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VOLUMB II.
The lluppy Home.
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? Our burden* are lightened
That uiuny hand* boa,r
And pleasure* are brightened
That many heart* share,
And tln? homo that is happiest,
Brightest and boat,
Is whore they ail labor,
Aud where they all reet.
^ Where no careworn father
The brunt of work bears,
And no gray-haired ini>tlu>r
1h burdened with oarea;
Whore no tired elder sister
Is helper alone,
Hut each one la busy
Till all work la dona.
Then mother baa lelaure
To laugtf with her girls,
She Bharee all her aerretB,
They emooth her aoftcurl
* And deck her with blossoms
And fondly declare
There never was mother
So winsome and fair.
y, *
e And father Ib jolly;
JI im stories and fun
Aro thu lifo of the houuohoU. Jlo
Iiah not a hoii
Who (loos not think father
Knows host and Is host;
. And would not work doohls
That ho might tako root.
So, helping each other
In labor or play,
in happiness over
The years pa"s away;
For pleasures aro brightest
That many hearts share,
Ati.l hardens aro lightest
That many hands hear.
. . ' * * A I^VSIY CONCLUSION.
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0 "Very proudfamily. these Helton?"
said ? Frederick Hayi\es, .interrogatively,
-as ho stretched himself on the
grass near tho stream where fio^ud
his friend^ George Lyle, had Uocp
-fishing. * . V
"Oh, yos, very proud?can't touch
'em with a forty -foot pole^^Maughod
, George lyle.
"Oil, you needn't laugh.
know what's repotted in town abtVrgj
v them is,true. Mbther d*tighter
.'a aro as jgpnid as Lucifer. *
"T^ it exactly, Fred. People
from a^sttfifer can qj.wavs tell you
about yourNieighbors than you
know yourself. Hut >?what if the
Heltons aro proud? That doesn't
tako any froin the attractiou of Laura
Helton." a *ell you she's* a beauty,
Frod, and you inusl? . "\t go back to
^ town without an introduction."
,fb "Now, George?, I oame down here
to fish, sho^t and have a good time
with you, not to make love to your
pretty girls, artd least of all to Princess
Belton. No introduction for
me, thank y#u. Not that I object
particularly to being introduced to a
pretty girl, but ytfu see 1 haven't
read up my pedigree of late, neither
have 1 my credentials with mo. The
fact is, I never could find any uso for
your grandees?your high-toned families,
who will not proffer the tips of
their fingers until they know who.
your great-great-grandfather was."
"Fred, you're prejudiced."
"All right; we'll let it go at that,"
?t* said F^ed, laughing.
The morning after this conversation
Fred Ilaynes, \tdio was fond of the
saddle, probably because ho was
handsome and dashing, and looked
well in it, started for a cantor before
breakfast.
"Not very partial to riding out bofore
breakfast in this part of the
country," said Fred to himself, as ho
rode about two miles without meeting
anybody.
But presently tho sound of horses'
# hoofs coining tearing along a bypath
ho was approaching fell upon
- his ear. He reined back his horse
, * and the next moment a young girl,
splendidly mounted, dashed out on
tho road, and on before him.
^ As she appeared, Fred caught
sight of a bright, handso.no face; her
figure was perfect, and she sat in her
saddle like a born equestrionno.
\ Fred was quite charmed by the
* V young girl's appearance and gave a
^ freo rein to his horse once more.
IIow ho managed to lose contm'
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over nis norse, or now tno norse mn
aged to land him clear across ti
road in an insensible condition, was'
something Fred never could make
out. unless it was that he was paying
too much attention to the girl on hoforo
him and too little to the spirited
creature he was riding.
iWhat had happened was painfully
impressed on Fred's mind the minute
he opened his eyes. He tried to
move, but he groaned aloud with
pain. Ilis shoulder and ankle were
dislocated, ami what under Heaven
was he to do here on this lonely road,
where he might lay all day, perhaps,
without seeing the face of a human
boinff.
