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the attention of Hie tiavning public 1- iHricioiot
tire Ui'lucoitii nl» nr red <bem hj Uti* Hou*v.
Tlie .et-atbsa ol test HoosO Is on 1 istotinii
•nil direct If osi«, le tin Depot if Is well su pi - ti
*1 li water uf israiiaiifi, sad it tHSM VO e*» *»r
to 4iT*i» s-isita every -numfoit U a Rist. cSsss Jtiko,
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Uj- Ihe Week hi
HBtSU »!«'«»*t W I .IXIUKS
Tas T-josi % -slit be « tattiia-g fete nr-- of the ,Te*ap
House, and o*»it* ndartae ta>oi<<diat» su(m><v * a
of ibe prvpfistiH, no paiua or expense wil b« speud
to make n s^asi to tee l*»t. ®„ni* »sites* *ia
move bsggtt e tc and from lio’elai d tir o.
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SOUTHERN NEWS,
Srinjiij Alsu, is growing raphlty,
Tomato rider is a new drink iff Texas.
A negro woman 103 years old died
.
neat Fort Valley, (to,
Na-hvilii diijHi fifteen ear loud of
lumber north w ard every day.
Fite negroes were elected to the Over
gia-togtahiture at the recent rieetietv,
A, colored Couple were married m the
poor-house at BarnreviUe, Ga., the groom
110 years old and the bride only forty.
Tlie three richest men in Georgia are
Joseph E. Brown, of Atlanta, mid Fer¬
dinand I'hhtivy and John A. White, «f
Athene
Barmmi is having bad luck in Texas.
An elephant, two tigers, a giraffi-, a train¬
ed oxen and a number of smaller uni in win
.m bis show hav® died.
Tht> toliaeco outlook has im jeaaed the
value of timbered land in Buneomto
county, N. <fi, at least fifty,per cent,
within the last three years,
A colored girl named lime Hampton,
in Union comity, S. <*,. ha- given birth
to twin children, which are joined to¬
gether by a union of the breu-t bone,
having but one naval, but supposed to
have two rets .if intestine* wndned in'
one cavity,
N,.*ik„.u„iv,'v,:. It. 4' FJvriPo « Erntfeman tithm i f ,
an ordinary live tunte po^.*^! of two
well-formed heads. The turtle was
Drought to >ay m the woods by a dog; ,
aad ta trifisldcretl wch a curiridtl that
Jlr.'Hyriojp has deci-led to semi non to
tlu|rintithoMWD iiurtisuUon at Waafaiwr- ’
, Leprosy r-visits . to eonsideraldeextent
a
in the parish of Lafourebe, La. As at
tempt to. make mi official
^ amt { feefr **^y fficnds'believing f< »istcd wife arms, Ilm l4||t«
thut
is that fee net gaming gmra«i
Baton Kotfote. La., baa no
Unorey.and tlM.;DeBibcnu, iifthelaUcr
9*n*,m*- H **k**» m&fHtUmrn*,
State and parochial, nil the time, but nr,
sdboota Whitt is the th* of havta® «avi»g au an
T . ?!! ., feat . areoiapii.dma
12 0 "
Rh- public school system of tb»* Htate fa
a delusion and a snare,”
Ofi ! 2^/ i to l fc •> ■ Turn¬ 1 ip 1 L’- n V >
! Ill I 3m : : i iff"!
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VOL. V.
CAfrrfJSS IV THK AIM
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t;r CACI. M. KUMNH.
Thry *iy a Is f^ilik tor XBf>rt«ls t:i Sreaio «tnam
<>f l’.i-s more ejfuptm (tojoy, m Mfe » wrtmtott
Th*n ftiat they *li<S tkojr ta« it
N >r cover Sc. * >*y« with cvwaflswt lilfabt. of
But I thhik tli»i the men who ne'er dreuns * iwy
When hiit name ehsU grew grest end but sorrows de¬
ht an? @s« tears *»4 the issm
Tiiat unworthy m*4.- to tana that he mists nntvnfinetl
was erpturs In the dr
t-r, 't hi-ii the d»tfr fcstrs of tile <wmar *r» «r*y
Aud his tot.istJag iirnh* tqsftaS of *‘ptm slug *s Wi’
If tbs csetiss ho tmiit wire Imt cartie* of sir
Vet tiiMweutt it was wtieu he built them fair;
Amt thii iiiuriiorf tit day* when W» fancy had Sight
Wilt anffeti the Abiutivw* «■( t*»d Wight,
And he’ll setters* tarn to that U-aufitul
Whoa? the nasthia are baht, hnt not bsttt tm f»mt.
Thoresu Outdone-,
OB,
Mow Jessie and J Camped Out,
13Y M. < , 0.
Jessie «.td I were not sisters. (>, no,
hto Uv jMUi.-mid-wittie ,C s;J. lit I »t
RkTchw, ■•■xls. -uamj i dev, out of iu.-ttorio
(te-A-., white t" was Cousin Nan, down
from t-hueity to spite® the sr.iiunt-r Jioli
days in the grtoid old place, where wo
two worked pur own sweet, will tistinigh
the Brother long .Fred” bright to days; distant for was 'not
“ a city practic¬
ing Kate hi* profosmoa, and was not Aunt
tot; most indulgent of hostesses?
It would l>e liard to imagine ft greater
contrtuit titan Jen.de and I preaeub-d in
outer aspect. She, with* tor riuffv.
blossom completoon and paasy-puiqde
eyes, beside my glossy jetty braids, my
towny olive -face, with » smothered red
bortung to either cheek, and my large
dark orbs, was no more striking differ
euee than her slight, fairy-like form be
side iuv own goodly stature.
But, despite all this, our tastes were
very nraclt in eanxmon, aud our minds
wont to run in the m.li~am*
though to-‘' .To-ssie psjusiu would Nan;’ persist in prodigy looking
up as a very
of tearulug-—a v. lkmg eneyclopwita, in
fact, to th“ lUicallvd-for di-tiimeat of fior
own well-stored little head.
