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VOL. III.—NO. 32. C|ef)iimiliim Visitor D. W. IV COULLY, Proprietor. f I- ■■ ■■■ ■ i* ASTI SUBSCRIPTION KATES. 'One copy one ve-'r $2 GO One copy six men'll' - 00 One copy three menlhs 75 Any o T ne fuipis) ince five fibers, with Vie money, will i'fcirive a copy free. Subscribers wi.-hln'T their papers cliiinircl from one po t-- fficc to rmelher. must Ft do, Vie name of the por'Volueo from whi-h thev wi h it chan cl, as well as that to which they wish it > rn*t>. All gbs rioii ns must 1 e pai l in advence. *i lie paper will l>e c top pod at tl.c cii*i of tne true paid for, unless -oTtVee'ijjiioiio are pre vio ’ ly renewed. Viity numbers eomjfiete year. Cash ADVEinM3i’& rates. 8 pack 1 mo 3re on ti mot. 12 mum 1 inch.... $ - ou $ 4 50 $ (5 00 $ 10 00 2 j.icbcs .. 450 725 11 00 Jfc Ou 3 i.itbcs .. 502 SOO 15 00 22 00 4 inches .. 550 HOS 18 00 27 00 > column.. 650 14 00 25 00 35 00 * column.. 12 50 25 00 40 00 00 00 Icolumn.. 22 00 41 00 o 2 00 10(1 00 Miarriices and deaths not exceeding six lines will Ire .'r?e. Pa> nrehtalo b’ m de q artu-ly in advance, ac*j.r(ling to soliedule riles, unh n otherwi .e agreed upon. Persons eei'd’ngpdvCftPr'emcnts. will state the length of n*'net"eY v/i-h them published and the space they want them to occupy. P vtic.s advertising I'v contract will be re* gtrict-cd to their legitimate bp.rioe s. Lk*3 AL A Bales. ’CT i ah. four weeks.. .$3 50 “ mot e fl fx ft *’es } pe inch, eight weet s ~ 5 50 Citation for ettrrs of • ' ei i ration, guardian hip, ete. thirtr d,;\s 3 00 police to debtors pod i o-s of an estate, frty dat< 5 00 A. pIH <ion for lewe to fell 1-nd, four weeks 4 05 of -and ete., per in h, forty and vs 5 UU *“ “ peiish : hl€ [uopovry. per inch, ten davs 2 00 Application for le tenofd? i : i j'.ifrom gu \ dianshi r {V>iTy<’.‘\s 5 00 A r > dilation f* r letie'*sofhrn* ion '■ o<n fion. three mon;hs . ? 50 Est -‘dishing !• sfc n ;per j i fi> Is* e f't Vre if "Tj *'l-S nei in<h 7 00 C " <• iag’i !e;foinexe o <• c* - a- ? - -..'i.iid,- t 'r ; 'vhere hou i h*s been gi cn be the dece • j } the f>'ll ep er cf three ’nordh \ per in h V 00 Fsr vn the- thi • vd . 1 s. ......... . 3 00 Ku e *'or foie To ore of mu l r ge, four uoiith c . mot) hi*', per 000 F ot iu'obcnt ]).ut : thirty.days... 300 lir.nestead, two we ' • 2 00 3EX uz illo S3 O£txcrl s3 . Dr. *ll'. j_.- jODlims, ~--v' i DKN - 4 * . TM-, -i.) f i'j’fi ■ % J •=p. HAMILTON, CA. THOSi S. MITCHELL, M. I)., Rmideiit Phy si cilia and Sargcon, HAMILTON GEORGIA Special alien t ten g-ven lo operative biir.-jery Terms C <h ’'%L\ fi PRESTON GIBnsT~ H SURGEON and PHYSICIAN, H AMILTO.V, GA. Will lie round at the hotel or the store of \V IT. Johnston unlessprofe'S'onailyenua^cd. CHA TTAHO 0 GHEE HO USE , Bv J. T. HIGGINBOTHEM, AVEST POINT, GA ~ALONZO A. DOZIER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, C 01UMB TJS, GA. Practice* in Pl'ftte *>nd Federal Courts m Geo -g a and Alaba ua. Office over ('. A. Re <1 & Co's, 126 B o.id st. dc 1-Gni Hincj Doaici”, ATTOB N* f'Y-AT LAW, HAMILTON, GEORGIA Will practice in.tbe (ffiaO; >ov>cVe Cher 1, oranyw’ ere elre. Office m, oe No* !!’ > comer of Court-house, uo-rtairs. jr-iS ED. TERRYS BARBED SHOP , COLUMBUS, CA. Qo to E<l Terry’s, if you want an easy ehavo, and your hair cut-liy-f.. *t-claf s bar bers and in a fust-das; barber shop. Loca ted under the Rankin House. sepl ly RANKINHOUSE COLUMBUS, GA. Mur. F. M. GRAY, P.oprieti ess. J. A. Seller,-;, Clerk. THE WARM SPRINGS, MERIWETHER CO,, 0A„ Are Now Open for the Re ception of Guests. Conveyances to be had at Columbus, Kinsrs boro, Geneva or La Grange. Terms reason able. For further information enquire of ma2l] J. L. MUSTTAN, Prop’r. HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. I am now prepared to do any kind of Taint ing—House, Sign or Ornamental. I can mend your Umbrellas and Parasols, and make them as good as new. Prices low. Give me a trial. My shop is opposite the market-house, Columbus, Ga. junll-6m W, D. SMITH, Natural Artiet. lilS LETTEIU One ra'ifsy about half pa-*t eight o’cloc’c, the D.uh had dashed into Mi-Kibbeu’a Oorners, and ti-.e mail had been deiiverecl at the sTorc and post-office. John Faivj<}!ii>, the post roaster, had opened the o.Tg and coutued the let tel-e. There were, as he made out, just, ten, and one was larger than .he others and had a red .aid then he had found 'hat he had left his gh s-.eson the ,te* ’pr per 'in'the back room, and without his glasses lie could not read .* line, and so, of course, he had gone afier them, lelurning- to find (wo personsin he-tore —F. rffier Roper and 'Squire MeKibbeu, whose ancestors bail given name to that place. “Wet, ain’t it?” said Mr. Fai,- jobn, nodding, “ Wet or not, our fol U . aiu’u going to do without tlicir groceiies, you see,” said the Squire. “ Mail’o in, I wee. Th„t tiv.iu c .me near running' into my truck, ,00. Wr. n’i’noticing the flag, and drove aero- s just in time to save myself. Any le.ter.. for me?’’ “I’ll see,” said Air. Fr.irjohn. He now tnriicd to tht little pile of envelopes, and told them ~11 over like r deck of cai ds. “ Why •lbore'’s only nine,” he said. “I’m jure I co'-ule< ! right, I count ed it- 1, and I iboi' ,h one had r, ret' seal. I migh; as well give up keeping the office if I'm going to lose m\ sen ses like that. There wasn’t any one in here while I was gone, was there Squire ?” “Only Roper and I,” said lie Squire; “and Roper’s son. Hut he didn’, come in. diid lie?” “No,”said Roper. “I don’t think that Job came in. at all. He ha just gone off ouic-where.” • “ Well,” said the postmaster, a'"e. another search, “ well, I must be mi- taken. Yesgtl 'c ; - a Uttci: fi.r voit, y*nr" IoTKk, . '■ 1 ; Iliß rOine: hir tor you, Mr. Hop- r. Aoi-' .you ivor.lii no; mind tossing ilia; in at tlie Smii is, . s you pas-?” “ Oil, no,” said Farmer RopeV. “Give it ;o me. That’s from Smi.h that's clerking in Non •York, I ,-eck on. Can’t get any oi ’em lo stay ami lii nn.” “Yoav sen lob 'did,” said the Squire. “Oil, mv non Job. He'd try the patience ni'hi, name-; he,” - aid Far mer Hi per. “ Aiy son Job, ball! ” JU't a; tliis no men; the door of the store opened* nud ; here entered a little woman die sped in a cheap calico, and wrapped in a thin and laded shawl. Siie looked thirdly ..bout the atone, still more timidly at the heap of let ter-, and then, in an . ppealing voice like ihat of a frightened child, asked: “Mr. Fa’ john, is there any letter for me this lime?” The post-master, tvho was a liitlc deaf, h and turned hi; head away, and did uot know that she had entered, and came closer to the counter and the light Upon before she 'poke again. She was a faded iitt'e woman, ami her it t" h..d signs ol grim writ ten nor ii, out he was iieitlie • old nor ugly yet, . 