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ATT RNEYf /it LAW
IMW«O* GMIRG-A
JAMES KEEL
ATTORN Y AT LAW,
Leary, Catlioim C«*., <*a.
'cTb. wo< T 8 jvT~
Attorney at T.«\v,
.tLß.i.r r. - v- /: o it a /./
\\ r ILL practice* in Stair Courts and in
the CironU and District Coutts of the
United States in bavinnah. sepi‘27.
J. J. BKt IX,
Attorney at Law,
liorsau, Calhoun County* <*a.
Vdlpractice in the Albav Cirttii* and else
ere in the State, by Contract* /’rotnpt i»t>
?iven to all business enttupted »o his
ure. Collections a specialty. Will also in
’'‘Ptifrate lirles and huv o«* sell real Estate in
albaun, Baker and 2£»rlv Counties,
march 21—ts
L. G CARTLf DGE,
Attorn«‘y at l aw
flOfi i; V - . t4fOK4.IV
l\ T IT.L give close attention to all bits’-
0"S8 entrusted to his care in Albany
ireuit. 4 - Iy
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Attoi ■ney at Law-
Da\v»oi:, Georgin.
n. FIELD F.U IDUB L. FIELDER.
H. Sc !. L. FIELDER,
AT TQ34 EY S AT LAW
Liillibert, - - Beoi^in
— :o:
TL . prompt Hud vifcilar.r *t»• niion
T o all r.n-htiess confided 1 o them ti
4'* coun'ies ol Randolph, SrpWari, Qtlitm .It,
errell, Olaj, (lalhoun and Earlv, the Ph-
Pretnfe Court ot Georgi ~ „nd the U. S. Dis-
e !c! Pircuit Courts for the Smi'li'-rr
y 'so,e t of fi-orgi*.
office Ote.'City P ogl Office Oct. 2v‘ ■
H, WILLED,
i i'ojt\i;v at law,
florjiiiiiii Ga.
in Ordinary’s Office 030,5 m
James h. guerry,
•Attorneys at I.aw,
f) 'H*so.», - u »:««(.k/,
OflSrr in »i, e rjoHfi |] u u*e. Fell. 4
'• *- -r A N K
at law,
t>AWSO Y, - GEORGIA.
Office over 3. \V. Jihnston’s store. JanT
WIFI-. A ft |. |.
blip wlio sleeps u[ on my Lenrt
Wns tbe first to win i;;
Slot wtio dreams upon ::.y br ast
Ever reigns within it;
She who kisses oft my iips
II likes tho warmest blessing;
bhe who rests within toy arms
Feels their softe-t pressing.
Other days thar these 9hall uotne,
Days that may be dieary;
Other hours sha.l greet m ye ,
Hours that may he weary;
btili this heart shall he ;h) home,
blill this breast shall he thy pillow,
btili these lips intet thine us soil as
Billow rneeteth billow.
Sleep, then, on my happy heart,
Since thy love hath won it;
Dream, then on n y royal breast—
None but thou hath dune it;
And when agei.ur bloom shall change,
II ith its wintry weather,
May we in the self sume giave
Ct.uep and dream together !
COW PI-AL
P. J BkrKM (NS BEFORE THE Si ATE Ag
hicci.'iuhal Society, March, 1877.
The varieties | telerted lor forage
are the plain or *iini-colored, which
being t I spreading haoit, are be'ter
adapted for the purpose. Among
them we find the “led,” “clay,”
“black, 1 t f the plain colored kind, and
the “whippoorwill,’ of the semi-col
ored. Iho “White Fleet, “Body
Pe ,” etc., are vt iy desirable varieties,
but they lequire 1 etter soil than the
fot'uei, ant! are not so well adapted
for general field crops. The “Red Rip
per” or “Tory,” is esteemed in certain
localities lor its easy keeping q alrties
and its fcCulty ol remaining sound in
the ground during the wint r.
Any land w hich Can be plowed will
grow cow peas, with some certainty
of a crop, but every variety ol cow
pea will not succeed equally well on
a l l soils. The Red, Blank, Clay, Toty,
Brown eye, Yellow, etc., will giv. bet
trr results on comparatively poor sod
than the Crowd, r, Lady Pea or White
Field, It lor forage nop, the land
should be plowed it February or
March, esper i. Ily if an early crop i?
desiied. Hut when the fmage crop
is intended to follow a- a lali crop,
wheat or oat stubble can be used s>>
soon as the latter are l ar vested
SO WINS AND CULTIVATION.
