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TIIE INDEPENDENT.
■ ATVBDAV, MVEMBRR '<9,ISM.
Treated With Scorn.
BT WAWKIt A. ROBB.
The Matauza* wns, when I became mate
rf her, in 1855, one of the fleetest nnd
*nost veßHfll* trading between New York
•nd California. H)ie was it full-ringed j
hit), of twelve hundred tons register, und ;
Lad won for her genial commander -a j
Bostonian named Lord - both name and
fume, by reason of the numerous success
ful voyages she hod made while under bin
able guidance. <>no trip nlie wan lying at
Ban Francisco, with nearly all her cargo
for New York stowed snug in the hold,
mid I wax busy superintending the bending
of sails when Captain Lord carno aboard,
nnd hailed to ns- to eome down from aloft.
“What is it. sir ?" 1 inquired, aal walked
lift to w here he stood.
“We hIihII have five passengers with ns,
Mr. Thom, nnd as three of them are par
tieu’.r friends of mine, J want you to see
that their state-rooms are fired up all
straight, as the steward may not, yet have
got his hand in. There are two young
ladies, their father, nnd two other gentle- :
men, nnd T trust to you to make tilings
comfortable for them against their arrival.
BhnlJ, wo want any more storos ?” ho
said.
“I guess we shall, sir. I’ll make out a
list and send it to the ofllco this noon
time,” I replied.
Tlio steward —a mulatto, whom we had
brought out with ns—bud mysteriously
disappeared, probably lured away by an
offer of higher wages, and we had engaged
the services of the first applicant for the
berth, a young fellow who professed to he
n Spaniard, nnd whose skin was swarthy
ns a Cuban's, hut whose features were de
cidedly of the Anglo-Saxon typo. Ho was
reticent in manner, nnd there was some
thing about him that I did not like; hut
this I only attributed to a very had habit I
list'd to have of taking a sudden antipathy
to people. Miguel, however, worked well
and willingly, and when the passengers
came nboani the morning on which wo
wctc to sail, everything was in first-class
order, and tliair berths neat, trim nnd
comfortable.
Our paaaengera, aa the Captain lmd told
jno, were five in number. A jolly old
divine, a mißßiouary returning from tlm
Hold of liia labors in uncivilized parts, and
it wealthy young Californian who was
going to traval in Europe, occupied Ropa
mte berths on the port aide of the saloon.
Mr. Haakcl was a fine looking, gray
haired gentleman, who had acquired a
1 trge fortune l<y speculating in mining
stock, and was proceeding to the East with
his motherless daughters, in order to en
joy it among the. friends of his youth.
The sisters, excepting that they were
both bewitohingly beautiful, were the ex
act antipodes of each other; tur Julia, the
oldest by a year, was a dark-eyed brunette,
hanghtv and stately in manner, though
1 tgltly-bml and no Hoed, wliile Ellen was n
fair-haired darling, with great blue eyes, a
lovely hand and arm, tiny feet, an elegant
figure-—in fine, she was a s v et creature,
not very dashing, but extremely winning.
Mr. Victor Wilder, the young Cali
fornian, was a strapping six-footer, hand
some, well educated, and wealthy by in
heritance. He was intimately acquainted
with Mr, Husk el and his daughters, and
even before we had passed through the
Golden Gate, 1 began to suspect that, il
was pmu-hnut for Miss Julia, rather than
any desire to travel, that lmd induced him
to undertake tho voyage; for he was unre
mitting in his attentions to her, and she
seemed to consider it her queenly pre
rogative to receive homage from him.
The good ship Miitunznx sped swiftly
over the blue waters of tlio broad Pacific,
with studding-sails set, alow and aloft, to
Woo' the wind that wafted her along; and
tho yellow corn fields and gray hills faded
in her wake, long ere the sun sank to rest
in his azure lied, and night studded with
glittering gems the cloudless firmament.
“All went merry as u marriage hell”
Fresh breezes favored us, we had a good
erew, and the weather was delightful; yet
somehow I seemed to feel within me a
presentiment of coming evil. When we
Jiad been out of port some days, I noticed
that Miguel always seemed to avoid inter
course with the elder Miss Haskel. In his
capacity of Steward, this was of course
very difficult for him to do; but 1 observed
that he always addressed himself to Miss
JUlen, in preference to her sister, on mat
ters concerning their cabin comforts, and
always half-averted or concealed his face
whenever necessity compelled him to wait
on the haughty beauty. He betrayed a
punitive and decided hatred for Mr. W il
der, and it was not until 1 severely repri
manded him for his incivility to that gen
tleman, that he would obey his slightest
behest, or even speak courteously to him.
