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SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, JUNE 21, 1877.
Littla Harry.
“Are you sure mother said we might
spend the change out of this fifty cents,
Harry?" asked little Jennie Greed, as she
and her brotler walked along together to
the corner grocery to do an errand for
their widowed mother.
“Sure! why of course I’m sure, didn’t
you hear mother calling after mo your
sclft” , , ,
"Yes, I hoard her, but I thought she
said, "Take oare of the change-’ Lot me
run hack, Harry, and ask her, I’ll catoh
up with you before you got to the grocery?'
“Noyou won’t young miss. You just
come right along with me, l’shawl what
soft things girls are, anyway. Don’t you
suppose 1 know what I'm doing? If
mother didn’t say, 'spend the change,’
she said something like it, any way- I’m
going to spend it for candy, and sho can’t
got it back very well after l oat the
candy."
Poor, little, timid, oonsciontious Jennie
had her doubts about the propriety of
suuh a procedure, for sho knew well how
hard her poor mother had to work to make
ends meet, However, she kont her
thoughts to herself till Im, ry was about to
buy candy with the ten cents of change,
when she said, “l’leasc, brother, only buy
your half, l will go without and take my
five cents home to mother, for sho may
need it."
“There you go again, little preacher.
Take your tivo cents, baby, and go home
to your mother, I’m going on to the lake
to have a skate, and look here, if mother
asks you about the missing five cents, tell
her you have lost it."
“Ilalloo, Frank Brown. Is that you,
old fellow? Come along, and lot us have
a good old fashioned skate to-night Hur
ry up. Jennie, and go homo, but don't toll
mother whore I've gone to.”
Poor little Jennie, that was the last
time she heard the sound of her reckless
brother’s voice, for he went down through
a hole in the ice into the lake with all his
sins upon him. Ilis poor mother’s pravors
have been full of thankfulness to God who
touk him, her only son, before he had
broken her heart altogether.
lie careful, dear children, l.ow you
begin to steal pennies front your mothers
for the lit s you will have to tell to cover
up your thefts will harden your hearts till
you gradually fall into the pitfalls of sin
and temptation as poor little Harry did
into the lake.- —Pomeroy s Democrat.
A Black Crime.
1 here seems to lie an extraordinary run
of outrages in which able bodied negroes
are tiu; guilty ones, and weak defenseless
wbito girls the victims. Only last, week
we had a most revolting case of this kind
in Baltimore county. The details of this
disgusting crime arc too fresh in the public
tuind to require rectal afresh. in this
cure the child was on her way to school.
A picci- iy similar outrage has occurred
at Lancaster, Mass., hut in this ease the
1 white school girl met her death at the
hands ol her black assailant. For this
fiend the road It., the gallows ought to he
straight uhd sure; hut hanging is not
enough punishment for the devils who
pollute the innocence of childhood. Ihe
punishment which would repay torture
with torture is not to be found upon any
statute book. Ifsuuli crime.-; can occur in
New England, where the proportion of
colored men is small, what must, be ex
pected in localities where the blacks form
a largo part of the population? The
Etat.es twice cursed with the ignorance atyl
vice of a brutal element arc the '"'tales
which most feel tho need of some legal
contrivance that will appall, since nothing
can appeal to the consciences of tho de
praved wretches who vent their lust on
helpless children, ['his is not a pleasant
subject to c iscuss, hut uo false delicacy,
must enforce silence where the voice of
humanity ought to he heard. In the
mono of those who cannot protest them
selves. wo insist that in this State death
for rape be made as sure as the rising and
the setting of the sun. J here must beex
traoidinary vigilance in detection; there
must be exemplary swiftness in trial,
sentence and execution. By vigilance
and prompt action we may do something
toward checking a social disorder more
loathsome than tliG black vomit.—Jiulti
/nore Gazette.
Negro Superstition.
Tho Beaufort Tribune of tho Gist of
May relates the following:
A case occurred in rit. I lelena ln.-t week
showing in strange light the superstition
that exists among the negroes in that lo
cality. A man died from some disease,
and as many of the colored people think
that every one of ; heir number that (lies
in curly age is a vieti ii of some enemy
who has administered pobo.n, they set,
about to find out the c.vuse of his death.
It was claimed that after death an ant was
seen to come from the mouth of the corpse
which immediate,y took wings bur, .was
captured and put into a bottle of whisky
and corked up tightly. All at once the
ant disappeared and as it cut:ld not have
escaped from the mouth of the bottle, the
people were satisfied that it was the cause
of the man’s death, and an inquest must
i he h- hi to decide who administered the
| poison that, alter death, turned into mi
' ant to return to the poisoner to he used
| again on another victim- A deputation
| vi, is sent for a coroner but none wousl
I hold the inquest. There are a number of
j “imyangers” who travel around on the
! islands and pretend to cure ui-ca-t: and
! discover poison scattered around the
i cabins of tho colored pot-pie by their
I enemies, and also to u;-o their ehornis to
I locate runaway husbands and wives.
