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A VANN AH DAILY HERALD.
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K J K uy RVRNIW, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,
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Vt fit Bay Srsitsv, Satannaii, Gkorsia.
p*,- 0 ipy U*ive Cents.
"Vr li in l• • • s®.
j.*r Y**if • ...$lO 00.
t dv itrrisi iu: •
k limit *1 n-i’U ■ t 4 l.Uvri Unmeet* vvill be re-
V( .(i t t'if ♦ Twenty Cent." per Line for
i, ;r 1 <> i itiil Cift- eii Cent» per Line for each
~, ,h n in* fi* n : iiivitriitbly in advance. Ad
. • ti'>vm‘iir> <1 l«i be handed iw before noon of
-Mi'll 'I '.V.
.i i»iu xrixo
~ ~v , .|‘v lu'.'fc'v an l pr mpfly done.
(||W m • raf»i . - +» .id/tfiiiiwi'ilHnmtffM
IIIUiIJIiKSO.V SKATES.
Ev i V whi,-;c, in ill s »rt* <>■ uewsp ipers,
I,i. i r -ad«». gi >noa • itiug fuii—Jcn
t! is PirkfbtlUing—.4cmyi.\iit, nn \ Sohuyl
ki r ir* »iiv —Lliuui >u i 1 lit u* — private dit
t> —jiegrtui Ui« —u ni on scutes, boys
()ll s,me,; splendid sylpnides iu scaui
s Al rh, >ieelrs n» t and away «>yvr
tie tee —fne—iae T tund. r . the very
iv.»lid > gave iu * the L*e-!<*ver, and in
Hie I lirai n oia*.ja.it up *a tint sud
d-a attack, l r-solv.-d Upon taking an
ie. -<*rune i
,VaV'*u/ *Va it was li, liiud r? I
ita i a ter nuvigt ed* laat & rtsof cr.iU.
'Us ra i liai Lien id oe« u «m the waier,
Un i tinier Me Wider. .ui my life—and im
iea, l > f a.* ti . iiadut i kilted seals, and
ca dlwuiie Dears/ io.’ »\ eeks together,
Oil i6t t
vVuiti.ui could skate —so me papers
said; bo did every* >uy eiai, when i in
quired of tlfcm, I count skat*.: vvhat
wis the realon I codidu t f sue on y
tilings Id eTer seen a Woai ia. Jo mat I
couldn't, Was to nook tier u va diess a.t,
and, carryi g six feet oiva.k i ot criuo
line, sail tirough a t\vv.uiy-iucii and ♦or
way. Yes, si*—l couni sku, , i.i i1 wa
bound on aniee cruise.
There waanotumg to prevent toe ex
pedition trod being ritied out at once.
I was louitgitg about the Navy Yard,
detached Iron every tiling—all acquain
tances induced—waiting orders. Dis
gusted with detestuig thea
tres, what wail ft do for amusement ?
Wny, skiU, oi course ! Ol», yen —the
Very thing, m Jove! Why hadu 11
thougat Oi tualotfj.e t I'd have acruhe
dir.c.ly *r atiouei: is possiole. No—l
must nay : tne tools first, and started oif
up town to fa4l eui.
I brought up in front of a big window
on ilie auirr>.u\i aide ot Ofeest£nt street,
going towards Schuylkill, where they
hadduore flktfreut rigs of sliding nm
chiiit‘4 to an you euu see national tiags in
iii ©fciXg about as much of
tno qa *.avOuU>odKHihe iMerent patterns
a* djes us cUrouoinater tune, I
•<' - (tit u iAide aud asked for a. pair of
Si .¥ "'ri '■ ’ .i *•; ,-j / y
** Vi hit kind do yon prefer, sit ?"
”and, 1 have uo preference. Give me
the best article you've got.
**> o% sir; anti the clerk passed out
for kispecuoa a pair v:f brass-clad, steel
cuppers, wun more gillies and running
riggiug to uni man there is to a French
«Ux>p-oi-\v.ir
* A-ftese are ii o :st no they ?”
**Yea, sir—U oi. o'. ) on to
them, sir, uu ; oi l . - ■ . wuvre aud
any when, t . -a* . _,ii niug > if
y<»u d"i !, aii . t’ > , oaea, sir,
and i u ioiunt y >ur m .a-,j ’
“VVua . o;. / r.e fj
FtiiArta 4}'»>..i • -*.l»eap> sir. ’
Diuu U)-. . is .5, i*it i
▼ested Ik:t v • • •'* *.v»* li «* ' ceil Ub
♦ Fairuioun
bound oiip.'i.i 111.i 0 . ■. jbJ/erybou^
said so—only
gaut 1 Splv'liOK; ; *ua o iulioolit f luci'
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 9, 1865.
wa> a reginiclit oinKii, .t.o.*Ua|kwi oi
dimity, and a whom brigade ot small
cratton Bhaies—kireriug, >cooliiig and
cutting ail spi ts oi lanci a0» tiie ice ;
evexybody iauglj.ig, clintti ruig, whoop
ing. skylarking and .s.dtccr ng in all ui
rectipus 1 and 1 dido t w« not r new« i .a'-
pers. and every i»w,iy else, c.dh and skating
glorious fuu. v ,
“Have yer skates stripped, Bir ? 1 said
an ijitincrani b >o.l»Jaik o ul tiie height
of a walking .- iif k.