One glorious night- -if a sailor can in
conscience term any night glorious on
which a dead calm prevails when we were
nearing the tropics, I whs keeping the first
watch on the poop, whistling for wind,
not “forwnnt of thought,” when I became
aware of the presence of our two fair pas
sengers, who had left the gentlemen play
ing curds in tho cabin, and came on deck
to enjoy tho silent beauty which pervaded
sea nmi sky.
‘‘Did you ever notice tho strong resem
blanoe Miguel, the steward, bears to that
young Ycrplank, who used to so persist
ently la-ster you with his attentions last
your, Julia ?" asked Ellen Haskel.
“No, indeed. Any one would have to
strain imagination to tlio utmost, I should
think, to detect any likeness between a
dusky half-breed, who fills a menial po
sition. and a fair-haired, white-fared
American lad. I never took any par
ticular notice of the steward, except to re
mark that lie was tawny, clumsy, and not
over-jxdito for one in his station; hut I
know that Verplank, though he wus silly
and sentimental, and used to boro mo ter
ribly, was in every respect a gentleman.
YVliat put such a stupid fancy into your
head ?” replied Julia, evidently nettled at
n comparison being instituted between any
former beau of hers and a person whom
shosevidently considered beneath even a
passing glance.
“I don’t know, dear; only I sometimes
think you treated him railier unfairly.
You might have—”
‘‘Punwilt'd his presumption as I did,"
intemiptt'd Julia. “What right had ho
to aspire to my hand ?” alio continued,
liaugluily. “Don’t speak to me of him
again, I pray yon, sister miue," she ad
ded, in it milder tone.
“I did not mean to offend von, dear,”
replied the gentle Ellen, and a sound of
osculation reached my ears.
During long, weary night-watches at
sea, an officer of a vessel is frequently at a
loss for some subject to think about; and
though I was always of a fanciful and
imaginative turn. 1 liave often found it
very difficult indeed to find some train of
reflection that would last a long four hours'
vigil out. Therefore, I was glad the
■ladies had spoken in mv hearing, for they
gave me ideas upon which to work up a
little romance of the mind that would till
tuv thoughts until the bell would tinkle
out the welcome hour of relief.
I had noticed that Miguel had by no
means Cuban features, though his com
plexion certainly betokened him a child of
the sunny Antilles, and I had more than
once observe) 1 that, when spoken to hastily,
In- would reply in nitieh better English,
than the jargon he invariably used on other
occasions. Ellen laid remarked a resem
blance in his countenance to that of a
former friend, a daspised admirer of her
sister’s; I lmd noticed that lo- slimmed
Julia’s gaze, nnd bore an almost undis
guised hatred for the man who was evi
dently thu favored suitor of that young
holy. Hingular coincidence 1 Could it hi:
possible, I reasoned, that—
“ Eight bells, sir I” reported the helms
man.
“Htrike them !” I replied, gleefully; and
my more legitimate reasoning returning, 1
hove the log, passed tin- word to the
second mate, who relieved me, wontto bed
and slept away all remembrance of my re
flections.
“I can’t think how it is, Tlionj, that we
make so much casting. The vessel cannot
he properly steered, or else our eompawwis
are out of order. We’ve had a fair breeze
since this time yesterday, nnd yet the ob
servation I’ve just taken proves us to ho
forty miles to thu eastward of where the
course 1 directed to be steered ought to
have taken us,” said the skipper, a few
days afterward, when we were working up
thp meridian altitude in the cabin.
“f don’t understand it myself, sir,” I
replied. “I’ve taken care that the ship
wits well council in my watch, and the
second mate assured me that he has done
11 ui same during Ifis.”
When I went ou deck, I inspected the
binnacle-compass. In the little locker
beneath it 1 discovered an iron marlinspike,
that I supposed some sailor lmd carelessly
placed there.
1 soundly rated the whole crew for this
piece of negligence; butnext day we found
the ship hud made easting again. There
was no iron in the- binnacle this time,
however, and I could not account for the
circumstance, other than by the suppo
sition that it was attributable to a current.
A few days afterward the vessel made
her courses all straight, and continued to
do so us long as we could obtain observa
tions to indicate our exact locality di
urnally.
When within ten degrees of the equator,
the weather became very thick and squally,
so that for some days we lmd to trust en
tirely to dead reckoning to ascertain our
whereabout*.
I went off deck into the cabin, at a late
hour one night - it was during the middle
watch, 1 think—and found Miguel, who
hail no need to bo about at that hour,
anxiously peering over a chart that the
Captain had left lying upon the table when
he lmd retired to rest.
