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1. J, LUMPKIN, Editor and Proprietor ■VOLUME 1. ■II i ,ixi*■ > dispatch states that the II r ()! ,< hdluird timiiel will be com- IS j e , ,1 |>y ih( 1 . lid of the year. This u ,.i ~| engineering skill was em iHltal :a I Swit/rri mil, to furnish eon- BK e{) ;.iil ;■<>a< 1 access from Northern KSL v ; ml ami Western (lermany to ll ta i ,'ic route being the most direct. !■ tsi the railroad over Mont Simp |j| *n aiopoli/.es the tradie. ii known weed in the Eastern -of ilie I’iiion which farmers call Hhe I 'evil’s plant.,” produces a liber |Hhas been discovered to be iar su |S io jute for rope making, etc. Giti m,, of New Jersey are now interesting H(| K . rive- iii its cultivation for mechant I|]J ii.- The annual importation of |i;> into this country for similar pur rs is estimated at $ 10,000,000, and if “Devil's plant” can supercede it to t amount, it deserves a better name. 1 now law against tramps enacted bvftiio I’emisylvania legislature: Every [■ i> to he arrested and imprisoned tW< ve months in a county jail; every Mft i'U entering a hoasc, or kindling a fin mi a highway, or discovered with a weapon which lie uses for in tin elation, is to l>e imprisoned three ycf i>. The act of begging is made prima im- evidence that the person is a tramp. which requires such a law as this rnu-t l>c overrun with desperadoes, and thit is what is the matter with Pfehnsyl viiia. The tramps, under the pressure of dm new law', arc already pouring into Mlryland and New York. ■Vrilio annual meeting of the stock }lMlet’s of the T exas Pacific railroad at l iphia an issue of bonds not to cx cc| and 820,000 a mile was authorized to cii iplcte the road from Fort Worth wj itoßa n Diego. The distance is 1,200 '-0i and the loan will therefore amount 000.000. There are now in opera _ liln M I miles of road, and the net in ccLik* last year was $055,404.26. The vr mw lever last year reduced the busi'- the company about nine per cent. '■ die company succeed in readily dispos al 1,1 their bonds, it will not be long be- W di c'i s. Jay ( build and Huntington wi I iiml themselves confronted by a eomi ■tmg Inmseontinental line. ■ 1 M'liiu:!:<>rxi> ice is the natural cu- new offered by a Minnesota #aj!:p. Recently the governor of that H ; ' tr 'O'pointeil eommissioners to appraise silt lands in Breckinridge County, dm course of their search they came 3"’ u a a, 'K c tract oi quaking bog land. J don was a line of mounds from six to d>! feet in diameter at the base and lilteen to thirty icet high, of a con ■a> bnii, the slope being about forty-five These mounds were a shaking t<> their summits, where was found ■ ' uvular opening six to eight feet in di iiim ! r, li lcd with clear, cold water, and ■ unknown depth, a pole eight feet long H ri> ig iheir only means of testing the 1 at ■ Most singular of all, a few feet 11 I 'lese wells, upon digging from six ■ "ii to twenty-four inches, a solid body 0 ice was found. \ vshington dispatch says of the V " !,| \ h-dienes award: “The extrava "t ihe award lias been very fully ' ,1( and by the figures now in the pos <t the (b)vernment. The market “• ali the fisli taken by American !l “ n * ,n within the three-mile limit, die treaty of Washington, July 1, the Magdalen islands, Y" hihradorcoast and that part of New I ,!l ' in which we were entitled to hue the treaty, was, as nearly as 1,(1 : $221,238. A report 1 °Jlector Babson, of Gloucester, •urtlier that the entire catch in the Lawrence in 1878, by 120 1 t|, "in Clouccstcr, was 30,448 bar mackerel of all kinds, worth, ex" ■ l IISIV<I of packing, etc., $137,148. Of B ‘ "iimherof barrels, 30,448, but 8,750, Y, !l ' were taken within the T 1,1 lli; le point of the shores of the Do ■tniiiiun," I h*>mnson’s recent letter to ex- I 1 Seymour, on the exercise of the lemoning power, should be made the ■ s X! c d every governor in the United I ’''t< s. Ihe tendency has been to sym j u n/ '' " ll h the forgers and defaulters, " i ■msc they are usually intelligent and I ll< h and men, and, when one of them is I '' ;lu fc r “t, it is not difficult for his friends | . 1 u i’‘ l petition tor his speedy release I m t.u ignomingy of penitentiary con "i( IK ‘- Gov. Robinson says he does I (1 s hould make a distinction in convicts. “Tf I should pardon,” says he, “any or all of these fifteen negroes, would if not inevitably bring reproach upon the administration of justice? Would it not be said, and truly said, that the state enforces two different rules of justice, one a mild one in behalf of res pectable and well-educated criminals, who fully realize the nature of their crimes when they committed them, and another and far more severe one against the poor, the friendless and the ignorant, many of whom committed the crimes for which they are suffering because they knew r no better? Can this be con sistently done by a government founded upon the principle of ‘equal and exact justice to all men?” ’ Jt is the continuous exercise of “executive clemency” which lias largely contributed to the promotion of crime. A governor of a state should really not be given the power he has in the matter of pardons. There