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Wjetaaar omaa or draft OOUMS waiter ar*>A>"v Il'aaakmg since I put on of oatagjMfrt Lotieswtcwiul m * totb b><l ufthfag B* hap mfiw m-ke a •toqrMmM—ex 3&befar*£..d off ■ field <3 B*near .■**«*«'*>* •o-wh-enfTiu the ta*.* 1 we had jfuch ah scream t>ef<a| “fHawildfet I" Mooted one ol the bjjya ; and by tfe> in which •e yhyajfy. bom yon would bar. tboflgbti* waa » racv'fcrfeo village rtiampfooehip. ■ -~ Did you ever hear how the hunter who whi taken prisoner by the Indiana showed luwn how tn skate I Jin J Then M’s ia*t aa goof Mttow. It way Ml***" a*v in the old pion eer days. Away up at the northern end of the great lakes a bold hunter and trapper made hia camp. He hunted for sport tn the summer, and trapped for fur in the fall and winter. He knew every nver and creek, every hill and valley in the great woods better than you know the streets of the town; and he had studied the cunning ways and bright tricks of the beaver, otter, mink and martin, until he knew just where, and how to set his traps for them. Ho bought a good many skins of the friend ly Indians who lived near ; and early every year be would take a big load of them to the nearest trading-poet to sell bringing back powder and lead, with tea, sugar, and other good things for his table. The hunter’s life isn’t half so One aa the story books make ft; but old Thomae Judson—for that was his name —enjoyed it better than any other. in the winter he had to wear snow shoes in going through the woods to visit his traps ; and one year he brought back a pair of akateo, that he thought would lie handy when the ioe was clear. And very handy he found them at such tunes, for be could skate a dozen miles ax easy as ho could walk two, and tho pack on his back never seemed so light as when he had hia steel shoes on, ami could skim along the gtaesy surface of the lake or river. Onk very cold, clear day, when the ice was good, he went to visit some mink traps almost twenty miles north of his cabin. He skated to near the spot, along the shore of the lake, and then took off hia skefee and put ou his snow shoes to travel over the deep snow a mile or two into the woods. He know that an Indian tribo from Canada had come down to make war on those who lived near him, but-as ver thought they would trouble him. All at ones his good dog Bruno, that had been running ahead cd a deer-track, "topped, sniffed tho air, bristled up“an grily and began to growl; and before Thomas could carry his rifle to hu shoulder he waa surrounded by a dozen howling Indiana, who sprung from their hiding-place tn the thicket bran dishing their inmahawks and yelling like inadk The old man was brave, but he wasn't a fort ; and, forts si of showing fight Against such odds, he laid down his rifle and folded hia arms. He could talk but httlo Indian, and they could speak even leas English ; bat by signa and motions lie made out to tot them know that be wasn't on tho WW path, bat after fun. The Indians threaten ml no harm when they found him peaceful, bat were much inter noted in hfa anee and drees, for they hadn't at that time seen many •tote men. The enowuboes they under stood ail about, far von know the In diane invented them ; bat the skau * pnadsd them. A funny thought aeeaied to occur to tolttinbU Adtttfiwr. the hunter, aa be saw their ghncoMy, for toa grey eye twinkled. tamly •• lee mooraaiu,** be said, putting a skate to hia foot. anl than he mad., with tea handa the gliding motam flfet the feet take in ' “Ugh 1" grunted tho Indian chief, pointing to the ittgrowi blade of the skate, and blinking KHtotei Aa plainly as lookx could do it fat Bps.i<- the hunter understand that h«- fefi't so green as to believe stand up on those thinfte. Ariihfev were nror the ioe, Thomas to frotmtheni on a young ban tor a total The Indiana welcomW the plan with glee, for thougn ■rragvw they here great lovers of sport Selecting the and swiftest young fellow, the chief liade him stick out his feet, which be did rather auspiciously. Tho skates were soon strapped on, and the young buck helped to hia feet The ice wae like glass, and as he started to move you ' "Hat havi'caod : hia feet flew out ■ from nader him, and down he name with a crack! Buch shouts of laughter as the rest sent up I The young fellow waa gritty, and acrambled up to try it again, but with the same result The chief now signaled to the hunter to show them how the things worked. Thomas fastened on the skates with great care, picked up his rifle and used it as a cane, pretending to support him self. He moved about awkwardly, fell down, got up and stumbled around, the Indians all the tone laughing and oaper ipo at, the snort. Gradnallv Thomas stumbled a little further away, whirling alxiut and making believe it wee very hard work to keep his balance, unld he win near the point where the smooth lake ioe stretched out for miles swot huddenly gatlienng hunaelf up, be grasped his rifle firmly, gave a war whoop as wild as the Indians' own, and dashed up the lake like an meow, skat ing as he had never akauxi before. If he had disappeared in Uw Air thu Indi ans wouldn't have been moraastonivhed. _(Jf course they Qouktn’b fippe to catch him, over the glassy ioe, and they stood gaping after him, wondering more ami more at the magic “ioe moccasins.” Nothing pleased old Thomas more in after years than to tell how ho "fooled the red-skins.”