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CAUIOIN TIMES
I). 15. FREEMAN, Proprietor.
CIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN
Gordon and Adjoining Counties.
Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court House.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Or.e Year $2.00
Six Months 1.00
Itaitroad jpcUeiUiU.
Western* Atlantic Railroad
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
•' KUNITES A W no UTIL 99
The following takes effe-M may 23d, 1875
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
heave Atlanta 4.10 i*.w
Arrive Cartersviile 6.14
■< Kingston 6.42 “
“ Dalton 8.24 “
“ Chattanooga 10.25 “
' ' No. 3.
Leave Atlanta 7.00 a.m
Arrive Cartersviile 9.22 ~
“ Kingston 9.56 “
ii Dalton 11:64 “
Chat a iooga 1.56 i\si
No. 11.
Leave Atlanta 3,30 r.M
Arrive Cartersviile....’. 7.19 “
“ Kingston 8.21 “
Dalton 11.18 “
SOUTHWARD. No. 2.
i.eavc Chattanooga 4.00 r.si
\rrive Dalton 5.41 “
“ Kingston 7,28 “
“ Cartersviile 8.12 “
<| Atlanta 10.15 “
No. 4.
1 o: ve Chattanooga 5.00 a.m
/ riive Dalton 7.01 “
“ Kingston 9.07 “
“ Cartersviile 9.42 “
“ Atlanta 12 06 i\m
No. 12.
1 a\e Dalton 1.00 a.m
A ri e Kingston 4.19 <•
* Cartersviile, 5.18 “
• Atlanta 9.20.“
nil nan Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2
be .ee t New Orleans and Baltimore.
t oilman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4
bet eon Atlanta and Nashville.
) ollm m Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 8
bit veer Louisville and Atlanta.
j,vpNo change of ears between New Or
leans, A ibile, Montgomery, Atlanta and
llul more, and only one change to New
Ynr;.
I'isseng irs leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m.,
nrriie in New York the second afternoon
ther after at 4.D0.
K oursicn tickets to the Virginia springs
and various summer resoits will be on sale
in N \\ Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co
lumbus, Mac >n, Savannah, Augusta and At
lanta, at gi eatly reduced rates, first of
June
Pa vties desiring a whole car through to
be \ irgima S mn<rs or Baltimore, should
a Ui\ ss the tin lersigned.
Pa ties contemplating travel should send
f n copy f the Kennesaw Route Gazette,
c n a ning schedules, etc.
L 9 . Ask for Tickets Da “Kennesaw
) outc ”
B. XV. WRENN,
G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga.
Change of Schedule.
Til]'. GEORGIA AND MACON AND
AUGUST A RAILROADS.
ON YND AFT Eli .SUNDAY, JUNE 28tii,
INI, (lie Passenger Trains on the Georgia |
.rl Macon and Augusta Railroads will run
as lull ws:
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Dag p. ■:■**? ujer Train B ill
1 ave Augusta at 8:45 a m
Leave Atlanta at v .7:00 a m y
A riv ■ in Augusta at 8:30 p m
A rive in Atlanta at 5:45 p m
Nggt P assenger Train.
I ea\ c Augusta at 8:15 p m
1 erne Atlanta at 10:80 p in
'.n ve in Augusla at 8:15 a m
Anive in Atlant „ at. 6:22 a m
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Macon Passenger Train.
I eave Auguste at 0n...10:45 a m
I cave Camak at ’. 2:15 pm 1
Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p m
Leave Macon at 6:30 a m
Arrive at Camak at 10:45 a in
Arrive at A ugusta at 2:00 p m
BERZFd 1.l PASSENGER TRAIN. .
Leave .4ugusta at 4:15 p m
Leave Bcrzelia at 8:30 a m
Arrive in 1 ugusta at... 9:55 a in
Arrive in Bcrzelia at s:so’p ni
Passengers from Athens, Washington, At
lanta, or any point on the Georgia Rail
road and Branches, by taking the Day Pas
senger Train, will make close connection j
at Camak with trains for Macon and all
points beyond.
Pullman's (First-Class) Palace sleepiu
Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on
Georgia Railroad.
S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent,
iSoperi iitendent’s Office Georgia and Macon
and Augusta Railroads, Augusta, June
29, 1874, . 7~
t’r of es-AmuU & (fimte.
