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SAMUEL H, RUMPS,
Willow Lake Suiserj,
* Marshallville, Ga.
Eorb "Valley, -Ga.
TEN DAYSINLOYE.
It was a cold night in January. Peo-
Dle were hurrying along through the
blinding snow-storm, battling with the
wind that howled and moaned oat by
turns its story of woe.
Hngh Remington and his friend" Wil
liams, glad to be out of the storm, had
settled themselves -in gown and slippers
for a quiet evening at home. The shut
ters were closed and the curtains drawn,
and on either side of the hearth was
placed the favorale chair of each. These
friends had lived together in their
batchelor quarters for more Rian two
years. Everything in the apartment
showed refined taste and wealth. Some
said that it all belonged to Hugh, and
that he made it a home for his friend.
No one, however", knew this to be true.
Hugh was quiet and reserved, seldom
spoke of his affairs to aDy one, nevei
laid any special claim to anything, bnt
allowed it to appear that all things were
equally shared. After the evening pa
pers had been read and discussed, the
two sat talking of days gone by, of little
episodes m their lives. Hugh was in a
talking mood, and had told several good
stories of his past life; stopping sudden
ly, he exclaimed:
•Did I ever tell yon of my love for
the widow? 1
‘No,’ replied Williams. ‘Let’s have
it.’
‘Well,! said Hugh, taking another
cigar and looking very serious as he
leaned back in his great easy-ohair, ‘I
met her in Paris.’
‘Met who?’
‘Oh, never mind who. Be content
that I am telling yon the story, and
dent ask for names. I thought of her
as ‘the widow,’ It is a sufficient title.’
‘Well, I Won’t interrupt. Go on.’
So Hugh continued;
‘I was calling upon my old friend
Mrs. Lee, and while waiting for the
servant to take her my card, an odd
piece of bric-a-brac standing in the
corner of the room attracted my atten
tion- I got tip and went over to exam
ine it. While thus engaged, the door
opened. I tinned, thinking that it was
Mrs. Lee, when, oh! what a beauty met
my sight!—so small that she looked like
a child, large deep blue eyes that came
out from under a mass of light golden
curls, a small nose, »Dd a rosebud of a
mouth. She wa3 dressed in deep
mourning, and I thought ,as I looked at
her, t-liat I had never seen a more beau
tiful picture. She didn’t see me until I
made a slight movement, which startled
her. Coming rorward, I said:
‘I frightened -you, did I not?’
‘Yes; I was not aware that there was
any one in the.room. You are waiting
for Mrs. Lee?’ And she gave me the
sweetest of smiles, showing a most por
ted row of teeth.
‘Before I could answer, Mrs. Lee ap
peared, and introduced us. Mrs. —-
was making Mrs. Lee a short visit prior
o her departure for America, I was
glad of that, as I should then have the
pleasure pf seeing her again.
‘The evening passed only too quickly,
and I arose with an apology for staying
so late. Mrs, Lee invited me to dine
with them informally the next day.
She said her friend prefered being qui
et, so they should be quite alone. Yon
may be sure that I accepted the . in vita
tion, and was there promptly at the
honi. The widow was more -charming
than on the previous eveuing. I long
ed to stop the hours from rolling on.
Having been in the habit of dropping
in at Mrs. Lee’s at all hours, my fre
quent—almost daily—visits were not
noticed as anything strange or unusual.
Mrs. Lee thanked me for coming to
them in their loceleness, and the widow
would give me one of her sweet smiles, 1
and I was thankful in my inmost heart
that they were lonely, and that it fell to
my lot to cheer them. So the weeks
passed, until the time came for the de
parture of Mrs. Lee’s friend.
‘Now I had intended passing a month
or two in England before coming home,
but when I found that' the widow was to
return in ten days, I began to think tliat ;
my duty called me back to my business.
The more I thought of it, the more im
portant it seemed to me to go. \
‘Do you know of anyone going on
the 15th?’ the widow asked me one
evening, in a dove-like way.
