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g-ttosim Journal, ot I Published Every Friday. 15y Elnm Christian. ffifl.MSSlrUtt;/ in .t.trance. 'jhirce-rnontbs 9“ ‘J‘ Sit months ** 525 ’One year.... ** 00 mr- fktttf'i of.t.frfrtlning : One ilolUr per square ot ten lines lor the first insertion, and Sevonty-tive Gents per square lor each subsoqusnt insertion, not ex- Osrtfsqnaro three months $ 8 00 fine square six months 12 00 One square one year 20 00 Two squares three months 12 00 I>oWarq<! six months 18 00 Two squares one year >’) ou pooVth of a column three moths SO 00 WWrtth of a eolumn six months f>o Ou Half column three moths. -. 45 00 column six mouths It) 00 Olte cpiumti throe months .70 00 One column six months 100 00 Liberal Reductions .Trade on Contract itdvertiscmcnts. • MUiMIItfIIIHIfHIIHHII'IIIIIIIMtIIIIIItIIHIMIIHIMtniIIMIMM' C’ Legal Advertising. «‘s Sales, per levy, $2 50 ige Fi Fa Sales per square 5 00 Citations lor Letters of Administration!, 3 On u “ >• Guardianship,. 8 00 Bismision from Apministration,...... 6 00 1> “ Guardianship, 4 00 Application for leave to Sell land, 0 00 Sales of Land, per square, 5 00 Sales Os Perishable Property per squ’r, 8 00 Nortee« to Debtors and Creditors,.... 3 50 Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, 2 00 Estray Notices, thirty days, 4 Oo * Job Work of every description exe cuted with neatness and dispatch, at moderate rates. RAIL-ROAD GUIDE. “*"ll«UtJ«western Kailroad. MTi. HOLT, Proa. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup ’leaves Macon 8 A Jf; arrives at Eu faula .1 30, P M ; Leaves Eafaula 7 20, A J 1 ; Arrives at M*oon 4 50, P M. ALBANY BRANCH. Leaves Smithville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 35, A M; Arrives at Smithville 11, A M. Macon «fc Western ISniSroad. A. J. WHITE, President. E. B. WALKER, Superintendent. ’ day passenger train. Ileaves Macon . • • 7 "'j 'J Arrives at Atlanta . • • Leaves Atlanta . . • ®s?p v* Arrives st Macon . . • ISOP. M. NIGHT T*AIN. Leaves Macon . * • B J® r - Arrives at Atlanta . • • ' „ A" LeavesJA'lanta; . • ■ , ~ , J la-lives at Macon . . . 1.5A. . - Western &■ Atlantic Railroad. * CAMPBELL WALLACE, Sup’*. day PABSENGKR TRAIN. Leave Atlanta . * • 846 »- Leave Dalton - • *•*» £*• Arrive «t Chattsn-osra . Leave Chattanooga . • • ~ Arrive at Atlanta , • • 1t.081.H --NIONT vhatN. Leave Atlanta . • • 7 00 P*f Arrive at Chattaroesg* . . 4 l" A. H. Leave CfcaPatK>or;a . . < Arrive at Dalton . • • Arrive at Atlanta . . • 1-41 A. M. gimnciSjs (ftatite. DsTw. 1 HO! 1 rpENDEUS Lis Professional services to the L citizens of Dawson and its vicinity. Os flee at Dr. Cheatham’s Drug Store. Resi dence—late residence of Mrs. ( -rnbrri c>, on Depot street. nov22 G7-tf dr7j7h77 o h n s b n , Physician X Surgeon, Dawson, - * Georgia. |sr Office at Smith & Williams’ Home. novi2'o76m km ft* OftS & HOYL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, - - GPORGi.i. K *. »OTL. jan2s Iv. R F. SIMMONS. C. 3. WOOTEN, fTTORNEY AT LAW, 21 y Dawson, Ga. W. 8. TARKS. J M. WATSON. PARKS & WATSON, • Attorneys at Law, BAWSOfii -‘ - - - «A. J. P. ATjTjIjN 5 WITCH AND ftKriIKER JEWELER. Dawson, Ga., 18 prepared to do any work in his line in the very best style. feb23 ts J. sci. S. SxfBITIf, GUN - SMITH and Machinist, Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing Matinee, etc., etc. 2 ly. WOOTEN & BECK, A.ttorneys at Law, •Vei’f/wii, Ga., give prompt attention to all business •■trusted to their care. C. W. VYARWfCJL Sttarnry a! T.air and SoU Hor *' in Equity. t.njTui'if.r.n . . . cco., WILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell and Webster. J. E. -HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY AT TAW, Morgan, Calhoun Cos., Ga., practice in nil the Courts ol the So*.!,- western and PataulaC . . ae 1 Yol. 11. W. R. & N. M. THORNTON Practical . TYontisstsi, tt. t El \NO.V, Office in Ilardeu’s new building, West Side, Depot Street. Dec. 14, STEVEriS HOUSE, 21, 23, 25 & 27 BROADWAY, N. Y. Opposite Motel mg Green. om THE EIIKOPEYI I’LAit. riIHE STEVENS,HOUSE is well and widely I known to the public. The location is es pecially suitable to merchants and business