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" ' A.n. Independent iPaper .Devoted to the Interests of the People. -?-; ;, i_ ? '_!- I - ? . . \ ,, 1 ? ' -- , ; -' ? ??" ? YOLUME III, ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1874. NUMBER 3?. I ONE^T LOVE, NEW LUfE. FROM Tin: GERMAN OF GOETHE. \ Heart, my heart, what Bpoll la o'er thoe, And what tronblea thee so sore T JO Such a life haat thou before theo, That I know tboo now no more. All ibtno oltVdcllRhlH aro d> Iuk, Clouo tho caupo of all thy signing, flonn thy power and cono thy zeal, Heart, alnco lovo did o'er thoc steal 1 As fair youth to bloom advancta In thla viilon of delight, Do bar trno and kindly glances Bind thee in their wondroua might, Should I vow no more to aoe her, Bo a man, and wisely flee hor, , Heart, you will not bo denied, Back you bear mo to her Bldo. And thia maeio thread cntwlno theo Never to be loosed by mo; And thia lovely maid confines'mo, Nevermore shall I bo free. I muat'in bor aphoro enchanted j Lire the lifo that she has granted. Thou that wrought tho change In me, ^ r j^X0? denr 'ovo? oni Bot m0 'rco i OVERTAKEN BY JUSTICE. The Monday after tho second Mrs. Tattle died, thirteen pooket-handker obiefs flapped from the Rev. Titns Tattlo's clothes-line. Nine had sig naled the gentleman's sorrow for the first Mrs. Tuttle, but four of those had been great silk squares, capabfe of be ing wet through, dried in the brine, saturated and dried again indefinitely, so that the number was no criterion of the mourner's oompnrative grief upon the two occasic-nB. Ho felt very badly indeed. No one could doubt that who, the Sunday-after tho funeral, saw him in his suit of black pass slowly up the aisle, holding hin orape-bound hat be ~rfore~Uiim-wiu -.that melanoholio, deeply dejected way, peouliar to the newly widowed. It was very touching, espe cially to tho female portion of the con gregation. The Rov. Titus' mind being unset tled, tho Rov. Thoopolis, of tho Meth odist persuasion, this day officiated for him. When tho Rev. Thoopolis prayed that tho Rjv. Tit.tiB "though oust down might not bo forsaken; and that this affliction, though for the present not joyous but griovouB, might work out a far more exoeediug nnd eternal weight of glory"?then every female head in tho congregation was bowotl, and every female right ovo turned outward to see how Titus " took it." It would havo been interesting had Tita? at that mo nient turned hie right eye down on tho ....congregation to see how they were im pressed ; but he didn't. B eased man 1 there he sat on the ecclesiastic velvet, hid face buried in tho fourteenth pocket handkerobief?ono of the half-dozen with Waok bovduiB uu Una ??urcam.,,.? while mourning for the first Mrs. Titus. To see him bo crushed and yet bo sub missive certainly had a very mellowing c eilecb, nnd it would have required but little further infusion of the enthusiasm '"?of humanity to set ouo-half tho congre gation including his case in thoir pri vato orisons. . . At the close of the services, Mrs. Pattypans, mother of five daughters of rnarri.igttble ages, but unmarriageble ?jawbones, grasped the hand of tho Rev. Titus in tho aisle. "It's a mysterious dispensation, but it may turn out for tho better," quoth she: " O, Mrs. Pattypans," responded the pastor, wringing the parishioner's hand, 41 nobody knows whnt it is until- ne'e passed through it." .. ?.?? You've passed through it, haven't you,' pa ?" asked Mrs. PattypanB, some what snufiingly, addressing Pa Patty pans. I,~Pa Pattypans was a florid gentleman, with a large nock and a heavy chin. Pa had buried one wifo before ho met the ^Dtathor of the five. "Ye? yes," answered Pattypans, drawing liiinBclf a little out from his collar. " O, yes, I've passed through it." Indications of amendment in the Rev. Titus' case appeared in about six weeks from tho demise of tho second Mrs. Tuttle. At that date ho escorted Miss Pollio Plum home from Thursdoy pray er-mct ting. It w a a calm, ?