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J.W.VU'XIK. Mll.rSPnbll.k.r 1 • *. IBIVIM, Frasrirt.r VOLUME I. rurnri Ht rut coait. SittUg bj ths window, LooAUm tar sw*j o sweats* »■ Swwsi with ww-mow u hay, Asd o'er ths aWnilrt apart tint Ta th* assay aaera. Saw I UtUa S«um Maytag ta ths corn I Brava sad Bun ihfcui HoatiDf freely baek [ Utt'e bale dtecarM Mw tbe«aU-wora U»ci. lorebead' Cknrer tmUi adorn— Cbabby, <*tldu* M*rw* PlayinT tn tba earn! An aocbanted forwrt 'Tit tn th* tn, I seen, With Its f>!d»a treaeo tea Bld In shining given ; With H* Hay p«** Oa Its leaf rt b«& - Brlgbt-eyed, bossy tgsraa Maying In the conn Sadly had I rtaan. By cold care optimal 1. Worn with weary walohing. Filled with vagwe nareat. But -<SK.pl.tMy rabtehed Frary U.-igbi forlorn. Watching tboae wee Ogura May ligt tn Wo com I What hat earth Unreal Ur In lbs way ot bites, Zbat ta hearty pleaeura > Osa ccuaparv with thief With no and foreboding • To rwetrain or warn— rutting, fairy Ogura. Flaying in th. coral MT SER EXH) Eli. ir "My dear eWd,” aaid a maiden lady of an uncertain age, “you need not blush qb T dan- My the young gentle man who iiae just pafited the window haa no idea of your existence." “But he passes every day, anuL” "Well, what of that?” returned the lady. “ But he looks in at the window, ” said the young lady. " Ah, indeed 1 ” sail her aunt “And he wears a sprig of myrtle in his coat, aunt, and you know that meant 4b " Realty you amuse me, child! Any thing more?" “ No, aunt," wm the reply. “Then, my dear child, you are a bit of a goose, and ought to know better,” •aid her aunt “ I am afraid yon are too fond of reading idle tales when you might be better employed. Well, well, I suppose we cannot put an old head on young shoulders, and yours are. very young yet;" and she might have added pretty ones, covered as they were with locks of the softest and richest brown hair in the world. Pretty girls are so common that I need not dcacrite pretty Rose Arnold, as she and her sunt were sitting before the fire in that magic hour when the glare of day has passed, ami twilight is only just coming ; when tenderness touches the hardest heart; when life *fnn more ideal, less dark,' and cold, and dull. “ Shall I tell you what happened to myself, Rose?” “Yes, do, aunt." " Well, I will. You will see that there Vraa once a time when your old aunt was as silly as you are now.” Rose laid her lieantifnl face on her aunt’s Up, and looked up, and her aunt began: " Miss Silkstone kept a select estab lishment at Brighton for a limited num ber of young ladies, from whom the most unexceptionable references were re quired. She frequently advertised in the TVmea, and always had a vacancy for one ot two. But you know as well as I that there never was a school for a lim ited number that had not a vacancy for a genteel and well-connected pupil. I waa that, and more. Why, then, wiv. 1 •ent to Mias Bilkstone's salubrious abode? Well, the truth is, Dr. Bolus, our family physician, hinted that ahi ” change of air and an occasional liath in the aea would not be amiss. ‘1 he sys tem requinw bracing, ma'am.’ said he to mamma. ■We are getting,’added the dear, fat old man, as h- contemplated ®y growing figure, ‘a little pale and thin; our roses are not quite so red as they might be.’ Girl a* I wm, I had read Lord Byron's ‘Corsair,’ and In* lines in ‘Childe Harold,’ bidding the deep and dark-blue ocean roll on. and had by heart Barry Cornwall's songs, ami I loved, as girl* of 17 do love, pa*- •wwately. Th. «! th.—• ! th. open •**! Th* star trash, the aw <r**l and made no objection to the arrange ment which for awhile transplanted me from the paternal roof. It wm not re luctantly. then, that I journeyed to the scene of my future residence. Iwm no* bad-looking, and I knew that I had • fove <4 a Ismni-t which would wt all the gttis wild. I had not lived at Cispham ffolimtlita for nothing, rou sure. “ Arrived at school, I did as the rest On Sunday we went to church. Now the ehnreb service is rattier long ; and, how ever pirns and proper one mav lie dis posed fc> be, one cannot lie always look ing at the minister or at one’s prayer lsx>k. Ju one of my occasional piieps at tha Oougregatxwi I found the cyca of a yonng man intently fixed on me. It wm evident to me and all the r.