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VOL. XIV. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENT. The George F. Pierce Institute. THOMSOPf, GFOR.QXA. SPRING TERM of this School will open Monday January I*2. 1885, and continue \ six scholastic months. No pains will ho spared to mike tho School the equal of any j High School in Middle Georgia. To this end we earnestly solicit tho cooperation of the Trustees, patrons and friends of the School. Our aim is to nuk • the School a HOME; COLLEGE for such as are not able to attend College, and to prepare others for the Janior and Senior classes of our best male and female Colleges. PARENTS may re*t assured that children sent to this School will he well cared for. Their PHYSICAL. MEN PAL and MORAL GROWTH will be constantly watched : ever by the Principal. T3EPILS must be THOROUGH in tbe branches studied, and, to accomplish this, they ' A will be subjected to frequent rigid examinations, both oral and written. TKA-xisrxasrcs-. BELT FA ING that the BODY should he developed and trained in connection with tho mind, the Principal hns decided t. add 111 * Military feature to the School. All of *le young men and large Im s will he thoroughly drilled in Military Tactics. The girls and small boys will l>e exercised in Callisthenics. Discipline of the School w ill he firm r ither than harsh Pupils will l*e regarded A as Geuthninii aud Ladies; and failing to deport themselves as such will be subjected ( W such punishment as may he deemed proper. Tuitiou for the Spring Term will be : i First grade sl*2 00 beeond gradi 15 <0 Third grade ..12 0 ) Fourth grade .24. U) amonnl pai lby the Public Fund vi ! i> deduct I f.o:u Ih * tuition. Tuition will *• be charged from time of ei ti ring t.ii end of Trim. AItLNTS will bear in nuud that the DUGLIC SGlifiOL will he taught ir the first of the Term, hence, t • secure full benclil of tae Tnbli • Fund, chiuiren must he emered n the first day of School \I 4 I H MISS MAMIF. HUOWN, who has already established ; •*' * s- MI v • acrsolf as a Music Toaciier, will continue to give the Pupils Music Lessons. Tui ion h r Munh* ••?>.' <>o per month. j’OX-IZbT 33. 0-X2OSS, I'kiwii'al. IVr. 24, I**4.. tf THE ADKINS HOUSK, ! ON ELLIS SHEET OPPOSITE OCU FELLOWS’ HAIL. AUaiTSTA, tfi.v. A. J. ADKmS. ja, - - • PRCFH, Newly Fnrmsliaa Centrally Looaiei CONVRNIK.NT TO DILI’OTS. COST OFFICE, AND HK.SIN ESS run I ION OF ( i I V Hot and h Id Hadis attached to Hoems. FIHHf-CI,ASS TAIIT.KS, t'Li AN ItllOilS AMI HGDDING. fel 7‘R3Gm Terms M<-fferrrre FERTILIZERS FOE 1885. ~ ; I am now ready to supply my cast nners an 1 the public with the following named STANPAHD FEiITSLIZSRS: Stern’s Am. Uowbone Sup-Phos. Pendleton's Sup-I'lios. AY hauit’s. f Bowlders jf|tan lard. Nassau.■ L an ! . A, ‘ :a . Kuiir.t and Acid. I will keep these Fertilizers f* r -al • at both I h uuson and Peering. J. P. JONES, Thonvon. Ga., Jan. 28, ISSS. M. cvutis. | Manufacturer and Dealer hi all kinds cf Furniture and House Furnishing Goods, 1 biggies, Carriages, Wagons, Ac., Ac. All Repairing promptly done and at rea sonable rates. Blaeksmithiug in all its brain lies. UNDERTAKING. I have a arge and elegant .. :7r ,r'gx* n.’i •/ 5i n- r'3 7* r v ; -AC. lllaAl\Vh| ®.. 22. • 1 Which will he sent to any part of tin- town or country at reasonable mien. COFFINS AM) METALLIC CASES. BURIAL CASES) all aml qiiojitieft. I riho : v , , KtJRLiL ROHES, Suitable for Males or Females, old or young. .r. 3i. cuims Th'nnson, On. ils TiilE THAT Thomas hi. Lewis, NO. 5. BRICK ROW, THOMSON, GEORGIA. Keeps the best stock of GkOCifitHN in Thom son. It has been tested and as declared by first-class judges. His stock consists of Flour, Meal, (torn. Meat, Su-gar, Coffee, and all their goods in tlieGrocery Line. Also Boots, Shoes, Hats Clothing, and Dry Goods o all kinds. Corn, Meat <& Flour A Specialty! THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, M ARCH 4, 1885. A DEAR LITTLE >CH9.iL MA'AM. With >icr funny lit!].' glasses you'd have thought her very wise If It w asn't for the laughter that was peeping from her eves; Just the uu most and the dourest little school* ma'am ev< r know n. Whose w ay o. teaching hoys and girls was cer tainly her own. “1 jrive my brightest pupil," in a pleasant tone she said. “A little corner by himself to show that he i head. And, to spare the tender fccllnjfs of the