St- w-.w 1 tbat imrught Tliomin down
f rom t h<- «fity—tlio whole set —deeming
tlu m sniinbie m,‘ut d ptoruhtta for ..ur
country euuouer. We 'had'feeea nmling
“ Wal.t.-i,’’ and b, w thereby so uu
tta«r with a love oi nature, pure- and
siiaote ,* aud'auch 1 1 j a distastt- fur the irtifi
eial ■ r jfinuQKJit* , of civiu/atl hie as to look
with disdain upon sutoi modi-rn appsli
ai-ees as oushioued -chuirs, htee cwtains,
and ing temptingly from tlie dainty tonichea ; i.-veu where¬ t urn¬
with away Aunt Kate woiit repasts regain
was to us,
with muttered exclamations such ua
these ; “ f>, tin ‘h aiy and > i of
life,’ ” “ We are ‘ lost in tlie whirip.»-1 of
a dinner " and ttoused the wound sol
!«<:<• legiug, ifforded by the morning paper, ai
in exetiso, that “all imwa, m
called, is gossip, ” And J* -sic Itcgan to
lserit.id pity her father openly for having “ in
lioti.ees and lands,” arid for be¬
coming, sis she was pleased to style ’Unde it,
“a serf ol the soil,” until genial
Ned lifted hands and voice in comical
amasteaumt, crying out, “ Wiwt ails the
girls, pray tell?’* “ They Ixate’srejoiihfisr mul ahi gt fJx
dr t-Kimneh,” was Aunt ;
Whereat “ they laiiftt have more eompnuv.'*
1 t vtoftiuicd, th'-atrically,
firing “Company minds ! * What is there" that can
two nearer together ? And
Ji-Kidr-ehimed known hs with cite assertion of
having Aje.l wiiat many coate but tew
nwa.’" v,as th-re for Aunt
Kate to do but leave Wit- field itt despair*
uiggik-fiee?
Ono jiiornuig wa received a letter
that-- i Th«reau, notwithstanding— wits
it : ‘ word, to paying .tutovrtaiu the other postage cousins on," of tor was
not ours,
Mid did i! not contain glow ing accounts
of th ir delightful ‘‘comping-out” ex
IK-ueotva? Tlus communication was
the metaphorical “hist straw,’’and wo
sat lari, in gliMmy by riiouco—- a silence broken,
at from Jessie a tmuaplmnt exclamation
:
“I have it!” Then, seeing my in¬
quiring look, she proceeded to a more
thorough You explanation of her plan,
“ know that Utile cottage down
by gardener, Fleur brook, Nan, where Jim, the
used to live? Well, it 18 11)
good repair, not tar away, but quiet and
sechxdyd, and just the place for us to
camp opt”
8®ei Oic gioorny delight in tpy laec,
she w> M ti “ Wti'irin take hw Ixsoka
down th to frad study an well m not.
There UteMme js *y 1! id (.i-rupra we’ve fend ymn English
—what wife drives, scarcely looked into aud
toilets"—which our mu . sails,
our for Itenfohwoods known was literally true,
wa* far and wide
fur its hospitality, and the “ fair women
and brave men" of C- were well
content time. to adjourn there for days at a
Of course T gave ontoasia&tta assent,
but quirted doubtfully.
** What trill Aunt Kate say f'
Jjpria <jiar<d my look tl tloubt for
«i-instant, but quickly added :
Which “Never-mind; 1 can coas her over,”
hgbl, indeed, prertid to lie the the case, for
must be heart that
c<> nhl withstand the pleading look in
until Uncle N«?d came to fee rescue with
Ids heartv.
*'Get th® mi,Vets ? nn K«te • th.. am
^ ^ b< tf _ i A H>v ,ji ,h.u v
Ids An bovhreid d T tlunfe. a’mcm.orroof phWraUv certain of
*»W pranks toa. vVrv
him jwrt then, prompting a half
wish to share n irretreof,
So it was settled ^‘ und Jessie and 1 ‘, de
th „ Rmia o{ iluit t im
inatmifem of our new home. *
cottage, which we christen, d
j Tsmal! '' \
f
th<i
tw is Wd tl'flT Ir] u
.woe ^ h*nmfmaMt: to the p!»oe ~<“ hqtotr f wwod *
- Itefee daya
tater and
whateverO !a , .V ( ^t*n*»atod*ya feu f**r effect. L-ut
ib cumo, rmalt wa*one*
i-wLf/fo producomtlte re
ro, ** Al *
f.-r tat ‘S*T rete- refused it 1 ah h^ «teh luoaera - hr *»
JESUP, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 , 1880 .
venteficea tlte m oif-stovaa, of civilized dating life, them ami j
among snares
turniug hi preference to tie ffi:ore-prinu
tivc camp-fire.
Clear brook wag, ns its name signifies,
a limpid streamlet flowing-with dimpling hid
laughter itself past in our sylvan woodland home, and depths,
ing the shady scarcely
“Walden” was a quarter of a
mile from the bouse, but, owing to the
fact that one was obliged to ftfteend a
consult-rabic rise of ground, and deseesd
its opposite slope before, aecli^fofi. reaebittg it,
gave- it an air of conqslvto
Jessie, taking eounaand at once, de¬
ntnvly-nequirod tected the latent poeftesaion capabilities aud of issued <mr
tier 'orders with the air of a {'tenoral to
the “neat-handed I’liiUis,” our attend
ant
“Oh, it will b>e just perfect, Nan,
when the floor is cleaned and the wm
dowa washed 1” cried she, standing in
the doorway, wreathed about with wood¬
bine tendrils, as pretty a picture as need
be seen, adding, aa one spray, more dar¬
ing t han the rest, tangled itotolf in her
fluffy crimps, and “I must have John come
down tnm those vines away."
