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THE NEW ERA. JA8. BREOKENRIBGE ft 00., Publisher?. “Onward and Upward.” ' SUBSCRIPTION: 11.50 Per Annum VOLUME I. DALLAS, PAULDING COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY, JULY 5. 1883. NUMBER 81. GENERAL NEWS. The Virginia jioumit crop is rottiug on tho vino. Viokhbuuo, Miss,, is soon to lnivo water-works. The Mississippi Iuup.Mo asylum lias 107 inmutett. Of Virgiliia’s 5,587 schools, over 1,500 ore colored. Hot BrniNos, Auk,, will he lighted by electric light. T-iirn, Book Auk., is si Kill to lmvo an electric light. Home, Qa., with her suburbs has a population of 0,000. Corn, sugar, cotton and rice crops of Louisiana arc all doing well. The gonuiuc army worm has made its appearance in Halo county, Ala, A uaiuibu-shop in Atlanta run by wo men is doing a flourishing business. One man in Louis county, Ky., lias gathered 1,000 pounds of ginsing this season. Nearly a million acres of land in Lou isiana have been sold recently to a Kan sas speculator. Twenty thousand pounds of zinc wore Ehi]i)ied one day last week from Knox ville to Connecticut t. About 400,000 coeonnut trees lmv lioeii planted on the keys near Key West Fla., in the last two years. The new bank of Nashville, Tenu. "will start with a capital of half a million dollars. Col. E. W with $100,000. There are found to exist three chan nels outside the jetties below Now Or leans, aud buoys are needed to clearly mark these channels. , The States that brow no beer are Ar kansas, Florida, Maine, Mississippi and Vermont. Last year Alabama produced only eight barrels and North Carolina thirty-one. The City Council of Alexandria, La., has deckled to exempt from taxation all manufacturing for ten years. Many other towns in the South have done tho sumo tiling. The Southern Telegraph Company are pushing their lines rapidly through the South. They will extend to New Orleans and have, in all, 2,700 miles of wire in two main linos, const" anil inland. The Richmond, Vo., nail works find it impossible to supply the demand from the South. Six hundred kegs are rolled out in twenty-four hours, or 8,(100 a .week, and yet the demand is greater. An alligator caught a little six-year-old girl, daughter of Mr. Strange, of Calhoun comity, Fla. A little nine-year-old sister beat tho reptile oft". He was afterwards killed and measured eight feet. An Indiana land corporation has bought over 1,000 acres of land at Wil- sonville, ill Obion An experiment lnia been rt'ctudly made in scouring Wool id Fort Worth, Tex., tuid the dean product forwarded to Bos ton for inspection. Thirty or forty mil lion pounds will he exported from Texas this.yonr in nu unsecured condition. An allowance of fifty per cent for dirt and grease is said to obtain. A REEt.Eli of silk in New Orleans, who has hitherto employed some nineteen bunds, proposes to go into the mnnu- fncturo of Bilk fabrieB, and to organize a joint stock company for that purpose. He lias already reeled. 1,500 ihiuiuIh of silk mid him an mjiortution of cocoons on tho way from Franco of 1,200 pounds. It is found best to ship froth the South only the pick of ii crop of any fruit, aud evaporate the rest, or such ns permits of evaporation. Tho improved process of evaporating gives the fruit a value of three or four times that done by the old method of sun-drying. It is mentioned on passant, that the demand for dessiea- ted fruits and vegetables for use at sea ulono lias never been fully met. Auousta Chronicle : California and Florida people are inventing ways of de stroying gophers by poison. They had better substitute gopher soup for ham and bacon. Epicures is insider soup made from gopher superior to that made from green or soft-shell turtle. Properly ad vertised and introduced, there is no rea son why every Florida gopher shipped to New York should not sell for five dollars. that Mormon missionaries will send 20,- 000’ converts to the West this year. The Apostles arc now buying land in Colo rado for colonization purposes. The people of France, hy a popular subscription, have raised the money re quired for the Bartholdi statue of “Lib erty Enlightening the World,” and it has been given to tlio people of America to jbe placed at the outruUee of tho New York barbel-. It is now promised to raise by popular subscription throughout the United States a fund to erect the pedes tal. New York 1ms subscribed about $110,000, and Uohihiittoos all over tho llounlry are preparing to obtain tlio re mainder. A FRENCH STORY. On Now Year’s Eve Baron 0. took one of his visiting cards, penciled a few words on it, and put it in an envelope, whioh he carefully sealed. Then he wont to Boissier’s candy shop. On his Way