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VOL. VI.
THE APPEAL.
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No iVlortgagc on the Farm.
BY JOIIX 11. YATES.
Mary let’s ltiU the fatted calf mid celebrate
the day.
For the last dreadful mortgage on the farm
is wiped away ;
I have got the papers with me, they arc
-right as right can be—
Let us laugh and sing together, for the dear
old farm is free.
Don't ail the Yankees celebrate the Fourth
day of July,
Because ’twas then that freedom's sun lit up
our nation’s'sky ?
Why sho ildn’t we then celebrate, and ibis
day ne'er forget ?
Where is there any freedom like being out of
debt?
J ve rir. up many inornin’s 'an Lour before
* the sun,
And night has overtaken me before the task
was done ;
When weary with my labor t’was this
thought that nerved my arm,
Each day of toil will help to pay the mort
gage on the farm,
Aud Mary, you have done your part in row
in’ to the shore
By takin" eggs aud butter to the little village
store ;
You did u'ot spend the money in dressing up
for show,
But sang from morn till evening in your fa
ded calico.
And Bessie, Our sweet daughter—God bless
her lovjng heart,
The lad that gets her for a wife must be by
nator smart—
She’s gone without piano, her lonely hours
to charm,
To have a band in payin’ off the mortgage
on the farm.
I’ll build a little cottage soon, to make your
* heart rejoice;
I’ll buy a good piano to go with Bessie's
voice;
Toil shall not make your butter with that up
-and down concern,
For I’ll go this very day and buy the finest
patent churn.
Lay by your faded calico, and go with me to
town,
And get 'yourself and Bessie anew and shi
ning gown ;
Low prices for our produce need not give us
now alarm. •
Spruce up a little, Mary ! there’s no mort
gage on the farm.
While our hearts are now so joyful, let us,
Mary, not torget
To thank the God of Heaven for being out
of debt, •
For He gave the rain ond sunshine and put
strength into my arm,
And lengthened out the days to see no mort
gage on the farm.
A Font of Type.— As a scrap of
information, we give the proportions
in which the different letters are
Cast to a font of type, and in which
they occur iu print: Letter c, 1,509;
t, 600 ; a, 850; n, o, s, i, 800 ; h, 640;
r, 620; and, 440; 1, 400; u, 340; c, m,
800; f, 150; w, y, 200, g, p, 170; b,
160; v, 120; k, 80; q, 53; j, x, 40; z,
20. Besides, there are the combin
ed letters, fi, 40; ff, 40 fl, 20; ffi, 15;
111,10; se, 10; cc, 5. The proportion
for capitals aud small capitals dif
fers from the small letters. In
those, I takes the first place, then
TANARUS, then A, and then E, etc.
An odd genius in Carroll county,
who owns six or eight hundred
acres of land, has not been off his
plantation in sixteen or eighteen
years. He labors daily on his fai m,
wearing neither hat nor shoes, sum
mer or winter ; wears cotton goods
manufactured by his own hands,
pnd has not washed himself, not
even his face, in five years.
Send one dollar and get the Ar
pEAL through the campaign.
CUTHBERT |gjfj APPEAL.
For the Cntlibert Appeal.
A Tour Through Texas,'
OR
Information for Emigrants.
CALLIN COUNTY,
County Seat, McKinney. Area,
870 square miles. Population be
tween 10,000 and 12,000. About
two-tliirds of this county is prairie
and the rest timbered. The crops
about the same as in neighboring
counties. Since the war, cotton
has been found the most profitable
crop. Average yield per acre of
corn, 30 to 40 bushels; of cotton
one half to two thirds of a bale.—
Four-fifths of the farm labor done
by white persons, and the owners
of the farms, very few negroes in
this county, and labor very scarce.
Good cultivated farms are' worth
$8 to S2O, per acre ; uncultivated,
$3 to SB. The price of timber
ed lands $5 to $25 per acre. Farms
can be bought partly on credit.—
(I omit prices of farm product and
stock is several counties, as they
are the same, or nearly so, in
all the counties to which I refer}
Farming and stock-raising are about
equally pursued, all kinds of stock
are raised, but sheep chiefly. There
are no railroads in this county yet.
Jefferson and Galveston are the
chief markets, McKinney, Farmers
ville and Plano, are the chief towns.
