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Weekly ban li. No • K‘"i I l.aYOJ II >r th? Skkkthkkike IS OUT. • | Mirt a Ky,ttr *—*••» From Acton the World.* mi of Aleppo,” said Sir Philip • l,n.l mastered every secret it* V' the roblcr magic st'eks to H,. discovered that the true art • is to assist Njitore to throw olT “ to cnmtno t. as it were, tlie i. .1 to ejec. the eoemy that i ,m a part. Hit pro, esses all r-’-i Avigoiotion of the prin-, . the Eastern sage merely antic* ... or.tetice of the !ie«t physicians What like itself is, nobody n—t-ohody knows now. Hut l. arne.l some hing of the rea- ■t> o mysterious tide rises and hovided the g eat organs of the ,...t irrepar h!-d- .royed.med- ..., ( ta*w vs relieve, and often , „o re ittt’-hle phvsirian now l, ( the hit bar.. is and" stupid pro- .i..,,lotion, sue!* as bleeding. by was attempted to cure disease the t out’s: liditv to resist 1-dav* we do Ilf, tear down to l„lp the -i.rris.in—we i i -] jt and henitleen, work t .[• Parke’s Tonic leads I . ’ iues. As an invigorant ,, ! , and powerfully upon • i and the organs o." diges- - Nr. ire the assistance a. i: 'f.dlo.%* that all ailme its .pi.. . s and liver a e at ; :'r ri'f No other prep- > tin- sa i.e qualities or .odiar r, -nits. It t> delicious - : i,..' known .mti-intoxi* •j and if 1. Hi ,ox A Co., plague is rava- ota a Physician, ocomposition .f B. It. B., hod it with signal success .I' Scrofula, Khi iiniatism, . h.dney Trouble*, Blood rh, etc. As a quick and 1.1 Blood I’m tiler it is su- tliing 1 ever used, and I commend it as a sale and ;,. | ha\c known one hot* cine of Scrofula. Jt does mil..-rul or vegetable pois .1. P. I MUMt'.ool.K. >1. I). • c$l.HI.i',.r$.‘>.0U. liners were killed by a Colorado. Daily Mail. - , A daily mail route has been estab lished from Tallulah to Clavton, in Rabun county, to take effect on the first day of April. Georgia Matches. The Gainesville match factory is turning out 500 gross per day and have fifty hands putting them up. We were shown some from these works. They arc painted red and sure fire. Hogs Dying. A great many hogs arc dying around Athens from a strange dis ease. They are attacked with a choking sensation and nothing can relieve them. Some farmers have lost every hog on their place. Work From Afar. The Athens foundry and ma chine works are now doing work for parties near Birmingham; Ala., and frequently ship work toArkan- sas and Texas. This institution has a splendid reputation abroad as well as at home. Boy in Picfcwlclc. ..d teeth, -,-cing that he !■ ! ll»t-11.nst sitbnan- m ilu- short,-1,1 notice. I.J cstsl appetite so .1, u-’.irc.- of eating, as a ..-i s, r.i possess then*, , greatdentd invigora- iig agent*'. Yellow car- 1 grow pearly white and 1 iidiiinc-s; 'and form a p. the snowy hue of the lost by the ,-xplc enllv cured bv at large, and rcahouts. Distillery Closed. The Maxey’s distillery closed this week, as the proprietors had a large stock of liquor on hand and no sale for same. They made, the most popular brand of corn whisky in Georgia and wdl doubtless soon clear up and be running again. Pitches In. It may be just exactly as you say, young man, but, rer-ember, the man who thinks that the world owes him a living will find that his claim will go unpaid unless he takes off his coat, rolls up his sleeves and pitches it* to earn it, and bjys his jewelry of Skiff, the jeweler; it is just exactly as he says it is. A Gigantic Bond. On 10th inst., our esteemed fcl low citizen, Mr. Hamilton Huggins, in Gainesville, Hull county, Ga., gave his bond for one hundred and four thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars, as administra tor of the Riley Garre., estate. This places Mr. Hamil .on Huggins and his noble lady in possession of their property, after four jears of unlaw ful litigation. Rumored Railway Sale. Yesterday was the day appointed for the Richmond ,V Danvil'c syndi cate to close the trade for t'te D;ih- lonega railroad. If it passes into the hands of this company it will lie made a broad-gunge, extended to Dalton and used as a through line from the west. It is a pitv that Athens was not prepared to control this road. standi' Startling Jersey News. An exchange says the Hon. C. M. Clay says that the Jerseys are the native cattle of Russia, and he could load a fleet with them at from $3 to I to per head. Mr. Clay was fownerlv United States minister to Russia, is a Kentuc'tian, ard a bree der of fine cattle himself. If he has been correctly quoted, the fact he mentions is important and interest ing, and should receive the atten tion of our Jersey breeders. The writers lemembers seeing some vears since, cattle bred on the Isle of Pines, off the coast of Cuba, that were as beautiful in form and color as any Jerseys we have ever seen. They were good milkers, made good oxen and furnished most ex cellent beef. They gave all the in dications of gentle blood and high breeding. Reared in a climate warmer even than ours they might prove well adapted to our uses and free from the diseases that render heavy investments in imported cat tle risky.—Macon Telegiaph. German Caip. “It is said on good authority, and admitted by those who have exper imented mostly in tde raising of this fish, that it is inferior in quality even to our common rpjd cat in taste or flavo -, and is unworthy of propaga tion. They have cost the govern ment about $1,000,000 to introduce them, and perhaps a million more has been expended in building ponds, etc. The American Agri culturalist sajs: “Carp a-e not a first-class table fish, but they are immensely superior to no fish at all, when a fish dinner is wanted. They are not as good to eat as the bull head cat fish.’ ”—Elberton New South. We have eaten the carp and must dissent from the above. The scale carp tastes very much like trout, while the leather species are simi lar in flavor to channel cats.—[Ed. B.-W. A TERRIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT. . TS* Whole ’VorU Wisppea In a Mantis of tbs WATCHMAN, TUESDAY,. MARCH 18, 1884. I NB Clover and Grass Seed at Lyndon’s drug store- ami It,Ti lin’ worst No one sing Wil- • ■ 1 li'itim-n-. It absorbs ■■u.4, nets 1.8 poultice, 1 1. l'lvpnr.'d only for the piiMit.i parts, noth* ,1. Si. Cott'entmry, of “ I have 11-O'I scores of .1.'. nils-me pleasure lo .. \ei- imiitu anything .... <l ut - ami uml per il:. \t ill.am-’ Imlipii - ,1 hy .iruggists ami •f p i. e, $1. Fra/ler 1 .p’s. 1 levelaml, Ohio. . Itnuuhy, Athens, (la. all.