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Newspaper Page Texta ■s subscription PRICES. ...SI 25 ^ M rear ......... ................. .... 75 month®--— , 40 rare* Atlanta Constitution, 1 yr.. 2 00 ICTIIIBEO EVIET FRIDAT BY K. H.C-E.j, J HALE & WHITE, Editors. Seed for Sample Copy Free i I s HI M ■ 1 £BR 0 . Convers, Ga. DEALERS IN aLL KINDS OF - otions ^"clothing, Tea, flats, Syrup, Caps, it ice, Boots Grits & Shoe? Meal, also Out Groceries Meal, Tobacco, such as Snuff Sugar, Cuffer, etc. We call especial attention to our line of FANCY GROCER’ES & CONFEC TIONERI’S ’ pineapples, salmon, Maek Such as canned tomatoes, peaches, oysters, Y sardines, raisins, eondensid citron, miik, jelly, pickles, baking-powders, candy both fancy Hors- arid dick, nuts, macaroni, one spoon ford’s bread preparation, ete., etc. Our pepper and spices both ground and grain are the very best in the market. ftlTS TBO&VL M, 111M We also keep a gor d variety of Fresh Crackers, both plain aud sweet, Also the celebrated, Liistro Shoe and Stove Polish. A good line of Table and Pocket cutlery. Crockery, Glass and Woodware, etc, ©er WE MAKE FINE CIGARS A.SPECIALTY,“^a Terms Strictly Our motto: Short Profits and quick Sales- BRO cAs g. fcr. IF. WEA VER & . s ompany i Corner Commerce and Warehouse Sts- CONYEBS- GA, ODTTIMf Bill jjfpjg) % -HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF- General Merchandise at Bottom PriceS. f Rents for tlie NEW HOME Sewing Machine. SSTWe keep all kinds of •J®"SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES.“©a Headquarters For all School Books adopted by the Board of School Commissioners ot this eouniy. MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. Tim Recent Improvements Made in The WHITE SEWI’G MACHINE l ADD MUCH TO THE ' SANY EXCELLENT QUA L IIES of this pi jerior Machine. Iris Espeial Favorite, of Ladies, ism! i-FvT' 1 an Tailos aud. Others, fho use them for the many advantages ieyposess over o’ her Sewing Machines. v : ■M EVERY WHITE MACHINE S8 Warren ted for 5 years. ! 1 A J. A>. & T F. SMITH. fS ?sA\ *■ -:-4 - == Wholesale and Retail Dealers, mdSSm&d r- i Georgia. . 50 Broad St., Atlanta I-P.&D. M. ALMAND, Agents, Conyers, Georgia. EiAHGFOBD _ _gy___ $ W * « Carriages, Wagons, Bugi.es, MY own make. Ill WARRANTED TO BE FiR$T*CL&S8 IN EVERY PARTICULAR. Ikeep also a GOOD LINE of Western Carriages and Bug¬ gies which I sell LOW DOWN Repairing Wagons and Bugger, Fa.nt.ng and Trimmin ol Carriages, ‘ s 'i grades done on short notice. ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE REPAIRED ASGOOD AS NEW It should bo rememberd that My establishment is Rave now on hand the largest and best, stock of wa ggon7 bugfes homemade auct of western build tha j ,a work ***%request want bargains yon had better call. -ettle. _ All promptly. wh . ■owe me n _ ^ tor to are .ear^ ear to come forward and will g | l0r i ®ast have it. These who do not pay promptly i y “ me . So you will please settle prompt y. : headquarters umertakers goods. COFFINS and CASKETS of all grades and sizes, an d COFFIN ® ct • very thing tha is kept in a first class U ndertakei. ^COFFINS 'DELIVERED ANYWHERE IN CITY OR banking theic liberal patronage in the past, I s olioi my customers for very satisiaction. the same, with theevervtbi <4 wil be done to give Most Resoecttal’*’-, \H. LANGFORD. ; J, A combination of Pro¬ i toxide of Iron, Peruvian V. / Marie and Phosynarusxn Por a palatable form." ofAwe V Debility, Loss tite, Prostration of htal * ; Powers it is indispensa ble. REV. 3 . L. TOWNER, Industry, Ill., says:— it “I consider P I have been T jL nnH ylJ mJ fd most debUitated excellent vital remedy forces. a the IH ■“ m H Tonnw ^ fft. feha b Tfoftvc j2 trLIaend Redial and an it - / Vi Vi eTties. HARTER _ MEDICINE CO 213».KAMST. si. tens. M ♦ SUBSCRIPTION $1.25, Volume VI. ‘•INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. = CONYERS, GEORGIA, APRIL 13, 1883. The Values of Vegetables. All vegetables have an effect on the chem¬ istry of the body, so that we cannot speak too highly of their importance at table. Asparagus is a strong diuretic,J and forms part of the cure for rheumatic patients at such health resorts as