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"BE TRUE
Suddenly he thought ??f the young
girl who wusbefore him on the road
when he fell. Hid she see him fall,
and riot turn back to render him any
assistance? No, she did not look
like a girl that would play the part
of the 1 .evite of old.
"Oh, you have recovered. 1 aui
so glad," said a frank, girlish voice.
And lookintr no. Fred beheld the
O 1 '
girl of his thoughts.
Tho train of her habit was thrown
over her arm, and in her delicate
white hands she carried a stone jug
of water. She knelt down on the
ground beside him, bending her
bright, handsome face over him, as
nIio said:
"()h, I'm so glad!"
"Thank you," murmured Fred,
and ho forgot that ho had a shoulder
and an ankle, "but I cannot understand
how it is that I myself am in
this condition."
"You were thrown .from your
horse," she said, dipping her hands
in the water and bathing his brow.
"1 think you are severely injuied."
Yes, Fred thought so, too, for ho
moved again, and the pain of his
shoulder and ankle made him wince.
"I believe my ankle is sprained,"
said Fred.
"Then it must bo attended to without
delay. Bolton Villa is not a
gceiit'Wny from hero. 1 will go and
report Trfcli nccident and Mrs. Helton
will send Hie carriage "
"No, Tjtank you, 1 would rather
irofTrouble Mts. Helton. Is thero
no other house near by 011 this road?
'Are we far from Mr. George Lyle?
name is Fred ewe Tfaynes. 1 am
best of Mr. Lyle." '
"Ah, indeed!" and the the young
lady opencftl wide her beautiful
brown eyes. "Mr. Lylo's is a considerable
distance from here; but if
you are satisfied to go to any house
on the road, why not go to Helton's?
I never heard of any of the family
refusing assistance yet to any one in
need of it."
"I suppose they wouldn't turn
awnv a supp'liant, at thoir door, but
do you think the proud Miss Helton
would do for 1110 what, you have
done? ftaid Fred, earnestly, as he
looked straight into the brown eyes
bent so curiously upon him.
"Yes, she would, if sho took a notion,"
and the girl laughed, as she
took her handkerchief and wiped the
dripping water from his brow.
441 shall never forget your kindness
and the trouble you have given yourself
on my account."
"Now please don't mention the
tstouble. Yoe^jpre in need of more
nQuiufnunn flint* T non " ??!
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that, top, as I said before, without
delay. Do 1 understand you to say
that you refuse to go to the Bolton
Villa on principle?" said thft girl'
laughing as if her own words amused
her.
Fred nodded his head.
"Then 1 will go to Granny My res'
cottage, whom I got this water; it is
just round the path, and tho boys,
will come and help you. Once at. |
tho cottage, you are all right," and j
before Fred could make any reply i
the girl was off.
"I wonder who she is? I thought,
she would tell mo her name when 1
told her mine. I'll ask her, when |
she comes back," was Fron's mental
comment.
But tho young girl did not come
hnck Tuff> afllliuurl llfl.io
. * ? V/ MVIVTTUIV l/V/J D \JtllltVJ III- j
stead, and helped him to the cottage. :
She was waiting for him, though, I
had the sofa ready for him to lie j
down, ami when lie was settled comfortably,
she despatched one of the
boys for a doctor.
"Now you must keep quiet, and if:
v* 'have no objections I'll sit down
hors , '
.ntil the doctor comes," said the
the t ^'r'' 11 chair over to
oie sw.a.
Fred murmured something under
n
his breath about an angel, he said
aloud:
"It is a pleasure to liavo you near
me; 1 forgot all about my pain."
"Now don't be too compliments- j
ry," and tlio brown eye? were fixed
smilingly on his face.
"May I ask the namo of my kind
benefactress?" ^
Tho young girl colored to the
roots of her wavy brown hair and
shook her head.
"You must ask noquostion to day,"
she said, and Kred saw at once that
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COX WAV, S.
she wished ?o keep her name frotn !
him.