The next day was given by the ser¬
vants to the cleansing of the little cot
tag®, and by os to tho ranswktog of the
wide, roomy garret for suitable fufni.Hh
tugs therefor. VYi.-te, Atm aaddow-raft
<‘»*fd was the Boc-chwoxxl’s garret, and
h“cd with relics of by-gone days—a
' 1 ! < where one might
•
I n ^® many an oM arm-chair,
with moth-eaten eushtotis ami carved
frame-work, J.-saie that I would fain have b»k
ei , but was a stem diseipliuarfiuj,
and met all my proposals w ith .
lier “ .Simplify Thormei ’ simplify! until Nan. reaem
our outfit at tiie
lust was HmiU-d enough to suit oven our
oraeie. The bedst«ul was of ancient
s ice. and was to be graix-i by a most
yclept Hmazing potoh-work grandm.dber;, qnUt of the pattern
by onv the “ rising
»mi,” wfiereit. tha; luminary ts seen dis
plav.-d «q the most gorgeour had rods and
yellow*. This Jt-nsi< unearthed
from in old tou ,-t, rfaying
“ This will brighten the room up, as
w«U as b'tng more priuulivt«."
Tl.eu i,„k,ron Hs-we wen- tiw two “roekwa" potto,'work
a T V with ragged to L
.
... U U a . ‘"H .,, .■> .. t.iu*t . ... iou. .
h “ ’ ’ ,.i 5
“rom- s- at, which • • , two wvro rcspeeUve
ly chrjsfi'iioil for “ solitude mul frioud
sdiip/' white the third, a rtocintiwKlj
etr:dght-back l affair, wag tiuamimmsly
fhd.eated to “ society,” But tui tri¬
umph of--our “seitiiig cat ” was to. fit
’ .t{ in “the throe-legged t< Me,”
wfiitoi w» pemhaded oiia-toyes .to bean
* t cytiM. t pin t of the wntpot sSul
hv ur prototype at th - other, aud more
ifigiy, hurouis, “ WhIiUhi,’ a:>d prized »:rm.;
li was a somowhat i.ifi hour that af
ternmin that found us vn route for opr
is v, home. IVfow us, dowu the shaded
path,- went -faithful.- J< fin, ‘driving household the
wa>-on, loaded high with owr
1 sf-ious, wieie Jts. fi: and 1 fol-lov'i-d
after, heavily lad-, is with, the uuiuvrous
hooks of ’ reterento: tliut we proposed
e'-sroiiiing diirin“ our rtoirisneat.
“'.Bruly, fusil Jessie," (-piotli the I, with niy
e.vi s in-.i tii-mri sh&bby outfit
J-ftT Ate us, “THarealt was right wheu he
said, tilings, * the TM» iro«? a ixuut hus ol sueli
i»<<->rvi- lie is.' ”
To whii-li JesMc- agseuteil a# well as
might I-* cousi.'!<*iit with the united eu
doavor she was 1-raveiy onujag to casjv'
tin- imim-rous volumes wherewith site
" its laden, and. at the iputw tim*' kr«p
those suafiy, wtnd4os*e4 crimp* -from
quite EHnuitig her,
Bat our jouiney was soon, ended, and
all our heaped upon the
ern-is, , “fitte tig*contours of tcf’ypsy a
p ■••k.’’ Nor u a.-, it long before order
was nougat out (J toutos, and the fuitili
till John departed, leaving «e iwo girls
the alone «oho in the fum.bahaliqwed his lusty sirtging 'V»II, ftoaiing with
ol
piensfavt!v bsdk in is iu live iow afb-r
fiDofi.jighj* \ory«’o/x that flooded tlio spot.
the little room k*ok«l with
it* plain, dark curtains at tailicr win¬
dow, for we were not quite up to Wal¬
den ” usage yet; its table tuft! clmirs,
and tho neatly-iuods feed, with its
brilliant covering, aud very well con¬
tout were we as we drew forward that
self-same table and proceeded to Spread
upon it half newspaper the daifitieet of
iuneheH, dhmfws aud with quickened appetites
to the satu»
“ mMm tin: ha •-! t l,
laughed. Jeaia*, “fto te-iaorrew bid
farewell to the ‘ftesfeputa to Fwypt,
and It return to Jjfe pure late, and m.d' si|6pI^F veri a
was growing two
i tired nmntalking girls resolved to defer aQ fcnti
in the moorihgl.t until sum
fauire occasion, im they hxskod the drew
and tasteBod the windows, thereby dm*.
obey mg on« oi the first tenets Kttte, of “ Wal¬
den”- tew, but obeying Ann: Srlfo,
ut inly oblivioue to our ruiteratdi.iwsur
nnees her of ample courage,''stiw fb ft. wj{]t ’U
fc^jKsmisi own eves' that locks life! ,‘*F4f?hus
WeriNr \w,rmrE '■”M
long m woofftg camber fo our cyehtU,
5 <lr ?^!!^s£aS^S *’«*« to 0w rippivug: 3 fflKSK ItaWlilfte
y of
- .
stream, Hamming etawge to ourawm
custoiaed erne*. We were atbused next
morning by a full flood of sunlight strife
> n g across our elowri eyelids aud awoke
?* oa «’ to the fact that we were too late
*« apectoton of fee regal advent ol tho
king tie of day--uiat been ou.i played arena ot rap: bt
UieaU-r had to thevnnsic
of bird wmt. vfefe* we slept, BegreU
were utiifempmg, m we mi^ a hasty
°»' ‘‘ <>li. ” «*>d Nan fee ! this little is'delightful; come
rogue, kilting still
I I was not long in fodowiag h, rrauaaiple,
^ WB wan *-red np the Hinooth
: “ No wonder Thoroau cure out m fee
| Nowhere woods to else, ’find 1 Wh.it life had to teach.’
