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;{ptf aMinyil? JMrimfr. IjfWKEKLT P.iPEB, Published YYednesday, —AT—j Watkinsvifle, Oconee Co.. Georgia. __ m ' H £ It -i - HIXON & SULLIVAN, PROPRIETORS. TERMS: One yea-, ;n advance. .81 00 Sis ciuuiufi............... nsnuMiu 6 ft ....... WAIFS AND WHIMS. Adam and Eve had a hard time on their bridal tour. They never got home again. Get a cow with a dyaan^v eye i{ you mare is the only animal that has a dreamy The’ eye. become game latest of “ Fifteen,” we read, has the fashionable nonsense, but we can’t see whv it should. Berne girls at that age haven’t yet shed their short clothe r . A young lady iu Brooklyn is working a motto, “No Ice-Cream.’’ She says: “ You know it is leap year, and the ice crop’s a failure, and the boys might as. well know it first as last.” . Ha tola her that he loved her, In tonys so soft mid mellow t, But she said she couldn’t in:irry him; Thirteen, fourteen, aU7sleap°year.> fif teen, is merely a numerical continuation of that inusi cal nuisance, “My Grandfather’s Clock,” which every one knows, stopped short at 12, as do ail other clocks,” “You are an ojus, liijjos iijit, my dear!” said a playful mamma to her daughter day. Oh, at dancing school the other “ my dear Mrs. T-,” sighed one of her neighbors, “what wouldn’t I give to have your knowledge of Latin.” ~ W hen the Ru sian Czar heard the jarring and trembling under his dining room lie smiled a sort of sickly smile, and turning to Gen. Karotidofiski, who was villain by his side, simply remarked, “ The still pursues me.” “ Breadstuffs.” We never see this eratuitousassertion made iu the columns of a staid commercial paper, without in dulk-ing in a confidential giggle. Just as if every reader doesn’t know that bread stuffs. Ti e trouble is to s> t enough of it times. ' at Leadvilee is rapidly becoming civil ized. kept Six month-, his ago'a poor man who never agreements went there and they roughly called him a low-lived liar. Now they use the more irenlie manlv but little description forgetful.” of “ a good Fellow, a lie struck a rich mine about four months ago. “Nassy stuff’; won’t take it,” said a rebellious vounsr patient who thrust the healer’s cup from his lips. “ Ts it really so bad, doctor?” inquired a fond father “0 dear no,” said the healer; “tbe vermifuge the wnrS would.” is only bitter, tasting like dinner she t i had i a doctor % c on ei-her nand, one of whom remarked that they were wcG served, since they had a ducx between them, res, she broken in— her wit is of the sort that comes in flashes-’and I am between two quacks.’ ltien silence fcTl. A Tennessee man accidentally shot a dog, and in trying to explain to the o-ner how it occurred accidentally shot him. A coroner thought he ought to explap. couldn’t how he shot the man, but gel - iury that was willing to listen to the i*; ’ an alio n; they were kind of sliy of him, as it were. ’The man who w.s appro ached from the rear wali by u g' rSote at and went over a six foot and 1 up tbe ground for three rods, cn being revived told the doctor that he hadn’t at the time of the accident the. remotest i lea that he was stand ng on arni’ro d track. He axed if lie might see her home; She axed him in to tea; lie never hesitated, but Axminister Axepted speedily. earpoUMHi the floor, And tilings axesscTV; " I wonder,” tlroirsht he, “ is thin all Axessible lomtl" 4kMow Just tlien the B. ramb home, And Quite with axiderftaliy, her broom that young man’s leave Axeierated she. - cv.„,-,,m,o: n.uuM av Sight. — .----- ( ongress Getting Even wi.h New papers. ' The present mail laws for newspapers were enacted wuen Congress was mad, and bad as they are they Ate not near so bad asmany mentbersproposed, and would liked to have enacted. The newspapers had made a row about the franking privilege which eonstrained-Con.-ress to cut it off. It was done under coercion, and C ingress was mad about it. They made ar other row about Congress raising the salary This of members and giving back pay. compel Id many to disgorge, and this made them madder. The readjust ment of newspaper and other postage was up at teat time, and Congress fixed it so as to compel the publishers of the papers of general circulation to pay pos tage in advance. . This put all the pay ment of postage on the publisher. But as the country papers had not offended in this way, and as each member had his petsin the these, Congress within made these free of mails their respective counties. It came near putting the rate of postage much higher in addition to this. The present postal law, as to newspapers, stands a monument of spite work and favpijtism- Tp.