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W. F. SMITH, Publisher. VOLUME IX. BETWEEN THE LEAVES. BT JOSEPHINE POLLAKD. I took * roluras, old and worn, From off th library ehalf on* day; The covert were defaced and torn. And many a leaf had gone astray, t tinned the pages slowly o’er In *earch of some forgotten truth, Familiar In the days of yore As were the school books of my youth. The mlldowed leaves, the faded print, Seemed quite inanimate and cold, As if they ne’er had been the mint From which I garnered precious gold. Bo dull and colorless the page, I turned and turned, in hopes to find Something that would restore to age The freshness of the youthful mind. As wel', indeed, might I essay Hope’s early visions to renew, Or give unto a dead bouqnot Its former fragrance and its dow. I closed the volura* with a sigh, As if it were Joy’s entrance door-- A bit of color caught my ej'e Just as it fluttered to tho floor. ’Twas but a maple leaf, all bjotchod With gold and crimson, green and brown. The edges delicately notched, And perfect still from stem to crown; And when I took it in my hand, This little leaf from maple trea. As if it were a magic wand, Brought back a vanished youth to qta. I lived again those Joyful days, The old, familiar Bongs I sung, And walked again, with sweet delays, The paths I loved when I was young. B’en as the hues upon the leaf, Each scene appeared so freshly bright That all remembrances of grief Were lost, and faded out of sight. A SEVERE TEST. A Story of the Melbourne Police. Borne years ago—a good many more, In fact, than I care to recall now—l was wandering very disconsolately through one of the main thoroughfares of Mel bourne, debating with myself the advisa bility of walking down to the quay and offering my services as steward to the Captain of the first homeward-bound ves sel on which I might see the “blue peter ” hoisted. Things had gone very badly with me; every enterprise to which I had turned my attention had either fallen through or resulted dis astrously to myself; and, after vainly trying my luck in the colony for over three years, I came to the conclusion that the sooner I reconciled myself to the utter failure of my attempts the bet* ter it would be both for my peaoe of mind and my constitution. in this dismal mood 1 was listlessly reading orer the shipping announce ments posted on an adjacent wall, when I came across a notice from the Police De portment, intimating, in tersely official language, that a few now hands were needed—hands who were strong, vigor ous, healthy, shrewd, good horsemen, and rejoicing in the possession of such other natural advantages as would inev itably insure their success in any lino they chose to adopt. I was A good horseman, healthy, and tolerably Btroug; my shrewdness I had begun to doubt lately ; and, as for the rest of the desiderata —well, I suppose I was nr well off os’" 1 ost people. Here, possibly, was a chance for me; st any rate, it was only a few days' delay if nothing came of it; I would make my application and chance it. I returned to my diggings, wrote an official applica tion as per directions, and, to make a long story short, received, two days lat er, a note desiring my attendance at the station on the following day. Here, after a rather stiff examination, physical and mental, and such tests of horseman ship as taking a five-barred gate with my arms folded—whioh I accomplished suc cessfully—l was told that everything was tolerably satisfactory, and I might expect an official notification of appoint ment at an early date. Meanwhile, it would be desirable, I was informed, that I kept the matter, as far as it had gone, quite private; a stipulation I had no dif ficulty in conforming to, since I had not a single friend in the city. On the evening of the following day I found at my quarters a second note from Hr. Superintendent, conspicuously marked “Private,” and conveying the Ter 7 agreeable intelligence that I was temporarily engaged from that day. The letter closed with a request that I would call at once on the Superintendent. Somewhat to my dismay, I found, on presenting myself, that my permanent appointment was conditioned upon my satisfactorily carrying through a special job then on hand. It was an affair of acme nicety ; and an old hand, from an other station, would have been given the work, but for being absent on other business. The matter would admit no delay; and it was imperatively neoes- Barj that it was undertaken by someone not, or seemingly not, belonging to the Melbourne foroe, In short, I was to *r The matter was * , u.. . ~ —lent papers, of high ddddddddd importance, had been stolen from th e messenger to whose care they were in trusted ; and, from information received, ik seemed pretty certain that their pres ent possessor—a man fast becoming notorious in the colony—would be walk ing toward the city next afternoon ; and to prevent his intimate acquaintance with the town enabling him to escape, or any confederates attempting his re lease, I was to wait by a bridge on tha line of road, about ten miles out of Mel bourne, and get the papers from him. The man was by no means to be shot, or if possible even hurt; but