'• These conjurers are increasing in numbers
! and reap a rich harvest. They charge
j two dollars for walking around a cabin and
' and destroying the poison supposed to bo
| put there to kill the occupants.. One of
these men a low days ago received five
dollars for calling on a sick, man and
curing him by drawing a circle in the dirt
before the door, and after going through
some mysterious motions, seised an old
rag that lay within the ring declaring jt
was the cause of the man's aloknotm, 'lids
now praetioo eflVotod speedy owe, and
the iuiyanger is now the only physician
employed on the place.
Cause of Lamp Explosions.
There are many causes for tho explosion
of kerosene lamps, uml a knowledge of
them may in some instances provent ao
cidonts. It is not the oil that explodes,
but iho vapor or gas that is generated
from the oil. The vapor, when oonfinad.
! or under pressure, is us explosive and
dangerous as gunpowder. The ignition
( of this gas may occur as follows:
A lamp may ho standing on a tablo or
: mantel, ami a slight puff of air from tho
iouen window or door may cause an ox
; plosion.
i A lamp may ho taken up quiokly from
| a table or mantel ami instantly exploded,
j A lamp is taken into an entry whore
| there is a draft, or out of doors, urn) an
! explosion en.suos.
! A lighted lamp is taken up a flight of
stairs, or is raised quickly to place it on
the mantel, resulting in an explosion. In
' these cases tho mischief is done by tho
j air movement, either by suddealy check
j ing the draft or forcing air down the
| chimney against tho flame.
; Blowing down tho chimney to extin
! guish the light is a frequent cause of ex
j plosion.
Lamp explosions iiave been caused by
j using*a chimney broken off at the top, or
j one that has a piece broken out, whereby
; the draft is variable and tho flame un
i steady.
Somerimcs a thoughtless person puts a
; small wick into a large burner, thus leav
| ing con idur JMe space along the edges of
! the wick. An old burner, with its air
draft clogged up, which rightfully should
i he thru , a away, is sometimes continued
| in n. c, and the final rc.-ultu is an ex
plosion.
An amusing incident occurred recently
at a church its Connecticut. The clergy
man desired to call the attention of the
congregation to the fact that it being the
last Sunday of the niontb he would ad
minister the rite of baptism to children.'
Previous to Ids having entered the pulpit
he had received from one of the elders,
who, by the way, was quite deaf, a notice
to the effect that as the children would be
present that afternoon and ho had tho
now Sunday school books ready for distri
bution, he would have them there to sejl
to all who desired them. After tho scr-
I vice the clergyman began the notice of
j baptismal service, thu : “All of those
having children and desiring to have
them baptized will bring I hum this after
noon." At this point the deaf elder, hear
ing tho mention of children, supposed it
was something in inference to his books,
and rising, said: “And all of those hav
ing none and desiring them, will he sup
plied by mo fur the sum of twenty live
cents each.”
Of all the love affairs in the world,
none can surpass the true love of the big
I hoy for his mother. It is a pure love
| and noble, honorable iri the highest de
gree to both. J, do not mean merely a
I dutiful affection. I moan a love which
! makes a hoy gallant and courteous to iij:
mother, saying to everybody that ho is
i fairly in love with her. Next to thu love
| of a husband, nothing so crowns a wo
-1 man’s life with honors as this second love
! this devotion of her son to her. And I
j never yet knew ahoy “turnout" had who
! began by falling in love with bis mother.
; Any man may fall in love with a freah-
I faced girl, and the man who is gallant
! with the girl may cruelly neglect thu worn
and weary wife. But the hoy who is a
lover to Iris mother, in her middle, age,
! is a true knight who will love his wife as
| much in the sere-leafed autumn as he
did in the daisied spring lime.
Last week while Mr. George Pearsal,
of ('oe township ltouk Island county,
lowa, wan boring for coal • u his farm in
Ia ravine, the surface of which is probably
ion or twelve lee* higher (ban Bosk river,
I and when down seventy feet they heard a
; heavy rumbling noise, immediately bil
lowed a heavy rush of water fnmi below
filling ix inch tube which raised the drill
■ ing machinery weighing some seven
i hundred pounds, up tunny feet. On
: moving the drilling aparutus a. volume of
I water tv.;-, thrown into ilia air perhaps
tw< sty feet and yet continues to rise seven
or eight feet when it spreads out into jets
libi ,in artificial fountain, it is estimated
: that it discharges a barrel of water per
: minute. The water is pure and cold. A
stone thrown into the tubs it immediately
hurled back into thu air as is a rail when
‘ forced down into it. '.lbis subteriancan
lake or river must hr; some sixty feet be
; low the bed of Rock river. From whence
it comes or where it goes or if'it is a pent
up la I, i fed by spring , or an underground
river i- unknown.
