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. , . '' ; - : .. .... ; ('HAlij'KS B. AYCOCK, Editor. POK THE PUBLIC GOOD. $1.50 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. H OL. IV. p'ssi""''''''''''' EllMlTEM! Entire1 NEW FALL GOODS A T THE LO W E A Choice Assortment of Styles and Fabrics at Very Low Prices. Trpjit1 Success, rnces runner neaucea Sold at a oargain, ana no I respcclfullj' iiiTite a look from DRESS GOODS A Black Silk and Fancy Silks from i .AWNS,' GRENADINES, ORGANDIES, lKD CLOVES! KID CLOVES j I am ileadquarters for Kid Gloves. WHITE . GOODS. rioues,. Irish' Linenu Bleached Domestic Sheeting, &c, a very full lot. CORSETS. HOSIERY I offer many ner attractions J NECK WEAR AND NOTIONS. New Peigns in 1 adies' Ties, L, . ) line auu voiwcu 'v-, ... Ribbons, Fans, Dress Buttons, PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS in Newest Designs and Celebrated make. ' i GENTS' SUIBT3 AND OASSIlflERES. - MuhLm Jd" ..laundriea SMrt. .mnd . ' 8U1U T CIJ Carpets, Matting and Floor Oil Cloth. 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A dead leaf drifted along t!i? snow A poor b owu 1-af with edges torn ; Now here, now there blown high and low, An outcast and a thing of scorn. . Alas! Alas) So life drifts on to hearts forlorn. i ' Once in a bower, fresh and bright, Kisaed by the sun rays of the dew, A maid, to flee the hot sun's might, Prone on the ground her fair limbs threw, To sleep, to sleep And dream of some one that she kne w. She slept and dreamed a horrid thing That he ahi lored would from her stray 'i, And ttarting up, deep sorrowing,. Tlesol vd. to seek hiuv o ut that day. ; .. Alas! Alas ! . 'Tw&a all too true-he'd fled away. ! Her last love token just a leaf -Of sycamore love's emblem bright She threw away, then prayed that grief , Might bear her off from mortal sight. 1 Alas! Alaa! Whi e the dead leaf drifted through the night Iiiixl ixg ; Wins. "Well, I'm glad it's no worse I" said Al lie Dean, as she folded her mother's letter , and dropped it into her lap with a" sigh of relief. 4 "I'm sorrry to spoil our visit here, but I suppose we must go." "Go! Well," said her sister Effie, "I wish yOu had one .bit of sense ! I rather think we shall go ! 1 would spoil any visit under the sun for a dip into aunt Jlelen's pocket, and just thank my iucky stars for the chance." "But, Effie, it looks .selfish and design ing and you know i we don't,care much about Aunt Helen. How can we when wp never saw her?" i S "But we care for her money." "I don't believe 1 do very much. I know I would rather stay here and finish our visit than rush back just to let her see us and choose which one shall be her heiress. We've got enough to live on quietly, Effie, don't let us go." ; v Effie turned, and looked intently at her sister. 'I wonder if you are going crazy ! V she exclaimed.. "Let me tell you Miss Allie, we are eroing, and that by the next train, - too. We leave in just three hours." Effie swept her cashmere flounces out of the room. Effiie and Allie were the daughters of a widow lady in comfortable circumstances and they hud aa aunt who united her broth ers fortune to her own, and had no one nearer than these two girls to whom to leave it. ! She did not live near them, and never had cared for any intercourse, beyond a ceremonious letter once or twice a year, to her relatives. . "" Effie and Allie were away, spending a r few weeks with a friend in the country. They were sent for, to return instantly, ana v.. utter liaHiinst hpon rooeived when our tU k. V 1 JL&l.V J trrv hfran. At' twelve 'clock Effie and Allie stepped into the train. The two girls were then rtiiiTH tr tnkp tliR onlv vacant seat, which was'directly in front of an old lady in plain waterproof suit, with a huge green veil over her bonnet. . "Well' said Allie, "we are: in for it now, Effie. I'm right ashamed of myself. It seems to me as if we were going to sell ourselves to the highest bidder. 