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Tlie Jesup Sentinel Office in tiie Ji- np House, iroutiiSg on Cnerry ' ' Joors from Broad'St. PUBLISHED every Wednesday, BY .. T. p. LITTLEFIELD. Subscription Hates. (ro-,t'_.e Prepaid.) One year $2 CO Six months 1 00 Three mouths 50 Advertising Hates. Per square, first insertion $1 00 Per >quare, each subsequent insertion. 75 .7P&~Speeial rates to yearly and large ad vertisers. TOWN DIRECTORY. TOWN OFFICERS. Mayor—ll. Whaley. Councilmen—Dr. R. F. Lester, E. A. Eier be*, M. W. Surenev A. B. Purdorn, G. M. T. Ware. Clerk and Treasurer—G. M. T. Ware. Marshal—Wm. M. Austin. COUNTY OFFCERS. Ordinary—Richard B. Oopps. Sheriff—John X. Goodbrtad. Clerk Superior Court—Benj.O. Middleton Tax R( ctiviT —J. C. Hatcher. Tax Collector—W. U. Causey. County Surveyor—Noah Bennett. County Treasure —John Massey. Coroner—D. MeDitha. County Commissioners —J. F. King, G. I W. Haines, James Knox, J. G. Rich, Isliam Reddish Regu ar meetings of the Board 3 1 Wednesday in January, April, July and October. Jas. i\ Kins, Chairman. COURTS. Superiot Court , Wayne County—J no. L. i Harris, Judge; Simon W. Hitch, Solicitor- i General. Sessions held on second Monday in March and September. Blattar, Fisreo Orantj Georgia TOWN DIRECTORY. TOWN OFFICERS. Mayor—R. G. Riggins. Councilmen—D. I*. Patterson,J. M. Downs J. M. Lee, B. D. Brantiy. CJerk of Council—J. M. Purdom. Town Treasurer—B. D. Brantiy. Marshal—lL Z Byrd. f COUNTY - OFFICERS. — A. J. Strickland. Clerk Superior Court—Andrew M. Moore. Sheriff—E Z. Byrd. County Treasurer —D. P. Patterson. County Surveyor—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; f>B4 District, G. M., Charles S. You man ns; 590 District, G. M., D. B. McKinnon. Notary Publics and Jusiiees of the Peace' etc Precinct. 584 district,G.M., Notary Public, J. G. S'. Patterson : Justice of the Pe*co. ft. 11. James; Ex-officio Con stable E. Z Byrd. Dickson?s Mill Precinct, 1250 District, G M , Notary Public. Mathew Sweat; J slice of tlie Peace, Geo. T. Moody; Constable, W. F. Dickaon. Patters on Precinct, 1181 District, G. M., Yota y Public. Lewis C. Wylly; Justice of the Peace, Lewis Thomas; Constables, 11. Preso rt and A. L. Griner. Sehlattervillo Precinct 590 District, G. M Notary t ablie, Y. B. vlcKimjfru : Justice o the Peace, R. T. James* Constable, John W Booth, Courts—Suj.tnioi court, Pierce county John L. Harris, judge; Sipaen W. Hitch Solicitor Gt ner.d. Sessions held first Mon dry in March and September. Corporation court, Blackshear, Ga., session held second Saturday in ach Month. Police court sessions every Mr .day Morning at 9 •/clock. Corner Broad and Chern Streets, (Near the Depot,) T. P. LITTLEFIELD, Proprietor. Newly renovated and refurnished. Satis faction guaranteed. Polite waiters will take your baggage to and from the house. BOARD $2.00 per day. Single Meals, 50 cts C CHHBNT FA HAG if A Fil S. Southern News. The American says: Tne population of Nashville and Edgefield, by absolute count, in 1877, shows 40,819~-i'n which inuny thousands of suburbans are not included. The demand for colored convict labor ers is greater than the (Tex.) peniten tiary can supply. Colonel Cunningham, the lessee, finds no trouble Urine out the black people, who are preferred, espe dally lor the farm, to the whites. Nashville American : Tnree hundred student? are now attending Fisk univer sity, of whom half are boarders. Every southern state is represented, besides the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, Vouigan and Indiana. Chicago sends seven students. Only one hundred and twenty five were in attendance at the dedication of Jubilee hall, between two and three years ago. From Washington. The officers of the postoffice depart ment estimate that the revenues of the department are now suffering not less than a quarter of a million dollars a month by the flood of etamp3 by post masters at small country offices at a discount for use in cities and towns. The postmaster at St. Louis alone shows his office is defrauded of revenue to the amount of SIB.OOO per annum in this way. Foreign Intelligence. It is rumored in Japan that a notifica tion will shortly be issued ordering the adoption of the foreigu style of clothing by a'l officials of Imperial or Govern ment appointment in dayo Ivan and department of the imperial household. It is likely that this order will also be extended to all government depart- I; is stated ou authority which cannot questioned