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At lunw, SoHc
u Aor:l and October.
• M«;
rvl Mo
v in April mid Oo-
in Marcli and
Jay in Apnl and t>©
»„n.ia\ m March and Scptem
t Momluy in February and
•f. Monday -In January and
:Va Monday in April ond Oc-
nl Monday in February and
Invarti r the fourth Monday io
Twentv-five
Horses, ana Midas, '
at ‘ v
.COOPERS SABLES,
18. GA*
•&*!»»
ATHEiNt
Kcrtheastern Railroad.
* Nort’vuatern Railroad on i
trains on thin rood
pt Sunday.
... 3.50 l*. M.
M.
ti.S0 J
lo.3o J\ M
3.30 1\ M
7.40 1*. M
to.oo 1*. M.
•nimcrti* chicly »t Lula
1 h»v» an handm my Stable. tl» tiboi
ontiina-aui-mrll—mum! jj -*■
er*on. wi.ihin.rt> Knjr-wronM
on.mo before j-uit lining.
Phoebe Henaparroar, of North Carolina,
'V° ber ipoma, when the non was quite high:
u&ftffftfetf loafer, and at retch me a line,
' 'And nang out these olothea ter to dry.**
i^the while,’ herTpbiaa re-
,_~w -jgpises huch’work :
ii!? 0 * v©*ft.h*l»py aa a calm at high tide,
I’llioopbeeot&eiit u .Turk.
“No more of this waahing, to* Phcsbe, for
Jon— ^
W.taq.Sm.
n*«*\ R
Wain x
— . , My goods are all ireah and
rdu\* the follow in* 1 newly p,.Uen up My price*cannot be beet. My
t llurny \\ Mm ra ut I* equaled. My $1.50 Sad-
(lAS V. M. ! \ , 1 le YS n, ' ut ,, u d "’•/where else except at B.
* ' 4 - | 11. Allen *. ltcpi mg done atabort notlcj.
>.*> A. M.
u.s» a. m.
i cWlvut Lula for At-
itc to Atlanta only tour
j!‘ m.‘ f.dw \ui>s,
Superintendent.
ttwa r^a^hCwWtodo
Ob well to cell *°* dreaein’ an’ puttiu’ on style.
J.Z. COOPER.
b.». ftitErs
hoes: and ple
ory
Atii vs, Georgia.
The Mamni *tli larnaea and Saddle 8tor» of
NortheastGeorg 1 bare enlarged my sale rotes
tl ha\ r if atochg with hand made goods, such aa
Bridles, Whips, Horse
Georgia Rail Road Company
y.4ft am
1H.SP A M
ln.48 A M
11.U&AM
11.21 A M
11.45 a V
B. H. ALLEN.
ASSES A its NOTICE.
Notice ix licrefl given that the 1*1 wsearun
have eomplated tl Assessments of Real Fx-
tate tor 1"80. iiniiftaccd their hooka in mv of
fice for cxamiiifttimiy all concerned. Objec
tion.* to u'.-cAAmftnn* required to be made in
writing, >*orn to m tiled with me within ten
dav* lYom the datftfthia notice.
’ W. A GlI.l.hjM), Cl’k of Council.
\V‘.»t.
CHEAPl.CrilJtR! CHEAPEST !
| > ■ » f
Famih Gricery Sire and Confectionery,
I roa<l
/Athens,! Georgia,
iJxt dm to k S. DORSEY
i •• i\ r M 0»gca, lpplea, I'inuts, Candies and Con
, *i ...8.i*»p M| tV<f>naiiti general!. Ala© keeps on hand i
. ihiih . t'lose et«nneetions mm-e it j oorajit sApnly of j|l country produce, auoh a
. i vi;,.,uw »«!«»'* NonluuKl Mg,ChlluBsE«l*.Wkfc«(w. F«««fcc»m*.
. !•ml South. etc The fthea|>est7Fam<)y Grocery Store am
, i; i.y, i iii).. Puss., Apt. COectiomry inti# city. 'Give ine a call.
S. K. JciiKsoK, Supt. kv.18.iftm. J V. LEWIS.
, 4 ENbCkss floCK OF OLD NEWSPA
r a V niHDlfmp 1 ! '
i i/ h i A &
Air-1 5no Ihulway.
Passenger Department
ATLANTA
—TO—
■ TZA JCM Cl’iT !
i H A N<»K OK srilKDULE.
fX CENTS er Hundred, and FOUR
* thOU!OUld
I>«'t ih.n mojr oilier >ind »f Wr»i>
I very useful aU»u T'Packlng''Goods
u», Washing Windows, Etc., Etc.
?HIS OFFICE.
trffERS
l R badd yon a house in the haart of the town
And paint it iu color* briex bright,
And you from the windows shall hrash'y loek
down,” f 9. ff
Alike io .he black and tl* white.
**1 jsekon m bay Colonel Jimmerson** place—
'Taill suit toe, 1 know, to » ch-rai—
And git ms blood horses to ride and to race,
While the niggers look ont lor the farm.
**&*• 8®hi’ tp take cash, and a heap on it, too,
,*wbold tlie Republican tort,
I wish that I knew—say, Phcsbe, do vou 1—
How diamonds sell by the quart 1”
“Law sakes!” exclaimed Phcsbe; “the man is a
loon;
Ilia heud’s in a terrible state,”
Tobias replied: “The convention’s in June,
And you bet I’m a full delegate !”
A AO TAX MAX.
Bill iSaiedlty wag realm;' his letl
foot o!» the lop ol a beer keg ill front
of a saloon in Buttle City, Montana
Tenitory, the last time I saw him. On
his bent left knee he rested an elbow,
thereby arranging bis arm so as to
support bis chin, which rested on his
band. Ilia clothes were well worn,
and here and there a rent. His hair
atuckpdrthjraoglirtrSole in th» enpwn
of ffia hat, whir« the gio.it toe of bis
Agflt loot peeped forth, rwfdy and
cheerful from, the bojt. The whiffs
ot smoke, drawn from a short, black
pipe, curled luzi y from his lips, llis
eyes were halt closed and dreamy.
His thoughts were iu dreamland. Bill
had experienced the ups and downs of
\Vestern life; and had been rich and
poor by turns, and was now very
poor. He bad grown philosophic,
and looked at things in a way difTer>
ent from what be had in his youth,
when tile’s pathway smiled to him,
bud seemed rose-gai lauded. ' /
‘Hellow, Bill! been looking for
you,’ said the tax collector coming
up.
Theie was no response. He re
peated.
Bill, hello!*
•Well ?’
‘Want to collect your tax.’
‘Hain*t ho'y>fwper:y.’
‘I mean jour poll tax.’
‘Don't own no pole.’
‘A pole tax is a tax on yours-It, you
know.’
‘I ain't no property.’
‘But life ppuhly ooort 'levied this
tax or. you.’
‘Didift authorise ’em to levy any
tax on me 1 ’.
‘The law does, thongh.’
•What if it doesl.’aposeI’m goin’ler
pay for breathin’ the air?’
‘Still you are one of us; you live
bei e.’
'I didn’t bring myself into th
world
Telegraph and Messenger.
Washington, May'20,1880.
“ At)—D KBOt>.”
tlrman Who Is In a Position
I to Enow. J
PHILABpLPittA, May 7,
Editor* Chronicle and Constitution-
alist :—Dear Sir In your issue of
April 20th, I see the following in a
letter written by the Hon. A. H. Ste
phens :
Another of the ‘positive statements’
of mine, which General Gordon as
sumes to disprove, is in these words:
This statement Gen. Gordon char
acterizes as ‘another instance ot those
aberrations of intellect into which Mr.