Peas should not be sown before the
middle or end of April; they wi I not
geruiinafe until the ground became.*
Warm, Fot an eatly crop sow broad
cast at the rate ol one bushel per acre
for ordinarily futile land—this quanti
ty may he sfigh’ly mciead lor p,or
land. Ihe peas may be lightly plow
ed iu with a one horse or gang pb'W
and surface harrowed; or the mod
may first lie plowed with a twi horse
plow and (leas sowed or harrow-c. in
afterward. If sown in July or A’ -
gust, I found it more di suable
plow in the seed quite deep and Um
iiusteti theit germination. If sow.
too shallow during mid summer, the
toil dries out 'oo iapidl» at times and
geiminalicE is sou.etiems tetatdeJ for
several weeks.
Eatly sown crops may be cut for
forage in July, if needed, aud should
tlie Weather be favor..bi ih August
the stubble will soou grow again ahd
give a second crop by September. —
Tli’s, liowevet, is i.ot alw»y- to t>e de- ,
pendoil upon as a second ciop ul lor
»ge from one sowing is moideatul to ;
favorable season in mid snrnmei.—
\\ hen the cow pea is sown a.- a re- !
novutt i of land, llie crop should b
put in the ground in April, let it giow
until end of June, when the whole
should he turned under, first sowing a
quantity of land pias’er over the
tines j a tieiv crop can he sown a lew
days attei the first is t lowed under,
but it has heel, lotind rtlvi- toe to I
low the vines turned nude to Under
go paitial decomposition before rott
ing again.
IVs intended for forage may be
sown in drills between other crepe* as
com, melons, when the latter ate laid
by, but whenever pined able the best
results will be derived from sowing
I broadcast,
CCTfING AND CUItING FODDER.
The Vines are usually considered as
in proper stage tor cutting wl en the
1 pods tun, yellow ; still much depends
upon the variety sown, as Some re'am
their foliage long after the jicds be
gin to matuie, while otli-rs shed their
leaves beloie the turning point ot < ! *
pods, thus 4 little discrunii’B wi "uSt
he usetl, as a genera, rule cannot Hp
piy to every va iety or case.
1 Tho crop is usually cut with scythes,
Dawson, (jkoroi v Thursday, may 17, 1877.
Ha the vines, it grown thriDy, areolt-u
too much lodged to admit the working
of a mowing machine. To avoid lodg
ing of vines, mix some giains of corn
wi'h the peas when sowing—the corn
stalks helping to hold up the pea
vines.
Much difficulty is expeiiencad when
curing pea vinos to retaiu the leaves
on ihe vines; especially is this the
case if the peas have been allowed to
b •come over ripe. Vines, when cut,
should tie handled as little as possible.
Several g. ud plane aie used, but the
best or rather tha* which, lor a num
ber of yrarsj has given the most set
islrtctnry results, is the fol owing:
Lesvo the Vines as cut trpoh the
ground on day, then tuke three shot t
rails placed o i end ihlonu cl a. sharp
core; in the cei tei of this Cone lava
longer rail, and after piling the tines
a ound the erect rails as high as otn
can reach with a pitch folk, lift up
the .ml of the tail laying on the
gtouud and prop it up with a short
stick leave the vines undisturbed tor
two or three weeks, when they will be
found well cured and ready lor storing
in the bain. To retaiu the highest
color of the hay sptinkie a liboial
amount of salt over each layer; stock
will always telish salted hay more
than unsalted.
IVhen cow pea forage is grown lor
sala it is advisable to bale it when being
brought trum the fie and, as repeated
handling will ■ ause the leaves to fall
off arid only the stalks will fiua Iv re
ma.n.
TIIF. YIELD OF FnDDfcil.
piei ucie is difficult to esiiuiaiecnibfeiit
yj too much depends upon the seaio ,
soil and manner of cultivation.
