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VOL, VIII. Mb BARNWELL, 8. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1885. COMPETITION BOUNCED. PADGETT LEADS ALL OTHERS! WALNUT BEDROOM SUITES, 10 PIECES, $42.50, A NICE BEDROOM SUITE $18.00 cr EVERY KIND AND -EVERY VARIETY OF FURNITURE. JB COOKING STOVES AT ALL PRICES. Padgett's furniture and stove house. 1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET - - - AUGUSTA, GA ETRefer you to the Editor of this paper. BE FORGOT. Importer of and Wliolcsale and Retail Dealer in Fine Cigars, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Wines, Brandies, Whiskies, Gin, Ale, Porter, &c. 037 and 639 BROAD STREET _ _ _ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. HP* Country orders accompanied with the cash promptly attemled to. ~~ You lay Tall Sit Yoar - < FINE CLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS’ FURNISH ING GOODS, BUT L L. STANSELL. 746 BROAD STREET, UNDER GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Can gel away with them all in the way of FINE CLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS’ It RNISI1ING GOODS for this Fall and Winter in the very Latest Styles ami at Prices that astonish everybody that looks at“thern. He means to outsell them all. Give him a trial and yon will go home the best pleased man in the State, nr Don’t forget the place. I. Tj. RTJLjNTSEILL, 746 BROAD STREET, UNDER GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. PLEASURE AND PROFIT TO ALL WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING AND FULL LINE OF GOODS. iTOTITST EE. IF’IE-A.IR/Ttr, Dealer in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, 729 Broad Street, , Opposite Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. GRANDYS & ZORN, ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER. t Contractors and Bnildcrs, Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of Luin- !>er and Building Material. Wc arc prepared to take contracts or give esti mates on all kinds of buildings. Our Saw and Planing Mills are at “Grandyg,” S. C., postolBce Windsor, S. C. Wc also keep in stock at our yard on corner of Watkins and Twiggs Sts., Augusta, Ga., ad kinds of material as above slated. All orders sent to cither place will be promptly attended to. We are, respectfully, GltANDYS & ZORN. A Mad Poet. •las. W. Turley’s SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS TO SENSIBLE PEOPLE. Q-OODS. Knowing full well that our people in general are economizing, yet desiring First Class Dry Goods, and seeing they know how to appreciate them, I have determined to give them t^>e full benefit of my extraorainary purchases, and dispose of my Stock of Goods at the smallest profits. GRAND DISPLAY OF FALL AND WINTER IMPORTATIONS OF DRESS GOODS!! Embracing the very Latest Novelties in Fabric Colors, and intcrmixtnres Of TOforings of the most pronounced and RELIABLE STYLES AT POPULAR PRICES, In Plaids, Brocades, and Solid Colors, trom 10 cent* per yard up to the finest. CyTHE NEWEST SHADES IN SILKS AND SATINS.^J A handsome line of Velvets and Velveteens, comprising all the new and pretty shades from 50 cents to the fincat Silk Velvet. An elegant line of Black and Colored Gros Grain Silks from 50 cents per yard up to the finest quality; also a complete stock of Black and Colored K. D. Cashmeres, a celebrated make. Jackets, Ulsterettes, Pelises, New Markets, Circulars, Jerseys. Handsome Jackets from $2.25 up to $15.00. Shoulder Shawls, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c. Large Shawls, 2 yards square, $1 and tl .50 each. Large Wool Shawls, black and colored, $2, $3, $3.50. Ladies’ Cloth and Flannel Skirts, 50c. to $2 each. White Blankets, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 to $10.00 per pair. In our Woolen Department can be found one of the largest as well as the best assortments of Kentucky Jeans, Kerseys, Cashmeres, Rcpcllants, Water Proofs, Diagonals, Broadcloths, &c., all at bottom prices. Plain Ren and White Flannels from 15c. per yard up. An extra good quality in Red Twilled at 25c, 35c, 40c. and 60c. Opera Flannels in ail shades: «l«n Basket Flannels, in the new Fall colors. Dark, Gray and Blue Gray Skirt F snnels. Bleached and Unbleached Cotton Flannels from the lowest prioM up t» the very heaviest quality. Thousanus oicLzcns Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Fancy Hose at 10c. up to the finest, and fresh stock. The South Carolina Seamless Hosiery, in Men’s Half Hose, New Fall Mix tures; also Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s, in Fall colors. iy A visit of inspection is desired. No trouble to show goods. JAMES W. TURLEY, AOS BroiHl St., Anguata, Ga. CLEVELAND IS AHEAD IN