— Banner. ■ii. iiu_» wvt urniAXt. The Sioux are very superstitious, are controlled by their legends in whatever they do, and never embark in an under taking without firut having the asxuranoe that they are in the right In their way they are a very religious people, cherishing the greatest respect for the rights, both of property and person, of every member of tho tn lie. The chas tity of their women is also noteworthy, and even their mode of warfare is in accordance with tha teachings of the Great Spirit True, they are often ac cused, of great atrocitirs, but d history was searched, it would be found that members of the tribe had suffered simi lar torture and death at the hands of the whites, the circumstances of which had been remembered and retalliated at the first opportunity. The Indian has the utmost reverence for the "Great Spirit,” but no belief in the existence of an evil one. They use no profanity, nor any thing corresponding to a white man's oath. Tbeir ideas of the hereafter are vague, but impreesive nevertheless. They believe that every set and epi sode of life below will be repeated in the “ happy hunting grounds,” even to the minutest details, hence the burial of implements of war and uni with every deceased. Probably one of the noblest actions in Indian history waa tho rescue, in IHA2, of eight persons—two women and six children —from the Santee camp, at the mouth of Grand rival, by Pour Bears. The captives were adopted Into the tribe, and one, Julia Wright, forced to marry a eon of Black Hawk, then a prominent chief. Pour Bears procured their liberation partly through pwchaso (giving four horaae), and partly by strat egy, and, after passing through many penis, returned them to their homee Por this noble act Four Bean was prom ise.i remuneration by Congress, Imt the prorniiM* has never l«een ftilfllled. Dur ing his recent trip to Washington he tiroaght Hie matter before Secretary Schurz, when aasunnee waa again given that the reward Would toon be forth coming. Tbe relation existing between mem ben of a family an very peculiar. For mataDM, brothers and euten do not fnteruiae—are very distant -scarcely recognising each other. Mothers-in-law an also ostrariaed immediately upon the marriage of their children. Marriaga io nothing move titan pur chaae and ante, negotiated by tbe near ml friends at both partim, bat the re late ms aasemed are oonaidarod sacred, and are seldom violated. Devoted tb» Interests of Columbia County and the State of Qeorcia. ■ HARLEM, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1881. OOM* HIM WUrrMMB. The winter of 1842 A han pasted tato tbe records of Nortberu IHtents as • lbs hard winter. ” The early sett) on of the hortbem part of the State remember its early snow-fall, eonimencing Nov. 7 and continuing on tbe 10th ; the pinotong ooidoftiwtang winter, the scarcity of food for stock, and tbe km of many oat tic from hunger and cold, owing to that scarcity and the lack of barns and sheds for a protection. At ibat tana tbe country waa new, the settletfiantt were sparse, and it was often unlm acmes the dreary stretch of snowy pnunee between settletnente. Tbe houses of the settlers were many of them poor and open, without a brush, tree er shrub to protect them from tha driving winds and penetrating snows. Hteoe that winter baa passed into history, and w now referred tons " tbe hard winter." During that winter tha anow averaged thirty inahm deep. It fall baton the ground froae up, and lay in such a body tiiat the ground did not freeze at all ex cept in occasional places. During the snowfall it piled into great drifts, so that it waa even with the tope of the rail tenoea. It tbamMMfi buss ao bar* that it bore cattle, hoseaa and nun on ite ear face. Ihiring that winter great slaughter waa made sjboag the (tear ; men hunted them with dogs, and the anow being ao hard that it bore these up, while the deer would break through in trying to run, they feel an easy prey, and were slaught ered without sense or mercy. In fact, the