-st of the girls "Sttiat his aidcut gaze was directed to uo other than myself. Tin. next Sunday the same F !:?nomenon was witnessed; the next, it was the same. I was pleased, yet annoyed. Miss Bilkstone gave ms many a private lecture in her own apart ments. Mademoiselle, as we were taught to call our French governess, was de lighted ; the girts all laughed ; and, to make assurance doubly sure, 1 had been informed that one of the maids had been asked by a gentleman the name of the new girl, whom he declared to be a * regu lar stunner. ’ " Nowit was clear to me and all the rest of us that this inquiry could have come from uo other than from the gentle man whose optics had been so regularly, and, as it seemed, irreststibly exercised on myself. Presently another symptom of his admiration wm manifested. Every evening at a certain hour, under the walls of our gardm, were Lean! the dulcet sounds of an accordion ; all said it was my church admirer thu* renewing on weekdays tlic homage that he had offered me at church ou Mondays. I thought what every one said must be true, and listemxl with )>eculiar pleasure to ‘Annie Lauric,’ and ’ My Beautiful Star,’ awl Jeannette and Jeannot,' and ’ I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls,’ and other popular airs, all of which I had heard, it is true, played la-fore, but never, so it seemed to me, with such jiatlios and power as under the present circumstan ces. What a delicate way of being courted! Os course I was not in l- but, girl-like, I was glad to think that some one was in love with me. “Just at thia tiniu I had to leave school for a few ifirys ; at the same time, by a strange coincidence, the serenad ing ceased, and my admirer was absent from his pew in church. Burely, then, 1 was right in thinking that I was the object of al! these delicate attentions. The more I thought alsiut it, the more certain I felt. Suspicion was banished ; doubt now gave plaea Uioertainty The mystery was cleared up—the sereniuli was for me, and the lerennder was he whom I had seen at church. I must say, when I bad conn- to this couclnsiou, I liecAme impatient of tins aen-nsiliiig, and wished either to change it wto something of a more satisfactory char acter, or for it U> cease altogether. Mad emoiselle and myself, without w' iiig a word to the other girls, resoiveil to bring matters to a crisis. For this pnr|M«-u we resolved to secure the first opportu nity ; nor was it long before one pre- I tented itself. I "One dark night, when the usual J serenading was going on, and Mi-» Silk stone hap,wined to be particularly en gaged with tin friend* of a new- pupil who hail come to tea, we ha»tdy put on an old shawl and bonnet apiece ; slipp-d out of the house forthwith, quits- ni|« r ceivcd; rushed down to the end of tie gardeu, and somehow or other found our way to the top of the wall. Die night, a. I have said, wrw dark ; we could see no one, and the unknown was vigorously going through his ai-'-ns torued musical jx-rfonnance. I fauci. .1 I could see th" graceful outline of my admirer as he swi-pt Ids fingers over hr I lieloved instrument, and told to the colil, 1 dark uiglit slid th- suit silent stars all the love and hope and pur,xr»- of hi* heart. J listened with an inler.-st that thrilled my whole f{ame. There he was, languishing for me ; dreaming that I was smiling on his love. Tnera eoul.l scarcely U-imy d«ub’. that I was the Annie Laune for whom he would -sy him down and die ! I was his ' Beautiful Star, up in heaven so high, no !