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BBUMSfICK ADYIBTISHt.
BRUNSWICK, . . . . QEORGIi.
the week past
A commendable feature of a coming
Michigan fair is the offering of the sum
of $25 to be distributed among the boys
of the county under seventeen years of
age, for productions of grain and vege
tables raised by them and exhibited in
usual quantities. Nor do the directors
forget the girls, for they have set apart
$25 to be distributed to the girls of the
county under seventeen years of age for
productions in butter-making, cooking,
preserving of fruits, canning of fruits
and vegetables, or such other specimens
of the culinary department that consti
tute good living, as their inventive
minds may suggest; aud likewise the
sum of $25 to be distributed to girk of
the county under fifteen years of age,
“ by a competent committee,” for speci
mens of needlework designed and exe
cuted by them without the aid of in
structors.
The Washington Star describes the
new plant to be distributed from the
botnnic garden this year. It i3 known
as the Aralia Papyrifera and produces
the beautiful substance known as rice
paper. It has soft, downy, palmate
leaves and grows ten feet high, with a
stem four inches in diameter, full of
white pith like the elder. It is divided
into pieces three inches long, and by the
aid ®f a sharp instrument is unrolled,
forming the thin, narrow sheets known
as rice paper, greatly used by the Chinese
for drawing figures of plants and ani
mals, and also for making artificial flow
ers. It was first introduced from the
s sland of Formosa to Europe in 1853;
from there it has been wisely dissemi
nated. It is almost naturalized in some
parts of Australia; in the southern
states, perhaps in California, it will
flourish. As an ornamental out-door
foliage plant it is well worthy of culti
vation in any part of the country:
THE SPIRIT GUIDE,
BT AUGUSTA TABBED.
Far in the realm of Arctic night
Where flames the weird auroral light,
• And Icebergs loom on etrery hand,
Enchanters of that loueiv la j,
The patient, dark-skinned Esquimaux
A little grave shapes in the snow.
And o’er the Ice-plain, bleak and wild,
The mourning mother bears her child,
In furry garments softly rolled,
Who ne'er again shall feel the cold,
And lays him on the icy breast
To take his last and Anal rest.
And there beside the little mound
The father slays his fleetest hound,
A creature of unerring skill,
Of keenest scent and docile will.
To trace far haunts of seal and bear
That stock the little ice-hut there.
Ho lavs the faithful beast and brave
Low down beside his baby’s grave,
And savs: “ The little • ne will stray,
Tluough night and darkness far away;
His tender feet have never trod,
And cannot find the path to God.
<• Now guide him safe from night and cold
Far out to realms of purest gold,
Where flow’ry meads and crystal streams
Are smiling in the sun’s glad beams,
Where tise abodes of joy and mirth
And feasting fills the happy earth.”
Consoled the parents homeward-wend,
And leave their baby to the friend
Who for protection and defense
Has proved a gentle Providence,
Sure that the dog sa true and wise
Will find the gates of Parrdise.
0, love that would outrun the tomb
And light your darlings through the gloom-;
O, simple faitn that deems loves cares
Can be a joy aud solace there,
Ye cling to each untutored soul,
And bind the tropics to the pole.
AFTER STEWARTS MONEY,
According to a correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette, a very singular
personage is at present creating a great
deal of excitement in the scientific circles
at Rome. He is an illustrated man, and
carries upon his person a complete map
of natural history, including men, wo
men, elephants, monkeys, crocodiles,
tigers, plants, birds, and hieroglyphics.
He is a Greek by birth, named George
Constantinos, forty years old and of mas
sive herculean frame. He came by his
marks in this way: Fourteen years ago,
he and two others, were taken prisoners
of war in Chinese Tartary, and subjected
to the most fearful torture, he alone
surviving. Four hours every day for
four months he was visited by an artist
of the country, who, while the victim
was firmly held down by four men, exe
cuted, by means of a lancet dipped in
India ink, all manner of designs upon
his skin. The man’s opinion of the
reason for such inhuman treatment is
that the natives, being extremely jealous
of their independence, wished to make
all who escaped living witnesses of the
danger to which others might be exposed.
.. A missionary to India has seen the
sea-serpent. On a neck as slim as a
barber's pole it reared a head as big as a
load of furniture,lifted it forty feet high,
whacked it three times against the miz-
zen-mast, smiled seductively at some in
fants playing on deck, and withdrew.
