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Out.
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MmsTic «fcc Mkm bin id to aria,
VU IV RclitH . wb et a boj!
To kin «mua ar kaaa o* •!«;*▼ oat—
W-»£aur tar ■ yon ten* t m<*—
'•nr iucl ■ At *• . u. worn- . j »:»! •
VMS I sßstl i; i.jbloa thee.
T a n%a ; *« ymr Btsctos *b*M »hr*y> be ho:.
Tear K«kt aa4 yaar *ktr * V whole;
. p |ttn tear hart to hr tra * as Go*!’*
-Va«t m pare » H i kmi year *o«L
Tea nrtht i cork hr yoar ssUot in J be-T;
1 1*3 nibr mun CiU(;
A Wat tree* jmV wiruee hr Mtkt and lor
i taak ear » air la I » kio g.
t Uattar the beast *al world ri!«l home,
Jkad iou iku the aetcr-Uol
oo3 look apaa a* He <l.l oo the fnt,
AU raj “ It a nrt puj,"
1 at tar aa4 roou. hat the rare* will fade
Croat By MR y«an« rh-.-h oar A*jr—
WV yaa Im thrat *bU Ihr tiliiar Vint
JU ya<* At *Boec lh« Moom ol May*
H yaar heart a* tma w *irenj sad deep.
I aiy haul By 41 os It* leh »
A etar »oraia IcM lane or hell
Ot tht Aiy the la cud* a Whit.
I all il'ifi that in xvtad aad tat,
AB the* that a Baa thoahl hr;
It yaa |Hr tMa sR. I wool.! alike By Use
To hr aU yo« kraaad ot at.
U taa caaaot ho Ah » WaoAraaa aad cook
Toa caa htrr a l a tiuW to pay ;
*« a woaaaat hrart aad a »■ruin'* Use,
Are rroar woa ia that way.
ITMi (hr Barm Adrrrtimr.
Under the Stars.
it KATE lOClt.
iw OO a c eodlrit summer sight;
The rote threw down her radun’. ;
TW rm rta. a t Irvr .hretd.
Stole the cwthf road that led
.\*oaad ttr mu ; with I o_ - h ut tor**,
A an y crowd, wo dror> ul .ug.
TualAii B * rat—jroa know—a friend ;
My Raor toward thr §t*r - d.d teod;
* llww **hth< I* i n».d lie »Mwtrrd “ Ve>
• Vte i« i- ««* ” bit. ar. hu nUcan
Thai wathr ine atr .he u*i, <Ld tuiae
Ilia rya tcokrl bevel hu m ae.
JaR thro, from Mae air itaht**il 'jut'*
A atar Arnpycd ; ail Hu •hiei,.* race
Lnokrd user it aad blinked away
ia runhw wvadrr: “ tt*il-k. 1 "pray.
Ami wtah, helots It : * " I rtled.
“hrw to had," he q-a it replied.
Boa what he wbh**l he weald aot tell,
Ahhowch I Irani tie. ** Ml the tpell
Wrr* broke* if thht eitftn he told:
hd ohrw attain ih* >eotterrd r»!d
Shoa.d tpnahi* tl tht bine
He'd hr 1 ! aw. aad ’toaold all *■ ms '.rue.”
At i a I the aickt the turt to ked down
iatuktw. Il I norm, r'* fr»wu
(XtuP) red obKfet *h ir light.
The At* -I >w pooae.l; tfc. . am* Ihe nit,lit.
Ami eat tVy m bed m h»le, pell. tell.
To hear the wUh he had to tell.
Dal a't thr sight wo du e and, till 'hey
Orew pale aad w*.r) with delay ;
Aad 'h e the ft gnu B. idt between.
Wo h* an Ward fade, aad U '.he teene
Wan aagl"!- car lot.** wrre low,
•tar yr werahiw eery tlow.
“ Tear wh>a ” I arid. aaAall the dew
time ratal aa if Leleoire too;
«y wleh," the ..irt ben: down to heir—
« wioh wm— yen ai|H l>*n me, dear.”
Thr *Car* they nvt hire B.«be>l iu sics.
Cor rotset-lt-t blind**!, and rr!. and me ;
The tlbevry aH’i la their *^rprl*o—
They aaa-t hare t»*M Into my ejet.
Far ml or :k* B rotied. rryatal clrnr,
A *«amthinK <ery i he i tear:
And jurat a* he hid a*id 'iwuuKl do,
I!j» wiah hod, *are *a* u.*:., era: true.
