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** ****** r J |le * lb • .. wtlh tkroaa ** l < >kov, To boiow, I wS3»- Uko m»i kra tootJNlt rta«v, CMtotaagtn* aaay tats ases, fk am tßu rank or gold I A>4D ”WBmTrri ?ji azix 3 I Mirons ao ,f mwUr^^wßk Uii 'WMef ffWih-l «|Kri b 'VHMb?* ’win r <» to JOK* Tn -«' 1 tools of naGon.W nt£<i in tho k*ul ■te'Uty-Avw ■*' ri v< ®» *ud.fa "* 1- v.o nvars—Red river and Kiomatia in tfjr> I’enUcryr Tfawe m«3- are soni&> u tasiteUeidmt aiiaa foeqaeaiiy uiustba" are subject to rises probably caused by the Earatoig es water-spouts in the These risM.'are fre quently with loos of life and I hfd been, at Spencer but a few weeks, ’** H teecamo rwwary to «}-to Faria. "Two wagons were ertri— Ernest Black, a young man, driving one, my self the other. I had been intimate with him in Texas, but had lost eight of him since his coming to the Nation, some years before. We started from Suncor early in the morning, intending to make our noon day halt at Kiomatia, twelve miles on the way. The road crosses the nver ob liquely, so that it is 300 yards/rotn where it goes down into the stream to where it emerges again, with high, steep banks osteteh side. Midway of the river, when it is low, I* a flat, sandy island. J propoeed to Black that we would stop hereto ludch, •a the water would be convenient for onr teafiis. . “ltd•said be “I tried that once, a»l will never do it again." ™b, s seeing my look of hfqufrv, he I added “Wait until we get on the ether bank, where there is a good spring, and. vMhffin- taaar gre «ttng,-T Wfl’. tell you why I have such a dread of that island." So, while our mules were lingering over their fodder, he gave mo the fol lowing story of his experience with Kio matia : “ Two years ago I flrat began driving tor Spencer. I had been in the Nation tor several years, and know the country pretty well, but was not aware of ths tudden changes in thia river. It was, I Kink, my third trip to Paris. Kiomatia tad been low all sumuor, and no one bought of a rise A yvuag lady—Miss Ellen Cotter—hod been to Bpeuaer on s visit, and was desirous of returning home. As her home lay directly on my r, <d, I offered her a seat in my wagon, which she accepted. I was in love with “ her then—she is my wife now—and ol course was glad of the ■ ‘ong ride and talk with her. “ We started one on ranch such* dap as thia, just 000 l enough to make Tbs won ptoOsaart. When we reached Kio !r-*tia, T stopped djlbat island to lunch. 1 oosened B>e tnutotosLmjr trom, threw tbs mules a and the* helpgAanaß eail^dbow*g' lll "W. .at thee* jlfe. for a Ummb to jp*- "~dy to fMrOw Wand was ooturiderably lai**r —l. «* I fauad that to* near was riatag rapidly. I wan not atanaed. bat • little ar. fswuta . , , ■ .Xto/> ... x, J *>»■»»■ i.. IHM!,rI ’WMww Wit) >» word of | nhouted to ln j- urged on my I A.-.i, but the nver was getriMß.Br A it WM soon over th Am- jtag Mules dot not like to K ymgn water end, tn spite of my alow prog ress. But very near the bank, and UoFwould make KBBSbwfiii»iJkr- j from fffe. I kxiked around andt | Jo my terror that the water had ’ -w^vrapidly ">yy arllu g shout to mv team, , ty** force of the rtreSnt T wax vtteffl off niy feet in a thruftrfly t | r to J” u 'h a along! sitißri|iug Itethiml it; hut thna iKgadile, thalori'u of rite Uiuhw w 4 tuo groat, I soon found Lvaa gelhtog exhausted, and uUtnbed into tha - bed. Jahan was mneh.teghtente. bai calm. I reassured her tote ine . <tent, !>▼ telling her there was <no danger, ttiough hr from-frehag eaffruiyteft’rir I “Two prinaipß! trtWfited th-vmaelvte Pjfrt. fhtfVo WWWik > teccndly, that the drift* Iff, wns coming flown in ciJisWMwe qnSiititita, wo«M cxysli the ■«-’< _a* 4--®') " w the U»l wterw I too<wbtedw4 was but little danger, as the wagon wai < 1 Mriiote water-tight X|ip. fecmeil more'scHcmß. There r vra« a Miff 1 blt >wiUg up k»pf less surface exposed and running deeper, drifted faster, and kept running against us, and every now and then gave a se vere shocT. " I seized a pole which was floating by, and managed to keep off some of , them, though aot all. J jdao irietL to stoer our novel craft