Aix les Bains. Sor¬ rel is cooling, and forms the staple of that “souDeaux herbes”. which a French lady will order for herself after a long and tiring journey. Carrots, as containing a quanti¬ ty of sugar, are avoided by some people, while others complain of them as indigest¬ ible. With regard to the latter accusation, it may be remaiked in passing that it is the yellow core of the carrot that is difficult of digestion—the outer, a red layer, is ten¬ der enough. In Savoy, the peasants have recourse to an infusion of carrots as a spe c lie for jaundice. The large sweet onion is very rich in those alkaline elements which counteract the poison of rheumatic gout. If slowly stewed in wi ak broth, and eaten with a little Nepaul pepper, it will be found to be an admirable article of diet :for pa¬ tients of sludious and sedentary habits. The stalks of caul flower have the same sort of value, only too often the stalk ot a cauli¬ flower is so ill-boiled and unpalatable that few persons would thank you for proposing to them to make a part of their meal con* sist of so uninviting an article. Turnips, in the same way, are often thought to be indigestible, and better suited for cows and sheep than for delicate people; but here the fault lies as much with the cook quite as much as with the root. The cook boils the turnip badly and then pours some butter over it, and the eater of such a dish is sure to be the werse for it. Try a better way. Half boil your turnip, and cut it in slices like half-crawns. Butter a pie disb, put in the slices, moisten with a little milk and weak broth, dust once with a little bread crumbs and pepper and salt, and bake in the even till it gains a bright golden brown, This dish which is the Piedmontese fashion of eating turnips, is quite unsuited to cows, and ought to be popular. What shall be said about lettuces? The plant has a slight narcotic action, of wnich i the French old woman, like a Fren ch doc we jj jj a0W8 the value, and when proper ly cooked is really very easy of digestion But in our country, though lettuces are duly grown in every garden, you often hear the remark, “I can’t eat a salad,” and as few cooks know how to use the vegetable which has been refused in its raw state the lettuces are all wasted, and so is the ground in whicn they are grown. The Mississippi River Roustabout. He carries habitually, a revolver, razor and keen knife, the latter ot which be uses skillfully to cut the pockets of sleeping deck passengers. In a “razor fight" the roustabout—and, I believe, most of bis race —use the weapon in original fashion. They doubles back the handle on the thick part of the blade, then, grasping the whole tight¬ ly, close the fingers and ball of the hand half way down the blade, so as to leave its whole length exposed to a depth of, say, half an inch. With the weapon thus dis¬ posed they do not slash, but chop, inflicting dozens of very ghastly, but superficial wounds. A combatant, after a razor fight, looks, clothes and all, as if he had been through a cutting machine. But, in a week his wounds are healed, and he is ready for another fray. During the busy season the roustabout on the river steamers gets from $60 to $100 a month, and four meals a day; but bis work in handling the heavy freight and carrying it up the slippery river bank is a terrible strain, made doubly severe by the fact that his only rest, night or day, comes in n ps between the landings. The roustabout wears his clothes from the day they are bought until they drop off in rags, without removing them once. He is an inveterate gambler, with two dice playing an original game called 1 craps, the main feature of which is throwing the number sev¬ en, or as near as possible to it, though the game has other refinements. The specta cle of a group of roustabouts around the “crap” board, betting large sums, yelling, gesticulating, and invoking the aid of ail the supernal and infernal powers, as they whirl the dice-box high in air is described to in. as one of the most amazing of human sights. Physically the roustabout is a wonder. His life of heavy lifting develops his unper body until his form seems acutely triang ular—pointed at tbe