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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY' —AT BKLLTON, GA. BY JOHN BL ATS. Terms —sl.ou per annum ; 50 cents for six months; 25cents for three months. Parties away from Bellton are requested to send their names, with such amounts of money as they can spare, from 25c. to JI. In financial circles abroad the fol lowing classification is made of the finan cial condition of three States: Chili is poor, has few debts and pays promptly. Peru, notwithstanding its rich mines, is poor, with a big debt, which it promises to pay’ but never does. Bolivia is also poor, has a large debt, promises nothing and pays less. The eminent journalist, Emile de Gi rardin, speaking “in the name of three millions of illegitimates that exist in France, and to the number of which he dogs not conceal the fact that he be longs,” argues that illegitimacy is an er ror of the law and not a disgrace of the person. He depicts the family of the future thus: First, the mother, a dow ager, and adminstering her own fortune in virtue of the regime of the separation of goods, which is to become the legal regime of France; second, equality of the children before the mother and be fore the law. In order to approach this ideal he thinks the institution of divorce must be introduced, but only as a pro visional means. The country need not be alarmed at the great influx of bills in Congress. Nearly all of them will go quietly to their long sleep in the pigeon holes of the committee rooms. Almost every congressman has a number of constitu ents who think they have a call to take a hand in national legislation. As the ob stinate and unappreciative people will not send these amateur law-makers to congress, they have no resource but to prepare bills embodying their erudite conceptions and send them to “our mem ber,” with a request that he present them. The obliging member complies, but has no further interest in the matter. This is why so many unwise measures are offered. It is a sort of ventilation that does no great harm, while it makes many persons happy. The night before thanksgiving an old couple in Mercury, Massachusetts, were visited by a stranger, whom the mother at last recognized :is herson. More than fifteen years before he was with Cushing in the exploit against the ram Albemare, and never being heard of afterward, was supposed to have been killed. He was struck by a piece of a torpedo, and was taken ashore in the Confederate boats. After his wound was healed he was set at liberty, knowing nothing of his name or home. Finally he took employment with an ex-confederate surgeon, who opened the wound and lifted or trepanned the skull. His condition so improved at the end of a year that his memory re turned and he went home to bis l thanksgiving dinner as though nothing had happened. Official whippings are continued regularly at Newcastle, Delaware, and are regarded as a matter of course by the residents, though strangers are sometimes shocked by the sight. On the last whip ping day five convicted thieves were punished. The first was a German, who was not severely lashed, and he walked away smiling. The next was a miserable tramp, who bore the ordeal without flinching. Two negroes who came next, writhed and muttered under pain of severe blows. The fifth was a boy of fifteen. He was so frightened that it was necessary to force him to the js>st, and at the first blow he desperately freed himself by pulling his hands out of the staples. A handkerchief was used to fasten him, but he g- loose again la-fore the prescribed twenty blows were com pleted and pathetically begged the sheriff not to strike so hard. SOUTHERN NEWS. Six newspapers are published at Bris tol, Tenn. Gold is more plentiful than greenbacks in Augusta, Ga. Columbia, S. C.,“wants to be made a signal service station. Coal from Richmond county, Ga., is soon to be put upon the market. Some negroes in Lowndes county,Ala., have been arrested for counterfeiting sil ver. Atlanta, Ga., will have a fair for the public library next month, to last a week or more. Extra fine lump coal is selling in Knoxville, Tenn., at ten cents per bushel, delivered. Fifty locomotives and over five hun dred cars are in use on the Western & Atlanta railroad. The question that concerns the south ern plantersis: “Shall we see fifteen cent cotton ?” Dallas, Texas, is crowded with negroes on their way to Kansas, who stop there for supplies. Col. Alfred Rhett has been appointed by the governor chief state constable of S mth Carolina. Oranges sell on the streets of Lake City, Fla., at from fifty cent- to one dol lar per hundred. ’ , ThOorth Georgian. VOL. 11. Rockdale county, Ga., has voted in favor of prohibition, and local option is becoming popular in the state. The negroes held a big convention at Forsyth, Ga., Saturday to consider the feasibility of emigrating to Kansas. The state authorities of Texas have sent out detectives to watch how the bell-punch is rung by the saloon-keepers. There arc already fifty-three applicants