his thoughts ran thus: "My Nin ish is very fond of onndies. She adores them. Therefore, besides the diamond necklace whioh I have just sont her, I Here is The North Carolina Mining and Do- Cole heads the list I veloping Company, with a capital of $2,- 1000,000, has been formed, and the papors recorded with tho Secretary of that State. Tho following gentlemen are tho officers: David E. Aiken, Presi dent! Theodore Conkling, Vice-Presi dent; D. L. Wing, Treasurer, and Chav es E. Lockwood, Secretary. The com pany, in their properties embrace twen ty-two gold mines, varying in their assays from $25 to $500 per ton. There are said to be at Overton and Fentress counties, Tenu., thirty-sc oil springs and two in Clay county. An inspection of all these old wells and bo rings has been undertaken by a party of Pennsylvania gentlemen, who think < i 1 can bo produced there fifty cents a ban-el cheaper than in Pennsylvania. They have the proper machinery with them, and have commenced work with n view of testing the oil fields of Tennessee. If the inspection is satisfactory, a pipe line Avill be run to Sparta. Bishop Kean, now traveling in tho Holy Land, lias selected a corner-stone in Oetlisemane for tho proposed new cathedral in Richmond, Va. In a letter he Hays it was cut from the rock of the Oar-den of Oetlisemane, tho most sacred spot on the Mount of Olives, quite cli si- to the scene of the blessed Savior’s agony, ho having previously procured the neces sary permission for the work. The Budi- jiuit.y, Tenu., and i op says he Haw the stone, twenty inches will invest several hundred thousand 1 long aud fifteen inches square, and b( dollars in that and other localities in the fore it is shipped for this country the State. Alauama newspapers report that the price of common labor in that state 1ms THE CENSUS RETURNS. Name InH-rrslln* Figure. Pram tka Firm CLEANSING THE CANALS. Tho first volumo of tho compendium of the census of 1880 is out. Tho popu lation of tho United Stqtes is thus clas sified; Mules 25,(MS,83(1 FonuUo Native Whtto 5 " 43-102 1)70 1 N'' u > tho annual event upon which hangs Colored . 1........! ’........;;;!,. fl',88o’,7tH) I the *nooess or failure of the crops. From Cliim-He........................... . 'iom«3 tho Pharaolja to tho Khedive, oanol Japimoso 148 dredging has been the special and an*. Clemming the 8,500 miles of fresh .2t,fl3fljmi3water canals thnt at presout exist in • • -48,175,MO | Egypt is, noxt to the inundation of the i Nile, the annual event mien which liniurs increased twenty-five cents per day as tho result of the recent growth in manu factures, tile building of railroads and the wonderful mineral developments. A negro was killed at O. L. Cloud’s, in MoDnffoe, On., a few days ago by a broken spike rebounding while feeding a thresher, the spiko striking him in the forehead and passing on through the top of the skull. Ho died iu a few hours afterward. Mr. J. E. Fi.emino, of Rome, On., lias received a curiosity hi tile shape of a bird, known as the New Zealand Croaker. They are said to excel a eat or dog for killing rata and mice, It has a long cur ved bill with whioh it cuts the throat of its prey. Since September lost there has been expended on the levees on the east bank of the Mississippi, between Vicksburg and Greenville, over $500,000, of which amount the levee district furnished $225. 000. The National Government furnish ed the most of the money. ' The hogs in Jackson county, Gu., are dying iu largo numbers from hydropho bia, and bite everything that comes in their way. Some fanners have had all the swine on their places thus afflicted. The hogs die in twenty-four lipiirs alter being attacked, unless killed. New Orleans is now a deeper harbor than New York. The white Star and Guion line dare not load their vessels above twenty-six feet, while the French line steamships at twenty-four feet. At jjew Orleans vessels drawing twenty-six feet of water have no difficulty or delay- in getting to sea. Franciscan seal of the Holy Land will lie put upon it ns authentication. WAi.no (Fla.) Advertiser: B. W. Camp bell, of our town, has just purchased the famed Fort Hailey tree, This tree was planted sixty-five years ago, and is to day tho largest orange in the world. Its complete dimensions are: Height thirty- four feet, spread ol branches from tip to tip fifty-eight feet, and girth one foot above base of trunk nine feet and two inches. It bus borne mpre than twelve thousand oranges in one season. It stood the cold Friday of 1835, which proved so destructive to vegetation, and to-day stands the noblest and grandest of all orange trees, monarch of the citrus family. Charleston News aud Courier: Lieut. Garlington, the