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THE DIAMOND NECKLACE;
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THE OL!> WORK BOX.
BY VIRGINIA ROSAUB.
‘Yon are (o have this when I die,’grandma
AA’atson wonld often say to her pretty grand
daughter Lncille, showing as she spo'ee a neck
lace of diamonds of the first water, g'ittering
upon its pnrpie velvet bed. ‘I have left a paper
in my desk that you are to have, my clothing
my little personal possessions and this. It is I
all I have to give yon or any one Lucille. I j
did not marry Air. Watson for love, I married j
him for his money, and while I live I may spend J
the income of the money he left, but it all goes j
to Walter, his first wife’s sun, when I die. Wal
ter is very hard to me, I kuow he w»il be glad
when I am dead, so he can get the money.
Long ago when I was quite young my uncle
gave me the necklace, aud soon after he died.
Then father failed, and I married Mr. Watson
only for his money. I have not led a happy life
Lucille, for I did not love my husband. Never
let money infiuence yon when you marry, al
ways take the man you love. When Air. Watson
died he tied up what income he left me so that
I must use it only lor my personal expenditures.
But remember, Lticilie, the necklace is yours.
The stones are very valuable, aud will sell for a
very large sum of money if you wish to sell
them.’
Many times pretty Lucille Baldwin bad heard
the same story from the old lady, slowly dying
of an incurable disease, and who clung wi'fi
passionate affection to Lucille, her only living
relative. Sue listened to the same story of her
husband's nnkindne.es to her, ihe complaints oi j
the step son, and his desire to see the earth j
close over his father’s wife, with never-varying j
patience. But pressed deep upon her soul was j
one lesson learned from her grandmother, never j
to let money infiuence her when she married.
There were two suitors for Lucille's hand, I
They kept no seivaut,Lucille doing all the
house-work, and Tom said a better housekeeper
could not be found in that town or anywhere
else around. She cooked, kept the house in
order, took care of the children, and olten a
dainty piece of embroidery had found ns wav
from her fingers to the store, to help out family
tx'lenses.
Yon might go in her house any time and you
would find if as neat and clean as could be.
They had to watch Tom's salary and econo
mize very closely to keep out of debt; still there
had been sufficient for all necessities, and occa
sionally a luxury, or a day’s pleasure trip, until
the seventh winter.
The first calamity was the breaking out of
the measles. Both of the children caught it,but
soon recovered. While the expenses of illness
pressed Tom heavily, a fire broke out and the
store in which he had worked for years was
burned; while he himself received personal in
juries in trying to save some of the things, which
threatened to keep him a prisoner in his chair
or bed for a few weeks.
Lucille tried to be hopeful and look acres-
the dark days to brighter ores beyond. The
store would be rebuilt and the firm had prom
ised to take her husband back again at a higher
salary. But how were they to get along until
then? They had a few dollars, but Ton must
have medicines and nourishment though the
others bad to do without.
She sold grandma's writing desk and Tom’s
siWer watch, but neither of them brought much
as they were old and had been used a great deal.
She looked at the work-box but it looked as if it
was going to fall to pieces any minute and then
she ha l promised grandma never to part with it.
Tnen she looked at the silk quilt, but ro, she
could not sell thit; it was the last piece of sew
ing her beloved grand mother ever did, so she
would not soil it unless she was compelled. She
had never used this quilt, but kept it with the
work-box in the old trunk.
•AVe are very poor, Lucille,’said Tom to her
one day.
•Yes,’ said the poor, worn-out litlle lady, ‘but
I am
Domestic Department! A VISIT to IDLE WILD. jThe I'icdimmt Air-Line n it.
AValter Watson and Tom Bierce. Both hand- | so long as I have you, lluby and Pearl,
some men, both of good social standing; out | content.’
was heir to a handsome patrimony, while the
other was a clerk upon a small salary. Both
were very fond of little brown-eyed Lucille, and
AValter tried in vain to induce her to become
his wife; but she preferred Tom Pierce, the poor
clerk.