Its eyes were about the size of a Con
necticut corn-basket. Then the spec
tator went to bed and bound a wet cloth
about his fevered brow.
Hoir Many Only Cousins a Dead million
aire May Have—Who Will Contest the
Will—Thousands of Eeoyinp
Letters.
New York Sun.
The rumor that a number of persons
professing to be heirs of A. T. Stewart
were preparing to contest his will and to
oust Judge Hilton, has been mentioned
to the latter. “ That’s all nonsense,”
said Judge Hilton, laughing. “ I never
heard of it until I saw it in print. There
| are lots of people who would like to get a
l little of his money. “Look at these let-
‘ ters,” pointing to about fifty tied with a
red ribbon. “ That’s a mere fraction of
those that Mrs. Stewart and myself re
ceive every day. I don’t have time to
read my own at all. They are rich
though,” continued the judge laughing.
“Just look here—just listen to this.”
Then he untied the bundle, and picking
up letter after letter at random, read ex
tracts from them, laughing at their con
tents. They were a motley lot, written i
by widows, old maids, poor girls, and!
men of all conditions in life. Some of!
them were from persons of high respecta
bility ; from ministers and business men,}
certifying to the honesty and good char
acter of third persons who claimed to be
relatives of Mr. Stewart.
One old lady in Keokuk, Ohio, sent
her photograph, and asserted that she j
was Mr. Stewart’s cousin and only rela •!
tive. At the end of her letter was a cer- 1
tificate of her “honesty, integrity and j
veracity,” with the autographs attached
of some of the most respectable business j
men in Keokuk, including one firm that
is a customer of Stewart’s wholesale
store.
“ You see,” said the judge, laughing,
“that each one claims to be the only rel
ative, and will not admit the claims of
the others.”
Some of the letters addressed to
Mrs. Stewart contained expressions of
condolence and grief for the death of her
husband and the “dear relative” of the
writers. One from a female cousin in
Ireland began: “I have learned with
great grief of the death of my dear
cousin,” and ended with expressions of
sympathy with the widow. The writer
evidently was cunningly withholding
her request for money until after she ■
had opened the way to the widow’s-
heart.
“ They usually write three times, these
fellows do,” said the judge. “ The first
time they claim relationship ; the second,
they complain because the small trouble
of answering them has not been taken ;
and the third, the scold aud threaten.” I
One caviller in his letter advised Mr* I
Stewart tuat no one man could advise!
her properly in regard to her business:
and requesting her to consult his friends,
the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng and Prof.
Elie Charlier, in regard to the manage
ment of her affairs.
One “cousin,” who had “distinct recol
lections and proof” of having worked for
“my cousin” # once, openly demanded,
“What are you going to do for me?”
“And if you ain’t going to do anything
for me, write and let me know it.
Another writer seemed to expect that
his “recollecting distinctly” that he had
“given one of Ml Stewart s relatives the
small sum of dollars,” entitled him
to share in the great merchant s estate.
Among the most curious of these
epistles were two to Mrs. Stewart from a
spiritual medium in Boston. They were
written in ghastly red ink, and professing
to' be communications direct from the
spirit land, were signed, “ Your dear
husband, A. T. Stewart.” In these let
ters Mrs. Stewart was directed to bestow
money upon certain persons, and to con
duct herself generally according to the
views of the “spiritual” author. “ I
hear that you have been asked to go to
Europe,” said the “spirit,” in one of the
letters, “with him I called my friend.”
“ That’s me,” broke in Judge Hilton
laughing as he read, “but i had no
thought of going.” “I advise you,”
continued the letter, “not to go. for you
would never return alive.” In another
place the “spirit” of the dead merchant
assured the wife that he was not as rich
in the spiritual world as he had been in
material things on earth.
Another medium in Baltimore sent
Mrs. Stewart a communication from the
“spirit land” signed by her husband.
In this, with great gravity of language,
she was directed to purchase several
thousand boxes of Dr. Moore’s fever pills
and copies of his medical book, which
were to be distributed among the poor
girls of the establishment, in order that
they might know what medicine to buy.
“The Judge will purchase them,” con
tinued the spirit, gravely, and the Judge
laughed heartily when he read it. Ac
cording to this “communication” the
dead merchant is oppressed in-the “spirit
world” with the care of the “poorgirls”
on earth.
Most of the claimants professed to be
cousins of Mr. Stewart. Some said they
had discovered with surprise their rela
tionship after the great merchant’s death;
others had heard their parents say that
they had a relative “ in New York named.