1 ve a great mind to go back. I'm sure you will be Aunt Helen's choice, and. it's no use for mtnh!in?aroundher." "Who's going to hang around her, i won der? But indeed I do suppose you are rio-ht. She will be likely to choose mc, ior you never try to make anything of appear ances, and Ihope I do. Yes, I think she 11 choose me." 1 - , , , , "Well I'm quite willing sue snouiu. You will take care of mamma, 1 supposef said Allie. ' . ' - . , "Of course I shall have to ao tnai. .ivuu you too. ... . J .. i I rill TKn-rro onnilfrh "iSot me, thanK you i x u ini from mamma to dress decently, and 1 11 go for a teacher br something, but 1 won t ue dependent on you, Effie." Allie stopped ana oroK.u low, soft laughs. :t , . , "What are you laugmngat now . ped the heiress prospective. "I waa thinking how funny it would be if after all, Aunt Helen should choose someone else to leave her money to, and set us out in the cold." ... . Just then the little old lady sitting before thein leaned forward as the train stopped, an"llyddear young ladies,I am yery thirsty, i5,i,a rp. too shakv to walk H Nil 1X1 V iiuj-w - , nr J., . .i.,. Mio-ht T ask one of across me piauoim- -'& - - rK tq a Hrinlr faf -water i VOU lO AC".Jti uiv. w " - , Effie shrugged her pretty shoulder and . L , T 6a h a -window, but Allie nirneu iuuo . ' ? roapJ sitviner pleasantly itwith rlpflfiure madam. rVi :. or.,1 rkrnr.nred some water Yank ion, T my: dear," said the old Jtefullv. , k was sorry to trouble yoS but I am not very much used to trav m-n;nn. hp of anv service I can ''-was Allie's sweet reply, as she sumed her seat. "Are you going far ? re- M P.xclaimed Allie,; "my sister and I. We will give you all the as 'i, Hpar." said the oia ladv. 1 wrum tiiov ipft. thp. train. Allie offered . i. ih fHpnd. and when ner arm to uu xj. ; 7 - . they were on the platform she asked,. pleas antly: . "Do you expect any one to meet; you, lm 9' ' it j nt Tarn troinff tO V1811 an old friend, but she is not expecting me to-day. She lives, 1 trnnx, m il" , t.w,7 wa live in Maple street. .i.i "yAii?. "We'll take care of you. . "No. I do not. My friend is a widow, her name is Dean Mrs. Dean." An exclamation of dismay escaped from Effie, while Alice cried eagerly: "It is our mamma -our own dear mam ma. We are Mrs. Henry Dean's daugh ters. We have been visiting and are On our way honie." ; She went a tep orj two, to where Effie was sitting, and said to her in an earnest voice : - "This lady is an old friend of mamma's, who is going to. visit her. Won't she bes pleased I" - "I don't know," answered Effie in a low tone. "I am not, I'm sure, but I dare say she will, and think it's all right because you brought her. Mamma, always thinks everything you do is just so ! But I shall give Aunt Helen to uiderstand -that it's no doing of mine." "But vou'll treat her politely ! " pleaded" Allie. " "I suppose I shall if she knows mamma' replied Effie. Allie went back to the old .ady, who had heard every , word but gave no signs of it ftp the girls. It was hard work for Effie to keep frcjm open rudeness, and only th fact that her mother might resent it, induced her to ride home in the same carriage with the plain stranger. ' ' ,' "What can't be cured must be endured. " so she bore it as well as she could. , 4 'But, once at home, she ran upstairs to her-moth-er's room, to pour out her indignation, while Allie seated the old lady by the par lor fir. ' "I can't imagine who it can be,'f declar Mrs. Dean, "but I'll go down and see. She needn't worry .you, Effie there's roorri: for all." ' . - "Has Aunt Helen come yet?" demandad Effie. fX, she will be here to-morrow," an swered Mrs. Dean, going down stairs, while in no very good humor, Effie went .to her own room " and changed her traveling dress. Just as she.buttoned the last button Allie came flying up, cheeks aglow, and ex claimed : . Who do you think it is?" - 'Havent the least idea." ' ' 'It's Aunt Helen, herself. " "Good Heavetosl" cried . Effie, dropping pale and breathless, into a chair. "Oh, ho, Aliiel "Yes, I tell you. She guessed who we were at first, but wouldn't let us know. Mamma says hurry and come down. Come quick now. " " . Allie ran off, and Effie finished her toi lette with a sinking heart. "Aunt Helen I Who on earth could have guessed it ? It was a shame to impose .on us so 1" 1 .-ivdidntjt occur to Effie that if? she had acted the lady, as Alh) did, .it would not have made any difierence. Go down she must, and at last did. , But Aunt Helen met her as if she had never seen her before. And not one allu sion was made to the journey until it was time for Aunt Helen to make her choice and return home. - Then, when they were assembled in sol emn family conclave, she walked up to Al lie laid her hand on the girl's shoulder, and said : . . "Here is my heiress ! Here is the girl with a true heart, just as ready to care tor - . . .i i ii a plain old stranger in snaoDy cioines as 101 a rich aunt who could leave her a fortune. Effie shall have something, because she is Allie's sister ; acid her mother also ; but you, my dear," addressing Allie, "shall go home with me and bring a little love into the life of a lonely old woman, and at ner death have all she leaves. Will you go I " Yes, Allie would go, and poor selnsh Ji.t- fie was left to mourn that she, too, had not proved that kindness wins.