dull est b >v. I pul All the others in a circle so you can’t toll w hich is foot. “Whenever any pupil In Ids lessons doesn’t miss, 1 eneourare his endeavors with a penny au aar-k;ss; And, since this slight tipon tho r<‘st might too severely fall, 1 take the box of kisses and 1 hand ’em round to all. “I’ve askt-il them what they’d tike to lea doz en times or more, Aml each. I ti ul, iutomis when grown to kaep a candy si ore; , So, thinkin r that they omrht to have some kuowlodjre of their trade. I’ve pul a little stove in, just to show them how it’s made. “Enthusiastic? Bless yon, it is wonderful to see How interested in such things a little child can In'; And. from their tempting taffy and their lus cious hit {pops. I'm sure Hum ']' do me credit when they coiuo to open shops.” And. with a nod that p'ainly showed how free she was from d< übt. She deft iy smoothed tin- wrinkles of her snowy apron out Just the t|eoei< st ami the dearest little school* ma'am ever known. Whose day o‘ teaching boys and girls was r< ally he? ow n! (Coiitin’D.Mi f an first page of la l week] The Widow’s Lodsrer. CITAfTKi: VII, IN TTIK EN FM Vs CAM!*. Noon.e Wiisintd’esurprised tlun A f;irvat Hr* sudden frimulship which li:ul arisen between her eccentric lodger and Dr. Hyde. Toe ways of men w.n\) not •-triinee in 1 tor, but sin* had nev *r seen oyihing so strange as this. Two per sons moropposite in cluirncter t would liavo been difflcidt to find. y t tho next morning, when Mr. Barker tUaiTeil for Southampton, Geor r e was there wail ing for him, mill looking after him as if lie h id known him for years*. rinci did not go; his muster told him to stay and look aft .r the boy. threaten ing bin with dire p tins ; n*l penalties should anything go wron “And he is to have the run of my rooms as a playground.” the old gentle man said. “L*t him make as much noise as lie likes. M try. my dear, the next tim * yon see in * you will very like llv see your Linde Micluu 1 us well. 1 > may not return for two or thri e days, . but do not be afraid; Mr. Hyde will | take care of in g for your sake." i “I am sure he w.di," said Mary, in ! noeeutiv. i For site had no id el of anything but tbe most pure, irmk friendship for he, hußbaud’H oUb eornp-utiun. but t;e* fiwf id’.ia cumg when she saw the self-con scious (hange in George's face; and she i was not a little troubled, (’•odd she j have been mistak mi in thinking ho was I engaged to Miss Alienin'? and did he j care for her in a way that was more than brotherly? Mary took that possi- I bilitv into lo r mind with a sweet sense of surprise and pleasure, not unattend ed by pain. Their relationship, so far, had been so enliivJy confidential and unselfish, any change would throw a re straint upon it. however it might end. Mary had grown very fond of Mr. Barker: of course, 1 1 • *r child's love for tim singular old g* iph-inaii was a direct passport to her heart; but it was not that alone. Su* found hts 'if hoping that Uncle Michael would be like him --even to his oddities. She kne w him so well by tlii.M tim'*; his terrific tueat luent of'poor Mr. Darker only amused imr now, and sin* told that young dis ciple o; Galen not to mind him. "But he has such a dreadful voice,” Mr. Darker urged. k ’l have heard say the. human voice will frighten a lion, and 1 am not a lion, but it frightens nit'.” ’T think h • knows that,” said Mary, with a smile, “lake my advice, Mr. Darker, the next time ho roars at you, roar at him!" “Sol wdl, M respond'd Mr. D irker, inspired with extra courage by the old gentleman's absence, “the very nc:; time. Upon my word, my and air Mrs. Alienin’, he n *ar!v frightened mo out of an examination.” Mr. linker did not return within two or three days, but on the morning after his departure for Southampton Mary had a letter roniGeorg* l . Uncie Michael was a man after I.is own heart. George told Inr, and not very much unlike Mr. B rker. ‘‘And you need not expect him just yet," Dr. Hyde added. ‘ lie kii'# vs a great many people in London, business and otherwise, and I daresay lie will r main a f**w days with bis s s tcr-in-law. the other Mrs. Allenby, in Orthorp ■ Square. He knows I am writ ing to you. so Mr. Barker. Undo j Michael sends you his love. Mr. B irk er tells you to take care of the boy; lie |is immensely loud of the boy, though f ;do not think it means a corner in his | will—he is not a man