Stephens is too often betrayed by the
intensity of his prejudice!’ A singu
lar expression, this, indeed, coming
from one who has so recently, to say
nothing of former occasions, passed
through the painful ordeal of apolo
gizing for extravagance of langaase
used in the heat of passion or preju
dice, with an applieaiion of it to one
who has never in his life been sub
j eted to such a humiliation. Mira'
bile dicta J
Upon what meat doth this our Cie-ar
teed,
That he has grown so gieat!
What so puffed him up with empty
vanity and arrogant insolence? Is it
tho South idown mutton from his
sheep ranche established by means
received from a source so questions- j mao instinct with life and radiant
hie? According to the ancients, j with color tor nearly tour hours. If
‘beef genders bile,’ while ‘mntton the hack men and street car people did
produces gaseous inflations.’ i not make enough yesterday to last
The tacts in reference to General | pretty well through the coming dull
Gordon’s sheep ranche, are these: ; months, I am no judge of business. I
My tather-in-law, the Hon. Jnn. G. j have seen anything like it since I have
Whitehouse, of Poughkeepsie. N. Y., | been here, and I hope I never shall
and late a Democratic m-iuber ot j again, tor I was more than two hours
Googreas from that State, and a friend I waiting tor a car, in which there was
of the Southern people, furnished ! not even standing room to get to my
capital to General Gordon eSIO,000) j dinner.
to test sheep-raising in Georgia, on j Of course Haitian is happy and so
shares. General Gordon purchased i are the ‘Hop Bitter’s people. The
the laud, etc., and has an interest, the j former fingered the nurse of $B,000
deeds Wing in Mr. Whitehouse. i this morning at 10 o’clock, and the
Very respectfully, I latter have had ten time that amount
vA E. N. Howell, i of tree advertising.
i ' ** 7T~ GENERAL GORDON’S
Pruitts or Cotton Culture. . , .
_• i resignation, which was announced in
A South Carolina correspondent of t ] 1 ® l,10, 'ning papers by telegraph from
the New York bulletin has been I Al ] a,lts ' lms f»used universal surprise
making some inquiries among his an< 1 comment. It came liken lightning
neighbors in regard to their acreage in ! T -• oimdy that I have seen had
cotton for this year as compared with i, . nt,, st premonition of it. Per-
1879, and finds that they aie plant- i ‘ la I’ s 11 " as known to a few, hut if so,
ing nearly fitly pur cent. more. It is [ kept their counsel most remark-
thought that the same causes which ll - v * ' 1 ® appointment ot cx-Gov-
operate in South Carolina areal work I ® rnor Brown as his successor is nearly
all over me South to looter the in- ! * n ‘ ‘i 111 surprise. So far as I have
crease, which is in uddiiion to the heard, no one dreamed that fie had
opening up of new lands and the oat- | : ' n - v desires or aspirations in a politic: I
ural extension of ci kivatiou in the j dtrectmn. The two events have ere-
, This is what I heard a bucolic look- JW purely ‘American, for it does /not
ing gentleman, with his coat hangin^
on his arm, and a very red and angry
looking face, remark yesterday as he
tramped up the avenue, in response
to a question what he thought of the
great Wat race just finished. From'
his pronunciation of the word, I judg
ed that he hailed from the land of that
late eminent, and accomplished states
man ofthe Radical party, Mr. John
Covodo, who, I am told, was wont to
sp«ll fraud, ‘trod,’ and to insist that if
it, ‘trod,’ didn’t spell fraud it didn’t
spell anything. I am pretty sure this
morning that my friend voiced the
geneial verdict on the great ‘Hop
Bitters’ boat race. A tamer affair
never took place and a deeper or more
general disgust was never telt or ex
pressed. Huilan won without half an
effort. Courtney was either sick or
drugged, and no more tit to pull than
a nervous girl. He had almost to be
Idled into his boat and after one con
vulsive effort at the start broke com
pletely down. And yet this miserable
farce drew an audience of aj least
50,000 people, who made the pictur
esque hills on both sides of the Poto-
Southwest. This leads to the natural a ! e ‘* :i genuine sun rise even in this
inference that the cotton crop of 1880 j c "? serpn. es. I ha-e not been able
will be very large, ami it is attributed i !° * eu General Gordon to-day, so
to the fact that experience lias dem- i know nothing more than the papers
on-traled that cotton cultivation is ] ’bite, lint, iu advance, I can safely
more profitable than ever, even at the . ,l resignation will cause
present prices. In addition to -being g® n,, me and universal regret not only
tW principal cash product of thec/un- I among the people of Georgia, but of
try, there is an absolute certainty a’- ! t,,e °"! uh ‘ ,ie lla9 he ’’ n ‘"e' 1 ,n every
most that the entire crop can W dis- ® rucll,|c h,s country desired of him, or
posed of to meet the great and in- I his ene.mes could devise, and has come
creasing demand of manu’aciurers. j °" 1; ol without so much as even the
It is estimated that the average emt I s,ne '| ol fire “lion Ins garments, the
X - 4X011 exercise :lto privilege of a cit- I of raising, ginning, baling and deliver- I l )eo l l ] e Georgia, who have loved
i il|n; yon vote.? y i . ing tlie crop at the lailroad for sbiii- RUI honorid lnm so many eventtnl
k<ltd* w-ioWl M. :< *—i e.„. mem is about SH l-er acre, while the | J ,an *» J'BI find it hard to accustom
average yield is 191 pounds per acre, I "iem-elves to bis absence from then
1UIIT THAIS. . JEE^ Forfr the System..
Ami ktre. unin u^ninut disease. The flne?t
| toniclihi* piftoBc is lloitcttcr’s Stomach
Atlanta for ail ^'iiitf | Hitteahich remrs digestion easy and com-
roniwci ; n!» > « * lmrl-ttr J nleU JttcractiMUiou.-'in ss and keep* tho
,ri utrli Ticket* « u ' Wvweaordvr, ^ m> genial and beneficent
Greenville 1
u Fnktand West.
rul Ms
ally.
F e
tlmtftt only ia the Inxly invig-
rcirulaq by it* «*e, but dv^ponden-
d from ft* mind.
by all ftggist* and dealtnt genar-
ri;on:ssioNAL cakos.
G- C Tfc.ctaa.a3.
AITOHNEY AT LAW.
watkinsvillk, ga.
AKKItT. IN rOlUT-HOrSF., OPPOSITE
l ft «t n twr\ V 1 »tVu*v. l’er*onal attention ft*all
\,t Dirii8t» d to hi* care. wfO-tt
Lamak (’obh. IIowell Cobb,
PiffnonRestauranI
li’T BY
aAKKLOUIS.
I Mebllll bowrJGood bed*, and ecery-
! thing it ^‘la**
t 1 f—
H m UlAfl HOW X.O 4T,
! Il II /VlULli now
lllsiSIRFSTORED!