Stewart, a great dry goods merchant;”
and others gave accounts of the Stewart
family, and offered to prove their rela
tionship. In many cases the writers
made no concealment of the fact that
their object was to get money, and the
demand for help was sometimes rudely,
and often pathetically made. “The
grief of some of these fellows affects me,”
said Judge Hilton. “It is really quite
sad, and reminds one of Mark Twain
weeping at the grave of Adam.”
One writer assured Judge Hilton that
he must be the long-lost brother in search
of whom he had spent many years. An
other informed him that he knew where
$20,000,000 worth of stolen diamonds
were concealed, and for remuneration
would reveal his secret. A third had
laboriously worked up the Hilton family
history,and tound himself and the Judge
to be related. “This is the sort of stuff
they send me,” said the Judge, “by the
basketful, and they are the fellows who
talk of contesting the will, I presume.
Mrs. Stewart has received about four
thousand begging letters since Stewart’s
death, and I double that number.”
..It seems strange, but it is true.
When we spend a dollar on ourselves we
soon forget it, but when we give a dime
to another we remember it a long time.
.. Bret Harte says that California p ro .
duces magnificent grapes, but that it s
other fruits rival those of the east only
n size.
..When Brigham Young finds that
the biscuit are burned and the meat is
overdone, he puts on his hat and g
out and brings home a new wife. This
course is calculated to make his wives
careful.
.. Fashionable store — Lady No. 1
“ How du doo, dear ? How’s yo’r dog?
D’ yu get fond of him?” Lady No. 2:
“ Yewy; yah, vewy. Oim fawly in love
with him, deah dog.”—N, Y. Herald.
.. The Hong Kong Review says a ghost
in China always appears In the dress he
commonly wore during life, and
advent is announced by the candles
burning not blue but green.
. .Said a teacher: “ What do the va
rious objects that you behold upon the
earth all display?” to which a boy of
the “fust jography” class replied in
breathless haste: “ Wisdom ’n goodness
of th’ equator.”
.. Belief in yourself is about as good
an investment as one can make. If you
really think you are right, the battle is
half won.—JV. Y. Mail. But if you
happen to be wrong, what a fine mess you
make of it.
.. The Boston Traveler says that it is
not right for one man to lean upon an
other. That’s so. If you get too drunk
to stand up, lean on the fence, or sit
down and make believe you are inter
ested in a paving contract.—Free Press.
.. The National Sunday-School Teacher
tells the story of a scholar who, when
asked in the lesson of “-David sparing
Saul,” why David compared himself to
a flea,” replied that he guessed “it was
because Saul couldn’t catch him.”
.. The other day a Black Hills stage-
driver undertook to horsewhip his pas
sengers into getting out and pushing up
hill, but the gold-seekers emptied their
revolvers into him a few times, and held
a coroner’s inquest and found that he
died of pneumonia.
. - In a horse-car, the other day, an old
lady seated opposite a sharp-looking gen
tleman kept her eyes on him a long time
and finally asked, “Mister, are you a
pickpocket ?” “ Why, no, madam; I'm,
a tradesman,” he answered. “ Is that
so?” she sighed. “Well, I’m awfully
disappointed. I wanted to try and see
if I could reform you.”
“ A wonderful thing is a seed!
The one thing deathless forever—
Forever old and forever new,
Utterly faithful, utterly true—
Fickle and faithless never.
“ Plant lilies and lilies will bloom:
Plant roses and roses will grow;
Plant hate and hate to life will spring;
Plant love and love to you will bring
The fruit of the seed you sow.”
.. An old lady had married a young
and rather fast man. On one occasion,
shortly after their marriage, the husband
was about to set off on a journey. His
wife accompanied him to the railway
station, and there bade him adieu.
“Charles,” she said, “remember that
you are married. “Caroline,” he re-
foined with alacrity, “I will make a
memorandum of it.” And he at once
tied a knot in his handkerchief.
.. There is one thing on which a hus
band and wife never have and never can
agree, and that is on what constitutes a
well-beaten carpet. When the article is
clean it’s a man’s impression that it
should be removed, and he be allowed to
wash up and quietly retire. But a wo
man’s appetite for carpet-beating is never
appeased while a man has a whole mus
cle in his body. And if he awaited until
she voluntarily gave the signal to stop
he might beat away until he dropped
down dead. It is directly owing to his
superior strength of mind that the civi
lized world is not s widow this day.