should be a board of pardons, composed of the gov ernor and half a dozen of the leading citizens (not politicians), who, periodi cally, shall take into consideration the petitions sent in for the pardon of offenders. Kheredine Pasiia’s retirement from the Grand Viziership at Constantinople was due to the fact that the Sultan declined to relinquish his prerogative of absolutsim or personal government which inhered in his predecessors. Kheredine desired to introduce such administrative reforms as would make Turkey least a tenta tively free government. He proposed the appointment of a cabinet to act inde pendently until it was replaced by another, and to be responsible not only to the Sultan,but to a legislative assembly. This programme the Sultan knew would force him to abdicate his absolute powers, and having referred it to the Shcik-ul- Islam, the head of the church, of course secured a decision to the effect that Kheredine’s plan w r as a Violation of the Koran, and Aarifi Pasha took Khered ine’s place. This might have been ex pected from the course of the Sul tat) with regard to the parliament organized in 1877 at the suggestion of Midhat Pasha. As soon as the members of the parliament began to talk reform,the Sultan dismissed them, and the parliament was wiped out. Any form of liberal government in Tur key involves the abandonment of Mo hammedan traditions, and the Sheik-ul- Islam is always ready to interpose his ecclesiastical power to prevent the latter eventually. It is reported that the Sul tan is now' looking about for somebody to “save the empire,” but it is beginning to be very apparent that nobody can “save the empire,” unless a complete revolution takes place in the form of government —and the house of Ottoman is bitterly opposed to the abandonment of the tradition of the Koran as- the source of civil and religious law. SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS. Raleigh, N. C., has seventeen factories, j The population of Texas is estimated; at 1,920,400. Mormon missionaries are at work in Bland county, Va. One ward in New Orleans has 11,000 colored Catholics. Coal has been discovered in South Carolina, near Augusta. There are forty-four doctors at the flot Springs of Arkansas. The South Carolina sea island cotton crop promises a good yield. Anew and rich vein of gold has been discovered near Washington, (Ja. The Atlanta Dispatch advocates the employment of Chinese labor in the South. Around Knoxville, Tennessee, there arc 150 acres devoted entirely to grape cul ture. ’Phe farmers of Pamlico county, N. C., are getting mad because the bears are eating up their corn crop. The two daughters of Gen. R. E. Lee, Misses Mary and Mildred, are spending the summer in Norway. It is estimated that the impeachment of tin* Georgia controller-general will cost from SIO,OOO to $30,000. The Memphis Appeal says that every block of the Nihcolson pavement must he de stroyed after the fever is over. Nashville has a colored people’s co operative emigration club, an association formed to encourage emigration to Kansas. A man in Baltimore, Md., lias invented a suit of flying clothes. You put them on, and by working your arms the flight heaven ward begins. The enthusiasm about “Pinafore” seems unabated in New York. '1 he other night it was given at the Aquarium, in that city, to a crowded house. There is hut one republican newspaper published daily, throughout the Southern states, and that is a German one, in San Antonio, Texas. This may be mortifying to Northern republicans, but very gratifying to the Southern people. Compressed air has been experimented with, of late, in the Second venue line of cars, in New York, with such success that the company is' seriously considering the wisdom of adopting the system instead of horses, as at present. RISING FAWN, DAI)E COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1879. ‘ Faithful to the Fight, fearless Against the Wrong.” Some one in Atlanta asked General Toombs, the other day, if he would he a candidate for governor. “No, sir!” was the emphatic reply; “I have not a single qualifi cation—never made an agricultural speech in mv life, and don’t know' a single Sunday school hymn.” The amount of water now used in New r York is so great that the superintendent of the w ater works has issued mi order compell ing all manufacturers to place gauges upon their hydrants, so that the exact amount they use can be ascertained. It is thought that tliis will prevent the outrageous waste that now exists. Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun : There is in Sandersville a totally blind negro man who is a professional well-digger. He not only digs and cleans out wells, but can rive boards and shingles, and nail them on a house in as straight a line as though he had perfect sight. The branch of the United States Home and Dower association, which was estab lished by one E. A. Whitcomb in Atlanta some months since, and advertised “ money to loan,” has proven to he a swindle, and Mr. Whitcomb lias disappeared with some $6,000 of the citizen’s money. Shipping shells front the coast to the interior and the North seems likely to bo (piite an industry in Florida. Mr. S. Jones, of Tampa, will soon ship on two schooners thirteen car-loads, among which will be a quantity of paving shells sufficient for six miles of a roadway at Chicago. Some fishermen have invented a novel wav of capturing fish at Seneca lake, N. Y.; they have dammed oft’ a small portion of the lake, and in this dam are several gates. At times they are opened for the fish to run in, and then quickly shut them down, by means of a small engine, the water is then pumped out, and there are a quantity of fine trout, bass and pickerel. St. Augustine (Fla.) Press: It is re ported that an English company of capitalists will attempt to build a Florida ship canal in opposition to the French company, and over a slightly different route. Mr. Reid, member of the British parliament, will, it is stated, soon come to this country in behalf of the British company. Abingdon (Va.) Standard : Colonel A. M’Donaid, fish commissioner of Virginia, and ( W. F. Page, were in town on Wednesday, with a view of establishing a station at or near Abingdon, for the purpose of propagat ing mountain trout and other fish with which our Southwest Virginia, steams are to be stocked. Columbia (8. C.) Register: Copt. Toby, while on a recent visit,to North Carolina, discovered in the mountains a quantity of very fine-grained white nyuble. It had a very beautiful red vein running through it, resembling a fern leak Some of the rock projected twenty-five or thirty feet out of the ground, and there seemed to be' do end To the deposit there. In the same neighborhood h found - o of the some kind of rok having a buff* color with similar streaks through it. Cartersville (Ga.) Express: Mr. John L. Moon stepped aboard the accommodation train at Allatoona with a large stone in his hand which glistened with silver. He had just made a blast from the cut of the railroad track one and a half miles below Allatoona, and discovered that he had struck the richest silver vein yet found in that locality. Many tests have been made of specimens taken from that vein, which show that they contain forty-one and a half per cent, of lead, and silver to the amount of $42.50 to the ton of ore. Tuesday’s Memphis Appeal: When it is remembered that there were no cases otfi eiallv reported at this time last year, and that the weather during the past few days has been unusually cool and pleasant, the situation must be considered very discourag ing. With less than live thousand whites in the city, and most of these exempt on ac count of previous attacks, the list of new cases is very large. The fever is rapidly spreading among the negroes, and four of yesterday’s deaths were among that class of citizens. The official report, since July 10, shows four hundred and twelve eases, and one hundred and eight deaths. YELLOW FEVER NOTES- The Appeal says that it is a protection to a Memphis house from the burglar* to have a yellow flag in front of if. One hundred deaths occurred from yellow fever at Havana for the week ending Aug. l(i, an increase of seven over the pre vious week. The schooner Susan Stetson, from Mira goane for Providence, K. J., lost the Cap tain’s wife at Hayti, and two seamen on the voyage, from yellow fever. From the 9th of July up to Sunday, 531 eases of yellow fever have been reported at the office of the Memphis Hoard of Health; 263 were whites, and out of that number 115 died, while out of the 236 black cases only twenty died. Memphis Ledger: Our colored brethern are likely to have an up-hill business with their relief and free ration project. The honesty and fair dealing of those who have the meagre fund in hand is openly discussed, and leading people among fne colored folks express doubts as to the scheme ever reach ing respectable proportions. FOREIGN. There is in London a “society for pre venting street accidents and dangerous driv ing.” A recent storm in Denmark destroyed over one hundred farm-houses, killed fifty persons and did incalculable damage to crops. In consequence of the active American demand, every large iron-making district in the Kingdom is showing unmistakable signs of revival. The new Austrian ministry will main tain the army at its present strength, Avill pfultill the occupation project, and strengthen the tendencies toward protection. A change in the ministry of Hungary is probable. England has but 250,000 land holders. France has 6,000,000. According to reliable statistics she has 5,000,000 small farmers. It is estimated that England has 1,000,00 pau pers. In France the pauper population is very small. At Para, in Brazil, 14,000 people are dependent upon charity. Lately the supplies were stopped to them, and the citizens of the town were very apprehensive, for fear tlie.se hungry mortals would seek it. The militia was called out. Col. Olcott writes from Bombay that some of the Par See merchants, who were bankrupted by Lee’s surrender, imagined that our war was between the people of North. America and those of South America! And many of them think so to-day. Ti e state department says Germany is disposed to regard favorably the proposals of this government for a further joint consider ation