>tili night, like that on whioh Lilly Dale, of olden memories, was buried, nnd tho spring atgSosphero was favorablo to spiritual Eootlnng syrups. "Yon cannot know how irreprossibly "^lonely I am during these dnye, MiBB Plum," said Titus. Pollio supposed she couldn't. " I do not know in what light my parishioners may view tho matter," continued Titus, with a littlo cough. " But there is no time in a man's life, ^Iias Plum, when ho more needs the -supporting influence of a womanly sym pathy than under Buch a bereavement as mine.'" Pollie felt that a man ought not to cut himself off from "supporting influ ences" because of tho ppeeoh of n carp ing and ungodly world. "Woman seems to possess an intui tive knowledge of tho nature and needs of Borrow, and it heems ordained that man in tho dark hours of life should turn to her for light." Pollio thought bo, ioo. "The consolations of religion are, to our weak faith, sometimes vague and unsatisfactory, and we yearn for tho sweet ministrations of human svmpa thy." Pollio did not doubt it. " I hold it a man's duty never to yield to dark despair, but to seek out a way through tho furnace of auliotion, and thoroin gain strength for the future." Pollie appfovod that doctrino. On t he ninth prayer-meeting evening, quoth the pastor: "You littlo realize precious souro-> of consolation Wut rfyfflpathy ban beeri to mo, Miss Plurn." Pollie nuido n lit'lo noi^o in her throat. Aft a sound if didn't rtmonnl to avch ; au. uu expression it meant she dn't sco how that eould be?she bo weak and unworthy ; bnt if sho was "source of convolution," ehe was bo glad. '* Wlienaraanloses his?his partner," continued Titus, 44 what he most misses is?is a certain responsiveness the world can never give. Figuratively speaking1, he finds himself tf thirsting and alone in a land of sand and thorns.'" Pollie hadn'fany idea that'it 'was. so bad as that. By the twelfth Thursday evening the sympathy, responsiveness and general softness filled with the moon, and the climax was attained in accordance with conventional statutes. 44 'Tis not that I love Mollie and Dol lie the less, but you, Pollie, the mere," said Titus, looking off on the top of tho cypress, alias locusts, that waved over the village cemetery. I do not think thoBe two sainted women wish me to travel the remaining way through the i desert of this world alone. I do not I doubt that could they but speak, they would approve of my course. Perhaps they are even now looking joyfully down upon us from yonder starry realm." Pollio shuddered, and looked np through the maplo leaves apprehen sively. Thereafter the Rev. Titus not only saw Pollie home, but every other Friday evening gave her a species of 44 prepar atory lectures," his principles not allow ing him to attend to secular business on Sunday evening. No more wassaid in regard* to the spiritual ministrations of tho late Dollie and Mollie. Those two 'ladies were conveniently supposed to be pleased with the pew arrangement, ana it was just as agreeable to tho sur vivors that they should projeot them | without their assistance. As the Rev. Titus' cardinal difficulties-amended, his bronchitis, owing to taking. his con sol a- { tion in too much evening nir, rather in creased. . One Friday afternoon be was obliged to send for his physician. Phys ician forbade him going outdoors; but. as evening advanced, ho felt ho , mnst have a word with Pollie. Titus had found these Friday evoning exercises with Polly very helpful to him in his ministerial labors. His ser mons during those days had a great deal to do with leading the ohildren of Is rael out of the plague-strioken land of -Egypt to a land flowing with milk t>nd honey; lifting Joseph out of the deep I pit (of sorrow) to make him chief, stew ard of all Egvpt (all joy). The services of Jacob in Padanoram were dwelt upon with a wealth of imagery. The expe riences of Isaac and Samson were not montier ^ffe^Hr,,^ j?i*A*, * an through these discourses. Miriam sang and Slaved; Judith sang ; the daughters of udith sang by the rivers of Babylon. 44And Ol if they oould have sung while in captivity," pursued Titus. 44 what rapturous hosannas must have burst from their lips as they came forth on tho .Tudean plains, and felt that for them the night nod forever passed, and that far above, iu tho violet depths of that oriental sky, beamed their day star |M (POllio had a kind of 44 violet" eye.) The 44 improvements" of the dis courses wero uniformly to the effect that men onght never to ? yield .to the de pressing inllueno - of afflictive dispensa tions. " However fleree tho storm may rage," ^aid Mr. Tuttlo, 44 be snro the sun still shines, and you have only to wait for the re-illumination of your own landscape. Gradually the dark olouds will roll away, and the thunder mutter ings will be heard at a distance. Tho sunlight will gild flrstthe distant/moun tain peaks, then spread down tho. sides, and soon hill and dale will be flooded with glory, and your wholo world will stand clothed with beauty as with a gar ment." On this partioular Friday evening the glorification and beauty wero qnito wide-spread, and the meeting with Pol lie, being of the 44 protraoted" kind, did not eloso until late. Observe, now, by what far-off work ing nnd