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Tho ftgrivnltufid The rud minute is a particles pattern of
neatness. most of
dirt are carefully removed, and the
w cleaned hole body especially frequently after eating raid thoroughly and sleep¬
ing. ... cleansing, They araist anil each , . other attitude in , the geu the
rrs! the ... oi ,
ant under opemtsou w one of intense
satisfaction, » perfect picture of nmscular
surrender and case An ant has been
seen to kneel down befon* (mother, and
thrust forward the head under the face
of the other, and lie motionless, express
fng the desire to bo cleaned: the other
ant understood this aud went to work.
Sometimes this is combi ned with acrobatic
teats, in which these ante excel, jumping
about ten and blades dinging of in a-remarkable Sometimes fash- the
to grass.
cleansing ant hangs downward front the
grass, and to her the ant iterated upon
dings, agility reaching over and np with great
to submit to her fneud’a offices.
Evidently for moisture from the mouth is
used washing.
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lieaitiif Biota to Student*.
Health Note# for Student#” is a
neat lit th ■ pocket pamphlet, condr-nsed
by Fred. . Burt G. Wilder from his courac
<’! six lectures on hygiene, delivered at
Cornell University. It embodies many
useful rnggestamts respecting choita* of
room, fooii, clothing, ventilation, time
and method el study, sleep, exercise,
bathing, Ha e&re of the- eyes, and Btimn
lunts. advisie* sinxloata to mak#
breakfast _ their ^ priompal mral, not be
<«U8c tho forenoon » usnally longer and
more fully Occupksl thun tho afternoon,
bat because a hearty mid-day dinner is
»ud apt ?■• bodily mcapftcitate one for l«Ah mental
tho afternoon. work during % large part of
He thinks that lireak
fwt should alwayti taolndo oatmeal
mnsh, oi -racked wheat, with plenty of
mdk; md that in place of meat, at least
for an. ts^usional eliangc, two or thro*
•Kgs are d*»ir»bS&
Early Rising,
A German physician of celebrity ho#
lately early rniag, been investigating and lira the subject the ot
m to «m.
cltwjon tiiiit, far from making
finite •• healthy, wealthy s«d wkc,” it has
the contrary effect, and sbortons
life instead of prolonging it. In tho
majority tigated, tho of caaos ioag-hvers wliimh have he has inves¬
tale boara, as-l toast indulged in
ten at' who .qtah-od eight the oat of
every persons ag«>
of SC* and upward were in the habit, ol
not and retiring to rest in until Abo small hours,
ramming lied until the day was
far advanced, lie has no doubt wftat
***** that early rising is a most peroi*
tadtw habit for tbora who go to to-d late,
!U.k for 1, everybody like Cim'fe.H to Lamb, delay think# it beflcat
The morning hm tawl getting chance up to until bfe
a
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TsU mr, i» Iwtsp at c«k.s tmrirfag
WilX tnriii tls» gk-wlaf fwisttn*, grsto, Wmtag,
t-hy Ssaw* rl*» yaansilS#,
SJttsuoli In me ttu* D-irlou*
Agm f0t elxnMat&
'f cii w of lii® tto* wheo w»«a*
HSjsii *bov» lbs pruna! worid,
Vto«, » Blaut {Mlm-tew, iiftias
TCt.y proud «tr,rm-oIood’» 1je»d above the. sliiftSn*
Of th- lightning buried, ; ,
Wane the tropls tea, hot Bavins, wfijit,
KeuS4 tliif jwrt* it* hiilowa
Tr.H Kmc »», did nushty th* mtokmriUi, ftptpta*
tto* tntnk of yoan, S
Or. the verdure stag and gtse,
Or Wiarh-tby atnplete*: hmte Suva d.ispiayg, kytKg
f«e ui-y
|>»vr»y Uie* v Ay hours J'
Ffrohsm-c watte ®Go*tr<w Mattering «uiri»n, *1!4!ng
VViuSMtwi up ttie strand i
Or iutc tt» u»tiv-!s mm*
W ith -./mBthiriif of ;
Tli .ilgll »U tiugataly on tius Ir.r.d :
* hits Hair your ro.it*. In Woo.t-et*io*d fra.r,
XIa> bo two ichrbyr Iwasts colliding.
Bit Bid foa^M Ui«ir live# sway,
TaB me, *n<:lent ptujo-corpeo, ws* there
In that world of your# jirtaiovni,
A nghi of man in perteot shajKi f
W Wa» finn there gotsit and tiiiare ettSt
M w«a t or «M tx 1 •
T* »S ; me. hump of imtbdn, tmrmr.g :
I.urtd in ttui giowiiu! grate,
tties them in each Matte tarn i
S|.11,-thing of the monkey « trace 7 |
Toil m«.have. we Jett»Unit
SUr thy coaly brain and think. :
W hile thy r«d-fianj«fi rise and sick,
Aem taat etuetdaf*. .
Just in Time. j
.