; the 'esttaifed facta am of sure, life.’ wra ” one front
{ ; ‘“Fssentml facts!’”
quoth I dri
; ^ da.infully, l “‘essential facta!' What
I ! ° J' 0 ’? We holds for most
i ,J * Uw F 1 * our acquaintance more
than fee adl>fat»g of feck
crimps., artful or the toils. (mating ‘JEehtaitkl of some knight in
ttwir facta,’ iu
»l«ed! ”
To alt ot w hio h did Jessie assent, her
own and waving yellow in tresses meanwhile distract rippling less
a manner to
fortunate girls, and her own panky
purple had been eyes lost a maze all tmreckcd where many ol by a heart their
owner.
Arrived at our little domicile, how¬
ever, we were confronted by the very
“essential fact” that breakfast must be
prepared only that, by but our the foundations own humls, of ttud plot
tue re¬
past must i.»e laid from tlie very begia
ntJtg.
had There arrano-ed was our it the gypsy night fireplace. before John t\v#
sticks ;
forked with a third one laid across
in these natural angles, uixui which a
kettle swung suggestively over the cool,
green sod as yet unsoarred by any flame.
tyo had refused, disdainfully, that same
functionary’s offer of gathering “a bit
of brush to start it wid delightful mum ” refused
it in the light of long, rambles
iu that same wiNxlland which rambles now lay
white and dewy before us,
wherein we would collect drv twigs and
bcheu-covered bark wherewith to build
OUT “distance morning fire. But now? Well,
lent enchantment to the view”
in this ;o, well as many ..tier cases ; but
there was no Urn. for dallying, tor a),
ready if their our appetites were quick.med be
yon wimt. and Jckvu,, gathering her
skirts about her cned ■
“ Fill the keltic. Nan, and go after the
roasting l-nild ears. I’ll get the w.xsi and
the tire,” adding, as she vanished
in the d.-wv depths ‘‘ You’d Iwtt-r get
some potatoes, too, while you are abbut
it; they'll roast with the corn. ”
m, . ■ - , , «- , , ^
r 5 . . Bit . teaming
Tendered , me all unfit for such a task,
and w.«» sue even n..w laughing at my
perjilexity. taking But there na* no h,dp for
t ; so, basket and hoe. I started
U * ««» 7 !<! <>£ >*a/u.,y, he va.rn
'.he br. vl
leaves, L gatlieroJ a gobiilytejTUinfity of
that esculent viand, and ihen turned
my attention toward the potatoes. Here,
owing quite to successful, my iiiexperienee, after I was not
struggles so unwieldy but, numerous
with tbq (irt ieast iu
niy hands; woajion, I came off in some
-timph, degree l«'.r eoiw : error and returned with in The tvi
ing my sheave.a me.
scene, how*, ivlucli met my eye was
by had n>* iuea.0 - encouraging one. Jessie
ret urn • -d is .->: her woodland ramlde,
sail the evi-i- of her toil were to b*
wten in the fi. - ■ 7 10i y .V? 1 ? 8 Sea *’
tered about, " “ ’ •; ‘‘“'hire -, a
very small ■ thri' i-t tot that
dickered in t I ‘ I'd- 1 U to
espii® looked inoiftcse miini.nujieifetq#
site tip nv , .her prettv t*,vsa.
red and te-.e l '' ur “ u * e eddying
smoke, and a m ucr vurea a*
she cried : P^i
“ O, Ni,in, w totJi _ I do, , this , fire
won't bum ?
“ V' »U warst re kmdltog, child,’•*
haid I brisk!’.. H* r< tbn> fmiceu, nM
falling tor d vve. twill »yt S;c milch the
worse afew nt-repe heis,” ,ujJ, drop,
pitigbanto •i-d Iseizcd the hot c.-t
eix-i. r- . 1 eic: of tie aforesaid
pickets to suitable mm, through which
timely .’hanged aid the a*{s>ct of things was
to such an estehf that our ket¬
tle rily was soon toiling the and ’bubbling rod mer¬
away m most < ] pro gypsy
Cushion. We consigned both corn and
popitv.-i for slower to its method, iiMiie and too hungry
decided any ii t<H> late for tmtmimoudy further
was any
sfforto in the culinary Mho, as we drew
our tliree-lcgged and prepared table discuss to. the open sorely- door¬
way to our
Occdod repast. Never. I think, did com
and potatoes taste totter than those
eaten with laugh and jest that quiet
summer morning; albeit many my" an ear
Of the former, owing to lack of
knowledge, was decidedly young and
“green,” and many of the latter tutors,
awing to the same cause, were in a state
of infancy.
" But, Nan,” said Jessie, ruefully, in
a pause of our merriment, as our morn¬
ing troubles came back to her; “we
can’t have all this trouble every day
stout a fire. What did Tfioreau have
h>t “Green kindling hickory, ? ” tine.;
vmemtar ” split don’t you
? answer«i I, promptly.
” I’ll tell you what well do, tfiongh ;
Cover the fire every night; damp grass
and leaves will be just the tiling ; then
rake it open iu the morning; aud start
it with some of tins old fence.”
Which we did, aud suce- ssfnlly, too.
