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MII«rS esbll.hrr .flflHHMtotVsns, Ewtafl dflbr-fhl «yw Id rapture beat to jnou mon awvw you taacw- Ateo go akn oft betrayal, youth aud maid have aald, a daai at wot. *° * iow 1 <xBNB yoo are a poat, a ®®Wßu-« a i aHhArtd to know _ .a-'-.- *7 M*d, (o Or* I IhwmS^WkaOm JMWMs aft*. '-*• And tixraght to .rad of Fams, yArmwi—ni.aoßM fa pHot. A*<l why—wssta-Ssatets know— « Go alow, ay frisad, v> am I Whan you tokt-xxlSw tzuaa Aali« < U».n l!<l |^m W A -fed ) < j That * always Io«Aa ««Mk atiri. * V/ al ■-fik2£x®xiZ : “ zSx.’ixmu ■ ~ •fa”'VS*■a*a»ti-H)i Um* low; . ?o am, my tria«4, «u alow I Th* good old earth la aver wrong; **i ; Os <fkl«fc« la ft*' A® am,'vy t>W< to alow I t .45£4tai?;:" . Freparc Uia ixwtrt, Axtd hutumu -Show Oo : OUH UtEKR LObGEA. ~ , We kept * little variety shop, sister Margie and I, th<£Mtat yi4 vtaoh wae quite aa small an glut, then* BP hrii norent topay; owning the pkcw am»g tteeMataly looking, mojam dwellings that crowded dp against it on either aide, quite ptrt- i-> n .. - ivy Nnm •• I®* •»< oi.. i< * ■ aajuta'taftt, 11 ahsehmrn., nnd WfrA frMgta reu a v dthy aHK'for th. «. da|Fwli||t aern F Mhr aqr* Wu been sold ugtl;. ftift.g wwwjjft the house in' tigkr h£ been born, and whtab was, ttantiuy.fci.cntance <>t 4 tidtfijiffk. . But W eig e most of Kil barfly think warftajH tore-■,lansl to do such a thing while father lived, who would have considered it a sort of aacn lege; but sooa after hu death wu turned the freak part of « how tntoa«h's>, ruth show-wi: ..lefts which opened oat upon the street, in. which to display the articles we kept for sale. This was a matter of necessity rather than choice, it being all that I could do At homo ; and I could not leave Margie. I'Oot Margie was a cripple ; she hail re rurvdd a fad when <udy i years old. and had never walked since. She had been a great care to me for many a year, but never a burden. She was so thoughtful, patient and cheerful, that in the event of our separatiou I think I should have missed her quite as much a.- she would me. She was very useful, ton ; lying all day on the lounge in her little sitting room, her hands were never idle, chr<>- ehetiag tidies,i mate, mittens and edg ing, and, doing various kinds of fancy work, for wtarii'J fritted sals tn ihdehop, and though .the prpte asked was only tnodatataly ki axcewi trf of ma terial, it helped us not a little. Margie kept all ths acoounta, too; having a clearer head than I, and a knowledge, or rather intuition, of char acter that was wonderful, considering how secluded her life had of neceesty I >e«n I never thought of taking any step without consulting Margie. We two lived very quietly, having few acquaintances, and no near relative or friend -except John. John was my lover, ata I no girl ever had one more kind and true. He was poor in worldly Roods, but oh ! so rich in goodness and manly Worth. He might have seemed plain to those who knew him not—l can not tel) bow he looked to other eyes— but there was more than beauty, to me, in that frank, honest face, and in the I ‘."own/hands that were so strong, TT ' We had been engaged ever since I was 18— I was 23 aow—and no nearer to be 'og married, at* I could see, than *e’ a five •fralft,* before Jtat (till t we on aid toped Qfk Jota had » wvkrwed and infirm mother, and I Msr ■■.■■•etodk sto was-waJ^i^M** 1 h'lr.leuwme t > me, I conld not think b< a<lding any further weight to the handr that sere full enough already OtmKa SWterfistr. bafcg wjr brisk during the Bargfl aad I dr- i.i.*i to eke >ut our iflMto by renting the room ffc'was low, and the slant of ne ride and big iiimney nflEYwl nooks and cor tiers. The irenflnfl wre old, being some that hfll'*cu he was mar ried, but tofl whK&&> of John, who .-.itild sparw me* bowt or two evening I furuiahed it m lb <at it looked vol z ?41* By dlßt' >nd coniriv floor with a neat arpet, we tow! windows wen Iraped with wfrto some pretty pants hung upon the wall, and on the whole I was wry well eahafled with the result of our labor. When all was done, John wrote a : “F-’ 11 to let . Inquire witifrn. '• * ■'M 1 placed it in the shop win-. p ‘* < * lyw y x>m and ,we had only kwaapplications sos the room, and from persona who only looked U it, and then went away. One morning, as I was dusting the touit. r and the staff |» toghts, I saw a queen.!