COLORADO COUNTY,
County Seat, Columbus. Aren,
905 square miles. This county has
an abundant supply of timber,
about half the area, being bottom
land heavily timbered. This is one
of the best farming counties. The
avorage yield of corn is from 30 to*
40 bushels per acre, and of cotton
from half a bale to a bale and a
half; but like many other counties
it suffered severely from the cotton
worm last year, and from a de
structive overflow of the Colorado—
the water rising higher than ever
known. This county produces all
the usual products of the country
in great abundance, the lands being
of the best quality, and the bottom
lands being alluvial and of inex
haustible fertility. Stock of all
kinds do well, and especially hogs.
The climate is generally healthy.—
A hand can cultivate from 25 to 30
acres in corn and cotton. The
county is divided in the middle by
the Colorado ltiver, which may be
successfully navigated with proper
improvement. The B. 13. B. and
Col.- Railroad, has its present ter
minus at Columbus, which crosses
the Colorado by a tine, bridge, Co
lumbus is therefore the depot of a
large trade west of the Colorado
River. It is expected that this
road will be extended west to Con
gale, and thence to San Antonio.
The large trade commanded by
this road goes to Galveston and
Houston. Good farm lands can be
bought at from $2 to $5, per aero,
though improved lands are often
worth $lO to sls. The Railroad has
given additional value to the lands
in this county.
CORNALCOUNTY,
County Seat, New Braumfelts.--
Area, 575 square miles, population
near 10,000. This county is chief
ly settled by Germans, and is one
of the best improved in the State.
New Branmfclts is the chief and
ody town of importance having a
population of near 5000. The evi
dence of thrift and prosperity, and
of the abundant supply of all that
is necessary to social enjoyment,
can scarcely fail to strike the most
casual observer. Tho same may be
said of this county as of the rest
of the western counties. This
county has the best water powers
of any county in the State. Tim
ber enough for ordinary purposes.
COMANCHE COUNTY,
County Seat, Comanche. Area,
1050 square miles. Population,
1500, corn and wheat are the chief
products. The yield of corn being
about forty bushels and wheat
twelve bushels. About half the
county is wood-land, •*thc “ cross
timbers” running through the west
ern part of the county. This is
properly a stock-raising county,
though much of it is well adapted
to farming which is steadily increas
ing. Leon River the principal
stream, runs through the county.
The native mustang grape is abun
dant. Lands wo rib from $1 to $lO.
There are few freedmen iu this
county.
COOKE COUNTY,
County Seat, Gainesville. Area,
900 square miles. While this is
one of the very best counties in the
State, it is a frontier' county and
has suffered much from the Indians,
und more especially since the late
war. The government has given
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CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1872,
little or no protection. Many of
the citizens have been murdered,
scalped, or carried into captivity,
and many thousand dollars worth
of property destroyed and carried
off yearly by the savages. But
they have now better prospects of
protection and many of the citizens,
who have left on account of the In
dians are now returning. The eas
tern part of the couuty, from Red
River to Denton county, is within
the belt called the “cross timbers/’
and constitutes one third of the
county. The balance of the county
is chiefly prairie, except on the riv
ers. There are very few negroes
in this county. Good white labor
is worth from $lB to S2O specie per
month. The lands are mellow aud
easily cultivated, one band cultiva
ting usually about 25 acres. All
the products are raised in abun
dance. This is a fine wheat coun
ty, and all the other small grains
are raised. Cotton is being success
fully raised within tho past three
years. The bottom lands on Red
River are exceeding rich, and often
produce 60 bushels of corn to the
acre, and 25 bushels wheat. Thir
ty-five bushels of California wheat
have been raised per acre. The
finest lands here are sold at from
$1 to $5 per acre. Though when
improved they command sls per
acre. T. M. A.
A Terrible Overflow.
From the Montgomery Advertis
er, the editor of which conversed
with a gentleman just from the
scene of ruin, we condense the fol
lowing particulars:
Between Birmingham and Tusca
loosa .lie'found tho bridge across
Big Sandy Creek washed away and
the Warrior river opposite the
mouth of the creek more than six
miles wide. The latter stream had
then wsen 62 feet at the city of
Tuscaloosa, and was overflowing
all the farms along its banks and
bottoms, carrying disaster and suf
fering in its comse. At the cross
ing of the railroad bridge of the
South and North Rond fifty miles
above the city it had risen to the
unprecented height of 80 feet,
sweeping away tho iron bridge as
though it had been a mere cobweb.
