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Xoftl} PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SELLTON, G-A.. by JOHN BLATS. I'KBMS— $i.ou per annum ;50 cents for six months; 25 cents 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 sl. From a study of the action of tea’ Mr. W. J. Morton has arrived at these conclusions: As with any other drug, there is a proper and an improper use of it. In moderation it is a mild and pleasant stimulant, followed by no harm ful reaction. Its continued and immod erate use leads to a very serious group of symptoms, such as headache, vertigo, ringing in the ears, treniulousness, nerv ousness , exhaustion of mind and body with disinclination to mental and physi cal exertion, increased and irregular ac tion of the heart, and dyspepsia. Many of the symptoms of immoderate tea-drink ing are such as may occur without a sus picion of the real cause. A Chicago man has perfected a ma chine for making from water gas of highly illuminating power. By it he is said to be able to disintegrate water, and bring its component parts together again and produce light, heat, or steam, as he chooses. The light obtained is a beauti ful and very brillant flame, and can be perfectly controlled. Its heat is of the most intense character. By the turn of a valve he can transform the light into steam The process by which this is ac complished is a secret. The discoverer admits that he generates a tremendous explosive power—a power as great as that claimed for *thc Keely motor, but he utilizes it at once in the manner men tioned. . The financial measures offered in the . house thus far are as follows: A bill to authorise the conversion of national gold banks; respecting the funding of the national debt (one offered by Mr. Wood and another by Mr. Garfield); bills to Substitute greenbacks for national notes; bills to declare the meaning of the word dollar ; bill to restore gold and silver to their full power; bill to amend the re sumption net; one to repeal that act; bills to issue gold and silver certificates and to provide for the redemption there of ; bill requiring reserves of national banks to be kept in gold and silver.: Lili in reference to bank deposits; bill re quiring silver certificates to be paid out by the treasury in lieu of coin on demand thereof; bill to compel the paying out of all kinds of money in the treasury not needed for current expenses in the ic demption of bonds; bill to restore the legal-tender currency to its constitutional requirement; bill to repeal the ten pe r cent, tax on State banks ; and Weaver’s bill to issue $500,000,000 to pay soldiers the difference between the coin and cur rency in which they were paid. The London Times, in an article treating of the recent marked revival of trade in the United States and the di n of gold from Europe that attended it makes some very interesting assertions alrout the future value of gold which arc not without a bearing on the ne n< y question in this country. It says: The annual gold production of the United States themselves, about six mil lions sterling, should also be sufficient on the average for very considerable de mands. But making all allowances, the United States’ current requirements for bullion must henceforth at all times af fect our money market greatly, even if they go no further than the absorption in America itself of its annual gold pro duction. Wp must be prepared, thru, in the next year or two, especially if Germany should adhere to its gold stand ard, for much higher rates for money on the average than those which prevailed during the last period of good trade. The extraordinary demands for gold on German account were certainly very heavy; but they came upon full mar kets, while the annual supply from the mines was greater by several millions-a year than it is now, and neither Ger many nor the United States were then gold using countries. There may be some compensation for all this strain upon gold in France being obliged to part with its stock of that metal, under the influence of what remains of its bi metallic law ; but we doubt if it would be prudent to rely upon France permit ting this, while the strain would be seri ously increased, of course, by any special effort on the part of France to recover the stock of gold it has lost. The chances seem all to be, then, that gold in the next few years will be in scarce supply for all the current demands upon it, and that money will consequently be dear in countries which use gold for their -tandard. Trade may be very good, of course, with dear money, as it was in 1861 and 1865; but the conditions in its favor will not be quite the same as when money is cheap. The late Mrs. G. F. Train showed great business capacity in the early his tory of the Pacific Railway, making at out time SIOO,OOO in ’commissions. The_ North Georgian VOL. 111. SOUTHERN NEWS. The shipment of cotton iu Bremen is urge and increasing. Mississippi’s next legislature will have a democratic majority of 103 on Joint ballot. A panther was recently