“Do you tttidv i'stand it. Bub?" *
yes sir. !♦ Mr.i,i an tiie ladies
skates ior tin. ’ ’ ,
“Ah, all! Do, 1 1. if A.u>t Lyve and
jolly time of it ; \\ • uut nk. the U ri/i
syseif. Tnere you ar«. Go atu acl, b y'i ’
and I sat ttou n on tilmkies t.ox, aiaiUt
a couple oi iainoiiis ou « i. »i e.o ■ /
oi/.. —like a, r t kv i, u oi.t by a grf jit
stamping, long n y uidiuti 1
ger liyikg jiLln • n>, a. o b>\
arms like «i bLeui yunts in n /iur
ricane, with the hii ti sail aorilt. •
“Oh, hot bo they can mi»ok« on
skates—eh, boy i" ~ t t
“Li ru.—yvb, dtr Everybody smokes
on tne ice.’ -
‘ Exactly.’’ feo I tired up on a
cipe, and snipped it ior tne cruise.
Uirchin a iii/uiKcd skates .ill maoiito,
and, took a tiny cent “iractipnal ’ lee.
‘’Here, by.—here a another fidyi—
Just uiiO'V me ti* Ml on your box n few
mciutes till 1 gei, tne run <>i the uaviga
t 11. * * . A. v | .... , .. .
*’Ves, bir—you ean.*e/ Umru till I git
somebody ei eio Mrup. ’, ,
bo Ism tncre jjuiiym ice navigation
by dead rcck uh directly a littfe
petticoat ■crait, 1 nr yellow skills
ua nor krnc *s,dvd uw, itusbiau cap, auU
anus aKidibo, swooped dowudlhd check
eii up right in ironi oi me. 'l'iieie siie
acing ior a nijimte, quivering- like, and
ouitiiK iug, jiv i‘ a> <i tisli-liawk oik .s ovv r
his prey; ..uti ah «m a i mb eyeing me
Wllii iljoili’ i via. ale IK I,4*r JbUUUig UiaCa
He t.
“A <oi ;i i.iiv, uifl Catch
aid u y h ci'ii'i ■
Little Dim. liiiv ht r iclt hint a
Uilie, uei.t i,. . kiKv .ngtiLy, made a
graeeiUl i UIVI. tne ool.mil o* liel’sbil i
jcisl bruisliig my nose; aiui . if Si.e Went
like u dyuig n l —oj c-e-st —zit
swinging worn sim in sioi, i.u; tartan '■
skill swaying iiiiiM,! «u,u toliiier, tike tin H
folds of asp ink. r or p.wt* m With Lh
ship-head to m o and •
“do-hu. ihu s a ,; t tiu age, isit?r—
And thatb tut. c, . ...t e/ iiniudvr.
I can skate ! Anubuix i cdu skate
jßut I couldn t, though, what ever aiiy
body else Could do. I accepted Dimity s
Challenge, kfwever, and her practice on
ice. bit I bounced up from that black
ing-box, lifted loft foot a little,bent right
knt#, and stuck my arms akimbo, but
I didn’t cut a curve. I did the next best
thing,however; and cut a •‘spread eagle. *■
Fort foot slid due southeast* and siark.
board one norwest, till 2 realised tugsg
spread-out pictorial impossibilities on
circus bills. I wondered if my boot?,
and skates would ever become amputates
again.
44 Hullo 1 mister, vi* uiiisiit try to
skate all over U »t,o hh . oi" tin* ; ere
pond at once f: gr w ( mv td
clai-lookiug cua , <. ... necaod up 4»og
enough to p.u i.. i.i C i iOiiiuiioLrancc
against my iu ..ojviy. ’ , ; /
‘tX say al.s. » emiul'ut yer
hit y«t?eii uut.-; ; .i, .o. v mi we cau sap
’tw'een yer leg.-... ~.. .a a yuungj scamp
ills leader to a u., . Juvenile
skaters- . , ;
*’ £> n’t ti • . it o.ib feet at
°lmc, :.i ■ .and a atusuac,
, 4 ... . v/.i <wl ereji
■”i ' . * 4 i. V / jf‘.;>U; Oi.l
* i opr yig^r
•f ‘O “• '■ l ' r i.iuu.