of that sort." Nothingliad been further from M try's thoughts, and she felt in lignaul at the suggestion. “I think," said George's letter, in conclusion, “the other Mrs. Allenby will be rather sorry for her conduct to you. Uncle M.clmel knows every tiling from Mr. Barker, and has asked me a number of questions. I could only an swer as I know, apart from it as a mat ter of rigid or wrong." Mar . was not inclined to care what Uncle .Michael might think of it as a matter of right or wrong. She had tak en her own independent way from the beginning, and was prepared to accept the consequence now. She did not want anything from Uncle Michael, M iry told herself, and the lady in Ortho: pe Square was sure to set him against her in spite of Mr. Barker. But the lady in Orthorp'* Square was in sore tribulation. Writing from Southampton, Michael Allenby had, in a second letter, made elos • and particu lar inquiries as to Arthur's wife. He had met a friend, he said, who knew t lie young doctor very well indeed, and beard from him that Arthur intd left, not only a widow, but a child. “You have never mentioned this in your letters to me," Mr. Allenby wrote, ‘ and doubtless you hat! your reasons for it. But knowing how fond I was of tlie lad, you might have informed me on a point which was sure to be of vital interest to m*. I am glad, however, that he left them in such good hands as yoqrs. otherwise the poor girl might have had to work for her own living. and work in any shape would be dis creditable to a proud and wealthy name like ours." “Aud what will he think." the state ly lady asked of her daughters, “when be hears she iskeppinga Ipdging-house? Who can have told him an\ Uiim* about her?" “It is too late to think of that now," her eldest; daughter replied. “There is nothing to he done, unless you like to go and beg her pardon; ask her to close her house, and bring Ins..,elf and the baby here, as if this had |‘*en her home from the first." “Mary would not do U." said lnr younger sister Margaret*‘ she was too deeply offended, and no yonder. Mary could never he a hypocii e— she would not do anything foruiemey. and we have not been kind enough to £uko hex do it for love." Mrs. Allenby smw lhcL’ ce o. iiiis. She was a d-ttlWln(T' in her way a proud one. She. herself, had UMuight of some such Riling as her daughter Victoria suggested, though tlie suggestion was made in irony, hut she had tried Mary's patient, unyield ing disposition before and always failed in the contest; there way nothing* for it but to stand her ground. "I wish the girl was dead," sho said, bitterly. “I wish she h-d died before Arthur ever saw her. id a beggar ly old father, too. They' wre? nothing but paupers and pensioners on Arthur's generosity. Slip trick <f him into mar riage with her j r ttv f;ev and pensive manners, and now, if your uncle saw her and heard her story,-he would think we hid iil-us and hu\ What right had she to k . p my son’s b<>y from in *?" * So*' is Ins mother,"/Margaret ;>uid, quietly. "1 w is Arthur's mother," was the re ply. “And w mid l have let any selfish love of mine stand in his way? I would have resign'd him, eveft for evi r, and to the lir akiug of my lm art; and that girl took him from mu, I hate her! I hate her!" “Just now, my dear piamma," Vic toria said, awe 1 1v. ‘ ymy look as if you could put poison in her ten; but it does seem a pity she should b ■ so thorough ly in our way. Von niffy do; end up m it. Uncle M ediael w li lal * a fancy to In r, she has very vGuniiig ways, and he ;s sure to arimiiv wnat he will consider In r independent spirit, just, as surely as his money will go to A linn's hoy and she will have the int of it during Ik r lifetime." "]). you wish to drive mo mad?" Mrs. Allenby said, turning upon her fiercely. “1 have thought of ilu se very things myself, and I could sirm .i • h r." “So could i." s.iid h -r oldest daugh ter, with sweet and Hivage slowness. “Sao took Arthur from you met s'm i**>s taken George Hy le fr >,n'mo. it * has not said so, but it is lb truth, my and ar mamma." Tii ■r • w s nut a lit I •of I’m tigress and sjios ion in M Vgou la. just as ther* vva-= Ur- suppi -ij D No two .