Os the seven bridges across Cun
ningham’s Creek in Jefferson coun
ty, five had been swept completely
away inflicting such damage to the
road as to delay its completion two
months or more. The iron bridge
across the Warrior was to have
been swung at seven o’clock of the
evening on which it was destroyed.
The bridge across Turkey Creek
withstood the pressure notwith
standing tho fact that a gin house
lodged against its timbers and was
there torn to pieces by the waters.
Every water mill in Jefferson coun
ty with the solitary exception of
Boyle’s mill, which was slightly ca
reened, was carried away. Mr.
Boyle’s residence was washed
away in the night, and it was with
only superhuman exertion that he
rescued his family. All .of his
household goojls, even his little dog,
went down the mighty torrent.—
Houses of all sorts and sizes, along
even the most insignificant water
courses were carried away and their
debris was, on Tuesday last, every
where visible on the surface of the
"Warrior and Cahaba rivers.
The Cahaba, at the crossing of
the Selma and Meridian Road, was
at one time more than two miles
wide. A number of trestles on the
eastern side of that stream were tie
stroyed and both ends of the bridge
along with them. Everywhere the
waters could reach, the destruc
tion has been terrible. We havo
heard of no loss of life, however.
Tho suffering that will necessari
ly result from this terrible calamity
cannot fail to be very severe. It is
estimated that in Tuscaloosa county
alone, it has cast not less than 2,-
500 people on the charity of the
public. Public meetings are being
called toTonsider the best means of
aiding the sufferers, and we learn
thatthe State will be asked to extend
them whatever assistance may bo
deomed right and necessary in
view of all the circumstances in
the case. A number of families in
Hale and Greene have also been in
volved, and in Jefferson there is no
estimating the damage that has
been done or the suffering entailed
upon her citizens. Blount, Win
ston and Walker have also been in
jured, but to what probable extent
we. have not yet been advised.
—Eufoula Times July 2 3rd.
Since ladies have taken to
wearing newspapers for bustles, pub
lishers complain that their fair sub
scribers are more in “arrears” than
ever-
Indian Atrocities in
Texas. Murder of the
Aged. The Noting Ta
ken Captive.
Washington, July 17. —The War
Department has an official report
of the massacre by Indians of the
family of Abel Lee, residing on the
Clear Fork of the Brazos river,
abont sixteen miles below Fort
Griffin, Texas. Lieut. Gilbreth, of
the 11th infantry, who was.sent to
investigate the case with a party of
soldiers, reports the massacre one
of exceeding brutality. The fol
lowing persons were in the house
at the time of the attack, which
was at 5£ o’clock, p. m., Sunday,
June Bth: Abel Leo and Lillie
Lee, each aged about 60 years;
Francis Lee, aged 8; Cordelia, aged
15 ; Susanna, aged 17 ; John Abel
Lee, aged 6, and a man named Me
Carthy. Abel, Lillie and Frances
Lee were killel; the old man while
sitting in his door, the old lady in
tho same room, and the little girl
while running from the house. All
were killed with arrows, and all of
them scalped. Every particle of
skin on which hair grew was re
moved from the head. Mrs. Lee’s
ears were cut off, and the bodies of
both herself and husband mutila
ted and arrows left sticking in them.
The little girl Frances had only the
arrow which killed her. Cordelia,
Susanna and John Abel Lee 'were
taken prisoners by the Indians.
The bodies of the dead were bur
ied by the citizens.
Col. Wood, commanding the post
at Fort Griffin, writes; “Immedi
ately upon the return of Lieut. Gil
breth two scouting parties were
sent iu pursuit of these Indians, but
owing to the high water it was about
eight hours after starting before
they could cross the Clear Fork.
By sending the men, equipments,
&c., across in a small skill'and
swimming the hoises, they wero all
safely crossed and landed by sunset,
July 12th. Owing to the small
number of troops at the post and
the preparation being made for
Col. Mackenzie’s expedition, it was
impossible to send very large par
ties, and so much time elapsed be
fore the Clear Fork could be cross*
cd, owing to the high water, of
which the Indians took advantage,
there is little hope of overtaking
them. The non-commissioned offi.
cers in charge of the detachments
have, however, been instructed to
use every effort to ascertain the fate
of the captives, the direction of the
trail, and what Indians compose
the party.”