Dinner was English over at last, and Mr. Wal- |
ter Currie, station, fkauraissioner Huttee-Bagh, at the
np-<;*juntry Northern had at the in
India, gone upon ve*
randa with Ids wife and hisrivo guests, :
the Colonel and Major <'.f*the-th light
infantry, to enjov the cool of the even- j I
mg
On three sides the house woe snr j
rounded by its compound, a large in- .
cloaf-d sixv.*e serving the purpose of » ;
courtyard, but the fourth was only sep- ;
mated by a small patch of garden from '
the toad, along which a number of native j
women were passing with their little ■
pitchers The on their of heads. i
sight them naturally favorite turned the
conversation upon a subject- :
with all Anglo-Indians, viz., the char- s
actor of the natives and the.best mode of
dealing with them. j
“Thetea only one way," raid the j
Coiontd, emphatically. "Tell ’em what !
they tlirihih are to do, make ’em do i t, and ;
’em well if they don’t. That's
my way," \
Well, I venture to differ from von :
there, Co-lonG,” said .Mr. Cumo, quiet!v,
“ Xlunl to do some thraslung once or
i urteo, I ora, but most of my native «>*-. .
van to get along very well' without, it, -
and they swan to serve me exeallently, 1
assureyon," ‘ j
“] wish you hud been in my place,
then,” have changed retorted the Colonel; “you’d '
M’iij, the your before opinion, last, 1 warrant. had :
year when l
cltarge of two battalions of the rascal.-,
do<v at Suttepoor, Woanse there wasn’t
iuioilicr Queen’s officer within reach
just like my confounded luck !—there
was it ap getting anything By Jove, done unless 1
inyw it. sir ! I had to
be everything at once—javovnt Quarter
SSfSfcS “ * * SSJfW-n “>• i
• And your own rumpeter, Ckn. An- ,
nedey? asked Mrs. (lame, with an
.
sm ‘ le ,’ *
lltEi Colonel ,, b , broad , face . wvidened ..
ominously, when and an explosion seemed
imminent, a sudden clamor of j
augrj-- voices from the road below drew
them all to the front veranda. ;
*ri,, " cantH* j' ot ot the tue distil-IMince atBtnrimuce was was visi visi
, .
ro-u with “i. 1 u who '; *P tu ct’Uhut
mfl a native wf them, enraged was running the ptut; !
, ono at «dlis
felted J iko i >a to :
th withtoi sdde^S , r nimlmmiiw 5 l,i« S mm
!
"Served'* Ifim unmemfuUy
the young wlrelp right, ”
slloutrtl tho Colonel, nibbing liisharul# ;
<* thar’st _2 inst ' \vh*u thev all want ‘ ‘ ”
"
"Tber . oiin-er, Aliq. , . Armstrong
PPPteixrJy / , called Map butergann was a
i:u K e < brawny, suent man, wiiosa torte
Q-tmg raUier Mian talking.
-tfmng tn« wiioleaiscussiqalie naU.sat ;
ftke a wom great bronze but, at statue, sight never tips utter- j
tog a j ot man
’»•‘using t.as c.u.u, ne woke up rather :
«wtlu»gly- w"^ 12* {
U-. ,0 ^
"* >(*—--.<«r.b0Miu«irv w .. -
and iti another instunt he had raised the
boy tenderly from the ground, while say¬
ing to the foremost soldier, in the low,
compressed what tone of a man who meatus
he says :
“ Be off with von."
“ And who tlic deuce ore yon, shovin'
y«-r nose i» where yon ain’t wanted ?”
roared the infuriated ruffian, to whose
eye* the Major's plain evening drees bore
no token of his being an officer, “ Jist
you —*
The sentence was never finished.
At the sound of that insolent defiance
Armstrong’# altogether, sorely-tried and powerful patience gave
way band which had hewed tuo its through right
way
a whole stpiadron of Hfiiv cavalry fell
like a sledge-hammer upon his oppo¬
nent's face, dashing him to the ground
as if l.,e had been blown from the mouth
of a
“ Well done, Maj. Armstrong,” shouted
r. Currie from above. “ You deserve
your name, and no mistake.”
At that formidable name the soldier
took without to hi# heokatonofi, and Armstrong,
even looking at look hta prostrate the an
tug);.)(« <•..,h d to at hurts
of the boy. ”
Thu latter wna sorely bruised in many
ly plftooit, and the blood was trickling free¬
over his swarthy fnoe ; but the little
hero still did las best to stand erect, aud
which to keep down enduring every sign of the pain
ha was
“ Ita’ie a brave lad', and you'll aiuk.
si aoFIfer «oae day,” said the Major to
him in Hiudoostanef. " Como with me,
and ITi see that no one molests vou
ftgaio.” Th# lad
»o)»-d the huge tsrown hand
which had defended him so bravely,
and limed it with the deepest reverence;
and the two walked away together,
8-ii months have come and gone, and
Mr, Como’s hoepfUl i« home prmnt* a
. 1 JBSUP, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 *h 1881 .
very different spectosle. The pretty
garden is trampled into dust and mire,
and the bodies of men and horses are
lying Mf-destroyv*d thick among Stiickade. the fragments of the
All the windows of the house are
blocked up, and through the loop-holed
wails pe«r the nmajw of ready rifles,
showing how steadily the fesiegad gar
risen stands at Uav dark, against the c&tixakm
c.uemies, whose fierce Mm and
glittering half-ruined weapons are and visible amid the
around. building matted thick
eta all
The Sepoy mnUnv of 1857 is blazing
sky-high Annsiitarjr over Northern India, and
Col, is blockaded in Huttee
Hugh, with atwrtointvof a hideous death
for himself ami every man of the few
who are still true to him, unless help
cifc'iss Day 's|>6^pily* just breaking
was when two men
held a whispered council in one if thf
upper ‘“No rooms.
tear of the water running short,”
said Maj. Armstrong, “but, oven upon
half ration*} the food will be out in four
days more.’’