^nabe privilege the mails. even, all should he made free of ----» -m. -- $. What Clarence King Has Seen. - irrom tii* a*na^«z«iie.] Thomas Lovelock, 'the pioneer of Lovelock Station, Nevada, was describ ingaome of the na ural curiosities of his section, while in town last Saturday evening. north his He says that fifteen miles of place, there is a petrified tree 600 feet in length and two feet thick. Its roots and most of jts branches are still perfect. The tree Is lyingnn the surface of the ground, and is fied threugh andj£ro«|h from bark to core. Clarence King was taken to see thetreeby Mr. Lovelock.* The eist natural pronounced curiosities it one of the greatest he had ever seen, Mr. i*ove!ock say? he recently stumbled upon a petrified rattlesnake in the vt cinity of bis ranehe. The serpent’s bead wits gone, but his body and rattles were whole. Ihe rattles give out a metallic sound when ^aken, like the nngiDg of a bell. The body of the snake w as hard as rock. “ Let me look at a revolver,” said a min who walked ,i,r.to a store ate ston“, Mo., and a weapon was shp, to him. “Mietw rne thr* cartrifTgri, _ added, as be care essly loaded ope of tta chambers. “Excu*e me for uring this a minute.” he further remarked aud .hot himself through deal the brain. p.en have a great of cheek. ’ The Watkinsville Advance. VOLUME 1. W ild Fruit in the Black Hills. A correspondent writing from tbe Black Hills Country to the Chicago Western Rural, says: We wilt J? e §i n , JjBh ^ strawberry, by ^tle above the common wild-straw berry in the Western States. Then the g. ra P a comes in about the same propor tll0se They are of the same variety as of llle West, with a noticeable P r «lific vigor a little in advance of those of the (States. The wild plum is jery common in the foothills, and of several'arwties, 11? The Oregongraneis ^5“% ” 8 “ a11 P P Janfc ac f °* ln shrub ^e foothills. uot It lar is f er a ! han a plant, , the roots he U1UCQ ISrgBT thill) thG top, .Jt llOHw its leaves in winter the same as ever ItW for not prized medicinal SO high% forAts lru its as its qualities, The roots, when steeped in water, yield atonic powerfully which, though very Litter, is is quite invigorating. The June abundant. Derry It common though uot grows on a shrub from one ^ our inches high, is about the size of a gooseberry, is black when fully r >pe. and very palatable. We have two kinds of -currants, the blacksAnji tike clove currant. These I believe are only found iri,the valleys among the foothills. The bracing gooSeSWry three varieties, is very common, ferh the leading one being duced exactly throughout tbe same as was intro the Western States twenty which proved years ago for cultivation The and that a success. I know only growing dis paragemmt as to * ame f rul ts here is that the apple is not represented in its wild state (that is the cr 7l I here a PPf are e ) several other varieties of ffuit * laa Bm « 11 W tbat I shall not mention now, but the crowning fruits faloberry. region The is the raspberry and buf daut and raspberry quality, is very abun o* the finest superior to anything of its kind that 1 h ave ever Heei ? unf ’ e r cultivation, The vine is a moderately fair grower, the berry red, of ,“ uo “ av ° r aud uncommonly large, Although they are plenteous and free for M W- have known pickers fiTf'tnZrte da y gathering Z 6 ) hem 6 t0 for f 0ur the do,,ars m irket. iF e , r Then comes the buflaloberry Perhaps 77 7 1Il bat 7 1 b describe be lu8ty 7’ can f l v. it by say it . shape color and ing is in size, ap pearance (when gathered) nearly exactly the same as the common red currant, It grojvs on a bush or shrub, is in size and appearanre Very much like the crab-apple, which begin? to bear at three' y eara old, and remains in bearing of for many years. The berries are fine favor, very asciduous and excel the red currant for table use. They are a very prolific bearer. A bush not larger than an ordinary wild crab-apple bush will yield from two to six quarts of these berries, The James Boys. |Kan8aB city Times.] There registered at the Pacific House from the eastern portion of the Btate, gentleman who claims to know all abou Jaf»sr«i 8 a 2 s 5 S« balance of the gang who aie thought to a^Glendale. have been connected 011 He'falked with the robberv quite freely of the entire party aud says that Jesse James was and surel'y in St, 'Louis not ten dav*-inee that lie saw a man and <.onversed with him, >vho talked with the most famous outlaw in the land, and He savs that that he Geonre di<T Shepherd is a fraud not shoot Jesse as claimed. “There has been bad bl«od the two ever since that Ken tucky ), ank ro bberv when Shepherd was caged ” said the talkative mall to a* Times representative, “ and Jesse Jafiies would never have allowed Shepherd to get the drop on him in the manner stated. He is too old a bird to caught by chafl and is aUve and well. to-day.” “Ito you think Shephe»d shot Jim Cummings?” wounded “ Perhaps so, as there was a man hidden in the brush near Joplin for weeks, and Cummings has not been heard of since.” “What has become of Ed. Miller