The doctor chiiio, attended to Fred i
and coolv told him that he couldn't "
leave the cottage for a week. j /
"You hoard what tlio doctor said; t
will von come and son mo again iv
through the week?" said Fred ais ho i]
hold the young girl's hand in his aw *
| she wus about to depart. ^
"1 will come every day," she an- j
swered frapkly. ; ti
"Don't tell him who I am, granny," j
' was the warning the girl gave the : J.
old woman who owned the cottage as .
n i 1
[ she mounted her horse and flew t
! away. n
"What is the yong lady's name?" '
asked Fred of the old woman the mo- .
mont she appeared at his bedside. (
"If the young lady wants you to j
know she'll tell you herself, answered
the old woman in a tone that '
..it r? i ?4:
J .il'Yj.V M ail nil IIIUI l|llUOVIUIIIII^i r
Fred wns mystified. All In; could ,
do was wonder who I ho girl could ho. 1
"Well, (his is a pretty state of af- (
fairs. So you've been trying your
best to kill yourself," said the hearty i
Toicn of George Kyle, as he entered
the cjottago about an hour after the
accident.
"George, I considered myself the
luckiest, fellow alive," said Fred.
"Because von wero'nt killed, I
suppose," answered George. |
"Because 1 wasn't killed. No. !
Because I've made the acquaintance i
of one of the prettiest one of the I
nioest girls in creation." j
"Y^s, I know; she called at the
house and told me all about it."
"Who is she?" asked Fred, breathlessly.
"Miss Helton." And George Lyle !
walked away whistling. j
"Miis Helton!" cried Fred, and he '
1 1
started up in a manner that, threatened !
dislocation ot* tlie shoulder tlic second
time. \
lint George was merciful; ho stay- ?
.od away and allowed Fred to ask '
himself a few questions.*
"Miss Helton, before you sit down, ,
say that yon forgive my foolish talk
of yesterday morning," said Fred, f.
when his benefactress called to see
hini, bright and early next morning. *
Don't say anything about it," and ,
she placed her cool hand on his fe- f
verish brow as she continued, sir*i 1 - r
ingly: "You know 1 can't help bo- (
ing so very proud." (
When Fred recovered he didn't ^
think the Helton's too high-xonod to I
visit, and the acquaintance that was
formed in so romantic a manner en- *
ded in a marriage.
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A Mother's Device.
A singular occurrence is discussed .
t a groat dcnl in Komojust now. The
son of tho millionaire Dollar, living
there, intended'to' travel around the '
world. The young man's mother
was very much troubled about her ^
only child leaving her and tried to
secure a safe travelling companion for i
him. Advertisements appeared dur- .
ing several days in all tho principal
papers, inviting young men who .
wished to accept such a position to
call at tho house. ()f the numberless
candidates three were taken into
1 consideration, and they wcy;o invited
to dinner, under the pretext of dis- .
cussing the final arrangements.
When they had passed a merry j
time over dinner and tho desert was j
served, tho lady of the house then
suddenly threw herself on her knees
I before her husband, crying out: "1
am a miserable wretch. Despair has
made mo a murdress. The pino apple
cream is poisoned. You have
all all to dio." One of the young *
mem began to lament his sad fate, I
the second one remained sitting on |
his chair like one turned to stone
with fritrht. and the third ono ran to<
the floor, calling odt: "Thoro is nn J
antidote for every poison. I will ?
run to tho doctor." The sign ore 1
stopped him on the threshold, saying:
"The story is invented. 1 see you i
have presence of mind. You shall
accompany my dear child."
Two old settlers tho other day I
wero talking of tho length of time
they had boon in Pino Hluff, Ark.
