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YOLTJME KO—LV
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WHEN YOU ABE fettWJT.
I Mess hs,
■\VLjt legio'iiS offricnds always
When golden success lights our way!
How they smile as they softly address us,
* How cordial, good natural and gay!
But, ah, when the sun of prosperity: *
Has set, then how quickly they Crown,
And cry out in tones of severity,
Kick the man —don’t you see he is down
What though, when you knew not a i
row,
Your heart was as open as day,
And your friends, when they wanted to
‘ borrow, “ ,
You’d oblige, and-ne’er slighted;
As you wandered about through the
town, . . . .. .
'Your fricnds become very near sighted,
And don’t Seem to see you when down.
When yoq're up you’re loudly exalted,
And traders sing out your pialse;
When you’re down you have greatly de-
• faulted, •-.■»!
And they really “don’t fancy your ways.”
Your style wa3 tip-top when you a
money, - ,
So sings every sucker and clown;
But now—’Us exceedingly funny—*
Things are altered “because you’re
down.”
Oh, give me the heart that forever,
Is free from the world’s selfish rust,
And the soul whose high noble endea-
t C/I,
Is to raise fallen man from the dust;
And when in adversity’s ocean,
A victim is likely to drown,
All hail to the friend whose devotion
Will left up the man when he’s down.
THE CONVICT COACHMAN.
Twenty years ago I was quite a young
member of the profession to which I
long—a profession which is more charac
terized by romantic incidents and start
ling events than any other, and it was
more on account of this fact than any
thing else that I joined it. My father,
though not very wealthy, was a physician
in comfortable circumstances, and, like
roost fathers, desired me to follow his pro
fession. I, hdwever, had a passion for a
life of adventure, and the charms of such
a life were only heightened iy the possi
bility of danger; so at twenty I became a
member of the secret police.
About the time I have mentioned
above, all New Y6rk was in a fever of ex
citement over a shocking and mysterious
murder recently committed. Henry Dev-
elan, a young man of high connections
and irreproacliabio character, the son and
partner of a wealthy merchant, wasfound
dead on the pavement of one of the prin
ciple streets. An examination showed
but one wound, a deep fatal stab,penetrat
ing the heart. Near him was found a large
pocket knife with two blades, a cork
screw and a screw driver. On the little
piece of white metal in the centre of the
handle the initials J. B. were scratched
with a pin or needle. But what seemed
unaccountable at tnattime, clasped tightly
in deceased’s right hand was found a small
cold ear-nng with a costly opal dependent
therefrom. There was one peculiarity
abotit the earring; engraved on the gold
was a small anchor surrounded by deli
cate ornamental carving. Neither the
knife nor the piece of jewelry could be
identified, and every effort or the police
force to obtain some clew to this daring
murder v-as utterly fruitless, and by de-
f -ees the search began to be abandoned.
obtained possession of the knife and qar-
rinc and alwavs carried them on my per
son—perhaps with the faint hope that I
might dc able to identify them accident-
31 About six months after the murder of
young Delevan, when the affair was en
tirely forgotten by all except those inter
ested in the deceased, I was called to Chi
cago on professional business. I was
leisurely strolling down one of the most
retired streets of the city, when, as I
passed a small jewelry store, I saw in the
show window a Piece of jewel^that im-
T"
I)taaded bar a card bearing the name
of a prominent young lawyer in Chi
cago
I was ushered into the parlor, and in a
moment a young lady entered, apparently
about twenty years of age. She was
strikingly beautiful, with great restless
eyes—black as midnight. On seeing me
she started with surprise, retreating toward,
the door. Before she could utter a word;
I adroitly stepped between her and the
door, and fixing my eyes upon her said:
“Madame, my name’s Johnson; I am a
member of the detective force of New
York.” Her cheek paled, andjshe seemed
agitated. “Do you know this trinket?”
I continued, displaying the glittering opal
ear-ring.
On seeing it she uttered a-piercing
scream and dropped senseless on the
floor. The old coachman heard her odes
and rushed into the room. . He stopped
when he saw me and demanded my busi
ness. I told him I was a detective, and
drawing the old knife from my vest pocket
I said sternly: *»
n “James' Baker, this i3 your knlte, and
with it young Henry Delevan was mur
dered in New Yoric.”
He uttered, a low curse, and, his eye
blazing with fury, he drew a long bowie-
knife and wished toward me. I was pre
pared.
“Not so fast,” said I, and the six eyes
of my revolver looked into his face. “An
other step towards me and you are a dead
man! Drop that knife!”
He hesitated a moment, and then, see
ing that I was in earnest, he dropped
his knife and said, “I did not do it.”
I walked to the window, still covering
him with my revolver, and sprang the
watchman’s rattle. I was answered by
the entrance of two policemen. I ordered
them to secure the man, and then turned
my attention U> tte young lady, who was
just recovering from her swoon. She was
burning with feve", and her eyes had an
unmistakable look of-delirium. The in
tense excitement had caused an attack of
brain fever. ,
From -the coachman’s confession and
other circumstances, the following facts
leaked out: Sometime previous to-the
tragedy Henry Delevan had made a some
what lengthy visit to .Chicago, where he
frequently met Miss D’Alembert. Being
a man of elegant personal appearance and
agrecable.mauners, the impulsive yonng
lady became desperately enamored of
him, but as he was engaged to an esti
mable young lady in New York, the
passion was not reciprocated. She
discovered the fact of his
gagement, and with an inconsist
ency characteristic of her French blood,
hated him more intensely than sha had
ever loved him. She determined to re
venge herself, and endeavored to bribe the
old coachman to murder him. He would
not agree to this, but in. view of a reward
he promised to help her: They took the
evening train for New York, and she,
knowing which way ho would pass in go
ing home from the house of his betrothed,
they hid in an alley running across one of
the principal streets. Baker had the knife
open in his hand, but, when about mid
night, they heard his steps, and she recog
nized him in the dim moonlight, the old
man dropped the knife and recoiled. She
seized it, and, as he advanced, rushed
upon hfrn and struck the fatal blow. The
death-stricken man did not even utter a
groan, but clenched wildly at the air, and,
iu his fall, caught the ear-ring and tore it
from her ear. They lied precipitately,- and
took the next train for Chicago.
