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V'-srsfeon, Sopvrior judge C<wrt, 8i»«o cowr-tf—M*>Ku lliosh j I. ; W S rtfo Us*MS!, h*W «« teuriii Milils la M* ek nn» S*pitmk.t t. ■ B A X L. E V. O K< )Iv Li l A A FFi.rsa Vbjifrs OrncRkd, Siwlltel, Ordisary -Siiss H. CA, A. Crosby. Awooty t;!«fk—TV. W. Orauans. tr«*«urer— Ten Krseiver—J. N. Weatherly. J. Davis, Tax Collector—Stir.* Roberson, Oovaty Coro#«Jobaroo. Coaitf Ci-Xiimissieftcr* — H, McJEaebie. John O. Hart, Wo. 0 Stewart. Jams* tV*>, took. laharu Carter. v B*m*K C 1* , ^-S C- Urtw. t. i ittifm TRABKRg HCl I . I .. CiA nrr <•*,». Ordicary — Rjl ert Batcher. ShersS—*Joiia Brooks. s ierk- - J. W. Keaton, Court Calendar, Ethels—Ssemad Mondays in March ami September. Appling—Third Monday in March and September. Wayne— fourth Monday la March as.I A»p ember. Flense-—First Monday in Apnl aid Ortobsr. Ware—Second Monday la April and Os tabs r. C inch —Tuesday alter third Monday is April M«d Oatober. Coffee—l'aeaday aft r fearth Monday in April Csmdea—^Tuesdayattar and Cewher. eeeoed Mondav ia May sr.d Norisnurr. C'bsrtton—Third Mo advy its May an4 Nn vesaber. b'Tynn— Fourth Monday in M - e aad No vela her. tbTe— nmr house Cvrce Bf.»» sni i.'otrr« « • J ESUF, G IX) KOI A Maxim AUiUjtle *m? Golf, «s4 Mx hi sort ftcus*. wiris Bail K-a.!x. ; te *nenil.*D a,' l t he |)n(.|;r !• i.r: < ffxtet thf- i adtteeKi ti:* <ff.-is* tkaai iq-.tts. % Betrnt The fi wf ttfisi If Vl«l ;« -J.: Cf’l'fi -; ; .j and dirtei-tv estwicWlta tops t- ft i* »ti* »« rtttd w( !> w*tt-r xeil tjtai arii.1 Is sttet iu »V* I f Of W ‘.ive-ft* *•««►« <it T emturi of a iS'rvt tUt» ‘ U % : - rim HU MMftt VI TO iitjur.1. Keans, rsafx* s mil U a to&ditii, of xm3m iji. as,4 G»dsr s o- <‘"i‘ itxpvc}.** nil li« *« »**» U if !»•«. * J <! s‘U« vrili GtoJTtt L&g^ftcs e m St-I \ 4 . ititm H.risri a^tl; £i« yt. T t. UTfifrutO. s- . inis. 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. ------- 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 cotat well . j \y7m(i <* h ChU aC k h ' "''V I s -. X V i W* L : A A 4 & w i. - P VOL. V. A I.I MI* or ( AKBOX. 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.