of the bimetallic subject, and hopes the present effort will result in a Bimetallic con gress in which all the leading states of Europe will ] articipate. Some of the victims of the Glasgow* bank swindle, pine and die, and papers occasionally refer to those who have gone to an- ii timely grave. R. Callwcll of Inverness, was a year ago worth •4550,000. His thirty shares in the bank made him penniless at 70 years of age, and lie was lately found dead in Jl is bml. Two of the principal cotton manufac turing firms of the Dale district, Glasgow, have given notice of a five per cent, reduc tion 'since the beginning of the depression. These are the only mills running on full time. It is feared the rest of the mills, running only four days a week, will follow, reducing operations to the lowest condition. The heavy failures in Montreal do not present a strong argument in favor of the new < anndian policy of “protection of home industry.” That policy is growing very un popular, especially among farmers and rail road md vessel owners. The latter find that they already have to face a falling off of $ 18,(HiO,000 in the handling of American pro dime, and smuggling over the border has be come a regular business. The United States Consul at Manches ter, England, says the failure of the crops is much more serious than generally supposed abroad. The demand in England for meats and grains from the United States will be enormous. Business is greatly depressed. Last year more than 80,(KM) persons were sup ported in Manchester by the public. The coming winter will probably witness still greater destitution. MISCELL AN EOUN. Preparations are making for a direct steamship line between New Orleans and Havre. t Over 40,000 pounds of glycerine are , used annually in the United States for mixing with beer. The cultivation of sugar in the south ern provinces of Cuba lias greatly increased this year. Cleburne county, Texas., can produce s,U<¥> barrels of .mustang wine which, at $1 per is worth $200,000. The Austin Statesman says that it is an infinitely better table wine than the best imported claret. Cfeorge Mclntosh, a notorious Arkansas mftrderer, ha* at last been captured, after lying in the forest of the Cache river bottom sifice 1873, iit’defianee of all officers of the law. Ile.was.tak'eu through the strategy of J i in. A collision on the Atlantic City Nar row-guage railroad between an excursion train of nine cars and a freight Atlantic City resulted in the (Math mtiw persons and the slight two others. The temperance movement which be gan in Ireland a year or two ago, and re sulted in the early closing of all the saloons in the country aud cities on Sunday, lias ex tended to England. Already petitions, con taining nearly 259,000 signatures, have been presented in parliament for closing public houses in England qkd Wales on Sundays. Anew variety potato is being cultivated in Kern county the extreme south eastern corner of California. They call it ocean queen. Ricked specimens weigh from fifteen to eighteen and twenty-two pounds. The yield is so we at that they are fed to hogs, which thrivPaniazingly and make extra pork. Recent tests suggest that they will make better and cheaper sugar than beets. The Mormon Question. While the killing of Standing, the Mormon elder, was a casual incident in the run of events, it has done much to wards hurrying on what promises to be a very severe struggle—probably a final one —between the Mormons and the monogamists. We see signs of disturb ance in various quarters. In North Carolina there are rumors of a local dis turbance that may become a very serious riot—in Salt Lake City, Delegate Cannon and several leading apostles are in jail be cause of their contempt of Judge Bore man —and in Illinois an elder has just been shuffled out of a neighborhood. Al together the sky is rather lurid for the polygamists. The growing restlessness of the public sentiment on this subject shows very clearly that vigorous efforts will be made to stamp out the polygamic abomination, and that decided and repressive steps will be taken. On the other hand, the pros perous condition of the Mormons, their ability to make an ugly fight—the stern ness of their fanaticism and the hopeless ness of ready submission —the defiant tone of the Mormon press |and leaders — all these things combine to show that the sons of Dan will not be wiped out with out a struggle. Already they are arming themselves and preparing for resistance to the decrees that they believe to he un just. It is not at all unlikely that we shall see very soon as a* variation to the monotonous Indian wars of the Western frontier a Mormon war in Salt Lake val ley.