** Nan,” said Jessie again, tliia time
. somewhat will have hesitatingly for dinner — “ Nan, what
we ? ”
ft “ Dinner ! ” echoed I, in dreciatio
fra-. ■«; "dinner ! are we never to to- free
from that, not even in these solemn
• wpods? What did Tlioreau have V*
“Com bread and molasses ; the broad
I m* iply meal and water kneaded hard,
1 baked toifore the fire,” answered the
lo puss, somewhat demurely. I winced slightly, rtlv
rmr ror Im epicurean in
tastes, taste*, and and the fee witch witab knew it, “I
thought that would be prett y dry though,
so’l'li make ours thin and bake them
fresh every tune. See! I’ve borught a
gndiUe And, Ire
Nan, triumphantly something . else to
show yon,” she said, lead
ing fee diepiayed way down small to Clear brook, where
she a butter jar sunk for
more than half its deiith » the cW
water, and ^ firm feecipte feough I waj
of Uioreau, uttered no word of protest
»t this daring innovation against W^doo
rifw
'ta^kro ^ , ; U, n\HTri roll.'rad^t V ’
; well taden wife •“
i feat, as un-al-time circled round and we
f Ifeuwto**" feat Thoreau bi< b.u -threw
’away, herons- he fraratl thto he mtot
} i two veivfriL v.Lig ladt-s in the pluio
eat of and the Ann s-thest-f! raids
j guiltless least, alike of “wave" or “crimp"
—at witeh mine were; Jessie’s, little
were an down’at‘that Htetnu-tinoiv ‘tof-sxme mwttv ax
ever-thut sat
table, armed respectively- with “ Tain® ”
and “ Ollcndorf, ’ to “ con etufe lesson
oVu." VYy w«ry* but guk, te.-wv'v;-r, wra
7 » pleasant interlude of ctreatuy ;
wondeigncnt whencvyir mid girlish found gossip "a tWiaan- floated Verb in
Jessie j
hard to conjugate, or I jaunted“m some
bearing unavailing oh search the subject offer at a hand. new authority
Happy, helpfui days were they, varied
by an occasional walk up to the house
when the coast was dear, or mamma*,
standing on the crest of the little rise
just behind onr cottage, we B&seh would woods’ but
vey the graveled sweep of
carriage drive through an old hold-glass
Jessie abstracted from “Brother Fred’s
room,” and laughingly comment on the
frowning faces some of the fair inmates
of the cushioned barouches carried
away girls with them upon iu teaming the “The
have gone, farther country
for Reclusion and study.” for Beech
woods was a most delightful place for a
weeks sojourn, as they well knew; lint
Aunt Kate, once won over to our side,
protected us manfully, so feat none in«
vtuled our solitude.
But di.l everything the pleasant must davs have tl.at an had end, graced and
so
our week’s stay at Walden, and we awoke
one morning to hear a quick shower
^itu vmg mgmmt die windows.
“ Dear, dear; our fire ,dl be all out!
WlmtHhall w-.- doNau?”
" i, “- i t know. Oo up to the
hoa , «’’ f '!f breakfast, 1 suppos,'._ kindle Lv, rv
tiling wnl b. hx> w.-t to it again.
“Uo up to the house I echoed Jessie,
»»d)gna,,tly. “ Indeed I shall do no
such thing. Haven t they been telling
us f il Um 'j tl i a * fc "| hr ' t * tol ?i
wo,lUl hrm * UH back? I ve no doubt
th «.V/ «*is-ctmg us, and that plates arc
' “d for u» this very minute (which we
afterward found to have to-. 1 . Uie caai-)
. and
V” b,w ', k J : p " hungry first:
Jpcnitf . very n(Hi i\n«l priit*
tv, mde»sb an ah,j finished her bulet and
aanounced that the nun was over.
-‘Xliero’s blue »ky over yonder. Nan
t yuur ru ),i MTs and come on;” and
wv jting ° Ujc action to the word she sallied
forth; au a I followed suit.
u V^Akino t eted, every lust spark Covered of
U - fire, that we
mgbt Wfore, wuajimt
A? - t, h I ixytt
t , w.* 4m vt 1 hxmt'ly, . 0.1 Utor,., tfrn
'i- vetel . suffered a-le ver
B.U i* ' ^ dripping, - a: a, hn^rytUin^^us
to-urii, d and aad w- wto
ties; iced d; ,y. luexp i nooi!
? at •“ rwa hour of toil bronkl.; auj - vu>
s* ill a i nrbut ipsttutirprospect; the
bun! iiid Mcjvco. :MS#r ; !,.;gIicg todeluily, asmewh hml cmi
jnt'-.i tip d and i!>real
■ - i ■ ryTh ,tut to espiw in t;,-,, '
wm ..)«> til.! Of Sffi ‘ ■ V fiep,
Jeoie tv. ■ i : r ttm ;
-iOft.vj0 J;O ilep; It, I. Was bet niirr
^nliau4a#.ionjtai5^*.#vct place at t-he rttovatifage thisti.tv,t4rivisg
| u gtvalfjat startled it ,iev
. . i kl.iiljLgS, t w 1 the:
exclaiming: —nud •••; «a nmaiatakably manly
voice,
“Well, I m.'-er 1 if there isn’t. Jess!”
followed stumtomeonssly front Jessie, bv of an ecstatic
tittle '••!• u:t :
“.Broth, r Fr 5, w:,« did - -i ...
fro .'wtebet it ’?” nud si- rushed•+•''• she dro^tpa-1 •• him r uplifted 1
• : . ;1 - rose
touts f- • l* . , only to Stud myself
of. a i r.y a toil, dark, anstoeratk*.
..nth man, whose smile of recognition
WiugH deeper roses to my-diwks; 'Sir. tot
wee not this same gentlemurt Arci, '•
from the city, .and one iff the greatest
li. ns of the last season, end my jpttmdmn
part ner for rfiore than one (K-f mate dur¬
ing tint previous-winter’? I place how¬ my
hand ip his ontatretebed one, only,
ever to withdraw it quickly as 1 -Ihct.v-r
iu.-r. many and deep, are- -the, marks it
(lisplayB of its, reecut confltri with that
r* :: i ion t. afi i an a.i-1 1 d color springs
to i . face, Jest that also bear the srnno
traces. fi. fi'f • ■- ’
“This is- Nan, I know,*’ said toil,
blonde Fr little d Cameron, r,leasing himselt'
from his sister and.turning toward
rue—“as ranch “I u gypsy, as ever, 1
see”—und-weiS, fits greeUfig was veri
brotherly, indeed*
“But, what steal' it mean, Jessia?' you
girls out. here at bun hour oh u rainy
morning and look ? any of thing w r dftrkmmt U’g at the tsh house face. T'
“Nothing » wrfifig* anMety but where have
you gi-u mo; been, prey tell mo, and
lam (it 1 you arrive in this out of the way
place, at this time of diiy?”