An increase of pay filling to Tom, he told the
story of bis love, and Lncille promised t.o he his
wife. Grandma pieced a silk quilt for a wed
ding present, end urged an immediate marriage.
‘I want to see you safe under Tom’s protection
before I die, dear, we don’t know how soon I
am to be taken away; so Irt us have the wedding
as soon as possible,' and Tom ably seconded the
motion.
So a house was rented, and furnished, and
there was a quiet wedding in church, by which
sweet Lucille Baldwin became Tom Pierce's
wife. Grandma wanted them to take a bridal
tour. Lucille did not wish to leave the old lady,
but she insisted, and they went more to please
Airs Watson than themselves.
The morning before she was married she en-
O.neday when the rain washed dismally against
| the windows. Ruby and Pearl were kept in th9
j house on Recount of the bad weather. The lit
tle girls had never felt so lonely before, their
papa was sick and mamma had no time to play
with or amuse them now. Their dolls had no
clothes, there was no tea cakes in the house.they
could not go out-doors to play, and there was
nothing in the house to entertain them. What
should th >y do to pass the time away ? They
both tried to think. At last, a bright thought
, struck Ruby.
Lncille had broken her last dollar bill aud
was counting carefully the stock of provisions
in her pantry, when the children came to ask a
tavor. They knew that the old work-box held
some large pieces of colored silk and they asked
if they might have them to make their dolls
some pretty dresses. So she gave them permis
sion to appropriate the contents of the work-box
wjth only the condition of a fair division of the
spoil.
Lucille unlocked the trunk and gave them (he
Units for the Farm, Garden,'
and Fireside.
The Raspberry.
GUI Fashioned gardens were wont to have
their palings hung with raspberry vines, and
people s ill cultivate this nice Iruitin a desulto
ry way, but they have no idea how the world
nas progressed in respect to raspberries and how
greatly tne old time berry is east into the shade
by the improved new varieties. Ttsink of rasp
berries three anil a half inches i i circumference,
splendid in color and delicious in quality like
the Henrietta aud Pride of Hudson or the beau
tiful 3 ellow 7 variety almost as large, cviiol the
Caroline; aud the rich flavored Bunkle’s Orange.
Rispbcrry vines grow with hardly any trouble.
Plant next month in ground enriched with leaf-
mold mixed with barn-yard manure and furnish
the vines with a support—a kind of fa-une work
of slats is very good.
Farm Accounts —Let any farmer make the
experiment, and our word lorit, he will find it
both interesting and useful to keep a detailed
account of all the outgoes and incomes, and he
will kuow at the end of tne year the actual prof-
THK IKttJIK OF .V I s . L ILLIS
I am writing this in the shadow of the Storm
King—that oid monarch of these river hills,
whose front rests in the blue waters of the Hud
son and whose boldly-outlined form is familiar
to every traveler that passes north in this diree- j Richmond, the Slate capital, Belie Isle, Tread
tier,. Readers of those pleasant letters that N. j <?gar Iron Works, several large cotton factories
P. AViilis wrote for bis Home Journal from his j and fl Hiring nulls, and four bridges, besides
famous retreat of Idlewild, will remember how j the one we were on, spanning the name river
poetically he discoursed about the Storm King, j near by, the noble Jam. s. seventy feet beneath
These letters are all hound now in a handsome ; in its rapid leaps ov r the great rocks to tide
hook called ‘Oat-Doors at Idlewild,’ where yon I water halt'a mile below. Holly Wood Cemetery,
may read; ‘Tire taliesi mountain, with ffs foot ! amongst the most beautiful in the country, also
iu the Hudson at the Highland Gap, is officially
the Storoi King—being looked to, by the whole
| country around, as the most sure foreteller of a
j storm. When the white cloud-beard descends
! upon his breast in the morning (as if with a nod
| forward of his majestic head), there is sure to be
! a rain-storm before night. Standing alof
among the other mountains of the chain, this
sign is peculiar to him. lie seems the monarch,
and this seems his stately ordering of a change
in the weather. Should not Storm King bo his
title?
