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NEW 8 IN BRIEF.
American clocks soli well in China.
Corsicana, Texas, lias 65 houses to let.
A Kentuckian killed 096 squirrels in
March.
During June 297 dogs wore killed in
Paducah, Ky.
A colored college is to ho started in
Cahawba, Ala.
North Carolina's dried fruit this year
will be worth $400,000.
One Kentuckian has IS children, all
living under his roof.
The bridge across the Mississippi at St.
Louis cost $11,573,000.
This year's lumber business in Alabama
will amount to $6,000,000.
From Denison. Texas, 500 boxes of
pouches arc shipped daily.
Three boys were hung in Canton, Ohio,
on the 26th ult.. for murder.
Counterfeit $H 0 bills on the Exchange
National Bank of Baltimore are in cir
culation.
In one neighborhood in Carroll county.
Miss., 30 nrad dogs were lately killed in
one day.
In Lewisport. Kentucky, all the sir!-
over six vears old wear long dresses, and
go with the hoys.
Immense fields of ice arc reported as
nreventing vessels from -ailo'e- north of
92° in the Atlantic, orean.
An axcursion party left Chattanooga
for Niagara Falls on the 29th ult. On
the 13th another started for Texas.
Dr. II V Tanner, of Milwaukee, pro
poses to fat 40 days He began the trial
on the 26th ult., in New York City.
Victoria’s hand of In ban*, who were
lately chased across (be frontier bv l tilted
State, troops, arc p'undcring the Mex
icans.
The steamer Seawhanoka took fire on
the 28th tilt., near New York City. There
were 500 persons on board, 50 of whom
were lost.
The Chicago AVies speaks of n woman
who swallowed six ounces nf morphine,
intending to kill herself but the doc’or
gave her on emetic.
More wheat and corn were received at
Montreal from tbe we: t during the wee'
ending -June 29th (ban during any
previous week on record.
In a ease growing out of tbe railroad
riots at Pittsburg a year or two ago. it
bus been decided that the e ur ty i not
responsible for property destroys '.
During the 24 hours ending at nrnn of
the Ist, there were 187 deaths in New
York, 79 caused directly by beat. and",
caused indirectly by the same agetit.
Tbe break in tbe levee ;1 ] • gthe Mi-- -
gippi river in Hancock county lias sub
merged "00.009 acres of land, caused a
loss of #1.000,000, and cost the lives of
three persons.
Dr. \v. D. Semple, of D-iv'un, Ohio,
fried to drown bin self 1 n the 2.ih ult-
He was rescued and sent to tbe work
house, but bung him.-elf on flic ,9th.
When found ho was dead.
Rome Texans have put dams in the ltio
Qrande, near Brownsville, on the Ameri
can side. The Mexican* ore excited
thinking that the increased current on the
Mexican side will do damage.
In Elkhart, Indiana, on the 27th ult.,
George Elliott shot Mamie Darcy, hi
affianced, and killed himself. Her offense
consisted in having walked with a young
man that evening. Slie may recover.
A committee was appointed to examine
the accounts of Willians, treasurer
of Rochester, N. Y. This drovo him
crazy, and he committed suicide His
accounts were found to be all correct.
A Chicago n an, upon the marriage of
, his son Patrick, told him he could have a
certain house to live in. Patrick moved
the house to another lot, his own property,
and the father had him arrested for
larceny.
In Walker county. Texas, on the 24th
of July, 1875. L. B. .!• nes, alias Carter,
rode up to the house of W K. Spald ng,
talked to him for a while i:i a friendly
manner, turned to leave and Hid him
dead. On the 2d he was hanged.
In Darlington. S. C., on the 29th ult.,
Eugenie Bristow and Jane Dam quarreled
about a man. Eugenie had Jane down
and was choking her, when Jane pushed
her backward, and in falling sbe struck
her head against a table which broke her
skull.
Major "R. t. Lawrence,inspector of the
Texas & Pacific railroad, arid his party,
suffered terribly from want of water, but
finally reached the Pecos river. Rome
killed animals and drank their blood,
others stripped themselves naked, and
ethers were nearly blind.