Mattie's Want*, amt Wishes.
I waa l a piece of rallco
Tib >ke ey dolt ad err;
C dohrl waai * Ur piece,
A yard’ll do I **••»«.
I wok r u'd frtd toy need!;,
Aad Bod B> Sable too
• 1 boa *eeh t-apa arowia’
I don't ka >w vhu to do.
Mr H'”*ey fared her apron
A imtlh down the *ulr,
A’-d t'wnw’a knt hi* pmlnoon*
And unit iih u r p tir.
i w*af ay Vend a I onnef,
Abe haanT eooo *t all,
Aa ! Cr*d aril b m *
likr rtxcr **ee and too imill.
I rub • > so to tttaadaVt,
K» pron e*d •: >' I mi.-L:,
t. >n.e m nr t ifrr f*e.r *’,
Tt*.y ink »o in ice Inn
I wore’j f. iMtruib es.
A pa'lik’ Grorge’a llrl;
I wi • b roa W iaJdk*t 1 -
|t hart m* In tay te and.
l web i had > ewh e.
I'm hnacM'r I tM be,
I! *oo h »n't pn'.iy lire* *»er
Ton 41*.tier brikjr toe Irte.
I wi*h I bad • *i"ano~
W r.a’e you f*oy «* o* * n»» p ?
O tear! i Mi to t red,
I w.nt. to v . p» rioep.
A ■hara’ofn •wile who I nlMteen
* a*e* a day haa font Into a drcHok. Ho
koa %rr wWf fie 4>r!mr» to pay h!«
>ota«.
• (From the Loiul. j Ulo>u.
*• The CoiruTiune in London.
A Mjhi With the T'nlveraal Rrpub*
Ilcano,
“ la this hall Citizen Ducrot will explain
the principles of Universal Itepubllcauisni
tnis *-venlnj*. Chair to be taken at 8 o’clock.
Admission free.”
Such was the allurement to v which I
yielded one or two evenings ago. Simple
Republicanism would hardly have tempted
me In that I considered myself tolerably
well posted up; but •* Universal Repub
licanism ” >vas an idea which I felt to be
i* rlnitviy more comprehensive than any my
puny intellect ha*< as yet been able to
grasp. Still, I thiuK i could successfully
hare resisted had Mr. John Smith been the
expositor; but ” Citizen Ducrot,” a real
live “citizen,” with a name reading very
iikr French !—how could I neglect such uu
opportunity ; aud admission free, too!
I reached the “ hall ” much too soon, nl
tnougii long after the advcriised time, and
was somewhat snrprised to flml ihe assein
b’.d “citizens ” were anxiously discussing
the advisability of securing a permanent,
Republican temple at the modest rent ot
ih) per anuum. This was comforting to a
I, *>:ral Conservative who hud loug beeu
afflicted with the belief that the “ citizens"
were one of the forces of London—well es
tablished, well organized and well housed,
in poiut ot numbers, tbe meeting was quite
insiguitlcaiit; nevertheless it was, 1 im
agine, a thoroughly typical meeting.
There was the man who had seen better
days, but whose general appearance nud re
marks conveyed the impression that in the
ordiuary course of things he scarcely cx
peeled to see them again—sceov of coat,
’ ready of tongue, cnlhusi istlc iu "the cause,
and wilhall, if one might judge by his xu
marks cu the doings of the Parisian Com
munists, nttcrlv reckless, pitiless and un
| scrupulous. Then there was the hard-tist
cd, st< ru-faced mechanic—a man whose |»-
| telligence was atiovc his )>osilian. He look
-1 e*t and spoke like a sober, sensible, practi
-1 cal man. who had lieen embittered by nu
1 unsuccessful struggle to attain the means
i aud positiou ta which he felt hitnselfen-
I titlrl, and who had at length learned to
} 1 “ok to another condition of society for
! that which the present state ot things had
persistently denied him.
