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The hearth! of home ie beaming,
With rays of rosy light,
And lovely eyes are gleaming,
its tall the shades of light; '; ;t;
And while thy steps are leaving
The circle pare end bright,
/ A tender voice, half grieving,
Says, M Dou,t stay late to-night.” •
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ATHENS, GEORGIA,
I-aw XTOTZCS3.
JJ K/niUAHiiEn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
\Vutkinaville, Ga.
Office in former Ordinary’* office.
jnu2.VlS76-ly
JMJ. TII0.U80N,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Special ultcntion paid to criminal practice.
For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. it. Watts
and Hon. David Clnptou, Montgomery, A1a
Office over l\>*t-Of!lco Athene, Ga.
fehU-1875-tf
P-C^.d,
Porn Hasnow.
JJui'row IWw;,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over Talnnulgc, ilodgaon At Co.
ja»4«ly
Lamak Cobb. Howell Cobb.
^ A II. COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athena, Ga
Office in Deuprce Building,
fJ»2J-lS76.1v
Alkx S. Ekwin.
pRWIN A COBB,
Andrew J. Cobb.
ITTOKXKYS IT LAW.
Athena, Ga.
llice ou Corner of 11
ever Child*,
tci*22-la7*l-l v
l and Thotniia atrects,
■keraon «fc Co.
| W. DOHTC11,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carueaville, Ga.
G. C. Tb.oi23.aj3,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
WATK1NSV1I.I.E, GA.
IN COURT-IIOUSE. OPPOSITE
I'li'.
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MnCIJRRY,
^NUIUIRY
Attoz•xi&y a-fc Law,
Hartwell, Georgia,
Will practice in the Suj>crior Court* of North
east Gcoigm and Supreme Court at Atlanta.
Aug S. Is76 tf
TACUHON THOMAS,
attorneys at law,
Athens, Ga.
Oitlfij b.»uth Went Corner of College Avenue
aii.l Oiaxton Street, also at the Court House.
All parties desiring Criminal Warrant*, can get
• lirjii a*, any time by applying to the County
Solicitor r.t this oilier. deel6-1874-tf
Tho Silezvfc TuTolrxly,
“ Bring tnc my broken harp,*’ he spid;
“ We both are wrecks—but aa ye will—
Though all its ringing tones nave fled.
Their eehoes linger round it etill;
It had some golden string*, I know.
Bat that was Jong—how Jong, ago.
“ I cannot ace its tarnished gold,
1 cannot hear its vanished tone,
Scared can my trembling flagers hold
The pillared frame so long their own ;
We both ere wrecks—a while ago
It had some silver airings, 1 know.
“ But onthem Time too loti
v The aoMlf strain that k(c
And where or old my fingers strayed
The chords they find are new and atrange,
Yes, iron strings, I know, I kuow,
We both are wrecks of long ago.
14 We both are wrecks, a shattered pair,
Strange to ourselves in Thime’s disguise. * 4
\\ hat say ye to the lovesick air
That brought the tears from Marian’s eyes!
Ay, trust me—under breasts of snow
Hearts could be melted long ago.
44 Or will ye hear the storm sougs crash
That from his dreams the soldier woke,
And bade him face the lightuiug’s flash
When battle’s cloud in thuuder broke ?
Wrecks, nought but wrecks ! The time was
when
Wc two were worth u thousand men I”
And so the broken harp they bring
With pitying smiles that none could blame ,
Aina, there's not a single *triag
Of all that tilled the tarnished frame.
Bat ace, like the children overjoyed,
Ais fingers ramblin'* through the void.
“I clasp thee 1 Ay, my ancient lyre.
Nay, guide my wandering fingers—there !
They love to dally with the wire
As Isoae played with Esau’s hair.
Hush! yeshvll hear the famous tune
That Marian called the breath of June !*
And so they softly gather round,
Rapt in his tuneful trance he seems;
His fingers move but not a sound !
A silence like the soug of dreams.
“There, ye have heard the air,” he cries,
“That bronght the tears from Marian’s eyes J”
Ah, smile not at his fond conceit,
Nor deem his fancy wrought in vain ;
To him the unreal sounds are sweet—
No discord mars the silent strain.
Scored on life's latest, starlit page,
The voiceless melody of a.»c.
Rmrert Kaiford. Wilbur F. Kelsey.
Xtaiiord 8c Kelsey,
>rney> at La w,
And Counsellor's and Solicitor's
... JSqpi
'ochran, Pulaski County, Ga Special and i
nediwte attention give:
Equity,
1 i in
to uoy business oon-
lntrudcrs promptly ejected
from, and titles cleared up, and wild lands look
ed nfU r generally, will buy and sell lands, pay
taxes fur nonresidents etc. Will practice in all
the counties contingent to either the M. & B.