**'" Cd r r•••; ' •If-#'* 0i... . unlik*. than slie an I Mirgirei w re. Had not lh youngest lady of the Allen by family rest mbll Mary not a iiUlo in her ijuiet Htrengtli of character, sho would have fared very badly indeed at the hands of thus*' t v . “Margant is right,'" M v e Allenby said; “tiiat girl would not do anything for money, and w? have not gone the way to win leer love. 1 thought she would have lost h< r fit lie prop riy and been ruined by her wretched lodging house long ag >.*' “Daisy is generally right." said tho sweet-voiced Victoria. “For - a gill so quiet and romantic, there is more com mon sens* about In i Ilian we poss ss between ns. I tliought Mrs. M iry Al lenby would have been ruined by the house long ago; sm i so she would bill idie lias ;;n excellent iulviser and busi ness man in George Hyde. 1*■ rliaps Daisy will lend us a libieof her eom mnii sense. What would you advise, dear?" “Make peace with her." Margaret said; “express tint regr I you o’lghi t*) feel; tell l;er UmdeMo ha l is coining hoin*. and invnl lea nei *to meet him." “Would she come, do you think?" “I think so.'* “It would be. very humiliating to bo refused." “It would be all tie'l) ‘lt'*r."said 'Mrs. Allenby, “we at least should have m ide the first concession. Nothing would p!c*;s.; mo more titan la r refusal; it Would besom ■thing t > show my liroth er-in-iaw. Write to ' r. M trgaret, in any term, you please, b ug the letter on wlnit you have said. Tell It rl have '•nnshlered it as an act of courtesy, to apprise her of Mr. Michael Allenby’s return; that 1 i'givt tim un fortunate einuunstance wiii'di have kej)t us apart so long, aud I in vile h t Ik r • to meet Arihu Vs uu•do, witli the child. Siy auytiiing el e you like. Saoiiid she come, it will sav* all ex planations; sliouhi she not com •, it will give m >re weight t> what F have done. You area goo I girl, Mirgirei; you never let y<>inf TT^fr- vh*’i I VT w.ih your judgment." “As we do." Victoria observed. “1 have to confess, my d' ar m or: no, that J\l irgarct is a mystery to rn *. She is either a saint- -very u :arly - or the most artful girl I ever ka.jw. Which is it, darling?" “Whiclievcr you was the composed reply. “Which von think the most likely, considering tin training I have received, and tlio exainpl * I have daily. Fycu in tliis the 1 *.ti;*r I have to write—l gave ruy advice in pure, good faith, and you would in ike. a most treacherous use of it. It shall be writ ten, however, and good in iy coin: 1 of it in a way you least expect." Tho letter was written, but tho girl could not write from tho heart. “Mamma de.sir s me to tell you that Arthur’s uncle. Mr. Michu'd Allenby, is on his way to L m lon, and she wishes you to mact him at oar lions.*, and she very much regrets the unfortunate cir cumstances which have kept us apart so long." “I should like you to com M irgaret added. “VVe w re always friends, and 1 so much wish' to see, the darling hoy. T have see him very often sv leu you have been out with him, but not to speak to him and kss him. ll* grows like Arthur. I see the resemblance al ready. Do come." She sign *d herself Mary's affectionate sister M irgaret, and gav • the letter to her mother to read. That lady passed it on to Victoria without a word. “The first part would have kept her away, as much as if Daisy intern le 1 it," Victoria said, “the s?co;id is very clev?r. Yes, darling, that vvdl do. she will either com * or invite you and that will he almost as good. • You arc verv iiir/en *rou s. ’Torv." “I am only a woman, my love, I can not even look like a saint, you can and do." In spite of these sarcastic inter changes, Victoria loved her sister, and would have resented a slight or an in jury as bitterly as if indicted on herself. She was to be pitied, just as much as her mother was to be blamed, for sho had made her children what they were. The answer cam * from M iry by re turn of post; m a few words and as po litely as possible M iry declined, but she appended a very affectionate welcome for Margaret herself. “We have not met since poor Ar thur's-death," she wrote, “but I have not forgotten your kindness th-mi, or o ired th * less for you. Come and see my darling boy whenever you please, you will always be welcome; but l oan l not coni/ to your mother's house, though J h ■; Vjpfcii Ml my higirn iu jpite of Ihf* hitter sorrow she has caused me. You l hope will come." “Just as 1 thought," Victoria said. “You will be very Welcome, dear, and ifmaufmais wise she will lot you go. B it it appears to mo sho does not say a word of Uncle Michael." “Not a