-i. wholesale agents, Toiumony- Mr. John IVarson, hi- bu.1 with wliat m pi ion of t lit? worst unify lii’il •fieri with ,erpt Ins hall broth- , 1 te 1 a-certain am! ning all the reme- .1 reso ■; sent tor u . ig Restorer, anil it e eo , inuetl the use ei ha- been fully ro- ■ far a= 1 couh. Uis- 1, ami Brewer’s AjNarrow-Gunnge Fromjthe West. Col. Sage, a prominent railroad man, was in our city a few days since, in the interest of a narrow- gauge road ex .ending from the Mis sissippi river to Wilmington, X. C. The proposed line passes direct througli Athens, and if built will be a grand thing for this place. A s pit dicate of capitalists is now being formed to construct it as soon as practicable. Slill Better. For February, Mary Ann of St. Lambert, the famous Jciscy cow, made 67 pounds 6 ounces of blither, and for nine months of her test the made 7SS pounds <V, ounces of tine butter, without any forcing what ever, but simply on'her usual food. Capt. Yancey's bull Rubanna Ri ot ter is 96! per cent, of the blood of thiswomlcr.ul cow. To how 1 hat Mary Annhas not been lorced, she is giving more butter at present man last November. Got Left. The Athens water works compa ny owes our foundry $-;So, besides several other bills in the city and Chattanooga. The creditors are getting rather restless, as no steps have as yet been taken to pay them, and the works are heavily mortgag ed to N w Yor.t capitalists. This company- also owes Mr. II. B. Mc- Ginty $3,000 for brick work on the dam. Minister Silenced The Baptist church at Shady Grove, Stewart county, Georgia, has excommunicated their pastor, Rev.JJ. W. Fackler, for drunken ness, profanity and cruelty to his wife. He carries a letter of certifi cate of membership of that church, and the public is warned against the impostor. A Cake Baker. Mr. Caughy was yesterday in quiring the whereabouts of Laura Billups, the famous cake baker of Athens. He says that this colored woman has a reputation as a pastry cook in New York and other Nor thern cities, a.id is better known among the epicures there than at home. Mr. C. says at several feasts North he has eaten her cooking, and it ranks as the best. ■>l his liio !. I >. lUrnesvillu, Ga. u;ty ul tho South, rmnn, a popular travel- nun i’alltimore, writes; Vm u.dm’s Neutralizing a« li all' ciions with the :- .in r:;v**lleut me<lu-im*. ul * without.” A. i \\. A. M. !>., ol ual University, ve found < oMen’h rt of am tor sale. Tfiis nan culnrly useful in re- «•! < .'tisumption, wcak- 11, ami all nervous ath c- jii.int women it ha< Ihimi t’Vrry oilier article of rej-rt» (I. Palatable anti ion. Take no other. msiiul Californa trout i at Chattanooga for dis* A CARD. ■•• «u lit'ring trom th«* error* nrd h, nervous weakness. early ul. Ac., I will s.cu'1 a recipe KKKKOK CHARGE. This •rowereit l>y n nttgfiinnary in i«l u self luMressotl envelope Inman, station />, Se marC-tlAwly I.orillard will retire lie has offeted his at lslip, Long Island How He Voted. Capt. Oliver, our Chief of l’idice, says that in the last gubernatorial race he voted for that grand old pa triot Herschcl V. Johnson. Upon being informed that Mr. Johnson had been dead four years, the Cap tain blushed and explained that he referred to the Presidential race, when he supported the claims of Andrew Jackso.i. The Captain was born in F.lbeit county, and rep resented Banks in the state legisla ture. Mayor Dorsey has now en tered him fur a term at the free school. Receive Their Deserts. Nolan and Fisher, the two des peradoes who escaped from Clarke county jail about one year ago and were recaptured at G'eenesboro. have been sen'enced this week to the penitentiary for live years for break ng open cars at Woodvillc. They are bad men. Northern Swindlers. The Gaynor gold mining com pany, that was in business last yeqr “London, March 10,. 1SS4.—The Sultan Sooloo is dead. He leaves one thousand wives.” Yesterday, while the rain was pouring down in torrents and a lo cal famine stared us in the face, we chanced to pick up the New York Herald and-our eyes rented upon the above bri-ff but heart-rending dispatch. We were not prepared for this startling announcement, so it came upon us like a streak of greased lightning from a clear sky. Great gaubs of brine trickled from our lovely orbs of vision and our heart-strings have not received such a wrench since We last paid a pilgrimage to the tomb ot our de parted friend’s beloved kinsman, Crackloo. It is indeed hard for us to realize the tact that poor Sooloo is no more! We can even now hear the wai!« of his thousand widows, as they tight and scramble for a place of honor near their beloved husband's grave! It was only those who knew Sooloo best who could appreciate his many virtues. He .would never carry off anything be yond his reach or too great for his strength, and his heart was large enough to find a resting place for every good looking female slave put upon the market. Only a few months since was the world para lyzed with the sad tidings that the Tycoon of Schwaat was no more, and before the eyes of our universe were dry the announcement of Soo- loo’s demise is given us to masti cate. There is consolation in the thought, however, that Sooloo is not dead, but only gone before. His road to the Mohammedan para dise has already been paved with the bodies of slaughteied slaves, and he is now sweetly sleeping upon the breast of the long-expected Prophet. What consolation can we pour upon the troubled breasts of his multitude of disconsolate wid ows? We are not able to buy them a spring bonnet apiece, or in cur the expense of manipulating a thousand ’ sets of bangs, or our way would be clear. They will doubtless, however, find the successor of the mighty Sooloo pre pared to take them all in, for what is a thousand additional wives to a man who is patriotic enough to run his heart through a sausage grinder and have it chopped into the most minute particles for distribution in his harem. But we will forbear, for doubtless Senator Brown, with { an abler pen than we can wield, will come to the rescue of the mem ory of this muchly-married nabob and stir the sympathy of the coun try as did his great Mormon speech. In conclusion, however, we must pre test against the press hurling such thunder-bolts of grief at a sym pathetic people as these tidings. Why could not the Herald gradu ally prepare us for this calamity, like the English journals did the loyal subjects of the Queen when she sprained her ankle? They 'were then looking for some mar vellous tidings from the throne, and when Victoria administered her life of John Brown to her patient subjects they received it in that meek and resigned spirit as be comes true Christians. The Herald might have cabled one day that Iloodoq was indisposed; the next that Foo-Choo had a boil on his nose, and so on unjil it had [worked th>- world up to a slate of resigna tion that would have broken the force of the shock occasioned by Sooloo s death. ate cyclo DMb ana Drttnethm Orartttn a Tunny at Loads aiaa who stored tram Gwinnett County, Ga. LaviYearrillc Herald. - In our last issue we stated that John Pool, a soa-in-law of Isaac Strickland, of this county, with several members of his family were killed by the recent storm. We met Mr. Mathew Strickland last week, who.has just returned from tne scene of desl-ucoon who fur- furnished us with man® of the de tails of the destruction on the farm. Mr, Pool, his brother-in-law lived in Catawba Valley,. about three miles from Leeds, on the Georgia Pac : fic railroad. He had a com fortable residence and was a pros perous and well-to-do farmer. On the day of the storm he ar.d several hands had come home to dinner, and the entire family were gather ed at the residerce, Besides the immediate family consisting of John Pool, h's wife, Ali.e, Alon-o, Lou is, Willie ard the baby, Mrs. B-.ss, Mrs. Davis and her two sons were in the house. Two croppers that worked on the place and two hi- groes who were passing by with a team, had gone into the cellar as they saw the rtorm approach. The cyclone strvck the house acout one o'c'ock, coming