I find myself in a noted part of the country,
not only because Storm King is so near, but be-
ause this is Orange County, famed for it.-; milk,
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of the historicv. associat-P
lace abounds; also because Idle-
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its of his occupation. Let everything therefore, J its fine breeds ot cattle and hors ;s; also bcc.-
which can be measured and weighed be so test
ed; and let that which cannot be brought to an
exact standard be estimat d as if the farmer
himself were about to soil or purchase it. Let
him also, as near as possible, measure the
ground which he has cultivated, the quantity of
seed used, aud the manure applied, i he labor
required in doing this is nothing compared with
the satisfaction of having done it and the bene
fits arriving from it. Conjecture, in these cases,
is pertectlv wild and uncertain, varying cf.cn,
with different individuals, almost 100 per cent.
Exactness enables a man to form conclusions Urmor, in a spirit ot friendly im:r
which may most essentially, and in innumera
ble ways, avail to his advantage. It is this alone
that can give any advantage to his experience;
it is that which will make his experience the
sure basis of improvement; it will put it in hi s
power to give safe counsel to his friends. The
cost is not much and sinks into insignificance
when compered to a lawsuit which often follows
an ignorance of dates, purchases, sales, Ac., A. ;.
Try it and begin at once.
ing Ward br<
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with it an invalua
the j nled.
AViia.s ituno here to recupera*-
lungs. He had been livieg in ..
what he called ‘Glen Mary,’aud
came disgusted with it because
farm*)-, in a spirit of friendly
his o ■ place trie name of ‘Gt in
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tered the luxurious room where the invalid was J ^. ,ox ’., * V en H .*f e Wf,r)t t° prepare tea tor her little
sitting propped up in bed, Lucille was struck at
once by the change in her grandmother’s face
She was evidently much worse, aud she gave
strict orders to the girl who was goiDg to take
her place as nurse.
‘Lucille ! ’ said the old lady, ‘as you are go
ing to marry, i will give you the diamond npek-
laca now, but if you wish me to I will beep it
until you return, for I do not think it is wise to
travel with such valuable diamonds. I will also
keep the quilt until your return. There are a
great many large pieces of silk left, and I will
just put those in my oid workbos, and perhaps
you will find use for them some day. This
workbox came from India, it was Air. AVatson’s
first gift to me after we were married, and I have
always used, it since then, and always had it by
m* 7 side. When I die it goes to you, and I want
you to promise me that you will never part with
this box. J.t will be valuable to yon.’
‘I promise dear grandmother,’ Lucille said
kissing her again and again.
After Air. and Mrs. Pierce had been absent
for about a week, a dispatch came to them from
Walter Watson, telling them that Airs. AVatsoo
was dead.
They returned immediately and Lucille blam
ed herself very much tor leaving her grand
mother when she was so low.
‘How, and when did she die?’ Lucille asked
of the nurse.
The nurse (old her that the day before she
died, ill as sli6 was, she put all of her dresses,
trinkets, desk, workbox and the silk quilt into
a trunk aud sent them over to her bouse. The
next day she died sitting up in bed. She had
left only a brief note which the nurse gave Lu
cille in a sealed inve’ope. She opened it aud
read—‘Good bye my darting; remember to keep
and prize the old India workbox. It is val
uable.’
Lucille opened the box in question ami fonnd
only some bright silk pi .-css, bits of silk thread
and floss, some buttons of pearl and silver, a
curious needle book and other odds and ends.
Her grand mother must have meant only that
the b ;x should be valued as a souvenir.
Poor little, bride, her honey-moon was not a
very bright one, for ner grandmother was very
dear to her. But. though she mourned sincere
ly, Torn v as a good comforter; and her little
home r* qtired time and care to keep it bright;
tiaos lur I'l.t.s an l thoughts were occupiei.
At Airs. Watson s death, Walter became mas
ter of the house and fortune; and at her funeral
he came to Lucille and asked her if there was
any of his mother’s things she would like to get.