K. R. or the Atlantic <fc and R. K. Good re*
lereuce triven when desired,
julv IHth.tf.
Sweet arc the lips of all that sing,
When Nature's music breathes unsought,
But never yut could voice or string
So truly shape our tendcrest thought
As when by life’s decaying fire
Our fingers sweep the stringless lyre.
O. W. Holmes, in the September Atlantic.
bread and a pint basin of cold broth,
j “ This will have to do for to-night,”
i ere was
not another mouthful in the house)
and bending down, she held the basin
over the flame until it was hot, and
then poured it over the bread.
“ OJi, mother, it is so good,’’ said
Harry; “ tastes like more,” added
Fred, with a faint attempt at a
joke.
The weary mother talked with the . ^
bovs^i.^wearyhatf houtvendeavvijB^ what' will'll
oring to put a brightness in her
words, that her poor heart never
knew, and then said, “Boys, it
would bo warmer for you in bed,
mother will tuck you up, for it is a
bitter night,” and she shivered as
she spoke. Their bed was only an
old matress, spread in one corner;
but ns their mother tucked the woolen
spread around them, and they were
still clothed with coats and pants
they began to feel quite couiforta.
ble.
They talked in low whispers, but
the mother heard all. Frank spoke
first : “Oh, boys, I saw such a jolly
shawl sold to-day at'O’Conner’s auc
tion ! It was so red and so warm,
oh my, and it only cost one dollar;
if I only could have brought it for
mother.”
“ Whore's your money you earned
holding horses, I’d like to know ?'
qnerriod Fred.
“Gone to pay for medicine and
broth for Baby May,” answered
Frank, anil then added in a lower
voice, “Fred, I’m afraid Baby May is
going to Heaven.”
“ Doin’ to Heaven, echoed Harry ;
“ I wis’ I tould do too, dere’s every
sin’ bootiiul dere; ’trismas presents
and nil.”
“ Let us pray to god to take us
too—let’s tell him— we’ie so cold
and hungry,” added Fred.
“ And have dot nosing but an old
wusty knife,” chimed in Harry.
Frank laughed at this speech, but
the listening mother sighed, “Oil,
my God, aid us in our extremity, or
The great coat was laid aside, the
coffee and oysters for two 'were
brought and ns they ate and drank and
talked they gave nover a thought to
the little office-boy outside who—tho
lobby door being left wide open—
heard every word that they spoke.
A name arrests his lagging attention;
he hears his master say, “ and have
you never heard a word from your
wife or concerning her?” and the
reply came - sadly, “Meyer,' oh,
y gobcfn^aito
me do if I cannot find my poor wife
and helpless children ?”
Cheer up, Donald, we must hunt
up all the Roseoes in the city, bnt
she still may have used her maiden
name strange, but I forgot it; what
was it ?”
Delapiere—her father was French,
you know. If she has taken that
name I can trace her if she is living,
for there are few “ Ceiapierea ’’ in
America.”
“ Pho 1 very few ; I know lot* of
’em.’’ It was the office-lioy talking
aloud in his excitement.
“ Davie,’’ called Mr. Du|>ont.
“ Well, sir,” answered Davie, com
ing to the door.
“ What are yon talking about?”
“ I couldn’t help heariu’ what you
said, sir.”
“ And what <li<l y<. n say—turn
alvont is fair play ?”
“ I—I,’’ stammered the office-boy,
“ 1 said Delapiere was common
door hell pealed,. “ Can we go mam
ma ?’! called Frank, and the answer
being affirmative the.four boy* rushed
to the door and ushered in Mr. Du
pont Und Pa.
Mr. Dupont raised his hands in
mocVhorror as_be entered the lovely
sitting-room, for Frank said in his
politO voice, “Here is ray new book
of animals, '.Mr. Dupont.” Fred
called in his shrill voice, “ Just look
Dupont uyou can’t
htin!” 'Harry screamed,^ust
look at dese sogers, day’s de real
fighters, Mr. Dupont;’’ while Baby
May put in her wee voice, saying,
“ Does oo ant to tiss my booful
dolly, Uulin Pont?” at which the
children laughed, but caused Mr.