]J K. MAIN, >l, I>.
PR/CTICING r PHYSICIAN,
Ha ing permanently located in Calhoun,
offer his professional services to the pub
lic. Will attend all calls when not. profes
sion Uy engaged. Office at the Calhoun
Hot 1.
Special ISTotice.
MISS HUDGINS can now befound at
AIRS. MILLS’
furnishing establishmfa s\
and Broad Street, Rome, Ga., where she is
Prepared to do Mantua making and Cutting
ln iI N its branches. Call and see.
Hrs. Mills is receiving a full stock of
"dllinery and fancy notions, latest styles
Ph. straw and velvet hats, cloaks, racks
u,| d wraps in endless variety. Everything
invfssary kept for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-7m.
Attention !
'I'ME undersigned have located themselves
.7 ' ll die .Mims Tan-yard, on the Love’s
widgeroid, 34 miles from Galhou , for
110 purpose of carrying on
THE TANNING BUSINESS.
Tl
are prepared to receive hides to tan
" n snares, or will exchange leather .or
*| 8, They bind themselves to prepare
'Miter in workmanlike style.
0 WM. HUNTER & SON.
ember 14, 1875.’2m.
Two Dollars a Year.
VOL. VI.
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BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Equal to the best imported Portland Cement.
Send for Circular. Try this before
buying elsewhere.
Refers by permission to Air. A. J. West,
President of Cherokee iron Company, Polk
county, Georgia, who lias built a splendid
dam across Cedar Creek, using this cement,
and pronouncing it the best he ever used.
Also refer to Messrs. Smith , Son & Bro., J.
E. Veal, F. I. Stone. J. J. Cohen and Major
Tom Berry, Rome, Georgia, Major 11. Bry
an, of Savannah, T. C. Douglas, Superin
tendent of Masonry, East River Bridge,
New York, Gen. Win. Mcßae, Superintend
ent W. & A. Railroad, Capt. J. Posted!, C.
E. Address
G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga
octlSl y.
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(Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.)
F/lanufacturers, Importers te Deal
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CHKOMOS AND FRAMES,
Stereoscopes and Views,
Albums, Graphoseopes an l suitable views,
Photographic Materials,
We are Headquarters fo” everything in the
way of
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Being manufacturers of the
Micro-Scientific Lantern ,
Stereo-Panopticon ,
Cn ivcrsity-Stereoscopticon ,
Adveitiscr’s Stereoscopticon ,
A r topi icon,
School Lantern, Family Lantern ,
Peoples Lantern.
Each style being the best of its class in the
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Catalogues of Lanterns and Slides with
directions for using sent, on application.
Any enterprising man can make money
with a magic lantern.
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Brick-Layer & Contractor.
mi IE undersigned most respectfully begs
J. leave to inform tlie citizens of Calhoun
a,id surrounding country that, having pro
cured the aid of Mr. Jlilburn as a number
one bricklayer and Barney 0 Fallon as a
number one rock-mason, is prepared to do
all work in 1 is line in the most satisfactory
manner and on moderate terms, the pat
ronage of the public generally solicited.
HENRY M. BILLIIIMEII.
Cat,noun, Ga., November 9, 1875.
All orders addressed to me as above will
receive prompt attention. no. 10-1 y
M.
LIVERY & SALE STABLE.
C-JZ
Good Saddle and Buggy Horse?
-
and New Vehicles.
i Horses ami mules for sale.
Stock fed and cared for.
Charges will be reasonable.
Will p .y the cash for corn in Hm ear and
fodder in the bundle. fe.iß-t c .
FIELD, QTJP Tt Q FLOWER.
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I We offer our usual large and complete as
soctment, embracing :.o . . desirabß va
| rieties and of best quaU - mail price
! list to any address on rec- 1 t of stamp.
I Seeds of all kinds by so-Let. ounce, >ounl,
i and quart, can be sent by mail t< any post
j office in the United States.
EDWARD J. EVANS A CO.,
Nurserymen and Seedsmen.
Jua- 3m, Y'oxtK/Pa.
CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1876.
THE LITTLE DOG UNDER TIIE H'AG
ON.