gallant young Mouth Car olinian who will command the party- going to the relief of Lieut. Greely, who was left at Lady Franklin Buy in 1881, has distinguished himself as an indian fighter in the Northwest. Greely is probably safe enough. He himself cal culated on the failure of the expedition of 1882, and gave instructions that pro visions should be left as far North as the relief vessel could go. This was done, and provisions were left within 300 miles of Liuly Franklin Bay. Garlington will probably sail to look for Greely on the 20th. Editorial Notes. When asked in court whether her hus band had ever pounded her before, a Washington lady answered: “Yes, he lias slapped me, but that is natural for husband and wife.” will buy her some candies, Boissicr’i The Baron entered the shop, sclcoted a costty old Japanese vase, put his card at the very bottom as a Anal surprise, and lmd it filled with tho best candies. He left word where it should he sont, and thou retired quite contented with himself. Two hours later Mile. Nflush was con versing in her boudoir with a young actor, Adalbert. Her maid entered witli a Japnucso vase in her hands. “Moro candies, mndame,” she said. "Who sends thnt?” "No card, mndnrne.” “Put it anywhere,” said Niuish, care lessly. The young actor looked at the vase. “What a beautiful vase,” ho said, “If you liko it, take it." “Well, if you give it to me ns a bou- venir ” In an hour Adalbert was mitering the room of a singer. “Adelaide, I have brought yon a Bur- prise, some candies,” cried Adalbert, opening tho door. "Well, leave them here.” In a few minutes Adalbert left. •‘I will give them to Justine,” said Adelaide. Who is talking about mo,” oriod ■ silvery voice. “Here is my Justine.” “Ah, what a fino vase 1” “It is for you.” “Thanks, thanks. I will give it to my professor, who has promised to arrange my debut." On the next day, tho beautiful Justine, nftor her music lesson, said to Honor Fu- diozini: “That is for you.” She handed him tho vaso. "My debut shall be soon? Yes ?" “Yes, soon.” Sonor Fadiezini went home in ahappv mood. “That is just in time,” thought he "I have no money to buy a gilt for my wife. How glad she will be ! Times are hard, the lessons pay badly; coal is dear.” The wife of Senor Fadieziui, professor of singing and elocution, formerly basso- enntanto of (ho theatres of Milan and Turin, was indeed glad. But she was a practical woman. “Guiseppe,” she said, “I am suro you did not buy those candies and the vase. That would bo madness. Don’t reply, I know you. Somebody gave them to you, and yon havo brought them to me. That is very kind of you. But we must ,, make a good nso of them. Take them to Mmo. Bondurin, the wife of the Chiof of the Department of Arts. He may appoint you as a rehearser the Acad emy of Music.” You me right,. Yon always foresee everything. Put my card on it, lmt uot t o ono colitaining the price of lessons.” Mme. Bondurin said to her husband: “Here is n beautiful vase. Please take it to my mother. ” “But—but I think it would be better to give it to the sister of my chief, who could promoto mo.” • “You are right, monsieur. The sister of the chief of M. Bondnrin aHked her brother: “Have you prepared a present for Madame the Baroness C.? You have dined at the Baron’s, and it would be impolite not to send something to the madamc, particularly in view of the fact that the Baron is a Deputy and an influ ential member of tho Left Centre.” “Ah, I had forgotten all about, it. will go and buy ” “It, is not necessary. Take this vase, which I have just received from M. Bon- durin, who serves under you us a chief of department.” An hour later the Baroness C. sent for her husband. She was pale, and trem bling witli anger. The Japanese vase stood before her empty. Mho lmd emp tied the candies into u big basket which was intended for an orphan asylum of which she was a patroness. In one hand she held a visiting card of Baron C whereon was written: “Happy new year, my Niuish.” The Baroness sued for divorce. The Japanese vase figured as evidence in court, and the Baroness’s lawyer found it necessary to relate tho adventures of the vase. Indians (111,307 Total .60,155,783 Otir population of 1880 was more than double that of 1850, or 50,165,783, against 23,191,870. Tho tendency of population to centre in tho oities becomes more marked ns the Union grows older. The total number of inhabitants in the cities 1ms about quadrupled sinoo 1850— 11.318,547, against 2.807,580. The total male population of voting age in tho States and Territories was 12,- 830,340, made up of 8,270,518 native, 3,072,487 foreign horn, and 1,487,844 colored, among whom, besides Afrionns, Chinese, Japanese, and Indians are in cluded. Tho total number of people pursuing gainful occupations wns 17,392,099, lin ing 34.08 per dent, of tho entire popula tion, niul 47.81 per cent. of the popula tion of 10 years of age and upward. Of these 14,744,912 were mnlos, and 2,047,157 wore females, engaged oooording to gen. oral classification thus: Total. Male. Female. Agriculture 7,070,403 7,075,033 604,510 Pi-ofoBH’ii'l and per sonal BervtocH. ..4,074,238 2,712,043 1,801,205 Trade and trans portation 1,810,250 1,750,802 60,334 Marnf’ct'rlng, me- oli’lllo’l A niin’g.8,837,112 3,205,124 631,088 Tho totid population of ton years and over having been 30,701,607, there were, therefore. 