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TOWN DIRECTORY.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Mayor—W. H. Whaley.
Couucilmen—T. P. Littlefield, H. W.
Whaley, Bryant George, O. F. Littlefield,
Anderson Williams,
Clerk and Treasurer —O. F. Littlefield.
Marshal—G. W. Williams.
COUNTY OFFCERS.
Ordinary—Richard B. Hopps.
Sheriff—John X. Good bread.
Clerk Superior Court—Benj.O. Middleton
Tax Receiver—J. C. Hatcher.
Tax Collector—W. R. Causey.
County Surveyor—Noah Bennett.
County Treasurer —John Massey.
Coroner—D. McDitha.
County Commissioners —J. F. Ring, G.
W. Haines, Janies Knox, J. G. Rich, Isharn
Reddish. Regular meetings of the Board
3d Wednesday in January, April, July and
October. Jas. F. King, Chairman.
COURTS.
Superior Court , Wayne County—J no. L.
Harris, Judge; Simon W. Hitch, Solicitor-
General. Sessions held on second Monday
in March and September.
BMstaar, Pieros Only Georjia.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
' TOWN OFFICERS.
Mayor—R. G. Riggins.
Councilmen— JD. P. Patterson.J. M. Downs
J. M. Lee, 13. T>. Brantly.
Clerk of Council— J. M. Purdorn.
Town Treasurer—B. I>. Brantly.
Marshal—E. Z. Byrd.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ordinary—A. J. Strickland.
Clerk Superior Court—Andrew M. Moore.
Sherifi—E. Z. Byrd.
County Treasurer—D. P. Patterson.
County Serveyor—J. M. Johnson.
Tax Receiver and Collector—J. M. Pur
dom.
Chairman of Road Commissioners—llßl
District,‘G. M., Lewis C. Wylly; 12 0 Dis
trict, G. M., George T. Moody; 584 District,
0. M., Charles S. Youinanns; 590 District,
G. M.. D. B. McKinnon.
Notary Publics and Justices of the Peace 5
etc.—Blackshear Precinct, 584 district,G.M.,
Notary Public, J, G. S. Patterson; Justice
of the Pence, it. R. James; Ex-officio Con
stable E. Z Byrd.
Dickson?* Mill Precinct 1250 District, G
M , Notary Public,Mathew Sweat; Justice of
the Peace, Geo. T. Moody; Constable, W.
F. Dickson.
Patterson Precinct, 1181 District, G. M.,
Notary Public, Lewis C. Wylly; Justice of
the Peace, Lewis Thomas; Constables, 11.
Prescott and A. L. Griner. >
Sclilatterville Precinct, 590 District, G. M
Notary Public, D. B. McKinnon ; Justice o
the Peace, R. T. Janies; Constable, John W
Booth.
Courts—Superior court, Pierce couuty
John L. Harris, judge; Simon W. Hitch
Solicitor General. Sessions held first Mon
dry in March and September.
Corporation court, Blackshear, Ga., session
held second Saturday in each Month. Police
court sessions every Monday Morning at 9
o’clock.
JESUP HOUSE,
Corner Broad and Cherrv Streets,
(Near the Depot,)
T. F LITTLEFIELD Proprietor.
Newly renovated and refurnished. Satis
faction guaranteed. Polite waiters will take
your baggage to and from the house.
BOARD sg.oo per day. Single Meals, 50 cts
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.
Good field-hands are hiring n Georgia
at fifty and seventy-five dollars for the
year.
The receipts of cotton in Atlanta this
year will exceed those of last by about
fifteen thousand bales, which will make
the receipts over one hundred thousand
bales.
The Alabama and Great Southern rail
road has had recorded the first mortgage
for $1,750,000, to secure the payment of
bonds issued for the purpose of paying
indebtedness and to equip the road.
Chattanooga Dispatch : “ Judge ”
Roberts has gone up to Meigs county,
Tenn., and will swim one hundred live
geese down the river to this point, a dis
tance of nearly eighty miles. The wings
of the fowls will be cropped to prevent
them from flying, and the “Judge,” in a
canoe, will drive them down.
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mary
land, North Carolina, Virginia , West
Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee,
with a population of a little over 8,000,-
000, have an aggregate state debt of
sl7 9,418 207, or over $22 per capita, to
say nothing of the great municipal debts
ol Baltimore, New Orleans and other
cities. ___________
Scientific anti Useful.
The woods heavier than water are
Dutch box, ebony, lignum-vitae, mahog
any, heart of oak, pomegranate, and vine.