Lradlnlure (without medicine)
IvatokIka or Seminal Weakness
ipt.2S.l87y.2t. j Involuntfti'ininutoM**’!*, impotency. Men-
| tal and Vical la}>aeity. Impediments to
Marriugci.; »lso,V>!U mition, Kpii.efsy,
[ stud FiTsA.oed bjftf-mdulgenoe or sexual
exiruvagalskc. |
t ncn’ly located in Athens, oil The celled aatft in hi* admirable Ks«uy
«.i ul M’rvice* to the citizens* o clearly dt».trate*lni thirty year*’*ucces-
irroin.Jmg country. Mav be f n i pr’uet'uF.t tholming eonsi^-tauees ot
« d:»v i t the l>mg Store of E. C. j ^tFt-ubueci be r*tlly cured without the
Lrotul Street, ond at nigl t at dangerous of intcl medicine or the !.p**
!.ti i.nkiu St., house formerly ; plication <4 knite;|ntiug out s mode of
i. WiVifsir*.
women » 8pccialty.
IV. UOliB,
ATIOHM VS AT LAW,
(Athens, Ga
Sr. D. 0. C. HEERY,
1 cure at oiivmple, i
500 MILE TICKETS,
I A r. ' J LUO AH
(»MVAN Y, j
.... eh 2, 1880.
'I rtl." HA IK, thl* Company
*\ NVL1.1* M11.K TlCKJlTN
iTimiTF.EN
will he ii*-
.nd etfoetual, by
0 , no matter what
JitiVay be. I eure himself cheaply
,frivatclv% I’.Mfit AQ
Th v tnre sftl be in the hands of
■> you |1 evetyft) in tlie lund.
;nt nmlal, in envelojie, to any
address, rohm, onftipt of six Cv*uta vr
two postsgd ips. f
Audreys 4'ublishl
THE 0 KRjVlMEDICAL CX».
Sit - VAtftt <)«inb R- ^ A
tin wnavtp^ ote, il yua charge
V H ,■
"‘Don’t yon want a voice io ine
led ion of officers ?’
‘No; if there was no officers you
wouldn’t be here consumin’ my time.
‘The schools must be supported.—
Wo most educate the children.’
‘If you do they won’t work.’
•There are other county expenses
paupers, and so oil. It you were to
die without means yon would want us
to bury you.’
‘No you needn’t.’
•Why, you would smell lad to oth
er people 8
i - ‘J kin aland it iftlicy kin.’
‘I will levy on your property,’ said
the officer, growing impatient; ‘I will
hunt it up.’
‘I’ll help you; I want to see some
of my property.’
The officer moved on rather ab
ruptly, while Bill continued, as if
musing: , | t ,
‘Let th -in fellers hare their way an’
tbcyM make life a burden. Want to
asses my existence ; want to charge
for enjoyin’ the bright sunshine; ask
me lor beholdin’ the beautiful land
scape ; charge ine ior lookin’ at the
^hp^'grow and j die rose unfoldin';
charge me for walchin’ the hirda fly,
an’ one cloud chase t’other.’
The eyes continued to blink dream
ly. The whiffs of some reached lip
in graceful spirals riowards the blue
dome. The fuol-talls of the tax col
lector grew ab-enter end ubseiiter—
Picayune.
HOLD FEATS OF CHIU) lUDEKS.
litm-,1.
F.. lb DORSEY,
TO THE PUBLIC.
'vtliming thanks to my
or their liberal patron-
Dissolum J Copartner
shif
The Oopur*bip ftoforc existing l*c-
.weOb L. l*r «fc f
ivteuary 183«tk»o1vA- mutual consent.
Jan business be comc«l by J. C. 1‘itner
Tlie a-'aiunes mbililfttiul will dtteud to
who"cttSemen the l^a of the former
the rtnership
COJttt
n.6.tf.
rictoraHp of the
hie'i tin*’* I will
flhc public, tlie
\V E:
BCL1NARD HOUSE,
.tied ou Clavton Street, one of tlie
,!„•'* strfot* in Athens, where 1
eel jny funnel patrons and til c
it- griicTHllvto stop when vistingi
d/„.g my’sclf to dq all in wv
r eoinfo’.tl l remain the pnh'ic**
A. U. CUNARD.
Do#'
of the South
BLACKSMXTZZZ2TC
! i removed my Shop from Foundry 'St
t l.r . d .-rrei t, onlv’ttbf nt So feet from Vhe/e
i \v;,s i'..rnu rlv, mxt lo Mr. W. Is. Wood, and
; . m.w -rt imred to do II rve Shoeing, l*lan-
t i) \\ ork, and ad kinds of Bluckaini biivg in
v . in..- mIy 1«* and ut moderate price*. I ae:
I--. .a!fdg«> that 1 have done wrong In the jn»t
l> ;t 1 am detennined for the future to be “right
f o u|. won cure.” Give me a trial. Kind
ir.n,.look JOKES.
MILES JOHNSON’S
DYE HOUSE
',iv> nil VimU ot laMtie’s an-1 goralcmcu'
DYED AND CLEANED AT T]
Steam Dyeing Estabihmekti
N« x door to Kplacopal Churcl:,
mH.23.ly.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL.
3NEW YORK*
A N ETN’ SI*A It FOB 18ECT10NS4.
TSS
free, for
sill include a
Ipc of a bisik
lof use and
Ini our prin
i-
Wfil he sent oi
T vii Dollars, wl
handsome prenfln
ora knife, or vf
lieaiitv, as may If
ted lials. As ai
jy Conrit r-Jmirihd a
ing the full list
un application.
Tho Courier-
(m ide in 1808) ol
papeia, viz.: tin
. tlie Couriei
crat in 1844. I
we 1 as its cMM andlprimoanc-
ktahUul
jerk in fRI j^ul|(mar
the Week-
>r. contain
ill tie sent
!>mhinatinn
Jisville pa-
(blislied in
be Demo-
atlonal, as
THIS Jioum more than fully raaiiitaim Ihe
»U|H-ri->riiy lo wliieh II «w<* lla world wide
rvi,iiuiiiui Teble ettemlenee emt apartmenU
•_o!. uaeMatlad. lewitty »» «-n«mten« *o
lravpMw,the very U»L Arnsrloal) J>Uu »ia^
Choice frnnia alfd
and a choice aelci
nzinrs or iilusmii r
^ar.iished in comlinn
ui a .mere nili
rice of IhoC *
During 0»
■>rough i881. il
■ilhniit premii
r<- or more pi
ety dub of ftws
titled to a
.ayoar.,
l timet
B* mag.
If ihe day
p Weekly
to the
and
Inurna)
filial ol
1 for
or, in other word-, that tlie cost of
production is 5 3-4c. per pound. The
planters have received au average of
about 11 l-4o. per pound for the cot
ton delivered at the railroads, which
makes them a clear profit of about
5 l-2c,, or say $10.50 per acre. At
this rale it will he seen that the farm
ers annnallv receive a clear profit of
some $124,000,090, or say 5,000,000
bales of 450 pounds each, which may
be considei ed a very good business,
and suffices to explaiu tlie coustani
service in ihe fublio councils.
ADJOURNMENT *
i- still declared by Mr. Randal! a axed
fact for the 31st instant. This is to
say, old Tilden still insists that it must
take piace on that day, and his
mouthpiece announces and insists
upon the programme being carried
out. Theie is some ho]ie, however,
that the Senate will not tamely sub
mit to the dictation of the Mephistn-
pheles of Gnimercy Park. It is ini i-
nintcil over there this morning that it
and rapid recuperation of the South : may be necessary to prolong tlie ses-
under what might otherwise be re- j sion until the 10th of June at least, in
g.irded as adveise circumstances.— order to finish ihe public business, or
Savannah Xeies. j at least such ot it as is imperatively
j demanded, and that Tilden and Ran-
WOULDK’T C0JIN1T iil.ilSELF. | da!l will be told to go lo the devil and
1 attend to their own business. This is,
j indeed, cheerful news. The Radicals
A woman was yesterday looking ! are very blue about the results of the
around the ferry dock as if in seaicn 1 ses-ion so far, as they have been ofthe
of some one she knew, and she finally ; IcA t benefit to them. They have
accosted an old lake captain .with the scored no points against the Demos
envts this time. Not a man on our
side lias furnished them any ammunl
..ii *..._i e. c .