10,809,508 of these not eugngod in the giimful occupations, 2,091,088 be ing males, and 15,378,470 females. Of these 2,550,927 are males, and 5,980,200 females between tho ages of 10 and 15, tho total of which figures substantially equals tho number of children attending school, who do not through any consid erable portion of tho year, pursue any gainful oecniiatioii. Invalid children, vagrnnts, and inmates of charitable and correctional institutions must also bo ciphered out. Of male:: between 18 and 59 only 921,833 arc unaccounted for. Those are students, the infirm in body and mind, and tho criminals and paupers. “The number of men at this period of life, not disabled, who are not returned ns of somo occupation by reason of in herited wealth or of having retired from business, is hardly important enough iu this country,” says tho rejxirt, “to bo mentioned. Of females between tho ages of 18 and 59, however, tho number not accounted for is vastly larger, for ob vious reasons—11,093,887. In that total are included tho students, tho disabled, the criminals, and tlio paupers; but it is made up in oliief part of wives, mothers, and grown daughters who are keeping house for their families, or living at home without any special occupation. Of those of 80 and over without occupation, the totals aro 518,778 males and 1,804,- 1183 females. It iH obvious why these ire unemployed. Finally, of course, mly reputable occupations are included. In Now York City, out of n total popula tion of 1,200,229, 518,377 were engaged in gainful occupations, of whom 378,159 were males aud 135,218 females. The Growth of Our Manufactures. ions euro of the government, and for over five thousand years no Egyptian ruler lias yet been able to get this vital work done without resorting to forced labor. A few philanthropists linvo ro- lontly remonstrated with Ismail Pnoha and the present Khadivo for compelling tho reluctant fellah to work ; but when ever their pookets an- touched Europeans havo always been most zealous to urge mid encourage tho most hrntill applica tion of Egyptian forced labor. For in stance, Ismail Paohn had to pay $8,000,- 000 in order to secure M. do Li-SHops' consent, to aliolish that shameful clausa iu tho Suez Canal oontrnot, whioh forced 20,000 fellaheen to lie dragged every mouth ill chains from their own Ih-hls to toil at M. de Lesseps' oannl, which him been tho alpha and omega of all the plagues that have liefnllen Egypt during tlm last flfteon years. Tho present Khedive lum dene away with forced labor, except for the work of cleaning out the eaiialH and strengthen ing the embankments of tho Nile and the larger oanalH when there is danger of a flood, and these exceptions arc ab solutely nceeHsnry to preserve the exist ence of Egypt. Tlio Nile begins to sub- side in October mid begins to riso ill June. Tho work of cleaning nut the cauiils begins iu February, when the water is very low. Tho other day I rode nit to a point on tho Ismnilia Canal, about toil miloH from Cairo, where about 1,000 laborers were hard at work clean ing. tho oanol. What I saw ia a fair H]M-eiinon of forood labor aa it exiats to day in Egypt. Moored near the bank of lal—will Czardine says, “X don’t want my son, Henry, to learn type settin’. for the Brigham Young Jb., is of opinion hoys would call him a ‘settin’ Hen. ’ " The industrial growth of tho United States, as shown by the hist oensus, is an interesting study. Tho number of manu facturing establishments in 1850 wns 123,029. Ten years later they hint in creased to 140,433. In the noxt decode the number advanced to 252 ; 148, but be tween 1870 und 1880 tho increase wns hardly noticeable, tho number in 1880 being 253,840. A different rate of increase is shown in tho amount of capital employed. In 1850 it was $533,245,354, increasing to $1,009,855,715 ill 1800, and doubling again between 1860 and 1870 to $2,118, 208,709. Between 1870 und 1880 it in creased to $2,790,223,506. The shops and manufactories gave em ployment m 1850 to 958,079 toilers, who lmd increased in number