The young lady is still living, a raving
maniac in the insane asylum, and the an
cient coachman is serving his life-term in
the State prison.
Marry bone Meets "the Phoenix. -.
X. I. E.
“You see,” said Manybone, crossing
his legs as usual on the dry goods box,
and shaving off another splinter, which he
proceeded to sharpen and work around
among his teeth reflectively, “you see we
had all been to a dance that night over at
Mrs. Oldgay’s; the boys were pretty full,
in fact tight. Now Mrs. Oldgay has the
utmost confidence in me; says she: “Mar-
rybone, there are bottles hid" in the front
yard; go and empty the whisky out, or I
shall break up the dance.”
I went out in the front yard and under
the bushes I found no less than seven bot
tles. I mil say, though, they wore mostly
empty, still they contained enough to
tangle any quadrille in the world, so
proceeded to dispose of it. Then arose
the difficulty, where should I empty it?
The yard was full of tender flowers ahd
early crocusses. I knew that the bulb
which received that mountain dew would
bloom no more. Should I lift my hand
against nature? Never! I drained the
last bottle and went hack to report,
found Mrs. Oldgay in every part of the
room; four Mrs. Oldgays thanked me for
my efforts. Says I, madame, there men
are all drank; I will relieve you of them
two'at a time. I seised two; they begged
me r.ot to expose them, so I carried them
off to my room but the rascals shut me in
and ran off. I gave chase, but to my bor
row faund myself in a pathless desert.
Not a house was in sight, all was desola
tion a burning thirst seized me, a million
sand sui faces reflected the sun rays in my
eyes; I was blinded. Then arose that
wonderful mirage; I saw houses, lights
and horses gliding upside down along the
skies and among them streams of delicious
water; dream after dream-fancy within
fancy. I w&s oppressed with a sense of
impending peril. I screamed “Police!”
“I' thought for ah instant my action
wa3 fatal. A three, story house dropped
from the scene directly upon me. I did
not think it possible for a man to sustain
the weight of a house, but I did it; I
rolled on my hack, and thrust it upwards
with my feet, like the foot-ball man in. the
circus, and with one mighty kick sent 1 It
spinning away. When I roused myself, I
was alone in’the desert, bnt not alone
long; then came to me a blood curdling
Sb:
ng; tlieu came to me a moou uim.m-
rick, ahd the shadow of a bird swept by
me. The sun was burning hot, and the
shadow returned and began to circle
around me; this slow circling shade filled
me with dread. I turned my face up-
en ‘ ward; the sun struck down into my brain
and I fell grovelling in the sand; stilMfce
shadow fled, faster and faster in circles
that grew smaller. To my horror, I saw
that the sands were beginning to circle
Swaa* sat Mg
‘6 high, wai3t
finally encom
passed me entirely. Through it all broad-
nnino. darkening, fled the shadow. I
ening, darkening, lieu me
threw myself down and grasped at it. I
shut my eyes; still the bird screamed and
the sands whirled. With one agonized
shriek, I gave up. .
At sound of my Voice all • grew quiet.
The sands settled, but on my shoulder a
living weight had descended. Trembling,
I turned my head and looked at it—a gi
gantic bird of a species unknown to me
?at there. He was fully five feet high,
black as charcoal were his feathers, and
bis claws reached from my shoulder to
the sand as I lay. His mouth curved
back from his beak gave him a rather
sanctimnious expression, but never was a
character so belied. I gazed into his eyes
and in an instant his disposition was re
vealed to me. Never on earth have I
mediately struck me as being familiar,
paused for a closer examination, and was
astonished to recognize the mate to the
ear-ring that had been found clenched in
the bald of young Delevan. The fact
that this car-iing was the exaet counter-
nart of the one I even then had in my
Possession, would not have been remarks:
Kad there been a pair of them exhib
ited for sale in the shop window, but
there was only one, arid my suspicions
were immediately aroused. .
I entered the store, and, after cautious
manieuveriiig, was only able to ascertain
from the old Jew that the jewel had been
brought to him to sell by an old man, who
said that Ids mistress had lost the mate to
it and wished to dispose of this. • I Pur
chased" the ear-ring, and throwing down a 1
imld niece In addition to the puce de-
roahdSv P told the old Jew that if he
•‘woulddind out for me the names otjthe
ownerand of the person who brought Jt to
SKould reward him liberally-'tj *
The old man’s eyes glistened ton
here to-morrow afternoon at 3
o’clock ’sir, and I will give you the infor-
m The next evening at3 o’clock I
the iewcler’s in —— street. He told me
that on the previous evening lie had sent
for the old mau at an addrres which he
had previously given ****** jjjg
Mid him the money which he had obtain
ed for the jewel, he detained him in .con
versation over a glass of brandy until it
was quite late, and when the old man
left he shut up his shop and followed him
at a dis?ance into the fashionable portion
of the city, until the old man entered a
handsome, aristocratic residence on M
street The jeweler waited a few mo-
S>‘, and then holdly rang the door
bell. A servant girl answered the mm-
“ “Pardon me,” said the'jeweler,-“I fear
"I have made a mistake. Will ** 80
kind as to inform me who lives here-
«This is the residence of the late M„
D’Alembert. His daughter, Mile. Mane,
mistake; W^was saU
isfied tbat I recognized an
■ in the old man who just entered here.
A British Critic on the Confederate
For Englishmen especially, the storyof I my £e Lplted^gfed to'meet
s'cssthfmost^weTtol aSmettojy. Og *h“ “SenSTofT and
both sides the principles mvo'ved tTere {j- j lis tai i crossed his feet and
those which most deeply affect our own s
national feeling; the language, the race, „ j rcp n e d, “but the truth is
the ideas of the combatantsiwere our yo fi r -confou n ded shadow, when you were
own. The army •° f S»SS§&£l«minTdown made me’.dizzy. Now : I
and knocked a feather out of my tail; see
there!
He showed me a vacancy in the rear
rank of his tail-feathers; it made me feel
quite sad.
