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Court Cslendar,
Scpseiucvi-. Echols—y*aosd Momtajs in March mi
SsiHetubcr, Appling—Thhd Monday in March ami
VVayii*—Fourth Monday in March a\d
Bee cniber,
P<0ce«—First Monday in April and
fry a > l;«r,
Wi-urs—Second Monday in April *ud <Jc
te bar.
Ajsid r.jneh—TaeotHy .-o.d O tflu-r. after third 5bnumv lit
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ami ft.! (Jetohar.
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rtkarhoB—Third Monday is May nd Hie
veiaber. ’ '
vemter. Glynn—Fonrtu Monday in M y and No- I
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THE
JESUP HOUSE.
Corn* &te*> ai ‘T Si
JEsrrp. GKOHGIA
h y& &lU*$aU% As'b.i <*\i\ Abd * 3 rante
mvk Mm
tb* nUfDiio’i «' Uic trwi-Hng niiWiol* <U**cted..»t
tk todacem. n;» . # »»j loe.n hy tic* lloa«*.
The n ,-if tftia If..,use ! * ,.n ^vraleii ureunil,
*!! > fiwilj <> fi« (<-ih • li.-pu. Ii j» it in..
“ »’»Wr«od (iniit aiij, anii :a S .l, i in cvc.-s *»»
tj .veils *iw.U ; sry o .alaul »4r»t cU*» UvmT.
n«i
uiiwns, *-* r to rAJttx.ua.
Hi.'dw, JmsTabi u wiH tittie Sms a Im'Mm l tsc«i> j
iw nx * j j
"' ‘Dt* w.Mdh'P mif A# yniiianr * D'riii si'iio ,
^ *q Do to: a.Td. i {i\im I ,tb ) i'i H w V . 0 it. v\ <■■■' . *m j
• i; P, UUU FUELS, t
Y’ 8 ’" ______ !
, In . her , 1« ok on Manitoba,. Mis* Fit*, j
fribbon s.iys: “I w.itehed some Indians I
♦topping, xntfttiftl and was astonished to s*'« j how j
they w aved aside interior
ptHftft* and elms- • siaffi matermt* m> met- j
rti.eof a . the rteJ-chants *° •*' ‘- ‘ * ,H T‘ told te tib) a yard. | 1
me it vtm
nr.c,,,s, to off ., them anything bttt the
; ; -t An Inman, who equM not speak
English or i-ren^b *ud wanted five
H 1 * ’ »* »><•>• 3 »‘b.
“w mra of tlunr relativw wm m liitl,
pflosi on thi counter, ami, going through i
c pantoii'!u;c handed first dvseripisvy of j>.hrwMif», I I
was some silk bandki-r
ch if’.fs raking one up he felt it, livid
fr np to the light, and, throwing it aside,
k his hem vigorenf.lv, uttering an
better “ Dgh 1” of disgust When shown a
one, he was dcnbtlnl; toil, iqx>n
a much sixperfor article 1 wing pmluced,
he tiiqk it, snfl wilUrigiy inuiilsd om
one pile fur it. This, however, was too
nu’.c'i, oikI when given the change he
put ceeded it on oh*- of the other piles, ffiidto «*«! pro¬
is tho sumo way to the
r * : ? of to* purchases. ‘ liow easily they
conidi.c cheated,' I y ; d to the clerk,
after the Indian had Lit ‘No,’ iierfe
. ossfiy _
l*und, * not so. a* would appear,’
i’teiy tn pyneraliy great fnimlters- mmc in from their
i-ejiips paeo a They v«ar, to*
.* Hi, i f.) and .ft piu'ehvww-)-. go
te fbltoi-ftat > fii.pt*, and im tle-ir rcium
ceanpore notes a« to the cost an.upirdit v
of their goodtv Then, if one lots paid
more quality, tnmi another, be or has team cheated ■
i!i will never cuter life atop
ttefti u; and the firm, that gives the great
■’ ’<■ horgauib is most' pferwii-ae* t m their
m ttei,'’
ftvxettir, is inspired by various and
very < ttli r t .otive Huh > 41 e
war of the rebellion a bov hanged him
Mil is H<?rttewsi.;c>Jao Wcaaau h«,.father
woq&d ),n{. let It>ru -nfist A g<wsd m«mv
useire putsttr.s* puk «&«&& to their five#
tii-reiMih tto irtetii, saere »npr.d.i«moa it Ixing
drafr-'dsii-.ito 1 ,t h*. An nxcliante 1 ’
i-nWKva -L re* .I«*fgo Milter
,4 T.mcbivi'.'m. Maine, hanged horeelf
tto otiiiLr the. via;- to ihv imd potrf* a
ive to nnd <irawing
twsa- sevv.rity. 3 years age. feared
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a riwiiant two. IU* employer* hare
him n iwreout to fl5 loufe “Ah,
iSK&SSBtif r;”b'A.„™;:r- ^Iftp
“Then a wwfert flw*T Tim ••t a'l'.on '^dn
net ter m - B.
omy of m.yrif/’-BW Facer.
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VOL. V.
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r .1 t&ttua t. - rantsf
U Wlwtwt-U* 4* sMUwi; taldfJ tonHiMw »iiU, w**fc
Aihi b>- ts sti
A* n .«‘.i « Ii if cant h<iw\
Arc! rasUBg nt.iswat p.v or.g-r*
W )m may WlfeW ta eali.