word." “Very strange." “ None of us know that girl yet," Mrs. Allenby sftid; “slic may ho playing soma deep game of her own, or she would, not be such a fool, even with her beggarly pride, as to stand in her own light and the child's. Give mo that letter, Mar garet, it will prove to your Undo Michael (he vindictive unforgiving spirit wo have to deal with. You mty go and see her when you please, it shall not be said that I left any means un -1 i i<*d to effect a reconciliation; you may tell her that even if sho will not see me I, as Arthur's mother, should like to see Arthur's boy, and perhaps she will i Permit you to bring liini here some times, and say that if she t hinks it more becoming our respective ages I will vis t her myself." “I will say exactly what you tell me, mamma." “I know you will," Mrs. Allenby said, angrily, “and in tho puma tone and m inner, if you could, but that is not win! I want." “M iy l go to-day V" “Tn s in:uute if You like." “1 will tell her what you say," Mar garet said gently, * ‘an l soften it as far as I can, for I should bk > to see you re eoucil *d. Wo ought to remember how Arthur loved her." “I' 1 could forg'd that." Mrs. Allcn bv said, “I couhl forgive her every thing." Margaret took Iri* at her word and went, much to her mother's disappoint* in Mil. M iry was out, but baby was at home. Sue couhl hear him in the din ing-room, m iking enough noise for-i regimentof babies, an t siie asked vefy wis: Hilly if she mi ght see him. “Jf you do not mind going in," Mar tha said; “in* is playing with Mr. lV.rk* -er. a'.Hl he in nob dv—qu*' as hi r a ii iby as tho other. Will you go in, Miss Ali *nby?" ‘On. C' rtainlv!" an 1 she opened the dining-room door. “Here’s a lady to see tho baby, sir,— Miss Allenby." ‘•Com * in," said Mr. Darker, cheer fully. H * had not heard tin; first words, an I quite misund unload tim last. “Com: in. Mrs. Allenby; Id art mind you. though I look very absurd. Noth in* els: v, II suit the little man hut l in 11 sit on tlie floor, and pretend to play th i trotnlnno whde lie beats the drum. I h ive quite tak ut tho place of tho old gentleman upstairs, and—good gracious nn !" Nothing <!ortainly could have been more, absurd than tho picture he pre sented. with the absurdity intensified by his and .siniy at the unexpected ap j Mra-u.'e o;‘ a stringer. Margaret could I not help lull riling, in spite of her tear ful delight, as she caught Arthur’s boy i in hor arms. “What a donkev you must think me," said Mr. Daik?r, scrambling to his l'eet. “I thought it was Mr.;. Allenby—his i mamma, you know. What a donkey | you must think me." “Indeed I do not, Mr. Darker-—the : servant told me your name unless to ! bf: a donk v is to love chihlivu very much, and then, I like doukies. lam baby’s auntie, and my name is Allenby, that is how the in• sink; arose." “To be shiv; nothing could be more natural," said Mortinu.'r Dostlethwaite, whose senses had gone on a wool-gath ering expedition. “ihay sit down and make yourself at honi •. Mrs. Allenby will not be long. Would you like u cup of t"a if you wouldn't mind? I have some apricot jam mi l biscuits, and several things. :f I knew where to find them, but tin little fellow lias put the key of the chiffonier somewhere—in the fire. I think.” “Will you give m • a cup of tea?”said Margaret, anxious to put the poor fel low at Ilia ease. “I should like it very much." “How delightful.” and he rang the ; bell. “Some tea please, Martha. The j boy quite t.iks to you, Miss Allenby. ; so he do-as to me; out there is no one : like the old g uitl m m upstairs. It is really very goo I of you to take a cup of j tea. You do not knowhow delighted! I am." And Mr. Darker was very far from | knowing the good impression lie hid j made on Margaret. She saw the simple, j chivalrous good nature und *r the sur face of his nervousness, and ho improv ed greatly on acquaintance. H * went into the next room, smo )tlied his tum bled hair, settled his collar and tin. and changed his study coat for one more presentable. * My the timo ho had don© this the tray was on tho table. H.iby settled the apricot jam difficulty by producing tho chiffonier koy from be neath tho hearthrug. II” had taken to Margaret, but he did not; understand her vet. II * gav* her a vast amount of unintelligible informa tion concerning “Boko,*’ who lived, if his tiny linger was to bo b dieved, sonr - I