The Hon. .1. M. Hudson said he had
been on his placo at Locus cottage
long enough to see a white mulberry
tree, which ho had planted with his
own hands, grow to tho thickness of I
inroo ieoi. Judge isodago r^torre(J,f?
to tho giant oak ho planted. .which '
had grown to three foot in diameter. s
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The highest price that over was (
{>aid for hock was paid the other day t
>y an Ainorioan firm to Proxel liros. s
in Frankfort on-tho-main.. Two hun- ^
dred^hottlos of Schloss Johnnnisberg,
the'fastiof 1801 vintage, fetched 105
marks, or >25, per bottle. 41
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A-ISTID -2-OXT^S WOE
THURSDAY, SKIHired
i?> Howell.
I
Tho reference just now in the I*oHt
n?l other papers t?> Henry \V. (.iru-1
ly hs editor of I lit* Atlanta t'onstifu- j
ion loads ono to say something of j
ho mau who is in fact editor of that
vidoly known paper. At tho close
?f tho war Capt. lOvan 1'. Howell, a
v>un?^ IIIIIII iii" nit. iwt'in v-uvi' vums
Id, who had loft tho most of a batcry
of artillery on tlio field, settled I
n Atlanta to practice law. lie was |
noro than usually successful, and
ombined a little polities with his
msinoss after tho manner of most
Southern lawyers. Ho became a
number of tho city government itnd
ho solicitor general of his circuit,
nd was also a State Senator. In
870 ho was a delegate to the St.
amis Democratic Convention, where
10 was a member of tho committee
mi resolutions and .an earnest suptor
tor of Mr. Tildon.
About the time of his return homo
10 made up his mind to givo up the
aw and devote himself to journalism.
The Atlanta Constitution was then
'iglit year^ old. It was founded in
.StiS by Carey \V. Styles, who has
ho reputation in Georgia of having
tarted more papers and malting less
mt of them than any other man in
lie State. It. had successfully coin-1
icted with about a do/on dailies,
inong tho most prominent being tlm I
i/i ) <//</, which hud suspended under
ho management of llenry W. (Jraly
and Uuboritt A. Alston. In INTO
t was owned hv W. A. Hemphill, its
uisiness manager, and K. V. Clarke
mil N. 1'. 'I', Finch, its editors, and
lad the 7'i/nes for its competitor. It
vas a folio of twenty-eight or thirty
wo columns, published daily except
Hominy, had eight or ton columns of
ids. week days and a few more on
Mindav, and its circulation amounted:
o 1,oOO or 1,800 on week days and
1,500 or so on Sunday. Its weekl\
an perhaps U,000 copies.
While it was in this condition
Japt. 1 fowell bought ( laarke's share '
mil with the help of llemphill and
inch, undertook to build it up. The I
ask was diflieult, requiring hard
vork, good iminagement editorial
ihility and money. Such debts as
vore pressing woro paid olf, but so!
ihort of money were they that ('apt.
lowell wont to his father to make a
aiso. The latter, having no faith in '
\tlanta nowspapers, declined hssik- 1
UI shall," said (Howell, "mort'noe
the house you mivo my wife."
"Do so," said the father, hut don't
,'ou come to me for unothei."
The house was mortirn<rcd and the
r"> O
leht discharged, and from that time
n '
orward no money was necessary to
un the paper. ('apt. Howell is its
alitor tQ-dny, and Mr. Hemphill coninues
its business manager, and they
wo own over half the paper, and
vitho it them there never would have
>eon what is now the Constitution.
Since Howell has boon conneced
with the Constitution he has been
i State Senator for the second time,
md a dolegate-at-largo to the Democratic
conventions of 1870 and 1881.
['resident Cleveland tendered him an
ippointment as consul to Manchoser,
Kng., but he doclined it.
Mr. Grady, in 1870, was doing
rood work for the Xew Vorlc lTc.rdlil
md other Northern papers. lie was
jfTored by Capt. Howell a place on
lie (1on#titi((no/t\s staff, which he accepted,
retaining iiis outside papers.
Kortunate speculations enabled him
.o purchase an interest in the paper,
.vhich has (frown to be about one'onrth.
The remainder of the stock
s mostly owned by John H. Innian.