from the direction o f Bi”ninjham. In an instant the hou’-e was bodily lifted from the ground and torn to fragments, except one small room, the floor of which remained intact. The inmates were carried by the whirlwind with the flying timbers f;om twenty to one hundred yards from the house, John Pool was so badly bruised that he died that night, MR. TILDEN. Intervltv With Onr next Pr*dd«at on the Polit ical Outlook. Clarke Howell, of the Atlanta Constitution, has had an interview with Mr.Tilden, from which wc cull the following: Imagine my surprise then on hearing the footsteps on the hall way, to see as I turned, Mr. Tilden himself advancing towards me. True, his s.ep w.isnot cha - acterized with the easy movements of one in his prime of years. Nor on the other ha.id did it strike me as being mo e feeble than could be expected from oae who had turned his three score years and ten. The nervous prostration which a life of exertion had caused, showed itself in the tremor of his hand, but his eyes, the windows of his brain, were far more clear and steady than those of nine-tenths of the men who have as yet but turned their sixtys. He wore a plr'.n cloth suit, his collar GENERAL NEWS. The Texans have suspended fence cutting operations. A Boston man correctly guessed the number of beans in a bag. The new directory of Philadel phia contains the names of nearly 3,000 Smiths. A New Hampshire. milkman’s house took fire, and he extinguish ed the flames ivith milk. A Massachusetts woman is. sue- ing her mother-in-law for $25,000 damages for alleged slander. One of the curiosities of invention which a German proposes to make is a cannon of silk. Freddie Gebhardt has not yet challenged John A- Stevens on ac count of his attachment tor Mrs. Langtry. We see it stated that by the re cent tremendous flood in the Ohio SACRIFICE AND REWARD. fitted closely around his neck, his , r jver the losses sustained amount to ly bi w Jas. Pool had his neck broken, Alice was killed, Louis died in about a week, Wiley is s.ill alive, Alonzo and the baoy were not bad ly hurt, Mrs. I^ool was so badly bnrsed that she has not been able to get out of bed since, one of the Da vis boys was killed, another is so badly injured that he cannot re cover and Mrs. Bass is expected to die. Mrs. Pool was in bed sic when the storm came, but held on to her baby and saved it, although she was carried seventy yards. There is not a plank that belong ed to the residence six feet long but what is shivered into splinters, and five or six inches of the top of the earth under the house was blown away. The four parties who took refuge in the cellar were unhurt. A bucket filled with eggs was in the cellar and not one of them was bro ken. The gin house and stables were blown away. A cotton bale was blown into and half of it is en tirely gone. A crib containing Soo bushels of com was blown down and 500 bushels carried entirely away. Many other strange freaks of the storm king were related by him. He says it is impossible for any one to appreciate the utter desola tion there was in the track of the cyclone unless he had been there and seen it for himself. “YES! I KNOW.” BY J. C. D. CONUNDRUM AftSlYEREO. Editor Banner-Watchman: Will you inform me through your paper wh.it is the emblem of stamps put on: 1st, with the head up; 2d, down in Oglethorpe county, vie- down; 3d, head to the left; 4th, head to the right; and oblige? Dr. Bos&nko. fins 1110 so f:tniiii:i people throughout the p's, that i: is h.xntly necessary r, he is '.he originator of the 1! iMink i’s t'oncli and 1-nnjr I* 1 e.tple’s favorite remedy, ,110a it, lor eolith-, folds, con- iiel all utlertiuns of the throat l’riee 1 cents and fl.tK) Sold (and K. S. Lyndon. | Saaisoa's Lsgi ana Locks. eiilnli clipped off $amson’s iniirhty athlete became "a* li ft rnnld lie proved that (8-1 m oi luxuriant hair would to tear open ’.ions’ jaws, , .. on lo he driven wild in apply enough of Parker’s to meet the demand. As it prevents your hair from d restores the original chi ld or gray. Besides it is a great ie toilet iuble simply as a .0 Colquitt will oppose the his hill to pay Georgia' thousand dollars for money ed in the Indian wars. hot a Cure-All. i's Neutralizing Cordial is not |i. and we do not recommend it ill “which tile llesh is heir.” Il'iii nothing more than is elaim- ji th" name of this excellent It neutralizes the acids and the stomach, makes digestion gives tulle to the' debilitated A Cyclone Pit. Mr. John W. Jarrell, of Ogle thorpe. was in the city. Wednesday, and tells 11s that he has just com pleted a cyclone pit near his dwel ling. The excavation is S feet deep, S feet wide and 30 feet long, the roof being supported with heavy post-oak logs, so as to prevent ar.y object trom above falling in. Mr. J. says his neighbors may do their laughing at his precaution now, but when a cyclone comes it will be his turn. A cyclone can always be heard far enough oil to give plenty of time to seek a place of safety. Mormon Women. Hon. Samuel Lumpkin, of Lex ington, last summer took a • trip over the west, spending several days at Salt Lake City., lie says the Mormon women are a homely and care-worn set, and carry the stamp of degradation upon their faces. He conversed with a number o1 them, and they freely discuss polygamy, not being at all careful in their choice of words. While ort the train a woman w ho had de serted the faith came near having a fight with a female who still advo cated a plurality of wives. Mr. L. says there is not a living thing in Salt Lake, and the waters are so bouyant that it is impossible for a human body to sink in them. Firs at Harmony Grove. Yesterday morning between 12 and 1 o'clock, the two warehouses of W. T. Stapler, adjoining each other and in a few yards of his blacksmith, shop, were consumed by fire. Origin of the life unknown. It is not thought to be a direct act of an -incendiary. Loss estimated between $1,400 and $1,500; insur ance $1,000.. The loss, consisted of plow stocks, plow timber, etc., which belonged to W. T. Stapler A Co., and the tiro houses belonged to W. T. Stapler. The fire was well under headway when discovered, and there being no fire company here, it was .impossible to extin guish the fire. Other houses wopld rave been burned, had it [not been for the rainy and damp night, timized a number of houses in Ath ens. They slipped off their ma chinery and left a’l bills unsettled, and there is no way to reach them. A Dry Town. A gentleman who passed through Spartanburg, S. C.. which has lately gone dry, says the first object that met his eye was a man being carried to the calaboose in a wheelbarrow, being beastly drunk. Report Denied. The reports going the rounds of the press that there were twenty- nine persons killed by the recent cyclone in Putnam county is denied by the Eatonton Messenger. There were not half a dozen killed. AugiuU rattlesnake melon iced at Lyndon’a. LETTER FROM OCONEE. Rescued From Death, pi .1. Coughlin, oi Somerville, Ays: In me fall of 1S7U I was th bleedinN of the lungs lollow- leveru cough. I lust uiy appe- I lloh, and was confluedlomy L 1*77 1 was admitted to the The doctois said J had a hole png as big as a half dollar. At 9 a report went aronnd that 1 was J gave up hope, but u friend told Jr. William Ball’s Balsam for the I gota bottle, when, lo my sur- euiufnonecd to feel belter, and [ feel better than lor three years nucl Garcia, a prominent citi- ‘ New Orleans, who died the [day, was the father of twenty-' “lildren. , .