men ; it is in close proximity to the business part of the city—is on the highway of South ern and Western travel—and adjacent to all the principal Railroad and Steamboat depots. THE STEVENS HOUSE has liberal ac commodation for over 200 guests —it is well furni-hed, and possesses every modern im provement lor the comfort and entertainment of its inmates. The rooms are spacious and well ventilated—provided with gas and wa t,. r —the attendance is prompt and respectful —and the table is generously provided with every delicacy of the season—at moderate rates. The rooms iiaving been refurnished and re thudded, we are enabled to offer extra facil ities for the comfort aud pleasure of our Guests. GEO. «K. CHASE & CO. Proprietors. IMPORTANT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OK TIIR SOUTHWESTERN R, R, CO, nUIE Stockholders of this Company are re- J_ quested to attend a called meeting, to be convened at the office of the Company in this city od the 4th day of December next, at noon, for the purpo=c of considering the pro priety of amalgamating the Muscogee and Southwestern Railroad Companies, as author ized by an Act of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia, passed during the ses sion of 1866. As the meeting is one of importance, all the Stockholders are requested to be repre sented either in person or by proxy. Stockholders attending the above meeting will he passed free over the line ol this Road by exhibiting their certificate of Stock to the Conductor. JXO. T. BOIFLUILLET, Macon, Ga., Nov. 1, ISG7—td Sec’y. NATIONAL HOTEL, N early opposite Passenger Depot MACON GA. K. F. DKWSE A SON, (Late ol Grflnitc ITall,) Proprietors# BROWN HOUSE, E. E, EROWitl £c SO», F-*«i'th St.. Opposite Passenger Depot, Jtßaco ij, Georgia. ITtROM the Ist of Julv tho business of this k House will !>e conducted bv E. E. Brown 1/ 8«n, the Senior bavin,r associated his sou, Wot. F. Brown, in tho management and in— terest-of the liotcl. The liotoe contains sixty rooms, which are reserved chiefly for the use of travellers and transient guests. Competent assistants have been sc- cured in every department, and eve ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort o their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and the table always supplied with the best the eouatrv affords. Dorters attend arrival and departure of ail trains to convey baggage and conduct passengers across the street to their quarters. juh 47,1f W. H. TISON. GORDON. TISOft & CORDON, COTTON FACTORS, AND GENERAL Commission Merchants, £Jk y 5#., Savannah, Ga. Also offer their services for receiving and forwarding Cotton and Goods of all kinds, to which prompt, attention will be given. Liberal advancements made on Consign ments for sale in Savannah, New T ork or Liv erpool, having several n-liablo correspon-. dents in both the latter cities. This old established House, so liberally pa tronized in the past, will spare no effort to continue to merit public confidence. septlS DENTSS7RY! O ’. R. NOBLE, of Americus, has es tablished, a permanent branch office, at Dawson, Ga., at his residence on South side of the Pubi c Square, where may be found at all times, prepared to perform all op erations belonging to tbe profession of Den tistry —both Surgical and Mechanical, He has the NITROUS OXIDE 4SENERVTOR, with wh ; ch he manufactures pure NITROt’S OXIDE (»AS, as pleasant to bieathe -as the air, and safer to use than any other amesthet ic known. He keeps always on hand a plen tiful nnd-gooci stock of this gas, with the use of which he extracts teeth without pain. As he has had twelve years' experience in the practice of 55E1N TBSTKY, and keeps up with all the late improvements in his pro fession, he feels confident of giving entire sat isfaction to all who may favor him with their patronage. He also has the Local Anaesthetic, for ex tracting teeth without pain, by a freezing pro cess. He takes this method to return thanks to all former patrons lor their liberal patronage; at, the same time solicits a continuance of the same. juni'7:6m R NOBLE. NO TICK. IN compliance with general Orders No. 25, front Gen. Pope’s Headquarters, requiring