the papers must be secured. Minute instructions as to his appearance were followed by a pretty plain implication that my career in the force would very largely depend upon my success. I felt, as may bo easily imagined, in anything but high spirits. The pros pect of a single-handed enoounter with a man of whoso resources I knew nothing, and who might blow my brains out be fore I bad a chanoe of attack, was not cheering. However, there was nothing for it; it was my last chance, and I must embrace it without shirking. Next day, which was Sunday, I ac cordingly procured a horse from the sta tion, and, taking my revolver with me, started out to try my luck as a police man, and about 2 o’clock in the after noon came near the place mentioned. I left my horse at the nearest roadside “hotel,” sauntered to the bridge, and, leaning over the rail with no very dis tinct notion of how I was going to act, waited for my man with what coolness I could muster. Two hours had passed ; the suu was beginning to go down; and I was just preparing to console myself with the notion that the man had got wind of our intention, and gone by another route, when I became aware of the ap proach of a solitary pedestrian. As he came nearer, I ran over the description of the man I wanted—which I had learned by heart—and at once concluded that this was the individual. He was a tall, powerful, uncompromising-looking * fellow of about five and forty, muscular enough to have lifted me up and thrown me over the bridge into the shining water beneath. I commenced to walk * over the bridge as the man approached it—passed him slowly, and felt sure it was the man. After going two or three yards, I turned back. Hearing my step, the purloiner of state documents turned round. “ Well, mate, what is it ? ” “ Can you oblige me with a pipe of ’baccy?” I asked. 11 Oh ! ye* handing me his pouch. “ What are you doing about here ? You don’t look over-brisk. Broke ? ” “ Pretty nearly,” I replied. “New arrival, I suppose?” “Almost.” “ Ah! there are too many carpet knights floodiug Melbourne. Come out expecting to make a pile, got disap pointed, and don’t like to work for your grub, eh ? Put a screw of tobaoco in your pocket—you’ll find it pleasant com pany on the road.” I nearly emptied the pouch and handed it back ; and, as the owner put out his hand for it, I slipped my foot be. hind his heel and pushed him. He tripped and fell splendidly. I was pret ty quick in wTestling, and I took hold of the man’s throat with my left hand, put my knees on his chest and with my right hand felt in the breast-pocket of his coat He struggled violently, but I thought I should succeed. I got my hand on some papers; but, as I was drawing them from the pocket, the ruffian got hold of my right knee-cap with hi* left hand, and gave it such a ter rible wrench that I believed he had dis located the joint Then feeling my hold relax, he suddenly hoisted himself with his right hand, sprang up, caught hold of my wrists, and hurried me to the bridge. Holding me thus in an iron grip, and glaring fiercely at me, he said: “I see your game; there’s only one way of dealing with the police. Dead men tell no tales ; *o over you’re going* youngster.” Suiting his action to the word he re. leased my hands, and in the same in stant grasped me firmly and hoisted me, My last chance seemed to lie in an old twist I had learned at college. As the man raised me, I placed my feet on the brickwork of the bridge, pushed myself back with all my strength, jerked a little forward, lowered my head, and then fairly twisted under my captor’s arm from right to left. My school experience had saved my life; for the man let go his hold with —zr of rate, a”* 4 - “ uiought I sprang _Pjn him. “It’s all right, old fellow, take the papers and read them.” Oeu tHI to inrfifetriaJ Infant, tlift Biffn-ion ol Truth, tiw Establishmeat f Justice, and the Pmirratw* of a People’s Giveriffleiit. INDIAN SPRINGS, GEORGIA. But in the mad excitement of the mo ment, and remembering my mission, I thought this surrender was only a ruse on the part of the ruffian. He sat down on the road in the most undignified fash ion and handed me the papers. The first one that met my gaze was a headed piece of police-office paper, on which was written : “This is your test for entering the force;” and was signed by the Sujier intendent. “ Well, young man,’’said mine enemy, “ you have passed the last exam,—with honors. You have nearly broken my wrist. But my horse is at tho first road side hotel. If you’ll come with me I’ll have a drink with you, and get some cold lotion for this sprain. I believe it will be a case of splints and sick leave ; but you have done your work well. Bother the arm—how it aches I” (So did my knee.) The report was satisfactory, and 1 was appointed permanently. Mr. Superin tendent’s test caused me to be sent on various duties which led me into many rough experiences; but I never believed myself to be so near death as when I was deciding my future with my superior officer.