that 70.000,000 human '•*e:ngs are now starving in the famine stricken provinces of irorth China. Imag ination fails to cope with so gigantic a calamity. The London Times says we cann A doubt that if the Chinese hav; found their way to America from the a, a-para lively eastern pro- VOL. 11. vinces by thousand, they will pour forth in myriads from the famine stricken dis tricts of the nerth as soon as a way is opened to them. The Chinese difficulty may speedily become a greater menace to the future of the United States than the negro difficulty was at ite worst. Negro immigration was never voluntary, and ceased with the abolition of the slave trade, while it the Chinese tide begins to flow in force, it is difficult lr. see where and when it will stop. Much alarm has been created at Mos cow by the appearance of the Siberian plague, One day a laundress at the university, who was suspected of having died from it, was subjected to a post mortem examination, with the result that the suspicions of the authorities were confirmed. Since then several other persons have succumbed to the same malady, which is more disastrous thou either small-pox or cholera, audtbe police are now taking energetic meas ures to prevent the disease from spread ing. It is believed that the seeds of the plague were brought from Tiflis either by Turkish prisoners or Russian in valids. Shooting' Stars, The lecturer reminded his hearers that, besides tbs stars we tee on a clear night and besides those the telescope makes known, there are countless bodies mov ing through space which even the most powerful telescope fails to reveal till they come either in the orbit of the earth or of its atmosphere. These are what are called meteorites and shooting stars, and it is important to distinguish dearly between the two. They are alike lumin ous from the same cause, that of friction in passing through the atmosphere, though but few people have ever seen a meteorite falling. The number of shoot ing stars is infinitely greater than is usually supposed, for observers with telescopes often sec them flash across tiro field in dimensions too small to be seen with t'm naked eye. We know that shooting stars undergo combustion in passing through our atmosphere. What becomes of the debris ? The snow of the Alps, far away from furnaces, contains globules of iron, and dust that as quietly accumulated in exposed places contains ihemalso. - ft -s supposed they represent some or the debris. Though we may grumble at our atmosphere in bad weather, we must recollect it, at least, does this—lt burn's up these bodies tliat are pelting down upon us at a rate one hundred times greater than the missiles of an eighty-one ton gun, and, hut for this burning up, they would he at any rate awkward for us. In looking at the knowledge accummulated witli regard to shooting stars, the first point to notice, Professor Hall says, is that certain great showers are periodical, and always come from the same parts of the heavens. According to the constellation from which they appear to come, they are called Lyriads, Perseids, Orionids, Leon ids, etc. The inference from these recur ring periods is that the orbit of the eaith then cuts the orbit in which a mass of these is moving. With this fact of recurrence it must be noticed that certain cornets are periodical, and from a comparison of their supposed orbits with those of groups of these bodies, a connection between them is inferred, whatever may be the origin of the comets, which is not yet known Meteorites, on the contrary, are never known to come from the direction of a comet path. If a meteorile is carefully examined, it is seen to be a fragment of some rock, and that of one closely analogous to our earth’s volcanic rocks. If we consider in turn th** volcanic sources from which they could have come, we sco the sun wou’d have force enough to drive off fragments t but if is hardly likely that there are solid rocks there to drive off. Jules Verne is right, Professor Ball says, in calculating that a body driven up from the earth with a force equal to six miles a second would not return. From Geres three miles a second would be suf ficient. Examining all the planets in turn, it seems improbable that the meteorites originate from any of them. It seems much more likely that they were in former times of greater volcanic activity driven up irom the earth itself, and they again, after lapse of ages, meet the earth in its orbit. The theory that they