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IVA’S FORTUNE. A* fair as a man ever looked upon, pure as a daisy, was Iva I/wne with a fortune of a hundred thousaud in her own undisputed right; and her guar dian had just tilted himself back in his chair, and looked straight in Fred Jas per's handsome eyes, and told him that if he wanted Iva Lome and her for tune, be might have her. A hundred thousand and Iva Lome, )t would set him up for life, make him independent for all time. Only he loved Bessie Campbell. Fred Jasper was a fine fellow ; flue looking, tall, manly, with hold, hand aome gray eyes that liked to look and smile at a pretty girl, and with a caress ini’- mode of speech and way of manner that was not easy to resist; and Air. Cathertou had frankly, deliberately told this yuung man that there was waiting for him Iva Lome and the golden hand fuls she could bring him. Of course Fred enjoyed the compli ment, but that argument was not so powerfnl m its effects as Mr. Cather ton had intended. “ But, sir, you have not taken Miss Lome into consideration. Remember ake has never seen me or— Mr. Catherton interrupted him with a curious smile. “ Not being versed in women and their ways, or the sacredness of their confidences I don’t know whether or not I betray a trust when I tell you Iva has seen you, and—well Fred, will you come up to dinner to-night and be in troduced ?” So tbat was how that evening Fred Jasper came to be sitting at one side of Hr. Catherton’s mahogany, looking very admiringly at the daisy-faced girl, •who, if he so willed it, was for him. Iva had dressed herself with exquisite taste and care that evening, and a fairer vision man would not wish to sec op posite him at the table for all the days of his life, and the temptation sudden ly strengthened and took a most se ductive form, when the elaborate dinner Was over, and Fred insisted on accom panying Iva to the sitting-room instead of tarrying over the wine with Mr. Catherton, that gentleman gave a smile of assent that was like a triumph, and Iva flushed to her lovely white forehead at Fred's eagerness. Bhc was so sweet, so loveable only, somehow a sudden thrill of icy revul sion of feeling curdled all through Fred's veins as she arose from her chair, and Fred saw she was lame—oh ! so lame—and that beside the chair had been all the while waiting the little vel vet and satin-cushioned crutch on which she depended. But Iva did not see the sudden look of blank disappointment- and almost horror that swept across Fred's face, and she went on beside him, her little crutch making a soft thud on the thick carpet that made him feel strangely ashamed, and pitiful, that made him think of Bessie Campbell and her fine grace of motion. Bessie, who he knew loved him, but, who had no hundred thousand. The battle began that night, and raged many a day, when one hour Fred would swear to himself that nothing ever should come between him and the girl he loved, and the next, that he was a fool, that he could not love such a sweet, gentle girl as Iva Lome—that he would not deliberately quarrel with all bis chances, and that Bessie Camp bell would be just as happy with seme other lover. These reasonings and ar guments were the actual onset of the battle; and the result was that Fred Jasper and sweet lame Iva Lome be came engaged to be, married. They were happy enough days that followed to Iva, who never once dream ed that it was for her money and her money alone that her lover would marry her, and when he saw and realized how tenderly she loved him, it made him very gentle and tender towards her, and the time went on fairly well, bring ing the wedding day with the sweet October weather. “ I prefer to have a quiet wedding, Fred, and I am almost sure you would —on account of—of my lameness. Fred! I am so afraid you will be ashamed of me when I am your wife." Iva said that to him one soft, cool September night as they sat in the vivid moonlight, her fair face very sweet to see upturned to his in such shy eagerness. A thousand times between that love ly September night and the frosty Oc tober wedding-day, Fred told himself he would be so good, so kind to this delicate little girl who was giving him everything in the world with herself, and she slightly prized, so slightly es* The Hartwell Hun. By BENSON & MoGILL. VOL IV--XO. IC. teemed. Sourt-s and scores of times he told himself he did not regret what he had done, not even when lie recalled the cold, contemptuous looks Bessie Camp bell lost no op[>ortiinity of bestowing upon him. f ■ illls And then the wedding day came, and the wedding lvour, and Mr. Cather ton gave the bridal pair a gorgeous banquet, and the carriage stood at the door to carry them to the boat that was