“What are you doing, steward ?” I
naked, abruptly.
“Nothing, air; I was merely—” He
cheeked himself. “Me want try find my
eountree, seer Cuba, seer,” lie added.
T caught him by the throat and shook
him.
“Look here, young fellow, what the
blazes do von mean by pretending you
can't apeak English fluently ? That’s
played out ! Moreover, I don’t believe
you’re a Cuban a darned bit. You're Hail
ing under falsa colors, for some reason or
other, and if you don’t explain, by thun
der ’ I'll put yon in irons !’’ I crioi’l.
The fellow, by a quick movement,
twisted himself out of my grmq>; but in so
doing lie tore his shirt open, and revealed
abreast far whiter than mine own beneath.
"Mr. Thorn, sir. Mr. Thorn, hurry on
deck, sir; there's breakers near !” u voice
yelled down the skylight.
I mailed on dock. It was a dark and
squally night. The roar of breakers fell
upon my ear like a mournful dirge.
“Hurd down tlio helm ! All hands 'bout
ship !” I cried.
The skipper oamo on deck. His quirk
eye took in at a glance the aspect of af
fairs. He assumed command of the deck,
and gave tlio necessary orders with rapidity
and firmness.
But it was too Into ! Within five
minutes from the time that, the alarm had
been given, the ship struck heavily, listed
over several degrees, and began thumping
so much as speedily to bring down the
upper spars.
I set ablaze a number of blue-lights.
They revealed to ns a low, sandy beach,
within a cable's length of where we had
struck.
“It’s all up 1 Tho Mutunzas lias gone
this time sure! Wo can save ourselves,
and perhaps portions of the cargo, but, the
vessel will become a total wreck. This
must be Duncan’s Island. How could we
have got so far out of our course ?" said
the skipper, cooly.
A brave man is always calm amid
danger.
‘•lt’s that infernal steward, sir I” I cried,
vehement ly. “He’s no Cuban, hut a white
man. I just discovered that as the alarm
was given. He was looking at your chart
in the cabin there. He’s been tampering
with the compasses 1”
“Go aft and seize tho scoundrel 1” said
the skipper. *
The passengers were nil on deck, the'
ladies terribly frightened, the energetic
missionary working heartily with tho
socond mate’s watch, while Wilder and
Mr. Haskel w ere lending a baud to unlock
the boats. X could not find the steward.
“Oh, my God! it is Verplank 1”
I heard Julia Haskel’s scream, and flew
toward where she was standing, just in
time to fell to the deck the quasi-steward,
who was about to strike away her life with
a blue-gleaming weapon.
Short but fierce was the conflict for the
possession of that shining blade. AVe
rolled over and over on the deck. I was
twice mv antagonist’s size, but lie wins
possessed of maniacal strength, and it re
quired a mighty effort to subdue him.
At length my superior weight favored me,
and I drove the poniard deep into his
chest, though his own hand still held it.
“The vessel has bilged sir. There's ten
feet of water in tins hold,” reported the
carpenter.
“Then the poor old gal will lie quiet till
morning,” replied the skipper, walking
aft. “Ladies, you have nothing to fear—
Good God ! wlmt’s all this V” he added, as
a mau ran up with a lantern, and revealed
to his astonished vision tho blood-stained
deck, a man writhing and groaning in his
j death agony, two weeping, trembling girls,
and mv pantingT^elf.
Gathering together what little strength
! and life remained, the stricken steward
j raised up his head and cried aloud, in
; tones that sent a thrill tlirougli every
heart:
“1, Vaughan Verplauk, am avenged !
j The girl who mocked mv love, and her
dashing adorer, will Hud starvation on a
desert isle. 1 wrecked the vessel.”
The effort exhausted all his strength; he
fell back a corpse ere the echoes of his
\ voice had died away upon the midnight
wind.
Morning dawned bright and glorious,
and showed that our ship was wrecked
: upon rocks lying just off’ a silvery beach
; that glistened in the rays of the uprising
sun.
We managed to land our stores, part of
! our cargo and a quantity of spars and lum
ber several days beforo tho vessel went to
1 pieces.
j Tho island proved to be fertile, fruit
1 trees and fecund tropical plants growing
lin profusion, but frenli water was scarce,
' Fortunately, the Matanzas was fitted with
a condenser, which we transferred to the
shore, ami no longer dreaded death by
drought. We built houses, we dug tanks,
and prepared for a life-long exile.