‘No one but myself,’ I answered.
‘Business lias called me sooner than I
expected.’
‘How delighted? from the widow;
while Mrs. Lee exclaimed, ‘Oh, Mr.
Remington, I am. so glad! I couldn’t
bear the idea of my friend going entire
ly alone, and yon of aH others wiU know!
best how to take care of her.’
*We then began to make our plans.
Mrs- —— intended making a visit of a
few days to some friends in London. I
was going direct, to Liverpool. Mrs.
Lee and I drove down to see our friend
off, and I looked forward to she pleasure
-o' meeting her on board the steamer.
My last days in Paris were spent in say-
ing ‘good-bye’ to old friends, and bay
ing presents for sister Nell and the chil
dren. I got every nouzcauie that I
could find, and felt well pleased with
my selection. At last I was on the
steamer, and stood looking at the ship
move away. By my side was the widow,
and I thought that I had never seen her
look so lovely. I exulted in the knowl-1 ter it. Of course 1 mid to go too, and
edge that she knew no ope board. I j make believe to capture it. I ©ever
washer only friend, consequently I ; hated anything so. much as I did that
should have her all to myself; this was j yard of blue gause. I couldn't go back
(so I said to myself) what I had for! and continue my story from where it
weeks been longing for. Was I in j was broken off an t. indeed the widow
love? That question had not occured to i seemed quite shy of me.
me. I felt supremely happy, and
thought the situation delightful, I was
ready to do anything for this fair -crea-
tuae. She had only to command; I was
all eagerness to obey. I soon had oppor
tunities of showing my devotion.
•The following morning I came out
on deck very early, and was snpprised
to find my little lady already there. She
looked very miserable and very pretty.
The morning salutations over, I asked
her how sLehad slept.’
‘I haven’t slept at all,’ she said, in a
fretful, -childish way, which I thought
charming. ‘Such a noise all night, she
continued, ‘I could not get to sleep;
and the smells are simply dreadful. I
must have another room. I’d rather
sit up here all night than sleep in that
horrid place again. Don’t you think,
Mr. Remington, if you asked the Cap
tain or somebody, lie would give rue
another stateroom?’ and her big eyes
looked inquiringly in mine,
‘Certainly,’ I said. T will go at once
and see about it, and if there is no oth
er, you shall change with me. Take my
room, which is a good one, and as I
don’t mind either noise or smells, your
room will suit me well enongh.’
Here Hugh leaned over his chair to
knock the ashed off his cigaT, and said
to his Mend: ‘I must have had it pretty
bad—eb,Williams?— to have said that,
for yon know that I can’t endure either
a bad -odor or a loud noise. But I for
got everything when under the influ
ence of those eyes, and when she ex
claimed, ‘Oh, no; I couldn’t let you do
that,’ I felt that my fate was sealed, and
that I should take the noise and the
smells.
‘The next thing that I discovered was
that my lady had no sea chair. There
was only one left, and that had been
spoken for; but I paid double amount
and the chair was mine.
‘You are so kind, Mr. Remington,’
she said. ‘I don’t know what 1 should
have done without you. I am not fit to
travel alone’, she added, in childish
tones.
‘I longed to press her to my heart
and tell her of my love; and it she
would but let me, it would be the j'oy of
my life to care for her. I looked all
this; I am sure I did. But there were
too many people around for me to
speak. She sat with her hands folded
in her lap, and looked divinely uncon
scious.
‘The third day out the weather be
came bit: erly cold’.
‘I am almost frozen,’ said Mrs. ——.
•Wuat shall I do? I have nothing to
wiap around me, and shall have to slay
below, and. oh dear! it is so uncomfort
able there 1 .’ The face turned up to
mine of a -spoiled child.