to take them on their honeymoon trip ; and in the few unoccupied minutfs that Intervened, whfn Fred'and his brkle stood talking, there came a messenger from Mr. Cathey ton’s banking office with a sealed letter from him, which, when he read it, made him pale and whiten to the Ups. lor oue moment; then, ltkcTtie libnflSt fbln he was, he rose to the pitiful emergencj'. “ Every shilling Iva and I had in the world is gouo. Jasper, your wife is nothing hut a paupen dependent on her bounty instead of the lieir you expected.” The crash of doom could have sound ed no more appallingly startling; the girl he had married for money—this lame, white-faced, wild-eyed girl who started to her feet in an agony of be wilderment, and anguish shocked—a— a pauper! Iva clasped her little fragile hands in a piteous entreaty. “Oh, uncle ! Fred, oh, Fred! If only I could have saved yon! Oh, why didn't they send the word just a little sooner, sotlgit I could have saved you, Fled !” And Fred met the bitter agony of shame and pain in her sweet eyes, heard the only wail she made : her pity for him, not for herself; saw fhe great, patient devotion on her sweet, pale face, and then, as if his guardian spirit had touched the fast-sealed fountain of his heart, there welled up through head and heart, soul and sense, new, exquis ite, rapturous affection for this little gill who was all his own ; such love as never had thrilled him before, that sud denly glorified and goldened all his life as he took her in his arms, sobbing and trembling, as he never had taken her before, kissing her face with love’s eager kisses. * “My precious little wife, thank God you are my wife, and that I can help you bear your burden. Iva, Iva, my dearest!” That was how Fred married for money, and from that blessed day he never once regretted the loss that re vealed to him a wealth of love and hap piness that has not waned as the years go on. Weather Guides. The colors of the sky at different times are wonderful guidance. Not i only does a clear sunset presage fair ! weather, but there are other tints which [ speak with clearness and accuracy. A bright yellow evening indicates wind ; a pale yellow, wet; a neutral grey con-, stitutes a favorable one in the morning —an nnfavorable one in the evening. The clouds are full of meaning in them selves. If they are soft, undefined,, and feathery-, the weather will be fine ;. if the edges are hard, sharp and defi- j nite, it will be foul. Generally speak ing, any deep, unusual hues betoken : wind and rain ; while more quiet and moderate tints bespeak fair weather. Simple as these maxims are, the Brit ish Board of Trade has thought fit to publish them for the use of seafaring men. Cure for Diphtheria. Augusta Chronicle. The following which was given to one of our citizens ten years ago, by a friend, is said to be a certain cure for diphtheria: “ Vinegar, one pint; sage tea, one pint; turpentine, one teaspoonful; salt, one teaspoonful; red pepper, one tea spoonful. Boil the whole to one pint. Take a swallow occasionally and gar gle the throat, applying with a mop.” Life is a battle. From its earliest dawn to its latest breath we are strug gling with something. There are 9,000 papers in North and South America. The number in the whole world is 23,000. HARTWELL, GA„ WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17, 1879. IT XU HE VOI R TI RS VIST. **■ " . Judge not too harshly! oh, my friend*! Of Intn your lei low-man. But draw the veil of charity Around him if you can. He once was called an honest man. Before sore trial vt*ed— lie stepped from out the narrow way— It may be your turn next. Fainting upon the great highway A sum-ring soul doth lie; ' Go heal his wounds and qUt'Tich his thirst. Nor pass him klly by. God will not brook the swift excuse, The thoughtless vain pretext; A fellow-mortal bites the dust— It may be your turn next. You heartl, one day. a single word Against n person’s name; Oh. hear it tint from door to door, To further hurt his fame. If you’re the man you claim to he, ftetnetnber, then, the text. To “Speak no evil.” true or falae—- It may be your turn next. The world is bad enough, we own, And may need more light: Yet. with true love to all. may we Help in lh’- cause of Right. Lift up the sinful anti the weak. The soul by care perplexed. Well knowing that to drink the gall, It may he our turn next. BE CAREFIT. WHAT TOC NAY. In speaking of a person's faults, Pray don’t forget your own. Remt-inher those with homes of glass. Should never throw a stone. We have no right to judge a man Until he's fairly tried ; Should we not like his company, We know the world is wide. Some tnav have faults, and who has not? The old as w ell as young ; Perhaps we may, for aught we know, Have