'd die e was some thing In the damp carl, ela.steri ig around the ’tided calico hood, abso lutely clnkllike, even yet. “Is ibere a letter for me this lime, Mr. Faivjoh,)?” ..he arid agino; and this time ;be postmaster looked. “No, tlie-'e ain’t; and you are a fool for taking neb a wall, to ~-k,” said he with rough kindness. “Yon know I would have -eiii it if it had come, don’, yon, Mrs. Lester?” “ Well, you see, I felt iu a hurry to get it,” said she. “You can’t blame me for being in n hurry, it’s so tong.” “That’- true,” su'd ;he postmas ter. “Well, better luck next time. But why don’t yon wait ? Mr. Mc- Kibbeu will take yon oyer when he goes. He passes your corner.” l: Yes, wail, -Mrs. Lester,” cried Mr. McKibben, “IT! take yon, and welcome.” Em she had answered: “Thank you. I don't mind walk ing,” and was gone. ‘ Keeps it up, don’t she? asked ihe postmaster. ‘lt’s a shame,’ said Mr. McKibben. ‘ How many years is it now since Lester went of!'?’ ‘Ten,’ said the postmaster. ‘I know, for it, was the day I came here. She was as pretty a woman as you’d want to see then, wasn’t she ? ’ HAMILTON, HARRIS Ctf, GA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1875. ‘Well, ye, ? said Mr. McK bben. ‘Sailed in the S.ibyi v..’ s hi the po-.tinnier. ‘Ami \vo :ii know ih.H the Sphynx vren down in di..l voy . gc, all hands along v.iSi her. The rest of the worn'- 1 piv o'n widow’ weed , them that lo ' their hu-b u-l ■ —four hi lids town itself. They took " * what the Aimigh'y sent raid didn’t rebel. She set up that, hei htSbaud w asn’t dead, and would come back. She’- kepi, i: up ever since; comes fo his b-itor regular, and he wif drowned along with all the re. ;, oi course,"ter years . go. Sho must be thirty. Wei 1 , she’s changed ft good de.il in that time.’ ‘Yes,’ raid the other nan; ‘bur there’s my-on Job wild Over her ye . He’s offe ed lim elf twice. H stands ready to offer him-eli ..-rain any Jay—ready to he a father to lie. boy, and a good hrtsbrmd to her. II,Jo better ff ihan T be. His mother’s fiilhe lei. him J! jehad. He’-crazy a-. Job—c .*y, T call it. Plenty of pret'v ga’ aud healthy, sniai’t wid ows, ..ad he >ecs no one but. tha' pale •lira little thing ilia;’, just gone out into the mud, and she —why, o 1 course, she’. le-; her -oYmeu, o she’d "iieve him. Works like a slave le keep hcrseli and the child, lives in r H-Ucly -hanly, wui ing and ivaiting hoi a drowned 1;u !o come bck rg Aft. Every one ffioivp Ibat Charlie Le- Oi nra drowned in the Sphyux. 'j k ■ w.t- r. . o-l saved — not one. I. r. : in be pr. ,e Now, die bel le was 16. .id wi li r (ette in il, writ by -oaie one before t!:c ship Slink. And she’s waiting for him vet! : ‘ Crazy ou tha point, 5 said ma-her. • Well, pool 1 oul, sl lß ’d only, been nv.n led. week when the Sphyux sailed; dud makes fiffertnee.’ Then, .heir parcelj being re.-dy, they went out lo .heir iv. gon-, rub Mr. Fairjohn having rtared out into the rainy night awhile, put up hi s’lnttrrs and went to bed. Mean while ‘lie woi tan plodded on through .he mud. ‘ kVa 1 king off he-- disijt iifli.'.ij'■miit-’- a ! .e,,:.id. to k - if lv:: cj. ,• ha ;o, and now tiie ah-nrdity o h tcSI cd to strike her for the. fir-;?; time h ail ihe-u years -'they htngli at me, 5 she muttered ; o hereelf. ‘I know they laugh a: me. Perhaps lam mad i but they I don’i know what love is. Charlie] w'Otildiri h. vo lei" me 'ike tin . If lie had died lie would have left ma sonic sign; and, vet —yet, if he werej alive, it would be the strangeXstill. No, no; they are right—l ..m wrong, lie must be dead.’ And as if the news had just been whispered to her, she clasped her hands to her forehead, gave a cry, and sank down on her knees in ibe road bite k V there a Tew moments ami the” . 