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Subscription Rates, peW”* Month-s'- ' ' ’ : * * * nj-eCopy 0 ‘ 2' 0 ix paid in Advance. a subscriber timls a cross mark on bis j&r" "f{ know that his subscription has expired J,pcr he 'J ‘ to ( , X pi rc , a n<l must be renewed if he wish er* 9 '’ 1 :'!,, r continued. the I’ll, (!o n „t send receipts to new suliscribers.— <0~ the paper they may know that we thc ul « n ^- v - , . , , P rf r . I ^fibers wishing their papers changed -office to another must state Ihe name [: ; 5> n jj cc from which they wish it changed. business CARDS. jjOlSllAW & SILVA, Importers and Dealers in fiuckery, China and Glassware, KEROSENE LAMPS and oil, Cutlery, Britannia and Plated Ware, ^ jU se J’umisliing Goods Gener ally. jjJST. JULIAN A$p 149 BRYAN STS., jftirecn Whitaker street and the Market, SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA. Aug. 31,1870 c.-i-lj Cerniack & Hopkins, Dealer in Tin Ware, Stoves, HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, iuiinn\sRE, ifood .<•»« WILLOW WARE. [min; to the late fire which occurred in Masonic Jill building, I have removed my entiro Stock to Xo. 167 Broughton and Bull Streets, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA, Two Doors above Weed & Coimyell, MUCH I AM OFFERING VERY LOW. t\ & II. Aug. 31, IS70. 34—ly JOHN M. COOPER & C •, v.tr Whitaker <x St. Julian Streets,saviunnaii, pa. II'/loUeale and /((tail Dealers ir. I0RS A STATIONARY ALL KINDS, CURVING iSsSEAL PRESSES, PEN KNIVES, lews & Boofi FiiiitiJtg Papr & ink, GOLD-PENS, I’EN AND P-^NCiL CASES, ledger. Writing $ Colored P;iper> Of ell kinds and sizfs for Jilankaud Job Work, Playing, Visiting & Printers 5 Cards, &c- L'fal-j Ordered or Jmported, at Sew York Rates. jGw. *4.. Aug. 17, .ItiTu. Thov. J.XJuribaf. - _ go T. Quantock. Alex. C. N. Suiets. Gm Ilenry A. Slultr I. J. DIMSAj: & CO., Importers and Dealers in RRA.NDIES, WHJSKIESj Q|NS, WINES SUGARS, TOBACCO, $p. 147 Bay Street, Si VANN An, GEORGIA, An n, lbtD. A-- ’' ■ -At ' I Li FAL.K &T Co., -/one price— "Wholesale and Retail ClotMtig Warehouse, No. 147 Congress <fo^47 St. J ulian Streets, S AT A N N A II / G Ai OQ CO 40 co" a* o * * B B 3 > S' s t*r O 0 o 0 © 5 tr cr “ CC IH POLITICS, CONSERVATIVE; IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC ; IN MATERIAL INTERESTS, PROGRESSIVE. ITo. 37. SANDERSVILLE, GA, SEPTEMBER 21, lSTO. MOL. XXIV. BUSINESS CARDS. PULASKI HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - • GEORGIA. Wiltbergcr & Carroll, PROPRIETORS. Jan. 10. 1S70. ?.-Iy W. W. CART tit. tl. O. CARTER. J. T. CARTER, Jr. w. V. CARTER & SONS, Cotton Factors AND General Commission Merchants, 104 Buy Street, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA, Prompt personal attention given to Orders. Planters supplied with Bugging and Ties at Lowest Rates.' Aug. 10, 1870. If 3. K. BOTH WELL, W. B. WOODBitlDOE BOTHWELL & W00DBRIDGE, COTTON FACTCKs, AND General Commission I EH CHANTS, 74 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. 19, 1869. U .lit: CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTI-N GS, LACE CURTAIN AND SHADES- Wqi-fc stone JLOW Promptly Rates. at LATIIROP -ft C®. Feh. 23, 1S70. D- New JIfisic. On the Beau 11 of Long Braneli, Comic Song 30 cts. L ite Guv young Clerk in the Dry-Good More, Coiriit song, 40U S - Tire Lord will Provide, sacred song, 5U cts. Mari': O! Cvitie back to rue, illustrated litle soug 40 cts ‘ A hourt that,boats only for thee, illustrated Title soug - Abets. Kan Mclerran, illustrated Title song,. 