“Been camping out; took a fancy to
comC up home and bring Archer along ;
walked up I,, n (fie station to .surprise
the “(lamping folks,” replied Fred, is briefly.
out! that jott what m
ure “Did doing, Fred, Nap and I.” Fred,
you ever, Archer!” said
appealingly, the relics of but Boston that conservatism gentleman, with still
clinging to him, *a*wered never a word,
only smiled nggravafingly—•wliercat l,
aroused, ords answered, coplly—using the
very w of our oracle—“Wc came out
ia the woods ixatause -we wiabed to live
driitomtriy, to front only the essential
facta of life, and find nut what it had to
teach ns. ’ A look oi futtotusiuneut grew
in their tacos.
“ Ve.s/’ ohitTed tn Jessie, quoting from
the same »■< urce. "We were tired of
o.J'tn i ssK «.* and wished to go to'Fsre
the must, on the deck of the world.”
“Thor<pq, as J live,” cried Fred, and
the look of astuaishmeut deenetted.
mischievously. Ttiorean,” said Jessie, ooimly,
but
“No man tor woman, cither)cau ever
unfold the jnaisibiiities i>f his own intel¬
lect who discs, sot at least checker hw
Ide with M>btud ‘4’
.
XLsctitevouady--1 tl'.u least, «ay—-for slightly the scene
was, to - i) amusing.
Time—. Arty morning, ami a ruray one at
tliat. I’hvete-the rive* bank overarched
by drippiag trees. Hropemivsi- T%gyp^?-.
fire pm.-. a nmoky nre -twu
ladies 1
and i>HUMag m oi^upution to quote
from the claerire woii .koteewiat- on
i.ell’ll),' :
A look of ama/atuout, mingled in¬
terest from Mt. Archer at thin lari quota¬
tion—wonde ring doubtless, thitt a .voting
lady sboukl reswl other than the latest
nuanai, n or the newest society jmux.
wki yon read Do Do Quincy, O.uiuev. Miss
' ri cron'? He U one of tay frienito, tool” •
V*, 1 i admire auuuie Do etnjiui.. Quincy j, very very much muon,
burr. h.-rouu is <mr oracle just now ; let
ungfed you welcome to ‘ Walden.’”
he *»•! caught -Mr, Archer’s right through eye brightened fee door an
mdcrenre open
of < ui f. yotumes, but I inter
tupted here with a dob runs cry,
“Tlie fire has gone out; what shall we
do?”
True enough, feat piovokuig toe, lak
NO. 11.
fagadrimtaito of amale, a MJ.M ouatbfforte, had
dfemppcMbl b Id
“ dear. w«*U have to go up to the
house, JUuppose, after all ominmbh.
Just see how I’ve hurt my hftml" Apd
while Fred examined mUcoBy-fee little
pink vontarea.” palm I related et» “ moving adt
“A fire, is that all?" aaid be at their
close. " I have not camped oul in vmu
all these summers,” gud his ready knife
soon reduoed another picket of that
devoted fence to the requisite size ; and
ere efforts. long a (sparkling blaze rewarded his
* ’
“ Why need we go up to the house?”
queried Mr. Archer. “No long one knows
we are coming, and I quite for one
more out-door repast. Besides, wo have
been ‘roughing »t* so long as to bo
scarcely- ‘‘Capital!” wonted echoed to civiliaed Fred, life as yet.”
“What
have you girls got tor brcukfiaat ?”
“Corn and pokatoea roasted in the
aaha», and corn bread and molasses,
Tou remember Thoreau’s bill of fare; it
is with ours, glance ipo,~ at rcplio.1 Mr. Archer Jessie, demurely, she spoke.
a as
But the gentlemen smd profesaed 1 themselves
satisfied, said, oracularly,
“ He that eats niunt work, and if you
g.-utlemen Consul stay Trod, you must pay the the pen
a.tv there la basket
mid hoe, your post will be the com field
Will and potato patch. rcplemalung, Mr Archer, this fire
neixl oonstent to yew
signed may gatner sticks Having thus as
tlicrn fheir station, Jessie and I
turned omr attentiap to the matter at
hand and after much momment and a
great deal of waiting, we sat down to a
very creditable repast of the above-men
boned articles, further rout forced by
Boston cracker* and cold tongue from
the f%€>n tl 0 xn&n h lu&clj )>fisKf>t. W© had
moved the table out under the trees,
and what with improvised seats, the
novelty and of jesting the situation, and the laugh
tor panaed pleaaant consequent hoar. thereupon,
a
J**i« and 1 toned at the house that
4»y, but. positively refusing any further
<******> to the world, returned to our
;l ' and uit.-rrnutewl studn-a
ktmiK iDtwt . s, t*, d,MA>auHl to uioro tmm
mq'fi it« f t\iv j-a-Lie nature*
|! • /entlcmeti vav'h love professed with 1bcm3clv«a Mow c<«tiago to
' m
hfe therein at- we onmuves. and
............ were the fishing parties they
instituted, and delicious the chowders
they concocted, and many were tlie
hunting laden expeditious fnm small which thay to re
tamed with game, be
, cooked in buBter’s fas1iiou,"btft most api
!,».•!,izing.v, , ‘” ir gypsy Arc-place, „ . ... and, ,
f fi-ur me, l«».ne and i »h_endorf were
HI n.od the sadiy ut l of neglected luiglmg. the or took white kmgvteod. wo gwuejl
leLtd rumbles, ts >m wfitem we returned
-vita happ i u-, >, and brows crowned
-iiitii Vila b -Ti
It. njitrht ftwo nave been noted
this turn* that mtntfry changes took
place riblxins in our attire, numerous taking bright
and fresh lawns the place
.■it-grays, almoet
without knowledge. "
oar
It was on one of th. se seU-same ram
bh-H lute in the mouth, when Fred and I
had fallen behind Jessie and Mr. Archer,
w'hidi, by the way. had happened very
;■'dten u:s- those latter days, aud some way
th ccmw.l mind either '
v novel • it !