—]Atlanta Constitution. The Man Who Deserted Lulu. It is asserted in all military circles that the sentence of the court martial upon Captain Carey was death. This explains very naturally why Lord Chelmsford did not give effect to it. That unlucky General has been guilty of many blunders; but he has, at least, escaped the worst of all. But more than this. The Duke of Cambridge, who has been very bitter against Carey from the first, is loath that the unhappy man should escape scot free. The story goes that he has urged the Queen to use the royal prerogative and dismiss Captain Carey, as she can, from the service. To this her Majesty is most decidly opposed. Rumor has it that her august sympathies were never withheld from him from the first, and that since the Empress wrote, begging that he might not suffer any punishment, the Queen lias been quite resolute in his favor. —[London World. Hoetry. THE EMPTY CRADLE. Sad is the heart of the mother, Who sits bv the lonely hearth, Where never again the children Shall waken their songs of mirth; And si ill through the painful silence She listens for voice and tread, Outside of the heart—there only She knows that they are not dead. Here is the desolate cradle, The pillow* so lately pressed, But lar away has the birdling Flown from its little nest. Crooning the lullabies over That once were her babe’s delight, All through the misty spaces She follows its upward (light. Little she thought of a moment So gloomy and sad as this, When close to her heart she gathered Her child for its good-night kiss. She should be tenderly cherished, Never a grief should she know; Wealth, and the pride of a princess, These would a mother bestow*. And this is the darling’s portion In heaven —where she has tied ; By angels securely guarded. By angels securelv led. Brooding in sorrowful silence Over the empty nest, Can you not see through the shadows Why it is all for the best? Better the heavenly kingdom Than riches of earthly crown, Better the early morning (light Than one when the sun is down ; Better an empty casket Than jewels besmirched with sin; Safer than these without the fold Are those that have entered in. LEE’S BATTLES. Ouo of His Private Letters on Gettys burg; and Fredericksburg. Southern Historical Papers for Sep tember contain the following private let ter from General R. E. Lee: “As to the battle of Gettysburg, I must again refer you to the t^fikdal,accounts. Its loss was occasioned by a condonation of circumstances. It was commenced in the absence of correct intelligence. It was continued in the effort to overcome the difficulties by which we were sur rounded, and it would have been gained could one determined and united blow have been delivered by our whole line. As it was, victory trembled in the bal ance for three days, and the battle re sulted in the infliction of as great an of injury as was received, and in mtsming the Federal campaign for the season. I think you will find the answer to your third question in my report of the battle of Fredericksburg. In taking up the position there it was with a view of resisting General Burnside’s advance after crossing the Rappahannock, rather than of preventing the passage. The plan of Fredericksburg is com pletely commanded by the heights of Stafford, which prevented our occupying it in the first instance. Nearly the whole loss that our army sustained dur ing the battle arose from the pursuit of the repulsed Federal column into the plain. To have advanced the whole army into the plain for the purpose of attack ing General Burnside would have been to have insured its destruction by the fire from the continued line of guns on the Stafford hills. It was considered more wise to meet the Federal army beyond the reach of their batteries than under their muzzles, and even to invite repeated renewal of their attacks. When con vinced of their utility it was easy for them, under cover of a long, dark and tempestuous night, to cross the narrow river by means of their numerous bridges before we could ascertain their purpose. I have been obliged to be very brief in my remarks, but I hope I have been able to present to you some facts which may be useful to you in dnnGng dßrect con clusions. I must ask tlua ylm will con sider what I have said as intended solely for yourself. Very respectfully and truly yours, R. E. Lee. Lechery and Cowardice, Referring to the Colliding-Sprague affair, the New York Graphic pointedly remarks: The story of the Naira ean sett Pier scandal, as the details arc made pub lic, places Senator Roscoe Conkling in an extremely awkward position.. Unless he can clear himself he will stand convicted of having stolen into another man’s house with the intention of destroying the peace and happiness of that home. His conduct when confronted by the bereaved husband bears the stamp of cowardice. Lechery and cowardice can not be for given in a person assuming to occupy a high public position. We very much believe that in the State of Rhode Island lies the grave of Roscoe Conkling’s poli tical future. An Ugly Mess. It is stated that four of the consuls of the principal nations having commercial connection with this port have, since the inauguration of the quarantine, taken careful data of the detention of vessels sailing under their flags, which were pro vided with clean bills of health, together with the value of their cargoes, and an estimate of the loss entailed by this ille gal detention. It is asserted that a bill of damages the aggregate loss which this entails'"’ill be presented to the United States Government, and claims made under the commercial treaties with those nations. —[New