*,king. oddlrJdresaal nW man standing in front of the wind. >w, toeyewfixed upog the nottea-tti it, and nU moving Bps slowly ■yllabffyiug ea<'h word. H<> woes shore with big buckles <» them, a«d» snuff-colored coat, with short waist and long skirts, and which looked as if it might have been his grandfatlier’s. But the oddest thing abottt him wx the long white hair whiefe Ml upon his shoulders, and the t % »- heivy Beard of the Rame color which touched his breast, A broad-brimmed hat cdmpie*ed*tai quaint, Quaker like aupearaijce. The door bflpg ajar, before I had time to hry aside ay duster ha war at the counter. He stared aft are for eom* moments wflhont speaking, and then luting to the notice with Idgoanc, mi., : • ‘‘Will thee let ma look st it ?’ ' a. Jt» w MjUel»‘ll4« QAJttftstioo would not share the fate of those that had precoded it, I led the way up stairs. To my great relief, our prospective lodger, far from objecting to the eloping roof and old-fashioned furniture, seemed to regard them with fee)mgs of pom tire interest and admiration. “It ts like tiie chamlicr that I used to sleep in when I was a boy,” he arid, as he looked around, and speaking more to himself than me. Ah I wanted Margie to see him before T derided, I took him down through tiie sitting-room where she lay. " file g> titleinan think.- of taking our oom, wafer,” T said, as she glanced up it ns. "if within rny means,” interjxaol ha stranger. "lam a poor man." ’ ' Margie’s clear, soft, penetrating eveg veto quietly reading the face of tbu p<-uker. What she saw settned aaM--. artery, fbr she nodded in reply to my |uextioning look. In spite of his threadbare axiked so thoroughly respectable that I ins half ashamexl of the question that I felt compelled to put: “ I suppoee yon have references, •ir ? ” "No ; all are dead who might sp< ak or mo if they could. You will have to ake me on trust.” I look. Int Mw> again, who, giving ne nnother nod, said : " Periiaps tbe gftatieman will mention what he feels able to pay? " The stranger did so, wilding : "lam poor an 3 cannot pay one penny more. ” The Hum named, though not large, wax more than we were intending to ask, as I told him. The old man frowned and shook his head. " Thee shouldn't have told m« that. I've half a mind to give thee no more.” Then counting out upon tbe table the amount ha had stated, he pushed it toward me, adding : "Mv name is Thomas. I*ll be here to-morrow morning with all my traps. ” The traps mentioned consisted erf an old-fashioned hair-trunk and a large chest, the latter bring mainly filled with books. We were not long in finding out ttai our lodger w very odd, though tax Atetim were erf*the most innocent and harm lees nstore He asked me to •nlmtitute a patchwork quilt for the white counterpane oo his bed, and spent a wtalfr drfiy mmmaginff anstiim rooms JO fl*d oms old ! -htoosdetalnte tn Sake the place of the pretty muslin curtains <« wtouhihMl mßcb labor I hail token's rocker for hhn from the mtung room but, spying, one dsy, aa old, leather bottomed chair that Devoted to the Interests of Columbia County and the State of Georgia. HARLEM, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1881. bad baioagnd to my grandfather, ha askad me to axehange with him, which I was very giad to do. Not long after, a ohret of drawers, that was my grand father’s, found its way back to the old place, together with the quaint, hraae ■mounted mirror that always hung over ft; so that, at lari, the room looked very much as it did before we rearranged it with so much care and labor. John and I had quite a laugh over it, but, so long as it suited its present oo cn*o, |£* dkl ■* ■*“* • Bd *■—mil to Ait Affi rxAptoMy Hbepenfrtorih of his time reading. No one called to see him, or wrote to him, though M"re ceived quantities of pepem and Margie that