General Augur, commanding the
Department of Texas, says :• “Mac
kenize got off on the 14th from
Richardson, and it is hoped his
movements may prevent those raids
on the northen Texas frontier, for
the time being at least.”
General Augur fears more ex
tensive operations will have to be
taken against these Indians before
they will remain peaceable. With
Mexico on one side and the reser
vations on the other, as places of
refuge, and security for themselves
and their plunder, the present de
fensive system will not effect
much.
—ln St. Paul, a young man
treated his sweetheart to the circus,
and accidently got separated from
her.. After searching distractedly
for half an hour, he discovered his
adored imbibing lemonade with a
rival. Jerking off his coat, he was
soon engaged in a rough and tum
ble fight. The damsel looked cool
ly on as they gouged each other’s
eyes, and finally remarked : “ Fight
it out, you chaps; l am going with
the feller who’ll take me to the
show to-night.”
Toothpicks. —The business of
manufacturing these little articles
is beginning to assume some im
portance. The toothpick-factory m
Canton, Me., furnishes more work
than any other business in town.—
Over one hundred cords of poplar
have'been hauled for its use this
season, and converted into tooth
picks. Each of the machines used
will, it is said, make five thousand
toothpicks in a minute.
Mercer University was incorpo
rated in 1838, and is consequently
thirty-four years old. It was orig
inally established at Penfield, but,
yielding to the spirit of the times,
was last year removed to Macon.—
This city has given it a handsome
lot and $125,000 for buildings
which arc now being erected. Un
der a contract, twelve boys, recom
mended by the City Council will
receive gratuitous instruction iu
the college.
The Brothers.
A Scene in a Gambling House
In 1849 the principal banking in-'
stitutions of the chance kind in San
Francisco were the “Bella Union,”
“Veranda,’“Nim de Oro/’.and “Par
ker House,” all situated about the
“Plaza,” and each employed a band
of music to lessen the tedious hours
of that rainy winter, and to drown
the noise of jingliug gold and sil
ver, and the cursing ejaculations of
the gamblers.
Many a sad scene has taken place
within these saloons, that chilled the
blood ot the beholder, and is re
membered with horror. I once
carelessly" sauntered through one of
these places. My attention was at
tracted toward a person who had
large piles of gold before him. The
staring eyeballs, the swollen veins
upon his face, and clenched bands
told of heavy losses. Mingled ex
clamations of horror' aud contempt
would ascap§ him, and he seemed
unconscious 'of all that was going
on around him. His gaze was bent
upon the cards as if his life’s blood
was the stake at issue. In this case
his last dollar was placed within the
dealer’s bank; then, with the fren
zy of a maniac, he drew a long, ugly
dirk-knile and plunged it. up to the
bilt into his own body, and sunk a
corpse on the table. A few rude
jeers followed this act; the body
was removed, and the game went
on as though nothing had hap
pened —as though another victim
had not been added to the gambler’s
damning record, or another man
had not died.
lie started with a largo stock of
goods, given him by his father to
sell on commission, and the father’s
fortune depended on the safe return
of the money so invested ; but as
usual with young men he indulged
in the full liberty of unbridled li
cense, and while tho ship stopped at
one of the South American ports, he
engendered the first seeds of “play.”
But for a w T hile after his arrival
the excitement of trade, and the
energy necessary to accomplish a
successful issue, kept his mind
busy. One day, by appointment,
he was to meet a mercantile friend
at this time, and while waiting for
his friend’s arrival, staked a few
dollars upon the turn of the cards,
when the latent disease sprang into
life, and it carried him headlong
over the precipice, and ended in the
tragic manner related.
The “Nim de Oro” was a gam
bling saloon on Washington street
opposite the El Dorado, and in 1849
was the principal resort of the dis
banded soldiers of the California
regiments, and also of tho soldiers
who had been engaged in the war
with Mexico.
Behind one of the largest monte
banks in the room sat a man who
had won for himself honorable
mention, and an officer’s commiss
ion was given him for his bravery
at the storming of Monterey ; but
preferring the climate of California
and its “golden” prospects to a
more northern home, he embarked
for that country at the close of the
war with Mexico, and, upon ar
riving, he opened a gambling saloon.
