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£.W. VBtortWMl ■UMrirrtWritolUtoer. | a. nSIFSM, Pnprteto*. | VOLUME I rsir Mr iorz« »aad. S r te*ssanrtaksass > l*ms twUKklrtno—. la tka s—kert gste ks bM bs— ts »• ten wst gases, wttk ite Mat pan twa i. Art I Mad te gses, tart ka msAs bo roosn; Ofc, 1 triad, kaiha woaMaot talma: •ot akood aad khtahad ttU tk<KTMi (raw rad, With my fsss bant down abotra It, WMls ka took rtj band, aa ba whiaparinf asM ■aw tba ate*** lifted taw plat awaai haad, Ta Man to an that my lover aald I Ok. tba otevsr ta bloom I I lova It. In tba Slsh wal (raae went tba path to hda, AM tba tow wet taavea hung over, art t touM not paaa on al taw ride, r;r t ramad myaalf, whan 1 vainly triad, la the anu of lay stssdfasl lover. had ha bald mo there, and be Bleed my head, While be cloesfl the path before me; And he looked down into my eyee and aald - Bow the I—ns bant down from the boufha o'er bead, • To Metea to an that ay lover aald I Oh, the laavaa tamtotat towly e'er me t I un tore that bo knew, when ba held me taat. That I moat be an nawlillnf; Ft* I tried to go, and I would have pssesd, Aa the alfbi waa eome with Ila dewa at bit. And the aky with Ila atari waa mung. Bal be deeped ate steer, whan I would have dad. Aad be made me bear Maatory; And tala tool name owl trom hie 11 pe and aald— low the Man crept out when the white moon lad. To lirian to all that nay lover Skid. Ob, the moon aad atare ta glory 1 —r* ■ I know taiKhagraaa aad the laavaa win not 1011, Aad fm eorw that tba triad, praeiotia rover, Wtu carry hitattortaaaarwy aad we:: That ap being ahaU aver dlaoover One wort o« Iba many taat rapidly fail From the eager Upa of my lover Aad the moon and th* man tart looked over mall aster reveal what a falry-Hka spell They wove round about aa that night to the dell, la the path Brough ths daw.laden Mover; ■oreahotbewbtopera that mad* my heart owe!! As they Ml front too Ups of my lover. —Briton Tyoaowipk. A MTSTERF OF THE SEA. A tropical night on the Pacific! The sky fa studded with stars, which arc mirrored in the vast deep beneath. Thera fa jnrt enough air to keep the Dolphin moving at a quiet rate, and the peas*'ngers are gathered on deck to en joy the matchlerwi evening. I bad been an invalid for years, and was now recoverin,'; from a very severe spell of sickneo*. I was lazily drawing at my Havana, no*ng tb* thin frepTwn*. rmoks teas Bly. taonth without removing t.H cigar, and gazirg upward at the brilliant stars ns they slowly sailed overhead. I was in a delimoualy-dreamy state, half asleep and half awake, hearing only the murmur of the voices around me aa one heard the faint sound of a distant watt rial). I presume I had lain thus for nearly an hour, and my cigar had burned al most to my mouth, while the long col umn of ashes was still unbroken, when something struck my ear like the sound of a bell. It was not until I hail heard it several tapee thqfit seemed really to af fect my senses. All at once I gave a start, the ashes dropped upon my boeom, and I arose to a sitting position and gazed around me. The strong*,-solemn sound was re peated at regular intervals, as if swung by the hand of acme exhausted sufferer, or tolled by the swell of the ocean. The Captain by this time had ap proached me and stood in the attitude of attention. *' We must be near the land ? ” I vent ured to say, rather in the form of an in quiry than in that of an assertion. “No, air," responded the Captain; “ the nearest island is a good 800 miles •way.** “ It’s the bell of doom I ” exclaimed Backstay Bob, a tall, scarred sailor, from his position at the wheel. •’Pshaw! you’re childish,” replied the Captain. " Whatever it is, we are rapidly approaching it." Such waa the case. The bell was now heard distinctly to the south, and ’as approaching nearer every moment. Shortly after, the Captain took his “Mfht-glsas, and gazed long and intently *n that direction. When he lowered it, be said, ” I can just discover a dark body rising and falling on the waves, but nothing more Backstay Bob, you have got the best eyeuight of any one board, see what you can make of it ” Bob resigned his place at the wheel to one of ths men, and came forward *®d took the glasa. He held it to his sye for several minutes without speak ing, and to all appearance without even breathing, while we awaited his word ’’th the deepest interest. Finally he • great sigh and lowered it “ She •Utt got tbs least mite of a boom, ▼■rd, or anything like She looks like great hulk of a fight-bos i Hold I see