first euggeriril that we invite him to take tea with ua one day when we had some unusual riefieecy —early strawberries, I think ** He must be poor man 1“ Mid my gentle-hearted sister. “ I'er hape be doesn’t hare enougkr’to eat. Me spoke about being poor, you know.” After thia be dropped in oocretoneUy, evenings, bringing some new magoaine or paper, and reading to ua as. wu sat at work. „Finally, it became an eetal>liahe<l cmribm frith hfu to take tea with u. twice, and eometim* ttireo fltoeee au week; frequently inviting him-1 though we always knew when I e w coming liy the advfhst oHbe racket lx. with a liberal supply of provistenx, a of the beet quality. This troubled Margie’l tender oon sciunoe, and slw remonstrated with him one day. •‘ It is wrong,” he said, with a grave shake of the heath “ I’m a poor man, and ought to be more pi irfiwrt,” »„ Hut he continued on the- mtt way, and we finally got so used to his oddi ties of speech and action as to think little of them. He and John were apparently on the beat of terms, and yet he was alway» finding fanlt with him to me. “ To flunk of hu taking entire charge of Maasrttar, whan she lim other ch** ttMeey te his broth eV* to r 1 ox “ IB is a poor man, and always will Now, I could never endure the slight <-rt r< fliTtion upon John, and I defended him with a spirit and indignation that seemed to amuse Mr. Thomas not a tittle. “ With thy pretty face and ways, the<- ought to do bettor, Ruth,” he resumi-d, when I jiaused for want of breath. “ Not but what John is good, but he is . oor. I’ve heard that then refused Mr. Hart, who is worth 81,000,000. What marie thee do such a foolish thing as that, child?” “ Because I didn't love Mr. Hart ; and I do love John.” The silence that followed made me gl uieeup at my pqpwaiu* >u, who had inno4 toward tbe <toor It oft- gro» fag the Ivan warportl y avert ed, but IWM almost sure that tiie eyre were full of torts. Mr. Thomas generally used the plain language, almoat invariably so when speaking to me or Margie, and, until I saw that he was a regular attendant at St. Luke's, I supposed him to be a Quaker. When I alluded to this im vrresiou, he said : " I was brought up to that faith ; and it conies back to mo now that I am grow mg old, and the and is near. ” It was nearer than I thought He had been feeble all winter, though it seemed more like the gradual loss of strength than actual disease. lu the early spring he was knocked down by a runaway horee, sustaining some in ternal injury from which he never re xvored. John and I took turns in nursing him; it was pleasant, after ward, to ramomber that he wanted for nothing. John, Margie aad I were there. He hail been lying in a stu)x>r for soma Hours ; now herouaed him-elf and began to talk, startling as not a little by his strange expreeerona and allusions. " I was born in this room,” he glancing s round; " and I shall dfß here!" Thinking his mind was wandering, I la>d my hand gently on his. He smile. 1 as he looked at me. " Thee hast thy mother’s name, Rath, and her kind heart as wall, but thy syva saw like thy father's. He has been tare, thanking me for providing for hia orphan girl*. Thia was oqr rem when we were Koya, thee know*. Dear old Joe I bqfore the dawning of anottar day we ftiaU ®*«k" . * ~-h John and I rotAefi it each other tn wondering ware. Two yeats briore I stood at my fether’s dying had ; was ft the same mysterious shadow that mads thrir faces took so itrsftgily like ? The dying man oentanuad : “Thy,father and I were brothers. DM he wpver speak to thee of baa broth er Tom, pfao forsook home and country because fr girl, as false as fair, broke her troth io wed a richer suitor T You hare Loth Itsen very kind to the poor old man who oafW io you a stronger. I hare not lorgrriafttt, as the papers in my desk will ,ho*w An of the papers alluded to not sifly proved that my poor uncle spoke truly, but that ha died in the poo- Jt bwnjs anti oteok to the amount of s2o,®;*** io Be divided equally—oo ran the tew lines that comprised his will —between his two nieces, Ruth and .JLugsgjtGray.” 