where in the ceiling. II * patted her > face and said “poor” when hr saw tho i tears in her eyes, and let her give him as many kisses ns she clios *; but on the j whole, there was Iris pi :ymate on tho I apricot jam sido of the table, and af er j av: ry oriel' consultation with hintsdf [ the little fellow chimb red over to him. I Up to tliis period of his career Master Arthur evinced a decided preference | for his <nvn sex. Mr. Daiker had never enjoyed him- . self so much. Miss Allenby put him so j delightfully at his ease. She had the j rare quality of ta**t. the cultivated in stinct of a fine, delicate, and generous ! nature. She ltd him by degrees to talk * of his own profession, the house lie lived in. his fellow lodger, and Mnrv. \f n garet learned that Alary was his idea of perfection, that li is fellow lodger was an extraordinary combination of con trarieties, that Hi© house he lived in was the dearest spot on earth, ami that his professional hopes were modest to a degree; but ho was confident in a quiet way. “X shall make a position in twenty years or so,” h * said; “and if I can pay my expenses in the meantime, it is all I have a right to expect. Tho house physician is very kin l and • encourag ing. S nnetini *s I # despond, and feel afraid that I have mistaken my voca tion." “That is a good sign. Air. Parker. I read somewhere, quite recently, that bo man ever yet attained greatness in his profession who had not suffered from that despondent feeling-a doubt of his own worthiness an t power. It may. not be a proof of geniusc. but it leant ih at lie lata ikigltmatnta j --a desire lo do bis best. " “How very kind of you to.say so; you give me * confidence in myself that l , only have when Mrs. Allenby talks to i Bit*. 1 think it is so nice of her to give me a few minutes when she thinks I ' am dull." I- “You would l?o dull sometimes; but i have you no friends in Loudon?" i “Dear me, no! All the men of my 1 own age are so dreadfully wild, it would kill me iu a week to go on as they do." “You want companionship of a better sort," said Margaret. “It will be dif ferent when you are in a position of your own, and have someone to care : for you." “I am not the kind of man to be car ed for," said Mr. Darken, shaking his l head; “and if anyone did care for mo, i we should have to wait a great many years. lam on© of a. large family, you | see. Miss Allenby, and the utmost I ; couhl expect or accept would be to be set up in a house or apartments, and ! kept going for a year. I am painfully j conscious of my own defects, and lean* i not cure them. I am not the kind of | man to be cared for." “Do not let the lmbifc of self-dispar agement grow upon you," Margaret sdd, with kindly sympathy; “yourtime will come, as it does to other men. (Jf course you know the beautiful old super stition that every soul is created with its twin?" “Yes; and they winder about in search of each other, and perhaps never meet." “Hope and try to believa that yours will," said Margaret, and the conversa tion might have been prolonged in the same strain had not the baby, thinking j he looked rather sad, tried to soothe I him with a spoonful of apricot jam | and just then Alary cam * in. The two girls had always loved each ' other, and Mr. Parker felt his own eyes fill as he witnessed the tearful pleasure jof their meeting; but the tee* were i soon over with Mary—she ua long j since learned to keep down Ui6 outward , sign of her emotion. “M inima told me I might come, ami I was so glad darling. I cam” at once. ou were out. and hearing baby was here, I intruded upon Mr. Darker. Ho was good enough to give me a cup of tea." “Miss Allenby was kind enough to take oik*,” said Air. Darker, eagerly; “she found me in the most absurd posi tion." j “Nothingis absurd that is done in kindness," said Margaret, quickly; “he was simply pi tying with baby, as I should have done, an 1 I thank you very much. Mr. Darker." Miss Allenby gave him h< r hand with the lreedom of an old friend, and then the fair vision went upstairs accom panied by Mary and the baby. Strug gling with a wild desire to steal tin* tea cup she had drank from, he kissed the place her lips had touched, and seizing his hut went fora walk round tho square. Where he went after that he could not have said, bit ho was gone ihree hours, aud when he returned Miss Allenby was taking leave of Mary at