There was the yourg, bold, adventurous
solrlt, ready 'or anyth eg In the shape of
' ecmge, and which seemed in any degree
* likely to relieve him of the necessity for
steady, plodding industry. There was the
good-t* mpored, easy-gotug member, who
was “ red,” because* those he went with
* were red, and who would have voted
“blue” or •• buff' for lust the same rea
! son. There was the poor, reasonless mortal,
1 all spite aud passion, apt to foam at the
month on the smallest provocation, and
qa'Tcl, or. i 1 feed bo. t H light
with stnyb ly who wished to mi pect in
mralltisl, and ap|a*ared to lie :i shade or
two i*ss iKiverty-strickcn than himself.—
I.sst’y. there was our lecturer, a mild, In
; oft. ns|ve German or Frenchman, I couldn't
* satisfactorily determine which—a man who
i iu killing a mouse would studiously select
the easiest mode of execution. No good at
| all in a fight, one would think, but just the
man to elaborate the Ideas that other pco
, pic might tight for.
i Avi ry thin mail was “ Citizen” Ducrot
I —so thin that he severely tax 'I our crc
■lu’lty wlieu, in the course of his lecture,
, he declared that be went into a “ cookiug
shop” every day. Especially did I find it
1 hard to r: "t this when presently he came
I down ssly upon SC-stone men ns
upon thifc-e who fared sumptuously every
I day, and didn’t deserve It. Evidently be
I believed all fat meu lived well. One could
! not resist the inference that In the lec
■ lurer’s private opinion his own person-11
t leanness was (lie consequence of his unfa
millari-y with the interior of “cooking
j shops" Communist though he was, I
conirss 1 fell my heart rather drawh to
“Citixeu” Ducrot. A man of benevolent
nature, of considrruble intelligence and
i thought: eloquent, considering he was
talking n foreign language; and, beyond
all question, honestly convinced of the
i truth o! all he advanced. *
The natnral'xition of the land was the
theme of the lecturer’s speech. Os course
In- starti and with the proposition Hint a man
has an Inherent right in the soil on which
he la bom, and that under existing condi-
I lions in Eiigl’ind every man does uot enjoy
j that right. Existing conditions, therefore,
must he overturned. The land must be
the people’s. He did not say how,
I hut passed on to offer three proposals for
dealing with tiie land when it had become
i the people’s. First, il must be divided in
i to small (arms, of which the people—a fmn
j i.y on each farm—should he nhsolulc own
! era. Secondly, the State might become the
■ nhsrinto owner, and ight let it out aud
divide the rent the whole communi
ty. Tlcrdly, there was ti-e Communistic
1 scheme—a scheme whicli he himself advo
cated with enthusiasm, and wh'cli was, he
assured us. the one which the citizens of
, Paris would ultimately have carried out
had they been victorious. The State—that
1 is, < verso sinaii a community, so that every
town or village might be a State—should
the i>r< nrictor, not merely of land, but
of i y* ry description of property, and to
every m.vi who would worn the State
(should deal out with an even hand the nc
cessarl,« and luxuries of life. Every Indl
vidu should work, nnd that alone should
entitle him to eat, and the State would take
cir<- •tv he h.vl the wherewithal. If he I
rei|i|ifi-t a pair of new bools,ora in w coal,
• > 1 as !;. worked, he would only have •
■, -• ’-» 'he storehouse of the community
mdbave.
A stopi l member of the audience in-'
■l i l v. il.it the coats would be nil
i . The cltlz-u thought thnt would not ;
let idi i»tiy regarded the eh u
1 1 With no little favor, for :
he iminr llately broke out into rapturous •
admiration of a string of charity-school
children he had met with that flay, and
aha seined beautifully to Illustrate ills
l Idea of a little communistic world, llu
would not pledge himself to av..iiety in;
the material of the oats, however, but he |
very distinctly promised that they should!
, not be all of one size. This wonderfully j
rel!« v ! my mind, for I am convinced that, j
»n average altto coat anything like dig
nity of deportment won 1 w.-.b me be sim
ply impossible.
Several difficulties In inaltora of dels.l
oceurr* 1 to the lnqulaltlyj listener, who, i
by the very kind Indulgence ol the speaker,
tsu* permitted to sUlc hie objection* as
they occurred One difficulty was in con- i
AUGObfA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1871.
nection with the division of labor. He
could not quite see how all could be equal,
while one man painted pictures aud an
other worked in a coal mine. The answer
to this was as prompt as It was simple.
All would take their turns at diflerent
kind of worji.
This idea, I think, gteatly delighted us
all. Change ol work, all the world knows,
is good. Only think, then, this week a
crossing-sweeper aud next Week a pastry
cook! The week after the captain of, a
penny steamer, aud the next a watchmaker.
One week a bricklayer, andnthe next Gov
ernor of the Rank of England. No, that’s
a mistake. There would be no Bank of
England, for there would be no money.