fifty to their one. I'll tell vou of a better plan. That 1 find works full well, To <ry my own defects to cure Ere others’ faults to tell. And though 1 sometimes hope to be, No worse than some 1 know. Mv own shortcomings bid me let The faults of others go. Then let us all when we begin, To slander friend or foe, Tliink of the harm one w ord may do To those we little know-. Remember sometimes curses, like Our chickens, roost at home. Don’t speak of others' faults until We have none of our own. Our Couutry. Ifew York Herald. The area of Texas is larger than Austria, Germany. France, Spain or Sweden; California comes next to 7 . j Sweden, exceeding in area Turkey-, in cluding its provinces in Europe, Nor way, New Mexico, Great Britain and Italy. Even Florida is larger than England and Wales; Portugal follows after Kentucky, Ireland after Indiana, Scotland after Ireland. The Nether- J lands, Greece, Switzerland, Denmark and Belgium fall below West Virginia and Delaware leads Montenegro, while the pocket-borough of Senator Anthony brings up the rear. Omitting the Bus-! sian empire and the. Turkish provinces, j the total area of the producing coun- j tries of Europe is reported at 1,478,- 540 square miles, which is about equal to the arable land of the United States. : The aggregate population of the coun tries comprising this tract of land was, ! 1875, 217,950,485, with national indebt edness amounting to $15,719,587,040, and standing armies, numbering about two millions of soldiers. The debt of the United States is about $2,000,000,- 000, and its standing army 25,000 men.' Texas alone could produce enough cot ton annually to supply the world, on 1 19,000 square miles; the area of the State is 264,356 square miles. Iu 1878, 221,769 square miles were under; cultivation in the United States, less than the total area of Texas, and less even than its arable land, and there! were produced, of corn, 1,388,218,750, bushels; of wheat, 420,122,400 bush els; of hay, 39,608,296 tons; of oats, 413,560 bushels ; of cotton, 5,073,531 bales ; of barley, 42,245,680 bushels; of potatoes, 124,326,650 bushels; of rye, 25,842,790 bushels ; and of buck wheat, 12,246,820 bushels. The area jof arable land in the United States is estimated at 1,500,000 square miles, and the quantities of the nine leading j crops above quoted were produced on i 221,769 square miles of territory. — A young lady who had been married ; a little over a year wrote to her mattcr- I of-fact old father, saying: “We have the dearest little Cottage in the world, (Ornamented with the most charming lit tle creepers you ever saw.” The old man read the letter and exclaimed: “ Twins, by' thunder Devoted to Hart County. 1 MYSTERIOUS BROTHERHOOD. ! A RRIMMER’N A lE* INMOST TO MEM BEUNIIir. Hour lie Wm Iteewlved. IntliwMd anil Xnil, • Nellie. He was a drummer, but he would not come ashore from the mail-boat; said he'd not atop iu Madison, but go on to the next city. The reasons he gave wen* as fbllows: I was in Madison some years ago, and my recollection of that trip (l was then a “ drummer “) makes me shudder. 1 had been round for about two days, ami made good aides, ami had also made the aquaintance of some good fellows (as I thought) in the central part of town. I was with a party at Mayor’s Hotel, talking and joking, when one of ’em said to me : “ You’d better remain to-night and join our beloved order, the Mysterious Brotherhood. It'll he a great benefit to you in your travels. It’s the best so ciety in the State, and you can make friends by being known as a member in ten minutes after you stop at a city or village.” 1. like a sucker, took the cork under and stayed and joined. The Mysterious Brotherhood then met in a hall near the Mayor’s office. A widow kept a saloon below the lodge room. There were about eighty mem bers of the lodge, ami most of them were present to assist in my initiation. The officers were : A High Mogul, Sec ond High Mogul, Secretary and Treas urer, Inside and Outside Sentinels, and a Comet, with three Assistants. The initiation fee was anything the lodge could-get—-from $1 to I was re ceived at the ante-room by a masked guard. I heard a grnm voice inside say: “Is there any person in waiting to be initiated into our beloved order ?” Another said : •* There is one hard customer, my lord, who has deposited the blunt ac cording to the requirements of our sa cred order.” A hell tapped, and the whole order inside yelled “Amen! Amen!” I was led in. The whole assembly were in long gowns, reaching to their feet, of various colors, and had their faces masked. I was blind-folded and led three times around flic room, while all kang: 44 Should you feel iu dined toceuaure Faulted you may in othdf* view, Ask your own