and the fourth member of thit Joplin party ? ’ “ Oh, they are in Yhe "South aB safe, and there thev will remain.” “Is Frank James dead?” I am not sure, although Jesse par tially admits it. while Mrs. Samubla who is one of the sharpest old ladies I ever knew, says he la dead.” “ Did he die a natural death?” “ He had weak lyues and the terrible ride'of four hundred ihiles Wotinds after the North field robberv, and the he received at the time, killed him, if he isBeadAit »Hofr all.” longCj»ve ltss , a „ JjAesloy?” fj ' vou known U the *j|s4 fe y ^ras whifc yet a youngster and before he fired a gun,” ^He “ How aU«it Frank?.’, ¥ Was a verv devil and was tbe most cruel man the Quan trell bad. He was made so however by tbe outrages female.” upon his friends both male and “ And you are sure that Jesse is not dead?” sure as I am that 13 15 14 is ■ tke greatest fraud cff the age and one i ac apable / of solution.” J . • , n « . ' Labor hi ItalV * The renumeratipn . fqr ; wwk m . Italy , appears to be very sukB, according to an ^investment recently made by M. 1 Nathan.. nanutactone«oiCapriglta,anindustnMi Tne yvorkrng day .in the r ; a»*tnct, is from fourteen to *even teen ^°urs a nay, the wages tor men being , sixteen years of age ®^° n - centimes (twelve cents) (day. The (W«r foi [women w«s ■Sl A j " AR > ?our pwr relation that a ; | eerous fKW counterfeit note is in lation. It would l»e a shame to I o{ tbem WAT KINSVIL LK. GEORGIA, APRIL 14, 1880. (V1IITE HIVII.V. BY VfYS RiKL. . 44 8uch dear little hands,” he whispered, 44 Holding Unfit her wind hands iu his “own; as s&gjgp, swept rose lea vqs, ^ To battle life’s 44 Such white little hands,” fee murmured, And kissed them, bending down; 44 Hands which should sparkle with jewels, And uever grow hard and brow a.” No word of the fields awaiting laborers, curnqgt and t rue, Oi the master’s work, that even A woman’s hand might do. No word of the weary journey, Of the pitfalls, dark and wide, Aud thorns across the pathway Her hands might pnt.JiSMft. So ” time and the hour ” went onward, With U19 change the seasons bring; And the white luipds glittered with jewel", Bfet never w«e a wedding ring. ^ldtc liindf lik« folded lilies; Tree froffi alftoil carmsea^Auad Then, kissed, forsaken, And claspetl in dumb despair. <f * * V * Through the cheerless hospital ic inf Over the blank, white walls, On a face it’s brightness warms not, The pitying sumight falls. And over her heart—forever From pain and passion stilled— Lie the folded hands, their mission Left ever unfulfilled. ’ § | ' (flk - BKfi * 'N SOU liOQUl'* liie cows are housed, the milking done, The sheep re in the fold; I hear the vespers of the birds Across the dewy wold. The mowers from the tnarsli come late,' The sun ct bells have tolled,. I see them loom, like silhouettes, Against the subset gold. And, flushing o’er their loosened sails, From some last, lingering ray, A fleet of homeward fishing-boats Comes rippling up the bay. I hear the closing of the forge That clinks across the way, And, as he duff’s his lrock, the strain, OiCiedge's roundelay. While fisher John comes from the wharves, My And heart Joseph from the lea. . is torn to choose bet wixt, With all a-wooing me; Anotfeer He will minute, beside with abound, I me be, think—peihaps To and love ’twill be as well—. try all throe. KIXU’tt EX. BY MARY HARTWELL. O, King’s excuse! my shoe is loose;— I said King’s ex.—you can’t catch me! (I wish it would lie any use To tell the teacher 44 King’s excuse ” When I don’t know my g’og’rphy!) O, I can’t wait to thread this shoe— The mean old thing—it’s knotted so! Recess time will be almost through,— The Black Man’s calling 44 What ye do?” I’ll run and let my shoe-string go 1 That Nora Jones she don't play fair! She’ll cry “ King’s ex.” just when you have’r; But lior lame sister standing there - Poor little thing! how can she bear To be King’8 ex’d. for ever —Kokomo V ever! Tribune. JACK CAVENDISH. it wastfee twenty-fourth of December. I was standing in the recess of a narrow street in Log Angele>, gazing idly at the passers-by. laborers Across the way some Chines abode e wall which the were propping had an of early rains ^pnmg. A group Mexicans were bpamsh. Two or three lustrous-eyed children Justers passed me English on the vUteouk pavement, clasping of «de their black serapes. I was consciou s of a vague home sick sn^rgeBtive of discouragement; a sense began of'strangen^s think errand in my own^ Cahformi hand; I to my m a hopeless one. The matter-had seemed umple enough as the senior member of the firm had stated ft to me in New York. “ I want you to go west,” he had Ba H “ am * bud John Bunyaa Oaven disli? his brother is dead and has left him a fortune. Draw on me for neces sary funds and don’t fail to find t*«t.