feet. Back of his shoulders rise two vast muscles, which give armed with dub cawj pound h P fellows mercilessly, without the sngnt st effect, and they are quite as stolidly ind.f fereut to the rain of oaths which the forth with the fluency and vigor bred pours familiarity with the profane by life-long tongue. ___ Slang. Where does all the slang come from? Children h deal in it largely; yet it is not before k n with children But they learn to lisp knowing its meaning. Why par ® D i L„..ld allow this is beyond compre Vo _ artnt fives who, if not edn Td nd si cultivated himseit, does not his desire child , °le me degree expect that - !" be TwVo dav A-nd yet how few are the T parents who bv by “ using S ? slang themselves, t if cb ; ldr en the babio. they know by imitat , ” d "L'»to to a repulsive father who is not taken mest his child for a model. How can a mother expect any other result than slangy children—and how can they expect other¬ wise, when they are people of even moder¬ ate sense, thau that this vice will have to be cured in school at great cost of time to the pupil and effort to the teacher, or else tha the child will all his life be disfigured and belittled by it Why, then, should any parents be so careless of their children’s interests or their own pride as not to think of the harm they are doing them by using slang before them—or why, if they do think of it, are they so cruel as knowingly to teach them in the vice? Old Si on the Vanderbilts. Old Si got hold of the N ew York Morning Journal and became at once absorbed in a startling account of the Vanderbilt Ball. Finally he said: "Dem dar Vanderbilt fokes muster hed er hog-killin’ time at dat ball de udder night.” “Yes it was a great affair.” “Muster bin! Ef I’d bin up dar I’d er gib two dollars fer er presarbed seat close ter de bed tray. But seein’ ez bow dey forgot ter sen’ me er invite my ’pinyuns on de subjeck aint mixed wid any ob de proven¬ der.” "Well.what are your views on the subject?’’ “W’y I aint got nuthin’ ’gin Miss Vandj bilt, but ef I hed er out in de alley*way 1 cud whisper sumpin’ in her off ear dat mought be yuseful.” “I’d tell her dat when fokes is got so much reppytation lak she hab dar aint no yuse ’er spendin’ fifty thousan’ dollars on jess wun ball. She ken lay herself out fut dat ’mount and den get ’er kontraktor ter do de job fur ten per cent discount. Den gib de ten per cent to de po’ fokes on de back streets an’ de peepul at de ball wont miss de munney.” “Is that the way you do when you give a ball?’’ “Yas, sah—w’en I gib wun—wich I aint dun yit. But ef I wuz er haf-pardener wid Miss Vandybilt I'd gib wun ebb try off yeah in poliyticks an’ Toiler de plan what I jest laid out!” “And you think ten per cent for charity would have improved the ball?” ‘I dunno 'bout de ball, but ef she’d er dun whut I norated I bet she’e er gone fer bed nex’ day er heep fuller in de hart dan she wus enny whurs else—'kase doin’ good is mighty fillin' behin yer hankerchif pock it.—Georgia Major. Geaeral ueumng at ( iiitamanga. We rode a short distance farther when General Longstreet reined in his horse again and a smile played over his usually immovable countenauce. “There was an amusing incident occurr ed right here during this battle that you will enjoy” said he, turning to Captain Howell “You remember Henry L. Ben ning, who used to be a judge on the supreme bench of Georgia. He was one of my brig ade commanders, having a splendid brig ade of Georgia troops. Steedman struck him with his two brigades of fresh Bpldiers while we were making our final movement against Thomas. He was a good soldier but got very roughly used, I was sitting right here on my horse, when lie came back in a sadly demoialized condition He was riding an old artillery horse and urging it, along with a piece of rope which he used for a whip. His hat was gone, He was greatly excited and the very picture ol db spair. He was looking for me and as he saw me he rode up and said: “General, General Hood is killed, my horse has been shot under me and my brig ade is gone. I have lost every man.” “General, don't you think you could find a single man?” I replied. "Yes, I suppose I might find one," be said. Georgia soil; “General Benniug, this is your home and mine. There is no better place for you and I to make a stand than on the soil of our own state. You go aud find one man and come back here to meand let us make a final stand right here.” My bis self-possession and he roue awa> as fast as he could on the old artillery horse he had taken instead of the finer animal that had been killed. In less than half an hour he rode back with his brigade formed, ready for another charge.