“I dislike coming here; it is dangerous,
and life seems to j)ave gone out of the
land. Now, when Moses, Aaron, Abra
ham and these fellows were living, I was
never at a loss for a place to put up. Ah,
many’s the night we made of it together;
bnt now!”—The old fellow shook his
head in a way not complimentary to the
nineteeth century.
My sang froid was gone. There was
an assurance about all he said that filled
me with terror.
“■Who are you?” I asked, trying to con
ceal my agitation.
“I am not surprised that you do not
know me,” he said, sadly. I interrupted
him; bi3 melancholy appealed to me.
“Oh-you mistake; your face is fami
liar, hut the name has escaped me—”
“I have not been around here for
hundred years,” he continued' aVt ? ou °-
ing the interruption. *'**7 some I am
called thePhoep* 3 -”. ...
“Oh!” I exclaimed, “you ran or did run
„ printing office over in Bibb
county—but what is your name?” '
He leaned over and put his mouth close
to my ear—
“Won’t you tell ?”
“Never!”
“Tom Collins.”
“What!” v
“And I wrote the letter of Junius.”
“What!!”
“And the ‘Beautiful Snow.’ ”
“WHAT HI”
“And I am the man that struck Billy
Fattqrspn I”
“I thought I would surprise you. You
are now the only man living who knows
this.” . • m
I looked at him a long time, then clos
ing one eye* and extending my hand I
said-
“How dye, Charlie.”
1 “Charlie!” he said, eyeing
AG1ICULTUHAL DEPARTMENT grace of the tree or shrub; The crime
I may be aggravated, however. When, in
edited BY " I addition to the “trimming up,” the slv-m
General Wm. M. BROWNE, stem is covered with a thick coat of white-
Ps ifeasor of Eistorv and Agriculture in the a height of several feet, then, in-
I tt ■ . deed, the outrage is complete. By the
University of Georgia. j ^ 0 f t be priming knife and saw in the
hands ot the unskilled, as by the use of
. . lawns. calomel in the hands of a quack doctor,
We have received several patify ing le damage is often done which years cannot
25 to:““s°om”onK’fib SSI ‘w b -““” * I»”
pondents ask us what are the best grriss
[ ing knife in the hands of a novice.
seeds for lawns, what is the best time to Georgia Getting Rid of her Debt
sow;bem, and how to prepare flie soil. Editors Telegraph and Messenger i
A mixture of Kentucky blue grass. in your issue of jib*- *Sth ultimo, I find
sweat vernal grass, and white clover is the the follo’^s :
best we know, and in the following pro- I -is it not a fact that less than sixty days
portfto : Mfi - _ UK 5|T ago Mr. Renfroe sold $200,000 of Baby
Twenty ffuaitaKentucky blue_graM,.six bondS( andis it faot the proceeds of these
white SUftSSS*iSqiuS I '!«ry bonds that he proposes to use in xe-
whito
Lcisnel.
t»o suspi-
01 “Ain’t this Charlie Ross, too ?” I asked
innocently- ^dr a minute he glared at
me, then taking out his bottle, said
“Let’s take another drink.” Wedrauk.
Presently he asked, . ,
“What’s on hand to-night ?”
“Nothing; why?”
“Some of the boys are going to make a
night of it up at Islitainbubl; lets go?” .
“Heavens, roau! that is ja’ hundred
miles up'the river.”
“That’s all, correct; will you go?”
“Certainly, if you can get me there.”
He returned tho bottle toliiSpistol pocket,
and relit his cigar from 'niiflfl^ Before I
knew what he was about he had fastened
and
or one I deeming another $200,000of Baby bonis.
f »,» „ f The act of the Legislature of 1878 (De-
lo 1 ? ft hiffhnJf cemher 4), authorizing the issue of these
least ati the rete^three and a half bush- Baby bonds (section 5 )jdirects tbe govem .
1 ov <to sel1 a sufficient amount, os they
y 1 ”® ^r,;™„lf n?’ be needed,to meet the installments of
from the beginning to the middle of Octo- boi j ds issuqd ’ mder the act of Fe hraary
■’ ... . .... 27th, 1856, that become due during the
The grass will then become established years 1879, 1880 and 1SS1, and the money
before the severe cold weather, and will I arising from the sale of said bonds shall be
be strong and vigorous in the spring. L used for no other purpose.’
Grass se$ds sown in April or May rarely [ “If there is a surplus of $250,000 in the
succeed;,ip our latitude. They cannot treasury which can be used for the re
hear the hot sun of the early summer, demption of the Baby bonds, was it nec-
The larid should be thoroughly and essary for the governor to ssll $200,000 of
deeply broken anil pulverized—made as Baby, bonds two months ago, ‘to meet the
fine as .possible. It should also be liber- installment of bonds issued under ths act
ally enriched either with rotted stable of 1850, which fall due during the year
manure or good superphosphate. The I860?’ By Mr. Renfroe’s own showing it
latter is preferable, because- it- is free was not necessary to sell the second in-
fromthe seeds of weeds and .noxious st allment of Baby bonds; but liavin" sold
grasses, which are so often found in stir- them he has no authority, under the act of
fie manure. Ail weeds should , be care- December 4,1S78, to use the proceeds for
fully extirpated. To receive the seed the any other purpose than to meet the bonds
surface should he made perfectly smooth, issued under the act of 1S56, which bc-
Sow ti.e seed very thickly—at least the come due in 1879 arid 18S1.” *
quantity indicated above—even at the We have in this a continued exanible of
rate of four bushels per acre would not be {he disposition of tho time to causeless
too much. Cover them lightly with a | and gratuitous faultfinding, and it ren-
garden rake,-and then finish the operation I dors the writer liable to a charge of either
by running a rolhr over them.' Ed^n i—i-i >- . -.to “ - , .
nninga rolor over them/ Lawn j reckless misrepresentation or blind ignor-
prass, to make a solid, velvety turf, shohld j aficc. ' - < ■ 3
be frequently' and , evenly trimmed- The act of 1S78, referred to in section 1.
never allowed to seed; I “authorizes and requires the governor to
r, oeeen Jcanl-bixg-I* ? as. issue $500,000 of four., per rent, bonds,
Gne irnna of many years standing,who and section 5 «directed” the goremor to
has recently' abandoned the desk and have them prepared as soon a3 possible
chunter of a city, store arid declared his and.to sell a sufficient amount as they
independence by becoming a farmer, as^ may beneeded fo meet the installments
— to tell ling first,'when, after he cuts Ifis y^bonaTissaed under act of February
material changes since you were here last.