When well cultiva'ed cud on good
land, two totib of hay may safely be
reli dUpon; n vety favoiablt years
when, two crops of hay are cut from
one so Wing double that amount has
been produced. In tirdinaiy years,
anti in tbe majority of esses ihe aver ;
i.ge tieid may be put at one ton per
; ere.
THE VALUE OF I’KA VINE HAY,
so far a* quoted in the market, iHi ges
from 75ct- per hundred pounds in the
fal, to $1.50 in the spring. The uv
eiauccash value being about twenty
dollars ier ton. As to (he value for
feeding -lock, taking well cured hay
as standaid, every farmer who lias
used ihe provender m..st aduut that it
is betier than the best quality of nor
tDeiu hay, which is brought to ou
lira- etp; and when comparing tiro cost
of prcflucing one ion of cow p a I ay
with (he c. St of the same quantify of
pmchased nothern hay the calculation
will show a large balance iu fayor of
die pea hay. Taking the seed st one
dollar per bushel, cost of plowing,
harrowing bind, sowing, cutting, cu -
ing anil ..tiling, all under average
seasons and circums ances, the ne
c.,,st of production will not be above
* six dollars per ton, allowing ODe ton
j as the produ t of ote acre, and this
cost is lessenid as the yield is ni
' creased.
AS FOhAGE FoR STOCK,
Well cured pea hay is moth i.utritmus
than any (noduCed here from summer !
grssses, millet corn or sorghum. E»-
peciady is the Value increased w hen
the pods were filled before the vines
were cut. When feeding horses or
mules with pea hay some cite must
be had in not giving an over allow
ance, and the ra ions of corn "T oats
must he dm iuishad accordingly ; pea
hay containing a large proportion of
peas, il led mo iiheiaily, is apt to cre
ate flatulence utid c< lit: in hoi sea and
mules, Hilda full and egular allow.;
a nee 0 ; salt should alw.y- ho giveD
Wiih it The forage may > e given
whole, hut whenever piaoticahle it
should he cut up, moistened with wa
ter and salt and sprinkled with
ground teed Thus prepared, it is
the most economical pro.ender we
can use, and little if any grain is ilieu
required.
AS A MILK rKOIItCIKO AGENT,
the peß is pet haps superior lo either
corn, cats oi other cer. als; it is cer
tatnlv not sufficiently valued and used
tu, that purpose. Peas scalded and
slightly sailed ami given wa>m will
yield both t .esolts il.hu hoiled done
ami given eo and. Tits same m mount of
scalded pea! a Compaieii with pel
meal vvi.i tie f< U1..1, U[rOO arelul test,
to yield twenty-five p •’ cent increased
umoiiht oi milk.
As A MANURE PHODUCI R.
Asde tioiu the van - <d the cow p< a
as a renovator of soils, when user t.y
itB?U, it is the most valuable plant we
t*
have in producing mtourc-making
matetml. A e n«. and ammonia in our
lands; this ruinnot be produced liy us
ing gr. en plant 4s a crop for plowing
in t but we have it in the manure pro
duced by our cattle. We have been
too much dependent upon comm I
< i.rl Compounds containing ammonia,
utid forgetting thut the cheapest and
best of all feriilizors is produced by
cattle led upon grain and liHy.
In Tlitti-c <i lluineslcitd t
In a speech so the citizens of Pika
county a lew weeks since in favor
of holding a Convention, J. D. Stew
art, Esq) of Ghifhn, answered this
question »» follows:
“The Supreme Court, by different
•deontious h Ve Vh toady repealed Wre
home-toad Ibey have decided that
the homestead is a mere use; that
those alieady taken are subject to
he levied on and sold, that is the
revet iotiary interest Those whohave
taken a homestead are only entitled
to it as long as they are ttre head of
a family, cooaeqeunily an old man,
when lie is no longer able lo toil
for his living, is liab'ti to be turned
out of doors, because his children
are no longer minors. He flea, ly
demonstrated the paitiabty of the
present homestead. A min who has
three thousand dollars worth ol pop- :
ertv can cover the whole of it with
a homestead, but a poor lelluw who
takes the benefit of the law to keep
two or three bundled dollars worth
of property can never add to it, as he
works and accumulates; if lie con
sumes his hundred dollars worth ol
corn and utrat' in making more corn
and mea', h.s creditors can levy on
his new crop and sell i', and lie cannot
have it included in Ins homestead, so
if his hotse, wears but or dies, he can
not tako llie j roceeds ol his, labor,
and iuvosl in another futse, and have
him protected under the liom'rste and;
because be lias taken the homestead
diice and cannot take it again, nor
supplement it tfcith other property.”