• • slffiSaJa^ i hum for ' Salem, Oconee Co., Ga., March 12.—Mr. Editor: Having seen nothing in your paper from Oconee in a short time, and believing that Earl Overby has failed to do his duty as reporter, I concluded to write you a few dots in regard to our prosperous little county. We are to be envied our efficient county Treasurer, as he is always wide awake to the interests of the coun ty. While we frequently differ with him politically, there is no man in Oconee we would support in preference to him. If our coun ty commissioners ever want any ad vice in regard t . the best and most economical ad 1 inistration of the atl'airsot the county, they do not go to the expense of consulting an at torney, but advise with him, who is a very safe adviser. I, for one, am in favor of abolishing the cqunty commissioners, and having him ap pointed county trustee as well as treasurer. We do not mean to de tract from our other officers, for we challenge any county in the state to show a better set, with the ex ception of our representative. We make this exception from the fact that we have been told that he re fused to introduce a certain bill in the legislature, (which he was pe titioned to do by a majority of the voters of the county) because there were three men in the county w'no did not sign it. Nov,, we h tl at if he was the representative oi Oconee, he represented more than three men. But, however, it may have required these three men's in fluence to elect him, and he was Pabl Renese. If the missive is fron a young la dy the emblems are: head up, you are beneath my no.ice; head down, ‘ should blush to snicker—take me as I am, bangs and all; head to the left, I will give you an answer as soon as I find whether the other fellow means business or not; head to the right, I expect you to take me to see tne $unlight pictures to night. If the letter is from a gentleman to a lady the emblems are: head up, " don’t care a|pewter nickel—if you don’t have me some other gal will; head down,' I spent all my money last night for drinks and cigars— get the old man to carry you to the show and I’ll escort you home: head to the left, you needn’t throw out any hints, for I am not in a financial condition to see the ice cream sign; head to the right, your’s until death or some other better looking girl comes along. A SAD STORY. of Judge James D. Pittard. Afttr long months of great sut fering, the above well-known gen tleman passed away on last evening. Judge Pittard was; one" of Athens’ oldest and most honored citizens. His heaTt was as tender as a wo man’s, ana his whole life marked by love find charity. A truer or more honorable mar. never lived. Judge Pittard was born May 10th, 1829, in ClaTke county, Ga., and moved to Athens in 1053. He filled for many yegrs the olhce of Justice of 'the Peace of this district, and was Mayor of Athens for several terms. H« tost his health camping out du ring the war and had been confined * 1 his last illness deceased, be- to his room during h forei months. The A Little Child Waiholtromlt’e Mother** Arm» la Gwinnett County and Drowned. . Qwinncll Herald, One of the saddest deaths' we have heard of in this county for years occurred last Saturday even ing: Richard Upchurch, who lives near Bethsada church, started with his family, consisting of his wife anti three children, to visit some friends. When they arrived at came Menember of the M. E. church in May, i&S^. He leaves a wife and ttyo’children. ’ The funeral service “I take place from his residence r morning W r o’clock. •••u •- tfH 77T-.- •••• troubled much, however, about politics. There has been considerable feel ing in regard to an article in your paper headed _ “A New Use for Whisky.” Pink Price says he knows it was not intended for him,- for he did' not get any whisky until he got to Payne’s, and Willie Mayne says he knows it was not intended for him, for he is sony to say he has no boy. I understand that Dr. Price is being entirely cured of rheumatism by carrying two Irish potatoes in his pockets. _ If this be true, it will be a consolation to those who suffer from this affliction. As far as I can learn, our county is solid for Reese for congress and Hardeman for treasurer. A.B.C. Hold ou to the truth, for it will ser you good through eternity. Hold oa to virtue, it is beyond Price to you at all ttanwSMdtkma. HoldaatoDr.BMi The ladies were earnestly talking, when in the delight of conversation, the name of a young man was men tioned in connection with that of a young lady, whom he was said to love most tenderly; one of the la dies exclaimed, “What! He! Why he is a drunkard!” The young man alluded to, having heard of this remark, said very sadly and tearfully, “Yes! I know! I know I am a drunkard; but she ought to know the story of my life before she shuts me out from all sympathy.’ “Yes! i knowF’ I know I mm—a drunkard! Need I tell The torture, like the agony of hell That rages through my heart and brain—the The woricUeu suffering, as from serpent’s fangs? “Yea! 1 know!” The fascination of the damning bowl Has made me sacrifice my very soul! Shattered my manhood to its very root. Till, to myself, 1 am less a man, than brute! “Yes! I know!” That In the revelry of drunken fit, fool, or sniveling wit; e,— beast simpering f< raging madn or groveling beai filthier jests did feast! Or raging Whose filthy lips on •‘Yes! I know!” This bloated face tells not what I have been; These staggering steps proclaim my damning sin; These very rags, which seem ashamed to cling To such a thing as I, add to the sting! “Yes! I know!” A drunkard! bat I've prayed, and hoped and fell; And struggled up upon my knees, to tell My God again, to give me strength to stand; And clutched at hope with trembling heart and hand! I’ve The To save her damns l _ My soul went up in prayer in ev’ry breath! “Yes! I know!” But, let me tell the sad and sickening truth, How I began the drunkard in mj youth; How came this thirst that burned through ev’ry vein. Like liquid fire, till every pulse is pain! •Yes! I know!” But, let me tell the storv to the end, Then blame, or pity; I do not say defend: Jfy father was a drunkard! from him came Thi$ everlasting heritage of shame! “Yes! I know!” But 'twaa this fearful alchemy of hell. That makes my veins withlfiery thirsting swell! Upoo the natal day that gave me birth, A drunkard’s child appeared upon the earth! ‘Yes! I know!” Upon the side-board stood, when friends came in. The si>arkling demon of my deadly sin; And, tipping glasses, drank each other’s health, And drank again, till reason went by stealth! Yes! I know!” As touching glasses tingled round the board, Full many a joke and anecdote was scored! A jeweled hand poured oat the wine for me “ drink her health ia childish mimicry! ory yet. Id forr “ hair was brushed back from his forehead, and as he leaned towards me with: “You come to see me from the Constitution?” I felt as I replied in the affirma tive, when I saw his calm and steady glance, that the magn'tude of the mind before me oveshat'otved even the frail bod) which he’d