tin* door." “1 am so glad you are her”. Mr. Dark er," Alary said; “1 was wondering what we should do. It is so Lit * for my sis ter to bo out alone; will you kindly see her to Orthorpe Square?" (7b he continued.) Surplus of Lawyers. Complaint of the overcrowding of the legal profession is noticeable in j widely separated sect'ons of the emin ! try. In Vermont, towns which used to ! raise and support solid lawyers of the I old school, learned jn pleadings, do not ! afford income to keep one alive. In ; the South it is said that the profession . of law is having dull times in many of I the larger towns, while in Philadelphia, j where a well-known proverb implies | that a superior assortment is maimain ' ed, a large proportion of tin* l.fitK) law | vers starve. A stjitist einn reckons | that in that city only livu have an iu : coine of $.‘30,000 each mid upwards, about thirty SIO,OOO each, and luO i s while 1.000 average not over I £*’>oo a year from legitimate fees. There are two or Three causes for i this Mipertlnity of lawyers. In # nearly all the states the old and intricate sys tem of pleadings has been done away ; it was eiimbersome lumber, but it re quired a good deal of study to master i! and so served o keep down ih* num ber >f aspirants to the bar. The much simpler modern systems arc more easi ly mastered, while the inullipli. atiou of law schools has rendered an education for tin? bar much mor * accessible. Old lawyers are apt to think that a deteri oration of the profession has resulted, but that does not follow. VVhat was formerly u close trade-union, guild or profession has been thrown open to more general entrance. Nothing has been lost by throwing aside the old pleadings, howe\er difficult they may have been to acquire, if after licquisf sition they vv re lumber ami encum brance. The modern law student may, *f he chooses, spend upon a general ed ucation the same time he would apply to them, ami secure at least as much mental discipline. This ought, per haps, to he more generally required. On the other hand the avoidance of litigation is more generally sought, than formerly. Under the mollified system of codified .statutes, sill in one volume, men of ordinary intelligence can con sult the statutes themselves: as to tho common law, or tlmt rendered hv the courts, the eases ordinnniy arising have now been so thoroughly adjudicated that honest counsel of fair ability ought not to lead his client, astray. Moreover, there is a general disposition among more honorable members of the bar not to encourage litigation, unless it is nt?<.essar; # : whether that is more ti n * than formerly it Would be difi* uU INTO. 9. to say. It is certainly not a misfortune to the country that less wealth proportionally is consumed in 1 tigation than former ly; if such is the case in the administra tion of the criminal law, there must be inereaaing expense for the maintenance of cou fs and public prosecution so long as crime increases. Activity of business always gives rise to clash of interests, and makes litiga tion. The great mass of this is now be tween real persons and corporations, or between corporations on both sides.— Springfield (Mass.) Republican. How to Tell. • The NowJPork Graphic gives the fol lowing directions “how to tell a wo *miu’s age:" some oHicr wom n. Few grand mothers are less than 26 off the stage. \ v „l’ Itrnncttrs an a rule look older than blondes of the same age. Slenderness is supposed to be girlish unless it produces wrinkles. An unmarried woman is a girl un til she is 10. After that she* is au old maid. During leap-year deduct ten years from the ago of every unmarried wo man. If a woman has false teeth and plumpers it is a d'e to put her down as over 20. Ask her how ok! she is and multiply the answer by two. If she, isanaetrevsa multiply it by four. Fat increases the apparent age of a woman under 26 yearn and lessens* it over that age. i— i FJCMAI.I; TOOTH PfIXKUS. llow (llrl'n SlqgvT Ariutml M*n*n Neck Will Knock Spot)* Out of Laughing <ia*. The country seems to he slowly but surely drifting into womanhood. If things' continue to go as they have bean going for the past two years, future grammarians will have a license for swearing that tho world belongs to the feminine gender. Everybody is getting to bo female, government offices, sten ographic positions, attorneys, physi cians, barbers, ami woman, the glori ous creation and embodiment of all that costs money, has at last stopped boldly i do the dentist's ofneo and of fered to trade off SIOO,OOO worth of pain for fifty cents spot cash. If more women adopt, the practice of dentistry, there will he 10.