The emigrants came by thousands,
and two or three nights after his
arrival a young man came in and
seated himself at the bank and
staked various sums oit the cards,
until he had lost nearly all the money
he possessed.
Excited by tho game, and mad
dened With his losses, he accused
the dealer of cheating. The dea
ler replied sharply ; the lie passed,
and then the young man struck the
dealer a severe blow upon the face.
Quick as thought the sharp report
of a pistol followed, and the gam.
bier’s clothing was covered with
the youug man’s blood —he had shot
him through the right breast. The
room was soon cleared of the spec
tators, the door closed and medical
attendance called in to aid the
wounded man.
The gambler Sat moodily over
his bank, running the small monte
cards through his fingers, and per
haps thinking of the deed just per
petrated, when the wounded man
gave a groan of agony as the doct
or’s probe reached the bottom of
the wound.
The doctor inquired what State
ho was from, and the wounded man
replied:
“From Vermont.”
The gambler raised his head, for
it had been a long time since he had
seen a person from the home of his
childhood, and Vermont being the
name of his native State, the mere
mention of the name interested
him. *
' The doctor next inquired the
name of the place where his pa
rents resided, if he has any. The
wounded man replied :
“Montpelier.”
The gambler sprang to his feet,
his limbs trembled, and his face
was as pale as death, for Montpe
lier was the home of .his youth,
and perhaps the wounded man
might have been his playmate—-
knew his parents, his brothers and
sisters. He clung convulsively I
to the table, and with the conten
ding emotions of rapid thought
and the weight of injury inflicted,
could scarcely keep upon his feet.
A stimulant was given to the
wounded man, and ho was momen
tarily relieved from that weakness
tho body is so subject to after a
severe wound, when the doctor
inquired if there was any friend in
the city ho wished to send for.
“Yes,” he replied, “my wife.
She is at the City Hotel, on the cor
ner of Clay and Kearny streets
Tell Mary to hasten, for I am badly
hurt.”
A man was sent to bring his wife
to him.
“Doctor,” said the gambler, /save
that man’s life and there is my bank,
and ten thousand dollars iu Bnr
goyne, and you shall have it all 1”
The doctor felt the pulse of the
man, and probed the wound anew.
•The gambler watched him with the
greatest anxiety until tho inspection
was finished when the doctor shook
hi? head in token of impossibility.
The gambler sat by the side of
the wounded man, bathed his head,
and staunched tho flow of blood
from his wound, until the arrival
of his wife. Sho came, accompa
nied by a few friends, and as heroic
women bear their misfortunes, so she
bore hers. Not a word of reproach
passed her—words of cheerfulness
only passed her lips, as tears cours
ed each other down her cheeks. To
her inquiry as to the chances of her
husband’s recovery, the doctor as
sured her there was no hope what
ever—that tho wound was mortal,
and that in a few hours the woun
ded man must die. She sank down
od her knees, and invoked the mer
cy of a forgiving Cod upon her dy
ing hnsband and his murderer.
Tha gambler knelt at the side of
the wounded man ami asked his
forgiveness for the great wrong he
had committed, and also that of his
afflicted wife, whch was readily
granted.
“This,” said he, is for disobeying
the sacred injunction of rny aged
father and mother. I have faced
death a thousand times, but still I
have escaped ; the balls of an enemy
have whistled past my ears as thick
as hailstone, and the bursting bomb
lias exploded at my feet. Still I
have lived. O God ! and for this !
High above the red tide of battle
I have carried my country’s ensign,
and that won for me a name among
men. When not’one comrade was
left to tell of the battle, I escaped
unhurt! Why was I not killed
with the rest ? All that was proud
and pleasing to man I have had,
and if I could recall this last act by
living on the husks, sleeping in a
pauper's grave and renouncing ev
every proud act of my life, I would
do it. I was born in the same vil
lage with that man ’ we were born
beneath the same roof, and—O Cod !
the same mother gave us birth !
He must not die—he is my brother!”
And the gambler sunk down in a
swoon on the floor.
The wounded man raised him
self up on his elbows : his glazed
eyes wandered about the room as if
searching for some particular one.
“Mary,” said he, “is my brother
William here—”
The words choaked in his throat
tffiTguigling blood stopped his ut
terance, and he sank a corpse apon
his pillow.