Dupont to bring out a handkerchief
—whether to wipe away conspicuous
tears or not I will leave my reader to
guess. Mrs. Roscoe came in at that
moment, and as Mr. Dupont rose to
greet her, Donald, with his arm
around her, said, “ It washerprayeis
that brought a prodigal home. Dear
The first year of married life is a
most inqmrtant era in the history of
man and wife. Generally, as it is
spent, so is always subsequent exis
tence. The wife and the husband
then assimilate their views and tlicir
desires, or else conjuring up their
dislikes, they add fuel to their preju
dices and animosity forever afterward
I have somewhere read, «ays Rev.
Hr.' WiwriitkM Bridal Greeting,”-
of a bride groom who glorified in bis.
eccentricities. He requested his
bride to accompany him to the gar
den a day or two after their wedding.
He then threw a line over their cot
tage. Giving his wife one end Of it
he retreated to the other side and
exclaimed:
“Pull the line!”
She pulled it at his request as far
as she could.
He cried, “ Pull it over !”
I “ I can’t,’’ she replied.
! “ But pull with all you might,”
Tho world in which thon movc.t :,-[1
Iitmay, brave and wide ;
Tho world of her thou lovest . ,
I. at the ingle ride ; ’’
- — - Khe.tt«it» for thy warm gr.eoCiir,
Thy .mile is her delight;'
Her gentle voice, entreating,
Say., “Don’t stay late to-night.”
The world, so cold, inhuman,
Will epnrn thee if thou fall;
The love of one poor woman
Out last, and shame, them all.
Thy children will cliug round thee.
Let fate be dark er bright.
At home no .haft will wound thcr,
Then “Don’t stay late to-night.”
heart, you have your re vat d.” This shouU ‘ d ll . ,e whi, " s ' 1Likl hl,sba "‘ J
was all that he said as i e pressed her
extended hand, hut two happy souls
thought enough.
Cooking By the Sun.
A NEW STYLE ’of VERY ECONOMICAL
COOK STOVE AT THE PARIS EX
HIBITION.
A very old friend in a new dress
appears at tho Paris Exposition in
All’s Well That Ends Well.
2Draugh.ii House,
nOMtOK, WtLniN COVXTY, GKORUlA.
F»n»t fins* accommodation*, first cla*n fair,
fir^t class servant*, and firat claaa rooms liand-
no i civ turnialird.
J.C DRAUG1IN, Proprietor,
july2a.3m.
\. lM.lt.
TT^ataixtxxalEar 5c JTowolor,
At Snead* Shoe Store next door to Kee*e &
Lane’*, Broad *trcet, Athens, Georgia. All
*ork warranted 12 month*,
sept 12-1 f.
INERT. FEED UNO SALE STABLE,
-a.-fcix.oxia, Goosrgiau
GANN .fc REAVES, PROPRIETORS.
Will be found at their old *tand, rear Frank
lin House buildintr, Thomas street. Keep al
ways on baud pood Turnout* and carctul dri
ver-*. block well cared for when envruated to
our care. Stock on hand for sale at *dl rime*,
tie cl St i*.
CE2TTHAL HOTEL-
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Mrs. W. M. THOMAS, Prop’r
Thu* Hotel, *o well known to the citixen* of
riarkc and adjoining counties, i* located in the
centre of the husine** portion of Augoata, COD j
VCl ient to Post Office, Telegraph Office and
Depot, mid otter* inducement* to the public
unequuh d bv any other Hotel in the Oily*
dec4 -*».
Southern Mutual Insurance
COMPAN'S',
ATKE1TS, GEEOHGXA-
YOUNG L. O. HARRIS, President
STFAKNs THOMIS, Srrrrt.ry.
Unw iwh, Aptii i. is;;, . . »;si,.vi; us
Re.idem Directors.
enough. I kuow five oi’ ’em sir.'
“ Five Delapieres,” s;.id the visitor, * ,le ,brm of an apparatus lor cookin
giasping the boy’s arm tightly. “Tell
me, boy, what are their given names,
and where are they ?’’
** Well, sir, loseu your grip, please
sir—there. There’s Mrs. Delapiere,
she’s a beautiful woman, but so sad
like and poor.’’ “ Ami the others,
what of them ?*’ asked the stranger.
“ Well, sir, there’s Frank Delapiere,
he’s the bravest hoy I ever knew, sir,
buy he’s starvin’; and there’s Fred
Delapiere, and Harry Delapiere, and
Baby May, who is dyin’; least ways
iny darlings will soon get their wish,” i ihat’s what iny mother, said this
Steves* Thomab
Eliza L. Newtoji,
Ferdinand Phinizf
1>k. R. M. Smith,
John W.Sichouoz,
Yot No L. <i. llABRI*
John II. Newton,
|>k. Henry Hull,
Align P. He a Rise*.
i’oi.. Robert Teonas,
iu’ 2s-wljr
COME AND SEE THEM!