it. The report of his brother Henry’s death at New Lebanon had reach ed h'm but this mo-n'ng, a.id though his voice was scarcely above a whisper, yet it carried with it the emotion which filled his soul. He spoke tenderly of his brother, Gtnd though his death had been expected, yet it shocked him. I sat near him as he spoke, that I might catch his x\ o ds, for his utterance was feeble and scarcely audible at a short distance, through some troub le with his throat. But the compar atively strong man whom I sat be fore had agreeably surprised me in that he moved with ease, certainly portraying not the characteristics of a confirmed invalid. • His conversa tion was quick and he seemed to take tnuch interest in subjects of which he spoke. “No, I am not so bad as I have been pictured,” said he, in reply to my expression ot surprise as to his health. “I am feeble and prostrated fiom a life of exertion, but my doc tors are positive that my vital or gans are perfectly sound. Oh, no. I am being made far worse than I really am.” NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE llAtjK. I touched politics incidentally, and told him of the strong sentiment in the sourh for his re-nomination. It was almost humorous as he leaned to me and smilingly said: “We are all against the old ticket in this house.” “But the general verdict of the party now seems to point to the cer tainty of its renomination at Chica go!” “Yes, and I appreciate it, but I will not allow the use of my name. I know that I reformed the politics of New York ten years ago.. I was more able then than now. It would be a herculean task to undertake to reform now the matters of the gett eral government. After twenty years of mis;ule and mismanage ment, corruption has become fixed, and the most vigorous efforts will he necessary to eradicate it. I don’t feel my condition would allow me to cope with it. In my letter a few years ago I stated why I would not allow the use of my name. It was discredited. The' same reasons I now urge. They have become stronger, for 1 am four years older, and am more infinp now than then. I would urge that the idea be dis continued, for it is not right that I should undertake to do that which I am unable to do.” AVAILABLE CANDIDATES MEN TIONED. Whom, then, do you consider the most available man for the dem ocrats?” He slowly shook his head as he replied: “Well, I don’t know. Ileadly is a good man. His strength in the western state- would add much to his chances for success. With the German vote he is very popular, and he would prove generally accepta ble. Payne would be strong and could make a splendid race.” And Randall?” An admirable man and one who would serve his party and country over $30,000,000. A young man in Hinsdale, New York, has entered into an agree ment to work seven years for his employer’s daughter. Now Cincinnati is talking about investing the petty sum of $20,000,- 000 in hauling in dirt on the sections of that city subject to overflow. Mr. Tilden paid more than fifty thousand dollars of the expenses of the last presidential campaign for ♦he democratic party. This was rather free for a penurious man. The Sunday law is being en forced very strictly in Memphis. AH the saloons are hermetically sealed on Sunday, as are the bars on the local packets lying at the levees. General Grant is reported as re covering his hehlth at Fortress Monroe, and is taking much inter est in the Copiah and Danville troubles, as bloody shirt issues in the coming Presidential campaign. Fred Douglass, the “tempest- tossed” and his adorable “tosser,” are conspicuous attendants of the Female Suil'erers Convention at Washington. The old man,poses as the “missing link” between the races The high license law seems to be having the des ; red effect in Ne braska. Since its [adoption,'. the cities of Omaha and Lincoln have lost half their "bars,” while the de crease in the smaller towns is said to be even greater. It costs $i,ooo for a license in the cities and .$500 in the villages. The least destructible portion of the human body is the hair. In Egypt it has been known to sur vive 4,000 years. And the Egyp tian women were not as careful of their hair, either, as' are the women of the present day. They never took it oil'at night and hung it over the back of a chair to prevent it from getting worn out. At El Paso, Mexican dollars are worth eighty-five cents in Ameri can coin. At Pas del Norte, just across the river, American dolla-s are worth eighty-five cents in Me:: : can coin. One morning a car driver started from the American side with a Mexican dollar. On his arrival at the Mexican town he took a drink of cha ; n lightning, which was fifteen cents, and received an American dollar in change for his Mexican. On his return to the American side he took a drink of equally bad liquor and received a Mexican dollar for his American, and so repeating the drinks at intervals during the day and at night he closed up business with the Mexican dollar he started with in the morning. BY K. LUtWOOD SMITH. , •‘Upon my word I Just what might have been expected! Selfish) Heartless! Cruel!” , The above ejaculations fell from the Ups of Mrs. Carpenter Wainrlght, as she sat before a fire reading a letter. A lengthy letter, too, closely written 1 four large pages of paper. As she folded it, she said sharply— “Well, thank goodness, her mother is no relation of mine.” Evidently the news, whatever it was, about the woman who was no relation of hers, touched Mrs. Wa'.nright deep- Her brow was clouded, and, as she mnsed angry flashes sprang more than once Into her Urge dark eyes. Upon all sides of her were ev'dcnces of comfort, and her own dress, though a morning negligee, was costly and in ex quisite taste, She was not young—past seventy— yet she carried her figure erectly still, and her eyes were brilliant os those of youth. While she sat in profound thought there was a tap upon the door followed by the entrance of a young girl, just touching eighteen, with a fair, swept face, lighted by eyes as dark as Mrs. Walnright’s own. “Aunt "Cora,” she ^tnd brightly, “shall I read to you now?” The old lady looked into the sweet face with a keen glance, as if question ing herself |somewbat about the girl; then she said abruptly— “I have had a letter from’Mrs. Pope this morning.” “With news from Mill Village?” the 1 girl asked, with a look ot pleasure on her ace. “You are very fond of Mill Village?” “No. I like town much better. Still there are some people in Mill Village I am fond of." “Theoda West?” The girl hesitated; then lifting her brighteyes she said frankly: love Aunt Mary, but I don’t think am so fond of Theoda. She is 4 very handsome, very accomplished, and too fond of patronizing time.” “Ah!” “You see she has been a pupil teacher and learned all the extra brauches to teach again.” “White you were making dresses?” Yes. Aunt Mary may let you choose, and I knew I could make a living at dress .making.” “Your Aunt Mary was very kind to you?” Very. She took me when poor mam ma died, ten years ago. Sbo eoi:Ul not ;lve me luxury and pleasures as you lave done in the last year, but she nev er made any difference between Theoda and myself.” “H’m yes. She is your mother’s sister, am your father’s. She gave you a share in the house of care and