corns in from unlimited space is, Professor Bell thinks, highly improbable. —"Prolessor Bell’s Lecture before the London Institution. High-toned artists nowaday- won’t take a subject’s “ full face jor the reason that e full froot picture looks awkward, strained and countryfied. The full-front style of posing a subject is calhd “ Chinese fashion.” because for petty offenses in hina the right or k-.t ear is cutoff, and tee Chinese are always particulartohavc both ears wellc’ p’syed in their photographs in order that their friends may see that they have not suf fered the penally of crime. ..Queen Victoria got tired of weinc King Humbert go around with his atm k ings dangling about his angles, >r> ct conferred the order of the garter on i m And he’s garter wear it, too, or tbere’li 1 be a muss .TESUP, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1878. "COME UNTO ME" A sweeter song than e’er was sung Kv root. priest, or sages; A song which thro’ all Heaven has rung And down thro’ all the ages. A pnc'ous strain ol sweet record, j . A note o! chwr Irom Christ our Lord ; List! as it vibrates fail and f.te. O grieving htart, ** Come unto Mo.” O wise provision, sweet command, Vouchsafed the weak and weary ; A friend to ind on either hand. A light to prospect dreary. A friend who knows our bitter need, Os each endeavor taking heed ; W bo calls to every soul opprest: “Como tv.to Me, I’ll uivs y< a rost.” “ C-'aie unto Me.” The way’s not long. His hands are stretched t< meet thee: Now still thy so' bmg list the song Which everywhere shall greet the*. Here at His feet your burden lay, hy ! n* :\th it bend another day. Since quo to loving cails to thee. “Oil heavy laden, couio to Me? * A sweeter song than e’er was sung By poet, priest or sages; A song which thro’ all Heaven has rung And down through all the ages. How can we turn from such a strain, Or lonter wait to ease our pain ? Oh ! draw us closer, fxml, tht wo May find our swoeteut rest in Thee. [Eleanor Kirk. _ My First Love Letter. liT GUACE ©BEENWOOD. Have I ever told you, Neil, of my first I love letter? I presume not. It is a ■ story I have not been very fond of tell i ing. But years bring to me, if not phil- I osopliy, a comfortable sense of the com ; ieal in regard to all early illusions and l dis illusions. The moment of opening and reading j the first love letter is a thrilling, an au j gust point of time in which all the spring j tides of passionate young life seem to meet in a swift, dizzying whirl of emo | tion. If from the right man, what tri j umpbant joy! If from a suitor one can j not smile on, what sweet pain 1 But you i know all about it, dear. I was very young when I received my ■ first love letter—indeed, not permanently : out of short frocks and the bread-and butter age. Having 'lived the greater portion of my life in the country, the companion of my brother?, 1 was a desperate romp and gipsy, delighting to roam Hie fields and the woods, preferring the fishing rod to the needle and even the stable to the parlor. As yet, a fine horse was the rival of ali mankind iu ;xny young affections. Still I had read Scott, Edgeworth, Hemans and 1.. E L., with an occasional stealthy dip into Byron, and had my ijwn foolish little rurownl’ - <i<>l hero, my fairy prince, who was to come iu love’s goo 1 time. I u?cd to dream of him, as I sat like iittle Eilie, among the alders, with my feet in the brook, or as f rode along in the woods. I thought little of his pedi gree, but I resolved that he must have patrician Greek profile, dark blue eyes, and black curling hair, coming down on his lofty brow in a Byron peak. I made no account of houses or lands in love’s Arcadia; but my hero must pos seas a fine horse. The “steed of steeds,” was a sine qxt/t non. The removal from country to town was an absolute sorrow to me, with my nature-loving heart, and wild,free habits. 