0 ■. I.i -i-. ’ nerval ihe wind had Town ;he cloud.; from ihe sky, and ihc moonlight lay white upon •ho jnr.b, and 'it u on her way to her pool home. There at the cloor sal a man, a strong, determined looking fellow-, who arose ,i< she . pproachcd and lield or hi., hand. ‘ tiere you come,’ he said, Mired to death, worn our, -shill oil that ’rimless 11 vd. Je <’e Le- ora’. vo : give eo thi- nonsense and think of 'he liv ing a little. T!:ink of me, Je-sio, for jn? halt .01 hour.’ -1 do thin.. o’’ you,’ she replied 1 1 am very sorry you should -he ~o good ;o -lie when I must seem so bad ;o von.’ Then she sal down on the porch ~ud took her little hood off, and lean ed her head wcrily against the w.;i! of ihe house; and ihe man arose and crossed over nucl at down beside her. ‘Give it a. softer resting place, Jessie, 5 he said to her, ‘ here on my heart.’ She looked out into the night, not at him, as die spoke; ‘Job,’;he said, ‘I begin to think you ..re right, that he went down in the Spliyux with the res*, (eu years ago. But what good would 1 do you ? AVhat do you waul to marry ine fo ?’ The man and ew closer still as he an - wered: ‘ Befonyou were married to Char lie Lester I loved you. While you. woven married woman I loved yon. Al> these ten years since that vessel went, down, I’ve loved you. A man must have the woman he loves if lie gives his soul for her.’ ‘What a horrible thought J’ said she. ‘llis soul?’ ‘ I should have said his life,’ said Job. ‘I do not want to shock you. But you don’t know what, it would be to mo to h ive you. And then I'd (i t cveV.kirg- for your hoy,’ ‘ Ye ,’ she an.'Wv -:d; ‘ I knew you would.’ 'i'heCC was a pause. Then she gave liim her hanj, '' Job,’ rdiel’Shid ver y softly, ‘ I shall pretend iiodjing I don’t feel, bu I know I’ve been cr.tzy all this time, and if yon want me, you tnay lrive me. It’s very good of yon to love me so.’ And thus il seem ad to have ended, that ten years’ watching and waiting, and there wa- triumph in Job’s eye a be turned and ief her with his Hr-,. kiss upon Cm-h.-ow'.' lie. at ihe -ofiA of the green lane he paused and look ed back. ‘ 1 told her the truth,’ he s’d, ‘when .1 .said that, wli n a man loved woman as I lo\ed her, he hav-C her, it the price were bis soul itself.’ And then he drew flom hi-, href, ■ letter with a „.'ea. ted r.ral upon it, looked a; it for . molieni, mid hid it away again. Married? Yes, thty were to be married, livery one at AlcKibbeu’s Coiners knew ihat oov* Jessie Bes i.or went no more to tbe post-oMce for her long-expeOtei letter. Job 5 w.t furnishing his house—had fur i li-hed i., lb;' or . iie iitorrovv dio w ed | ding svas to take pi. ■<. And it wit* | night again. A ,noi : .b from that nigh-, when she had ipmo for the lasi dme, a- everyone .hfugh;, through raid and mud-, to make her sadly fool ■saVaeay. Skew.- seh ih!e a. !.• t— setisib’c. ;Cu had cfo-eft the sub 3>r,iice 'li- e and of 'he s.iodow. A id now, ns wo ' aid, v, was night, and wetter one t'na.n the otlie —l a! ter, too, ior Ma. Jkdrjohn had closed j. he store, mu 1 "was vonipoiinding mr j hinise' what he called . “nigh; c ■ ” ot some fivgtvn -liquor, wa re.) wiii lemons and sugar, :.ad ire. sipping n by the -tovc, when thorc came L’pou his doo- a feeble k*of . and Livji/u'v beinre , ■ op. ;V e/i, !i. hoard i., I .. * . ;;rj, Popping fixture —that o Jewe T,c?- l(-r, die. b hie wue iv. to be on he ifIOITOW-. • S! e was Trembling w’.h cold, and as he led her to the tire -he hit •: into ... flood of icars. '- ‘l’i.t li'igliicued-,’ she aid. ‘Some one followed me ..it the way. I heard Them.’ • You’ve no business to he out .lone at night,’ said o iq Fni John-, hi-',nly-. ‘Aik! what’s the matter?’ Siie looked up at him piled; ly. ‘I thought i lie; e woo'd be a. letter,’ sii.l she. ‘I dreamt, the e was one. 1 thought Charlie came to me and saJl, ‘Go .0 Hie ofiice once .nnre. ! breve wiiiten. 5 And I .hough, I had -eu) a lol'.cr with red seal.’ 'So did I,’ muttered oh! F.ihjoliii lo lim elf. And he wont ,o the bo:: where the letiirs were kept and. brought them to 1m - in his hand. ‘look 10-'yourself,’ho said. ‘And now. Mrs. Lester, I’m an old man. Tale advice. Remember what von: duty wil ! be alter .o-mo row-. Remember not lo go crazy.’ ‘Xeu yea's li'.ve gone since you" hn-br id lef. ihif.pla.ee. If he’s .five lie’s . '.wen!, am von are fee o him by !..w; but we all know tb ,t eVo y m.!.) on >o :id be Snbynx was drown ed. So be . good wife to Job Roper felly. -I’ll lake yon hon.re again this time.* Don’t t inio again.’ Slid made no answer, tut! only to sedihe letters over in her lap, raid rvd: ‘lsiemed to know i; had r. red seal.’ Ardias she 'poke, old Fairjoht), glancing at tho door, saw a dark .shxlou (he'e; saw it grow darker; saw Lic iter, and star jag upon hi-, defense; •' need be, recognized Job Roper. | Ha up Ve vp. ! e, ritd he took no no.ice and Fa.jcbn, bni crossing tho s ore, s pot- beside Jessie T.e-ter. ‘Yon, love ,l)a.. men best, even now,’he said. : You’d rather have found a loiter f 'om him than not. though to-morrow is our wedding day.’ She looked up into his face with t. piteoiG gi.nice, and said: ‘ I never lied fo you. You knew that.’ Ho grew whiter still. told Von a. man would lose his .sottl for such love ns mine,’ said he. ‘ Did you think those were idle words ? ” Then he plunged hi3 hand into his bosom, and the next insi int a lot* or, with a, red sea 1 , lay in J-ssio’s lap. ‘ I’ve niide you happy, and now I will go,’ he said. ‘Fa.irjolni, I stole ll>r-l *c;lot i ifion.il ago, oil' ihe coin tor yo.Hte-r. I know who wrote r a a, glanc.and then the door c o-“." be ■ a him, and ho was ''.one. Bn. Josie f and torn open the let: cv, and never look 'd at.or libs*. And these were the words s!, o ' read, old Fnirjo'un reading over nor •hosihlcr. Auoauo the f-if.vr.B Star —Jessie, darling. I don’t know wha; makes in" believe dial. I shall find you mine still, after all them years, but ■ ome ilii.ig ■ ocs. Five of ni were ca.s: o;i a de-mat' i land when ihe Sphyux v.e.it down. Vho two yet alive were taken off it yesterday i>i -kins, with our boards lo our knees. We nin-t go to England first—then home. Jes ie, Jo-in, it I do no; find von as 1 left yon 1 hall' go mad. Your hc.-drvnd, Chaiu.es Levt:;::. And so Jes io’n let’er had come nt last. And as John Fairjohn look cl in her f:eehe saw how angels looked in Paradise. And Job. Job wit- found drowned in the Kill the next morning. Je- ie never knew it, perhaps, for she and her boy wero o‘a tlielr way to New York to r*eet the Silver Star when it made poVt. ; Yi IT mil If lIS Oil. A lazy fellow Tilling a (li.Tanoe of fit; y feel, and escaping with only a few scratches, a bystander remarked that toe was “too slow to fall fast enough lo hurt himself.” A subscriber wri.es to an editor in the wt>i; “I don’t want your paper any longer.” To w hich the editor rephee, “I would-not make it any longer oven if you did; its present length suits me.” x: I would rdvbe you to put your head into a dye-tub, it’s rather rod,” id a jokev to a s•ndy-h:.ircd girl. “I would advise yon to put yours i i’.rnu .oven, it is ratlier oid A rat 11 boy in New Haven n tdo a on• tio:i for a short li.nc by quietly ira - ff.