},00 Chromes.
lo dozen l*asae Partout*, In good variety.
In dozen Picture Mat* the most bcautifril
ever lot night to Athens,
Panel Picture*.
Illuminated Mottoes.
Photiigrnph* of Statuary, etc.
JiM teceived and for sale cheap at
inn* 7-tf Burke’s Book Store.
For Sale.
A second-hand Wheeler & Wilson Scwinu
Machine; ha* been but little used and is in per
fect order. For *rle cheap, for ca*b. Apply at
argtfMf. THIS OFFICE
Pottery Pictures!
Tho Urgrat »ml hamUotneot »»»ortment of
PICTURES pc It TOTTERY DECORATION,
ever brought to Athens,
AT PANIC PRICES,
for sale st
BURKE’S BOOK-STORE.
aug.13.tf.
r OB WORK OF ALL DESCRI1
1 tion neatly done at this office.
Just back of Bristol Avenue, where
the palatial stores towered skyward,
where the rich-clad walked to an fro,
making costly pu: chases amid the
fascinations of brilliant lights and well
filled purses, runs a narrow, wretched
street, called “ Dirk’s Lane,” but
Scare-crow Row ” would be more
appropriate, for the cottages were fall
ing to pieces, tho steps decaying, tho
rickety, broken hinged blinds bsatin
back and forth in the gusty wind, the
weather-beaten fences dilapidated,
clapboards swinging, and the old
broken window-panes stuffed with
rags, old hats, et c. Can this be nn
artery of tho great city ? Yes ; the
living tide flows freely here, although
pale, »ad counternances are seen; faces
furrowed, and scantily clothed forms
gliding desparingly through the
street. Children look pinched and
spectral; their thinly clothed arms
and bare hands, purple with cold as
they hurry along as fast as tlu-r numb
feet will allow, to their wretched
homes.
As we enter one of the crazy tene
ments, wc find that the snow has
been before ns, and an involuntary
chill shakes us as we see the line of
cold whiteness which has been sifted
through the cracks of the door. A
fire burns feebly in an old grate—so
feebly, that all but stony hearts must
sigh for the human woe here en
shrined—and upon the neatly swept
hearth three children set talking. The
lamp-light, flickering to its wane, re
veals by its sickly flame the mother
kneeling beside and old broken
cradle, in which a sick child of two
years lay asleep. The little hands
held one of hers in a tight clasp, and
unwilling to disturb the child, she
left her hair just as it bad fallen from
its fastenings—all about her shoulders
—a halo of beauty. One was fearful
that the night of death was gathering
about her only daughter, the little
girl of four short summers, as she
looked at the guileless, baby face, she
thought, |>ooi mother, that it might
be so, for “He who loves little
ones, carries tho lambs in his bosom,
and Father,” she prayed “ save her
from such a storm pathway as her
mother’s has been!"
Finally, os the child moves in her
sleep, the little hands loosen their
hold, and the mother joins the boys
by the hearth. “ Mother, dear moth
er, is there any bread?” asked Harry,
the youngest; “ or anything mother,
I don’t care what!’’ added Fred,
while Frank the eldest said nothing,
only taking liis mother’s lend and
rubbing his thin little face against
iU
The mother went to the pantry and
j bronght out three slices of stale
and then she took from her bosom a,
thin kid case, and opening it took
from it a note which read: “My
wife, I am sober now, but I came
near killing you in my last drunken
spree, and I cannot tell what I may
do in my next. I cannot give up the
terrible cup. I cannot pray. I may
be doomed, but yon may pray if you
choose—perhaps—God knows. And
now good-bye, go to your father; he
will be to you what I am not—a pro
tector.” “ Baby May was only six
months old then,” she mused, “ and I
have prayed all these years for
Donald, dear Donald, dear Donald,”
and the tears fell thick and fast.