Don’t trust too much to that cassimere.
“That is all right. If it gives way you
wouldn’t fall a thousand feet before I
would have you again.’ It was the most
exciting trip I ever took, but, neverthefess,
I was not sorry when his cheery voice ex-
* “Here we are.” We entered a lialf-
ruined temple, carved from the solid
rock. Great hideous statues rose pp
around us to the distance .oftwentyfeet.
There were eight of them mthe ball—four
on each side. Each held in his hand a
flail. We reached an inner rotunda into
which the moonlight streamed through
the hall. .Here we waited. Presently I
heard the rattling of bones and chattering
teeth, and a couple of dozen of assorted
skeletons promenaded into the room. My
liiir rose. Tries adinncci to vaj oouipar.-
1 uu’is side. He was seated on the auar
a'liev shook ms ciaw, aua ne returneu
them lad° a shake that rattled every joint.
They took no notice of me, however, and
1 “Itofnkl sbaltoetire;' I ba\ l e no card,!
remember, and am evidently not expec
ted. I am fearfully deIrop, so tospeak.
You should have seen the gesture he
oats, he should sow peas to be turned
der to enrich the land; second, how to
sow, whether jii ddlffipg" broadcast; and
third, when to turn under.
1 and 2, A* soon as possible after
has cut his oats and has ahs-sotl enough
stubble at the rate I ?i S '’TOontiis’ intere^-vRJrEli liad' to bS ] U oon the importer that he snau oe
scooters or tX provided for by the last general assembly, riux.sition to avail himself of- his own
them in closely with long scooters or turn j Sf^ord^toVswe | i^mato
pl ows if the stubble ^ gfS the six mouths’ interest and the i^rder to do tills lie must have his
3- H Some con- holders oftbVbonds trouble in getting an customer’s, notes as collateral. After m-
sliould he before the act passed to pay the interest, I proposed dorsing them, aqd thus giving^ tbem
,hat this shOUla o norr timm a*- Andalavce dof- I wliinh thav cannot otherwise p<
vines
tend that f a ?L * Vth- I to “ paV them Vonce.^lAnd a large' por-1 credit whidi they cannot — .
Is^aTer hey aw nipped by the t:o r^f them have I sess ’ be^obtalntom^]^ needs,
ers, attei y w J ti i, comm! r m, and the money >s on hand
first frost, ari'f; 01 ??,”’.. tlia d j e 11 on ; t rking E from the salo of these very Baby I the provincial^buyer also. It makes his
sr'ioi
til the early spring.. Good and intelligent
^ | custom more desirable and enables him to
, . nnll auu ■ r T . r , The surplus in the treasury, with which buy cheaper thau the buyer.on open ac-
til the ear 'y ®^ " s :- b "f tbe sc opinions. I am paying unmatured bonds, is not the count. It puts the close, careful buyer in
fermem mamtoin each of these proceeds of the sale of the 4 per cent! L posi tlon which, when competition be-
JB of tl^ UnT- bonds,-as stated by your correspondent^ C0 P mes sba rp, he.
wlieat last year, auu suua^ucuwj j f rnm
mMas.weturaedundera^rtmno^avery I ‘ u . itgb ; a * e ‘^epeEdiugfor several 1 itose“wlio buy’onopen account and leave
rank growth xn ^oveninpr, | years, and only .recently decided, and a part I the seller without immediate financial re-
Qotohftr.aj'o ’v allowed to d ; e on of this sum was earnings of the Macon and 1 c , ttre0 or benefit from the purchases
,\ n „ d a ™,l P remain all the winter, | Brunswick railroad turned into the treas- j m&A e.»
¥!f.€St‘'’S.wS3 n S'SSA
^fnrnnn^ to-enort ^hc result in, tlie. I Mb legislature knew what amount) says the New York Evening Post, ±.ce£
\\e propose to. po Jf npcessr.ry to pay the interest.j tain virility, a certam robustness of prac--
.‘iS”? r» P ’5,S'Si' J »d’ffi e sspi saggM6» **&#*■<**
ao not \emurc u«uuc, - 7 ' I : I -n-liioli ia ramdlv wmmmr for that
aftor'our tertofoneyear we shal give petTre o?the government and. fixed thejoons which is rapidly inning for that
after our test oi one sear, ^ -. . .... 0 a tn mMkt i» i . nlann of sower among the active
“Stay; any friend of mine is welcome
here. Wan’t.to dance ? I’ll get you a part-
“Ephriam!”
l‘ r
eameu ouu ««««..»--, • . ■ should ao so iu » *“““*^*
lor generations continue to enlist, I i eave n0 cause for reproach.” You-i
strongest English sympathies. B1^ considerably annoyed at the off-1
o^ r haud nearly twelve, and its a long journey^”
off-hand | n You wUldistwl) the mu-
strongest English sympathies, it loug. t wr conaidera hiy annoyed i
with English tenacity, English recKlc^ the fello w had treated
ness of consequence, English indilLi uice t f yo -- -
to odds, wliat Was from the first a I .j |
very doubtful.;and soon sand-anrt you Ponged a roundso,ico u.u , blood curdling notes float in
proved itaelfmore than a matchf pp feather front .his wing and brushed the j J behind their fans, and others no-
ently overwhelming odds. Its composi- cor k; then inserting a daw | Sjg^hnS be Suddenly the
tirin' resemb&d very closely that ot our I -
own volunteer regiments. Its chiefs were
men whose personal character and public -■— .r a—
thoroufifiy EngUslfof aft" tlie you, I sec. Well,” lid con-
W?**,**!*■ H,re
ing strangely iu»»i - ”1 r:: - - L.