The difficulty of keeping a fluid free
of living germs has misled many phy
sicists who attempted to prove spontane
ous generation. Thus, if a liquid be
boiled for a considerable length of time,
younger genus will be killed, but the
older ones will only be softened, and not
devitalized. Only by successive boilings
can all the germ’ of varied ages be killed,
ands sterile fluid, suitable for the crucial
test, be secured.
To take rust out of steel, place the
article in a bowl containing kerosene oil,
or wrap the steei up in a soft cloth well
saturated with kerosene ; let it remain
twenty four hour* or longer; then scour
the rusty spots with brick-dust. If badiy
rusted, use salt with hot vinegar, After
scouring, rinse every particle of brickdust
or salt off with bailing hot water. Dry
thoroughly ; then polish off with a clean
flannel cloth and a little sweet oil.
About the year 1300 coal was first dis
covered in England on the banks of the
Tyne, and was introduced as fuel into
London about the year 13-50. Its use.
however, was, in 1373, forbidden by proc
lamation, in consequence of its effluvia
being considered injurious to health, by
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corrupting the atmosphere, and for many
years it remained unused. At the close
of the century, however, the value of
coal became recognized, and its applica
tion and consumption extended.
All Sorts.
Liverpool has now decided upon getting
water from Wales at a cost of $6,250,000.
Of ninety-nine millionaires of Phila
delphia,ex-Gov. Asa Packer is the richest,
i being worth $12,000,000.
Near Colorado Springs, Cos!., there have
recently been found more than fifty va
rieties of petrified nuts, many of them be
j longing to a class which are now only
1 found in the tropics.
I’ersonnl and Political.
The New York legislature was or
ganized, on the Ist, by the election of
Hon. Wm. H. Robertson as president
pro tern, of the senate, and Hon. James
W. Husted as speaker of the house. The
message of the governor pertains mainly"
i to state affairs.
The Pennsylvania state legislature was
I organized, on the Ist, by the election of
! Hon. Thomas V. Cooper as speaker pro
tem. of the house. This is an adjourned
session.
Jacob Bunu, thv well-known Spring
field (111.) banker, mado an assignment
an the 2d. His liabilities aggregate
about SBOO,OOO ; assets not stated.
Col. F. W. Holliday was inaugurated
1 governor of Virginia, on the Ist. with
all the pomp and display which dis
tinguished similar occasions in ante
! bellum timvs.
The Maine legislature was organized,
j on the 2d, by the election of Hon. War
i ren H. Vinton as president of the senate,
and lion. Henry laird as speaker of the
house.
About Women.
Black and silver gray are the colors
for elderly ladies’ dress materials.
White cluster roses or bunches of vio
lets are worn by ladies in half mourn
i ing.
Sleeves of morning and day dresses
are made made narrow at the wrist to
admit of the outside cuff, uow so much
worn.
Maroon velvet is coming in vogue for
bonnets, trimmed with bands of chin
chilla and shaded gray ostrich plumes.
It is now the fashion in London to
dress for an afternoon tea party. A de
lightful mixture of morning and dinner
dress prevails.
Miss Agnew, daughter of an Epitco
| pal clergyman in New Orleans, is about
i to gn upon the stage, and will make her
debut as “ Juliet.”
“Royal tapestry works” have been
| established at Windsor, under the imme
j diate patronage of the queen. Home
beautiiul work is the result,
j Skating has been revived as a fashion
able amusement. Ten years ago it was
all the rage, but the statements of phy
sicians that it was injurious to ladies put
a stop to it.
Costumes with short skirts are gradu-j
ally coming into favor. The comfort of
these skirts is so great in relieving the,
hands from holding up the demitrain 1
| that ladies greatly prefer them for the j
’ street.
The fashionable furs of the season con- j
sist of a flat boa about two yards in i
length, and a muff of moderate size, :
made up without stiffinterlinings. They j
! can he left quite plain, or may be 1
! trimmed with bows of gros grain ribbon, 1
on which are ornaments of passemen
terie.
A pretty conceit in the way of a white
felt bonnet has the crown trimmed with
crimson faille; one cream colored feather
nods forward over the crown, and arcrim
son one falls over a cream faille bow in
the back; the face trimmings are crim
-1 ben moss rosebuds nestled down among
soft tufts of old Malines lace.
Foreign.