forests were cleared of them. The next severe winter waa that of Tbs first teow-fali for that winter waa, wo believe, Nov. 9. It fell before the ground trow up, and lay in such a heavy coat that, like IMS-'fi. the ground froze only in spots. Tbe snow-fall that winter averaged two feet, and furnished most excellent sleighing. At that time there were ao railroad oou nections with Chicago, and ioe entire grain crop of tbe Northwest (which waa then pnuotpally wheat) -had to be taken to the lake by teams. That winter waa a peculiarly favorable one for tho farm era. The roads were constantly lined with teams and sleighs loaded with grain for Chicago or lumber for tho in terior. It wae no unusual right to aee 100 <>r 150 of these loaded teams in one line. During that winter the writer of this article made sight tripe to Chicago, one to Milwaukee, and one to Littlefoot (now Waukegan}, tan in all, each tnp being made with a sleigh. It waa tbe almost universal custom in the “ coun try taverns ” to keep a big black bottle sitting on a oonvenieot shelf behind ths little oounter at desk in the corner, which would bo set out with a tumbler as each man paid his bill, with a “ Will you have a smack before starting?" Very few, howovar, partook, and it was a rare th mg to see any ome tt that im innata throng of sermon sad loasostcni under tha influenaa of Kquar. Whisky at that time was only worth about 26 cents a gallon, about tbe sama price as kerosene and benzine now. Tbe winter ol 1880-T waa a much colder and harder one than either of the two above mentioned. Tho cold woath er set in as early aa either of tho othora, but before the snowfall tho ground, in places not protected by straw or stubble, was frozen to tho depth of five feet I 111. 1 Journal. zuraKfiaxt. Hpirit of tbs prone—How long can tho ink stand ? Kaokuk Conttitutlon. Ihiuno. How long eon the pen holder ? - Burlington Hatpk-Ei/e. Tell na how long can tho pone/, ahsqiener, and we'll answer that. OniaAo Republican. They are al) right aa long aa the weather remains stationery— DmnAa Daily Bee, Your puna are enveloped tn obecunty. That's no wafer to get off jokm —De troit Bret Prett. We believe you write in thia opinion.— Oamden PotL Our penchant run that way.— Yonkrrt Ga tettr. Heal ah I— Boaton Globe. Gnm, now, it hardly paste to print such para graphs. Boaion (Commercial Bulletin. We should like to wni why not, if ques tions are not against the rule. Ymooob b'trauaa. A Hvoaow citizen eaid to the young man who runted bis daughter that bo couldn't afford to have ao much wood Hirnod in the parlor stove evomnKs , the young man must coma isos often, or quit earlier, or furniah hie own wood. Next day two eordo of nice hard wood were pnrehaoed by tho young man and pled in the mUasn's yard, with a big sign over tho pile, reading, “Far nee nights only.'* That young man maana business. A HUM tn the Now York Zolper tells of a ootnioal blunder tn a New En gtand paper, oaaoed by an error in tamspaaing milter, after tho farm had boon made op ; Tbe ioride form was juat ready for pauas, when to cams the editor with an item which must go in 1 Too who an printers know what that ■ei no, aud know bow to sympathise. Tbs form was “unlocked" on tho bod of the pram, and the item set up and pul in, and, in making room for tt, the foreman had to tmaapeos and over tan matter from one oolwtaa to another Ths result of hia manipulations waa dis covered after the edition had been worked off and mailed. On the editorial page waa an article, written in tho edit or's grandest style, on the debut of a female singer, who bad delighted the people, and entranced the impressible editor. He wrote toward the dose, “Tkevetooof this staging-bird to rim ply divine. Would that wo could have bar with us always. But alas, that can not be I ” And thia had closed the arti cle as he had written it, and the last word had just filled out the last line sad also completed a oolumn. In hia trans ferring and overrunning the printer had contrived to get the oioaing isutxnce of another article, on a totally-differed woman, made up against the above, ao M to give the notice of tho divine singer this wonderful ending : “ Would that we could have her with ns always. But, alas, that cannot be I Her many crimi nal shortcomings have at length brought upon bar tbe retributive hand of justice, and she will give to our exeeUeot Mate’s prieca the next three yean at her un happy life." FMINTING-OFFICB ~ 81. UN DEB& au editor waa mad enough to kill somebody when be found that, by a singular mistake, hw foreman had pui the heading "What We tat " over an editorial telMng how to feed hogs. Tn tatelhgent compositor of tho Binghamton Repeblican, who waa hand ed a paragraph