FOLITCS, BUT WE LEAD IN - • 4 *■ f' ** fiSB MB OB MB CSfi (fiM ■BSaflB a FURMITURES! OUR MOTTO, like his, is “Reform”—Old High Prices must get out of the way and give way to the New Low Price*. We bay for Caah, hence are able to get the Bottom, as onr Prices will prove. Read and wonder. SOLID WALNUT MARBLE TOP SUITES, WITH TOILET WASH8TAND, TEN PIECES, FOR FIFTY DOLLARS. ** Tbit is what Cash docs. Wo have Suites from this up to $500. We are now fitting up two Hotels, who bought as cheap from ns as they could buy from the factories, and a little cheaper. We defy all competition. Call aud see ns. All goods packed and shipped free of charge. J. L, BOWLES & CO., 940 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Te flcdjrcUnjr hard, that fain on downy wtn* * Would try with touyher oullla to itoar and Kin* 1 young lark*. «m whom too cage door ne'er has slummed, 1 To lock you la, “all silent and all damned 1“ these poets emoted rreat In other davs. In writing now, would have to mend their ways. Fhey thought too much, and, on their 'kinking ■*>ent. With plain heroic couplets were content. But woe to him who rashly now reraats rbe measure of a Goldsmith or 11 Keats 1 One form, aud only one, could serve him worse— Let no livo poet venture on blank verae. tf you’ve originality disguise It: Be suiw that Aristarchus would despise It. Keep off the grass! Kcmeinber poor old Walt? Uc liulgniHcant, and shun tils fault. Boei.mi rophlMticute, audtre’er reveal Aught of emotion you may chance to feel; Tl" cxi-rnrtrv form, 'tts most til-bred: lonj comes not from thddioart, but from the bead. ;-itto Christmas verses In the month of June; wi January ring a summer tune: ^hmit elegies before the vietiin's dead- tor magosl nes want verse six months ahead fben following my advice, you've conquered fame, Fall not to sign In full your middle name. My lot in til!" record w as very sad; I hud no middle nami—they thought me mad. • —Nat Lee in the Century. EARNING THE RIGHT. Kite was voting and delicate, and fair with the fairness of purity. Mark Mannering stood' bv her side, a world-woru man of thirty-hvo; not neo- | essarily a tnau whom the world had taught her cruel ways, but a man who had buffeted fortune, who had earned his living from boyhood by close appli cation to work, that had left him no time to become a pet of society. Yet for all ”Brutus was an honor able man.” he felt so far the inferior of the graceful girl beside him that he could not snmmou sufficient nerve to tell her how dear she was to him, and how ho wished to marry her and show the worhl this fresh ereaturo, with her frank, speaking eyes, as the bright fairy who was to lead him np- warti and onward through all the fu ture. •’Mcrmelle!” called a high treble voice, and the golden opportunity lost. Mcrmelle entered the sitting-room whose pleasant whito-curtainoq win dows opened upon the honeysuckle- embowered veranda upon which they had been standing. She entered to meet a young, attractive man advanc ing toward her. ”Mr. Tremnor, my dear, is not ac quainted with Mr. Mannering,” said her mother softly, ‘’so 1 thought I had better call you.’ Mermellc turned back to the piazza with her graceful, frank air. “Mr. Mannering, let me introduce you to Mr. Tremnor.” The men bowed, but Mark Manner- ing stood for a moment, then began making his adieu. The young man had vyed him with a look bordering on dislike, and was doubtless only too wall pleased when the tirst caller took his departure. Theodore Tremnor was ev.dually a favorite with Mrs. Chesborough, and of this he was doubtless aware, since her marked preference for the young man as a visitor at her hou o was open ly admitted by th mother. Young Tremnor knew why his at- tent ons to Mrs. Che.,borough's daugh ter were encouraged. His father had recently died, md he was reputed to be worth property to the amount of near y half a million. The (Jhesboroughs were also wealthy and of a good family. Two weeks passed away, and n that time M rk Mannering left the field clear for h s rnal, for ho abstained from agaiu visiting the girl he loved because he knew so well her mother dest ned her fo a wealthy marriage, and he k i. w his chan c- with Mer- melle w re lcs< ned should his atten tion- becoiiK) too frequent and assidu ous. The gay season was at its he ght, when one night a party had hem form ed, comprising young Tremnor, Mrs. Chesborough, and Mormelle, to attend the opera. Mrs. Chesborough, at the last min ute, found herself unable to join them, and Tremnor, promising to call and take au aunt of his with him in her stead, the mother at last consented to allow Mcrmelle to accompany him. But his worthy aunt, as Tremnor was well aware, was a large body who not only moved