‘Yes,’ said she, ‘I ..ant to get the necklace;sho
left a paper in her desk saying that I am to have
it.’
They went to Mrs. A v atson’s room and looked
in the bureau draw fer the little old morocco
satchel where the case was kept. Yes, the satch
el was there, and when th* y opened it the case
was there too, but when they opened the ea«e
the ueckla;e was gone. Could tbey b-lieve it ?
Lucille asked AValter if he had seen any thing
ol it.
No, he had not; he had heard his mother fre
quently speak of giving the necklace to her, but
he knew nothing about it. Tbey must search
the house. Airs. Watson had probably hidden
it in some nook in the house.
The house was searched, but no necklace, or
even a trace of it, could be found anywhere.
‘Who was with her belore she died ?’ asked
Lucille.
‘No body except the nurse and myself,’ said
Walter. ‘The nurse did not take it because
mother has known her since she was quite smalt;
and you know that I did not take it.’
•’I hen, it has been stolen,’ said Lucille.
‘No, the satchel was locked and no body knew
any thing about it. It is a mystery to me how
that necklace went,’
AValter had the house searched again. Lucille
took every thing out of the trunk and looked
in the pockets of old dresses, in the writing-dtsk,
in the work-box, every where, but no necklace
could be found.
At last they gave it up, saying; if Providence
wished them to have the diamond necklace,
they would find it without spending their time
in sear fling for it.
Tom and T.
when the fl
Two chiii-
iittle twins,
1 wares to tbe
’!e bad been married seven years
■ nd spread itself over them.
. *d been b**ru—healthy, pretty
ere the dtarest earthly trea
ted pair.
family, drearily wondering where the food f
the morow was to be obtained. The dooropened
aDd her two little girls entered. Pearl held the
box and Lncille noticed that it was broken.
‘Alamma,’said she, ‘the work-box was on the
trunk and I knocked it oil’and it broke.’
•\ r es,’ said Ruby, ‘and a heap of old papers
fell out; must we throw them into the fire ?’
‘No!' cried Lucille, ‘give them tome.’
‘Are you angry because we broke the box ?’
asked Pearl.
•No, darling, I am not angry; go now and play
with your silk pieces.’
The little girls returned to the other room
and Lucille examined the box and the pap. is.
She wondered where the papers came from, for
she knew that there was none in it when she
looked in the box a few' days before. She exam
ined the box and saw that it had a false bottom
and in breaking it the children had discovered
it. Then she looked at the papers.
First, there was a letter addressed to herself
in her grand mother’s handwriting. But what
are th< He other papers? She carried them to
Tom, he knew; tbey were government bonds.
‘Lncille!’ he cried, after counting them, ‘you
are a rich woman. Here are ten thousand dol
lars in government bonds; read the letter and
see if all this money is yours!’
Lucille was so bewildered that she did not
know what to do. She could not believe it; was
she dreaming? She pinched herself to see if
she was awake, and after she was satisfied she
opened the letter which ran thus:
‘Aly dear grand-daughter, Lucille: I have a
presentiment that I will not see you again. I
feel very much worse to-day. Aly head is so diz
zy I cannot remember if I told you about the
false bottom in my work-box, that last night you
were with me. I think, I am almost sure I did.
I had meant to I kuow. f shall leave a note for
yon reminding yon to value the work-box. I
am afraid to trust any of the people around me,
or even to ask them to put a letter to yon in the
post-office. I know what a greed of money there
is in the world, and they all suspect that I have
some savings.
Frcm my income I have saved up ten thous
and dollars, which I wished to give to you on
your return. I dare not intrust this to anybody,
so I will put the papers with this letter in my
woik-box, hoping that you will find them some
day.
Yesterday I sewed the diamond necklace up
in your silk quilt. I wonld have put it in the
work-box, but there is no room.
I cannot write any longer, my hand is getting
weaker. Nobody knows of my putting this here.
God bless yon and yours.
Your grandmother AVatson.
Lucille ran to the trunk, got out the silk
quilt and felt in the corners for the necklace.