40 ets. You've beerr a trieud to me, illustrated litle HOU* r 40 CtS ' Tassels' on the Boots, comic song, >90 cts. Up in a Balloon, “ “ 50 cts G ! lot me kiss the Baby, 1 . 1 oO cts. Music sent by mail, postage .paid, on receipt ot the price annexed. HERMANN L SCHREINER, Book and Music Dealer, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. March 30, 1870. 32-ly BUSINESS CARDS. C. E. GHOOVER, Savannah. L V. STUBBS Savannah. A. T. MACINTYRE, Thomasville. GRG0VER, STUBBS & CO., coirOJX factors Genera! Commission Merchants, ttYBtiy} Street,- ■ . ■ s'.iivi.v.vjff, c?.f. TSSd" Bagging, Ties, Rope and other Supplies Furnished, "fj® Also Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign ments for Sale or Shipment to Liverpool or Northern Ports. aug. 31, 1S70. 8m PERRY M. DeLEOX, | CIIAS. C. HARDWICK. DeJ.EON & HARDW1K, .COTTON FACTORS ' AND Healers in PEttTtJLlZERS, 94 Bay Street, S'A V A N N A H, G E O R G I A. Agents for Chappell's “Champion'’ Superphosphate. Aug. 31, 1S70. - 34-1 y S. G. HAYNES & BR0- GRAIN -AAlSTjD Commission business c akes. B. T. MORRIS. S. A r PUGIISLEV, JR. PUGHSLEY & MORRIS, General Dealers rn MERCHANDISE. S W AlNSBORO, CIA., G OODS given in exchange Tor all kinds of Country Produce. Liberal advances made on Cotton and Wool consigned to them for shipment. June 8, 1S70. If BERNARD I. SMITH, Manufacturer and Dealer in TILT WARE, SANDEP.SVILLE, GEORGIA. A LL kinds of work in Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron, Are.. Ac., done on short notice. Roofing,Gutter ing, Volleying in town or country, promptly atten- fled *°* Merchant* will be supplied with Ware of the best quality on the most reasonable terms. Orders solicited. April 28, 187o. ^ BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. /all, 19, 1870, "Wpn» X), XI. ]SXiTlan?, Importer and Dealer in Railroad and Steamboat. Supplies, PAINTS OILS and GLASS, \*arnishes, JYavtil Stores, ,Lard, Whale, and Spcim Oils, Burning Oils, in cans and Bairds, Waste, Packing, &c. 182 BRYAN STREET, SAVANNAH, GA, Mirch 23, -137-'. U A large Assortment of Furnish ng Goods,Hats, Trunks, Yajises, &c., always on Laud. |lanufuptory, 44 Murry Street, New York. Goods made to order at the shortest notico. January 19‘, 1370. 8—ly ULMER & DEPPISH, Wholesale and Retail flEALpRS IN flardwarc, Rubber Belting, Agri cultural Implements, Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead, 148 Congress and 67 *St. r Jidiun £is., SAVANNAH; GEORGIA. March 30, 187.0. 1/ ME1NHAHD BK0S. & CO., i Wholesale Dealers in Boots,S!ioes,i3a4s, R eady Made Clothing, GENTLEMENS FURNISHING GOODS, Ml Broughton Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. 'M II. Mein hard, 1. MeinHAM>, S. AitINHARD, | E. A. Well. J /an. 19, 187C. • EFICE, 80 & 82 White St. NEW TORE. BLAIR & BICKFORD, WEEDS & CORNWELL, Importers and Dealers in Iron, Hard^aye and Till Plate, Savannah, Georgia. Mjj YU IS70. fim J. M. HAY WOOD, Dealer iu GENTS’ FURNISHING GOORS, COMBS. BRUSHES, c land wi«s ^atsss-SSs American und.'l|Bpo*'lcd® > eriumery, Cor. BuiLand Brym. Streets, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. May 11, MJfc.. A- II. Goodman, IL Mters, T- Mteus, ^vijchhurg, Vu. Savawp^h, Ga. Lynchburg, > a GOODMAN' & MYERS,- OgfiSCCQ.,. And Dealers in ; ’ Cigars and. I 3 ipes 3 ' ... • Tv -H 4 187 Bay Street; S A V A N N A ff, .G ^. Ag Agents tor tho 'yanoiis jianufactures oi lr ^ l,1 i a > We are prepared to fill orders forever* d L * and style, at M anufac^urerfeUj^riccs. ‘ ^ Me Piy T jj K highestpbiues ro^ „ UlD£8,J»£E«W>AX,Aie. C •May • « X. i - - - - Dealers in Doors, Mouldings, Balusters J\'eu>el S*osts a ml Stand, ' RAILINGS, 169 and 171 Bay Street, /•SAVANNAH,- GEO. May 11, 1870, 1W Y