“Come, wife,” says good old firmer Gray,
“ Put oh your tl ings ; ’tis market day ;
Let’s be off to the nearest town
There an l back ere the suu goe down.
Bpot ! No ; we’ll leave oh. spot behind.”
But spot he barked, and Spot he whined
And soounutde up his doggish mind
To steal away under the wagon!
Away they went at a good round pace,
And joy came into the farmer’s face,
“ Poor Spot,” said he, “did want -to come;
But I’m very glad lie’s left at home.
He’ll guard the barn, he’ll guard tiie cot,
And keep Ihe cattle out of the lot,”
“I’m not so sure of that,” growled Spot,
The little dog under the wagon.
The farmer all his produce sold,
And got his pay in yellow guld ;
Then started home just alter dark—
Home through the lonely forest, Hark!
A rubber springs from behind a tree,
“ Your money or else your life,” said he,
The moon was out; yet he didn’t see
The little dog under the wagon.
Old spot, he barked, and Spot he whined,
.and spot he grabbed the thief behind,
And dragged him down in the mud and dirt
He tore his coat and tore his shirt;
He held lbrn with a whisk and bound ;
And he couldn’t rise from the miry ground:
While his leg and his arms the farmer bound
And tumbled him into the wagon.
Old spot he saved the farmer’s life,
The farmer’s money, the farmer’s wife;
And now a i ero grand and gay,
A silver collar he wears to-day ;
And everywhere his master goes
Among his friends, among his foes,
He follows upon his horny toes,
The little dog under the wagon !
Ciuiijg Home.
The dump air came chilly up from
the liver lute yt-sterday afternoon.—
Around the bend at the Wyomissing.
near the cave at the mill on the opposite
side of the Schuylkill, an aged colored
man was sitting on a stone, eating an
“evening” meal that had no doubt been
begged from a neighboring farm house.
Lire stranger was a type of the real
genuine Southern slave. llis hair was
gray, his form rather bent, his little eyes
encamped rn a cluster of wrinkles; his
nose broad, and expressive of honesty,
kindness of heart, geniality that could
not be hid, but that burst resplendent
through a cloud of sorrow that seemed
to mantle him from his old black hat to
the well'Worn boots on his feet.
My name is Henry, sah ; Uncle
Hmry dey used U> call me when 1 was
livin’ whar I was raised,” was the reply
he made to the reporter’s question.
“Hat was down in Georgia, sah, a
long time ago. I’m been git-ten round
do Norf since and; war, but l’se gwiue
to try to get. along home agin, if I can,
b d’ore dose old bones wear out and
do re’s no inn left 0’ me.”
‘‘Want to get back South again, uf
you r
“Yes sah. It kind o’ creeps it* my
bones to go home again. I call it heme,
but it's <1 iuug way ofl'. Was burn
thirty miles b low Savannah, and be
longed to Colonel Higgins, Colonel
Archibald Higains, of the Pine Hill
Plantation. Tiber been dar ?”
Uncle Henry was told “ no.”
‘ I’m been to many places in God’s
garden, sah, but now, in my old years,
i dun no airy a place like de old home
down dar. When General Sherman
done gone away from Atlanta, wassa
was killed and de niggers was freed.—
I cum Norf wid my son, but he’s deal,
sail, dars no room for me liea’n. I’ve
got chilern livin’ down dcre some’ers,
least dey was livin’ when we cum
NOl f.”
‘•Can you sing ‘Way down upon the
Suwnunee KivoV,’ uncle Henry f” The
old man’s eyes fairly sparkled and glis -
tened in tears as he lej lied :
“Dat good old toot), how could I ever
forget it ? No, indeedy, n)t me forgit.
Dat was writ years ago, sah, but when
I sing it now, away Horn home I ’mag
ine it was writ to’ me now. 0, I tell
you, massa, dares plenty niggers in tie
world singing dat oid toon what’s je3’
like dis here old uncle, got no home,
and wishin’ dey was back again wid
massa and missis. Svance libber, far
far, away,” and the aged travellerw iped
away tears, with his coat-sleeve as
his memory ran back in the years that
are past to the happy days he spent
among the sugar cane and cotton in the
sunny land of Georgia. It was a sad
picture and not met with often. lie
spoke of many other good old songs the
darkies used to sing, and would have
continued his story further had not the
shades of evening suggested a departure.