Six months after landing we lost two of
our crew—reckless bathers, they fell vic
tims to the sharks which swarmed around
the coast. Jlut when, in two years’ time,
a passing vessel noticed our signals anil
came to our aid, she rescued the exact
number of persons who had left Bun Fran
cisco in the Matanzas.
How this came to pass I do not like to
explain; but the fact was, that one flue
morning the genial missionary married
Julia If nek el to Victor Wilder, and the
same eventful day I lieoamo the happy
husband of her pretty, gentle sister.
N. B. —The twins were Ellen’s.
A Reformed Coquet.
HY y. MALCOLM.
I have your name iqion my tablet for
this dance, Miss Haywood,” said Philip
Remington, bowing low before the loveli
est, little blonde that ever fluttered into a
hall room.
“Ah yes!” she said lifting a pair of
brilliant sapphire eyes to his eager face—
“ah yes ! but I am so very, very tired.
You will excuse me, Mr. Remington.
Aside flora my weariness, I don’t care to
dance.”
He bowed ngain, nnd turned silently
away. He was chagrined and mortified,
but this was not apparent in his fair, culm
face. He was too proml to allow his vex
ation to become known to the young girl,
who knew so well her power to make him
I happy or miserable.
She was a thorough coquet, and so, not
being in the least tired (the assertion was
\ one of her graceful little libs), hlio turned
to the companion with whom Remington
had found her,and resumed her interrupted
conversation.
“What, a pity we arc going to lose Phil
Remington !” observod the gentleman, af
ter a time.
“Lose him !”
The words were spoken in a slightly on
ious voice.
“Yes; you know he starts westward in n
few days. ”
“I knew nothing of it,”
Her face was pale now—pain ns the
nears clasping her throat, and she trem
bled visibly.
"l’hil has many friends,” observed the
other; “none wanner than myself. I re
gret his departure exceedingly.”
“And I, too,"said Ada Haywood, recov
ering her self-possession, and affecting a
careless regard; then she added: “Will
you promenade, Mr. Carlton ?”
Around the limited boll-room they snnii
tered slowly. There was a hush in the
music, and many were, like themselves,
promenading, ltemitigton passed them,
a. brilliant beauty leaning upon his arm.
He did not look toward Ada, although
conscious of her near proximity.
“AVhat a beautilnl little creature Ada
Haywood is!” remarked the lady beside
him,
“Very beautiful !” he said coldly.
lie was thinking how for a year that
beauty had been his constant thought by
dav and bv night.
The girl hud never given bin loro the
slightest, encouragement; indeed she made
it a point to slight him whenever occasion
presented itself; yet in her heart the
perverse little mortal loved the man de
votedly.
“She meant to be kind to him some
time,” so she would say to herself; but
then, as she meant to coquet with others
awhile, Philip could wait.
Ton will acknowledge with me that she
was volatile and heartless; but her very
faults seemed only to endear her the more
to her lover.
That night, after the hall was over, ho
sought her ns she was coming from the
dressing-room.
Ills anger had passed away, and there
was a look of passionate entreaty upon his
face, which touched tho girl more than
any words could have done.
Her coquettish impulses wore stilled for
an instant.
“AN'ell, Philip ?" she said, interroga
tively.
Ho drew her aside from the stream of
ladies issuing out of the dressing-room,
and in a quick, impetuous whisper, he
said;
“You have long known of my love—
give me some hope !”
The gill’s eyes sparkled mischievously.
“Hope ! hope !” she said; “indeed 1 can
not, give you one iota. ”
“You can—you will!” ho said, for ho
saw that, despite her raillery, the blushes
flamed upon her cheek, and her lips quiv
ered. “I am going away, and may be ab
sent for a long while,” he continued. "I
will not sue twice for any woman’s love.
Speak now or never V”
“Never be it, then 1” she said with a tan
talizing little laugh.
“Do not jest., Ada,” he exclaimed.
“Give me an earnest and solemn an
swer 1”
“Earnest! I will not bo solemn —I could
not be. ”
“It is your last chance.”
“AVitli you, perhaps, Air. Remington, I
may have other admirers than yourself,
who will allow me a chance, as you so ele
gantly express it !”
He looked at her silently, hut without
anger; he saw that her mischievous, con
tradictory nature was now at its worst.
“Borne time you may repent of this,”
ho said, after a moment. “If that time
over comes, write to mo. Here is my fu
ture address. ”
“Bo then I have another ‘chance’ with
the august Mr. Remington ?”
Ho bit, his lips; it was hard to endure
those laughing taunts.