Visitors lo this country are greatly
sniprised at the-long period during
which people wear mourning and re
main in seclusion. The custom mast
Detroit Free l’ress.
A gentleman who lives on the Stans
islaus river, close to its junction with
the San Joaquin, told a reporter what
he never would have believed bad he
uol known his informant to be entire
ly trustworthy. He said that near
I •<r. M uuvuMuuwt his place are a boy am) girj, the form-
1 Ana Stir Yor^-t y«i« Box 4SM. er about tjkelTU (did thetotfier fourteen
* * ; years ot age, who frequently jump into
the saddle io the morning and ride all
day among ‘ droves of wild cattle,
wliieh would surely gore them to
death should they become unseated.
They both carry lariats, and it they
see a call io the drove that ha* e&-
■ Si>ed being marked, they run on lo
it, and the boy, throwing bis rope,
catchiug It by the head, and the giri,
catching it by the feet, after which
the ears anti brisket are duly cut.
But this is not all. On the ranche is
a large bottom of undergrowth in
which rosin hundreds ofPwiliff hogs.
Ot tbe-e the boars are vefy ferocious,
md will light when pressed the least
bit- The chi dren, mounted on well-
trained hoFses> and. carrying in their
hands the Tasso which they so skill
fully handl e i dash headlong after these
hogs over *11 sorts of ground, up and
down steep ba-A*. catching one out
of nearly p*ery drove they scare up.
Last summer they caught over thirty
in this manner. When the lassoes Arc
thrown on the head and feet ot a hog,
and he is stretched out so that he ean
do no more harm, the boy gets down
from the horse and ties the hog’s feet
with some rope carried along for the
purpose. His horse stands as firmlv
without as with a rider, being trained
to that work and never hariug done
any other. A wagon is sent tor the
nog, wliii-h is placed in a strong |ien
and soon tamed so that it can be fat
tened for market. A few days ago
the boy was riding in the under-
crowti. when he started nri a deer.
Pntiing'spurs to htApmeJii! jjut'
jnDDlohto throw hifTijX ts\ hi*horns,
•liirt did not have tnwe*IWaJWii tlie
other end of his lasro to hie saddle be
fore the fleet-footed animal was off
with the rope and all. The children
have been riding ever since they were
big enough to lit on a horse.
query:
•Sir, are you a sailor ?’
‘1 have sailed,’ he replied.
‘There lias been a great gale on tlie
lakes?'
‘Maybe there has I know there
has been one on laud.’
‘You see, I have a son on a schoon
er.’
‘Yes, maybe you have.’
‘Aud I’m afraid be was out in the
storm.’
’If you have a son on a s,-homier,
and the schoouer wi.aoul in the storm,
it is likely your son was out too.’
‘Do you think there was any dan
ger?’
‘1 can’t really say.’
,But it blew terribly lmd.’
‘Perhaps it did, madam ; liut as I
was playing checkers most ofthe time,
I can’t say how hard it blew.’
‘If the schooner went down my son
went down, too, didn’t hej?’
‘Maybe so aud maybe not. I
wouldn’t like to give an opinion about
that Some sons go down with
schooners and some don’t.’
‘Ypu haven’t heard that tho Daisy
was lost, have you ?’
‘I shouldn’t like to say I had or
hadn’t, but I probably haven't.’
‘I’d hear by to morrow if she had,
wouldn’t I ?’
‘Yon might, andlyon might not’
When she had gone an acquaint
ance who had overheard the conver
sation asked tlie Captain why be did
not give direct answers. The old
loan drew himself up an inch or two
and replied:
‘Twenty-eight years ago I had au
opinion to advance on almost any sub
ject. One night the mate ot my bark
said that we were running her ashore
oti Long Point. I stuck to it that it
was only a fog bank. In fifteen min
utes she was high and dry, aud I was
$18,000 out of pocket. Since then
what I do know I keep to hedge on,
tion. With nil our fatal facility for
I'lunderii g and giving the n occasion
to display tlie bloody shirt, ‘flippant,
Ilappant anil fl ippant,’ ns Governor
Vance expresses it, we have managed
to steer wo derfnlly clear this time of
rocks ami quieksamlx. It has been
hard work to keep the biakes on
some of our statesmen, hut neverthe
less the thing has been done.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION,
which will settle the tale ot so many
disliugu.a ied statesmen of the Radi
cal j»ily, is so near now that matters
begin to pass out of tl-e alia bwy do
main of speculation into the sunlight
of tact. 1 slill maintain, and with
more confi ieuce than ever, that Grant
will smash ail bis competitors and win
on the first bullui. That prediction,
which I have steadily adhered to from
the first, will surely be verified on the
2d day of June. There is no mortal
power, now that Illinois has spoken
for Grant, that can wrest the prize
from him. Blaine aud Sherman may
just as well haul down their banners
and disband their recruits. Il, how
ever, by auy extraordinary chance
Gram should go under, lookout for
tlie Sherman star to blast). Blame’s
friends can never go to Grant, but
they may lo Sherman. Grant’s friends
cau never go to Blaine, but what
is easier or more natural than tor
Inem to mass under the Sherman ban
nt-r aud annihilate Blaine?
Let ns, in the interests of suffering
humanity, pray that the day may
hasten its cumiug when this torturing
uncertainty may come to an end.
B'aine is still in New York “helping
his wife to -hop,’’ but Sherman’s peo-.
pie say lie (B.) is killing himself work
ing ard plotting day and night, and
that lie doesn’t sleep at -111. Poor fel
low ! If his sun shall finally set on
what 1 no Know l Keep to hedge on. , he faW | field of Chicago, I shall beg
and what I dou t know I keep locked | eaV e to wa (t j n the procession and
up in my clam-shell until Scan strike n r,„ „ | R .,r i,i« lL, .l..
np in my
a rising market.’
Nqtraveling *$, are fti ty
crS^S? C eqmmiSOT P !Jai"
MWU will be givl persoi
the community .tbl-hiils i
ac-»s local ngentsdy one
to act and to ac-islk imdi
lalion of a paper ttkn gM
tidal lo any coininj in whimsy
lie generally read, jupon wtion,
be supplied “ *1nvs on%! of
cl a -see-
ifi&iu
Of John Wilkes Booth, the mur
derer of Lincoln, the landlord of the
feldlMMeliii BeLAir,iMarylind, where
lh«»W4S»'Wtnb»*m,,W|(sAhst,lfe f tay.
ed there sqvetr»l,ifeek^iq.l601.,. ‘fie
i)W Sllfce. W°P» H°P“la r ,ani
„ _ landlord’s ftUAf. find tibiMiig pRfcesff
yd' hho'iflufO thaifw gM tbftttfbut’on the .
greee fn frhnt of the liouse and romp ceiling.with aa much ease as if he had
with CheinJ /IHeavsd very ready to do- l *" i: ->->• --c.. 'i“- •
anything for a fnend.’ 1
l ‘Joe’’—not Georgia’s, but Col»
litt’i Senator.