the beH They've rigged it up to the masthead, so that it swing* b*ck’ards and for’anta every tame the gives a lurch to laswrit’* " Can you see nothing aboard F* "Not a cnstor, ttviag at dead.” ” Keep bar away a couple of points " •’•d Uss Captain to the man at the ffnlumtet •‘Ay, ay, sir I" And the ships course was altered, so as to bring her rapidly near the myw terious craft, toward which all eyes were direct'd. OrdtTs were given to heave to, and get one of the boots in readmes*. By tlirs time the nondescript wits plainly visible to all. It appeared to be an old bulk, with a single mast in the center. The bell Was sus|>euded from the mast head, and ever and anon sent forth its solemn tolling, as the hulk nose and sank with the heaving of the sre Before the ship was brought to, we had passed the hulk some distance, so that when we halted there were several hundred yards intervening, and H was only dimly discernible. A boat was lowered, and the Captain, having selected a crew, pulled away toward the latter. There was something so extraordinary regarding the apjrearancs and action of the hulk that the curiosity of us all was so intense as to be painful. We strained our gaze as the Captain and crew drew rapidly near it. Wo saw the distance swiftly decrease between the two objects, until the shadowy forms merged into one. And then followed an impressive silence— suddenly broken by a howl, a pistol shot and a scream ; and, as our hearts almost stopped beating, we saw a mo- ! ment later the boat pull off from ths hulk, and the men rowing all their sought back to the ship. As they came nearer, we discerned that ths Captain was missing. Backstay Bob dashed towm J the lioat, ' and, shaking (his fist nt the mm, de- , mended furionaly, “ You cowardly dogs, ! where is Capt. Luster ? " • The devil has got him I " Absurd as the reply might have seemed at any other time, it was uttered i in solemn earnest, as the ghastly face* of the crew attested. In reply to our eager questions, they said the moment they came along the craft they heard a ' low, hollow, unearthly sound, which caused them to hesitate. The Captain I i <«n»>rd np tow •'■reirt, de- scended the hatchway and disapjieared front view. Ho waif hardly out of sight, when the noise they had heard at first was repeated far louder and fiercer. The next moment the re|>ort of the Captain’s pistol was heard, fol .owed by a terrible shriek, and then nil aa* still I Horror-struck, they called loudly and ro|»catedly to their commander, but, re- I ceivuig no answer, pulled a wav from the ; ship. •‘You’re a purty set of cowardly aneak*, ain’t you, to go and desert your Captain that way, when, like enough, he needed you to eave his life," exclaimed Backstay Bob, forgetting, in his fury, I that the first mate was among those whom he denounced. ‘‘l’m going back to that old hulk, and, if I can’t get at the devil in any other way, I’ll put a ’ keg of powder in it anti blow it to ! blazes!” ‘‘Bob is right, if his excitement does 1 make him forget his manners," said the I suite. "It was not my intention to de sert Capt Luster in trouble. The men were so frightened that I thought it Ixwt to come bark and get a new set.” There was some trouble m procuring , the requisite numls-r, and aooordtngiy i Prescott and myself were accepted out | of the passengers. The lioatshoved off, and we rapidly neared the hulk, which | had acquired a strongs interest to us i all- Prrecott > n addition to his revolver, had a long Italian dagger, which I ob served him handle, as if to assure him self that it waa reliable. Then, aa he ' replaced it, he remarked to me, “ There’s no telling what’s inside that mass of i lumber, and this may !>• the weapon I need after all.” Arriving at the craft, after a abort consultation it was agreed that the four oarsmen, the mate and myself should remain behind, while Backstay [ Bob and William Prescott should ex plore the hulk. As it was morally cer- I tain that some dreadful danger menaced all who entered the cabin, and as I was good for nothing, I needed no more urging than did the mate to remain in my po sition. | Prracott waa first, holding his pistol in one hand and a lantern in the other, while Bob followed eloaely with his cu»- , i (bbb We saw them descend the hatch way; all I beard the ,mgls exclataataon from Prreeott, “Ob, my God I" Thia was toUowad by a tambie roar, ' a quick surceaaion of pistol shrta. a Berre struggle, and than all •*U I again. Tha neat ssossent both Prsneott sud Backstay Bob avurrgad vtaW, ■ covered trom band to tool alth Uuud. Devoted the Interests of Columbia County and the State of Georgia. HARLEM, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2. 