— Chambers' Journal. CHRIST’S SENTENCE. The Alleged Copy of the Most Memorable Judicial Sentence Ever Pronounced. The following is a copy of the most memorable judicial sentence which has ever been pronounced in tho annals of tho world, namely, that of death against the Savior, with the remarks which the Journal Le Droit has collected and the knowledge of which must be interesting in the highest degree to every Christian. It is word for word as follows : Sentence pronounced by Pontius Pil ate, intondanfof the Lower Province of Galilee, that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer death by the cross. In the seventh year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, and on the 24th day of the month of March, in the most holy city of Jerusalem, during the pontificate of Annas and Ciphas. Pontius Pilate, intendant of the prov ince of Lower Galilee, sitting in judg ment of the presidential seat of the Praetors, sentences Jesus of Nazareth to death on a cross between two robbers, as the numerous and notorious testimoni als of the people prove : 1. Jesus is a misleader. 2. He has excited the people to sedi tion. 3. He is an enemy to the law. 4. He called himself the Son of God. 6. He calls himself, falsely, the King of Israel. 6. Ho went into the temple followed by a multitude carrying palms in their hands. Orders from tho First Centurion Qui rillis Cornelius to bring him to the place of execution forbid all persons, rich or poor, to prevent the execution of Jesus. The witnesses who have signed the execution of Jesus are : 1. Daniel Robani, Pharisee. 2. John Zorababel. 3. Raphael Robani. A Capet. Jesus to be taken oat of Jei usalem through the gates of Tournes. The sentence is engraved on a plate of brass in the Hebrew language, and on its sides are the following words: “A similar plate has been sent to each tribe.” It was discovered in the year 1280, in the city of Aquilla, in the King, dom of Naples, by a search made for Roman antiquities, and it remained there until it was found by the Commis sion of Arts in the French army in Italy. Up to the time of the campaign in Southern Italy it was preserved in the sacristy of the Carthusians, near Na ples, where it was kept in a box of eb ony. Since then the relic has been kept in the chapel of Casert. The Carthu sians obtained the privilege, by their petitions, that the plate might be kept by them, which was an acknowledg ment of the sacrifice which they made for the French army. The French translation was made literally by the members of the Commission on Arts. Denon had a fac simile of the plate en graved, which was bought by Lord Howard on the sale of his cabinet for 2,890 francs. There seems to be no historical donbt as to the authenticity of this plate. The reasons of the sentence correspond exactly with those of the ffoaoeL Old gent—“ Well, my good man, I could never buy a horse with legs like that” Gyps/’dealer—“ Wot ! Legs 1 \r>, i thought yer wanted a fast one, and you’ll never see ’is legs when ’e cits a trottin’ 1” The telephone tells its own story, and it’s a sound one at that, ORIGIN OF THE CAMP-MEETING. There are those who trace the origin of the oamp-meeting to Old Testament times, and refer to many passages from Genesis to the days of John the Baptist for proofs. We will, however, consider its rise as strictly American, and make no other mention of the Bible references than are suggested in the opening para graph. The first camp-meeting in the United States was held in tho year 1799, on the banks of the Red river in Kentucky, The way it came about was somewhat peculiar. Two brothers named McGee, one a Methodist and the other a Presby terian, were on a religious tour from Tennessee to a place called in those days the “Barrens.” They stopped at a set tlement to attend % sacramental occasion with a Presbyterian minister, tho Rev. Mr. McGreely by name. John McGee, tho Methodist, preached on invitation, and his services are described as having been marked “with great liberty and power.” McGee’s brother and the Rev. Mr. Hoge followed with sermons, and their effects were remarkable, as they produced “tears of contrition and shouts of joy.” The several Presbyterian ministers, the Rev. Messrs. McGreel/, Hoge and Rankins, left the house, but the McCieos were too powerfully affected to depart. John was expected to preach again, but when the time came he arose and in formed the people that the overpower ing nature of his feelings would not al low of his preaohing, and he exhorted them to surrender their hearts to God. The excitement is said to have been in describable. The reports of these won derful services were heard by the people in the country round, and many rushed to the place to see the preachers and witness the unusual religious exercises, the meeting house was overflowed, and an altar was erected to the Lord in the forest. This added new interest to the move ment, and people assembled from far .near, with provisions and other nec essaries for camping out, and remained several days, living in tents. For the time denominational divisions seemed to be forgotten, and the services were con ducted by Presbyterians, Methodists and Baptists. The results were so wonderful that another meeting of the same sort was suggested, and was held on the Muddy river, and still another was held on what was called the Ridge, both having been attended by great crowds who came for many miles around. These services were continued and extended with similar re sults, the Presbyterians and Methodists directing and conducting them. It is stated that at one of these meetings in Kentucky there were present at least 20,000 persons. The Presbyterian* gradually retired from the field, while tho Methodists carried the meetings to all parts of the country. Since then other denomina tions have adopted them, and they have continued with more or less efficacy up to the present time.