S- MILLER, [Xext doqr t» Weed & CorDWtil-] DEALERIN jfiahogany, II\ilnnt S' Pine 1870. \e-\ 7 d D 41 r I^i-Qiicli & Cottage Chamber ^ets ■- ' 'V: ; - ■ ; -Mhl'trcEses Made to Order. « • X&oatrd, 157 Broughton Street. . . S A VA-NNAH, GA- - July Ail#* lj . M. FERST & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Wines, Liquors, Segars and -ga B87®. «K FANCY GROCERIES, CANDIES, 4c., &c.. Removed to corner B1Y and WHiTAKE’i t sTREETi SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. House in New York, 449 Broadway. April 6,’1670. ^ J. A. MERCIER, DEALER IN' Corn, Oats, Hay, Oran, And all Kinds of FEED, GRIST, and HEAL, CQNRIGNMENTS SOLICITED And Orders Promptly filled in every chatiTiel — of Trade. 153 Bay Street, One door ca>t of Holcombe, Hull .t Co., SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. All Orders will receive Prompt Attention May 11, 187d. 13-ly Alexander k Russell, Wholesale CLOTECIdiTG-. Heidt, Jandon k Co., No. 135 BROUGHTON STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. Have now hi Store the largest Stock of Cloth ing in the City, of their own manufacture, which tli y offer to sell very low at Wholesale ami Retuii. Tky.r Slock of FURNISHING ’GOODS is unsurpassed, all of tvhivh, they invite those in want of goods to call and examine. Sept. 7, 1S70 1m J. Fincgan, J. B, Parra more. J. ltntlcdge pim-gan. JOSEPH FIN EGAN & CO.. cotton- factors, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, BA Y STREET, SAVANNAH, \ - GA. jj —«mwb>—► • Liberal Advances w Cotton consigned to us or to our Correspondents in -New lork and Liv erpool. aug.31, 1S7D7 4m J. Berrien Oliver, C O T TON FACT O R , and 9 Gcn’l Commission Jitcrchant, 94 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. Agent fur the Unrivalcil Brown (Upland) Cotton Gin. Price, St per Eaw. agent for the unrivaled Lyons (Sea Island Cotton Gin. Price $126'per.Gin. • SOT 1CITS RISKS IX THE Southern Life Insurance Company Gen. J. B. GORDON. President. Prompt Personal attention to ALL Orders. Aug. 31, 1870 3i-}y JOHN M C0NAGHY, AGENT. WHOLESALE DEALER IN' Foreign and Domestic ilWRS. IZ73 BAY STREET", g&c/Ammiz? <2L3cj)rM}2A* Aug 31, 1870. 6m BUSINESS CARDS A. J. MILLER k CO., j Cor. Abercorn and Bryan Sts., SavaiiYLaUi, G-a, Wm. E. Alexander. May VC W». A, Russell. 18-1? Q, Y. HUTCHINS, Wholesale Dealers in Hay, Grain IProducc, 138 and 135 Bay Street, SA VANN AH, GEORGIA. REFERENCES, is Brown A Co.; Boston ; A. L. Griffin & Co., Buf- lulo ; E. XV. S. Nell, Ciuciunutti. M„v 11. '870. 18-7v We Defy Competition! THE undersigned have moved to their large new Shop on the Public Square, are now doing •all kind ot Carriage, Buggy AND "W” _A_ Gr O [JST work. Also making Plows nud Shoeine Horse? \Ve will sell u.l kind of D ^‘ w^^qf.OVlGOXV “Merchants and Planters SAVANNAH, Purchasing Agency,” ANYTHING wanted bought, anything sent us sold. Bga., Copimunications solicited from interes ted parties. Semi for our Catalogue and Daily revised Produce Price list free to all. Address HERBERT &■ CLAY, Office* Sample Rooms, 1 160 Bay Street, . { Savan ah, Ga. Aug.<3dj I8t0 . 4m Furniture Warehouse, 150 BROUGHTON STREET, Savannah. Georgia. New Work made to order, Repair ing, Bel! Hanging, Mattress Making and Upholstering, JT SHOUT JTOTICE. A. J. MILLER. Aug. 81, 1870. C. P MILLER. 34-ly Miscellaneous. ESTABLISHED 1840. John Oliver, Dealer in Sashes, Blinds | Doors, JVindoiv-Class, Oils, Tur pentine, FVirmsIt, Brushes, Putty, Etc., House & Sip Painter, Vo. 3 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga. Aug. 31, 1870. 12m CtS.SJVGE dt sett tin CHE. Change of Curs Between Savannah, August)., Hiid dJoulguinery, Ala. GROCERIES. COFFEE—Rio and Java, SUGAR—Different Grades, TOBACCO—Various Kinds, WHISKEY—Corn and Rye, “ —In Cases, LYON BITTERS—in Cases, HAGS “ “ “ Assortments of Shelf Goods, for sale by PALMES & LYON SAVANNAH, 6a auj5j3I, 1870. Gm " L. J. Ouilmartin. John Flannbey. L: J. GU1MAETIN & CO. and General Commission Merchants Bay Street. Savannah, Georgia. AGENTS FOR BRA PLE’S Super IMiosphale of Lime. Jewell’s Mills Yarns, Domestics, AC., AC. Bagging, Rope, & Iron Tics, always on hand. Usual Facilities Ex tended to Customers. Aug. 31,1S70. 6m A. M. SLOAN. n * SLOAN. A. M. SLOAN & CO., COTTON FACTORS AND General Commission Merchants Agents for the El1IV AN and SOLO - BLE SEA ISLAND GUANOS Claghorn & Cunningham’s Range, BAY' STREET, SAVANNAH, - - - GEORGIA. Bagging and Rope or Iron Ties advanced on crops. Libera? Cash advances made on consignments lor sale in Savannah or on shipments to reliable corres pondents in Liverpool, New York, Philadelphia, or Baltimore. aug. 31, 1S70. ^ 6m J. E. PURDY, Manufacturer of Saddles, H arness and THTJN-KS, and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of SADDLERY WARE, Corner ot Whitaker and Bryan Sts.. Savannah, Ga. Orders for Rubber Belting, Hose and Packing: also, Stretched Leather Belting, filled promptly, aug. 31,1870. 34—ly HACKER, M0L0NY & CO, Produce Commission THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN • RATES OF ADVERTISING.- 1 $1.00j$1.7o $2.50 $3.25 $5.001$7.20 O O PfS. A AA E AA f rt Art I 1 O A A 2 3 4 5 ft] 6.00 12'10.00 24-20.00 1.751 3.75 3.00' 4,00 3.50! 5.50 4.00 4.00 5.00 7.50 7.00 i 9.00 8.50 j 12.00 30.00 40.00 5.00' 9.00 12.00 7.00,12.00116.00 9.00-lS.OOi 25.00 12.00 i 20.00128.00 15.00 i 25.00! 34.6 J 15.00 2(1.00 25.00l45.00f60.00 80.00 T. 50.00! 70.00! 80.00-* 120.00i 150.( O $12.00 18.00 ' 28.00 36.00 40.00 $20.(0 30.00 40.10 50.(0 60.00- 50.00 i‘ 7. Book and Job work, of ali kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE. froi p’rkmcL iild •Blacksi^Ylbii that are witbout'snperiors. Give ns n call before purchasing elsewhere. All work WbhWcf. ' HENfROE & BROTUEE. g^n^WYill c i Marieb 28,167p.- lMf TRANSPORTATION OFFICE CENTRAL R. R-, V Savannah, Aagust 14, 1868. J O N AND AFTER SUNDAY. I6TE INST., Passenger Tiair.s on (lie Georgia Central RsilrusCoxviiUrun as follows: UP DAY TRAIN. I.KAVF.. ARRIVE. Savannah -.8:3e A. M. • - Maeou...... T. M. Aiigu-tJi 6138 P. M. Milledgevillc S:7;5 P. M. Eatui.n.u U;0<1 P. M. Connecting with trains that leave Angusta8r4o A. M Down day train. .VI aeon .7:00 Savannah 5:30 P. M. Augusta 5:38 P. M. Connecting witii train that leave Augusta 8:45 A. M. • UP NIGHT TRAIN. Savannah...i.).. 7:20 P. M, „ Macon............: .........6:55 A. M Augusta 3:13 A. M Connecting with train that leave Augusta 9:83 P. M DOWN NIGHT TRAIN. Macon...... ....6:25 P.M. Savannah.iV.'.Y:.'. r . : .S:i(* A. M. Augusta..,,.., 3:13 A. M. Millodgeville 7...4:30 P. M, Eatonton 2:40 P. M. Connecting with train that leave Augusta 9:83 P. M. A. M. trains from Savannah and Augusta, and J\ M. train from Macon cpnaect with Mil- iedgeville train at Gordon daily, Sundays ex cepted. .. P. M: train from Savannah connects with through mail train on South Carolina Railroad, and P. M. train from Savannah and Augusta with trains on-South Western and Muscogee Railroad* ' ~ ‘VYSf.-*WJERS, ! Ja ne 2, Iff 1 .AD .XLMIt! Act’g Muster of Transportation. Bw •‘>K - 22-ly HOUSE, FEOIB, B.ICO.Y, WHISKEY, CORA', BISCUIT, AND FERTILIZERS, -• .V I r ■ .. OO . : 1 ft: SEEDS. We call onr patrons attention to our Seed trade Jist. XVe are tbeonly Wholesale Grower and Importers of seeds rn tha State of Ga. 1st premiums at Ga. • State fair, Ala. State fair, Penn. State fair. United States fair for Cnteiy seed and Early Rose Potato,, and a complimen tary reps! on dccouneof our fine Fruit. Wheat', Oats, aud Grass seeds furnished pure, free from trash, grown especially for the trade by us. Catalogues and price list furnished on ap plication. 80 BAY STREET, SA VANNAH, - - GEORGIA. From the Little Corporal. Another True Ghost Story. ‘Grandpa ! Ned Burns says be saw a ghost last night, as he came home from his uncle’s, and it was white, and followed long quite close until he got nearly home ; he says he was frigh tened dreadfully. Now grandpa, do you believe it really was a ghost,’ said Frauk Hays, as he ran into the room, all excited and out of breath. His grandfather smiled, and bid him be seated, and he would tell him a ghost story. ‘What, a true one, grandpa?’ Yes, my dear, for it happenedjin the town where I lived when a boy 1’ ‘O, grandpa, do tell it!’ In a beautiful town in the south of England, there stood a white house—a nice house for those days. It was call ed the ‘Haunted House on the Hill,’ and no one lived there jbr years, as each tenant that had tried living there had left in short time, declaring he heard noises every night, and could see ometbing white running through the house. In those days, there were very many superstitious people, and the house was a terror to the neighborhood; and asthesimplestory of ‘something white,’ etc., was repealed again and again, it grew to be a frightful tale. One day, a poor man came to the vil lage, and could find no house to shel ter his family. Thestoryof the Haun ted House was told him, in all its hor rors, as it was to every stranger. Al though poor and ignorant, he was a golly man, and did not believe in ghosts. ‘I don’t know whether that house is haunted or not; but if you will go there and live, with your family, I will repair it and you shall have the rent Dee, for five years, fir I am tired ol seeing it look so deserted.’ The poor man gladly accepted the offer; but he resolved to go there alone fora nightor two, or, at any rate, until he found out what theghosts were made of. That night he took a blanket and wended his way to the silent house. Tiie weeds had grown rank before the door, and it was with difficulty he could gel through. Alter sometime he managed to open the front door, which for long years had been closed. After examin ng each room carefully, he decided to sleep in one of the cham bers from which a door opened that kd down stairs. It was growing late, and after kneel ing down and begging the protection of bis kind Heavenly Father, be wrap ped himself :n his blanket and was soon last asleep. Aftei a time, he was suddenly awakened, and lie soon heard the clock in the old church tower strike one. Now thought he, this is just the time the ghosts are said to ap pear, so I must watch. Rresently he heard something coming pit-a-pat up the stairs, and then a scratching noise at the door. He arose as quickly and quietly as possible; but the floor crack ed,and before he could open the door, the pit-a-pats were growing fainter, and all he could see was ‘something white’ disappearing at the bottom of the stairs. He watched, and waited, and listened ; but the ghost was too frightened to come again that night. ‘Then it really was a ghost ?’ said Frank. Wait, said his grandfather, and you will know. The man said nothing to the villagers, the next day, of his pre vious night’s adventure. The next night, he watched again ; but before going to his chamber, he sprinkled the stepa with fine sand, lie was sure the the print of the foot, that made the pit-a- pat would be found there.in the morning. Then again lie prepared himself to wait and listen. It was several hours before he heard anything, then there was a noise upfc te stair-, and again the scratching at the door; and this time he opened the door in time to see something white, run, scramble, and failover each other, in a very undignified way for ghoits to disappear. And although the moon was shining brightly into the chamber- window, it was not light enough for him to define the objects. But, at peep of day, he ex3nmed the steps, and what do you think he found? The sand wascovered with rabbit tracks. Wbite rabbits bad burrowed there and mul tiplied; the villagers had avoided the place, and they had matters quite to themselves. ‘Well, grandpa, did the poor man move in with his family ?’ Yes dear; the landlord kept his word, and the poor man aud his large family feasted on rabbit pie7wbich was considered a great luxury in England, and in which few could indulge, ex cept the gentry. . And I should like to say to Ned Burns, or any other boy, who thinks he sees a ghost, if he can have the mor al courage to go to it, be will find it is nothing to be frightened at, any more than the‘something white’ which haun ted the house on tub bill, which prov ed to be only white rabbits. W1L HACKER, “hila. It G. LUKE, 8*r., Aug 31, 18 W- S' FEED. ENGLE, Suv, T.J.MOLONY, “ ife-Un One Hundred Emigrants Burn ed to Death.—-A very sad occurrence is reported at Rio de Janeiro, namely, the burning of and- emigrant ship, and the consequent loss of over one hun dred passengers on board. The details of this terrible catastrophe are given by the captain of the French, bark Adele Louise, who succeeded in saving some of the persons from the ill-fated ve^pl —the Manin Barravia-—on its way I froth Genoa for Monte Video, with one | hundred and fcwcntj-raigbt passenger ,ii <.-b oi .rid ;»! 0.r ■: - : j- ? t^- and twenty-five of * crew. It appears that on the 21st of July, about 9 p. m., being abreast of Rio de Janeiro, the Adele Louise sighted the Barravinoiil fiames some distance astern, and at once went to her assistance. W hat fallowed is described in the ‘Telegraph Miritimo:’ ‘The spectacle preseDt-d oy the burning ship was extremely awful ; the cries of the passengers, the flames leaping out on all sides, the wo men shrieking frantically; some of them jumping overboard, others hold- , ing on by the chains and bow of tbe . vessel, forming a scene of disaster and" confusion that baffles description: ’ Oue boat that was lo vered sj ejdily- filled with people crowding into- her, and went down. It was almost impos sible to render assistance, but the bark succeeded in taking off eight per sons, induing the captain and mate. The schooner Mary, from London to Australia, also happened to pass, and rescued ten mere, whom she trauship- ped to the Adele Louise. The remain der, one hundred and twenty-three in number, perished.’ It seems that the conflagration broke out it the chimney of the cooking galley and spread to a large number of chairs that formed part of the cargo. The passengers ami crew immediately became panic-strick en, and in tlieabsence of discipline the captain w asunable to take effective measures to suppress the flame 1 ', or to savethe lives of those on board. The Good-for-Nothing. Poor Billy blotted his writing-book. His clumsy little fingers couldn’t make the marks he wanted them to. The straight lines were crooked, and the crooked ones were so very crooked that they all seemed to be falling down and crawling away; but he tried ev^r so hard, and began to think he was doing wonders, when, just at the last, down fell a big drop of ink. He tried to wipe it off, and that made it spread. Then he tried his tongue as he had seen the bigger boys do. Then he sat, feel ing almost sick, and waited for some thing. What was it? A whipping! His sharp-nosed and sharp-voiced teach er had very little patience or judgment. Billy had blotted two pages just before, and she had promised him a whipping if he blotted this one. Soon he heard her walking up behind him. His little heart thumped so hard that he could hear it He placed his hand over the blot and began writing) very diligently underneath, and wa3 very glad when Miss Snarfiy wtal^gd by without seeing it, although she had’ looked right over his shoulder. Billy was very small, and had not yet learned how r much braver it would be to take his whipping and have it over with, even if he did not feel that he deserved it. He might have known that Miss Snarley’s sharp eyes would see every thing he didn’t want them to, sooner or later. When the books were gathered up she opened Billy’s. He thoughtshe was hunting an excuse to whip him, and he thought her eyes really twinkled when she saw such a fine one. Pemaps lie thought so because he was so badly ["scared. As lie walked home he kept asking himself if he really was such a great “good-fof-notbing” as his teacher said.. She had called him so four times that day. First he was late ; but he would not have been if he had not drawn poor little lame Bertie Green to his school on his sled. Miss Snarley scolded him without asking any questions. The teacher didn’t know his father made him work all the time he was out os school. Then the poor little tired hoy fell asleep in school, and got scolding number three; and, lastly, his writing- book got him into trouble. Now, while he was going home, tugging the sled with same lame boy upon it, he thought of all these things. “I xvonder if there are any other good-for-nothings ?” he said. He looked all around him. There were old fences, but they were good to keep cattle out of mischief: There was a dog, but he watched for thieves in the night. There were some old maple . trees, but even these made good maple sugar. “Yes,” he cried, “there are some ‘good-for-nothings/ and I’m ‘ like them. I’m like weeds. I’m growing up fast, as they do, and I shall always be in somebody’s way. I’ll never try to do anything or be anybody- again until weeds grow useful.”- And poor little discouraged Billy began to. cry. Just then a chickadee lighted on the- fence and began to sing. “Poor little winter bird ! thought Billy, “I wonder xvhere you get anything to eat when the ground is so snowy ! The leaves and. berries are all gone, the butterflies are- dead, and the worms are all frozen in the ground.” “Peep, peep, chickadee, dee, dee dee- e-e-e,” cried birdie. “I’ll show you !” Whirr r-r-r went his wings, and then he lighted on one of the good-for-noth ing weeds. How he clung and picked out the little dry seeds, twittering and peeping at a great rate. “Ah,” thought Billy, weeds are use ful then ! They are the little bird’i corn-cribs ! I won’t give up yet! If I’m a xveed there’s a lame chickadee on my sled to look after. I won’t believs I’m a good for nothing, even if. Miss Snarley does say so. I’m going: to keep trying !•” This was a good resolu tion, and Billy kept it until Mass Snar ley left and a better teacher came; andt, at the end of a year, when Billy>found himself at the head of his Hass, how grateful he did feel-towards'the chick a* dee and the weeds for teaching him sach a good lesson. " •" ’' ' - g/r-iMf