Down ft the wharf a vessel has
just dropped anchor and furled her
damp sails. The passengers left the
deck with quick tread bnt with sober
faces; ffir the wildly-plunging waves
swelling londly and darkly to the
spray-swept shore, and the chilly,
gusty wind possessed a depressing in
fluence. One of the passengers, a
man of about forty, with heavy
beard and keen gray eyes, grasped
his well-worn satchel, and started on
his way through the wet and cheer
less streets. He well knew his way,
for he ignored all offers of assistance,
turned neither to the right nor the
left, but straight ahead to the prince
street. He then slackened his
pace somewhat, and as lie ne t red the
town, ball, be scanned the numbers
closely. “ No. 785, 786, 787, 788—
here’s the numbers, surely, but I’m
not snre of my men.” He ran up
one flight of stairs ami bis eye met
in which neither gas, coal, wood, nor
fuel, and uot even electricity, is em
ployed for the purpOfO. The only
agency- used is the heat of the sun,
the solar rays being concentrated by
means of condensers, and reflected
by means of radiators until sufficient
beat is engendered to boil an egg,
and even to cook a small loaf or piece
of meat. The idea of thus utilizing
the solar rays is as old as the sun
itself; lmt it lias not hitherto been
brought to such practical perfection
ns to place this sort of heat within
reaeh.ofihe public at large. Wheth-
iuorpin’.’-’ 4
I my, and a purse of gold * is youre,” - * -
• I don’t want the ggkl/.-ir, hut they
will, sir, if ymfve got it, j»n<l I’lMead
you quick if Mi*. Dupont 'says sto,”— |
“ Yes; go Davie, lad, and nuty God
bless you, Donald, in your nndertak-
"‘u-" , |g
They wound about ar-grent deal,
Mr. Roscoe thought; but soott all the
buildings were left behind, and they
went with quick feet down crooked
Dirk’s Lane. “ Here’s the place, sir,”
said Davie, and Mr. Roscoe held out
some shining gold witb. lhe remark,
“ Take It child,” bnt the quick-witted
child was gone, and Mr. Roscoe
tapped gently on the shaky door.
It was opened a littie way, and a
gentle voice, full ot tears, asked
“ wliat is wanted tf “ Does Mrs.
Archimedes of the Roman fleet an
chorcjl in the harbor of Syracuse by
means of the heat reflected frem a
number ot uiiri01 she true or false,
the vfry fact of the story having
been ttrculatcd is proof of the exis
tence *f a desire to make use of such
methods of focusing the heat of the
sun’s lays on any particular object.
Only | few years ago the proposal
ivived by a Frenchman, who
his government a plan for
ig an enemy’s fleet by means
ling mirrors at n distance ot a
-These are install jes of the de-
9 efforts Jof man’s genius,
tutions, but more useful have
been jlie attempts of Prof. Ericsson
to drive a steam engine by vapor
But, vain was all the efforts of the
bride to pull the line so long as lier
husband held on to tlie opposite end.
But when lie came round and both
pulled at one end it came over with
great ease.
There, said lie, as the line fell from
iho roof, you see how hard and in
effectual was our labor when we both
pulled in opposition to each other;
but how easy and pleasant it was
when wo both pulled together. It
will be just so through fife, my dear.
If-we oppose each other it will be
always unpleasant to five. Let us
always pull together.
In this illustration, homely as it
may be there is a sound philosophy.
Husband and wife must naturally
bear and concede if they wish to
make home a retreat of bliss.
One alone caunot make home hap
py. There must be unity of action,
sweetnes of spirit and great forbear
ance and love in both husband and
wife, to secure the great end of hap
piness in the domestic circle.
The Teaching of Grammar.
Delapiere live hero?’’ inquired tho
muffled voice. “ i 'am Mrs. Delia-'
dest
mile
stru
Lew
produced entirely by the concentra
tion iif the Min’s rays on a boiler of
w’afiw ;Dtn<l now there is exposed to
piere; is there any service I oan ren- j view nr* '.he Paris Exhibition an ap-
der you t" “Let me in", please, the : pan^ns for cooking by the "same
night is so bitter. “ I cannot, sir,” agi itcy.< Experiments on a small
ih<k«gn, “ Dupont drKaynttndrAx. '*x b«; re(pasjcil»
answered site trying to close thedoor,
“I have neither fire" nor food; so
please look a little farther.’’
Mr. Roscoe pushed open the door,
stepped in and bared his head. ** Lu
cia, my poor, poor, Lucia,” and the
strong arms opened. “Oh. Donald,
darling, have you come at last ?”|and
the brave heart, which had borne so
ninch, fainted with joy.
No words can describe the glad
re-union—it. would be tolly to at
tempt it—so I will only say ;liat the
bell rung out its twelve strokes be
fore either husband or wile sought
rest; for the backward ground had
torneys at-Law.” Yes—he is all
right so flir—he touched the bell.
“ Is Mr. Dupont in ?’’ “ He is
walk in, please | invited the office,
boy. “ Whim h no?” abruptly asks
our caller. “ In bis sanctum,” an
swered the boy; “ what uame dr ?”
“ Tell him an old friend wishes to
ipeak to him.” “ lie’ll not come for
that sir; there are so many imposi-
tors, sir, thnt lie’ll never come with
out your name, sir.” “ Ask him if
he likes filberts, boy.” “ That ’ud
be a queer question sir.” “ Ask him
queer or not.”