"And then we'll just go right at them, ’■
and cut our way through or die for it!”
growled the old Colonel, with a grim
smile on his iron face, for, with ali his
harshness and injustice, Cot Annoaley
was “grit” to. the backbone. “We
mustn’t say anything to them about it,
though,” added lie, with a side glance at
Mr. Currie, who, standing in the further
was of anxiously Ins sleeping watching the thin,
Wt>n! face wifo.
At that moment a loud cheer from
, GjIow , startle* , , 1 them , , l»th, , and the
next
moment Iauual (the “Major’s lay.” as
every one now called bun) bnwt into the
«*'*“ « f oateontod exeite
me at on his dark face,
"Sahib,” cried he, “there is hope for
us veil A detachment of laglwz (En
tlie gl»h) river; are owning if up send the other word lmak them of
we can to
«* they pass we are saved.”
“ How do you know?” asked the Major
eag.wly, I heard the
“ lying hid Sepoys the say bushes so, while I
was among yon
der,'’ answered the lad.
"Among the 'bushes yonder?’' roared
the Colonel, hieing around. “Have yon
really throat boon Shuns in the IfcAening midst of what those they cut
% to
said. Whatever did yens do that for?”
"I tlid it for Sahib Armstrong's s^te,”
replied the boy, proudly; “because ho
was good to mo."
Tlu* Colonel turned hastily away to
hide the flush of not unmanly shun-.e
that overspread liis lmrd face; and Am
strong matter: smiled slightly aa he hoard him
“By they’re Jove! painted, tbew? chaps aren’t so black
as after all.”
"But if the troops arc beyond the
river how can w cozamunicnte with
them?” asked Mrs. Cunie.wlio, awakened
by tin? shouting, had arisen ftud joint'd
tho group. “They may not pass near
enough to hear the firing, and we have
no means of sending them word.”
“Fear nothing for that, mem-sahib"
(madam), answered the Hindoo boy,
quietly* “I will carry them word my
cried Mrs. « jou |.wiUr .1, it?"
Came, thunderstruck.bv the
eonfident tone iu which 'this more child
8}(ok .. ot u u m k from v bmh the bar,Ik»t
veteran might well have shrunk.
“Listen, Sahib,” answered Ismail
H’P °’’ t °* 1( ’ house , and , make ,
“dash . into the enemy s lines, as if I
wvre ?.«» ** f ul
- vwl '' tm tell your people to fire a shot or
t„-o after me with blank cartridge veJlme as 1
Then the Sepoys tell will
kindly, and I’ll and them that that you're onlv
u -j j * 1 wast. * ana inai tbev iney must mnstowy
wait tmeaay more to make sure of you.
so tuat tney won’t care to make another
attack. Then, th^nk when tliev have no sus
pi^n solve*, 111 and steal away Tm quite and slip one across of them- the
river.”
.“ lj « t ar ’' ->on quire sure the Sepoys
will believe , you?’ asked Maj. Arm
strong, “Thev’ll doubtfully.
believe this, anyhow,” re
j j i X) £; y j bare deliberately' ahoukW making and a
( w{;i n s stain
ing his fj. white the frock with followed the blood as he
oin room, bv Arm
"
gtr(H ^
The plan was soon explained to the
men below, and a moment later Ismail’s
dark ae^ra figure was seen darting like an ar
row yj the op, n u,\ spaceto front of the
yjy^-w
drew the attention of the Sepoys, s»v
end of whom ran forward to meet him.
Jn another instant he was in the midst
of theta,
“ I can scarcely see for tbiwe bushes,”
raid Coi, AatiftGcy, “but he seems
to be showing them the wound on hi#
shoulder, and telling thorn it wa.H onr
At that moment an exulting yell from
the enemy came pealing through the air.
“ That’s the story of our luring short
of water, for a guinea !” said the Major;
“ it was a vciy good thought, of his, If
it only delays their attack two days lon¬
ger, there may be time for help to arrive
yet, Slowly and
wearily the long hours of
that fearful day wore on. The heat was
so terrible that even the natm soldiers
of the garrison could hardy hold f heir
own glishmen against it. and tho handful of En¬
were also hdnk-ss. Had the
sr.-drs,r“ ; ,s ssvss
hour, and there was no sign oi an as
saulh
everting; At length, as afternoon gave place to
itsdf in the a movement enemy’s hues began Then to show
curls
of smoke rising above the frees showed
that the evening's meal wa# m prepara
lion ; then several figures with pitchers
in their hands were seen going toward
the river, among whom the Colonel's
keen eves detected Ismail.