killed in Pa nola county, Mississippi, which was six feet long. The extra session of the Tennessee Legislature, which lasted for eight days, cost $12,174,31. A handsome passenger depot is to be erected in FernandianaFla., the building to be of corrugated iron. The Treasurer of Anderson county, S. C., issued 450 tax executions for the collection of less than S6OO. From July 1 to December 13, Rich mond, Va., shipped to foreign ports, 89,961 barrelsof flour, valued at $519,333. Old John Robinson will sell out his surplus rolling stock at Baton Rouge in a few days. His show will travel by water in the future. Rev. C. S. Long, of Campbell county, Tennessee , is going in the spring as a missionary to Japan, under the care of the M. E. Church, South. Little Rock (Ark ) Democrat: From fifty to sixty families per day have been settling at Arkadelphia, Curtisand Gur don, Clark county, during the past week. Mr. J. N. English, of Macon county, Ga., has picked and sold from one acre on his farm this year two bales of cotton, one weighing 474 and the other 475 pounds. Mexico (Mo.) Herald: In Marion county a gentleman captured a pure wljite blackbird from a flock of black birds that came to his bafn to feed a few days since. Memphis Avalanche : With munici pal debt of over $5,000,000 and a total tax valuation of less than $16,000, Mem phis is not in a condition to try costly experiments in sewerage. The Gainesville (Ga.) Gazette suggests that a sugar refinery in Savannah would pay. At present the cane-growers are content to turn their Crops into syrup, having no machinery or means at hand to make merchantable the dark sugar, which only classes as “milado” in the markets. The law makes it the duty of the Lou isiana legislature just elected to proceed to choose a senator at the session about to be held, for the term expiring on the 4th of March, 1883, to succeed Mr. Kel logg, or the gentleman who shall then be the colleague of Mr. Jonas. Knoxville Chronicle: Mr. E. V. Smalley, the well known staff corre spondent of the New York Tribune, is now in Cumberland county, on the line of the Cincinnati Southern railway, as we learn, with the view to the location of a colony from New York. Meridian Mercury: N.H. Munn lives in Newton county, and is a wide-awake and industrious farmer of no small pre tensions, if he is a wee small man him self. He weighs eighty-nine jxiunds and is four and one-half feet high. His wife, who is a Leak county lady, is only four feet high and weighs fifty-seven pounds. Reidville (Va.) Times: Mr. Worinby, a very wealthy man, who lived in Ches terfield, Va., had two sons, Tom and Jack, both fond of playing poker, but • lack was very harp at the game and Tom very flat When the old man died he left Tom $90,000 ami Jack only SI,OOO, but he explained at the foot of his will that SI,OOO was stake enough for Jack to win everything that Tom had, and it was a wise provision, for it so turned out. Wheeling Intelligencer : It is said the counsel fees and expenses in the suit brought by the bondholders of the White. Sulphur Springs Company to secure a sale of the springs property under the deed of trust supposed to secure their bonds, already aggregate some $35,000, and the end is not yet. At this rate the parable of the wise counselor who ate the oyster and handed the shell to the liti gants is about to be still further illus trated. Richmond letter in Petersbug Index- Appeal: The debt payers intend to oppose the repeal of or any radical modification in the present laws. Many of the lead ing Read-adjusters in both houses are in favor of a repeal of the Moffett system of raising revenues. A warm fight may be expected to ensue when this matter comes up. The representatives of most of the cities, whether they are debt payers or not, will be apt to favor the change. Macon Telegraph and Messenger: On last Sunday, at the residence of Mr. J. C. C. Burnett, Mr. Benjamin S. Good year was married to Miss Burnett, a daughter of Mr. J. C. Burnett. On the 16th inst., Mr. J. C. C. Burnett was married to Mrs. E. R. Goodyear, mother of the young man mentioned’ above. In this manner the children of the last cou ple were first married, followed by the nuptials of their parents. The occur rence is rare and interesting. They are good and esteemed citizens of Macon. Petersburg Index-Appeal: Yesterday morning about one hundred colored em igrants of all sizes and both sexes arrived here on the northern bound mail train from Goldsboro, en route for Washing ton, from which place they go to Indiana. This makes between six and seven hun dred emigrants of the colored persuasion who have passed through Petersburg from Goldsboro, N. C., on their way to Indiana, during the past few weeks. These emigrants appear in good spirits, and arc apparently highly elated at the idea of traveling to a country of which they have heard so much ami know so little. As before stated, a noticeable feature of these emigrants is the number of women with infants in their arms. BELLTON, BANKS COUNTY, GA.. JANUARY 8. 1880. BUTH. Ah, her face la very fair, Snowy white and rosy rod; And the glorious golden hair Hovers mist-like round her head. And her voice is soft and low. Clear aa music, and as sweet; Hearing it, you hardly know Where the sound and silence meet. All the magic, who can tell. Os hor laughter and her sighs: Or what heavenly meanings dwell In her kind, confiding eyes. Pretty lipa as rubies bright. Scarcely hide the tiny pearlst Little wandering stars of light Love to nestle in her curia. AH her ways are winning ways. Full of tenderness anti grace; And a witching sweetness plays Fondly o'er her gentle face. True and pure her soul within— Breathing God’s seroner air, Evil, anti the ehamo of sin Cannot dwell a inoiaent there. William My Beautiful Client. BT MAUDB A. UTT.TOM. It bad been an unusually sultry sum mer day, and I was fretfully anathema tizing the press of business that con fined me to the city during the heated term, while all my friends and associ ates were enjoying themselves in fash ionable watering places, or rusticating in some pictuesque nook. I was only a poor young barrister, although rapidly rising iu the pro fession, and there was a case on my hands that promised a golden har vest. It is true the courts were not then in session, but the case of Smith versus Jones required a deal of study and “working up,” and I was kept rather busy all the time. “ Confound the luck 1” I ejaculated, as I tossed aside a brief over which I had been pondering on the particular summer afternoon of which I have made mention. “Confound the luck! I have a great mind to pack up my traps and take a run out of the city, despite the claims of a hundred Smiths and Jones.” While I had been giving way to this unusually vehement outburst, there had been a timid rapping at the outer door, and my office boy Henry threw aside the paper which he had been in tently perusing for the last two hours and admitted a young woman, pretty and pleasant-faced, and with an agree able smile— “ Please, sir, are you lawyer Reaveyl” she asked, timidly, and with the slight est possible brogue, betraying her Celtic origin. “ That is my name, madam,” I as sured her, as I placed a chair for her near the desk from which 1 had arisen at her entrance. She handed me a note written in a delicate female hand, and insisted on remaining standing where she was un til I read it. I confoss to a feeling of curiosity, and without much ceremony.l opened the daint, pink-tinted note and read its contents, which were brief and to the point. Mr. UufpL Reavey: Sir—ls you are at leisure to wait upon niv, I should like to see you on a matter of business, the nature of which I will explain when we meot. If possible, I should like to have you re turn with my maid, the bearer. Respectfully yours, Flenorr Herbert. This was the note,word for word, and I confess no stranger message had ever been transmitted to me. There was something in the tone of the brief epistle that seemed io breathe a spice of romance and adventure, and my idea of a country trip was abandoned instanter. “ I am ready to accompany you, miss,” I said to the waiting-maid; and watch ing her closely, I could see that my decision pleased her. I found a carriage awaiting at my door, and silently assisted the young lady to enter it. She made no attempt to enter into conversation with me as I drove through the city streets, and although I was — as the ladies say—“dying .to know” something of her mistress, I did not stoop to question. I heaved a sigh of intense relief, however, when the carriage drew up before the entrance to a superb resi dence on Madison avenue, and my com panion announced that our journey was at an end. A solemn-looking man-servant ad mitted us, and in answer to some low spoken inquiry of the maid, informed her that the mistress would receive the gentleman in her boudoir. With a growing sense of my own im portance, I followed the girl up the broad, richly-carpeted staircase and into a room that was like the home of a fairy, so beautiful and pure-looking, with its furniture of white and gold, and delicate hangings of snowy silk and lace.” “Lawyer Reavey, Miss Herbert, announced my companion, and a lady arose from a couch near the window, and came forward to meet me. I could with difficulty repress an ex clamation of astonishment, for my eyes had never beheld anything so exquis itely lovely as the lady addressed as Mrs? Herbert. She could not have been more than eighteen years of age, and looked even younger, although there was nothing of the child in the expression of the sadly beautiful face or in the blue depths of the fair, shadowed eyes. She motioned me to a seat near that she had lately occupied, and I could see TRUTH, JUSTICE, LIBERT'S: that she was visibly embarrassed and at a loss how to proceed. Her hands moved restlessly from place to place, and I could see the color fading out of her perfe:t face, and she at last summoned courage to address me. Her brother had been my friend, she told n.e, and when she mentioned that brother’s name I started, for it was in deed