The question was raised whether a man
who could eat no food and wcarluo clothes
but such as the State provided for him,
who most work when the Stale ordered
him, and at the particular work the State
appointed—whether such a wau could fairly
he con>idereci a free man. The "equality,”
and possibly the " fraternity," would be se
cured ; but the “ liberty ” was, to say the
least of it, doubtful. 1 couldu’t help think
ing that “Citizen” Ducrot was slightly
disconcerted by tins query. He seemed
scarcely as well prepared for it as he could
have wished, and certainly produced noth
ing in the shape ontu answer to it.
Os course, in all this there is nothing
new, and il it, were merely talk it would be
scarcely worth laughing at; hut unfortu
nately it is not mere talk. If the Parts
Communists had any ideas beyond pillage
and plunder, without a doubt this man
fairly expounds them. It is really mourn
ful to think that at this time of day, in
the centre of civilization. 200,000 men
should be found ready to fight either for
mere plunder, or for the carrying out of
such peurllo, mad-brained schemes as these.
It is but fair to “ Citizen ” Ducrot to add
that not once throughout his speech did he
show himself in any degree disposed for
violence, nor did he express any antago
nism to religion. I cannot, however, say
as much for his audience. There were un
equivocal utterances of approbation of tue
murder of the Archbishop of Paris, and of
regret that the Commune had not burnt
half enough; and when the inquisitive
listener ventured at leaving to express a
hope that they would seek to disseminate
their views by lawful and constitutional
means only, he was assured that that en
tirely depended on the attitude of their
opponents.
ll'orrespondunce of t lie Boston Post.
Niagara.
New Tfiielnn.l Brides—Western Brides
—A Tltisienl foil pie.
iKgEBNATIONAI, IIoTKI., >
Niaoaka Faixs, June 10th. \
the !nkw knot,and buides.
Jum fi*. plainly as 'Jte New fork bride
tells the world her home by her
and carries her city in her marvellonsjcos
tumes, does she of New England betray her
origin and home. In dress these New Eng
land girls are more precise and uniform
titan their sisters of New York. They arc
all a (let one pattern, costumes, hats, every
thing. That is a very great peculiarity of
Isew England women; they have very lit
tle individuality in dress. When anew
fashion makes its appearance the majority
adopt it without the slightest variation,
nud wear It triumphantly, whether it quite
suits the wearer’s style or not. New York
girls have a way of changing things and
adapting them, but the Boston girl is too
full of weightier matters to allow her to
spent! so much time over personal adorn
ment, und she leaves vanities and trifles to
those unhappy persons who live out of the
reach of Frog Pond breezes and beyond the
shadow of the Mtate House, iu their man
ners there is a shade of positivism caught
from frequent attendance of the Radical
and Woman’s Clubs aud free religious dis
cussions, or a precision and slight rigor
tliut lias beeu bequeathed to them from
some Puritan ancestor who came over in
early coiwnv times, more than probably in
tlie Mayflower, and was high in colonial
officb. Bui they arc the merriest, jolliest
girls when you once get at them, though
they do quote Fichte at breakfast, review
German literature at dinner, and talk high
art over strawberries and cream and not
mnfllns. The bridegrooms are nice, re
liable sort of fellows, with none of the in
dolence or manner that characterizes the
New \orkers; they are business like and a
trifle preoccupied, and as a general rule,
both bridegrooms and brides are the best
behaved and the most natural, having
neither the assumed indifference of some of
their neighbors, nor the dreadfully oppres
sive sentiment of the rest. They take
everything as matter of course, and pro
gress with comparatively little blushing
and confusion.
TDK WESTERN BRIDES.
More amusing and entertaining by far
than any of the others are the couples’ from
tiie West. I hey show most plainly how
new and strange everything is, nnd they
make no endeavors to conceal their perfect
happiness and satisfaction. The Western
bride is more pronounced in her style of
dross; has curious ideas in regard to the
etoi na! fitness of things, as far as colors aud
combinations are concerned, and has her
own Idea in regard to hair-dressing. Many
of them weartheir hair short, nnd ended in
the tightest manner close to their heads.
The curls lire t lieu brush and out and puffed*
out at the side, giving the top of the head
a most pecuilar -xpr- <-b„i. The tradition
that “ \\ hlte Is for bridal ’’ still lingers in
U* r minds, and they seem to believe that
it is to be worn constantly nnd not left off
alter the st t vice; so they appear to run
frantically to white hats or bonnets, and
these nr.- worn by som- of the more unso
phisticated on iht-ir wedding trips, and
U, ? lr purity sadly dimmed
with the smirch of cinders and the stain of
lusi’ that will settle on the brave white
ribbons and spotless orange blossoms,
wl boat which flowers, by the way, a wed
ding bonnet is not a bonnet r.t all, and is
never suitable for a bride, especially if she
be .rom the West, and lives outside tho
large cities.