‘Now I had a fine English rug, wlireu
I had used at night, for you know ever-
y thing at sea is horribly damp. It had
been a great comfort to me, and I
I knew that T should miss it. But
wbs-t of that? I couldn’t see the woman
I loved suffer. So I got it, and tucked
her all up in it. Her delicious smile
repaid me for the sacrifice.
‘Ob, how nice!’ she said, as she put
her hands under the warm rng. ‘It
seems to me, Mr. Reinnington, that
yon have every thing to make one com
fortable. I never heard of such a man.
I am so glad that I came under your
care.’
‘j was so love-stricken that I did not
reflect upon her apparent ncconcions-'
ness of the fact that I had deprived my
self of these comforts in order that she
should be made comfortable. She
seemed to take it for granted that 1 was
a sort of traveling missionary, with ex
tra wraps, staterooms, and anything-else
that one might need; and I was such a
slave to her fascinations that, had she
asked me to do the impossible, I should
have attempted it.
‘Every day I had it upon my lips to
tell her of my love. Each day courage
lorsook me. We walked the deck day
after day. She would put her little;
soft hand on my arm in the most con
fiding way, look up from- under her
curls, laugh her low, sweet laugh, and
ask the most childish, innocent ques
tions.
‘We were walking this way on the
sixth day. I had carefully rehears id
my part, and was abont to tell my sto
ry, Her. conversation too led to it, for
she said:
■Yon will come to see me when yon:
are in New York, won’t you Mr. Rem
ington?’
‘Nothing,’ I said, ‘would give me
greater pleasure.’
Yon will come often? Promise to:
week. Yon
dine at our house once a
won’t forget me?’ mid the blue eyes
sought mine.
*1 looked into them,^ and my look,
told what my tongue had refused to
say. I pressed the little hand close to
heart, and after a pause said, below my
breath, ‘Forgot you!’ and I was about
The incident had given the pas
sengers an opportunity to speak to tier,
and when I joined her (without the yail,
for it had, I hoped, struck the bottom)
she was surrounded by a group of peo
ple. I bad no chance that day, nor the
next, to get her to myself. I tried to
think of something that I could do or
show her that •- would amuse or detain
her. It seemed 3 Lad exhaust
ed all my resources, when at last a
brilliant idea occurred to me; I would
show her the presents that I had
brought for sister Neil. They were all
in my little sea trunk, and I knew that
she couldn’t resist their attractions.
She came up on -deck bright and beau
tiful as ever.
‘Isn’t it delightful, ’she said, ‘to think
that to-morrow we shall be at borne?
I can hardly wait for the time to come;
and yet,—and her voice dropped into
the dearly-loved soft tone—-‘the voyage
has been a most charming one, owing
to your kindness’, she added, bright
ly-
‘I longed -to launch forth my talc of
love, but thinking it more prudent to
wait until I had secured her wholly to
myself, I asked her, in the most ordi
nary manner, if she wonldn’t enjoy
looking .at -some little trinkets that I
had picked up in Paris. Her eyes
sparkled,
‘Yes, indeed,’she said. ‘Nothing
conM be more delightful than to get a
glimpse of Paris while at sea.’
’I went below and got all my pretty
nouveaule , and brought them up to
her. Placing a chair in a quiet corner,
and well hid from the other people,
then dra wing mine up beside her, I be
gun showing, one by one, my collec
tion of odd things.
‘Where did you get them, Mr. Rem
ington? I hunted all over Paris, and
fouud nothing half so preHy; What
exquisite poi-fe bnnheursl’ -and she slip
ped one aftier another of my caretulty-
chosen bracelets on to her lithe plump
wrists, and turned them first on one
side and then the other.
Tkne.w Nell’s taste, and had searched
for something uncommon, and was well
pleased with what I had bought. But
Noli and every thing were forgotton
with this bewitching creature by my
side, and when she made a move to
iaks them off, I said, laughingly, of
-course, ‘Oh, don’t disturb them; they
iook so well where they are, and it is so
pleasant, you know, to get a glimpse of
Paris while at sea.’
