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We Jssi Senttnel. Office in the Je»ap House, Iron trig on Cnerry street, two doers from Bread St. ftfBIJSHED EVERY WEDH.ESJMY, BY T, F. LITTLEFIELD. Subscription Rates. tPostsg-e Prepaid,) One year.........................................$2 SSs Six month*.... 1 Tlipe weaths.,., .......... . Advertising Rates, Per i«p»a.re, first in.mrin.................... $1 m Per wjiww, .*! ruicli sttbo-queut yi-ariy insertion. and large I it)-- ( .e. rates to ai w’««*ere. TOWN BIRECTOKY, fftynt ommssa. »r«r-W. H. Wli* if. CwrkaB.lrreasn-.-r L. ; u.i ' ouucrv orgiCKBs. Ohti n»ry— R ciiard B Hupp* ghfc»il!—J © Rinnmm. Clrrk 8 if.srter €carf—B.ioj. O Middle tea T< x & r i.-jvtt*—j t.: IJalter. T is •cat.if—IV tt lUn-ev. Ucuiiit Shr»-»yi>rw-W o County Cnrtn.a- C. Kniett. ha Aistsey - SaiistK-f Coori, Wayne cuimiy—Mtriin l Y-iSiten, , Hisiira w Hi l,■cine l - - . S is fet'-id wi i.,wui Honda'. ,ui rj an.) 8 sib no r 3 J AX L, 'EY, O KO 3 l&l A A mum CocsTv Omcaj ShwItteJl,. Ordinary—ulus H. C a-k. A. Crosby. \’.U8 .<|ifc,k—w. W. Greham T • i a i » .i: e ; —N. Yi A »(h«r i y. Tax Tsii.lt:-;. t ft i.;iyy'e-»J. -Pi i« J. teiviss. Itrrfi ■ - ■ c:« - e fion Oucty €6«fctv Ciwtmex—-f.. G>.- >mi«1»if«irir» 4ohm ti, John O. H»rt ; Win. G, —• kfeEsrtiin, id»hr (terser, Stewart, June* Ware liossavt J, <* re—Isbiro Jtetd'sn a c Cross "• » » • iniii**, l t;.. o. (irtt* 1 ti<ina» mt «* I ;sr-.1 ,(;1 <1 u, Mmmy, hp Jal ? Slot »J;ie TJUHS Jte' m o A. ( n itio, coyyry or r est*. orrUi.ai >—ii 1 1 1 Ustelter. -trieriS— lotia Hrooi», t lers- -J, ii. Kearoft. Court Cslendar, Scpseiucvi-. Echols—y*aosd Momtajs in March mi SsiHetubcr, Appling—Thhd Monday in March ami VVayii*—Fourth Monday in March a\d Bee cniber, P<0ce«—First Monday in April and fry a > l;«r, Wi-urs—Second Monday in April *ud <Jc te bar. Ajsid r.jneh—TaeotHy .-o.d O tflu-r. after third 5bnumv lit - April Ccflec—Tuesday after fourth Monday in ami ft.! (Jetohar. Can) id ■er,—Tuwtev after «ccn.l Monday in Wav a* d N»vva «: ' rtkarhoB—Third Monday is May nd Hie veiaber. ’ ' vemter. Glynn—Fonrtu Monday in M y and No- I s THE JESUP HOUSE. Corn* &te*> ai ‘T Si JEsrrp. GKOHGIA h y& &lU*$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 *“ “ - 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. A fl Yj m 1 1 : ' h / fi. / ; R f w A jg| i S P VOL. V. l ra»: mvirii, bot. 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 •• - — { “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 2 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 ' 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. - 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 ' . , !;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 ' 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 -- - .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. : - ( ■■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. __ 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 Transcript ............. 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