At last, in the middle of the quilt, between the
pads of cotton, she felt a hard substance. To
take her scissors and unrip the silk was the
work of but a few minutes, and there in the cot
ton lay the diamond necklace, lost for seven
years.
Rain or no rain, Lncille could not rest with
these treasures in ner possession that would
give comforts to her husband and children when
sold. Fortunately, the senior partner of the
firm where Tom was employed was also a friend,
and to him Lucille went with the government
bonds.
There was nothing now to keep Tom wakeful
and restless, and with his mind at rest, and ev
ery comfort supplied, his recovery became
rapid.
By the time the new store was finished, Tom
was well and ready to go back, not as a clerk,
but as a partner to the firm.
The necklace was always kept sacred in the
family, and it was Lucille’s delight to tell her
friends how the necklace was found in the old
work-box.
Advantages of Small Farms.—Small farms
make near neighbors; they make good roads;
they make pifeuty of good schools and chi
there is more money made in proportion
bor; less labor is wanted; everything is kepi
neat; less wages have to he paid for help; jess
time is wasted; more is raised to the acre; be
sides it is tilled better; there is no widening of
hired help; the mind is noi> kept in a worry,
stew an i liet ali the time.
Lime and Crops.—The bulk of all fertile soils
consists of three earths, viz. silica, alumina an !
lime. Unmixed with clay, sand or otu
Cornwai
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lis’ letters ia the Home
great impetus, and brou
cro wd of visitors, so tha
was devoted to taking boarders. \Viii;
thejfproperty he ; i erwards purchased
tract of land, thickly covered with for:
and cut up by deep ravines, thron;,;
brawl.-d picturesque streams. Hi cab-* 1
‘Idlewild,’ and built his i ouse on a risi
of around which commando l a fine vie
irrou.nding i
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comes into view—many beautiful islands aud
Manchester to the South. Reaching the oppo
site side of the river, a refreshing and sumptn-
ous dinner awaited ns at B die Isle Station, on
the Richmond and DinGUe R. R., where our
superb caterer and host, Air. Sublet, is always
around to see that no one leaves dissatisfied.
Dinner over, we commenced Die acsent alon»
the banks ot the James, with Richmond and the
beautiful surroundings still m full view for sev
eral miles. On and up we go; about forty miles
an hour wo went, till the great granite quarries
and coal Helds of Virginia are reached, next the
1 ivelv site of Am lia C. H,, then a level country
is traversed. At Burkvilie, fifty-three miles
from Richmond and tL< junction of the A. AI.
and O R R., a mineral spring has recently been
discovered, tne wafers of which, it is said by
those who have been bent fitted by them, to be
ft sur cure tor cor sum plica. The Sunn ton and
Sani >t< r and D m Riv< r valleys n* xfc come into
view, with their rich bottom lands of corn and
fine stands oi tobacco u either srde of the road
to add to the landscape. At Danville, MO miles
sou .hwest of Richmond, a'grand view of the for
mer city is to be had just before and after cross
ing the Dan River oridge. This is a thrifty
town oi some 8 000 inhabitants, with a first-class
hotel. I s principal business is the manufacture
of tobacco, which is conducted on a largo scale,
being iooat* d in the midst cf the best tob.eco
district in the country. Oa the opposite side of
the river we took supper at Dundee, Mr. Haw
kins being our amiable bos' here. A tine hotel
is being erected here, aud t he Virginia Midland
rr .:! makes connection at this place with the R.
& D. railroad. After leaving Danville we corn-
meuce ascending a long grade till we reach the
«•’ of North Carolina, from which a grand
view is had of the surrounding country, on the
north and west over the fine tobacco and corn
fields to the mountains, and to tbe south and
east over the beautiful country as far as the eye
c iD reach.
This view is very interesting till Greensboro
is reached, paving through several towns on the
way from Danville. Greensboro is a beautiful
".‘By of about 4,000 souls; it has an altitude -f
BOd feet, and is the centre of four railroads, a.l
under the management of the R. & D. railroad.