‘She kept them on, and I opened the
other boxes. Then were rings, cioss-
es, medallions, chatelaines and many
other ornaments of curious design.
The widow decked herself, and was in
high glee. A child could not have en
joyed it more. I watched her with lov
ing eyes, told her where each one came
from, and help fasten them on.
‘I feel-like an Indian princess,’ she
said, ‘and ought to have a throne and-
a crowd of kneeling conrlieis, and the
picture would be complete.’
‘Can’t you imagine a throne?’ I said,
‘and, take me for kneeling coui\ie:s.
Y/ouldn’t my love compensate for the
admiring crowd?’
‘She looked up quickly’ and was about
to auswer, when one of those eternal
old bores that, no matter when you
cross, are always to be found on ship
board, 'same up, and began telling of
bis early reminiscences; what the sea
was twenty-years ago—as though the
s&a had eier changed—any how, when
he had first crossed, his friends never
expected to see him again. He had
made his will and tbay parted as though
he were to be forever lost to them. I
assure you that I silently wished in my
heart that he had never turned up
again. "Without saying a word, I got
up, took mj boxes, and left my Indian
prineess. I was thoronghly angry with
• ^tLe old fellow for interrupting our tele-
a lets, and seriously annoyed with Mrs.
for Heteiiing to -and. answering
him. I made up. my mind, that that
game had been played long enough. I
would ask her that simple question the
first chance I.got, and know my fate
at onee. But the chance did not come
as soon, as I expected it would.
‘She went- to her room with a sick-
bezdashe, so she said, and I paced the
deck alone. We weia a long way up
the harbor when she mido her appear
ance the following day. ' She said that
she had harried with packing, thinking
that we were nearer than we really were
to the city,
‘Oh, Mr. Remington, I had no op-
purtunity of returning your jewelry;
and so I packed them with mv things.
But you are coming, yon know, to dine
with me on Satnrday, and J will then
give them to you,’
‘Certainly I said. ‘There is no tane
for ns to change them now. Wear them
until I see yon again.’
‘I had fnliy made up my mind that
as I had been bailed so often, I wonld
to pour fortn my love when she gave a j now wait until I had seen her in her . . i
littlascream, and cried, ‘Oh. my vail;,) own home before I ODened my heart to s^cks fl&J will mave space enough
There, sarejenengh, was the confounded tier, or i at her before I asked her my ga fire of 5®
bine thing saibng before the wind, and \ fate- She already knew my heart (fast in the pit and the work is acc cm-
all the passengers, it seemed to me, .af- 'There w-.s no time to talk; all was .ex-" pllshed. 1
citement; we were rapidly approaching;
handkerchiefs were waving from the
docks. The widow was straining her
eyes, and suddenly leaving me and go
ing farther^ forward, I saw her throw a
kiss. How I longed to catch it! I
looked with jealous eyes to sea who
would take it np and answes -it Fore
moat among tho crowd was a great big
man—six feet, and broad in proportion,
It was no who was returning her kisses.
Could it be her brother, or was it a
friend, and this merely a pleasant gree
ting from a distance?
•I watched him come on board, and
what did the big idiot do bnt catch her
up in his arms—-my sweet one, whom,
though loving, I had never dared to
touch—and kiss her over and over
again! I could have knocked him
down.
‘On drawing near to them, I saw that
neither one of them noticed me. She
had forgotten my existence. "With a
heart-sick feeling I turned away. Was
this to he the end? Why had I come
home? I could hear them talking
though too miserable to listen. They
came nearer, and the--same soft voice
that I loved so dearly said; ‘Mr. Rem
ington, I have been talking about you,
teliing how good and kind you have
been and how utterly forlorn I should
have been had you not always looked
out for my comfort. I have come to
thank you, and my husband wants to
thank you too.’
