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Going to the Well,
Across the dewy green she stept,
In sweet freshness of the morn.
While yet the tears that night had wept,
Glistened on grass and hedge-row thorn.
'No fairy maiden she, whose tread
T*he yielding clover did not stir;
No tiny floweret raised its head,
When she had passed, to look on her
The bloom of spring was on her cheek,
The light of morning in her eye ;
Her lids half parted, as to speak,
And wreathed with maiden witchery.
With quick, elastic, dancing feet
She stept along lhe dewy grass ;
’Twould wake the dullest pulse to meet
This pretty, blithesome farmer’s lass.
And many a rustic lad she met,
And greeted with a pleasant smile,
Though well she knew the a**h coquette,
Who waited for Her at tlie Stil'e-
Who waited for her at the stiic,
Dowu in the green, secluded dell ;
And yet to catch she gave a smile,
As she stept lightly toward the well.
Hei rustic lovers, as she passed,
Stayed their own steps to look at her;
And at each sidelong glance she cast
Felt their young pulse beat quicklier ;
’Twas pleasant fooling, each oi.e knew,
For each one knew (and sighed) full well
Who waited at the rendezvous—
Down near the well side in the dell.
[For the Oulhoun Times.!
Memorials;
BY KITTY CLYDE.
No life is so dark and dreary but
what some bright rays of siihshine
gleam across the pathway to dispel the
darkening glooms ; these little bright
spots in our lives arc like oasis’s in a
desert wild as we tread the stroilg paths
of every day life, we take a sad, sweet
pleasure in permitting our thoughts td
wander back over the “ liappy bunting
grounds ” of the golden past.
Who has not some little treasures
hidden away—sacred reminders of the
“ golden long ago,” the mother whose
littlo one has passed from earth to join
the angel band above has many memen
toes of her lo§t "darling, she gazes at
them in secret and wails in “ her first
anguish.” OH why could he not have
been Spared but time the healing balm
of every woUtig brings cohsolation, she
remembers he is “ hot lost but gone be
fore.”
Only a lock of haT yoii say but to
the sad-eyed maiden Who bends over it
’tis a lasting memorial of tho young
life that ebbed away in tile bloom of
youth; the springtime flowers have
bloomed in beauty, and the whitening
snows of winter have covered his gl-ave
With a mantle of spotless purity, but
still his memory is revered.
Perhaps ’tis only loving words that
Were spoken when all the world seemed
beautiful and are now hidden away in
the secret chambers of the heart treas
ured memorials of happier days. Such
little mementoes as these will ever be
kept sacred by the living as a melan
choly reminder of the early dead.
Lite is not all roses—there ate many
more thorns than flowers on every fose
tree, but when our future life seems ob
scured by heavy clouds and wc almost
sink in the “ slough of despond,” the
protecting arm of our best friend sup
ports ua and we pass over in safety.
Starbnckle*B Experiment.
A mathematic person writes to one of
the papers to say that, “if Columbus
when he first came to America had put
away one cent, and not disturbed it un
til to day, it would have amounted to the
sum of $987,089,909.76.” If this is
true, it is a great pity the idea never oc
curred to Columbus. He might have
have had a nice little fortune to comfort
him in bis old age. Hut is it true ?
That depends of course, upon where he
would have put it. Old Starbucle, of
Berks county, Pa., several years ago
read in an almanac that money would
doub'e itself by compound interest in
eleven years if it were put away and left
untouched. Accordingly Starbuckle
put S9OO in a tin box and buried it in
bis cellar. He permitted it to remain
there for eleven years, and then he dug
it out with the confident expectations
that the amount in the box would be
SI,BOO. But it wasn’t, and Mr. Star
buckle now not only considers the sci
ence of arithmetic a transparent fraud,
but he don’t repose any confidence in.
the almanac when it says Sunday comes
on the first day of the week. —Danbury
JVcics.
An Indian Pony Express.