Uncle Henry was “helped” along, but
whether lie ever reaches “dat good old
home” be spoke of, is hard to tell.
“Good-by, sah, de Lord bless you's
all,” were the last words he said as our
carriage left him far back in the twi
light. Rcuding{Pa )La gee A—
Importance of Heading.
No matter ho v obscure the position in
life of an individual, if he can read, he
may at will put himself in the best so
ciety the word has ever seen. He may
converse with all the best- writers of
prose and poetry, lie may learn how
to ivo, how to avoid the errors of his
predeeeesors.and to secure blessings,pres
ent and future,to himself, lie may reside
in a desert lar away from the habitation
of man. in solitude, where no human
eye looks upon him with affection or in
terest, where ro human voice cheers him
with animating tones ; if he has books
to read he eun never be alone. lie
may choose his company and the subl
-of conversation, and thus become
contented and happy, intelligent, wise
and good. He thus elevates lus rank
in the world, and beC3mes independent
in the beet sense of the word, and first
in importance ia the depart meat of
school education.
* j * •
• 4 Truth Compters All Things.-’
Aa Hiatorieal Incident,
Just before Major Andre’s embark
metit for America, he made a journey
into Derbyshire to pay Aiiss Reward a
visit, “and it was arranged that they
should take a ple-ure ride in the Park.
Miss Seward tcid Andre, that besides
enjoying the beaties of the ’ natural
scenery, he would there meet some of
her most valued friends.among them Mr.
lewtou, whom she playfully called her
“minstrel,” and Mr, Cunningham, the
equate, whom she regarded as a very el
egant poet. ♦
“I had a very strange dream last
night,” said Mr. Cunningham to Mr.
Newton, while they were awaiting to
gether the arrival of the party, “and it
has haunted me all day, .seaming,,u ulmktr
all other dreams, to be impressed very
vividly upon my mind.
“I fancied myselt to be in a great
forest. The place was strange to mo,
and while looking about with some sur
prise, I saw a horseman approaching at
great speed. Just as he reached the
spot where I. stood, three men rushed
out and seizing his bridle hurried him
away, after closely searching Tis person.
1 lie countenance of the stranger was a
very interesting and impressive one. —
I seem to see it now. My sympathy for
him was so great that I awoke. —
But I presently fell asleep again, and
dreamed that I was standing near a
strange city among thousands of people,
add that I saw the J same person
that I had seen in the wood brought
out and suspended to the gallows. The
victim was young and had a courtly
bearing. The influence and the effect
of t.iis dream, are somewhat different
from any that I ever had.” *
Presently Miss Seward arrived with
the handsome stranger. Mr. Cunning
ham turned pale with a nameless horror
as he was presented to Andre, and at
his first opportunity said to Mr. New
ton :
That, sir, was the face I saw in my
dream.— llezekiah Lutterworth in the
Galaxy for February.
Love It a Rnilroai Car.
They got aboaid the train at a little
town between Canton and New Orleans
and took a seat in the front end of the
car. He was a young man with an in
dependent “big enough to take care of
myself” sort of air, and she was a
young woman apparently big enough to
help him. do it. He seemed entirely to
overlook the fact that there were any
passengers ou the train, and especially
that several St. Louis and Chicago
drumuers were aboard. lie was full to
bursting with something to say, and the
movements of a race horse are tame in
comparison with the way he proceed
to say it.
During the first half hour, with head,
and arms exten ; ed until they nearly
touched (he person of the fair damsel at
his side, and utterly unconscious that a
dozen pair of eyes were w itching him,
he poured forth such a flood of words
asmusthave certainly have overwhelm
ed .my one unable to swim in the liquid
language of love. Once during the
half hour she seemed to rebuke him for
some startling expressi n, and he fell
back discomfited to his own end of the
seat. It was only for a moment. Long
enough, however, for some rash individ
ual to offer a bet that the maid would
win, which was accepted by all parties
within hearing.
xU the end of the first half-hour she
exhibited strong symptoms of winning
and Chicago bet ten to one on the young
man which was taken by St. Louis. —
Things were now becoming intensely in
teresting to all parties, and when at
length the young man ventured to pass
his arm around toe maid, with no sign
of disapproval from her, a hundred to
ono was offered with no takers, and all
further betting was cut off by the maid
passing her arm around the young man,
and dropping her head on his bosom.—
They had gone far enough. The cli
max \va- reached, the goal gained, the
dear object wan. and they got off at the
next station. Thej passed o t quietly
and lovingly, not. knowing that the
blessings of an entire car-mad of pas
sengers followed them. Amid the gen
eral enthusium .vhich followed their ex
it, S'. Louis, with a long-drawn sigh,
was heard to remark :n“lt is a long time
since I have seen anything of the kind ”
And Chicago did not forget himself as
he replied . “Pshaw ! We have them
every day with us.”— New Orleans
Times.