Msvnrs, Sheriffs, &c., to take proper steps for the prevention of Kiots or disturbances at public assemblies, all persons aro hereby notified that no public assembly for political purposes will be allowed to convene In Ter rell Oountv, until one day's notice has been j given at my office—in writing—previous to i the meeting. Citizens of the countv will govern them selves accordingly. H. K LASIrETER, yluj s:tf Sh’ff. HARNESSREPAIR SHOP ,1T rni.VCES' ST.tiIT.ES, JP;i ’.vsoii, ... Gcorgin, ('tAX furnish the public with Ci rriayr- J Trimming, Harness Mountijg, An. All work promptly done for the ei-li. nov'ii'GTbm HARRIS DENNARD. DAWSON, UA., FRIDAY, DEOEMHISH O, 1-MS7. C. F. & H. E. OLIVER, Stoves and Hollow Ware,'' Pocket and Table Cutlery, Iron Pipe, Steam Fittings, k, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF TIN WARE, No. 42 TbStd Street, Nuv4mber 15;8m .IJ./f 'D.!*, f,.f. ' - r—-tt 1 , , ESTABLISHED 1832. D. C. HODGKINS & SON, Dealers for the last Forty Years iu FIRE-ARMS AND SPORTING GOODS Os every description, A RK prepared to furnish anything In their _ZA_ liuc and satisfaction guaranteed. At their OC<B SlSMkd, 59 Jlu fiber vy Street, Tliicou, Ga. Gun and Pistol Material always on hand. /ha~ Repairing done by experienced workmen. nov 16-2 m ROBERTS & TILLMAS, general COMMi&ION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS* Office North Bide of Bay Street, Sec ond Door West of the City Exchange, SAVANNAH, GA. {SPECIAL attention given to the sale of Cotton m this market, and accounts rendered promt ly. We will also ship Cotton to • LIVERPOOL and have it sold for account of owner. In all cases where the owner desires, liberal cash ad vances will be made. ROBERTS & TILLMAN. TTiram Roberts, J 1). L. Roberts, ) Savannah. JOSEPH TILLMAN, Madison, Florida. We have made arrangements with MESSRS. CHEATHAM, H ARRIS Jk CO., to attend to re ceiving and forwarding all cotton consigned to us. They will make ADVANCES and pay REV ENUE TAX at this point, FIMOTMEO. 110 Pearl Street, .Vttr fork, COTTON FACTORS AND— General Commission Merchants, o IIBERAL advances made on Cotton con- U signed to our House. Having superior facilities, tve will, if desired, make prompt re turns, or hold, at the option ot the Shipper. Refer to Merchants is New York. Cheatham, Harris k Cos., Dawson, Ga. Hesters, Colley & Cos., “ “ Orr, Brown & Cos., Charles G. Farmer, Terrel! Cos , Ga. M. A. Nelson, WE have deposited Cash with W. M. Pee ples, our Agent, aud parties desiring to ship Cotton, can get advances by calling on him at his Store Ut Loylees Block. nov29lnt '‘j.M. HOLBROOK'S HAT ETiPOßllll • Whitehall Street, Atlaiiln, Ga. ONE OF TIIE LARGEST ESTABLISH MEETS IN THE SOUTH! AN ATLANTA HOUSE —OF— FIFTEEN YEARS! Country Trade supplied with HATS by the Dozen or by the Case /JgjiJ FIOLI3ROOK Only asks an examination of his Stock, to es tablish the fact that he can sell Goods in his line to city or country dealers, on as good terms as any house in the Southern country ; aud is determined to make Atlanta the most desirable EB.rt 1 ,TM.I BImSIR. J 1 in the South. TRUNKS AND UMBRELLAS! LADLES'FUR S.— Setts Sable, Setts Mink, Setts Liberian Squirrel, sett* Colored Musk Rat, setts Nat’l Musk Rat, setts French Coney, setts French Wbite Coney, Children’s aetts. HOLBROOK Having been established in the Hat Business in Atlanta for the last 15 years, and the only regular Hat House iu the city, feels confident of his ability to pivp full satisfaction to his customers. IJT HIGH ESI CASH PRICE r AID For ALL KINDS of FUR SKINS. BEAVER, OTTER, MINK WILD CAT. HOUSE CAT, COON, FOX, HABITS. novto-lm 8. R. WESTON, (Late Agent Merchant’s & Planters’ Bank,) COTTON BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Siatcson, Ga. X V. T ILL buy or advance one half to three- V V fourths value of cotton, and ship to Savannah or New York. Will receive cotton irom my old friends and customers, and dispose of it as directed' Office next to Cheatham's Drug Store. October 5, 1867. 