“ Mr. Duponl,” said the boy, enter
ing the pleasant retreat of tlie bach
elor lawyer, “ a queer man has just
come in, and it’s he, sir, not I, that
wants to know if yuur honor likes
filberts.” “Filberts, filberts.” mused
he; “ filberts,” and n light broke over
his face, “ bring him in,” and as the
boy rose to do his bidding, he arose,
and quickly following, greeted the
new comer on the threshold. '‘Don-
old, boy; can it be?” Ralph, oh,
Ralph,” and the two embraced each
other with such fervor that they
might have been called David and
Jonathan^
wife how her praywrs had reached
him a year before his return, how lie
had struggled and fought and finally
conquered King Alcohol with God’s
help, and then had decided not to
come lmck empty-handed; -‘and,
darling, God lias prospered me. 1
have enough, honestly earned to give
you comfort once more.”
Four weeks rolled by. In a fair
suburban cottage. Lucia Roscoe
sits in a low, softly-cushioned rocker.
Baby May, a happy convalescent, Sits'
in her lap, nursing a doll-liaby nearly
as large as herself. It is evening
agaiu; again three bays are chatting
in front of a grate fi*n, but this time
they are kneeling upon a large velvet
rug, and Davie, the orphan office-boy
is kneeling with them. ** Dis yonr
home for ever and ever, Davie; isn’t
you glad, dis bootitnl home ?”
“ We’re going to have a grand
supper to-night, aren’t wn, mother?”
asked Fred.
u Yes dear ” answered mamma,
and then site pat Baby May down
while she went t j the cozy dining
room to see if all was in orde r .
Dinah was putting J^he last touches to
the prettily-laid table, and the front
scale-have been made with perfect
success; bilt the duration of sunshine
even'in la belle France is so uncertain
as tppri-vont the hopes tff any prac
tical benefit being derived from the
cltv*f invention. In England, where
a week of unclouded sunshine is an
unheard- of phenomenon, the appa
ratus would be still more useless.
But Yrf tropical England, in those
portions of the British Empire which
lic-un^er the equator, in the West
Indies, in Fiji, in India, in parts of
Australia, and in Africa, the intense
heai'bf the sun’s perpi mlicular rays
might be turned to practical account
lubsiitute fir the undesirable
linplion ot fuel, adding its heat
and smoke to'the ove laden atmos
phere,— Colonies and Lulia-
I have been sendiu’ my darter
Nancy to skool, aud last Friday I
went over to the skool to see how she
was getliu’ along, and I seed things I
didn’t like by no means. The skool-
inastcr was lamin’ her thiugs entirely
out of the line of eddycation, aud, as
I think, improper. I set a while in
the skool house, and lieerd one class
say their lesson. The lesson that
Nancy said was nuthin but the fool-
ishest kind of talk. The ridiclist
word said was “ I love.” I looked at
her for being so improper, but she
went right on and sed, “Thou lovest
and he lovest.” And I reckon you
never lieerd such rigmarole in your
life—love, love, love, and nothin’ but
love She sed one time, “ I do love,”
Bez I, “ Who did you luv ?” The
skolars lafled, but I wasn't to be put
off, and sed, “ Who did you love, Nan
cy ?’’ The skool-master said he
would explain when Nancy had fin
ished the lesson. This sorter pacyfied
me, and Nancy went on with her
awful love talk. It get wus and wus
every word. She sed, “ I might,
could, or would love.” I stopped her
again, and sed I reckon I would see
about that, and told her to walk out of
that house. The skool master tried
to interfere, but I would not let him
say a word. He sed I was a fool,
and I made him holler in short order.
I taikt the strate thing to him. I told
him I’d show how hede larn iny dar
ter grammar. I got the nabors to
gether, and we sent him off in a burry,
and I reckon thar’ll be no more gram
mar tcachin’ iu these parts.
“ Gif tier Glieese a Vair
Chance.”
The man swaggered into a tidy
lunch house over the Rhiue, flopped
into a chair, slapped his feet upon the
table, shoved his hat on the back of
his head, and called for beer, bread
and limberger. Proprietor hustled
around and filled the order himself.
The ninn picked up a bit of cheese
on a fork and smelled of it derisively.
“Take that away,” lie said, “and
bring me some decent cheese. It’s
limberger I want—this is no good.”
“ What’s the matter mit dot g tiecse,
iiiine frieude ? Vas id doo sdrong?
I huffsoom dot vas vreshor,’’ said the
German, anxious to please.