1 hated the busy monotony, the thronged loneliness, the dull whirl of city life. I could only console myself with occasional flights back into my old rural haunts. From the longest, roughest tramps I re turned refreshed, prepared to endure what I could not cur I “came out "prematurely and tem porarily when I was scarcely fifteen, on the occasion of a.large wedding party. I wore a long dress and white kid gloves for the first time. My hair was curled. Oh, the torture of a night and the hide usness or a day in curled papers I wore natural flowers and carried a large beuq uet. Distressingly diffident, not to say awkward, J early in the evening retired to a deep window seat, w here I remained watching the merry groups of wedding guesta, and listening to their easy chat ter, with chiidish wonder and delight. Among the gayest of. the gay was a certain fair young lady whom I had known for some time as my double. Not that she was in the least like me. She was a blonde —very much blonde— while I was a very brunette. She was distinguished for sumptuousness of attire, and dress was not then, any more than it is now, my besetting sin, or peculiar virtue, which ever you incline to esteem it. But, oddly enough, this fair lady bore my name precisely, surname and baptismal. I used to think the circum stance annoyed her, almost as though I had stolen the fashion of her Parisian bonnet, or the pattern of her costly embroidered shawl. Aside from the name there was little in common between us, certainly no love. At this party -he quite outshone the bride. I found it curious to watcb ber— Her lightness and brightnee did shine with such splendor— which wa? ali very pro[>er, he being a rich tallow chandler’s daughter. But not long did I watch my double, for, my dear, at this very party I -aw him, my ideal hero, my fairy priuce From all that goodly company I singled i him out a glance. There were the dark V ue eyes, there was the Greek profile, ’ t e loack curly hair the Byron peak t id all Imagine the emotions of vour friend when to her secluded window s at tbi v*-rv young gentleman wa- brought and presented a “Mr J ibn Treva yan,” It . it wasn’t just 'I revaiyan, it was quite a t respectable a name. The John I’ll stand by. Well, he stood by me and talked to me for a blight, wondrous half hour, precisely as though I had been a full grown belle; mid I, under the -pell ot his pleasant flattery, fell in with tiie little make-beliel, and chatted away, quite at ease, and said some things that were really not so bad. Yet,when I spoke, it seemed to me it was sqnia one else talking in a second double. My very voice bad an uniamiliar sound. Mr. Trevalyan talked of poetry, art, music, and flowers, in a low, sweet, be guiling, particular way, a'ter the manner of his kind. He said, of all the fine arts, his enthusiasm was decidedly for sculp ture, “so cold, so pure, so exalted,” and he begged to know if I shared his sthetie preference. I suppose, if I had been properly trained, or a year or two older, 1 might have answered: “ I am enraptured with music—Beethoven, Mozart, Henry Bussell, and the Seguins; I dearly love art—Vision, Michael Angelo, and Benja min West; but I adore eoetry—Milton, Byron, and N. P. Willis.” “ f admire art and music, poetry, ar.d all such things, but I don’t know much about them yet. To tell the plain truth, my particular enthusiasm is—just horses! I suppose it’s perverse and improper, and ail that; but 1 do know something about horses, and I love them.” My hero smiled, in a beaming, indul gent way, and declared that he partici | pated m my enthusiasm; that bis love | for horses amounted to quite a passion, j and that lie flattered himself he owned the fastest trotter in all that region. Ah! at that moment, to quote from dear Miss Bremer, “our soul-, mot.” Mysterious sympathy of passionate young hearts! His -eyes, upon a nearer view, were gray, but their expression was full of poetic sensibility. They beamed with that tender deference, half wistful, half wicked, hardest of all looks for even “ little women ”to resist. I suspect the fellow knew it. They all do. There was, now and then, a mysteri ous shade of sadness over his brow--an i interesting, Lara like frown that came and wont in that festive hour. I divined that. Young as I was, be ’ „•! 1 J pveal thoughts and ambition?, |,n at toiiows anil sins, or meant to have them, which was all tlie same. At parting, he begged from my bouquet a sprig of geranium, which lm placed in his button hole “for r. membra nee.” Then lie asked leave to visit iu, which I graciously accorded. Then we m.ur . mured, our adieus. I went home with my head -irom: the stars. My dear, absurd as it may seem, I really believed I had that ni.dit met my destiny, and met it, on the whole, in a very satis'sefory shape. I did not know just when to look for my admirer, but I was ready for him morning and evening. I grew strangely careful of my dress. I assiduously brushed and curled my hair. T applied cosmetics to my sun-burnt face. I slept in kid gloves. These alarming symptoms were not unnoticed by my tender mother; but she noticed that my manner had grown quiet and maidenly, and took great comfort thereat. 