toward the L«te but it was as unmanageable as a ferry boat The current, for the most part, kept us in the middle of the stream, though every now and then we would run close to the bank, Just but of reach of the branches which hung down so temptingly. " I knew there was a ferry about thir ty milee below us, where we would be stopped if we could keep afloat until we reached it. There were also houses along ths bank, but too far off for. my voice to have reached them, even oouid the inmates have helped us. “ I was but a poor swimmer; Ellen could not swim at all, or I would have been tempted to leave the wagon-bed, sad make «n kttempt to reach the bank. Naturally, too, we wished to stter in the wagon as long se possible. It seemed a barrier, though a frail one, between us ami the seething waters. “ 1 began to And the water was oom ing in much faster than before. We blows ol the drift bad rq aneii the seam*. a»Ut soon became necessary to bail it out.” To dd thla. 'T had nofmng but my b»V an * ’* keptme b«sy, «" I wee often SbAgwl to stop and ward off soma large log which threatened to swamp uh. < " While thus engaged, my eyes fell upon something which gave me a gleam of hop#. Thia was tha rope which I al ways carried in the wagon in ease of w ctdenta. ■ ‘ You know I used to lie a good hand at throwing the iasso, anil mv knack had not entirely left me. I thought I might be able to throw the rope around seme limb or log. and by that means draw the bote to tha bank. Ellen. 1 meanwknlfr bad been etiuding in one 1 end of the wagon-be.l -it was ux> wet to make sitting comfortahi*— mil. as I I j ronid from her earnest face and folded hands, praying, I hoped for me as vraß tehaWrlt “ Giving my hat to her and asking her to ix*tMu> taftng. mails the rope into a laaao. As soon as the current oarried n, near enough to the bank, I l>egan throwing. My *">' attempt wa* to throw M«■ a Mtonwood Imb. In this I wmßWeetoahiVssHi as the rope tight . enad fa W Kafab, I felt a wild fanU of tenltteii f lfcsc." ’ we wrrasavad . wwbegan to near the beak, I an enonnous log came fl- .attog down tha stream, which we both failed to see ft came down wfth sniffl fores thkt, as I held on with the grip of ilesfWfr, •>- brittle Hmb parted and dropped into the www. I w 4wswMtd, itw tomM JB ~-te. ■ w Xe Crests tfGokunhia County and the State of Georgia. lIARLEkf TUESDAY. J UNE 21. 1881'*" J I oouid «snoy Ahrow toe rope aver an A ctoar. Bui my sxpectatlmu ware fa' .Wn. I throw opts sad agate, fayfadk eoßaettaMl toe end «f« limb, sometime* wtepitaab sateotaßSs a stam»; but fas sriflnate.M tbs stew, with faefom pf the wind, rsadieedaU my efforts , etootual. Probably, too, the peril x«j wees in BIT hwiß “ AffamSrt* to <Wrled toW-dts niitefe of the teream, and I went tr p w «*■*•fa «wv ail. HUen, taking offl BlMiilißll ft* <l, imteiiteifftsitototeJ mi ffudkototeheM i aw; Lui Uwas apparent < *“*«• , r lyj osi this part of the tellter dfafWleMd knew thpt there was 'tms plaeeteiiere the lasso oouid probs ally be ueodtoth advantage This was where there was an old clearing on th*- bank thicjdj I " r ‘W bi 4 eteenitito ' .™ rt'xxl l quite st the ’wale2s. wiga v touudi ui low water oonsMijmlM atete* tk>t strown. n|fl7[ J “ I knew we must lie nearly level with *T'-Bidaghi 'fbat berv> we B ’ rinaiufft nfako lasU firttlSkiff" ShWf '‘■’ft’fa? MWH ih toy 1 jilSV a tJtwplfMo Mort to HBffT *'’t 9 ’ W - * f *v~ <•* »to feafll Ui ul >a ui« 4. tno cli-anng, ana I prepared again to Throw. -1.. « 1 1 m 1 . wy.i toa|r so. > »q?h ; but h< avy te<feßw ton*, ita wwght nag Ky Ito Wfag wet, and ■my-nfrhtet efforts wotM ■arw tetor rtiquffU • yt-iiwe “ I throw Lma and again, nearly tl roWirig it wear iMtumpeuateUmaa, but ’ iffiteytT ffffllhg alilfta' iEorf. ~ "We •00 n run by the clearing, and but one chance seemed left to us. The wagon-l>e.l was fast filling and would sown sink, whether we left it or not. “ I looked at Elton, and in that su preme moment each read in the other’s eyes llie lovu as yot unspoken totwivn u«. With tha whisjiered words, ‘ Dar ling, if I cannot save you I will die with you," I chia|Hxl her in my arms, and was just