Ttie It save itesls ««t i ni "tiled •mto
And oilier BuSv things,
Oam-telhi, ami cn iweUaiirain pte
And 4»ughnut» rtupe! like f mgs;
The pa-!i« hnmch ks t\m
As ail ti»y iw»g be sitpjs
0 nrrMa of mss nett m seta,
Oi uainx.-Ue soil.*,
Fruit la,I »i '«*, y«w> g rumaf, <tn,
ii Utns V"U I’Ve ir.mi tboiO!,
Of «tb i y.nir }te*
Tea really y 4m'i t
Yen if nxurs ajf> Imm
■ii the b - DAft,
Ti¬ iurci-r is ft! iis&i vfife tear
am ttB.T tlfiiic oat! f ill* smtirrib-
A 4 *tk. mr yamim wHhvul IritetiM tnAft*
h m uw.
Bey* And raws' ft mi" banofit!, aoivll dreary note*,
Hiror vmir utpvytz nw vrtay; sty 5
t YOU l h f'te X-^Unti, &x?z ax
ll‘M Yrtirt-HAfDrtt s
wxM out mu ,-flnsl tlnti m„ do rvim-ft) ml tins)
pjy.
T)-b rtwiMS up ■Kith Xtiowtetf im,
Antf bi*is rue ». t rupluff,
Tb^a nnm <i ut my
waj psuii' hm*e ih&r* i.faiX «>•>*. ass Jo -Mrwe,
sflLild Y tefes & tteil
thm WOf’ifi. ftiiiA lUri witw/
PASSION IX TATTERS.
“She has got a face like one of her
own rosebuds,” said Mr. Fitzalan.
“I’ve heard of her more than once,”
returned Frank Cialverly, “ ‘Thu pretty
flower girt,’ tin people call her, don't
they? OU Frjjdtam has doubled his
custom since she came there.”
lan, “And the best of it all," added Fitaa
unconscious with a laugh, of'her “i» that siic is quite
own attraction!—a
little country lassie, who itanks only of
ht-Srown. baskwas, and never drvatns timfc
* he herself is the »w«*ti»t tluwer of nil
tho aseerimeat, ”
“Let's go in and buy a Marcchal Niel
bud mid two or time sweet verbena
leaves," saiil Calverlv. “1 should like
to see this modern Flora of yours.”
Dosatfa v IVaftcId stood behind the
CoU » pile ‘' t ” o; r f °f traj-rsua the fh'rht’s bkiSK-oins store, wfiiioh sorting lay over on
» tray of damp, green moss. Trail* of
i-mitax wove their grt*en garlands up to
the ceiling; h«»j« < f gold and rose
pedaled pmqile bads lay in the wmdtrjr; tufts of
white carnation# heliotrejye Jay perfumed like the a.ir, and
hillocks of snow
ogaiuat the panes of the hyacinths Know-window,
white spikes of perfumed ami
cape-jessamine the flung tlu-ir subtle scents
upon air.
And Dolly herself, with her round,
dimpled face, pink qheefes, and sou.,
brown eyes, exactly, the shade of the
rippled iu.ur, which was brushed simply
back frowi ibc br»«ad, low brow, was a
fitting Bhe. aeetisaory to t
looked «p m iho two gcnlleracn
entered, and a.sbft.. crimson ldiadow «v«r
Bprtrad her secoBd.
“Have yon got one <•! my favorite
button-hole lionquete made up, Miss
Pcnfteld?” Fiizfthtn asked, with a care less
to w and Kim Is,
“T know,” said Dolly, softly, mid “A
rosebud and a sprig of tout-h, two or
three myrtle leavwtj that is what you
life No; I huvo umie inude up, just at
pre-eot: but I can. tie om up in about
half “6no a minute, Air, Fitzalan.”
for .me, too, his it you please,” said
Calverlv, touching bat.
“Just th mam
Dolly lifted her long eyelashes, which
were like fringes of brown silk, suid gave
him a «hy glance,
“A little different, please. Consult
* vour own tasto. Miss Pen fie Id ”
“ l like the double blue violets,” aaifl
Dolly gently, “with geranium leaves."
*• ihi'ii they aholi be mv favorite flow*
ere also/tond Calverlv. gollantlv.
leave, Tlie gentlemen when old had hardly taken their
Frixl.am, the florist,
bustled in, with round, red face, shining
I ' i ‘w .a tui U1 w j of business all over
pp ;1
“ Isn’t it time you had tlm theater bou¬
quet* ready?” said he, lcmking critically
around, and moving a glass of freshly
cut . alias out of tin* level sunset beams
which at that moment fell, like a sheen
of golden laces, athwart the deep bow
window."
“I shall have them ready directly,”
««d Dolly, starting fr-an tor revene,
“ tho fiowrs are all sorted oat.”
“We have too many carnations on
hand.” said the florist fretfully ; “and
those gauflv cape to-Us are so much dead
oss. Let the man from tho greenhouses
know, please, there’s a demand for half
open rosebuds and forced lilies-of-tin
valley. ”
“Yes," «aid Dolly, dreamily, “I wil
tel! hint—when ho comes.”
The closed country wagon with ih
freight of fragrant leaves aud delicionalj
scented flowers, came early in the morn¬
ing. bed, long and tote,re the fat florist was ont of
while the silence almost of an
^x’hanteu ,, hind . . lay upon lqq*r T . „ Brood
wav '
But Dolly Penfield was there freshen*
tin? up the stock of the day before with
wet moss anil cool water, and clipping
the stems of the rosebud*.