“Johnnie, shoot off your gum—hi
The fun began, that Is so far as they
joyjj.' They
singing that
“Pretty gooa;
Sh •■Stcno.wall ” Jackson reproduced,_ with I rb “nutMrovefrbS^e;” but he seized
-/•*«._ hntspftTftftlv one f onesarn* J j the neck of i
were concerned, f didn’
started a slow promi
grand chorus, -
“In that sweet bye and bye,
We shall meet on the beautiful shore,
In the sweet by and by, • ,
We shall meet on the beautiful
-' > ‘ shore.”
revalie°loyirilyftndsimplicity.—Saturday|tt]™* ^ey^ no&e, but IS3ST
Bevieic. , ■ * I a khidof filmv white came over them as I say that there ^ere some really fine voices
h^drank, as thoueh to shut him off from among them, and the spi&ir 8t ™*£jed
* n.of ^nnld divert his attention j accompaniment beautifully. I approached
Unconscious-
—A Philadelphia child was bom with a could divert
fair complexion, dark f r0 m tlie business at hand,
hair. Soon after birth he began to turn c]aime(] .
dark of skin, the color deepening from | L
my friend. 1 * - J
‘Really, I cannot consent to intrude on
Maylinqa»re-bis name. . .
*Ht« name is James Baker; he is my
mistress’ coachman.”
“Itis not the same. _ __ .
a’6n. <u Good day.” And the jeweler, hav-
iiig obtained tbe required infqnnaUoD, re
turned to his shop to communicate the
gave him another piece of gold and
tuned to my hotel. Once in mj room
“nXXses! what a drinker!” He these good people,” I said. He waved
».s - i—iti» «A/*rntfniiu ns t spoke. I infi off.
“Presentlv, presently; they will noliea
Have natience. Take part-
tinguis’hed. Hr. Reynolds, who has close- j "backbut you are right,
* | teaed like theirs; my knees knocked
—>0, that-became due during the
years 187P, 1830, and. 18S1.
Wholesale Dry Goods Credit
_ The New York World calls attentiou
to the changes which have taken place in
the credit management of the wholesale
dry goods business. In tbe old time the
country merchant came to town twice
year iu order to make his purchases for
the spring and autumn trades. Having
established Iris credit,if it was a'subject of
inquiry, he selected his goods, gave ship
ping directions, and finally went to the
counting-room, called for a statement of
his accounts and retried by notes agreea
ble to the terms upon which tlie purchases
had been made.
This system seems to have been
changed.
“Now it is not ‘the thing’ at all to ask a
customer to settle by note. The request
for a note is met with the remark, ‘we
never give notes,’ or, ‘we can pay cash if
ycu doubt our responsibility.’ There are
two principal reasons given for this state
of things. In the first place the idea pre
vails that & note must be paid at maturi
ty, (as it should be,) while an open ac
count may b<5 extended indefinitely, (as it
too ofteu Is,) and some buyers object to
giving a note, because if they do so they
canuot discount their bills before maturi
ty.”.
These objections, which are of impor
tance to importers andprovincial buyers,
are examined by the World in an article
which is a plea for a return to the old or
der of things. -
Merchants will be interested in its ob
servations on this score:
'“If the buyer gives the seller his note
he does not in any way impair his priv
ilege of discounting his bill, lor a note,
being generally his account in a con
densed form, may be prepaid with greater
facility than a series of open bills. So
far as the standing of the buyer with im
porter is affected, settlement by note
i3 evidently desirable. The wholesale
dealer must always regard with favor the
buyer whq gives his note rather than the
buyer on open account. But it may. be
asked, of what special benefit to the
wholesale merchant is ihe settlement by
note? The auswer is easy arid
should., be apparent. The note, of
the buyer ■ enables the seller to have
Iris books closed npvregularly, instead
of keeping along -?a mass of open
accounts; but it has another and much
more important hearing. During a sea
son of prosperity, such as has been re
cently enjoyed, the importations are
largely increased, and of' course a neces
sity for money—more capital—is created
The importer, having several millions,
perhaps, spread throughout the country
from Canada to Mexico, sees all or the
greater part of his capital entirely out of
This imprecisely what was done. On
the fireclay of February last, $150,000 of
toetr.«. . . f ar » bc lasf j owl) p v$rcl)ases maxes . it imperative
4-ribg n-
Icli had to be
that he shall bri
pos-
i money is on hand 'p be ’ effect of this process is beneficial to
can turn to advantage.
educate the youth of Boston, the seat of
“cnlchah” and the hub of the Union?
Well, it is a fact. A Boston letter writer,
himself a book man, says: “It seems a
little odd that the youngest section of our
country should send books to load the
store counters of Boston, the Athens of
America.”
The house to which I. have alluded is
that of Messrs. Van Antwerp, Bragg &
Co., whose place of business is on Walnut,
between Third aud Fourth, where they
occupy four immense buildings of six
stories each. These are divided into
several departments—the introduction
department, counting rooms, packing
rooms, sales rooms, editors’ offices and
library being the most important. Their
printing and binding departments are the
most complete in toe country, capable
of turning over 15,000 complete volumes
per day. It is to be noted ia this connec
tion that this publishing house:-is one of
the few which manufactures its own
books, and the- only house publishing
school books exclusively, which doessoT
From the time the author’s manuscript
is received until the book is presented to
the public, and the various processes and
separate steps in its production are con
ducted in their buildings, and under the
immediate supervision of members of the
firm. Nothing is sent out to be finished
or touched by others. Nothing but law
material comes in, nothing but finished
books goes out. \ *» -*«►—.»—— .
It was my good fortune to have the
privilege of going over the immense estab
lishment from top to bottom, an cl I would
like to give from my voluminous notes a
description, hut it would take too much
space. I saw in the storage rooms 320,000
volumes of school books alone, and I was
prepared to admit that “of the makiqg o&.
many books there is no end.” I was
told that these would barely suffice to
fill tlieir orders for the next six weela. As
I sat in the office, an order came by tele
graph from San Francisco, which I was
told would amount to 30,000 pounds
weight. Yerily San Frandsco must be
lieve that “knowledge is' more to be de
sired than great riches.”