“ By George f* cried the old eoWier,
slapping worth hia his knee exnltiagly, “tliatlad’a
down weight in gold I There’s to'him i, u .
way to the river right open
without the least chance of suspicion.
Why, he’s a boro gentleman—nothing
Every eye within tho walls was now
fumed anxiously upon the distant
group, tearing to mm. at any '«u*«w moment
some ttnAonwiut winch would that
’ the trick detected. How did Ismail
was
j mean Would to he plunge accomplish boldly Id* into die purpose river, ?
f
without any disguise, or had lie some
further stratagem in preparation ? No
one could say,
his Suddenly, light wooden as Ismail stooped into to plunge
it slipped from his dipper hands and the water, float
went
* n K a ' va y down the stream. A cry of dia
n W< a h»od laugh from the Sepoys,
a®d then the boy was seen running
frantically vain along the hank and trying so
to catch the vessel aa it floated past.
“ What oa earth’s he Up to?" grunt
ed the Colonel, oompletely mystifieil.
“ 1 »ee f ” cried Maj. Armstrong, tri>
umphantly; the wed*, “th. re’s a boat vonde*
among aud he’s waking for it
Weil done, m.v brave boy! M
-»«t uidniaiif^ a y&B f>f f%e
tf tlse ; Sepoys told
ftta that the trick was
diseovereti
Gieir luickily pieces those on the batik had left
would have behind, at poor Ismail
soon been disposed of; but
the alarm instantly brought up a crowd
of their armed comrades, whose bullets
hke hail around tiie boat and its
gallant little pilot.
“Let us tee a volley and make a
show “ it’ll of take dallying their out,” said the Colonel;
attention front birn."
But its this he was mistaken.
The first rattle of musketry from be¬
hind the house did indeed recall most of
Ismail's asMila&ta, but at least a dozen
were left, who kept up an incessant fir¬
ing, All striking the licutt again and again.
at once the Colonel dashed hte
glass to the floor with a frightful oath.
Between the two gusts of smoke he
had seen the boat turn suddenly over,
and go whirling down the river, keel
upward,
“ Time's an end of the poor lad,” mut¬
tered the veteran brokenly. “God.bless
him for a brave little fellow. And now,
old friend, we must just die hard, for
there’s no hoj» left."
Tim first few hours of the night jtawicd
quietly, nttorly and tho exhausted defenders,
worn out, stent as if drugged
with opium. But a little after midnight
the quick ears of the two veteran officers
—the only Watchers in the whole gar¬
rison except the sentries themselves—
caught a faint stirring in the surround¬
ing thickets, which seemed to argue some
movement on the part of the enemy.
thev Listening felt inte ntly for a few moments,
certain that they were right,
and lost no time in arousing their men.
The scanty stores of food were opened
once darkness, more, and, crouched together in the
the doomed men took what
they earth. fully believed to be their hist mmi
cbj
“ They're coming his S M said Maj. Arm¬
strong, straining eyes into the
gloom through a loop-hole, “ I bear
them creeping forward, though I can't
sec them.”
“ What the deuce woa that?” cx
cteimr-d tike Gohmcl, anddenly “ It
iookt'd like a fiery arrow flying past"
“it’s worse than that, Hard the Ma
jor, in a low voice. “ Tlio rascals are
shooting the lighted chips of bamboo out on
to root to set it on fire. Send ihe
women up with buckets to floed tite
thatch ; there’s not a moment to lose."
“ I'll go and sec to it myself!” cried
Mrs. Currie, hastening out of the room.
But the power of this new weapon htul
already house become fatally *one, manifest. The
was an old and dry as
tindor aud fast from the the flame* prolonged fu-ut,
in as place aa they broke wem quenched
one out in another.
Wben ” U * B «»e the dav oay A.vnmd aawnea the tne tin fire had ntto a! m
ready building, got a firm hold of one corner of
the and a crushing discharge
' VHS P«uml up«m all who attempted to
vxtmgtush » humou it, while tiows the triumphant Ltd *fL,„ veil
tietow thera
wft iuey it-t* sort* ox tfteqr prey,
j^Colond, "It’s all over with'us, ohl fellow,”said
old eomradeV
band; but-, at least, we shall have done
our duty.”
M me one of your Pistols." whis
pored Mrs. Gurrw to her husband, in a
voice that was not her own. “ I must
not- fall into their hands alive.”
