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The Jesup Sentinel Office in the Jesup House, fronting on Cherry Mreet, two doors from Broad St. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, ... BY ... T P. LITTLEFIELD. Subscription Ra|es. • •( Postage Prepaid.) One year.... $2 00 Sir months 1 00 Three months 50 Advertising Rates. Per square, first insertion.' £1 00 Per square, each subsequent insertion. 75 ,£?®uSpecial rates to yearly and large ad vertisers. 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 VOL. 11. 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,