D. P. Nowell, of Chicago, reasoned
himself into the belief ti at a leaden life
preserver would be more effective than
one made of cork, and jumped fi m a
steamboat on Lake Michigan. He left a
letter for his wife sayir.-v that he expected
to float back , town and sc:; hi- invention
for sl' "•>.
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VOL VII.
THE OOT.DKH SUU!.
Then' in many a rcat on tbe road of life,
If we only would stop to take it;
And many a to no from the bettor bind,
If the querulous heart would wake it.
To thr sunny soul that in full of boyo.
And whoso beautiful trust nii’er fail- th.
The grass is gtvon and the flowers are bright
Though tin* wintry storm prevaileth.
Bettor to hope, though tho clouds hang low, ;
And to keep the eyes a? ill lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through j
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never a night without a day,
Nor an evening without a morning;
And the dark, st hour, the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There's many a gem in the path of life.
Which wo pass in our idle pleasure.
That Is richer far than the jeweled Town,
Or the miner’s ln> -rded treasure;
It may be the love of a little child,
Or a mother s prayer to heaven.
Or only n beggar’s grateful thanks
For a t up ml water given.
Bettor to weave in the web ot life,
A bright and golden tilling.
And to do God's will with u ready h* art,
And hands that are swift and willing.
Than to snap the delicate silver threads
Of our curious lives asunder,
V*d then blame heaven for the tangled ends.
And sit to grieve and wonder.
- Mm. M. A. KM tier.
THE PIG S PENNY.
It was the pig did it.
The bigger that pig grew, the more he
squealed, mul the less be seemed to like
his pen.
Ben knew it, but for *ll aliat he wondered
how it eam.e to pass that he should find
that pig in the village street, half way
down to the lavt in.
“Out of ilie pen into the ham-yard,
and out of that into the street when the
gate was open. Wen t l have a time
getting him home!'’
There was little doubt of that, for the
pig felt that it was his duly to root as he
wen*, and lie icluscd to M.k quietly past
any good opporli nity to thrust his snub
nose into something.
Bon worked, and so did llie pig.
“ Hello! What’s that?”
I’li ■ pig had tui in and up a clod of earth
With someihi; g sticking on to it. Ben
sprang lenvard to piek it up.
“It’s a cent!”
It was round; it was made of copper;
it was a coin of some kind, hut it was
black and grimy, and lb n ru'-bed hard to
o' can it.
"1 n n r saw a ci n! like that before. I
can’t even read what it says on it.
“Wliai have you found now, Ben, my
u< y i
'‘Guess it,’,- a kii dof a cent. The pig
found il,”
AI! the village lays knew old Squire
Burehnrd, only they were 1 ad ul’rnid of
him. It was mill be could read almost
any kind of l k, and that was a wonder
ful sort of n an lor any mao to 1 e.
“ 1 lie pig lutied it .' I declare! 1 guess
I’ll have to buy it of you."
“Don’t you s’pisc it’ll pass? ’
“Well, yes, it might; but it’ll only buy
a cent’s worth. I'll give you more than
that for it.”
“(Lung tom it it - vi r and make anew
One?
“No, Ben, not tobad as that. I’ll koop
il to look at. It’s a very old Gorman
coin, and I in what limy cilia numisma
tist.”
‘'Eumisnmtic? — I know; it’sa good deal
like what father says he has sometimes.
GrP into bis Lack and legs.
“Not quite, Ben; but it, makes uie
gather up old coins, and put them iri a
glass ease, and look at them.
“Father’s is woiso’ii that; it takes him
bad in rainy weather.”
“Well, Ben, I’ll give the pig or you,
just as you say, a quarter of a dollar for
that cent."
Ben’s eyes fairly danced, but all ho
could manage to say was:
“Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Guess I
will.”
“There it is. It’s anew one. I don’t
care much fur new ones. \Y hat 11 you do
with it?”
8.-n hesitated only Cor u moment, for
In- was turning the quarter over and over,
and thinking of just the answer to the
squires question.
“It’s a puppy, sir. Mrs. Malone aid 1
might have it for a quarter, arid father
said I couldn’t buy it unless I found tiro
money.”