It #oald be interesting to tface the his
tory of such an institution, but it runs
back fifty years, and we cannot undertake
it. Iu ajl that time it lias maintained a
reputation for strict honesty amfiutegrity,
and, adhering strictly to the determination
to publish only the best bool^s, ,in tho
most durable and beautiful form, an(J at
the lowest prices, has built up to the high
standard which is now its boast and
pride. ..Such men as Dr. McGuffey, Dr.
ltay, Harvey, Venable, Tholmcier and a
host of others whose text books are known
ail over the world, are the authors of their
lectie Educational Series,” of which this
house are the sole publishers.
The schoolmaster is abroad; tho age
of inventive genius is upon us. Every
thing has the markoS progress, but m
nothing is the change more noticeable
than iu our school books. The old dry
commonplace, bluc-backed bugbears of
oar childhood have given place to new and
handsome works of arts which are a joy
forever. Let the goodswork go on until the
acquisition of knowledge shall be a pleas
ant and interesting pastime instead ot
back-breaking Mi
Wanderer.
^i^nuTtanwith beeoMns diffidence. amount of taxes to be levied to meet it. journal a place of ppwer among the active
our opinion with ne-ominuimuev: mght.have fixed the per cent, to be and positive forces of the tune. ThS car-
the best breed of noos. t 1( ; vl ' dfc 5 taxes lower than they did if they toon this weekhas a good aealmore of
Mr. John A. Sbafner, the eele I coffid have foretold -what would Jiarthe I real statesmanship in it thari a volume ot
secretary of - «*•«»♦<* A<mnn 1 hn*« 1 1 . I; > ’ n »T3.- n.^1 StcUaTI I it - *■“ —- f T?
tliatBerkshire and Poland-China hogs are I tbey d i d , n( ,t know this money would I the Solid South—handcuffed to a soldier
said to be the best, thriftiest andmost C0I £ e i nt0 the treasury. (upon either side is treading barefoot a
profitable breeds of hogs in that State; j don’t think the governor knew it,-and I stony path, carryiug on her shoulder a
that the Berkshire mature earlier, and the I T am sure j d j dn i t ^now it. I have no J great carget-bag filled with muskets, with
Poland-China are better for packing. "doubt but that your anonymous writer I Grant on top, hugging a sword, while the
the CARE OF WELLS. - i I knew it, but he didn’t tell us of it. If the | two soldiers keep the carpet-bag in place
There is no doubt that a rruitful cause anonymous writer had been as careful to J with their bayonets. The “Hall ot Jus-
of diphtheria and malignau! fevers is the ' seckthe f act3 as'he’has been ready to cen- rice” on the left has a piece of artillery on.
contaminated condition of the wells and sure be would have learned thatthe Baby {top, arid a pair of sentriesatthe door,while
cisterns from which drinking water, is b “ nds were i^ued as the law directed, 1 the landscape is filled with the rums left by
s 4 i.»a -mVi'sii* loairintm from tnfi f . i-_ i -it t.4 SLi nn ni;.^ <i« 1 wow <>m? with marks of usieuess
e legend is
1S09-1S77.”
UM .. . Neitherjs it true that “by Mr.yRenfroe’s I Oe the'other page is “The Weak Govern-
has been found to be Impure water; 'Too j own showing it was .not necessary to sell 1 ment, 1817-1881.” President Hayes is in.
much care-cannot be taken to guard J second installment.” . , u( [the foreground, driving a deep furrow
against this danger to health. The situa- j would make the suggestion tliat in I with a plough, the handles of which are
tion of wells and cisterns is a matter Ot tbe f u t ura VtjcE seifoonstituted guardians I old muskets, with the locks removed,
great importance and should not ha- gov- of tbft pu hii C interest as your hasty corres- while the beam is the. “Let-’em-alone pol-
erned by convenience alone. They should pomtent ' take tlie trouble to find ex-1 icy,” and a sabre does duty for a coulter,
always be located where the impurities | ^ ly bowr mat ters stand before perpetrat-1 In the background whites and blacks are
above mentioned cannot possibly reach hug tbe , inexcusable injustice orputtjng a busy, and prosperity * shown by facto-
them. Wfakv ‘ „ i , | public officer in-ari improper light before 1 ries, steamboats, cottonbalreanffcom-
•Where^^Jwell is dug in a sandy soil and the people, whom he is faithfully tryibg fields. The two pictures tell a story that
where it is in the vicinity of the stables,T t0 - e r Ve . •. j is just now in need of telling, and they
orwithin reachof the place where thel- .'p b h matter would have'received ,my tell It In a most effective way; It is not
present order of servants empty the slop 1 mpiy earlier, hut for tie reason that 11 partisanship but patriotism that directs at-
waterfromthe house, the soil soon be-| baTe been absent and. my attention was jtention, in this forcible way, to the respec-
comes perfectly saturated with orMriic iih- no j. ca ij e d to it until my return. ‘ N tlve results of what the politicians call
purity and rain Washes this impurity into Respectfully, ‘ J. Vt- Renfroe. j strong and weak governments
Judge 'Field.
The Philadelphia Times (Independent)
thus speaks of California’s candidate for
the presidency :
“Judge Field, of the Supreme Court of
the United States, is not one of the men
who figure prominently in the bureau
presidential table*, but has long been re
garded by many partisans of the more ac
tive candidates as a very safe man to fall
back on in case of .a retreat to a compeo-
or dark horee candidate..; -He
uj
is the-favorite of the Pacific States, and.
would be Jikclv to receive the electoral
votes or California, Nevada and Oregon,
agaiittt any Republican competitor. He
would be as available as any other in
New Jersey and Connecticut, his strength
in New York would be second to none, if
Mr. Tilden should heartily favor his clec-
tbe well. We should be utterly disgtiited
were we to see a housemaid emptying her
slop paii into tbe welljbut when she pours
it on the ground near the well, the act is
very nearly as bad in its effects. It is a
Wales is
the artist."
Advice to the South.