The Anaheim branch of the Southern
Pacific railroad is uow finished to Santa
Anna, thirty-four miles in a direct line
from Los Angeles. The ultimate termi
nation of this branch of the Southern
Pacific will, in all probability, be San
i Diego.
The long continued strike of the
j London masons will probably cause a
return to stuccoed house fronts, which
j were giving place to those of stone.
Tenders are now made leasing out stone
: masonry.
In northern China people of all ages
are dying of actual starvation by thou
sands. The famine extends over a
district which includes at least 5,000
villages, and it is said that at least five
hundred die daily. Houses are pulled
i down in every village to sell the timber
and thatch in order to get food. Those
who can get husks and dry leaves,
oidinarily used for fuel, are considered
! well off. M st of the poor young girls
have been sold; old men, middle aged
men and young men and children die
daily of sheer starvation, and others
freeze. The dead can not get a burial;
they are too many, and none can afford
the expense; so they are cast daily into
large pits. The people at Shansi are
said to be living on the corpses of their
fellow-beings who die of starvation. And
the strong are killing the weak for the
sake of obtaining their flesh for food.
.Miscellaneous.
The right of way has been secured all
along the route for the new petroleum
pipe line to the seaboard, whic h is to lie
built by the Producer’:-: Protective
Union. This was obtained in a iarge
measure by strategy on the part of the
engineer, who ran numerous false iiaes
; in order to throw the agents of the Stan
dard oil company off the scent. The
new line will be able to carry about one
sixth of the entire production.
The Ohio senate passed joint resolu
tions favoring the remonetization of the
silver dollar, favoring the passage of the
! Bland billand censuring President Hayes
and Secretary Sherman for thc-ir position
on the siiver question. The resolutions
were adopted by a party vote, the demo
crats voting in the affirmative.
JESUP, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1878.
THE OBUUX OF THE BANJO.
Go way, tiddle! folks is tired o’ hearlu’ you a
squawkin’.
Keep silence fur vo’ betters-don’t you <le
banjo talkin’^
About de ’possum’s tail, she’s gwine to lecter—
ladies, listen!
About de ha’r whst isn’t dar, an’ why de ka’r is
rnisgiu .
" Dar’b Kwine to be a cbeiflow,” said Noah, lookin’
solemn—
For Nosh ink the Herald, and he read de ribbsr
column—
An’ so he sot bis hands to work a ci’arin’ timber
patches,
Au’ ’lowed he’a gwise to build a boat to beat de
ateamah “Nattrtiez.”
Ol’ Noah kep’ a nailin', an’ a chippln’ an' a sawin';
An’ al de wicked neighbors kep' a laughin’ a*’ a
pshawin’;
But Noah didn’t min’ ’em—knowin’ what was
gwine to happen;
An’ forty days an’ forty nights de rail it kep’ a
drappin’.
Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob eberjr sort o’
beae’s—
Ob all de shows a trabblin’, it beat ’em all to pieces!
Be had a Morgan colt, an’ sebral bead o’ Jarsey
cattle—
An druv ’em ’board de Ark as soou as ho heeredde
thunder rattle.
Den ech anoder fall ob rain! it comes so awful
hebbv,
De ribber ri/. imuifjitly, au’ busied Iron de lebbee;
De people all was drowned oot— ’cep’ Noali wV de
critters,
Au’ men he hired to work de boat—an’ one to mix
de bitters.
De Ark she kep’ a sailin’ an’ a sailin’ an’ a sailin’;
De lion got his dauder up, an’ like to bruk de pail
ko’-
l)e sarpents hissed—de painters yelled—tell, what
wid all de fusin’,
You c’u’dn’t hardly hcah de ina'e a bosain’ hound
an' cussiu’.
How, Ham, de only nigger what waz. runnin’ on de
packet,
Got lonesome in de barber shop, an’ c’u’dH’t stan’
de racket;
An’ so, for to amuse he-self, he steamed some wood
an’ bent it.
An’ soon he had a banjo made - do fust dat waa in
vented.
lie wet de leather, stretched itcu; made bridge, an’
screws, an’ apron ;
An’ fitted In a proper neck— ’twuz very long and
tap’rin’;
He took some tin, an’ twisted him a thimble for to
ling it:
An’den de mighty queation riz : how wua he gwine
to striug it ?
De ’possum had as tine a tail as dis dat I’so a sing
in';
De htu’s so long, au’ thick, an’ strong—des tit for
t anjo Btringin';
Dat nigger shaved cm off as short as wash-day din
ner graces;
An’ sorted ob ’em by de fruru little E’a lo
basses.