-s howl float ing about the “home of the bravo and land of the free" limn there is just at present. It is u very strong-willed man indeed, who refrains from letting off a concatenation of wail from the timo lie strikes the bottom stair of a tooth pulling factory, until the dentist stands over his sen.-eless remains, flourishing his jaw and a fragment of the tooth in the air, demanding a dollar aud a half for his kindne-s for not pulling tiio whole front, of ii is head off. People who live next door to a dentist, and are obliged to go flown <o the boiler factory when they want to unjoy somo sleep, can testify to this. Woman will put mor* bravery into the frame of a man than any other ne gotiable article in the country, * except ing, perhaps, poor whisky. Man in the presence of man is weak, blit be neath the uoulful and bclhulonnuful eyes of woman he’s stronger than a ninety-foot derrick. We. speak from experience. From this argument then, it will be readily seen that, where a man should howl loud enough to hail a, ship in the Adriatic sea, when he was having a tooth pulled by it man in Kal amazoo, put a woman with a force at tachment on lo the same tooth and a fellow would hire a deaf-and-dumb man to do the talking for him, while ho lay and quietly gazed up the sleeve of the fail* murderess, who was trying to pull his boots off’over his head. The only objections to female dentists are. that they are liable to render the male portion of the population of tho United States toothless, eventually, and that the laughing gas, ether and chlor oform traffic will suffer. When u fellow goes to a female den tist, who carries a fair amount of sweet lips, pearly tooth, azure eye, peachy cheok amt sylph-like form, it is hardly safe for a friend to suggest to him that it would be a good idea lo hide behind an an esthetic, nine times out of ten he won't know what the word means and will accuse you of calling name , or else he will become suspicious tlmt you have an idea that he is’ut brave, and couldn't set and have his lungs and several internal equipments extracted by n woman without making some largo disturbance. Let tin* woman place her l-*ft arm around a fellow’s head and a peculiar sensation is immediately bivouac* and along his spine; she bends low down, her c clashes tickle the cheeks of her patient; the forceps steal into his yawning abyss, and in the ex eil< incut of the moment, lie don't, know whether she has kissed him or puffed hi* b/oth. There isn't a fellow in Christendom who has got common sense that will say that there is any th! g about luugldug gas that will knock the feeling so teetotally out of a fellows make-up, as a girl’s slecvo aroiflid his neck and her breath playing over his face. Woman may usurp man, but sho is doing lunch to suppKiut with pleasure. - St. Raul Her ald. The railway up Vesuvius has already paiu .or itself; the trains which ascend night and day, are well patronized btr native and foreign sight-seen*, nil strangers ascending nowadays, where as formerly a loot ascent was so irk some that only the during undertook the round trip. One of the, South American fruits which are to be tried in Southern Cali fornia next year is the melon shrub. It is de crihed as an evergreen, with h beautiful purple and white (lower, and bears a fruit 1 ke a rifled cannon shell, about four inches long b\ from two to three inches in diameter. The greatest depth so, far discovered in the ocean is 2fi.K,>i). five miles, or about 2.2(H) feel le-s tliau the height of the world’s loftiest mountain peak. Mount Everest, oue of the Himalaya chain, winch is found to he not less, and apparently h little more, than 29,- UUO feat above the sea level. Twenty-four years ago the United JjJtates had in them only 60,000.000 peo -0(H) people. Now we are grown to over 54,000,000. In 1800 we only had 141 cities of over 8,000 inhabitants, now there are over 300 such cities. The total population of this class of cities was 5,000,000, now it is over L,000,000. A company in the upper part of New Jersey i> making counterpanes und pil low shams of pu?>er, which retail at #4 cents a set,