At this moment Maj. Armstrong was
seen to start and bend forward, as if lis¬
toning intently ; for he thought—ai
though he could scarcely believe his
ears—that he had suddenly caught a
faint sound of distant firing,
in another instant- he heard it again.
and this time there could be no doubt,
for several of the others had caught it
saztzg? »/"7 a~*-wwfs "< M| «a
Louder and nearer came the welcome
sound, while the sudden terror and con¬
fusion visible among th# enemy shorted
that they, too, were at no loss' to guess
the
Then high above tU*< din arose the
well-known "hurrah ! ” and through the
unoke-elonds broke a charging line of
glittering bayonets and ruddy English
faces, sweeping the away the cowardly mur
f<-r< rs as sun chases the morning
must
“That boy’s w’orth his weight in gold,”
raid Col. Aimeslcy, as, a few hours
|ut‘*r, he listened to Ismail’s account <d
how h« hiwl dived under the boat and
kept it between him and the Sepoys,
that they might think him drowned,
“He’s the pluckiest little fellow I’ve
seen, Major, ana. I'm although going he take belongs to the
to my share of
helping him on, by Jove I ”
«r ‘‘ ui ^ 1,1 r e-tastotl ^ off, A ^ yortng
nian rushed breathlessly , in. “ Got left,
did you?” “ Well, ain’t I here?” ho
rneponded. Then one said he could, go
■«*** the hridgu aud catch it, and an
°“ i<?r told him when tho next train would
Kjh ‘“ ia P ax p lookecl made at various the disappearing suggestion*. train The
a
tew seconds, when aomobody asked,
here were yon going? Then the
wicked fellow raid, “ Oh, I wasn’t going
'f l ' v \ loru ^ prommeti «»:* to pay a »-» bill.” the train
A wkitkr iu Land and Water myn :
" Wiiat a mistake it is to put marble
statues in the open air in London f
There is an effigy of the Qu< on in the
B°yal Exchange. In fine weather th,
features are soot-bogrimed, and on wet
days the water flows m dirty bmov.s
down tite cheeks.’'
SOUTHERN NEWS «
la North Carolina a poll-tax quaitfidt
tion for ruff rage is advocated.
It i* estimated that the Iadian-river
country of Florida wilt alone produce
this year (10,000 or 70,000 boxes of or
aufes.
Of *25,1.25 population of Karri sou
county, Texas. 17,203 are colored ; white
of 38.108 persons in Grayson county
truly 4,558 are colored.
Good mules in Mississippi are worth
jilHmt as much as four bales of cotton,
while one can he raised for less than it
costs to ram* half a bale of cotters.
It is.pft *K>sed to improve the Library
S'uilding at Augusta, Ga.., borrowing
money for the purpose from the Orphan
Asylum and depending on increased in
con e to gradually reduce the debt.
A new station-house is demanded at
Memphis. The. present, building was
formerly u ed as a sla ve market, and it
is said that in several instances death
has resulted from a night’s confinement.
Arkansas G in the same belt with
Northern Africa, Southern Italy, Egypt
and IVlevtine, countries which, in for¬
mer days, were -units of the highest civ¬
ilization, and the granaries of the world.
' Keeo»pts «>f cotton at Madison, Ga,.
this season already aggregate more than
12,000 bales, and are likely to lie more
than double those of last season, which
wen* not more than 7,000 bales up to
April,
An effort i- anticipated in the next
Legislature of North Carolina to estab¬
lish criminal court# for the winde State
or for the larger counties. Home change
seems to be made necessary by the heavy
dockets.
The yield of sugar per acre on the
Teche, in Ht, Mary parish, Louisiana, is
simply astonishing. On the left bank,
in several instance- it has averaged 4,000
pound**, and 3,500 pounds is said to be
not umiMUi!.
A horrible death h urred at H- liy
Hpriugs, Ga,, traceable to (.Tmrtroaslto r «
idays’ imbibition of liquor. Pet. r Beer,
fell asleep in a brush pile and froze' to
death. When he was found the hog>
had torn out Ids bowels.
The Richmond State t* inks it was the
late Judge Percy Walker, of Alabama,
who -cut ;he fituteu.-- di-patch north «n
nottneinjr the attack <m Fort Sumter ;
“With ©tfiuun*, mmttr aiKtpttord,
Jeff l*avi* sends eld Abe his B©auree*r<h’’
A poor little boy in New Orlediis
pi*-tee*l .up a j-o -ke*A oontaiufftg
♦332;2A in cash and several promissory
notes. Hi- mother restored it to the
owner, who gave the boy a .complete sui
of clothe* and the mother money to pay
three months’ rents dueand more besides.
The -S.uih Carolina Lcgishiture is
corn mended for its bravery in passing the
a-ntMueliog law, the anti-whisky law,
the anti ;e(ab-d wcspops law. and oth
er valuable mcasur® wbkdi were euwetod
in a s rekm which G, by constitatioind
'imit.-ition, very short indeed.
fu G.-orgia there is no State law gov
• using cmmsicrtial travelers, but power
of taxation is vested in rnuukipalitics.
In Athens the tax i*$|« per week, $!ffi
per BMinth, fl< 0 per year. No liccuw is
required in Rome, Atlanta, Macon or
Columbus. In Savannah the license is
the same as that of resident dealers in
the same articles.
Thrm {dan- or systems of labor are
tired in Louidana. One is the share
system, under which the laborer is for
nisbed with dwelling, land, . tools, reed,
etc., to make a crop. Another is the
tenant system, paying s given rate j»er
acre. On these two systems four-fifths
of the cotton plantations in the State are
operated. The third plan i» that of hir¬
ing Laborer- by the month, which pre¬
vails in Ht, Mary and St . James parishes.