The wife knelt again, but it was
beside the dead body, and invoked
the blessing of God on his soul and
forgiveness for his murderer.
The gambler awoke from his
swoon, staggered up to the wife and
said :
“Mary, would it were otherwise;
for I have nothing to lite for now ;
the dead or dying do not want any
thing in this world; take this cer
tificate of deposit to our aged father,
and tell our parents we are both
dead ; but oh ! do not tell them how
we died.”
But before the woman could re
ply, or any one interfere,- the report
of a pistol sounded again, and the
fratricide had ceased to live !
On the hill near Rincon Point
were two graves, a few years ago,
inclosed with a picket-fence, and
one tombstone at their head, with
the simple inscription —
“Brothers.”
A Night of Horror.
It was night when I arrived home.
There was something so provoca
ting in the darkness and utter quiet
in which I found the premises wrap
ped that I determined togivealove
ly surprise; but nature, apealing to
me on a vital point, I dropped into
the diningroom with the view of re
freshing myself with a bite of cold
joint by way of preliminary.
Striking a light, I found that my
wants had been anticipated, for
there on the table lay the remains of
a repast —breast of chickens, cakes,
cheese and what not. Being sharp
set, I pitched in, a glass of old port
materially assisting the process of
indigestion.
All at once my eye caught sight
of a meerchaum upon the mantle.
Now there is nothing very alarming
in a meerchaum per fe, but when
the meerchaum is the property of a
stranger and is found upon one’s
premises during bis absence, it be
comes invested with an importance
which it could derive from no other
circumstance. Tliore was also a pa
per of Turkish tobacco. “The fel
low has a taste, at all events,” said
I, and I filled and smoked, drank a
bumper and cogitated.
Now Maria knows I am not in the
least j ealous ; knows it had never
entered my head to suspect her of
any imprudence; but this, to say
the least of it, had a very suspicious
I drank again. Yet I protested I
was not jealous. At that moment I
started aud sprang from my feet as
if at the touch of an electric battery
for on the settee in the corner lay
an impudent looking hat and cane;
and even a pair of gloves ! To
smash the hat into smithereens, to
tear the gloves into fragments, to
snap the cane into flinders was done
in a moment. I toox another bum
per, and folding my arms, glared
majestically around. Not that I
was jealous ! O ! dear no !
I was resuming my seat and pipe,
to cogitate over of course of pro
ceedure, when I received another
•
shock. My eye had alighted upon
a note which had fallen under the
table. It was in a feminine hand.
“Dear Ohailie,” it ran, “I’m so glad
you’ve arrived. Sammy’s away.—
Don’t stand upon ceremony. We’ll
have such a nice time ! Cold lunch
and all agreeable. Come over at
once.”
Sammy’s my name. “Perfidious
woman ! It is thus—”
I threw it into the fire aftef
trampling on it. I fortified myself
with another glass, took off my stock
ings, and started up stairs. On .the
way I stumbled over a strange cat
in the kitchen.
In my ascent I suppose I must
have made some noise, fora strange
dog set up a furious yell in the back
area. It may be as well to.prepare
for contingencies. I reflected, as I
re-entered the parlor with a view to
possessing myself of a poker. Dark
as it was, I secured the desired ob
ject, and was retreating, when I fan
cied somebody came in On tiptoe;—
Holding my breath, I dodged past
him, and crept up stairs like a thief
not that I was jealous but only to
see what was going On. After a
pause, during which I could fcoiint
the beats of my heart, I tried the
bedroom door. It was not locked
and all was dark within. A gentle
snore—not a rough, exasperating;
reckless thing, but more of a musi
cal moan—came from the bed.
“She is asleep,” mused I; “the
sleep of a stfiitiger’s toes was the
tread of a cat. Poor dear Maria !
how could I so wrong you ?” I dis
robed and slipped in bed.
“Charles, how long you have
been !” said a feminine voice;
Gracious goodness— it was that
of a stranger ! A cold perspiration
broke out all over me as I reflected
upon the horrors of my situation.—
The house I had purchased was one
of a pair which had been built exact
ly alikti, fatigued and
sleepy direct from the cars, I must
have entered my neighbor’s man
sion instead of my own !
I pounced out upon the floor.
“Excuse me, dear,” I whispered
“I think I hear burglars.”
