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£ m SuMl1 SOUTO . * / *■'•'?■; -e/ >j i®* *■> THE DIAMOND NECKLACE; — on, — 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, I - of the historicv. associat-P lace abounds; also because Idle- r.v steps away; beoauss Josu War coo fri- ii! irteri hie a lt.iini ten i r tin ia llv-v 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< and b down upon this p 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 burrs d and i noted -twerp o m • aval i 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 in those d 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 I rt, even I nr Wil- j es; j the Hudson River and the I StOCi his death, his prop la the hands of a Ms*. <. in a style w'V'/.iy Of Close by I ii iwild, >nri rigipa i Moot; j Dili Rt 1 il it ■ i Aloodi n lost ir tii< &r r mtiy over r, unbrace - f id ia is poetry i* u-ti. .ays i's unruffled s <h;iy tinted autnm r.s banks din th-.-ir who kee owner. ■ Riv* pebbly d it it 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