“ Vo more carnations, John,” she said
briskly. “ nor amarvllis flowers, and we
p - U .4 , .m e 1 , ' a d geranium.;-,
m,i !’ “T ‘ 1 ti r "
1 * tncugfit, i^rhMjw,' said-tomcat
1 ■ Deadwonfl, who tnewsured six h .-t
; J " t«s stecutuga. mtk hml the ;>c -,f an
gum, “you. might want to go
ba*‘k with me to*d«v, Dolly. Your
nm come from Kauw», and titer# is
» <u«iee ont tu the o!u h*n\,
with plenty to wadies and evergreen
i ffwrSs 1
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{ “Dear me!” carelreislr interrupted
Dolly; “ why don’t they pm ft in the
Wbs n .,„ v .. ^»frf . v ri„, _
r >
And th* **.%*’. «n8«
StedS ” *"* ^ *** d
■ fcbo J t thl’old home any iSrerP
JESIT, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, ISO).
“ Ter., I do,” said Dolly, rousing her
self, “ tint-—
She pi'DHcd -suddenly, the rosy color
no-tod in n carmine tide to her cheek, an
involuntary smile dimpling the corner*
of her fresh lips ns she glanced through
the smirix trails in the window.
John Bead wood, following in the di¬
rection of her eyes, glanced, too, lift just
in time to a toll gentleman hii
hat and bow as he went jauntily past.
“Ts fhat if,” said John, bitterly.
“Is what petulantly retorted Dolly.
,l Vm sure I don't know why we are
standing here wailing for and I with
tweiitv-eigl.it o’clock. That’s bouquets all, John, to make I up think. by
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Don't forget the lilies of tho valley ."
“But you haven’t answered me, Dol*
Jv.’
“Answered yon what?”
“About the'dm ce in the old barn, and
coming back with mo when tho wagon
returns at 5 o'clock.”
“It is quite out of the question,” said
Dolly, listlessly,
“Dolly;” “Wt-1 i.”
“You promised me years ago—”
“Nonsense,” said Dolly, flinging the*
azaleas and }-inks around child ix» fragrant then.''
oonfnsion. “I was only n
“But you've no right to go back on
your word, Dolly, child or no child.”
“I never promised, John.”
“But you let tne believe that one day
yon would b> mv wife. And I’ve lived
on the thought <*f it, Dolly, ever since.
And if this city situation of yours should
break up m v life’s hope—”
“Don't hope anything about me,
John!” brusquely interrupted the girl.
Here s a customer. Please, John,
don’t stand there any longer looking like
Aiulhonest, heart-broken John turned
and want with heavy heart, out to where
Hie wagon stood, and old ikxas was wait
i.-ig with down-drooV'ing head «ed half
closed eyes.
* I * dries s.'i'rn to me,” he muttered be
twoeu his tmii that there is nothing
left to live for any half longer,” remorsefully
Dolly looked niter
him.
“five almost a mind to call him back.’
said she to herself as she picked out t
bunch of white violets Ion the newcomer,
I do tike John Dead wood; but I think he
lias no business to consider hhwsuif ere
iged to me. just because of that lnoy
tad-jrirl ndneenac. One’s ideas change
is one. rets on in life.”
And Dolly's check was like the reflec¬
tion of the pink azaleas as sfio thoOght of
Mr. Fit/ahm and the turquoise ring that
he Aud had Mr. given Fiixliuna her as a troth in plight scntly.
came pr'
•‘I've a rote from the Bodxewiofcs, on
Fifth avmnit I be. bunuciUy. They
lcat always Servos* order has their, dis.tpp flowers .intcdtbein. from Bervoss, They
ward the houso decora tod f<>r ft purty to*.
U'ltfgrapJn night—there's not a minute to lose. I've
d to Do! m's f. ,r one hundred
yards <>f smilax aud running fern and
one hundred poinsettas; aud I think we
can manage the rest ourselves. You had
to I ter go at once. Mi** Peafbld, and
plan the decoration*—yon've n—and* a pretty
taste ot your ow I’ll send up the
flower* with Hodge* to help you.’’
turquoise And Dolly went, her mind* till on th.
gold and its ring, with a hand of virgin
radiant blue stone.
The Hedge wick mansion was a brown
stone palace, with plate glass easements,
and a vestibule paved with black mud
orange marble.
Mrs, Sedge wink, a stately lady, in «
"Wattoan wrapper and blonde cap, re
wived Dolly m the great drawing room.
“Oh." said she, lifting her eye-glasses,
“you’re from the florist’*, "ore you!
Well, I know nothing about these thing*
—I "thy want the rooms to look elegant.
Toll your husband to spare no expense.”
“Air. Fmhatu is not mr husl>»nd ”
said Dolly.
“Yourfather, then."
“Lit he isn’t my father,” insisted
Dolly, ail. half laughing. He’s no relation
at I will tell him, however. ”
particularly “Exactly,” said Airs. Sedge 'white wick “1
desire plenty of roses,
as 1 am told they ere customary at this
sort of affair. It’s an engagement party,'
“Indeed!” said Dolly, trying to look
interested. * * '
“Between my daughter Clara and Mr.