‘ It'll be the pig’s puppy then. All right;
but you can’t make pork of him.”
r i he pig was driven home in a good deal
of hurry, without another chance being
given him to root for old coins; and when
Ben’s father came in from the coin field
that night, there was Ben ready to meet
him with the puppy.”
“Got him, have you?”
Ben had to explain twice about the old
cent and i he squire.
“Oh, the pig did it. Well, Ben, I
don't see what we want of another dog';
though that is a real pretty one. Too many
dogs in the village, anyhow.”
The next day Ben'.- father went to
town with a load ot wh. at, and Ben went
with him.
He had not owned that puppy long
enough to lee I like leaving him at home,
so tin little lump of funny black curls
and clumsiness had to go to town with
him.
Ben's father was in the store, .-eiiing
Lis wheat, and Ben was sitting on top of
the loud in the wagon, when a carriage
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1880.
with a Lely iu it was pulled up in tho street,
beside it.
“Is that your puppy, my hoy?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Will you sell it? I want one for my
little hoy.”
"It’s a real nice puppy — ”
“What will you sell him for?"
Ben did not feel at all like parting !
with his new pet, but he knew very well j
what his lather thought of it. Still, it j
might save his puppy to ask a tremoudous
price for it.
“I’ll take five dollars, tua’am.”
“Bring him to me, then. It’sjustsuch
a dog us l thought of buying."
It seemed to Ben a good deal as if he
wore dreaming; hut lie did as lie was told, :
and climbed Lack to bis perch on the j
heaped-up bags of wheat to wait fur his ;
father.
it was nut long before he sold hiswheat
and came out.
“Why, Ben, where is your puppy?”
“There be is, father.”
" A by, if that ain't a five-dollar bill I
You don't sy sol”
Ben explained, and added:
“The pig did it, father.’’
“Well, yes, the pig did it. It just
beats me, though.”
“He won’t know what to do with a #5
bill.”
Nor you, either. But soon a- 1 can
throw off this load we must drive up
to town. The eis to be a horse auc
tion,
Ben knew what that meant, for his
father knew *ll about hor-es, and was ail
the while buying anil selling them. Bo
it was rot long before the wagon wa g
empty, and Ben and his lather made
their way to where the horses were to be
sold.
“There's a good many of 'em,” Ben’s
father said, “hut the whole lot isn’t worth
much. 1 guess there isn't anything here
1 want.”
Nut many people were bidoing lot" the
horses, and they were indeed a poor lot;
hut pretty soon n gray horse was led cut
that limped badly, and was us thin as il
he had been led on wind. One man
bill one dollar for him, and another bid
two, and there was a good deal of Inn
made about him; but Ben’s father bad
very quietly slipped down from the
wagon and taken a very careful look at. the
horse.
l.r all that, lb n w, s a little *ur| ri-e !
when Hi" auctioneer's hammer fell, and
lit shouted:
“Bold! for five dollars, to — What s
your name, mi-tei'V
“Ben Whittlesey.”
Bui.'s father said that. But it wasn’t
his name. Hi- '.mine was B ibert.
“Ben,” ,-iid his fuller, when he came
back to the wagon, “hand me that fivo
d filar bill. If 1 oungi-t that horse homo,
1 11 euro him in a fwluigh’. There's no
great thing the matter with him.”
There was trouble enough in making
the pour lame animal limp so many miles,
and they gut home, alter dark; but that
was just as well, for nobody saw the new
Imrs", nr had a <:l.;iruu to laugh at h'tn or
his owner.
“It's tin) pig's horse,” said Ben.
Ben’s father was -,s good as his word
about curing the lanicm-s*. and plenty of
outs and bay and good care, did the rest.
The tuan who sold the gray for five dollars
would not have known him ut tho end of
two weeks.
Ii was just two weeks after that that
Ben’s father drove the pig’s burse to town
and tipek iri a buggy, and with a nice new
harness on. He stopped at tho blackmail h’s
shop on his way home, and Mr. Corrigan,
tbe blacksmith, seemed to take a great
fancy for the gray.
“Just the nag 1 want, Mr. Whittlesey;
only I’ve not any ready cash to pay for
him.