t llmrlicsrl Pastor,
Rev. John SJTTier, ol tbo Ne Brirns
wicn, Ne# Jbrsev, Preshyery, has
been on trial for the past week for
publicly denying am' asfiailing im
portant doctrines of the confession of
faith at.d theCateei.i-m* of thecirurch.
He was ci dvicted by the übaUimoris
vote o! llie Presbytery and sus| ended.
There w ere marly Princeton theologic
al students present at the t.ial, ami it
was no'iced that they frequently ap
plauded the accused while he was
speaking in his own lefence. His bo
liei is summarized as follows;
First. That there is no warrant
either iu the Bible or reason for the
doctrine of immortality, but that men
dead will slumber iu their grave until
the resurrection morn, aud thar all will
he awakened to renewed life under
different conditions.
Seeond. That Jesus of Nizareth
was a descendant f Adam and of
David, not without the sinfulness of
the flesh, ii hfireht in r.is forefathers,
but ti,rough the miraculous concep
tion of the Virgin Mary, incarnated
with the spirit ol God, and thus oua
abled to withstand the temptations to
which then giv* way. That iu his
death he opene 1 a pathway lor ttre
redemption of his race.
Third. That there is no Trinity; but
one God, the Spirit Which made the
>rtvioUr of God, and that the term
Holy Ghost is a inete fheto ical e. -
prensiou sot - the k-pirir ul God, ami
synonymous wirh God him-elf.
Arrest if s« Murderer.
The M con- Telegraph MenSerlger
of the l-t inst, has tin: toll, wing ;
Onr readers rctUeiifher di-tindy,
ho dotthl, ’he teriitile tragedy of hist
euni’ii.'i, winch ended tuo lives of Tom
Dav.s and Marry iiuard, . ther-wise
known as Swamp Jvlodie. The itolice
have ever since that time been on
{lu took, ut lor some clue to the ruur
deret, and tor a long tinle suspicion .
has tested UJ on Jim Bonn, a notorius
ly bad negro; Whit has infested this
city he a long time. Jiui lies been
dodging the pol.ee tor u long time,
tint yesterday, utter a chase of live
o.ilhs Up i. e tiVer, hb ««s c.ptu ed,
alter having heeu allot iu the loot.—
llis captors went .Messrs. Ed. Kim
bi«w and L. O Ricks.
A juldier ol a cavalry regimen w.ys
brought up lor sted.ing Itis comrade’s
liquor tat,oil. lie was an Irishtfii-.il,
amt is deb Use was unique: ‘‘l’d be
winy indfMe eun, ti. be caned a thafo!
i put tne liquor in dies .me hot n-, and
u me was at ’.he hot tom; and sure, I
was obliged to drink his to get ut ary
own i”
(401A<4 A FlMlaft i.
A Strnugr* nccurreiicc-Phur
CHildi'oii in Ureal Ihuuer ol
B>io vviinig ll.semttl liy
their‘fn(lii‘i'- Wlml is
lleroisiai ; —Wood
I lll |lll lies Ikilll
gcruH«.
From tlie .Vllledgevillo loiter! mnt Recorder.
Two little hoys wanted to go a li-h
--fng, bf conrM. Boyi always want to
go somowhern, and girls, too, for that
matter. The time fixed was after
school Wednesday afternoon. The
fishing tackle and bait wore ready when
papa came home from the office. The
boys had told about it, and three little
girls were also teddy aud begged to
go; one of them, however, waS hired
with strawberries to remain at home
otherwise thoie would have been
five, instead of four, and, as the sequel
proved, more than could hate been
managed.
But to the facts, which, naturally
enough have got raiher mixed, ns it
was an uncuunnon occurence, and if
the whole patty had heen drowned
the t'uth would ptvbably never have
heeii guessed.