- A Grand Scheme. We were standing on the stern ' deck of the ferry boat cloying tne tranquility oi the scene, while we puffed a cigarette. At that moment a man approached and asked for "a light." We extended our cigarette. - t "Ah this is luxurv." he continued, "but I am going to get up something that will knock the spots' out or a cigar. i'm going to have greats furnaces in some central locality. The furnaces are to hp. kert sroinff all the time, ana me vuiy fuel used will be tobacco. "Each furnace is to burn a dinerent brand, and tubes will he run to ine resi dences of patrons, wno, wnen mey uesiiu to smoke, will only be obliged to go over to the wall, take hold of the tube, turn on, and smoke to their heart's content. "Over each tube will be marked tne brand. Just thinK of -it, being aoie to nave a smoke without being compelled to strike a match! Besides, nobody can porrow vour tobacco. You shall nave a tuue run- . . AT" ? ning in your house ior.noiinug. He paused tor a momem, auu men x- tinued: . ' . "I had my pocket picked tms aiternoon. and if you'll lend me enough to take me home. I'll " Ventilating Bedrooms. a D?-r.tViP rlpvi.'eis within the .reach of every One having an ordinary window' m his room, by which fresh outer air can be admitted in-small quantity with such an upward current as will prevent its being felt as an injurious draft by the inmates. It is particularly adapted to sleeping rooms when the weather is to" cold to admit of an open window. Thus, start DCKh top and bottom sashes of the window half an inch, which is not quite enough to clear the, re wQct.hPQd8atthetop and bottom, but which leaves an opening of an inch be tween the meeting rails, tnrougn ,u current enters, but diverted upward by tie io. 0 t chnnld be. so as not to fall dir- Ltw tn thP floor, as its coolness might. otherwise induce it to do. It thus becomes well mixed with the air of the room with out being felt as a draft. 8, J879. "Ten Great Girlg..'1' At the age of sixteen, before we bad J discarded our "roundabouts, ' we naa conr tracted to "keep school1' in District Num ber Five, for $12 per month and "boarding round.?' ) We knew very well the little red school-hoozse, standing at the exact center of the district, on the borders of a mighty swamp, the farm ' houses scattered about the hills, and we also knew the nuisance of that particular school, a squad of. half a dozen .rough fellows who had emerged into 'tail coats," and would hardly relish the discipline of a boy-pedagogue in a round about. I V !J ' ':f i- ' After the first flush of elation, at our election, the reflection came l back, like a return wave of ice water, that in all human probability, ere our "seventeenth birthday should dawn, we should be seen vanishing headforemost out of the school-house win- dow into1 a big snow drift, propelled' by class Number One of big. boys, In our anxiety we applied t "Aunt Anna," the general Oracle of the household.- Aunt Anna wa a stalwart maiden of sixty sum- Vnirfl 'oritorfii.-nt.in in nrnnn r t inns Vint, tftvprv moh a laqy in per dear old heart. &ne naa nursed, half the children in town through measles, mumps and chicken-pox, and was the" mainkay in all family emergencies. There were sly rumors that the occasional attacks of "fidgets," Which overcame the good old llady at night, had some relation to a mysterious black bottle which she al ways carried in her wOrk-box ; but Aunt' Anna, plus the "fidgets," was wonh a reg iment of Ordinary feminines for the home made uses of country life. - ! 'Well, inow, you are really going to keep school in District Number Five," said Aunt Anna, smoothing down her big checked apron and! raising her spectacles for a good long look jat the incipient pedagogue seated at the opposite corner of the fireplace.; "Yes, Aunt Anna, I have promised to keep that bchool, but between you arid me, Tarn dreadfully afraid to tackle that crowd of boys, j You know what a rough set they are, and one ot them has already 'given out' that there will be no board wanted in District Number Five after thefirst; week." "That's a serious matter. Now let's see if we can't think of something to help you. Now, you see, I don't know anything about book larnin'. No doubt you can cipher that back seat of boys into the middle of next week. But they can fling you- over the roof of the school-house In a jiffy, if they have a mind to. ' I know every family in the district. I have, missed in every house, and taken the measure of every vourisrster