-%e had dismiatod both.the I had case and nje-^ with set out upon my mission a |o Jively sense of enjoyment. In addition the novelty of fishing with such tempting of being bait, the there hearer was of the agreeable things, sense Whoever and wherever John good Bunyan Cavendish might in be,hewas likely his always bene to fact regard me as some way 9fi a view of the matter which I was not inclined to despise. More than this, the fieW oi my investigatfons was pecu saltogether liarly attractive ahd disposed picturesque, and I was to consider myself a fortunate individual. Isay the matter seemed simple enoigg*. yet, after several mouths of search and interrogation, I had flailed; to learn anything whatever concerning the missing man. I had visited able mining grizzly camps pioneers, and interviewed innumer with the same dis couraging the result. track Once Cavendish, indeed I had got upon of a who, after leading me a jd%Athe-wi^) ney of two hundred miles, proved toba °f a debilitated^ew health, and bearing York dtvineiu search among other the name of Obadiah; a fact which he regretted even more deeply than mjrself. There Gradually had my zeal had dimppeared. come to be a painful mo notony in paying far advertisements had which brought no response; indeed, I gone so far as to indulge the refiec tion that in carrying about with me a tetter from my deceased client to his kinsman, disemlmdied I was the bearer of tidings from one spirit to another, a reflection which it will be readily mitted was not enlivening. could find no proof that the itwr dead. Of his early life I had ample in formation, but later than that I knew little save that he had started for fornia suddenly and alone, during the ea(r hejte'l ly gold of slice. eagi,lenient, A thousand and hajf not been were in the long, tediou* possibilities itamey which and intervening magnified themselves years, into than chasing the whim of suaHsdtt Ildficiiltieqteibpt Mt|m«e eqttM*|*j^ip«ct, An-fteu 1 *. PUC [! I said to myself; and turning with half resolution to give up the ] l found myself face to faee with a who had evidently fcerf sharing niche for some time unobserved. He was by shabby, no inear homely-built s an attractive person¬ age; ing against a door-way in figure, lean¬ the an sttitudo of habitual idleness, and gazing up and life toolr a strip forward muf laid his hand rather unsteadily upon the arm of by. a stout elderly r gentleman, A hurrying “You're just the uian I’m looking for, Governor,” I heard him say, draw ing his and victim mistake.” into the entry; “just the man, no tad* “Is I that m In sq, a tremendous Uujle Japk? hurry It’s this too morning. W ouhln’t another tune do as “No, sir,’ said bw persecutor, sol- , emrily, balancing himself by tbe iappels of his companion s coat, looking him confidingly m the eye. “ No, sir, time’s money,” phasis; he repeated with leisurely em “an! a man in my position can’t “Well, *?, W ‘\X Uncle i Jack,” T , returned * , the , other resignedly, “what is it now?” “ It's just this, Governor,” lowering his voice to a beery confidential wHis Iter, “ it’s just simply and solely shis: that I’ve struck it at last; struck it richer’n h—1, and you’re a lucky man 1” “Indeed! Well, now, I’m greatly obliged to you, unde; I've no doubt it's a big thing; can‘t you drop into the oflice and talk it over by-aud-bv?” “No sir” replied his tormentor 9 crushing promptly, the tightening tuberose Ids in his grasp ion’s butlon-kuie, until it its corhpan- divine sent fragrance toward toe, “no, sir, 1 don’t do nothing o’that kind, an’you don’t crawfish out o’ this thing in no such style, Governor. I’ve had my eye on you, and the minute I struck this lead, ’ says I to myself, ‘ There ain’t none o’ my old pards that I’d rather set up in business than oil Governor Digby;’ that’s what I said, and you know what it means when Uncle Jack sets down on anything.” Evidently Governor the knew. “ You’ll want to put about ten thou sand into the concern, and in six weeks’ time you won’t speak to your own re lations. How does that strike you, my boy?” Where “ I must say it sounds well. is the claim, did you say ?” The embyro bonanza king relaxed his hold upon bis companion’s coat and fell back against the wall with folded arms and an air compassionate but unyield ine dianitv is “Where v\ nereis that mat cfainf claim claim, did mu 1 i under- under Wdf ,T t ilt raVe GovTnor-^a G ZLi claim is like Loaded he of W between the almiehty an’ m ■ Ike governor made , good ... las escape with a friendly iaugh and a wave of the of H and, and I was left mone with the man mysterious wealth. “That map,” of said he,tuniing acquaint'anceshijt, toward me with an air old “that (here man Used to be governor of the Btate of California, au he hasn’t got no more eye for business than- than you have. h act! 1 ve, know* lnm since 53; nice _ friendly lad, too-buthe don’t, ° ~ “He has rather a comfortable look,” accused I suggested—“ like a man who is not to