A meeting has been held at- the rooms
of the Enion f'f.meai-c at New Orleans
S*y the Chambre Syndicate Cor.sultarivc
du * 'iHttmercc Franca:s. which approved
a report suggesting the appointment of a
resident committee in Faris to co-operate,
with the t’hamlwr, and also the appoint¬
ment of » s]ieci»l committee to furnish
to the French (fensnl in New Orleatis
facts and figure** ic» be laid before Euro¬
pean capitalist's with a view to semiring
the establishment «f h French financial
Institution on a large scale.
The purpose of the Atlantic. coast
steamboat canal company in Florida m to
construct a steamboat channel connect¬
ing Lake Worth with Indian river, In¬
dian river with Mosqtiito lagoon ami
Halifax river, and Halifax, with Mntan
r.:tr. river, wsicb would bring the naviga¬
tion up to St, Augit-tinc, thence ttemgh
North river, and from that point into
the St. .lobivs by a cat mt-. Paldu erri-k
to Slay port, at the mouth of t he gt,
John’*, or into .Julingtein creek, which
would firing in xmmle twelve or fourteen
miles south of JatWtvilte- It is raid
that this projected work would open up
for »; ttlemcnt a large extent of territory.
A sw.vcda Biahrip It rays there mining i« no Sun
lav in that. 8tote. is a Btate,
iud minto# intoreat is m* that imjairtatst religion > and has coni mil
tag .«) taken a
back seat.
NO, 21.
Canoeing in the United States.
When John Macgrcgor, of the hirer
Temple, published his entertaining ac
count of the Rob fto V te thousand mile
voyage on the lakes and rivers of I, mope,
he established canoeing as u sunuuer
pastinr 1
The introduction of canoeing in the
United States may bo said to have token
place in 1870. when the New York Canoe
Club m founded by William J, Vklen.
The Indian lurch and dug-out. it is true,
betong to the canoe group, but thev are,
at beet, rude .-raft. unfit for genera]
distUM. cruising, and had long iwfore gone into
and w to be. valued only as
Wflic« of aatincivUizedcowditian.
cans have enthusnistmally .pLsnon adopted the
pastime, and it is only ' a of time
when canoes w ill be us treouentlv seen
on our bays, lake*, and ri rs as .-'ml and
rowboats. Besides our long c«M*t-line.
we have an immense svst. rn of inland
water, a great part of‘which is as yet
unexplored, and cannot for V ears to- ’ey.
plored by any pdrtaged other craft than the iigiit
and easily cams-. There is no
one of the litotes in which long cruises
mn ft v no , lt | 4 .
has been stated, upon authority,
that, summer cruises rnav be made uts'm
the waters of Wisconsin alone for thirty
years without Mr,- ling or exhausting
tlie territory. In the northern portion
of the State there are almost mimbeile**
in,explored that lakes, sonic oflurg- size,
are connected by rivera and smaller
streams •V cam*' may for instance be
laauclifd upon PewaukW I>ake. a iu au
tiful sheet of witter about twenty miles
west of Milwaukee, and then follow a
winding course through a delightful coun¬
try, millet through lake to rivulet, and from
t.. l.-tkc, the lakes vary “avid ing in length
from three to eight miles, in width
from on# to four nixies. Leaving the
lake*, the canoe mnv toilow Book Rir«*.
and passing many beautiful towns and.
Island. villiages, striking the Mississippi at thwk
Illinois Many of the Western
(notably Eastern, Minnesota and offer Michigan),
and Middle States equally
attractive field for summer cruising.
Canada is os yet almost unmapped.
Twenty-five Quelrec the exploring miles to the northward beyond of
canoeist is
the bounds of civilization, and at the en¬
that, trance with to a their region of picturesque lakes,
chain almost connecting A reams, form
a unbroken, save by rapids
and falls, to either the Hudson Bay
country known territory or th© Saguenay, still, and the little
to t be northward.
Long cruises have boon made, by
Ameriovna. The )\>< - /'HI: (A. H.
Siegfried) Mississippi h«» followed the course of the
from tb# extern# head-waters
to Bock Island, Illinois; the Maria
Thcrena (N. H. Bishop) has cruised by
inland waters from Lausiugbtirg, New
York, to the month of the Smvaur.ee
Itiver; the Hubble ("Charles E. Chose) in
1H78 c-ruiaed from New York »o Quelrec
by connecting throngh waterways, thence by fx>r
tage, the valley of the Chatuli
ere, to the head-waters of and down the
Connecticut River, to arid through Long
Island Sound, to New York. Mr. C. H.
Faniliam lias recently completed a
Canadian voyage embracing the Sagu¬
enay, its tributaries, and other water¬
courses. In 1879 Mr. Frank Zilder mode
a cruise of aboat 120b miles, from Bociue,
Wisconsin, to New Orifeans. Many less
extended cruises have I won made, and
clubs hav© 'been orginized in the lorgr
exties.—C. £ Cham in JIarperv Mama
tine.