Be fctrung her, tuned her. struck a jig—’twua
N liber mind de wedder.”
She soun’ like iorty-lebbeu bands a playin’ all to
gedder.
Borne went to pattin’; sowo to dancin’; Noah called
de figgors;
An’Ham he sot an’ knocked de tune, do happiest
ob niggers!
Now, Bence dat time, it’s mighty strange, dcre's not
de slightest show in’
Ob any ba’r upon de ’possum’s tail growin';
An’ curi’s too, dat nigger's ways, his people neblier
los’ ’em
For whar you finds tire nigger, dar’s de banjo an’
de ’possum!
- Irwin. Russell , in BaUmm\
A STORY OK
PASSION AND JEALOUSY.
BY S. C. A.
The sunshine flickered through the
leaves and played on the tangled ferns
and maiden’s hair, 'the birds sang
sweetly as they hopped from branch to
branch. The tall pines nodded their
proud heads as the breeze passed whis
pering through them ; at their feet, the
profusion of tall grasses denoted the
dampness of the shady woodland. In
the distance a low, musical murmur
betrayed the fall of a cascade. Overhead
the bright, blue sky was dotted with
fleecy clouds, waiting for the sun’s sharp
needles to knit them into shadowy
blankets for the hills below. All nature
seemed at peace.
Suddenly, low laughter rang through
the forest and was echoed from the hills
behind. The noise of crackling brush
and the rustling of dead leaves stilled
the song of the merry birds as a youth
and maiden appeared and stood beneath
the waving pines.
“ What a beautiful spot, Ed! Spread the
shawl, and let us rest hero awhile,” said
the girl in joyous tones.
The young man took the shawl care
lessly from its resting place on his
shoulder, and spread it oat, stretching
himself at full length thereou.
The young girl stood leaning against a
tree, hat in band, looking wistfully
through the long path by which they
had come.
“ I say, don’t you think it rather
damp here ?” interposed Ed.
But the giri did net hear. He turned
f and glanced curiously up in her face—
the face of his fiancee, noting, as he did
no, with the true characteristic of a
critic, the lack of regularity in her
features, the pa'e complexion, the thin
cut lips, the dark eyelashes, shading the
expressive grey eyes.
While be mentally took in these points,
she turned quickly, and, looking him
full in the face said : " Well, what do
you think of me ?” He flushed slightly
as he answered, “ I’m afraid my opinion
would not interest you.”
“No ! but I can easily guess it. It
would not be very difficult,” she retorted
bitterly.
A long pause followed these words,
broken only by the renewed twitter of
the birds and the measured stroke of a
woodman's ax in the .distance. Ed.
braided and unbraided the fringe of the
shawl. Marian, for so was the young
girl called, tied and untied the strings of
her hat.
Finally Ed. broke forth, “I say, Ma
rian, why do we always fall in* this
strain of talking when we are alone ?”
“ I hao not noticed that we did, but if
it bores you we had better bring Aunt
Mary next time we come,” interrupt and
Marian.
The young man’s (ace clouded, hut he
only said “ Perhaps it would he better
to bring Aunt Mary and leave rne be
! hind.”
Marian’s eyes flashed) ctSior came to
her pale face, as ghe answered, “ That
arrangement would please me very well.”
Ed. rose, and bowing low before her
said, “ Perhaps Miss Gray weuld prefer
Aunt Mary’s society to mine now.”
“ I certainly would at the present mo
ment,” ghe said, hastily. , .
The young gentleman raised his hat,
and with a “ Good afternooa,” he walked
quickly away iuto the forest, and was
soon lost to sight,
Tears came to Marian's eyes when the
last footsteps had died away, and she sat
down on the crumpled shawl.
“ He is very unkind to go ami leave
me like that. Ido believe he isjealouß
because Harold’Wataon paid me so much
attention last night.” Her thoughts took
another direction, and the handsome face
of Harold Watson came before her'eyes.
How warmly he had pressed her hand in
the “ Lauciers ” at the party the night
before. He was going away, he had said,
but hoped to return soon, for the little
town of N had many attractions for
him. The tears were dried, as she
recalled the curious looks the girls had
cast when they saw her promenading
with the great catch, Harold Watson.
But soon poor Ed. the party, Harold
Watson, and all were forgotten in a re
freshing sleep. Yes, Mariau slept; the
pretty head resting against the old pine,
her bauds crossed on her lap, while the
shadows began to creep over the hills.