Alfred Fitssalan,” said Mrs. Scdgewiek,
with conscious complacency.
Dolly said nothing, but the room, with
its flitted cornices and lofty ceilings
swsswd to swim around her fife the
wav,«! of the sea. And as she went onf.
with Mr*. Sedgewick still chatting
white rose-buds nod begojiia-leaves, shr
Txasaed the hall open floor of a room, all
bung with blue velvet, whore a yellow
tressed beauty sat smiling on a low
divan, with Fib-aiim bending tenderh
stove her.
“Ho boa only been amusing himseli
witli There me," said Dolly to herseff.
but was a sharp ache at. her heart,
after all, it whs only tho sting oi
wounded pride. Thank' hesTea—oh,
thank heaven, it was nothing worse than
that I
Honest John Dead wood was driving
old ^ Ibian steadily and solemnly along
past the patch of woods, where the vet
vet imrev d bowlders lay like dormant
beasts of prey in the spring twilioht
when a gray shadow glided oat of the
other sliadow's, and stood nfc his side,
“John!” she whispered,
“Dolly “Ice, 1 it’s never yon?"
John." said the girl, gently bnt
steadily, ’ "In going back home with
yxm.
tt Oadbte$<( you, Dolly* w aaid thsyoumt
maa, ierveutly.
“For good and all, John if vonll take
a^jgSSftSSABS ft?
joWnut toTiti hiitavm d h a a \ LUg
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her up -r\, ride
h „ k% .
sr*s frtx*4ayr^!aJ! decision
u«ver regret yonr of thiada v.”
tf 1 ^ lai
Mr ' Fr ’ tealftn « » Wank en-
j CD mm news,
} Four comb in Georgia, two of which
i Btcphcn's
1 arc in Alex. H. district, did
no! cast u vi- •- fur < ■ .0 field.
Thu a-cssci Vi!Urn of taxaliio property
in Gcorein 1 ;ia increased SROdO.Ofio
during the [>:> ■! year
Wi. cver car if i Widk.-r f-unlv, 1 < \ 1 -.
. - - - 1 teen i.vn- }J i .
and Garfield c mihincd.
The cupola of the court-hou«c» at
Giark- 'ilh', T snruc.tinted by a
braren etqjlem asuring twifivo foot from
tip te> tip.
A building c •<•••! ed at l^-xinet'.t:, fin.
for a dancing 1 all when that town was
in the /. nili: 0! ;t, ; dury in.w ire* 1 as
a stable.
1 h ■ Appeal s :X> that the all night
houses, where n cn ran be around, drink
and quarrel, are the cause •. f nearly all
the rows that ur tn Mi mjihifs.
r ■ 1 i:v C:>u .i d Fort i-nnfh, Ark
:
< nrr\lte» of pist. I- in tie estv limits, in
roiy oilier way e .cr-pt in the hand.
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lias politiisru'd he Naitonul Board of
ihxiri to have a saaitery ,-urvey tiiele
j ■ ity «uif i r t ■’it :
Nearly one 1 and red more nmiring
I
year than to whit >«.
Tin new Miss «4ppl code fives the
ioo of a Conincr i >r leddifur :tn inquest
at $f> instead of S10, the former figs re,
aud s one of the o rouers arc resigning
m consequence.
A proposition b abowt tube submitted
to the Little Rock Gity Council for the
construction of >ew water-works. A
nuniiH of . promt umi ituri.* , -m'c a
r <
organi/ati.-n in n-. nq.lation.
Cotton seed wiw first planted in the
■' ' ' ' ’
x peri meat. It first . b m
Georgia and the < irolina-. iu 1773-73,
and in Louisiana i) i 1732.
* 4 ivster-wheel " i ut up for a flonrin* •_ '"c
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!;i ' ;, 1 ’’ ■' ’ 1,1 >-'g.:■* ’ ! -n
pc.tine- and is to furnish
- ..Hi ;• Ii v. •! n ii 5 r, o tin 1 in C! at
Ai u fashionable . a-.juerntle party at
Vicksburg, two li.dcs who attracted
much attention ami admirutiim during
'
unen , mi- unmn-kio:- took . place. ,
The film-’ drms , n in .\tllmta
.v.-is wren at the uni icui d ball bv Mi--> .
I, tea Austell, of t oil fit. It COS.
;ui ‘ 1 !n » , ,nh ii -a*' 1 ' P'te
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chared by hci in Far s, at $200 per yard, ;
A i«.»Y in K-’in Ai: U*ru ; », while
si.....hue in fiorn o b ' lihei - house
him a Ot i.., bn .cl ,.,i w .* *.nh\ ... i. nx i
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.1 • icscd !.v an ciivi-ic ilaioc. which is
-upjKiscd t > haviM ci ic from a lightning
n, J near by aid was badly burned.
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( ■■mpany, tms thop.uglily test. .I the
Hub. risen pv.w ....... T reducing ores.
... ...... ....... tl»4 * t yielded w , f , **«♦« onlyflcK)
per tom Works will (soon be erected at
tiHincsville.
The cot toll crop «•! Tfxa.' wan closed
by a killing tr< -j. Th :> total will amount
re s WMH) bafire am SfiO.iMSO.OOo. T' .
Chicago T< x.iik;ti;si Mexican Central
cotton factory, with a apital of $200,000,
was »t tried here to-d ty. Forty thons
and dollars wa- sulmt r hed in Dallas.