“Tour carriage is waiting,” ho said;
“slndl I escort you to it ?”
She was engaged in tearing the card
which he had given her, into minute
pieces. She waited until she had scattered
them upon the floor, and then she took
his proffered arm.
Secretly, she was disappointed at the
careless manner in which he bade her
good-uiglit as he handed her into her car
riage; hut then she argued;
“I shall see him again la-fore he leaves
for tho West, and I will tell him the truth,
that 1 earnestly love him, and Unit, fickle
as I have been to others, to him nt least, 1
will bo constant and true !”
But she was doomed to lx- mistaken.
Philip left, with simply a formal note of
farewell, well knowing that if the girl
really loved him, see would do as he had
said.
Contemptuously as she had torn up the
card lie had given her. one bright,
quick i gluK e liad sufficed her well
and the address thereon was implanted
upon her memory.
l’liilip’s non-coming filled her with pas
sionate anger, mingled with tho keenest
grief her gay life had ever known.
“I will never forgive him 1” she cried,
bitterly. “I will live to he the most
! crabbed and detestable of old maids before
11 will humble myself to Philip Remiug
, ton ! Write to him indeed! I despise
him !”
Fine words for my little lady ; and she
j imagined at the moment that she really
; meant them.
But ere n month had passed away, the
roses paled upon her cheeks, and her
bright eyes took a trick of drooping, which
gave a most sorrowful expression to the
little face.
Another month, and Miss Ada ceased to
frequent balls and parties, and became
quite dejected and melancholy.
A third month, and life became unen
durable ; the little coquet was now fully
punished for her past follies. Bhe was the
most unhappy of mortals.
Pride now gave way entirely, and at
last, one day, a sorrowful face might have
been soon bending over a sheet of paper
and tremblingly indicted these words:
“Dear Pinup: I love you ! Forgive the
past, mid return to your penitent Ada.”
Two weeks afterward, and he was once
more by her side; and those three sorrow
ful months must have taught her a good
lesson, for her demeanor toward him was
most loving and gentle; and in aftertime,
when she became his wife, she seemed an
other being than the little ball-room co
quet.
The Emperor’s Dream.
Conrad, the Emperor of Germany, was
remarkable for his unsparing punishment
of all who crossed his purpose. A quaint
but true legend recites that a certain Count
Lupoid, who was one of them fearing
death, fled into a remote forest, and lived
in a hut with his wife. It happened that
the Emperor, while’ hunting, came to the
spot, and passed the night with them.
That night the count’s wife became the
mother of a son, and the Emperor dreamt
that the child then born would he his heir.
Ah tin 1 snuie dream recurred thrice, he was
greatly troubled; and the next morning lie
commanded two of his servants to kill the
child. They took it away; but being
moved to compassion by it* smiles, they
placed it under a tree and brought buck a
Imre’s heart to tin: Emperor.
A certain duke, passing by soon after,
found the child, and took it home to his
wife, and adopted it as his own. Afterward
the Emperor being with this duke, and
hearing him relate, ns a forest adventure,
the history of this boy who was then pres
ent, began to suspect tlmt the victim had
escaped. Being confirmed in this opinion
he took him into his service us a puge, nnd
then sent him with a letter to the Empress
in which he charged her, under pniti of
his displeasure, to have the bearer put to
death. The youth set out, and after
traveling seven days, came to a certain
priest’s house, who received him with
great hospitality. This priest was struck
by his comely air, aiul by his traveling so
far. While he slept ho looked at his letter
and discovered the horrible fate that
awaited him; so, erasing the writing, he
substituted for it these words:
"This is thi- youth whom I have chosen
for the husband of our daughter. I charge
yon to give her to him quickly.”
Next morning the lad awoke refreshed,
and said:
“Adieu, dear host.”
The priest replied:
“Remember me when you ure Em
peror.”
The hoy only laughed, esteeming it a
jest, so ho departed. On arriving at Aix
h'-t’hnpelle, he delivered his letter, and so
r>U diil the stratagem succeed, that when
the Emperor wrote, soon after, to ask if
his orders hail been obeyed, the Empress
assured him that the nuptials had been
celebrated with great celerity, as hi' had
desired. The Emperor hardly believed
his eyes when lie read her letter. Mount
ing his horse, he rode off immediately anil
w ith great speed to Alx-la-Cbapelie. Ou
his arrival, the Empress presented their
daughter nnd son-in-law. For a long tittle
the Emperor seemed lost in astonishment,
and uncertain wlmt to do. At length
nature prevailed, and lie exclaimed:
“The w ill of heaven cannot be resisted !”