•*» cer i tainly. What wm I to do? Di>l not such touching love deserve some gr.we ful recognition? Was he to realize tlie mournful fat*’of which he sang? Mm I, so voting, to lie * cruel murderer, and all through life to have my heart bowed down with s mum of the fearful ' shock of such a crime ’ Yet would it not be imprudent to .ul-iress a gentle man to whom I had never’ l*en intro duoed? I was m a frightful state of agitation ; I could feel my cheek* get ting red, aod my hear! jumped right up U, the top of my throat Whst should Ido? "•Whv, speak to him, of course,’ ' au.l M-wiemou-lle, who wm getting very cold, ‘or be sill be laid up with ufluauM for a mouth. Devoted the Interests of Columbia County and the State of Georgia. HARLEM. GEORGIA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1881. " ‘ Oh, dear,* Mid I, • I wish he would not come playing here. ’ "* Oh, nonsense f * said she. ’Bpeak to him ; it will be capital fun.' "‘No, no; anything but that,’ ex claitnisl T in au agony of fmr. " ’ Well, if you won’t speak,’ said she, ‘ send him a tokeu.' “‘A token I’ Ah, that wm a capital idea ! There could be no harm in that He was just beneath me. I few ’eave* aud let them fall.” " Hush !’’ said MiuliimoiM>lle. "The accordion went on m usual. The leaves evidently had produced no effect. " 'Try again,’ said she. “ I did so. Wo listened—no acknowl edgment. The accordion went ou vig orously hh ever. “'Lot ns go,’ said I, not c little trighu-ned. ‘Nq, no,’ aaid he, ' try again.* “I did so. The music stopped, the serenoder changed his position, but in a moment recommenced his amorous strain. I grew quite frightened. " ‘ Oh 1 do let ns go,’ I whispered. " ‘ No, no,' said Mademoiselle ; ' try once more, ’ "Again fell th-s leaves, again we list ened, again the accordion ceased. There w.n a pause, then a cough, then another cough, iviif the serenoder was impatient, aud exjiected to bs addressed. We strained our eyes, aud just saw the dim outline of a figure. " 'Come ! none of that 'ere !' »n» his exclamation. " I could scarce Ixdii-ve my ears. My refined lover indulging in such vulgar and commonplace language ! I scarce knew whether to laugh or cry. How ever, 1 did neither, l<ut said, m calmly «s my uxeited feelings would allow me : “ ‘ Wlmt did you say!' “ ' Why, none o' that 'ere, to be sure I Pitching lot* o’ dirt ou to a poor fellow. What do you mean ?' “There was some ternWe mi-take. My friend came to my rescue. Sum moning up her dignity and jiecriug over tlie wall, she said, severely : " ‘Young man, who are you?’ " * Me, marm ? Why, Joe, thcbutch er's boy, to be sure 1' “‘Oh, indeed f said Mademoiselle. ’And what do you hen 1 ?' " ‘Yousee.’ he replied, ‘I haiu’t got no place at home te practice in ; so I come every night here, 'cause the walls keep tlie wind off ; and now it’s blue ter me to be off.’ “And away ho went oil whistling, leaving mo disenchanted of my love. 1 may only mid that I endured an addi tional pang when, a short time after• ward, 1 found that the eyes that always glared at me at church squinted. Hince then I have not la-en quite so hasty in jumping ut conclusion.*. “And now, Rone, d- nr, we hod bettex get to work ; ring for Ellen to buug in lights, and uow draw the curtain*.” Rose got up to do so. As she ap proached the window, tlm individual with the myrtle passed. Rose thought nothing of it, and it wa* well she did not. M later in life she knew him well as n married man and a friend of her hus lamd and her own. rA DiNo tsir. Any one who would try to make ths task of getting out of a parlor more difficult than it is must expect to be criticised. Ln " Lothair” Disraeli makes one of his characters say tliatnoone should ever say "good-by," but in departing should fade away like a summer cloud. That is sweet, isn’t it? and practical too. Imag ine a man who weiglis 230 pound* when he is “right tliin" trying to fade out of a morning call like a summer cloud. Ho would fiule, wouldn't he ? Eqs-cudly if he hap|*‘n«*l to collide with a rocking chair m lie was fading. Or, think of s man trying to “ tele” out of a j>arlor like a smmer cloud, with hi* hostess’ meanest poodle •napping at hi* leg". Just Uiink how he would " fade.” Aud fancy a young man "fad ing" away in the evening, when he wanted to get out of the hall before pa could reach the trout porch, and the chilling tones of his footsteps already crunching on the gravel— Norrittown Herald. a ruH-FBopaosTnia company of ladi lomui i* expt nmeuUng with a frog farm. N<-w Brunswick furnished the material to start with, 130 frogs being sent from then' pack'*! in fresh moas in • box ph .