— Chicago Inter Ocean. PROFITABLE LITIGATION. Lawyer—“ Hurrah, let me congratu late you. You are the luckiest of mor tals. Embrace me.” They embrace, and the client ventures to ask the cause of so much emotion. “Thanks to my skill,” replied the lawyer, “I have obtained a judgment in your favor in the Supreme Court. ” “After nine long years.” “ But, my dear fellow, better late than never.” How much do I get ?” asks the cli ent, anxiously. “ The court decrees that you shall re ceive $2,000. The costs and my fee will only amount to $3,600, so all you will have to pay me is $1,500.” “ Merciful heaven, and I must lose my money beside ?” “ Of course you lose your money, but console yourself ; you have gained your case. You can’t expect to gain every thing.” “ Then I will go back to the plowing. The work is not near so hard, and pays better,” said the boy. A few days ago a little child gave ex*, pression to an old story in the follow ing terse manner: It seems that the lit tle fellow had discovered a bee crawling up his hand. Finally, the bee stopped for a moment, and after remaining sta tionary for an instant stung the little fellow. When the cry of pain was over the little child said. o his mamma that he didn’t care about the bee’s walking about on him, but he didn’t like his sit ting down on him, — Dayton Journal. THE UNITER STATES CAPITOL. The dome is the most impressive feat ure of the new Capitol at Washington. It was designed by Walters, to replace the smaller one removed in 1866, and ranks fifth in height snd size among the notable domes of the world. It is, in fact, 360 feet high above the west gate of the park at the foot of the hill on which it stands. Its diameter is 138$ feet, and it is praised as one of the most symmetrical, graceful structures in the whole world. Its octagonal or stylobate base rises 93 feet above the basement floor of the Capitol. As it leaves the top line of tho building it consists of a peristyle 124 feet in diameter, of 86 iron-fluted col umns, 27 feet high. Each of these col umns weighs six tons. Above them is a balustrade. Above the balustrade be gins the dome, which converges upward to an apex, surmounted by a lantern 16 feet in diameter and 60 feet high, whioh is surrounded by a peristyle and crowned by the bronze statue of Freedom, de signed by Crawford. On Dec. 12, 1863, the statue was raised and placed in its present position at the apex of the dome. Thousands of citizens and soldiers were assembled. A national salute of thirty-five guns was fired from a field-battery in the East Park, and this was followed by a rever berating salute by the shotted, heavy guns of the whole, chain of forts sur rounding the Capitol. Few who were present*on that day will forget the mighty acclaim from the people which almost obliterated for a moment tho noise of artillery. The lantern on the dome of the Cap itol contains three rows of powerful gas jets, and is very much frequented by strangers, particularly young married couples. The view therefrom in the day time is magnificent, and even at night, notwithstanding the glare of the gas jets, one may obtain weird views by shading the eyes with the hands and pressing the face close to the glass. The eastward view looks out on the plain of Capitol Hill toward a back ground of hills beyond the Anaoostia. To the north there is a view, beyond a broad intervening valley, of encircling hills ; to the south lie the low ground and sparsely settled parts of Washing ton ; and to the west lies the city with its Botanical Garden, the Mall, the wooded summits of University Square, the unfinished Washington monument, the dome of the Observatory, the glit tering stream of tho Potomac, and Ar lington Heights beyond. No finer view can be liad from any capitol. Yet the picture thus viewed is scarcely more en chanting than that of the Capitol itself seen from any point of vantage. —Sunday Magazine. THE ELDER BOOTH. Upon fetes eider Booth’s acting Mrs. .’iarke'* moat significant remark is that i i vras always in the soul of the charac and never resembled Boileau’s writ er, who, * ‘ inspired by self-love, forms all his heroes like himself.” We shall not here attempt a summary of this ex inordinary being in his transfiguration -ft an actor. The fact which seems to suggest, if not to define, him is that he <s heedless and imperfect as an artist, but electrical and fascinating as a hu ..nu being. He would, for example when acting Macbeth deliberately go to he wing and get a broadsword with .y 1, ich to fight the final battle, and would io this in full view of the audience—just as Ristori, when acting Lady Macbeth, would carry her husband’s letter to the Aide and throw