There was a couple came last night, and
it would be safe to wager there is not a
happier pair nt tin- International, although
they are a trifle awkward ami ure not used
o hotel ways. The bride wus gorgeous in
» P ttk ' "liver-gray traveling dress, made of
some stiffmalarial, with a good deal of lua
tro; It was trimmed with allk of the same
color, ov r-drt aa and basque. Jler bonnet
waa white laco, with oranga flowers on It,
tad abe had a large gray veil tied over It
to protect it ita much as possible from the
dust, while o,e- e* hands she wore gray
gloves to match the dress. Her husband
was a good-natured fel'ow, whose honest
face was pe'pel'eiliy overflowing with
smiles as he his beaming
bride. A’ the t&lilC the New York party
eyed them cu.lousiy, though by no means
impatiently, nnd waited further revela
tions. Up rtairstothe parlor, w ere all
the fun was going on, this couple sat slily
in ou'c corner, tin blushes coming and go
ing on the really pretty face of the bride.
The little blonde, who "couldn’t get used
to her new ii.imiT was playing bits of
waltzes and snatches of gay,
bright songs, it her husband leaned l'a
*ly on the n; m >v itching her. She had
been watchtai yew-comers, and sud-
* sjW 'und to face her hus
baudpSTicst, ■■ •' Charity, they look
uncomfort .ole, ana iu going over to talk
to them : come along, too.”
He followed her, .cud’ going across the
room with get white musl n dress
floating around ln'r/kiie seated herself iu a
low chair and commenced talking. The
other was evidently glad to get someone
of her sex to talk to, aud the tongues flew.
They discussed every feminine topic under
the stin, und when Charlie lured the West
ern briclegroe m out upon the piazza for n
smoke and left tbe two together, it was
funny how confUfentlal they became, after
the manner of women generally. They
wera not so absorbed in their confidences
that their faces did not light up when tbe
smoke was finished, and the two truants
made tlieir appearance smelling very
strongly of
couples ever take one another, or that
the brides exchange-even a word. They
are so well sathfled*.j-hat everything else
has ceased for ’.ho time to interest them.
But this youn_ woman is perfectly irre
pressible, i*.<v. =IY‘ can’t keep her busy
tougne still, so il her husband is not there
to be talked to she must talk to someone
else, and she consequently makes frleuds
with each promising uew arrival.
THE MUSICAL COUPLE.
The latest lirportation Is the musical
couple. Ileavcif-only knows what sent
them to Niagara. It can’t be sight-seeing,
for they arc- not out of the house half an
hour during the day. They take entire
possession of the parlor, seat themselves at
the piano and croon love songs to each
other all day. The b;!de is really a very
pretty girl and sings sweetly, but as she
only has a few songs that she sings from
memory, they grew rather monotonous
after two or three duys of constant repeti
tion. Every morning the guests are
awakened bv the cheerful song, “ Oh, ye
Tears,” and are lulled to sleep at night by
“#Taltlng,” and these, with one or two
others, are repeated at Intervals during
the day. There Is no ncod of asking them
if they are enjoying themselves, for every
’V- 'V^ n " u <-l»t they are. She
a * ~ ,f ’.vuhUirnw ir ,
j irair and eyes, and siTc wears a costume of
brown poplin (that just matches her eyes.
It has a train, and is trimmed with
satin. Her linen embroidered collar is tied
at the throat with a cherry silk bow, and a
knot of cherry ribbon is' tucked away in
the crimped and frizz and brown hair. She
lias the daintiest, prettiest little liuuds, aud
they show to the very best advantage fly
ing over the keyboard. While she plays
and sings, her husband sits in a rocking
chair, close by her side, watching her. He
is tali and dignified, with durk eyes and
English wliinkcrs, and looks many years
iter senior. They tako so much pleasure in
tlieir way of passing the time that no one
could possibly be ill-natured enough to be
grudge them their happiness, or to find
fault with their method. There is only one
wish the most ungracious has the heart to
otter, and that Is that site had brought a
.supply of music books, so that once in a
while there might have been something
to amuse and entertain the enforced out
side listeners.
Young America at the Wheel—-A
well known clergyman was crossing Lake
Erie some years ago upon one of the lake
steamers, and seeing a small lad at the
wheel steering the vessel, accosted him as
follows :
“ My soil, you appear to be a small boy
to steer so large a boat.”