It is wonderful how rapidly news is
transmitted among the Indians, and it is
in the accomplishment of this work that
shows the most wonderful power of en
durance. News is received that it is
important should go to some distant
tribe or village, and one or more Indians
prepare for the work. A feast is made
and they eat and dance ; they call on
their neighbors and eat again, and con
tinue dancing and eating until nature,
exhausted, forces sleep. After sleeping a
feiv hours they eat again, and are ready
for business. They mount the fleetest
P°ny in camp and are off, riding day
find night, without food, or water or rest,
for five days sometimes. Arriving at
their destination, they state the news,
!in d another round of feasting and
lancing commences, to be followed per-
Pps by a tramp of 200 miles more
i Jri another direction, with the news to
another tribe. By these couriers every
'novemont of Custer is reported, and
before his command reaches the
lack Hills Sioux will be apprised,
n °t only of bis approach but bis strength.
€«U)oun iUccldn Cimcs.
VOL. V.
Aurelias Pnforliiimte Young Kkfl,
The facts in the following case came
to me by letter from a young lady who
lives in tho beautiful city of San Jose ;
she is perfectly unknown to me, and
simply signs herself Aurelia Maria,
which may possibly be a fictitious name.
But no matter, the poor girl is almost
heart broken by the misfortune she has
undergone, and so confused by the con
flicting counsels of misguided friends
and insidious enemies that she does not
know what course to pursue in order to
extricate herself from the web of diffi
culties in which She seems almost hope
lessly involved. In thi3 dilemna she
turns to me for help, and supplicates
for my guidance rind instruction with a
niovlhg ‘eloquence that would touch
the heart of a statiie. Hear her sad
story:
She says that when she was sixteen
years old she met and loved, with all
the devotion of a passionate nature, a
young man from New Jersey, named
Williamson Breckenridge Caruthers,
who was some six years her senior.—
They were engaged, with the free con
sent of their friends and relatives, and
for a time it seemed as if tb eir career
was destined to be characterized by an
immunity from sorrow beyond the us
ual lot of humanity. But at last the
tide of fortune turned ; young Caruth
ers became infected with small pox of
the most virulent type, and when he re
covered from his illness his face was
pitted like a waffle mould, and his come
liness gone forever. Aure’iq* thought
to break oft the engagement first, but
pity for her unfortunate lover caused
her to postpone the marriage day a sea
son and give him another trial.
The very day befor the wedding Was
to have taken place Brcbkinridge, while
absorbed in watching the flight of a
balloon, walked into a well and frac
tured one of Lis legs, and it had to be
taken off above the knee. Again Au
relia was moved to break the engage
ment. but again love triumphed and she
set the day forward and gave him an
other chance to reform
And again misfortune overtook the
youth. He lost one arm by the prema
ture discharge of a Fourth of July
cannon, and within three months he
got the other pulled oUt by a carding
machine. Aurelia’s heart was almost
crushed by these calamities. She could
not but be greived to see her lover pas
sing from her by piecemeal, feeling as
she did, that he could hot last forever
under this disastrous process of reduc
tion, yet knowing of no Way to stop its
dreadful career ; and in her tearful des
pair she almost regretted, like brokers
who held on and lose, that she had not
taketl him at first, before He had suffer
ed such an alarming depreciation—-
Still her brave soul bore her up, and
she resolved to bear with her friends
unnatural disposition yet a little long
er.
Again the wedding day approached,
and again dssappointmen; overshadowed
it. Caruthers Fell 111 with the erysipe
las and lost the use of one of his eyes
entirely.
The friends and relatives of the bride,
considering that she had already put
up with more than could reasonably be
expected of her, now came forward and
insisted that the match should be bro
en off; but, after wavering a while, Au
relia, with a generous spirit that did
her credit, said she had reflected calm
ly upon the matter, and could not dis
cover that Breckenridge was to blame.
So she extended the time once more,
and he broke his other leg.
It was a sad day for the poor girl
when she saw the surgeons reverently
bearing away the sack whose uses she
had learned by previous experience,
and her heart told her the bitter truth
that some moie of her lover was gone.
She felt that the field of her affection
was growing nmre and mors cireum*
scribed every day, but once more she
frowned down her relatives and renew
cd her betrothal.
Shortly after the time set for her
nuptials another disaster occurred.—
There was but one man scalped by the
Owens river Indians last year. That
man was Williamson Breckenridge
Caruthers, of New Jersey. He was
hurrying home with happiness in his
heart, when he lost his hair forever, and
in that hour of bitterness he almost
cursed the mistaken mercy that had
spared his head.