it away. He was not oarticular, when acting Richard, wheth er he wore an old dressing gown or a oy&l robe, and he cared very little where other persons entered or stood, that they got on and were somewhere. His acting had no touch of the finish of Macready. But the soul that he poured i/ito it was awful and terrible ; the face, the hands, the pose, the movement, all was incarnate eloquence; and when the lightning of the bine-gray eyes flashed tnd Lhe magnificent voice gave out its deep thunder-roll or pealed forth its so norous trumpet-notes, the hearts of his h oarers were swept away on the wings of <i tempest. Each tone and each ac tion was then absolutely right. Even bis marvelous elocution, which brought jufe the subtle meaning of every sound iu every syllable, seemed inspired, such und *o great was the vitality which a imagination thoroughly aroused •on!d strike out of a deep and passion .te fceait. —New York Tribune. Taxation for education provides less that $1 for each pupil of the public schools of Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION-$1.51. NUMBER 43. DILATORY LOTERB. The impatienoe of the parents of the* young lady over the long and fruitless visits of the chronio caller was pictured in comic colors some years ago by a funny writer. It seems that it was mid night. The young man had farewelled himself out, and Emeline had locked the door and was untying her shoe when her mother came down-stairs with a bed quiit around her, and said : “ Wanted to creep up stairs without my hearing you, eh? Didn’t think I knew it was an hour after midnight, did you ? ” The giri made no reply, and the mother continued: “ Did he propose this time ?” “ Why, mother I ” exclaimed the daughter. “ You can ‘ why, mother,’ all you want to, but don’t I know that you’ve burned up at least four tons of coal courting around here ? ” The girl got her shoes off, and the mother stood in the stair door and asked : “Emeline, have you got any grit?’* “ I guess so.” “I guess you haven’t. I just wish that fellow with false teeth and a mole on his chin would come sparking me. Do you know what would happen, Emeline ?’* “No.” “Well, I’ll tell you. He’d come to time in sixty days or he’d get out of this mansion like a goat jumping for sun flower seeds.” And Emeline went to bed hugging this thought to her bosom. Occasionally such visits become so burdensome that the young lady taJks to the young man herself. At least they had such a girl out in Colorado. She had been receiving the attentions of a young man for about a year, but, becoming im patient at his failure to bring matters to a crisis, she resolved to ascertain his in tentions. When he next called she took him gently by the ear, led him to a seat and said: “ Nobby, you’ve been foolin’ ’round this claim fur mighty near a year, an* hev never yit shot off your mouth on the marryin’ biz. I’ve cottoned to yer on the square clear through, an’ hev stood off every other galoot that has tried to chip in; an’ now I want yer tu come down to business or leave the ranch. Ef you’re on the marry and want a pard that’ll stick right to ye till ye pass in your checks an’ the good Lord calls ye over the range, just squeal, an’ we’ll hitch; but ef that ain’t yer game, draw out an’ give some other feller a show fur his pile. Now, sing yer song or skip out.” He sang. MEXICAN JAILS. In the department of jails there is a deficiency. As at present arranged they can present but moderate terrors to evil doers. The really-fine penitentiary at Guadalajara is the only one in which modern ideas of penal discipline are fol lowed. There is by law no death pen alty. The number of the most-nefarious criminals is kept down by semi-official lynchings—as the shooting of certain kinds of offenders on capture—into which nobody ever inquires, and by transportation to Yucatan; but there still remain sufficient to make one look with uneasiness on the slightness of the means of restraint employed. The bolts and bars are only lattices of wood much more often than iron. At the great central prison of Belen, where some 2,000 persons are confined, it seemed to me that a very large portion of them were more comfortable than they could have been in their own squalid homes. They make a strange spectacle indeed as one looks down upon them in large courts, of what again has once been an old convent, where, of all ages, and for sentences of ail durations, they eat, sleep and work at various light occupa tions together. No attempt is made to prevent their communicating with one another, or staring about. They have good air, light and food, and are paid a part of their earnings. They take their siestas at noon, play at checkers, gossip and even bathe luxuriously in a central tank.— W. H. Bishop , in Harper's Magazine. MISSIONARY AVERAGES. * It is said that the percentage of mis sionaries who have gone from various theological seminaries is as follows: Oberlin (Congregational), 19 per cent.; Andover (Congregational), 10 per cent.; Hamilton (Baptist), 10 per cent.; Union (Presbyterian), 9.5 er cent.; Newton (Baptist), 7.8 per cent; Virginia (Epis copal), 8 per cent.; Rochester (Baptist), 7.8 per cent.; Princeton (Presbyterian), 6.2 per cent.