strange conjunction of oiroam stauoss transpire the ineidents in our daily lives. In the neigboring town of Birman, Barnaby Barnes had, this spring, been elected constable. The position of constable may not be an ex- i alted one, but to tho office-loving ani- ' mal of these United Slate bit is signifi cant as a first stop. Barnaby saw of fices stretehing away before him like a double column of sphinxes lending up to a Theban temple?the temple in this case boinsr one with a dome, where not Isis and Osiris, but Saylook nnd Jeze bel are worshiped.' Barnaby wos bo.md to discharge a constable's dnties with a zeal and abnegation that should be on example to the Washington idol aters, and that should insure him the next gift in the hands of tho people. Friday afternoon a lot of jewelry had been burglariously abstracted from a shop in Birman, and Barnaby started in hot pursuit of the burglar. He appre hended him upon tho outskirts of TJul saue, and stnrtod back triumphant. He stopped at tho half-way house for rest and refreshment, especially the latter, and there, by some subtlety of device, his mau escaped him. Chagrined, he took np the puTBiiit again. A pretty race the burglar led him, but all through by-ways and hedges, it tended toward Dulsauo. It was fiftoon minutes pas two, and the brightest moonlight, when the fugitive, throat heavily muf fled, turned into Plum street. It was fiftoon and one half minutes pant two when Titus, throat heavily muffled, emerged from Pollio's gate, and mind ful of tho injnriousneHS of evening air, ran homo. A hand was laid npon his shoulder, aud he wan suddenly brought backward. ?* Hero you ?ro again, old fellow!" cried Barnaby. Thoughts of inquisitorial officers, tho dungeon aim the lack, flashed across Titus' mind; ho demanded on ox ,planation ; Bataoaby refused the expla nation. Titus thought , there must be Bomo mistake ; Barnaby thought his prisoner had- mado it. Titus pro tested that he was an innocent man, who had'been making on evening coll. Bornaby could i not see the force of evening oalls at two o'clock in the morning. " Mere's a light in Dr. Cart's office. Speak to him; he knows me," said Titas, desperately. "Beady to do anything to 'bleege," responded Barnaby. Dr. Curt, calming down his nerves be fore retiring with some beautiful little experiments on fungus tissues, was startled by the apparition of Barnaby's faoe pressed close and white against the window-pane. " I've got a chap here as has stole a lot of watches from the joolry shop in Birmon. and h? wants to kno1?? if h.e isn't yourpaator, Mr. Tattle." " Tuttle r snapped the dootor, " Tat tle's sick abed, and won't be out these three days." " Dootor," oroaked Titos. But Titus was hoarse and the dootor pre-oooupied, and Barnaby took firmer grip upon the deputy sheriffs door-bell. From an upper window a female voioe inquired what was wanted. " I want Bates to help me put this burglar in this look-up," responded Barnaby. " Bates is gone, and won't be back till to-morrow night." " Mrs. Bates," feebly whispered Titus. A heavy iron key dropped on the grass, and with the falling key fell Titus' hopes. Then he tried threats, entreaties, expostulations, offered Bar naby money. Barnaby loved money, but he loved office and money better; and had he not witnessed the disastrous effects of bribery in high places ? He bade Titus 11 put up his gold." A man never feels so unrelenting in the administration of justice as after bavin? resisted temptation himself, and Barnaby closed the iron doors on Titus without one compassiO' ate movement. I There was a harrowing lack of " respon siveness" about the look-up. It was oold, damp and cobwebby. All night, till tho morning light, Bev. Titus paced up and down his narrow cell, trying to make as good use of tho occasion by professionally carrying out tho simile of tho, man confined in jail, and man kind as the sin-darkened prison of the world. When, at nine o'olook the next -TV.. . .v., ?, i P1 i I ? > ? ' yr: ? or'n breakfast', lo ! by the morning light he found not the burglar of yesterday afternoon. "Go for Deacon Olopp," whispered Mr. Titus, unable to speak aloud. Bar naby brought the deacon. Tho deacon carried the pastor homo in his olose car riage, and the affair was hushed up among the heavy pew-owners. But the oo!d Titus had oaught pro duced a severe attack of pneumonia and bronchitis combined. Follie took care of him, and he greatly endeared himself to his people by the meekness and pa tience with which' he bore his sickness. When convalescent, ho one day re marked, "So many snares and pitfalls are set for tho unwary in this