slowly, but rarely. Her opera days were well over, and though her nephew made a feint of urging her chaperonagc, he knew well, before entering her abode, that nothing wonld induce her to leave her warm fireside on this cold night. The exclusive life of the old lady (Tromnor’s only relative in the city) prevented her from hearing the many rumors current about her nephew. That he was leading the life of a fash ionable young man she was well aware; hat that rumor accredited him with large wealth she did not know. Had any one whispered the word “money” in connection with her neph ew she would have looked aghast “Money! Don’t speak to me of Ids money!" would have been her emphat ic rejoinder. “He ran throngh the small property his father left him speedily enongh, and now the debts his fashion and folly have led him into have made him a disgrace to his fami ly. What his wild course will lead him to is only too plain. Never metation his name again to me. His position in fashionable society is bought with dis honor ” Bnt the indignation of this frank- spoken lady ditf not reach the outside world, so Mrs. Chesborough was not alone in believing Theodore Tremnor a young man of fortune. It was the fashion for the party, when, of course, as on previous occas ions, it had included a chaperon, to re sort to a select dining-saloon for sup per when the performance was over. To-night, as usual, young Tremnor drove to their selected refort At first his companion hesitated, but her escort took it so much as a matter of course that she found herself seated amid the lights and company of the dining-hall almost before she had time to think. As usual, wine waa served, and pres ently they were again whirling over the stones of the city. But an unconquerable drowsiness had taken possession of Mcrmelle, and conscious that she was yielding to a kind of sleep, yet utterly unable to throw it off, she at Iqst lay back in the carriage in a state of complete uncon sciousness. • • 3' • . • • The moon Hooded fields and woods with .ts o: aline sea of 1 ght. In lucent spl ndor the ocean rocked to and fro upon the beach, while its monnings died away in the distance, and left a s lence unbroken and per fect. Not far from this bleak shore, w.th its t:ill rained lighthouse, might I are been seen a boat out upon the waters. Slowly it neared a point of land about which some fisherm n’s huts were {gathered, and where a few -a 1- boats lay rocking upon the waters. To reach this point, however, the boatman must pass the promontory where stood the old tower like struc ture wc have descr bed. As he drew near something ILo a faint cry reached his ear. He listened; it came again, and seemed te emanate from the lighthouse. Then a small flame l ! t up the h gh window; it flashed, then fluttered down —down the rugged old gray wall to tlie ground. He made all speed to land at the nearest . oint of safety, : nd made his way at once to the lighthouse. As he reached the s- ot, he again keard a woma ’s scream, and ,t was plain th t some one was calling for heln at t..e -ummit of the edifice. He »pra 'g up the broken stairway.. Darker anil darker it grew, lit only by the oce:i ionul glo m from a slit-lik* window. Ho stiu k m Lho> to ight his way. Suddenly he beard just ahead of him other feet treading the winding stair way. They halt d, but the man from the boat persevered, and presently stood facing a fashionably-attired young man. His face was white as chalk. lie at tempted bravado, however, as he saw determination upon tho face of his pur suer. “Mr. Theodore Tremnor, what does this mean?” “It means that you're a cursed fool, and you’d better turn back and go about your business.” “Not until I find out who is in dis tress in this building at such an hour,” said the other. As he spoke he attempted to pass the man. who now completely barred his passage upward. As he took a stop forward, tho other snatched from his pocket a revolver, and took aim. Anticipating this, his companion dashed, with one blow against Trom- nor's shoulder, himself and his weapon several steps below him. It was the work of a moment, and the next he was rushing up the stairs. Tremnor, struggling to his feet, scud ded down tho stairs, and fled through foot-path and field, till he reached a point where stood a carriage nud driv er. “Drive like mad—stop for nothing— to Station. You will bo well paid!” And tho nex4 train which left for London carried away Theodore Trem nor on his way to tho continent Meanwhile, Mermclle Chesborough looked up from the rotten planks where she had lain, hearing naught but tho waves and the scuttle of rats near si hand, to encounter with a shudder the face, not of the one she most dreaded and expected, but that of a