poverty. I have taken you to this one, and will not forget you in my will." The girl’s face flushed under the sar castic emphasis ol' the words. “I never weighed one obligation against the othe", aunt,” she said, q.ti- etly, “you have been very, very kind to me.” “Your Aunt Mary Is an invalid, too?” “She is in consumption. We have fear ed every winter would be the last. “Well, mj news is that your loving cousin, Theoda, has eloped with the German teacher who had taken a situa tion in London.” The fair face grew deathly pale, and an expression of horror looked out of the soft, dark eyes. There was a pause of silence that was painful. Then Estelle Mason spoke in a choked voice: “I must go to Aunt Mary.' “Goto her! Nonsense, cl ,.d—what claim has she on you?” “The claim of gratitude.” “But what can you do? you have no money.” “I can work.” “Havel no claim?” “Only second to her. You have been very good to me; but you have so many relatives who would be glad to come and fill my place. You are strong and well, with money for every com.'ort. She is feeble, sick and poor. Oh, how could Theoda desert Iter—how could she ?” “Bo you know who this German teacher, James Kent, is?” “No.” toms, they found the creek swollen by the recent rains out of its banks. He decided that he could cross, ais though his wife expressed fears a- to his safety. He was driving one horse hitched to a wagon, in which were all the family. He drove in and as soon as the horse struck the main current he was carried down by the force of the water, and the wagon overturned in the stream. There was no help at hand, and I upon him hung the lives of his fami ly, by heroic excurtions he saved his wife and the two younger chil dren, but when he got on the bank exhausted, he found that his oldest, a lutie gir'. abcul six years old, was missing. lie- began the search in which he v. a- soon joined by the neighbors, but she was not found until r.houi, 11 o’clock next day Her remains had drifted two or three hundred yards below and lodged. With sad hearts the fami- therefore their representative, and not Oconee’s. The fanners are not ly returned to their home to bury their first born. t born. Georgia’s Stats Politics. The executive committee o£. the democratic party will convene in Atlanta on Saturday, April 5th, at 10 o’clock,'a. m n in the parlors of the Markham house. Members of the committee are earnestly request ed to attend in person, as business of importance will be transacted. Democratic papers in Georgia will please copy. Hen Ibnry Jackson, Chm’n. (pSfSa’fiS’SS^Siiigl m»de from in. formal* ef the medicine men or the Cherqtee Notion, 1« mullein pleat, bet ho. eviction, inrgww . by Waller A. Teylor. Atlanta, • Taylor* fremitus OgiKnw But memori . be! Would 1 coul here must name, which for year*. I’ve read upon the tombstone through my tears: Yes! I know!’ Mother!—forgive me if I speak of thee!— And sister, darling! on the bended knee. At mother’s lap,—her hand upon our heads t e said. ^Our Father!” ere we sought our beds. “Yes! I know!” But mother put the wine-cup to my ’ipa And sister smiled to see the childish sips And “smacks” they taught me how to make! They fed this thirst that drinking cannot slake! •‘Yes! I know!” a drunkard! But, pitying God! re no hope, that ere beneath the sod My young bead lay, that I may be reclaimed!' Reclaimed to Thee; to her whom others named! •Yes! I know!* I tow it now with thoughts no lips can speak, I vow It Chrift, beneath Thy blood-stained cross. McNUTT DOTS. McNutt, March 15.—There is talk of an industrial school for train ing young ladies to cut and make both ladies’ and gentlemen’s wear. This is a long felt necessity, and should be established. Capt Frank Daniell left last Wednesday for Birmingham, Ala., where he will become an operator on the Georgia Pacific railroad. Success to him in his new home and business. A lady friend informs me that there is a secret society being or ganised among themselves, for the sole purpose of devising some, plan to secure the attention and presents of the young men. Next week Mr. Jesse Daniell will convert his meadows into pas tures, eighty-five acres of which will be well set in Bermuda grass. Any one having stock to graze would do well to patronize him- Mrs. Emma E. Coplidge, daugh ter bl General Gisha, of Mobile, and cousin of Governor Porter, of Ten nessee, was arrested in Philadelphia yesterday for attempting • to abduct her'son Alfred. She was pat under $1,500 bond. Her previous attempt to kidiiap her children here was widely published at' the timti faithfully, THE REl’UItl-ICAN NOMINATION. “Where in your opinion will the republican nomination be placed?” “On Blaine or Arthur, I sup pose.” THE WATCHWORD FOR THE CAM PAIGN. “What, Governor, do you think will or should be the leading issue of the democracy?” “Reform,” he replied, “reform should be the issue. Alter a mis rule of twenty years the people will stand by it. The party has it in its hands if it will but take advantage of it.” “And if you are considered to he the one to save it, you could not re sist its call.” ‘ I should have to. I have served it faithfully until now I am unable to undergo the exertions which, in case of election, I should have to make. It can be done without me. I could not stand the physical effort. I would not disappoint my party. My name must not be considered.” This was said jvith positive firm ness, and as he concluded with a comment on the love of his party and his devotion to its principles, 1 was more than ever convinced of his grandeur as a statesman. "Yea, he seemed a patriot to me, as he slowly arose, and taisinghis voice above the whisper in which he had spoken, repeated: I could not stand the physical effort. I would not disappoint my party.” THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. His conversation (hen became general, and but one more political topic was touched, and that in re ference to the electoral commission. In reply to some questions concern ing he saiil: “Yes, I supported it. I was in favor of it, but its act was one of great wrong and injustice. I know the people sympathize with me, but it is too late. It’s past, and is a wrong that can’t he lighted.” A DEADLOCK IN PEANUTS. Norfolk, Va., March J12.