want.” Oh, no; I reckon the old governor’s , collected a good deal o stuff round him, in a small way, you know, stranger; but he ? s chances-he never (hme anything good big and he’s had s nad as chances as ve had, stranger!” > “You seem to be well acquainted _ here—d£d Cavendish—John you ever Bunyan know a Cavendish man named f” 1 asked the question with one of those sudden impulses whiqh we are always ready to call inspiration, if successful, and forget it if otherwise. My new-found acquaintance shut one eye and directed the otuer heaveaward, «if the names of aU old refute wpr* written above. ’Squire,” “That’s he a said, verv slowly; peculiar “a question, very pecu liar question; an I’ll tell you why. my name’s Cavendish—Uncle Jack Caven dish; hut the rest of it, he added, shaking Bunyan bis Cavendish, head reflectively, did say?— “John sounds familiar old you Look as as an you’d psalm tune! here,’Bquire, about three if struck I’d me on this hdfirs ago, have panned out better;, business but the man that’s got the amount o’ on his mind that I’ve got, always gets muddled Tong about*-naon; like enough if weM to have Ikoiethini iwjirili toAak^-oh, ’Bquue?’ I Imd^taken pavenlfer#. ajf* stepped out upoifthf TWre was not a doubt ififcay m»«f (WMfefofaig his kleri* small tity. Where we went was pushed a matter of pair importance. swinging He shutters, open a of green and I 1 followed his unsteady steps across the ^w-duat When ml floor. comBanion J’he saloon had drained was empty, his glass,$ui§tione<fliim little aside. * tooneof the tables a “ Now, my friend,” I said, “I want to have a little conversation with you about that mine of yours; you see. I couldn't help overhearing what you said to the governor out there. I trust you’ll par don that, to begin with." “There’s no further and apologies Judge; neces sary between you me, I know a gentleman when I see'im, an’ I know a judge of liquor, an’, Judge, I don’t know’em apart.” He drew a bit.of ore from hi* pocket and laid it on the marble table between Dhyou4^-that‘laid, £ „ If “ toward me confidentially, and gazing at his treasury with melting fondness; “ you-“had the grip, Judge, dollar you could squeeze that into a fifty slug with von* fist. Well, sir, waiijis that mined* full o’ that/ All its is wprKing; an this f l tell ffoi, Judgl, everything tolre’* but r*ea to write children give wives and tor the chance 1 brought my limited knowledge n la,lurgy nl * m ^ H I ,ecimf ' ‘ftiit *'**^‘7 sftriplyrtifi)»i#nf^7 -‘.7 • lr 1 man doesnT walk into a thing of kUid wiUiqjyJ skills w/iysLUst have in the hifip-i* | ^ 1 a tofk ,T |T Mr. dish.” “Uncle Jack, if you please Judge. Well, sir, I’ve been at it nigh thirty odd years—not know. steady, of course—off an’ on, you It’s just this way, Judge, if you can take a broad view of things, arid for want to small get rich, mind, minin’s the thing; but a an’ daily expenses, there’s nothing like a Ukde-that's what I said when ^ went- l|to the book-biud- 1U ? aid yoti rome from, mar I ask?” ’ * I was fingering the bit of ore indiffer entiy, as if more interested in it than his reply. “From York state, Judge, yes, sir; I come from York State; let me see, in fifty-one, an’ 1 ain’t seen no .puttier slope. piece o’dirt than that since l struck the I tell vou, sir—” gravely “It is “I prodigious,” I interrupts ; don’t wonder at your e.. thuriaam. Did you leave any brothers in New York ?” Hi» f aee alterod strangely. “There was two of us,” he Baid. quickly—“ Jamie an’ me.” . /'>’ , n at jn , once jny pockety ll ., addressed .. t0 ,n , 0 m . lhi .. James ) t , the ,, Ctt J e " d lsh 8 angular hand might be something , had more than a mire legal docm me,lt - i seen the writer often—-an austere, least reticent man .bent upon gam; ac lf lm 1,fe so they flaid who knew him best. hftd ever known a breath o . have lain cold romance, it must and for yews, liktf a bit of moss in the heart o{ “ “Just Jamie an’ me,” repeated my companion, an’1 musingly; “we was orphans, was the oldest. I’d look after him a haven’t good bit, and sent him him to school. I Judge, but spoke of for thirty years, somehow the lad’s been run uin’ in my mind ever since you said that name a while ago. John Bunyan Cavendish. Do you know, Judge, I be Here to God that’s my name? Yes, sir. I tell you it’s a queer thing for a man’s own name to come up and slap him in the face, like a ghost, isn’t it? Yes, sir; it’s a devilish queer thing! John Bunyan Cavendish,” he repeated, stow ly> tender, looking absent past me with a strangely gaze, “Do you think Jamie’d know me, Judge? A man roughens a good deal in thirty years, don’t he? ’ “ I think I have met your brother,” I said, Albany.” thoughtfully. “James Cavendish, of The man learned toward me with a startled, “ eager face. 7 xr Ct * '“.‘r r • P, ^ I° U mean .x* tbat you * ve seen the lad, Judge?