A KEVOLLTIOXARY OIIYT.
The a’lusion in a recent letter ol
vnur Louisa correspondent to the old
Revoliilionary giant hero, Peter
Francisco, revives many traditions
and reminiscences of the wonderful
performances and daring deeds of that
extraordinary man. My father, re
cently Beoeased at the advanced age
ot ninety, well reincmbvred him, hav
ing frcqeutly seen him in bis native
county of Buckingham, and related
many anecdotes ot Ids stirring and
perilous adventures and hairbteadth
escapes aa he lieard tlie recital tall
from the'li|Mof the giant himself. He
described him aa nx feet one inch in
heights his weight two hundred and
sixty pounds, his complexion dark and
swarthy, features bold and inanly.and
his bauds and feel uncommonly large,
bis thumbs being as largu ns an ordi
nary man’s wrist. Such was his per
sonal strength that he could easily
shoulder a cannon weighing 1100
pounds, and he bad seen him take a
ill his right hand, pass over the
floof h(id dance his head against the
r ace a leaf upon his bier Not that.
love him or approve his ways, but
because he has been pulled down by
creatures who, in all the essentials of
a si-ii-dy manhood, a kindly heart and
generous impulses, are aa tar beneath
him ms the mousing owl is beneath the
soaring i aglej Blaine may be a bad
man, nut be that as it may, .John
Sherman is uot worthy to loose tbe
latchet* ot iiis shoes, nor Graut to call
in question either bis moral*, bis
method* or bis record A. 1V. R,
been a- doll-baby. The man’s weight
was 1|5 pounds. Partaking of the
patrioQc enthusiasm ot the times, be
entered tbe American revolutionary
MBM
GORGE OF SILVER.
In the Cabinet uii Friday then
was quite a lengthy discussion as' to
the accumulated silver iu the treasu
ry, the causes wbiubled to it, and
what had beat be done to get it - into
circulation. Secretary Sherman
stated that there were Over ; forty
miiliona of standard silver dollars in
the treasury vaults and it' was accu
mulating at tbe rale of about a million
a month. Secretary Everts, who is ft
goed deal of a silver man, said that
ihe way to get it out was to pay it
out. Mr. Sherman said they Had tried
all plans, but that the silver stream
pouring into tbe treasnrv was larger
than the stream they had been able to
direct optward. No conclusion wM
reached.
How to make money—Advertise,
obtain elsewhere. In Fngland a wid
ow or widower may, w th perfect pro
priety, dive-t themselves of mourning
attire at'the end of twelve months,
although, in most cases, they retain it,
in some, degree, , a while longer.
Mourning is worn tor parents for one
year, but changed to lighter mourning
after sir months, and tbe same as re
gards the motirning of parents tor
children. Except in the case of wid
ows and widowers, it is not deemed
at all obbgatorv to abstain from socie
ty fur mure than six months, although
in the case of parents who have lost
children it would be aousuai to go to
large entertainments before the expir
ation ol u year. Where a parent has
died, well stricken in years and quite
in the ordinary course of nature it
would excite no remark were the chil
dren to go to quiet dinner parties after
three mouths, A two-years’ mourn
ing and seclusion would, in such case,
lie deemed affectation. Mourning is
here carried to such lengths that some
people really pass a large part of their
lives in weeping end seclusion, the
deal** of a father, mother and sister
or brother mating an aggregate of
five years. It is a question whether
we are uot carrying the thing too far.
Life was surely not made to be spent
in permanent seclusion on account of
bereavi mi nt, more especially tor those
who, in the ordinary course of nature,
must predecease us. Thousands of
persons would gladly cut short, their
mourning brt for the tyranny of fash
ion, which arbitrarily rules iu this as
in so much besides."
John Russell Young’s ‘Around the
World with Grant.’ is just now an ar
senal from which the anti-third term
ers are drawing some effective weap
ons. For instance, the following re
marks ofthe exxPresident on Southern
■•econstriic ion:
‘Mili'.ary rule would have been just
to all—to the negro, who wanted to
be free ; the white man, who wanted
protection ; and tlie Northern man,
who wanted union. As State after
Stale showed a willingness to come
into the Union, uot upon their own
terms, but upon ours, I would have
admitted them! This would have
made uni crsal suffrage unnecessary,
and I think a mistake was made iu the
matter ot suffrage. It was unjust io
the negro to throw upon him the re
sponsibility of citizenship, and expect
him to lie on even terms with his
white neighbor. It was unjust to the
Nnrih. In giving the South negro
suffrage, w e have given the old slave
holders lo'rty votes.
Curious Paenomriwu In Plant Life.
WasLin^tm) Letter to N. Y. Evening FoeC
There may be seen at thej house of
Mr. E. J. Looinis, of the Nautical
A/utanas office, a curiosity aud a
mystery in plant lift- which is attract
ing the study ot s-«nie eminent bota
nists. Tlie gentleman, himself an ex
cellent botanist, dug up a glass dish
full of a common fern (Asptenium
arichomants) while visiting the White
Sulphur Springs in Virginia last urn
iuiiiu, aud carried the plants borne to
ornament a chamber. What was his
astonishment to observe, after bis re
turn, that several fronds of the ferns
maintained a steady movement
through from twenty to forty degrees,
similar to that made by the crooking
of a finger or the swinging of a pen
dulum. This movement continuing,
he became more and more interested,
searched for information among books
and botanists, and finding no expla
nation wrote to Prof. A-a Gray, of
Harvard College, lor a solution ofthe
mystery. This eminent authority
not only had none to offer, but ex
pressed the greatesS desire to study
fiersonally so extraordinary a phe
nomenon, and while in Washington
recently in connection with the an
nual meeting of tbe Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, he passed
much time in the close scientific study
of the ferns, and mentions the fact in
the March number bf the Uotanical
Gazette. The fronds-have preserved
their curious movement all winter,
showing greater energy in the sun
light than when under the influence
ot gasjets, but nevertheless iiiaiutain-
steady swaying movement. The
little fernery is exciting attention iu
scientific circles qnite ont ol propor
tion to its tiny area, being constantly
visited by persons well'knnwn for the
highest scholarly attainments. Per
haps, from my account, it aeems no
m n o wonderful than the game of
Filteen. but once within its influence,
it holds the visitor as resistless as does
Ihnt fascinating puzzle, or as did the
glittering eye ofthe Ancient Mariner.
COLORED JUSTICE.
■ ul
, Hull- Rock (Ark.) Ornette. <
Several days ago a white <nau was
arraigned, before a colored justice,
down the coupiry^pii the charge of
killing a nun aud stealing a mule.
‘Wall,’ said the justice, *de lacks in
dis c:iB6 shall be weighed wid cereful-
uess, an’ ei I bangs yer taint no fault
ob mine.’
‘Judge, you itave no jnrisdietion
only to examine nle.’
‘Dat sorter work ’long ter do ragi-
lar justice, but yer see I'se been put
on us a special. A special has de
right ter make a inouf at Supreme
Court ef he cliuses ter.’' ’
‘Do the best tor me yon can. Judge.’
‘Dal’s what I’se gwine ter do. I’se
got two kinds ob law i» dis court, de
Arkansas an’ de Texas law. I gener
ally gins a man de right to chm-e fur
hiaiiu’f. Now, what law does yer
want, do Texas or de Arkansaiy ?’