Orleans Times. It requires about as long to get a girl well out of her 10th year a* for a horse to get beyond “8 years old this spring.” TT RMS SI.OO per Annum, in Advance NUMBER 43. HEAL A\l> MIMIC. Dora seated at the play* Weeps to see the hero perish— Hero of a Dresden day, Fit for china nymphs to cherish; Oh, that Dora’s heart would he Half .so soft and warm for me! When the flaring lights are out llis heroic deeds are over, Gone his splendid strut and shout, Gone his raptures of a lover, While my humdrum heart you’d find True, though out of sight and mind. HI ails and A sociable man is one who, when he has ten minutes to spare goes and bothers somebody who hasn’t. It is estimated that the people of the United States consume three thousand barrels of liver-pills a year, and vet there is occasionally a man left to reach his end by a railroad collision. No comedian can make as laughable a face as that made by a small boy when be brings a jelly jar down from the closet shelf and discovers it to be full of ten pennv-nails. “No, I can’t stay,” replied a gentle man who was invited to stay all night at the house of a friend. “ Before morning my wife would be out with a lantern, like Diogenes, hunting for an honest man.” A YOUNG lady pupil of a high school put on a mass of false hair, penciled her eyebrows, rouged her cheeks, etc., and then went to the commencement and read her essay, entitled, “Deception a Prevailing Folly.” Drink is healthy, if you believe the New York Dispatch, ‘it says: “He had a beer-breath with gin borders and whisky trimmings, and the most healthy town wouldn’t have given ten cents for him if it were crazy to start a grave yard.” The New York Commercial Adverti ser says : “ The young ladies that you see at Coney Island are not the rich and ugly kind you see at Saratoga. They are dashing actresses, flirting shop girls, and the handsomest women in the world.” George Hager and Dave Hutchin son, of Kentucky, had a quarrel about a female, and Hager fired a charge of beans from a shot-gun into Hutchinson, with out injuring that person in the slightest. Mr. Hutchinson was lately from Boston, and rather enjoyed it. Minister Lowell finds his position a very unpoetical one. He says his chief business at Madrid is to tell people when the museums aretrpen, what theatres to go to, who are the best millliners and tai lors, and when presentations are to be made at court. The discomforts of church pews is commented upon by the Christian at Work, which say: “ Concerning pews and chairs, why is it that modern inven tion fails to furnish even a comfortable pew or chair? The bench of the ordinary church pew is fourteen inches wide, whereas it should be eighteen. 1 ’ “ I was once very shy,” said Sydney Smith, “but it was not long before I made two vefy useful discoveries: First, that all mankind were not solely em ployed in observing me (a belief that all young people have); the next, that sham ming was .of no use; that the world was very clear-sighted, and soon estimated man at his just value. This cured me, and I determined to be natural and let the world find me out.” A VESPER PRAYER. The day becomes more solemn and serene When noon is past; there is a harmony In autumn and a lustre in its sky, Which through the summer is not heard or seen, As if it could not be, as if it had not been. Thus let thy power, which like the truth Of nature on my passive youth Descended, to my onward life supply Its calm, to one who worships thee, And every form containing thee, Whom, spirit fair, thy spells did bind, To fear himself and love all humankind. —Percy Bysshe Shelley. An (dd fellow, living on the West Side, who is a flirt, and who has a son just entering juvenile society, made a terrible mistake the other night. A note was laid on his plate which said : “ Miss pany Tuesday evening.” He combed his bald head and went there. A little girl ushered him into the parlor. “Is Miss in?” said he. “ Yes, that is my name,” said the girl. “ Isn’t Johnny coming to-night?” Johnny was his son. It all occurred to the old man in a mo ment. He thought Miss was an older sister. He wiped his bald head, took his hat and said, “No, Johnny has the cholera infantum. Just called to toll you he wouldn’t be here.” And the old party went out and kicked himself. —[Mil- waukee Sun. Of the English writer and lawyer Judge Talfourd, a very delightful story is told. At one corner of Russell square, near his house, an old woman had for several years kept an apple stall where he frequently made a small purchase. Standing at his parlor window one very wet day, Talfourd observed the poor did creature in her usual place, and crouch ing down wet through with the pelting rain. The sight aroused all his kind and pitying nature. He tried in vain to pur sue his literary or legal labors; again and again he went to the window to see the same distressing sight. At last he threw on coat and hat, rushed off into the rain, purchased an enormous gingham umbrella, and brought it back triumph antly and placed it over the old woman. “ Wasn’t it a glorious thought ?” he was heard to ask. “The thing actually cov ered her and her apple-stall, too,”