world, Follie, and there is snob a geueial un certainty about everything earthly, that I feel we ought not to delay our union till Christmas. I think no offense would bo eiven the parish, and I think Mollio and Dollie, if they oould speak, would approve, if we should be united in Oc tober." ? And they were " united" in Ootober. Too Much Business. Ono of tho surprising things in con-1 neotion with the fail uro of Jay Oooke & Co. is tho magnitude of their business. At tho recent trial in Philadelphia Mr. Morehead, ono of the partners of the firm, testified that Cocke ?fc Co. nego tiated for tho government $1,930,000, 000 in bonds and afterwards bought and sold $3,000,000,000 in addition. In ten years that firm transacted a business covering five billions of dollars, a larger amount than was ever handled in the enme timo by any house in the world. It would seem that a firm having the haudling of so much monoy could have mado onough by its enormons transac tions to carry tho Northern Pacific through o three weeks' panic, if not enough to build the road. Certainly most baukers would have rubbed that small anvmnt from the coin as it Blip pod'through their fingersj and either tho firm was very honest or did bust ncHfl in a very loose way. Mr. More head thinks the house failed from over confidence. It had been dazzled by tho enormous sums it handled till a paliry $8,000,000 seomed a more bagu tinlle. It is n romarknble instance of f nil ore from doing a too large and prof itable business. Ever Been There? How edifying and oonduoive to ono's feelings it is to hold tho following con versation with your land lady when yon have beon to tho lodge : " Who's thar ?" "Mo." "Who's mo?" "John Smith?" " Whero'vo yon bin?" At this junct ure you must keep your temper and answer corrootly, in tho most nmiablo tones. After several other questions of a trifling nature, imoh as, " Any one with you?" "Aro you sober?" the window oomo down with a crash, and in a few minutes tho bolt grates and you are ushered in with the ohoering conn sol that "It's a pretty timo o'night for a young man who has any rospeot for himself to be out." ? It doesn't niako any difference if a man bus said hit* prayers before going to bod, lot him flu i eraoUer? crumb* between the hIh'cN, nnd ho won't go back on Iho satisfaction of three or four "swears," anyhow. NEW YORK HOTELS. The Gic.it Cnmvnmavloa-Tliclr Cost and UnrnlngH. The Fifth Avenue, inoluding stores, rente for $200,000. The lessees pay taxes, assessments and repairs?a total of about $250,000. The average annual Erofits of this house since its opening ave be<fn about $250,000. Twenty-five years ago the ground was offered on a ninety-nine year lease at $500 per an num. /The lots on which this building st?ndeicould have been bought in 1853 for 83,000 per lot. It accommodates 650. I The "V^indsor is leased for ten years at $125,000perannum, inoluding the whole building, whioh cost over $1,000.000. The lanjl it ooonpieB is valued at $800, 000. Tois is the last great hotel opened to the public. It is superb and com plete it all its appointments, and al ready e .joy's a world-wide reputation. It is to* lay tho finest hotol in New York, and Mb a. Christine NilsBon, who makes it her lame, and whose experience in both hemispheres is very extensive, It's- the finest hotel in the It accommodates 525. says : world.' ing ?to ducted Tho Qllsey rents for 5385,000, includ es. It is an admirably eon (hbuse on the European plan. It accommodates 200. The lit Nicholas', rental is $95,000, it bout .stores. The owners of the buUdihj; retain one-half the net profits. The ho use is very well managed. Its prosent Senior proprietor has few equals in thin, business. One year this house nettocufc400,000 profits. It accommo dates 6W. The Metropolitan rental is $105,000, whioh -i icludes several stores. It ao oommoV ates 325. Thetfoffmau rents at $74.000. This house v admirably managed and deserv edly pd luhvr. It accommodates 225. The' I runswiok is kept upon the Eu ropean' ilan. Its cuisine is in high favor. )ver $200,000 was spent in 1878 upon th improvements. The rental is $85,000. It accommodates 225. , The Et;. James has reoently passed into the hands of Senator Jones, of Nevada, who is fitting it up, rogardloBS of cost, for' one of his kinsmen, Mr. Jones, < f the Hoffman house. It ac oommoc ates 225. Tho I rovoort, Clarendon, Everett and Albema Io are all very successful. The proprio! 3rs, commencing, in some cases, with lit tie or no means, aro now all wealth? Tho Buckingham is to be the tiilaM^^rn^'hataL erecting-, on_tho tsarnel'jfyi l rftiefcii street aud i?ifili-j avenue, facing' the oathedral. Its own er, the well-known druggist, Mr, Qeorgo Kemp, is sparing no expense to make it an exceedingly attractive establishment. Mr. Waito, of the Brovoort, whoso capacity is well known by all travelers, is treating for the lease. The Knicker bocker/commenced at Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue, will probably not bo completed. Its present cost, inoluding land, is over $1,200,000, and 81,000*000 will be required to finish it. This would imply a rental of $225,000 to pay its owners 7 per cent, on the investment. The lots are now offered for Bale singly. The Qrand Oeutial comes under tho head of second-class hotels ; its rental is ab nit $80,000 without stores. It is very well conducted, and its proprietor, Mr. Powers, who commenced life at tho lowest ronud of the ladder, is now a millionaire. It accommodates 600. The Astor rental is $76,000 without stores*- It accommodates 325. The restaurant and bar's gross receipts average $?00 daily. There are a large number of smaller hotels in Now York well managed and generally doing well, such as the St. Cloud, Startevant, Coleman, etc French Caricatures. A writer says: "Tho ingenuity of Fronoh caricaturists io proverbial. Louis Philippo forbade tho publication of carioaturc portraits of himself, but he could not prevent the sale of pio tures of pears bearing a wonderful re semblance to hin own features. M. Theirs attempted tho same game as the Citizen King und failed. Unable to give his features tho caricaturists hit upon the expedient of omitting them altogether. The effeot was most ludi crous. Tho other day tho Eclipse pub i lishetl a cartoon entitled 1 The Gard ner's Dog.' It represented a savage looking mastiff g.iarding a bono at Which throo other members of the oa niuo species, a blaok our, an Italian greyhound, and a Frenoh poodle, di rect their longing gaze. The Frenoh poodle neoded no explanation of tho cartoon. They at onoe perceived that tho mastiff was intended for MaoMahon; ? tho bone, for the supremo power; and tho three di?appoiatod dogs for the Bonapartist, Legitimist, and Orleanist forties. On the same day Grolot pub ished a cartoon entitled * Our Groat Orators,' representing Gambetta, theirs, and other leading political ora tors asleep, while a donkoy discoursed ' most oloquontly' in the tribune. Clearly the ponoil is moro dangerous than is the pen?in France." A Warning Voice. Jndgo Elmondn, writing in Brittan's Quarterly of "Special Providences," Bays: " When my young friend Dr. John F. Gray was a lad some fourteen or fifteen years old he was employed in a cloth factory, where it was part of his duty to attend to tho dyeing apparatus, whioh was in an ndjoining building, nie. particular business was to tend tho Ore under tho dye kettle and to turn a crank whereby the cloth hhould revolve on a wheel through the dys. One day while ibus employed he he <rd a voice Mty to him, ' Go out of the building ;* he answered. 'What shall I go out for? I won't do it.' After a littlo while the voice, again said to him, ' Go out of this building, I tell you.' Again ho answered, * What shall I do that for ? I tell you I'm not going to do it.' Again an interval of time passed, and the voioe said more earnestly, * Go out of this building, I tell you, immediately. Go out 1 Go out 1' ?Well,' he replied, * I won't quarrel about it, Til go out y and bo' he stopped his work and went out. He had to ascend a few stens to get out, and he hardly reached th~e up per steps before the whole building fell, and orushod to pieces the kettle, furn ace, and wheel were he had been at work." _ The New Paris Grand Opera. Mr. Forney, thus desoribes the new Paris opera house: "It is a world in itself. The great pile occupies on en tire square, as large as that oooapied by our new public buildings. Its main front, indeed, all its fronts, constitute a variety Of architect uro and statuary beyond description. Inside all these wonders increase. The space allotted to the stage, the dressing rooms, rooms or studios for tho artists, reception rooms, machine shops, with the endless devioes for scenery, seem to be more than half the entire area; and as you gaze into this mysterious combination, the auditorium looks comparatively small, even with its tier after tier of boxes and its sweeping corridors. Some idea of this immense edifioe may be gathered from the size of the saloon, or foyer, a rectangular hall over 160 feet long and forty feet high. It is lighted in the day hy five windows looking into the boulevard, and in the night by a bewildering array of ohandeliers. In this saloon tho