For shampooing.- Dissolve one tea
spoanful of borax in a cup of hot water;
apply the liquid to the scalp until a good
i Hher is product: then rinse with wrm
water, until thu lmir leu!.- -oft and natural;
if desired, a cold water rinse may ha taken
at the Inst: wipe the hair dry and let it
bang loosely aliout thu shoulders to get
the air through.
Brief, But Romantic,
Ton year* ago a young man passed
through Montloollo, Ivy,, and wan noticed
by a young girl at tho window of tho moat
arlstooratto house In town. Bho fell in
love with him at first sight. Him had
wealth, culture and beauty, Ho was
poor, ami was thou on his way to souk a
fortune as aoattlo honlur in Toxun, After
many ups and downs lm. found him self
■ tho ow nor of a silver mitio in New Mexico.
Tho girl bloomed into a rare ami beautiful
woman, with literary ability, and became
U contributor to tho Apostolic Times, She
learned wlm tho unoonsulous object of hor
affection was, and corresponded through
out tho ton years, Shu never wrote a
word of her personal attractions or family
nor did ho ever speak of his good fortune,
A few weeks ngo ho wrote her proposing
marriage, and soon followed his his letter
to her Kentucky homo, whore ho saw her
for tho first time. Recently they wore
married, and Miss Aimio Berry, that was,
learned on reaching Silver City, that hor
husband, it. 11. Motutlf, was tho greatest
capitalist in NowMoxieo.
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How Women Vote.
Describing an election oP school trus
tees in Denvor, Col., on the 17th ult., the
News of that city says: Three hundred
and twenty-throe votes wore cast by wo
mon, and some laughable incidents oc
curred during tho (biy. The married la
dies almost invariably gave their hus
band’s initials, and one of them wanted
to vote for her husband, “who couldn't
come,” she said. Several ladies in giving
their names added very earnestly that
they didn’t want to “go into the papers.”
Only one vote was challenged—that a
young miss ot eighteen, who knew she
was old enough to marry and thought sho
was old enough to vote. Everything
passed off pleasantly enough, hut there
Was a little quiet indignation at the at
tempt to run in an opposition ticket by
bidding for the suffrage votes, and the
women could have damaged their cause
materially if they had suffered them
selves to he led away captive by tho
scheme. Fortunately, they did themselves
the credit of voting according to their
judgment- not their prejudices- -and thus
demonstrated tho fact that they may be
safely intrusted with the ballot.
A Case of Spontaneous Combustion.
A most horrible and sickening death
occurred in Kernan’s saloon, in the hack
yard of the City Hull, at a quarter past
ten o'clock this morning, being, no loss
than the spontaneous combustion ol a
human body. Tho victim was a man who
his not been more than a month in the
city, hut during that. time had been
frequently arrested for drunkenness. He
wandered about alone, seemingly dement
ed, occupying his whole time in drinking
(lie vile poison of the city front and Bar
bary (’oust dens. lie lias twice been
treated by Dr. Striven for delirium
tremens, and was this morning discharged
after a longer time than usual. With a
; eemingly insane desire for drink, he con
tinued from thirty minutes past 7 o’clock
drinking steadily at the various bars in
the vicinity, and the large size of each
potation promised to speedily send him
hack to the hospital. About the rime
mentioned he staggered into the room
nearly insensible, and feebly asked for a
drink. This was refused him, and he
staggered toward the gas jet to. light the
stump of a cigar lie carried, while the bar
keener turned away to attend to his
duties. A moment afterward he heard a
low in -an and noticed a flu.- h of fire, and
turning around he saw Harley falling to
the floor his head enveloped in black,
thick smoko, while flames issued from his.
mouth and ears. A horrible smell of
burned fle.-h filled the air. Not a moment
was lost in at tending to the sufferer. He
was beyond relief, however. His face was
perfectly black, paitly charred and partly
covered with a moist soot. His eyes were
open. His mouth was completely roasted
oil the inside, but, with the exception of
his head and hands, no part of his body
bore marks of his horrible death. A
letter found is his pocket, addressed to
M. Harley or Hartley, funiiriies.tho only
clue to his identity. San, Francisco Post.
Havoc Among the Hoes.
Mr. Dodge, the statistician of tho De
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
report as the result of all investigation of
losses from diseases of swine during tho
pet, twelve months the destruction of
4,0ut),000 animals of all ages, a money
loss of moil) than $20,000,000. One fifth.