(Tiarlotte Or day’s Dress, ■
Alcibiadcs is said to have cut off the
tail of liia dog iu order to give the
Athenians something to talk about, and
to divert their attention from serious
topics. take Happy the people w hose serious! minds
can occasional rest from
of subjects, triflesl like polities, in the discussion
At present the French press
is engaged in a grave controversy about
the quality and color of the dress which
(Jhnrlotte CJorelay wore on the day when
she assassinated Marat. Everybody
knows ttmt the great demagogue- was in
lii» bath nt the moment when Mile. Do
( onlay called at his house. No. 21 Rtie
do lEfide do Medicine, and. craved an
audience through the medium of his old
housckwjicr. what ia It is also known that she
wore now called a mob-cap -an
article of apparel which came back into
fashion a few years «go in Engtaud, but
which was in 1 T'.hl tiic ordinary head
gear of young ladies hailing from Nor
Charlotte yiandy. Beyond Cord the fact, mob-cap, however, that
ay wore a bis
twical searchers can not agree as to her
attire. Home say that she presented
herself at Marat’s house in a areas of
striped affirm that calico, dusty from travel; others
ltouiiu on alighting she in Fans a'hotel from the
tricked herself stage went to and
out, in a drees of spotless
white irmslin, with a silk kerchief and
block mittens. This would haw been
the wittst natural coui'ic in the ease d a
young Isulw «df cwd mind; but the dispute
Hirer:t Charlotte t’orday’s dress turns
precisely thin girl upon the point as to whether
was a hew.du« animated bv aa
implacable spirit of vengeance in a
patriotic cause, **r a pe r half-orazed
daiusel who came up to Fans t<> kill
Marat simply because she feared for the
life of her lover Barbaronx. Bo red re
publicans who warship the memory of
Marat maintain that she wore » rcisty
tod-striped and others who calico loathe dress, whereas royal is te
the editor of V i mi
du Renpk, fell protest that she went about
work robed «n white, like aa
angel .,—London Ntmm.
Tire Vienna correspondent of the Lon- ,
don Globe writes as follows; “Last
night Mira Kellogg rvHA staging the part
of “Fhiline" in Miff non, where, in the
second act, she has to open several bil
lets. One of these missives prevved to
be an eloquent who hittl letter ed eight in pages from ith
her, a marquis which long been pressed lovo w hi»
in he mtm wore
suit iu bunting aoeeata. This yuetty
ruse waa crowned wit4 success, and now ;
rt is an open secr.-t that the great
American artiste has given her hand and
heart to the lower who has wooed her
-ever since the earlv epriug;”_
Tnr.v have a novel wav of treating
KtKuxtw-s m BeoBsiaA Wtmd of confin¬
ing them ui cells like prisoners, they put
; them in neat cottages with a plat of
1 ground to cultivate'. All though appearance of
1 restraint is removed, of roars*?
they are closely watched. The plan ia
said to w ork admirably.
Trn* Fore.
1 Cranna, A pretty who, story is in well Hold of the late
S as known. was a
( Ootdtauod most faithful limb wife, in spite of the neglect long
I of treatment and
: tit® i'mr, and » wise and devoted
| mother. Although a attic* observer of
| the rules of the Greek. Ctmrdt, she ai
I fenijs ways opposed and the tendency to subrtitut*
ascetic cow-monies in religioB,
in place at trae feeling aud domes tie
every-day While visiting duty.
the Smolnoje Inatitut*
for ^girls, some year* ago, the Empress,
during suddenly the examimtiou of the pupils,
The asked, “What is love?”
| young ladies Mushed as though
| became mt improper quest: >n had been proposed,
Madame greatly Leontteff, confused, aud were lihBt
| \ tag, begged leave to the state directress, to Her Majesty kneel.
- >",? that all knowledge pr*.hrbit^.l of by this dangerousm:to
i g *** her, and that, m
; k 1 'ro 'utulify . the pupils did not even
i ”^ '* ’To
ri ^ z ‘ rum fr ' ^0 far » from ,
, "5* “f?! TT*Tt
; * aK s ‘ ov ® should T be the pure main
U t ’ f irst ; l °? 5*
| j ove ,Mt T \*. r ' clvUd T\ ™“ ht - and ' r ?) love b “£ for ;
! ffe 1 , 5,*°® T
| tuH ' VV T h , * dl * 1“****^ Ior Uw <l,l ‘
l
' J™ 7T , , ,{t th ,. ... , ftcd ,
*
^ettext day, Madame Leontisffwas re
ineom),-tent by the Imporwl
L l Gi I,3n Amencivu p w*e»oly. the , mention oi
! ,0 'f 18 *?> oft * :1 ' roc ' ,nv f *?,««! K lri "
j »Wu»»‘ , ami a giggle, winch betray
! ie M **' r '‘ w an ! 1 vulgar meoo.ug which
; t.m< . attach , to the , word. It to them
> w
««>P y * flirtation with MBievcm.gm.u,
wbuU “J « ma >' uot ™ ll "“ >»«
**,*** f f M l* ,lMr ^^Gurs 4 . if ... they
“^e not taught to know arid respect that
divine cpiah > O; devotion and self-sacri*
nee, wliilih atom- ran ennoble a woman s
hft '- J*"** is P vm, to
»***“*• clnk |; or loTf ‘ r - Malt « £ ‘ ■ V
“kui to , .ier l i-pr
<>nove A 1 ne m the iwkwl present flW * rime should
we
phoo *°- a p^Gv httle prl aittuig by
f in ’ *'&/'*"“ 1 dl< r etunduig ‘3- t,:B by , her old
b«dple~stottog^ , , tue ' bunm«gde.*k wrap»u\f of hw the
f and piiirmug lier ever
' 1 dfWSik Co1m>aiu(m.