9* J‘>l»n aud I married. Hu mother and Margie live with us, and a inppiet home it would be hard to find iVeu> Upvl 9r •WftO rsst wiri roauur. A study is the consideration of the wind of men who fascinate woman. 1 harevknowu a man, a follow with the head agd hair of a tramp, and the drees ®I • flbtor with a lean practice, a per bol) ’4i’ ’T'-ggled like a snake when he had a clammy hand, yet *”1 n ’• P rTf <*’t woman killer. Ona -gs i was betroth.>d to him for three years, j and then he jilted her coldly for a now flume. The new love affair ended with « tragedy, for when in turn he shook the new love off, the restlcM, irn.-f-stmeken girl ended her troubles for ever is aneighboriiig river. There were otlx-r womeu who loved the fellow al* most as desperately, although the- eon soled (Mmaulves more easily, Jthat they could ever neo in the man •,*> fall in lovowijh pagseth umbrslanding. I heft was another groat lady-killer, too, seemed to melt women's hearts 0* aMt roller Stelts butter. Hs prom iswl to, be one ,pf the great men of the oonntij, and jkum'ii bowed down and worxhjpod his supjxwed intellectual powsra. There wore five romantic P’ irU him »t one-, if ui relgtfMa. and enemi.-H alike prophesied a future ot ex traordinary brilliancy for him, and he could htfvehis "pick and steal "of all the young Indies in the country. Well, the man who was to stand upon the top most pinnacle ot intellectual greatness is now a schoolmaster, and a second-rate one at that, with an inaignifleant wife, who in the merest stiek-in-tho-mud. Probably he thinks about his old flames. GBKTITY IH TOK gOVL OF WIT.” The following amusing story, which was told by Franklin, ought to lie read and acted upon by all correspondents communicating their th'.nghto to the newspaper prioa. A young map, on .xnnm. ncn.g business, prof*eed to point over his shop window, "John Thomp son, hatter, makes and sells hate for ready money to which was added the sign of a hat. One friend suggested that, as he made and sold hate, the word "hatter” was unneoeeaary. It was therefore struck out and tiie sign remained, "John Thomjwon makes and sells hate tor ready money.” Another friend advised him to omit the phrase " for ready money,” as there would oc cur occasions for selling on credit, and so the sign road: "John Thompson makes and sells hate.” It was then liinted that the buyer of the hat did not care who made it and that the sign wonks lie better if it read: "John Thompson sells hats." But another amputation was in store still, tor a critic pointed out the unelocaness of the phrase “sells hate," "for," arid he, "no one would ever suppoee that the hats were to bs given away for nothing." Thus, at last, this aspiring tradesmen oom meneod business, like many worthy iw rvsxors,undertho modeet sign of "John Thom pson. ” raowrii’ nr an nsma. Tki* story cornea from Idtohflald, Ot: " A man by the name of Bright went out OM ITWWMg iaet wuftvk" P am P water for hie stock. Ax he Mi not re turned at noon, his wife started cot to seek him. There be stood a| the well psunpiag, literally, lor Ina life; for through, a hole in the trough the water had flowed around Ms boots, arid, frees rag solid, fast wild him sscuxwly in hie tracks. To keep from freertng to death toe farmer had continued to sump via lently all the morning, aMhpugh the well wee soon exhausted. H* wife set him tree by heaping salt abound hie boots." Ma Wroaow Fuxeo. the New k>- glaud naturalist, complains that “people I of culture ” in Now England, while coo stonily reeding, are ignorant of every - i thing connected with nature that «U- I pen>lt ou observation. ftcwujMurD ar wojut. It only takes a small thing at tames to turn the current and whole destiny of a man’s life. "Beethat gentleman yon der ?’observed a friend one day. "He’s a new memlier of Congress, and B man of very great ability. I want to tell you about him. Fifteen years ago we wore living in the name county and practicing law before the same courts. He had all the buaineea he could manage, but he took to drinking, and gradually went down. We all felt a deep sympathy with