heart ere you venture If it has not failing too !" The bell tapped, and I was halted before the High Mogul. Near him stood tlie Comet and three aids with stuffed clubs three feet long. I was sworn to answer all questions truth* fully-, and keep the secrets of the or der. Every time I failed to answer a question immediately, a stuffed club took mo an awful belt far below the belt in the rear. The following ques tions were put and answered : “Are you a married man ?” “ Yes.” “ How many children have you ? State their ages, sex and complexions.” Before I could answer half lie had asked me, I was fairly lifted by the stutted clubs. “ Are you in the habits of running around nights ?” I answered “No ” right quick, and though it was not exactly the truth, I escaped the clubs. The devils had a big plank in the room, rigged on trestles, witli one end seven feet high. Near the centre of this plank was a hinge that worked with a trigger; but I knew nothing of this until later in the proceedings. I heard all the while running water, as if the reservoir was being emptied. The bell tapped, and I was marched around again. The Grand Mogul asked : “ How much water is there in the tank t I The answer was : “ Four feet.” I The Mogul said : “ Let it be deeper.” Then he asked tne : “ Have you any money, watches, notes, papers, rings and precious stones that will be damaged by water ?” I said, “ No.” He then sang out: *• How much water in the tank ?” $1.50 Per Annum. " Six feet," was the answer. " Lei if he deeper!” I was nc*t led to the plank and com p'lled to slowly ascend ft. f had reached the end of it, and was on my knees, when the Mogul cnllcd out once again : “ llow much water in the tank now ?” The answer came. "Nine feet." “ la it hot ?” " Boiling!" The bell lapped, the end of the plank (lapped down, mid I went head liHig—but not into tile tank of water. T was caught in a largo place of stout canvas, supplied with hand-hold around the edges and corners, and managed by eight or ten stout fellows. No sooner had I struck the canvas than 1 was tossed in the air several times. They shoutod at ever toss, “Once more,” till finally 1 struck the ceiling, then they quit. The Ml tapped, and I was walked up to a coffin with tin gutters around it, and in tho gutters ware various calcium lights. The ban dage was removed from my eyes. In this coffin was one of the members, painted up in as ghastly colors as pos sible, and the fellow' representing the corpse had his month full of flour. I didn't know it, of course, till they made me take another oath ami stoop to kiss tho corpse. The cuss blew fully a teacupful of flour in my face and ct’es. When I had cleaned and wiped off my countenance, tins Myste rious Brotherhood all came nround me to shake hands, I shook, of course, hut I really felt that if I had two six shooters the population of Madison would have been reduced to the extent of twelve. Words of Wisdom. It’s poor foolishness to run down your enemies. Make yourself necessary’ and j’our success is certain. Divide your opinion of y ourself by 2 and the result is others opinion of you. lie that pelts at every barking dog must pick up many stones. Our acts make or mar us ; we are the children of our own deeds. Health and happiness brings with it the true secret of beauty-. Watch your own speech and notice how it is guided by your loss conscious purposes. Dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Commend a fool for his wit or a knave for his honesty and they will receive you into their bosom. No triumph is so great as that of the soul over the body. It is inspired by the highest motive. Many a sweetly formed mouth has been disfigured and made hideous by the fiery tongue within. When gratitude has become a matter of reasoning there are many ways of escaping from its bonds. A clear conscience can rest easy on a bed of granite, while an evil one would be uneasy on a bed of swans down. “ Pity He Drinks.” It is a customary’ thing among a cer tain class of noodles, whenever they see some worthless fellow going to the dogs from drink, to say; “ What a pity lie drinks! If he would only leave whisky’ alone lie would l>e a great man.” Now this is simply rubbish. Many a fool has a reputation for genius by becoming a drunkard, who, if be re mained sober, would be recognized for what he is—a man of as little mental power as moral restraint. . The safest and surest measure of in tellectuality is the poweT it gives to the man of brains to control his passions. He that gives a loose rein to his pas sions and follows his appetites to de gradation, gives the best possible evi dence of a weak and feeble brain. “ Bones, did you hear that fellow make that speech in the court house to-day?” “Yes,” “ What