Arriving at the place selestod for
fishing (the big r cks u ar the mouth
of fish creek/, the patience required
to “wait for a bite” was attempted to
bo enforced by the lather, who now
thinks that, whatever else children
may he good for, they haveu’* the
qualifications loi fishing;.
Effie took position on the big rock,
and expected every minute to catch a
fish. Thethre smaller children must
remain with prpn, aud a more level
place is selected anoul ten feet furth
er up the creok, audth. fishing begins
in good eurnest. The boys get rest
less Effie Atcbesa little perch w hie to
is placed on a vine . ud given lo Jer
rie to keep him still, but it has a con
trary effect; and Birdie begs permis
sion to “go to another place, the hoys
keep so much fuss they scare all the
fish.” “IVell, go ul'ilg, daughter, I
know I can trust you, but be vary
careful, this is deep w ater, aud if you
full in you’ll drown.” She passed Effie
and went below. “Jerrie, keep still,
if you fall in you’ll diown.” papa said
to the youngest boy, about five aud a
half yea s 0 age. He sat down, af.d
the cautious parent was gating us and
to lie situation, and giving his atten
tion to the matter in hand, when a
little scream caused him to look round
and see Jerrie fail headforn.est in the
s-tream. Boling, two years older,
cries “0! Jeririe,” and immediately
Jumps in dnd gmbs him as he ccmcs
up. The father, who was thinking
how to get Jerrie out without getting
wet, new eaw there was no time for
hesitation and jfiung-d in. Ashe didst)
he heard Effie screvm “Birdie lids
fa!ten in! A- ho gathered his boys
in his arms and held their dripping
heads above the water, he beheld with
iadiscrihable horror afidastonist.in nt,
both his daughters struggling in the
water, about thirty feet down the
stream. Ho hastily deposited the
| the hoys on the bank; and struck out
as rapidly as possible for the gills.
j When the little boy fell in,Birdie was
sitting on a rock that projected into
j the water and in attempting to ge
. upon her feet, in her excitement, lost
! her balance and fell in, and Efli. jump'
ed iti tosavS her ft Urn drowning The
rock from which Effie jumps! was
j dve leer or more above life Water.—
They Were near together When their
father leactied tire.n,a and the tt’u’.ei,fort
unately, was only up to his chin. He
caught an arrtr of each and hu* yed
them up, making an cjufoit to reach
the shore. A rock is struck and their
leet aie placed upon it, hut they can- j
not stand and a I lull hack in the deep
water. The (att.hr almost despair* and
but another effort <nd they ure upon
the rock ag in, and this time they
maintain iherr footing and scramble
to the shore
If upping garments dvoi tharklul
hear s as they plod their way hotfie
wa:d. *he father whileacknowledgo
ii.g divine aid and rtlidance in saving
his clnldieU; Could tmt ch and« them for j
the loliy ot ttteir “heroic” efforts to .
save brother a.id sister. Good im
pulses, unguided by teas it, may bring
serious troubie. Etßc tcplied, “papa,
1 couldn’t -and there and §ee Birdie
drown; and while you Weresaving the
hoys,-1 thought 1 would and" w hat I
in mild to sdvo Birdie. Charlie ha
tohr me how to swim and 1 believed 1
cou and and thiuk 1 din.” Birdie soys
if it had not beeii for Effie the cer
tainly would have drewired. Well,
we don’t dearly understand how it
was thut all wore savtod —except by
invisible help. We however, warn
children that it will net do to follow
Ellin’s example, all hough her idea is
light enough to mnko one’s head
! swim.
A iiirussliopper Story.