- totally rupph'-d with |a-rforatioiui forth a>.mission of air. Th iuom was fre quently moistened ou the way. Ou the arrival of the box at its destination only 110 frog* were found, and of thea* ten were dead. It is supposed that ti»e eightwn that were missing had lx*n < at . i. during the journey by llwir co.-.p* mas iu oouhnemont a rHotrno*Kf>CKxr ctr. They had a bllin* old tune at the West End recently. Mr. Monkey's boy took I lie family cat and rubbed phosphorus all over him. It wm alxmt nightfall when he completed his job ami let the rat go. The Inxxloo lx*gan right away. Tlie cat got into a liarrvl and liegan to yowl, aud that attracted ,ho attention of a bull-dog, and he came along and <lauc<*l alxnit and barked and got terri bly excited. It was a ease ot "dog in tlie light, cat in tlie ahadder, dog full of fight, oat growing imvUlsr." Pretty soou the dog upaet the barrel and went in after the cat. Bns it was a surprise party for him. The phosphorus glowed in the darkness, and ha teheld a cat of fire. He came out of that barrel and went off howling m though a jiolmemsn had Ntejqxxl on him. Than the cat went up on the roofs, where other eats do cottgregate, aud tried to chum round with 'em. But it wax no go. They fled troll him m if ho were a Ixxrtjack. He diim’t understand it aud gave chaae, and, as there wm about forty cate on those roofs, and m they ware all scared and fled from him, howling dismally, the Moise wm something fearful, so that folks in the vicinity who heard it were scared and liad cold sweats. The cate continued to tear around and yell so tliat it couldn't be endured. Mr. Mon key and others got uj> and went npoo the rpote with elute. And at first tlie right of the fiery cat frightened them, and one lady who naw it screaim*! aud fell through a skylight and nearly killed a man sleeping lieneat it, aud made him think Mother Bhipton was right. Finally, Mr. Monkey and hia friends made a deajx'rute charge on the fiery cn< and the poor cat took a flying leap to ftie street. He hit on a policeman, saving his life, but m arly scaring the officer out of hia, as he thought he was struck by lightning. The cat jumped to the ground, and an Mtrouomer camo along and took him for an aerolite and tried to pick him up. To bis amazement the waukteran. Then he wm scared, too. Finally, tho cat got info a haymow and someliody thought the barn waa afire, and they called out the engines aud got wven streams turned on him. He fought well, but they fixeil him. And then investigations showed-no fire, but only a dead cat And they told the .-.tableman he wa* a croaa-eyi*l fool te mialake a eat’a eyes for a tire, and so they left him. And all tho West End is talking of the mysterious fiery cat, and only young Monkey understands ths tuvstery.— Uottou ZKVatit or thk Mark Twain mourns over the dimin iriied length of the MiMiasippi in this strain : Therefore, tho Mississippi, l«'- tween Cairo and New Orleans, wm 1,216 mill’s long 170 years ago. It was 1,180 after tho cut-off of 1722. It wm 1,040 after the American Bend cut-off, wsne years ago. It Um bait sixty-seven miles since. Consequently, its length is tally 073 miles at present Now, if I wanted te ba one of thoao ponderous scientitis people, and to prove what liad oix'urred in the long pMt by what hail occurred in a given time in the recent jwst, or what will occur in the far future.by what haa occurred in late years, what an op portunity is here. Geology never hail such a chance, nor such exact data to argue from I Nor development of sj>«- ciea, either. Glacial epochs are great tilings, but they are vague—vague. PleMe ol <serve. In the space of 176 years the Lower MiMiasippl Um short ened itself 242 milea. That is an aver age of a trifle over one mile and a third per year. Therefore, any ealm person, who is not blind or idiotic, can sue in the old Oolrtic Biiunan period, just 1,000, 000 year* ago, next Nove tn ter, the Iziwer Mississippi river wm upward of 1,300,000 miles long, and stuck out over the Gulf of Mexico like a fishing rod. And by tiie same