-vringa card bearing the wo.ds ‘ f k -one” from a, lot ofTinndbiils in fi-on; of a store :o .; ba-ket of cra.n- go--.” That cooper was not unfortunate, ihough inde-f ih-aiblv industrious. He I..bored on tor a whole --i-unuicr ill the repairing of impossible Casks and bar els, witii a comparatively clear con science, bui when old Dobbs fetched along a bung-hole and requested him to pitt a puncheon to i’, that cooper “stepped down and out.” Shoo leather, chemically considered, is oxide of beef. If a youii'-; man sits Up to© laic with hi; sweetheart out at Haddonfield, ihe old folks come into the parlor, and, with a refinement of sarcasm, in vite him to remain a few minute-, lon gc", and break lasi will be ready. A man rushed breathlessly into a. lawyer’s office in St. Paul, and ap proaching the legal lnmiua'-y, exci tedly remarked: ‘A iBA] has lied a hoop to my horse’s tail! Can I do anything?’ ‘Yes,’ replied the attor ney ; ‘go and untie it.’ That was good advice, and didn’t cost the man blit live dollars. Since the days of tornadoes set in, .m Irishman, who was the happy pos sessor ot a briekyaVd, concluded he would enclose bis premises with r. brick fence, settling upon two feer a? I be height and four feet ns 1 lie breadth On being asked what his object was in having it broader than high, he re plied : ‘And faith, I’m preparing for a storm; and if a wind comes tiiong and blows it over, it will be two fate higher than it is now- -it will! ’ An editor having asked an Illinois farmer for crop news, received this answer: “And now the reaper reap eth, the mower mowetb, and the lit— | tie bumblebee gettelh up the busy trouser’s leg and burn— blelh.” What are they which, though al ways drunk, are never intoxicated ? —Toasts. An Alabama man has been trying ,o lead a chimb r.nd manufacture lend nickel , .„ .he same time. When doenia Hiatt have to keep tils word ? When no one w ill take it. A Columbia prUfesr&r, reproving a i youth for the exercise Of bis fist.*, j->atd i “W“ fight tv itii our heads | here.” The youth reflected, and re • plied that butting was not considered ' fair at bis last school. Figliling tvilh Poison. I u is spend in;, some days, not many yen . go, Pi a bcnutilul li; tle ■ on; y village, mid i.i r mdv h had more than common at'.iv.oiion.-, o one who love- dome iie life as wcl ; as myself. The li tie circle li din i more of e.d ia c :> I 1 ve of ten so -n developed in .he - nine num ber of person The faker o-’ die f'm.ly- C.nfi • oo young o leel that he w; en : - . 'ed to due ipe'lr ion—was , fine, iiank-lier. t ■ young neclir iie,w'th a wide no. hi of fife bounding in fir. vein ; mi energy rlirf, w.en fit fly a oused, droffc every Png violent'v before him; and a warmth of fi’spo -i iou ha won him more ie..B iiip than md then givc'i) him of the good. O' h! world. IBs wife, o whom he had been married id 1 four years, •, s si.igu l. aly bean-iti'. Tnev 1 . wo diil (l en the one a 1 aga'iig brown eyed nd n own h. ,cd 'it. lf* Cry of li.ee yea.: -; he • romuntii mine wa Blos som. Tae second vvn a crowi ig, l.r.ighing ,h!ue eyed, plmup 'idleboun ty, of'es • lia.i a yearn, ymoTi/ising to h. vc .11 the charms oi .he elder m, her age. 1 wns sitting one rf e noon in a ode liulo room, with my feet on iwo eludi"*, vendin', a ri'ea-.ie li t’o book, in . -ua. e be; ween a lee** ..ml rwake- my it ■>. . .v y ... fi • shop, . hundred yards of-’. ..lid aiy pv.-Vv lit tle Uo-iC's eng ged in ne house o'd hdx'vs—when ? was,lnown on of my indole.ice by a scr m tit ;; b'-oa*-. me iO my feci 'ike an electri ■ shock-. Iva- woman’ vo'co, aid had in i. au oxce: -of ..goay that Cannot be iu liii-.iU.v by word ; -o loud that h rang over lli.u quie; li. Je village, a.nd lirongb every one 'ortii „o as certaiLi ill; caa. .e. J *pr.iug ;0 Jie door Jw -opanted ;ho -i,;iiigiooir ro’n’i 1 ii.'* li.* iga.avt mcul-. it! - w he wool" a giauce. ’.i he yomy mo; uc ;c h : .- lie doo-, W'lii he* fi; - -born—oi 1- r. 'f.,, .oin, in o ... n i’ \ ■,; ■. ; hvtel ; ad iliii'i i-( ; wo and foil) .he ‘cfvan. . old .he ad oy. ■' Je g" ' hai' . ccomp iiio,! child- 'itcle ap si.dand while ihe al eri.iou of the olde child was 6. a moment tinned an v lie ae'z and . hr, Je of Corrosive enongj to eke away ma y lives. The liitlc king ha.' .oifei-cJ down stair-, . -if lie mo, ire • had me. he •at lo landing with -he empty bottle ii lie’- ; . nd ( rad ihc ;>ai->o • oozing iron) her month —Jicciii'd .11 nncousciou-ol’ .tie fearin' ih'ni'- she 1) :d .lone. Wa- it any ivoadcr a ter file shriek r or o\c a.: quiet tillage, .mil .u..l al eadv the occupants o' every house >e.‘ were rii.liiug toward ,he -q-ct where ,’*e mo lie stood? Be : fiemotnen.s conic nos-fibly li.'\a u'a.j-cd -iiice the poi on w l.eu, and yet the efiee. iv '-p. dy fe:- 'ill. A-tei vU" iirs h iei. - vor, he mothe lu.d qi ’eted to . calm despair for the moment, .mu ► ;00(! r.-iib ibc cl-"clip he .r.-m-. mak ing no effort for i- e'i fi : ndeed i' ocnied ho e oss, already ino subtle poioi> ee.ned difi’ir-ed ,brough be 'rewe; heb'-ow.) eve', iird lo j i ,ii" : hi, e; : - i.ts v,.bbekc.ied n "f .c, uerl .•; and .be iectu were tigh. se; in ; convulsive Rp.< m ,haf evidently would io, nr-r, . way. I ere, mined .no ; ' Je lo i. ling . -aw the. wa- - midHnff itl -ned wa-re unab’*' . bem the mother’,;, agony. The little door was already half tilled with villagers; and sobs, and motto-,, .aid re aienlti!i i re. ove .be fige o the dying .fd.!, wc e heard in ev prv direction, mingled wiii quick end hurried e.aes ion '. : ;o ihe manner ot i ' occnneuce, and vu'W attempts a' a.i-weiing, a nicti . Jded ..d oppres sing conlu iou to the sadness oi' the scene. The little pLsyfe'low’s uncle, who had been up-siah s wii'n her, had run in-tantlv to t '! the fatbe , aud hr r ■-w moment - clap-ed before : e prang in;o the middle of ihe gaonp. He bad been told ell, ’ o-ke- to oues tion.-. I bad time to remark that his eye was ve y stern, and that his lips were firmly compressed. O; hers too, remarked it; and I knew afterward, .bat a tbnriuur rco around the circle of how strange is was that he he ir, ved no feeling: lie reached out bb Hands and took •tit cbiid worn its nioicter. Ifs eyes j were now closed, and a white cost eomiog from between ihe blackened t up.-. Was ever death more assured ? [ I saw him open the eyelids and give $2.00 A YEAR a sigh of elief. 110 'fold me after ward that the eye was Cot sunk'.6, nd so dsi lb had not begun. 110 .lien attempted to open the month, but the lee; ’’ were tight set. and they resisted his efforts. But with a force ha* -ce*ed alrvo r briUal, lie wrench ed the lecth apart, and opened the mouth. “Shame!” cried one of the by ft arioers. 'The father did not heed hiur, bn motione-d to a a.iglibor to take the child in hi ; arms. So did so “Bring mo tho egg basket,” lib v td. very sternly, almost wLr.out opouing hi ecth, to the --"rvair . “ Wli i do vea tvf.n of i ?.; iho qltesiinn asked. \s .... von do wit! : " ‘ He’-, crazy,” and many sitcii remark'; followed, but the baskei was there in a moment-, 110 seized one of the egg , broke ifc, hi e ,ed hi-'fingers between .lie teeth, and wren, bed .hem open by forefr, .liCu g’ hey -hi with so convulsive a notion ~s o tear the lb si: from hia • iagi- • , and poll -ed due albumen into the t) oaf. There w a light strug gle, lothing more, and the spectators were horrified a. tne action. “ Don';, the child is dying,” said one. “Please don’t bur! ihc lii tie thing —it can’, live!” Ihe mother found vcrco .0 snyv laying her hand on Ins arm. “ Mary, be still,” he answered ra the sternly, while his teeth were uii relnxing bom thei; clenching, and his face as hard as ii he wore entering a haltie, r< Aei'i don’; any of you meddle with oie —keep off! ” The bystanders in voluntary obeyed., with a . harsll *#fljarks upon hii cruelty, but he did no, heoeHtvm, and went on, Anotho)' and ai)ol , ner*6vac. was broken, and still there was no a'gri ol |j fe. I’lie - the wholo body of bystanders buoleo am into a loud murmur, and ciies of “the brute!” •‘Let Ihe child die ‘n peace!” “lie f izy—i.a-’.c the Child nwr-v from Tvj ”-e c(Ye. ‘d around hi.n. ll* ,('* ,0, . OOU'UU. t-ovn V)\s 1 r"i, f--, .m'd fif. nod wffli'r. netceness which had before been breigo ;o his j.i.Siv, bu, no one who sa* hin l . af terward forgot it. “Fools,” be hi' * ed, “mind your own business and leave me to m oel Take her away, will you ? Try i, ! ” and he went on emptying egg titer egg down ihe ap parently lifeless throat The mo! he: could stand this no longer. Her first-born was being ior.tired <o bc:L before her eyes, . ud she implo 'Dgly flung herself on tier knee, before her husbandfatll— er, who had that moment antved. ‘ Oh, : 'ather, do slop him!” she gasped, “be will obey t/or; do stop him. He is lO.tuiing that poor dy ing child.” The grand-father started forward A lep to in erfere, lo ho, too, tboagbt he proceeding an ou rageous ODe; but he stopoed and said: “ Mary, 'e Li cn alone. The child will die if he does not go on. Ib ennno! do more if he does. I would no say J word to him for the worldi The child is his—let him a.-,e it at his pleasure.-’ Tiiere was silence thee. In .1 mo ment mote there wa3 quiver of the eyelids, a convulsive movement oi liio dies , and .he teeth lost their iensioit-. The father seized his chili?, tufinßi^ it (;/••• Wtv.l. jm .... hvwni?ien^^B;^S!Sf3 tnrniug still uore. and its black color every instant. Mttrß , ban iwenij times albumen bad bee© adtein!:! efisd, and more (tmrt half hose .imps followed by the expul sion of ihe noison, when the opened, the father dssislod, and llid little sufferer lav just slive iil hiV arms, exhausted, U little life terribly shattered, bin Saved! Then, when die necessity for exer tion and deicl'Minttiion was over— when the physician had been sum moned, ; J .bey knew that darling 'if, le Blossom might, live, after many weeks of struggle between life ami death—when tho relieved friends had acknowledged that they hud wronged him first; when the beautiful and sorrowful wife bad blessed him ihrough her kbses and tears, and all know ;bat, under God, only suoh an ..Into fierce determination could Have saved the el did—then the father sait down, v’oircrved, end wept like a child. .Blossom ’■ u r t?e to-day, and iter brown eyes are opening upon womanhood. Hat there is no hour in my life that hi?'." w thrilling 8 recollection as that of the yoa.v,; kVhrv'j struggle for tho life of His child—that light with poison which I have only faintly indi cated because beyond description.—* Huttou't Hour JfisetUuwjf^