8;x days I waited in vain. The seventh—magic number! brought—not him, but a letter. It was a dainty-look ing missive, all rose tinted and gilt edged. This was before the time of envelopes—a remote age 1 ordering on the “ Drift Period,” you may think, in the insolence of your nineteen summers. It was directed—this letter of letters— in one of those rearing Italian bandH once so fashionable. It was sealed with lilac colored wax, and the seal bore the motto —how well 1 remember it, though I didn’t in the least know what it. meant then—of “ Tovjnun fiilele." With my heart beating into my finger tips I broke the seal—l opened the letter, j The very first lino was something start ling, unequivocal: “My dearest fxive !” Without waiting to lead another word, I turned the leaf to look at the signature : “ Oh, my prophetic soul !” it was “ John S Trevalyan!” I made no copy of that letter, and ; ! find memory has been a little unfaithful jin regard to the exact wording. I know j that 1 read it with great satisfection—in | especial, a love-like Inventory which it | contained of my most amiable and ad -1 mi fable characteristics. There were I things set down there that I had nup- J posed known only to myself. Toward its close the letter assumed a I practical tone. I will, with your leavf "’ it ran, “ call on your father in a day or two. Iu the meantime, love, per j haps you had better coufidi our dear ' seeret to no one, unless it be your ! brother Tom.” Ah, heavens! the letter was not for jme I Alas! I had no “ brother Tom.” Providence had been bountiful in wins to 'ur bou-e. Our cup had run over w - that particular sort of We*sing. It. h< respectable name of Thomas bad . somehow never s’ruck my mother’s roving fancy. At the baptismal font she 1 had n* ver given it in. Fatal omission! “ Madam, you might have saved me j from tai?.” 1 rescaled that letter. 1 sent it with all dispatch, and a courteous apology to my double, now my rival, 1 was wretched, but 1 could not be base. Y’es, she married my John. After that 1 git no more of her letters, which was some consolation. No, she was not pretty, even on her wedding day, but she was charmingly dressed. John still lives. He has grown rich and stout. Ho has no longer the Byron expression ; but the Byron peak on his brow is more pronounced than ever. Ot all the beautiful enthusiasm of his youth, tlTat for fast, horses alono remains. He has, 1 believe, uererbeenso unhappy or wicked as he promised to be, though, for a time, he fell into evil ways and was sent to the legislature. My double has made several visits to Paris, has grown fonder and more au fai of dress than ever. As she has no chil dren, she gives her whole mind to it— “ but that’s not much.” I never could think herthe companion for John in intellect and soul. I never, in truth, could help thinking that, if I had bad a fair start with her, if I had had her clothes, if 1 had had her brother Tom, it might have—but ah— Of nil snd wools of tongue or pon, The snddestaro these: “It might have been. THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY In Sfnto Convention Assembled, Promulgate a Platform of Principles. At the meeting of the Indiana demo cratic convention held at Indianapolis lust week, tho pommittee on resolu tions made tho following report, which was unanimously adopted : The democracy of Indiana, assembled in delegate convention, declare that the national bank notes shall be retired, and in lieu thereof there shall be issued by the government an equal amount of treasury notes, with full legal-tender quality ; that wo are in f vor < f making the United States notes, commonly called greenbacks, a full legal tender in pay medt of all debts, public ami private, except such obligat ions only as are by the terms of the original contract under which they were issued expressly pay able m coir'. That Uns fight fb i'snc paper money, as v.