him, becauao ho was too good to throw away, and wo decided to try the old plan on him. So four of tu got to gether, and moved off toward the near est bar-room, where wo know wo should find him. * Ooms on in, Tom, and have something,’ we eaid. ‘Don’t care if I do. Give me a little of the sama* While we were talking one of our party managed to drop a small fishing-worm into his glass. We all drank but Tom. Ho took up his gisas, looked at it care fully, than put it down. We rallied him on his oowardioe, and he made another desperate effort, but he couldn’t lose sight of that worm. ‘ What's ths mat ter, Torn? Why don’t ’you drinkf* After a vacant stare he said : * Well, I ain't thirsty,* and walked toward the door. I have been told, and believe ft, that this waa hia last He broke off from that day, and hia natural telenta shot up again like a cork Hero ho is now.”— HtMAtoptow dapttri. oxa.vr Fownmn. Obemiatry ia at a loaa to eetimate the power of urtxo-glycerine, and yet this new agent of destli is 20 per cent, stronger. In the manufacture of nitro glycerine, two tubes, each alxmt a quar ter of an inch in diameter, and six inch es in length, lead into a single tube at double their capacity, but of the satue length. Nitric acid is introduced into one and sulphuric arid into the other of these email tubes. The large tube con tains glycerine. The two acids are then forced quite gradually into the glycerine, and tiie ckwupri eemhinstion thus forma an explosive and inoatenlable power. So powerful and dangerous is tlite article that not an ounce of it is allowed in the manufactory while this tube, six inches long and half an inch in diameter ia being filled, and thia tulte ia kept con stantly swathed in ioe during the pro cess. To make giant powder, nitro glycerine is allowed to drip ujxin a clay (similar to meerschaum) imjMirted from Germany. Tlite clay te the only perfect absorbent of nitro-glycerine known. As Hercules powder ia darker, it is believed that that explosive te manufactured by tiie same process, charcoal, an imperfect absorbent, being used instead of arid quality of clay. rx A Galveston German was very much annoyed by a neighbor's dog that jumped over into his garden and scratched up things generally. The aggrieved party swore he would shoot the dog. Next day the dog came into the garden as usual. Tbe German rushed for hie gun. The dog saw what waa coming and jumped bank over the fence, but not in tame to avoid a load of shot. Theowncr of the dog brought suit, and the German became scared and consulted a fnand as to what he should say when brought tq in court "You must say,” said the friend "that you shot the dog in self defense. " I must any 1 shoot him in his self defense. Den de tog’s self-defense iah on de same and vers his tail vaah—don’t it t'— Gateerion A’ftcs, irewnro a »«Mxy*jrr rixscm In a dty of Oentral New York live a physician and hia wife who are near three-score and ten. Recently a girl applied to the lady for a situation. The doctor wee preeent during the interview. After soma couvernation, the applicant said that she especially desired a place where she could stay—that her chief object was to get permanent employ ment The lady said that if the girl gave satisfaction, after trial, she would, of course, keep her. "Well,” sold the applwoat, rising to go, "I don’t suppose it would be worth white to ooms, anyhow; you both aeem pretty old." . . " You might stay tdl tbe funeral I ” shouted the doctor, as she retired Harper'i Goon manners st the table are on id dioattou ol eosemosi sense sod refine asaoemtea We used to sit near a lady who always drew ths fruit dish sear her, lingered the psarhes or pears to get th« aoftest sod never failed to take tb< rrgeet orange. And she waa a firn Ugin and French scholar I—Conprrga (tonc/M. TERMS-$lOO NUMBER 17. s*>> mma or The ordinary ohooriate, is asanttfari ured tn Funs, Italy and Bpatn, to eosa possd of cocoa, vanilla and sugar. Those who desire a more delicate flavor use cinnamon instead of vanilla, aad a small quantity of spine. It is to bo noted that chocolate, whan required for