6t pBOIIGIA. « tillioiiu < oinilv: 1 1 Notice is hereby given to all prisons hav ing demands against Washisgtou Potter, late ot said county, deceased, to present them to >ne properly made out, within the time pre scribed by iaw, so ns to show their chpracter I and amount. And ail persons indebted to | said deceasod are hereby required )0 make i immediate payment. LUCINDA rOTTFR, Adm’x of nov22-10d Washington Potter. COMMISSION poi/rnv. The Latiy’a Dicam. liY THOMAS IICOD. Alas! I have walked through life, Too heedless where I trod ; Nity, helping to trgmple my fellow.worm And fill th« burial sod— Fqrgetllng fliat even the sparrow Italia Not unmarked of God. I drattk the richest draughts, And ate whatever was good— Fish and flesh, and fowl and trait, Supplied my haughty mood ; But never remembered tho wretched onc-R That starve for want of food 1 I dress'd as the noble dress, In cloth of silver and gold, With silk, and satin, and costly.furs, In many an ample fold ; Bu. I never remembered the naked limbs That frozo with winter’s cold 1 Tho wounds I might have healed I The human sorrow and smart I And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill apart; But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart! She clasped her servant hands, And tears began to stream, Large and bitter, and fast they fell, Remorse was bo extreme— And yet, oh, yet, that many a dame \\ ould dream the Lady’s Dream. Serenade for December, BY ALICiS CABY. One, by the stroke ot the clock 1 The time drags heavy aud slow ; And I wake.from my dream as full of thee A3 tho clouds are full of snow, From dreams ns white with thee, my uove As the clouds are white with snow. I call tiiec ail sweet names, Song-lark lily and rose, And I only hear the night fowl's cry, And the wind as it beats and blows, And the moan of the river under the bill Freezing as it flows. One, by the stroke of the clock ! The night will never go by ! My iove, thou haet grown as cu and As the gray cloud up in the sky I Yet come, and,'snow thyself in my arms, And chili me tiii I die. How the Swiss make XlaUelses. It is the general eustoat in Berue, says a Swiss writer, that the lover’s fatb er should play tho wooer to the parenis of the bride. He frequently goes to them and says : ‘‘My lad likes your daughter. I suppose you stave wothing much against it, and that it will suit you ?” Ami sometimes bo goes in more elaborate fashion, as in the ease of the father who knocked one evening late at a window, begged the old people to 1 iok oat aud then began. “It is God’s will that tny boy and your girl should come together. I have had to make up my mind to it, and so will you; but I should like to a.-k what dower you mean to give her—about a thousand pounds I saucy.” “I approve the match,” returned Ibe other party ; but I can’t think of giving her more than a hundred pounds.” “You don’t naeau it ?” said the oth er. “Indeed I do; not one half penny more, and eveu that is too much. “Then - ” replied tho former, “it is not God’s will that the two should come together. The Lord's purposes are un fothom able and His ways past finding out. Good-uigbt. No off nso I hope. “Quite the reverse,” said tho other, and quietly closing the window. There are m-ay men nearer home an d hotter educated whose idea of‘God’s wl il is just about as conditional as that of the interested fathers in the above case. A remarkable Kesruc. A corre p.ndeut of Ihe Memphis Christian Advocate furnishes the follow ing incident: Ou Thursdy, September 26, while Mr. W. A. Swain, of Manlyville, Hen ry county, Tcnuessco, was drawing a bucket of water, his little son, lieury, au interesting ohild of three suatmers, was suddenly participated into the well, in whieh, as is sometimes the oase, two buckets were used. The child, it is thought, impressed with the idea of as sisting his father, had unnoticed, tskon hold of the decending rope, and was thus instantly jerked over the curl ing of the well. Ihe first intimation Mr. Swain had of the casualty was seeing the child falling ' head foremost, and .striking against the bucket. The feelings of the parent may well bo imagined. There was no time for refl’ction. The peril of the child call ed for prompt heroic action. In a mo ment, quick as thought, Mr. Swain seiz es the well rope and follows his child, determined to save him or share hi* wa tery bed. In another moment he finds his child, convulsively presses him to his bosom, and rises with feelings of tri umphant joy to (he surface of the wa ter. Here he sustains himself till prep arations are made for raising him se curely out of the well. This was soon and safely done. The child suffered no injuries other than a few braises, and witcu brought to the surface of the earth, with grfist coolness and presence of mind he inquired for his bat, w hich ho had lost iu the fall. IVe dare say that such an occurrence, wi-h similar gratifying results, has no paraibl Grandmothers Dying Out.