by the year 1800 to 1,311,240, aud by 1870 to 2,053,- 990. In tho noxt ten years tho increase, as in the other casos, was slow, for in 1880 the workers numbered only 2,738,- 750, an annual increase for tho decade of less than 60,000. In this army of work ers there were 181,918 children, 531,753 females over 15 years, and 2,025,278 males over 10, inriiingn total of $947,- 919,674, or a weekly wage for each man, woman, or cliildof abont$6.60, In 1850 tile wages paid were $236,755,464; in I860, $378,878,966, and in 1870, $776, 584,343. The fhatcrials consumed in manufac ture were valued in 1880 at $3,394,340,- 029. The products increased from $1, 019,109,616 in 1850 to $5,369,067,706 in 1880. In the payment of wages, all tho Mtatcs show an increase excepting Ne vada, Missouri, and Mississippi, Minne sota and Texas doubled their annual pay ment, of wages in the last census decade, and California increased from $21,000, 000 to $48 000,000. Infernal machines are now made so small that they can be carried in a coat tail pocket. The Detroit Free Fresf kindly gives this fatherly advioe to its readers: “ When you see a man acting as if he wanted to be kicked you’d better let the job out.” the canal—whioh is 180 wide—a large dredging machine wns throwing up a continuous stream of vile mud 11)1011 the towpntli of the oannl. About three hun dred fellaheen—both men nttd women— were squatting down on thoir haunches, and with no other implements but their hands were scooping up tho mud thrown up hy tlio dredging machine ami til low ing it into round, two-handed, flexible baskets. About sovon hundred young hoys and girls were carrying these baskets full of mud on their heads and “dumping" down thoir contents behind I lie canal embankment, about two hun dred yards distant. A Greek engineer was superintending tlio whole work, mid about twenty or thirty overseen—ex perienced fellahs, alHiut forty years of age—were walking alioiit promiscuously, seeing thnt nobody wns lnzy. Those overseers wore brown woolen foz-s and long, blue cotton shirts, anil were bare footed. Each overseer had in his hand a short stick, to the end of which wnN nailed a long lint leather strap that might have served in better days as a trunk strap, Those flat Htrnps are a merciful substitute for the famous nourbaah—nn oiled strip of hippopotamus hido about, eight feet long and twisted and stiffened with flue brass wire. These flat straps would occasionally come down with n loud “ whack” upon tho back of some luck less backslider, but as a rule there was no undue cruelty. Tho lalwirers them selves were tnkon from the neighboring villages hy requisition upon the respective Slioiks-ol-lieled to provide so man y hands. They sleep in thoir village, mid at sun- Ise say their players and eat a largo pot if baked beaus, garlio and oil. Tliuy nimmenoc scooping mud immediately ft erward mid work away until noon. They then pray again and receive from ihc government a large flat round loaf of bread. I have frequently seen young inys and girlH of ton or twelve years old working away in the sun quite nuked. M>h In Fattening Cattle. Most animals cat in proportion to their weight, under average conditions ot age, temperature and fatness. Give fattening oattle as mnoh aa they will eat, and oft times a day. Never give rapid changes of food, bnt change often. A good guide for a sate quantity of grain per day to maturing cattle is one. pound to eneli hundred weight; thus an suimol weighing 1,000 pounds msy re ceive 10 pounds of grain. Every stall feeding in the fall will make tho winter's progress more certain by 30 )H-r cent. Give us much water and salt at all times ns they will take. I11 UHing roots it is one guide to give just so nmoh, in association with other things, so that the animal may not take any water. Tn buildings, have warmth, with com plete ventilation, without currents, hut never under 40 degrees, nor over 70 de grees Fahrenheit. A cool, damp, airy temperature will causo animals to consume moro food without corresponding result iu lionn, muscle, flesh or fat, much being used to keep up warmth. Stall feeding is liettcr for fat making than box nr yard management irrespec tive of health. Tho growing animal, intended for boef, requires a little exi-reise daily, to pro mote muscle anil strength of constitution; whun ripe,only so much as to bo able .to walk to market. Keep the tem|>erntnre of tho body about 0110 hundred dogrccs; not nndcr t iilnoty-ftvo degrees nor ovor ono hundred and five degrees Fahrenheit. Don’t forget that one animal'e meat mnV he another miimul's poison. It takes three days of flood food to make up for 0110 of hail food. Tho raster the fattening the more profits; less