Then he compelled the two squires to
reveal w hat they hail done, and the count
to conic from the Black Forest, and receive
back his son, with peace from the Emperor
why left him as heir, nud who succeeded
him as Henry 11. On the spot in the
forest where the child was born was erected
afterward tin; noble monastery of Hir
schau.
—
Popct.au Bi'pehstition. Remarkable
and Ntrauge arc the superstitions yet ex
isting in the light of the nineteenth cen
tury. A ring made of the hinge of a coffin
is a sovereign remedy for cramp; a piece
of the halter which has hung a man re
moves headache, as does also snuff made
from mould that has grown on a human
skull in a graveyard; a dead man's Land
opens bolts and bars and dispels tumors;
warts may be removed by rubbing them
with a bit of stolen beef; the chips of n
gallows, worn in a little bag round the
neck, will cure the ague; a stone with a
hole in it, suspended at the bed’s head,
will prevent nightmare; begin nothing on
Friday, it is unlucky; take nothing off that
has been put on w rong in the morning; do
not see the now moon through glass for the
first time; be careful not to stumble up
stairs, or marriage w ithin the year will not
be your lot; get out of bed with tho right
foot first, and all tilings will go well during
the day; let the baby while teething wear
a necklace of briony wood they are for
sale for this purpose in this very city of
Baltimore—-and there w ill be no trouble in
teething; if yon have the whooping cough
apply for a remedy to tho first person you
meet on a piebald horse—he will be the
doctor for you, and cure you in a jiffy.
These are only a few superstitions out of
thousands.
A Hbroio Woman.— It. is related that in
the year 1786, the Grand Master of the
Knights of Malta sent as a present a costly
bracelet of rubies to Madam du Frenoy, a
French lady of great beauty, in token of
her extraordinary and gallant conduct,
w hen an Algerine corsair attacked the ves
sel in which site was a passenger. This
lady was in a polacre, bound to Genoa,
and the Algerine coming alongside poured
in a broadside, and then grappling with
her, a number of the Algerines boarded
her, sword in hand. The crew were about
to submit to the enemy, when Madam du
Frenoy snatched a sabre from a wounded
sailor, and wielded it with astonishing
courage and effect. The crew, animated
and inspired by sueli an unexpected exam
ple of female valor fought with enthusiasm,
killed several of tho pirates, nud drove the
remainder back to their own vessel. AVhen
the lady reached the shore she was every
where greeted with acclamations by the
populace. The Marquis de Christeaux
waited upon her and with his own hands
placed a crown of laurel on her head; and
a portrait of her was taken for the Queen
of France.
—A lot of minstrels went to a town not far
from Boston and advertised to give a per
formance for “the benefit ot the poor
tickets reduced to ten cents.” Tho hall
was crammed. The next morning a com
mittee of the poor called upon the treas
urer of the concern for the amount said
benefit had netted. The treasurer ex
pressed astonishment. “I thought,” said
the chairman of the committee, “you ad
vertised the concert for the benefit of the
poor!” Replied the treasurer: “Didn’t
we put tlie tickets down to ten cents so
that tin poor could ell come?”
Tub West Waking Up. —The Clinton,
Illinois, Reaiaier, prints the following to
show what the people do not want:
Hard times. Corn 22 cents per bushel.
The President’s salary $50,000 a year.
Pork $2 20 per hundred.
Congressmen’s forward pay $625 per
month.
Laboring men turned out of employment
at the commencement of winter.
Railroad President’s salaiy SIO,OOO per
year.
Taxes increased one-tliird.
Harper a defaulter to the tnno of sllO,-
000.
God help the poor;the Government pro
tects the rich.
Corruption among the “Upper Tens;"
starvation among the Lower Millions.
Let every laboring man and every busi
ness man of moderate means look upon
this picture and then ask himself how far
he is removed from being a pauper slave;
how long it will be la-fore all the money
powers of the country are concentrated in
the hands of a few men; how long it will
be before this country is free other than in
name.
—A retired merchant hired a newly im
ported servant girl from the “owld dart,”
who was somewhat ignorant of English
phrases. One morning seeing her mistress
in a looso wrapper Biddy asked another
servant what style of dress that was, and
was informed that it was called a “half
undress. ” Boon after, the merchat handed
into the kitchen, fresh from the vines in
liis garden, some tomatoes, telling Biddy
to serve them in an “undressed state”—
meaning, of course, raw. Dinner time
came, and everything was on the table ex
cept the tomatoes. The bell was rung and
on Biddy's appearance she was asked for
them. Bhe hastily retired, and soon
presented herself with nothing oil but a
single undergarment, saying, “Arra sure,
I'm now in an undressed stab' as much as
I mane to la*, nnd, begorra, 1 11 not strip
off another rag even if I get my discharge. ”
She was tohl to dress liersclf nnd expect
higher wages.