1881. "Come aboard,” said they; “ the dan ger is over.” The next instant we were on deck. I rushed to the hold and gazed down. By the dim light of the lantern we saw the nuuiglod body of Capt. Luster. The head and one of the limbs were gone, and there waa scarcely a sem blance of humanity in the remains Im fore us. Near him was the gaunt, tet rible form of a Bengal tager, killed by the bullets, cutlass and dagger of Prva cott and Buckstay Bob- The two latter, on entering the cabin first, saw the mutilated botty of Capt. Luster. A low growl warned them of danger, and, aa Preecott turned to gaia, ho saw the tiger crouching and in tito very act of springing. Dropping (is lantern, he tired hia revolve-, and,,a* the tembla animal boro him to th* floor, he drew his dagger and staliterl him again and again. The no-Jte pouited instrument reached his he*t, which, united with the slashing of Backstay Bob, killed him befora&o could do any material injury. We made u critical examination of the place. A numlier of human ix«es strewed the floor, and several articfA of wearing apparel, which seemed to lidi eate that the place had been teuAfaed | by two human beings of the opdiAfto ‘ sexes. !Rie brute had a cluunto hw t«ck, und had been confined to ono cornet of the room by a delicate iron ring, which had lieen broken. Over the centrt of i the room wna written eotuething it In ■ duin dialect, which was by ' the mate (who hud ajx'Ut several jvvurs iin India) to read : "I have sough—l I have found that which 1 sought v|oge i ance.” Carefully removing the hotly of the : Captain to the little boat, we scuttled I the mysterious craft and saw it sink. I Shortly after the Captain, wrapped in | his winding sheet, followed the hulk to I the depths of the ocean. rtrr: rorrnu "Attention, children !" anitl the ]>riu rfjial, entering the eloss-iriom, followed ‘by a stranger ; “this gentlemen will n*k you a few questions m arithmetic. He is the Su(>ermtendcut of Schools at Mule Gulch, Nevada, that great Western dtate of which you have so often heard." "Which hia name are Dodd —Shorty Dodd,” said the visitor, and, mounting the platform, he drew a Itowie-kuifu irviu his boot-leg Mid tapped for attention on the desk. “We will now proceed to do a sum in simple edition. A gentleman who had a Lead on him from last night met another gentleman in Dew-Drop Inn, who put a head on him. How many head* did that gentleman have on him?" “Three I” " Now you’re talking. We will next proceed to substruction. Wall-eyed Bob had five fingers on his left hand (including his thumb), when be injudiciously called Buckskin doe a limping mule. Buckskin Joe drawed liis eleven-inch toothpick, and the bar keeper snlmequently swept up two fin ger*. How many fingers hail Wall-eyed Bob left?" “Throe!" "You're right, and I've J3OO hero in this little pocket-book that say a you are.” " We generally do thcae sums tn ap ples and other domestic fruit," said the principal, timidly. "Quito right, quite right," said the gentleman from the far West, "but my plan is universally admitted to be more national —more patriotic. It waa criti cia«'d some at our last convention at Gallows Forks, but a majority favored tt and the geuthmau who opposed it walks with a crutch yet. Now, tlieu, kids, hump yourselves fcr a problem in multiplication and edition. A gentle man held a full at a social game ot poker —three nine* and two sevens. How many spots waa on his cards?” “ Forty one ! " “Hurely I Mister, your class « no •touch of a class at .'rithmatic. I will just give the kids one more-—an easy one. Five hosa thieve* had ojieruted for five day* before the Vigilantes bung them, and had stolen twenty-eight head of stock. How many bosses a day did each hoes-thief steal?” " One and three twenty-flftha of a hose!" " Right, “d if any man says yon ain't, don't’taks it from "mm, if he’s as big as a graiu-eisvx tor Now, mister man, trot ent your class m moral philosophy ! Wires a boy walks with a girl as though he were afraid soma one would soe him, the girl is his sister If he walks »o ctoao to her aa to nearly crowd her against tba sanes, she is ths suter of some one alas. CoWSTi'VTTVOW’-F tas 45 000 J«w» and thirty Mi Miuagoguea Nes’lr 40,0>W ar* of tipaio.b wigu. RUKiRAFUICAE. Jay Gould waa bom at Htratton’s Falla, ! Delaware county. Naw York, in the year I 1836. When 16 years of agv, be made his first