that will come to that school. Thrp'a rnp thine- in vour favor: there'll be ten great gals in that school, and most of 'em are good gals, too.. Now, some are a head taller than you, and two , or three of them are right handsome, too. ; They can twist that crowd of great, bashful boys round their little fingers, if they want 4or Now mind what I tell you; do you go right to work and gain the affections of them ten great gals, and they'll manage the great bovs while you keep school." That sounded well; and armed with this panacea against rebellion, we opened school the Mondav after Thanksgiving. It was a rough looking set up on the high seats-" vo mm Trilla'nnna lrw-kinop fpl nwa.' finvn one of them big enough to throw meover into the bis: swamp with one hand. Happily our first boarding-place was with two of the "great gals." Never did we "lav Ouselves out" to gain the good graces" of -the lovely -sex as tlunng the first week of that boardin' ; round. We rode on the front of the sled with the i tallest girl, nlaved checkers with the second, got all snarled ud m a "cat s craaie ' -witn tne pretty visiting cousin, and put in a word of ..ln.ntr' fn. tlio "liorH cnrt.Q1' rif itll in the long evenings at home. I he first crisis came ,'at the beginning of the second week, when a big lout "sauced" pioyment ranges from the surgeon's dis the new schoolmaster. Somehow it crushed npnsarv to the ladv's boudoir. Chemists us. and for a minute the school-rooqi swam round, and the idea of 'seizing our fur cap 7 i . 1 J 1 and making for home flitted acrfoss our vision. ' Just then the- patter of ia .light footstep was heard down the long slope of thp narrow aisle leading: ud to thdseat of the "ten great gals," The tallest glided down, ostensibly to i ask the explanation of ahard sum; but, as we leaned over tne slate, with a dimness in the eyes, We heard a whisper in our ears: i j fnrtn'f Ivp nnst. down ! We crirls will shame that seat of boys into good manners before another week." 1 I j' ' A light "broke in ; we were -gaming the "affections ot the fen great gals." So things drifted for six weekfj, when dawned the judgment day. We had gone to- board , with a good, matneny pmaa, who loved us-as her own son, A big fire in the narlor greeted our arrival, and a sup per nt ior tne parson muis-m.. .cvah; our hostess appeared in her best black silk, in -her hand a mighty black "ruler, 'r and sat down before us witn, tne air oi a Minerva. , i i . "Now matters have come to a pomt in your school; you have been trying to gov ern that crowd of rascally boys by love, but that has come to' an end. To4morrow tbey'U try to put you out. Take this ruler and don't come home to-morrow night un less you have used it up over the head and shoulders of somebody." . " ; 1 r . There was no appeal from that. A greater .than the whole class of "great gals" had spoken, and we felt in our souls that fate was standing at the school-house door, ; - .1 , Were- we endowed with the epic rage of a Homer or a Pope, we might? possibly; de pict the: scenes of the coming day.. How the ugliest loafer, in a frock coat, kicked in the 'door' at . recess ; how, when the trembling yOung master asked,. "Who did that ?" the big boor lifted his tsmb to his nose, and executed that significant gyration With the little finger which Would make a savage of St. John, himself ; bow, fired with the courage ot despair, and a vion of our farmhouse Minerva, we seized the big oaken rulef, rushed up the inclined planed upsetting several small children, on the insolent scoundrel, tore off the collar Af his frock coat. Dulled him down the V. ' -r & NO. 4. area before the fire-place, and beat him over the head and shoulders till he roared for mercy ; how, at intervals, he cast a glance at his accomplices and took in the situation ; the 'Hen greet gals" had, spiked the guns of all but, this wretch, who ' slunk; and ' begged under our hand ; now we wound up with an eloquent address, and gave the whipped ruffian his hat, with in structions to go home; how his sensible father took off what remained of his di lapidated frock coat, and trounced him till he yelled again, and sent him to school the following day with a compliment to the plucky young master ; all this might be sung in heroic verse. But. if the truth were known, it was not we, but the "ten great gals," that did the business.1 They had so demorilized the attacking columns bv the magic of their. charms that only one had the heart to defy the little master, and he dared jot lift his hand when the day of battle came. And from that day we crowned dear old