-F A. Burr, in - the . At , anta „ onsti u ion. Lalayet _ omaty. es_p An anecdote which sheds some light on General, it appears, on being presented to o , d ao)dier8i wa8 beai . d to a . k the of ^ ?foup . f he were mairied , Upoll receiving an answer in the ^ Lafeyette re8p on<ied with the most tetdpr einph88 ; g: “Ah, happy man!” the person who was next presented the same question was put, but here the reply ! was: “No sir; I an, a bachelor.” “Oh, lucky dog!" whispered the questioner, i | a rougish twinkle in his eye. These ently inconsistent remarks were overheard i by a bystander, who taxed Lafayette with insincerity in bestowing equal eongratnla ; tions in such widely different circumstances \ “It is possible,” said the General, promptly upon his critic, “that you the preerogative of humanity so little not to know the felicity of a happy man a thousand times greater than tbat of a I The Scientific Amencaa mjb lhal oa, ol B ,, re8t destructive agents for carpet , lborough l y applied. “With Brains, Sir 1" “With brains, sir!’’ said Sir Joshua Rey nolds, when some one asked him what he mixed his colors with. That is the ingredi ent we want to get for our labor. “Wkatis the formost need of this country ? , we asked an intelligent traveller the other day. "Intelligent labor,” was his unhesitating answer. How shall we get it ? By education. Of what sort ? Here the doctors disagree, one prescribing a training in letters, the other in tools. “Education makes a man a more intelligent shoemaker if that be his oc¬ cupation,” says John Stuart Mill, "but uot by teaching him how to make shoes. It does so by the mental exercise it gives aud the habits it impresses.” “Every man must ge* his living,” says Fronde, “either by working, begging or stealing,” aud he demands that all men shall receive an education that shall tit them for working, “To crowd a lad s mind with in¬ finite names of things which he never han¬ dled, places he never saw nor will see, state¬ ments of facts which he cannot understand and which must remain merely words to him, is in Froude’a opinion, "like loading his stomach with marbles; for bread giving him a stone.” The truth lies with both sides as usual in such contentions. The tool alone can only make a blockhead. The book alone will only turn out a book-worm. Both together may make the intelligent labor which is our coiintrr’s foremost need. If anything is proved in education it is that general intelligence such as the good common school develops is servicable to all the handicrafts and professions. In advo¬ cating hand training, therefore we must uot under value literary culture. Both must go together. The graduates of the gym¬ I nasia in Germany make the best students in the polytechnic schools. There is some¬ thing more in the handicraft than skill. The lively mind must prompt the ready hand. Our common schools waiit supplementing with hand training, no doubt, but no revo lutioniziug-not upsetting. Lei our teachers only vitalize their teaching by bringing it w.thin gunshot of some of the practical uses of life. Let our schools furnish just an introduction to some oft he processe s work, which they might easily do without detriment to their present studies, aud all will be done that ought to be done at the public expense. More and more, by the competition of one manufacturer with another, trade-schools for the education of special workmen will be established by local action and at private expense. This is as it should be. The public should never be taxed to pamper any industry. But the elements of art aud industry, if they cau be learned and taught, have as rightful a place in common school education as rrad writing and arithmetic. We hope to bve t 0 8e ethe day when these rights will be respected and provided for.