—A | physician, in speaking of tho frt.il cott i -titutions of the women ot the piesent i Jay remarked that we ou ;ht to take I good care of our grandtnolhets, for we would never get any more. MISCELLANEOUS. A liUOST KTOHY. The following is a simple narrative, takin down in shorthand from tho lies of the narrator. Ho 'a a man now get ting on in years, who, distrustful of all other people’s experience verging, on what we impertinently term the super natural, K trcely even ventures to be lieve his own. Asa stutegjcut at first hand of an appearance testified to by the narrator, aod Cvrr berated by his wife, both living, it has seemed to tnr, while simply transcribing tho notes, to possess an interest often wanting in more artistic stories of artificial ntauu facturc. My wife’s sister, Mrs. M., was left a widow at the age of thirty-five, with two children, of whom she was passionately fond. She carried on the draper’s bu siness at Bognor, established by her hus band. Being still a very handsome woman, there were several suitors for her baud. The only favored one among them was a Mr. Bort.n, My wife nev er liked this Mr. Barton, and made no secrets of her fee.iegs to her sinter, whom she frcqently told that ‘Barton o'nly wanted to i o master of the little haberdashery shop in Bognor. He was a man in poor circumstances, and had no other motive iu his proposal of mar riage, so my wife thouglt, than to bet ter Himself, On tho 23d of August, 1831, Mrs. MrsdM. arranged to go with Mr. Bar ton to a pic-nic party at Goodwood Park, the seat of the duke of Richmond who bad kindly thrown open his grounds to the public I r tho day. My wife, a little annoyed at her going out with this man, told her she had ntuoh better re main at b r mc to look af er her children and attend to the business. Mrs. M., however, bent on going, made arrange ments about leaving the shop, aud got my wife'to promise to see to her little girls while she was away. The parly set out ia a four wheel phaeton with a pair of ponies driven by Mrs. 4 M.,.and a gig for which I; lent my horse. Now wc did not expect them to come back till nine or ten o’clock, a! any rate I mention this particularly to show that there could be no expect*’ion of their earlier return in the mind of my wife, to account for what follows. At 0 o’clook that bright summer’s evening my wife went out into the gar den to call the children. Not Soiling them, she went all round the plaoe iu in her search till tho came to the empty stable; thinking that they might have run ’id thero to play, she pushed open the door; there, standing in the darkest ortxnor, she saw Mrs. M. My wife was surprised to soo her, eertaiuly, for sho did not exbeot her return so soon; but, oddly enough, it did not a oka ner as being siuguiur to seo her there. Vexed as she had felt with her ail day for go ing, and rather glad in bor woman’s way to have s luethiug entirely t ifferem from the-genuine cuius Ltlli, to Fang a retort upon, my wife said, “Well, Har riet, I should Lave thought another dress would have done quite as well for your pic-nic as that best black silk you have on.’ My wife was tho older of the twain, and Lad always assumed a air of counsellor to her sister. Black silks were thought a great deal more of at that time than they arc just now, and silk of any kind was held particularly inconsistent wear for Wesleyan Metho dists to which denomination wo belongel Deceiving no answer, my wile s.id, “Oh, well, Harriet, if you can’t take a word of reproof without boiug sulky, I’U leave you to yourself,’ and theu cauio into the house to tell me tho par.y had returned, and that sho had seen her sis ter in the stable, not in Uto best ol tem pers At the moment it did not seem extraordinary to mo that my wife should have met her sister in tho stable. I waited in-doors some time, expos ing them to return my horse. Mrs. hf. was my neighbor, and, living so close, and being always on fr ondly terms, I wandered that none of tho party had ootnc in to tell us about the day’s pleas ure. I thought I would just run in and seetiow they had got on. To my great surprisr, tho servant told me they had not returned- I began then to feel anxiety about the result. My wife, however, having seen Harriet in tire stable, refused to believe tho ser vant’s asstr'ion, and said thero was no doubt of their return, but that they had probably left word to say that tboy wero not oomo back, tn order to offer a plam-ablo excuse for taking further drive, and detaining my horso for another hour or so. At eleven o’clock, Mr. Tinnoek, my brother-in-law, who had been one of the party, esme in, apparently much agita ted. As soon as she saw him, and be foro he had ti ne to speak, roy wifo seemed to know what he had to say. ‘‘What is tha matter?” she sai l.— ‘Something has happened to Harriet, I know ‘‘Yes,’ replied Mr. Pinncck. ‘lf you wish to see her alive, yon must come with me directly to Goodwood.” From what he said, it appeared that pno of the poui s had nevar been pr per ly broken in, that the trvin from whom the turnont was hired for the day had i cautioned Mrs. 51. reap: thing it before i they started and that ho had lent it re- ! lucfantlj, being tho only pony to match he had in tho stable at tha time, and would not have lent it at »i! had ho not known Mrs. M. to be a remarkable good whip. On reaching G odwjod,it seems, the gentlemen of tbe party had got out, leaving ti e ladies to take a drive round the paik in the phaeton One or both of ihe ponie-i had takou fright at something in the road, f.»r Mrs. 51. hud sentcoly taken the reins 1 | when tho ponies shied, liad there been plenty ol room she would readily IYo. I*>. have mastered the ditiieulty, but it was in a narrow road, where a gate had obstructed tho way. Some tin n rushed to open the gate; but alaq too late The throe other ladies jumped out at the beginning of tlm accident, but Mrs M. still held on to the reins, seek ing to control her ponies, until finding it wtts impossible for the men to get the gate open in time, she, too, sprang forward ; at the •ante time tho pinnies canto smash on the gate. Sho made her spring too late, and fell heavily to the ground on her head. The heavy, obi fashioned comb of the period, with which her hair was looped up, wus driven into her skull by the force of the fall. . The Duke of Richmond, a w itness to tho accident, ran to her assistance, lilted her up nnd rested her head upon his knees. 'J ho only words Mrs. M. had spokeu were uttered at that time—- “Good God, my children 1” By direction ol the Duke she was immediately conveyed to a neighbor ing inn, when every assistance, medi cal and otherwise, that forethought or kinduess-could suggest, was afforded her. At six o’clock in the evening, the time at which tny wife had gone into the stable anil seen what wc both now knew hits been her spirit, Mrs. M., in her sole interval of returning consci ousness, had made a violent but un - successful atteirpt to speak. From her glance having wandered round tho room, in solumn, awful wist fulness, it bad been conjectured sho wished to see forne relative or friend not then present. I went to Goodwood in the g'g with Mr. l’innock, and arrived in time to see my sister-in-law die at 2 o’clock in the morning. Her only conscious rnomen's had been these to w hich she labored unsuccessfully to speak, which bad occurred at G o’clock. She wore a black silk dress. When we came to dispose of her business, and to wind up her affairs, there was scarcely anything left for the two orphan girls. Mrs. Al.’s f'uth er, however, being well to do, to ,k them to bring them up> At his death which happened soon aftorward, his property went to his eldest son, who speedily dissipated the