—The deadlock is growing in the peanut market here out of a^dispute be tween buyers and 'sellers, the sellers claiming that the schedule of weights and prices laid down by the buyers is arbritrary and nnjust. A meeting was held to-day, hut no adjustment was effec ted. The sellers will appeal to the f rowers, and in the meantime the usiness will be at a standstill. The peanut trade is a large one here, amounting to millions of dollars an nually. GEORGIA NEWS. Whisky carried the election in Thomas county Monday. Hon. J. C. Black is spoken of for United States senator, as Senator Brown’s successor. Mrs. Loo Chong, nee Fulcher, who married # the Chinaman Waynesboro some time ago, hav ing been cruelly beaten by her husband, has returned to her fa ther. B. W. \V renn’s dog, that bit his little boy afewjdays ago, Monday at ternoon attacked Albert W. Wrenn. at the passenger depot, badly wounding his face in several places, and biting a piece out of his throat. A crazy negro woman has been arrested at Rome while endeavor ing to set fire to a dwelling. ' She says she is the Holy Ghost; that the world is about to be burnt up, and it is her duty to start the con flagration. A test case of the constitutionality of the prohibition law was made at Jonesboro, Saturday. A barber had been giving away liquor to his cus tomers. He was arrested and tried. His counsel made several points against the constitutionality of the law. Judge Hammond prom; overruled them all. The case wil not be appealed. The Berrien County News says “In the recent cyclone which passed through Alapaha, a rooster on Mr. Shade Dorminey’s place was taken up by the wind and carried to height' of several hundred yards. He was set down a few hundred ieet from where he was blown up, and was unhurt with the exception of being entirely stripped of his feathers. Our informant, who was an eye witness, states that when the rooster struck the ground he imme diately flapped what was left of his wings and crowed, no doubt proud of his trip.” The Washington Gazette says “A desperate negro named Abe Hill was killed on Major R. M, Willis’ plantation in this county, yesterday, by another negro named Jake Bradford. Abe had whipped his wife and she ran off and went to Jake’s house. He then followed his wife, and, entering Jake’s house, raised a difficulty with him. He attacked Jake .with an axe, when the latter took his shot-gun and blew Abe’s brains out. The killing is pronounced justifiable by all who know anything about it Jake is at home, but has not been arrested.” A Clayton correspondent of the Telegraph & Messenger describes the wonderful feats performed by a woman of that place, which justly entitle her to the name of “cham pion chair mover” of the, state. It seems that her husband came home a few nights since “slightly off," as it might be called. She met him at the door and the exercise* began, the only difference being that the man was not sitting in the chair, but tried his best to evade the blows showering upon him, much to the delight of a crowd of spectators as sembled. It is not known yet whether she will travel or not H Thjrt was all, but the Joy of thetono waa too warm to be hidden. “Yoa are glad to aee me? Estella said brightly. , ‘Glad, child, glad! .-My. own loving little girl. I have missed you so sorely, Estelle. But,’ she said, suddenly, ‘you have not quarreled with your Aunt Co ra?’ ‘We heard you were alone,’ Estelle said, evasively, ‘so I got permission to mako you a long visit. Aunt Cora gave mo one hundred dollars for hottsekeen- ing.’ What causes the rush at Long & Co’s Drugstore? The free distribution of sample bottles of Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and lung Syrup, the most popular rem- ■ edy f or Coughs, Colds, Consumptionand was Bronchitis now on the market Regular else 50 ccnti and $1.00. “Why, what zre you putting that on my feetfor,” sseil a man with a heavy cold. “Why, to draw the cold out of your bead," answered the considerate nurse. -“The deuce you say, I would rather it stay whole it is. than be drawn the whole lengthbf my body.” At any " — *- a more pleasant metod than that, go and get a bottle -of Dr. Bull’s Cough S^rnp?’ “He is my husband’s nephew. Not njine; but all my wealth came from my husband, and James Kent, knowing me to be a just woman, expects a handsome legacy when I die. Probably when he told Theoda he would be a rich man some day, he did not tell the name of the aunt who had money to leave.” “I never saw him,” was Estelle’s only remark. He displeased me. I do not keep people near me who displease me.” Again that cutting emphasis of tone. Estelle did not answer, and Mrs. Wainright spoke again. “I expect, therefore, that you will abandon tins romantic scheme of return ing to Mill Village. There arc asylums where your aunt can be received.” “Not while X can work for iter,” Es telle said very firmly. “Mrs. Pope writes that she will prob ably sell her cottage, and live upon the price in the same place." “Poor Aunt Mary. You will let me go to her. "Ido not pretend to control your movements,” was the reply, in a cold voice. “When I took you from a life of poverty and tcil, to take your place here as my neice anu heiress. I expected to have a loving grateful companion. Since I have been mistaken, you can leave me whenever you desire it. Only I wish it understood that you must chooBe between your Aunt Mary, final ly.” Estelle’s eyes were full of tears, but she controlled Uer voice hy a s rong ef fort to say— . “I am not ungrateful, aunt, though I never considered myself your heiress. 1 thank you front my heart, and if y were poor and sick, you would not find me uugrateful. But my di-ty seems so clear to me that I cannot hesitate. Even at the price of your displeasure I must go. But, she added, timidly, I hope you will forgive me. Oh, I shall not quarrel with you, child. You may go certainly. Only do not flatter yourself with the idea that you can return here when you are tired of your sentimental duties.” “There, go to your own room, and give me yonr decision at dinner. Not a word now.” So dismissed, Estelle went slowlyto the room, where every adornment spoke of her aunt's care for her. She was young and bad endured pov erty for many years, so it was not with out some bitter tears for herself that she faced the situation. She fully appreciated the difference be tween Mrs. Wainrigbt’s heiress and a dressmaker toiling for the support of two women; between the petted child of this home of luxury, with servants to obey every wish, and the drudge of a little cottage with an almost helpless in valid to care for. Yet she never falter ed. And when Mrs. Wainright saw the pale resolute face at dinner, she knew that she mhst lose one very dear to licr. Now for the first time, she regretted her own residence abroad for fourteen years, when site might have been win ning Estelle’s love as this invalid aun had done. •I see,’ she said, when the silent, al most untasted meal was over, ‘yon still cling to idea of duty. Go then.' Take with you whatever I have given you, for I want no reminder of your ungrateful desertioD. I rather spare myself the pain ol any parting scene. John shall drive you to the station in the morning, and this will help you until you obtain work. She placed a note in the girl’s hand aa she spoke, and turned coldly from her. But the girl now sobbing convulsive ly, caught her hand and ki&sed it warm ly. “Do not think me ungrateful,” said she, her tear* falling fast; it breaks my heart to offend you. Please kiss mo and give mo one. loving word before ‘ go.’ “There, child, never make a scene. Good bye,’ and she kissed the pleading, upturned face. “May I write to you ?" ^ “Just as you please. I shall not expect And keeping her cold impassive face Mrs. Wainright went to her own room, bolted the door, and came out no more until Estelle had taken her departure the next day for Mill Village. worn most unlike that in which Mrs. Wainwright had taken leave of Estolle, that the young girl entered late in the afternoon ot the following day. , The litUe cottage where Mrs. West wept for her unnatural child’s desertion, had but four rooms, all counted, and these were furnished very simply. In one qf these, stooping ovwi* sew ing machine, stopping often to congh, an elderly lady, la plain mourning gar- ments, was seated, whenEstolle came, in. Every trace of agitation was carefully ‘Alone,’ thcpoormothersaid.piteous- ly. ‘Theoda has gone, Estelle. My child whom I never denied any pleasure intny power to grant. Oh, Estelle, it wilLkill me.’ And looking into the deep, sunken eyes, the hollow cheeks, Estelle knew her aunt spoke truly. The littlo remnant of life in the con sumptive frame was surely to be shorten ed by the cruelty of her own child. But by every ‘loving device the self- saorificinggirf stroye to keep the feeble flame of life still burning. She let it be known in the place that she was anxious to obtain work as a dressmaker, and soon found employ ment. Some curiosity was expressed at this suddon return from the rich aunt who bad taken away a year before, but Es telle told only the simple truth, that one aunt needed her while the other did not. Work, none too well paid, came to the little cottage, and the household duties were shared while Mrs. West could keep about. It was in November that Estelle came to iter, and before February she was un able to leave her bed. Thedutles'thenof nursing, and still keeping up with her engagements for dressmttkiug, pressed very hardly upon Estellq, but she never faltered. Day after day the invalid was tender ly comforted, and yet the busy click of tiio sewing machine was heard far into the night. There was kindness shown by the neighbors who helped in this labor of love. Some came to sit up at night whon the invalid required such watching. Many a dainty dish senttp tempt Mrs. West's appetite, proved a sulllcieiit meal for both, and there was never wanting a kindly word of sympathy. So the dreary winter wore away; and, to the surprise of all, Mrs. West lived through the bitter March weather. How tenderly she was guarded and nursed in that trying month none knew but herself; but as the warm spring days came she brightened visibly. Theoda wrote occasionally, seemingly glad that Estelle had come to take the post site had so heartlessly abandoned. In one of her letters she wrote: ‘My husband bids me tell Estelle It is as well, perhaps, that she did not build any strong hope upon Walnright’s ca pricious adoption of her, as lie will cer tainly inherit his uncle’s money. Estelle made no comment upon the message, but in her heart wondered if the money could ever be put to any good usein.hands so selfish as Theoda’s or iter husband's. It seemed a bad precedent for any no ble action, this desertion of a dying pa- rent'. Summer stole away, every day lessen ing the invalid’s strength, and winter loomed up threateningly in the future All oi Mrs. Wainright’s gift was gone, and poorly paid, often interrupted sew ing was hut a slender provision for co'.d ami sickness. Yet the wasted face grew paler every day, pleaded silently for many comforts; anil Kstel'e spurred by. the sight, wrote to her Aunt Cora. It was otic of many long letters, but the first that asked for aid. Kstcllc wrote— ‘Tne doctor tells me that Aunt Mary cannot live many weeks longer, and she requires almost inocssantcare. X find I cannot supply the comforts she needs; so I turn to you, not to beg, but to bor row. Will vou loud me one hundred dollars, and I will faithfully work till it is paid when Aunt Mary no longer needs my time?’ There was the usual curt reply to this letter, but the loan was sent, witli a brief intimation that the promised pay ment was expected. Early in November the end came,'gen tly and painlessly, the dying breath spent in blessings for tha faithful nurse. Never once had Mrs. West suspected that her niece was forbidden a return to tiie luxurious home she had quitted for her sake, so she had made no disposi tion of the little property in iter power to will away, the cottage and the garden around it. It had seemed to Estelle,, young and ignorant of business, only a matter of course (lint she should continue to live and work in the cottage where she had nursed her aunt’s last moments. But, Theoda, who came to the fnneral informed her she should put the place into a lawyer’s hands for sale, aud she . must look for a lodging elsewhere. BewildercJ, weary with watching, sor rowing sincerely for the dead, Estelle turned from the words, issued almost insultingly, with a sick faltering of her true heart. ‘A letter, Miss Estelle,’ said the post man. Only two lines. ‘Come and work out your debt to mo here. Cora Wainkiciht.’ It was a temporary home, at least, and the desolate girl obeyed promptly. In tiie November twilight, as they had parted, these two had met again. Tiie stern cold woman who had so harshly put the duties before tho warm-hoarted girl, wae waiting when sho entered timidly. ‘bo you have come back,’ she eaid, looking at the pale face, and drooping eyes. ’ ‘To pay my debt,* - waa the gentle re ply. ‘I’nv it here!' And Estelle found herself enfolded in an embrace so warm that the,.tears sprang to her eyes, “Hereon my heart,’ said Mrs. Wain wright, ‘craving such a love as you give tender, self sacrificing little Estelle!’ ‘I tried you Sorely, child, ouly to find you true! We will not part again, Es- teile, till the grave closes over another old aunt.' ; Aud wiien that bout came, comforted by Estelle’s love, Mrs. Wainwrlght’s will was found to leave all her property to her ^cloved niece, Estelle Mason.’ And thus the sacrifice Estelle liad so nobly made met with its reward. HON JEFFERSON DAVIS’ ADDRESS TO THE I.EGISI.ATURE. . Timce-Demoerat. Jackson, March to.—Hon, Jef- lerson Davis was received to-day in the hall of the house of representa tives, in the presence of the joint convention ot the two houses, the governor, state officers and judges of the supreme court and an im mense throng of citizens and Iifdics. Ex-Governor Shans received him with an eloquent speech. The fol lowing are the salient points of the response: “Thanking you for this honor, in briefest terms, but with deepest feelings, do I respond to the senti ment just expressed by your presid ing officer. I have been reproached for not asking for pardon. - Pardon comes after repentance, and I have not yet'repented. I would do the same thing were it to occur again. They have robbed me oi that which none, are deprived; in sweeping terms, not even to race, color, or previous condition, but they have not robbed me of the high privilege of still being a Mississippian, as a waif tipen the political sea. Seclud ed in my lonely home, I still have the interest of her at (heartland so long as that heart will beat will con tinue to hold.those interests eacrcd above all others. The south has not declined.'any in intellect* or other wise, and my prediction' it she:will yet hold the Lhelm,- a directjthe ship and safely ride through the storm.” 1 Mr. Davis regretted he could not deliver the address on the life of S. S. Prentiss, on account of physical inability. > Mr. Davis was . listened to with deep attention. The audience was often touched by the pathetic feel ing expressions of the speaker. There was no unusual demonstra tions; though he was warmly ap plauded. • j $ iv- asmy/t,.. • ■ ■ » *■» r- 'ijX* negro wife murderer was <?xe' " in St. Louis, and the murder-- ’ Ane - euted i _ UHCVUi ugliailtill was tttiCAUisjr I — A . v„ drlyea from her lace, as, with a tender er.ot two men at Somerset; .. ... I : iio