great artist Vaudrey achieved his last triumphs, which are now setting Paris wild. The panels they were to fill, the spaces for the mir rors, the lofty and wide-spreading ceil ings, the walls, the very floors, con veyed an idea of vastness, heightened by the gorgeous decoratious in bronzes and gold, in mosaic and fresco, in mar ble and the other products of French and foreign quarries. I forboar an esti mate of what this palace of musio will accommodate or what it costs, but its acoustio capacity, seems to have passed judgment. Nilsson tried it and gave it her approval. All the seats taken for the first representation and for six months ahead. Work on it was arrested, of course, during the Biege and the commune, and it was several times in danger, but the present government baa gi?ou it an immense appropriation to Unish it by January. The now opera house is in the very heart of Paris, near all the leading boulevards, and is un uestionably the finest of the fresh woo ers.of the French capital." Doctors in Busala. A night medical service has just been organized at St. Petersburg by the med ical men of that oity; an arrangement which meets a real want oi the public of the Russian capital, who, however, had hitherto not taken the necessary steps to provide it. Russian medical legislation does not allow liberty of work to medical men, who, when re quired either by a sick person or any one believing himself to be ill, are not permitted to refuse help. Tho physio is n, surgeon, accoucheur, midwife or assist ant who would cither refuse to act when called.on or negleot to do so is punished by a fine, on the first occasion of from five to ten roubles (18s. Gd. to 85s) ; on the second occasion of from ten to fif teen, and the third time from 50 to 100 roubles ; while the physicians and sur geons who aro in government employ may be deprived of their office. These laws are sanctioned by usage, and no later than this year two Russian physi cians were tried for an infraction of this law, and one of them condemned for having refused to afford assistance to ac invalid during the night. The Courier Medical Busse, whence we obtained our information, insists on tho necessity of abolishing the so coercive measures di rected against medical men; the more so that at the present time everytning rotating to the public health in Russia is regulated by municipalities in cities, and by tho territorial, oantonal and de partmental councils in the provinces. The name journal also urges that in England custom no longer sanctions oo oioivo laws direoted against medical men, whilo in Prussia they were erased from the statute-book in 18t">9. A Deceptive Advertisement. A good joko is told oi a gontlomnn who was so charmed with the descrip tions of numerous country residonoes, which ho daily enoonntcrod in print, that he beoame tired of his own house, and determined to sell it. He instruc ted an auctioneer, famous for his de scriptive powers, to advertise it in the papers for private sale, b"t to conceal its location, telling parsons to apply at his offioe. In a few days the gentleman happened to see tho advertisement, was pleased with tho account of the place, showed it to his wife, and the two con cluded it was just what they wanted, and that they would secure it at once. So they went to the offioo of tho auc tioneer and told him the place ho had advertised was suoh a one as ho desired, and ho would purchase it. Tho auc tioneer burst into a laugh, and told Jiim that it was the description of his own house, where ho was then living. He read the advertisement again, and pondered over tho " grassy slopes," "beautiful villas," "smooth lawns," etc., nud broko ont, "Is it possible? Well, moke out out your bill for adver tising and expenses, for, by George, T wouldn't sell that place now for throe times what it cost mo." ?A society in New Yoik oity furnish es working-girls a breakfast of fresh bread and hot coffee for five cents. PA?TS AND FANCIES. ' ?It took tue hides of 165 cattle to furnish leather for three large.ibelts lately sent to Augusta, Ga., by a manu facturer at Ohioopee, Mass. " ' ' . ?Throe snakes were caughtfsticking a cow at St. Martin's, N. 13., a few days ago, and two of them were killed. They were a yard long, and in the stomach of each was found a pint of mjBV'! >ift ?It is not an uncommon observation that a man who is continually talking about his " ceaseless yearnings after righteousness," can't got trusted at a grocery store as quiok as a man . who swears. ' ?As small letters hurt the sight, so do small matters him that is' too much intent upon them ; they vox and stir up anger, which beget?, an .evil habit in him in reference to greater affairs.? Plutarch. "> Ulw ?In a single county in Vermont there are niuety-?vo farms vacant, and one hundred and thirty-six abandoned farm houses. Lack of railroad facili ties is the cause assigned for the whole sale exodus of farmers. ,, jjj , ?A party of sixteon ladies were bathing in a group at Long Brauen the other day, and a Boston drag clerk who stood near declares that tho paint and powder turned the water a bright orange color for a considerable distance around. * .?.