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Bagcett j |\ vU'Klviiney, N I’- Ist Bat B*L- 408 th dist—ll. M, Arnold. J. I, \y Na-b, .N. I’.2nd Saturday. ■W’i’-02"iidist- A. A dr, inn, J. P Hr Tool N I’-, :ird Saturday ■JhA IMS disk-W.F. Brewer J ■ Marion Rolierls. N P.. I Imrsday be- He 4th Saturday. H Harbin's 4 78 d ist — *■ •I- Knight H p, J. \V. Hamilton, N. P. H U rsdaybefore Ist Saturday. ■Hos iiomtaia, 444 .list—A. L Hmmrrn 1 P . W. L. Andrews, Hp 4li Saturday. H Marlin 6, 544 dist -Asa \\ right. Hp.. J. K. Nowell, N. P. 4tli Htarduy. Hxorrrcsr, 40tl-W. It. Simpsou, ■p,a. A. Martin, N. I’. Friday Hfore 3rd Saturday. ■ Rock Bridge, 571 dist- A. J. ■owery. J. E. J. Mason, N. P. Mi Saturday. ■ Sawn nee, 4041 li dist —T. N. ■null J. P., A (4. Harris, N P d Saturday. Buford, 550th <1 is—T. C. Bur- H.J.P., J. M. Posey, N. P. Fri ty before 3rd Saturday. municipal. John C. Smith, Mayor. COUNCIL. A L \luur■ K it Herrin S A Towt.ley 1 J Brown ARRIVAL AND DKPARTCRK OF TRAIN Arrives Irom Suwannee, 5 50 p. m Leaves lor Suwannee, 7 a- in. ARRIVAL AND DKPARTURR OK MAILS. torßßßON— Arrives 12 m, departs ■„ Monday and Thursduy. IWns Stork. —Departs G a m ar ia t> put, Monday and Thursday. Looanvii.i.r.—Arrives 10 a ni, ue rtsl p m.—Daily. Yullow Rivkr.—Arrives 12 in., de arts 6 a in„VVe]nesdiiy and Saturday YV. 11. HABVKY, P. M CHURCH KS Bimn-.Rrv J L li Barrett, pastor rtvioes every Sunday j Mkthodht—Rev M D Turner Pastor rvicaon the Ist and ‘2nd Sundays. Sunday School,— A T Pattillo, Supt f*fry Sunday at 3 p in PrkrbvtkriaN' -ltev .1 F McClelland. *9ior, Services on 2nd and 4th Sundays each month, Shdav School.—T It Powell. Supt wy Snnday at 9.30 a in fraternal. Lawrrmhvii.i.b Masonic I.odok. — R 1 W 41., SA llugood, SW„ J,ninn JW. Meets on Tuesday tgnton or belo. e full moon in each moth. Mt \ ukon Chaptkr, No 39, It A 0 Spence, 11 P, A T Pattillo, J- 4teet* Fiiday night before the 'u aunday in each month. owwnstt Superior Court—N. L, •whins,Judge. Convenes on the Ist londay in March and Serdeniber. biUgmtr,llD. 11,, * !lltl y located in Gwin ,vi U,u11, - v tenders his professions Ilsa Idivsieian to tlie citizens t« o» tell * iuu t,J all calls will he such* . Hll(1 residence at the rcsi h «alsro«.t A ' " iu 011 the Hurricane lV " ioitE KVE OLiSSBS Schell's . Eye Salve, effective remedy for wMiflansiEyss •hrim/t!! 1 ® and He r?'^ 1 of tiie <dd StvsT 10 P 8 - Granulu ion, t.d¥7% Ke 1 d %*«• ” E J’ e Lashes, and ptodueinp teltef and per manent Ai*, cure *“oilier*ii'iuVoit ll when used j’ft S or ,. s l, !' l ‘ , ‘ s . so. !, as Ulcers Fe iS, I'Ues or uh ol ' 11 ’ Balt Hlieuiu, *V*I»U Minn 1,1 iiifluina lu ativn hel '* Ba lve may l»e tß «rs y : u i?* e ’ 1411 Urnggist rift cent*, ft' n,f p " '' >.! TYLKR M. PEEPLES, Preprint - r VOL XIV. Tell Mother. I><) not keep n secret from your luoth- Mother love will understniid your need ; J S 2 her if n doubt oppress you Wlnle her teuder eure and love still bless you— Follow where her guiding hand mar lead. J Go and toll your mother, guileless maiden, Of this love dream waking in your breast, Ot the quickened heart*i>eats when one meets you, Mother love will tell you what is best. Voting man. undecided for the fu tore, Tell your mother all your doubts and fears; Tell her of your plnus and your am bition, Hopes upon whose failure or fruition Rests t he happiness of future years. Tell her when your heart is light with gladness ; Tell her when it bears a weight cf pain— When temptations, hard to fight be set ; Trusting her may save you vain re gret, For in you her own youth lives again When you have a secret thateonftd . iiig, Will m ake you happier there is no friend Who can so wisely help and guide you Who’ll stand so faithfully be-ide you As she whose stei dt'ast love will nev er end. AN EFFECTUAL PRAY ER. “No,” said the lawyer, “I shan’t press your claim agaihst that man; you can get some one else to take the case, or you can withdraw it, just as you please.” “Think there isn't any money in it?’ “There won Id probably be some money in it, but it would, as you know, come from the sale of the little house the man occupies and calls “home” but 1 don’t want to meddle with the matter any how.” “Go t frightened out of it, eh!’ “N \ I waan t frighten out of it.” “I suppose likely the old fellow begged hard to be let off?” “Well yes, he did.” “And you caved, likely?” “No, I didn’t skeak a word to him,” “Oh, he did all the talking, did he*” “Yes.” “And you never said a single word?” “Not a wont.” “What in /he creation did you do?” “I believe I shed a few tears.” “And the old fellow begged you hard, you say?” “No, I didn’t say so; he didn't speak c word to me.” “Well, may I respectfully in quire whom he did address in your healing?” “God Almighty.” “Ah! Be took to praying, did he?” “Not for my benefit, in the least. You see” —the lawyer crossed bis right foot over his left knee, and began stroaking his lower leg up and down, as if to help state his case concisely—“yes see, 1 found the little house easily enough, and kuockeu on (he oute door which stood ajar, bui Dobody heard roe, so I stepped into the I little had, and saw through the crack of another door just ns oozy a sitting room as there ever was. “There on a bea, with her si'.ver head way up high on the pillows, was an old lady who looked for , all the world just as my mother did the last time I ever saw her du earth. Well, 1 was light on the point of kuockiDg, whe she ; said as clearly as could be; “ccmi lather, uow begin, I’m all read”—- and down ou his knees by her bed side went an old white haired man, still ol ler than his wife, I should judge; and I couldn’t have knock ed then for the life of me. Well, he began; first ne reminded God they were still His submissive children, mother and he, and no matter what He saw fit to bring upon them they sbonldu t rebel at Hia will! of course ’twas going to be terrible hard for them to go out homeless in their old age, | specially with poor mother so sick and helpless, but still tbey'ed seen sadder thing than ever that would be- //e reminded God in the tu-xt place how different all might have been if only oie of their boys had been spared them: then his voice kind of brake, uud a thin, white hand stole from under the coverlet and moved softly over his snowy hair; then he went on to repeat that nothing could be so chap again as the parti.ig with those three sons unless mo/lie r and he should ba separated. l?ut at last he fell to comforting him self with the fact that the dear Lord knew it was through no fault of his «wn that mother atm he were threatened with the loss Of their dear little home, which meant beggery aud (he almshouse a place they prayed to be deliver ed from entering, if it could b e corsisteDt with Cod's will; and then be fell to quoting multitudes of promises concerning the suf»ty oi those who put their trusts in the Lord; yes, I should say he beg ged hard; in fast, it was the most thrilling pleu to which I ever list ened; and at last le prayed for (lon s blessing on those who were nbont to demand justice” the lawyer stroked his 'ower limb in silence for a moment or two, then continued, more slowly than ev er “And I—-believe—l d rather go to thf poor house myself, to night than to stain my heart and bands with the blood of such a prosecu tion as that.” “Little afraid to defeat the old man s prayer, eld queried the cl ient. “Bless your sou’, man you could n defeat it? ’ roared the law yer- “It dosen’t admit of defeat, I tell you he left it all subject to the will of U od; but he left no doubt as to his wishes in the mat ter; claimed that we were told to make known our desires un'jo God but of all the pleading I ever heaid. that beat all. You see I was taught tha/ kind of thing my self in my childhood, and why I was sent to hear that prayer I’m sure I don’t know, but I hand the case over ’’ “1 wiidi,’ said /he cilenl, twist ing uneasi.y, “you hadnt” told me t.l out the fellow’s prayer.” “Why so ’’ “A ell I want the money con founded.y the place would bring but I was taught the Bible all I straight when / was a youngster and /’d hate to run counter to such a harangue as that you tell aDotr. I wish you hadn’t heard a word of it; and another time I wouldn’/ listen to petitions not in* tended for your ears.” Tlie lawyer smiled. “My dear fellow,” he said, you're wrong again; it was intended for my ears, and yours, too, and God A mighty intended it My olif mothtr used to sing about Cod’s moving in a mysterious way, I re member.” “Well my mother used to sing it, too, said the claimant, as he twisted his claim papers in bis fin geis. “You can call in the morn ing, if you like, and teli mother and him the claim has been met. 1 -’ “In a mysterious way,” added the lawger, smiliing.—Mrs. Har riet A. Cheever, in Christian Union. Company Vlhiiiici'm “Sit down, will you, p'ease, and wait a moment till m .tkeecomes?” said a Jitde girl to two ladides who had come to see here moth er. “4.nd will you give me a glass of water, Martha?’ Asked one of ihe ladies. “I am very thirs ty.” “Wiih pleasure,” answered Mar tha and she presently catue back wi'h two goblets of wateron a wai:er, which she passed to both ! adies. “Oh, thank you,” said die other lady; “you are very dmuglrful.” “You are quite welcome,” said Mnrih very sweetly. When Martha went out of the room, one of the ladies said: “This ,ittle girl is one of the lovehest children I ever met. How sweet and obliging her manners are!” Let us go into the next room and see. Man ha took the waiter back into the dining room. “Me drink! me drink!” cried little Bobbie, catching hold of his sister’s dress aud screwing np his rosy lips. “Get out, Bob!” cried Murtha. “go to Bridget.” Don’t speak so to your little brother.” said Ibigdet,’’ “It is none ot yonr business what I say,” cried Martha, tossing OUR OWN SECTION WE LA BOR FOR ITS ADVANCEMENT LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. FEBRUARY 10 1885. back her head. “Martha ! That is grand root her calling from the .op of the s fairs. “What screamed Martha 1 back. “Please come here dear,” said grandma. “I don’t want to,”muttered Ma r urn. She, however, dragged terself upstairs. Unwilling feet you know find it hard to olimh. “Martha,” said grandma, “will you try to find my specstl am pret ty sure I left thsm in the dining room,” “No you didn’t,” cried Martha in a cross condradictorj tone ; “you always loose them np hers,” I and the rummaged round ihe chain )er, tumbling things ove she north wind.” “JVo matter,’’ said the dear oM grandmothci. seeing she would have so much to do to put things to rights again ; “no matter Mar. tha ; they will come to hand,” and she quetiy put down the newspa per for by and by. Martha left her and went down stairs with a pout. “o h, dear ! where are Martha’s civil obliging manners ? Why those are her company manners She puts them on in the parlor, j And puts them of when she leaves the parlor, She wears them be fore visitors, and bangs them up when they are gone. You see she has no manners at home ; she is cross aDd disobliging and rude and stilish. She forgets tint home is the first place to be polite in—in the kitchen as well as in the parler. There is no spot, in the house where good mar.nets can be dispensed with. —• -mmm — II will I onic back laVun “You have a father? You have a mother 1 Yon love them? But once in a while you grow impa tient, and the meanness of your nature crops out; it, wreaksa itself', on au innocent father and mother perhaps, and they suffer the pun ishment of a cross word called np by another’s annoyance. The hard word is spoken. It may be regre‘ed, forgiven and forgot, but itcaD never be recalled. Father and mother will sign and forgive, but Some day it will come back to your. Yesterday, maybe, a little or.e ran up up to jo t smiling, and with the innocent, neaven-born contindence of childhood, clap ping its little bonds, that would no harm a fly,in your face The childish action delighted its autl or, but it annoyed you. You were busy and reprovrd the little one. Two pearly tears stood in her great, blue eyes, her lips fal/ ered and she /urned away from you. 2"he era of childhood with its happy, fleeting hours, will erase the unkind word, but Some day it will come back to you. A beggar stands at you door. The rain is pouring in torrents through the black atmosphere of the night, and the sharp, vived lightning only intensify by tbeir violent contrast the awfulness of the darkness. The beggar’s plea for shelter is punctuated by the blast that howls forth its anger and you turn jour brother off. It will come back to you. If yorr are impatient, testy, ill humored, spiteful, malicious, cow ardly and mean, your whole life will bs a constant reckoning with evil actions whose enormity is on ly equaled by the increasing wick edntss of the future; and an uu atoned past is always the precurs or of a more reprehensible future, A bad heart? is a boomerage of passions, whose evil consequences always fall ou the head of their luckless author. On .he other hand, good deeds work in a until ar way, with the rules that govern conclusions, caiues and effects; if either good or bad, tin result wilt be in conformity wile the nature of the deed. Your bad deeds and good deeds are juries that sit up on the destiny of your life and de cide the verdict of happiness or despair. Sotre day they will comeback to you. Thrill It may be doubted whether Dr. Franklin’s services in the fields of flcieuce and politics were of so mneh importance to mankind ns his precepts and practice of thrift and economy. His life is most a most impressive lllus 1 ration of what may be accomplished by sys teraic industry, self denial and proper care for earnings. Franklin was never mean, stingy