‘I believe I’ll take the Arkausis ’
‘Wall, in dat case I’ll dismiss yer
far nivalin’ de mole—’
•Thank yon, Judge.*
‘And hang yon for killin’ de man—’
- <1 believe, Judge, that 1’ii la'ie the
Texas.’
‘Walt, in dat case Pll dismiss yer
for killin’ de man—’
•You Have a good /heart, Judge,’
• 1 ‘And ,|»aug yyr.fqr stealiu’ de mule.
I'll jist lake de ’casion hesb ter re-
marit dat de only difference ’tween de
two lawil h de way son state de case.’
' GRi. JOE JOUXSTuVb KEtfllElENT.
Gyn. Joe Juliusreii.aayi lie will re
tire from public life at the end of bis
present term. He has received many
letters from Virginia a-king him lo
recomu'dAr afid +6h*infh" Congress,
but be -Will’peremptorily decline a
renomiuation. Up cnulii get it with-
eV 5?.pW kil ? l ’V •** vyarimigton
political fife is. not lo lua taste He
says he owes much of ihe activity and
vTgor of'hf&old age lo an Outdoor life,
and he fijfd* the dut ea-of • member ol
Congress foo confining. -B.-si-lea, lie,
has no taste for ii. During his brief
service in Congress, Gen. Johiiatoii
has inade 'hiiuself - wry popular ^ with
both parties. . lit is particularly pop-
ultif with the army officers, for his
coarse as a member ot the Military
Committee has been very 1 liberal ■ to
ward the army, and lie bak wielded a
good deal ot influence among ,the
Democrats. 1 It is probable that Gen
eral Johnston will resume 1 insurance
business in Richmond Washington
Special to Cincinnati Commercial.
AJPIrhian Lover Who is Determined to Win a
Patrician Bride.
The Philadelphia Telegraph’* Paris
letter says: I was recently told by a
young French gentleman (the son of
the perfect oi La Rochelle) one ofthe
strangest romances of real life that
ever came to my knowledge. Some
four years ago a peasant boy who
lived on a farm near the town of Cle
ment Ferrand saw and fell in love
with the beautiful daughter of a gen
tleman of good fortune and position,
be being at that time 17 years of age
aud the young lady just 16. This
new'Claude Melnotte’ was so madly
in love that he went straight to the
house of the young girl’s parents and
demanded her hand in marriage.
The father treated the preposterous
proposition with good natured scorn.
‘Comwback when you have au income
ot $40,000 (200,000 francs),’ was the
answer, ‘and then we will see about
it’ The infatuated youth took him at
his word, and forthwith set to work.
Now one of the peculiarities of the
town of Claii-inont Ferrand is a scar
city ot water. There is no river near
it, so it relies for its water supply ou
springs and wells. Under these cir
cumstances a spring is a valuable
piece of property and commands a
relatively high price. So the young
peasant lover set off for an adjacent
mountain, there to search for hidden
springs. My informant said that he
bad honeycombed the whole side of
the mountain with his works, con
structing at one point a tunnel over
two miles in length. All this was
executed with his own hands.
He works from dawn to dark, lives
upon potatoes of his own planting,
and never spends so much as a sou
upon a mug of beer. Every Sunday
he goes to mass in the town, after
which he proceeds to his lady love, to
ask if she is married or likely to be.
On receiving a response in the nega
tive he plods contentedly homeward,
and starts out afresh to his toil on the
morrow. This lilie lias continued now
for full four years. Up to the present
time he has discovered three impor
tant springs, each of which he sold
for $5,000, but though no* - possessed
of what for a man of his condition of
life is wealth, be abates none of the
hardships of his existence. He has
one fixed idea, namely, to become the
possessor of a fortune sufficient to
enable him to claim the hand ot the
object of his blind passion. Yet no
one who knows the Jparties even im
agines that tlie young lady will ever
consent to marry him. She is now
twenty year* ot age, and is pretty, re
fined aud accomplished, while he is a
coarse, unlettered peasant without
even physical comeliness, as he is
short and thick set, with a broad sto
lid countenance. What- will lie the
end of bis dream, I wonder ? Will lie
go mad or break his heart the day
that he finds his beloved either mar
ried or betrothed ? Or will he die
some day of privation or overwork,
with a vision of success before his
eyes ?
“DEAR OLD 1>A.“
Hoiv a Broadway School Hiss Via- Wt-lt-omt-d
Home.
Kockiaud Courier.
It was dark in the depot one day
last week when the evening train
came in. An elderly farmer was
backed up against the partition,
watching, in open-mouthed wonder,
the big puffing engine and the yellow
covered cars as they discharged their
passengers, when a handsome young
girl in a sealskin cloak dashed for
ward, and throwing herself upon the
honest granger’s manly breast, im
printed a kiss upon his sun-burned
cheek and exclaimed :
“You dear old pa, I knew you
would be wailing for me. And how’s
mother, and how’s Jeuuie, and how’s
John—and oh, I’m so glad to get
back—and where’s my trunk—and
oh, pa, you take the cheek and let’s
hurry.”
The granger wa- old and kind of
dried up, and he had never known
what it was to have a wife, much less
a daughter. He mistrusted the young
lady in the sealskin saeque had made
a mistake, but instead of stammering
and hemming and hawing, he came
gradually up to the scratch, and throw
ing both arms around the fair crea
ture, he made up his mind lo lie a
father to her or d>e in tbe attempt.
Impriutiug a kiss like tbe report of a
pistol on her cheek, he enthusiastically
ejaculated:
“Oh, yer mother’s well, an’ John
an’ Henry an’ (smack) an’ Jane an’
Susan (smack, smack) an’ Horace an’
Belindy an’ Calvin (smack) an’ Peter
(smack, smack), oh, they’re all smart
an’ hearty, an’—”
By the time the young lady’s friends
could get to her, she had slid into a
stony tiiiui, and they had to lug her
home in a back, while the aged gran
ger, as he finished the third round
with her outraged young man, saun
tered out ot the depot, leaving him
with a bad eye and ruptured coat,
chuckled to himself:
“The old man’s gettin’ old an’ stiff
au’ careless like, but when any young
females wants to play any games o’
Copenhagen, they’ll find him right to
time, au’ I shouldn’t bo s’prised it it
rained ’fore nine o’clock. U’luug,
Kate.”
AN .-COUanOTlUAT.
A vagrant ass, says the San Anto
nio Herald, stood beside the track of
tbe Sunset Railway at the depot ibis
morning; an engine moved -lowly up;
it stopped within a few feet of tiieasa,
and the engineer blew one of those
terrible screams, prolonged and ear
piercing ; such a blast as makes a
sleeping MiDerite dream of the day oi
judgment. Did the ass si-are ? Not
worth a cent. l)id he -bake the sloth
from his limbs erect bis tail and speed
away like the asses ot Bassorah, faster
than the Bedouin coursers run, back
to the chaparal ? No he didn’t. He
turned one ear towards the engiue,
just as a deaf man uses hi* tin ear
trumpet, and caught every particle ot
the sound. And when the steam-
blown whistle ceased its noteB and all
the echoes di- d away, the animal
straightened out bis neck, opened hie
mouth, and in a voice than deafened
all tlie railroad men and caused the
freight clerk to drop his pen, roared:
I can’t! [ can’t 11 can’t! I can’t! be
beat 1 be beat! be beat I *be beat! 1
can’t be-be-be-be beat 1*
N. Y. Evening ,Mail. '
BY MRS. 13tASKOA B1LW r ELM)FF*Elt.