—a , straight, - H‘im young foliowwith checks like a tU^Sh A’S came away; it was down back o’ the house, an’ I was puttin’ up the bars in the south pasture. Jamie come up to me in the moonlight, an’leaned against the fence.” 5 »fr¬ California’ “ ‘ Jack,’ says the’boys?’ he '*are you going * h to with « Two ar * hrwt i.„,i «t mt > to eo ^ across the J plains with’em but 1 (Hd t ]ilre to , ftaT the Iad ’ 8t d with a uick rwTV )m tretnor of his heavy unghaven chin j” “ a f % ^ ^says iTughi nT d 1 ? 0 Jamie oanim, says i, laugmng a * Si, 7 „77*'” r wu'h^gdd g tatteSF 1 “antm m ..hT wauw a a hit miuu UU T’«, iu out pui up „„ we ^/^llokSout ?o A " ' to^HotorT—. 1 ™, lark ’ gavs * ile he > W an H’s it s all all sMttal settled. T I want, you to know it first and so does Mary. ItoqkJw^flo minute an’ the (hut fence, and held The on 11 my eye*. ground don know slipped whether from the under boy my knew feet. what I t it meant that he d said to me or not. I hope to (fod he didu t. I came away that night. An you jhinlt you kno w Jam»e, . JntoT Well, now, whod thought [ it? this is a startlin world, 'Yes, I knowyour brother we! i, , I said. 1 shouldn t have been here,-if I hsdn t known him; but he i«n t living, Uncle Jack. He has been dead almost a I was watching his face anxiously . for the look of intelligence that had come and pone since his brother s nanre was mentioned. He fixed his eyes on me With a queer puzzled expression, as if hghting fins way frogn a long stretch of t. Dead? he said, Jamto u. dead-my , , Mtle brother? I guess there s some mis take, Judge. The lad was always well enough. JJeed 7 pe rejeatt4f after a pause; I wi#h ypp d M it afl again, Judge; go over it Slow. I don t seem to have a grip on things, some how. - * r , , . . . I went ogerdt all as he said; BlbWty and carefully.' His brother’s past life so far as i knew it, his death and his will. The latter was short and easily stated. Everything was left to his only brother, John Bunyan Cavendish, if divii&d, livings <d .hi* death to b* share and share alike, among tbe cpiWren of tbe late Mary Onnsby, of Fdrtb. My companion listened irtth a stapi. aikffce When that I I sometimes had finish*!, feared J drew was from my pock' t the letter, grown sud den Ijf- so sacred, and laid it on tbe table pie befol^tua. need from it Hi to raised lit* eyes and me. “ Judge,” he that laid, letter quietly, here. “I I don’t don’t wan%to read like the looks o’things. Iwanttogoto some place where tlimgs i* growiiL smell. an’ there’s a'fresh countryfied You understand, an’I want you to go along.” I would willingly have left him alone with his deed, but 1 did not dare to, even then. Howe walked silently through the narrow, crowded streets to one of those quaint hillsides valley overlooking the calm verdure of the ana tLe wintry snows of Ban Antonio. Mvcom “^w, Ju4gg,7 Jte wdd, hoarsly, wa 7 that letter to me; tJ fyou’W«me<m* 0N,r * ^ ra * tint far, and I think U»*oogb.to : I read the letter. If comes frank to me dUtinetly even now. The scent of the orange Wowoms below lu,le 01 lh * w,n *"*- th ‘’ —— NUMBER 6. sound of my own voice, even the words that I said: “ I>kar J aou—'W hen you read this X shall bo dead. All these years I have been afraid to look you in the face. You know now hok t wronged you and Mary ; she knew it boforo she died. I don’t ask you to forgive me. I didn’t ask her to. f" I only ask you not to hate mv mPlmlry . r t ght t coujJ mftllc hpr , ovo -*,« but .ho never did. She never loved the 8 ^® married ; sho never loved any one but Jack, and I knew it. 1 would have laid down my life years a^o to right the wrong I did, hot it wo# too late, I ruined your life and hers, and yet I loved yuu both, and love you ■till. Aly liHtener did not move or raise liis eyes. How long we sat there I do not know, but our shadows lengthened on the hillside, and the air grew chill. Whac the old man was thinking, God only knows. When he spoke his voice startled me. “ I’ve got a good deal of busine-s on hand, Juiiee, an’ if it’s all the same to you, we’ll go down town. I’ve been thin kin’ about the children. 1 >o you Mary’s know anything children, about know ’em, ?’’ Judge’?— “ Not you much. theoldest They are girl, orphans, and works and very poor; trade’. is a at J think.” some They are note together, “ Jamie’s little pile goes to them when I’m gone?” - . u Yes ” He made no further inquiry, and we walked on in silence. I parted from him that night with a vague uneasiness. It was Christmas eve, And everything was ablaze with light. 1 walked up ami wn a J l,on S the hurrying throng in the , ‘ l °V e of seeing his face, grown familiar ii r ‘, f ’ but it was not there, ' «ry early in the morning f weut to ru and knocked gently at *., the door, , there was no answer, and, P l,s “te? *t softly on its hinges, I went 11,1 ‘mcle Jack was sleeping quietly on a low bed in the corner. 