“ Yes, sir,’ was the reply, “ but you see
I can do it though.”
“Do yon think you understand your
bustm.-s*- , my son ?”
“ Yes, sir, I think I do.”
“ Can you box the compass ?”
“ Yes, sir.”
The boy did its he was requested, when
the minister said:
“ Well, really, you can do it! Can you
box it backward ?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Let me hear you.”
The boy did again as requested, when
the minister remarked:
“ 1 declare, my son, you do seem to uu-.
derstand your business!”
The boy then took his turn at question
asking, beginning:
“ Pray, sir, what might be your busi
ness? ’
“ I am a miulster of the Gospel.”
“ Do you understand your business ?”
“ I think 1 do, my son.”
“ Can you sav the Lord's Prayer?"
“ Yes.”
“Hay it.” j
The clergyman did it, repeating the
words in a very fervent manner, ns though J
trying to make an impression on the iad. !
“ Well, really,” said the boy upon Its con-1
j elision, “ you do know it, don’t you ? now
1 sav it backward.” ,
“ I can’t do such a thing as that. Os j
| course—”
j “You can’t do it, eh?' returned the I
boy. “ Well, then, you sec I understand j
j my business a great deal belter than you ;
do yours.”
Doris —All boys will quite agree with
tin: lase eminent Dr. John Brown, of Edin
burgh, when lie says: “I think that every |
family should have a dog. It is like a per- j
pctual baby; and then It betrays no aecrets, |
never sulks, asks no troublesome qaestions, j
never gets ,cto debt, never comes down late !
to breakfast—and It Is always ready for a !
bit of fun ”
A nice young man In Portland, Me.,
i kept looking into the window of a married
lady until he saw her shako a handkerchief,
when he called at her room. After being
picked up at tli« bottom of the stair*, and
having hla bones net, It was explained that
she waa only shaking some apple paring*
from a napkin.
The Gentleman tr im Cleveland.
The Pleasant Acquaintanceship
Formed on Vanderbilt’s Railroad—
Nice Weather, Beautiful Scenery,
aud a Lovely Proposition—How to
Pluck an Ohio Chicken.
A gentleman from Cleveland on his way
to New York struck the 8:36, p. m., train
■ com Albany yesterday. He was a very
fine-looking gentleman of about forty-five.
He had iron-gray whiskers and a fine, open
countenance. lie chatted very freely with
those about him, and was very desirous pf
grilling information about points of intei
est along the route. He had never been to
New York, and anticipated a great deal of
pleasure from ids visit. He said that lie
Intended seeing all thtf sights, as lie uudor
to :herh was so milch fore stranger to
see in this great city, and it would never
do for him to go back to Cleveland and
not nppear thoroughly posted on metropoii
tan life.
TIIE FINE-LOOKING GENTLEMAN.
As the train neared Hudson, a flne-look-
Ing gentleman entered from a forward car.
He was quite an elderly gentleman, and
wore gold spectacles. He also wore a
white neckcloth and looked as il he might
ben clergyman. He cast his eyes about
him for a seat. One was vacant beside the
gentleman from Cleveland, and he dropped
into it. He drew out a handkerchief,
wiped his forehead, and pulling a paper
from his pocket, began to read. Meanwhile
the train tiad stopped at Hudson and start
ed on its way.
nnoVriNG into the trap.
The gentleman with the spectacles con
tinued to read his paper. The gentleman
from Cleveland looked at him.
“ Avery flue day?” quoth he.
The gentleman with spectacles dropped
his paper and answered:
il Very.”
“ Beautiful scenery along the Hudson, I
am told,” said the gentleman from Cleve
land.
“ Very. Never been here before V” asked
the clerical looking -gentleman, with a
peculiar look at the gentleman from Cleve
land.
“ No, never been to New York. Just
going now for the first time.”
“ Ah!” said the gentleman with glasses.
“By the way, I believe I’ll take a smoke.
I’m very fond of smoking. Please keep the
seat lor meand he departed for the for
ward cur.
. After fifteen minutes he returned and at
once engaged the gentleman from Cleveland
in earnest conversation. They chatted gully
on all current topics, and the gentleman
from Cleveland thought had never
before met so ngreeahle a coflfflfuiiotv The
gentleman with gold spectacles manifested
a deep interest in home and foreign mls
; stems, and talked feelingly of the great
|ftr!tv.*«i»r.ade In <th * of thu
Christian religion throughout the world.