The new statutes < f Mississippi pro
uSi* that in cases wher ■ j-.vemu.is are fining
business as agents, >r in their own
name, with the goo; *. and capital of
’other people, the prin *ipa!’* name mud
be conspicuously di-p ivcd at the place
of hnsim or the go ids -hall to liable
ter tin* debt* of the person conducting
the I••i*!lies
During the last t >re* year* nearly
too fr ,m N'i th fec-rgia have
‘■■-in res; verted to M<. -monism, and emi¬
grated t*> Almaso, <',.*.. Tin peof.lc of
•lie oniony oppose ;*<• ygamy and there
is on y mm ; **...- « .ng them.
The c I'ony is still gro ' ing, a party of
fifty being ready at pr -* n; to start Iron
Virginia to join it..
A man by the nam * of Albert Green,
while walking with i young lady on
Sunday, in Clebura: eouBty, Texas,
was approached by E len I'owcU, whom
he had ruined. At t ight, Gtevn and a
roinpimion blacked ' In-in-i.Avt's, forced
fm entrance into the v Oman’s bouw ai d
struck her brutally, then dragged her
..ut of the houw', Sh< held a pi-tto. in
her hand that wouldn’t stand cocked and
“hot liini dead.
A , ......t- t Liu- , w Jen . H-sree is . two . miles „
in length .mil ii,-!* up* in,:.- ;«> t mi.;,
The ow ner of tto gtmud around each
entrance l. cWiro tor , In-omi «.,*»a
as guide t . * .or msi • ■ * rs. Inetr rivalry • led
ti,serious fight* in to cave, for e.fe.
held the other to to s trespasser. Then
one of V tto V contestant : i lilt V noon p ' a novel
n\\‘i , cine **f the ,
vLi nu an rumtng
other’s busineas. I ft- unk a shaft so a* to
ftfimit a large stresm into the cave abotrt
a v favorable Z directinr , \ tto water ,m poure* l,np
out at the enemy’s p irtal, while his own
was unobstructed. 'Ijhc matter is to to
HtWteeheM Peril?!.
Under this head the PnMioix Journal of
C’Acihtete'/ rii'Biessove'riil dangerous sub
stances which find their way into house
hoids. There are two or throe volatile
liquids used dangerous. in families which are par
ticulwlv and must bo «m
ployed, ether if at aud all, with special care. Bon
®ne, this class of strong ammonia oonsti
tuto agents. The two first
named liquids are employed in cleans
ing gloves and other wearing apparel, and
to removing oil stains from carpets, cur
tains. Is are highly vole
tile, and flash into vapqi as stum as the
cork of the vial containing them is re
moved. Their vnbora are very combust
iVila and will in Libs at long A labin oca
from ignited caudles'or gas names, and
consequently the evening, they should never be used
in when the house is lighted,
Explosions will of a very dangerous nature
occur if the vapor of these liquids is
permitted to escape into the room in con
siderahlo quantity. In view of the great
haaard of handling these liquids cautious
housekeepers will not allow them to lie
(nought into their dwellings, and this
course is commendable. As regards am
monia, or water of ammonia, it 10 a very
kinds powerful sold agent, especially the stronget
has by druggists. An accidonr
in its use recently come under our
notice in which a young lady lost her Life
from taking a few drops through mis
take. Breathing the go* under certain
'iremnstancea causes serious harm to
the lungs and membranes of the mouth
red nose. It is au agent much used at
the present time for cleansing purposes,
and it is unobjectionable if proper cere
«* used in its employment. ’The viola
holding Athens it should lie kept apart from
rubber containing medicines, Ac., and
stoppers to the vials should lie
used. Oxalic acid 13 considerably cm
ployed in families for cleaning brass and
copper utensils. This substance is highly
poisonous, and must be kept and used
«»<h great caution. Iu crystalline struc
hire it closely resemble* sulphate of
magnesia ter-:-, frequent or F.psom salts, and. there
mistakes are made and
l lv, s ! ust - Every agent which goes into
( ^ '" l \' f. ‘“^neuced
ihi.alu kep, persons labeled
no m a safa place,
pmpeily and used with care.
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Carolina's Sweet Sixteen.
' - ' • ssed
I ■
lina by sixteen Baaidena of Charleston. It
ru V .tl {h :ns , l' : u ®3ae ,, imtition ... of ... oil (he tnaida
”
w-iiom- i names mv umiorwnttoti. Where*
; s. v.c, to-- humble pctificncis, arc at
p;es*mt in a very melancholy dtejs-sitiou
lorsare : "V' blindly A ''dvi'ing captivated fi-c.y by widows, i!„. bacim- and
.
our neglected; own youthful charms are thereby
m consequence of this, onir
i;-quest is that Your .Ex«01sn.cy will for
t! ” f':’>»'«> order that no widow presanto
pool,,. .; lot, or vise to pay eact» ot
tfii ru a tine for satistsetion for invading
oli! ' hbi-rncs and likewise a fine to bo b-v,
V '' !l imchelors as simli be mar
u'i‘* dw V.{i';;«tea‘.c to Us maids is that the i widows, i.mix a utage by
their n .rival d carriage, do snap up the
young n»en, and have the vanity to think
^^'ir Eeyoml our.-5, which is a grout
j.’V " l, ;V7^,‘V ^ th «
m.-ndeu 1' ' ,’ I Jl te ; ' v Yonr l !i !• idlency «• humbly consnW recom
x, •
-- ,ts. ■ Ana wllj ' I
t’ uii we poor nmius in duty
Eriora ’'ffin would hare verv
gue.-v — King, r-i-ved which the. forbade diet of widows
nwc
vears old irom rensasrying, r.n
ar.’-S c z
young men ofno property, who di«d
p !l - •
dren and o.ber relatlvea. •
Her First Watch.