-Ve rapidly pass from acre to Charlotte, N. C.,
a distance oi ninety three miles, passing through
any interesting towns arid n flue country—
A descendant of Alary Stnart is one of the
belles of Bryan, Texas. — Aliss Agnes McQueen,
one of the famous Carolina family.
Murpheys, like potatoes, grow. Francis, the
temperance lecturer, possesses a son who is rap
idly treading on the heels of his father, and is
pronoanced as being within an ace of his equal.
In Paris a beautiful Spanish lady appears on
the promenade with a dove attached to a rose
colored ribbon. The difference between Diana
aDd Venns is that one had a dove and the other
a dog.
tory. Proven by
has an affinity for water and carbonic acid; when ]
applied t.o the land, as a natural result, ir, absorbs I
the water, the two elements co-mingling and |
forming a third, which we call hydrate of lime; 1
again, this hydrate of lime absorbs carbonic |
acid, so that lime, although applied to the land 1
in caustic state, really exists, shortly after its j
application, in the form ot carbonate,along with j
a little sulphate and phono *.te, as previously i
mentioned. Long yeais ha'v': elapsed since lime j
was first used as a fertilizer; when land previ- |
onsly tin worked is brought into cultivation, or j
when worn out pasture land is broken up, lime |
M generally applied. It eff ets chiefly the veg- !
etable matter contained in the soil, promoting !
its decomposition, thus rendering it available
as plant food
Hyacinths. —AVhat is more perfectly a thing of
beauty than a stalk of rich flowered, delicate,
waxen-belted hyacinths ? They are the earliest
heralds of opening spring and the loveliest of her
children. To have them to flower beautifuly and
for succession,they should be planted in October,
November aud December. The best, compost
for them is one-half turfy fibrous loam weli rot
ted, third part good old, decomposed manure,
fourth part fine rotted leaf mould; to every bar-
rowfal of the above compost, add oue peck of
clean, sharp sand. The sized pot generally used
are five and six inch. Hyacinths, as well as ail
other piants, require good drainage, therefore,
place about an inch of potsheard iu the bottom
of the pot, with a layer of rotten cow manure,
fill up the pot with the compost, with a little
sharp sand ou the top, on which place the bnib,
pressing it firmly down, filling round with tbs
soil just to leave the crown in sight. A'/hen
this is done, give them a good soaking of water,
taking care to let them ha--e plenty of time to
drain before plunging; choose a hard, dry place
out of doors to stand them on, covering them
over six or eight inches with old tan or ashes,
leaving them thus till the pots are well filled
with roots; then remove them to a pit or frame;
gradually exposing them to light; after which,
place them in a warm room or house. Attention
must be paid to watering; and as the foliage and
trusses advance, occasional waterings of liquid
manure is very essential. When the blooms be
gin to c-xpand, the plants may be taken to a cool
room, where there is plenty of light.
To Paper Walls.—In papering walls be sure
co remove all the oid paper and paste,and scrape
them perfectly smooth. The best paste is made
of rye flour, with two ounces of glue dissolved
in each quart of paste; halt an ounce of powder
ed borax will make the paste better.
Cockroaches can be kept away with powdered
borax. K s ep it in a tin pepper box and sprinkle
it wherever they go. Paris-green is recomuieud-
ed, bnt it is a poison, while the borax is harm
less.
In white-washing, a pound of glue dissolved
in hot water, and diluted with four gallons of
cold water, to which is added six pounds of
whiting, will be found to answer a better purpose
than common lime. AVood-work can be washed
with this glue size, and one coat of paint on it
would last for years. A iittie chrome yellow
will give a light lemon-colored tint.
To take out the srains from either mattresses
or feather beds, make a paste of soft soap and
starch, and spread over the spots; when dry,
scrape oil’vita a knife, washing it with a damp
sponge a- U iall.s of; if not clean, put on anoth
er paste. Tais application, if repeated t'r*queut-
ly, until all discolorations are gone, will purify
any bedding.