“1 don’t sell on credit, you know,”
said Mr. Whittk-.-oy. "Got anything to
t rude?’ ’
"Nothing that 1 know of. Unless you
care to take that vacant lot of mine,
next to the tavern. ’Tisn't doing mo
any good. I had to take it for a debt,
and I’ve paid taxes t o it. these three
years. ’ ’
“Will 'you - wap even?”
“Yes, 1 might as well.”
There was more talk, of course, before
the trade was completed, but i; came out
all right in the end. Before the next day
at noon Mr. Coirignn owned tho h rse,
but the deed of the town lot was made
out in tbe name of Ben Whittlesey, and
not of the pig
“ Father,” said Ben at the tea table,
"mayn't I let that pig out into the road
every day?”
“No, Ben; ult the pigs in the village
could not root up another cent like that
one.”
“He did it.”
“Well, Ben, ht did and ho didn’t.
Do you know how J. got that town lot fur
you?”
"Why, yes. Don’t 1?'
“Not quite. You saw him turn up the
cent, and kne-.v what to do with it; lie
didnt.”
“Yes, father.’
"And Squire Burehard saw the cent,
arid knew what to do with it; you
didn't.’
“Yes, father.’
“And the lady saw your puppy, and
knew what to do with it; you didn't,
nor 1 either. And 1 saw the gray horso,
and knew what to do with him; tho rest
didn’t.’
“But I don't know what to do with tho
pig’s town lot.'
“No, nor Mr. Corrigan didn’t, nor l
either; but the man from town that’s
just bought tho old tavern is going to
build it over new, and wants to buy that
lot to build on. Ben, my hoy, there
isn’t much in this world that’s worth hav
ing unless somebody comes along that
knows what to do with it..’
“Ben!" suddenly exclaimed hisinoiher,
looking out of tho window, “there’s that
pig in the garden.’
j "Jump, Ben,’ said his father. “If ho
! gets into vour patch of musk-melons, lie
j will know just exactly what to do with
thorn.’
Before Ben got tho j i.g out of the gar
den the pig learned that Ben knew ex
actly what to do with a big stick. Har
per's Young I‘itpfr.
UMIEI! Till! 1,9 \V.
Under the law, no census man has a
right to dispute a woman when she gives
her age. Under I lie law lie can elevate
his eyebrows and exclaim: “Did you
ever? ' when a female .supposed to be 45
return- her a 32, but li - must stop right
there. He may wonder to himself where
(>ii earth the giiiiiduiotheisof this country
have suddenly slipped to, but he mustn’t
wonder to you.
Ni ecu-us man lia a legal right to ask
a woman if she is living with her first,
second, or third husband, or whether she
.quarrels mere with the thud than the
first. The law supposes every family to
he living in pence and harmony, and the
United States government never takes
any notice of a family row brought on by
the hired girl being kissed in tho dark.
Under the law, no census taker has any
right to ask a wife how many evenings in
a week her husband is out a 1 ter 11 o'clock,
or what is tho subject of her remark*
when be slips in at tbe side-door. This
great and glorious government lias always
been conducted on the principle that
clubs, lodges and societies were u part of
its foundation. ■
TANARUS) law does not specify that the census
limn shall ask a wife ;f Hie couldn't have
dune lie.ter by waiting for a second offer.
This information - -uipon.-v?! to he choor
fillly volun'eereil, and is f- ;v.ed with a
!,ie red “X" to s!s’.if'y tf '( fib'iel’s belief
that if she hadn’t accepted the offer she did
she would have died an old niui !.
A baby with the measlei counts just as
much hi law ;u- one galloping around hare
footed in the front door-yard. The law
requires tbe census-taker to remark that
your Imiij- i-. tbe bntid.M me.-t one in llie
ward. If be neglects to do so he should
be Called back.
For tin; benefit of wives who do their
own In--: ■■ viu9, and an; ashamed to have
it known, blanks are. furnished with a
heading which run!-; “!■- general!)' In the
habit el Itiepirg four servants, but has
just given her help a vacation."