“ Naw ! That’s what I want. This
cheese is no ’count at all. I want
something I can smell clear across the
room. Trot it out, aud be lively. This
don’t stink a bit—fetch in the rankest
you’ve got. I’ve got a Dutch stomach
if I was born in America,” and the
man smelled at the cheese, aud threw
it down in digust.
The proprietor bowed over the table
and also snuffed a few times. He
then turned an injured look on the
captious customer and persuasively
said : "
“ Dot vas not fair, mine friend ;
dook down deni foots off der dable
and giff de gheese a vair chance.”
—Cincinnati Bieakfast Table.
Is Friday an Unlucky Day.
The First Locomotive.—The
average citizens will be taken by sur
prise when told that the first locomo
tive eogine ever placed on a track on
this comiuent was “ steamed up” and
started just fifty years ago tlie 8th
day of August. The trial trip was
mad* at Honesdale, Pa., by the
lourbridge Lion,” an engine built
in Stourbridge, England, and the
oredit.-fbr this pioneer enterprise be
longs.^) the Delaware and Hudson
Caqol Cora|iany. Mr. H. Allen, now
77 yrijks of age, and a resident of
South Orange, N. J was the man who
pulled the first throttle valve on that
day, ‘and to whom the charge pf build
ing the engine was entrusted by the
cogipanjf’wben he was seat to En-
gland.
Friday, long remembered as a day
of illomon, has been an eventful one
in American history and Ameri cans
ought not to be afraid of it.
Friday, Christopher Columbus sail
ed on hi? voyage ot discovery. -
Friday,.ten weeks afterward, he
discovered America. - .
Friday, Henry VII. gave Johaand
Sebastian Cabot the commission which
led to the discovery of North'America.
Friday. St. Augustiue, the oldest
town in the Uuited States, was foun
ded. 1 . . , r-- « -i' • •
Friday, the “ May Flower” with
Pilgrims arrived at Princetown, and
on Friday they signed the august
compact, the forerunner of the present
Constitution. 1
Friday, George Washington was
born. 4 ■ ■*
Friday, Bunker Hill was seized and
fortified.
Friday, the surrender of Saratoga
was made. •< '■'-*■-
Friday, the surrender of Cornwallis
occurred.
Friday, the motion was made in
Congress, that the United States were,
and of right ought to be; free and
independent.
l«vttu>U.bl
~JkS*IS'
notifying published, and »Ue papers are lent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. Any person who receives a newspaper aud
^makea um ot it, whether ho h« ordered It or not.
Is held In
Formor : Georgia 'Judges.
j ,The Meriwether Vindicator has
been bstentng to some of Judge
Warner’s reminiscences recently, -nml
priute the. folio wing among others;
.. Speaking ot" Senator Lamar of
Mississippi n few days ago, Judge
Warner said his father. Judge Lamar
was a man . of very decided abiiitv
and a most excellent judge. Juii.^e
Lunar perished by his own hand at
Milledgoville.' his .himie, oif the 4th
of-July, 1834, being only 37 years of
age. Judge Warner in company
with-the Superior Gfynrt judges of
the State, ten in number nt that time,
dined with Judge Lamar only a day
cr two prior to his death. In 1834,
there being no Supreme Court, the
judges of the Superior Courts met
once a year in Millcdgevil'e iu con
vention to discuss mooted ]>oiiits . nd
secure uniformity in the administra
tion of the laws throughout the State.
Judge Lamar being a resident of
Miliedgeville, his hospitable and ac
complished lady invited tlie judges,
at tlie head of whom stood the grent
W. H. Crawford, to a dining at her
abode upon the conclusion of their
labors. The invitation was accepted,
and Judge Lamar did the > evasion
with such grace and dignity ns to
delight his assembled friends. During
the convention he delivered one of
the most famous opinions to be found
in the reports of the State. It is
known to the profession as the case
of Brewster vs. Hardeman, and Judge
Warner thinks may be placed upon a
level with the best productions of
tho American or English bench.
This gifted jurist not having reached
t'ne meridian of his powers, with his
future all bright and promising, had
scarce bid his brethren of the con
vention adieu when the sad tidings
spread over the State that lie had
taken his own life.
W. II. Crawford, eight years a
member of President Monroe'.- .-..hi-
net, ex-Miuister to France, ami, until
stricken with paralysis, the leading
candidate for the presidency, waa. ,
-dnrir-ritrih-idf'-'tfie ’ecnTt'chtfftVi.' 'He ’
pvas then presiding Judge of the
Northern Circuit. The other judges
were: C, B. Strong, first Circuit;
Win. Law, Eastern ; Lott Warren,
Southern ; J. W. Hooper, Chero
kee : G. E Thomas, Chattahoochee;
W. H. Holt, Middle; L. Q. C.
Lamar, Ocmulgee; Chas. Dougher
ty, Western, and iiirain Warner,
Coweta. Judge Warner at that
time was 30 years old, the youngest
member of the convention, and the
only oue of them all that is still
living. ■
If flie"* newspapers are to be
Facts Worth Knowing.