—Atlanta Con- 8 (Ration A Genius for Goodness. Americans all have an exaggerated es teem for mental ability and a consequently deprecated estimation of moral quaht.es. They worship smartness; they find noth ing so admirable as keen forcible intellect. But in their admiration for this, they think less ot moral strength and beauty than they should. Intellect is not the only worthy tribute of the ...dividual, nor is it of more importance thau tbe moral qualities. A sw.et, serene nature, lovable, generous. large and strong is as desirable and of just as much importance to the world as a keen, brilliant intellect, intellectual qualities furnish the propelling power that urges the human race onward, but the moral qualities sustam and regulate its coarse. There are people who have but little mental ability, ' vl >o are yet so genuinely good who have 8Ut ’* 1 cl,! “ r “‘ s, « ht ”Bo the truth of things, and such power to walk straightforward in the way they see that they deserve the reverence or those more favored intellec- 1 lUilll y- 1hey may be h “ wer8 of wood an<1 ’ of the milk of human kindness , . , which , nature has bestowed upon them makes them the peer, if the world saw things rightly, of whose services . they per ! ! ,orm goodness ) \ he are reality who as great * those ® ew whom “ f ? r as possess genius of an intellectual sort. The woild has not learned yet of l.ow much value they really are. Consequently does uot esteem them as it should. But --- A New MinVj Agent. - English coal miners have adopted a new explosive for mining purposes, which is an »< “irable substitute for powder. The lat is not only expensive, but the fearful oadse of numerous frightful accidents, especial y in mines where gas accumulates. | ”>"*« Powder cannot be employed * •» 0,1 ac ™“ nt «f danger from j p 0B, ° ns ’ * ,,d ,he P' ck al ° ne ca “ b ’. aa To obviate these disadvantages the collieries m Derbyshire have for several “ onths been employing tbe fortes exerted by caustic lone when wetted, and the,r experiments have been crowned »y complete success. The hme, obtained from fountain limestone. ,s powdered, made «»» cartridges under heavy pressure, and enclosed ,n a,r tight coverings, an aperture ih. ...» .< c«. .e the e.u.l aeS hok. , are also made along the top for the recep - I tion 0 f t he cartridges. When in position c. W. WHIM, Publisher. Number 4. the lime is well moistened by means of a force pump, and the hole is then securely t ampe d. The chemical action that takes place between the water and the lime is accompanied by the production of enough heat to convert most ot the water into steam wlucb| be ; UR generated in such a uonfiued gpacei exerta an enormous prea mrg gn {he ^ tendiug to force ; t down war(i T his action is so geutle and so vomparativt-ly slow that the fall of the coal caQ bg very well re g U lated according to the convenience of the miner. A Mother’s Voice. First in the memory of more than half the human race is that tender souud, the tone of a mother s voice. Many of us can only listen to it with the heart, and remem¬ ber that its melody once soothed pain from our pillow, or hushed into stiilnes the impa¬ tient surprise and anguish oflife's first grief. The reader Bighs. It is the unuttered thought of the heart which can be trans¬ lated thus: “My mother’s voice! Bilent all these years, and never to be heard again this side of the intervening river I Oh! the comfort to be u' realized all life’s journey through. What would it not be to the orphanhood of earth, if that long silent voice could be withdrawh awhile from the melo¬ dies of the life unseen, to soothe the disquie¬ tudes of this preseut, so full of paining and pining hearts. On that day in which the village churchyard received into its bosom the coffined clay that had cushioned iny own mother’s gentle spirit, I “slept for sorrow,” as so many have done since the three disciples slumbered where they should have watched. And I dreamed she had not gone away at all, but that I heard her speaking in the next room bushing some jarring noise, and saying “She sleeps, do not wake my child.” Oh! miserable wait ing! It was she who slept to wake no more, while I awoke to be numbered with those whom God has written motherless. Aud sleep half held, and helf released me, while there surged over my soul it* realization of orpbanboodi epitomized at that moment in that one anguished thought- 1 'never to hear w voice nev ,, r wbile , liTfc ,” And ^ a(j g0 0Bt j have uncon8ciouB l y mis8ed oat of tbe barmollie8 0 f life tbe tend er 8igIlificftnce 0 f my mother’s voice.