Awsv at the dar) i nsr ol d li om Is lead, ,
, \Y hat frolic andilie *re be*an, >*f >' ■'
*
The txeea that my graudi-atfier planted
Stll! keep anniversary May,
Bat the dear tolk are gene, and n stranger
Ia watching their ban per* to-day.
Tho beautifaT honie of iny* father*
A Granger may keep from uiy hand.
Bdt my life Is still frill of its sunshine
My -heart owns tin* »rM« of tlie viopd,
tyrover, ever,'
Andao Ltialnino^jx**, forever, • ?*■•*»■
Tho homestead and beautifol land.
Ii l 1 ^ + «J»n> t-
LEE IS THE WILDERNESS ■* .
How the Great Leader Insisted 1'pnn Going
Into Battle.
A popular actor, just returtied'froin
a.Southern tour, gives tin. following
information regarding customs of the
theatres, ‘way down in Dixie:‘
dhtbuliasm of a Southern an-
foivee is something glorious lo nrf ac
tor. The gallery bursts into yells of
sympathy with the conqueror of tyr-
auny, the overlhrower of villainy, uml
hisses roundly the impersonators ot
th'e \vicked ones. A number of times
during our Southern tour, tlie guffs of
Ihugallery waited until thest-irahaff
been called ont after the play, and
then called for the villain of the piece.
Tiiey yelled his f uanie (or rather the
natne of the'character lie assiim-il),
and would not l« satisfied until he
appeared. What Wits his greeting?
I'l i rk Ik(1 -■ ■*f ■ Auff i-nii ■ . 1 — 4* I. ‘ .. .
. » i . i ■ •) | tit'" * ” «iin ^reeling J
A. C. Jones ia the Philadelphia Weekly Time*. T he UejrLiest roUvd Ot* hisses, possible.
My attention was at this moment Feni'adots have ever been paid a
directed to a group of officers in front, brighter compliment than this. 'Oar
among whom 1 at once recognized a- villain a very jolly chap iu private
Gens. Lee and Pendleton near a sin- '/ e so ," e ^ played bis part that
le piece of artillery that had been
hastily placed in position. Everything
indicated a time of great peril, re.-
quiriog prompt and decisive action.
It required but a lew minutes to
steady tbe line and close intervals,
when the order 'forward 1 wae given.
At this moment Gen. Lee rode up,
and uncovering his head, simply said:
‘I will lead yoii, men.’: The lino swept
forward without an instant's halt; but
the cry was taken up from mouth to
mouth, and rose above the dm of bat
tle, ‘Go back, Gen. Lee, go back !’ It
was a scene never to be forgotten by
those who witnessed it. It thrills niy
heart even now as memory recalls the
picture, that noble form, with head
uncovered and face set like flint to
the trout, regardless ot the cries ot iiis
men, whose only thought was for uis
safety. He continued to advance
until some Texas soldiers seized the
reins of iiis horse and forced him to
the rear.
Gen. Lougstroet seems iu iutimate
that this action of Gen. Fee’s was au
indiscretion, unbecoming lh a great
commander, and that the excitement
•>t the occasion caused him.to lose his
balance, It does not so appear to tne
men whom lie led. The greatest Gen
eral of whom we have record in histo
ry, including George Washington and
Napoleau, in times of grout peril, and
at the critical moment of the battle,
saw fit to throw themselves into the
very midst ofthe conflict 'that they
might inspire their soldiers with tlie
necessary enthusiasm. Thai this was
Gen Lee’s object, I do not doubt,
and that it bad the desired effects,
the result proved.
HENDRICK'S TltlllLTK TU TILDEN,
St. Kspublieiv.
In view of tbe unmerited detrac
tion, calumny and abuse heaped upon
President Tildau by- so-called Demo
cratic papers, politicians and would-be
leaders, l think it well lo send you
tbe conclusion of ex-Gov Thomas A.
Hendricks’ letter of acceptance, dated
July 24, 1876:
i’urniit me, in conclusion, lo express
my satisfaction jit being a-soeiated
with a Candidate for tbe Presidency
who is first among bis equals ns a
representative of the spirit aijd of the
achievements of reform. In his'omc al
career as the executive of the great
Slate of New York he has, in a com
paratively short period, reformed the
public service and reduced the public
burdens so as to have earned at once
the gratitude of bis State and the ad
miration of the country. The peoplt
know Kim to be thoroughly in earnesl;
he has shown himself to be possessed
of powers and qualities which fit him
in ail eminent degree for the great
work of reformation which this coun
try now needs, and, if he shall be
chosen by the people to the high office
of President of the United States, I
believe the day of his inauguration
will be the beginning of a new era ol
peace, purity and prosperity in all
departments of our Government.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient
servant,
Thomas A. Hendricks.
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Athens Daily B^icnef.
A swallow having built its nest
upon the tent of Charles V., the Era
peror generously commanded that tho
tent should not be taken down when
tho camp removed, b t should remain
until the young birds were ready to
fly,. Wa-there such a gentleness in
the heart of a soldier toward a poor
bird, wliieh was uot of bis making, and
shall tlie Lord deal hardly with bis
creatures when they venture lo put
their trust in him ? Be assured he
bath a great love te those trembling
souls t'<at fly. for shelter to bis royal
courts. He that buildeth his ue*t
upon a-divine promise shall find it
abide and remain until be shall fly
away to the land where promises are
lost in tulfilinients.—Spurgeon.
An awkward Qiao, attempting to
carve a goose, dropped il un the floor.
‘There now,” exclaimed his wife,
“we’ve lost our dinner.’’ “Oh, no, ray
dear,” answered be, “it’s safe—I have
my toot on it.’’ •
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THE BRUCE 1100.8,
The colorsd boom is raging. It
begins to look as if the more imelfi-
gent colored voters were resolved
upon a division of the spoil-, or al
least of a share. According to J
Milton Jurner the colored Republican
voters number qnite 600,< 00. We
take this to be. au under estimate. He
thinks it fair that the Vice-President
should be of his race and color. He
favors either Fred Douglass or Bruce.
This kind ot talk is very annoying to
the Republican leaders Why should
it be so.? Is not 'the man and l>rotli-_
er’ every way their equals, according
to their nice theories? Hive they hoi
striven to force ‘social equality’ upon
the Southern people? Are they noi
tussing about We-t Point now ? t Why,
then, think it so monstrous, 30" de
grading, to put such an able man as
Dougin.-- on their ticket? He is a man
of brains and character. He is inh-
nitely superior to dozens of Repnbli
can members of Congress we! could
mention. Ami yet. the whites , are
simply boriiffed at the mere mention
of a negro candidate for the Vice-
Presidency. ‘ ’ -M ’
MAD STONES.
So-called mad Slones ere not be
lieved ill by aeieiilfots aud educated
physicians, b»i wo dip the following
from the Weathuafoad Exponent.
Nevertheless, tl e shm can do no
harm, if it doe- no good r “A lew duvs
since Mr. H. W. Porter and wife, ol
Wyliesville, Erath.county, arrived in
Weatherford, with their little son,
aged four Years, whq )iad, been bitten
by a skunk. They were in searoh of
a mad stone, and werh fortunate
enough to And one belonging to Mr.