At last Aurelia is in serious proplex
ity as to what she ought to do. She
still loves her Breckenridge, she writes
with truly womanly feeling—still she
loves what is left of him—but her pa**
rents are bitterly opposed to the match,
because be has no property and is disa
bled lor working, and has not sufficient
means to support both comfortably.—
“ Now what should she do ?” she asks,
with painful and anxious solicitude.
It is a delicate question; it is one
which involves the life long happiness
of a woman and of nearly two thirds of
a man, and I felt that it would be assu
ming too great a responsibility to do
more than make a mere suggestion in
the case. How would it do to build to
him ? If Aurelia can afford the expense
let her furnish her mutilated lover with
wooden legs, and a glass eye and a wig,
and give him another show ; give him
ninety days without grace and if he
does not break his neck in the mean
time. marry him and take the chances.
It does not seem to me there is much
risk anyway, Aurelia, because il he
sticks to his singular propensity for
damaging himself every time he has a
good opportunity, his next experiment
is bound to finish him, and then you are
safe, married or single. If married,
the wooden legs and other valuables he
may possess revert back to the widow,
and you sustain no actual loss save the
cherished ‘fragments of a noble but
most unfortunato husband, who honcst-
CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY", AUGUST 2(5. 1874;
ly strove to do light, but whose extra>
ordinary instincts were against him
Iry it, Maria. I have thought it over
carefully and well, and it’s Hie only
chance [ see fur you. It would have
been a happy conceit on the part of
Caftithers if he had started with his
neck and broker! that first; but since
he has seen fit to choose n difficrent pol
icy, and string himself out as long as
possible, I do not think we ought to
upbraid him if he has enjoyed It, We
must do the best we can under the cir
cumstances, and try not to feel exasper
ated at him. — Mark Twain.
Maxims Worth Knowing.
Administrators are liable to account
for interest on funds in their bands, aL
though no profit should have been made
upon them, unless the exigencies of the
estate rendered it prudent that they
should hold the funds uninvested
When a house is rendered untenta
ble in consequence of improvements
made on tho adjoining lot, the owner of
such cannot recover damages, because it,
is presumed he had knowledge of the
approaching danger in time to protect
himself from it.
A person who has been led to sell
goods by means of false pretenses can
not recover them from one who has pur
chased them in good faith from the
fraudulent vendor - .
An agreement by the holder of a
note to gi e the principal debtor time
for payment, without depriving him of
the right to serve, does not discharge
the surety.
A day book copied from a “ blotter”
in which charges are first made, will
not b ereceived in evidence as a book
of original entries.
The fruits and grass on the farm or
garden of an intestate, descend to the
heir.
Mofiey paid on Sunday contracts may
be recovered.
A debtor may give preference to
one creditor over another, unless frauds
or special legislation can be proved.
A private person may obtain an in
junction to prevent a public mischief
by which he is affected, in common v\ ith
others.
Ministers of the Gospel, residing in
any eofporrited town, are hot exempted
from jury, military or fire services.
Permanent erections and fixtures,
made by mortgager, after the execution
of the mortgage upon a land Conveyed
by it, become a part of the mortgaged
premisses.
A seller of goods, chatties or other
property, commits no fraud in law,
when he neglects to tell the purchaser
of any flatts, defects cr unsoundness in
the same.
THe opinion of witnesses as to the
value of a dog that has been killed, is
not admissible in evidence. The value
of the animal is to be decided by the
juO'-
If any person puts a fence on or plows
the land of another, he is liable for
trespass whether the owiier iias sustain
ed injtiry of not.
If a person who is unable from ill
ness to siyn bis will, has bis band
guided in making his mask, the signa
ture is valid.
A wife cannot be convicted oF re
ceiving stolen goods when she received
them of her husbai and.
An agent is liable to His principals
for loss caused by liis misstatements,
though unintentional.
All cattle found at large upon the
public road can be driven by any per
son to the public pound.
No man is under obligation to make
known bis circumstances when he is
buying goods.
Money paid for the purposeof settling
or compounding a prosecution for a sup
posed felony, cannot be recovered back
by a party paying it.
A stamp impressed upon an instru
ment by way of seal, is as good as a seal
if it creates a durable impression in the
texture of th,e paper.