-M. L IIopkin8i in Christian at Work. | .______—•---- ! The Horned Lurk. j Ordinarily the horned 1 irk is strictly terrestrial. When alighted it is most com¬ monly seen resting on the ground or walk¬ ing—it is a great walker, maintaining its center of gravity by a graceful dove like motion of the head. Never is it seen in a tret, uor at anytime when at rest does it aspire above tbe top rail of tbe fence. It has one trick, however, strangely in contrast with its ordinary lowliness, and which ever greatly perplexed me. It was a sunny afternoon late in May. Hearing its soug, now quite familiar to me, 1 strolled warily through the open field hoping to find its But whence came the song ? It was M the voi(;e of a veut riloquist. ^ ow it 8eemed on Ue right, and now on the , and IJOW iu j0me other directions. p reseutly j eau} , bt tbe way 0 f tbe 80U[ld , ^ itg author wa9 taring high in air, - n ^ curvea up> up> 8inK ; nK for & few moment , as he Bai!ed with expan ded wing8 More each flitting curve upward, till ^ became mere speck in tbe etherea i b , ue and fiua „ y j cou i d 8Caree ly tell whether i Baw him or „ 0 t. But I still heard thg one tbat never caa be mistaken, 8o un , ;ke . g u f(J - he voice of any otber bird . ^ first yQU ( . an gcarcelv C0Ilgent t0 b e with it> a|)d are tea)pted t0 compare it ^ the creaUilll? of an ur.greascd wheel baiTQW .. Quit quiti qu i t your‘silly rig and Bway " it 8eemed t0 8ay> the first three or f our 8ylia bles being slowly aud distinctly ultered ftud tbe re8t some what hastily ruu loJ!ether iloweveri ]i ke the laces and vo ; ces 0 f cer tain people, this ditty sweetens on acqua ; n tance, and finally becomes a real source of pleasure.—Forest aud Stream. ** —« j “This morning,” said the Atlanta Even .• ing Journal, “just as the tongues of the . capitol clock was telling the hour often, an old man might have been seeu wending his ! way up Marietta street. His gait was slow > somewhat bent with the weight j | and his form years, His wrinkled face wore a settled sadness, and the light which shown in the dark eyes was dim. T he hair, once black raven s plume, fell loosely about a 8liU ^enthroned upon that royal brow,and *bout that , , « »i.hered and ^ weary J’ fV^o^d , f d £ m0 ^ on he noted *jJ not the capitol ; ^ ^ , , 0 Ree tbe pe( , pl( . > 9 od aBid „ u, , et the tnbune pass His inin(J wa3 with hia heart, ii was “in the ^ ^ with Stephens.” ^ He ascended ; ^ n(ul 8tep8 aud wltb , ^ out8tretched cane tremblingly felt his wav througb * the dim lighted corridor. He ^ th ^ rta! u{ (he jSe , )ate cbam ber . ^ T mb3 wag once again wijh Stephens! No word fell from bis « . * f P He over lbe bier; he ; ^ and lovingiy into tbe face of j ~ friend thea bur8t in£0 tears! , „ The M tba( dw , not 8peak , whispers ^ jrau>{ht heart and bids it break.” jszsgzsffs -7L ^ • :a r ! lh ,t m> hair. i. ol a b " >W " very much resembles a young elephant in ; , appearance. I ®fe* Congers WwMj. CI 1V ND COUNTY ORGAN, the largest circulation, FINEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. One eolumn, Advertising Rates one inonth«r veer_ • One column, ' '' eix 83 One column, three mint hi BmaU advertisement*, io cents a Un«. Special Rates to General Advertisers. LIGHT MELANGE. tub mutt past. Dlst nter no dead delight. Bring no past to light again; Those red cheeks with woe are white, Those ripe Ups are pale with pain. Vex not then the burled bliss (Changed to more divine regret). Sweet thoughts come from where it lies, Underneath the violet. AN INSULT. A Philadelphia house sent a letter writ¬ ten on a type-writer to oue of their corres¬ pondents in Kansas with whom they had large dealings. A postscrip was appended to the answer, in