taken, any person oan ■M that 742 yean from now tbs Miaais- Hippi will te only a mile and a quarter long, and Cairo and New Orleans will have joined their street* together ; and te plotting comfortably along under a single Mayor and a mutual Board of Aldermen. Tters is •omathing faacmat ing about science. One gets such whole sale returns of conjecture out of such a trifiinu investment ot fact Tut Russian Government has per fected a si-hcme for locating 4O,teM> iam ib'-» in the Ampor country on the Pacific coasts. Tlie land is ru-fi, the climate pleaMut, aud such inducements «d! te offered as will take colonists in swarms te the locality. The Russian theory is thst a strong colony of Ku**i*n» in ttel district will te the l«st protection agsiu-4 auy moti-uieut Cluu > may make te twouqiM.! tea nob valley. raw raKsavar or wind. In a paper before the American So. oiety of Civil Engineers, Mr. 0. Shrier Smith gives the results of many years , olmervationa of wind pressure and its sfiecta. H« bad personally visited tha tracks of destructive storms, sa soou aa possible after their occurrence, for the purjxiee of determining the maximum force and the width of the path of the storm in every instance. Tho moat vio lent storm in Mr. Sunth’s records was at East BL Louis, in 1871, whim tha wind overturned a hxxmiotive, the maximum force devetojxxl in so doing being uo less than ninety-throe pound* per square fisit. At 8t Cliarlea, in 1877, a jail waa destroyed, the wind force requireii being eighty-soar aud three-tenths pounds per square foot At Marshfield, Mo., in 1880, a brick mansion wm leveled, tlie force required being fiftv-eight pounds j>er square foot. Below these extraor dinary pressures there were sundry case* of trains blown off rail*, and bridges, etc., blown down by gates of wind of from twenty-four pounds to tlurty-one pound* ]>er square toot. Mr. Bmith observe* that in all his examples he hM taken the minimum force re quired to do the observed damage, and haa oonsidared tin* as tlie maximum force of the wind, although, of course, it may have been much higher. Homo of tlie hurricanes were very destructive, the one at Marshfield having out down everything along a path forty-six uules long and 1,800 foot wide, killing 260 peo ple. Mr. Bmith has formed tha oou c I union that, notwithstanding these ex amples, thirty pounds per square foot in * efficient wind pressure to allow for in a working specification. As reason* for thia conclusion, Mr. Bmith express*-* doubts m to whether a direct wind or gale ever exceeds thia pressure. Whirl- * winds may exceed it, but the width oT the pa Hi way of maximum effort ta these I* usually vary narrow. Mr. Bmith Inis only found one example, already quoted, wharem the path of pressures over thirty pownd*pereqnaratootaxoeededsixty feet wtlA Tide yri it- ia -ta very unusual,and, refernug more pirtfoularly to railway bridges, it is staled that a 1 loaded paaeeuger t<aiu wdl laavo tho rails at thia pressure of wind, ami cuum*- quentiy not much oould be gained by making tho bridge strong enough to re sist a storm which would blow a train off it—AbistaUlo A foericaiv. atANuouo Attn hki.ioiok. Tho disjiarity of the acves in ehnrehes i* placed by Xiwi’« Herald at two to one in favor of the women, audthe aame paper also make* the following rather startling statement: "If wo were to take tho churches right through the country we should probably find that not more than one-tentii ot their num bers are men in tlie prime of life.. The other nine-tentiia are mon who have psaseil their meridian, and youtlis who have not reached their maturity. It io also to te olmarved that in almost every community tho majority of the ener getic, enterprising buiuneM men are not avowed and active Christians, and if they are identified witli the church at all, it is usually only in the moat superffmal ! way." Thkrk are 111,387 illiterate persons in Maryland. Os this nuniter 90,172 are colored. The Htate haa 2,(F20 ele mentary school*, and 390 school* for colored children; the*’school* are eon ducted by 2,692 white teachers and 3Hf» colored ones. Tlie average salary paid u (31.89, and tlie average numter of months during which the teacher* are employed I* 8.12. SAW MILLS, lIRIBT MILLS, CAW MILLS Plantation and Mill Msebinary. Eng'nea and B filer*, (’ilten Mjrews, Kaalling Pulley*, Hsn.’era, Journal Bure, MHI (Darier. Gu teon*. Turfite’* Water Whasb, Gin G’*''ng, Ju Ivti’i Hovern'”*, D s*ton’« C renter K*w«, Gumain and Fite*, Baiting Bsbbitt Mstal, Bra*s F'tHngs, G.obe and C tack Valve*, Whistle G ingar», vte. Itenand Hrs*s Castings, Gin Ribs, Don Fronts, Balconies and Fzoce Railing CJISO. It. I •< »I IB A «.!