MISCEL L A NEO VS.
PAINE & HALL,
H aving recently received a large
ami well assorted stock of
(General Ylereliamlise,
Consinting of
DRY GOODS. READY MADE CLOTHING,
HATS, CAPS, ROOTS, SHOES, Etc*.,
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A large and well selected tock of
Family and Fancy Groceries.
Owing to thu great financial pressure, wo havo
determined to sell goods at
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
F.xtrsordinsrY bargains can now bo obtained
TOH ('ASH.
Wo will take any kind of produce in exchange
fur goods, nr in pavment of accounts.
Wo w ill also take certificates of deposit on the
Savannah Hanking and Trust Company.
All of our customers arc earnestly requested
to come forward at once and make settlements of
their accounts. _ ocl‘A>:im
HENRY & JOHN PARET,
Wholesale
CLOTHING HOUSE,
376 & 378 Broadway, Corner White St.,
New York,
Constantly Keep on Hand a Largo and Well Se
lected Stock of
MEN’S, YOUTH’S
AND
UOY’SCIsOTIIING.
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ThU House 1* rcproicnlrtl by JOHN 11.
WHITE, ot Grtmn, Ga., vr!o will yIjII
the Merchant* of Georgia, Alabama ami
Florida.
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McCALL & GROOVER,
QUITMAN, GA.,
Sealers in
muss, VIBDK'IVF.S, CHEMICALS,
Fine Toilet Soap. Fancy Hair and Tooth Brushes.
Perfumery and Fancy Toilet Articles,
Trunri aml Shoulder IXraci*#,
Fresh Gai’ilen Seeds,
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Paints, Oils, Varnishes & Dye-Stuffs.
Lrtter Paper, Puns. Ink. Envelopes,
WINDOW GLASS, of all sizes ,
Putty, Carbon Oil, Lamps and Chimneys.
Physicians Prescriptions Accurately CompimtuUd.
Shot, Powder, Percussion Caps, Tobacco,
jvlt-ly SnulT and Hn*r<i.
CITY HOTEL,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA.
The Proprietor Offers Visitors
l NSUKPASSED IN DUCEMENTS.
ROOMS LARGE, WELL FURNISHED,
—AND
THOROUGHLY VENTILATED.
TABLE SUPFLIED WITH
THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.
Polite and Obliging Servants.
HOUSE SITUATED CONVENIENT TO THE
Depot and the Business Portion of the Town.
D. U. McNEAL, Proprietor.
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QUITMAN FACTORY! QUITMAN FACTORY!
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MANUFACTURER OF COTTON AND WOOL
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Yy-E OFFER TO THE TUBLIC OUR YARNS, WHICH WE ARE MAXUFACTUING, OF THE
BEST QLALI TY,
EITHER BY WHOLESALE OR IN SMALL QUANTITIES.
TO SUIT THE CONVENIENCE OF FCRCHASERS,
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Our Owniil>ULr{vis( are Equal in (Quality
TO ANY MANUFACTURED AT THE NORTH,
AND WILL HE SOLI) IN LARGE OR SMALL LOTS
TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
Will also Fill Order* for HEAVY SHEETINGS, Either 3-4 or 4-4 Wide.
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With our Improved Crding .Machine we are prepared to Card
W 00l in the Heat Style.
W e will also Spin Wool either on Shares or for Cash.
Special Contracts may be made with the President.
Cotton Bought either for Cash or taken in exchange for Y arns or
Osnabnrgs.
PRICES.
AVool Carding per pound lO cts.
I)R. HENRY BRIGGS,
President.
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GREECE £ NEWSOM,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
GI tOCERIES,
Liquors, Flour, Bacon, dr.,
QUITMAN, GA.
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SALE AND LIVERY STABLE
G a.
rjIIIE UNDERSIGNED KEEP ON HAND
SADDLE HORSES.
HARNESSHQRSES,
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES,
Eel., etc., etc.,
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For the Accommodation of the Public.
THEY ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
A GOOD SUPPLY OF
HORSES AND MULES
For Sale,
SELECTED BY ONE OF THE FIXil,
And Always Purchased on Stoea Terms as
to Enable Them to Sell at the
LOWEST PRICES.
I
PERSONS DESIRING TO PURCHASE
SADDLE OR HARNESS HORSES
Can be Supplied upon Short Notice.