‘Herhusband! Great heavens! And
I thought she was a widow, and made
love to her-! I listened as though in a
dream, and a deuced unpleasant one it
was, too. I believe he thanked me,
and she praised, and lie thanked again,
and then they urged me to come to see
them, and she said; ‘Don’t forgot (Sat
urday.’
‘Whether I said anything, or whether
I remained mute, is more than I can
tell. I was like a man asleep, and had
to give myself a good shake to come
out of 1 lie nightmare that I was in.
When I looked around, she —they were
gone.’
Hero Hugh stopped astbough he had
finished; but his friend Williams, whose
curiosity was aroused, asked,
‘Did you dine with Ler on Satur
day?’
‘No I sent a regret.’
‘Have y ou ever seen her since?’
‘No; never.’
‘Whac became of yoilr nouveanles de
Paris?’
‘Nell went without them, as I went
without my Euglish robe,’
‘You don’t mean that she never sent
them to yon?’
‘I -never gave her my address, and
she was not supposed to know where I 1
was.’
Williams didn’t like to ask any more
questions, and Hugh remained quiet
for a time, Then rotising himseli and
getting out of his chair, he said:
‘I have never made love since, and’
—with a bitter laugh—‘I always avoid
women in deep mourning. And now as
the fire has gone out with my story,
think we had better go to bed.—Har
per’s Weekly.
BARLEY AND OATS.
It is generally admitted that barley is
less hardy than oats. We have known
both, and wheat, too, to have been in
jured by too early sowing. We allude
to Spring sowing, when about to come
up, and shortly after coming np, a hard
freeze, especially following rain, will
cut off either of these cropa, bnt bar
ley would suffer more than either oafs
or wheat, It is therefore safer to sow
spring oats, bailey and wheat, after the
danger of hard freezes is over. The
order of sowix g as to time, should he
wheat first, oats next, and barley last.
Either can be sown with safety in mids
die Southern Georgia after the 15 th of
February. In Northern and North-east
Georgia afier the 25th. But many sow
earlier in these climates and usually
without injury. The chances m favor
of heavy crops are decidedly in favor
of early sowing. As barley is a larger
grain, a greater quantity of seeds is re
quired: from 2 to 2* bushels per acre
according to the qnahty of the soil are
required. On good rich land barley
will yield from 25 to 40 bushels of
grain. On snch land oats will yield a
larger number of bushels than any oth
er grain. Experienced farmers say that
spring oats are more exhausting to land
than Fall oats, the latter being not
more so than wheat.—Exchange.
A Novel Shoes House,—An ex
change gives the following directions
from a Florida correspondent for mak
ing a cheap and efficient smoke-house.
Dig a narrow pit from twelve to' eight
een inehes deep, throwing the earth all
on one side. At the bottom of this dig
a trench of sufficient length to hold one
or two joints of stove-pipe at snch an
angle as willbring the end away from
the pit to the surface of the ground.
Over the end of the pipes t- a large cask;
remove both heads and bank np the
earth so that no smoke can escape from
the bottom. Hang the hams to be
smoked on round sticks, placed across
top of the cask. Throw a cover over
It is no exaggeration to say that his
history from the first has been written
in characters of blood. I do not refer
merely to the long chronicle of his
butcheries—from the slaughter of his
brothers and their followers, early in
his career down to tho more recent in
discriminate and wholesale destruction
of all the unmarried women who at
tempted to evade his orders, given in a
sudden fit or caprice, that they should
accept as husbands the eldery ummar-
ried soldiers of his army, the massacre
being subsequently extended to all the
relatives who took away for burial the
exposed corpses of the slaugliterhood
women—but I would take his -character
from his own account of himself as was
sent a little more than two years ago to
the Lieutenant Governor of Natal, who,
on hearing of the massacre of thsgprls,
wrote to remind him of what had very
recently passed between him and the
representative of the Natal Governr
meat, Sir T. Shepstone, in the way of
promises of more merciful rule on the
occasion of his installation as King,
expressing a hope that the Lieutenant
Governor might learn from him
that the reports which had reached
him were incorrect. Ceiy wayo replied:
“Did I ever tell Shepstone? Did he tell
the white people I made such an ar
rangement? Because, if he did, he has
deceived them. I dp not kill, bnt do;
not consider yet I have done auythiug
in the way of killing. Why do the
white people start at nothing? I have
not yet begun. I have vet to kill ; it is
the custom of our nation, and I shall
not depart from it. Why does the
Governor of Natal speak to me about
my laws? Do I go to Natal, and,
dictate to him about his laws? I idbsdl
not agree to £ny laws or rules from Na
tal, and, by so doing, throw the great
kraal which I govern into the water.