- ll as coin, is the sole prerogative ol Ibegovunm* nt, and such money should be issued in such amounts as the sound busimvi interests of the country may, from time to time, require. Wo are in favor of such legislation by eongicss os will authorize the taxation iiy the states ol United States notes in common with all other money. That we (hem il unwise ami inexpedi ent to enact further legislation for the landing of tho national debt abroad through the means of homo syndicates or other methods; and we believe tho true policy of the government and tho best interests of the people would bo sub served by legislation so as to distribute said deH among out people at borne, as affording them tho most favorable and practicable opportunity for the invest ment of their earnings in the funded debt of the United Btat,e. That we are in favor of such legislation as shall fix the legal rate of interest at not exceeding six per centum per annum; we demand the restoration of the silver dollar of four hundred and twelve and one-half grains to the coin in the conn try, and with full legal-tender quality in the payment of debts, both public and private, and that the coinage thereof shall be unlimited, upon the same terms and conditions ns may 1m- provided for tlie coinage of gold. That wc aro in favor of the immediate and unconditioned repeal oi the resump tion act; that wo are in favor of the most rigid economy in public expendi ture? and we declare that the f< ps arid salaries of all public officers should be reduced ; that we arc iu favor ot the repeal of the bankrupt act. Thai wc sincerely deplore the recent, violent collisions between labor and cap ital, and to prevent the occurrence thereof, ami to protect the future public order and security, we believe— That the wages @f employes of corpo rations engaged in the business of min ing, manufacturing and transportation, should be a first lien upon the property, receipts and earningsof said corporation, and that - aid lien should be declared, de fined and enforced by appropriate leg islation. That we favor a passage of a law for tiie ventilation of coal mines—one tha* v..,a’d, be j nit to the miner and the owner. Ihe democratic party is the friend of the common school system, and will, in every legitimate wzv, labor for i's suceea ■ and will oppose any attempt to divert any portion of the com mon school fund to any e>-ctarian put , pose. 'flint tleiastaoportionm'-ntof the state for leei-lative purposes was grossly un iu-st and dishonorable, and we demand that tie next 1 -:-i latiirc, in apportion t,be -trite for legislative purpose*, as will D* • ir imperative duty, shall have r gar i clone to imputation and con .igu itv of t' rritory. • That t! jurisdiction claim and and ex ere e.l b.' tiie circuit courts i.f tic Unit! 1 ~ia' s over q lentionscf coiporiite * and individual rights, arising under toe laws of the States, tends to oppress and burden litigants to such an extent as to amount to a practical denial of justice in many eases, and we consider the legisla tion which lias conferred such jurisdic tion as unwise and hurtful to the true interests of the people, and we demand such legislation as will resumt and limit the jurisdiction ot such courts to such matters as aro clearly contemplated by the constitution and expressed in the Judiciary act of 1789. We are opposed todays legislation,and protest against the grant of subsidies by the federal government, either in lands, bonds, money, or by tlie pledge of the public credit. That we abhor and hold up to public detestation the lenders of the republican ] arty who se cretly connived at. and with barefaced effrouterv carried out the scheme, hy and through venal returning hoards, whereby Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hen dricks, the people’s choice for president and vice president, were wrongfully kept out of the positions to which u free people had called them. \V r e hold it up as the monster crime of the ago—a crime against tree government, a crime against the elective franchise, and a crime that can only be condoned when the malefac tors who seated a fraud in the presiden tial chair are driven from power and consigned to everlasting infamy by the people whom they have outraged ; and wo denounce the act of the president of the United States in appointing to high and lucrative positions the corrupt members of the reluming-boards, mid | condemn the acts of fcdeial officers in attempting to interfere with the rights and powers of the slate courts in the j prosecution ot these criminals. That our senators and representatives | in congress be, and are hereby requested to secure the passage of a law giving to 1 the soldiers of the Mexican war a pension J similar to that now given to the soldiers i of the war of The Cruel Turtle Dove. That trim, gentle-looking, drab-colored j bird, erroneously called turtle-dove by j dwellers in the United States, ami gen erally deemed so innocent and puie that : io H tor tun e.iitle ot any otlu'r ii-i ' branded as heinous in the extreme, in ro t so innocent after cM Hh moaning, nad snunding voice is n mockery and a cheat; its soft, dark eye* me a sham ; its sober, Quaker gaib is calculated to deceive ; its timid movements are not to Is: trusted. When once it. has been insulted or injured by one of its kind, too dove Is conns as cruel and on tuigcouidy In artless -s any murdeiei can be. Some years ago I wit iKs-td ti,.ht between two foniale moan ing doves which for utter batbarousucss could not be exceeded. 