The law in also very gem rou. iu another
matter. The eensii--taker may legally
inquire who lives next door, but it is sup
posed that most women will fill out and
sign the following: “Family named
Blank; no stylo about'em; he wears a
shabby hat, an ! she never combs her hair
until 3 o’olee.k !’. M.; they Lave a car
riage, but, I don't believe it’s paid for;
they allow their children to throw stones
ut our dog, and permit them to play on
mouth organs; ‘they sav' she has
diamonds, but I don t believe ii; lofs of
callers, but I | resume they were there to
collect hills. 'l’o all of which 1 subscribe
myself,” etc.
ItAIXMAKIiItS.
Fpr.akin.-r of rain makers among our
people and the Greeks; they Lad them in
all the tribes. Many years ago We were
returning borne from a journey, and at
the fork of the Illinois river, seven miles
from town, we found a large gathering of
Creek Indians, those that lived below
Park Hill. They were in gay attire.
Some r f our people were present, who
informed us that they had gathered for
the j urpose of ‘ making it rain." \Ve
halted to sec what next. Two elderly
men retired a short distance, and they
appeared to ho mumbling prayers, wo
presume conjuring is tho name for it, hut
after some time a ftp was mad- on the
bank, when these two conjurors gave an
order, and a young loan jumped into the
river; the river was very deep, and when
he came up he hod a Line catfish in his
hand, which was taken by one of tbe two
old men and tlm wn into the fire. There
was profound stillness while tho fish was
being consumed, There was more mum
bling and other strange ceremonies going
on when wo resumed our journey.— Cher
okee {J. ’J.) Advocate.
-
Key. Samuel Jones closed his series of
meetings in Urffiu on the 2d. Ilia stylo
•of preaching is plain and blunt, and at first
there was some disposition to ridicule
him; but before lie left there was a power
ful revival.
In Konricbunk, Maine, on the 2d, Mrs.
Byivester Chick deliberately held, her
eight years old son under (he water tili he
drowned, ar.d then tried to drown herself.
AS INIAIAN WITH A IirSTOIIY.
On Friday of last week, at the head of
St. Croix River, sumo thirty-five miles
south of Superior City, \Vis., there fell
asleep “Ma-in-ga-sish,” or Little Wolf,
n Chippewa Indian, aged one hundred
and nineteen years and three months.
Deceased was born within a ft-w miles of
the place of his death, in February. 1761,
and was a lad of sixteen years when the
Declaration of Independence was pro
mulgated. But ho never saw Goorgc
Washington and never went to Washing
ton City. His reputation in this latter
respect was above reproach. A year bo
lero his death this antiquated aborigine
renounced his pagan faith and was I ap
tize-j by Father John, a Catlioho Mis
sionary priest stationed at Bayfield, V\ is
oonsin.
In his wigwam, at the time of hi.
death, five generations wero present, to
wit: Himself, his daughter, a grand child,
a great • ramlehild, and •. great-great
• rand hild. Rueli family reunions have
In ii extremely rare in the history of
most of our rcadfars. Little Wolf had
smoked lor upwards of a century, and
previous to hi- oonvi rsior. a year ago had
imbibed whisky whenover opportunity
offered. But for these excesses he might
still be alive. The day before, his death
be cut tol>aieo from a plug, and mixing
it with killiekii uie filled his pipe and
enjoyed his last smoko. Ha returned his
memory and a 1 urge portion of his teeth
to the last, lot bis eyesight had been
almost entirely lost. Stillwater (Minn.)
Messenger.
A V KIYAItI M SKA UHU'ORN.
A curious crowd gathered about tho U.
S. Customs Appraiser, on tho Pacific
Mail dock yesterday afternoon to witness
the opening and examination of a case
brought on the City of Tokio and said to
contain tho preserved remains of u verit
able *'S a Unicorn." This is the first ol
the species, it is said, ever caught. As
the Ir i; hi clerk of tho Tokio, in whose
xdntrge it came, informed a Chronicle re
porter, it was captured alive by means of
a net in tho hands of some fishermen
near Caj e Hagami', but died soon after it
was taken.
Thu hid wa stuffed and carefully pre
served by a skillful taxidermist, and,
as it v is shown in the boxing ease, fully
mounted for exhi' ition, L presented a
very life-like, and i si-u .ugly unique
nppes i,- nee The body is o! the size of a
so i \ dii-r :.ud covered wiHi i calcs about
an ine! ’i.*;i-r, v,a,’li tufts of rtddi.-,)r
t rown Lair about the hoofs, which iv
somblu ihose of a deer or gnat.