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>f Now York. While Mr. Grady's
lervicos to tho paper liavo boon of
ixcee ling groat value, it. is no rofleoion
upon liim to sa" that the two
Tien who liavo mado tho paper are
Mvnn I*. Howell, its editor, and Wiliam
A. Hemphill, its business man'gor.
National Fanners* Congress.
Gov. Richardson has appointed
ho following delegates to represent
South Carolina at tho tho National
farmers' Congress to bo hold in Chicigo,
Nov. 1st to 5th:
Capt. John Ifi. Brownlee, Antro
.'illo, Abbeville County; James ('allson,
Callison, Kdgeiiolcl County;
jroorgo R. Dean, Campton, Spartan-j
>urg County; Joseph L. Keitt, Now>erry
Courthouse; W. 11. Stewart,
'ort .Mill, York County; Ralph Nos>it.
Waverly Mills, Georgetown
' unity; Johnson I lagood, Barnwell,
Courthouse; W. A. Anorum, CamIon,
Kershaw County; (). A. Bowon, J
'ondloton, Anderson County. Al-!
creates J. I). M. Shaw, Iligh Point,
,a"urens County; S. .J. Ilook, Columns,
(P. ().) Lexington County; I,.
Williams, Greonvillo Courthouso;j
ieorgo B. McCanls, Winnsboro', j
1.aVriiobb|.ip?nty; Dr. James It. Mas-]
ey, ITuiicl/stor Courthouse; John S.
lorlbock, Mount Pleasant, Berkoloy
bounty; Maj. W. J. Gooding, Ilampon
C. iurthouse; Dr. W.' VV: Andor- j
on, State berg, Sumter County; J.i
A'. Brunson, Kasley, Piokons County, j
The cotton crop in the south is I
'the greatest over seen." I
3C .A.3ST3D ~X-OTJ-J=Z COT
TEMBEJt 22, 1887.
Idtemry Kuocoss.
Kvorv litornry suoooss has its own
history. Thoroau's beautiful hooks
aro found in overy librKry where ho
would have oared to have them; hut
inoy wvro bo little appreciated when
originally issued that at the end of
the lirst year almost the wholo odition
was returned t?> the author, who
'carried the hooks laboriously upstairs
\vith the laughing announcement
that ho was probable the only man in
America with a library of 1,000 volumes
all written by himself. Uider
I laggard thinks he will try the doubtful
experiment of weaving his Afri
can experience into a book for boys,
and thousands of copies, perhaps
hundreds of thousands of "King Solomon's
Mines" are sold immediately
<piito as much to his own surprise as
that of anybody else. Rayard Taylor,
thirsting for the litt*rary life,
eager for fame, but only for the
fame that comes from doing really
admirable work, labors slowly1 toilsomely,
carfully, and achieves at last
an enviable position for graceful,
scholarly, patient literary effort.
Sidney laiska leaps into the literary
arena with his firsl book in his hand,
so brilliant a ono that the erities only
wonder whether he can ever rlo anything
else as good. Miss Aleott is
inspired to write "Little Women/'
because, as she naively says herself,
"the house needed shining." Miss
Murfoo and Mrs. Harnett for years
write short stories in obscure publications,
unknown, unnoticed and
unpraised, till the lonjr training and
patient perseverance "tell" at last,
and result finally in a splendid effort
that the admiring world suppose to
be their lirst. II. II., a brilliant society
woman, not especially interested
in literature, already in middle
ago, writes suddenly a poem, is perfectly
amazed on receiving *10 for it,
pays hcrselt for the publication of
iier first book, only to find herself in
x few years acknowledged as the
finest pootess in America, if indeed,
as Mr. Kmerson said, we -may not
leave olT the last syllable of "poetess."
Charlotte lironto, with profound
confidence in her own genius,
encouraged by no one, discouraged
by every publisher till the last,
writes ".lane Lyric," to be one of the
ifreatest novels of her generation.