~f tiii; rep-u ted loss occur in tin: State < f
Illinois. .Next in prominence ar*• lowa,
Missouri arid Indiana, which together lose
$10,000,000. Florida, Alabama, Missis
sippi and Louisiana hive nearly as large
a percentage of In s in number, aggre
gating in value i1,500,000.. Reported
los esare very small in New England and
the country bordering on the great lake
and i, ho F: eific Coast. Of the real lining
di-.triei* West Virginia comes .nearest
ry. -million and Ohio and Atlantic coast
, ; stun . Letter then the alluvial dis
trict Tli up; irent 1 is equivalent to
one-third of' the .-urn ot the. exports of
pork products last y:-r. It is somewhat
>• i a : cr th u usual eliciting demands from
cone.,pond jots for a competent .scientific
investigation by the government.
“I . it no; time thut. you paid mo that
five dollars?" said a farmer to his neigh
bor. “Tain’t due,” was tin; reply. “But"
-aid the bonier., ".you promised to pay
when you got hack from New York."
“i\ ell. I I,um't been,” was the reply.
NUMBER 25.
Gems of Thought.
A full purso ncyor lacks frionds.
Time 1h tho herald of truth.
Think of ease, but work on.
A man that breaks his word, bids others
bo falsa to him.
It is vain to learn wisdom, and yot livo
foolishly.
Every man may be groat in something.
A young man idle is nn old man needy.
To bo always idle, is to bo always mis
erable.
Everything good is always great.
Wo should mako a sorious study of
past time.
A fool always finds a greater fool to ad
mirs him.
Ho that helps the wicked, hurts the
good.
The more wit a man has, the less cour
age lie possesses.
If you would be happy, make others
happy.
Always study to show others how to
avoid misery.
The retnembranoe of a well spent life
is sweet.
The easiest way to dignity is humility.
The study of vain things, is laborious
idleness.
The moment a man is satisfied with
himself, everybody elso is dissatisfied
with him.
'I here nro many shining qualities in
the mind uf mail, hut none bo useful as
discretion.
If wo do not flatter ourselves the flat
tery ol others will not hurt us.
The man who minds his own business
has a good, steady employment.
Never apologise for a long letter; you
only add to its length.
Retiring early at night will surely
shorten a man’s days.
lie speaks in his drink what he thought
in his drouth.
True men make more opportunities
than they find.
An angry man opens his mouth and?
shuts his eyes,
Mrs Mary Livermor speaking: “In
lowa I saw a law sign, ‘Foster & Foster.’
It meant Mr. and Mrs. Foster. They
attended the same law school; became at
tached, became partners for life. The
man looked up the cases; the woman
pleaded them before the court and jury.
In a certain difficult easo where a woman
was concerned he doubted bistability to
do it justice and carried it to his wife and
she proved it to be a case of insanity.' ' t
An excellent o'ntment for sore, burnod,
scratched or chapped hands is made in
the following manner: I’ut three drops
i.f camphor gum, three of white beeswax
three of spermaceti, two ounces of olive
oil, in a cup on the stove, when they will
smelt slowly in a lew minutes and unite,
forming a white ointment. Anoint the
hands ongoing to bed, and put on a pair
of gloves. A day or two will suffice to
heal.
If your purse does not allow you to buy
books, read men, study women, and take
lessons from children —without musical
instruments, you may play upon the peo
ple; if.you arc lame, you may run for con
gress; without tceih, you can backbite
your neighbors; il totally blind, you can
see as far into a millstone as other people;
if as deaf as a post, you will know as
much of lost Sunday’s sermon, a week
lienee, as the rest of the congregation.
There was a little gathering the other
evening, and a lady, with the desire to
chasten the conversation, asked a young
man if he had never felt a deep and subtle
thrill, a fullness of feeling, so to speak,
that reminded him of another life, lie
said he hail oneo. It was when he was
in die country, and the doctor called it
cholera morbus, and charged him $4 a
visit.
California is rejoicing over an orange
grown by Mrs. Brewster, of Paradise
valley, which, whi'e growing, had to be
suspended in a net bag, in which it is yet
shown. The two circumferences, cutting
each other at right angles, measure re
spectively •-■l] inches arid 23| inches,
while the weight, is 45 pounds.
The Rev. Dr. Henson, one of Philadel
phia’. most popular Baptist ministers,
sometimes lectures. The subject of one
of hi. best lectures was on “Fools.” On
a recent occasion the tickets were printed,
“I, eture on Fooln —Admit One,’’ and
the house was full.
The poet who wanted to boa granger
an ■ wrote “iiencath tho fall ’1 omato
Tree I’d .Swing the Glittering Hoe,” was
not so badly informed as he .seemed- Mr.
Scott, of Los Autoios, (Ja!., has a tomato
vi..o twenty-live loot high.
An Irishman has defined nothing to bo
‘•a: .less stocking without legs.” A de
scription by an the:* Kmuralder is better.
“What is nothing.''” he asked. “Shut
your eyes and you I) see it, said Fat,