‘‘Site Biggor. Billy.
One day a gentle man saw two boys
going along the streets in New York.
They were b ire-footed. Their clot hes
were ragged and dirty, and ti and to
gether by pieces of string. One of the
boys was perfectly happy over a half
withered bunch of flowers, which he
had just picked up in the street.
“1 say, Billy,” said lie to his compan -
ion, ‘ wansn’t somebody real good to drop
these’ere posies just where I could find
them ? And they’re so pooty and nice.
Look sharp. Billy; mebby you’ll find
somethin bimeby.”
Presently the gentleman heard his
merry voice again saying:
“Oh! jolly. Billy ! if there ain’t most
half a peach ! Cause you ain't found
nothing, you may bite first”
Billy was .going to take a very lit !e
taste of if, when his companion, said : *
“Bite Bigger, Billy ; mebbe we’ll find
anotber’fore long.”
That shows how a hungry boy was
Mad to get hold of half of a east-a way
peach but, better still, there is a lesson of
generosity in it.
Jfigli Life in Washington.
The wives of two Oongressmeu were
waiting for the elevator last evening at
one of our hotels. i was demurely
reading the evening p:rer with utj
eyes, eagerly devouring their conversa
tion with my ores, and this is what I
heard. Said Mrs. II.:
“I’m awful tired ; I’ve made twenty
calls to-May, and to-morrow I must
make as many more. There’s precious
little fun about it.”
Said Mrs L. : “Pun ! indeed ! not
a bit of it. I’m disappointed in Wash
ington. Why, at hume when George
was elected 1 held my head hig: er than
anybody in the county, and i expected
to have such a gay time here, but. when
you get three hundred Congressmen and
their wives together one don’t count
much, i needn’t have worried so about
my dresses !’k
“Mrs. IP’s face was visibly length
ening ail the time her fr end was talk-,
ing then she responded :
••'That’s so! i acre’s Mrs. Grant,
whom everybody wants to see at once;
and there are the wives of the Secre
taries, who bow politely when you caii
and never know you agaiu
“Oil, yes they du ! interrupted Mrs
L. “Mrs. Pish never forgets a face,
and Mrs. Bristow is just lovely .
“Well, anyhow. Mrs.,Robeson never
knows anybody, lower than a—Rcnator s
wife, and Mrs. Belknap never returns
our culls. This is the order ; The
Cabinet ladies the wives oi Senators,
ladies of the foreign legations, the fam
ilies of the army and navy, a few citi
zens known for wealth or positions giv
en by inheritance ; and, then, wives oi
Congressmen are classed witn depart
ment clerks ! i wish 1 hadn’t come at
all !”
“ I won’t say that,” said Mrs. L ,
“for at home ic does sound so nicely to
.say you were in Washington during
the season. I shall make the most of
my position there, you may be sure !”
Now, this is true, dear friends, for
the wife of the ineonsp couus M. C.,
who comes here with dreams of social
glory, will find the reality exceedingly
commonplace. If she really a lady, re
fined and intelligent, she will draw
about her a circle of pleasant friends
well worth possessing; if she be ex
ceedingly beautiful, or so wealthy that
her entertainmerts make a stir, society
will court her with sweetest praise, and
she will have card by the hail bushel;
she shall have more invitations than she
can possibly accept, and neither days or
nights shall be long enough for her wish. _
Once ia the centre of the wFaripooT'
struggles are in vain; you can’t keep
near the edue ; it is tin. vortex or noth
in 2. I know one married pair who are
eiderly and wuo ought to be staid, but
the lady, gazing at Washington through
the glamor of fancy’s paiutei vista de
sired to he “ a high flyer at fashion,”
while the husband —a genuine “Shoddy
Boffin” —detests the|whole thing, but
follows at my ladies footsteps like a ic-
Indent Newfoundland dog. It is the
greatest fun to watch his hands, when
stuffed into white kids, he attends
an evening party. ' i’lvery separate fin
ger stands at, a different angle and the
thumbs are at enmity with all the rest.