move ui fife, aud liccaiu* clerk to a "Squire Burhaan,” at Roxbury, two mill's from the falls, who kept a small store, remarkable for the variety, origi nal character: and infinitesimal quanta tire of its stock. Here hia auditory nerve became M susceptible that his em plryer thought it altogether too acnaitivs for so small au establishment hb ••i 1 Durham ha<l managed to olitatn intelli- i genco that a very- desirable piece of laud ’ was for public sale, cheap, in Allstny, | and determined to purchase it. Thia he cautiously whispered to some parties in the presence of hia ysung employe. Ou ' pro>"eeding to put his design into execu tion, however, ha found that, in the in- 1 terim, his clerk had become posaesse<l of the projierty, having availed himself of the MtuteuoM of hia hearing. The genius of Jay must have lieen of no ordinary character, for before he waa . 20 years of age he ap)>earod suddenly a full-blown civil engineer, and mails a survey of Delaware county. When Mr. Gould bad* farewell to ! home of his youth, hu went to Pennsyl- j Vttiun with 001. Zadock Pratt, and start ed * tannery in conjunction with that gentleman, nt a place named Gouldaboro. i bi 18511, Mr. Gould began to s(>eeutato in Wall street, in railroad stock ; and, : it U said, as a cisrlxitoue broker. At ' that periixl his means were limited, and hia quartets in New York mo*t unpreten tious, From the very first, however, be 1 uni the reputation of being a most suc cessful man ; and this waa of itself an ■ mount of capital uot easily estimated. He neither smoked, drank nor gambled, and waa always on the qui vive for buai neaa. During the war he profited large ly by the sale of gold and of stocks, aud | took advantage of every defeat or siu-ceM of the Union army. Long before the eloee of the struggle he was said to be a millionaire. A k.ihk talk mt. The faculty of drawing out of |>ersona with whom one ia conversing the beet ■ there is in them—brighter things even i than they suppose themselves oapabis ' of—is the rare gift with which nature has endowed some women. Georgs 1 Eliot was a most charming person in ! conversation, though she was a woman | of few words, liecause of her intuitive • insight mto the thoughts of others. A ' few words would put her into posMm- : aion, not of what they said, but of what ' they would fain have said, aud she would ! so improve u|>on it that ordinary people I went away charmed with her who had | made them for once, at least, feel them wlvea to lie wise. Long afterward, per haps, she would recall to their remem brance the wise or witty things which they could hardly believe themaelvee to have said, and which they assuredly never would have said but for her quick ening influence. "90 AHKAD KIT TOOK niKtttt.', A doctor received a call from a couple who bail not teen in this country over a year, aud who had decided to checkmate any danger from small-pox by vaccina, tion. The husband bared his left arm mid the operation was soon completed. He then roiled up his other sleeve and held out his right arm. "One arm ia enough," replied the doctor. " But I gnees I takes two of ’em.” was the reply, •• What for r " Why, dis one is tor ms, aad der odder one for my frow. It tab tetter dot I cotchre all der small-pox myself. Go ahead mit your stabbing !** Tbs doctor did not succeed m eon nnctng them that one could sei bo ▼■» r-iuated tor both, and the woman suites 1 Jy refaaed to tot tbs taaret touch her m>. A VALVABLK iKtIT. It to related es Franklin that, from the window of his office ia Philadelphia he noticed a mechanic, among a number of others, at work on a house which waa being erected aloes by, who al way* ap peared to lie in a merry humor, aud who had a kind and cheerful smile for every one bo Boat. Let tbs day bo ever so cold, gloomy or suuleos, the happy smile danced like a sunbeam on hu ohoerful countenance. Meeting him ono day, Franklin requested to know the secret al hia constant happy flow of spirits. " It’s no secret, doctor," ths man re pbed. " I've got one of the beat of wives, and when I go to work she always gives me a iuud went of oucouragemeui aud ■ blessing with ter parting kiss ; ' aud when I go boms she is rare to meet ms with a smile and s kire of welcome; and then taa is sure to bo ready; and, as we chat in the oveniug, I find she has been doing so many little things through the day to please me that I cannot find jit in my. heart to speak su unkind word or give on unkind look to anybody.” Aud Franklin adds .