Two nron wore truveling in Kansas
last summer, and when About 15milks
from Lindsey, on the Solomon river,
the grasshopi era appeared over them
in sucir swarms as to make if as
dark as twilight. Suddenly they be
gan setting down in swarms right
where the two men were riding along
on ht.rsehack. The jerky birds canto
'down in countless millions, attf ail
traces of vegetation disappeared «s if
by tuagin. They covered the ground
several inches deep, and suddenly
soom and to settle on tho men and hor
ses One of them—-a man named
Dan Kavanaugh was thrown to the
ground by the frantic plunging ot his
horse, and the grasshoppers, apparent
ly attracted by a green calico shirt
which he wore, Swarmed upon him
and in less time, than it takes to tell
it, had eaten every shred cf clothing
from him, and—horrible to relate—
began to devour him alive! His com
panion a young German, named Fred
Keis6r gave up and galloped away.—
He was so bitten that his hands and
arms swelled to twice their natural
size, and he lay itr the greatest agony
and delirium for a woek. When he
recovered, his horso was dead, Hnd
the ranchmen went with him to tue
sceue of disaster. They found noth
ing but the skeleton of his compan
ion, he bonvs picked clean and ul
nrost buried iti lire muss of grasshop
pers, which still covered the grourrl
to the depth of a foot. His horse’s
skeleton lay near him, the voracious
animals haring eatou fieifi'd, hide and
hair. Wyoming Leader.
“Only TWesily-f i v«‘C«‘iit* —Who
Take** tlie Neil !”
There is a wuidetinggenius around
♦he Central mar ket who has fer sale
an cuticle described by him to the
public as follows :
“Gentlemer, a Brit sit nob.email
invented this ariiee, arid he sprit
eighteen joars experimenting over it.
You will observe that it is a glass
cutter, a can opener,a knife sharpener,
a putty knite, a rtissor sharpener it
jack knife, a nail cleahof,rttid a broad
knife combined. It is light, durable,
con pact, beauti ul and convenient,
and the price is only twen'y-flve cents,
who takes the uext?”
He was talking away yesterday af.
ternoon, when a hard handed son of
toil aptiioAched and asked lo Inspect
one of the at tick 8, The man ex
plained its merits and uses; commenc
ed on the (1 iff. rent uses and added :
“You want one, offcourse'f”
“I .ruess not,” 6uid tho farmer.
“Why?”
“Oh, it doesn’t s»em to be of much
us* j .”
“Great spoons! but haven’t I ex
plained so you that it can be useful
for tight different purposes? What
more tan you usk r”
'Weil, it seems to me that you
ought to have k corn-sheller hitched
to r s some wnore? ’ slowly icpliod the
ngtlcUiturist, as ho laid it down and
walked away.
An old negro slumbering with Iris
feet to a glimmering firo opens one
eye and gets a glimps of them as thoy
stand in Urn obscurity. Mistakes
them fur little negroes, and cties
“Gif sum fore me!” and relapses
into slekD.
Aher avVlule opens the oilier eye, j
and .-till seeing tno intruder: says:
“Gif Item fora mfc, 1 say! 1 kick
you iu do fire if you don’t —I will shu
ahV” and again he snotes.
ilisdieame no', being pleasant fie
s< on open* both eyes, and still seeing
. tho pests he d'aivs up his leet for his
threatened kick, hut is alarmed to see
! the enemy advance upon hint and ex
claims:
“Wtia-whar you cornin’ to now if'
“Humph! my own foot, by golly! ’ j
Ac mmercial, traveler: by mistake,
handed a merchant, upon whom ha
had called, a portiait of his betrothed
instead ot his business card, saying
that he represented that establish
ment. The merchant examined it
Careful ,v, remarked that it was a lino
establishment, auil returned it to the
a-* ot-ished and blushing travele', say
ing ; “I Itopo that you will soon Is
admitted into partnership,”
VOL. 111. —NO. 15.
Ats LIHIIUAL UKltffk
, SI range !U:rrrin|t«* SVI ttlciiipliiai,
I TeuircMife-A tlo«1 n I Wed
ded Im a Spirit.
All Memphis, Term esse, is agog
| over a sensational occurrence at tbe
j splrit-roonls of Dr. Samuel Watson;
boing no loss than the marriage
of a resident of the terra, trial sphere;
Mr. C. A. Stillman; to Miss Allice
Robert, long an inhabitant of the
spirit-world. The ceremdny was per
formed, with all due solemnity, by Mr.
Watson, who is a regularly ordained
sier gyman, the bride motorializing fdr
the occasion. With one who was pres
ent, the Avalanche reportor held the
following conversation :
“Where did the ceremony take
place?”
*‘At the residence of Mr. Wutson.
Did you ever see the cabinet?”
Tno roporter had not.