If not on hand, if a description of the stock
wanted is left at the Btable the order will be filled
in a few days.
C ECIL & THRASHER.
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A FAMILY ARTICLE.
Agents make sl2 50 per day, $75 per week.
AN ENTIRELY NEW
SEWING MACHINE
Fur l)om critic Ixc,
ONLY FIVE DOLLARS
With the New Pate nt
BUTTON HOLE WORKER.
Patented June 27th, 1871.
AWARDED THE FIBHT PREMIUM AT THK
AMERICAN INSTITUT'D
AND MARYLAND INSTITUTE FAIRS, 1871.
A most wonderful and elegantly constructed
Sawing Machine for Family Work. Complete in
till its Parts Uses the Straight, Eye Painted Fee
<lte, Self Threading, direct upright Pohiuvb
Motion, New Tension, Self Feed and Cloth Uuider.
Operate* by Wheel and on aTable. Light Lun
ntng. Smooth and noigcles*, like all gtxid high
priced machines. Han Patent Check to prevent
the wheel being turned the wrong way. Uaea the
thread direct from the np*ol. Make* the Klaktiq
Lock Stitch, (finest and strongest ntitch known);
firm, durable, close and rapid. Will do all kinds
of work, and coarse, from Cambric to heavy
Cloth or Leather, and owes all deseripcions f
thread. This Machine is heavily constructed
to give it strength; all the parts of each Ma
chine being made alike by machinery, and beau
tifully finished and ornamented. It is very easy
to learn. Rapid, Smooth and Silent in operation.
Reliable at all times, and a Practical, Scientific,
Mechanical Invention, at Gi eatly Reduced Price.
A (KmU, Cheap, Family Sewing Machine at last.
The first and only success in producing a valua
ble, substantial and reliable low-priced Hewing
Machine. Its extreme low price reaches all con
dition*. Its simplicity and strength adapts it to
all capacities, while its many merits make it a
uui\rsal favorite wherever used, and creates a
rapid demand.
IT IS ALL IT IS RECOMMENDED.
I can cheerfully sad confidently recommend its
use to those who are wanting & really good Sow
ing Machine, at a low price.
Mas. H. B. JAMESON,
Peotpne, Will county, Dl.
Trice of each Machine.' "Class A." "Ons,”
(warranted for five yean by special certificate,)
with nit lit fijtures and mTything coni/Je/e be
longing to it, including Self Threading Needle,
packed in a strong wooden box, and delivered to
any part of the country, by express, free of fur
ther charges, on reeept of price, only Five Dol
lars. Safe delivery guaranteed. With each Ma
chine we will send, on receipt of fl extra, the new
patent
BUTTON HOLE WORKER,
One of the most important and useful inventions
of the age. So simple and certain, that a child
can work tho finest button hole with regularity
and eaHe. Strong and beautiful.
Special Termh, and Extra inducements to Male
and Female Agents, Store Keepers, Ac., who will
establish agencies through the country and keep
our New Machines ou Exhibition ’ and Salt.
County Rights given to smart agents free.
Agent s comjAite mittit furnished without any ex
tra charge. Samples ot sewing, descriptive cir
culars containing Terms, Testimonials, Engrav
ings, Ac., Ac., sent free. We also supply
AG UICULTUB AL IMPLEMENTS.
Latest Patents and Improvements for the Farm
and Garden, Mowers, Reapers, Cultivators, Feed
Cutters, Harrows, Farm Mills, Planters, Harvest
ers, Threshers and all articles needed for Farm
work. Rare Seeds in large variety. All Money
sent in Post Oflice Money Orders, flank Drafts, or
by Express, will he at our risk, and are perfectly
secures Safe delivery of all our goods guaran
teed.
“An old and responsible firm that ait best
gooda at the lowest price, and can reh i > r ] (i: by
oar readers.”—Former’s Jimnal, Net r ) irk.
Not Responsible for Registered Letter*.
Address Orders
x .IKROME B. HUDSON CO.
Corner Greenwich and Cortlandt Streets, N.Y.*
NE W STOCK.
The undersigned having purchased
in person in the Eastern Cities, a large and
well assorted stock of
eneral Merchandise,
is now prepared to offer peculiar inducements to
his many customers and the public generally.
His stock embraces a complete variety of
Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothing,
Hat 8, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
Hardware, Tinware,
Crockery and Glass ware,
All kinds of Woodware and
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
FAMILY GROCERIES,
all of which he offers on tho most reasonable
terms. D % R. CREECH.
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