After snaking bauds with any one he
curiously inspects the liberated digits,
-and sticks them out again as if to as
sort their individuality.
—
THe .':>%-■* £-ss:sl the Horse Ideutical.
Our Supreme Court has very proper
ly adjudged that the exemption ‘aws
made in behalf of poor persons shall be
liberally construed and enforced for in
stance a horse, a yoke of oxen, cart and
and two horse* wagon are ( xempt by the
words of the statute. Our Supreme
Court Chief Justice Nicholson deliver
ing the opinion, have solemnly adjudg
ed that an ass is a hoase and a horse is
an ass belonging to the same species.'
While judge Nicholson is good author
ity n the law, he is equally distinguish
ed as a horse and assologist ; and a
horse is in ass. Tt is known that in
theeaily days of Judea the ass was the
animal principally in use either for vi*
ding draught; yet history leave* us in
doubt whether the ass is the progenitor
of the horse, or the horse the progeni
tor of the ass. While it is a mooted ques
| tion whether they germinated from the
| same root, y<. t amid the oarkness we
have the light of our Chief Justice that
they are of tiie same species, fa view
of the liberal construction given by our
Supreme Court, I have decided that
bu k wagon comes within the species of
wagon cisiou. Now the poor man and
family may sleep in their own cabin,
drive their own ass, ride in their buck
wagon, repose under their own gourd
vine and peach tree, and there is no one
to make them afraid. —From a. charge
to a Jiiiy by Judge Guild, of Tennes
see.
Almost a Oentenaeian-and- a
half. —Donna Eulalia Guillen, resi
ding in the San Jose Valley, near Pamo
na, has celebrated it is asserted, her one
hundred and fortieth birthday, and if
this be true George Washington would
have been but a child of four years
when she’was born. The old lady is
quite lively yet. possessing unimpaired
the faculties of sight and hearing and a
memory that enables her to recall read
dily events which happen and a century
and a quarter ago — Los Augeles^Cal.)
Star. '
“ Mils Sage, 1 should like to know
whose ferry boats th se are that I tum
bled over in the hall ?” “ Ferry-boats,
indeed, sir ! Those are my shoes ! Very
polite of you to call ’em ferry-boats.”—
“ .Didn’t- call them ferry-boats, Mrs
Rage; you misunderstood me —fairy
bjots, i said ? my dear.”
In Advance.
A Roiaauce in Modern
A woman—not very yonug but very
pretty —a New York belle, who, through
series of ill fortunes because dependent
U P OU her relatives and friends, had in
vited her to go to Europe with them;
and she became acquainted with an at'
taehe of tiie English consulate in the
town where they were spending some
wetks. 1 he ladies left her in a foreign
country without means to return toherna
tive land. She told her st; ry to the young
diplomat, lie loved her, proposed to
hei, and tuey became engaged; but lit
sent her home, us he could not then mar*
ry her.
She had faith in him, and mouth.'
rolled by the poor girl having retired
to live upon the charity of some relatives
;ii Central New Cork. At last the di'
plomat came, bringing maguiiiceut gifts
iiom his relatives, among the highest of
the English nobility, to his bride, lie
oid been in South America, and front
uJcre home during this cruel waiting, to
get leave of absence. They were here
Lut a few days, she sending no cards
to her cute vuut friend; they hurried
away to spend the honey-moon in
lans.
A friend just from Paris tells how
the heroine ol this little story is to re min
toero, her husband having become
connected with the English Embasey in
that city, and that Mrs. G. is the
American belie and the pet of' Lord
Lyons . elegant establishment. Lord
Jj y° I,s is bachelor, and that Mrs. G
plays she part of h stess to the guest’
Sl. Louis licpubl[can.