Feather beds are often nests of disease. To
renovate them, put them out in a heavy,drench
ing rain, turning them a time or two. AVhen
thoroughly dry by the sun, heat with sticks to
lighten up the feathers.
To Wash Windows. Save all your tea grounds,
boil them with two quarts of wuiter, and wash
your windows with tno liquid, applied with a
news paper, Uie another paper to wipe them
dry. It is better and will give a brighter look
to the glass than cloth.
Kerosene and powdered lime, whiting or wood
ashes will scour tin with the least labor. Kero-
scene and whiting will also oleau silver ware,
doorknobs, hiDges, etc. AVet the fl innel slight
ly in oil, dip in the whiting and rut) hard; wash
oil with a chamois skin or nows paper.
s ot gold, there is a glow
is none of Summer’s depres
I breeze is cool and th** air
■e is health iu every resj ir
lion, and joy to the oye whichever way we tnr
Personals
Wiialllie Jiuii and Women are Doing,
Five hundred women enter in the university
in London this fall.
Dennis Kearney has metamorphosed himself
into one of the ‘slimy, lecherous, newspaper
gang’ by starting a two-cent paper in Boston.
It is called the Open Letter.
General Kilpatrick lectures on Sherman’s
march to the sea. Ho forgot to mention that
there was no army in front of him when ho ac
complished tho last quarter, and that if Jeff.
Davis had not taken the rebel army from
his front the march to the sea would never have
been made.
A’iotor Sohce’cher, the French materialist, is
said to bo temperate solely 7 because he believes
ia ihe maxim that there is a ‘Providence for
drunken men.’ Few Irishmen are infidels,
knowing by experience that ‘G >d is good to the
Irish,’ and being anxious to keep it up.
In Boston a man one hundred and four years
of age, and for sixty-eight years a ilethodist,
joined, on Friday last, the B iptist church. The
reason of his ctiange is said to be that he loved
a fair maiden of eighty who belonged to that
communion.
Kearney is lamented somewhat thus;
Dennis, Mavouren, the convenshun’s in sesshin,
The bray of O’D.mnei is heard in tua hali;
The byes to their Melius is givin expression—
Ah’ Diunis, me Jariin’, ’tie you’d bate them all.
Mrs. Fiaherty, aged seventy, was shot dead at
Upper Alton 111., one night last week, while
stealing a neigbor’s potatoes. AVhen bor bod .
was brought home her white-headed husband
said: ‘What in h—1 did the old fool want to go
and steal potatoes for when we had plenty at
home ? ’
The Sultan has telegraphed to the Imperial
Commissioners at Batoum to buy for him twelve
girls, assorted, between tho ages of twelve and
eighteen, carle blanche being given as to price.
Lett* rs from the unfortunate town E lenburg,
Pa., which was bnrned up a few days ago, say
that there is scarcely a doubt that tile place is
dead beyond all hope or power of resuscitation.
Id will never be rebuilt.
‘Josh Billings,’ which really represents Air.
Henry Shaw, appears daily in New York Central
Park with an equipage noticeable for elegance
and its appearance of comfort.
Col. Thoma3 L. Snead, one of tha editors of
the New York World, is a native of Richmond,
Ahi., aud was formerly a member of the Confed
erate Congress from the St. Louis (AIo.) district
Eugene Carter is accused of boing guiity of
some iutle irregularities with a member of tho
Coivi.le Folly Company. He attempted a little
theatrical amus uient recently, at St. Louis, for
his own delectation, by passing notes through
the parquette door of Aliss Rosseau’g dressing-
room. Wearied with his failure to elicit a re
sponse, he was invited by Mr. Colville (who had
been a silent spectator of the game in which
the expert did aot score a point' to the box-office,
where lie was informed in a style more forcible
than elegant, that the ladies of the Colville com
pany were such iu the free and accepted mean
ing of the term. The complete details of the in
terview and the information he received will
probably never bo known, but, judgiug from
the cuaiky appearance of his face aud the uoine-
ruu he made, „hs cue he got from Colville was
certainly tipped with leather. Moral: Don't
fool with Folly.
