond of the wash-tub as not only to Wl ,rk for her «wu family but f‘“* several l families among her acquaintance. A (story of War. The Paris Oaulois tolls the following j story: Madame P„ graMtlanglitcr of General Ondinot, rdhtatnod in a corner of her ch.ilo.iu •while the rest of it was occupied by the Prussians. Oh their depa hire the commandant of the party waited o t ) Madame P. and thanked her for herltos pitility. ‘Fir.’ she replied, you have i nothing to tli;itik me I or. At victor, you had the p- wer es entering mw house, and you availed y utrself of it.’ ‘Madam,’ said tbo German, ‘I had a particular re gard fur you, us lam well atvaro you are the grauJ-daughter of General Ou dinot.’ Madame P. drew herself tip, | Yes, sir, I am, 1 still keep a letter, | written by Germans to my grandfather, | in testimony of his probity, mid thank ing hint for his Imnorable conduct- He was at. that (into Governor of Berlin. In those days conquerors did not carry off clocks.’ The I'rusdatt officer bit his lips, frvavned and retired. A quarter of an hour later he sum moped the mayor of cut bttle ham'et, nmhfe ordered him at (ifree to raise :55,000fr, us ransom fur the Cown. The wretched village did not possess half the sum demanded, and the miserable mayor tore off to tell Madame P. ‘Very well,’she remarked, ‘I will be l responsible for the money. Refer hint I to me.’ In a short time the commandant j app-ared and asked for the money ; Pointing to a closed secretaire the French woman assured him flint the money was there, and added, ‘You may take if. 1 wish to see you break upon j my things. Tike it. The commandant i slunk away. If tin's sloty lie true, the | Germans have more bashfulness than j they get credit for. A Fashionable Prayer.— Dear Lord, j liavo ntercy on my soul, and please let me have lit.! French satin I saw at Stew art’s this morning, fur, with black lace II uinees and cuerskirt, that dress would he very hoc tiling to mo I know. If you grunt my request, pi use let tno leave a | black lure sli ,wl also, dear Lord. j 1 kneel Indore Time to-night feeling | per'c-ily happy, f r Madame Emilie bus t ill me home sin ii a lovely bonnet! A ) ! nm-.: heavy nly little bij.ni, c.taqi sed li white satm, with c.nil ostrich tufts. Fir thhi favoi lam feeling very grate ful . Give me, I pray Thee, an humble li'-ari mi-. 1 anew (nemi silk, with p-iiutl ace t r.mmfngH. ties mi! imt gi„w t,„, | j I uni ol tics vain and deceitful world, I like other women, hut make me exceed- I ingty gentle a"I avistocralic. tVlien . e winter I'.i-hi.im: cull'!:, let them suit ) in.-' •itie es beunly, sml let there be !gi nly of pufli ig, plaiting, nifllos and : 111."! . e. fill- Id<al ly love flirm all. Oli, Lord, let linsim-s.s detain my htta batnl ut II- —, for he is not wanted at home nt. present. [ wish to hecomo ac (piai'ited with the tall, da.k-ityed for eigner who is staying at Col. Lougswal- | low ’« ( pp: site. Bring about an intro duetion, I licbo ‘di l’liee, for Mr. Longs wallow will i.ot. Bh-ss tny children, ami please send them a good nurse, for I I ave- neither time nor inclination to I ...U after them my. elf. And now, oh! L -I'd, lake core of me, while ( sleep, find i pray keep watch over my diamond*, j Amen. A LuATrtEit Ganxox.— The t.'uban pa- j tl'iots have invented a curious cannon of b ather a? it substitute fur metal field pice >. which they are unable to obtain, i The barrel of tl e gun is a I out three feet i and a ball'long, and is made by sin toll- j in;, s'out, w(.di <lresß"d leather in a Boak-i ed t-iate upon a jtionld four inches in j diameter, it ml sewing the edges with ' cords of the native pda de corojo, which | has great tenacity. When dry, another! thickness of wet leather is street-lied up on the first layer, and four tit <re are) subsequently added The breech is; made if hard wood, and the chamber is j often lined with tin. Ttese guns fire | 1 1 nm ten to twenty rounds before bec-im-1 ing unlit for use, and are usually loaded , with Htnnes, through the absence es grope and canister. They have done | considerable execution, and are lightly ; transput ted in pairs upon the shoulders) •fa man. When used, they are laid j upon the ground and painted at the ap- j preaching column. Tpi'cniNO Ftory.— The Bath Times tells j the following pathetic incident: "Two beautiful little hoys, (twins,) I aged about three years, of a remarkable loving d:s osition and unusually pr- co- j eions sot their age, were each attacked) l.y the scarlet fever, and in a short time! one Ilf them died. “The othtr one, after wrestling with ■ disease for a long time, rallied, arid no i doubts were entertained of his recovery;! ) but he constantly called for his depart ed little brother, and refused to be cotn ) flirted util s:s he could see him. | "In vain IBs attendants told him that I Ini ti,,d only g"ue away on a xlimt visit;; ; ho would u t be sVixfi'-d unless lie was 1 taken ovet the entire house and assured I that his brother was not at home. IDs ) ; entreat i a were so urge t, that finally lie | ! was carried one aft*>ri)oon through every | room in Hi - house, and his even searched ; each r " m hopefully and longingly. “Having made the lour el the house, i („. r , tnvt ed to tiis chamber, and seemed ; to have given up all hope es seeing his ; brother. He did not even mention his j name, *‘nt e- emeu U> realize that his ! brother could not come to him. i '■ Tli it same night all unexpected, the [S2.UO per Annum NO. 22 angel o( death came, and tho wocpiuy attendant saw the dying child clasp his little hands, and heard him exclaim *S» ultingly: Jj; "I see—l sooT’ “Sec what?' said the watcher. "I see, I see Alberti’ aruPthcn, with % smile, he closed his cyon in death. "And who will affirm that his brother had not come back to accompany him to the mansions of bliss?’ How Vanderbilt Started.— The news papers often Contain an ncconnt of Van deibilt’s beginning. Most of these wo i counts arc apoohryphal. Ilia own state ment of liis first real success is this; He was a young man on Staten Is land. lie was master of rowing. He was atletic, strong and daring. Quo night a stranger came to tho landing and wanted to be rowed across to Go w timis. The night was dark and stormy, and the wind blew a gale. Not a boat man c mid be found who would leave. The landlord said: ‘There is nobody who can row you over but Corn. Vanderbilt’ tor he was so called. It was doubtful, ho said, whether he would do it. Yau d.-rbilt was found, and, in answer to tho request, replied: ‘lt’s pretty rough, but if you’ll give mo ton dollars, lay down in my boat and not stir, or do just what 1 bid you, I'lftry it.' Lie rowed the man over and back in safety. As soon os they landed at Staten Island, tho stran— gei said: “ Youngjrnan, how would yon like to ran an opposition steamboat?' 1 Nothing would suit me better,’ wag tho reply. ‘Have you pluck enough toohey orders?’ said the stranger. ‘I have,’ was tho reap use. 'Suppose I was(to toll you to run into a steamboat, what would you do? 1 ‘liuu into liar, by ,” The basgain was sealed amid the storm that night, on the Island, and Vanderbilt soon began his well -known career as a steamboat man. —New York Letter. llow Poor People Live.— Alexander 11. gets $8,250,000, annually, or $25,000 per day. Francis Joseph receives $1,000,000, annually, or $12,322 per day with a largo allowance of beer. Frederick William is not paid quite as well as his neighbor over in Austria, but manages to keep up appearances on $3,000,000 a year, or $8,210 per day. Victor Kmaunal managed ts get along in 1 1 aly on $2,100,000 a year, or $7,849 per day. f Vforor’a roceiroa on 1 y $1,400,000 * year; hut she owns several large di'vry firms, and her hnltei commands tho hig ust pr ice in the London market. A you ig man at Holly Springs, Miss., recently volunteered to aid in taking np a collection at one of the churches there and succeeded in raising a considerable urn. lie approached the door, and was about to go out with Iris hat full of con tributions on his head, when the minis ter said solemnly, ‘Young man, if yoo leave hero with that money you will bo damned.’ Tire young man, however, left in a hurry, and, as tie shut tho door be hind him, a worthy old bachelor, with a voice in F sharp, who put a dollar in the hat, piped out to the minister, ‘Well, if he ain't gone with it, 111 be d—dP The following is a Western installed -J tho ‘ruling passion strong in death:’ (|inre W - —was very fastidious in his notions of propriety. At weddings and [unci als lie urns quite officious, and very particnl- i that everything should bo done decently and in order. Iu duo time he was taken ill—fatally so— and relatives and friends were gathered no 1 bin bed, sad and weeping. Ona f then , more thoughtful than the rest, asked the departing squire if ho would like to have a clergyman called in to pmv with him, to which lie replied:— ‘Well, yes, I think it would-be appropri ate.’ A goad story is told of a business m "ting among certain Quakers about a propo - I eau il, when one of most influ nniiil men present opposed tbo project <ii the ground of its a speculation. This was, of course, unansworrble; but among the i t.her objections, lie went on to say: “When (iod created the world, if he had Lave wished canals he would have mads i horn.” Upon this a ‘weighty friend’ (one of their terms; rose up and said slowly, in the intoning voice in which they always speak in meeting. "And Job digged a well,” and 3• t down. The influential man immediately retired into private life; but ho bought some share* in the canal after all that. ‘Ma.’s lid a little girl to her mother, ‘do in want to get married as much *• the women?’ ‘Pshaw! what are y on talking about?’ ‘Why, ma, the women who come here are always talking about getting married, tho men don’t dose.’ Mortimer Jones, of an interior town of Illinois, was recently tarred and feath ered by his fellow citizens beeanso he th nght proper to play croquet twenty foti hours after his wife died, and he ha* brought the matter before a jury to know it these things can bo. A Wisconsin editor was called ont of I ed the other night to receive a $2 sub seriplion. As he caught a cold, which ,-. s ,i ,din a $lO doctor hill, he thinks now it would have been money in his i pi cket ii that subscriber had never paid S-ip.