It Hus on one of the:-o ramble*, I Hav,
that Fred tout Ids handsome blonde
head why should very low and whispered—though
he whisper, there was no one
to hear ?
“ We are going back in three days,
Nan; our vacation is more than pash
BhaJl you owe very much ?”
.Ami 1, startled by the sudden au
nouiH-emont, lifted nlv eyvs quickly to
hi- face, which was not iff all prudent
under tin* eircumutaner-i, and he read
what he chose in their dejitlie, uad then
—but there, 1. shall not toll you a word
he said, thut is my secret, I only know
that a few nunnn-s after Fred was very
near, and I was turning seeing a jew-to it through 1 eireh i
on snist my finger, and dimmed its* glitter a
of tears that
strangely. The is Nan
“ time very near, ; don’t
you think you hind totter break up at
Vahleu ?" This brought mo to myself
with a start, as 1 exetauned, tomorse*
fuhy ;
“ Wlmt will Jessie say?”
" There is your answer,” laughed
Fr.-d, ]W>raiing down a long roach of
trees, at whose tartlier end eonidlxi seen
the glimmer of pale blue lawn, with a
must unmistakable eoat-slocve outlined
against it, white the jetty locks of ita
owner were in dangerous proximity to
the other’s blonde criiui>s. Foiled at
this iH.int, I tried another:
“Three days ! why, I could never get
■ready “Nuthuig in the world," wear!” said Fred, tight¬
to
ly ; “don’t toll urn. What does your
onicte, Thomra,’ say atamt it—‘If you
have iiny enterprise before you, try it m
yopr old clothes !’ ”
So whaf could I do? And Jessio
fmhid liorself heljfless liofore the same
arjpnm-nts, and, three day* from that
time, we were ■Ridrliug away from O-,
on. the fast express, ere the inhabitants
of | that city had fairly reooversd their
of’ breath at double the astounding lumouncemont
n »• “ wedding in high life,”
ujku) such sliort ruiti.-e *
The birape and Wise Industry.
Thw industry in tho United States is
lowing we-tuning estimates large preporUona. Tlie tot
rect: Missouri has are l.toKl approximately of cor- tho
acres
vine ri.fl’.'O in cultivation, gallons produciug wine; Sandusky, last year
V of
Ohio, and vicinity {including the Lake
:5>.fkfiri Eried-brads), 4,000 acres produriiig 16,
I liomMhsto fruit: OitUforawtatjWO
»c0e« in grapes, repn-aeuting in money,
inahidiog this land, fl&t)0,0QG,0O0 iu . Vmicul
rare iu country is yet its mfauuy,
out- the increasing disasters to the vines
>f wint- grapes fh Etfi-ojK; is yearly bring
jig it rate-, greater tht>toine»ce, The
fe-aduy piahty of Asiericwa vines, moreover, fa
real improving through experience
the iue.retnaug amount of capital era
ployed, iukI front present indications tho
wiiMs industry of this country is destined
m attain very huge proportions in the
j ot distant future.
j Kmringtcm, A m «c €f» ve.ars Me., old hue has bwu found m
who been out of
. the State only once, has brim on a
\ stexiHifooat only naKse, and never was in
, city until he visited Portland, which he
I “reckoned wasn’t much of a place for
J fenoa,”
ftahten Word*.
v " J Th* foljpwipg qxawt* culled bow
sre
bid tt'Jdrc^ti by Him. Tloratio Seymour to
th« ynmig-lndr student- of W^Hs Pe
m;de,College, Youth in beautiful Aurora, 6» N. ¥, Sjfe
«<• of age,
and it. ftnjkn with admiration upon the
eiKiri^t; the .o*Mi*rt*«nif*Kol with whhfft fe^yauiig confront and
.»h-future, the
faith that lead* them to look forward to
imwfaem mud
oeSf- t-honiing is the roost eoromon
kind of fraud, ft is a good rule, when
you find that subjects vt tnqpGrtanoe or
object* of conclude value are that matters there of indiffer¬
ence, to are some
things which you do not, but which you
know.
There is nu thing you can learn about any
subject which wxR not give it new inter¬
net m your eyes. The deeper your learn
ing edge the is like better, but gold, the which, quality although of kuowl
that of it
k reduced to the glitter thinnest leaf, y«t nwikefc
all the that it to utjiic*.
8ur*a«« knowledge in lightly spoken ot
by the learned, but ft Is information
worked out in the past by toil and study
until it ia hrottght withaa the rmtob of
s:!.
tn the e&okm rtf my life I haw studied
all classes of men with etuv*, and, as »
rule, I have found those to be the most
cheerful ami wise whose habits wild ob¬
servations have given the widest rango
to their mental tutUon, «tt.Ahftv#.brought
within tlie k' 0|K3 of their t,houghta tlio
most varied topics, rUJ with tough tle-y may
not have been I«arn«d kttwjTv'A# mgkru to any
of them. **•*: 'mb,:
Men, do not took live to the same world.
When a t: artmud us we see that
they live ia very different houses;
axe humble houses, but poorly finished -
others with painting* fire costly ait residences, statuary, And adortseti
otenr
tliiag that art «mn do to gratify tb»
W* make disreputable Urn world iu which we live,
& is more dull to live in one
tteit is and barren Own it is to
rtmk . 6 oar home in poor and dUaoidatod
houses.