Two hundred and twenty-four tons of cam
paign documents are sent through the mails
from Washington in a Congressional election
year, at an expense to the public of about $30 -
000.
•Six into four, my dear madam, is impossible,’
as the shoemakor mildly suggested to a lady
oustoinor.
lotte, which city is said to contain 10,000
habitants, with good hotel accommodations,
this is quite a business place, being a great
railroad centre does a large wholesale trade, and
deals lugely in cotton.
Y/e saw as fine corn growing in the Staunton,
Banister and Dan river bottoms as wo ever sbw
grow iu Pennsylvania or New York States, and
the best we have seen grow ant where we saw
growing along the Tugaloo river in Oconee
county, Soutn Carolina, near Fort Aladison.
The Piedmont Air Line is the route to the
numerous E lens in ‘the land of the sky,’ where
mountain and valley, tarth aud sky, stream aud
forest, is bathed in the sunlight of a peerless
splendor, and redolent with the spirit of fra
grance; where its waterfalls gleam like falling
stars or myriads of diamonds, and its crystai
streams like threads of .silver, ripple along in
softest melody.
well-equipped and furnished.
Had a delightful ride over the Air Line to
Atlanta. This is indeed a splendid road, well
equipped and furnished with the finest cars of
uny road in the South. Chesterfield himself
would not have made a more polite conductor
than those employed on the road. All the com
forts and conveniences offered on any road are
found on the Air Line. There i* not a better
managed road anywhere.—Hartwell Sun.
in excellent condition.
As it was our pleasure to pass over a portion
of this road we eau frankly say that it was in
the most excellent condition and the employes
were attentive, efficient and courteous.—Liarnes-
ville Gazette.
A GREAT LUXURY.
This is the only line running Pullman Palace
Drawing Room sleeping car't, south of the Poto
mac river. These cars are similar to those used
on the Pennsylvania R R. and inn between
Atlanta and New York without change.
meets the public wants.
This line was the first to inaugurate the sys
tem of round-trip tickets in th: South, aud the
opposition lines are pushing forward to keep
pace with it. A few more such steps will teach
them that liberality towards the traveling public
that should characterize corpor.tions asking a
share of public patronage. AVhen you contem
plate going North or E*.st be certain your tickets
read via Piedmont Air-Line, which will secure
rapid transit, good eating, ease and comfort.
This line is seventy-two miles shorter and about
three hours quicker than any competing line,
and equipped with ail tha modern improvements
for sfety and ease, with the best road-bed in the
South. — Gainsville Eagle.
first class in every particular.
The Piedmont air-line, which has been stead
ily growing in popularity, is now one of the
finest lines in the United States. The roadway
has recently undergone great improvements.
Some years ago when the iine was first con
structed the uneven road-bed, lofty ami
frail trestles, made a trip over its rails a little
more romantic than was consistent with the ideas
of the average tourist. Now, however, the road
bed is fixed, the rails largely of steel, and the
spider 1-gged trestle has given place to tho an
aconda-like embankment, and substantial
bridges have supplanted the temporary struct
ures.
The equipments are first class in every par
ticular. ilacon Telegraph and Messenger.
quickest, cheapest and most pleasant.
New Ferry, Halifax co., Ya., Oct 3, 1878.
J. R Alncmurdo, General Ticket Agt.:
Sir — Last fall I bought two tickets from you
to Memphis via Atlanta, Obattanooga, Nashville
and Alckenzie— price $57,00. It was the quick
est, cheapest and most pleasant trip I ever made
and I have been making the trip every year for
about ten years. I will wi h to make it again
as soon as frost occurs in Memphis As I have
» brother and a family in this co u -y, we may
need four tickets. Do you sellsv ) . sets now?
If so at what rates ?
R . <- 'fully
John it v-allaw.
[Southern Herald, NT. V.
The scenery along the line is interesting and
diversified along the tnlire route, and truly
grand and sublime in many places. The view
from the cars on the high bridge spanning the
James River is very grand, taking in the ei’ty of