A correspondent sends us the fol
lowing assertions, which he claims aie
absolutely the truth:
There never was a woodcock seen on
the Pacific coast.
There never was an ocean steamer
that ever burst the boiler.
There uever was a dog ' went mad
west of the Rocky Mountains.
There never was a beech or syca
more struck by lightning.
There never was an eel caught on
the Pacific coast. ’*
There never was a locomotive or a
steanu-r struck by lightning.—la.
An African Financier.
A night or two ago, a knot of col
ored citizens were standing at a corner
discussing ihe financial affairs of- the
government. A variety of views were
advanced on the subject when one
speaker took it up alter this style:
“It don’t make no difl’ence what
sort of money dey makes, nobody ain’t
gwine to give me none of it; but I's
gwine ter have my share as long os I
kin work for it. Ef dey makes gold
money, I’11‘git my sbere, or ef dey
makes silver money. I’ll git my shore
of it, or ef dey mnkes j wiper; money;
I’ll git my shere ef dut; bat dey may
make nuy kind of it by de ship load
and you and me will never git n cent
dat we don’t work iur, Doy talk
believed^ women arc the coining
journalists of the country. The
leading editorial writer of tlie Chica
go Times is' said to be Mrs. Margaret
Buchannan Sullivan; Mrs. Sara A.
Hubbard is tlie literary and scientific
writer of tlie Chicago Tribune, Mrs.
J. B. Lyman edits tho Home De
partment of the New York Tribune,
and Middie Morgan is the cattle and
stock repqcter of tlie New York
Times, rides a horse to perfection,
and makes admirable speeches at
agricultural fairs.
IIow they Honored Him.—A
London magazine says that a light of
British science was lately visited by
a Kentuckian admirer, who said:—
“Sir we admire your writings, and
have shown it. We had no academic
distinction to confer on yon, having
no university; but wo have done
our liesf. Wo a re a racing people,
and have named, our- best, stallion
after you.” - ’ •
A '
—: — , .. about makiu’ money plenty, but it
! g>t to be so plenty, d.t
’ j£jbe dmfyowl wife of a -Danbury
lupris the hired iturse of his second
wife’iW’y-
A. daughter of Brigham Young has
an actress, under the name
of Cecilc Grey.
quicker wit, better judgment, greater
self-possession than man, but there
are very, very lew women who catlap-
pear at ease and look pleasant when
unexpected callers suddenly surprise
her with a set of of teeth in each
band and none in her mouth. And
it is pretty difficult for the callers to
look unconcerned under such circum
stance?, too.—Burlington Uawkeye.
T
The Chinese claim to have inven
ted the .telephone in the year 968.
anybody is gwine ter give it away
One thing certain, de guverment ain’t
gwine ter give jer none.” m
This is about the frue philosophy
of the financial question.—Telegram.
k —f ■ . 1 /.ie UWtqs
The cotton crop will net the Uni
ted States this year 8200,000,000.
Five hundred people died in HaJ
vana last month of yeHow‘S?v&\
Putty one-half of the whitd popula-
tion of Memphis have decamped.
modern writer declares that
American men are gradually decreas
ing in statue, and' that two or three
generations hence, tlie women will
be taller. He attributes it to the use
of liquor and tobacco stunting the
growth of -the boys. It not only
shortens the *- height, but also the
length oflifo.
Washington Post: Old Alvin
4-dams, who founded the Adams’
Express Company, ‘used to carry
currency himself between New York
qnd Boston in a carpet-bag. He was
the only.honest carpet-bagger that
l^ia qver been heard cf. It is a mis
take to supposfy-iliat he Was the hus-
b*njl of Eve. - -u ■
Ttypre is in-'Coffee county, Ga., a
boy aigcd< fourteen years who weighs
456pound8. i
. Typhus fever has killed more Rus-
sitms.sir.ee the war than Turkish bnl-
lefo lulled in actiati. >
editor who has recently visited
the. New, England Suites says that
nether at Yal« nor Harvard did he
9< ?- e fay qgiorvjd studeuts, ncr was tho
African bfpther visible in the churoh
YhUe people, si -r could he
,trape the; existence 01 my colored
statesmen in the six Nov England
Legislatures.
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