“There, sir, is where tl.e wonder
of the matter coiues in. It is shut
oil in a airier by a curtain, leaving
about sufficient room for one person
to turn around confoitubly in. The
walls behind are of solid brick mason
ry. Out of this small space lira ma
terialized spirits came, about a dozen
in number.”
“The bride was to have married
Tom Moore had she not died, I be
lieve. Was it Tom Moore, tire poet?”
“We didn’t know what Tom Moore
she rolerred to, but site was pretty
enough to be anyo-e’s brido. She
was the most beautiful thing I eysr
saw.” " .
“Had negotiations for- tbe mar
riage betweeu the “spirit btida” and
Stillman been arranged beforehand?”
“Oh, yes, for soma time. Two or
three times before had preparations
for the ceremony been made; but the
brine had not until this evening ac
quired sufficient power to remain out
long enough to go through the cere*
trimiy. She spoke only in a whisper,
hut her voice grows stronger each
time she appears.”
“Whitt suit of a marriage ceremony
wa* used?”
“It didn’t differ much,l think, from
the ordinary religious marriage cero
u on?.”
“Now, is this marriage to hold iu
tho spirit world ?”
“Oh, certainly; she was very much
in earnest dboiit it.”
“Does it debar Stillman from mar
rying trow on earth?”
“I think he so uuderstandsit. I do.”
The gentleman Baid that there was
a subdued Ia nip-light in the room at
the time, and that fully nine materi
alized spirits appeared. The compa
ny prrst-ut was commposed of about
a dozen pertons; hud Mrs. Miller was
tbe medium. Ou the same evening
this gentleman hud his little child
baptized by the spirit of a deceased
Episcopal clergyman who came out
from the cabinet in his robes of office,
and taking the babe in Iris atms, pei
forrued tho baptismal ordiar.ee.
“People who havu’t learned the A.
B. C. of the philosophy of iSpritualisrr;
I’m uware, can’t understand, aud wilt
ridicule this; but to me it is all a mat
ter of knowledge—of fact,” said the
gentleman.
■ * ♦
“Bob, where’s tho State of Matri
mony?” “It is onoof the United States.
It is bound by hugging and kissing
on the one side, babies and cradles oil
tbe other side. Its chief products are
population, broomsticks and '.laying
out late at nights. It was discovered
by Adam arid Eve in trying to di out
er a rewth-west passage out of Para
dise.”
A little boy was munching a bit of
gmer-broad. His mother asked who
gave it to him. “Mies Johtiton gave
it to me.” “And did you thank lr-vr
for it?” “Yes, I d.d, but I didu’t tell
her so ?”
An exchange says book agents get
$9 a day for talking. Wo know it
woman, not a gent ei’her, who could
earn $lB a day at the business with
both hands tied behind her back.
“Dear me!” excluiuiad a rlnUiiuio
o'd mar; annoyed by an outline ysnow
stoi m. "I hope that when Idio I’ll go
where tnoro 1 be no snow.” ‘ Wei!,
I presume you will,” quietly respon
ded his aged wile.
A gentleman saw an advertisement
that a reteipe for the cure of dyspep
sia might he had by sending a post
age stamp to the advertisers. He sent
the stamp, and the answer was—“dig
in your garden and let whiskey alone.”
Jack--Ncw, I’ll be papa, goirg out
to fix the furnace. Sadie.—Oh, yes!
And I’ll he the nurse, gnd you must
kiss mo behind the te lar door.
lie said:—“Will you esctlse me;
nit V” and .'hegentleman excused him.
He continued; —“l am not in the hab
it of begging ” And the gentleman
said he was ‘ glad to hear it,” and
walked off.
“Minnie has been to see me to-day,”
said a little live-year-old, “and she be
haved herself like a little lady.” “I
hopeyimdid,too,’’said her mother. Yes,
indeed, I did ; I turned i umo nett /or
h'T on ike bed. ”
“Tom, wlio did you say our friend
B. married?” “Well ho married toi
ty thousand dollars; I forgot her eith
er name.”
Shakespeare says, “There is a tide
iu the alfairs of men ; but itappeara to?
bo pret y much aii tied bank to thef
atfairs of wcuroa.
The mum who wears a huge -riftg
v i’.t sivr i h ivc ;,o. .e.ltii gon