She com*' s to* a fi w minutes late.
■Tut* walks up the aisle, and lays her note
yf excuse njs • the teacher’s desk.
There is a anile muffing the comers of
tier lips sparkle ; she subdues it resolutely,. Her
; she fixes their glance upon
;lif fiowr. Her hands have an unusual
cendcru-y belt; to fumble about the region of¬
fer Bhe represses it sternly and
ireps tlnsm a.t her ride.
She passes buck to her seat Her car¬
riage. n *r gwt, her every motion, are
pervaded by such an evident desire to
appear unc.mscious, that her schoolmatea
glance np as she go m sHe by to See if she ho*
an a new flreea. So, has not,
Bli« takes her seat, and bends amd*
noiihly over her task. Her scat-mate
turn--- and scrutinize her keenly ; her*
wes atop at the belt: she gives a start-,
late-, hi * ‘.unite ik tei-k’stiy tohind her
desk, and looking at the. teacher to see if
she » observed, fends eagerly forward to
examine,
The owner oi the mystery shakes her
h “id with a.To fcd nowbibmce ;hut the
inquirer persists At last she auoeeeds,
*nd it in pmlncevL A gold watch! They |
ofmi it, yini! it, exomina the works,
compare U wan the school-clock, «x
rimage pmtmmimio congratrfiaticms and
.xi-toi tUoui. F,i telly, Jiicyte-tegfiiph it»
existence of nods to the and aeightorlug giriii by a
senes initiated. winks, umntelligihle
save to tto
At reivfe, all cluster around to express
their _. admiration: the owner receives
their bursts of approval with proud hu
tnility.' live miuutea, During and class, then olie draws yawn* it every !
out to
son On if he it is not time home, for she dismissal. it with j
r way compares !
every ciiureh-clock she paeaea. &be i
hold* it up to tor ear to to «ure ii is go
mg ; aim tools of hi r Iwit to be eui't; it is ;
kho ! |' ere times ; her itoea tea; she her time-s walk tor to studies-; aclnxrl ;
* he «“"•* of tor toiler. She •
receives with derisive incredulity asy i
unggcM|.>n» that s!,cmay aiot take pnqwr
iL
"hi ben «* t « tor pillow tiuit ui|^»t,
»»*«•«»«* morning, ah* forgets to ?
wk\d it up. Tim dny it, \
and repair'A. it has to V By taken m-U week, to tho she jeweler lia* to j
ra*
; A only on great occasion*, 1
M»fl When site «oes out of town.
(
Tire Detroit Free Freer, which is
ff »d .au thority cm such things, s^-arj
.
for a r S/’ VS ^ I1W " !
NO. It
A Good Horse.
“leant explain what a real good horse
is,” said one of tlio best natuml dealers
in the street. “ They arc as different as
n«on; iu buying a horse v-m must look
first to his head aud eyes for signs of
intelligence, Urd-ss temper, courage, lu.ah.n
esty. u horse has brains you
can't teach him anvthi g anv m<>ro than
teach half-witted ' ehihl
you can a See
that taUbey there, n fine-hxikinganimul,
-bout fifteen hands high Yon can't
teach that h wre »»t.vthing. Why ? W.-li,
I'll i
have a care of his heels. Look at the
beast's bead—that rounding none, that
honoring below the forehead, Yon that broad, full place
Well, eves. can’t trust him,
Kick? I guess so* Put him in a
ten acre lot, where lie lias plenty of wiug,
and he’ll kick Urn horn oil' the moon.”
The world’s treatment of man and
beast has the tendency to enlarge and
intensify bad qualities, if they predomin
ate. This good-natured phrenologist
could not refrain from slapping in the
Caeo the horse whole character hail been
so the cruelly gentlest delineated, while f.tr lie had but
treatu cut a slick-iitnbed
looked sorrel that intelligent pricked enough her o im to forward Understand and
all that was being said,
“That’s an awful good mare,” ho
added. “ She's as true u» the sun. You
can see breadth and fullness between tho
eats aud eyes. You can’t hire that marc
to act mean or hurt hnzAl any t>< d Tim eye
sbonld be full, and is a good color,
I like a small, thin ear, and want a horse
to throw his ears well forward. Look
out for the brute that wants to listen to
all the conversation going on behind
him. The home that turns book his earn
till they n.lmos; meet ut the points, take
my word for it, is mure to do something
wrong. Boo that straight, elegant face,
j A horse with a dishing face is cowardly,
and a cowardly brute 13 always vicious,
Then I like a square muzzle, with largo
nostrils For the to underaidaof let plenty of air to the lungs,
a head agood horse
should be well cut under the jowl, with
jaw-bones the throttle. broad and wide apart- under
“So much for the head,” he* contin.
nod. Ihe next tumg toeonsiuor is thn
build of the animal. Never bnv a long
legged aiiity iv-e. t him haw, »
short, straight back aud a straight rump
v..!i.:.s‘ Em'li" 1 iV. - h "a;: It: r .