—* ►—
Nicholas the First was very fond
of masquerade balls, and one night ap
peared at one in the character of the
devil, with grinning face, horns,and tail,
and appeared to enjoy the character
very much. About three o clock in the
morning he went out, and throwing
over him some furs, called a coachman,
and ordered him to take him to the
Quay Anglais. As it was very cold, he
fell asleep, and when he awoke he found
that the man had taken him in a wrong
direction, for the Quay Anglais is m
one of the most elegant portions of Si.
Petersburg, while before him were only
some miserable houses. Nicholas be
gan to remonstrate, but the coachman
paid no heed to him, and presently pas
sing through a stone gateway brought
him into a cemetery, and taking a large
knife from his girdle, pointed it at his
employ’s throat and said : “ Give me
vour money and your furs, or l will kill
you.” “ And do you give me your
soul !” exclaimed Nicholas, as he threw
off the furs and disclosed his personifi
cat on of the devil. The Russians are
very superstitious, and the coachman
was so terrified that he fell senseless on
the ground, and the Emperor drove
himself back to his palace.
A Curious Emblem. —One of the
emblems in the coat-of-arms of the city
of Glasgow, Scotland, is a fish with a
ring in its mouth. An old man made
his young wife very unhappy by his
j continual jealousy and upbraidings.-
i One day in a fit of desperation, she drew
1 her wedding ring from her finger while
crossing one of the bridges and threw it
into the stream saying, “ [f I am vir
tuous and true this ring will come back
to me.” A few days after the aged
gentleman bought a salmon in the mar
ket and carried it home for bis dinner.
The cook on preparing the fish for the
able found the ring.
The Jewels the Months,
In Poland, according to a supersti
tious belief, each month of the year is
undet the influence of some precious
stone, which influence is attached to
the destiny of persons born during tin
month. It is, ih consequence, customs
ty among friends, and more particular
ly between lovers, to make on birth
days reciprocal presents, consisting oi
some jtwel ornamented with tho tutela?
stone. It is geheral'y believed that thi?
prediction of Happiness, or rather
of the future destiny, will be re
dli£ed according to the wishes expressed
on the occasioti.
January.—The stotie of January is
the jacinth, or garnet, which denotes
constancy and fidelity la every sori of
engagement.
February.—The amethyst, a preser
vative against passions, and an assu
rance of peace of mind and aiivcori
ty.
March.—The bloodstone is the stone
of courage and wisdom in perilous
undertakings, and firmness in affec
tion.
April.—The sapphire, or diamond, is
the stone of repentance, innocence, and
kindness of disnosition.
May.—The emerald, signifying hap
piness in love and domestic felicity.
June.—The agate is the stone of long
life, health and prosperity.
July.—The ruby or congclian denotes
forgetfulness of, and exemption from
the vexations caused by friendship or
love.
August.—The sardonyx, denoting
conjugal felicity.
September.—Tho chrysolite is the
stone which preserves and cuies mad
ness and-despair.
October.—The aqua marine or opal
signifies distress and hope.
November.—The topaz is the emblem
of fidelity and friendship.
December.—The turquoise is the
stone which expresses great sureness
and prosperity in love, and in all the
circumstances of life.
Nutritious Food.
It is stated by a writer in Chamber’s
Edinburgh Journal that a very interest
ing report on the comparative nutritive
properties of food was lately present ad
to theFrerielt Minister of the Interior by
Messrs. Percy and Vanquelin, two mem
bers of the Institute. The result of
their experiment is as follows : In bread
every one hundred pounds’ Weight are
found to contain 80 pounds of nutri
tious matter; butcher meat, averaging
the various sorts, contains only 31
pounds in 100 pounds; French beans,
23 pounds; peas, 23 pounds; lentils,
9-1 pounds; greotis and turnips, which
are the most aqueous of vegetables used
for domestic purposes, furnish only 8
pounds of solid nutritious substance in
100 pounds; Carrots, 14 pounds; and
what is very remarkable, as being in
opposition to the acknowledged theory,
100 pounds of potatoes only yield 35
pounds of substance valuable as nutri -
tious. According to this estimate, 1
pound ol good bread is etjdal to 21 or
3 pounds of best potatoes; and 75
pounds of butcher meat are equal to
300 pounds of potatoes. Or, again, 1
pound of rice or of broad beans is equal
td 3 pounds of potatoes; while 1 pound
of potatoes is equal to 4 pounds of cab
bage and to 3 pounds of turnips. This
calculation is considered perfectly cor
rect, atid may be Useful to families
where the best mode of supporting na
ture should be adopted at the least ex
pense.