(Jeorgc Kliott, profoundly self distrustful,
venturing into fiction only j
at the urgent entreaty of Mr. Lewis,
writes "Adam Uede," to be the ad- !
miration of the world, and perhaps
never did any work finer of its kind
i.,.. ii?i> I
mini iiui Hint* i iiu riut iTUSt'OU
SpolTord, a girl of 10, who had never
boon out of America and hardly out
of Newburyport, sits in her little
room, with portfolio in her lap, and
evolves from her inner consciousness
and knowledge of books a storv of
Parisian life, so faithful to tho local
color of the brilliant city of the world
that the editor of the Afhmtii' sends
it back to law at first on the plea that
it is singularly fine, but presumably
a translation.
When a book appears so perfect of
its kind a "Hans llrinkor, or the Sil- !
ver Skates," the world is interested
not merely in reading the book, but
in knowing how it came to be written.
It. maybe stated briefly that
"Hans lirinkor" wns almost the first!
literary effort, though not actually
the first, of its author; that at. the
time she wrote it she had never been
in Holland at all; that like her dear
and intimate friend II. II., she had
passed her girlhood and earl v womanhood
without a thought or desire for
literary fame. Mail ami I'!xj>)'ens.
'I'm If i i? ?>" t lu> f lliiimwiu
The life insurance men have to
study all sorts of questions, and
among them the question of strong
drink. It is all "business" with them;
they want to lind out who will live
the longest, so they can see how
much profit there will he in insuring
t hoi r lives at regular rates. If they;
live long the company gains by it; if
they die early thw company looses
money.
This is how the matter has boon
figured out:
A total abstainer at twenty years I
old has the chance of living until he
is sixty-four.
A total abstainer thirty years old
has the chance of living until he is
sixty-six and one-half.
A total abstainer forty years old
has the chance of living until ho is
sixty-eight and three-fourths.
A moderate drinker twenty years
old has a chhnco of living until he is i
t n
thirty-live and one-half.
A moderrto drinker thirty yours'
old has a chance of living until ho is J
forty-four and three-fourths
A moderate drinker forty years old
has a chance of living until hois'
c.fi... i . -I 1
uiiv-uiiH ami two-mirus.
Whoso cliimco would vou prefer to
tak o ?
Failure of an Old Hiitflisli Hank,
London, Sept. 0.?Greonway, \
Smith & Greonway's bank, at Warwick,
has failod. The bank has boon
established for a century, and had I
the highest reputation for soundness, i
It is feared tlie failure will eauso i
widespread ruin.
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TUSTTZE^-^TV'
A Cure for Alcoholism.
I was ono of those unfortunates!
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i? mi 1 n ?n in i\ i i muu ^'.'11
mo to depredation. I vowed and
strove long and "hard, but I soldom
hold victory over liquor long. I
hated drunkenness, but still I drank.
When I left it off I felt a horrid
want for something I must have or
go distracted. I could neither eat,
work, nor sleep. I entered a reformatory
and prayed for strength;
still I must drink. 1 lived so for
over twenty years; in that time I
never abstained over throe months
hand running. At length I was sent
to the Mouse of Correction as a vagrant.
If my family had boon provided
for 1 would have preferred to
remain there, out cf liquor ami temptation.
Explaining my ulllictiou to a fob
low-prisoner a man of much educa- j
tion and experience he advised mo
to mako a vinegar of ground quassa,!
a half ounce stooped in a pint of vin
egar, and to put about a small teaspoonful
of it in a little water and
drink it down every time the liquor
tiiirst came upon me violently. I
found it satisfied the cravings and
suffused a fooling of stimulation and
strength. When I was discharged I
continued (his cure, preserved till the
thirst was conquered. For two years
I have not tasted liquor, and I have J
no desire for it. Lately to try my)
strength, I have handled and smelt
whisky, but have no temptation to;
take ik I give this for the consideration
of the unfortunate, several of
whom I know have recovered !>v the;
same means which I no lonirer ro- i
quiro to use. ( 'o/unclient Jloiut . f~
What Suit is (rooil Cor.