inheritance Duriug a spiuce of two years the chil dren were taken as visitors by various relations in turn, and lived an uchappry life- with no soith'd home. For some time I had been debating with myself how to help these children, huviug many girls and boys of my own to provide for. I had almost settled to take them myself, bad as trade was with me at the time, and bring thorn up with rny own family, when ouo day business called me to Brighton. The business was so urgent that it neces sitated my traveling at night. I set out from Bognor iu a cloae headed gig on a beautiful moonlight winter’s night, when the crisp-frozen snow lay deep over the earth, and its tine glittering dust was whirled about in little edtiios on the bleak night wind —driven now and then in stinging powder against mv tingling cheek, w/artn an* glowing in the cold, sharp) a.r. I had taken my great deg “Bose” for company. lie lay blinking wake ftiily, sptrawled out on the soare seat of the gig, beneath a mass of warm rugs Between Little Hampton and Worth ing is a lonely piece of road, long and dreary, through bleak and hare open country, where the snow lay knee dee‘p sjturkling iu the moonlight. It wus so cheerless that I turned round to sj.oak to my dog, more for the sake of hearing tho sound of a voice than any thing else “Good Bose,” I said, patting him; “there’s a good dog !” Then suddeuly I noticed he shiver ed, and slunk under the wrapts. Then tho horse required my attention, ft r he ! gave a start and wtts going wtong, and had nearly tnkou me into the ditch. Then I looked up. Walking at my horse’s head, dressed in a sweeptiug robe, so white that it shone dazzling against the white snow, I saw a lady her back turned to nte, her head bare; Iter hair dishevelled and strayed, show ing shurpt and black against her white dress. 1 was at first so much surprised at! peeing a lady, so dressed, exposed to j tho open night, and «icii a night as this, that 1 scarcely knew what to do. Recovering myself 1 called out to know if 1 could render assistance—if * she wiahoil to ride ? No answer. I drove faster, the horse blinking and shying and trembling all the w hile his ears laid back in abject of terror, b ill tho figure maintained its position close to my horse's head. Then 1 thought that what I saw, was no wo man, but perchance a man disguised for the pur| ose of robbing me, seeking an opportunity to seize tho bridle and slop the horso. • Filled with this idea, I said, “Good Hose 1 hi t look at it, boy 1” but tbe dog only shivered ns if in fright. Then we came to a place where lour eross- I roads met. l>e el mined to know the worst, I; j pulled up the horse I fetched old i Hose, unwilling, out by the ears. Ho was a good dog at anything from a rat to a mail, but lie s uuk away that night into the hedge, and lay there, his bead between bis paws, whining and howbng. 1 walked straight up to the j figure, still standing by the horse’s | head. As 1 waked, the figure turoeo and I saw Harriet'* /ace as p ainly as l see you now—white uad calm—p)u cid,u> idealized and beautiful by and a h I must own tha , though not a ikiv ous man, in (bat in (a it I fel sick and taint. Harriet looked me full in the face with a long, eager, silent look I knew then it was her spirit, and fei-t a strange calm come ovor me, for I knew it was nothing to harm me When l could speak, J asked what troubled her. Sho looked at me alilf —never changed that cold fixed alare. Then ! felt in my mind it wns horckiJ* dron, and I said : “llurriet, is jt for your childrei jolt lire troubled !” No answer. “llurii t,” continued 1, “if tkcaa you are troubled, he assured they shall uev r want while I have power to k«lp them. Best in peace.” Still no answor. I put up tny hand to wipe from m* ft reh a 1 the cold perspiration whioh k*4 gathered there. When I took my hand away from shading my eyes, tba figure was gone. I was alone oa tha black, snow eovered ground. Tho breeze, that had been hushed belara, breathed cool y ani gratefully on mj face, and the cold stars glimmered and 3parkled iu the fair blue hcaveDS. My dog crept up to me and furtivoly licked tuy hand, as who should say, “Goad master, don’t be at gry, I Lave lerved you in all but this.” 1 took the children and brought them up till they could help All the Year Round. itlcdiral Sign* of Drcauit. WHAT THEY INDICATE—IIf. STANCES OF I'ROGNOSTF CA TION. Lively dreams are tn general, a sign of tho excitement of nervous action.