did you think of it?” “ Well, I tell you what’s a fact, he can bring an argument down to a pint as quick as any fellow I ever saw.” “Yes,” replied the other, “ but he can briug a quart of whisky down to a pint a heap quicker’n that.” WHOLE NO. i;;> Hnn a Girl Killed a IK-er. A letter from Bhoholn, I’a, says; Four pffivc rtfilaw hackofliils place, in an old lug cabin, lives Thomas I lender* *hot, lie’ll ns' a pretty daughter about 18 years of age. Clara Ileudershot can rmv’n (Mit, klront, it guji or tmp n beaver as weTTas any man m flic eotinty. ® A few days ago she started across tlielnko —the Great IN alkcr [Kind —to visit a friend. rilic used a light bunt Mongiug to her father, and carried, ns was her custom, a Mlistl! rifle slung arrow her shoulder bv a leather sfmjL When sho was nearly in the center of the lake sho discovered an object in the water, a rhoft distance off, and upou a near er found that it was a large five-pronged buck, which had been driven in hy dogs. Shi' itnmediatelv uuslung her gun uud, alter taking aim, fired. Tho hull j*i-ucd through the deer’s neck, making a painful wound. The animal enraged, struck at the boat with its front foot, completely shattering one side of the fragile hark, which sunk, leaving Miss Ueiider.diot in the water with tho infuriated buck. She was plucky and could Mwim well, and as the deer catuo town rd her she caught it by the. 1 1 or us and plunged her hunting-knife into its neck, killing it instantly. She then called for help, and as none arrived sho swum to the shore, aln ut a quarter of a mile, anil hurried home, She put on dry clothes, ami procuring manlier boat rowed out to where the dead buck was floating mi l tow.-d if a %>re. When dics-ed the animal weighed 280 pounds. This is the seventh deer Miss Ilendcr sbot has killed and she feels quite proud of her Inst adventure, which is wie most tlirilliog she ever hud. A gentleman at this pluco intend* having tfeo deor’a head stuffed, and Miss Tfihidortdurt. will keep it ns a momenta bff 'her struggle for life in the water. .V West Virginia Sqnlrrcl Story. Cor. Vt'hreling TitlrlK>imtr. Oue day last week, while Jesse Huff was out hunting, he saw u squirrel, as he thought, on u tree. He aim. and fired phut still tho squirrel remained stationary. lie lvpcatod the firing three times in succi'tssion, thinking that hig gun had gone back on him, until tho, last of three shots fired, when, to his sur prise down tumbled four squirrels all joined togethe-. After the three wero ghat they pulled tin? other one of!’, not being able to hold them up. They were joined together hy a narrow strip, so that one could not move without tho otlwjr, and hud been horn that way, and were full grow n. It is the talk of the whole neighborhood. I send you the in formation and will vouch for the verac ity of it, ns i heard several responsible men say they saw them after they were killed. Athens Banner, Uth inst#: A serious difficulty occurred across the river, on Saturday evening lust, at the house- of Joe Bird. It appears that Bird nndrtno Dr. Clark, a patent medicine vender of the tramp persuasion, met at a bar-robm and imbibed too freely of “ Billy- Pat terson,” when they retired to the house of said Bird. Bird requested his wife to prepare dinner fi>r himself and Dr. Clark, which she did ; and while they were at the dinner table Clark became sick, excused himself, and went to the door and “spilt” his dinner, lie then lay down across the bed and went to sleep. While Clark was Heaping Bird became desperate from some cause and said he was going to kill somebody, or words to that effect. A young lady who was at the house became Lightened and awoke I)r. Clark, who immediately tried to pacify Bird, but to no avail. Bird tried to “ pulverize” Clark with a butcher knife, and knocked him down two or three times. In the iueantirno Clark got hold of a gun, with which he knocked Bird over the head, the hum mer of the gun penetrating to the brain and inflicting a most dangerous wound. The wound was dressed, hut Bird is.not i doing well, and there is very- little hope of his recovery. We learn that Clark has fled. Norristown Herald : Mr. Brigham Young's grave is said to be neglected and stoneless. lie left too many afflict ed widows. What is everybody 'f busi ness —. When the coudfcjou of her late husband’s grave is mentioned to Mrs. Young No, 10, she replies : “ Well if he wants a tombstone, let that proud, stuck up Belinda Jane Young get him one —it’s as much her busiueas as it is mine.” And when the subject is brought to Belinda Jane, who is Widow Young No. 14, site retorts: “Just let Sarah Jcrusha Young attend to it. She has known him longer than I.” And it 1 1 looks a.- if it never would g t ujctnb | stone.