deliverer —the face of her friend, Mark Manncr- ing. How he came she did not ask. Brief ly she told him of the evening’s per formance—of the circumstances which had placed her in Tremnor’s power. “I knew nothing since we left the restaurant till I opened my eyes to find myself alone here. Yet, I recall the circumstancM, and gue*se4 at the rest. I was dnigged^-dragged ah(l brought here. Hark—what is that? He may come at any moment Where can he have gone?” “I met him on the stahway on his way up. But ho will not come now. Fear nothing; ho is but too well pleas ed to floe after meeting mo. Come with me—Mcrmelle—Miss Chesborough —my boat is near. I will get you safe home to your mother.” Mcrmelle broke into wild sobs of re lief. “Ob, what kind fate was it that sent you to my deliverance ?” She rose, and attempted to feel her way, with Mannering for a guide, down •tairs. But Mannering placed a strong arm about her, and bore her below as he Would a child. Mrs. Chesborough was in a condition impossible to describe when her daugh ter, with Mark Mannering for a com panion, made her way into the house at four o’clock in the morning. Almost frenzied, the motner could not for some time comprehend the cir cumstances. When at last she did so, the rose and seized Mark by the hand. “What—what great thing,” she cried, “can I ever do to thank you for this?” v “There is one thing,” said Mark, modestly, “and it is a great thing, and it is this: I love your daughter dearly, and if I cannot give her great wealth, 1 can give her the protection that an honorable man can bestow. Will you give her to my care? Will you consent to her becoming my wife?” Mrs. Chesborough hesitated but a minute. She saw that Mermclle wasmot to be questioned. She had already con sented. « Without a word she took the hand of her daughter and placed it within that of Mark Mannering. “You have earned the right,” she •aid, “and she is yours.” Sierra Valley, Sierra county, Cal., is ?ne of the prettiest but Boost isolated places in the State. It has no telegraph ic commuhication with the rest of the world, and can only be reached by a difficult stage ride of twenty-five milM. COL. HARKEY*8 REVENGE. The Prince of Wales is only forty-five. But if you count his age on the kittle darkey’s plan, by the fun he’s had, he’d be most three hundred, says the Boston QloU. “Nad Bunt Hut-V Itcinliilm r ur -« of th« Hr ml not* War. When the massacre of tho Caloosa- hatchie ended tho truce which had for a brief time suspended <>|>crntions against the Seminolos, writes “Ned Buntline” in the New York World, the war opened with renewed activity. The naval force on tho coast—to which the writer hereof, then a midshipman, act ing as lieutenant, was attached—con sisted ai tho topsail schooner Flirt, Wave, and Otsego, commanded re- speotivelv by Lieutenant Commanding J. T. McLaughlin, Lieutenant John Rodgers (late admiral) and Passed Midshipman Edmund Templar Shu- briek, about whom I w'ill shortly write a tragic h -story. The army force con sisted of the 3d art llery, 6lh infantry, 2d dragoons, and a part of the 7th in fantry. The 8th infantry came later, under command of Col. Worth, who soon after was promoted, and, reliev ing Gen. Zachary Tnvlor, pushed ac tive operations until tfio war was prac tically ended. 1 am thus particular now because in these papers all these oarties will have a place. Col. Harney was raging rnad when he reached Key Biscaync on our schoon er, swearing the bitterest vengeance on the red murderers of I.is bravo men For it was murder in the broadest sense. The men fell not as soldiers in battle, bnt were surprised in lied, shot down, slain and seabed, with no chance for resistance. On the island which forms Cape Florida there were several companies of tho 3d artillery and two companies of the 3d dragoons. Harney as lieutenant colonel ranked nil the othcers at the post, and the naval men having a la’ge number of cypress canoes that had been made expressly for our use in following the Indians up the river, lagoons, and bays along the coast, made ills plans easy of accom plishment. Calling for volunteers to go on the expedition, the brave Harney soon had 200 picked men, sailors and aoldicrs, ready for a start. I forget just now the names of all the ofliccrs who went along. I am almost sure that General Sherman, now retired, was one—for ho was at tho post, a lieutenant. 