food, earlier returns and [letter flesh. Got rid of every fattening cattle beast before it is throe years old. Every day an animal ia kept after be ing prime is loss, exclusive of manure. The external evidenoes of primencss are full rumps, flanks, twist, shoulder, pores, vein and eye. A good cattle man means a difference of one-fourth. He should know the likee and dislikes of every animal. It pays to keep one man in constant attendance on 30 hood of fattening cattle. Immediately when an animal licgins to fret for fond, immediately it liegins to lose flesh; never cheek the fattening pro- He Was a Gentleman. Eli Perkins tells of a hotel porter ho met in Louisville, Ky.: I hesitated a little about handing my portmanteau to a secdy-looking menial to carry, when tho landlord said: ‘Let him carry it, suh; He’s agenle- man. He’ll take good care of it, sah. Perfectly safe, sah.” “Yes,” remarked I he landlord, as we walked up the hill, “that man carrying yonr hag is a gen'leman, soli. Why, suh, he wns onee worth $200,000—lmd fifty niggers and seven hundred acres of the best blue grass land in Kentucky.” “What became of it, sir?” .1 asked. “Drank it all up, sah. Fast horses and fast women and whisky got away with it all, sah. And poker hod a heap to do with it. too, That man lost $4,000 anil a 2:20 horse in one night. Oh, soli, he’s got gen’lemanly instincts; he has, snro’ j yor tio’ne. Ho’s poor anil ragged and dirty, and bloated all over with whisky—a perfect wreck mentally, morally and physically, but lie’s 11 gou’le- man, sah. He won’t steal your curpet- beg.” Doo Oil.—A Minnesota consumptive went to North Carolina to spend the winter. While there she met an old negro woman who told her thnt dog oi was far liettcr and less disngreenblo to take than cod liver oil. The lady bought a fat dog, hail it killed and the fat rend ered into oil. It agreed with her very well, was easier digested than the other, uid she says she is getting well. No cattle whatever will pay for the direct increase to its weight from the consumption of niiy kind or quantity of foist —the manure must be properly valued. - Never begin fattening without definite plan. There is no loss in feeding oattle well Ion the sake of the manure nlone. On nn nvurugo it costs, oil charging every possible item, 12 cents for every additional pound milled to the weight of a two or three-year-old fattening boast. In this country the market value of store cattle cati bo increased 36 per e.-nt. during six months of the fattening finish. “Hear Mother!” In ono of tho county jails in Western Pennsylvania a poor old man died lately who had boon n prisoner there for fifty- one years. In 1831, William Standford, an English farm-hand near tho villago of Union- town, became violently insane and com mitted a murder.' Ho was tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, anil was chained to tho floor of tlio jail for eighteen years, according to the inhuman methods of tliut day. Finding that ho wns harmless,- the jailor at last took off his elinins, but he lias remained in the prison ever since, and was known as “ Crafty Billy," the bugaboo of several generations of children. He was eighty-ono at tho time of hi* death. During his whole life, and in all the ravings of inodnoss, lie never waa known once to allude to his childhood, or to his early days. When, howevor, I10 lay dying on his pallot in the cell, tlio old man suddenly checked his foolish babblings, and lay still anil silent for a few moments. Then lie looked up with a grave, tender smile, aud said, “Dear mother ! ” He never spoke again. Tho thought of his mother, who bail loved him, anil whom ho had loved, hod lain hidden iu that poor crazed, foolish brain for eighty long years, through all bis imbecility and ferocity and madness; and woko tit the last. All the misery and cruelty ho lmd suffered slipped away from him, and like a little child he oame book to the “dear mother” whom he bad lost nearly a century ago, and who bad loved him best of all the world. If the happy mothers who, perhaps, arc reading this paper to their children gathered about their knees could only understand how long their memory will lust with tlioso children; how long after they arc dust their words and aotions will influence the lives of their sons and daughters, how different those words and actions would be ! There would be nn end then, we think, of irritable wrangling, of barsli judgments anil of petty deceits with tho little ones; and every woman would hold up her hands to God, asking Him to so lead her that she may lie the “ d-\r mother ” to whom her children will turn smiling iu thoii- dying hour. “Come down,” said the young man, stroking his upper up.