The tail is straight and tufted, like that
of a cow, while the snout is enlarged ut
the end, like that of a swine, and tho
month shows formidable tusks protruding
on either side. From the center of the
face projects a single horn, not more
than six inches in length, and loss than an
inu!i in diameter, which curves upward
s'ighty, This is the distinguishing
feature of the unicorn. In addition,
lhere ore two long feelers, nr tentacles,
one on each sido of the mouth, re-
MiUikling somewhat those on a horned
in-out.
The hair upon the reek is longer than
elsewhere, of the same reddish color, and
has the appearance of a short mane.
Tho fishermen related that this animal
wan soir(times seen upon tho shore of tho
island, and (hut he made a musical noise,
which gave the name of “the singing
uni: ii n,” and -Dint: of the more credulous
islanders had taken hi* note*, heard
faintly in the distance, for those of unnsi
ea| me: maids. It is apparent that this
i a very different spec es from the nar
whal of the Arctic Seas, widt h is popu
larly called sea unicorn.
it i described in the hooks as a power
ful animal, from ten to sixteen feet in
length, with a blow hole on the top of
bis head, and a single spiral horn or
tusk of solid ivory five or six feet in
lengt !i.
A naturalist, describing this specimen
calks it the “tnonocerous,” width is said
to be still extant in the recesses of tho
jungle.-, in Central Africa and Asia; but
this is the first one brought to light and
comes from the Linsehotton Islands, be
tween tbe Locchoo and Kiu.siu, in tbe
Japanese Archipelago. It was shipped
at Hong Kong, and will undoubtedly
create a furor, he thinks, umongsavans.—
San Francisco Chronicle.
TUB J-AItlS ABATTOIR.
The slaughterhouses of Fa::- are
located at La Villetto, on tho outskirts of
the city, and form together with a police
station, toleginp'i office, banacks for a
small force of troops stationed there, and
other buildings, a town of very respectable
size. 'J he buildings, which are ol stone,
wore constructed in tho most thorou .h
manner by the city under government
authority. Tho premises are enclosed Ly
a high stone wall, and the grounds are
divided into regular rectangles by four
avenues, intersected by four stroete.
Through each building runs a scries ol
eours, covered with glass ccilin;', and In
these eours the slaughtering i. and me, the
animals ! • ing dressed on wooden frames
placed at regular intervals or, each ride
ot the cour. A peculiar feature of the !
!„;. j: - is that of blow ng up the earca* s j
as soon as tbe head and logs- are out off.
The body being placed on the dressing
frame, an incision is made in the breast
near the neck, and the nozzle ol a bellows
inserted. A man works the bellows for
about fillcen minutes, until tin whole
carcass is swollen out like a small balloon.
The reasons given for this are that it
lira' 1 S tbe meat look better, more plump,
than it otherwise would, and that it di
al les tlm one who skins the carcass to
tot tin hide off quicker e.nd easier,
without injuring it. AH bullocks, calves,
sheep, oto., slaughtered in these estab
lishments are blown up in this manner.
Pig butchery in Paris is also conducted
upon a novel plan. The pigs are taken
into a large r mud house, ha ing a cupola
in the roof to let off the smoko, the floor
being divided into triangular don*. A
do* -u or so of pigs are driven into each
den at a time, a butcher passes along and
strikes each one on the head with, a
mallett. After being bled, the defunct
porkers are carried to tko side of tho room
and afrrfngcd methodically in a row.
They arc then ooven-wwith straw, which
is set on fire and tho stout bristles quiet ly
burned off. After a thorough scorching
the t igs are curried into the dressing
room, hung tip on hooks, and scraped by
mean <>!’ .- sort of drawing knife, handled
by a skillful operator, who performs his
work at the rate of about one pig a
minute. Haris J itter.
iu; will. COMB AGAIN.