Aunt Anna prophetess of love. ' . in your school-room, 'and all things shall wahIt tAnt frxt rrA V. , i The Counterfeit Ulll. I; . A sharp man, who hews so close to the line which separates honesty from dishon esty as not infrequently to cross it, is likely . to have his own chips hit him in the face. Such a one met his match when he en countered another shrewd; man. It was during the war of 1812, but the story has a" moral for these days. v In those times the currency of tNew Eng- . land was made up of bills of suspended . banks; of bank notes authorized by the Connecticut Legislature, and redeemable three tyears i after the war. ;rneso were called '-facilities." There were also specie bank bills, which were the notes of the New England Banks that continued to pay specie, said notes being rare Besides f these there were counterfeits in circulation.: 1 The specie bills were at a premium,'' and the "facilities" at 20 per cent, discount. A traveler offered a $5 note at a turn- Dike erate. and received in change a roll of greasy bills. Glancing at it, he remarked : "Why, half of 'these are counteneii i "I know uV' replied the keeper, "but they'll pass just as well as. any .other money. ! ! : . - . - - . ' It was under these j circumstances inai, in the city of Hartford, a shrewd man called one day on a greedy neighbor, with whom he had some dealings. The follow ing dialogue took place : Shrewd Man;- Do you recollect giving me a $10 bill in change yesterday t Greedy man. -t-No, I don't. Why do you ask? S. M. Well, I found a specie bill of $10 in my pocket book, and I thought I might have received it from you. You remem ber I was only entitled to a "facility," and not a specie bill ? G. M. Well I dare say you .had k oi me; .Let me see it. S. M. There it is. G. M.: Oh, yes; I recdllect it perfectly. I'll take it and give you a 'facility." S. M. -Are you sure you gave me that bill? r -! ' ' , G. M. Certainly, certainly ; I recollect it distinctly. . ! , S. M.- Well, I am glad you are sure, for they tell nie the specie bill is counterfeit, . -i , . ' ; . i How Nitro-Glyeerlne Is Made. This wonderful explosive was discovered in 1847, by an Italian named 8obor6, but its practical application was made by Alfred, a bweoisn engineer, xue uj -wich it is made is thus described : I 1, nr1nl nlmanna ' n ivery one Knows wnai. giycenne ia www, syrup liquid, sweet to the taste and some- what crreasv to the touch. It scope for em term it tratomic alcohol and it may be de I ... . .tl 1 lit rived from iat or tanow Dy action oi iunc and, sulphuric acid, Its properties are many and various, but as they have no bearing upon the present subject we shall abstain from noticing them. If a quantity of nitric acid be added to twice its, weight of sulphuric acid, glycerine be poured Into this, and stirred carefully, the whole being surrounded by freezing mixture, we obtain that wonderful substance known as nitro glycerine, which has more than ten times the explosive force of gun powder. It forms on the surface as an oil of pale yellow color, is, perfectly inodorous, and has a sweet, aromatic taste. It is poison pus whether taken internally .or absorbed throne-h the skin, and small doses produce distressing headaches. It does hot explode when brought Into contact with fire, and re mains unchanged even whn brought to a , temperature of boiling water ; dui at iony degrees Fahrenheit it becomes converted intn an icv mass, which' merely requires ' friction to develop all its explosive qualities. How Coffee Came to be Used. It i3 somewhat singular to trace the man ner in which arose the use of the common beverage of coffee, without which lew per sons, in any half or fully civilized country in the World, mate DreaKiast. j vnc nmo Columbus discovered America it had never before been knownjr used. It grew only in Arabia and Upper.. Ethiopia. ne ois- . covery of its use as a beverage is ascribed - to the superior oi a - monastery m atouui, who, desirous of preventing the monks from sleeping at their nocturnal services, made them drink the infusion of coffee, upon the reports of shepherds who observed that their flocks were more! lively aftei browsing on the fruit of the plant. Its reputation spread througn me aujaccui, countries, and m two nunuxeu j-au reached Paris: A single plant, brought there in 1714, became the parent stock of all the French plantations in the West Indies. The Dutch introduced it into Java and the East Indies. 1-The Londen police is 10,447 for population of 4,534,040. it Do you knw the number?
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