M'rt-in Mitwirlu hrs been on the
stag© to t.<r v-tluee, thirty and years. she She acknowledges has
f< ri a» made a
great ileal of money people wonder why
she (loos not retire. The truth ia that
sho is not as rich ns she was, and her
work now u lot httr childrnii. Sum#
years ago her husband, Paddock, bongiit
tlrt Forest iloee at Long Branch, pay¬
ing wA-only-fivc thousand thousand dollars cash for ft,
forty and of which was down.
•Tim# mu on interest and taxes with
it, but the little ooinmeilienm 1 is in no
sense ft business woman, husband. and so ah© left
everything th© remaining to her thirty-five thousand One day fell
due, and could not be met. The place
was sold on mortgage, and brought less
ttmn her first payment, and she awoke
to a ivalmtiou of the fact that she had a
hard time before her, and stt tho little
woman is still on the stage.
Maggie Mitchell, since her first great
success in New York, nineteen years ago,
lias iteen a carryall far her entire family.
She feeds them, lodges them, and clothe#
them. She hies an ohl father bctwe>>n
seventy and eighty who is a veritable
“ Old Ecdeii, ' and the only way h* «u
lies 1«- kejit locking from giving him way and to his feeding weakness him
in up
on regular rations of whisky. In spite
of th© familiarity with her plays aud
acting Moggie Mitehe-ll is still one of the
great paying stare of th© stage. She
makes money constantly She and everywhere,
and she deserves to. 1ms created a
school in acting, and iu her school she is
beyond imitation. Few women have
given as great pleasure to the public.
A Witty Judge.
Readers t.fSnakcsp ar* 1 have always en
j<»yed the wit of * 8 1 torli a,” ia the Men haul
of Vmi&\ by which she saved “Aiitonio”
frotntbcktufeof“8hyl.rek.” The pretend
t d judge affirmed the right of “Hhyloek”
to his pound of rt -h, but added, should s
drop of Wood in- shed in taking it, las
life would Ire forfeited. A Eoluornix
judge 1ms shown equal wit.
A hard character, well-known an a thief," •
was indicted lor bag entering gold a miner’s dust. tent, The
and stealing a of
theft was proved. He had Iteen seen to
cut a slit in the tent aud reach iu and
take the bag. A bright thought ocetired
to the counsel for tlie defence,
“ How far did ho get when he took the
dust?
“About half-way in, a.- he mitelu svl
over,” said the witness.
“ May it please your honor, ’ said the
shrewd lawyer, “ l shall demand the
acquittal of my client. The indictment
is not sustained. He did not eater th*
tout Gan a man enter a house when
one-half of Ida body ia iu. and the other
half out?
The jury and judge were equal to th* <
emergency. Tho verdict of the body, jury
was, -’Guilty as to one-half of his
aud sot goill^* as to the other hall” The
sentence of the judge w as, " Imprison*
meat .for the guilty part, of two years,
The prisoner may leave the other part
Irefuml, or take i! with him." The sharp
lawyer was outwitted. „
. . tt f
A rum story,
mill-dam 'As a gentteaum below Winchester, was fishing V in he the
v, ac
eidentally white duck, threw which, h»s tine suddenly across a strong
istfid her turning
round, tw the gut around own
neck, end fixed the liook of the dromtar
ffv to her breast. Thu# entangled and
above hooked, the die dropper, soon aud broke railed off down the gut the
stream with the end of the fly trailing
behind before her, Hho of had about not pthoerded pound and far
a trout a a
baJf tot?k the fly eflbctu&Uy. Then c*,m
menoed a straggle as duck extraordinary as
ever was witnessed -a at tho tlrop
ner and a large trout at the end of the
fly. Whenever the trout exerted itself
the terror of th* duck was very ixmapieii
otis; it fluttered its wings »ud dragged
the fish. When the trout w* more qui
et tho herself duck evidently be gave way, and »«.(
foj-ed to drawn under some
buabea, where toe shortnew* of tho gut
did not allow the trout to #holtor herself, .
The duck’s head was frequently titrweiw, drawn.
under the water. By brauch chance, which
tlio gut cot Rcro-s a hung
downward into the water; and the duck,
taking advantage of the pirebase which
this gave her, dragged obliged her opponent
from hi# hole and him to show
hi# h*iad ataivc water. Thou it bfoarne
a con teat of life and death. The trout
wan in it# last agonies*, mod the duck m a
very weak state, when the gut broke
and suffered thorn to depart their own
way
A tprrta' wrong dune to ftnotiicr is a
great Wtoug doise to yursvires.