*•■ • y your b»uy so
* ' b •> . •; .and diday a Otf
u A >on that foot whic.c|M*» the ice. , Tis
very easy, sir—just tMis way I’*—and
away went ray Chriatiftn niintux; with a
lohgji striding, graceful fwing*
/•0 yi>—that a very eusy,* All the
vkror In the other limb. Yes—l can d©
d> itl” bo I made a «<oo|,
ami—did ill
I stuck,out fail lg, like a mosquito
when lie's lilood sucking. Put all ray
vigor and muscle into right limb, and
couldn't get it out again* Went off on
«ne foot like a shot; crooking right knea
a little twice a minute, Just as Little
■ Dimity did ba\v * eriuoline craft croV
sii glmy under cohvby of a big
cluuijU-bai.ken cmip : hotii skating a
str* ak. Trit'd X sheer k> port, and go
i clear hf Vu* Misa<d fetays, and went
ajtoiffl oi Criiirdihe. Ttie \> oof my put t
.skati* 1n.0k.1 and Alias W*uiyl)o(Jys skirt,'
whij li gave ine n broad bln t r 'to fctar
hoaru, and 1 rammed big convoy, ‘but
trhgf liim square ©a his cutwater, and
drofe the ft re-end of my Principe tfap
de\Vu his thvoat. There was an ever
lasting tangle l ,' and all hands went
spnjwilng on the ice, like a nest of In
eauga laud-crabs.
‘Tjjixik litre, sir? What do you
mean V yelled the vig convoy, scramb-
Imgj to his feet, and for a
broadside •* ‘ i .
“Peg pardon, .sir, I couldn’t help
it I”! Implied meekly, sitting slid fn the
ice.
“Couldn't Wp its Why didn't you
ktop?’
“Didn't know how.” *
“O, ho! green on skates, eh
“Yes, greener n a cabbage i”
That moililied the l>ig chap, kuft. set
ting me ou my pins again,'"fie volunteer
ed to educate me in checking up.
your toes up, aud mg *tue heels
(if your skates into the ice-r-ll4kway.”
And he Uluotrafed.
“0. yes; I can do that.’’ And',l did,
diiietly. Oil I shot again on one leg;
'h*| ring this time for the sliore—lor id
-liated < m ugh. -
Half v\ ;py in, and there>l£d right down
u ; my conr.-f. a crowd of jiWJty or.sM* — ?
gnis and niew, ami wouieu and boy#. I
uil and *‘dovvn brakes,” a ‘ to iu-
Aructiuiis—and broke too much. Up
iocs, and digging niy heels into the ice,
i sagged back like, and doubled auiid
shiji, as if l was goina; to take a seaL—
rati I. did! I went €U)wn stern foremost
Mil a mSjm t that broke the ice like a
jxnieoi window glas> shivered by a |>eb
qie ltuile.l tufougii it. I oed ua idea
jU h a then tuat such a bump as that
wouid li&ve started the annul on any
irun-clad adoak
l #old those infernal rkatos, just as I
sat, iof lour undm a strong con
victiou that 1 'there * • no fun in skating.
It# all a humbug. I can't skate—l
don't want to. — FliUa, Dispatch.
XairtJuu Gikls.—l cannot well iaaaglne
a bouie miiie hieompleie than that one
where there Uno little girl to maud iu
mo void of the domestic prcn» which
b lya can.never fill, and to diaw a.l he;.jL
wtyipn the magic ring by tuti' liainele.-s
Cdurai ol lit-r presence. I’tu r« is sOme
t uug about little girls widen u espi ciU*
kY lovAnle i even amir willful, naughty
waps seem utterly void of evil where
nay, aro so soon imlow ed by tue sweet
P> mieuce that ovciliows in mch gra-
CiioW showers. Y*>ur boys aib
uoo’le fellows, gexi foils, hwing, and full
of gdbu Ikiiptusea. but ttiey are toisy ami
and t aumauaova, aud dourly as yyu »ovc
uii Ui, y«>u at e glad thtir jaacc is out oi
doors i r hui Jennie, witn her light step, is
always b«. side y<m, f-lie brings tie slip*
m r» Wr i>a|>u, add whtli t«er pretiyicUmp*
led ungt iv. unifldil tfhe paiHr i r iim lo
‘kprn'jt sue puts on n taumufe no linger
f.hin a lairy *v and, witn stune veryjinyt
udmtdHiUivnoi “dolt, rags/ uds
up a suuiO ’f.x;Ker l>y iiiauinia, k|Ut a-'
Woiuleriui utteumpumi of womanly dig- j
•ity ) And who shall tell how tic linle
thread off. speech Unit Umvs with inch. „
sweet* silvery lightness li> m thon: u.no
ceut Ups, twines itsell ariund the n oth
er* heart, never to rmt.net cvcnwlan
the dear little lace is hid > n < i.g the dai
sies, is ao Uiany inot i era know . >, 7
But Jennie grows to be a womr. r, rr and
there is a lung ai*U shining tnuk ncta
the hnit-haß bed door cl childl c< and till
the girl blooms Into'the murine w< nm.