use. should not be malted tn a pan, which is liable to absorb the seenntisl riL The Milanese use a peculiar stone found ia the environs of Milan, fluted and semi circular in form, between two o< which they crush the chocolate tablets. Two of these stones cost *l2. Ws have al ready stated that Milan ia oelabrated for its chocolate, and it for the reason that three stones do not absorb any at its valuable properties. What these are we will endeavor to describe from compe tent authorities Grimod de to Beyarire, in tbe “At uianach dee Gourmands ” for 1206, cays that, twenty years before, chooolato waa the breakfast for old men only, but thst it had become in tboes days thia nouriah ment of all who wished to keep their imagination fresh and vigorous, and even of those whose brains were on a par with a fowl’s. It may be a valuabto hist to ladies and gentlemen who pursue the permrioua habit of 8 o'clock tea—per mmoaa because it undoubtedly dsetroyu the appetite for dinner—that chocolate has not that effect. It waa neoaaeary to discover a substance, at once light and nutritious, friendly to the intellect and digestion, which, white enabling us to await a tats dinner with equanimity, would not interfere with our doing honor to that meal. Therefore ahocolate waa m vented. La Iteynaire specially reoom ■ meads its use to men of tetters, to con- Humptire people, and to the ladies, whose charms, ho declares, a cap of chocolate every morning for breakfast will preserve indefinitely. If that bo so, then, indeed, this arttols has not been written in vain. The author of tbs "Phyaioiogie du Gant ” says that, how ever copiously you may have luaobed, a cup of chocolate immediately attgrwMU will pendsme iigntmii three houxagfter, and prepare the way for a good dfttner He also stror gly rocoramends it to the man of pleasure ; to every one who do votre to brain-work the hours be should pees in bed ; to every wit who finds ho has boooma suddenly dull; to all who find the air damp, the time long, and the atmosphere insupportable; snd, above all, to those who, tormented with a fixed idea, have loot their freedom of thought To make chocolate rtt must never bo cut with a knife), an ounce and a half is requisite for a cup. Dissolve it gradualiy in hot water, stirring in the white with s wooden spoon , Jet it boil for a quarter of an hour, and serve it jiot, with milk or without, according to teste, “ More than fifty years ago,” relates Briliat- Bavarin, " Madame d'Areatrel, ths Lady Superior of the Convent of the Visita tion st Bolley, told mo that, if I wished to drink really good eboevtate, ft must be made the night before, in an earthen ware pot, and left The night's repose concentrates it and gives it a softness which makes it much batter.”—Xendon Glode. ax ac nr az oeersaaxe* Several would-be jurors were very much disappointed at not getting on the jury st |3 a day, and test ths court-room Tliey met several others outside who also wanted to get on the jury. One of the disappointed applicants said to those who were about to enter the court-roosn " It’s no use for yon to go in nnlsss yon own property.” " Own property 1 Why, you darned fool, do you think I would boa juryman if I had any property T " —(Wivrtoa Newt. TnM ia nothing so beautiful in a house as a variety of potted plants, All ing all the windows, mantels, brockets and available apace. An up-town gen tleman, on retiring last night, could Ami no place to deposit hia shoes but direct ly under tbe much-beloved and well tended plant stand in ths bay window. Now the careful woman that his wife was never omits to water that plant atimd by tbe riaing of the sun. Result, •hoes half full of water and —imagine tion will have to supply the rest.— New Uavfn Hegieter. ■ J. ■ xr«r Ban sewerage is responsible for s great many iteeths in New York. A man in that city, having only fifteen mtauteo to drees and catch a train, buret two ses pender-buttoao off hto trousers, and was so exasperated that be put e buUet through his heed. TYm Osoower s jurv reortored the usual verdict: " Death a used by a defective sewer **