He was a very intelligent gentleman,’this
gentiemun witli golden spectacles, and the
gentleman from Cleveland gazed upon him
with a feeling akin to awe, and in a mute
admiration of his profound knowledge.
A HEALTHY PROPOSITION.
While the two were conversing, another
gentleman entered the ear and looked about
him enrclessly as if for a seat. Presently
ids eye fell upon the gentleman with the
golden spectacles. He advanced hastily
and exclaimed : “ Why, Mr. Radford, how
do you do? I’m glad to see you.’’
The gentleman with golden spectacles
greeted his new friend cordially. The lat
ter seemed greatly relieved at having met
Mr Radford. , lie pulled a piece of paper
out of his pocket and showed it to his
friend, and straightway the two engaged In
earnest conversation. The gentleman from
Cleveland overheard a word here and there.
“ I declare, my friend, I can’t do it to
day. lit iven’t anything-in my pocket but
a few SSOO bonds. I’m going down now to
realize on them, to pay tills and some other
things now due.”
“But,” said the new friend to Mr. Rad
ford, “ I’m terribly embarrassed, and If you
could ”
Here the noise was so great that the
Cleveland gentleman couldn’t hear any
further. After a pause, the gentleman
with golden spectacles spoke to the Cleve
land gentleman.
IN FOR it.
“I have a friend here who is accidentally
on tiie train, and who holds a note of mine
now due. lam on the way to the city now
to dispose of these bonds (showing some
five twenties), and raise the money to pay
this note, with others. My friend here is
very much embarrassed, and wants the
money to-night. It is only |llO, hut I
liavent so much ready money about me.
Will you advance it to me, and when we
get to the city we will go to a broker’s
office together and arrange it ?’
“ Why, certainly,” said the gentleman
from Cleveland, arid he pnlled out his pock
et book amt counted out sllO, all the money
he had but $5. The stranger took It anil
got off at Poughkeepsie, while the two gen
tlemen sat down aud renewed tlieir conver
sation.
OUT FOR IT.
Presently the train stopped again at Gar
| rison’s, and the gentleman with golden
spectacles pointed out the beauties of West ■
Point to the admiring gcntlemart from j
Cleveland. The train started ahead again !
slowly, when all at once the gentleman with
goldm spectacles made a very unclerical !
bolt for the door. He reached it and I
juni|K-d from the platform, disappeiring in I
the darkness in a jiffy. The gentleman
from Cleveland sat dumfounded at the
eccentric freak of his friend, and not until
he reached Peekskill did he realize that he
had been victimized. He then said to the
other passengers, who sympathised with
him deeply, that he would get off and tele
graph to the “Chief of Police in New
York ” and have the rascal arrested.
Ramans visited a house in Indiana Mon
day -lignt, set It on Are and wounded the
Inmates,
New white wheat, harvested in Do Soto
-county, Illinois, was sold In Chicago last
Friday.
Pat—" Doctor, have ye any ohjlelton to
having our dog named after ye?" Doctor
1 rather pleased)—'" Oh, no! but 1 don’t
mow about the compliment. Ue isn't a
beauty to look at." Pat—"Mebbc not.
Doctor; but smash, man, he’s a beggar to
kill.”
VOL. 30—NO, 27
Terrible Calamity.
From the Gainesville (Fla.) New Era we
take the following details of the terrible
calamity at Lake Orange, to which allu
sion was made in our Florida news a few
days ago:
On Friday of list week, the 10th instant,
one of the most terrible calamities and
melancholy events we have ever been call
ed upon to chronicle occurred at Orange
Lake, six miles south of Micar.opy. We
have gathered the following facts concern
ing the sad and mournful event: On Fri
day a Sabbath school festival was given at
Orange Lake, a large number of ladles,
gentlemen and children from Mlcanopy and
viciqjty being in attendance. Daring the
day, and whilst the remainder of the ex
cursionists were on shore cnjovlng them
selves, a party of ladies, gentlemen and
Sabbath school children, about 40 in num
ber, went aboard pf the small slo* » for the
purpose of taking a -sr.il upon the lake.
Soon after embarking, and when a con
siderable distance from shore, a sudden
puff of wind from au unexpected quarter,
something of frequent occurrence on onr
inland lakes, upset the sloop, and the top
of the mast became fastened In the bottom.
All of thp passengers were precipitated,
without a moment’s warning. Into the
water, and six of the number drowned.
Nearly all of the grown persons were as
sisted to the sides of the boat, the children
placed in their charge as radidty as they
could be rescued, and there the little inno
cents clung, some to the ladles and others
to the boat. The young men labored with
a heroism and conragc almost unparalleled.