1 know that the late Gen. Ord was there, as will bo seen in later lines in this sketch. Lieut. Rodney, of Delaware, a gallant dragoon, also ('apt Fulton, ef tho same regimont, Franeis Key Murray, John Coutoe, and Lieut. Roger) were in the naval contingent “Young man,” said Harney to mo when we were fitting out the canoes, “have vou any small, strong rope on board of tho Otsego?” “Yes, colonel. Here is a coil of deep-sea lead-1 no, which will hold a strain of 5'.0 pounds, and It is small, as you see!” “It is the very thing! Send tho soil of rope to my boat. I'll make good use of it before we get back!” he answered, clinching his remark with one of his usual bitter oaths against tho “murder- with smoldering fires around and amorfg them, and a horrible yell and a scatter* ing fire from the startled redskins greet us as we rnsMn, firing as we go. It was the quickest bit of work I ever saw, yet the surprise was so complete that it was hajdly like a fight. Fifteen or twenty shots on their side, a full volley on ours, and we had nothing more to shoot at, for all who were not down, doad or wounded, fell to the aarth in submission, except four or fire, who fled off in tho darkness among the trees and shrubbery. Among these was seen the gigantic Chikika, dropping his rifle from a broken arm as he ran. A brave private in the 2d dragoons—his name was Hull, and he was made a sergeant soon after—saw Ckikikl as he ran, and followed, carbine in hand. He never lost sight of the chief, tut kept o& until he could get a sure shot. Wounded and bleeding Chikika found he could not es6ape. He halted, threw up his left uninjured hand, and cried out in his broken English: “No shoot! me good Injuh—heap good! No shoot!” “Take thst for Caloosahatchie!” shouted Hal), as he sent a ball through tho chiefs heart. An instant later ho tore the scalp from Chikika’s head, and then ran back to tho village to present it to Col. Harney. The colonel was standing by some wounded officers and men of tho command looking sternly at the group of terrified prisoners and a small t lie of dead and dying Indian*. “Bring that coil of rope from my boat!”’ he cried out to one of his men; “and be quick about it Wo’ll nave a hanging-bee before sunrise!” Woman’s Devotion. in^ red niggers.” make the story short, we got awny just after dark, provisioned for ten days, but armed and munitioned for a week's steady fighting, if it came to that. Wo had thirty boats and ca noes, averaging about seven men in each. We paddled as silent’y as possi ble up to old Fort D.illus, at the mouth of the Little Miami river, and entorini’’ it pushed rapidly up into tho ever glades. Everything depended on our taking the Indians by surprise. The strieteit ord rs were given not to fire a K««». or even give an order in a loud tone. An experienced guide was in the first canoe, and the others followed in line as close as one could bo kept to another. It took all n ght to pass up th) shal low, sinuous stream and get fairly into the glades. Then, fearing to be d s- co\cred, we lay all day close on a little island, watch'ng through our glasses for smoke or rigns of occupation on distant islands in sight of ours. Our vigilance and care Wore rewarded. Wo saw on one of the large t islands evident sign* of Occupation, but no sign of alarm to show that our presence in tho S 'adea had been discovered. We knew at we were near the haunts of “Sam Jones,” or Arp aka, the oldest chief in the Seminole nation, and of Chikiki, tho giant fishing chie', who was sup posed to be at the head of the party that committed the mas acre wc were now to avenge. All day, resting andsleep ng as much as wc could, we laid by, eating cooked provisions, making no fire, anil waiting for night to cover our further move ments. And right gl^d we were when it came, and just cloudy enough—not too dark—to cover our approach to the island, which wc knew was occupied. Every man was now on the alert. Arms were inspected, orders given to keep in line until close to the island. Then certain detailed boats were to lay off around it to cut off escape, while throe Undinff i:..i ties were to advance and surprise the enemy, not a shot to be fire ’, uritil we were discovered by the Indians. “Then,” said Harney, with a bitter oath, “go n for work. Kill or capture all you sec—young or old, he or she. Spare them only as they spar ed my poor boys over on the Caloosa hatchie!"’ On, slowly and steadily, muffled pad dles rising and falling with measured cadence, we pushed through shallow water and stiff taw-grass. It was not more than six or seicn miles, appar ently that we had to go, yet we were till near midoight getting into poeition for action, elose up to the tree-covered island. We had so far beard no sound except the occasional yelp of some In dian dog oq the island. But now, un derstanding their orders, the officers of each detachment moved forward. Harney and his dragoons, with car bines, took the center, the artillerymen, armed with muskets, the right; the na vy men the left, supplied with United States Yager rifles. Soon the landing parties were on shore. Yet no sound of alarm. “For ward” came the order, passed in whis pers from oflic r to man, along the line. On—and soon a scent of smoke greets our nostrils. . Still onward, and a chorus of yelpijpg curs break the still ness of the night “Forward— oublequick!” Then in a few seconds we burst into 4 village of palm-thatched houses, My son, I am pained to learn that you arc becoming somewhat cynical in your views concerning the natural tend encies and qualities of womankind in general. IvPmcmber your mother was a woman. Tho only thing I cam recol lect at all derogatory to her blessed memory is that she was too coy with rod and household boot-jack. The nat ural consequence is, you are rapidly running to seed, aud "fast becoming a fit subject for condemnation by all members of yonr mother’s sox. Your mother was a good woman, but she i just escaped being a perfect mother I when she held her hand aloof frqm the bump of your self-esteem. It is a wonder to mo that the Lord don't permit the spirits of departed mothers to come back to this realm just to shake the nonsense out of their off spring. or naddlo them with the pro verbial golden slipper. You snccringlv remark, in the casual manner akin to yonr class, that wo man’s devotion is a sham. You also add that tho greatest^devotion of wo man is laid upon the shrine of fashion. Now, my young limb of the sidewalk posture, your mother was a lady of fashion. I cannot say that she wore out your father's patieflee teasing tor a sealskin sacque and a forty-dollar bonnet. I have no recollection of this; still, she may have done so. Once, I well remember, you got into a street fracas and had your Grecian nose demolished of its pristine lino of beauty. You ran to youf mother; she applied a twenty-dollar laeo handker chief to staunch your life blood, when a ten-cent towel would have sufficed. She didn’t ^top to ouestion the cause of tho fracas. No; out she ruined that elegant bit of laeo in tho utter aban donment of maternal instinctand moth erly devotion. The genuine cause of your nesal organ's msaster waa—you tried to walk over a poor little street Arab, who proceeded to do yon up af ter tho style set down in the volume known as “Tho Manly Art of Self De fence.” That, my son,is a sample of woman’s devotion; a specimen of effect without going behind the returns to get ai the cause. While you are burning the midnight gas, busily eagaged with the hemis pherical ivories on a green-baize table, there’s a light in • sensible girl’s par lor not burning for thee. One of tnese days you will open yonr eyes to the fact that the lusty-limbed mechanic got the deadwood on you, also got the girl you thought you had, sure pop. After he’s gone ana married her, yoa’ll lu around a big lump of misantnropy an twear that woman’s devotion is all a myth. Boy, you’ve got to come down from your perch. There are too many of the prime articles, homo sum, floating around this part of tho globe, for wo men to yearn after such game as yon are. Yon must drop this vapid ignis fatuus of yonr foolish brain and buckle down to biz, else you'll get left when the cake of domestic bliss is passed. A woman’s heart Just gushes foun tains of pure devolion. I? yon don’t receive some of the pellucki drops it’s because you are proving by your daily comings and goings that you are only worthy of an existence which is envir oned by the cold walls und chilly sheets of a poor old bachelor’s proscription.— U. 8. Keller, in Cambridge Tribune. * ' * j Terra-Cotta for House-Fronts. So far as my experience goes, the pub lic generally ajro unaware of the real advantages and merits of terra-cotta for facing street fronts. When proper ly burned, it is absolutely inpervious to smoke, and is unaffected by acid fumes of any description; it is abont half the weight of the lightest buildidmUmms, and its resistance, when burned in sol id blocks in compression, Is nearly one third greater than that of Portland stone; It is not absorbent—a great de side rat am when damp has to be con sidered—it is easily melded into any shape, for strings, cornices, or wimtow* sills and architraves, and can be easily molded for figure or other enrichment It ran bo got In good warm yellow or red color, and, when glazed, can be produced in almost any tones of soft browns, greens, reds, or yellows; and its strength, durability,and impervk>as- ness to all the destructive influences tf town atmospheres, to my mind, re commend it as the building material most adapted for facing street front- \gcs. —Popular Science Monthly for Jan- « l *ry. * * A learned professor claims that he las discovered lately that “Nystag mus, or oscillation of the eyeballs, is an epileptiform affection of the jellular oculomotorial centers.” MALTESE AND lonthtas: Sfc«e* a Ourtmt \ £ “Is it possible,” “that Maltese And i taking the place tf It b said that fas W< out shopping taking w cats fastened with gilt girdles.’ “Well, I don't know will ever supplant tf the ladies, laugb _-„ geon B. G. Dovey, as he set U Ms where both dogs sad cats and under medical and tnehf; T 4mt'there b no Maltese and Angora rats have _ cat favorites. Stag there rr demand for the former than there c was three years ago. The Angora eat has probably increased in popular fa vor, and now, on any fine day one may sec ladies driving in Central paifc Aria the beautiful creatures in tnehr lap*. The Maltese, too, are often taken for a drive, and both they and the AnMftn seem to enjoy the fresh air fully as much ns their mistresses da. No^eats arc not often taken out walking. A cat is not fond of long walks there are no fences to cliiabt and may be encountered, but the lazy ury of a carriage seems to suit t The Maltese aim Angora eats are vary docile and affectionate. The Maltese, probat Iv, can be more easily and thor oughly domesticated than any other tf the feline tribe. They are lees espew- tive than the peerless Aagora, bnt Vtfll they come pretty high. T can MU a full-grown male for about $11, and maleYRten* for from $8 to $1Q each. The females are cheaper, being worth about $2 each. A well-grown Matose cat should weigh about twelva pounds They are long-lived, and. if properly treated, should attain a score tf A perfect Maltese < at should be get her Hate-colored, without a of white. Most of them have and very largo feet, I nt they may he pure-bred and have small feet five toes. They came originally from the island of Malta, but to-day *" lea, or even New York state, more Maltese cats than Malta “The Maltese cats, as a rale, hardy, bnt they are usually kept so closely confined to the hones, aMtfleu feed so injudiciously, that thgy aw liable to f.ct indigestion, torpid UWr, and fit". When Urn fits appear derth is likely to be doee Fshtad They aw brought to me often when there b no time to treat them. Sometimes I aw called upon to attend with what the owner thinks b an scsor a tumor, but which fi proves to b • a cancer, ran help them except an if the disease has not ma<£s very fwnft progress I can generally operate « cessfully. With don cancer b UM more common, and 1 often haw %: move It Sometimes t ~ ^ * times not, ns but I can save .its far more than surgeons who treat j Rents. “A litter of Maltese Utte from three to seven. They grow quick ly. »nd are very playful and tntswntlWf 1 he Angora cat is as dlffnrent ns poadr ble from the Maltese. My wife^he. exclusive charge tf our stock, and bw - devoted to them aa though they were children. The .Angora name, and, comes yet, from Persia, bnt we raiMa good many in this ^ A various colors—para irkits lilmrkr white and black, yellow gray and white, steel and i mottled—but all aw alike oeawnsus. . Their hair Is very abundant, bag, lum and stft as silk. Their thfle «f» “ ^ bushy as those of fona. Theb are small and far apart, and their are large, sagacious, and of slive color. They Uvufroa fo thirty yean, la pries for male kittens $40, and for uXBlfJE VlDtTi EOT for full-grown Jemales rora cat i«, 1 think, small animal that Brail”—N. ’♦v Advantages of Limited **-Tr»tasi The value tf every collectioa intended for scientific purposes and nnbtte use—' books, natural-science objects, ethnn graphical specimens, it matters nat? what—does not depend opou qnanMy or variety, but the ©omp:«4|rt»crs of br classes or their subdiv:* »¥< A letab enoe library for inetam-o, that eewtaAm ed every publication of —t ’gnsami riU; latlng to the MUsiseippl YaUey, wow$. be preferable to one more numeremfy supplied with books on American Me* tory, but wanting many in eyery de partment; or an ar lueo;< abb to show all that; the flint inipicr States, but little else IxvJdes, is of a „ higher order than one in which there' are mow and varied sj mriuMWb * ‘ every class incomplete. Wf enghness is to the iaicUccf. ness is to a n useum; urn, an knowledge of whatever the mind (esses specially to occupy itself its parts and its rolatioos; the possession tf Ml the and varieties in fulness, or go to make np one or more this view b correct, its. once may be insisted upon; oorporated into a museum ui not aa a theory but wkatvht alized, it would, by keeping 1 definite and fixed l'~ efforts into proper and . check 4** (hear W. ColUJL, im Monthly for Jan. -L—. » « . ..» The following story b iger Lsfdy Lytton: at the house tf an the ‘ ‘ Duke of WelUugtan, tho naturally tom following day were evperted streets. ly. Lady Lytton, mestion,” uyon the procession. . on' towm*g»ai : * */: