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lJv av. K. 3IUMFOIU). VDT-TJME VIII —NO. 4. talbotton standard. SrwcWPTioN Price, $2, A Year. JANUARY 17. H 77. - leG AL AI)VF.RTIKEMF.NTS. Talbot County Sheriff Sales, Will be sold before the Court House door n (he town of Tlbottnti ilnrirK (be If- ; ,1 loer* of sate on Ike first Tin adav in TVL>- ■nnrr next. at public outcry to tiic hi !. -s' ,iil,b-r. a tract or parcel of lnrul in the ‘2:M listrict of’Talbot conotv. eontiunini' 371 ,ms, more or less, end known r.s the Voree Bnckcr plftce.whcrcnn the w.dm. < aiiil Rnckr now lives, In ini; the tend s, M i„uic Cheney, deceits <l, to su'd Rucker md is accurately described by pint nnnle of he same by It. D. Shnptinie. Ret, in. e einy hereby made to said pint. 1. >\ iod , ,s the property of George Rn- ker, do . -i- 1 iv virtue of a Fi. Fit. issued from T albot Superior Court in tavor of Joseph Alien, idmioistralor. At the same time and place, lot c,f bod Ho. 213, lying in lie lfith distri t of Till , t comity, to satisfy one execution in uiy bauds' in favor ef W. 4. Li on vs. John Q. L v Adams. Property pointed out by 1„ H. Worrffl. At the Brtine time and place, will be sell a certain parcel of tend No f>, in (lie AM district of T albot county, rontniuinc 1 dj acres, levied upon as the prop, r v of Mrs. F„ E Mabone.to satisfy an execution in rev hands in favor of James Brvaut vs. Airs. K. E. Mahon*. A.t the same time and place will t,c sold <7 acresot land, more or less, in the 17th District of Talbot county, known es tie James Story place, adjoin;’ ,- lands of J. R. llilev, S. Jonfs. Jas. F. rhillips audio hi rt ISfripline. Levied on as the property ot James Story to sntis'y the following . i-i’ i tions: tLrre in favor ot Henrv Person . Administrator. Ac. vs. James Sturv; one m tavor ef R. M. Davis vs James story, and a Tax execution for State and County T axes 187a vs, Jas. Story. Levies made by Win. Cooper, L C., and returned to me. Also at tint same time and p , the land now i,weed by Mrs. Sarah P. Wells and ;■ r tuer’.y owned by Edwin I. Higlae, the -uin* being thirty eight acres more or less. ,1 Ivine in the north east . cur ot lotN->. 271 in the 16th District of Talbot count’ . lev;, ,1 upon as the profierty of Mis Sarah P. Wdls. to satisty ~n execution in f,v r W. 11. Seheififeiin & Cos., t s. Sarah P. Wells and F. J. W, 11 a Also, at the same fin.o and p’.< otic third el flic lands of which Ruler! I’-rvon dird possessed, being tiie plantation o ■ which lie lived at If, time of Ida- . ii-d which has I,een set off as the dotrarof Mrs. 0. Roxana Persons, said dower h.-ine the interest levied on, and whereon M;a. *l. Ertxaua Persons now li7es, eoti’a c 421) aer*s, mere or 1- ss, levied u. en as t; e proj - ertv of 0. Roxana Persons, to v.itedy an exeention in favor ot R R Sin'lii.g-', ’. . 0. It. Persons. Levy made by W, A3. Cooper. J. H. HARVEY, Jan 3-td Kkfruu. Administrator s Sale- GEORGI\ Tai-bot Cm-N it. By virtne of an order ot th** Court f *i Or dinary of ai<l comity, will he hold It- -o tbo<sonrt hons? door in on the fcrrt Tuesday in Fa-1 wiry nfit. 'v;Tm • hrnirfi of fialc, the remaind r ii :. kI a'tr the termination of the life • : - i nd following descrihod lot*-, and n re< N of land. to- it, lots 11. 20, 27, four acre-, of 1 t No. 2 the four acres Ivinc* ti-c Mri? '*! woods in troct of Homestead one ncro > i and four lorn?, f.Fo lot No. 4. a . i h.df'of lot No 5. Fraction X* 297 containing 81 J ■ ; imetion 298 Containing 150 cr s. f-a*-? • No. 299 district ot Talbot countv. So ! tin property ot the estate of josr yh llr • <r cetHed, for the benefit of the heirs and cred itors of said decfasxd. T-rrn* 1 * -h. m. y. kylandkr, T. W. HAT.VEV, Jan 3-3fM. Admit tre v. Sale. GEORGIA -Talbot County. By tirtne of an order of tin- Court of Or dirary of mi id Comity. will lo sold lx r • thf Court house door in Talbotton, f, : thf first 7uesday in Febnarv , xt, v.i'i in t < legal houTfi of the cast h If of lot. N 165. in the 2*2d district of Tai’. ot county. Bold at th' property of the of Vr Jenny Howard, d.'ce.ified, for the 1 en* fit ■'*; the heirs and creditors of paid d* - • !. JAMi: AI ,LEN. Jan 3-1877. Adminihtvator. Administrators Sale. GEORGIA- Talbot Cot nty. By virfnc of an Order from the Court nf Ordinary of K.ai<i county. v. -.11 l,c s .Id bcfc.r the Court House door in Talbotton. on the fiwt Tnaaduy in February next wri . ti hour*, of sale, the foUowiiic eVs • 1 -d lands t wit. Lot nurab r 159, ai if n *es[ half ot lot number IG4, ftl> > t ?'• maitiflcr after Dower in lot nmnlHr IGO. a’.! of Raid landa lyfuff aud b*-ii.</ in lb:- Distrirtof Haid county, Riid lands !■• \< : ,' to the cKfate of William d- - -• a nd; and h. Id fo r (he benefit ‘>f tis* •>’ cte<litorH of paid deceased. TANARUS nns cash, fvud property sold at the rink <;f ands V Hawkins t rmcr purchas r. be having i .ih and to comply with the terms ••?*■.■ I‘‘- James m<neil. Jan 3-tdn. Admiurntr tor. GEORG IA—Talbot Cot - nit. Whereas. James McNeil Adminirdmtor of //arnson W. Hagertnan. reprewen's bv In petition, that he has lullv administered said Estate and prays to be di.-,-d from. Now therefore,nil persons < -i-co Rie hereby cited'and required to f-how canse if any they have, within t!:e tin • pr scribed by law, wLy aaid Adndnistr ‘•■r should not be dißcbargcd. (iiv, ii iiL er m y official feignatur- Lis I>u- 1 l- r 4th. GEO. N FURIIES, Dec. 6-tf. Ordinary. GEORGIA —TaIbot Cot NTT. Whereas Thomas M. Bailey and Charles E Dozier as Administrators ot John Dozier, senior, dee.eeHed, rc]ircser.t by their petition that they have fully diseharpt and their trust and pray to be discharged there from Now therefore nil persons corecrned are hereby notified and required to show ce.as*\ if any they have, wit}jin the lime prosed ed by law. why said admuii-trators ,-hould be discharged, and m-eiv letters of dismission. Given under my Official Slgna lore this Ist day of Jannarv, 1877. GEO. N. FORBES, 3 3m. Or Unary. Kemembor Tliy Mother. Load thy mother tenderly Down life's steep decline; Once her arm vm thy support, Now she leans on thine, See upon her loving face Those deep lines of care; Think—it was her toil for theo • Lett that record there. X* Vr forget her tireless watch K< pt by day and night, Taking from ha* step tbo giace, Fr<>m her * y the ii Jit. Cherish well her taithtul heart, Which through weary years F.elui* and with it.*; sympathy All tliy smiles and tears. Thank God tor thy raothci’s love, Guard the priceless boon; Fur the bitter parting hour Cometh all too soon. When thy grateful tenderness Loses power to save, Earth will hold no dearer spot Thau Ih.v mother's grave. [WriUfn for tho Rtanparh. ESTHER; OR TIER Tragedy of Millback Bridge, BY “rKSA.” CHAPTER VI. Esther’s secret. Eatlier’s childisli ),l(iasiirt's, xernned to have suddenly liven i<‘lin-jnis.Lo<l, and in their stead, was a hingiii" de sire to repay her kind benefactress, for the; rare and interest she hud manifested for her, as w ell a determi nation to solve the mystery of herself, and the idonity of her parents. “Auntie,” she asked, “is there not, a single clue, not even an article of clothing, or anything that would lead to the discovery of the fiend? I have often heard, that the slightest, clue or incident sometimes points to the per petrator of the most licinious crime.” “There is nothing I believe but, a pistol, found near the spot, where the murder is supposed to have been com mitted. 1 helievn Mrs. I ipseomh has it. 1 have never seen r. but have heard it lias some initials on the handle, but do not remember what. Hut why do you ask, and appear so much interested? The time has he, n too long for slight clues to benefit now.” “Why do Ia it?” replied Esther springing to her feet, and placing her hand upon her heart, and speaking in such thrilling tone-, as to cause Mrs. Gleason, to also rise, and stare at, the girl, as if frightened, at the sudden change in In r. “Why do i ask? Because I do not know, if the name 1 bear is my rightful om'. Is there not a cloud merit? A mvstery concerning my birth? Who is my mother? Per haps sho is a!i,c, and mourns the loss of 1: r husband and child. Peihaps I have been in her presence, and never knew it, no instinct telling me, of the 1 proximity of my parents, because 1 have been so passive and Careless, in everything concerning her fate. Poor Grazv Nell always shuddered while looking at me, muttering, “blood ! blood 1 on her hands and vengeance in her eyes.” Auntie, I have vowed to hunt down the assassins, and that vow is written in characters of fire, on my heart, and registered by the angels in | heaven.” | “Esther Clayton for the love nf I heaven, stop your wild insane ravings, and become more composed. Tim rash xmw you have made, may be imprinted on your fevered brain, and excited imagination, but it is worse than mad ness, it is sacrilegious to say your vow is registered in heaven. Remember— “ Vengeance is mine, f will repay, saith the land.” It is natural my child, you should desire to find the identity of your family, but it may lead to great unhappiness. The reali ty proving more disagreeable than mi certainty. But possibly, much good may accrue, although the task of Her cules, will not be more difficult, than tracing up the murderer,and bringing him to justice. And then Esther my dear, it would avail but little good, or gratification to you. Leave vengeance to a Higher Power my child. Beside* f doubt, not, if the person is living, he has self, r <1 punishment., or will have justice meted out to him, in another world.” “])o not, Esther, commence this un dertaking. You are young, a mere child, only thirteen years old. And 1 here, instead of dreaming of future conquests, and contemplating, the ; pleasures of dress,ss would most girls, i von are erving vengeance and blood. : jf you wid not retrace that aw fnl vow, 1 let me beseech you to wait atleast i four years longer, before you com i mence operations, for, I cannot bear jto see you burden your young heart and life, and perhaps darken your i mind forever, until your education is ! complete, and you have tasted a little ; pleasures of girl-hood, before assuming the form of an avenger. Will you promise Esther?” ’The young girl stood almost mo- I tionless, with head bowed in her bands. But in a moment raising it. and look ! ing at Mrs. Gleason, she said : I “We know not what a few years, A COUNTRY NEWSPAPER FOR THE M ASSES DEVOTED TO CIVILIZATION AND MONEY-MAKING. TALBOTTON GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24,1877. nay months may bring forth to my life. My mother, if 1 have one alive, may die, and that too, of a broken heart, for the loss of her child and husband. His murderers blood stain ed hand, may clasp mine, and 1 not know until too late. No Auntie, 1 cannot grant your request, but will say, 1 will exert mv vigilance but commence no action, nor mention again this unnatural subject for one so young, unless 1 discover a chic upon which i commence mv work.” “Well Esther, my little girl no lon ger, but a fully developed w oman. 1 have often heard of putting mature heads on children's shoulders, but I have seen it. personified to-night. 1 really think by the time you heroine grown in size, your mental faculties, will be in their dotage.” And smi lingly Mrs. Gleason imprinted a Iti-s on the girl’s blew. “Go to bed she continued,and try now to sleep, all the wild fancies, and delirious vows out of your little cranium. God bless you 1 Isther !” Tears were in the affectionate lady's eyes,as the strange and incomprehensi hie girl left the room, obeying Mrs. Gleason's injunctions to go to bed, and was soon asleep forgetful of the vow, as well as the wound her pride had received, causing the link if had pressed in her heart, to rankle, and the girl to too suddenly assume the role of a woman of mature veals. Horace saw, anil fretted over the change ill his “Wild Gat,” for she had become sedate, and evinced a great interest iu all domestic affairs, which had heretofore been too great, a re straint on her free evanescent spirits. No degree of teasing, could provoke a b’ow from her lists as of old, causing his eye to look as if in mourning, and Ills nose present a somewhat diopsi i ill appearance. Nor was there any more races-down tin graded walks One night had not changed the 1 i111• Tartar into an angel, but she had formed a determination to act. differ •uitly, and though the Hashing eye, firmly compressed lips, and lingers so firmly clenched, that the le.ils almost pierced the flesh, were the frequent consequenreß of an aroused temper, she never forgot her determination. Horace wee; troubled. He could not solve 1 1),- knotty riddle, and although in* was forced to conie s, she was mure feminine, in her di-posit ion, dignified and fascinating iu her con versation and manners, vet he secretly sighed over the great change in hi fi, r e heads!rung E-th’-r, for whom he felt a protecting interest, as much so on ■ could le’-l for a m-wly fledged Eaglet. Her teachers saw the change from an idle spirit, who v.