My people will not listen unless ' they
are killed; and while wishing to be
friends with the English, I do not
agree to give over my people to be govs,
erned by laws sent to me by them.
Have I not asked the English Govern-:
meat to -alh-iw me to wash my spears, i
since the death of my father Umpantli,
and -they have kept playing with ms all
the time, and treating me like a child?
Go back and tell, the English that I
shall now act on my own account, and
if they wish me to agree to their laws
I shall leave and become a wanderer -
bnt before I go it will be seen, as I
shall not go without having acted. Go
back and tell the white man this, and
let them hear it well. The Governor
of Natal and I are equal. He is Gov
ernor of Natal, and I am Governor
here.”
tree.
During the
ed
coal
to a
few shavings a
dense, black smoke.
der my plum
smoke prevailed all parts of
My first efforts were very gratifying, in
seeing insects-of all sorts J hurry out-of
the tree. Ants came running down the
tree, various kinds of worms and qpi-
ders let themselves down by their webs,
and all winged insects flew out, leavisg
the tree deserted of all insect life. I
spent abont half an hour In smoking
forty-two trees; and this I repeated
three or four times each week, unless &
rain had washed off the smudge, when
I again repeated the smoking. After
my first efforts I tried the shaking pro
cess, but invariably failed to catch or
see a single specimen of the eurculio.
I continued this process until near the
time of ripening, and got my first crop
of plums, over thirty bushels. The
whole cost of coal-tar for those forty-two
trees during the summer was less than
two dollars. I began the smoking a
little to late, after I had tried for some
time the jaring into the sheet, there
fore, some of the fruit had been stung,
and my crop of ripe plums would have
been still greater. During 1875 the
plum crop wa3 an entire failure, and I
had no opportunity to continue this ex
periment; but the summer of 1876
brought a large plum crop, and I at
once resorted to my favorite remedy.
I commenced smoking my trees as soon
as the plums were the.size of a hazel
nut, and continued up to the time of
ripening, and not a single corcrtfio was
to be seen on my frnil, the trees of
which were treated to the coal-tar smoke.
I purposely left trees of different varie
ties unsmoked, and all the plums except ,
one sort were stung and dropped off be
fore ripening.—Dr. Kauffman in Prai
rie Farmer. • ‘
_ -*-k e use of coal-tar being improcurar-
bie here, perhaps pine tar would be.
equally beneficial, it is well worth a.
trial.
ANOTHER DELUGE COMING.
A Belgian professor ha3 published a
work entitled Periodicite dee Grand
Deluges Resultant da Mouvement Grn
duel de la Ligne des Aspides de L
Terre”, in which he warns us that we
may be on the lookout for another
delnge of the world. At certain regu
larly recurring intervals, he maintains,
the waters of one hemisphere are sud
den precipitated across the equator and
flood the other. The last of these delu
ges, which always flow from north, to
•south, or from south to north was, that
of Noah’s times, which was from the
north. Hence the explanation of the
great preponderance of water in the
Sou*hern Hemisphere,, and of the gen
eral Southern trend of North and Sonth
Americf, Africa, and many minor
penensnlas. The next of these deluges
will flow from the South to the North
The canse he argues, is the alternate
increase and decrease of the ice caps at
the poles, and the consequent change
pf the earth’s equilibrium. Since. 1248
the South Pole has been contihnallj
enlarging, while the North Pole has
been proportionately diminishing, to
day the diameter of the Southern gla
cier being about 3,000 mile3 and that
of the Northern 1,500. Whpn these
two glaciers shall have arrived at their
maximum and minimum extension,
then will the earth tilt over and be sub
merged by another great flood, the fif
teenth if the kind ff&t has occurred.