“What—again ? I think you must
be mistaken.”
“I’ll go and see.” said I, and hud
dling on something I groped my
way to the stairs, descending them
with a cold feeliug all the way down
my back, and crept into the base
ment. There I made another appal
ling discovery—the clothes I had
put on were somebody else’s and
not my ovu !
Safe on the sidewalk, 1 glanced
up at the-house from which I had
just escaped, thinking how should
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I manage to return the borrowed
toggery.
Arid it was my house, after all j
Resolved tin ail explanation, I
rung the bell boldly. I heard thrf
tip, tippety-tip of a pair of well
known feet, and Wris at once in the
arms of Mrs. Spiviris.
“Why don’t yon remerrifeer, Satli
my,” she said, in replying to my in
terrogation j “I told you brother
Charles was coming from the tiotltt
try with his new wife to pais a few
days with its. I have given up OUt
own bedroom.”
Well, havn’t I been tliere, and got
into bed, and stolen Charie’s,clothes
while he was after burglars ? Thei
note to Charlie was sufficiently ex
plained.
I will never be jealotts agairii
fiver.
E.vcr and ever tae world goes round,•
Bearing its burdens and crosses j
Ever and eves the years roll on,
With tbeir tide of sorrows and losssfc
Ever and ever the.book of iifd
Bears upon its pages
Tho weary, Weary lay of the hearty
Sung through all tha age 9.
Ever and ever with outstretched hands
We grasp for a golden mortoWj
Ever and ever the billows of time
Are freighted with bitter sorrow.-
Ever and ever the lips smile odi
That the world may walk in blindness;'
Little they know of the heart’s wild wo*
When the face looks but with kindness;
Ever and ever the shawows fall
Over the golden mosses ;
Ever a gleam from paradise
Lightens our cares and crosses;
Ever and ever the morning dawns
On hopes that are bredtbed in gladness)
Ever and ever the pigbt brings in
Its tide of bitter sadness.
Golden Words.
Many shining actions owe theit*
success to chance, though the gen s
eral or statesman turns aWay with
the applause.
The long sleep of death close*
our scars, and the short sleep of life
our wounds. Sleep is the half ol
time Which heals us.
Never write on a subject with*
out having first read yotirself full
on it j and never read on a subject
till you hate thought yotirself hun
gry on it.
The art of pleasing consists in be
ing pleased. To be amiable is Id
be satisfied with one’s self arid cth*
ers. Good humor is essential tti
pleasantry.
The avaricious man is like- the
barreri, sandy ground of the desert,
which sucks in all the rain ribd
dews with greediness, but yields nO
fruitful herbs or plants for the bene
fit of others.
A mjm is like a bit of Dabtadof
spar, which Jias no luster as yoii
turn it in yotir hand; tlntil you come
to a particular angle; then it slitiws
deep and beautiful colors.
•In the opinion of the world; raari
l'iage ends all, as it does in a come
dy. The trutli is precisely the re
verse. It begins all; So they say
of death, “ It is tile tirid trf ail things,*’
Tes, j list as much afi niarriagC;
Pleasure and pain, though direct
ly opposite, are yet so contrived by
nature as to be constant compan*
ions ; and it is a fact that the same
motions arid rhnscies of the face are
employed both in laughing and crjn
big.
A man is known to his dog iijf
the Sttlell, to life tailor by the coat,
to his friend by the smile; eatih of
these know him, but how little or
bow much depends on the dignity
of the intelligence. That which is
truly and indeed characteristic of
the man is known orily to God.
I think half the troubles fo#
which men go slouching in a pray
er to God, are caused by their ih*
tolerable pride. Many of our cartis
arti but a morbid Way of looking at
our privileges; We let tidf bless
higs get mouldy and then call them
curses.
Nearly .all the papers in the State
suspended an issue in order to allow
their printers to rest on the 4th of
July Holiday.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
has established since the war ted
conferences in the Southern States,
with a membership of 162,000 per
sons, 767 preachers, and some 1,600,
Jocal preachers. There have been
expended abont $1,200,000 in behalf
of and by these organizations, thd
value of whose school and church
property amounts to about $1,300,.
000. These ten conferences have
also raised some $7,000 which has
been paid info the general Freed
mtn’s Aid fund.
A secret has been defined as
‘ anythiug made known to every
' body in a whisper.”