-ss fin- torment of |i he school room, that kept- the little : bare foot urchins in constant dread of i bones, for every conceivable prank of ; mischief was prac! ie.-d by her, but ; she always knew the lessons required ;of her, witlemt anv appearance of | thought or study. But. m-w Mon: i.-ur ! Bierre had not a more studious pupil, I she seeming to have an insatiable ! ihirst, for knowledge, nothing being ! t.io difficult for her to master. And Ms ieiiioisel. ■ Esther, soon became the : favorite ’he dignified Professor. | All her friends noted and spectila | ted on the wonderful change, none ' knowing the secret but Mrs. Gleason, , wlto would often gaze fixedly and al , most sadly upon the eonfraeted brow of the girl, a she perused mer some i difficult study, hut not a word escaped her. 'Time spoil on, and Esther's va eatiun attest arrived, sic- welcoming it with pleasure, for her close application Ito study, and two years confinement in the school room had given her usu hllv pale brow a more shadowy hue, and her elastic step had Isieome hst h-M. Two years since she had f.,l ined her Ksoluiinn toiler mode of life. Two years since sue had registered the vow, that had metamorphosed her into a woman, while still a child in year-. Bight well she had kept Ic-r resolution as well as promise, to Mrs. Gleason, in regald to not mentioning the disa greeable subject unless some elm* had lawn discovered. Nothing worthy of notched transpired to disturb the even tenor of her way, although she often indicated great impatience, seemingly a:s if chafing under the re striction that had been placed upon her. She is now fifteen the day after the examination, and is standing by the window looking out on tic; green grassy lawn, almost covered w ith wa ter, for tic rain had been pouring all day, and the dark leaden clouds giv ing iridieatsons of protracted showers. She is idly thrumming the window panes with her tap. ling fingers, while a shadow of impatience, floats across her brow a- she hears the mutteriii* thunder and the rain falling with ac celerated velocity. “Pshaw!” she, at last exclaims. “H does really appear, evert,hing conspires lo torment me this morning. I had set my heart on going to Millbank Mill, to see the operation of the new machine, that ha: so much interested Horace. All the other girls will go i know, and of course Helen Be Forest will he there, with her waxen doll beauty, and childish simplicity, to kill all the rest of tho girl* with envy, and turn the boys heads, by her smiles, and particularly so, Horace Gleason. I never saw a person more infatuated. 1 gave him Credit for better taste, than to lavish his love and fascinations on that little piece of insipidity. But then it has been truthfully said, “Alan like a trout, may ho taken by tick ling,” and 1 tbink if a poor individ ual was ever besot by a Siren, Horace is and she has him now almost entan gled in the meshes of her net.” And Esther smiled a cold contemptuous smile, although in the depths of her fathomless eyes, a sad light shone. “But why need 1 care,” continued she almost sadly, “lie does not care for me, even as a friend. And yet only a short, w bile ago, 1 know 1 was dear to him, and was essential to his happiness. He even ealled me sister, ami was so proud of my late improve ment. But with my rash hand,or rath er my unruly tongue and violent tem per 1 have canceled even his friend ship, by telling him, Helen He Forest, was a wily and deceitful actress, w hich I know is not the ease. But then 1 saw his growing love for her, and it almost drov e one mad. I w ill not stoop to ask a reconciliation or en deavor to thaw the icy barrier that is now bet ween us. But 1 love him so, I love him so.” The proud girl bowed her head upon her hands. Her emotion lasted but a moment-, and on raising her face, the sorrowful expression was gone, and iu its stead, were signs of her old pas -ioni c nature, and stubborn will, as she exclaimed : ‘“Hut Horace shall never know mv humiliating secret. I will guard it with mv heart's blood. Yes, I have been a fool, to allow his handsome face,and gallant manners, to win my love un asked, and