that of one of my most valued friends, who had lately died very sud denly. “ iffy poor brother bogged me, with almo.t his last breath, to go to you, and ask you to take my case in hand for the sake of your old friendship.” The beautiful woman faltered; and it is need mb to say that I answered her she had hut to state her case, and count on a wiling champion. She thanked me with a simple grace that was infinitely charming, and then told me the story of her life. Shu was uttlerly alone in the world since her brother died, and tied to a man whose cruelty was killing her. Charles Herbert was a strange char acter, thought peculiar by his friends, but believed by those who knew him best to be developing traits of mad ness. In the presence ot strangers he was remarkably kind and devoted to his beautiful young wife, but in the sanct uary of home he was actually brutal in hi’ cruelty to the unfortunate girl, as w. s evident from the livid marks upon her white arms and shoulders. “ I want to be freed from him—l am in actual terror of my life! Oh, Mr. Reavey, can the fetters which bind me to tlrs terrible man be broken? Give me some hope, or 1 will no longer live in this agonizing suspense 1” she cried, and I was frightened at the expression of her face as she stood before me, with her small hands clasped in an agony of supplication, and her beautiful eyes I glancing hastily around her every min ute, as if dreading the approach orher tormentor. I was ata loss for words to answer her appeal. She wanted to be freed from the hus band who was cruel to her, and she evi dently believed that I had but to write out a couple of sheets of foolscap, and pronounce her the divorced wife of Charles Herbert. How was I to un dece.s a her?; How was I to tell her ■ what, work of time and trouble it would be to obtain a legal bill of di vorce? I told her I would exert every means in my power to aid her, and I resolved to watch the movements of Herbert closely, while t he lady prom ised to communicate with me shsuld he attempt any further violence. I left that house like one in a dream, my heart filled with pity for her hope less condition, and my brain puzzling itself over innumerable ways and means of obtaining for her the release she sought. True to my first resolve, 1 soughtout Charles Herbert in his usual haunts about town, and studied him in secret. He was a polished gentleman, dark faced and handsome; but I did not like the glitter in his dark eyes, or the I treacherous and oft-recurring smile that played about his full, sensual lips. I met him in where he was all attention to his beautiful young wife, and apparently devoted as the fondest lover. I shuddered as I thought of the life to which beautiful Elenore Herbert i seemed hopelessly doomed, for with the i cunning of a fiend, her husband-wore i his mask of smiles, and gave no chance j to the most suspicious observer by l which he might have been condemned. I noticed, withan inexplicable feeling of pain, that my beautiful client was growing more fragile and worn-looking every day, and the look of haunting terror was deepening in her dark blue eyes. One night I saw her wandering alone through the fragrant aisles of a con servatory, having stolen from the bril liantly-lighted parlors and from the midst of the gay throng in whose so ciety her husband lingered. Watching a favorable opportunity, I joined her unobserved, and had the satisfaction of seeing a momentary look of gladness sweep across her beautiful face at my approach. She questioned me eagerly as to the progress I was making; but something in myface must have told her how lit tle I could do for her, for she threw out her tiny band with a gesture supreme in its agony, and I could nee the quick shudder that ran through her frame. “ What is it? Has he repeated his cruelty?” I asked, huskily; for some how the indignant blood seemed to rise in my throat and choke me. and I felt like strangling-the wretch whose cun ning baffled me. She did not speak again, but looking into her pale face, I could see her lips forming the word “Hush!” and looking up quickly, I saw Herbert sauntering toward us through the avenue of fern* with that disagreeable smile on his lips, and that strange, glittering light in his black eyes. “ My dear Nellie, I have been search ing for you; now imprudent of you to I stay out in this chilly place without I your wraps. Ah, Mr. Reavey, I shall I question your gallantry; see how my i little wife shivers. Come, doling, I think we had best return home. He spoke lightly, and with his arm i around his wife’s waist; but 1 could not I banish tho impression that he bad been I plavintr the snv: and to confirm the iin- firession, I caught the gleam of abso ute terror that Elenore Herbert threw back at me as ho led her away. “ That man is mad; there is danger in his eyes to-night,” I thought, and impelled by some irresistible impulse, I found myself hurrying in the direction of her residence half an hour later. Was it fate or providence that guided my wandering steps? I do not know; It