nor miserly. On the contrary lie was philanvropist. who spent time and money freely for advantage of his fellow men, and whose be nevolence was attested by many gifts. What he did and what he taught others to do, was to live fiugally and temporally, work dili gently and waste no money iu un necessary purchases. His home ly proverbs have passed into com mon speech of the people. How many hundreds of thousands of do'lara ate saved from foolish ex penditure in this country every year by the rememberance of Franklin’s advice to “never buy a thing you don’t need becaus e it is cheap ?” A good many young meu —and some old ones—are chiefly ambi tions to be called “good fellows,” They like the repnta ion of being “open handed.” They are willing to sacrifice a tithe or it may be a quarter of their income every week for what they call a good time and the dubious approval of a parcel of other mtn as foolish as themselves. Thrift should be a sort of every day religion with a person of small means or small income, and this class includes ninety nine hu« dredths of the men in Detroit. It includes nearly every man who works with bauds : nearly person engaged in teaching of any kind nii^teen-twentieths of those em ployed in stores and other mer chantile establishments ; three quaters of those who are in the professions called “learned nearly every one who gets hi s liv ing by newspaper work or other /iteiv or quasi-pursuit ; articles almost without exception, and, in deed, the great bulk of our popu lation, There is possibly one per cent, our people of our people who either by their own exertions or by good luck, or by some oth er means, come into the owner ship of sufficient property to reti der exhortation to economical hab its unnecssessiry for them be sides they are for the most part sufficiently inclined to save’, their pennies without encouragement from others ; but how many of the nineiy-and nine ? Some of those whe spend every cent they *itke month after month and year after year have un thrifty wives, and for them if for any body, . tin recording angel ought to drop a tear upon the evil entry and blot it out ; but most of those who scatter as they go, have ro holy to blame them selves. The desre to dress in style ; to make a show' of generous living and a display show of cost ly Hospitality ;to ending in ex pensive articles of food and drink show ; in a word, the temptation to live beyond one s means is the canseof domes.ic misery, more di-anointment, more life failurres aud more weariness* hat ends in death than any other single can o which people of general rest potability are exposed. Except in case ol sickness or ex traordinary oa'amity it s duty of every man in early or muldle life who has employment of any kind to lay up something out of what he makes. He may be able to set apart He may be able to set apart lilty dollars a week, or only one, but something should go In store for the future A husband if he is worth having, will aim to make constant additions to a per mwent family fund and the wite if she is worth having will help him. A thriftless habit ought ought to be reckoned a d sgra ;e and among sensible people it is. It is a manifest of selfishness —self in diligence—or possibly a perverted good bearfedneEs, which is always to be condeinmed. In the lone run it works a hardship upon the offender* as w«ll*as upon himself. It is sure to bring unhappiness to his own home . Simple liauits, intj'tpeusrvi tastes, cautious expenditures of money will do mrre to brin g pros perity and real injcytne it into a household thanatlother mater ial advantages e jiubmed. The d iet trine is the true gospel of tinau oi-i/ salvation without which no no life can he at itr best or hap. piest KKTiKMk ntoii roi.mi s A politician and a quiet looking person sat at a table in the Gris wold House dining ruorn, las night. The politician turned to the una3siiming strnngei and ask ed “What do you think of the polit ical situtaiou ?” “I have retired from politics. I never discuss it any more.” “Retired ? May I ask when ?” “You man. I was out in Wy oming a month ago. and a dozen cowooys and myself were attempt ing to discuss the merits of the National candidates. I touched upon the brilliant war record of Logan, when a cow puncher six feet five interrupted me by say ing that it was a lie ; Logan rever saw a battle but was horse thief up in the Laramie country.” “You denied it, of course.” The modest gentleman laid down his knife and fork, look a long draught of coffee, wiped his mouth, and then gazing loog and earnestly at the politician, repli