*' What au influence, thru, hath wom an over the heart of man, to soften it, and make it the fouutain of cheerful and I pure emotions. Hpcak gently, then ; a happy smile and a kind word of greet ing after the toils of the day are over oost nothing, aud go far toward making horns happy andjpeaoeful " A JAPAMAM* TVNIHIIHKMT. Aii English resident in Japan records tbs horror which he felt when, imme ‘ distely alter laudtug, hu met a wretched criminal walking ateut Jl'okio, in mid winter, naked, with hi* 'iair tied luck so tightly to a team o! '«d laid itcroas his shoulders, to whi hia anus were •strapped, that, no ms now far back he straiued his head, * hair was al- I most torn from bis sei On inquiry, he found that thq torture was intiicUil on the criminal to indicate thu abhor rence with wbioh the law regarded the robbery of tbs scanty earnings ot the ; helpless poor. Thu miscreant had picked tb<> pockci of n blind cripple. UK A UTT Atrn "KKItATTOK. I do not think tliat a high degree of besnty is necea*ary to create a strong passion. 1 remember teing deejwiratelv in love with a lady who ha<l a freckled fact*. I was cured of my paaatou, uot by discovering her lack of beauty, but tecatiso I once saw her stand up on a chair to look over the beads of a crowd; the action appeared so tinfomiuine thut I disliked her from that moment.— lmtcl tiyron. IRON A PERFECT STRENGTHENER.A SURE REVIVER. IKON IITTTEIM are hishly recommended for all diseases re- i quiring a rertain anil efficient tonic; especially ladif/ntum, rtn.llmt Ferrrn, W'mt i/ A]>priitr, Jxaa </ tirrnyth, oj Enertfa rtc. Forichrs the blood, strengthoM the murtflee, and gives new life to the mrves. They act like a cliarrn on the digerti ve organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, «och sa T'uiiny the Food, Harking, Hml »n tk» Stomneh, Heartburn, ete. The only Iron Preparation thht will not blacken the teeth or give llOAdaetie. Hold by ail dniggiaU Write for the AB C Book, S 2 pp. of useful end amusing reading /r«. BKOWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Md. BITTERS ■ Ji hi i --I* tfort ii ei-ey— ■ m is i.i JJg"Jg"J 8W MIHS. 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The Ohinsss are supposed to tons shout one-third of the populatton es the world, and there is some ground tar be lieving that for the last 4,0*0 years they have held much the same numerical proportion to the entire hnmae race. Yet it may be said Uiat there u but one Chinamau who has earned a world-wide reputation—one individual who has bees large enough to lift himself above the millions of unknown, unrecorded liras, and force himself oa the regard of the Western World. Ho wsa not a conqueror ■tamping bls name on the terror-struck imagination of surrounding tribes. Ho was uot au inventor whoso memory is kept green by the gratitude of those who daily enjoy the fruit of his genius. Ho waa not a poet uttering men's beet j thoughta and deepest feelings for them lu wut.ls more expreoeive than their own. He was uot even a philosopher, or, if a philosopher, hia philosophy was on the ' level of that of Benjamin Franklin. In short, uo ordinary avenue to fame seem to have been open to him; aud yet, if niimters go for anything, what fame rivals that of the mau who, for twenty ' three centuries, has been wonhipad as all but divine by nearly ouo-half of the aorld, and whose words are regarded aa canonical by a people compared to whoso exeluaive jealousy the Jewish ezalttaivo Hua* ia latitudiuarian ? The secret of hi* fuius is rnaiuly this that he was the Chinaman of the Chuiamen, the most eouservativo and ancestor-worshiping in dividual of the most conservative ami ancestor- worshiping race. It waa by hi* work that the national tendencies aud (xipular instincts were recognised and definitely fixed. It waa ho who forme latod the relations of ruler and subject It was he who gave utterance to thoM maxima of personal conduct which the (’hiueseare justly proud *f, though they : do not scrupulously obeervo them hbpecially it waa he who gathered into Ghiuese canon all the wisdom whiah had Im»«ui tested by preview* gruerattona, sod ■o set the seal of oomplotensM on Cbi noeo life aud customs, so tar as this can bs duns by miy man or hr say books. Mit* Amslia Lswis aaaerta tn Food I and Hr al th that nearly $16,000,000 is in rested in oleomargarine factories, and , that they have ailded nearly *4 to tba value of every ox killed. Anvios to the milkmen : Don't cry i over spilt milk, but carefully fill up th* can with just enough water so the milk will color it, and continue peddling.