The wo<nl music had ceased : even the
birds were still.
And there, as the sun’s last ray had
disappeared. Harold Watson stumbled
upon the sleeping Marian. A look of
exultation came over his features as he
saw who it was; a look not pleasant to
see. He stooped down beside her and
took one of Imr little hands in his. He
longed lo awake her with a kiss, but did
not dare. He touched her gently on the
shoulder.
She half opened her eyes, and by tome
strange fatality said softly, “ Harold !”
Joy and triumph shone in every fea
ture of the man’s face, but he controlled
himself and said, “ lain sorry t
disturb you, Miss Marian, but it is grow
ing late, and 1 thought you would accept
of my escort home.”
Marian, now fully awake, blushed at
the glances of admiration east upon iior
by those black eyes, ns she related how,
being tired, she had fallen asleep.
So, laughing and talking they wended
their way through the wood. They were
nearly to the homo of Marian, when
they met Fid, who explained that he had
seen Marian’s Aunt who told him Marian
had gone into the forest and had not yet
returned, so ho had come out to find her.
He said that he was glad to see she was
in good hands, bowed to them Loth, and
walked on.
Harold Watson Ihought within him'
self, “ The fellow is jealous;” while
Mariau had the same thought, modified,
she felt, with a little thrill of joy. How
nice it was to have somebody think of
her when she was not with them. Then
again, she felt some compunction when
she thought how he had looked.
But they had reached the gate, the
good-bye’s were to lie said, and Mr. Wat
son was to leave the next morning; and
witli his dark eyes looking into ber’s she
thought she really was sorry to part frrrn
him.
As she slowly went up stairs to smooth '
her hair she shed a few tears; she did not
know exactly for what.
Down stairs in the cosy dining room
Aunt Mary sat waiting for her niece.
Eighteen years before her sister-in law
had died, leaving for a substitute her
little daughter. Her husband soon fol
lowed, and was laid beside her in the
little cemetery, where Aunt Mary often
took little Marian. Tims Marian had
known no other mother than her Aunt,
who was a kind, yeflstrict, New England
spinster—who believed in the old time
doctrines, and despised “ new fangled”
ideas.
Marian was about eight years of age
when an event occurred which outlined
her path for the future.
Across the garden by which her home
was enclosed stood a large vacant house,
which had been unoccupied for years,
Suddenly* there came through the vil
lage the rumor that it was to he taken by
a -trange family. They were coming
there to live and work the vast farm.
And for once Madame Gossip was right.
The family came, and the lights of the
great house shone out like a beacon ;
smoke curled up from the chimneys, and
the garden showed signs of cultivation.
One bright morning as Marian took
her seat in the little village school she
glanced across the aide timidly and -aw
a strange face and two black eyes looking
admiringly at her. And from that day
at recess she adored the young lad, who
was not slow in making her acquaint
ance.
When he was old enough, hail been
through college, and had seen a little of
the world, she became his promised wife.
But “ the course of true love does not
always run smooth.” It did not in the
ease of these two young people’s hearts,
who though trying to he true to each
other, were not true to themselves.
Yes! there eat Aunt Mary, with her
gr-y hair banded neatly down, thinking
| sadly of the rime when she must part
with Marian. The day was not fur dis
tant, only a month, and Marian would
be a bride.
The old fashioned clock in the corner
struck seven, as Mariau entered the
dining-room, aud took her place at the
table, opposite her Aunt. A silense fol
lowed, as with bowed head they asked
for grace.
The ticking of the pendulum, and the
purring ol the cat, were distinctly heard.
The sweet smell of wild flowers in the
vase upon the table, pervaded the room,
as the evening breeze played with the
thin muslin curtains, and stirred the soft
hair on Marlau’sbrow.
Aunt Mary looked axiously al her
niece’s swollen eyelids and flushed
cheeks, and sighed as she thought it was
a quarrel that had made her darling sad.
“ Are you not well,’ dear ? she asked,
tenderly.
“ Yes, Auntie. lam very well, but I
am a little tired,” answered Marian.
“ Did you meet Ed ? I sent him after
you, I was so worried.”
“ Yes, Auntie, we met him just before
we reached the gate.”
“We! Marian! Why, child I who do
you mean by we?”
“ Mr. Watson. I met him in the forest
and he askul permission to escort me
home.”
A frown came over the serene counte
nance of Aunt Mary as she hurriedly
said, “ Marian I do not trust that man !
lie is 100 worldly. No one around hero
knows anything about him ; who ho is,
or whence he came.”