preparing to plunge into the river when her dear voice said: "•Waltr “As she sjKika she pointed at a large cottonwood tree, which was drifting rap idly down stream at an angle with the current, and nearly on us. “ This only seemed to me a reason for greater haste, particularly as our sink ing craft had been caught in an eddy of the htream and was almost stationary. Again I started to plunge in, and again she restrained me. Bhe told me after ward sho had an Uutincrive belief that the log would save us. “So, ndead, it proved. Tt drifted nearer the bank, until one end ran agauiateii, *n4 on fa.lv, as a pivot, it I swung artotnd, inclosing us between it I and the bank. “The tree came with such rapid:tv 1 that I feared we would be crushed But, before it reached ua. the long ’ Itranches began to drag on the bottom, and it eame mure slowly. Soon it struck •1 the wagonteed, and bore tu slowly, but stoadil/, toward the bank. In a few moments rmwoit grontiileik, and I leap, d orit with Ellen end made my way up the bank. “Not a too frxip. Scarcely were we out oikdroktod wfan Use tr. e I" ■ fl* 1 # 11 *4 '"•’d down th. ' ear, <Buryri< to r boat with it Tim c‘rl!t bartly fifty yards before it sank, just as »o turned al the top of the bank I to get • last gluope* °f M. | “We atade our way to a house a tew rntles lUrtaist, where we ebtained dry i i clothing. I hired a horse sad went site* my-team The sue leu were well . trained and had kept the road, until pnaeing a house, where the ewuer knew I them, they had Ireea eto{>|»d. . f'liej««> I pie were just organtring * search for me WI.M Ttdte up-, ■'Rinoe then, whenever I have tecroes deep wste% 1 have always tied down tiia wagon-bed; and I never stopped on tfce | island to Kiomatia again.* Wild Beaoonafleld was young, dis Duke of Rutland sneered at him. Iris rash had a long memory. Re tor nA ng from Berlin in triumph, after years, somebody said he would be made a Duke. “I, a Duke I" be axoitemed, | with feigned resentment, “ make me a Puke I WAX. fiuUaad t » Vukff I” I TBa syllable “lea” la olootnargariiia I means that it ia strong as a lien. Txk fellow who was much struck by a 1 5 onng lady wanted to return a kiss for Ithc blow, J h RXNKX-iN ha« Ron jamiu his philoe iophy into everybody ever (inoe we can tramember, X Ihm evening had been convivial. S' And aow,.ganUeßlcu,” said the Chair #aan, “I'll protoee a post." fl Wiit does the new moon remind one aH a giddy girl? Because aho is too to allow much reflection. R Motto of the good collector—Never off until to-morrow what ean be IteMed to-day.— PMkuhlpMa Chron- tUvKjia sod the ptpphet Elijah in an etont but golden eagles feed the jpphetaof the present <inj.— WMtrhall Tirnei. ißkbchbb says, •• Wo prav too much." Sos eiptetns why tiie average news Jx-ix r man’s breeches always bag al the iMUees. | 1 ARbooklyx fashion paper stated that 4 ‘ktaaiden'a blush" wa* a fashionable ■ at»d n<BM> of the readers had any nKVKKir, notable happy marriages h«te» bate a&ie Ot 1 1 wa honrs’ <w»tship,' 11 tele to kuteribe tor‘ffßi(*#*l fhrlto fftiy.v and a p!cW>. hate yon toad the I "Oil, yes, unde." i ‘‘Rell K Utotj, shut wrong did they do .L/ltou ihay their “They lAoid him toocheap.*' <l* Boary yng lady, who moved to JlfThrtuiu Wisconsin town, is du>ap|>oint '* UflffTliWTSfli ydTing toen of' whom 1 ! she is most Fond-du-Lac culture, and ,aho is going back.—Cincinnati >Satur aM lfight, f \ Jr would never do to select women to t i < iflicC. If a female Sheriff should rum .*itrkaiduncerW I Hfciflfntne •Bto” and , explain to his wife that she had an at tuchmenl far Idm, there Would boa va cancy in the ofiioe in about two minutes. “A lutumi named Mivart will soon i»siio a work on the cat," says the New Haven Kegitier. We’ve done that al -1 o ady. It was a heavy copy of Bhak qieare’a plays, and we issued it from a Hind-story window, and it took her nght between the two shoulders, and we hope it broke her blamed back.