1 here was a bundle lying on the floor, and beside *" a r( ’;' blankets and an oaken ® ta “- V’". 1110 table a spent camlle was “aringin its socket, and beside it lay lin "’■nnislied letter, insenbed to me in . unst eady hand, a ar .S e 1 am go»ng across the mountains to . l°°k ftor the Take the fl mine. money back to the children, and telI them its a Christmas gift from Uncle Jack. Tell t tw.VJ 1 f to f th lf . ef whatever happens. lhatwasail. i he window ■ i was open, nS st ® a ' in £ over ? ra 7 ,.f wn n ,u 0 ' n y ban An ‘ tonio like a great , uncut amethyst. I went to the bedside and touched the sleeper’s laid’my liami forehead 2 It was Z. lev cold I hi« b„ TJ ^ , hear ^ f -"“m ^ Where Tin Ores are Found. Tin in one of the earliest pietals kriown, which is contrary to what, not many yearn ago, wan the general opinion tf scientific men. The researches, how¬ ever, which within the last twenty years, have been instituted with regard to tbe earliest races inhabiting Europe, have conclusively implements of shown that weapons and bronze (an alloy of tin and capper) were probably the metalie. articles earliest in use, after those com¬ posed introduction of copper of iron. alone, In and the before curious the “Jake dwellings,” discovered in (Switzer¬ land, not only bronze implements, but bars of pure tin varies from four to twenty per cent., about twenty per cent, belngthe most common. The principal present lecourecs of tin are, first, Corn¬ procured wall, whore it is now almost exclusively from the mines instead of washing, or “stream works;’’ second, iSaxony or Bohemia, in small quantities, and exclusively from mines; third, Banes and other islands of the Malay Archipelago, well the of Hindoostan Malay peninsula, as as parts and Bur mali; all the productions from these (now furnishing the greater part of tin commerce) “Strails tin,” now being known derived generally as from stream works; forth, New Mouth Wales, Qpeenland, together with and Tasmania, other parts of Australia, Bolivia Mexico, also Hpain, and furnish (or have lately done so) some portion of the tin com¬ merce. Greenland, Japan, Finland, Biberia, Iceland and Madagascar, and some tin in other localities less quantities. have also yielded greater or Meissonier Mad. M. Melssonier decidedly refuses to be patronized. Englishman It is related him that day a rich and came to one offered him f1,000 if he would paint his portrait and agree to finish it in a forte night. If fail,” he added, "I shall de¬ “ you duct f5 a day until you hare delivered it.” This angered the artist, who declared he wouldn’t paint the portrait for $10, 000 . “ You are not a fit subject,” he said, “for any pencil. Allow me to bid you good morning.” “I dare say, now, that you are joking,” won't insist responded the the deduction, Briton. if " you’ll But I on |gree not to detain me very long,” Won’ “ Detain tdetain you?” another echoed second. the artist, “ I you There’s the door. Go!” “What—what’sthe matter?” inquired John Bull. “What is all this row fbout?” “It that have mistaken means you your man. You think me exclusively a» animal painter. I paint horses and *°g*» b u t curs, never!” It is imftossible to make people un¬ derstand toowledge their ignorance, for it requires to perceive it, and, there¬ fore, he that can perceive it hath it not. Tub human race is divided into two Lmelhlng, elasses— those who go ahead and do and those who sit still and - r Tub Czar shoes hi* hor»e with silver. ^-.Baltimore ffewt And the farmer’s *ifo »h‘k<s her chickens with an old i Dr on ------- The borne shoe doeau’t applies bring H. good *hw» the home ‘a’toftinsriiic A WEEKLY PAPER, PITBLJSHKD AT Waikinsvltie, Oconee Co., Georgia. RATES OF ADVERTISING: On* sq'iRre, first insertion.. St CO Each subsequent ii sertlcu. 50 <»n.* square, one mo th..... ........... 2 50 One square, t» re© months 6 (0 Oae square, s‘x inotttf.fl .......... 7 CO One square one year. ............. .... 10 00 One-fourth column, one month 5 00 Ooe-fourth ..... Op a-foiirtb column, three months.. »•>»• • ..8 00 One-fourth column, six months......... .. 15 00 Half column, column, one year............ .. 20 00 Ha'f one month .................. 9 CO Half column, three mum*............ ,12 10 Ita'f column, six months.................. 20 00 column, one ypur.. .. 35 00 XIIlKKAI, TERM* FOR WORE SPACE. .......