> A CO., FOkE«r CHY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORK*, 1011 l> 1026 FENWICK HfREEI, AUGUbTA, GA. I frgr \.sr the Water Tower ] tagr R•pairing promptly dune st lowest ariess. Boiler repairs <4 a l l kin-1* <1 in. promptly. dec2l-ly OPERA HOUSE GARDEN BEN NEISZ. PROPRIETOR. CHOICE WM, LIQLORS AND CIGARB. PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI BEEN. BROAD AND RLLTM BURKETi, AUGUBTA, GA. jaull-ly Tiam-'ies MT A saws !■ ABVAMUtt- NUMBER 45. rLEANA.VTKnr* A wax is known by the company ha keepa out of. Wwsx he cams home tipsy he told his wife he hsd been out sherrynading. To mass a succeaaful ran for office a man must imitate snow. Ha must ooms down occasionally. "I wish I was a pudding, mamma ” " Why I” •' Cause I would have a lot of »ugar put into me. ” " It is only after long reflection that I go to an entertanissant with any young mau," aaid tlie maiden to her mirror. Whsn a woman loaves a man who hM not earned hia salt for years, ha immedi ately advertises that he will pay no debts of her contracting. A cbhtain gentleman must have lieen very prond of hia wife whan he des cribed her m " lieautifu), dutiful, youth ful, and an armful." Ei.t Psakixs says Tex** is tba largest Blate ta the Union. Now the Btata will have to be surveyed all over again to ascertain if that is 00.-w7lgaeas Si/tingi. "This is a sad commentary on our Im Mated civilization," a tramp daapond mgly observed, when lie discovered that the hum he had taken from the front ot a shop wm a wooden one. A PKRrKcr jam i* made of plum, and yet ii perfect jamb is never out ot plumb. "Thinw of it," says the Emigrant Gaul, “and yet Frenchmen are expected to write good English just tlie same.” *' A 0000 husband makes a good wife,” •ay* a pniloMiptatr, but be stops there, and don't ssy wiiat bs makes her do. i'tobubly build the tire for him ta tba morning aud ait np late for him at night. " What kind of a mark is that ? *' said Mngrady to hia friend Tsltborps, point ing to a scar on his face. " It’s a quea tion mark,” replied tna other “got it for askiug s man *if it wm hot enough for him.’”— Puck. Hcsxx ; bride! rception. Several of tlie guest*, after shaking hands with tba brule, aud all •peaking at the same time : "Where is the bridegroom?" Bride naively: “Oh, he's up stairs watching tlie weildmg presents.” “ I hay, when uihm Uns Irani leave? *’ "What are you Mkiug me for? Goto tlx' oomluctor ; I'm the engineer." “ I know you're the engineer; but yon might give* mau a civil answer." " Yes, but I 'm uo civil engineer." Relation -nirs era rather far-fetohed sometimes, both ta Ireland and Boot land. "Do you know Tom Duffy, I'st?" "Know him, is it?” aays Pat, "sure he’s a near relation of mine ; he mice wanted to marry my sister, Kate.” Tub following lacoufo correspoud enco is reported in a Maine paper: M. Y.—" Do me tha favor to lend ma a dollar to get my cow out of tlie pound.” GA. D.—"l would, but I paid my last dollar to tha boy* to take tha oow to tha jxuind." A vovxo couple have just begun housekeeping end wish to engage a tn aid-ofai I-work. Josephine present* herself. After detailing the duties re quired, the lady of tba house remark* ; "Well, my good girl, I think you will te suited; the work is light, aud wa have uo children," Josephine (with a gracion* smirk) —"Oh, madam, do not put yourself out ou my account, I beg. I adore then).” Amsiiica haa for years Ixien sending negro miustrelx to England. A retalia tion is slxxit to be made by Haul Hague's company, ot Liverjxsil, who will make a lour of Hu* country next winter