Lmdligenoe will enable us to eope
with the problem of life, to endwe h»
mjsfi.rtunes with fortitude, and to beu
ite auccciswi wiUi moderation and wis
dmn.
The office of the eye is to give facts to
the mind. Things are not seen in a
br. true tight sense merely because they are
within the range of the vision,
but whim they have stirred the mind and
thought* have been avcAwd.
So strong are too eiy.ymente of look
j ng ujam nrrouiid famous madt object* ^aclvd or of t>V treading
tnioii tXt 1 to" AvsiitA riril
them And through -after life thev are
w thtt* i»er anined. and fiapwitw for the knowledge
It rua> be Sm that sum* ISIoS are gifted with
to f«S
to
; ?t. , Wl :, w advantage* ^ .:
-*iurbutt^, wi^n
I vMtetik at s&m te&m W
tWe wh o feel no *vmpath$ £aro with nate
co,/ntrv ar< * im i&nt# i<jt
not'like life.T ms&$ Up n»y aund they
do it because they do not know
-mmgh about the world around them, to
jjaiov ite hsmttfies
N > one who has roiteh«l the age of
three-ware years and fen would, upon
. refleotkMi, be willing to rub out {rum
th« eacp^rieiirie in life the sorrows which
huve so/teued hut <burat:tor, the mje
takes which have taught 1dm wisdom,
or gretted, w rong-dnftigs *1»4, which by theta he firm ever to
and i»ftmsu«N»
hav« mode the golden thread* wfeaoh
may be formed iu th« texture iff hw
moral diaravtef,
t—i——.
Singular Climatic Effects.
Bayw the Denver (Col.) On at W<:«t:
p » » suigiflar met on Mrum%, 1“ >W fM
th « ^ l * p toss lti“w«ght
*»*»«? '* . * hont ofotedgbth. FWI* m
it4U4fe '* } > 113 the coante of two or tliroe
months.a4jUU-pOttao bjab tog* &P°undor. twenty
nju\ bf-comes % Xj
lbm m <Ule - to the high alUiude of Den
vcr-~armle above the sea to and
light atmosphere, lo the scarcity stwmlaicft of vegi
fi.fioti ui.d th»- corui'aratite
ofosvgua, .vnieh eoasspe* the ti*ue«
and toes the wtul fuhetivto t**a gteidtr
exti-ut than on lower afiitalics. lTigher
up H is ranch worse than At lx»*nd
vi tie, lot install cs, vlueii is two itolm
above the tuK\ level, the diminution in
weight does nor generally fall ‘short of a
sixth- or «v«n4h, mid it tokos piano
uracli more rapidly than he*«. lo tluit
high altitndi, too,’ lung di-seiwefs, set aucb in, aa
pneumonia,.vrtty they fatal in froqa«ntly aud of
prove about JO per cent,
the eases attacked. But very tew dogs,
except hounds, can live in Leodvifie,
ftndfio : cats survive there. In Itenver,
however, we have a multitude of both
dogs and eats, md difliottity they apjwvar to cx
peri^tew ing and -tto getting spetfial fat, l’k about it is liv¬
a
noticeable t-wt that .uamid-and umnloea
a share of thetr strength after coming
here, After being Imre two or three
months their muscular power is not hear
so great tw th the East. Eight hours of
wntiuuraw labor docs more to extnwist
axid i>r< »trato i* nma here than ten hour*
th IlliBow m Wtoconsin. And when
worn hitudo out aud and prustrate-d a fooling of las
liioariiicss that tt i» wry dif
ftcult to dispel corns a over i«us. Iu such
bMittunwi* taeuiy hours of rest are requi¬
site to r*. pair and rebuild me v listed on
- Mf'tifit! labor is evi-n ’.tore ex¬
hausting than physical, A healthy matt
tuny do ainmnd labor for right or ton
Hours a evil ilav and oxfxTienaif UiqiKdroto no
*l«foiftl clha-b ; but let niefital labor
!»■ pursued aitii like ussinluUy weakeued aud and th*
uorvrais system ln-comr#
irritsblh. disordered In time the and physical weabened posters
become, by
sympathy supply tlm and brain by tin; strain TtiM* npo» them
to waste. fact*
aio more pn dinabls of now-i omers than
of tuoK! 1 who have resitted tor a vem or
more at high altitudes. Beraomt iuulaii
imala thoroughly ifrawlmaks. acolimated Indctsl, do rad. ex
perienoa these anywhere thc**<i
could not look totter than
they Aj>jH»r hero. The {peat difficulty
is in getting tMteiimated.
IVlSbUAl Nei urj! j,
“Will you dy» we a tavvr?” seil
young Ilanhoti, $roplu< |r>' hri friend, it, John?” 8»m -
eon “ Whitt fa
said Hausbqj; *t wish you woidd lend
mt) sir,” ‘Wall at my eouufciug
h*.u.fs«j” Mjoiaed Hansom. 'John was
■not Jong m -paying M» -rtmf neets; *’ What
mmm <n m ‘.My you give t» , y«»ag gmafeo
mt*?'” '"$• *■' p. sir,”
“ Vex. a. .*v f p * 1 Ilmi '
stall, In trap up tlie lid <•! 4 ft Uwe iron
chest, * (Id in there f ' exclaimed
Johfi, in netonidnmmt, “what for?”
“ AVI#, few t» where I. always keep ruy
personal aacuurie*.”
Thm Syonin and river Orenburg Volga, Riuwia, railway
bridge across the
which fa just finished, coat 06,000,000,
Wlor« the fa built ttm river w
more than a r mile wide. 1’i.e f“:irte<
pier* which support the girder* are 1U0
feet above tho iiuviu level of fee waters,
and fee girders are 364 feet long and 20
feet wide.