Forgot His Broom.
Some years ago there was a crossing
sweeper iD Dublin, with his broom, at
the corner; and in all probability, his
highest thoughts were to keep the
crossing clean, and look for the pence.
One day a lawyer put his hand upon
his shoulder, and said to him :
“ My good fellow, do you know that
you are heir to a fortune of ten thou
sand pounds a year ?”
“ Do you mean it V” he said.
“ I do,” he said. “I have just re
ceived the information. lam sure that
you are the man.
The man was convinced. lie left his
corner, be walked away, he forgot his
broom, and he made haste to seek the
'inheritance. Like the women of Sa
maria, “ left her water-pot” by Jacob’s
well, and hastened to the city to pro
claim the presence of the Messiah whom
she had seen, so this poor man, filled
with strange thoughts of wealth and
plenty, forsook his labors and forgot
his broom.
But are there not many who ralk of
their title to a heavenly and eternal
heritage, who yet hold fast the
and cling to aii the cares and trifles and
follies of this wretched world ? O man
of earth, look up '( God has provided
sonic better things for mortals than
wordly good. Drop your muck rake,
forget your broom, and seek an eternal
heritage, a never-fading crown.
Here is an Irish gentleman’s letter to
his son in college : ,k My dear son : I
write to send you two pair of my old
breeches, that you may have a rew coat
made out of them. Also some new socks
which your mother knit just by cutting
down some of mine. \ our mother sends
you ten dollars without my knowledge,
and for fear you may not use it wisely, I
have kept back half, and only send you
five. Your mother and I are well ex
cept that your sister has got the measles,
which we think would spread amone the
other girls if Tom bad not had it before,
and he is the only one left. I hope you
wdl do honor to my teachings; il not
you arc an ass, and your mother and my
self your affectionate parents.
“*~*“*"
A colored gen’lm’n on a grand jury
was in favor of sending the prisoner to
“the plenipotentiary.”
An Index to Marriage.
It don’t require an aatrokurer, a me
dium, ora gypsy with a pack of
cards. It is very simple—lies in a nut
shell, can be expressed in a few words.
They are these. The list person you
would naturally think of.
If a girl expresses a fondness for ma
jestic men, with large whiskers, make
up \our mind that she will marry a
very small man with none. If she de
clares that “ mind ” is all slie looks for,
expect to see her stand before the altar
with a pretty fellow who has just sense
enough to tie a Cravat bow. If on the
contrary she declares sKe must have a
handsome husband, look about you for
the plainest person in her circle, “ that
is the man,” sot- it will be.
Men arc almost as had. Tllo gentle
man who desires a wife, a mind marries
a lisping baby who screams at the sight
of mouse, apd hide§ bet face when she
hears a sudden knock at tlie door. And
the gentleman who droaded anything
like strong mindedness, exulted in the
fact that his wife is everything ho de
clared he detested.
If a girl says of one, “ Him !
I’d rather die,” look upon tho affair as
settled and expect cards to the wedding
of those people.
If a man remarks of a lady, “Not
my style at all ! await patiently the ap
pearance of his name in the matrimo
nial column in connection with that
very lady’s.
If any two people declare themselves
“ friends aiul nothing more,” you may
know what will come next.
There is no hypocrisy in all this and
such matches arc invariably the happi
est. People do not know themselves,
and make great mistakes about their in
tentions. Love is terrible perplexing
when he first begins to upset one’s the
ories, and when his arrow first pierces
the heart thefo is itlbh a fluttering
there that it is hard to guess the cause.
Besides man proposes and God disposes,
and it is the “I don’t know wHat” with
which peoplo fall in love; and not those
peculiarites which conld be given in a
passport.
The Oldest Members of Congress.
Samuel Thatcher, of Bangor, Maine
wris a member of Congress for Massa
chusetts from 1802 to 1805. lie was
born July 2, 1776, two days before tlie
signing of the Declaration of Ittde
perldencfe. He is now living in the
99th year of his age:
Enos T. Throop. of AtlbUrn, New
YArk, who w r as 90 ybars old on the
21st of July, was a member of Con
gress in 1814-1816. He was Governor
of New York from 1829 to 1833. He
was born August 21, 1784.
Ilorabc Binney, of Philadelphia was
in Congress in 1833-1835. He is now
in the 95th year, havittg beet! born Jan
uary 4, 1780.
’The above were all members of the
House of Representatives.
The oldest members of the United
States Senate still liviiig rire :
Peleg SjAagtie, of Boston, Massachu
setts, who was Senator from Maine,
from 1829 to 1839. lie was born in
1792, and is, therefore, 82 years of
age.
Ether Shcplcy, of Portland., Mel, how
85 years of age —having been borh in
1786 —was a Senator frodl that State
from 1833 to 1&38.
Charles E. A. Gayarre. of fteW Or
leans, now in his 70th year, was a Sen
ator in 1835.
Alexander Mouton, of Vermillion
ville, La., was a Senator in 1837 1841.
He is now 71 years old.
Horace Binney and Samuel Thatch
er are, I believe, the oldest l'ving grad
uates of Harvard College, the former
having been graduated iu 1797 and the
latter in 1793.
John Buggies, who succ eded Peleg
Sprague in the United States Senate,
from 1835 to 1841, died at his home in
Thomaston, Me.,
three weeks ago.—- J. N. in A r : 1 * even
ing iMst.
The Praying Sailors.
A ship once sprung a leak in mid
ocean, and there seemed no escape for
the Crew from a Eatery grate. The
captain, with deep emotion, gathered
his men around him, thirty two in num
ber, aud briefly stated their condition.
“ Are you prepared foi it ?” he asked,
feelingly.
Two men stepped forward. “ Cap
tain, we believe that We are prepared
for death.”
“Then," said he, “ for me and
your shipmates. I know that I dot ti ot
prepared."
The two men knelt down with the
company, and earnestly prayed God to
save them all for His dear Son s sake.
There was no jeering now at their pray*
ing shipmates. No ofte to s*off at their
religion. Every one felt that there was
comfort and safety for them in God.
While they were praying their signal of
distress was seen, and a lifeboat sent, to
their rescue. They felt as if God had
sent an angel to their help, and their
thanksgivings were as earnest as their
prayer meeting for assistance had been.
A daily prayer meeting was established
among them, and before port was reach
ep each one of the thirty-two was hope
fully converted.
It is a blessing beyond evert oi'hcr
earthly uood to be associated with a
piaying Christiaft people. We do riot
know how many times the Lord wards
oft danger and trouble from us on this
account, and how many blessings come
to us in answer to their prayers. Choose
such company in preference to any oth*
! ep, if you would enjoy the blessings
I God bestows in this life, and be fitted at
li’ast tor such companionship in the
life beyond.
A SFIRtTBD youth—Oue dead drunk'.
A Wild Girl Hunt,
Jj is a tale of Idaho. There are
youngsters in the NVeSt as tfell as in the
East; arid two of them, who are fund
of t e chase, hare liad a romantic ad
venture. They were out repairing theii
flumes near Idaho city. Near by a
hardy old miner had squatted upon a
quartz lead, but he was rarely seen, and
the youngsters were not aware that with
in that old man’s tunnel resided a sylpli
like creature, the joy of the oil miner
Looking over toward the old tunnel on
the hillside they saw a sight that thril
led them with rapture. A young girl,
about fifteen years of age. beautiful as
Cleopatra, barefooted arid bareheaded,
with a wealth of rich auburn hair drop
ping aßotit Her like a silken robe, stood
siinning Hehself on a grassy knoll in
the bright tnorHirig. Stick a divinity
had never been seeti iti the wilds of
Idaho befdrb, and they supposed she
was a wild girl. She was game that
must be bagged alive. Cautiously they
crept through the tangled thickets to
ward the spot where the beats iful Na
netta drarik Iti the glorious beauty of
the morning. All at once, from under
cover, the hunters made a dash for the
Wild beauty. But she was off like a
frightened fawn at the approach of the
sportsmen. Suddenly she disappeared,
and “ though lost to sight, to memory
dear,” the chase was not abandoned
Into the dark tunnel, as the likeliest
place of refuge, the keen hunters
plunged, only to stand aghast at the
sight that met their gaze. When their
eyes became accustomed to the dark
ness they beheld ther beautiful wild girl
swooning in the arms of the rough old
miner. The burly miner had seen the
poor frightened lawn chased to the tun
nel and saw the keen hunters at bay
before him. lie disengaged his arms
from the inanimate creature. lie ad
vanced a few paces, made a little ora
tion of one word: “Ruffians!" then lifted
a htSavy boot, drew it back a few feet,
see sailed ttirh it a little in the air and
sent them back , with their saws and
hammers at the flurries. That entire
day the fliiuie was neglected. The
young Wild-girl hunters wore busy ie-.
pairing tho canvas seats of their trow
sers and reducing swellings. They
have no longer a desire to hunt wild
girls in the Idiho thickes. Moral:
Mover go wild-girl hunting without the
permission of her papa, if you woul 1
avoid pantaloons rents and tailors bills
The Future of the South.
The condition Os affairs among the
white people in some of tho Southern
States is one that cannot be investiga
ted too closely. These people .nurtured
in the lap of luxury afid refinement,
highly educated, possessing a fine and
cultivated taste, have been doomed by
the forße of circumstanbes to suffer the
greatest privations. They have iu many
instances been deprived of even the
necessities of life, forced to labor with
their hands for the merest pittance, and
subjected to all Sorts of indignities by
those were their former slaves and
servants. Steeped in the depths of
poverty and misery, these high-spirited,
proud, refined people have at last re
signed themselves with the philosophy
of a stoic, to their condition. In the
depths of their despair and misery, they
have absolutely turned their faces to the
wall, as it were, and given themselves
uji without a thurmur or complaint.—
The little property remaining to them
Is being swept away by the Hatid of the
tax-gatherers. Turn which soever way
they may, they see no avenue open to
them for relief.
But this state of things cannot long
exist. “ The mills of God grind slow
ly, but they grind exceedingly small,"
and unless the administration takes heed
and inaugurates some plan for allevia
ting the distress of these people, the
same spirit of justice which gave rise to
that series of circumstances which re
sulted in freedom to the black man will
be set in motion to bring compensation
to these suffering white people. The
wail df despair and supplication which
comes forth from hundreds of these peo
ple cannot fail to meet with a response,
and woe betide this natiofi if the ap
peal is not heeded uritil it is left to
gather volttme and fcrce—until like the
mountain torrent it overleaps all
bounds and carries everything before it.
— Pomeroy's Democrat.
The stock of horses in Russia, it is
said, would be insufficient for the wants
of the farmers of the Empire, in the
event of a mobilization of the army.—
A committee of the general army staff
reports that 350,000 horses would be
wanted in the event of a war, an 1 that
not more than 200.000 eottld be spared
from the agricultural pursuits for ordi
nary road and street traffic and for em
ployment in the army. Rttesia requires
more horses for agricultural purposes
than any European *iotfntry, and yet has
fewer horses, in proportion to the p>p
illation, than any other.
One of the queerest (fuels oh record
was that in which Sainte-Veuve was cn
gaged. It began to rain slightly after
he had taken up his position, whereup
on he coolly held his Umbrella over hid
head with his left hand, while holding
his pistol With iis right. The expos
tulation of his witnesses bad tlo effect,
upon him “It js all very Well to be
killed," Said the famous essayist,” “ but
I object to cat idling cold in my head ”
~~ A Scotch chrgym n, p caching one
day, (]U‘ ted the passage : •* And l said
in my h. ste that all non are li--rs:!
and added: “What’s that, Mr Psal
mists? Said it in your haste, did you?
Had you lived in our day you would
ha"e said it at your lei.-gro ”
. . . -i - •
“Crusade Sirup,” in 3*dh much
called; Hut ith certain? Westtwij towns.
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MISCELLAKEOiv
An Up-country exchange calls i-
V Gogin’s Comet.” Next it will be old
codger’s.
A laity at, Saraloga wears a ljorhih
breastplate of emeralds and diatnefA-*!
purchased at London for $12,000.
The young lady who mistook a b-»t-
Hc of mucilage Lr flair, oil has b •*
too “stuck up ” to go to any f>arn ■
sinccl
NO. 5.
“ Go lot it wbhot !" was tli*»
exhortation rural y‘odth to H
lady love, as Hp handed her a foam
ing glass of soda water, She went I •«’
it.
A Saratoga belle, who six monin*
ago was so languid that she could scarce
ly support herself at the altar, m>w
throws a flat iron 55 feet, and hit* her
husband ctery time.
A gentleniari, on presenting a lac,
collar to his adored oue, said, carefully:
“ Bo not let any one else rumple it.'”—»
“ No, dear,” she replied. “ I’ll take it
off"
A man travels around in Kngland,
exhibiting himself at fairs who, wiih
his hands tied behind him, kills a cer
tain number; or fils WltHlti a given time
with his teeth.
A Kansas gcfltlerndn has thoughtful
ly put his front gate in the jiarlor, 6o
that his daughter and ) 7 oung man cap
swing on it without taking cold during
the cold wed their.
“ Old \Voils Dug Out ”is the
of Dewitt Talmago’s last book, and a
religious weekly, with a facetiousness
very rare in papers of lb’ bias*; watfb
to know who the—Moses old Wells il*
A Delaware man was arrested for
murder, proved that on that night and
at the hour of the murder he was at
home mauling his wife, and this fact
saved him. A word to the wise is, and
so forth.
An lowa lady concludes an anti-suf
frage letter as follows: “ You may look
at this matter in whatever light you will)
but simmer it down, and it is but a
quarrel with the Almigty that we are
not all men."
Some friend was remonstrating with
Clarke, the actor, about his profanity,
and quoted the Scriptural, injunction,
“ Swear not at all.” “ I don’t," said
Clarke ; “ I swear at those who
offend mb.”
An old veteran was relating his ex
ploits to a crowd of boys, and mention
ed having been in five
“ That’s nothing," broke in a little fe!>
low; “my sister Alma has been engaged
eleven times."
Anew gamo {las bceii slatted in tfie.
mountain*? called “ Granger seven-up,"
Three pcrSoHs play for can of oysters/
The first man out.gets the oysters, the.
last tHc cart, and tllb “ middle mad'’
don’t get ahytiiitig.
IT a seiitfian 4ould turn back every
time ho encounters a head wind, he
would never make a voyage. So he who
permits himself to be baffled by adverse,
circumstances will never make headway
in the voyage of life.
There is ode trobd of which four oth
ers can be niade, Which alternate curi-.
ouslv between tho genders : “ Heroine"
ia perhaps as peculiar a word as any in
our language. The first two lettters of
it are male, first three female, the first
four a brave man, and the whole a brave
woman.
A wealthy parvenu lately gave the
church he attends, two tablets of stone
with the Ten Commandments engravC
en upon them; whereupon a witty lads
member of the church remarked that
his reason for giving away the com
mandments was, that he couldn’t keep'
them.
Two yourg princes of Austria enter
ed into a violent qdarrel; vfrhen one of
them said to the o£her. “ You arc tho
greatest ass irl Vienna." Just theri
the Emperot their father, entered, ana
said indignantly, conic, “ Come, young
gentlemen, you forget that I am pres
ent.
tl Is there any person voii would wish
me to marry ?" sni Ia wife io a dying
spouse, who had been somewhat of a
tyrant in his day. “ Marry the devil,
if you like." was the gruff reply. “No,
I thank you. my. dear, one husband
from tbc game family is enough for
me."
An oh! negro returning one nigjti
from a dancing frolic, when crossing tho
river, lost both oars, and came near be
ing swamped. Determined to do what
he had never done before, he dropped
on his knees, and exclaimed, “ Oh Mds-
Sa Lord if eber gwine to help Ira, tictw
iJ de time !"
Several hundred persons attended
the funeral of a tame bear near Boston
a few days ago An invitation tg be
present was sf-m fo.the Aufoprat of tpp
Break fist Table, who responded as fol
lows : “ Dear Sir—Many Blanks sos
your polite invitation to attend the ob
sequies of the lamented plantigrade.—
fam sorry (hat it will not he in my
power to bn presepl, upob the Melan
choly occasion. I have a great respect
for hears since those two female ones
taught the little children of Bethel and
of Belial that they must not be rude to
elderly persons. I think a loose bear
or two might be of service in our com
munity, and I regret much the loss of
an animal who might have done sn
much as a moral teacher for the young
of this city and its suburb*. I am*
dear sir, yours very tru y, O. W.
Holmes."