- ■ --------- ..III THOUGHTS FOR SUNDAY. , Mosey is the total wheel-work of human action, tbe dial-plate of our value. t bi i Moderation js the silken string ruu r niug through b * )l the pearl-chain of all vii tuee. U.I. habits gather by unseen degrees. As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. There is a wealth of affection and kindness in every human heart, if properly developed. IN all the guilty train of human vices there is no crime of deeper dye than that of ingratitude. TitEfaults that are comm it ted through excess of kindness, it requires small kindness to excuse. No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. The most brilliant qualities Vv come useless when they are not sustained by force of character. If you would have your desires always effectual, place them on things which are in your power to attain. Wisdom is not found with those who dwell at their ease, rather Nature, where she adds brain, adds difficu’ly. If the balance of happiness be ad¬ justed conditions fairly, it will be found that all of life fare equally well. As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of the shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious. Courtesy and kind language in great ones draweth all hearts unto them, as fair flowers do the eyes of behotderH in the springtime. Inquisitive they people are the funnels of conversation; do not take iu any¬ thing for their own use, but merely pass it to another. The vanity of loving fine clothes and now them fashions, and valuing ourselves by is one of the most childish pieces of folly that can be. A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape. It embellishes au inferior face, and redeems an Ugly one. A KNOWLEDGE of art tends to self knowledge, laws inasmuch as an anal) sis of the of beauty and taste promotes an understanding of the soul. of the powers and purposes It is easy to tell when others are flat¬ tered, but not when we ourselves are, and every man and woman will lend firm belief to the soft nothings of the flatterer, very man when they believe to be an arrant others are in the case. Wintering In the Crimea. A contributor to the Boston Commer¬ cial Bulletin, who served in the Crimean campaign, writes: When I say that this first winter in the Crimea was simply awful 1 feel arsured that I utter but faintly the sentiments of aJl sur¬ vivors. mountain Encamped with higher on top ground of a table no any¬ where to shield us from the marrow searching blast, which, we felt sure, came direot Irom Nova Zenibla and Biberia; with nothing but a thin canvas tent in which to huddle and crowd to¬ gether for mutual heat; with no (ires and consequently no cooked food (for over two months); with no woolen un¬ derclothing; thin with nothing (without save our red coats, a be easily overcoat rolled the knapsack lining, so as to on at parade), a reaching single white the blanket, ankle, thin low army boots, to socks, and no gloves—what wonder was it that men who had long enjoyed sunny, spice-smelling India, balmy Booth Africa, bewitchingly luxurious Mediter¬ ranean, fruitful W«*t Indies, comfort¬ able North America, and easygoing home with its mild climate—what won¬ der was it, I rej>eat, that these men should sink .before such hardships? These heroes that had but recently startled Christendom by their unex¬ ampled beasts of fortitude burden, and cavalry bravery! artil¬ Our our and lery horses—powerful before animals all, wilted What like weeds these ’ rigors. wonder was it that disease and death stalked through our camps and satiated their ghastly appetites ou Britain’s best blood and sinew? ^ Tne Awful Famine In Persia. Ireland and China are not the only countries where human beings are perishing stalks the for heels food and of starvation. where pestilence From on Vautiiul Persia, whose very name sug¬ gests gardens images of and luxury and beauty, pearls, of roses ropes of there come accounts of the most harrow¬ ing distress. Mr. Cochran, an American Missionary Spain, wfio has lived for thirty years in writes to Rev. A. H. Plumb, of Boston, (bat tbe throngs of wasted and famishing beings that daily besiege the missonaric»’ doors are ap¬ palling. No help is afforded by the government. The starving go to tbe slaughter-houses the blood. Msny and have catch sold all and they drink hffd for bread, parting with valuables for a mere seng. A bushel of coarse wheat meal sold for $20, January 7, wffile in the former famine It never went above $8. Barefooted multitudes tread tbe frozen streets, having parted with all hut a few rags, which offer an apologv for children clothing. for slaves; Parents are selling their have fled, whither many men no one knows to avoid see¬ ing the death ef there dear to them. Mrs. Cochran says: “Would that I could take you out among the haggard crowd that wil) coine ,to-morrow, that sunken come daily to receive a little Oh! those eyes, those bony Jittie fingers! Trembl¬ ing, fainting children women, trampled under wihl foot eyed. ulinoy whom hunger by t :ose has made sttvace, old men and women, and wasted babies in the arms of mothers .that can no longer give them nourishment. - *’ The oth -r day, when ah Illinois mm met bis divorced wife, the foisr tears started to his eyes and rolled down his cheeks in torrent*. But it wasn’t the old caused love this welling outburst; to his bosom that itjwas the red pep j per she fired into his optics.