\\ In.m i'i.ii iru?n \*i.nt- i.i.11.it* itu
; s,,w jvy ? ?
spring ''leaning ndd .*i Ii111 *? copper**
water ami salt to tlio whitewash.
Sprinkling salt on tin* tops and at
1110 bottoms of garden walls is said to
l<eop snails from climbing up and
down.
Kor relief from heartburn or dyspepsia,
<1 liiiIc a littlo cold water in
which has boon dissolved a teaspoonfill
of salt.
Ink stains on linen can be taken
out if the stain is first washed in
stronir salt and water and then sponged
with lemon juice.
I?\>r stains on the hands nothing is
beter than a little salt, with enough
lemon just to moisten it, rubbed on
the . spots and then washed off in
.clear water.
In a basin of water, salt, of course,
f.a. ?u_ i.. .. -1
limn n? inn ihmmhii; so never s<>ai\
fish with tho hUi11 side down, as the
salt will fall to 111?> skin and remain
tho.o.
Tho very simple romody of comiiidii
salt lias cured many eases of
fever and ague. A toaspoonful taUen
in water, and a toaspoonful deposited
in each stocking, next to tho
foot, as tho chill is coming on. This
comprises the whole of the treatment.
For weeds in pavements or gravel
walks, make a strong brir.o of coarse
salt and hoilidg water; put the brine
in a sprinkling can and water th*
woods innrourniiy, heing careful not
to lot any of the brine get on the
grass, or it will kill it too.
If ft chimney or flue catch on fire,
close all windows and doors first,
then hang a blanket in front of the
orate to exclude all air. Waiter
should never he poured down the
chiinnoy, as it spoils the carpets.
Coarse salt thrown down the flue is
much hotter.
A Good Old Man.
The other day I found myself
walking behind an eldory man whoso
shape of hat and it of coat indicated
"a l/entleman of 1 ho old school." I
noticed that his ,kets were rapacious,
and that thoy bulged a good
deal. The reason was soon apparent.
As ho approached a couple of gamins
who were playing in the gutter
he abstracted from his coat tails two
rosy cheeked apples, which he a?\ o
to the two boys; and, as they started
at him in astonishment, evidently
wondering if their benefactor was
simply a crank or if there was some
concealed "do" in the transaction, lie
pntto<l their heads witli liis cane, and
|>assed on. I followed, hint, an ! 1?.--'
fore he had gone a l)locl^ farlla r h?*
stopped again and / dmifiistei'ed an
i 'l / '' !
other apple to a Vlowp morse. Ii.s
progress, in f;n;t, was a .continual
in ; /
henefaction, and vfhen I lost sioht of
hi in ,*'4was refilling his pockets at
a fruit stand, >nd talking
pleasantly with the vender. /io.iton
I1 out.
"Do you think you will gnin your
lawsuit ?" asked (I us do Smith of Col.
Verger, who had been run over bv a
* " 1 *'
fire engine, and was suing1 tlio Cit\
of Austin for damages.
"Yes, 1 think I'll come out ahead/'
"Has your lawyer given you
grounds to think so?" V
"No, but 1 have given him grounds
to think so. I've deeded lnm two
on Austin avenue as a fee."
Mountain is moving for the preservation
of her forests.
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NUMBER 9.
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People Who are Talked About*
Stephen A. Douglas is in tho east
(in ? tour of the watering1 places.
(ienoral Miles gets a $1,000 sword
for cleaning out (ioronimo from tho
grateful citizens of Arizona who realize
that their scalps are still on
their heads.
Harriet Beechor Stowo has Written
a loiter to a friend denying that she
is in poor health. She says that she
is able to take a long walk every" day
and feels strong and hopeful. ^
t'arl Scliurz, while slowly recovering
from the injuries ho received
from a fall some months ago, spends
most of his time in playing chess
with his daughter, reading, and writing.