ed : “Stranger, if you should ever talk politics to gentleman in Wy oming wi ih a very strong arftma of bovine about his person and he should assert that Arthur and Jesse James played poker togeth er, or that Brigam Young and Hesry "Ward Heec-her ran on a Presidential /icket in lHtiO, just agree with him and tutu the con ooversation into other chattels. Stranger, lam g< ing back to Wy oming. That why lam out of pol ti es. H 'it and 11 isi/o/H ■ —ln condemning tue vanity of women, men complain ot the tire they themselves Hava kindl ed. -l’rofesssor —“Does my ques tion embarrass you V “Not at all sir,” replied the student. “It’s quite clear. It is the answer that bothers me. —Tin and Brass do not go well together, says a scientific paper. Mr. .Science it’s always the fel low wit li bras that gets the girl with tin. —Why is the gentleman called a pawnbroker? because the ofien eryou go to hint the broker you get, and the broker you are, the oftener you go to him. This, also will apply to any broker, rise and sing. —A preacher noted for Ins orig inuhty enligh'ued his hearers one Sabbath by the remark : “A con cluhive proof that God is ben i\o lent is seen in the fact that He placed deatu at the end instant at the beginiug of life,” —Little boy—How old are you pa ? Father ;—I will ae forty seven on my next birth-day. Lit tie boy ; —When is that ? Father —The 22 of Felnua.iy. Little boy —Why, I thought that Washing ton’s birthday. —Two Texas ladies were talk ing about the children. “How is your hoy coming on at school ?’ “He is quite an artist. He is drawing live animals.” “So is my Bill, He drew a cut np iu a tree He drew it a'l by himself, too ” “Did he use a crayon T " “No ; lie used a rope.” —//usband, did you miil lot er ? lies my dear ; had to run like fury to catch the first mail. Why, here it is iu your pocket now. Hey ! Urn—a— yes ; no, this is —that is, this isn’t the one you were going tD write and for go k John Henry ! No, Ma ry, I didn’t mail your lettter. Well. I m awfully glad. I want to add a postscript. —Mamie Smith was incorrigibly good natured, and was ihe ,IJI I of a jolly, fnn loving, and lovable lit- ,TOII V T. WILSON. .In , Pntilialier. tie chit tlini it was next to impos sible i o punmh when correction was l.ficeessnry. After having ex hausted other and ordinary avalia ble methods, one day her mother put her in bed nt 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and kept her there sup perless till text morning. When Maipie came down iu sweetest wav : Mamma, I do wish you Would put me in bed every day at three o clock. I get so beautiful lv rested. FIRESIDE GOSSIP. IPaok, white, yellow in all shsdrs pink and blue are the favor ites. Short zouave’jackets, trimed with gold*co.id and edged with gold I nttons set very dost to gether, are fashionable. Something new in ornoiuent al inkstands is a well /he bucoket in which is the ink. being suspend ed vith chain ftom a cross bar at the top. —A beaueitul design for a pon gee cover is die conventional pom egranat e with foilliago, embroided ,n silk in the Lensingtou mann.r ihe effect is very tieh. —Col. Bonaparte’s daughter re uses to make a social de but aud will take the vow, of a Sister of Charity. She ii tha grand diugh or of Noah Webster. —-The fiouts of rnauy ball dress es are of brocade, ambroidod satin or net or tulle or net net WionghZ with jet. The backs are drapped very full draped with tulle or velvet —ln Paris, ihe old time gown made with a dean train which is looped eu pouf for street wear and worn long in the house, is revived It is made es cloth or velve teen. - Mrs. Parvenue explaius that she /bought Marmalade such a pre/ty name when she suw it on Delomico s bill of fare that she gave it to the baby instead of Va ry Attn as first proposed. —lt is said that queen Victoria bus a purpose in requiring Prince Pat etiburg, her new son iu law, to live w itb her. She will read her books to hiu>, aud as the Prince ii lame he cannot es-. cape. —Large photographs of boquea carried by dubutautes are among the things now found lying on the table in fashionable houses. These peohle at lea ft keep the flowers fresh iu memory. —Mrs l'arvenue would not al low her children to go to Mrs beacned’s children’s parly, bo cause she was told that Mrs I.earn ed was afflicted with the bibliomi na and ehe didn’t want her girls to catch it. —A Shi imp pink volet bonnet is covered with gold beadr The strings are of pink velet. —A dark brown cashmere dreß9 has the skirt made with wide plaids edged with brown velet 7’he bodi.’