| |
get them toorle-p in tfco chest. Tho fore
iega shoalil be short, Give me a pre 'tty,
straight lund-fi- , vcitli the hec’j low
down, short j-astem joints, and a round
; mulUh f.«.t, I S.-cre arc an kiaii-, <3
• l.r-rses, but the aaiiiud th.at. l-.as these
p'-mi.s t.ialmost sr.iv to be slightiv gracc
nil, good-natured aud serviceable. As
to color, taste
• ohesnnfs are th<> best, tteans are v-tv
fjishtoafthlo wwli »t press»b A groat many
grays and are brought hero for
wvi! m a hot cbiume. uude-r a tropical
sun, for the same reason that you find
ligiit-c; .Sored clothmg most »m viccaMe
hi vim-m r. That chc«,s homo behind
you is what many |«-oph, cad a .talk to
liorse; now, I call turn a gomune piebald,
It's a freak of nature and mav happen
anywhere .”—Scribner * Monthly.
.. .
^ m ' >VU ’'
T long for some patent method for con
vincing every man, woman and child,
that poor, unhappy, cami-it or t
money, they rush into litera
f”^HuddSf i v;:.w:, a'hM sDh.:. JhVxUv il
qp... u
.«j' irst *• q, [» ; s U>1 (i
“eib-rt” and bv no imuitm nvv “test"
sr zt: t' f sre- x*££ “
,- n the amouutof tra»h.
tore* perpetrate with a view of fume and
fortune. IVill anyone ever convince this
crowd of imbeciles that to write oven
information, decently demands previous cultivation,
and common sense; or that
real genius is like any oilier diamond,
and needs careful' cultivating- and polish¬
ing? I suppose not !—Atlantic Magazine.
Lion and Hog.
Idona, when confined in cages, do not
object to the presence gnawing of rats. These
are often seen the bones off
which the lions have dined. In illness
the case is different, for the ungrateful
rats begin to nibble the toes of the lord
of the forest to-fore hi* death, ami con¬
siderably lioness to hi* discomfort. “To save
our from this annoyance,” said a
London showman, “we priced isL her
cage a fine little nil tan-terrier, who was
at first received with a surly growl, but
when the firstriitappeared and tiro hones*
saw the Uttto b*mor tow him in the itir,
rate Ling bun with professional skill across
the-loins with a snap as In* came down,
she began to undei-tond what the terrier
was for; she coaxed him to her sido,
folded her paw around Into, and each
night the little terrier slept at the breast
of the lioness, enfolded by her paw*,
and watching that his natural enemies
did not disturb the natural rest of his
mistress. The rats hod a bad time during
those six weeks,”
u® „ „ D&ft|#WUS C round,
Mm Yonngladv owned to twenty-four,
but not a year more. The city’s celehm
tom heat week awoko her to unwonted
anthusiftsm as to things military. She
naturally bags® to reminisce. Sim spoke
of tto Bunker Hill oelebnttion in 1X75;
she sjxike of the soldiers’ re turn from tho
war; she s|>oke of the seeuoa.-of atraggje; military
grandeur during the great when the a Iu*
spoke of the rush to arm* gan
at, Cliurk-Stori invoke the nation to its
danger. She was going even back of
tear, when a gentleman remarked, “Let’s
. it is tmirfer. y* ara and over since
that -gun wa.-< firci.1 That was all lie
••uiil, but it w*> sufllcicnt, Sin* mm
heard to gasp, “.Haw tiiuo flies}" and
tima she fwntefl dead away. Some taen
are ao wanting m
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I icrer tell von of a conversation I
overboard at Manhattan Bernffi' b*w*aa
two children who <> were, «<ro jiinvMig 1 pkvfcjr * * hi m tlw uie
sand together, , The email toy said to
girl: girl “Do you wish to bo my Uttto
wife?” wife. The little girl, after reflecting:
“Yet.” The small boy; “Then take
off my boot*.”--NT to York Port,
FACTS FOE TUB (XKIOCS.
I» is rewaied that £20,000 bole* were
bored in the execution of St Got nurd
tunnel, 380,000 pound#to dynamite ‘worn con¬
sumed, aud 1,650,000 drills out
As Sib Whaum Thompson has shown,
the sin, if it were composed of solid
coal and jwodaeed its light by cum bus.
tkm, Mould bum out iu toe* than b.ooo
year#.
Tacks.—T wo hundred and manufactured fifty differ¬
ent kinds of tacks arc
from brass, copper, sane, iron and steel.
The material from which tacks are made
is first cut into long strips as wide as
the required into length of the tack. It is
then put a machine winch cuts it
into tanka or nails, as the case may be,
as quickly and as easily as a boy would
munch a stick of candy.
Tub Canard line has lost two vessels
in thirty-Sevan years, but has never lost
a life nor a letter. The Colombia, one
of their first vessels, went ashore be¬
tween Halifax and Boston. The passen¬
gers and cargo were landed in safety,
but the vessel oould not lx' got off, Tho
Tripoli went Ireland, ashore near Tusk sir,
off Urn coast of about six years
ago. The pusHetigers and cargo ware
landed safely, but the vessel was broken
“Tuaiv catching,” Bays tho Hour,
“La the cause of more ill health than
is their generally breakfasts, supposed. Those who * bolt’
in order to be in time
for tho morning train, know that such a
course leads to dyspepsia, with its at¬
tendant ills, and tho violent exertion
which distance’ is made by produces those who just ‘save
their an excitement
of the heart and blood vessels which, if
frequently organic repeated, disease.” is likely to end iu
serious
EnKt.TRK'rnr is used in Paris to con ¬
trol vicious horses. A conducting wire
of runs the from an electro-magnet through in the seat
wagon tho runs to tho
horse’s bits. By turning tho crank of
the magnet a current of electricity is in¬
duced and sent to the animal’s mouth.