R. P. Blunt, who is stepping at Mr.
Spencer’s, »u Palo,Pinto street. The
mad stone, when applied, stuck nine
teen timer, after which it would not
take effect. The Child was .severely
bitten on the heel, and also on-the hip
several times and ( had refused food,
ever since the, accident occurred,
(four days) until after.tlie application'
of tlie mad -tone, when its appetite
returned and il ate lioartily/ without
nausea. The, puree 1 s „le)V, )Xeath. e T
ford with tln-ir liiAbvwm) tuUy rertor-
ed.— Quitman {Texas) Record.
GENERAL GORDON rcTffEiiilY W. GRADY
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The thought’ ofa peaceful, happy
life at my own.jionie, wjth my wife
and children about nie, graduallyTrfl-
pruviug and beahtifying fnv place,
ratertainiiigAMy a friends i|ui*tly ( 'and
living in noihfort and, iiideper,i)pncq
hollow applause of the public beside
such a life is more'than n mockery. ,1
feel that‘t have ' served fojf 1 people
faithfully whBfoWrttJfWaVefAfoUiei
me. I have bid all tho honors -that
they can bestow, nnddjavp been ■ [Sat
isfied with tha fullest rajirks iff their
confidence, and s:iy to' you that thd
.happiest momeot of my life has ar
rived when I feel that X enrf'h’oiiora-
bly and coriscietitiofslyVeUro- fronv
public service and begin the life that
I have always hoped
Constitution.. ,j
“Mamma,” -aid Henry Thomas, a
bright little fellow over in Algiers,
“have my toes got eyes ?” “No, my
darling. Why do you ask such a ques
tion?” “Because mv toot’s asleep,” j
the gods could not separate actorand
Once, too, in Memphis, the
gathered at the stage dour after
performance, and horted the actor
who had been so villainous during the
play. I think lie was the proudest
man I ever saw, and tlie appreciation
of Iiis acting was well deserved.’
Six black envoys have arrived in
London from Mtesa, monarch of a
wide region in the dark continent of
which Stanley Afiicanns has so much’
to say in his hook. They come with
llie King’s compliments to Queen
Victoria, requesting her to expre s
through her envoy her desire as to the
status ot missionaries in his kingdom.
They had also orders to request a sup
ply of rum and rifles, mid, as an in
ducement to their request being
granted, to announce their master’s
wish to embrace the Christian reli
gion, provided he is fierinitted to res
tain the worship of his idols tlie
great snake, the Lord Lion and the
strong elephant. The Q men was lo
give audience lo the six envoys, who
stay at the during Cross Holel.
They haveAmen visitors at ‘Short’-’
and other noted places ot perpendicu
lar refreshment on the Strand.
Jute. —The culture of j me, says Ihe
Raleigh Observer, is sure to bucone
one of the industries of our Stale.
The land- in the ea-tern belt of tho
State are adapted to its growth, and
especially the ahandom d rice planta
tions suitable- I he jute grows vigor
ously on such places, with a long and
good fibre. It can lie produced at
about one-eigtb tlie cost of cotton,
-md f rom an acre of it $40 to $100 can
he made, taking the present price of
jute as a basis. The great and varied
uses of jute are ha/dly known, hut it
is made up ill dozens of things. It
comes to us here principally in tliu
shape of cotton bagging. Of this
theie are used, say, 1,200,009 yards
to cover the 200,000 liales ot cotton
raised in the Slate. There are very
fine s.ieciniens of jilte -talks grown iu
the State now on exhibition in the
Agricultural Museum, which were sent
Colonel I’-ilk -some two or three rears
ago.
. Tlie Famous Dark Dav was .May
I9tb, 1780, and in their anniversary
comments on that event many of the
Northern papers recall mi incident of
the Connecticut Legislator, then in
session. As tbe darkness intensified
a general terror pervaded that body.
It was believed that the day of final
judgment was approaching and mo
tion was made to adjourn, but Colo
nel Abraham Davenport, ot Stamford,
opposed it, sayinn, ‘I am against an
adjournment. The day of judgment
is approaching or not If it is not,
there is no cause for adjournment; if
it is, I wish to be found doing my
duty. I wish, therefore, that candles
may he brought.’
Russia enjoyed her first strike the
other day, a number of Moscow work
ingmen having s' ruck for higher was
ges and against the system which
prevails in that country of not paying
employes in money, but in orders on
the corner grocery. The strike crea
ted considerable surprise, being some
what unusual and unheard of before,
and the government, in its usual au
tocratic way, stepped in,cxamiui-d the
matter, declared that the working-
men’s claims were just and proper, and
ordered their employers to comply
with them. This is a new way »<
dealing with strikes, and, to some
extern, a successful one, but it would
scarcely work well in this country.
Jack Long was iu the hands of a
mob at Molierly, Ala. They had
plac-d a noow about his-neck, and
were completing the arrangements lo
hang him. The delay was painful to
the poor fellow,'who lmd borne : up
qntil then withiremarkable -bravery.
His brother, who had stealhily. ap
proach d, seeing that, the ordeal,
while it uras breaking down Jack's
courage, could only end in hi* ilea'll,
drew a revolver and shot him dead.
; We have fei-eived from the Scrib
ners a very remarkable volume by
.Mr. Sidney.Lanier, entitled.“TheSci- ,
unce of Kngii-h Verse.’’ It is a mon
ument of curious Icamiug and patient
netei-rcli. The aid of music, of which
L&uier is a master, is brought into
play most singularly. This work is a
very original oiie, and is destined, we
thiiiK, to attract the attention ot
soho ars everywhere.—('krounle and
Constitutionalist. *
Senator Blaine used to wear an am
ulet, which his dyiiig Roman Catlio- ■
lio mother had placed around his neck,
and which he half seriomly spoke of
as his protection against evil. Four
years 3go he was guns'.ruck on the
steps of the capilol. He was carried
home : unooDScious and half undressed,
When ho came to himself the ainnlct
was gone, and he, in spite ot constant
efforts, has udver been able lo recover
■ A good brother, who was iu the
habit of quoting very much Scripture
ip bis prayers, wasj praying tor the
(jencons that they might lie aud pos
sess all the,qualifications required by
Paulin ins epistle to Timothy (iii. 12).
When lie came to “husbands of one
wife,’’ momentarily : be thought of a
nmc ismarrled deacon, who had his
fourth, apd, (bqa, qualified it in a pa
renthesis so as to give none offense:
“I mean'one at a time, Lord/
mi' ; V ; . .
Mhisi8sippi has * more successful
’case of resusffifotion than that lately
reported from Leipsic The last tiuin-
boy of thi-’ Brandon' (Miss.) Republi- •
among my ijattlq ( ^iid ulu- c W t lias this iWin .‘ Andrew Macon,
ver, ‘u. actually transporting. The who d-M.bahg at,the triple execution
hdrh and delivered to his friends, his
been reanimated and is yet alive. It
is said hfe'iksbeectiiess, ami gives signs
of.groat sbreues.- in the neck, hut eats
heartily mid is in apparent good
healtlL We learn that the doctors
who arc attending him are confident
lie 1 will entirely, recover at nn early
day. ...
Mamma seeks to console her crying
child, and ask* Johnnie ivhat has hurt
him. -iohunie bawls move lustily than
ever, and tells mamma that yesterday
lie fell down and hurt hims-lf. * 'Yes
terday !’ says the foud parent. ‘Then
why do you cry to-day ?’ 'O.i I b«-‘ ,
cause you were not at home vastcr-
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