But hero she was interrupted by a loud
knock at the door.” Marian rose to an
swer it.
It is needless to say it was Ed. coining
to make peace, which was soon declared,
as arm in arm they walked up and down
between the sweet briar hedges and
talked of that inexhaustible subject, the
future.
Let us pass over two months, during
which time Marian became a bride.
The leaves, scarlet and gold, are drop
ping now, and the wind is chilly as it
sweeps through the forrest, over the
tarnished brakes. Marian has returned
from her bridal journey, a little !•-
happy than when she left. Her husband,
fondly jealous ere tuev were married, is
madly jealous now. He does not like
the looks of admiration cast upon his
wife by the male sex. lie tolls her she
encourages them ; and, being high tem
pered, she does unt lake it well. Bo the
quarrels are bitterand frequent.
As fate would have it, when they
reached home, one of the first to pay
homage to the young bride was Harold
Watson. He was very tender with her;
told her she was not looking well. And
Marian, having just had another scene
with her husband was very excited and
burst into tears. Oh, silly Marian! Ere
she knew it she was repeating to that
worldly man her domestic troubles. And
he, sitting beside her, with his aim on
the buck of her chair, her hand in his.
How well he played the comforter! He
praised her husband, found ready ex
cuses for him, and ingratiated himself
into the young bride’s favor, and when at
last he tore himself away, she had told
him to come often. Her husband com
ing up the path had heard her, and his
blood boiled with jealousy as he saw the
bright Smiling faces of the twain.
Ah, it is o'ten true, “a little spark
kindleth a great fire.” No sooner had
the maid withdrawn from the room at
dinner, then lie commenced : “Madame,
1 wish you lo understand that I forbid
you to receive Harold Watson in my
house. He is a scoundrel, and il I ever
meet him here again you will regret it 1”
“ How dare you insult me by threats;
I shall receive whom I please; if f can
not, I shall go back to Aunt Mary’s.”
Ed. knew he had said too much ; but
not wishing to retract, he added, “,I wish
to heaven you had never left Aunt
Mary’s.”
Marian rose, livid witli anger, and re
torted : “ You will never have to wish it
twice.” Bhe then left the room, and taking
a small shawl from the rack run hur
riedly across the garden towards Aunt
Mary’s.
El. saw her from the window, and
his heart sank a little ; but iie Ihought
to himself that -he would be back before
sup[KT. But when supper time came,
the maid said her mistress had not yet
he was obliged to sit down
to a lonely meal. Before he had finished
a servant brought a note, which he
hurriedly tore open ; il was from Aunt
Mary, who stated that, as Marian could
not live in peace with him, she thought
it would be best to separate. That ws
all; but long, long into the night Ed.
sat therein the same position, like one
crushed. “Kite loved him,” he said bit
terly. “Ifever I meet him f will kill
him 1 He shall yet pay for this 1 ”
Early the next morning, valise in
hand, Ed. took Lis way down through
the village to the station. lie watt
obliged to pa-s by the bouse of the
elderly Mis* (j rey, and as. he neared St he
1 taw with beating h- art bin wile piek
i ing Ho were in the little garden.
“Marian,” he cried, loudly; “ iny
, wile ! come to me.’’ She turned sud
! dcrdy without looking toward him ; ami
| ran into the house, dropping her ft twcre
1 n-t aim went. “O ! heaven forgive tne,” he
said in a tone of anguish, leaped the wall
and picked up one of the roßes she had
let fall, then started on his way. The
train soon bore him far away from the
little village towards the great city of
New York.
Three years tame and went; the cres
cent moon rose pure and pale over the
hot city of New York; the crowd of
people went by in a continuous train.
Hardly a breath of air stiired. Away
down in one of those horrible gambling
dens.elegantly fitted up, there entered,
on this particular August night, a man
upon whom all the loungers turned to
look, so handsome was his appearance,
nnd so carelessly he came sauntering in,
seating himself at a small table. .Then,
much to the surprise of everybody, iie
called for a “ lemonade.” As lie sipped
it slowly, one could perceive by the lines
on his forehead that he had seen trouble
and not a little.
Suddenly a commotion around the
door, foretold some new comer, and all
looked up, as another man, scarcely
less handsome than the first, entered.
Not a few of the men crowded forward
to shake hands witli him, for lie was the
well-known gambler, Harold Watson.