which read, "The turn Iwvmen in thia vicinity are busy skidding their logs, preparatory to hauling to tha mills,” set it up to read, "Tbe humbler men in this vicinity are busy skinning their doge, preparatory to hauling to their meals." A vtrrzz in the Richmond (Vu) Dia patch myt that, during tho session of tho Uaderwo<»l Convention in that city, an >~a i was made to expel a reporter. It was unsaoccMftil, and the reporter wrote to his paper, recounting the “das tardly attempt," and closing with ths remark that " thus an effort to mnzxie the preen was thwarted." Tho compos itor had something to do with the let ter, aud when it appeared tike neit morning the line quoted read, " And thna another attempt to musale tho pup rw thwarted.” The reporter is now lead and the ootnporitor mortally in jured. A LOTTBBT tTOBT. Homo years ago, in Berlin, a poor or phan girl dreamed three times running of a certain number, which appeared to her in luminous figures, while an un earthly voice, repeating over and over again, “This number will win the first pnse in the Claes lottery," resounded in her mind's ear. Bhs imparted tbe viaion to her guardian, and bo repaired to tbe royal lottery office and inquired what had become of the ticket bearing the number to question, receiving an swer that it had been disposed at to a well-known lottery ageal in Koenigs berg. Ho forthwith wrote to thia per son, inclosing tho price of the ticket and re | nesting that it should bo forwarded to bias by return of post. In reply to hie application bo was taformod that that particular ticket had been Bold, over tho coaster, a day or two before, to whom tha agent could Mt aay. Ho, howewar, taetooed ta hie letter another lottery ticket, which ho naively aapom m ended as "an excellent and highly promtatag number" But tbe ywttiful dreanaer'a guardian, failing to aay special merit in tho ticket khoe urged open his eooeptonoo, sent it back with peremptory instructions tiaat hto money ahoold be retanaod to him pitb oat delay. Hia vaxattoci may ba IfiMg ined whan, at tbe Mxt drawtag of tbe State lottery, tbe number wtnntag tho Anri prise of 416,080, proved to tat not that of winch hia ward bad thrice suo ceomvely dreamed, bat tbe aae he had refused to parohaoo at the recoinntaado ttaa of tbe Koanunbenr agent. T*n only tamo a girl dosen't see every other fellow on the street is when she has just got a letter team her own fellow nod ■ rending it no she goes along. " Ewe get out I" aa the termer said to tbe lamb ta hjs oom. MMrixrnrm Whan Maflbraa returned tn 1804 to the Landon stage after an absence of two yean, she electrified English opera goers both by bar acting and staging ta the character of I* Booanambula, ta Bellini's opera, a port which she zaads perfeetiy her own, distancing ail com petitors Templeton, we are told, took tbe part of Elvtao; hat the impaaiooed Malibran, who entered heart and soul tato every charaoter aha undertook, waa at first reduced almost to despair by the stupidity and poMcAerto of th* Scotch singer, who had not tho slightest idea of acting. It wm enough for him, says aa old eye-witneoa, to walk on sad off and about the stage, ooantag ta with hia port at the proper oom, and atagtag at his beet Bet thia would not mtaafy Malibran. At tbe Aral rehearsal she bore Templeton's imparturt>al>tiity of manner with some degree of patteMe, thinking she could rouse "tho man," aa she called him, into something like en thusiasm by her own example. But when, at the next and sucoecdtag re hearsal, she found him " no better than a stick,” she suddenly seined him by tha arm and hissed tato his ear : " Good heavens 1 air, Eon’t you know you are my lover f You must make lore to me with some show of paaeion ta tbe first act, and ta the second you must |xtll me about as if you would tear me tato little bite.'* " But," replied Templeton, m meekly as a lamb, “ but, madam, I shall hurt you." " And what if yon do?” ecreamed tho impetuous woman. “Nover you mind —that's my nflbir ; and, if you don't do it—suiting tho action to the word by stamping her pretty little foot —by heaven, 111 kill you I" And Templetou so evidently thought she wna ta earutwt that he made an effort, and from that moment gradually grow into aa respectable an actor m ho was a singer. * troti r eaovr tjutoxt, Mentally, if his opponents are fit judges, Bcuator Mahone, of Virginia, weighs something like a ton ; but on the scale be tape the beam at lees than an hundred pounds. In appearance he la as lean and thin as a greyhound ; and it is doubtful if hia avoirdupoia ta groM oouhl ba made to yield adipose onflieieni to fabricate the wing of a humming bird. Tho following pretty g<xxi story of hia exceeding leauneea is