1 was angling in a brook foi sun porch, halt prone on a ; grassy bank, lost in a brown study, with a cigar between my lips, when I hap pened to see a dove alight on a gnarled : bough cl a plane tree a few yards distant, j I mini diatcly it began to coo in that, dolefully plaintive strain so well known to every lover ot nature, and was soon I joined by a male, who perched himself within a foot or two of her. I espied l their nest, not yet finished, in the fork of an iron-wood free near hy. The birds made very expressive signs to each other with their heads by a series of! bows,nods and sidewise motions, of which I understood enough to know f lint some 1 intruder was near—perhaps they meant j me. The fish were not biting any too | well, but the shade was pleasant and the j grass fragrant., the sound of the water very soothing and the flow of tho wind steady and caiding, so I did not care to move just to humor the whirnofn pair o< billing doves. It proved, however, after all, that I was not tiie cause *>f alarm. Another female dove presently dropped like a hawk from a daik, den ;o of leaves above the i*air, and struck the first on the buck ’villi beak and wings. A fight cn- ; sued, witiii.M-d with enlm interest by myself and the male dove. At first the combatants struggled desperately to gether on the bough, fiercely beating • ach other with their wings, and plucking out the feathers from breast and neck, ail the time uttering low, querulous notes, different from anything I had ever before heard. Pretty soon they fell off the bough, arid came whirling down upon the ground, where they continued* the battle with constantly increasing fury, .their eyes (airly flashing fire, and cutting alii thrusting with tlicir beaks like swordsmen. Blood began to show itself about their heads, and in places their necks were quite bare of feathers. Wbeu at last one of them became so exhausted tha' uither struggle was impossible, the other proceeded to take it stand upon its helpless opponent, and i would have quickly made ari end of it ‘ had i not interfered. The vanquished bin! was minus on eye, and was un abie to fly for some minutes. The secret •if the battle was jealousy. The male -at f.y and watched in a nonchalant way 1 oni.il it was all ov< r, when he very 1 lovingly “ rutted up to the, victorioi.s 1 an : began cooing in a low, soothing 1 tone From that day to this 1 h.*v< 1 -udiat-d tl.c figure “innocent as ■„ I dove," and, whenever opportunity of | ieted, have sped a two ounce arrow full - at the breast o' the bird, widow or ro i widow. \Yh* n properly cooked hy par j boiling, Mi ft! Dg and baking, a dove u | a choice bit lor tne table. YVAIFS AND WHIMS. We Uns." Oi l .h -if.wson Jones was smoking his pipe, And Jim was on his knt*j: i he father |<av< his mouth a wipe, And kissed hladariii 4 woo. “ A ttory y-r wonts, un* I’ll be bounM” I’ried live 1 ) I ‘HVitjon J<nes; “ Now apeak up quick an then 4ft down, F< r I)ad n:u v :e6’ h!s bonefl. The oM nun straight wai brought to taw, His boy spoke up and out ** Well, lud.” bait) he, “that great big ww -Bmth a■’ North —what whh’i about?” Old Jefferson r.eratchtd his crizu’y head, Am) gtizDl into the fire, Then tilled his chair against the bed, And montuliy tuned bia lyre. ! ; “ Speak, Dad.” the eager archin cried, “ An’ tell me all the Btory ; j Describe the was- Ha pawmp an’ pride, An’ all its other gj.-lory I ’ " Waal, boy,” said Jones, “ we tit an' fout, An* fout an' tit like crime; : An’ the w.mv—it wus. bey on’ a doubt, A pow’iul skeery time ” Hi.' veteran pimped, nnl closed his eyos— Anon there caine snore ; “ But Dad ” npokv Jim, in blank surprise, ’• Ain t thar a lee tie more TANARUS” " Won I, vans,” old Jones replied, “ the waw, In btory an* In 1 hyme, k'oun’s mighty gran’: but we unasaw A pjw ful skeery time ..