A Colorado miner, aged 30, who wore
rough e!"t he;", but had an honest face,
arrived in Chicago recently, deposited
$50,000 in a hank, and took a room in a
fa: loanable hotel, where there was a
society belle: I enutiful, accomplished arid
refined, lie went to tho proprietor ol
the hot."! an 1 asked tko favor of an in
troduction to the lady. ‘Toll her,” said
ho, “that I may he rough-looking and
badly dressed, but I’re traveled a good
deal, and 1 know what’s what. I've got
thneash, and my intentions are honorable.
Tell her to get ready in a week, if possible,
and to draw on me for any amount she
wants to. But she must get ready in a
week. Tell her that 1 mean business.
Tliore aie not many ladies out where 1
live, but. I rather guess 1 can make her
happy.”
r l lie message was oarried to the young
lady who returned an unfavorable lepl,
to the eccentric suitor. He w-;.: somewhat
disheartened, 1 ut far from koine crushed.
He felt quite sure that his personal ap
pearance must have found favor in her
eyes, i’erhaps she did not believe he
had the “dust.” Well, she should see.
He offered to send up to her his hank
book, showing that lie actually had on
deposit at the First National bank the
sum of $50,000. She would have nothing
to do with him or his bank book. r l here
was what he looked upon i;s a las* plan,
only to he resorted to m a desperate con -
tinguiiey, and that was to *<*o her father
and obtain his aid in winning the daughter,
lb; did so, but instead of asking her band
he simply requested tbe privilege of cor.
responding with her for a few months,
“with u view to matrimony..” The father
referred the matter to the daughter, but
she laughingly refused to grant even this
boon. The victim of unrequited affection
took bis departure for Colorado, with the
promise ol returning within a year and
once more t- yitie bis fortuno.— Pittsburg
l ‘out.
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Turkey is in a very unquiet state. Dis
turbances between the Mahometan and
Christian subject* are frequent. The
signers of the treatynf Berlin have eon
eluded the business for which they lately
met. They have < stahliHiod anew
boundary between Turkey and Greece,
have provided for freedom of worship iri
i he territory ceded to Greece, which con
tains 390 square miles arid 400,000 in
habitants, and for compensation to
Mahometans who wish to emigrate, ana
have settled what part of the Turkish
debt Greece mu.-.t pay. Turkey, it is
intimated, will avoid compliance, if pos
sibie.
Reach borers uro not in the rool
proper so much as in the trunk just at or
below the surface. Tho borer- already in
the tree will come out in June and lay
eggs for anew crop unless you dig them
out or kill them by the use of a wire. To
previ nt their attacks another year, bind
tho lower part of the trunk with stiff'
paper, tho lower edge of which should be
below tbe surface, and tbe upper edge
a loot above; or make u mound of earili
a foot high around the buse. A few may
possibly find an entrance under the paper,
but they are easily discovered and killed.
Tho British government had decided to
depose Yakoob Khan, ameer of Cahul,
and to put Abdurrah Khan in his place,
believing that be can maintain peace, and
that he will he friend y to England. Late
events have made the government enter
tain doubts on both these points, and a
settlement ol the question is delayed.
The Maud Mullers in tableaux all want
to wear pretty dr- .-.- es and fancy stockings
and shoes, forgetting that it was Maud’s
“feet so hare and tattered gown” that
made a point on the judge.
I'nei 1.1 AKU’iK.-s ev iibkat hen.
It is interesting to note the eccentrici
ties of- tuon, a few of which I givo
you:
Sir Walter Boh fall, in hi best days,
Imd great lov • iiu- show; w hen lie appeared
al -u-.il t he v re ,-ix thousand dollars’
worth of diamonds on bo, shoos; his armor
was o! solid silver, and hist sword-hilt was
studded with precious stones of incalcu
lable value.
NO. 25.
Schiller thought that the odor of decay
ing apples aided him in his writing.
Goethe called on Schiller one day, and,
not finding him at. home, rated himself
at his friend’s table to note down various
matters. Jlo was soon seized with a
strange indisposition, from which ho
nearly tainted; but finding it proceeded
Ii in an unpleasant odor, ho traced it to
t drawer, which ho found full of decay
ing apples, lie stepped out of the room
to inhale tho fresh air, when ho met tho
wife of Schiller, whosaid her husband kept
the drawer always filled with rotten apples
because the scent was so beneficial to
him that ho could net think or work with
out it.