which he informed them that he could read writing as well as they could, and intimated that it was an insult to send a printed letter to auyone, unless it be to a schoolboy. FOR HER FaN, Blow, little breeze, along Her cheek, Wander among her hair, Play soft, fan-moved, nor daie Steal from her lips aught she may speak. The very breath ol Hoaven’s meek, Before her, and where e'er Her fan commands, the air Will gladly go, nor ever seek J Aught but to blow along her check A LITTLE GEORGIAN CHAI MEI1 11Y A SlyAKK. Several years ago a little child, living near High Shoals in Oconee County, had a habit of carrying its meal out into the yard, near an old clay root to eat. One day the mother followed and watched the child, and judge her horror when she saw a large highland moccasin glide to it and help itself from the plate. The child hand¬ led the snake and it made no resistance. That evening the reptile was killed, and shortly after the child sickened and died. The parents attribute its death to tha loss of its pet.—Athens Banner, IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ? Is life worlti living?, Faith but teems With lloods of evil. Tin one sordid mart, Where consciences for gold, without a smart, Are sold, aud holiest names are gravest clients, Men from their cradles learn to play a part ! At plundering each other. Is life worth living? Or Is he most wise Who, with death’s portion, its fierce fever slakes, And ends, self-drugged, his mortal miseries? (Jan he be guilty who at once forsakes The agony which, sure as death u’ertakei Early or late, all? Why then to the en frau cl lined grave with Hi iiggiuh footsteps wend? — Thonnu* Cooper M1TKIATINO CIRCUMSTANCES. A texas justice of the peace, who is con¬ stantly trying criminal eases, was called on to marry a couple. Alter he asked the usual question il they desired to be united in the bonds ol matrimony, and they had replied in the affirmative, the justice asked them solemnly: “Having plead guilty of the chargif there are in your opinion, any mitigating circumstances, now is tho time to state what they are.” • A PORT S SCORN. The following verses will appear iu the forthcoming biography of William Cullen Bryant, written by his son in-law, Mr. Parke Godwin, and published by D. Appleton Ac Co, They were written in 181 f, when Mr Bryant was in his twentieth year, and ap peered to have been addressed to some young woman who had not lived up to his belief in her. They were found among the poet’s paper, and have never before been published. There are a number of them given iu the biography, not for their value as poems, but as shadowing forth a li ttle romantic story: i knew time fair—I neemecl time free From frau,l, ami guite amt faithless art, Yet liacl I seen as I now see. Thine Image ne’er had stained my heart Trust not too fur thy beauty’s charms; Though fair the hand, that wove my chain, I will not stoop with fettered arms To do the homage I disdain. Yes, love has lost his power to wound; i gave the treacherous homicide, With bow unstrung and pinions boon A capt ive to the hands of Ifoide. WHICH KILLKD. Five amateur hunters fired at a rabbit and then fought savagely to decide who hit the beast; aud, when they came to examine it, found that it must have died of fright, a* there were no marks of shot ou it. -.Boston Post RllMB enthuse. Ah, could I hut grip. The tar fetched fancy fair Of the modern poet. Iu his anethete despair, flow would I peans cull, Weave them one by one Into rare garlands; View the deed when done, With mild appreciation sweet; Then joy’s rapture ftlng, Extolling all the gems ‘ The Sp» hand-organ sings. a good start. j “Please sir, give me ten cents for a din I ner » 8aid a ra gged boy with a game leg. ! “I haven’ had a mouthful for a week.” “What 1 Impossible 1” replied the mao -’ solicited. “If that is so, go right ou aud fast forty . one da y 8 and beat Tanner's re cord. You can make more money that way than any other. You have got a good siart. a better star, than I ever bad.” A Minnertpo l ia !a d y recently gave a smal . sjx aia8 of marph i 0 e. with the inten tion ot killing the animal. The canine - - zztzix «a« b«n u bright aad .. ^ “ b ®‘ ore ’