Afler the new comer had greeted his
friends, lie glanced around the room. His
eye falling upon the stranger, he started
forward with the exclamation : ' Marian’s
husband 1”
The stranger rose, and drawing a revol
ver from his coat, took aim at Watson.
The crowd pressed eagorly forward.
Quick as a flash Harold Watson knocked
the weapon from the other’s hand ; it was
discharged, the ball entering the stran
ger’s side. He fell with a deep groan.
“ A doctor; for heaven’s sake semi for
a doctor !” cried Harold as the crowd fell
back.
A doctor came forward, the übconscious
man was placed on a shutter and carried
into an adjoining room. His wound was
dressed, and as it was not very serious,
he was soon able to stand. He appeared
to baa little outof his head, talked wildly
about liia wife, and did not seem to bo
able to walk straight. He said lie was
going home. The doctors thought it the
best thing ho could do, so they put him
in an open carriage, nover dreaming, but
that his home was somewhere up town.
Then having done their., duty they
thought no more about It.
Tlie next day at twilight a man came
Blowly uj) Irorn the village of N tak
ing the way to the “ Grey Cottage.'' lie
seemc and rather undecided which way to go,
but he finally reached the little wooden
gate, opened it and walked up tho
narrow path. Hit lace wan deadly
pale, and as he staggered to the vine
covered porch, he saw a baby-boy sitting
on the step. He did not see the soft
curly hair so like his own, the beautiful
grey eyes so like Marian’s. He asked
him weakly if there was any one at
home. The boy stared at him, said he
would go tell mamma, and toddled in.
A maid cameoutand asked him sharply !
what he wanted. “ J wish to see Miss
Grey,” he said, faintly. ‘‘Miss Grey!
she’s dead and buried this long time,”
answered the girl; thinking lie meant
the spinster. “ Hut I’ll tell my mistress
to step out. Come in sir, won’t you V” ;
“ Marian dead ! my wife! it is not e,o ;
she has not forgiven mo ! Dead !” and be
gave a hollow laugh, reeled against tlie
door, and fell dead in the ball, the pur.
pie blood staining the white floor, his
hands clutching convulsively.
A door opened, a light form came along
tho hall leading the little baby boy.
“ He quiet Eddie,” she said, “ somebody
wants to we mamma,” never dreaming j
who the somebody was. The servant in
tiie dining-room, brushing up the |
crumbs, beard a piercing scream, and
rushing out saw her mistreis kneeling on ,
the floor beside a corpse,—her hands arid
dress stained with blood-rocking too
and fro crying, “O, my boy! Mv boy!
Papa has come 1 Ed. has come home at
last!”
“ Yes! he had come home to die; i
without the longed-for forgiveness, with
out knotting be was loved, without \
recognizing bis little son who lived to
be the consoler of his mother. His '
lamp had gone out and left him in utter
darkness. Youth, beauty, riches, bad
been hi*, but happiness took unto herself
wings and flew away.
'Hie Boston Herald has been strug
gling to frame a definition for a “ tramp,”
which sliouid not include too many peo
ple. After long deliberation, it proposes
the following for the dictionary of tbe
future: Tramp--An impecunious gen
tleman of super abound Ing leisure, who
perambulates the country ostensibly in
search of employment, but in reality a
vagabond, demanding money and lo"U,
and giving no recompense, either in
money, labor, or ideas, therefor. An
unauthorized forager on the country at
1 .rge. Synonyms—Heat, dead-beat, bum
mer, swing!around the circle, etc. N.
H —The definition does not appiy to
1 vet urn lecturers, Dr. \! try Walke
| Ulysr.-.a Grant, S-rgeaal Hates, Daniel
i Pratt or tbe soap man.
Boston has tbe only manufactory o
go '- and cymbals in the Doited Stales
! The production i* about three hundred
and fifty gongs and five hundred and
! fifty pair of cymbals per year.
WAIFS AND WHIMS.
.. The empire of .Japan is made up of
A,BOO islands.
.. They calf a certain western Judge
‘‘Old Necessity,” because he knows no
law.
. Never borro enything that you are
able to buy. Borrowing will demoralize
a man almost a/, fast ax stealing.— Joth
Billing*.
..“Was his life insured?” “Yes.’
“For whose benefit?” “ Why, for the
benefit of the insurance'compauy, to be
sure.”
. . The sweet singer of Michigan now
attacks the frivolous fashions which are
sweeping so many of us into bankruptcy.
Listen :
off tho Agony, louto oft yle,
Unless you've got money by vou All tho while.