No violent shock is given to benumb or
greatly prickling alarm sensation Urn horse, peculiar but the electrical slight
to
influence surprises and subdues him.
An electric whip, to prevent roaring or
turning suddenly, is another mgvnknu
invention.
From inquiries conducted l>y Prof.
Hermann Cohn, of Breslau, since 18015,
it appears that short -fighhdness is rare*
ly or and never almost born with those subject to
it, is always the result of
strains sustained by the eye daring study
in early youth. Myopia, aa it is called,
is seldom found among pupils of village
schools, proportion and its frequency inereoses ta
to tho demund truuk' ui«.»n
the eye in higher schools and in colleges,
A better construction of school desks,
and an improved sufficient typography lighting ot text-books,
a of oliww-rooni»,
are tho remedies proposed to abate this
malady.
Saturn's Rings.
Wo hod a view of Saturn a few evening*
mtco through the fine n-fi-seope iu Mr,
Seagr&ve'a private olnservatory, that will
long bo mnemlKircd for it* exceeding
beauty, The night the is rarely favorable
for star-gazing, atmosphere definition The perfect picture aud
the serene. i»
one of surpassing loveliness, the moat
sulverb t*ioacripio scene in the heaven*.
The orb is rcftplendcut, in coloring, bluish
at the poles, pide yellow central td-ewhere, belts,
crossed by two creamy aud
flocked with sjwte that suggest light
scudding cloud*. There i* no Appcar
ft. ee of n flattened disc, but the rounded
outlines of full a sphere, seeming about the
si .• of the moon, stand out hi told
relief against the azure blackness of the
sky. extend Around the wondrous this softly rings, glowing opening center wide
their encircling arms and cradlhig the
planet in their protecting embrace. Every
detail of the complex ring system i*
sharply defined and vividly painted on
the celestial canvas. The outer and tho
inner rings, tho dusky ring, the space
between the outer and inner rings and
even the division in the outer ring are
plainly visible, while six of the eight
moons dot the Tho dark sky with points of
golden glow. six moons we see—
one of them is larger than Mercury—
circle around their primary within an
estmne span of four million miles. The
beautiful rings lie within the path of the
nearest moon and span a space of about
one hundred and seventy-six thousand
miles. The narrow dark space bt 't ween tho
inner and outer rings, i* seventeen hun¬
dred miles broad, and the dusky or third
ring extends nine thousand miles within
the inner or second ring.— Providence
Journal.
The Feet of C hinese Women.
An American mKdunary. Miss Nor¬
wood, of Bwatow, has lately described
how the size of the foot is reduced, m
Chinese women. The bite the
feet ih not togun till tho child mKU«i
to walk ana do various thing The
are
ami arc about two inch «a Stifle and two
yards long for the first year, five
yards long for subsequent years. The
raid of the strip is laid oa the inside of
tho foot at tho instep, then carried over
the toes, under tho foot and round the
heel, the toe* being thus dmwn toward
and over the sole, while a bulge is pro*
dinted on the instep and a deep indenta¬
tion in the sole. The indentation, it is
considered, should measure about &u
inch and a half from the part of "the foot
that rests on the ground n» tothe instep.
Successive layers of bandages are used
till tho strip is ail used, and the end is
then sewn tightly down. The loot i* so
squeezed tho upward th,«t, in walkiug, only
ball of tho great too touches tho
ground. Large quantities of powdered
alum arc used to prevent ulceration and
lessen the offensive odor. After a month
the foot is put in hot water to soak some
time; then the bandage is carefully un
wound, much deud cuticle coming off
with it. Ulcers and oilier sores arc often
found on the foot; froquentlv, t*>», a
lame piece of flesh slonglis en the «o!«,
and ono or two toes may even drop off,
in which case the woman feels after wd
repaid foot. by having Each Smaller and more de
cate time the bandage is
taken off the foot is kneaded, to mak*
bonnil the joints more flexible, and j» then
with up fresh again Ivaridago, m quickly which aa is pojwibla drawn
a
more tightly. intense During ttiat the the sufferer first year tbs
pain :■« so can bo
nothing, and for about two years the foot
achei! which continually, is like the and pricking i» the of seat sharp of a
pain With
need! “a. continued rigoreus bind¬
ing the foot iu two years becomes dead
ami i Mum to ache, and the whole leg,
from tho kuoo downward, boocun**
shrunk, m as to be little more than skin
and Noon. When onse formed, tho
her “golden lily littiu ” as foot, the Chinese lady col!*
delicate can never recover
'to orginiul ahape. — London Tima*.
A wan who wits run wing for office re
fligned mother-ui-law Imnaedly wh* . * >**refl hia
fill was making a scrap book
of the hard thing * the oppoaitiou pa¬
Chronicle-Herald. pers were myimm\dm.*-^} s Mladelp)iia