—Boston I‘oft. I‘atbbnxl wisdom : "Pa, what is en i<ilage?" “ Why—h'm—ensilagv, my mjq, ia—un-i-euailage is—oh, aomothing like mucilage, my son ; sosMthing like mucilage ; used to stick tilings together, you know. There, now, run away to your play, and don’t disturb me now," And that boy thinks his pa u a very «n --cvplopadia of wiadom. Tua teaches had grown eloquent in picturing to his little pupils the beau ties of heaven, and ho tumlly asked : 1 '' What kind of little boy a go to heav en?” A lively 4-year-oM boy, with , kicking boots, flourished hi* flat "Well, answer,” Mid the teacher. bead ones 1 " the little fellow shouted, at the extent of his Innin. roo rir rou run cuauactkh. Sir Julian Benedict, writing in Scrib ner of Jenny Lnul, says of the produo- Uun of an operatic adaptation of Sclnl ler’n “ Bobberh'* in which she took part: “A wide uncal circumstance quite mitrriM what wan to be one of the inoat > ' striking scenes of thu drama. Old Moor, who, liko King Lear, has discarded hu younger wsd d»vw»--d eon f » the yfd r, Fdtflz, a de man In human form, i» pun ished for lii* oredulity by being thrust into a dungnon by thia villalia there to starve Ourl, the rejected sou, who has ixxxime the chief of a band of outcasts, di*»vera Use wbar aixrate .if fats on happy father, wboee pna<m-di>oru be (..roes open. Th* old man, on appear- 1 tug un the alag'-, half crazy by lux suffer mg and f—in*, exclaims, * I am start . lug I* Now jiere Lablache, having the | circumference of two Falataffa rolled into one, looked anything but a picture of starvation, and, when he made the pite ous appeal, naturally Mt the whole hones roaring. ■ ■ .ii emi . ..a,. ■ - • A MiasiMrrri planter wanted to tarp his land into a .took farm. His neigh bors, who stack to eotton, applied to a 1 court for an injunction to restrain him from growing grass seed, on th* ground ‘ that the grass wpuld spread over adjoin- i ing plantations ami until the ground | for cotton. The injnMtaon was granted. . Th* only railroad in Grogju U but five or hattku. Notwithstanding the constant return of plant and animal to the parent earth, all the mineral matter they contain dore not remain where they are deposited. Rains and rivers daily remove from the soil a portion of the materials which are so essential to the i»en»etuation of animal and vegetable forms, and transport them to the sea Thus ths natural store of mineral food liecomes daily smaller, and tha land in oonsequencn leas fitted for the growth of plaiita. But for this con tingency also there is a provision. The solid rocks which form the cruet of the earth contain all these essential forms of inorganic matter in minute proportion. As these rocks crumble and mingle with the sod they yield constant mall sup plies of each ingredient—of phosphoric acid, lime, magnesia, etc., etc. These springs, which trickle through the rooks from above or from beneath, dissolve and diffuse wbcr.ever they go. Thus, in many localities, a moderate supply is day by day brought to the suriaci to replace that whieh, by natural causes, is con stantly removed. And the great seas help in this work of restoration. They heave their lofty waves into the air, anil break in foam, that the rough wtud may take up and liear back again to the land 11 pirtion of the salty spoils with the rivers are ever enriching them. Alto tluwi, leal til are email dady restoration* should not suooned in perpetually main taining the necessary rii hneas of the eoil in mineral plant-food, periods of convul sions come at last to their aid. Orest physical revolutions from time to time intervene. Now all at onoe and now by blow degreea, the bottom of the sea be ontnea Land and water ehanga places, OB they have often done during Um geological history of the globe; and after each change now races of plants forthwith liegin to take up what rivers mid rains have carried down into fanner sua-beda The samo mineral matter be gins to plky over again the samo port as before in the constant sucsoMion of ani mal and vegetable life h fate wo eee another long oycle, through which car tain ingredients of the solid earth are over slowly moving. A KKwararxn canvassing agent, being told by an old lady that it was no use to subscribe for papers now, as Mother Rhlpton said the world was coming to an end this year, said: “ Bui wont you want to read an account of the whole affair, ss soon as it comew off Y‘ “That I will," answered the old lady, end she subscribed. I RO || A PERFECT 3TRENQTHENER.A SURE REVIVER. IKON BITT El <A arc highly recommended far all dissassa re qniring n certain and efficient tonic } especially Jadipestam, /Vjxpeu., Jntar ttotoil hem, Boni -IpprtUr. Loss of firmyth, of tie. Enriches the blood,strengthens ths muscles, ana glvsewewMfatothe nerve. I bey act like a eharm on. the digestive organ, rsw.vmg all dyspeptic symptoms, such as Tharwto food. Mebmy, fir.Um Ike .StostadL I/eartSbm, to. TIIO Only Iron I*repnnitlon that will not btackm ttio teeth or give lioadnciic. Sold by all draggfcta. Write far the AB C Book, 83 pp. of awful and amusing reading tent free. BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Md, BITTERSI SAW MILLS. GRIST W, CANE MILLS. Planialiou ami Still Machinery. Engine, and Rollers, Cotton Ur tews, Bating Po*Jey>. ilaneere Journal B>*e», MUI Gearine, Gndeoni, Turbin’. Water Whesla, (fan tto.r ng Jmtar.n’s (fatvemnia, Duwton’s C roflar B»wa, Gummers and Flies, B-iting, B (Mutt M-tsl. Bra- Fittiwg*. Globe anTCffah* Valve., Whistle G inter., etc Inn an I Brass Cn'.ng. Gin R bi, Iron Vmm., Betenuies and Peace Bailing -<;eo. r. eomb a ri> a co.. FOHEtTCirY FUTTNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS JIOI4 to ION FEN WICK HFREEF, AtIGHRTA. GA [ter Near the Water Tower ] •WT'Repairing promptly dene st pries*, fliller repairs ol all kinds done promptly. oeczl-1 y OPERA HOUSE GARDEN ! BEN NEISZ, PROPRIETOR CHOICfi WINEN, IM AMI CIGARS. PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI BEER. BROAD AND ELLIH RTREBTR AVGUriTA, OA, I jaull-ly TB NUMBERS. -sroawssßsrowrosaßßßteteßuammonsaaßfaßßOteteaateßtenßwtewi^^^^^^"^—" THK rorcK or JC4JBXT. Borne years ago the manager at a woll regulstod theater, in a well-known town in the Midlands, engaged a young lady as a supernumerary. It happened that the young lady had formerly oAciatod in some oapeaty as a “ hand ” on board a canal boot, a fact which ahe was anx ious to conoeto. Bho was duly promo tod, and fa time beoame a general favor ite. One night, when she was to appear in a favorite part, a couple of boatmen found their way into the pit near the footlights, anxious to eee the famous oomedienße. The house was urowded and, aipix the subsidence of tha general applause which greeted her appearance, one of the boatman slapped hie oom ixnion on the shoulder and exoteimed. loud enough to be heard over half tin house: “Bill, I know that girl I" “ Pshaw r said Bill. “Butlfasurol do, Bill. It’s Bal Flukins, as sure as anything. Bhe'a old Flukina' daughter, that used to run the Pretty Polly, anil she used to sail with him.” “Tom,’ said Bill, “you’re a goose." Tosn waw silenced, but not convmoed. Be wetohed ffte actareo in all her motions with iq .fapse mterest, and ere long broke out fffaiu ; t"I tell ye, Bill, that's her ; I jreow 'tie. Yon can't fool ma. Ton wait; keep your eye on me ” Bure edough, he did acttiwfhc potnt. Watch ing hi» opportunity, when the octree,- was deeply absorbed in her part, he sung onk fa a votuawhush rung through the galteris*, “lx>w bridge!” From force of habit the actress instantly and involuntarily ducked her head to avoid the ajiticijioted collision. Down came the house with a perfect thunder of ap plause at this hit,” high shove which Toto’s voioe could be heard “Didn’t 1 tali ye, old boy, I knowad ’twaohgrl You oouldu't fool mo." A SM4T I»DU»TMr. According to n resent estimate, the number of spindles employed fa ootton spinning, over the whole earth, is about Qf this, in numbers, K),000,000 belong to fcflgtand,‘lo,<WOO to the United States, fl.OOO.OfX) to Prann, 5,000,000 to Germany, 9,000,000 to Roh ms, 3,000,000 to Bwitserlaad, etc. For every 1,000 inhabitants there sre : In England, 1,180 spindles; ia Switzer land, 075 ; m tha United States, 318 ; in France, 135; in Germany, 108; in Spain, 108; in Holland, 57; in Sweden and Norway, 48; in Austna-Hungary, 43; in Russia. 80; in Italy. 35. Nbwb, like other aaimsto matter, when it to onoe dtopatohed to dead.