for the position oi secretary of the de fiartment of agriculture of North Caro ina. California salmon are being extensively distributed in the streams of West Vir ginia by the fish commissioner of that State. McMinville (Tenn.) New Era: The celebrated Ducktown copper mines were sold at public sale a few days since for the sum of $63,000. There were only five deaths at Jack sonville, Fla,, during November, and of tha’. number was a colored woman said to be 125 years old. The peanut crop of Virginia, Tennes see and North Carolina is estimated at about 1,835,000 bushels—an increase of 500,000 bushels over last year. Thirty-live gin houses have been de stroyed by fire this season in Georgia and Alabama, with an estimated loss on machinery and cotton of $50,000. Greenville, 8. C., had a disastrous fire Sunday, destroying the Academy of Musie, valued at $35,000, and other property in the building worth $16,500. The liquor dealers of Galveston, Texas, who were convicted of violating the Sun day law, have lieen hired out under the county convict act at the rate of two dollars and a half per month. Dr. Edtnond Strudwiek, a prominent physician of Hillsboro, N. C., aged sev enty-eight years, accidentally swallowed a few drops of belladonna, and died be fore a remedy could be had. Near Lexington, Va.,n few days since, a farmernatned Gillespie was killed by a negro named Mitchell, who had been at tending his farm. The dispute arose over the division of the crop. The board of aldermen of Richmond, Va., has rejected the council proposition to submit to the voters of that city the question of voting a subscription of $750,- 000 to the proposed James River Valley railroad. The number of Methodist churches in Orange county, Fla., has been increased from seven in 1875, to thirty-live in the present year, an averageof seven churches a year. Other <lenoininathifis have nl-<» largely increased. Nashville American: An average of forty car-loads of freight arrive, here daily over the Evansville railroad. This does not include thirty car-loads of coal, which are received every day from Southern Kentucky. The bell-punch register has come to be regarded in Texas as a mere farce. In Houston one leading saloon which regis tered over 1,300 on the malt register for October, shows only nineteen glasses of beer sold during November. Montgomery Advertiser: Another Ala bama lady has entered the field of histri onics in search of fame ami fortune- Miss Louise Clarke. She has recently read to delighted audiences in Atlanta, and will soon begin a regular tour of the southern cities. Lexington (Va.) Gazette: The police of this place are now dressed in full uni form, in very respect similar to that worn by the Philadelphia police. Their new overcoats were made in Philadel phia by the contractors who supply the police of that city. A prominent agent at Memphis who has kept up with the reaction following! the exodus furnishes statistics showing that 8,000 persons have returned from Texas during the nine days ending Sun day last. A large per cent of this class return to east Tennessee and Virginia. Col. John B. Palmer has resigned the presidency of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta railroad, a position he has held for many years. He will he suc ceeded by Associate Justice Haskell, who retires from the Supreme Court of South Carolina to accept the position. Charleston (S. C.) News: The bill to regulate the sale of patent medicines, now before the general assembly, pro poses to make, it unlawful to sell in this state any medicine the combination of which is unknown, unless an accurate formula of the component parts be at i tached to it. A young lady at Jackson, Tenn., was entertaining a gentleman friend the other evening, when he offered her an insult. She at once drew a pistol, compelled him to knee] on the floor and remain un til her mother cams in and heard the i whole affair, after which she allowed I him to sneak off. Galveston (Tex.) News: A young ! gentleman of this city had the pleasure of eating an oyster that harliored within I its shell eighty-five little pearls. They ' were exhibited at the News office, anti | range in size from a mustard seed to a ' -mall pea. The oyster came with a ship ; ment from Indianola. Nearly one million pounns of leaf to bacco was seized at New Orleans a few days since by revenue officials for an al leged violation of the revenue law, in converting leaf tobacco by hydraulic pressure into a form which is believed by the officials to be manufactured to bacco, and therefore liable to a tax of I sixteen cents per pound. Lynchburg (Va.) News: In a suit i pending in the corporation court between G. and S., it was found necessary to have I the deposition of Mrs. Al.. of Tennessee. ■ A process was accordingly issued to “any I commissioner, justice or notary public” Ito take said deposition. The process BELLTON. BANKS COUNTY, GA„ DECEMBER 25. 1879. ! wa- placed in the hands of a negro con j stable, who made the following return “this witness is sick in bade Chile one w.ike ole.” . Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser: On Friday last the supreme court room was , the scene of an event that has never be fore occurred in our state. On that day resolutions were introduced commemora tive of the death of ex-Chief Justice E. S. Dargan and ex-Associate Justice Ly man Gibbons, both of .Mobile. It has never before occurred that the death of two ex-judges of the supreme court was officially announced on the same day, Dallas (Tex.) Herald ; The Sanctifica tionalists are gathering here again, audit is whispered that they are holding dark lantern meetings. This fact was brought to light by Mr. William Buchanan, a prominent and respectable farmer of Na varro county, coming to the city - in search of his wife, she having preceded with the avowed purpose of joining the band. He is an old man, ami she is rep resented as being a rather young woman. Memphis Ledger: We sold more cot n Thursday than any previous day in the history of Memphis. We have now the largest stock on hand ever held at one time, and our receipts a week ago last Monday were the largest on record. The receipts of the past six weeks are •10,000 bales ahead of last year, and we are close to receipts of year before last, when nothing obstructed the movement of the staple at any time during the sea son. Fourteen years ago a Frenchman named Bess’tt was imprisoned at Rich mond, Vn., for counterfeiting, and soon after made his escape, leaving the coun try. He left a wife in Virginia, who, after mourning his loss for several years, married again and finally married a third limo. Only a few days since Bos set t appeared in his old neighborhood do find his wife living happily with another. She was arrested for bigamy at the in stance of Bossett and is now in jail await ing trial. 11 i —— A Reverse of Fortune. When Robert Stephenson was rcsicl ing in Columbia and on the point of re turning home, he arrived at the port of Cartagena, wearied and waiting for a ship, and while sitting one day in a large, bare, comfortless public room of the miserable hotel at which he put up, he observed two strangers whom he at once perceived to be English. One of the strangers was a tall, gaunt man, shrunken and hollow-looking, shabbily * drossod, and apparently poverty stricken. On making inquiry, ho found it was Trevethick, the builder of the first rail way locomotive! He was returning home from the gold mines of Peru penni less. He had left England in 1816, with powerful steam-engines, intended tor the drainage and working of the Pe ruvian mines. He met with almost a royal reception on his landing at Lima. A guard of honor was appointed to at tend him, ami it was even proposed to erect a statueoi Don Ricardo Trevethick in solid silver. It was given forth in Cornwall that his emoluments amounted to £IOO,OOO a year, and that he was mak ing a gigantic fortune. Great, there fore, was Robert Stephenson’s surprise to find this patent Don Ricardo in the inn at. Cartagena, reduced almost to his last shilling, and unable to proceed farther. II” had indeed realized the truth of the Spanish proverb that “a silver mine brings misery; a gold mine ruin.” He and his friend had lost everything in their journey across the country from Peru. They had forded rivers and wan dered through forests, leaving all their baggage behind them, ami had reached thus far with little more than the * clothes on their backs. Almost the only precious metal saved by Trevethick was n pair of silver spurs, which he took back with him to Cornwall. Robert Stephen son lent him £SO to enable him to reach England; and, though he was afterward heard of as an inventor there, he had no further part in the triumph of the locomotive. Building a Church. Brother Gardner stated that be was in receipt of a personal letter from a col ored man in Indiana, asking the club to contribute financial aid to assist him and four other colored men in building a church. “ I favors de church,” ex plained the president, “but afore I make any contribution to de cause, I want to be sart’in that those five culled men can't do all de prayin’ that am necessary right at home. If dey can’t, and must have a church, will dey pay their pew rent? Dat’s de stick. Some men will clan off' a doc tab’s bill; some will hang off’when dey owe a butcher; oders will walk a mile roun to keep away from the grocery what dey got trusted for a codfish; but de sixty y’ars I has put in on dis ears hev taught me dat de man who am ready to come right down wid pew rent when it am due, hex yet to be born. I know fokscs in dis town who Jiav’ been trablin’ to rds j heaven for de last twenty y’ars, prayin’ : in a voice loud ’null' to shake de i plasterin' down, and yet in debt to the i church for pew rent till dey can’t reckon I up de figgers.” - Deciding a Bet. There was a discussion among a party i of miners, at Leadville, as to physical ef fects of hanging. Mr. Edwards declared I that, on a wager of $5, he would permit his compnnions to draw him up from the bottom of a shaft by a rope tied around his