- Soft dreams a sign of slight irritation I ot tho brain—often, in nervous fevera, announcing the approach of a favora ble crisis Frigh ful dreams are a sign of determination of blood to tho bead. Dreams about fire itre, in wo men. signs of an impending taommor hage. Dreams about blood and red objects are signs of inflammatory con ditions. Dreams about rain nnd water ara often signs of diseased mucous mem brane and dropsy. Dtoamc of distor ted forms are frequently a sign of ab dominal obstructions and disorder of tbu liver. Dreams in which tho patient sees any jmrt of the body especially suffer ing, indicate disease in that part.—• Dreams of death often precede applo pdexy, which is connected with deter mination of blood to tho houd. Tho nightmare, with great sensitiveness, ia a sign of determination of blood to tho chest. To these we may add, that dream* of dogs, after tho bite of a mad dog, often precede tbu appearance of hy drophobia, but may bo only the con sequences of excited imagination. Ar naud de Villeneuve dreampt one night that a black cut had bit him on the side. Tho next day an anthrax appoared on the pari bitten. A piatient of Gal en’s dreampt that one of his limbs was changed into stone—some days after f Liu lei- w,,a paralyzed, linger d’Ox toy n, Knight of the C’ompinny of Dough lass, went to sleep >n good health ; to ward tho middle of the night he saw a man infected with tho plague quite naked, who attacked him with fury, threw him on the ground after a des perate struggle, and, holding him be tween his op en thighs, vomited tho pilague into mouth. Three days after he wns seized with the plague and died. Hippocrates re marks that dreams in which one sees black spjectres aro a bad omen. lieu Signs. Someone has given the following signs for distinguishing hens that et thoir will not lay at all or lay only a a few eggs in tho spting, and taka vacation for the remainder of the year: Hons that lay are ofT the roost at the fir»t dawn of morning while barren h ns often remain thero until the sun ia high in the sky, or until tho laying hen* bare ample time to fill their crops. Laying nens have a voracious appe tiue, while barren hens are often very indifferent about eating. Hens that aro about to commence laying, or that do lay evity day, or every alternate day, are ai active in obtaining feed for themselves as one having a brood of hungry chickens isdilligent in sciatoh ing up and scratching out necessary feed for her young cues. A hen that lays an egg to day and another to-morrow, has a comb and gills red and glowing, while the comb and gills of a barren hen will be color less, pallid, and sometimes wrinkled and dried up. When n hen that lays has eaten un til her crop appears distended to i - # ; utmost eapaciiy, she will force down ; a little more, while a barren one wilt ' often appear as indifferent about eat j ing good leed. A hen tint has laid ! an egg to-day and will lay another to- 1 morrow w ill go singing around the : yard, while the hen that never lays has no more music in her soul than tho wife of tsocratos. rsr Life at the best is simply a disguise—every one wears a mask—fio one appears w hat they are in reality. Almost all of our earlier teaching tend to this end. The sliss of scarcely 14, and tho boy of the etime age, has al ready learned the lesson, and day by day they grow more perfect in it. Tru ly, there is nothing what it seems. We act lies whm we do not allow our I tongues to ut'er them. We mask our j thoughts nnd feelings, if we cannot our faces We play a fictitious part all our iivoi, but there comes an hour when all of disguiso will be suddenly torn away and we stand in the pres ence of the terrible reality ! fp*// “Bridget where’s the grid iron T* ‘•An* sure, ma'am I’s just been af ter giving it to my sister’s own cous in. Hridget O’Flaherty—the thing i. so lull 1 holes i’s net good at all