ViL.r _ .* 1! ”
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican j
troublesome ^“business,’ we know, to have | (iridependent), ventHates its opinions
our wells thoroughly cleaned at regular I ^ 1US .
intervals, but it is much repre trouble- Tdden ^ a canflidate would be as dan-
soiue to receive the deadly visita of diph- M to his own party a* Grant would ]
theria and typhoid fever. Besides gT tbe jiepublican party, and more so.
where the stables, manure pits, cesspools, J ^ dd g n jg the only Democratic nominee
i Cincinnati. ' u
Cincinnati, May 13, 1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger
Tlie visitors to this busy, bustling city will
find much to interest him. If Le be from
the Sbuth, where everything, under the
enervating effect of our tropical sun,
moves with a lazy sluggishness, he 'will
never tire of watching the elastic springi-
Jtidge Fields is one ofa very small circle
of men who might be elected to the next
Presidency on thedJemocratic ticket. No
nomination that does net unite the support
ofa large number of conservative voters
of Republican antecedents, caa be suc
cessful in the contest of 1880. Tilden
commanded the votes of not less than a
quarter of a miliion Republiaans who be
lieved that the only way to conserve the
Republican party was to defeat it, and if
the Democrats shall elect the next Presi
dent, it will bdby that class of voters con
trolling New York, New Jersey and ether
States. - -
It is this supreme necessity that will re
ject all candidates at Cincinnati, whose
records during the war were such as to
jut them and-the party on tbe defensive
n the campaign, and it narrows the circle
very greatly. Had David Davis entered
the Democratic caucus and acted with the
party even on an independent plane When
be came to tbe Senate, he might have
been form idaVilc; but he baa fallen be
tween tbe fiarty stools. "Judge Field has
all tbe elements of strength outside of the
party that Davis could have, while he is
accepted as a positive Democrat. He was
a war Republican; was. appointed to the
Supreme bench by Lincoln; has made
his own proud record in favor of effacing
the last vestiges of sectional strife, and he
is a Democrat to-day because his convic
tions and actions have logically made him
so. Whatever may be the issue at Cin
cinnati, the present outlook embraces
within its range the name of Judge Field
as one whose success is possible.
dU*gse
era^wayT* but "there is no" case given 1 ^’^“ch^P-tbe idiot'that spent his I compliments slioWered upon me. J‘»ucu
where it liad developed all over tkebody. , ifbildiugtpbe pyramids down theriver ? grace;” “he has "the
This was more than sixteen months ago, I knew of hinn” “tremulo extraordinary,” etc., etc* I
ihe chi “ being tbe*i thirteen month, old. j v
is melanSis or pif entation, ^^{caHy', ‘‘youJcne^?haraoh, gXr TUbei along like a drop of
I said, throwing all the I looked at Phoenix.
same to me
I gave
I^rarefully^considered ill . tbe circum-
itances of the case and became convinced
that 1 liad found a clew to the mysterious
murder of Henry Delevan. It .but
reasonableito suppose that tbe.young lady
whom I strongly suspected of be 1 ^? 11 ^
murderess, should endeavor to gftndof
the peculiar' ear-ring In order to divert
suspicion from herself to Q*1
purchaser, in whoeeposaetiion U might be
found. Tho feet of the cmcMlment of
tba name* of the parities from tbe Jeweler
was suspicious, and the coincidence ol
the initials on the knife with the name of
the coachman was rather singular. Tak
ing all things into consideration, I deter
mined to act promptly. Attiring myseir
elegantly, and concealing a revolver about
my person, I proceeded to the mansion on
M—— street. I rang the bell and inquired
for Miss Marie D’Aiembert.
•‘Wliat name shall I give? said ths girl,
eyeing me rather suspiciously
onsly: “Change partners.
ward, grand right and leitl
Forward to the lady on the right,
Turn her as you oughter;
The prettiest girl in Egypt is / ;
Jolly old Pharaoh’s daughter.”
etc., etd I
He had an old , sill-
by degrees becoming lighter, until not? he Xvou?-are you yet quaUfied to cast a thrown back, while he
is ofaa light chestnut brown color. He did not notice tbe sarcasm, with a human backbone, Routing Jnlrni
- ‘ . r-4l . . . wifh one claw he figured a moment in onsly: “Change partners, two ladies for-
“Something over six thousand years,
how time flies!”
of mouesi ueanug. .. i i was too proud to be startled from my
smallest, as well as the oldrat, of the ^ ngtaltranquillity. I said, carelessly:
four. He is not more than fite feet fire «possibly among your early vices you
inches in height, and weighs only^uiredibchahitof smoking; try a cigar.”
pounds. Bishop Hurst weara a sm f’J I t offered him a Cuban. around Cleopatr
sandy goatee. Both Bishop Warren an IlAb ves> thanks; light also, if you oua iy, shouting:
Bishop Foss are tall and slim- There “Go it, bones
isn’t a moustache in the whole party. Dr. . P Be tbe c igar sidewaya in hislj 0 ; n ts.” Bbrd-- —- - ..
Leonard Gurley said the other day. No . ith y* end high in the air, and me up too.
man wearing a moustache was ever elect- ^y. toe; the alligator’s skull sought mine,
ed a bishop in the Methodist Church. ^ ^ flies; string old. f ^caS^viS ™ *
Rx-Sscretary of War McCrary led- Every time I ^Sown the lutT with the flails, that sent me spin
ured in Des Moines, Jowa, on Tuesday I changed. Yhe_«s _ ng_i37fi 11 ning like a foot hall through the orebes-
DPPniup on “Proi68sional Ethics.” Among Nile ^ ^ a v. sppn I tra X' vu alone in tbe desert* After
tern wbencediinkuigw-ater is drawn. would make the open support ot the Dem- tbe ^ ^ t0 an d fro with a deafemng
< _. pea. vines A8 a PEnTiLLz ocratic ticket by thoughtful Republicans I c ] a tter, the street cars go at a gallop, and
Since it is umversally admitted that UcaUy irapo6S ibie. All Tilden’s sig- evemhing and everybody rusff. feverishly
potash , and phosphoric acid are the ele- P ability as a political leader would , hurriedly by you as thoueh there was
iuents of fertility of which our soils becorn^ j “‘‘.j againTt the blighting feet 5 y 1
soonest exhausted, the folloyrii^analyjw j that lmder bjs gan^acy the Democratic j An'cnergetic people are always great
The pulsing of ambitious blood and the
ssifwe-d.nd,,„„mu**: -ysgirsssssHrMsrs
iBK 0681 * . - • ’ ooq North would pass over to the Republican I * ssiotl „ nd ou ttet In tbe labor of willing
Lime . •....<••• • • co i umn . The delegates to the Cincinnati C auds Tbe West is great, its cities are
Potash . . ■ contention in this State appear to be ahve j , its enterprises are great, it has great
Phosphoric Acid ••••• *«i* v pmL to this fact, and in a senes of interviews men. ereat institutions, and a great fu-
^- *g£g^vort. pronounce P»
the combination produces wonderful ’re
sults. We propose to try it next mouth.