neck. His belief was that, by throwing his head far back the pres sure of the rope would be wholly on the back of his neck, and consequently he would not be choked at all. His calcu lation proved erroneous, for he was nearly dead when he reached the surface, and it was with great difficulty that his life was saved. TR UTII, JUS 7 ICE, LIB ER T F. THE TWO BBIDE*. BY JULIA DORR. Wr two win stand in the shadow hers, To see the bride as she passes by; Ring soft and low. ring loud and clear, Ye chiming bells that swing on high! Look! look! shocoinesl The air grows sweet With the fragrant breath of the orange blooms, And the flowers she treads beneath her feet Die In a flood of rare perfumes I She comes! she comes! The happy belli With their joyous clamor fill the air, While the great organ dies and swells, Soaring to trembling heights of prayer Oh! rare are her robes of silken sheen, And the pearls that gleam on her bosom * raow; But rarer tne grace of her royal mien, Iler hair’s flue gold, and her cheek’s young glow Dainty and fair ns a folded rose, Fresh as a violet dewy sweet, Chaste as a lily, she hardly knows That there are rough paths for other feet. For love hath shielded her: honor kept Watcli beside her by night and day; And evil out from her sight hath crept. Trailing with slow length far away. . Now in her perfect womanhood, In all tho wealth of her matchless charms, Lovely and beautiful, pure and good, She yields herself to her lover’s arms, nark! how the jubilant voices ring! Ix>! an we stand in the shadow here, While far above us the gay bells swing, I catch the gleam of a happy tear! The pageant is over. Come with me To the other side of the town, I pray, Ere tho sun goes down in the darkening sea, And night falls around us, chill and gray. In the dim church porch an hour ago, Wo waited the bride’s fair face to see; Now life has a sadder sight to show, A darker picture for you and me. No need to seek for the shadow here; There are shadows lurking everywhere; These streets in the brightest day are drear, And black im tho blackness of despair. But this is tho house. Take heed, my friend, The stairs are rotten, the way is dim; And up the flights, as we still ascend, Creep stealthy phantoms dark and grim. Enter this chamber. Day by day. Alone in this chill and ghostly room, A child—-a woman- -which is it, pray 7 Despairingly waits for tho hour of doom! A!i! as she wrings her hands so pale, No gloom of a wedding ring you see; There is nothing to tell. You know tho tale— God help her now in her misery I I dare not judge her. I only know That love was to her a sin and a snare, While to the bride of an hour ago It brought all blessings its hands could bear! I only know that to one it came Laden with honor, and joy, and peace: Ito? gifts to the other were woe and shame, And a burning pain that shall never cease I I only know that tl»e soul of one Has been a pearl in a golden case; That of the other a pebble thrown Idly down in a wayside place, Where all day long strange footsteps trod, And the bold, bright sun drank up tho dew! Yet both were women. O righteous God, Thou only c%ust judge between the two! MARIE, THE PAUPER. BY V. BUrONT. During the “ Reign of Terror” in France there were many deeds of daring performed, even by women, and many noble examplesof affection exhibited. The very streets of Faris were deluged with human blood, but near the guillo tine it ran in gushing torrents. One dark morning an unusual number of rhe aristocracy had been marched forth, and countless heads rolled from the block. A gaping multitude stood by, and with shouts rent the air as the aristoc racy were thus butchered. Among the assembled multitude that dreary morning, were two females. One of them was plainly clad, while a cloak was thrown around her, with which she kept her features nearly concealed. But a close observation would betray the fact that the woman had been weep ing. Her eyes were inflamed and red, and she gazed eagerly upon the platform, while a shudder passed over her frame as each shock of the glittering knife severed the head from the body of some one who had been unfortunate enough to fall under the ban of the leaders. The face of the woman was very beau tiful, and she was young—certainly not more than sixteen or eighteen years of »ge- The other female was quite different in character. Her face was fair, but there was a brazen expression about it. She was clad in rags, and as each head fell she would dance, and in various ways express her delight, and then ex claim: “There falls another aristocrat, who refused me charity when I humbly sued to him?” Each expression of the kind would create a laugh from those who heard her. But any thoughtful person must wonder how one so young could have become so depraved. The first female watched this creature for a few moments, and then, pressing her way to her side, she laid her hand upon the shoulder of the wretch, and wnispered: “ Would you like to become rich at once?” The female in rags turned about with a look of surprise, burst into a loud laugh, and replied: “ Os course I would.” “ Follow me, and you shall be.” “ Enough. Lead on.” It was with considerable difficulty th.°t the. females extricated themselves from the crowd; but they did so at length, and then the first female asked of the other: What shall I call you?” ’* Oh! I’m called Pauper Marie.” " You live by begging?” “ Yes; but what’s your name, and what do you want?” “My name is Marie, the same as your own.” “ Are you an aristocrat?” “It does not matter. If you know where we can find a room lead me to it, and you shall have gold.” The pauper led the way into a narrow and filthy street, and then down into a cellar, and into a dark and filthy room. The other female could not but feel a sickening sensation creep over her, but she recovered herself. After contem- NO. 52. plating for a time the apartment and what it contained, she asked: “ Are you well known in Paris?” “ Yes. Everybody knows Marie the Pauper.” “Are you known to Robespierre! If so, I want to make a bargain with you.” “ I am. What do you want?” “ You see my clothing is better than yourown, andl wish to exchange with you. I want you to consent to remain here, and not to show yourself at all for a short time, or until I come to you again. As recompense for aiding me I will give you a thousand francs, and when I come back I will give you a thousand more. As security for my re turn take this ring. The lady drew e. diamond ring from her finger and gave it to the pauper. Then she handed her her purse contain inggold, The girl appeared a little puzzled and asked: “ Well, what are you going to do with my dress. “ I want to put it on and go where I first met you.” “ Oh, I understand now. You want to see i,he chopping go on, and you are afraid you will be taken for an aristocrat if you wear that dress. You want to represent me.” “ Yes, I want to look as near like you as possible.” “Well, that won’t be very difficult. Your hair and eyes, and even your mouth, is like mine. Your face is too white, though. But you can alter that with a little dirt.” They changed dresses, and soon tho young, rich and noble Marie de Nantes was clad in the rags of Marie, the Pauper of Paris. The history of Marie de Nantes was a sad one. Her father and two brothers had fallen victims to tne remorseless fiends of the Revolution, and a third and last brother had been sei/ed. But if his fate she was ignorant, although she expected that it would be similar to that of her other relatives. He had been torn from her side but a few lu.jr» before. After the exchange had been made the pauper looked on the stockingless and shoeless feet and ankles of the lady, and said: “That will never do. Your feet are too white and delicate. Let me arrange matters.” In a few moments Marie was prepared and In the filth and rags she emerged into the street. She now took her course back toward flic guillotine and at length reached the square where the bloody work was still going on. Gradually she forced her way through the crowd, and nearer and nearer she came to the scaflqld. She. even forced a laugh at several re- i marks she heard around her, but those j laughs sounded strangely. She now stood within a few feet of tho ; platform. i She swept it with her eyes. Her brother was not there. i The cry was now raised: “Here comes ' another batch.” Her heart fluttered violently, and she felt a faintness come over her as she heard the tramp of the doomed men ap proaching. The crowd opened as the body of men passed. Marie gazed among them. A low cry escaped her. Her brother was there. But he walked proudly and fearlessly [ forward, and ascended the very steps ■ which led to the block. Up to this time the strength of poor i Mane had failed her, and she was unable i to put her resolve into execution. But now a sister’s love swelled up in her breast, and she recovered her strength. She sprang forward, bursting through the line of guards and ran up the steps. Grasping her brother by the hand, I she cried: . “ What does this mean? It is only the aristocracy that are to die.” “Away woman!” exclaimed one of tho executioners. “ No. I will not away until you tell me why my brother is here, and thus bound.” “ Your brother?” was the echo. “ Yes, this is my brother.” “ Well, who are you?” “I am Marie. Don’t you know me?” “ The Pauper?” “Ay!” “ But this is not your brother?” “It is. Ask him—ask himl” Young Antonio de Nantes had turned a scornful gaze upon the maiden, but a light passed at once across his face, and he murmured: “ Oh, my sister!" “Is this your brother?” asked Ro bespierre of the supposed pauper, ad vancing near her. “ It is.” “ But his name is down differently.” “ Then you are mistaken. He is my brother. Ask him.” “ Does Marie speak the truth?” asked Robespierre. “ She does,” was the brother’s reply. “And you are not De Nantes?” “ I tell you I am her brother.” “ Why did you not tell us this be fore?” “ I attempted to speak, but was si lenced.” “ But you might have declared your self.” “ You would not have believed me.” “ But your dress?” “It belongs to an aristocrat. Per haps to him tor whom I was mistaken.” Itebespierre advanced close to young Nantes and gized earnestly into his face. Then he aproached Marie, and (jeorgiaij, Published Eveby Thursday at BELLTON. OEORG-IA. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year (52 numbers), $1.00; six month ß (26 numbers) 50 cents; three months numbers). 25 cents. Office m the Smith building, ea t of the depot. looked steadily into her eyes for a short time. It was a moment of trial for the poor girl. She trembled in spite of her efforts to be calm. She almost felt that she was lost, when the human fiend, whoso word was law, turned and sa.id: “ Release the man.” The chains were instantly removed, and Antonio de Nantes walked down from the scaffold, followed by his sister, while the shouts of those around rent the air, for they supposed it was a commoner who had thus been saved. The young man worked his way through the crowd as rapidly as possi ble, leading Marie. They had scarcely escaped it. before the poor girl, fainted, from the intensity of her feelings. The brother scarcely knew what to do but a hand was laid on his arm, and a voice said: “ Bring her to my room again. She will be safe there.” The brother conveyed her to the apart ment of the pauper, and asked of her: “Have you seen the female before?” “Yes, I know all about it,” returned the pauper. “ She borrowed my clothes to save her lover. She has done it and I am glad.” Before the noble sister returned to consciousness, the brother had learned all. When she did so they both sought se cure quarters, after rewarding the beg gar-girl as had been promised. “ Do you think Robespierre was really decided?” asked Marie do Nantes. “1 think not,” returned the brother. “Thet. why he did he order your re- lease?” “He saw your plan. He admired your courage. Could a fiend have done less?” “ Perhaps this was the case. But if so it was a deed of mercy, and the only one that man ever did.” “ You are right.” *- Waifs and whims. The dance for drunkards—the reel. “ Government pap”—the Father oi « his Country. *s*. Next to nothing—a girl walking with the average dandy. “A”is ago ahead letter. You often hear of a leading industry. You’ll always find a good looking glass. “ The fairest of the fair,” is not al ways the chairman of the awarding committee. The worst of dying by poison is that you never can tell exactly where your stomach belongs. A new song is entitled “ My Love She is a Kitten.” Kittens scratch like the. mischief, and so perhaps does his love. ' Now is the season of the year when the scissor-editor sharpens his shearsand smashes up his crediting machine. ADOLPHUS: Yes; if she is continually casting sheep’s eyes at ewe it would be perfectly safe to say that her eyes are lambent. The New York papers announce the i . marriage of Air. Watson to Miss Watson, My! Watsons ought to follow this union. The naughty boy that sticks pins in his family pew must feel that there is a painful necessity for a religious uprising ). among his relatives. A man never realizes how frail ho is until ho bursts a suspender button from his pants among a group of ladies, and finds himself slowly falling to pieces. A deaf man can get out of a crowd as soon as any one when a collection is to be taken up, and yet the fact has al- . ways puzzled philosophers. Grace Greenwood, they say, has embraced spiritualism. Bot you a dol lar spiritualism didn’t reciprocate.—Bur dette. It is a malicious woman who will . slyly put long hairs on a man’s coat just to make his wile jealous. — Henry Ward Beecher. They are proving so popular that a fellow in this city thinks of starting alone association with a young lady of his acquaintance.— Sadie Stone. The last cabbage remaining unsold is like the most important man in a hotel dining-room; it is a head-waiter. Send up the saure kraut, please. “If I punish you,” said mamma to her little girl, “ you don’t suppose that I do so for my pleasure, do you?” “Then, whose pleasure is it for, mamma?” The Graphic says that no really good man will seek a rich wife. Too true; the rich wives are all reserved for the— ahem—clergy.— N. F. Commercial Ad vertiser. The hardest work many a man has done this fall has been to sit on a nail keg in a country grocery store and tell what a powerful man his grandfather was to husk corn. The most courageous are frequently embarrassed whileaddressing a multitude from a platform, and the thing is all tly, z’l | more demoralizing if they happen to Be Vx ’ standing on a trap-door. x' Man’s inhumanity to woman makes ■ countless thousands crawl out of a warm bed to kindle the fire these cool morn ings, while they roll over and take an other snooze. “ I never argy agin a success,” says Josh Billings. “ When I see a rattle snake’s head sticking out of a hole, I bear 1 of! to the left and say to miself, that hole I belongs to that snaik.” jj When a tramp was offered his dinner JI if he would wield thescythe for an hourjO; he soliloquized: “To dine—no mowerW (a Ay! ci’s the grub.”—7/acZensaO " j Republican.