In view of this impending and some
whatseiions probability, the qnestiOD
arises: What are we going to do about
it? If no ose can offer a better sug
gestion, would it be advisibla that
each of ns resolve himself into his own
ark by wearing, night and day one of
Panl Boyton,s rubber swimming cos-,
tames?—Louisville Courier Journal.
The verdict “not guilty” in tire trial
of Julia Johnston, the alleged -Clayton
county murderess, is said by a reporter
of the Atlanta Constitution to have
been entirely unexpected, and when
read the effect was astounding. Sue
was dazed at the intelligence, and her
counsel was ron.- a'ul ted a - the b< i o of
the best won victory in the criminal an
nals of Georgia.
PARMER’S ACCOUNTS.
We do not think we will bo considers
ed extravrtgant by reasonable men,
when we assert that -a farmer shonld
watch his business with the We pre
cision and c.-iro and know its iftaitn-s by
the same certain logic of figures, as
does the merchant or the banker. Wo
make this suggestion feeling that its
adoption, especially among the, farmers
of onr particular section will be .produc
tive of much good. To keep farm ac
counts is a simple thing; its ntilty is
unquestioned and yet this very simplic
ity seems to take away from the process
the sense of both utility and beauty]
This is borne-out in the well know fact
that not one farmer in ten great or
snail, keep a regular and systematic
record of his business transactions. It
js true that with what are termed
“sanSU farmers” the number of strictiy
cash transactions, that is where curren
cy itself is used, is comparatively arpqlf
but to fail to record these few, because
they are few is to deny the truth of
economic and good old proverd “take
care of the cents and- the dollars will
iake care of themselves.”
A “set o' books” is not necessary; a
cash book, on the credit side -of whiah
you set down all money paid outiand on
t ie debit side all money coming in a
journal or day book in which is record
ed all credit transactions—that is where
the money is not actually used; a ledger
in which are the names of all who owe
you or whom yon owe—these are all
that are necessary' in maintaining acor-
rect satisfactory and useful system of
farm -accounts. Every busixctc man,
whether he be a farmer or a merchant,
lawyer or a .banker, should be able to
tell the exact status of his business by ja,
reference to his books, and no ante!-
ligentman, whatever, -he Ins vocation,
will, we vent-are to say, deprive himself
of a systematic record of his business
transactions if the experiment be once
made. A system that will conduce ma
terially to economy, watchfulness «sd
thrift, let all our farmers begin to keep
books.—Planter & Grange.
ihere are in Russia many obscure
sects whose -rites are on a level -with
•.hose of the ^most barbarous ssysges.
The disappearance of sundry children
has resulted lately in the discoverv of a
sect who hold that real blood should/
take tho place of wine at the Lord’s
Supper, and whose agents abducted”*
and killed infants-to supply this.
The St Louis City Council ha3 been
asked to stop the ringing of cL-nreh
'cells. They desturb the card players
and men who are reading, borrowed ra-
■■ers in beer saloons.—Hew Orleans P c
ayvne.
The coalition of Michigan Democrats
and Greenfenckers ‘means busines? fof
the Republicans. There are few Slates*
where the Greenback organizalieu has
made snch serious inroads upon the Re
publican strength as in Michigan. A-f
the last election the Republican mana- 1 -
gers were seriously alarmed, ami <rerd
forced to exert themselves strenuously
to carry the State. ’
It is when a woman trL
that the great glnrv “f her i
sscen.without being heard very mm