It you look about you you'd often hare to omilo,
To kou bo uiiiny poor peoplo putting on style.
. .If England should declare war against
Russia, and Germany against England,
and FranceagainstUermany, and Austria
against Italy, and Greece against Turkey,
and China against the whole Asiatic
Orient,Jand Ireland strike for liberty—
wouldn’t there be a shaking up of the
1 old dry bones ?
Professional : Two undertakers meet
lat the cemetery gate. First Underta
ker—“ Well, how’s business to-day?”
Second Undertaker—“ Bully.” “Two oaks
with plated bandies and one rosewood.”
“How is it with you?” First Underta
ker—“ Badly. Only three stained pine,
child’s size.”
The following correspondence be
-1 tween a Chicago dead-beat and the man
who lent him money “explains itself“l
lent you one year ago to-night f4 87. If
you have not had it long enough, please
keep it one year longer.” To this deli
cate hint this answer was returned:
'* Had forgotten it, and hoped you had.
Let her run another year.”
NO. ‘24.
A {mint r onp-- h utoredfd keep,
And he wan quite a Joker;
For wl>* n tie found huttfiil Huloup.
lie wlili a yellow t chre.
When bo with yell awoke that, girl
I hu painter thought he hud ut r ;
But tihe, though mad when sho laydown
Vn loubtedly rose inadder.
11 m gl< I woke up brimful of mirth.
And jo'ned him Iti a cotillion ;
lie Imaged her clone, for h< wan wot l h
At leant n quail of vermllllon.
.."Where are the friends of my
youth?” sang a wretched vocalist at a
Boston concert. As lie came off the stage
into the green room ttie manager remark
ed to him : “it is very evident they
are not here; I will give you the rest of
the season in which to go and look them
up.”
. Ban Francisco Bulletin: A glass of
intoxicating drink bears a multitude of
names on ordinary days. But on election
days, when the law enforces total absti
nence, new names have to be manufac
tured by the grand army of the thiisty.
On such days it lias ordinarily been
known ns a “coffee bean” or a “ciove,”
but even these names have now become
i stale. Yesterday a thirsty elector
i walking along Market street stopped
in front of a saloon, and seeing someone
peeping through an opening, he said :
“ Hay, friend, do you know where f can
get some logs for a No. 6stove?” “ Yea,"
was the prompt reply; “ right in here.”
And the door flew open wide enough for
tho thirsty elector to slip inside. He
was seen to emerge soon afterward strok
ing a boon til ul mustache.
Holt Ingcrsoll’N Notions of a
Future State.
A Post reporter dropped in ou Col.
Hob Ingersoil, with the request that he
would shed a little light on the great
question of life and death. The Colonel,
though quite busy, consented to bo in
terrupted, and wheeling his chair
around, said: “Fire away with your
questions.”
“ According to your views, what dis
position is made of man after death ?”
“ Upon that subject I know nothing,
it is no more wonderful that man should
live again than that he now lives; upor.
that question I know of no evidence.
The doctrine of immortality rests upon
li uman affection. We lore ; therefore we
wish to live.”
“Then you would not undertake to
say wimt becomes of man after death?”
“ If 1 told or pretended to know what
becomes of man after death, I would be
as dogmatic us are theologians upon this
question. The difference between them
and me is, lam honest. T admit that 1
do not know.
“ No one can control his own opinion
nor bis own belief. My belief was forced
upon me by my surroundings. lam the
product of ail circumstances that have
in any way touched ine. i believe in
this world. I have no confidence in any
religion promising joys in another world
at the expense of liberty and happiness in
this. At the same time I wish to give
to others all the rights 1 claim ior my
self.”
“ What punishment, then, is inflicted
upon man for crimes and wrongs com
mitted in this life?”
“ There is no such thing as an intel
lectual crime. No man can commit a
mental crime. To become a orime it
must be beyond thought.
“What punishment is there for phy
sical crime?”
“ duch punishment as is necessary
protect society and for the reformation
of the criminal. ”
“ if there is only punishment in this
world, will not some escape punish
nicnt ? ” 4 ,
[ admit that all do not seem lobe
punished as they de orve. I also -dmil
th' 11 do not seem to be rewarded as they
deserve ; and there is in this world, ap
parently, a* great a failure in the matter
ot reward as in the matter of punishment.
If there i another life, a man will be
happier there for having acted according
to his highest ideal in this. But Ido
not discern in nature any efibrt to do
justice.”— Washington Pott,