was all so strange and unreal; the events that followed seem to me even now, looking back into the dim vista of years, more like the incidents narrated in some sensational novel than an oc currence in real life. I had just turned into the block on which the Herbert’s resided, when a wild, thrilling cry dis turbed the silence of the summer night, a cry that came from the lips of a woman, and from the direction of the house in which Elenor Herbert passed her miserable life. “Father in Heaven, save her!” I cried, and no such fervent and heartfelt prayer had crossed my lips since I knelt at mother’s knee. I'cannot re member how I sprang up the steps; Sadie, the maid who had brought Mrs. Herbert’s note to my office, was in the hallway, wringing her hands and giv ing vent to the wild screams that had attracted my attention to the spot. I did not wait for her explanation, but darted up the stairs and toward the door of the white and gold boudoir from whence came the sound of maniacal laughter and low groans of pain. Al most mad with terror I forced my way between a group of frightened and use less servants, and threw myself wildly against the door. It yielded, and if I live for a hundred years I shall never forget the sight presented to my view. Beautiful Elenor Herbert lay prone upon the floor, her white silk evening dress dyed crimson with blood, and her face rigid and pallid as that of a corpse. Her mad husband stood over her with a cruel-looking knife in his hand, chuck ling gleefully. At sight of me he burst into a terrible peal of laughter, and be fore a hand could be put forth to stay him, plunged the knife in his own heart. “ Ha—ha 1” he cried, “ see how nobly I have foiled you I You would have stolen her from me— take her now— she is yours.” tie fell to the floor dead, with the last works on his lips, and at the same moment an officer, attracted to the spot by Sadie’s cries, rushed into the room to ascertain the cause of the disturb ance. I can never clearly remember what immediately followed. I only know that the words came to my ears: “ The lady is not seriously wounded.” Then I must have fallen ill, for when I recovered myself the remains of Charles Herbert had been laid in the grave and his wife was slowly recovering. Years have flown since that terrible night, and looking up from the written pages before me, my eyes fall upon the fair ace of my wife. “ Elenore, my darling 1” I call softly, and she comes to meet me gladly, more lovely than whenj saw her first in that fatal room of white and gold, far more beautiful, with the love light giving place to the look of hunted terror in her violet eyes, and a smile of infinite peace upon the perfect lips. “My wife—my own 1” I murmur, fondly, and perhaps she guesses why I kiss her face with such passionate ten derness, for she shudders and nestles closer to me, with her golden head upon tny breats, and her mind straying back to the tragedy of the past, that is dead. Freak of a Judge’s Wife. [Meadville (Pa.) Reporter.] Social circles in Cleveland have been considerably stirred up within a day or two past, by the announcement that the wife of Judge R. F. Paine had left him to go on the variety stage. Judge Paine was nearly 60 years old when, five years ago, he married his wife, who was quite a young woman—not over 23. Her name was Humphrey, and she had played on the stage in minor parts through Michigah prior to coming to Cleveland. She was also well known as a reader in this city. She found em ployment as a copyist in the Court House, where the Judge, who was on the bench, met and married her, she be ing his second wife. Their married life was supposed to be happy, and, as she was surrounded with everything that money could buy, there was seemingly nothing to tempt her to leave her home. The truism, that any one who pos sesses histrionic talent is miserable when not exercising it, seems to have been exemplified in the case of Mrs. Paine. For three years she has been secretly studying for the stage, and a few days ago, after receiving a consider able sum of money from the Judge, she departed for St. Louis, and it is re ported, has made an engagement at a variety theater. It is said that she was accompanied by her husband’s son, who recently married a sister of Genevieve Ward, the actress, and that all three are now together in St. Louis. Mrs. Paine is a woman of rather fine appear ance, possessing a good figure and a pleasing face. Her histrionic talent has always been admired in those circles which she occasionally favored with readings. Her desertion is said to be a severe trial to the Judge, who was an indulgent husband and allowed his wife every privilege. How strange that the widow of Bodie, discoverer of the Bodie mining district, should hear, at her home in New Bruns wick, that the remains of her hushand, who perished in the great November snow storm of 1859, were discovered, re cently, near the town which bears his name. Fact is, indeed, stranger than fiction in many instances. Published Every Thursday at BELLTON, GEORGIA. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year (52 numbers), $1.00; six mont (26 numbers), 50 cents; three months hs numbers), 25 cents. Office in the Smith building, east of the dep it. • WAIFS AND WHIMS. Rambling notes—bank bills. A standing invitation—get up. Are bits of advice presents of mind t A crack company—a gang of burg irs. A deal of money has been made on the ryes in whisky. What’s the best joke of the. ? Keokuk. Constitution. The, most ,cal of course. A man’s ambition is to be credited with some great feat, while a woman is »nly happy with small feet. Female Dentistry.—“ It’s nearly out; but my wrist is so tired that I must really rest a bit.” Smith wants to know what good the new French cable is going to be to peo ple who don’t understand French. Nothing bo quickly dries a woman’s tears as a kiss.— Progress. Do you want to set all the girls to crying? Americans wear more watches than any other nation. We have the system of tick to perfection in this country. Pawnbrokers should makegood bil liardists. They play the three-ball game successfully. , . A negro at Little Rock has had 242 wens and warts cut from his body. They weighed eleven pounds. A farmer asks the question: “Do beets pay.” In our experience we have found that, usually, they do not; they beat their way. A young lady attending balls and parties should have a female chaperone until she is able to call some other chap her own. It very frequently happens that the girl who has the most bang to her hair, has the biggest holes in the heels of her stockings. Do they call the place in the church the preacher speaks from the pulpit be cause he tries to pull sinners out of the pit from that point?— Steubenville Herald. Now the mighty NimroJ cleans his gun, and goes to the field to have some fun, steps on the trigger—his fun is <3O*>e. " Single man, sir!” asxed the law yer as the witness took his place. “ Yes, sir,” was the reply. Lawyer—“ Wife living?” Confusion and rapid explana tions. A Connecticut woman sued a man for taking off his hat on the street and the jury gave her $6 damages. They don’t put on any scollops in Connecti cut. “ Darling Kiss My Eyelids Down,” is the latest moonshine song, and he kisses them up and down and crosswise, and then settles on her lips as a steady thing.— Stillwater Lumbermann. The latest thing at church festivalsis to serve a search warrant with the oyster soup. It doesn’t aid digestion materially, but it renders valuable as sistance in finding the oyster. It is not strange that writers some times get puzzled in their choice be tween “ that,” “ which” and “ who.” Relatives are always more or less trouble some. — Transcript. The young lady who aspires to be ad mitted to the ranks of the legal profes sion, does not reflect that the gratifica tion of her ambition would only make her a bar-maid. “ Yesh, I shee,” said a moral inebriate to a tramp, “ you want to go and swill whisky.” “Well, yes, I did when I asked you,” was the reply, “but a whist of your breath has answered the purpose, and I’m obliged to you.” “ Two-forty on the level” used to be a slang phrase, and not ‘ a many years ago,” either. Now the horse that can’t trot a mile in less than 2:30, could hardly be sold to a drayman. This world is progressing at a 2:20 rate. Girls, look out! It isn’t always the young men who wear the sweetest smiles and nearly break their necks making earth pleasant for you during the court ship season, who are the quickest to get up of a cold morning ana build, a fire durimr married life. Twenty-five thousand gold eagles came over in one steamer recently. This is the kind of bird we want to come home to roost Mrs. Foozle (improving the occa sion) —“Is it not sad, my dear, about vour friend Mr. Ruffles drinking so lately ? I’m told his only excuse is the loss of his wife.” Mr. Foozle (excitedly) —“ Only excuse—only excuse, madam! And a very good excuse, too. There are many men who would be glad to have the same excuse.” How Do You Account for This 1 In the lodge the Marshal is directed to retire to the ante-room to introduce Bill Smithers and Tom Brown, in lan guage something like the following: “ Brother Marshal, you will retire to the ante-room and respectfully inform his High Mightiness the Most Puissant William Smithers and the his Ineffable Potency the Very Venerable Thomas Brown that this reverent body awaits the distinguished honor of their irradiating presence.” Then the Marshall goes out and says, “All ready, Bill; come Tom, hurry up.” In the army, on the con trary, this order was reversed, like this: Gen. Bombastes yells out to his aid, “ Go down to the forks of the road—and go as if the old boy wife after you—and ask 001. Sordnot what in Jhe means, so long getting into line!” Away goes the aid on the gallop, which moderates first into a sober trot and then a walk as he nears Col. Sordnot, whom he ad dresses with great formality, saying, “Colonel, Gen. Bombastes sends his complimentsand desires that you move your regiment up into line aS*speedily as possible.” NO. 1.