By their coolness and presence of mind
they succeeded Id rescuing all save six
from a watery grave. The great wonder is
that so many who were unable to swim
were saved.
The names of the persons drowued are:
Mrs. L. Montgomery, daughter of our
esteemed fellow-citizen, John Fleming,
Esq., of Wacaboota, who was one of the
most excellent ladies we ever knew. Pos
sessed of all those Christian virtues and
graces, blended as they were with an amia
ble and kindly disposition, which endeared
her to all, her sad, her melancholy death is
deeply regretted by a large circle of ft lends.
Iu their afflictive anguish and deep grief
the sympathies of the entire community are
with her bereaved husband and family.
Miss Ella Winecoff, daughter of Jacob
Winecoff, and old and highly respected
citizen ofMicanopy. This young lady was
beloved by all who knew her. Affectionate
and dutiful as a child, loving and amiable
as n sister and companion, her spirit has
soared above without a spot or blemish. .
Miss Maggie Simonton, daughter of Mr.
James A. Bimonton, likewise of Mlcanopy,
an intelligent and interesting young lady,
whose qualities ofhead and heart had won
for iter the esteem and friendship of a large
concourse of relatives and friends, who are
deeply gtievyd at her sad and untimely
Little Ida Hhuford, a charming anti most
promising little girl, daughter of Mr. Wm.
T. Hhuford. Little Ida was the pet of the
household and a great favorite with all
a who knew her.
Johnny Himonton, an interesting and
sprightly lad, son-of Mr. John H. Simon--
ton, of Micanopy, whose genial natnre and
kind disposition endeared him to his fami
ly and friends.
A colored man named Bowen, in the em
ploy of Capt. B. W. Powell, was likewise
drowned.
Several of the survivors were -cued In
a critical condition, but are'now convales
cent.
On Saturday night and Sunday morning
the bodies were interred. On Sabbath, in
hearing of a large and mournful congrega
tion, Rev. W. J. McCormick, the beloved
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, deliver
ed a most excellent sermon, which bronght
tears of anguish and of sorrow to many
eyes. A goodly number of the citizens of
Gainesville visited Micanopy to assist In
performing the last sad rites over the un
fortunate dead.
This is a most appalling calamity, the
like of which we hope never again to have
to record. Six persons, engaged in a pleas
ure excursion, launched almost in the
twinkling of an eye from time into eternity.
Tiie ways of Providence are Indeed myste
rious. In the enjoyment of health. In the
mi Ist of pleasure and Innocent happiness,
our unfortunate friends, without notice,
anil with the least expectation or thought,
ushered into the presence of the great I Am.
Micanopy is plunged In grief. The poig
nant sorrow of the kindred and relatives of
the deceased In thus suddenly and unex-
bereft of wife, daughter and
son is beyond expression. If deep and
heart piercing sympathy can avail aught
in giving solace and comfort to the bereav
ed aud afflicted families, it Is theirs. Never,
on any occasion, have our citizens felt and
experienced more than deeper sympathy
than was done, upon bearing of this sad,
this terrible calamity.
The Confederate Bondholders.—We
copy as follows from the Manchester (Eng.)
Guardian, of the 3p:
One consequence of the treaty of Wash
ington has been to revive the almost ex
tinct hopes of the Confederate cotton
bondholders In the ultimate success of
their claims against the United States.
They held a meeting In London yester
day “to consider the course that should
lx: adopted.” If there was one document
that most people believed to be of equal
value with a Confederate “ shinplastcr,”
it Is a Confederate cotton bond ; but the
bondholders refuse to believe in the hope
lessness of their case. Successive Gov
erninenta have been memorialized by them
with the view of securing from the Wash
ington Administration a “calm considera
tion ” of their claims, which rest, they
allege, on moral eqnity and international
law. The bondholders believe that one
of the articles o', the treaty, whicli pro
vides fur the reference to a mixed commis
sion or the claims of British subjects “ aris
ing oat of the war,” exactly lqeeta their
case, and they have been courteously In
formed that it will be “ quite open ” to
them to lay their claims before that tri
bunal, If it shouid meet.
'lhcAmcrlcus HepuUtenn of last Friday
■ay* a gentleman or that city ean produce a
ben that has laid ao egg every day since
the 16ih of March—over 100 In number—la
•till “ at It," and has not attempted Incuba
tion during the time. Amertcua Is an titled
to tha premium.