The groat philosopher, Descartes, lmd
a pa- i >n lor wigs, and Sir Richard Steele
would .‘oiuetiiucs spend forty guieas on a
black peruke. Goldsmith's peach-colored
coat is imimt tal. According to Dr. John
son, Dope had such a high opinion of
liimsol! as to think he was one of tho
pivots of tho world. Napoleon I. prided
himself on tho smallness of his hands
and feet. Sir Walter Scott was prouder
of being sheriff of Selkirkshire than
author of “Waverly. ”
Kotzebue was so vain and envious that
lie could not tolerate any celebrated per
sonage near him, even when represented
by a portrait or a statue.
Lord Byron was vain to excess—vain of
hisgeaius, rank, mi- mthiopy, and even
his vieos.
Spirm/a took particular delight in see
ing spiders fight.
Count do (jrsmmont onoo found Car
dinal Richelieu jumping with hisscrvaut,
to sec who could jump tho highest.
Salvator Rosa often played in im
promptu comedies, and traversed the
streets oi Jiomo dressed as a mounte
bank.
Antonio Msgliubecehi, librarian of tho
finind Duke of Tuscany, was land of
•spiders, and had I,is room tilled with
them; no one was allowed to disturb
them.
Cuwpcr I red rabbits and made bird
cages.
Dr. Johnson’s pet was a eat. Wind,
the t- wiss painter, hud several eats; one
would sit on his shoulder vi Idle he paiutcdi
tloethe hail u pet adder, but hold dogs in
avetsion.
Samuel Clarke used to jump over tables
and chairs. Once, seeing a pedantio
fellow, he said:
“Now we must desist, for a fool is
coming in.”
M 'tidelssohn loved to it at his window
and count tiles on the roof opposite.
Thompson delighted to saunter in his
garden und oat ripe peaches off the
trellises, with bis hands in his pockets;
Cray said ho would like to pass his lilo
lying on a sola, reading French novels.
Oliver (,'rouiWell played blind man’s
buff with his attendants.
Beethoven loved to paddle in cold
water uud carried his passion so Ihr that
the floor of his room was flooded, and
the water, filtered through to tho lower
stories.
Lamartine, in the morning, would
scamper barefoot through tho dowy grass
; f the meadows.
Shelley wa,-> loud of sailing pa per boats.
Coming to a small pond, ho has been
known to take from bis pocket a bank
note, make a Loaf, and place it, on tho
water to let the wind drive it to tho
opposite shore, when he would lake it
out.
l'orkiugton is a man of decision. Tho
other day upon reaching homo ho was
met by hi dearest Maria with the har
rowing tale of Bridget the cook’s keresino
disaster. “Oh, John!” she began, “wo
have had such a terrible time! Bridget
tried lo hurry up the fire—poured kero
sine on it—blew up -burnt her to death
—oh! uh! oh!” I’erkington is a wonder
ful man, a man for emergency. 11c re
plied, as man not used to being thwarted
in his purposes:
“Discharge her immediately, Maria;
discharge her immediately. I won't have
such a woman in tho house.
Notice to James A. Garfield —No in
auguration without an election. No
B*7 this year. No“vbming statesmen.’’
No r< turning boards will bo allowed to
defeat the will of the people in 18S0 ns
you did by your one vote on the electoral
commission, upon which you log-rolled
y mrselfto become the willing instrument
of perjured scoundrels like J. Madison
Wells, of ouisiana. —Cleveland Plain*
ilenler.
Over lit) counties were to appoint, on
last Tuesday, delegates to the convention
to nominate State officers, which is to
meet in Atlanta on the 4th of August.
Of course we do not yet know what they
did. Over 70 will hold their mootings on
the 21th inst., as the State committee
recoumetidcd.
J. A. CumeroE was recently arrested
in Denver, Colorado, on a charge of
having broken open the railroad safe in
Eatonton in April, 1878. He has been
traveling in the west since that time, ex
cept a lew days while lie was under
arrest, lie is now in Eatonton, to await
trial.
Oon. Garfield seems to have had his
t'efenoe copyrighted. At any rate his
lopublican frionds are afraid to use it.