There are the hrethers whoulws}sk war
their voicts when they talk to ihiir
sister, and tell oi tlio sports ip wl.icl she
take# almost us much inti re st ,ns 11,.i y ( o,
while in um she tlitni to nil
little fsliiior details of home liie. on
vvoiiii they would grow np igiur.nl if
noi ha htr. Ai.d what, a hi kid si e is
upon the dawning nmol ond wl,i nin so
many tcinphtljiui# lie. Always hr
sweet p.fcainci* tc guard nut iirpie
liicuk a check pralmiity, ti ht.ng
sermon on hnasrhility. Dow afiugiai t
the cup of tea she hands them at the
evening cupel tea she hum.#, tiu m at the
evening meal; lmw cheery her voiu* us
she delates the little iucitlaifs ot tin duy.
Nd silly talk of incijiiin 4 hedex, « r k\e
of yoiiitg men iset on the pH liania e.—■
A girl like tba- has no en.q ly tq mi in,,
her Lead lor such thoughts to ruu hi t in,
ami yfu dout find her spending fie
evening in the dim parlor w ith a qtiYs
tfonktiie ViVirig man ior her c« mpmiv '
\Vhen lover cen.es, ie n usi wy
what lie ha# to say in the li mdy si* iii.g
room \vilh ( lather and mother pel, it he
is akliaraed to, there is uo lcom loj him
these. Jenhiea ycuf.g l.eari las tint
be eh fill eel Ly the piniicbus mnseiiwri
which reanlta in so many unht piy
marriagCT* or ba&ty dvvuTi t-. Deal girl,,
fihejtlnnkk ad the tin e ol v/hul a godcl
home she lias, what dear brothtri, and
on ’bended trim's the bless hg#
of Heaven to n st* < n ih- m j lut sne
doja not know In \v lur. vejy lar, lor
time #od eki city, la r t-wn pure ixmu
j >le goes, ho\r i. tyiii as a I
intiiVst her homes win re it lister s imiA
ory will be the cub WMi o(
the past- ■
Chirilikj then, the liUld girißpd*nipled?
- darlings, who tear their aprons, am .tart
Ui# tahle-cioths, ami cat ,ibc sugar, and
are tho sugar uiid stilt qtlife!
Let them dress'and uhdm s . (iieir dbll ’
babies to their hearts Cimtent, and dot) t
tell fbera Thm Thumb and Bed Kidd ihf'.
Hood arefteth n. but leave them aLmo.
till they find it out, which thej will all,
tcoaowy Answer all the tunny (juea 1 -
tions they sak,iwJ'dbii't m k -fuu <;1 their
baby theology ; and when you tf>ss|v.
whip them, do it £© that it ycurinujd'
remember it, it would m X be.whh t‘ ms...
tor a great many hule gills 1< no. their
hold suddenly hi sere the door tr* a> w hkh
they lwveesoip.dL Bi ut, aid finci their
way back to the annuls. B * In * gen tie
with the darlings, and w u wlint. a frtfik
of sunshine will lollow in wake. of.
the tittle Dihbinp heada to makq life
happier and kindlier. ' ‘'
On one of th c Pp trains ir< m
York, last week, fib*: Y ,cf Stam
ford, lannliariy knovvn among fuh
htUute brokt rs as *‘Wa i, U.c>k ,a
beside v » two hundred amt twenty pouWff
womau, mai hAwd Limselt as ah'a
-bug in a’vug,” ns seht wad madw
jmt tiwir lize. Wien the loidtdfc'jr f
'vain# Utrotigu for tli'tf Jb i ,
handed fmn aV; hen the v\ omen re
(lUefrUd him Jo *‘lake »wo Jaies ‘Ont ;bf
Uie biil 1 ’ 4 Wat’looked ad<in;liii at
the woman, aud a. id, iSo, 1 *los
nol;” ‘ct Wed, it you- can t htatu two
fufea, ju?t gh oui of t is m* i, ici 11-a/fa t
.been su i'4* to am. u bi .a e n y 1 ns
baial dn u ; 'i
The otue.-t joiixiibl in th i w or.ii i> phlk-
Hided hi F« Vfii, i iiiinv. .* is pr i»t‘d .oa
siu, Wid hi * JtV ii an and weifi. ij/r
mire luun at .o sand yea .
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