Econoiuiziugon His Obituary
It was a very sad woman that came
into our sanctum the other day. Not to
put toe fine a point on it, she wont. ‘*j
am Mrs. JJriggs,” she murmured, sadly
lho sub-editor said he was glad to
lUiow it, and inquired after Mr. Prigg;
iou don t seem to keep the run ol
our eminent citizens/’ she said, with
some asperity, for you know he died
last xTiday.” The sub stammered ou.
that ho had indeed overlooked it.
it,” said thogOOstricken
<jno ' ' V; ;ut an obituary writ on to
him —something strong, you know.’
■An prcoisely said the subeditor,
•T wid just take down the points. Ik
was public spirited, of course?'’ “Way.
up /’ sobbed the relict. “ Fine feelings
smf -made, rich ?” “Well no,” said the
mourner, “he Would have been rich : his
partner was just elected supervisor, bat
'' ’'’ he ... • {,.
1 ; u , a way, faded away.’ -All right
madame, we will get up a notice that
wni make all the other bereaved t\ miiies
hi Lie neighborhood howl with envy.”
”7 U tJe - r uut page, mind,” she sighed.
Viust so ma’am. It, will be "SS.” '
for an obituary, and su
gar at 13 cents?” “But reflect mad
•■imo. that you vilthave an article that
wiii m:tice Andrew Johnsir. and Horry
o.ilsmi turn over in thc:ir graves.”
"j'igiit dollars—and Johnny’s shoes
will be $3, and Jane’s pull back—well,
mister, t guess the o'd man will have
to siiue tnrough on liis merits. The
regular four-bit sent-off will do J
gm.'ss. and depositing that coin on the
ne.A ; she sobbed herself down stairs.
San i ranctsco Hews Letter.
Curing The Eliecougls.
A young gentleman who attends the
Austin -public schools had beeo told
•hat a sudden shock or fright would
cure tlie hiccough, and the other even
ing, while lie was studying his lesson for
the morrow by drawing a picture of the
school ma'am on his slate, his respected
progenitor was seized with a fit of hic
coughs. Ihe old gentleman was tilted
back in bis chair, with his feet resting
on the stove, and the young hopeful
concluded to try the cure on him.—
I Just a, the old man was “rustling” with
! a heart breaking hie the boy jumped up
| y-'l'i-d “bite i blie old" -man was
iuit getting out the cull—cub, but he
never got it out. He gave a jump
winch tilted over the chair, and, iu en
deavoring to regain his equilibrium, his
icet flew up against the table, upsetting
a students laaqi which stood upm it,
l and his head landau in the ashes on the
j stove hearth.
i be olu lady hearing the racket, came
| running in from the kitchen, snd (rip
; P c 'and ovei the old man a pmstrate form,
knocking down a what-not with a lot of
glass and china ornaments. Wiheuthat
boy s father arose from the wreck and
j shook the splinters of glass out of his
| hair and ciuthes he was cured cd the
hiccoughs but there was a louk ofstern
j ness in iiis eye; toe boy soys he knows
it v. as a “stern look—leeliug “stern,”
as he cau testify, he says fright is a
spkndid cure for the “hiccups,” but
that the “ stern ” look it occasions is
three hundred tiums worse thru the
nic cups. He can’t play tag now, as he
says his mother has forbidden him, and
j be s.ts oil the edge of the seat at school
| :U! ’l hes <)fl his front iu bed, and silent
i ly murmuis that the “ol 1 man hiccough
j r is census nod old beau off before be will
ever again try to cure him.”
The Li.t Teeth. —The London
M .die .! lie cord says : “k has been long
noted m this country that in those dis
tricts where the use of oatmeal (in
place of wbeaten fiuur) prevails, we
finJ children and adults with the best
developed teeth and j iws ; 'and so wt'il
recognized is the influence of oatmeal
upon the teeth that many prae kioners
order its use as an article of daily diet
fur children, in cases where dentition is
likely to b either retarded or imper
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-he /Inreh to Eteruitj.
Tramp, tramp, ou we go without
pause or respite Lorn the cradle to tho
grave. First comes progress and in
crco.sc of stature; the development of
every faculty, and culmination to tho
zenith, of the physical and mental en
ergies. Then, retrogre sion is the order
of nature, and gradually, at iirst, but
’ ,Vi 'ii coiifctautly accelerated pace, the 4 "
iianie desends lapsing finally into naught
and the spiritual launching upon the
sea of the dread unknown hereafter.