told of him : During the late war, while in command of a division of Confederates, he, like many others, had the mixfortum- to be wounded ; but, as it happened on that occasion, not seriously. An acquaint ance, about to visit Richmoad, waa re quested U> call upon the General's wife (<w tho purpose of relieving any anxiety she might feel on account of her alioent lord by explaining tiia nature and extent of hie injury. CoL oelled at the lady's residence, and, aa report goea, found her ta tears, she haviag already received tho news es her hnabond'a wounding by telegraph. The officer at tempted to rsseaure her by tho statement that the General would be on duty again ta a few days, but without avail. “Why, madam,” ho expostulated, "you ought not to give yourself ao much concern ; he received only a flesh wound ; no bones are broken.” “Ah, Colonel," she sobbed, “you— don't know th'—the General as well as I —I do, or you would not toll m—mo he could bo—bo wounded without etrik— otriktiig a boos I ” Os oouhm nothing more ooald bo eaid. Waaßinoion RepubUoam. |ROH A TRW TONIC. A PERFECT rnttNOTHENER.A RURt REVJVER. IRON BITTEBB are highly ronnm—ilad far all diMasas re enlring a certain aad afikteal ton!<3l eroestally JiApittiia, iaUtnlFtnn, Woof < Appttta. La* <****, ladaf da. Bnrickes ths blood, stiaMthane tbs museUs, rod gives new life to tho Barves They act like a charm ou the iliftlvo rrgira, rsmovtag all dyrovpde symptoms, seek as TWsapifo Ae< Tbnonly Iron Prepmnttton ffbat wfD not btokeken ttte fioeth or gfiv* hemdnrihri fetal by all draggtoti. Wttee fee fee A■ O Book, Mpp of aeaftil and sausing reading—sett fess BROWN CHEMICAL OOm BaMfifeMß* Hd. BITTERS I TBBta*-M*OMr anaern IB AMTABCB. NUMBER 19. TLBAajumußßk Tn fly it novar podttv*. Be always specs aa Maa who reckleaely run ta debt are frequently inclined to eau de V. A van. to a protection against the sun of heaven end tho soon of earth. War to the earth like a blackboard? Becaute tbe children of mea multiply aa the taco of it. A laot friend soya that bachelors are like a batoh of biscuits—good enough after they are mixed. fiffltt the Om—ti jib oortmgyour girl homo from the faahton able dancing party. Bono of a aaan with a rope around hia neck and a aaob st tho other gad: “I'm aaddeot when I swing." JSvaai baetaeoa man hkao to bo pat ronised, provided hto patron does not patronise him in a patroatatag teanner. Ns van daaptoo email things. A flea will get over moee ground, in proportion to hto aiaa, ta erne eecood than saris phant will oover ta an hour's tsavetang " Yov are weak," eaid a woman tofaw sou, who was reaneaatrating against her marrying egata. " Tea, mother, I am," ho replied ; “ I am eo weak that I can't go a step-father." Boeoaunanroa— “ What waa the fame of Ablof" Boy—“ Killed by Gain ta a dub 1" Schoolmistress—• *No, With a dub. Do you know what a club ia?” Boy—" Tee, mum, sorter • free and easy,’ like father goes to o' nights." A nonoaoa asked hia ctaee, “What to the aurora f A student, hesitating, replied i “Profneeor, I did know, b*t I have forgotten." “That to sad, vary sad," rejoined the proteasor. " The only men ta the world that ever knew haa forgotten it” casaies B»waso svsna sa itenstei (Sri tumtitr lamltta, WbM bs fsH lbs Ism at s eeMbw at«M. And bssrd s vriM ss>lsla, is wm tact vs>« asm wm aae e>wr > " 1 iotas reeft tMtser tmsl; IM'M a«M srossu bass >se« saoe«b; ■art rse «SSI ateks SW 0»»* I Bs< as rewm yaaa M • Mrtae steM la aria seS ■■■ r vattw, I'D ros m a rriss ts bap yve kSM Sole ate bsdy toateor," A* old Scotch lady gave a pointed re ply to a mtatoter who knew he bad offaudad her, and who expressed |ar jßrtse that aba should ooma eo rogulqriy to boas him preach. Baidaks. rel'a wi' you, mon , it's M wi' tkn gro peL" <4 >.li sa X, ABBrrnrit from Naptae, to tioned by a friend i “ Had yototm aA ventnreeta Italy F* “Na" '"Ntitivig andaT "I turned them "How eof” “Whv, if I m< aartß looking individual I went and bogffed charity of him." Wbbb Mim B started for Faria she asid to her aunt • practical lady: ** I shall bring you back a shawl. Now, what color would you like?” Tbaaut after reflection : “Black and white, aay child—your poor nacto to ao atari. " Faria Figaro. Arm a clergyman bro taken a free battie of tonic, felt better, and written out hto oertifloote of tho oonttivs quali ties of tha medtafae for publication, it aoakee him unhappy to harvo a dootoe come along and pronounce tha staff gta tatters, and bad at that Rbtbbbibo to trade marks, the Qar pet Trade Revitio says Guttonborg won a suit about one, and that the Engiiai. Pariiamaat aalhoriaed them as early aa the thirteenth aeßfißry. Parra to simple, it to to behove; faith U sublime, ilia to be bora again. .