-<?:? orJj ? ?A church of 1 England clergyman knocked his sister down and sat on her. This is all the information that Teaches us; but if she had the spirit of a woman (and any pins) in her bosom, he won't be able to sit on anything else for -a goodly period. fwAlumsW ?"Give us," says the New'Hamp shiro Workingman's Advocate, " tho man with brown hands, smut on his nose and sweat-ohhis for,ehead.w All right?sent him by express lost night; also a woman with a long chin and a wart on it, to keep him happy. ?In dreaming don't dream of white elephants. A young lady at Cairo had ?uoh a dream, and the next, day, a wild steer pinned her lover against. a' sand bank and held him there until hi-.i ?pii:it had drawn aside the mystic .curtain which hides the volley, of death from the vision of the living, i ' ' " ?When young Mr. Switzer loft homo for college he took leave of his mother in this monnor : ?' Mother, I w?l writo ofteu and think of you constantly.** Wlxou he returnod two year* lafceri he fremafked to thcrrrrxipuspni^fc^^^eah mothaw, I gweet yori once moah 1" Imagine the feelings of a fond mother. ?It is no longer considered necessa ry, says an English reviewer, that there should bo any connection between a novel and its title. They are things apart from each other. When the novel is written, a name is bestowed,'upon it, not in order to indicate its contents, but to call attention to the foot that the novel exists. ?A collection of pictures by old mas ters, mainly Spaniards, has been sent to tho Boston museum by the'Duke do Montpensier, and is now on. exhibition there. There are fifty-five of these works brought from Seville, arid they are said to include productions of tho first class. Murillo, Velasquez, ? Bur beran, Sebastian del Piombo, Herrera, and Salvator Boso, are among the mas ters. Many amateurs of art will visit Boston for the purpose of seeing theso piotures. l!1 ? ?Miss Mary Louise Hnlbnrt, a beau tiful and accomplished daughter of the Bev. Victor Hurlbnt, of Stone Ridge, New York, met with a sudden and pain ful death a fortnight since. She1'sang in the gallery, and the last notes of the first hymn she sang with great clearness and precision. As she touched' her seat she threw her arms around he brother's neck, blind and unconscious, and died soon after, her death being attributed to the breaking of a blood vessel in the brain, superinduced by the exertion of singing. ?The other day, as a Detr?iter was riding on the Pontiac road, he came across an old lady seated in a buggy whioh had been halted within a few yards of the Grand Trunk, railroad track. She seemed to be uneasy about something, and as he drove up she asked: "Say, mister, hain't that en (rine going to*come along pretty soon?" He asked ner to explain, and she point ed to tho sign, " Look out for the on gine 1" ana added : *' I've waited more'n two hours for the old engine to So by; bntl'm getting tired, and if it on't come pretty soon, I'll drive right over the track and go hum." Best Organs on Most Favorable Terms. The new terms offered by the Mason & Handln Organ Comnany, for tho sale of their celebrated instruments, create dissatisfaction with many dealers, who declare that they will greatly injure tho business of selling other oigans, espe cially by peddlers. By these terms a person is allowed to hire an organ, pay ing only a reasonable rent for it?having tho privilege, of oourse, of returning it at any time after six months, or of pur chasing it at any time. If the purchase is completed within a year, the whole cost of the organ is only five to ten per cent, more than if all cosh had been paid at tho beginning. Dealers say this is much too small a difference for the accommodation in timo, aud privilege of returning, given. Tho Mason & Hamlin Company ore determined to try the experiment thor oughly at loa??!, being confident that their organs will prove so attractive and satisfactory in use that scarcely any will ever bo returned to them. Circulars with full particular can bo obtained by addressiug them in Boston, Now York, or Chicago.