Ho is a lino piano-player, and
often entertains his friends with exhibitions
of his skill.
fl',0 son of Joshua I', (biddings,
the old Ohio Abolitioirst, lives at
Jefforson, the county seat of Ashtabula
county. He practices law and
runs a farm, but lio takes very little
interest in politics. The son of Hon
Wade lives in tho same town. llg
gives himself up to hor-ws ami lets
p<?lities alone.
< 'ornelius Vandorbilt is about *10
years of age and worth certainly *75,1
KM),OUl), perhaps $125,000,000. He
is a tremendous worker, and bis
friends fear he is iniurino his health
?# > n
l>v liis assiduous attention to the details
of his business. If seems strange
to think of a man working himself
siek when he already has a larger iueome
than he can by any possibility /
got rid of. Ilumaii nature is a queer
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Chancellor.!. II. \ incont, of Chautauqua,
has been presented with a
pine gavel made from the famous
signal tree which stood on the summit
of Allatnona mountain, to which
(ien. Sherman, from Kencsaw mountain,
fiftt?oii miles away, signaled to
Gen. Corse, over the heads of the
Confederate troops, to hold his position
until Federal re-enforcement*
could arrive. The gavel came from
Joseph M. Brown, a son of Senator
Joseph 10. Brown
I). (). Mills is bavin" a \<7,000
n 1
bronze door made for the tomb that
ho is building at Tarrytown. It will
be ei"ht feet S v by four feet six.
. 41"*
The style is 'cii imitation of the o.d
fashioned oak doors, with a lattice
work on top. The paneling, cross
pieces and wood grooves are to be
repeated in bronze, Three companion
pieces are to be made as windows.
They are 8x 1 feet and in
bronze lattice work.
Miss Kate Field is the first person
who ever delivered a public lecture
in Alaska. The subject of her discourse
was entitled "An Kvoning
with Dickons," a most inappropriate
title, as the lecture began ot 11:80
A. M. It took place in a dance
house in Juneau, and mining camp,
and the largest town of the province.
Miss Field had a large and attentive
audience. I |er only remuneration
H'iia n I'f dn Iif ll\unl/e o ?? ll'A
.? . vi< v/1 t 1111 mc 1. VIIIIIM I Ml 11117
hotel, and a subscription to Ttu /'\we
/'/v-.s'.v, tin* only paper in- Alaska.
Miss Ivoso ICli/aheth Cleveland
speaks in tho highest terms of her
brother's wife. She thinks it wonderful
that so young and inexperienced
a woman should display such
grace and dignity as the President's
wifo. She made the remark recently
that although Prances was only
I years of age. the White j House was
never presided over by a more wo'
I manly mistress, or with a sweeter
I grace and dignity. "Frances get[
her queenly carriage from her father,
I said Miss Cleveland; "the shapely
head, the gracefully curved neck,
and the dignified bearing are till in|
horded from him.
Joseph Harrison, ??f Hnrloy, ladado,
has just been notified from Washington
that his claimed back pension
since 1848. I'y temporarily waiving
a heavier claim for entire disability
resulting from a wound on the hond, .7
inflicted by a bowlder thrown from
; the roof of a house at the storming of
the ('ity <?f Mexico, he has been allowed
$12 per month, with 0 per
cent, interest per annum, since 1848,
a period of tlurty-nino years. Having
served in the war of the rebellion
as a lieutenant in the Second
' alifornia cavalry, ho ? xpects to got
quite an additional sum. The allowance
to him jo far will secure him ^
over $10,00(1, and when his other
' claims for increased pension are adjudicated
he expects to receive $15,I
000.|',|?20,0(H) more.
Deacon Well, my son, do you
sue any cuange m your tat her since
lie joined the cHuroh?
Hoy You bet! Why, when ho
used tor go gunnin' on Sunday he
would t'row ins gun over his shoulder
and walk ofT as large as life, niu
caviV for any one; but Ja
iJoaeon Now-?
Hoy ?Why, ho hides the gun tinder
his coat and sneaks out of the
back way. '
Florida 'Claims to have extensive
phosphate beds eouailling, if not sur!
passing, those of South Carolina.
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