unrot,timed. But it is well, for what right have 1 to love? when my life has been dedicated to flie God of vengeance. IT 1 seem to beget tile vow 1 made two vears ago, I am reminded of it, by the burning I'naraeters so indelibly impressed upon lev heart, t tli 1w hy did 1 make that promise to Auntie ? Two more vears to wait, before I commence my work, ami this seems like a century to wait \\ hv was I not formed, with an or ganization like other girls ? And be contented to settle down ill a quiet hum drum life and end my days in the common tread mill existence that is allotted most f- males. But a phan tom seems ever to be by mv side, pointing with its bonv fingers, and whispering in mv ears: “Revenge! Revenge t" it. is, I know, the hand of desfinv, end I will obey jt,x dictates. But I did so much wisli to visit. Millbauk to day, and again inspect, the spot, of mv father's murder. But Auntie, will not. listen to mv going out in the rain, after having this horrid cold. Heiglm ! I suppose I will 'live to make the lies! of surrounding circum stance*. But yonder comes Mrs. Eipseomb, and surely it, must be sometbing urgent to bring her out, this rainv dav.” (to ru: (’i)NTtsri n. ) 11 is wife’s Troubles. “Ef V!in\l bin down to my house las night von’d seen a punrt'.iiiuuerl” said Old Si. “How is that V” “My ole’oniaii she bought a sfleon’- lmn’ one ol> dose liytir newly-invent ed steel-spring female tenders, an “Bought what, yon say?” “< Ini'i b desc p,stint, fish traps flat a ’onm.ti strap* on an’ totes ’round!” “A bustle ?” “Bar, now. dais do very name! Well, she tried for to put hit. on, an’ ez sin lie/, only got nine yard ob kalikei in her die: i, yerkin ’mugine de Htrni’gil dat she had 1” “Well, did she get it on !” “Oh, VAX, she got hit on jess ez ee/v ez putting do harnesses on a stm.-t-kyar mule. De aggyliodinn ariz when she emu ter put on her dies o!;er de darn cor! I Apshiti 1” “llow did that work;” ' Blessd miu.-ter. dal’s wind Ise tryin ter t- II yer -hit didn’t wurk at. all sdi. She jess gymnast*d ’round dur tell dar wuz’t. room in de house fur nnlliin’ else Imt her end dat shuck Imskit nfiVr! 1 had ter hup her on wid de gyanniut, honey!” “ Why, how did you manage it sir V” “Sho’! I’se waggin’d man; da vs not ter git de better ob a case like dat 1 I jess stood de ole ’otnan oil de table an’cot eh hold ob de drees wid de waggio- kiver grab, an’ F had dat gyariuint on fore yer cooil say Jack Kobbersori !” “ Well, and how did she git out of it?” “Oh! oh! don’t ax mo dat ! I went visitin'soon ez I got hit on her •ill’ 1 stayed tel) bed-time, yer ink ho bound !” Atlanta Sniidny Herald. Ilaniaii? Al.xtuis. It is the mother who moulds, the character and destiny of the child. Never make a remark at tho ex pense of the other; it is meanness. Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. Besides, it may be that you may never meet again in life. “llow gentle glides the married life away. When she who rules j still seems but to obey?” | Never bath manifest anger at once. I Never speak loud to ono another ’ unlois the house is on fire. Jus. GciaD ii liennett The editor of tho Herald is at. a disadvantage in seizing public opinion, with all his machinery of circulation. Having scrupulously kept out of his paper any reference to his courtship and engagement acting in this respect very differently from his father, who mado his marriage a great topic—Mr. Bennett is estopped from referring to its rupture and the attendant affray. Meanwhile most of tho other morn ing papers omit no feature of tho scattdal and are apparently bent on forcing a duel, as a good way to stamped pt.be Herald’s circulation. Newspaper men am like wolves; when one is woundt and the others eat him up. Tt tn: y be said for this wountled editor that lie was excep tionally decorous to other editors; that he neither replied to their at tacks nor took advatitepe of their misfortunes, and kept bis editoral columns clear of imputation upon their business or honor. He did this in the fttco of the very opposite standard set. by his father, who re joiced in personalities and as perities. Tt was Air. Bennett’s inheritance, perhaps, to leecivc, with riches, the love of pleasure and little or no domestic, training. His mother traveled, his father was a recluse; the importance of the paper attracted to the young man bis elders, generally men of pleasure, and bis income was mol-, than a match for any of Iheirs. He spent much of bis boyhood and youth in Europe, and never knew the sweet wses of adversity. Tho deceased Vanderbilt has said that lie never knew lint two or three tnn to have the head to stand wealth. 'William Vanderbilt was kept hard at. work on a farm until be was forty years old Mr. Bennett’s son was born like a young Highland chief, with n i end v-in a■ le clan and a feather in his hat. Besides, be was of very peculiar descent, llis father wis Scotch Catholic, with a romantic, baronial notion that lie was to form anew kind of clan around a, print ing machine,old servitors and young henchmen, and all were to be ruled bv family traditnns Nobody Could be individual there; discipline was to bo military, ns in the country of the Macgrcgor. With the greatest mental re-peel for his father, voting Bennett took the paper, and strove to square the circle between feudal an.l modern times and to carry on. the old man’s ideal of a newspaper barony. Hence bo made bis oftice a sort of biiirnek'H and sought, his associates elsewhere. He is reported to have said he could not. go to tits Lotos Club because he might, meet his employees there: so he went, to the Union Glub, where this affray happened Ia ing to physical edu cation as the most, baronial of pleasures, lie s tiled like the lords of the ish s, rode polo, walked mate,he , distributed soup, gave athletic prizes ami ilispatcned Stanley and others if Quixotic yet quaint adventures. Tne aurora bore-lis of sensation -bone ever the son as the father, iu startling bead lines and alliterations. The Herald was al ways surprising, acrobatic and rang ing between tin; sublime and the ridiculous. The young man was loyally steering for the old man’s ideal, without being as much of a poet. “My ardent desire,” published the elder Bennett, when Ho editor ialized bis marriage, “has been through 1 ito to la-aeh the highest order of human excellence . by the shortest possible cut. I must, fulfil! that awlal destiny which tho Al mighty Father lias written against: my name.” If ibis was sensation, it was also insanity, arid perhaps they are tbo same Genius, sensa tion and insanity are divided by tßin partitions. Thus, of such parents as the Duke de lieichst.adt had- a volnptions princess and a romantic conqueror —young Bennett came of age in til fiiialiest period since Alexander’s feast, with an income of not less than one thousand dollars a day, and all the appurtenance* of a prince. His property was a sonrre of government, the most feared by New York politicians. His staff was made up of every calling and t rs le—freebooters,satli>rs,medianies and engineers—and the office fitted out and put in the war sixly-o Id soldiers as the Herald’s company. On the 1 1 h!h of Louis Napoleon’s pension-roll was the Chevaliar Wykoff of this office. Bennett bad yachts, horses, telegraphs, expr s wagons, signal stations, foreign officers and agents iu eve y por ■ f the world. Below Bis build ing, at the central spot of Ameri can movement, lay half a million dol lars’ worth of presses, each of which could speak as loud Hiid oft as the rolling surf. Such possessions, with so little restraint to prepare him for them, soon gave Mr. Bennelta surfeit r.f power and enjoyment. His father died, and there was nobody so perfectly absolute in the republic; for he had no partners, ne guardians, no reverses, no counsel ors. Ft could speak without reply punish without recourse and bf oared or flattered every weere. ’] • the list, of absolute kings, who have yielded to passion and pleasure, must bo added this young King of tho Commons. But 1 hold it to bo remarkable lhat with this almost lawless authority he kept the Herald more disi a situate, less spiteful and less personal than any morning pa per in New York. His private feuds were never exercised in it, except oecasially, when an order went out to put on no account someone name in the paper. That order is general in New York paper offices, as a species of infant terror. Mr. Bennett was educated nt Harvard ami his tastes were not akin to his father’s, who liked to ho among the writers and correspon dents. Consequently (ho wovkijg force, with few exceptions, has no social relation to Iho controlling editor. This proves to have been a mistake. Ho would have found more reliable and less misleading triends in his own service. Ono of his correspondents bocatno a great favorite ot the Emperor of Brazil; another was highly- esteemed bv Lord Duffei in. the presence of (heir employer would have toned up and inspirted tli” office, and 1 never s xv more devoted adln rents of any body-, though afraid of him, than Elliott, Connery, O’Kelly, Be Fon taine and that ram of Herald men. But the young lord was oi a differ ent growth; he had the barony on his mind. Generous at times with bis men, paying Sd 1110 on ono oc casion for English watches for three of them -Fox, Stanley and O'Kelly —and even more cordial to men of rival papers, Mr. Bonnet managed his office fitfully by telegraph and lived with clubs anil club men. His chief ability was in ideas of some thing bold or ] iguant or adventur ous, which he would work up in his mind and spare no money to accom plish. He had nerve and enterprise, .and only lacked stability, his father's ’ xtingnished fire. Ho inherited business ability, also, but exercised it alternately with p liols of pleas tire, bo that the place worked jerkily and nobody was quite certain ot being here or yonder. Hi accor dance with the baronial idea tho edi tors were degraded to reporters at will, and reporters en masse levied as editors, a system of civil service like a steamboat explosion, xvhoro those going up astonished meet others astonished coming down. Jle took this method of making the city department better, as in the London Times, but it was not so plain how lie c-rnhl thus improvo the editorial. It seems to me that the idea of mak ing all sorts of a man out of one xvill spoil the man. Tiie newspaper is a school of mental dissipation at the best,; one's truest place is where ho was efficient the longest. I recall one occasion,and Iho oulv one, when J wrote editi ’rial for the I Herald or talked with Mr. Bennett. Several times 1 had baon requested to call on him, but being also sliv had postponed the time till one*, alien dropping iu the Herald office, they brought mo plump into (he presence of that supremo being. He was sitting nt a table, in a sort of alcove, or side room, and appeared as bashful as myself. Ho was a young man, of 115 pounds weight, or less, wearing a gray suit of clothes on rather slim limbs, and all about him was neat; ring, studs, collar button, linen. He had a light gray ■ eye, light sandy lmir, clean, loan features, no great forehead, but a shrewd, observant one, and x-ery good manners, though not. plausi bility or decided address. Tfc was at the time of the Groe'ev campaign, just before the B.d.imoro Conven tion met. He spoke with a little hesitation, bearing out mv precon ception that he sees a thing more dearly than ho expresses it. “1 heard you were hr.ro,” he said, “and f have just thought of an “editorial.” You know that when tho deluge began to come and the ark was built, tho people all exclaimed that there would be no rain. It did Jain, though. Then they said it would only boa shower. But as it rained more and more, the little animals began to get in out of the wet. '1 he bigger animals, also, got alarmed and came in. At last the giraffe and the elephant, tho rhino ceros and the grizzly bear came in, very sullen, hut niraid to stay out any more. That’s the way the Democrats recognizing Greeley,” concluded Mr. Bennett. “The little fellows came in a good while ago; now Thtn-mau and Hendricks and Bayard are lagging in to ‘get out of the rain Call you write that 1” 1 had an engagement of a most imperative character, which lie for- I got to inquire about. It was to meet my wife and go out to dine. But 1 galloped those animals into the ark with a precipitation never equalled, except when they got loose about two years afterward. In half an hour tho whole btory of the deluge was told. Stanley says Hint Mr. Bennet, put his head out of a chamber door one morning in Baris and told him to go and find Living-alone as com posedly as if he had said, “Go M ost, young man !” The Scotch element in Bennett is convivial, and his companion* are generally-men retired from business TERMS, $*2.00 a Year in Advance. WHOLE NUMBER 344. or xvithont avocation, men of for tune, with no such sensitive! proper ty a a his, and oftenev with moro capacity to stand havy dinner*. Like all men lvlio indulge, his toru por is uncertain; his repontanco is deep. Advice <o Voting Men. ihe Philadelphia Lodger says that President Porter, of Y'alo College, e the following advice to students of that institution the other day: “Yeung men, you are tho architects of your own strength of body and soul; take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry; inscribe on your haulier, luck is a fool, pluck is a hero. Don’t, take too much advice, keep at your oxxai helm, and steer your own ship, and remember the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Don’t, practice too much humanity, think well of yourself, strikeout, at:- umo your own position; put potatoes in your cart over ft rough road and tho small ones go to the hot iotn, rise above the envious and jealous, fire above the mark you in tend to hit; energy, invincible deter mination, xvith a if|jlit motive, are the lovers that move the world; don’t drink, don’t chexv, don’t smoke, don’t swear, don’t deceive,don’t read novels, don’t marry until you can support a \\ ife, ho in earnest, self-reliant, bo generous, be civil, read tho papers, • iv< rtise your business, make money, and do good xvitli it, lox-e your God and fellow-man, love truth and virtue, love your country, and obey its laws. A Man Rescued. Jessie McDonald was hard at work! at the wash tub, one day, when her little son Fergus came rushing into the room crying as if his poor littlo heart would break. “Daddy’ll die up there,” ho sobbed; “they can’t get him down.” “Die ! up where ?” exclaimed Jes : ie, wringing the soap olf her hands and wiping them upon her apron. “(>ll the top of the factory chimney; tho rope hi s slipped down and they can’t get up another, and the ladders arc all too short.” Jessie flew out of tho house and ran to tho foot of the new factory chimney, round which a crowd of workmen were gathered in loud dis cussion. On the top of the chimney stood Angus McDonald, far beyond tan reach of help, to all nppearanco. When the staging was taken down,ho, tie l most, skillful of the workmen,- li.ui been left to do some last bit of work. By a strange accident tho ropo by which he was to let himself down Imd slipped and fallen xvhore it lay in a heap. Jessie covered her eyes with her hands. “Lord, help me !”she prayed from the depths of her heart. A sud den thought came as the answer to her prayer. “ Angus,” she called, “ltiirax-el your sin king, man, and tie a hit of mortar to tlieeud of the yarn, and let it down to me.” Oir came one of Angus, blue socks, knitted of the best yarn, spun by Jes de herself. He raveled it out tied on the mortar, and let it down to tho ground. Meanwhile Jessie had sent for a ball of stout t.wiuo. The end of tho twine she tied to tho end of tho yarn. “Now, draw the yarn up slowly,” she said. Angus followed her directions and us the yarn went up higher and higher and higher, she let out more and more twine from tho ball in her hands. What steady hands they were ! no tangling of the twine nor dropping of tie-ball. If she had been unrolling a clothes line, she could not liavo done it more quietly. At last Angus called out: “All right ! T have got tho twine. Now what are you going to do ?’ “Tic on the rope,” called Jessio. 'There was not a sound among tho crowd, you could liavo heard a pin drop ns, with breathless interest, they watched the work. She tied the rope and tho twino together as firmly as any sailor could liavo done. Eager eyes, watched it ascend, higher, higher, higher, until Angus called out: “All right, I’ve got tho ropo, stand from under.” He secured tho ropo, camo down over hand—ah ! one can’t tell about such things ! Tho xvorktnen cried like children, and pressed round Angus and Jessio with words of praise and affliction. Then some ono wiser than t he rest said, “Lot them go homo alone.” -v And in the little kitchen the hus band and wife and child knelt, and thanked God that their hearth was not made desolate 1 A man is what hia wife make* him. A good wife is tho greatest earth ly blessing. ——- -—►--- Marry into a different blood anil temperament from that of your own. Never allow a request to be re p-dr 1. “/forgot is never an accep table excuse.