-e is partly eoverd by a cape of brawn brocaded with vel trimmed wi. h chtnile fiingb and broad embroidery of gold brown beads. —lu Baris, fer full dress scrufs of gold and tinsel worked net rue hings of net worked of net with loops of wide purple inboroidery Batten ribbon, aud folds of tulle forming braces into which brilliant butterflies are p'aeed at intervals ara more fashionable than flow ers. \ purp.e velvet bonnet, has bunches of lace blossoms on ihe crown omroiuerey in tinted beads the exact color of the natural flow ers, It is trimmed with loops of of wide purple velvet and purple pansies and lilacs. The strings are of purple velvet. The man with a trade dollar is greatly surprised when he finds that tne United S'ales Govern ment, which coined the trade dol lar, refuses it at the post-office. This thievery on the part of the Government would have *bme to an end but for the *<upid incompe fence «f the United States Sena’e The ancient women in that body well'd be astohislied to know how heartily they are cursed m every part of the l cited States on every day in the year. G wj.y.yett herald. OUR JO It DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETE. ALL ORDERS FOR / / • y- NEATLY AND * PKOMPTLV EXECU TED Knterwl in t lit* Pont. Office at Law rcnrcvillc, On., iis socond class mail imitlcr. NO 46 WISE AND OTHERWISE. The silk hat is only fifty years old. Gnill pens are again becomug fashionable. The tor.age of the Great Eastein has been computed to be greater tlmn that of Noah s ark. Thore is 18(40,000,000 of undairu ed money now in the vaults of tha Uni ed States Treasury. Ourlihg locks ate now a covet able uutura! gift, ' for curies, real or produced by the tongs, are de ciedly iu fashion. 7’bere is to be a revival of sniooih faces among society men. The mutton chop must be chop ped off and and the goalee must go too An esceeuied contempoary has an arttcle headed. “Prof. Proc ton on the Moon.” It dosen't ex plain how the Professor got there. “Rinkurating,” meaning to skate iu a rink, is the latest new word added to the English language The young man who coined it received a reward the following day. A kunsiis cowboy stopped a stage full of passengers and made them wai/ while he read a poem of /hirty-twe vcisos dedicated to has Miry Jane, There are some tilings as bad as shooting. Senator Wade Hampton assist ed lthea the acti ess, at a recep tion o' President Arthur the oth er evening. <She wore a $4,000 dress and her dialection English airly astonished the the l’resi dent. The canal which Germany in tends to construct to unite the North and Baltic seas is to be fitrge enough to admit of the larg est war vessels passing through |t. It is estimated that /he work will be completed in five years. The Loyal Academy of Scien ces of Germany has again under t tken the search for the site of the famous battle field in the Teu tot burg Forest, in which the Ro iuuu General Yuras, was beaten and killed by Teutons under Ar miuiu*. Mexicans have a curious habit ol presenting you with anything you happen to express a fancy for from the tings on their fingers to the r residences aud all they con tain. Hut then they don’t mean you to formally take the gift. It is only their wry of being polite io you. From the record of inundations which have ages been the scourge of //ollard, it would appear that during the last thirteen centuries one of the large floods has occur ed on au average once in seven years. About GOO years ago the sea broke through its restraining dvkes and 80,000 persons are said to 1 ave perished. In a single night in 2421, 72 villiages and 100,000 human beings were swept away. “The exKbedive of Egypt, who is now moving in London society writes a correspondent, ‘wears two glistening blood drops in his c ififs, surrounded bv brilliants which are the rubies of the ‘Re deeuter,’ brought from Abyssin by a Coptic biohop. There were four of them, but the other two, the the gift of Ismail, were missing from the corpse of Abdul A ziz when he was discovered dead sid bloodless in the Dolma Baklche I’alace,” The age of an elm has been es timnted at 385 years, that of some palms at from 800 to 700 years: that of an olive tree at 700 year ;of a palm tree at 720: of a cedar at 800; of an oak at 1,500; of a yew at 2,880: of a taxodium at 400; of a bib tree at 5,000 years. Fultizer, owner of the Nsw Torld and Congressman elect was formorly a coachman • Mrs General Hancock is in Ttiomasville Ga for the benefit d her health. Si A New York dealer in rare brooks says there never was such disinclination to buy rare, curious and expensive books as now.