“Now, J.'htmy,’>ays grandma, “ T want you to sit still as a mouse.” “ Mouses don’t sit still, grandma.” .. A woman never so fully realizes her dependence upon man as when she j undertakes to sharpen a lead pencil. . .Ladies in favor of a second matri j monial mortgage wear little bunches of j violets on their dresses. A pretty con ! ceit and significant design. “What’s honor?” asked F&lstaff. j That’s easy. Any woman who Hits j behind another woman in church can j tell what’s on her in two minutes. .A young lady in Winneeome, YVis j consin, refused an offer of marriage ! recently, on the ground that her father j was not able to support a larger family. I Some wid.'-avt nice f<l ; ou phon'd jump At the chance j In build up h foi I uni* in nulling ium plantH ; Make lii own importations diirct front Hong IConK— When h tea ti Vt r’n Minted just rend il Oolong— V 1 y m>on the yottiuc 1 idles a Hingln,; will he : “ .Mi, wliata Hue cduh what u aplendld Bohre!" . “ The bright lexicon of youth,” in which “there iH no such word us fail,” docs not seem to he a very popular dictionary in the mercantile community j just noiv. . “ Truth lies at the bottom of a well.” We have often verified this by looking down into 11 well and seeing Truth’s honest countenance in the smooth waters, [Wercc-ster Press. . The mail with a stomach as uncom fortable as a tenement house will be glad to learn that pop-corn will curedyspepsin. It don’t take over five hundred or six hundred bushels for the most stubborn case, .. A ’ movement is on foot among the church people of Chicago to lure the youth of that city from their wicked ways, by establishing billiard and bow- Pnig allr'.’s and shooting galleries under 4. Hsrv' 1 v*v* Philosophers say that closing the eyes makes tko sense of hearing more I acute. A wag suggests that this ac -1 counts for the many ryes that dose in our churches on Bundays. If you put two pci .oris iu Ihoiamo lied room, one of v/boin has the tooth ache, while the other is in love, you will find that tie' person who has tne tooth ache will go to sleep first. . .Newton did not labor half so hard, wiih hand ami brain, to discover the principle of gravitation, as the ingenious nod ambitious compositor labors in overspncinir to get a tat paragraph. A lady that would please herself in marrying was warned that her intended, although a good sort of a man, was very singular. “ Well,” replied tho lady, “if ho is very much unlike other men, lie is much more likely to be a good husband.” Tlie New Pope. The, Rome correspondent of the ism don Timfs, in ft letter to that journal, speaks as follows of Cardinal I’eccr, elected pope : “ IVcci is tall, with a fine head, a high forehead, nar rowing at tho temples, a long face and straight features, lie has a large mouth, a prominent chin, a cheerful, open countenance, and large, well-shaped cars His lacc reminds one of Consul VI. the renowned minister of Pius VII. lleliaH NO. 28 a fine, sonorous voice, great dignity, even austerity of manner in public life, but privately is affectionate, unassuming, sociable and witty. As Camerlengo, he has been the head of that party which, without formerly renouncing the right of the holy see acknowledges the wisdom of submitting t the decrees of Provi dence and accepting what seem to be irrevocably accomplished fact?. ’Hie general opinion is that for learning, tael, energy, dignity, am minify, real moral worth and sincere piety, the sacred college could not find a more deserving pope than Cardinal P- cci. A' Perugia he followed the same policy recommended hy the late Cardinal Itiaris Brorza.8 r orza. A* Naples he advised good Catholics to ful fill their duties as citizens at the munic ipal and provincial elections, even when the clerical pres , prates in * -o interpret much of the Vatican, enjoined the policy of abstention. Cardinal Peeci snok* with great spirit and energy against the propo il for tof removal of the conclave from Home, ami other measures advo cated by the reactionary party. Ho enjoys the confidence and support of tin* liberals, at least a reasonable majority of them, of the sac - "! college, and plays the 4jirni part as tun sustained Vy Cardinal in the conclave of 184(1. Cardinal I eon’s private li'c at all periods is ab*>T<* reproach. He has considerable literary talent, aud hat written poetry. He never had intercourse wish the luucion arh 'of the pr j ent Italian government, but Is es.teerard by them ail ( and thnso with whom the necessity of his duty brings trim m cin tact are perfectly charmed with hint,”