Leader, this is your lot and mine,
and there isno escaping the Consequen
ces ot mans fall, and the douui of our
iiast pareuts Y\ e must die, aye, inevi
ably die. despite tho apothegm that
aii men think all men ui rtai but them
selves.
Hence, when the return of a birthday
marks another of the brief stages upon’
lie’s pathway, bringing us one stadium
nearer to the gold of eternity, it 13
meat at least to pause and reflect, flow
stand.-- (lie reckoning ? Have wc grown
wiser and better within the last twelve
mouths ? Have feuds and animosities
been forgotten, and enemies thereby
transformed into friends? Have w*e
conquered self in any particular, and
risen superior to the slavery of injurious
habits or propensities ? Are we fonder
husbands or wives, and more tender
and considerate parents? Have we
sought to pay our honest debts and
owe no man aught save love? Have we'
endeavored to seek the ‘ pearl of great
price and propitiate the favor of a long
suffering and merciful God ? In short,
are we advancing or retrograding in the
scale of being ?
These are pertinent and important
questions which should be propounded’
and candidly answered by every one
it. each return of his natal day.
-Man’s allotted existence is but three '
score years and ten, and few go beyond
it. How socn then will the hours of
probation ebb away, and the night of
death succeed, wherein “ no man can
work.”
to; Jie nay of one’s .birth should be
celooruted with thanksgiving and praise
iu that God has me-eifully lightened
°. u /’ 10 a oother year tho fleeting span of
iile, an dp. row 11 him with i inuueraHe
benefactions and loving kindnesses*.
Moreover, it ought to be seen to that
good resolutions are not only Hen form
ed, put faithfully kept.
v ’ K h !<i an exchange h true stofy
~-f a puppy named Sambo,'and a kitten
named tabby. 1 hey grew up together
aed became excellent friends. Sambo
had ti oou c e made for him in the yard,
which reached down to the river near
by.
/Hi or a while 1 abby had two kittens
v v n:ch she took in her mouth aid pit
in Sambo’s house. There all four slept
together. r
During a heavy rain, which lasted
several days, the river overflowed its
banks. The water covered the stable*
wud, and the dogs house floated away
down the river.
Sambo came home with a dripping
coat, hut nothing was seen of Tabbv or
iici kittens. For some time afterwards
he jumped into the river every day a> and
swam away. He was always out two of
three hours. lie would beg for f >od,
and though he was well supplied every
day, he grew very thin.
. one ( ’ :i y his owner went out on the
river with some friends in a row boat,
the dog went too and seemed vCfry hap-'
PV- After awhile the boat came near a
i .uc i-.and, and Sambo jumped out and
swam t the End. W hat was the sur
prise of the party when Tabby and her
kittens came running to meet him !—-
The’lady landed and called Tabby; she
seemed vci y glad to see her friend, but
t* l ’ kittens bau grown wild, ant. rag
away. \ hi!e they were ri Loing
against Sambo, the lady caught them,
and she tr.k all her pets home with
her in she boat.
The little house, as it floated down
tile river, must have caught among the
reeds, or detained in some such way, at 1
the island, long enough fur Tabby and
her kittens to land, and afterward have
been borne on again by the current.—
‘The dog had carried the food that was
given him every day, all the way to the
island, and kept '' abby and her. kittens
from starvation.
Shadows.—Not a household shall
you find 'upon which snme’shadow has
not fallen, or is hanging ever ready to
fall, iou will find there is scarcely one
household that does not know some
sorrow not known to the world. Who
do not have some trial there, peculiar
message, which they do not talk about
except among themselves? some hope
tHui has been b a ted ? some rxpeeta—
cion or aspiration east to earth ? some
j wrong, real or imaginary, which some
member of the household ‘has suffered ?
| trembling anxieties lest-other members
i will not succeed ? trials from the pe*
culiar temperament of somebody in the
house, or s me envy that binds us from
Witnout ? some thorn in the flesh ?
some physical disability that cripples
our energies when we want to use them
most ? some spot in the house where
death has left his track, or are we pain
fully listening to hear his footsteps
coming on.
A taste for books is the pleasure
and glory of my life. I would noi./
exchange it for the piches of the In
dies.— Gribbm .