BUSTED WHEAT.
From various planters of tte WMe we l^jyto make^ it plain to tbe South that 1 0 f' tb e'wert,’’ ”iind while at first it soumfe
have received MteMS^ing^tt^wbi ^ debaU w e States atthej atrifle egotistical, we cannot but admit
tor’s wheat is so badly North demand not TUdan, but some can- refl^on that she is not without
crop is utterly worthl^s, dangerous even I 0 f tbe first order, like Bayard. This I u I XKl .in. with the
My spirits rose. Il threw my arms
| around Cleopatra and kissed her raptur-
™ | r of Stakes it, way,” may hare
If tbe Democrat* of MassachuseUs want witbo i t honor in his own country,
to lead the right of the party column, m- j but be was a pr0 phet nevertheless,
stead of straggling at the rear, they have Cincinnati calls herself the “Queen city
some claims upon the title. With the
to cut and use as stock feed, aud aririne i ~ " fom - yea« ego, U*e South wants j rirer laving her feet, her
D»<A I *, sLa VnrfK mania Anti T)f»mOf I v « . j fnvn l««r
what is test to do.Xf the I Se "the North w“anU, and DemdcraU j in acloud of vapor
repr«entod—if the rust hw r^hed the ^ StaW are msk.ng but a poor pro- theraaands M manufactories, Mid
from her
her head
our friends, after sprinkling lime_abun- Massachusetts over among tb« Mthe v m* w^TMilatial residences,
our irjciKB, -r. i carry Mastaenuaeiso over among the j . . tbey are wifli palatini
dantly over tbe standing when,, to plowit j states in idly waiUog for Til-1 *n<l ftvflr shil
afl cases the wishes and views of their
clients, having no opinion and no
Science if their own. Such will consider
themselves bound to irid rascality if fte
while the galley slaves toiled along on I
river with their heavy flats.
To-day I passed over a steamer rushing
uo the stream without oais, and a long
r . * J) tY\n rlosnrt
drew near:
“Drank?”
“Drank.”
“Jim jams?”
“Jim jams.”
/■-fcl-l ii
u-u-j---.-o • j , - _ | nououm umm* In idly waiting tor Jii-1 ^^^1 parks and ever shiltmg scenes
all under and plant Oie ground In com. 1 d , ^mpaign to be ooaapleted instead of I , i nvc »i n L7 sb e seems every inch a
Wheat that is. so badly rastod U utterly j S^^key-nofe of the Democratic ^
canvass by putting Bayard forward, when T For two or three days I have wandered
the Chicago convention is balancing be- J to ^ ^ atoid her busy population. I
tween two evils in Great and Blaine. (^ aTe b6r public institations, and her
places of business. They we all wonder-
-Now take^dfer hoe and your rake and 1 ful. I visited all of her great publishing
worthless, and is especially dangerous to |
feed to stock. " '
(( TBUOOXG UP” SHRUBS AKD TBKSA*
Tte practice of “trimming up” trees and I
shrubs, which means cutting close off all
the lower limbs and branches, and giving
tbs trunk the appearance of a bare pole, J dig your
is very reprehensible-a crime against na- nose and
tore and good taste. To all lov- [ around. bu
m of the beauties sf nature . scratch th
those lower limbs so rathltesly ] Just wait ai
Dr. Holmes on Foktby to Oedeb.—
The Beading (Mass.,) Neves says that
some time ago Mis, Annie Lawrence, one
of the younger pupils of the high school,
wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes, stating
that the Old South Literary Society was
about to discuss his life and works, and
asking if. ho co»ld sand a little poetical
contribution for the occasion. The reply
of the genial author is very characteristic,
and we reproduce it:
Boston, February 13, 1880,—My Dear
Young Lady: If you knew bow many
letters I have to- write every day, you
would say: “Poor, dear man, how tired
he must be.” We that make rhymes are
expected to burn them on as yen torn on
water through a faucoi-—whenever it xs
wanted. But writing poetry is like shoot
ing ducks or geese—you may load up and
paddle offi aiid watch all the morning and
never see duck or goose—except yourself
as reflected 1ft the water.
So, my dear young lady, I will only say
that I should please you and a area* many
other young friends—and old ones—by
writing all sorts of odes, elegies, epics,
epigrams, etc., but I have to content my-
,eR by disappointing you and them with
a little scrap bf a note like this, sweetened
with good will and good wishes, and noth
ing else in the world to pay for postage
stamps wasted on me. Believe me, very
truly your friend,
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
lopped off often constituted the chief not, do hot 1
JLTSST yOur bouses, » house that supplies school books
ur dothes and gayly fly to every State, village and hamlet almost
. r<Hir neighbor's chickens ' in the Union; and would you be aston-
plant with care, I ished if I fell you that Cincinnati, here in
, S UdTand do the new west,The youngest seettonofour
jo speax, 1 C0Bntr y ) supplies the school books that
The lonely vigils of the night are terri
ble, especially by the bedside of the side,
and it is just the thing to have a bottle of
Coussens’ Honey of Tar to cure their
coughs, colds, croup, eto. Price fi© cents.
maj'14-3ml
